Hercules in New York Page #3

and you'll have to be taken away.

What kind of chicken fat

you got in your head?

I am Hercules.

You're Hercules, I'm Rod Nelson.

Now what? Outside?

I can do it just as well

in here.

No, no.

You. . . you put him down!

- Helen:
Really, you're crazy!

- Herc!

Will you put him down!

Please, Mr. Hercules.

Please put him down.

His first name is Hercules.

His last name is Zeus.

It rhymes with ''booze.''

I don't care what his name is.

Tell him to put Mr. Nelson down.

Herc, you heard

what the lady said.

Put the guy down.

What's the matter with you?

Pretzi:
Put him down

on his feet!

Put him down!

Turn him loose!

Helen:
Put him down!

- Put him down!

- Tea is served.

Well, I knew it.

Doesn't surprise me a bit.

Wherever he goes--

trouble.

What am I gonna do

with the young fool?

( sniffles )

Amusing situation with that fellow,

Hercules, wasn't it?

Amusing?

That man must be crazy!

- Original.

- Primitive.

- I find him refreshing.

- You must be kidding!

No.

He almost killed Rod Nelson.

He had to have some ribs taped.

Nevertheless,

Mr. Zeus interests me.

I'd like to get to know him better.

Study him more closely.

- Oh, really?

- Absolutely.

He had the effrontery to ask if

I'd have dinner with him tonight.

Well, of course you told him. . .

- I would.

- Naturally.

( animal growls and screeches )

( growling )

Oh, it was a

wonderful evening.

- Thank you so much

- I enjoyed it, too.

Are you homesick?

I'm having too much fun.

( hooves clipping )

( gorilla panting )

What's it like back there,

where you come from?

Didn't you tell me Athens?

A seaport?

- We have a fine ocean view.

- Oh, that's nice.

Have any brothers

and sisters there?

Lots, half brothers

and half sisters.

What does your father do?

What business is he in?

Ha! He's a deity.

I suppose he must miss you.

He didn't want

to see me leave.

I n fact, he was most upset.

Of course.

But a young man must see

the world, so they say.

This is what I told him.

Do you have a girl

back home?

You know how it is.

No, I don't.

( giggling )

Radio:
All Central Park units.

All Central Park units.

Escaped from zoo,

one 600 lb. grizzly bear.

Take caution with animal,

known to be surly and dangerous.

( sirens wailing )

( growling )

( sirens approaching )

I would really like

to see Greece one day.

I've heard

it's a beautiful country.

Perhaps you will

see it one day.

Will you

show me around?

You like

to climb mountains?

Well,

I've never done any, um. . .

Have you ever been

on Mt. Olympus?

- I know it very well.

- No kidding!

I'm not kidding.

When I was a little girl,

I used to read all about it,

and the gods and goddesses who

were supposed to live on top of it,

and I believed it!

It's one of the joys

of being really young.

( growling )

( Helen screaming )

Ooh!

( whinnying )

Ooh!

Aaahh!

( Helen screaming )

Hercules!

Beat him up!

Aaahh!

Oh, Hercules!

Ooh!

Well, beat him!

- Wrestling?

- We gotta get money somehow.

Using our muscles is one

of the few ways I could think of

for us to get some dough.

U nless you've got a better idea

on how we're gonna pay the bills

that you've been running up

here at the hotel?

Yes, sir, gents. . .

the wrassling game is. . .

lucrative.

Mr. Dugan promotes the wrestling

matches at the Armory.

Right.

- He saw your picture in the paper.

- Right.

He read about what you'd done

to that bear.

And he brought us a proposition.

I'm your new partner.

I saw your boy Hercules

wrestle last night.

and he's gonna go places.

Yeah.

Dugan tells me

you're easy to deal with.

And I hope so,

because here's my contract

to replace yours.

All you gotta do is

sign your name. . .

and here's the dough.

I don't have any contracts

with Hercules.

He's my buddy. . .

we just got each others' word.

It makes it all the easier.

Cuts the red tape.

Sign your name.

Fat Lips, Nitro and me

will take care of everything.

Yeah.

No.

I ain't gonna do that.

Hercules is my friend.

I ain't gonna sell him to nobody.

Not to you, or him,

or him!

Look, that boy of yours

is a comer.

With my connections,

that boy's gonna be

world champ in no time.

What's a little runt like you

gonna do for him,

except stand in his way?

And that don't fit in with my plans.

Yeah.

No,

I ain't gonna do it.

Now, look. . .

I'd like to do everything

nice and easy and legal.

But if you wanna get tough,

we can oblige you,

can't we, fellas?

Yeah.

Tell your boy

I'll be seeing him.

( door closes )

''Hercules. . .

half god, half man,

was the son of J upiter,

or Zeus--

as he was known

to the Greeks--

and a mortal mother

named Alcmene.

As J uno,

Zeus' wife,

was always hostile to

the offspring of her husband,

by mortal mothers,

she declared war against

Hercules from his birth.

She sent two serpents

to destroy him

as he lay in his cradle.

But Hercules strangled them

with his hands.''

Holy moley!

I would speak with Nemesis.

My son, Hercules,

who has set himself against me. . .

is out in the world bringing

disrepute to his name.

He has no business there.

And where he is

is no place for him.

I hear, Great Zeus.

I charge you with a mission,

as she who is the avenger

of my displeasures.

I n all things, I obey.

Go down to that continent

known as North America,

to that city

known as New York.

Take with you my wish

that Hercules be punished

for setting himself against me,

for demeaning that part

of him which is divine

in rioting among the mortals

of that benighted place.

Great Zeus,

I beg you, hold your anger

against Hercules.

He means no harm.

He is simple,

and a bit childish.

Give him a chance.

Send me down there first

to persuade him to come back to us,

before you give Nemesis

her task.

- Yes, O Zeus.

- Heed Mercury's plea.

Send Mercury for Hercules

before you charge that dread

Nemesis with her mission.

Venus also adds her voice

in asking Zeus to be patient

and merciful.

I don't wish to be

unduly harsh.

But Hercules has been trying

my patience for centuries.

Woman:
Yet be indulgent,

Great Zeus.

Send Mercury

to bring back Hercules.

- Give him this chance.

- Let him stay down there.

He's been an annoyance

from his cradle on.

We all know why

you don't like Hercules.

But surely, Great Zeus will not let

his judgement be affected

- by J uno's malice.

- Malice!?

- How dare you?

- All right. . .

I don't want any arguments.

So be it.

- Mercury. . .

- Great Zeus.

Tell Hercules it is

my wish

he return to Olympus

without delay.

Do not fail.

- Now be gone.

- As Great Zeus commands.

Is it wise, O Zeus,

to do this thing?

If Hercules no longer finds

Olympus to his taste,

then let him stay

where he is.

Those down there will punish him

more than you ever would.

They resent one who is different

from themselves.

They will always try to

destroy him because of it.

It is the habit

with these unhappy mortals.

Hercules is my son,

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