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NARRATOR: Previously on The Right Stuff...
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BOB: Get in here.
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Actually, I'm looking for
the Space Task Group.
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Welcome to NASA.
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What we're doing here has consequences
for the entire world.
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If Russia gets a man into space first,
we could lose the Cold War.
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We need the best men.
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And those seven...
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-(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
-...will be the Mercury astronauts.
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JOHN: This is my chance to be the first
at something memorable.
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And I want it more than anyone, Annie.
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-Congratulations, Al.
-Couldn't have done it without you, Lou.
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(LOUISE CHUCKLES)
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-ALAN: I'm not gonna be one of the seven.
-No?
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I'm gonna be the first man in space.
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CHRIS: Then we'll also need to schedulean interview with your wife and family.
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They know we're separated,
I'll wash out.
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-We could start over.-(GIRLS CHATTING INDISTINCTLY)
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I draw the line at this.
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My family, my home life, that is mine.
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I know how good of a pilot you are, Alan.
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But you aren't honest with yourself,
and that will catch up with you.
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(MUSIC PLAYING)
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JOHN: Well, I don't think any of us could
really go on with something like this
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if we didn't have pretty good backing
at home, really.
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Um, my wife's attitude toward this
has been the same as it has been all along
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through all my flying,
which is if it's what I want to do,
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she's behind it, and the kids are too,
a hundred percent.
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Honestly, Annie said
I've been out of this world a long time,
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I might as well actually go on out there.
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(LAUGHTER)
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Uh, Mr. Shepard, same question.
What does your wife say about all this?
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(MUSIC STOPS)
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(CLEARS THROAT) Uh...
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(CLEARS THROAT)
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I have, uh, no problems at home.
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My family's in complete agreement.
(CLEARS THROAT)
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REPORTER: (CLEARS THROAT, CHUCKLES)
Uh...
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(CLEARS THROAT)
Well, of the medical tests,
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which one would you say
you liked the least?
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-JOHN: (CHUCKLES) Well, I'll say this...
-(MUSIC RESUMES)
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...you figure out how many openings
there are in the human body
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and how far you can go into each of them,
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you could probably figure out
which would be the toughest one for you.
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(LAUGHTER)
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REPORTER: So, can you tell me, guys,
who's gonna be the first man in space?
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(LAUGHTER)
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(MUSIC STOPS)
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JOHN: Yeah, but in all honesty, uh,the people at the Lovelace Clinic,
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-I think, uh, treated us just fine.-(TELEPHONE RINGING)
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JOHN: Wonderful staff there,wonderful doctors and nurses...
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(TELEPHONE CONTINUES RINGING)
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...and I think even though it wasa painful, excruciating time...
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-Hello?
-MARGARET: Louise, it's Margaret.
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What on Earth are you doing over there?
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We're watching the television.
Al has his first press conference.
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MARGRET: I think you'd better have a lookout your front door, dear.
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JOHN: ...the same it has been all alongthrough all my flying,
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which is if it's what I want to do,
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she's behind it and the kids are too,a hundred percent...
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-REPORTER 1: Mrs. Shepard?
-REPORTER 2: Mrs. Shepard!
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REPORTER 3: Mrs. Shepard, over here!
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(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
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-Is your husband best for the job?
-Bring out the kids!
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(CHATTER STOPS)
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JOHN: It's all about confidencein the air.
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You know, letting the craft become a...
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an extension of your body.
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(PANTS) You got all that?
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SCOTT: Ugh, more reporters?
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-They're on your damn lawn.
-Yup.
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-SCOTT: Do you wanna go down there?
-(SCOFFS) I don't have much choice, do I?
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(INHALES)
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Nope.
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(SIGHS)
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All right. (EXHALES)
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(CAR ENGINE STARTS)
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(JOHN PANTING)
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Every school kid
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is gonna know the name
of the first American in space.
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His face is gonna be everywhere.
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He'll never be forgotten.
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(PANTS)
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(GUS GRUNTS)
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-What is it?
-Is that a bear?
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The hell do you think you're doing?
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-(GRUNTS, PANTS)
-These guys the astronauts?
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The hell's it look like I'm doing?
I went hunting.
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Why'd you bring that back
when there are reporters everywhere?
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GUS: What else am I
supposed to do with it, Betty?
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I don't need a picture of our house
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-with a dead bear on the lawn.
-JOHN: Well, well, well.
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What have we got here, huh? (HOOTS)
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(LAUGHS)
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Uh, well, this will make
one heck of a picture, huh?
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Come on, what do you say, guys?
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Betty, Betty, Betty, come on.
Get on in here.
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All right.
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Now, what do you say we growl
like a big old grizzly, huh?
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-(BETTY CHUCKLES)
-(GROWLS)
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Your husband races planes.
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I do,
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or I did anyway.
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Just short-course stuff.
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You settling in okay?
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Military life, you get used to it.
(CHUCKLES)
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Hey, little lady.
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What's the best part of having
an astronaut for a dad, huh?
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Being all back together again.
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Who are you?
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-Michael Turley, Washington Star.
-You can't just walk in here.
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I just wanted to lend a hand,
door was open...
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Hey, you know what?
Thanks for the interest, Mr. Turley,
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but we got a lot to do here today.
I'll walk you out.
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(MIKE CLEARS THROAT)
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We're private people, you know?
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Sure appreciate you giving us some space.
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Did I do something wrong?
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(CHUCKLES) Of course not, sweetie.
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You go find your sister,
start setting up your room, okay?
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SHORTY: Schirra has a down-home quality.
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-Carpenter's face will sell tickets.
-Shepard needs some work.
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-KEITH: Glenn's the whole package.
-What the hell am I doing here?
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-Keep telling Bob he needs to relax.
-I am relaxed.
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But another one of our rockets exploded.
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I've lost count of how many that makes,
and I'm good at counting.
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My memory is going. Who do you work for?
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-I work for you, Keith.
-No shit.
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-Now what's your problem?
-Our problem is that Congress thinks
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we're the biggest money pit
in the nation's history.
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And so why do you think Eisenhower trusted
an old Hollywood guy to run NASA?
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When I was at Paramount Pictures
we had Mae West,
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-we had Gary Cooper.
-They have the damn Marx Brothers.
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We never had a standing room
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of legit press
falling over themselves
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to ask Bing Crosby what kind of
casserole his wife made on Sundays.
