1 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:10,300 - Hold your end up higher. - I am. 2 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,300 - You are not. - Don't worry about me. 3 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,000 Mm. 4 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,100 - Hey, isn't that suit charcoal? - No. 5 00:01:19,300 --> 00:01:23,600 Looks charcoal grey to me. Some gray polyester blend. 6 00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:27,400 Couldn't you find a black suit for your father's funeral? 7 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:29,300 - It's black. - It's grey. 8 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,600 - It's black. Black. - Grey. Grey! 9 00:01:31,700 --> 00:01:33,300 Fine, it's black. 10 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:37,300 It's the greyest black I've ever seen. 11 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,800 - The colour doesn't matter! - Oww! 12 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:46,100 I'm sorry, Pop. I'm sorry! 13 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:03,100 - Quick! Get him out of there! - He's halfway to the harbour by now. 14 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,100 Ah, well. 15 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,900 "I leave you not just a model factory... 16 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,600 "but something infinitely more valuable. 17 00:04:18,700 --> 00:04:23,800 "The future of string... itself." 18 00:04:32,900 --> 00:04:36,300 "And thus it is my dying wish... 19 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:40,900 "that my two sons run Smuntz String together." 20 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,300 Great. Stick a "For Sale" sign up, see what we can get. 21 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:48,300 Ernie, we're not supposed to sell it. We're supposed to run it. 22 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:52,900 Either way, this godforsaken museum piece is not worth a dime, is it? 23 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,200 Some things are more important than money, Ernie. 24 00:04:57,300 --> 00:05:00,300 The financially challenged always say that. 25 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,600 Uh, please, please. 26 00:05:02,700 --> 00:05:06,800 "I also bequeath to you my personal effects, 27 00:05:06,900 --> 00:05:10,500 "including my ceramic egg, 28 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:17,000 "half box of Cuban cigars..." 29 00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:19,300 Oh! Yes, yes, yes, yes. 30 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:24,300 "M-my collection of spoons." 31 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:28,800 My goodness, what a treasure. What a legacy. 32 00:05:28,900 --> 00:05:33,900 Spoons! Spoons! So many spoons, so little time. 33 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:38,300 Oh! And, of course, something no household should be without. 34 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,200 The ceramic egg! Ooh-hoo-hoo. 35 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:44,200 Can I have the egg? Can I? Huh? Huh? 36 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:47,700 - No. I want you to have it. - Fine, I'll take it! 37 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:51,600 If you find any real estate on that desk, let me know. 38 00:05:51,700 --> 00:05:53,800 It seems there is also a house. 39 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,800 - A house? - Yes, 5120 Nortondale. 40 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:02,400 Your father acquired it many years ago as payment of a debt. 41 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:06,700 H-he never lived there, but i-i-it's interesting. 42 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:11,700 It seems the previous owner was found locked in a trunk in the attic. 43 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,200 Wait a minute. Is it worth anything? 44 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,400 Well, he was able to borrow $50,000 against it. 45 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,200 Really? So, what is its value today? 46 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,300 $50,000. 47 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:27,900 Great. A worthless house and a broken-down string factory. 48 00:06:28,100 --> 00:06:32,000 Oh, well. At least the day wasn't a total loss. 49 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:34,700 Thanks for the stogies, Pop. 50 00:06:34,900 --> 00:06:39,000 Wait. You can't go. W-we have to go through all these papers. 51 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:46,000 You'll have to excuse me. 52 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,000 I've got a date with the mayor. 53 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:56,500 Mr. Mayor! Mr. Mayor, over here! Mr. Mayor! 54 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,600 Will your recent triple heart bypass affect your campaign strategy? 55 00:07:00,700 --> 00:07:02,900 Now, Leslie, I'm just here to eat. 56 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,000 Ah, monsieur le maire, Madame maire, 57 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:09,700 welcome to Chez Ernie. 58 00:07:09,900 --> 00:07:13,300 What an honour it is to have you in my humble bistro. 59 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:17,900 Suivez-moi. You brought the little ones. The little bicycle thieves. 60 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,700 Bonjour! Our very best table. 61 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,100 - Have you lost weight? - Oh, I... 62 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,800 I think so! I think you may be! 63 00:07:26,900 --> 00:07:29,600 Je suisse enchant� pour votre beaut�. 64 00:07:29,700 --> 00:07:31,900 - You know? - Oh, monsieur Ernie... 65 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,100 Excusez-moi. Au revoir, les enfants! 66 00:07:38,100 --> 00:07:41,400 The air's not so thin at the top. 67 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,600 Just like the old man to die before I hit it big. 68 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:54,000 Remember, everyone. Attention to detail is vital! 69 00:07:54,100 --> 00:07:57,500 Presentation is everything. 70 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,100 No, no, no, no, no! These I must deliver myself. 71 00:08:11,900 --> 00:08:15,000 Duck a l�Orange avec du quack sauce... 72 00:08:15,100 --> 00:08:18,900 And forze Mayor, la sp�cialit� de la maison, 73 00:08:19,100 --> 00:08:22,100 Lobster Loaf a la Ernest ou la biblioth�que. 74 00:08:22,300 --> 00:08:24,600 - Oh... - Bon app�tit. 75 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:30,500 - Ah, bonjour! - How does it feel... 76 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:33,200 to serve the mayor after his re-election? 77 00:08:33,300 --> 00:08:36,500 - Well... May I call you Leslie? - Of course. 78 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,500 Crunchy! Hmm. I love the almonds. 79 00:08:44,700 --> 00:08:47,800 Leslie, cuisine, she is a fickle mistress... 80 00:08:47,900 --> 00:08:51,900 Ee-yew! Look! 81 00:08:52,100 --> 00:08:54,300 A cockroach! 82 00:08:56,300 --> 00:08:58,200 That's only half a cockroach. 83 00:08:58,300 --> 00:09:01,400 Daddy! You ate the head! 84 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:04,100 Honey, are you OK? 85 00:09:16,700 --> 00:09:18,900 Not again! 86 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,500 Was this an accident or murder...? 87 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,200 Clear! 88 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:28,700 I can do that better! 89 00:09:36,300 --> 00:09:39,600 Smuntz String is a relic of history. 90 00:09:39,700 --> 00:09:44,400 You don't make string by twining two strands together any more. 91 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:48,700 No. You make it simple, singular, strong, with nylon. 92 00:09:48,900 --> 00:09:51,900 Bu-but that's not string. Tha-that's cord. 93 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,700 - Exactly. - Twine is yesterday. Cord is today. 94 00:09:55,800 --> 00:10:00,500 Zeppco was interested in your factory but your father refused to sell. 95 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:02,500 We are hopin' you're smarter. 