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drinks, ala "Cocktail." Mater arrives.

MATER:

Guido! What's McQueen's usual?

GUIDO:

(in Italian, subtitled)

How should I know?

MATER:

Perfect! Give me two of `em.

SARGE:

Quiet! My program's on.

MEL DORADO (O.S.)

Tonight on "The Mel Dorado Show"!

ON THE BAR TV - "THE MEL DORADO SHOW," a cable talk show,

begins with file footage of MILES AXLEROD, a sleek SUV.

MEL DORADO (ON TV)

His story gripped the world! Oil

billionaire Miles Axlerod, in an

attempt to become the first car to

circumnavigate the globe without

GPS, ironically ran out of gas and

found himself trapped in the wild!

We see images of newspaper headlines, search crews.

MEL DORADO (ON TV)

Feared dead, he emerged 36 days

later, running on a fuel he'd

distilled himself from the natural

elements! Since then he's sold his

oil fortune, converted himself from

a gas-guzzler into an electric car,

and has devoted his life to finding

a renewable, clean-burning fuel!

15.

Images of oil derricks torn down; Miles Axlerod getting

converted to electric; lab scientists testing chemicals.

MEL DORADO (ON TV)

Now he claims to have done it with

his Allinol.

Images of fields, rivers, vegetables, and mountains all

combining to form the Allinol logo.

MEL DORADO (ON TV)

And to show the world what his new

superfuel can do, he's created a

racing competition like no other,

inviting the greatest champions

from around the globe to battle in

the first ever World Grand Prix.

Welcome Sir Miles Axlerod.

SIR MILES AXLEROD arrives, parks across from Mel's desk.

MILES AXLEROD (ON TV)

Thank you, Mel. It is very good to

be here. Now listen to me: Big Oil.

It costs a fortune. Pollution is

getting worse. I mean, come on.

It's a fossil fuel. Fossil. As in

dead dinosaurs. And we all know

what happened to them. Alternative

energy is the future. Trust me,

Mel, after seeing Allinol in action

at the World Grand Prix, nobody

will ever go back to gasoline

again.

MATER:

(TO FILLMORE)

What happened to the dinosaurs,

now?

MEL DORADO (ON TV)

And on satellite, a World Grand

Prix competitor and one of the

fastest cars in the world,

Francesco Bernoulli.

Across the screen: LIVE FROM ROME, ITALY. We meet Formula

race car FRANCESCO BERNOULLI.

FRANCESCO (ON TV)

It is an honor, Signore Dorado. For

you.

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MEL DORADO (ON TV)

Miles, why not invite Lightning

McQueen?

Mater, collecting his drinks, looks up, half-intrigued.

MILES AXLEROD (ON TV)

Of course we invited him. But

apparently after a very long racing

season he is taking some time off

to rest.

FRANCESCO (ON TV)

Lightning McQueen would not have a

chance against Francesco!

Mater doesn't like this.

FRANCESCO (ON TV)

I can go over 300 kilometers an

hour! In miles that is like, uh...

way faster than McQueen.

MEL DORADO (ON TV)

Let's go to the phones. Baltimore,

Maryland, you're on the air.

CALLER (ON TV)

Am I on? Hello?

MEL DORADO (ON TV)

You're on. Go ahead.

CALLER (ON TV)

Hello?

MEL DORADO (ON TV)

Go ahead, caller.

Dial tone.

MEL DORADO (ON TV)

Let's go to Radiator Springs.

You're on, caller.

MATER'S VOICE (ON TV)

Yeah, that Italian feller you got

on there can't talk that way about

Lightning McQueen. He's the bestest

race car in the whole wide world.

Fillmore and Sarge look around. Mater is visible in the back

of the bar on an office phone.

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SARGE:

Uh-oh...

FRANCESCO (ON TV)

If he is, how you say "the bestest

race car," then why must he rest,

eh?

MATER'S VOICE (ON TV)

Cause he knows what's important.

Every now and then he prefers just

to slow down, enjoy life.

FRANCESCO (ON TV)

Ah, you heard it! Lightning McQueen

prefers to be slow! Of course, this

is not news to Francesco. When I

want to go to sleep I watch one of

his races. After two laps I am out

cold.

Audible RXNS from the bar. A crowd has been forming ever

since Mater started talking.

MATER'S VOICE (ON TV)

That ain't what I meant.

CUT TO:

MCQUEEN AND SALLY - They hear the commotion inside.

MCQUEEN:

Hey, what's going on over there?

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