Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Esther Williams: K.C. Higgins
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Quotes
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Eddie O'Brien : Denny talks about you in his sleep. He keeps waking me up. Like, last night, for instance, all of the sudden he woke up yelling, "Slide, Katherine, Slide!"
K.C. Higgins : Denny even dreams baseball.
Eddie O'Brien : He wasn't dreaming about baseball.
K.C. Higgins : Well, how do you know?
Eddie O'Brien : Because when I leaned over to wake him up he embraced me. Like this! And then he kissed me. Like this.
[kiss]
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Eddie O'Brien , Dennis Ryan , K.C. Higgins , Shirley Delwyn : [singing] It's strictly USA
Eddie O'Brien : Take Judy Garland.
Dennis Ryan : Take Kathryn Grayson.
Shirley Delwyn : Take Mr. Crosby!
K.C. Higgins : Or Fred Astaire!
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Eddie O'Brien : I've been behaving like an idiot, haven't I?
K.C. Higgins : Yes, you have.
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Eddie O'Brien : Oh, Miss Higgins! You're the prettiest manager in baseball.
K.C. Higgins : You're certainly the prettiest shortstop.
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K.C. Higgins : Aren't you ball players supposed to be in training?
Eddie O'Brien : Training? Who me? I don't believe in it.
K.C. Higgins : You don't say. Well, what time do you usually get in?
Eddie O'Brien : Well, we're supposed to be in by ten o'clock. But, well, it's all right for the other fellas; but, I usually get in about midnight - except, of course, when I have an extra special date and then I get in about two or three. Tonight, I could stay out till five.
K.C. Higgins : Really? Won't Mr. Gilhuly get mad?
Eddie O'Brien : Well, what I always say is, what the boss doesn't know, doesn't hurt me.
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K.C. Higgins : Just call me Fat Head.
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Michael Gilhuly : This may not be such a good idea Miss Higgins. You're kinda cramping their style.
Slappy Burke : Yeah. They're not used to eatin' with skirts. I mean ladies.
K.C. Higgins : Look, Mike, the sooner they get used to seeing me around, the better it's going to be for all of us.
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K.C. Higgins : [singing] Cause it's one, two, three strikes, you're out, At the old ball game...
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Dennis Ryan : That's a great big moon, ain't it?
K.C. Higgins : Yes, it certainly is. It's a lovely moon.
Dennis Ryan : How's that?
K.C. Higgins : I said it's a lovely moon.
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Eddie O'Brien : Don't spoil it?
K.C. Higgins : Spoil what?
Eddie O'Brien : Well, eh, the whole picture. The moonlight on the ocean and the garden and the night and you on a balcony.
K.C. Higgins : Why, Mr. O'Brien, you're very poetic for a Shortstop.
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Eddie O'Brien : Call me Edward.
K.C. Higgins : Edward.
Eddie O'Brien : By the way, what'll I call you? Miss K.C. Higgins? What does the K stand for?
K.C. Higgins : Katherine.
Eddie O'Brien : Katherine. That's nice. What does the C stand for?
K.C. Higgins : Catherine!
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K.C. Higgins : It's going to cost you fifty bucks - baby doll.
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Eddie O'Brien : What's the matter? Didn't you like it?
K.C. Higgins : I don't like to mix clowning with baseball.
Eddie O'Brien : Maybe I ought to give up the baseball and stick to clowning.
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Eddie O'Brien , Dennis Ryan , Slappy Burke , K.C. Higgins , Shirley Delwyn , Party-Goers : [singing] Look away, look away, It's a lovely day today in the USA! Like a great big strawberry short-cake, Or a turkey on Thanksgiving Day, Like the Fourth of July or apple pie, It's strictly USA, Like a hot dog covered with mustard...
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K.C. Higgins : [singing] The All-American man is a hunk of man, He's a handy man in a pinch.
Shirley Delwyn : And maybe he can't make love, Like a clam can, Still he's quite a guy in a clinch.
Female Party-Goers : The All-American Fella wears a coat of high finance.
Shirley Delwyn : But, the All-American Girl wears the pants!
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K.C. Higgins : [singing] Back East it's "Hey, Bud!"
Dennis Ryan : Down South it's "Hi Ya'll!"
Shirley Delwyn : Cowboy's say "Howdy!"
Nat Goldberg : Injuns say "How!"
Eddie O'Brien : No matter where you meet folks, It's the real American way of greetin' folks...
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K.C. Higgins : Maybe you're getting restless. You should relax more. Get out and just bust out! You know? I really think it would do you some good. Get yourself a girl maybe and just - bust out!
Eddie O'Brien : And what girl am I gonna - bust out with?
K.C. Higgins : Well, I don't know. But, well if you can't find one, there's always me.