All language subtitles for mr_belvedere_s03e13_jobless

Hello, bud.

George Owens.

We met at the Pirates -Reds game last
year.

Remember I was the other guy there?

Anyway, I was just calling to see if you
had any openings on your sports page.

No, I'm not writing for the Bulletin
anymore.

We had a little disagreement over my
working conditions.

I wanted to keep working and they wanted
me to stop.

Yeah, well, if something opens up, I'd
appreciate you keeping me in mind.

Bye.

No luck, huh?

I thought it was such hot stuff another
newspaper would grab me up just like

that. It's been almost two months and
nothing.

Oh, don't worry about it, honey.
Something's going to turn up.

You just relax and try to get your mind
off it.

Hey, Dad, did you find a job yet?

I'm afraid not, Jim.

Well, don't worry about it, Dad, because
Kevin just got a big promotion, Mr.

Clark. I'm the new assistant manager.

Congratulations, honey. You must be
doing a good job.

Nah, I'm just the only one there with a
decent complexion.

Anyway, now I'm going to be making an
extra buck twenty -five an hour, so I'll

be able to help out a little more at
home.

Ah, thanks, Bill.

I've given Heather her four o 'clock
hand to the office.

She sends her regards.

What happened? I thought she just had a
sore throat.

We took her to the doctor today. She's
got mononucleosis.

Mono, that's the kissing disease.

Boy,

the guy she kissed is probably dead
already.

So will you be if you don't wash up to
dinner.

Yes, nurse.

Anyway, thank you for picking up
Heather's prescription.

Yeah, how much do I owe you? Oh, that's
all right, George.

Forget it. Come on, Belvedere. I can pay
for my own kid's medicine.

Anyway, well, it's, um, $23.

Oh, then, uh, thanks.

Now, look, I'm gonna pay you.

It's just things are a little tight
right now. I understand.

You know, honey, we would have a little
more money coming in if you just went

down and... Hey, I told you already I'm
not signing up for that.

The Navy?

Unemployment. I mean, I've been paying
my own way since I was 16, and I don't

need any handouts from anybody.

George, it's not a handout.

You've worked hard, you've paid into the
system, and you're entitled to take

something out.

I don't know. Don't worry, George.

I'll go with you.

Oh, yeah.

We'll pack a lunch, go down early, and
get into line. We'll make a day of it,

just like we do in England.

Sounds like fun.

All right.

All right, I'll do it. Good.

Now you'll still be able to afford me.

Never met her before.

Who cares when you cop kicked your
jacket as you came through the door? No

there. But sometimes things get turned
around and no one's spared.

All hands look out below.

There's a change in the status quo.

Gonna need all the help that we can get.

According to our new arrival.

It's all right, George. You can take the
glasses off now.

You're among your own kind.

You see that guy out there?

You see the look he gave me when I
walked in here?

George, he was wearing a hospital gown
and a cowboy hat.

I wouldn't be too concerned.

Okay, so what do we do now?

Well, I'm going to the movies, but I
suggest you get into that line.

Well, what if it's the wrong one? The
first one always is.

So you might as well get it over with.

Hi.

I sure hope I'm in the right line.

Well, that depends what you have in
mind.

I just mean I've never done this before.

Oh, yes, I remember my first time.

Here, I mean.

We're moving now.

Anyway, if this is your first time,
you're supposed to fill out one of those

forms over there. The pretty pink ones,
I believe.

Thanks.

So how long have you been out of work?

About five weeks.

What? I said about five weeks.

Oh.

Why'd you wait so long to apply?

Oh, I don't know.

Pardon me?

I said I don't know.

It's nothing to be ashamed of.

I'm not ashamed.

See you next time.

Uh -huh.

Have you been on yet, George?

Uh -uh.

They're still talking about all these
guys taking the Fifth Amendment.

Well, pay attention.

You may need it someday.

Hi, guys.

Hurry up, Mom.

Dad's going to be on TV.

What? Hey, I think this is it.

You hear a lot these days about public
apathy and people afraid to get

But happily, that wasn't the case today,
as we hear from Shaka Spielman in

suburban Pittsburgh.

I'm standing in front of the Market
Street office of the State Department of

Human Resources, where at 10 .30 this
morning, Mrs. Edna Wilkes had just come

through this door having picked up her
unemployment check. Mrs. Wilkes, what

happened then?

Well, I guess it was around 10 .30, and
I'd just come out of that door

after having just picked up my
unemployment check.

Anyway...

And he pulled a knife and said, give me
your money.

And that's when this nice gray -haired
gentleman came running out of that door,

grabbed my assailant's knife away, and
held him on the ground till the police

arrived. And that gray -haired gentleman
is here with me now, unemployed, a

sports writer, George Owen. George, I
guess the question is, there were dozens

of people around at the time. Why you?

It's just I was in the office there,
and...

It sounded like someone needed help. It
seemed like the thing to do.

How long have you been out of work?

Huh? Uh, two months.

You told me five weeks.

Any, um, any prospects?

Oh, yeah, sure. Uh, I mean, nothing
concrete, but, uh... What's happening?

What's going on?

Oh. Hello.

