of the evil wizard.
All around you are the carcasses of slain ice dwarfs. "
Melt- Melt wizard.
"What do you want to melt him with?"
- What do you think I want to melt him with?
- I told you to take out the garbage! - Just a second!
Throw thermal-
what your mother said? - One minute!
"Your hesitancy has cost you dearly.
Your apprehension...
"unleashes a fatal bolt from the ice scepter.
- With luck, you will thaw in several million years. "
Great.
It's starting to stink up the place.
Okay, okay, okay.
Take the garbage out. Every day, take the garbage out. There!
The teams are being led into the field, and the crowds are going crazy! Yeah! Yeah!
And wait a minute. It's the Yankees' star pitcher coming out of the bullpen.
Look at him! And the crowds are cheering. They're going crazy!
- They're screaming! Is Billy there? Okay. - In the back.
Rick Rhoden is on the mound for the Yankees.
He looks into the catcher's mitt, shakes off the first signal...
takes the turn.
He wipes the sweat off his brow, leans back and fires.
Yeah! Good-bye, Mr. Spalding!
Here, here. Wait.
Got it, need it, need it, got it.
- Oh! - Hey, hey, hey!
You ever go by Simpson's desk when she's grading papers or somethin'?
She leaned over, you can see right down her shirt.
- Swear to God.
- Bra? - No, no. She's got one of those undershirt things.
So if you get real close to the board...
you can see all the way down to her flowers.
Whoa!
Yeah. Give me your gum.
- Need it, got it, got it, need it. - Hey, hey.
- Give me a dollar! Give me- - Oh, my God. It's Cynthia.
How did a geek like Freddie Benson get a sister like that?
Beats me.
- I mean, imagine having a boyfriend like that. - Hi, Josh.
- Hi. - Oh, my God. It's Billy.
- Come on! - Don't start.
He says hi!
- Come on, Miss Cheapo. A quarter! A quarter. - Unbelievable!
God. She likes you. I know she likes you. I'll find out, okay?
- Don't forget to call me after supper. - Okay.
- Remember about Cynthia. - Don't worry!
I'm as interested as you are.
This isn't fair.
Buddy, we've been talkin' about this for months.
You knew this was gonna happen when Rachel got older.
- Why can't she stay in your room? - Because.
Bein' part of a family means sharing responsibilities.
- Great. But do I have to share my room?
I'm a person. I am not your maid.
Can any of you appreciate that?
You waltz in here like it's some kind of a resort-
lounging around, waiting for your dinner to be cooked...
your clothes to be ironed.
What about me, huh? Have you ever once thought about how I feel?
Do you know what it's like to work eight hours and come home to this?
- Every single day?
None of you ever offer to help me!
Why?
I can't do it alone anymore.
- Just can't.
And if you tell them anything that goes on in this room...
Well, you'll be sorry.
So, will you tell me?
- You're in. - What do you mean, I'm in?
- Cynthia Benson. - What about her?
You ready for this? She doesn't like Barry anymore.
- So? - So what do you mean, "so"? That's it. She's available.
- Billy, it doesn't mean-
Hey, it's after midnight.
- Now, say good night to Billy. - Good night, Billy. I gotta go.
Good night, Mrs. Baskin!
- Sweet dreams.
All right. Come on.
One dollar. Come on, kid.
Watch this. Need some help with the hammer?
Here I go. Here I go.
I get one more try. One more try.
Okay, honey. Big smile. Big smile.
- Go! Go! Go! - Good. Good.
Oh, "wimpy"! Better luck next time.
Let me get one more try? Please? Come on! I can't live with "wimpy."
Mommy! Make it stop!
go on this thing, son?
- Yeah. - No, no. I don't know about this one, Bob.
- No, this looks too scary. - It's okay.
- Oh, my God. - See? I told you.
He doesn't want to go on it.
Son, you don't have to go on this thing if you don't feel like it.
No, no. It's just that l- I want to go on myself.
