A Very Merry Toy Store Page #5

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- 42 miles an hour, Mr. H.

- Oh, that's not going fast.

That's flying low.

- Right. Hey, Boots,

where should we go to celebrate

after you win

next weekend?

- [laughs]

You guys are feeling

pretty confident, aren't you?

- Well, who's going

to beat him?

- Anything's possible.

Cubs won the World Series

last year.

- [laughs]

- Cubs weren't facing

the Eliminator.

- Hey, pal, listen,

I really want to see you

win next weekend, huh?

- Me too.

- How would you like

a one-man crew chief?

- You're hired.

[drill whirring]

- Hey.

- You hear the latest

about Roy Barnes?

- No. Do we want to?

- Well, apparently now

he's a patron of the sport.

- What?

"Toy mogul Roy Barnes

has thrown his hat

"into the winter sports arena

"by sponsoring Marshall

Booter's bobsled,

"the

Eliminator,

which will be competing in the

winter carnival race Saturday."

Sponsoring?

- Yeah, like it's NASCAR or

something.

Can you believe this?

- No.

- Why is he doing it?

- "Well, just my way of giving

back to the community,"

"Barnes explained, as he stood

in front of his recently opened

New Britain store."

- What a pack of lies.

He's doing it to get to me.

- To get to us.

It'll just be that much sweeter

to watch them lose next week.

Hand me that screw

right there, please.

- I'm installing it now, sis.

You'd never even know

it's a camera.

Heck, you even fooled me.

[laughs]

- Hard to believe.

- Right? This dude's

shoplifting days are numbered.

- Oh, that's great.

Thanks, bro.

Oh.

Hold on, I got to take this,

okay?

All right.

Talk soon. Bye, Randy.

Hello?

[sighs]

This is huge.

Thanks, Tess.

I owe you one.

Tess Howard, I helped her ace

third period algebra,

and now she gives me intel

on Roy Barnes.

- What's up?

- Well, Tess works

at the warehouse

where they're shipping

the Alicias from.

- And?

- And...

she said there is limited

production

on the dolls

this year.

Anyone who placed their order

after October 15th

won't be getting their dolls

in time for Christmas.

- Like Roy Barnes's

new store?

- Like Roy Barnes's

new store.

- Does that mean Roy

is out of luck?

- Up a creek

without a princess.

[all laugh]

- Hey, Roy!

Neil Armstrong, Roy!

Neil Armstrong!

- What? Neil Armstrong?

Buddy, you're the one

in outer space.

- Randy, I noticed some more

missing inventory.

I think our shoplifter

has struck again.

- Don't worry, sis.

The gnome is in the home

and on the job 24/7.

Let's take a bite

out of crime.

Okay, never mind

about last night.

Just go to when you first

opened up this morning.

- Gas station, Randy.

Gas station.

- No! I had the gnome

facing the wrong way.

At the window.

[sighs]

- You know what?

It's my fault, Randy.

When I said to monitor

the store,

I really should have specified

this store.

- Hey, hey, don't beat

yourself up, sis.

I'm partly to blame

here too.

[phone rings]

- Hey, Tess. What's up?

What bad news?

Will, we've got a problem.

- How big?

- Think Armageddon.

- Uh, Sam will finish

ringing you up, ma'am.

Sam, please.

- What's up?

- Money changed hands.

The dolls that were supposed

to be coming to us tonight,

they're being delivered

to Roy's.

- But isn't that,

oh, what's the word that

means opposite of legal?

- Well, if Barnes

forged the papers,

it's just his word

against ours.

- We could sue.

- And we would definitely win.

But I just talked to a lawyer.

He said it could take

up to three years.

- Those are our dolls,

Forrester. We paid for them.

- I know. The question is,

how are we going

to get them back?

- [sighs]

- How are your

acting skills?

- Let's find out.

- Is this Big Al Larkin?

This is Sue Dodie

calling from corporate.

Yeah, listen, I just heard

from New Britain.

Uh, what's going on out there?

I mean, you lost or something?

- What are you

talking about, lost?

I'm on Route 7 now.

- Oh, no, you did not

just say that, Al.

Uh, please hold. Ned, Ned,

he says he's on Route 7.

I think he's going

to the wrong address.

- What? I want that man fired!

- Oh, whoa, whoa, Ned.

Okay, look, look,

cool your jets, okay?

I know that Roy

is your brother-in-law,

but let's give the man

a chance, okay?

Al, Al, listen,

are you with me?

Listen, you're going

to the wrong address, okay?

You want to go to

870 Juniper Road, you got that?

- 870 Juniper. Got it.

Am I in trouble?

- Not if you get there

in the next 10 minutes.

Good luck, Al.

- Nice. Yes.

Oh, 10 minutes. Come on.

- Okay.

- We got to go.

- Where are my keys?

[grunts]

- Tell Sue Dodie that was

9 minutes and 58 seconds.

- What happened?

- I was running late.

I had to cross the river

at Marineaux Road.

- They got a bridge there now?

- No.

They really could

use one, though.

This looks like

a high school.

- Yeah, you know,

Roy decided

Tower wasn't big

enough for him,

went out and bought himself

a high school.

- Pretty nifty, huh?

- I guess so.

It doesn't look

like a store, though.

- Thank you, Al.

That's exactly the look

we were looking for.

- Yeah. Latest thing

in kids' marketing, Al.

You make them think they're

in school, and then bam!

Toys.

- Yeah, yeah,

our new slogan is,

"It's always recess

at Roy's Toys."

- Ah. Not bad.

- Yeah.

- Hey, want me

to pull around back?

- We're already unloading, Al.

Thank you, though.

- Gotcha.

- Do you think Barnes

will report us?

- For taking back

our own stuff?

Not likely.

- That's it.

- We did it. Ah!

- Nice, partner. Nice.

Got it.

- Moonglow

Moonglow

The moon will always shine

Shining all around

[laughs]

I may be a terrible singer,

but I still love this song.

- Yeah, me too.

Oh, this is me

right here.

Up and to the left.

Thanks for the lift.

You know, the last thing

I expected

was to have fun tonight.

- Me too.

- But you did?

- Overall, I'd say it was

better than a head cold

or filing a tax return.

- You know, when you gush like

that, it just embarrasses me.

- Good night, DiNova.

- By the way,

would it kill us

if we started using

first names?

- Why take chances?

- Come on. Just try saying,

"Good night, Will."

- Good night, Will.

- There you go.

Was that so bad?

- Sort of.

[laughs]

- Good night, Connie.

- Good night.

- And listen, now that we

have the dolls and Roy doesn't,

tomorrow's going to be

a mob scene.

Get some sleep.

[car door closes]

- Some mob scene.

Where is everybody?

- I don't know. Is there

something great showing on TV,

like The Godfather,

or John Wick 2?

I doubt it, Randy.

- No, John Wick 2.

- I heard you.

Maybe they're all

at DiNova's.

Hello?

- We're back here.

Our customers.

- Shoppers at the Roy's Toys

in New Britain

got the Christmas surprise

of their life today

when Stephanie Desmore,

the pop sensation

whose theme from Moonglow

is now the number one hit

in the country,

took to the stage as part

of an all-day holiday concert

sponsored by toy magnate

Roy Barnes.

Word spread fast,

thanks to social media.

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