Helga Pataki
Dad! [To Miriam sleeping on a table] How's it going, Miriam?
Oh. Molasses, it's you. [Helga hears voices]
Big Bob Pataki
Okay, great, but where's the store go?
Nick Vermicelli
Alright. Right here. Big Bob's Beeper Emporium. Big sign, can't miss it from the freeway, and the overpass drops you big-bang-boom right in the parkin' lot.
Big Bob Pataki
That's good. Yeah, right in the stinkin' lot.
Helga Pataki
Dad?
Big Bob Pataki
What do you want, Olga?
Helga Pataki
It's Helga, Dad.
Big Bob Pataki
Right, Helga. That's what I said.
Helga Pataki
Could I talk to you?
Nick Vermicelli
We gotta split anyway, Bob. We'll talk.
Big Bob Pataki
Right, we'll talk. And send me the paperwork, I can't wait to get started. Hey, can I keep this pop-up thing? [He points at the model]
Nick Vermicelli
You got it. [Nick and the other men leave the room]
Big Bob Pataki
Alright. [to Helga] You know what this is? It's our future. See, here's where my new Super Beeper Emporium is gonna go up, right after we rip down the flower shop, and Green Meats and the rest of the block.
Helga Pataki
Uh yeah, well, uh, about all that, Dad... I mean a lot of people are gonna have to move away and sell their businesses.
Big Bob Pataki
Yeah, what's your point?
Helga Pataki
Well, I was just wondering if this whole tear-down-the-neighborhood Future Tech thing is really necessary.
Big Bob Pataki
Of course, it's necessary. It's more than necessary. It's progress. You can't have progress without a little pain. No pain, no gain.
Helga Pataki
But what's wrong with leaving things the way they are?
Big Bob Pataki
I'll tell you what's wrong with it, missy. Leave things the way they are and Big Bob's Super Beeper Emporium doesn't happen.
Helga Pataki
But, Dad...
Big Bob Pataki
Hey-hey-hey-hey-hey! I'll say this once, and I want you to hear it, little lady. Change is good. When the new Big Bob's Super Beeper Emporium goes up, the cash is gonna roll in and you'll forget all about the old neighborhood. And do you know why? Because we'll be rich. And that means you'll be rich. You can have that pony you've been wantin'.
Helga Pataki
Dad, I wanted a pony when I was five.
Big Bob Pataki
Uh. Well, what do you want now?
Helga Pataki
I don't know.
Big Bob Pataki
Well, make up your mind, 'cause once this neighborhood goes down and my store goes up, you can have anything you want. And I mean anything.
Helga Pataki
Anything?
Big Bob Pataki
That's what I said. We're gonna be stinkin' rich, girl. Rich. What's more important than that, huh?
