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I LOVE THESE SATURDAYS
IN THE PARK.
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THE SOFT GRASS,
THE CHIRPING BIRDS,
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THE "EYEWITNESS
NEWS" TEAM.
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( group chanting )
SAVE THE PARK!
SAVE THE PARK!
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MAKES YOU WANT TO SCREAM
AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS
LIKE THOSE PEOPLE.
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LET'S EAT
OVER THERE!
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NO! I PREFER
THIS TABLE!
IT'S IN THE SHADE!
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HEY, LOOK!
A BUTTERFLY!
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HEY, LOOK, SALLY!
IT'S YOUR FRIEND DON!
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- SALLY.
- DON.
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A WORD TO THE WISE.
THERE'S TROUBLE
IN THE PARK TODAY.
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TROUBLE? UH-OH.
I BETTER TAKE CARE
OF MY BABY.
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- WHAT IS IT?
- SOMETIMES A WRINKLE
RUNS THROUGH THE CITY,
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AND IT REARS UP
ON ITS HAUNCHES
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LIKE AN UGLY MONKEY
READY TO STRIKE.
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DON, YOU ALWAYS
HAVE YOUR FINGER
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UP THE PULSE
OF DANGER.
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Protesters:
SAVE THE PARK!
SAVE THE PARK!
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SAVE THE PARK!
SAVE THE PARK!
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SAVE THE PARK!
SAVE THE PARK!
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HEY, MAN, YOU WANT
TO SIGN THIS PETITION?
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THE TOWN'S GOING
TO DESTROY BATES PARK.
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UH... MAYBE IN
A LITTLE WHILE.
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THERE'S NO TIME.
THE DOZERS ARE
ON THEIR WAY.
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OKAY.
I'VE CHAINED MYSELF
TO THE TREE.
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- OH!
- SIR, SIR, EXCUSE ME.
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IS IT TRUE YOU'VE CHAINED
YOURSELF TO THAT TREE?
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YES, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT I'VE DONE.
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SO YOU WON'T
FREE YOURSELF
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EVEN THOUGH
THE CITY BULLDOZERS
ARE ON THEIR WAY?
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NO, I CANNOT
DO THAT.
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( protesters cheer )
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HE MAY BE
AN ORGANIZED
PROTESTER,
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HE MAY BE A ROGUE
MOUNTAIN MAN,
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BUT ONE THING'S
FOR SURE--
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HE MAY BE A HERO.
WE GOT IT.
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( '50s rock music playing )
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( overlapping dialogue )
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IS IT ON
THE RIGHT CHANNEL?
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Man on TV:
Some of the stories we're
tracking at this hour:
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- A fire breaks out
in a nursing home...
- OOH!
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a search for survivors
continues at the Parma
Heights mudslide,
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and in our Science Watch,
a vet performs an operation
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that allows a cat to smile
for the first time.
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All: AW!
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THAT'S THE HAPPIEST CAT
IN THE WORLD.
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Tonight's top story:
A protest in Bates Park.
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- LOOK! I'M ON TV!
- YOU'RE WEARING MY SHIRT.
MY SHIRT'S ON TELEVISION.
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( phone rings )
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Harry on TV:
That's exactly
what I've done.
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HELLO?
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YES, HARRY SOLOMON
LIVES HERE.
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OKAY.
HOLD ON.
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HARRY HAS
A PHONE CALL.
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A PHONE CALL.
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MY FIRST PHONE CALL.
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- HOW DO I LOOK?
- YOU LOOK FINE.
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( deep voice )
HELLO.
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UH-HUH.
OKAY.
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I'LL HAVE TO
TALK IT OVER
WITH MY FAMILY.
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OKAY. BYE.
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- WHO WAS THAT?
- IT'S A MEMBER FROM
THE INDEPENDENT PARTY.
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THEY SAW ME ON TV.
THEY WANT ME TO RUN
FOR CITY COUNCIL.
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WHAT'S CITY COUNCIL?
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I THINK IT'S
SOME SORT OF COUNCIL
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HERE IN THE CITY.
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COUNCIL? ACCORDING
TO MY CIVICS CLASS,
THAT'S GOVERNMENT.
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OH! OH,
THIS IS BIG.
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THIS IS BIG.
WE DO NOT WANT TO
GET INVOLVED IN THIS.
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THIS WILL ALLOW US
TO GET ON THE INSIDE,
SEE HOW IT WORKS.
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WHAT ABOUT OUR VOW
NOT TO ALTER THE COURSE
OF THE PLANET?
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PLEASE.
IT'S ONLY POLITICS.
