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Ladies and gentlemen of all ages,

Duke Royal International Circuit Pride

here in Mon

3 days for your enjoyment at the

fairgrounds.

>> Dope. We're in Savannah.

>> What are you drunk again? You're in

Savannah.

>> Sorry folks, I meant to say Savannah.

Yeah, the circus has come to Savannah.

We got quite a show for you. Acrobats,

wild animals, cowboys, testifying

athletes and

it really is the most spectacular show

on earth.

Jess,

get your tickets at G Highway 46 for

Rio's market right here in town. The

Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green

pastures. He leadeth me beside the still

waters. He restoreth my soul. He leadth

me in the paths of righteousness for his

name's sake. Yay. Though I walk through

the valley of the shadow of death, I

will fear no weep.

>> Are you all right? I'm fine. Aunt Helen,

>> don't you worry, baby sister. And Helen

will look after you. presence of mine

enemies. Thou anointest my head with

oil. My cup runth over. Surely goodness

and mercy shall follow me all the days

of my life. Get your tickets at gas

station and highway market right here in

town. Children under 12 accompanied by a

paid adult will come in on one single

ticket. Boy likes to be good to those

who are good to him. We should rap

soon war enough shall be before his side

of the tire company give away one piece

of every tire sold three.

There is no reason why anyone should

miss the circus. And remember folks, you

may never be back here again. The circus

ain't exactly the future, you know. And

one of these days some of you young

people are going to have to tell your

kids about the day the circus came to

town because there won't be one.

anymore.

Nice. Thank you.

>> Hi.

>> Hi.

>> I'm Duke Roy. This here's my circum.

>> Nice. Real nice.

>> You married by any chance your father

chief police in this town? Does he run

the bank? Your boyfriend race a crazy

car?

>> I ain't got no boyfriend.

>> How would you like to drive out anytime

between now and Saturday to the

fairgrounds? Trailer 3. That's mine.

>> Duke,

>> you have us a party. We can get you some

free tickets for

>> Duke. Michelle busy.

>> I ain't got no car.

>> Well, rent one for crying out loud.

Don't you like parties?

>> We all loved him. And he loved everybody

and everything.

About the only thing that Horus didn't

like was Elvis Presley and Oprah.

Live and let live.

But I do want to say a few things about

Horus's daughter Mary. In a day and age

when some kids have no respect for their

elders, no respect for authority, and no

respect for the law, Mary took care of

her father ever since his beloved wife

Marjorie passed away some 20 years ago

this May. Now Horus wasn't a well man.

He never knew when his heart would just

give out. And it was Mary's devotion to

him day in and day out that kept him

going that gave him a reason to live.

So today we are paying our respects to

Horus.

But I'd also like to pay my respects to

you, Mary, baby sister, as we all know

you best.

Every week, it was just a beautiful

service.

>> Thank you, ma'am.

>> Mary and I appreciated it so much.

>> God bless you both.

>> Oh, thank

Mary honey. Thank you, Mr. Samson.

>> I know you'll miss him. You used to take

him up such pretty trays. Always a cloth

napkin. That was a lovely touch.

>> I'll see you at the house, Miss Bailey.

It'll be nice to have you visit. Thank

you. Come along, dear. Heat.

Heat.

You've got to sell the house. I don't

want you there all alone. Now, tomorrow

morning, you call the lawyer first

thing.

>> I will.

>> You can come lively with me in

Hattisburg.

I promise you, honey, you'll never be

alone.

>> I don't mind being alone. I'm old enough

to take care of myself. Well, you took

good care of your father, all right, and

your mother before that. But when it

comes to yourself, Mary Grace, you

hadn't done too well.

>> Thank you, Aunt Helen.

>> Well, you never got a husband.

>> You never married either.

>> Well, in my day, being a spinster was

elegant.

Nowadays, it's weird.

>> Look at Hel in a circus.

find sight on a day like today.

>> Stop, please.

>> It's okay.

>> No, no, you go ahead, please.

Watch your blood.

Jordan,

>> you know, Mary, the new convolescent

home on 14th Avenue is looking for an

administrator.

>> I think I've spent enough time walking

up and downstairs taking care of the

ill.

>> This is all on one floor. Cream and

sugar.

>> Frankly, Mary, I've always thought you

made a fine library standing behind a

checkout desk whispering real nice.

>> Cream over me, please. The world's a

jungle, Mary. We just want to keep you

safe.

>> You're very delicate, dear. And I

promised your father I'd keep an eye on

you. Oh, Mary, are you going back into

teaching, dear?

>> She hasn't decided. We don't think she's

accredited anymore. It's been years

since she got her degree.

>> You taught English, didn't you?

>> Mary never actually taught. She was

trained to teach civics. However, they

don't teach civics nowadays. They teach

you how to have sex.

>> This cake is delicious. Did you make it?

>> Yes, she did.

>> Did she make it after her father died?

No, I baked it several weeks earlier and

froze it.

>> Oh, Mary bakes like no one I've ever

known. Everything is so moist. She

always adds one egg more than the recipe

calls for.

>> It's just cake, really.

>> Mary,

you should notice Mary's garden before

you leave. No one in the world can get

maragolds as large as hers. And for some

odd reason, her patunias never wilt in

the hottest sun. What's her secret?

