Cool Runnings Page #8

We have the one Derice

and the oneJunior

- Thank you.

- Yul Brenner and the man Sanka

The fastest of the fastest

ofJamaican sprinters

Respect to the man

Irv Blitzer

- All right, gentlemen, this is it.

- Respect.

- Respect! Whoo!

- All right.

- Let's go!

We now come to the second chance for

the four intrepid men from Jamaica.

- What do they have to do, John?

- In reality, Al, I don't think

theJamaicans...

- Have any chance of winning a medal.

- Dear God!

Just let them be better

than yesterday.

- Ready.

- Ready.

Feel the rhythm!

Feel the rhyme!

Get on up!

It's bobsled time!

Cool runnings!

Bob in track.

That's a hair faster than the Swiss.

Boy, that's a real big difference

from yesterday.

Well, this is an absolute shock

in the making. Yesterday...

- They were falling down

almost from the start.

- Yes!

Now they slide into place. Yesterday,

their heads were bobbing everywhere.

Today, they're

almost in unison.

- Can this really be happening?

- Boy, what a difference.!

Flying through the Omega,

looking possessed here. It's not

the same team we saw yesterday.

- Where did these guys come from?

- Jamaica!

Wow! 56.53!

Whoo-hoo! Yes! Yes!

- Did you hear that time? Yes!

- Yeah.

- That moves them up into 8th place.

- Watch out, world.

TheJamaicans are coming.

Derice, you in here?

Hey, Coach.

Oh, there ya are.

How you feelin'?

- All right.

- Good, good.

You all set to follow

in your father's footsteps?

- I think so.

- You think so?

- All right, I know so.

- That's more like it.

We're gonna go grab a bite to eat.

You wanna join us?

- Nah.

- I didn't think so. I'll

pick you somethin' up.

- Hey, Coach.

- Yeah.

- I have to ask you a question.

- Sure.

But you don't have to answer

if you don't want to.

I mean, I want you to, but

if you can't, I understand.

You wanna know why

I cheated, right?

Yes, I do.

That's a fair question.

It's quite simple, really.

I had to win.

You see, Derice...

I'd made winning

my whole life...

and when you make winning

your whole life...

ya have to keep on winning,

no matter what.

You understand that?

No, I don't understand, Coach.

You had two gold medals.

You had it all.

Derice...

a gold medal

is a wonderful thing.

But if you're not enough

without it...

you'll never be enough

with it.

Hey, Coach...

how will I know

if I'm enough?

When you cross that

finish line, you'll know.

Welcome back to the bobsledding

venue for this, the last day of

competition. It's medal time...

and, John, the top six teams

are separated by only half a second.

- So it's very close, and

that's been predictable...

- I didn't expect...

- To see you here.

- Well, my dear...

we've got a team

in the Olympics, don't we?

Most astonishing is the

Jamaicans. They still have a

chance to win an Olympic medal.

Everybody, shut up.

My boy's on TV.

And you're not the only one

to get excited about that.

I think the fans here have an

extreme case ofJamaican fever.

- Al, so do I.

- Oh, no, no, no, no.

So do we. Do I have to tell you

whose turn it is now?

- Jamaica, to your start positions.

- Respect!

Hey, dreadlocks, let me

kiss your lucky egg.

- Next team up is Jamaica.

- All right, fellas, that's us!

Let's go! Here we go!

Today's our day! This is it!

Come on, guys.

We can do it!

Derice! I'll see ya

at the finish line.

- With the kinds of push starts

these guys are capable of...

- All right, it's all yours. Go!

we might actually see the

Jamaicans win an Olympic medal.

So this is it. We could

see history in the making.

Feel the rhythm!

Feel the rhyme!

Get on up!

It's bobsled time!

- Cool runnings!

- On the track.

Go! Go! Go!

Move that bobsled! Go!

One, two, three, four, all of

them in, and look at them fly.

Oh, man, they shaved another

couple hundredths off the start.

Al, they get better

every time down the track.

Go, Derice! Move!

Take that bobsled and move!

Look at the way the sled's comin'in

and out of the corners. Very smooth.

It's like he's been drivin'

the sled for ten years. Bannock

looks really possessed here.

Oh, what the heck.

Go, Jams.!

What a run Bannock is having.

He's letting loose on this

extremely fast course.

And even with that

rickety old sled...

theJamaicans are

flying through the turns.

This does not look good.

Something's gotta be wrong.

TheJamaicans on a record pace

as they fly almost out of

control around the turn.

- Move it! Move it! Move that sled!

- Now the speed seems too much...

and I don't think he's going

to be able to hold it. Oh.!

Derice, you dead?

No, man, I'm not dead.

We have to finish the race.

Excuse me, please.

Excuse me.

Sehr gut, Jamaica.

We'll see you

in four years, ja?

Yeah, man.

Junior Bevil.

But it doesn't mean

that I like you.

We split.

- Thanks, Irv.

- Thank you.

- All right. Hey, guys.

- Hey, Coach.

- Coach.

- I'm so proud of you guys.

You all right?

- I love you, man.

- Can I get a picture, please?

I can see clearly now

The rain is gone

I can see all obstacles

In my way

Gone are the dark clouds

That had me blind

It's gonna be a bright

- Bright, bright

- Bright sunshiney day

It's gonna be a bright

- Bright, bright

- Bright sunshiney day

Oh, yes, I can make it now

The pain is gone

All of the bad feelings

Have disappeared

Here is that rainbow

I've been prayin'for

It's gonna be a bright

- Bright, bright

- Bright sunshiney day

Look all around

There's nothing

but blue skies

Look straight ahead

There's nothing

but blue skies

Oy, you know

people can't believe

Jamaica have a bobsled team

We have no snow

Just food and water

And the temperature ranges

from hot to hotter

No spring, no fall

much less no winter

And yet we have

a bobsled team

Holding on

to an Olympic dream

We say them ready I'm always say

them ready Them ready like Freddy

You see them funny sled

You see the world steady

When they make the motion

Them a rock and a dolly

A country on a sled

with a wish in them body

Yes, my four men

are my bobsled posse

Yul Brenner, Derice, Junior

Sanka, the men are ready

When them reach the Olympics

we're proud and irie, irie, irie

Lord, you know

people can't believe

Jamaica have a bobsled team

Boy, you know

people can't believe

Jamaica have a bobsled team

Lord, you know

people can't believe

Jamaica have a bobsled team

Boy, you know

people can't believe

Jamaica have a bobsled team

Oooh

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