Y'all, look at it.
That is without a doubt the most beautiful one l have ever seen.
Well, it's obvious why it's still up.
There has never been another one like it.
Mine didn't turn out that good.
Where is yours now, Bobbie?
Mama took it home. To hang it!
Y'all, come on. We do this every time we come by here.
Take me home, Ray.
Oh, you love it, Melora.
l do not. lt's embarrassing.
You do, too. You love it. Admit it.
l do not! Leave it... stop it! Move over
Y'all!
Just be quiet.
Look at it.
Okay, let's go. Mama's gonna kill...me.
Ray, what are you doin'? No!
Stop it!
Hey, y'all wanna go to Nashville tomorrow night?
Yes!
Ray, can you drive?
Uhhh...
no. lt's Saturday.
Grannie'll be getting her hair done over in Tullahoma.
She'll need the car.
Clancy, you got your car back yet?
Nah. lt's, uh, still in the shop.
l'll have to ask Mama for hers. Oh, Lord.
We all know what that'll be like.
Melora, l'm not kiddin'. You've got to get the car.
l cannot hang out here one more night. Aren't y'all bored?
Oh, no. Mother'll never let me go to Nashville tomorrow night.
l think she's afraid l'm gonna break into country music and never come back.
Okay, hell, l am goin'. l don't care what my parents say.
They don't know where l am half the time anyway,
and that is fine with me.
Oh...God, you're so lucky!
Wait a minute. l just forgot.
l have a date with Ricky tomorrow night.
-Oho. -Great.
Bobbie, he is such a hood.
No!
A dumb-ass hood.
Redneck kick-your-ass hood.
He is not.
He is...pretty scary, Bobbie. He does...not like us.
Alls l'm sayin' is he went to high school for six years
and still hasn't graduated.
Have a good time, though.
l think maybe y'all are just a little bit jealous
'cause l've got a date. Do any of you?
Oh. Didn't think so. So...shut up.
Okay. See y'all...tomorrow.
Bye.
Hey, Ray, could you drop me off? l don't wanna walk home tonight.
Yeah.
You gonna be able to come tomorrow night, Clancy?
l gotta see what's goin' on around here.
Alright.
l'll let you know.
Alright.
Bye.
Hey, call me in the mornin'.
Shotgun!
See you later, Clancy.
You don't know what the hell you're talkin' about...!
l'm not going to talk about it when you're drinkin'!
You don't know a goddam thing!
Go on to bed!
l'm not talkin' to you about it any more!
Would you like a piece of pie?
What kind do you have today, Skillet?
We got chocolate, pecan, lemon meringue...chess...
and strawberry.
l'll have a piece of the chess with a cup 'a Sanka.
Roland won't have any, what with his diabetes and all.
Alright. Thank you.
l'm sorry you can't have any pie.
Hon, get me a chess pie, table five.
You know l'm responsible for many of his hit songs, don't ya?
l wrote most of 'em.
ls that right, Buzz?
You ever heard of ''Jailhouse Rock''?
Well, of course.
l wrote it.
You don't say.
''Blue Christmas''?
You write that, too?
Yep. And the ''Hound Dog''.
You did not write that song.
l most certainly did.
Elvis gave me these boots for writin' that one.
Hey, Buzz. Hi, Danny.
Hi, Melora. How are ya, Clancy?
Good.
Melora, you get better-lookin' every time l see ya.
When are you gonna run away with me?
Today, probably.
Well, let's get goin'.
Okay. You call my mother and tell her l'm leavin' town with you
and then she'll call your wife and kids and tell them.
Hey, Buzz, you ever gonna give me those boots?
Autographed on the right heel, you know.
Yeah.
What would y'all like, sugar?
l want a grilled pimento cheese and a sweet tea and some pickles.
How 'bout you, hon?
An order of macaroni and cheese and a Mr. Pibb and some pickles.
Gimme a pen, Skillet.
lt's the only one l got, hon.
lt's the only one l need, sugar.
Did you ask Virginia for her car yet?
No. She's playin' bridge today. We'll get it tonight, don't worry.
Did you see the marquee down at the Capri today?
Have they put it up?
From what l've heard,
the movie starts next week, but Clay is...
down there right now puttin' up the sign.
He just had his vegetable plate here.
Clancy, let's go look at it.
Well, Athylene Tucker just had her tuna cup,
and she told me rumor has it
that Sondra might be comin' to town for the Horse Show.
Oh, my God.
She's really comin' back to Shelbyville?
That's what l heard from Athylene.
And she seems to know most everything that goes on around here.
Mama, can l borrow the car?
Mama? Can l have the car?
Do what?
Can we borrow the car tonight?
What in God's name for?
We wanna go to Nashville.
Go to Nashville?
Mm hm.
And why in the world would you want to go to Nashville
at this godforsaken hour of the night?
Well, 'cause we want to go do somethin'. There's nothin' to do here.
Well, by all means, Melora,
take my car that l have worked my fingers to the bone to keep,
and drive to Nashville with a carload of kids.
Mama, come on.
You just go ahead and do what you want to do.
Don't be bothered with anyone else's concerns at all.
Okay, Mama, forget it. Okay? We won't go.
We will just sit here and we will stare at the walls all night. Fine.
No, you go on.
And be sure and wreck the car and kill all those kids,
so l can live with that the rest of my life.
Thank you, Mama.
We'll be fine. l promise...
we won't be late. And l won't let anybody else drive.
Bye.
l swear.
l am so excited. We have to meet her. l mean, do y'all know what this means?
This could change our lives.
Oh, Melora. How?
Well - Melora, she is not gonna just pick you up
and take you to Hollywood and put you in a movie. She's just not.
She might.
Okay...well, that really doesn't help a whole lot now, does it?
What are we doin' tonight?
Let's go see ''Rocky Horror''. We can make the late show.
We have seen ''Rocky Horror'' thirty-eight times. Let's go dancin'.
Oh! Oh! Please, let's go to The Warehouse and dance!
Mm hm, c'mon!
We don't have any lD's to get in The Warehouse.
l know. Let's go to the Hyatt Regency downtown
and ride the elevators.
-Yeah! -For cryin' out loud, y'all.
Let's go to The Warehouse and boogie. We will get in. Just let me handle it.
Now, Bobbie...how do you think you're gonna get us in to a gay disco?
Ray, don't worry 'bout it.
Oh, Melora!
Oh my God, Ray!
Go!
Hey, y'all, let's go look for monkey-woman.
There is no such thing as monkey-woman, y'all.
Uh huh. l've seen her.
ln the mirror, maybe.
Shut up!
lf we mess up the front of Mama's car, we will all be in trouble.
We won't mess up Virginia's car. Who's goin' first?