>> Fertilizer. Is that all?

>> How often do you fertilize?

Mary, Miss Sharp asked you a question.

What? How often do you fertilize? What?

You're out of gold.

>> Excuse me.

>> I'm going into the kitchen to fill my

silver coffee pot, which I polish once

every two weeks. I fertilize the flowers

once a month. I have a BA in government.

The house is spotless. You could eat off

the floors, literally. If you think that

cake is moist, I make a killer custard.

I grind my own beans. Any questions

about anything?

Mary.

>> Oh, Helen, you scared me.

>> What are you doing? It's after midnight.

I was going to leave this near your bed

so you'd find it in the morning.

And Helen, I'm leaving.

>> Leaving for where?

>> Well, you may not believe this, but I'm

looking for the nearest jungle.

>> Do you mean the Everglades? Are you

going to Florida?

>> You worry about me, ain't Helen. The

worst that can happen is I'll be torn

and mutilated and returned in Manila

envelopes. Oh, I've never seen you act

this way.

He likes screaming.

Feel like screaming so loud they could

hear me in Beloxy.

>> Well, why don't you,

>> Aunt Helen?

I'm even afraid to scream.

And now for you hours, a few

announcements of local interest. The

monthly meeting of the Savannah Garden

Club on Tuesday has been moved to the

home of Beatatric Banks.

>> Well, Beatatric Banks can garden without

me Tuesday.

>> I am not going to plant patuniius and

stare at Beatatric Banks thighs this

week. Thank you.

>> God, Mary, you're mad enough to boil

eggs.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

We wish to

politic.

Excuse me.

I'm looking for Mr. Duke Royal.

Duke Royal?

Me?

>> Do you know where I can find him?

>> We don't speak English.

>> Oh, I see. Uh,

parlay von.

Excuse

me.

I

>> I'm looking for Duke Royal.

>> Duke said if a woman ever come looking

for him in a roadside diner in Georgia

at 2:00 in the morning to tell him that

it wasn't his.

>> Well, I I've never met him. I'm looking

for a job. Oh, well, uh, why don't you

go sit over that table over there and

start with the typing test?

>> Oh, boy.

Hey, lady.

>> You looking for Duke?

>> I want a job.

>> What do you do?

>> I don't do anything.

>> You're really talented.

What do you do?

>> I was born with an occupation.

>> Do I make you nervous?

>> I've never been around anyone like you

before.

>> Midgets.

>> Oh, I wouldn't call them that.

>> Dwarfs.

>> That doesn't sound very nice either.

>> The only two names I can think of.

>> Well, you guys are real small. I mean,

up real close. You're still real small.

I got a friend that raises Great Danes.

The dogs are taller than he is. Why'd

you sit down?

>> You're a pretty lady.

>> No strings attached. I don't fool around

with regularsized women.

The Duke's not here. He went on to head

up to Statesboro to suck things up.

>> What's the matter, lady?

>> You may not believe this,

but I'm running away from home.

You're kidding. Aren't you a little old?

>> I had to wait for everybody to die so I

could do it.

>> Listen, why don't you go on up to

Statesboro tomorrow? But don't tell them

you do nothing. Make something up.

Duke's always said the only difference

between the truth and a lie is one's the

truth and one's a lie. He's a

philosopher.

>> Oh.

Heat.

Heat.

Wow.

All right.

Let's go.

Please be

a bit

like a

All right.

Thank you.

All right.

>> Well, I see you found us.

>> Yes. Hello.

>> But the show doesn't start till 8:00

tonight.

>> I'm serious about a job.

I could walk around being tall.

>> Come on, I'll show you Duke's trailer.

If he's sober, you'll have a lovely

thought.

It's open.

>> Yeah,

>> I'm Mary Flynn and I

>> you from the SPCA?

>> Well, the elephant is being fed just

plenty and she's dropping it all over

left field. Double animals are being put

in single cages only during a mating

season. And go see for yourself.

>> Well, I'm not from the SPCA. I want a

job with your circus. secretary,

bookkeeper, you better go see the

telephone company.

>> The fact is, uh, I'm running off with

the circus and I need your consent and

you can't deny it cuz it's a matter of

life and death. Sort of.

>> Yeah, it's usually kids that run after a

circus.

>> Well, I don't believe in age

discrimination.

>> Why the hell are you doing this? Hand me

those pants.

>> Why does anyone

>> Well, some people want to pull up

stakes, I suppose.

>> Yes, that's it.

Some want of a board responsibility.

Some are in trouble with the law.

>> No.

>> Some think it's fun.

>> Well, it is and it isn't.

>> Uh, what's your pleasure?

>> Oh, no. I don't drink.

>> You mean you don't want to drink now or

you don't drink at all?

>> I don't drink at all.

>> I don't trust people who don't drink cuz

they usually drink.

>> Touch of the elephant's curse.

You a acrobat or something? You you ride

horses?

>> I've been taking care of my father for

several years. He just passed away.

>> Well, we don't have any fathers here any

taken care of. And you're not sexy.

>> I beg you pardon.

>> If you were sexy, I'd keep you around

because I'm what you call a visual

person.

>> Oh,

>> but you're not.

