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Gwendolyn: Hallo!

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Cecily: Hallo

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Gwen: I do hope we’re not late
Oscar: No, no. You timed it perfectly. Come on in. Er, Felix, I’d like you to meet two very good friends of mine, Gwendolyn and Cecily –

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Cecily: (pointing out mistake) Cecily and Gwendolyn.

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Oscar: Oh, yes. Cecily and Gwendolyn…er…Er…Don’t tell me…Robin? …No, no…Cardinal?
Gwen: Wrong both times. It’s Pigeon.
Oscar: Pigeon. Right. Cecily and Gwendolyn Pigeon.
Gwen: You don’t spell it like Walter Pidgeon, you spell it like ‘Coo Coo’ Pigeon.
Oscar: We’ll remember that if it comes up…Cecily and Gwendolyn, I’d like you to meet my roommate and our chef for the evening…Felix Unger.

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Cecily: Heh d’yew dew?

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Felix: How do you do? 
Gwen: Heh d'yew do? 
Felix: How do you do? 
(greeting Chaos) 
Oscar: Well, we did that beautifully...Why don't we sit down and make ourselves comfortable? 
(Seating chaos)
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Cecily: This is ever so nice, isn’t it, Gwen?

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Gwen: Lovely. and much nicer than our flat.
Oscar: Er, yes. I have a man who comes in every night.

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Cecily: Well aren’t you the lucky one? girls laugh

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Oscar: Well isn’t this nice…I was telling Felix Yesterday about how we happened to meet.
Gwen: Oh? …Who’s Felix?
Oscar: He is!
Gwen: Oh, yes, of course. I’m so sorry.

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Cecily: You know, it happened to us again this morning.

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Oscar: What did?
Gwen: Stuck in the elevator again.
Oscar: Really? Just the two of you?

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Cecily: And poor old Mr. Kessler from the third floor. We were in there half an hour.

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Oscar: No kidding? What happened?
Gwen: Nothing, much, i’m afraid. girls laugh
Oscar: Well, this really is nice.

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Cecily: And ever so much cooler than our place.

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Gwen: It’s like equatorial Africa on our side of the building.

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Cecily: Last night it was so bad Gwen and I sat there in Nature’s Own cooling ourselves in front of the open frig. Can you imagine such a thing?

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Oscar: Er..I’m working on it.
Gwen: Actually, it’s impossible to get a night’s sleep. Cec and I really don’t know what to do.
Oscar: why don’t you sleep with an air conditioner?
Gwen: We haven’t got one.
Oscar: I know. But we have.
Gwen: Oh you! I told you about that one, didn’t I, Cec?
Felix: They say it may rain Friday
Gwen: Oh?

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Cecily: That should cool things off a bit.

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Oscar: I wouldn’t be surprised.
Felix: Although sometimes it gets hotter after it rains.
Gwen: Yes, it does, doesn’t it?
Felix: Dinner is served!
Oscar: No it isn’t!
Felix: Yes it is!
Oscar: No it isn’t! I’m sure the girls would like a cocktail first. Wouldn’t you, girls?
Gwen: Well I certainly wouldn’t put up a struggle
Oscar: There you are. to Cecily What would you like?

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Cecily: Oh, I really don’t know. What have you got?

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Felix: London broil.
Oscar: She means to drink…We have everything, and what we don’t have, I mix in the medicine cabinet. What’ll it be?

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Cecily: Oh…a double vodka.

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Gwen: Cecily…not before dinner.

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Cecily: My sister…She watches over me like a mother hen…make it a /small/ double vodka.

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Oscar: A small double vodka! …and for the beautiful mother hen?
Gwen: Oh…I’d like something cool. I think I would like to have a double Drambuie with some crushed ice…unless you don’t have the crushed ice.
Oscar: I was up all night with a sledge hammer, I shall return.
Felix: Where are you going?
Oscar: To get refreshments
Felix: Inside? What’ll I do?
Oscar: You can finish the weather report.
Felix: Don’t forget to look at my meat!…Er…Oscar tells me you’re sisters.

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Cecily: Yes. That’s right (looks at Gwen)

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Felix: From England
Gwen: Yes. That’s right. (looks at Cec)
Felix: I see…We’re not brothers.

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Cecily: Yes. We know.

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Felix: Although, I am a brother. I have a brother who’s a doctor. He lives in Bufalo. that’s upstate in New York.
Gwen: Yes, We know.
Felix: You know my brother?
Gwen: No. We know that Buffalo is upstate in New York.
Felix: Oh! Lights Gwen’s cigarette

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Cecily: We’ve been there! …Have you?

