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01:29Friday was payday.
01:31The old man would share the wealth and give me five dollars in allowance.
01:36Begrudgingly.
01:36Now don't go wasting that.
01:38I would never.
01:39They say a fool and his money are soon parted.
01:43And I wanted to be a comedian.
01:44Hello, Bessie.
01:48How's the leg?
01:49Still acting up.
01:51I'm telling you, it's gout.
01:53It's not gout.
01:54The usual?
01:56Yeah.
01:56I'll take one scratch ticket.
01:59You know what?
02:00I'm feeling lucky today.
02:01Make it a two dollar ticket.
02:02I felt like a high roller in Vegas, but really I was more like Jack buying magic beans.
02:10Free ticket.
02:19Five bucks.
02:20One of these days, you're going to blow your whole allowance.
02:24But today is not that day, Bessie.
02:26See you next week.
02:27I didn't have stocks or bonds or even a piggy bank.
02:30My money was all tied up in comic books.
02:33The front window.
02:35Only the top books were displayed there.
02:37They were too rich for my blood, but a boy could dream.
02:40You Alpha Flight in yet?
02:43It's on the rack.
02:50Alpha Flight.
02:51My favorite.
02:52Canada's own superhero team.
02:54They even had a Newfoundlander.
02:56I liked my fantasy homegrown.
03:00How much is that X-Men in the window?
03:02It's classic.
03:03Still 40 bucks.
03:05That's a lot of scratch tickets.
03:08One day.
03:09Just the Alpha Flight for now.
03:12I still got a rush from paper.
03:15But my friends were on another level.
03:17Literally.
03:36The Games Arcade was like a nightclub.
03:39But it didn't sell liquor.
03:40It sold something far more intoxicating.
03:43Far more addictive.
03:47Friggin' packin' spiders.
03:50Next when you die.
03:52Frig off.
03:52I don't die.
03:53Putting a quarter down on Fox's game
03:55was like pouring a glass of water into the ocean.
03:58There was just no point.
03:59Richie, check it out.
04:00I got the new Alpha Flight.
04:01And it is own superheroes.
04:03Wolverine used to be a member.
04:05And Marina, she's like a girl aquaman.
04:07And she's from Newfoundland.
04:09Oh, wow.
04:10Cool.
04:12Comics?
04:12What are you, nine?
04:14What a tool.
04:15Hey, no, that is mint.
04:16Don't mess with me.
04:21Near mint.
04:22Dude, you're embarrassing yourself.
04:25The Games Arcade's for big kids.
04:27So are comics.
04:28It's a growing art form.
04:29Frank Miller's Dark Knight is just...
04:30Shut up, you baby.
04:32I'm going for the high score.
04:33Want to play me in doubles?
04:36Well, I think video games are a waste of money.
04:39Besides, too many blinking lights.
04:41Bad for my seizures.
04:42What a loser.
04:44Lend me some money.
04:45No.
04:46Why?
04:47You just called me a loser.
04:48Fair.
04:49I got it.
04:49Okay.
04:50Okay.
04:50It's right there.
04:51They're not just comics.
04:52They're collectibles.
04:53Don't care.
04:54Yeah, if you know, I have some key books in my collection.
04:56And they're value.
04:56Don't care.
04:57First fighty black suit.
04:58First Wolverine brown suit.
05:00First cop.
05:00Look what you did, dink.
05:02I didn't do anything.
05:04You distracted me through dumb cartoons.
05:06Comics.
05:08You still got the high score.
05:11Nice.
05:12Did you get the new Betty and Veronica?
05:14Oh.
05:15No.
05:16But they did have the new Jughead Double Digest if you want to...
05:18I'm kidding.
05:19I'm not a baby.
05:20I'm in grade nine.
05:21Grow up.
05:25Hey.
05:26Okay, then.
05:28Doubles?
05:30Sure.
05:30I've been replaced by a machine.
05:34Yes.
05:34Oh, yes.
05:35Get it.
05:35So close.
05:37Who needed them?
