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written, directed and produced by John Waters, starring Divine and Tab Hunter

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[Dr. Arnold Quackenshaw, Prominent Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist] [German Accent] Hello, moviegoers.
I am Dr. Arnold Quackenshaw.
I'm here to explain to you ...
the wondrous screen gimmick, Odorama.
Odorama will enable you, the viewer ...
to actually smell, right from your movie seat ...
some of life's most fragrant odors.
The producers of this film ...
have unselfishly spent untold millions of dollars ...
to develop this startling process.
And I have been locked away for many years ...
in the laboratory ...
experimenting with this mind-boggling project.
I would like to share with you some of my research.

All right, first of all ...
this ... is the nose.
The most prominent part of the human face.
It bears the nostrils und covers the nasal passages.
We all have one, this nose, call it what you will --
sneezer, schnoz, beak, smeller, snout, schnoot --
it all means the same thing.
Through this nose ...
comes some of life's most rewarding sensations ...
und we plan to share with you ...
some of the most beautiful odors known to mankind.
Unfortunately, this same nose ...
is also responsible for bringing us some odors ...
that are rather repulsive.
We have not shied away from this distressing fact.
You will experience some odors that may shock you ...
but the producers of this film ...
believe that today's audiences are mature enough ...
to accept the fact that some things in life ...
just plain stink.

All right, now, this is the product ...
of our endless experimentation ...
the Odorama card.
The card is actually quite simple to operate.
Just listen carefully und follow my instructions.
When a number appears on the screen ...
1
that is your signal to scratch and to sniff ...
the same number on your Odorama card.
Use anything you want to scratch it.
Use a key, a coin. Use your fingernail.
Number one ...
Now, sniff it, number one.
You get it? You smell it?
It works. By God, it actually works!
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Odorama.

ROBERT SHAYE and MICHAEL WHITE present

A JOHN WATERS FILM
See the houses ...

Polyester
Look at the trees ...

Starring Divine
Swaying, in the cool breeze ...

Tab Hunter
Oh what a lovely street ...

It's a dead end.

Here, why don't you come on in?

French Provincial ...

They do their best ...

With EDITH MASSEY, DAVID SAMSON, MARY GARLINGTON, KEN KING, MINK STOLE, JONI RUTH WHITE, HANS KRAMM
to stay neutral ...

and STIV BATORS as Bo-Bo
expressionless ...

Come on upstairs ...

Meet your Polyester Queen ...

Art Director VINCENT PERANIO
Francine ...

Francine ...

Costumes and Makeup VAN SMITH

Francine ....

Editor CHARLES ROGGERO

Assistant Director, Casting PAT MORAN
You know about abundant women ...

Line Producer, Production Manager ROBERT MAIER

Music CHRIS STEIN
Well, this girl only aims to please ...

Music MICHAEL KAMEN
Outside, there's a load of noisy neighbors ...

Upstairs there's a Polyester's Squeeze ...

"POLYESTER", Lyrics DEBORAH HARRY, Sung by TAB HUNTER
Polyester ...

Director of Photography DAVID INSLEY

this is your life Francine ...

Smell the fragrant perfumed me ...

Associate Producer SARA RISHER

Darling, in my dreams ...

You're the Polyester Queen ...

Francine ...

You're the Polyester Queen ...

Executive Producer ROBERT SHAYE

Francine ...

You're the Polyester Francine.

Francine ...

You're the Polyester Queen.

Francine ...

Produced, Written & Directed by John Waters

You're the Polyester Francine.

Francine ...

Poor Francine.

***

[Neighbors] Down with smut! Down with smut!

[Boy] The porno king!

[Man] Smut king! You bought this house with the profits of porno!

[Woman] Children are going to hell because of your theater.
What have you got to say to him?

[Elmer Fishpaw] Children under 12, $1.50.

[Boy] Please show "Benji"! Please show G-rated movies!

[Woman] Garbage and filth!

[Francine Fishpaw] Elmer, thank God you're home.

[Elmer Fishpaw] Get off of me! Why haven't you notified the press?
Think of the publicity!
The theater will be packed tomorrow night.

[Francine Fishpaw] Please don't call the press. It's bad enough already.
All the neighborhood women spit at me in the shopping mall.

[Elmer Fishpaw] You wouldn't be in the mall if it wasn't for my theater.
Hello? Channel 12 News?
This is Elmer Fishpaw, 538 Wyman Way.
I'm the owner of the Charles Art Theater.

[Francine Fishpaw] Elmer, please, please hang up.

[Elmer Fishpaw] I thought you might want to send a mini-cam crew to my home.

[Francine Fishpaw] Mini-cam?! Elmer, please!

[Elmer Fishpaw] The Citizens for Decent Films ...
are violent demonstrating on my front lawn.

[Neighbors] Filth!

[Francine Fishpaw] Elmer, there are more of them out there.
I'll never be able to show my face in church again!
I'll be excommunicated because of you!

[Elmer Fishpaw] Stop that yammering and fix me a drink.

[Man] What do we love?

[Neighbors] Decency!

[Man] What do we hate?

[Neighbors] Filth!
Down with smut!

[Elmer Fishpaw] Here, Bonkers.
Here's little Bonkers.
Bonkers is Daddy's little baby.
Bonkers knows who's boss in this house.
Give me a little kiss, Bonkers.
That a little doggie. Little doggie!
You are so cute, Bonkers.

[Francine Fishpaw] Elmer, that dog stinks to high heaven.
You'll be permeated by his odor.

[Elmer Fishpaw] Well, this whole world stinks, so get used to it.
You and that big nose of yours ...
are starting to get on my nerves.
Snorting around the place like a goddamn anteater.
I've about had it with you. Give me that drink!

[Francine Fishpaw] Yes, dear.

[Elmer Fishpaw] Hurry up!

[Man] What do we hate?

[Neighbors] Filth!

[Francine Fishpaw] Lu-Lu, dinner's ready!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I'll be down in a minute.

[Francine Fishpaw] Dexter, honey, dinner's on the table.

[Dexter Fishpaw] [Moaning] [Looking at pictures of shoes]

[Francine Fishpaw] Elmer, dinner's served.

[Elmer Fishpaw] I'm in here waiting for it!

[Francine Fishpaw] Elmer, let's try and have a pleasant family dinner.
Let's be kind to the other members of the family.

[Elmer Fishpaw] I'll try, Francine, but don't go riling me up.
Choose your words with care, and I won't get riled.

[Francine Fishpaw] Yes, dear.
Lu-Lu, your hair looks so pretty.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I know.

[Francine Fishpaw] Dexter, did you do your homework, honey?

[Dexter Fishpaw] Sure, sure.

[Francine Fishpaw] Can we say grace? Can we at least do that?

[All] Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts ...
which we are about to receive from Thy bounty ...
through Christ our Lord. Amen.

[Doorbell rings]

[Francine Fishpaw] Don't answer it!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] It's a TV crew!

[Elmer Fishpaw] I'll handle that. You all stay here.

[Jerry Haller, Channel 12 News] Mr. Fishpaw, would you step out, please?

[Elmer Fishpaw] Why, certainly.

[Picketers signs read: WOMEN AGAINST PORNOGRAPHY; WE HATE FILTH
MOVIES SHOULD BE FOR FAMILIES]

[Jerry Haller, Channel 12 News] Mr. Fishpaw, I'm Jerry Haller from Channel 12 News.
I was wondering, could you make a comment ...
on this demonstration against your X-rated movie theater?

[Elmer Fishpaw] I'll show any movie I wanna show.
This is a free country, isn't it?
Our current attraction is "My Burning Bush."
We have shows daily at 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, and 10:00! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

[Francine Fishpaw] Leave us alone! Please, leave us alone!
My family hasn't done anything to you.

[Neighbors] Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

[Francine Fishpaw] I'm a good Christian woman!

[Neighbors] Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo!

[Sign reads: NEIGHBORS GET OUT!!]

[Neighbors] Two-four-six-eight!

