The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972): Season 1, Episode 12 - The Mardi Gras Caper - full transcript
A ring once owned by Marie Antoinette is stolen from a New Orleans couple shortly after they refuse to sell it.
- [man scatting]
- [music plays]
[whistling]
- [whistling]
- [man scatting]
[whistling]
¶ The Amazing Chan ¶
[man scatting]
[buzzer sounding]
[buzzer sounding]
[buzzer sounding]
[buzzer sounding]
¶ That's the Chan plan ¶
[whistling]
[whistling]
[whistling]
¶ The Amazing Chan
and the Chan Clan ¶
¶ The Amazing Chan ¶¶
[fireworks exploding]
[man] The state of Louisiana
and the great city
of New Orleans
welcomes you to the Mardi Gras!
- [music plays]
- ¶ I've got you covered
Your every movement ¶
- [cheering]
- ¶ When you walk down the
street, I know every step ¶
¶ You can't escape me
So why not surrender? ¶
¶ Honey, I'll treat you
so warm and tender ¶
¶ I-I-I-I-I ¶
¶ Got my eye on you ¶
¶ Yes, I do ¶
¶ I-I-I-I-I ¶
¶ Got my eye on you
Yes, I do ¶
¶ There's no place
where you can hide ¶
¶ 'Cause I won't be satisfied ¶
¶ Till you ¶
¶ Love me too ¶
¶ I-I-I-I-I ¶
¶ Got my eye on you ¶
¶ Yes, I do ¶
¶ I-I-I-I-I ¶
¶ Got my eye on you
Yes, I do ¶¶
[man] Yes, Chan. That ring
belonged to Marie Antoinette.
- Truly a beautiful piece
of jewelry.
- Yes.
And there are many stories about
what she kept in that secret
compartment.
My client will pay $100,000
for that ring, Mr. Laboux.
If it were my ring, Mr. Beasley,
you'd have a deal.
- But you know how stubborn
my brother is.
- Now, Worth Laboux!
Mr. Laboux, making this deal
is important to me.
The ring is not for sale,
Mr. Beasley.
Well, you may be sorry, sir.
Very sorry.
Would you care
for a glass of punch, sir?
Ah, a good idea, Craven.
Mr. Chan, something cool and
refreshing?
To you and your beautiful
fiance, Mr. Laboux.
Scarlet and I thank you, sir.
And may you enjoy
our Mardi Gras.
And now, why don't we all
go out on the balcony
and watch the parade.
That will be all, Craven.
Be with you in a minute, Brett.
I just want to powder my nose.
I have an engagement.
See you later, Mr. Chan.
Here come your children,
Mr. Chan.
- [music plays]
- ¶ I've got you covered
Every move you make ¶
¶ When you walk down the
street, I know every step
you take ¶
¶ You can't escape me
So why not surrender? ¶
¶ Honey, I'll treat you
so warm and tender ¶
¶ I-I-I-I-I ¶
¶ Got my eye on you ¶
¶ Yes, I do ¶
¶ I-I-I-I-I ¶
¶ Got my eye on you
Yes, I do ¶
¶ There's no place
where you can hide ¶
¶ 'Cause I won't be satisfied ¶
¶ Till you ¶
- There's Pop!
- Hi, Pop!
- Mardi Gras is super!
- We're having a ball!
[music continues]
This is a Mardi Gras
they will never forget.
- Neither will we.
- [alarm bell ringing]
[Laboux] The ring! It's gone!
As my son would say,
"Wham, bam, someone's in a jam."
But I wasn't even here. I left
before the ring was stolen.
You could have come back.
Our door is never locked
at Mardi Gras.
Well, you could
have done it too.
Or Craven or, or even
Mr. Laboux hisself!
- Now, see here, Mr. Beasley!
- [Scarlet] Easy, Brett.
Mr. Beasley really
didn't mean that.
All right, let's
all take it easy.
Mr. Chan, I'd sure appreciate it
if you'd give us a hand
on this one.
[Charlie] Of course, Lieutenant.
I'll do whatever I can.
You hear that?
He wants our help.
[Stanley] Well, if he wants
our help, he'll get it.
