1 00:00:05,593 --> 00:00:09,051 The hard part about time travel is that it often leaves me in the dark. 2 00:00:09,130 --> 00:00:13,464 Fortunately, there always seems to be someone around to offer me a helping hand... 3 00:00:13,534 --> 00:00:15,365 or paw. 4 00:00:15,436 --> 00:00:19,566 But no matter whether my faithful companion has two legs or four, 5 00:00:19,641 --> 00:00:21,506 it doesn't really matter. 6 00:00:21,576 --> 00:00:24,340 I usually wind up doing the dirty work myself. 7 00:00:24,412 --> 00:00:26,972 But that's okay, because helping people out... 8 00:00:27,048 --> 00:00:29,312 is like music to my ears. 9 00:01:01,282 --> 00:01:03,273 Chick! Huh? 10 00:01:03,351 --> 00:01:05,842 Chick! 11 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:10,220 Earth to Chick. 12 00:01:10,291 --> 00:01:13,419 Stop clowning around and read the commercial. 13 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,874 Today. 14 00:01:34,949 --> 00:01:37,577 I'm sorry. Um, what were you saying? 15 00:01:37,652 --> 00:01:39,916 You see that piece of paper in your hand? 16 00:01:39,987 --> 00:01:44,754 - Uh-huh. - Read it. Into the microphone. 17 00:01:52,867 --> 00:01:55,802 Oh, my God. I'm a deejay. 18 00:03:22,388 --> 00:03:24,754 So... 19 00:03:24,824 --> 00:03:28,783 So, come taste the hottest new flavors... 20 00:03:28,861 --> 00:03:30,795 at the coolest place in town, 21 00:03:30,863 --> 00:03:33,889 at Boorman... Boor... Boor... Boor... 22 00:03:33,966 --> 00:03:36,366 Boorman's Frosty Freeze Ice Cream. 23 00:03:36,436 --> 00:03:38,597 Pistachio, coffee, and now tutti-frutti. 24 00:04:14,173 --> 00:04:19,042 Chick, may I see you for a moment? 25 00:04:19,112 --> 00:04:21,774 - Right now? - No. 26 00:04:21,848 --> 00:04:24,316 After Ike gets out of office. 27 00:04:24,384 --> 00:04:26,318 Right. 28 00:04:30,656 --> 00:04:32,590 So, Eisenhower was still president. 29 00:04:32,658 --> 00:04:36,651 That meant I was somewhere in the '50s. Well, it was a start. 30 00:04:36,729 --> 00:04:42,167 Man, I never thought I'd live to see Howlin' Chick Howell play Pat Boone. 31 00:04:42,235 --> 00:04:44,601 We're talkin' weird. 32 00:04:44,670 --> 00:04:47,138 Sometimes, you know, weird things just happen. 33 00:04:47,206 --> 00:04:49,197 Yeah, like unemployment. 34 00:04:49,275 --> 00:04:52,733 Particularly to deejays who go blank on the air. 35 00:04:52,812 --> 00:04:56,612 Every once in a while you meet someone who instantly rubs you the wrong way. 36 00:04:56,682 --> 00:04:59,173 You don't know why. They just do. And for some reason, 37 00:04:59,252 --> 00:05:01,243 you just wanna rub 'em back. 38 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,588 Do you know why my father started this station? 39 00:05:03,656 --> 00:05:07,292 - As a tax dodge? - Because he loved music. And so do I. 40 00:05:07,660 --> 00:05:10,060 And so do I. 41 00:05:10,929 --> 00:05:13,355 I think that makes it unanimous. 42 00:05:13,433 --> 00:05:17,699 - They told me you never took anything seriously. Now I believe them. - I take lots of things seriously. 43 00:05:17,770 --> 00:05:21,331 - Name two. - Quantum physics and time travel. 44 00:05:21,407 --> 00:05:24,672 No wonder you've had 12 jobs in the last eight years. 45 00:05:24,744 --> 00:05:29,977 What are you so wound up about? Come on. It's only... rock and roll. 46 00:05:40,793 --> 00:05:44,559 Three words. "Chick, you're fired"? 47 00:05:44,630 --> 00:05:46,655 Your record's ending. 48 00:05:48,534 --> 00:05:52,937 Will suddenly bring showers 49 00:05:53,005 --> 00:05:55,337 Rain to grow 50 00:05:55,408 --> 00:05:57,933 The flowers 51 00:06:00,246 --> 00:06:02,840 Man, you've really got it bad for her, don't you? Who? 52 00:06:02,915 --> 00:06:04,212 Rachel. Rachel? 53 00:06:04,283 --> 00:06:06,751 Uh... Uh, forget it. No. No way. 54 00:06:06,819 --> 00:06:10,220 Nice try, Kemo Sabe, but old Brian knows all, sees all. 55 00:06:10,289 --> 00:06:12,655 Ever since you've been here, you've been makin' goo-goo eyes at her. 56 00:06:12,725 --> 00:06:14,659 I have? Mm-hmm. But I'm tellin' you. 57 00:06:14,727 --> 00:06:16,854 She's only got time for one thing in her life... 58 00:06:16,929 --> 00:06:19,397 to carry on the work of her sainted father. 59 00:06:19,465 --> 00:06:21,160 And that's it. 60 00:06:21,234 --> 00:06:24,101 Hey, what are you doin'? Uh, just gettin' ready... 61 00:06:24,170 --> 00:06:26,832 to spin some more stacks of wax. 62 00:06:26,906 --> 00:06:29,101 Just do your sign-off and get out of here. 63 00:06:29,175 --> 00:06:31,575 I got a shift to do. Mouths to feed. 64 00:06:31,644 --> 00:06:36,411 Cars to pay off. Homes to repair. 65 00:06:36,482 --> 00:06:40,885 This is... Howlin' Chick Howell... 66 00:06:40,953 --> 00:06:42,887 on, um, 67 00:06:45,091 --> 00:06:47,457 "fow"... 68 00:06:47,527 --> 00:06:51,861 uh, WOF, 730 AM, 69 00:06:51,931 --> 00:06:53,922 signing off. 70 00:06:56,969 --> 00:06:58,903 Couldn't think of anything snappy to say. 71 00:06:58,971 --> 00:07:00,939 Sometimes happens. 72 00:07:01,007 --> 00:07:03,032 Man, you've really got it bad. 73 00:07:11,217 --> 00:07:13,344 Now, now, Fred. 74 00:07:13,419 --> 00:07:15,751 I appreciate your opinion, 75 00:07:15,821 --> 00:07:19,814 but no matter how many editorials you publish, I am not gonna stop playing rock and roll. 76 00:07:19,892 --> 00:07:24,261 I'm not asking you to change everything you do, Rachel. Just don't play those records. 77 00:07:24,330 --> 00:07:27,959 You talk about rock and roll like it's some kind of contagious disease, like... like... 78 00:07:28,034 --> 00:07:30,195 Chicken pox? 79 00:07:30,269 --> 00:07:32,965 No, I think it's just inappropriate. 80 00:07:33,039 --> 00:07:35,872 And so would your father. 81 00:07:35,942 --> 00:07:39,503 You don't know the first thing about what my father would say to this. 82 00:07:39,579 --> 00:07:42,514 Rachel, I am not the only one worried... 