>> I know. I may be a lot of things, but

I'm not sexy. I never was sexy. I don't

even know how to be sexy. I have often

been complimented on my appearance.

>> Appearances to the mind are of three

kinds. Things either are what they

appear to be or they neither are nor

appear to be or they are and do not

appear to be. Rightly to aim in all

these cases is the wise man's task.

Epictitus died 50 years after Christ

without nearly the reputation.

>> Sure you don't want to drink?

>> No, thank you.

>> Okay.

This isn't exactly a class circus.

>> Oh, it's rotten.

>> I mean, it's not like the ones I saw

when I was a little girl. Costumes all

faded and ripped. Your lion has the

mane.

>> She's getting shots.

>> They're not working.

>> Why the hell did you come here in the

first place?

>> Go find a circus when you need one.

>> Your father's death really got to you,

didn't it?

No, my own did.

Nothing inside me is moving.

When I got up this morning, all I could

think of was making a tray.

>> Huh?

>> There are two possibilities, but I don't

think you're right for either one.

>> That's uh Priscilla.

She's a flying princess. Hey, tighten

that rigger.

We had four. One of the girls fell a

couple of weeks ago. She landed on her

feet, ironically enough, but it didn't

help it.

>> Well, I'm deathly afraid of heights, and

I don't have the experience for that.

Mr. Royal, you you said there were two

openings.

>> I don't think the other will match your

breeding, ma'am.

>> Well, could I be the the judge of that?

I mean, I'll take the second position,

whatever it is, as long as it doesn't

involve physical danger and no

athletics. I'm not good at those. And uh

I could never do anything in front of a

crowd.

>> You're a real daredevil.

>> Uh

God, it stinks.

>> I keep telling him to use deodorant, but

they won't listen.

You got to feed them, wash them, and

clean up after.

>> I feel dizzy.

>> It'll be that way the first couple of

days. They don't care much for your

smell, either.

Excuse me.

>> Uh-huh.

>> Are you Jesse?

>> Yeah.

>> What? Mr. Duke Royal told me to see you

and fill out an application.

>> Application for what?

>> I have a job cleaning cages.

>> You look like an algebra teacher.

Duke meets a lot of women in his off

hours. You know what I mean? Sometimes

he promises some of them jobs. They're

anxious to get into show business and

and some of them take them up on it.

Never last more than a week.

First of all, I didn't meet Mr. Royal

that way. And second, if I wanted to be

in show business, I wouldn't start here,

per se.

Hello.

>> What is that?

>> Corn beef hash. May I have some more?

>> Finish that first. It's got poison in

it.

>> Uh, pardon me. May I sit here with you?

May I May you what? May I sit with you?

It's a free country.

>> My name is Mary Flynn.

I joined the circus this morning.

I'm looking forward to meeting you all.

>> Would you like to meet now?

>> Well, that's okay. I'm bad with names.

>> They don't take to outsiders quickly.

>> Sometimes they don't take to him at all.

Hello.

Pick it up.

with

a warm group.

Isn't that disgusting? It's exactly why

I never got a cat.

Mr. Royal.

>> Mr. Royal, I'm sorry, but I don't do

cages.

>> Forget it. You're fired. You should have

been working 2 hours ago

>> at 5:00 in the morning.

>> Pack your thing.

>> Oh, please, Mr. Royal.

>> Get moving, boys. Practice those

elephants.

But will you get lost, ma'am? You don't

really want to be here.

>> Mr. Royal, I I want to go back in those

cages more than any place else in the

whole world. I I want to be in those

cages uh more than in in Paris, France.

I want to be in those cages more than in

a tap at address, the Empire State

Building. A dime store lipsticks. Uh uh

bread baking. Uh a soap with perfume in

it. More than a real clean filling

station bathroom when you need it badly.

>> Nope.

>> More than Christmas Eve?

>> Nope.

>> Mr. Royal. Uh when I was a little girl,

my my favorite thing in the world, I

mean the whole world. When I had it, I

couldn't even think of anything else,

was a chocolate sundae with vanilla ice

cream, whole the whipped cream, chopped

almonds, and not one but a whole bunch

of Marisina cherries. Now, I want to get

back in those cages more than a

chocolate sundae with vanilla ice cream,

whole whipped cream, chopped almonds,

and a whole bunch of Marosina cherries.

>> Now you're in the circus.

>> Oh. Oh, thank you so much. Well, I don't

know what to say.

I have work to do.

Mr. Royal,

excuse me for being rude, but you're a

bastard.

Hey, Rodriguez, give me one of your

horses, will you? I'm almost through

with mine, and I don't believe in loping

on the job.

>> Think we have

>> Hi.

Hello, Mary. Everything's just fine in

the cages. There've been some nice

cooling breezes come through.

Good evening, Mr. Royal.

>> Oh, good good evening, mayor. Look, if

there's going to be a storm, I want that

rig and secure. I'm going to fire any

creep who gives more peak performances

drunken bums gave us in West Virginia.

I have to go

I approve.

Andre

It's all good.

>> Mr. Royal.

>> Oh, not now, Mary. Huh?

>> Uh, Mr. Roy, please, can I ride in the

parade?

>> Stall cleaners don't sell tickets.

>> Oh, please.