96 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,100 Zeppco is willin' to buy you out... 97 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,300 and bring this museum into the 21st century. 98 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:13,000 We'd keep you on as a consultant, with a huge salary and hefty pension. 99 00:10:14,700 --> 00:10:17,000 So... 100 00:10:17,100 --> 00:10:19,200 what do you say? 101 00:10:39,900 --> 00:10:43,500 - My sons... - Ernie. 102 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:48,000 - Ernie! - Yeah. Just a sec. 103 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:52,500 I want you... to have... something. 104 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,900 My most prized possession. 105 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,800 Oh, it's a piece of st-string. 106 00:10:59,900 --> 00:11:04,400 Not just any string. THE string. 107 00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:09,900 I found it my first day in America. 108 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,200 - What's with the string? - I've had it 60 years. 109 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,800 Here! I want you two to share it. 110 00:11:16,900 --> 00:11:20,700 Maybe it'll bring you closer together. 111 00:11:20,900 --> 00:11:24,300 - You haven't talked much lately. - Yeah. 112 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:28,100 - Ah! What are you doing? - I'm breaking it in half. 113 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,100 - No! I want you to share it. - No? 114 00:11:31,300 --> 00:11:34,300 - Forever. - Sure, Pop, sure. 115 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,400 You carry it the first 50 years, I'll take it the next. 116 00:11:37,500 --> 00:11:40,200 - Sure. - And turn up the morphine drip. 117 00:11:40,300 --> 00:11:42,400 I heard that. 118 00:11:44,900 --> 00:11:49,400 Promise me... that you will never sell... 119 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,800 Smuntz String... 120 00:11:52,900 --> 00:11:56,000 to one of those big conglomerates. 121 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,600 Keep it between you. 122 00:11:58,700 --> 00:12:02,000 Brothers. Family. 123 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:06,000 - Promise. - I promise, Pop. 124 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,900 - I promise. - So, you were sayin'? 125 00:12:11,100 --> 00:12:13,000 I'll have to pass. 126 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,100 What? 127 00:12:16,900 --> 00:12:21,000 "A world without string is chaos." 128 00:12:23,300 --> 00:12:26,300 For once the Smuntz name was worth something! 129 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:28,300 - No, no! Don't! - Oh! 130 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:32,700 You... You used to love string! 131 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:37,200 That was when I was dating the son of a wealthy string magnate! 132 00:12:37,300 --> 00:12:42,300 Not now, when I am married to the owner... of a worthless death-trap! 133 00:12:44,900 --> 00:12:48,300 I thought you'd be happy! I stood up for myself today! 134 00:12:48,500 --> 00:12:50,500 April, I've got new ideas. 135 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,700 You know, I've got big plans! 136 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:56,800 Don't you see, Lars? That's all you've ever had are plans. 137 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:01,800 But my life is passing me by, and I... I need more! 138 00:13:01,900 --> 00:13:06,700 There's no air in the middle class, Lars. I can't breathe here. 139 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,200 Please, April, don't go. 140 00:13:09,300 --> 00:13:11,700 I'm not going anywhere. 141 00:13:28,300 --> 00:13:32,600 'In a few moments, the joy of the holidays was shattered... 142 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:35,400 'and the world changed for many people. 143 00:13:35,500 --> 00:13:37,700 'Mayor McKrinkle died at 4:30pm, 144 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,000 'at Our Lady of Sorrows Hospital. 145 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,800 'Doctors say the cause of death is... 146 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:46,600 'heart failure due to the mayor's culinary disaster. 147 00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:49,100 'And once the hottest restaurant... 148 00:13:49,300 --> 00:13:52,200 'Chez Ernie is scheduled for demolition.' 149 00:13:52,300 --> 00:13:56,500 I-I don't think I ordered my cheese sandwich with capers. 150 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,600 - 'We go live to Leslie Reinhart.' - Sorry. 151 00:13:59,700 --> 00:14:02,800 'If this tragedy has a villain it is Ernie Smuntz. 152 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:05,600 - 'Once a local...' - Ernie, you're on TV! 153 00:14:05,700 --> 00:14:08,200 What? Oh. 154 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:10,700 You know what this is? I'll tell ya. 155 00:14:10,900 --> 00:14:13,500 - Guiit by accusation. - No capers. 156 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,900 But that's just grilled cheese. What's the point? 157 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,200 Why don't they eat out of a trough? 158 00:14:19,300 --> 00:14:23,500 Which one of you palateless sheep sent my sandwich back? 159 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,600 Hi, Ernie! 160 00:14:25,700 --> 00:14:27,100 Lars? 161 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,800 When I'm in the kitchen, I cook. 162 00:14:31,900 --> 00:14:34,400 I can't control everything in there. 163 00:14:34,500 --> 00:14:37,600 You know, it isn't fair to blame you. 164 00:14:37,700 --> 00:14:42,500 - You didn't do anything wrong. - But society likes to persecute. 165 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:47,500 A scapegoat, someone to demonise. The same thing happened to Galileo. 166 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,500 Really? That's unbelievable. 167 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,900 With a cockroach and everything? 168 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:57,300 No. The point is, I put everything into that restaurant. 169 00:14:57,500 --> 00:14:59,800 It was my livelihood and my home. 170 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,200 In one fatal bite, it was all taken away from me. 171 00:15:03,300 --> 00:15:05,400 If only we could sell the factory. 172 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:11,000 I'd let you stay with me, you know, but, uh, April threw me out. 173 00:15:11,100 --> 00:15:14,700 - Oh, that's too bad. - Yeah, well, don't worry about me. 174 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:18,100 April's been like this since high school. 175 00:15:18,300 --> 00:15:21,500 - She'll be back. I... - Would you look at them? 176 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,600 Sleeping in the street. Pitiful. 177 00:15:27,700 --> 00:15:30,400 If I had a house, I'd sleep in it! 178 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:36,000 - Remember how close we were as kids? - No. 179 00:15:36,100 --> 00:15:39,600 Hey! Merry Christmas! 180 00:15:39,700 --> 00:15:41,800 Yeah, I was on top once too. 181 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:46,800 But there's only one way to go from there, and that's down, baby, down! 182 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,300 Oh! 183 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,400 Ernie. 184 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:55,600 Ernie! Ernie, there was a quarter in there. 185 00:15:55,800 --> 00:16:00,400 A quarter? You think so small, Lars. 186 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:05,400 Look at the bigger picture. You have no home, no wife, no money. 187 00:16:05,500 --> 00:16:09,300 You have no discernible talents. How can you ignore that? 188 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:12,900 Ernie, it's Christmas. 189 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:17,200 Instead of dwelling on what we lack, let's be thankful for what we have. 190 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:24,000 ? If only in my dreams ? 191 00:17:11,300 --> 00:17:13,500 What a dump. 192 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,100 Wow! I can't believe Pops never told us about this house. 