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18-year-old aspiring singer Jackie and her 14-year-old cousin/manager Angus. To save their family's struggling Sydney pub from repossession, they pull off wild publicity stunts to enter a televised New Year's Eve talent contest at the Sydney Opera House.
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00:01:02Heartbreak Hotel?
00:01:04Now shut up.
00:01:04And don't start talking till I've finished.
00:01:06I've got you a booking.
00:01:08Singing?
00:01:08Yeah, singing.
00:01:09And get this, new faces night at the Lizard Lounge.
00:01:13Angus, how?
00:01:14Bosh.
00:01:15But I'll have to get off work.
00:01:17Oh yeah, and I'll leave school.
00:01:19I must go to the hairdresser.
00:01:21You know, fluff up the old wiffles.
00:01:24Hey, I'll treat you to a hairdo.
00:01:26Oh no, you won't.
00:01:34Oh, come on, Angus.
00:01:38Oh.
00:01:39Oh, Angus.
00:01:40It's Angus, faceache.
00:01:44They're not looking.
00:01:46You, it's me.
00:01:47I've got that certain kind of animal presence.
00:01:53I'm scared.
00:01:55I wonder if I'll get discovered at the Lizard Lounge tonight.
00:02:00God, no my luck.
00:02:01I might crack it and then some nuclear holocaust will come along and ruin my career.
00:02:06Worse still, your hairdo.
00:02:09Half me a week's wages.
00:02:12I wouldn't be so scared if I had my own band.
00:02:14A band?
00:02:16Oh, how slacks that?
00:02:18She'd be good for a shag.
00:02:20As if you'd know how.
00:02:22Oh, I want a band.
00:02:23I want amplifiers.
00:02:25I want, I want, I want.
00:02:27Life's just a matter of what you want.
00:02:29Start out wanting a Volkswagen, and you'll end up with a Volkswagen.
00:02:33I don't want a Volkswagen.
00:02:34If you start out wanting a jag, you'll end up with a jag.
00:02:38I don't want a jag.
00:02:41I want that.
00:02:44Brainstorming.
00:02:54All right.
00:02:56Ask her if she's got a sister, mate.
00:03:05All right!
00:03:15You know what, Dick?
00:03:20I've been learning special for about three months ago.
00:03:23Mullen's the name, and management's the game, and songs, I've got songs, great lyrics, all they need is...
00:03:31Don't tell me, you've got great lyrics, and all you need is someone to put melodies to them.
00:03:36Yeah.
00:03:37No.
00:03:38Has anybody seen Robbie?
00:03:40No.
00:04:06Come on, come on, come on, come with Mama, there's a good baby.
00:04:22Oh, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, what a lot of nonsense.
00:04:25There you are, dear.
00:04:28Thank you, senora.
00:04:32Oh, uh, I've just run short, feed for babies.
00:04:37Sorry, sweetheart, they're your babies, they're five babies, still gotta stay on the hunt, now.
00:04:43Anything fit for a cat here?
00:04:44How about a brick in a bag?
00:04:46Don't you give cheap to the borders.
00:04:47What borders?
00:04:48Mrs. Booth's the last one, the solitary survivor.
00:04:51He's a rude boy.
00:04:53A sink's so greasy, no wonder the posher clientele shy off this pub.
00:04:57Here, give these a rub over for me, will you, Nana?
00:04:59Dreams can come too, they can happen to you.
00:05:03I'm Marlon!
00:05:05Piss off!
00:05:07What?
00:05:09You get to school!
00:05:11With a bag on my head, I'd rather die.
00:05:13Besides, you, no, I hate group activity.
00:05:16I don't care.
00:05:18You're going just as soon as you look normal.
00:05:19And when will that be?
00:05:21You're not telling me everything you know, are you?
00:05:23Aunty Pearl, I left and got the last bus home.
00:05:26I don't know anything more.
00:05:27As God's me charge.
00:05:36So, how did you escape?
00:05:39Why get involved?
00:05:4190% of the time, it's just rip off agents and take away grease burgers and all the fights.
00:05:48I bet you just ate to get back to fitting and turning and vegetating.
00:05:53Think of that next time you play guitar, huh?
00:05:56Playing isn't everything.
00:05:57Let's just talk about...
00:05:59Sex, okay.
00:06:02My cousin Angus, he's reading this book, Sex Psychology, and he reckons guitars are like
00:06:07phallic symbols.
00:06:09And guitarists masturbate for a living.
00:06:13So God knows why you need me.
00:06:20What are you two, Siamese twins?
00:06:23Siamese cousins, actually.
00:06:25See, his parents...
00:06:26Yeah?
00:06:27So where are they?
00:06:29Well, his dad went fruit picking, and his mum went to Jesus.
00:06:33Last I heard, she was nerve nuts in Brisbane.
00:06:36No, Perth.
00:06:37Born again virgin.
00:06:39Speaking of which, I better go.
00:06:42Are you sure it's early?
00:06:44How is it, Eve?
00:06:50You big, fat, fibber.
00:06:57Hey!
00:06:59Hey!
00:07:16That must be the 9.55.
00:07:20See, uh, Godzilla broke down.
00:07:23You must be good and tired.
00:07:25No, just tired.
00:07:27See, we were at this club, and Angus talked him into letting me sing, so I just sang.
00:07:32Just sang, yeah.
00:07:33You've always enjoyed singing yourself, Nana.
00:07:36I enjoy a good sing-song now, Ned, but I've never used my voice to attract men.
00:07:41Now, Nana, if what I'm reading here is right, you've got a good dead-set case of penis envy.
00:07:47I doubt for God's sake.
00:07:47I don't think he gets his ideas for it.
00:07:49You wouldn't have to be Freud to work that one out.
00:07:52It's all them books, Nana.
00:07:54Makes the brains too big for the head.
00:07:57Oh!
00:07:58God almighty, you.
00:08:00I haven't thought about you.