As George Owens just proved, being
unemployed doesn't mean being

Reporting from suburban Pittsburgh,
Shaka Spielman.

Action news.

George, you're a hero.

Yeah, you never told us he had a knife.

Well, that's right. You could have been
hurt.

Oh, it was just a little Swiss Army
knife. Yes.

He came at George with a spoon.

Well, I say let's go out and celebrate.
It's my treat. Bravo. All right, let's

go. Great.

Hey, let's eat in a bad neighborhood.

Any neighborhood you're in, Wesley, is a
bad neighborhood.

No, I mean so Dad can beat up another
mugger. Ah, let's not get greedy, champ.

Let's leave some for the other heroes.

Oh, come on. So what if we forgot

Heather?

Morning. Morning.

You still working on that thing? You
were up half the night.

Oh, I'm almost done.

Hey, this isn't your paper.

Who's Harriet Wallace?

Oh, she's just a friend of mine.

I typed this for her as a favor.

And $75.

Well, we need the money.

So what's next? We start taking in
laundry?

We can't. The machine's broken.

I've been doing the washing down at the
creek.

What are you dressed up for? I'm going
out to get a job. You already got a job.

I mean, one that pays.

Hey, listen, Bill. Now, look, George.

The household needs the money. I have
the time. So just forget about your

foolish pride.

Okay. Go ahead.

Try it. find a job out there.

It ain't so easy. You forget, George,
you are talking to a person of many and

varied talents.

My only problem will be in deciding
which job to take.

Come on, Miss Belvedere, we're going to
be late.

I'm coming.

Go ahead, have your little laugh.

No, no, I think you look very nice.

Yeah, you were right.

You got a job just like that.

Hey, Dad, guess what?

They want you to come to my school for
Citizenship Day. They're going to give

you an award.

Oh, did you tell them about Daddy and
the Mugger?

No, it was in a paper.

Down on his luck, sports writer, thwarts
mugging.

See, it tells all about how you're on
the skids and you have four hungry

to feed, but you still cared enough to
help somebody else.

Why didn't they just put a headline on
the front page? George Owens, loser.

Honey. I mean, my whole family's out
there trying to scrape together a living

while dear old dad sits around the house
waiting for a phone call that's never

going to come. George, you are not a
loser. The entire community respects and

admires you. No, they don't. They feel
sorry for me. That's not true.

I'm not getting that.

Mr. Owens?

Yeah? You don't know us, and I realize
it isn't much, but I hope it will help.

Thanks. God bless you.

Well, looks like we've got dinner.

Look, my family and I appreciate the
offer, but we're really not that hard

Besides, I don't think my neighborhood
is zoned for live hogs.

What do you mean you assumed it was?

Yeah.

Goodbye.

What is that?

A canned ham. Someone left it on my
windshield.

Hey, take a look at this. Wax lips.

Wes, put that back.

Oh, Mom.

Those lips are going to people who
really need them.

I mean, all this stuff.

We're going to give it to the poor and
homeless. People like that.

Things went rather well.

Look, Mr. Belvedere, you've got to start
doing things the way you were told to,

not the way you want to.

I don't even know what you're talking
about.

First of all, you don't ask people how
they want their chicken. We only serve

one way, fried.

I thought my chicken masala was rather
well -received. It took you 45 minutes

make it. So good food takes time. It's
not supposed to be good. It's supposed

be fast. Is that why you serve it in a
bucket?

Come on.

Go get cleaned up.

School at seven for your father's award.

All right.

I'm sorry, Kevin.

I'll try and behave from now on. Fine.
Oh, incidentally, I have rather a daring

idea about the mashed potatoes.

Use real ones.

You're starting again.

Hey, Dad.

You almost finished with your speech for
the awards tonight?

Almost, champ. Just gotta add a few
finishing touches.

That's nothing but a bunch of doodle.

Like my bunny?

Yeah.

Look, Wes, what would you think if your
old pop kind of pooped out and didn't go

to that thing tonight?

Why? What's the matter?

They're just giving me that award
because I'm out of work and they feel

for me.

Nobody's feeling sorry for you, Dad.
You're a hero.

At least you are to me.

Thanks, pal.

So you coming?

Yeah, I'm coming.

Good as new.

Great. Let's see what's your problem.

Insulation's shot.

Thanks. So what do I owe you? Ten bucks.

Ten bucks, that's it?

Yeah, well, there wasn't that much to
fix.

Well, what about travel time, minimum
charges, parts and labor and all that

stuff? That's all included.

Oh, I get it.

You saw me on TV, right?

Huh?

Look, pal, I don't know what you heard,
but we're not the Jode family here. I

don't need your charity.

I mean, you repair guys are notorious
for ripping people off, and I won't be

treated any different.

So how much? I don't know. I said how
much.

$200. Fine.

I'll send you a check.

Sure.

So as soon as I saw the smoke coming out
of the window, I ran down to the corner

and turned in the alarm to the fire
department.

Thank you. I've done that.

Was it a fire at the time?

someone yelling from the second floor.

So I went inside, ran upstairs, and came
down with Mrs. Simmons and her little

baby girl.

