Phenomenon

Attila? Where are you, boy? Did you get that rabbit? Did you?

I'll bet you did. My mighty hunter. You vicious killer. That's my dog.

That's my beast! Come on, give me a kiss.

Wait a minute. Wait a damn minute.

Attila? And you call yourself security?

Don't change the subject.

Hey, George.

You gonna just stand there or are you gonna help me with these boxes?

Now what have you got me carrying?

Got a deal on solar panels and batteries.

Well, I told you I wasn't doing anymore improvements on the house.

- I'm selling this place someday. - Yeah, right.

But I see you improved the garden anyway.

Yeah, and that goddamn rabbit still got in there.

I told you he went under your fence, George.

- He did not. - He did, too!

I put that fence a foot and a half underneath the ground.

Well, it's a mystery, George.

Anyway, this solar outfit, it's going to save you money and it's free.

- So happy birthday. - Thanks, Nate. Thank you.

- Who's gonna put it together? - Not me.

It comes with a manual in three different languages.

Forget it. Look, if it's a car I can fix it.

If it's in the garden I probably can grow it.

But this is way out of my neighborhood.

Hey, are you bringing a date tonight?

No. You?

Well, I'm thinking of asking somebody.

When? Today? You don't give them much notice, do you?

Well, you even ask anybody?

I always ask Diana Ross, but she never says yes to me.

(COME SEE ABOUT ME PLAYING ON RADIO)

- See you. - See you later.

Hey, Bill!

Hey, George. George, I forgot to tell you, man.

Hold on, hold on.

Doctor called.

Banes, will you let me figure it out?

At 10:00. At 10:00. At 10:00.

- He wants you to look at his window. - Man!

How're you doing, Lace? You look great.

- Yeah. How are the chairs selling? - I got one left. I need four more.

Wow. It's going a lot better than I expected.

Yeah, well, you know, people sit down a lot around here.

Yeah.

- Here, I can get these. - No, I got it, thanks.

Well, I'll help you.

Hey, Lace, there's a party tonight at the Elkhorn Bar...

Why do they call it that? There's no elk around here.

I don't know. They just always called it the Elkhorn.

Why? They got some poor elk's horn hanging over the bar?

I don't think so.

Anyway, it's my birthday today, and there's a party tonight at the Elkhorn.

- I said that, didn't I? - Yeah.

- George! - I gotta look up here at 10:00.

- Why? - Well, that's Doc Brunder's office.

- Have you met him yet? - No. What does he want?

I don't know.

So, hey, you think you could come to the party tonight?

No, I don't like to leave my kids home alone at night.

- I know a good babysitter. - I just live really far...

Tito's wife. You know Tito. Tito? Tito!

- Hey, George. - Hey, that's nice.

Oh, God.

- So that's the doctor? - Yep, that's the doctor.

- Would you please come tonight? - No, not tonight.

- Is it me? - No, it's not you.

Well, then I'll keep asking.

Man, I would love to get my hands on your carburetor.

I bet you would.

- You say, "She sock it to you." - Yeah, get back to work, guys.

Hey, Nate. Nate.

It's a scandal, you and Diana Ross. I told the press.

- Oh, man. - Yup.

She'd be so happy on my farm. No stress.

- It's true. - No media, no press.

- Nothing. - Just heaven.

Hey, you're not supposed to be buying drinks tonight.

- Jimmy! - Yo!

George doesn't buy drinks tonight. It's his birthday.

- Hey, Doc! Hey, you made it! - For you.

Hey, hi!

How's everybody? - Hey.

Still breathing in and out?

Hey, Doc, you gotta try this. You got to try that cake.

- What? - Tito's wife made it. It is macho bueno.

- Macho. - As usual.

Doc. Thank you.

- Hey, Jimmy! - You're welcome.

You're learning the moves, George,

but you've never played amidst turmoil and confusion.

So, here we go.

I wish we could go back to checkers. Maybe I could win.

No, no, no. You have potential, George.