83 00:07:42,582 --> 00:07:45,312 about what rock and roll is gonna do to the kids in this city. 84 00:07:45,384 --> 00:07:47,375 You... You don't seriously believe... 85 00:07:47,453 --> 00:07:49,683 that-that music is a threat to the kids, do you? 86 00:07:49,755 --> 00:07:52,815 - Chick, stay out of this. - Believe it, Sam. 87 00:07:52,892 --> 00:07:54,792 A lot of people did back in the '50s. 88 00:07:54,860 --> 00:07:57,488 Well, that's ridiculous. Chick. 89 00:07:57,563 --> 00:08:01,329 You think it's ridiculous to be concerned about the welfare of our children? 90 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:03,800 Or the undermining of family values? 91 00:08:05,705 --> 00:08:07,639 No, it's just that... 92 00:08:07,707 --> 00:08:10,175 What we're talking about, it's just music. 93 00:08:10,242 --> 00:08:12,437 What we are talking about... 94 00:08:12,511 --> 00:08:14,979 is the future of America. 95 00:08:15,047 --> 00:08:17,948 Is this guy a dinosaur or what? 96 00:08:18,017 --> 00:08:20,281 Oh, you think that's funny? 97 00:08:20,353 --> 00:08:22,844 No, sir. I don't think it's funny. Well, I do! 98 00:08:22,922 --> 00:08:25,083 So did I. I thought it was hysterical. 99 00:08:25,157 --> 00:08:28,615 I think what Rachel is trying to say... 100 00:08:28,694 --> 00:08:31,322 is that the idea that music... 101 00:08:31,397 --> 00:08:34,594 can make people misbehave is wrong. 102 00:08:34,667 --> 00:08:36,760 And even if it were true, which it isn't, 103 00:08:36,836 --> 00:08:39,361 isn't this just simply a matter of... of people not... 104 00:08:39,438 --> 00:08:43,306 listening to a particular radio station that might be playing music... 105 00:08:43,376 --> 00:08:45,207 that they might not want heard played? 106 00:08:45,277 --> 00:08:48,371 You don't have kids, do you, Mr. Howell? 107 00:08:48,447 --> 00:08:50,915 You can't watch 'em 24 hours a day. 108 00:08:50,983 --> 00:08:53,383 Soon as you turn your back, they do exactly what they want. 109 00:08:53,452 --> 00:08:56,080 And then some. 110 00:08:56,155 --> 00:08:59,488 I'm sure that you and the other parents... 111 00:08:59,558 --> 00:09:03,995 have instilled in your children proper family values... 112 00:09:04,063 --> 00:09:06,930 so that they know what's right and what's wrong, 113 00:09:06,999 --> 00:09:10,162 so that no matter what they listen to, they'll do the right thing. 114 00:09:10,236 --> 00:09:12,864 Rachel, I didn't want to have to do this. 115 00:09:12,938 --> 00:09:15,429 Here comes the windup. You leave me no choice. 116 00:09:15,508 --> 00:09:19,274 Here comes the pitch. I'm pulling my advertising. 117 00:09:19,345 --> 00:09:24,373 From now on, my paper and my hardware store will do their radio spots elsewhere. 118 00:09:24,450 --> 00:09:27,715 Oh, come on, Fred! And believe me, 119 00:09:27,787 --> 00:09:30,017 so will a lot of other businesses. 120 00:09:30,089 --> 00:09:32,182 I carry a fair amount of weight in this town. 121 00:09:32,258 --> 00:09:34,692 Yeah, and a lot of it's hangin' over your belt. 122 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:38,423 Go ahead. Pull your advertising. See if I care. 123 00:09:39,632 --> 00:09:43,864 You may not. But what about all the other people who work for you and their families? 124 00:09:43,936 --> 00:09:46,063 I'm not gonna stop playing rock and roll. 125 00:09:46,138 --> 00:09:49,801 - Maybe you won't have a choice. - What do you mean by that? 126 00:09:49,875 --> 00:09:52,469 I mean that tomorrow at the city council meeting, 127 00:09:52,545 --> 00:09:56,811 I intend to propose a law that will ban rock and roll from being played over the airwaves. 128 00:09:56,882 --> 00:09:59,146 You can't do that! 129 00:09:59,218 --> 00:10:00,947 Good-bye, Fred. 130 00:10:03,022 --> 00:10:05,217 Can he? 131 00:10:05,291 --> 00:10:09,125 I don't know. Uh, maybe they could pass some kind of weird blue law. 132 00:10:16,602 --> 00:10:19,696 What are you looking at? 133 00:10:19,772 --> 00:10:22,366 I was just thinking that you... 134 00:10:22,441 --> 00:10:25,342 handled that... well. 135 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:30,571 Thank you. 136 00:10:30,649 --> 00:10:32,776 Oh, and Chick... Yes? 137 00:10:32,852 --> 00:10:35,377 If you're late again tomorrow, you're fired. 138 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,354 Sounds like love to me. 139 00:10:43,429 --> 00:10:45,954 Can you believe her? 140 00:10:46,031 --> 00:10:48,158 Who? 141 00:10:48,234 --> 00:10:51,226 Who... Rachel. Uh... Oh. Oh. 142 00:10:51,303 --> 00:10:54,500 Uh, well, Ziggy figures there's a 92.4% certainty... 143 00:10:54,573 --> 00:10:57,337 that you're here to save her. 144 00:10:57,409 --> 00:11:00,276 Well, I hope she doesn't die, because the way I feel right now, I just might let her. 145 00:11:00,346 --> 00:11:02,871 No, she doesn't die. But the station does. 146 00:11:02,948 --> 00:11:04,882 In about a year. 147 00:11:04,950 --> 00:11:08,442 And then after that, her life goes right downhill. 148 00:11:08,521 --> 00:11:11,957 So in order to save Rachel, I gotta save the station. 149 00:11:12,024 --> 00:11:14,686 Yeah. You gotta make the station number one. 150 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:16,921 The only way to do that is rock and roll. 151 00:11:16,996 --> 00:11:20,227 Holy mackerel! Look at this beautiful 'Vette! 152 00:11:21,801 --> 00:11:25,965 "Chick Howell." Oh, that's... This is your car. 153 00:11:26,972 --> 00:11:29,463 Uh-oh. 154 00:11:32,178 --> 00:11:35,272 Why do I get the feeling this is not gonna be so easy? 155 00:11:46,224 --> 00:11:48,954 You're on time! 2:46 to spare. 156 00:11:49,027 --> 00:11:53,054 Do you have even the faintest idea of what your first record is going to be? 157 00:11:55,166 --> 00:11:59,364 Something, uh, by the Beatles. 