On the Town (1949)

Frank Sinatra: Chip

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Quotes 

• Gabey , Chip , Ozzie : [singing]  New York, New York, a wonderful town / The Bronx is up and the Battery down / The people ride in a hole in the ground / New York, New York, it's a wonderful town!

• Chip : Gee, Gabey, why d'ya wanna chase girls all the time?

  Gabey : I'll tell ya when your voice changes, junior.

• Brunhilde Esterhazy : [as Lucy prepares to go out]  Don't worry, Lucy, I'll do the same for you one of these days.

  Lucy Schmeeler : When will you ever get the opportunity?

  Chip : Goodbye, Miss Schmeeler.

  Lucy Schmeeler : Goodbye, Mr. Chips!

• Chip : Hilde you're the prettiest cab driver in the whole wide world

• Brunhilde Esterhazy : I bet we're losing them now.

  Chip : Losing them? They're multiplying like shmoos.

• Chip : What are you doing driving a cab? The war's over.

  Brunhilde Esterhazy : I never give up anything I like. Get in.

• Chip : Hey, he's a girl!

• Brunhilde Esterhazy : Why don't you ditch these guys and come up to my place?

  Chip : Now, look, lady, I hardly know you. I've only got one day in town. I want to see the famous landmarks of the city.

  Brunhilde Esterhazy : Stick with me, kid. I'll show you plenty.

• Chip : Come on. I bet we'll find dozens of glamour girls up at Grant's Tomb.

• Chip : Hey, fellas! Hey! Hey, fellas. Aren't we gonna do any more sightseeing? I never been any place but Peoria. I wanna take in beauties of New York.

  Ozzie : And I wanna take them out. Back where I come from all the dames are covered with coal dust.

• Ozzie : Chip! Yowee!

  Chip : Hey, Oz! How are you? Man, where you been?

• Chip : You know, Hildy, I feel kind of guilty about Gabey. He's my pal and he looks after me. I mean, maybe we should have looked for lvy.

• Chip : [singing]  You're cheap, dear, Cheap at any price, dear, Cheap for such a diamond, Cheap for such a pearl...

• Francois - Head Waiter : Well, folks, what will it be?

  Chip : Say, what's in this? "Explodo Bomborino," sounds good.

  Francois - Head Waiter : Four kinds of rum, brandy, grenadine, lime juice, papaya juice, the white of one duck egg. Only 12 to a customer.

  Chip : How about this one: "Dreamland Nightmare"?

  Francois - Head Waiter : Vodka, champagne, prune juice, floating chopped chives...

  Brunhilde Esterhazy : He'll have a beer.

• Ozzie : Ladies and gentlemen, we're off on a lark. I've got one suggestion before we embark. There are lots of nice things to do in the dark. But let's not go rowing in Central Park. Woo! Woo! Woo!

  [singing] 

  Ozzie : We're going on the town

  Chip , Ozzie : New York! We're riding on a rocket, Woo! Woo! Woo!

  Chip , Ozzie , Gabey : We're gonna really sock it! Because tonight's the night

  Chip , Ozzie , Gabey , Brunhilde Esterhazy , Claire Huddesen , Ivy Smith : We're goin' on a toot, We're goin' to raise a riot, The Brooklyn Bridge, we'll buy it, And hit the heights tonight, Get high as kites tonight...

• Brunhilde Esterhazy : I reckon you're stuck with us.

  Chip : Yeah! We're your pals, pal.

  [singing] 

  Chip : Oh, when you feel downhearted, You must remember this, Things never are, As bad as they could be, When friends have all departed, There's one you'll never miss, I'll be right with you, You can count on me

  Ozzie , Lucy Schmeeler , Claire Huddesen , Brunhilde Esterhazy : Yeah! You can count on me, You can count on me

  Chip : As the adding machine once said, "You can count on me"

  Ozzie , Lucy Schmeeler , Claire Huddesen , Brunhilde Esterhazy , Gabey : Oh...

• Chip : Gee, real champagne?

  Gabey : Yeah! Not cream soda, not celery tonic; but, real champagne.

  Ozzie : Oh, this is great. I've never had champagne before.

  Claire Huddesen : Ozzie, if you say the bubbles tickle your nose, I'll drown you!

• Chip : I know how tough you're taking this, Gabe.

  Gabey : I know you know.