>> Oh, jeez. Mary, sometimes you act like

you were 6 years old.

Oh, shut up.

>> You shut up.

>> Ever since I got here, all you've done

is scream. You scream, your husband

screams, your brother screams, everybody

screams. I haven't had a decent night's

sleep since since I don't know when.

I love my husband. It shows.

You want to be friends.

Okay.

You nice lady. You nice lady. Good.

Kind.

So

>> you

be on the phone. Happy to meet you.

>> Hi. Oh, how are you? Hello.

>> Hi. Hello.

>> Hello.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

September

change my mind.

Mary.

>> Hi.

>> Oh, mind if I sit down?

>> No.

>> Uh,

look real nice tonight.

>> Thank you.

>> It was real pretty.

>> Thank you again.

>> I didn't know you had it in you.

>> You have a way of making people feel

really good about themselves.

>> Oh, thank you.

>> So, you were a daddy's girl. No,

>> I was a mama's girl till she died. Then

I was a daddy's girl. It's not a

difficult transition once you know the

basics.

>> Ever been married?

>> Once almost when I was 19 and again when

I was 30. No thank you. But it would

have meant moving away.

I used to think the worst thing in the

world anybody could be was a thankless

child. I've read a little Shakespeare

myself.

>> Oh.

>> My parents were infirm.

>> Infirm?

>> Yes. They couldn't do anything for

themselves. Oh, you mean they knew a

sucker when they saw one?

>> Mr. Royal, Southerners have a long

tradition of taking care of their own.

>> You realize if it hadn't been for

slavery, the South would be famous for

grits.

>> Can I come in?

>> Oh, you mean I can't come in?

>> Well, I don't know you at all.

>> I've got my teeth. I fear God. And I've

had my shots.

>> Uh, did you go into town today?

>> Yes.

>> Have your hair fixed?

>> Mhm.

>> Buy new clothes?

>> Yes.

>> Why?

>> Well, I wanted you to notice me.

>> I am noticing you.

>> Good night, Mr. Royal.

That's as bad as kicking a dog.

Heat. Heat.

You tired?

>> Well, my back hurts and I'm hungry for

some good food. Well, we'll be in Elabel

about a half hour.

Last year we were in Phoenix and um

Duke came in one night, asked me to

marry him.

It was after midnight. We went right

out. We found this preacher and he

married us right then. Yeah. His wife

took our photo with the Polaroid camera.

And the next morning,

Duke says it was all just a joke cuz he

was drunk and wasn't even legal cuz we

uh hadn't gotten a marriage license. But

as far as I'm concerned, it is legal.

I mean, it's what you say to each other

that matters, you know. H

you can't just wish something like that

away.

You know, we got bill collectors after

us from four states.

Duke doesn't seem worried.

>> Well, Duke says life is a circus. You

know, he just happens to own a real one.

Luke's got designs on you. I see him.

We'll see what I get. Tidbits, but I

can't complain cuz

he never promises more than he delivers.

You know, I can't control what people

do. But should Jun and Duke ever get

together, you know?

You won't be a friend of mine.

I had to put up with his foolishness,

but I don't have to put up with yours.

Hop.

Hey, Hueie. You okay?

Oh, just a little under the weather. It

happens all the time.

>> Can I get you, doctor?

>> No, no, I'll be fine. Growing pains.

>> Ah, man.

>> There's something the matter with Louie.

He can hardly breathe.

>> Oh, Lou gets sick a lot. There's nothing

anyone can do about it. Some kind of uh

respiratory ailment a lot of midgets

get.

>> It started up a year ago.

>> Well, we have to do something to help

him. There's nothing to be done.

>> Luton's sick and you couldn't care less.

>> Oh jeez. Of course I care.

>> But people get sick every day, Mary.

There's nothing I can do to stop the

process.

>> At the risk of losing my job, if that's

what you call cleaning cages. I have

never in my life met anyone as offensive

and callous and insensitive as you are.

>> Uh-uh. as you.

Heat. Here

we are. Here we are.

Hey,

hey, hey,

hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Want some air?

>> How you feeling?

>> Well, not so good.

If I was your size, I'd feel twice as

bad.

The heart pumps the blood too fast. A

lot of us get it. We're an exclusive

group.

>> I'll help you, Louie. I'll take care of

you.

>> I can take care of myself.

>> I looked after both my parents. Fixed

their meals. made sure they took the

medicine,

even helped them to the bathroom. They

wouldn't have made it without me.

>> They didn't make it.

>> I still make you nervous, don't I?

>> No.

Yes.

>> Mary, will you kiss me? Nothing long or

drawn out, just on the cheek. I like

that. I had a girlfriend once in the

fourth grade. She kept growing and I

stayed foot. By the seventh grade, she

wasn't interested in me anymore.

break down.

Sure.

accident.

>> Someone got hurt.

>> Oh my god.

What happened?

>> Olivia Pabasa shot her husband.

>> Is he dead?

>> I don't think so.

This is

crazy.

I love

>> Good morning.

>> Morning.

>> Everything okay?

>> Couldn't be better.

How'd you like a promotion?

>> What kind of a promotion?

>> Well, Mayor of Jackson's coming to the

circus tomorrow night,

>> and Olivia Probashka has just been

booked for attempted murder in

possession of a deadly weapon.

