1 00:00:04,050 --> 00:00:07,560 [theme music] 2 00:01:58,500 --> 00:02:00,080 Good morning, Mr. Krock. 3 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,880 Carl, how long have you been in this business? 4 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,180 Since your dad hired me 30 years ago. 5 00:02:07,250 --> 00:02:09,680 You ever seen anything like this Halstead woman? 6 00:02:09,750 --> 00:02:11,220 Well, me and your dad have seen 7 00:02:11,300 --> 00:02:13,100 our share of kooks in our time. 8 00:02:13,170 --> 00:02:15,470 She asked to meet with me this morning. 9 00:02:15,550 --> 00:02:17,060 So I'm trying to be nice to her, you know. 10 00:02:17,140 --> 00:02:19,690 She tells me she can't leave the land because of her dogs. 11 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:21,110 She's got 200 of them out there. 12 00:02:21,180 --> 00:02:23,000 What will happen to the dogs, she says. 13 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,440 I tell her to turn them loose, they're carnivores. 14 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,110 Does she expect me to pass on a $20 million 15 00:02:27,190 --> 00:02:29,820 project for a bunch of mutts she rescued from the pound? 16 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:32,370 Well, there's no telling how attached some people 17 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:33,870 get to their animals. 18 00:02:33,950 --> 00:02:36,160 I swear, my father's not the only lunatic running 19 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,080 around loose these days. 20 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,750 Oh, uh, your sister's waiting for you in the office. 21 00:02:42,830 --> 00:02:44,090 Great. 22 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,380 That's all I need. 23 00:02:46,460 --> 00:02:49,300 I wish she'd get married already so she'd get off my case, 24 00:02:49,380 --> 00:02:52,020 start worrying about her nails like any normal woman her age. 25 00:03:01,660 --> 00:03:04,070 Linda, I don't have a lot of time this morning, so-- 26 00:03:04,140 --> 00:03:05,780 What's new about that? 27 00:03:05,490 --> 00:03:07,010 So if it's about why I don't come out and visit Dad, 28 00:03:07,090 --> 00:03:07,990 just leave it. - Why don't you come out? 29 00:03:08,060 --> 00:03:09,610 Because it's depressing, that's why. 30 00:03:09,690 --> 00:03:11,410 The man used to be a giant. 31 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:13,700 He built a huge company out of nothing. 32 00:03:13,780 --> 00:03:15,430 He was a dynamo. 33 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:16,290 Now he doesn't even recognize his own son. 34 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:17,410 Oh, he recognizes you. 35 00:03:17,490 --> 00:03:18,410 Sure, he does. 36 00:03:18,490 --> 00:03:19,590 He thinks I'm Sir Lancelot. 37 00:03:19,670 --> 00:03:21,460 Our father is on Mars, Linda. 38 00:03:21,530 --> 00:03:22,880 It's not easy taking care of him 39 00:03:22,950 --> 00:03:24,750 and keeping that huge house up. 40 00:03:24,830 --> 00:03:26,880 I told you yesterday the handyman quit again. 41 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:28,230 That's the third one this month. 42 00:03:28,310 --> 00:03:29,630 This whole thing isn't on your shoulders. 43 00:03:29,710 --> 00:03:30,820 You've got a housekeeper. 44 00:03:30,890 --> 00:03:32,300 You know how old Marianne is. 45 00:03:32,310 --> 00:03:34,050 She can't do that much anymore. 46 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:35,770 Well, then fire her and get somebody who can. 47 00:03:35,850 --> 00:03:38,810 You can't just throw people away like that. 48 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:40,180 That's what I'd do if I were you. 49 00:03:40,260 --> 00:03:43,020 You got to start thinking about your life too. 50 00:03:43,030 --> 00:03:44,980 You ought to get rid of the old woman, 51 00:03:45,060 --> 00:03:46,780 put Dad in a nice, comfortable home 52 00:03:46,860 --> 00:03:49,490 somewhere, and then sell that white elephant of a house. 53 00:03:49,570 --> 00:03:50,530 It's an eye-sore anyway. 54 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:51,990 That's exactly what I'd do. 55 00:03:52,060 --> 00:03:53,230 I know. 56 00:03:53,310 --> 00:03:54,530 But luckily you take care of Dad's business 57 00:03:54,610 --> 00:03:56,280 and I take care of Dad. 58 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:57,960 Now what about the handyman? 59 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:59,330 Well, I called the temporary manpower agency. 60 00:03:59,410 --> 00:04:00,330 They said they'd send-- 61 00:04:00,340 --> 00:04:02,210 JONATHAN SMITH: Excuse me. 62 00:04:02,290 --> 00:04:05,380 My name is Jonathan Smith, the manpower agency sent us over. 63 00:04:05,450 --> 00:04:06,680 Speak of the devil. 64 00:04:06,750 --> 00:04:09,380 It's probably not the best choice of words. 65 00:04:09,460 --> 00:04:10,350 ARTHUR KROCK JR: Pardon me? 66 00:04:10,430 --> 00:04:11,490 Uh, nothing. 67 00:04:11,570 --> 00:04:13,220 This is my partner, Mark Gordon. 68 00:04:13,290 --> 00:04:15,510 Well, Smith, Gordon, look, I don't have a lot of time. 69 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:16,760 My sister, Linda, here, will take 70 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:18,220 you guys over to the house. 71 00:04:18,070 --> 00:04:19,560 I think you ought to ride in the car with her 72 00:04:19,630 --> 00:04:21,820 so that she can fill you in on a few things 73 00:04:21,890 --> 00:04:23,230 before you get up there. 74 00:04:23,300 --> 00:04:26,770 Now, the physical part of this job isn't that bad. 75 00:04:26,850 --> 00:04:28,360 But it's putting up with my lunatic father 76 00:04:28,370 --> 00:04:29,930 that might get to you. 77 00:04:29,740 --> 00:04:31,610 If you guys last a month, I'll double your pay. 78 00:04:31,690 --> 00:04:34,530 Our father is not a lunatic. 79 00:04:34,610 --> 00:04:38,700 What else do you call someone who thinks he's King Arthur? 80 00:04:38,780 --> 00:04:42,340 [music playing] 81 00:05:07,990 --> 00:05:09,610 Your dad built this place? 82 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,990 My father started from nothing, he and my mother. 83 00:05:13,060 --> 00:05:15,570 He was very much in love with her. 84 00:05:15,650 --> 00:05:17,410 He said after he made his first million, 85 00:05:17,490 --> 00:05:21,490 he'd built her a castle, and they'd live happily ever after. 86 00:05:21,570 --> 00:05:23,000 And did it work out that way? 87 00:05:23,070 --> 00:05:24,250 N-- no. 88 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:25,870 Oh, he built the castle, all right. 89 00:05:25,950 --> 00:05:28,170 But then he went right on to make his second million 90 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,920 and his third. 91 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,420 The construction business is hard. 92 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:36,590 He had to be just as hard to be a success at it. 93 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:39,640 Finally, they ended up almost strangers. 94 00:05:39,650 --> 00:05:41,360 I don't think he realized how much he loved 95 00:05:41,430 --> 00:05:43,720 her until after she had died. 96 00:05:43,740 --> 00:05:45,820 That's happened to a lot of people. 97 00:05:45,900 --> 00:05:49,270 Then after her death, he sunk into a kind of depression. 98 00:05:49,350 --> 00:05:52,940 He just went further and further into himself. 99 00:05:53,020 --> 00:05:54,990 My brother ran the business. 100 00:05:55,060 --> 00:05:58,450 And my father stayed at home and brooded. 101 00:05:58,460 --> 00:06:02,830 One morning he woke up in the castle he built for his wife, 102 00:06:02,900 --> 00:06:05,880 and he didn't know who he was anymore. 