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- oh. Good morning, barney. - morning.

- good morning, wojo. - morning.

Uh, dietrich and levitt Went out on a call,

And, uh, I finished the Quarterly manpower stats.

They're in on your desk.

Well, thank you.

- harris? - hmm?

Aren't you appealing today?

Thank you.

I think you are, too.

I was referring to Your $320,000 judgment.

Oh, you must mean

The one I've been trying Not to think about.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, well, the Decision on the appeal

Is gonna come down today.

How's it look?

Well, I'm not worried.

You know, even if I lose Today, I can just appeal again.

You know, keep dragging it Through the courts for years,

And in the meantime, who knows?

I mean, ripner could Have a massive coronary

Or die in an avalanche.

He doesn't strike Me as the skiing type.

I've been sending him brochures.

Okay, mr. Golden. Inside.

Who do they think they are, huh?

Telling me where to Go and what to do?

Get in there and be quiet.

I was just asking.

What do we got?

Captain, this is martin golden.

Charges include trespassing,

Destruction of private Property, and aggravated assault.

I may not look like much,

But I used to be An air raid warden.

Mr. Golden took umbrage

When he was denied permission

To cut through this Construction site

On his way to work.

I have a newsstand On the other side.

A couple of hard hats caught Him with a company crowbar,

Prying his way Through the fence.

When they tried to stop Him, he took a swing at them.

The owners are sending Someone down to sign a complaint.

- okay, uh... - the whole thing Is unfair!

For 20 years, I had a perfectly Vacant lot to walk across,

And now, boom.

In one day, as if it Fell from the sky,

I got a bunch of roughnecks Putting up a building.

That's progress.

You're very wise.

Book him.

I'm telling you, sergeant,

I'm too old to change my ways.

Mm-hm.

Anyway, I can't walk Down that street.

The hookers won't Leave me alone.

- oh, yeah? - they love to harass me.

"They, stud, want a party?

Looking for a good time?"

Tell me, sergeant,

Do I look like I'm Lookin' for a good time?

Not to me.

Do you have any Distinguishing marks or scars?

I have a bad back.

I'm sorry.

Been that way ever Since I was little.

My parents would never admit it,

But understand that I Was dropped at my bris.

Could've been worse.

♪ you're the cops, so You cuffed my handsies ♪

♪ I'm a worthless check ♪

♪ I'm a total wreck ♪

♪ I'm a flop ♪

Walter, just hold it for Just a second, all right?

- you're the cop. - thanks.

What's this?

Barn, this is walter cushing.

This is captain miller.

♪ getting to know you, Getting to know all about... ♪

Hey.

♪ you ♪

What is this?

We picked him up at siegel's,

Singing away in the Housewares department.

I was opening up. I Was reaching out.

Yeah, see, he's taking This kind of therapy

Where they teach you To lose your inhibitions

By singing in public.

According to witnesses,

There was a big crowd watching The yoghurt maker demonstration

When mr. Cushing Approached the lady in charge

And went into a chorus of

"Hey, good lookin', What you got cookin'?"

Actually yoghurt is fermented,

But there's no song for it.

Anyway, he started Driving people away

So the manager told him to stop,

And he just kept on going.

See, in the movies,

When people used To start singing,

Everybody would join in.

In real life they just look At you like you're crazy.

They're pressing charges?

Creating a Disturbance, loitering,

And conspiracy With intent to annoy.

All right, mr. Cushing. Have a seat over here.

What for?

We're gonna need Further information.

- uh, barn? - yeah?

Court convenes in an hour,

So I guess I better Take off now.

Hey... Good luck.

Thank you.

Listen, officially, I'm Due back at 4:00, right?

4:00.

Try and have him out Of here by then, okay?

You see, sergeant, as children,

We were capable of Complete spontaneity.

We danced, we laughed, we sang,

Expressed whatever we felt

Regardless of what Anyone else thought.

Yeah, I remember that.

But as we grow older,

We're expected to Suppress our feelings.

You know, act your age, grow up.

Big girls don't cry...

Until our lives Become nothing more

Than an emotional monotone.

In the cage.

Don't you see, sergeant?

Through the magic of singing, You can renew your spirit,

Rise above the muck and Mire of this thing called life.

Rejuvenate, celebrate!

Come on.

♪ the hills are alive With the sound of music ♪

Everybody!

♪ with songs they have Sung for 1,000 years ♪

♪ the hills fill my heart With the sound of music ♪

♪ my heart wants to Sing every song it hears ♪

Excuse me.

I checked mr. Golden For priors. He's clean.

Okay.

Also started doing a Little research on his claim.

What claim?

His right to walk Across that lot.

