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You don't remember

me, Elli?

Do we know each other?

Bensonhurst, 73rd Street.

I lived down the street from

you, man. We played stickball.

I'm Michael Lang,

you're Elli Teichberg.

Yeah, yeah, I kind of

remember, yeah. Mrs. Teichberg.

Hey, it's Michael, from

the neighborhood. Excuse me.

You! Cover your parts!

We have company!

In the barn. Get in the

barn! All of you! In!

Get inside!

Far out.

So, here we are.

Right.

Yes, as I mentioned

on the phone...

You have a permit.

That's very cool, Elli.

It's a start.

Very cool.

Please.

Mr. Teichberg.

Hey, people!

Welcome to Elliot's place.

Hey, Elli, can we

take a look around?

Of course, I'll show

you the whole place.

You've got some

open land here, right?

Absolutely,

just up here and down.

So...

Sh*t!

Michael, for Christ's sake,

it's a swamp.

Maybe we could get some bulldozers

in here and level it, right?

You're kidding me.

He owns it.

He's got a permit. He's the

President of the Chamber of Commerce.

And because of that you wanna

drown thousands of kids in a swamp?

Look, honestly, you guys can

do whatever you want to here.

That's fine

with us, really.

You could... For example,

you could detonate

an incredible amount

of explosives

and it would dry

everything out immediately.

And then you could just compact

the ashes down, you know,

and people could

sit on that.

Radical thinking, Elliot. I assume

you got a permit for that, too?

Or... Okay,

we get some big cranes

and hang, like, a parachute over the

field, and everyone could sit on it.

No?

How about you just

nuke the whole place?

Hey, don't lose

that creativity, man.

Jake, they are leaving!

Elli, have you offered

accommodation to everyone?

We may not have vacancy for

everyone, as the season is...

Ma, they're not staying.

Stay! Stay! Look.

My husband is

bringing refreshments.

Here. Thank you, Mrs. Teichberg.

Here. Try some of this.

It is the best chocolate milk in

New York. Made just down the road.

Have some water.

Or some chocolate milk.

What's his name? Or her. Lou.

Wow. That is excellent

chocolate milk.

Yeah, it comes from

the local cows. Far out.

They eat local grass. That

must be some healthy grass.

And there's a lot of it,

in big fields,

just a couple of miles

down the road from us.

I've always been a big supporter

of Elliot, here in Bethel,

and I always enjoy his

music festival every summer.

That's why we're here. Miriam and

I donate the yogurt and the milk.

It's fate.

It's beautiful.

Although some of the local

young people, the music they play

can be a little trying, if

you know what I mean, honestly.

Yeah, but it's the effort

that counts, isn't it, Miriam?

And they do

enjoy themselves.

There's a lot of joy

in music, Mr. Yasgur.

And we'd love to bring that joy to

your beautiful farm, wouldn't we?

Now, I know it's going to be

something of an imposition,

but we're more than

willing to do anything...

You say you want to

use these fields here?

Then you'll be needing the

land beside the barns as well,

I'm guessing,

for access to the roads.

And parking.

Probably best

across 17B.

I own the piece down the road,

but there are a couple of lots.

You'll probably want to

avoid dealing with the Browns.

And you'll clean up after

yourselves, I'm hoping.

Of course.

Well,

would $5,000

do it for you?

Five?

But you'll have to tidy up,

and you'll have to pay

for any damaged crops,

of course.

Sure, Max.

That sounds fine.

Good. Wonderful.

Well, why don't you all come into

the house for some chocolate milk?

Far out.

You know, we're gonna need

a place for people to crash

while we prepare

the festival.

Your place looks

pretty cool.

How many vacant rooms do you

have for the next couple of weeks?

Well, it depends on

how you define room.

You know, how many

people can crash with you.

What do you guys charge?

Let's see. It's $8 a night,

but that can be for doubles,

and we give a weekly

discount, of course.

Plus the cabins, you can

get cots, so four people,

about 150, I'd say.

You can get about 200 people.

Hey, man, let's make it easy.

Why don't we just buy the

El Monaco out for the season?

Just figure out the costs, write

it down, and we'll take a look.

And if we don't

use all the rooms,

you can rent out

the free ones.

We need to keep some cleanup

crews around afterwards.

And if you've got

some bigger spaces,

for offices,

that kind of thing.

We need to put in some phones and

have some space to park vehicles.

You know where we're going?

Mmm-hmm.

There you go.

That's the...

Looks like we can work

with this, Elli. Cool.

You know, I was thinking, I've got

that theater troupe in the barn.

A theater troupe

in the barn?

Yeah, the Earthlight Players.

It's okay if they stay, right?

Maybe you guys could find some

work for them or something.

They could really

use the pay.

They're all hired, man. Not

a problem. Great. Thanks.

And I hope you don't mind,

but we like to pay cash

in advance.

And not only that, he made me a local

community liaison for the festival,

and we're going to be the

exclusive local ticket agency, too.

They think at least 5,000 people

are gonna buy tickets, or more.

Five thousand coming

here to White Lake?

Elli, you're an idiot.

Twenty people, thirty,

okay, for a weekend.

But 1,000, 5,000?

They'll steal everything.

Ma... We'll be sued in

court by the neighbors.

What kind of meshuga, hairy, barefoot

person comes here in a heliocoptic

that we should lay our good white

sheets on the grass and ruin them,

and then plot and

revolutionize to take our hotel.

Ma, he pays cash.

Everyone pays cash here,

you shnook!

No, Ma, really.

Open it.

Open it.

That's $5,000 for the rent, and another

$5,000 for my services as liaison.

Plus, think of the money we're

gonna make off of commissions

From the ticket sales!

And also...

El Monaco International

Casino and Bar Mitzvah Center.

Elliot?

Hey, Max.

Hi. Well, the phone hasn't

stopped ringing since you left.

And they're saying...

I know, wow.

...thousands of people might

be coming to this thing. Yeah.

Well, you know,

that's gonna cost

quite a bit to put

things back in order,

and to get the cows situated and

so forth. I can understand, sure.

Now, Elliot,

you know I don't wish

to mess up your festival.

You know that.

'Cause I think what was done to

those young people in Wallkill

was just plain wrong. But

I've been talking with Miriam,

and we think if you could just

go back and tell those people...

How much? Seventy-five

thousand. Not a penny less.

Okay, I'll let them know.

Okay, good. Bye-bye.

What?

Don't spend any of that money.

That was Max. The deal's off.

What? Lmpossible!

Ma. Ma. Ma.

Elli, don't try to stop her.

She can't get far.

And I read in the papers,

you've already sold

thousands of tickets,

and that's a lot.

And so you'll be

needing to use,

practically, my whole place

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