103 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,120 Well, his name was Arthur and he lived in a castle, 104 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:12,170 so he figured he must be a king. 105 00:06:12,250 --> 00:06:13,500 King Arthur. 106 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:14,630 He doesn't hurt anyone. 107 00:06:14,710 --> 00:06:16,060 He means no harm. 108 00:06:16,130 --> 00:06:19,100 He just thinks he's King Arthur, that's all. 109 00:06:19,180 --> 00:06:23,770 I mean, as long as you call him Your Majesty and all, 110 00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:25,150 things shouldn't get too hectic. 111 00:06:27,970 --> 00:06:29,030 Shall we go in? 112 00:06:35,310 --> 00:06:38,070 The house needs a lot of repairs. 113 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,030 The fireplace needs brickwork. 114 00:06:40,110 --> 00:06:41,370 That'll be no problem. 115 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,780 And then there's some, uh, patchwork painting, 116 00:06:43,860 --> 00:06:44,990 some plumbing. 117 00:06:45,070 --> 00:06:46,120 It's an old house. 118 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:47,330 Mm-hmm. 119 00:06:47,410 --> 00:06:48,330 ARTHUR KROCK SR: (SHOUTS) Linda! 120 00:06:48,410 --> 00:06:50,830 Who are these people? 121 00:06:50,910 --> 00:06:56,340 Daddy, this is Jonathan Smith and Mark Gordon. 122 00:06:56,420 --> 00:06:59,680 They've been sent to kidnap me, to take me away. 123 00:06:59,750 --> 00:07:01,500 N-- no they're not. 124 00:07:01,580 --> 00:07:03,930 They're going to work here, take care of the place, 125 00:07:04,010 --> 00:07:05,760 take care of the horse. 126 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:07,560 I can't do all that. 127 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:09,850 They are spies. 128 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:12,520 Marion warned me there would be spies. 129 00:07:12,530 --> 00:07:14,520 Send them away! 130 00:07:14,530 --> 00:07:17,080 Daddy, I need them to help me. 131 00:07:17,150 --> 00:07:20,110 I won't be laughed at in my own home! 132 00:07:20,190 --> 00:07:22,870 Don't laugh at me, Linda! 133 00:07:22,940 --> 00:07:24,210 Your Majesty, may I speak? 134 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:29,870 I suppose so. 135 00:07:29,950 --> 00:07:31,460 Your Majesty, we're just two poor men 136 00:07:31,530 --> 00:07:33,630 who have come here to ask you for work, nothing more. 137 00:07:33,700 --> 00:07:34,800 We mean you no harm. 138 00:07:38,750 --> 00:07:42,380 Why do you call me, Your Majesty? 139 00:07:42,460 --> 00:07:44,190 For the same reason you wear a crown. 140 00:07:49,970 --> 00:07:53,400 Well, that's another story then. 141 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:02,070 I'll accept them as grooms, as squires. 142 00:08:02,150 --> 00:08:05,070 Play your cards right, you might even get to be knights. 143 00:08:05,150 --> 00:08:07,540 It won't be easy. 144 00:08:07,550 --> 00:08:09,600 It's not easy being a knight. 145 00:08:13,030 --> 00:08:16,750 It's not easy being a king either. 146 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:21,520 I'm going to find Maid Marion, have her make me some tea. 147 00:08:29,510 --> 00:08:32,180 Thank you for the way you handled that. 148 00:08:32,260 --> 00:08:34,520 Ah, no reason to thank me. 149 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:36,530 It's his house. 150 00:08:36,070 --> 00:08:38,940 He deserves to be treated with respect when he's in it. 151 00:08:39,020 --> 00:08:42,610 Well, most people don't see it that way. 152 00:08:42,620 --> 00:08:44,170 Why don't you go to the corral? 153 00:08:44,250 --> 00:08:45,610 I've got to call the vet about the horse 154 00:08:45,690 --> 00:08:46,570 and I'll meet you there. 155 00:08:46,650 --> 00:08:47,500 All right. 156 00:08:50,110 --> 00:08:53,210 That old guy really thinks he's King Arthur. 157 00:08:53,220 --> 00:08:55,620 And what's so strange about that? 158 00:08:55,700 --> 00:08:56,590 You think I'm an angel. 159 00:08:59,340 --> 00:09:00,970 ARTHUR KROCK SR: (SHOUTS) Maid Marion! 160 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:05,840 Morning. 161 00:09:05,850 --> 00:09:07,460 What can I do for ya? 162 00:09:07,540 --> 00:09:09,810 Well, I was wondering if you might tell me where we might 163 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:11,900 find a Dr. Robert Halstead? 164 00:09:11,980 --> 00:09:13,230 Oh, Bobby, yes. 165 00:09:13,310 --> 00:09:16,350 He's packing up his office inside. 166 00:09:16,430 --> 00:09:17,480 My name is Gwen. 167 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:18,910 Oh. 168 00:09:18,990 --> 00:09:20,440 Well, I hope your husband isn't too busy to take 169 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:21,730 a look at my horse. 170 00:09:21,810 --> 00:09:22,820 He's my son. 171 00:09:22,900 --> 00:09:24,410 Oh. 172 00:09:24,290 --> 00:09:27,160 And if you have a sick animal, he won't be too busy. 173 00:09:27,230 --> 00:09:30,780 And if he says he is, you come and see me. 174 00:09:30,860 --> 00:09:32,500 Thanks. 175 00:09:32,570 --> 00:09:33,830 Jonathan, if you want to get Galahad out of the trailer, 176 00:09:33,910 --> 00:09:35,500 and I will go see the doctor. 177 00:09:35,570 --> 00:09:36,670 Sure thing. 178 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:37,830 I can go right this way? 179 00:09:37,910 --> 00:09:38,830 Go, go ahead. 180 00:09:38,910 --> 00:09:41,090 Thanks. 181 00:09:41,100 --> 00:09:42,630 Hey, you want a hand with those buckets? 182 00:09:42,710 --> 00:09:44,970 Ah, I can manage these. 183 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,590 Oh, there's plenty more if you feel like helping. 184 00:09:47,670 --> 00:09:49,580 It takes a lot to feed 200 dogs. 185 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:51,400 Well, I'll be with you as soon as I unload the horse. 186 00:09:51,470 --> 00:09:52,360 Sure thing. 187 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:02,520 Dr. Halstead? 188 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:03,860 Yeah. 189 00:10:03,940 --> 00:10:05,820 Dr. Stern said you'd be filling 190 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:06,860 in for him while he's gone. 191 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:08,860 Yeah, that's right. 192 00:10:08,940 --> 00:10:10,750 It's my father's horse. 193 00:10:10,830 --> 00:10:13,540 Be right with you. 194 00:10:13,610 --> 00:10:16,160 Sorry to barge in on you like this. 195 00:10:16,170 --> 00:10:18,040 I mean, it looks like you've got your hands full. 196 00:10:18,050 --> 00:10:19,420 Well, that's OK. 197 00:10:19,490 --> 00:10:20,870 This is nothing. 198 00:10:20,950 --> 00:10:22,880 We have to figure out what to do with these animals. 199 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,590 I, uh, couldn't interest you in 20 or 30 dogs by any chance, 200 00:10:26,670 --> 00:10:27,480 could I? 201 00:10:27,550 --> 00:10:28,400 Maybe a puppy. 202 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,120 But that's about my limit. 203 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,300 It's hard enough just taking care of my father. 204 00:10:32,380 --> 00:10:34,470 Well, one puppy is a start. 205 00:10:34,550 --> 00:10:38,890 That little one will leave us about 199 to go by tomorrow. 206 00:10:38,970 --> 00:10:42,060 Let's take a look at that horse of yours. 207 00:10:42,140 --> 00:10:44,150 I mean, can you imagine this guy? 208 00:10:44,230 --> 00:10:47,490 He gives us 24 hours to move off the place. 209 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:51,070 Well, his name sure suits him, what a crock. 