-l will! -l'm next!
Me, next!
Come on, Clancy! Whoo!
Bobbie, be careful!
Come on!
Careful! ?
Whoo! Come on, get in! Come on!
l know. This is so scary. Don't look up my dress.
Bobbie, l just looked up your dress.
You're a pervert. Okay. Am l centered? Alright!
Try to be careful, Bobbie!
Come on! Let's go!
Remember what happened last time.
Let's go! Whoo!
Let's go! Go! Whoo! Whoo! Who-hoooo-... -ooooooo! Yeah! Whoo!
Whoo, come on!
Bye, Bobbie!
Ahhhh.... Lord, l am too pooped to pop.
How was your shift?
lt was fine.
Until l was twenty minutes late this mornin',
and l mislabeled four hundred cases of number 2's.
And l forgot to clock in after my break.
And l'm out 'a cigarettes.
Did you...get in trouble?
l got written up.
This is...the last thing l need, is to lose this job.
You could get back on out at the chicken plant.
l was just sayin' you could --
Stop talkin' about it. l'm tired.
-Well, l just thought that -Melora!
Melora, Mama is still mad at you for takin' her car
to Nashville the other night. Y'all have to stop doin' that.
Well, how else are we supposed to get anywhere?
l don't know. But l am tired of her hollerin' at me about it.
Oh, my God, Rhonda!
Did you hear that Sondra Locke is comin' home for the Horse Show?
Melora, somebody starts that rumor every year.
Now, why in the world would she come back to this damn town?
And for that Horse Show? Why?
l don't know.
l guess... to come home. l guess to come home famous.
Well, l sure wouldn't count on it.
Oh, everybody looks so cute.
Now, remember to always smile, and don't forget to keep turnin'.
We wanta show off the clothes.
Am l supposed...to wear this scarf?
Of course, honey.
Now you just get out there and strut
that adorable little behind 'a yours for Millie Jo.
Spin and turn! Don't forget to turn now.
l can't believe Millie Jo only gave us
twenty-five percent off for those outfits.
l mean, we danced forever in that hot window.
l think l'm gonna be a professional dancer.
Bobbie...
Anybody just hear what l said?
Yeah. Yeah, you should.
What? What? You don't think l can do it, do ya?
Of course you can. You're real good.
l believe in you.
Dammit.
Oh, shit. Y'all, let's get outta here.
Bobbie get back here.
Ricky, are you drunk?
Ricky, l am talkin' to you!
Uuuhhhh. So what if we are?
Yeah. So what if we are?
Skeeter Fitz, shut up. l am not talkin' to you.
Hey, Melora.
l seen y'all ladies dancin' in the damn window on the square.
Looked like a bunch 'a sissy-asses to me.
Yeah. Little sissy-asses.
Why don't you just get out of here... and leave us alone.
Nobody's scared... 'a you, Ricky. You're so pathetic.
Watch it, Miss Melora. l know where you live.
Who doesn't know where everybody lives in this town, you stupid shit.
Stay out of it, Melora.
You stay out of it, too, Whitfield. lf you know what's good for ya.
Man, let's get outta here. l gotta piss like a walkin' horse.
Whatever.
Don't wanna be seen too long around these fruitcakes anyway.
You better watch your step, Whitfield. You too, Glenda.
You best not be messin' with my woman.
l am not your woman, Ricky.
You oughta be getting home.
Hey, guys, that was real heroic. l feel so safe around you three.
l'm sorry. l just don't wanna be killed by Ricky Pranger
and Skeeter Fitz at the Duck River Dam at this tender age. No, thank you.
What did she say?
Mother?
Just a minute! l'm talkin' on the phone!
There's nothin' to eat in here.
l'm making dinner! Hold on!
l just wish l could buy her for what she's worth,
sell her for what she thinks she's worth, and we'd all be --
What's for supper?
Mmph! Oh, shoot.
Sheila, l gotta go. Bye.
Were you smokin' in there?
Never mind. Clancy, either take somethin' out or shut the door.
You're lettin' out all the cold.
There's nothin' here.
Well, look in the oven. Dinner should be about done.
What is it?
Chicken with some kind of potato.
TV dinner. Great, Mom. Oven's cold.
They're frozen solid.
l thought l had turned that on. Guess l... didn't.
l'm sorry, sweetheart.
We'll get your daddy to make some cornbread when he gets home.
Not in the shape he's in.
What do you mean?
l saw him at the courthouse today fallin' down the steps comin' down.
Did he see you?
No.
Did anybody on the Square see him.
l would imagine so, Mother. He was fallin' over in broad daylight.
l'm sure he wasn't fallin' over. Don't exaggerate, Clancy.
-Mother -- -Don't be upset.
There's nothin' to be upset about. l'm sure everything is just fine.
You don't have to cover for him around me.
Don't be hard on your father. He's got a lot on his mind right now.
Yeah, l know. l live here, too.
Well, don't worry about it.
Everything will be just fine. And don't sass me!
Hello! Oh, hey, Sally. No, not yet. Why?
Lord, Sally, are you sure?
l... l can't believe he would do...
No, l'm fine. l'm just.... embarrassed.
ls Danny alright?
l know. l will.
Sally, can l call you back? l need...
Thank you, Sally.
Clancy!
What?
Please turn that music down!
lt's too loud, baby. l need it to be a little quieter now.
Hello, everybody! ''Can you count the raindrops as they gently fall?''
Billy, be quiet! Shut the door! l don't want the neighbors - Billy...
Oh, don't tell me to be quiet. You oughta sing once in a while.
lt'd be good for ya. Be good for the whole...
goddam neighborhood!
What the hell's the matter with you?
-You are. -Hey, Daddy.
Look-a here, look-a here.
What is it?
Look what l got for ya today, son.
Look at the box. lt's a brand new portable TV.
-Billy! -What's it for?
What do you think it's for? lt's for up in your room!
Billy, what are you doing? You... can't -
This has nothin' to do with you.
l don't need it, Daddy.
We can't be buyin' a TV right now. You take that back right away.
l will decide what l can and cannot buy!
l don't want it.
Don't ruin everything l try to do.
Me? Ruin it? What have l ruined?
Stop it, stop it, please. l really don't want it.
What the hell is wrong with everybody?
Daddy, just take the TV back. l don't need it.
Don't you tell me what to do either! You're just like your sorry mother.
What did you do at the courthouse, Billy? You tell... me.
You don't know what the hell you're talkin' about!
Sally Crowder just called me. She saw it happen!
Sally Crowder needs to mind her own damn business!
How could you hit Danny? He's our banker, Billy!
He's makin' things hard for me.
You will not humiliate me in this town! This is my home!
