Rockin' Road Trip (1986) - full transcript

(rock music)

♪ Summertime ♪

♪ Summertime blues ♪

♪ Summertime ♪

♪ I got the summertime blues ♪

♪ Summertime ♪

♪ Got nothing to lose ♪

♪ All the time ♪

♪ I'd rather have you ♪

♪ In the summertime ♪

♪ But there's nothing I can do ♪



♪ It's in my mind ♪

♪ That I wanna have a fun time ♪

- [Radio Announcer] (mumbling)
to Boston's Cherry Suicide

and it's happening right
now over at (mumbling).

(murmuring)

(shouting)

(laughing)

- That'll be seven dollars.

- Yeah, I'm with Rolling Stone

and I'm covering the performance.

- I've heard it before, pal.

Get lost.

No ticky, no washy.

Get the hell out of line.



Next!

- I just want to
interview the lead singer.

- 10, 20, 30, 40.

- Man, hurry up.

- Cool your jets, scumbag.

50, 60--

- Are you talking to me?

- Make your move, slime ball.

- [Male] Gonna have to
start the show here.

Come on, move over there.

All right, good evening Boston

and welcome to the Graffiti Club.

Tonight's main attraction
has the distinction--

- Move please.

Surrounded by idiots.

- [Male] The hottest group to
come out of the combat zone,

Cherry Suicide.

(audience cheering)

(rock music)

♪ I know this hasn't happened
to me in a long time ♪

♪ Haven't felt this way
in a million years ♪

♪ My heart hasn't pounded
since I can recall ♪

♪ Don't remember when
I got this physical ♪

♪ If I don't take this
chance just to stay alive ♪

♪ When I talk, I got something to say ♪

♪ If you don't know ♪

♪ Don't like it then you
better cover up your ears ♪

♪ I should go my own way in my own ways ♪

♪ On a different track on the rat race ♪

♪ Can't waste my time
going around and around ♪

- Sorry.

♪ This is it, this is life on the edge ♪

(muffled lyrics)

♪ This is it ♪

(muffled lyrics)

♪ As far as we can go with it ♪

♪ Oh, it's just gotta be that way ♪

♪ What else you can do
with the summertime blues ♪

That's my sister.

♪ What else can you do
with the summertime blues ♪

♪ Know it's coming like a bullet for me ♪

♪ Like a tidal wave ♪

♪ We got to get out, got
to get up to get out ♪

♪ Don't wanna start getting
used to the same things ♪

♪ Don't wanna wait for the
phone when it never rings ♪

♪ I can't figure you in,
I'm gonna figure you out ♪

♪ This is it ♪

♪ This is life on the edge ♪

(muffled lyrics)

♪ This is it ♪

(muffled lyrics)

♪ As far as we can go with it ♪

♪ 'Cause it's gotta be that way ♪

♪ This is it ♪

(muffled lyrics)

♪ We've got something to say ♪

♪ This is it ♪

♪ It would take nothing
more than a miracle ♪

♪ To drag us away ♪

♪ What else can you do
with the summertime blues ♪

♪ What else can you do
with the summertime blues ♪

(mumbling)

♪ This is it ♪

♪ This is life on the edge ♪

(muffled lyrics)

♪ This is it ♪

♪ Take our love as far
as we can go with it ♪

♪ 'Cause it's gotta be that way ♪

♪ This is it ♪

♪ Where we finally stand
up on the pinnacle ♪

♪ We've got something to say ♪

♪ This is it ♪

- Just for a minute.

Hey, Nicole, you better talk to me.

How come you didn't (mumbling)?

I called.

I left a bunch of messages on
that stupid machine of yours.

- What the hell is the
matter with you, Ivan?

Get off the stage!

- Don't you talk to me
that way, you stupid bitch!

(shouting)

- I got a cut.

Nurse?

Are you a nurse?

- No but it doesn't look too bad.

I bet we could bandage it up.

Uh, can I help you up?

- Yeah, sure.

- Thanks.

(rock music)

Whoops, excuse me.

Is this a painting or were
you cleaning your brushes?

- Oh, that?

That was during my angry period.

- Don't apologize, I like it.

It's truly angry.

Why do you have so much
stuff on your walls?

- You don't like it?

- Oh no, I like, well, it's a bit much.

Doesn't it make you a little crazy.

- Well, see.

When I was a kid, my
father used to yell at me

for putting holes in the
walls from tacking things up

so I promised myself at a very young age

that when I got my own apartment,

I was gonna put things
up wherever I please.

- You've got so much space.

A lot of neat things.

I'm visiting my sister.

Her place just isn't this neat.

- You like Boston?

- It's okay.

It's kind of lonely sometimes.

Especially 'cause I
haven't made friends yet.

- You want a beer or something?

- No thanks.

Did you want me to leave?

- No, I just thought you were leaving

'cause you were standing up.

- Not standing up.

(laughing)

- I enjoyed your performance.

- [Nicole] It's cool.

- I wanna know why you changed the locks

on the apartment, Nicole.

I can't get in.

- [Nicole] That's the whole idea, Ivan.

Now go away and leave me alone.

- You're killing me, you
know that, you bitch?

- Come on, Ivan.

Can't you take a hint?

I don't want you anymore.

- You really do wanna end
it, don't you, Nicole?

Why?

I haven't hit you in a long time.

- You're a loser, Ivan.

You'll never amount to anything.

- I guess you think you're hot shit

now that you've screwed
your way to the top.

- Bastard!

I only screwed that one booking agent!

- You did?

He didn't even get you any gigs!

Oh!

- Hey, it's pretty sick hitting a lady.

Ow, my hand!

(groaning)

- Ivan?

Are you okay?

- [Ivan] Open the door,
you chickenshit pussies!

- Are you having an asthma attack?

- [Ivan] Yeah, I'm probably dying

but what do you care?

(gasping)

- I have a spray in my travel bag.

- [Ivan] Ah, go to hell, it's too late.

(smashing)

- [Martin] It must be exciting

being the sister of a rock star.

- [Samantha] Yeah.

- Look, you sure you don't want a beer

or some wine or something?

I could make you a meatball sandwich.

- No thanks.

- Now you are leaving.

- No, I really need to check on Nicole.

- The gigs are great, aren't they?

I mean, for me, they're the
best part of a relationship.

Energy's so high and there's always

so much hope here.

- Well, they make me nervous.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah.

- Well listen, Sam.

I really enjoyed it.

- You enjoyed being thrown
off the stage by a maniac?

- I really did.

Not the fight.

All the other stuff.

(mumbling)

Why don't we get together again?

Soon.

Like tonight in about 45 minutes.

Why don't you stay?

Look, I can run out to the corner store--

- Marty, can I call you Marty?

- Oh yeah.

- Not tonight, I've really gotta go, okay?

Bye.

- Bye.

(clinking)

- God bless you, sir.

God bless you anyway, sir.

(mumbling) thinks I'm
out here for my health.

- Hey Wally, how's it going?

- Ah, I'm getting
nowhere out here, Martin.

