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Muggs becomes a jockey after he and the East Side Kids befriend a racehorse owner.
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00:00:00The
00:01:30I'll mix it.
00:01:30Hurry up.
00:01:32Something's gonna happen.
00:01:34Hey, quit rocking the boat.
00:01:36Oh.
00:01:40Hey, cut it out.
00:01:41I'm gonna fall overboard.
00:01:43Yeah?
00:01:44Here's the life preserver.
00:01:48Oh.
00:01:50Yeah, it happened.
00:01:52Hey!
00:01:56Hey, fellas.
00:01:57Here comes Muggsy.
00:01:58Hey, where you been?
00:01:58Hi, Muggs.
00:01:59We've been waiting for you all morning.
00:02:01I've just been around.
00:02:02Sure.
00:02:03Hey, Muggs.
00:02:04Come on up here.
00:02:05How about you doing a little work?
00:02:06Grab a brush and come on up.
00:02:08Stop spending your old man's relief money and get to work.
00:02:11Yeah, it works for suckers.
00:02:13That lets me out.
00:02:13That's what I've been telling them at the office.
00:02:15I'm gonna do big things, see?
00:02:17You heard of John Dee, didn't you?
00:02:19Him and me is just like that.
00:02:21That's me.
00:02:22Six months from now, that's me.
00:02:26Boy, you sure do get around.
00:02:29Hey, you seen a postman yet?
00:02:31Nah.
00:02:31You expecting a letter?
00:02:32What's it to you?
00:02:33Nothing.
00:02:34I was just wondering who's gonna read it to you.
00:02:38Very witty.
00:02:40Very witty.
00:02:48Hey, you got a letter from Muggs Maloney?
00:02:50Come on, come on.
00:02:51I asked you something.
00:02:52Say, listen.
00:02:52If there was anything for you, I'd leave it at your house.
00:02:54Not this letter.
00:02:55It's going to the club address.
00:02:56Come on, you're only a servant of the people.
00:02:57I pay my taxes.
00:02:58Look through that bag.
00:02:59There's nothing today.
00:03:02Nothing today.
00:03:02Nothing today.
00:03:03That's what I've been hearing every day.
00:03:04I'm getting tired of it.
00:03:05The letter's gotta be there.
00:03:06It's a plot.
00:03:07That's what it is.
00:03:07I'll drag you and Uncle Sam and Bodey
00:03:09I'll drag you to the Supreme Court.
00:03:10Nothing today.
00:03:11Nothing, nothing.
00:03:12Get a load of that, fellas.
00:03:14Looks like hard-boiled Muggsy's got a guile.
00:03:16Bet you them letters smell her perfume.
00:03:18Hey, Muggsy, who is she?
00:03:19Do we know her?
00:03:19Darn, Redden.
00:03:20It's tough.
00:03:21I know.
00:03:22I was in love a couple of times myself.
00:03:24Eh, dummy up with that dribble.
00:03:27Wait a minute, Muggsy.
00:03:28I was only kidding.
00:03:34Hey, wait a minute, Muggsy.
00:03:35I didn't mean nothing when I said you had a girl.
00:03:37After all, a guy's got a right to...
00:03:39Eh, ain't that Danny.
00:03:41You sure are acting funny.
00:03:43Come on, spill it.
00:03:43Tell me what it's all about.
00:03:45How would you feel if all your chances was ruined?
00:03:48Chances of what?
00:03:49Chances of being a jockey.
00:03:51A what?
00:03:52A jockey, a jockey.
00:03:53You know a guy who steers horses?
00:03:55What are you gonna do?
00:03:56Take riding lessons by mail?
00:03:57Step right up, folks.
00:03:59Learn to be a jockey in ten easy lessons.
00:04:01Ha!
00:04:01They laughed when he sat down.
00:04:03They laughed harder when he fell down.
00:04:05All right.
00:04:06Go on, laugh.
00:04:07Laugh.
00:04:07That's all right.
00:04:08But I'm gonna be a jockey.
00:04:09Even if he didn't write to me.
00:04:11He?
00:04:12Who?
00:04:13Eh, just a guy.
00:04:14What do you care?
00:04:15You ain't taking me serious.
00:04:16Well, why should I?
00:04:17I've seen pictures of jockeys in the movies, you know?
00:04:20They ride horses.
00:04:21The only horses you've ever seen was on a Coney Island merry-go-round.
00:04:24Well, I'm gonna see real horses.
00:04:26And I'm gonna ride them, too.
00:04:27Yeah?
00:04:27How come?
00:04:28Well, you remember that kid Sullivan?
00:04:29That little guy who used to live on our street?
00:04:31Yeah.
00:04:31Well, he goes away, see?
00:04:32Comes back dressed up like a million bucks.
00:04:34Takes his mother to a swell home out in California.
00:04:36Yeah, I've seen him.
00:04:38You mean he's a jockey?
00:04:40Jockey Sullivan he is now.
00:04:42Do those guys make that kind of dough?
00:04:44Sure.
00:04:45And they get to see the whole country, too.
00:04:46People treat them like they were somebody.
00:04:49Why'd you like to live like that?
00:04:50Well, I'm gonna see.
00:04:52Jimmy, a jockey's gonna get me a job at the track.
00:04:54Is that what the letter was about?
00:04:56Gonna stop me up at Pomenock in Long Island.
00:04:58That windbag.
00:05:00There you go.
00:05:00First you'll warm it out of me, and then you'll run it down.
00:05:03Now, wait a minute, Muggs.
00:05:03You got me wrong.
00:05:04I ain't like that.
00:05:05I'm all ears.
00:05:06Well, what I meant is that...
00:05:08Hey, you know, guys, I got an idea.
00:05:10Yeah, does it hurt much?
00:05:11I'll be quiet.
00:05:12Are we gonna stand around and let a gold digger make a sucker out of Muggsy?
00:05:15No!
00:05:16No!
00:05:16All right, then.
00:05:17We'll wait for that letter and not let Muggs get it.
00:05:19No.
00:05:19Then we'll write them ourselves and bust the whole thing up.
00:05:21Hey, we can't write like no girl.
00:05:23Oh, get me old lady to write what I tell her.
00:05:25Yeah, but we don't know a much lesser name.
00:05:27How we gonna write for her?
00:05:29Hey, that's a cinch.
00:05:30All we gotta write is, Dear Muggs, I don't love you no more.
00:05:33Yeah, what's the matter with that?
00:05:34Yeah, but how you gonna sign it?
00:05:36Oh, we'll sign it.
00:05:37You know who?
00:05:37Yeah, we can write it on pink paper.
00:05:39Purple.
00:05:40Pink paper.
00:05:41Who's writing a letter?
00:05:42Purple.
00:05:42Pink paper.
00:05:43Purple.
00:05:44Hey, wait a minute!
00:05:45Any kind of paper, just write the letter.
00:05:48Pink paper!
00:05:49Purple!
00:05:50Pink paper!
00:05:51Pink!
00:05:54What I can't get through my head is, how are you gonna be a jockey when you've never been
00:05:57on a horse?
00:05:58Get a job around a stable.
00:05:59Stable boys, they call them.
00:06:01Stable boys?
00:06:02Boy, you're gonna take a lot of punishment before you're a jockey.
00:06:04Why do I care?
00:06:05It'll give me a start, won't it?
00:06:07Why don't you forget it, Muggs?
00:06:08We can do a lot of other things.
00:06:10Get nothing.
00:06:11Well, you see, one of these days I'm gonna be a jockey, and you guys are gonna pay you
00:06:14a good door to see me ride.
00:06:15And when I come bouncing down that home stretch with a winner, you're gonna be cheering for
00:06:18me.
00:06:18You're gonna be yelling!
00:06:19Come on, Muggs!
00:06:19Come on!
00:06:21Come on!
00:06:22Don't let us back down!
00:06:23Don't let us back down, Muggs!
00:06:25Come on!
00:06:26Get in there!
00:06:27Come on!
00:06:27Come on!
00:06:28Come on, Muggs!
00:06:29I've never seen anything like it, folks!
00:06:31Come on!
00:06:32Come on!
00:06:32Come on, Muggs!
00:06:33He's a half a length in front of us to go around that old corner, folks!
00:06:36It ain't a corner, it's a turn!
00:06:37Corner turn!
00:06:38What the difference?
00:06:39Ride that man!
00:06:39I got two clankers on him!
00:06:41They're coming into the stretch, folks!
00:06:43It's terrific!
00:06:44Muggsie's out in front by one length!
00:06:46Two lengths!
00:06:47Three lengths!
00:06:48And at the finish it's Muggsie a winner by four lengths!
00:06:51Yeah!
00:06:52Man!
00:06:53What a race, folks!
00:06:54What a horse!
00:06:55What a jockey!
00:06:57And now!
00:06:58And now while that famous movie star, Miss Glorious Snodgrass is crowning the winner,
00:07:03we'll take you down and let this great jockey say a few words to you all!
00:07:08Say a few words!
00:07:09Will ya?
00:07:10I want a picture for the newsreel!
00:07:12Yeah, not without hop-up though!
00:07:13Put your arms around here!
00:07:14Good boy!
00:07:14Stand back, please!
00:07:16Come on!
00:07:17That's enough!
00:07:17All right!
00:07:18Now, say a few words to the folks in Kentucky, will ya?
00:07:20That's it!
00:07:21Speak right up!
00:07:22That's it!
00:07:23Don't be afraid!
00:07:23Thank you very much!
00:07:25That was my-
00:07:25Say, man!
