was
when Beethoven
and the puppies
ate all your shoes?
Vividly.
I just added it into
the movie. It's hilarious.
It's not hilarious.
It's really annoying.
And I wish that you
would just stop using
moments in my life
where that dog
makes me miserable
and just putting it
in your movie.
But it's funny.
It's not funny.
It's not funny to me.
What's the matter with you?
That dog!
He doesn't listen.
He doesn't do
what he's told.
He wrecks everything.
And then he gets
praised for it.
You know, yesterday,
I tried to teach him
to roll over for four hours.
Just to roll over!
And he won't do it!
He misbehaves.
You put it in the script.
He's just a dumb dog.
He's more than that,
and you know it.
Oh! He's got you fooled, too.
You call yourself a writer?
All you do is,
you follow him around
and write down the messes
that he makes. Wow.
He doesn't have me fooled.
He's made this movie better.
And I'm following
him around
because Beethoven's got
something that people like,
something they wanna see.
He's got heart,
something you
could really use.
So I'm the bad guy now?
Really? Me?
It's okay, Beethoven.
He doesn't mean it.
EDDIE: Billy?
Yeah, Dad?
Billy, I need some
help with this.
Where's the dog?
I have to train him
for this new scene
we're shooting tomorrow.
Listen. "Beethoven
walks into the room
"carrying George Newton's
slippers,
"drops them at his feet,
lies down by the couch,
"and sweetly rests
his head on the rug."
Come on!
Beethoven is never
going to do that.
BOTH: Whoa.
Lisa is scary good.
She wrote exactly
what just happened.
She is pretty good,
isn't she?
You really love
that dog, huh?
Not as much as
I love you, Dad.
That's my boy.
Hey, Pete.
So they're not gonna
need Beethoven
for a couple of hours
if you guys wanna
just hang out in the trailer.
Cool. Later, Dad.
Hear that, Beethoven?
We have two hours!
Let's go to the park.
You know that reading
the dictionary doesn't
make you look smart.
"Famous:
To be known far and wide,
popular, beloved."
So?
Excuse me,
Mr. Criminal Mastermind,
but it might be
a tad problematic
to kidnap a famous dog
in the middle of a studio lot
in broad daylight, Bones.
(WHIMPERING)
Look, look!
They're leaving the lot.
"Luck:
Successful total chance."
How about
looking up "moron"?
See you later, Billy.
See you, Zoe. Bye, Charlie!
(TAPPING KEYS)
EDDIE: You're gonna
break that thing.
You getting some work done?
Don't you have some
other writer's spirit
to crush or something?
You know, when I was 10,
I had a dog.
Red.
Red?
Yeah, he was an Irish setter.
Red. Creative, huh?
He was a good dog,
a little like Beethoven,
actually.
Ate a lot, was messy.
Anyway, I came home
from school one day,
and Red was gone.
He... He had run away.
Oh.
For a year I looked for him.
Every night I waited.
I loved that dog.
He was my best friend.
But he... He left.
Couldn't find him,
I couldn't help him.
It's not your fault
he ran away.
It is. You get a dog,
and you love it,
and it runs away.
And you build a life,
and you grow a family, and...
Then one day
everything you thought you had
just disappears.
What was her name?
Julie.
She was a great mom.
I'm afraid I'm just
a sorry substitute.
No.
No, that's not what I see.
I see a dad
who's working his butt off
for his kid.
And the only thing
that dad needs to learn
is that he can't
go through life
without giving
his love to friends.
Eddie, Beethoven's
part of your family now.
He's not going anywhere.
Neither am I.
Lizard Guy, Lizard Guy.
Boy, I'm glad that
nickname caught on.
Where's Beethoven?
We can't find
Beethoven anywhere.
What?
Billy? Billy!
Billy's gone, too?
EDDIE: His skateboard's gone.
LISA: Where could they be?
I think I know. Come on!
GIRL: That was so cool.
BILLY: There she is.
Pretty cute, huh?
(BARKS)
Wait. We can't go over there.
She likes that guy.
Why would she wanna
talk to me?