(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(CAWING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN PLAYING)
(SINGING) I'm your boogie man That's what I am
I'm here to do whatever I can
Be it early morning Late afternoon
Or at midnight It's never too soon
To wanna please you To wanna keep you
To wanna do it all All for you
I wanna be your Be your rubber ball
I wanna be the boy you love most of all
Oh, yeah
I'm your boogie man I'm your boogie man
Turn me on
I'm your boogie man I'm your boogie man
Do what you want
I'm your boogie man I'm your boogie man
Turn me on
I'm your boogie man I'm your boogie man
Do what you want
I'm your boogieman That's what I am
I'm here to do whatever I can
Be it early mornin', late afternoon
Or at midnight, it's never too soon
To wanna take you To wanna hold you
I wanna give me all All to you
And I want you to completely understand
Just where I'm at and where I am
Oh, yeah
I'm your boogie man I'm your boogie man
Turn me on
I'm your boogie man I'm your boogie man
Do what you want
I'm your boogie man I'm your boogie man
Turn me on
I'm your boogie man I'm your boogie man
Do what you want
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Whoo
(MUSIC PLAYING ON TV)
NORMAN: (ON TV) File this under amazing stories, my friends.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
It seems that the National Organization for Women,
otherwise known as NOW,
otherwise known as lesbians fond of plaid,
have chosen, once again, to take issue with yours truly.
These angry feminists,
and I say angry feminists like there's some other kind...
(SOFTLY) Should we be helping her? We should be helping her.
So start helping her.
You don't need us to help her. You can help her.
Why don't you help her?
Why don't I carry your slippers in my mouth?
That's an answer?
You don't help her, you don't help us. You're a big cow.
I guess we'll have the appetizers while we wait for Pete and what's-her-name.
I didn't have tomatoes for salsa so we have to dip in hummus.
-Sorry. -I don't care.
Thank you, Paulie.
What we need in this country, my friends, is leadership.
Someone who can stand up to the liberals.
We need a return, God darn it, of the promise of the Reagan-Bush years.
A time of unequaled growth in this county.
FEMALE AUDIENCE MEMBER: We need Norman!
Well, careful folks, you just might get me.
Please. Can we get this idiot out of our living room?
Who, Norman?
-He's a moron! -Honey, he's a genius.
Here's a guy who can take any issue, no matter how trivial,
and turn it into a national debate.
He tells lies better than most people tell the truth.
Please.
It's always good to keep track of what the enemy is doing.
A storm is brewing, my friends. Someone has to stop it.
Well, it's my TV.
That was truly puerile.
-Okay, so who's Pete bringing? -Jenny Tyler.
Not funny.
-The kidnapped girl, that's funny. -It's very funny, it's just tasteless.
(HORN HONKING)
That's them.
Is it me, or does someone around here need to get laid more often?
Yeah, me.
-JUDE: I'm available. -Talk to her.
(THUNDER CLAPS)
What happened?
Don't ask. Cindy stood me up again. Then my fucking Benz...
-No guest? -Not exactly.
Zack? Zack, this is Marc. Marc, this is Zack.
How are you doing?
Zack, he picked me up in his pickup truck.
What was wrong with my Mercedes again?
Cracked manifold.
No shit?
-I said, "Can I?" My wallet... -Oh, yeah.
-What do you need, like a... -A two.
That's good. Thank you, Zack.
Thanks, I don't usually take charity. Well, I'll be seeing you guys.
No, no, wait. Come on. Stay for dinner.
Why don't you stay for dinner?
Because we're expecting a guest anyway, we got a place set.
-I don't want to be any trouble. -No, no, no. Please, it's horrible out.
-You helped us out, so please. -Come on. All right?
What are you having?
Lasagne.
Yeah?
-I can eat that. -Cool.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
JUDE: Pete, why don't you just get a new car?
But I love my car.
Yeah, maybe your folks can give you another hand-me-down Mercedes.
No, Jude, it would have to be a new car.
MARC: Hey, you know what, Twitchy was looking for you in the quad today.
-No. -Yes, way.
No.
He had that big booty butt, you know?
No, he was looking for me?
Excuse me, aren't you all forgetting something?
Oh, we eat our salad after the main course, European-style.
-No, I mean grace. -We don't say grace.
You don't want to thank somebody for putting this nice food on your table?
(PRAYING SOFTLY)
I hope you put in a good word for us heathens.
-I did, but I don't think he heard. -(ALL LAUGHING)
MARC: Well, all right.
So, Zack, do you live around here?
Why do you want to know where I live?
Just making conversation.
You see, every Sunday for about a year now
we've been inviting a guest over for dinner and discussion.
What do you talk about?
Everything. Life. Current events.
-The environment. -PETE: The law.
Well, I don't live anywhere around here. I drive a truck.
Yeah, Zack was telling me on the way over here
that he's actually driven through
-all 48 conterminous states. -PAULIE: Mmm, wow.
Fascinating.
So, you all college students or something?
-PAULIE: We're grad students. -What's that?
It means we've graduated. We're earning our Master's degrees.
I'm going to be a master painter.
-PETE: Master lawyer. -Masturbator.
(MARC LAUGHS)
Just plain master.
I'm studying social work.
Jude is actually continuing studies in, um...
What is it this week?
Psychology. Thank you.
ZACK: You paint those pictures there?
Uh-huh.
JUDE: Marc wants to be a time traveler.
Time traveler?
You know, go back in time to change history.
What if the Confederacy had a liquid metal guy?
Or what if Eisenhower was a girl?
(PAULIE LAUGHS)
And what do you do again?
Don't you know? I am a professional basketball player.
(ALL LAUGH)
-Are you making fun of me? -ALL: No.
Of course not.
I'm getting my Ph.D. in political science.
That means I'm going to be a doctor.
Zack, have you always driven a truck?
No, I was in the Marines.
I was in the war.
War? What war?
Desert Storm.
LUKE: Was that really a war?
I just thought that was a Republican commercial campaign.
You got a problem with patriotism?
LUKE: As a concept? No.
Well, I love my country,
and I will fight anyone who says different.
"Who was Joey Goebbels, 1 933?" (IMITATES BEEPING)
But wait. Seriously, I don't think the Germans were actually patriotic.
I think it was a hysterical wave of nationalism.
-Patriotism leads to nationalism. -PETE: No, not true.
Wait. Which one had the designated-hitter rule?
MARC: The American League. JUDE: Okay, I just wanted to know.
Hitler had the right idea.