- You do? - Yeah.
I think it's something- Yeah, I think it's something I should do.
Great. Why don't we meet you at the Ferris wheel?
Half hour.
- Excuse me. - Hey!
- What are you doing? Come on, man.
- Watch it.
Sal threw up on the other ride.
It was disgusting.
- Josh?
- Oh. Hi. - Hi.
Have you been on this before?
- This? - Yeah.
- Yes. - Is it scary?
- Yes. - Are you here alone?
Yes.
Look. Aren't those your parents?
- Where? - Right over there.
Honey! Smile!
Why, yes.
- Hey, who's this? - This is Josh Baskin.
- How you doin'? - This is Derek.
- He drives.
- Go ahead. - Yo, next!
Whoa! Read this sign.
- " You must be at least this big to ride this ride." - What? Oh.
Hey, I don't make the rules, kid.
- Next!
Well, it's a stupid rule.
Look, why don't you try the Kiddie Whip?
- You. You.
- See you, Josh. - No problem. Step up.
- Hey, watch it, kid! - Hey. Come on, you guys. Let's go.
"Drop 25 cents here."
Come on!
Work! Work!
Neat!
Make my wish. Right.
I wish I were big.
"Your wish is granted."
Somebody's gonna get you!
Come on. Go! Come on!
- What's the matter?
- Oh, no. Oh, no, no.
No.
- Honey, you'll wake up your brother.
Come on. Come on. You sleep with us.
- Easy, doggie! Easy! Don't make me do it.
I'm only part-time. Sorry.
Josh!
- Josh!
- It's 7:30. Are you up?
Come on, sleepyhead! You're gonna miss the bus, and I can't drive you today.
What does he do in his sleep?
- Honey? I put out some clean clothes.
Bring down your dungarees and stuff for the laundry, okay?
- Okay. - You getting a cold, Josh?
No. Fine.
He's got a cold.
Now Rachel's gonna get a cold, I'm gonna get a cold, his father's gonna get a cold.
Oh, my God.
- Breakfast is ready, Josh. - Be right there!
Josh! Hurry up! Your eggs are getting cold.
Hold this. Hold this. Good. Now, can you keep it a secret?
- Yeah. Keep it a secret.
Bring down Rachel with you, all right?
- Okay.
Come on. Come on.
Oh, yeah. Shh, shh, shh. Quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet.
- You want orange juice or-
What about your breakfast?
- Don't. Please, don't! Don't! Please! - Oh, I'm sorry. Sorry.
- It's me.
- It's Josh. Mom! Mom. - Stop it! Oh, God!
- I made a wish last night. - Oh, please, stop!
- I turned into a grown-up. I made this wish on the machine. - Go away!
- It turned me into a grown-up. Last night at the carnival. - No! No!
My birthday's November 3. Mom, I got a "B" on my history test.
Here, take the purse. You can have anything that's in it! Go away!
- M-M-M-My baseball team is called the Dukes!
Uh, I made this for you. Who are you calling?
- I have a birthmark behind my left knee!
- You bastard. What did you do to my son? - I am your son, Mom.
- Where is my child? Where is my son? - Oh, Ma! Ma! Ma!
- Police!
- Hands up!
- Hands up on defense!
Come on! All the way. All the way.
- It's all yours!
I'm open! Here! I'm open!
- Shoot it! Yeah!
- You stink, Kopecki!
- Get back to the locker rooms and get on to your next class. - Billy, you stink!
Wash shirts and shorts.
Billy, do us both a favor.
Put the balls in the equipment closet and you practice your lay up.
Horowitz, pick up that shirt or I'll make you eat it. It stinks!
Let's go, gentlemen. Hey, let's go now.
- Billy. - Yeah?
- What? - It's me.
- It's Josh. - Coach Barnes!
- No! Wait a minute! Wait a minute! - Coach Barnes!
Billy, shut up! I'm your best friend! Please, you gotta believe me.
