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When I was about seven, Mom and Dad used to get us all around the TV set to

watch this TV series called The Millionaire.

In the show, this guy comes to someone's house and hands him a check for a

million dollars.

It was a show about the dreams some people made come true with a million

We all knew it could never be us.

Well, maybe not all of us.

What are you doing here so late?

Waiting on Brian Dunphy.

I hear you and Brad are going out pretty regularly now.

Yep.

We're hitting the Midnight Creature feature at the drive -in.

Oh, very romantic.

Yeah, 2000 Maniacs and Horror Hotel.

Well, there's two movies you don't want to miss.

Brad's giving me a ring tonight.

Planning on marrying Brad Dunphy?

Well, he's talking about right away.

Are you pregnant, Sheila?

Should I be?

Do you love him?

Father owns a hardware store.

No.

So my mother says it's a real opportunity.

Yeah, if you want to live the rest of your life with hammers and nails.

Shut up.

Every girl wants a husband and kids.

You know you're making a mistake if you don't love them.

This guy's putting a real full court press on me.

Well, it's not the first time.

Can't marry a guy you don't love.

Soda, I've taken a lot of chances with a lot of guys.

Look at this face.

Is this a face an oil company can trust or what?

Come on, Gary, give me one good reason why you won't buy oil from me.

You want one?

I'll give you 21.

The laundry's still out there from last week. You haven't made your bed in two

weeks, and the socks you keep throwing underneath the bed are up and walking

around by themselves.

What do we have here?

Working 14 hours a day, six and a half days a week down at Buck Merle's DX

station in Walker Ridge.

I find folks want the best grade -A mode of oil their hard -earned money can

buy. Here's the song I wrote.

Crown state.

Crown state.

Car runs great.

Crown state. Crown state.

Crown state.

You really sent that in? Sure, I sent it in.

It was my idea, so I wrote it down.

And it only cost me a five -cent stamp.

Ain't no problem, son. If it was up to Pony and me, we would choose you as the

poster boy in a minute. Uh -huh.

But, personally, you give me a guy who can hand -nail 20 square shingles in

eight hours, I'd take a worker over Dreamer any day.

Hey, you can be a worker and still be a dreamer, too.

It's just a contest, Darren.

I have a chance to win 5 ,000 bucks and a free trip to Hawaii.

Why not shoot for the moon?

Do you have any idea what the odds are of winning this contest?

I don't have the slightest idea, but I do know something.

Somebody's got to win.

What would you think of me if I didn't take that chance?

I'd say, what's the difference? All I know is what Dad told us. You never get

something for nothing.

It takes hard work.

See you guys tonight.

Hey, Darry.

Dad worked hard.

But he didn't take any chances.

Acre and a half, Darry. Only three and a half miles off the interstate. I

clocked it this morning.

Only eight miles from downtown.

And Walker Ridge is growing west.

smack in this direction.

You and me. We're a great combination.

You're a hands -on builder. I've learned the construction business since I was a

kid. Counting, estimating, I'm the numbers guy.

How much do I have to put up? Half.

Half of what? We can get the land for $10 ,000.

Oh, sure. I got it right here in my pocket.

Cliff, the last time I saw $5 ,000 was on a game show.

So you good old bank and borrow it.

The five grand's peanuts, and it's just the beginning. We sell the land.

Then we go in on a partnership with whoever's gonna build the houses.

Gotta clear $5 ,000 a house, Darry.

That's $5 ,000 for every house built and sold.

I still don't understand. Why don't you hit your old man up for the money?

Look, I gotta get out from under my old man.

You're lucky. You learn from your mistakes. My dad never let me make a

Comes a time when you gotta get out on your own.

Be independent, like you.

Look, I live week to week, Cliff.

If I miss a week's work, it gets pretty tense around my house.

I don't know.

Can I have a day or two to think it over? This property's gonna go fast.

Could be gone in a couple days.

It's like General Dougie MacArthur said.

There's no security in this life, only opportunity.

This is an opportunity for us both.

Let's do it.

Take a shot, Darry.

This is Friday.

Call me Monday.

I hear you, Cliff.

And I really appreciate it.

I'll call you Monday.

Okay.

What did I just tell you, Soda?

6170 just quit on a nice old lady.

Blocked in the intersection.

I've been watching you the last couple of days.