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WE DIVE IN,
MASTER IT,
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GRAB A FEW VOTES,
GET A LITTLE ACTION.
NOBODY GETS HURT.
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HARRY, CALL THOSE PEOPLE
BACK AND TELL THEM
YOU'LL RUN.
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- YOU'RE THE BOSS.
- SALLY, TOMMY,
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YOU ADVISE HARRY
ON HIS CAMPAIGN.
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- I'M GOING TO
REGISTER TO VOTE.
- SHOULDN'T WE ALL VOTE?
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NO. WE DON'T WANT
TO AROUSE SUSPICION.
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ONE IN FOUR
SEEMS RIGHT.
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HERE'S A LIST
OF CANDIDATES
AND REFERENDUMS.
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SO YOU'RE ALL SET.
YOU COME BACK HERE
IN TWO WEEKS TO VOTE.
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RIGHT.
AND HOW MANY TIMES
DO I GET TO VOTE?
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ONE TIME.
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AND IT DOESN'T MATTER
THAT I'M BRILLIANT?
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NO.
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HAVE YOU NOTICED
HOW TALL I AM?
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WE ALL GET
ONE VOTE.
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- SO YOUR OPINION COUNTS
EQUALLY WITH MINE?
- YOU GOT IT.
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YOU'RE AWFULLY SMUG
FOR A MAN WHO WORKS
AT A FOLDING TABLE.
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OKAY, LET'S SEE.
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FOR MAYOR,
HECKIE MULLIGAN.
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HMM, FUNNY NAME.
I LIKE THAT IN A MAYOR.
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HECKIE MULLIGAN?
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HOW CAN YOU VOTE
FOR HECKIE MULLIGAN?
NINA, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
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HOW DO YOU KNOW
I'M NOT VOTING
FOR MULLIGAN?
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I THOUGHT YOU
WERE A DEMOCRAT.
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WHY DO YOU THINK
I'M A DEMOCRAT?
BECAUSE I'M BLACK?
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- GO AHEAD,
VOTE FOR MULLIGAN.
- I'M NOT VOTING FOR MULLIGAN.
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WAIT,
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
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WHY ARE YOU GETTING
SO WORKED UP OVER POLITICS?
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IT'S SIMPLE.
YOU VOTE FOR THE BEST MAN.
THE BEST MAN WINS.
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- OR WOMAN.
- ( suppressed laughter )
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WH-- OH,
THAT'S PRICELESS.
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WHAT, HECKIE'S
A WOMAN?
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FRANK GANSMILLER.
GLAD TO KNOW YOU.
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HEY, BETTY, THE NEW SPEED BUMP
KEEPING THE TEENAGERS AWAY?
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GREAT.
GOOD.
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NORMA, TOM, PATTY,
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CATHY, CARL.
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TOO BAD ABOUT
THAT WAREHOUSE FIRE.
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I'M GLAD TO HEAR
THE "INSURANCE"
CAME THROUGH.
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HARRY SOLOMON.
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I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU
BEFORE IN MY LIFE.
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HI, I'M
HARRY SOLOMON,
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A SIMPLE MIND
FOR A SIMPLE PEOPLE.
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I CAN'T BELIEVE
DR. SOLOMON
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IS LETTING HIS BROTHER
RUN AGAINST GANSMILLER.
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- NO ONE CAN DIG UP
THE DIRT LIKE GANSMILLER.
- THE MAN'S A BACKHOE.
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IT'S A PIECE
OF EQUIPMENT.
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( inhales )
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- DON?
- SALLY, WHAT
BRINGS YOU HERE?
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MY BROTHER
THREW HIS HEAD
INTO THE RING.
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- YOU MEAN HIS HAT?
- YEAH, SURE, HIS HAT.
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- WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE?
- OH, THE USUAL--
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LOOKING FOR TROUBLE,
MAKING SURE IT
DOESN'T HAPPEN.
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- PUNCH?
- TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT.
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( growls )
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- FRANK GANSMILLER.
- DICK SOLOMON.
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- NICE TO KNOW YOU, DICK.
- I FEEL IT ONLY FAIR
TO WARN YOU
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THAT YOUR CHALLENGER
IS MY BROTHER HARRY,
AND I AM NOT EASILY SWAYED.
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- I'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND.
- MARY, THIS IS
FRANK GANSMILLER.
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- THIS MUST BE
THE LITTLE LADY?
- ( chuckles )
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THIS MUST BE
THE LITTLE MAN.
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MARY.
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DICK, IT'S ALL RIGHT,
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AS LONG AS MARY
TURNS OUT TO VOTE--
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- ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE.
- YES, SHE IS.
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SHE'S 44.