How do you know Craven
stole the ring?
Are you kidding?
That butler disguise didn't fool
me for one minute.
What do you mean, disguise?
He is a butler.
That's what I mean.
The butler's always the one.
You dumb-dumb! Is that why we're
sitting here and...
- Hold it! Here he comes!
- Don't let him get away, Henry!
I still don't see why the crook
can't be Scarlet.
Because Scarlet is of
the female gender.
So what? Just because she's a
woman, why can't she be a crook?
- Stop being silly.
- Listen, a woman can be just
as good a crook as a man.
- Anytime.
- Annie, I think your head's
coming to a point.
- Here comes Beasley.
- Let's go!
I'll bet he takes us right
to the ring he heisted.
How do you know he heisted it,
chief?
- If you could read, you'd know.
- I can read!
I mean grown-up stuff.
Like Nancy Drew.
- Those are girls' books.
- Well, if you read them,
you'd know the younger son
is always jealous of the older
one because of the inheritance.
Huh?
Hold it!
[all] Yikes!
Watch it, he's pretty tricky.
[Henry] Where do you suppose the
butler's gone, Stanley?
[Stanley] I wouldn't know.
I never "buttled."
Oh, that's very... Just what
are you supposed to be now?
Can't you tell?
I'm blending in.
I'm a Southern colonel, sir.
You're not a colonel.
You're a full-grown nut.
Now, get out of that stupid
disguise.
[Stanley] Hey,
what's he gonna do?
He's getting away, Henry!
[Henry] We can't get the Chan
Van through that parade.
- [Stanley] Let's try
Chan Plan 16.
- [buzzing]
[blowing whistle]
[Stanley] What did I tell you?
Nice going, Henry!
I knew we could do it!
And there's Craven
getting into a car.
Let's go, Henry!
- Henry?
- You better drive, Stanley.
I'm getting seasick.
This is Suzie.
He's coming your way, Anne.
Roger, I've got him.
Alan, he should be passing you
pretty soon.
There he goes.
Stand by, Tom.
Suspect is proceeding north
on Delaney.
Have him under surveillance.
There he goes!
He's going into the house!
- What'll we do?
- Our initial project
must be an attempt at entering
the premises.
A catapult would be useful
to fire each of us over the
wall.
Hey, genius, how about just
walking in?
Well, of course,
that's another way.
He must have gone upstairs.
Come on!
The coast is clear.
Must be in one of these rooms.
Look in all the rooms.
- Nobody here.
- This one's empty too.
[man] I don't wanna leave it
there too late.
I'd better pick it up now.
Psst! Let's go!
Let's go!
- [screeching]
- What was that?
An animal, I think.
I wish you were sure!
- Worth went that way, chief.
- Yeah, but we better
give him a chance
- to get a little head start.
- [Nancy] Yikes!
[stammering] Look!
- It's only a raccoon.
- Boy, are you a scaredy-cat.
You weren't a scaredy-cat,
were you, Chu Chu?
[meows]
Come on. Let's go
after Mr. Laboux.
This is the way he came,
all right.
Hey, isn't that the old dueling
ground Pop told us about?
- [Flip] Yeah, that's it.
- [Mimi] I don't like this
place. Let's go.
There he goes!
Come on!
He went in that gate.
[Nancy stammering]
This is a cemetery!
Uh, chief, you think
we ought to get help?
No time.
We gotta nab the suspect
before he gets rid of the loot.
- This sure is a spooky place!
- I'm scared!
[owl hooting]
- [voice] Me... me...
- Me too!
It's only an owl.
[gulps] Owl?
[hooting]
Yeah, it's only an owl.
I'm getting hungry, Henry.
Please, don't mention food.
I'm still not over that ride.
Hey, they're pulling
into that old fort.
[Henry] Better park outside
so they won't see us.
- [Stanley] Looks empty.
- I guess it's safe enough
to go after them.
[both] Yikes!
Keep moving, Henry! Uh-oh!
Dead end!
It's OK, Henry. He's gone!
Let's get out of here!
Will you drop that cannon ball!
Yow! Ow! Ow! Ow!