00:07:26You done cheated the clock and broke the record!
00:07:28Yeah?
00:07:28What was his time?
00:07:29I was-
00:07:30Very nice, boys!
00:07:32I'm proud of ya!
00:07:33Do you mind telling me what's going on?
00:07:35We was just doing you a favor!
00:07:36Yeah, we were painting!
00:07:37So I see!
00:07:38Well, just wait till those painters catch up with ya!
00:07:40It's our club, ain't it?
00:07:41Yeah, we got a right to help!
00:07:42You've got no right to make such a mess!
00:07:43Yeah, it is pretty awful!
00:07:45Awful!
00:07:45Listen to him!
00:07:46Tell me, how could you do so much damage just painting?
00:07:49Well, we was having a horse race!
00:07:50Hey, you know Muggsie's gonna be a jockey!
00:07:52Yeah, yeah, I know!
00:07:52Well, you better race out of here before those painters skin you alive!
00:07:55Well, we go!
00:07:57Jockey yourselves over to your old stable hangout!
00:07:59That'll get your horsey enough!
00:08:00Stable!
00:08:01That's it!
00:08:02Stable!
00:08:03Atmosphere!
00:08:03Just what I've been looking for!
00:08:04Atmosphere!
00:08:05If I remember right, that's where you'll find it!
00:08:08And plenty of it!
00:08:09Come on, gang!
00:08:09Let's go!
00:08:10You better go with him, Alton!
00:08:11Keep your eye on him!
00:08:12Alright, if you say so, Knuckles!
00:08:22Let's go!
00:08:30Let's go!
00:08:30So, this is the stable hangout you fellas have been telling me about!
00:08:34Not bad!
00:08:35Can you imagine that?
00:08:36We used to think this place was really the...
00:08:38Yeah, before we got the club, we had no other place to go!
00:08:40I wish they'd hurry up with the club!
00:08:42This place gives me the creep!
00:08:45Ah!
00:08:47That's Sporta Kings!
00:08:49It's in the air!
00:08:50I love it!
00:08:56Now, look-a-here, Colonel Bedley, sir!
00:08:59You can't run my derby winning the big race,
00:09:01lest my favorite jockeys run!
00:09:03But, Commodore, who is this boy Muggs?
00:09:05I never heard of him!
00:09:06What's that, sir?
00:09:07You mean you ain't never heard of the Kentucky Streak of Lightning?
00:09:10The fastest rider in the Deep South?
00:09:13The great Muggs Maloney?
00:09:15But, Commodore, this is the North!
00:09:17We got the fastest riders in the world up here!
00:09:19Besides, I got a lot of lettuce invested in that race!
00:09:21Keep your country gallopers down South!
00:09:23Just a minute, sir!
00:09:25You can't stand there and insult the name and the honor of the Old South!
00:09:29I'll meet you at the battlefield at dawn!
00:09:31Bring your own weapons!
00:09:33Take that, sir!
00:09:34And that!
00:09:35And that, too!
00:09:36I'll lay off, Danny, will ya?
00:09:38Besides, it hurts!
00:09:40No dead-burnt Yankees gonna dirty the name of the greatest Dixie Rod of the bluegrass ponies?
00:09:44Hey, cut it out!
00:09:45You're boring me!
00:09:46What do you guys know about horse raisin'?
00:09:49I seen him once!
00:09:51In a newsreel!
00:09:54Well, they don't call horses ponies!
00:09:57No?
00:09:57My uncle's a bookie, ain't he?
00:09:59Well, he calls them ponies!
00:10:00Well, he's all wet, see?
00:10:02They call them gellons and fillies and maybe stuff like that!
00:10:06Come on!
00:10:07Fillies is a baseball team!
00:10:09Yeah, that's right!
00:10:10Certainly they're a baseball team!
00:10:11Anybody knows that!
00:10:13Well, it's horses, too!
00:10:15How can a horse play baseball?
00:10:17Hush your mouth, boy!
00:10:18Go saddle my filly and bring him out here!
00:10:21Very good, sir!
00:10:22Right away, sir!
00:10:25That's the only man!
00:10:26There's a gap!
00:10:27Let's go through!
00:10:28Eh, you know, I'm getting sick of this playing!
00:10:30What I need is a real horse!
00:10:32Why, sir, you got the finest horse in all of Kentucky!
00:10:35Come on, honey!
00:10:36Step out and give him a real ride!
00:10:39Get out there, honey!
00:10:40Hey, don't do that!
00:10:45Oh!
00:10:46Well, boy!
00:10:48Oh, let me out of here!
00:10:50Oh, let me get out of here!
00:10:52Get out of my way!
00:10:56Pete, get moving!
00:10:57Pete, get moving!
00:10:58Get moving!
00:10:58Get moving!
00:11:01Oh!
00:11:06Oh!
00:11:06Oh!
00:11:07Whoa, boy!
00:11:13Oh, whoa!
00:11:15What was that?
00:11:18Baby!
00:11:19Baby!
00:11:20Stop it!
00:11:20Whoa!
00:11:21Now, honey, honey, honey!
00:11:23That's it!
00:11:24Whoa, baby!
00:11:26That's it!
00:11:27My, my!
00:11:28I didn't torture
00:11:29how not to get excited
00:11:30on every little thing, huh?
00:11:32Oh, you!
00:11:34Don't wire slave
00:11:35my poor life way for you!
00:11:37Mm-hmm!
00:11:38That's a nice, baby!
00:11:39That's nice!
00:11:40Good spot!
00:11:41Mm-hmm!
00:11:42That's a quad!
00:11:43Oh!
00:11:53Hey!
00:11:54Where did he come from?
00:11:56Is that a real horse?
00:11:58Sure enough, yes, sir!
00:12:00A horse!
00:12:02A life horse!
00:12:07You ever rode before, boy?
00:12:08Uh-uh!
00:12:09Did my swell job of it, sir!
00:12:11Uh-uh!
00:12:12I don't think so!
00:12:13Didn't he fall off?
00:12:14Well, even honest to goodness,
00:12:15Jockers can't stick
00:12:16on a thoroughbred babak!
00:12:18A real thoroughbred?
00:12:20Yes, sir!
00:12:21And he's gonna be one
00:12:22of the greatest horses
00:12:23in this country!
00:12:24Yeah?
00:12:25Where'd you steal him?
00:12:26What's he doing on the flight
00:12:27right there, kid?
00:12:29Excuse me, gentlemen,
00:12:30but I didn't mean no harm.
00:12:31We just didn't have
00:12:32no other place to go!
00:12:33I just couldn't stand
00:12:34my poor little horse
00:12:35standing out in the cold!
00:12:37Uh-uh!
00:12:37Oh, the blanket!
00:12:38Wait a minute!
00:12:39I'll get it!
00:12:39Thank you, sir!
00:12:41You don't have to be scared!
00:12:42You ain't gonna tell
00:12:43nobody we used to hear?
00:12:44Uh, what do you think
00:12:45we are, a bunch of
00:12:45stole pigeons?
00:12:47Say, listen!
00:12:48Where you from?
00:12:49Kentucky!
00:12:50Kentucky!
00:12:51Say, my papi was
00:12:52from Kentucky!
00:12:53Sure enough!
00:12:54Yes, sir!
00:12:55Well...
00:12:55It's outside of
00:12:55Louisville!
00:12:56Can you imagine that?
00:12:58I was born up in
00:12:59Frankfort County
00:12:59on the old Preston plantation.
00:13:01Yeah!
00:13:01You got a mean blue knife!
00:13:03That, sure enough,
00:13:03is a pretty name!
00:13:05Oh, yeah, and the whole
00:13:05world's gonna know
00:13:06about that name for long!
00:13:07Yeah, looky!
00:13:08How come you stuck here
00:13:09in New York?
00:13:10Well, I tell you,
00:13:10that's a long story, boy!
00:13:12Let me kick my honey
00:13:13right back into the stall
00:13:15and get a little bite to eat
00:13:16and I'll come back
00:13:16and start telling you!
00:13:17Wait a minute!
00:13:17Wait a minute!
00:13:18Let's all eat!
00:13:19Ain't you hungry?
00:13:20Yes, sir!
00:13:22I'll get some spurs!
00:13:23That's a good idea!
00:13:24I think I'll visit
00:13:25Louie the vegetable man!
00:13:26Come on, gang!
00:13:27Let's go!
00:13:28Get the blanket!
00:13:29Oh, thank you!
00:13:30Thank you, sir!
00:13:31Come on now, baby!
00:13:32Come on now!
00:13:33I'm gonna give you
00:13:33a little something to eat,
00:13:34put the blanket on,
00:13:35and get you nice and warm!
00:13:36That's it!
00:13:36Roy!
00:13:38I rode on a horse!
00:13:39A turtle bred, no less!
00:13:43But I ain't squawking!
00:13:47When Mr. Preston was taken so sick,
00:13:49he called me one day
00:13:50and he gave me
00:13:51a funny little coat.
00:13:52Said that's the only way
00:13:53he could pay me
00:13:54because he then lost
00:13:54all his money.
00:13:56Well, I brung up my honey
00:13:58and I saved a little money
00:13:59so I could come up east.
00:14:01Did you lose it?
00:14:02Is that why you had to come in here?
00:14:03No, my honey child
00:14:05took a cough.
00:14:05Then I spent all my
00:14:07evenings on medicine.
00:14:08Got sick and tired
00:14:09and wore out
00:14:10riding around
00:14:11in that truck.