193 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,900 It's huge. 194 00:17:30,100 --> 00:17:32,700 This is the kind of house he'd have. 195 00:17:32,900 --> 00:17:35,800 It's just like him. Cold and spooky. 196 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:44,300 - Wow! Did you feel that? - What? 197 00:17:44,500 --> 00:17:47,800 I got a chill. You shouldn't talk about Pop like that. 198 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:50,600 Really? What's this do for you? 199 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:55,600 Thanks for nothing, you string-sucking old loon! 200 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,600 He didn't mean it, Pop. 201 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,300 Ernie! Ernie! 202 00:18:13,100 --> 00:18:16,700 Only one bed. I'll flip you for it. 203 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,200 Heads. 204 00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:41,600 E-Ernie? 205 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:47,200 Ernie. Ernie. 206 00:18:47,300 --> 00:18:50,000 - You asleep? - I was. 207 00:18:50,100 --> 00:18:53,400 How can you sleep through that? 208 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:56,800 - What? I don't hear anything. - Shh-shh-shh. That. 209 00:18:56,900 --> 00:19:00,500 Listen. Hear it? It's coming from upstairs. 210 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,500 Mothballs. 211 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:31,100 H-hey, stop it! Hey! Ow! 212 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,700 Ernie! Ernie! 213 00:20:22,700 --> 00:20:24,700 Wait. Wait a minute. Stop. Stop! 214 00:20:24,900 --> 00:20:28,800 Look. Look, look, look. It's only a toy. 215 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,800 Ah, shut up! 216 00:20:44,900 --> 00:20:47,100 It's coming from up there! 217 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,500 One, two, three! 218 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,200 Ooh! 219 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,700 - It's just a mouse. - What? 220 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,900 It's just a mouse. Never mind. 221 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,200 Hey, there are some posters up here. 222 00:21:12,300 --> 00:21:15,600 Oh! Stand still! 223 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,600 - They're blueprints. - Wow! 224 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:35,200 Wait a minute. Look at this date. 1876. 225 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:39,000 A centennial house could actually be worth something. 226 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,800 Look, this must be the architect. Look. 227 00:21:41,900 --> 00:21:45,300 Charles Lyle LaRue. 228 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:52,000 - Charles Lyle LaRue. - Charles Lyle LaRue? 229 00:21:55,700 --> 00:21:58,400 Charles Lyle LaRue. 230 00:22:00,500 --> 00:22:03,600 Charles Lyle LaRue! 231 00:22:03,900 --> 00:22:07,000 Charles Lyle LaRue! 232 00:22:07,100 --> 00:22:12,100 I'm actually standing in the missing LaRue! 233 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,900 - It's bold yet subtle. - Classical yet non-traditional. 234 00:22:16,100 --> 00:22:18,200 The missing LaRue. 235 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,400 The rumoured design completed before his committal isn't a rumour. 236 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,400 Before his committal? 237 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:26,700 I'm just glad he finished it... 238 00:22:26,900 --> 00:22:31,800 before they carted him off to the laughing academy. 239 00:22:31,900 --> 00:22:36,500 So, what do you think a magnificent edifice like this is worth? 240 00:22:36,700 --> 00:22:38,700 Properly restored, of course. 241 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,400 Well, his Parma Charnel House went for six... 242 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:46,300 But that was 10 years ago, and it didn't have this moulding. 243 00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:49,500 I see. I can't get enough of good moulding. 244 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:55,500 - Did you hear that? $600,000. - Phew. 245 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,900 Alexander Falko! 246 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,800 Back! 247 00:22:59,900 --> 00:23:02,500 Gentlemen, congratulations. 248 00:23:02,700 --> 00:23:06,800 Congratulations on your find. I'm a great admirer of LaRue. 249 00:23:06,900 --> 00:23:11,500 - Glass of rainwater, please. - The leading collector of LaRues. 250 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:15,500 Sort of like collecting stamps, but bigger? 251 00:23:15,700 --> 00:23:20,200 I'll get to the point. LaRue. I have his books and his letters. 252 00:23:20,300 --> 00:23:22,400 You see these shoes? 253 00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:25,500 - LaRues? - No, but he would love them. 254 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,800 Vegetarian snack. I own... 255 00:23:28,900 --> 00:23:33,000 42 LaRue houses. 42. I want to make it 43. 256 00:23:33,100 --> 00:23:35,400 You tell me how I'm going to do this. 257 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:38,900 Tell me how I will do this. Help me. How will I do this? 258 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,900 Well, I'm, uh, glad you asked. 259 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,200 His Parma Charnel House went for six, ten years ago, 260 00:23:44,300 --> 00:23:46,700 but it didn't have this moulding. 261 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,800 A find like this today is worth twice as much. 262 00:23:49,900 --> 00:23:53,400 - He's a LaRue connoisseur. - Guilty as charged. 263 00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:56,600 Gentlemen, I'm going to make you an offer. 264 00:23:56,700 --> 00:24:00,200 No, no, no, I couldn't be so crass as to allow you to do that. 265 00:24:00,300 --> 00:24:03,000 But you are welcome to come to the auction. 266 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:04,900 - Auction? - Auction, yes. 267 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:09,700 It would be unfair of us to deprive others of the chance to bid. 268 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,100 Um... 269 00:24:12,300 --> 00:24:15,500 May I have one moment with my brother, please? 270 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,700 - Sure. Of course. - Thank you. 271 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,000 - What is this? - It's the... 272 00:24:21,100 --> 00:24:24,100 - What is this? No. - It's the first I've heard... 273 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,700 - What are you doing? - Answering your prayers. 274 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,900 These pigeons are ripe for plucking. 275 00:24:32,100 --> 00:24:34,500 Put them in a room to outbid each other? 276 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,500 - We'll make $700,000, $800,000 easy. - Man, you're smart! 277 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,400 Oof! 278 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:42,900 - You'll get it... - Don't talk to me! 279 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,200 So, when is the, uh, earliest we can set the auction? 280 00:24:46,300 --> 00:24:50,400 I suppose all arrangements could be completed within the week. 281 00:24:50,500 --> 00:24:52,500 - A week it is. - Great! 282 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,800 - You're smarter than you look. - Thank you. 283 00:24:57,900 --> 00:24:59,800 But know this. 284 00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:04,200 I have never paid more than $10 million for a house in my life! 285 00:25:18,700 --> 00:25:20,700 OK, see you, then. 286 00:25:20,900 --> 00:25:23,500 Yeah. Thanks for stopping by. 287 00:25:29,500 --> 00:25:32,600 Ten million linen napkins. 288 00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:36,100 Five million bales of top-grade cotton fibre. 289 00:25:36,300 --> 00:25:40,800 Forty thousand hot lamps complete with rotating plate-warming trays. 290 00:25:40,900 --> 00:25:44,600 Two thousand twine threaders, gleaming under real lights. 291 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,700 My own chain of restaurants. 292 00:25:47,900 --> 00:25:51,700 April can have anything she's ever wanted! 293 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,400 Cars, coats, china. She loves china. 