The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes Page #9

[Clanging]

[Dexter groans,

stuttered whirring]

Dexter?

Dexter!

[Clattering]

Come on!

Let's get outta here!

[Engine revving]

Whooooa!

W-W-Whoa!

Ahhh!

Ohhh!

[Engine sputtering]

Aw, you're probably outta gas,

you idiot!

What's goin' on here?

They put paint

in everything.

[Groans]

Well, what do we do now?

- The kid's car!

- Well, come on!

Let's go!

- [Engine turns over]

- Come on! Let's go! Let's go!

[Engine revving]

This is the only truck

I've ever been in that didn't

have any tools in it.

- [Knocking]

- Dexter, are you all right?

Hey, it's hot!

Get me outta here!

He...

He needs ventilation!

[Gunshot]

Dexter's car!

I forgot all about it!

Give it all you got!

I can't!

I've got it floored now!

[Gunshot]

What are we going to do?

Hey, what's going on?!

Hey, get me outta here!

Come on,

help me with this paint.

Not them!

Their tires.

Get closer.

[Tires screeching]

- [Cheers and applause]

- Whoo-hoo! Ha ha!

[Tires screeching]

Oh, no!

Here he comes again, Pete!

- What are we going to do?

- Let's get the other one!

Get the other one!

Look out! They're gonna dump

some more paint!

No problem.

- Aaaahh!

- [Tires screeching]

- Come on!

- Come on!

- Come on, baby! Fall!

Get me in, you dummies!

[Horn honking]

[Tires screeching]

Get me in!

Fall!

[Groaning]

What are you tryin' to do,

kill me?!

[Horn honking,

tires screeching]

Now what, Pete?

Start dumping

everything.

Throw everything!

[Clanging]

Duck!

[Engine revving]

[Tires screeching]

- Whoo-hoo!

- [All cheering]

[Both coughing]

Aw, you blithering idiot!

[Moos]

Aw, shut up!

[Silence]

- [Applause]

- We will now direct our fourth

historical question

to Medfield College.

The word "paleolithic"

is used to describe

a stage of human culture lasting

probably over a million years

and ending about 8,000 B.C.

Now, for 10 points each,

please describe and date

the following cultures...

the mesolithic culture,

the neolithic culture,

and the chalcolithic culture.

Do you know what he's

talking about?

No. Do you know what he's

talking about?

Unh-unh.

Gentlemen, you have about

15 seconds.

He could give me

15 months.

Medfield, your time is about up.

I will need an answer.

We pass on that one,

your honor.

"Your honor"?

We have the reports about

that stuff on the tape.

Yeah?

That kid

really had something.

Riverdale and Scottsfield

card room...

and Emmitt Junction, a horse

parlor behind a barbershop.

And the guy in Emmitt Junction

mentioned a Mr. A.J. Arno.

Well.

That's the end of an era.

Mm-hmm.

Let's pick him up.

[Horn honking]

[Brakes squeak,

engine turns off]

Bradley, go tell Dean Higgins

we've got Dexter here.

Right!

Annie:
Dexter,

are you all right?!

Oh, I don't know.

Pete:

What's the matter?

It's my head.

There's this ringing in my head.

Come on,

let's get him outta this box.

Maybe he'll feel better.

Now,

take it easy with him!

Hey, Dexter,

straighten out your legs.

I can't!

And they were bringing him

down the hall,

and then

we fought with them,

and we took him in the room

and put him on the windowsill.

- Put who on the windowsill?

- I think it's "whom," sir.

Oh, is it?

I don't care about that!

What about...

go on with the story!

And then the trunk fell out

of a second-story window.

On top of him?

No, he was in it.

- Hi, Dean Higgins.

- Hi, Dean.

Higgins:

What happened to him?

Pete:
Ah, it's a long story,

Dean Higgins.

It was really a terrible

experience.

Bradley,

I'm not asking you.

Look, Dean Higgins, Dexter's

been through quite a bit,

but that really

doesn't matter now.

The main thing

is that we got him back.

So you don't have to worry

about him.

He's gonna be all right...

I think.

[Applause]

And so we arrive at the halfway

portion of our show

with the score Springfield, 115,

Medfield, 20.

[Indistinct talking]

Hey, that's Dexter.

It looks like the missing

panelist from Medfield

has finally shown up.

- [Applause]

- There, ladies

and gentlemen,

we'll see now whether

the old adage "better late

than never" can hold up.

Medfield has quite a bit of

ground to make up,

and, uh, we'll see whether the

man with the computer like mind

can, uh, can pull it off.

It should be

an exciting second half.

And we will begin,

peculiarly enough,

by asking this 20-pointer

of Medfield.

He's here.

Would you please give us

the common name

of the following species

of birds...

the Lagopus Scoticus,

the Amazona Farinosa,

and the Pica Pica?

The Lagopus Scoticus

is the red grouse,

the Amazona Farinosa

is the mag...

parrot, and the Pica Pica

is the magpie.

That is absolutely correct!

20 points for Medfield.

[Applause]

I tell you, Quigley,

it's in the bag.

For 10 points each,

could you tell us the capitals

of these countries...

Pakistan, Mongolia,

and Jordan?

The capital of Pakistan

is... Rawalpindi,

Mongolia...

Ulaanbaatar...

Jordan is A-A...

A...

[Sighs]

Amman.

That's absolutely correct

for 30 points.

[Applause]

Quigley,

what's the matter with him?

I think

he's falling apart.

[Clears throat]

Now, Springfield State,

please give us the victorious

army and generals

in the following

Revolutionary-War battles...

the first battle of

Freeman Farm,

Bennington,

and the Battle of Quebec.

[Whispering]

Bennington.

Freeman Farm was under Stark,

Bennington under Cornwallis,

- and Quebec under Carleton.

- Sorry.

The information is correct, but

the correlation is incorrect.

Medfield... Freeman Farm,

Bennington,

and the Battle of Quebec.

Freeman Farm...

The... The English...

un-der Corn-wallis.

Benning-ton...

Bennington...

The Ameri-cans...

un-der...

S...

S-Stark.

Quebec, Dexter.

What about Quebec?

The... En-glish...

un-der...

C-C-Carle-ton.

That's... correct.

[Sighs]

[Applause]

We're getting there,

but I don't know how much

more of this I can stand.

Would you, Springfield State,

give us, in the proper order,

the six largest bodies of water

in the world?

[Whispering]

[Clears throat]

The, uh, Pacific, Atlantic,

Indian, Arctic,

Mediterranean,

and Caribbean.

Sorry, again.

The order is not quite correct.

Medfield, you now have

an opportunity to go ahead.

The Pacific,

At-lan-t-tic...

In-di-an...

A-ar-ctic...

Car-i-bbe-an...

and Med-i-

ttt-ttt-

ttt-tt-

...terranean.

[Pants]

That is absolutely correct.

- 20 more points for Medfield.

- [Applause]

And with two minutes left,

Medfield now has

a 15-point advantage.

Maybe we can make it now.

We live in hope.

Now, a 10-pointer

for Springfield State.

In the Congress

of the United States,

there are 435 representatives.

Please tell us

how many representatives

come from states

west of the Mississippi.

[Whispering] 140?

[Whispering] 148.

Out of 435 representatives,

148 come from states

west of the Mississippi.

That is correct

for 10 points,

and Medfield's lead

is now cut to 5 points!

[Applause]

Medfield...

New York City was the first

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