Excuse me?
That was an extraordinary statement, Zack.
I'm not saying that killing Jews was right.
ALL: Oh.
If he really did. I mean, there's no real proof, you know.
Um, he killed six million Jews.
And millions of Gypsies and Catholics.
ZACK: All numbers, really.
Nobody can prove it. Funny, ain't it?
When it comes to buying shit, the Jews are always bringing the numbers down.
"$2,000 for this old car? I'll give you $1,200, tops," right?
When it comes to WWII, they're always pushing the numbers up.
First it's six million, then it's seven million.
(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
-PETE: Why don't we change the subject? -Yeah, do you like the lasagne?
No, I want to hear this. Wait a minute.
What do you think, in your vastly finite wisdom
that Hitler had the right idea about?
Well, it's common knowledge that the Jews, no offense,
were stealing money from the German people,
just like they do here now.
MARC: Really?
-Oh, yeah, it's a fact. -Okay.
-First of all, the Jews were Germans. -Come on, Jews ain't like that.
No, come on. Jews ain't like that. It's always being a Jew first.
Oh, I see.
That's why everybody hates them.
Everybody does not hate the Jews.
You're thinking about people who can read.
Marc, you're a Jew, right?
-Right. -All right.
If the U.S. was to go to war against Israel,
who would you fight for?
Well, I guess that would be the side
-that paid me the most. -(PAULIE LAUGHS)
How about you, Luke? If the U.S. was to fight Africa?
Africa is a continent, Zack.
Yeah, I know that. Which side would you take?
Well, what if the U.S. went to war against whatever Louisiana swamp
you come from?
How's that for heavy?
Calling people names, that ain't polite.
Of course, that's always been the trouble with colored people.
Quick temper.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
Excuse me?
You know, my grandfather used to say, if he knew you boys
were going to be so much trouble,
we'd just pick the damn cotton ourselves.
-(MARC CHUCKLES IN DISBELIEF) -LUKE: Is that so?
Am I conscious?
Yes.
-Why don't we just eat? -Fine with me.
Am I here?
Grad students, shit.
You all don't know nothing about anything anyway.
Yeah, Zack, I'm sure you're much smarter than we are.
Christ, I know what you all are. You're a bunch of damn liberals.
-JUDE: What are you, a Nazi? -Or is that too far to the left?
(CHUCKLES SARCASTICALLY) You all think you're so smart, don't you?
Huh?
You all just sit back and you whine and you complain like you always do,
but you don't do nothing.
A war comes up, do you fight? Hell no, you protest.
-Protest can be a powerful thing. -Protest is for pussies.
Try fighting for something, putting your life on the line,
before you start talking to me about powerful things.
You left-wingers make me want to puke.
You never take a real stand.
-A stand that you'd be willing to... -LUKE: Die for?
No, boy, dying's easy.
Ain't nothing heroic about dying.
But if you can take a stand for something you'd kill for,
that's something. Something special.
Okay. All right, (CLEARS THROAT)
I think maybe you should leave now, Zack.
Oh, I'm fixing to. Don't worry.
One of these days, all you bleeding hearts
are going to learn that we're right.
Us people with jobs, I'm talking about. Real people.
We do all the fighting and working and dying, and you do all the bitching.
(SCOFFS) Grad students, I'm glad you all don't join up.
You wouldn't even know what to do, would you?
-Guess not. -(ALL GASP)
PETE: Hey! What the fuck are you doing, Zack?
I ain't gonna hurt him. I'm gonna show you all something. A little experiment.
-Okay, Zack, we get your point. -Fuck you all.
I fought for my country. I killed for my country.
All the while, you guys were laughing back here,
hoping we'd fall on our faces.
-Please, stop it! -JUDE: Calm down, Zack!
Fuck you! Look at your buddy here, scared white.
Well, blue eyes, a guy's holding a knife to your throat
telling you he's going to kill you. Oh, yeah, he's going to kill you.
Then I'm going to rape your pretty girlfriend there
before I kill her, too.
What are you gonna do, kike, bargain with me?
Huh?
(CHOKES)
(PAULIE WHIMPERS)
Get this boy some balls!
-(PETE GRUNTS) -(PAULIE GASPS)
That shut you up, huh? Huh, war hero?
You think you can come in here and bully us?
Huh? You threaten women?
Some war, us against some Third World country!
Pushing buttons and smart-bombing chimneys. (CHUCKLES)
So, tough guy, What did you train on, huh? Nintendo?
I bet you didn't even get off the boat, you ignorant fuck!
You finished, rich boy?
(SCREAMING)
You have soft hands.
-Stop it! You're hurting him! -(SCREAMING)
(PETE GROANING)
He's a tough guy. He can take it.
-(BONES BREAKING) -(SCREAMING)
-I didn't mean to break... -(GRUNTS)
(WOMEN SCREAMING)
(PAULIE WHIMPERING)
-(THUD) -(GASPS)
(BURPS)
(ALL SCREAMING)
-Is he really dead? -JUDE: Yes, Paulie, he's really dead!
It's a side effect of a knife in the back!
PAULIE: Oh, Christ! Oh, Christ!
-Now you find religion. -Shut up! Look at all this blood!
-That was self-defense! -No, he wasn't hurting you!
PETE: Oh, my fucking arm, he broke my arm!
JUDE: Wait. Am I an accomplice?
Let's just get ourselves together here now.
A little late to be getting rational, buddy, don't you think?
Well, I had to do something. The rest of you just sat there!
-He broke my fucking arm! -He broke his fucking arm!
He was a right-wing asshole.
That's still no excuse to kill a person!
It's a pretty good reason.
Well, I'm a murderer.
We have to tell the police what happened. They'll understand.
Of course they'll understand. "College kid kills farm-boy war hero."
You'll probably just get a ticket.
Marc could plead insanity. We'll cover for you, Marc.
Van Gogh did some of his best work in an asylum.
-Thanks. -I can't believe this.
I mean, this man is dead. He's not breathing.
He's never getting up again.
And all you can think about is Marc's future employment opportunities!
Well, we could discuss Zack's future opportunities, but at this point,
I think they're limited.
(EXCLAIMING IN PAIN)
PAULIE: Oh, my God!
Calm down, Paulie. Somebody give her a drink!
I need a drink!
I will not calm down! Nobody should calm down!
You all act like this is something we do every Sunday!
Invite a guest over and if we don't agree with his politics,
then kill him!
Paulie, he pulled a knife, honey. He threatened to rape you.
