During a period of inactivity at his job, Louis Blore (Red Skelton) sings this song appreciating the pages of his favorite magazine, which then as now featured photographs of beautiful women.
(Verse)
When I buy an Esquire,
The bible of the well-dressed man
My pulse jumps ten points higher
But not because of each dapper dan!
I don’t go in for fashions
I forget the authors’ names
The only thing I go for
Are those beautiful dames!
(Chorus)
I love an Esquire girl
If you don’t love an Esquire girl
You won’t like steaks
Apple strudel
Angel cakes
Soup with noodle
You would eat an oyster but you’d throw away the pearl
If you don’t love an Esquire girl!
I love a Varga girl;
If you don’t love a Varga girl
You’d laugh out loud at Whistler’s mother
Frankenstein’s sure to be your brother!
You would buy a Persian lamb and cut off every curl
If you don’t love a Varga girl!
Those lovely pictures by Hurrell
I hang on every wall
They’re so swell
I have to yell
“Hurrell for evermore!”
I crave a lovely girl;
If you don’t crave a lovely girl
You’ve got a head
But what’s below it?
You’re half dead
But you don’t know it!
And if Lana Turner doesn’t set your brain a-whirl
Then you don’t love a lovely girl!
If you still don’t love a lovely girl
There’s something you should see;
The calendar that we present
For 1943
January, you resolve to start the year out fine
February, you make every heart a Valentine
March, you are just a bit unruly
April, you’re so April fooly!
May, you’re so romantic with your magic touch of Spring
June, you have each couple hoping wedding bells will ring!
July brings out the good old Yankee Doodle in me
And August, what a wonderful vacation you’d be!
Sweet September, you arrive and disappear too soon
But you bring October and the lovely harvest moon!
November makes us thankful for the blessings we hold dear
December makes us realise it’s been a lovely year!
I crave a lovely girl;
If you don’t crave a lovely girl
You’ve got a head but what’s below it?
You’re half dead but you don’t know it!
And if Lana Turner doesn’t set your brain a-whirl
Then you don’t love a lovely girl!
I Love an Esquire Girl was written by Lew Brown & Ralph Freed & Roger Edens.