294 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,500 I'm gonna build a swimming pool... 295 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,400 full of pina coladas and a college girls. 296 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,100 If only Pop could've seen this house! 297 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,300 He did. He just wasn't smart enough to sell it. 298 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,800 We've turned a corner. Our future is staring us in the face. 299 00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:22,200 All we have to do is grab it, baste it, and scarf it down! 300 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,700 Aha! We've finally found our friend's home! 301 00:26:34,900 --> 00:26:37,500 Well, I bought a present for ya, buddy. 302 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:42,700 Ernie, I-it's just a little mouse. Do we really have to kill it? 303 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:46,600 Yes. Listen to me. A single vermin can bring you down. 304 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,000 Believe me, I know. Ah... 305 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:40,500 - I trust you slept well. - Oh! Like a baby. 306 00:27:49,100 --> 00:27:51,700 Hey, last night, did you hear the, uh... 307 00:27:51,900 --> 00:27:55,100 Oh, yeah. Let's see. 308 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:07,000 - Well, where'd he go? - Maybe it snapped by itself. 309 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,300 I don't believe it. 310 00:28:11,500 --> 00:28:16,900 He snapped the trap, ate the olive, and left the pit just to mock us. 311 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,900 You're giving him a little too much credit. 312 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:24,600 Mice don't mock. They don't have a sense of humour. 313 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,900 He's not sitting in his hole in a smoking jacket, 314 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,000 sipping cognac, giggling "I left the pit." 315 00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:34,900 The trap snapped itself, the olive flew off, and he ate it. 316 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,900 But now he knows we're here, he won't come near us. 317 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,700 We won't be seeing that... Mouse! 318 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,200 Aha! Ow! 319 00:28:48,700 --> 00:28:52,300 What are you doing, ya stupid nitwit? 320 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,800 Don't let him get away! 321 00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:16,900 Ow! 322 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,100 Ow! 323 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,500 Are you trying to kill me? 324 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:30,900 Ah, the mouse! 325 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,500 Let me see. Let me see! 326 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,400 Can you see him? 327 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,600 Get me my Gouda. 328 00:29:44,300 --> 00:29:48,200 - Careful, careful! - Don't touch me. You'll snap it. 329 00:29:48,300 --> 00:29:50,400 You're not doin' it right. 330 00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:53,400 - Put it on carefully. - I am. 331 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,500 Oh, relax. It's cheese. 332 00:29:57,900 --> 00:29:59,800 Bon app�tit. 333 00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:05,100 That takes care of that. Huh? 334 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,300 Oh! Oh! 335 00:30:27,100 --> 00:30:28,700 Hey! 336 00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:31,700 Hey! What are you doin'? 337 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,500 Lars! Gimme a hand with this. 338 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,900 You sure this tub fits with the house? 339 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,500 Jacuzzitub, Lars. It's a Jacuzzitub. 340 00:33:03,700 --> 00:33:06,400 And this isn't just a house. It's a LaRue. 341 00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:08,400 Of course it fits the decor. 342 00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:11,700 - Luxury is timeless. - How much, Ernie? 343 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:14,800 It was a steal at $1200. 344 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,900 $1200? 345 00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:19,500 You spent our last money on a tub! 346 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:21,400 A Jacuzzitub! 347 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,200 You have to spend money to make money. 348 00:33:24,300 --> 00:33:26,900 They threw in the cardboard lady too. 349 00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:09,200 Well... 350 00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:20,600 Don't you think this is a little... much? 351 00:34:20,700 --> 00:34:24,800 Never underestimate your opponent. 352 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:30,500 Say he has mastered a way to empty a mousetrap without getting caught. 353 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,000 If he snaps one of these babies, 354 00:34:33,100 --> 00:34:36,300 a chain reaction will start snapping them all. 355 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,600 The law of averages says one has to nab him. 356 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:43,700 Not bad. 357 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,500 Yes. Well, I like to use both sides of my brain. 358 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:49,500 Come on, let's hit the sack. 359 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,200 - Have you figured it out yet? - Shut up. 360 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:31,700 I'm thinking. I'm thinking! 361 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,800 Ernie. Ernie! 362 00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:57,300 Keep perfectly still. This is it. 363 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,500 - What's he doing? - I don't know. 364 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,300 That was good. 365 00:36:54,100 --> 00:36:56,700 Shh! He's goin' for the cherries! 366 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:01,900 You said mice like Gouda. 367 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,200 Not in the morning! They need fruit for energy. 368 00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:27,900 Oh, no! 369 00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:38,200 Ow! Ow. 370 00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:51,500 - Aah... Ow! - D-D-D-D-D-D-D. 371 00:37:57,500 --> 00:37:59,300 There he goes! 372 00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:05,100 - Juice! - Got it! 373 00:38:09,300 --> 00:38:11,600 This game is over! 374 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,200 - I think it's working! - Yeah. 375 00:38:33,900 --> 00:38:36,800 Whoa! Uh! I felt something. 376 00:38:36,900 --> 00:38:39,800 Ooh, ooh, ooh. Keep sucking! 377 00:38:47,300 --> 00:38:51,200 Goddamn, that mouse stinks! 378 00:38:51,300 --> 00:38:53,300 Dead animals always do. 379 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,900 Ohh! 380 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,200 Keep sucking! 381 00:39:09,300 --> 00:39:11,400 Oh, yeah, this'll get him! 382 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:38,100 - What's this? - We're foreclosing on your house. 383 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:40,300 You quit paying your mortgage. 384 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:45,200 Oh, wait a minute, there's some mistake, this house is paid for. 385 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,700 It was, but you borrowed against it. 386 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:51,200 If you don't pay the $1200, we repossess it. 387 00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:55,100 - $1200? - Well, how long do we have? 388 00:39:55,200 --> 00:40:00,300 One week from, uh... five days ago. 389 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:03,200 But, uh, that's two days! 390 00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:06,000 We don't have the time or energy for this. 391 00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:09,200 We're in the midst of an extensive renovation. 