Yesterday, you were cleaning a customer's windshield, and you only

of it. Was it because there wasn't anybody sitting on the other side? This

full -service station, Soda. I just forgot, Buck.

Have you got something on your mind?

I got a lot of things on my mind lately, Buck.

59 Chevy, Arkansas and Pond, blocking the intersection.

A 61 Chevy.

Right. Nice old lady.

I got it.

There's Miss Poster Boy.

That's right, guys. Just could be. Only one winner.

And you could be looking at him. You know, if I win this contest, this place

will be famous there.

TV, newspapers come down here taking pictures.

And you know what? I'm going to make sure my two buddies are standing right

there next to me and Buck.

What are you going, bananas?

What you been drinking that 40 weight off?

You know, in addition to that 5 ,000 bucks that I'm going to win, there's a

Hawaiian vacation.

And you know what? I'm going to take my two buddies down there to the sunny

beaches of Hawaii.

Right there with all those hula girls.

Come on, Soda, get your head out the clouds. You ain't never been eight

from your own home.

You ain't going nowhere.

And after Hawaii, Las Vegas, the city that never sleeps.

We'll hit all the shows, play a little bit of blackjack, play a little bit of

crap, stay out all night, look at all those long showgirls. One roll of the

dice, we'll win us a fortune.

It happens all the time.

There ain't nothing wrong with dreaming, is there, guys?

I wonder what he'd be like if he did win.

I got an idea.

What if we make his dreams come true?

Well, how are we going to do that?

I'll show you.

So my dad said, that's it, we're going.

So I don't really want to go to college back east, but, you know, my dad says

we're going to go look at some schools like Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, you know,

the whole crappy bunch.

Hey, pointy boy, you haven't been listening to a word I've been saying,

you, this whole time?

If you want to go out with her, go ask her out.

Now's your chance. Go on. Those two guys are leaving. Go for it.

Go.

I don't know.

I'm kind of nervous.

Point, ever since I first met you, you've been dreaming about asking her

So go on, ask her. Go.

You're right, Randy.

Hi, Cherry.

Hi, Ponyboy.

Um... I, uh... I was thinking, um... I

was thinking maybe you and me... I know your writing is a lot better than your

talking. What's up?

This buddy of mine, his dad raised him stock hard.

He's a big Pontiac.

He's racing the Saturday night out of the Speedway.

And I thought you might want to... Well, he gave me two tickets.

And I thought you and me... Well, I thought you might want to come.

I'd love to, Ponyboy, but I can't.

It's my dad and my stepmother's third wedding anniversary.

So they're having a dinner party.

You know, the con where...

My responsibility to stand around while they tell me how pretty I am.

I hate it when they ask me, so what college are you going to?

What do you plan on doing?

Like I have it all planned out.

I'd love to go to the Speedway with you.

Yeah, well, I just thought I'd ask you first.

Stock cars do race every Saturday.

I called the bank, Cliff.

Yeah, I decided not to wait until Monday.

Yeah, I made an appointment for tomorrow.

I used your name. I hope you don't mind.

Sure.

Sure. I know they're going to be asking me a lot of questions. I just hope I can

answer them.

I'll call you after the meeting.

Okay? Thanks for everything.

I hope this will work out. You're right. This is a great opportunity.

Okay.

Okay, I'll talk to you tomorrow.

Bye.

Who was that?

Phil Dempsey.

He worked with him and his old man before.

Long Ridge Estates, wasn't it?

Yeah, yeah, it was.

Hey, pointy boy, just in time to help me get dinner ready.

Soda Pop, you just got a telegram from one of your girlfriends.

Telegram from me?

Yeah. This guy thought from Western Union. Said he had a telegram from Mr.

Pop Curtis.

6511 Sheridan Street.

Dear Mr. Curtis, congratulations.

I'm proud to inform you that you have been chosen the 1966 Crown State poster

boy. My office will be in touch with you next week.

Sincerely, Don Fogarty, president of Crown State Oil.

I want $5 ,000!

And a trip to Hawaii!

Crown State! Crown State! Your car was great on Crown State! Come on, you guys!

Crown State! Crown State! Your car was great on Crown State! Crown State! Crown

State! This morning I was thinking that Soto was just another kid with his head

in the clouds.

Goes to show you there's never no.

But he's going to be awful hard to replace.

I could work full time on weekends, Buck.

After school, too.

Are your arms getting any longer?

You know, the customers ain't too happy when you stand up on the hood to wash

the windshield.