[CREEPY WEIRD MUSIC][Dexter Fishpaw sniffing household chemicals]

[Elmer Fishpaw] All that free publicity.
I can't wait to see the 11:00 news.

[Freddy Ashton] Excuse me? Excuse me?

[Elmer Fishpaw] What the hell?

[Freddy Ashton] Excuse me, my name's Freddy Ashton.
I'm sorry if I caught you at a bad time.
I have a date with your daughter, Lu-Lu.

[Francine Fishpaw] She didn't say anything to me about a date.
It is a school night.

[Freddy Ashton] Yes, ma'am, I know.
We're going to work on our term papers at the library.

[Elmer Fishpaw] You take care of this, Francine.
I'm gonna fix myself a big drink and get into bed.
I've got a big day counting money tomorrow.

[Freddy Ashton] Nice meeting you, Mr. Fishpaw.
Have a nice night!
I think it's disgraceful the way your neighbors act.

[Francine Fishpaw] Very kind of you to say so, Freddy.
Won't you sit down?

[Freddy Ashton] Thank you.

[Francine Fishpaw] I didn't get your last name?

[Freddy Ashton] Ashton.

[Francine Fishpaw] You're not by any chance a friend of Bo-Bo Belsinger's?
You see, Lu-Lu's forbidden to see him.

[Freddy Ashton] Oh, no, ma'am.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Hi, Freddy.

[Francine Fishpaw] Where did you get that outfit?

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I borrowed it. Do you like it?

[Francine Fishpaw] That's a new garment, Lu-Lu.
I can smell it.
Have you been shoplifting again?

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I bought it with money I saved.

[Francine Fishpaw] What money? You don't have a job.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Boys at school give me money.

[Francine Fishpaw] For what?

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] For dancing at lunch period!

[Francine Fishpaw] You dance lewdly for the boys at lunch period?

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] For a quarter I will.

[Francine Fishpaw] Stop that dancing!

[Freddy Ashton] Don't be upset, Mrs. Fishpaw.
Puberty brings on strange behavior in adolescents.
I'll take good care of her. Have a nice night.

[Sign on the front lawn reads: the fishpaw's]

[Francine Fishpaw] Good-bye, children.
Don't be late, it's a school night.
Freddy, drive carefully.
Lu-Lu, you have fifteen cents to call home --

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I sure do!

[Francine Fishpaw] Well, be a good girl. Bye!

[Freddy Fishpaw] Lu-Lu, you look so nice tonight.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Freddy, you're so polite.

[Freddy Fishpaw] We're gonna have such fun.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] OK, bird-brain, it's gonna cost you ten bucks.
Pull down by the golf course.

[Freddy Ashton] Lu-Lu, don't try to shock me, 'cause it's not gonna work.
We're going to the library to study.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Too cheap? Come on, get this junker moving!

[Freddy Ashton] Lu-Lu, stay on your side!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Give it some gas!
See you later, chump.
Bo-Bo!

[Freddy Ashton] Lu-Lu, we'd better be getting to the library.

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] You ain't going anywhere with this little lady, faggot!

[Freddy Ashton] I believe I had a date with her, Bo-Bo.

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] Get lost, moron!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] See you later, Freddy!

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] Go on! Get out of here!

[Bo-Bo's Friend] Yeah, shake it all! Come on, get down!
Hot damn, yeah!

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] Shake it, Lu-Lu!

[Bo-Bo's Friend] Let's go! Let's go!

[Bo'Bo's Friend] Come on, yeah.

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] Come on, girl.
Look what I got.

[Bo-Bo's Friend] All right!

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] Let's go downtown and play some pool!

[Bo-Bo swatting the butts of an Orthodox Jew, a Chinese lady, and a black lady]

GOLDEN STAR CHINESE AMERICAN RESTAURANT

PURPLE BONE, FASHIONS FOR JUNIORS

[Black Sister] White honky!
You crazy cracker!
What's wrong with these children of today?
Don't he know he just hit one of the sisters of the church?
I'm sick and tired of what these children are doing --

[Busdriver] Police!

[Bus Passengers Yelling and Cursing]

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] I don't know what's happening!
Let's get out of here!

[Bo-Bo's Friend] Help! 

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] I didn't do nothing!

***

[Dexter Fishpaw] Don't stop.

***

[TV Reporter] Baltimore Police today reported ...
they had no suspects in the Baltimore Foot-Stomper Case.
Described as a thin, white teenage male ...
the stomper struck twice this week ...
seriously injuring the feet of two Baltimore women.

[Elmer Fishpaw] Come on! Where's my footage?

[TV Reporter] Miss Betty Lazinski ...
a waitress at the White Coffee Pot Restaurant ...
was released from the hospital today ...
and talked with Channel 12 News.

[Betty Lazinski] Some people think this is funny ...
but I have three broken toes to show for it.

[TV Reporter] Did the stomper say anything?

[Elmer Fishpaw] Come on! Come on! Where's my footage?!

[Betty Lazinski] He didn't say nothing. He just stomped on my foot!

[TV Reporter] In other news ...

[Elmer Fishpaw] Shut up! Here it is.

[TV Reporter] ... picketed the home of Mr. Elmer Fishpaw today.
Mr. Fishpaw is the owner of the Charles Art Theater ...
a local X-rated movie house.

[Neighbors] Two-four-six-eight, X-rated movies we all hate!
One-three-five-nine, G-rated movies are mighty fine!

[TV Reporter] The pickets, led by Mrs. Jeanette Smise of Townsend ...
feel he should change the theater's policy ...
by showing only G-rated family movies.

[Jeannette Smise] His theater caters to sex offenders.

[TV Reporter] We visited the Charles Art Theater today ...
but were unable to find a ticket buyer ...
willing to be interviewed on camera.

[Reporter] Sir, would you like to comment on the movie you've just seen?
Excuse me, sir. Pardon me. Would you like to comment on the movie?
Excuse me, sir. Pardon me, sir, would --
Pardon me, sir, would you like to comment on the movie?

[TV Reporter] Mr. Fishpaw, when contacted by Channel 12 News ...

[Elmer Fishpaw] Here I am!

[TV Reporter] ... responded to the protesters.

[Elmer Fishpaw] I think that my theater helps stop rape.

[TV Reporter] Mrs. Fishpaw, however, refused to talk with reporters.

[Francine Fishpaw] I've never been so humiliated.

[TV Reporter] In other news ...
a member of the Charles Manson Family escaped today ...
from the California Institute for Women ...
at Frontera, California.

[Elmer Fishpaw] That's all?!

[TV Reporter] She was identified as --

[Elmer Fishpaw] They didn't even give the showtime.

[Francine Fishpaw] I have never been so embarrassed.

[Elmer Fishpaw] Yellow journalism, that's what it is.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, God. It's not fair.

[Elmer Fishpaw] What the hell are you doing?

[Francine Fishpaw] Saying my prayers, Elmer.
Asking God to forgive you for showing dirty movies.

[Elmer Fishpaw] I don't believe this.
I got a goddamn nun for a wife.
I'm not in the mood.

2

[Elmer Fishpaw farts]

[Elmer Fishpaw] Oh, Sandra.
Oh, Sandra! Easy, San --
Easy, Sandra!

[Francine Fishpaw] Sandra? The White Tables Motel?!
[Sobbing]

[Alarm goes off]

[Elmer Fishpaw] Get up, Francine, you big oaf! I want some breakfast.

[Francine Fishpaw] What time is it?

[Elmer Fishpaw] Time to get that fat ass out of bed. That's what time it is.
I guess I'll have to fix my own cereal!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] You pig!

[Dexter Fishpaw] You're the pig!

[Elmer Fishpaw] Sit up straight.
Why don't you let that hair grow, boy?
You look like a fruit with that short hair.

[Dexter Fishpaw] Why don't you drop dead?

[Elmer Fishpaw] You're just asking for it.
How's my baby doing in school?

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I learned all about my cervix in sex education class yesterday.
I gotta go.

