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There's no place like home.

With your family around you, you're never alone.

When you know that you're loved, you don't need to roam. Cause there's no

like home.

Times are changing every day.

We won't get by with those same old ways. No, no. Pulling together, we'll

it right.

With help from our friends, I know we can fly. But there's no place like home.

With your family around you, you're never alone.

When you know that you're loved, you don't need to roam.

Cause there ain't no place like that. I believe it. There ain't no place like

that.

There's no place like home.

I mean, no place, child.

Uh -oh, here comes Angel.

Hi,

girl. Angel, why don't you walk those dogs on your side of the street? Because

like it over here.

Well, they're rusting our fire hydrant.

Where's your poo -poo stupor, honey?

Hooper scooper. Child, he needs a steam shovel.

No, no, no, no. Oh, that's a nice pillow you're making there, Mary.

Oh, thank you, Angel.

Ooh, a whoopee cushion.

It's just a little token of affection for Brenda. Get those dogs out of here

before they leave a little token.

Mary, I can't believe you finished making that pillow already.

You made that?

Mm -hmm.

Ooh, it's gorgeous. Let me see.

Oh, come on, Mary. What store did you buy this in?

She made that on her own sewing machine.

Well, what's the big deal? It's just some satin, some lace, and some cotton

batting. You know how much money they get for pillows like this?

I happen to know a little bit about pillows.

You know, if you had somebody selling these things for you, we could make

ourselves some extra money.

Did I hear a we?

I heard we.

There was definitely a we in there.

Mary, when I was nine, I sold more Girl Scouts cookies than any kid in the

troop. You a Girl Scout?

I was, until they threw me out for helping a couple of Boy Scouts across

street.

Look, I am a natural motivator of people, and you have a certain earthy

We'd be a terrific combination.

She may have something there, Mary.

Between your sewing machine and her motor mouth, you can make a whole lot of

money, girl.

Why don't you knock out a few samples and let me take them around?

No, thank you. I have much more important things to do.

Oh, yes, Sandra.

Mary has to check tonight's jello to see if it's wiggling yet.

Hey, Mom.

That pillow you made me looks great on my bed.

I want to bring Calvin up to show it to him.

Why don't you take it down to Calvin and show it to him?

I'll just tell him about it.

That's my girl.

That pillow is beautiful, baby.

Oh, thanks, honey.

Maybe I'll make you one so you can have a little bit of me at your office.

To remind me how happily married I am, huh?

And to remind those cute little secretaries.

Hello?

Yes, it is.

Burns Boutique.

What pillows?

Who promised you?

the nerve of that Sondra.

I'm sorry. I'm afraid there's been a mistake.

$35 a piece.

No, no. I said it was a piece of cake.

Yes.

Red, peach, and blue.

Right. You'll have them tomorrow.

Bye.

What's that all about?

That was Fern's boutique.

They want to pay me $35 apiece for three pillows.

Well, that's great, but what's Sandra got to do with it? Well, she sold them.

And they want them right away.

Well, good, but I didn't know you two were a team.

Neither did I.

Well, it'll give you a chance to pick up a little extra money.

Yeah, maybe you're right.

You know, I could knock out three right away.

And if Sandra could sell three a week, well, we could... Did I say we?

I gotta stop doing that.

Hi, Mary.

Hi, Rose.

Ooh!

They're beautiful.

Now, you just sign this little piece of paper, and we're on our way.

What's on the little piece of paper?

Just a little agreement between the two of us.

Mm, sounds like a contract to me.

Why do we need a contract for three pillows?

Well, who knows where three pillows can lead?

Now, I thought that 70 -30 would be fair.

Oh, I think you deserve at least 35%.

The 70 wasn't for you, Mary.

That's it?

Case closed?

Oh, Mary, Mary.

50 -50 is what I planned all along.

No. Oh, ladies, please, let me see this piece of paper.

I, Sandra Clark, being of sound mind and great body...

Enter into partnership with one Mary Jenkins.

Profits should be divided on a 50 -50 basis. Well, I say 60 -40 tops my favor.

Now, Mary's selling is a hard job, and she did sell three in one day.

Come on, she might make you a lot of money.

Well, give me the pen.

own business.

Isn't that what I said?

Now, all we need is a witness and a new company is formed. Rose.

Oh, this is exciting.

And all we need is a name for the company. Oh, I have got that right here.

Sandra Satin Sensation.

Sandra Clark, President, Secretary, Treasurer.

Not only do we have a name, we've held elections already.