It's more than the money,
Mr. Chan.
That ring has been in the family
for generations.
I will do all I can
to recover it.
[Scarlet] I still can't
believe it's gone.
[Charlie] Have you owned
this house long, Mr. Laboux?
- It belonged to my father.
- And to my daddy before that.
[Charlie] That is very
interesting.
My great-granddaddy,
Beauregard Avendale,
built it.
The story is it was a way
station for escaped slaves
in the Underground Railway.
That's not a story! It's true.
There are secret passages
all over the place.
Daddy was so proud
of this house.
It broke his heart to sell it.
Well, now you'll have it back
when we get married.
[Charlie] And may you live
happily ever after.
I'm not nervous, chief.
- Are you nervous?
- 'Course not, I'm not nervous.
- I'm nervous.
- Me too.
There's nothing
to be nervous about.
Right, chief.
It's not as if there
really were ghosts.
- Then you could be nervous.
- [Nancy] Do you have to use
that word?
- [Flip] Nervous?
- [Nancy] No, ghost.
You heard the chief.
There's no such thing as ghosts.
- You stop using that word.
- [bat screeching]
- Hey!
- [all yelling]
- [screeching]
- It's a bat!
- That's better than a ghost!
- I'm gonna wash your mouth
out with soap, Scooter.
- Look out! Here he comes!
- [Flip] Duck!
I vote we go back to the hotel.
I second it.
Oh, all right.
I guess we better go back.
- Uh-oh!
- Boo!
[Flip stammering]
It's a g-g-g...
- Don't say it!
- Just run!
- Ace Costume Factory.
- What possible reason
could Beasley have for entering
these premises?
- Probably to meet
his accomplice.
- In a costume factory?
This is Mardi Gras time,
remember? Who'd suspect
a costume factory?
[Tom] Let's get going.
- Looks deserted.
- And weird.
Listen, Anne. Oh!
- Gulp!
- Gulp!
There's nothing behind me.
There's nothing behind me.
There's nothing behind me.
Yipe! There's something
behind me!
Come on!
[Mimi stammering]
You hear what I hear?
- [pecking]
- [Flip] I hope not.
We can slow down now!
- [all] Yikes!
- [Scooter] It's a witch!
[panting] Well, I guess
she's gone.
[panting] We ought
to be safe now.
- [squeaking]
- Scooter, are your shoes
squeaking?
[stammers] No! I was hoping
it was yours.
[squeaking]
Wow, this is an awful big fort.
Beasley's gotta be here
someplace.
- What's in that cabinet?
- Let's take a look.
Oh, it's just another statue
of a... Oh, no!
Faster, Henry!
He's gaining on us!
Let's go!
OK, Henry, we can...
Thanks, pal.
- I'm pooped.
- Me too.
It is imperative that we make
our escape from that creature.
We ought to be all right now.
- I think we lost him.
- In that case,
I think the next step on our
agenda is to... to... to...
- To what?
- To run!
- Ouch!
- Watch your knee!
- Hey! Ooh!
- Yipes!
Move it!
[panting]
We can rest for a while.
Whatever that was, it's gone.
I sure hope so, chief.
[hissing]
I'm too tired to play, Chu Chu.
Will you cut it out?
[imitating horn]
- [barking]
- Retreat?
Retreat from what?
Never mind, I know!
[moaning]
Faster!
[bones crunching]
- He sure is a fat skeleton!
- Yeah.
Let's go find the
rest of the Clan.
"Camouflage."
We might as well give up,
Stanley.
Yeah, we'll never find Craven
at this rate.
[man] A perfect job.
I knew you could do it.
How much do I owe you?
- It's Craven!
- And his accomplice.
Let's take 'em.
Hold it right there!
Just hand over the rings!
Why, it's Master Henry
and Master Stanley.
Yeah, and that costume
doesn't fool us either.
Costume? Young gentlemen,
I am a colonel
in the National Guard.
- A colonel?
- National Guard?
Tonight is drill night.
Perhaps you'd like to stay
and watch us march.
No thanks, Colonel.
I think we better march
ourselves right out
of this mess.
Goodbye, Mr. Colonel, sir.
