The SuperVips (1968) - full transcript

A satire of modern society recounting the adventures of the last in a line of Supermen, the film pokes fun at the processes that lie behind advertising, politics and our consumer society.

Vips, whose origins are lost
in the night of pre-historic time,

have been recognised throughout history
as the most powerful of all supermen!

Their noble aim

has always been to protect
the weak from the oppressor!

The first Vip who appeared on earth
created the tradition

that this breed is heroic, invincible!!!

And marriageable!

And through the ages the tradition
has been unbroken

until the time our story begins,

when BaffoVip equivocated the word "Super"

and instead of marrying a superwoman,



married a girl from a supermarket!

This marriage produced contemporary
History's first two new supermen!!!

Supervip!!!

And MiniVip!

But due to the mixed genes
these two brothers

bore only a superficial resemblance
to each other!!!

Supervip was handsome!!!

Minivip!!! Well!!!

Supervip was invulnerable!!!

Minivip was!!!

Supervip could fly at supersonic speed
from one planet to another!!!

Minivip could only manage limited
flights a few feet from the ground!

Whereas Supervip was the strongest
man ever know on earth!!!

Minivip was the weakest
superman of all time!



I c-cant d-do anything right!!!
But he can do everything - everything!

What's the matter Minivip, you haven't eaten
anything or talked to anyone for the last two days?

I want to be a superman - like you!

But MiniVee - you are a superman
even if you're not like me!

Then why do I have this V, and these wings

everybody expects me to be like you!!!
And instead I can't do a super thing,

not a single, solitary super thing!

Come on, Minivip, I know some psychiatrists
who might be able to help you!

- When did it start?
- What?

- Whatever started.
- Tell it in chronological order.

Be as brief as possible, please!

- Well, my name is Minivip!!!
- This means nothing!

And I've always envied Supervip.

- Does it hurt when I prick?
- Ouch!

- Would you like to be a superman?
- Tell it in chronological order.

Yes, I would, but as a matter of fact!!!

Say, ahhh -

Ahhhh!!!

- You're jealous of Supervip, aren't you?
- Who is SuperVip, man?

My brother.

- Tell us about your Mother.
- You hated your Mother, didn't you?

No! I didn't! I loved!!!

Tell me, do you ever hear strange noises.

- Does this look to you like a dog or a superman?
- A dog!

Then why do you want
to be a superman?

I'm not - he's the one who
does everything!!!

I think your images are confused!

Take a deep breath!

- Are you his brother?
- Yes.

Alright - you can come in!
The patient is exhausted!

He needs a long rest and a complete change!
I suggest a cruise!

But it would be best if he covered up
and travelled incognito.

You see, we suspect it's the color red
that excites him!

Goodbye MiniVee! Try to enjoy
yourself and remember:

- Forget to be a Vip!
- I'll try, SuperVee - goodbye!

Hurry! The gang-plank is going up! So long,
MiniVee! Be careful not to catch cold!!!

!!! And keep the hat and coat on!

You want to see what color
my next dress is going to be - see!!!

Oh, lovely!!!
!!! A real sick green!

IShoutsl.

Oh no!

We've hit a tunnell.

There's one on every cruise!

Well, hell-lo!

(PANTING) Oh boy!

I'm sorry, sir!!! Only passengers in
costume!!! At this party! Good evening, Madam

evening Sir!

Lady or Miss?
A mysterious woman, eh?

A Vip!!

Ladies and gentlemen, attention
please, an exciting event!

We have among us a genuine Vip,
a fascinating fantastic man

who comes, perhaps,
from other planets!

A mysterious legendary being
who flies in sidereal space,

invincible, invulnerable, he can go through
concrete or steel as if they were butter!

Here he is, folk, a big hand for THE VIP!

Those who want his autograph
line up on my right!

However, before interviewing
the wondrous Vip!!!

- Blood's running to my head!!!
- Oh, sorry!!!