00:14:12Truck gave out a gas
00:14:13so I just snuck in here
00:14:14until I could figure
00:14:14out something.
00:14:15Well, why didn't you make
00:14:16Blue Knight pull a truck?
00:14:17Son, I'd rather starve
00:14:19than make my honey child
00:14:20pull a truck.
00:14:24Race horses ain't made
00:14:25for that kind of stuff.
00:14:26I'm surprised at you, Danny.
00:14:28How should I know?
00:14:29Go on, Ben.
00:14:31Well, there ain't
00:14:31much more to tell.
00:14:33I'm gonna take a look
00:14:33at Blue Knight now.
00:14:34Yeah.
00:14:36You know how
00:14:36I never will forget
00:14:37the morning that we
00:14:38pulled out Kentucky
00:14:39when Blue Knight looked
00:14:40up the road
00:14:41and knew she was headed
00:14:42east to be a champion.
00:14:47They're not all right,
00:14:47I told you, Louise.
00:14:48If they were, they'd have
00:14:49gone home to eat.
00:14:49Oh, but we'll be late
00:14:50for the show.
00:14:51I can't help it.
00:14:52Taking care of these kids
00:14:52is part of my job.
00:14:53Their folks are worried
00:14:54to death about them.
00:14:55Oh, I'm sure they're all right,
00:14:56Knuckles.
00:14:56They've been so good
00:14:57since Audrey's father
00:14:58and those other men
00:14:59gave them the club.
00:15:00Well, I'm gonna look around.
00:15:02Uh-oh, what's this?
00:15:05I thought so.
00:15:06Kentucky license plate.
00:15:07Come on.
00:15:10Somebody's coming.
00:15:11Who's that?
00:15:11Put that by.
00:15:12Wait a minute, fellas.
00:15:13I think it's...
00:15:14Danny, Danny!
00:15:14Are you in here?
00:15:16It is.
00:15:17It's Knuckles.
00:15:18It's okay.
00:15:18You don't have to worry.
00:15:21What in the world
00:15:22have you kids been up?
00:15:22I was hoping you'd get here.
00:15:23What a surprise.
00:15:24Where did you see it?
00:15:24I saw it.
00:15:25Where'd you swipe it?
00:15:26Swipe what?
00:15:26What are you talking about?
00:15:27That truck in the alley.
00:15:28Oh, that.
00:15:29That ain't nice.
00:15:30That's Blue Nights.
00:15:30Blue Nights?
00:15:31Yeah.
00:15:32That's a horse.
00:15:32A race horse.
00:15:33It must be the machine age
00:15:35we're living in.
00:15:36Trucks are driven
00:15:36and owned by horses now.
00:15:38All right, Danny.
00:15:39Stop stalling.
00:15:39What have you kids been up to?
00:15:40Martin, come on.
00:15:41I'll show it to you.
00:15:42Come on and stall.
00:15:42Just a minute, laddie.
00:15:43Now that you've found
00:15:44your youthful charges
00:15:45and can't send them home,
00:15:46how about that movie?
00:15:47Listen, this is better
00:15:48than any show in town.
00:15:49Honest at his knuckles.
00:15:50Come on.
00:15:50We've got plenty of time, Louise.
00:15:51Let's see what this is all about.
00:15:56Please don't punish them kids, mister.
00:15:58They're just trying
00:15:58to help a poor old man.
00:16:00I'll make it up for you someday, sir.
00:16:02All right, then.
00:16:02But I've still got plenty
00:16:03of squaring to do.
00:16:04This is all very interesting,
00:16:06but remember we were going...
00:16:07We were going to a movie.
00:16:08Aw.
00:16:09All right, honey, you win.
00:16:10You know, it's too bad
00:16:11you can't race Blue Knight.
00:16:12I don't know any more about racing
00:16:13than the kids do,
00:16:14but he sure looks like a good one.
00:16:15Good?
00:16:16Well, we'd be champions
00:16:17of the world
00:16:18if you'd only get a chance.
00:16:20We've just got to help, knuckles.
00:16:21There must be something we can do.
00:16:23Well, I don't know
00:16:23what it would be, kid.
00:16:24How much would it cost
00:16:25to get Blue Knight to the track
00:16:26and train him for the race?
00:16:27Well, I got most of my equipment,
00:16:29but with stables and other fees,
00:16:31I couldn't get him to the post
00:16:32less than a hundred dollars.
00:16:33Well, that's a lot of money.
00:16:34You sure isn't, man,
00:16:35when you've got to dig it up.
00:16:37I'd sure like to see this horse run.
00:16:39Maybe we could help Ben raise the dough.
00:16:41He'd pay us back out of the horses
00:16:42for his winnings.
00:16:44I'd do more than that.
00:16:45I'd give 25% of all his winnings.
00:16:47Anybody can help us right now.
00:16:4925%?
00:16:50Mm-hmm.
00:16:50Say, that must be worth working for.
00:16:52Well, we could get a hold of...
00:16:54We could sell papers.
00:16:55And shine shoes.
00:16:56And polish cars.
00:16:58And wash windows.
00:16:59And swipe...
00:16:59I mean, sell potatoes.
00:17:01I was just listening.
00:17:04Well, that's a swell idea, boys,
00:17:05but the promenade meat
00:17:06would be ancient history
00:17:07by the time you get a hundred dollars
00:17:08at that rate.
00:17:09Yeah, I guess it would.
00:17:10Let me see.
00:17:11There must be some way
00:17:11we could get a hold...
00:17:12I got an idea, Knuckles.
00:17:14That money you've been saving up.
00:17:15How much you got?
00:17:16Oh, I don't know.
00:17:17About a hundred and...
00:17:18Hey, wait a minute.
00:17:19What's on your mind?
00:17:20Oh, nothing.
00:17:20I was just thinking about
00:17:21how long it took you to save it
00:17:23and how Louise is always saying
00:17:24that you've got to have 500
00:17:25before you get together.
00:17:26Well, I just thought
00:17:27you might be able to get together
00:17:29a lot sooner if...
00:17:30You mean if I made it work for me?
00:17:32Hey, I never thought of that.
00:17:33Yes, and you're not thinking of it.
00:17:34You've saved that money
00:17:35for a definite purpose
00:17:36and it's staying in the bank.
00:17:37But, Louise, 25%.
00:17:38Think how much that'd be.
00:17:40Think how much
00:17:41some horses like Seabiscuit
00:17:42have won.
00:17:42I am thinking of it.
00:17:43Not all of those horses
00:17:44won their first race.
00:17:45Suppose this one should lose.
00:17:47What then?
00:17:48Ben, you know what it's all about.
00:17:49You talk to her.
00:17:50No, I don't get no argument
00:17:51between two such nice people.
00:17:53When Miss Louise says
00:17:53there's always a chance to lose,
00:17:55she's right.
00:17:56I know I'm right.
00:17:58How much did Seabiscuit make, Ben?
00:18:00Oh, about a half a million or so.
00:18:03A half a million?
00:18:04Mm-hmm.
00:18:04A half a million.
00:18:05Let's see.
00:18:06There's mugs, peewee,
00:18:07scruno, algae, knuckles,
00:18:08and me.
00:18:09A half a million times 25,
00:18:10minus 500,000 times...
00:18:12I can't even count that high.
00:18:13We're rich!
00:18:14Yeah, but what about the first hundred?
00:18:16Hmm?
00:18:21I got it!
00:18:23Hey, that's your old man!
00:18:26Won't do any good.
00:18:27What do you mean,
00:18:27it won't do no good?
00:18:28Oh, just this once,
00:18:29you can handle them!
00:18:30All right.
00:18:31I'll ask them.
00:18:39Oh, it's you, Algie. Where's your mother?
00:18:41Mother? Oh, mother's writing letters.
00:18:43In the study?
00:18:43Mm-hmm.
00:18:45Dodgers are coming right along, aren't they, Dad?
00:18:47Shh, Algie, please, I...
00:18:48Was Ebersfield crowded on Friday?
00:18:50Why, I don't know. I had a director's meeting.
00:18:54Directing plays from behind third base, huh?
00:18:56Where'd you get those?
00:18:57Oh, mother asked me to empty a brown suit.
00:18:59Well, thank heaven she didn't do it herself.
00:19:01Yeah, that's what I thought.
00:19:03Particularly when I found this.
00:19:06Ten dollars on lady luck.
00:19:08Too bad, Dad.
00:19:10She finished a poor fifth.
00:19:11Destroy that ticket, Algie, now.
00:19:13Suppose your mother...
00:19:13Why, would you take me to the track sometime?
00:19:15Silence!
00:19:17You know what your mother thinks about sporting events.
00:19:19Yeah, but I still wish...
00:19:20But she'd divorce me if I took you to see a horse race.
00:19:22Oh, but I don't want to see a race. Just one horse.
00:19:24What horse?
00:19:25Blue Knight.
00:19:25Never heard of him.
00:19:26No, of course not, but he's a champion, or going to be someday.
00:19:29He comes straight from Kentucky.
00:19:30Boy, what a horse.
00:19:31I didn't hear all that, Algie.
00:19:33Well, Danny and the gang have a thoroughbred.
00:19:35Aha!
00:19:36I'd have known that gang of Eastside kids was mixed up in this.
00:19:38Why don't you choose your companions from your own set?
00:19:41Oh, I know that I built them a clubhouse so they could rehabilitate themselves.
00:19:44But until they're good citizens, I don't want you to associate with them.
00:19:49What'd you say about this horse?
