Wonder Woman (1975–1979): Season 3, Episode 16 - Amazon Hot Wax - full transcript
Diana Prince poses as a singer, using the cover identity of "Kathy Meadows," so that, as Wonder Woman, she can crack a record-extortion ring. This installment showcases series lead Lynda Carter's musical talents; one of the two se...
- Hey, Jim.
- Hey, Eric, how are you doin'?
This is the woman
I've been tellin' you about.
Wow!
So you're the one that can sing
the feathers off a bird.
Uh..
I'm...Kathy Meadows.
'Jim Kosub. Honey..'
'You can smile
the feathers off a bird.'
Well, compared
to her voice
her looks
are quite inconsequential.
Hm, this I gotta hear.
- You got your background mix?
- Yeah.
Why don't you lace it up?
Kathy, why don't you
step out there
and let Jim hear
what you got?
And if everything
goes fine
I will make
a cut tomorrow, okay?
Okay. I'll try.
She'll try.
You know, Jimbo
she very well could
be the lady
to put Phoenix Records
on the map to stay.
Um, don't you guys need
to get a level in there?
No. We'll catch it
as we go along.
You ready, honey?
♪ Everybody here's
in the same boat baby ♪
♪ Everybody's gotta row ♪
♪ Everybody here's
in the same place baby ♪
♪ Everybody's gotta go ♪
♪ Well all I got to say to you ♪
♪ All I gotta say ♪
♪ Is ooh baby
just wanna get beside you ♪
♪ And not get in your way ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Everybody here's
got the same education ♪
♪ And everybody's gotta know ♪
♪ Everybody here's
in the same situation ♪
♪ Everybody's moving slow ♪
♪ Now all I got to say to you ♪
♪ All I gotta say ♪
♪ All I gotta say ♪
♪ Is ooh baby
just wanna get beside you ♪
♪ And not get in your way ♪
♪ Is ooh baby
just wanna get beside you.. ♪
Jimmy, use your headset
so we can talk?
'No problem.'
Real good voice.
Too bad she had the misfortune
of signing with..
...your company.
♪ Is reachin' out to
someone else but very few.. ♪♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪♪
♪ All I've got
to say to you ♪
♪ All I gotta say ♪
♪ All I gotta say ♪
♪ Is ooh ooh baby ♪
♪ Just wanna get beside you ♪
♪ And not get in your way ♪
♪ Is ooh ooh baby ♪
♪ Just wanna get beside you ♪
♪ And not get in your way ♪
♪ Get on your feet ♪
♪ Everybody ♪
♪ Everybody ♪
♪ Every blessed soul.. ♪
After all,
one million dollars is nothing
compared to what
you stand to make off
of farewell to the master.
Billy Dero's disappearance
is the best thing
that could have happened
as far as the sales
of his last album are concerned.
Right?
Absence makes
the heart grow fonder.
I know all of that.
Just one million dollars,
Mr. Landau.
The master tape
is yours once more.
I haven't gone to the cops,
have I?
- I intend to pay.
- When?
I-I don't know. I-I'll have
to get a loan from the bank.
- Maybe a week from now.
- Make it two days.
Two days?
That's impossible!
Nothing is impossible,
Mr. Landau.
Twenty years ago,
putting a man on the moon
that was considered
impossible.
Don't set your sights so low.
Be bold, imaginative.
We have faith in you.
If you don't get
the money up in two days
you don't get back
the tapes
that you paid $100,000 for.
And then
your whole company will..
...go down the tubes.
Won't it?
♪ Everybody ♪
♪ Every blessed soul ♪
♪ Everybody ♪
♪ Every blessed soul ♪
♪ Everybody ♪
♪ Every blessed soul ♪
♪ Everybody ♪
♪ Every blessed soul ♪♪
Extortion makes
strange bedfellows, Steve.
It looks like
the trail we picked up
in the aerospace industry
is going to end up
in the music industry.
So you think Kobler's extorting
Phoenix Records?
Well, I've got
a pretty good hunch.
About six weeks ago
a pop music star
named Billy Dero
set sail for Catalina
and was never seen again.
Yeah, I heard about that.
Well, apparently,
Phoenix Records
paid a small fortune
to acquire the rights
to the last songs
Billy ever recorded.
They were going
to compile and market
a memorial album called
"Farewell To The Master."
Yeah, it seems I heard
something about that, too.
Well, judging from the bits
and pieces I've overheard
chances are, the master tape
for that album has been stolen.
Oh, and being held
for ransom by Kobler.
Right. You see,
without that master tape
Phoenix can't press any disks.
Eric Landau stands
to lose his company
if he doesn't get
that tape back.
Which means
he's more than willing
to go along
with Kobler's demands.
Well, well, well, looks like
everything we've heard
through the grapevine
has been 100% correct.
'Let's just hope
we can make it pay off.'
Well, I think a Kobler employee
just made contact with Eric.
I fully intend to be around
if and when
Eric drops the ransom.
With any luck, this will be
Kobler's last scam.
Good.
Hey, how you doin'?
Were those strings
I pulled to get you
that audition good enough?
Everything's just fine.
Kathy Meadows starts
cutting a demo tomorrow.
I just can't get over the fact
that you can sing so well.
Well, there are
quite a few things
you don't know about me, Steve.
That's probably true.
Well, anyway, the LA
field office is still trying
to locate Kobler's
base of operations out there.
They'll let you know if they
come up with anything.
Well, just how much trouble
is the senator giving us?
Hm.
Maybe he's forgotten
how much trouble
those photographs
can make for him.
Perhaps if we leaked
one of them to the press.
No, not that one.
We don't want to ruin his career
just...give it a little jolt.
Yeah, yeah, th-that one will do.
That'll do.
Get on it, Greg.
Okay.
Well, Martin.
What did Mr. Landau have to say?
He wanted a week
to get the million together.
Out of the question.
The longer these things drag out
the riskier they become.
I know. I told him two days.
He didn't like that at all.
I wouldn't want him to overreact
and do something rash.
He probably needs a reminder
that doing things my way
is best for his health.
'Could you meet with him
again this afternoon?'
There's a press party
going on, but, uh..
...no problem.
I like crowds.
Go remind Mr. Landau
where his priorities lie
for the next 48 hours.
Take the tape with you.
Just the first song.
Yes, ma'am.
Hey.
Just relax. Smile.
And answer the questions
honestly.
Look, reporters recognize
a fledgling superstar
when they see one.
Oh, Eric. Whew!
Just-just wait till you
cut your first album.
I'm telling you, you got
a heck of a future
in this business.
You're dynamite. Kathy..
That's my personal as well
as my professional opinion.
'That's Jeff
and Barbi Gordon, right?'
'That's right.'
Uh, Jeff, Barbi.