05:38So what if I liked comics?
05:41That didn't make me a...
05:44Maybe it was time to put away childish things.
05:53Got this thing on bust.
05:59I can't hear it now.
06:03It's plenty loud.
06:05I'm telling you, you need to get your ears checked.
06:08Shouting into the phone, TV always blaring.
06:11If you're not looking right at me, you have no idea what I'm saying at all, do you?
06:16You crooked arse.
06:17God forgive me.
06:18Hmm.
06:19Lovely.
06:19I'm home.
06:21Hey, bud.
06:21Oh.
06:22Jesus, will you stop snooking up on me?
06:26Ooh.
06:27New phone book.
06:29Nothing got the old man going quite as much as getting the new phone book.
06:33To him, it was as exciting as the Christmas catalog.
06:37Let's see.
06:38Let's see.
06:38It was a chance to see his name in print.
06:41Critch.
06:42Micah.
06:43Came out right.
06:44Good.
06:45Mike, I got something to tell you.
06:47Hey, in a minute, Mary.
06:48You gotta check these things.
06:50Bastards at the phone company.
06:51They're always trying to screw you.
06:54V.
06:55We got a new phone.
06:58No, Pop.
06:58Phone book.
06:59We got a new phone book.
07:01Def's a post.
07:02Mike, he's right.
07:03The phone company was here today.
07:05They swapped out the old phone for a new phone.
07:09No one.
07:10Good God.
07:17What was around the old one?
07:19Well, look, this is a touch tone.
07:20And it's got all these features.
07:22Features?
07:23Mm-hmm.
07:24Like, oh, look.
07:26If you dial star 69, it tells you who called.
07:29Well, no, who called when they say hello.
07:31But this is for when you're not here.
07:32If you're not here, I won't know they called.
07:34Exactly.
07:34I want my old one back.
07:38They took it.
07:39Oh, Mike, it's just a phone.
07:43How much was it?
07:45Didn't cost us a dime.
07:46It's a rental.
07:47They just add it to the bill each month.
07:53Go lie down.
07:55Mike.
08:03Hello?
08:06Oh, the damn thing's not working.
08:09No doubt, Tom.
08:13Rubbish.
08:19My comics were like last year's shoes.
08:22They started to make me feel uncomfortable because I had outgrown them.
08:26What's that for?
08:34Good.
08:35I need your help.
08:37What's that for?
08:38What?
08:39What's that for?
08:40Your mother thinks I'm losing my hearing.
08:43I've just got a blockage, that's all.
08:47Now, this is warm olive oil.
08:49I just need you to pour it into my ear.
08:52You sure that's a good idea?
08:54What?
08:55Forget it.
08:57Well, what's all this?
08:58Oh, I'm selling my comics.
09:01Oh.
09:02Are you sure that's a good idea?
09:04Too old for comics.
09:06I really must be deaf.
09:08Come on.
09:10You love your comics.
09:12I'm not a kid anymore.
09:14Well, what's your rush?
09:16You know, growing old is mandatory.
09:20Growing up is optional.
09:25Now, come and help me.
09:31Careful.
09:33Yeah.
09:33Uh, I'm not a kid.
09:35Yeah.
09:38Easy.
09:39Oh, be careful.
09:40Oh, oh, oh.
09:42Any better?
09:43Oh, no.
09:43No.
09:46I think it's worse.
09:48Pop, what's so bad about getting a hearing aid?
09:52Everyone will look at me like I'm old.
09:54Everybody already knows you are.
09:56Yeah, but I don't.
09:58When I stick that thing in my ear,
10:00then I'll have to admit it to myself.
10:04Maybe you should get a hearing aid.
10:06To be honest, you don't always hear mom and dad,
10:09even when they're right next to you.
10:10Oh, but that's by choice.
10:14But...
10:14You don't always hear me, either.
10:18I worry sometimes.
10:23I certainly don't want to miss anything you have to tell me.
10:30I'll tell you what.
10:32You come and get a hearing aid with me,
10:34and I'll go to the comic store with you,
10:36and I'll make sure you're not ripped off.