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And these are ordinary people, Bob.
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And for some reason,
people were captivated
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-by their ordinariness.
-No disrespect, Shorty,
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but what Suzy Homemaker thinks
doesn't really help get a man in space.
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Tell me what you see here, Bob.
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I see my time being wasted on PR
when I have actual work to do.
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PR isn't just Shorty's concern.
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It's what's gonna make your work possible.
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You don't have a rocket problem,
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you have a people problem.
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The papers like these guys.
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And people read the papers.
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People will want to know
how this story ends.
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People vote.
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And what's gonna make
all our problems go away?
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What do votes mean, Bob?
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Money.
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Let's go get you some money.
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CHRIS: They haven't even cleared
the land for the launch site.
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-Bob, it's still a palmetto swamp.
-Where are we on the procedures manual?
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Goddamn Air Force was supposed
to clear it last month.
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BOB: Then talk to the Air Force,
C.O. at Patrick, Major General Kutchel.
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-GLYNN: It's Keuchel.
-BOB: "Kook-el"? Are you sure?
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CHRIS: Yes, and I spoke to him already,
last month. Said everything was on track.
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What procedures manual?
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-BOB: The one with the procedures in it.
-GLYNN: Wait, what are the procedures?
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-They're what goes in the manual.
-But we don't have any procedures.
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The engineers were supposed to be
in base housing.
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Lunney, we will have procedures
when you write the manual.
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There's a problem with base housing.
It doesn't exist.
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I mean, there's hardly any housing
down there, period.
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-Bob, where are we putting the astronauts?
-Hangar S.
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We don't take possession of Hangar S
until next week.
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-You need to relax, Chris.
-Relax?
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We're supposed to send
a man to space inside a year,
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and we are already
a month behind schedule.
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Shorty, what do you know
about that general down in Florida?
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-Major General Keuchel?
-It's "Kai-kel."
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-And he's dead.
-Dead?
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Two or three weeks ago, yeah.
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Well, that'll set us back
two or three more months.
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-Why the hell are you even here?
-You didn't tell him?
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(WHISTLES)
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Name that tune, John.
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"Let Me Call You Sweetheart,"
Arthur Clough.
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(GUS CHUCKLES)
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BOB: Morning, gentlemen.
Allow me to introduce Colonel John Powers.
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-"Shorty," to my friends and lovers.
-BOB: He comes to us from the Air Force,
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but he'll be handling public relations
for the Space Task Group.
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-(CLEARS THROAT) What the hell is this?
-We're pushing your trip to Florida,
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because we have a mission
of urgent national importance.
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Let me be clear.
Congress is going to cut our funding
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if we do not win the hearts and minds
of the American people.
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(EPIC MUSIC PLAYING)
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-(CROWD CHEERING, WHOOPING)
-There they are! Yeah!
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(JET ENGINE WHIRRING)
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All right. It's a good crowd.
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This is nice.
All right. Let's go. Let's go.
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Let's go, uh, let's sign some autographs
here, huh?
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-Hi there.
-SHORTY: Deke, come on Deke.
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Deke, let's get in here. Buddy, buddy...
Buddy, let's get in here, okay?
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-Yeah, don't worry about it, just...
-Hi. Welcome here.
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Get away from these… these girls, guys.
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SHORTY: Excuse me. Okay.
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(PLANE ENGINE WHIRS)
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(CHEERING CONTINUES)
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Terrific, thanks.
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And if you'd like to call your congressman
to express your enthusiasm,
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we'd be real grateful,
because this is a collective effort.
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For God and for freedom.
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-(CHEERING)
-He's a natural.
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(WOMEN LAUGHING)
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(EPIC MUSIC PLAYING)
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That's great. One, two, three...
Perfect.
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ALAN: As I'm standing here today...
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marveling at your hard work
and ingenuity,
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looks like one hell of a ride.
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Can't wait to get up there,
kick the snot out of the Soviets...
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for, uh, freedom.
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For God, also.
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(CHUCKLES) Sorry.
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(APPLAUSE)
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(ENGINE WHIRS)
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(EPIC MUSIC CONTINUES)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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(WOMEN CHEERING)
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All right, I can sign it...
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Gordo!
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Hi, how are you? Oh, look at this.
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This is beautiful.
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-Did you help with this?
-Yeah.
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Nation's eyes may be on us,
but we will reach the stars
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on your shoulders.
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(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
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SHORTY: Look around,
you see these congressmen?
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We need to suck up to them
to get more funding.
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-Okay, there's Congressman Brooks.
-Who?
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Head of the Science
and Aeronautics Committee.
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So, please be your most charming self.
236
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Brooks is a segregationist, you know.
237
00:11:33,297 --> 00:11:36,258
You wanna talk segregation?
Wait till we get to Florida.
238
00:11:38,177 --> 00:11:42,514
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
239
00:11:48,062 --> 00:11:50,564
Hey, Lyle! Come on over here and meet Al.
240
00:11:58,697 --> 00:12:02,451
(CHEERING)
241
00:12:06,455 --> 00:12:08,999
-(INHALES)
-(URINATING)
242
00:12:09,208 --> 00:12:11,043
My name is Leo DeOrsey.
243
00:12:11,794 --> 00:12:13,504
I've been trying to corner you all night.
244
00:12:16,799 --> 00:12:17,925
-Okay.
-(FLUSHES)
245
00:12:18,759 --> 00:12:20,511
You picked a pretty funny time.
246
00:12:22,846 --> 00:12:24,098
(SIGHS)
247
00:12:25,307 --> 00:12:26,725
Can I help you, friend?
248
00:12:28,269 --> 00:12:30,938
Actually, I'd like to help you.
249
00:12:34,900 --> 00:12:38,529
What you boys are doing
is a great service to this country.
250
00:12:39,530 --> 00:12:42,449
I can provide you with opportunities
befitting your position.
251
00:12:42,783 --> 00:12:47,830
-I'm a lawyer and an agent.
-Well, I'm a pilot, not a movie star.
252
00:12:48,622 --> 00:12:50,165
Like it or not...
253
00:12:51,292 --> 00:12:52,376
you're a celebrity.
254
00:12:52,835 --> 00:12:55,963
And what you need, Mr. Glenn,
is someone to stand between you
255
00:12:56,171 --> 00:12:59,466
and everybody looking for a piece.
