Take the Money and Run Page #2

With parole as inducement,

Virgil submits to the vaccine test.

It is a success,

except for one temporary side effect.

For several hours,

he is turned into a rabbi.

And so the reason we celebrate the

Passover holidays is by eating Matzo,

is to commemorate

the time that Moses

led the children of Israel from Egypt.

He has so many good points.

Yeah, yeah... name.

He had all sorts of

mechanical abilities.

He was artistic.

You remember the painting

he did for you on your birthday?

He's a no good atheist,

that's what he is.

I tried to teach him about God.

Would he listen? No!

Virgil leaves prison apprehensive.

But with some hope that

he can began a new life.

Instead he finds the world

difficult to cope with.

Ashamed to go home, he rents

a cheap room in a strange city.

Desperate and broke, Virgil tries

to support himself with small crimes.

Here he attempts to rob

a local pet shop.

I hope you haven't been watching me,

I'm not very good.

Uh, I was strolling down here

just now and noticed that

you were drawing something

and I'd a...

- You can look at it, if you want.

- Can I?

Though it's not very good.

Oh, I wouldn't say that.

I think that's... that's wonderful.

- I uh... uh...

- It's not very good.

Well, I think that's very good, actually.

I think you can probably make cash.

- Are you an artist?

- No, of course not. I'm not an artist.

No? Well, what do you do?

- I'm a laundress.

- Laundress?

- Laundry?

- Yeah. I wash clothes, in Maryland.

That's great!

No it isn't. I like it,

but it's not particularly interesting.

- What's your name?

- Louise. What's yours?

Virgil. Starkwell, Virgil Starkwell.

- What do you do?

- What I do? What I do?

Um... I play the cello.

- Oh! That's fantastic.

- I'm a cellist.

- It's a wonderful job.

- Are you with the Philharmonic?

- Yes I am actually.

- Oh, that's fantastic!

Yes, I'm looking for my group.

Quite a good group, yeah.

I dress like this 'cuz I'm just walking.

- Do you kind of want to go for a walk?

- O.K.

I, uh... I knew I was in love,

but... first of all I was nauseous.

You know, I've never met

such a pretty girl.

I guess I'm sensitive.

Because, you know real beauty

makes me want to gag.

Plus, I don't know how to act with girls.

I'm nervous, shy with woman.

I have a tendency to dribble.

Uh, you know the only girl I've ever

known was a girl in my neighborhood.

But she wasn't an attractive girl.

I used to make obscene

phone calls to her collect.

She'd accept charges all the time,

but nothing ever happened.

But here I'm lying through my teeth

and I can't tell Louise

that I was in jail and I rob and steal

and never did an honest day's work

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