[Dexter Fishpaw] Me, too.

[Francine Fishpaw] Good morning, darling.
I don't know why I slept so late.

[Elmer Fishpaw] Yeah, yeah, yeah. See you later.
I got a busy day.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, Elmer!

***

[La Rue] Francine! Francine!

[Francine Fishpaw] I'm in the little girl's room, Mother.

[La Rue] Can't you do that later?
I don't have all day, you know.
I'm missing valuable shopping time.

[Francine Fishpaw] Mother, please, I'll be out in a second.

[La Rue] I don't know why you bother.
You've always retained your fluids.

[Francine Fishpaw] Hello, Mother.

[La Rue] Good Lord, Francine.
You've put on another twenty pounds!

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Au revoir, Heintz.

[Heintz] Should I go to the Laundromat now, Madame, or wait for you?

[Cuddles Kovinsky] You can go now, Heintz. I'll ... if I need you.

[Heintz] As you wish, Madame.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, it's Cuddles.

[La Rue] Good Lord, Francine.
Don't you know it's bad luck ...
to let retarded people in your home?
Call me a cab, this instant.

[Francine Fishpaw] But, Mother, she's my best friend.

[La Rue] Your best friend?!
She was your cleaning lady, Francine.
Are you that unpopular ...
that you seek out the social company of your maid?

[Francine Fishpaw] But she's not a maid anymore, Mother.
She inherited a great deal of money ...
from a family she used to work for.

[La Rue] Money or not -- The injustice of it all!
She was a scrub woman!
Give her car fare, a ham at Easter ...
but for God's sakes, don't hang around with her!
Are you going to call me a cab, or do I have to walk?

[Francine Fishpaw] Yes, Mother.

[La Rue] Good God.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Hi, Francine.

[Francine Fishpaw] Hi, Cuddles.
You remember my mother, La Rue?

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Enchante.

[La Rue] Well, well, well. Off work so early?
Scrubbed out any interesting toilets lately?

[Francine Fishpaw] Mother, please.

[La Rue] Thank God, my cab.

***

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, Cuddles, I'm so glad you're here.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Francine, I'm in a heavenly mood today.
I just got my second installment of my inheritance.
Let's celebrate.

[Francine Fishpaw] That calls for a big lunch.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Yummy, yummy, yummy!
This house is just like "Architectural Digest."

[Francine Fishpaw] Thank you, Cuddles.
Cuddles, I've been so depressed lately.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Well, you should get out more.
Bachelor cotillions, parties, country clubs.
I've been on top of the world lately ...
with my debutante party coming up.

[Francine Fishpaw] Cuddles, you're too old to be a debutante.
Just because you've inherited a lot of money ...
doesn't mean that you're suddenly socially prominent.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] I've already rented the hall, Francine.
November the 10th.
It will be a beautiful affair.
Every little detail will be perfect.

[Francine Fishpaw] I wish I could be more like you, Cuddles.
Always optimistic.
I look into my future and all I see is a long, dark highway ...
filled with endless toll booths and no exits.
I'll be quite blunt with you, Cuddles.
I think my marriage is on the rocks.

[Telephone Rings]

[Francine Fishpaw] Hello.

[Sandra Sullivan] Hello, Mrs. Fishpaw?
This is Sandra Sullivan, your husband's secretary.
Elmer asked me to call you and let you know ...
that he won't be coming home tonight.
He's been called out of town on business.

[Francine Fishpaw] I see. I see. Thank you.
[Sobbing] Oh, ho, ho, ho.

[Sandra Sullivan] She fell for it.
Oh, God, what she must look like.

[Elmer Fishpaw] Want to see a picture of her?

[Sandra Sullivan] Oh, God, yes.
This I got to see.

[Elmer Fishpaw] The bitter truth.

[Sandra Sullivan] Ha, ha, ha, ha ha. Elmer, she's an absolute cow!
Elmer, I have something to show you.
You know what these are?

[Movie Poster reads: WHITE TRASH: See How They Live]

[Sandra Sullivan] Yes, sirree. Oral contraceptives.

[Movie Poster reads: Faster PUSSYCAT, Kill, Kill]

[Sandra Sullivan] They'll suppress my ovulations through hormones.

[Elmer Fishpaw] I got something for you, Sandra.
I got condoms.
Red-hot prophylactics.
Black, your favorite color.

[Sandra Sullivan] Oh, go, honey!
Oh, Elmer, you do that so good.
Come on, honey. Move for me, baby.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Maybe he really did go out of town, Francine.

[Francine Fishpaw] No, he's having an affair with his secretary ...
and I have the proof.
Look what I found in his pocket.
A Mastercharge receipt, dated yesterday.
From the White Gables Motel!

[Telephone Rings]

[Cuddles Kovinsky] I'll get it, Francine.
Ello-hay?
Old-hay on-ay.
For you, Francine.

[Francine Fishpaw] Hello?

[Mr. Kirk] Mrs. Fishpaw? This is Mr. Kirk ...
principal of Overlee Junior High School.

[Francine Fishpaw] Hello, Mr. Kirk.

[Mr. Kirk] Is Dexter ill today?

[Francine Fishpaw] Why, no, Mr. Kirk. Dexter's in school.

[Mr. Kirk] I'm afraid he's not, Mrs. Fishpaw.
Dexter's truancy problem is way out of hand.
And the Baltimore County School Board ...
have decided to expel Dexter ...
from the entire public school system.

[Francine Fishpaw] Why, Mr. Kirk, I'm as upset as you to learn of Dexter's truancy.
But surely expulsion is not the answer!

[Mr. Kirk] I'm afraid expulsion is the only answer.
It is the opinion of the entire staff ...
that Dexter is criminally insane ...
and a hazard to the safety of the other students.
We have no choice. I'm sorry.
Good day, Mrs. Fishpaw.

[Francine Fishpaw] Hello? Mr. Kirk? Hello? Hello? 
Dexter's been expelled from school!

[Cuddles Kovinsky] For what?

[Francine Fishpaw] For truancy!

[Cuddles Kovinsky] It's just those common Baltimore public schools.
God, I wished I lived in Connecticut.

[Francine Fishpaw] The principal said that he was insane!

[Cuddles Kozinsky] He's probably out playing polo with his friends.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, Cuddles! Do you think there is something wrong with my son?

***

[Dexter Fishpaw stomps on a lady's foot]

[Woman] God!
Help!
Oh, my God! Help!
Is anybody gonna help me?!

[Dexter Fishpaw [Laughing]

***

[Francine Fishpaw] If my son does have emotional problems ...
I can only blame Elmer.
Oh Cuddles, go to the White Gables Motel for me ...
and call me if you see his car.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] You mean like a spy, Francine?

[Francine Fishpaw] Yes.

[Cuddles Kozinsky] You got yourself a deal!

[Heintz] Ach, my goodness.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Hurry, Heintz. Emergency, emergency.
Hurry, Heintz.
Don't ask any questions.
Make a fast right. Circle the block.
Head straight to the White Gable Motel, and hurry!

[Heintz] Yes, ma'am.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Hurry, Heintz.

***

[Francine Fishpaw] Lu-Lu? Lu-Lu, is that you?
Lu-Lu? Oh. Hi, honey.
Oh, Lu-Lu. Home from school already?

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Unfortunately, yes.

[Francine Fishpaw] Did you have a nice day?
Lu-Lu, your mother is speaking to you.
Did you have a nice day?
Lu-Lu! I'm trying to clean in here!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I got my report card today. Want to see it?

[Francine Fishpaw] Have you done any better this time?

F, F, F, F, F, F, F, F
F, F, F, F, F, F, F, F
F, F, F, F, F, F, F, F
F, F, F, F, F, F, F, F
F, F, F, F, F, F, F, F
F, F, F, F, F, F, F, F
F, F, F, F, F, F, F, F
F, F, F, F, F, F, F, F

[Francine Fishpaw] Lu-Lu, you have failed every single subject again!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] No, Ma. They changed the grading system.
"F" is for "Fantastic."

