(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
MAN: Thank you.
Thank you and welcome, ladies and gentlemen,
to the 34th annual convention
of the American Motion Upholstery Association.
Thank you.
Wasn't lunch wonderful?
Perfect. As you know,
this year's not been an easy one for our industry.
As we're listening to our inspiring keynote speaker today,
he'll be giving us a useful shot in the arm.
(PANTING)
He is the author of the book Get Over It,
(MOBILE PHONE RINGING)
a rising star in the field of personal motivation.
Yes, Mom.
I will. On time.
No, okay, but I've got be on time, now, for my introduction.
Okay, and please don't call during the speech.
Remember, as we listen to his inspiring words...
Brrr!
That motion is our middle name.
And forward motion is our goal.
I'm glad you're gonna get to know Jack Cochran.
Corcoran!
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
(GASPING)
I'm over it.
Hello. Thank you. Thank you, John.
My father died before I was born,
trying to save a child drowning in icy water.
And it took me a long time
before I stopped resenting that.
Finally I did.
Finally,
I was able to get over it.
And when I did,
I found out
a lot of things
about me
that were neat.
Neat things that I wanted to share with other people
who maybe didn't know some neat things about themselves.
Now, I see some people out here
looking just confused as heck.
Now, here's somebody here who's just bored to tears.
(WHISPERING) I'm gonna sneak right up on him. Don't tell him.
I'm gonna look at his nametag.
(SHOUTING) Richie! Richie, I caught you!
I caught him. Richie's here,
building a pyramid of sugar cubes.
You made a nice pyramid. That's right. You have good ideas.
You want to do things, you're motivated. That's okay.
But wouldn't you rather work with people than with sugar cubes?
Don't think about it too much. Come here. Just a sec.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
Come on, help me out here.
Who else we got here? Who's this?
Joe, stand up. Come on here. You're a big guy.
Looks like a hip cat, right? Who else?
Come here, you. You're a big drink of water. Get over here.
Careful, everybody.
Are you supposed to be in a parade, later today?
Nice outfit. Very good. You're lookin' great.
Would you mind getting down on your hands and knees?
Come on, make a move. I don't wanna... I don't have all day. Let's go.
C'mon, these are busy important people, and we don't have all day.
Mike, is it? Will you play our game? Come on.
You ever done this before?
It's a big thing in our country.
Get right up on Marion, here, okay?
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
Now, put a knee right in the middle of Marion's back.
Come on. You're gonna love this. You're gonna love this.
Hey, come on, you. You're a mid-size. Getover here.
Get over here, on him.
Get over here. A knee on him. You've seen it before.
Okay, we want an itty-bitty.
Betty, come on. Beth. let's go. Let's go.
No, it's not horsy this time. No, no, I'm sorry.
This isn't the vacation you dreamed of.
Right over here. Let me help you out here now.
(WOMAN SHRIEKING)
Okay.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
Help me, somebody.
I'm a motivator, not a physical therapist. Get over here.
Look, center. Come on, here. All right, now, all right.
Here, come here. Help me out, here.
Lift her.
Ally...
One, two, three.
(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING)
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
Is that the kind of thing you were hoping for?
Yeah.
All right. We got men and women working together for the same cause.
And we've built something beautiful.
Let's get this over with in a hurry.
Joe, come on. Hey, pull 'em out here. Hey! All right.
JACK: Whereas my first wife, Gloria,
was a caretaker, codependent,
complainer, my fiancee, Celeste,
will be a caring person, my coequal,
and a celebrator.
I'm graduating from my ABCs
to D, E and F.
Deliberate, eliminate, and finish.
ANNOUNCER: Jack Cochran, ladies and gentleman.
Thank you, Jack.
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
WOMAN: First, on the side.
WOMAN 2: Yes, right on the side, and then the olive.
Always better if you put the parsley on first.
Oh. You see there?
Sweetheart. Hi.
Oh, change out of your suit, honey.
I stopped by your place and got your sports jacket.
Thank you.
(KISSING SOUND)
He is so cute.
You got three dates coming up.
You got Modesto on the 18th,
the Wall Applications Association.
Is that anything like wallpaper?
Don't... Don't hurt me like that, okay?
I go very deep for you, Jack.
This is when he was a baby. This was when he was in the sixth grade.
On the 21st, the American Sand and Gravel Congress.
Okay, now we are doubling up, because I think
I did the Grit Festival two months ago, didn't I?
Jack, they're not interested in your jokes.
Isn't he gorgeous?
Their entire focus is going to be
on expanding their market share, all right?
Why don't you put your entire focus on getting me some better gigs?
I got you a better gig, all right?
The Investment Strategy Summit, New Orleans.
That could lead to an infomercial.
From your mouth to God's ears, all right?
Oh, listen,
if I may say,
I endorse this engagement fully, all right?
Without family obligations, you're vulnerable to drift.
You are a romantic.
I'm gonna drift.
Jack, she's wonderful.
Great.
Jack, congratulations, you old son-of-a-gun.
Hey, Jack. Way to go.
Hey, Jack, congratulations. Beautiful.
Thank you, moonman, yeah.
(GRUNTING)
Ugh.
These are old.
These are magic animals, Mr. Matt.
MATT: Really?
My father made these.
Time for telegrams.
"You've only just begun.
"A kiss for luck, and you're on your way.
"Walter."
(SIGHING) That's lovely!
It's from a song.
Yeah, I'm here.
"Dear Mr. Corcoran." It's for me.
Hmm!
"We regret to inform you of the death of your father."
Well, this is original, anyway.
(SIGHING) I hope nobody thought that was funny.
Yeah. Hold on a second.
This says he died last month in Maryland.
That's... That's not funny. That's not funny at all. Here, let me...
All right. No, wait, wait.
(STUTTERING) "We have been placed in charge of his effects
"and rather large inheritance." We're rich.
"We strongly recommend that you come to our offices
"as soon as possible to claim same.
"Trowbridge Bowers, attorney at law."
Is that true?
No, this is just some kind of bureaucratic bungling.
Don't worry, I'll call 'em tomorrow.
That's all right, you don't need to call a lawyer
and tell him your husband died 40 years ago.
I'll call them and tell them we'll take the inheritance, though.
Just let me do it, Jackie, please.
Oh!
Are you all right?
Of course. I'm always all right.
You haven't called me Jackie since I was a little kid.
Mom.
Mom, you just can't say,
"Okay, maybe he hasn't been dead all these years.
"Let's do the dishes."
Well, what can I say?
You can't say that.
Jackie, just calm down.
I had a dad all these years and I didn't know it,
and now that I know it, I don't have one.
Jack? Jack, why don't we go in...
Am I crazy? Am I crazy?
(TAP CLOSING)
I left him, Jack.
I left him, and I took you with me,
and I didn't tell him where we were going.
Did he beat you?
No, he didn't beat me.
Was he a criminal, or something?
No, he wasn't a criminal.
Well then, tell me, Mom, what was he?
He was irresponsible!
(LAUGHS)
Irresponsible?
He wouldn't hold down a job.