158 00:11:59,437 --> 00:12:01,371 Who are the Beatles? 159 00:12:01,439 --> 00:12:03,634 Oh, you mean... you mean Buddy Holly and the Crickets, don't you? 160 00:12:03,708 --> 00:12:06,040 Uh, right. Yeah. Right. Beatles, Crickets... 161 00:12:06,111 --> 00:12:08,102 they're all related. 162 00:12:08,179 --> 00:12:10,170 Yeah. 163 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,584 Buenos dias. Boy am I glad to see you. 164 00:12:17,656 --> 00:12:20,250 I gotta play some music, Al. I don't remember anything. What about this? 165 00:12:20,325 --> 00:12:22,623 Ah, no good. That's a "No." 166 00:12:39,177 --> 00:12:42,078 Johnny Horton, "The Battle of New Orleans"? 167 00:12:42,147 --> 00:12:45,173 Sam, get real. I don't remember any music, Al. 168 00:12:45,250 --> 00:12:48,048 This is not about music. This is about talking. 169 00:12:48,119 --> 00:12:51,577 We got the team to make the girls scream. The man of the hour with the radio power. 170 00:12:51,656 --> 00:12:53,954 The doctor of love that knows... What's the matter? 171 00:12:54,025 --> 00:12:57,051 Say it out loud. You gotta get this in two minutes, Sam! We got the team... 172 00:12:57,128 --> 00:12:59,153 that makes the girls scream... You got a piece of paper and a pencil? 173 00:12:59,230 --> 00:13:01,892 Get a paper and pencil. 174 00:13:01,967 --> 00:13:04,162 You're going on the air. We got the team... 175 00:13:04,235 --> 00:13:06,863 Hey! Didn't you see the movie? 176 00:13:08,073 --> 00:13:12,032 Good morning, Peoria! Ow! 177 00:13:12,110 --> 00:13:16,137 This is Howlin' Chick Howell... 178 00:13:16,214 --> 00:13:20,116 comin'to you live on WOF. 179 00:13:20,185 --> 00:13:22,210 Would you excuse me, folks, for just a second? 180 00:13:22,287 --> 00:13:25,484 Correct me if I'm wrong, but is there a dog in here? 181 00:13:25,557 --> 00:13:29,550 Excuse me. Is there a dog... Would you get off my lap... 182 00:13:29,628 --> 00:13:31,892 Oh... Oop... Oop. Sorry. 183 00:13:31,963 --> 00:13:35,194 Sorry. My mistake, folks. That's our advertising manager. 184 00:13:35,266 --> 00:13:37,894 Would you let go of my leg? Let go! Would you let go... 185 00:13:40,705 --> 00:13:43,401 And stay out! 186 00:13:43,475 --> 00:13:46,171 Great. Finally, a parking space for me. 187 00:13:46,244 --> 00:13:48,337 And speaking of space, 188 00:13:48,413 --> 00:13:50,813 how about those Russians, huh? 189 00:13:50,882 --> 00:13:53,180 Hey, I had a great idea. Instead of monkeys, 190 00:13:53,251 --> 00:13:56,982 why don't we stick old Khrushchev on the end of a satellite and throw him into orbit? 191 00:13:57,055 --> 00:13:59,580 I mean, how many Alfred Hitchcock look-alikes do we need, anyway? 192 00:13:59,658 --> 00:14:02,058 Talk about your Vertigo. Whoa! 193 00:14:02,127 --> 00:14:05,187 And don't look down! 194 00:14:05,263 --> 00:14:07,788 But enough chat-chit. Let's put on a hit. 195 00:14:07,866 --> 00:14:12,132 Goodness gracious, it's Jerry Lee Lewis, "Great Balls of Fire," 196 00:14:12,203 --> 00:14:15,764 which is probably what old Nikita baby will be singing upon reentry. 197 00:14:23,014 --> 00:14:26,575 I just made a complete and total idiot out of myself. 198 00:14:29,254 --> 00:14:32,746 Well, if it's any consolation, I think they liked it, Sam. 199 00:15:31,048 --> 00:15:33,380 This is great, Al. 200 00:15:40,959 --> 00:15:43,291 Flash. President Eisenhower, in a surprise move, 201 00:15:43,361 --> 00:15:47,320 resigned from office this morning in order to join a Buddhist monastery. 202 00:15:47,398 --> 00:15:51,095 Said Ike, "I just like being around guys with less hair than me. " 203 00:15:51,169 --> 00:15:53,296 Something... 204 00:15:53,371 --> 00:15:55,305 just hot off the presses. 205 00:15:55,373 --> 00:15:58,865 This just in from Washington. The F.T.C. announced yesterday... 206 00:15:58,943 --> 00:16:02,709 a campaign to end misrepresentation in advertising. 207 00:16:02,781 --> 00:16:06,182 Executives at the Himalaya Bra Company... 208 00:16:06,251 --> 00:16:08,378 could not be reached for comment. 209 00:16:08,453 --> 00:16:12,321 Ooh! And neither could my girlfriend. Neither could my girlfriend. 210 00:16:16,628 --> 00:16:20,894 - I'm dyin', Al. - Don't quit now, Sam. You're on a roll. 211 00:16:20,965 --> 00:16:23,331 Say anything. Tell 'em something you know about. 212 00:16:23,401 --> 00:16:25,892 Something I know about? Uh... 213 00:16:27,372 --> 00:16:29,806 Boy, have I got a surprise for you campers. 214 00:16:29,874 --> 00:16:33,002 The Invisible Man has dropped by to say a few words. 215 00:16:33,077 --> 00:16:35,875 So tell me, Viz, 216 00:16:35,947 --> 00:16:39,508 what's your favorite part about being invisible? 217 00:16:43,121 --> 00:16:46,215 Women's dressing room at Landon's Department Store. 218 00:16:47,125 --> 00:16:50,219 And-And, uh, what's the worst part? 219 00:16:50,295 --> 00:16:53,696 Trying to find my mouth with my cigar. 220 00:16:53,765 --> 00:16:58,498 And that's nothing compared to when you get the Invisible Girl in the backseat of the car. 221 00:16:58,570 --> 00:17:02,563 And that's nothing compared to when you get the Invisible Girl in the backseat of the car. 222 00:17:06,077 --> 00:17:08,978 Al, this is incredible. 223 00:17:09,047 --> 00:17:11,140 I feel like a different person. 224 00:17:11,216 --> 00:17:15,380 It's like I've been given... a license to play. 225 00:17:15,453 --> 00:17:18,581 To be... a-a completely different person. 226 00:17:18,656 --> 00:17:21,921 Well, like, you know, like they're gonna say in the '60s, 227 00:17:21,993 --> 00:17:24,120 like, "Let it all hang out," like. 228 00:17:24,195 --> 00:17:27,289 Man, you are on fire. 229 00:17:27,365 --> 00:17:30,300 Well, y... Sometimes you just get lucky, that's all. 230 00:17:32,337 --> 00:17:34,999 Whoa! 231 00:17:46,217 --> 00:17:49,243 Then again, 232 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,515 sometimes you don't. 233 00:17:57,795 --> 00:18:01,526 I remember where my father built this console. 