I'd like for you
to meet Kathy Meadows.
- Nice to meet you, Kathy.
- Nice to meet you.
Hi.
'Eric speaks very highly
of you.'
Are you two leaving?
Oh, we were just
getting some fresh air.
'That room upstairs
was getting so stuffy'
our throats were
getting scratchy.
Weren't they, Jeff?
Oh, yeah, a little.
So this is your
first press party, is it?
Yes.
I guess I'm just
green enough
to be excited
about it all.
'Of course.'
'After a while, though'
the charm of these affairs
wears thin.
If it weren't
absolutely necessary
for Jeff and I to make
an appearance now and then
we'd never attend
these things.
- Isn't that right, Jeff?
- Oh, yeah.
These so-called singers
and their immoral music.
'I tell you, there are days
I look to heaven and ask'
"Whatever happened
to Engelbert Humperdinck?"
- Don't I, Jeff?
- Yeah, a couple times--
Call me old-fashioned,
but we work hard..
That's Antimatter.
It certainly is.
Just settle down.
keep it down, will you?
Listen, I'd like for you
to meet Kathy Meadows.
Kathy, this is Anton.
- Charmed.
- Hi. Thank you.
- And Kim.
- Hi.
- Hello.
- And, of course, Jerry.
Enchanted.
And, uh, you do know
Jeff and Barbi Gordon.
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh!
I-I have all
your records, really.
I think your music
is just wonderful!
Have you guys ever thought about
doing milk commercials?
Well, honey, every time
you sing, I just melt.
'That's just what
I was talking about.'
They probably call
themselves Antimatter
because if they ever
came into contact
with anything normal
or decent, they'd blow up.
Oh, not that I mind
'you handling them, Eric.'
'It's just that sometimes'
'he tends to focus on them'
to the exclusion
of his more moderate
ultimately more popular artists.
Excuse me, I have some business
to take care of.
Kathy, I'll see you
a little later, okay?
Sure.
Well, I guess I better be going,
too. It was nice to meet you.
I'm sure we'll see
each other again soon.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
What are you
looking at?
She's a very attractive woman,
Barbi.
Lord knows what kind
of songs she does.
Who cares?
This is your office,
Mr. Landau.
'Please, come in.'
What are you doing back here?
My superiors feel
you need some encouragement
when it comes to meeting
your two-day deadline.
Recognize this?
Yeah.
It's the master tape.
In fact, this envelope holds
the first song
from the master.
Now watch carefully.
Get the picture?
We burn a song a day
till you hand over the money.
And if you don't hurry
you won't have enough left
for a memorial single.
'Good day, Mr. Landau.'
Eric!
What are you doing here?
Well, uh, you left so quickly,
and you seemed upset.
'I was worried.
So I went to your office.'
And, uh, I'm afraid I overheard.
- Then you know everything.
- Everything.
You're being blackmailed, huh?
The proper term is extorted.
- What are you gonna do?
- Pay the ransom.
I can get a bank loan
if I put up my shares
of Phoenix as collateral.
But if word of that
ever gets out..
...investors will start
deserting
'like rats aboard
the SS Poseidon.'
I'm taking an awful big chance.
I'm sorry, Eric.
I hope everything
works out, I really do.
You're a very,
very special person, Kathy.
'Maybe when all
of this is over--'
Eric.
I like you.
I really do.
But you, my career
you know, it's all been
kind of sudden.
- You understand, right?
- No.
I mean, what else is there?
Come on, let's go down
to the party.
Kim, will you stop playing
around with those tapes
and tell us why you brought us
down here at this ungodly hour?
Yeah, I mean,
what's the point of being
young, famous
and immensely talented
if you can't sleep
till 12:00 noon?
Can he even hear us?
I can hear you, I can hear you,
I can hear you!
Then what's this all about,
about, about?
What's that?
It's a take from
"Farewell To The Master."
It's the one they decided
not to use.
Eric asked me to come down here
and remix it for some reason.
I got to fooling around
a little
and I came up with this.
I repeat, what is it?
It's-it's a 33 cut
played at about half speed.
- So?
- So, so listen.
♪ Someone pry
the coffin lid loose ♪
♪ Someone get me out.. ♪♪
Now, I'll slow it down
even more.
♪ Someone take
the pennies off.. ♪
That's Billy's voice.
♪ Someone pry
the coffin lid loose ♪
♪ Someone get me out
it's so cold and so damp ♪
♪ Can't anybody
hear me at all? ♪♪
That track was cut
at so slow a speed
that when the record's
played back at 33 rpms
it sounds like, just, you know,
so much background noise.
When you slow it down, though,
you get that.
♪ Someone take the pennies
off Billy's eyes ♪
♪ Someone pry
the coffin lid loose.. ♪♪
Oh, no!
No, I ain't going for this.
I mean, I went for it
with the Beatles
in "Revolution #9,"
playing that backwards
but I ain't gonna go for this.
- Shut up, Jerry.
- Turn me on, dead man.
Turn me on, dead man.
Turn me on, dead man.
- 'A-ha.'
- Oh, Jerry.
You think Billy recorded that
before he disappeared?
He had to.
He produced his own albums.
It's part of his contract.
You think Billy
is still alive?
Yeah, and living
with Paul McCartney?
Come on, Jerry,
knock it off.
Suppose he knew
he was gonna disappear?
Um, maybe he planted those
tracks as, like, clues.
Maybe it was just
a twisted publicity gimmick.
'And you know that Billy
would do anything'
'to get a couple of lines
in the paper.'
Maybe.
Worth checking out either way.
Keep playing with the dials,
see what other goodies
'you come up with.'
Hey, wait a minute.
How come we become
the Columbos all of a sudden?
Billy Dero was this company's
biggest asset.
And without him, Phoenix could
go down the tubes.
And without Phoenix,
the three of us
could, uh, go down the tubes.
Or did you guys forget
how Eric picked us up
when no one else would take
a chance on us?
♪ Why couldn't somebody
tell me? ♪♪
Yes?
Yes, I've got the money.
Look, whatever you do,
don't burn another song.
Right, 5:00 p.m.
Mulholland and Sepulveda
in Sherman Way.
Yes, I-I know the area.
I-I'll be there.
Yes, alone.
Fine.
Goodbye.
All set. He's got the money.
I hope we can believe him.
'You can.'
I broke into his office
made a copy
of the bank draft.
He did it, alright.
Got a personal loan
with his majority share
of Phoenix as collateral.
You show quite a talent
for theft, Ms. Gordon.
You might consider
taking it up as a profession.
All we want is
our ten percent
for stealing that tape.
Five percent was
the agreed-upon price.
Uh, she's right, Barbi.
I decided
five percent wasn't
adequate compensation
for the risks we're taking.