So,

I'm promoting you.

>> But, but I can't do that.

>> Sure you can. No, you've got to be agile

and and and quick and coordinated and

and athletic and Duke. Duke, please.

Please. Oh,

>> George,

this is Mary Flynn.

>> Mary Flynn.

>> Sergey. Mary. Ivonne. Mary. Mary. Ivan.

>> Duke. They don't understand a word

you're saying.

>> They respond to the authority in my

voice. All right. Now, there's no such

thing as a circus without an acrobat,

right? And you can't have an acrobatic

act without a pretty girl. So, I brought

you a new pretty girl.

New lady.

New lady.

>> Duke, this is crazy.

>> Olivia.

>> Olivia.

>> Olivia. Oh,

>> take it easy. No.

>> All right. Now you stand here.

>> No.

>> No. I can't. I can't. I would. I would

if I could, but I can't. Now, I have

made my decision. And my decision is

final.

>> All you have to do is keep your back

straight, your arms and legs loose.

They'll do the rest for you. What's the

matter? Don't you have any guts?

>> Well, yes, I have guts. I also have bad

posture. Hey.

Hey, you think I'm going to let you get

hurt?

>> Well, I

>> Now, now you stand there. That's it.

Keep your whole body loose and don't be

frightened. Okay, George. Okay, Dan.

>> Okay, relax. Relax.

>> Fire. Have fun.

>> Oh, you bastard.

>> Let her go.

>> Now, isn't that better than shoveling

manure?

Huh?

Yes.

Down.

Help. Oh, hell.

>> Oh, please help.

You've got to be kidding.

>> Oh, please. That's enough.

>> Oh, now that's enough. I need a little

break.

You'll feel better tomorrow. More you do

it, the easier it gets.

>> Your encouragement means the world to

me.

>> Hey, Mary.

>> I'd like to get together with you.

>> Your timing is impeccable.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Up

up up.

Hold it steady.

Heat. Heat.

break the leg.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to

present direct from their

record-breaking European tour those

twisting somersaulting

artists of the teter board, the great

George Sergey and

Maria Alexandra.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat up

here.

Who is it?

>> Duke.

>> Hi.

>> Hi. Uh, Lou told me you didn't eat any

supper.

>> The idea of facing the hot table

nauseiated me.

>> Well, how about a steak? A big juicy

steak.

>> No thanks.

>> Right here in town. We can wear dress up

clothes. I know a real nice place. You

wouldn't recognize me in a time.

>> Uh, why the hell not?

>> Because things are nice just the way

they are.

>> Well, you're an attractive woman and one

hell of an acrobat.

>> Maybe some other time.

>> Look, I've never begged a woman to go

out with me in my life, and I'm not

starting now. So, if the answer is no,

it'll stay no.

>> Fine.

Open the door.

Mary,

when I was a boy, the thing I wanted

most in the world was a Lionel electric

train with an engine in front and a red

caboose on the back and a dozen

passenger and freight cars in between.

And I wanted it to cross over lots of

little bridges and go up steep mountains

and through tunnels and have plastic

trees all over. And when it came back to

downtown, this big wooden arm would come

down in front of the tracks and bells

would go off and the so that the cars

would stop. And when the train went

past, the arm would lift and the bells

would stop and the cars would go on

again.

And I'd like to buy you a steak more

than that.

Now you're ready.

really

13.

Come on.

>> I don't understand.

What?

>> Why you don't drink?

>> Makes you fat.

>> I'm not fat.

>> No.

>> Jesse says you're having financial

problems.

>> Well, the circus is having financial

problems, but I I'm personally doing

fine.

>> You going to close down?

>> When things get rough, you disassociate

yourself from them, don't you?

Uh

yeah, I've been hightailing it in and

out one place and another as long as I

can remember. When I was 14, my mother

got cancer. And the day after she told

me, I packed my bags and ran away from

home. And that sounds awful to you,

doesn't it? But I didn't want to watch

her die.

So I kissed her. I said goodbye.

I held her.

That was real hard.

Then just left before she did.

>> Jesse says when I die, I'm going to have

to rent people to come to my funeral

because I don't have many acquaintances.

>> She says I'm like a bad dog. There's no

reason to keep it except every time you

go to put it out, you change your mind

to something that dog.

>> I like you, Duke.

>> Give me five reasons.

I I can't even give you one.

>> You see what I mean about the dog?

>> You live by your own rules. You have no

sense of duty. You accept the

inevitable. You never break promises cuz

you don't make any in the first place.

There's a lesson there somewhere.

You don't like me too much, Mary. You're

a fine lady, and I just have that nasty

habit of disappearing in a puff of

smoke.

You

>> like to dance, kiddo?

>> Oh, but Duke, I have I haven't danced

since I don't Come on.

>> But there's nobody else on the floor.

>> Nobody's going to care if you step my

feet.

Oh,

>> did you marry Jesse?

>> She told you that? Well, she said you

went to a minister.

>> Minister?

For $50, he would have been anything in

the world you wanted him to be. For $2

more, her wife would have joined in.

>> Ah, no. We We had no license, no blood

tests, nothing.

We were both drunk.

