"Stop the music!" "What's up, duck?" "What's up?" "!" "I'll tell you what's up." "I'm taking charge here, that's what's up." "Fitty years of you hogging the spotlight is enough." "I am riding the shield from now on because I, personally, have all the talent around here." "Okay, mac, let's take it trom the top." "Okay, far enough." "Now then." "Camera!" "Music!" "Sound!" "Very funny." "You may expect to hear trom my attorneys." "It I'm not gonna star in this cartoon, let's just start the movie." "Roll 'em!" "Mr. Wing?" "Daniel Clamp would like to speak to you." "Good morimg, Mr. Wig." "Let's cut right to key issues, okay?" "I'll imcrease my offer substamtially." "You're attached to your busiess." "I appreciate that." "I'm attached to mime." "I devehop the biggest buihdigs im New Yorhk." "Amd you sell little thigs." "That's fime." "Tahke a hook." ""The Champ Chimatowm Cetre, where busimess gets Orieted."" "You're the ohy holdout." "Here's what I'hh do for you:" "A ewsstad ad souveir cocessio im the atrium." "This buihdig wihh be moder from voice activated elevators to sehf cleaimg ashtrays." "I'm reahhy excited about it, ad I'd hate to see you miss out." "Phease, let us kow whem you've made a decisio." "You kow, I behieve there's always am area of agreememt that two people ca reach." "Yes." "A man can always agree with others." "It is more difticult to agree with oneself." "That's very charming." "Contucius or Bruce Lee?" "I'm sorry." "Please tell Mr. Clamp that the answer is still no." "Please keep the TV." "TV!" "Rambo." "To survive a war, you gotta become war." "Television again." "An invention for tools!" "I'm sorry that didn't work out." "Mr. Clamp's ofter was generous." "Did you hear that cough?" "He's an antique." "We can wait." "I'm Damieh Clamp." "No New York visit is comphete without tourimg the worhd's most automated buihdig:" "Champ Premiere Regecy Trade Cetre amd Retail Cocourse." "Headquarters of Clamp Eterprises amd CCN, Champ Cable Networhk." "Mr. Wig's death removes the hast obstache to developer Daiel Champ's hog dehayed project." "This quait shop, which omce housed rare Orietah objects ow mahkes way for the future, Damieh Clamp style." "Lewis, it's like I've always said:" ""It you want to tind something weird, you have to go downtown."" "The Futtermans come to town tomorrow." "Mr. Futterman must be better it he can travel." "His wite says he is better." "He was just rattled." "Having monsters drive a snowplow through your house will do that." "Well, he was almost killed." "These people are so rude!" "Honey, what time is it?" "God, we're late." "There's a cab." "You going airport?" "No." "Actually, I'm just" "Atter all this time, I'm still in the same job." "It takes time, Billy." "In IKingston Falls, I'd have been promoted by now." "And you'd hate it." "At least we could atford a decent place to live." "Get married." "Wehcome to the Clamp Etry matic a revolutiom im revohvimg door precisiom ad efficiecy." "Phease be carefuh i steppig im ad out, amd have a powerfuh day." "That's the story of the Clamp Premiere Regency Centre where one man's dream became a reality." "I hope you enjoyed today's tour." "Don't torget:" "Pick up Mr. Clamp's best selling book, I Toohk Mamhattam on sale right here at our newsstand for only 19.95." "And in our gift store..." "Don't let them get to you." "Billy, you're so good at your job." "Sooner or later, they'll notice." "Maybe then we can get married." "Okay, hon." "Bye." "Bye." "Marla, the first plan The deadline's not my fault." "They make me miserable, so I make you miserable." "It's a disaster." "They changed the specs and the deadline" "See, this is your problem right here." "You only see your little part ot it." "I need a complete situational, long term, overview perspective." "It's almost finished." "I just have a tew adjustments" "The courtyard looks cold." "It'd be better with trees." "Will they plant trees?" "No." "But draw them." "But the Elms." "But the shrubbery looks This attitude doesn't work for me." "Good morning, Mr. Forster." "It looks like somebody hasn't read his employee manual." "Doesn't it, Mr..." "Pehtzer." "...Peltzer?" "Unauthorized potted plant." "I told him about it weeks ago." "I talked to you!" "I know." "I was gonna" "Possible aphid intestation." "What's this?" "That's IKingston Falls." "My hometown." "Do you know how much the Clamp organization has spent to provide its employees with art by recognized artists at this facility?" "Eye pleasing, color coordinated, authorized." "But it was just a little A little touch." "I know." "Maybe everybody here wants to do a little touch." "Coftee mugs that say, "World's Greatest Lover."" "The ashtray that reads, "Rest Your Butt Here." You'd like that, right?" "Coming to work every day in a $ 200,000,000 flea market." "Billy, this is just what I don't need right now." "The department review's in three weeks." "It's a nuclear meltdown disaster." "Marla, I am doing the best I can." "Billy, do me a tavor." "Do better!" "We've got a low corrosivity reading." "Give me a wave form on 10th power." "Mr. Forster, I have a potential violator, sir." "That's an unauthorized break period, triend." "You don't work here anymore." "Do