I think it's this verse.

What does it say anyway?

- Oh, I don't know, I
just slap 'em on there.

Why don't you come by a little later on

and I'll fix you up with a new verse.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Something with sexual overtones.

- Okay, okay.

- What if it isn't in there?

- It's in there.

- Well what if you, what if, what if,

screws up like last time.

- He won't screw up.

- Well, well, well, what if--

- What if, what if I rip
out your vocal chords?

Then maybe you shut up.

(alarm ringing)

Ah, he screwed up.

- Damn!

(whistle blowing)

(yelling)

(upbeat music)

(sirens blaring)

- God bless you, sir.

- Oh, Martin.

Doesn't the city smell great tonight?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

Okay.

Why don't you tell me
about this, this girl?

- Well, when we got to the door,

I just felt this incredible chemistry.

- I know what you were feeling, Martin,

and it wasn't chemistry.

- I said beginnings are great for me

and she was just sort of nervous.

And then I said, well--

- Martin, you're really in trouble now.

- Like I just don't know if she was

feeling the same high about our potential

as I was, you know?

- Martin, when's the
last time you got laid?

- I don't know whether to call her

or just run into her at the
club, you know what I mean?

I just don't know.

- How many times do I have to tell you?

Women these days are real romantic.

Tell her all about your family, your past,

you know, stuff like that,

but take at least five minutes.

- Yeah, but Wally, I'm desperate.

I like her.

- You gotta learn to start taking chances.

Put your ass on the line.

Why play it safe?

Summer's almost over, you know.

- You know, you're right.

- Yeah.

- Thanks, Wally.

- No problem, kid.

- Come on inside.

I got something for you.

- Is this a surprise?

- You may call it that.

- Let me see.

What could it be?

- I'll never tell.

- Could it be those
signboards I asked you for?

- How'd you know?

(laughing)

- Call it intuition.

- This ought to knock them dead, Wally.

- Don't wanna kill 'em, Marty,

just wanna take their money.

- [Martin] So what do you think?

- Huh?

- Oh god, I'm sorry.

The Lord shall smile on
thee with sexual favors

when thou givest money to the blind.

(laughing)

It's orange and green
with big red letters.

Should do the trick.

- All right, good.

Here, look, I have something for you too.

- Wow, Wally.

Where did you get this?

- Someone ran past me today
and dropped it in my cup.

- You're kidding.

It's real.

- You can have it.

- Hey, thanks.

Fits great.

Maybe I'll give it to Samantha.

- My fingers were too fat.

Besides, I didn't have
anybody to give it to anyway.

Listen, see you on the streets.

And remember, you never find love

when you go looking for it.

Love has to find you.

- Yeah.

Hey, thanks, Wally.

And good luck with that new verse.

Hey, it's a step down.

- [Wally] Hey, thanks, kid.

- See you later, pal.

- [Wally] All right.

- Why didn't you show this to me?

Nicole, Nicole, answer me.

- Lighten up, Samantha, Jesus.

- Well, why didn't you show it to me?

- I just forgot.

- You just forgot.

Mother writes to tell
us daddy's gotten sicker

and you just forgot.

- Oh, I love it when you're angry.

(mumbling)

- Then do what it says, call home.

- You know daddy is
not gonna listen to me.

- Nicole, you're the only
one he will listen to.

- Used to listen to.

Look, Sam, I just can't go home right now.

My career's just starting to take off.

- Terrific.

I didn't come up here
for my health, you know.

- Don't be so self righteous.

You did not just come up
here to get me to come home.

You came up here to get out of the south,

have a good time in the big city,

and get yourself a man.

- Not true.

- [Nicole] Is so.

- Is not.

- All right, then swear.

If you're lying, you'll
get open, running sores

on your face.

- Nicole, I can't say that.

- Well then you're lying.

Admit it, you want Martin.

(upbeat music)

(screaming)

- We know you got it, we know you got it!

(mumbling)

- Look, look!

Where is it?

- I got your ring, I got your ring!

Don't hurt me, god, don't hurt me!

Don't hurt me, don't hurt me!

(shouting)

(brakes screeching)

- [Male] Hey, what are you, blind?

(shouting)

- You scum bags give
the streets a bad name!

- [Male] Let me help you up now.

(rock music)

♪ Phantom headlights ♪

♪ Broken white line ♪

♪ Bloodstains on the highway ♪

♪ Glowing power lines ♪

♪ Signal 30 whispers
softly through the pine ♪

♪ He said that no one
would take her away ♪

♪ None that could tear them apart ♪

♪ The song she was singing
made a mans blood run cold ♪

♪ Like a moth in flames,
torn from his heart ♪

♪ Ghost on the road ♪

♪ Ghost on the road ♪

♪ Ghost on the road ♪

♪ Ghost on the road ♪

♪ Flashing road signs ♪

♪ Misty red eyes ♪

♪ Lost on the highway,
not a soul in sight ♪

♪ Endless black ribbon
racing through the night ♪

♪ She said that nothing in
this world would survive ♪

♪ Lonely spirits float on the wind ♪

♪ No candles burned to
light his way in this life ♪

(chattering)

♪ Ghost on the road ♪

♪ Ghost on the road ♪

- Ah, that's really great music.

What kind of music do you like?

I like punk music.

What do you like to do?

I like sports, I like--

- [Martin] Hey, it's my nurse.

- Hello patient.

- [Martin] Hi.

- You didn't say you were a nurse.

- [Martin] She's a little shy about it.

- Oh.

- [Martin] Anyway, since we're here,

my wound needs to be undressed.

Knife fight.

I'm a cop.

- I hate cops.

(laughing)

- I can't believe you did that.

- What do you want?

- I can't decide, you go first.

- Can I get a vodka tonic please?

- I think I'll have an Orgasm.

- What?

- I'd like an Orgasm.

- You want that with whipped cream?

- Yeah, I like whipped cream.

♪ Ghost on the road ♪

♪ Ghost on the road ♪

♪ Ghost on the road ♪

♪ Ghost on the road ♪

(clapping)

(chattering)

If you had called and asked me out,

I probably would've turned
you down the first time.

- Yeah, I don't blame you.

I'd have turned me down too.

(laughing)

Where are we going?

- You're walking me home.

- How come you're so sure
I'd ask you out again?

(gentle music)

- Well, here we are.

- Nice door.

- I'd invite you in--

- Fine.

- It's really late and I have
to get up early tomorrow.

- Me too.

- Well, then you should
be getting your rest too.

- I had a good time, Sam.

- So did I.

- I'll call you.

- What makes you so sure I'll go out?

(foreboding music)

♪ You can never go down, you
can never go down the drain ♪

(muffled singing)

(humming)

(water running)

(phone ringing)

- [Answering Machine]
Hi, this is Samantha,

Nicole's sister, and we're not able

to answer the phone right now

but you can leave a message and we'll

get back to you as soon as we can.

Wait for the beep.

(beeping)

(shouting)

(screaming)

- I could've told you
but no, no, no, no, no.

You were too busy, too famous.