00:08:02It's about Uncle Reg's brain.
00:08:05It seems to be shrinking.
00:08:07Oh, lay up him, love.
00:08:08You know he's got a plate in his head.
00:08:10A plate?
00:08:10I think they threw in the knife and fork, too.
00:08:13Ooh.
00:08:16Hot under collar, don't take it out on me, don't push me too far.
00:08:24Temper, temper, burning and a temper, temper.
00:08:29Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na.
00:08:33You make my blood boil, you're the judge and jury, cocking in your own oil.
00:08:43Angus?
00:08:45Angus, tangus, tangus, tutsibald.
00:08:53That's a bit mangled, but I managed to save the head and...
00:08:59What happened to the blue hair?
00:09:01I got bored with it, didn't I?
00:09:03Like I'm getting bored with you.
00:09:09Angus, you made last night.
00:09:11Let me off the hook, will you?
00:09:12I'll do anything, I promise.
00:09:18Oh, no.
00:09:20Not that!
00:09:29There's a brand new way to do the out-telefono.
00:09:33A brand new way to be a quality moto.
00:09:37Hang in five, then hang in ten.
00:09:39It's a wipeout, right on the permacan.
00:09:41Walk the nose, then shake your toes.
00:09:45Surfside time, go.
00:09:46Wipe out, it's an edible.
00:09:46Cool as the wind slow.
00:09:49Wipe out, it's an edible.
00:09:50Throw the hoo-hoo-hoo, surfside tango.
00:09:55Angus, this has got to be your dumbest song.
00:09:58Song?
00:09:59That's it.
00:10:00It's a chance to make the world dance, yeah?
00:10:02Yeah!
00:10:04Get caught in the lip, cover the falls.
00:10:09Swim, go on, swim.
00:10:11Move your mouth like a fish, like a fish.
00:10:13Wipe out, it's coming back.
00:10:14Wipe out, it's coming back.
00:10:16Wipe out, it's coming back.
00:10:18Ooh-ooh-ooh.
00:10:19Well, did you get yourself into the bang?
00:10:22Angus, I'm not that calculated.
00:10:26Besides, I think I'm a threat to Robbie.
00:10:29Do you think I'm threatening?
00:10:30I think you're an old tart.
00:10:32As if you know.
00:10:34Jeez, people make me sick and have had a root.
00:10:37They start creeping around all secret and smartass,
00:10:40like they discovered the lousy Adam or something.
00:10:47Wagging school and dyeing your hair.
00:10:51Next it'll be earrings and tattoos.
00:10:53That's the stuff.
00:10:54You!
00:10:55Thanks, love.
00:10:55Stuck it all night.
00:10:57Warring me sick.
00:10:59I'm trying to leave my first holder in 12 years,
00:11:01and under doctor's orders.
00:11:02All this noise giving you a headache, is it, Wally?
00:11:04Hey, hey, giving you a headache, is it?
00:11:07Tell your lazy father to get off his lazy bum
00:11:09and drag him a fresh key.
00:11:13There.
00:11:15There.
00:11:16You work for your school for the next six months.
00:11:19Endless day after endless day mapped out.
00:11:22My life is ebbing away in this dump.
00:11:25In my bed.
00:11:27I've been everywhere that he said
00:11:30and when I come home
00:11:31I've been coming to children in my head.
00:11:34Why do you keep singing these pointless bloody songs?
00:11:37No.
00:11:38I don't know.
00:11:39I just close my eyes and I sing.
00:11:41And I feel like I'm above the crowd.
00:11:43Above the crowd?
00:11:45It's a bad attitude.
00:11:48Squeeze yourself into these ridiculous clothes all you like.
00:11:51Won't change who you are.
00:11:53Or what you are.
00:11:55But Aunty Pearl,
00:11:56last night at the Lizard Lounge,
00:11:57Jackie blew the roof off.
00:11:58What, Wes?
00:12:00Hot air?
00:12:01Star quality only, Pearl.
00:12:03Star quality.
00:12:04Mmm.
00:12:05They set one up, will you, love?
00:12:07These two have themselves on.
00:12:08And what would that be?
00:12:09Star quality.
00:12:12It's that...
00:12:14little something extra.
00:12:15Yeah?
00:12:16All size of bullshit
00:12:18and you're both full of it.
00:12:18Hopeless dreamers, eh, love?
00:12:23Oh, Pearl.
00:12:25Wish you'd be as serious
00:12:26about the serious things of life.
00:12:27Nah, it's smarter
00:12:28to be serious about the silly things.
00:12:30I mean, silly about the serious things.
00:12:32You're a kid, love.
00:12:38That's bloody, lovey, that is.
00:12:40The beer's foaming, you fool.
00:12:42Suzu.
00:12:43The man's just knocked back two beers.
00:12:45He has a spitz in his glass.
00:12:47That's where his beer's flint.
00:12:48There you go.
00:12:50I should think so.
00:12:53Fair crack of the whip, Mum.
00:12:55Can't give cheek a lot, French.
00:12:56Hold on, quick to get you moving.
00:12:57And don't call me Mum!
00:12:59He didn't get away with it, did he, eh?
00:13:02Actually, if you're old,
00:13:02just looking at him.
00:13:05Come on, Rick.
00:13:06Come on.
00:13:09Yes.
00:13:11That's not a bad drop, mate.
00:13:13As mad as a mate axe.
00:13:15We can't do a thing with him.
00:13:18Oh, yes.
00:13:20Hope so.
00:13:22Oh, yes.
00:13:23Sorry for all the trouble
00:13:24he's caused you.
00:13:27Yes.
00:13:28Yes.
00:13:29Well, love,
00:13:30thanks for calling.
00:13:32Was that the school?
00:13:33Yeah, I pretended I was Mum
00:13:35and they said you were mad.
00:13:36So I agreed.
00:13:37Then I said we'd be keeping you away
00:13:38all the week
00:13:39at the psychiatrist.
00:13:41Gee, thanks.