10:39Deal.
10:39Good.
10:41I thought you'd given up on him.
10:48Tomorrow.
10:49I couldn't resist one last look at a comic
11:02under the covers with a flashlight.
11:04As the years go by,
11:06you start to realize that it was the little things
11:09that were the big things.
11:11Night, Pop.
11:15Pop?
11:15There is this place.
11:29My back is splitting in two.
11:31Here it is.
11:33Huh?
11:33Oh.
11:34Hey, listen.
11:37Are you sure you want to do this?
11:42Yes, I am.
11:45Onwards.
11:47Onwards.
11:50What do we have here?
11:52I'm here on business.
11:53I've decided to get out of the comic book game.
11:55I was wondering what your best price might be.
11:58Whoa.
11:58X-Men, Death of Phoenix.
12:00All the new mutants.
12:03Secret Wars with the tie-ins.
12:06Alpha Flight number one.
12:07X-Men 121.
12:09Their first appearance.
12:10Are you sure you want to sell these?
12:20Mark.
12:20No.
12:22It's too much.
12:23No.
12:24Mom, please.
12:25It's not...
12:26Oh.
12:28Excuse me.
12:31Buy a pencil.
12:33Oh.
12:34Mark, I...
12:36Looks like the years have been kind to you.
12:41Yes, well, uh...
12:43I did very well in the comic book market.
12:46I guess you think I was pretty stupid
12:47to think computers would catch on.
12:49It's okay.
12:51Here.
12:52Have a game on me.
13:03Should have gotten into comics.
13:07You sure?
13:09Hmm?
13:09What?
13:10I said, are you sure?
13:13Yes.
13:14It's time.
13:14I'm ready.
13:16And no dickin' about.
13:18We want your best price.
13:21Best I can do is ten cents a book.
13:24So...
13:25Forty bucks?
13:28Wow.
13:28Yeah.
13:30Well, I mean, seems fair to me.
13:33Only an idiot would take that offer.
13:37Sold.
13:41Yeah.
13:42Nice.
13:44The old man prepared for a long-distance phone call
13:47as if it was a military maneuver.
13:49Turn that radio off, will ya?
13:51I'm expecting a phone call.
13:533.30, 3.29 now.
13:55Is this thing even on?
13:57Mike, shove it up your arse.
13:58You be quiet.
13:59This is a long-distance phone call
14:01from Halifax.
14:033.2.
14:07What the hell is that?
14:08The phone.
14:09The old phone didn't sound like that.
14:11That's not the old phone.
14:15Hello?
14:16Mike, how are ya?
14:17Oh, hello, Frank.
14:18You sound good.
14:19Softly clear line for an overseas call.
14:22Loud and clear.
14:22How are things on the mainland?
14:24Not bad.
14:24Lousy weather.
14:25Oh, yes.
14:26Mark was the...
14:26What?
14:28You're breaking up.
14:29I'm getting a beeping sound on the line.
14:31That's the other line.
14:32What?
14:33There's a call waiting.
14:34Yes, Frank is waiting.
14:36In Halifax.
14:37Give it.
14:38Just a minute, Frank.
14:40Hello?
14:41Hello?
14:42Hello?
14:43Damn hearing aid place.
14:44Look, I need my health card number.
14:47What do you need that for?
14:48What?
14:49Who the hell are you talking to?
14:50Pop.
14:51You hung up on Frank.
14:52No, I didn't.
14:54Won't be long, Frank.
14:56Put your friggin' hearing aid in.
14:58It's in.
14:58Well, then turn it up, you fool.
15:00Oh, feedback.
15:02What the...
15:03What happened to Frank?
15:04Shh, shh, shh.
15:05It'll just be another second, Frank, my love.
15:08Look, I can't talk right now.
15:11Mike is on the other line with that arse of a mainlander friend of his.
15:14Arse?
15:15Who?
15:15Me?
15:16Oh, I'm sorry, Frank.
15:18Don't be listening to me, Mary.