You think you're too
good for me, don't you?

- [Female] Nicole, I got your letter

and I'm really happy about Ivan.

Why don't you bring him home?

- Get rid of me real easy.

So what are we gonna do about it, huh?

- Ivan, stop it!

- So what are we gonna do about it, huh?

(shattering)

- [Female] Y'all take care
and call me when you can.

Bye-bye.

(groaning)

- Is he dead?

- [Samantha] I hope not.

- He's not breathing!

- We gotta do something.

Hello, emergency medical.

Someone here has hit
their head really hard

and is passed out.

- [Nicole] Holy shit.

- 842 Waverly Place, Apartment Three.

And hurry, I think he's
gonna hit his head again.

(bonking)

No one will be here.

We're late for work but
we'll leave the door open.

Uh-huh, bye.

They're not gonna buy that!

We gotta get out of here!

- You call Curtis, I'll pack.

- Curtis, Curtis, Curtis, Curtis.

Okay.

Hello Curtis, this is Samantha

and we're in big trouble here, I know--

- Let me talk to him.

Curtis.

Hey.

The band is going on the
road, I found some money.

Don't ask, just trust me.

Get over here as quick as you can.

(screaming)

(bonking)

- Nicole!

- 1000, 100, 200, 300.

Samantha, get in there
and pack your stuff!

- I don't know about this.

- What, you wanted me to come.

Now you won't go?

What is this?

- Well.

- What, is it Martin?

We'll take him with us.

- [Wally] You know, I feel
that women are just as guilty

of stereotyping men as men
are of stereotyping women--

- Hey Freud, over here.

- I thought we were going home.

It's getting late, you know.

- I know.

We're going the long way.

- Ah, damn it, Martin.

- Well, you told me to
do things differently.

Break up the monotony of my life.

So we're going a new way.

- I didn't say we had to
go home by way of Cape Cod.

- [Martin] You blind
guys sure can be cranky.

(laughing)

- [Samantha] This is yours.

- [Nicole] It doesn't matter, just hurry.

(groaning)

(screaming)

(rock music)

- [Ivan] Oh boy.

- Come on, Curtis!

- He's got a knife.

- I can deal with that.

(shouting)

- [Nicole] Taxi!

- Hurry, hurry!

- Just might kill you!

- [Curtis] Chill out, Ivan!

- Man, I am chilled out.

- He's got a really neat apartment.

It's somewhere around here.

It's got one of those
freight elevators, you know.

I mean one that kind of goes up.

Turn right here, this is the right.

♪ They got it bad, I got it good ♪

♪ Let's go to Florida ♪

- You're really hot
about going to Florida.

- Oh I got it bad, Martin.

You really sound excited about it.

- I'm sorry, I'm just really tired.

- Here, here, let me walk you home.

(brakes screeching)

- [Martin] Stay cool, stay cool.

- Okay, hand it over, come on!

- Not the wallet, fruitcake, the ring!

- What ring?

- They want the ring I gave you, Martin.

- Well no problem.

- Well come on!

- Yeah, yeah, let me--

(mumbling)

- Give me the hand!

- You're gonna cut my finger off!

- There they are, pull over!

(shouting)

(gun firing)

(yelling)

- Hurry, hurry!

- South!

- And step on it!

- South Boston?

- No, the south!

- You mean like South Carolina?

- Well yeah, sure.

- Lady.

You'd have to give me an arm and a leg.

- Well how's this?

- That's real nice but it won't buy gas.

- Does anybody want any gum?

- Well how about 100 dollars?

- Fine, put it on the visor, would you?

- Hey, you got a cigarette?

- Hey listen, we didn't vote on this.

- Samantha, Nicole, and Curtis.

- Got a light?

- Yeah, you want me to
smoke it for you too?

- Listen, it's getting
pretty crowded back here.

- You put those extra seats down.

- Okay, so why don't we vote.

Everyone in favor of turning back around

and heading the other way,
raise your right hand.

- Wally, you're the only
one with your hand up.

- Listen, since we're going
south, can we go to Florida?

- Sure, if you got the bucks.

- We have exactly 4900 dollars.

(clapping)

- To the south.

(downbeat music)

(snoring)

Hey, wake up.

Hey lady.

Wake up.

- Huh?

What time is it?

- It's three in the morning
and I need 178 dollars

and 85 cents more.

- For what?

- Section 14, code of operations.

Fairs outside the metro--

Hey.

- Keep the change.

- Thanks, you're all right.

Put it on the visor, would you?

- Where are we?

- South.

- Where south?

- I don't know, somewhere south of Boston.

How should I know?

- How much longer do we have?

- Wally, when you were a kid, did you

ever just get on your bike and
ride around the neighborhood?

- Yeah.

- Well this is the same
thing except we're adults

and we're just going for a ride, okay?

- Yeah, I gotta take a leak.

- And I'm hungry.

- Well why don't we pull over
and spend some more money?

That ought to make everybody happy.

- I don't have any money.

- Well, you do now.

(brakes screeching)

(tires squealing)

- What are you doing?

(mumbling)

(laughing)

(mumbling)

- That's gorgeous.

Oh, hold on one second.

- What is this, Howdy Doody?

(wind blowing)

- [Nicole] Where are we?

- [Martin] I don't know.

- [Nicole] Sure is beautiful.

- How long you been driving?

- About three and a half hours.

- What's that clicking noise?

- I don't know.

Turn signal.

- How long's that been on?

- About two and a half hours.

- Maybe I ought to drive for a while.

(tense music)

- Good morning.

- Yeah, what?

- My girlfriend accidentally
left with my wallet

and I would like to
know where her cab went

so I could find her.

- Hey pal, even if I
knew, I couldn't tell you.

That's against company rules.

- Let's see.

Would you tell me if I told
you what the number was?

- Look, I just said that--

- Where's number 41, asshole?

Where is it?

- 41?

- Where is it?

- Headed south.

- South?

Where south?

- To Virginia then North Carolina.

- North Carolina?

- I swear to god.

That driver just called in

from outside Fredericksburg, Virginia.

- Ah, shit.

(upbeat music)

♪ Summertime, summertime ♪

♪ Summertime, summertime ♪

♪ Summertime, summertime ♪

♪ In the summertime, summertime ♪

- Got, sorry.

350.

(brakes screeching)

- [Male] Hey, what are you, blind?

- And 100 dollar tip.

- Hey, thanks Nicole.

You guys are all right.

It's been real.

- Have a good trip back.

- Thanks.

I'd like to go further
but I guess I'd better

get the cab back.

(laughing)

- I like it.

- Hey, Martin, take my
picture with you guys.

Hey Willy.

- It's Wally.

- Oh yeah, hey Wally,
come get in the picture.

(laughing)

- Terrific.

- So where are we?

- [Curtis] Who knows?

- Who cares?

- Well, we need a plan.

- No we don't, we're on vacation.

- We're just gonna stand
around in a parking lot

and do nothing?

- No, we're gonna go in that
mall and spend some money.

- That sounds like fun.

- I'll pass.