We're all in shock, Paulie.
We're just dealing with it in our different ways.
PETE: You got that right.
I say we just bury the cracker and eat dessert.
This is terrible!
It's not that bad, Paulie. People get killed every day.
People a lot nicer and more innocent than Zack.
If you want to feel bad, feel bad about one of them.
He was carrying a hunting knife. What is up with that?
Maybe he was a hunter!
People shouldn't go around carrying big knives.
Hey, it's not illegal to carry a big knife!
Well, it should be. Look what happened.
It is, however, illegal to stab someone! Especially in the back!
Christ, Pete. Why don't you just give him your card?
We have to tell the police!
-PETE: Yes! -I'm not going to be an accomplice.
I really admire how you consistently put your feelings first before anybody else.
Me? You're the one that's sending your boyfriend to the pokey.
Okay, listen! Let's just tell them the truth.
Zack got drunk. Marc got drunk. Marc stabbed him.
At worst, you're gonna get involuntary manslaughter.
-I didn't get drunk. -LUKE: Better start now.
-I smoked dope. -Yeah, tell them that.
PETE: Listen, I am being serious. It was an accident. They'll understand.
Oh, yeah, "Officer, um, to make a long story short,
"we had this guy over for dinner.
"He was rude, so Marc stabbed him in the back!
"Do you have a problem with that?" Wake up, Pete!
Bitch!
All right, do I need a coat?
-I'll go with you. -LUKE: Hold on, hold on.
-Come on. -The police are an option.
-They're the only option. -No, no. There is another option.
Yes! Take me to a hospital!
Hear me out.
What if we just forget about it?
PETE: Are you out of your mind?
Listen. Say we just bury this guy in the backyard or something.
-People disappear all the time. -JUDE: Especially in Iowa.
I mean, we probably saved him from an alien abduction.
We don't report anything. We don't tell anyone.
We just let this pass.
No! We don't just let this pass.
No?
You want to go to jail for this fascist fuck?
He's dead, Luke!
Exactly.
And nothing is going to change that.
Luke is right. We all know it was an accident.
If we let this pass, we can go on with the rest of our lives.
If we don't let this pass, things will never be the same.
Things already will never be the same.
PETE: Have I mentioned that my fucking arm is fucking broken!
ALL: Yes!
-Pete, where's Zack's truck? -It's out front.
Good, this is what we're going to do. Paulie, Jude, take Pete to the hospital.
Yay!
Marc? Marc!
What?
-I want you to help me bury the body. -Okay.
Then I'll drive the truck somewhere, somewhere far.
Then... Marc!
-Marc? -(SOFTLY) What?
I want you to follow me in your car and bring me back.
You're serious, just pretend that this never happened?
What never happened?
Exactly.
(SIGHS) Oh, Lord.
OFFICER: Is that the license plate from the Mercedes last night?
-Yeah. -Was it important?
Probably not. What are those?
Leads on the kidnapping.
You go on TV talking about Jenny Tyler, everybody wants to talk to Alice.
Three guys have proposed already.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(PAULIE SOBBING)
(CONTINUES SOBBING)
(SINGING) Everywhere is freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies
Tell me where is sanity
LUKE: Nothing in the Times.
We're all clear in the Tribune. Did you check the USA Today?
-Let's not flatter ourselves. -I'm not talking about the front page.
How about those Hawkeyes, huh?
(SOFTLY) I'm talking about the back page.
They have that little section on each state.
Just do it.
"Iowa, Ames. City Council approves expansion of the Iowa State
"athletic facility at a budget of $2 million"
I think we're in the clear.
And would you take off those glasses and that homeboy hat?
-You got a problem? -(SOFTLY) Asshole.
(LUKE SCOFFS)
That's a guy that we should have over for dinner.
Mmm-hmm.
(LAUGHS)
Here's a hypothetical...
If you try and trivialize this horrific situation
with one of your stupid hypotheticals, Marc, I'll scream.
Just hear me out.
-You're a time traveler... -(SCREAMS)
Jesus.
(ALL CHUCKLE)
It's 1 909 in Austria. Okay?
You're in a pub having a schnapps with a stranger,
a young art student with one testicle. Let's say his name is Adolf.
Now, Adolf at this point in his life has done no wrong.
He's not bitter. He's not angry. He's committed no crime.
He does not bring knives to the dinner table.
He has not killed anybody.
He certainly hasn't started a world war.
Your point being?
Do you kill him?
Do you poison his schnapps
to save all those millions of innocent people?
Would Hitler drink schnapps?
Look, this is ridiculous. Zack was not Hitler.
How do you know? You can't look into the future, can you?
Well, I would kill the bastard slowly.
You know where I stand. Pete?
No comment.
I would use something blunt like a motherfucking chair.
Paulie, it's not like we're killing Mozart here.
We killed a guy that I am sure was an evil force on this planet.
(SCOFFS) An evil force on this planet?
You have to start reading books without pictures, Marc.
Yeah, you're not God.
You can't decide who's good and evil, who lives or who dies.
But what if you kill somebody whose death makes the world a better place?
But that's bullshit.
We have no idea that Zack's death makes this world any better.
My world feels better.
-Well, maybe he was right. -Who?
Zack. Maybe he was right about how we do nothing but talk.
We sit back and let the conservatives do whatever the hell they want.
You know, they put aside their differences
and they achieve their common goals.
We always seem to get stuck arguing about the stupidest,
tiniest, little things.
What, like murder? Conservatives are simple.
No, they're effective. So, we buy animal-friendly mascara,
or we stop buying grapes, but we don't do anything.
-All we do is fight. -We do not fight.
-Yes, we do. -No, we don't.
We do. (SIGHS)
Look, we're liberals. We do the right thing.
Then how come the world is so fucked up?
-Because we don't run the world. -Exactly, we don't.
-You see, we finally do some good. -Do some good?
Think about all the right-wing assholes
the world would've been better off without
if someone had wasted them before they did any damage.
Anyone who ever killed an abortion doctor.
Pol Pot. Idi Amin.
-Josef Mengele. -Joseph McCarthy.
Joey Terrio.
From Dance Fever?
No, it was the kid from sixth grade. Broke my glasses eight times.
Little motherfucker.
And if they're such big assholes, we can't convince them.
Well, you're sitting across from Hitler.
Still no comment?
Well, I mean, if it was Hitler, I would kill him. (CHUCKLES)
-Paulie? -No.
