All language subtitles for 08.Pal.o.mine

With the stars...

and...

( singing )

Hi, Alice.

Oh, hi, Trix.

Punch'll be ready
for you in a minute.

Oh, I could kill that Ed.

Imagine giving me one day's
notice to throw a party.

And what a party!

The whole crew from the sewer--
all 20 of them.

I don't get it.

What was the big rush
about the party, anyway?

Well, that's Ed
for you.

When he heard
that Jim McKeever

was made foreman
of the gang,

he wanted to be sure
he'd be the first one

to give him a party.

Well, don't worry
about it, Trix.

Everything'll
turn out all right.

If it does,
it'll be a miracle.

And what ideas Ed had
for this party.

Alice, you won't
believe this,

but Ed was gonna tell
all the guys from the sewer

to come formal.

Formal?

White tie
and black boots.

Hmm, well, your punch
is all finished.

Now, is there anything else
I can do for you, Trix?

Gee, I guess
that's everything.

Oh, Alice,
I just want to tell you,

that I feel awful
about having a party

and not inviting
you and Ralph to come.

Now, Trixie, don't give
it a second thought.

After all, it's just for
the guys that Ed works with.

We just don't belong.

I understand perfectly,
and I know Ralph will.

Oh, Alice,
you're a real friend.

Hey, I better get upstairs.

Hey, there, Alice.

Oh, hiya, Ed.

Ed, what've you been doing?

If you just happened to be
a little more observant,

you'd note that I got on
a brand new T-shirt.

40 percent Dacron.

Hey, Alice,
we're a chair short upstairs.

You mind if I borrow one?

Oh, no, help
yourself, Ed.

Good. Ooh, hey,
I almost forgot.

I want you to look
at this here.

What do you think
of that ring, huh?

Hey, that's a very
handsome ring.

Who's it for?

Jim McKeever.

He's the guy that gave me
my start in the sewers.

My, uh, first push,
so to speak.

( laughs )

We recently
appointed him foreman,

so I thought it'd be nice
to give him a little something.

Ed was all for buying him
a pair of suspenders,

but I thought a ring

would be more suitable
for the occasion.

Well, I happen to know
that Jim McKeever

has a weakness
for red suspenders.

Oh, well, Ed, I
think Trixie's right.

A man would rather have
a ring than suspenders.

Not if his pants
are always falling down.

Hey, look at the inside.

I got it printed.

Let's see.

"To a great pal,
from Ed Norton."

That's very nice, Ed.

I thought
maybe you'd have

a little fancy wrapping
paper to wrap it up for me.

Why didn't you
have the store

where you bought
it gift wrap it?

Oh, they got some silly rule
down there.

Absolutely no gift wrapping
on any purchase less than $3.

Oh, okay, I'll wrap
it for you, Ed.

Okay. Ooh, hey,
I'm all a-tither tonight.

I can't remember nothing.

I took the boards
and put them in the table--

the extra boards.

We ain't got no tablecloth
big enough to cover it.

Gee, I never thought of that.

Alice, have you got
a tablecloth that'll fit?

Gee, I don't think
I have anything

that'll cover a
table that big.

But, uh, let's see, what
have I got in the house

that's large enough to cover
that big table of yours?

How about a pair
of Ralph's white shorts?

( laughing )

Never mind, Alice.

I'm sure I can find something.

Come on, Ed,
you take the chair.

I think I can manage this.

Okay.
Easy does it, now.

Can you manage it all right?

Yeah.
Bye.

Oh, hiya, Ralph.

Hi.

What's the matter, honey,
you tired?

I am dead.

Working double-time
fractures me.

You couldn't get me
out of this house tonight

if you told me
that Jane Russell

was running a party upstairs,

and she couldn't get started
until I arrived.

In five minutes, I'm
going into that room

and hit the sack for
the rest of my life.

You want something
to eat?

Nah, I had a pizza
pie around 5:00.

What're you
looking for?

I'm trying to find
some wrapping paper.

"To a great pal,

from Ed Norton."

Gee.

"To a great pal."

Alice,

I've never been so deeply
touched in all my life.

Hmm?

When I think
of that Norton,

thinking about me
continuously,

day after day,
night after night.

Does something
to me, right here.

Gives me a lump
in my throat.

Alice, I'm telling you

that the man that
lives upstairs

is one of the finest
people on this Earth.

Ralph, what are you
talking about?