00:19:51The boys own 25% of them, and if he's properly trained, he's the sure winner.
00:19:54Now, all we need is $100.
00:19:56Oh, yeah.
00:19:56Well, I'd soon be broke if I backed every horse somebody tried to sell me on.
00:19:59But you didn't even give me any allowance for six months.
00:20:01No.
00:20:02No?
00:20:02No.
00:20:03Oh.
00:20:03Horse races have been the ruination of many a man, Algie.
00:20:08Who'd you say won the eighth race at Jamaica?
00:20:09Please, Algie.
00:20:10Mother, I'll hear you.
00:20:11I...
00:20:11Here, here.
00:20:12Just a moment.
00:20:14I...
00:20:14There you are.
00:20:15Now, I hope you're satisfied.
00:20:17Gee, thanks a lot.
00:20:17Algie.
00:20:18Yes, sir?
00:20:19Come here.
00:20:20Don't forget to tip me off on that horse runs, will you?
00:20:23Gee, Daddy, you're swell.
00:20:29I wish I was as little as Muggs.
00:20:30I'd show him how to ride.
00:20:32Ah, what do you know about racing?
00:20:34Quiet, you guys.
00:20:35You know what Ben said.
00:20:37Now, Mr. Muggs, you've got to remember some of the things I've told you.
00:20:41Remember about the rain.
00:20:43Now, you've got to get on from this side.
00:20:45Right side, left side.
00:20:47What's the matter?
00:20:47You get a ticket?
00:20:48Listen, you try getting on over on that side, and you'll find yourself bouncing right on
00:20:51the ground.
00:20:52All right, all right, all right.
00:20:53Have it your way.
00:20:54Now, there's no use of getting riled up, Mr. Muggs.
00:20:57All I'm doing is what I promised to do, to teach you the technical of how to ride my honey.
00:21:02And win with him.
00:21:03I'll do it, Ben.
00:21:04You just wait till you see him and me come breezing down at home stretch.
00:21:07Boy, I'll give him that...
00:21:08Wait a minute.
00:21:08Wait a minute.
00:21:08Right now.
00:21:09All I want you to do is to get right on up.
00:21:11Then get right off.
00:21:12Then get right on up.
00:21:13Then get right off.
00:21:14Then do that right over again.
00:21:18That's all along?
00:21:19That man is repeating himself.
00:21:21Up and off, off and up, off and off.
00:21:23What kind of race talk is that?
00:21:25Yeah, I'm getting it.
00:21:27I'm getting it.
00:21:27Come on, pick up your feet.
00:21:30Faster!
00:21:32Faster!
00:21:33Wait a minute.
00:21:35Wait a minute.
00:21:36Where do you come up with all this sports and stuff?
00:21:38I thought Ben's the one that's supposed to be teaching me this jockey business.
00:21:40Yeah, he's learning how to ride.
00:21:42But I'm training, you see?
00:21:43I'm getting in shape.
00:21:44Ain't I, Ben?
00:21:45That's right, Mr. Muggs.
00:21:46Can't ride unless you're in shape.
00:21:48I thought the horses were supposed to do all the running.
00:21:50All the jockeys I have are no road.
00:21:51Yeah?
00:21:52You got to take off weight and road work's part of it.
00:21:54That's for fighters.
00:21:55And for jockeys, too.
00:21:56Now, come on.
00:21:57Get going.
00:21:57All right, all right.
00:21:59All right.
00:22:09You're not going to be in shape to ride a merry-go-round pony.
00:22:13Hey, look.
00:22:14That's Jimmy Sullivan.
00:22:16Yeah?
00:22:16Yeah.
00:22:17Sure a swell kid, Danny.
00:22:18I'd like you to meet him.
00:22:20Sure wish I got those letters he said he was going to write.
00:22:22Maybe he broke his arm.
00:22:23Yeah.
00:22:24Hey, Jimmy.
00:22:27Are you paging me?
00:22:29See that, Danny?
00:22:29Just like I told you, he's always clowning.
00:22:31I wouldn't answer those letters you wrote, Jimmy, but I never got none of them.
00:22:34I don't write letters.
00:22:35I just sign out of you.
00:22:36In your car.
00:22:37Hey.
00:22:38You mean you really don't remember me?
00:22:39I'm Mugs Maloney, the kid you said you were going to write to.
00:22:41Oh, I remember.
00:22:43You're that kid from, where is it?
00:22:45Vassie Street.
00:22:45That's right.
00:22:46I suppose you're down here with some charity bunch.
00:22:49What is it?
00:22:49A settlement house picnic?
00:22:51Why, for two cents, I don't want you to ride in a nose.
00:22:53So long, Mother.
00:22:54See me in a newsreel.
00:22:56Ah, forget it, will you?
00:22:59Maybe he just don't feel so good.
00:23:00Don't feel so good?
00:23:02You know what he looks like to me, don't you?
00:23:03What?
00:23:04He don't look like the front end of a horse.
00:23:15Can you picture that?
00:23:17I run five miles, eat like a baby, get my skin torn up, and I rub down, and I gain
00:23:21a pound.
00:23:22That beats me.
00:23:23One pound, eh?
00:23:23Are you sure you ain't snitching eats on the side?
00:23:26Snitching eats?
00:23:26What do you think?
00:23:27I'm a cheat?
00:23:27I could tell you better if I had an x-ray machine.
00:23:29Come on, we're going to time you this morning.
00:23:35Let him out!
00:23:36Let him out!
00:23:38Come on!
00:23:39Give it to him!
00:23:40Come on, let him out!
00:23:41Let him out!
00:23:42Come on, ride him!
00:23:47Come on, let him go in there.
00:23:48Come on, come on, give it to him.
00:23:50That's it.
00:23:50Ride him!
00:23:51Come on, come on!
00:23:58Oh, man, I saw what that called.
00:24:01I got to ride that horse.
00:24:02Yeah, me too.
00:24:03Hey, how about it, baby, huh?
00:24:06That was sure a slow time, wasn't it?
00:24:07It looked to me like Mus was afraid to run him out.
00:24:10Oh, every time a horse runs, Danny, he don't go for speed.
00:24:12Horses got to work out like humans.
00:24:15Mr. Muggs know what he's doing.
00:24:16Don't worry about him.
00:24:17All right, son, we'll try another, huh?
00:24:18Come on.
00:24:19I got shoes, and you got shoes.
00:24:23All of God's children's got shoes.
00:24:26When I get to heaven, I'm going to put on them shoes.
00:24:29I'm going to walk all over God's heaven.
00:24:32Heaven, heaven, oh, everybody talking.
00:24:51Heaven, heaven, heaven, I'm going to walk all over God's heaven.
00:25:02I got a road, you got a road, all of God's children's got a road.
00:25:07Oh, when I get to heaven, I'm going to put on that road.
00:25:11I'm going to walk all over God's heaven.
00:25:14Heaven, heaven, oh, everybody talking about heaven ain't going to heaven.
00:25:21Heaven, heaven, I'm going to walk all over God's heaven.
00:25:26I got shoes, you got shoes.
00:25:29All of God's children's got shoes.
00:25:32When I get to heaven, I'm going to put on them shoes.
00:25:34I'm gonna walk all loop because heaven, heaven, heaven.
00:25:39Oh, everybody talk about heaven ain't going to heaven, heaven.
00:25:44I'm gonna walk all loop because heaven.
00:25:47I got shoes, you got shoes.
00:25:50All the guns still got shoes.
00:25:53When you get to heaven, I'm gonna put on shoes.
00:25:55I'm gonna walk all loop because heaven, heaven, heaven.
00:25:59heaven oh! Everybody talk about heaven man going to heaven, heaven, I'm gonna walk all loop
00:26:05across heaven, oh I got shoes, you got shoes, all gosh children got shoes, when did you tell
00:26:12I'm gonna put on the shoes I'm gonna walk all loop because heaven, heaven, heaven,
00:26:18oh! Everybody talk about heaven man going to heaven, heaven, I'm gonna walk all loop
00:26:27Oh, look at that boy go.
00:26:31Yeah, man, come on, let's do it again.
00:26:35Well, baby, this is the big day I've been telling you about.
00:26:39You got to bring home the bacon for all of us.
00:26:42Yeah. Oh, I tell you what.
00:26:45You reckon you better change your mind to pork chops.
00:26:47I love pork chops.
00:26:50Nice and brown and juicy, yeah.
00:26:52It's all that makes a man forget all his troubles.
00:26:56Mm-hmm. What?
00:26:58You got troubles, too?
00:27:01Yeah, maybe...
00:27:02Maybe you're gonna have to win this race without even being rolled.
00:27:06You better win it all by yourself.
00:27:08Hi, Ben.
00:27:10How's Brunay?
00:27:11Oh, fit as silk. Fitter than that.
00:27:14Sure looks great.
00:27:16Yes, sir.
00:27:22Hey!
00:27:23What's eating him?
00:27:25Well, I don't know.
00:27:26He's just walking them down like I've got pins and needles in his feet.
00:27:29Well, everything's fine.
00:27:30Oh, fine shape, baby.
00:27:36I thought you were supposed to be a rider, not a marathon walker.
00:27:40Huh.
00:27:40Just limbering up a little, that's all.
00:27:43What's the gang?
00:27:44What do you have no rise for?
00:27:45Well, you better save some of that gating for the race.
00:27:48That blue knight, the right of his life.
00:27:49Do you still think he can win?
00:27:51I'm a cinch.
00:27:53You look a little tired to me.
