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00:01Now, Luke, I'm telling you, the graphics on Chainsaw Duel are amazing.
00:05Okay, now, to attack, you press that button.
00:10Oh, you just cross-cut your leg off.
00:15Bill, Bill, swimsuit edition of Psychology Today.
00:21And there's a postcard for you, Luke, from your dad.
00:27You're not going to read it?
00:28These postcards are all the same.
00:30It's always a picture of the world's biggest something.
00:32A trout the size of an RV, a four-story corn dog.
00:36You ever write them back?
00:38And send it where?
00:42Well, that is the biggest radish I have ever seen.
00:48I think you ought to take a look at this, Luke.
00:53Sorry, Dr. T, would you say something?
00:55Looks like your dad's coming here to see you.
01:01Show me that smile again.
01:03Show me that smile.
01:05Don't waste another minute on your crying.
01:11We're nowhere near the end.
01:13We're nowhere near the end.
01:15The best is ready to begin.
01:19As long as we got each other, we got the world spinning right in our hands.
01:29Baby, you and me, we gotta be the luckiest dreamers who never quit dreaming.
01:38As long as we keep on giving, we can take anything that comes our way.
01:47Baby, rain will shine all the time.
01:52We got each other sharing the laughter and love.
02:05Is George here yet?
02:06Dad, how do we know that he's not gonna kidnap Luke and take him to some foreign country
02:10and have plastic surgery done so we don't recognize him?
02:13That's just the chance we're gonna have to take.
02:16Come on, Mike, ever it occur to you that Luke is looking forward to seeing his dad?
02:20Oof.
02:21Isn't he here yet?
02:23See?
02:24I wanna get this over with.
02:27I'm sure he's gonna be here any minute now.
02:29He's got that big truck to deal with.
02:31Yeah, he can't exactly park his 18-wheeler in front of our house.
02:34Yeah.
02:41Dad!
02:42Dad, he's gonna try to parallel park that big rig.
02:45He's not gonna make it.
02:46Trust me, he's not gonna make it.
02:50You made it.
02:54Hello, everybody.
02:55I'm George.
02:56Hi, George.
02:57Hey, Luke.
02:58Oh, uh, come in.
02:59Come in.
03:04Can't believe you drove your truck here.
03:06Ah, well, the valet at the Ritz-Carlton wouldn't take it.
03:11Uh, Luke, why don't you introduce me to your foster family?
03:14Uh, this is Dr. Seaver.
03:17Doctor!
03:18Psychiatrist.
03:18No shame in that.
03:21And you must be Mrs. Seaver.
03:23Oh, George, it's very nice to meet you.
03:25Hey, excuse me.
03:25But you have the most gorgeous movie star skin I have ever seen.
03:29Oh, George, that's a load of hooey.
03:34But, Jason, take notes.
03:37And this is our daughter, Chrissy.
03:39Pleased to meet you.
03:40Ma'am.
03:41This snake isn't red.
03:45It's, uh, our son, Mike.
03:47You know Mike.
03:49Hey, uh, yeah, good to see you, George.
03:51It's a shame you can't stay long.
03:53Well, uh, actually, I do have a couple hours to kill before I deliver these tomatoes to this cataway.
03:57Hey, I thought maybe we could go grab some breakfast.
04:01I already ate.
04:02It's my family.
04:05I brought you something, a little memento of your mother.
04:08God rest her soul.
04:10Wow, George, you, uh, came all this way just to deliver something to Luke you could have dropped in the
04:14mail?
04:14Well, some things are too important to stick in the mail, like these snapshots of me and Luke and his
04:19mom.
04:21Mike, do you want to help me, uh, straighten the picture over here on this wall?
04:24No.
04:25That wasn't a question.
04:29Uh, it's of your first birthday.
04:31Uh, your mom and I took you to see the world's biggest radio tire.
04:38Thanks.
04:39I'll look at him later.
04:41Hey, Dad, is Mom making spaghetti for about 8,000 people?
04:45Yo, the George Brower.
04:47Love that postcard from Bikini Beach.
04:51Those were the biggest...
04:52Ben.
04:54You're looking good, big buddy.
04:56Hope the babes think so.
04:57I've got the most incredible party tonight.
04:59Ben, uh, do you want to come over here and help me and Mike straighten out the pictures?
05:05No.
05:07He wasn't a question.
05:12Luke, uh, I'm not here just because of the snapshots, so...
05:18After Jersey, I'm cutting through the Blue Ridge Mountains, where the fireflies dance like a thousand shooting stars.
