Original subtitles

Chosen from among all others by the Immortal Elders

Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, Mercury

Billy Batson and his mentor travel the highways and byways

of the land on a never-ending mission

to right wrongs, to develop understanding

and to seek justice for all.

In time of dire need, young Billy has been granted

a power by the Immortals to summon awesome forces

at the utterance of a single word..

Shazam!

[thunder crashing]

[dramatic music]

A word which transforms him in a flash

into the mightiest of mortal beings

Captain Marvel!

[theme music]

I don't understand it. You couldn't wait to get up here

and now you got your nose buried in that, whatever it is.

It's the state historical society map.

It shows all the old gold mines. It didn't cost anything.

[laughing]

I doubt you're going to find gold

on any map you got for nothing.

Hey, people have a way of taking all the fun

out of things when they're getting old.

Der. Older.

[device beeping]

Ah, the Elders.

Oh, Elders, fleet and strong and wise

appear before my seeking eyes.

Gold is where you find it, Billy.

But friendship and understanding

that, too, is gold.

They all exist to make the way easier for the young.

But all of the young do not listen.

- But I listen to you. - You have learned, Billy.

Before this day is out, you'll meet some who have not.

[chuckles] Something troubling you, Billy?

No. Just thinkin' about what Solomon said.

Yes, he does have a way with words, doesn't he?

Hello? What's going on up there?

[dramatic music]

[indistinct chatter]

- 'Yee-haa!' - Get!

Hey, cut it out! What are you botherin' him for?

What do you care?

Why don't you and your friends

just go away from here now?

Oh, he's just an old miser loaded with gold.

'He never gives any away.'

And worst of all, he's ignorant.

Yeah, all he ever says is, "Get, get, get."

- That might be a good idea. - Come on, fellas, let's go.

Alright, we'll get you, old man! We'll get you.

- Ah! - Yeah.

Thank you, partners.

Hey, uh, could we give you a ride?

Why?

Well, we're all going in the same direction.

We might even be looking for the same thing.

You see, I got this map.

- You pay anything for that? - No, I got it for nothin'.

That's what it's worth.

[laughing]

"Camel, Dutchman

Peerless, Jacey, Garrett."

You know, I knowed all them guys hit it real good

'but ain't no gold there anymore.'

Hey, I thought maybe we could talk a while. You want a ride?

Ain't never turn down nothin' that's free.

[laughing]

First time ever in one of these houses.

[tire screeches]

Now that's what I call one bad wheel.

Well, I better get the jack.

Although I don't know how I'm gonna get it under there.

Wait, I got just what you need in my camp.

- Beulah will get you out. - Beulah?

She must be one very strong lady.

[laughs] Beulah ain't no lady at all.

That's my donkey.

No, my camp's not more than 100 yards around the bend.

I'll get her now. I 'll be back in a jiffy.

Oh, alright, Sam.

Phew.

You don't think donkeys get bigger than 700 pounds, do you?

No, not usually.

And this van weighs over 5 ton.

You think The Elders would mind?

I doubt it.

Shazam!

[thunder crashing]

[dramatic music]

I think we just saved Beulah a very sore back, hmm?

Come on, let's go.

[instrumental music]

Beulah, we got work to do.

There's a house out yonder we gotta move.

[engine revving]

[laughing]

I sure would have like to see whatever happened.

Well, come on, this is it. Home sweet home.

You hold that for me.

Alright, Beulah girl, here we come.

Oh, that's a nice girl.

Yeah!

Come on, pig.

So tell me, w-where is your gold mine?

Well, my mine is right around the hill, but..

...where the gold is, I couldn't say.

I never found much gold.

Come on, I'll show you my dig.

[laughing]

Well, this is as far as we go

'cause this part starts gettin' little.

- We can't go any further? - Oh, I didn't say it.

Nobody but me, anyway.

[rumbling]

She's just settlin', the mine.

[instrumental music]

- There. - Yeah, but where's the people?

I don't know. Probably trapped around those hills.

We wait and see which direction they come from.

Then we'll know where to look for his gold mine.

Oh, why bother with that?

I mean, alls we gotta do is find

what Seldom already took out.

Taking his gold will be stealing.

Taking his mine would just be like swiping watermelons.

Well, what do you think of her? Isn't she a humdinger?

If-if you were me, where would you start looking for gold?

Anything you find, we go halves?

- Yeah, you got a deal. - Let me see that map you had.

Yeah.

[dramatic music]

Right there. Tim Taylor flats.

Well, you're sure there's gold there?

No, I ain't sure of anything.

Good luck.

- Thank you, Sam. So long. - So long.

Well..

...I got my chores to do.

You know, once you find it, it ain't hard to find.

[dramatic music]

This must be it. There's no place else to go.

Look, gold!

Oh! This nugget must be more than half a pound.

There's an even an bigger one behind that stick of wood.

[rumbling]

[dramatic music]

I-I, I don't think we ought to stay here.

Yeah, maybe we ought to get out of here .

Come on, boys!

[panting]

- Take a look at this. - Wow!

Holy smoke. This thing must weigh near a pound.

- We're going back in? - No way.

That there mountain near had us for lunch.

Yeah, you're right.

We know when somebody's trying to tell something.

'Let's go back to town.'

Hey, Raf.

You know, if old Seldom could pass up this kind of gold

what kind you reckon he's got back at his camp?

'I'll bet that's where the real money is.'

