Daily Dialogue — August 18, 2010

Twimble: As a brash young man,
Well, I said to myself,
‘Now, brash young man,
Don’t get any ideas.’
Well, I stuck to that,
And I haven’t had one in years. 

Finch: You play it safe. 

Twimble: I play it the company way;
Wherever the company puts me 
There I stay. 

Finch: But what is your point of view? 

Twimble: I have no point of view. 

Finch: Supposing the company thinks . . . 

Twimble: I think so too. 

Finch: Now, what would you say . . .? 

Twimble: I wouldn’t say. 

Finch: Your face is a company face. 

Twimble: It smiles at executives
Then goes back in place. 

Finch: The company furniture? 

Twimble: Oh, it suits me fine. 

Finch: The company letterhead? 

Twimble: A valentine. 

Finch: Anything you’re against? 

Twimble: Unemployment.

 — Finch (Robert Morse), Twimble (Sammy Smith), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967), screenplay by David Swift, book by Abe Burrows and Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, based on a novel by Shepherd Mead

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is song lyrics in movies. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying suggested by Jeff.

Trivia: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1962. Only eight musicals have won the Pulitzer Prize in drama — one per decade from the 1930s to the 1990s. They are as follows: Of Thee I Sing (1972) from the 1930s, South Pacific (1958) from the 1940s, Fiorello from the 1950s, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) from the 1960s, A Chorus Line (1985) from the 1970s, Sunday in the Park with George (1986) from the 1980s, Rent (2005) from the 1990s and Next to Normal from the 2000s.

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