I don't do that.

All right, we'll see about it. What are you doing?

Did you get through to Mr. Fogarty yet?

Still on hold, Buck.

I'll believe that when I see him check.

All right, everybody.

Everybody, listen.

And so did Pop Curtis, a young man who believes in himself and who's not afraid

to reach for the sky and win it all.

All right.

He bought it. He bought it.

See, someone's coming on the line, Buck.

I can't wait to see his face when those people come on the line and tell him.

Better come over here and someone might want to talk to you.

Yes.

Yes, ma 'am.

Heard it.

C -U -R -T -I -S.

First name, Soda Pop.

Yes, ma 'am, just like the drinks.

I know Mr. Fergie's been in meetings all day.

I've been trying to call him from home.

Yeah, I can give you my home phone number.

Monday morning. Yes, ma 'am.

I'll be expecting his call.

Hello? Hello, this is Buck Merrill.

Yeah, I own the DX station this young man wrote about.

Yeah, number one station in the county.

Fine cafe, too.

Listen, I just think that Mr. Fogarty would want to know that Crown State

couldn't have picked a finer, more outstanding young man than Soda Pop

Yes, ma 'am. Okay. All right. Bye -bye.

She said that Mr. Fogarty's in New York City, but she's sure that the vice

president of advertising is going to call on Monday.

Remember now, we're going to Hawaii.

Straight from there, Las Vegas.

Mr. Hemingway.

Now, what you tell me about writing?

Keep it straight and to the point. And tell the truth.

Doesn't like the truth.

Ain't too bad. Got that right.

Remember, you guys start packing for Hawaii.

I'm getting a little crazy. No,

no, no. Tell me in the morning. Let's not burst this bubble right now.

Let's have a big night, okay?

Buck, I want you, my friends, and my brothers to know, when they come down

to make all those poster board commercials, they get made right here.

I don't know, I don't know. Now I've got Buck believing in him.

Hey, relax, okay?

It's just a joke.

So what's the first thing you're going to do with that big check, Soda?

Travel, buy yourself a new car, go to Europe?

Y 'all got a lot of connections over in Japan, mainly female.

Nah, Buck, I got to take care of my own. Darius' birthday is coming up. I want

to do something for my family.

Got something special in mind, do you? Sure do. Going to get him a brand new

color TV so he can watch all his football games in color. And those lady

wrestlers, they'll look good too.

Well, you got a sale at Butterfield's.

Look, right there in the paper. I bet you can save a hundred bucks on one. Woo

-wee, Buck, that's a 19 -inch color TV. This is the one right here. This is it.

Shoot, Buck, it says the sale's only on until tomorrow.

Think maybe you can give me advance?

Mr. Farger, he's calling me on Monday.

So I'd already been to the bank, made the deposit. I don't have much cash.

got 60, 70 bucks.

Oh, Buck, it's all right. I'll just wait.

Paying an extra hundred bucks is all.

Hold on, Sutter.

I think I got an idea.

Geez, Buck, you never opened that before.

Never even knew you had anything in there.

I only keep one thing in here. The most dangerous weapon created since the atom

bomb.

It's called a credit card.

You heard of Adam and Eve?

Yeah, sure, Buck. What about them? Well, ever since Adam took the big bite, the

world's never been the same for men.

Well, you're looking at the plastic apple bomb.

Most dangerous thing created since money itself.

This little sucker right here has the potential to change the world, Soda.

It's ended marriages, started wars all over the world.

And I've only used it twice.

I bought my Uncle George a lawnmower.

One of them riding kinds you sat on right around him.

And I went up to Seattle, seen the World's Fair.

Went all the way up in the needle, had a hell of a time.

But after that...

This puppy went right back in that iron bedroom, and it ain't been out since.

Now, I'm gonna give you this as an advance to get Derry's birthday present.

You know why they call it a plastic apple?

No, Buck, why's that?

Because if you take too big a bite out of it, they'll not only take that TV set

back, but they'll take everything you own, right down to your socks and

That's right.

Just the TV soda.

Only the TV.

Yeah, Buck, I promise. Just the TV.

I swear.

Just the TV.

I'm not going to forget this, Buck.

All right, now I'm going to call the credit department first thing in the

morning and tell them it's okay for you to sign.

Good morning.

Frank Jackson.

Young man, you are at the right place at the right time. It's our yearly one

-day sale. We have reduced prices on television. We have slashed our entire

stock, the largest in Walker Ridge. Now, which one is yours?

