{1907}{1964}It was on a side road|outside of Los Angeles. {1996}{2122}I was hitchhiking from San Francisco|down to San Diego, I guess. {2126}{2191}A half-hour earlier, I'd thumbed a ride. {2370}{2488}Thanks for the ride, the three cigarettes|and for not laughing at my theories on life. {2492}{2534}But you broke off in the middle. {2538}{2612}Why do you keep looking|for new places, people, ideas? {2616}{2698}Well, I never liked any job I had.|Maybe the next one is the one. {2702}{2796}- Not worried about your future?|- I got plenty of time for that. Besides... {2838}{2903}...maybe my future starts right now.|- Well, good luck. {2907}{2982}- Maybe I'll see you again.|- Thanks for the ride, mister. {3372}{3425}Who do you think you are? {3690}{3762}- He slipped you something, huh?|- That's right, brother. {3766}{3817}I stick my head in the window and say: {3821}{3892}"Parking in the highway,|who do you think you are?" {3896}{3963}- He slipped me three little words.|- Three words? {3967}{4032}Yeah. He says, "The district attorney." {4036}{4131}That's right, the old DA himself.|He lives down the road here a piece. {4367}{4436}Good morning, my friend.|I'll tell you about that job. {4440}{4517}All you've got to do is, you know,|help around the place. {4521}{4601}Right now I've got a certain trouble|that keeps me from working. {4605}{4681}- You look healthy.|- My feet. {4685}{4761}They keep itching for me to go places. {4782}{4843}But it's a nice place you've got.|How's the food? {4848}{4908}- I'll make you a wonderful hamburger, free.|- Yeah? {4912}{5007}To show you the food that goes with|the job. Do you know about automobiles? {5012}{5074}- Oh, I'm a born mechanic.|- Swell. {5092}{5139}Sit down. {5172}{5243}The job doesn't pay|all the money in the world... {5247}{5298}...but you've got no expenses. {5302}{5421}You eat and sleep right here.|A fine bed, box spring and mattress... {5425}{5505}...fresh air, sunshine. {5509}{5596}- Boy, you'll be living.|- Suppose I try it for a couple of days? {5600}{5659}Yeah. {5663}{5728}- A customer.|- Go ahead. We're not making money here. {5732}{5797}- I'll look after the hamburger.|- Thanks. {5828}{5871}Don't go away. {6547}{6592}You drop this? {6610}{6654}Thanks. {7057}{7098}Thanks. {7960}{8061}That's it, burn it up.|I'll go tell my wife you're going to stay. {8065}{8115}Your wife? {8171}{8259}Cora, I've got someone to help us now. {8695}{8755}Oh, turn that off, Cora. {8759}{8835}The electric light company|is making enough money. {8925}{8988}My, Cora, you look lovely tonight. {8992}{9037}Thank you, Nick. {9084}{9128}Nick... {9144}{9195}...that man you hired today... {9199}{9232}Frank? {9236}{9283}Well, if that's his name. {9287}{9357}Why don't you give him|a week's salary and let him go? {9361}{9450}- A week's pay for nothing?|- Well, we can get along without him. {9454}{9551}Now, hold on, that's a bit too hasty.|He's working pretty cheap. {9556}{9619}That Los Angeles butcher|has been cheating me. {9623}{9702}Yes. He's been charging you|U.S. Choice prices for U.S. Good. {9706}{9778}Yeah. Well, we'll fix him. {10223}{10294}My husband tells me|your name is Frank. {10298}{10344}That's right. {10387}{10504}Well, Frank, around here, you'll kindly|do your reading on your own time. {10517}{10592}Your husband, Nick,|told me I was through for the day... {10596}{10638}...and I thought he was boss. {10642}{10767}The best way to get my husband to fire you|would be not doing what I tell you to do. {10772}{10859}Well, you haven't asked me|to do anything. Yet. {10956}{11019}I want all these chairs painted. {11024}{11065}All right. {11094}{11176}I'll look in the paper.|Maybe I can find a sale on cheap paint. {11180}{11266}You won't find anything|cheap around here. {11310}{11383}Look in the cupboard|under the counter. {11623}{11680}As my friend Nick would say,|that's wonderful. {11684}{11768}Next time anybody is in town|they can pick up a paintbrush. {11772}{11811}Look on the bottom shelf. {11921}{11984}Well, what do you know about that? {12098}{12189}Why didn't you start this campaign|of rehabilitation before I came? {12193}{12258}- Or were you waiting for me?|- Nick was saving that. {12262}{12324}- Nick saves a lot.|- It's none of your business. {12328}{12415}I didn't say it was. Only when|I have something, I don't save it. {12419}{12483}What do you want|to paint these chairs for? {12487}{12570}Because I want to make something|of this place. I want to make it... {12575}{12621}Well... {12637}{12708}...aren't we ambitious? {12790}{12918}We want to make a lot of money|so we can buy lots of pretty clothes. {12922}{13064}Or maybe we want to put a little aside|for our husband and us in our old age. {13907}{13991}For a couple of weeks then|she wouldn't look at me... {13996}{14059}...or say a word to me|if she could help it. {14064}{14181}I began to feel like a cheap nobody making|a play for a girl that had no use for me. {14185}{14247}Oh, I disturbed her. {14265}{14339}I knew she hated me for that|worst of all. {14763}{14875}A customer wants this wiped off.