* Sometimes the world looks perfect
* Nothing to rearrange
* Sometimes you just get a feeling
* Like you need some kind of change
* No matter what the odds are this time
* Nothing's going to stand in my way
* This flame in my heart
* Like a long lost friend
* Gives every dark street
* A light at the end
* Standing tall Standing tall
* On the wings of my dream Wings of my dream
* Rise and fall Rise and fall
* On the wings of my dream Wings of my dream
* The wind and haze
* It's my life and my dream
* Nothing's gonna stop me now *
BALKI: Okay, Dimitri, watch closely.
We have here an ordinary souffle pan.
We say the magic words.
Abracapocus Elia Kazan and flambe.
Hey, cousin, you just
Life is so unfair sometimes.
Cousin, I could do it again.
No, thank you, Balki.
Well, that's okay.
The Amazing Timmy is performing
at the Youth Center charity show.
Ping.
Balki, I'm not going to the Youth Center charity show.
You're not going? No.
And what did I say? You said no.
That's right.
Do you see a pattern here?
Well, you know, usually, if I keep asking
eventually, I wear you down.
Well, the answer is still no. I'll check with you later.
I'll save you the trouble. No.
Come on, cousin. No. No.
Come on, please. I'm not going.
Stop it. Oh, God.
I'm tired, I'm discouraged.
Not to mention a little cranky.
And with good reason.
All week long I dug and I dug
trying to come up with a big story, and I have nothing.
Nothing.
Wainwright rejected every story idea I had.
If I don't come up with something
a-a story, an interview, something...
I'm going to be writing an obituary for my own career.
Well, at least you'll still be writing.
Well, Balki, the important thing is that I get a story.
This is important too, the kids wait all year
for this annual variety show.
Ow.
You know, they'll all be looking forward to it.
You don't know what you're missing.
I'm gonna go get dressed.
But, cousin, cheer up, you'll come up with something.
I got nothing. Oh, come on, cousin.
You never know, life is full of surprises.
Ping. Ow.
How did you do that?
Number one, I'd be violating the code of the magicians.
And number two, I have no idea.
(KNOCK ON DOOR)
Oh.
Hello, Larry. Oh, hello, Mrs. O'Neal.
I hope I'm not bothering you. No.
I just wanted to drop off these programs for Balki
to bring to the show tonight.
Well, I'll make sure he gets them.
Oh, thank you.
Oh, I have to make the seating arrangements
talk to the lighting man
about Margaret Thatcher stopping by.
You didn't hear that. Margaret Thatcher?
The ex-prime minister of Great Britain?
She's doing it for me as a special favor.
Mags and I went to school together.
And I promised her there would be no press
or television people there.
Well, your secret is safe with me.
Oh, thank you, Larry.
And remember, mum's the word on Mrs. T.
Mum, mum, mum, mum, mum.
Yes! Yes!
Cousin? Yes?
About that charity show-- Okay, I'll come.
Come again?
And I've been very selfish.
Putting my career above the happiness
of those little children. So, I've decided to come.
Oh, cousin, now everything's coming up roses.
MAN: Ready? Ready.
Um...this one.
Ta-da!
Yeah. Oh, great, great.
You're a little guy. You have so many, uh...
(KIDS LAUGHING)
It's okay. I know you're with the Secret Service.
I'm handling things for Mrs. O'Neil.
Is everything on schedule with Mrs. T?
Everything's fine, thanks.
Roger.
(LAUGHING)
He's the last act, isn't he?
Oh, he'll be here.
That Timmy must love deer.
Well, cousin, I beg to quibble with you.
I distinctly remember Timmy telling me
that a certain Bambi was going to be jumping out of a cake.
My mistake.
Oh, Mr. Amazing Timmy.
I want, I want you to meet my cousin, Larry.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
(SNORING)
I have never seen a performer so relaxed before a performance.
Balki, he is drunk.
Help me get him over to the couch over here.
Okay.
(GRUNTS)
(BOTH GRUNT)
Oh!
Well, looks like the Amazing Timmy
was practicing his disappearing Scotch trick.
Balki, go get some coffee.
Cream and Sweet 'n Low, cousin?
Not for me. For him, for him.
Do you want anything?
Is this the magic act?
This is Agent Hansen.
Take Mrs. Thatcher directly to her next stop.
Wait a minute. What do you mean?
No, no, the show ends early
and Mrs. Thatcher has a very tight schedule.
She goes right to her next stop.
She can't do that.
She can do whatever she wants.
The magic act will go on.
Wake up, wake up, wake up. You gotta get out there.
You've got to do your magic act or my life is over.
Cousin, I had no idea you were such a magic fan.
That's it, this show is over.
No. No, no, no. No, no, no. The show will go on.
We have another magician.
We do, cousin? Yes.
Yes, the Great Balkini will go on.
(DRUM ROLL)
Good evening.
I am the Great Balkini.
Oh.
(LAUGHING)
And I would like you now
For my first trick I require a ten dollar bill.