00:27:55You've got circles under your eyes.
00:27:56Is that what?
00:27:57Guy don't have to win no beauty contest riding a horse race, does he?
00:28:00What do you want to do?
00:28:01He'd all prettied up like one of the movie stars.
00:28:02I'd scare the horse.
00:28:07Hey, now, Willie, you're hitting my eardrums.
00:28:10Oh, gee.
00:28:11What's the matter with him?
00:28:12Don't he feel good?
00:28:13Nothing's the matter with him.
00:28:14That boy don't look so good to me.
00:28:15Don't worry about him.
00:28:17You know how those things are.
00:28:18Oh, they shot jockeys a little nervous before the big race.
00:28:20Hey, let's go over to padlock and watch the horses walk around.
00:28:23Padlock, stupid.
00:28:24Yeah.
00:28:25Come on.
00:28:25Come on.
00:28:26What's the big idea?
00:28:27Well, let's get going.
00:28:29Say the truth, Mr. Motes.
00:28:31I didn't give you everything I've got.
00:28:34You can ride, and you can win.
00:28:37You just have to deal with everything.
00:28:40Sure.
00:28:41Sure, Ben.
00:28:42I know it all by heart.
00:28:48What's the matter, Ben?
00:28:49Come on, come on.
00:28:50Now, Willie, don't go brushing me off now, because you've got a funny look in your face.
00:28:54Oh, my face ain't no different than it was yesterday.
00:28:56You worried over Mug.
00:28:58Ain't nothing the matter with him.
00:28:59Mug's going to be all right.
00:29:01He's going to bring Blue Knight in way ahead of that whole entire doggone field.
00:29:06Your mouth ain't telling the same story that your eyes is.
00:29:09I know.
00:29:10I seen my pappy's eyes look like that once.
00:29:13Yeah?
00:29:13We was on a boat, and he wanted me to jump off into the river.
00:29:17He was trying to learn me swimming.
00:29:19Tell me.
00:29:19What are you talking about, swimming in rivers?
00:29:22This is a racetrack.
00:29:23Huh.
00:29:23I was scared, and he noted, and a deep sorrow coming in the eyes.
00:29:27Just like you got in yours now.
00:29:29Ain't nothing in my eyes but the sun.
00:29:31Huh.
00:29:31Mug's is scared.
00:29:32That's it.
00:29:33Say, hush your mouth.
00:29:34Don't you talk that way about Mug's.
00:29:36That boy's got plenty of gumption.
00:29:38Plenty of it.
00:29:41Listen.
00:29:43You see things them white boys don't see.
00:29:47But you button up your lip, boy.
00:29:50I ain't going to say nothing, Ben.
00:29:51I ain't talking.
00:29:52Honest, I ain't.
00:29:52All right, then move along.
00:29:53Shake them legs, then.
00:29:55Yes, sir.
00:29:55You got plenty of work before post time.
00:29:56Yes, sir.
00:29:57I'm going, Ben.
00:29:57I'm going.
00:30:12Honey, it was a straight tip.
00:30:13The jock himself gave it to me.
00:30:15We came out here to see Mug's win.
00:30:16Not to waste any money at the betting windows.
00:30:18But one little bet.
00:30:20I know.
00:30:21You put that two dollars in the bank with the rest of your money.
00:30:24All right, you win.
00:30:28Well, I have a good thing in this next race, Morgan.
00:30:30The next one, too, I hope.
00:30:32Hmm.
00:30:33The horses are nearing the starting gate.
00:30:36Well, if this blue knight is as good as Algy says he is,
00:30:39we'll have a new champion on the American turf very shortly.
00:30:42I'd sure like a chance to train you, Mr. Wilkes.
00:30:45Why do you think I brought you down here?
00:30:49They're off.
00:30:50They're off.
00:30:52Jojo is going to the front.
00:30:53Happy Harry is second.
00:30:55Guess who?
00:30:55Third and her dead.
00:30:58Hey, Muncie.
00:30:59It's almost post time, ain't it?
00:31:00That's right.
00:31:00I'm betting on you.
00:31:02What?
00:31:02Real dough?
00:31:03Sure.
00:31:04Jakey, let me have two bucks on my camera.
00:31:05I got a guy to bet it for me.
00:31:06Okay, I got half that bet, win or lose.
00:31:08Okey dokey.
00:31:09Show yourself.
00:31:09The man in the next state was already headed for the jockey room.
00:31:12Right up on his neck, just like I told you, huh?
00:31:14Okay, Ben, thanks.
00:31:15Danny, see you later.
00:31:16To collect.
00:31:17You say to collect.
00:31:19Come on, honey.
00:31:20We both go to collect.
00:31:21Come on, let's keep going, baby.
00:31:22Into the stretch.
00:31:24It's Jojo by a length.
00:31:25Happy Harry.
00:31:27It's Jojo by two lengths.
00:31:29Happy Harry is closing.
00:31:30Look at that.
00:31:31I told you it was a straight tip.
00:31:32I'd have 20 bucks now.
00:31:34Gambling's no way to get ahead, Knuckles.
00:31:36Suppose you have bet.
00:31:37Then you might get the betting fever.
00:31:38Yeah, I know.
00:31:41Besides, it makes me so happy every time I think of that 150 you've got in the bank.
00:31:46Oh, yeah, the 150.
00:31:48Look, I think Muggs races next.
00:31:50I'd like to see him in the paddock.
00:31:58Hey, there's Muggs.
00:31:59See him?
00:31:59Hey, Muggs!
00:32:00Shut up!
00:32:00Did he weigh in all right?
00:32:01Sure.
00:32:02Good boy.
00:32:06Oh, man, I hope he makes home plate.
00:32:08Since you won't have to slide for us.
00:32:20Pound up!
00:32:21Yep.
00:32:22This is it, Muggsie.
00:32:24In there, boy.
00:32:25Okay, man.
00:32:26Ride him.
00:32:27Ride him.
00:32:28Ride him on in.
00:32:29Man, ain't that something.
00:32:32Muggs looks awful little, don't he?
00:32:34You ever see a six-foot jockey?
00:32:35Gee, I wish I was him.
00:32:37Boy, so do I.
00:32:38Yeah, man, me too.
00:32:38I'd ride him home, boy.
00:32:40Ain't that something, boy?
00:32:48Yes, sir.
00:32:48Well, it won't be long now, boy.
00:32:50I'm there, boy.
00:32:50Hey, don't the Muggs...
00:32:52Wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:32:53Yes to everything.
00:32:54Muggs will leave the field.
00:32:55You don't have to do that, ma'am.
00:32:57Just be the first cross deadline.
00:32:59Hey, look.
00:32:59If we want to place the rail, we'd better hurry.
00:33:01Come on, sir.
00:33:01That's a good idea.
00:33:03Horses are nearing the starting gate.
00:33:07Do you really believe our horse will win, Scroono?
00:33:10Yeah, man.
00:33:11With Muggs up, he can't lose.
00:33:13Well, I certainly hope so.
00:33:15It's a maiden race.
00:33:16Hey, what's Blue Knight doing in there with a bunch of girls?
00:33:20When they call a horse a maiden skinny, it means that, well, she or he has never won a race.
00:33:24I'm fooling.
00:33:26Ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:33:36Shoes.
00:33:37You got shoes.
00:33:38We all got shoes today.
00:33:40All right, Muggsie.
00:33:41This is the day.
00:33:43Get in there, boy.
00:33:44And sit right down on that horse.
00:33:46Relax.
00:33:47In fact, because we've got to win today.
00:33:50They're off to a good start.
00:33:51No, we're off!
00:33:52Monty's Gal...
00:33:54Topsy is third.
00:33:56It's Monty's Gal going to the front by a length.
00:33:58Topsy is second, the length.
00:33:59Little Jeans is third.
00:34:00Burbank is fourth.
00:34:02The others back and Blue Knight Trails.
00:34:04Around the turn.
00:34:05Monty's Gal in front by a length.
00:34:07Yeah, I got Muggsie.
00:34:08Boyd, yeah, I got shoes.
00:34:10The others are far back.
00:34:12Hardly Blue Knight trails.
00:34:14Busty, come on!
00:34:16Ride them, boy!
00:34:16Come on, you boy!
00:34:17Come on!
00:34:18Get them in there, Busty!
00:34:19Come on!
00:34:20Oh, boy.
00:34:22Oh, boy, not so fast.
00:34:24Please, Blue Knight.
00:34:25Whoa!
00:34:26Steady, boy.
00:34:27Blue Knight seems to be making a move.
00:34:28That's in the city, let rock.
00:34:29Ride for the rock.
00:34:31Keep on.
00:34:31Come on.
00:34:32Come on.
00:34:32Come on, Busty.
00:34:34Come on, boy!
00:34:35Come on, Blue Knight!
00:34:36Busty!
00:34:37What's on your backlog?
00:34:39Come on!
00:34:40Slow down!
00:34:41Slow!
00:34:42Come on, Busty.
00:34:43Come on, Busty.
00:34:45You don't know what this means.
00:34:47Oh, Busty.
00:34:49They're coming down to the line of finish.
00:34:51It's Monty's gal by two lengths.
00:34:53Little G in the way.
00:34:55Busty!
00:34:56Busty!
00:34:57Busty!
00:34:58Busty!
00:34:58Busty!
00:34:59Busty!
00:35:00Busty!
00:35:04Busty!
00:35:05Busty!
00:35:07Busty!
00:35:08Uh-uh!
00:35:11It's incredible!