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MR. GANSMILLER--
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FRANK, WHEN I DO VOTE,
IT WON'T BE FOR YOU.
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MARY, DICK,
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LET ME GET SERIOUS
FOR JUST A MOMENT.
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"WHY SHOULD I VOTE
FOR FRANK GANSMILLER?"
YOU ASK.
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I DIDN'T ASK.
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MARY WON'T LET ME
GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING,
WILL SHE, DICK?
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NOT A THING, FRANK.
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WHY SHOULD I VOTE
FOR FRANK GANSMILLER,
FRANK?
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GOOD QUESTION, DICK.
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BECAUSE I WANT
TO TAKE MONEY
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OUT OF THE DRUG
DEALERS' POCKETS
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AND GIVE IT BACK
TO THE PEOPLE.
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OH, FRANK'S RIGHT.
I WANT SOME OF
THAT DRUG MONEY.
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ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY.
IT'S TIME TO HEAR
FROM OUR CANDIDATES.
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FIRST UP, OUR INCUMBENT,
FRANK GANSMILLER.
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THANK YOU.
NO, NO.
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YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU ALL KNOW ME.
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- LET'S GIVE
THE NEW KID A CHANCE.
- YES, YES.
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- THIS IS A GREAT MAN.
- DICK, SIT.
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( audience cheering )
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THANK YOU,
FELLOW...
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RUTHERFORDONIANITES.
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ANYWAY, I'M HERE
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BECAUSE OF
ALL YOU PEOPLE--
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MEN, WOMEN.
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OF COURSE,
IF I HAD MY WAY,
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THERE'D BE
A LOT MORE WOMEN.
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YOU KNOW, ON ANY GIVEN
DAY, I SEE MAYBE ONE,
TWO WOMEN, TOPS.
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I WANT TO SEE
MORE WOMEN.
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EVERYWHERE I GO,
MORE WOMEN.
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MORE WOMEN IN
THE WORKPLACE,
YES!
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OKAY.
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VOTE HARRY S. SOLOMON.
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THE "S" STANDS
FOR KNOW-HOW.
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I'M SORRY,
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SNOW-HOW.
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00:09:20,694 --> 00:09:23,094
TURN IT OFF.
I'VE SEEN ENOUGH.
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ALL RIGHT, WHAT
DO YOU GOT ON HIM?
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NOTHING.
HE'S CLEAN.
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NOTHING?
MUST HAVE SOMETHING
ROTTEN IN HIS PAST.
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- HE'S HUMAN, ISN'T HE?
- I'VE DONE EVERY BACKGROUND
CHECK PERSONALLY.
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THERE'S NOTHING.
IT'S LIKE HE...
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FELL OUT OF THE SKY.
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- WHAT ABOUT DRINKING?
- NO.
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- GAMBLING?
- NO.
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- BAD CHECKS?
TAX EVASION?
- NO.
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PORNOGRAPHY?
DRUG ADDICTION?
BAD HAIRPIECE?
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NO!
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ZERO DIVIDED BY ZERO,
ZIP, NADA, BUBKES.
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BUBKES, HUH?
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WH-WHAT DOES
"BUBKES" MEAN?
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- NOTHING.
- YEAH, I THOUGHT SO.
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00:10:04,271 --> 00:10:06,338
YOU KNOW,
IT'S ALMOST
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AS IF HE WERE...
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AMISH.
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00:10:12,446 --> 00:10:14,812
DAMN!
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00:10:14,814 --> 00:10:18,316
NO PAST,
NO EXPERIENCE,
NO RECORD.
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THE PERFECT
CANDIDATE.
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00:10:21,555 --> 00:10:23,387
WAIT A MINUTE.
200
00:10:23,389 --> 00:10:26,223
- WHAT ABOUT
THAT SISTER OF HIS?
- YOU LEAVE HER OUT OF IT!
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00:10:26,225 --> 00:10:27,892
OOH!
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00:10:27,894 --> 00:10:30,094
COPPER'S GOT
A GIRLFRIEND.
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00:10:36,503 --> 00:10:39,837
SHOULD THERE BE A TOLL
ON THE CHERRY STREET
BRIDGE?
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00:10:39,839 --> 00:10:41,839
WELL, I NEVER
USE IT.
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- YES.
- YES.
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00:10:44,844 --> 00:10:47,011
BUT WHAT IF I
START USING IT?
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00:10:47,013 --> 00:10:49,247
- NO.
- SMART MONEY ON NO.
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00:10:49,249 --> 00:10:51,983
WHAT AM I THINKING?
THERE'S NOTHING GOOD
ON CHERRY STREET.
