Do you want a bite, Daddy?
No, thanks, honey.
If Daddy's going to compete for the Chicago hot dog eating championship,
he's got to be hungry.
Crazy hungry!
Jim, just eat something!
Last year you passed out on the way to the contest.
I took a short nap.
You were driving!
Well, if you don't use those airbags, it's a waste.
(SNIFFING)
I smell donuts.
Hey.
That's incredible.
Well, when you starve yourself for two days, your senses get heightened.
You know, I'm like Ray Charles, but with smelling.
Cheryl, Dana, offspring...
Um, Mr. Second Place, is it?
Excuse me, you expect to eat more hot dogs than me
when you fill your belly full of donuts?
It's my strategy. I'm stretching my stomach.
Yeah, when did you start that strategy, when you were ?
Yes, indeed. About the same time you started losing your hair.
Well, at least I have someone to share my life with.
I think your longest relationship was with Mrs. Butterworth.
Whom I think you're still seeing.
All right, would you guys just stop it?
Kids, go put your shoes on. We're going to leave in a minute.
So, you're going bald, you're sleeping with syrup, and go.
Mint green is definitely...
Could you please stop the garbage talk?
Cheryl, it's not called garbage talk. It's called trash talk.
It's part of competition, but you wouldn't understand that because you're a woman.
Just like Andy. Advantage, Jim.
Okay, because I'm a woman?
This never gets old.
Women aren't natural competitors like men, that's all. It's a fact, baby.
Yay. Jim's first crackpot theory of the day.
Yay!
See, you know I'm right, too.
Hold on. Hold...
(SNIFFING)
A neighbor is cooking bacon.
And muffins.
(SNIFFS)
Blueberry muffins. No, walnut.
And the woman baking
is crying.
JIM: Oh, baby!
ANNOUNCER: Contestants, take your seats.
Welcome to the State Street Mall
and Demon Dogs' annual hot dog eating contest.
(APPLAUDING)
Remember, the winner will become the spokesperson
for Demon Dogs in a local television commercial.
My own commercial.
Who says a demon
can't go to heaven?
(LAUGHING EVILLY)
(LAUGHING)
What are you doing?
Nothing.
Okay, minutes stand between you
and glittering local fame.
Contestants, raise your dogs.
You are going down!
Please. The only thing going down is my life expectancy.
(CHUCKLES)
Ready, set, eat!
(BLOWS WHISTLE)
(CROWD CHEERING)
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
Time's up. Dogs down.
(LAUGHS)
Hey, Cheryl, I'm the wiener king!
Guess that makes you the wiener queen.
Yeah.
Margie Anderson's married to a state assemblyman.
And the winner is...
Ah, ah, oh, let me direct that commercial, because I have a vision for it.
Yoki Hirasaki!
Aah!
(SPUTTERS) That's impossible!
That girl couldn't fit three hot dogs end to end in there!
No, she's like a tiny Asian meat grinder.
I wonder if she has room for a piece of Andy pie?
Jim, honey, I'm befuddled.
You're a man, and yet you just got b*at by someone who isn't a man.
Which, technically, makes her a woman.
Dana, that's impossible. Everybody knows women can't compete,
hence my befuddlement.
Hmm. Well, let me unbefuddle you, okay?
It was fixed! Oh, Jim!
It was! Come on, it's obvious they rigged the contest
because they want a skinny woman to promote a better image.
A better image than us? Doubtful.
Excuse me, sir. Can I get a to-go box for the ones I licked but didn't eat?
Daddy?
Yes, my young boy? What?
I'm going to the bathroom. Want to watch?
Uh, no, thank you, honey. I caught your morning show.
Okay.
Hey. How's the surround sound coming along?
Oh, it's gonna be great.
Andy's going to love it.
When we're watching the Cubs game,
it's gonna be like we're in Wrigley Field. Check it out.
(STATIC CRACKLING)
Oh! Ugh!
Crap! Well, I'll wait till Andy gets here.
You know, he's good with this nerdy stuff.
Yeah, Jim, you're way too cool to do this right.
Hey, guys, you remember Yoki.
CHERYL AND DANA: Hey!
What the hell?
Look, Jim, it's the winner of the hot dog-eating contest.
Yeah. Well, nice to, uh, see you, Yogi.
Yoki.
Oh, I'm sorry. My boo-boo.
Yeah, um...
Yoki and I struck up a conversation after the contest,
and now we're doing it.
You know, dating.
And doing it.
Well, I'm telling you, you two are the cutest couple.
Yeah. I bet you're hell on a buffet.
Well, it's a pleasure, but Andy and I are gonna be watching the game.
Oh, actually, Jim, I'm gonna head over to Yoki's and watch it there.
(STAMMERING) What, Yoki, you got a big screen TV?
Fifty inches. Sixty!