00:35:13I don't think Muggs even tried to ride!
00:35:16100 smackers!
00:35:17You bet on him?
00:35:19Oh, yes, Louise.
00:35:21You see...
00:35:21We were all so sure that he was gonna win that I...
00:35:24I understand.
00:35:25You took our money out of the bank and bet it.
00:35:27But, Miss Louise, he got swell odds!
00:35:29Well, that's that.
00:35:30Goodbye.
00:35:31Well…
00:35:32Hey, Louise.
00:35:33Well of all the amateur performances I ever saw that horse is a holdover from a civil war cavalry unit
00:35:39You're wrong mr. Wilkes that's one of the finest racing thoroughbreds I've ever seen
00:35:43But he isn't trained properly and he wasn't written correctly. Oh, you think you could make him a winner?
00:35:48I know I can I ran your stable for enough years. You know, I never make mistakes
00:35:52Well, we'll come out here tomorrow clock him and see if the horse has anything
00:36:18I
00:36:19I'm sorry
00:36:21It wasn't your fault
00:36:23We know that
00:36:25But I should let him down tonight. I'll let you down to
00:36:31You ought to get pasted
00:36:35I
00:36:35Gotta give me another chance. They just got it
00:36:40You might as well ask for a million bucks. They just ain't no way to get another chance
00:36:47I'm gonna try blue night. I'm really gonna try
00:36:59What I tell you honey
00:37:08I
00:37:26Look what Gus
00:37:29Shouldn't run the palmanock states for three-year-old well
00:37:31Well, we'll give you time enough to training we that was don't need no special training
00:37:34I keeps in apple shape Ben's right. Mr. Wilkes blue nights and a one condition and if it's agreeable with
00:37:40you
00:37:40I'd like to have them stick around if he can help me a lot
00:37:43Thank you. Well, uh put him on the payroll. It doesn't mean it. I I'll be down at the clubhouse
00:37:48when you find Jimmy Sullivan
00:37:49Okay
00:37:50I'm going after him right now
00:37:51You know a crack jockey like Jimmy Sullivan should be able to get the best out of blue night. I'll
00:37:55see you later, son
00:37:55Yes, I died
00:37:57Gee, but what about mugs?
00:37:59That's just what I was thinking
00:38:02Poor little fellow
00:38:05You understand Jimmy we want to see what this horse can do and you'll be well paid for your trouble
00:38:10Okay, where is he then we'll get him ready for you. Oh, yes, sir, and I'll find mr. Wilkes
00:38:15Then probably thinks I'm lost you had a sleep coming to you sure came to meet that new trainer out
00:38:20You told me about look it's supposed to know everything there is to know about racing
00:38:23That beauty, huh?
00:38:30Hey, what's cooking what's this monkey doing with blue night? Oh, I just gonna try him out. Mr. Morgan's orders
00:38:35He ain't riding his horse while I'm around grand smoke
00:38:39Hey, Muggsy, Muggsy
00:38:41Say Muggsy, Muggsy
00:38:41Come on, come on
00:38:43Stop it, Muggsy
00:38:45Stop it, Muggsy
00:38:46I get a hold of him, I don't care
00:38:49Not bad
00:38:50Come on, get him up from there
00:38:52Let's get out of here while we can
00:38:53Come on out of here
00:38:55Come on, fella, that's all right
00:38:58Don't, don't, don't, don't say nothing about this
00:39:00You see, Mr. Muggsy's just a little hot-headed
00:39:02But he ain't mean no harm, ain't no real harm done
00:39:04Don't hear that
00:39:06Shake him
00:39:07This is Jimmy Sullivan, Mr. Wilkes
00:39:09To my mind, one of the finest jockeys in the country
00:39:11Well, that's good enough for me
00:39:13All right, Jimmy, let's get started
00:39:14Six furlongs
00:39:15Yes, sir
00:39:17Hand-ride him
00:39:18And talk to him
00:39:20She's sweet
00:39:20Go on, honey
00:39:21That's the girl
00:39:25We should've waited for Morgan
00:39:27If he'd explained it to you, why you could've
00:39:29Oh, what good would that have done?
00:39:30Sullivan would've been riding Blue Knight if we waited
00:39:32And I'm the only one that's gonna do that
00:39:33Don't be too sure
00:39:34If Mr. Wilkes finds out that you smacked Sullivan
00:39:36He might not like it
00:39:37If he puts up the cash for Blue Knight, he's got to say so
00:39:40Yeah
00:39:41Yeah, I never thought of that
00:39:43But if I don't ride that horse, Danny, so help me
00:39:45Nobody's gonna ride him
00:39:46Come on there, Blue Knight
00:39:47That's right
00:39:48Come on there, Blue Knight
00:39:49Stand him loose now
00:39:50That's it
00:39:51Even, even
00:39:53Even
00:40:00That's it
00:40:00Ride him, boy
00:40:01Come on there, baby
00:40:09Got it
00:40:10Got it
00:40:10What speed and what a stride
00:40:12One twelve breezing
00:40:12I think we've got something here
00:40:14I knew we could do it, my haunted child
00:40:16What is the record?
00:40:17One ten for six furlongs
00:40:24Great work, Jimmy
00:40:25We'll break a track record
00:40:26He's a great horse, Morgan
00:40:27Keep in touch with me
00:40:28Mr. Wilkes will probably want you for the Palmonock Stakes
00:40:31Okay
00:40:35It'll break Mr. Muggs' heart complete
00:40:37If you don't let him run the stakes
00:40:39But the boy is not a jockey, Ben
00:40:41Well, look what he learned in just a little while, Dad
00:40:43And if Mr. Morgan will teach him
00:40:44Well, what's this all about?
00:40:45They're trying to persuade me to let Muggs Maloney ride Blue Knight
00:40:48I don't advise that, Mr. Wilkes
00:40:49That's when I tell him
00:40:50If I'm going to back the horse
00:40:51I want to be sure that he's properly handled
00:40:53Well, I don't want to make trouble, sir
00:40:54But I take my seventy-five percent of the horse out of the running
00:40:57If Mr. Muggs ain't up when the stakes are on
00:40:59That boy's not a rider, Ben
00:41:00Oh, he's a natural bowman, sir
00:41:02I beg your pardon
00:41:03But if he can do that good with old Ben teaching him
00:41:06He'll do eight times better what you tell him what to do
00:41:08Please, Dad
00:41:09I don't know why I always let you talk me into everything, Algie
00:41:12But, well, go find Muggs, I'll see him tomorrow
00:41:15Gee, thanks a lot, that's swell
00:41:17Yeah, he's the right man
00:41:18Oh, yes, you can't go wrong
00:41:31I don't know why I ever give you tips on winners when the most you ever bet's a two dollar
00:41:36bill
00:41:36You know how much I need the dough, Nick
00:41:38I'll do you a favor sometime
00:41:39Yeah, you might have to some of these days
00:41:45Oh, Morgan
00:41:50Hello, Nick
00:41:51Hello, Morgan
00:41:51You know Blackie, don't you?
00:41:52Yes, how are you?
00:41:54Okay
00:41:54Say, I want to repay that money I owe you
00:42:00Your old lady must have taken the damper off you
00:42:01First time I ever seen you having this stuff between races
00:42:04No, Mr. Wilkes gave me that for running Blue Knight around the track
00:42:07That's what I want to talk to you about
00:42:09Yeah, I seen him run the other day
00:42:11What can you tell me about him?
00:42:12Plenty, only, uh
00:42:14That's all right, he's okay, go ahead and talk
00:42:16I want to return the favor I owe you
00:42:18Let's have it
00:42:19You got your money on the wrong horse
00:42:21Don't make me laugh
00:42:23Nick Buffalo don't lose when things are right
00:42:25I bet horses, fella
00:42:26And I train him
00:42:28I just clocked Blue Knight and close to a track record
00:42:30In a workout
00:42:32Breezing
00:42:32What?
00:42:34That's right
00:42:35And Wilkes will have enough mistakes, won't he?
00:42:38I don't know
00:42:38But even so, what's your thinking is out
00:42:40When I train him, I train him to win
00:42:42And my jockeys ride him to win
00:42:44You ought to know that, Nick
00:42:46Remember, I repaid you that favor
00:42:48Yeah, I know
00:42:49So long
00:42:50So long
00:42:50And thanks
00:42:52You gonna double up on this Blue Knight?
00:42:54You think I'm wacky?
00:42:55I don't know he's on the level
00:42:56Yeah, they all say they're on the level
00:42:58He might be pulling a fast one
00:43:01Backy
00:43:01I'm gonna give you a chance to pay me for all the things I've done for you
00:43:04And get a little of that money you need at the same time
00:43:06Just say the word, Nick
00:43:07What can I do?
00:43:08I seen you gabbing with a guy around Blue Knight's barn
00:43:11Who is he?
00:43:13Oh, uh
00:43:14You mean Knuckles Dolan?