No. I would thank him for his schnapps,
get back into the time machine, set it for home and go to bed.
Which is where I'm going right now. Good night.
MARC AND LUKE: Good night.
(LUKE SIGHS)
I wouldn't want to stab him though, because that was too weird.
-I would club them. -(LAUGHS)
Obviously, we'd poison them.
Obviously.
I wouldn't want them to know that they were being poisoned.
I mean, it's bad enough they have to die.
I wouldn't want their last thoughts to be,
"Hey, I'm being killed by these liberals."
No, maybe we could just scream and act like it's some horrible accident.
That way their last thoughts on Earth wouldn't be horrible ones.
That's nice.
LUKE: Jude already knows.
The blue bottle is bad. The green bottle is good.
What is that stuff anyway?
Arsenic.
None of us are going to do this.
Probably not. But,
just in case the guy pulls a knife.
Everyone, this is Reverend Gerald Hutchens.
-This is Luke. -Luke, a pleasure.
-Paulie. -Paulie, a pleasure.
-That's Marc there. And Pete. -Marc.
-Oh, Pete. -Sorry.
-Nice to meet all of you. -Nice to meet you.
I had no idea this meal was going to be so formal.
LUKE: Well, we like to take care of our guests, Reverend.
So, Reverend, where's your parish?
Oh, we have a little parish outside of Maple Falls.
-Oh, really, that's where I'm from. -You must have seen our manger.
We have the biggest baby Jesus in the county.
(ALL LAUGH)
I hope you're hungry.
I am famished.
And it all looks so delicious.
-Is that apple pie? -PAULIE: It's homemade.
Uh-huh. Really? (LAUGHS)
Would you like to say grace?
I would love it.
I had no idea that you younger people were into that.
That's very charming.
Shall we bow our heads?
Bless us, Oh Lord, for this bounty for which we are about to receive.
(WHISPERS) A fucking reverend?
For this blessing of youth and kindness...
-of youth and kindness... -(WHISPERS) Wait.
...you have chosen to bestow upon me. God bless us all.
So, Reverend, how do you and Jude know one another?
I interviewed the good Reverend for a research paper I was doing.
Yes, uh, on the vileness.
The vileness?
The gay plague, of course.
On the use of secular therapy in comforting families of AIDS patients.
The good Reverend here was kind enough to let me use his view
as a counterpoint position.
Oh.
So, you don't believe in comforting the families?
No, I do not believe in comforting the families of irredeemable mortal sinners.
Are those biscuits made from scratch?
LUKE: Mmm-hmm.
-REVEREND: Really? -(ALL AGREEING)
They're lovely. (SNIFFS)
Mmm. (CHUCKLES)
Of course, AIDS is not a sin, it's a terrible disease.
Not quite.
Homosexuality is the terrible disease and AIDS is the cure.
-Is there butter? -(SIGHS)
Come again?
-Butter? -Butter, yeah.
-Thank you. -(MARC CLEARS THROAT)
No, when you violate the moral, health, and hygiene laws,
you reap the whirlwind.
You can not shake your fist in God's face and get by with it.
-Ready for more wine? -No, wait!
I mean, it's white wine and we're having meat.
I think we should wait for dessert.
Yes.
Surely, being a reverend you must have some compassion?
Yes, Jesus himself would be one of the most compassionate men in history.
Why, yes, certainly. But Jesus would never touch a homosexual.
But we're all God's children.
We are all God's children,
but like children, we can get into trouble.
And when we do, we must be punished.
-Gerald is the leader of God's Way. -God's Way?
Homosexuals are the living, breathing cesspool of pathogens.
We simply propose to put them out on a desert island with
enough foodstuffs to last them for their limited lifetimes.
And what would that be?
Say, two years tops?
That way, for a nominal cost to us
they would all die.
-Is this radicchio? -Yes.
Has anyone close to you ever died of AIDS?
-(CHUCKLES) Really? -PAULIE: Really.
No. (LAUGHS)
I think it's time for dessert.
Yes.
Thank you.
I'd like to propose a toast.
(CLEARS THROAT)
To God's soldiers.
I like that.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
This pie is delicious.
(SLURPS)
-REVEREND: Is anything wrong? -We're dieting.
-Can I make a confession? -Do you want more white wine?
No. Uh...
I think this pie might be
a little too rich.
(COUGHS)
Excuse me.
(COUGHS VIOLENTLY)
(WHEEZING)
(SCREAMS)
(ALL EXCLAIM IN FRIGHT)
(COUGHING)
(COUGHING STOPS)
(PETE WHIMPERING)
(CHOKING)
(ALL SCREAMING)
JUDE: Is he dead?
-He's real dead. -Oh, God.
Maybe we should say the last rites or something.
-No, you do that before. -Oh.
We should just finish dinner before it gets cold.
How can you guys eat with a dead man at the table?
What is your problem?
You're the one that gave him his death sentence.
"I think it's time for dessert." What was that, Anne Rice?
I think Paulie behaved, performed, beautifully.
Yes, so do I. We gave him every chance possible.
I want to propose a toast.
To us, for making a difference,
for putting aside our differences
and for making the world a better place.
(GLASSES CLINKING)
BOTH: Lehayim.
Please pass the radicchio. Butter?
(COUGHS)
-Don't choke. -Hit him on the back. He's choking.
Not funny.
Are you okay?
JUDE: Jesus Christ, he switched the glasses.
-Marc, he switched the glasses! -Oh, my God!
-Get up, Marc. The Heimlich! -Marc! Marc!
(COUGHING)
Call 911!
BOTH: No!
PETE: Marc! Oh, shit!
What?
(ALL GROANING)
-(JUDE GROWLS) -MARC: Ow.
-You jerk. -JUDE: Jerk!
(LUKE LAUGHING)
PETE: Let's get him out of here, huh? MARC: Oh, yeah.
NORMAN: (ON TV) This was in the paper today.
They want to do another
gay pride parade.
I mean, do you really think that a bunch of gays and lesbians
strutting through town constitutes a parade?
Does anybody remember what it was like when we were kids
and we had parades that meant something,
that were about real, wonderfully festive events
with people dressed in wonderfully inventive costumes,
like kings and queens.
You know, actually, now that I think about it,
that does sound a little bit like a gay pride march.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
DOMINANT MAN: How often does a woman say "no"
but she really means "yes"?
She says "stop," but she means "keep going."
You can't bring the law into someone's bedroom, it's constitutionally wrong.
Isn't violating a woman's body constitutionally wrong?