And I'm putting in surround sound.
I'm putting it in right now.
Jim, I'm not going over there for the home theater experience.
You're gonna love surround sound. It makes all the difference.
Would you like some help hooking it up?
Yeah, Yoki's great at this kind of stuff.
She defragged my hard drive...
And then she fixed my computer.
Know what I'm sayin'?
How could they not know what you're saying?
It'll only take me a second.
I know this unit.
Nah, it's all right. My son's here. He can help me.
He's kind of an electronic genius, but thanks.
KYLE: Can somebody wipe me?
Well, like father, like son.
There you go. You just had the speaker leads reversed.
What?
(MUSIC PLAYING)
(ANDY AND DANA GASP)
Wow, it's like we're at the movies.
Yoki, hey, it's your Demon Dog commercial.
YOKI ON TV: Who says a demon can't go to heaven?
Can you blame me?
I had her in a devil suit surrounded by hot dogs.
I felt like Hef.
Yoki!
(PLAYING BLUES MUSIC)
Wow, Charlie...
You are really not that good.
It's not like I have a lot of time to rehearse.
I'm pretty busy between my liquor store and my pizza place.
Welcome to the band.
Thanks. So glad you're here.
Thanks. Oh, hey, honey!
(KISSES)
Hey, so we done here?
(STAMMERS) We got another hour left of rehearsal.
Fine, yeah, okay. Here, Yoki, have a seat.
(STAMMERING) Wait.
Normally these are closed rehearsals.
No one's ever wanted to come, Jim.
Fine. Fine.
Two, three, four.
(PLAYING BLUES MUSIC)
(INAUDIBLE)
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
Andy, listen, I know we sound better
when you're not playing, but what the hell?
Well, it's just that we were thinking...
We? Yoki and I.
Yeah, the song's in "G,"
but you're playing the "A" harp.
Since when does your little friend there know so much about blues harmonica?
Well, I play a little bit.
(CHUCKLING) Oh, you do?
Well, I'd love to hear that.
Maybe I should just go.
No, no, no, no. I'd really love to hear it.
Come on, I insist. I insist. Come on, take a sh*t at it.
Come on, baby.
Blow, blow, blow.
All right.
In "E" this time.
In "E."
Let's kick this thing.
(STOMPING)
(BLUES MUSIC PLAYING)
We're done! We're done!
That's it, that's it, rehearsal's over.
What? Everybody go! Everybody go!
Rehearsal's over! Come on, man!
Over! Over!
Yoki, can you give us a minute?
Hey, Yoki? Yoki?
If you ever want to start a band, here's my card.
Out! Out, everybody!
Jim, what the hell is wrong with you? Why can't you be nice to her?
I don't want to be nice to her.
Why, 'cause she b*at you?
The only reason she b*at me is because she's on steroids!
You get her to pee in a cup, and I'll prove it to you.
That is ridiculous!
What are you talking about? She's the enemy!
What?
It's like if I was dating O*ama b*n L*den.
Okay? You hate him.
I'd be fine with it. We'd get mil for turning him in.
You would turn in my boyfriend?
What if I loved him?
Are you listening to yourself?
I'm sick of hearing myself.
Jim, I'm dating again, and I'm ecstatic.
I thought you more than anyone would be happy for me.
I don't like her, I don't like her, I don't like her.
And I don't like that she messes up our rehearsals.
Really? Yes.
Oh. Well, great. Because we're a box set.
Oh, yeah?
If you don't need her, then you obviously don't need me.
Hey! Hey, I got a friend who owns a liquor store and a pizza joint.
I don't need anybody!
Your brother's a big, dumb jerk with a tiny, dumb girlfriend.
Beets? You're making beets?
Crap on a cr*cker, is this world going to hell?
Jim, honey, would you like a popsicle?
Sometimes that helps Kyle when he's throwing a tantrum.
I am not five years old.
You have a red one?
Oh, you know what?
I think Gracie ate the last red one.
Purple? No.
Yellow? Sorry.
What else do you have?
Organic orange mango?
Then forget it!
Forget it!
Can't have a popsicle in this house!
There's beets smelling the whole house up!
I'll take this one.
All right. Honey, do you want to talk about your problem with Andy?
I am not having a problem with Andy.
It's that Yoki.
Okay, but since Andy's been seeing Yoki, he's been around a lot less.
Yeah!
I'm just saying
that deep down you and Andy...
Mmm-mmm, no, no, no. This is what you guys do. This is what you women do.
This is what you like to do.
You like to dig deep down.
You like to go underneath the surface.
But anybody that knows me knows that there's nothing there!
So quit drilling!
I hate Yoki, I hate beets, and I hate this popsicle!
Is there some law against sugar?
All right, I just wish you had told me sooner.
You knew about the beets!
No. I invited Andy and Yoki to dinner tomorrow night.