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00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:53,985
YES.
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NO!
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NO--
YES!
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00:10:57,891 --> 00:11:00,024
A RESOUNDING NO-YES.
213
00:11:00,026 --> 00:11:01,859
( sighs )
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00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:03,861
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON
TO THE CANDIDATES.
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00:11:03,863 --> 00:11:05,696
THIS SHOULD BE
A NO-BRAINER.
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00:11:05,698 --> 00:11:08,933
CITY COUNCIL,
DISTRICT NINE?
HARRY SOLOMON.
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00:11:08,935 --> 00:11:12,503
Y-YEAH.
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00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:15,673
WHAT?
DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE
VOTING FOR GANSMILLER.
219
00:11:15,675 --> 00:11:18,509
- DON'T TELL ME
YOU'RE VOTING FOR HARRY.
- YES, I'M VOTING FOR HARRY.
220
00:11:18,511 --> 00:11:21,779
- THEN YOU'RE VOTING WRONG.
- THERE'S NO SUCH THING
AS VOTING WRONG.
221
00:11:21,781 --> 00:11:24,749
YES, THERE IS.
YOU'RE DOING IT.
222
00:11:24,751 --> 00:11:27,785
YOU'RE MAKING A MOCKERY
OF THIS WHOLE ELECTION
BY VOTING WRONG.
223
00:11:27,787 --> 00:11:30,221
IT'S MY VOTE.
I GET TO USE IT
ANY WAY I WANT.
224
00:11:30,223 --> 00:11:33,291
WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING
A DEMOCRACY IF PEOPLE
GO AROUND VOTING WRONG?
225
00:11:33,293 --> 00:11:35,125
IN MY OPINION,
226
00:11:35,127 --> 00:11:37,795
DEMOCRACY IS
DOING JUST FINE
THE WAY IT IS.
227
00:11:37,797 --> 00:11:39,964
WELL, YOUR OPINION
IS WRONG!
228
00:11:39,966 --> 00:11:42,833
I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU'RE VOTING AGAINST
YOUR OWN BROTHER.
229
00:11:42,835 --> 00:11:46,137
- HA! JUST WATCH ME.
- DICK!
230
00:11:46,139 --> 00:11:48,473
YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO VOTE FOR ME?
231
00:11:48,475 --> 00:11:50,642
WELL, THAT HURTS.
232
00:11:50,644 --> 00:11:52,677
AND I KNOW
233
00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:54,745
BECAUSE I FEEL
YOUR PAIN.
234
00:11:57,984 --> 00:12:00,518
BUT HARRY SOLOMON
IS NOT WORRIED...
235
00:12:03,256 --> 00:12:05,423
BECAUSE HARRY
SOLOMON KNOWS
236
00:12:05,425 --> 00:12:07,425
THAT HARRY SOLOMON
CAN WIN.
237
00:12:07,427 --> 00:12:10,027
OH! HOW CAN YOU
POSSIBLY WIN?
238
00:12:10,029 --> 00:12:12,997
BECAUSE HARRY
SOLOMON APPEALS
239
00:12:12,999 --> 00:12:14,966
TO BOTH SIDES.
240
00:12:22,175 --> 00:12:24,342
- VOTE FOR
HARRY SOLOMON.
- OW!
241
00:12:27,013 --> 00:12:29,947
- HI!
- HEY, MRS. DUBCEK.
YOU WANT A BUTTON?
242
00:12:29,949 --> 00:12:33,117
YEAH!
I'M GLAD HARRY
IS STANDING UP
243
00:12:33,119 --> 00:12:35,953
FOR GOOD OLD-FASHIONED
FAMILY VALUES.
244
00:12:35,955 --> 00:12:38,056
YOU COULD LEARN FROM
THIS LESSON, SALLY.
245
00:12:38,058 --> 00:12:41,558
NEVER DATE A GUY
IF HE'S NOT GOOD
TO HIS WIFE AND KIDS.
246
00:12:52,071 --> 00:12:54,906
- DON.
- SALLY.
247
00:12:54,908 --> 00:12:56,707
WE HAVE TO TALK.
248
00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:04,816
YOUR BROTHER IS PLAYING
WITH MATCHES, AND THAT'S
HOW FIRES START.
249
00:13:04,818 --> 00:13:07,084
I KNOW MY WAY
AROUND A HOSE.
250
00:13:15,061 --> 00:13:17,127
THIS ELECTION
COULD TURN UGLY,
251
00:13:17,129 --> 00:13:18,863
VERY UGLY.
252
00:13:18,865 --> 00:13:21,866
I SHOULDN'T BE
TELLING YOU THIS,
BUT I HAD TO WARN YOU.
