My Dad, the Garbage Man/Transcript

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Catherine: Dad, when are you going to get a real job?

Mr. Frensky: A real job? You mean, where I have to carry a briefcase and go to meetings and not get home till seven o’clock and be too tired to play with you?

Catherine: Yeah, and wear a suit and tie.

Mr. Frensky: (tearful:) I can’t do it, Catherine. I can’t ever have a real job, because… I don’t know how to tie a tie. No one ever showed me how.

Mr. Frenksy+Francine: (giggle)

Catherine: Very funny.

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Mr. Crosswire gives the kids a tour of Crosswire Motors.

Mr. Crosswire: Okay, kids, stay close. Don’t touch the merchandise, and if you get too excited, just put your head between your knees and breathe deeply.    Buster tries that while walking.

Buster: Can’t be done.

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Mr. Crosswire: Next is the strategy room. This is where we labor to understand the people we serve. The people on whose behalf we strive. You, the customer.    Let’s listen in.    He pushes a button.

Employee: So what if the engine falls out. Once they’re out the lot, it’s their problem.

Mr. Crosswire tries to cover the loudspeaker.

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Mr. Frensky shows the kid a whole playground that he built out of trash.

Mr. Frensky: All this is made from stuff I found at the dump. Just goes to show what you can do with a little imagination and a lot of trash. Well, what are you waiting for?

The kids play in the playground. Francine takes her father’s hand.

Mr. Frensky: So, the secret is out, I think. Catherine will never forgive me.

Francine: We shouldn’t tell her.

Mr. Frensky: Maybe I should do like she says and get one of those jobs that comes with a tie and a briefcase. 

Francine hugs him.

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Sue Ellen: Your dad’s the best.

Buster: No kidding. Is he really with the FBI?

Francine: Well, no, he’s a garbage man.