234 00:18:01,599 --> 00:18:04,762 - He did it in our garage. - Ow! 235 00:18:04,836 --> 00:18:09,500 - You all right? - Yeah, yeah. 236 00:18:09,574 --> 00:18:13,101 - Started like the guys at Apple, huh? - What's Apple? 237 00:18:15,013 --> 00:18:17,846 Uh, no, no. "Wapple." 238 00:18:17,916 --> 00:18:22,979 WAPL. It's a radio station I worked for in upstate New York. 239 00:18:23,054 --> 00:18:25,045 Oh. 240 00:18:26,491 --> 00:18:29,517 I used to sit and watch him for hours. 241 00:18:29,594 --> 00:18:35,464 He was determined to have the number-one radio station on Earth... or at least Peoria. 242 00:18:35,533 --> 00:18:37,626 Is that what you want? 243 00:18:37,702 --> 00:18:43,106 No. I want to have the number-one radio station in the universe. 244 00:18:43,174 --> 00:18:46,371 But right now, I'd settle for just getting right back on the air. 245 00:18:49,013 --> 00:18:51,345 Maybe I can help you with that. 246 00:18:55,954 --> 00:18:58,980 I can't believe that you did it. 247 00:18:59,057 --> 00:19:01,890 Well... 248 00:19:07,198 --> 00:19:09,189 Oh, my God! 249 00:19:09,267 --> 00:19:13,169 - What? - Sam, you gotta see this. 250 00:19:13,237 --> 00:19:16,434 What is it, Al? It is. It's Chubby Checker! 251 00:19:16,507 --> 00:19:19,738 Chubby Checker? I can't believe it! 252 00:19:19,811 --> 00:19:22,075 Do I know you? Friend of yours? 253 00:19:22,146 --> 00:19:25,172 - Sam! - Uh... 254 00:19:25,249 --> 00:19:27,183 Yes! It's Chubby Checker. 255 00:19:27,251 --> 00:19:31,347 - Huh? - Come on, baby Let's do the Twist 256 00:19:31,422 --> 00:19:34,653 "The Twist"! 257 00:19:34,726 --> 00:19:36,785 It's a pretty good demo, but I was just tellin' him... 258 00:19:36,861 --> 00:19:39,261 I don't think it's really... it really has what it takes. 259 00:19:39,330 --> 00:19:42,322 - The Twist? - Say, can I borrow that for my act? 260 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:46,234 Uh, sure. But I-I got it from-from you. 261 00:19:46,304 --> 00:19:49,068 Sam! Sam! If you want this station to be number one, 262 00:19:49,140 --> 00:19:51,074 tell her to play that demo! 263 00:19:51,142 --> 00:19:54,202 If you want this station to be number one, you gotta play this demo. 264 00:19:56,014 --> 00:19:57,914 That's good. I like that. 265 00:19:57,982 --> 00:19:59,916 Okay, I'll give it a play. 266 00:19:59,984 --> 00:20:04,751 I mean, assuming I can still play rock and roll after the council meeting. 267 00:20:04,822 --> 00:20:08,417 Believe me, nobody is gonna pass a law banning rock and roll. 268 00:20:12,797 --> 00:20:16,426 - Hey, I like that. That's good. - Come on, baby 269 00:20:44,695 --> 00:20:48,256 I can't believe it! Without rock and roll, I am dead. 270 00:20:48,332 --> 00:20:52,200 It was my ticket to number one! The station was actually starting to make money with it. 271 00:20:52,270 --> 00:20:55,603 Now what am I gonna do? Play classical or jazz? 272 00:20:55,673 --> 00:20:58,665 I'll be lucky if I don't have to sell the station in a year. 273 00:20:58,743 --> 00:21:00,768 She could hold out another 18 months... 274 00:21:00,845 --> 00:21:03,712 if she doesn't eat or pay any salaries. Well... Maybe... 275 00:21:03,781 --> 00:21:07,717 I had Ziggy run some figures, and it's grim with a capital "G." 276 00:21:07,785 --> 00:21:10,413 Maybe... maybe you can make an appeal. 277 00:21:10,488 --> 00:21:13,685 With whom? The Supreme Court? That'll be quick. 278 00:21:13,758 --> 00:21:16,750 No, no, no, no. With rock and roll, I had a chance. 279 00:21:16,828 --> 00:21:22,266 Now all we can do is pull up the drawbridge, get ready for the dark ages... 280 00:21:22,333 --> 00:21:24,631 That's it. What? 281 00:21:24,702 --> 00:21:28,035 Sam, I don't like that look in your eye. 282 00:21:28,106 --> 00:21:32,338 We're gonna go back and pull up the drawbridge. Sam! 283 00:21:37,815 --> 00:21:40,978 Mr. Mayor. Leland. 284 00:21:41,052 --> 00:21:43,418 Sheriff. Well, you did it, Fred. 285 00:21:43,488 --> 00:21:45,979 Yes, we did, didn't we? Got the headline all ready. 286 00:21:46,057 --> 00:21:49,515 "Rock and Roll Is Told to Stroll." 287 00:21:49,594 --> 00:21:51,528 Before you know it, he'll be buckin' for your job. 288 00:21:51,596 --> 00:21:53,257 Just tryin' to move up in the organization. 289 00:21:53,331 --> 00:21:55,925 Oh, well, in that case... Millie, three more menus, 290 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,468 and give Leland the bill. 291 00:22:04,308 --> 00:22:06,970 Sam, I think this last leap back in time... 292 00:22:07,044 --> 00:22:10,036 has added more holes to that Swiss cheese brain of yours, 293 00:22:10,114 --> 00:22:13,049 because this... this is completely harebrained. 294 00:22:13,117 --> 00:22:15,517 Chick, your record's ending. 295 00:22:23,227 --> 00:22:25,457 Okay, okay. 296 00:22:25,530 --> 00:22:29,466 Ladies and gentlemen, this afternoon the city council passed a law, effective immediately, 297 00:22:29,534 --> 00:22:32,594 that forbids the airplay of music known as rock and roll. 298 00:22:32,670 --> 00:22:37,198 Now, we here at WOF believe that is wrong, 299 00:22:37,275 --> 00:22:42,042 and accordingly, we intend to keep playing rock and roll... 300 00:22:42,113 --> 00:22:44,911 until we can persuade them to change their minds. 301 00:22:44,982 --> 00:22:46,176 So with that in mind... Damn it! 302 00:22:46,250 --> 00:22:50,346 Honey! It's only music! 303 00:22:50,421 --> 00:22:52,286 That they're not allowed to play. 304 00:22:52,356 --> 00:22:54,688 ...In a non-hysterical way what we're going to do. 305 00:22:54,759 --> 00:22:57,319 Coming to you live... almost live... 306 00:22:57,395 --> 00:23:01,525 from the interstellar, out-of-the-cellar, stand-up-and-tell-her rock group, 307 00:23:01,599 --> 00:23:05,558 Bill Haley and the Comets, Comets, Comets, Comets! 