Consenting Adults

- Richard. Hold it. Richard.

what's the matter?

- Okay. What happened?

I'm not selling these skis to my mother.

Please. A more neon sound.

- Mr Ron. I can't be waiting at the whim...

- Remember:
to be free...

- Of your attorney.

- To soar like an eagle. To slip

the surly bonds of Earth.

- All right. Thank you.

- Right? That's the feel.

Here we go.

- The guys are tired. You know?

No. If they start losing...

- Well. If the guys are tired...

- Their chops... All right.

- It sounds that way in the ad. My dear.

- All right. They've never

let you down before. Jimmy.

- Cut!

- They've never let you down before.

- Uh. Richard. Listen.

We talked about this yesterday. And

l-I'm not getting the sound

that we. Uh. We're looking for.

Look, we're all tired, but, you know,

we might as well not be recording this...

unless we're gonna get

some punch. Now, maybe...

- My ears are clogged

or something, but, uh, it's a...

- Jimmy. We...

- We agreed on this yesterday.

- Say it. What? What? Tell me.

We've been playing a long time.

Okay? We need a lunch break.

Why don't we just get through

one track. One take...

and then give us

your notes. Okay?

- Okay, but, you know, I want... Hold it.

- We can fix it in the mix.

We can do it in the mix. But l-l-I want

to hear it in the performance too.

- How's it going?

- Just. Just surge.

- No. That's fine. I'll hold.

- I want a... Whee!

- Jimmy!

- Wha... Richard. Iook. At the risk...

It's not the f***ing "Leonora Overture."

okay? It's a jingle.

Just let us get

through it once. Okay?

And then we'll have lunch

and then we'll have notes...

and then we'll fix it

in the mix. Okay?

Mom wants you

to come home right now!

She's waiting for you.

- Hi.

- Hi.

If she can stand it, I can.

Play it.

Yes, boss.

I think we should apologize

to Jimmy Schwartz tomorrow.

- Get ready. Pull.

- Sweet.

Pull.

Wish for something expensive.

- Mom.

- Mom.

- Okay.

- Goodbye. Take care of yourself.

- All right. You take care.

Say hi to your mom.

- Nice party. Mrs Parker.

- You're welcome. You're welcome.

- Thanks for coming.

- Good night.

I guess we have

new neighbours. Eh?

Hey. You mind

if I run along with you?

No. Be my guest.

Richard Parker.

Oh. Hey. Eddy Otis.

Where's your beautiful

daughter today?

She's away at school.

She comes home

every other weekend.

- Uh. Whereabouts?

- It's a couple of hours from here.

It's a school for

musically-gifted children.

- Oh. You must be very proud.

- You could say.

Let me guess. You're in

something to do with the arts.

Maybe graphics.

maybe advertising.

No. Definitely advertising.

I'm a composer.

I write jingles for ads.

How'd you guess?

I used to sell insurance.

You get a feel for stuff like that.

What do you do?

I'm not even gonna guess.

- I give financial advice.

- Oh. Like what?

- Okay. Health clubs.

- Good. Huh?

- Lousy. Trust me.

- Oh.

Home security?

- Better?

- Oh. Much better.

He said they didn't know anyone. That they

were lonely. What could I say?

- Do you need these?

- Mmm.

And this.

I know how you feel about neighbours.

but it's only drinks.

- I don't drink.

- Since when?

I thought I was getting fat.

- You didn't notice.

- What? The getting fat

or the not drinking?

...Jamaica for the weekend

scuba diving.

Anyway. On our way to the airport

to come back and move houses...

we get caught up in a riot.

I swear to God. A riot.

It was fascinating. While I'm

so busy protecting my wife...

I don't notice them

stealing all the luggage.

Hence. The outfit when we arrived.

Everything else was packed.

- Have you never been in a riot. Priscilla?

- Sorry I'm late.

I'm Katherine.

but everybody calls me Kay.

Kay. This is Richard Parker

and his lovely wife Priscilla.

The way I look at life. The way I look at it

is this:
money is like blood.

It's no big deal.

but if you want to live...

you've gotta have a lot of it pumping

through the system. For example...

most people will never know what it's like

to drive a boat at 100 miles an hour...

or go to Jamaica for the weekend or see

the Grand Canyon from a hot air balloon.

You see what I'm saying?

Without money...

you shrivel up.

So how do you explain all those

shrivelled-up. Rich people?

I'll tell you how.

Because those people...

they know how to make money. But

they don't know how to spend it.

Gettin' money's easy.

We have to talk.

- What would you invest in?

- Myself?

- Yeah.

- Drug and alcohol rehab centres.

I'm serious. It's the number one investment

op of the '90s. Priscilla. People are sheep.

You tell them they can't quit on their own

and suddenly everybody needs help.

I mean. The human mind.

What can you say?

You know what I'd do

if I had some serious money?

Misery

Come on. Help me out here.

Don't put no headstone

on my grave

All my life

I've been a slave

And I don't want

the world to know

Here lies the fool

who loves you so

Free from all this

Misery

Richard.

Come to bed.

You know. Me and Kay were saying.

you two have really got it made:

a nice home. A nice business.

a beautiful. Talented daughter...

a great marriage.

- I'm very lucky.

- What's the trick?

- To which?

- Marriage. How do you hold it

all together?

Trust. I guess.

Trust.

That's very interesting.

You know. I'm planning this trip down

to South Carolina this weekend.

I'm gonna fly down in my plane.

I got some property to check out.

- Why don't you and Priscilla come along?

- You have a plane?

Just a little twin engine Piper.

- Well. I'm sure we'd love to but...

- Look. If money's a problem...

- No. It's not really the money...

- Well. Good. Then we'll have fun.

- It's jus... Uh. Do you think we ought to...

- Now watch this.

Eddy. Careful!

Eddy!

Well. Let's say 5.000.

With 5.000. I'd put one in the bank.

one in bonds and play the stock market

with the rest.

The stock market?

- Yeah.

- Yeah. Okay.

How come you never pursued

a singing career?

There's a lot worse voices out there.

I guess Eddy got

all the self-confidence.

Maybe I could help you. That way

I'd get to play some blues. And. Uh...

You know. You...

I would take this wall out.

You know. Take it out. Make this

whole area screened in.

It would open it up a lot and then put

like blue shutters on it or something...

to give it a bit of life.

you know?

It could use it.

- What?

- Nothing. Go ahead.

- I'm being my usual self. Right?

- No. I like it.

I'm gonna take over.

Oh. Never mind.

Come on.

I'm surprised Priscilla hasn't tried

to sell off some of her investments.

She was up to 15.000

last time I went over it.

Fifteen from five?

She has a good head on her shoulders.

What can I tell you?

Squeeze when you come up.

That five was a gift left by an uncle to go

towards a sailboat. Can't touch that.

How much do you owe?

It's not that much. Eddy.

Let's not talk about it.

No. Richard. I'm serious. Maybe

I can be of some help here.

You can't. Believe me.

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