Perfect Strangers (1986–1993): Season 2, Episode 21 - Hello, Elaine - full transcript

Larry's younger sister, Elaine, comes to visit; however conflict arises when he finds out she plans to go to New York instead of to college.

* Sometimes the world
looks perfect

* Sometimes you just

* Get a feeling like you
need some kind of change

* No matter what
the odds are this time

* Nothing's gonna
stand in my way

* This flame in my heart

* Like a long lost friend

* Gives every dark street
a light at the end

* Standing tall

* On the wings of my dream

* Rise and fall



* On the wings of my dream

* The rain and thunder

* The wind and haze

* I'm bound for better days

* It's my life and my dream

* Nothing's gonna stop me now
* Nothing's gonna stop me now

* It's my life and my dream

* Nothing's gonna stop me now

* Nothing's gonna stop me now *

We're serious, you girls
pick the restaurant

and Balki and I will
take you to dinner.

Money is no object.
You heard that right.

When Larry and Balki
go first class,
they eat the whole hog.

Oh, he'll give us a raise.



Cousin Larry put it
in very uncertain terms.

Mmm-hmm, after the little
talk I had with him yesterday

it's in the bag.

(CHUCKLES)
I was good. No.
No, I was great.

I told him that
when he walked
through that door today

I wanted an answer
and it had better be
the right one.

Good morning,
Mr. Twinkacetti.

(EXHALES)
Yeah, yeah.

Mr. Twinkacetti?

Isn't there... Something
you want to tell us?

Yeah, get to work.

Well, look-- Look at the time.
We'd better go.

Bye-bye.
Bye.

Cousin, we are not going to
let him do that to us, are you?

No.

No, we're not. We're gonna
clear this up right now.

Mr. Twinkacetti, we need
to talk about our raise.

Oh, yeah, I promised I'd have
an answer for you, didn't I?

You're darn tooting.

Well, I guess
we're snookered.

Hey...

What?

I know you're overworked.
I'm not insensitive.

That's why I hired
a new guy to help you out.

Wait a minute.

how can you afford
to hire a new man?

You see, the money
I'm gonna pay the new guy

will be trickling
out of your salary.
Sorry.

All right.
All right, Twinkacetti.
You pushed me too far.

Well, I'm not gonna
take it anymore.

There are a million jobs
out there better than this.

And there are a million
bosses better than you.

I quit.

I quit too!

Balki, I appreciate
your loyalty,
and I understand

you're willing
to make a sacrifice,

Yes, I do.

We're a team.

We should be together.

Mr. Twinkacetti

Like the great
Nancy Sinatra said

"These boots were
made for walking."

Fine. Walk.
Who needs you?

Oh, yeah? Oh, yeah?
Well, who needs you?

Ha!
Ha-ha!

Ha!

That felt pretty good.
Well, you can say that again.

Ha!
Ha-ha!

Ha.

Now what do we do?
I don't know.

Ah.
Ah-ah.

Ha.

In America, you can do
anything you want to do.

You just have to
set your sights high.

Lower, Balki.

"Fat Marsha's?"

This can't be the place.

This place doesn't have
a management program.

A methadone program, maybe.

Okay, we train for that.

Cousin, come on, face it.

We're going to have to
chew the bullet on this one.

It's been two weeks,
the rent is due

and I haven't heard back
from the Supreme Court.

Uh, excuse me.

Uh, we were supposed
to meet a Ms. Manning.

That's me, Fat Marsha.

You don't look fat,
Fat Marsha.

Well, thank you, sweetie.

I used to weigh 300 pounds

but when I opened
this place, I lost my appetite.

Now I'm having
the time of my life.

or are you answering
my ad in the personals?

We're-- We're here
about the jobs.

My name is
Balki Bartokomous

and this is my cousin,
Larry Appleton.

Hey, you're cute.

Uh... Well, I think
there's been a mistake.

No, you're cute,
all right.

(CHUCKLING)

And you're not so bad yourself.
Where are you from?

Oh, I'm from Mypos.

But I can still
work here, can't I?

Well, of course,
you can, darling.

I'm an equal-opportunity
employer.

Well, I'm
an equal opportunity.

Well, the employment
office sent us here

for management
trainee positions,

but I'm sure they gave
us the wrong address.

Ah, no mistake.

My other management
trainees quit.

They were,
uh, worn out.
(CHUCKLING)

I'll get you
a couple of uniforms.