- What, you don't wanna spend any money?

- There's nothing in there that I want.

- There is everything in a mall, man.

Well, will you stay here
and watch our stuff?

- Sure.

(upbeat music)

(screeching)

- [Male] I told you not to let me drive.

- Hey, what are you trying to do, kill me?

All right, I'm sorry, man.

- Hey mon!

- What's happening?

- What's happening, hey, you're all right.

- Nice day, huh?

- Yeah, it's all right.

- Hey, you got a cigarette.

- No man, I don't use 'em.

- Ah man, I need a cigarette.

- How do you like it, huh?

- What?

- The van, man, the van.

- Yeah, it's all right.

- Want it?

- Hey, 3500 dollars,
only 7800 miles on it.

Check it out, come on, check it out.

You'll love it, check
it out, you'll love it.

Inside and everything.

- Yeah well, it's a good price

but I don't have that kind of money, man.

- Well today only--

- Right now as a matter of fact.

- 800 dollars.

- Six.

- I only have five.

- Sold!

- Right!

- Oh, it's lovely, you're gonna love it.

It's great, great.

Oh man.

(laughing)

- Hold on, what about the
keys, title, registration?

- Keys are in the ignition.

- Yeah, registration is
on the visor right there.

- And we'll mail you the title.

- Wait, hold up.

How do you know where I'll be?

- Well, what's your name?

- Curtis.

- All right, Mr. Curtis,
we'll mail the title

care of general delivery here in--

- Hopewell, Hopewell.

- Hopewell, you're all right.

- Hope you do real well.

- Let me get my tag, man.

Burno to you, all right.

(laughing)

He's all right.

- Yes, may I help you?

- [Nicole] Yeah, I wanna try a guitar.

- [Store Owner] Please, young lady.

- Hey, I might buy this.

- [Store Owner] Well it's not bought yet.

- [Nicole] Ever heard of Cherry Suicide?

- Cherry Suicide?

- Yeah, we're a rock band from Boston.

- Well this is not Boston and
that guitar is not paid for.

- Hey, chill out.

- Excuse me?

- Relax.

It is now.

And that takes care of the strap.

- Help yourself.

- [Nicole] Let's see, bass, melody, tempo.

- May I help you?

- I'd like to try this bass.

She'll pay for it if I want it.

- Does she know you?

- Don't you know her?

- Of course.

- We're a band called Cherry Suicide.

- Cherry Suicide?

Wow, what are you doing in Virginia?

- Vacation.

(upbeat music)

(clapping)

(upbeat music)

♪ Come along with me to the conga line ♪

♪ Got a zebra by the tail
and a python in my hand ♪

♪ Once my home was a Texas plain ♪

♪ But now I swing a lasso
on an alien terrain ♪

- Hey, have a beer.

- Yeah, thanks.

- I wonder how much money
we spent back there.

- Including the amps and the guitars,

probably a couple thousand.

- Who cares as long as
we're having a good time.

- We're over here at
Climax, North Carolina.

- Do you feel that?

- No but I'd like to.

- No, seriously, that thumping.

- Well how about High Point
or (mumbling) North Carolina.

- Curtis, do you feel that?

- Kitty Hawk, yeah,
let's go to Kitty Hawk!

- We're not gonna stop, Curtis.

We're not going to the beach.

- Hey, do we have a flat?

- Kitty Hawk sounds like
a wonderful idea to me.

- See, feel that bounce?

- [Curtis] Hey, we have a flat.

♪ They don't look right
on the native hair ♪

♪ Don't they know that it's all for show ♪

♪ All for show ♪

(muffled lyrics)

- [Nicole] Hey, let me out!

- Okay, okay, geez.

- Martin, hand me that tire tool.

Not very mechanical, are you?

- Huh?

Oh, sorry.

- This shit heap doesn't have a tire tool.

- Well you bought it.

(gentle music)

I'll be right back to
help change that tire.

- Mm-hmm.

(rock music)

(muffled lyrics)

(gentle music)

- Your turn.

- [Nicole] Door's open, Wally.

(groaning)

- You gotta keep these
suckers properly inflated

or they won't deliver
the speed or the mileage

and further more, you ought
to get you a new spare

before you head out.

You've got about three
hours left on that one.

- [Curtis] Thanks.

- Yeah, no sweat.

- Lenny, this is Samantha and Martin.

Samantha's Nicole's sister.

This is Lenny, uh--

- Drake.

- Drake, who was kind enough
to stop and help us out.

- [Lenny] Ah, don't mention it.

- [Curtis] What can we do to repay you?

- Well, you can come have a beer with me

while your tire's being fixed.

- Well.

- Ah, come on.

I think my friend's would like

to meet Cherry Suicide anyway.

Just follow me, all right?

- What do you think?

- We need to get to mom
and dad's, it's not far.

- Well I'm gonna need a couple of drinks.

- Man, I am experiencing some road shock

and we could probably all use a break.

- Well come on, either kick
it open or slam it shut.

(upbeat music)

I'm gonna take you to the
ritziest motel in town

'cause I know you rock
stars need the best.

♪ Over hill, over dell, we
will fight like bloody ♪

♪ As the caissons go rolling along ♪

- Yeah?

- You got any suites?

- Well, there's a candy machine outside.

- No, what we need are
a couple of large rooms

joined together by a door.

- She's talking about rooms
510 and 511, dumb shit.

- You know, you look real familiar.

- I'm Nicole Miller.

- [Male] No kidding.

- No.

- Well I'll be damned.

I'm Earl Reese, remember me?

From Ms. Atterholtz's eighth grade class?

- Earl Reese.

- Oh, Earl Reese!

Didn't you drop out of the ninth grade

and start running drugs?

- Yeah, that's right.

But I finally went straight
and got me this job.

You'll have to excuse me for staring

at you a minute ago but you
sure look a lot different

than you did in the eighth grade.

- You might have to jiggle the handle

on the toilet in 511 if
it ain't working right.

(downbeat music)

(coughing)

- Hey, who put alcohol in my water?

Excuse me.

- Yeah?

- What is this?

- It's a gin and tonic.

It's from the girls down
at the end of the bar.

- Girls?

What do they look like?

- Well, they've got all their teeth.

(laughing)

- No, seriously, what do they look like?

- Well, they're in here all the time.

They're kind of young but real cute.

(laughing)

- Tell the cuter of the
two I said thank you.

(laughing)

- You know what the world needs worse

than anything else right now?

- What's that?

- Better availability,
rubber novelty items.

- Why are you taking your clothes off?

- I'm going to meet Ms.
Nicole Miller in the hot tub.

- Does she know that?

- Not yet.

- Hey man, lend me a pair of shorts.

- Hello, room service.

Get off the line, Earl.

I'm trying to talk to Wayne.

Turn up that hot tub to 105 degrees.

Don't give me no shit, I
am gearing up for partying.

Hold on, Nicole, here I come.

Woo!

(laughing)

(upbeat music)

- My name is Claudia and this is Terry.

- Hi, my name's Wally.

- You here on business?