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Felix: No! Is it nice?

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Cecily: Lovely.

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Felix: Isn’t that interesting. How long have you been in the USA?

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Cecily: Almost four years now.

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Felix: Uh-huh…just visiting?
Gwen: No! We live here.
Felix: And you work here too, do you?

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Cecily: Yes. We’re secretaries for Slenderama.

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Gwen: You know. The health club.

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Cecily: People bring us their bodies and we do wonderful things with them.

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Gwen: Actually, if you’re interested, we can get you ten percent off.

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Cecily: Off the price, not your body.

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Felix: Yes. I see. Oscar, where’s the drinks
Oscar: Coming! Coming!

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Cecily: What field of endeavor are you engaged in?

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Felix: I write the news for C.B.S.

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Cecily: Oh! Fascinating.

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Gwen: Where do you get your ideas from?
Felix: From the news.
Gwen: Oh, yes, of course. Silly me.

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Cecily: Maybe you can mention Gwen and I in one of your news reports.

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Felix: Well, if you do something spectacular, maybe I will.

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Cecily: Oh, we’ve done spectacular things, but I don’t think we’d want it spread all over the telly, do you, Gwen? girls laugh

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Felix: Oscar!
Oscar: Yeah, yeah.
Felix: It’s such a large apartment, sometimes you have to shout.
Gwen: Just you two baches living here?
Felix: Baches? Oh, Bachelors! We’re not bachelors. We’re divorced. That is, Oscar’s divorced. I’m getting divorced.

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Cecily: Oh, small world. We’ve cut the dinghy loose too, as they say.

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Gwen: Well, you couldn’t have had a better matched foursome, could you?
Felix: No. I suppose not.
Gwen: Although, technically, I’m a widow. I was divorcing my husband, but he died before the final papers came through.
Felix: Oh, i’m sorry. It’s a terrible thing, isn’t it? Divorce.
Gwen: It can be…if you haven’t got the right solicitor.

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Cecily: That’s true. Sometimes they can drag it out for months. I was lucky, snip, cut and I was free!

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Felix: I mean it’s terrible what it can do to people. After all, what is divorce? It’s taking two happy people and tearing their lives completely apart. It’s inhuman, don’t you think so?

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Cecily: Yes, it can be an awful bother.

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Gwen: But of course, that’s all water under the bridge now, eh? er…I’m terribly sorry, but I think i’ve forgotten your name.
Felix: Felix.
Gwen: Oh, yes, Felix.

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Cecily: Like the cat.

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Gwen: Well, the Pigeons will have to beware of the cat, won’t they? laughs

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Cecily: (nibbles on nuts in dish) Mmm, cashews. Lovely.

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Felix: takes out snapshot This is the worst part of breaking up.

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Cecily: Childhood sweethearts, were you?

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Felix: No, that’s my little boy and girl. (Cecily gives picture to Gwen, takes glasses out and puts them on) He’s seven, she’s five.

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Cecily: Oh! Sweet!

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Felix: They live with their mother.
Gwen: I imagine you must miss them terribly.
Felix: I Can’t stand being away from them shrug but that’s what happens with divorce.

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Cecily: When do you get to see them?

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Felix: Every night. I stop there on my way home! Then I take them on weekends and I get them on holidays and July and August.

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Cecily: Oh! …Well, when is it that you miss them?

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Felix: whenever i’m not there. If they didn’t have to go to school so early, i’d go over and make them breakfast. They love my french toast.
Gwendolyn: You’re certainly a devoted father.
Felix: It’s Frances who’s the wonderful one.

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Cecily: She’s the little girl?

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Felix: No. She’s the mother. My wife.
Gwen: THe one you’re divorcing?
Felix: Mm! She’s done a terrific job bringing them up. They always look so nice. They’re so polite. Speak beautifully. Never “yeah”. Always “Yes.” They’re such good kids and she did it all. She’s the kind of woman who…ah, what am I saying. You don’t want to hear any of this…

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Cecily: Nonsense. You have a right to be proud. You have two beautiful children and a wonderful ex wife.

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Felix: I know. I know. hands another photo That’s her. That’s Frances.
Gwen: Oh, she’s pretty, isn’t she, Cecy.

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Cecily: Oh, yes. Pretty. A very pretty girl. Very pretty.

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Felix: Thank you. another photo Isn’t this nice.
Gwen: There’s no one in the picture.
Felix: I know. It’s a picture of our living room. We had a beautiful apartment.
Gwen: Oh, yes. Pretty. Very pretty.

