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needed for this.

Sit down, Phil.

No, no, no, that's okay.

Go ahead and build... that car.

But when you win the most

cautious driver award,

don't come crying to me.

But Dad, we can win this thing.

Where are you going, Phil?

No, I, you know, I really

don't have time for this.

I've got a lot of work to do

on the Yakimoto campaign,

so, I...

Mom!

Okay, you are in there,

and I'm gonna find you.

And, I will find you.

Dad?

In fact, I can see you now.

Dad?

What?

Don't touch the wood, okay?

The paint doesn't lay right.

Okay?

Look, there's something I want

you to do though, okay?

I want you to pick out the color.

How about blue?

Uh...

What about green?

Green is...

Todd!

For the last time, get to bed!

She's right, buddy, okay?

Will you... will you think

about colors for me though?

Mm-hmm.

All right, I'll see you

in the morning.

Slow down, slow down.

Slow down.

So, what it all boils

down to is...

Remember, it's Danny's car.

You got it, love chunks.

Dad.

Dad.

Huh?

You were saying?

Oh, oh, yeah, um...

what it all boils down to is

if you can't run with the big dogs,

you'd better stay on the porch.

What's that

supposed to mean?

Winning Pinewood Derby cars

are made by dads,

the "big dogs."

But, that's not fair!

Dads are only supposed to supervise.

That's what Mrs. Davis told us.

And she's right!

But, life isn't fair.

So, what I need to know is,

"little dog",

do you want to make your own car

and take last place?

Or do you want

a "big dog" to make it

and kick some butt?

I just thought

it would be more fun

to make my own car.

Okay.

Come on, baby.

I respect that.

But, if you need any help,

you just let me know, okay?

Okay.

Hey!

Thanks, Dad.

Anytime, pal.

Hey, Shaquille!

Your grandpa has a power saw

in his garage.

You can use that to cut it.

Well, do you think

he'd help me?

Of course he'd help you.

No, no, K-Kim!

Kim, no no no.

No, I-I-I-I do not

want your dad getting involved!

He doesn't have a clue

about how to...

build one of these things.

And I don't want Brady

around all that power machinery!

He needs supervision.

From his dad.

Like it says in the manual.

M-may I sit there,

please?

Mom?

Oh.

It's okay.

So... thank you.

I'll just...

Okay.

Excuse me.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

No, we're, uh, we're fine.

Yeah, we've got this covered.

Oh, sorry.

Yeah, just us guys.

Okay, okay, thank you.

All righty.

No, no, no, no.

Come on, Dad!

Let me, let me,

let me just, uh,

let me just look it over.

This is complicated.

Big Jimmy, what's going on?

Phil!

I'm leaving.

You... you have a good day.

I-I love you.

Love you, too.

Bye-bye.

Yeah...

it's him!

Okay...

Phil Davis.

Ah, that's, uh... hi.

Thank you.

That's...

Oh, it's a, potato masher,

slicer-dicer deal.

You've see it on channel 3.

Uh, Jimmy...

it's supposed to be Big Jimmy!

Sorry, Big Jimmy.

Angel joined a book club.

Oh.

Yeah.

I guess you must be, uh,

Blaine... Moons... man?

That's right, yep.

Shoe trees.

Okay.

Now, if I could get you guys

to, uh, sign right here...

Thanks.

Derby freaks!

Hi, Blaine, you...

doing a little project?

Picture frames.

Hey.

Hey, Big Jimmy.

Hey, howdy.

Looks like it's neighbor day.

I just saw Blaine.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Says he's working on his deck.

What are you here for?

Ah, Kim, you know, Kim...

she's, uh, she's been

just nagging me, you know...

I got to organize the... the

gar... I'm building some shelves.

Uh, what about you?

Uh, well, I got the week off,

so I thought I'd start working

on the fence, you know.

You know what they say.

"Good fences make good

neighbors", huh?

Yeah, okay, all right.

Listen, I gotta go

all right?

I got a lot to do.

Hey...

Good luck with those shelves.

Shelves... oh, yeah,

the shelves... okay then.

So, uh, how's everyone's

Pinewood Derby coming along?

You mean, how's my dad's

Pinewood Derby coming?

I can't wait till I'm a dad,

so I can build my own car and race it.

"You'll get your turn

when we get to the fun stuff."

Your dad says that too?

Yeah.

Yeah, mine too.

Hey.

What's going on?

Oh, hey, Mom.

We're just hanging out.

What have you guys

been doing all day?

Nothing.

What's your dad doing?

Same thing that Danny and Todd's

dads are doing.

And what might that be?

You don't want to know, Mrs. Davis.

She's gonna freak!

Hey guys, let's go down to

the dairy and get an ice cream,

I'm buying.

Well... where'd you get

the money?

I asked my dad if I could help

him with the Pinewood Derby.

He said, "When we get

to the fun stuff."

And then he gave me this

to get rid of me.

Whoa!

What a minute!

I think I got a great idea.

What is going on?

What is this mess?

Oh!

Hah, you scared me.

No, Phil!

You are scaring me.

Oh, no, no, no.

No, no, no, not...

not... not to worry.

Not to worry.

No, this...

this is all gonna be...

this will be out of here once...

once the Derby's over.

The Derby?

Why the bedroom?

Why not the basement

or the garage?

What?

I'm... I-I-I-couldn't...

I'm sorry I couldn't

hear you, the...

I said

why the bedroom?

Why not the garage

or the basement?

Well, uh...

this... this is the...

the safest place.

The... the safest place?

I don't want anyone to know

I'm getting ready for the Derby.

Oh...

Now I get it.

Oh, don't worry.

Your secret's safe with me.

I won't tell a soul.

Phil, you need a shrink!

Yeah, hey, what do you think

of this track?

It's pretty sweet, right?

The track?

Oh, it's a work of art, yeah.

But, how do we get in the bed?

The bed?

Oh, no, oh, that's...

now, that's not...

that's not so bad, here,

watch, watch...

Excuse me, just...

pardon me.

Excuse me.

Just put...

Put this through.

Right here like that.

Then you...

Right like that.

Cozy like this.

See, I designed it

so the clearance

is just high enough, so that,

you know, we... we can...

we can roll over.

That's you over here.

"Hi, honey, how you doing?"

And... and this is me.

I'm over here.

"Oh, hi, honey, I'm...

"Oh, cuddle up over here.

You wanna spoon?

Mm... so cozy."

Phil!

Have you done

anything at all

on the Yakimoto campaign?

Oh! Oh.

The Yakimoto campaign.

Oh, yes, of course,

I've been working on that.

Oh, yeah, uh...

Yeah, and, you know what?

I'll show you.

Oh, yeah!

So, hey, hey!

Relax!

We're gonna win!

Oh, that's, uh, that's mine.

Uh, excuse me.

Pardon me, yeah.

Yeah, it's Phil.

Phil, it's Larry.

Larry?

Larry... Larry... Larry...

Uh...

Oh! Oh, uh, yeah, Larry, hey.

Hey, Larry.

What's going on?

We were supposed to meet

30 minutes ago on the Yaki-

Remember what to say?

Yeah, I think so.

Come on, it's easy!

All right.

The Pinewood Derby, and hey,

if a couple of dummies

like us could do it,

you could too.

But, before we tell you how...

Hey, Dad, it's looking good.

Hey. Hey, champ.

What... what's up buddy?

You know, my friends,

they want me to go to the movies

and then get a pizza, but...

I don't have enough money.

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