The one advertised.

Excellent choice, young man. If you could just step right around here,

It's a real beauty, this 19 -inch. I can even let you have it for less than what

we're advertising it for.

I'll take it. Great.

Would that be cash or charge?

Need anything else, sir?

Hi, Jerry.

Hi, Soda.

I didn't expect to see you here.

Those are beauties.

They feel good, too.

To tell you the truth, they even feel a little taller.

Ponyboy tell you about my good luck?

No. I won the Crown State Oil Contest. I'm the new poster boy of the year.

Big cash prize, too.

Soda, that's great.

Could you keep a secret?

I bought Derry a new TV for his birthday.

You want to sell your Corvette?

I couldn't if I wanted to.

Belongs to my dad.

My dad had a pair of boots like these.

Black.

Powered in on TV. Was his hero.

He said he was the first greaser cowboy.

Ponyboy ever tell you our dad had a horse?

No.

Yep, up at the Chris Hart Stables. Way out of town.

Well, dad didn't really own it.

But they became real good friends.

It was almost like it was his horse.

Dad would love to drive out there.

At least two or three times a week.

And if we would go with him, he would stop and get hamburgers and Cokes.

We had a great time.

This horse was ornery as hell.

Running, kicking, snorting all the time. Not too many people could put a saddle

on him.

Pure quarter horse.

The color of gold.

Name was Slow Eyes.

Why'd they call him that?

Never knew for sure.

Dad said it was for the way he looked at you. Real slow and easy.

Like the good guys in the westerns.

Dad and Slow Eyes sure had a friendship.

He loved that horse.

Ever since then, always thought I might like to own a horse.

You should come down to the stable sometime.

They always have a couple horses for sale.

I might do that.

You gonna be down there today?

Yeah, be down there for most of the afternoon.

Great, maybe I'll see you down there. Okay, come down to bar number two. Okay.

Be there. All right. Bye.

Put it on the car.

Certainly.

I figured it all out, Mr. Harvey.

I got my truck.

That's worth eight or nine hundred.

Then my tools, that's another 200.

I have another 650 in the bank, but I've been kind of careful not to touch that.

Mr. Curtis, we both know the construction business is feast or

One month you're working, the next one you're not. But as a banker, you know

Walker Ridge has grown to the west.

Got a lot of new families moving in. And this bank takes great pride in making a

great many of them our customers.

It's only an acre and a half just to get us started. Cliff Dempsey is a fine

young man.

His father's one of our best customers.

You're turning me down, aren't you?

You have no line of credit, Mr. Curtis.

What? You have some assets, but no line of credit.

We can't see any past good credit history that you bought something on

paid it off. Look, I pay my bills.

I pay cash for everything I buy.

That's the way I was taught.

I don't owe a cent to anyone.

If Cliff's father would co -sign... No, sir.

I'm a responsible person. I'll carry my half by myself.

But I'll need your help.

We're about to offer a new credit card through our bank.

Fill this out.

We'll send you a card. Charge a TV or a washing machine or whatever.

Then pay it off.

You have to be at risk. That's how you get credit.

This is America, Mr. Curtis.

The only way you can borrow money is to owe money.

That's the American way.

Have you seen your friend, the Crown State poster boy? Well, we were just

looking for him ourselves, Buck. Well, what's up? I got a call from

Butterfield's automotive department. Said Soda ordered me a whole set of high

-speed electric lug wrenches.

Well, Soda's really thanking you and the station, huh?

I could change six or seven more flats a day with those wrenches. We don't need

them, Steve. We're doing fine the way we are.

Now, listen, I want you boys to go find him.

He's running loose with my credit card.

I think I made a big mistake last night.

Now listen, I want you to check every department store in town. There ain't no

telling what he's bought.

I want you to find him.

I want you to get my card.

Damn, I should have been better. I should have never gotten mixed up.

I just want to know what I heard better.

What did I do?

Credit card. We've got a buffed credit card.

I've got to split up.

You take this outside, I'll head over to the Piggly Wiggins.

It's been a long time since I've been near horses.

Being around horses always gave me the feeling of being free.

Whatever happened to the horse?

One Saturday afternoon, I went down to the stables with my dad, and the stall

was empty.

Slow eyes been sold.

I think it broke my dad's heart.

Remember how ornery I told you he was?