Isn't leading a man on wrong?
If a woman accepts a date with a man, especially in this day and age,
she knows what he's after and she accepts.
So you think that all dates lead to sex?
I don't.
Man is the dominant species. Women are the dominated.
They are the weaker sex and they always will be.
We're not talking about species.
A man does not have the right to rape a woman.
No, of course he doesn't, Paulie. Rape is a terrible thing.
But it is also much rarer than people think.
When a woman cries rape,
it's usually because she's already consented to sex.
-Really? -Yeah, really.
And if she doesn't allow herself to enjoy it, then she feels used.
So women, vindictive by nature, cry rape.
And force the man to suffer the feelings of inadequacy
that they themselves have created.
The world stops and you destroy the man.
It's quite self-defeating, really.
Keep them in the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant.
No, I think that's a little sexist.
So, this is what your parade is all about?
We're stealing a chapter from the civil rights movement.
Hmm.
You got to fight for what you believe in, right?
Yep.
Absolutely, I think we can all drink to that.
Please.
(CONTAMINATED MINDS PLAYING)
(SINGING) Contaminated minds play judge and jury, too
Oh, no
But contaminated minds are blind to the truth
Oh, yeah
Ah.
Good?
But not everybody has the luxury of choice
Oh, no
Some people search for the holy grail
(DOORBELL RINGS)
Good evening, sorry to bother you. I'm Sheriff Stanley.
I'm going door-to-door and asking people for information regarding Jenny Tyler,
the missing girl.
I'm wondering if you could just take a look at a few pictures.
If I don't use everything in my power to block that entrance,
innocent unborn children will die.
And if I have to kill someone to stop that, well,
that is what the Right to Life Movement is all about.
Contaminated minds play judge and jury, too
Oh, no
But contaminated minds are blind to truth
Oh, yeah
These hippies want our...
Native American, heaven forbid, I almost called them Indian children,
to blame our forefathers for all of their trouble instead of their own.
Now, I'm the first to admit we took this country from the Indians.
But what in the world were they doing with it anyway?
Shooting off bows and arrows and using seashells for money.
(LAUGHS)
(GET DOWN TONIGHT PLAYING)
(SINGING) Baby, let's get together
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
And do the things
Ah, do the things
That we like to do
Oh, do a little dance
Make a little love
Get down tonight
Do a little dance
Make a little love
Get down tonight
Baby
(EXHALES)
Die!
Get down, get...
(GUNSHOT ECHOES)
(LAUGHS)
You bastard!
Brother, have you lost your mind, serving me this filthy swine!
I can't eat this. This is why the first thing we must do
is eliminate the traitors among us.
Then we can concentrate on the true enemy.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON POLICE RADIO)
Alice! When the rain finally stopped, the water went down to its normal level
and it just popped up. Jack Mayr, with the leg brace, found it.
ALICE: Have you searched it?
We're getting ready to go. I think there's some blood under the mat.
See that, right there.
ALICE: Yeah, okay. Bring it up. I want to run a search on the plates.
OFFICER: Watch your step, it's slippery.
Hang on, Jenny. I'm getting closer.
You know, I never really thought of it that way.
Maybe you all are right. Maybe they are just all people.
They got feelings. They got family.
ALL: Um...
Uh...
You are entitled to your own opinion, of course.
Yeah! (LAUGHS) It's true! You got to beat them homeless senseless.
Make sure they know their place.
(ALL LAUGHING)
(WHEN I FALL PLAYING)
(SINGING) We don't want lives of steel
We don't want hearts that feel
We want to live above it all
I feel you closing in
A target on my skin
I think you'll be there when I fall
When I fall, when I fall
When I fall
Are you okay?
Yeah, it's just my stomach has been killing me for about three weeks.
So...
Maybe it's all these tomatoes.
(GUN FIRING)
We might get out of time
We might connect our mind
We might land beyond the wall
When I fall, when I fall
When I fall
Bravo.
Yeah, real nice work.
I couldn't sleep.
LUKE: I see.
I might give love to you
(EXHALES)
Where have you been?
I got to take a shower.
Can I join you?
I climb so high to see you
But the ground just teases me
I think you'll be there when I fall
When I fall, when I fall
When I fall
When I fall, when I fall
When I fall
I'm burning when I fall
I fall
When I fall
I'm amazed by it all
I've never met anyone who's anti-Earth.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
I'm not anti-Earth. I'm pro-earthling.
It's just kind of hard
to care about the greenhouse effect if you don't have a house.
You see, I think it all comes down to evolution anyway.
Survival of the fittest.
I mean, if the spotted owl's time is up,
hasta la vista, baby, I guess. (CHUCKLES)
See now, your damn liberals, on the other hand,
they'd be protecting the rights of the dinosaurs if they could.
You know, I would defend them, too, if they weren't already extinct.
Ah.
A little wine. All right.
MARC: Cheers. JUDE: Cheers.
Mmm.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
PETE: I shoot skeet. (STAMMERS) I have a license.
Well, you should never leave an unsecured gun in a car.
I know that. I'm sorry. My car, it was dead.
-And a guy picked me up in a truck. -A truck?
Yeah, and I didn't want to stop him with the rifle in my hands. (LAUGHS)
-What kind of a truck? -A pickup truck.
Did it look like this truck?
Maybe, it was very dark that night.
But it's possible. Was it this color?
Yes, it's a possibility. Yeah, sure.
Did you get a look at the driver?
Honestly, I don't remember.
-White man, black man? -No.
White. How do you say? Medium build.
Well, that truck belonged to a known felon.
We found it dumped next to the Missouri River.
I want to show you a couple of pictures. Maybe you could identify the man.
-Nothing? -(CLICKS TONGUE)
Ooh. No, sorry.
(EXHALES)
We found traces of blood inside the truck.
We're waiting for tests to see if it matches Jenny Tyler's.
That little girl?
That would be horrible.
I want you to think about this really hard.
And if you can remember anything or you see this man again,
I want you to call me immediately.
-Understand that? -Oh, of course.
You should consider yourself very lucky, Mr. Van Doren.
You might've been this close to a murderer.
(SIGHS) Wow.
-We've been thinking. -About us.
-You have? -Yes.
We don't feel that we're giving people enough of a chance.
Remember the original plan?
We said we wouldn't kill anyone unless we couldn't change their minds.
So we haven't changed anyone's mind. Maybe we're not as smart as we thought.
Luke, the guy with the swastika sat down and you told him it was happy hour.