>> Yeah. So drunk that I said her part and

she said mine.

>> Why did you do it?

>> Oh, you know, just to see what it felt

like to get married.

Didn't you like it?

>> M didn't feel any different afterward.

You know, I like I like things that uh

make you feel different when they're

over.

>> Do you love her?

>> Well, haven't told her so.

>> Yeah. Um what if I married her? Huh?

Well, I guess I'd smile and say fine.

>> And if I didn't,

>> well, smile and say fine.

And then I'd say

what I want most in this whole world,

more than a chocolate sundae, is you.

Jesse asked me not to do this if I if I

wanted her friendship.

This would be the first time in my life

I ever intentionally made an enemy.

>> Why are you doing it?

>> Because I I want to be close to you

and I know it'll never happen outside of

bed.

So I

I ask everyone's forgiveness

and your enthusiastic consent.

I got a pink slip everybody. Next week

the horses are sold and the zoo at Fort

Worth said they'd take care of one of

the elephants. You know, Bertha, if I

could get her there. Trucks are spoken

for and a Baptist church bought the

tent.

I'd like it if you stayed on to the end.

Just a few more days.

>> Okay.

>> Good.

What do you do after that?

Well, I I'll go home, I guess.

Maybe I'll bleach my hair.

I used to see all these blonde ladies

walking around like someone told them it

was all right for them to be sexy, but

not me.

I just waited for somebody else to tell

me things were okay.

Well, I'm going to stop rejecting my

best ideas.

What about you, Duke?

>> A maybe Canada.

Never been there. Sounds like a place to

have a good time.

>> Duke,

>> can I ask you a question?

>> Sure.

>> We just had a good time, didn't we?

>> Yeah.

>> Didn't we?

>> I said, "Yeah."

>> Well, doesn't that mean anything?

>> Like what?

I

>> I don't know. something.

>> Making love is about the only thing I

haven't got bored with sooner or later.

>> I always wanted to marry the man I felt

close to in bed.

I thought that was a signal for the

preacher to walk in.

I wanted to marry Ernest Hemingway, too.

Mhm.

I care about you, Mary.

You're a fine lady. You're the best

lady.

>> Come to Savannah Duke. I know everybody

in town. You could get a good job.

>> Hey, now

that's the sturdiest idea I've heard in

a long time.

>> Um, we could tell them you're a a

retiring military man.

>> Yeah.

>> Well, you are sort of.

>> Yeah.

You go to church and I'd go to a bar.

>> Come for a few days and see.

>> Well, you never know. Do you try it,

right?

>> That's right. You

>> think they'll let me in the country

club?

>> Oh, well, you'd uh

have to dress up a bit.

>> Play golf.

>> Hit those dumb little balls five miles

in those dumb little holes.

>> Might be fun to be mayor.

Duke,

how did you ever get involved in the

circus in the first place?

>> Well, I tell you, I was running around

one day, you know, nothing much in my

mind. And I met this elephant, though.

It's stupid to love somebody that

doesn't love you.

>> Why do you do it, Jesse?

>> Because every other man I meet is dull

by comparison.

I don't like you, Mary. I don't care for

you a bit. If you just stay on your

side, I'll stay on mine. Okay.

Can I have your attention, please?

We have a little quiet here.

>> Shut up.

Saturday night will be our last show.

I don't mean our last show for a while.

I mean our last show for good. The Duke

Royal Circus has become a nonprofit

organization,

and that's not what I intended it to be.

You'll be paid severance for one week,

not two. I'm sorry.

Charlie Vickworth of the Vicworth

Carnival has agreed to come up here

Saturday to talk to anyone who might be

interested in joining his group. He's a

good man or I wouldn't have asked him

by. The Engle brothers are also looking

for people and they'll be in Sarasota in

a month.

I tried to sell.

>> I thought I could find someone with

better ideas than mine.

I found out that it's easier to sell the

Brooklyn Bridge or Cleopatra's earrings

in a circus.

I'm sorry.

It won't be easy to know that.

Someone I know once said, uh,

go find a circus when you need one.

Well,

still a few of them left.

Hi.

Brought you something to eat.

>> You got all the good stuff. I see.

>> Duke made an announcement at dinner

tonight.

>> It's Saturday night and the gig's up.

>> What are you going to do?

>> Doctor said I should go to Arizona.

Better air.

I have a sister in Phoenix. I called her

and asked if I could stay with her till

I got a place of my own. She hemmed and

hawed about not much room and a bunch of

kids. So then I told her I had almost

$50,000 saved up.

I do, too. Then she says, "Well, come

on. I'll have that room repainted before

you arrive."

Nobody rich ever dies alone.

>> I have a big house in Savannah. There's

plenty of rooms. I'd be pleased to have

you stay there.

>> I only got a little time. I'd rather

watch my sister fade away than you.

Shula's leaving tonight, so you can help

out in the act until Saturday if you

would.

>> Okay.

>> I've been in the circus since I've been

15 years old.

People on the outside won't associate

with little people here. They pay to see

them. Now I got to go out and deal with

them in their own world.

Oh, I'm not talking about being small.

That doesn't bother me. It's just all

their seriousness, that's all. I'll

think of something to make him laugh. I

can always drop my pants if I have to.