Not to mention the press.
256
00:13:00,634 --> 00:13:02,219
You have friends on the Hill.
257
00:13:03,387 --> 00:13:04,930
Ask them about me.
258
00:13:07,641 --> 00:13:09,310
-(SIGHS)
-The future's coming, John.
259
00:13:11,645 --> 00:13:13,897
JOHN: The future's always coming,
Mr. DeOrsey.
260
00:13:14,606 --> 00:13:15,733
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
261
00:13:15,899 --> 00:13:17,401
Not like this, it isn't.
262
00:13:40,507 --> 00:13:42,259
CONGRESSMAN: Ain't she a beaut?
263
00:13:43,594 --> 00:13:45,095
You can look, but don't touch.
264
00:13:48,182 --> 00:13:49,475
Thanks for everything you do, Al.
265
00:14:04,323 --> 00:14:05,657
WAITER: Sweet car, huh?
266
00:14:12,539 --> 00:14:14,458
Hey! You hear John Glenn is inside?
267
00:14:21,924 --> 00:14:26,053
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
268
00:14:29,264 --> 00:14:31,350
Morning, girls.
(CLICKS TONGUE)
269
00:14:34,311 --> 00:14:36,355
-It's that guy again.
-What guy?
270
00:14:40,192 --> 00:14:42,736
Don't worry about him.
He's just a little buzzard.
271
00:14:43,487 --> 00:14:45,364
He kept asking me all these things.
272
00:14:45,739 --> 00:14:46,824
Things? What things?
273
00:14:46,907 --> 00:14:48,951
Don't worry, sweetie.
I'll walk you to school today.
274
00:14:51,412 --> 00:14:53,038
What things was he asking?
275
00:14:54,665 --> 00:14:57,501
He followed her to school,
and he asked her about us.
276
00:15:05,384 --> 00:15:07,594
Well, it can't be any worse
than what's in there.
277
00:15:07,678 --> 00:15:08,679
Thanks.
278
00:15:10,139 --> 00:15:13,559
Cam, she's shy.
Likes peace and quiet.
279
00:15:14,309 --> 00:15:16,687
Yeah. I was just looking out for her.
280
00:15:18,439 --> 00:15:21,859
Truth is, I'm afraid we're just not
a very interesting family.
281
00:15:22,067 --> 00:15:23,819
MIKE: (SLURPS)
You're right.
282
00:15:27,322 --> 00:15:28,740
(CLEARS THROAT) You know...
283
00:15:30,325 --> 00:15:32,411
really the person
who I should be questioning is, um...
284
00:15:34,413 --> 00:15:35,956
How do you say her name? Lurleen?
285
00:15:38,459 --> 00:15:39,793
Is that it, Lurleen Wilson?
286
00:15:40,669 --> 00:15:42,004
(GRUNTS)
287
00:15:45,382 --> 00:15:48,051
ALAN: They wanna know everything about us.We haven't done anything yet.
288
00:15:48,844 --> 00:15:50,762
"What kind of toothpaste do you use?"
289
00:15:51,263 --> 00:15:53,557
"What brand of underwear
are you taking to space?"
290
00:15:54,443 --> 00:15:55,934
Gotten that question two times.
291
00:15:56,435 --> 00:15:59,104
Next thing you know, the press will be
banging down the door.
292
00:15:59,229 --> 00:16:00,689
Trampling across the yard.
293
00:16:00,898 --> 00:16:03,192
Just like Laura and Julie do every day.
294
00:16:04,067 --> 00:16:06,862
ALAN: Well, Laura and Julie
don't print every word we say.
295
00:16:07,404 --> 00:16:09,490
People know where we live now.
296
00:16:09,781 --> 00:16:11,909
But I'm going to Florida
in a couple of days.
297
00:16:11,992 --> 00:16:14,203
-I'm not gonna be here.
-We'll be fine, Al.
298
00:16:15,287 --> 00:16:16,622
(SIGHS)
299
00:16:17,623 --> 00:16:18,749
It's our life.
300
00:16:20,584 --> 00:16:22,252
We've always protected that.
301
00:16:30,010 --> 00:16:31,720
But things are different now.
302
00:16:34,306 --> 00:16:37,017
Yeah, like it or not,
this is what you signed up for.
303
00:16:37,726 --> 00:16:39,311
And John Glenn is good at it.
304
00:16:41,104 --> 00:16:42,564
So, if you really wanna be first,
305
00:16:42,648 --> 00:16:44,910
you're going to have to get used
to the limelight.
306
00:16:48,070 --> 00:16:49,404
I'm a better pilot.
307
00:16:50,864 --> 00:16:52,282
It's all that matters in the end.
308
00:16:59,748 --> 00:17:01,583
I wouldn't be so sure.
309
00:17:06,964 --> 00:17:08,715
I thought you were gonna talk to Cam?
310
00:17:10,217 --> 00:17:11,718
What should I tell her, a lie?
311
00:17:13,136 --> 00:17:14,638
You're better at that than me.
312
00:17:17,015 --> 00:17:18,892
Trudy, I go to Florida
in less than a week.
313
00:17:18,976 --> 00:17:21,395
I'm not gonna be here
to keep jackasses like that off our lawn.
314
00:17:21,728 --> 00:17:23,188
I'm well aware of that.
315
00:17:25,399 --> 00:17:26,900
If somebody writes something about us,
316
00:17:26,984 --> 00:17:29,319
things don't just go back to normal
for me.
317
00:17:29,528 --> 00:17:32,614
Forget space.
I'm not even going back to Edwards.
318
00:17:36,243 --> 00:17:37,703
What do you think happens to me?
319
00:17:48,005 --> 00:17:49,172
BOB: Shorty…
320
00:17:50,048 --> 00:17:53,010
-this is out of control.
-Out of control? It worked.
321
00:17:53,176 --> 00:17:55,470
Overton Brooks
is our new carnival barker.
322
00:17:55,846 --> 00:17:57,931
And those same congressmen
who were threatening our budget
323
00:17:58,015 --> 00:17:59,641
are now calling me to schedule photo ops.
324
00:17:59,725 --> 00:18:02,811
Well, for some reason,
the CEO of BFGoodrich is calling me,
325
00:18:02,978 --> 00:18:05,314
asking why his competition
is getting free publicity.
326
00:18:05,522 --> 00:18:09,443
Apparently, those men and that brassiere
belong to International Latex.