We'd like him to give us
a small demonstration

of his renowned invulnerability!!!

We're going to ask him to swallow this stick of
dynamite and let it explode in his stomach!!!

Squeamish ladies
or those with weak hearts

are requested to leave the room!!!

All set, Vip?
Come on, stupefy us!

You saved my life!!!

How can I thank you!!!

That roar sounded real!!!

A carnivorous lion!
Helppppp!

Holy mackerel,

that water's cold!

I wonder!!! If it has teeth!!!

How many teeth do you have?

Ah!!! You should have told me at once,
that you were a second hand lion!!!

- What were you doing aboard the ship?
- Ghieghen din ghighen din ghieghen din den den!!!!

Oh - you like dancing, eh?
I like it myself, you know!

But I haven't found the right girl!!!
!!! The one I love, I mean!!!

And maybe I'll never find her!
I'm good for nothing!

Here is the latest new!!! A Vip,
one of the famed supermen

has disappeared from the ship 'Annabella'
while cruising in the Pacific!

The Vip was last seen as he jumped through a port
hole and it is now assumed that he fell into the sea!

MiniVee!

Fish don't bite at this hour! Got it?!

Let's see, now! This is the route,
yesterday it should have been here!

I hope I can get there in time!

A fish?

Leave it, leave it!

Still there?

Maybe it's asleep!!!

It's the first fish that ever smiled at me!

Never mind!!! Well!!! It's means
that I'll have to cut your tail!!!

Uaaaa!!! Uaaa!!! Uhhh!!! Uhhhhhhhh uh uh!

Not a sign of a ship!!!

MiniVee!

This must be the spot!!!
But there's no trace of him here!!!

Hallucinations are beginning!!!
I'd better write a message!!!

"Dear, whoever reads this,
we need water

and blankets and a motor!
Yours truly, MiniVip!!!"

Go and do your duty!

This is the way to start a day!

- Uh!!! Uh!!! Uh!!! Uh!!!
- If you're asleep you don't catch fish!

Land - we're saved!

I can touch bottom! Let's get out!!!

Next time it will be your turn!!!
To save me!

Well! It seems quite a nice island!

MiniVeeeee!!!

MiniVeeeee!!!

Now let's count - the odd one out,
goes to look for food!

One, two, three, four, five, six!!!
Sorry, six always loses!

While you're gone, I'll get the fire ready!

How the hell did they get
to light the fire with two sticks?

O! K! O! K! It will catch in a minute!

Uh - uh - ahhh!

Suffering Toledo!

Why don't you try to help with the fire
instead of making such a racket?

Uh - hu - uh!!!

Wh - who - who are you?

First commander for
spies elimination! Marsc!!!

One two, one two!!!
One two, one two!!!

There's something down there!!!

It's from MiniVee - he' s still alive!

One two, one two!!!
Stop! Get into the car!

Wake up microbe!

Move you slacker!

Yiiiiii!

Fasten your seat-belts and no smoking!

- Have you got a driver's license?
- Shut up - you flying shrimp!

Ha-ha-ha!

Fire, fire, fire!

Ach! It's you! I didn't recognise you!

Shultz, you idiot - for an excuse to fire
that gadget you'd shoot your own grandmother!

What has my grandmother got to do with it?

THIS time I'm gonna report
you to Happy Betty!

Blast you! Blast you!

Bis teine deworchen!
Feuer! Feuer!

- Who is Happy Betty?
- She's the smartest woman in the world!

She owns the H-B Supermarkets,
15,000 of them, all over the world!

R! Vip! Please, don't leave me!!!
Look!!! I'm not a lion!

An island! An abandoned dinghy!!!
And a trail! He' s there!

Hooray!

It's O! K! MiniVee, I've got you,
we can go home now!

No! No! My friend, she isn't a lion she's a
girl! She's been kidnapped, I must save her!

Tell me again, Confucious - who am I?

Ichantsl Happy Betty,
the super Supermarket Queen

who's super-super.
brains are supersuper keen!