It's a cheap joke, but it always works.

There we are. Now for a little powder

and we're all set.

>> Hi, Jesse.

>> You issued Duke an engraved invitation

to visit Savannah,

move into the family plantation. I think

that's part of it.

I love him too, Jesse. I think we could

be happy together.

>> You going to take him to your garden

parties?

Duke ain't very good at balancing

teacups while standing up. I don't think

the upper cross is going to get his

drift.

>> I'm sorry, Jesse.

>> You're sorry?

Like he'll be sorry.

You start trouble everywhere you go,

don't you? Mary Flynn with two shoes.

But you know what I say?

Behind every goodie two shoes is a real

People like you scare me.

I mean, you go around wrecking other

people's lives and you don't even have

the courtesy to sweat. They look like

they just got out of the shower.

I'm betting against Savannah cuz he

belches too loud for your kind of

people.

Why don't you just cut out my heart?

>> Showtime.

You look just beautiful, Henrietta.

Yeah.

Woohoo.

Heat.

Heat.

Hey,

heat.

You're a great clown, Henry. Yes.

>> And you're a great little

>> Thank you all for coming, folks. You

tell your friends and relations Tuscoos

and Demopoulos that we'll be there next

week for two days. And then Montgomery

and Birmingham. We'll see you all again

real real soon.

Good. All right. Take it out.

Come on.

>> I hope you'll be all right, Louie.

>> I'll live a hundred years.

>> Yeah.

>> Hey, Louie. Something wrong?

Something the matter. What is it?

>> You can tell me. I got no more time for

you, Duke.

>> Oh, you don't? Huh?

>> I'm sorry.

>> Well, maybe you just damn well better

find some.

>> Maybe I can't. Maybe you ain't worth it.

>> Hey, Louie,

for crying out loud. This isn't you.

You're sleazy, Duke. And you're dirty,

too. Ground in dirt.

You aren't good enough for Mary. You

haven't got the class. Well,

>> you think highly of me, don't you?

>> I think nothing of you. I've watched you

steal a lot, Duke. But this time, I'm

going to tell the cashier.

>> Come on. I can only speak English.

>> Mary tells me you're going to go home

with her. She thinks you're going to

marry her.

>> She asked me to come, Lou. She asked me

to come visit.

>> Well, maybe she makes mistakes like

everybody else. When it comes to men,

she has no frame of reference. Do

something charitable for a change.

>> Oh, yeah. Well, what might that be? Send

her home alone.

>> Maybe I just don't want to do that.

>> Yeah, sure. You'll spend a month. Then

he'll disappear probably in the middle

of the night or when she's out having

her hair done. That's the way you do

things. You leave a note with no

forwarding address. It'll break her up.

Scatter your junk somewhere else.

You love her.

Don't you? You love her more than just a

friend.

>> Jeez, I'm sorry, Louie.

When I was younger, they used to joke

about putting me on a curtain stretcher.

They'd laugh, say how it might make me

bigger.

Ever since I've met Mary, thought a lot

about that dumb stretcher. wondering if

it would really work.

She's a tender woman. She breaks easy

like eggs. I could handle her softly.

I could make her laugh. Send her funny

cards like, "Congratulations on your bar

mitzvah."

You could never do anything like that,

Duke. You'd take until you were full.

Then you'd push your chair back from the

table.

>> Don't be so sure.

>> You'd belt real loud first, though.

You only got one thing on me, Duke

Royal. About 2 feet.

Louie, what I want to tell you is

all those years of uh

people

looking at you like you was a freak

and you

never got mad or impatient.

>> Hell no.

>> You never lost your temper.

Never said a hard word to anyone. It

>> ain't no big thing.

You have more grace

than any man I've ever known.

>> Big tents packed and on the truck and

people are getting ready to move out.

Oh,

>> Duke, you are going to love it in

Savannah. Oh, Mary, I'm not coming to

Savannah.

>> But um

>> But you said you'd try.

>> Yeah. Yeah, I thought I would. I really

thought I would. I even told Jesse I was

leaving with you. But then all of a

sudden today, I started to picture

myself wearing striped suits and wing

tip shoes, working some job, waiting for

a twoe vacation each year. Uh nothing

fit. The suits looked silly and the

shoes were a joke. No, I just assumed

join a monastery.

>> Duke, uh um Duke, why why don't you come

for a few days? I mean, the house is

large and comfortable and there's a big

yard out back. Do Do you like to grow

things?

>> Oh, come on, Mary.

>> Oh. Um,

you and I never really were a match,

were we, Duke? In in the um forever and

ever way. I mean,

oh, God, listen to me.

I still think fairy tales.

I love you, Duke.

I have a feeling you're going to say

something like, um,

why don't you go home and find a nice

man and get married? Something like

that.

>> Something like that.

>> Well, that's that's what I want to do. I

thought you were going to join me.

No harm in asking.

Ask and ye shall receive.

John 16, I think. Well,

John was full of it.

>> I ought to love you, Mary, but I'm real

stupid about some things. I don't much

like responsibility, and love seems to

have all kinds of it. No, no, that's not

it.

It's just that I think if I ever let

myself go,

it would and get close.

