The 'Burbs Page #5

- [Shouts]

- [Screams]

- [Both Laughing]

- Jump a little higher, Spud Webb.

- Oh, slam dunk!

- Sorry, Mr Peterson. It was a mistake.

- Well, it wasn't a mistake.

- Don't apologize.

- I'm goin' home.

- Oh, come on.

- Don't be a weenie. It was a joke!

- I'm sorry, Mr Peterson.

I'm gonna go do something productive.

I'm gonna go watch television.

[Alex Trebek] The answer is:

- What is Lincoln's birthday.

- [Trebek] Addley?

- [Addley] What is Memorial Day?

- Memorial Day is it. Select.

They combined Lincoln's birthday with

Washington's. It's one weekend now.

- It's always flip-flopping.

- It's one weekend now.

"Remain calm, float with arms stretched

out at right angles to the body..."

That's what you used to

say to me in college, right?

- [Girl] What about your parents?

- They're not home 'til Thursday.

[Laughs]

Gail, I swear to God, this is

better than anything on television.

- Why can't we go to a movie?

- "A movie"?

That's not real. It's

the same as television.

Trust me. This is real.

This is my neighbourhood.

[Ricky] Here he comes,

right on schedule.

[Chuckling] God, I love this street.

Ray.

- What?

- Who was Mussolini?

- [Art Tapping]

- "How sweet it is" was, uh...

- [Trebek] Right again.

- Business and Industry for 200.

[Trebek] In the McDonald's

corporate think tank, executives...

- Art, we're watching the show.

- What does he want?

I don't know. But I'll be back

in time for Final Jeopardy.

[Contestant] Nebraskans

for 1,000, please.

[Ricky] Okay, the show's

started. Check it out.

You see the guy with the

curly hair? That's Mr Peterson.

He's this sceptic. He's

basically grounded in reality...

and he doesn't want to believe his

neighbours are up to something strange.

'Cause if they were,

he'd have to deal with it.

Okay, now see the fat

guy? That's Mr Weingartner.

He thinks the Klopeks are really evil...

and that they're building

a dungeon in their basement.

He and Mr Rumsfield decided to

do a little snooping tonight.

This should be good.

[Rumsfield] Shh, shh, shh.

- What is this?

- It's an infrared scope.

Snipers use it for night vision.

What are we gonna do with it?

Get a look in those barred

- up basement windows.

[Whispers] Come here.

I've been thinking about it. I don't

think we should go through with this.

Are you a 'fraidy cat?

No, I just think things

have gone off the deep end.

Infrared night vision scopes? What

are we gonna do next, tap their phone?

- That can be arranged.

- [Art Chuckles]

Then all we have to do is burn

a cross on their front lawn.

Shh.

- Quiet.

- You hear that?

- I thought that was just me.

- [Humming]

- It's a low-frequency hum or

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