(SPITS)
You invite mine enemy to dinner?
Cheryl, that is ridiculous!
That's like if...
What if I was dating O*ama b*n L*den,
and I brought him home for dinner?
How would you feel about that?
I don't know, honey. Is it serious?
I wouldn't bring him home if it was just a fling, Cheryl.
Okay, Jim,
if this is really about Yoki,
I bet you can b*at her at being a bigger person.
Huh?
I bet my big, strong, handsome husband can win at that.
Huh?
Well, I guess if I can force down this frozen disaster...
I can probably be the bigger man.
Aw, thank you, honey.
No riddle. What a rip.
Hey, Jim.
Bigger man, bigger man.
Glad you made it.
Ah, thanks so much for having us over.
That is really big of you.
Hey, I'm a big man.
You know what I was thinking? How about tomorrow we go out to lunch?
Yeah, we go to the park, knock back a few beers, fall asleep in the sun?
It's been a long time since we've had a hobo lunch.
Oh, you know what, though?
Yoki and Scottie Pippen have a publicity thing at the hot dog place.
I should really be there for that.
Yeah, hey, great. It sounds like a lot of fun.
I'm sure there's plenty of guys in the park I can drink with.
Hey, uh, there she is. (CHUCKLES)
Honey, your steak's almost done.
It's thick and hot. Just the way you like it.
All we've done is hold hands.
Careful. That one's starting to burn.
That's called searing.
Be a bigger man, be a bigger man.
Hey, uh, Yoko, listen.
Yoki. Yoki.
I want to congratulate you on your victory.
Thank you.
Yeah, and I'm really sorry that it was marred with such controversy.
What controversy? I won that fair and square.
Oh! Yeah. Grand jury's gonna get a good laugh on that one.
Look, Jim, if you have a problem with me, why don't you just say it?
I don't have a problem with you.
I'm really happy that Andy has got a girl
who's got, you know, a gift for freakish eating.
Is that supposed to be a compliment?
Of course it is. I'm a big man.
With a little, tiny stomach. (CHUCKLES)
Ha! I won!
That shows you it was a fluke the other day!
(BURPS)
(DEEPER BURP)
Wow, I heard that from all the way inside.
Biscuits?
I'll have two. I'll have three.
Cheryl! We're gonna need more biscuits!
Guys, guys, guys!
There's corn.
(CHILDREN CLAMORING)
DANA: Go, go, go, go, go!
Go, go!
Daddy, come on, you can do it!
Daddy, Daddy, eat!
(CHEERING CONTINUES)
Come on, Daddy! Go, go!
(CHOKES)
Beets?
Gross.
Ugh!
Oh!
Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? Stop!
They're gonna have to pump my stomach before I quit!
He'll be fine after we pump his stomach.
(JIM GROANING)
I am not using the bedpan!
Hey. Can I come in?
Oh, it's you.
It's weird seeing you in here when it's not St. Patrick's Day.
Yeah.
And I'm not cuffed to the bed, either.
Hey, Yoki wanted me to tell you that she's really hoping you're doing okay.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah. She's a nice girl, Jim.
She's okay, I guess.
Well, if she's okay, man, then what's the problem?
There's no problem.
No, no, something is going on.
You went crazy today.
They found a spoon in your X-ray.
There's nothing going on. I told you.
Will you knock it off?
Mmm. Seems they pumped everything out of you,
including the guts to tell the truth.
You know what? Now you're starting to sound like Cheryl.
All right? Stop digging. There's nothing there. I'm all shell!
Okay.
Well, I was doing some thinking.
Actually, it was Yoki who pointed it out.
And, uh, well...
It seems that I've been spending too much time away from my friend,
and that's why you're acting this way.
Andy, you couldn't be more wrong
if you took the wrong train from Wrongville and had a -wrong omelet...
What's in this I.V.?
Ah, methinks me hit a nerve. Huh?
You miss me.
I don't miss you.
I don't miss you. Men don't miss men.
That's just not the way it works, Andy.
I mean, you know,
I like hanging out with you, that's all.
Hanging out, watching the ballgame
or grilling steaks or, you know,
putting in surround sound or going to the park.
Oh, The Great Escape is on tomorrow afternoon.
Actually, Yoki and I...
Just forget it!
No, Yoki and I were talking, and she agreed that I should spend more time
with my best friend.
So...
I can make the movie.
Cool.
Cool.
Hey, check this out, man.
This is the coolest bed I've ever seen.
Look at that.
It's got electric buttons, man.
Hot dog.
Look at it. The front goes down, the back goes down.
Oh, scoot over, huh?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here, check out this button right here.
Yeah, we should get one of these for the office.
Oh, hey, I saw some wheelchairs outside.
Jim! What would Osama say?
Get off! Get off the bed! Get off the bed!