Well, no, actually,
we were really looking for

something with career
advancement opportunities.

Well, don't worry, cutie.

(LAUGHS)

She's got a nice smile.

Then, you put
the burger on the bun,

the bun on the plate.

Then you take
the ticket from the wheel

and you place 'em
both on the counter.

"Ring the bell."

I like your spirit, Balki.
Oh.

(CHUCKLES)

And you have nice,
firm handwriting.

Do you ever
arm-wrestle naked?
Oh!

No. That would
be cheating.

Cheating?

(LAUGHING)
I like that.

Here. Put these on.

No. Like this.

Need a hand, honey?
No, I got it.

Oh, there's something
about a man in uniform
that drives me crazy.

Hmm... I'll see you boys
in a couple of hours.

I'm gonna go
pump some iron.

Oh, cousin, you're not
going to believe this.

I already
don't believe this.

It's a humongous
can of tuna.

Yes, I bet they are.
And look at this.

A message center.

And this.

(RINGS)

A bell system.

Balki, wake up and smell
the roach spray.

Well, in Mypos, this is
a five-star restaurant.

This is the best offer
we've had in two weeks.

All right, all right.
Let's try to make
the best of it.

Okay. Uh, I want
be the cook.
No.

No, no, I want...

Balki, I'll be the cook,
you be the waiter.

No, I want be the cook.
No.

I want be the cook.
No.

No, you can't.
Balki, please. (SIGHS)

All right,
you can be the cook.
Okay.

Why am I arguing about
the level of my humiliation?

(SIZZLING)

* Pour myself
a cup of ambition

* And yawn and stretch
and try to come to life

* Working nine to five

* What a way to make a living

* Working nine to five

* It's all takin'
and no givin'... *

Balki.

(SIZZLING)

Mmm-hmm.

There you go.

...baby. Yeah, baby.

There you go.

May I help you?
Yeah.

Last time I was in here,
the meat loaf was gritty.

It tasted like sawdust

and the gravy was a kind
of greenish-brown stuff.

What's it like today?

Pretty much the same.

Give me a double order.

(SNAPS FINGERS)

Double order of meat loaf.

Oh, and, uh, I'm missing
an order of fries.

I don't see
an order of fries.

If it's not on the wheel,
you don't get a meal.

I just made that up.

French fries.

I love this machine.
It does shrimp too.

Yes, I know,
but if we did

Are these ready?
Well, almost. Okey-dokey.

Now, we've got two
blackhawk burgers...
(RINGS)

...and one puck burger...
(RINGS)

...and three slap-shot slaws.

(RINGS)

Balki,
I can see the orders.

Do you have
to ring the bell?

(RINGS)
I have to ring the bell.

Okay.

We got two blackhawks
with slaw

and one puck with slaw.

Your French fries
are coming.

Your meat loaf
will be out in a sec.

It's soaking.

Anybody need anything?

Good.

Balki, this job
is a breeze.

I think I'll bring in
a little TV tomorrow.

Balki, what are you doing?

Marsha told me to do that
for the 4:00 rush.

but you don't see me packing.

You got vacation already?

No, Balki, I mean,
it's 4:00 now.

You're looking at the rush.

Ah, Balki, come here.

Come on. Look outside.

(BELL RINGS)

Okay? Do you see a rush?

I see a big herd
of people coming

across the street
from the stadium.

Oh, my Lord. There must
have been a game today.

Cousin, they're pulling
the parking meters
out of the ground.

There must have
been a hockey game.

Oh, that was the worst
game I've ever seen!

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

Hey, I haven't
ordered yet.

All right, yes.
Who had the puck burger?

Where is my chili dog?
I don't know.

Here, have a puck burger.

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

Hurry up.
What's wrong with you?

When are you
gonna take my order?

Yeah, I'm a little
busy right now.

MAN: Yeah, right!

Balki, what are you doing?

Pat Sajak makes
it look so easy.

All right. Balki. Balki.

Don't go to pieces
on me now.
I need you. I need...

Be here for me.

I will.
All right, come on.

All right,
all we gotta do is

just put these
things together here.

I'll just put them together.
Everything will be fine.

We're just gonna get these
fries in all the orders.

If we put the fries on all
of these, we're gonna be fine.

Balki, Balki, Balki.

Are you with me, buddy?

Yes, I am.
All right. All right.

Hey! I'd like to eat
while I still have my teeth.

MAN: Yeah!
All right, here we go. Coming.

