Wagon Train (TV Series)

The Jenny Tannen Story (1959)

Frank McGrath: Charlie Wooster

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• Charlie Wooster : [to the mannequin in the store]  You say this comes all the way from Paris, France, ma'am?

  [He toffs his hat] 

  Charlie Wooster : Oh, excuse me. Well, I thought she was that sales lady. Feel it, Major, feel it

  [the bustle] 

  Major Seth Adams : I don't want to feel it.

  Charlie Wooster : Smooth, smooth as a belly on a newborn calf.

• Charlie Wooster : Well, it's about tonight. Being your first time in San Fransisco, the Major figured that called for a little celebration. Didn't ya?

  Major Seth Adams : Yes, I did. I don't know. It's just...

  Charlie Wooster : Yessir. We'll have a time. Dining. Dancing. Champagne. All that stuff. That's the way the Major does things when he does 'em. Not often though.

  Jenny : [Phoebe]  It sounds wonderful.

  Charlie Wooster : That's only the beginning. Just the half of it. He's got a couple more surpises for you too. Haven't you?

• Charlie Wooster : You shouldn't give up hope, Miss Phoebe. Tomorrow's another day, y'know. Well, folks say that all the time.

• Charlie Wooster : Well, that's one load off my mind.

  Major Seth Adams : One?

  Charlie Wooster : Sure. If Phoebe's going to be all dressed up, we'll have to buy some new duds for ourselves, won't we?

  Major Seth Adams : Oh, I would have to tell you to think of something.

  Charlie Wooster : Well, I did, didn't I?

  Major Seth Adams : Yes, you did. You did.

• Charlie Wooster : Miss Phoebe make it all right, Major?

  Major Seth Adams : Aw, she made it just fine, Charlie.

  Charlie Wooster : Good, good.

  Major Seth Adams : What are you doing here?

  Bill Hawks : Came with him.

  Major Seth Adams : What?

  Flint McCullough : [He's dressed to the nines in white]  He's talking about me, Major.

  Major Seth Adams : [Flint does a slow 360 turn, showing off his duds]  Well, glory be. Look at that. What am I supposed to do? Crow? And act like I'm happy?

  Flint McCullough : Well, it'd be a nice change.

  Bill Hawks : Sure'd be friendly of you, you'd miss us.

  Major Seth Adams : Now, Major

  Major Seth Adams : Just give me the chance.

  Flint McCullough : Major, wait a minute. We've had a long tow with the wagons, why don't we take it easy going back? Why don't we, say, take a ship around the Horn?

  Major Seth Adams : You know, Flint old boy, that's a great idea. You're dressed beautifully for the Tropics. You'd enjoy it. I think you should take it.

  Flint McCullough : And how would you go back?

  Major Seth Adams : We're gonna walk.

  Flint McCullough : And I'm gonna buy a ticket.

• Jenny : [Phoebe singing]  Do not dilly. Do not dally. Day breaks in the East. To cloudless skies, the sun will rise and so must man and beast. For years and years the sun will shown that he knows what is best. Each morning he has left the East to settle in the West.

  Charlie Wooster : Good old Golden West.

  Jenny : [Phoebe singing]  Be it hilly. Be it valley, we will meet the test. With every mile, a bigger smile to greet the Golden West.

  Charlie Wooster : [Talk/sings]  I ain't the kind that's paid much mind by ladies I'm a-fear. May just be they all can't see the beauty of my beard.

  Jenny : [Phoebe singing]  ... Do not shilly. Do not shally. Let's get set to go. Just pack your gear for soon we'll hear the Major's "Wagons Ho." For years and years the sun has shown that he knows best. Each morning he has left the East to settle in the West. The good old Golden West.

• Charlie Wooster : Well, Major, that would be a terrible thing for a lady, wouldn't it.

  Major Seth Adams : It's not easy. And I'm afraid that scar goes more than skin deep. I'm afraid it's twisted her thinking.