seen
The big calliope will play
And 50 pachyderms will play
You'll see a hawker dressed in grey
Shouting, Peanuts, popcorn and lemonade
The human cannonball will zoom
As trumpets blare and bass drums boom
To entertain your mom and pop
As we go under the great big top
Working on the rig.
Get them ready for the show.
Is that The Flying Comets rig?
Yeah.
We've only got four poles.
Rig it over ring three.
- Hey, Russ.
- Yes, boss?
Have Whitey climb up and
see if they're in sight yet.
- How do you feel?
- Never mind that. Just take off.
- And see if the menagerie...
- Brad, Brad, take it easy.
Doc, maybe you can keep
him quiet. I give up.
You did a great job,
Buttons. A great job.
Thank you, Doc. It's my last.
Looks like you ran
into a little trouble.
If I were in the junk business,
I might make you an offer.
Vultures even follow train wrecks.
Braden,
- you're all washed up.
- Well give a show.
Without an audience?
Hey, you hear that?
Brad? You hear it?
The pied piper.
What's that?
That's a ratcatcher, Mr. Henderson.
What?
You know, great rats, small
rats, lean rats, scrawny rats,
brown rats, black rats,
grey rats, tawny rats.
They made it. Listen to that band.
Hey, Whitey, can you see them yet?
I see them, Brad!
Wow! Look at them come!
They got the whole town with them!
Thank God.
Think I'll go have a look.
I'll say this much for you,
Braden. You're good circus.
I'll wait till you're
back on your feet again,
then I'll knock you off them for good.
Why don't you stay and
see the show, Henderson?
There'll be standing room.
I'm sorry, Doc.
I couldn't take a chance
with that crowd coming.
Yeah, yeah. I know.
Id kind of like to
shake your hand before...
You're all right.
Buttons...
What can a man say?
Well, take care of yourself, Brad.
Tell Holly lm going to keep that
date with that girl she knows about.
Where's my hat?
Here's a present for you.
Come on, Squeaker.
Do you want a bite of
my candy bar, Buttons?
No, thanks, honey. I'm not very hungry.
Squeaker likes candy, don't you?
- I'll tell you, why don't you take him?
- Don't you want him?
Yeah, I want him, but I
can't take him where I'm going.
Here. Don't feed him too
much popcorn or hell pop.
Thanks.
- Well, keep the show rolling, Brad.
- Hey, Buttons, what's this...
And why don't you tell
Holly Brad wants to see her?
Come on. Lets go.
- You kids want popcorn?
- Yeah!
Merle, spot the band
between those seat wagons.
We got the webs rigged
to the star boom, Holly.
Keep them out of the
way of the Alzana wire.
Antoinette, take your web
girls up to the big pole.
Lou, you work the centre ring
with Loni and The Chaludis.
Honey, use my trapeze. Yours is busted.
Give them a hula bubble bath, Phyllis.
Yes. In the elephant tub.
Hey, Rusty. Follow captain high.
Right, Sebastian.
Well, what happened to you, sugar?
You must have gotten
some of Brads blood.
You walking people, get
back by the bubble float.
Holly, Brad wants you!
Okay. Coffee, everybody, after
the spec at the grease joint.
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blue canopy of the open sky.
Golly, Brad, you sure look
better than when I saw you last.
- Yeah, sure, but...
- No, no! Put The Idnavies in the centre!
Brad, what I said last night.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean it.
- Well, I'm not. Listen...
- Brad, aren't you proud of me?
You should have seen
us. We panicked them.
Were not gonna have enough
seats out there to hold them.
I nearly folded last night.
It made me see what I've been missing.
You know what I'm gonna do? Were
gonna parade around the track...
Would you listen to what I'm
trying to tell you? I love you.
- I know, but were ready to start.
- Holly...
After the show, huh, Brad?
Judas priest!
You got nothing but
sawdust in your veins!
Children of all ages,
the big show is about to commence.