308 00:23:17,281 --> 00:23:20,546 I want him off the air now. Break down the door if you have to. Just do it. 309 00:23:20,618 --> 00:23:24,213 Honey, they're not bank robbers. Theora... 310 00:23:24,288 --> 00:23:26,222 That's private property, Fred. 311 00:23:26,290 --> 00:23:29,088 With private citizens who are openly breaking the law. 312 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,651 Which you are sworn to uphold. Whoa, whoa, whoa. 313 00:23:31,729 --> 00:23:36,496 Look, I'm not gonna tell anybody to go bustin' down any doors, particularly with a reelection coming up. 314 00:23:36,567 --> 00:23:39,331 Now, bad publicity is something none of us needs. 315 00:23:39,403 --> 00:23:42,133 But that's exactly what this will be if we don't do somethin'about it. 316 00:23:42,206 --> 00:23:45,539 Maybe we can do this another way. What do you mean? 317 00:23:45,610 --> 00:23:48,238 I mean, there's more than one way to skin a cat. 318 00:23:57,521 --> 00:24:01,389 Well, if we're gonna go down in flames, 319 00:24:01,459 --> 00:24:03,689 I'll help you pick out the records. 320 00:24:14,671 --> 00:24:17,265 This one is really wild. 321 00:24:21,743 --> 00:24:24,111 That's perfect. 322 00:24:29,086 --> 00:24:34,285 I'd like to read you something that, uh, we dug out of the news files here from the Peoria Dispatch. 323 00:24:34,358 --> 00:24:38,556 It was written a couple of weeks ago by your friend and mine, Frederick R. Beaman. 324 00:24:38,629 --> 00:24:42,588 "I am not against music. I love music. But rock and roll is not music. 325 00:24:42,667 --> 00:24:47,798 "It is nothing more than the half-articulate speech of a group of people of extreme dress and style... 326 00:24:47,872 --> 00:24:51,933 whose radical intention is to excite and inflame the youth of our community." 327 00:24:52,009 --> 00:24:54,034 Now I would like to read you something... 328 00:24:54,111 --> 00:24:58,514 written by a group of long-haired, weirdly dressed radicals... 329 00:24:58,582 --> 00:25:01,210 in 1791. 330 00:25:01,285 --> 00:25:03,412 It's called the First Amendment. 331 00:25:03,487 --> 00:25:06,251 "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion... 332 00:25:06,324 --> 00:25:10,192 "or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, 333 00:25:10,261 --> 00:25:13,424 "or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble... 334 00:25:13,497 --> 00:25:16,091 and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." 335 00:25:16,167 --> 00:25:19,967 Now, I believe in the freedom of the press, and I believe that Mr. Beaman has a right to print... 336 00:25:20,037 --> 00:25:22,505 whatever he wants to about rock and roll. 337 00:25:22,573 --> 00:25:25,235 But the First Amendment also guarantees freedom of speech. 338 00:25:25,309 --> 00:25:30,246 And since Mr. Beaman also admits that rock and roll is at least in some form speech... 339 00:25:30,314 --> 00:25:33,772 uh, "half articulate speech," to be exact... 340 00:25:33,851 --> 00:25:37,548 then I guess that rock and roll is also guaranteed by the First Amendment, 341 00:25:37,621 --> 00:25:41,455 and we'd just like to exercise that right. 342 00:25:41,525 --> 00:25:43,925 But, hey, enough seriousness. 343 00:25:43,994 --> 00:25:46,929 It's time to get back into the swing of things, 344 00:25:46,997 --> 00:25:51,161 and what better way than by taking a sea cruise? 345 00:25:54,438 --> 00:25:57,635 Oh, that was good! 346 00:25:57,708 --> 00:26:01,075 Yeah. 347 00:26:08,853 --> 00:26:11,287 It's your station. My hero. 348 00:26:12,356 --> 00:26:17,020 WOF. Oh, hello, Fred. 349 00:26:17,094 --> 00:26:20,996 - No, we're perfectly serious. - Old man rhythm is in my shoes 350 00:26:21,065 --> 00:26:24,967 - Well, you know where to find us. - It's no use sittin' here and singin'the blues 351 00:26:25,035 --> 00:26:27,629 So be my guest You've got nothing to lose Damn! 352 00:26:27,705 --> 00:26:31,573 Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise 353 00:26:31,642 --> 00:26:33,940 Ooh-wee Ooh-wee, baby Fred Beaman, I hate you! 354 00:26:34,011 --> 00:26:37,071 Ooh-wee Ooh-wee, baby 355 00:26:37,148 --> 00:26:39,378 Ooh-wee Ooh-wee, baby But the question is, 356 00:26:39,450 --> 00:26:41,475 I mean, why does he hate you and rock and roll? 357 00:26:41,552 --> 00:26:43,417 I don't know. 358 00:26:43,487 --> 00:26:46,581 You know, I think until he got on this kick, nobody paid much attention to him. 359 00:26:46,657 --> 00:26:48,989 And now he sorta likes being the focal point. 360 00:26:49,059 --> 00:26:53,553 Yeah, I guess so... Oh, damn. The lights went out. 361 00:26:53,631 --> 00:26:56,259 No kidding. You got any kind of a backup? 362 00:26:56,333 --> 00:26:58,665 A-A generator or something? 363 00:26:58,736 --> 00:27:02,297 Uh, there's a civil defense generator in the basement, but I don't know how to work it. 364 00:27:02,373 --> 00:27:05,171 I don't even know if it does work. Only one way to find out. 365 00:27:05,242 --> 00:27:07,642 Chick! 366 00:27:07,711 --> 00:27:10,612 Sorry. I was just trying, uh, find, uh, the door. 367 00:27:10,681 --> 00:27:14,173 Doorknobs are usually placed a little lower, aren't they? 368 00:27:15,553 --> 00:27:19,284 They're off the air. 369 00:27:19,356 --> 00:27:21,654 Front page tomorrow, Leland. 370 00:27:21,725 --> 00:27:23,852 No more rock and roll in Peoria. 371 00:27:25,696 --> 00:27:30,531 All righty. Here's where we separate the men from the boys. 372 00:27:39,043 --> 00:27:43,207 Okay, so I'm only... 12. 373 00:27:45,783 --> 00:27:48,183 Okay. All right. 374 00:27:49,487 --> 00:27:51,478 All right. 