Drop That Name

(Spoken)
[BUTLER]
Don't be flustered, Miss. Just do like the others do. Just drop a name

[MAN]
Ed!

[WOMAN]
Murrow!

[MAN]
Noël!

[WOMAN]
Coward!

[MAN]
Humphrey!

[WOMAN]
Bogart!

[MAN]
Bennett!

[WOMAN]
Cerf!

[MAN]
Somerset!

[WOMAN]
Maugham!

[MAN]
Jennifer!

[WOMAN]
Jones!

[PARTYGOERS]
La-la-la-la-la-la!
José Ferrer
And Janet Blair
And Fred Astaire
And Vincente Minnelli
Daniel Mann
And Lynn Fontanne
Elia Kazan
The former Grace Kelly
Louis Shurr
And Courtney Burr
And Irving Lazar
Anthony Quinn

[ELLA]
And Rin-Tin-Tin!

[PARTYGOERS]
Doris Day
And Barry Gray
And Edna Best
Arthur Loew
And Vaughn Monroe
Rebecca West
Irwin Shaw
And Evelyn Waugh
And Errol Flynn
Rory Calhoun

[ELLA]
And Rin-Tin-Toon!

[PARTYGOERS]
Barney Baruch
And King Farouk
Alistair Cooke
And Debbie and Eddie
Lucille Ball
And Lauren Bacall
Hedy Lamarr
Roz Russell and Freddie
Carol Reed
And Sammy Snead
And Deborah Kerr
Anna May Wong

[ELLA]
And Rong-Tong-Tong!

[PARTYGOERS]
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

[MAN]
Luncheon was fun
At 21
Then I had to run
For drinks at the Plaza

[WOMAN]
Dined with Jean
Le Pavillon
Then flew right on
To St. Mark s Piazza

[SECOND MAN]
Took a group
For onion soup
At dawn at Les Halles
It never shuts

[ELLA]
Like Chock Full o' Nuts

[SECOND WOMAN]
My Christian Dior
I wore, then tore
Got fitted for
A new Balenciaga
Then to Jacques Fath
For just one hat
Got something that
Will drive you gaga

[THIRD WOMAN]
Valentina's where I've been
I just adore Val
Things with good lines

[ELLA]
Like things from Klein's
I do all my shopping there with Mary and Ethel

[THIRD WOMAN]
Mary and Ethel who?

[ELLA]
Mary Schwartz and Ethel Hotchkiss

[PARTYGOERS]
Errol Flynn!

[ELLA]
Rin-Tin-Tin!

[PARTYGOERS]
Edmund Gwenn!

[ELLA]
Ren-Ten-Ten!

[PARTYGOERS]
Aly Khan!

[ELLA]
Rahn-Tahn-Tahn!

[PARTYGOERS]
Raymond Massey!

[ELLA]
Lassie!

[PARTYGOERS]
That s the way you play the game!
Drop that name!