- Don't hurt me. - I'll prove it to you. Billy, please!
- Look, I'm not gonna hurt you!
Goddamn it, Billy Francis Kopecki!
Look, I know I don't look like myself, okay?
But something really strange happened, and I'm really scared! I need your help!
You're my best friend! I can prove it to you.
Um- Oh!
Josh?
You look terrible.
I know.
He had on a blue, uh, sweatshirt with a hood on it...
that said "Giants" across the front.
He-He ran in here. He ran into the kitchen.
He followed me a-around that pillar there...
and when I got into the kitchen, he turned around and he pulled down his pants...
and he exposed his heinie.
and I heard this commotion.
We're at the scene right now.
We've talked to the mother. She's pretty hysterical.
- She's not making any sense at all.
- There's no ransom note, no prints. There's no nothin'.
I'll tell you what- file a report, be on the safe side.
- Shut up! - Bet he ran away.
- Wish I could. - Want me to pack your bags?
It's me.
You couldn't wish for a million dollars?
Take that off. Don't worry. I got it all figured out.
Go to the city, lay low for a couple days...
find that Zoltar thing, make your wish.
You'll be home by Thursday.
It grew all over.
- Hmm. - Why can't I just tell them what happened?
You did, and your mom tried to kill you.
I'm gonna get in one awful lot of trouble because of this.
They'll probably be so happy to see you, you'll probably get a new bike out of it.
- Come on. Let's get going. - Oh!
Excuse me.
Thanks.
This is the time of day when she gets cranky and she cries.
She does it every day.
I'm not supposed to go to New York without my folks.
You'll be all right. Here.
- Where did you get that? - My father's sock drawer.
- You stole it? - It's his emergency fund.
Fine! Fine. Fine. Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine.
Kill the bitch. Kill her with a knife. Kill her with a knife!
Kill the bitch. Kill the bitch. Kill her with a knife.
Put it in. Bitch! Kill the bitch!
Kill her!
- You lookin' for some fun tonight, sweet thing? - No, thank you.
- Hey, man. Spare some change? - No, not really.
Hey, this looks okay.
No, it doesn't.
St. James, Josh. It's religious.
all day and all night again?
- Hi. - Hi.
Uh, we would like a hotel room, please.
17.50 a night for the room, $10 deposit for the sheets.
Mm-hmm.
You go straight to the top of the stairs.
The last door on the right, next to the bathroom.
Wait a second. I'll show you.
- It smells bad. - Shh.
- Have a pleasant stay. - Thanks.
Hey, Angel! Get out of that bathroom now!
He's in that bathroom all night.
I don't want to stay here by myself.
I can't help it, Josh. I gotta be home by 10:00.
Look, I'll cut classes tomorrow.
We'll find that Zoltar thing before you know it, okay?
Just one night. All right?
- All right. - Good.
- What if I can't sleep? - It's probably better if you don't.
See you in the morning.
- Well, you know, like, what time? - 8:30.
I'd use the chain, if I were you.
Open the door.
Stay away from here.
If you don't have the money, don't show us your face over here!
Goddamn it!
- Get out! - Watch the money! Give me that!
Mom. Mom.
You really think we'll find it today?
It's a big city, Josh. I bet there's a million Zoltar machines.
Well, where should we start first?
I don't know. Oh, let- Let's try the next street.
- I told you, it's not a video game. - Then what is it?
Well, it's not a video game.
This one's got a number on it. Does yours?
- No. Wait. Here's one. - What are you doing? What are you doing?
- What are you doing? - Do you have Zoltar?
No, I told you, I looked in the back. I've got Powerhouse-
- We really need Zoltar. - I haven't got it.
- What did the guy at the arcade say? - They have to license them.
- And where are we? - Uh, the licensing bureau.
Right. So all we gotta do is get a list of all the carnivals then track it down.
Will you quit your moping now?
- I'm not mopin'.
- Yes. We would like a list of all carnivals and fairs. - And arcades.