Ten percent is more like it.
I'd certainly hate
to discourage
the potential you show,
Ms. Gordon.
Seven percent.
'Take it or leave it.'
We'll take it.
An album cover. So what?
So, look at the way
Billy's fingers point.
He's pointing to Santa Claus.
So what?
Look what's written
above the Santa Claus?
"What's my monicker,
Veronica?"
For cryin' out loud,
what's a monicker?
A monicker is '40s
street slang for name.
Come on, guys,
you still don't get it?
Get what?
Santa Monicker.
Oh, oh, that's terrible.
I mean, that is
really terrible.
Well, Billy had a cabin
in the Santa Monica mountains.
- Didn't he?
- Yeah, years ago.
But I mean, uh,
nobody's been there
in so long, it's boarded up.
Yeah, but what
better place
to, like, disappear
for a few weeks?
Eric, I..
Oh, Eric..
That's for the blackmailer,
isn't it?
I don't have
any choice, Kathy.
I wish I did.
Eric..
Well, I didn't have
any choice, either.
'Right, 5:00 pm'
'Mulholland and Sepulveda
in Sherman Oaks.'
'I know the area.'
Hey, man, this place
looks like a tomb.
Shall we take a look?
All in favor?
Aye.
Shh.
♪ Daddy was a hangman ♪
♪ Mama just hung loose ♪
♪ She came to watch executions ♪
♪ Got caught in
his lover's noose ♪
♪ They were married
in the prison yard ♪
♪ 'Neath the shadow
of the rope ♪♪
'Oh, you scared me
half to death!'
Well.
What y'all
doing here, fellas?
Howdy to you.
'It's, uh, it's great
to see you.'
Well, I, it's been great
to see you.
You little toad, you've been
hiding out here for six weeks?
Well, I-I-I was planning on
coming out of seclusion
real soon, fellas.
Like after your
memorial album
sold triple platinum, huh?
Heck, I never could put anything
over on you guys, could I?
You mean to tell me
you faked your own death
just so you could
sell some albums?
Aha, think for
a second, Jer
there's nothing quite
so saleable
as a dead rock star.
Little Billy here would have
cleaned up on royalties.
Would have made
millions off a lie!
Now, don't judge me
too harshly, fellas.
You and I both know
my career was slipping a little
and I figured being dead
would liven it up a little.
And what about those dumb clues
you put on your album
that-that caused us to come here
in the first place?
Well, I-I just wanted to create
a little groundswell
of interest among the fans
'so when I finally
did come back'
it, you know,
would be dramatic, you know.
I mean, if it worked
for the Beatles
heck, it'd probably
work for me.
I suppose you didn't
give a thought
as to what your little stunt
might do to Phoenix.
Pushing a borderline company
into bankruptcy.
Well, I got news
for you, Billy.
Your resurrection's gonna occur
a little ahead of schedule.
Now, just hold on
a second, fellas.
Gimme a couple of weeks
for crying out loud.
I mean, give them time
to release
the album, for Pete's sake!
- No way.
- No way, Jose.
Billy Dero.
It's a long story.
Where's Eric?
Well, that's another long story.
Listen, I'll explain on the way
to Sherman Oaks.
You guys have got to help me.
We've got to get to Eric
before he bankrupts himself
by paying a ransom
of a million dollars..
...that he doesn't need to pay.
Afternoon, Mr. Landau.
I think we can dispose of this
business in a matter of minutes.
Just a second,
how do I know
that tape's
the real thing?
Those could be the greatest hits
of Connie Francis
for all I know.
Well, I was prepared
for that question.
Let me hook up the recorder.
What..
Billy?
Hey, man.
Billy..
...I thought you were dead.
I know. There's a lot
I have to explain, man.
Come on, Let's go!
- Come on! Let's go!
- Go, go, go!
Move it!
'Look!'
- It's Wonder Woman!
- She's flying!
- You're okay now?
- Yeah.
Well, who, what did
that toad burger do to me?
Hey, Kim! Hey!
Listen, I want you
to stay put right here.
Sure. Promise.
Scout's honor!
Hey, Kim!
How you doing?
- Kim!
- Oh, man!
Man, that was either the bravest
or the dumbest thing
I ever seen.
Wait a minute,
I'm taking odds on dumb!
You beautiful jerk,
are you okay?
You tell me.
Hey, what happened
to Wonder Woman?
Well, I guess she left.
Low-profile
kind of lady
but she's definitely cool.
- Oh, hey, speaking of ladies..
- Yeah?
Where's Kathy?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
Last time I saw her
she was outside the van.
Yeah. You guys
left her back there.
Wonderful!
Simply wonderful!
Not only did
you botch the pickup
but now, with Billy Dero
miraculously alive once more
do you know how much
this is worth?
Nothing.
All Landau has to do
is have Dero rerecord it.
We couldn't trade it in for
a crummy John Travolta poster!
Not necessarily.
'There is one way to restore'
'the value of that tape.'
It was worth so much before
because it was
a memorial album, right?
All we have to do is,
make it a memorial album
all over again.
'Wait a minute.'
What are you
talking about?
You're suggesting
we kill him.
It happens all the time
in this business, Jeffrey.
Your option just
doesn't get picked up.
I like it.
It's simple, to the point.
- It may work.
- Are you joking?
We're talking about murder.
Don't be a fool, Jeffrey!
We're in this too deep.
- 'We have no alternative.'
- 'No.'
Listen, there's got
to be a better way.
'I mean, what's the sense
in, in killing him'
just so your tape
will be worth something?
Why hold the tape for ransom..
...when you can hold
Billy for ransom?
Now that is an extraordinarily
good idea, Jeff.
With Billy and the tape
in our possession
we'd have Phoenix
completely at our mercy.
'Yes.'
'That's a very good idea.'
And, since it was
your concept
and since you two
are the only ones
who can get close enough
to Mr. Dero to abduct him
the job is yours.
Come on.
The field office ran a check
on the car
Kobler's man left behind.
I'm afraid they came up
with a big fat zero.
'The car was stolen
out of a garage'
'in Van Nuys two weeks ago.'
Oh, that does it for us.
She's probably halfway
to Mexico by now.
I'm gonna stick around
for a couple days to make sure.
Anyway, I, uh
have another record to cut
before I can break
my trial contract with Phoenix.
'Unless I care to blow
my cover by being sued.'
Your cover still
holding up well?
Maybe a little too well.
I think that Eric Landau
is developing
an unexpected interest in me.
In Kathy Meadows, I should say.
Come on, Diana. You've handled
spies, kidnappers and assassins.
One amorous record executive
shouldn't be too difficult.
I don't know, Steve.
When I leave, I'm gonna
have to tell him who I am.
I'm afraid he's gonna feel
really used.