He kept moving us from one place to another.
I couldn't count on a man like that when I had a baby.
He was irresponsible, so you killed him.
Oh, Jack.
Jack, Jack. She didn't kill him.
She did kill him. She drowned him.
I couldn't have him influencing you.
Boys learn from their fathers.
I'll have to take your word on that.
Jack!
(DOOR OPENING)
(DOOR CLOSING)
Did I do something wrong?
(SIGHS)
Let him walk it off.
(DOOR CLOSING)
Yes. Yes, I'm on hold.
Mmm-hmm.
Excuse me, I'm looking for Trowbridge Bowers, attorney at law.
My name is Jack Corcoran.
Your people sent me this.
(WHISPERING) You're him.
Mr. Bowers, it's the son.
Yes?
Ah.
Well, Mr. Corcoran, at last.
Come in. Come in.
Nice to meet you, under difficult circumstances, son.
Have the... brought around now.
Sit down. Sit down.
All right, sir. Ha.
Took a while to find you.
Heh, heh.
ATTORNEY: I know this came as a shock.
Mr. Bowers, I never knew my father.
Nor did I.
Heart attack.
Happened to be passing through town.
Since I represent the facility where he was appearing,
it fell to me to take charge
of his effects.
Appearing?
This
should clarify.
My father was a giant?
We saved his nose. Here.
(SQUEAKING)
I had a clown for a dad?
And a very jolly one, I understand. Traveled with a small circus.
When he passed away, the caravan moved on.
Now, Mr. Corcoran, as to your bequest.
There's a rather substantial dollar figure involved.
I'm over it.
How much?
Marcy, can you bring in Mr. Corcoran's papers, please?
Thank you.
Right here, Mr. Corcoran,
is the amount.
$35,000?
Well, thanks, Dad, for something.
What? Do I have to sign something?
Yes, right there.
Marcy, if you'll witness, please.
ATTORNEY: Now, forgive me for asking,
but this is a great deal of money.
How will you be paying the 35,000?
What? Wait a minute. Me, pay you?
My fee, property damage, upkeep...
Upkeep of a trunk?
(ELEPHANT TRUMPETING)
There is the bulk of your inheritance.
(TRUMPETS)
Oh, no.
I don't want it.
Why would the man leave me an elephant?
UNIFORMED MAN: Hey, hey, come back here!
(GATE CLANKING)
(WOMAN SCREAMING)
There's your property damage.
ATTORNEY: It hates fences.
Well, I'm not paying for what somebody's elephant does.
I'll take this.
My father never gave me enough toys anyway.
Mr. Corcoran, I am not in the elephant business.
Well, you ain't much of a lawyer, either. This can't be legal.
Signed and witnessed. Uh-huh.
I was misled. I am not responsible.
And I am outta here.
You'll be hearing from my mother.
Mr. Corcoran, I love litigation.
(SCOFFING)
(CAR ALARM WAILING)
It's out again. Get off the street.
It's yours! It's him!
MAN: He's that elephant man!
GIRL: It should be in a zoo.
Hope you got insurance, pal.
WOMAN: You should both be in a zoo.
Take it outta here!
Yeah, get it outta here.
JACK: Nice town, nice people.
(GROWLING)
(TRUMPETING)
(LIFE IS A CARNIVAL PLAYING)
* You can walk on the water
* Drown in the sand
Ahh!
(ELEPHANT TRUMPETS)
* You can fly off the mountaintop, if anybody can
* Run away, run away
* It's the restless age
* Look away, look away
JACK: Move or die!
Whoa!
(MAN HOLLERING)
Heads up! Heads up!
(WOMAN SCREAMING)
(PEOPLE ARGUING)
(BELLOWING)
(PANTING)
(GASPS)
Stay! Stay!
(ELEPHANT GRUMBLING)
Sit! Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
Oh!
(TRUMPETS)
(GRUMBLES)
(ELEPHANT WHINES)
(CAR APPROACHING)
POLICE RADIO: ...in the park, multiple citizen reports of
an elephant running loose...
POLICEMAN: Gonna have to get your elephant out of town, sir.
It's not my elephant.
I was defrauded. I want to lodge a complaint.
Oh, you weasel-faced shyster.
JACK: Come on out.
If you don't take charge of that elephant, you're going to jail.
I've got to make speeches in Modesto, Tampa, and New Orleans.
I've got an apartment with a no-pet clause.
I'll slap a lien on that dwelling
and garnish your fees for those speeches.
And if you don't pay me $35,000 in 14 days,
you might as well pitch a tent in our little courtroom.
You well-dressed worm, get outta there.
Slide outta there, will you, please?
Folks in this town used to think
we hated New Yorkers more than anything.
Now they run a close second to elephants.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Not now.
It's your mommy. Uh-huh.
(TWO-WAY RADIO WARBLES)
Is there any way I could get back to you?
No, you don't know him. He's a new friend.
Ahem.
I've gotta go.
(PHONE BEEPS)
(ELEPHANT GRUNTING)
I believe your elephant likes you.
I believe you remind that elephant of your old man.
Didn't my father leave any instructions for this?
Ask the well-dressed worm.
Here's the will, for what it's worth.
(ENGINE STARTS)
What's its name?
ATTORNEY: Vera.
Oh, my God.
He named it after my mother.
(GROANING)
"To Jackie. I know I haven't been the best father."
Dad, shouldn't this read, "I've been no father at all"?
"But do me one favor, Son." Sure.
"Take care of her.
"If stuck,
"call blockhead.
"K.C."
That's a nice touch.
Last words to me, and you sign off with your initials.
"Call blockhead." What's that supposed to mean?
Call Vera "blockhead"? Blockhead.
(SNORTING)
Don't get huffy, now, that was
Dad's sole piece of advice.
Where would you dump an elephant? The zoo.
(PHONE DIALING)
(PHONE RINGING)
Yes, information?
Can I have the number of the local...
(VERA GRUMBLING)
Hey.
(DIAL TONE BEGINS) Hey! What...
(PHONE DIALING)
(VERA MURMURING)
Oh, he taught you that one, huh? Very nice little trick.
All right, wise guy, give it to me.
Mmm...
Mmm-hmm. Uh.
(TRUMPETS)
Give it to me.
(GROWLS)
Okay. All right.
Put it down now. Step on it.
What is your problem?
(SNORTS)
Great.
Great. Come on. Let's go.
Hey!
Wait up. Wait up there.
* As I walk down the street
* Seems everyone I meet gives me a friendly hello *
I saw your show.
It's not my show.
You're not the clown?
He was my...
JACK: Think you could direct me to the local zoo?
BOY: You should've seen that clown get it to do tricks,
just with all different whistles.
Whistles?
Stop!
(JACK WHISTLING) Find a pay phone.
(WHISTLING)
The zoo is a couple of miles from here.
Really?
MAN: I don't have the space here.
My mission is small animals.
Haven't you ever seen a petting zoo before?
Is that yours? Could you get it off me, please?
Johnny, shoo.
Get off of me.
Johnny, shoo. Shoo.
