The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)

Beau Bridges: Frank Baker

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• Frank Baker : Okay, let's hear it. We trashed the Avedon, the Luau Lounge - what's our beef with 'Feelings'?

  Susie Diamond : Nothing... except who cares? I mean, does anybody really need to hear 'Feelings' again in their lifetime? It's like parsley, okay? Take it away, nobody's going to know the difference.

  Frank Baker : 'Feelings' is not parsley!

  Susie Diamond : Frank, to you 'Feelings' may be goddamn filet mignon, but to me, it's parsley. It's *less* than parsley.

  Frank Baker : Look, 'Feelings,' despite what you may think of it, has always been one of the bright moments of the show, and a consistent crowd-pleaser, and consequently we have an obligation to perform it. If we didn't, the audience would be disappointed.

  Susie Diamond : Oh. Well, they weren't exactly crying their eyes out on New Year's Eve.

  Frank Baker : You passed over 'Feelings'?

  Susie Diamond : Yeah. Oh, and 'Bali Hai' went out with the bathwater, too.

  Frank Baker : Ah ha. I see. The cat goes away for the night, and the mice take over the orchestra.

  Susie Diamond : Hey! I ain't no mouse.

  Frank Baker : That's right - you're parsley.

• Frank Baker : [as she auditions 'The Candyman']  Thank you, Miss Moran, that's enough. Miss Moran... Miss Moran!

  [shouts] 

  Frank Baker : Blanche!

  Blanche 'Monica' Moran : Sorry! I get so caught up in it sometimes, it's scary.

  Frank Baker : Yes, it is.

• Susie Diamond : Oh no, not the goddamn Luau Lounge again!

  Frank Baker : What's the matter with the Luau Lounge? They don't salt their peanuts?

  Susie Diamond : Singing 'Feelings' knee-deep in paper orchids and plastic tiki lamps is not exactly my idea of a fun evening.

  Frank Baker : Fun? Who promised you fun? We get paid, remember!

• Frank Baker : I'm sorry. I'm a bit wound up.

  Jack Baker : Frank, you're a fucking alarm clock.

• Frank Baker : Jesus, when was the last time we played the Mallory?

  Jack Baker : '78, November.

  Frank Baker : Right, it was someone's birthday... Halloran?

  Jack Baker : He had a daughter, sweet sixteen.

  Frank Baker : Oh Christ! How could I forget? What a nightmare!

  Jack Baker : She asked for it!

  Frank Baker : I told Halloran we didn't do vocals, and he said, "What my Sissy wants..."

  Jack Baker : "My Sissy gets!"

  Jack Baker : [Leering]  She got it, all right!

• Frank Baker : [in the Ambassador Lounge, in front of many people]  Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to a very special lady with a very special way of singing a song. Miss Susie Diamond!

  Susie Diamond : [talking into microphone, but it's turned off, so no sound is coming out]  Ladies and Gentlemen...

  Frank Baker : [whispering to her]  Hit the switch. Hit the switch.

  Susie Diamond : Switch?

  Susie Diamond : [she accidentally flips a switch, microphone suddenly comes on, very LOUD]  What FUCKING switch?

  Susie Diamond : [embarrassed, softly]  Pardon me.

  Frank Baker : [later, outside, he says it like he can't believe it]  "Fucking." She says ''fucking'' in front of an entire room of people!

  Susie Diamond : l apologized.

  Frank Baker : [mad]  Did you hear it?

  Jack Baker : [not mad, just repeating it for Frank's sake]  Fucking.

  Susie Diamond : Look, they were on their third Mai Tai by the time l got out there, anyway.

  Frank Baker : [still mad]  Fucking!

  Susie Diamond : [defensively]  For Christ's sake, l said it, l didn't DO it. Besides, l don't think they were that offended.

• [repeated lines] 

  Frank Baker : You hit me!

  Jack Baker : I told you I was gonna hit you.

• Frank Baker : [after their show, pouring champagne:]  Mark my words. From this night forward, our lives will *never*... be the same.

  Susie Diamond : I'll tell you what, Frank. You get more pop out of two glasses of champagne than anyone I know.

• Jack Baker : [after Frank berated his smoking habit]  I'll take just a wild stab, Frank, but is something bothering you?

  Frank Baker : Leave her alone. I mean it. Jack, this isn't some hat-check girl you can leave behind at the Sheridan. You've got two shows a *night* with her!

  Jack Baker : You don't know what you're talking about.

  Frank Baker : I know *trouble*, and it's name starts with an S.

  Jack Baker : Do me a favor, Frank. Relax.

  Frank Baker : You do me a favor, little brother. Stick to cocktail waitresses.

• Frank Baker : I think I'm drunk. You two dance. I'm gonna go sit with the wallflowers.