392 00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:12,800 Looks like you're off to a great start. 393 00:40:14,300 --> 00:40:17,600 Ask your boss for an advance. Pay him back later. 394 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:21,800 Couldn't your workers forfeit their salaries? 395 00:40:21,900 --> 00:40:26,100 If you hadn't spent all our money on that tub, we might be able to pay. 396 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:29,500 It doesn't help to start crying. 397 00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,700 No, Fluffy! No! 398 00:40:32,700 --> 00:40:35,500 No! I want my kitty! 399 00:40:35,700 --> 00:40:40,100 No, no, no! 400 00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:55,700 That one's cute. 401 00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:59,800 He doesn't have a killer instinct. 402 00:41:16,700 --> 00:41:20,500 Morning, gentlemen. I'm Maury. Can I help you? 403 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:23,000 Uh, hi, Maury. W-we need a cat. 404 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:29,200 Find the one you want and I'll spay or neuter it myself. 405 00:41:29,300 --> 00:41:32,100 Well, these are all kittens. 406 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:35,800 We were hoping for an older cat. One with experience. 407 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,700 Most people like cute little ones. Experience with what? 408 00:41:39,900 --> 00:41:42,900 - Mouse hunting. - All cats are good mousers. 409 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,300 But we have huge rats, the size of sumo wrestlers. 410 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:51,300 So, we need a ferocious feline with a history of mental illness. 411 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,600 I'm talkin'... one mean pussy. 412 00:41:53,700 --> 00:41:56,800 Yeah! A vicious cat, difficult to love. 413 00:41:56,900 --> 00:41:59,700 Do you have any of those knocking around? 414 00:41:59,900 --> 00:42:05,000 Funny you should ask. I had all but given up on anyone wanting him. 415 00:42:05,100 --> 00:42:08,300 We were about to gas him again. 416 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,400 Again? 417 00:42:10,500 --> 00:42:14,100 He's spent most of his whole life in that box, I expect. 418 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,000 "Catzilla"? 419 00:42:17,100 --> 00:42:19,400 The guys who clean up call him that. 420 00:42:19,500 --> 00:42:22,200 But you can call him anything you want. 421 00:42:22,300 --> 00:42:24,600 I'd say he looks like a "Fluffy." 422 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:31,800 Ah, poor little Catzilla. 423 00:42:32,900 --> 00:42:36,400 You want a home, don't you? You wanna get out of here. 424 00:42:36,500 --> 00:42:39,800 Well, you're gonna have to kill, kill, kill for it. 425 00:42:39,900 --> 00:42:42,600 You're a stupid cat, aren't you? 426 00:42:42,700 --> 00:42:46,100 Yes, you are. And ugly. Extremely. 427 00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:55,800 - Oh! Oh, you little bastard. - We'll take him. 428 00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:01,000 Here, boy. 429 00:43:14,300 --> 00:43:16,200 Ooh... He's got the scent now. 430 00:43:16,300 --> 00:43:18,200 Yeah, uh, go get 'im, boy. 431 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,300 Oh, easy, easy, easy, easy! 432 00:43:31,300 --> 00:43:34,500 Wow. I almost feel sorry for the little fella. 433 00:44:45,500 --> 00:44:47,700 Don't worry about that mouse, 434 00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,300 start thinking about how to get $1200. 435 00:44:50,500 --> 00:44:53,400 Don't worry, the workers will help us. 436 00:44:53,500 --> 00:44:56,000 You see, the truth is... 437 00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:00,600 we don't actually have any money. 438 00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:13,900 We may have to defer your next paycheque or... or two. 439 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:17,600 So we can pay the mortgage. 440 00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:19,600 It's the missing LaRue! 441 00:45:19,700 --> 00:45:22,400 There's no need for violence! 442 00:45:25,100 --> 00:45:28,300 Put that thing down. Whoa! 443 00:45:48,300 --> 00:45:52,500 - Ernie! - What's the matter? 444 00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:56,500 Well, the, uh, workers... didn't react very positively. 445 00:45:59,500 --> 00:46:00,900 No? 446 00:46:01,100 --> 00:46:03,200 Uh, what are you doing? 447 00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:07,000 - You could fit through here, right? - What? I guess so. 448 00:46:07,100 --> 00:46:09,200 Come on. 449 00:46:13,900 --> 00:46:16,600 But, Lars, that was our last resort! 450 00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:19,500 We'll have to find money someplace else. 451 00:46:37,700 --> 00:46:41,700 Gosh, it's a shame nobody's interested in buying the factory. 452 00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:45,900 Yeah, yeah, it's a shame. But who'd be stupid enough, right? 453 00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:48,500 Yeah. 454 00:48:32,900 --> 00:48:36,400 Ah, you must be... Caesar. 455 00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:39,400 I'm glad you could get here so quickly... 456 00:48:39,500 --> 00:48:41,300 Shh! 457 00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:13,800 You have mice. 458 00:49:15,900 --> 00:49:17,800 He's good. 459 00:49:17,900 --> 00:49:20,600 5120 Nortondale. 460 00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:22,800 January 4th, 0800 hours. 461 00:49:22,900 --> 00:49:26,000 Don't forget to get toothpaste and Saran Wrap. 462 00:49:26,100 --> 00:49:30,100 We're in sort of a hurry. I wanted to warn you about this mouse. 463 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:33,900 Yeah! You got asbestos, all right! 464 00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:36,800 I'll bet it's up in the ceiling, mostly! 465 00:49:38,100 --> 00:49:42,300 Shouldn't take me more than a day or two to remove it. 466 00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:51,100 OK, then. Um, uh, so, we're gonna go upstairs! 467 00:49:51,300 --> 00:49:54,300 All right, well, we'll all go upstairs! 468 00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:55,800 Yeah. 469 00:49:57,800 --> 00:50:00,200 OK, then. Yeah. 470 00:50:04,300 --> 00:50:06,100 What are you doing? 471 00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:11,400 - He's not listening any more. - Oh. 472 00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:13,600 Good. Well, you're the expert. 473 00:50:13,700 --> 00:50:17,000 I hope you can take care of this, whatever it takes. 474 00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:20,300 We've been trying to catch this menace all week. 475 00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:22,200 Here's your problem. 476 00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:24,600 Normal people are not... 477 00:50:24,700 --> 00:50:28,100 psychologically equipped to catch mice. 478 00:50:28,300 --> 00:50:31,700 You have to get inside their mind. 479 00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:34,900 You have to know what they want... need. 480 00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,800 You have to think like a mouse. 481 00:50:37,900 --> 00:50:41,400 If you can do that... if you can think like a mouse... 482 00:50:41,500 --> 00:50:44,400 you can anticipate their moves. 483 00:50:44,500 --> 00:50:48,600 Then, boom! Sayonara, mouse. 484 00:50:48,700 --> 00:50:52,200 Well, you got some great stuff... 485 00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:54,700 Whoa! Never touch that! 486 00:50:56,500 --> 00:50:59,400 - All right! - What is it? 487 00:51:00,500 --> 00:51:02,500 The big one. 488 00:51:02,700 --> 00:51:05,300 It's a flea bomb! 489 00:51:05,500 --> 00:51:07,700 Works on mice too. 490 00:51:08,700 --> 00:51:12,400 It better. Because we can't handle any more intrusions. 491 00:51:12,500 --> 00:51:16,200 Sure. That's how you perceive it. 492 00:51:16,300 --> 00:51:19,100 But to that mouse, 493 00:51:19,300 --> 00:51:22,100 you are the intruder. 494 00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:36,800 We can make enough string to meet our orders. 495 00:51:36,900 --> 00:51:38,800 Just so we can keep the LaRue. 