The Snake and Mongoose Chronicles: Episode 1 Page #5

Tom is always coming up

with a way to make some money.

Maybe it's time

that we heard him out,

took him seriously for a change.

He changed his name

to Mongoose, for Christ's sakes.

I mean, I don't know.

You're part of this

whether you like it or not,

so we might as well see

if we can make some money with it.

Mongoose and Snake.

Don, it's pretty catchy.

If it's that important to you,

I'll track him down

and see what he's got cooking.

That's all I'm asking.

You start showboating

on me, I swear...

Okay.

Will you just stop

being a grumpy old man?

Give me a kiss.

- Can I have a bite of that?

- No.

I'll get you another one.

What is it you always say, Ed?

Leave first, don't redline,

don't freewheel,

don't cross over the center line,

and don't lift.

- Damn straight.

- My point exactly.

All right.

Rack 'em up, Mike.

Got to read the starter, man.

He'll have certain gestures, tics,

preferences in the way

he moves that'll give it away,

and then he wraps it up,

puts a bow on it,

and hands me a single

1/100 of a second.

I swear, every time I race

that track, it's my birthday.

- Hey there, Donny.

- Hey, Donny.

- Fellas.

- Well, well, well.

Don Prudhomme.

To what do we owe this great honor?

Talk to you a second?

I'm sorry.

I couldn't really hear you.

Did you say that the Snake

wanted to talk to me?

Forget it. Enjoy your game.

No, no. Come on.

Now don't be a baby.

Come on.

Guys, can you give me a moment

with the Snake, please?

- Sure. Nice going, Mike.

- You got it.

Well, you were right, Torn.

I usually am.

What about this time?

Even when I win, I lose.

That's true.

So...

...how are we going to make

some serious money at this?

Serious money?

Truth is we could race

up and down the country

till we're blue in the face,

thousands of fans

swamping the track,

but until we get a piece

of the gate receipts...

well, we might as well be playing

to an empty house.

I mean, you're making

a living, right?

You know damn well 500 bucks

a month ain't a living, Tom.

Just me out there.

I don't have Mommy to help me out.

Oh, hey, now, we all got to use

what we got, Donny.

Is there any money

in this Snake-and-Mongoose thing

you keep talking about?

Well, you got to work together

with me on that, Donny.

I mean, that takes time and effort

on and off the track

to make an idea like that go.

Well, you see, the truth is

fast food makes more money

than fast cars.

What the hell does that mean?

You been talking in riddles

the whole time?

Without the burger, you wouldn't

need the arches, right?

But without the arches,

it'd just be another hamburger.

So I'm the hamburger

and you're the arches.

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