Manipulated.
I wish I didn't have
to hurt him that way.
I'm afraid what
you're talking about
comes with the territory, Diana.
I know.
It's pretty lousy territory,
isn't it?
I suppose there are better ones.
Listen, I'll talk
to you tomorrow.
Right.
'Billy, I'm willing
to forgive and forget.'
Uh, sure, you tried
to gyp the company
out of a half million bucks.
- Oh, man!
- Look, man.
You almost bankrupted us.
Totally unintentional.
What we gotta do now
is how to reveal
your appearance
to the public,
so that the both of us
don't get arrested
for fraudulent advertising.
Oh, I-I don't see that
as any kind of a problem, man.
I mean, all we have to do
is market
the thing
as a return appearance.
All we have to do
is call it, uh
"Return Of The Master."
I mean, hell, that's simple--
How are we gonna, how are we
gonna reveal a return
when the disappearance
was a fake to begin with?
No. Now, what we got to do
is we got to go public
with this whole sleazy story.
Go public? You're gonna tell
the world about this?
Now, I'm gonna look
like a fool.
Well, if it's any consolation
to you, Billy
I'm not gonna come out
looking like Boy Wonder myself!
Now, I want you
to get into Studio B.
I want you to recut
that album all over again.
Antimatter is gonna
be your engineers.
You dig me, compadre?
Yeah, I got you.
You got it.
♪ Baby everybody's
got to row ♪
♪ Everybody here's
in the same place baby ♪
♪ Everybody's got to go ♪♪
Okay. They'll be recording
in there.
We'll bring him down
in ten minutes.
Right.
- Barbi, I'm scared.
- Will you stop sniveling?
Here's your mask.
You sure nobody's
gonna get hurt?
The feedback
is just going
to distract them,
Jeffrey.
No one's going
to get killed!
Have you got
your earplugs?
- Yeah.
- Let's go, then.
Do we have mice
in the studio here?
I know. This is feedback.
Kim?
Probably.
Five, six,
seven, eight.
It's coming through
these speakers.
You gonna have to
turn it off in there.
Jerry, would you see
what that noise is
before it drives
us all crazy?
- Alright. You got it.
- Please.
Stop this!
Oh! Oh!
Stop this.
What are you doing?
What's going on here?
What are you doing?
♪ All I've got to say to you ♪
♪ All I got to say.. ♪♪
'What are you doing?'
'Oh! No!'
'What's going on here?'
'What are you doing?'
'What's going on here?'
'What's going on here?'
They've got Billy.
'Marty, watch out!'
Oh, no!
Hey!
Oh, well, it's a pleasure
seeing you again too.
Who was in the car
with Billy?
Jeff and Barbi Gordon.
Where were
they taking him?
Their house.
Beverly Hills.
Good.
One more thing.
Where's your boss,
Ms. Kobler?
An estate in Malibu.
1619, Pacific Coast Highway.
Okay, I want you guys
to call the police
and have them take care
of our friend here.
And then, have them pick up
a woman named Kobler
at 1619, Pacific Coast Highway.
I'm going after Jeff and Barbi.
Jeff and Barbi?
You mean, it was
the Bobbsey twins
that did this to us?
Hey! Ooh! Guys.
Don't-don't hurt me.
I mean, you want money,
I got money.
You want fame? I got that too.
I mean, there must be a way
we can figure out
to share this.
Isn't anybody interested
in show business?
Come on, guys, give me a break.
'Don't kill me now.'
Now, stay calm, Barbi.
Wonder woman's undoubtedly
coming after me first.
And we'll be out of here
in three minutes flat.
No! Now stay where you are.
We'll come by, pick you up
we'll all be on the plane
to Rio by midnight.
She won't.
It's me she's after.
Trust me.
You sure Wonder Woman
is on her way here?
Of course not. She's on her way
to rescue Billy Dero.
From what I've heard about her,
she values
human life above all else.
By the time she captures
our erstwhile conspirators
we're gonna be long gone.
Look, I want this place
torn up fast.
We're gonna make
a small bonfire here shortly.
One! One! One!
I locked him
in the toolshed. What now?
Kobler's picking us up
and getting us all
out of this mess.
If you hadn't insisted upon
kidnapping Billy
this never would have happened.
Only because it was either that
or kill him.
Never mind.
It'll all be over
very shortly now.
Freeze!
Call the cops.
'Help!'
'Help! Help!'
'Somebody!'
'Get me out of here!'
Kobler lied!
She's come for us first.
Arnold, Herman,
get out here!
Get her!
You guys really don't want
to try that, do you?
Those weak-kneed excuses
for bodyguards!
What are they doing?
Treading water, mostly.
We better get out of town.
Let's go.
'Is anybody out there?'
'Please, help me!'
Hello, Billy.
Goodbye, Billy.
Hey, don't I get a kiss?
A silver bullet or something?
I'm going
after Jeff and Barbi!
'Hey, wait a second!'
Ta-da!
Ta-da! Ta-dum!
Ta-da!
Kathy, uh, Jim tells me
you're planning to leave
after you cut
this next song.
That's right.
You see, my trial contract
will be over then
and I have to leave.
- Go back east.
- But why?
You've got a great future
in this business.
Now this extortion
thing's over, I, well..
...was kind of hoping that
maybe we could
see more of each other.
Eric..
...I've got something
to tell you.
My name is not Kathy Meadows,
it's Diana Prince.
'And I'm an agent
with the IADC.'
I came here and posed
as a singer..
...to find and capture
Adele Kobler.
'And now that I've
accomplished that..'
...I have to leave.
Why didn't you tell me?
I was undercover.
I couldn't tell you.
I couldn't tell anybody.
Right. So I was just
part of your assignment?
That's all I was to you.
Eric..
...if I try
to tell you differently
you won't believe me.
Yeah, well, that's right, lady.
Ready, Kathy?
Sure.
♪ Toto I get the feeling ♪
♪ We're not in Kansas anymore ♪
♪ Through the wind and storm ♪
♪ We find ourselves alone ♪
♪ And Toto I get the feeling ♪
♪ We're not in Kansas anymore ♪
♪ We're on a golden road ♪
♪ In a moving picture show ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Don't it feel like paradise? ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ How could something
be so nice? ♪
♪ Well at least I got company ♪
♪ 'Cause Toto
it's you and me ♪
♪ And here we go ♪
♪ Toto I get the feeling ♪
♪ We're not in Kansas anymore ♪
♪ But all I want to know ♪
♪ Is how do we get home ♪
♪ Toto we found our way ♪
♪ Inside a book of dreams ♪
♪ Our time is almost gone ♪
♪ Yet it seems it's just begun ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Don't it feel like paradise? ♪
♪ And how ♪
♪ How could something
be so nice? ♪
♪ At least I got company ♪
♪ 'Cause Toto it's you and me ♪
♪ And here we go ♪♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪♪
- Hey, Eric, how are you doin'?