210 00:10:51,150 --> 00:10:53,530 Art Krock? 211 00:10:53,610 --> 00:10:55,910 Yeah, you know him? 212 00:10:55,990 --> 00:10:57,140 He's my brother. 213 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,040 Well, you people sure have your nerve, 214 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:03,920 I'll say that for you. 215 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,460 You give us 24 hours to get off our land, 216 00:11:06,470 --> 00:11:08,590 you kick a poor old woman off of her property, 217 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,060 and then you expect me to treat your horse. 218 00:11:11,140 --> 00:11:14,770 Dr. Halstead, I didn't know. 219 00:11:14,850 --> 00:11:17,270 Look, you can say practically anything about my brother, 220 00:11:17,340 --> 00:11:20,140 and I would agree with you. 221 00:11:20,220 --> 00:11:22,940 If I'd known, I wouldn't have come. 222 00:11:23,020 --> 00:11:23,900 I'm sorry. 223 00:11:23,970 --> 00:11:25,570 I'll find another vet. 224 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:26,800 Believe me, I am sorry. 225 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,240 I didn't say I wouldn't treat your horse. 226 00:11:29,310 --> 00:11:32,160 I just said, you people have a nerve. 227 00:11:32,230 --> 00:11:35,280 You don't turn sick animals away on this land, 228 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,790 not for as long as we're on it at least. 229 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:40,260 I'll take a look at your horse. 230 00:11:54,590 --> 00:11:56,310 I wouldn't think a man like your brother 231 00:11:56,390 --> 00:11:59,770 would keep a horse this old. 232 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:03,150 You have to love an animal a lot to take care of it this long. 233 00:12:03,220 --> 00:12:06,610 He's my father's horse. 234 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:08,280 But you'd treat him even if you thought it 235 00:12:08,290 --> 00:12:10,490 was my brother's, wouldn't you? 236 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:14,820 It's not a horse's fault he has a jackass for a master. 237 00:12:14,900 --> 00:12:17,720 My father's not like my brother, Dr. Halstead. 238 00:12:21,110 --> 00:12:22,720 You don't seem like your brother either. 239 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:28,100 There you go, boy. 240 00:12:31,290 --> 00:12:33,930 Well, I sure appreciate help there, Jonathan. 241 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:34,850 Uh, it's my pleasure. 242 00:12:34,930 --> 00:12:36,080 Mm-hmm. 243 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:37,500 You sure got a lot of dogs here. 244 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:41,350 Yes, we do, and cats, and birds, and sick coyotes, 245 00:12:41,430 --> 00:12:46,690 and goats, and even a fawn or two. 246 00:12:46,770 --> 00:12:49,860 I don't understand people like that Krock fella. 247 00:12:49,940 --> 00:12:51,990 I know what you mean. 248 00:12:52,060 --> 00:12:53,200 You know, he just runs the company. 249 00:12:53,210 --> 00:12:54,200 He doesn't own it. 250 00:12:54,210 --> 00:12:55,860 Of course he owns it. 251 00:12:55,670 --> 00:12:57,660 It's Arthur Krock Construction and Development Company. 252 00:12:57,730 --> 00:12:58,610 He's-- 253 00:12:58,690 --> 00:13:00,950 Nah, it's Arthur Krock and son. 254 00:13:01,030 --> 00:13:02,130 He's the son part. 255 00:13:02,210 --> 00:13:03,840 How do you know so much about it? 256 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:05,420 I work for his father. 257 00:13:05,490 --> 00:13:07,630 Maybe he's the one you ought to be talking to. 258 00:13:07,700 --> 00:13:10,050 Young man, there's an old saying, 259 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:11,420 the fish stinks from the head. 260 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:13,050 If that's the way the son turned out, 261 00:13:13,130 --> 00:13:14,720 there's no point talking to the father. 262 00:13:14,790 --> 00:13:15,630 Oh, now come on. 263 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:16,720 How do you know unless you try? 264 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,050 Because he's a big shot businessman. 265 00:13:19,130 --> 00:13:21,850 And they all think with their wallets. 266 00:13:21,930 --> 00:13:23,730 They're all alike. 267 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,480 Mrs. Halstead, I can guarantee you 268 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:30,230 that Arthur Krock Senior isn't like anybody you've ever met. 269 00:13:30,310 --> 00:13:33,610 Maid Marion, there's someone at the door! 270 00:13:33,690 --> 00:13:35,400 Maid Marion! 271 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,820 That woman needs her hearing aid fixed. 272 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:39,630 Hey. you want me to get it? 273 00:13:39,710 --> 00:13:41,660 No, no, it's probably her who locked herself out again. 274 00:13:41,670 --> 00:13:43,550 Poor dear is getting on in years. 275 00:13:49,580 --> 00:13:50,840 [gasps] 276 00:13:50,910 --> 00:13:52,750 Oh, I'm sorry. 277 00:13:52,830 --> 00:13:55,340 I didn't know you were having a costume party. 278 00:13:55,420 --> 00:13:57,800 Uh, you're-- you're handyman, Jonathan, 279 00:13:57,880 --> 00:13:59,400 said that it would be-- - Jonathan's said? 280 00:13:59,470 --> 00:14:00,350 --all right to come-- 281 00:14:00,420 --> 00:14:01,600 Jonathan said? 282 00:14:01,610 --> 00:14:02,460 He has no right! 283 00:14:02,540 --> 00:14:03,810 He's not a knight yet. 284 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:05,140 He has no right! 285 00:14:05,150 --> 00:14:07,440 Jonathan! 286 00:14:07,510 --> 00:14:09,990 You have no right to invite people to this castle. 287 00:14:10,070 --> 00:14:11,770 There might be spies. 288 00:14:11,850 --> 00:14:13,860 I will not have people laughing at me. 289 00:14:13,940 --> 00:14:14,950 Do you understand? 290 00:14:15,030 --> 00:14:16,280 I'm sorry, Your Highness. 291 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,150 It's my fault. Believe me, it's my fault. 292 00:14:17,670 --> 00:14:19,740 I should have told you that woman is one of your subjects. 293 00:14:19,820 --> 00:14:20,750 That is no excuse! 294 00:14:23,450 --> 00:14:26,290 One of my subjects? 295 00:14:26,370 --> 00:14:27,860 Yes, Sire. 296 00:14:27,940 --> 00:14:31,920 I believe she's come with a petition for Your Highness. 297 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,210 She has? 298 00:14:33,290 --> 00:14:36,130 Yes, Sire. 299 00:14:36,210 --> 00:14:40,470 Uh, well, this has never happened before. 300 00:14:40,550 --> 00:14:42,980 One of my subjects? 301 00:14:43,060 --> 00:14:44,640 Are you sure of this? 302 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:48,730 Yes, I believe she's a lady in distress. 303 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:50,110 Really? 304 00:14:50,190 --> 00:14:51,310 Yeah, I told her that King Arthur 305 00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:52,900 would never turn away a lady in distress, 306 00:14:52,980 --> 00:14:53,980 but perhaps I was wrong. 307 00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:55,030 I'm sorry. 308 00:14:55,110 --> 00:14:56,690 No, no, of course not. 309 00:14:56,770 --> 00:14:58,950 It's just that, uh, there haven't 310 00:14:59,020 --> 00:15:03,830 been too many ladies in distress coming up here lately. 311 00:15:03,900 --> 00:15:05,910 You have one now. 312 00:15:05,990 --> 00:15:10,670 Yes, well, um, wait a minute. 313 00:15:15,410 --> 00:15:18,220 Show her in. 314 00:15:18,290 --> 00:15:22,510 Oh, Jonathan, do I look all right? 315 00:15:22,590 --> 00:15:23,690 You look like a king. 316 00:15:33,020 --> 00:15:36,900 Oh, you never told me he was having a costume party. 