George's Personality

GEORGE

Carol, you're a delight to work with because you are a great artist.

CAROL Thank you, George. And it's a thrill to work with you because you've always been my idol. I've watched you work for years, and you've really got it.

GEORGE I've got it?

CAROL Oh, yes.

GEORGE I hope that's a compliment.

CAROL Oh, it is. You know, to be a star some people have to be great singers, or great dancers, or great comedians, or great actors, but you made it without any of that.

GEORGE But I got it.

CAROL Oh, yes.

GEORGE Well, Carol, what is this thing that I've got? Is it sort of a hidden talent?

CAROL Oh, George, what you've got isn't hidden. Anybody can see it, it's right out in the open.

GEORGE So before it catches cold—what would you say it is?

CAROL Well, George, it's a certain something, and you've got it. You've not only got it, but you've always had it.

GEORGE Let me see—it's something that I've got. Has Sinatra got it?

CAROL Yes, but you've got twice as much.

GEORGE Well, maybe it's because I'm older.

CAROL Sure, so yours is developed more.

GEORGE Now I'm really confused. How about Dean Martin, has he got it?

CAROL Of course he's got it. But alongside of you, you can't even notice it.

GEORGE Now this thing that I've got—and I've got twice as much as Sinatra—and when I'm with Dean Martin you don't notice his—has…has…has Richard Burton got it?

CAROL Of course he's got it. And I know because Elizabeth Taylor happens to be a very close friend of mine.

GEORGE This is something that I've got, and I'm glad I got it—and I certainly wouldn't like to lose it—but I'd like to know what it is—can you describe it? Is it square? Is it round? Is it…is it as big as a breadbox?

CAROL George, there's no way to measure it. You can't buy it, you can't sell it, you're born with it. You can't put your finger on it.

GEORGE That maybe I've got…. Now, when did you find out I had it?

CAROL The first time I ever saw you. You were playing the Palace Theater and I was in the audience. The moment you walked out on the stage I said to the woman next to me, "He's got it."

GEORGE What did the woman say?

CAROL She said, "he must be hiding it, because I can't see it."

GEORGE She couldn't see it, but you could?

CAROL Well, that's because I'm in show business. I recognized it right away because I've seen it before.

GEORGE Anyway, this something that I've got—at my age have I got enough of it left to last until the show is sover?

CAROL Why not? It's lasted all these years.

GEORGE Well, whatever it is, it must be pretty tired by now…. One more question and I'll quit. Is there anybody else who's got as much of it as I have?

CAROL Shirley MacLaine.

GEORGE That I didn't expect. Georgie Jessel maybe, but Shirley MacLaine, never….

CAROL Oh, George, everybody in show business has got it.

GEORGE Well, if I've still got it, I hope I don't lose it at the blackjack table….