00:13:44You sure you can manage?
00:13:45Of course.
00:13:46Here, look after yourself.
00:13:47I'll do this.
00:13:48Quick, quick.
00:13:49Come and take a bite to your mother.
00:13:51What's that, love?
00:13:52Now, you watch me now.
00:13:54She keeps the wrong change every time.
00:13:56See ya, Mum.
00:13:57Angus,
00:13:58I want to see you walking to school now.
00:14:01Bye.
00:14:01Bye.
00:14:02Have a happy, keep that, get on and down.
00:14:03It's early night.
00:14:04You make sure you get where you're going.
00:14:06Bye, we're...
00:14:07Hannah!
00:14:08I'm 34, Houston, 4.
00:14:10Number 47.
00:14:12I'm a poor, Shabby.
00:14:13I'm a poor, Shabby.
00:14:15I'm a poor, Shabby.
00:14:16I'm a poor, Shabby.
00:14:17I'm a poor, Shabby.
00:14:28Ah, thanks, man.
00:14:30Thanks, man.
00:14:33Would you recommend the rabbit, man?
00:14:35It's your stomach, Kazzy.
00:14:38Why'd you take that up?
00:14:39Good for my toys and kind of thrilling.
00:14:42Yeah, looks exciting from here, too.
00:14:44Nice long legs, eh, man?
00:14:45Yeah, they go right up to a bum.
00:14:47They're not on the menu.
00:14:49Well, I'd better have a chop, then.
00:14:56Constitution.
00:14:58Here.
00:14:59I'm on me lunch hour.
00:15:00Honest.
00:15:01Oh, wow, Joe.
00:15:04Hi.
00:15:05What are you doing New Year's Eve?
00:15:07I'd like you to consider spending it with me.
00:15:09Just ask me, Strumpet.
00:15:11Ask me.
00:15:12And the best act will be performing at the Opera House.
00:15:15The band that makes the biggest hit
00:15:17will win contracts and cash worth $25,000.
00:15:20Watch this week's show for more details.
00:15:22I love you wouldn't give this to a Jap on Anzac Day.
00:15:25Well, you can't bring it back.
00:15:26You already bit it.
00:15:28Oh, thanks, love.
00:15:29Hey, we could all starve to death
00:15:31by the time they all see how to get the bread butter.
00:15:33How about some service?
00:15:34How about taking your time?
00:15:35I'll give you a...
00:15:38Our problem is we're obscure.
00:15:40We're even more obscure than her.
00:15:42You know what that is?
00:15:43Angus, I've been meaning to tell you
00:15:45that's a girl.
00:15:46No, no, dummy, it's publicity.
00:15:48So, bare bodies get publicity, so what?
00:15:50Here, you get back to school.
00:16:04Terry Lambert's office.
00:16:06Could I speak with Terry?
00:16:08Not in, I'm afraid.
00:16:09When will he be there?
00:16:11Could I ask what you're after?
00:16:13It's about this singer.
00:16:14A great singer, but she's in a hurry.
00:16:16I might have to take her elsewhere.
00:16:17Good luck, Ben.
00:16:25Seven National Newsroom.
00:16:27I've got a story for you.
00:16:28Yeah, what type of story?
00:16:30It's one of those stories you use
00:16:31to distract people from the real news.
00:16:33Look, is this some kind of juvenile prank?
00:16:35I have to ask, how old are you?
00:16:38Yes, but, madam, these people
00:16:40are on every second corner, you know.
00:16:42Not like this one.
00:16:43She's marvellous at balancing.
00:16:45She can balance on anything.
00:16:47Yes, well, look, I'm afraid
00:16:49it doesn't sound like our type of thing.
00:16:51But have you ever seen anyone
00:16:53balancing in the nude?
00:16:56Naked? Where, in the city?
00:16:58Yes, virtually.
00:16:59She just wears a few little strings.
00:17:01Yeah, okay, just let me get a pen.
00:17:02Now, where does this happen
00:17:03and at what time?
00:17:04Circular key.
00:17:05Yep.
00:17:07Thursdays.
00:17:07Right.
00:17:13Shh, shh, shh, shh.
00:17:14I can hear a voice.
00:17:16And you've been claiming
00:17:17their voices for years.
00:17:19My psychic capacities
00:17:20are a different matter.
00:17:21Some of us are quite capable
00:17:23of talking to another world.
00:17:25Well, you might as well.
00:17:25No-one else will listen to you.
00:17:26Terry Lambert, please.
00:17:27Hello.
00:17:29Terry Lambert, please.
00:17:33Terry Lambert's office.
00:17:34Terry Lambert, please.
00:17:36I'm afraid he's in conference.
00:17:39Sod, wagging school again.
00:17:41But it's his mother.
00:17:43I'm all alone with the burglar
00:17:44loose in the house.
00:17:45Oh.
00:17:46All right, stay there,
00:17:47Mrs. Lambert.
00:17:48I'll get him for you.
00:17:53Hello, Mum.
00:17:54Listen, it's about me cousin,
00:17:56Jackie Mullins.
00:17:57She's a winner, she's a star.
00:17:59You sickle-bucket!
00:18:01You'll land us in the law court.
00:18:02You've gone too far this time.
00:18:04I've got further to go yet.
00:18:07I've seen phone calls.
00:18:11And Chris, you're a maniac.
00:18:13You can't be serious.
00:18:16You are serious.
00:18:18Well, forget it.
00:18:19Absolutely not.
00:18:20N-O.
00:18:22Know what happens
00:18:23if you don't take a risk?
00:18:24Nothing.
00:18:25Less than nothing.
00:18:28I will not do it, okay?
00:18:37How do you feel?
00:18:38Sweaty.
00:18:39And dizzy with all these silver spots
00:18:41swimming in front of my eyes.
00:18:43Angus, how did you talk me into this?
00:18:46Because you wanted me to talk you into it.
00:18:48God, you get away with murder!