[Francine Fishpaw] You little liar.
It's a good thing you're not Pinocchio.
Your nose would be a mile long.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I swear to God on the Bible it's true!

[Francine Fishpaw] Stop that lying!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I got voted president of Student Council today.

[Francine Fishpaw] Liar mouth!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I'm a cheerleader, too!

[Francine Fishpaw] Liar! Liar!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I'll tell you another thing, Mother.
I quit school today ...
and I'm gonna get me a job as a go-go girl ...
down at the Flaming Cave Lounge.

[Francine Fishpaw] You'll work at the Flaming Cave Lounge over my dead body.
You go to your room, and you stay there until I call you!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I'll work where I wanna work!
You've never worked a day in your life. Fat cow!
I'm not gonna stay in this stinking house!
Hi, honey.

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] Hey, baby. Come here.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Come on. Let's get out of here. I hate this place.

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] All right.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Oh, you're all beat up.

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] It ain't nothing.

***

[MOTEL WHITE GABLES, ENTRANCE, RESTAURANT BAR]

[SOCIAL REGISTER 1979]

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Any sign of him, Heintz?

[Heintz] Not yet, Madame.

[OFFICE]

[Sandra Sullivan] You devil, you.

[Elmer Fishpaw] You wait till I get in that room!

[Sandra Sullivan] Ooh, I can't wait, honey.

[Elmer Fishpaw] I'll be right back.

[Sandra Sullivan] You hurry up now.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Oh, Heintz, she's straight from the gutter!

[Heintz] A sporting girl, I would imagine.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] A fille de joie!

[Heintz] It saddens me that you have to see anything this common, Madame.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Poor Francine! Poor, poor Francine!

***

[TV Reporter] In other news, James Wemo ...
accused of the August 9th bombing ...
of the Maryland Censor Board Office ...
has pleaded "not guilty" in federal court today.
And this just in, folks.
The Baltimore Foot Stomper has struck again.
Baltimore County Police report ...
the stomper has attacked a Mrs. Shirley Evans ...
just a few minutes ago at the Crockfield Mall ...
and Channel 12 News was there.

[Shirley Evans] I don't want to be on television!
My foot! Not now!

[TV Reporter] Mrs. Evans was rushed to the Mercy Hospital ...
Shock Trauma Unit for emergency treatment.
Many Crockfield Mall shoppers witnessed the attack.

[Black Boy] I seen it, man! I seen this weird-looking dude ...
run right out and stomp on this honky lady's feet!

[TV Reporter] Police released this composite sketch today ...
in the hopes that someone would identify the stomper.
If you have any information ...
police have asked citizens to call the Stomper Hot Line.
Just dial "STOMPER." S-T-O-M-P-E-R.

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[Bo-Bo Belsinger] You'll be ready for the back seat in a minute.

[Francine Fishpaw] Trash! Don't you touch my daughter!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Take your hands off my boyfriend!

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] That's my car!

[Francine Fishpaw] Come on!
My God!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Hit her, Bo-Bo! Hit her!
That's what you deserve, you big, fat galoot!

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] It was nice beating you, Mrs. Fishpaw!

[Francine Fishpaw] Dexter, are you all right?
Dexter, what's wrong?
Dexter, talk to me.
Dexter, it's your mother.
Dexter, what is it?
What's wrong, honey?

[Dexter Fishpaw] Mom ...

[Francine Fishpaw] Dexter, what are you doing?
Dexter, do you want to see a psychiatrist?

[Dexter Fishpaw] NO!

[Francine Fishpaw] But I love you --
Dexter!
Oh, honey ...

***

[Francine Fishpaw] You had better watch yourself, young lady.
You're going to be in real trouble!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I guess I should tell you I'm two months pregnant right now.

[Francine Fishpaw] You're what?!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I'm knocked up, and that's that!

[Francine Fishpaw] Who did this to you?

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Bo-Bo! The man I love.

[Francine Fishpaw] I'll never allow you to marry him.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Marry him?! Are you kidding?
I'm getting an abortion, and I can't wait!

[Francine Fishpaw] I cannot take another heartbreak.
I just cannot take it!
Do you think I'm made of steel, Miss Lu-Lu?

[Telephone Rings]

[Francine Fishpaw]  Hello?

[Cuddles Kovinsky] He's here, Francine.
At first I thought he was walking a dog.
Then I realized it was his date.

[Francine Fishpaw] I'll be right there!

[Cuddles Kovinsky] God, Francine, hasn't he ever heard of the Hilton?

[Francine Fishpaw] Wait till I get my hands on him.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] They went down that way, but I don't know which room.

[Francine Fishpaw] I picked up her scent already.
Cheap Midnight in Paris perfume.
I can smell it anywhere!
This is it. Hold this.
One ... two ... three ...

[Elmer Fishpaw] What the hell?!

[Francine Fishpaw] Coitus interruptus?

[Elmer Fishpaw] Get out of here, Francine!

[Francine Fishpaw] Caught you, didn't I? Right in the act of adultery!
I won't stand for this, Elmer. I want a divorce!
And a big, fat settlement to go along with it!

[Elmer Fishpaw] You'll never get a penny out of me ...
you fat hunk of cellulite.
I only support the women I love.

[Sandra Sullivan] See these rings?
Guess who bought them for me.
If you want, you can look at my clothes.
They're the finest of polyester, and ...
I didn't pay for them.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Don't worry, Francine.
I hear every word that this scag says ...
and I'll testify in court.

[Elmer Fishpaw] Come on, Sandra. Get dressed.
Let's go to some snazzy cocktail lounge ...
and celebrate my new freedom.

[Francine Fishpaw] But, Elmer, what about Dexter and little Lu-Lu?

[Elmer Fishpaw] Those two little bastards ...
are a perfect argument for birth control.

[Sandra Sullivan] Children would get in the way of our erotic lifestyle.

[Francine Fishpaw] You piece of trash!

[Sandra Sullivan] Bye-Bye!

[Francine Fishpaw] You'll hear from my attorney!

[Elmer Fishpaw] Sweeeeet!

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Oh, Francine, don't worry.
You'll get another man.
Don't worry. Everything will be all right.
Take it easy on that sauce.
Don't drink too much, Francine.

***

[Francine Fishpaw going on a drinking binge]

[Telephone Rings]

[Francine Fishpaw] Hello?

[Elmer Fishpaw] Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

[Francine Fishpaw] Elmer!

[Elmer Fishpaw] Snort, Snort, Snort, Snort.
Hah, hah.
Snort, snort.

[Dog Growls]

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh! Oh!

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[Pizza Man 1] Hi, Ms. Fishpaw. This'll be $14.88.

[Francine Fishpaw] I didn't order anything.

[Pizza Man 1] But this is 538 Wyman Way, isn't it?

[Francine Fishpaw] I didn't order anything.
It's just my husband harassing me.
Please leave me alone!

[Pizza Man 2] Wait a minute.
Come on, lady. Open up. It's getting cold.

[Pizza Man 3] Yo, pizza.

[Telephone rings]

[Francine Fishpaw] No!
Hello?

[Elmer Fishpaw & Sandra Sullivan] Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!

[Francine Fishpaw] Leave me alone!

***

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Having a little wake-up cocktail?

[Francine Fishpaw] Your father has been tormenting me all morning!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] That's no excuse. You big drunk!

[Francine Fishpaw] What do you think you're doing?

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I need money for a cab.
Have you forgotten today's the day for my abortion?

[Francine Fishpaw] Lu-Lu, there' a living thing inside of you.
Oh, Lu-Lu, have the baby.
We'll raise it together.
We'll get a little bassinet and some Pampers.
Oh, Lu-Lu, that baby is part of you.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] It's stealing part of me, you mean!
I can feel it like cancer ...
getting bigger and bigger, like the Blob.
One day, it'll rip me open!
And it'll be there in my life ...
ready to rob me of every bit of fun I deserve to have!