-Mother, don't! Leave him alone! -Stay off of me, Joan! l mean it!
-Oh, stop it! -Daddy, stop!!
You, why don't you try and get your son's car back?
That is what l was tryin' to do!!
What, get us run out of town?
Shut up both of you! We're not leavin' this town!
You will not make us leave!
Clancy.
Clancy, come back. Baby?
Don't you do this to that boy! Don't...you do this! Clancy!
-Hey. -Hey, it's me.
What are you doin'?
Nothin'. What are you doin'?
l'm on the phone.
You wanna come in?
Lemme get dressed, okay?
Hold on, Debbie.
Hello, Miz Kendal. How are you tonight?
'Bout as well as can be expected.
How're you?
l'm okay. That looks good.
Hi, there.
Don't even think about getting my car tonight, Melora.
Mama, we were just gonna go to my room.
And do what, may l ask?
Talk, Mama. Just talk.
Keep that door open!
So, l told Jill to just quit the squad next year
if Mrs. Ragsdale doesn't make her the captain.
l mean, we'll be seniors, we've cheered for three years,
and Jill's hurkey is by far the best.
Yeah - l know, l know. Okay, l gotta go.
Call you later? Okay, bye.
Mrs. Ragsdale's always had it out for Jill.
Yeah, l know. The bitch.
What happened to you?
Oh. Nothin'.
Stupid nosebleed.
Hey, you wanta listen to Barbra or Billy Joel?
Uh, l don't care.
Well, what do you wanta do?
l don't know. What do you wanna do?
l dunno.
Let's make out.
Really?
Yeah. What, don't you want to?
Sure. What, what about, um...?
Oh, no, Mama never comes in here. Don't worry 'bout it. C'mon.
Do you think she's really comin'?
Who?
Sondra Locke.
Do you think it's true she's gonna be here for the Horse Show?
'Cause Rhonda says it's just a rumor.
But she doesn't believe in anything. Do you think she's really coming?
Every-... -body's talking about it.
l want to meet her...so bad.
l dream about bein' just like her all the time.
l don't know what l'll do if don't...
get to see her and, and get to know her and...
l think she'll really like me.
l'm sure she will.
But, um... Just how do you think we're gonna get to meet her if she does come?
-Well, l kinda got that figured out. -What?
See, my mother knows Gordon Anderson's mother
because she went to Eastside with my cousin's wife.
Gordon's the one who got Sondra her start in the first place.
His mother and my cousin's wife...
used to be real good friends in high school.
Like... best friends.
That's, that's, uh...
Wonder how she did it.
Did what? This?
No. Figured out how to be somebody.
Oh, that. Um...
l don't know. Maybe she was...
just really lucky or somethin'.
No. No, it's more than that.
She knew somethin'. Somethin' that we don't know yet.
'Cause she was nobody, just like me, and not much older,
when they came and they plucked her outta
this town to make her a movie star.
l can make that happen to me, too.
l can do it.
l feel it so deep in my heart it hurts.
l'm sorry.
Melora, that was huge.
l know! l couldn't help it! Oh, my God!
Oh, my God! l'm so sorry!
You really do have the makin's of a movie star!
Shut up! You're so mean...! No!
''So let your light so shine before men Let your light so shine
So that they might know some kindness again
We all need help to feel fine - let's have some wine!
You are the light of the world...''
Glen, honey?
Uh... What, Mother?
lt's a... little hard for me to hear my Helen Reddy
when you play your Broadway so loud.
Um, sorry, Mom. Shut the door.
Have you got a date for this weekend?
Um, no.
Why not?
l don't know. l just don't.
Well, your daddy and l think that
you should be goin' out with some nice girls.
Um... l'll be with Melora and Bobbie.
No, honey. We mean real girls.
Mother l wish you would stop talkin' about this. l'm fine.
Well, it's just you're so cute
and l think you should be havin' some fun.
l am having fun. Alright, Mom?
We just worry about you. lt's only natural.
You don't need to worry.
Bye, Mom.
Alright, then.
Shut the door.
Bye bye.
Hello? Hi, Ray. What's up?
Who's driving to that thing down at the Chamber of Commerce today?
Well, Mama's not gonna let me get Grannie's car.
No, sir. Not today.
l don't know. l think she's gonna wash it for her or somethin'.
That's exactly right, Rayburn.
Lift your arms up off the table. l don't want any prints on it.
Mama, l'm on the phone. You mind?
Oh. And make sure that you spray that receiver real good with Lysol
when you're done. Don't want any germs to build.
Listen, Glen, call Bobbie. Maybe she can get a car.
Alright. Call me back. Bye.
Ricky, l swear if you call this house one more time, l'm --... What?
Oh, hey, Glen! l thought it was Ricky.
He's called up a hundred times today.
What's goin' on? No, l can't get Mom's. What's the deal with Clancy's car?
Hold on a minute. What?
Bobbie, that better not be Ricky Pranger calling here again.
lt's not, Mom!
l'll pull that phone right out of the wall. l mean it.
lt's Glen! God! Look, l gotta go. Alright. Talk to you later. Bye.
l'll pull that phone right out of the wall, l mean it.
Do you wanta go anywhere at all, young lady?
lf l could have everyone's attention, please.
Kids. Thank you. Now, you are all here today because...
you've expressed interest in volunteerin'
for the variety show this year.
And as you know, this annual event is the official kick-off
for the Walkin' Horse Celebration, and l will once again be in charge,
as l have been for the past eleven years.
Now, we are pleased to have with us today not...
only the best veterinarian in town,
but also a talented stage director as well, Doctor Denny Dunwitty.
And, as always, the choreography will be under...
the watchful eyes and feet... of Miss Nancy Jane Crockett.
Yes, Melora?
Miz Crowder, is it true that Sondra Locke
is comin' home for the Horse Show and for the openin' of her movie?
Well, perhaps l should turn that question over
to the director of the Chamber of Commerce, Miz Athylene Tucker.
Now, Melora... that's probably the most asked question
in this town the last few days, except for ''When will l be elected mayor?''
Seriously, though, um, l was officially going to announce it Wednesday
at the Chamber meetin',
but it looks like the word has gotten out. Okay.
Uh, ladies and gentlemen, uh, it is true.
Our very own Hollywood movie star...
Miss Sondra Locke, is scheduled to return home
for the opening of her new movie at the Capri!
Oh, my God!!
Oh, my God!! Oh, my God!!
Hey, y'all, y'all, listen.
We need to talk to Doctor Dunwitty about...
doin' somethin' really special in the show.
This is it. This is our chance to get her to notice us.
You think she'll come see it?
She'll have to.
l bet she won't be there.
Bobbie... don't say that. Yes, she will.
Um, okay, this is what we do.