375 00:27:53,624 --> 00:27:56,218 Ouch! 376 00:27:56,293 --> 00:27:58,227 Come on. 377 00:27:59,697 --> 00:28:01,858 All set? Okay, on three. Yep. 378 00:28:01,932 --> 00:28:05,732 Ready? One, two, three! 379 00:28:09,006 --> 00:28:10,940 Yes, yes, yes, yes. 380 00:28:11,008 --> 00:28:12,999 Let there be light. 381 00:28:18,349 --> 00:28:22,012 Good evening, Peoria! 382 00:28:22,086 --> 00:28:24,418 Yes! I know what you're thinking. 383 00:28:24,488 --> 00:28:27,685 You're saying to yourselves, "Hey, where's my good old buddy Howlin'Chick"... 384 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,627 "been for the last hour and a half?" 385 00:28:32,696 --> 00:28:35,187 Well, the honest truth is, I was kidnapped by spacemen, 386 00:28:35,266 --> 00:28:38,064 taken somewhere into the future and forced to eat Chinese food for a week. 387 00:28:38,135 --> 00:28:41,036 Oh, and I'm still hungry. 388 00:28:41,105 --> 00:28:44,939 Mmm. But now the good news is, I'm back. And I know exactly what all the hits are gonna be in the future, 389 00:28:45,009 --> 00:28:47,944 and here's one right now. 390 00:29:04,161 --> 00:29:06,755 Next time, 391 00:29:06,830 --> 00:29:11,665 I get a generator that can work the transmitter and the air conditioning at the same time. 392 00:29:11,735 --> 00:29:14,363 Yeah, I'll drink to that. 393 00:29:14,438 --> 00:29:16,872 Maybe I'll let you buy me one after this. 394 00:29:16,941 --> 00:29:21,571 Ooh, yeah Just like this 395 00:29:21,645 --> 00:29:24,113 Uh, the... phone. 396 00:29:26,016 --> 00:29:28,177 WOF. Rachel? Fred. 397 00:29:28,252 --> 00:29:30,379 Welcome back. 398 00:29:30,454 --> 00:29:34,652 I don't know how you did it, but it sure was a slick trick. Unfortunately, you're still breaking the law. 399 00:29:34,725 --> 00:29:37,785 Now, I've been talking to some of my fellow advertisers. 400 00:29:37,861 --> 00:29:42,423 You keep this up, and they might not go back to you even if you do drop rock and roll. 401 00:29:42,499 --> 00:29:44,433 I'm afraid that's right, Rachel. 402 00:29:44,501 --> 00:29:46,594 Now, I'm holdin' 'em back for right now, 403 00:29:46,670 --> 00:29:48,695 but I don't know how much longer I can do it. 404 00:29:48,772 --> 00:29:53,607 Tell him he'd better try harder, because as soon as we hang up, we're gonna call every newspaper, radio and TV station in the state. 405 00:29:53,677 --> 00:29:56,578 We'll find out how much he likes bad P.R. 406 00:29:56,647 --> 00:29:59,207 Oh, Fred, in about ten seconds, 407 00:29:59,283 --> 00:30:02,013 I'm gonna call every news organization in this state. 408 00:30:02,086 --> 00:30:04,748 I'll be seeing you on the front page. 409 00:30:22,873 --> 00:30:24,898 Damn! 410 00:30:38,922 --> 00:30:41,356 You mind if I ask you a personal question? 411 00:30:44,094 --> 00:30:46,528 Well, since my saying no probably won't stop you, 412 00:30:48,165 --> 00:30:50,065 go ahead. 413 00:30:50,134 --> 00:30:52,534 Why are you doing this? 414 00:30:54,171 --> 00:30:56,002 Seriously. 415 00:30:58,642 --> 00:31:01,110 There was a poem... 416 00:31:01,178 --> 00:31:03,908 in high school, I think, that I never forgot... 417 00:31:06,250 --> 00:31:08,184 until now. 418 00:31:12,389 --> 00:31:14,755 I think it ended with... 419 00:31:17,461 --> 00:31:22,763 "And everywhere, the ceremony of innocence is drowned. 420 00:31:22,833 --> 00:31:26,701 "The best lack all conviction, 421 00:31:26,770 --> 00:31:31,070 while the worst are full of passionate intensity." 422 00:31:33,711 --> 00:31:37,647 I guess I just think it's time for the best to exhibit a little passionate intensity. 423 00:31:44,088 --> 00:31:46,352 And now it's your turn. 424 00:31:48,759 --> 00:31:51,922 Well, 425 00:31:51,995 --> 00:31:56,762 I think it's partly because it's what my father would've done. 426 00:31:56,834 --> 00:32:01,134 - Sounds like he was a great guy. - Oh, he was. 427 00:32:01,205 --> 00:32:05,005 He had great plans for this place. 428 00:32:05,075 --> 00:32:08,408 He wanted to be the first to broadcast in stereo. 429 00:32:08,479 --> 00:32:12,142 Oh! Oh! And he always used to say, 430 00:32:12,216 --> 00:32:15,811 "The future of radio is FM, Rachel." 431 00:32:15,886 --> 00:32:20,949 FM. He was such a dreamer. 432 00:32:21,024 --> 00:32:23,993 Oh, I'm not sure that's such a bad dream. 433 00:32:24,061 --> 00:32:26,427 Chick! Chick, the record. 434 00:32:28,732 --> 00:32:31,860 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! 435 00:32:31,935 --> 00:32:33,960 Yeah, well, you know, for the last couple of minutes, 436 00:32:34,037 --> 00:32:37,996 you folks have been listening to something by, uh, Dull Needle and the Statics. 437 00:32:38,075 --> 00:32:42,034 A lot of people find it repetitive. I like to think of it as just plain, old daring. 438 00:32:42,112 --> 00:32:44,546 Okay. For all you dancing machines out there who didn't rest, 439 00:32:44,615 --> 00:32:47,106 here's a little change of pace to help you catch your breath. 440 00:32:47,184 --> 00:32:52,850 No, it's a request that's just come in from, uh, me, 441 00:32:52,923 --> 00:32:56,654 and I'd like to dedicate it... 442 00:32:56,727 --> 00:33:00,686 to the girl I'd most like to share a civil defense shelter with. 443 00:34:25,649 --> 00:34:27,844 What'd you do that for? 444 00:34:27,918 --> 00:34:30,716 For taking advantage of me in a weak moment. 445 00:34:30,787 --> 00:34:33,187 Advantage? Well, yes. 446 00:34:33,257 --> 00:34:35,885 What would you call it? I'd call it love. 447 00:34:38,028 --> 00:34:40,588 - We were dancing, and... - No, no, no, no. 448 00:34:40,664 --> 00:34:42,632 I would call it rampaging hormones. 449 00:34:46,003 --> 00:34:48,267 I think you were starting to enjoy it, 450 00:34:48,338 --> 00:34:51,364 and you got scared. 