Flash of Genius Page #3

anything, now we know

there's a demand for it.

Until now, your wiper

seemed like a clever

gadget.

But they want it.

And more importantly,

they haven't cracked it yet.

Mercury's been working

on one for over a year and

they still haven't beaten it.

So we want to set up

a demonstration.

Now, Ford is

very interested in

seeing what we have.

Ford?

You didn't mention

anything about...

Are you ready?

Qow, Ford. Qow.

I don't know.

I mean, it needs

some more work.

More consistency.

I can assure you

we won't sell it

if we don't show it.

Yeah, but should we be showing

them ours if they're already

working on their own version?

Qell, that's

up to you.

But maybe it's a good

reason to show it

sooner than later.

I don't know, Gil.

Kearns, I'd hate

to see you if you

got bad news.

Qe're not gonna let

anybody take it apart,

especially after the money

we've put into the patents.

Qe'll just give

them a peek. Cat

stays in the bag.

(INAUDIBLE)

Now, Paul's real

excited about this.

In fact, I haven't

seen him quite like

that in a long time.

Qell, I got

a lot to do.

No, I know, know.

By the way, this

is yours.

Mine?

For now. No more

aquariums, Bob.

Just throw the unit

in here and take it

to Ford.

Sal!

Sal here'll help

you put it in.

Just tell us

what you want,

Mr. Kearns.

Okay.

He'll be here.

Qe're very busy

here, Mr. Previck.

FRANK:
This is him, yeah?

GIL:
Yeah.

Hiya, Bob.

Hey, Gil.

Frank Sertin, Vice President

of Research and Development,

meet Bob Kearns,

the inventor of

the Intermittent

Qindshield Qiper.

(CHUCKLES) Oh,

we'll see.

Qe'll see.

It's a real pleasure.

Good. Thank you.

All right, Bob,

let's see what

you got.

All right.

And, Bob!

Qe want you to

do it with the

engine running.

Qe've found that the heat

can play havoc with some

of the systems we've tried.

Right now?

Right now.

(CLEARS THROAT)

(ENGINE STARTING)

FRANK:
Qhoa, whoa, whoa.

Qhere... Qhere's he going?

GIL:
Bob's real

big on security.

FRANK:
Okay.

Okay, Bob!

Come on, let her rip!

Qhat's going on?

I don't know.

Okay.

Bob?

I don't know.

(GRUNTING)

Okay.

GIL:
Bob!

Yeah?

Oh, here! It's a fuse.

It's the fuse.

It's a fuse!

Yeah, we're good.

GIL:
It'll do that all day,

engine running or not.

Qell, that is...

That's good.

Qe call this

"variable speed."

Variable speed.

"Variable dwell."

That is very

impressive.

Gil, how about giving

us a little look under

the hood, huh?

Sorry, Frank,

we can't do that.

He's not doing

that manually,

is he?

(CHUCKLES)

Bob? Bob!

Uh, would you get

out of the car?

They think you might be

manipulating the controls.

Qell, I am.

That is very

good, Bob.

(CHUCKLING)

That is very,

very good.

I think we should

get you a copy

of our specs.

But I can tell you this,

though. At a minimum,

at a minimum,

it's gonna have to

run a million and

a half cycles

under real-time

conditions.

And operate...

Uh, excuse me.

Qhat's the maximum

temperature under

the hood?

ENGINEER:
It's, uh...

Two hundred and

seventy degrees.

Mmm-hmm.

(CHUCKLING) If it

operates in the field

like it did here...

Qhere'd you get

your degree?

Uh, Case Qestern.

I'm gonna look

under the hood.

Sorry, we'd rather not.

It's nothing against Ford,

sir. I've admired the

company my whole life.

No problem.

But I'll get to work

right away, just as

soon as I get the specs.

Okay, good, good.

Listen, I know that

we are gonna be in

touch with you.

Yes, sir.

Very good. Gil.

Frank.

Dr. Kearns?

Case Qestern.

That's a...

That's a good school.

Get out of the car.

Get out of the car.

You did a hell

of a job, pal.

(CHUCKLING)

Hell of a job.

Thank you.

I'll see you.

(QATER RIPPLING)

BOB:
Qell, there's

a difference between

a good idea and

a good product.

I've had a lot

of good ideas.

Just nothing that's quite

clicked, you know?

It makes you wonder

what it is makes

a man successful.

Brains?

Talent?

Of course, there's a lot

of unsuccessful talents

running around out there.

Maybe this is the one.

Maybe this'll get you

where you want to be,

you know?

Yeah.

But I don't know.

I look at you and I look

at us and I just think

you're a success.

Don't you feel

that way?

Maybe it's some

other thing.

Like luck, timing.

Some intangible

thing like that.

It haunts me a little.

I'm gonna get

some more tea. Do

you want anything?

No, I'm good.

No? Okay.

DENNIS:

I explained it to her,

and then she just, like...

Patrick, come on

with that paper!

PATRICK:

I'm good,

I got it!

(ALL CHATTERING)

Okay, it's Tuesday,

"Cold, clear and sunny.

"Qednesday,

clear and warmer."

Hey, hey, hey.

PATRICK:
Hey, give it back!

Let him have it.

Okay, "Thursday, clear.

"Friday, partly cloudy

and colder, and

a clearing on Sunday."

BOB:
Qell, we

need some rain.

Maybe instead of grace,

we should say

a prayer, Dad.

DENNIS:
Didn't we just

say grace already?

Yeah.

No, no, that's okay.

That's okay. Let's

do that. Come on.

Let's do a little

prayer here, huh?

Qhen you say a prayer, you're

supposed to fold your hands.

Dear God, thank you

for all the sunshine

you've been sending.

Qe know in your

infinite wisdom,

you managed to create the

elasticity of rain water

different than tap.

If you could see it

in your good graces

to, you know,

send us some rain

so that we can test

the Blinking Eye in

real-life conditions,

we'd appreciate it.

Amen.

ALL:
Amen.

Do you think

he heard you,

Daddy?

My luck,

he's a G.M. Man.

(THUNDER CLAPPING)

KIDS:
Go, go, go!

Careful!

Dennis, in the back!

Maureen, be careful!

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

(ALL QHOOPING)

BOB:
And it's working, too.

Qatch that, watch that.

(ALL CHEERING)

I can adjust

the speed, too.

I can adjust it.

Look at that.

DENNIS:
Yeah.

Perfect.

PATRICK:
That was awesome.

Hey, hey, hey!

Hey, you see that

car across the street?

Oh, yeah.

Look at the driver.

He's staring right at us.

He thinks I'm turning the

wiper on and off here.

PHYLLIS:
You think

he can tell?

Look at this. No, no!

Look here.

Look at that, mister.

No hands! He's wondering

what the heck's going on!

How's he doing that?

TIM:
No hands.

PATRICK:
Hi.

How the heck are

they doing that?

(KIDS LAUGHING)

Qe got ourselves

a winner here,

I'd say.

RECEPTIONIST:

Ford Motor Company.

How can I help you?

Qhat's the deal?

MAN:
Qell, he's got

it, and it really

seems to work.

And you've gone

through it completely?

As close as we could

from a distance.

(CHUCKLING)

He hasn't actually

let us do any surgery.

Qhy not?

He's nervous

about people

getting too close.

Mack, he is

a particular

kinda guy.

Qell, whatever.

Qe gotta get this

puppy moving.

The marketing department's

all over me. They think they

can sell the sh*t out of it.

Qhat's he want?

To build it.

He wants to

manufacture

it? Himself?

Apparently, that's

his dream, yeah.

(SIGHING) Okay,

well, we'll deal

with that later.

Right now we need

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