317 00:15:36,980 --> 00:15:38,360 I can't go barging in there with all-- 318 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:40,030 Gwen, there isn't any costume party. 319 00:15:40,110 --> 00:15:42,570 Now, I told you that Arthur Krock wasn't like anyone 320 00:15:42,650 --> 00:15:43,790 you've ever met before. 321 00:15:43,870 --> 00:15:44,690 Oh, yes, but-- 322 00:15:44,770 --> 00:15:45,950 Now, don't worry about it. 323 00:15:46,030 --> 00:15:47,040 Just come on in. 324 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:47,840 I'll be right beside you. 325 00:16:07,470 --> 00:16:10,480 You may approach us, dear lady. 326 00:16:10,550 --> 00:16:11,570 It's all right. 327 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:25,070 Now, we will hear your petition. 328 00:16:25,150 --> 00:16:26,670 My petition? 329 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:31,370 She hasn't curtsied. 330 00:16:31,450 --> 00:16:33,620 Why isn't she curtsying? 331 00:16:33,700 --> 00:16:35,460 Curtsy? 332 00:16:35,540 --> 00:16:37,090 Look, Mr. Krock-- 333 00:16:37,100 --> 00:16:38,170 Krock? 334 00:16:38,250 --> 00:16:39,460 Why does she call me Krock? 335 00:16:39,540 --> 00:16:43,430 Oh, my lord, the man's a fruitcake. 336 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:45,550 What did she say? 337 00:16:45,630 --> 00:16:48,140 Uh, she said her name was Gwen. 338 00:16:48,220 --> 00:16:49,860 That's short for Guinevere. 339 00:16:55,430 --> 00:16:58,270 Guinevere? 340 00:16:58,350 --> 00:17:00,080 You are Guinevere? 341 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:04,950 Well, I-- I haven't been called that in years, 342 00:17:05,020 --> 00:17:06,990 but that's my name. 343 00:17:07,070 --> 00:17:14,090 Oh, my lady, can you ever forgive me? 344 00:17:14,170 --> 00:17:15,620 I-- 345 00:17:15,630 --> 00:17:16,630 [sighs] 346 00:17:16,710 --> 00:17:20,600 For so long I have been lost. 347 00:17:20,670 --> 00:17:27,970 For so long, lost in fear, fear of not being Arthur. 348 00:17:28,050 --> 00:17:33,480 For if I am not King Arthur, then I am worse than lost. 349 00:17:33,550 --> 00:17:34,570 I am mad. 350 00:17:36,890 --> 00:17:42,660 But I must be king for my Lady Guinevere has come back to me. 351 00:17:46,270 --> 00:17:52,580 I-- I'm not who you think I am. 352 00:17:52,650 --> 00:17:57,670 I'm just a woman whose name is Guinevere. 353 00:17:57,740 --> 00:18:01,250 Then dear lady, I beg you, let me be 354 00:18:01,330 --> 00:18:04,140 just a man who is named Arthur. 355 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:13,850 Well, how'd it go? 356 00:18:13,930 --> 00:18:15,890 Well, I know you meant well, Jonathan. 357 00:18:15,970 --> 00:18:19,190 But there's just nothing he can do. 358 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:20,900 He's just a poor, lonely man. 359 00:18:20,970 --> 00:18:23,150 He's locked himself inside a kingdom 360 00:18:23,230 --> 00:18:24,180 he's made up for himself. 361 00:18:26,660 --> 00:18:28,280 He almost makes you believe he is 362 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:32,780 a king of a fairy tale world. 363 00:18:32,860 --> 00:18:36,200 But the bulldozers that are going to level my land tomorrow 364 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:37,960 are very real. 365 00:18:38,030 --> 00:18:38,880 Don't give up hope. 366 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,010 I already have. 367 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:46,380 Thanks anyway, Jonathan. 368 00:18:46,460 --> 00:18:49,940 [music playing] 369 00:19:17,450 --> 00:19:21,170 You must do battle tomorrow, Arthur. 370 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:22,090 I can't. 371 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:25,890 You must. 372 00:19:28,260 --> 00:19:30,390 I'm afraid to go out, Jonathan. 373 00:19:32,710 --> 00:19:38,480 Afraid they'll take away my dream of being king. 374 00:19:41,470 --> 00:19:43,490 If you don't go, Arthur, you are no king. 375 00:19:48,350 --> 00:19:49,490 You know I speak the truth. 376 00:19:59,860 --> 00:20:06,220 Grant me the courage to go out into the world, 377 00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:08,000 and never let the jeers of those who 378 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,840 will laugh at me drown out the voice 379 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,690 of truth you plant in all men. 380 00:20:17,380 --> 00:20:25,530 Give me courage to dream dreams, and strength to make them real. 381 00:20:28,390 --> 00:20:36,570 And if this be madness, that it would only serve your purpose. 382 00:20:36,650 --> 00:20:42,460 And I'll envy no man the world calls sane. 383 00:20:42,530 --> 00:20:44,630 [thunder] 384 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:51,060 [music playing] 385 00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:45,560 Brave knight, rein your dragon in, or defend yourself. 386 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,020 Ah, get out of the way, you maniac. 387 00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:48,970 Maniac? 388 00:21:49,050 --> 00:21:51,940 For that, the dragon shall die! 389 00:21:52,020 --> 00:21:52,680 Charge! 390 00:21:52,620 --> 00:21:56,250 [music playing] 391 00:22:10,140 --> 00:22:11,130 He cut the fuel line. 392 00:22:11,140 --> 00:22:12,000 It's dead. 393 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,260 Hot dog, I killed the dragon! 394 00:22:14,340 --> 00:22:15,560 Father, are you all right? 395 00:22:18,150 --> 00:22:19,770 Of course I'm all right. 396 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:26,740 Arthur? 397 00:22:31,310 --> 00:22:33,270 You know me? 398 00:22:33,350 --> 00:22:34,900 Have we met before? 399 00:22:34,980 --> 00:22:39,410 Arthur, you gave me my start 30 years ago. 400 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,330 We were best friends. 401 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,740 You speak like a friend. 402 00:22:44,820 --> 00:22:47,250 But if you take this lady's lands, 403 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,500 then you serve a wicked master. 404 00:22:50,580 --> 00:22:53,630 CARL: You want us to leave, Arthur? 405 00:22:53,710 --> 00:22:56,970 You ask me that when we do battle? 406 00:22:56,980 --> 00:22:59,170 I have no battles with you, Arthur. 407 00:23:02,590 --> 00:23:07,020 What a noble heart you have. 408 00:23:07,090 --> 00:23:13,860 Then, in the name of justice and for the sake of our friendship, 409 00:23:13,870 --> 00:23:18,360 go and let us fight no more. 410 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,160 You've got it. 411 00:23:20,230 --> 00:23:22,120 All right, pack up and let's get out of here. 412 00:23:22,130 --> 00:23:23,490 We'll come back later for the dozer. 413 00:23:23,570 --> 00:23:24,620 WORKER: What are you talking about? 414 00:23:24,690 --> 00:23:26,200 We've got a court order. 415 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:27,340 CARL: It's his company. 416 00:23:27,410 --> 00:23:30,120 If he wants us to leave, we leave. 417 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:31,250 Oh, come on, Carl. 418 00:23:31,330 --> 00:23:32,330 The guy is crazy. 419 00:23:32,410 --> 00:23:33,640 Why listen to him? 420 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,170 Because I work for him and so do you. 421 00:23:37,180 --> 00:23:39,380 Because he's my friend. 422 00:23:39,460 --> 00:23:40,310 Let's go. 423 00:23:47,140 --> 00:23:52,060 Father, you won. 424 00:23:52,140 --> 00:23:54,280 Yes, I did. 425 00:23:56,980 --> 00:24:01,200 Dear friends, let us go back to the castle 426 00:24:01,270 --> 00:24:03,740 and let Maid Marion prepare a feast 427 00:24:03,750 --> 00:24:06,990 in celebration of the triumph, not of Arthur, 428 00:24:07,070 --> 00:24:13,760 but of justice and friendship. 