Economy Lunch-PJSallinger: Do you really think you can get away with this?
Kennedy: I've been criticized in the newspapers for big parties and state dinners. Now, we've got to cut down and economy starts at home.
Sallinger: Alright, if you say so. Oh, here they are.
Kennedy: Alright Gentlemen... let us be seated. Uh, Mr. Adenaur, if you will sit next to your friend Mr. de Gaulle. Mr. Castro, you will sit here next to your friend, Mr. Kruschev. Mr. Nasser, if you will set here next to your friend Mr. Ben-Gurion... Oh, I'm sorry... Mr. Nkrumah, if you will sit in-between Mr. Ben-Gurion and Mr. Nasser, then you can turn either way. Now, uh, Mr. Chaing Kai-shek, would you please sit there next to Mr. Kruschev?
Now, before we get down to the business at hand, I thought a brief lunch would be in order. Now, instead of the usual food we serve here, I thought we'd have a normal businessman's lunch, so I'm going to send down to the delicatessen store for some sandwiches. How does that strike you gentlemen?[pounding on table]
Kennedy: Mr. Kruschev? Mr. Kruschev? I appreciate your enthusiasm. Would you mind just taking your shoe off the table?
I think I'll have the peanut butter and jelly on whole wheat, with a side order of coleslaw and a hot fudge sundae. Mr. de Gaulle?de Gaulle: Uch! I would like to have dove under glass.
Kennedy: Ah, I'm sorry general, but we're only having sandwiches today.
de Gaulle: Then could I have a dove-under-glass sandwich?
Kennedy: Alright, Pierre, a chicken salad on white for the general. Mr. Chaing Kai-shek?
Chaing: A club sandwich would be fine. Thank you so much.
Kennedy: Would you like a little mayo?
Chaing: Please, not to mention that name.
Kennedy: I'm sorry. Mr. Nasser?
Nasser: I'll have a hot pastrami sandwich. I can never get it at home.
Kennedy: What kind of bread?
Nasser: White toast, with lettuce and mayonnaise.
Ben-Gurion: Mr. Nasser.
Nasser: What do you want, Ben-Gurion?
Ben-Gurion: I know we don't get along. You never listen to me. Now your fooling around with rockets. But this time please listen. Pastrami don't go with white bread and mayonnaise. Have it on rye bread with mustard and a glass of tea and you'll enjoy.
Kennedy: I, uh, think that Mr. Ben-Gurion has a point there.
Nasser: Alright, I'll take a chance.
Ben-Gurion: Good boy. And if you like pastrami, next time you're in the neighborhood, drop by the house. My wife makes a gefilte fish -- it melts in your mouth.
Nasser: We're going to have to get together, Mr. Ben-Gurion.
Ben-Gurion: My name is Ben-Gurion. You can call me Ben.
Nasser: My name is Abdul Nasser. You can call me Abe.
Kennedy: Good. Now, fine. Mr. Kruschev?
Kruschev: You don't have to order special for me. I'll have a bit of everybody elses.
Kennedy: Alright. Mr. Adenauer?
Adenauer: There's one sandwich here in America I love. I'll have a western sandwich.
Kruschev: If Adenauer has a western sandwich, then I'll have an eastern sandwich.
Kennedy: There is no eastern sandwich.
Kruschev: Then I want the eastern portion of his western sandwich.
Kennedy: I'm sure we can negotiate on that subject. Mr. Castro?
Castro: I'll have a chicken sandwich with a live chicken.
Kennedy: That leaves Mr. Nkrumah. What will you have sir?
Nkrumah: I'll have some watermelon.
Kennedy: Don't put me on, Mr. Nkrumah.
Nkrumah: Alright. A ham and egg sandwich and a coke.
[pounding]
Nkrumah: And I guess a bowl of borscht.
Kennedy: Okay, Pierre, put a rush on it.
...later...
Kennedy: Gentlemen. Now that was a pleasant lunch. Now, under discussion today will be nuclear disarmament, followed by the U.N. bond issue, and a matter of the trade agreement. But first, there is a most important matter to settle. Mr. de Gaulle, yours was the chicken salad and coffee. That's a dollar forty...