00:43:16Sure
00:43:17We grew up in the same block together
00:43:18Good
00:43:19Then you can get to him
00:43:21Not a chance
00:43:22He hit the sawdust trail when they put him in charge of that boys club
00:43:25I've offered him plenty of soft touches since then, but
00:43:28Stop stalling, you're talking to Nick Buffalo
00:43:30Nick, listen
00:43:31I tell you, you can't touch the guy
00:43:32I've tried
00:43:33You can get to anybody with enough in your hand
00:43:35Besides, you got a week to soften him up
00:43:41Okay, Nick
00:43:41I don't care how you work it
00:43:43But if a horse called Blue Knight wins that race, you're hot
00:43:45Plenty hot
00:43:49Now you understand, Muggs
00:43:51Absolute obedience to everything that Morgan tells you
00:43:54Or you won't be allowed within 500 feet of this stable
00:43:56Or Blue Knight
00:43:58Teach him everything you can, Morgan
00:44:00It's too short a time to accomplish much, but
00:44:03But if Blue Knight can win this race
00:44:06Well, Mrs. Wilkes may not be so disturbed if she finds out
00:44:09I won't let you down, Mr. Wilkes
00:44:11No, I'm sure you won't, Muggs
00:44:12Well, I must be getting back to the office
00:44:14Is he gone?
00:44:15Yeah, he's gone
00:44:16Let's go
00:44:17All right, fellas, wait a minute
00:44:21It's Mr. Morgan, a new trainer
00:44:22How do you do, boys?
00:44:24Hey, can I run your horses for you?
00:44:25Can you make the horse do setting-up exercises?
00:44:27You got him on one of our diets?
00:44:28I see the lion trainer once
00:44:31I'll beat it, boys
00:44:32Muggs and I have got a lot of work to do
00:44:33Oh, boy
00:44:34Oh, he's gonna run
00:44:36Oh, he's gonna run
00:44:39No, Muggs
00:44:42Muggs
00:44:43You'll ride easier if you put your foot in the surf this way
00:44:45You know this sort of brace you
00:44:46All right, start riding
00:44:51No, no, wait a minute, Muggs
00:44:55Down, Muggs
00:44:56You took off there on a walk
00:44:58Limber up
00:44:59You can't ride a racehorse with a ramrod for a spine
00:45:02Well, that's better
00:45:03Now, remember, lead in the gate
00:45:04Take a flying start
00:45:05You've been getting away too slow, and that's not Blue Knight style
00:45:08All right, get going
00:45:47No, no, no
00:45:58You have to detain
00:45:59Come on, Muggsy
00:46:00Or you must say
00:46:00Come on
00:46:01Ride him, boys
00:46:03Sit in there
00:46:04That's it, get down in that saddle
00:46:06Come on!
00:46:06Come on, Muggsy
00:46:07Bring him in
00:46:08Come on, boys
00:46:08Go ahead, get your nerve in there!
00:46:11That's it, boy!
00:46:23That's it!
00:46:26I know Mr. Morgan didn't want me here this morning.
00:46:29It's a secret workout.
00:46:30But I had to see my honey run.
00:46:33Oh, my goodness!
00:46:34Ain't nobody seen me around here on this end of the track, no.
00:46:39You rode as if you were a wooden Indian.
00:46:42Can't you follow my instructions?
00:46:43Can't you remember anything for two minutes?
00:46:53Yes, sir.
00:46:57Yeah, I know that.
00:46:58And I seen your ride, too.
00:46:59But why'd you slow up on the far turn?
00:47:02Looked like you was afraid to let him out or something.
00:47:04Afraid? Who's afraid?
00:47:05Boy, I thought maybe Blue Knight might stumble and hurt himself.
00:47:10Yeah, that's it. He might have hurt himself.
00:47:11Oh, was that it?
00:47:13Looked like you were scared to me.
00:47:15Eh, I'm getting fed up with that stuff.
00:47:17Place is pee-wee and scruno.
00:47:19How do you feel? How are you eating?
00:47:20You're laying off the sweets.
00:47:22Then it's Mr. Wilkes.
00:47:23Well, maybe you ought to get to the chalky.
00:47:24You know, you need a little more practice.
00:47:26You guys talk as though you thought I was yellow.
00:47:29No, that ain't it, Monks.
00:47:30We just thought that, well, maybe you was overdoing it.
00:47:34Baloney.
00:47:35Guys up at Sing Sing got more freedom than I got.
00:47:37I haven't left this track in days.
00:47:38All I've been hearing is horses and seeing horses.
00:47:40No wonder I ain't eating hay and neighing.
00:47:42Maybe that's it.
00:47:43Maybe you got too much horse.
00:47:44Eh.
00:47:46Listen.
00:47:47I'm gonna ride Blue Knight in those steaks the day after tomorrow.
00:47:50Get it?
00:47:50Okay.
00:47:51That's the way you feel about it.
00:47:53I'll see Jakey tomorrow.
00:47:55You mean you're still gonna bet on me?
00:47:57Sure.
00:47:57Can you think of an easier way to lose money?
00:48:05Sleep okay, Monks?
00:48:07Are you gonna start that over again?
00:48:08I'm not starting nothing.
00:48:10Well, I've been thinking.
00:48:12What about?
00:48:13Well, maybe we'd have a better chance to clean up if Sullivan could ride and we...
00:48:17Now it's you.
00:48:18First it's a gang and it's Ben and now it's you.
00:48:21Fine bunch of pals all itching to dump me overboard.
00:48:23I got a notion to go...
00:48:24Baloney.
00:48:25Twice easy around the track.
00:48:27Yes, sir.
00:48:32I sure wish Muggs would give up the idea.
00:48:34He ain't never been scared of nothing.
00:48:36But he is now, Danny.
00:48:38Muggs ain't yellow.
00:48:39I know it.
00:48:39But he's afraid.
00:48:40Afraid of that horse.
00:48:42Afraid of speed.
00:48:43Oh, I'm scared of things too.
00:48:44I mean like...
00:48:45Like being on a high place.
00:48:46Everybody has some fear.
00:48:48Fear of snakes.
00:48:49Fear of fires.
00:48:50Some people are afraid of losing their jobs or growing old.
00:48:55Then...
00:48:56Then you mean there ain't no disgrace in being scared.
00:48:58It's only disgraceful if you don't fight your fear.
00:49:01Muggs has been fighting but he can't lick it.
00:49:02He's not a jockey.
00:49:03And he never will be.
00:49:05If you'd let Sullivan ride, Blue Knight would win the stakes hands down.
00:49:09And if he don't?
00:49:11With Muggs up, we haven't got a chance.
00:49:18Thanks for the meal, Blackie.
00:49:19Boy, you must be in the chips the way you've been throwing it around the last week.
00:49:22Ah, that's chicken to you.
00:49:23Say, pal, this ain't no peanut racket.
00:49:26Now that you're in, I'd like to show you the way around.
00:49:28For old times' sake.
00:49:30You sure know the angles.
00:49:31You gave me five winners yesterday.
00:49:33You know, at this rate I can get married for the meets over.
00:49:36Now you are talking peanuts.
00:49:37You listen to me, I'll have you buying furs and jewels.
00:49:41I ain't kidding.
00:49:43You can lay your hands on five grand by tomorrow night.
00:49:46Five grand?
00:49:48I ain't listening.
00:49:49That kind of dough couldn't be on the level.
00:49:51Don't be a sap, Knuckles.
00:49:52This is a cold proposition.
00:49:54There's not a chance of a slip-up.
00:49:55I'm doing all right on peanuts.
00:49:57Now if you can deal me out, Blackie.
00:49:59No matter what it is.
00:50:01You've been swell.
00:50:03And I'd sure like to have a hunk of that dough on Blue Knight tomorrow.
00:50:05Blue Knight?
00:50:06Why?
00:50:07Why?
00:50:07Why?
00:50:08That nag ain't got a chance.
00:50:09What do you mean?
00:50:13Come on in here.
00:50:14We can have a little privacy.
00:50:16I'll tell you all about it.
00:50:38Now get out of here.
00:50:42Okay, wise guy.
00:50:44But I'm telling you something.
00:50:46That horse ain't gonna win.
00:50:47Get out of here.
00:50:48And don't let me catch you hanging around.
00:50:50Okay, okay.
00:50:51I'm going.
00:50:58Hey, Ben!
00:50:59Ben!
00:51:03Looks like we're gonna have trouble.
00:51:05You better get your truck ready and I'll round up the kids.
00:51:06Yes, sir.
00:51:09Ben, are you sure everything's all right?
00:51:11Yes, sir.
00:51:11Everything's on schedule.
00:51:24There's a signal now.
00:51:38It's not going to take long and there's a hundred bucks in it for you.
00:51:40Wait a minute.
00:51:41Come on.
00:51:42Get back in there.
00:51:49That guy must think I was born yesterday.
00:51:52You wait here and see which way they turn.
00:51:53I'll get Nick's car.
00:52:03What?
00:52:03You...
00:52:04You weren't going to put them in the house.
00:52:05Why, sure, Ben.
00:52:06They'll never know we're here.
00:52:07The first time I ever put a horse in the house.
00:52:11There you are, baby.
00:52:19We brought a lot of trouble to these good boys.
00:52:22Why, sure, they ain't one of them.
00:52:23Wouldn't lay down this good-for-nothing life.
00:52:24Help us get where we're going.
00:52:27Well, Ben, I think Blue Knight ought to be safe enough in this night out.
00:52:30We'll get the other things.
00:52:31I'm so tired I couldn't even carry a straw.
00:52:33That's exactly what you're going to carry.
00:52:34What?
00:52:35A straw.
00:52:35Lots of it.
00:52:36We've got to have something soft under those blankets
00:52:38if we're going to sleep on the floor.
00:52:39But where are we going to find all that this time of night?
00:52:41We're all going to spread out in different directions and look for it.
00:52:44You mean spread out individual?
00:52:46Alone?
00:52:47Sure, why not?
00:52:48You all get yourself some straw.
00:52:50I lacks hard beds.
00:52:51Hmm.
00:52:52It's dark out there.