15:19I never...
15:20I think we have a bad line.
15:21I don't know what you're saying or what I said, but I...
15:23Shh.
15:36I was a man now, and it was time to show everyone what a man could do.
15:41My comic book money meant I could roll into the games arcade like James Bond stepping up to a roulette wheel.
16:00You're back?
16:02After all, how hard could it be?
16:04The kid was hot tonight.
16:11I had leveled up.
16:12Even the mall rats could tell who the fat cat was.
16:16And this cat had nine lives.
16:19Well, $40.25.
16:22If I couldn't earn respect, I'd buy it.
16:29But as my money went, so did the attention.
16:34Come on, man.
16:39You've had enough.
16:42Dad!
16:42How many hours was I playing?
17:0720 minutes.
17:08It's gotta be a record, the most money lost by a nimrod.
17:18Walk it off, buddy.
17:21Can I get that tip back?
17:31Yeah.
17:33I had lost it all.
17:57My comics, my money, my self-respect.
18:03When it came to video games, my personal best was rock bottom.
18:13The number you have dialed is currently busy.
18:26The number you have dialed is currently busy.
18:28You're still mad at me?
18:32Frank is not an arse.
18:34It's a retired airplane mechanic.
18:36What if I made it up to you?
18:41I found one.
18:45Where did you get that?
18:47I traded Alice for her old one.
18:49They don't have the new ones in Topsil yet.
18:51Everything's changing so fast.
18:56I just wanted to hold on to the old stuff for as long as we can.
19:00You sure you don't mind?
19:02The only thing that matters about that phone is that it's off the hook.
19:08Not everyone is ready for the latest and greatest.
19:17New tech takes some getting used to.
19:22Pop?
19:24Speak up.
19:25I can't hear you.
19:26Thought the hearing aid fixed your ears.
19:28Oh.
19:29Oh.
19:30I think I'm picking up the radio station.
19:33Damn thing.
19:34Forget it.
19:35Whoa.
19:36No, no.
19:37That was perfect.
19:38Clear as a bell.
19:39Say something else.
19:41I wish I never sold my comics.
19:44Oh.
19:45That can't be working.
19:47I mean, it sounded like you said,
19:49I wish I'd not sold my comics.
19:52I just...
19:53I feel like an idiot.
19:55Hm.
19:57Hm.
19:58Here.
20:00Try this.
20:02Hey!
20:03I think you're old enough now to read a real book.
20:07What is it?
20:08Kipling.
20:09It's one of my favorites.
20:11If.
20:12If you can dream and not make dreams your master.
20:17If you can think and not make thoughts your aim.
20:20If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same.
20:28If you can make a heap of all your winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch and toss and lose.
20:37And start again at your beginnings.
20:40Never breathe a word about your loss.
20:43If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run.
20:53Yours is the earth.
20:54And everything that's in it.
20:55And.
20:56Which is more.
20:58You'll be a man my son.
21:01You'll be a man my son.
21:08Did you get that?
21:10Kinda.
21:12No.
21:13Not really.
21:14Well.
21:15Maybe you're not ready for Kipling.
21:17I mean.
21:20You know what we do of course.
21:22When we lose it all.
21:25No.
21:26What?
21:32We start again.
21:33Oh.
21:34Pop.
21:36Oh.
21:37You.
21:38You.
21:39You paid too much by the way.
21:40Well.
21:41Can't take it with you.
21:42Especially when you don't have it.
21:44You know.
21:45One of these days we're gonna have to grow up.
21:48But today.
21:50Is not that day.
21:54Yeah.
22:12Pop.
22:15Pop.
22:23I don't want us to get older either.
22:29I love you.
22:31All we need.
22:34Is you and me.
22:36And we will always be.
22:41Home.
22:42Home.
22:46Home.
22:49Home.
22:50Now.
22:51Home.
22:53Home.
22:55Home.
22:57Home.
22:59interpretar.
23:02Home.
23:03Home.
23:05Home.
23:06Home.
23:07Home.
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