- Yeah. - Carnivals and fairs.
- Try Consumer Affairs down the hall, room 111. - Thank you.
Fill this out in triplicate. Five dollar filing charge.
- See? - One month to process. You get it in six weeks.
- Six weeks? - Sometimes longer, but you could get lucky.
Next, please!
Fill this out in triplicate.
I'm gonna be 30 years old for the rest of my life.
Would you come on? We'll figure something out.
By the way, you may be
So now what?
- I'll come and see you every day after school. - How?
I'll tell them I made the basketball team.
- I won't have nothin' to do. - You can get a job.
- Can't get a job. - Why? Can't be any different than school.
- What are you good at? - I don't know. Making spitballs?
- How 'bout a delivery man? - I don't know how to drive.
Yeah, right.
Cardio logical technician. Civil engineer.
- You're not gonna eat your cherry? - Go ahead.
- Clerical transcriber. - Billy.
- Yeah.
- Gross. God, that's gross! - Check, please.
- Go to the next column. - Collection agent. Company clerk.
- Computer operator. Construction engineer. - Computer operator?
- What? - Computer operator. Read that one.
- Josh, will you quit with your stupid computers! - Just read it.
- Toys!
Whee-whee-whee-whee, Jags.
"Seeking experienced computer operators for all levels of system management.
"Candidates must perform data updates, malfunction isolation...
- monitoring of cluster performance." - "Performance." I can do that.
- You can? - Sure.
- Hey, great. They use H.P. 3000s. - You understand all that?
Well, it's- It's an old system, but, you know-
- Where do we go? - Um, "Apply in person, MacMillan Toys."
- All right. Let's go.
Miss?
You look good.
- MacMillan Toys! - There it is!
- MacMillan Toys. May I help you?
- I'll connect you. - Are these the applications?
- Yes. Just have a seat. I'll call your name.
- There. - Previous employment.
- Your paper route. - I don't think I can put that.
- Neighborhood circulation director? - Yeah!
Yes. Hold on just a moment, please.
What's he got?
Hey, don't worry about it.
Um, social security number?
32-17-25.
- What is that? - It's my locker combination.
- Great. - Mr. Baskin?
- Y-Yes. Yes.
The personnel director will see you now.
Uh, your son can wait out here.
Yeah, okay. Son, you should sit down.
- And don't give the lady any trouble now. - Sure, Dad.
- This way.
Don't forget- look him in the eye!
There's a couple of numbers missing on your social security.
Oh. Oh, 12.
012.
- It says here you've got four years' experience. - Yes.
- All on computers. - Yes.
Where did you go to school?
It was- It was called George Washington.
Oh, G.W. My brother-in-law got his doctorate there.
- Did you pledge? - Yes, every morning.
It happened again. David, the girl is absolutely useless.
You have got to give me someone who knows what she is doing. Excuse me.
I'm not getting any of my mail. Nothing has been filed.
Ever since she got engaged, my life has been a disaster.
Well, you know, she came so highly recommended.
She spent the last three months writing down her married name. Mrs. Judy Hicks.
Mrs. Donald Hicks. Mrs. Judy Mitchellson Hicks.
Sometimes with a hyphen, sometimes without a hyphen.
- Sometimes she spells the hyphen.
- Well, I really don't know where I can put her. - Put her on unemployment.
- When can you start? - Soon.
MacMillan Toys. I'll transfer.
- Brent. - Susan.
- Where's Mildred? - She's out sick.
- Again.
That's very important, that you're easy to clean.
Open that one.
What's so-What's the joke?
- Is it a small?
See, when she opens her shower presents...
everything she says she'll say on her wedding night, only she doesn't know it.
- So, when we read the list to her- - Who's answering my phone?
- Oh, it's pink.
Oh. I'll get it.
Oh, I needed towels. Thank you very much.
- Can I help you? - Susan Lawrence. Is he in?
- Of course. - Thank you.
