《《Kilroy Was Here (1947)》》Storyline
[Note: The ZAZ trio of comedy writers were known asThe Kentucky Fried Theaterwhen they performed as a Wisconsin comedy roupe.]Ida (always ready with a quick one-liner) quips to the cop: "Look, I bruise easy." Ida passes Wally as she is summoned away for questioning - she sarcastically greets him: "Well, what is this, the class-reunion?" Wally grimly tells Mildred: "I""ll have a tough time talking my way out of this.Wagstaff: Well, what is the password?Baravelli: Aw, no! You gotta tellme.Hey, I tell what I do.I give you three guesses.It""s the name of a fish.Wagstaff: Is it Mary?Baravelli: Ha-ha.That""s-a no fish.Wagstaff: She isn""t, well, she drinks like one.Let me see.Is it sturgeon?Baravelli: Hey you crazy! Sturgeon, he""s a doctor cuts you open when-a you sick.Now I give you one more chance.Wagstaff: I got it! Haddock!Baravelli: That""s-a funny.I gotta haddock, too.Wagstaff: What do you take for a haddock?Baravelli: Well-a, sometimes I take-a aspirin, sometimes I take-a Calamel.Hey, this is no parade ground." The boys must trade not paper money, but cigarettes, cigars, soap, cognac, and chewing obacco for something to eat.In the year 1956, more than 10,000 American servicemen had defied regulations and married Japanese women.