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Ooh! Watch it.
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Be careful.
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I bet I know
what you’re thinkin’.
Uh-huh.
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There must be
an easier way.
Well, there is,
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but it might
shake you up a bit.
What?
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Here we go.
All set, Johnny.
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I sure appreciate this,
Mrs. Stephens.
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If it weren’t for you, I’d
have no other way to get down
to the track and practice.
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I’m more than happy
to help, Johnny,
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but I still don’t see
the point of practicing
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for a race you don’t think
you’ll be able to enter.
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I guess it’s just
my nutty way
of hoping against hope.
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(BLOWS WHISTLE)
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All right. Stand back.
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Oh, hi, Mrs. Kravitz.
What are you doing here?
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Me? I only happen to be
the aunt of Flash Kravitz,
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the fastest
Soap Box Derby racer
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in the future history
of Soap Box Derby racing.
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Really?
That’s wonderful.
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Hmm. He’s staying with us
until he wins the local races,
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and then naturally,
he’s going on to win
at Akron.
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Naturally.
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What are you
doing here?
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Oh, I came with my friend,
Johnny Mills.
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Well, uh, if you don’t mind,
Mrs. Stephens,
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I, uh, wish you wouldn’t
look at Flash.
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Mrs. Kravitz,
I’m afraid I don’t know
what you mean.
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Let’s just say
I’m superstitious,
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which, incidentally,
I never was,
until I met you.
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Beat it, kid. I’m Class "A,"
and this is a time trial.
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I’m racin’
against the clock.
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Well, it won’t hurt anything
if I race with you, will it?
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In that pile of junk?
Don’t make me laugh.
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The Gray Goose may not be
painted as fancy as yours,
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but I’ll bet I’ll beat you
to the finish line.
Not if you had jet engines.
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Now, go back
on your skateboard, kid.
I don’t race with amateurs.
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Flash!
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Wait!
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You’re not gonna
let him race with you?
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Well, if he wants
to end up eating my dust,
that’s his hang-up.
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It certainly is.
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Ready, set,
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go!
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Come on, Flash!
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Get your weight forward.
Come on!
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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
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So as Johnny and I drove home,
that’s when he asked me
if I could keep the racer.
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Well, why can’t
he keep it at home?
Where’s he been keeping it?
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That’s what I wanted to know,
but I didn’t find out much.
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All I know is there’s just
the boy and his father.
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He’s the garage man.
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You know
Mills Auto Service?
Yeah.
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Well, for some reason,
Johnny doesn’t want his father
to know about the racer.
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That doesn’t make any sense.
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Who’d be more interested
in his own kid’s racing car
than a garage mechanic?
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Mmm. You figure it out.
I don’t want
to figure it out.
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I don’t want to get involved,
and I don’t want you
involved either.
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I’m not involved.
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Sam, you’re helping
a 12-year-old boy
deceive his father.
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You don’t call that
being involved?
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Darrin, did you tell
your father everything
when you were 12?
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We’re not talking about me,
and it’s been a long time
since I was 12.
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Want to lick the spoon?
It’s chocolate.
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Oh, yeah.
I love your chocolate.
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Sam, that’s not fair.
(LAUGHS)
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Well, neither is sitting in
judgment on a boy when you
don’t know the whole story.
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Say, have I heard
the whole story?
Hmm?
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Uh, you didn’t interfere
when the boys
were racing, did you?
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I, I told you,
they were only practicing.
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But you didn’t tell me,
did you interfere?
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Well, if you could call
straightening a wobbly wheel
interfering,
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I could.
(DOORBELL RINGS)
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That must be Johnny. He said
he’d be back. Sweetheart,
would you answer the door?
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We’ll continue
this discussion later.
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Not if I can help it.
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Mr. Stephens?
You must be Johnny.
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Yes, sir. I came
to work on my racer.
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I’ve got a wheel problem.
Uh, so I’ve heard.
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Uh, come inside
a minute, son. I’d like
to talk to you.
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Sam! We have a guest.
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Hi, Johnny.
Hi, Mrs. Stephens.
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Thanks a lot for keeping
my car in your garage.
I was happy to do it.
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Sit down, Johnny.
Look what I just made.
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You think a little piece
would spoil your dinner?
I could risk it.
