All language subtitles for benson_s04e05_quest_for_retire

It's okay, Cross. I'll come back when
you're through shedding your skin.

I am exercising, dummy.

I want to lose ten pounds. Have you
weighed your tongue?

Good morning.

Oh, good morning.

Hey, Mr. Krause, I brought you some nice
fresh vegetables.

You better not track mud from that
garden. You're going to have nice fresh

boozes. Oh, Mr. Krause, I take the mud
off of my shoes. Good morning, Ben.

Good morning, Charlie. How's it going?

Oh, it's a beautiful day.

The sun is up, the sky is blue, and the
squash is ripe. What could be better

than that?

Well, the moon is up, the stars are out,
and I'm in the arms of Lola Falana.

Fat chance.

No, say that across there. Better she
see him, she go crazy.

Oh, that'll remind me. I brought you
something.

You brought me Lola Valana?

No.

Zucchini. Not even close.

Good morning, everybody.

Good morning.

Katie's just been showing me her little
garden.

Charlie, well, thank you for all your
help. Oh, no, sir. She do all by

I grew this.

It's a carrot.

George, you'll be concealed there, can't
we, Benson?

Yeah, that's a fine carrot, a splendid
carrot, about a one -carrot carrot.

Miss Krause, do you think we could have
it for dinner tonight?

Oh, sure. How do you want it, baked or
glazed?

Can you cook it till the wrinkles come
out?

You've got to be on your way to school.

Sometimes it feels like I've spent my
entire life in school.

See you guys later. Okay, bye.

I wonder why kids hate school.

Probably, because they're the only ones
who have to go.

That's a good point.

Well, I'd better get back to work. I've
got to sing it to my garden, otherwise

nothing should grow. Well, enjoy your
vegetables.

Oh, Charlie, you're always bringing us
vegetables. What can I do to thank you?

Stand in the garden and scare the crows
away.

Mr. Krause, you want to do something
nice for Charlie?

Next week is my birthday.

How about you make me a little cake?

Oh, your birthday. Congratulations,
Charlie. How old are you going to be?

How tall are you? 62.

Like an estimate.

Ben, how many times I gotta tell you,
you just as old as you feel.

And me, I feel like 39.

40 tops.

Ah, men are so lucky. They never show
their age.

Hey, Benson, what would you guess my age
to be?

Krause said two topics I never discuss
with women. That's my income and their

age. Come on, Benson, guess.

You won't offend me.

What's the point in guessing?

Denise, do you have the housing report?

No, Benson.

Oh, by the way, I wanted to say... Thank
you for the zucchini.

My pleasure.

What'd you do with it? Gave it to my
mother.

The housing report?

The zucchini. My mom cooked it. But she
did finish the housing report.

Yeah, boy, what do you think she can do
with a zucchini?

She bakes it. She fries it. Where is it
now?

We ate it.

I meant the housing report.

Is this going to be one of those...

He fakes left. He drives towards the
basket.

Passes to Dubois. Dubois spins.

Drives forward.

Bams Downey by the tire and says, what
in the hell are you doing in my office?

You're so foul. Two shots.

Says, when did my office become Dubois
Club?

Actually, we came in to see if we could
help you.

Well, you can help me.

Take Magic Downey back to the locker
room and close the door behind you.

to see what sort of progress you're
making on this land development bill.

Clayton, I know you've looked through
everything on my desk, so you tell me. I

resent the implication, but from what I
can see, you're a little behind.

And your little behind is in my chair.
Now, will you get out of here? I got

to do.

Tell him about the three -day weekend.

Benson,

there are only two weeks left to the
legislative session. If you get that

out today, we can all take a three -day
weekend.

Benson.

Don't disappoint us. I want a three -day
weekend as much as you guys do, but I

can't do it if you're going to sit here
in my office. So please.

There, everybody is listening. I was
just looking at the calendar.

Yes, sir, we know.

You do?

Yep, we're going to try for a three -day
weekend.

We are?

You think the legislature will pass it?

Governor, he means if we get caught up
in our work, we can all take a three

weekend. Oh!

Oh, what's that got to do with the
calendar?

I think I'll work at home this
afternoon.

You said you were looking at the
calendar. Oh, I was.

25 years ago today, I got out of the
Navy.

This makes today my silver naval
anniversary.

Congratulations.

Boy, that is a day I will never forget.
Of course, I would have if I hadn't

looked at the calendar.

The stories I could tell.

Well, I gotta run.

Characters I met during the war.

You're not going to try to name them all
now, are you, sir? Oh, I think I could.

Thank you.

The sad part is remembering all my
buddies that died over there.