we have a problem communicating?" "You're gone." "Terminated." "End of medical benetits, that's right." "Clean out the desk, one hour." "And thanks so much." "Very nice, Frances." "Alert personnel." "We have a career opportunity in level seven." "Clamp Centre is the most advanced smart building in America with the latest in security, communications and climate control." "It's just one part of Mr. Clamp's worldwide business network which includes construction, sports, finance and a popular line of jams and jellies." "For those with cable TV at home CCN is located right here in the building." "The Attachk of the Octopus Peophe." "That's tonight's movie." "And, boy, is it scary." "It's so scary, it'll uncross your eyes." "It's a good thing that your Grandpa Fred is here to protect you." "Where's the moan?" "The what?" "There's supposed to be a moan here trom the coftin." "Then I say, "Renfield, you want more tiles?"" "And then I go over to the coftin and I..." "Sorry, Fred." "Hey, Fred." "Oh, hi, Billy." "I heard about your new time slot." "They're making a big mistake." "Mistake?" "IKid, it's a disaster." "People who watch TV at 3:30 a.m. Don't tear the Woltman." "What scares them is getting sober and tinding work." "Look." "Watch it with that thing." "Isn't that great?" "Sure." "You could use it on your show." "Sure." "Put it in the back, will you?" "Frankly, kid this isn't what I had in mind." "I went into broadcasting, I thought I was gonna do news public aftairs something meaningful." "I don't even have a gimmick." "No special eftects." "All I have is a cross eyed puppet named Igor." "The ehevator doors have opemed." "You should run classic horror movies like Frakemstei or Dracuha." "Great horror movies are in black and white." "Mr. Clamp only likes color." "That guy's strange." "Have you seen him?" "Not in person." "Only on that cockamamie video they got all over." "Look at this building." "You know what kind of tenants they have now?" "There's a genetic research laboratory upstairs." "Fooling around with animals." "Last week, they took out a patent on a new kind of gerbil." "People think I'm creepy." "Can I help you?" "Yeah." "I got a delivery tor Dr. Catheter." "I can sign for it." "What kind ot stutf do they do in there anyway?" "We're not supposed to talk about it." "Oh, I'm sorry." "Dr. Catheter, this just came tor you." "Splendid." "This must be my malaria." "Just rabies." "I've got rabies." "I'm supposed to get the tlu this week." "I think we have the tlu on back order." "Could I have that, Peggy?" "Oh, yes." "Sure." "Thank you." "Back order." "Back order." "All a man wants is some tresh germs." "Casper, have this tissue analyzed." "I am calm ad cemtered." "I emjoy givimg milhk." "Martin." "Hello, doctor." "How's the cloning coming along?" "Really well." "Lewis." "We got something for you to look at." "It's interesting." "I found it downtown on my specimen scout." "It's some sort ot rodent, apparently." "And it seems allergic to bright light." "Cute, isn't it?" "That may be genetic." "We're not sure yet." "We're not sure." "Watch this, doctor." "He likes this music?" "Yes." "It's his tavorite." "Not so tast, my boy." "You nearly let him get away." "Sorry, sir." "How do you plan to proceed?" "Cell samples tomorrow." "Tissue cultures Thursday." "And then there's body structure." "And for that, my little friend we'll just have to cut you." "I can't believe she told me to put trees on that drawing." "It just" "My light went out." "You sat stihh, so the buihdig thimhks you heft." "Move." "Okay, hold on." "You're right, I need Hello?" "Hello?" "Honey?" "Hello?" "IKate, are you there?" "IKate?" "Nothing works around here." "Excuse me?" "Where'd you hear that?" "What?" "That music." "Where'd you hear it?" "Isn't that by Sting?" "No." "It's not by Sting." "Think." "Oh, wait, I know." "I was up in that laboratory." "You know, on 51." "And somebody was humming it." "Hi, I hear your copier's down." "Oh, it is?" "Yeah." "It's back there." "Thank you." "We're ready, doctor." "This is the most interesting bioelectrical work I've done." "Just think." "Millions of rats in New York, and everyone hates them." "But if one ot them could power a portable radio for a month..." "Gizmo, I'm here." "Watch this, doctor." "Detinite progress, gentlemen." "Be quiet." "It only we could make it safe to touch them." "Still, they'd be good in tlashlights, wouldn't they?" "Where there's flashlights, there's dark." "And they like the dark." "Theodore!" "How'd you get out?" "Alvin, put down that DNA!" "Mister, welcome to the me's room." "Hey, pah, I sure hope you washed those hads." "Hey, guy, how you doing?" "Did you miss me?" "Yeah." "Me too." "So, what are you doing here?" "What were those guys doing to you?" "Wow." "That bad, huh?" "You wanna come out?" "Come here." "It's okay." "Come with me." "I got you." "I'll take care ot you." "Everything's gonna be fine." "What is this?" "A black armband?" "Armband." "Is that what happened to the man who took care of you?" "You've got to be quiet." "You don't want to go back to the laboratory, do you?" "So do me a tavor." "Get down there and don't say anything." "I'll come back and take you home as soon as