Smart boy, Confucius!
Have a pep-pill!

Ha! Colonel's coming back!
You - down there!

Look out, here comes Colonel.

You'd think by now he'd know how
to use those brakes!!!

Stupid fool!

It will be dark in a few minutes, then
we'll have a look around for Miss Lion!

No! You cover me, while I look!
After all, she's my friend!

Let's not start that again, MiniVee you
know!!! You're not cut out for rough stuff!

When it's a matter of power
let me handle it!

He was there, right behind me in the car,
with the lion!!! Then poof!

He disappears!

If that description is right
he can't be anything but a Vip!

Hmmmm! I don't like it!
I don't like it at all!

The shareholders committee are due tonight
and!!! I don't want any slip-ups!

Tell Schultz to increase security!

What about this lion?

"Lock him in the tower; he might be
useful for an experiment later!"

Are you afraid of that little Vip?

Afraid? I'm not afraid of anybody!
Now get going! And don't forget who I am!

- Super brains!!!
- Shut up!

Up there, go on, move!
One two, one two!!!

One two, one two!!!
One two, one two!!!

And if you try any funny stuff,
you'll end up bald-headed!

Come on, boys!
I promised my wife I'd get home early!

Don't fly, MiniVee,
they might see your infraglow!

Midnight! And we wish you happy dreams
in your Happy Betty pyjamas!

If that's the man who was taking you to Happy-
Betty, he should be wearing the H-B badge!

It's him! He's the one!
The one who drove the car!

Then the girl is sure to be somewhere near!

Look out, SuperVee, a helicopter!

At last, it's the shareholders' committee!
Quick, go and meet them!

Happy Betty extends you all
a cordial welcome!

- Bon-jour-Good evening - Salve.
- Buenas dias - Chee-hi.

I better hurry! Wait here, MiniVee!!!

I'll go in trough the window,
get the girl and come back!

I want to come, too!

Please, MiniVee, let's
not start that again!

Feuer! Feuer! Feuer! Feuer!

Feuer! Zuborneit! Verboten! Fahreneit!

What in tarnation is going on?

I have heard a zibilant noise
like the hizzing of a snake

and I have pulverized and disintegrated it!

It was a very small man like an inzect,

and with two red eyes
which zent out flames!

You stupid!

Miss Lion!!!!

Miss Lion!!!!

Incredible! Everything is going
according to plan!

Only a matter of hours now
to demonstrate the experiment!

But that Vip business
makes me nervous!

Get the projection ready
and tell the Committee!!!

That Happy Betty
will join them shortly!

I wonder where is she!!!

Maybe upstairs!!!

Mother! There's a Vip out here!

Well, well, what an interesting visitor!

Can I get you something?

I'm looking for a lion!!!

Hmmm, lions!!! Lions!!!

George, have you seen any lions around?

- Not recently!
- Sorry!

- Thanks anyway! Goodnight!
- Goodnight!

Did you see him, George? A Vip!
I must tell Mrs! Martin right away!!!

Mrs! Martinnnnnnnnnn!

Ssssshhh!

Aaaahh!!

I heard once more the zibilant noise!!!

Something fishy going on up there!

- Oh! You are a girl!!!
- You scared me!

- Sorry-I guess I should've knocked?
- Another Vip? Who are you?

I'm Supervip - Minivip's brother!!!

Uh-huh! There's a definite family resemblance!!!
But what a difference in physique!

That will make an interesting
point for my thesis! - Thesis?

Uh-huh! I'm an anthropology major
and I'm doing my thesis on Vips!

That' s why I followed your brother
when he jumped off the ship!!!

I wanted first-hand information!!!

Then I got into this crazy situation!!!
By the way, where is your brother?

Minivip? Oh, he's waiting outside
in a safe place!

Ztrange!!! Very ztrange!!!

An overturned tree!
Thig iz very Zuzpicouz!!!

Goodnight!

