Old Dogs Page #6

- Yeah.

- You always had that problem.

This man is in trouble. He has trouble

relating to his own children.

- Oh, my God.

- He needs your help.

With your technology, we can fix this.

- Oh, thank you.

- It's true.

Let me get this right.

You want to hire me

to take this uptight man

and make him a human puppet?

- Yes.

- I'm gonna do it for you.

- Aah!

- Everybody, chop, chop! Whoo!

- I feel so doggone good here.

- All right. We're good to go.

Now, you told me that your

friend didn't know how to play.

- It's true.

- Dan, now you don't have to.

- Charlie's going to play for you.

- With this suit?

- Yes. Stick this down your pants.

- Why?

That thing will emit such a jolt that it

will literally tickle your funny bone.

This is a proper tea.

Cup. Bring it up.

Pinky.

This is awesome.

Oh, King Fontana,

I do so admire a proper gentleman.

I admire proper gentlemen, too.

I admire them very, very much.

What?

That was a good cup of tea.

Why, thank you. As princess of the land,

I have made it specially.

- It is poo-poo flavored.

- She's cute.

- He didn't laugh. Make him laugh.

- Watch this.

Laugh, puppet. Laugh, laugh.

"Here with my board. Have questions."

Cool. I have my board, too.

"Nissan has been our marketing partner

in racing for many years."

"Nissan is poop."

Ah, ah.

Strong words. You suggest we sever ties?

Racecars. Cool.

"... but robots are cooler."

How could he know we're exploring

a major push in that field?

"This is boring. I'm leaving now."

- Fearless, this one.

- Spin him.

- Whoa!

- Spin him. Spin him again.

- Too much spin.

- Yeah.

I'm OK.

I told your boy not to get the

battery pack wet. He's on his own.

Sorry, Emily.

Princess?

King Fontana?

Game on.

At your service, my lady.

You know when they found you

after so many years

there were many in my kingdom

who were trepidatious.

- Really hard word.

- Oh. People were scared.

And even most regal I,

your king, was frightened.

- A king who was scared? Ha!

- I know. 'T is to laugh. Ha...

But 'tis true.

'T is the reason why

a king may act like a toad.

But the day your king found you,

he vowed to protect you forever.

Even though he didn't know you,

could barely speak your language,

and yes, was a little afraid...

...he vowed to vanquish any and all

who would do you harm in any way.

You know that. Right, Emily?

You know I'll always be there for you.

You're my daughter,

and I will love you forever.

- Are you crying?

- No, I'm not. I'm not crying.

Jimmy Mac, you crying?

Come on, Jimmy.

Your humble servant, madam.

- OK.

- Don't let go, Dad.

This reminds me of an article

I once read in Advertising Age,

which talked about the fact

that a loss in a firm's brand assets

is negatively correlated

with increased market valuation.

I don't know what

you're talking about, Dad.

Let's talk about the fact that

you're riding a two-wheeler on your own.

- No hands, baby! No hands!

- I'm doing it, Dad! I'm doing it!

Yeah! You're doing it.

Oh...

Hit it!

Rookies.

There you go. That was awesome.

Hey, look! Look! That's us!

Yeah!

We were most impressed by your

knowledge of our assets base.

But ultimately,

it was your robotics idea

that pushed us over the top.

- Robotics?

- Smile and nod.

We here, at NMG, are ready

to go to the next step.

Pack your bag, Craig-san.

You're moving to Tokyo.

I've worked so hard!

It's like I've just been traded!

- We'll translate that later.

- Come on over!

- He's very excited.

- Whoo!

Remember, Thursday morning,

conference call with

Nishamura and the board.

You set things up,

and we'll take it from there.

Got it. Conference call Thursday,

tee it up for the big guns.

I just want to say thanks, you guys.

Nobody's ever really believed

in me the way that you two have.

And it really means a lot to me.

You guys are like...

You're like the two dads that I

never had. I really appreciate it.

My two father figures.

I'm going to do you proud.

- All right.

- Go To.

- You don't want to be late.

- Whoo!

Look out, Japan. Here comes

some serious business.

Oh, God help us.

It was so cool, Mom.

Dad taught me how to ride a two-wheeler,

and then we got to hang out

with the New York Mets!

Let me talk to her.

And Dad promised that he'd

do something huge

for our birthday this year.

But he won't even tell us what it is.

- Let me say hi to him.

- OK.

Hey. I'm coming to get you tomorrow.

No arguments.

Tomorrow morning, I have

the biggest conference call

in my entire career,

but after that I'm all yours.

It's amazing. I left the kids

with you out of desperation,

but now I can't imagine

having done it differently.

Me too.

Oh, great. This is a record.

He unplugged a laptop,

BlackBerry, lamp, an alarm cl...

- Charlie!

- What?

- What?!

- Conference call.

- Let's go!

- No, no, no.

- My notes!

- No time!

- In three, two, one...

- Kids! In the car!

Just a second... Good...

Nishamura-san.

Please accept our

sincere apology for the delay.

We trust our colleague, Craig,

has already begun the presentation.

I'm afraid your colleague,

Craig, has not been

seen nor heard from

since the moment he arrived.

Really?

He's just a little thing.

He looks more like a little

leprechaun in a business suit.

- You can't miss him.

- Red hair...

He called me from

the Ginza his first night,

and all I heard was...

Techno music... and something about

the teachings of a karaoke master.

Hey-hey

Ai! Ai! Ai!

- Ah...

- Dan-san.

I have the utmost respect for you,

but an hour delay

and a missing executive is not the way

to begin a relationship.

We will do anything

to make it work out.

We are there for you,

Nishamura-san, 24/7.

Good. That is what I hoped to hear.

So, if we are to move forward

you and Charlie are the ones

who must move here to Tokyo

and be our liaison.

That is my final and only offer.

OK... Let's do this.

Let's do this. Just do it.

- Thank you. Oh!

- Hey.

Oh! Freedom. I can smell the air again.

- How are the kids?

- Great.

- Maybe we should get going.

- OK.

I just went with the motto, "Don't

serve the time, let the time serve you."

The truth is, Dan, most of what

I was reflecting on was us.

Really?

And the way you've proven yourself

to me with the kids.

- Bless you.

- Our kids.

- Yeah.

- Maybe you were right two weeks ago.

Maybe it is time to give us another try.

Really?

Timing.

- Timing's perfect.

- Timing.

- Wow.

- Wow.

Where are they?

- Oh, my babies.

- Mom.

Oh! I missed you so much.

All right. I made you guys something.

Cool!

Thanks, Mom.

Don't worry, Charlie.

I didn't forget you.

I carved you a little soap bunny.

Oh, Charlie.

I'll strike that right off

my Christmas list.

Hey, that's a thoughtful gift.

That's wonderful.

We need to discuss something,

though, as a family.

- I'll give you a moment.

- OK.

When you reappeared in my life, Charlie

and I were in the middle of a deal

that could be the culmination

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