Act 1: Scene 10 Flashcards
(scene opens)
How did you like your dinner?
JOVIE: A greasy hotdog is not dinner.
But it’s the world’s best hotdog…
JOVIE: Look how about we just call it a night?
No! We’ve still got so much to do on our date. It’s too early to take you home and get you into bed. Oh look, bells!
May I try?
SALVATION ARMY LADY: Oh…
Thank you. This one’s a little flat.
JOVIE: You are amazing on those things!
Well, I used to be in a band; it was me on bells, Charlie on toy piano and Tiara on lead vocals and glockenspiel. We had a good thing going there for a while, but then Charlie started hitting the syrup pretty hard and we had to call it quits. Those were crazy, crazy days. Hey, did I tell you? You look miraculous.
JOVIE: Miraculous, huh? Okay, well you look miraculous too. That elf getup made you look incredibly dorky.
Thanks!
JOVIE: That wasn’t a complim-
I know! It’s almost Christmas. Let’s do something Christmas-y!
JOVIE: You want Christmas-y? Okay. Follow me!
Oh! Let’s go skating!
JOVIE: I’m not a very good skater.
That’s okay. Neither am I. Santa says I’m a hazard. He calls me “Edward Scissor feet”.
JOVIE: Stop. Let’s make a pact. If you try to be less elf-y. I’ll try to be less bitchy.
Okay. I’d like it if you’d be less bitchy.
JOVIE: I came here last year too, my first Christmas in New York.
Oh, where’d you come from?
JOVIE: L.A.
L.A.? Never heard of that place. I don’t think Santa goes there.
JOVIE: He doesn’t. Christmases there are surreal. No snow.
No snow?!?
JOVIE: I’ve never even seen snow. I’ve always wanted to.
That’s the saddest thing I’ve ever heard.
JOVIE: {snip} Christmas Eve dinner at Tavern on the Green with Billy Crystal. That sounds so stupid.
No it doesn’t! Who’s Billy Crystal? He sounds magical.