- No, no, I'm with the band.

- Cherry Suicide?

- Kathleen was right, they are here.

- In this motel?

- Yeah, oh yeah.

- Can we take your picture?

- Sure, just give me a few
minutes to fix my hair.

- Well, you'll have to come with us

to get the picture taken.

- Oh?

- I'm not wearing any panties.

- Neither am I.

- Oh, we didn't know you were blind.

We just thought you were cool.

- I am cool.

(laughing)

- [Wally] Haven't you ever
heard about blind people?

They make up for the loss of one sense

by magnifying another.

- [Claudia] So I noticed.

(whispering)

- Nicole, we should really be getting

to mom and dad's now.

- Nicole would like to be
alone now if you don't mind.

- [Samantha] Come on, let's go, Nicky.

- I really don't need that scene tonight.

- [Samantha] That's so typical.

- Don't lay another guilt
trip on me, Samantha.

- I shouldn't have to.

- The pressure, touring puts a lot

of pressure on performers
and their relatives.

- So, after I flunked
out of bartending school,

I decided to become a sex therapist.

- Really?

- Wow.

- Yeah, our society has created
so many confusing signals

these days that people are
becoming sexually neurotic.

That's why I like young
girls like yourselves.

You're not neurotic.

- We're not?

Well goodie.

(coughing)

(laughing)

- Let me show you something

that's gonna make you feel real good.

Did you know that there's
a place on your foot

for every part of your body?

- Really?

- Yeah.

Like here's your neck.

Uh-huh.

And this, this is your chest.

Uh-huh.

And this, this is your stomach.

And this, well you know what this is.

- Oh yeah.

(laughing)

(upbeat music)

- [Machine] Thank you.

- I need the keys to the van.

- Oh hi.

Uh, yeah sure.

Where you headed at this hour?

- I wanna drive around.

- [Martin] Want some company?

- [Samantha] No.

- What's wrong?

- My sister's wrong.

- Yeah, well I'm not your sister.

Let's talk later.

- Can't, I'm spending the
night at my parent's house.

- Oh?

- Look, it's personal.

I'll tell you about it later, okay?

When I'm up to it.

- [Machine] Please deposit 15 more cents.

Thank you.

Please don't strike me.

- Screw you and don't tell me what to do!

- [Machine] Screw you too, asshole.

- Ah, now come on out, Nicole.

- [Martin] What are you doing?

- We were playing a little
strip hide and seek.

Nicole decides to run out in the hall.

- [Nicole] Yeah, well
he's trying to strip me

and I'm trying to hide.

- Man, you white people are crazy.

I'm going back to my
room and play my bass.

- Well you started it.

- I'm coming with you.

- Okay, Nicole, you forced
me to use riot tactics.

(spraying)

- God, you've just (mumbling) for life!

Sucker!

(gentle music)

(clattering)

- Mom.

- [Mom] Samantha honey!

- Oh gosh, sorry I'm so late.

- That's okay, you look great.

- How's daddy?

- He's much better, honey.

- Yeah, can we wake him up?

- Sure.

- Oh good.

Daddy.

Hi daddy.

- Sam?

What are you doing?

What time is it?

- It's really late but
I wanted to see you.

- Is Nicky here?

- No, she's back at the
motel, she's asleep.

Well, we've got these
friends with us from Boston

so we've got these rooms, separate rooms,

and she's back there asleep.

- She'll be along later though, right?

- Yeah, sure.

- Good.

- Why don't you go home, kid?

- I'm waiting for her autograph.

- When she comes to, the last thing she's

gonna wanna see is your
punk face, believe me.

- But--

- Get out of here.

She passed out about 10 minutes ago.

- Come on, Nicole.

Let's go.

- How're you doing, Lenny?

(giggling)

(baby crying)

- You seen a redneck around here?

- We're the only two people
in town who aren't rednecks.

Does that answer your question?

- Ain't you with the band?

- Uh, yeah.

I'm the drummer.

- Oh boy!

- Okay girls, don't panic.

I've had emergency survival training.

Step one in elevator safety is

breathe deeply from the
diaphragm like this.

Oh, excellent.

Step two is locate
emergency support items.

Oh, excellent choice, ladies.

Excellent!

So what have you girls
been up to this evening?

- Taking pictures.

- Oh, hot diggity dog.

Say, that's Wally, isn't it?

- Yeah, Wally's great.

- Yeah, Wally's naked too

which gives me an idea.

Here's how we do this.

You see, we each put our
three most favorite things

to do sexually on little pieces of paper.

Then we all throw 'em in a big hat

and we draw out one a piece.

- Write mine down for me.

You know the ones I like.

- Okay, what's your favorite?

- [TV Host] Fascinating stuff here.

I wanna know how a nine
and a half year old girl

like yourself became a millionaire.

- [Girl] Well Bill, it
was bribery and extortion.

- [Announcer] Another broadcast day.

Tune in tomorrow at 10--

- [Female] Reikian therapy
can refocus your chakra.

- [Male] Bob, I really
don't feel good about it.

Let's ask the robot.

(static crackling)

- [Male] (mumbling) Christian
circus, guaranteed--

- [Male] Throw in a
glass, he's throwing up,

he's throwing up, he's--

- [Female] You call that big?

(guns firing)

- [Male] Boy, that's
what I call a clean kill.

Hi, friends and neighbors.

This is Loony Leonard of
Loony Leonard's Gun House.

Just wanted to remind you
that here at Loony Leonard's--

- You've always wanted me.

Now is your chance.

- [Leonard] You just can't afford to wait.

Permits?

Where the hell do you
think this is, Russia?

Permits never stop me from selling a gun.

All you gotta do is walk in,

look me straight in the
eyes and say Loony Leonard,

I want one.

Bullets, you bet.

We got 'em by the box or by the pound.

Stop in today and remember,

here at Loony Leonard's,
free souvenir 3D matches

with every purchase.

- [Male] The gun jumps off the pack

right into your face.

Visa, Mastercard, all major credit cards--

(mumbling)

(upbeat music)

(muffled lyrics)

♪ But to be sure, had I not gone ♪

♪ I would have never known ♪

(laughing)

♪ There was this party ♪

- [Male] That's all from
us this evening, friends,

so you just tune on back in
tomorrow morning at 4:13.

We'll be here with the farm report

followed by Hog Heaven
with Clem (mumbling).

(upbeat music)

♪ One in the morning, two in the noon ♪

(muffled lyrics)

- Good morning, Ms. Miller.

You're looking mighty fine this morning.

(muffled lyrics)

♪ But I make money jump up into my hand ♪

♪ (mumbling) is how I have my fun ♪

♪ A Cadillac and a homemade gun ♪

May God's celestial mercy
shine down upon you.

Two point.

- Here we go, Ms. Sadie.

I'll get this elevator working for you

and get you on your way
to your sewing circle.

- Thank you, sonny.

- Uh, this elevator's taken.

Uh, we'll use the stairs.

It's a massage seminar.

- But I like it.

- Well then we'll sign you up.

Yeah, downstairs.

