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I know you're one of my men.

Because I see you briefing all the time.

Oh, yeah. See, I'm, uh, Frank Poncherello's partner.

John Baker.

Sure.

Uh, whatever happened to Poncherello?

Oh, that happened.

You see, some sergeant, uh... Yeah.

Made him chairman of the entertainment committee for the CHP benefit.

He's out looking for stars.

Well, what happened to the stars we had last year?

Recording dates, rehearsal, lawn tour.

You know how it is with showbiz stars.

No. No, I don't. But I do know how it is in the highway patrol business. He's

supposed to be riding his beat.

Sarge, he only has a couple of days and he's having trouble. Now give him a

break, will you?

All right.

I'll give him a break. And I'll do the same for you.

You will?

I'll ride with you, Michelle.

Thank you.

um is

you might have caught her i've seen some smash and grab artists around here

amateurs mostly but those guys were pros you know much i had that wallet over 100

bucks not to mention credit cards you know you should carry those travelers

checks

Fine. We'll start over. Give it back. Okay.

Okay. Here we go.

Are you ready, dear?

All right. Here is a quarter.

Bye. Bye.

Hmm.

Okay.

Thank you.

Cheers.

Must have been doing 50, at least.

Yeah, well, we'll get to that in a minute. You okay?

I'm cool. What's the problem?

Well, I'll ask questions. You just answer them. What's your name?

Mark. Mark Lyles.

Here, my student ID.

That's all right. You had no way of knowing the boy was hanging in the back

of your car. Oh, my heavens. My heart's beating like a trip hammer.

When you feel like it, you're free to go.

What I'd like to do is spank the daylights out of that kid back there.

I understand.

You're going too fast to let go and you're going too fast for the cars

behind you to stop in case you spill They would have rolled right over you

now you get the idea.

There's a pretty dangerous spot. You're in son.

How'd it happen?

I've done the back of the car up on the pier and Some guy was chasing I'll call

for a car.

I want you to backtrack on this Some guy was chasing you why would you do?

Oh some old lady got excited But it was nothing.

Look, if you're trying to put a new twist on roller skating, you better stop

it right here, all right? I'm 12 years old. What could you do to me?

Can help you make it to 13 for openers.

Destination is Santa Monica Pier.

10-5 Maryport.

The poncherella meets you at the pier.

You should have seen that kid's expression when he came off that bumper.

I mean, not a nerve showing.

Well, confidence like that will take him a long way.

Yeah, in either direction.

Yeah.

Woman in a phone booth started yelling. Claimed some kid. Tried to grab a

change. I see. Is this kind of thing a problem around here?

No, it's a new one on me.

Hey, Mark.

Your parents home?

Uh, get in the car, son.

We'll meet you over there, huh, Ben? Okay.

You're the brains of this outfit, Lita. It's whatever you say.

I'm the brains.

You think it takes brains to grab a lousy hundred bucks?

What about the credit cards? There's some pretty good ones here. Yeah,

leader, they're worth something.

You bet.

About two years apiece. They go in the trash.

Okay, I'll do it.

Don't you two ever feel like you want to try something on your own?

What for?

I mean, we're doing pretty good.

A hundred bucks split three ways. You call that good?

Oh, come on. We just had a little bad luck, that's all.

But you would think of something.

Wipe off your fingerprints, wrap them in a scrap paper, and throw them in a

closed-top trash can.

Okay, Libby.

Come on, now. You know you can depend on my man, Romo.

He'll do exactly like you said.

I know.

I guess nobody's home.

So why don't you guys just leave and know?

You live here with your parents?

Not exactly.

I'm staying here with my sister.

Do you guys have to tell her everything?

Yeah, everything.

She's the one coming up in the white pants.

All right, let's go.

What happened?

Mark, are you all right? I'm fine.

Uh, Mark took a little skating trip on the freeway.

On the freeway?

But I don't think it was intentional.

Are you kidding?

You know how much these wheels cost?

I think I burned down a bearing.

Excuse me. I'm Frank Ponchereau. Could we talk?

My name is Bettina.