This is the woman
I've been tellin' you about.
Wow!
So you're the one that can sing
the feathers off a bird.
Uh..
I'm...Kathy Meadows.
'Jim Kosub. Honey..'
'You can smile
the feathers off a bird.'
Well, compared
to her voice
her looks
are quite inconsequential.
Hm, this I gotta hear.
- You got your background mix?
- Yeah.
Why don't you lace it up?
Kathy, why don't you
step out there
and let Jim hear
what you got?
And if everything
goes fine
I will make
a cut tomorrow, okay?
Okay. I'll try.
She'll try.
You know, Jimbo
she very well could
be the lady
to put Phoenix Records
on the map to stay.
Um, don't you guys need
to get a level in there?
No. We'll catch it
as we go along.
You ready, honey?
♪ Everybody here's
in the same boat baby ♪
♪ Everybody's gotta row ♪
♪ Everybody here's
in the same place baby ♪
♪ Everybody's gotta go ♪
♪ Well all I got to say to you ♪
♪ All I gotta say ♪
♪ Is ooh baby
just wanna get beside you ♪
♪ And not get in your way ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Everybody here's
got the same education ♪
♪ And everybody's gotta know ♪
♪ Everybody here's
in the same situation ♪
♪ Everybody's moving slow ♪
♪ Now all I got to say to you ♪
♪ All I gotta say ♪
♪ All I gotta say ♪
♪ Is ooh baby
just wanna get beside you ♪
♪ And not get in your way ♪
♪ Is ooh baby
just wanna get beside you.. ♪
Jimmy, use your headset
so we can talk?
'No problem.'
Real good voice.
Too bad she had the misfortune
of signing with..
...your company.
♪ Is reachin' out to
someone else but very few.. ♪♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪♪
♪ All I've got
to say to you ♪
♪ All I gotta say ♪
♪ All I gotta say ♪
♪ Is ooh ooh baby ♪
♪ Just wanna get beside you ♪
♪ And not get in your way ♪
♪ Is ooh ooh baby ♪
♪ Just wanna get beside you ♪
♪ And not get in your way ♪
♪ Get on your feet ♪
♪ Everybody ♪
♪ Everybody ♪
♪ Every blessed soul.. ♪
After all,
one million dollars is nothing
compared to what
you stand to make off
of farewell to the master.
Billy Dero's disappearance
is the best thing
that could have happened
as far as the sales
of his last album are concerned.
Right?
Absence makes
the heart grow fonder.
I know all of that.
Just one million dollars,
Mr. Landau.
The master tape
is yours once more.
I haven't gone to the cops,
have I?
- I intend to pay.
- When?
I-I don't know. I-I'll have
to get a loan from the bank.
- Maybe a week from now.
- Make it two days.
Two days?
That's impossible!
Nothing is impossible,
Mr. Landau.
Twenty years ago,
putting a man on the moon
that was considered
impossible.
Don't set your sights so low.
Be bold, imaginative.
We have faith in you.
If you don't get
the money up in two days
you don't get back
the tapes
that you paid $100,000 for.
And then
your whole company will..
...go down the tubes.
Won't it?
♪ Everybody ♪
♪ Every blessed soul ♪
♪ Everybody ♪
♪ Every blessed soul ♪
♪ Everybody ♪
♪ Every blessed soul ♪
♪ Everybody ♪
♪ Every blessed soul ♪♪
Extortion makes
strange bedfellows, Steve.
It looks like
the trail we picked up
in the aerospace industry
is going to end up
in the music industry.
So you think Kobler's extorting
Phoenix Records?
Well, I've got
a pretty good hunch.
About six weeks ago
a pop music star
named Billy Dero
set sail for Catalina
and was never seen again.
Yeah, I heard about that.
Well, apparently,
Phoenix Records
paid a small fortune
to acquire the rights
to the last songs
Billy ever recorded.
They were going
to compile and market
a memorial album called
"Farewell To The Master."
Yeah, it seems I heard
something about that, too.
Well, judging from the bits
and pieces I've overheard
chances are, the master tape
for that album has been stolen.
Oh, and being held
for ransom by Kobler.
Right. You see,
without that master tape
Phoenix can't press any disks.
Eric Landau stands
to lose his company
if he doesn't get
that tape back.
Which means
he's more than willing
to go along
with Kobler's demands.
Well, well, well, looks like
everything we've heard
through the grapevine
has been 100% correct.
'Let's just hope
we can make it pay off.'
Well, I think a Kobler employee
just made contact with Eric.
I fully intend to be around
if and when
Eric drops the ransom.
With any luck, this will be
Kobler's last scam.
Good.
Hey, how you doin'?
Were those strings
I pulled to get you
that audition good enough?
Everything's just fine.
Kathy Meadows starts
cutting a demo tomorrow.
I just can't get over the fact
that you can sing so well.
Well, there are
quite a few things
you don't know about me, Steve.
That's probably true.
Well, anyway, the LA
field office is still trying
to locate Kobler's
base of operations out there.
They'll let you know if they
come up with anything.
Well, just how much trouble
is the senator giving us?
Hm.
Maybe he's forgotten
how much trouble
those photographs
can make for him.
Perhaps if we leaked
one of them to the press.
No, not that one.
We don't want to ruin his career
just...give it a little jolt.
Yeah, yeah, th-that one will do.
That'll do.
Get on it, Greg.
Okay.
Well, Martin.
What did Mr. Landau have to say?
He wanted a week
to get the million together.
Out of the question.
The longer these things drag out
the riskier they become.
I know. I told him two days.
He didn't like that at all.
I wouldn't want him to overreact
and do something rash.
He probably needs a reminder
that doing things my way
is best for his health.
'Could you meet with him
again this afternoon?'
There's a press party
going on, but, uh..
...no problem.
I like crowds.
Go remind Mr. Landau
where his priorities lie
for the next 48 hours.
Take the tape with you.
Just the first song.
Yes, ma'am.
Hey.
Just relax. Smile.
And answer the questions
honestly.
Look, reporters recognize
a fledgling superstar
when they see one.
Oh, Eric. Whew!
Just-just wait till you
cut your first album.
I'm telling you, you got
a heck of a future
in this business.
You're dynamite. Kathy..
That's my personal as well
as my professional opinion.
'That's Jeff
and Barbi Gordon, right?'
'That's right.'
Uh, Jeff, Barbi.
I'd like for you
to meet Kathy Meadows.
- Nice to meet you, Kathy.
- Nice to meet you.
Hi.
'Eric speaks very highly
of you.'
Are you two leaving?
