left behind,
who just discarded...
...like an old shoe.
That's good. That's good.
What's good? What did I say?
- Shoe.
- Old shoe?
It's just instinct.
I want you to give me the Pentagon...
...a list of people in all
military special programs.
"Left behind like an
old shoe." That is good.
I want to talk to Johnny.
Yeah... What is it?
The war is over. Ok?
Now, we're going to need a new song.
I think, it should be a song
about a shoe, a shiny shoe...
...a black patent shoe...
...a good old shoe.
I was just on my way to get drunk.
Yes, you get drunk, John. But I need
a new song, ok? A good old shoe song.
It should be a ballad of loss and...
- You wanna to help me?
- Redemption.
Loss and redemption is very very good.
Shit. What key do you want it in?
I don't know keys.
I got a lot of people here are
depressed because the war just ended.
Please give me a new song.
All right. I got him on the phone.
- King? - Yeah.
- Pentagon.
Take it.
I need a list of military
special programs.
Bottom of the ninth. All right?
They don't know who
they're playing with.
They don't shut down our picture.
You people gonna be long?
Otherwise, I'll put away the equipment.
I don't know what I'm doing.
I think I'm supposed
to be writing a song.
Writing a song? What kind of song?
Is there anybody there named Schumann?
- Schuster?
- Schumacher.
I got a great idea.
Johnny, I got an idea.
Old shoe, new shoe. OK?
Daddy had a hound dog...
...used to call him Blue.
Follow me 'round...
...stick to me like glue.
His favorite thing to play with...
...used to be a good ol' shoe.
Wait a minute. Used to be.
See, you hit that 16-16.
Well, I wish I had a woman...
...who was half as good and true.
Anybody here know Morse code?
What you gonna do Morse code?
Give me the fax.
Sergeant William Schumann, U.S. Army...
...serial number 2131284262.
Good ol' shoe.
Here's the deal.
Good Ol' Shoe. Good Ol' Shoe.
Whatever you walk in...
...he will get you through.
He's in a sweater...
...and he's...
We drop him behind enemy lines.
He's trapped.
The sweater.
- In the sweater.
- Good.
Is there a way we can make
it sound old and scratchy...
...with, like, a hiss?
With an old label.
I see where you're going with this.
Stand up straight and tall...
...the way he taught you to.
I'll write a speech.
I'll help you with the speech.
The president reveals
that William Schumann...
...was trapped behind enemy lines.
This is good.
Heartfelt.
- Touching.
- Touching.
People will weep.
Soul of a good ol' shoe.
He might even get to heaven...
...on the soul of his good ol' shoe.
All right, here's the
speech. President's speech.
Put this in the Library
of Congress right away.
Folk music section, 1930.
Right away, please.
Get it in the Library of Congress now.
Oh, God.
Who's seeing the guy
from the CBS tonight?
Tonight, you remember some song
from the folk song days...
...something about a good old shoe.
Tonight?
You're with him watching
the president's speech...
What if he's busy tonight?
- Lure him.
- What are you saying?
What I am saying is I don't have
to be your confessor, darling.
Tell him you've got some info on
the president's sex scandal...
...it's on your conscience.
Believe me. He'll drop
whatever he's doing.
Folks, folks, this is a shitty business.
It needs no ghost comes from
the grave to tell us that...
...but, Lord willing,
eight days from now...
...I'm gonna be taking
you into the second term.
Wait till you hear the speech tonight.
The 303 speech. Great.
Where's that Fad King by the way?
I'll get him.
Could we go now please people?
A good plan today is better
than a perfect plan tomorrow.
Conrad, how are they doing
on Sergeant Schumann?
They're working on him,
they're finding him.
Good. It's working.
It's all happening people.
It's taking place around us.
People, it is in the works.
It is being addressed.
We are being proactive.
We are