The Snake and Mongoose Chronicles: Episode 1 Page #6

- Hey.

- All right.

Ah, morning, all.

Good morning. How'd you sleep?

- I slept wonderfully, thank you.

- Good.

- Coffee, sir?

- Yes, please.

What they're having looks good.

That and your phone number

will work for me.

- I'll bring you your coffee.

- Okay.

- Never too early.

- What's with the briefcase, Tom?

Ah, this is the magic briefcase.

I can hear that click-click sound

in my damn sleep.

- Oh, here it comes.

- It's just a way for me

to give something back

to all my special fans.

- He gives them something nice...

- Yeah, I get it.

- Thank you, darling.

- You're welcome.

And here you go, sweetie.

This is just for you.

- Wow. Gee, thanks.

- You're welcome.

So we both think

that this Spear's deal

is way too one-sided, and...

Look, if they're going

to invest a million dollars

into a race set of the two of you,

then they're relying on our names

on a whole 'nother level.

Yeah, they need us

now more than ever.

Right.

We need to get them

to sponsor both cars,

state-of-the-art Top

Fuel dragsters.

Okay, here we go

with the sponsored...

- I race Top Fuel.

- All right, Don. Okay, hold on.

Tom, we're talking about two more

Hot Wheels for them to sell.

- Is that more your language?

- All right, I get that.

That does not mean

I'm racing the 'Cuda at Indy.

I think you made that

pretty clear yesterday.

I told Spear we're going to get

the 'Cuda on the track.

What I didn't tell him was

who's going to be behind the wheel.

So you're getting

another driver for me?

What are you going to pull out of,

Top Fuel or funny?

Neither.

I'm going to take one

for the team, run both.

What are you, crazy?

You're not going to beam

yourself from pit to pit.

Has anybody ever done that before?

Yeah, Captain Kirk.

I am going to boldly go

where no man has gone before.

- Okay.

- I can't...

Where's that waitress?

All right, guys.

Hey, grab the bags there.

- Let's get 'em in the truck.

- I want to see the car, Dad.

Yeah, of course, Jamie,

you can see the car.

How's it going?

Hey, what the hell's going on here?

Nothing, boss.

The cars are ready to go.

Well, prop up the duster, okay?

Hey, people can't watch

if there's nothing to look at.

Even Snake knows that.

Just pretend

you're doing something.

Hey, guys, you want a T-shirt?

Here, have a T-shirt.

This is for you,

a Mongoose T-shirt.

- Here you go. Hi.

- Hey, Tom.

Can I get a photo

with the Mongoose?

Well, yes, you can.

Hey, Tommy, here,

help your dad out, will you?

Grab a picture for me.

Guys, guys, guys, put that down.

What are you doing? Huh?

People want to see

that paint job. Come on.

We're going to do it

right here in front.

Go play cards or something, guys.

Come on.

It's beautiful. How's this?

Oh, that's good. I like that. Yeah?

Hey, Jamie.

Hey, Snake.

- Lynn!

- Hey, Jamie. How are you?

I was wondering when you guys

were going to get here.

Mom made us wait

until school ended.

- That's for you.

- Okay.

Yeah, I got another

little something for you here.

Got a little necklace here for you.

- Why does he have to do that?

- I know, buddy.

Don't worry about that.

Go get something to eat.

Come on, my treat.

We'll go get something to eat.

That okay? Mind if I put it on?

Oh, that looks good.

- What do you think?

- I like it.

All right, here you go.

Now, you sure you don't

got to take a leak?

Nope.

Well, why don't you eat something?

I got all your favorites here.

We sure got our butts

kicked today, huh?

Yep.

You could have beat Jungle Jim

if you hadn't hazed your tires.

And didn't even

get to run the Fueler.

No, we sure didn't.

Well, it's nice to have

you guys back on the road.

Hey, you know that girl you

had your picture taken with?

She was just a fan.

You gave her a necklace.

Hey, it didn't mean anything.

I got 100 of those doodads.

Fans like to feel

like they're special.

We put our arms around them,

okay, we smile for the camera,

and we make them feel like

they're part of the team.

Is that why you and Mom broke up?

No.

Everything I'm doing

is for you guys.

You're more important to me

than anything in the whole world.

Now, come on.

You know that, don't you?

Yeah, I guess so.

So we good, then?

Yeah, we're good.

All right.

Well, hey, we got a ways to go

till we get to Richmond,

so why don't you

crawl in the back there

with your brother, get some sleep?

Nah. I think I'll stay up here,

help keep you awake.

That's my boy.

Hey, I might take you up on that.

The 16th annual Nationals,

National Hot Rod Association

staging one of the most explosive,

one of the most record-setting events

in the history of drag racing.

I'm Keith Jackson, and today

on ABC's "Wide World of Sports,"

I think that you'll

just stand in awe

at some of the mechanical

and personal performances

by some of the top drag-racing

drivers in the world.

An incredible blast of power

as Don Prudhomme

defeats Danny Ongais.

Here.

Let's get it closed up.

Hey, are you okay?

Go, go, go!

And McEwen red-lights.

He's disqualified.

There he is, ladies and gentlemen,

Mr. Drag Racing himself,

Don "The Snake" Prudhomme.

I admire you trying to run

both cars, Tom. I do.

Oh, I don't want to hear it,

you pompous prick.

You think I'm not serious

about racing,

that I don't want to win

a championship as bad as you do?

Trying to pay you

a damn compliment, all right?

Yeah, yeah. Very inspirational.

Hey, Donny.

So you lost, all right?

You don't think all this fooling around

interferes with the way you race?

- Come on.

- Remember this was fun, Don?

This was fun for me...

the speed, the noise, the girls.

Winning is fun, Tom. Damn it.

Trouble here is you're a loser.

Races, your wife, your kids.

I'm a loser, huh? I'm a loser?

You afraid to give Lynn that baby

she's always wanted, huh?

- Or you just ain't got it in you?

- What do you know about it, huh?

So I don't wanna have kids

and leave 'em without a father.

- So what?

- I didn't have a father, and here I am.

Yeah, and how's that

working out for you?

Come here.

Take it easy, Tom. Take it easy.

I'm done. I'm done.

Yeah, go ahead. Walk away, Don.

Leave me to clean up

the dirty work with Spear,

save your precious ego.

Well, maybe I had enough

of picking up the pieces.

Don't let Spear catch those

trophy girls in there, all right?

- That's what's gonna ruin this deal...

- Get your hands off me.

...not me doing the

stupid Top Fuel.

Yeah, go. Go win your

back-to-back Top Fuel Nationals.

Go win for your $1,000 sponsor.

I'll be here taking care of

your $100,000 meal ticket.

Good. Just don't choke

on it, chief.

- What are you looking at, Ed?

- Hey.

That's right, camp.

We are at the glorious

Indianapolis Raceway

awaiting the 1970 NHRA

finals in Top Fuel.

In the far lane will be Jim Nicoll.

He's already handed in the fastest

time of the week at 6.51 seconds

and a blazing 229 miles per hour.

In the near lane will be

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