253
00:13:21,868 --> 00:13:24,235
YOU'RE THE ONLY THING
IN MY LIFE THAT
ISN'T DIRTY.
254
00:13:24,237 --> 00:13:27,539
A GIRL CAN'T
STAY CLEAN FOREVER
IN A TOWN LIKE THIS.
255
00:13:27,541 --> 00:13:29,907
DON'T TALK
LIKE THAT, SALLY.
256
00:13:29,909 --> 00:13:33,511
YOU'VE GOT A GREAT PAIR
OF GETAWAY STICKS.
NOW USE 'EM.
257
00:13:33,513 --> 00:13:35,913
COME ON, DON.
BE STRAIGHT WITH ME.
258
00:13:35,915 --> 00:13:38,182
YOU OWE ME
THAT MUCH.
259
00:13:38,184 --> 00:13:40,351
FOLLOW THE MONEY, SALLY.
260
00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:42,286
- FOLLOW THE MONEY.
- ( gasps )
261
00:13:46,892 --> 00:13:48,826
( whispers )
SOLOMON.
262
00:13:51,364 --> 00:13:53,297
( whispers )
GANSMILLER.
263
00:13:55,201 --> 00:13:57,368
- GLAD YOU CAME.
- WOW.
264
00:13:57,370 --> 00:13:59,637
THAT'S SOMETHING
I DON'T HEAR
VERY OFTEN.
265
00:14:03,610 --> 00:14:07,245
SOLOMON, THIS ELECTION
MEANS A LOT TO ME.
266
00:14:07,247 --> 00:14:09,247
WHAT DO YOU SAY
WE CUT A DEAL?
267
00:14:09,249 --> 00:14:11,815
WELL, WHAT SORT
OF DEAL?
268
00:14:11,817 --> 00:14:15,653
YOU DROP OUT OF
THE RACE, I'LL MAKE YOU
BUILDING INSPECTOR.
269
00:14:15,655 --> 00:14:18,489
WHY DO I WANT TO BE
BUILDING INSPECTOR?
270
00:14:18,491 --> 00:14:21,925
BECAUSE WHEN
THE BUILDING INSPECTOR
LOOKS THE OTHER WAY,
271
00:14:21,927 --> 00:14:23,927
HE GETS AN ENVELOPE.
272
00:14:23,929 --> 00:14:27,431
WELL, WHAT IF
THE BUILDING INSPECTOR
DOESN'T LOOK THE OTHER WAY?
273
00:14:28,668 --> 00:14:30,668
HE ALWAYS LOOKS
THE OTHER WAY.
274
00:14:30,670 --> 00:14:33,003
WELL, WHAT'S SO SPECIAL
THE OTHER WAY?
275
00:14:33,005 --> 00:14:36,507
- THE ENVELOPE.
- WELL, WHAT'S
IN THE ENVELOPE?
276
00:14:36,509 --> 00:14:38,976
I DON'T HAVE TO
TELL YOU WHAT'S
IN THE ENVELOPE.
277
00:14:38,978 --> 00:14:41,546
YOU DON'T HAVE TO,
BUT I SURE WOULD
APPRECIATE IT.
278
00:14:41,548 --> 00:14:44,816
LOOK, WHAT WILL IT
TAKE YOU TO DROP OUT
OF THIS RACE?
279
00:14:44,818 --> 00:14:48,753
WELL, DON'T ASK ME.
I'M NOT THE ONE WHO
MAKES THE DECISIONS.
280
00:14:48,755 --> 00:14:51,489
- YOU AREN'T?
- NO, NEVER HAVE,
NEVER WILL.
281
00:14:51,491 --> 00:14:54,592
I JUST SORT OF
FOLLOW ORDERS.
282
00:14:54,594 --> 00:14:57,995
- WHOSE?
- WELL, WE SORT OF
HAVE A LEADER.
283
00:14:57,997 --> 00:15:01,432
- "WE"?
- THE FAMILY.
284
00:15:01,434 --> 00:15:03,267
THE FAMILY.
285
00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:06,571
THANK YOU, SOLOMON.
286
00:15:06,573 --> 00:15:08,739
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
287
00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:10,942
( theme from
"The Godfather" playing )
288
00:15:10,944 --> 00:15:12,777
TV announcer:
Harry Solomon.
289
00:15:12,779 --> 00:15:15,079
How much do we
really know about him?
290
00:15:15,081 --> 00:15:17,114
He claims to be
a family man,
291
00:15:17,116 --> 00:15:18,983
but what kind
of family?