We put together a Sondra Locke tribute.
We could do scenes from her movies and stuff.
l get to play her!
Wait... a minute. Who says you get to be her?
Nobody. l just thought that -
Since what?
Nothin'.
l've got... the blonde hair like her.
But l'm the more serious actress type.
l'm, l'm a lot like her. Right, Clancy?
Y'all?
Here comes Doctor Dunwitty. Let's talk to him.
What? What did l do? Don't hurt me.
Doctor Dunwitty! Doctor Dunwitty,
we were just wonderin' if it would be possible for us...
to put together a special tribute to Sondra for the show?
Maybe a musical tribute. l could write it.
And l would play her.
That has not been decided yet.
Well, kids... l'll... have to think about it in relation to the theme
of the show and l'll have to get it approved by Mrs. Crowder.
We'll see.
We'll see. That means no.
You don't know that for sure. Dr. Dunwitty loves musicals.
He directed ''Mame'' in Nashville once. l saw it.
No, l don't feel like drinking.
Well, hell, l do.
Empty.
Deserted old ghost town. Shit.
-Hello!! -Bobbie!
-Hello...anybody out there? -Whoa, Bobbie -
-Bobbie... -Does anybody...live here?
-Bobbie? -What, y'all all dead?
Bobbie, shut up. Do you want the... police to arrest us?
Hey. Anybody wanna go look for monkey-woman?
Yeah, let's do! Go drive out to New Hope Road
because one night last summer l was with Ernie Pruitt
and we saw her swing from a tree. She had these big ol' paws...
You did not.
Oh, wait, that's right. That was you.
Oh, shit, y'all! The police!
Shit. Hey, where's that beer? Sit down.
Hide it.
Dammit, Ricky! You scared... the hell out of us!
What do you think you're doin'?
Hey, Skeeter! l found the little woman with a carload of freaks 'n fags.
Come take a look.
Ricky, get outta here.
We are not freaks or... fags, you retard.
What the hell is this, girls' night out?
Man, l think l saw Whitfield tryin' to get some off of Bobbie back here.
l'd whup his little ass if l were you.
Now, if that's true, l might just have to do something about it.
Yeah...
l'm calling the police.
Really now?
So how you gonna get outta the car?
Hey, Whitfield...
l heard your drunk-ass daddy marched
hisself into the courthouse the other day.
Took ol' Danny Prescott right out.
Did he get his high-fallutin' ass thrown in jail?
Maybe he could get the cot next to your daddy.
What'd you say? Get your ass out of the car.
Ricky! Ricky, let go!
Get my arm out of the window!
Ray Simms...isn't... this your grandmother's car?
What in the world is goin' on in there? Whose arm is that?
That's Ricky Granger's arm.
And Grannie knows l got the car.
Fags.
l think everybody best be getting home.
ls that Skeeter Fitz in that car?
l thought you was on probation, boy. You sure oughta be getting home!
Everybody gonna be alright?
Yeah, we're fine. Thank y'all.
o'er the land of the freeeee-... -eeeee and the home of the...
braaaaavvvve.''
Ladies? Ladies? Whew! Won't be able to sing Sunday. Well...
Okay, um...
The Women's Club has placed a lovely book in the town library in memory...
of our late Vestavia Hayes. There never was a sweeter...
juicier tomato than one grown by Vessie. Alright.
Now l'm gonna read the minutes from last week's meetin'. Okay?
Mm hm.
Remember her in high school?
Oh, Lordy, do l.
She thought she was the Queen of the May.
Well, she was, wasn't she?
l suppose.
...holiday due to the rescheduled Rotary Club banquet.
Didn't you just hate her?
God, yes! She was such a... snob.
She still is.
l... don't think she ever got over you beating
her out for homecoming queen.
Well, she was homely. l couldn't help that.
What is so funny? l wanna be at your table.
Nothin'. Just old Athylene Tucker.
Just... how far do you think that stick goes up her butt?
Okay, stop it. We have to be good girls.
Oh... That's right. Behave appropriately or Athylene
will report us to Mister Carver's office.
Just don't ever forget, though,
how she got so excited givin' her valedictorian speech at graduation
that she peed all over the stage.
Oh, turn around.
Oh, and by the way, ladies...
l just wanted you to know, l don't know if you've heard
but Carlotta Pfieffer got home from the hospital today,
and l went by and saw her,
and l just wanted you to know that the swelling has reduced tremendously.
Sally.
Look around.
This is practically every girl we grew up with.
Right here in this room.
lt sure is.
Everyone is still right here.
Yeah, most of us are, l guess.
lsn't that funny?
What?
Just all of it.
Good.
Oh, Lord.
Look who's comin'.
Well, it's nice to see the three of you havin' such a grand time.
'Specially you, Joan. How is Billy doin'?
He's just fine.
lt's just near tragic what happened with him and the company.
Yes, very, very near.
And after all the hard work that he put into that place. You know, l heard -
Excuse us, Athylene.
Why certainly.
We were just headed to the ladies' room.
We're about to wet ourselves.
Coming! Just a minute! Hold on...
Mornin', Miz Whitfield. Sorry to bother you so early today.
John Franklin, what are you doin' here? Can l help you?
Well, l hate to be the one to do this, but my daddy sent me down here.
What is it, John?
l'm afraid, um, l'm gonna have to take your new furniture back
down to my daddy's store.
You have to do what?
l'm real sor-real sorry, l...
Miz Whitfield, but according to the papers l have here, no...
payment's been made in... four, four months.
lt's the dining room set.
Now listen to me, John.
l feel sure there's been some kind of mistake.
Why don't you let me talk to Mister Whitfield when...
he's feeling better?
Ma'am, l have to take it now
unless you can give me the money for the back payments.
Well, here, let me go get my checkbook and write you a check.
Uh, ma'am... l was told not to take a check from you.
Oh, for heaven's sake!
We have done business with your father for years!
He can't just send you up here to take my furniture away.
What's goin' on?
You, go wake up your daddy. This is ridiculous.
Hey, John Franklin.
Hi, Clancy.
Go on.
Well, let me go see if l have any cash on me.
Daddy, get up!
Something's wrong. They're takin' Mama's things.
Miz Whitfield?
l don't have any cash on me.
l need you to sign here, ma'am.
l can't tell you how sorry l am to have to do this to you.
lt's not your fault... son.
Whoo-oo! Joan!
What is goin' on over here?
l have never seen such a commotion.
Hello Fanny. l'm just tryin' some new pieces for the livin' room.
l'll have you in to see it later. Bye.
Okay.
Billy, you open this door! Open the door!
That boy came to my front door... marched into my dining room,
carried my furniture out and took it off in a truck.