Gentlemen, we are all aware that the most
important factors of modern times!!!

Are advertising and publicity!

Now I have found a way
of harnessing them!!!

By an ingenious method which will give me
single-handed power over international markets!

Gentlemen, you are about to witness
the birth of the brain-missiles!

Colonel, get the Professor!

I am hungry!!!

You'll eat later!

Right now, show these gentlemen
the results of your research on man!

Start the film!

This is man!

Trough a slow but inexorable process

he has been "absorbed" by civilisation

which has transformed him
into a different being!

Here is man as he is now,
who because of the progress

of our mechanised civilisation,
has become almost completely automated!

He crosses the road to the signal
of the traffic lights!!!

He gets up to the alarm of the clock.

When raising his glass
he says 'cheers'

And when insulted his reaction is
always 'who do you think you are'!

The physical structure of human body,
both internal and external!

The substantive difference
between the two consist in this:

If, when viewed sideways, one of the two
ossesses curves, that one is the female!

The main parts of the human body
showing residual activity are four:

The right hand, the right foot,
the eyes and the mouth!

The right hand is to signal, to pull levers
to sign checks,

and push buttons and to carry out
actions of public utility!

The right foot is to exercise pressure
on the accelerator of a car!

The ideal man of the future
will be born with two right legs!

Eyes are for looking at television,
movies and highways!

Intellectuals also use them
to read book covers!

The mouth is used mainly
for smiling and smoking!

Those who use it for speaking
become politicians!

Those who don't use it at all
become subtle humorists!

Internally man is very simple!

He has a few organs, all numbered,
whose job it is to become diseased!

The most important organ is the heart

because without it, it would be impossible
to tell whether a man is dead or alive!

However, the most important
result of my research

is that this automated life has caused
a partial atrophy of the brain!

This organ that yesterday was considered
the most important of the human body

has now almost totally disappeared leaving
a considerable empty space in the skull!

But I had a different concept!

A small missile, with an electronic
remote control receiver,

operating on one single wave length
controlled by one person only,

can be launched into men's heads!

The impact is so sharp as to be painless!

Its immediate effect is to wash
what's left of the brain

and eliminate any residue
of hostile or wicked thoughts!

After that, it enters an active phase

in which orders sent out on the same
wave-length will encourage man to harbour

only feelings of fraternity for all living
things, whether human or animal,

- thus giving man a new possibility for!!!
- That's enough! Colonel, take him away!

I am very hungry!

With a little!!! Encouragement,

I 'persuaded' the Professor to make
some slight modifications in the missiles

using the local island inhabitants
for our initial experiments!!!

My next test was a sample launching
on the people of South Coniferus

where I have two markets!!!

The impact of the missiles
was timed exactly to the release

of the supersonic notes
of the activating theme song

containing the control message!

The control message, gentlemen, which I
and I alone can send is!!!

BUY FROM HAPPY BETTY!

Let me tell you, gentlemen,
in under two hours those people

bought both of my super supermarkets
completely empty-for cash!

Now I have a new rocket ready
for my first major launching

of thousands of brain-missiles
to the Continent, and after that, others,

larger and still more powerful,
will follow,

until saturation point has been reached and I
control the buying power of the entire world!

But to complete this colossal
operation will be costly,

and that is why you are here,
for the present I need financial support!

Well, gentlemen, what do you say!!!

All this is very interesting, Madame,

but how can we be certain
that the missile will, in fact,

be effective on every individual?

Before we invest in this project
we must be sure that the brain-missile

can work effectively on
superior individuals,

not only on mediocre ones!

After all, for the average individual,

television, radio, and
movies works well enough!

That's correct! He's right!!

He's here, Happy Betty!
It's him! The Vip!

Catch him!

The Vip is my answer to your query!

I have him here for a final experiment,
to satisfy your doubts!!!

Colonel! Get Schultz and find the Vip!

I want him alive and I want him quick!

Get me out of here!