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Cecily: Those are lovely lamps.

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Felix: Thank you! We bought them in Mexico on our honeymoon…I used to love to come home at night. That was my whole life. My wife, my kids…and my apartment Sobbing

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Cecily: Does she have the lamps now, too?

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Felix: I gave her everything..It’ll never be like that again…Never! I-I- I’m sorry. Cec and Gwen look at each other Please forgive me. I didn’t mean to get emotional…would You like some potato chips.
Gwen: You mustn’t be ashamed. I think it’s a rare quality in a man to be able to cry.
Felix: Please. Let’s not talk about it.

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Cecily: I think it’s sweet. Terribly, terribly sweet.

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Felix: You’re just making it worse.
Gwen: It’s so refreshing to hear a man speak so highly of the woman he’s divorcing…oh dear…now you’ve got me thinking about poor Sydney.

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Cecily: Oh, Gwen. Please don’t.

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Gwen: It was a good marriage at first. Everyone said so. Didn’t they, Cecily? Not like you and George.

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Cecily: That’s right. George and I were never happy. Not for one single. solitary day. dabbing eyes

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Felix: Isn’t this ridiculous?
Gwen: I don’t know what brought this on. I was feeling so good a few minutes ago.

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Cecily: I haven’t cried since I was fourteen.

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Felix/Oscar back and forth about the crying..
Felix: Oh my gosh! Why didn’t you call me, I told you to call me!
Oscar: I’m sorry girls. I forgot to warn you about Felix. He’s a walking soap opera.
Gwen: I think he’s the dearest thing I ever met.

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Cecily: He’s so sensitive, so fragile. I just want to bundle him up in my arms and take care of him.

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Burnt dinner dialogue
Felix: If you looked at your watch before you wouldn’t have to look at the black meat now! Leave it alone!
Gwen: Felix! Can we look at it?

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Cecily: Please? ….he shows them How about Chinese food?

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Oscar: A wonderful Idea.
Gwen: I’ve got a better idea. Why don’t we just make potluck in the kitchen.
Oscar: A /much/ better idea.
Felix: I used up all the pots!

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Cecily: Well then, we can eat up in /our/ place. we have tons of Horn and Hardart’s.

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Oscar: That’s the best idea I ever heard.
Gwen: Of course it’s awfully hot up there. You’ll have to take off your jacket.
Oscar: We can always open up a refrigerator.

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Cecily: Give us five minutes to get into our cooking things.

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Oscar: Can ‘t you make it four? i’m suddenly starving to death.
Gwen: Don’t forget the wine.
Oscar: How could I forget the wine?

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Cecily: And the corkscrew.

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Oscar: And the corkscrew.
Gwen: And Felix:
Oscar: No, I won’t forget Felix:

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Cecily: Tata!

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(Final scene)
Gwen: Yes, felix ungar. That sweet, tortured man who’s in my flat at this moment pouring his heart out to my sister.
Oscar: You hear? I’m worried to death and he’s up there getting tea and sympathy.

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Cecily: Dragging felix in Gwen, Felix doesn’t want to stay. Please tell him to stay.

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Felix: Really, girls. This is very embarrassing. I can go to a hotel….hello, fellas.
Gwen: Nonsense. I told you we’ve plenty of room and it’s a very comfortable sofa. Isn’t it, Cecy.

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Cecily: Enormous. And we’ve rented an air conditioner.

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Gwen: And we just don’t like the idea of you wandering the streets looking for a place to live.
Felix: But i’d be in the way. Wouldn’t I be in the way?
Gwen: How could you possibly be in anyone’s way.
Oscar: You want to see a typewritten list?
Gwen: Haven’t you said enough already, Mr. Madison? (to F) I won’t take no for an answer. Just for a few days, Felix.

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Cecily: Until you get settled.

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Gwen: Please. Please say “yes”, Felix.

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Cecily: Oh please we’d be so happy.

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Felix: Well…maybe just for a few days.
Gwen: Oh wonderful.

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Cecily: Marvelous!

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Gwen: You get your things and come right up

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Cecily: And come hungry, we’re making dinner.

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Gwen: Good night, gentlemen, sorry to interrupt your bridge game.

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Cecily: If you’d like, you can invite your friends to play at our flat.

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Gwen: Don’t be late, cocktails in fifteen minutes!
Felix: I won’t.
Gwen: Ta ta

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Cecily: Ta ta.

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