Cousini, have you a ten dollar bill?
For my first trick, I will take this ten dollar bill
and rip it in many, many pieces.
(KIDS LAUGHING)
(CLEARS THROAT) I will rip this ten dollar bill into many, many pieces.
And now, I will magically reassemble the ten dollar bill.
Voila.
(LAUGHING)
You know, I think I know what went wrong.
I think it's supposed to be a twenty.
Have you, have you got a twenty, cousin?
No. Cousin, I saw.
I know you have a twenty. No. No.
Do another trick.
(CLEARS THROAT) For my next trick
I will make this table disappear.
Where do I come up with them?
For my next trick, I will make a rabbit appear.
(DRUM ROLL)
Please note, there is nothing in the bucket.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Abracapocus Elia Kazam.
And voila, a rabbit-chicken.
(LAUGHING)
A rabbit chi... A rabid chicken.
Cousin, please take it away before it bites someone.
The rabbit, get to the rabbit. All right.
Now I will make a rabbit appear.
Voila.
No.
Well, it looks that way to me.
Balki, Balki, where are you going?
I'm done, cousin, it's over. The show is over.
And if I must say so myself Balkini was a hit.
Balki, you've gotta get back out there and do more.
Cousin, I don't have any more.
Balki, Balki, if you don't go back out there
Margaret Thatcher won't show up.
Eh...
Margaret Thatcher?
No, I said "Body Snatcher."
"Body Snatcher." "Body Snatcher," yeah.
Later on they're showing
Which is why it is so important that you go back out there
because, uh, because, uh, because, uh
because of the children.
Just look at the children. Just look at the children.
Cousin. Just look... All right, I lied.
I lied, I lied.
I'll tell you the real truth.
I have a very rare disease.
Cousin. All right.
All right, I lied again, I lied again, please.
All right, I'll tell you the real real truth.
Well, when Mrs. O'Neil came by to drop off the programs
she let it slip that Mrs. Thatcher was dropping by
this evening, and she asked me not to tell anyone.
So, naturally, I phoned Wainwright
on his desk tomorrow morning.
I won't get my interview
and Mr. Wainwright's gonna fire me.
So, you're only here for your own selfish reasons.
That sounds so harsh. And you lied to me.
Ow! Yes, I lied to you. It was for the children--
Cousin. All right, all right.
I'm just a selfish liar.
There's absolutely no reason why you should help me.
Well, that's for sure.
The show will go on. Oh, it will?
Oh, thank you, Balki. Thank you, thank you.
But I'm gonna need your help. You got it.
The show's going on.
Are you ready for more magic? Yeah.
For my first encore trick
I will do the famous
Cousini, may I please have the newspaper funnel and the milk?
Thank you.
Oh, no, he won't.
Oh, yes, he will.
I will now pour the milk into the newspaper funnel.
You sure you know what you're doing?
(LAUGHING)
Hey, they can't all work.
Cousini, please.
I will now attempt...
...to cut someone in half.
Anyone? Just, just, just raise your hands, raise your hands.
Oh, here's someone.
Absolutely not.
Thank you and goodnight.
Wait a minute.
Wouldn't you, uh,
ALL: No.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
(ALL CHEERING)
Get in the box. Wait.
Yes, you would, yes, you would. Wouldn't that be fun?
ALL: No!
Well, you ungrateful little-- Get in the box, Bozo.
Oh.
(KIDS GASP)
Balki, you sure you know what you're doing?
Relax, cousin, I've seen the Amazing Timmy
do it a hundred times.
Never could figure out how it was done.
Now, I will attempt to cut Cousini in half.
Whoa! Whoa. Oh!
Oh, ah, oh, oh, ah.
(SCREAMS)
Now, shall we see if the Great Balkini has succeeded?
(ALL APPLAUDING)
Oh.
(LARRY LAUGHING)
Stop it!
Mrs. Thatcher will be here momentarily
and she would love to say a few words to all of you.
Balki, Balki, put me back together. Get me out of here.
Okay.
(PANTING)
(DRUM ROLL)
Cousin, I can't, I can't get it unlocked.
Well, try harder.
Let's, uh, let's get this junk out of here, all right?
Oh. Oh. Oh.
Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no.
I'm really sorry that I couldn't let you out of the box.
Oh, that's okay, Balki. It wasn't your fault.
I got what I deserved.
Well, I can't argue with that.
And now I have to tell Mr. Wainwright
that I didn't get an interview with Margaret Thatcher
because I was cut in half and stuck in a box.
Cousin, you know, I think Mrs. Thatcher
would find that really amusing.
She's really quite the charming lady.
You talked to her?
You interviewed her?
Oh, yeah, sure.
Oh, I can't believe this.
Well, you know, I am going to need a good writer
to turn my interview into an article.
Oh, oh, oh.
Just, uh, raise your hands.
(BANGING ON BOX)
(SOBBING)
Oh, here's one.
Thank you, Balki. Thank you.
It's pretty dry stuff. I'll try my best.