Hi, nice to meet you.

Mark, if you were my little brother, you'd be grounded for a month.

Everybody gets lucky sometime.

Our parents are going through a divorce.

Mark's staying with me until everything's settled.

I'm no whipcracker, but he's not allowed to run wild.

I feed him well, and he's always in bed by 10 o'clock.

Sounds like he's got a good home.

It's clean.

And I love him very much.

It's just that he's at an age when he won't listen to women. You know, kind of

a juvie macho stage.

I'm gonna be the hottest day wheeler on the walk.

Then, man, I'll have it all.

You know what? I guess street skating just wasn't around when you guys were

kids.

No, no, no, no. That's the wrong guess.

You see, freeway skating is a bad variation besides being illegal.

But we won't see it again, will we, huh?

Okay, okay.

Can I split now?

I want you home for supper and no excuses.

You guys made a big hit. He doesn't say thanks even when I give him lessons.

What kind of lessons?

We teach skating, roller disco.

You'd be surprised how many important people have taken it up.

Do you have any celebrity students?

Sure, lots of them.

Have you girls heard about Skate with the Stars Charity Spectacular?

Oh, sure. We've seen the posters.

Oh, well, I'm entertainment chairman.

And I got a couple openings.

Maybe some of your students might like a chance to show their stuff.

Maybe some name entertainers, too. And you'd really be helping a needy, needy

cause. Well, some of our pupils are giving demonstrations at the Venice

Pavilion.

Why don't you come on by?

Hey, yeah, I'd love to, sure. Great.

Great. We'll see you then. All right, have a good day. OK, bye-bye.

You know what I might do?

Think roller disco lessons.

What are you, a mind reader?

Hey, my pet rock could have figured that out.

Okay, let's try it out.

Colin, are you sure you want to do this?

Look, it's a neck for a neck. Try it out.

Those pneumatic shocks work just great.

The next guy that tailgates me is in for a big surprise.

Come on, let's give it a try.

Look, just don't stand there. Open the gate, huh?

Yeah, Jimmy's going over his promos now, Merv.

Yeah, oh, no, he'd love to do your show, yeah.

Tell him I do a great sleepwalking act.

Yeah, well, I thought he could, you know, talk about his promos and do a

couple songs.

Look, I'm telling you, Frankie, there's no way.

Oh, yeah, yeah, he really gets up doing your show.

Yeah, Merv.

Yeah, yeah, great.

Yeah, looking forward to see you. Bye.

What are you trying to do, ruin my credibility?

I mean, I worked long and hard in these arrangements. You knew that.

I don't care what I knew.

One more talk show could put me away. I'm exhausted.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Maybe you're right. I think we're both coming down with a little jet lag.

Look, I'm not indestructible. My manager agent should know that most of all. I'm

not indestructible.

Hi, Mike. I'm sorry. I was just going to call you.

Yeah, Jimmy's really high on doing your show.

Yeah, Thursday's fine.

Yeah, right.

See ya.

Well, after this tour and we're caught up on our financial commitments, maybe

we can talk about a rest, okay?

Jimmy.

Jimmy, are you listening to me?

How's your neck?

Lousy, just like always.

Well, I thought by now your neck would be feeling a little bit better. Oh,

yeah?

Well, I got only half the settlement I deserved.

It only took us a couple of weeks to spend it, remember?

Sorry I asked.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, check out that limo behind us.

What about him?

You see the look he's given my wheels, huh?

I mean, it's just like we were nothing, right?

Well, you've got good eyes.

Look, it's been Jimmy and me from the day one.

If I said he's gonna do it, he's gonna do it, okay?

Okay, okay, I'll let you hear from the big man himself.

Jimmy?

Jimmy?

Look, I'll get back to you, okay?

Jimmy?

Okay, Mr.

Tailgater.

LA-15-7, Mary 3, mobile 1183, Ventura West of Joseph's Avenue, roll 1141 and

paramedics.

Did you stay in your car while we get this thing sorted out, sir?

Incredible.

Sparks everywhere. I couldn't see.

Sparks? Like from a dragon muffler? Worse, much worse.