We don't have any place to sit down and eat any more.
l'm scared, Billy. l'm... scared.
How much more am l supposed to take? How much more?
What am l supposed to say? l lost my job, Joan.
Those bastards wouldn't have a pot to piss in if it wasn't for me.
They turned me out on my ass! After all -
You lost your job... 'cause of your drinking.
You don't know anything about my drinking.
Yes, l do. l know that it's destroyin' us
just like it destroyed your brother.
Well, you leave my... brother out of this.
Don't you ever say that to me. He's dead!
Your brother made that choice on his own, all by himself.
There is nothin' you can do about it any more.
Mornin', Danny.
How are ya, Clancy?
Fine, thank you.
Hey, what's up?
-Hi, there. -Sit down, cutie pie.
How's work, Rhonda?
Oh, good God a-mighty. l will tell you what.
l don't think l can stand it another day.
My back is killin' me, my feet are about to fall right off,
and l cannot see a damn thing any more. My eyes are shot, just gone.
l need to get a second job. l have to.
And when am l supposed to work a second job anyway?
l don't have any time to get anything done.
Nothin'. l don't even have time to do laundry, let alone...
Oh, l don't even want to talk about it. lt's fine.
Well, sounds good.
Rhonda, l don't know why you don't go back to school
and finish up that beauty degree thing. You're great with hair.
Oh, yeah, l'll do that with some of that extra time and money l have.
l'll get right on that.
l think you oughta try and sell those pocketbooks you make.
The ones you do with the cut-off jeans.
Rhonda, that's a great idea.
That one you made for me is so cute.
And they're easy to do, too.
Well...that's true.
You just sew up the leg holes and add on a strap.
Of course, l do real nice stud and bead-work on 'em.
Maybe Millie Jo'll let you sell 'em at her store. You're good at it.
Rhonda, do it.
Y'all need anything?
Nah, Skillet. l'm, l'm not eatin'. l gotta go.
No, he just ate all mine.
Just the check.
All right.
Clancy... we gotta come up with somethin' great for the show
and start practicing now.
You better not get up there and do something to embarrass me.
l'm here to tell y'all she is not comin'.
Rhonda, you do not know that.
l do know it.
What, did she call you?
No, she did not call me, Melora.
Well then, shut up.
Ugh. Goodbye...goodbye, goodbye.
So everybody just meet at my house tonight at seven.
We'll get it together.
Okay. See you then.
Bye...
l don't know why you don't grab up that Kendal girl.
She's a sweetie.
Yes, she is that.
So how's life, Clancy?
Oh, you know... lt's good, l guess.
How's your mother?
She's fine.
Listen, Clancy, l'm sorry about your car.
The bank had no other choice.
Yeah, l know.
Okay, then.
Uh, well, l'm sorry about your...
Don't worry about that. l'm fine.
l'm gonna take off.
Okay. Be good.
Okay.
You alright?
l didn't even see you!
Well, you nearly... ran me right over, Clancy!
Hold on, don't move. l'm missin' a dangle.
Oh.
-Oh. -Here it is.
ls it broken?
l think it's okay.
Thank heavens.
l got these in Panama City and l sure would hate to lose one.
Clancy, how's your daddy?
He's fine.
Well, would you tell Joan to gimme a call.
Yes, ma'am.
What's wrong? Your chain break?
Yes, ma'am.
Well, good. You need to slow down on that thing anyway.
Mama!
Have you seen our mama?
Hey, boy! Have you seen our mama?
No, l, l... l'm afraid l haven't.
We don't know... where she ran off to.
Well, l sure haven't seen her. Sorry.
Well, if you see her, tell her to come back.
We want her to come home.
l will. Bye, now.
Oh, hi. The door was open.
Come on in. lt's a regular three-ring circus in here all the time.
Where is everybody?
ln her room, l reckon.
Cookin' up some grand scheme for the night,
which l hope to God does not involve my car.
l think we've got Bobbie's mother's car tonight.
Mm. Well, she is a braver woman than l am, l'll tell you that much.
l'm gonna go on in.
Keep that door open!
Mm, mm, mm. l'll swanee.
Okay. Scary. l just got stopped by Doreen Nutbush...
askin' me if l knew where that mother of theirs was.
God....
Stay away from them.
Their mother just took off runnin'
in the middle of the night and has never come back.
That is not true.
lt... is so true. Go ask my mama.
Too weird...
Y'all...Doreen has, like, five kids of her own,
and she's not much older than us.
And her brother is the father of one of 'em.
Uhn uhn.
Bull.
lt most... certainly is true.
Rhonda's friend Patsy was on duty out at the hospital
when that last one was born and she heard Doreen...
say to her brother when they brought the baby to her,
''Look, it's got a harelip just like us.''
Ooh! Ugh!
And she was excited about it.
-Oh, God! -Oh!
No...No way.
l'm not kiddin'.
Okay, that makes me wanna gag. Shut up.
One of them tried to run over Grannie
when she was comin' out of the liquor store.
What for?
They're just retarded.
Oh... my God.
Not that l want to change this thrillin' subject,
but what are we gonna do about the show?
Alright. Here's what l think we should do:
We'll do scenes from all of Sondra's movies.
l will play her first in ''The Heart ls A Lonely Hunter'' -
Wait a minute.
What am l gonna play?
You can play her in ''Outlaw Josie Wales''.
Gross!
No!
Well, why not?
Well, l don't... see how that's gonna work anyway.
Uh, who of us could play Clint Eastwood?
Glen.
Y'all, what if l write a song?
No, come... on, Ray. l'm serious. Like a musical tribute.
We could perform... it.
Glen... this has to be so good. Do you...
really think you can write somethin' like that, honestly?
Well, come on. l am in marching band and in chorus.
Glen, we been wantin' to talk to you 'bout that.
That's real funny.
l'm tryin' to put somethin' of quality together,
and all y'all want to do is fart around.
Oh, my God, this is so boring.
Hey, y'all, l think... that's actually a good idea.
Could be really kinda cool, maybe.
He can do it.
l'm in.
l think so, too. Go for it, Glen.
Okay. But l mean it, y'all.
lt has to be really, really, really good.
Oh, come on, it'll be great. l love y'all.
Stop.
So what do we do now? l could not be more bored.
l cannot believe we're rolling your own yard!
Come on.
Oh, my Lord, what in the world?
Melora!
There is no tellin'. Mm mm mm. Mm mm mm.
Good Lord!
What in the name of Pete? Melora!
Well, l have seen it all.
Melora?
Melora Jean Kendal, l'm gonna burn you up!
No, l don't know anything about it, Sally.
When did you hear this?
How bad is it, do you think?
l see. Would you hold on just a minute.