Oh, we were just
getting some fresh air.
'That room upstairs
was getting so stuffy'
our throats were
getting scratchy.
Weren't they, Jeff?
Oh, yeah, a little.
So this is your
first press party, is it?
Yes.
I guess I'm just
green enough
to be excited
about it all.
'Of course.'
'After a while, though'
the charm of these affairs
wears thin.
If it weren't
absolutely necessary
for Jeff and I to make
an appearance now and then
we'd never attend
these things.
- Isn't that right, Jeff?
- Oh, yeah.
These so-called singers
and their immoral music.
'I tell you, there are days
I look to heaven and ask'
"Whatever happened
to Engelbert Humperdinck?"
- Don't I, Jeff?
- Yeah, a couple times--
Call me old-fashioned,
but we work hard..
That's Antimatter.
It certainly is.
Just settle down.
keep it down, will you?
Listen, I'd like for you
to meet Kathy Meadows.
Kathy, this is Anton.
- Charmed.
- Hi. Thank you.
- And Kim.
- Hi.
- Hello.
- And, of course, Jerry.
Enchanted.
And, uh, you do know
Jeff and Barbi Gordon.
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh!
I-I have all
your records, really.
I think your music
is just wonderful!
Have you guys ever thought about
doing milk commercials?
Well, honey, every time
you sing, I just melt.
'That's just what
I was talking about.'
They probably call
themselves Antimatter
because if they ever
came into contact
with anything normal
or decent, they'd blow up.
Oh, not that I mind
'you handling them, Eric.'
'It's just that sometimes'
'he tends to focus on them'
to the exclusion
of his more moderate
ultimately more popular artists.
Excuse me, I have some business
to take care of.
Kathy, I'll see you
a little later, okay?
Sure.
Well, I guess I better be going,
too. It was nice to meet you.
I'm sure we'll see
each other again soon.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
What are you
looking at?
She's a very attractive woman,
Barbi.
Lord knows what kind
of songs she does.
Who cares?
This is your office,
Mr. Landau.
'Please, come in.'
What are you doing back here?
My superiors feel
you need some encouragement
when it comes to meeting
your two-day deadline.
Recognize this?
Yeah.
It's the master tape.
In fact, this envelope holds
the first song
from the master.
Now watch carefully.
Get the picture?
We burn a song a day
till you hand over the money.
And if you don't hurry
you won't have enough left
for a memorial single.
'Good day, Mr. Landau.'
Eric!
What are you doing here?
Well, uh, you left so quickly,
and you seemed upset.
'I was worried.
So I went to your office.'
And, uh, I'm afraid I overheard.
- Then you know everything.
- Everything.
You're being blackmailed, huh?
The proper term is extorted.
- What are you gonna do?
- Pay the ransom.
I can get a bank loan
if I put up my shares
of Phoenix as collateral.
But if word of that
ever gets out..
...investors will start
deserting
'like rats aboard
the SS Poseidon.'
I'm taking an awful big chance.
I'm sorry, Eric.
I hope everything
works out, I really do.
You're a very,
very special person, Kathy.
'Maybe when all
of this is over--'
Eric.
I like you.
I really do.
But you, my career
you know, it's all been
kind of sudden.
- You understand, right?
- No.
I mean, what else is there?
Come on, let's go down
to the party.
Kim, will you stop playing
around with those tapes
and tell us why you brought us
down here at this ungodly hour?
Yeah, I mean,
what's the point of being
young, famous
and immensely talented
if you can't sleep
till 12:00 noon?
Can he even hear us?
I can hear you, I can hear you,
I can hear you!
Then what's this all about,
about, about?
What's that?
It's a take from
"Farewell To The Master."
It's the one they decided
not to use.
Eric asked me to come down here
and remix it for some reason.
I got to fooling around
a little
and I came up with this.
I repeat, what is it?
It's-it's a 33 cut
played at about half speed.
- So?
- So, so listen.
♪ Someone pry
the coffin lid loose ♪
♪ Someone get me out.. ♪♪
Now, I'll slow it down
even more.
♪ Someone take
the pennies off.. ♪
That's Billy's voice.
♪ Someone pry
the coffin lid loose ♪
♪ Someone get me out
it's so cold and so damp ♪
♪ Can't anybody
hear me at all? ♪♪
That track was cut
at so slow a speed
that when the record's
played back at 33 rpms
it sounds like, just, you know,
so much background noise.
When you slow it down, though,
you get that.
♪ Someone take the pennies
off Billy's eyes ♪
♪ Someone pry
the coffin lid loose.. ♪♪
Oh, no!
No, I ain't going for this.
I mean, I went for it
with the Beatles
in "Revolution #9,"
playing that backwards
but I ain't gonna go for this.
- Shut up, Jerry.
- Turn me on, dead man.
Turn me on, dead man.
Turn me on, dead man.
- 'A-ha.'
- Oh, Jerry.
You think Billy recorded that
before he disappeared?
He had to.
He produced his own albums.
It's part of his contract.
You think Billy
is still alive?
Yeah, and living
with Paul McCartney?
Come on, Jerry,
knock it off.
Suppose he knew
he was gonna disappear?
Um, maybe he planted those
tracks as, like, clues.
Maybe it was just
a twisted publicity gimmick.
'And you know that Billy
would do anything'
'to get a couple of lines
in the paper.'
Maybe.
Worth checking out either way.
Keep playing with the dials,
see what other goodies
'you come up with.'
Hey, wait a minute.
How come we become
the Columbos all of a sudden?
Billy Dero was this company's
biggest asset.
And without him, Phoenix could
go down the tubes.
And without Phoenix,
the three of us
could, uh, go down the tubes.
Or did you guys forget
how Eric picked us up
when no one else would take
a chance on us?
♪ Why couldn't somebody
tell me? ♪♪
Yes?
Yes, I've got the money.
Look, whatever you do,
don't burn another song.
Right, 5:00 p.m.
Mulholland and Sepulveda
in Sherman Way.
Yes, I-I know the area.
I-I'll be there.
Yes, alone.
Fine.
Goodbye.
All set. He's got the money.
I hope we can believe him.
'You can.'
I broke into his office
made a copy
of the bank draft.
He did it, alright.
Got a personal loan
with his majority share
of Phoenix as collateral.
You show quite a talent
for theft, Ms. Gordon.
You might consider
taking it up as a profession.
All we want is
our ten percent
for stealing that tape.
Five percent was
the agreed-upon price.
Uh, she's right, Barbi.
I decided
five percent wasn't
adequate compensation
for the risks we're taking.
Ten percent is more like it.
I'd certainly hate
to discourage
the potential you show,
Ms. Gordon.
Seven percent.
'Take it or leave it.'
We'll take it.
