Starz on the Set: The Pursuit of Happyness Page #2

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I didn't need that many lines.

T ry and sleep. It's late.

It's a puzzle measuring just 3 inches

by 3 inches on each side...

...made up of multiple colors

that you twist and turn...

...and try to get

to a solid color on each side.

This little cube

is the gift sensation of 1 98 1.

Don't expect to solve it easily.

Although we did encounter

one math professor at USF...

... who took just 30 minutes on his.

This is as far as I've gotten

on mine.

As you can see,

I still have a long way to go.

This is Jim Finnerty reporting

for KJSF in Richmond.

Hey, wake up.

Eat.

-Bye, Mom.

-Bye, baby.

-Come back without that, please.

-Oh, yeah, I'm going to.

So go ahead, say goodbye to it,

because I'm coming back without it.

Goodbye and good riddance.

You ain't had to add

the "good riddance" part.

Bye, Mom.

Bye.

It's written as P-P-Y, but it's

supposed to be an I in "happiness."

-ls it an adjective?

-No, actually it's a noun.

But it's not spelled right.

-ls "f***" spelled right?

-Yeah, that's spelled right.

But that's not part of the motto,

so you're not supposed to learn that.

That's an adult word to show anger

and other things.

-But just don't use that one, okay?

-Okay.

What's that say

on the back of your bag?

My nickname.

We pick nicknames.

-Oh, yeah? What's it say?

-"Hot Rod."

-Did you have a nickname?

-Yep.

-What?

-"Ten-Gallon Head."

-What's that?

-I grew up in Louisiana, near Texas.

Everybody wears cowboy hats.

And a ten-gallon's a big hat.

I was smart back then,

so they called me Ten-Gallon Head.

-Hoss wears that hat.

-Hoss?

Hoss Cartwright on Bonanza.

-How do you know Bonanza?

-We watch it at Mrs. Chu's.

-You watch Bonanza at daycare?

-Yeah.

When? When do you watch it?

-After snack? After your nap?

-After Love Boat.

I made my list for my birthday.

-Yeah, what'd you put on there?

-A basketball or an ant farm.

-He says he's been watching TV.

-Oh, little TV for history.

-Love Boat?

-For history. Navy.

That's not the Navy.

I mean, he could

watch television at home.

We're paying you $1 50 a month.

If he's gonna be sitting around...

...watching TV all day,

we're taking him out of here.

Go pay more at other daycare

if you don't like Navy TV.

You late pay anyway.

You complain. I complain.

Can you at least put the dog upstairs

in your room or something?

Bye.

I was waiting for

Witter Resource head Jay Twistle...

...whose name sounded so delightful,

like he'd give me a job and a hug.

I just had to show him I was good

with numbers and good with people.

-Morning, Mr. Twistle.

-Good morning.

-Mr. Twistle, Chris Gardner.

-Hi.

I wanted to drop this off personally

and make your acquaintance.

I thought I'd catch you on the way in.

I'd love the opportunity to discuss...

...what may seem like weaknesses

on my application.

We'll start with this, and we'll call you

if we wanna sit down.

-Yes, sir. You have a great day.

-You too.

Hey, yeah, how you doing?

This is Chris Gardner calling

for Dr. Delsey.

Yeah, I'm running a little late

for a sales call.

I was wondering if--

Yeah, Osteo National.

Right. We can still--? Half an hour?

Yes. Beautiful. Beautiful.

Thank you, thank you.

Hey! Hey!

Hey!

This part of my life...

-Wait!

-...this part here...

...it's called "Running. "

Hey! Hey!

Wait!

Hey! Wait!

That was my stolen machine.

Unless she was with

a guy who sold them too.

Which was unlikely...

...because I was the only one

selling them in the Bay Area.

I spent our entire life savings

on these things.

It was such

a revolutionary machine.

-Can you feel it, baby?

-Oh, yeah.

You got me doing all the work.

What I didn't know

is that doctors and hospitals...

...would consider them

unnecessary luxuries.

I even asked the landlord

to take a picture.

So if I lost one, it was like losing

a month's groceries.

Hey, hey! Wait! Wait!

Hey, get back here!

Hey, man, l--

-Who's he?

-He's that guy....

-Did you forget?

-Forget what?

You're not supposed

to have any of those.

-Yeah, I know.

-You have two now.

Hey.

Hey, Mom.

One, two, three!

-That's a basketball!

-Hey, hey. What do you mean?

You don't know that

that's a basketball.

This could be an ant farm. This could

be a microscope or anything.

-No, it's not.

-There, there.

All right, come on.

Open him up. Open him up.

-That paper's a little heavy, huh?

-Yeah, but I got it.

You should've seen me

out there today.

Somebody stole a scanner.

I had to run the old girl down--

Whatever.

-What?

-Whatever, Chris.

What the hell

you got attitude about?

-"Whatever" what?

-Every day's got some damn story.

Hey, Roy. Roy!

Can you beat your little rug

when nobody's out here?

There's dust and sh*t all over.

-I'm trying to keep a clean house.

-Hey, wait a second.

Look, Linda, relax.

We're gonna come out of this.

Everything is gonna be fine, all right?

You said that before,

when I got pregnant. "lt'll be fine."

-So you don't trust me now?

-Whatever. I don't care.

-Taxi!

-Mr. Twistle.

-Yeah, hi.

-Hi. Chris Gardner.

Yeah, hi. Listen.

What can I do for you?

I submitted an application for the

intern program about a month ago...

...and I would just love

to sit with you briefly--

Listen, I'm going

to Noe Valley, Chris.

-Take care of yourself.

-Mr. Twistle.

Actually, I'm on my way

to Noe Valley also.

How about we share a ride?

-All right, get in.

-All right.

So when I was in the Navy,

I worked for a doctor...

...who loved to play golf,

hours every day...

...and I would actually

perform medical procedures...

...when he'd leave me in the office.

So I'm used to being in a position

where I have to make decisions and....

Mr. Twistle, listen.

This is a very important--

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

This thing's impossible.

-I can do it.

-No, you can't. No one can.

-That's bullshit.

-No, I'm pretty sure I can do it.

-No, you can't.

-Let me see it.

Give it here.

Oh, yeah. Oh, wow,

you really messed it up.

Sorry.

It looks like it works around a swivel,

so the center pieces never move.

So if it's yellow in the center,

that's the yellow side.

If it's red in the center,

that's the red side.

-Okay.

-So.... You can slow down.

Listen, we can drive around all day.

I don't believe you can do this.

-Yeah, I can.

-No, you can't.

-Yes, I can.

-No, you can't.

I'm telling you, no one can.

See? That's all I ever do.

You almost have this side.

Holy cow.

-You almost had that one.

-I'm gonna get it.

Look at that.

You're almost there.

-1 7.1 0.

-This is me.

Good job.

-Goodbye.

-Yeah. I'll see you soon.

Where are you going, sir?

Excuse me, sir.

Where are you going, please?

Two-- A couple of blocks.

-Just flip around.

-Okay.

Hey! Stop it! Hey!

-Where are you going? Come here!

-No!

-No, no, no!

-You a**hole, give me my money!

-Give me my money.

-Please stop.

-Please, please, please!

-Son of a b*tch.

Please! He should've paid you!

-Come here!

-I'm sorry.

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