00:18:50Ha!
00:18:50What about all the junk you've conned me into?
00:18:53Like the blue hair?
00:18:55And what about the time you claimed
00:18:56you'd learned witchcraft?
00:18:58That was years ago.
00:19:00Hey, up here!
00:19:03Angus put a hex on me, so you said,
00:19:05and made me eat crushed worms and dog shit
00:19:08to cast away the evil spell.
00:19:09It was only liverwurst.
00:19:25Angus, is anyone taking any notice of this?
00:19:27Yes, I reckon they soon will.
00:19:32Ha ha!
00:19:33Come on.
00:19:37Last one.
00:19:39Let's do anything.
00:19:44Shit!
00:19:46Watch where you're going, you bloody morons.
00:19:49No bloody responsible.
00:19:50He went up to the back of me.
00:19:52Further place.
00:19:53Don't.
00:19:57Don't tell you, my husband.
00:20:03Try and work your hands along the line.
00:20:07I can't.
00:20:08Young lady, come in from there immediately.
00:20:11Oh, come and get me, you old fool.
00:20:14Wait.
00:20:18What?
00:20:29Get those people back there.
00:20:31Come on.
00:20:31Get those people back there.
00:20:33Come on.
00:20:37There she is.
00:20:37Come on, quick.
00:20:38There she is.
00:20:39Come on out of there.
00:20:40Come on out of there.
00:20:42Come on out of there.
00:20:48He thought if I got noticed, I might start a career.
00:20:54You want to be a professional aerialist?
00:20:56I want to be a singer.
00:20:57Then why the tightrope?
00:20:59Ask him.
00:21:00He thought of it.
00:21:02Look, this is agony.
00:21:04I can't hold on much longer.
00:21:06Is she going to drop?
00:21:07Well, not until I've finished this interview, I'm not.
00:21:11When you decided to pull this stunt, did you realize how much trouble you'd cause?
00:21:14I'm just trying to spark things up a bit.
00:21:17I'm emotional.
00:21:18I sing because I'm emotional.
00:21:20Perhaps you could trace all this back to a very unhappy childhood.
00:21:23Hang on, dear.
00:21:24Hang on.
00:21:25Look, I've done me dash, Angus.
00:21:27I want you down there when I splatter.
00:21:30And when they scrape me up, just remember it was all your fault.
00:21:47Is that Timmy Lambert?
00:21:48That's right.
00:21:49Is that really Timmy Lambert?
00:21:51What is this, funny question?
00:21:55Why are you persecuting me?
00:22:12She's alive.
00:22:13She sings.
00:22:14She's pouring a pipe in this afternoon.
00:22:30Oh, thank you.
00:22:33Oh, thank you.
00:22:37Oh, thank you.
00:22:45Oh, thank you.
00:23:14Mid-air until rescued.
00:23:15She's currently being held by Phillip Street Police.
00:23:18And Sydney's weather...
00:23:19What are you doing?
00:23:22Big gun, big gun.
00:23:24Oh, there's the doll office.
00:23:25Okay, okay.
00:23:25I just want to see you.
00:23:40Do you like the Beatles?
00:23:42They broke up when he was two?
00:23:46Righty-o, Cinderella.
00:23:47Prince Charming's here to bail you out.
00:23:58It's probably hazard.
00:24:00I'm calling card 2-9-0, you're reading it.
00:24:02Reading it out.
00:24:03Excuse me.
00:24:03I'm waiting for a singer and a manager.
00:24:07That's, um, where?
00:24:09This toddler's the phone clone?
00:24:11I'm 14.
00:24:12He's short for his age.
00:24:13I'm not.
00:24:13I just look short when I wear blue.
00:24:16Do you realise you've misused the police force, the fire brigade and the rescue squad?
00:24:20But did we make the papers?
00:24:22How do you think I found you?
00:24:24More to the point.
00:24:25Why did you make me find you?
00:24:28Because we're your number one fans in the entire world.
00:24:32We owed it to you.
00:24:33So you could find out about Jackie to appear on your Opera House show.
00:24:46Debbie?
00:24:47Yeah, Debbie.
00:24:50Right.
00:24:51Well, uh, I will do a story on you in my pop column.
00:24:54I guess we're a hard item, huh?
00:24:55Humble, Angus.
00:24:56Humble.
00:24:57Cadillac.
00:24:58Wow.
00:24:59Your coach.
00:25:01Ta-da.
00:25:03Shit, a car with a TV set.
00:25:07Angus, I think all your lies are starting to come true.
00:25:09Don't worry, girls.
00:25:10They're in safe hands.
00:25:14Bye.
00:25:43Get them off, man.
00:25:44It's a better investment than oil centers.
00:25:46Complete with spills, chills, and a female's new.
00:25:49When you decided to pull this stunt, did you realize how much trouble you'd cause?
00:25:53Pepper!
00:25:54I don't know if I'm quiet!
00:25:56I'm emotional. I sing because I'm emotional.
00:25:59Perhaps it's just a need to get all the love that an audience can give.
00:26:03In fact, you could probably trace it back to a very unhappy childhood.
00:26:07We arrived here and she was dangling, yes?
00:26:10We gave her no toys on anyone.
00:26:11The event to take place here and it appears to be happening above us in the street
00:26:17where a lady is naked, waist up, and doing a tightrope walk across the street.
00:26:24Well, she's exposed, isn't she?
00:26:26That girl now is exposing herself. Disgusting.
00:26:29Apart from her humorous attire, the fact remained that the display was full of potential danger.
00:26:34It wasn't long before she'd attracted more than just spectators.
00:26:47It's disgusting, sis. An outrage.
00:26:49Shut up, you...
00:26:52Give it away, man.
00:26:53Give it away, man.
00:26:54Stay out, you mongrel.
00:26:56Good on her, I suppose.
00:26:58Don't know what she's up to, but I hope she gets some way.
00:27:04Here we are.