Look, we took this out and that's okay.

But we're not gonna take from his camp.

- That's stealing. - Okay.

Okay, stay poor. See if I care.

Not as poor as I was half an hour ago.

You might have more luck if you tried working

the edges of the stream.

'Where the water flows slower.'

Yeah, but it seems to me the faster the water flow

the more gold will be washed down.

Oh, it doesn't work out that way.

Well, then which side?

You're already in it. Why don't you try this side?

But be careful, you might..

You might trip.

Thanks a lot.

[chuckling]

[dramatic music]

(Seldom) Hey, what are you doin'?

You god darn kids, the sheriff's gonna hear about this!

Hey, kid. Look out!

Oh.

'Oh, my. Oh, my.'

Now just take it easy, young fella.

- Y-y-you're gonna hurt me? - No, heck no.

You pretty well handled that job yourself.

I'm gonna help you.

- Help me? Why? - Well, because you need it.

Now, look, is-is there any part of you that you can't wiggle?

My ankle.

Wiggle your toes.

Oh!

[groans]

Well, that's not busted.

That's just a bad sprain.

But it sure is sore for just a little sprain.

Would pulled ligament sound better?

- Yeah. - Alright.

Now you just take it easy.

Where are you going?

I'm going to get the medicine kit.

It's at the end of the mine shaft.

That's the only place I ever get hurt.

[dramatic music]

Oh, no!

Don't go in that mine!

Wait! Oh, wait!

[donkey braying]

Hey, Beulah. Here.

Nice Beulah. Over here.

You gotta get me out of here.

That's a girl.

Go on.

'Go on now, you gotta get me out of here.'

[dramatic music]

What the heck are you doing in the floor?

Won't be back.

[rumbling]

[rumbling]

What was that?

Same thing that happened back at the mine.

Only a lot more of it.

Sam could be in trouble. Billy.

Hey, sounds like that mine caved in. Let's go see.

Shazam!

[thunder crashing]

[dramatic music]

Captain Marvel.

Captain Marvel!

'Captain Marvel.'

What's going on here?

The old prospectors mine.

I-I think it caved in on old Seldom.

I think it was our fault.

We'll settle responsibility later.

You stay here till the motor home comes by.

Right.

[instrumental music]

[rumbling]

Captain Marvel. Looks like old Seldom's mine caved in.

Is he inside?

We'll have to assume that he is.

[dramatic music]

Alright, you fellas better step back a little bit.

I think it might get a little rough here.

[thud]

[dramatic music]

Boys, where's Sam?

He's over there inside that tunnel.

That darn mountain.

It had no right to do that to me.

Cavin' in like that, that's plumb unfair.

I'm gonna teach you a thing or two.

You cave on me again, I'd just go--

I don't think it was the mountain's fault.

Maybe it was more like ours.

No, it was all my fault.

I guess we just got greedy.

'We went into your mine and..'

I guess-guess we weren't too careful.

Sorry, mountain. I apologize.

Captain Marvel, thank you.

You know, if you should ever decide to take up prospectin'

I'd be mighty proud to partner with you.

Well, I'll rember that, Seldom.

Now, look, I just...flat out don't appreciate you comin' here

gettin' me caved in on and messin' up my camp like that.

Well, I guess I did the most of that.

We teased good old Buelah here

and she still pulled me out of this to come after you.

Yeah, and she'd..

Well.. Here, go on.

- What turned you around? - Mr. Seldom.

He's a lot smarter than we gave him credit for.

He talked to me just like a regular doctor.

You know, I haven't been comfortable with these things

since we took 'em.

Let's give 'em back.

Mr. Sam, there's something we took out of your mine.

I guess you overlooked it.

Well, they're yours. You-you found them.

[cheering]

Of course, you know, boys, them nuggets and a nickel

will get you about an hour on a parking meter.

[laughs]

Now them little pieces is called iron pyrite.

- That's fool's gold. - Fool's..

- Ah. - Oh.

(Seldom) 'Well, you ain't the first to be taken in by it.'

Mr. Sam, how do you find real gold?

Son, it sings to you like a nightingale.

It says, "Come on, come on."

Then goes someplace and hides.

- Come on, let's go look around. - Alright.

Sam, what would you do if you really struck the motherlode?

[laughs] Probably cover it up.

[laughing]

Oh, shuck, I wasn't cut out to be rich.

I, I'm a prospector.

But, you know, I just may have struck it rich today.

Oh, you really think so?

- You know that tall kid? - Yeah.

He just asked me a straight out question.

Sounded like he really wanted an answer.

[laughs] That's, that's just me dreamin' again.

You know, I bet if I had a kid of my own

he wouldn't wanna listen to an old man.

[laughing]

Mr. Sam, where do you think we should look to find real gold?

Well, boys, if you've got the time to listen

I've got the time to talk.

You know something, Mentor.

Sam sounds just like one of The Elders.

Well, give him a few thousand years, he will probably be one.

I wonder if he'll ever strike it rich.

I think he already has.

Anyway, I was, I was coming down this mountain trail

and I heard this funny noise

and she went, Oh..

[donkey brays] You did too?

Today we learned that there are some things

even more precious than gold.

Things like understanding and respect.

Respect means more than being polite.

It means knowing we can learn from each other.

Whether it's our mothers or our fathers

or some other older person

there's a lot we can learn, if we only listen.

Well, see you next week.

[theme music]