429 00:24:26,010 --> 00:24:27,350 I want to talk to you, Smith. 430 00:24:27,420 --> 00:24:28,480 Yes, sir? 431 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:30,770 Exactly what is this supposed to be? 432 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:32,340 Well, it appears to be a newspaper. 433 00:24:32,420 --> 00:24:33,750 I know it appears to be a newspaper. 434 00:24:33,830 --> 00:24:35,440 I'm talking about what is inside the newspaper, 435 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,940 the little human interest story on the inside section, 436 00:24:39,020 --> 00:24:41,160 titled King Arthur rides again. 437 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,780 It's attributed to a handyman named Jonathan Smith. 438 00:24:43,860 --> 00:24:45,910 Well, this fellow just started asking me questions. 439 00:24:45,980 --> 00:24:48,830 And I-- I haven't had much experience with reporters, so-- 440 00:24:48,900 --> 00:24:50,830 Don't play dumb with me, Smith. 441 00:24:50,910 --> 00:24:53,330 I'm seriously considering suing you for libel. 442 00:24:53,410 --> 00:24:55,540 Well, I don't think you'll find anything in that article 443 00:24:55,620 --> 00:24:57,750 that I said that isn't true. 444 00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:59,340 Let me tell you something. 445 00:24:59,410 --> 00:25:01,970 I'm going to have that old man declared legally incompetent. 446 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:03,530 I'm going to take over his affairs. 447 00:25:03,610 --> 00:25:06,340 I'm going to sell this white elephant once and for all. 448 00:25:06,420 --> 00:25:09,970 So enjoy your job, while you still have a place to work. 449 00:25:09,980 --> 00:25:12,530 You would take your own father to court? 450 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:13,690 I've said all I'm going to say. 451 00:25:13,700 --> 00:25:16,270 Oh, come on, he's your father. 452 00:25:16,350 --> 00:25:18,110 You know, he's got a picture of you beside his bed. 453 00:25:18,180 --> 00:25:19,610 That's not a picture of me. 454 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:20,860 It's a picture of Sir Lancelot. 455 00:25:20,940 --> 00:25:22,050 What is that your business anyway? 456 00:25:22,130 --> 00:25:24,540 What are you, a reporter? 457 00:25:24,610 --> 00:25:27,280 Who sent you here? 458 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:28,540 You did. 459 00:25:28,620 --> 00:25:29,620 You're a spy. 460 00:25:29,690 --> 00:25:31,330 Somebody sent you here. 461 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,620 You know, Mr. Krock, that's exactly what your father told 462 00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:35,620 me the first time I met him. 463 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:37,920 And you call him crazy. 464 00:25:37,990 --> 00:25:39,300 Now, come on, man, he's your father. 465 00:25:39,380 --> 00:25:41,000 Why don't you go inside and talk to him? 466 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,260 I said I'm through with talking. 467 00:25:43,330 --> 00:25:46,850 [music playing] 468 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,200 [engine whirrs] 469 00:26:33,340 --> 00:26:38,390 Louise, send a car to my father's house. 470 00:26:38,410 --> 00:26:39,450 Just send the car. 471 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,230 Lancelot, my boy, you've come to see me. 472 00:26:45,310 --> 00:26:46,620 I am your son. 473 00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:48,100 Yes. 474 00:26:47,870 --> 00:26:49,780 Yes, you have been like a son to me. 475 00:26:49,860 --> 00:26:52,120 It pleases me to hear you say that. 476 00:26:52,190 --> 00:26:53,910 I feel like a father to you. 477 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,580 Oh, you do, do you? 478 00:26:56,660 --> 00:26:58,200 Why are you angry? 479 00:26:58,270 --> 00:27:00,750 Because you've never been like a father to me. 480 00:27:00,830 --> 00:27:02,380 You paid for my schools, but did you 481 00:27:02,450 --> 00:27:05,050 ever once show up like any normal father, did you? 482 00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:09,880 You were always too busy, too busy building an empire. 483 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:10,970 But I-- I love you. 484 00:27:11,050 --> 00:27:11,960 You are the heir-- 485 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:13,600 Don't say that. 486 00:27:13,670 --> 00:27:15,070 I don't want it. 487 00:27:15,150 --> 00:27:16,270 I don't want it from a man who had to go 488 00:27:16,340 --> 00:27:19,520 crazy in order to tell me that. 489 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:20,900 But you know something? 490 00:27:20,970 --> 00:27:22,250 You were right. 491 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,570 You taught me what was really important. 492 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:26,440 What was that? 493 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:27,570 The bottom line. 494 00:27:27,650 --> 00:27:28,780 That's what. 495 00:27:28,860 --> 00:27:30,780 Not the words, but how those numbers 496 00:27:30,860 --> 00:27:32,920 add up on the very bottom line. 497 00:27:35,650 --> 00:27:36,590 I taught you that? 498 00:27:36,660 --> 00:27:38,580 Oh, I learned from the master. 499 00:27:38,660 --> 00:27:40,460 I wanted a father. 500 00:27:40,530 --> 00:27:42,500 All I got was the promise of an empire 501 00:27:42,580 --> 00:27:43,960 that would one day be mine. 502 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,550 Well, that one day is right now. 503 00:27:47,620 --> 00:27:49,010 And I'm taking it. 504 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:53,470 And nobody is going to stand in my way! 505 00:27:53,550 --> 00:27:56,810 Lancelot, my son! 506 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:57,940 My son. 507 00:28:03,350 --> 00:28:04,240 My son. 508 00:28:14,650 --> 00:28:15,910 It's getting cold, Sire. 509 00:28:15,990 --> 00:28:16,920 Oh. 510 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,330 I thought you might need that. 511 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,460 Thank you. 512 00:28:20,530 --> 00:28:21,820 If you'd like to be alone, I'll leave. 513 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:28,210 No, no, stay with me a while, Jonathan. 514 00:28:28,290 --> 00:28:31,010 All right. 515 00:28:31,020 --> 00:28:37,720 A man-- any man, let's say, not necessarily a king-- 516 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:43,060 a man sets out to build an empire. 517 00:28:43,140 --> 00:28:45,450 Why? 518 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:46,810 Ambition, I'd say. 519 00:28:49,270 --> 00:28:50,990 Is it a wicked thing? 520 00:28:51,060 --> 00:28:53,280 Oh, no, I don't think so. 521 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:54,830 God gives each one of us certain talents. 522 00:28:54,910 --> 00:28:58,580 I don't think it's wicked if we want to use those talents. 523 00:28:58,650 --> 00:29:00,080 Yes. 524 00:29:00,090 --> 00:29:02,500 Yes, that's right. 525 00:29:02,570 --> 00:29:06,040 I swear to you, Jonathan, it did not start out 526 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:10,090 to be a wicked thing, Camelot. 527 00:29:10,100 --> 00:29:16,890 It was meant to be a special place, full of joy, 528 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:23,560 not hatred, not sorrow. 529 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,110 I know that, Sire. 530 00:29:26,190 --> 00:29:30,070 Then how did it happen? 531 00:29:30,140 --> 00:29:31,480 How did it happen? 