327
00:18:09,651 --> 00:18:13,030
And some denture company
got a photo of Deke and Gus...
328
00:18:14,072 --> 00:18:17,868
-(TELEPHONE RINGING)
-John, I agreed to your adventure.
329
00:18:18,368 --> 00:18:22,122
-And this is what you do to my astronauts?
-What do you expect?
330
00:18:22,497 --> 00:18:23,540
They're poor.
331
00:18:23,915 --> 00:18:26,460
And they're treated like movie stars
while their wives are at home,
332
00:18:26,543 --> 00:18:27,878
cooking dinner out of shoelaces.
333
00:18:27,961 --> 00:18:30,714
You plunged one toilet
and stopped up another.
334
00:18:32,257 --> 00:18:33,425
Fix it.
335
00:18:34,676 --> 00:18:35,844
(SIGHS)
336
00:18:37,220 --> 00:18:40,349
Sorry. It's urgent.
Something about Gordon Cooper?
337
00:18:40,515 --> 00:18:41,600
(SIGHS)
338
00:18:42,309 --> 00:18:43,435
Okay.
339
00:18:44,102 --> 00:18:45,395
(DOORBELL RINGING)
340
00:18:50,233 --> 00:18:53,236
(SHOUTING) Yah. Yah, yah, ka-yah.
341
00:18:53,820 --> 00:18:56,490
Oh, God. You gotta protect your tail, son.
342
00:18:56,740 --> 00:18:59,201
(LAUGHS) Hey, okay, come on in here.
343
00:19:00,077 --> 00:19:02,788
C... come in. I'm Annie and this is Lyn.
344
00:19:03,121 --> 00:19:05,791
-Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Cooper.
-Trudy. (CHUCKLES)
345
00:19:07,167 --> 00:19:10,837
-Such a lovely dress.
-Thank you.
346
00:19:11,713 --> 00:19:14,424
ANNIE: Let me show you to the dining room.
347
00:19:14,716 --> 00:19:16,760
-TRUDY: What was that, karate?
-DAVE: No, ma'am.
348
00:19:16,885 --> 00:19:18,845
This is tae kwon do from Korea.
349
00:19:19,054 --> 00:19:24,226
(MUSIC PLAYING)
350
00:19:26,353 --> 00:19:28,313
JOHN: Then, the dentist said,
"You're embarrassed?
351
00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,357
"I'm the one with three ducks up my butt."
352
00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,609
(ALL LAUGH)
353
00:19:34,403 --> 00:19:37,155
So, how did you two meet?
354
00:19:39,074 --> 00:19:40,409
Why don't you tell her?
355
00:19:40,826 --> 00:19:42,994
Okay, then. Uh, well, um...
356
00:19:43,286 --> 00:19:44,955
-it was a Saturday.
-Thursday.
357
00:19:45,288 --> 00:19:46,540
Fine, it was a Thursday.
358
00:19:46,665 --> 00:19:49,710
I was at the Oahu Airport,
and it was blowing like hell.
359
00:19:50,252 --> 00:19:53,130
And I've just tied up
and I see this Piper coming in.
360
00:19:53,296 --> 00:19:56,133
It was a tough crosswind landing,
real bounce-and-go situation,
361
00:19:56,216 --> 00:19:57,384
and I'm thinking to myself,
362
00:19:57,509 --> 00:19:59,302
"Man, this guy is gonna buy the farm."
363
00:19:59,469 --> 00:20:00,679
But no. (SCOFFS)
364
00:20:00,762 --> 00:20:03,932
He straightens right out,
and just, I mean, kisses the landing.
365
00:20:04,015 --> 00:20:05,684
Then the door opens, and guess what?
366
00:20:07,060 --> 00:20:10,105
A girl gets out. (CHUCKLES)
Yeah. A girl.
367
00:20:10,230 --> 00:20:12,566
-I have a name, I swear.
-Well, I didn't know it then.
368
00:20:13,024 --> 00:20:14,776
And this beautiful creature,
she's incoming,
369
00:20:14,979 --> 00:20:18,280
I'm thinking to myself... (SIGHS)
"What am I gonna say?"
370
00:20:19,030 --> 00:20:22,659
And I remember my grandma always said,
"If Leroy Gordon Cooper had one thing,
371
00:20:22,826 --> 00:20:24,244
"it's an infectious smile."
372
00:20:25,162 --> 00:20:26,747
-Huh?
-(ANNIE CHUCKLES)
373
00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:28,081
See?
374
00:20:28,331 --> 00:20:31,877
So, I lock on and I smile.
You know what happened?
375
00:20:32,294 --> 00:20:33,712
-No.
-Nothing.
376
00:20:33,879 --> 00:20:36,214
She blew right past me
like I was made of cotton candy.
377
00:20:36,381 --> 00:20:38,425
And I'm standing there,
big jackass grin on my face.
378
00:20:38,592 --> 00:20:39,968
Well, anyway, them's the breaks.
379
00:20:40,093 --> 00:20:43,388
So, you know, then I decided
I wanna take one last look, and...
380
00:20:45,390 --> 00:20:46,767
she was staring at me.
381
00:20:47,976 --> 00:20:51,605
And it's late in the day,
the sun is setting, and Trudy's just...
382
00:20:53,565 --> 00:20:55,108
she's just bathed in gold.
383
00:20:58,987 --> 00:21:02,032
She's looking at me, and then she smiles.
384
00:21:03,575 --> 00:21:07,078
She smiles. I mean,
if my grandma could have seen that.
385
00:21:10,499 --> 00:21:12,042
(CHUCKLES)
386
00:21:12,751 --> 00:21:16,671
So I looked at her right then and there,
and I couldn't look away.
387
00:21:20,884 --> 00:21:22,219
And I haven't since.
388
00:21:24,971 --> 00:21:26,389
(CHUCKLES)
389
00:21:29,226 --> 00:21:31,061
GORDON: I mean,
it really is something, John.
390
00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,313
JOHN: Well, a house makes a man.
391
00:21:34,689 --> 00:21:39,110
(CHUCKLES) Man, it can take a while,
being in the service.
392
00:21:40,028 --> 00:21:42,531
Do you still fly?
393
00:21:45,784 --> 00:21:49,788
Not right now. I was flying every week
in San Diego, but...
