01:04Oh, our lady's volunteer fire department portet is going to rehearse here tonight.
01:08We just organized it. We're calling ourselves the Four Alarms.
01:15You know, Four Alarm Fire. Get it?
01:20Oh, that's a cute name.
01:22We think so. And at our age, we can hardly call ourselves the Four Freshmen.
01:26Me, ah, ah, ah, ah, me. Ah, ah, ah, ah.
01:37Aunt Viv. Aunt Viv.
01:40How long do you think you'll be rehearsing?
01:43Oh, all evening.
01:44We're going to go up to Albany next week.
01:46We're going to enter the annual ladies' barbershop quartet contest.
01:49Oh, well, if you're going to sing here, I'd better go over to Cynthia's to do my homework.
01:56Hey, wait a minute. What do you mean by that?
01:58Well, I mean if there are going to be three more people who sing like you.
02:04Oh, I'd better help Mom with the dishes.
02:11Me, me, me, me. Ah, ah, ah. Ah, ah, ah.
02:16Mom. Yeah, dear?
02:18I think I'd better go over to Cynthia's to do my homework.
02:21Okay, but why?
02:23Well, I don't think I can concentrate with your quartet practicing here all evening.
02:27Well, that's not my stale quartet. I'm not even in it.
02:30You're not? How come?
02:32They had the nerve to tell me that I don't know how to sing.
02:35Oh, I think you have a lovely voice.
02:38Well, thank you, dear, but apparently I have a voice only a daughter can love.
02:43But you said rain in the shower.
02:44Well, I mentioned that, but they said when the water's not running, my voice leaves a lot to be desired.
02:51Well, I'll bet you sing as good as the rest of them.
02:54Well, actually, they've had a lot more experience, you know.
02:56Dorothy and Grace sing in the church choir,
02:58and Thelma Green says she once appeared in the Third Road Company of Rio Rita.
03:04And, of course, Aunt Viv sang with a band in college.
03:07Did Aunt Viv really sing with a band?
03:09Yeah.
03:10Oh, I didn't know that.
03:11Oh, yeah. Viv keeps telling me she could have been another Wee Bonnie Baker.
03:17Who is Wee Bonnie Baker?
03:20Oh, she was a big singing star.
03:22She made her biggest hit when she sang,
03:25Oh, Johnny, oh, Johnny, how you can love.
03:29Oh, Johnny, oh, Johnny, heaven's above.
03:33That was a big hit.
03:38Yeah, that was a big hit.
03:39Why?
03:40Well, you'll understand when you try to explain to your daughter
03:43what was so hot about Elvis Presley singing,
03:46You ain't nothing but a howl dog.
03:49You ain't nothing but a howl dog.
03:52Oh, Mom.
03:52Well, you will.
03:54Are you disappointed that you're not in the quartet?
03:56Oh, heavens no.
03:58I couldn't care less.
04:00Well, bye, Mom.
04:01Bye-bye, honey. Don't be too late now.
04:02No, I won't.
04:19Hi, Thelma. Hi, Dorothy.
04:22Where's Grace?
04:22Grace isn't coming.
04:24We've got terrible news. Tragedy has struck.
04:27What?
04:28Grace has to drop out of the quartet.
04:30Why?
04:30Oh, her husband's company is transferring him to California, and he has to leave right away.
04:35And she has the nerve to want to go along with her husband and four children.
04:40Leaving our quartet high and dry.
04:43I never knew a soprano you could trust.
04:47Well, who can we get to take her place?
04:50Yes, who?
04:51Hi, girls.
04:53Hi, Lucy.
04:54Well, I know you have a lot of rehearsing to do, so I'll leave you alone.
04:58Oh, now, let's see.
05:00There must be someone we can get to take Grace's place in our quartet.
05:09Yeah, but who?
05:16They don't have barbershop trios, do they?
05:19Oh, no.
05:19And even if they did, we all sing harmony.
05:22We need somebody to take melody.
05:24Yes, we need somebody that'll sing melody.
05:28Lucy, we're trying to think of a singer to take Grace's part.
05:39So would you please stop all that noise, dear?
05:41Let's see.
05:58What other women are in our volunteer fire department?
06:01Um, what about Pauline Lopez?
06:02Oh, no.
06:03She could never get away with those seven kids.
06:06That's right.
06:06Even before she comes to a fire, she has to find a babysitter.
06:14Listen, what about Barbara Cushing?
06:17She's the soloist in our choir.
06:18She has a beautiful voice.
06:20But she's not a member of the volunteer fire department.
06:22Oh, that's right.
06:24Good try.
06:24Keep thinking.
06:26Where's the fire?
06:29Well, there isn't any fire, but I know who you can get to replace Grace.
06:32Well, it's someone who isn't moving to California, and someone who sings melody, and someone who doesn't have any babysitter problem, and someone who is a member of the Women's Volunteer Fire Department.
06:46Who is it?
06:47Give us her name.
06:48Down by the old hill street.
06:53Her name, her name.
07:00Well, if you three are so dense, I don't know if I want to be in your darned old quartet.
07:05You?
07:06You?
07:06You?
07:07Yes, me, me, me.
07:11Oh, I don't know, Lucy.
07:18What do you say, girls?
07:19Well, I...
07:20Well, now, her voice isn't too bad.
07:22It isn't good, but it's not bad.
07:24Well, if we don't take her, we won't be able to go to Albany.
07:27Well, it...
07:28Well, there isn't anybody else.
07:30She's better than nothing.
07:34Okay, Lucy, you're in.
07:35Oh, thank you!
07:37Thank you!
07:38Hey, we better start rehearsing.
07:39Yeah, girls, we gotta get rehearsing right now if we're going up to Albany and get a hold of that little old cup.
07:43Now, line up right over here.
07:44Line up according to size, because that makes the sound a lot better.
07:47Lucy!
07:47Lucy!
07:49Lucy!
07:50Well, um, why did you decide it to sing?
07:56Well, actually, we hadn't come to any decision yet.
07:59I still think we should sing Moonlight Bay.
08:01Oh, but the light of the silvery moon has such good harmony.
08:04Yeah, but Red Revd Robin, is that that, you know...
08:06Hey, hey, I know, I know.
08:07Be My Bumblebee.
08:08That's a wonderful old number.
08:09Has a great arrangement for quartet.
08:11And it's not...
08:11You're not one of those things like Red Red Robin.
08:13You know, everybody and his brother sings.
08:15Lucy!
08:16Lucy!
08:18Well, now, it's really up to you three to decide.