I figured, "Why waste the food?" (CHUCKLES)
What food? Man, we're not even giving people a decent meal anymore.
The fag-basher had Chinese.
Chung King is not Chinese.
We had soy sauce.
Let's remember why we started this in the first place.
Yes, sir, master.
Catcher in the Rye is supposed to be art?
Thumbelina is art.
Catcher in the Rye is just mean-spirited garbage
littered with the F-word.
(ALL LAUGHING)
I've heard enough. How about a toast?
Come on, this is pathetic.
Oh, come on. A toast.
(DOORBELL RINGING)
I'll get it.
Well, thank you.
(LAUGHTER)
Uh...
Good evening, sir. I'm sorry to bother you at the dinner hour,
but I'm going house-to-house to see if anyone has information
regarding Jenny Tyler.
-The kidnapped girl? -Right.
I wonder if you'd look at some pictures?
Uh, sure. You know, I've got some company...
It won't take a minute.
All right.
Have you seen any of these men?
What is it, hon?
-Good evening. -Hi.
I'm sorry, this is, um... I forgot your name.
Don't worry, Officer. He's not driving.
I trust you. Sheriff Alice Stanley.
Paulie Layton.
My grandfather was chief of police in Maple Falls, way back.
Really?
Maybe you'd like to look through this stack and see if you
recognize any of the men in the pictures.
Sir?
He...
(STUTTERS)
He was chief of police for over 32 years. They called him "Big Smokey."
He drank, too.
I'm sorry, Sheriff, but none of them look like anyone I would want to know.
Pretty scary-looking bunch, actually.
(STAMMERS) I don't know any of them.
You stopped on this picture. Have you seen this man before?
Yeah, no. I mean, just...
(CRASHING)
What was that?
I don't know. Honey, why don't you go see if our guests are all right?
Sorry!
Jude's okay, but I think the dessert's about had it.
-Good evening, Mr. Van Doren. -Oh, hi, Sheriff Stanley.
Is this the house where you were dropped off that night?
We're roommates.
Well, maybe that's why this picture is familiar to you.
Have you seen this man before?
No, they haven't.
Remember when he dropped me off that night,
you guys were all inside, remember?
-Mmm. -Yeah. Oh, yeah.
Inside... He was like, dripping wet. It was like wet.
It was pouring out.
You went through the stack pretty quickly.
Would you like to take another look?
No. I told you, they're very scary-looking.
I've never seen criminals like that.
Your grandfather never had any mug shots laying around?
No. I died long before, I mean, he died
-long before I was born. -(BOTH LAUGH)
Well, okay.
-Thank you. -Sure.
Oh, um...
By the way, Mr. Van Doren, for your information,
that blood we found did check out.
Wow.
Thank you.
Good night.
-Good night. -Good night.
What the hell happened?
(JUDE SOBBING)
-Barbara doesn't drink wine. -So this fucker stabbed her!
PAULIE: Pete, you were saying about the sheriff?
-Let me explain. -What sheriff, Pete?
The other day I got called in for questioning.
-Oh, fuck! -What?
It's got nothing to do with us, believe me.
-Look, remember that night with Zack? -Yeah.
I left my car on the side of the road, remember?
Well, I also left my rifle in the car, because I didn't want to scare Zack.
Well, the sheriff found the car, she also found the rifle.
She called me in.
-It's no big deal. -Not a big deal? She had Zack's picture.
I was getting to that. They found Zack's truck.
Oh, fuck!
When were you going to mention this, Pete?
It's got nothing to do with us.
Listen, I got called in because of the rifle.
Completely separate from that, they found Zack's truck
with some of Jenny Tyler's blood in the back seat.
Now, the sheriff, she doesn't know Zack's dead,
so she's looking everywhere for him
because he probably killed that poor little girl.
Oh, fuck!
-PETE: See, we did some good there. -Of course we did.
You were right, Luke.
-Hey! Hooray for us! -Whoo!
What if they trace Zack back to here?
No, that's not going to happen, Jude.
They found the truck and that was not supposed to happen.
She's right.
Maybe this is just a sign that we should just slow down.
-BOTH: Paranoia, paranoia! -Fuck you, guys.
-What are you talking about? -We got rid of a child murderer
and now you're acting like we've done something wrong.
Yeah, what if Zack had lived?
I mean, we stopped him before he killed anyone else.
Isn't that why we started this in the first place?
-PETE: Yes. -But look at her.
She was just an illiterate. I mean, we're getting out of hand.
We've been careful, Marc. No one's going to touch us.
We have to slow down. Slow down.
-We have killed nine people. -Ten people.
-Nine! I was an accounting major once. -It's only nine.
-It's 10. -It's nine!
Ten.
-You're not gonna count Zack. -He was the first one.
MARC: He was an accident.
If he's in the garden, it counts. That's the rule.
You are fucking crazy.
There are no rules, okay? We're killing people, for God's sakes!
They're not people. They're people who hate.
What are you talking about? Give me a break. She just had bad taste.
I didn't kill you for that haircut.
Oh, that's a good one coming from a fashion
victim like you, you fucking moron.
All I'm saying is we have to think more. Think! Hooray for us, come on, wake up!
All right, all right!
Let's just get rid of Miss Mensa here.
(OWL HOOTS)
(SOFTLY) Just go to sleep, okay?
(SIGHS)
PAULIE: You might recognize Heather from the newspaper.
She's the one who's suing her high school.
Oh, that's right. The condom thing.
Well, that's how the press has simplified it.
Actually, I'm suing the school because
they're violating my constitutional right to privacy
by making sexual education mandatory for graduation.
I'm sure that's going to get you a lot of publicity, Heather.
But in legal terms, your case is what we call bullshit.
(LAUGHS)
Why? That's the way things ought to be.
Number one, the court understands that especially in this day and age of AIDS,
sexual education must be mandatory to insure the public safety.
-No, that's not so. -Oh, no?
No. I don't go to those classes
-and I'm perfectly safe. -(PETE LAUGHS)
HEATHER: Sexual education and free condoms sends a message to kids my age
that they should be having premarital sex!
But, Heather, you're a high school senior.
When I was in high school, I was curious.
-I'm sure you were. (LAUGHS) -Shut up.
Don't you ever have any of those feelings?
I mean, they can be really nice.
No offense, ma'am, but that curiosity isn't human nature.
But rather your generation's lower standard of morality
that has put my generation at risk.
Heather, you're not hearing me.
