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Town meeting will now come to order.
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Billy Osgood, you know the rules
about animals. Remove that lobster.
:37:10
- Who's that, Sam?
- That is.
:37:13
And who are you?
:37:14
Me? I'm Aaron Caldwell, first selectman.
:37:17
- Aaron Caldwell.
- Yeah.
:37:19
He also runs the grocery store in town.
:37:23
He's been first selectman
as long as I can remember.
:37:26
And George Denham's
always the defeated candidate?
:37:28
Not always. It used to be my dad.
:37:31
Of course, he came pretty close
a couple times to being elected...
:37:34
but never quite made it.
:37:36
Well, I guess he was just too idealistic.
:37:39
Fighting for lost causes. You better watch
your head when you come down.
:37:42
I've a feeling you're a lot like your dad.
:37:48
- I hope so.
- I know so.
:37:51
Why, you've declared war on Goliath.
You and your slingshot.
:37:57
- What?
- You fight for what you believe in.
:37:59
I like that. I'd like to believe I'm like that.
:38:03
That's the reason
I became a newspaperman.
:38:05
The thin voice of principle
may sound corny those days, but...
:38:09
Not to me.
:38:10
Nor to me.
:38:12
What about Hank? It was Hank, right?
:38:16
- Yes, it was Hank.
- What was he like?
:38:19
There was only one Hank.
:38:22
Janey. Boy, have I been looking...
:38:25
- Do you know what these are?
- Bills?
:38:27
Bills! They're everything but bills.
:38:29
There's real money here.
These are all orders for lobsters.
:38:32
- What?
- Hi, there, Hall.
:38:34
Janey, for some reason...
:38:35
every TV show in the country
seems to want you as a guest.
:38:38
- Me?
- Yeah.
:38:39
Listen, read this.
This is real vindication here.
:38:41
Malone's paying public
is behind you. Listen:
:38:43
"Hang on, girlie. Mallet-head Malone
has been asking for it." Signed, a commuter.
:38:47
- Read the orders.
- Wait, I'm getting to them.
:38:49
There's a very important one here,
there it is.
:38:51
"Willing to let bygones be bygones.
:38:54
"Send 250 lobsters immediately."
Marshalltown Country Club.
:38:59
Isn't that the deal
that started this whole thing?