532 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:37,240 I think there needs to be a balance. 533 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,080 Ambition isn't the only gift we're given. 534 00:29:40,090 --> 00:29:43,630 We're given strength and courage, many things. 535 00:29:43,710 --> 00:29:45,960 But when any one of those things outweighs all the other, 536 00:29:46,030 --> 00:29:49,460 we're out of balance, like a man trying to carry a yoke 537 00:29:49,540 --> 00:29:51,200 with only one pail of water. 538 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:58,760 Ambition, it causes so much pain, so much loneliness. 539 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:03,180 If only Merlin were here to work some magic, to cast some 540 00:30:03,260 --> 00:30:04,730 spells. 541 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:09,270 Oh, it doesn't take magic to cure loneliness. 542 00:30:09,350 --> 00:30:12,780 It just takes love. 543 00:30:12,850 --> 00:30:14,030 It's too easy. 544 00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:16,110 JONATHAN SMITH: Oh, easy for some, 545 00:30:16,190 --> 00:30:18,910 very difficult for others. 546 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,280 Sire, it takes a lot of courage to stand naked 547 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,750 without any armor for protection, 548 00:30:24,820 --> 00:30:28,830 to open up your arms to another human being and say, 549 00:30:28,910 --> 00:30:31,790 I love you. 550 00:30:31,870 --> 00:30:36,510 That's as vulnerable as you'll ever be in this world. 551 00:30:36,580 --> 00:30:37,680 But it's worth it. 552 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:42,900 You are a strange man, Jonathan. 553 00:30:45,380 --> 00:30:46,820 What kingdom are you from? 554 00:30:50,020 --> 00:30:52,730 A heavenly one, Sire. 555 00:30:52,810 --> 00:31:01,420 Father, can I speak to you alone, please? 556 00:31:01,490 --> 00:31:06,380 Not alone, I want him near me. 557 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:10,130 All right. 558 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:20,840 Daddy, this is a summons for you to appear in court. 559 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:24,310 And I want you to try and understand what I'm saying. 560 00:31:24,380 --> 00:31:26,060 This is very important. 561 00:31:26,130 --> 00:31:28,430 I'm listening. 562 00:31:28,510 --> 00:31:33,770 Daddy, Art, the one you call Lancelot-- 563 00:31:33,850 --> 00:31:35,160 My son. 564 00:31:35,230 --> 00:31:36,080 Yes. 565 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:43,320 He's going to have you declared incompetent. 566 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:44,530 That means-- 567 00:31:44,610 --> 00:31:48,790 I know what incompetent means. 568 00:31:48,860 --> 00:31:52,920 He has a very good lawyer. 569 00:31:52,990 --> 00:31:56,260 We have to try and find someone to defend you. 570 00:31:56,340 --> 00:31:57,710 Do you understand? 571 00:31:57,790 --> 00:32:00,220 Someone has to defend you. 572 00:32:00,290 --> 00:32:02,720 A king's knights defend him. 573 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:07,260 Oh, Daddy, please, please, please understand this. 574 00:32:07,340 --> 00:32:10,850 Don't concern yourself, my dear. 575 00:32:10,930 --> 00:32:15,160 I understand many things, maybe more than I ever have. 576 00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:22,360 Jonathan will defend me. 577 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:26,910 Daddy, It's bad enough that you think you're King Arthur, 578 00:32:26,990 --> 00:32:31,370 but if you go in there with a handyman for a lawyer, 579 00:32:31,450 --> 00:32:32,720 they'll never believe you. 580 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,250 You don't know what the issue is here. 581 00:32:37,330 --> 00:32:39,550 Oh, but I do. 582 00:32:39,620 --> 00:32:43,340 There was a young boy who wanted a father. 583 00:32:43,420 --> 00:32:46,640 He was promised an empire instead. 584 00:32:46,710 --> 00:32:50,220 If he can't have the father's love, 585 00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:52,900 he means to have the empire. 586 00:32:52,980 --> 00:32:55,700 That's the real issue, isn't it? 587 00:32:55,770 --> 00:32:59,610 Yes, but he may not see it that way. 588 00:32:59,690 --> 00:33:03,070 And the judge may not see it that way. 589 00:33:03,150 --> 00:33:08,040 Well, then the trick is to make sure that they do see it. 590 00:33:12,990 --> 00:33:17,130 The wind is cool and I am tired. 591 00:33:20,580 --> 00:33:22,100 Good night, daughter. 592 00:33:25,460 --> 00:33:27,300 Good night, my friend. 593 00:33:27,380 --> 00:33:30,900 [music playing] 594 00:33:44,060 --> 00:33:47,330 [laughter] 595 00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:58,500 Look at that outfit. 596 00:33:58,580 --> 00:34:00,010 This is going to be a piece of cake. 597 00:34:02,710 --> 00:34:03,880 All rise. 598 00:34:03,890 --> 00:34:05,430 This court now in session. 599 00:34:05,510 --> 00:34:09,470 The Honorable Grace Dewitt presiding. 600 00:34:09,550 --> 00:34:12,220 Be seated. 601 00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:17,270 Are the attorneys for both parties present and ready 602 00:34:17,350 --> 00:34:19,650 to proceed in this matter? 603 00:34:19,720 --> 00:34:21,270 Plaintiff? 604 00:34:21,350 --> 00:34:23,090 We are, Your Honor. 605 00:34:23,170 --> 00:34:25,610 GRACE DEWITT: And, uh, the attorney for Mr. Arthur Krock 606 00:34:25,690 --> 00:34:26,530 Senior? 607 00:34:26,610 --> 00:34:28,030 Yes, Your Honor. 608 00:34:28,110 --> 00:34:30,130 Your Honor, I must protest. 609 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,170 It has come to my attention that this man is not an attorney, 610 00:34:33,250 --> 00:34:35,170 but Mr. Krock's handyman. 611 00:34:35,250 --> 00:34:37,160 Since the question before us is Mr. Krock's competence, 612 00:34:37,180 --> 00:34:38,950 I move-- 613 00:34:39,030 --> 00:34:40,880 Your Honor, I believe you will find documents in front of you 614 00:34:40,950 --> 00:34:43,340 that will show that I'm quite capable of appearing 615 00:34:43,410 --> 00:34:46,670 on behalf of my employer. 616 00:34:46,750 --> 00:34:48,720 I see no such documents. 617 00:34:48,790 --> 00:34:51,690 I believe you'll find them under your folder, 618 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:55,020 the yellow folder. 619 00:34:55,090 --> 00:34:56,560 Oh. 620 00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,440 This wasn't here a second ago. 621 00:34:59,510 --> 00:35:01,520 Well, it appears to be in order. 622 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:02,790 Thank you. 623 00:35:02,870 --> 00:35:03,730 GRACE DEWITT: Opening statements. 624 00:35:03,810 --> 00:35:05,460 Mr. Hacker. 625 00:35:05,540 --> 00:35:07,610 Your Honor, we will show that Mr. Arthur Krock Senior is not 626 00:35:07,690 --> 00:35:10,740 competent to handle either his personal or business affairs, 627 00:35:10,820 --> 00:35:12,240 and we will seek to have his son, 628 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,580 Mr. Arthur Krock Junior, named as sole custodian 629 00:35:15,650 --> 00:35:17,410 of both his personal and business matters 630 00:35:17,490 --> 00:35:19,750 and well being. 631 00:35:19,830 --> 00:35:22,750 And I would ask if Mr. Krock's costume 632 00:35:22,830 --> 00:35:24,630 be noted for the record. 633 00:35:24,710 --> 00:35:26,420 Noted. 634 00:35:26,500 --> 00:35:29,630 Uh, Mr. Smith. 635 00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:31,890 Yes, Your Honor. 636 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,390 The issue, not only before this court, 637 00:35:34,470 --> 00:35:39,350 but between these two men, is not one of competency. 