The registration's downstairs, here we go.

- You know, I've known
Martin for eight years

and I really think you ought
to give him a second chance

regardless of whether
anything happened or not

and it probably didn't and
you wanna know what else?

I think you ought to give your
sister a second chance too.

- Yeah, but it's so typical of Nicole

to try to put her mark
on everything I value.

It's been that way since we were kids.

- You didn't get far.

- Yeah, I got yanked off the damn bus.

- Why'd you bring him back?

We'd have more fun in Florida
than we're having here.

- Excuse me miss.

Here you go, brother.

There you go, brother.

There you go, oh sorry.

- Nicole.

Listen.

You need to help me with your sister.

- Huh?

- Yeah, she's really upset.

She thinks something went
on between us last night.

Look, could you just talk to her for me?

Really.

Anything would help.

- You've really got it
bad for her, don't you?

All right, I'll talk to her.

(downbeat music)

- What do we do now?

- Why don't you lend us
some of your Florida money?

- Hey man, I was gonna
beg my way to Florida.

I'm out of money too.

- What are we gonna do?

- Isaac M. Tunstall presents
the Annual Christian Circus.

- So what?

- With Cherry Suicide?

- What's wrong with that idea?

- We'd get stoned.

- Now that sounds like a good idea.

- He means we'd get run out of town.

- Oh, that's no problem.

I was heading out of town anyway.

- You know, Wally's right.

What's the worst that could happen?

- It just did.

- Now, now, be nice.

Don't lose it, Samantha.

Maybe he told her he just, uh,

wants to propose to you.

Morning.

(laughing)

- [Wally] What happened?

- Sam.

- Stop following her around.

- Yeah man, just let her
cool off a little bit.

- We got a gig.

- Wow, where?

You're kidding.

The Christian Circus?

A revival?

Us?

You gotta be kidding.

They will throw us off the stage.

You're from around here,
you know how they are.

- [Lenny] Yeah, but I
heard there's a new guy

running it now.

- Yeah, but it's still
a religious revival.

We're a rock band.

- Well, I just thought it'd be a good way

to make some money.

Besides, I'd like to get my
drums out after 12 years.

- Come on, let's do it.

We need the money.

You can't argue with that, Nicky.

We're stuck here.

Besides, we could always
throw in a gospel tune.

- Go for it.

- Okay.

Let's give it a shot.

- All right!

We'll rehearse at my house!

- [Curtis] You got room?

- Hey man, I got all the room you need.

- Let's do it!

- [Lenny] Hey man, you look like somebody

pissed in your coffee, come on.

- You coming, Wally?

- Nah, I'm gonna hang out here

and watch the cars go by.

(upbeat music)

- This is gonna be really exciting.

Playing a gig down south.

- It'll be pearls before swine.

They won't appreciate us.

- Sam?

Sam?

- Hello Wally.

- Sam.

Are you okay?

- Mm-hmm.

- Here, here.

Got a friend for you.

I got a friend for you.

Look, look, look, look, look.

Have you seen him?

Dancing (mumbling).

Here.

- Thanks.

- What are friends for?

(rock music)

♪ Slipping away ♪

♪ Slipping away ♪

♪ What can I do ♪

♪ 'Cause I know I just can't
stay with somebody like you ♪

♪ You're always right ♪

♪ And I'm always wrong ♪

♪ Now the way I feel about
you just can't go on ♪

♪ Break away ♪

♪ Tell me what am I gonna do ♪

♪ Break away ♪

♪ My mind is funneling ♪

♪ Tell me what am I (mumbling) ♪

♪ Someone said you're okay ♪

♪ Slipping away ♪

♪ I'm slipping away from you ♪

♪ Slipping away ♪

♪ Slipping away ♪

♪ Slipping away from you ♪

♪ I've seen it coming ♪

♪ For quite some time ♪

♪ Only now you pushed me
over the border line ♪

♪ You're gonna cry ♪

♪ When I am gone ♪

♪ You can say that you didn't
know there was nothing wrong ♪

♪ Walk away ♪

♪ The tenement, I'm not there ♪

♪ Someone saying walk away ♪

♪ My dreams are shattering ♪

♪ When you tell me that you don't care ♪

♪ Someone said you're okay ♪

♪ Slipping away ♪

(muffled lyrics)

♪ I'm slipping away from you ♪

- Wow, that was great, Lenny.

I'd love for you to play with us.

(laughing)

- I told you, I told you, yeah.

(foreboding music)

(snapping)

- I would really like to buy a gun.

- Well, I'd be happy to sell
you one, I really would.

I got everything here from shotguns

to little ladies purse packing 22's there

for target tin cans and
just pissed at somebody

and wanna mess 'em up a little bit.

Course you're going after something heavy,

I got a real gun here for a real man.

Careful, don't catch your finger in that

like I did once.

It was purple for two weeks.

Now some people like these shiny guns.

I like this one.

I used it to repair the outhouse last week

and I'll tell you, I like to
take my skivvies off sometimes

and tape it to my leg
with a little duct tape,

walk around all day--

- How about the one in the box?

- This is a fine gun, this is a good gun,

this is a good choice.

Comes with a free box of bullets today.

It's a 32 charter army cylinder gun

and perfect for a man like you.

It's a little expensive but I see you

got plenty of money here and you aren't

gonna have any trouble paying for that.

I got a wallet just like that
I got from a little girl.

How about a pack of free matches?

Come on back.

You need any targets here,
I'm open 24 hours a day.

This is a fine gun.

(laughing)

- These are amazing, man, amazing.

This is pretty kinky, Wally.

- No, it's not kinky.

It's just your average naked
teenage girl photo session.

- Here they come.

- Oh, give me those, give me those.

- Morning folks.

- Morning.

- Claudia, Terry, this is Curtis.

- Are you in the band?

- Yeah, I play bass.

- Wow, we should've met you last night.

- You were probably too busy.

- Yeah, too busy.

- [Lenny] Oh god.

- What's happening with you?

- I got a hold of some
bad slaw last night.

I threw up twice in the same place.

- Ew!

- Can we change the subject?

- Yeah, to food.

- I'd like a cup of cold,
greasy gravy please.

- You want the usual, right, Lenny?

- [Lenny] Yep.

- How you want them eggs?

- I want 'em out of a shell
but I don't want 'em raw, now.

- How about like your brain, fried?

(laughing)

- You want something to eat?

- Oh no, Claudia hasn't had
solid food for three weeks.

- You have a cold, reverend?

- Allergies.

- Oh.

- I certainly have
enjoyed this visit but--

- Oh, yes.

- Sorry.

- That's a lot more than we usually give.

- Well I'm sure the television ministry

can put this to good use.

- So what are we buying
groceries with this week?

- A pledge is a pledge, honey.

- This has been just divine.

- Reverend Tunstall.

You know how badly we need that money.

Can't you let us off this week?

- Well like your husband says,

a pledge is a pledge.

(upbeat music)

- [Female] Taxi!

Hey, freaking weirdo!

- Hey, you got asthma, right?