possible." "Okay, that's a good boy." "Bye bye." "It's him!" "He's here!" "Oh, Giz, I'm so sorry." "Are you okay?" "How's your hand?" "Look, he's here." "You have to get down." "I'm Marla Bloodstone, the department head here." "It there's anything I can" "That's okay." "Everybody just relax." "Go on about what you'd be doing normally." "I know I haven't been here betore, but that'll change." "I'll be more hands on with these operations trom now on." "This is excellent!" "Isn't that territic?" "You've captured the whole essence of the project." "Look at the kids with the kites." "That's warmth." "I like warmth." "What's your name?" "Billy." "William Peltzer, sir." "Bill, huh?" "That's what we need here:" "People who produce." "Lose those trees, though." "With elm, people think "Dutch," "disease."" "Absolutely." "Absolutely." "What's with that drawer?" "It's automatic." "It opens now and then in case you need something." "I didn't know about that." "Hey!" "What's that?" "Did you hear that?" ""People who produce."" "He called you Bill." "This is very big." "This is a career opportunity advancement window." "For both of us." "Do you really think so?" "Clearly." "We can talk at dinner." "Great." "Sometime next Tonight." "I can't." "I have something too." "A brochure tor the Archery Channel." "It's a total suicide, red alert, deadline emergency." "You know what?" "I'm letting it go to have dinner with you." "I just can't leave on such short notice." "What is with that drawer, Billy?" "You keeping a pet in there?" "I'm allergic to pets." "It's good Mr. Clamp likes you because Let me see." "Maybe tonight would be the best." "There's a chic new Canadian restaurant." "They clean the tish at your table." "Really?" "That sounds territic." "Just let me grab my bag." "Now, listen." "I have to go." "I'll send someone to pick you up." "So just stay put." "Billy." "Yeah" "Ready?" "Yeah." "Sure, I'm ready." "We may see Woody." "They say he eats there incessantly." "IKatie?" "Hi, honey." "I'm almost ready." "I just gotta punch out." "Hi." "I'm not able to go out with you tonight." "I'm sorry." "I've got a meeting with some people." "A meeting?" "Great." "Listen, I got a big tavor to ask of you." "Gizmo's here and he That furry thing?" "Yeah." "He's up in my desk drawer." "Don't do that." "I hate it when you do that." "There's good news." "You get to take him home." "Take him home?" "Our home?" "Yes." "No!" "Why not?" "What if they start running around New York?" "They won't, I promise." "Just obey the rules." "The rules!" "Remember the first one?" "Don't expose them to bright light because it kills them." "The second rule Don't let them get wet?" "Right!" "The third one is, don't let them eat atter midnight." "That's very good, honey." "Wait!" "Toight, om the Champ Cable Chassic Movie Chamel do't miss Casablanca, mow i fuhh color with a happier edlg." "With Clamp's annual salary, it he goes to the bathroom tor 30 seconds the man's earning $375 while he stands there." "What can he do?" "Can he tix an elevator?" "What does it cost the company tor me to get a drink of water, .0003 cents?" "I tell you..." "A taste of the wrench tor you, my triend." "I said not to put new units in." "They don't listen." "They listen to that guy they pay $375 to go to the bathroom." "I remember the Sip master Mark IV." "That was a tabulous drinking fountain." "You could squirt it six months and it'd still be shooting straight." "But those dancing days are done." "The hell with it." "I'm not being paranoid." "The guy's atter my job." "That's how it is these days." "All politics." "It's the law ot the jungle around here." "Young guys only care about one thing, okay?" "Power." "I'm talking about ruthless." "Gizmo, ca ca!" "Will the ower of the car with licese mumber 1 AG401 phease remove it from the parhkimg garage?" "Your car is old amd dirty." "State your desired fhoor umber." "Forty six, please." "The ehevator doors have opemed." "Phease heave." "Gizmo." "How'd you get up there?" "Billy said to take you home, so I'm just" "I'll put you in my purse until we're out of the building." "Hello." "Here we go." "Gizmo, you're so hyper." "I guess New York does that to people." "Okay, here we go." "Legs." "So did you always know you wanted to be an artist?" "I always knew I liked to draw." "When I was a kid, I drew comics." "I had this box ot crayons" "I had crayons!" "I used them to write memos to the other kids." "Even then, I knew." "That's really something." "We're finally getting to know each other." "You can't do that in an otfice." "It's all business." "Exactly!" "Let's talk about your relationship to Mr. Clamp." "Your access." "I see a tuture." "I see corner oftices, embossed letterhead." "I see us swallowing the publicity department." "Really?" "Wow..." "Gosh." "I'm teeling so vulnerable with you, Billy." "I've never talked about these feelings before." "When art and business join torces, anything can happen." "I definitely teel we should join forces." "Sir?" "This is a Canadian dessert, chocolate mousse." "Can I cut you an antler?" "No, thank you." "You okay?" "You want another Molson?" "No, thanks." "Really, I'm tine." "I gotta go." "I got this appointment." "I'm in a hurry." "I'm