We'd better get home.
Pop's liable to get worried.
- Good idea.
- [man] I told you I wouldn't
need any help.
Getting in was easy. Of course,
I may need you later on.
It's Beasley!
He's as good as confessing.
Let's go!
The game's over, Mr. Beasley.
- We heard it all.
- About "getting in was easy."
Well, I meant every word.
Getting into this
really was easy.
- Uh, it's a good fit.
- Why, thank you.
I can't wait for the grand
costume ball tonight.
Are you going?
No, I think we'll stay home
and soak our heads.
- Anybody seen Pop?
- Not me, chief.
- Uh-uh. We just got here.
- Us too.
We haven't seen Mr. Chan
in some time.
Well, I hope he's luckier
than we were.
Sorry we couldn't nail the
smash-and-grabber, Mr. Laboux.
Thanks anyway. I'm afraid we
might as well give up on it.
- Not yet, Mr. Laboux.
- [Flip] Hey, Pop!
[Laboux] Mr. Chan!
How did you get in there?
Perhaps Miss Avendale
would like to answer that.
- What does he mean, Scarlet?
- I haven't the faintest idea.
- That won't do, Miss Avendale.
- [Laboux] My ring!
Where did you find it?
Where Miss Avendale left it,
in the secret room
behind the fireplace.
Where they used to hide
runaway slaves, which,
I dare say,
is covered with her
fingerprints.
Great detective work, Pop!
What tipped you off?
- Yeah, what tipped you off?
- Miss Avendale was so adamant
in her belief
that this was part
of the Underground Railway.
It was apparent she had
first-hand knowledge.
So I simply searched until
I found the secret room.
Boy, that really was simple!
How come I didn't figure it out?
Easy. 'Cause your bag
is disguising, not detecting.
Where's Chu Chu?
We can't leave without Chu Chu.
- He's out in the hall.
- I still cannot comprehend
the fact
- that a female was the culprit.
- You wouldn't listen to me,
would you? I told you.
A woman crook can be
as good as a man crook, any day.
But if I may add
one unhappy note.
Both kinds usually end up
in the same place.
- In the cooler.
- Right, chief. In the cooler.
[all laugh]
- [music plays]
[whistling]
- [whistling]
- [man scatting]
[whistling]
¶ The Amazing Chan ¶
[man scatting]
[buzzer sounding]
[buzzer sounding]
[buzzer sounding]
[buzzer sounding]
¶ That's the Chan plan ¶
[whistling]
[whistling]
[whistling]
¶ The Amazing Chan
and the Chan Clan ¶
¶ The Amazing Chan ¶¶
[fireworks exploding]
[man] The state of Louisiana
and the great city
of New Orleans
welcomes you to the Mardi Gras!
- [music plays]
- ¶ I've got you covered
Your every movement ¶
- [cheering]
- ¶ When you walk down the
street, I know every step ¶
¶ You can't escape me
So why not surrender? ¶
¶ Honey, I'll treat you
so warm and tender ¶
¶ I-I-I-I-I ¶
¶ Got my eye on you ¶
¶ Yes, I do ¶
¶ I-I-I-I-I ¶
¶ Got my eye on you
Yes, I do ¶
¶ There's no place
where you can hide ¶
¶ 'Cause I won't be satisfied ¶
¶ Till you ¶
¶ Love me too ¶
¶ I-I-I-I-I ¶
¶ Got my eye on you ¶
¶ Yes, I do ¶
¶ I-I-I-I-I ¶
¶ Got my eye on you
Yes, I do ¶¶
[man] Yes, Chan. That ring
belonged to Marie Antoinette.
- Truly a beautiful piece
of jewelry.
- Yes.
And there are many stories about
what she kept in that secret
compartment.
My client will pay $100,000
for that ring, Mr. Laboux.
If it were my ring, Mr. Beasley,
you'd have a deal.
- But you know how stubborn
my brother is.
- Now, Worth Laboux!
Mr. Laboux, making this deal
is important to me.
The ring is not for sale,
Mr. Beasley.
Well, you may be sorry, sir.
Very sorry.
Would you care
for a glass of punch, sir?