[Francine Fishpaw] Lu-Lu! Lu-Lu!

***

[Francine Fishpaw] [Drops the bottle] Nooooooo!

[La Rue] Look at yourself.

[Francine Fishpaw] Please!

[La Rue] You better get yourself to an alcoholics meeting ...
before you end up in the poorhouse!

[Francine Fishpaw] What's in the bottle, Mother?

[La Rue] Your beloved booze, Francine.

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Want a little scent?

[Francine Fishpaw] Please, don't do it to me, Mother. I need a drink!

[La Rue] Want some?
You see what an alcoholic you are?
You'd even drink gasoline if it was in a bottle.
You stink like an alcoholic!
Positively disgusting!

[Francine Fishpaw] [Sobbing]

***

[Elmer Fishpaw] [On Loudspeaker] Francine Fishpaw lives at 538 Wyman Way.
She weighs 300 pounds ...
and is an alcoholic. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
She eats an entire cake at one sitting.
You should see her stretch marks.
Because of her drunkenness ...
both her children are delinquents.
She's the hairiest woman ...
I've ever laid eyes on.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

[Doorbell rings]

[Cuddles Kovinsky] What's the matter, ma petite?

[Francine Fishpaw] Speak English, Cuddles.
Please, speak English.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] You want a little drink, Franciney?

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, God. Help me up. Please.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] You're so cute when you get tipsy.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, Cuddles, I am an alcoholic.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] You should get out more, then, honey ...
and forget your silly nilly problems.

[Francine Fishpaw] You got to get me to the alcoholics meeting.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] I'll take you to your club meeting, Francine ...
but first, you're going shopping with me.
I simply cannot stand another day ...
undecided about my debutante gown.

[Francine Fishpaw] I've got to get to the alcoholics meet -- [Francine collapses unconscious]

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Heintz! Heintz!
Hurry, Heintz! Hurry!
Hurry! Come on! Come on, Heintz!
Oh, Francine. Hurry!

[Heintz] At your service, Madame.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Mrs. Fishpaw and I ...
have decided to view the new Paris creations, Heintz.
I would like it if you would help me ...
get her into a more presentable outfit.

[Heintz] Yes, Madame.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Come on, Francine. We're going shopping.

[Heintz] Mrs. Fishpaw, come on, let's go.
This way, Mrs. Fishpaw. Upstairs.
Let's go upstairs, Mrs. Fishpaw.

[Francine Fishpaw] Upstairs?

[Heintz] This way. Yes, ma'am.

***

[Francine Fishpaw] [Hiccup]

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Look at this dress, Francine.
Isn't it ra-sha-sha?

[Francine Fishpaw] It's very pretty, Cuddles.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] A Halston!
How au courant!
I'm going to try this one on, too, and I'll be right back!
Oh! This place is glamorous!

[Francine Fishpaw] Hurry. I don't want to be late for my meeting.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] God!
Damn these designers!

[Francine Fishpaw] [Burp, burp, burp]
[Vomits]

***

[Dexter Fishpaw] Ah, shoes ...

***

[Boutique Saleslady] Madam, you will simply have to leave this store immediately ...
or I will be forced to call the security guards.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] You're really gauche, madam.
A regular little cochon, and that means pig.
Come on, Francine.
I see we should have gone straight to Peck and Peck after all.

***

[Dexter Fishpaw stomps on a girl's foot at the grocery store]

[Girl] Ow! Ow! Ow!

[Dexter Fishpaw] [Laughing]

[Man] Call the police! Police!

***

[Alcoholic Leader] Fellow members, we have someone new with us tonight.
Her name is Francine Fishpaw ...
and she's an alcoholic.
Francine, come up here and witness for us.

[Alcoholics] Step up there, now! Come on! Come on up here!
Come on! Get up there! Move it! Come on!

[Francine Fishpaw] I really don't know what to say.

[Alcoholics] Say it! Say it! Say it!

[Francine Fishpaw] Well, my name is Francine Fishpaw --

[Alcoholics] And? And? And?

[Francine Fishpaw] And I am an alcoholic!

[Alcoholics] Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

***

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw Reading FARRAH'S WORLD]

[Nurse] Miss Mallon, we're all ready for you.
Now, don't be afraid.
This'll be all over before you know it.

[Miss Mallon] [Sobbing] I guess I made the right decision.

[Abortion Picketers carrying signs saying ABORTION HOLOCAUST; GOD NOT MAN IS THE WATER OF LIFE]

[Abortion Picketer 1] Don't have this abortion!

[Abortion Picketer 2] How does it feel to be a murderer?

[Abortion Picketer 3] Killer! Murderer!

[Abortion Picketer 4] Babies wanna live, too, you know!

[Abortion Picketer 5] Suppose Einstein's mother had an abortion!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Nooooo!

[Abortion Picketer 6] Or John F. Kennedy's, huh?

[Abortion Picketer 7] What if Mary and Joseph had had an abortion?

[Abortion Picketers] Pro life! Pro life! Pro life!

[Abortion Picketer 1 Slaps Lu-Lu Fishpaw]

[Abortion Picketer 1] That's from Jesus!
That's what he would do, you murderer!

***

[Francine Fishpaw] Thank you, Heintz.

You're going to hurt yourself!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Stop spying on me!
Leave me alone!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw punching herself in the stomach;
hurling her stomach into the arm of the sofa]

[Francine Fishpaw] Lu-Lu, stop it.
Yes, I need the number of the Home of the Shepherd's Flock
Lu-Lu, stop it.
Thank you.
Lu-Lu, stop!

[Nun 1] Home of the Shepherd's Flock.

[Francine Fishpaw] Yes, this is Francine Fishpaw of 538 Wyman Way.
I need an unwed mothers home.
My pregnant daughter is trying to induce a miscarriage!

[Nun 1] We'll be right there!

***

[Nuns] Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women ...
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus ...

[Francine Fishpaw] She's in the living room.
Thank God you're here.
It's all right, Lu-Lu. It'll be OK.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] [Screaming]

[Nun 2] Get in there.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] You can't do this!

HOME OF THE SHEPHERD'S FLOCK

[Pregnant Girl] My back!

[Nun 1] Girls!
Instead of rosary tonight ...
we have a special treat planned for you.
We're all going on a hayride.

[Pregnant girls] A hayride?

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] We can't go out on a hayride! It's raining!

[Nun 2] Bring proper clothing ...
and proceed to the wagons immediately!
Go!

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] It hurts! It hurts!
Somebody help me!

[Nun 1] Stop this faking!
Prostitutes and devils' witches lose their babies.
Pray with us, girls!

***

[Detective 1] Open up, Mrs. Fishpaw! We have a search warrant!
Knock it down.
Let's go.

[Detective 2] Check everywhere. I know the evidence is around.
There's gotta be some kind of shoes here.
This whole family is sick, man.
Rip it off. Let's take a look.

[Francine Fishpaw] Ohhhhh!

[Detective 1] Mrs. Fishpaw, I have a search warrant ...
signed by Judge Solomon Wise to search this entire house.

[Francine Fishpaw] For what?

[Detective 3] Your son's been arrested for being the Baltimore Foot Stomper.

[Francine Fishpaw] Dexter?!!!

[Detective 3] Come on, Jack. Let's search the house.

[Detectives] Looky here! Look at this.
It's sick! Sick!

[Detective 1] Can you believe this? He is the foot stomper!
We got it.

[Detective 2] I knew it.

[Detective 1] This stuff will hold up.

[Detective 2] Take it downtown.

[Press Guy 1] What are you doing here?

[Press Guy 2] What is your name, sir?

[Press Guy 3] Are you related to Dexter Fishpaw?
Are you a member of the Fishpaw family?

[Press Guy 4] What's your name?

[Press Guy 3] Are you aware that Dexter's been arrested?

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Anybody home?

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, God! Why hast Thou forsaken me?

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Come on. We're going on a picnic.
Come on. Come on!
Come on, Francine.