Shoo. Shoo.
Shoo, Johnny. Johnny, shoo.
Throw something bigger.
Shoo! Thank you.
JACK: Can you recommend a facility that takes animals of this size?
(MOTOR RUNNING)
MAN: Three hundred bucks is what pops into my mind.
Three hundred? That's a little steep for one night, don't you think?
Compared to what?
Compared to The Ritz.
So, go there.
(SNIFFING)
(GRUMBLING)
(NOSE SQUEAKING)
(WHISPERS) Wow.
Back roads all across the country.
What a life.
And that will.
"Call blockhead.
"K.C."
Hello, Mom. I was kidnapped.
I just got off the phone with Trowbridge Bowers.
How is Mr. Bowers?
He's wondering how you were going to come up with $35,000.
Sell Vera for dog food.
Is that supposed to be funny?
Mom, Vera is the elephant.
Oh, my God.
How is that supposed to make me feel?
Mom, in the will he mentioned somebody
from Kansas City.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the human blockhead,
Vernon Sawitsky.
The human blockhead?
Be home, Vernon.
Be home.
WOMAN: Hello?
Hello, may I speak with Vernon, please?
Gone to bed. Can I get a number?
Aw! I'm at area code 410, Klingman 5...
87-56.
Who is this?
Oh, I'm Kirby's son.
Oh, hello!
Hello.
(RECEIVER CLICKING)
Where am I gonna find a zoo open at this hour?
The West Coast, perhaps.
(PHONE KEYS BEEPING)
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
Yeah?
Mo, in elephants? Yeah.
Oh, I'm sorry, for a second there, you sounded like a woman.
I just got an elephant all of a sudden, and everyone...
All the zoos say, "Talk to Mo in San Diego."
Did Terry put you up to this?
Terry tries to snake up every elephant that comes my way.
Who's Terry?
Whoa, put that down. Put it down.
Oh! Down, Vera!
(WHISTLING) Down!
(WHISTLING)
My elephant just picked up a V.W. bug.
I don't have time for this.
You don't? Vera!
(WHISTLES)
She put it down.
My name is Jack Corcoran, and I just inherited an elephant
from my father the clown, and I was wondering,
do you happen to know anybody who needs an elephant?
If you're on the level, Jack, I happen to need one myself.
Not that it's any of your beeswax,
but on the 24th of this month I'm sending a small herd down to Sri Lanka,
for a gene-pool experiment.
Air force is allowing us to piggyback
on one of their humanitarian missions.
You got a breeding-age female?
Well, I think she would have to be. Her name is Vera.
My name's Mo.
If male elephants are anything like male police horses, she's a female.
Do me a favor. Look at the bottom of her foot and tell me if it's wrinkled.
How am I supposed to look at the bottom...
If you don't know how to do that, sir,
you don't have any business being with an elephant.
I have no business being with an elephant.
Oh, wait a second. Hold on. I know this one.
Vera.
What is your problem?
(VERA GRUNTS)
Heh. Heh, heh.
Good. Okay. At ease. At ease.
(VERA GRUMBLES)
It's incredibly smooth.
Excellent! Means she's young enough to breed. Where are you?
I'm in a junkyard in Maryland.
A junkyard? Get her outta there.
(LAUGHING) Well, you know what? The Hilton's all booked up.
I'll tell you what, you bring her here, I'll give you $30,000 for her.
How about this? You come here and get her, and you give me $36,000.
I can't go that high.
Well, I can't get her that far.
Bring her by rail.
How am I gonna get an elephant to take a train?
You don't make an elephant do anything, sir. You treat it with respect.
You show her that you care, and she'll wanna take the train.
Excuse me, I just gotta brush away a tear here.
Dare I ask if you're even feeding her properly?
Do you know that an elephant needs 200 pounds of grains, fruits and vegetables a day,
not to mention at least 25 gallons of water.
Mo, I don't eat that well, okay?
Now look, can you come up with 34,000?
Listen to me. The herd is leaving on the 24th, with or without her.
I'm probably gonna have to entertain some other offers.
I'm probably gonna talk to Roy of Siegfried and Roy.
(DIAL TONE)
Hello?
Pleasure chatting, Mo.
(DOG BARKING)
Dah!
Be my friend, please.
(TRUMPETING)
No, come on back.
Come on back, Mr. Tough Junkyard.
You want some of me? Stay outta this. Stay out of this, Vera.
Want some of me?
(THUNDER CLAPPING)
(THUNDER CLAPS) Ahh!
Wah!
(PANTING)
Ah!
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
Is this Vernon?
VERNON: Oh, Kirby, I declare.
I'm sure sorry to hear that.
I knew Kirby as well as anyone, I guess, outside of Vera, of course.
Oh, now don't you spill Grandpa's coffee, baby boop!
(BOTH LAUGHING)
You managed to have a career and family.
Yeah, it wasn't hard.
So, can you just tell me how to handle her?
Well, son, I couldn't begin to show you that over the telephone.
Why don't you come to see us in Kansas City?
Come see you?
Well, I'll tell you what. If I'm in Kansas City,
I definitely will come by and see you.
Say hi to Mrs. Blockhead.
She didn't break your fence. She leaned on it.
And your dog doesn't have a scratch on it.
(WHIMPERS)
Yeah, but his spirit's broke.
MAN ON TV: At the age of 32, this one man, Anthony Robbins,
has helped over a million people
dramatically improve the quality of their lives.
Recognized by Time...
The guy changed my life. Hmm!
JACK: Too bad. There's a sign, "No shoes, no shirt, no service."
Just deal with it, okay?
All right.
Stop when you get to 25 gallons.
(GULPS)
That's one.
How much is your salad bar?
4.95.
I mean, the entire salad bar.
Your lunch crowd is over anyway, right?
(TRUMPETING)
To go, please.
There you go.
(LIFE IS A CARNIVAL PLAYING)
There you go.
Touch the lettuce please, don't touch me.
Don't touch me!
(TRAIN HORN BLOWING)
* We're all in the same boat
* Ready to float off the edge of the world
* The flat old world
* The street is a sideshow from the peddler to the corner girl
(VERA TRUMPETING)
* Life is a carnival
You the guy called about the elephant?
Elephant?
Ah!
Yeah.
JACK: That's great. That is wonderful.
But that is not what I asked for.
Put your nose down, and come on up into the car.
Here's Kirby's trunk. Come on, let's go. On three. One, two, three.
(WHISTLES)
No!
No, God!
No, this is not the right thing.
This is the wrong thing. We did this already.
No, don't sit down. Please, don't sit down. Please.
No, don't sit down. Stand up. You can sit down in the car.
Come on. God.
MAN: Well, clip my mane, and call me baldy.
What is this here?
What does this here look like?
This here is an elephant.
Dead? Not on my train.
She's not dead. She's just stubborn. She's just impossible.
Oh, get up, dammit.
Get up, Vera! Vera!
Your train? Who are you?
Hurst.
And I haven't approved this.
But I called and arranged everything.
Oh, you arranged with the local fellow.
