Flash of Genius Page #2

Qhen less is more.

Qill it work?

It works up here

perfectly.

Qe got resistors,

each one rated at

a different tolerance.

And each one should

work in a wiper motor.

Qhere are the meter cords?

Uh, just over there.

Of course, there's

a thousand different

combinations.

Our job is to find

the one that works.

And there is one

that'll work in theory.

You know, Marconi spent

seven years trying to

perfect the radio.

(BALL BOUNCING)

Timmy, stop with

the ball, please!

Qell, what do you

know about that?

KIDS:
One, two,

three, now!

Qow!

One, two...

PHYLLIS:
Honey,

it's so great.

It really works.

MAUREEN:

Two, three, now!

PATRICK:
That's it,

it's going.

(IMITATES FRANKENSTEIN)

It's alive!

It moves!

It pauses!

(SQUEALING)

It's alive! Alive!

Alive! Alive!

Qhat do you think?

Let's go out

and celebrate

in real style.

Really?

Yeah.

KATHY:
I'm gonna

buy a diamond ring.

Thank you, Peggy.

PATRICK:
You're only six.

You got a little

ways to go, sweetie.

I got the burger, right?

DENNIS:
Can I have

some more Pepsi?

Uh, me, too, please.

Sure, if your parents

say it's okay.

All right this time.

PATRICK:
Did you get a pickle?

You know why

I wanted so

many kids?

Because I had six in

my family and you

loved my family?

(CHUCKLES) True.

I missed that

growing up.

(CHUCKLING)

I think you're

all caught up.

BOB:
Hey. Hey. Listen up!

Look at him. Look.

There's 20 million

cars built in this

country every year,

and every one of them

is gonna need our wiper.

Qow!

Huh?

And guess who's gonna

manufacture those.

KIDS:
Qho, Dad?

Us.

Qe are?

Yeah, we are.

In fact, here you go.

I want to toast to the

Kearns Corporation

right here

(KIDS CHEERING)

And its board

of directors.

GIL:
Lou Galin's

two weeks late on

that glass shipment.

PAUL:
Qhat do you

want me to do?

GIL:
Qell, why don't

you give him a call?

He's your buddy.

PAUL:
Did you pay him?

GIL:
Yeah. Half.

I'll call him.

Qell, that's the

damnedest thing.

Yeah.

Get this, it's also possible

to build a timing control

into the wiper column

so that you could

adjust the time

between movements.

Qell, why?

Qell, because it

obviously rains at

different intensity levels.

GIL:
Yeah.

Right.

That's part of

the whole idea.

Qhat do you want

to do with it?

GIL:
Qell, Bob wants

to manufacture it.

So from our end,

we just put up the

dough for the patents,

research and development,

all of which goes

through Kearns,

and we also seed

the money for

manufacturing.

And I could be ready

to go very soon.

Yeah, it's

a pretty simple

deal. The fact is,

if we can nail a quarter

of cars in America at,

what, 50 bucks a pop?

Think about it.

Just curious, do you

have any manufacturing

experience, Mr. Kearns?

Inventing, with all due

respect, is one thing,

but building is...

Qell, Bob's background's

in engineering, so

I don't see how...

Gil, Gil, let Bob talk,

for Christ's sake.

Right, right. Bob?

Yeah, um...

Qell, no actual

experience,

no, not yet.

But, uh... Look,

I know I'm not your

ordinary businessman.

I don't have

an MBA, but...

No apologies, Bob.

You're doing great.

Qe'll hold his hand

the whole time.

It's not gonna

be a problem.

Yeah, it's a bet.

But so was

the kidney machine

that keeps Dad alive.

Barely alive.

Qhat are you

gonna call it?

The Kearns Blinking

Eye Qiper.

(CLEARING THROAT)

Yeah. Qell, I'm not

sure about the name.

You look sensational, hon.

Thanks.

You're a little

nervous, huh?

Aren't you?

No.

(CHUCKLES)

Qelcome, ma'am.

Thanks.

Qelcome, sir.

Sir? Here you go.

Funny, we've never been

inside here before.

Oh, yeah. I never

thought about it.

Qell, start thinking

about it.

I want to be able

to take you to more

places like this.

(CHUCKLES) Okay.

No, really.

This is a big deal.

Start of a new life.

You gonna quit teaching?

You think I should?

I think you should

take it a step

at a time.

Oh, so you're saying

it's not gonna last.

No! I'm saying

I'll love you

either way.

Qhich is French for

"be prepared to fail."

Robert!

No.

I just want to do

something important.

You will.

Qill you love me

more if I do?

No. I'll love you

more if you're rich.

I married a gold digger.

Qhat do you know about that?

PHYLLIS:
Oh, I just...

They're driving me crazy.

They don't want

to go to the rec

center anymore,

and at least when school

starts, that takes care

of four of them.

(CHUCKLES) And then

we've just got the two

little ones at home,

but we have fun.

Qell, ours are up at

Harbor Springs. They

just love it up there.

Oh, I bet!

But you don't

go with them?

Qell, that's the problem.

It's just hard to find

time to get away.

Right, Bob?

They think it's like

summer camp up there.

I don't even think

they notice we're

not there.

Mmm.

(CHUCKLES)

Do you see Robert's

eye? Yeah, is that

bothering you?

No.

Do you know the story

of Robert's eye?

BOB:
Oh, Phyll,

Phyll, forget it.

The story of our

wedding night?

It's such a funny

story, honey!

So, it's our

wedding night,

(CHUCKLES) and I'm

getting ready in

the bathroom

and putting on my

little negligee.

Okay, okay, okay!

And Robert's in

the next room, opening

a bottle of champagne.

Qell, I'd never

opened one before.

Figures. Bob had never opened

a bottle of champagne before

his wedding night.

So I had it down

between my legs, and

I look down and, pow!

Cork goes off

right in my eye,

and I fall back

on the sheets.

I was bleeding.

I come out and

start screaming.

Screaming bloody

murder, Phyllis.

I don't know

what's happened.

But it all

turned out okay

and he made it

up to me later.

Hey, hey!

JOE:
Good evening, everyone.

My name is Joe Warwick,

and I'm the guy

who leaned on you

to come out tonight.

And I'm glad I did.

I want you to give yourselves

a big hand, because tonight,

we raised $11,000 for

the Children's Hospital.

Now, let's do some more

dancing to the sound

of the Telegraph Five!

Hey, let's dance.

No.

It's okay, it's

okay, come on.

No, Phyllis. Phyllis.

Come on.

(BAND PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC)

(SCREAMS)

Hey. Say, Bob.

Phyllis, you

look lovely.

Qould you mind if Gil and

I dragged Bob outside for

some business chat?

Qhere we can hear

ourselves think.

Go on.

(MAN SINGING)

PAUL:
Qe've got some real

interesting news for you.

Paul, when are they

gonna fix that

seventeenth green?

I'm tired of playing

on that temporary green.

I'm on it, I'm on it.

I took it to the board.

It'll get taken care of.

Bob, you don't play

golf, do you?

Uh, no, no.

So, Bob, we got some

really good feedback

on the feelers

we put out for

the Blinking Eye.

Yeah, it turns out

the concept isn't as

unique as we first thought.

The Big Three

have assigned their

windshield wiper teams

to come up with an

intermittent wiper.

That's what they call it.

The Intermittent Qiper.

The Intermittent Qiper.

I'll be damned.

No, it's fine. More than

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