You know what
I'm talking about.

I want to thank you
for not mentioning it.

Certainly is
a beautiful surprise.

I got another beautiful
surprise for you, Ralph.

Yeah, what?

That ring is
not for you.

What do you mean,
it's not for me?

It says in there,

"To my great pal,
from Ed Norton."

Well, who's Norton's
great pal? Me.

That's right,
you sure are.

But Norton bought that
ring for Jim McKeever.

For Jim McKeever?

What does he want
to buy a ring

for Jim McKeever for?

Because Jim McKeever
was just made foreman,

so Norton bought him
a present.

Uh-huh.

Now I get it.

Well, I've met some
schemers in my day.

That bum.

Giving the
foreman a ring

so he can take
advantage of him.

Just like he's
taken advantage of me

all these years!

Alice, I'm telling you,

that that man that
lives upstairs

is one of the lowest
creatures on this Earth!

Ralph, will you just stop
acting ridiculous,

and give me the ring
so I can wrap it.

Don't wor... you're not
gonna wrap anything for him.

If he wants somebody
to do work for him,

let him get some other
poor soul to do it for him.

I'll give you the ring,
and you give it to him,

and tell him I never
want to see him again.

Oh, no, now you'll never
get it off.

You had to put
the whammy on it!

For your information,

I got it on, and
I'll get it off.

And without your help.

Well, don't stand there!

Figure some way
out to help me!

Now, what's that for?

I'll put some butter
on your finger

and then slip the ring off.

Butter on my finger,
at 89 cents a pound?!

Will you stop
throwing my money around?

Is there any lard here?

Yeah, about 300 pounds.

Oh, you gonna get yours.

Ralph, will you
use the butter?

I don't need any butter.

You want to
loosen something,

you put a little
warm water on it, that's all.

A little warm water
will loosen anything.

I suppose...

( yelling )

( yelling continues )

Put some butter on it.

I knew you'd trick me
into using that butter!

That's right, Ralph.

I planned the whole thing.

Yeah, well, you
outsmarted yourself,

because now it's on
tighter than ever,

and I'll never
get it off.

You got to get the
ring off, Ralph.

Norton has to give
it to Jim McKeever

at the party tonight.

I don't care what party
he has...

What party
are you talking about?

The party that Norton is
giving for Jim McKeever.

Oh, yeah? Well,
I'm telling you now,

we're not going.

I wouldn't care if he came
down here and begged us

on his hands and knees to go,
I'm going nowhere near there.

Of course we're
not going, Ralph.

We weren't invited.

What do you mean,
we weren't invited?

Ralph, the
party is just

for the people
that he works with.

And furthermore, when you
came in here tonight,

you told me you
were so tired,

you were gonna go right
in there and go to bed.

I've had a good rest
since I come in here.

I feel fine.

I remember your
exact words, Ralph.

You said, "If Jane Russell
was giving a party,

I wouldn't go!"

That's right, I said that
about Jane Russell.

I said nothing
about going to a party

that Norton's running.

I thought you never
wanted to see him again.

And I don't, I don't...

I never want
to see him again.

If I could just get
this ring off...

Well, why don't you
go inside, Ralph?

You got to get it off.

Try some soap and
a little cool water--

maybe that'll do it.

( sighing )

( door opening )

ED:
Hey, Alice,

all the fellas are giving
Jim McKeever the presents now.

Is my ring wrapped?

Yeah, wrapped around
Ralph's finger.

He saw it, thought it was
for him, and put it on.

You mean he put that little ring
on his finger?

That's like King Farouk

trying to get into
Gary Cooper's bathing suit.

Well, he managed to
get it on somehow.

Now he can't
get it off.

Sheesh!

Well, he's tried
everything, Ed.

Sorry, I guess you'll just
have to tell Mr. McKeever

that as soon as Ralph
gets the ring off,

you'll give it to him.

What am I gonna do?

All the guys giving him
their presents and everything.

I had my speech rehearsed,
and everything, and...

Well, the only thing
I can do

is go up and get McKeever
and bring him down here.

At least, that's the only way
he'll get to see it.

I-I should've
bought him suspenders, boy.

Get the ring off, Ralph?

No, I didn't get it off.

You and your
soap and water.

Not only didn't I
get the ring off,

but I have the cleanest
pinky in town.

Ralph, Ed was just down here,
and I told him what happened.

So, he's gonna bring
Mr. McKeever down here

to look at the ring.