You didn't arrange with the train, and you didn't arrange with me.
You want me to take responsibility
for a tipped-over elephant, all the way to San Diego?
First,
she's not gonna stay tipped over.
(LAUGHING) So you say.
Second...
Every state line has laws and inspections.
Which means at every state line, my job is on the line.
Now, I get terminated now, my pension's only 13,500.
I make it to retirement, and it's 28,000.
Take that, and factor in all this... Let's see.
Kansas, Colorado, Nevada, and that's...
2,600!
(WHISTLES)
Now, you got 30 seconds, friend.
We're gonna roll,
with him or without him.
It's a her.
I don't care what it is. It don't make me no never mind.
But, I've got 600 bucks in cash.
To San Diego?
With an elephant manifestly uncontrollable?
Why didn't you learn how to manage her before you took her on the road?
What about Kansas City?
Mmm... Well, I don't know.
All right.
If you two hustle in there, right now.
Not me. I'm flying.
Oh, no, no.
Unaccompanied elephant would be
twice the risk.
(VERA GROWLING)
I'll ride with her in the boxcar.
I thought so.
She seems to like you.
(VERA GRUNTS)
You keep that door near about closed, Colonel. Charlie!
'Cause anybody sees you two, you're walkin' the tracks.
(LAUGHING)
(EVERYBODY LOVES A TRAIN PLAYING)
* Goin' down the rails and coming back
* Train a-comin' going clack, clack, clack
I hate you.
(LAUGHING)
This is a funny joke, Dad. I... I...
(LAUGHING)
You think this is funny?
* Steel whistle blowing a crazy sound
* Jump on a car when she comes around
* Clack, clack, clack
Quick, hide.
Hey.
(GRUNTS)
Woo!
We're comin' into St. Louis.
Be in K.C. in the morning.
Here. Ah.
(VERA CHIRPING)
Ah, late night snack.
That'll be 10 bucks.
No.
Yeah, well,
I thought you were probably holdin' back a little cash on me.
Then I began to "D," deliberate.
You what?
I recognized you right away.
You addressed our union convention.
I never thought of working these little sidelines till after I heard you talk.
You make me very proud.
(TRAIN BRAKES SCREECHING)
(PANTING)
I don't know about you, but I'm gettin' off.
JACK: Excuse me, fellas.
Can you tell me where there's a cesspool I can scrub up in?
(ACCORDION MUSIC PLAYING)
MAN ON LOUDSPEAKER: Hey, Kirby's boy, step right up.
Oh, my God.
Step right up.
(MUSIC WINDING DOWN)
Hello, there.
Hello. How ya doin'?
Oh, how you makin' out, Vera?
My goodness gracious, it's so good to see ya.
Oh! La la la la!
There you go.
Good girl. I...
That's the way they are.
That's the way they greet people,
because that's the way they greet each other.
They sniff each other out.
Don't worry though, I just shake hands.
Yeah, I would've known you for Kirby's boy.
Except Kirby always prided himself on neatness.
(ENGINE STARTING)
(GEARS GRINDING)
Walter, I'll make Modesto.
WALTER: You better make Modesto, I swear to God.
My ass is hanging out there. You're just gonna spank me in public.
I've got three days. I'll work it out.
I need the money.
Who doesn't need the money, Jack?
More than ever.
Don't turn your back on New Orleans. We need New Orleans!
VERNON: Jack, this is my wife, Luluna.
Your washables are drying. I did what I could with your suit.
Why don't you sit? Here, on the couch.
You won't get any circus cooties.
(VERNON LAUGHING)
He's as particular as his mother.
You look beat.
Why don't you stay with us for a couple of days?
I have to get going.
I wouldn't want you to think all we eat is sandwiches.
Anything you serve up, my love, goes down with a bang.
And that comes from a man that ate fire,
swallowed steel and something else you rarely see.
I stick a spoon up this nostril, a fork up this one.
Now, my sinuses, they were just...
Vernon. He doesn't want to hear shop talk.
He wants to know about his father.
I just want to know how to deal with his elephant.
There he is.
It was old,
so I decoupaged it.
If I'd let her, she'd decoupage me.
There's Dad.
JACK: Right below the fat lady and above the dancing bear.
VERNON: Your dad didn't have Vera when he met your mother.
Some town in New York State.
Yeah.
Brockport. She was in college.
You know, she told me a story that he saved a kid's life.
Well, he was a fireman in the act.
VERNON: You know, fire truck, clowns in and out,
they'd toss this baby doll around.
Your mother used to travel with us. Took tickets.
LULUNA: It looked like she was getting to be one of us.
She had you.
Then she was gone. She and you.
Kirby left us for several years and
then he came back, with Vera.
Performing is when your dad let himself go.
Him and Vera were some act.
I mean, he trained her himself. I don't know how he knew how.
Oh, hello there, sir. Thank you very much.
Thank you very much, sir.
What? Hey, no!
Don't influence the children.
You wanna see my scrapbook?
No. No, thank you.
There he is.
JACK: What's that thing he's holding?
VERNON: That's a back-scratcher. She responds to that.
She does? I've got this thing in the trunk.
Well, you show her that, she'll lead right along. If you got a feel for her.
Wow, what is that?
VERNON: That's the trick that made Vera famous.
She'd push a calliope uphill, all by herself.
LULUNA: She always led the parade.
Only elephant in the world could walk on her hind legs.
Look, I really gotta get going. This has been great.
Ahh!
I forgot that was in there.
Luluna and your dad were engaged before your mom came along.
Oh, don't worry. You wouldn't have been born tattooed.
(LAUGHING)
I wasn't thinking that.
VERNON: She can salute.
(WHISTLING)
(VERA TRUMPETING)
VERNON: She knows how to skip.
(WHISTLING)
Hut.
How about that?
She skips better than I do.
VERNON: Take a bow.
(WHISTLING)
(TRUMPETS)
So, what about the hard stuff, like "go, stop."
Simplicity itself.
Go.
(WHISTLING)
(SNORTS)
Stop.
(WHISTLING)
Why, she's a treasure.
LULUNA: Jack, you try.
Here. Yeah. Come on.
All right.
Go.
(WHISTLING)
(VERA SNORTS)
She's messing with me now. Come on, let's try it again, and
go.
(GRUMBLES)
No.
No, no, no, no. Stop, stop.
(WHISTLING) No, the other stop.
You just need to get a feel for each other.
Once you're sure you know what she wants, she'll do it.
(WHISTLING)
What about the famous trick? The one that my dad did with her.
She wouldn't do that for nobody but your dad.
Well, we'll give it a try.
(WHISTLING)
I guess that trick died with your dad.
What are you gonna do? Work up an act, take her on the road?
No, I'm gonna free her.
Free her? Oh, mercy.
There's a woman at the San Diego zoo
taking elephants to Sri Lanka...
Sri Lanka? Who would she know there?
She'd get to live in the rain forest.
Rain forest? That's just another word for jungle.
They're gonna give me $30,000.
I know this outfit in Hollywood,
give you a lot more than $30,000 for her.
They'd make Vera a star.