05:26What do you say you keep your old man company?
05:31Look, I thought I told you I don't want to go live with you.
05:34I'm not trying to take you away from these fine people.
05:37I just thought you might like a couple of weeks to get to know your dad better.
05:42What?
05:43Work our way up to being strangers?
05:49I won't push it.
05:53Well, I appreciate your hospitality.
05:55It's, uh, time for me to haul my tomatoes out of here.
05:59I'll just, uh, leave you a crate of Mother Nature's finest juicy reds, and I'll be on my way.
06:03Uh, well, thanks anyway, George, but we couldn't possibly accept.
06:06Oh, Mike, free tomatoes.
06:09Okay.
06:09Well, thanks, George.
06:10Uh, well, the crate's on...
06:15It's on the porch.
06:21Oh, that was short and sweet.
06:23Ah!
06:28Ah!
06:30Ah, take it easy, guys.
06:31They have 47 muscles in the back, and every single one of mine is doing the Watusi.
06:37It's, uh, it's kind of interesting, don't you think, George, that, uh, your back went
06:40out just as you were getting ready to leave?
06:43Hey, look out!
06:44A tarantula!
06:45A trap door or funnel-web species?
06:49Uh, no, just an old hairball.
06:53What are you doing?
06:54I was, uh, just testing.
06:56All right, we got a perfect three-course meal.
06:58Icy mug root beer, pork rinds, and Uncle Salty Cheese Logs.
07:03Mmm, I betcha that looks good, doesn't it, George?
07:05But you can't wait to just dig in, huh?
07:08Can't wait!
07:10All right, if you could, uh, just scoot that right over here.
07:18Now I can almost see that food.
07:22Here's a friend of mine, Dr. Kramer.
07:24Hello, George.
07:28Ten bucks says it's nothing serious.
07:30Whoa!
07:32Looks like your back is in bad shape.
07:35Darn sight, pretty nose, knobby knees are yours.
07:39Get in my office this afternoon.
07:41I need to take some x-rays.
07:43Oh, it's just a back spasm.
07:45It'll clear itself right...
07:47Oh, sweet jelly bean on a rot-gut potato.
07:51This'll take the edge off his pain.
07:55This'll take the rot-gut out of his potato.
07:59I don't have time for x-rays.
08:00I got a truckload of tomatoes that's got to be in Jersey by tonight.
08:04Well, I wish we could help out, George, but we don't know anyone who could drive a truck that size.
08:14Are you sure you can handle this thing?
08:16Hey, it's a lot easier than driving that clinic bus full of screaming children.
08:21Tomatoes don't try to pants you at the intersection.
08:24Can we go any faster?
08:26Dad, what if I'm not back in time for the party?
08:28Oh, come on.
08:29It's a three-hour trip each way, Ben.
08:31You're gonna make it in plenty of time.
08:32I'm going at a decent speed.
08:33Then how come there's a pregnant cow passing us on the right?
08:38Come on, Ben, relax.
08:40The reason I drafted you for this is I thought it would be a nice outing for you and me.
08:44Well, the matching hats were a nice touch.
08:46All right, why don't we make up some names and we'll talk CB talk, all right?
08:52Maybe later.
08:53I don't want to peep too soon.
08:55What do you want your handle to be?
08:56The son of big hair.
09:07You haven't touched her lunch.
09:09Well, your buddy Mike keeps putting it just out of reach.
09:19Luke?
09:20What?
09:21How's high school?
09:22Why do you want to know?
09:24I never saw one from the inside.
09:28Yeah, well, a lot of us have had tough breaks.
09:31Play any sports?
09:33Look, I got things to do.
09:35Oh, come on.
09:36Luke, cut.
09:41Please, God.
09:42Tell me how to get through to my son.
09:45You talking to somebody, George?
09:47Oh, no, no.
09:49Just thinking with my mouth.
09:51You know, they say the jaw muscles are the strongest in the whole body, but after 25 years on the
09:56road, I say it's a glutus maximus.
09:58That's Latin for big butt.
10:02Yeah, I know.
10:02I teach French.
10:06Hey, come on, George.
10:07I've got to get going and get those x-rays.
10:10No need.
10:11I'm feeling much better.
10:13Yeah, right.
10:15Right.
10:15You know, George, you really should have said that you had something that wouldn't show up on an x-ray.
10:20Like, uh, whiplash or, uh, hoof and mouth disease.
10:24That bad person's impression burned you deep, didn't it?
10:27Not half as deeply as it burned Luke.
10:29So I see.