Ah, a good idea, Craven.
Mr. Chan, something cool and
refreshing?
To you and your beautiful
fiance, Mr. Laboux.
Scarlet and I thank you, sir.
And may you enjoy
our Mardi Gras.
And now, why don't we all
go out on the balcony
and watch the parade.
That will be all, Craven.
Be with you in a minute, Brett.
I just want to powder my nose.
I have an engagement.
See you later, Mr. Chan.
Here come your children,
Mr. Chan.
- [music plays]
- ¶ I've got you covered
Every move you make ¶
¶ When you walk down the
street, I know every step
you take ¶
¶ You can't escape me
So why not surrender? ¶
¶ Honey, I'll treat you
so warm and tender ¶
¶ I-I-I-I-I ¶
¶ Got my eye on you ¶
¶ Yes, I do ¶
¶ I-I-I-I-I ¶
¶ Got my eye on you
Yes, I do ¶
¶ There's no place
where you can hide ¶
¶ 'Cause I won't be satisfied ¶
¶ Till you ¶
- There's Pop!
- Hi, Pop!
- Mardi Gras is super!
- We're having a ball!
[music continues]
This is a Mardi Gras
they will never forget.
- Neither will we.
- [alarm bell ringing]
[Laboux] The ring! It's gone!
As my son would say,
"Wham, bam, someone's in a jam."
But I wasn't even here. I left
before the ring was stolen.
You could have come back.
Our door is never locked
at Mardi Gras.
Well, you could
have done it too.
Or Craven or, or even
Mr. Laboux hisself!
- Now, see here, Mr. Beasley!
- [Scarlet] Easy, Brett.
Mr. Beasley really
didn't mean that.
All right, let's
all take it easy.
Mr. Chan, I'd sure appreciate it
if you'd give us a hand
on this one.
[Charlie] Of course, Lieutenant.
I'll do whatever I can.
You hear that?
He wants our help.
[Stanley] Well, if he wants
our help, he'll get it.
How do you know Craven
stole the ring?
Are you kidding?
That butler disguise didn't fool
me for one minute.
What do you mean, disguise?
He is a butler.
That's what I mean.
The butler's always the one.
You dumb-dumb! Is that why we're
sitting here and...
- Hold it! Here he comes!
- Don't let him get away, Henry!
I still don't see why the crook
can't be Scarlet.
Because Scarlet is of
the female gender.
So what? Just because she's a
woman, why can't she be a crook?
- Stop being silly.
- Listen, a woman can be just
as good a crook as a man.
- Anytime.
- Annie, I think your head's
coming to a point.
- Here comes Beasley.
- Let's go!
I'll bet he takes us right
to the ring he heisted.
How do you know he heisted it,
chief?
- If you could read, you'd know.
- I can read!
I mean grown-up stuff.
Like Nancy Drew.
- Those are girls' books.
- Well, if you read them,
you'd know the younger son
is always jealous of the older
one because of the inheritance.
Huh?
Hold it!
[all] Yikes!
Watch it, he's pretty tricky.
[Henry] Where do you suppose the
butler's gone, Stanley?
[Stanley] I wouldn't know.
I never "buttled."
Oh, that's very... Just what
are you supposed to be now?
Can't you tell?
I'm blending in.
I'm a Southern colonel, sir.
You're not a colonel.
You're a full-grown nut.
Now, get out of that stupid
disguise.
[Stanley] Hey,
what's he gonna do?
He's getting away, Henry!
[Henry] We can't get the Chan
Van through that parade.
- [Stanley] Let's try
Chan Plan 16.
- [buzzing]
[blowing whistle]
[Stanley] What did I tell you?
Nice going, Henry!
I knew we could do it!
And there's Craven
getting into a car.
Let's go, Henry!
- Henry?
- You better drive, Stanley.
I'm getting seasick.
This is Suzie.
He's coming your way, Anne.
Roger, I've got him.
Alan, he should be passing you
pretty soon.
There he goes.
Stand by, Tom.
Suspect is proceeding north
on Delaney.
Have him under surveillance.
There he goes!
He's going into the house!
- What'll we do?