- Susan. - Paul.
If I don't have a man tonight, I'm absolutely going-
- Yeah, I'll hold.
An automatic switch-on-
Voice runs on Princess Gwendolyn.
All comments should be directed to Jack Taylor no later than Thursday.
One day, I'll find my prince.
Alternate version number one:
One day, my prince will come.
Alternate version number two:
The money from Mummy's purse...
and buy all my accessories.
The more you buy me, the more I'll love you.
Tra-la. Tra-la.
I thought we'd start you off on last week's preschool orders.
It should take a few days. Give you a chance to find your way around.
- Do you smoke? - Well, just that once, but-
Only on breaks, and in the coffee room.
Most of that's pretty straightforward stuff.
You have any questions, come to me. Good luck.
Bye.
The Dinky Link.
Seven.
- Jimmy's Toy Box. - Psst.
Screwy Hermie.
- Psst!
Hey. Psst. Hey. I'm Scott Brennen.
Uh, l-I'm Josh Baskin.
Listen, what are you trying to do, get us all fired?
- Huh? - Gotta slow down. Pace yourself.
- Slowly. Slowly. Slow. - Sorry.
- Today's my first day. - I know.
- So, how long have you worked here? - Five years.
Work stinks, but the fringe benefits are great.
See that girl over there in the red?
Say hi to her, and she's yours.
She'll wrap her legs around you so tight, you'll be begging for mercy.
Well, I'll stay away from her then.
- Excuse me.
Yeah. Brennen. I gave it to you yesterday.
Oh, here it is.
I don't have time to xerox it. Let the new guy do it.
Yeah. It-
shipped it out yet.
You gotta be quiet. People are tryin' to work here.
- They can't think.
We're gonna go in the other room and see some toys. Come on.
- Come on, you guys. Stay together.
Come on, guys.
Trouble.
We're pregnant?
Huggy Bear took a nosedive.
That's not possible.
Look at these figures, Paul. Third-quarter profits off 40%.
Pre-orders down 55.
I'm not talking about one toy. I'm talking about the whole goddamn line:
Huggy Bear Mama, Huggy Bear Papa.
Goddamn Baby's off 60%.
- I must feel awful? - You must.
Paul, uh-
Paul, l- I think we must feel awful.
Well, yeah. I feel bad too.
This whole line was your idea.
I think that if you just march right in and talk with MacMillan-
It's not my fault.
Honey, are we trying to fix this thing or are we tryin' to place blame?
If it'll make you feel better, I'll go in there with you while you talk to him.
Thank you.
- Yeah.
I taught him everything he knows.
Mm-hmm. Right up.
with MacMillan Toys.
- Yeah, well, I live right over by the river.
to confirm your address.
You ever seen Brooklyn by dawn?
Hey, hey. Does it sound like I'm beggin'? I am.
Hello?
Uh-
- Hello? - Hello.
- Mrs. Baskin? - Yes?
- How are you? - Who is this?
I just wanted you to know that, uh...
Josh is all right, and he's okay and everything.
You have my boy?
Yeah, and y-you're gonna get him back just the way he was.
Look, I swear to God, if you do anything to him...
if you touch one hair on his head...
I will spend the rest of my life making sure you suffer.
Wow. Thanks.
- Let me talk to Josh. - Oh, he can't come to the phone right now.
Why not? Why not? What did you do to him?
I didn't do anything to him. I think he's a terrific kid.
I want proof that he's all right.
Uh, all right.
Um, a-ask me something th-that- that only he would know.
Then I'll ask him for you, and that way you'll know that he's okay.
Ask him what I used to sing to him when he was a little boy.
- Isn't there something else that you'd rather ask him? - Ask him.
I got it. I got it.
- Oh!
Look, you're gonna see him again really soon.
I promise. I cross my heart and hope to-
Uh, we'll talk about this later.
- That's total bullshit, Paul! - But, sir, the favorability rating-
Let's not lie to ourselves. If a kid likes a toy, it sells. That's all.