Come out of there, you stoop,
and help me find the Vip!

Put on your pants, stupid
and go search the tower

while I look in the underground passages!

Listen, Miss Lion, would you like
me to take you out?

What a question at a time like this!
Of course, I would!!!!

I mean if I were someone else,
would you go with him?

Come on, Supervip, let's go!!!
Don't be childish!!!

He's not here!!!

Yah, up here is everything normal!!!

Halt! Feuer! Feuer!
Feuer! Feuer!

Verdampte Vip try to hide, he?

Dressed as a mouse, eh?!!!

Very clever, Vip, Yah!!!!

I'll be ready in a minute, SuperVip!

Achtung! Vass ist das? I hear voices!!!
Ya, ya, Ich feuer nachforsehen!

Ach! Stop, stop, stop!

Gee, Miss Lion, I bet you're

the most beautiful anthropology
major in the world!!!

My name is Lisa!!!
!!! And my hair must be a mess!

Lisa, your eyes are
like sparkling Jewels!!!

Supervip!!! Listen!
I hear something!!!

Ich du fortasse kleine Vip!

Let's go out on the terrace
and look at the stars!!!

Don't be silly! There's no terrace
on this horrible cell!!!

There isn't, well, I can fix that!!!

There you are!!! Wonderful, isn't it?

- What?
- The peace and quiet!

We are those who represent progress.

We don't mind being fools nonetheless!

Hurrah! Hurrah for the
advertising atmosphere!!!

We, with a missile stuck in our head.

Nothing but Carousels we watch like mad.

We put tiger in double soup!!
Two blue drops into off-white!

Great cook in your engine, durum wheat!!!
Wash the dirt into bright!

I've been waiting such
a long time for you!!!

I knew you'd come for me!!!

But I never thought
you'd be so handsome!!!

- What's your name?
- M-m-Minivip, what's yours?

- Nervustrata!!!
- Nervustrata?

Don't you like it?

Oh yes, yes I do, it's a lovely name!
But why are you kept in there?

See this thing in my head?

I've been used by these awful people
as a Guinea pig for their experiment!!!

And it hasn't worked very well on me!!!

But it doesn't look bad on me, does it?

- You're beautiful!
- I am?

Then you will get me out
of here, won't you?

Hmm!!! Well, certainly!!! At once!!!

It may take some time!!! Though,

but don't you worry Nervustrata!!!
I'll get you out of there, that's for sure!

Oh! But Minivip, you don't
have to cut the bars!

I can get through them, see!!!

- But!!! But!!! Then why?
- It's the jump that frightens me! It's dangerous!!!

But if you could catch me!!!?

Whooops!
What huge muscles you have, Minivip!

I'm so weak, Minivip, I need protection!!!

And you're so strong and virile!
Don't you think we make a good couple?

Marvellous!

- So you're the strongest man in the world, eh?
- We-ell!!!

I knew it! I was sure it would be you!

O! K! Let's see who's the strongest!!!
Come on, step forward!!!

Don't hit him too hard, Minivip,
he's got a long way to fall!!!

Come on MiniVip!

- Oooohh!!! You're super Minivip!
- No! Super's my brother, come on!!!

Let's go!

Supervip! Help!!!

That sounded like my brother's voice!!!
Wait here a minute!!!

Who's there? What do you want?

You!!! I mean the little you!!!

Vip!!! The big one!!! In the cellar
big one!!! Small one!!!

Anyone!!! Vip
doesn't matter!!! I'll kill any size!

Sorry, I thought it was my brother!

Hah! You little squirt! I've got you!

Na-aang!

- Let him alone! You big bully!!!
- Now it sounds like a woman's voice?

Ha! You wriggling super-worm
I'll squash you for good!

Do you mind letting go of my brother!

Minivip! You were wonderful!!!
Wasn't he, sir?

He certainly was
but he shouldn't have come in here!!!

And the next thing to do
is to get you out as fast as we can!!!