I'm the outside contact. That's just for show.

Well, just for show, I'm going to be chairman of the board.

I knew that was the title I was missing.

And you're going to be missing a sale if you don't get those pillows down to

Fern's Boutique and quick.

You know, that's amazing.

How did you get the order without a sample?

Oh, well, very simple explanation.

You know that call you got from Fern's Boutique?

Yeah. That wasn't Fern.

That was an actress friend of mine.

I just needed the samples to get started.

Now, control yourself, Mary.

All I needed was the samples to get started.

Now I have them.

We're on our way, partner.

Aren't you going to join us?

Oh, if you want to sit, then I'll be with you, honey.

Mom, how do you know Sandra has a real order this time?

Well, Brenda, at some point in life, I guess you just have to learn to trust

people. So what did you do? Call the store and check on it? Mm -mm. I went

to the store and checked on it.

How's the stew?

Oh, real good, Mary. Just the way I like it. Meat, potatoes, and... threads.

Oh, I'm sorry, honey. I was trying to do four things today. It just went crazy.

Well, the fifth thing you should have been trying to do is sit down to dinner

with your family. You haven't eaten with us in a week.

Yeah, Mom. You always say we should eat together.

I know.

You better hurry. You're going to have to grab something at the alley.

The alley?

It's the first Tuesday of the month.

Bowling? Oh, no. And I've got four more pillows to finish.

Take the pressure off.

Don't worry about it. Just make sure you don't bite off more than you can chew.

I won't.

Oh, thanks, honey, for being so understanding.

Go ahead and finish the rest of your dinner, Brenda.

Well, what about the thread?

Eat it or put fiber in your diet.

Here they go.

All right.

Oh, Cal!

You pack a chartreuse and a red wrapping.

Oh, you're right.

If I were you, I'd fire me.

If I'm stuck here, you're stuck here.

Okay, here's another one. Woo! Throw pillows.

Come on, guys, hurry up. The delivery truck will be here any minute.

You know, Sandra's taking these orders faster than I can make them.

Mom, can I help? No, Brenda.

You have got an English exam tomorrow.

But I finished studying.

At least the spelling part.

Okay, let me hear the words.

Oh, you keep sawing, Mrs. Jenkins. I'll quiz her. Oh, thanks, Calvin.

Okay, the first word is passion.

Go to the next word.

Percussion.

Percussion. P -E -R -C -U -S -I -O -N.

Close enough.

You missed an S.

Well, she got the other one.

All right, you two. Go in the kitchen and study. And I mean S -T -U -D -Y.

I'll help you win them through.

Hope it's before midnight.

Hey, everybody.

Oh, I lost the count.

Mary, what is going on? Is this our home or our factory?

Oh, I'm sorry, honey. I'll be with you in a minute.

Where's my paper?

Oh, no, Lester, those are the I Love Mother pillows.

Where is my paper?

Sorry, this half's going to Baltimore.

Oh,

heck, send the other half to Baltimore, too.

I'm going to take a bath.

Oh, wait, honey, I've got cotton batting in the bathtub.

What?

Come in.

Ah, that's what I like to see.

Busy, busy, busy, busy, busy, busy.

Another lunch, another brunch, another order for 20 pillows.

How soon can we get it filled?

Oh, Sondra, that's wonderful.

We haven't finished today's order. Now give us the hand stuffing these boxes.

Manual labor?

You don't do manual labor?

It's not in our contract.

Contract? Did I hear contract?

Outside, Mary.

What's this about a contract? You signed a contract without discussing it with

me? Huh?

Did you sign a contract without discussing it with me?

It was just a little piece of paper, honey, just for a few pillows.

Where did you get the money for all this?

I borrowed $200 from our savings account.

I'll have it back before 30 days, honey, with interest!

Mary, get back in here.

Fasten up is one of my main selling points. It's only 6 .30. You have to get

back to work. Come on, now. Sandra, Mary's been working hard all day. I'll

him.

you fix your lips to say that i have been slaving over a hot sewing machine

after day while my family's going to pot while you've been out having luxurious

lunches and fun fun you call that fun only half those buyers are men

there is an art to selling it's not easy sitting there with a smile on your face

picking out a crab meat cocktail while listening to some dumb boring story

boring everything you describe sounds like fun to me smile a little lunch a

little take a few orders i want in on some of that oh you do huh oh Okay.

Friday, I'm meeting with a potential client for lunch at Les Montmartres. He

asked me to bring my production manager.

Your production manager?

I told him she doesn't eat lunch. We're too busy.