But every bit of research and focus testing shows-
It worked in research. It worked in the testing. It just didn't work with the kids.
- Oh, sorry. - Why don't you watch where the hell you're going!
- Are you okay? - I am fine.
You could kill somebody running around here like that!
Paul, a boss should get knocked on his ass once in a while.
- It's good for him. - I don't know, sir. You should see a doctor.
For crying out loud, Paul, I'm fine! I'm fine!
- Sorry, sir. Sorry. - Where were you going anyway, son?
Um, I was, uh-
I was going to the Xerox room 'cause they needed these by 5:00.
Oh! That's good. Nothing wrong with a little hustle.
Nothing at all.
Right, Paul?
It's good to see a little hustle for a change.
What did he mean?
I hustle. Uh, sir? Sir!
- Get down! Get down! Get out of the area!
- Ferris! - Thank you.
Brennen!
Baskin!
- What is this? - Payday.
- $187?
- Yep. - Oh! Oh!
They really screw you, don't they?
- "Sign below." Hi. - Hi.
Okay. So how would you like that?
driver's license, please?
- Okay. - All right.
Three dimes, a hundred dollar bill and 87 ones.
- One- - One, two-
- three, four, five, six- - three, four, five, six-
- seven, eight, nine, 10! - seven, eight, nine-
Look at it. Look at it. It's beautiful.
Look at this. You know what we're gonna do with this?
- What? - Spend it!
- I'm never eating again.
It wasn't that bad.
It was the boat ride that did it.
No. It was the pork rinds.
Pork rinds!
- We sure had fun, didn't we? - Yeah. Yeah, we sure did.
- Booger! Booger!
with the baby.
Oh, please. I'm - I give you all the help I can. l- You drive me nuts.
You are never here.
I'll be back when I want to, okay?
- Hello.
- Uh, is this the Baskin residence? - Yes.
- Hi. - Who's this?
We're conducting a, uh-
A consumer s-survey and we were wondering...
what kind of medicine... you would give to your family.
- For what? - For a stomachache.
Pepto-Bismol.
- How-How often do you give that? - Every four hours.
- I gotta go.
- Every four hours.
Okay.
Thank you.
Josh! Josh!
- Doggie! - No-No. Get away from that dog.
- Come on. Get away from that dog. - Doggie. I wanna pet him!
- Doggie! - We'll go inside and buy you a nice gum ball.
Okay.
Right. Okay. Second door. Right there.
- Okay. This one is goin' way out. See if you can get this one.
- Okay. Another big one.
Hey, no fair! Hey.
Yee-haw!
Oh, my God. Just keep away from the strange man.
- Gotcha. - What's your name?
- Jordan. What's yours? - My name's Josh.
- I'm gonna blow you away, Josh. - I just got you!
- No way! You're closer. Get back here! - I got you!
You big gawk.
- You work for me, don't you? - Yes.
I thought so. What, are you here with your kids?
No.
- I got the last! - Did not.
- I was just looking around. - Oh.
Me too. I come here every Saturday.
You can't see this on a marketing report.
What's a marketing report?
Come on! It's my turn!
Exactly. Come on.
What do you think of that?
- The Championship Hockey? - Yeah.
- Oh, I love it. Only that- - Only what?
- Well, the pieces don't move. - What do you mean?
Well, on the old set, you could slide the men up and down the ice.
Now all they do is spin around.
It's more like real hockey the old way. Why'd they change it?
I don't know.
See, the Starfighters are good because you can change all the pieces.
But I never liked the Galacticons.
You only get one robot, and they don't come with a vehicle.
- I see. - Plus, you can't take 'em underwater. If you do-
Neat.
Okay, uh, let's check out the-
- Piano lessons? - Three years.
Me too. Every day after school.
Hey, hey!
"Chopsticks."
- What department did you say you were in? - I'm in Computers.
- Yeah. Yeah.