394
00:21:50,872 --> 00:21:52,874
I wanna compete in this race,
395
00:21:53,917 --> 00:21:55,919
a transcontinental Powder Puff Derby.
396
00:21:56,711 --> 00:21:58,213
Amelia Earhart.
397
00:21:58,547 --> 00:22:00,465
-Yeah.
-Nineteen twenty-nine.
398
00:22:01,258 --> 00:22:06,263
-Oh, and, um, Ruth Elder.
-Yes. (LAUGHS)
399
00:22:06,624 --> 00:22:07,848
Got attacked by a bull
400
00:22:07,931 --> 00:22:09,558
-when she landed in that field.
-Yes.
401
00:22:09,724 --> 00:22:11,935
A bunch of men
tried to sabotage their planes,
402
00:22:12,060 --> 00:22:13,520
-did you know that?
-(ANNIE SCOFFS)
403
00:22:14,104 --> 00:22:17,774
Oh, I couldn't get enough of those women
when I was young.
404
00:22:18,358 --> 00:22:20,026
I read everything I could.
405
00:22:20,610 --> 00:22:22,779
I wanted to be the female
Charles Lindbergh.
406
00:22:24,155 --> 00:22:28,618
No. The first Trudy Coo... (STAMMERS)
407
00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:33,415
Yeah, well...
408
00:22:36,835 --> 00:22:39,880
Well, you should do the Derby.
409
00:22:41,339 --> 00:22:43,383
Oh, in a few years, maybe.
410
00:22:44,801 --> 00:22:47,971
We can't afford it
without Gordo's flight pay.
411
00:22:49,139 --> 00:22:52,601
And the distractions don't help.
412
00:22:53,143 --> 00:22:54,144
(SIGHS)
413
00:22:55,562 --> 00:22:56,646
Reporters.
414
00:22:59,399 --> 00:23:02,068
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
You seem to handle it pretty well.
415
00:23:04,112 --> 00:23:05,196
Well, I've...
416
00:23:05,488 --> 00:23:06,698
had practice.
417
00:23:08,825 --> 00:23:10,368
Does it get any easier?
418
00:23:12,579 --> 00:23:14,497
But you have to let them in.
419
00:23:15,498 --> 00:23:17,375
That must be pretty tough for you.
420
00:23:18,543 --> 00:23:22,088
Nobody minds a quiet woman.
421
00:23:23,381 --> 00:23:26,676
-Seems like you have things to say though.
-Yes.
422
00:23:28,428 --> 00:23:29,596
(JOHN LAUGHING)
423
00:23:31,139 --> 00:23:35,101
Sometimes I wouldn't mind a quiet man
for a change.
424
00:23:36,895 --> 00:23:38,063
(GIGGLES)
425
00:23:39,814 --> 00:23:42,317
JOHN: You know, I had to get used
to being on television.
426
00:23:42,484 --> 00:23:44,694
Telling the same story over and over.
427
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,197
They're always gonna want
the family angle.
428
00:23:49,157 --> 00:23:51,868
You know the best thing I learned
from all that attention?
429
00:23:54,204 --> 00:23:55,932
The only way through it is to smile.
430
00:23:57,874 --> 00:24:00,001
And we already know
you got a good one of those.
431
00:24:01,753 --> 00:24:03,964
But you punch a photographer
on Monday night,
432
00:24:04,130 --> 00:24:06,758
you're gonna have nine more
on your doorstep Tuesday morning.
433
00:24:09,010 --> 00:24:10,095
It's okay.
434
00:24:11,471 --> 00:24:13,682
Shorty Powers paid the guy.
It's taken care of.
435
00:24:13,848 --> 00:24:15,725
I mean, sure, Shorty was pissed,
436
00:24:15,850 --> 00:24:17,310
but I said I'd talk to you,
437
00:24:18,269 --> 00:24:20,855
that I understand where
you're coming from, 'cause I do.
438
00:24:21,439 --> 00:24:24,275
You know, sometimes even I wanna light up
those sons of guns.
439
00:24:24,661 --> 00:24:26,277
It's more complicated than that, John.
440
00:24:26,444 --> 00:24:29,489
You put the whole program at risk
when you go off half-cocked.
441
00:24:32,075 --> 00:24:33,535
You think it's just me?
442
00:24:36,663 --> 00:24:38,456
Deke, Gus, Wally,
443
00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,376
it's not like any of us
went to finishing school.
444
00:24:44,754 --> 00:24:48,341
If this keeps up, Shorty is gonna have
more to worry about
445
00:24:48,466 --> 00:24:49,926
than one glass-jawed reporter.
446
00:24:53,888 --> 00:24:55,849
-SHORTY: (OVER TELEPHONE) Hello?
-Shorty, hey, pal.
447
00:24:56,016 --> 00:24:57,225
Sorry to call so late.
448
00:24:57,517 --> 00:24:59,269
SHORTY:
No problem. What's going on, John?
449
00:24:59,811 --> 00:25:02,439
JOHN: You ever heard of this guy
named Leo DeOrsey?
450
00:25:02,564 --> 00:25:06,359
SHORTY: Yeah, sure. He brokers media dealswith NBC and Disney.
451
00:25:06,443 --> 00:25:08,194
-He's a big shot, you know.
-Huh.
452
00:25:10,739 --> 00:25:13,992
Well, I'm thinking maybe he's the solution
to all our little problems.
453
00:25:15,952 --> 00:25:17,454
For over 20 years,
454
00:25:17,871 --> 00:25:21,499
LIFE Magazine has chronicled the news
and culture of our world
455
00:25:21,750 --> 00:25:23,334
like no other publication.
456
00:25:23,918 --> 00:25:26,713
Mr. Wainwright here
has been at the center of it all.
457
00:25:27,130 --> 00:25:28,423
Thank you, Leo.
458
00:25:29,257 --> 00:25:30,300
Gentlemen.
459
00:25:31,509 --> 00:25:33,261
LIFE entertains its readers
460
00:25:33,344 --> 00:25:36,306
with portraits of men
like Franklin Roosevelt,
461
00:25:36,973 --> 00:25:39,642
Babe Ruth, Douglas MacArthur.
462
00:25:40,727 --> 00:25:42,520
Heroes, all of them.
463
00:25:42,604 --> 00:25:45,148
Let's take nothing away
from those fine Americans.