638 00:35:39,430 --> 00:35:40,280 It's one of love. 639 00:35:42,850 --> 00:35:45,730 That's all you have to say, Mr. Smith? 640 00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:48,820 I think it says it all, except that you look 641 00:35:48,900 --> 00:35:51,950 very, very nice in your robe. 642 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,490 How I look in my robe is certainly 643 00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:58,290 not the issue before this court, wouldn't you agree? 644 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:03,710 Yes, very much, nor would the look of my client in a robe 645 00:36:03,790 --> 00:36:06,300 have anything to do with the issue in this court. 646 00:36:06,370 --> 00:36:07,550 MR. HACKER: Objection. 647 00:36:07,620 --> 00:36:09,630 GRACE DEWITT: Sustained. 648 00:36:09,710 --> 00:36:13,640 Call your first witness, Mr. Hacker. 649 00:36:13,650 --> 00:36:15,640 You are Mrs. Charles Buttram? 650 00:36:15,710 --> 00:36:17,210 I am. 651 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:18,340 MR. HACKER: And you are employed as housekeeper 652 00:36:17,980 --> 00:36:19,280 to Mr. Arthur Krock Senior? 653 00:36:19,350 --> 00:36:20,830 Yes, sir. 654 00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:23,440 Mrs. Buttram, does your employer walk about the house 655 00:36:23,510 --> 00:36:24,730 dressed as King Arthur? 656 00:36:24,810 --> 00:36:26,470 Yes, sir. 657 00:36:26,540 --> 00:36:27,570 MR. HACKER: Does he respond to the name, King Arthur? 658 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:29,900 Yes, sir. 659 00:36:29,980 --> 00:36:31,610 What does he call you? 660 00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:33,660 Maid Marion. 661 00:36:33,730 --> 00:36:34,740 No further questions. 662 00:36:34,820 --> 00:36:36,170 Your witness, Mr. Smith. 663 00:36:38,700 --> 00:36:41,660 Mrs. Buttram, have you ever worked for anyone else, aside 664 00:36:41,740 --> 00:36:43,540 from your present employer? 665 00:36:43,620 --> 00:36:45,170 Oh, years and years ago. 666 00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:47,840 I worked for a Mr. Justice Hemdale and his wife. 667 00:36:47,910 --> 00:36:49,300 He passed on. 668 00:36:49,310 --> 00:36:50,930 Yes, I know. 669 00:36:51,010 --> 00:36:53,630 He was a justice on the State Supreme Court, was he not? 670 00:36:53,710 --> 00:36:55,650 And if my memory serves me correctly, 671 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:59,560 Judge Dewitt was his clerk after she finished law school. 672 00:36:59,630 --> 00:37:01,020 What did he wear around the house? 673 00:37:01,090 --> 00:37:03,190 I thought you looked familiar. 674 00:37:03,260 --> 00:37:06,310 Oh, I'm sorry. 675 00:37:06,390 --> 00:37:08,110 Oh, what did he wear around the house? 676 00:37:08,180 --> 00:37:09,780 Yes. 677 00:37:09,850 --> 00:37:11,330 Well, if there was nobody there but him and the missus, 678 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,570 he didn't wear anything but a towel. 679 00:37:13,650 --> 00:37:14,860 MRS BUTTRAM: Why was that? 680 00:37:14,930 --> 00:37:16,870 Because that's what he wanted to wear. 681 00:37:16,940 --> 00:37:20,160 He said it was nobody's business what a man does at home. 682 00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:22,750 A man's home is his castle. 683 00:37:22,820 --> 00:37:24,470 That's what the law said. 684 00:37:24,540 --> 00:37:28,040 Oh, uh, what name did he respond to around the house? 685 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:31,050 Well, the only person around the house was the missus. 686 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:32,670 JONATHAN SMITH: Well, what did she call him? 687 00:37:32,750 --> 00:37:33,550 Snookums. 688 00:37:33,630 --> 00:37:35,050 [laughter] 689 00:37:35,130 --> 00:37:40,010 Snookums, I'd forgotten. 690 00:37:40,090 --> 00:37:45,730 You-- uh, you said your employer calls you Maid Marion. 691 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:47,480 What's your first name Mrs. Buttram? 692 00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:48,610 Marion. 693 00:37:48,690 --> 00:37:49,570 JONATHAN SMITH: And what's your job? 694 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,570 I'm the maid. 695 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,610 No further questions. 696 00:37:53,690 --> 00:37:57,240 And then Mr. Krock Senior appeared on private property, 697 00:37:57,250 --> 00:38:00,370 on a white horse in full armor, and drove you and your men 698 00:38:00,380 --> 00:38:01,790 off, preventing you from carrying 699 00:38:01,860 --> 00:38:02,790 out your assigned task. 700 00:38:02,860 --> 00:38:04,460 Is that not true? 701 00:38:04,530 --> 00:38:06,620 That's true, sir. 702 00:38:06,630 --> 00:38:07,550 Your witness. 703 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:14,090 Carl, who owned the property in question? 704 00:38:14,170 --> 00:38:18,220 Why, Krock and Son Development Company. 705 00:38:18,300 --> 00:38:20,550 JONATHAN SMITH: And who owns Krock and Son? 706 00:38:20,630 --> 00:38:23,720 Mr. Krock Senior. 707 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:25,230 Who's your employer? 708 00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:27,810 Krock and Son Development. 709 00:38:27,890 --> 00:38:30,020 So your employer ordered you and your men 710 00:38:30,030 --> 00:38:31,770 off his own piece of property. 711 00:38:31,850 --> 00:38:35,570 You find anything crazy about that? 712 00:38:35,650 --> 00:38:36,780 Well, it's his land. 713 00:38:36,860 --> 00:38:39,320 He can do anything he wants to with it. 714 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:40,440 Thank you, Carl. 715 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:42,410 No more questions. 716 00:38:42,490 --> 00:38:44,330 Mr. Krock, it is my understanding 717 00:38:44,340 --> 00:38:47,620 that the land in question is worth close to $20 million 718 00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:51,040 if all the luxury condos you intend to build are sold. 719 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:52,630 Is that not correct? 720 00:38:52,700 --> 00:38:54,240 That is correct. 721 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:55,250 MR. HACKER: And does your father agree 722 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:56,840 with your plan to develop this land 723 00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:58,300 and go ahead with the condo project? 724 00:38:58,380 --> 00:39:00,470 No, he wants to let Mrs. Halstead have it, 725 00:39:00,550 --> 00:39:05,640 rent free, for the next five years for her bunch of mutts. 726 00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:07,250 No further questions. 727 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:13,450 Mr. Krock, do all real estate deals make money? 728 00:39:13,530 --> 00:39:15,150 Not all of them, no. 729 00:39:15,230 --> 00:39:16,820 And is there any guarantee that all 730 00:39:16,900 --> 00:39:18,800 these condos would be sold? 731 00:39:18,580 --> 00:39:21,160 No, but this real estate deal looks as good as any one can. 732 00:39:21,230 --> 00:39:23,740 JONATHAN SMITH: Yeah, but there is a risk. 733 00:39:23,820 --> 00:39:25,650 There's always a risk. 734 00:39:25,730 --> 00:39:27,830 On the other hand, if the property remained undeveloped, 735 00:39:27,910 --> 00:39:30,710 it would continue to appreciate, wouldn't it over the years? 736 00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:31,830 Isn't that true? 737 00:39:31,910 --> 00:39:33,960 Yes, it's true. 738 00:39:33,470 --> 00:39:36,550 But to hand it over to a bunch of mutts is just plain crazy. 739 00:39:36,620 --> 00:39:39,840 Nobody but a maniac would let a dog interfere with business. 