You just saved me a trip to the gym, son.
According to the studies, this thing should go straight through the roof.
- Hey! Hey! Watch it, fella. - Sorry. Sorry.
in charge of product development.
Vice president? He's only been here a week!
And he came from Data Processing.
He's out of his mind. The old man has finally lost it.
- Did you know he gave him Bob's old office? - Bob's-
Bob's office is bigger than my office!
There's gotta be a reason. Things like this don't happen unless there's a reason.
That means if the president dies, you get to take over?
- No. They got a hundred of 'em. Are we ready? - Yes, Mr. Baskin.
Come on in.
Look at this place. It's bigger than the principal's office!
- How would you know? - Remember that explosion in science?
- Oh, yeah. - Truck a pillar!
59.95.
- You know that only costs 10 bucks to make? - Get outta here!
- What is this? - Oh. They just put this in here. It doesn't mean anything.
So, what do they make you do for all this?
Well, I play with all of this stuff, and then I go in and tell 'em what I think.
- That's it? - Yeah.
- And they pay you for that? - Yeah.
Suckers!
Thank you, Miss Patterson.
Hey, Miss Patterson, could you call Media and have them send up...
the video of the Giants-Broncos Super Bowl and have them edit out the commercials and stuff?
- Yes, Mr. Baskin. - Thanks.
- Miss Patterson. - You're the luckiest guy I know.
Boom!
- Great. - Mr. Davenport.
Try taking some of the padding out.
- Projected sales are gonna go through the roof. - Those test scores-
- Whoa! - Oh-You know, this is an office, not a playground.
Kill somebody-
- Did you check Mattel? - Nothing.
Time now to check the day's business news.
- Coleco? - Zero.
He can't come from nowhere, Susan. He has to come from somewhere.
- How 'bout Hasbro? - Yes. And Fisher-Price and Worlds of Wonder.
- I have called everywhere. Nobody's ever heard of him. - This is just terrific!
- It's not my fault. - Shh!
Bring the current total to 18- - I know him.
Those under indictment include five senior vice presidents-
Now they're arresting businessmen? The new American crime, tryin' to earn a living?
...the most coveted position on Wall Street-
Susan, he has to come from somewhere.
Let's face it, Paul. The guy comes from Data Processing.
Terrific. That's just terrific. This is just terrific!
You're being paranoid, Paul.
over a six-month period...
using a double-blind format of eight overlapping demographic groups.
Every region of the country was sampled.
The focus testing showed a solid base...
in the nine-to-11-year-old bracket...
with a possible carryover into the 12-year-olds.
When you consider that Go Bots and Transformers pull 37% market share-
I'm sorry.
and that we are targeting the same area...
I think that we should see one-quarter of that...
And that is one-fifth of the total revenue from all of last year.
- Excellent, Paul. - Thank you. Thank you.
- Any questions?
- No. - Not from me.
- Yes? - I don't get it.
What, exactly, don't you get?
It turns from a building into a robot. Right?
Precisely.
- Well, what's fun about that?
Well, if you had read your industry breakdown...
You would see that our success in the action figure area...
has climbed from 27% to 45% in the last two years.
There. That might help.
- Oh.
- Yes? - l-I still don't get it.
What?
- What don't you get, Josh? - There's a million robots that turn into something.
This is a building that turns into a robot. What's fun about playing with a building?
This is a skyscraper.
Well, couldn't it be, like, a robot that turns into, like, a bug or something?
- A bug? - Yeah.
- Aprehistoric insect with claws that could pick up a car. - Interesting.
- A prehistoric Transformer? - Interesting.
- So the robot turns into a bug? - Uh, gentlemen-
You've got a very good idea here!
The robot turns into a bug!
- Wh-
- Different sizes- - Susan, we could do ladybugs!
have him wreck buildings. - Transformers for girls!
A building is inert. A bug, it moves, it's got all kinds of possibilities.
This doesn't just happen. This guy-This doesn't happen.