sorry about your stocking." "That's okay, Billy." "See you tomorrow." "Yeah, great." "How about some horn?" "Okay, Gizmo." "Billy said to feed you before midnight." "He didn't say what you like." "I hope this is okay." "It's chicken and mashed potatoes" "Oh, God!" "Try to be a little more careful around here, okay?" "We don't have money to replace things." "There you go." "What are you?" "Bingo!" "Yikes!" "Who is it?" "Open up, honey." "It's me." "Hey." "Sorry I'm late." "Hi." "It's okay." "What happened to you?" "How was your meeting?" "It was tine." "Where's Gizmo?" "He's in the kitchen." "Great." "Did you teed him?" "Sort ot." "Giz, guess who's..." "Bulls eye!" "...home." "Gizmo?" "Where'd you find him?" "Your otfice, where you said." "This is not Gizmo." "We have to go back." "You said no more" "There won't be, it they don't eat after midnight." "But look at him." "He's wired." "We have to take him with us." "No..." "Honey, get my bag!" "Okay." "Great." "Who could that be?" "It's late." "Should I get it?" "You better get it." "If you wanna get out, be quiet." "Who is it?" "That's better." "Surprise!" "Mr. And Mrs. Futterman!" "Weren't you coming tomorrow?" "The guys in my old outfit changed the reunion date." "We had to get on a Greyhound." "Thirty two hours." "Sorry tor coming so late." "That's okay." "Can I get you coftee or tea?" "Little piggers!" "Oh, yeah, the cake blew up." "Billy, this is some crazy city." "We tried to get a cab." "You know they got Russians driving cabs?" "What if someone got in with a brietcase full of atomic secrets?" "Murray, remember what Dr. IKaplan said." "We're going to be nice and calm." "He was a little distressed atter what happened with those" "I'm tine." "I'm fine." "I was jumpy tor a while, that's all." "What was that?" "It's all right, dear." "I heard it too." "Of course you did!" "The thing is, you can't stay tonight." "I'd love it it you could." "It's just, the building is being tumigated." "Being renovated." "Mice and stutf." "Rats." "No sweat." "We'll book into a hotel." "You know, mice and bugs Hey, that's okay." "You can't be too caretul." "There's all kinds ot toreign bugs." "Your mom baked you an apple pie." "Thanks." "Someone sat on it." "I'm sure it'll taste okay." "Your dad's got some new inventions." "Reversible toilet paper." "We'll call you tomorrow and have dinner." "Okay, great." "Good!" "Marvelous." "Tomorrow." "Bye." "I'm sorry." "That's okay." "Welcome to New York!" "Okay, that's a IKona praline with kiwis and peanut butter cups?" "Wait." "Are the peanut butter cups all natural?" "I'm not sure." "Are the peanut butter cups all natural?" "I know they're pesticide tree." "It's not the same." "They put other things in." "It comes oft when they roast them." "Roasting is the worst." "Where they don't roast, they have 70% less death." "Sure that isn't pickling?" "How can you work with this and not read studies?" "It's a rat!" "Oh, my God!" "What's going on?" "Did she say there are rats?" "No rats." "That's not what she said." "The Clamp Etry matic doors are beig upgraded to serve you better." "Phease use the mamual doors for your eterimg amd exitig meeds." "A head came up, with big ears." "There was a thing in the topping." "What kind of thing?" "A turry thing." "It's supposed to be health tood." "I want damages!" "They've eaten after midnight." "Come on." "Sorry I brought the wrong one home." "It's my tault." "I shouldn't have lett Gizmo." "We gotta find him." "It's along here." "There." "That's where the water comes into the building." "Give me video." "Security." "At least we can keep them trom getting wet." "Hold it!" "Get the hell out ot there." "Move it!" "Come on, move!" "Looks like I caught a terrorist." "What's in the bag?" "Nothing." "Yeah?" "Let's look at that nothing." "I wouldn't do this if I were you." "But you aren't me, are you?" "We gotta tind him betore he eats." "He already ate." "There are more of them." "We gotta shut the building down." "We?" "We?" "We!" "No, "we" gotta get the cops and put you in a rubber room." "I'm not crazy." "They're dangerous." "I've dealt with them." "They wreck things." "Ooh!" "They wreck things!" "Remember this town, IKingston Falls?" "I remember the IKingston Trio." "Let's go, kids." "We're home, let's go." "This way." "Over here." "How did you get me out?" "With next month's rent." "What time is it?" "Around 6:30." "They probably made their cocoons by now." "How long do they take to hatch?" "Not long enough." "Come on." "Echo!" "Gizmo, ca ca!" "Champ Cemtre is experiecig ihhumiatio system difficulties." "Phease try mot to otice." "The building is completely screwed up today." "I know, Fred." "Sure." "You're young." "You know everything." "Bright light." "We'll need some of these." "Con Ed." "Gizmo, zap, zap!" "I have to go to systems control." "IKate, you're up." "Good morning, Billy." "Oh, hi." "Last night was wonderful." "We have to do it again." "Marla, this is IKate." "My goodness, I have to go right away." "Hello." "Hi." "Cute hat." "Honey, that's my boss." "That's the woman I work with." "It we get through today alive, you're in big trouble." "But you don't think that" "Great." "Peltzer!" "I need to speak with you." "You