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Johnny, why don’t you
want your father to know
about the racer?
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Oh, lots of reasons,
none of them really
very interesting.
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Why don’t you
let us decide that
for ourselves, huh?
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Well, Dad doesn’t know
I built the racer.
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Tommy Summers let me
build it in his garage,
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but it was taking up
too much room.
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That’s why
I had to ask you.
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Why keep the racer a secret?
Your dad’s a mechanic.
He could’ve helped you.
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Uh-uh. The Soap Box Derby rule
says you gotta build it
all by yourself.
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And anyway,
you don’t know my dad.
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He’d have thrown a fit.
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Why?
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Well, because,
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Look.
My dad’s a great guy,
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about the greatest
there is,
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but he’s got this thing
about me becoming a doctor.
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What’s building a racer got
to do with becoming a doctor?
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With my dad, just about
everything’s got something
to do with becoming a doctor.
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You want to be a doctor?
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Sure. I, I guess so,
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if it’ll make Dad happy.
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Mrs. Stephens,
I gotta go.
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Thanks for the cake,
and thanks again
for keeping my car.
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Uh, Johnny,
wait a minute.
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What are you going to,
Good luck, Johnny.
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We hope you win
the Soap Box Derby
and become a doctor.
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Thanks.
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Mrs. Stephens?
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I got one other problem.
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Okay.
You see, they won’t let me
race in the derby
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unless my parent
or guardian signs
the application.
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Well, Johnny,
we can’t sign it for you.
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Oh, I know that.
That’d be illegal.
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Anyway, I was going
to ask my dad to sign it
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after I got the racer
all built.
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Well, the race is
on Saturday,
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and I’m kind of scared
to ask him.
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Would you?
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I’ll bet he’d have
a tough time
saying no to you.
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Speaking from experience,
Yeah, I’d be willing
to give it a try.
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Mr. Mills,
don’t you understand?
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If you don’t sign this,
Johnny won’t be able
to race.
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That lousy bolt’s frozen.
He’s got a very good chance
of winning.
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And if I don’t fix
this buggy by 8:00,
(STRAINING)
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I’ve got a very good chance
of getting the riot act from
the guy that owns this car.
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Mr. Mills, haven’t you got
just five minutes
to stand up and talk to me?
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Look, Mrs. Stephens,
you’re a very nice lady
and a very good customer,
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and I
appreciate your business,
but my son is my son.
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All right?
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Yes, I know.
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The only reason I am asking
is because your son
is afraid to ask.
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How about people?
They see a kid
without a mother,
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and right away they figure
they got a right
to stick their nose in.
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And I told you, I gotta get
finished with this car.
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Is that more important
than Johnny?
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Look, do you think I like
working 14 hours a day,
seven days a week?
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You got any idea
how much it costs
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to send a kid through college
and then medical school?
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Yes. Yes, I know
it’s very expensive,
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but did you realize that
the Soap Box Derby finalists
win college scholarships?
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Oh, well, that’s terrific.
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Now if I figured like that,
I’d take all the profits
from this garage,
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and I’d try to win
his tuition in a crap game.
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You’d get about the same odds.
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Mr. Mills, Johnny’s racer
is already built.
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Now he’d only have
to take one afternoon
off from his studies.
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Surely he can
spare that.
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(SIGHS)
Ah, this thing
won’t budge.
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(GRUNTS)
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It come loose.
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Mr. Mills, please?
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Huh?
Please?
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All right. All right.
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Now you will give him
a little encouragement?
He thinks a lot of you.
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Yeah, that’s his trouble.
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He thinks too much of
a $150-a-week grease monkey.
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Will you come watch him
race on Saturday?
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(SCOFFS)
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Boy, give ’em an inch.
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Lady, on Saturdays,
I, I’m up to my ears
in work.
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You got so much free time?
You go watch him race.
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All right. I will.
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(CROWD CHATTERING)
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(CHATTERING)
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Mission accomplished.
Mmm.
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Johnny, you got time
to put these on?
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Hey! Brand-new
regulation wheels!
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Now I can pass
inspection.
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Thanks,
Mr. Stephens.
It’s okay, Johnny.
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You too, Mrs. Stephens.
Glad to do it.
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You better hurry up.
You haven’t got much time
before the first race.
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Right!