Ten minutes around my dad, he was gentle as a lamb.

It was like magic.

We'd pet him, and then my dad would pick me up and put me on his back.

Deep down, I don't know if my dad could afford that horse.

He'd have bought it.

Dad never talked about slow eyes again.

And we never came back down to the stable.

But I always thought about it.

And I thought if you're serious about buying a horse,

You should go over to bar number three.

Ask for Frank Roberts.

He's got a four -year -old quarter horse for sale.

I just might do that, Sherry.

I don't know how much he wants for him, but he's a fair man.

He takes good care of his animal.

I gotta go.

All right. Bye. See ya.

That's all of it. I know it says the Curtis family, but there's got to be a

mistake. See, because we don't have an account of Butterfield, and there is no

way we could have ordered all this stuff.

Let me see that invoice again. Who signed this?

It's got to be him. He's gone crazy. How could he buy all this stuff?

It can't be him. I mean, he doesn't even have any money yet.

And Mr.

Fogarty isn't even calling him until Monday. We've got to find him, Pony.

only 2 o 'clock and we already have a new couch, hi -fi set, and refrigerator.

We've got to find him fast.

Who knows what'll show up by 6?

you get this?

Mr. Iverson.

He's buying a new one. He's gonna let me try this one out.

Go over there. I got something special to show you guys.

Something very special.

Okay. Put your hands over your eyes. What?

Put your hands over your eyes.

You gotta watch, Derek. You always cheat. Ever since we were this big.

Okay.

Open your eyes.

Now, what we have here is a 19 -inch genuine color TV set.

Happy birthday, Larry.

Welcome to Living Color.

Mr.

Iverson says the flippers take most of getting used to.

First, you put the wetsuit on.

And then these.

And then down I go into the blue Hawaiian ocean to look at all the little

fishies. You can practice that at Mohawk Lake.

Dive down, look at all the old tires.

I can't believe Buck gave you his credit card. He has got to be out of his mind.

Hey, so does one thinking of us.

Do you have any idea how much this stuff costs? Yeah, Darry.

Every cent. But I can cover it with my prize money.

Okay, I won 5 ,000 bucks.

No, it's not okay.

I know you had good intentions for my birthday.

But I want all this stuff sent back.

I mean by tomorrow morning, early.

Fine, Derry.

If it makes you feel any better, you can send your tool belt back, okay? But

Ponyboy, he gets to keep the typewriter. That's important.

I'm not saying you can't buy this stuff.

But wait till you have the money in the bank.

That's when you go shopping.

You're okay, Derry.

I hear you. Does Buck know how much you spent on his credit card?

That's between me and Buck. Hey, Derry, don't forget.

He got all this for us.

And why are you coming down so hard on him? Because none of this is real.

Not until a check is in your hands.

I got a meeting with Cliff Dempsey. I'll see you tomorrow.

Remember, Sona, tomorrow morning, this all goes back.

I tried to do something for all of us.

And all he can say is, take it all back.

He didn't even say thank you.

His friend Cliff Dempsey wants Derry to go into business with him.

Buy land, build houses.

Derry wants to go in on it with him.

He even went down to the bank to check out a loan.

You know what happened?

Yeah, the bank turned him down. No credit.

Just makes it worse when he sees all these things he claims we don't need.

Why didn't he tell me?

I wouldn't have argued with him like that. You know Derry, he's got a lot of

pride.

It's hard for him to be turned down.

Yeah, I know.

But he's got to keep on believing.

Somebody's got to win.

Why not us?

Right?

A motorhome?

You bought a motorhome?

Mr. Iverson's letting him try it out. He says when he starts his poster boy

tour, he needs a motorhome. You know, to travel from town to town.

He's seen how all those celebrities on TV travel in a motorhome.

Pony, where is he now?

Probably the DX to show it off to you guys.

He left here not, uh, ten minutes ago.

Thanks, Ponyboy. Well, we gotta find him, man, quick.

Hey, if he's not there, try Mohawk Lake. Got himself a wetsuit. Could be out

there getting ready for his vacation to Hawaii.

Diving for old tires.

Turn me down, Cliff.

Harvey, over at the loan department.

Flat out turn me down.

You told him you had assets.

Your truck, your tools.

Yeah, you won't believe this.

I don't owe anyone.

Therefore, I don't have any credit.

Can you believe that? You know, when my dad was working, he didn't owe anyone a

damn dime.