496 00:51:38,900 --> 00:51:41,600 - Good luck. - Wait! Where are you going? 497 00:51:41,700 --> 00:51:43,500 I have to run a little errand. 498 00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:46,200 All you have to do is make $1200 worth. 499 00:51:46,300 --> 00:51:49,100 Light a match, they're frightened by fire! 500 00:53:55,100 --> 00:53:56,900 Unsanitary creature. 501 00:53:59,300 --> 00:54:03,200 Defecating... in the dining room. 502 00:54:07,300 --> 00:54:10,200 0915. Evidence found. 503 00:54:14,200 --> 00:54:18,000 Mus communis. Ugh. Male. 504 00:54:22,500 --> 00:54:27,300 Ten to, uh, twelve centimetres long, 505 00:54:29,500 --> 00:54:32,500 with a... hmm... 506 00:54:35,200 --> 00:54:38,200 What's this? A slight calcium deficiency. 507 00:54:39,500 --> 00:54:41,300 That's interesting. 508 00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:51,600 Hi. This is Ernest Smuntz of Smuntz String. 509 00:54:51,700 --> 00:54:54,100 Is this Zeppco International? 510 00:54:54,300 --> 00:54:58,000 Vinny? Hi, Vinny. Oh, I'm glad I can call you Vinny. 511 00:54:58,100 --> 00:55:01,800 My brother and I have decided to reconsider your offer. 512 00:55:01,900 --> 00:55:05,100 I'd love to discuss selling our factory to you. 513 00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:07,000 Oh, no, not at the office. 514 00:55:07,100 --> 00:55:10,600 How about Ellman Square under the big clock at noon? 515 00:56:36,200 --> 00:56:40,500 Uh, you, you must be Mrs. Lars Smuntz? 516 00:56:40,600 --> 00:56:43,700 I'm afraid that status is in transition. 517 00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:48,500 Oh, well, is Lars in? I'd like to discuss preparations for the auction. 518 00:56:48,600 --> 00:56:50,500 The auction? 519 00:57:06,300 --> 00:57:09,600 Careful, Lars. You might catch a cold. 520 00:57:11,100 --> 00:57:12,500 April! 521 00:57:14,700 --> 00:57:17,900 You look like you could use some warming up. 522 00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:29,100 1300 hours. I've activated the Squeak Seeker 2000. 523 00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:31,500 I'm about to join with the prey. 524 00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:51,800 I'm experiencing malfunction with the screen. Stand by. 525 00:58:02,300 --> 00:58:04,200 Junk. 526 00:58:13,900 --> 00:58:15,800 Nothing works. 527 00:58:52,900 --> 00:58:54,800 Ah, nuts! 528 00:59:40,400 --> 00:59:44,300 EKG, a C-spine, a chest x-ray and pelvis. Now move! 529 00:59:44,400 --> 00:59:46,000 $1200... 530 00:59:46,100 --> 00:59:48,300 Mr. Smuntz, you've been hit by a bus. 531 00:59:48,400 --> 00:59:51,100 I feel fine. What time is it? 532 00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:53,700 You may have had a concussion. 533 00:59:53,900 --> 00:59:57,200 Doc, I have to get out of here. I still have a chance. 534 00:59:57,300 --> 00:59:59,200 We saved your hat. 535 00:59:59,300 --> 01:00:02,700 - I'm sorry. Are you family? - Yes, we are sisters. 536 01:00:02,900 --> 01:00:05,900 There's some paperwork I need you to fill out. 537 01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:07,700 I don't even know them! 538 01:00:07,800 --> 01:00:10,400 Oh, I'm Hilde, and this is Ingrid. 539 01:00:10,500 --> 01:00:14,800 - We are hair models from Belgium. - Belgium. How exotic. 540 01:00:14,900 --> 01:00:19,600 Doc. I need to find a phone before I miss out on the deal of my life. 541 01:00:19,700 --> 01:00:22,700 - He's delirious. - I am not their brother! 542 01:00:22,800 --> 01:00:26,700 - I don't have any sisters! - Are you OK? I came when I heard. 543 01:00:26,900 --> 01:00:29,200 Why are you wearing a pink overcoat? 544 01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:34,300 Because April gave us the $1200! 545 01:00:38,500 --> 01:00:42,200 She gave you the money? She didn't hear about the auction? 546 01:00:42,300 --> 01:00:47,200 I didn't even tell her about the auction until after she took me back. 547 01:00:47,300 --> 01:00:52,300 She just showed up at the factory and begged me to take her. 548 01:00:52,500 --> 01:00:56,900 We made love in a way I've only ever seen in nature films. 549 01:00:57,000 --> 01:00:59,100 Wow. I almost can't believe it. 550 01:00:59,300 --> 01:01:03,200 I can open up another restaurant, you're back with April, 551 01:01:03,300 --> 01:01:06,600 you can even keep that worthless factory. 552 01:01:06,700 --> 01:01:09,800 It's funny you call the factory worthless, 553 01:01:09,900 --> 01:01:14,400 because there's something I probably should have mentioned... 554 01:01:14,500 --> 01:01:18,400 Yeah? Well, I guess I have something to confess too. 555 01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:22,100 Hey, isn't that Caesar's truck? 556 01:01:34,600 --> 01:01:37,200 - Oh, my God! - Caesar! What happened? 557 01:01:37,300 --> 01:01:40,700 - Please, he's not well. - Did you kill the mouse? 558 01:01:40,800 --> 01:01:43,300 What's that? Horse? 559 01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:47,300 Fiendish! I won't eat it. 560 01:01:53,300 --> 01:01:55,300 How'd you find him? 561 01:01:55,400 --> 01:01:59,600 911 call. No voice, but we heard screaming in the background. 562 01:01:59,700 --> 01:02:02,200 He was locked in a trunk in the attic. 563 01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:04,700 We'll call you if we get any leads. 564 01:02:27,100 --> 01:02:28,900 What's that? 565 01:02:31,900 --> 01:02:36,000 'Put that down. What is that?' 566 01:02:36,100 --> 01:02:39,800 'That tickles!' 567 01:02:45,600 --> 01:02:49,200 I don't think we're dealing with an ordinary mouse. 568 01:03:00,900 --> 01:03:02,800 My kitchen! 569 01:03:09,600 --> 01:03:13,300 Looks like Caesar decided to make himself a sandwich. 570 01:03:14,900 --> 01:03:19,300 Pickles, arugula and capers. 571 01:03:19,400 --> 01:03:23,500 He toasted the side with the cheese... 572 01:03:23,600 --> 01:03:25,700 but not the other side, 573 01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:28,600 so the arugula doesn't wilt. 574 01:03:30,400 --> 01:03:32,700 How did he know that? 575 01:03:42,800 --> 01:03:44,600 - Hello. - Hello. 576 01:03:50,600 --> 01:03:52,000 Ow! 577 01:03:53,500 --> 01:03:54,700 Ow! 578 01:04:06,800 --> 01:04:08,300 Aha! 579 01:04:20,200 --> 01:04:24,900 - Do you see him? - Yeah, I see him. 580 01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:34,800 Lars, I'm stuck! Get me out of here! I can't breathe! 581 01:04:34,900 --> 01:04:39,400 - I-I'll get a flashlight. - Hurry! 582 01:04:46,700 --> 01:04:49,400 - Here, Ernie, I got it. - I can see that. 583 01:04:50,600 --> 01:04:53,000 Wh... Oh! 584 01:04:53,100 --> 01:04:57,000 Hang on, Ernie. The flashlight's broken. 585 01:05:03,500 --> 01:05:07,500 - OK, Ernie. I got a light. - Great. 586 01:05:12,400 --> 01:05:15,600 Lars, do you smell something? 587 01:05:18,200 --> 01:05:20,000 Smells like gas. 588 01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:47,300 What are you gonna do? 589 01:06:47,400 --> 01:06:50,000 Kill that unspeakable thing. 590 01:06:50,200 --> 01:06:52,400 - Come on, Ernie... - Stand back! 591 01:06:52,500 --> 01:06:54,500 I'm a man on a mission! 592 01:06:54,600 --> 01:06:57,900 This is how accidents happen! 593 01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:02,500 - Come on, put the gun down. - I'll blow his furry head off. 594 01:07:02,600 --> 01:07:07,300 And splatter his devious mouse brain from here to kingdom come! 595 01:07:07,400 --> 01:07:09,900 No, no! You'll blow a hole in the wall. 596 01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:11,900 It'll be worth it! 597 01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:14,400 Think of the auction! For God's sake! 598 01:07:14,500 --> 01:07:19,100 Think of the money! They'll cut our price if there's bullet holes. 599 01:07:19,200 --> 01:07:22,400 - The money? - Yeah, the money, the moola. 600 01:07:22,500 --> 01:07:26,500 - There he goes. - Shoot! Shoot! 601 01:07:30,700 --> 01:07:34,600 Yes... You hit the piano! You hit the piano... 602 01:07:34,700 --> 01:07:36,300 - Look... - Shh! 603 01:07:48,700 --> 01:07:53,600 What are you, crazy? The only thing you haven't hit so far is the mouse! 604 01:07:53,700 --> 01:07:56,700 Give somebody else a chance with that gun. 605 01:07:56,800 --> 01:08:00,200 You're doing a wonderful job. 606 01:08:06,700 --> 01:08:09,000 Whoa! You got him! 607 01:08:14,600 --> 01:08:17,200 G-g-get him! 608 01:08:20,200 --> 01:08:23,000 See you in hell, mouse! 609 01:08:26,100 --> 01:08:28,200 Fire! 610 01:08:54,800 --> 01:08:56,800 God, I hate that mouse! 611 01:09:04,700 --> 01:09:07,500 'After the beep, start talking.' 