451 00:34:51,441 --> 00:34:55,104 - Maybe I just didn't like it. - She's lying, Sam. 452 00:34:55,178 --> 00:34:59,808 It's like in the third grade. You only pull the pigtails of the one you love. 453 00:34:59,883 --> 00:35:02,477 Maybe you were afraid of liking it too much. 454 00:35:03,587 --> 00:35:06,920 That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. 455 00:35:10,928 --> 00:35:12,862 Good, Sam. Now, come on. Make a move. 456 00:35:12,930 --> 00:35:16,957 - Is it? - Now, go in for the kill. 457 00:35:18,368 --> 00:35:21,826 Yeah, that-that's it. Now move in real fast, like you're gonna kiss her real hard, 458 00:35:21,905 --> 00:35:23,429 but then... 459 00:35:32,382 --> 00:35:35,943 Looks like you've already got the hang of it. 460 00:35:37,621 --> 00:35:41,785 Uh... 461 00:35:41,858 --> 00:35:44,418 Well, geez louise. Uh... 462 00:35:44,494 --> 00:35:48,658 Seems like you've got everything under control here. 463 00:35:51,335 --> 00:35:54,896 Maybe you should put on a long-playing record. 464 00:35:57,641 --> 00:36:01,304 There he goes. 465 00:36:02,713 --> 00:36:05,147 Uh-oh. Hey, you can't do that! 466 00:36:05,215 --> 00:36:07,581 Oh, good try, folks. 467 00:36:16,426 --> 00:36:18,690 Oh, boy. 468 00:36:19,963 --> 00:36:22,022 What? 469 00:36:22,099 --> 00:36:24,829 We're not... We're not broadcasting anymore. 470 00:36:24,901 --> 00:36:28,166 Sam, they've cut the transmission cables. 471 00:36:28,238 --> 00:36:31,799 It looks like we're off the air permanently. 472 00:36:39,882 --> 00:36:44,251 Rock, rock, rock and roll! Rock, rock, rock and roll! 473 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,551 Looks like they cut our transmission cable. 474 00:36:47,623 --> 00:36:49,557 I just said that. 475 00:36:49,625 --> 00:36:53,459 Of all the lowdown, sleazy, cheap things to do... 476 00:36:53,529 --> 00:36:58,193 You can say that again. You cooked up this whole thing just to get me alone with you. 477 00:36:58,267 --> 00:36:59,529 What? What? 478 00:36:59,601 --> 00:37:01,535 I knew I should never have listened to you! 479 00:37:01,603 --> 00:37:04,595 Me? You're the one who wanted to do this. 480 00:37:04,673 --> 00:37:07,141 You're the one who wanted to barricade us in here. 481 00:37:07,209 --> 00:37:10,667 Rachel! How do I know that we're even off the air? 482 00:37:10,746 --> 00:37:12,771 Look at the meters! Listen to the radio! 483 00:37:12,848 --> 00:37:16,716 How do I know you didn't just rig this up this afternoon when you were fixing it? 484 00:37:16,785 --> 00:37:19,618 Right. I suppose I made a deal with Beaman to call you on the phone? 485 00:37:19,688 --> 00:37:23,818 I wouldn't put it past you! Now I'm gonna lose my radio station, and it's all because of... 486 00:37:23,892 --> 00:37:27,191 Oh, hell. It isn't because of you. God, I should've done what they said! 487 00:37:27,262 --> 00:37:30,891 I should've stopped playing rock and roll. Ooh! That's blasphemy. 488 00:37:30,966 --> 00:37:34,527 Next thing you know, she's gonna be stepping on Elvis's blue suede shoes. 489 00:37:37,373 --> 00:37:41,070 Look, Rachel, I know what you're thinking, 490 00:37:41,143 --> 00:37:43,873 but now's the time when you gotta hang tough. 491 00:37:43,946 --> 00:37:47,040 It's no use. You can't fight city hall. 492 00:37:47,116 --> 00:37:50,552 Sure, you can. You just gotta keep pluggin'away at it. 493 00:37:50,619 --> 00:37:54,316 Don't let 'em wear you down. They're human. They get tired. 494 00:37:54,390 --> 00:37:57,223 They wanna go home too. 495 00:37:57,292 --> 00:38:00,659 But to make this station number one... 496 00:38:02,264 --> 00:38:05,825 Is that... Is that really what this is all about? 497 00:38:10,172 --> 00:38:13,903 - No. - Attagirl. That's the way to talk. 498 00:38:16,145 --> 00:38:18,136 I didn't think so. 499 00:38:22,151 --> 00:38:24,642 Phone. 500 00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:27,280 When it rains, it pours. 501 00:38:32,828 --> 00:38:34,762 Calling to gloat, Fred? 502 00:38:35,831 --> 00:38:40,325 No, not exactly. We're just kind of wonderin' when you're gonna come out now that you can't broadcast anymore. 503 00:38:40,402 --> 00:38:42,666 I'm not coming out, Fred. 504 00:38:42,738 --> 00:38:45,400 If I have to make an antenna out of bobby pins, 505 00:38:45,474 --> 00:38:48,170 I'm going back on the air... with rock and roll. 506 00:38:48,243 --> 00:38:50,609 I don't think that's such a good idea, Rachel. 507 00:38:50,679 --> 00:38:54,046 Sheriff Foley here is about to run out of patience. He might just arrest you if you do. 508 00:38:54,116 --> 00:38:57,051 Tell Sheriff Foley to take his nightstick and shove it... 509 00:39:02,591 --> 00:39:04,957 Jake? 510 00:39:05,027 --> 00:39:07,188 That was great. 511 00:39:09,264 --> 00:39:11,960 You said, "When it rains, it pours"? 512 00:39:12,034 --> 00:39:15,026 Yeah. What kind of gutters are on this building? 513 00:39:15,103 --> 00:39:17,833 I don't know. They're sort of old and green. Copper! 514 00:39:17,906 --> 00:39:20,636 Oh, we may be on the air sooner than you think. 515 00:39:22,411 --> 00:39:27,280 Rock, rock, rock and roll! Rock, rock, rock and roll! 516 00:39:27,349 --> 00:39:31,843 Rock, rock, rock and roll! Rock, rock, rock and roll! 517 00:39:36,158 --> 00:39:39,992 Rock, rock, rock and roll! Rock, rock, rock and roll! 518 00:39:43,065 --> 00:39:45,556 Sam, your face is gettin' kinda pink. 519 00:39:45,634 --> 00:39:48,569 It's gonna match your shirt in a minute. 520 00:39:48,637 --> 00:39:50,935 Al, why am I doing this? 521 00:39:52,007 --> 00:39:56,205 Uh, you need to get one more merit badge before you make Eagle. 522 00:39:56,278 --> 00:39:58,678 You know what I mean. Rachel already stood up to Beaman. 523 00:39:58,747 --> 00:40:01,773 She proved she can turn this station around. 