Clancy, go get ready. Your father wants to leave soon.
l can't talk right now. No, l'm fine. Can l call you back, Sally? Thanks.
Clancy ready to go?
Almost.
Does he want to?
Of course he does. You need to talk to him.
Good morning.
Billy, please... What? l can't kiss you any more?
l don't know.
Oh, come on, Joannie.
l just talked to Sally. She told me that l should know -
Oh, she needs to mind her own damn business!
l've about had it with her!
Billy Whitfield, look at me. What's goin' on with the house?
Tell me the truth.
The house is fine.
Give me a chance. That's all l need.
How far behind are we?
Hey, Daddy.
You ready to go, son?
Sure.
And that's your great-grandfather.
l know. That's who l'm named after.
That's right.
And over there is your great-great-grandmother.
Flossy Manche Tennessee.
Thanks for not namin' me after her.
The grass is growin' in good.
Sure is. Looks nice.
Why do you think he killed himself?
l don't know. No one ever will, l suppose.
Could you have stopped him?
How do you mean?
Well, could you have... helped him?
Well, l tried.
Did you?
He needed to borrow some money not too long ago.
Asked me for it.
l didn't have it to give to him at the time.
l coulda helped that way, l suppose.
Was it a lotta money?
Yes, it was. Quite a lot.
Well...
Do you think he was a failure?
Depends on what you think a failure is, l guess.
Are you failing, Daddy?
Girls, you must start on your right foot.
Now, everyone show me your right foot.
ls that your right foot, baby? Thank you. Now, let's be good little...
The number is gorgeous, and you all look fabulous.
But l need lots more ''crazy face'' from everyone.
Mrs. Roddenbeckel, do you want to show the others what l mean?
You seem to have it down pat.
Ooohhhh...
Yes, yes! That's it, girls! Sell it! Sell it!
Okay. lt's time to wrap up.
l'm done here in a minute, please.
Okay.
Hey, hey! Hey.
l think what you all have done is just wonderful.
lt's very original, it's very clever.
You are a very talented group of kids
and what you have to offer is very special.
And it just thrills me to no end that
l have been a small part of the birth of your talents. You move me.
Did y'all hear that? We moved him!
Okay, that scared me. l'm sorry.
Did you all see Figgy Moon's number? That is so sweet but so sad, too.
She's amazing every year.
Y'all, please. She's got an advantage.
Bobbie, she's blind.
Alright. Uh, ladies and gentlemen, tss-tss-tss...
Um, this show is in great shape.
Uh, all your hard work is evident.
So let's meet back here at three o'clock on Saturday,
and let's break a leg!
But not literally.
l'm wearin' my skirt.
Miz Tucker! Miz Tucker? Excuse me!
Uh, do you know for sure if Sondra Locke is comin' to the show?
Well, we do hope so.
But her plans are being kept very private at her own request.
Well, do you know if she's comin' at all?
We sure do hope so, don't we?
What is the big secret? Why won't anybody say what's goin' on?
Oh, shit.
Ricky, l swear to God, l am callin' the police!
Whoa, let's get outta here. Come on.
Dance for me!
lt's a cherry bomb!
Go.
l'm gonna find her if it's the last thing l do.
Oh, my God, y'all. Come on!
Okay. Glen, are you jealous?
No. l'm the card.
l think he's jealous.
-Yeah. Are you jealous? -l think, l think,
-you are very, very jealous right now. -Stop. Stop it. No, l'm not.
l think you are.
Clancy, stop it! Clancy, get off!
-Oh, God! Aaahhh! -Glen, you love it!
Glen...
Glen, where are you going?
That hurts my feelin's!
Good God a-mighty, Melora. Go to Nashville?
Ray...
Need a ride back?
Nah, that's okay. l'll, l'll walk home tonight.
Alright.
-Bye, guys. -See y'all.
-See you later. -Thanks, though. Thanks anyway.
Come on. Come inside with me.
We have to be very quiet.
Okay.
ls this gonna make everything weird?
Like, how?
l just don't wanna mess anything up.
Mess what up?
Us. All of us. l don't want it to ever change.
lt won't.
What's wrong?
Okay, now, you have to be totally honest with me, Melora.
Okay. What?
Do you promise?
Yes, what?
Have you really never done this before?
No. Have you?
No.
Shhh, be quiet!
Well, it should be interesting.
Just who do you think l've ever done it with?
Well, hey there.
Oh!
Sheila, l'm sorry. l didn't mean to plow into you like that.
Hey, there, Joan. Well, l guess l wasn't drivin' very good.
Ned says l never have been a good driver.
Well... How you doin'?
l'm fine. And you?
Oh, l'm great.
l guess you and Billy'll be at the Variety Show tonight, now, won't you?
Oh, of course we will.
We wouldn't want to miss our kids up on the stage.
Oh, they are all so worked up over this whole Sondra Locke thing.
Right.
lf you ask me, l could care less.
But l suppose our children have a theatrical flare.
Now where in the world does that come from, l ask you?
Hey!
-Well... hey! -Hey!
Tonight's the big night, ladies.
We were just talkin' about it.
What are you doin' at the grocery store today?
l thought you'd be over at the school getting everything ready.
Well, l was,
but l had to pick up a few things for the reception after the show.
You know, l can never get away without makin' my barbecue weenie fondue,
l don't care what party it is.
Well, it's a good fondue.
Thank you.
That'll be twenty-three oh-four, Miz Whitfield.
Alrighty, twenty-three oh-four...
Uh, hello, Joan.
Hello, Mister Morris.
Joan, l'm afraid we have a bit of a problem here.
What is it?
Uh, Billy has written me a number of, uh, rubbery checks lately,
if you know what l mean.
Well, why haven't you let me know?
Well, l was hoping to handle this with Mister Whitfield,
but he hasn't taken care of it as of yet.
How much do we owe you?
lt's quite a bit, Joan.
How much are these groceries, Mister Morris?
Twenty-three dollars and four cents.
Okay, well, l'll pay for these, Joan. Just add these to mine.
Mom, there's nothin' here to eat. l'm starving.
Where's your father?
Billy?
Billy, where the hell are you? Where'd he go?
l don't know.
Sure hope he has money to pay for whatever it is he wants.
l hope they'll take his check.
l would love to be able to make you dinner, son,
but we don't even have a table and chairs to eat it on.
Shut that refrigerator door!
What?
Danny, hi. What are you doin' here?
Hi. Hi. Joan, l, l'm tryin' to find Billy.
Oh, well, l don't know where he is right now.
Oh, look at your eye.
Oh, my God, how awful. That's so, l'm so sorry -
lt's nothin', l'm, l'm fine. l'm fine.
-Don't worry about that. -Come in, come in.
