Watermelon Man Page #3

(male newscaster)

...was announced that

should a request be made

for federal intervention,

army units would be

immediately made available--

i was watching.

i'm gonna have my dinner

without watching

a bunch of uppity darkies

jigging up and down

on my t.v. screen.

why are you so hateful?

i'm not hateful,

and don't start telling me

i have a personality problem.

i said no such thing.

i merely tried to point out

that there's an issue

in this country today

that has to do with

the equal rights of man.

what kind of dinner is this?

what kind of dinner

is this, huh?

eskimos chew on blubber.

there's your old

persecution complex.

whenever you're hurt, attack.

well, that's what

this is all about.

[male newscaster chattering]

(althea)

i don't want you staying up

too late, burton.

you should've done that

this afternoon.

go to sleep, dear.

maybe tomorrow morning

i'll let you watch

your father

run out of the house.

why can't he walk

like everybody else?

perhaps he's afraid

somebody will catch him.

kids at school

laugh at him.

they call me,

"son of speedy."

why does daddy

race buses, mommy?

nobody seems to know, dear.

is it like

some people save stamps?

yes, exactly.

some people save stamps,

some make model airplanes,

some drink, some smoke pot.

well, your father

races busses.

if he smoked pot,

he'd get there faster.

good night, children.

uh, our house is worth

$37,000 on the open market.

mmm, that's nice.

that's 17 percent more

than we paid for it.

mmm, you need a haircut.

oh.

are we gonna get ready

for bed early tonight?

it's wednesday.

wednesday?

mmm-hmm

it's monday.

let's pretend

it's wednesday.

[sighing]

forget it.

i'm going to bed.

you'll know where

to find me.

yes.

[panting]

how come you are not

watching the riots?

haven't started yet.

what's the movie?

i don't know.

what's the commercial?

i don't know.

keep yourself pretty

well-informed, don't you?

i think we have to

face up to something.

oh, look. don't start.

you can't stand

the sight of me.

i can so.

you can't stand to touch me.

wrong again.

there's no

passion in our life.

there's plenty of passion

in our life.

[sighing]

let's pretend

it's wednesday.

what?

look, sweetie,

i've had a hard day.

i know you're tired, but...

at least let me wake up

on your side of the bed

like we used to,

thursday mornings.

[sighing]

as soon as

janice was born,

we stopped

going to bed.

now, that's an exaggeration.

we can't afford

more than 2 children.

unless we have 6 at one time.

that way, everything's free.

and we can give them all away,

except the spotted one.

we can make love without

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