|It needs hot water. {14904}{14959}Trying to figure a way|to get that sign back. {14964}{15017}- Well, don't bother.|- No bother. {15021}{15116}- All I need is a stepladder.|- I don't want the sign put back, busybody. {15120}{15180}I've been trying to get a new sign|for two years. {15184}{15248}Maybe there are things|you don't know how to sell. {15252}{15343}Hello there. You know, Frank,|I've been thinking, you must be in love. {15347}{15420}You hardly eat any lunch.|He doesn't get any letters. {15424}{15493}- I guess his girl's got another fella.|- Too hot to eat. {15497}{15592}Funny climate around here. The harder|the wind blows, the hotter it gets. {15596}{15669}We call that wind the Santa Ana.|It comes from the desert. {15673}{15804}Nick, why don't you let me take your car,|I'll run that sign into town and get it fixed. {15808}{15887}Take it to the electric company.|They did it for free last time. {15892}{15949}Sure, why not? They make|a fortune on it. {15953}{16013}Now you're talking|like the neon-sign salesman. {16017}{16081}A neon sign would burn|a quarter as much juice... {16085}{16129}...but, Nick, that's not the point. {16133}{16223}- It isn't?|- What's the purpose of a sign around here? {16228}{16298}- To show people where they can eat.|- Not for my money. {16302}{16412}A sign should give people an appetite.|Your sign doesn't make me hungry. {16424}{16506}Yeah. Maybe you're right... {16510}{16576}...but I'm too busy to talk about it now. {16644}{16691}He's hooked. {16706}{16779}I could sell anything to anybody. {16808}{16862}That's what you think. {17459}{17519}Tell me one thing. {17524}{17611}How did you ever come to marry|a guy like that? {17621}{17669}Is that any of your business? {17673}{17716}Maybe. {18200}{18312}Maybe it's none of my business,|but what's Nick sore about? {18332}{18452}He's so crazy about the sign, he's afraid|you'll claim it's your idea instead of his. {18456}{18490}Yeah? {18494}{18542}Watch. {18607}{18679}I've seen many a sign,|but that's the daddy of them all. {18684}{18729}- I gotta hand it to you.|- Why, Frank? {18733}{18824}I was trying to get the old one fixed,|and you'd seen the neon salesman. {18828}{18883}A new sign, prettier|than a Christmas tree. {18887}{18972}Thanks, Frank. Did it make you hungry? {18976}{19035}- Thirsty.|- Sure, celebrate. {19039}{19082}Thanks. {19191}{19235}No, thank you. {19344}{19406}- Sing something, Nick.|- Okay. {19892}{19991}Go on, Cora. Do a little dance for us.|Cora's a wonderful dancer. {19996}{20049}I feel silly dancing alone... {20053}{20124}...but start the jukebox, Nick,|and I'll dance with you. {20144}{20235}Listen to her, Frank. I'm always telling her|I'm like a lot of smart men. {20240}{20299}My brains are not in my feet. {20331}{20479}- How about me dancing with Mrs. Smith?|- Okay, go ahead. Go ahead, Cora. {20487}{20586}- I prefer to watch dancing.|- It's silly. You can't dance in here. {20590}{20687}I've got an idea. Try in here.|There's lots of room. {20691}{20750}Nick, I've practically forgotten|how to dance. {20755}{20827}Oh, you're wonderful, and you know it. {20841}{20924}- Nick, I don't want to.|- Go on, don't be silly. Enjoy yourself. {20933}{20981}Go ahead, Cora. {21973}{22037}Save your strength, Nick.|It's too hot to dance. {22064}{22148}Cora, you left the new sign burning. {22223}{22267}Nick. {22295}{22346}I'll drive to the beach|and have a swim. {22350}{22448}Sure, that's a wonderful idea. You haven't|been out of this place for 30 days. {22452}{22524}- Won't you come with me?|- No. {22528}{22603}I'll just stay here|and celebrate the new sign. {22607}{22648}All right. {22972}{23024}Climb right in. It's okay. {23028}{23113}Nick said it was all right with him|if it's all right with you. {23465}{23529}Let's not stay too long,|I'd like to do this again. {23533}{23639}Don't worry, you'll find this night air|can get awfully cold in a very few minutes. {24198}{24247}Hey! {24999}{25082}Oh, do you like lemon meringue pie? {25086}{25163}- I don't know. L...|- I'll make you some tomorrow. {25304}{25357}It's you, Cora. {25368}{25427}I thought it was a customer wanting gas. {25432}{25490}- Were you worried?|- No. {25500}{25574}Only I didn't expect you back so soon. {25578}{25614}Good night, Frank. {25784}{25837}Please don't. {26170}{26214}Cora? {26303}{26347}Cora. {26489}{26573}The next day we were so busy|I hardly had a chance to look at her. {26577}{26668}Not until the middle of the morning.|There was a lull about that time... {26672}{26742}...and Nick had just left for L.A. {27924}{27987}Nick had another brainstorm|and drove into town. {27992}{28074}This time it's the laundry service|that's cheating him. {28269}{28383}- Frank, about that question.|- What question? {28388}{28427}Why I ...
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