No, I see a great danger in the world and I want to stop it.
We have to get back to family values in this country.
Heather, have you ever had sex?
-Luke! -(LAUGHS)
That's a very inappropriate question for the dinner table.
-How can you sit there, all of 17... -Seventeen and a half.
And preach to me about family values and sexual education?
You don't even know what it's like to have sex.
I knew girls like you in high school, so pretty and so stuck up
that all the guys were afraid to ask you out.
-Luke. -You know what you need, Heather?
You know what you really need?
You need a good stiff dick that'll shut that mouth.
-JUDE: Luke! -Oh, shit!
-Shut up, Luke! -All right, I'm sorry.
How about a glass of wine, Heather, to loosen you up? Come on.
-Hey! -I don't drink!
One little sip ain't gonna kill you, baby.
What's the matter with you?
Hey, nothing. Let's just drink and get this over with!
-I don't think so. -Why is he so mean?
Let's not let Luke's little outburst cloud the issue here.
That's exactly it.
Hey, will you just cool it for a minute? Can't you see that we've upset her?
(LAUGHS)
You'd better shut your mouth, man.
-I'm going to walk Heather out now. -That would be a bad idea, Jude.
No, I want to go.
(LUKE CLICKING TONGUE)
I don't think so.
-JUDE: (WHISPERS) She's a child. -Hitler was a child once, too.
We're getting too emotional.
-That's funny, coming from you. -What the hell is that supposed to mean?
-(PETE LAUGHS) -You'd better shut your fucking mouth,
or I'll break your other fucking arm, you know?
Shut up!
(BOTH GROAN)
(PETE EXCLAIMS)
Oh, that's new, actually attacking someone when you're facing them.
(SOFTLY) Stop it. Stop it!
Stop it.
PETE: Dick!
-Thank you. -MARC: We need a vacation.
-Come on, Heather, let me take you home. -Figure this shit out after the break.
What the hell do you think you're doing? Those are mine.
Getting rid of your lovely little borders here.
Why don't you just put up a sign saying, "Cemetery, bodies buried here"?
Why don't you mind your own fucking business?
I am minding my own fucking business. And you need to get your shit together.
I've got my shit together fine, don't worry about that.
The travel agent's on the phone for you. Going to Guyana over the break?
LUKE: Yes, spring break in Guyana.
You enjoy yourself.
-After you. -Oh, no, after you.
Bitch.
Can I help you?
Hi, I'm Sheriff Stanley.
Are you trespassing or just interested in olericulture?
What?
Olericulture, the growing of vegetables.
Yes, olericulture.
-I've never tasted tomatoes this sweet. -Thank you.
-Is it something you put in the soil? -No, just good topsoil.
Got to keep the earth moving, my grandmother always said.
Is that why everything looks so dug up?
Shh.
It's a secret.
Don't let it out or everyone will start growing these things.
Don't worry, your secret's safe with me.
My business is almost done here.
Your business?
The Jenny Tyler case. Haven't your roommates told you?
Oh, yes, that girl.
I think she's dead.
There's always hope, isn't there?
Have a good day.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(WICKED RAIN PLAYING)
(SINGING) Rain, rain, rain
A wicked rain falling from the sky
Down, down, down
Pouring down upon the night
Well, there's just one chance in a million
That someday we'll make it out alive
Rain, rain, rain
An evil rain falling all the time
Damn.
Sun don't ever want to shine
Well, there'll be no light in the morning
Till some peace at last we find
Like travelers in the darkness
Can't see our way
Trying hard to make it through another day
Fa, fa, father
Why do you let your sons go astray
Bruh, bruh, brother
Why must we go on this way
There's a storm off in the distance
And it looks like it's here to stay
(INDISTINCT)
Thank you.
We don't have a book.
Oh. Well, I'll have to call my publisher
and have them send more down here immediately.
That's the price of greatness.
I think it's more the boredom of travel,
-but thanks anyway for the compliment. -No, no. You are a great man.
Well, I'm a loud man. But thanks again.
Say, uh, you fellas wouldn't know
where a guy could get a decent meal around here, would you?
BOTH: Yes.
PAULIE: Can you believe that Norman Arbuthnot was at the airport?
JUDE: I'm sure it's a real bitch flying your own private jet.
-How many drops does Luke put in? -I think just a few.
Well, fuck that.
LUKE: Mr. Arbuthnot?
Would you like to say grace?
I didn't know people said grace anymore.
(ALL CHUCKLE)
We don't usually,
but we just thought you might be used to it.
Oh, for God's sake, no. No.
If anything, we ought to bow our heads
and thank Paulie for such an incredible spread.
Bon Appetit.
(MOUTHING) Bon Appetit.
You know, I'm forever amused by these people from the Christian Right
who thank God for everything that's good
and blame humankind for everything's that bad.
Mmm. Mmm.
May I?
Uh...
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
But isn't the Christian Right your strongest supporter?
Those people always need somebody to follow,
they can never do anything on their own.
Of course,
the moral majority makes up a huge contingent of the Republican Right.
They do. But they have very little power.
I mean, they make most of the noise, but the centrists do all the work.
The extremes of both parties grab all the headlines.
But all the decisions are made by the moderates.
(CHUCKLES)
Well, that seems to go against most people's perceptions.
Only naive people.
Listen, I can rant and rave with the best of them.
But how else am I going to get heard?
I'm not an elected representative of this republic.
I'm a concerned citizen that sees
certain things wrong and wants to change them.
-That's what's great about this county. -But your views are extreme.
And extreme views incite people to extreme measures.
I can't be held responsible for every nut case who thinks
I mean something when I mean something else.
Look, I admit to sometimes throwing in some pretty outrageous arguments
to support my positions, but, hey, man, it's the ratings thing, you know.
Besides, the average citizen knows what I'm doing.
What are you doing?
(CHUCKLES)
Dissent. Being the voice of dissent.
Jefferson, Monroe, Paine. They were all critics.
Pundits, if you will, before they were the power.
This is excellent wine, by the way. Willow Crest, Merlot?
Is that what you want, Norman?
Power? To be president?
Luke, I already have power.
The president?
(SCOFFING)
He doesn't have any power.
He's got to answer to Congress, to special interests, to the Court.
-To the people? -To a lesser degree to the people,
but I got power, one voice, one vote.
But your followers, they hate anyone who disagrees with you and your opinions.
Well, the followers of Nelson Mandela commit murder.
Followers of Gandhi killed people.
You compare yourself to Mandela and Gandhi?