got arrested but you've come back." "Miss us?" "You gotta evacuate the building." "Why?" "There are creatures in it." "They start out small and furry." "It they eat after midnight, they torm cocoons" "You're having a psychotic episode." "You gotta listen." "This is good." "They're furry, then they have cocoons." "They eat, then cocoon." "Sure." "You're going into a cocoon, you wanna eat tirst." "Now we're in the nerve center of Clamp Cable Network." "Mr. IKatsuji, please get back in line." "Please." "It we're very quiet, we can watch a program being videotaped." "Right this way." "This week we have our special Sahute to Lucheom Meats." "Many ot you have written, asking how to zing up party appetizers." "I'm very excited about this recipe." "It's so piquant with sherry." "Some people use a dash." "I use a lot." "So let's just plunge into our hors d'oeuvres, shall we?" "You know, these bologna and bean dip roll ups are so easy when triends drop over." "Okay, wait." "What it one of them eats something at 11:00 but something sticks in his teeth?" "A caraway or a sesame seed." "And atter 12, it comes out." "He didn't eat it atter midnight." "I didn't make the rules." "Rules?" "What if they're in an airplane and they cross a time zone?" "It's always midnight somewhere." "Peltzer, is this...?" "Yes, sir." "Take this, in case it comes back." "Right." "Before microwaves, this used to take forever." "But now, we can make the same tuna noodle cheese product chowder surprise in just a tew minutes." "Now, let's just move down..." "What's that?" "What is that?" "Must be a brownout." "We'll do an edit." "Pick it up there." "Oh, well." "The show must go on." "So let's ladle up some ot our chowder noodle" "Run tor your lives!" "Monster!" "Microwave!" "You see what these monsters are doing?" "They're throwing metal utensils into the microwave!" "Stay here and die!" "Wait." "Wait!" "What is it?" "Wait!" "Mr. IKatsuji!" "I need a Polaroid." "It's not part ot the program!" "Something weird is going on in Studio D." "Punch it up on the stack." "I show brownouts in tive more locations." "Climate control malfunction, tloors 15 and 16." "What the hell?" "The pest intestation monitor is reading critical." "What is that?" "That could be rats, right?" "No, sir." "I'm afraid it's not." "Whatever they are, they've gotta respect the chain ot command." "Gizmo, Gizmo, Gizmo, Gizmo!" "Light bright!" "Light bright!" "Please state your desired floor." "Thirty eight." "Thirty eight." "Thirty eight!" "Thirty eight..." "Going up!" "Elevator, stop." "Sound alarm." "Betty, did you finish shredding my mail?" "I'm just fiishig, Mr. Clamp." "Good." "Let's..." "Let's do some memos." "First, ome to Frager, im public rehatios." "Have the peophe im Chiatow give a street festivah." "A spontaneous flood of appreciation tor all I've done for the community." "We couhd have those dragos." "Those big dragos with the guys iside." "Ad maybe we could have a parade." "Yum yum!" "Call that big departmemt store." "They got lots of fhoats." "They hkeep them im a warehouse im New Jersey." "I think I own that." "A, B, C, D, J, IK..." "Coftee?" "Let go ot my tie!" "Bill!" "Mr. Clamp, sir, are you okay?" "Yeah, I think so." "I hate using these machines myselt." "Sir, we have a problem We have a situation Oh, my God." "We have to evacuate the building and close it down." "That's ridiculous." "Betore sundown." "What happens at sundown?" "They hate sunlight." "It kills them." "When it gets dark, they'll try to leave the building" "Calm down." "He should be in custody." "He's dangerous." "This thing, that's dangerous." "This guy's trom the art department." "Ask him how he knows about these things." "How do you know about them?" "This animal was in the genetics lab I said it could be a problem tenant." "We could have had three shrinks and a plastic surgeon." "Here." "Make a wish!" "Ah, hair!" "Going down!" "Second floor, lingerie." "The ehevator doors have opemed." "Phease heave, amd watch your step." "We'll..." "We'll get the next one." "You don't think it had rabies?" "No." "We must stop them from getting wet." "No, we have to put a lid on it." "No cops, no media." "We'll handle this ourselves." "You go down to systems control." "But there might be physical danger." "You're supposed to handle bugs." "Well, I'd call these some goddamn major bugs, wouldn't you?" "Huh?" "Okay." "But I don't think I should try it without an expert." "Let's go, Peltzer." "Three, two, one." "Cue Leonard." "Hi." "I'm Leomard Maltim, ad this is The Movie Police." "First, our video watch." "Just rereleased on video is Gremlis, though I can't imagine why." "I know some people tound it tun, but I'd rather have root canal work done." "What's tun about a movie full of ugly, mean spirited monsters who attack innocent people?" "Are we so desperate tor entertainment that this trash passes tor fun?" "Wait a minute!" "Look at this." "I've been working on making tomatoes tougher for shipping." "That's territic!" "Topnotch!" "How do they taste?" "That's the best part." "We've already had calls from two airline chets." "Oh, my gosh!" "Did somebody leave something out?" "Not I." "It's eating my vegetable medley." "What's that noise?" "I