My wife's got asthma,
I'd know it anywhere.

- Who cares, I don't give a shit.

- Yeah, asthma's a funny thing.

Did you know it was an emotional disorder?

Hey, you ain't got an
emotional disorder, have you?

Boy, my wife sure has
an emotional disorder.

Damn.

Every time she starts wheezing,
it just makes my skin crawl.

- Just shut up and drive.

- What brings you to town?

- Revenge.

- Terrific, you'll love the town.

- How much was that?

- 21 dollars plus tip.

What's wrong?

- We're broke.

- Come on, Claudia.

Let's get out of here.

We're leaving.

- How come?

- [Terry] They're a bunch of deadbeats.

- [Claudia] But we've
fooled around with worse.

- Girls, girls, we don't
need money to have fun.

- After breakfast, we have 200 dollars.

- Well hell, man, that's plenty.

We're fed.

- We're okay.

- We haven't paid for the hotel rooms yet.

- We're screwed.

- Damn it, man, what are we gonna do?

- Well, it's been nice knowing you.

I guess I'll go on home.

(laughing)

- Hey, listen to this, Earl.

279 ways to kill with a pencil.

Number one, shove the pencil
under the soft underbelly

of the victim's throat.

(spraying)

Yes.

May we help you?

- I'd like a room please.

- Fine.

(phone ringing)

Fine.

(yelling)

- Boo!

- Hello.

Hey Samantha, wait!

Samantha please, let me explain!

Really, nothing happened.

You're jumping to conclusions.

- Oh bullshit, Martin.

I walk in and the two of
you were getting out of bed.

- You're making it something it wasn't.

- I'm not making it anything.

You're the one that's been hot after her.

- Give me a break, you
don't even know me yet.

- You're assuming I still want to.

- Look Samantha, I'm trying

to start a meaningful
relationship with you.

- Well let me give you a hint.

Sleeping with my sister is a lousy way

to go about it.

- Slap him, honey.

- What are you talking about?

I left my home to come with you

on this crazy little trip.

I'm standing in the
middle of a parking lot

in a town I've never even
heard of deep in the south.

- In your underwear!

- In my underwear.

Having an argument with the woman

that I just may be falling in love with.

- Really, Martin?

Really?

- Well.

Maybe.

Anyway, I had to say something

to get you to stop and listen to me.

- Jesus, Martin, what a lousy trick.

- I know but I do love you.

I think.

- Martin, has anyone ever told
you that you're wishy washy?

- Well you're not so
decisive yourself, you know.

- I am so.

Give me an example.

- Okay, okay.

Like we sleep together both nights

on this wonderful little journey to Oz.

Then we hit your hometown and you split.

- So what you're saying is you think

that you and I should
sleep together every night.

Is that right?

- Well is there anything wrong with that?

- Well, then, when would you have time

to sleep with my sister?

- I don't wanna screw your sister!

- I'll screw her sister!

- I'll screw her!

(horn honking)

(mumbling)

- I've got this note here
that your blind friend

left for you.

Great birthday party, huh?

- Yeah.

(mumbling)

(gentle music)

- Hey miss, you forgot to pay!

- Wally, where do you think you're going?

- [Wally] Florida.

- Florida?

You can't go, Wally.

Stick around, we'll miss you.

- Nah, listen.

I've always wanted to do this.

I've just never been this close before.

- Well, did you say goodbye to Martin?

- I left him a note.

- Left him a note?

Wally, how is that gonna make him feel?

- Look, going to say goodbye,

he'd only try to make me stay.

- Getting on the bus, buddy?

- [Wally] Yes.
- No.

Wally, please.

(baby crying)

- [Wally] Will you leave me alone?

- Look, would you two fight
this out some place else?

I've got a schedule to keep.

- I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Wally.

Sorry.

- Come on, Nicky, we're gonna be late.

- [Nicole] Okay, okay.

(upbeat music)

- [Ivan] Follow that van!

(screeching)

(crunching)

(horn honking)

- What the hell is going on?

- Go!

(horn honking)

(crashing)

Ram him.

- What?

- You heard me, ram the asshole.

- Are you crazy?

- Well then I'll blow your kneecap off!

(crunching)

- What's this guy trying to do?

- Speed up.

- Damn, man, what are you trying to do?

(shouting)

(crashing)

- What the hell is going on?

Who is that?

- Who knows?

Anyway, I think we lost him.

- Holy shit.

Holy shit!

Holy shit.

- Hey, where are the keys?

- [Announcer] Welcome, welcome, welcome

to Isaac M. Tunstall's
Annual Christian Circus.

(mumbling)

- God needs your money.

How about a t-shirt today?

- [Announcer] On the
midway, spending money

on unique love gifts and
religious novelty items.

- [Male] You are afraid
to face your family.

You have unspoken
frailties and infirmaries.

You have cancer.

You are possessed with
wild hallucinations.

You have a tumor growing within you.

- Hey.

Nice.

- What took you so long?

- Some psychopath in a taxi cab.

- You have rheumatoid
halitosis of the spine.

But that's all right.

All this shall pass away.

You're gonna feel all right.

You're gonna feel real good.

The power's coming, the power's coming.

Heal, I said heal!

I said heal!

Hallelujah!

Arise and walk!

Go on, get up!

- Thank you, Jesus!

(clapping)

Thank you, Jesus, thank you, Jesus!

(gun firing)

(engine rumbling)

- Hello.

- Hello.

(upbeat music)

(chattering)

- How about a t-shirt,
four dollars and 99 cents?

- Weirdo.

(screaming)

- Can't we just forget all this nonsense?

What do you say?

- Martin, I--

- What?

- [Samantha] Look, look over there.

- [Martin] What, I don't see anything.

Just a crowd of people.

- It's Ivan, I swear, Ivan's here!

- Nah.

- Come on, I'll prove it.

- Just a second.

No more fighting, okay?

- Okay.

No more.

- [Announcer] To tell you about
our new television ministry.

We now have our own satellite

beaming the word of salvation
across the entire US of A.

Oh lordy, that makes me happy.

Now mister (mumbling), how
about some Christian juggling

while the band sets up?

- Friends and neighbors,
I'm here to juggle for Jesus

and I want you sinners
to know that hell is hot

and you sinners will
burn in eternal damnation

if you don't turn your back
on your sinning evil ways

and live righteously
according to Jesus's word.

If you do that, on judgment day, you'll

be sitting next to the father,
the son, and the holy spirit.

(clapping)

And have eternal life.

(clapping)

Thank you, Jesus, thank you, thank you.

(clapping)

- What's the matter with his makeup?

He looks slick.

No, no.

Cut back to a wider shot.

He don't like us to be that close on him.

- [Male] Standby, camera one.

- Has made it big nationally

and this next little lady's on her way

to doing just that so
let's give a big welcome

to Cherry Suicide.

- Suicide?

(clapping)

- When I grew up in this fair city,

I used to sing this to myself
to go to sleep at night.

♪ Rock of ages cleft for me ♪

♪ Let me hide ♪

- It is so sweet.