No, those are great men.
Paulie's the one that suggested I have followers
as if I could control what people do.
-People do what they want to do. -Like hate.
Well, it's true. You have some harmful people on both the extreme left
and the extreme right.
But I suggest that the more extreme those opposites get,
the more moderate this society becomes.
Because when you average out all those extremes
you come up with a society that is pretty well anchored in the middle
and that's what we all want, isn't it? A society where all of us can live.
All races, all religions, all views, living together,
forging ahead as one.
Look, in any society, no matter how big or small, you're going to have dissent.
I mean, look at the five of you.
Can you honestly say you agree on everything?
So how is any good supposed to get done?
My friend, I do not presume to know the answer to that one.
All I know is you got to do the best you can do.
You have to be the best individual selves you can be.
Otherwise, why bother, right?
Anything else turns the world to pure manure.
Uh...
I don't think you should drink that one.
It's been out for a little while. It's probably gone bad.
I think the wine is fine.
Well, I would never be rude enough to ignore the suggestion of a lady.
Thank you, Jude.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
It's 1 909. You're in Austria.
And you're alone with a young artist named Adolf Hitler.
NORMAN: Mmm-hmm.
Do you kill him?
Do you murder him there, even though he hasn't done anything yet?
Because you know you'll save all those millions of people.
Absolutely not.
You'd let all those people die, knowing you could do something about it?
I didn't say that. What I said was...
You don't say anything. You just talk and talk and say nothing so many times
that people think you're saying something.
What I would do, Luke,
if you would let me finish, is talk to the man.
Try to show him the error of his ways to the best of my ability.
Challenge his ideas. Exchange thoughts.
Provoke change by intelligent debate.
(SLAMS GLASS)
I'll be right back.
Uh, I've got to get some dessert.
I'll help.
(THUNDER CRASHING)
I have to get something for somebody.
-We are not going to do this, right? -We got the king in our grasp.
Haven't you heard a word the man said? Don't you see, he's right, we're wrong?
Don't tell me you're falling for this shit.
He's Satan, for Christ's sake!
-I don't know, he's making some sense. -You blow like the fucking wind.
He's giving us a prepared speech.
He's so used to defending himself,
he's got a pat answer for everything we throw at him.
He is an iceman.
I don't know, maybe we're wrong about him.
Maybe he does just do this for money and publicity.
You fucking imbecile, like that's a better reason? That's even worse.
Creating all this hate for the money, for the fucking dollar. Come on!
We have Norman Arbuthnot in the palm of our hands.
Can you hear yourself? You sound like a fucking crazy man.
Is it crazy to make a difference?
Is it crazy putting these assholes in their places?
Can't you see through his shit?
Being full of shit is not a good enough reason to kill him.
It isn't the right thing to do.
You guys are all turning into the fucking Stepford wives.
Well, this is getting us nowhere.
I'm sorry, Luke, but you have to have unanimous consent.
It's four to one that he lives.
I'm sorry, too, Marc, because he's not going to fucking live.
And nobody is going to stop me.
What the fuck are you doing?
Oh, my God!
He's Hitler.
What are you doing with a gun?
He's Hitler and your deaths won't make the world a better place
but his will, so just get out of my way.
-Where did you get that gun? -The sheriff.
-What sheriff? -Oh, my God, the sheriff!
-The sheriff's missing. -Not anymore.
Oh, Jesus.
What did you do?
She was on to us. She was sneaking around back in the family plot.
You killed a cop!
You'd rather I didn't?
You'd rather be in jail right now, getting corn-holed, rich boy?
(THUNDER CRASHING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
I thought we were all together on this.
Serious that what we were doing was something great.
Now, I'm sorry she had to die,
but she was in our way.
(DIAL TONE HUMMING)
What are you doing?
Since you've completely lost it, I'm calling the cops.
(LINE RINGING)
No!
Luke?
So shoot me.
No! Luke!
WOMAN: You have reached the Iowa Police Emergency Hotline.
All our officers are busy right now. Please stay on the line.
Your call will be answered in the order it was received.
Luke.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS ON PHONE)
(SINGING) How gentle is the rain
That falls softly on the meadow
Birds, high up in the trees
Serenade the flowers with their melodies
Oh, see, there beyond the hill
The bright colors of the rainbow
LUKE: (WHIMPERING) Marc, Marc, Marc.
JUDE: Come on.
MARC: Luke. JUDE: It's okay.
(MARC SHUSHING)
JUDE: Oh, God! Come on.
Are you guys okay?
Fine.
Just a little nonnuclear-family-values problem.
Oh.
God, life gets more and more complicated every day.
Hmm.
Well...
The weather's breaking, uh,
and I just wanted to drink a toast to all of you guys.
Uh...
Um...
Oh, no, don't worry. I didn't pour the bad wine.
(CHUCKLES)
Actually, I think we could all use a drink.
(ALL CHUCKLE)
-Aren't you going to join us? -No, please.
I've had more than enough.
Besides, I don't want you guys waking up to the headline,
"Old windbag, forced to have last drink, crashes private plane." You know?
(ALL LAUGH)
Isn't it bad luck to toast without wine?
Not in China.
(LAUGHTER)
Anyway, to your health.
(GLASSES CLINKING)
(MICROPHONE FEEDBACK)
NORMAN: You know, wherever I travel in this bountiful land of ours
the question on everybody's mind seems to be
will I make a run for this country's highest office?
Well, my friends, some people would say I already have.
At any rate, all I would like to say to you well-wishers out there
is that I shall do whatever the people want me to do
because I am your humble, humble servant.
(TOP OF THE WORLD PLAYING)
(SINGING) Such a feeling coming over me
There is wonder in the things I see
Not a cloud in the sky, got the sun in my eyes
And I won't be surprised if it's a dream
Everything I want the world to be
Is coming true especially for me
And the reason is clear, it's because you are here
You're the nearest thing to heaven that I've seen
On the top of the world looking down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around
Your love put me on the top of the world
Top of the world
Something in the wind has learned my name
Telling me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasant sense of happiness for me
There is only one wish on my mind
When this day is through I hope I'll find
Tomorrow will be the same for you and me
All I need will be mine if you are here
On the top of the world looking down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around
Your love put me on the top of the world
Top of the world
Such a feeling coming over me now
Top of the world
Everything I want the world to be now
Top of the world
I'm on the top now I'm on the top now
Yeah Top of the world
I'm on the top, top, top, top, top
Top of the world