I'll take the girls to a safe place
and then come back for you!

Safe place? Where?

To the beach! No-one will
look for them there!

- The beach, huh!
- Come on, Lisa!!! All set girls!!!? We're off!

This time I'll get him!

- There, girls! Safe!
- Oh, take a look at the sea! Beautiful, isn't it?

So many wonderful birds!!! Look!!!
A butterfly!! What beautiful colours!

Stay close, young lady!!!
You'd better be careful!!!

Never mind, sir!!! I'll stay nearby!
Such a cute butterfly you are!!

Hmm, yes, that should be
a safe place!!!

Whooops!

What's going on up there?

- Help!
- Yes, help!!

IchantslHappy Betty, the super
Supermarket Queen!

Hey! Look who's here! Colonel! Schultz!
Somebody, hurry! I caught him!

So hot, isn't it?

No wonder! With that costume you have on!

You know what I'm gonna do? While waiting here
for you, I take it off and go for a nice swim!

Do you mind, SuperVip?

Not at all, just be careful not
to swim too far out.

Don't be silly! I swim like a fish!!!
Especially without such a costume on!

SuperVip, what's going on?
Are you all right?

Lisa! Lisa! I love you!

So?

Well?

Lisa? Lisa?

Lisa? Lisa?

So?

Oh, SuperVip, I love you too!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Ha ha! That must be him!

As promised, gentlemen,
I have captured a Vip,

the Superman of Supermen!
Schultz! Show the gentlemen!

- Incredibile! - Wonderful! - C'est vraiment lui!
- Diablo! - Non I'avrei mai creduto! - Mein Got!

- You have forgotten who I am!
- Happy Betty the Super!!!

However, before carrying out the experiment
on him which will prove to you

that my invention works perfectly
even on super-brains,

I would like to show you something unique!

Gentlemen! You are about to see
missile base 'Happy Betty'

Ready?!

Come on! Pull!

And this, gentlemen, is only the outside!

In a moment we'll have
a brief tour of the works!

Schultz! Take Vip
to the experiment room!

Alright, gentlemen, let's go!

Yaaaaooohhhh!!!

Hello, my name is Nervustrata!
Don't be afraid!!! I won't hurt you!!!

What a lot of lovely flowers there are!!!
I wish I could pick them all!

Here it is, the marvellous small steel city

where the consumer destinies
of future human generations are forged!

Its working population
is one hundred thousand strong!

A Million six hundred thousand fingers
working incessantly at our great project!

Excuse me, you mean:
ONE million Fingers!

I mean what I said! Our bio-electronic
laboratory has been able to create

- collaborators with an eight-fingers hand!
- Marvellous!

And how do you manage to discipline
such an enormous work-force?

By taking advantage of the most modern
methods of industrialization,

and safeguarding each individual's
personality! For example,

after deducting part of their wages,
we provide meals for our collaborators!

Not the usual fixed menu,
but a free choice!

Butter!

Each guest can have his grain of rice
with either butter, ketchup or onion sauce!

Ketchup!

Furthermore, we see to it that
our collaborators get a good relaxing rest!

After deducting part of their wages,

we allow them to use an apparatus
which gives immediate,

deep and healthy sleep!

When, after a few minute of such special
rest, our collaborators wake up,

ready to go back to their work,
they are conveyed by mechanical means

to avoid loss of energy!

The collaborators have some way
of entertaining themselves?

Why yes! After deducting
a small sum from their wages,

we offer them the use of a Park
specially created for them

with a particularly gay atmosphere!!!

Where the collaborators can instantly
satisfy their various and varied

er!!! Venal appetites!

- What about vacations?
- Short, intensive, exciting, healthy!

Our collaborators are given the opportunity to
see the most beautiful sights in the world!

While international artists sing and
dance to their local music!!!

There is also special apparatus
to provide sun-bathing!!!

And for local 'souvenirs'!

- Do you provide medical attention?
- Of course!