740 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:42,410 [dog whimpers] 741 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:50,100 Oh, oh, Friksy, you naughty boy. 742 00:39:50,180 --> 00:39:52,900 You know you're supposed to stay in mommy's office. 743 00:39:52,970 --> 00:39:55,270 You naughty, naughty boy. 744 00:39:55,350 --> 00:39:58,030 Um, Court will recess for five minutes, 745 00:39:58,100 --> 00:40:01,160 while I take Friksy back and make sure he's OK. 746 00:40:01,230 --> 00:40:03,500 Uh, Your Honor, before we recess, 747 00:40:03,580 --> 00:40:07,040 could you just have the court reporter read back Mr. 748 00:40:07,110 --> 00:40:08,500 Krock Junior's last statement? 749 00:40:08,570 --> 00:40:09,940 I didn't hear it. 750 00:40:10,020 --> 00:40:14,290 Uh, the reporter will, um, repeat the last answer. 751 00:40:14,370 --> 00:40:15,510 COURT REPORTER: "Nobody but a maniac 752 00:40:15,590 --> 00:40:19,880 would let a dog interfere with business." 753 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:24,220 I repeat, court is recessed, unless you 754 00:40:24,230 --> 00:40:27,060 wish to call my competency into doubt as well. 755 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:37,070 All rise. 756 00:40:37,150 --> 00:40:38,530 This court is now in session. 757 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:42,450 The Honorable Judge Grace DeWitt presiding. 758 00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:44,660 Be seated. 759 00:40:44,730 --> 00:40:47,590 You may call your first witness, Mr. Smith. 760 00:40:50,070 --> 00:40:53,830 I call the defendant, who is known to those who love him, 761 00:40:53,910 --> 00:40:57,890 by many names, and one of which is King Arthur. 762 00:41:17,430 --> 00:41:19,860 Raise your right hand. 763 00:41:19,940 --> 00:41:21,900 Do you swear to tell the truth in the matter now 764 00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:24,450 pending before this court, the whole truth, 765 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:26,420 and nothing but the truth? 766 00:41:26,490 --> 00:41:27,750 I so do swear. 767 00:41:35,370 --> 00:41:38,710 Kings are supposed to be blessed with wisdom. 768 00:41:38,790 --> 00:41:41,840 Is that not true? 769 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,340 The crown doesn't make you smart. 770 00:41:44,420 --> 00:41:48,300 If you're a good king, it makes you think about other people's 771 00:41:48,380 --> 00:41:51,220 problems, not just your own. 772 00:41:51,300 --> 00:41:53,000 Well, let me pose you a question 773 00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:56,940 that probably could only be answered by a good king. 774 00:41:57,010 --> 00:42:01,020 If you were this Arthur Krock Senior, 775 00:42:01,100 --> 00:42:03,530 what would you do with the land now occupied by the woman known 776 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:06,360 as Guinevere? 777 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:09,710 I will let her keep the land for five years, 778 00:42:09,790 --> 00:42:12,910 to take care of the helpless creatures who know 779 00:42:12,990 --> 00:42:15,500 the tenderness of her heart. 780 00:42:15,570 --> 00:42:16,420 And then? 781 00:42:20,580 --> 00:42:26,930 And in that time, I would court her, and try to persuade 782 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:32,680 her to make my home her home, and a home for the animals 783 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:34,560 as well. 784 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:37,100 And what about the company? 785 00:42:37,180 --> 00:42:38,030 The empire? 786 00:42:42,020 --> 00:42:44,780 Man may build what he builds in the beginning for all 787 00:42:44,850 --> 00:42:50,030 the right reasons, and maybe he gets caught 788 00:42:50,110 --> 00:42:55,290 up in it all, out of balance. 789 00:42:55,360 --> 00:43:02,290 And he loses something more precious than even gold 790 00:43:02,370 --> 00:43:03,760 if he's not careful. 791 00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,630 And what is that? 792 00:43:06,710 --> 00:43:10,220 He loses the one he loves. 793 00:43:10,300 --> 00:43:11,810 JONATHAN SMITH: And what would you do? 794 00:43:15,180 --> 00:43:19,650 I would give him that which was built for him 795 00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:23,780 in the first place, the empire. 796 00:43:23,860 --> 00:43:25,480 And I would give him something that not 797 00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:27,290 even an emperor can buy. 798 00:43:29,770 --> 00:43:33,200 Would you tell the court what that is? 799 00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:36,130 I would give him a father's love. 800 00:43:42,450 --> 00:43:43,340 What is your name, sir? 801 00:43:47,810 --> 00:43:48,890 I am-- 802 00:44:00,510 --> 00:44:08,530 I am a lucky man, who has all the love of a daughter who 803 00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:15,990 accepts me no matter what I choose to call myself, 804 00:44:16,070 --> 00:44:20,410 the love of friends, old and new, 805 00:44:20,490 --> 00:44:26,190 who would defend me I don't want to hurt me, Jonathan. 806 00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:31,390 You haven't answered my question. 807 00:44:34,380 --> 00:44:35,400 Who are you? 808 00:44:43,260 --> 00:44:49,070 I am that young man's father. 809 00:44:49,140 --> 00:44:52,660 [music playing] 810 00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:17,890 And I need no armor, neither real, nor of the mind, 811 00:45:17,900 --> 00:45:24,940 nor any protection, nor any crown to stand before you 812 00:45:25,010 --> 00:45:30,730 and say, I love you, son. 813 00:45:30,810 --> 00:45:31,660 I love you. 814 00:45:35,070 --> 00:45:35,960 I love you, my boy. 815 00:45:46,500 --> 00:45:48,190 I object, Your Honor. 816 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:49,920 The witness has not answered the question. 817 00:45:49,930 --> 00:45:53,300 He has not said who he is. 818 00:45:53,380 --> 00:45:55,930 Yes, he has, Hacker. 819 00:45:56,010 --> 00:45:59,220 Yes, he has. 820 00:45:59,300 --> 00:46:01,770 Case dismissed. 821 00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:05,110 [music playing] 822 00:46:31,290 --> 00:46:32,800 Daddy-- excuse me for a minute. 823 00:46:32,870 --> 00:46:33,720 Yeah, sure. 824 00:46:39,380 --> 00:46:44,270 Jonathan, you are not leaving? 825 00:46:44,340 --> 00:46:45,480 I'm afraid we have to. 826 00:46:45,550 --> 00:46:47,600 We've got another job waiting for us. 827 00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:50,190 We'll double your pay and make this one permanent. 828 00:46:50,270 --> 00:46:51,210 I'm sorry. 829 00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:52,780 It's a prior commitment. 830 00:46:52,860 --> 00:46:53,480 ARTHUR KROCK JR: Just tell me who the employer is 831 00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:54,440 and I'll take care of it. 832 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:56,610 I can't do that. 833 00:46:56,690 --> 00:47:00,820 Your father made me promise to serve no earthly kings. 834 00:47:00,900 --> 00:47:02,080 I understand. 835 00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:08,290 May the road rise up to greet you. 836 00:47:08,370 --> 00:47:11,380 May the wind be always at your backs. 837 00:47:11,450 --> 00:47:14,460 May the sun shine warm upon your face, 838 00:47:14,540 --> 00:47:18,010 the rain fall soft upon your fields. 839 00:47:18,020 --> 00:47:22,350 And until we meet again, may God hold 840 00:47:22,420 --> 00:47:24,610 you in the palm of his hand. 841 00:47:30,610 --> 00:47:33,020 Goodbye, my friend. 842 00:47:33,100 --> 00:47:36,540 [music playing]