Hatching Pete Page #8

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( Cheering )

I Can't Believe

I'm Actually Doing This.

I Can't Believe

He's Actually Doing This.

( School Bell Rings )

It Can't Be Keith Burke.

He's Too Short To

Be The Chicken.

- What About Bobby Nevin?

You Never See Him At Games.

- Oh, Yes.

Hey, Pete.

How's It Going?

Good. Good.

What Are You Guys Doing?

Oh, Just What Everyone

Else In School's Doing.

Trying To Figure Out

Who The Chicken Really Is.

- Oh.

- Hey! Maybe It's This

Pete Ivey Guy,

Whoever He Is.

Camie:

No Way Is Pete Ivey

The Chicken.

Pete Ivey

Is Not Smart Enough,

And Pete Ivey

Is Not Cool Enough

And Pete Ivey

Is Not Wild Enough.

- I'm Standing Right Here.

- Yeah.

Angela, Who Do

You Think It Is?

Uh, I Have No Idea.

Maybe Keith Burke?

He Seems Like He Could

I Guess.Kind Of Guy,

That's What I Thought!

It's Totally The Burkester.

Mm-Hmm.

- Bye, Pete.

- Bye.

( Police Radio Chatter )

Boy, I Hope

The Chicken Shows Up.

Oh, Lou, You Mind

Leaving The Handcuffs

In The Cruiser?

Fred, I Will Not Arrest

The Chicken

Should He Choose

To Return.

( Grunts )

We've Been

Stood Up Again.

I Am Tired Of Looking

Like A Fool.

- Where's That Chicken

That's Supposed To Be--

- Ow!

"Oh, The Chicken'll

Be Here, You Just Wait."

Yeah, We Need The Chicken.

( Crowd Shouting )

- Oh, Boy.

- ( Buzzer Sounds )

Why? Why? Why?

- Oh, Why?

- ( Whistle Blows )

( Crying )

Stu-- Stupid Chicken!

( Buzzer Sounds )

Pete:

What Is That, Suze?

We're Gonna Use This Tonight

To Signal The Chicken.

It's Not Our Best Idea,

But We're Desperate.

Suze, How's My

Rooster Signal?

Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy.

Best Idea I Ever Had.

Good Luck.

Personally,

I Think The Chicken

Has A Better Chance

Of Seeing That Than This.

What Is This?

Didn't You Hear?

Tommy's Challenging

The Chicken

To Come On

"Rooster Talk" Today

And Explain Why

He's Called It Quits.

Hi, I'm Tommy Thompson

And We Have A

Very Special Guest

On "Rooster Talk" Today.

The Pride Of Brewster--

The Chicken.

( Cheering )

( Giggling )

( Electronic Voice )

Hello, Tommy.

Yes, The Chicken's Voice

Has Been Electronically Altered

To Protect

His Identity.

Chicken,

Let's Get Right To It.

Why Have You Decided

To Hang It Up?

Well, Tommy, Because

Under These Feathers,

I'm Not Really

Mascot Material,

Just An Average Guy.

- I Love You, Chicken!

- ( All Laughing )

I Think That Proves

You're Anything But Average.

- You're The Sparkplug

Of Our School.

- ( Clucks )

You're The Spirit

Of The Whole Town.

That's A Lot

To Live Up To.

Well, Seeing How

As How The Roosters'

Last Remaining Game

Is Against

The Mountain Lions,

Number One

In The League,

It's Going To Be Tough

To Avoid A Shutout Season

Without The Chicken.

I Think They

Can Do It! Right?

Let's Bring Out

Someone Who Believes

They Can't Win

Without You.

Coach Mackey!

- ( Cheering )

- Boy:
Yeah, Coach!

Coach, You Think

You Can't Win

- Without The Chicken?

- Bawk.

I Am Positive We Can't

Win Without The Chicken.

- Bawk?

- I Love The Show,

By The Way.

I'm A Big Fan.

If I Can Get A Picture

With You Afterwards,

- That Be Kinda-- Kinda--

- ( Clucking )

Ah.

- Chicken?

- Bawk?

Just Hear Me Out, Okay?

Look, If You Come Back,

I Promise...

I Won't Throw My Clipboard

At You Anymore.

And-- And-- You Can Break

Through The Big Paper Sign

Before The Game.

- ( Clucking )

- Huh? What Do You Say?