464
00:25:45,356 --> 00:25:48,777
After all, people like that
put bread on my table.
465
00:25:49,486 --> 00:25:53,698
But nobody has ever seen anything
like you men until now.
466
00:25:59,579 --> 00:26:00,705
Astronaut.
467
00:26:01,706 --> 00:26:05,877
"Astro" meaning "star," "naut," "voyager."
468
00:26:08,046 --> 00:26:12,175
See, few things live forever
in the soul of a country.
469
00:26:13,093 --> 00:26:14,469
But star voyagers?
470
00:26:15,845 --> 00:26:18,640
Look, guys, I write features,
but this is no feature.
471
00:26:18,765 --> 00:26:19,766
This...
472
00:26:21,017 --> 00:26:22,185
This is a story.
473
00:26:23,186 --> 00:26:24,604
Americans love stories.
474
00:26:24,896 --> 00:26:29,526
This story ends with a climax in space.
475
00:26:30,860 --> 00:26:33,029
And it starts right here on Earth.
476
00:26:34,614 --> 00:26:36,991
People wanna know
everything about you men.
477
00:26:37,408 --> 00:26:38,576
Your lives.
478
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:40,286
You've seen it already.
479
00:26:40,411 --> 00:26:45,125
What shoes your wife wears,
or what kind of cereal your kids eat.
480
00:26:46,126 --> 00:26:49,003
LOUDON: LIFE will tell your stories,
gentlemen.
481
00:26:49,754 --> 00:26:54,676
We will take the public on a journey
from the kitchen table to Pluto.
482
00:26:55,218 --> 00:26:57,470
And people will feel
like they know your families,
483
00:26:57,595 --> 00:26:58,930
like they know you.
484
00:26:59,430 --> 00:27:01,474
-They'll wanna be you.
-The best part...
485
00:27:02,350 --> 00:27:05,603
the magazine is prepared to offer
an exclusive arrangement,
486
00:27:05,687 --> 00:27:10,441
meaning no stringers from some
small-town rag beating down your door.
487
00:27:10,525 --> 00:27:13,194
You let LIFE in,
we keep everybody else out.
488
00:27:13,820 --> 00:27:16,364
-What's in it for us?
-For starters, money.
489
00:27:17,282 --> 00:27:18,408
Fame.
490
00:27:19,033 --> 00:27:20,118
Immortality.
491
00:27:21,202 --> 00:27:22,287
Let's be honest.
492
00:27:22,453 --> 00:27:25,665
A guy like Babe Ruth,
he hit a ball with a stick.
493
00:27:25,874 --> 00:27:27,667
And look what LIFE did for him.
494
00:27:29,669 --> 00:27:33,131
You boys are paving the path
495
00:27:33,298 --> 00:27:35,925
-of America's future...
-Guy, just tell us the number.
496
00:27:38,344 --> 00:27:42,182
(EPIC MUSIC PLAYING)
497
00:27:45,977 --> 00:27:48,980
(ALL LAUGH)
498
00:27:51,316 --> 00:27:52,483
(WHISTLING)
499
00:27:52,942 --> 00:27:54,485
(CHUCKLING)
500
00:27:55,570 --> 00:27:56,613
(BICYCLE BELL RINGING)
501
00:27:57,155 --> 00:27:58,239
Are those for us?
502
00:27:58,364 --> 00:28:00,283
Wow, they're so pretty.
Thank you, Daddy!
503
00:28:00,366 --> 00:28:03,119
Well, these fine machines were, uh,
purring for two little girls to saddle up.
504
00:28:03,244 --> 00:28:04,913
-How could I say no?
-Whoa, whoa, whoa...
505
00:28:05,038 --> 00:28:06,998
-Wait, all right, wait. Wait, wait.
-(TRUDY LAUGHS)
506
00:28:07,165 --> 00:28:09,918
Okay. You start to pedal. That's it.
You push.
507
00:28:10,084 --> 00:28:11,669
(GORDON AND TRUDY LAUGH)
508
00:28:11,961 --> 00:28:12,962
What is all this?
509
00:28:13,171 --> 00:28:15,298
Everything's changed, Trudy,
we got a deal.
510
00:28:15,924 --> 00:28:17,091
TRUDY:
What kind of deal?
511
00:28:17,342 --> 00:28:19,928
-A deal with LIFE Magazine.
-What?
512
00:28:20,303 --> 00:28:22,347
Don't worry, it's just an exclusive.
513
00:28:22,722 --> 00:28:25,099
-Just one guy writing about us.
-About us?
514
00:28:25,642 --> 00:28:28,102
Gordo, how could you do that
without talking to me?
515
00:28:28,645 --> 00:28:30,605
Hey, how about you go play
with your sister?
516
00:28:33,691 --> 00:28:36,694
-All the guys agreed and...
-And they don't have everything to lose.
517
00:28:37,070 --> 00:28:39,989
That's exactly what we talked about.
This isn't what we want.
518
00:28:42,659 --> 00:28:46,579
It's $25,000... a year.
519
00:28:47,288 --> 00:28:49,374
Trudy, that's three times my salary.
520
00:28:50,083 --> 00:28:55,129
And we get to tell them what to write.
We do, you and me.
521
00:28:55,255 --> 00:28:57,465
They can't even print a comma
without our okay.
522
00:28:57,715 --> 00:28:59,801
Nobody else... (CHUCKLES)
523
00:29:00,260 --> 00:29:03,680
Nobody else gets squat about us.
We write the story.
524
00:29:04,973 --> 00:29:06,057
Hey.
525
00:29:07,392 --> 00:29:09,185
This is a fresh start for us.
526
00:29:11,187 --> 00:29:14,190
Baby, we got to get you back up
in a plane.
527
00:29:14,732 --> 00:29:16,401
(CHUCKLES)
528
00:30:19,547 --> 00:30:21,382
(MUSIC FADES)
529
00:30:22,258 --> 00:30:25,428
(EPIC MUSIC PLAYING)
530
00:30:29,766 --> 00:30:31,559
(ENGINE WHIRS)
531
00:30:34,145 --> 00:30:35,563
(FLIES BUZZING)
532
00:30:52,246 --> 00:30:55,625
(PLANE WHOOSHING)
533
00:31:04,092 --> 00:31:07,428
GLYNN: Welcome, gentlemen,
to the Center for Human Space Exploration.
534
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:09,097
This is Hangar S.
