New In Town Page #5
Badgers? Really?
Is he serious?
Just in case.
Oh, come on.
Ted!
Okay, where is it?
Where is it, where is it, where is it?
Where, where, where? Okay.
What?
You can really show a girl
a good time, you know?
I'm trying to give you a chance
to patch things up...
...if you would be a sport about it.
I'm being a sport.
But just... I'm stuck.
Then talk to him about fishing.
He loves fishing...
No, no, no,
I'm not stuck for conversation.
I'm stuck in your stupid overalls.
- All right, hold on.
Turn around.
Don't move.
Stop moving.
Okay, hold on, hold on.
Hold on a second.
Hold on, hold on.
I got it.
Oh, that's not good.
Turn around.
- Okay.
No, wait...
- For real.
What are you gonna do?
- Bend over.
What are you gonna do?
- Bend over.
Oh, okay, okay.
Bend over.
- Hurry, just hurry.
Cool.
You could have just cut the zipper.
Are you wearing a thong?
- You said something dirty.
I said what? I said wear something
you can get dirty.
Just go.
And don't watch. Go. Go.
Go!
I'll be damned.
- I'm not really certain about that.
I did hear they knew each other...
Sorry there, pal.
I didn't figure her for much of a shot.
Can you give me word
about Ted's condition?
Yes, I understand
it's a lower body injury.
Somewhere around
the buttock area.
Some said the shooting
might be a lover's vendetta...
...or that the woman is deranged.
Oh, that's great.
The lead story on the news is my ass.
So you should sign off
on the spring mount there.
All right.
Very good.
Bobbie.
How you doing?
I'm okay, how are you doing?
- Okay.
You baked?
Yes, I don't really bake...
...but it seems to be the thing
that people do around here.
I'm sorry, again.
- Oh, cake.
Now you decide to show up?
- Hi, Bobbie.
I think that means she forgives you.
- Okay.
Why don't you come in?
Mr. Arling on the line.
Oh, good.
Hey, did you look over the proposal?
I know I can work
with the existing equipment.
What do you mean, no product line?
You can't just decide like that.
I need to be in that meeting.
I understand.
Okay. I'll see you tomorrow.
Blanche, I need to get
on the first flight to Miami.
I'm gonna need
my alternate production figures.
They'll be in the confidential file
in my desk.
The key is in the center drawer.
Okey-dokey artichokie.
- Thank you.
The Rocket Bars test markets
are tanking.
We're dumping the product line.
And the plant.
Because it's worth more
to this company dead than alive.
Well, I disagree.
That would be a terrible mistake.
- Lucy.
The people of New Ulm
are hardworking...
...and they could create an opportunity
that we should take advantage of.
Rocket Bars were the opportunity.
Well, then we'll reformulate
and rename them.
And we'll strategize with...
The product line is dead,
and so is the plant.
We can't just write
these people's livelihoods off.
Lucy.
That's enough.
We need a timetable for shutdown.
We'll keep a skeleton crew on...
...until we move any remaining
physical assets off-site.
Blanche.
You never said anything about layoffs.
Oh, no.
I made that a long time ago.
I made that list
before I even knew you.
And that's okay? It's okay
to pull the rug out from under folks...
...as long as it's nobody
that you know?
It's okay because we're just
silly Podunk Minnesotans, right?
We talk funny and we ice-fish
and we scrapbook...
...and we drag Jesus
into regular conversation.
We're not cool like you, right?
So we don't matter.
And it's okay to lie as long as you're
just pretending to be my friend.
I didn't lie. I just didn't tell you.
Well, I mean it is the same thing.
I guess I lied.
But I wasn't pretending, Blanche.
You are my friend.
Folks need to know, you know?
They need to be able to file protests
with the union.
Ted.
- I had to tell him.
Maybe you can keep
that kind of thing secret, but I can't.
Blanche, it gets so much worse.
Oh, yeah, what could be worse?
I just found out in Miami
that they wanna close the plant.
I know that this is gonna sound
like a hollow promise to you...
...but I'm determined
to figure something out.
I really am. I mean,
there has to be something, right?
I just... You just can't eliminate
people's livelihoods, you know?
Sure you can.
It happens all the time.
Look, this doesn't mean
that we're friends or anything...
...but when I get upset, I cook.
And right now, me and Harve
are up to our ears in tapioca.
So there you go, okay?
Ted.
Is it true?
Then we ain't got nothing to say.
Don't leave.
Please, I need you here.
- To type pink slips?
Besides what's another couple
of months gonna make a difference?
I hope so.
Hey, let's talk tapioca.
Okay.
Go ahead.
Hi there.
We're doing market research today
on a new product...
...called Power Pack Protein Pudding
with Fortified Zappy-oca.
That's your fourth sample already.
That's enough Zappy-oca for you.
Keep them coming, Lucy.
It's like a stampede.
Go ahead.
If you like it, just put in "I like it. "
Put a little nutmeg on top if you like.
And if you don't like, don't do it.
Every lassie, a champion skier
of the first water.
That's called the forward squat.
What the hell are you doing here?
I'm here to see Stu.
What the hell are you doing here,
Flo?
I live here.
Hey, Stanley.
Annie Oakley's here.
You and Flo.
Yeah, no...
Yeah, she's my ex-wife
and this is my ex-house.
And now I pay rent
to live in my ex-basement.
Ain't that a kick in the keister?
So let's get back to that part
about you giving me my old job back.
Corporate is shutting down
the plant.
Goddang...
But...
- I knew this was gonna happen.
I have a plan.
- What is going on down there?
None of your damn business,
you nosy old hoot owl!
We've come up with a new product.
If we can produce it
and test-market it in four weeks...
...well, then we can prove to corporate
that this plant is still worthwhile.
A month?
What? That's impossible.
I mean, you're just gonna get
everybody's hopes up...
...and then they'll all end up
out of work anyway.
See, I think...
- No, I am not taking the fall for that.
You're on your own, lady.
So that's the plan,
and to make it work...
...we're gonna recommission
the old-fashioned yogurt equipment.
It's gonna take a lot of long hours.
How much overtime
are you authorized for?
None.
And if the Munck-ees don't buy it?
We'll put in a whole lot of work
and end up out on our asses anyway.
Yeah, yeah, I'm not gonna lie to you.
The odds are that's what will happen.
But if it's any consolation...
...I'm gonna be out of a job
right alongside the rest of you.
I mean,
I am betting my career on this.
Why? I don't know.
When I came here
did I think that this...
...was gonna matter this much? No.
But does it matter? Yeah.
Yeah, absolutely. It matters a lot.
And you can sure betcha we'll be out
on our asses if we don't try.
You got something
better to do there, Lars?
And I gotta say I don't exactly
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