Norton is not setting
foot in this house.

Ralph, I don't care
what foolish reasons you have

to be angry at Norton,

but you got to admit
one thing.

Getting that ring stuck
on your finger

was your own fault.

This ring is a
trick of Norton's.

Nobody could
get this off.

Including Houdini.

Now, listen, Ralph,

you're gonna let McKeever
look at that ring,

and you're not going
to lose your temper.

( knock at door )

Now, remember,
he's Norton's boss.

Uh, excuse me, folks.

Pardon the intrusion.

This'll only take a minute.

( clearing throat )

Uh, fellow
sewer workers,

we are gathered
here tonight,

to do honor to
a great man.

A man recently
appointed foreman.

Jim McKeever.

Affectionately known to
his fellow sewer workers

as "Old Muck and Mire."

A man who started
at the bottom,

and today, only
20 years later,

has worked his way
up into the street.

Jim and me have
worked side by side

in the sewer together.

We've gone through
thick and thin together.

It's my pleasure
to present,

as a token of my humble
esteem and appreciation,

this ring.

( all talking )

All right!

Get out!

Get out! Go!

"Old Muck and Mire!"

Well, I guess
that's all the stuff

you lent us
last night, Alice.

Yeah, that's
everything, Ed.

Oh, hey,
uh, about this chair,

it's a little shaky,
Alice.

I think one of the guys

sat down on it too hard,
or something.

I'll bring some glue
home tomorrow and fix it.

Oh, don't worry about it, Ed.

I'm just glad that everything
turned out so well last night.

Oh, boy, it was wonderful.

Oh, hey, uh, Jim McKeever

was telling his wife
about the ring, you know?

Boy, she'd love to see it,

and I was just wondering
if it would be okay

if they dropped by
Sunday afternoon,

and Ralph
showed them the ring?

I don't think it'd be
such a good idea, Ed.

You know how Ralph felt

about showing the
ring last night.

Well, I mean,
she wants to see it,

and Jim said
that he'd show it to her.

After all, it is his ring,
and everything.

Listen, Ed, Ralph is just
as anxious as you are

to get that ring off.

And as soon as he does,
you'll get it.

Well, okay, Alice.

Tell Ralph
I'll pick him up later.

You expect to see
Ralph tonight?

Well, certainly.

Tonight's the night
we go bowling together.

Oh.

So long.

Bye.

Oh, hiya, Ralph.

Did you get
the ring off?

No, I did not
get the ring off.

Well, Ed was just
down here, Ralph,

and he expects to go
bowling with you tonight.

He had the gall
to come down here

and expect to go
bowling with me?

I'm not good enough to
invite to his parties,

but I'm good enough
to go bowling with him?

Well, he can start looking
for another doormat, Alice.

I'm through with him.

If I do any bowling
from now on,

it'll be with my good
friend, Teddy Oberman.

Teddy Oberman?
Yes.

He's a good friend
of mine.

Who's Teddy Oberman?

He happens to be
a very fine man.

A guy
with a lot of class.

At least when you have
a conversation with him,

he talks about something

other than the
New York sewers.

Meets a lot of
interesting people,

gets around.

Real classy guy.

Well, what does
he do, Ralph?

Washes cars.

Well, they got
one thing in common.

They both work
with water.

Yeah, but Teddy uses it
before it gets to Norton.

Look, Ralph.

As long as you're
going to go bowling,

I think I'll take
in an early movie.

I'll go in and change.

How 'bout that guy
having the gall

to want me to go
bowling with him? Ha.

Hi, Ralph.

Hey, uh, did you get
the ring off?

No, I did not
get the ring off.

Well, okay, never mind.

You ready to go bowling?

Yeah, I'm ready
to go bowling,

but I'm not going
bowling with you.

This is the night we always
go bowling together.

That's right.

This is the night

that we used to always
go bowling together.

But tonight, I am not
going bowling with you,

I am going bowling with
my friend, Teddy Oberman.

We are gonna bowl alone.

Who am I
gonna bowl with?

You can bowl with, quote,

"your great pal,"
Jim McKeever.

But I don't want Jim McKeever;
I want you.

I'm very sorry.

We have already reserved
the alley for Teddy and I.

What alley are you using?

Alley number three.

That's our alley.

You'll be playing our alley
with somebody else.

You might as well get this
into your head, Norton.

