Danny Deckchair Page #5

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30 tomorrow night.

- Need some chairs for the meeting?

- That would be great.

- Not sure how many yet, but...

Hey, Professor.

- Hey, mate. I'll give you a call.

- All right.

You're looking pretty thirsty.

- Come on.

- We're real thirsty.

- There's all this stuff I gotta do.

- Come on, it's the end of the week.

Let me shout you a beer, eh?

Hello?

Okay.

Mate, you are all right.

For a professor.

Yeah, well,

I wasn't always a professor.

- Yeah? What did you do before?

- I was a kind of pilot.

- What, an airline pilot?

- No, more like...

...a test pilot.

Top secret stuff.

Shh-shh.

- Hi, Professor.

- Your Majesty.

I never got to dance with you

at the ball.

Okay.

- Come on, Professor!

- Wahoo!

Here we go.

Dance with me, Professor.

I gotta go.

Hey! Where are you going?

What is it?

- What is it?

- Nothing.

- I just wanted to tell you that I...

- What's wrong?

- I was down at The Federal.

- You've been at The Federal?

- Yes, but I wanna say something.

- I was really worried about you.

I thought something

had happened to you.

I thought that you'd come home

and we'd have dinner.

- No, I hate being like this.

- Like what?

I don't wanna do this anymore.

- What are you talking about?

- I don't want to feel.

This is getting serious.

I know, that's what

I've been trying to tell you.

Glenda. Glenda!

I don't want to talk to you.

Come back!

Let's get him.

Let's go.

Peter, come back!

What's that?

- You okay?

- Huh?

Yeah, yeah, I reckon.

Okay.

Listen, Glenda...

I don't really know what's going on, maybe

it's none of my business.

I got a call back from Lismore Uni.

Well, they never heard

of a Professor Daniels.

He hasn't taught there in years.

Uh-huh.

- I thought you said he came...

- You really are jealous, aren't you?

What?

There's a way of doing things.

...and there's a way of not doing things

in the State Parliament.

And let me tell you,

after serving as your member.

...for the past seven years.

I know the way.

I know how to handle those

Chardonnay-sipping socialites in Sydney.

- Hey, how is it going?

- Fine except Jim hasn't shown up yet.

Max is back.

God damn it!

Thank you and goodnight.

- There's a phone call for you.

- Huh?

- A phone call for you.

- Okay.

- Hello?

Professor? Mate?

I had an emergency of... Just got out

of an important meeting.

- What about the speech?

- Mate, you're gonna have to do it.

- What?

- Oh, come on, mate.

Max, can't you take your friends

somewhere else?

Sorry, Mum.

Where did you get this?

Where's Jim?

Uh...

B... Big Jim... Jim Craig...

...he's...

...he's running late.

Did he get a better offer?

Anyway...

...you should vote

for Big Jim because...

...well, he's a good man.

And...

He's got plans, big plans.

And.

...he's gonna give a big voice

to all you...

...little blokes.

What the hell does he mean

"little blokes?"

I mean, who am I talking to?

And who is

this little bloke anyway?

Is it...

Is he...

...is he the cleaner.

...who cleans up

at the packing plant?

Is he the teacher.

...who teaches your kids

at the primary school?

- Is he the builder who built this town?

- Right.

It all adds up,

ladies and gentlemen...

I don't think there's a little bloke

here tonight.

Take our postie, John Perchie.

What would happen if John decided

not to deliver the mail for a day?

That's not such a little thing.

What would happen if Pirmjet Prensing

didn't get out of bed in the morning.

...to take her girls to school?

That's not such a little thing.

Or what if old Mr. Potts.

...didn't go to the park every day with his

breadcrumbs to feed the pigeons?

Hmm?

We have a couple

of thousand birds flying around.

...looking for a new town to live in.

And that's not such a little thing.

We're the little people all right.

We're the ones who grow the crops...

...tar the roads, build the towns,

teach the kids.

Yeah and when there is some

big important thing that needs doing.

...it's always us the little people

who damn well get it done.

Sometimes we do it to ourselves.

I used to think, "I'm just a nobody,

who am I kidding?"

But then I came to Clarence...

...where I've learned that

you don't have to be a bigwig.

...to be a somebody.

It's the kind of person you are

that's important.

And this town is filled with the most

important people I've ever met.

Ever!

You...

...you all know

I'm pretty new in Clarence.

But already things

are getting serious for me here.

That's what I've been trying

to tell you.

Because you've shown me

what really matters.

And believe me

that's not such a little thing.

In fact, it's just about the biggest thing

that's ever happened to me.

And I thank you for that.

Good night.

Spot on, mate.

You know, you really do remind me

of my old professor.

So there really was a professor.

- Oh yeah.

- You, devil!

Ah, Glenda! Whoa!

Would you like who you were...

If you met them someplace?

Glenda?

- Would you recognize the lines...

- Glenda.

On a strangers face?

Would you know yourself...

- As good as I know you?

- Got you!

Who do you love?

Yeah, who do you love?

Who do you love?

- Yeah, who do you love?

- I might be a bit rusty at this.

Who do you love?

Dave!

- Lady, I'm closing up.

I thought you should see this.

Max found it up a tree.

You know, that guy they're looking for.

You think it might be his?

Oh my God.

I'm sorry, sir, but a lot of people think

they've seen him.

There's just nobody that can

help you with that right now.

If you don't put me through to

Mr. Upman, I'll go to another network.

...and he's actually starting

to become aroused.

Excuse me.

Yeah?

Go on.

I'm just gonna take this

over here.

The first time I really kissed someone

I stuck my tongue up his nose.

It was so embarrassing.

- Are you gonna get that, Kevin?

Yeah, get it.

Forget it, I'll get it.

Jeez, he's hopeless.

Hello?

Hi, Trudy, it's me.

- Sandy!

- Trudy?

- It's so late.

Yeah, I know.

Look, don't tell anybody, okay?

But I think I found Danny.

Trudy?

- Does he know we're coming?

- Trudy, shh-shh.

Shh-shh.

Trudy, this is Spider.

Spider, I just want mid-shots

and close-ups, okay?

Trudy, please, please,

just relax, okay? It's fine.

Hi, I'm Sandy Upman...

I'm picking up three tickets

to Clarence.

Clarence? It's Clarence!

- Clarence!

- Excuse me, mate, media emergency!

Now wait this is my...

It's Sandy,

yeah, put me through.

Put me through.

It's an emergency.

What the bloody hell is this?

Where did you come from?

Earlwood.

That's in Sydney, isn't it?

Uh-huh.

And what brings you to Clarence?

I tied a bunch of balloons to a chair

and floated up here.

Right, like that guy on TV.

Oh, God.

Shh-shh-shh.

Hey, Professor!

It's about time someone gave Big Jim

a run for his money.

Yeah and you sure as hell

got our vote.

- Yep.

- Hi, Glenda.

- Hello, Glenda, look.

- A new candidate?

Eh? He's our man.

I'd better go talk to Jim.

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