01x20 - Good Ol' Lou

[bunniefuu]

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come on Vicky hurry up

here put this on and we'll play a joke

on my folks wait'll they get a load of

us you look like a Groucho Marx robot

Gretchen likes morning did you sleep

well Jamie yeah okay would you like some

milk yeah please whoa

you kids look really weird honey you've

never looked better

well I only have eyes for you

Nicki help me with the breakfast honey

there is a big article in the paper

today all about the takeover of my

company the soft drink company is trying

to buy us out what would a soft drink

company want with a robotics company

what's called diversification a company

buys another company it knows nothing

about so it can lose money declare

bankruptcy get a loan from the

government make a fortune

that makes sense yeah if another company

buys yours will that affect your job no

I don't think so Jane will it affect my

new bike

what new bike she it affected it already

Jamie you know what your father told you

you can get a bike filled fashioned way

earn it there's got to be an easier way

to get money

there is how's that declare bankruptcy

get a loan from the government and make

a fortune oh here we go oh thanks for

letting me have this garage sale mom I

ought to make enough to get that bike

here's a couple of blouses you can have

no I think these old shoes have about

had it - here boy that's love the shoes

off your feet and the shirt off your

back I wish I could give you some of

this furniture especially like to get

rid of this old chair get rid of this

old chair rearranging the furniture

again honey

what's all this stuff for I'm having a

garage sale to get that Bank

oh good for you Jamie let's go to my

room and get the things I don't use

anymore Vickie

I'll get your schoolbooks honey honey

don't take my brown sweater I love this

sweater mm-hmm so did the mom well I'll

wear it for golf it's got 18 holes Oh Jo

old sweater John hi hi what's going on

oh we're having a garage sale to raise

money good idea mm-hmm

especially considering what happened at

the office today Ted that's why I'm here

what happened well I meant to tell you

at work but I've been so busy with all

the exact meetings and everything now

Ted I'm not just your boss I'm your

friend and I don't want to leave you

dangling on the phone that's the way I

am sensitive compassionate so what do

you want to say to me Brandon you're

fired fired maybe I should have said

canned it's a kinder word Brandon what

do you mean he's fired I got it straight

from the horse's mouth when the takeover

happens our department is gonna be

reorganized and cut down

of course I'll still be the head of it

hunt these reins are hard to come by

yes you generally only see them in jars

now let me get this straight Brandon

you were actually told that you're gonna

be in charge where's that effect and

you're gonna fire me now don't worry

about a thing pal I will write you a

wonderful letter of recommendation even

if I have to lie that's really sweet of

you what are friends for it breaks my

heart big guy but executives have to

make the tough decisions you understand

oh sure hurts you more than it does me

not necessarily this is terrible what

are you gonna do well honey I'm not so

sure that what Brandon says is

necessarily true Brandon said he got it

right from the horse's mouth yeah but

remember honey Brandon is the other end

of the horse Vicki how much have we

taken in so far all together yeah

nothing about that lady who said she'd

buy the clock I don't think she'll come

back on her way out I heard her mumble

piece of junk

I guess she was just flapping her gums

wanted to do real good so I could give

the money to dad instead of buying that

bike your father said not to worry no

that was just a cover-up dad can't find

work who knows what it'll happen to him

he could wind up with holes in his shoes

and bugs in his hair but lying in the

gutter with winos hey guys I saw your

sign out front how's the garage sale

going oh great terrific if you want to

buy something you better do it fast

before we're all sold out Oh lots of

stuff but be careful you break it you

bought it

how much IDs rollerskates

I can give you a good deal on these

eight dollars they're like new only been

used by a little old lady with arthritis

[Laughter]

well I guess we can take a few dollars

off for that listen I can put you in

those skates for only five measly

dollars how about one measly dollar

that's two measly how about two and not

a penny more that's the way to bargain

kid Harriet you're a real cheap oh

you're just flapping your gums no wonder

you haven't sold anything Jamie you're

charging too much money I need it to

help my father I guess you heard he'll

be out of a job soon yeah

Dino away you can help your father keep

his job oh well my father is your

father's boss so so just marry the

boss's daughter

[Laughter]

[Applause]

marrying you just wouldn't work out why

not

I'd k*ll myself please think about it

there's no rush I can't go in a

honeymoon anyway I'm not allowed to stay

overnight bye-bye

Vicki this garage sale isn't working you

know what I'm gonna have to do to help

dad marry Harriet Stan overnight and

k*ll yourself no I mean I'll have to

find a job tomorrow but let's not tell

my folks okay okay there must be

somebody in town who's looking for a

bright energetic 11 year old with

intelligence and ambition right right

and if they can't find him maybe the

higher you

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hi no Brandon hi John Bonnie and I are

