- 3 weeks ago
Mr. Bracken's niece Rene starts in the mail room but she's not doing a good job. She would rather be a dancer. Bracken wants Herman to talk to her.
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00:00Melvin gets himself into such trouble.
00:03Will he ever learn?
00:04Yeah, the characters in the office are pretty funny,
00:06but what's with those four people in the attic?
00:10It's his brain. They represent his thoughts.
00:13Oh.
00:14That's funny, then.
00:17Ah, Herman Louise Nichols.
00:20This is my niece, Renee.
00:22Oh, how do you do, Renee?
00:23What's up?
00:24Hi, Renee.
00:24Hey.
00:25Renee will be living with me and working in the mailroom.
00:27Well, at least you'll enjoy your job.
00:30Welcome to New York, Renee.
00:34Thanks.
00:34What brings you here?
00:35I hear it's a pretty exciting city.
00:37Really? Where'd you hear that?
00:39This city is exciting.
00:41Dangerous.
00:42Troubled.
00:44That woman's not wearing underwear.
00:46Is that all you can think about?
00:49Food and sex?
00:50Yes. Please, focus.
00:53Look out.
00:57Oh.
00:57No time for small talk.
01:05We're late.
01:06Hedy, hold the elevator.
01:08Hedy.
01:09Hedy.
01:16I think Louise is so sweet.
01:19I think this woman is wearing underwear.
01:21I think there's too many people in this elevator.
01:24And I think you are all idiots.
01:26It's gonna work.
01:27Good morning, Herman.
01:53Good morning, Louise.
01:54Petty.
01:54Hi.
01:55Herman, will you be my buddy?
01:57I'll always be your buddy, Louise.
01:58No, no, look at this memo.
02:00What's it say?
02:01What's it say?
02:01They're establishing a buddy system.
02:03They're asking people to leave the building in pairs from now on.
02:05It seems a woman was accosted on the third floor last night.
02:08Hey, I was nowhere near the third floor last night.
02:10I was right near the brand.
02:12He was there.
02:12He'll tell you.
02:14I went to the bathroom for a while.
02:15He could have done anything.
02:17Oh, well, you two cut it out.
02:19We were all here together.
02:20We are always together.
02:22Yeah, yeah, that's our story.
02:24Well, Louise, it would probably make more sense if Hetty was your buddy.
02:30She goes home the same way you do.
02:31Ah, good idea.
02:33Hetty, will you be my buddy?
02:36Why in a million years would I want to be your buddy?
02:39Because I'm feisty.
02:40I'm a fireplug.
02:41And I'm prepared to take a bullet for you, babe.
02:45All right, sounds good.
02:46Where are you going?
02:47I'm just going to the ladies.
02:48Well, I think I should go with you.
02:49All right.
02:52Gone!
02:54All right, it's just a stapler.
02:57Well, Barb, everybody go back to what you're doing.
02:59Nothing to see here.
03:02Hey, Renee.
03:02Hey.
03:03Hey, people, look alive.
03:05Got your mail here.
03:06Yo, yo, yo.
03:07What's the scenario, Herm?
03:08Just chilling.
03:10Oh, well, that beats Illenholm's life worse.
03:13That's it.
03:14I've exhausted my hip vocabulary.
03:15Uh, excuse me.
03:19Uh, shouldn't someone be delivering the mail?
03:21Okay, okay, Uncle Paul.
03:23Herman, can I see you in my office?
03:24Later, homie.
03:26Did my niece just imply that you're not a heterosexual?
03:32No, sir.
03:33No, sir.
03:33Just that I'm her friend.
03:35Oh.
03:37Colby?
03:38Sure.
03:40Herman, I'm concerned about Renee.
03:42She has this fantasy about wanting to be a professional dancer.
03:45She's holding down a job here.
03:47What's wrong with her wanting to dance in her spare time?
03:49Pursuing a dance career will get her nowhere.
03:51Besides, she's barely holding down this job.
03:54In one week, she's been late repeatedly.
03:56I keep getting complaints from her supervisor.
03:58Well, if you have a problem with her, why don't you talk to her?
04:00Oh, I can't relate to her.
04:02And believe me, I've tried.
04:04I even sat down and tried watching television with her.