think they're laughing." "Reptiles don't laugh!" "They're not reptiles." "Then what are they?" "A virus?" "What on earth is going on?" "I leave you alone, what do I tind when I get back?" "Chaos!" "Is that the brain hormone that creature's drinking?" "Good boy." "Nice boy." "There's a good creature." "Now, let's talk this over." "I can get you diseases." "You'd like that, wouldn't you?" "Perhaps not." "I wanna talk about what's going on in here." "There are some tascinating ramifications tor the future." "When you introduce genetic material to our life torm which is possessed of a sort of I hesitate to say "atavism" but let us say an aggressive nature." "That tellow over there is a common bat of the order ot Chiroptera." "The only mammals, I might add, capable ot true tlight." "Ah, genetic sunblock!" "Yes." "Might I have a word with you?" "My friend, you have potential." "I wanna help you be all that you can be." "May I?" "As you're aware, sunlight poses a problem for our ethnic group." "We don't tan or burn." "We become a rather unappetizing photochemical lettover." "Thus this tormula, designed for those of the nocturnal persuasion to make light no problem at all." "That'll be usetul where you'll be going." "Where he'll be going?" "All they have to do is eat children, there'd be appalling publicity." "There it is." "The Apple." "The city so nice they named it twice." "Check it out one time, won't you?" "Catch it!" "Don't let it go!" "Down!" "Down!" "Here im Mahatta there's beem a steady stream of mechaicah probhems at the Champ Cemtre office buihdig im midtow..." "Buy!" "Buy!" "Sell!" "Sell!" "I'd say it's a tull scale panic." "Are you having a run on the banks yet?" "It's brutal here." "We're telling clients to invest in canned food and shotguns." "Phease take a momet to locate the mearest exit." "Go to it quickly because of the dager i the buildimg." "Phease take persomah belomgimgs with you." "Tahke care mot to step om ay of the peophe attemptig to leave the buildimg." "Food tight!" "Food tight!" "Food tight!" "Fire:" "The utamed ehememt, giver of warmth, destroyer of forests." "This buildimg is o fire." "What?" "The buildimg is o fire." "Leave the buildimg." "Eact the age old drama of sehf preservatiom." "Oh, Murray, the cathedral of Saint Eva Marie." "What a beautiful building!" "Beautiful?" "It's like something out of the Dark Ages." "Hey, Quasimodo, you home?" "Hey..." "It's one of them!" "Who?" "Get otf!" "It's just a tlesh wound, Murray!" "Hurry up, Lewis!" "I'm coming, Martin!" "The horror." "The horror." "The breakage!" "Sir, what happened?" "They fought back, that's what happened." "Things." "Stuft." "I swear, I'll never hurt anything again." "Some things man isn't meant to splice." "A problem tenant." "Calm down." "We won't renew your lease." "Where are they?" "Don't patronize me!" "I saw them." "But where?" "In my laboratory, the Splice ot Life." "Stupid name." "But it wasn't my idea." "Bunny rabbit." ""Fourscore and seven years ago..."" "Nudie, nudie, nudie!" "Mom, I wanna see the Gremlins!" "Sir, I can't believe this." "This is worse than the first one." "We just show these movies, we don't make them." "But" "I quit." "Call the union, the National Guard." "Those things took over the projector." "All they wanna see is Sow White amd the Sevem Dwarfs." "Enough!" "I'll take care ot this." "Mr. Hulk, we have Gremlins in the projection booth." "Could you help us?" "Gremlins?" "In this theater?" "Now?" "Okay, guys, listen up." "People paid money to see this movie." "When they go out, they want cold sodas, popcorn and no monsters in the projection booth." "Do I have to come up there?" "Can the Gremsters stand up to the Hulkster?" "It I were you, I'd run the rest of Gremlis 2 right now!" "Sorry, tolks." "It won't happen again." "I'm outside the Champ Cemtre office buihdig where somethig stramge is tahkimg phace imside, though bee a day Mr. Champ wouhd hike to forget." "Tahkig about gree creatures." "Police are ot permittig ay ews media imside." "Oce we are allowed i we'll broadcast hive from iside the buildimg." "Live from inside." "Hey, you!" "Come here." "No!" "Can you work a TV camera?" "Work a camera?" "I am a camera!" "Oh, good!" "Come with me." "No, this way." "This way." "I know, you think I'm insane." "No, it you were, we couldn't sue you." "Oh, my God." "You see?" "This is a complete tailure ot management." "They're eating the genetic stuft." "Years ot research, patents!" "Are there any bright lights here?" "They've broken them all." "But I do have some small assault weapons." "What a hunk!" "Don't be afraid ot your feelings!" "Help!" "It's a hobby I knew would come in handy." "I got ordnance here that can drop a charging puma at 50 feet." "Oh, why can't you commit?" "That's what these things need, a taste ot" "Get it otf!" "Get it otf!" "Get it otf!" "To survive a war, you gotta become war." "Let us in there." "We'll take responsibility." "Most people are out anyway." "What's in there?" "I've been to Beirut." "I bet they miss you there." "The important thing is to keep this out ot the media." "They get you to say something then they twist and embellish it, and betore you know it hive, exclusively over the Clamp News Chameh from the hobby, where this ivasiom by strage creatures, perhaps from amother gahaxy or from a dimemsiomah warp has ru riot through this buihdig, sedig peophe..." "Dracula?" "These horrible little green monsters in that building there!" "You can't do that..." "Wait!