No bureaucratic delay
or lack of interest here,

attention is immediate and categorical!

Each illness is tackled decisively
and rapidly carried to its solution!!!

Supervip, now let's see
if you can swim!

SuperViiiippp!! Heeelllppp!!!!!

OH! SuperVip!

You're wonderful!
You saved my life!

This time you're not getting away!

SuperVip! Watch out!

Come on, good looking,
I'll let you in too!

And then this handsome
man named Minivip.

Came along and rescued me
from prison!

Boy, you gotta hand it to Happy Betty!

If you please, Miss, step right in!!!

And now for some maximum
security measures!!! Phew! That's that!

Now we'll proceed to the production area!

The supporting part of the missile
is plunged into a fusion at 1,400?!

When the arm of the special
expert in charge falls off,

we know that the temperature
of the metal bath is correct!

In another department the missile
undergoes a test for heat resistance!

The technician after swallowing a mixture
of gasses proceeds to the rigorous test!

Unfortunately, we lose
one match at each test!

This custom of bowing causes a loss of
approximately 15 percent in productivity!!!

On the other hand, the problem of going to
the wash-room has been brilliantly solved!

As you know, gentlemen, this arbitrary and
uncontrollable break in the work pattern

is of capital importance in a large plant,

and our research department
has solved it by strategic placement

of a running generator,
which stops from time to time

giving out charges of 60,000 volts!

This inspires our collaborators
not to waste time

and prevents them from lingering
longer than necessary!

Wunderbar! If we had had
something of the kind at the time,

perhaps we wouldn't have lost the war!

Phew! That's that!

To return to the actual
making of the missile!

At this point, the electronic brain,

produced in cans by a secret process,

is grafted on the missile-head!!!

And the whole thing is
thoroughly sterilised!

After which it is ready to be fitted
into its final shell!

The brain-missile are then taken
to the great rocket

which can house up to 15,000
and which is ready on the launching pad!

When the rocket takes off, goes up
!!! The small missiles detach them

and by means of the electronic eye
are directed automatically

towards the people on all continents!

This rocket cannot be picked up
by radar, because it is motor-less!

Ninety specialised collaborators,
who pedal with all their might,

activate a propeller which projects
the rocket into space!

The first rocket in history to work
without a carburant!

And now, gentlemen, let's go back
to our friend, the Vip

and to his new gold-plated brain!

Look at it carefully Vip!

See, we had your name engraved on it!

Get ready, Vip!

One two, one two!!!

I caught the Vip O! K!
I've got him locked in the safe!

- See!
- Be quiet, you idiot! I captured the Vip, not you!

Heellpp! Stop him, don't let him get away!

Catch him - quick - quuickk!

- Gosh, it's dark! Where am I?
- Ohh! At last!

- I see a lot of little hearts!!!
- Supervip! Get us out of here!

We are locked inside a safe!

Inside a safe? Where? Why?
How did we get in here?

Listen to me Vip!
This is Happy Betty speaking!!!

Running or hiding won't help you!!! The
missile will reach you wherever you are!!!

For the simple reason that you are the only one
on the Island without special protective cover!

All the others are safe!!!
Inside our base!!!

In a few seconds the missile will be firmly
planted in your super square head!!!

And you'll come meekly back here
asking me for instructions - ha!

Got it?

See you soon Vip!

O! K! Girls, don't worry, I'll get you out!

That's it!

Man, what a kiss! What a kiss!

Wow, my head! I see hearts
whirling around!!!

Mmmhh! What a kiss, boy! Oh boy!

Oh, oh! Next time I better
send it to you by telegram!

Oh good, here's my suit!!! And my belt!

It was Minivip who saved us all
from those terrible men!!!

It was, wasn't it Miss Lisa?

- Minivip! Were is he?
- Minivippp!

If I were you!!!
I wouldn't worry too much!!!

Up to now, he seems to be doing fine!!!
All by his mini-self!

Hmm, you might be right!!! Maybe I've underrated
him! But then again, maybe I haven't!