(LAUGHS)
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Look who didn’t want
to get involved. Come here.
Hmm?
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Come on. There are kids
around here.
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SAMANTHA:
Yeah. Too bad, huh?
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You better get
those wheels on, Johnny.
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We’ll be rooting
for you.
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Thanks. Thanks a lot.
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Mrs. Stephens,
you will watch for
my dad, won’t you?
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I mean,
in case he does come.
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MAN: (ON P.A.) Contestants
for the next heat,
Oh sure, Johnny.
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are Jim Kleinman,
Johnny Mills, Don Bellow.
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(CROWD CHEERING)
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Ooh, come on, Johnny.
Come on, Johnny.
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Come on! Faster!
Come on, Johnny!
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Oh, come on, Johnny.
Faster!
Come on, Johnny!
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(CROWD CHEERING)
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Ooh!
There he goes.
There he goes. There he goes!
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He won!
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The winner in Class "B",
Johnny Mills.
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He won!
I make it 28.7 seconds.
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MAN: (ON P.A.)
Contestants for
the next heat,
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are George Cooper,
Frank Healey,
I knew he could do it!
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Leroy Kravitz.
That-a-boy, Johnny!
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Oh.
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Oh, there, there, Oh.
Figured.
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(CROWD CHEERING)
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And the winner in Class "A"
is Leroy Kravitz.
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Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
It looks like he and Johnny
will be racing each other.
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I’m afraid so.
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(SCREAMS)
The finals! Abner!
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Oh, Flash is gonna
be in the finals!
(LAUGHS)
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In that case,
I’ll have another hot dog.
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The bases are loaded again!
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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the drivers in this final
championship heat
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of the local
Soap Box Derby
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are Johnny Mills
and Leroy Kravitz.
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Drivers
to the starting line.
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Ooh.
Remember now to let him do it
on his own. No funny help.
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00:13:15,828 --> 00:13:17,630
Why, Darrin, do you think
I’d stoop to,
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No, but you might get excited
and lose control.
Okay.
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Oh, they blew it.
Uh, who?
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Who, Who else?
The Mets!
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(CROWD CHEERING)
Ooh! Come on, Johnny!
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Let’s go, Johnny.
Come on, Johnny.
Come on!
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Oh, faster. Faster, Johnny!
Stay back, Flash. Flash,
stay back. Oh! Ooh!
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Come on, Johnny. Come on.
Oh, he may make it!
Come on.
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Oh, come on, Johnny. Faster!
Remember, on his own.
On his own.
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Oh, I promise. Witch’s honor.
Come on, Johnny!
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Johnny!
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Mmm. Go, Johnny!
Go on!
Go, go, Johnny!
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Faster! Faster!
There you go, Johnny!
You’ll make it!
228
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Come on, Johnny.
(SCREAMS)
He won!
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MARCHING BAND:
♪ Oh, hi, Johnny.
Oh, he won. He won ♪
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MAN: (ON P.A.)
The winner and this year’s
champion is Johnny Mills.
231
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See, I told you they were
doing something funny.
232
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Okay, so why don’t you
do something funny,
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like mind your own business
for a change?
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00:14:43,416 --> 00:14:48,488
This is my business,
and I think it needs
further investigation.
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Congratulations, Johnny.
236
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Now I can say
that I know a local
Soap Box Derby champion.
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Congratulations, champ.
Say, you gave us a bad moment
in that last heat.
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MAN: (ON P.A.)
Attention,
ladies and gentlemen.
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There’ll be a delay before
the presentation
of the trophy.
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Will Johnny Mills
and his parents
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please report
to the Soap Box Derby
headquarters immediately?
242
00:15:22,855 --> 00:15:24,857
I wonder what
that’s all about.
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Hello, Johnny. I’m Mr. Martin
of the derby rules committee.
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Are you Mr.
and Mrs. Mills?
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Uh, no, we’re just friends.
Is there anything
the matter?
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00:15:35,501 --> 00:15:38,271
Well, we’ve had a rather
strange complaint
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from
a Mrs. Gladys Kravitz.
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Do you know her?
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(SIGHS)
Well, she’s,
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I don’t like
to say this, weird.
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MARTIN:
She is, isn’t she?
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And most difficult
to cope with.