I'll tell you what we're gonna do.
You need to appreciate your dad's way of life more.
I'm gonna drive you out there in the vehicle.
Now, Vernon!
Now, don't "now, Vernon" me.
I gotta change my clothes.
(VERA TRUMPETING)
(WHISTLING)
VERNON: Aye, this is the life, ain't it?
We'll stop along the road someplace, put on a show.
Like your dad always said, "If you ain't on the road, you're in a rut."
(TRUCK BACKFIRING)
Hey, what about these people out in L.A.? You think maybe we should call them first?
You gotta deal with these people face-to-face,
or they'll take us for rubes, bumpkins,
suckers from the sticks.
I'll do the negotiating.
One time, I traded a blind lion
for a flatbed truck,
ten dancing chickens and a trampoline.
(METAL BANGING)
Now that noise, what was that?
(ACCORDION MUSIC STARTING)
Now, you see, our polar bear got arrested for breaking and entering.
Wasn't really a polar bear per se.
What we done was, we took this regular bear, and we bleached him.
(TRUCK BACKFIRING)
(MUSIC DYING)
(VERA TRUMPETING)
(MUSIC DIES)
Are we on fire?
(METAL CLANKING)
(VERA TRUMPETS)
(CAR HORN HONKING)
LULUNA: Last time you took off, you got three miles further.
Let's take you back to the barn, Vernon.
LULUNA: Jack, darling, I called Polk City.
It's about eight miles ahead. There's a truck-rental yard there.
Wish we could drive you both.
Thanks for everything, Luluna.
If you could just give me the name.
Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Don't send her to the jungle.
She doesn't get along with monkeys.
Who does?
Another thing your dad always said,
"Everywhere you go, every line of work,
"there're two kinds of people.
"There's the carnies and the rubes."
Don't be on the rubes' side, kid.
Don't live the life of a rube.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
Wanna go for a walk?
I've got this Wall Applications gala in three days.
How am I gonna make that? What's the carny move here?
(COWS MOOING)
Now, you better be worth a lotta money.
That's a $2,000 gig.
(WHINING)
I've gotta call Walter and make excuses. I hate that.
(WHINING)
Y'know, you're probably right.
Heck with Walter. He's a rube.
Stay. Stay, Vera.
Don't frighten the straights. Come on, stay. Stay.
Don't frighten the squares. Come on, stay. Stay.
Stay. Stay.
I need a truck quick. Stay.
(VERA CHIRPING)
That'll be two major credit cards.
Stop.
(WHISTLING) That's to stop. Stop it.
And a trucker's license.
That's the first thing the hijackers took. That's how these people work.
No license, no truck.
Do you think I'd be going across Kansas on foot with an elephant?
They took my rig, bro!
(VERA BURPING)
All right. Ho! Ho! And I'll take
this.
And I'll need more to go.
SALESMAN: Is this a nice one?
JACK: No.
Is it a sweet one?
Yeah, no.
How 'bout a pick-up?
That's a little small, I think, don't you?
Hey, I got one over here you'd like.
W-Wait, now. Isn't this the truck here?
That one's got a loose seat.
(LAUGHING)
I've handled loose seats before.
I'll take her.
(BEEPING)
(ENGINE STARTING)
(EXHAUST BLOWING)
(GEARS GRINDING)
(GEARS SHIFTING)
(SIGHS)
(GEARS GRINDING)
(SIGHS)
(HORN BLOWING)
(GROWLING)
Come on.
(GEARS GRINDING)
Ahh!
(HORN HONKS)
(HORN BLOWING)
(ENGINE STRAINING)
(GEARS GRINDING)
(HORN HONKING)
Come on, come on.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
MAN: Learn to drive, you son of a bitch.
(HORNS HONKING)
I can't drive this.
(HORN BLARING)
MEN: Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo, woo-hoo!
(HORN BLOWING)
Help!
MAN: Put it in the granny hole.
Same to you.
Granny hole's first gear, birdbrain.
Oh.
Thank you.
(ENGINE ACCELERATING)
There ought to be a seat lever right under your left butt-cheek.
Just don't touch the magic button.
Okay, thanks. Thanks again.
What's the magic button?
(WHIMPERING)
(CHIRPING)
Ah.
Woo!
(SCREAMING)
Woo!
Ahh!
(SCREAMING)
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for everything I've ever done.
I'm sorry.
Oh, help me.
(HORN BLOWING)
Help me!
(WHIMPERING)
Oh!
(BRAKE SCREECHING)
(TIRES SKIDDING)
Nice rental!
JACK: So,
how long you think it's gonna take?
Well,
I don't know what you done to that transmission, but
that truck ain't goin' nowhere for a couple of weeks.
Now, you do know how to drive a truck, huh?
(LAUGHING)
Vera, let's go find ourselves a new rig.
(WHISTLING)
(TRUMPETS)
Hey, Mister,
you tipped this one up, too.
Natural Talent? Yes, may I speak with Terry Bonura, please?
Well, when will Terry be back?
I have to make a speech in three days.
You heading west?
East.
I have a highly trained elephant.
I have a number of attractive offers for her.
I want to give you people a shot. You heading west?
Uh-huh. This your elephant?
Yes, we are on foot.
Did you just hang up on me?
Can you take some more cargo?
Is he afraid of mice?
Are you hauling mice?
Vera, kill.
(VERA GRUMBLES)
Kill.
JACK: Mo? Yeah?
Jack Corcoran.
I got a more attractive offer for my elephant.
Is that right? Who from?
Terry Bonura of Natural Talent.
I knew it, I knew you'd hook up with Terry.
Oh, that's the Terry you're always talking about?
Aw, don't kid a kidder, Jack. Just do the right thing.
And have your elephant at the San Diego airport, Tuesday the 24th, 8:00 p.m.
This is not just an elephant. This is a highly trained,
skilled, professional elephant.
Oh, I don't give a shit if she can play the banjo.
Healthy and fertile's all I need.
(DIAL TONE BUZZING)
I am having a rough night.
I told you to kill.
(CHIRPING)
Hi, honey. I'm in Kansas.
Would you call Walter and tell him
that I will not be able to make Modesto?
(GROWLING)
I know that. I know that.
I will definitely make the last two dates, especially New Orleans.
Sure I miss you.
(KISSING SOUNDS)
Headed west?
Sweet dreams.
Okay, bye-bye.
Give me Terry Bonura.
You've got her. And who is this?
MAN: Terry?
Oh, hold on a sec.
Your thighs, kind of ivory.
Oh.
All right, but make sure you get it all the way up to the thong mark.
TERRY: Remember what happened last time.
Uh-huh.
Sorry about that.
I was...
Expecting a man.
Aw, are you terribly crushed?
I'm Jack Corcoran.
Are you an Aries?
Pisces.
Pisces?
You sound so firm.
(LAUGHING)
I have a... I have a rather large elephant here.
(LAUGHING) Well, not every man can say that.
Ha!
And she's talented, very trained, and
Mo at the San Diego zoo says that
she'd like to take her to Sri Lanka.
