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United Way volunteers,

by helping handicapped children

like Peter,

who was placed with a family

through an adoption agency.

With their help,

Peter is now leading

a full life,

helping people

help each other

the United way.

Help.

Hi.

Help.

I don't believe it.

Help.

Help what?

What? I don't--

I don't know

what that means.

Oh.

Oh, out? Help out?

You want to get out.

Okay.

Hey.

Aha.

New girl in the neighborhood.

Oh, no. No, no.

No, no out. I shouldn't even

have let you out.

What is that?

Oh. Oh, food. Food.

Food-- that I can do.

Here, come on.

Mm-mm-mm. Here.

You don't want it?

What?

Yeah, it's a refrigerator.

Apple.

That's the sign for apple?

What?

You want-- what?

You want this?

Oh.

You want the brush?

Okay, here.

( jet passing overhead )

Come on.

Time to go to bed.

Yeah, friends.

Good night, Virgil.

( whimpering )

Jimmy:

"Hold up the left index finger.

Point the right

index finger down

and circle it around

the left index

in a counterclockwise motion,

the left index turning slightly.

Place the right hand

in front of the chin,

palm facing you.

Open the fingers

and circle the hand

in front of the face

from right to Ieft--

Beautiful."

BeautifuI.

Jimmy:
And a commercial came on.

And it was for a charity, see,

so the woman in it

was using sign language.

And she was saying, "Help,"

you know, "Help."

Garrett, is there a point

to this story?

Well, yeah.

See, that's when I realized

that Virgil here is using

sign language

to communicate with me.

There. See that?

He made the sign for "apple."

No, Virgil, you can't have

the apple,

because you gave it to your

girlfriend last night, you remember?

( chuckles )

Sir, I think that this could be

of great benefit to the program.

Here, watch.

This is the sign for "food," see?

Okay, food.

Come on, food.

There. See? He did it.

Yeah, well, somebody obviously

conditioned him to do that.

I mean, it's like Pavlovs dog:

The bell rings, and he salivates.

You must have learned

about that in high school.

Jimmy:
No, no, no,

he makes signs all the time,

and nobody is ringing any bells.

When a dog is happy,

he wags his tail.

When he has to urinate,

he scratches on the door.

Now, you wouldn't call that

sign language, would you?

But this is different.

He's using words.

Garrett, what you're talking about

has no conceivable relationship

to the task we're trying

to accomplish here.

Now, I appreciate enthusiasm,

but I suggest you unclutter your mind

and put your energy

to the work at hand.

Sir, maybe if we looked

in the files,

we might be able to find out

some more about him.

- We don't need to look in the files.

- No, we don't.

That's absolutely right.

We don't have to look in the files.

- ( monkeys chittering loudly )

- ( Goliath growls )

( men shouting )

Hey.

Hey, Goliath.

Goliath, look here.

Come here.

Hey, here you go.

Come on.

That's right.

That's good.

( blows raspberry )

Good morning, Airman,

- Ethel.

- ( Ethel grunts )

Yeah, Bluebeard.

Hey, congratulations.

Looks like you're

just about ready, pal.

Okay, Airman,

deplane your pilot.

Come on.

Airman, how's Goofy

doing today?

Oh, fine, sir.

Good.

That's some very impressive

flying there, Garrett.

Looks like your pilot's

made the grade.

Hey. Okay, stop flying.

Good.

Hey, Chimp Yeager,

give me five.

Here you go.

Enjoy it.

You don't want it?

Out.

Hurry.

Oh.

Well, it is a special occasion.

( grunting )

Okay. Date time.

Don't go too far.

( footsteps )

Garrett, listen, I need to speak

to you for a minute.

Uh, listen,

we've got a review board

visiting us from Washington

in three days.

And, well,

I think your animal

is the best-qualified

for our demonstration.

Oh, that's great.

Virgil's really smart.

Virgil's pretty smart,

but I think the trainer

might have had

something to do with it.

Jimmy, you've earned yourself

a promotion.

I want you to take over for Airman

Watts as graduate program trainer.

Full security clearance

has been granted you.

Starting tomorrow,

you go to work in the flight chamber.

Sergeant Krieger will brief you on

your responsibilities in the morning.

Congratulations, Jimmy.

Oh. ( chuckles )

That's great.

Hey.

Dr. Carroll?

Does this mean

I'll be flying again soon?

Keep up

the good work, Jimmy.

Great.

Hear that? We're promoted.

So what's the graduate

program about?

You take the chimp

with the red neckband

down the tunnel

to the flight chamber.

And keep this on.

Turn it in when you come out.

That's it?

Yeah, that's it,

as far as I'm concerned.

Hey. Hey.

What happened

to Watts anyway?

I don't know.

Okay, Bluebeard.

Okay.

Chin up.

Good boy.

( chittering )

Hey, what's the matter

with you?

Bluebeard, nobody's gonna

hurt you.

I promise.

Here, give me your hand.

( Bluebeard whimpering )

Garrett, go on in.

Man over P.A.:
Trainer,

check your pilot in at the aircraft.

Have him mount up,

prepare to taxi.

Okay.

Come on, Bluebeard,

make me look good.

Go on.

Man over P.A.:

Trainer, evacuate chamber.

Trainer, evacuate chamber.

Over here.

Here you go.

Put these on.

Man over P.A.:

Cleared for systems initiation.

Roger. Commencing.

Man over P.A.:

Release safety interlocks.

Man #2:

System loaded.

Starting countdown.

six, five, four,

three, two.

Open.

Man #2:
System A1 , core is free.

Cooling commencing.

- Man:
Take it down.

- Man #2:
Roger.

- Reinsert reactor.

- Reactor reinserting.

Pulse delivered,

subject number 1015,

gamma/neutron ratio,

received midcranial dose

of 1200 rads.

Man:

Report reactor status.

Man #2:

Reactor secure.

Garrett, yo.

Let's see

that little thing there.

You're checking me

for radiation, right?

Don't worry, you're clean.

Well, what happens to him?

He'll keep on flying

as long as he can.

Till he's dead?

Yeah.

- I wanted to tell you, man.

- Then why didn't you?

You didn't have clearance.

Hey, that's bullshit, man.

You were supposed to be my friend.

Hey, what do you think

is going on here?

You see them take JT out.

He doesn't come back.

What do you think is going on

down that tunnel?

I didn't know.

( jet passes overhead )

So what is it? What is it?

Are they all--?

Yes, all.

Look, they radiate the chimps

to see how long they can fly

before they die.

That is supposed to tell us if our guys

can survive Iong enough

to get to Russia

in case World War III happens.

There's nothing you can do

about it, man.

It's the air force.

Jimmy, you do your job,

or you're gonna wind up like Watts.

What happened to Watts anyway?

Couldn't handle it.

Got too attached.

- He was crazy.

- No.

He went AWOL.

He couldn't handle it.

Me, Jimmy--

I treat these animals well,

but I don't get too attached

to them.

That's what you've got to do.

So I'm the new lord of the apes.

Look, Jimmy,

you had to take that promotion.

You don't want to stay

around here, man.

You do your job.

Don't get involved.

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