00:27:05Yeah, this is our hong-o-hong.
00:27:07The joint's jumping.
00:27:17Hey!
00:27:18Hey!
00:27:18Hey!
00:27:18What are you up to?
00:27:27That's great!
00:27:28Fight for a quick audition, I'd tell you, wouldn't you?
00:27:30It's the quick and the dead, mate.
00:27:31Hey, hey!
00:27:33Oh, Robbie!
00:27:34This is Terry.
00:27:35Hey, Robbie!
00:27:36How are ya?
00:27:38Woo!
00:27:39Woo!
00:27:48I was wanting to see you, but I didn't know where to.
00:27:51Hey, here she is!
00:28:14We want a song!
00:28:19We want a song!
00:28:21We want a song!
00:28:22We want a song!
00:28:22We want a song!
00:28:24We want a song!
00:28:25We want a song!
00:28:25Robbie, does your band get much work?
00:28:28We want a song!
00:28:39Instit empreson
00:28:40Walkie-79
00:28:40...wakey, wakey!
00:28:40chop-chop!
00:28:42School time!
00:28:43time. Who is that? My mother, remember her? G'day, son. Got any change? For the, uh, parking
00:28:53meter? Thanks, son. I'll pay you back. Who is that? Your father. Remember him? Shit.
00:29:03Party's over. School sports today. Where's I've got band rehearsal? You, you, you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Angus, you'll be late
00:29:19for school. It's you that needs school. Charm school. Look, Angus, we'll try out some of your songs if there's
00:29:26time. You'll bugger it up all by yourself. You always do by yourself.
00:29:35When your father goes back to Brisbane, he's taking you with him. Now, get up. I'm driving you to school.
00:29:51Cousin Angus, I've been having a little think. I thought I could smell rubber burning. That's quite some coincidence. The
00:30:01way my mother
00:30:02just happened to bump into your father, don't you think? Him? I'm not going anywhere with him.
00:30:13Actually, I think I want to go throw myself under a bus.
00:30:21Terry would have stayed for hours if it wasn't for Robbie hanging around, making sure things didn't go too far,
00:30:29which is a pity considering how far I'd like it to go. But it will.
00:30:41Hangus.
00:30:43Is he all right? Is he being hit right out in front of me?
00:30:45It wasn't me, mate. I was just right along. I saw him there sprawl out on the road.
00:30:48Pick him up, for Christ's sake. Is he all right? Don't mind him. Is he all right?
00:30:52He's very high-strung.
00:30:55That kid's a menace. I'll report you, mate.
00:30:57I suggest you keep kids and pets off the road.
00:31:05What are you doing here?
00:31:12Look at me.
00:31:13Minutes me.
00:31:17What about you, darling?
00:31:23One-ное-minute love.
00:31:51You're just as good as when you wear them caps.
00:31:54You've got the devil's charm, Liv.
00:31:57You've always done the right scene by me, Pelley, mate.
00:32:07It's great to be rehearsing again, eh?
00:32:09You know, I reckon that song would sound better if we played it backwards.
00:32:12Backwards?
00:32:12Yeah, we'll feed in the tape of a baby crying.
00:32:15A baby crying?
00:32:16Yeah, we'll be coming.
00:32:22Leaping, leaping, leaping for lunch.
00:32:27Dressed like a salad, how does it feel?
00:32:33Leaping, leaping, leaping for lunch.
00:32:37That's right.
00:32:39Pouring free beers while the bills pile up.
00:32:42I love, I'd chill for a beer.
00:32:43Be right with you, Hazza.
00:32:45Think of it as an investment.
00:32:46If we're good on TV and then we crack the opera house, voila, 25 pounds.
00:32:51Might as well take a lot of your ticket.
00:32:53Oh, come on, Mum, we'll survive.
00:32:55We always have, thick and thin.
00:32:57Well, it's thin, kid.
00:32:59Thin.
00:33:01Hey, what's he doing with Wally?
00:33:03Hey, Blue, don't blow on me, cocky.
00:33:07Ah, Planet Queensland.
00:33:09I'm wearing the shirt.
00:33:11I'm wearing the shirt.
00:33:13Watch it, will ya?
00:33:15What about laughter from heaven?
00:33:23I'll just wash my face, not gonna do a thing with it.
00:33:28You look like the cocky.
00:33:29I know.
00:33:30Make an agent with a real cocky on your shoulder.
00:33:33Then people will think you're mentally creepy.
00:33:35Well, that's it.
00:33:37Wally.
00:33:39Come on, you rank mongle.
00:33:41It's time you pulled your weight around here.
00:33:43It's hard to know what to wear to this type of do.
00:33:46Do you think there'll be a sing-along?
00:33:48No, no, no.
00:33:50Oh, oh.
00:33:56Animals in the kitchen.
00:33:58Quite illegal, I might say.
00:34:04Look, us Mullinsers have carried this pub for three generations.
00:34:07The fact is, you're catering to a dying trade.
00:34:10So you're gonna get your fancy lawyers onto our lease, are you?
00:34:12I agree.
00:34:13Chucking us out.
00:34:14I'm afraid my brewery requires payment.
00:34:17Or property.
00:34:19By February the first.
00:34:21Chucking us out?
00:34:22I go, I go, I go I go.
00:34:28I go I go I go.
00:34:34I go, I go I go.
00:34:37I go, I go I go.
00:34:56Check out Belle, you couldn't be Jacqueline Mullins, could you?
00:35:03Let's go, guys.
00:35:05That's us.
00:35:06Yeah.
00:35:06Come on.
00:35:06Hey, Spider.
00:35:07Spider.
00:35:08Come on.
00:35:10Come on.
00:35:11Come on.
00:35:11Come on.
00:35:11Come on.
00:35:12Come on.
00:35:15Jacqueline Mullins has arrived.
00:35:19Like she just left the Yorkshire Ripper.
00:35:21She'll need hair, eyes, gown and skin.