I'm not bowling
with you anymore,

I'm not playing pool
with you anymore,

I'm not playing punch
bowl with you anymore,

I'm not doing nothing
with you anymore.

We are done, through,
completed, over, finished.

Ed, I'm so glad
you're still here.

You just had
a phone call.

There is an emergency
in the sewer on Himrod Street.

They called you 'cause it's
right in our neighborhood here,

but I told them that I didn't
think I could catch you,

so you don't have to call back
if you still want to go bowling.

Good girl.

Well, it, uh, depends
on Ralph here.

Oh.

What do you say, Ralph?

I told you,
I am bowling

with my friend
Teddy Oberman.

Trixie, tell 'em
I'm on my way over.

Okay.

ALICE:
Oh, Trix,
I'm so glad you're here.

I'm gonna catch
the early movie.

You want
to come along?

Hey, that'd be swell.

But I just have to run upstairs
and make a phone call,

and then I'll meet you

in front of the building
in a couple minutes.

Okay.

Ooh, I better put this
up in the bedroom closet

before something happens to it.

Ralph, honey, bring a chair
for me to stand on,

would you, please?

Alice, come out here.

Look at this!

Oh, Ed told me
about that.

He's gonna fix it
tomorrow.

He's gonna fix it?

He's not gonna
fix anything.

He'll buy us a new one,
and exactly the same kind!

He's not gonna ruin a
beautiful set like this!

I don't know why I
put up with that man.

Tells jokes and laughs
at his own jokes.

Comes in here day and night,
eats us out of house and home.

Hasn't even got the manners
to take his hat off

when he's in another
person's place.

( knock on door )

Well, I'll
put this away.

Oh, hiya, Teddy.

Hiya, Ralph.

Gee, I'm glad you
come over early.

I hope I'm not
interrupting your supper.

Oh, no, no, I been
working double-time,

so I been eating out.

Yeah, I had to work
kind of late myself tonight.

All I had time for
was a quick bite.

Oh.

Hey, Ralph, you wouldn't
happen to have

a little something
around the house

to hold me over until
after bowling, would you?

What, are you hungry?

I'll fix you
something, Ted.

Ralph, I don't want you
to go to any trouble.

You stay right
where you are.

I'll look myself.

Oh, hiya, Norton.

That is not Norton!

It's my friend, Teddy Oberman.

Teddy, I want you
to meet my wife, Alice.

Pleased to meet you.

How do you do?

You know, for
a minute there,

with your head
in the ice box,

I could've sworn that you were
a former friend of Ralph's.

Uh, he's
a little hungry,

so I told him
he could have a snack.

If there's anything you want
way in the back there,

I'll be glad to
get it for you.

No, thanks.

The stuff from up
front will be enough.

All right.

Well, I guess I
better be going.

Trixie's waiting
downstairs for me.

Nice to have met
you, Mr. Oberman.

( garbled ):
Nice to have met you, too.

Here, these may
come in handy.

Well...
Nice work, Ralph.

Good cook.
Yeah.

Hey, Ralph.

Who we bowling
with tonight?

Oh, I arranged a game

between a couple of guys
down the alley and us.

We ain't playing with
that dopey-looking guy

that's always hanging
around with you?

Oh, you mean Norton?

No, I gave him
the brush.

I might've known.

I never could figure
a clam like him

and you being friends.

Well, we were
never friends, you know.

It's just
that our wives were close,

and to keep peace
in the family, I...

well, I'd see him
now and then.

Just 'cause I saw him
now and then,

he thought I was
a big friend of his.

Nothing.

I wouldn't care
if he was in Africa now,

as far as I'm concerned.

Yup.

He always looked like
some kind of nut to me.

( knock at door )

He's a nut...
Come in.

Ralph, have you seen
Mrs. Norton?

Yeah, she just went
with Alice to the movies.

What's the matter?

I got bad news, Ralph.

There was an explosion
in the sewer on Himrod Street.

Norton was hurt.

Norton was hurt?

Yeah. Yeah, he's in room 317
at the Bushwick Hospital.

He was hurt?

Yes, he was.

It's my fault.

If I had gone bowling with him,
he'd never got hurt.

If anything's happened to
that guy that's real serious,

I'll never forgive myself.

I got to get my hat
and go over there.

Hey, wait a minute.

You just got
through telling me

you and him ain't friends.

What I say about Norton
is one thing.

How I feel about him
is another. Look out.

