The Reluctant Astronaut
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:10:03
I'm so tired of Pa thinkin' he's still
in the army and orderin' me around.

:10:07
Burt Lancaster was terribly
afraid of the water...

:10:11
and today,
he is a movie star.

:10:13
Look, Ma,
I'm 35 years old!

:10:15
Okay, so I do live at home. I still
don't have to do everything he tells me!

:10:19
Burt was the most unforgettable
character that month.

:10:22
Well, I'll tell you something right
now, Ma! I've had it! H-A-D, had it!

:10:27
And the minute he comes in that door, I'm
gonna tell him, "No soap! I'm not goin'!"

:10:31
Hi, Mother. Roy!
:10:34
Roy! Roy! Roy.
:10:38
Roy, ya made it, boy!
Ya made it!

:10:41
My boy, an astronaut.
:10:43
Hey, the whole town knows it, Roy.
Your name is on every tongue in town.

:10:48
They're all sayin' it:
"Buck Fleming's boy, astronaut!"

:10:51
Royal has something
to tell you, Arbuckle.

:10:54
Oh, yeah, that's right,
Pa, I do. Well, shoot.

:10:56
Well, maybe you better sit down. Ah.
:11:00
Go ahead, Roy.
Get it off your chest.

:11:03
Well, Pa... Ya know, I stopped by
the paper. Gave them the whole story.

:11:07
Pa, you're not listenin'.
Huh?

:11:09
I hate to tell you this, but most of the
time when I talk to you, you don't listen.

:11:13
I don't listen? Got something you
wanna tell me right now? Yeah, I have!

:11:16
Well, go ahead.
I'm listenin' to every word.

:11:18
Well, okay, now,
i-it's like this.

:11:22
Now, it isn't because
I don't love you, because I do.

:11:26
You heard that, Mother?
:11:28
And that's what makes it
all the harder to tell you.

:11:31
Now, you see, I'm not really cut
out for this astronaut thing...

:11:35
because in the first place,
I've always had a fear of heights...

:11:38
and to tell you the truth, I don't
think you've ever been aware of that.

:11:41
The boy loves his father.
You heard him say that?

:11:44
- Yes, I did Arbuckle.
- Mother, please!

:11:48
Pa, I know how proud you are
and I know what all this means...

:11:51
Hello-oo. Plank?
Plank. Plank.

:11:55
Yeah, isn't that somethin'?
My boy, an astronaut.

:11:58
Yeah, he leaves tomorrow. Hey, why don't
you come over after supper. We'll celebrate.


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