253
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She has insisted that Johnny
here got illegal help
in winning this race.
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And of course we’ve got
to clear this thing up before
we can declare him the winner.
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I built the car
all by myself. Honest!
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I’m sure you did, son,
and I’m sure
you can prove it.
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Now where are your parents?
258
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Your father did sign
the entry application?
Yes, sir.
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What, uh, What’s the nature
of the charges?
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They, like Mrs. Kravitz,
are also weird,
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but we’re gonna have
a little informal hearing
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as soon as we can
round up all
the judges.
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Now where is
your father, Johnny?
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Well, Mr. Mills
was delayed.
He got sick.
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He really wanted to come,
but he got sick.
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Well, he should be here
to help answer the charges.
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Darrin, why don’t
you go along with
Mr. Martin and Johnny?
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I’ll phone Mr. Mills and see
if he’s feeling better.
Don’t you worry.
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Come along with me.
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Come on, Johnny.
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Mr. Mills, Johnny needs you.
272
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Johnny never cheated
on anything in his life.
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Let him tell the judges that.
They’ll believe him.
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Well, why should they,
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when his own father won’t
take the time to come down
and stand up for him?
276
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Well, what can I do?
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Look, I know
it’s tough on the kid,
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but there are
more important things
than Soap Box Derbies.
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Yeah, I agree,
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like a boy who has to say
his father’s sick
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because he’s too ashamed
to admit he isn’t interested
enough to go to the race.
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He gets a roof over his head
and three meals a day
283
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and a chance to go to college
so that he won’t have to
pump gas for 12 hours a day.
284
00:17:43,195 --> 00:17:45,364
If that ain’t good enough,
that’s just too bad.
285
00:17:45,364 --> 00:17:47,900
Oh, please, Mr. Mills.
It’ll only take an hour.
286
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Look, Mrs. Stephens.
I got three tires to fix
on that one over there.
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I have to replace
the carburetor
in that one
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and a complete brake
reline on that one
back there,
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all before 6:00.
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If all those things were done,
could you come?
291
00:18:02,248 --> 00:18:05,851
How they gonna get done?
You got a magic wand?
292
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What’s a carburetor
look like?
293
00:18:09,555 --> 00:18:11,891
Mrs. Stephens,
please go away.
294
00:18:11,891 --> 00:18:14,527
Is it that thing?
Yeah. Now go away.
295
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Okay.
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Mr. Mills, is that the car
without the tires?
It seems to have ’em all.
297
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They was laying
on the ground.
298
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Isn’t that a carburetor?
299
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Uh, Now nobody can
hook up one of them
things that quick.
300
00:19:10,683 --> 00:19:14,487
Well, you must’ve done it
this morning and forgot.
You’ve been awfully busy.
301
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Did I forget about
the brake reline too?
302
00:19:17,857 --> 00:19:19,158
I don’t know.
303
00:19:20,192 --> 00:19:22,261
The heck with it.
Let’s go, Mrs. Stephens.
304
00:19:30,336 --> 00:19:32,471
Oh, I, uh, I better
change my clothes.
305
00:19:32,471 --> 00:19:35,341
I can’t go
looking like a bum.
You look just fine.
306
00:19:35,341 --> 00:19:38,911
Besides, it’s a hearing,
not a formal dinner party.
Come on. Come on.
307
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Mrs. Kravitz, can you be
a little more specific?
308
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Exactly in what way
did Johnny here
get illegal help?
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Well, you saw the way
he was behind
in the last heat,
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and then he caught up...
like magic.
311
00:19:56,495 --> 00:19:59,532
And I don’t use
the word loosely.
312
00:19:59,532 --> 00:20:02,435
How about not using
the word at all?
313
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Well, the same peculiar
thing happened when he was
racing with my Flash,
314
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and they were just
practicing.
315
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(SIGHS)
What’s so peculiar
about that?
316
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Drivers often
come from behind.
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Both times,
Samantha Stephens
was there.
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Uh, that’s my wife.
Uh, she’s sort of been
coaching Johnny.
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GLADYS: (LAUGHS)
She’s been doing more
than just coaching.
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And she’s always doing
something more than
she should be doing
321
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when she should be
doing something.
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The things
I could tell you!
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The things
I could tell you.
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Johnny, did anyone
help you build your car?