I'd better reconnoitre and make sure!

Minivippp!

Let him alone!!!

Well, you atomated banana,
are you through?

- How was it?
- A little too bony, but not bad!

There you are, gentelmen! Success!

This signal indicates that
the missile has hit the target

and now even the invincible Vip
has become one of our "devoted clients"!

Hmm, yes, very good, but I think rather
it should be under our direct control?

Intolerable insolence!
You seem to have forgetten who I am?

Happy Betty, the super!!!

The supreme rocket will be
launched in a matter of minutes!

There is no time left to discuss
stupid and useless controls!

You'll have to make up
your minds right now!!!

Well?

O! K! We agree!

Congratulations, you
made the right decision!

Colleagues, slaves, worms!
His is Happy Betty speaking to you

to announce that the count-down
will start in a few minutes!

When our creation starts
lifting itself into the sky

advertising will become a PURE science!

Posters, film and radio commercials
will be useless

because there will be no more doubts
on the part of the consumer

as to what to choose they will forever
buy only Happy Betty products!

After this rocket, others,
increasingly powerful, will follow,

because a cartel of international
shareholders has now decided

to finance my colossal project!

- Long Live Betty!!! Long live!!!
- Clear the launching pad!

The count-down will start at once!

Hurry, Minivip!!! Hurry!
Do you remember which was it was?

That way, no, that way
no wait, maybe!!!

Ten!!! Nine!!!

Eight.

- Seven!!!
- I must find it!

Six Five Four Three.

- Good! Here it is!
- Two!!! One!!!

Zero!

There you are, this way
it won't bother you any more!

Buy from Happy Betty,
you must spend-spend-spend.

Buy from Happy Betty,
it's the trend-trend-trend.

When you're out of money,
you must bend-bend-bend.

Every effort into making more to spend!

Buy from Happy Betty,
always shop-shop-shop.

For soup or salt or syrup
by the drop-drop-drop.

Happy Betty's merchandise
is top-top-top.

So keep on buying, you must never stop!

Happy Betty's best for anything
you want to eat.

Happy Betty's best for shoes
to wear upon your feet.

Happy Betty's far the best by
any test for all the rest of.

Sales clinching,

penny-pinching,

labor saving,

patio paving,

Incoming,

outgoing,

budget wrecking,

back breaking,

cooking, Sweeping,
cleaning, sleeping articles

you buy from Happy Betty!

Keep singing the Buy-Buy,
keep singing the Buy-Buy.

You've got to swing the Buy-Buy.

And lay your money on the line!

Buy from Happy Betty,
you must fly-fly-fly.

To buy from Happy Betty
till you're dry-dry-dry.

The last thing you must do
before you die-die-die.

Is to struggle out and make a final buy!

Happy Betty's is the store where you
get more things you use for.

"Mixing, fixing;
steaming, gleaming;"

"winding, grinding;
hide behinding."

"Looping, grouping;
standing, stooping;"

indoor, outdoor,

ous-ge-pooping.

"Washing, squashing;"

milking bilking,

everything you'll find from
Happy Betty!

That was great, marvellous
Spectacular!!!

Wonderful, fantastic, delightful!!!
How nice!

Well, that's it!
The show's over! Let's go!

You go ahead, Supervip,
we'll follow in the helicopter!

This is a lovely ride, SuperVee!!!
Can I pay my fare in super-kisses?

Take it easy, Lisa
Things melt up here!!!

Be caref... - LISA!!

Oh! How awful! Look, Minivip!

Could it be one of Happy Betty's Missiles!

No, it's something even more powerful
!!! It's love!!

Are you really a superman?

You know, Minivip, you're wonderful!
Without your help that fellow!!!

Would have been killed
at least twenty times!

Hmmm, you must try to remember,
Nervustrata, he's my brother!!!

Oh?? Yes, of course!

Well, I hope he realizes how lucky he is
to have a superbrother like you!