Mr. Mom

Honey, wake up.

You sleep okay? - Oh, me?

Never better, like a log.

Good, 'cause your shower's ready.

Oh, thanks.

Morning.

Morning, Alex.

Morning, hi, mommy.

Did you sleep good?

Mm-hmm, I'll wake Kenny.

Okay, but don't touch his woobie.

It's gonna be

a beautiful day in Detroit today.

Weatherman says we're going to have sunny skies.

Now I'll tell you what,

there's a lot of traffic out there.

A lot of beautiful cars, though.

We want you to roll up the window,

lean back and enjoy all the good sounds

that we're gonna be playing for you this morning.

Of course you know I always play your favorites.

Alex, don't, no!

Ah, damn it!

Morning, baby!

Hi, sweetie, how are you?

How did you sleep?

Hmm, should we go get daddy?

Shall we, oops!

There you are.

Morning, good morning.

Morning, campers.

How's everybody today?

Hiya, Megan.

Great, trucks.

What are we watching here, Kenny?

Robots, thank you.

Thanks, babe.

Okay, here's the joke of the day.

What's green and rides through the west?

The Lone Pickle.

Okay, they're onto me, hon.

We're all onto you, honey.

That's them, I gotta go.

Okay, baby, bye.

Thanks, don't change a thing.

Leave that face exactly like that, all right?

I don't want it washed by the time

I come home, 'cause it looks great.

Call me later!

(sighs) Oh, man, what's the record

for the least amount of sleep ever?

I think Lindbergh has it.

- Yeah, well, I think I beat him last night.

You heard anything, Jinx?

If I did, wouldn't I tell you guys?

Not necessarily.

That's right.

You didn't tell Lou until

after he chipped in for gas money.

Hey, fellas, I'm telling you.

It's as simple as this.

If you can't sell cars, you can't pay people.

Now, come on, come on, relax.

I like splitting gas money four ways.

HEY-

Hey, Butler.

How you doin', gents?

Havin' a good time?

I love it.

You know, I love comin' down here,

watchin' something go from the drawing board

to the assembly line.

It's a treat.

Yeah, it's thrilling for us too.

Yeah, real thrilling.

What's the matter, boys?

You look depressed.

You worried about the Lions?

They're slow starters, don't worry, it's pre-season.

Hey, we ain't worried about the Lions!

What we're worried about is the lines.

Amen.

Lines?

Yeah, unemployment lines, welfare lines,

food lines, you know, those lines?

Lines, lines.

Yeah.

Me and my wife went to the movies the other night.

We saw Rocky.

And I'm watching this movie and I'm thinking

there's something about this movie that reminds me

of the situation at work, you know?

Which Rocky was it?

One or two or three?

Uh, one, I think.

I don't know.

Who was he fightin'?

Hey, did he have a mohawk?

Like Mr. T?

I don't know, I don't remember.

The point is, here's a guy who's taking

a pretty bad beating, you know?

He's up against the ropes, his eye's cut--

Was his manager dead or alive?

- Yeah. - All right, forget Rocky.

Forget I brought it up, get it outta your head.

The point is, when you're down, you're not necessarily out.

You know, I mean, you gotta hang tough.

I don't know.

- Jack Butler, report to the staff office.

I gotta go, guys, see you later.

Well, hang tough, baby.

Yeah, be Rocky!

They're gonna knock him out, baby.

Think so?

He didn't see Rocky.

Larry!

Larry!

Are you crazy?

What'd you do that for?

- Why didn't you tell me this morning I was being canned?

- I couldn't say anything until it was official!

Wait a minute!

Wait a minute, guys, wait.

Oh, Jinx.

You did it, didn't you?

You fired these guys after all they've contributed.

- Jack. - Aw, don't "Jack" me.

After the support!

Jack.

- Aw, man, after the devotion they gave you.

You're fired too.

Now you fire me.

I'm fired?

You son of a bitch!

I'll kill ya!

You're not fired.

Technically furloughed.

Why don't you give me a break!

I'm telling you, there's blood all over my slide rule!

None of it's yours, Jinx.

Come on, come on.

Something's gonna turn up.

You guys are terrific engineers.

You're too damn good not to catch on somewhere.

Where am I gonna catch on, Jake?

Where we gonna catch on?

Nagasaki?

The Ruhr Valley?

- You're not exactly walking out of here empty-handed.

You've got your full severance.

You got your profit sharing.

Here.

Guess what.

A surprise.

Full pro rata refund for this month's gas.

Great.

There's only one more thing I want.

- What's that? - Disability!

Oh, no!

No, oh, no!

' No! ' Larry!

Larry!

Come on!

- Keep that sense of humor, buddy, it's critical.

' Hey, Jinx!

Oh, no!

Hold it!

Larry!

Get the Valium.

fl Plop, plop, fizz, fizz oh, what a relief it is

Jack, keep in touch.

I will, Larry.

You all right? - Oh, yeah.

Okay, 'cause remember what Jinx said.

Keep that sense of humor.

It's critical. - It's critical.

Love you, Jack!

Alex, Kenny, come on.

Hurry UP!

That's good, step to.

Hup, two, three, four, that's it.

Nice, boys.

You look real nice.

Does daddy know he got fired yet?

Yes, he knows but we're not gonna

mention it to him, are we, honey?

We want daddy to feel good, don't we?

You hear that?

He's coming now.

Everybody smile real big.

Hi, dad!

HEY-

Hi.

BOY, you guys look nice.

What, do you all have dates or something?

We heard you got fired.

Laid off.

Just laid off, honey, remember?

Technically, furloughed, sport.