Give Me A Wing?

- ( Clucking )

- Oh, Come Here,

You Big Lug.

All:
Awww!

( Applauding )

- ( Blubbering )

- Bawk?

So I Guess This Means

The Chicken Will Be At

The Big Game Friday?

I'll Be At The Game,

But I'll Be In The Stands

With All The Other Students.

( Crowd Groans )

Tommy:

Well, If This Is Gone

For Good For The Chicken...

Can We At Least Know

Who The Man Is

Behind The Chicken Suit?

Let Me Answer That

With Another Question.

Why Doesn't The Lone Ranger

Take Off His Mask?

I Give Up. Why?

'Cause The Magic's

In The Mystery.

Once You Know,

The Mystery's Over,

And So Is The Magic.

Pete, Dude,

We're Back In Business.

And Check It Out.

I Even Got The Suit

Dry-Cleaned.

- Great.

- Dude, The Chicken's

Risen From The Ashes.

You Know,

Kinda Like The Phoenix.

They're Both Birds, Right?

I Thought We Agreed

We Were Done With That.

But Pete,

The Chicken's

Off The Hook.

You Heard

What The Coach Said.

He Said If You

Show Up At The Game,

They Won't Arrest You.

I Mean, What A Beautiful

Country We Live In

When A Chicken Can

Steal A Sheriff's Car

And Run Scot-Free--

I Mean, I'm Just Saying,

God Bless America.

No, Poole,

You Were Right Before.

You Know, We Should

Just Let This All Die

And We Can Have A Good Laugh

About It In 30 Years.

But, Pete, You Said That

You Wanted People To Know

That You Were The Chicken.

I Mean, You Tried To Tell

Everybody At The Rally.

- You Were Ready Then.

- I'm Not Ready Now.

Maybe I'm Never Gonna Be

Ready For People To Know

It Was Just Boring Old

Pete Ivey In The Suit.

What Are You

Talking About?

You're Gonna

Be Famous, Man.

- People Are Gonna Love You.

- Yeah, But What If They Don't?

Poole, What If People

Stop Liking The Chicken

Because They

Knew It Was Me?

Pete, If That's Seriously

What You're Worried About,

Then You Need To

Look At It Like This, Man:

You Can Live Your

Whole Life In A Shell...

Or You Can Hatch.

No Guts, No Glory.

Eh, Glory's

Overrated Anyhow.

Whoa.

I Hope You Know

What You're Doing, Man.

'Cause You're Letting

A Whole Lot Of People Down.

This Is Your Fault.

( Team Clucking,

Squawking )

All Right!

Do You Little Chicklets

Believe You Can Beat

Those Lions?!

Not Without The Chicken, No.

What?

I'm Being Honest.

Even Coach Said It On Tv.

Okay Okay. Okay.

I'm Saying We Can.

And There Are 500

Rooster Fans Out There

Who Believe You Can Win

Without The Dang Chicken!

They're All Just

Gonna Leave As Soon

As The Chicken Doesn't Show Up.

So What?

Maybe They Will,

But This Is Our Last Game, Men!

Do You Want To Go Through

Life With The Honor

Of Being The Only

Winless Team In 46 Years?!

- No, Sir!

- Is It True We Haven't

Won One Single Game?

It Is Absolutely True!

- Now Do You Believe

We Can Beat Them Lions?!

- All:
Maybe!

- I'll Take It! Now Let's Go

- ( Marching Band Playing )

Crashing Through That

Sign Like Raging Roosters

- And Show 'Em Who We Are!

- ( All Shouting )

Actually, You Know What?

We Should Probably Not

Go Through The Sign...

In Case The Chicken Shows Up.

I Sort Of Promised It To Him.

( Squawking )

- ( Crowd Roaring )

- ( Cheerleaders Cheering )

( Voice Cracks )

Okay, Let's Do This.

Cheerleaders:

Whoo!

It's The Final Game Of The Year

Here In The Big Chicken Coop.

Our Very Own

Raging Roosters

Will Try To Score Their First

Victory Of The Season

Against The Undefeated

25 And 0 Mountain Lions!

Can They Do It?

Can They Do It?

Our Fans Think

They Can Do It.

So Let's Do It.

( Pop Music Playing )

- ( Whistle Blows )

- Tommy:
To Tip-Off We Go.

- ( Buzzer Sounds )

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