00:35:24Hey, my favourite singing lady.
00:35:36No.
00:35:37She's actually meant to look like she looks, see.
00:35:39And she's going to have Wally here on her shoulder.
00:35:45You're singing My Belief in You, right?
00:35:48In 20 minutes, you'll start rehearsing that with the studio band again.
00:35:51Studio band.
00:35:52Here we go.
00:35:53Now, listen.
00:35:54All friends of the artists are staying in the foyer.
00:35:56I'm next.
00:35:56Thank you very much.
00:35:57We're the band.
00:35:58They're on the show.
00:35:59Well, Miss Mullins has a solo vocalist spot before the final commercial.
00:36:02Yeah, and we're the beckon band.
00:36:03Virgal plus studio band.
00:36:05Out in the foyer.
00:36:06Studio band.
00:36:07Now, listen.
00:36:07Don't argue with me.
00:36:08No hassles.
00:36:09Okay, boys, quick.
00:36:09I'll talk to you later.
00:36:10I'll talk to you later.
00:36:10Okay, Al, quick, quick.
00:36:12How you got in here?
00:36:13Good one.
00:36:16Thanks very much.
00:36:26Hi, Mr. Lambert.
00:36:32No, she got it right.
00:36:34Jackie was slotted into the solo spot at the production meeting last night.
00:36:38Look, that doesn't mean you can't perform as a band at the opera house.
00:36:42Well, if this spot goes all right.
00:36:45Um, Terry, we need you on the set now, darling.
00:36:51So it doesn't mean I'm leaving the band or anything?
00:36:54Leave it?
00:36:54You were never officially in it.
00:36:59Oh, boy.
00:37:06Listen, I know you.
00:37:08You're gaga about Terry.
00:37:10Kissy, kissy.
00:37:11Throw a leg over him, why don't you?
00:37:13But don't let him talk you into this.
00:37:15Angus, you need other people in your life.
00:37:18So do I.
00:37:19That's called healthy.
00:37:21Face it.
00:37:22What are you on about?
00:37:23I'm saying it's time I made my own decisions.
00:37:26My own friends.
00:37:27I'm sick of living in the pub.
00:37:29I want to live in a house.
00:37:30Live in a house?
00:37:32And dump me at Heartbreak Hotel.
00:37:35You do a great impersonation of an adult.
00:37:38But remember, you're 14.
00:37:39A minor.
00:37:40Yeah.
00:37:40A minor part of your plans.
00:37:42That's the type of minor I am.
00:37:47You little shit!
00:37:50Angus!
00:37:51Do you know what you are?
00:37:52You're a dirty rat!
00:37:54You're the dumb one that didn't desert the sinking ship!
00:38:14They have and run away from the floor.
00:38:18There's no 이용 on the floor.
00:38:36Hey, you look out at that.
00:38:39Peef!
00:38:40Hey, you move out of there!
00:38:40Peef, Peef!
00:38:41Peef!
00:38:42Peef!
00:38:42Here, you get in there.
00:38:47Wheeler, in there.
00:38:53Okay, quiet, please.
00:38:56Come on, quiet, please.
00:38:58Come on, better source.
00:38:59There she is.
00:39:00All right, that's better.
00:39:02Oh, didn't recognize it.
00:39:04Today, you're going to be the wowiest.
00:39:06I've never seen her look nicer.
00:39:07All right, now, Terry will be out in a moment.
00:39:09Now, this is big.
00:39:10Madam, did you, what did you mind?
00:39:13This is big person's television, all right?
00:39:15And the most important one in the world...
00:39:17Now, you look perfect, thanks.
00:39:19Good luck.
00:39:21Now, listen, a couple of rules.
00:39:24I gave her my bag.
00:39:28Big, big hand claps, all right?
00:39:31And now, a new talent,
00:39:33a girl who recently brought an entire city to a halt.
00:39:36She can walk a tightrope.
00:39:38She can wear a wiglet.
00:39:40And she can sing a song.
00:39:41Miss Jackie Mullin.
00:39:43Hello.
00:39:44She's on.
00:39:45She's on.
00:39:46Quick, watch it.
00:39:46What about this, girls?
00:39:48It's my face.
00:39:54Wow.
00:39:54And I looked at me.
00:39:56Yeah.
00:39:58Wow.
00:39:58Plastic fantastic.
00:40:02Ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:40:04Ha, ha, ha.
00:40:06Ha, ha, ha.
00:40:08Ha, ha, ha.
00:40:20When I believe in my belief in you
00:40:26I believe in you
00:40:29Because the power of love keeps returning
00:40:35Like the waves roll to the shore
00:40:38I don't mind waiting anymore
00:40:44Because I believe in you
00:40:47In my belief in you
00:40:50No, no, no, no, it's so warm
00:40:55Tea for tea
00:40:57Tea for tea
00:40:59Jesus, is that a sausage she's wanting
00:41:10How can I try to
00:41:12That I was wrong
00:41:15So wrong
00:41:16When I believe in my belief in you
00:41:24Because the power of love keeps returning
00:41:31Like the waves roll to the shore
00:41:34I don't mind waiting anymore
00:41:41Because I believe in my belief in you
00:41:47I believe in you
00:41:49I believe in my belief in you
00:42:06I believe in my belief in you
00:42:13I believe in you
00:42:17I believe in my belief in you
00:42:22Oh, I believe in my belief in you
00:42:27Wow, thank you, Jackie
00:42:29I believe in my belief in you
00:42:39I believe in you
00:42:47I believe in you
00:42:50I believe in you
00:42:58I believe in you
00:42:59I believe in you
00:43:04I believe in you
00:43:04Okay, okay, that's all
00:43:05I've got it
00:43:06Please, clear the stage
00:43:07Make your way down
00:43:08To the door
00:43:08I've got it
00:43:10I've got it
00:43:10Thanks for handling you
00:43:14I was terrible, wasn't I?