10:34Mike, I spent 25,000 miles thinking about it.
10:39The thing is, Luke is my blood.
10:44I never got to know my dad until it was too late.
10:46I don't want that to happen to Luke.
10:50Yes, thank you for calling.
10:53I can't believe this, George.
10:55Pretending he's hurt to get on Luke's good side.
10:58He's not pretending, Mike.
11:00What?
11:01That was Dr. Kramer.
11:02He's spoken to George's doctor.
11:05George's back has deteriorated to the point where if he doesn't stop driving his truck,
11:10he's going to be paralyzed.
11:18The doctors call it cervical deterioration.
11:22I call it a pain in the neck.
11:26Well, what are you going to do when you stop driving?
11:28Who's going to stop driving?
11:29Well, George, doctors say if you don't, you're going to be paralyzed.
11:32Oh, they don't know nothing.
11:34They told my friend Billy Bobby had three and a half months to live.
11:36He lived four and a half months.
11:41George, what's so hard about changing jobs?
11:44With an eighth grade education?
11:46Maybe I could be a Supreme Court justice.
11:50I only know three things.
11:51That's trucks, trucks, and trucks.
11:56Well, I'm sure there's other jobs you could get that, uh, you know, you could still be around trucks.
12:00Like what?
12:01Well, I don't know.
12:03You could, uh, you could lease big rigs.
12:05Or, uh, you could run a truck stop.
12:07Or, uh, you could sell those little silhouettes of girls they stick on mud flaps.
12:13Those aren't sold.
12:14They're handed down from generation to generation.
12:18So, when are you going to tell Luke?
12:20Luke is to know nothing about this.
12:22I don't want his pity.
12:24I just want a chance to get to know him better.
12:29Three-hour trip.
12:30That's what they told Gilligan.
12:34Okay, so we got a little lost.
12:36A little lost?
12:37Dad, we were halfway to Florida.
12:39If we hadn't stopped at that gas station, we'd be in Cuba by now.
12:43Well, we're going the right way now.
12:45The depot's a half a mile down the road.
12:49Dad, it's 7.30.
12:51If they unload the truck in two minutes,
12:53and if we drive 195 miles per hour back home,
12:57I might actually be able to catch the last five minutes of that party.
13:00Could be worse.
13:02True.
13:03You could still be singing those Willie Nelson songs.
13:07All right, here's the depot right up here.
13:09We're going to get them to unload our tomatoes just as quickly as they can.
13:20Hey, excuse me.
13:21We have tomatoes.
13:23What do we do with them?
13:24Pull her at the dock 19, Johnny.
13:26All right, great.
13:27Listen, these guys are going to unload us right away.
13:30You must be new to this route.
13:32Drivers unload their own trucks.
13:37You don't tug on Superman's cape.
13:41You don't spit into the wind.
13:45You don't pull the mask off the old home ranger and you don't mess around with Jim.
13:52I love that song.
13:53Yeah.
13:54My mom used to sing it to me when I was a baby.
13:56Yeah?
13:56Check out this picture.
13:57Don't I look a lot like her?
13:59Oh, yeah.
14:00Gosh.
14:01Hey, George looks so young here.
14:04You got his smile, you know what?
14:07Yeah, I don't see it.
14:09Hey, Luke, I want to talk to you about something.
14:12Well, I really don't.
14:14Mike, if you're trying to talk about the facts of life, you're a little late.
14:20If your dad keeps driving a truck, he's going to be paralyzed.
14:24What?
14:25Yeah, he won't listen to the doctors and he sure won't listen to me.
14:30And I thought you'd want to know.
14:38I think we ended up with half the tomatoes on us.
14:44Oh, yeah?
14:45You should have seen your face when you fell into this tomato pit.
14:48Well, I was walking along.
14:50The next minute, I'm swimming in the Red Sea.
14:53I'm just glad George wasn't hauling fertilizer.
14:56Oh, four percent for a couple city boys.
14:58We did all right.
15:00Ben, there's no way you're going to make your party tonight.
15:03And it's all my fault and I am truly sorry.
15:07I had a great time, Don.
15:11Copy, good buddy?
15:12Ten-four.
15:15Well, let's hammer down and head for home.
15:18Yeah!
15:31Ah, I didn't mean to wake you up.
15:34What are you doing?
15:36I'm just trying to get this old body to the bathroom and pay the toll.
15:41Oh, you must really be in pain.
15:43Ah, nah, it's nothing.
15:46Whoa!
15:47Slap me silly and shave me naked.
15:52Here, let me help you up.