Well, she's eating lunch Friday at Les Montmartres.

What time? 12 .30. I'll be there. Good. Then you'll see a master at work. But

I'm warning you, if you mess up and kill this order, this is the last lunch

you'll be taking. Me mess up?

Honey, I am going to be so interesting that if I were you, I'd start taking

sewing lessons.

Partner.

Madame wishes to wait for a guest before ordering?

Yes, thank you, Charles.

He'll be here any minute.

Very good.

This place is expensive enough. Did you have to slip him $10 for a table? It's

the best table. Besides, we charged it to the company. The company? We are the

company. You have to spend money to make money.

Speaking of money, speak.

I haven't seen a dime yet.

I have all the records. At the end of the month, we'll go over it. Oh, let's

it sooner.

Like when? Like before we order.

You want to go over here in a public place?

Well, it is a business lunch, isn't it?

You know, Lester is furious. I have got to get that money back.

So how much have we made?

Fine, no problem. I have the figures here with me.

To date, we've sold 65 pillows at $35 each, less the cost of materials,

and handling. That leaves us with a profit of $1 ,020.

That's great.

That'll more than cover the money I borrowed. I think so.

I certainly think so.

Of course, we do have the usual minor expenses.

Minor? How minor?

Did I hear my name being paged?

How minor?

Food, travel, and entertainment for your president, secretary, and treasurer.

$944 .90.

$944 .90? Plus your taxi ride over here.

Call it an even $950. Call it robbery.

You could have taken a bus.

I'm going to calm down.

Now, are you telling me that all we have made is... $70.

That's $35 a piece. If we order appetizers, we'll be bankrupt.

Get a business off the ground. Put a smile on their face. Here he comes.

Mr. Hatcher. Sandra, I'm so sorry I'm late. My plane was delayed.

Then I had to take a helicopter to get here.

Mr. Hatcher, I'd like you to meet Mary Jenkins.

I am delighted.

Delighted. Ah, I see your guest has arrived.

He ate on the plane.

May I to bring to you a wine list or an appetizer?

Bring us a bottle of H2O.

And some crackers.

We'd like an order of escargot with three fourths. She needs three orders of

escargot. I hope so.

So, Mary, you run Sondra's Plant.

Just like it were my own. She's really quite efficient.

Well, as you know, running a plant is an enormous responsibility. How many

workers do you have? Three. Hundred or so.

But who can count them all?

Where's the factory located?

Well, right now we're working out of my four -story building.

But we're looking for larger quarters.

Yes.

Can I go?

May I tell you what the chef recommends?

No, you mayn't. Bring us the early bird special.

We have a lovely swordfish for only $24 .95.

$24 .95?

Is it mounted?

Could you give us a couple of minutes, please?

Ladies, I am sorry, but I do have to dash for a two o 'clock appointment, so

I'll come right to the point.

I've seen the samples, and I am impressed.

Well, wait until you have seen the entire line.

In fact, I'm so impressed, I'm prepared to give you an order to Miss Marie's

chain of stores.

Miss Marie? Mm -hmm. Who's Miss Marie? Well, I am.

Now, of course...

Of course, you must understand that it's a small initial order of 50 per store.

Oh, I bet you can do better than that, Miss Marie.

It's enough. It's enough. How many stores?

200.

200 stores at 50 each.

Yes, that comes to 10 ,000 pillows.

10 ,000 pillows!

But until we see how the orders go, that's all I can order from time to

10 ,000 pillows.

How soon do you need them?

Oh, there's no rush. Say, what, 30 days?

Thousand pillows?

We'll just delay our European shipment, Mary.

Ten thousand pillows?

Are you people crazy?

Mr. Hatcher, we cannot take an order for ten thousand pillows. That's all right,

Mary. We'll make it fifteen.

Maybe she should be on the sales end.

Tell him the truth.

Oh, okay.

Let me level with you.

We may need forty -five days.

Forty -five months is more like it. We're working out.

Oh, you know, we've been having some small labor problems. You are going to

a big labor problem.

Mr. Hatcher.

We have been in business for three weeks. We work out of my living room,

pillows are handmade.

You know, it's escargot. It gives some people hoof -in -the -mouth disease.

In business for three weeks?

I'm sorry, Mr. Hatcher. I guess you just have to get your pillows somewhere

else. Hold on. Maybe not.

I do like your initiative, and I most certainly like your work. But you see,

two are not looking at the big picture.

Suppose we buy a factory and really set you up in business.

There's that we again.