just so bothered about Ted being out of

work it's very nice Brandon you know

you're the first family I've ever met

under the poverty level yet

Ted is still working oh you're so brave

I was down at the shopping mall this

morning I bought this outrageously

expensive sport jacket you likey hello

tidy around the behind a that's my

wallet

while I was in the shop they happen to

mention that they were looking for a

salesperson I thought you'd want to know

what for which will apply for the job

bring a little money into the house

woman this stuff all for the garage sale

that's right Brandon

well no wife doesn't really need

anything but to help your out hmm how

much for the earrings name your own

price $5.00

the buck and a half take it or leave it

sold to the man with the big wallet okay

yes can you break a 50 yeah how about a

hundred no I'll owe it to you hello

hello hello and how was the big wide

world treating everybody today honey

isn't it nice to see a man so happy

about being on his way to skid row dig

somebody we know stopped off on the way

home and have little drinky-poo

here so wrong he poo but I'm glad you're

here Brandon I would like to share with

you some wonderful news that I heard

today oh what's that

well the company president called me

into his office this morning to fill me

in on what's really happening after the

takeover What did he say well Brandon I

don't want to keep you dangling on a

hook but that's the way I am

compassionate sensitive like you I think

you'll be thrilled to know that I'm not

losing my job in fact I'm going to be

the new boss of the department thank you

of course honey I am gonna have to let

some people go

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boy it breaks my heart too but

executives have to make the tough

decisions even if it means having to

fire a friend I think I hear Bonnie

calling I better rush right home and

tell her the good news

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honey the poor guy is in shock huh is

that great or what you're not really

gonna fire Brandon are you you wouldn't

stoop to his level I'm tempted but I

guess not I just want to see him dangle

by his thumbs for a while it's the next

best thing to his neck oh you know I bet

Brandon serves a very important function

in your company what's that he makes

everybody else look intelligent

[Laughter]

hey kids can I do for you are you the

boss that's me

discount Dale and I'll beat any deal in

town say yeah you kids know it's against

the law to sell to minors but if you got

a fake ID well talk interested in buying

a car just washing them washing uh see

once a week my mother comes in and does

that please mister dad lost his job and

will work cheap why should we card the

place for only a dollar a car

hey you poor kids dad lost his job huh

that's rough yeah all right kid you

reached me you got to the old pump you

got yourself a deal thanks 50 cents

you're a real cheapo she's a great

little Kidder mr. discount won't take it

50 cents a car all right you got it

geez maybe you ought to change the name

of this place from discount Dale's to

big-hearted Bob I gotta get that kid

look the soap and the water buckets are

right over there all in kid go easy on

the water I'm watchin the boss we'll be

back in a minute mister

oh no rush just browsing for a bargain

you break it you bought it

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tires look okay okay

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I guess we could take a few dollars off

for that I should hope so

wonder what shape it's in underneath

guess you can only tell it to get it on

a lift huh

[Laughter]

what was that and yes the bumper was

falling off this jalopy is falling apart

it's a piece of junk this guy's a crook

I think we'd better get out of here -

Vicky come on hey kids we're going mr.

Lawson it's uh Raggedy Ann my daddy said

to save our good clothes so we look nice

in the line for food stains dolls new

garage sale we could use the money

we'll try Harriet

Thank You doesn't it break your heart

you sweet innocent child could upper

dolls certainly does Harriet yeah

grabs me right here daddy's lost job

we'd be destitute even now we're living

from hand to mouth

my daddy's got to be now your mother too

we're not looking for charity no no no

no no no my daddy knew I was over here

he'd be furious

my daddy has such teeny forgiving

wonderful I'm a man hi there oh hey what

are you doing here oh just being

neighborly daddy Brandon I think Ted has

something to say to you about your job

yes Brandon I just wanted you to know

that you're not fired oh thank you yeah

Ted I really never knew how deeply in

debt I was and did I mention to you that

Harriet needs extensive dental work yeah

I have an overbite I wake up every

morning with teeth marks on my chin all

my front teeth grow in why don't you run

along home and see if your mother's

having any luck taking in laundry you

know Ted I was talking to the guys at

the office just this morning I said you

know for the real brains of this outfit

is and they said you Brandon and I said

Brandon hey get a hold of yourself back

on your knees be a man stand up and beg

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you know Brandon I'm not gonna fire

money we should get that I'm a little

tied up here hello I was sure you

wouldn't find every old buddy have to

show you my gratitude I'm gonna take my

new boss and his wife out to dinner

tonight you guess what I'm paying guess

what I'm fainting catch me whoa well

thanks yeah I'll tell him bye that was

your office they said the takeover fell

through fell through know the kind of

guy I am

you can still have dinner with me well

split it you pay for the dinner I'll

pick up the parkin sounds fair

honey he is so cheap if his wife and his

kid were starving he'd give him diet

pills Sam I'm so sorry at the takeover

didn't work yeah well I still have my

memories

Brandon's tears on my shoe hi we're home

well to tell you the truth went to find

a job a job or four so I could help you

out with some extra money dad since you

lost your job Oh Jamie that was really

thoughtful it was really nice of you but

Jamie guess what looks like your old dad

isn't gonna lose his job after all

you're not no oh that's great isn't it

Vicki great now we won't be lying in the

gutter with whiners

[Applause]

she's my small one dude lovely and

bright and so close

she's a small girl a child like other

girls she's a miracle and I grant you

she'll eat you

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