292
00:15:18,985 --> 00:15:21,786
There's no hard proof
that the Solomons are linked
293
00:15:21,788 --> 00:15:24,722
to the Gambinis, the Genoveses,
and the Corleones,
294
00:15:24,724 --> 00:15:27,624
but is that a risk
you're willing to take?
295
00:15:27,626 --> 00:15:30,961
Harry Solomon--
an offer you can refuse.
296
00:15:30,963 --> 00:15:34,665
Paid for by decent,
God-fearing citizens
for Gansmiller.
297
00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:36,667
DON'T SAY THAT.
298
00:15:36,669 --> 00:15:39,136
WE CAN'T BE IN THE MOB.
WE'RE FROM OHIO.
299
00:15:39,138 --> 00:15:41,138
THAT'S TERRIBLE.
300
00:15:41,140 --> 00:15:44,842
OH, DICK, DICK, DICK,
DICK, DICK, DICK, DICK.
301
00:15:44,844 --> 00:15:47,412
DICK, DICK.
302
00:15:47,414 --> 00:15:50,214
YOU ARE SO OUT OF THE GAME.
THAT WAS A GIMME.
303
00:15:50,216 --> 00:15:54,051
HE MENTIONED
MY NAME LIKE 20 TIMES.
THAT WAS GREAT PUBLICITY.
304
00:15:54,053 --> 00:15:55,786
BUT HE'S A LIAR.
305
00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:59,556
DICK, LET ME TALK
TO YOU LIKE YOU'RE
A TWO-YEAR-OLD.
306
00:15:59,558 --> 00:16:02,726
YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOU SEE
A COMMERCIAL FOR CHEERIOS,
307
00:16:02,728 --> 00:16:04,962
AND THEY KEEP
SHOWING YOU CHEERIOS,
308
00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:07,498
AND YOU REALLY
WANT CHEERIOS...
309
00:16:08,734 --> 00:16:11,502
DO WE HAVE
ANY CHEERIOS?
310
00:16:15,241 --> 00:16:16,907
( kissing sound )
311
00:16:16,909 --> 00:16:19,243
- ( all murmuring )
- ( Bug gibbers )
312
00:16:21,581 --> 00:16:23,481
- WHAT?
- NOTHING, SIR.
313
00:16:23,483 --> 00:16:25,583
I'M SORRY
I'M LATE, SIR.
314
00:16:27,787 --> 00:16:30,087
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- I'M KISSING YOUR RING.
315
00:16:30,089 --> 00:16:32,089
- I'M NOT WEARING A RING.
- I'M SORRY.
316
00:16:32,091 --> 00:16:33,891
PLEASE DON'T
HAVE ME WHACKED.
317
00:16:33,893 --> 00:16:36,360
WHACKED?
WHAT KIND OF
NONSENSE IS THIS?
318
00:16:36,362 --> 00:16:39,263
WELL, SIR, WE JUST
WANT TO PAY YOU
THE PROPER RESPECTS.
319
00:16:39,265 --> 00:16:41,165
- WE DIDN'T KNOW.
- KNOW WHAT?
320
00:16:41,167 --> 00:16:44,035
ABOUT YOUR
FAMILY CONNECTIONS,
DON SOLOMON.
321
00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:49,106
IT'S THAT STUPID AD.
IT'S A COMPLETE
AND UTTER LIE.
322
00:16:49,108 --> 00:16:51,809
- I WOULD HOPE YOU PEOPLE
WOULD KNOW BETTER.
- ( all murmur )
323
00:16:51,811 --> 00:16:54,979
GOOD, BECAUSE I'VE HAD
ALL I CAN TAKE OF THIS
ELECTION FOOLISHNESS.
324
00:16:54,981 --> 00:16:57,715
- ( all scream )
- OH!
325
00:16:57,717 --> 00:16:59,716
THIS IS RIDICULOUS!
326
00:16:59,718 --> 00:17:02,119
YOUR POLITICAL SYSTEM
IS A SHAM!
327
00:17:02,121 --> 00:17:04,221
IT'S NOTHING BUT LIES
AND PROPAGANDA.
328
00:17:04,223 --> 00:17:06,223
LOOK WHAT IT'S
DONE TO YOU.
329
00:17:06,225 --> 00:17:08,893
YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL
WHO'S GOOD OR BAD
OR RIGHT OR WRONG.
330
00:17:08,895 --> 00:17:11,395
GIVE ME SCIENCE.
AT LEAST WITH PHYSICS,
331
00:17:11,397 --> 00:17:14,431
- YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE
THE RIGHT ANSWER.
- I NEVER DO.
332
00:17:17,570 --> 00:17:19,503
CANNOLI?