- Our initial project
must be an attempt at entering
the premises.
A catapult would be useful
to fire each of us over the
wall.
Hey, genius, how about just
walking in?
Well, of course,
that's another way.
He must have gone upstairs.
Come on!
The coast is clear.
Must be in one of these rooms.
Look in all the rooms.
- Nobody here.
- This one's empty too.
[man] I don't wanna leave it
there too late.
I'd better pick it up now.
Psst! Let's go!
Let's go!
- [screeching]
- What was that?
An animal, I think.
I wish you were sure!
- Worth went that way, chief.
- Yeah, but we better
give him a chance
- to get a little head start.
- [Nancy] Yikes!
[stammering] Look!
- It's only a raccoon.
- Boy, are you a scaredy-cat.
You weren't a scaredy-cat,
were you, Chu Chu?
[meows]
Come on. Let's go
after Mr. Laboux.
This is the way he came,
all right.
Hey, isn't that the old dueling
ground Pop told us about?
- [Flip] Yeah, that's it.
- [Mimi] I don't like this
place. Let's go.
There he goes!
Come on!
He went in that gate.
[Nancy stammering]
This is a cemetery!
Uh, chief, you think
we ought to get help?
No time.
We gotta nab the suspect
before he gets rid of the loot.
- This sure is a spooky place!
- I'm scared!
[owl hooting]
- [voice] Me... me...
- Me too!
It's only an owl.
[gulps] Owl?
[hooting]
Yeah, it's only an owl.
I'm getting hungry, Henry.
Please, don't mention food.
I'm still not over that ride.
Hey, they're pulling
into that old fort.
[Henry] Better park outside
so they won't see us.
- [Stanley] Looks empty.
- I guess it's safe enough
to go after them.
[both] Yikes!
Keep moving, Henry! Uh-oh!
Dead end!
It's OK, Henry. He's gone!
Let's get out of here!
Will you drop that cannon ball!
Yow! Ow! Ow! Ow!
It's more than the money,
Mr. Chan.
That ring has been in the family
for generations.
I will do all I can
to recover it.
[Scarlet] I still can't
believe it's gone.
[Charlie] Have you owned
this house long, Mr. Laboux?
- It belonged to my father.
- And to my daddy before that.
[Charlie] That is very
interesting.
My great-granddaddy,
Beauregard Avendale,
built it.
The story is it was a way
station for escaped slaves
in the Underground Railway.
That's not a story! It's true.
There are secret passages
all over the place.
Daddy was so proud
of this house.
It broke his heart to sell it.
Well, now you'll have it back
when we get married.
[Charlie] And may you live
happily ever after.
I'm not nervous, chief.
- Are you nervous?
- 'Course not, I'm not nervous.
- I'm nervous.
- Me too.
There's nothing
to be nervous about.
Right, chief.
It's not as if there
really were ghosts.
- Then you could be nervous.
- [Nancy] Do you have to use
that word?
- [Flip] Nervous?
- [Nancy] No, ghost.
You heard the chief.
There's no such thing as ghosts.
- You stop using that word.
- [bat screeching]
- Hey!
- [all yelling]
- [screeching]
- It's a bat!
- That's better than a ghost!
- I'm gonna wash your mouth
out with soap, Scooter.
- Look out! Here he comes!
- [Flip] Duck!
I vote we go back to the hotel.
I second it.
Oh, all right.
I guess we better go back.
- Uh-oh!
- Boo!
[Flip stammering]
It's a g-g-g...
- Don't say it!
- Just run!
- Ace Costume Factory.
- What possible reason
could Beasley have for entering
these premises?
- Probably to meet
his accomplice.
- In a costume factory?
This is Mardi Gras time,
remember? Who'd suspect
a costume factory?
[Tom] Let's get going.
- Looks deserted.
- And weird.
Listen, Anne. Oh!
- Gulp!
- Gulp!
There's nothing behind me.
There's nothing behind me.
There's nothing behind me.
Yipe! There's something
behind me!
Come on!
[Mimi stammering]
You hear what I hear?
- [pecking]
- [Flip] I hope not.
We can slow down now!
- [all] Yikes!