Anyway, I want to say thank you for this
award and that being a good citizen is

its own reward and something that
everyone should do every day.

Oh, in case you're wondering, I did... I
didn't burn my hands getting out Mrs.

Simmons. It's when I went back for the
puppies.

Good night, everyone.

Drive carefully.

Earning Masters, ladies and gentlemen.
Isn't he wonderful?

Our next award goes to a man who, at the
risk of his own life, thwarted an armed

robbery attempt, thereby
demonstrating...

citizenship,

while at the same time getting one more
gun -sucking punk off of the street.

Wait, here he is.

Pittsburgh's favorite sports columnist
until he got fired, George Owens.

Congratulations, Mr. Owens.

Thank you, Vice Principal Bigelow for
the wonderful introduction.

First of all, I'd... I'd like to thank
everyone for this award. It means a lot

to me.

Anyway, I guess now I'm supposed to say
something about good citizenship and

what it's all about.

I guess coming to the aid of another
citizen like Ernie and I did would be an

example of good citizenship.

Conversely, littering or attempting to
overthrow the government would be an

example of bad citizenship.

I had some other things to say, but a
good citizen also knows

when he's fighting the big ones.

So unless there's some questions, I'd
just like to say thanks and... I have a

question. Yes, young man.

When the guy came at you with a machete,
were you scared?

It really wasn't a machete, and I really
didn't think about it.

If that's it... I have a question.

Sure. Did you get my casserole?

Huh? The tuna casserole. Remember?

Noodles and peas. I left it on your
doorstep.

Oh, yes. Thank you.

It was delicious.

I want the dish back.

Hey, what about the mattress and box
spring I left on your lawn? You get

Yeah, we did. Thanks.

You using it?

No.

Why not?

Well, for one thing, it smells like
someone's been raising goats on it. Hey,

look, I was just trying to help out a
family in need. But maybe what you

need is a fat lip. Sir, I suggest you
try sitting down.

Who are you? I am his butler.

You have a butler?

Yeah, so?

So how much you make on unemployment?

No, he's not really our butler. He's our
housekeeper. What are you, the upstairs

maid? Hey, you guys dress pretty nice.

Hey!

Hey, hey, hey!

Hey, knock it off!

Look, everybody's been real generous to
me and my family.

And I'm sorry if I sounded like I was
ungrateful, because I'm not.

It's just kind of tough taking handouts
from people when all your life you've

paid your own way.

I mean...

walking into that unemployment office
wasn't easy for me.

And having it wind up as front page
news, well, I wasn't thrilled about that

either. But there are a lot of other
people, good people in the same boat.

And we've got nothing to be ashamed of.

In fact, I'm proud.

I'm proud I'm George Owens, unemployed
sports writer.

And I'll tell you why.

Because I got a great family.

a family who sticks together through
thick and thin.

I mean, my oldest kid in Butler, out
slinging chickens. My wife takes in

My youngest kid, he brings home money,
too.

We're just afraid to ask him where he's
getting it.

The point is, whether I get a job today
or the next day or never,

we're all going to be okay.

And you know why?

Because we're good citizens.

Bravo.

Is that for Heather? Yeah, honey.

Well, I'll take it up.

Well, she might still be contagious. You
better stay away.

Wesley, have you seen your brother?

I think he's outside.

What's the matter?

Mr. Belvedere, if I tell you something,
do you promise not to laugh at me?

Wesley, you are talking to a man who's
wearing a chicken suit.

I think I miss Heather.

Good God, you must be coming down with
something.

No, it's just, I'm used to having her
around.

You know, to torment.

I am, sorry.

And I've got all these great names to
call her.

She's too sick to appreciate.

Well, if it'll make you feel any better.

You can call me Pizza Face.

Owen's residence.

Just one moment.

It's you, George.

Action news.

What do they want this time?

Hello?

No, I still haven't found anything.

Huh?

Yeah, well, I guess I could do that.

Thanks. I'll see you then.

They want to give me a job.

As a sports writer?

No, as a sportscaster.

Wow!

They want me to audition next week.
That's fantastic!

Yeah, great, Dad!

So what do you think, Belvedere? Can you
picture me on TV?

Not on my TV.

There you are, Kevin.

Okay, Mr. Belvedere.

Good news.

Your father may have found a job.

Oh, that's terrific.

Well, we'd better get going. We don't
want to be late for work.

You don't have to worry about that.

What?

We're letting you go.

You mean I'm being dismissed?

Yes.

They didn't like my new recipe for the
batter?

All my three different kinds of gravies?

Or all you can eat for 99 cents?

That's the one that really sunk you.

I had such plans for Mr. Clarkson. I
know, Mr. Belvedere, but... Alfresco

Dining, Nouvelle Cuisine, Silver
Buckets... Forget it, Mr. Belvedere.

It's over.

You're quite right.

I'm fine now.

And the batch.

Oh, one more thing.

Although my career in the past... food
lane seems to have taken a detour

george's star seems to be on the rise
his audition with the action news team

appears to have gone rather well and
there may be a job in the offing i've

news to george being in my living room i
just hope the rest of pittsburgh can

handle it well they can always move to
philadelphia