There's some very Interesting laws in that area.

Hey, hey, hey.

It's me, boo boo.

Hey, harris.

Wojo!

You big lug.

Hey, what's happening, Little levitt?

I'm back, barney.

Are you drunk?

Uh-huh.

How'd it go in court?

What are you doing?

I'm doing what I Do every morning.

Pegged in... I-I-I Hung up my coat,

And I am fixing my morning tea.

That's coffee.

Ooh.

Tea and coffee... That makes it toffee.

Barn, you want a Little sip of toffee?

Oh, come on, come On. Don't make faces.

Come on, come on.

Harris, what happened?

Oh.

We were all sitting around There in the courtroom.

Then the judge strolled in.

So, we all stood up, you know?

I mean, it's required, you know?

And then he gave Down his decision.

Which was?

He said that...

I can't Be appealing anymore.

Does that mean ripner's Gonna get all the money?

Mmm.

"The defendant, Ronald nathan harris,

"Is hereby directed To give to the plaintiff,

"Arnold 'mr. Potato head' ripner,

The total of $320,000."

So, I said to the judge, "Hey, guess what.

I haven't got it."

So, he said to me, "Guess what.

You better get it."

And that's when I Started to find out

About supplemental proceedings.

Do you know what Supplemental proceedings is?

No, what?

It's when I have to Show up first thing

Bright and early Tomorrow afternoon

With everything that I own in this world.

Oh, boy.

So, anyway, uh... I was, you know,

I was getting all that Stuff together at home,

And I ran across those Two bottles of lafitte '29.

Remember?

I bought them at A wine auction...

Three years ago.

You know that they are now Worth 2,000 for one of them.

So I said to myself,

"No way am I gonna Let this bourgeois bozo

Suck up my fine french grape."

So, you know, you know What I did with that wine?

I could hazard a guess.

I poured it down the sink...

While I drank a whole Bottle of really cheap gin.

All right, harris, come on.

Barney, barney, it's okay.

I know we all got work to do.

And don't worry.

I, uh, I got some leads to Follow on a crime case.

You're not going anywhere.

- why don't you give me Your gun? - huh?

Your gun.

Can I have it?

What for?

For old times.

Oh.

Uh, you're not gonna Give it to ripner, are you?

Promise.

Come with me.

We're gonna go into my office,

And we're gonna lie down.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Together?

Little levitt.

Here you go.

Why don't you just rest up here

For a little bit, huh?

Tell you what.

I'll just rest up Here for a little bit,

And then I'll be Ready for action.

Okay, here you go.

Oh, barney, you Don't have to do that.

Come on, come on, come on.

Hey, you just go About your business,

Just pretend like I'm not here.

Oh, the horror.

The horror.

Yes, sir. Can I help you?

Jason parrish, liberty bell Development cooperation.

I'm sergeant dietrich.

I take it you're here To see mr. Golden.

Yeah, where do I sign?

- you mean the complaint? - yes, sergeant.

And I'm in a little bit of a Hurry, if you don't mind.

I understand That, but, uh, listen.

I did a little check On mr. Golden.

The man has never even Had a parking ticket.

Good for you.

So, where do I sign?

I'm sure if you agree To drop the charges,

Mr. Golden would promise

Never to set foot on Your property again, right?

Sergeant, I'm just carrying out

The instructions of the owners.

Sure, I understand that,

But I'm sure if you called them,

They'd understand the situation.

I would, but I'm not even sure

That there's an Interpreter available.

An interpreter?

Liberty bell is a multinational Investment syndicate

Made up of french, west German, and kuwaiti interests.

Oh, I should have Known by the name.

I'm not unsympathetic,

But I really would like To get this taken care of.

I've got a foreclosure Seminar at 5.

All right, you can Sign the complaint,

But we may need some Preliminary information

For mr. Golden's injunction.

I beg your pardon?

Mr. Golden may want To proceed with his claim.

I have a claim?

You did walk across That property

To get to your Place of business.

Every day for 20 years.

So?

So, that creates an easement.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

"The right to use The realty of another

"For a specific purpose

Or to limit the use of Someone else's realty."

I know the term.

Mr. Golden's daily Crossing of your property

Conferred on him the Legal right to do so.

He can't exercise that right If you put up a building there.

So what do you want Us to do, tear it down?

Hey, it's up to mr. Golden.

If it's not too much trouble.

Can I use your phone?

Go right ahead.

How's he doing?

He talked himself to sleep.

So, do you want me to write up

A disciplinary notification For downtown?

That is the required procedure.

So, do you want me to write up

A disciplinary notification For downtown?

Type it up. I will sign it.

Who gets copies?