[Firetruck horn]

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, Cuddles, Elmer sent the fire trucks!

[Neighbors] Bravo! Bravo!
Good work! All right!
Nice going! Nice going!
Bravo! Bravo!
There she is!
You terrible person!

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Gosh, Francine.
Maybe we'll get on TV tonight.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, noooooo!

[Cuddles  Kovinsky] Want some hooch, Francine?

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, thank you, Cuddles.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] God, Francine.
You're the most drinking-est gal I've ever seen.

[Francine Fishpaw] Maybe I should get out of Baltimore.

***

[Cuddles Kovinsky] God, Francine, there must be a God.
Everything is so beautiful!
Oh, you gotta have some faith, Francine.
Everything will be all right.
Oh, this is nice.
Come on. Help me with the tablecloth, will you Francine?
Come on. Let's sit down.
Look, Francine. Tab for our diet.
Ain't that great?
Look, cups ... and -- Ooh! Sandwiches! Wow!
Francine, happiness is a picnic in the woods.
God, look around you, Francine.
Look at the nature.
Look, Francine, it's beautiful.
Oh, Francine, I got ants in my pants!
Oh, ants!

[Francine Fishpaw] I smell something.

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I smell something.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] A skunk, Francine!

[Francine Fishpaw] What is it? What?

[Cuddles Kovinsky] A skunk.

[Francine Fishpaw] A skunk!

***

[La Rue] Well, isn't that something?
The divorce has finally come through!
Two thousand a month and the house!
Time for us to move in on that pot of gold!

[Doorbell Rings]

Someone's at the door. I'll call you when I get home.

[Bo-Bo Belsinger and Friend] Trick or treat!

[La Rue] I'm sorry, but I don't live here ...
and no one else is at home.

[Bo-Bo's Friend] What, no candy?

[La Rue] I'm sorry, but I forgot it was Halloween.

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] You know what no candy means, don't you?

[La Rue] Halloween just slipped my mind this year.

[Bo-Bo's Belsinger and Friend] That means trick!

[La Rue] Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Leave that alone!  Stop that!  Stop that!

[Bo-Bo's Friend] Lady, when we say "Trick or treat," we mean it!
Kill her.

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] Next time, you won't be so selfish ...
and ignore little children on holidays!

[La Rue] Maybe we have an apple or something.

[Bo-Bo Belsinger] Too late now, Grandma. No candy means death!

[La Rue] [Ow!]

[Bo-Bo's Friend] Let's destroy this place!

See you later!

***

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Bo-Bo! Bo-Bo!
Oh, God! Bo-Bo!

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Good night, Francine.

[Francine Fishpaw] Good night, Cuddles.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Sleep tight. Don't let the bedbugs bite.
Don't forget to wash your clothes.

[Heintz] Have a peaceful night, Mrs. Fishpaw.

[Francine Fishpaw] Good night, Heintz.

[La Rue] It's all your fault!

[Francine Fishpaw] Nooo! Nooo!

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[Francine Fishpaw] No, God, please. Not my baby.
Oh, God, not my little girl.

GOOD-BY CRUEL WORLD

***

[Newspaper Reads: Foot Stomper Released -- Insanity]

[Dexter Fishpaw] Hi, Mom!

[Francine Fishpaw] Dexter! Honey! You're home!
Oh, honey, let me look at you.

[Dexter Fishpaw] I'm sorry for the grief I caused you ...
but I'm rehabilitated now.
I had a wonderful drug counselor in prison ...
and I received psychiatric treatment.
Mom, I am an artist now.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, honey. It is beeeautiful.
We'll hang it right in the living room.

[Dexter Fishpaw] We can put this one in the kitchen.
I'm saving this one for my room.

[Francine Fishpaw] Would you like some milk and cookies, Dexter?

[Dexter Fishpaw] Oh, I'd love some, Mom.

[Francine Fishpaw] Come on, honey.
I bet that food in prison was just terrible!

[Dexter Fishpaw] I sure missed your home cooking, Mom.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, honey.
There's no place like home, honey.

[Dexter Fishpaw] Wow, everything looks just the same.

[Francine Fishpaw] It's so good to have you back.

[Dexter Fishpaw] Mom, are you still drinking?

[Francine Fishpaw] Dexter, I'm afraid your ma's an alcoholic.

[Dexter Fishpaw] Oh, Mom, you could stop. I got off the angel dust.

[Francine Fishpaw] I wanna stop.

[Dexter Fishpaw] Just pour it down the drain, Mom.

[Francine Fishpaw] I want to.
I want us to be happy again, like we used to be ...
before your father abandoned us.

[Dexter Fishpaw] I love you, Mom! Go ahead. You can stop.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, Dexter.

[Dexter Fishpaw] You don't need it anymore.
You'll be much happier.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, honey, today is going to be a new beginning.
We're going to be a real family again.

[Dexter Fishpaw] Oh, Mom.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, Dexter.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Welcome home, Dexter.

[Dexter Fishpaw] Hello, Lu-Lu. Will you give your brother a kiss?

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Forgive me for being so awful, but I've changed.
Bo-Bo's dead, and I've had a miscarriage.

[Dexter Fishpaw] That's awful.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] But I've discovered macrame!
It's helped me find myself.
I'm gentler now and more creative.

[Dexter Fishpaw] I'm an artist now, too, Lu-Lu.
I'm off drugs and ready for a new beginning here at home.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, you see, children?
It's not hard to be normal.
Oh, thank you, God.
Thank you for answering my prayers!
We're a real family again.
A normal American family.

***

[Francine Fishpaw] Hello, Mother. Feeling any better today?

[La Rue] How can I feel better with a drunken miser as a daughter?

[Francine Fishpaw] Shut up, Mother!
For forty-four years, I've tried to be a good daughter to you ...
and all I've gotten in return is abuse.
I've given you money --
thousands and thousands of dollars --
and still it's not enough!
Well, I've had it.
You can rot in that wheelchair for all I care!

[La Rue] The pain, the pain! My heart! She's giving me a heart attack!
Oh, God, help! Help!

***

[Francine Fishpaw] Pull over here.
Stop the cab.

[Cabdriver] Here?

[Francine Fishpaw] Yes, yes. Right here.
I'll stay here.
Here. Keep the change.

[Todd Tomorrow] Hey, come here. Come here!
Really horrible, isn't it?

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, those poor people.
Did you see it happen?

[Todd Tomorrow] Yes, I saw it happen.
I was following that van ...
and that other thing cut right in front.
And wham! Hit it head on.

[Two Truck Driver] Excuse me.

[Todd Tomorrow] It was really horrible.

[Francine Fishpaw] It is. It's just too horrible. I can't look.

[Todd Tomorrow] Hey, you know ...
why don't we take a ride in the country ...
and get away from all this mess?
I mean, it's a beautiful day, and I find you quite attractive.

[Francine Fishpaw] But I don't even know your name.

[Todd Tomorrow] It's Todd, honey.

[Francine Fishpaw] Todd?

[Todd Tomorrow] Todd Tomorrow.

[Francine Fishpaw] Hi. I'm Francine Fishpaw.

[Todd Tomorrow] Francine Fishpaw.
It's a beautiful name. Fits you well.
I got something I want to show you.
It's long ...
and it's sleek ...

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and it's powerful.

[Francine Fishpaw] Ooh, what is it, Todd?

[Todd Tomorrow] It's my new 'vette!
Hop in, honey.
We're off!

[Song]

We met ...
We spoke ...
Our love became infinity ...
A timeless fantasy ...
One boy ...
One girl ...
deeply and honestly ...
Our real life fantasy ...
The first ...
good thing ...
to happen ...
to Francine ...

[Sandra Sullivan] If I break a nail ...
you're really never gonna hear the end of this one!

[Elmer Fishpaw] Listen, I'm gettin' sick and tired of all your complaining.
All you know is complain, complain, complain.

[Sandra Sullivan] Well, you'd complain, too, if you had a boyfriend who was like you.
Why don't you get a decent car?