An album cover. So what?
So, look at the way
Billy's fingers point.
He's pointing to Santa Claus.
So what?
Look what's written
above the Santa Claus?
"What's my monicker,
Veronica?"
For cryin' out loud,
what's a monicker?
A monicker is '40s
street slang for name.
Come on, guys,
you still don't get it?
Get what?
Santa Monicker.
Oh, oh, that's terrible.
I mean, that is
really terrible.
Well, Billy had a cabin
in the Santa Monica mountains.
- Didn't he?
- Yeah, years ago.
But I mean, uh,
nobody's been there
in so long, it's boarded up.
Yeah, but what
better place
to, like, disappear
for a few weeks?
Eric, I..
Oh, Eric..
That's for the blackmailer,
isn't it?
I don't have
any choice, Kathy.
I wish I did.
Eric..
Well, I didn't have
any choice, either.
'Right, 5:00 pm'
'Mulholland and Sepulveda
in Sherman Oaks.'
'I know the area.'
Hey, man, this place
looks like a tomb.
Shall we take a look?
All in favor?
Aye.
Shh.
♪ Daddy was a hangman ♪
♪ Mama just hung loose ♪
♪ She came to watch executions ♪
♪ Got caught in
his lover's noose ♪
♪ They were married
in the prison yard ♪
♪ 'Neath the shadow
of the rope ♪♪
'Oh, you scared me
half to death!'
Well.
What y'all
doing here, fellas?
Howdy to you.
'It's, uh, it's great
to see you.'
Well, I, it's been great
to see you.
You little toad, you've been
hiding out here for six weeks?
Well, I-I-I was planning on
coming out of seclusion
real soon, fellas.
Like after your
memorial album
sold triple platinum, huh?
Heck, I never could put anything
over on you guys, could I?
You mean to tell me
you faked your own death
just so you could
sell some albums?
Aha, think for
a second, Jer
there's nothing quite
so saleable
as a dead rock star.
Little Billy here would have
cleaned up on royalties.
Would have made
millions off a lie!
Now, don't judge me
too harshly, fellas.
You and I both know
my career was slipping a little
and I figured being dead
would liven it up a little.
And what about those dumb clues
you put on your album
that-that caused us to come here
in the first place?
Well, I-I just wanted to create
a little groundswell
of interest among the fans
'so when I finally
did come back'
it, you know,
would be dramatic, you know.
I mean, if it worked
for the Beatles
heck, it'd probably
work for me.
I suppose you didn't
give a thought
as to what your little stunt
might do to Phoenix.
Pushing a borderline company
into bankruptcy.
Well, I got news
for you, Billy.
Your resurrection's gonna occur
a little ahead of schedule.
Now, just hold on
a second, fellas.
Gimme a couple of weeks
for crying out loud.
I mean, give them time
to release
the album, for Pete's sake!
- No way.
- No way, Jose.
Billy Dero.
It's a long story.
Where's Eric?
Well, that's another long story.
Listen, I'll explain on the way
to Sherman Oaks.
You guys have got to help me.
We've got to get to Eric
before he bankrupts himself
by paying a ransom
of a million dollars..
...that he doesn't need to pay.
Afternoon, Mr. Landau.
I think we can dispose of this
business in a matter of minutes.
Just a second,
how do I know
that tape's
the real thing?
Those could be the greatest hits
of Connie Francis
for all I know.
Well, I was prepared
for that question.
Let me hook up the recorder.
What..
Billy?
Hey, man.
Billy..
...I thought you were dead.
I know. There's a lot
I have to explain, man.
Come on, Let's go!
- Come on! Let's go!
- Go, go, go!
Move it!
'Look!'
- It's Wonder Woman!
- She's flying!
- You're okay now?
- Yeah.
Well, who, what did
that toad burger do to me?
Hey, Kim! Hey!
Listen, I want you
to stay put right here.
Sure. Promise.
Scout's honor!
Hey, Kim!
How you doing?
- Kim!
- Oh, man!
Man, that was either the bravest
or the dumbest thing
I ever seen.
Wait a minute,
I'm taking odds on dumb!
You beautiful jerk,
are you okay?
You tell me.
Hey, what happened
to Wonder Woman?
Well, I guess she left.
Low-profile
kind of lady
but she's definitely cool.
- Oh, hey, speaking of ladies..
- Yeah?
Where's Kathy?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
Last time I saw her
she was outside the van.
Yeah. You guys
left her back there.
Wonderful!
Simply wonderful!
Not only did
you botch the pickup
but now, with Billy Dero
miraculously alive once more
do you know how much
this is worth?
Nothing.
All Landau has to do
is have Dero rerecord it.
We couldn't trade it in for
a crummy John Travolta poster!
Not necessarily.
'There is one way to restore'
'the value of that tape.'
It was worth so much before
because it was
a memorial album, right?
All we have to do is,
make it a memorial album
all over again.
'Wait a minute.'
What are you
talking about?
You're suggesting
we kill him.
It happens all the time
in this business, Jeffrey.
Your option just
doesn't get picked up.
I like it.
It's simple, to the point.
- It may work.
- Are you joking?
We're talking about murder.
Don't be a fool, Jeffrey!
We're in this too deep.
- 'We have no alternative.'
- 'No.'
Listen, there's got
to be a better way.
'I mean, what's the sense
in, in killing him'
just so your tape
will be worth something?
Why hold the tape for ransom..
...when you can hold
Billy for ransom?
Now that is an extraordinarily
good idea, Jeff.
With Billy and the tape
in our possession
we'd have Phoenix
completely at our mercy.
'Yes.'
'That's a very good idea.'
And, since it was
your concept
and since you two
are the only ones
who can get close enough
to Mr. Dero to abduct him
the job is yours.
Come on.
The field office ran a check
on the car
Kobler's man left behind.
I'm afraid they came up
with a big fat zero.
'The car was stolen
out of a garage'
'in Van Nuys two weeks ago.'
Oh, that does it for us.
She's probably halfway
to Mexico by now.
I'm gonna stick around
for a couple days to make sure.
Anyway, I, uh
have another record to cut
before I can break
my trial contract with Phoenix.
'Unless I care to blow
my cover by being sued.'
Your cover still
holding up well?
Maybe a little too well.
I think that Eric Landau
is developing
an unexpected interest in me.
In Kathy Meadows, I should say.
Come on, Diana. You've handled
spies, kidnappers and assassins.
One amorous record executive
shouldn't be too difficult.
I don't know, Steve.
When I leave, I'm gonna
have to tell him who I am.
I'm afraid he's gonna feel
really used.
Manipulated.
I wish I didn't have
to hurt him that way.
I'm afraid what
you're talking about
comes with the territory, Diana.
I know.
It's pretty lousy territory,
isn't it?
