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After an opening joke about Howard Hughes and his Spruce Goose, Al sings Golden Gate.
Oscar LaVante complains to Al that he wasn’t selected for America’s best-dressed men. The joke is that Oscar was known for his rumpled, unkempt look, among other things. The fashion jokes slide into an intro for Oscar to play Gershwin’s 2nd Prelude.
Al asks for Oscar to play something new, then sings one of his old standards, All My Love.
The melancholy tune has Oscar in a sad mood. How can you tell?
Al sings a medley including Look for the Silver lining. What Care I. I’m Happy.
Humphrey Bogart enters to talk to Al about hanging out in nightspots, and their young wives. How did they manage to get such young wives anyway?
The tough guy demands to play Al ing his next movie. His one stipulation is that Bogey gets to do his own singing. Bogey teases Oscar about sending in a question to the game show that features Oscar, Information Please. Bogey pitches his idea on how Al’s next picture might open, as well as other scenes.
Bogey proves he can sing with a few bars of Mammie.
Al wraps up the show with a ballad from a comedian from 30 years ago When You WereSweet Sixteen.