What would ever happen to them?

Well, I'd love to discuss theology with
you, sir, but I have a lot of work to

do. Oh.

It's almost lunchtime, anyhow.

You know, Benson, I think I'll have a
bowl of navy bean soup.

What's wrong, Charlie?

I can't understand you.

Subtitles, Charlie, subtitles.

Read the debt.

You know what that is? That's a notice
from the state of my retirement. My

retirement. You don't got to read the
debt.

Who does it matter?

I'm too young to retire.

Too young, Charlie? You're at least 72
years old. Uh -huh. See? Even I fool

I summon a tree.

The mandatory retirement age in this
state is 70. You've already beat the

by three years.

I beat?

Oh, excuse me. I don't know. Life is one
big game show.

Be timed out. You lose next day.

Some people would consider retirement a
happy occasion. Some people don't love

their job.

I love my job, and I do very good. You
couldn't find nobody to bear.

I got a 50 -year knowledge.

You want to waste that?

Waste that.

Wait a minute. Come on, Charlie. Come
on. Come on. Come on.

Sit down.

Calm down.

Relax.

Why'd you come in here with this?

Because you big shot and you could fix
it. Charlie, believe me, I am not a big

shot. No, told me. I got the ear. You
big shot. And you could do something for

your friend.

Okay, okay. I'll make some calls. See
what I can do.

God bless you, Benz. You know, I got a
cousin and he's a priest in the Vatican.

I'm going to have him make a nice
interview.

Something special you want?

Two tickets to Rome.

You know, Benz, You're a wonderful human
being.

A little bit greedy, but a wonderful
human being.

I'm going to make you a nice special
zucchini.

Charlie, I don't really like zucchini.

Hey, zucchini, good for your brain.
That's fish.

Good for your eyes. That's carrots. How
about your sex life? I'll have it for

lunch.

Oh, come on, Jennifer. You know I like
your mother.

What does she mean, it's time I met the
family?

People don't say things like that unless
they've been led to believe something

that we both agree is too soon to even
talk about.

Okay, well, let's talk about it tonight.
Then we can talk about me not talking

about it then.

I'll see you later, okay? Bye -bye.

Jennifer, huh?

Huh, Gina?

Use that cute little voice with her.

So what is it you want?

it's fair for people to turn their backs
on Charlie after all these years?

Katie, I have already discussed this
with Mrs. Alvarez.

Who's that?

She's the head of the state personnel
board. If anybody can help, she can.

But if she can't? Well, he'll... Get the
ax.

Why would they pass the law to hurt
people like Charlie?

Well, they thought they were passing a
law that would be good for people like

Charlie. It's funny how old people are
treated like children sometimes.

I don't get you.

They're always being told what's good
for them instead of being asked.

So, how come you're growing up so fast?

Hormones, I guess.

Excuse me, Benson. Mrs. Alvarez is on
line one. Thank you, Denise.

Hello, Mrs. Alvarez.

Were you able to come up with anything?

Wait a minute now. Wait, wait now. Don't
start quoting me facts and figures.

This is a human being we're talking
about, not a statistic.

Oh, yes, he is old, but he still
qualifies as a human being.

No exceptions?

Well... Thank you very much, Mrs.
Alvarez. It's nice to know that in our

years, we'll all be ignored equally.

Bye -bye.

Well, Benson, he did your best. I'm sure
Charles will understand.

I hope so.

I'm just glad I'm not the one who has to
tell him.

Oh,

Benson! Charlie is worried because he
hasn't heard anything about his job.

Excuse me, Benson. I don't mean it to
bother you. You're no bother. He said

he'll help you. He'll help you. Right,
Benson?

Thank you, Benson. Thank you. Charlie, I
talked to Mrs. Alvarez. You see? He

talked to Mrs. Alvarez. Oh, that's nice.

Nice. She said there's nothing she can
do.

You see? She said there's nothing she...
You call that helping?

I'm sorry, Charlie.

You mean that's it?

I'm a finish?

No, well, maybe not. You know, maybe
there's a loophole.

Okay, a loophole.

All of my life, I never have a one
loophole.

I go through the depression.

I go through the two walls and the three
kids, and I lose my beautiful wife, and

I never see no loophole.

Well, I don't blame you for being angry.

I'm no angry, Ben.

Tell you the truth, I'm scared.

I never was so damn scared in my whole
life.

Well, I did what I could do.

It wasn't good enough.

Krauss, it's the law.

It's a stupid law.

Well, I agree.

Then do something about it. I'm only one
man. The man Charlie counted on. Well,

I haven't quit yet. Good. Then get on
it. Right. Today. Right. And let me know

when you've made progress.