I always said George Malley has something extra to offer this world.

I said that the day I circumcised you.

- He says that every birthday. - It was a bad joke, I know.

You know you ruined my chance of romance today

- with that obscene stunt in the window. - It was an outrage.

- It was a disgrace! - It was a criminal act.

Okay, there was a beautiful girl who walked right away from me.

- It was so embarrassing. - George, you talking about the one

- with the chairs? - Yeah.

- They are not all that comfortable. - Well, I think they're perfect.

- But you gotta learn how to sit in them. - Here you go.

On the house, everybody. Happy birthday!

Jimmy. Jimmy, there's no smoking section in heaven, you know.

Come on. Don't start, Doc, don't start.

- Pass those out. Here pass them out. - Georgie, happy cumpleaños, amigo.

Happy cumpleaños.

Hey, buddy, cheers.

- Happy birthday. - We love you, man.

- You all set? - Yeah.

This is great.

This is great.

Tito, wait, wait, wait. Tito!

Thanks for coming to my party, man.

- Happy birthday, kid. - Yeah, happy birthday.

Yup, happy birthday.

Thirty-seven. Thirty-seven.

Anybody see that? That light?

- What kind of light? - You know, there was a noise.

- Did you hear it? - No.

Could we finish the game, George?

Man, it was like an explosion, and there was a flash.

- Like a plane? - No, it was bigger than that.

I mean it was farther away.

You mean like a star, George?

- Man, it knocked me off my feet. You fell?

Yeah, I fell! I was hit right...

- The man's inebriated. - I warned you.

- I am not drunk, Nate. - I'm taking your queen, George.

- Now pay attention. - Isn't that checkmate?

- That's checkmate, isn't it? - You mean he beat you?

You let him win, Doc? Birthday present?

I didn't let him win anything.

You're a little pissed off about that, aren't you?

- Play another one? - You can get your revenge on me

- tomorrow, all right? - Yeah.

- You feeling okay? - Yeah.

- Can you drive, George? - Yeah, I'm all right.

- Hey, thanks, everybody. - Happy birthday, buddy.

- Happy birthday, George. - That was a good party.

I can't sleep.

That's it!

- What? - I figured it out.

Jesus, George, what are you doing calling me? It's late.

I thought that farmers got up when it was still dark.

That's if you have cows. I don't have any cows, George.

Now, look, there's only one explanation for that rabbit.

- What? - You see, when I built that fence

higher and deeper, he was already in there.

See, he was hiding. I fenced him in.

There's only one thing I can do now,

- just let him out. - Good night, George. Good night.

Here's Roger.

George, can I have my Bronco back?

I don't have any cash right now, but I need my car.

Well, I need some solar panels installed on my roof.

I don't know anything about solar.

Well, Charlie Shipper does, and he needs a well dug on his property.

You help him dig the well, he'll help me with the panels, and I'll fix your car.

- Deal? - Yeah, deal!

I'll call Charlie.

- Hi. I just called about fixing my brakes. - Yeah, yeah. Be right with you.

Tito.

- Come on. - Tito,

he speaks Spanish better than I do now.

Yeah, better than me, too.

Right. Where's the owner and operator of this vehicle?

- You a cop? - Our mom's in the store.

Mmm-hmm.

- You got the brake on, sport? - His name's AI.

- And what's your name? - Glory.

Well, I'm George.

- Pop the hood, AI. - Why?

- You know how to start this thing? - Duh.

Emergency road service, ma'am.

Your truck can't breathe, and your idle's too fast.

Sorry. Gotta go.

Where? You're not leaving town, are you?

No, just San Francisco for the day.

I used to live there. Ask me directions on where you're going.

As a matter of fact, ask me anything at all.

You could even ask me to come along. I'd show you the sights, the hazards.

- What do you think? - I think your idle's too fast.

San Francisco?

- But you were born here, right? - How'd you know I was born here?

Just now in the store someone said, "I've known George Malley all my life,

"and if he said he saw a UFO, he saw one."