It would feel so good. I'd want more. It

would be like dope. I'd need it all the

time. And then what if I suddenly

couldn't get it one day?

>> Why?

>> So, I keep a distance. I When I see it

coming, I cross to the other side of the

street.

I'm missing everything, huh? Ah, well,

we all screw up somewhere.

What about Jesse? Ah,

>> she's so damn loyal. I question her

judgment, but I've got to admire her

endurance.

>> I don't want to leave you, Duke.

>> You're not Jesse. Mary,

you're not the kind of woman to follow a

wild man all over Canada.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

There you go, Mike.

Poncho

Poncho. Good luck to you.

Son, good luck.

Here you go, Blossom.

Best cook I ever knew. Three years and

no one died.

>> See you do. What are you going to do?

>> Duke wants to go up to Canada. He said

there's a lot of mining going on up

there.

>> What's Duke know about mining?

>> Same as he knew about circuses.

>> Thank you for remember.

You take it easy now. Well, I'm going to

visit my daughter. She's living in New

Mexico.

Maybe I'll become a cowboy.

>> You look more like an Indian.

>> Jesse,

you be sure you keep him out of jail.

>> If he gets in, you be sure you visit him

regular.

>> Okay.

You took care of him as best you could.

Nobody was angry. Did you see that?

Huh?

Just take us a ride up to Canada and

we'll find something real thrilling to

do. Let's just not do anything unless

it's real thrilling. Okay.

>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We're going to dig us

up a golden

>> and get me a me coat,

me diamonds, big as an egg.

If that don't work out, well, just find

something else to do. Yeah.

>> I will never be further away in the

holler.

Did I ever tell you about my purple

sweater, Jesse?

>> No.

>> Well,

my mother

made me a purple sweater once. It had

this wide green stripe right across the

chest. It was the ugliest damn sweater I

ever saw. But she made me wear it. I

wore it for two years and I still hate

it.

>> Well, I guess purple green.

>> And then one day I put it on and all of

a sudden

it seemed like the most wonderful

sweater I've ever seen.

And when I got too big for it, I was so

disappointed.

So I kept it in a drawer

for a long time,

several years.

I never knew what happened to that

sweater.

Are you saying you'd like me to make you

another one?

No.

Well, why are you talking about her?

>> I don't know.

Heat.

Heat.

Hey, Mary.

>> Well, this is where I came in.

>> Well, it sure looks prettier on you now.

>> First thing I'm going to do when I get

home is give it to the Salvation Army

along with a whole closet full of

others.

>> Thank you, Duke.

>> You're a strange one. That's the nicest

thing anyone ever said to me.

If you get to Savannah, will you look me

up?

Well, miracles do happen. They change

one sex into another. You could change

your mind.

I'm going to take the bus to Statesboro

to pick up my car.

Goodbye, Duke.

Bye, Jesse.

>> Come on, give me a hug.

No hard feelings. What do you say?

Everybody has misunderstandings now and

then.

part of being human.

What a friend's forth. You can't fight

with them. I mean, you helped us out and

you really did. And I for one am

grateful.

We never could have made it without you.

Duke and I were going to British

Columbia.

>> British Columbia, huh?

>> Yeah. Duke says that's virgin territory.

He and I might not be talking about the

same thing.

Well, we're going to give a chance, you

know. I mean, if don't work out, there's

always Alaska.

Never know until you try. That's what

Duke says.

>> Well, Duke's a philosopher.

>> Good luck, Jesse.

>> Thanks, Mary. Thanks a lot.

That was the best time I ever had in my

whole life.

Hey, Duke.

>> What are you going to do if you run into

another elephant?

>> Roll over and play dead.

Good morning from KHTJ Savannah.

>> Good morning.

>> And here are some announcements of local

interest. The Kowanas Club will hold its

semianual businessman's breakfast

tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. at the Little

Tasty Europe restaurant on Highway 9.

Dorothy Webster is hosting a garden

party for the ladies auxiliary at her

home this afternoon.

>> I'm sorry, Mrs. Webster, I won't be able

to attend your garden party this

afternoon.

>> Emily Norton, president of the Savannah

Junior League, has postponed the annual

election from this Wednesday to next

because of a death in the family. And I

won't be able to attend the Junior

League election either

because of a life in the family.

That happened.

Aunt Helen.

Aunt Helen,

I'm okay. Aunt Helen,

I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble,

but I had to get away from this house. I

needed some time for myself, so I took

it.

>> Were there any phones where you were,

Maddie? One dime is cheap enough if you

really cared about anyone except

yourself.

Oh, you used to be a fine girl, Mary. We

used to be so proud of you. Well, I hope

you still will be.

>> You used to have such charm. Ever since

your father died, you seem to developed

a mind of your own.

>> As soon as I get cleaned up, I'm going

into town, have my hair cut and

bleached, and I am moving to Atlanta.

>> Atlanta? Why are you moving to Atlanta?

>> It's bigger.

>> I'll say it's full of crime.

>> Well, if I don't like it, I will move to

New York.

>> Mary Grace, are you in some sort of

trouble?

>> Of course not.

>> Oh, Mary, something's very wrong. I can

see it in your face. Your eyes never did

lie very well.

Mary Grace, where have you been?

I ran away with the circus.

Doesn't everyone what?