535
00:31:21,609 --> 00:31:23,403
(MUSIC STOPS)
536
00:31:25,154 --> 00:31:26,614
GUS: Where are the planes?
537
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:28,574
What planes?
538
00:31:33,287 --> 00:31:36,833
-Well, let's take a look around.
-Yeah.
539
00:31:41,045 --> 00:31:43,673
-(METAL CLANGING)
-(MAN 1 COUGHING)
540
00:31:46,334 --> 00:31:47,382
MAN 2: Get out of here.
541
00:32:04,861 --> 00:32:06,195
What do you do around here?
542
00:32:06,612 --> 00:32:07,864
I'm a fireman.
543
00:32:08,489 --> 00:32:11,200
Well, thank God. I'm burning up.
544
00:32:11,367 --> 00:32:13,703
That's probably
just the gonorrhea talking.
545
00:32:14,162 --> 00:32:15,663
(CHUCKLES)
546
00:32:17,290 --> 00:32:22,003
I'm Al Shepard, astronaut.
Are you Dee?
547
00:32:22,253 --> 00:32:25,882
Second Lieutenant O'Hara.
Only my friends call me "Dee."
548
00:32:39,896 --> 00:32:43,691
Well, I'll take a bottom bunk.
Who wants up top?
549
00:32:44,150 --> 00:32:45,776
Not me, I'm afraid of heights.
550
00:32:56,496 --> 00:32:57,830
Where the hell is he going?
551
00:32:57,955 --> 00:33:00,750
-I don't know, but I'm going with him.
-Yup.
552
00:33:03,029 --> 00:33:04,004
Excuse me.
553
00:33:05,463 --> 00:33:12,136
(GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING)
554
00:33:13,429 --> 00:33:17,433
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
555
00:33:20,895 --> 00:33:22,647
Your highballs, gentlemen.
556
00:33:22,980 --> 00:33:24,565
WALLY: Fantastic, Henri.
557
00:33:24,982 --> 00:33:26,859
Al, you're a damn genius.
558
00:33:26,943 --> 00:33:28,694
-GORDON: Hell, yeah, you are.
-SCOTT: Hey!
559
00:33:30,029 --> 00:33:34,617
-NASA's really gonna pay for all this?
-Of course, they are. Haven't you heard?
560
00:33:35,535 --> 00:33:37,161
We're star voyagers.
561
00:33:39,997 --> 00:33:41,749
It looks like the boys are having fun.
562
00:33:42,875 --> 00:33:45,503
(LAUGHING, GRUNTING)
563
00:33:46,921 --> 00:33:48,464
Al, I really gotta hand it to you.
564
00:33:48,589 --> 00:33:51,259
This sure beats the heck out of bunking
in that hangar.
565
00:33:52,260 --> 00:33:53,719
Yeah. It's nice and quiet here.
566
00:33:53,844 --> 00:33:55,888
We just about got whole place
to ourselves.
567
00:33:56,305 --> 00:33:57,640
Well, don't worry.
568
00:33:58,349 --> 00:33:59,517
I'll fix that, too.
569
00:34:03,563 --> 00:34:07,108
(MEN LAUGHING, GRUNTING)
570
00:34:07,567 --> 00:34:08,943
(MUSIC FADES)
571
00:34:31,841 --> 00:34:34,677
(MUSIC PLAYING)
572
00:34:42,393 --> 00:34:45,039
LOUDON: Well,
look at this beauty contest.
573
00:34:45,938 --> 00:34:48,858
Thought I'd come have an inaugural
sit down with one of you, but,
574
00:34:49,066 --> 00:34:50,651
looks like you're my only option, Al.
575
00:34:52,486 --> 00:34:54,655
I'm afraid I don't have much to tell you.
576
00:34:56,324 --> 00:34:59,243
Look, I know this kind of stuff,
reporters, interviews...
577
00:34:59,368 --> 00:35:01,579
it's not your bailiwick,
it's more Glenn's thing.
578
00:35:03,956 --> 00:35:07,251
-I'm a private person, Wainwright.
-Oh, that's just the point, though.
579
00:35:07,376 --> 00:35:09,920
You can tell me anything.
You can tell me nothing.
580
00:35:10,004 --> 00:35:12,798
-You get the last word on all of that.
-Yeah, and what's the catch?
581
00:35:12,882 --> 00:35:13,883
No catch.
582
00:35:14,967 --> 00:35:18,721
(CHUCKLES) Al, my job is to ensure
that the American public
583
00:35:18,846 --> 00:35:22,183
sees seven American heroes
on the newsstand.
584
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:24,935
And you, you help me craft your own story.
585
00:35:25,102 --> 00:35:26,479
(ALAN SIGHS)
586
00:35:27,188 --> 00:35:30,066
Fact by way of fiction
can bring us closer to the truth itself.
587
00:35:31,984 --> 00:35:33,444
That's one way to justify it.
588
00:35:39,116 --> 00:35:41,535
(SIGHS) All right. (CLEARS THROAT)
589
00:35:44,955 --> 00:35:47,124
I know what you want. (SIGHS)
590
00:35:47,667 --> 00:35:49,168
And I know what I want.
591
00:35:49,710 --> 00:35:53,297
Okay, good. So, what do you want?
Out of life, I mean?
592
00:35:53,506 --> 00:35:56,092
-(CAR ENGINE REVS)
-What do I want...
593
00:35:56,175 --> 00:35:57,468
(BRAKES SQUEALING)
594
00:35:57,635 --> 00:35:58,803
(TIRES SCREECH)
595
00:35:59,053 --> 00:36:00,513
The most out of life.
596
00:36:04,308 --> 00:36:05,476
I wanna go fast
597
00:36:06,894 --> 00:36:08,563
and be left alone.
598
00:36:11,315 --> 00:36:15,403
You write something good,
make me sound heroic.
599
00:36:15,736 --> 00:36:18,406
Like John Glenn,
but not so boring.
600
00:36:40,594 --> 00:36:43,973
(VIOLIN PLAYING)
601
00:36:48,436 --> 00:36:49,854
-MRS. PATROOSIE: Hey! Watch out!
-(CAM GRUNTS)
602
00:36:50,187 --> 00:36:51,188
(MUSIC STOPS)
603
00:36:51,397 --> 00:36:54,191
(CAM SOBS, WHIMPERS)
604
00:36:54,483 --> 00:36:56,485
Sorry. I'm sorry.
