 Bobby Rydell and Brian Hyland:
- Teasing the Girls
BOBBY: Hi, Brian. What's new?
BRIAN: Nothin' much, Bob. What's new with you?
BOBBY: I met a cute girl while I was working in Las Vegas a couple of months ago--
BRIAN: Hey, I met a doll in Des Moines this fall. Oh, was she cute! But you know what?
She got mad 'cause I teased her. Now isn't that silly?
BOBBY: Oh, yeah. Girls ought to know that we tease them because -- well, because we
like them.
BRIAN: Well, go try to explain that to a chick!
BOBBY: You know, a fellow starts testing girls when he first becomes aware of
them. Like, he can't go on forever ignoring them.
BRIAN: I know what you mean. When I first started getting in grammar school, I was
bashful. So I took to teasing them. That was easier. It was my way of expressing interest.
But some didn't really seem to understand. The first girl I ever sent a funny card to got
furious when she found out it was from me.
BOBBY: I remember this one girl I liked in the seventh grade. I sent her a silly note
and didn't sign it. I drew a funny little picture of what was supposed to be me on the
bottom. I wanted her to write back, but she didn't seem to get the message.
BRIAN: Well, when I sent that card, I think the girl evened the score, because I got a
few phone calls -- with nobody on the other end. You know the kind?
BOBBY: I sure do -- but those are a drag. I think that kind of teasing is creepy. I
like to tease girls when they play games -- like softball. They not only can't hit the
ball -- did you ever see them try to pitch? Boy, are they funny!
BRIAN: Another favorite "teasing" subject of mine is my 13-year-old sister,
Kathleen. She gets a record of her current favorite song and plays it over and over. So,
naturally, I hide it from her after awhile. That really gets her goat -- but not nearly as
much as when I casually walk over and turn the TV set off when she i snatching her
favorite, Dr. Kildare!
BOBBY: Hey, you're giving me good new tips. Here are a couple for you, Brian. Sit in
the balcony at a real sad movie an when the really terrible part comes, watch those
hankies whip out. That's when you start baying like a wounded wolf. That always gets the
girls down!
BRIAN: The greatest tease of all is when you pick up a girl like for a special date.
Now, she's like all dressed up fit to kill, and you either ignore her new outfit or say
something like, "Oh, Barbara just bought a dress exactly like that."
BOBBY: Fine, but then you have to convince them later that you were only teasing -- and
for them not to go back inside and spend two hours changing! Did you ever notice
how a girl's eyes light up when you mention the name of a guy she has a crush on? If his
name is Jim, say -- well, I"ll start each sentence with his name. Like, "Jim
says" or "When I saw Jim today." After awhile they are almost batty because
of you!
BRIAN: Boy, that's real advanced thinking. What happened to the good old days
when you were satisfied to snatch a girl's umbrella from her as she was walking in the
rain?
BOBBY: Or belt her with a few nice, friendly snowballs in the wintertime?
BRIAN: In grammar school there was this one girl who was short -- and cute as a button.
I gave her the nickname "Tiny," and she claimed she hated me for it. But in high
school we managed to have several dates together!
BOBBY: Names are a gas. Take Little Eva -- now her real name is Eva Boyd, so I call her
Boydie. Of course, she really loves that.
BRIAN: I'm easier on her -- I just call her Evie.
BOBBY: Ah, yes -- what a wonderful national pastime "Girl Teasing" is.
BRIAN: Right you are. Truly a fine art.
- BOBBY &
- BRIAN: And we're the absolute tops, first-rate masters of the art -- "Girl
Teasing," that is!
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