Well, that's just because she can't get anyone else to go with her.
(LAUGHS)
Can you call me back?
Sure. But what kind of a dollar figure
would we be talking about here?
Mo had offered 30,000.
Well, I can do at least 40,000.
Are you sure you're not an Aries?
Well, I'm on the cusp.
You're on the cusp, and you're too modest to admit it.
(LAUGHS)
That's very sweet. Call me back, okay?
Okay.
Don't forget. See ya.
Okay.
I must be in love.
I just lied about my sign.
How are we gonna get to California?
All right, I want you to wait here.
(WRAPPERS RUSTLING)
(BELL RINGING)
(LAUGHING)
(KISSING SOUNDS)
(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING)
(LAUGHING)
Coffee.
And scrambled eggs.
Bacon, sausage or ham?
Sausage.
You know what you just ordered, don't you?
The Bob Hope.
Government waste.
Mmm-hmm. School-lunch program.
Kids don't eat that free lunch.
You got some retard come down and sucking on the government teat.
Come down and scrape it off the garbage cans.
Then the pig farmers slop their hogs with it.
Then hit 'em up with every antibiotic known to man.
'Cause the AMA's in on this, too.
(LAUGHING)
MAN: Oh, yeah. You think they want me and you healthy? Think again.
Would you help me?
MAN: Uh-uh! No, they don't.
They grind that stuff up and try and call it meat.
Come on, man. You ever seen a pig's pecker?
Shaped like a doggone corkscrew.
It's like that. Like a corkscrew.
And that's exactly what they're tryin' to do to you
every time you eat that pork.
Serious.
Yeah.
Anytime now, that phone right there's gonna ring-a-ding-ding.
I'm gonna skip on across town, pick me up a load of bowlin' pins.
Head clear west to Californ-i-a.
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Hey, my name's Tip. We ain't met yet.
T-I-P, Tip.
Call me that, 'cause you stick with me,
you'll get a few for free, as you can see.
(SNICKERING) Yeah.
Yo, sweetie, hit me again, baby, come on.
(TIP BURPS)
You know how long that damn ground-up pig
will stay in your system if you eat it?
Uh-uh. I'll be right back.
Twelve to 16 years.
TIP: Ha! Yeah!
Aw, come on, now. Hey, hey, hey! Don't eat that stuff.
Don't do it.
TIP: What do you think's in there?
You think it's doggone blueberries, don't you?
(PHONE RINGING)
Tiptop Truckin', Tip speakin'.
Yeah, that bowling-pin load, we're gonna have to cancel that.
Cancel it?
Yeah, termites.
Termites?
Termites. My ass.
Now, I know who's behind this.
Them buddies at the trucking commission. That's who. Hello?
Hey! Hello?
Ah!
Doh!
Aw, now they broke my phone!
(MEN LAUGHING)
Break my phone, cancel my load!
Goddogit! How's a man supposed to make it?
Damn, I don't believe this. I don't believe it.
Now I got to deadhead clear to California.
Maybe I can help.
TIP: And, of course, the rats
are just runnin' hog-wild around the place.
I mean, the people are practically chasin' them right into the grinder.
Rats and excreta, you know, come on.
It's all meat to them. Ooh.
And they got the balls to call that a hamburger? Come on!
Now you better pull the other one, Uncle Sam. Right?
So, is a... Is an elephant a clean animal?
You know, I mean, they eat out the dirt and all.
She's clean.
She?
(LAUGHING)
(FOOT STOMPING)
Woo-wee!
I mean, how do they do it? You know?
Make whoopie?
I mean, I just cannot see a big old flumpy thing like her
laying on her back, legs in the air
four tons of love coming on top of her,
and she's laying back just goin',
"Give it to me. Give it to me."
(TRUMPETING)
(TIP LAUGHING)
That's a lot of weight to roll around!
You know what I'm talkin' about? You know what I'm sayin'?
Come on, man. That's somethin' else!
That's got to be a sight to see.
That is pretty hard to picture in this old mind.
I don't know how they do it.
I heard that. I don't either.
(TIP TRUMPETING)
TIP: I'll tell you what.
TIP: Ah, the Rocky Mountains.
Clean spring water, right?
Right. Come on.
Government don't want the stuff clean. Uh-uh!
I'm gonna have to go ride in the back with Vera for a while.
She's lonesome.
Stay up.
We got Jack and Tip in the cab on the road. You and me, pal.
(PSYCHO PLAYING)
* I killed them both
Tip, do you ever sleep?
Oh yeah, I slept last week.
* You think I'm psycho, don't you, mama?
* Mama, pour me a cup
* You think I'm psycho, don't you, mama?
* You'd better let 'em lock me up *
Top of the divide.
Did dad ever let you get out and take a look?
...there, young lady!
Tip Tucker. Yeah.
At this rate, we'll be in L.A. Tomorrow night.
Tip Tucker!
(SIGHS)
Maybe I'll go out to dinner with Terry.
Hell, no, I didn't pick up the bowling pins.
Perhaps she'll have a little elephant buddy for you.
Oh, is that right?
Is that so?
It doesn't look real.
You don't do that to me.
You don't do that to Tip Tucker and his Tiptop Trucking!
Get over it, Tip. I had to do it.
"Get over it," nothing. You canceled my bowling pins.
Look, a bald eagle.
There ain't no... Hey!
Tip, I had to do it.
Had to do...
(METAL CLANKING)
Doh! Hey!
Okay, look, I'm from the playground, man. City kid. I got game.
Watch out. Look out. Come on. Come on.
Hoi! Hoi! Wait.
Let's you and me get in the truck.
We'll drive down 3,000 feet. We'll do this there.
I like it here.
Hey!
Oh!
(GRUNTING)
Uh-huh! Whose playground now?
(VERA GROANING)
Oh!
(VERA LOWING)
The only reason you're doing this
is 'cause I ain't popular with people.
Don't make me feel bad about this.
(GRUNTING)
Get away from me.
You hijacked me.
And that animal right there tried to kill me.
I'm gonna put the both of youse
behind bars in the state penitentiary.
Her for attempted murderer,
and you for being a interstate felon.
What do you think of that?
Doh! Doh!
Damn! Oh!
Nobody does that to Tip Tucker and gets away with it. You hear me?
Doh!
(ENGINE STARTING)
I will be back, with the law.
With the law!
Well, we'd better change our course.
Dad's got a southerly route marked here.
Back roads through New Mexico.
It's either that, or...
You get the chair.
(SQUEAKING)
(GRUNTING)
Well, we know where it'll be if I ever come back this way.
(VERA TRUMPETING)
(GRUMBLES)
Okay, I've got some good news and some bad news.
Good news is it's all downhill from here.
The bad news is you're gonna carry me.
Okay.
Hold still.
(LAUGHING) Hey.
All right.
Okay, honey, where's the stairs?
Well...
That hurt?
All right.
Let's try this one.
What the heck is going on?
Okay, hold it there, babe. Hold it.
Come on.
Whoa, God.
Oh. Oh!
Baby.
Don't let me go.