Right.

I hate it when she's right.

You want to send a bill to the
legislature now?

Well, it's the last chance we have
before they make Charlie retire.

If we work through the weekend, we can
ram it through.

One more hour, and I'd have been on a
plane to Rosarito Beach.

This bill is important, Pete. One of
these days, you're going to be old.

and I won't have any memories of
Rosarito Beach.

Vincent, aren't you going a wee bit
overboard? I mean, most people want to

retire when they reach Charlie's age.

Yeah, but those who don't shouldn't be
forced to.

Charlie should bow out gracefully. He
has passed his point of usefulness.

his point of usefulness? Have you seen
his zucchini?

Sir, it's irrelevant remarks like that
that add nothing to the conversation.

Now, Clayton, when I'm talking to you,
it is a nothing conversation.

All right, all right, we've gone far
enough. No, sir, I can go a lot farther.

But you won't. Well, no.

You know what? You guys really don't
need me for a bill. Oh, yes, we do,

With this kind of deadline, we need all
the PR we can get in newspapers,

television, radio.

Right.

I think it's a waste of time.

Clayton, we know what you think. I'm
through as long as I've made myself

That's a bell, Clayton. But I agree with
Benton. It's time we stopped

discriminating against people because of
their age. Here are the notes. Get your

staff to work on it. Yes, sir.

It's a waste of time.

I'm going to get busy too, Pete.

Okay, who's going to be the spokesman on
this thing? Oh, this is Benson's baby.

So you'll do interviews?

Anything. Okay, I'll get back to you.

Come on, Benson. Don't be so upset.
We're going to go for it.

Well, going for it and getting it are
two different things, sir. Oh, that's

true. This reminds me of the fox and the
chickens.

Oh, when did you start doing fables?

Well, once over I was staying with Uncle
Eddie and Aunt Flo and they had a

chicken ranch.

That's when you started doing fables?

Anyway, they had these chickens. And
presumably a fox.

Have I told you that? Sounds familiar.

Well, I wrote myself a chicken fat and
get feathers stuck all over me.

We're in virgin territory.

It was my plan to catch the fox that had
been stealing Uncle Eddie's chickens.

Uncle Eddie said it could not be done
that the fox would smell me. So that's

when you decided to take a bath in
chicken fat.

Right, right.

And I'm closer it couldn't be done
because the fox would hear me. So you

what I did? I tied pillows to my feet.

Now, if you try to picture this, Benson,
I'm sneaking along, you see, very

slowly. Governor, Governor, Governor,
I'm not going to be actually trying to

catch a fox, so I don't need the entire
procedure.

You don't want to hear it? All right.
The point of the story is that there

always be people who tell you it can't
be done, so it's up to people like us to

just go ahead and try it anyway.

That low -pressure system is just going
to be there the rest of the week.

Oh, Patty, you remember yesterday I said
we were going to have clear skies and

sunny weather?

Well, I was wrong.

Okay, all you hot dogs.

Take your best shot.

You know, Benzer, I don't think I'm
going to do this. I'm too nervous.

Just calm down, Charlie. You'll do fine.
Yeah, but this is St. Paul. Then what

if I say something dumb?

Don't worry about it. They'll think
you're the weatherman.

So, what's the forecast?

It's for rain, rain, and more rain.

Bad news for all you solar energy folks,
but good news for all you gardeners,

huh? And speaking of gardens, look what
I grew for you, Patty.

How about that?

A tomato for a tomato.

Oh, thank you, Jerry.

In the studio with us today is Vincent
Dubois.

State budget director and a leading
proponent of a bill designed to repeal

mandatory retirement age in the state.

Mr. Dubois, why do you want to see the
age limit removed?

Well, Patty, because this is an outdated
law.

You tell him about it. How would your
change affect the people who want to

retire? Well, it wouldn't actually
affect them at all. As a matter of fact,

would have a choice, and that's what
we're talking about. Every citizen

be free to compete in the marketplace.

That's why I come into this country.

This is Charlie Rosano, and he's a
perfect example of what I'm talking

Here's a man with 40 years of
experience. 50.

50 years experience, and he's still a
gunner strong.

50 years of experience, and now the
law... He's telling him he's through.

Well, Mr. Rosano, what do you have to
say about this?

Me?

I don't got nothing to say.

You had a lot to say when I was talking.

I don't know nothing about the politics.

But anything what they grow in the soil,
I could tell you everything about.

You see that tomato there? Let me show
you something.

You see that green stuff on the top?

That's no good.