- He doesn't just come to a meeting and say "bugs." - Uh-
Well done, Josh. Well done.
Oh-ho! He is vicious!
- He's not vicious. - Don't kid yourself. That man is a killer.
All he said was, he didn't get it.
I don't get it. Let's make it a bug!"
He was going for the throat, trying to eviscerate me.
On MacMillan's face?
Mm-hmm.
It's quite a unique space.
The lines are so clean, and you don't get any of that partition quality.
It has 50-foot ceilings, old hardwood floors...
ample closet space, a modern kitchen...
a brand-new bathroom with a jet-stream Jacuzzi.
We'll take it!
Baskin! Rental delivery!
Come out. Come out.
- So close.
They said...
that I could write you...
and let you know I was okay.
Whoa! Check it out!
So far they're treating me fine.
- I got enough to eat- - Two!
and am perfectly safe.
- Rebound! Two! - They say I'll get out of here...
in about a month.
In the meantime...
it's a lot like camp.
I watch TV-
- I got it! I got it! I got it! - Hooray!
and even get outside...
once in a while.
I know...
you miss me...
but try not to worry.
- I think...
this experience...
- might even be good for me. - Knocked him out!
I love you very much...
and I know...
I'll see you soon.
Your son...
Joshua.
P.S.
Give Rachel a kiss from her big brother.
- Hey. - Oh, hey. Hey.
Sorry I'm late. The computers were down for, like, 45 minutes.
There was nothing I could do about it.
- What is this? - It's a letter to my mom.
- She's gonna feel-This is terrible! - No. You don't mail it-
- You're gonna get her all screamin' and cryin'- - No, I'm not.
It's just a letter to say I'm okay and stuff.
Come on. Why can't I go with you?
Bill- I told you, Billy. It's only for people in the company, so you can't.
- Billy!
Fine. Fine. Just go to your fancy party...
while I stay at home by my mailbox and wait for your stupid carnival list.
- It's just this once, okay? - Sure.
- Yes. That's a beautiful fit.
Here, Paul. Take this, go over to the mirror...
put the hat on and look at yourself.
What color would you call this?
- Can I help you? - Yeah. I'd like to rent a tuxedo.
Uh, I see. Is-Is-Is there any particular occasion?
Yeah. His company is havin' a party.
Uh, well, then you probably want something simple.
Maybe a nice black, uh, with a p-p-p-
Whoa! Check it out.
- Oh, wow. Feel that. What do you think? - I like it.
Look at these.
Uh, usually this type of tuxedo is popular with students-
- senior proms, juvenile dress-ups and maybe a fancy p- - Look at this one.
- Ooh. - What kind of tuxedo is this?
That's not a tuxedo! That's a morning coat.
- Well, what do you call this? - Ugly.
Oh, hey. I've got it.
Excuse me. I'll be right back. Oy.
Maybe we got off on the wrong foot. Let's start again.
Hey, smell my neck.
Mm-mmm.
- I was hopin' for a raise, sir.
- Just-Just-Just a little one. - All right, a little one.
Uh, have a good time. I'll see what I can do.
- Okay. Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. - All right.
Come on, George. You can't sell to the parents. You sell to the kids.
I disagree.
Listen. You hit 'em at 7:00 in the morning while their folks are still asleep.
Then you get 'em good and jacked up for three hours...
so that by 10:00, they're rippin' the house apart.
It's timing, George. Timing.
You want that parent to wake up...
listening to little Jennifer screaming, "Puppy Pal, Puppy Pal."
- It's very beautiful and I'm having a lovely time. - I'm delighted, Miss Patterson.
It's much better than last year. I just wanted to tell you that.
- How are you gents doing here?
- Double up on the scotch, will you? - Right away, sir.
Here you are, sir.
- Susan. - Love your tux.
- I think it's the same as the maÎtred's.
Yeah. Have you decided what you're doing on the Danbury line?
No, I haven't.