Joan, uh, l really need to speak with Billy right away,
and he's not callin' me back.
Now, could you just tell him it's very important that we speak today.
What is it?
l don't wanna get you upset. lt's... Lemme just go find Billy.
ls it our house, Danny? Danny?
l really need to deal with your husband on this. Okay?
You try not to worry, Joan.
Mom...
Here, you want somethin' to eat?
Here... have some eggs! Have some bread!
Thanks for the bread...Sally!
Have some goddamn bologna!
Chips and some milk and bread and bologna!
Damn you, Billy.
Get away from me, Joan.
Damn you to hell! You are killing me!
They're takin' our house, Billy.
They're tak... They're takin' our house. What are you gonna do?
l don' know what to do! There is nothin' left for me here!
Why can't you understand that? There's nothin' for me in this town!
We have lost everything.
Ah, who the hell cares?
Everything! You better care! You better care.
Don't you run off and leave us.
Don't you be a coward like your brother!
Don't! don't!
Joannie! Are you there?
l have been knockin' my knuckles off on the front door.
Oh, l thought l heard voices comin' from somewhere.
Did l get you at a bad time?
Ah, well, Fanny...
l just came over to see that new furniture.
Curiosity might just kill the cat.
Mama, they're here to take me to the show.
Fanny, could you come back another time? There's just so much goin' on right now.
Why, of... course. l wouldn't want to be a bother.
You call me, now.
l will.
Are you gonna be okay?
Yes, l am. l'm so sorry. l'm sorry.
That's alright.
You go off and get ready for the show, and l'll be there.
l will. Don't worry 'bout that.
l will be there.
Go. You're a good boy!
Okay. ls it on? Thank you so much for comin' tonight.
We have a very special show for you this year.
ln fact, l think it may be the darn best one yet.
At this...time,
l would like to welcome to the stage our very talented
and distinguished staff, Miz Sally Crowder...
Miss...Nancy Jane Crockett...
and, of course, Doctor Denny Dunwitty.
Let's give 'em a big hand, y'all.
Okay. Off the stage. Let's go.
Well, without further ado,
on behalf of the Musgrave Pencil Company,
our proud...sponsor, let us welcome...
the 1978 Walking Horse Celebration by lettin' the Variety Show begin!
That is a number that is very dear to my heart.
Some of y'all may have seen the production
l directed in Nashville last year, l'm very proud of it.
Anyway... Direct from the Roaring Twenties,
those delicious, flaming flappers of fun, The Red Hots!
Oh, God. You alright, Joan?
l'm sorry. Sorry 'bout that, Virginia.
Where's Billy?
Well, he's, uh...
He's not where he's supposed to be, is he?
ls everything okay?
Oh, yes, it's fine. Don't worry, everything's fine.
Everything's fine.
Did anybody find out if she came?
Nobody seems to know.
Doesn't matter. This is for us.
What do you mean ''it doesn't matter''? Of course it matters.
l just want her to see us so bad.
l don't think she's gonna be able to miss you with all that makeup on.
What's the deal with that?
ls it too much?
None of you understand the theatre.
Well, how the hell do you follow that?
Come on. We're next.
Let's have a big hand for five of Shelbyville's very own.
One of them may be the next big star of tomorrow right here today.
Oh, my God, l'm gonna pee!
Break a leg.
''There's a shining place Where there is no fear
Someday l will find it far away from here
Worries fade away Problems disappear in that place l dream about...
far away from here
They say it's only for the lack of you Lack of you...
Maybe so, but still...l know...
l belong there, too
Like a far-off song... drifting to my ears
l can hear it...calling me far away, far...away
Well, good luck, kid, you know you're gonna need it
That's what they tell you
A stone is a stone, there's no way you can bleed it
That's what they tell you
Here's my advice, if you're smart you will heed it
Life isn't nice, there's no...way to defeat it
You'll pay the price if you think you can beat it
That's what they tell you
That's what they tell...you
They say that l am asking... for the moon
For the moon.
Maybe so, but still l know...
l will get there soon
l will...get there soon
Maybe not today, maybe not this year
Still if l'm determined...''
l'm sorry.
''lf l...persevere l will find... my shining place...
far away from...heeeeeerrrrre''
Oh, my God. She's here.
Joan, are you alright?
l'm fine, Sally. Go back inside.
Just look at me. Joan, come on.
Sally, just, just leave me alone right now, please?
No, l will not. Look at me. Come here. Come here.
l know everything that's goin' on.
Clearly. You obviously know much more than l do and long before l do, too.
Well, that's just how things are. That's how we do it in this town.
ls everybody talking about us?
Oh, who cares? Let 'em talk. Give 'em somethin' to do.
l'm just...
l'm, l'm so embarrassed, l'm so ashamed.
l don't know what to do. l used not to be like this.
Oh...Hell, none of us used to be like this, did we?
What happened?
Everything. Nothin'.
Joannie, you have got to keep yourself together.
You just have to.
l don't know what to do.
l don't, l don't even know who he is any more.
l can't help him. He, he just won't let me.
Well, l'm sure l don't know all of it, but l can see what it's doin' to you,
and l can see what that's doin' to that boy,
and you cannot let that happen.
He shouldn't have to go through this. He's just a baby.
He's not a baby any more, Joannie.
l know. l know he isn't.
Oh, he's so grown up and he's so proud and strong.
So are you. So are you.
Y'all, l swear...
l saw her standing in back of the theater.
She had on this big fur coat. She was watchin' the show, l promise.
Let's go find her.
Well, how come nobody else saw her?
'Cause l didn't see her. Glen, did you see her?
l wouldn't have noticed.
l was too focused on my work on the stage,
which is where all of our focus should have been.
Lighten up, Glen. Jesus.
Hey, guys. Wait up, there's my mom. l'll be...right back.
You were so good tonight. l'm so...proud of you.
Were you there? Did you see it?
Of course l did. You all were just...wonderful.
Where's Daddy?
l don't know. He, um, he never came home this afternoon.
Think he's alright?
l hope so.
l'm a little worried he's at the cemetery.
We need to go find him.
No, no. Don't you worry about it. You go have a good time.
-Don't worry about it. -No, l wanna, l wanna find him.
No, he'll be home soon. l'm sure. You go have some fun.
l am so proud of you. l love you so much.
l love you too, Mama.
''Life is just a bowl of love and hope... that ain't hay...
So count yer blessings each and every...day.''
Alright. l say
we go to Athylene Tucker's house and stake it out
'cause l bet she's hidin' Sondra in her basement.
What?
Hey, Ray, can...we drive out the main highway for a minute?
-She could be. -Yeah.
Hello there.
l know you.
Ma'am...?
Then my mama said that if Ricky Pranger came to our house one more time,
she's gonna grab him by his ear and -
Y'all? What is that?