What is he doing here?

Anyway, I just wanted to come by and tell you in person. I'm sorry, Dad. For

both of us.

What are you doing here?

Saw the popcorn, Cliff.

Pleasure to meet you.

Would you excuse us a minute?

Gary, we need to talk.

What is this?

Ponyboy told me about the deal between you and Cliff here.

Are you not getting your loan?

Does this mean you're not going to do it with him?

Yeah. Now, why don't you butt out? Cliff and I are talking about it right now.

Listen, Gary, I know I was wrong for charging all those things on Buck's

card, but I'm doing the right thing. I'm sending everything back.

And when Mr. Fogarty sends that check on Monday or Tuesday...

I'm going to help you buy this land, diary.

This is the perfect opportunity for you. And it's what you've been waiting for

your whole life.

Now I know you're crazy.

Am I?

I don't think so, diary.

However you want it.

You want me to loan it to you? You got it, diary. We'll work out some kind of

payment plan.

You want me to give it to you? It's yours, diary.

You want me to take a silent partner?

Whatever, diary.

It's all up to you.

Clear?

You and my brother here are going to make two fine partners.

Darryl's the best. Hear that, Darryl? Clip Dempsey said you're the best.

And you know what else?

So do I.

Remember what Dad also said?

He used to tell us you'd like to see us in a family business.

And I can make that happen, Darryl. I can.

Ball's in your court.

Give me 24 hours. I need some more time.

You got it.

I understand.

Iverson's let me use this.

That's great, Soda. Why don't you see the inside?

It's got a stone, running water, a refrigerator, beds.

We can get in this baby and go clear across America.

Now that's what it's all about.

Freedom. We can get in this and go where we want. And then park.

Wait to beauty, Soda. I got an idea for the three of us. We can take a trip in

this. I mean, we're probably going to get drafted next year. So we got to have

fun while we can.

There's a war going on. And remember what Buck says.

Us greasers, we always get sent to the front.

We might as well live it up as we can.

What do you got to say?

Soda. And this summer, we'll take off, the three of us. See the country.

Listen, Soda, we got to talk to you. This is serious.

Where in the hell did you get this thing?

Surely you didn't. No, don't worry, Buck. Mr. Iverson said, try it out a

of days, see if I like it.

Did you know we've been looking all over Creation for you, trying to get that

plastic apple out of your hands? You were right, Buck.

I was wrong.

I saw all the things you can buy with that thing.

All what things?

Don't worry.

I'm sending it all back.

What's getting sent back?

Just some things for the family.

A refrigerator, couch, TV, a high five.

But don't worry, I'm sending it all back.

And when I get that check on Monday or Tuesday, I'm going to pay you back,

I promise.

Look, Soda will help you pay it all back right now, okay?

Yeah, that's a good idea, Steve.

Right away, Buck. We'll help Soda out and we'll send everything back today.

I'm going to call Butterfield's to cancel that order on those wrenches.

been doing things our way just fine.

Okay. I know where you're going.

Right back in that iron bedroom.

You're not coming out for a long, long time.

And when I get back from that poster boy tour, I'm going to talk to you about

some vacation time. Me and the boys here, we're going to go on the road

together. Now listen, Soda, there ain't going to be no poster boy tour.

We're talking about two, but you guys are coming with me.

We should have told you a long time ago.

Told me what, Steve?

We wrote the telegram.

Look, we just want it to be a big joke, Soda. No, you never won the contest.

Just got out of hand.

Soda, we made it all up.

No, honest. It was just a joke. I should pound your butts right here, right now.

And you know I could do it.

Why did you guys do this to me?

Whatever you want, Soda, we're going to pay for it. Two bit and I, we'll pay for

it. Yeah, me and Steve, we're good for that.

Just a big joke, huh?

Well, it's not very funny.

He went and told Soda about me getting turned down by the bank.

Yeah.

Soda agreed to take everything back and give me that prize money to help me buy

that land.

He really wants me to have that land.

That's great, dearie.

Hey, he really wants you to be in business for yourself.

What'd you say?

If Fogarty calls Soda by tomorrow and has that check in his hand...

Cliff and me have a deal. That means we can go into family business like Dad

always wanted us to.

That's great, Derek. I even told Cliff that my little brother won the Crown

State Postal Board Contest.

$5 ,000 prize.

How about that?

Hey, Steve. Hey,

did you guys ever find soda?