333
00:17:25,745 --> 00:17:28,746
OH, I'LL BE SO GLAD
WHEN THIS ELECTION IS OVER.
334
00:17:28,748 --> 00:17:31,081
HERE.
DO SOMETHING
WITH THIS.
335
00:17:31,083 --> 00:17:34,518
I'M SO CONFUSED.
I HARDLY EVEN KNOW
WHAT I'M DOING.
336
00:17:37,724 --> 00:17:39,724
YOU'RE SITTING
ON YOUR CANNOLI.
337
00:17:39,726 --> 00:17:42,426
( groans, shrieks )
LOOK AT THIS!
338
00:17:42,428 --> 00:17:44,762
EVERYTHING'S
OUT OF CONTROL!
339
00:17:44,764 --> 00:17:47,732
- WHAT'S WRONG?
- WHAT'S WRONG? I'LL TELL
YOU WHAT'S WRONG.
340
00:17:47,734 --> 00:17:49,734
I'M TRYING TO VOTE
MY CONSCIENCE,
341
00:17:49,736 --> 00:17:51,736
AND I CAN'T EVEN
HEAR IT ANYMORE.
342
00:17:51,738 --> 00:17:53,804
I HAVE ONLY TWO CHOICES
FOR CITY COUNCIL--
343
00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:55,973
A PROFESSIONAL LIAR
AND MY BROTHER, THE JOKE.
344
00:17:55,975 --> 00:17:59,243
( groans )
NEITHER OF THEM SHOULD
EVEN BE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
345
00:17:59,245 --> 00:18:02,013
THERE IS NO CHOICE.
MY ONLY CHOICE IS
NOT TO VOTE AT ALL.
346
00:18:02,015 --> 00:18:05,516
DEMOCRACY IS HORRIBLE,
ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!
347
00:18:08,387 --> 00:18:10,220
YOU'RE SO RIGHT.
348
00:18:10,222 --> 00:18:13,057
DEMOCRACY IS THE WORST FORM
OF GOVERNMENT THERE IS,
349
00:18:13,059 --> 00:18:15,059
- EXCEPT FOR ALL
OF THE OTHERS...
- ( groans )
350
00:18:15,061 --> 00:18:17,461
AND THAT IS EXACTLY
WHY YOU HAVE TO VOTE.
351
00:18:17,463 --> 00:18:19,130
- NO!
- YES!
352
00:18:19,132 --> 00:18:21,064
- NO!
- YES!
353
00:18:21,066 --> 00:18:23,000
IF YOU DON'T VOTE,
YOU CAN'T COMPLAIN.
354
00:18:23,002 --> 00:18:25,036
COMPLAINING IS
ALL I HAVE LEFT.
355
00:18:26,472 --> 00:18:28,472
THE SYSTEM
ISN'T PERFECT,
356
00:18:28,474 --> 00:18:30,474
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT
TO PARTICIPATE,
357
00:18:30,476 --> 00:18:32,476
EVEN IF YOU
GET IT WRONG.
358
00:18:32,478 --> 00:18:34,979
JUST GO TO THE POLLS
AND DO WHAT YOU
THINK IS RIGHT.
359
00:18:37,117 --> 00:18:39,950
THINGS WERE
SO MUCH SIMPLER
WHERE I COME FROM.
360
00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:41,952
THERE'S ONLY ONE
BIG GIANT OFFICE,
361
00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:44,455
AND WHOEVER OUTRUNS
THE FIREBALL WINS.
362
00:18:48,394 --> 00:18:50,894
( blubbers )
363
00:18:50,896 --> 00:18:52,830
( wailing )
364
00:18:55,168 --> 00:18:57,101
( banging )
365
00:19:03,443 --> 00:19:05,243
( panting )
366
00:19:07,747 --> 00:19:10,247
( sobs )
367
00:19:10,249 --> 00:19:13,417
OH, GOD, I HOPE
I DID THE RIGHT THING.
368
00:19:18,791 --> 00:19:21,391
Man on TV:
And the results for
city council are in.
369
00:19:21,393 --> 00:19:24,461
The incumbent,
Frank Gansmiller,
is the winner.
370
00:19:24,463 --> 00:19:27,531
( all cheer )
371
00:19:27,533 --> 00:19:30,300
SO I WOULD BE...
372
00:19:30,302 --> 00:19:32,603
THE LOSER.
373
00:19:32,605 --> 00:19:35,539
OKAY. OKAY.
374
00:19:35,541 --> 00:19:37,708
I'D LIKE TO
THANK YOU ALL
FOR SUPPORTING--
375
00:19:37,710 --> 00:19:39,643
ALL RIGHTY.
