The Set-Up Page #3

- Very nice!

- Never a dull moment at the Fun Palace!

There's something for everyone,

from 8 to 80!

Yes, sir! Something to surprise the men

and shock the women, or vice-versa!

Say, you in the blue serge suit!

You look like a man with sporting blood

flowing in your veins!

Would you like to see the forbidden quarter

of Algiers?

Gather around closer, please!

I've a little item to show you!

This is called the ever-writing ballpoint pen!

Sells for $ 15 in the leading stores!

Back up a little, please,

you bother me!

You can write as easy with your left hand

as your right! It doesn't make a difference!

You geeked it!

And I had a buck on you!

You're yellow!

You should've taken that with you!

- Maybe you could've hit him with it!

- Leave him alone!

He don't mean nothing, Tony!

I don't mind!

A fight's only a fight!

- I still got that million-to-one shot!

- Okay, boys! Main event on!

- Get ready, main event!

- Luth! Intermission's about over!

Hey, Mickey! Give Stoker a hand

with his bandages!

Main event in the ring!

I wish I had the champ in there tonight!

I know I'm right, Gus!

Tell you, I can feel it!

- Okay, boy! Now, let's go!

- Good!

- Luth, let's go home early!

- Why not? It only takes one!

I tell you, Tiny,

you got to let him in on it!

There's no percentage

in smartening up a chump!

- But what if he gets in a lucky punch?

- Stick to your buckets! I'll do the thinking!

- You ready, Stoker?

- Never felt better!

Good! Let's go!

Looks like we get home early, all right!

Hey, why don't you stop that?

Cheating on yourself!

Good crowd!

Make a showing and you're in!

- Watch out!

- What did I tell you?

- I knew I could take him!

- Nice going, Luth!

- Thanks!

- Swell fight!

Hey, Stoker!

Good luck!

Don't go home yet, folks!

There's another bout coming!

And don't forget,

Friday night is wrestling night!

The Lithuanian Angel

against the Masked Mastodon!

And for the first time in Paradise City

they will wrestle

in a ring filled with fish!

Fresh fish! Thank you!

- Red!

- Yeah?

- Where's section C?

- Oh, it's right over there!

Right over here, I've got delicious,

piping-hot Coney Island red hots!

Anybody else, now?

Folks, get your red-hot peanuts!

Five cents a bag! Here you are, folks!

- 2!5- to-1 on Nelson!

- Will you pass that?

I'll lay you 3-to-1 !

- Three-to-one, huh?

- That's right!

Well, I don't know!

- What do you want?

- I've seen these guys fight!

Three-to-one,

and I'll give you the draw!

Here comes Nelson!

Here he comes, Little Boy!

Sit down! You're making

too much noise!

Okay, Little Boy!

Hello, Little Boy! Hello, Bunny!

How are you?

- Hello!

- See you down in the ring!

I've seen that party!

Everything's under control!

Much action around here?

Even money now!

Nelson by a knockout!

How about putting up

a double sawbuck for me?

- I better get going!

- See you after a while, Little Boy!

All the fight news and pictures!

All the fight news and pictures here!

Hi, Stoke! You'll take him, Stoke!

You'll take him!

All the fight news and pictures!

All the fight news and pictures!

Get your Knockout here!

Now, remember,

stay away from him!

- Slug with him and he'll murder you!

- I know what to do!

That's right, Stoke, relax!

Fight your own fight!

Remember, take it easy for two heats!

Then you can finish him!

- That's the set-up!

- Okay, Danny! Okay!

Ladies and gentlemen!

The next and final bout

of the evening, four rounds!

In this corner, at 194 pounds

in purple trunks, Stoker Thompson!

- Give him a gun!

- Hey, Pop, where's your wheelchair?

And in this corner!

at 198 and 3/4 pounds,

in white trunks!

that promising young heavyweight

from Middletown!

Tiger Nelson!

Yeah, Nelson! Let's get it over with!

Don't hurt him, Nelson,

he's an old man!

Okay, you know the rules!

I want a nice, clean fight!

No heeling, rabbit punching, gouging!

Break when I tell you!

Go to a neutral corner in all knockdowns

and keep them above the belt!

The customers

came to see a good fight!

Shake hands now and come out fighting!

May the best man win!

Don't bend, Pop, you'll never get up!

Don't forget, stay away from him!

That's the stuff!

Stay with him!

Oh, quit stalling!

Let's have some action!

That's it!

- Don't worry, I ain't gonna finish you yet!

- You ain't finishing nobody!

Let him have it, baby!

Let him have it!

- Even money Stoker don't go the distance!

- Twenty says he does!

I'll take that,

and as much more as you got!

Break it up!

Come on!

Nelson's working on his belly!

Stoker don't like it there!

Who does?

- What you trying to do? Cop a Sunday?

- What's the matter? Can't you take it?

It looks like a home run,

and it is a...

No, it's going to fall inside.

- You're doing swell!

- How're you doing, Stoke, huh? Okay, fella!

Okay, let's see that!

That will be all right!

Take it easy, Stoke!

Take it easy! There we are!

Give them a show!

One more heat, and we'll call it a day!

Sure thing, Danny! Sure thing!

You're doing fine!

You're doing fine!

- I told you I'm gonna take this guy!

- He never laid a glove on us!

Ten seconds!

Don't forget, if you try

to slug with him, he'll kill you!

Hit him in the belly!

You got him, Nelson!

Knock him out!

- How do you like it now?

- I still say it'll go the limit!

- Little Boy, I need some more dough!

- All you want, baby!

We'll make it 100!

A hundred? Look, I don't want

to take your money, sister!

- Put your dough where your mouth is!

- Okay, okay! It's a bet!

Finish him! Come on, finish him, Nelson!

Nelson's opened up his left eye!

- It's bleeding!

- Good!

Come on, Nelson!

Get him, Nelson! Come on!

Stand up and fight!

Nelson's pounding his kidneys!

The sucker! Why don't

he work on that eye?

That's more like it!

Come on! I don't like this! I don't like it!

- Hey, what goes on here?

- Don't you like it?

You're trying to cross me!

You wouldn't listen!

I told you to tell him!

Keep your pants on!

All right, boys, break it up!

The other eye, Nelson!

Close the other eye!

Ten seconds, Stoke!

Get in your shell! Cover up! Cover up!

Break it up, break it up! Go to

your corners! Break it up, the bell rang!

- What's got into him?

- He's got to make it look good!

Yeah, yeah! But we finish him

the next heat, don't we?

Yeah, the next heat!

Here you are,

get your fresh-roasted peanuts!

Get all the peanuts you need

right now, folks! There's not many left!

I told you to get in a shell, didn't I?

You see his face

when I gave him that right?

- He'll murder you now! Won't he, Tiny?

- Red's got something!

- What do you mean?

- Play it smart!

Keep away from him,

and you'll go the distance!

My only chance is to deck him!

It's better to go the distance than get

your head knocked off!

Get your cold beer here!

Get your cold beer! Right over here!

I'll tell you when!

Come on, Nelson!

- Put him away, baby!

- Down in front!

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