I'll fill up the capital, and then I'll take a third of the profits.

Mary, you will find the workers and supervise them. Sandra, you will sell

pills across country.

I only go first class.

Well, who doesn't? Ooh, I love this man.

Mary?

Well, I don't know.

It's all suddenly so much bigger than I thought.

Mary, big is the only way to go in the marketplace.

I guess so.

Ladies, this will be a very rewarding experience.

Now, Sandra, I'll call you as soon as I get back at the home office.

And I want to thank you for a very exciting lunch, partners.

We have done it. We have hit the jackpot. Do you think so? I think so.

We're going to have our own factories, jet planes, people working for us. We're

going to be stinky, filthy rich.

I could probably buy that summer cottage by the beach.

Mary, you can buy park place and boardwalk.

So can I.

Sandra, I owe this all to you.

Oh, no, Mary. You know, the truth is I couldn't have done it without you.

I'm all flashed and glitter.

But in a tight spot, Mary Jenkins, there's you I want in my corner.

The ladies are ready to order.

Oh, yes, we'll have the swordfish.

The regular or children's platter?

Careful, Frenchie, I might buy this restaurant.

Into what would we call it?

Maison de la Wendy's?

You'll think you're at Wendy's when you see your tip.

Am I hearing this right? There are going to be 15 ,000 pillows in my living

room? Oh, honey, there's not going to be 15 ,000 pillows in the living room.

You're damn right. They're going to be in the living room, the bedroom, the

bathroom, the kitchen, hanging out the windows. How are we supposed to breathe

through a long straw?

You didn't let me think. I shouldn't have let you start.

There are not going to be 15 ,000 pillows in the living room because we're

to have our own factory.

Oh, you're going to be running a factory. What do you know about running

factory? Well, I could learn.

You could also fall flat on your face.

Well, I wouldn't hurt myself with 15 ,000 pillows to fall on.

That's not funny, Mary. What you're talking about is a full -time job.

going to be gone all day. What happens to our home? What happens to Brenda?

What happens to me?

Oh, honey, nothing is going to change. I can handle it. Have you looked in our

refrigerator lately? We're down to baking soda sandwiches.

Well, I'm sorry.

On green bread.

I said I'm sorry. And all because of these stupid pillows.

Stupid pillows?

Have I ever called one of the buildings in your construction company stupid?

All right, all right, I'm sorry.

Besides, I make very good pillows, and I'm also a very good cook. What has that

got to do with it? I can do both, that's what.

You haven't done both lately.

Is that what this is about?

Your Highness, this is about your meal.

All right, all right, I give up. You want to make 15 ,000 pillows? Make 15

pillows. Who cares?

All right, I'm sorry.

I have been neglecting you and everything else around here.

I just thought that 15 ,000 pillows at $35 each was exciting, that's all.

Well, we all get caught up in things and... Wait a minute, that's half a

dollars. I know.

But you're right, the family comes first.

I'll call Sandra and call it off. Did I say to do that?

No, but... It sounds like you're talking about a big opportunity here.

Honey, I don't want to do anything to hurt our marriage.

Well, give up the idea if it hurts our marriage. You just remember who your

partner is.

We make the decisions together.

Not separately.

Okay.

We're going to be rich!

Stinking, filthy rich!

What's wrong with your face?

Mr. Hatcher just called.

He found the perfect place for the factory.

Taiwan.

Taiwan?

Gonna be one hell of a commute.

Gonna have the pillows handmade over there. The numbers added up better and

numbers don't include us.

He's dumping us?

Like yesterday's pizza.

Lowdown conniving no good. Well, he's not gonna get away with it. We'll fight

him. Where?

In Taiwan?

No, in the marketplace.

Yeah.

We'll lower our cost and increase production.

No more taxis, no more fancy lunches. Now, wait a minute, Mary.

We'll enlarge our facilities.

We'll hire Pearl, Brenda, Rose, Tiffany, Cora, Calvin.

Yeah, we'll set up sewing machines in the basement, in the kitchen, in the

laundry room, and in the bedroom. Now, wait a minute, Mary.

The war is over.

Victory for Taiwan.

No more pillows?

No more pillows.

No stinking filthy rich?

No stinking filthy rich.

Come on, why don't I just take you to dinner?

Okay.

You want to come, Sandra?

I'm too upset to eat.

Where we going?

Lame -o -mart.

Hey, hold it. We're already out $200.

No, we're not.

Sandra owes us $100.

I owe you $100.

That's right.

Remember, 50 -50, partner.