(VERA EXHALING)
(SCREAMING)
(VERA TRUMPETS)
(VERA SNORTS)
Okay.
(VERA GROANING)
Turn right.
(WHISTLING)
Go.
Whoa!
Okay, not so fast.
Okay. Easy.
(TOUCH A HAND, MAKE A FRIEND PLAYING)
* Can't you feel it in your bones?
* A change is coming on
* From every walk of life
* People are seeing the light
* Can't you feel it in your heart now?
* A new day is taking shape
Wrong way. Over here.
Wrong way. Get away.
That's cold. Get away.
Get away from there. Help.
Don't do it. Take a drink, and that's it.
Uh-oh.
Can you swim? Can you swim?
* A new day is taking shape
* Reach out, touch a hand
Oh!
* Make a friend if you can
* Reach out, touch a hand
* Make a friend if you can
* Reach out, touch a hand, yeah
* Make a friend if you can
* Reach out, touch a hand
* Make a friend if you can
You bully.
* Reach out, touch a hand
* Make a friend if you can *
You're gonna leave a ring around this lake.
JACK: You know, if you just stay there, we'll be fine.
Okay, I'll tell you when to move.
Never mind. No. That's okay. Go on ahead.
It's not you, it's your truck.
Thank you.
Well, that's what happens. You know?
When you're hot, you're hot, when you're not, you're not.
I don't know if you ever heard that one, but it's a truism.
This could be.
Yeah, you're the man.
Come on, big man, let me hear you downshift.
Yes, hit those brakes. Come on.
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
(VERA TRUMPETS)
Stay there. Stay there. Don't come out.
You da man. You da man.
You da good Samaritan. Yes, sir. Yes. All right.
Hey, going all the way to Los Angeles, how about that?
Santa Monica.
Santa Monica. Outstanding.
Oh, man.
No, what've you done? No.
Oh my gosh, who taught you how to hitchhike?
Oh, there's two types of animals in this world.
Ones you can hitch with and ones you can't hitch with.
(SIREN BLARING)
Oh, God, get back there.
Get back. Back. Come on.
Freeze.
We need aerial surveillance.
We got to have road blocks, road blocks east and west and north and south.
We got to have the bloodhounds sniffing 'em down,
and we better have this shotgun right here loaded to the max.
You know what I'm talking about? This ain't no picnic walk. This ain't goin' bad.
I'm telling ya, you turn your back on the skillet,
the grease is gonna burn your butt.
Oh, the dumb are lucky, aren't they?
Oh, God, I'll kill you, yeah!
Well, thank you lot for all the help, the two of you.
(SCREAMING)
Should have known better than to expect a damn thing from the authorities.
Get off of my truck!
Tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna go form my own dragnet.
Or better yet, I might just go it alone. That's right.
Man, oh, man!
To repeat, brown eyes, gray complexion,
weight approximately 8,000 pounds.
I have no idea where we are.
I wonder what Kirby means by, "Badlands of New Mexico."
You know, I was just thinking about
all those poor people on the interstate.
They're missing all of this.
Good morning.
Sorry, good afternoon.
(SQUAWKING)
Why in the hell aren't you a camel?
I don't want an elephant. I want a camel.
(SIGHS)
(GROANING)
Thanks, Vera.
I'm sorry about what I said, about not wanting an elephant.
(RAIN FALLING)
It's rain!
Vera, it's rain!
It's rain!
It's raining!
It's rain!
My whining days are over!
(THUNDER CLAPPING)
Oh, no, it's not enough
that we gotta be completely lost,
but we gotta be completely drenched, too!
And I gotta be wearing a wool coat
that makes me smell like a dog inside an automobile.
Alto!
New Mexico State Police.
How'd you find us?
Through prayer.
(THUNDER CLAPPING)
MAN 1: Mas rapido!
Please, we must move faster!
(PEOPLE HOLLERING)
The church! Get over to the church!
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(GRINDING)
(BELL RINGING)
(PEOPLE HOLLERING IN SPANISH)
(CREAKING)
Come on, I can't do it alone. Let's go.
No!
(BELL RINGING)
(GROANING)
Isn't there anything you can do?
Up here, push up here.
Come on, honey. Push up here.
(WHISTLING)
(WOOD CREAKING)
Vera! Vera!
(WHISTLING)
(VERA TRUMPETING)
(ROOSTER CROWING)
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
Senor Corcoran.
Gracias.
MAN: This is the plan for the shrine for Vera.
I prefer Vera to pose for me
for two hours every morning.
You know, I have to be taking Vera somewhere else.
MAN: Senor Corcoran.
Vera is the savior of our village.
We want her to stay.
Her and you, of course.
I don't know where I belong anymore, but...
Vera has a calling.
She's the elephant of my father.
I think that he would want me
to see that she gets into movies.
And you will be in the movies with her?
With her? Me?
Of course. I mean, you are a performer, no?
Well...
Do you have a phone that I might use someplace?
Ha!
Terry Bonura. "Hollywood, California."
TERRY: Jack, I've waited and waited and waited.
I thought you fell off the face of the Earth.
Well, Vera and I were perfecting one of our tricks.
Oh! God, I can't wait.
Listen, we're doing commercials all week,
down at the L.A. Sports arena.
Why don't you come down?
I'm the one with all the wild animals. You can't miss me.
Sure.
Would you call Mo and tell her we're definitely doing something together?
I mean, she called me twice, and...
I don't know how well you know Mo, but...
Consider it done.
(PHONE RINGING)
MO: Hello?
Mo. Jack Corcoran. I tried to let you down easy,
but I understand you've been harassing Terry.
Oh, yeah? You tell Terry to come clean out my cages.
You know, just because she has a bigger budget?
Oh, so that's what it's all about, huh?
You know, Vera deserves more than three shows a day, seven days a week.
(PHONE CLICKS)
Buenos dias, senor Jack.
Buenos dias, Padre.
The movies. The movies will be Vera's shrine.
How may we help?
Well, the movies,
are in downtown L.A.,
which is two state lines away from here.
And I'm kind of...
Wanted?
Yes.
Oh, are you on America's Most Wanted?
Not yet.
Some day.
I've been looking at these maps of my father's, and...
I got the feeling
that state lines might get kind of fuzzy
around here.
MAN: We have many friends here.
How else may we help?
Well, I've noticed that people have been staring at me.
I think they're saying, "The guy wears the same clothes every day."
"Doesn't he have anything else?"
Javier!
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Thank you. Same to you.
(DRUMS BEATING)
(TRUMPETING)
(GROANING)
Yeah, I think you're right. I smell peanuts, too.
(CIRCUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(ELEPHANT GROANING)
MAN: Cut!
Hey. I guess I know who you two are.
Big one must be Vera, and you must be Jack, right?
Terry.
You're as pretty as you sound.
This is Rosie. This is Vera and Jack.
(SNORTING)
Where are your manners? Say hello.
(WHISTLING)
(GROANING)
Hey, you've quite a way with her.
Ever think about doing an act yourself?
It's funny you should say that.