♪ Let the water and the blood ♪

♪ From thy riven side which flowed ♪

♪ Be of sin the double cure ♪

♪ Cleanse me from it's guilt and power ♪

(clapping)

- [Nicole] One, two, three, four.

(upbeat music)

♪ Rock of ages bled for me ♪

♪ Let me hide myself in thee ♪

♪ Let the water and the blood ♪

♪ From thy riven side which flowed ♪

♪ Be of sin a double cure ♪

♪ Cleanse me from its guilt and power ♪

(clapping)

(rock music)

♪ Summertime ♪

♪ Summertime blues ♪

♪ Summertime ♪

♪ I got the summertime blues ♪

♪ Summertime ♪

♪ Got nothing to lose ♪

♪ All the time ♪

♪ I gotta have you ♪

♪ And it's such a crime ♪

♪ 'cause there's nothing I can do ♪

♪ It's in my mind ♪

♪ That I wanna have a good time ♪

♪ I can't have fun when
you're on vacation ♪

♪ What I need ♪

(muffled lyrics)

♪ What I want ♪

♪ New sensations ♪

♪ Summertime ♪

♪ Bringing me down ♪

♪ Summertime ♪

♪ You wanna wait around ♪

(muffled lyrics)

♪ I could be down ♪

♪ But I don't align ♪

(muffled lyrics)

- Cut to the prerecorded crowd stuff.

I'll get that bitch off the stage.

♪ I've been going out of style ♪

♪ Do it by the summertime tribulation ♪

♪ What I need is ♪

♪ What I want ♪

♪ New sensation ♪

♪ Summertime, summertime ♪

♪ Summertime, summertime ♪

♪ Summertime, summertime ♪

- Look, let's split up.

You go to the stage, I'll
go to Tunstall's trailer,

all right?

- Check.

♪ Woo, summer, summertime, summertime ♪

(clapping)

- Can we have our check now?

- No check, baby doll, it was a benefit.

- But you said--

- Read your contract.

- We don't have one.

- That's right.

- [Curtis] Nicky, what's happening?

- Just pack the stuff.

- Is the shield ready?

- Yeah, he'll be standing stage right

and then when you get to the part

about the love gift,
he'll come up on stage

and give you the money.

♪ Summertime, nothing to lose ♪

♪ Summertime ♪

♪ Nothing I can do, summertime ♪

♪ Summertime blues, summertime ♪

♪ Nothing to lose, summertime ♪

- Uh-oh.

- What?

- Ain't enough room.

Uh.

Here, hold this.

And why don't you hold this one?

And hold this one.

- What's going on, Lenny?

- Hey man, this is
Lenny's week old bakery.

Just one of my many talents.

- How many pies you got in there?

- Oh, probably 50.

Here, hold this.

- Wait a minute now.

What are you gonna do
with 50 week old pies?

Nobody's gonna wanna eat 'em.

What are you gonna do with 'em?

- Uh.

(laughing)

- We need the money
tonight like you promised.

- [Announcer] That's right,
let's really hear it for him.

The Reverend Isaac M. Tunstall.

- Friends.

Before we move on.

I want several of you
to make a love offering,

a love gift to the Christian Circus.

- He's a hypocrite, a phony!

- A gift that will allow me to continue--

- He's a conman!

- To other needy areas of the world.

(whistling)

- All your money just go to him!

Let me go!

Let me go!

- Bring me the gift of love.

- Oh my gosh!

(screaming)

(gun firing)

(dramatic music)

- Boss, are you okay?

- You set me up!

- Easy, easy, no.

(mumbling)

Take it easy, put that away.

- [Male] Give me the knife.

- No way, pal!

You're not getting near me!

You're all in on it!

(splattering)

- [Reporter] Seconds ago, violence erupted

in this small sleepy southern mill town

at the Annual Christian Circus,

leaving its promoter,
Isaac Tunstall, wounded.

Now it is not quite certain
what caused the disturbance

but what I've been able to piece together

since I arrived on the
scene just 30 seconds ago,

a strange looking man wearing
a black leather jacket

and sporting red streaked
hair that stood up in spikes

has allegedly shot and
wounded Isaac Tunstall.

Now it is also rumored that this

was a KGB mastermind plot but this,

as of yet, has not been confirmed.

- I-V-A-N.

- This is Doreen Bates London reporting.

- You know, I think Cherry Suicide

with Lenny Drake would look nice

in purple glitter letters
right across the side there.

What do you think?

Come on, lighten up, Curtis.

It was just a joke, my man.

(laughing)

Well, that's it, let's hit it.

- Okay.

- Don't stay away so long next time.

- I won't.

(gentle music)

I promise.

- Here.

I'll send you some postcards from Florida.

- The weather is beautiful.

This is Disney World today.

Mickey says hi.

(gentle music)

(upbeat music)

♪ I know this hasn't happened
to me in a long time ♪

♪ Haven't come this way
in a million years ♪

♪ My heart hasn't pounded
since I can recall ♪

(muffled lyrics)

♪ If I don't take this
chance just to stay alive ♪

♪ Well that's all, I
got something to say ♪

♪ If you don't mind ♪

♪ Don't like it then you
better cover up your ears ♪

♪ Got to go my own way at my own pace ♪

♪ I'm on a different
track on the rat race ♪

♪ Can't waste my time
going round and round ♪

♪ This is it ♪

♪ This is life on the edge ♪

(muffled lyrics)

♪ And it's here that we say ♪

♪ This is it ♪

♪ Take it all as far
as we can go with it ♪

♪ 'cause it's gotta be that way ♪

♪ What else can you do
with the summertime blues ♪

- [Female] Boston, and step on it.

♪ What else can you do
with the summertime blues ♪

♪ Know it's coming like a bullet for me ♪

(muffled lyrics)

♪ We got to get out,
gotta get up to get out ♪

♪ Don't wanna start getting
used to the same things ♪

♪ Don't wanna wait for the
phone when it never rings ♪

♪ If I can't figure you in,
I'm gonna figure you out ♪

♪ This is it ♪

♪ This is life on the
edge of the (mumbling) ♪

♪ And we see it everyday ♪

♪ This is it ♪

♪ Making love as far
as we can go with it ♪

♪ 'cause it's gotta be that way ♪

♪ This is it ♪

(muffled lyrics)

♪ We've got something to say ♪

♪ This is it ♪

♪ It would take nothing
more than a miracle ♪

♪ To drag us away ♪

♪ What else can you do
with the summertime blues ♪

♪ What else can you do
with the summertime blues ♪

♪ This is it ♪

♪ This is life on the
edge of the (mumbling) ♪

♪ And we see it everyday ♪

♪ This is it ♪

♪ Take the love as far
as we can go with it ♪

♪ 'cause it's gotta be that way ♪

♪ This is it ♪

♪ Where we finally stand
up for the pinnacle ♪

♪ We've got something to say ♪

♪ This is it ♪

♪ It would take nothing
more than a miracle ♪

♪ To drag us away from here ♪

(upbeat music)