A Very Merry Toy Store Page #2

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- No, Randy. No more poker,

please. I beg you.

- How come?

- Um, because...

I forgot the most delicate way

to say this. You stink at it.

- Connie, if I am

so bad at poker,

how come everybody in town

wants to play it with me?

- Here we go.

- Pecan pie? Mom!

- He didn't

charge us for it.

- Small mercies.

- Still worried

about your loan payment?

- Oh, no more than Dorothy was

worried about the Wicked Witch.

- Connie, level with me.

- Well, if business

stays brisk

and the bank extends

my loan deadline,

then we'll be okay.

But it wouldn't hurt

if DiNova's would

pull up stakes and move

to Alaska this month.

But I'm not

counting on that.

Teej, dinner.

Turn of the TV

and go wash your hands.

- Hey, kids, what store

has all your favorite toys

for Christmas this year?

- Roy's!

- I can't hear you.

- Roy's!

- Still can't hear you.

- Honey, what...?

- Roy's!

- Why are you whispering?

- You have your earmuffs on.

- Oh. I knew that.

- [all laugh]

male announcer:

Roy's Toys.

Largest selection

in New England.

And pre-order the new

Princess Alicia doll

from the hit movi e Moonglow,

on sale December 12th.

- Nervous, Mom?

- The nearest Roy's

is in Hartford.

You know that, honey.

Go wash your hands.

- How many times am I going

to have to buy this house, Ben?

- So, what made you sell it

in the first place?

- Equal distribution

of assets.

I didn't have a choice.

But now I want it back.

I need it back.

I miss it.

- What about Laura?

Do you miss her too?

Ha! What am I saying?

Of course you miss her too.

She's as beautiful

as she was brilliant.

She's as funny as she was--

- Yeah, I get it, Ben.

But this was my family home.

I grew up here.

- That's right.

Well, even for a part-time

mayor,

that was very impolitic

of me to say.

I'm sorry, Will.

- So, how much to move in?

- Well, I would wave

my commission fee, of course,

but the bank's going to want

at least $80,000 upfront.

- $80,000?

- Yeah.

- All right, well...

that just means I'm gonna have

to have an awesome December.

That's all.

- Oh, my daughter

loves this song.

It's from a movie.

- Moonglow.

- Moonglow. Yes.

- Do you carry the doll?

- Oh, not until next week.

But if you pre-order

the doll,

we will guarantee it

by next Tuesday.

- Great.

- Ho, ho, ho.

What would you like

for Christmas this year?

[gasps]

A what?

A mermaid? All right.

Well, I'll see if I can

talk to your mom

about a little fishy then.

Just ring your bell

on Christmas Eve,

and I'll come visit you.

All right, come over here

and see Santa.

Now, what is your name?

- Angelica.

- Angelica,

what a beautiful name.

What would you like

for Christmas this year, huh?

A kitten?

I think we can probably

do a kitten,

if I put in a good word

with your mom.

We'll see, all right?

So here's a bell.

And ring it on Christmas Eve,

and I'll see what I can do.

Okay. All right, buddy,

hop aboard.

Oh! Now, what would you

like for Christmas this year?

A recorder?

Oh, you're a music man, huh?

Well, here's a little bell.

And on Christmas Eve,

I want you to ring that.

And I'm going to try

to bring a recorder your way.

Now you be real good.

All right.

Oh. Hey, Francine.

What are you doing here?

- Randy, you asked me that

last week

when you bumped into me

at the movies,

and the week before that

at the bowling alley.

- Oh, well, I guess I'm just

a curious guy.

Well, here.

Merry Christmas.

- Oh.

- All right.

All right there.

Hey, what's your name?

- Okay, well,

we will see you on the 12th.

Can I help you find

anything else?

- Thanks. I think I'm just

going to keep browsing.

- Okay.

- Hey, how's DiNova's

up the street?

- I cannot say enough

about it.

- [laughs]

- Thanks.

- Because it drives me crazy.

- And the...

itsy-bitsy spider

Climbed up the spout again

- Hey.

- Okay, that was better, Joe.

But remember,

G-flat is here.

- Yeah, sorry, I got

a little distracted there.

I was worried

about the spider.

- Yes, he certainly was in

a bit of a pickle, wasn't he?

- Yeah, but then sun comes out,

dries everything all...

Everything's normal again.

Yeah, it's pretty convenient

if you ask me.

- Lazy, you mean.

- Yeah.

Like they'd rather just want

to wrap everything up

and get out of there,

you know?

- Well, maybe he had

to go to the bathroom.

- Maybe. I'm sure all that talk

about the rainfall

probably didn't help, huh?

- [both laugh]

- Don't make me laugh

when I'm drinking, Joe.

Pianos are expensive.

- I promise.

- By the way,

what kind of piano

are you practicing on at home?

- I bought this...

this little Brite.

You know, it's cheap.

On Craigslist.

I don't know

what it was called.

It was 60 bucks.

- Just remember, you need

to practice two hours a day

if you want to be ready

for your niece Tilly's wedding.

- Yeah.

- Okay?

- Sure.

- All right, from the top.

- From the top.

From the top.

- The itsy-bitsy spider

Went up the garden spout

- You got to buy this too?

- Why do I have to buy that?

- Because it's open

and I'm drinking it.

- Speaking of theft, Randy,

I noticed some

missing inventory again.

I think I have a shoplifter

on my hands.

- Okay, here's what you do.

Four guys, undercover.

- Four?

- Yeah.

Like one for each corner

of the store.

- Preferably ex-Navy SEALs.

- Navy SEALs, got it.

- Shoplifter comes in for the

five-finger discount, and boom.

You take them out

like the A-Team.

- Okay, you're proposing

I spend

tens of thousands

of dollars

to catch a Play-Doh thief.

- Okay, two guys, ex-FBI.

Now the thing here is--

- Randy, how about we just get

some security cameras, okay?

They're 30 bucks,

over there.

- We can do that.

- Yeah.

- Oh, dude,

business is booming, Jake!

[laughs]

I had to hire

three more people

just to keep up

with traffic this week.

I can't--

Oh, hey, Forrester.

How's it going?

Hey, Jake, listen, man,

I got to go.

But let's have dinner soon,

okay?

On me this time.

Merry Christmas.

My buddy Jake.

- So sounds like things

are going good for you, huh?

- What? Oh, man, don't tell me

you just overheard that.

Okay, now I'm embarrassed.

- [laughs]

Well, you should be,

because there is no

cell service in here.

- I'm sorry?

- Yeah, this whole block

is a dead zone.

- Oh, really?

Well, then who was I

just talking to?

- Uh, the only person who finds

you faintly amusing.

Yourself.

- I know plenty of people

who find me amusing.

- Oh, yeah?

How is skid row these days?

- Okay, that was

kind of clever.

- And, of course,

we are pleased as punch

to be bringing our high

quality superior selection

to this part of the state.

- Your grand opening

is on Saturday.

How did you manage

to keep it quiet for so long?

- It wasn't easy,

believe me.

- Back to you, David.

- How could this

have happened, Ben?

- A heads-up would have

been nice, Ben.

- I was blindsided too.

- How'd he build a huge story

in town without anyone

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