[Elmer Fishpaw] Get the thing closer --

[Sandra Sullivan] I'm working on it!

[Elmer Fishpaw] You expect me to do it all?

[Sandra Sullivan] Get back to work, Elmer!

[Elmer Fishpaw] Get going. Get going. Hurry up!

[Sandra Sullivan] Why don't you go back to Francine?

[Elmer Fishpaw] We ought to go catch 'em.

[Sandra Sullivan] He's got some good taste in cars, anyway.

***

[Todd Tomorrow] My, what a nice place.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, it's such a mess.
I'm so embarrassed for you to see it like this.
Would you like to meet the children?

[Todd Tomorrow] I can hardly wait.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, OK. Follow me.

[Todd Tomorrow] Stunning.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Hi, Mom.

[Francine Fishpaw] Lu-Lu, I'd like you to meet a friend of mine --
Mr. Todd Tomorrow.
Todd, this is my daughter Lu-Lu.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Nice to meet you.

[Todd Tomorrow] Hi, darlin'.

[Francine Fishpaw] Let's go meet my little Dexter.

[Dexter Fishpaw] Well ... I don't know.
Oh, come in. Hi, Mother.

[Francine Fishpaw] Hi, honey. This is my little Dexter.
He's a creative artist.
Dexter, this is my friend Mr. Todd Tomorrow.

[Todd Tomorrow] Put it there, young feller.

[Dexter Fishpaw] How you doing?

[Todd Tomorrow] Hey, I seen you before.
I seen you before on TV. I seen him on the news.

[Francine Fishpaw] Dexter was just released from prison.

[Todd Tomorrow] Oh, well, that's nice. Congratulations!

[Dexter Fishpaw] Oh, thank you.

[Todd Tomorrow] And that's nice, too.
That's a real masterpiece.

[Dexter Fishpaw] Yeah. Do you like it?

[Todd Tomorrow] You bet.

[Todd Tomorrow] You keep up that good work, you hear?

[Dexter Fishpaw] I will, Todd.

[Todd Tomorrow] Francine, why don't you show me your bedroom, honey?

[Francine Fishpaw] Mother, may I?

[Todd Tomorrow] Yes, you may.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, Todd, I've had a bad year.
Please don't be too harsh in your judgments.

[Todd Tomorrow] Well, it's exquisite.
Look at me.
Read my lips.
I love you.
I love you.

[Francine Fishpaw] I'm sorry I'm so nervous.
It's just that my husband's been harassing me every day.
I can't help it. I'm afraid he's going to kill me!
I crave liquor right this minute.

[Todd Tomorrow] Easy does it, baby.
One day at a time.

[Francine Fishpaw] I ache. I ache all over.

[Todd Tomorrow] Let me kiss away your D.T.s, honey.
I love you, Francine.
I love your little ankles and your little wrists.
Your little breasts, your little belly.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, Todd. Dare I say it?
I love you, too, my darling.

[Todd Tomorrow] Then let's make love, you sweet little thing.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, Todd, be gentle with me.
Please, be gentle.

***

[Todd Tomorrow] Francine!
Francine!
Time to wake up, honey.

[Francine Fishpaw] Did you sleep all right, my darling?

[Todd Tomorrow] It was bliss.
Are you my little fleshpot?

[Francine Fishpaw] Uh huh. [Giggles]

[Todd Tomorrow] Will you marry me?

[Francine Fishpaw] You don't mean that.

[Todd Tomorrow] Yes, I do. I want you to be my wife.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, Todd. Of course I'll marry you ...
but can you afford to take us on as a family?

[Todd Tomorrow] Hell, yes, I can. I own the Edmonson Drive-in Cinema.

[Francine Fishpaw] You do?

***

EDMONDSON DRIVE-IN THEATRE, DUSK TO DAWN, 3 MARGUERITE DURAS HITS, THE TRUCK, INDIA SONG, DESTROY SHE SAID

Visit our concession stand.
We feature beluga caviar ...

ROYAL IRANIAN CAVIAR BELUGA

succulent oysters, and champagne.

CHAMPAGNE, PIPER-HEIDSIECK

Take a tempting taste treat ...
and ponder the intellectual meaning of cinema.

[Todd Tomorrow] Well, what do you think, sweetheart?

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, it's very highbrow, Todd.

[Todd Tomorrow] Yep. We only show first-run art films here.
You wait here a sec while I check them receipts.

[Francine Fishpaw] OK, but hurry. I don't want to be late for Cuddles' party.

[Flashlight] Hey, what's happenin', Todd?

[La Rue] Hi, darling.

[Todd Tomorrow] Right there.

[Flashlight] How you doin', my man?

[Todd Tomorrow] Not bad.

[Flashlight] Here you go.

[La Rue] Nose candy.

[Todd Tomorrow] Yeah, sweets for the sweet.

[La Rue] Dynamite!

[Francine Fishpaw reading magazine CAHIERS DU CINEMA 314]

[La Rue] Free basing!

[Flashlight] Let's do it, Todd, baby.

[La Rue] Go get her, honey!

[Todd Tomorrow] Right after I blast off.  Whoooo!
I got a date with an angel.

***

La Fontaine Bleau

[MC] Thank you, thank you.
And now the moment we've all been waiting for --
that lovely lady herself ...
Miss Cuddles.

[Heintz] I have something for you, my dear.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] What is it, Heintz?
Oh, Heintz, it's beautiful.

[Heintz] Cuddles, will you marry me? Please?

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Oh, Heintz!
I'll marry you, Heintz.
Oh, Heintz.

[Heintz] Thank you, Cuddles.

***

[Francine Fishpaw] I could've danced all night.
Oh, Oh, Oh! Oh, Todd! Oh, Todd!

***

[Francine Fishpaw] Todd!
Todd!
Todd! Oh, God!

[Todd Tomorrow] Let's keep love in the family, honey.

[Francine] No! Not my mother!

[La Rue] Let go of me!

[Francine Fishpaw] You monster! You monster!

[Todd Tomorrow] You've been a good old wagon, Francine ...
but you done broke down.

[La Rue] Here's a present for you, daughter dear.
Something for your nose.
This will make you feel all better.

9

[Francine Fishpaw] No. No.
No. No. No.
No. No. No. No.

[Dexter Fishpaw] What's going on?
What's that?

[Elmer Fishpaw] [Screams] [Sandra Sullivan accidentally shoots him in the back when Dexter stomps on her foot]

[Sandra Sullivan] Elmer! Elmer!
Leave me alone!

[Dexter Fishpaw] Killer! Killer! Killer!
He's dead!

[Todd Tomorrow] What the hell is goin' on here?

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] I never wanted to use macrame to kill.

[La Rue] Why, it's Elmer! Her lousy cheap husband.
He was tryin' to kill Francine.

[Dexter Fishpaw] No!

[Todd Tomorrow] Nonsense, La Rue. What the hell you talkin' about?
Francine done it. She's the one who killed him.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] What are you doing to Mother?

[Todd Tomorrow] Shut up, you little slut.

[La Rue] She's gone insane and we're putting her ...
in a mental hospital where she belongs.

[Lu-Lu Fishpaw] Nooo!

[Todd Tomorrow] I'm gonna take care of them little creeps.
[Whistles]
Hey, Flashlight! Get on over here!

[Flashlight] OK, Todd baby!
Hey, man, the chickens ready?

[Todd Tomorrow] Take that little whore ...
down to the massage parlor where she belongs.
And as for you, bunghole ...
you got an appointment at the House of Torture ...
with some very dirty old men.

[Flashlight] All right, chickens, move it! Come on! Move! Move it!

[Todd Tomorrow] You!

[Francine Fishpaw] [Screams]

[Todd Tomorrow] Does this mean the wedding's over, honey?

[Francine Fishpaw] [Making Ape Sounds]

[Todd Tomorrow] I do think she's havin' a little nervous breakdown.

[Francine Fishpaw] [Making Ape Sounds]

[Todd Tomorrow] I better call the mental hospital.