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Hold it!" "No water." "What?" "That's not a fire in there." "They're gremlins." "You get them wet, they'll multiply." "I can deal with them." "Sure, pal." "Why don't you calm down?" "Just take it easy." "Don't talk to me like I'm crazy." "I'm not crazy!" "I was never crazy." "I'm tine." "Let me in there!" "Bill, any progress?" "Just tell me there's progress." "Things are really bad out there." "Bad?" "!" "Only one ot my channels is still on the air." "There are human beings in the building." "Do you know what kind of lawsuits we're looking at?" "Yes, I know, but" "Ahh of our operators are busy." "Your cahh will be hadled im the order received." "What is that?" "One ot those things." "They come in electric too?" "They do now." "He's in the phone system on hold." "I thought this would never run." "Maybe it will, now." "Because of the emd of civilizatio, CCN mow leaves the air." "We hope you have emjoyed our programmig." "But more importamthy, we hope you have ejoyed hife." "It's beautiful, isn't it?" "Yes, sir." "It's very uplitting." "Is there any way to turn the clocks ahead in the building three hours?" "There's nothing we can't do." "Why?" "Sunlight kills them." "It we can tool them into thinking the sun has gone down they may go to the lobby." "Right!" "The front doors are the only way out of the building." "The sun sets at 7:32." "Then we should move at 4:20." "I like that!" "We have intormation they don't have." "That's how you take somebody out." "Wait a minute." "Won't they see the sun's still out?" "You'll have to take care of that." "Me?" "Set it up trom the outside." "Good!" "I finally get to use my secret exit." "You know, sir?" "Yes?" "It you pull this otf, you could save the city." "Save the city? "Developer Saves City." I like that!" "Is anyone still employed in this charming facility?" "I need light in my otfice." "Now!" "At Champ Emterprises we wat you to achieve ahh you cam." "Turn on the lights in my otfice." "You want me to work in the dark?" "This is new." "Hey, that's Clamp!" "Let's go!" "Has the building been evacuated?" "Is it on fire?" "That's a false alarm." "We've just got some problems." "You got a guy in there in a Dracula suit." "Are you trying to panic the city?" "So they are real?" "I didn't say that." "What are you saying?" "What I always say." "Murray?" "Gizmo?" "As you probably kow" "As you probably kow, a emtire race of strage beigs has imvaded the buihdig." "Amd i am evem more bizarre twist, oe of the creatures" ""Creatures." Is that accurate?" "That one ot these creatures is able to talk and he's going to talk with us right now." "The main question people have is:" "Creature, what is it that you want?" "Fred, what we want is what you and your viewers have:" "Civilization." "Yes, but what sort ot civilization are you speaking ot?" "The iceties." "The fime poits." "Diphomacy, compassiom, stadards, mamers, traditio." "That's what we reach toward." "We may stumble on the way, but civilization, yes." "The Geneva Convention, Susan Sontag." "Everything you've worked hard to accomplish, we aspire to." "We wanna be civilized." "Take a look at this tellow here." "Now, was that civilized?" "Clearly not." "Fun, but in no sense civilized." "Nome of us has beem im New Yorhk before." "We have to hearm how to get tickets for shows." "There's street crime, but we cam watch that for free." "We wamt the essetiahs." "Diettes, bedroom groups credit evem if we've bee tured dow before." "Take it easy with that thing." "Be careful up there!" "What's that thing tor?" "These things can only come out when it's dark." "We set the clocks ahead." "When they think it's sunset and see what a nice night it is, they'll muster in the lobby." "The sunlight'll pour through here and try them!" "Sure." "Is it safe?" "Help!" "Billy!" "I hate these little things!" "You okay, Billy?" "Yeah." "Get me out of here." "Billy?" "Could I get some help here, please?" "I'm trapped in adhesive polymer material and I'm on deadline!" "Darling, it's you!" "Thank God you're here." "Well, I could help you, or I could just leave you here." "Listen, about Billy." "Nothing happened." "I asked him out to dinner." "It was strictly business." "Okay, it wasn't completely business, I'll be honest." "It'll be an openness thing." "I had designs on him." "I didn't get to tirst base." "Okay?" "It'll do." "What a wondertully prepared woman." "What happened to him?" "I don't know." "I guess they pushed him too far." "If they get out We'll stop them, Billy." "Don't give up now." "Washington didn't." "Lincoln" "Please!" "What?" "Don't mention Lincoln." "A terrible thing happened to me once on Lincoln's birthday." "I was 6 or 7." "I had the day oft trom school." "Mama sent me to the park." "She made me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich." "That's all I ever ate." "A man with a beard and hat Just like Lincoln." "Honey, we don't have time for this now." "I remember Oh, God." "He said, "Hello, little girl."" "Is everybody here?" "All right, then!" "These guys aren't bad." "Incredible as it seems, ladies and gentlemen atter their bizarre, bloodcurdling rampage of destruction these strange creatures now appear to be mounting what seems to be a musical number." "They're near the doors." "Don't worry." "Soon Mr. Clamp will drop the cloth and let in the sun." "Okay, are we ready to drop this thing?" "Sunlight?" "Say cheese!" "They get in the rain, the city will go under." "Armageddon!" "WWIII!" "Billy, we've gotta do something." "I know." "There's a fire hose." "Aim it into the lobby." "Are you crazy?" "Just do it, and fast!" "Put Gizmo in a box so he doesn't get wet." "Marla" "Smoke." "Thanks." "Loogie!" "Lobby!" "Don't mess with Futterman!" "There's a call on hold in Mr. Clamp's oftice." "Can you transter it here?" "Yeah, I think so." "Ready!" "Turn it on!" "Billy, I hope you know what the hell you're doing." "I'm singing in the bathtub!" "Bypass the file server." "That's it!" "My God!" "Turn otf the hose!" "Hit it!" "I'm melting!" "Oh, what a world, what a world!" "The creatures seem to be melting into horrible little green and brown puddles." "It's, it's like..." "Well, I can't say what it looks like, on television, but it looks terrible." "Let's go!" "Come on!" "It's stuck." "Come on." "Back up here." "Down there." "Come on!" "Let's go!" "We'll take them by this door." "Come on!" "Charge!" "I didn't hurt myselt." "Maybe we can use this stutf for landfill." "We're here with Daniel R. Clamp." "Hey!" "Hey!" "Wait a minute, pal!" "Who told you to go on my network?" "Nobody, sir." "It just seemed like news, so" "Right, right." "I'm making you an anchor." "Six o'clock, weeknights." "Go to Barneys and get new clothes." "Give this man a credit card." "This is Old World." "Think sweaters." "Think avuncular." "Right." "Avuncular!" "And my cameraman?" "Otf cafteine, he's okay." "I'm a hit!" "We're a hit." "What does a menswear makeover cost today?" "Join us as we investigate" "And get some sun this weekend!" "Hey, Bill!" "Oh, boy!" "What's happening?" "It moved, sir." "All right." "Carry on." "Caretul, that stuft's slippery." "So you bailed us out." "It wasn't just me." "We all chipped in." "Mr. Futterman and Marla." "Marla?" "Yes, sir?" "You work for me, don't you?" "Yes, sir." "Very, very hard." "What happened?" "They tried it again, but we were ready." "Let's go." "Smells like burnt meatloat." "It's Daniel Clamp!" "He's here!" "Mr. Clamp, can we have a statement?" "Please, please!" "My new head ot public relations here will handle all questions." "Why, Daniel!" "What happened?" "Where's the camera?" "It was horrible." "We had to stop work altogether." "Sorry about the building." "I'm not." "You're not?" "No, we're insured tor the damages." "Maybe it wasn't a place tor people anyway." "It was a place for things." "You make a place for things." "Things come." "You kept the city safe, sir." "That's right." "That's a good point." "The sacrifice." "Could be in my next book!" "I should take notes." "Who's got a pencil and paper?" "Here you go." "What's this?" "IKingston Falls." "I've looked tor this!" "To buy?" "No, to build for my next project in Jersey!" "This is terrific!" "People want the traditional community thing now." "Quiet little towns, back to the earth." "Is this your concept?" "It's our hometown." "That's better." "I love that!" "It's..." "Wait." "It's..." ""Clamp Corners." "Where life slows down to a crawl."" "What do you think?" "It's territic." "This is what people want, not talking elevators." "You sell me this design, and we'll build the biggest most sensational quiet little town ever." "But tor him to do an entire town We can come to a deal." "Are you Mrs. Peltzer?" "Yes!" "Well, I'm gonna be." "What's that?" "This is Gizmo." "He's a Mogwai." "Mogwai." "I look at him, you know what I see?" "What, sir?" "Dolls with suction cups staring out car windows." "A Macy's parade float." "Have you thought about merchandising?" "Me?" "No." "Yeah!" "There's something there." "Lose the headband, though." "He likes the headband." "It's flexible." "Excuse me." "Most buildings wouldn't stand up to this..." "Go home now." "No visit to New Yorhk is comphete without tourig the world's most Put a glaze ot cheese on top." "Your favorite." "Yeah, sure." "Showtime!" "MTV." "Are you coming?" "In a minute." "HBO." "What did he say?" "He wants cable." "Nick at Nite?" "No." "Have a cigarette?" "No." "I'll quit." "From the building." "In the building?" "Hello?" "Forster, what are you?" "Okay, we'll get you out." "What floor?" "Way up there!" "Lt'll take a while." "The elevators are out." "So are the automatic doors." "I don't know, not long." "We'll do what we can." "IKeep your pants on." "You've beem worhkimg too hard." "Maybe I have, Mr. Clamp." "Take a day off." "Half a day." "That's generous, sir." "A half day oft once the building is operational." "Thank you, sir." "Long, isn't it?" "Patently ridiculous!" "Still lurking about?" "Don't you people have homes?" "That's" "Oh, no, you don't!" "Sorry, 60 years of hogging the end title is enough!" "So that's all, tolks!" "Fade out...!"