Clancy, that's your father.
Well, what do we do?
Everybody stay here.
Clancy!
You shoulda seen him on the day we got married.
Actually the day before we got married, at our rehearsal dinner.
He was so handsome that afternoon.
He looked great at our weddin', too,
but there was somethin' about the day before.
Huh, the anticipation and everything, l suppose.
And it was the hottest day l can ever remember. Really.
And Dan Peterson, his best man,
ran across the street right before the rehearsal
and got them both these grape popsicles.
And l guess they enjoyed 'em...
because he went through the whole thing with these deep purple lips and tongue.
l never...heard that story.
Yes, you have. You've just forgotten it.
l haven't thought about it in a long time.
He always likes to tell about
when y'all were on your honeymoon in Gatlinburg...
and how his socks smelled so bad that night
that you had to put them outside by the door.
We did. And his shoes. They were awful. The whole cabin stank.
And the next mornin' they...were gone. We never knew what happened to 'em.
When l was little, he used to tell me that
a bear had taken them.
And how he had to climb up the mountain and wrestle the bear to get 'em back.
And you believed him, too.
Yeah.
Will it ever be like it used to?
Hey there.
Hello, Melora.
Hey, listen, l heard Billy Whitfield had a terrible car wreck.
How's he doin'?
Oh, he's better.
Good, good. Glad to hear it. What can l do for you...hon?
l was just wonderin'
if you knew anything about where Sondra Locke was?
Well, l heard she was in town, but she'd be...leavin',
uh, right after the Horse Show Saturday night.
Uh, she's not comin' here to the theater, though,
uh, from what Athylene tells...me.
Well, how come?
l don't rightly know. Called back out to Hollywood, l imagine.
Well, do you think she's -
Come on, Melora! l've gotta get up to Millie Jo's!
-Thank you, Mister Phillips. -Uh huh.
And the nice...thing about this one is the back pockets...
have a flap so you can keep your pack 'a cigarettes in there,
and they don't fall out.
How 'bout that, Millie Jo?
They're unique and different and real neat, too.
l can make as many as you want, dependin' on how fast they sell.
Well, l guess l could give it a try.
We'll just start with these and see how it goes.
Thank you so much!
You just wait and see! We are gonna get...rich off of these!
Honey, watch the back of my hair. l just had it done for the Horse Show.
Alright.
Oh, my God!
Millie Jo's on the Square. Yes, l told you not to call me here.
l'm leavin', Daddy. You need anything?
l'm fine. Takin' it easy. Where's your mother?
She stretched out to take a nap.
That's good. She needs a rest.
Uh... son...
You need some money to take to the Horse Show?
No, l'm okay.
Come on, take a little spending money.
Daddy, you don't, you don't have to do that.
Lemme give...you somethin' to have some fun with. There.
Daddy, l gotta go. l'm late.
Just for a second.
Come on.
Uh... l am trying very hard.
That's all l know to do, is... just to try very, very hard, son.
Okay.
l-l don't want you to fret about us. You're young.
You have a damn good time.
Son?
Yes, sir?
You will be very successful in your life.
Much more than l will ever be in mine.
And a very pleasant good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome to Celebration City, USA, Shelbyville Tennessee,
for the 39th annual Tennessee Walkin' Horse Pageant and Celebration.
We'll find a new Grand Champion the World Grand Champion.
We've got a lot of great contenders this year,
including Tito's Masterpiece...
Oh, shit. Look who's here.
Y'all just keep walking. Don't even pay attention to him.
Well, whattaya know? The Fruitcake Five.
Ricky why don't you just get the hell out of our way, once and for all?
Let's just keep goin' -
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
You wanna go to the barn for a little action?
You ain't gonna get it from these queers.
l said let's move on.
When did Whitfield turn into such a stud?
Guess it was since his daddy turned into the town drunk.
Please stay away from him.
You wanna say that again?
Move on.
Y'all!
-Y'all, that's Sondra Locke -What ?
-Come on. Let's go! -Where? l didn't see her
Oh - Melora, come on!
Sorry.
Sorry!
Was that Sondra Locke that just went by here?
-Oh, honey, yes. She just went right -Oh, my God! l'm gonna pee!
Alright, they are taking a running walk...
Oh, my God, y'all, there she is!
That way!
Pick up a country ham sandwich at the Rotary Club booth or make it...
some ice cream from the Lion's Club booth,
and everybody loves those delicious Optimist's Club donuts!
This should not be this hard.
l mean, how difficult can it be to find
a movie star wearin' a fur coat at the Horse Show in Shelbyville?
Who the hell are y'all tryin' to catch anyway? My God!
Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure
and a true sense of pride to introduce
a very special guest here at the Celebration tonight.
She's a hometown girl that we know and love.
She's gone out there to Hollywood and made herself a star.
But tonight she's right at home where she belongs.
-Whoa, whoa! -Ow, Ricky!
Leave me alone! Ow! Let me go!
The Celebration proudly welcomes our very own. Sondra Locke!
Dammit, Ricky Pranger! You're a sorry, backwoods,
no-good, illiterate, inbred, redneck, Neanderthal son-of-a-bitch!
And l swear, if you touch her one more time,
l swear to God, l will...
You'll what?
We will kick your ass.
Fag.
Bye bye, baby.
Sondra! Sondra!
That's my sister's purse!
Sondra! Sondra!
Well, l will tell you one thing.
The fact that you didn't get a picture of her carrying one...
'a your bags is just a crime.
Mama, l didn't know she'd gone up to Millie Jo's and bought herself one.
All l'm sayin' is that a good picture of her carryin' that bag -
Rhonda, l guess you will be the designer to the stars now.
Oh, stop.
She didn't even get a picture 'a her carryin'...that -
Mama!
Well, she came and went... like a streak 'a lightnin'.
That's how they operate.
Rhonda, l'm gonna put me one of those purses on layaway.
-l am. -Hey, y'all.
Mama, l need to ask you somethin'.
No, you may not borrow my car, and no, you cannot go to Nashville.
Mama, we just wanta go ridin' around this afternoon.
There's nothin' to do.
Mm mm mm. l tell you what.
Missy.
Y'all, come on. Let's just stop for just a second.
We can't stop. l have to get the car home.
l wonder if Sondra saw it.
ls everything okay?
Yeah.
Are you okay?
l just can't believe it didn't happen. l mean, what am l gonna do now?
What do you mean?
l'm never gonna have another chance like that again. Ever.
Yes, you will.
We all will.
Hey. 'Course we will.
l was wonderin' if l was ever gonna see
that car back in the driveway where it belongs.
l'll see you later.
Okay.
Bye.
l'm home!