Imaginary Crimes Page #2

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...an invention that's going to

revolutionize the mining industry.

Where's Sonya?

Ladies and gentlemen,

Miss Carmen Miranda!

Hello, amigo.

"I'm Chiquita Banana and I've come to say:

"Bananas have to ripen in a certain way"

You didn't tell me

bombshells were playing Portland.

Sorry, Ray, I was sworn to secrecy.

Daddy, what's under there?

Baby, you are looking

at Daddy's first $1,000,000.

Now, if you ladies would have a seat...

He brought a sense of excitement

from the outside world...

...into the tiny basement apartment.

Voil!

Ladies, I present to you...

...the "Finders Keepers. "

What does it do?

This revolutionary device...

...is so simple to use,

even a child can strike it rich.

Finally, the little guy will have a chance

against the mining companies.

Valery, the market for these babies

is going to be so big...

...and so profitable...

...that we're just a technicality away

from your dream house.

My mother's one big wish

in life was modest.

She wanted out

of our one-room apartment.

She wanted a home of her own.

Any home would do.

Now...

Who would like to participate?

Hide the coin.

Anywhere you want.

Close your eyes.

We are ready.

Try going left.

No hints from the audience.

Mommy, I'm hungry.

I know.

The "Finders Keepers" went to

the same mysterious place...

...where all my father's other

revolutionary devices ended up.

My mother returned to her cigarettes

and solitaire and...

...her dream house remained

just a technicality away.

Sonya, dinner!

How do you spell "electricity"?

How do you think?

E - L...

...E-C-T...

...R-I-C-I-T-Y.

Very good.

That's very good.

You picked Benjamin Franklin?

What are you working on?

American heroes. My report for school.

I got one for you.

Charles A. Steen.

She already picked.

The Uranium King.

He's the kind of man

that makes this country great.

He strikes out on his own...

...stakes everything he's got on a piece

of land in the middle of nowhere.

He works that mine with his bare hands...

...and comes out with $50,000,000.

Dad, she already picked Benjamin Franklin.

A few years ago, he didn't know

where he'd get his next Geiger counter.

That is what is beautiful about America.

That sort of opportunity...

I'm not home.

That kind of spirit,

that's what makes this country great.

To have a dream.

No matter what the odds are

or who's against you.

Oh, Mr. Garrity.

He's not home now.

Can I have him call you back?

The rent is in the mail.

It's on the way.

That guy has nerve,

disturbing a family at dinner.

Where was I?

He didn't know where he'd get

his next Geiger counter.

Right.

Everybody on the Colorado Plateau

called him crazy.

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