612 01:09:07,600 --> 01:09:12,800 'Mr. Smuntz, this is Vinny from Zeppco calling. 613 01:09:12,900 --> 01:09:16,800 'We waited in the square for an hour, but you never showed. 614 01:09:16,900 --> 01:09:20,100 'We do not appreciate being treated this way, 615 01:09:20,200 --> 01:09:24,500 'especially after your brother already turned down our offer. 616 01:09:24,600 --> 01:09:27,300 'Consider our proposal withdrawn.' 617 01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:35,600 - Betrayed by my own brother! - Betrayal? 618 01:09:35,700 --> 01:09:40,900 Don't talk to me about betrayal. You should have told me about that offer! 619 01:09:41,000 --> 01:09:45,100 - Half that factory is mine. - And half is mi... 620 01:09:45,200 --> 01:09:49,400 And half is mine, including the half that you tried to sell. 621 01:09:49,500 --> 01:09:52,500 And would have, if it hadn't been for that bus! 622 01:09:52,600 --> 01:09:58,200 Bus? You can't leave well enough alone, can you? You ruin everything! 623 01:09:58,300 --> 01:10:01,100 Me? You... you blame me for this? 624 01:10:01,200 --> 01:10:03,600 Look! You blew a hole in the floor! 625 01:10:03,700 --> 01:10:07,600 I distinctly remember somebody yelling, "Shoot!" 626 01:10:07,700 --> 01:10:10,500 You've never listened to me before! 627 01:10:10,600 --> 01:10:12,600 - And you know why? - Why? 628 01:10:12,700 --> 01:10:15,900 Because I have no respect for you! 629 01:10:16,000 --> 01:10:20,100 Spending your whole life in that stupid factory! 630 01:10:20,200 --> 01:10:22,200 It's tragic. 631 01:10:22,300 --> 01:10:27,200 You think I didn't have ambitions of my own in my life? 632 01:10:27,300 --> 01:10:30,800 - Come on. You loved string. - I didn't love string! 633 01:10:30,900 --> 01:10:35,300 You and Pop were always running something through your fingers. 634 01:10:35,400 --> 01:10:37,400 It didn't matter what I did! 635 01:10:37,500 --> 01:10:41,200 I made a special rack of lamb for his 70th birthday... 636 01:10:41,300 --> 01:10:44,000 - Oh, no! - Yes! You remember. 637 01:10:44,100 --> 01:10:49,100 I slaved over that meal, making sure everything was perfect. 638 01:10:49,300 --> 01:10:53,800 Did he say, "Thanks, Ernie, it was delicious"? No. 639 01:10:53,900 --> 01:10:57,000 He only noticed the string I had tied it with. 640 01:10:59,900 --> 01:11:01,700 He was crazy! 641 01:11:02,900 --> 01:11:05,100 But I still wanted his approval. 642 01:11:05,200 --> 01:11:08,500 I didn't leave, Lars. I was cast out. 643 01:11:10,500 --> 01:11:15,000 There you go again! Blaming everything else but yourself. 644 01:11:15,200 --> 01:11:17,600 You think you're a success! Huh? 645 01:11:17,800 --> 01:11:22,200 Well, you... can't... cook! 646 01:11:23,500 --> 01:11:26,700 - I hate you! - And I hate you! 647 01:11:26,800 --> 01:11:29,200 - Not as much as I hate you! - Yeah? 648 01:11:29,300 --> 01:11:31,000 Yeah. Double. Double! 649 01:11:31,100 --> 01:11:34,800 Oh, give me something! I'm gonna brain you! 650 01:11:35,000 --> 01:11:36,800 Here it is! 651 01:11:36,900 --> 01:11:39,200 Oh, yeah, give it to me! Go ahead! 652 01:11:43,100 --> 01:11:46,300 You killed him! 653 01:11:47,500 --> 01:11:49,800 I-I didn't even know he was there! 654 01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:54,800 All the trouble we'd have saved if we'd just thrown fruit at him! 655 01:11:54,900 --> 01:11:57,400 Look! H-He's still breathing! 656 01:11:57,500 --> 01:12:00,300 Kill him! Kill him! Find a blunt object! 657 01:12:01,600 --> 01:12:04,000 There. Let him have it. 658 01:12:04,100 --> 01:12:06,600 - I-I... - What are you waiting for? 659 01:12:06,700 --> 01:12:09,100 - I can't just hit him. - Why not? 660 01:12:09,200 --> 01:12:11,300 Well, look at him. He's pathetic. 661 01:12:11,500 --> 01:12:13,900 Pathetic? He's Hitler with a tail. 662 01:12:14,000 --> 01:12:18,200 This is The Omen with whiskers. Nostradamus didn't see this. 663 01:12:18,400 --> 01:12:22,300 - W-well, he's a living thing. - Not for long. Gimme that! 664 01:12:26,700 --> 01:12:28,500 I can't! 665 01:12:28,700 --> 01:12:31,000 God! 666 01:12:32,500 --> 01:12:34,700 Look at him just lying there. 667 01:12:34,900 --> 01:12:37,800 It just doesn't feel very sportsmanlike. 668 01:12:37,800 --> 01:12:40,100 Do something! He's coming to. 669 01:12:46,700 --> 01:12:50,200 Ah, I forgot to put holes in the box. 670 01:13:11,100 --> 01:13:14,500 �Hasta la vista, you little rat bastard! 671 01:13:16,000 --> 01:13:20,500 - Come on. We got work to do. - Two days till pay-day, my friend. 672 01:14:13,500 --> 01:14:17,800 It's the architectural find of the decade. Oh, let's go... 673 01:14:18,800 --> 01:14:21,500 - Shall we? - Yes. 674 01:14:30,500 --> 01:14:36,400 - It wasn't easy, but we made it. - Mm-hmm. 675 01:14:36,500 --> 01:14:40,200 Ernie, I want you to have something. 676 01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:47,800 Pop's lucky piece of string. 677 01:14:50,100 --> 01:14:54,100 - I'm glad you kept it. - He, uh, he wanted us to share it. 678 01:14:54,300 --> 01:14:56,100 I don't know why, but... 679 01:14:57,200 --> 01:14:59,600 I think if he were here right now, 680 01:14:59,600 --> 01:15:01,600 he'd be proud of you. 681 01:15:03,400 --> 01:15:05,900 I think he'd be proud of us. 682 01:15:10,900 --> 01:15:15,300 Hello, ladies. How magnificent! Welcome! 683 01:15:15,500 --> 01:15:18,600 Lars, you remember Ingrid and Hilde. 684 01:15:18,700 --> 01:15:20,300 Hello. 685 01:15:20,400 --> 01:15:24,200 Ladies, your hair is positively biblical! 686 01:15:24,300 --> 01:15:26,300 Oh, thank you. 687 01:15:26,500 --> 01:15:30,800 Well, if you will excuse me, I have to check on my crepes. 688 01:15:36,600 --> 01:15:41,100 Keep the champagne coming. The more they drink, the higher they bid. 689 01:15:41,200 --> 01:15:43,600 You boys put on quite a shindig here. 690 01:15:43,700 --> 01:15:46,100 Thank you so much, Mr. Falko. 691 01:15:58,100 --> 01:16:01,200 You know, it would be very, very sad... 692 01:16:01,300 --> 01:16:04,700 if you boys put on this auction and nobody bid. 693 01:16:04,800 --> 01:16:08,300 That would put a real crimp in our evening, but... 694 01:16:08,400 --> 01:16:10,400 there's no danger of that. 695 01:16:10,500 --> 01:16:14,700 I don't know. There's a lot of Eurotrash scarf in' the shrimps. 696 01:16:14,800 --> 01:16:16,700 I tell you what. 697 01:16:16,800 --> 01:16:20,700 You call off the auction... now... 698 01:16:20,800 --> 01:16:23,700 and I will write you a cheque... 699 01:16:23,800 --> 01:16:25,600 for ten millions. 700 01:16:29,500 --> 01:16:32,900 As insanely generous as that is, I have to decline, 701 01:16:33,000 --> 01:16:36,000 but I appreciate your thoughtful concern. 702 01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:38,500 Enjoy the party. 703 01:16:38,600 --> 01:16:41,400 Are you interested in spooling? 704 01:16:41,500 --> 01:16:43,700 Oh, sure. My father... 705 01:16:43,800 --> 01:16:47,500 I mean, my brother and I own a string factory. 706 01:16:47,700 --> 01:16:50,700 - Really? - Mm-hmm. 707 01:16:50,800 --> 01:16:54,400 I would love to see your factory sometime. 708 01:16:54,500 --> 01:16:55,900 Really? 709 01:16:58,400 --> 01:17:02,800 April. What a surprise. Dropping by for no reason, I suppose? 710 01:17:02,900 --> 01:17:06,900 Does a wife need a reason? Oh, are you entertaining? 711 01:17:07,100 --> 01:17:09,800 - You mean "ex-wife"? - Not quite yet. 712 01:17:11,900 --> 01:17:16,200 - Ah, hakuna matata. - This crepe... c'est magnifique. 713 01:17:16,300 --> 01:17:20,000 - The raisins are a nice touch. - Good, aren't they? 714 01:17:21,300 --> 01:17:23,000 Raisins? 715 01:17:47,900 --> 01:17:51,000 Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. 716 01:17:51,100 --> 01:17:53,400 We are about to start the auction. 717 01:17:56,100 --> 01:17:59,800 I don't know whether to congratulate you or wish you luck. 718 01:17:59,900 --> 01:18:02,100 - Wish us luck! - Hello, April. 719 01:18:02,200 --> 01:18:05,000 - Oh, hello. - Nice to see you again. 720 01:18:05,100 --> 01:18:08,800 - I didn't know you knew our lawyer. - It's just an expression. 721 01:18:12,800 --> 01:18:16,700 Thank you, for joining us for this momentous occasion 722 01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:18,700 the auction of our one item, 723 01:18:20,200 --> 01:18:24,400 the missing LaRue. 724 01:18:24,600 --> 01:18:29,100 I would like to introduce the owner of this architectural wonder, 725 01:18:29,200 --> 01:18:33,300 Mr. Ernest Smuntz. 726 01:18:45,800 --> 01:18:48,900 Thank you, all, for coming. 