376
00:19:41,214 --> 00:19:44,381
HARRY, I WANT YOU
TO KNOW THAT I
VOTED FOR YOU.
377
00:19:44,383 --> 00:19:46,717
Man on TV:
And to top off
this night of firsts,
378
00:19:46,719 --> 00:19:48,719
there was also
one write-in vote
379
00:19:48,721 --> 00:19:50,887
for a Dr. Mary Albright.
380
00:19:55,028 --> 00:19:57,194
THAT SELF-SERVING
BITCH.
381
00:20:03,702 --> 00:20:06,470
I JUST HAD TO COME OVER
AND SAY GREAT JOB, KID.
382
00:20:06,472 --> 00:20:08,639
IT WAS A TOUGH
CAMPAIGN ALL AROUND.
383
00:20:08,641 --> 00:20:10,741
GLAD TO SEE NO ONE
WENT NEGATIVE.
384
00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:14,712
IS THAT ENVELOPE JOB
STILL AVAILABLE?
385
00:20:16,649 --> 00:20:18,582
NO.
386
00:20:21,086 --> 00:20:22,919
TOUGH LUCK, KIDDO,
387
00:20:22,921 --> 00:20:24,988
BUT YOUR FAMILY'S
BETTER OFF.
388
00:20:24,990 --> 00:20:27,924
YOU SPEND YOUR LIFE
AROUND GARBAGE,
YOU START TO STINK.
389
00:20:27,926 --> 00:20:30,361
I DON'T LIKE THE TASTE
OF LOSING, DON.
390
00:20:30,363 --> 00:20:32,430
IT TASTES
LIKE A BAD EGG.
391
00:20:32,432 --> 00:20:34,932
YOU KNOW, THE KIND
THAT GIVES YOU
THE BURPS.
392
00:20:36,669 --> 00:20:39,837
DURING THIS ELECTION,
I'VE DONE SOME
THINGS, SALLY,
393
00:20:39,839 --> 00:20:41,839
SOME THINGS I'M
NOT SO PROUD OF.
394
00:20:41,841 --> 00:20:43,841
DID I KNOW BETTER?
SURE.
395
00:20:43,843 --> 00:20:46,110
BUT IT'S THIS...
THIS TOWN,
396
00:20:46,112 --> 00:20:48,179
THIS CRAZY TOWN.
397
00:20:48,181 --> 00:20:51,348
MAKES YOU WANT
TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH.
398
00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:53,784
YOU'RE IN LUCK.
I'M PACKIN'.
399
00:20:56,489 --> 00:21:00,023
SO, DR. SOLOMON,
DID YOU HEAR SOMEONE
VOTED FOR ME?
400
00:21:00,025 --> 00:21:02,793
YES, I THINK I DID
HEAR THAT SOMEWHERE.
401
00:21:02,795 --> 00:21:05,696
- I WONDER WHERE THAT VOTE
COULD HAVE COME FROM.
- WHO KNOWS?
402
00:21:05,698 --> 00:21:07,698
IT IS A SECRET
BALLOT.
403
00:21:07,700 --> 00:21:10,033
IT WAS ME, DR. ALBRIGHT.
I VOTED FOR YOU.
404
00:21:10,035 --> 00:21:11,935
NO, YOU DIDN'T!
405
00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:14,571
HOW DO YOU KNOW?
IT WAS A SECRET BALLOT.
406
00:21:15,941 --> 00:21:17,874
DAMN!
407
00:21:24,316 --> 00:21:26,650
I THINK WE SHOULD VOTE
FOR WHO'S HIGH COMMANDER.
408
00:21:26,652 --> 00:21:29,185
- SURE.
WE'RE IN A DEMOCRACY.
- CAN WE VOTE FOR OURSELVES?
409
00:21:29,187 --> 00:21:31,221
- OF COURSE.
I VOTE FOR ME.
- I VOTE FOR ME.
410
00:21:31,223 --> 00:21:32,989
- I VOTE FOR ME.
- I VOTE FOR ME.
411
00:21:32,991 --> 00:21:34,792
HIGH COMMANDER
BREAKS THE TIE.
I WIN.
412
00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:37,160
LET'S VOTE AGAIN.
THIS TIME I VOTE
FOR HARRY.
413
00:21:37,162 --> 00:21:39,095
THIS IS AMERICA.
YOU'VE GOT TO WAIT
FOUR YEARS.
414
00:21:39,097 --> 00:21:42,032
- THAT'S NOT FAIR.
- WHOA!
415
00:21:42,034 --> 00:21:44,200
GOD BLESS AMERICA.