Daily Dialogue — May 18, 2017

TONY: Now, tell me, what’s your pleasure? A la carte? Dinner? Aha! Okay. Hey, Joe. Butch-a, he says he wants-a two spaghetti especialle. Heavy on-a meats-a-ball-a.
JOE: Tony, dogs a-don’t a-talk.
TONY: He’s a-talkin’ to me!
JOE: Okay, he’s a-talkin’ to you. You the boss! Mamma mia!
TONY: Now, here you are-a, the best-a spaghetti in-a town.

[sings] For this is the night
It’s a beautiful night
And we call it bella notte

Look at the skies
They have stars in their eyes
On this lovely bella notte

Side by side
With your loved one|
You’ll find enchantment here
The night will weave its magic spell
When the one you love is near

For this is the night
And the heavens are right
On this lovely
Bella notte

This is the night
It’s a beautiful night
And we call it
Bella notte…

— Lady and the Tramp (1955), written by Ward Greene, story by Erdman Penner & Joe Rinaldi & Ralph Wright & Don DaGradi

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Mealtime. Today’s suggestion by Gisela Wehrl.

Trivia: Walt Disney originally didn’t want to include the ‘Bella Note’ spaghetti-eating scene, now one of the most iconic moments in the whole Disney canon.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Gisela: “Though Lady and the Tramp can speak within the movie, they keep silent within that scene as the humans cannot understand their words. But Tony understands them anyway: Good Food and a romantic song are coming. A Boy and a girl in a restaurant with the stars shining above them, there is no need to talk them.

For me as a child, it was the most romantic scene of all: You want your love to eat the last meatball.”