[La Rue] Shut up.

[Todd Tomorrow] Right.

[La Rue] Stop faking it!

[Todd Tomorrow] Happy Hills? This is 538 Wyman Way.
Yeah, you'd better send some attendants over here right away.
We got this thing, this big thing ...
this woman's had a breakdown.
Yeah, she's committed a double homicide ...
on her husband and his girlfriend.
Yeah, right! Thank you.

[Francine Fishpaw] [Making hurt animal sounds]

[La Rue] Thank God I'm rid of her. She'll be locked up for life.
I'll drain her bank account and sell the house.

[Francine Fishpaw] [Making insane-person sounds]

[Todd Tomorrow] And I can get $5,000 for each one of them little creeps ...
and if I sell that drive-in, we'll be rich.

[Francine Fishpaw] [Making Ape Sounds]

[La Rue] Let's move to Miami.
Finally, I can get my face-lift.
I want a Cadillac, too -- a big purple Cadillac --
so I can ride around and laugh at poor people.

[Francine Fishpaw] [Making Chicken Sounds]

[Todd Tomorrow] I'm gonna get me one of them solid gold leisure suits ...
and I can just strut around that Fontaine Bleu lobby.
Whoo-hoo! We're gonna be happy in Miami, La Rue.
Happy!

[La Rue] Rich and happy, Todd!
Free, white, rich, and happy!

[Todd Tomorrow] Hot damn!

[Francine Fishpaw] [Bucks them off her] Help me! Help me!

[Todd Tomorrow] Come on, come on!

[Francine Fishpaw] Help! Oh, God, please!
Somebody help me!

[Todd Tomorrow] Francine, shut up!

***

[Cuddles Kovinsky] I feel so wonderful.
Heintz, look out!

[Heintz] Ach, du lieber!

[Cuddles Kovinsky] Oh, no, no, no Heinz.

[La Rue] Toooodddd!

[Francine Fishpaw] Nooooo!

[La Rue] [Screaming] [Is Killed as Heintz backs up]

[Francine Fishpaw] Noooooooooooo!

[Flashlight] Holy Jesus!
See you chickens later.

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, my baby!
Shhh! It's all right.

[Dexter Fishpaw] They were gonna kill us!

[Francine Fishpaw] Oh, no, no, no, no.

[Cuddles Kovinsky] It'll all be all right, Francine.

[Heintz] Everything's going to be all right.

[Francine Fishpaw] Thank you, Cuddles.

[Dexter Fishpaw] I was nervous.

[Francine Fishpaw] Thank you!

[Heintz] Everything will be all right.

[Dexter Fishpaw] Nothing's right, nothing's right.

[Heintz] It's going to be all right.

[Dexter Fishpaw] No, it's not.

10

[Francine Fishpaw] Shhh!
Oh, smell.
Oh, everything smells so much better now.
Shhh. Shhh.

THE END

Assistant Art Director DOLORES De LUXE
Property Master STEVEN WALKER
Set Director BETH HOLMES
Sound Editor SKIP LIEVSAY
Assistant Editor ROCKY COLLINS
Assistant Camerman ARTHUR ENG
Key Grip STEWART STACK
Gaffer BILL PORTER
Second Electric ROBERT DORSEY
Grip DAVID WARFIELD
Sound Recordist STEVEN ROGERS
Assistant Sound STUART DEUTSCH
Assistant Sound Editor ROCKY COLLINS
Assistant Sound Editor ELIZABETH KLING
Assistant Sound Editor DARREN KLOOMOK
Video Operations AXIS VIDEO, INC.
Title Design ALAN ROSE
Hairdresser CHRIS MASON
Dresser JAY BENNETT
Production Assistants ALAN TREADWELL, RACHEL TALALAY, JOHN HEYN, JIM BLEVINS
Still Photographer LARRY DEAN
Prop Vehicles SHAWN MORAN, CATHY PUIG
Bookkepper CHARLES YEATON
Bonkers Trainer by FRIENDSHIP ANIMAL KENNEL
Odorama Consultant JEFFREY BUHAI
Animation RORY KELLEHER
Gunshot Wound Effects ROB E. HOLLAND, assisted by JOHN LUCKACOVIC
Gunshot Effects DAVID DONAHO
Dailies Projectionist GAREY LAMBERT
Arriflex Cameras Consultant MIKE SPERRA

MUSICIANS
Keyboards JIMMY DESTRI (Courtesy CHRYSALIS RECORDS)
Guitar and Bass CHRIS STEIN (Courtesy CHRYSALIS RECORDS)
Keyboards and Oboe MICHAEL KAMEN
Drums LENNY FERRARI
Violin WALTER STEDING (Courtesy ANDY WARHOL STUDIOS)
Banjo BILL DERN
Trumpet CHARLIE MILLER
Trombone ART BARON
Acoustic Bass IRVING FIELDS

TITLE SONG: "POLYESTER"
Words and Music CHRIS STEIN, DEBORAH HARRY
Vocal TAB HUNTER
"BE MY DADDY BABY" (Lu-Lu's Theme)
Words and Music DEBORAH HARRY, MICHAEL KAMEN
Arranged and Produced MICHAEL KAMEN
Vocal MICHAEL KAMEN
"THE BEST THING" (Love Song)
Words and Music DEBORAH HARRY

CAST OF CHARACTERS
Francine Fishpaw DIVINE
Todd Tomorrow TAB HUNTER
Cuddles Kovinsky EDITH MASSEY
Elmer Fishpaw DAVID SAMSON
Lu-Lu Fishpaw MARY GARLINGTON
Dexter Fishpaw KEN KING
Sandra Sullivan MINK STOLE
La Rue JONI RUTH WHITE
Heintz HANS KRAMM
Bo-Bo Belsinger STIV BATORS
Dr. Quackenshaw RICK BREITENFELD
Freddy Ashton MICHAEL WATSON
Pimp Dexter NEAL
Gospel Bus Hijacker JEAN HILL
Picket Reporter JIM HILL
TV News Announce JOHN BROTHERS
Nun A MARY VIVIAN PEARCE
Nun B SHARON NIESP
Betty Lalinski COOKIE MUELLER
Supermarket Victim MARINA MELIN
Mall Victim SUSAN LOWE
Bo-Bo's Friend TOM DIVENTI
School Principal GEORGE HULSE
Teenage Witness TONY PARKHAM
Pizza Man Lover PAUL HOLLAND
Pizza Man 2 ALBERTO PANELLA
Pizza Man 3 FRANK TAMBURO
Alcoholic Leader NANCY MORGAN
Boutique Saleslady KEATS SMITH
Detective A GORDON KAMKA
Detective B DAVID KLEIN
Press A GEORGE STOVER
Press B STEVE YEAGER
Press C MARV EGOFF
Press D JOHN DE LA VEGA
Hospital Reporter CHUCK YEATON
Jewish Man GEORGE UDELL
Oriental Woman MRS. HORNER
Nurse KATIE CASEY
Pregnant Girl GAIL KONDYLAS
Woman Clipping Nails JUDITH KLEIN
Deb Announcer ALAN HAUSER
Abortion Pickets: GARY LAMBERT, LYNDA LAMBERT, DOROTHY BRAUDY, GEORGE FIGGS, LEO BRAUDY, PAT FIGGS, JOAN INSLEY, SAM INSLEY
Porno Pickets: BROOK YEATON, JOHAH KLEIN, KITTY SAMSON, STUART ROME, PAULA ROME, STEVE WATERS, TREVA BARNES, SHARON WATERS, ANNE MALLORY, JOHN ALLEN, JAY ALLEN, TOMMY ALLEN, HILARY AIDUS, JOAN ERBE

The producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation and assistance provided by the County Executive's Office of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and the Mayor's Office of the City of Baltimore, Maryland.

This motion picture is entirely fictitious. The characters portrayed are not based upon any person either living or dead.

A NEW LINE PRODUCTION

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