Never saw anything like it.

All right, listen, I'm going to want a statement from you, so you just stay

here, all right? Yes. Help! Help me!

The medics are on their way. Just take it easy, sir. Take it easy, take it

easy. You know who this is? This is Jimmy Tyler.

Tyler, the rock star?

Yeah, the one who had the finest medical attention.

You'll get it.

Just don't move him.

Mr.

Balford?

Give it to me straight, Doc.

I mean, how is he?

Well, fortunately, he was asleep and... Completely relaxed when the accident

happened. If there's a mark on him, I can't find it.

Ah, that's great, Doc. I mean, that's really great.

May I help you, gentlemen?

We'd like to see Mr. Tyler.

Just routine for the accident report, okay?

If you can keep him awake, I can see no reason why not.

Mr. Tyler, I'm John Baker. I'm sorry to bother you, but... Don't worry about it.

I'm cool.

Frank Poncherello, how's it going?

Going? Don't say that around here, because I'm not going anywhere.

Who's that?

Uh, the doctor said you're all right. Not even a little bruiser.

Oh, well, it's Frank Balford, my manager.

Didn't recognize him without his whip.

Look, how about a truce of these gentlemen leave, okay?

As a rule, he's attached to the phone always, making promises about me.

Well, if I wasn't, you'd still be singing to the pigeons in Central Park.

And loving every minute of it.

You better understand that, because there's going to be some changes.

Hey, look, we'll let you get some rest. We'll talk to you later, all right?

Rest? With him around?

Are you joking? You guys stay.

Let him leave.

Yeah, well, I just might do that.

I don't need this from you.

Okay, go ahead. Go back to booking Carnival Axe.

Go ahead, take a hike.

Am, sorry about that.

We connected on one hit song, and he's been on my back ever since.

It's none of our business, but we thought he was worried about you.

Are you kidding?

In the last six months, I've written 11 hit songs, done two albums, and produced

them. And I just came off a 23-city concert tour in the last month.

Now I gotta start thinking of new material for the next recording session.

And what does he want me to do? He wants me to do four talk shows in the next two

days. And what is he worried about?

He's worried about me getting to New York on time the next day.

If I were dead, he'd have something to do before I went into the box.

Look, Mr. Tyler, about the accident.

Has anyone heard?

No, not seriously.

Do you remember anything?

Nothing. I slept right through it.

Okay, listen, why don't we check you later in case something comes back?

Weren't you the two that helped me out?

Yeah, I'm one of your biggest fans. Got all your records.

There's anything I can do to help you guys out. Say thank you.

Do you want to skate?

Yeah, why?

It's just a question.

We better let him get some rest. I'll pause you. Catch you later.

See you later.

Later.

Listen, give the guy a break, would you? He's flat on his back.

Oh, John.

John, I don't think you understand show business.

I don't suppose that Jimmy thought of thanking you guys. I just want to tell

you I'm really grateful.

Oh, that's okay, Mr. Bethel.

Could I talk to you for a minute?

Yeah, sure.

Excuse me, I'll wait outside.

Jimmy and Ann said that... If there was anything that he could do... Well, that

goes for both of us.

Well, sir, it just so happens... I'm in the kind of a bind. I need stars.

Celebrities. For a very big benefit show.

Celebrities, eh?

Celebrities, I know them all. I mean, I know what they had for breakfast.

I have a lot of celebrities signed with me. I need Jimmy Tyler like the mumps.

Here, take my card. Call me tomorrow morning. I'll give you celebrities out

the years.

Oh, wow. Thanks, Mr. Belford.

Um, but it'd really be great to have Jimmy there, too.

I'm sorry, that's out of my hands.

Hey, listen, whether you know it or not, you're still in emotional shock from the

accident.

Jimmy's just plain beat out.

Yeah, well, I couldn't care less.

Oh, come on, Mr. Belford. You were so worried when we got here. You were

sweating bullets.

Well, when you've been with someone as long as I've been with him, I mean, he's

been with me. You've been together, right?

In business, on tour.

