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[Shriek]

Ah ha ha ha ha ha!

Stella!

Stella!

Oh! Hello,plaguegoers.

I was just rehearsing with my little theater group.

I just love theslimelight.

For tonight's dreary drama,

I thought we'd try anexscarimentalpiece

about a retired drag racer

who's afraid of getting to thefinishedline

a little sooner than he wants.

I call this nasty nugget...

King of the road.

[Brakes screech]

Oh, yeah!

Hey, hey! Rev it, man!

[Engines revving]

♪♪ Rollin' down the highway ♪♪

♪♪ going down the red coast ♪♪

♪♪ devil take the road most any way the wind blows ♪♪

♪♪ gonna see my baby, gonna shoot my load ♪♪

♪♪ yeah ♪♪

♪ ♪♪ bad road, wretched road ♪

♪♪ got a little world that's smaller than my hand ♪♪

♪♪ got a destination down in dead man's land ♪♪

♪♪ gonna see my baby, gonna shoot my load ♪♪

♪♪ yeah ♪♪

♪ ♪♪ bad road, wretched road ♪

Whoo hoo hoo hoo!

♪♪ Bad road ♪♪

♪♪ wretched road ♪♪

♪♪ wretched road ♪♪

♪♪ bad road, wretched road ♪♪♪♪

[Horn honks]

See you later, daddy.

Will you be by tonight?

Probably. You got a ride home?

No, but I will.

Hello, down there.

I'm trying to track down this old boy

supposed to live around here.

Who is that?

I haven't actually met him yet.

Been kind of hard to track down.

Sweet car. Is this yours?

It's my daughter's. Mine's out in the front.

You're putting some muscle into this sweetheart,

I like that.

I best be hittin' the road, I appreciate your time.

You didn't tell me who you're looking for.

Well, he's a real smart guy,

real fast guy.

So they say.

What's his name?

Iceman.

Hi, daddy.

Hi, sweetie.

The usual?

Yeah. Thanks, sweetheart.

Be back in a minute.

O.K., baby.

I'll be a snake on Sunday.

Pop in here, who I do I see? The iceman.

How you doing?

You got some names and faces confused, cowboy.

The name's Joe--

Joe Garrett.

You don't have to be modest, iceman.

You... You're a legend.

I've heard stories about you.

Never lost a race, eight years straight.

King of the road.

Too bad it had to end the way it did.

I don't know who you are.

But I don't like you.

Hey, I don't mean nothing by it.

I'm sorry.

But, you know what would be so cool?

If I could get a chance to share some road with you,

a straight quarter-mile.

You got the wrong guy.

[Police radio] Unit 14, see the man,

main and sixth. Code 3.

♪♪ I've been ♪♪

♪♪ dreamin' ♪♪

♪♪ of a night with you... ♪♪

Hi.

Hi.

He had to take off.

It happens all the time.

Why don't you take it?

You got your dad's eyes.

♪♪ I'll keep dreamin'... ♪♪♪♪

Will you come by tomorrow?

Yeah, I'll come.

[Stomp]

On the house.

Guess I owe you one.

Guess you do.

Comin' tonight?

Mmhm.

Mmhm.

Come on, iceman.

Where are you?

[Siren]

[Rock music plays]

I'm in pursuit of a 1969 Chevy,

I-v-b-n-5-3-6.

Give me a make.

Roger, unit 14.

Suspect is William h. Drake. Lives in tackford.

Has a long rap sheet--

reckless driving, assault,

and a manslaughter charge that didn't stick.

He's the hottest street racer there.

You need any backup, Garrett?

Negative. This one's mine.

[Whistling]

[Honk]

[Police radio] Roger, unit 14.

You're a 10-7 at that location.

Have a nice day off, Garrett.

Carey?

Carey?

Daddy!

[Door opens]

Hi, Joe.

Uh!

Daddy, what are you doing?

Stay away from him, Carey.

No! Why are you hitting him?

Nothing happened! I brought her home.

That's all!

Don't hit him again!

Get out of my way! He's using you.

Come on, Joe. That's it!

Go to your room.

It's all right, Carey, I'll go.

Then I'm coming with you.

The hell you are, move!

Billy!

Ah, come on, Joe!

Come on this is getting old.

You can't arrest me, man.

Come on!

Do you know how bad it will be

when middleton finds out one of its finest

has been dodging a manslaughter charge

for 27 years, Joe?

Huh?

A single parent, too, Joe.

If you get 5 to 10...

Who's going to take care of Carey?

