The Ponies (Les poneyttes)

It's 11:15 p.m.

This is Radio Happening, the most pirate of all pirate stations.

Let's go!

Rosko has a wonderful surprise for you!

Here we go!

Tonight on Radio Happening, we love you!

ROSKO WALKS ON WATER

President Rosko never breaks a promise.

Radio Happening!

The station that loves you!

Tonight, it's Johnny Hallyday!

We'll be there in an hour.

Look out!

The moment you've all been waiting for is here.

Poupoune is going to take the mic.

She's got something to say.

My designer is rich.

Listen up, Ponies.

That's you.

You know what girls like?

We like well-dressed ponies.

We like trendy ponies.

So don't wait: go to Mayfair. You'll find it all there.

Everything.

Look out!

It's that time…

Johnny is here!

Nice of you to come on Radio Happening.

Did you get here alright?

I found it right away.

It's not like finding the Eiffel Tower.

-No, it was easy. -Did you drive fast?

Yes.

Did you take a motorcycle or a little race car?

No, just a car.

-Feeling all right? -Yes, and you?

President Rosko's always feeling great!

Not too hot? Take off that jacket.

Still the most handsome?

Most handsome, most virile, and the coolest.

President Rosko and his 15,000 listeners.

We've got big news! Johnny doesn't know it yet,

but I'm sure he's going to sign 25,000 photos tonight

with your humble servant here.

-What? -That's right.

25,000 copies!

-Bye, bye. -No, I was kidding.

4,000, and Poupoune will give you a neck rub.

-While you sign. -3,000?

3,000 it is!

Let's discuss something else:

I hear your latest record is great.

Yeah, it's not bad.

Sam's waving to me. I think he's ready now, right?

I gave it to him when I got here.

We can do something special with the record.

-Sound good? -Okay.

We're going to dedicate your record to Rosebud!

-Who? -Rosebud!

Man, you don't know Rosebud, the big race car?

-No. -That's crazy, dude!

Dear listeners, Johnny doesn't know Rosebud!

Rosebud is the horse, the snail of the race.

I'm telling you!

Plus, this magnificent horse

is sponsored by Ms. Shoura Cassidy.

Who's that again?

Shoura Cassidy,

the most Irish Russian that America ever sent our way!

But to think I pawned my Rolls

to play on her nag,

and tonight, I'm taking my bike…

Everyone bet on Rosebud today!

They'd have been better off playing Russian roulette!

A horse that thinks it's an omnibus!

It stops to let the faster ones go past!

A cow in a horse race!

-Shall we hear the new record? -Okay.

Okay, man, here we go! Johnny's latest album, go!

Hello?

I don't want him talking about me anymore.

I don't want him insulting my horse.

You're my agent.

Poor Shoura, it's not my fault that Rosebud was last by ten minutes.

You're silly, Max. Mean and silly.

I hate him!

Besides, I saw him in a magazine, and he isn't even handsome.

You let him say whatever he wants on that radio station.

Don't give him so much freedom.

You're in charge of the pirate station,

so you're responsible!

Rosebud is more

than just a horse to me.

The money doesn't matter.

Money is no memento.

But Rosebud is.

This is your fault.

You shouldn't haven't introduced him to his sister two days before.

Incest wears people out, just like with horses.

Dominique! Turn that music off!

I think we've really got it.

You bet.

AIRPORT

-Yeah? -Hello, Max.

It's Bertrand. Did I wake you up?

No, I'm up, as a matter of fact.

If I had your alarm clock,

I wouldn't feel so great.

So, what's up?

I'm going to London to deal with the Teenage Paradise folks.

We're going to try to get 3,000 pounds per song, and--

4,000 pounds!

What?

It'll cost them 4,000 pounds.

They'll never go for that! I implied--

Look, if they don't like it,

offer them the Ponies launch for ten days,

free, minus costs, of course.

I'll do my best.

I left you the papers.

Valerie will explain.

We should try to get Shoura's check tomorrow.

It's the 15th, and after Rosko's bit last night,

we should try to be on time. Yeah.

See you.

My father is Russian.

My mother is Russian.

And I'm American.

I know.

But Rosko doesn't know!

Could you turn that thing off for a moment?

I have some papers for you to sign.

That Max…

Ever since we got engaged,

he's just disappeared.

I never see him anymore.

Ten times a day,

he calls me:

"Great idea, wonderful, fantastic."

And me? I'm stupid!

And now he insults me on the radio with that Rosko!

Who is so ugly!

It's a good investment.

But I didn't get engaged to make money!

I make a lot more from my poor deceased husband's business.

I got engaged because…

Yes.

Well, that's life.

It's strange that you can't tell

masculine from feminine.

And yet you seem to be quite good with French.

Oh, don't worry, Mr. Letellier.

I know the difference quite well.

Even worse.

Here's the agreement from the Bank of Mexico.

Here, thanks.

And this is the purchase order for the stock in Malibu Electronics.

Here's a letter for the finance minister of Paraguay. Thank you.

And I need one last signature

for the transfer of the Wichita oil wells.

Why are we selling?

Because our geologists say there's no more oil.

Why are the others buying, then?

Because they have bad geologists. Thanks.

-See you soon. -Mr. Letellier…

-Ms. Cassidy? -Tell me.

Is it true that Max is doing well?

Yes, business seems to be doing well.

You'll get your check tomorrow,

and it should be for more than the previous one.

Thank you, Mr. Letellier.

He was extraordinary.

I think so, yes.

Yes.

Hello.

I've told you what we wanted.

Hello, Max.

We needed something special, but natural.

Look at this.

If I wanted a monster,

I'd have looked in the phone book.

We needed a young aristocrat,

that way we imagine her, not the way she is!

Take that off.

And these frills? Do you think we're in Sicily?

There.

There's nothing to cry about.

The wig.

The wig, you're right. This too.

Start over. Be ready by three o'clock. Okay.

You could have had a career in…

What?

-Ben-Hur's. -Very clever.

It's photography I don't like.

With this physique, this mindset,

it's like an aircraft carrier with a Vespa motor.

Find me when you're done.

HOT DRINKS

I feel great! Papers to sign?

Nothing urgent. It can wait.