Heaven Can Wait Page #4

from some of the newspapers.

I thought it would be good

if they saw how we did things.

Leo, this is a very

dangerous precedent.

We have a very full agenda

today already.

I don't see that we

have time for a press...

Mr Farnsworth, is it true that

an accident in your nuclear plant

could stimulate seismic activity

in the San Andreas Fault

and destroy most

of southern California?

I think you'd have to define destroy.

Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen,

I'd like to make something clear.

The Exo-Grey nuclear facility

has a foolproof

built-in safety system that

guarantees no danger of any kind.

That's rubbish.

If there's no danger,

why are we in a lawsuit?

It's a protest, not a lawsuit.

The point is

we're doing something wrong.

Everybody's suing us.

We got a lawsuit from a refinery,

a nuclear lawsuit,

a guy named Porpoise is suing us.

Mr Farnsworth,

that's an ecological suit

against our canning factory

for destroying porpoises.

For God's sake, he knows that.

We can porpoises?

- Our San Diego fleet...

- As everybody knows,

we can tuna... and in netting the

tuna, we kill a number of porpoises.

Since they're mammals of alleged high

intelligence, there's been an outcry.

Yeah, well... Yeah... Yeah.

I would just like

to ask you a question.

Why is he bringing the press in here?

- You know Leo Farnsworth.

- Maybe I don't know him.

Exactly.

We have a responsibility

to thousands of shareholders

of moderate means, less well off than

the ecological groups fighting us.

If we were a football team,

would you call this a winning season?

I haven't the faintest idea...

Just generally. Would you say

we got a winning season?

I would say on balance we have had

an extremely good year.

We've got a winning season.

What do you do when

you're ahead in the game?

- I don't know what you want.

- You don't make mistakes.

You don't gamble unnecessarily.

You protect your lead.

You don't pass from your own end.

You make sure nobody gets hurt.

You got to use these

guys in the next game.

We won this game. We got to stay

in shape for the rest of the game.

It's like when everybody was supposed

to stop eating grapes.

I didn't because I like grapes.

A lot of guys will keep eating tuna.

What if we had a good-guy

tuna company on the porpoise team?

A lot of guys would buy that so their

kids wouldn't get mad, right?

I don't think they're

taking into account... the expense.

We don't care how much it costs,

just how much it makes.

If it costs too much,

we charge a penny more.

Would you pay more

to save a fish who thinks?

- Wait...

- We handle all lawsuits that way.

Let other teams build plants

in the wrong places.

Let the other quarterback

throw a gurgle

so newspapers get hold of it

and stockholders don't like it.

Let's be the team that makes the

rules. Let's be the popular players.

Forget these nuclear power plants

until we know they're safe.

That Pagglesham refinery,

we'll have to relocate it.

It'll cost us $35 million,

but we don't care,

because we'll come out ahead

in the end.

That plastic stuff we're making,

we'll have to stop.

We're not here for just one game.

We're going all the way

to the Super Bowl!

When we get there,

let's already have won!

Hi. How you doing?

Fine, thank you.

Very well. I'm just...

What is happening?

...give the Rams advantage

through the playoffs.

The Super Bowl is set

for the Coliseum.

If he weren't going to be dead soon,

he'd need years of psychiatric help.

Let's do it tonight.

The Rams will probably face Dallas

in the opening round. If they win...

- Mr Pendleton.

- Hey!

Am I glad to see you.

Line up any bodies yet?

We haven't got a lot of time. Lf...

I... The...

...and only four measly field goals...

Er, hi. I... I'm just...

What's up?

We have several

interesting probabilities.

I kept my word to Betty Logan.

Did you find a body in good shape?

I want to see some bodies.

...someone who can throw.

The Super Bowl's coming up.

You must have checked out

a lot of bodies...

- Who is it?

- It's Sisk, sir.

Come in, Sisk.

Sorry to disturb you, Mr Farnsworth,

but Miss Betty Logan is downstairs

and asks if she might have

a moment of your time.

Er... Tell her I'll be right down.

Very good, sir.

Do you...? Do you wish

the door closed, sir?

Er... closed is fine. Thank you.

Do your best.

I gotta find out what she wants.

Hi.

I don't know

what you must think of me

after my behaviour

at our first meeting,

but I feel I must tell you what an

extraordinary thing you did today.

Quite extraordinary.

- You don't have to say...

- No.

- Because I...

- It's...

You know what? You look a little

pale. You want something to eat?

- Well...

- I'll be right back.

Bentley. Everett.

Miss Logan's going to

have dinner with us.

Whip up a liver and whey shake.

Where you going?

Oh, I thought...

You thought I meant to go out.

Sisk, we're going out. Come on.

Bentley! Everett!

We're going out and eat. Good idea.

Which hat would you prefer?

Look, I don't want to wear a hat.

I'm sick of hats.

Don't show me any more hats.

- Understand?

- Yes, sir. No more hats.

It's...

Do you eat here often?

Are you...? Now, look...

I just didn't think you'd want people

to see you out with a guy like me.

I see.

Pick up 24. Pick up 28.

I'm sorry. I just can't stop

staring at you.

I seem to be staring at you, too.

Even when I was trying to hate you,

I saw something else.

- Something...

- What?

In your eyes. Does that sound silly?

When you see that, it doesn't matter

who a person is or anything.

What is it?

This isn't what I thought

was going to happen to me.

Listen, I got to talk

to somebody right away.

Would you mind if I took you home?

I... Good night.

Good night.

By the way, I'm getting a divorce.

But you and your wife

aren't even separated.

Oh, sure we are. It's a big house.

- Hey! How you doing, Bentley?

- Fine, sir.

- Mr Pendleton?

- Oh. Hi. Uh...

I don't want that body

we talked about.

Something happened tonight.

This is an outrage.

We've gone to enormous difficulty

to find an athlete.

I did want it, but something happened

with Betty Logan

and I changed my mind.

I'll get Farnsworth into shape.

I'll get Corkle to help me.

- Back in there?

- Oh, yes.

I can do it.

I know more about getting

into shape than anybody.

So hold up on that body.

Hold up on the body?

Tell Mr Jordan not to worry about it.

Thank him.

I'm sorry, I want to get

into shape with this body.

You leave me speechless.

I have nothing to say to that.

I can't even think how to retort

to something as ridiculous

as turning down a body

we've gone to such extremes to find.

An athlete in prime condition.

What can I say?

What do I do with his cocoa?

I don't want to disturb him,

but dare I let it get cold?

I notice there are two cups.

Sisk felt since he was pretending

to talk to somebody,

he might want to pretend

to give him cocoa, too.

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