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"I" 22...

Choo-choo!

I love when they do that.

They do that all the time?

"B" 4.

And after!

Boy, this really is too

much fun for one evening.

"I" 19.

Bingo!

Bingo!

Jake Tremont, is that you?

Hal McCarthy.

How are you?

You remember Gloria?

My son, John.

He's visiting from New York.

How do you do?

Bette here?

No, she's in the hospital.

No, it's okay.

She had a heart attack,

but she's doing fine.

Coming back strong.

That's the part

that's good to know.

Please give her our best.

We will.

Thank you.

You heard about

Nick Price, right?

He's dead.

Oh, yeah.

Nick, Robin, Dorothy, the twins.

That whole table.

Dead.

All of them.

All of them.

The whole table.

And Delores Patcher

from the table next to them.

Gone.

Dead.

Well, good seeing you again.

It's been a while.

A long time.

Nice to meet you.

Boy, they're

a breath of fresh air.

Don't mind them, John.

They're crepe-hangers.

Know their bingo, though.

You used to come

here a lot, huh, Dad?

Oh, at least once a week.

It was fun.

When was the last

time you played?

Must be three years.

You're kidding.

Why did you stop coming?

I don't know.

Your mother and I

used to enjoy having fun

as much as anybody, but...

We just stopped doing

the things we liked.

I don't know why.

Well, you should remember

the fun things

you used to do and you

should start doing them.

That's a good idea.

John, I'm going

to write that down.

I'll make a list of fun

things and I'll do them.

Yes, sir.

Bingo.

What?

I think you got bingo.

Hey, I got bingo!

Over here! I have bingo!

We were awesome tonight, Dad.

We won the "X," the "L"

and we were this

close to getting

the four corners. That would

have been the triple crown.

I'm worried about you, John.

I'm afraid you're

getting addicted.

You know, there's a bingo

game down in Palm Springs

somebody told me about.

Run by the Indians.

Big stakes.

We ought to check that out.

We should be able to win,

and win regularly at this game.

I got a computer guy in New

York I'm gonna put onto this.

Fabulous with numbers.

He'll come up with

a system for us.

You'll see.

We're gonna beat

these guys, Dad.

Oh, look at that.

It's after 11:
00.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean

to keep you out so late.

It's okay.

It feels good.

It feels like New Year's Eve.

All that's missing

is Guy Lombardo.

He's dead.

Surprised Hal McCarthy

didn't bring that up.

Big day tomorrow.

Better get some sleep.

Good night, John.

Good night, Dad.

"B" 4.

And after.

There they are, Dad.

Hi, Dad.

Seen Mom?

How's she doing?

Yeah. She looks good.

She's a little feisty.

My mom?

You gotta be kidding me.

You ready to see her, Dad?

Oh, wait a second, Dad.

Let me...

I can't believe

how good Dad looks.

You really think so?

Absolutely. You've been

terrific for him, John.

He's been good for me, too.

It's been kind of fun.

I have a lead on somebody

to take over at the house.

It should only be

a day or two.

That's okay. I didn't know

what you were doing,

so I changed my schedule.

I can stay until

Mom gets home.

Really?

Yeah, no big deal.

Hi, Bette.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

You taking your

blood-pressure pills?

Are you eating?

Yeah, I'm fine, Bette.

I make my own bed now.

And I do the dishes.

John is teaching me to cook.

He's like a regular wife.

Just keep him alive

till I get home.

Thank you for

your confidence.

Mom looks good,

doesn't she?

Yeah, wonderful.

I never go anywhere

without my tubes.

I meant your color, Mom.

My color?

What are you, a decorator?

And don't call me Mom.

I don't call you Son, do I?

Stop trying to be so nice

to my mother, Mario.

You're gonna kill her.

Why are you cooking?

There's food

prepared in the freezer.

I told you.

It's just for

a little variety, that's all.

Last night we had salmon.

The night before

that we had coq au vin.

Your father doesn't

like foreign food.

It's not foreign.

It's just chicken in red wine.

He's not allowed

to have red wine.

Mom, it was this much.

I don't want him becoming

an alcoholic while I'm in here.

Nobody ever

became an alcoholic

from coq au vin.

Take it easy, Bette.

Don't get all excited.

You just concentrate

on getting better

and don't worry about me.

You hear?

You sure you

wanna come up, Dad?

It could be a long meeting.

No, I'll come up.

I'll be okay.

I could buy you a lunch here,

you could catch a movie.

I'll sit,

I'll read a magazine.

I'll be fine.

All right.

John Tremont to see

Vic Walton, please.

He's expecting you.

Dad, you sure you're

gonna be okay out here

with all this construction?

Sure, as long as no one

throws a drop cloth over me.

John, good to see you.

Pardon our mess.

No problem.

Good to see you, too, Vic.

This is my father,

Jake Tremont.

Dad, this is Vic Walton.

Nice to meet you,

Mr. Tremont.

And you.

We're gonna be

here about an hour?

I'd say.

All right, well, make yourself

comfortable here, Dad.

Wait a minute.

We don't have to leave

your father out here.

Mr. Tremont, why don't you

come in and sit with us?

I don't think that...

Don't be silly. Come on in.

Ralph, we've given you

every benefit of the doubt

and yet our projections

still come up 20%

less than yours.

How can you be so confident?

You've, you've never run

a business like this before.

And if you're wrong,

we'll be the laughingstock

of the industry

and you'll be off

on another deal.

Forget about

running the cannery.

It loses money

every day it's open

but the property it's on

is worth

at least $50 million.

How can you be sure

of the $50 million?

We think it's a stretch

to bring it to $40 million.

I'd like to see some

supporting data.

If it's supporting data

you need,

Brian will give you a package

at the end of the meeting.

Now can I get

back to my case?

The real estate

is $50 million

and we should

have no problem

turning around their

trucking operation.

They let the overhead

get out of hand

but we have

a schedule that shows us

cutting back 10% of

the administrative staff

in a few months.

Aren't you better

off just selling it?

And getting it

off your books?

There's no need to,

if we can make it work.

I don't think they

ever focused on it.

I think we can turn it.

The last piece is

food wholesaling,

which has been

a good sector thus far.

Now our cash

flow projections

for the division

may look aggressive

but we're comfortable

with them.

So, all in all,

the banks shouldn't have

any problem financing us.

Well, that was fun.

Johnny, what the hell was

goin' on back there?

Well, we were talking

about buying

a salmon cannery, Dad.

I didn't know you knew

about stuff like that.

Actually, I don't.

The guy coming to us

for money doesn't either.

We're just gonna

buy the company

and then close it down.

That's your job?

You buy companies,

then close them down?

It's a little more

complicated than that, Dad.

Take this cannery,

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