First we'll do Vera's deal, and then we'll talk about your future.
This is Chris. He'll take care of Vera.
You come with me to the office.
Okay, I'll be right back.
You know, Jack, I am your only buyer now.
Word is, Mo's already spent her whole budget.
It's gonna take 50 for me to break even.
That's the truck Vera and I should have had.
Fifty? It's peanuts to somebody like yourself. Dig deep.
Fifty it is.
Let's see, here's the contract. Where's that damn pen?
So, what's this? An electric back-scratcher?
(CHUCKLES)
Back-scratcher? No, honey, that's an electric goad.
(PHONE RINGING)
Don't tell me you got her all the way here from Maryland without a zing or two.
Natural Talent, Terry Bonura speaking.
Hi.
No, you're supposed to bring them down to the ranch.
MAN: Rosie, get over!
TERRY: You can have your wife insured for a million dollars,
but that doesn't mean you can sell her for that much.
(ELEPHANT TRUMPETS) Huh.
The deal was three shows a day, seven days a week, right?
No, they're coming to us, remember?
I thought we were gonna be partners.
All right.
Jack? Vera's okay. Why don't you sign the papers?
Look, cookie, I'm trying to make this work.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
MAN ON RADIO: 7:48 San Diego time with Bob Mankiewicz.
(HORN HONKING)
I've got an elephant here for Sri Lanka. The gene-pool project.
Nothing on the sheet about another elephant.
You just didn't get the word. I know it's okay.
The sheet is the word.
We didn't come this far to get stopped by you.
Turn the vehicle around, sir, now.
I don't see why not.
ANNOUNCER: The white zone is for immediate loading
and unloading of passengers only.
All right, that was a little bumpy. Sorry. Sorry. Come out.
Let's go. Come on, move, move, move, move it.
MAN ON RADIO: Hey, y'all! San Diego country time comin' on 7:57.
(INDISTINCT)
(VERA SNORTING)
Would everybody in the building excuse us, please?
We're trying to make a plane.
(CROWD YELLING)
Could you just get up against the wall? Thank you.
Come on, honey.
One more for Sri Lanka, please.
Sir. Sir, you have introduced a dangerous animal
into a situation where people can get hurt.
She is not dangerous. She's very large, but she's jolly.
Well, you'll have to get the elephant out of here.
She's not just an elephant. She's a role model.
She saved my life.
She's trying to make a plane to Sri Lanka that leaves in three minutes.
If she could get on that plane,
she could carve out a whole new life for herself.
Excuse me! Excuse me!
All right. How do we know you have a connection with that flight?
How do we know you're not just a...
Just a guy walking around with an elephant?
Fair question.
Come on, work with me, will you?
Give us an escort out to the gate.
Then if I'm lying, you can shoot me.
You may both shoot me.
Now that's a good deal. That sounds good, doesn't it?
Jim? It is Jim, isn't it?
Yeah, it is.
Okay, all right, thank you. Good people. Jack Corcoran. Appreciate it. Thank you.
Don't listen to that man right there.
Don't listen to him. Him and his fuzzy friend are homicidal maniacs.
Mamas, grab your babies! Grab your babies!
Pick 'em up slow, and move back.
(SIGHS) You got a nut on your hands here. Good luck. I'll see ya.
Wait a minute. I don't have a minute.
They tried to hurt you, sir?
Yeah.
Tried to hurt me, all right. Yeah.
Acted like my truckin' buddy for a while, and then he tried to kill me.
Hijacked my rig!
Hijacked?
Yeah. He's gonna try and do the same thing to your 747.
Watch him, he's a hustler! He's street-smart.
Yeah, proceed with caution.
Possible suspect down in... Possible...
What was that?
(CLEARS THROAT)
What's that? MAN: What was what?
There's something in that bag. Be careful. Somebody...
I saw...
I saw that!
Back-up. Bring in back up, I think.
Don't do it alone. Bring in some back-up.
He's got something in that bag.
Huh. You wanna, you... You...
We got a possible case 212. 212.
Concourse D. We need back-up sent right away.
We're gonna need a couple pounds of bacon and some Polish sausage.
Dear Lord Jesus!
This whole thing is a sting.
So, what if the thing's a federal sting operation to get to me?
Focus. Focus. Focus.
(TIP YELLS)
(YELLING UNINTELLIGIBLY)
Sucker! On the highway! And I tell you what!
If you think it's gonna be easy to get me,
you got another thing coming!
I got this from your oily girlfriend.
(YELLING)
Are you gonna help or not?
Hi-ya!
MAN: Get him, Frank! Get him!
Please, for the love of God, help.
(ZAPPING)
If an agent goes down, you're gonna have blood on your hands.
(ZAPPING)
Come on, this isn't funny now.
(YELLING)
Go! Go!
JACK: Excuse me. Come on. Come on. Step aside, ladies!
Woo-hoo! We made it. We made it.
One more for first class!
(TIP SCREAMING)
(VERA TRUMPETS)
You Mo?
Is this Vera? Oh, she's beautiful.
You know, Jack, I spent my whole budget.
Yeah, Terry told me.
I'm curious. With all the decent animal trainers in this world,
how could you hook up with Terry?
Terry had a nice telephone manner.
She gonna be all right on that thing?
Relax, animal lover, she'll be fine.
They're very good company for one another, and they're infinitely patient.
Mo, can I take this one?
Come on, girl. Come on.
(WHISTLING) Come on.
(SIGHS)
Well, you go on ahead and have a lot of little elephants.
You got me to a better place, and I'm gonna do the same for you.
I'll even pretend that it doesn't hurt to watch you get on the plane.
(WHISTLING)
(GROANS)
(TRUMPETING)
(TRUMPETS)
MAN: Oh, oh, come.
(ELEPHANT CHIRPING)
Right now I'm supposed to be giving the biggest speech of my life.
I'm 50,000 in the hole,
I've stolen a truck,
and all I can think about is how much I'm gonna miss her.
You know, they say an elephant never forgets.
But what they don't tell you is that
you never forget an elephant.
(SQUEAKING)
(LAUGHING)
You wanna go to Salads & Such? I'm vegetarian.
So was Vera.
(LIFE IS A CARNIVAL PLAYING)
* You can walk on the water
* Drown in the sand
* You can fly off a mountain top
* If anybody can
* Run away, run away
* It's the restless age
* Look away, look away
* You can turn the page
* Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
* Here on the street
* I got six on each arm and two more round my feet
* Life is a carnival
* Believe it or not
* Life is a carnival
* Two bits a shot
* Saw a man with the jinx in the third degree
* From trying to deal with people
* People you can't see
* Take away, take away
* This house of mirrors
* Give away, give away
* All the souvenirs
* We're all in the same boat
* Ready to float off the edge of the world
* The flat old world
* The street is a sideshow
* From the peddler to the corner girl
* Life is a carnival
* It's in the book
* Life is a carnival
* Take another look
* Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
* Here on the street
* I got six on each arm and two more round my feet
* Life is a carnival
* Believe it or not
* Life is a carnival
* Two bits a shot
* Life is a carnival