Nobody.

It's called easement, mr. Adabi.

No. Um, well, it's sort of like

If someone else's camel had been Using your oasis for a long time.

Well, maybe you Better let me talk to...

Bonjour, monsieur patan.

Uh... Easement.

No.

Well, it's like, um...

If someone had been walking Through your vineyard

To get to his bordello.

Well, yes, theoretically He could demand

That the building be Redesigned to accommodate him,

Or, failing that, he Could have it torn down.

Uh, no, no.

I don't think there's any reason To bother helmut with this.

Well, you know how he gets...

guten tag, herr straussler.

ja, jawohl.

We have ein bisschen Problem here.

die wohntenhausen ganz kaput.

ja, ich war da.

Jason parrish, liberty Bell development.

Captain miller.

I hate this job.

Ja.

Yeah. No, no, I Agree completely.

My clients have decided

Not to proceed Against mr. Golden...

Assuming, of course,

That mr. Golden agrees not To proceed against us, okay?

Oh, that's very generous of you.

But I prefer that the Building come down.

We could pick you up In a limousine every day,

Take you around the building.

I don't like cars.

Tinted glass gives Me a headache.

The answer is no.

Fine.

Yes. Oh, ja, helmut.

was is los?

Moment, bitte.

Mr. Golden,

Your newspaper Stand's outside, right?

So?

So, how would You like one inside

Right next to the elevator?

I don't know. I'm very Happy where I am.

How about we throw In a trip to europe?

Spain? France? Monte carlo?

A female companion?

You drive a hard bargain.

But... All right.

Helmut.

It's a ja.

How's it going, harris?

You are looking At one mad nigger.

Look, uh, maybe you... Maybe you better just...

Better?

Better what, barney?

Better stop being so uppity?

Hey, sure, sure.

Let the boy write him a book,

Make him some money, Get him a little notoriety.

Sure, let me start Climbing up that ladder.

Then, all eyes on the high dive.

But they didn't put No water in the pool.

I'm sure everything will look A lot better in the morning.

Hmm. That's easy for you.

You ain't gonna wake up poor.

Barney: harris, look...

I'm...

I'm a country boy, You know that?

I was poor... Poor As the dirt I slept in.

My daddy...

My daddy worked 18 Hours a day in the mills

Until they carried him away.

Mama...

Mama took in white Folks' washing and mending

Just so she could put a Little something on the table

For 11 hungry children.

I never knew that.

I made that up.

I may just send That to palmerstown

'cause I'm a damn Good writer, barney.

I am damn good!

Nobody ever said You weren't, harris.

"Blood"...

"Blood on the badge," Barn, it's a fine book.

It's a fine book, barn. Look.

"Witty.

"Vital and absorbing.

"Rivals wambaugh's best."

How long ago was that?

About a year and a half Ago you wrote that?

Yeah, so?

So, what have you Written lately?

Barn, what you saying?

I don't know, harris.

With all the cocktail Parties and the movie deals,

It appears to me

You haven't done any Serious writing recently.

Well, I've been busy.

Yeah, exactly.

You know, this...

This may not be the worst Thing that could happen.

Maybe it will force You to sit back down

And do what you said You wanted to do...

Write!

I know this is hard For you, barney...

But could you just mind Your own damn business?

Uh, harris, he's just Trying to help here.

Oh, what do you know, man?!

None of you know nothing!

Hey, harris...

All right, all right, all right.

Just leave him alone, huh?

You got work to do?

Yeah, yeah, let's get to it.

It's over, man. It's all over.

It's all over, anyway,

So what's the point, man?

Cushing: ♪ next Time you're found ♪

♪ with your chin on the ground ♪

♪ there's a lot to be Learned, so look around ♪

♪ just what makes That little old ant ♪

♪ think he'll move that Rubber tree plant? ♪

♪ anyone knows an ant can't Move a rubber tree plant ♪

♪ but he's got high hopes ♪

♪ he's got high hopes ♪

Where's my gun?

♪ he's got high apple Pie in the sky hopes ♪

♪ so any time You're feeling low ♪

♪ instead of letting go, Just remember that ant ♪

♪ oops, there goes Another rubber tree ♪

♪ oops, there goes Another rubber tree ♪

♪ oops, there goes Another rubber tree plant ♪

Oh, thank god.

♪ when troubles call, and Your back's to the wall ♪

♪ there's a lot to be Learned, that wall could fall ♪

♪ once there was A silly, old ram ♪

♪ thought he'd Punch a hole in a dam ♪

♪ and no one could Make that ram scram ♪

♪ he kept butting that dam ♪

♪ 'cause he had high hopes ♪

♪ he had high... ♪