Aw, don't look so down, Joe.

You're tearing me up, here.

You should have known

I'd come along sooner or later.

Be a man about it.

Just...

Just think of me as your karma, Joe.

Ha ha ha!

Karma?

O.K.

O.K.

Just you and me on the starting line, Joe.

That's all.

Yeah.

That's all.

[Door opens and shuts]

[Spits]

Billy, wait.

I'm coming with you.

Hop in, beautiful.

How you doing, Billy?

Glad you could make it, Joe.

You want to race, Billy?

You name the place. I'll name the time.

All right.

Airstrip outside of town.

Tomorrow night.

Midnight.

Now, where's my daughter?

Oh, your daughter.

Well, Joe,

tell you something about your daughter.

She was starting to get a real bad attitude.

Women, huh?

Well, it don't matter.

Nothing a few chains couldn't handle.

Fits perfectly back there,

just like a little spare tire.

Whoa!

[Cocks gun]

Now's not the time to lose our cool, iceman.

Won't do any of us any good.

Ah, Joe, I hate to treat you like this.

You think I'm just going to hand her over to you

expecting you to show up.

I can't see it.

What are you saying, Billy?

I'm says she's the stakes.

You win, you get her back.

And if I lose.

I'll have to kill her won't I.

And Joe, I wouldn't go to any of your cop buddies.

Because I'm not only smart

but I'm crazy.

[Slide guitar playing]

Hey, old buddy.

Holy Moses!

I don't believe it.

Joe, is it really you?

It's me, man.

Ha ha ha!

Eight balls in hell I knew you'd come back.

One day I said he's gone come riding out of oblivion,

just like Shane, and that road is gonna burn!

Moe, I gotta know, is she still there?

I polished her up every six months like clockwork,

thinking you might come back.

[Revs engine]

Kept her tuned up, too!

♪♪ Johnny never knew what hit him ♪♪

♪♪ when he first met Julia ♪♪

♪♪ he used to be so wild and free ♪♪

Next in line.

♪♪ Time treats everybody like a fool... ♪♪

[Engine revving]

♪♪ Johnny had a '57 Chevy ♪♪

♪♪ Johnny had a '57 Chevy ♪♪

♪♪ 4 on the floor and a 429 ♪♪

♪♪ we used to take it out on wild horse pike ♪♪

♪♪ run it out to the end of the line ♪♪

♪♪ you got to roll with the punches ♪♪

♪♪ when the sun is sinkin' low ♪♪

♪♪ you got to roll with the punches ♪♪

♪♪ or, honey, we ain't never goin' home ♪♪

♪♪ yeah... ♪♪♪♪

Joe, you old dog.

I knew you had this puppy stowed somewhere.

You ready, Billy?

Oh, yeah.

Had some fun, didn't we, sweetheart?

Go on.

Give it to Carey.

[Cocks gun]

No, Carey.

Get in front of the cars.

When we flash our brights,

raise the gun and fire once in the air.

Daddy, are you crazy?

Do it.

You know, Billy, you win, you go free.

And if I lose?

I'll kill you.

I respect you, Joe.

♪♪ Rollin' down the highway ♪♪

♪♪ going down the red coast ♪♪

♪♪ devil take the road most any way the wind blows ♪♪

♪♪ gonna see my baby, gonna shoot my load ♪♪

♪♪ yeah ♪♪

♪♪ bad road, wretched road ♪♪

♪♪ got a little world that's smaller than my hand ♪♪

♪♪ got a destination down in dead man's land ♪♪

♪♪ gonna see my baby, gonna shoot my load ♪♪

♪♪ yeah ♪♪

♪♪ bad road ♪♪

♪♪ wretched road ♪♪

♪♪ bad road ♪♪

♪♪ wretched road... ♪♪♪♪

No!

Looks like you win, iceman.

Wrong.

♪♪ You got to roll with the punches ♪♪

♪♪ when the sun is sinkin' low ♪♪

♪♪ you got to roll with the punches ♪♪

♪♪ or, honey, we ain't never goin' home ♪♪ ♪♪

Well, that certainly gives new meaning

to the term "burn rubber." Hee hee hee!

As for me, I've got to get back to work.

The group has decided to do something classical.

We're trying to choose

between a midsummer-night's scream

andghoulius Caesar.

Hee hee hee hee hee!

Care to watch fromhackstage?

Ah ha ha ha ha!

You know what they say, kiddies...

Theslay'sthe thing.

Ah ha ha ha ha ha!

Ah ha ha ha ha ha!