00:43:17Yeah
00:43:18It was only boring and interesting
00:43:20You certainly weren't boring
00:43:22I was terrible
00:43:27How about a small unusual party
00:43:29To help cheer you up
00:43:32Paradise Hotel
00:43:33Oh, at the rooftop
00:43:34I'll see you there in half an hour
00:43:46Oh, park this, would you?
00:43:50Yeah
00:44:10I hope you've got a little dance
00:44:12You're going to need it when you get under
00:44:14There you go
00:44:15Don't put them on your feet
00:44:16Come on
00:44:19Just like I cried over you
00:44:22Yes, lovely darling
00:44:23But you're not too young
00:44:24Good morning, mate
00:44:26Phew
00:44:28Hooray, see you later
00:44:29Where's your father?
00:44:31Fancy leaving a man like that
00:44:33To run a pub like this
00:44:34He couldn't run a raffle
00:44:36What about Mick Jagger here?
00:44:38I'll take care of him
00:45:04Well, it was open, see
00:45:07And I think the week's takings have gone
00:45:09That's the bad part of the news
00:45:11The money's gone
00:45:14So what's the good part?
00:45:16I think Dad's gone with it
00:45:22Shot through, did he?
00:45:27Well
00:45:29That's people for you
00:45:32They trample all over your dreams
00:45:42Where's my little birdie?
00:45:46First I can call
00:45:47Here's Sydney, goes to my night
00:46:14Beat me, whip me, kick me, tie me naked
00:46:17To the pub band roof
00:46:18But just don't say I told you so
00:46:21Okay
00:46:22Move out
00:46:23So you and Terry share a lot of interest
00:46:25Yeah, like for starters, boys
00:46:30Do you mean you cracked onto him, Andy's?
00:46:32Yes, indeedy
00:46:34He can't be
00:46:35He can be
00:46:37He can't be?
00:46:38Why can't he be?
00:46:39Because he hasn't got a moustache
00:46:40Those guys always have moustaches
00:46:42He is
00:46:44He just wanted to be my friend
00:46:47I got it all wrong
00:46:49That's called reality
00:46:51And losing the pub
00:46:52Is that called reality?
00:46:54You're kidding!
00:46:55No!
00:46:57Angus
00:46:59What are we gonna do?
00:47:02We rehearse the band
00:47:03We find an image
00:47:06We crack the opera house
00:47:08Then we save the pub
00:47:09Angus, I found out
00:47:11Things don't just happen
00:47:12Simply because you want them to
00:47:13Oh, yeah?
00:47:15Yeah
00:47:15Well, sometimes
00:47:18If you just dream about a thing
00:47:19And work at it
00:47:20It does just happen
00:47:24Wally!
00:47:26Wally!
00:47:28Oh, Wally
00:47:32You're home now, mate
00:47:34Don't get upset
00:47:36Rotten jack-o-line
00:47:37Kept you out on that, did you?
00:47:39Hey
00:47:42Up to bed, Uncle Rich
00:48:24All right
00:48:35Oh, sorry now.
00:48:40Oh, sorry now.
00:48:47I've made a giant fool of myself.
00:48:50No one's going to talk to me again ever.
00:48:52I didn't even know about Terry.
00:48:55I know we're being chucked out of the pub.
00:48:58Well, I guess it isn't a night to pick on you then, huh?
00:49:04Well, I guess it isn't a night to pick on you then, huh?
00:49:31Oh, you don't know my name.
00:49:37I just want to be with you.
00:49:40I don't want to be alone.
00:49:43No matter what I do.
00:49:47No matter what I say.
00:49:51No matter what I do.
00:49:53No matter what I do, it's not enough.
00:50:23But some say love is a talk on chance.
00:50:30No matter what you do.
00:50:35No matter what you say.
00:50:39No matter what you do.
00:50:41Oh, it's not enough.
00:50:45It's not enough.
00:50:49It's not enough.
00:50:52It's not enough.
00:50:57The tears are real.
00:51:01In the sweeter night.
00:51:05The tears are real.
00:51:08If you can't try to hide.
00:51:12You're wearing off inside of me.
00:51:53It's been a long night, eh, Aunty Pearl?
00:51:57But look at it this way.
00:52:00Everything that can happen has happened.
00:52:06Hey, come to the bathroom quick.
00:52:08Nana's choking on her dentists.
00:52:13Now, come on, Hannah.
00:52:16So your denture's jammed in your throat?
00:52:18That was a week ago.
00:52:20You're okay now.
00:52:23You know you don't deserve this, Nana.
00:52:25I'm not sure I want it.
00:52:27I don't know why we'd go to all this bother.
00:52:29But seeing it might be our last Christmas together.
00:52:37Oh, look, isn't that beautiful?
00:52:39Matching collars.
00:52:40I do love it.
00:52:41Oh, righty.
00:52:43Oh.
00:52:46Thanks, Mrs. Booth.
00:52:47You're nearly one of the family now, aren't you?
00:52:49Jackie.
00:52:50Hey, look what Angus gave me.
00:52:51My new image.
00:52:52Oh, great.
00:52:53The one thing you've got right is the size of your head.
00:52:55Watch.
00:52:56You rotten, lousy...
00:53:00Women have always had the push in this family.
00:53:03Your father was never much of a pusher.
00:53:06Oh, no.
00:53:08Oh.
00:53:10That's my favourite photo.
00:53:12I'm sorry, Aunt Pearl.
00:53:14But isn't it more important that beauty like that...
00:53:18can...
00:53:19live again?
00:53:25I was saving it.
00:53:28It's good for what?
00:53:30Oh, come on, Mum.
00:53:31You've got a lot of puff left in your head.
00:53:35Go on.
00:53:37Take it.
00:53:43Thanks.
00:53:44Really, Mum.
00:53:47Don't do anything in it I didn't.
00:53:50Hey, come on.
00:53:51The dishes.
00:54:00Have you thought up your New Year's resolution yet?
00:54:07You're going to be a famous spook, Nana.