Together, you've had a dozen hit records.

I produced the first song he ever wrote.

Give in.

You know that?

Well, that's what brought us together.

It used to mean something to him.

Maybe it still does, Mr. Ruffin.

If you walk away, you may never know.

I'll call you, okay?

Oh, she's sensational.

We thought you might like her for your show.

Oh, and we got a maybe from Anthony Muscori.

He's the cellist with the Oxnard String Quartet.

Terrific. What other stars do you have?

Well, I got a list of really top-named celebrities from a very big talent

agent, and I haven't had time to contact them yet, but everything's looking

fantastic. Oh, good.

Great.

Okay, sick stuff. Come on, come on. Time is money. Have a nice day. Yellow will

look great on you.

Okay, go.

Go!

Four big ones. Come on. Come, come, come, come, come. Don't crowd. Don't

crowd.

It's you this year.

Send your sister. That's seven bucks.

Be sure and send your mother, okay?

Okay. Have a good day.

Police! Stop it!

Well, I got a good look at him.

Yeah, me too, from behind.

You know something?

You guys sure got dumped.

Now what do we do for an encore, huh?

Now, Bunny, six more skate clubs sponsoring entrance to the beauty

contest.

Settle down.

I have here some accident reports involving a 1970 green Chevy sedan

that's been raising cane in the freeways. This vehicle's rear end is

equipped with hydraulics.

There's a skid plate that's welded to the frame.

The rear end can be lowered so that the skid plate makes contact with the

surface. The result can look like the Fourth of July.

It's identical to a stunt Boulevard Cruisers used to pull a few years back.

In fact, we used to call them skidders.

This particular skidder has lowered its skid plate on a couple of automobiles

that victimized some motorcycles, too.

Caused one multiple TC with injuries.

Now, witnesses placed two males in the car.

Now, what motivates them, we don't know.

So if you see them, use caution.

but let's get him off the road.

Okay, that's it.

Uh,

Pancho, LAPD copied a couple of smash and grab reports in the Venice area. Put

them in your box. Oh, I'll get them. Yeah, Frank, I'd like a list of the

performers for the benefits.

We're running out of time.

Hey, you want performers?

Check this out.

Those are performers, Sarge.

And I got an angle on skating stars.

Hey, I'm impressed.

Hey, would I ever let you down, Sergeant?

Oh, uh, does he really have all those stars lined up?

Oh, yeah, he's just finalizing.

Say, you live around here?

Yeah, pretty close. Why?

Well, maybe you can help me. I got a big problem.

Well, how big's your problem, officer?

Well, my partner and I, we don't know Beverly Hills.

And we're looking for stars, celebrities to appear at a CHP benefit for charity.

Hey, listen, we're always happy to help the police.

All right. Well, first thing, I'm looking for a MC type, you know? Uh,

Regis Philbin, uh, Army Archer.

Well, personally, I like... Does Michael Landon live here?

I thought you were looking for an MC type.

What do you bet he's moved?

Probably. That map's over 20 years old.

Listen, I got a great idea for an MC.

Well, James Garner. You know, he'd be great.

Does he live here?

No. That, I'm sure of.

Well, that's too bad. My partner John and I... Wait a minute.

You got a partner named John?

Right.

I've had a partner named John for years.

John and I have been together a long time. Don't know what I'd do without

him. Yeah, I know the feeling.

Is your partner, he ride a motorcycle?

No, but if he hasn't, it's the only thing he's overlooked.

I appreciate your help.

Okay.

Officer, is that your partner?

Yeah. Well, your troubles are over.

How's that?

Well, here's Johnny.

Jimmy? Jimmy?

I'm supposed to be resting.

So rest.

Well, how do you expect me to rest with you hovering over me like a vampire?

Oh, I'm sorry. I was just trying to make sure you were all right.

Why? Am I supposed to do the Tonight Show?

Hey, what's really wrong?

I'm tired.

So you've been working hard.

Oh, you've noticed.

Yeah, I noticed, I noticed.

I don't think anybody ever noticed me.

Every time you step in front of that spotlight, I spend days setting up

things, going over hundreds of details.