I prove it to you. Here, you take a
bite.

You see that face?

You know why?

He pick it too soon.

They don't use enough fertilizer either.
I couldn't understand the gods and the

people why they don't use the
fertilizer.

After all, the cow give it for free.

Johnny, get back on the subject or the
fertilizer is going to hit the fan.

Let me tell you people something. Look
at this corner.

When you go to the market, don't be
ashamed. Pull the bag. Pull the bag.

look. If it's currently not soft and
plump and good and yellow, no take. You

could holler at the producer man, but
don't take that junk to your family.

Thanks for that tip, Charlie.

Hey, let me tell you something else. You
got a garden?

You got a vine borer in your garden?

You got a leaf hopper?

Onion and maggie?

I told you, the best pesticide. You mix
up some jalapeno juice, black pepper,

and talcum powder.

Yeah, it kills your bugs and your corn
won't have diaper rash.

With time running out, do either of you
have any final comments?

Well, Patty, if we could get back to the
retirement bill for just a moment here.

I'd like to say that it is easy to
ignore the problems of the other fellow,

when it comes to age discrimination,
someday each of us will be the other

fellow. Thank you, Mr.

Dubois. Charlie?

I'll tell you something, kiddo.

You've got a nice alignment.

You're pretty cute yourself.

Well, thank you both for being with us.

We'll be right back with a report on
health club rip -offs.

You know something, Benz? You don't come
off too good in television.

You should relax.

Charlie, we went in there to talk about
the retirement bill, and you spent the

entire time talking about vegetables.

I did?

I'm sorry.

But you know something, Benz? The
vegetable, she excited me.

Well, that's one the moral majority
never heard of.

you are, Bunsen. I'm afraid I have some
bad news.

What, the retirement bill?

It didn't pass.

I was sure we could get it through. You
did a fine job. We lost by four votes.

Well, we'll try again next session.

That'll be too late to help Charlie.

You mean that's it? Goodbye, Charlie?

I'm afraid so, Miss Cross.

Do you want me to tell him, Bunsen?

No, sir.

I'm the one who got his hopes up. All
right.

Tell him for me, I'm sorry.

It's a tough one to lose.

Don't worry, Benson.

I'll stay with you. We'll both tell
Charlie. No, that's all right, Gretchen.

can handle it. No, no, I want to help.

What are friends for?

Thanks. I appreciate it.

Hello, anybody home?

Ah.

Eh.

Eh.

Do it out.

Sit down, Charlie. Hmm?

I don't know quite how to tell you this.

Thanks, folks.

Why'd you long to say?

Well, let me begin by saying that this
is not a reflection on you.

You know, we all like you very much, and
we think you're doing an excellent job.

As you know, we're not dealing with an
individual. We're dealing with the law.

Thanks, Krause.

You don't mean that... Just let me
finish, Charlie.

Laws are not made to hurt people.
They're made to help.

Help?

So, what do you say that the bill for
the older people, she don't pass, huh?

Right, right. And that means that we
can't do anything about your job.

I'm so sad for you. No, Mr. Krause, you
no be sad.

Don't worry about it, Charlie.

Well, Charlie, we gotta worry about you.

Two weeks ago, you were so upset about
this that you couldn't talk in English.

Not two weeks ago.

I wasn't a big star on the TV.

No, Mr.

Krause. No, the man from the Channel
Assembly called. He said, Charlie, how

like to be the garden expert on the 5 o
'clock news?

And I say my shows.

So I'm going to be like my paisano, Joe,
the greener grocer.

Charlie, listen. You know all this. Why
don't you let me get myself all worked

up over this?

Why stop you with such a nice moment?

You mean I got all upset over nothing?

See, for nothing, Mr. Krause, there's
lots of older people out there. Somebody

got to care for them.

And it's up to you, Benz. You got to
work hard and push it out the retire

through. We will, Charlie.

After all, not everybody you raise gets
to be a TV personality.

I'm locked.

I'm Italian.

Like they say, I see you under the tube.

Oh,

Charlie Rosano on TV.

Some people got all the luck.

Well, you know, I thought for years that
you should be on TV.

Oh, like a Julia Child?

No, like Wild Kingdom.

Hey, Benson, did you catch Charlie on TV
last night?

No, for some reason I missed him. He did
the history of the zucchini.

Every reason.

You know something, Vincent?

Charlie's got the right idea. I'm never
going to retire.

They'll have to carry me out of here in
a box.

Isn't that how they brought you in?

I had an Uncle Klaus who lived to be
106. He worked until the day he died.

What did he do?

He raised angora cats.

What did he die of?

Hairballs.