I'm still waiting
for my chili dog.

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

Okay, you have the blackhawk
burgers and the puck pups.

I still haven't ordered yet.
Well, I ordered for you.

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

Who do I have to kill
to get a chili dog
around here?

Uh, it's ready right now.
I'll get it. I'm gonna get it.

Balki. Balki, I need
a chili dog desperately.

Well, cousin,
we're all out of chili.

Well, but, well, it, my chili
happens to be very popular.

Balki, there is a man
over there who will kill me

if I don't give him
a chili dog right now.

Well, cousin,
we're out of chili.

Hey, bozos.

BOTH: Hi.

I still don't have
my chili dog.

Coming.

Is that him?
Yes, yes, that's him.

Well, then I suggest
we find some chili.
Okay.

Okay, okay.

What is it?
Well, I--
I found something.

What is it?
It looks something like chili.

It's green.

I'm waiting.

Close enough.

There you go.

Uh, this was
supposed to be to go.

Right, yes, of course.

Here you go.
On the house.

Watch where you're
walking, jerk face.

Hey, how would you like me
to walk on your face,
dirt ball?

Now, who you calling
a dirt ball, you jerk face?

You, horse breath!
CUSTOMERS: Fight!

ALL: (SHOUTING)
Fight! Fight! Fight!

We have a very strict
no-fighting policy.

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

(WHISTLE BLOWS)
Okay, break it up.

Put them down.
Carefully.

CUSTOMERS:
Aww...

Well, these two
hockey pucks started it.

Out. Now.

Are we still on for tonight?
Are we still on for tonight?

I'll let you know.

I-- I-- I can
explain everything.

Well, there's
nothing to explain.

You okay, honeybunch?
What...

Well, you okay, Balki?

Well, I-- I got a little
something in my eye, but I...

Well, good,
because I was afraid

you'd broken
something important.

No, no.
(LAUGHING)

I-- I-- I think she just
invited me to Club Med.

(PANTING)

Why were those
dogs chasing us?

Because we smell
like cheap hamburger.

(PANTING)

I'm not sure
what I smell like.

I can't believe it.

We actually
managed to find jobs

that are worse than
working for Twinkacetti.

Oh, cousin, it wasn't
all that bad.

"Wasn't all that bad?"

Balki, we spent the day
feeding tainted meat
to homicidal hockey fans.

What job could be worse?

Well, what about that
lady I saw on television

that has to check the waistbands
on men's underwear?

What I meant was we should
have taken the pay cut

and stayed
with Twinkacetti.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Oh, Mr. and Mrs. Twinkacetti.

I know the rent is due,

Don't worry about that, boys.
I just found out why you quit.

Donald has something
he wants to say.

I'd, uh, like you to
come back to work for me.

Well, uh, what happened
to the new man?

He's history.
Tell them why, Donald.

That bum was
stealing me blind.

High praise indeed.

Well, Mr. Twinkacetti,
we would love

to come back
and work for you

and we're
management trainees

and we're advancing
rather rapidly.

Balki.
Uh, uh...

On the other hand,
every management trainee
has his price.

Yes, yes, I see.

(INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION)

But we'd be willing
to hear your offer.

Make 'em an offer, Donald.

Uh, let's say, same job,
same pay, no hard feelings.
What do you say?

(INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION)

Let's say we get the raise
we should've gotten
in the first place

you pay us overtime

and we never hear
the word "losers" again.

(GRUNTS)

Can I go now?
I still got dishes to do.

Of course, dear.

It's nice to have
you back, boys.

Oh, thank you.
Thank you, Mrs. Twinkacetti.

Do yourselves a favor.

Burn these clothes.

Bye-bye.
Bye.

How do you
like that, Balki?

We got our jobs back.
Yeah.

(BOTH SIGH)

Why don't we feel happy?

Maybe it's because we're going
back to same the crummy jobs
we hated two weeks ago.

That's a good point,
a very good point.

Well, this is one
way to look at it.

We're not going to
have those jobs forever.

You came to Chicago
to be a photographer
and you will be.

And you didn't travel
thousands of miles

to be a clerk in
a discount store.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And then we can tell Twinkacetti
what to do with our jobs

and we can mean it.

Yeah!

Cousin, I'm getting happy.

Do you know what
I feel coming on?

A dance of joy?
Yes!

BOTH:
* Dai dai dai dai
dai da-da-da-dai

* Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey *