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Series: Cecil and Sally
Show: Episode 140 - Cecil's tooth comes out
Date: circa 1930s

CECIL - Sweet teenage boy
SALLY - Sweet teenage girl, thpeakth with a lithp

SALLY:

Oh, Cecil? (GIGGLE) Cecil? Well, where ARE you?

CECIL:

Right here, behind the door.

SALLY:

Oh. (GIGGLE) Well, it's all over, isn't it?

CECIL:

W-well, you see, it's like this, Sally...

SALLY:

Cecil Shortridge. You broke the string.

CECIL:

Well, whattaya know about that? It broke.

SALLY:

Well, you KNOW it did. You broke it.

CECIL:

Well, I wasn't ready. I didn't have time to holler, "Stop", so I... just grabbed the string, and broke it.

SALLY:

Oh, goodness. Now we have to do it all over.

CECIL:

Oh, no we don't.

SALLY:

Why? Did the tooth fall out anyhow?

CECIL:

N-no, but... I've decided to let it stay in there a little while longer.

SALLY:

And I've decided that you've been acting like a baby, long enough.

CECIL:

You can't tell me what to do.

SALLY:

And why can't I tell you what to do?

CECIL:

Well, you can tell me, but I don't have to listen.

SALLY:

You know what I'm going to do, Cecil?

CECIL:

Sure. You're gonna call me an overgrown baby. But I don't care. I don't want-- That is, I'm not quite ready to yank it out yet.

SALLY:

Well, when WILL you be ready?

CECIL:

Oh, in about... about ten minutes. Maybe.

SALLY:

If you don't tie that string to the doorknob again, and get this over with, I'm going right to the phone.

CECIL:

What are you gonna do, throw the phone at me?

SALLY:

No. I'll phone up your aunt and tell her that you're over here at my house with a loose tooth in your mouth, and you ought to go to the dentist. SHE won't fool with you.

CECIL:

She'll tell you to mind your own business.

SALLY:

Oh, she will not. Well, I'm going.

CECIL:

All right.

SALLY:

A dentist won't be so quick as this. Well... I'll be right back.

CECIL:

Are you gonna be a tattletale?

SALLY:

Are you going to be a baby?

CECIL:

My aunt isn't home.

SALLY:

Well, I'll take a chance.

CECIL:

Hey, wait a minute! Huh! I was only playing. Huh, I wouldn't go all the way downtown, you know, just to have a dentist p-push a loose tooth out. Huh! Why, I just wanted to wait a few minutes.

SALLY:

Oh, you just don't wanna have to be such a coward in front of other people. I know.

CECIL:

Huh! Why, this is nothing.

SALLY:

All right, then. Tie those two strings together again.

CECIL:

(BEAT) All right. (TYING STRINGS TOGETHER) Such and... such. Huh.

SALLY:

Don't be so slow, Cecil. Tie them good and tight.

CECIL:

We've got all afternoon.

SALLY:

(GIGGLE) Oh, Cecil, you look so funny. (GIGGLE)

CECIL:

You'd look funny too, with a string leading out of your mouth.

SALLY:

All right. Are you all ready again?

CECIL:

Wait a minute. Let's see.

SALLY:

(GIGGLE) Are you looking for an excuse?

CECIL:

All right. Get on the other side of the door.

SALLY:

Now, stand right here. And don't break the string at the last moment.

CECIL:

All right. You and your torture chamber...

SALLY:

Oh, if you weren't such a coward, you'd reach in and pull it out with your fingers.

CECIL:

Yeah. And if this were YOUR tooth, you wouldn't talk so much.

SALLY:

Are you all set, now?

CECIL:

No!

SALLY:

Well, why aren't you?

CECIL:

(BEAT) I've gotta cross my fingers.

SALLY:

Are you ready now?

CECIL:

(BEAT) No! Don't be in such a hurry.

SALLY:

Come on, Cecil. Be a man.

CECIL:

And you be yourself, willya?

SALLY:

Well, what are you doing?

CECIL:

(BEAT) I'm bracing myself.

SALLY:

Well? Are you braced now?

CECIL:

(BEAT) No! I'll tell you when I'm ready!

SALLY:

Well, we only have about six more hours of daylight.

CECIL:

Well, wait a minute. Are you gonna count?

SALLY:

No. When you say you're ready, I'll just pull the door shut quick.

CECIL:

Well, I'm not ready yet.

SALLY:

Oh, Cecil, stop stalling. What's the matter?

CECIL:

Sh-sh-shall I close my eyes?

SALLY:

Yes. Shall I shut the door now?

CECIL:

No! Wait a minute. I-I-- uh... (VOICE CRACKS) Couldn't we do this later?

SALLY:

No. We're gonna do it right now!

SFX:

DOOR SLAM ... PAUSE

CECIL:

Hey, I didn't say I was ready!

SALLY:

Oh, Cecil, it's still in!

CECIL:

Sure. I-I wasn't standing back far enough for the string to pull.

SALLY:

Goodness, am I gonna have to CHLOROFORM you?

CECIL:

Well, I-- That's not a bad idea.

SALLY:

Oh, I thought it would be all over by now.

CECIL:

Well, that's what you get for trying to take me by surprise.

SALLY:

All right, I'll wait until you say you're ready, this time.

CECIL:

All right. Go on back in the other room.

SALLY:

Now, stand straight up, and take up the slack.

CECIL:

Leave the door open about a foot, so you'll have room to pull...

SALLY:

Don't you bother about me. Are you ready?

CECIL:

Will you stop asking me, am I ready?

SALLY:

Cecil, please hurry. There's no reason to wait.

CECIL:

There is too! I have to collect my thoughts.

SALLY:

Well, that shouldn't take long. You have so few.

CECIL:

And no dirty remarks! Oh, and another thing...

SALLY:

Well, what's wrong now?

CECIL:

I don't like the way you open that door again and laugh.

SALLY:

All right. Are you all set?

CECIL:

No! Not quite. Uh... Uh, do you think this'll hurt, Sally?

SALLY:

Oh, you won't feel it!

CECIL:

Ha! Don't make me laugh. Well...

SALLY:

Are you ever going to say you're ready?

CECIL:

Well, uh... Wait til I open my mouth.

SALLY:

Have you got it open?

CECIL:

(MOUTH OPEN) Yeah.

SALLY:

Are you ready?

CECIL:

(BEAT) Yeah. (SUDDENLY) No, wait a minute!

SALLY:

Oh, what's wrong?

CECIL:

I was standing wrong. (BEAT) All right. I'm ready. But take it easy, now.

SALLY:

All right. Get set.

CECIL:

(SUDDENLY) Wait a minute, Sally! Not yet!

SALLY:

Oh, my goodness... All right.

CECIL:

(VOICE CRACKS) Well, there's no hurry. We got lots of time.

SALLY:

Oh, Cecil, don't be such a coward. Get it over.

CECIL:

All right. Well... I guess I'm ready, then.

SALLY:

Are you sure, this time?

CECIL:

Uh... Yeah, I think so. Oh, gosh...

SALLY:

All right, then. In just a second, it'll be out.

CECIL:

Hey, Sally, don't! Wait!

SALLY:

Oh, Cecil, I was just about to pull the door.

CECIL:

I know. I was afraid of that. I-- You know, I-- Oh, I just thought, uh, well, uh... You don't mind doing this, do you?

SALLY:

No. All right, now. Are you ready?

CECIL:

Well, that's good, because... i-if this was any bother to you... I wouldn't want you to do it.

SALLY:

Are you all set again?

CECIL:

I-I wouldn't wanna put you to any trouble on my account, because, well... it'll probably fall out tonight, anyhow.

SALLY:

I tell you, it's a pleasure. Are you ready?

CECIL:

Well... yes. I just wanted to know, you know. Well, I'm, uh, I'm ready.

SALLY:

Well, don't change your mind.

SFX:

DOOR SLAM

SALLY:

That's right. (GIGGLE) Cecil, see? It didn't hurt at all, did it? All it takes is just one little pull, and presto! (GASP) Cecil, it isn't out yet.

CECIL:

Well, you see, Sally, you waited so long before you shut the door, that I sorta took a little step forward, and... then, when you shut the door, why, it didn't take up the slack in the string, so (NERVOUS LITTLE LAUGH) isn't that funny?

SALLY:

All right then, let it stay in. I don't care. Swallow it, and die. It'll serve you right for being such a baby.

CECIL:

Well, I'll let it stay in, a little while longer. (NERVOUS LITTLE LAUGH) Then, I'll pull it out.

SALLY:

Oh, I'm disgusted with you. I'm ashamed of you. And I thought you were brave.

CECIL:

Now, Sally, don't get peeved. Just because you waited too long. Now I've gotta untie this string from my tooth. (DOES IT) Ouch!

SALLY:

Oh, why don't you pull it out?

CECIL:

There. (EXHALES) Now it's untied. Well... let's get out of the kitchen.

SALLY:

Here, BABY. Give me that string. I'll put it back in the kitchen drawer.

CECIL:

W-well, Sally, gee. You should feel sorry for me, instead o' ribbing me about it. It's liable to hurt. You don't know.

SALLY:

Oh, keep still! You're liable to break down and cry! Oh, goodness, what's this?

CECIL:

Looks like that precious cook o' yours spilt pepper outta the pepper box, all in the drawer.

SALLY:

Oh, goodness. That's just what it is. Pepper. Well, how will I get it out?

CECIL:

Here. Get outta the way. I can do SOME things.

SALLY:

What are you going to do?

CECIL:

I'm gonna blow this pepper out. That's the only way. Now, watch out for your eyes. (BLOWS)

SALLY:

Ooh! Watch out for your nose, Cecil! You'll get some in your nose!

CECIL:

(PEPPER UP NOSE) I already did! I-- (PREPARING TO SNEEZE) Ah-- ah--

SALLY:

Well, what are you going to do? Sneeze?

CECIL:

Yeah. Watch out. I'm rehearsing. (PREPARING TO SNEEZE) Ah-- ah--

SALLY:

(GIGGLE) Go ahead and sneeze.

CECIL:

(BIG SNEEZE) Oh. (LITTLE LAUGH) My nose itches.

SALLY:

Cecil... (GIGGLE) Oh, my goodness. (GIGGLE)

CECIL:

What's funny?

SALLY:

Well, look. My goodness, look on the table, Cecil. See? When you sneezed...

CECIL:

What is it? (LOOKS) Why, it's a tooth! How'd it get there? Whose is it?

SALLY:

(GIGGLE) My goodness, it's YOURS. It came out when you sneezed.

CECIL:

It's mine??? Let's see. (FEELS IN MOUTH WITH HIS TONGUE) Ye gods, it's gone! It's mine! (IN PAIN) Oh, it hurts, Sally! Gimme some water, quick!

SALLY:

(GIGGLE) If I hadn't said something, you'd never have known the difference. (GIGGLE) I knew all I had to do was to jar you, and it would come out. I spilt that pepper on purpose, and you took it, hook, line, and sinker! (GIGGLE)