Manglehorn Page #6

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than any of the other

tire stores' lowest prices.

You drive into Allied Discount Tires store

they drive your car on the rack.

They gonna give you great service.

They raise your car up,

and that guy gets in the pit.

He looks up under your car, he tells you

what you need and what you don't need.

He don't give you no pit-bull.

You know, tires are tough to advertise.

It's easy to advertise somethin' good

to eat, somethin' that smells good,

somethin' that makes you look good

so like I say, tires ain't pretty,

but you know,

it's very hard to advertise...

Yeah, just...

coming for massage, that's all.

You know, feeling tense, very tense...

and anxious and I'm tired.

But I'm very stiff.

I need a day on the beach.

And I need to get back to...

normal.

Back to normal.

- Anybody home?

- Coach?

- Goddamn! Is that you, coach?

- Hey, Gary.

I am so glad.

- Don't get too close, buddy.

- Coach, coach, coach.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Let me just feel.

- Yeah, those as rocks.

- Hard as rocks, coach?

I promise you, coach,

you're gonna love it.

- Oh, yeah. Well, let's...

- Come on, coach.

- Let me give you a little tour here.

- Yeah.

This hallway right here

was designed by a Vietnamese.

A Vietnamese man and his wife.

Girls, we've got somebody

with a stiff neck.

He needs his pores popped.

He needs his pimples jammed.

This is Coach Mangie, Mangie, Mangie,

basketball... baseball, basketball.

- All sport coach.

- Hi, Mr. Mangie.

I need to quiet... I need to quiet down.

My nerves... I know it's funny.

I get so funny about that.

You know sometimes, we...

I got some kind of control.

I got some kind of control, but then...

The floors are a little greasy,

but it's vitamin B.

They seethe from the sides.

I just want a massage.

I want to lie somewhere.

Have my brain breathe.

Just have it breathe.

You're gonna enjoy this.

This the audiovisual jambox.

Wire music, right into you.

It's pretty advanced.

Basically it's 14 mega jams of slafee.

I was perfecting a different

playlist every day,

but then we got these Mexican dudes

who'd come in here and swamp the feel.

Hey, coach!

Coach, you're gonna love this.

Wake up. Come on.

Oh, this beauty right here is Joaquin.

Thumbs up, Joaquin.

He's my landlord, pay him off with suntans.

Your time's up, buddy. Get out!

A rabbit that was dressed

like a clown, I wanted to be that.

I don't want to be me.

Right now, I don't want to be anything.

I don't want to be a picture

and I don't want to be me.

- I just want a massage.

- Dear friend of mine.

Coach...

loosen up.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- How are you?

- I'm fine. I just...

I was...

- Coming in for a massage?

- I was just coming in for a massage and...

- Perfect.

- I know Gary and he...

Yeah, he told me all about you.

- Yeah?

- He told me to take real good care of you.

Okay. I had a pretty stressful night.

You know, I just... socially.

And I... and I...

and I got very tense...

- Okay.

- I developed a sorta...

kinda tightness in... my shoulder.

You wanna get a little bit comfy, maybe?

So I can see those knots a little bit better?

Come on. It will be fun.

I'm... I'm sorry but I don't...

Wha... what is that?

It's some services we offer.

I can just show you if you'd like.

- You're gonna do the massage?

- Of course. And then you can do me.

What do you think? Have some fun.

- What's on it? What's on this?

- Anything you want.

Some sensual stimulation?

There's a gentlemen's massage, but I think

you'd probably want something little bit.

- I have to... I'm sorry.

- Where are you going?

Coach! Coach!

Manglehorn! Coach!

Come on, coach! Manglehorn. Come on!

- Coach. Coach. Manglehorn.

- Stay away from me, Gary.

Who do you think I am? You to put me

in a room with a lady like that?

- Coach!

- What do you think I am?

- Damn.

- You don't know who I am!

Oh, coach.

Manglehorn!

Goddamn it. I just want

to make you happy, coach.

Come on. Come on. Coach.

- Coach, why did you break my lamp?

- I broke your lamp? You don't know why?

- You don't know why I broke your lamp?

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry, coach.

- I'm sorry. I'm...

- That's making fun of me.

- I wasn't making fun...

- Why did you send me in there?

- I was just trying to...

- Why did you send me in there?

You don't know better?

- Why? Why? Why did you do that?

- I'm sorry, coach! Sorry, coach.

You look fine. Get up now

and get away from the car.

- I thought you want a massage, coach.

- Yeah. Listen...

right now, I hate you.

I'm pulling out!

Why do you hate everyone?

Why do you hate everyone, coach?

Listen, girl, coach is a good man.

He didn't mean none of that.

He's a man of miracles.

I remember once we were playing.

Coach was like... we wanted

to call the game for rain.

He was like, "Keep playing,

keep playing, keep playing."

Thunder and lightning bolts

came down and...

there was this little dog

off to the side by the dugout.

And I remember a little bolt of lightning

just hit him, just lit him up.

All his fur just went up

and the dog fell...

fell to the side and coach

just bent down on his knees

just put his hand out,

and just patted out the fur.

The fire goes right out and he takes

his hand up and there's a flame

shootin' up from his palm, and he just

looks me in the eyes and goes...

"Happy birthday." Just like that.

He's a special man.

Stuff like that never

leaves you, you know.

Yeah.

Things like that, don't come every day.

You don't look so good, kiddo.

No, I'm okay.

I'm in... I'm in a bit of trouble, Dad.

- What happened? Kylie okay?

- Yeah, Kylie is fine.

You got anything to drink?

Your house smells like trash, Dad.

Well, that's nice to hear.

Okay. What's going on?

I'm being investigated.

Investigated?

- What did you do? Something illegal?

- No.

The people that invest with me,

they know there's a risk.

I took what was fair. I do all the work.

They don't do anything.

Don't spit shine yourself to me.

I know what's going on.

You don't know

what's going on, Dad, okay?

Okay.

So where did I go wrong with you, Jacob?

From the beginning.

Oh, shut up!

You wanna make me a villain, go ahead.

But I was there, you know it.

I was taking you to school.

Back and forth, every day.

Doing your homework at night for you.

Coaching you at baseball.

You forget 'cause it's convenient

to forget those things. I know.

It was tough. I thought having a baby

was gonna make Beatrice happy.

It didn't. It didn't work out.

It made things worse and it was tough.

But people got it a lot tougher.

- And you did alright. Didn't you?

- Yeah.

You followed your own...

Walked down that road

even when I said don't do it.

Yeah, that's right,

I'll drink to it too.

- I'll drink any day of the week to it.

- Yeah.

'Cause I was right.

- I didn't approve and I was right.

- Okay.

Now, what happened?

You got everything you wanted? Yeah?

Your nice houses, you got your nice...

fancy cars, all those fancy people.

And what happened to you?

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