15:54Okay, I'm coming.
15:57I'll be right there.
16:01What's so funny?
16:04Well, when you were a little boy, I used to take you to the bathroom in the middle of the
16:08night so you wouldn't wet the bed.
16:09And now it seems like you're doing the same thing for me.
16:14Yeah, well, I don't remember anything back then.
16:17I do.
16:18The only way you'd go back to sleep is if you heard your favorite song.
16:22You don't tug on Superman's cape.
16:26You don't spit into the window.
16:28Yeah, Mom used to sing that to me.
16:30Luke!
16:31Your mom was a lovely woman, but she couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.
16:37Don't you remember?
16:39You were terrified of all those monsters in the closet?
16:42You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger, and you don't mess around with it.
16:49Luke.
16:56It was you.
16:57You loved it.
17:00Made you think you were bigger and stronger than any of those monsters.
17:04You really did that.
17:08Yeah, sure.
17:12Look.
17:16Mike told me what's going on with your back.
17:19Oh, that boy's tongue is loose at both ends.
17:23You know, George, you're going to have to make a decision here.
17:27I've made one.
17:28I'm not going to quit trucking.
17:31And I don't want to talk about it.
17:35So you're just going to pretend like it doesn't exist?
17:38You know, that's typical.
17:41It's like everything that's ever went on in the past 13 years never happened.
17:46I want to talk about it, George.
17:48I mean, you come here after all this time and you say what's past is past.
17:51Let's jump into a truck and watch the fireflies.
17:54What I was trying to...
17:55Look.
17:55You sent me postcard after postcard about the world's biggest prairie chicken.
18:00What about the postcard that says, I'm sorry I ruined your life?
18:04Luke.
18:04You know, you run from doctors the way you run from everything.
18:09Including your own son.
18:19What was wrong with me?
18:22What was wrong with you?
18:24Yeah.
18:25What was it, George?
18:27Why can't you just tell me?
18:30I can't talk to you when you're like this.
18:33And you haven't changed.
18:38I don't think you ever will.
18:40Luke.
18:41Luke!
18:46I'm not very good at this kind of talk.
18:50But if it's what it takes, I'll keep trying all night.
18:56But first, you've got to get me to the bathroom.
19:05Ah, you should have seen us, Maggie.
19:07There we were.
19:07The wind in our faces.
19:08The open road before us.
19:10And tomatoes in our shorts.
19:14Oh, hi, George.
19:16Good morning.
19:17Hey, you two.
19:18Thanks for running those tomatoes to Jersey for me.
19:21Ah.
19:21Piece of cake, George.
19:23Ah.
19:23Glad to hear it.
19:24Sometimes they try to pull a fast one on first-timers.
19:27Make them unload their own truck.
19:30But you're looking a lot better today, George.
19:33Ah, yep.
19:33About time to hit the road.
19:35You, uh, you're leaving?
19:36Oh, that's great.
19:38That's your feeling better.
19:39My back's loose enough for me to see it with a wheel.
19:42I should make it to Tucson just fine.
19:45So you sure that driving that big rig is the best thing for you?
19:47Oh, absolutely.
19:48As soon as I get there, I'm going to sell it.
19:50Buy myself a little truck stop from an old buddy.
19:55You're quitting trucking?
19:57Well, Luke's a very persuasive young man.
20:01Wow, Luke.
20:03Well, how'd you do it?
20:04What'd you say?
20:13I said that I'm going with him.
20:18What?
20:19It's only for a couple of months, Mike, to help him set up.
20:23Are you out of your cotton-picking mind?
20:26No offense.
20:28Mike, no word.
20:29Dad, I'm sorry, but I can't let him do this.
20:32Well, you have to.
20:33Luke has to get to know his father.
20:35Dad, he can't just pick up and leave like this.
20:37What about his life?
20:39What about us?
20:41Mike, this is not your decision.
20:55Mike, you taught me what it means to be there when somebody needs you the most.
21:02And I want to do the same for George.
21:05George.
21:09I mean, my dad.
21:19Come on, you guys.
21:20Don't look like that.
21:21It's only for a couple of months.
21:22I'll be coming back.
21:38Bye-bye.
21:40Bye-bye.
21:41Bye-bye.
21:44Bye-bye.
21:47Bye-bye.
21:50Bye-bye.
22:31Well, you better come back.
22:34Try and stop me.
22:40Bye, Luke.
22:41See you later, man.
22:42See you, bud.
22:43Bye.
22:59Bye, Luke.
23:20Bye, Luke.