00:52:53And besides, I can't see myself in the dark.
00:52:55All right, Danny.
00:52:56You go with him.
00:52:56You other kids can spread out.
00:52:58Mugs, you and I'll try to get some water.
00:52:59Come on, kids.
00:53:04I thought you were going to get some water with Mr. Knuckles.
00:53:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:53:08If you've got something in your mind, I want to hear it first.
00:53:10All right, son.
00:53:12You think Blue Knight's a mighty fine horse, don't you?
00:53:15And ain't nothing in the world too good for him.
00:53:18Well, Mr. Wilkston got my honey child the finest trainer in the land.
00:53:22I ain't given nothing but the best of care.
00:53:25And I ain't no trainer, so I'm willing to let Mr. Morgan take over.
00:53:28What are you driving at?
00:53:30You got any doubts about bringing Blue Knight in the head of that field no more?
00:53:35Why don't you let that Solomon boy do the job?
00:53:38So now it's you.
00:53:40First it's the whole gang and now it's you!
00:53:51Why don't you hit me?
00:53:53Don't you stand there doing nothing!
00:53:55Beat me!
00:54:04I know.
00:54:06I ain't even worth that.
00:54:16Poor little fella.
00:54:19Poor little fella.
00:54:29Then the block is over.
00:54:42Knuckles, Knuckles, where are you?
00:54:44Fire!
00:54:49Ben!
00:54:50Ben!
00:54:53Ben, where are you?
00:54:56Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben, come on, Ben, you've got to get fired, come on, Ben, come on, come on,
00:55:05Ben, come on, don't be afraid, come on, Ben, come on, Ben, come on, Ben, take it easy, Ben, take
00:55:18it easy, Ben, where's my baby, he's all right, Blue Knight's all right, don't worry about him, Ben, are you
00:55:25all right?
00:55:25Yeah, who's the art?
00:55:26Well, where is he?
00:55:28Right here beside you, he saved your life, Ben, he pulled you out of that fire.
00:55:32Did he?
00:55:34Poor little fella, oh, poor little fella, can I talk to him all about myself?
00:55:41Yeah, but first of all, Ben, tell us what happened, who did this?
00:55:44The same fella we had trouble with a while ago.
00:55:47Blackie, you must have tailed us here.
00:55:49All right, Ben, we'll take care of him as soon as we get you to a hospital, come on, kids,
00:55:52let's get the truck.
00:55:58That horse is all Ben's got in the world, if he ain't raced, it'll break the old man, maybe kill
00:56:03him.
00:56:04Quit it, you're breaking my heart.
00:56:06Speaking of breaks, why don't you give everybody one, Ben, the horse, yourself, I'll give you my share of the
00:56:10winnings, I'll do anything.
00:56:11Don't slam the door when you go out.
00:56:13You ain't got no mount for the big race, I looked it up, you gotta have a mount, you might
00:56:16as well ride Blue Knight.
00:56:18Not me, I still got bruises from the last time I tried to ride them.
00:56:21I'm sorry about that, Jimmy, honest I am.
00:56:24You ought to be.
00:56:25I wish I was smart than like I am now.
00:56:28I didn't ever hit you, I didn't ever try to be a jockey.
00:56:31So now you got cold feet.
00:56:32It ain't cold feet, Jimmy.
00:56:34I'm just not the guy to ride Blue Knight.
00:56:36I was afraid, but I ain't no more.
00:56:39I was wrong, I admit that all wrong.
00:56:42I just was never meant to be no jockey.
00:56:45You're telling me?
00:56:45It ain't just me, Jimmy.
00:56:47It's lots of people, friends of mine.
00:56:49They'll be sulk if Blue Knight loses.
00:56:51I said no, I meant it.
00:56:54Scram, small fry.
00:57:33Danny's out looking for him now.
00:57:35I can't understand it.
00:57:36Danny said he woke up this morning and Muggs had disappeared.
00:57:38Oh, we'd have heard if anything had happened to him.
00:57:40Well, that's not the point.
00:57:41We have, uh, that is, I mean to say, uh, there's money invested in this race.
00:57:46Hey, Muggs!
00:57:48Muggs, where are you?
00:57:51Hey, Muggs!
00:57:56I looked every place but the weighing room.
00:57:58They wouldn't let me in there.
00:57:59Why didn't you wait?
00:57:59I wanted to see the start.
00:58:00They were almost ready.
00:58:01If Muggs is here, he'll show up at the post.
00:58:03He must be here.
00:58:04Blue Knight hasn't been scratched yet.
00:58:06Hey, look.
00:58:07Attention, attention, please.
00:58:08There's a late change of riders on number four of Blue Knight.
00:58:11Make the ride to Jimmy Sullivan.
00:58:13Replace a Muggs Maloney.
00:58:14No overweight.
00:58:15That was swell of Muggs.
00:58:16I wonder where he is.
00:58:17Well, I'd like to shake that boy's hand.
00:58:22They're off.
00:58:22Wait a minute.
00:58:23They're going.
00:58:24Saxon is going to the front.
00:58:25Little King is second.
00:58:26Last Hope is third.
00:58:29As they pass the quarter, it's Saxon moving into the front by a length.
00:58:32Little King is second by a half.
00:58:34Last Hope is third.
00:58:36Blue Knight is fourth.
00:58:38Blue Knight.
00:58:38As they go around the turn, it's Saxon by two lengths.
00:58:41Little King is second by a length.
00:58:43Last Hope is third.
00:58:44Blue Knight is fourth.
00:58:45On the back stretch, it's Saxon a length.
00:58:51Little King has...
00:58:51My name's Sullivan.
00:58:52Bring home that bankroll.
00:58:54That bankroll?
00:58:56Knuckles Dillon, did you draw the rest of that money out of the bank?
00:58:58That chicken feet's safe and sound, baby.
00:58:59Blackie Powell's throwing this party for me.
00:59:01Wow.
00:59:02Come off the night.
00:59:02Saxon by two lengths.
00:59:05Little King is second.
00:59:06And Blue Knight is third on the outside.
00:59:08Come on, Jimmy.
00:59:10Come on, Blue Knight.
00:59:11Come on, boy.
00:59:12All right.
00:59:13That 20's getting it.
00:59:14He's getting it.
00:59:14He's gaining.
00:59:15You know the stretch.
00:59:16Don't get excited.
00:59:17It's Saxon.
00:59:17Jimmy's making his move.
00:59:17He's making his move.
00:59:18He's making his move.
00:59:19I feel it, boys.
00:59:20Seven days in the seven race.
00:59:21How can I lose?
00:59:22Hey!
00:59:23Blue Knight!
00:59:24Get off!
00:59:25It's Saxon by two lengths.
00:59:27Blue Knight moving up.
00:59:29And Little King's fine.
00:59:30Don't move.
00:59:31Oh, he's handwriting.
00:59:32He's going nice.
00:59:32Come on, Blue Knight.
00:59:33Come on, Jimmy.
00:59:34Come on, Jimmy.
00:59:34Come on, Jimmy.
00:59:35Get it off!
00:59:36That's your life!
00:59:40Take it to him!
00:59:41Bring it in, Jimmy!
00:59:44Outside.
00:59:46It's three noses.
00:59:47As they come down the line of finish, it's Saxon, Blue Knight.
00:59:50Saxon, Blue Knight.
00:59:52Little King.
00:59:53Little King.
00:59:54Saxon, Blue Knight.
00:59:54Saxon, Blue Knight.
00:59:55Little King.
00:59:56They go over the line of finish.
00:59:58Three noses on the wire.
00:59:59Hold your tickets.
01:00:00It's going to be a photograph finish.
01:00:02We won!
01:00:03We won!
01:00:09Well, you see, they take a picture, and then they develop.
01:00:12And then it goes up on the talk board, and it's a full finish.
01:00:16Well, I ain't worried about nothing, you know.
01:00:17It had to be him.
01:00:18He was ahead.
01:00:19He was.
01:00:20It takes a long time to develop them pictures, you know.
01:00:22We'll know in a couple of minutes now to put up them numbers.
01:00:24It's got to be him.
01:00:25It couldn't be nobody else.
01:00:27Blue Knight.
01:00:27Number four is the winner.
01:00:29No way!
01:00:31Blue Knight!
01:00:32Blue Knight!
01:00:33Blue Knight!
01:00:36I got to get him.
01:00:37I got to get him.
01:00:38I got to get him.
01:00:39I got to get him.
01:00:39Don't worry about me.
01:00:40I can sit you all night now.
01:00:43Oh, weren't they beautiful?
01:00:44Weren't they wonderful?
01:00:45Why don't you get a horse like Blue Knight?
01:00:47I have part of one.
01:00:48What?
01:00:49Yes.
01:00:49Blue Knight.
01:00:49Oh, Connie!
01:00:51Come on.
01:00:51Let's find Muggs.
01:00:52Let's go.
01:00:53Come on.
01:00:54Oh, that was...
01:00:54Come on.
01:00:57Let me take that hand out.
01:00:58Boy, that was swell.
01:00:59Hey.
01:01:00Hey, look at that water dove.
01:01:02Who is that guy?
01:01:05Oh, that's Mushy Brennan.
01:01:07He's a world's middleweight champ.
01:01:09Middleweight champ?
01:01:10Yeah.
01:01:10What, you mean fighter?
01:01:11Sure.
01:01:12They make that kind of dove, huh?
01:01:14Yeah.
01:01:15Hey, get a load of this.
01:01:19There we go again, boys.
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