I suppose there are better ones.
Listen, I'll talk
to you tomorrow.
Right.
'Billy, I'm willing
to forgive and forget.'
Uh, sure, you tried
to gyp the company
out of a half million bucks.
- Oh, man!
- Look, man.
You almost bankrupted us.
Totally unintentional.
What we gotta do now
is how to reveal
your appearance
to the public,
so that the both of us
don't get arrested
for fraudulent advertising.
Oh, I-I don't see that
as any kind of a problem, man.
I mean, all we have to do
is market
the thing
as a return appearance.
All we have to do
is call it, uh
"Return Of The Master."
I mean, hell, that's simple--
How are we gonna, how are we
gonna reveal a return
when the disappearance
was a fake to begin with?
No. Now, what we got to do
is we got to go public
with this whole sleazy story.
Go public? You're gonna tell
the world about this?
Now, I'm gonna look
like a fool.
Well, if it's any consolation
to you, Billy
I'm not gonna come out
looking like Boy Wonder myself!
Now, I want you
to get into Studio B.
I want you to recut
that album all over again.
Antimatter is gonna
be your engineers.
You dig me, compadre?
Yeah, I got you.
You got it.
♪ Baby everybody's
got to row ♪
♪ Everybody here's
in the same place baby ♪
♪ Everybody's got to go ♪♪
Okay. They'll be recording
in there.
We'll bring him down
in ten minutes.
Right.
- Barbi, I'm scared.
- Will you stop sniveling?
Here's your mask.
You sure nobody's
gonna get hurt?
The feedback
is just going
to distract them,
Jeffrey.
No one's going
to get killed!
Have you got
your earplugs?
- Yeah.
- Let's go, then.
Do we have mice
in the studio here?
I know. This is feedback.
Kim?
Probably.
Five, six,
seven, eight.
It's coming through
these speakers.
You gonna have to
turn it off in there.
Jerry, would you see
what that noise is
before it drives
us all crazy?
- Alright. You got it.
- Please.
Stop this!
Oh! Oh!
Stop this.
What are you doing?
What's going on here?
What are you doing?
♪ All I've got to say to you ♪
♪ All I got to say.. ♪♪
'What are you doing?'
'Oh! No!'
'What's going on here?'
'What are you doing?'
'What's going on here?'
'What's going on here?'
They've got Billy.
'Marty, watch out!'
Oh, no!
Hey!
Oh, well, it's a pleasure
seeing you again too.
Who was in the car
with Billy?
Jeff and Barbi Gordon.
Where were
they taking him?
Their house.
Beverly Hills.
Good.
One more thing.
Where's your boss,
Ms. Kobler?
An estate in Malibu.
1619, Pacific Coast Highway.
Okay, I want you guys
to call the police
and have them take care
of our friend here.
And then, have them pick up
a woman named Kobler
at 1619, Pacific Coast Highway.
I'm going after Jeff and Barbi.
Jeff and Barbi?
You mean, it was
the Bobbsey twins
that did this to us?
Hey! Ooh! Guys.
Don't-don't hurt me.
I mean, you want money,
I got money.
You want fame? I got that too.
I mean, there must be a way
we can figure out
to share this.
Isn't anybody interested
in show business?
Come on, guys, give me a break.
'Don't kill me now.'
Now, stay calm, Barbi.
Wonder woman's undoubtedly
coming after me first.
And we'll be out of here
in three minutes flat.
No! Now stay where you are.
We'll come by, pick you up
we'll all be on the plane
to Rio by midnight.
She won't.
It's me she's after.
Trust me.
You sure Wonder Woman
is on her way here?
Of course not. She's on her way
to rescue Billy Dero.
From what I've heard about her,
she values
human life above all else.
By the time she captures
our erstwhile conspirators
we're gonna be long gone.
Look, I want this place
torn up fast.
We're gonna make
a small bonfire here shortly.
One! One! One!
I locked him
in the toolshed. What now?
Kobler's picking us up
and getting us all
out of this mess.
If you hadn't insisted upon
kidnapping Billy
this never would have happened.
Only because it was either that
or kill him.
Never mind.
It'll all be over
very shortly now.
Freeze!
Call the cops.
'Help!'
'Help! Help!'
'Somebody!'
'Get me out of here!'
Kobler lied!
She's come for us first.
Arnold, Herman,
get out here!
Get her!
You guys really don't want
to try that, do you?
Those weak-kneed excuses
for bodyguards!
What are they doing?
Treading water, mostly.
We better get out of town.
Let's go.
'Is anybody out there?'
'Please, help me!'
Hello, Billy.
Goodbye, Billy.
Hey, don't I get a kiss?
A silver bullet or something?
I'm going
after Jeff and Barbi!
'Hey, wait a second!'
Ta-da!
Ta-da! Ta-dum!
Ta-da!
Kathy, uh, Jim tells me
you're planning to leave
after you cut
this next song.
That's right.
You see, my trial contract
will be over then
and I have to leave.
- Go back east.
- But why?
You've got a great future
in this business.
Now this extortion
thing's over, I, well..
...was kind of hoping that
maybe we could
see more of each other.
Eric..
...I've got something
to tell you.
My name is not Kathy Meadows,
it's Diana Prince.
'And I'm an agent
with the IADC.'
I came here and posed
as a singer..
...to find and capture
Adele Kobler.
'And now that I've
accomplished that..'
...I have to leave.
Why didn't you tell me?
I was undercover.
I couldn't tell you.
I couldn't tell anybody.
Right. So I was just
part of your assignment?
That's all I was to you.
Eric..
...if I try
to tell you differently
you won't believe me.
Yeah, well, that's right, lady.
Ready, Kathy?
Sure.
♪ Toto I get the feeling ♪
♪ We're not in Kansas anymore ♪
♪ Through the wind and storm ♪
♪ We find ourselves alone ♪
♪ And Toto I get the feeling ♪
♪ We're not in Kansas anymore ♪
♪ We're on a golden road ♪
♪ In a moving picture show ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Don't it feel like paradise? ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ How could something
be so nice? ♪
♪ Well at least I got company ♪
♪ 'Cause Toto
it's you and me ♪
♪ And here we go ♪
♪ Toto I get the feeling ♪
♪ We're not in Kansas anymore ♪
♪ But all I want to know ♪
♪ Is how do we get home ♪
♪ Toto we found our way ♪
♪ Inside a book of dreams ♪
♪ Our time is almost gone ♪
♪ Yet it seems it's just begun ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Don't it feel like paradise? ♪
♪ And how ♪
♪ How could something
be so nice? ♪
♪ At least I got company ♪
♪ 'Cause Toto it's you and me ♪
♪ And here we go ♪♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪
♪ Wonder Woman ♪♪