Stay Hungry

My dear Craig...

it has been five months

since your father...

and my beloved sister...

died.

Surely,

there is no time limit...

on grief...

and sorrow.

I know you have expressed

misgivings...

about the steel business...

but perhaps

this is the time...

to seek the comforts

of your tradition.

You are young

and particularly vulnerable...

now that your parents are dead.

Come work with me.

I have heard you are involved...

in some real estate venture.

Is this the time to divorce

yourself from family?

To take up

with unsavory strangers?

You are, after all, a Blake.

Please...

Iet me hear from you.

Fondest regards...

Uncle Albert.

I'll bet you 50

I can beat you to the meeting.

Double it for 100.

We don't want to keep

that Blake boy waiting.

I'm in.

We jumping reds, Jabo?

I see a piece of pelt

I'd like to jump over here.

If I'm lying, I'm dying.

Look out, y'all,

I'm hot as fire...

and I'm burning up Birmingham.

You're standing still,

chub-chub.

Blink once,

you're gonna miss me.

Now, boys, well,

you can read 'em and weep...

'cause the Hueytown Flash

has arrived.

Well, we're nearly home then.

Two more pieces of property...

we have the whole block

sewed up.

What'd you finally get

that tailor down to, Walter Jr.?

$35,000 on a refinance.

Like talking to a mule,

that old man...

but he come to see the light.

That's fine as wine.

How you coming, Hal?

Still working on it.

Now, Craig,

this last piece of property...

Iooks like

you'll have to buy it..

since you the only one left

without his name on some paper.

Like you say,

I'll just go on over yonder...

and make that boy an offer

right down around his ankles.

Yeah, you do that, boy...

and if he don't buy it...

you move up around his knees.

Sh*t. We don't need

to tell you nothing.

You'll charm that dude blind.

Isn't that right, fellas?

Gimme ten, Mr. Blake.

They made enough on that

Pell City deal to buy Alabama.

We're lucky

they let us in on this thing.

Lucky?

They're the lucky ones.

Now, look.

Just keep it simple.

Just go down and buy the place.

The corporation buys it back,

and we own the block.

We build the biggest

office high-rise in the city.

I know how it works.

My great grandfather

built this town...

by eating guys like that

for breakfast.

Wasn't this your father's car?

Yeah. I figured

it needed a little air.

Are you sure

you're OK up there alone?

Yeah, I'm sure.

I'll see you

at the club on Saturday.

I got the court for 10:00.

Good. See you there.

You'd better put your top up.

Welcome to the Olympic.

I'm Mary Tate Farnsworth,

and--

Honey, I don't think you should

hang upside down anymore.

Welcome to the Olympic.

I'm Mary Tate--

Actually,

I'm just here to look around.

Well, just take them steps.

Thank you.

You a businessman?

You got it.

- Hiya. I'm Franklin Coates.

- Craig Blake.

- Show you around the place?

- Sure.

Mr. Walker, keep leaning

on that barrel there.

Just ease back on it.

That's my man.

Right this way.

Now, this is the studio.

Over here,

we got massage and rays.

Hey, Newton.

This way.

This pool is kept at 110 degrees

at all times.

It's got herbs in it.

Kills crabs, does it?

Huh?

Oh, yeah.

Gain, reduce, or tone.

See, we're supposed

to put you on a program.

Is the guy on the sign

on a program?

Joe Santo?

Mr. Austria?

You can bet your ass

he don't need no program.

Well, neither do l.

What time did--

Excuse me, Mister...

- Blake.

- Thor Erikson.

- How you do, Mr. Erikson?

- Just call me Thor.

There's some

builders and lifters...

who work out at

6:
00 to 8:00 at night.

That's what I was

trying to tell him, Thor.

I was explaining--

Mr. Erikson--

That's their time, now.

They're not your kind of folks.

Them boys are rough as a cob.

What line are you in, Mister...

Blake. I'm a businessman.

A man of decision. Real estate.

Relax there.

Get the most for the least.

Know what I mean?

You look in pretty good shape.

I was taking a little look

at your place here and...

I might could get excited

about something like this.

How much do you want for it?

Turn around.

Dear Uncle Albert, I recognize

that I am involved...

with unorthodox business people.

As you advised,

I am proceeding cautiously.

Business causes tension.

But as you would expect...

confidently.

Sincerely, Craig.

Whoa, whoa. Hey, hey.

You hold it right there.

- Right there on that spot.

- Hey, it's all right.

He was up here

a couple of days ago...

and Thor says it's OK.

Did you eat yet?

I had a little lunch.

What you trying to say?

Thor didn't tell me

nothing about it.

Well, he told me.

It's better if you don't have

nothing on your stomach.

Good.

Better not be no spy, say l!

Better not be no spy!

Better not be no spy, I say!

Newton, please.

What's this contest?

Mr. Universe next month.

Thor's been

saving Joe up for it.

He don't want

the wrong people seeing him...

or wouldn't nobody enter.

Are you his trainer?

I'm his grease man.

Oil him up before exhibition.

Oh. Well...

You call lifting them

itty-bitty things working out?

I think the man is doing fine,

just fine.

I've been watching him now

for a while...

and he's really moving big.

He moves like

he used to play hockey.

Hey, Franklin, ask him

if he used to play hockey.

You play hockey?

Tell Batman it was lacrosse...

but I can see

how he got confused.

Joe, you gonna be long?

Mary Tate and Anita

are over at the club...

so why don't

you all go ahead and...

I'll catch up with you later.

Listen, they got

a pool table over there.

You play?

- Where's Joe at?

- Still pumping iron.

Too bad. The band wanted him

to sit in on a set tonight.

Let's don't have any trouble

out of you, huh?

- Don't sweat it, Hayes.

- Don't get on nobody.

See?

What else does this Santo guy do

besides lift weights?

There ain't nothing

Joe don't do.

Man bowls 200...

was near about

an Olympic swimmer...

and before he come here

from Austria...

he was world champion

of curling.

You...

You know what that is?

He's quite a guy, isn't he?

Damn straight.

Corner.

Let me tell you

something, buddy.

When Joe takes

that title next month...

He's...

He's going to have done it all.

You got a hot stick, my man.

Very hot.

Rack 'em up.

Let's hear it for the band!

Anita, now she comes

from Chicago.

Don't flash those greenbacks.

Excuse us.

She teaches down

at the gym twice a week.

What she teach?

Excuse me, Romeo.

Karate. Black belt.

I'm gonna say hello

to my friend over here.

All right.

I'll see you back at the table.

- Hey, hey, buddy!

- Sorry.

What are y'all?

I mean,

y'all are pretty big dudes.

You play football or what?

Yeah. We play for Auburn.

What do you play?

Scatback.

I figured you played

something like that.

What's your name?

Blake. Buck Blake.

Yeah. Thanks, Blake.

"War eagle" now, you hear?

I hear you.

Don't get nervous.

Joe wouldn't care.

You know something?

You look like a swamp.

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