727 01:18:49,000 --> 01:18:52,200 When my father left this extraordinary house 728 01:18:52,300 --> 01:18:53,900 to my brother Lars... 729 01:18:58,900 --> 01:19:01,700 and myself, uh, we... 730 01:19:01,800 --> 01:19:06,000 had no idea what surprises were in store for us or... 731 01:19:06,100 --> 01:19:08,500 what was going to happen next. 732 01:19:18,800 --> 01:19:22,200 Uh, when Quincy Thorpe of the, uh... 733 01:19:22,300 --> 01:19:25,100 Historical Society told us of its value, 734 01:19:25,200 --> 01:19:29,800 you, uh... you could have KNOCKED... 735 01:19:31,900 --> 01:19:35,400 us over with a feather. We... 736 01:19:36,600 --> 01:19:40,400 didn't know what... HIT US! 737 01:19:41,600 --> 01:19:45,700 The renovation was exhausting but ultimately rewarding. 738 01:19:45,800 --> 01:19:49,900 The house was in terrible disrepair 739 01:19:50,000 --> 01:19:52,200 But nothing that a few nails... 740 01:20:04,000 --> 01:20:07,200 And old-fashioned elbow grease couldn't fix. 741 01:20:07,400 --> 01:20:11,300 - People are eager to start bidding. - What? The bidding? 742 01:20:11,400 --> 01:20:14,600 - The bidding! - All right. Thank you. 743 01:20:14,700 --> 01:20:19,000 Thank you, Mr. Smuntz. 744 01:20:21,000 --> 01:20:23,500 No matter what happens, keep going. 745 01:20:30,900 --> 01:20:36,100 Built in 1876, the last LaRue in existence has five bedrooms... 746 01:20:36,200 --> 01:20:39,400 - Did you see him? I thought so. - Yes! 747 01:20:39,400 --> 01:20:42,200 - He ate the string. - What? 748 01:20:42,400 --> 01:20:45,200 The string. Pop's lucky string! 749 01:20:45,300 --> 01:20:47,200 The son of a bitch ate it! 750 01:20:47,300 --> 01:20:51,500 - Why didn't you tell me you saw him? - I didn't, but I found this. 751 01:20:51,600 --> 01:20:54,600 - You should have weighed him. - I'm sorry. 752 01:20:57,000 --> 01:21:00,200 - Did you see where it went? - It can't go far. 753 01:21:00,300 --> 01:21:03,700 Well, shall we start the bidding at $1 million? 754 01:21:03,800 --> 01:21:08,300 Now, we all know we're here to bid on the missing LaRue. 755 01:21:08,400 --> 01:21:10,600 Shall we start at $500,000? 756 01:21:12,200 --> 01:21:15,100 $500,000 from the gentleman from Japan. 757 01:21:15,200 --> 01:21:19,200 - Now, can I hear a million? - A million! 758 01:21:20,600 --> 01:21:24,800 - I'll give you one and a half. - I have $1.5 million. Two? 759 01:21:24,900 --> 01:21:27,700 There he is! 760 01:21:27,800 --> 01:21:33,100 Ladies and gentleman, all the carpets and tapestries... 761 01:21:33,200 --> 01:21:37,100 - are from Northern Turkey. - Oh! 762 01:21:37,200 --> 01:21:41,900 Now, can I have an advance on 1.5? May I have two? 763 01:21:42,000 --> 01:21:45,700 Can I have two, ladies and gentlemen? 764 01:21:45,800 --> 01:21:48,900 - Two million! - I have $2 million. 765 01:21:51,100 --> 01:21:55,600 I have $2 million, ladies and gentlemen. Can I have an advance? 766 01:21:55,600 --> 01:21:58,300 Can I have an advance on $2 million? 767 01:21:58,400 --> 01:22:02,600 I'd like to draw your attention to the Lincrusia details... 768 01:22:02,700 --> 01:22:07,400 of the gold and silver-leafed copper and pewter. 769 01:22:07,500 --> 01:22:12,500 Ladies and gentlemen, can I have an advance? An advance on $2 million. 770 01:22:12,700 --> 01:22:16,800 May I hear $3 million? I have three from the lady from New York City. 771 01:22:17,000 --> 01:22:21,400 - What are you doing? - Uh, uh, uh... nothing! 772 01:22:21,500 --> 01:22:24,200 Get your hand out of there immediately! 773 01:22:27,500 --> 01:22:29,600 Wait! Wait just a minute! 774 01:22:29,800 --> 01:22:33,300 - Wait! - Now, may I hear $4 million? 775 01:22:33,400 --> 01:22:36,100 Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! 776 01:22:37,300 --> 01:22:38,900 Four million. 777 01:22:39,100 --> 01:22:41,500 - Ooh! - $4 million from the gentleman. 778 01:22:41,600 --> 01:22:43,500 I got it! 779 01:22:47,700 --> 01:22:52,200 Uh, the sheikh bids $5 million. Thank you, sir. I have $5 million. 780 01:22:52,300 --> 01:22:55,700 $5 million. 781 01:22:55,900 --> 01:23:00,100 Any advance on $5 million? Ladies and gentlemen, $5 million. 782 01:23:00,200 --> 01:23:04,700 An advance? Ladies and gentlemen, it's the missing LaRue. 783 01:23:04,800 --> 01:23:08,100 The bidding stands at $5 million. 784 01:23:08,300 --> 01:23:10,100 I've got you now! 785 01:23:10,200 --> 01:23:13,700 Hold on tight, I'll get it out. 786 01:23:13,800 --> 01:23:16,600 Uh, $5 million for the missing LaRue. 787 01:23:16,700 --> 01:23:19,600 - Have you got it yet? - I'm not sure. 788 01:23:19,800 --> 01:23:24,200 Ladies and gentlemen, will someone give me $6 million? 789 01:23:24,300 --> 01:23:27,100 - Six million. - Thank you, sir. 790 01:23:27,200 --> 01:23:30,500 Hilde, the spool is smoking! 791 01:23:30,600 --> 01:23:35,500 May I have an advance? An advance, ladies and gentlemen. 792 01:23:35,600 --> 01:23:37,700 Can I have an advance on six? 793 01:23:37,800 --> 01:23:40,500 The bidding stands at $6 million. 794 01:23:40,700 --> 01:23:43,400 - $7 million. - $7 million. Thank you. 795 01:23:43,500 --> 01:23:46,700 Any advance on seven? 796 01:23:56,300 --> 01:23:59,800 Keep her away from the walls! The house is priceless! 797 01:24:00,000 --> 01:24:02,300 C-c-can I have 7.5? 798 01:24:05,100 --> 01:24:08,300 I have $8 million over there. 799 01:24:08,400 --> 01:24:11,700 $8 million going once, $8 million going twice... 800 01:24:11,900 --> 01:24:15,200 $8 million?! You should have taken the cheque! 801 01:24:15,300 --> 01:24:18,100 You shut up! You... 802 01:24:18,200 --> 01:24:21,500 - Ten millions! - $10 million. Can I have 11? 803 01:24:21,600 --> 01:24:24,700 $11 million from the gentleman from Japan. 804 01:24:24,900 --> 01:24:27,100 12. 13. 14. 15. 805 01:24:27,300 --> 01:24:28,800 Aha! 806 01:24:28,800 --> 01:24:32,000 - $16 million from Ernie Smuntz. - No! 807 01:24:33,400 --> 01:24:36,400 - 17 million! - $17 million. Thank you, sir. 808 01:24:36,500 --> 01:24:38,300 Any advance on 17? 809 01:24:48,600 --> 01:24:50,400 Good idea. 810 01:24:54,900 --> 01:24:58,700 When I say, turn it on full blast. We'll flush him out. 811 01:25:01,200 --> 01:25:03,000 Now! 812 01:25:09,400 --> 01:25:13,000 - $18 million. - $18 million from the lady. 813 01:25:13,100 --> 01:25:15,600 You don't have that kind of money. 814 01:25:19,300 --> 01:25:21,100 - Ernie? - Not now. 815 01:25:26,700 --> 01:25:30,800 - 20 millions. - 20 million. Can I hear 21? 816 01:25:50,800 --> 01:25:53,100 $21 million from the gentleman. 817 01:25:57,800 --> 01:26:01,400 - Any advance? - 22 million. That's my last offer. 818 01:26:05,600 --> 01:26:07,700 22 million going once... 819 01:26:10,900 --> 01:26:14,900 - 25 millions. - $25 million dollars. 820 01:26:18,600 --> 01:26:22,400 Thank you, sir. $25 million. 821 01:26:24,900 --> 01:26:28,700 The bidding stands at $25 million. Do I have an advance? 822 01:26:30,600 --> 01:26:33,300 $25 million going once, 823 01:26:35,600 --> 01:26:37,700 $25 million going twice... 824 01:27:04,400 --> 01:27:06,200 Going... going... 825 01:27:10,900 --> 01:27:13,300 Hey! Don't go! 826 01:27:14,800 --> 01:27:18,000 The water was just a... 827 01:27:18,100 --> 01:27:20,900 a demonstration of... of how durable... 828 01:27:21,000 --> 01:27:24,000 a LaRue really is. 829 01:27:24,100 --> 01:27:26,300 How about that? 830 01:27:26,500 --> 01:27:30,000 Now you know this house will last forever. 831 01:28:39,500 --> 01:28:43,800 - Pop's lucky string. - I guess we got him. 832 01:28:46,400 --> 01:28:48,800 Yeah, I guess we did. 833 01:30:17,400 --> 01:30:19,300 What was that? 834 01:30:32,000 --> 01:30:34,200 Lars! Look! 835 01:31:06,200 --> 01:31:08,400 It's string. 836 01:31:15,700 --> 01:31:17,500 It's cheese. 837 01:31:44,400 --> 01:31:49,600 The factory has been retrofitted to manufacture cheese-based products. 838 01:31:49,700 --> 01:31:53,900 - I see. - This is our new lactose-free line. 839 01:31:54,100 --> 01:31:56,900 - What is that? - That's quality control. 840 01:31:58,300 --> 01:32:00,100 Here you go. Knock yourself out. 841 01:32:01,800 --> 01:32:05,200 Oh. No good, huh? Otis, more curry. 842 01:32:05,300 --> 01:32:07,200 OK. Try this one. 843 01:32:08,600 --> 01:32:14,000 Huh? It's mozzarella and herring. You can taste the herring, right? 844 01:32:14,100 --> 01:32:16,900 I've got an idea for a caviar-brie swirl 845 01:32:17,000 --> 01:32:19,600 and peanut butter and jelly for kids. 846 01:32:19,700 --> 01:32:22,700 But I really want to talk about marketing. 847 01:32:22,800 --> 01:32:24,900 You should be our spokesperson. 848 01:32:25,100 --> 01:32:29,000 I know some people who've used a mouse as a spokesperson. 849 01:32:29,100 --> 01:32:34,700 You see, I want to turn this into the string cheese factory of tomorrow...