and as anyone in this county
can tell you, that takes some doing.
Take during the depression,
for instance.
You and I were the only ones
that kept our heads.
You saved the Building and Loan,
I saved all the rest.
Well, most people say
you stole all the rest.
The envious ones say that,
George, the suckers.
Now, I have stated my side very frankly.
Now, let's look at your side.
Young man, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, married, making say...forty a week.
- Forty-five!
- Forty-five. Forty-five.
Out of which, after supporting your mother, and paying your bills, you're able to keep,
say ten, if you skimp.
A child or two comes along, and you
won't even be able to save the ten.
Now, if this young man of twenty-eight
was a common, ordinary yokel, I'd say he was doing fine.
But, George Bailey is not a common,
ordinary yokel.
He's an intelligent,
smart, ambitious young man,
who hates his job, who hates the Building
and Loan, almost as much as I do.
A young man who's been dying to get
out on his own ever since he was born.
A young man...the smartest one
of the crowd, mind you, (one of my favorite scenes and with Barrymore)
a young man who has to sit by and
watch his friends go places,
because he's trapped.
Yes, sir, trapped into frittering his life away
playing nursemaid to a lot of garlic-eaters.
Do I paint a correct picture,
or do I exaggerate?
can tell you, that takes some doing.
Take during the depression,
for instance.
You and I were the only ones
that kept our heads.
You saved the Building and Loan,
I saved all the rest.
Well, most people say
you stole all the rest.
The envious ones say that,
George, the suckers.
Now, I have stated my side very frankly.
Now, let's look at your side.
Young man, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, married, making say...forty a week.
- Forty-five!
- Forty-five. Forty-five.
Out of which, after supporting your mother, and paying your bills, you're able to keep,
say ten, if you skimp.
A child or two comes along, and you
won't even be able to save the ten.
Now, if this young man of twenty-eight
was a common, ordinary yokel, I'd say he was doing fine.
But, George Bailey is not a common,
ordinary yokel.
He's an intelligent,
smart, ambitious young man,
who hates his job, who hates the Building
and Loan, almost as much as I do.
A young man who's been dying to get
out on his own ever since he was born.
A young man...the smartest one
of the crowd, mind you, (one of my favorite scenes and with Barrymore)
a young man who has to sit by and
watch his friends go places,
because he's trapped.
Yes, sir, trapped into frittering his life away
playing nursemaid to a lot of garlic-eaters.
Do I paint a correct picture,
or do I exaggerate?
party on Christmas Eve) and I'll have it playing in the background.