524 00:40:01,850 --> 00:40:05,115 She can, if the Mongol horde down there will let her. 525 00:40:07,122 --> 00:40:11,320 You don't have any horde repellent on you, do you? 526 00:40:11,393 --> 00:40:13,953 What? Hit it! 527 00:40:14,029 --> 00:40:17,328 Okay! 528 00:40:17,399 --> 00:40:21,062 Hey. Look, Sam! I'm... I'm leaping! 529 00:40:21,136 --> 00:40:24,264 No you're not leaping. You're standing too close to the antenna. Move away. 530 00:40:24,339 --> 00:40:27,103 - Huh? - Move away. 531 00:40:27,175 --> 00:40:29,268 Come on. Move away. 532 00:40:30,913 --> 00:40:32,210 See? Rats. 533 00:40:34,483 --> 00:40:39,045 Mr. Beaman, what exactly prompted your campaign against rock and roll? 534 00:40:39,121 --> 00:40:41,055 It's simple. I'm an American. 535 00:40:41,123 --> 00:40:46,356 I want to keep what's good and right about America intact. Anything that threatens that, well... 536 00:40:46,428 --> 00:40:49,829 I'm a fighter, not a watcher. You can say that again. 537 00:40:49,898 --> 00:40:52,799 Dagnabbit, if they keep this up, I'm gonna have to change my name to... 538 00:40:58,974 --> 00:41:01,738 They're back on the air. Damn it to hell! 539 00:41:09,685 --> 00:41:13,815 But hey, I know how much you love old Howlin' Chick... 540 00:41:20,696 --> 00:41:23,961 But what you're really here for is, uh, rock and roll. 541 00:41:57,532 --> 00:42:00,194 Mayor, you oughta consider rescinding your law. 542 00:42:00,268 --> 00:42:02,202 We're not rescinding anything! 543 00:42:02,270 --> 00:42:05,706 If you'd done what you were supposed to do and arrested Rachel when I told you, none of this would've happened. 544 00:42:05,774 --> 00:42:08,937 Arresting somebody's the last thing we should do. That's liable to set this whole thing off. 545 00:42:09,011 --> 00:42:14,108 I think Jake's right, Fred. The last thing we need in front of all this press is trouble. 546 00:42:14,182 --> 00:42:16,810 My God. Some of this press is even national. 547 00:42:16,885 --> 00:42:20,719 What we need is to show them that we know how to handle things like this! 548 00:42:20,789 --> 00:42:24,816 If you don't, I do. Fred, what are you doing? 549 00:42:46,181 --> 00:42:48,172 Someone's trying to get in! 550 00:42:52,454 --> 00:42:56,720 - Leave my station alone! - You broke the law, Rachel! 551 00:42:56,792 --> 00:42:59,784 A stupid law, Fred! Couch. Come on. 552 00:42:59,861 --> 00:43:02,386 Sam, forget the couch. That's not gonna stop Beaman. 553 00:43:02,464 --> 00:43:04,898 Oh, I think I'm gonna get a hernia. You got any better ideas? 554 00:43:04,966 --> 00:43:09,164 - Well, I'm just following you! - I got Ziggy workin' on it. 555 00:43:09,237 --> 00:43:11,865 As a matter of fact, look! 556 00:43:13,008 --> 00:43:16,375 Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Come on. I know a way to stop Beaman. 557 00:43:20,449 --> 00:43:22,417 Frank, stop it! 558 00:43:33,628 --> 00:43:36,392 I'd like to read you something we found in our news files... 559 00:43:36,465 --> 00:43:38,592 dated August 16, 1945, 560 00:43:38,667 --> 00:43:41,761 the day after theJapanese surrendered, and World War II ended. 561 00:43:41,837 --> 00:43:44,271 "The guns are silent now, 562 00:43:44,339 --> 00:43:46,933 "and so are many of the men whose hands once held them. 563 00:43:47,008 --> 00:43:50,375 "Never again will they see their wives or mothers. 564 00:43:50,445 --> 00:43:52,777 "Never again will they hear their children laugh. 565 00:43:52,848 --> 00:43:56,181 "And never again will they smell the sweet scents of home. 566 00:43:56,251 --> 00:43:58,116 "And for what? 567 00:43:58,186 --> 00:44:01,485 "For what did these husbands and fathers, these brothers and sons, 568 00:44:01,556 --> 00:44:04,821 "give their lives so many thousands of miles from home? 569 00:44:04,893 --> 00:44:09,159 "I say it was for one word, and that word is 'freedom.' 570 00:44:09,231 --> 00:44:11,324 "The freedom to pray. 571 00:44:11,399 --> 00:44:14,459 "To write, to speak, to feel, to be. 572 00:44:14,536 --> 00:44:17,972 "As we see fit, and not as others would dictate to us. 573 00:44:18,039 --> 00:44:21,167 "To this freedom, which has been so dearly bought for us, 574 00:44:21,243 --> 00:44:25,771 "it is up to us, the living, to dedicate our lives and our futures... 575 00:44:25,847 --> 00:44:28,145 to its eternal protection." 576 00:44:31,052 --> 00:44:33,953 These words were written by Frederick Beaman, 577 00:44:34,022 --> 00:44:37,958 the editor of the Peoria Dispatch. 578 00:44:38,026 --> 00:44:41,985 And I sincerely hope that Mr. Beaman... 579 00:44:42,063 --> 00:44:45,658 would see it in his heart that... 580 00:44:45,734 --> 00:44:48,567 all we are looking for here... 581 00:44:48,637 --> 00:44:52,300 is... a little freedom too. 582 00:44:52,374 --> 00:44:55,832 But, uh, this is different. 583 00:44:55,911 --> 00:44:57,879 We-We fought for freedom. 584 00:44:57,946 --> 00:45:00,471 Thi... This is... 585 00:45:02,651 --> 00:45:06,246 Come on, Fred. Let's go home. 586 00:45:42,057 --> 00:45:44,116 Why haven't I leaped? 587 00:45:44,192 --> 00:45:46,956 I don't know. Oh. 588 00:45:47,028 --> 00:45:50,293 According to Ziggy, uh, 589 00:45:50,365 --> 00:45:53,061 Rachel sticks with rock and roll, and WOF becomes... 590 00:45:53,134 --> 00:45:56,126 the number-one station in Peoria! 591 00:45:56,204 --> 00:45:59,537 And a year later, she and you get married! 592 00:45:59,608 --> 00:46:04,713 Married? Is that a proposal? 593 00:46:05,580 --> 00:46:10,074 Well? Well, uh, I just think we should get to know each other a little better. 594 00:46:10,151 --> 00:46:13,416 Fine. You can buy me breakfast. 595 00:46:14,188 --> 00:46:16,622 After you finish your shift. 596 00:46:24,132 --> 00:46:26,965 Don't say a word. 597 00:46:46,454 --> 00:46:48,922 Omeyn 598 00:46:50,525 --> 00:46:53,688 And today, Karen Basch is a bat mitzvah. 599 00:46:57,766 --> 00:47:00,326 Rabbi. Nu? 600 00:47:05,473 --> 00:47:07,805 Oy vey. I'm the rabbi.