00:54:10Oh, you mad thing.
00:54:13You're laughing at me.
00:54:15Jeez, you crap one, Nana.
00:54:17Just tell me about these spirit voices.
00:54:22Well, they're...
00:54:24They're kind of dim.
00:54:26And invisible.
00:54:28We're going to prop you up in the beer garden, right?
00:54:31To tell people's futures.
00:54:33You're sitting on a gold mine.
00:54:35I'm sitting on an old bottom that's beginning to resemble a squeeze box.
00:54:40Ah, there's no future.
00:54:43I've outlived my use, and so has this pub.
00:54:47And now I'm going to get upstairs to bed.
00:54:49We just hold you down here.
00:54:51Well, if you hold me down, you can hold me up again.
00:54:53You just wait.
00:54:54It'll all be different by New Year's Eve.
00:54:58Yes.
00:55:00It'll probably be worse.
00:55:12Hang on to it, love.
00:55:14The Wow Show!
00:55:19Terry Lambert.
00:55:20I'm here at the Opera House...
00:55:22There's bloody Agus.
00:55:23...new talent concert of a decade.
00:55:24Look at him.
00:55:25New stars will be born here tonight.
00:55:27And huge cash prizes will put those stars into orbit.
00:55:31Wow.
00:55:32Don't miss it.
00:55:34Cut.
00:55:36Okay, let's rehearse.
00:55:38I'm not up to anything honest.
00:55:39I just want to replace my poor old Nana.
00:55:41She's heartbroken we're not on the show tonight.
00:55:43But if she got out, it might take her mind off her future.
00:55:45Not that she's got one.
00:55:46Like how would Paul left the pack and went to Twilight Home
00:55:48because we've been evicted him.
00:55:53There you go.
00:55:54A souvenir, please.
00:56:05Ah, what time do the mainliners go on?
00:56:075 to 12.
00:56:10Aren't you going to let me see it?
00:56:11Can we have some to the supermarket?
00:56:13Oh, boy.
00:56:14Can we have some tickets?
00:56:14Come on, we have some tickets.
00:56:16Taser, look, we've just got to get these shots from the bank, okay?
00:56:18Smile, that's the way.
00:56:19All those men out there, guys.
00:56:22Only security prices get backstage.
00:56:24No stories of the listeners.
00:56:26That's it.
00:56:27Big smile.
00:56:29Hello.
00:56:30Robbie and the Rockets.
00:56:31Baby.
00:56:32Grab it up.
00:56:34Anonymous stories.
00:56:35Zigzag.
00:56:36Genetics.
00:56:37Mother's own.
00:56:39Morning underpants.
00:56:41Ow.
00:56:42What the heck.
00:56:43Winston Smith.
00:56:45Rubber pie.
00:56:46Comics.
00:56:47Sheer kitsch.
00:56:48Sheer kitsch.
00:56:50Googling.
00:56:50Sheer kitsch.
00:56:53Sheer kitsch.welty
00:56:59understands what
00:56:59she's doing? I missed
00:57:01her. Sheahsire
00:57:01kitsch. I missed her.
00:57:15Hold on. What
00:57:15are you,
00:57:16my bad? Hang on. How
00:57:38Okay, check the amps, grab some tape, anything.
00:57:41Good luck.
00:57:42Go.
00:58:05That's where we're supposed to be.
00:58:10You were blabbering about having it all worked out.
00:58:12I have, I have.
00:58:14Ooh, I do.
00:58:15Angus, if I say.
00:58:20You got so turned around, baby, please, you know.
00:58:25I had a railroad strike.
00:58:28Shut up, you buckles.
00:58:30Bloody things might as well mow through the place the way things are.
00:58:34You never know, Tony, you never know.
00:58:37Oh, little ripper.
00:58:39It's got a bit scatty.
00:58:40What does she think she is?
00:58:41A blooming hippie.
00:58:43I'm bored with that old stuff.
00:58:49Don't you know, I just gotta love you back.
00:58:53I just gotta love you back.
00:58:56I just gotta love you back.
00:58:59I just gotta love you back.
00:59:02I just gotta love you back.
00:59:04Where are we going?
00:59:06Let's turn back to commercial breaks.
00:59:08Okay, Tez, that's you, baby.
00:59:10And that's the commercial.
00:59:11Turn it around.
00:59:13The final contestants in our new talent quest.
00:59:16In the running for $25,000.
00:59:19After this break, a special guest appearance from the mainliners.
00:59:30All right.
00:59:47Yeah, check that drum kit.
00:59:50Yeah, it's another set of cymbals.
00:59:54Howie, Howie.
00:59:55Okay.
01:00:21Howie, Howie.
01:00:25Okay, come on, man.
01:00:26Come on, commercial. I'm a run.
01:00:33Chris, you could tell Terry to read his script.
01:00:35Thanks, mate.
01:00:36And I don't think the band should bring their joints on stage this time.
01:00:39They're waiting for you.
01:00:40Probably right, mate.
01:00:42Don't worry.
01:00:42Go out there and kill her.
01:00:44Very good.
01:00:45Nice.
01:00:45Okay.
01:00:46It'll be good.
01:00:47It'll be good.
01:00:49All right.
01:00:49Stand by for your cue and then straight on.
01:00:52Standing by.
01:00:53Clear the stage.
01:00:54Get those blokes off, will you, Christopher?
01:00:56Ready for the car.
01:00:57Let's go.
01:01:24Get those blokes off, will you, Christopher?
01:01:26Get those blokes off, will you, Christopher?
01:01:40Get those blokes off, will you, Christopher?
01:01:44Get those blokes off, will you, Christopher?
01:01:44Get those blokes off, will you, Christopher?
01:01:45Get those blokes off, will you, Christopher?
01:01:45Get those blokes off, will you, Christopher?
01:01:45Get those blokes off, will you, Christopher?
01:01:47Get those blokes off, will you, Christopher?
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