605
00:36:57,445 --> 00:36:59,405
(CAM SOBS)
606
00:37:05,870 --> 00:37:08,706
Mrs. Patroosie told me
you were riding with your eyes closed.
607
00:37:14,211 --> 00:37:17,548
It's fun to do scary things sometimes.
I understand that.
608
00:37:21,302 --> 00:37:22,887
I'm not mad, Cammie.
609
00:37:24,597 --> 00:37:26,348
But you know you can talk to me.
610
00:37:27,725 --> 00:37:30,060
Mrs. Patroosie is a liar, okay?
611
00:37:30,561 --> 00:37:32,271
I just didn't see the car.
612
00:37:40,321 --> 00:37:41,405
(SIGHS)
613
00:37:41,655 --> 00:37:44,909
(MUSIC PLAYING)
614
00:38:16,232 --> 00:38:17,733
Piece of tail, huh?
615
00:38:18,108 --> 00:38:19,109
ALAN: Yup.
616
00:38:19,318 --> 00:38:21,821
A man can get himself into
some real trouble
617
00:38:21,904 --> 00:38:23,906
-behind the wheel of this baby.
-Uh-huh?
618
00:38:24,907 --> 00:38:26,116
(CHUCKLES)
619
00:38:26,408 --> 00:38:27,409
Jim Rathmann.
620
00:38:27,576 --> 00:38:30,830
-Yeah, nice to meet you, I'm Alan Shepard.
-Alan Shepard, astronaut.
621
00:38:30,996 --> 00:38:32,915
We get the news down here too, you know.
622
00:38:32,998 --> 00:38:34,792
(BOTH LAUGH)
623
00:38:35,125 --> 00:38:38,587
So, what do you think?
You interested?
624
00:38:38,712 --> 00:38:40,256
-Interested, yes.
-Hmm.
625
00:38:41,298 --> 00:38:43,551
But here's the thing,
I'm only down here part-time.
626
00:38:43,676 --> 00:38:46,637
Buying a car like this, just to leave it
in a garage half the month, seems...
627
00:38:46,720 --> 00:38:48,556
-Criminal.
-Inhumane.
628
00:38:48,848 --> 00:38:50,349
Here's what I'm thinking.
629
00:38:50,933 --> 00:38:53,060
Maybe you and me,
we can work out an arrangement.
630
00:38:53,185 --> 00:38:57,064
Like a part-time deal, you know.
When I'm in town... (GRUNTS)
631
00:38:57,398 --> 00:38:59,358
Oh, wow.
632
00:38:59,650 --> 00:39:03,153
-I sell cars, Al, I don't rent them.
-Yeah.
633
00:39:03,654 --> 00:39:06,365
Say you got something on the floor,
just sitting there.
634
00:39:06,532 --> 00:39:08,951
Well, that's just as inhumane,
don't you think?
635
00:39:10,786 --> 00:39:12,496
Okay. Here's what I'm gonna do.
636
00:39:12,621 --> 00:39:14,790
-I'm gonna write down a number.
-Oh, God, okay.
637
00:39:14,957 --> 00:39:17,710
And you're gonna tell me
if you can manage it.
638
00:39:17,918 --> 00:39:19,128
Mm-hmm.
639
00:39:20,045 --> 00:39:26,969
(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)
640
00:39:28,387 --> 00:39:30,556
JIM: We're proud
to have you boys down here.
641
00:39:32,850 --> 00:39:34,059
-(LAUGHS)
-JIM: What do you say?
642
00:39:34,226 --> 00:39:35,227
(MUSIC STOPS)
643
00:39:35,394 --> 00:39:38,147
JOHN: PANTS
Nice meeting your wife the other night.
644
00:39:38,272 --> 00:39:39,523
-(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
-(FLIES BUZZING)
645
00:39:39,648 --> 00:39:41,066
You got a good egg there.
646
00:39:41,650 --> 00:39:43,611
GORDON: I never got
to say thank you for, uh,
647
00:39:43,736 --> 00:39:45,863
what you did with LIFE Magazine and all.
648
00:39:46,488 --> 00:39:47,990
JOHN: Kinda helps us all.
649
00:39:48,157 --> 00:39:49,783
(GORDON GROANS)
650
00:39:50,993 --> 00:39:53,203
This is the worst
I've ever felt in my life.
651
00:39:55,122 --> 00:39:59,376
(CHUCKLES) I can practically smell the rum
coming right out of you.
652
00:40:00,252 --> 00:40:02,254
(CAR APPROACHING)
653
00:40:03,589 --> 00:40:05,215
(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING OVER RADIO)
654
00:40:09,428 --> 00:40:12,056
Well, look at you two.
Picture of health.
655
00:40:13,265 --> 00:40:15,351
-Did you get a damn Corvette?
-Yeah.
656
00:40:15,643 --> 00:40:16,936
It came with some cargo.
657
00:40:17,019 --> 00:40:18,896
-Hi there.
-Hi.
658
00:40:19,396 --> 00:40:21,023
You tell Jimbo that I sent you.
659
00:40:22,024 --> 00:40:25,152
And this is for you, and all the guys.
660
00:40:25,903 --> 00:40:27,237
You, too, John.
661
00:40:28,614 --> 00:40:30,407
The goodies are good down here, amigo.
662
00:40:32,868 --> 00:40:34,495
(CAR ENGINE STARTS)
663
00:40:36,830 --> 00:40:38,332
(SCREECHES)
664
00:40:41,877 --> 00:40:43,337
GORDON: Did you see that car?
665
00:40:44,046 --> 00:40:45,172
JOHN: Uh-huh.
666
00:40:47,675 --> 00:40:49,593
GORDON: What are these dollar bills for?
667
00:40:51,303 --> 00:40:52,596
JOHN: Who knows?
668
00:40:53,681 --> 00:40:57,101
(MUSIC PLAYING)
669
00:41:21,792 --> 00:41:22,835
(MUSIC STOPS)
670
00:41:22,918 --> 00:41:27,464
NASA COUNTDOWN INITIATOR:
T-minus three, two, one, zero.
671
00:41:28,048 --> 00:41:30,300
(EXPLOSION)
672
00:41:32,344 --> 00:41:33,846
(CAR ENGINE REVVING LOUDLY)
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