Look, I've heard this speech before a thousand times, and every time I hear

it, I always end up feeling guilty.

Really. Maybe I should be pacing and you should be resting.

Look, we made agreement. I mean, it's supposed to be a two-man operation.

And you're going to handle all the music, and I was going to handle all the

arrangements. I mean...

Worked pretty good so far.

Yeah, great agreement.

You're tired, and I'm exhausted.

Yeah, when we first met, you were exhausted with failure.

When I met you, you had some drunk juggler, and you were thinking about

selling real estate.

Well, that's the nature of the business.

It's a high-energy drain. I mean, valleys and peaks.

Are you saying a couple of days' rest is gonna ruin my career? Wrong, wrong,

wrong. Go ahead and rest. Go ahead and rest, okay?

I'll have to shade this to the press.

I'm tired.

Why can't we tell the truth?

Are you kidding? You know what this is going to look like in the trades?

Rockstar snaps under pressure, tries to make come back an intensive care ward.

Nothing worse than that, though.

I won't mention your name at all.

Look, you're trying to lay this guilt trip on me again.

As if without you, I'd become an overnight flop.

Would you be realistic?

Rockstar's burnt out. I mean, you got to make it while you can.

I'm making it. I read about it in the papers. I read about the concert

grosses. I read about the gold records. But where's the money?

I try to explain the financial statements to you.

Oh, right. As if a dummy rock star is supposed to do anything but read music.

Well, maybe I should do an outside audit.

Hey, what's wrong? What do you mean? You think I'm stealing from you?

Well, then an outside audit shouldn't bother you. It's done a lot.

Yeah, well, not with us. Now, let's go ahead. Go ahead, okay? Go ahead. Look at

everything, yeah?

Look at everything.

Look at the promos and look at the record dates. Look at everything.

Good. I want to see all the books.

Go ahead. Everything's in the office.

Well, then I'll send for them. Yeah, well, my conscience is clear.

I can leave you where I found you, nowhere.

I've had it. That's it. I don't need you. I can handle my own affairs.

Cancel all the contracts.

Yeah, we didn't have a contract.

We did it all with a handshake.

Well, then cancel the handshake.

Bring my Ferrari to the hospital parking lot right now.

Right, and leave the keys over the visor.

You know who that is? Jimmy Tyler.

You know.

Is he all right?

He's lucid, rational, and coordinated, but I found him parked there crying.

Mind if I talk to him, Grocer?

No, take over if you want.

John seems to understand him.

Excuse me.

Jimmy, want to tell me about it?

It's confusion in my head.

I was trying to work things out.

Realized I was driving like an idiot.

So I pulled over.

Where were you going?

It's the part I didn't work out.

I was just trying to get away from Balfour.

From everything.

It's gotta be someplace.

Listen, are you okay to drive?

It's the part I worked out.

Okay, why don't you follow Poncho and me, all right?

You're really a soft touch, John, you know?

Oh, come on. The guy's tired. He's wrung out. I'm letting you use my apartment.

This is all right.

Listen, if you're hungry, the kitchen's pretty well stocked.

And the bathroom, it's right back here on the right.

All right, here.

You want to take a shower? The towels are right up here in the closet.

I don't know what time I'll be home tonight, so the bed's yours. I don't

want to wake you up.

Uh, John?

Hey, leader, how do you get these wheels to come out?

Hey, that's new. Let me try it out. It's not a toy.

The idea is I can walk into a place and skid out.

Come to the trees here.

No snake chains.

Very ephemeral.

Will you excuse me a moment, please?

Certainly.

The caper she thinks of is more dangerous than the one before, which

we'd never taught her how to skate.

Yeah, but working on skates was her idea, Ty.

Yeah, after she met us.

Well, maybe we can make this big score today and blow this town, huh?

Yeah, maybe.

Could I look at the pendant again, please?

Of course.

It's beautiful.

All units, vicinity Venice. A smash grab, 211. Just occurred at Fields

Discount Jewelry, Pacific Avenue.

Let's go.

Thank you.

Back it up!