- [Scooter] It's a witch!
[panting] Well, I guess
she's gone.
[panting] We ought
to be safe now.
- [squeaking]
- Scooter, are your shoes
squeaking?
[stammers] No! I was hoping
it was yours.
[squeaking]
Wow, this is an awful big fort.
Beasley's gotta be here
someplace.
- What's in that cabinet?
- Let's take a look.
Oh, it's just another statue
of a... Oh, no!
Faster, Henry!
He's gaining on us!
Let's go!
OK, Henry, we can...
Thanks, pal.
- I'm pooped.
- Me too.
It is imperative that we make
our escape from that creature.
We ought to be all right now.
- I think we lost him.
- In that case,
I think the next step on our
agenda is to... to... to...
- To what?
- To run!
- Ouch!
- Watch your knee!
- Hey! Ooh!
- Yipes!
Move it!
[panting]
We can rest for a while.
Whatever that was, it's gone.
I sure hope so, chief.
[hissing]
I'm too tired to play, Chu Chu.
Will you cut it out?
[imitating horn]
- [barking]
- Retreat?
Retreat from what?
Never mind, I know!
[moaning]
Faster!
[bones crunching]
- He sure is a fat skeleton!
- Yeah.
Let's go find the
rest of the Clan.
"Camouflage."
We might as well give up,
Stanley.
Yeah, we'll never find Craven
at this rate.
[man] A perfect job.
I knew you could do it.
How much do I owe you?
- It's Craven!
- And his accomplice.
Let's take 'em.
Hold it right there!
Just hand over the rings!
Why, it's Master Henry
and Master Stanley.
Yeah, and that costume
doesn't fool us either.
Costume? Young gentlemen,
I am a colonel
in the National Guard.
- A colonel?
- National Guard?
Tonight is drill night.
Perhaps you'd like to stay
and watch us march.
No thanks, Colonel.
I think we better march
ourselves right out
of this mess.
Goodbye, Mr. Colonel, sir.
We'd better get home.
Pop's liable to get worried.
- Good idea.
- [man] I told you I wouldn't
need any help.
Getting in was easy. Of course,
I may need you later on.
It's Beasley!
He's as good as confessing.
Let's go!
The game's over, Mr. Beasley.
- We heard it all.
- About "getting in was easy."
Well, I meant every word.
Getting into this
really was easy.
- Uh, it's a good fit.
- Why, thank you.
I can't wait for the grand
costume ball tonight.
Are you going?
No, I think we'll stay home
and soak our heads.
- Anybody seen Pop?
- Not me, chief.
- Uh-uh. We just got here.
- Us too.
We haven't seen Mr. Chan
in some time.
Well, I hope he's luckier
than we were.
Sorry we couldn't nail the
smash-and-grabber, Mr. Laboux.
Thanks anyway. I'm afraid we
might as well give up on it.
- Not yet, Mr. Laboux.
- [Flip] Hey, Pop!
[Laboux] Mr. Chan!
How did you get in there?
Perhaps Miss Avendale
would like to answer that.
- What does he mean, Scarlet?
- I haven't the faintest idea.
- That won't do, Miss Avendale.
- [Laboux] My ring!
Where did you find it?
Where Miss Avendale left it,
in the secret room
behind the fireplace.
Where they used to hide
runaway slaves, which,
I dare say,
is covered with her
fingerprints.
Great detective work, Pop!
What tipped you off?
- Yeah, what tipped you off?
- Miss Avendale was so adamant
in her belief
that this was part
of the Underground Railway.
It was apparent she had
first-hand knowledge.
So I simply searched until
I found the secret room.
Boy, that really was simple!
How come I didn't figure it out?
Easy. 'Cause your bag
is disguising, not detecting.
Where's Chu Chu?
We can't leave without Chu Chu.
- He's out in the hall.
- I still cannot comprehend
the fact
- that a female was the culprit.
- You wouldn't listen to me,
would you? I told you.
A woman crook can be
as good as a man crook, any day.
But if I may add
one unhappy note.
Both kinds usually end up
in the same place.
- In the cooler.
- Right, chief. In the cooler.
[all laugh]