04:06We watched some program called Yo! MTV Raps.
04:11Ah, ah, so you were hoping I could talk to her?
04:14Well, yes, I'd appreciate it.
04:16After all, you are her homie.
04:20Right, right.
04:21Yeah, I'll talk to Renee.
04:22Oh, thank you, Herman.
04:23I'm going to the coffee room.
04:32Don't follow me.
04:38This is Mother Goose.
04:40Goldilocks is entering your sector.
04:44Commence surveillance.
04:47Hetty's coming to the coffee room.
04:49Keep an eye on her.
04:50Amateurs.
05:00Jay, this will just take five minutes and we'll head out to the game.
05:03Take your time, man.
05:04I don't know why Mr. Bracken singled out me to talk to his niece.
05:07Obviously, he sees you as a role model for her, and he should.
05:10Renee's a lot younger than us.
05:11We've got to show her what it means to be an adult.
05:14Oh, my God.
05:15Ow!
05:16Jay.
05:17Ow.
05:18Hey, Jay.
05:19Ow.
05:20Bye, Jay.
05:22Excuse me.
05:24Hey, Renee.
05:25Hey, Harry.
05:25How's it going, man?
05:26What you doing here?
05:27Oh, just can't get enough of dance.
05:31Actually, I went down to the mail room, and they said you had cut out early.
05:34Again.
05:36So, how are things going with your new job?
05:38It's going great.
05:39Yeah?
05:39Yeah?
05:39Well, that's not what I hear, actually.
05:41Apparently, there have been a few complaints.
05:43What does it matter?
05:44When I become a famous dancer, who cares how well I deliver this stupid mail?
05:47Yeah.
05:47Yeah, that's a good point.
05:48But, Renee, you know...
05:50Renee, you know...
05:51Renee, could you just for a second...
05:53Um...
05:54Let me tell you something.
05:56When I was in high school, I was a pretty good sprinter.
05:59Then I got to college, and I thought if I went out for the track team, I could do really well.
06:03Is there a point to this?
06:05I'm starting to stiffen up.
06:05You know, the point is, I didn't go out for track, because I knew that I would never be a professional runner.
06:11I needed to focus my attention on something with a future.
06:14You know?
06:15And so do you.
06:16You know how hard it is to make a living as a dancer?
06:18It's not going to be hard for me, because I'm good at dancing.
06:21Well, yeah, Renee, but...
06:23Is it really so important that we talk her out of this?
06:26We have to.
06:27We promised Mr. Brack, and we would.
06:28Maybe you're right.
06:29She'll find out soon enough that this dance thing is a dream.
06:33You know, I have a dream.
06:35Oh?
06:35What would that be?
06:37Well, right now, I'm dreaming that I'm the soap in their shower.
06:41Wow.
06:42Wow.
06:43Oh, my God.
07:13Oh, sorry.
07:26Thing is, Mr. Bracken, she is good.
07:29Well, Herman, as you know, my daughter Susan was good.
07:33But she had an injury and had nothing to fall back on.
07:35Yeah, but Mr. Bracken, if you could have seen the look on Renee's face,
07:38it was so clear that dancing makes her happy.
07:41Herman, I am responsible for Renee while she is in New York,
07:44and I will not have her wasting her life away trying to be happy.
07:50Sir, what's wrong with trying to be happy?
07:52Well, if everyone did what made them happy, the whole world would be checking facts.
08:01Obviously, he doesn't understand what it's like to have a dream.
08:04Frankly, neither do I.
08:06What do you mean?
08:07You're the one who brought up our dream to go off the college track.
08:10You bought that prattle?
08:14That was not prattle.
08:15You were pointing out a time in our life when we gave up on a dream,
08:18and we've always regretted it.
08:20I'll always wonder how good we might have been.
08:22Yeah.
08:23I wonder what held us back.
08:34Did you hear something?
08:41Mr. Bracken, haven't you ever had a dream?
08:44Yes, of course, when I was younger.
08:45What was it?
08:46Well, like most young people, I wanted to try my hand at showbiz, but...
08:51Really? Really? Doing what?
08:52It's not important.
08:54Fine. Was it musical theater?
08:55I really don't want to talk about it.
08:56I'm sorry.
08:57Now, the point is...
08:58It was the circus, wasn't it?
08:59The point is, Herman, I don't want Renee to make the same mistake.
09:04She has to start planning for the future.
09:07Now, I appreciate you trying to help, but this is between Renee and me.
09:11All right, all right.
09:12Just because you failed is a mime.
09:14I was not a mime.
09:16So, buddy, what time do you want to leave tonight?
09:22Louise, I have to tell you something.
09:24I don't need you to be my buddy because I've hired Rudy.
09:28I met him at the gym.
09:30You mean you're paying him to be your bodyguard?
09:33Not exactly.
09:34I just have to work out in front of him on the Stairmaster.
09:39Well, maybe all three of us could be buddies.
09:41Listen, Louise, I just don't want you to be my buddy.
09:45Oh, no.
09:46It's summer camp all over again.
09:50Herman, guess what?
09:51You know that girl I was talking to at the dance studio?
09:53Yeah?
09:54Turns out she's one of the Fly Girls.
09:56Somehow, all of a sudden, a Fly Girl starts talking to you?
09:59Well, somehow, she got the idea that I was a big agent and could possibly help her cross over in a film.
10:04Oh, Jay, that's kind of a low thing to do.
10:08Babe, I'm an agent.
10:11Only for a couple of days, though.
10:12Fly Girls are just here in town auditioning future Fly Girls.
10:15Really?
10:15Yeah, you should come to the audition.
10:17It's today at noon.
10:17Watch them dance.
10:18Hey, everybody, look alive.
10:20I got mail here.
10:21Renee, sweetheart.
10:22Jay Nichols, loved your dancing.
10:23Give me a call.
10:24We'll do the lunch thing.
10:26Hey, Renee.
10:27Herman, the more I think about it, the more angry I get that you came to lecture me.
10:30I'm not talking to you.
10:31Well, can I just say that I thought you were fantastic?
10:33You blew me away.
10:34Okay, I'm talking to you again.
10:37We should tell Renee about the Fly Girl audition.
10:39Excuse me, may I remind you of this?
10:41This is between me and Renee, and I want you to stay out of it.
10:46And may I remind you of this?
10:56Yes, fine, fine, fine.
10:59Exactly what does this prove?
11:01Nothing.
11:01It's just art for art's sake.
11:04Hey, Renee, you know the Fly Girls are having auditions today?
11:07Yeah, I know.
11:07I'd kill to get into that.
11:09Well, Jay just met one of them.
11:10I think we may be able to get you an audition.
11:12You're kidding.
11:13Oh, thanks, Herman.
11:14You all that and a bag of chips.
11:17Hi, Renee.
11:18Will you be my buddy?
11:20Sure, girlfriend.
11:21Now, hold on.
11:22Let's start with buddy and go from there.
11:23Here we go.
11:25Hey, Jay, thanks again for getting Renee this audition, but are you sure we're allowed to be here?
11:52Yeah, no problem.
11:53Don't forget, I have a very special relationship with one of the Fly Girls.
11:56Hi, Jay.
11:57Hey.
11:57Did you set up any auditions with those film directors you know?
12:00Uh, yeah.
12:01Yeah, I'm still waiting to hear from Hitchcock.
12:03Hasn't gotten back to me yet.
12:07Isn't he dead?
12:08He is in this business if he doesn't start returning my phone calls.
12:12Seriously, though, you take care of the dancing, I'll take care of Tinsel Felt, okay?
12:15All right.
12:19I feel like a proud stage mother.
12:21Yeah, so do I.
12:24I don't even know why we're here.
12:25We're specifically going against what Mr. Bracken wants.
12:28We are supposed to be keeping Renee on the straight and narrow.
12:30Uh, speaking of straight and narrow, if we're going to keep watching these Fly Girls, we better stand behind something.
12:41Five, six, seven, eight, and one, two, three.
12:45Okay, you guys, that's it.
12:48Hey, Haram, how'd I look?
12:49You look terrific.
12:51Okay, you guys, listen up.
12:52You all did great.
12:53We'll let you know in a couple of days, and thank you for coming, okay?
12:57Hey, Haram, this was really exciting.
12:59Thanks for getting me this audition.
13:00Of course, if my uncle finds out, he'll kill me.
13:02Don't worry.
13:03If he gives you any grief, I'll just say, hey, how's it going?
13:09Your supervisor's looking for you.
13:11I suggest, young lady, you get back to the office while you still have a job.
13:15Well, maybe I don't need that job.
13:16Maybe I'm going to be a Fly Girl.
13:17Damn it, Renee, you are not being realistic.
13:19Mr. Bracken, don't blame Renee.
13:21I encouraged her to go to this audition.
13:23You realize if these actions continue, I'll have to send you home to your mother.
13:26Maybe you can fire me, but you cannot send me home to my mother.
13:30Herman, I was talking to my niece.
13:34I'm very disappointed.
13:36I've never been this betrayed before in my life.
13:39She's young.
13:40It's her dream.
13:41That time I was talking to you, Herman.
13:44Come on, Renee.
13:46Wait a minute.
13:47Can we talk about this?
13:49Herman, I've always thought of you as a friend.
13:52A son, almost.
13:52But no more.
13:55From now on, you are nothing more than an employee, and I am nothing more than your boss.
14:05Oh, Earl.
14:07There's nothing I enjoy more in the morning than witty banter from an employee slash friend.
14:14Morning, Mr. Bracken.
14:15Oh, you do.
14:16Oh, no.
14:18He doesn't like us anymore.
14:23Oh, stop your belly aching.
14:25It's all you've tired us.
14:26This man is our mentor.
14:28He trusted us, and we let him down.
14:29At least let's go in there and tell him we were wrong.
14:32We were not wrong.
14:33We were helping Renee follow her dreams.
14:35Exactly.
14:36And we must all follow our dreams, where'er they go.
14:39And if you'll excuse me, there go mine.
14:41Well, at least let me buy you lunch.
14:47I mean, you saved my life.
14:48Well, you'd have done the same for me.
14:50I wouldn't go that far.
14:52You know, actually, I'm not even that committed to buying you lunch.
14:55What happened?
14:56Nothing.
14:57Nothing?
14:58Are you kidding?
14:59I was leaving work with Rudy, my bodyguard, when all of a sudden this guy sneaks up behind
15:03me and demands I hand over my purse.
15:05So what'd Rudy do?
15:05He screamed at the top of his lungs, ran down the street crying, and calling out for someone
15:10named Jeremy.
15:14What'd you do?
15:15Well, I didn't have time to do anything.
15:17Louise suddenly appears out of the shadows and clobbers the guy.
15:20She mashed his face with a trash can lid over and over.
15:24It took three con-ed workers just to pry her off.
15:28I decided it's time to take back the night.
15:34Louise, will you be my buddy?
15:36I'm afraid I can't, Hetty.
15:37I'm New York's buddy now.
15:41Ah, Hetty, Louise, so nice to see you.
15:45Will you check these articles, please?
15:47But only when you get the time.
15:49I need this by noon.
15:52Why is he giving you the cold shoulder?
15:54Oh, he's decided he wants nothing more to do with me, all because I told Rene about some
15:58dance audition.
15:59But you know what?
15:59He is way off base if he thinks he can force Rene to change.
16:02People don't change that easily.
16:04Morning.
16:05Hi, Rene.
16:06How's it going?
16:06Fine, thank you.
16:08Rene, you all right?
16:09I'm fine.
16:12Rene?
16:14Oh, God, don't tell me.
16:16You didn't get the job with the Fly Girls.
16:18Well, I haven't heard yet, but let's face it, it's a real long shot.
16:21What?
16:22Herman, did you know there are 33,414 dancers out of work, and those who find work are seldom
16:27employed past the age of 26.4?
16:29All right, let me guess.
16:30You've been talking to your uncle.
16:32Well, he really laid it on the line last night.
16:34If I continue to dance, I'll lose my job, and he'll cut off my room and board.
16:38Well, so you'll get another job.
16:40Look, you can't give up your dream.
16:41Herman, I don't think I can make it on my own.
16:44Rene, remember what happened to me.
16:46Okay, I didn't go out for the track team, and now I'll always wonder how well I might
16:49have done if I hadn't given up.
16:50I mean, for all I know, I could have been the next Carl Lewis.
16:52Herman, there are so many reasons why you could have not been the next Carl Lewis.
16:59Oh, all right.
17:00There's your color, your build, and then there's the issue of foot speed.
17:03Well, I may not be the quickest guy out on the track.
17:05And I hate to think of what you look like in running shorts.
17:07Okay.
17:08Hey, look, the point is, you have to go for your dream.
17:12As long as my uncle is against it, I don't have a choice.
17:16We have to run after her.
17:17I think that's a bad idea.
17:19Running in the halls is against the rules.
17:21Oh, will you two let it go?
17:23We have caused enough damage.
17:25We have not caused the damage Bracken has.
17:27He's robbed her of her will to dream.
17:29Well, what do you expect?
17:30He never had a dream?
17:34Mr. Bracken, I need to take a few hours off.
17:36You have personal problems?
17:37Take care of them on your own time.
17:39I'm sorry.
17:39This is something I have to do.
17:41Herman.
17:41I'd better go watch his back.
17:43This city's a dangerous place.
17:44Louise.
17:46He's on his own.
17:51I don't want to talk to you.
17:55Well, I want to talk to you.
17:57Well, I'm not listening.
17:58Fine, fine.
17:59You don't want to listen to me?
18:01Maybe you'll listen to him.
18:02Where did you get that?
18:09Mrs. Bracken found it.
18:10Oh, my.
18:12It's been 30 years.
18:15I thought I'd lost him.
18:16Kind of like being reunited with an old friend, huh?
18:19You know, there was a time that I wanted to be the world's greatest ventriloquist.
18:23It was going to be Jacko and Bracko all the way.
18:27Oh, those were great times.
18:29Traveling all around, going from town to town, club to club, hoping against hope that one
18:36of them would let us on the stage.
18:38What went wrong?
18:39One of them let us on stage.
18:42Well, that was the beginning of the end.
18:44They act bomb.
18:46He blamed me.
18:46I blamed him.
18:47They got real ugly.
18:50Do you remember any of the old act?
18:52No, it's, uh...
18:54Oh, come on.
18:55Come on, Bracko.
18:58Let's see.
19:01Hello, Jacko.
19:04Hello, Bracko.
19:06Tell me, Jacko, who led the German expedition of 1901-03?
19:12Oh, let's see.
19:14That would be Professor Eric von Drakowski, of course.
19:22Remember when Paul Carlin's dad fell in the thrashing machine?
19:28It was the most gruesome thing we'd ever witnessed.
19:32Until now.
19:35Your act was asking a dummy facts?
19:38Yeah, I don't know why it never caught on.
19:41Well, I guess we'll never know, sir.
19:43Well, the point is, for a while, you followed your dream.
19:48Oh, yes, but it wasn't right for me.
19:50No, I belong in research.
19:52Well, maybe dancing is what's right for Renee.
19:55Maybe that's where she belongs.
19:58You really think I should give her the chance?
20:00Uncle Paul, I gotta talk to you.
20:02I am going to be a dancer.
20:03You got the job with the Fly Girls?
20:05No, I didn't, but that doesn't matter.
20:07Say what you want to say, do what you want to do,
20:08but I'm gonna pursue my dream.
20:09Of course you are.
20:10I don't... what?
20:12Renee, I realize that the only one who can tell what's right for you is you.
20:16Now, dancing may be good for you, it may not,
20:18but you'll never know unless you try.
20:20You mean it?
20:21Of course I do.
20:22Oh, thank you, Uncle Paul.
20:24Oh, don't mention it.
20:26Tell you what, why don't we go to dinner?
20:28I've got reservations at Marino's.
20:30Marino's?
20:31Isn't that in kind of a tough neighborhood?
20:33Not a problem.
20:34Got it covered.
20:37Okay, let's move.
20:38I'm on a tight schedule.
20:391.I time that clock single file.
20:42Good job.
20:4310-4.
20:51Jay, I feel really awkward.
20:52We don't belong at the rehearsal.
20:55You haven't been pretending to be an agent again, have you?
20:58No, no, no, that's over.
20:59Well, good.
21:00But if anybody calls you Mr. Spielberg, just play along.
21:03No.
21:21No.
21:23Bye.
21:24Bye.
21:25Bye.
21:26Bye.
21:26Bye.
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