( elevator bell dings )

Well, Mr. Norton,
you're a very lucky man.

If you had been
anywhere else in that sewer,

it might've been
a very different story.

Well, I guess
you're right, Doc.

I hope I didn't cause you
a lot of inconvenience.

I was telling the guy
in the ambulance,

"There's nothing wrong
with me; I'm not hurt."

The only thing
that happened to me

was a manhole cover
landed on my head.

I mean, th-th-that's happened
hundreds of times.

In the sewer, that's
an occupational hazard.

Well, we had to bring you in
and make a check.

In fact, if we weren't
short for bed space,

we'd keep you here
overnight.

Well, I appreciate
that very much, Doctor,

but I'd better be
getting home now.

How do I get out of here?

Well, the elevator's
right there,

but first you have to
check out at the receiving desk

down the end
of the corridor.

Oh, I see.
R/X.

Doctor Hyman,
is 317 available now?

Oh, yes, Dr. Seifer.

Well, good, I can put
my emergency case in there.

I'm just going to give him
a transfusion.

Right. Good night,
Doctor.

See you tomorrow, Doctor.

Uh, bring him in here,
please.

Nurse, I'm prescribing
a transfusion

for the patient in 317.

And, oh, yes,
uh, no visitors.

I'm going to give him
a sedative now.

Yes, Doctor.

Nurse, Nurse,
where's 317?

My buddy's in there.

I'm sorry, sir,

but doctor's orders
are no visitors.

No visitors?

Dr. Seifer's in there.

He's getting
the best of care.

It's that serious, huh?

Look...

I want to know,
just how bad is it?

Is it real bad?

Is this Dr. Seifer
any good?

He's the best we have.

He's getting
the best of care.

Look, I want him to have
the best of everything.

I want him to have nurses
around the clock.

Specialists, surgeons--
anything at all.

Just charge it to me.

Doctor's just given
him a sedative,

and now he's going to
have a transfusion.

Let me give him
the transfusion.

Let me give him the transfusion.

Is this him?

Doc, that's my
buddy in there.

Let me give him
the transfusion.

All right, if you're type "A,"
we'll be glad to use you.

Thanks, pal, thanks.

Nurse, tell Dr. McDonald,

that if this man is type "A,"
we'll use him immediately.

Yes, Doctor.

Right this way, sir.

Thanks, pal, thank you.

It's all right.
Thanks a lot.

Just a minute; you
can't go in there.

Oh, Doc, I was a patient
in there a little while ago.

I left something in there;
I'd like to go get it.

Oh, I see.
Well, you just wait here.

The floor nurse
will be right back.

Speak to her
about it.

Oh, okay.

Ed! Ed, you're all right!

Oh, thank heaven!

( chuckling ):
Of course I'm all right.

I lead a clean life,
I eat all my spinach--

nothing's gonna happen
to me.

Oh, Ed, the terrible things
I pictured.

Well, my heart's been
in my mouth ever since I heard.

I-I-I can't stop shakin'!

Honey, I'm sorry
I caused you a lot of worry,

but you know,
it's very reassuring to know,

that my little girl
has got a soft spot

for her little boy.

All right, you lovebirds,

I think we all could do
with a cup of coffee.

Yeah, that's
a good idea.

Look, I'll meet you
down at the coffee shop later.

I left something
in my room.

I gotta wait for the nurse
to go get it for me.

Honest, Ed,
seeing you safe and sound,

why, it's just like finding
a million dollars.

Well, as long as
my wife's an heiress,

she can pay
for the coffee.

( chortling )

I'll see you down there.

Oh, uh, Nurse.

I don't want to
be any trouble,

but I left my watch in the
table alongside the bed.

Could you get it for me?

Yes, I'd be glad to.
Thank you.

Hi, Ralph.

What are you doing here?!

I was just
about to go home.

What're you doing here?!

What am I doing here?!

I'm here to give you
a transfusion in there!

You were gonna give
me a transfusion.

You thought I was hurt.

Only a guy's greatest pal
would do that for him.

I'm telling you,

y-y-you're one of
nature's noblemen!

Ralph, I-I'll
never forget this

as long as I live.

Mr. Kramden,
patient's ready.

Will you come in now,
please?

Okay.

Uh, see you later, Norton.

Pal.
Okay, Ralph.

Hey, uh, Doc, while
you got him in there,

will you see what
you can do about

getting that ring
off his finger?

Will you stop?!