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No, sir.
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Dad!
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It’s okay, kid.
What’d they say you did?
328
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Mr. Mills,
won’t you sit down?
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00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:06,132
We’re just trying
to make sure that Johnny
built his racer himself.
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If he says he did,
he did.
331
00:21:08,267 --> 00:21:12,338
Look, I’m a mechanic.
If he didn’t ask me for help,
why would he ask anybody else?
332
00:21:12,338 --> 00:21:15,541
Now, please,
everybody sit down.
333
00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:26,652
Johnny, can you tell us
how you constructed
the, uh, brake assembly?
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Yes, sir.
I used the tools
at school, in woodshop.
335
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I built the car
in my friend
Tommy’s garage.
336
00:21:33,692 --> 00:21:35,761
We had a bunch of old tires
around the house,
337
00:21:35,761 --> 00:21:37,963
so I used a piece of them
for the braking surface.
338
00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:41,867
I attached the rod
to the front end plate
with an eye bolt.
339
00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:46,138
Then for the rear housing,
I used regular door springs
and some hinges.
340
00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:49,942
I had a little bit of trouble
getting the regulation
three-inch ground clearance,
341
00:21:49,942 --> 00:21:53,679
but after I switched
the hinge, it was okay.
342
00:21:53,679 --> 00:21:57,149
Where did you learn
all that stuff?
From you, Pop.
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You’re the best mechanic
in town.
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00:22:02,021 --> 00:22:03,389
Can I say something?
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Certainly, Mr. Mills.
346
00:22:05,424 --> 00:22:09,428
My kid never lied
about anything in his life,
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uh, except maybe today,
when he said that I was sick.
348
00:22:14,533 --> 00:22:16,068
I wasn’t sick.
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I was stupid.
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00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:23,776
Well, that’s all
I wanted to say,
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but if you want to make out
that my kid didn’t win ’cause
he got help from somebody,
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you better be able
to prove it pretty good.
353
00:22:31,884 --> 00:22:33,586
Thank you, Mr. Mills.
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Congratulations, Johnny.
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I think we can give you
your trophy and your
$500 bond right now.
356
00:22:50,236 --> 00:22:51,971
And we also want you
to know
357
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that we’re very proud
to have you represent our city
in the finals at Akron.
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(HUFFS)
Come on, Abner.
359
00:22:57,876 --> 00:23:00,512
We don’t have to listen
to this. We’re leaving.
360
00:23:02,481 --> 00:23:05,284
Are you going
with him to Akron?
361
00:23:05,284 --> 00:23:08,087
Why should she go with him?
I’m the kid’s
old man, ain’t I?
362
00:23:13,692 --> 00:23:17,830
Look, lady. How about taking
over the station while me and
the kid are out of town?
363
00:23:17,830 --> 00:23:22,534
When you show up,
things have a way
of working... and working out.
364
00:23:22,534 --> 00:23:25,104
No, thank you, Mr. Mills.
I’m retiring.
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00:23:25,638 --> 00:23:27,406
By special request.
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(MARCHING BAND PLAYING)
MAN: (ON TV)
70,000 spectators
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crowded the stands
of Derby Downs
in Akron, Ohio,
368
00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:39,752
Oh, darling, isn’t it
wonderful about Johnny?
I just can’t believe it.
369
00:23:39,752 --> 00:23:43,455
It’s fantastic.
There were over 250
local champions competing.
370
00:23:43,455 --> 00:23:46,825
Yeah, well, he won
the scholarship.
That’s the important thing.
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No more
problems about college.
His father won’t have
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to worry about that now.
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There he is.
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ANNOUNCER:
This year’s winner
was Johnny Mills.
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As the crowd cheered
the new champion,
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00:23:59,972 --> 00:24:02,841
Johnny was paraded
down the track on which,
only minutes before,
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he had beaten
two other finalists
in the championship heat.
378
00:24:06,345 --> 00:24:08,414
Johnny qualified for
the All-American Derby
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by beating all other entrants
in the local trials
of his community.
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At the finish line,
Johnny was
joined by his father
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who shared
in the excitement.
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If anybody ever made
a boy’s dreams come true,
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00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:24,697
Well, thank you,
darling.
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You’re pretty good
at making a man’s dreams
come true too.
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00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:40,646
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