You faked that telegram?

All this has been a big joke?

Just one big laugh to you guys, huh?

He's told about all that stuff.

He thinks he won.

Well, not anymore. We just told him. No, we're sorry. It was just a big bad

joke. Just got out of hand.

How could you guys do this? I thought you were his two best friends.

How did he take it? What did he say?

He wanted to pound our butts.

Oh, she had to. What did he do?

I've never seen that look on his face before.

He just stared at us.

Then he drove away.

So we thought he'd come here.

Any idea where he went?

No, I hope he didn't get so mad he ran off and joined the army or something. He

wouldn't be that stupid. Pony, grab your jacket. We'll start looking for him.

You two guys stay here. If he shows up, you keep him here. You hear me? Yeah, we

won't move. We won't. Okay.

Where you been, man?

We've been looking all over for you.

We got scared, thought you might even run off to join the army.

Not a bad idea, Pony.

Pony remembered Dad always coming by here to think things out.

Steve and Two -Bit came by the house.

They told us.

Yeah, two good friends I have, huh?

Yeah.

I made you look like a fool in front of Cliff, Darry.

And I'm sorry.

Look at this mess I got myself into.

What a dope I am.

I sold my cell phone believing that telegram.

Don't worry about it.

I started wanting to believe just as much as you.

We know you guys always eat dinner about this time of night.

Yeah, and Sundays always sort of turn to cook zombie burgers with pickles and

beets and chili.

Oh, God.

I know we're playing a not very funny joke on you, okay?

Enough sorry's been said. We'll be more than that.

So, uh, well, Tuba and I, we've been thinking.

Could you guys take a seat?

All right, now, Soto, we come up with our own apology.

I drew it.

All right, for number one, I'm going to cook all of Curtis' family dinners for

one month with Soto's supervision using all his own greasy recipes.

Well, number two, when you need me, I'll be your own personal chauffeur. And if

you take a girl out or something, well, I'll just climb in the trunk and put my

hands over my ears.

Look, and number three, I'll help you take all this stuff back.

Okay? We're going to keep Derry's TV.

Look what I picked up today.

What? It's an application for my own personal plastic apple.

Steve, have you gone crazy?

No, I put my car up for collateral.

I mean, if they come, they take my car. I'll just build another car.

Look, Soda, I want to buy Derry's TV for you, okay?

I feel it's the least I can do.

No, I won't let it happen. I might take anything unless it's already paid for.

There's right Steve.

I know a lot about that plastic Apple You buy Darius TV.

It'll be just the beginning Look what happened to me.

Look soda. I'll double up at bucks.

I'll pay the TV off first when it's paid off I'll bring in here. I'll hook it

up. Okay now help

Well

soda It's Sunday

And the TV doesn't have to be back until tomorrow.

Tomorrow morning, bright and early.

Hmm.

So that means we have all night to see how well this TV works.

And, Derry, this TV here is going to be yours one day.

We got to know if it works or not, right?

Right.

Let me tell you what we're going to do here, guys.

We're going to have our zombie burgers.

But first, we're going to get ready for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

Bonanza, and then Mr.

Ed Sullivan.

Come on, you guys, help me hook up this TV so it works.

It's living color.

Hi, Thoda.

Sheila.

What are you doing here?

It's been a hell of a three days for me.

Yeah, me too.

Where's your sugar daddy, Brad?

Three days I spent with him. Day and night.

And I realized he is too clean.

Yeah, too much white paint, huh?

I like them like you soda.

Dangerous.

Now my place is here.

On the wild side.

With friends like you, Soda.

Right here in Creaserville, USA.

Come here, wild thing.

Take your shoes off.

Bad accent.

Mr.

Fogarty's office did call on Monday.

To say there must have been some kind of mistake.

And Soda Pop Curtis wasn't on their winners list.

Soda hung up and remembered this Will Rogers saying dad liked to use.

Live your life so that whenever you lose, you are ahead.

I guess that means that we all learn from our mistakes.

And from now on, win or lose, Dairy Me and Soda won't be taking chances without

all of us being in on it together.

The weekend's almost over, but the fun is just beginning on Fox.

Later tonight, Bart takes Paris by storm on The Simpsons. And on Married with

Children, Al Bundy has three words for today's youth. Just say no to marriage.

Then catch the most outrageous women's bodybuilding contest ever on In Living

Color. Now, America's Most Wanted is next.