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Howdy-do, Marcelka.
Tomas?
I'm brushing up on my Moravian.
But why?
Because of the concert in Lidecko.
So some Moravians won't start yelling, go home, you Prague snob.
Like in Zlin.
That was a great lesson, Marcelka, a great one.
I'm glad.
After all those years out of the business I forgot that Moravia takes preparation.
So you don't look like a snob who doesn't know what goes on in the countryside.
If you hadn't said "greetings, Gottwaldov" right at the start in Zlin, they would've let you sing.
It happens, but in Lidecko they'll see I'm no dumb Prague guy.
It's somewhere in Moravia, right?
Near Vsetin.
Isn't it?
It is.
Splendid.
I want us to arrive as one of their own.
So I'm not Tommy Paci from Prague for them, but one of them.
So, what do you think?
Do you still think someone there would dare yell, you damned Prague bastard?
More like a hillbilly.
What?
I'm sorry, I must look like an idiot.
Don't worry about it.
You're just not an expert on folk costumes.
But they messed it up at the rental shop.
I specifically wanted the one Kozina wore.
Bro!
Bro, you gotta come with me to the Badger right now.
He got stuck there, it's dangerous, they're demolishing.
Exactly, Milos is still in there.
Oh God.
I have to save him.
Call 112.
Calm down, Marcelka.
Tomas, even a drunk is a human being.
Milos is the stuffed badger that Simona had by the tap.
Calm down, bro.
What would you even do with it?
A monument.
So people don't forget a good pub.
What?
Horvat already found me a primo pedestal at Petrin.
Didn't even want anything for it.
Because he got three kilos at the scrap yard for the guy with a bouquet that was bolted to it.
Get it, bro?
We'll put him right in front of the entrance and he'll stand there forever.
Like that tank in Smichov!
The tank in Smichov has been gone for ages.
What?
Marcelka, we clearly agreed you'd be sensitive around him for a while.
But I don't understand why the tank is so great.
It should've been hidden away at the reservists' for harder times.
Mr. Ozzak, Milos wouldn't have lasted long in fresh air anyway.
It's true he liked it when it was really smoky.
He'd fall apart in no time.
He was full of dust mites.
You're doing that on purpose, aren't you?
Doing what, for God's sake?
Don't you understand that if you say "dust mites" in front of Ozzak, he'll remember he's got no beer on tap anywhere?
You know, it's like with Zoran, when you say Yugoslavia in front of him.
Mr. Ozzak!
Relax, Marcelka, Ozzak's sadness never lasts long.
Right, I'm heading to Marik's place.
It's my first time there, so if they baptize me, we might start late.
It could take a while.
Sure.
Cool, a hockey stick.
Little maid from Lidecko, my dear.
Little maid from Lidecko kept on dancing.
Iva, Iva!
What?
I'm composing.
Right, I see.
Sorry, I'll finish vacuuming later then.
How's it going?
Slowly.
Can I do the dishes?
Are there any pots?
Just a baking pan with tar on it.
Ozzak was asphalting his bed again?
More like cooking something.
But it won't have soaked enough yet.
Well, try it.
Hi, everyone.
Hi.
Do you happen to have a map of Prague?
I need to find where U Stajinek street is.
I've never heard of it.
It used to have a different name.
What's supposed to be there?
Happy Chick headquarters.
That's the fast food place going in where the Badger was.
I'm going to pick up my uniform and some company freebies.
They sell fried food, schnitzels and they're on U Stajinek.
Kinda weird.
At least it's clear.
Streets should be named after what's there.
Like around the corner on Mleta, that's McDonald's headquarters.
Nobody knew who that Anne Frank was anyway.
U Stajinek, Prague-Libus.
When do you start?
Don't know, they need to convert the Badger first, they haven't even started demolishing.
How come?
Someone swiped the tracks off the bulldozer overnight.
We're a nation of thieves.
Exactly.
That's why I'm going for the uniform myself.
I won't risk that lady from the post office walking around in it.
Oh, Dad, there was a slip in the mailbox.
You've got a registered letter at the post office.
Yeah, I'll pick it up.
You'll need your ID for that.
Here.
Oh, thanks.
Where'd you get it?
Horvat found it.
Where?
At the train station.
I haven't been there in at least a year.
Cool.
And this just shows how false stereotypes fool people.
Horvat looks like a shady character.
Shady how?
You know, a thief.
But he's actually a decent person.
And warm-hearted.
Yesterday I bumped into him on the tram and he just hugged me with joy.
Yeah, Horvat.
Heart on his sleeve.
Well, bye.
Yeah.
How's Ozzak doing?
Steaming.
Oh damn.
But he went to Marik's.
Ah, well that's good.
Libal, that's an old-school barman.
He knows how to handle a regular.
Bye then.
Dad?
Hmm?
Didn't Roubalova say you lost her wallet?
No.
Fine.
Do you know what a frgal is?
Why?
I'm reading this article and it's full of Moravian expressions.
Is it a shoe?
I don't know.
Because it sounds like a boot.
Well, could it be a pair of shoes?
More likely some kind of cheese.
Wake up Ozzak.
Or a nose?
No, that's dumb too.
Were those twelves?
Yeah.
Ghosts, or what?
Jozko, I thought I'd never see you again.
What happened?
I was kidnapped!
Jesus Christ, do they want a ransom?
He's here now, right?
Thank God.
We've got you.
And who kidnapped you?
I don't know.
A man, a woman, and some kind of dwarf.
Right from this room.
I don't know what they did to me, but I woke up in the bushes.
Uncle, that's really weird.
And you two didn't hear anything.
That dwarf was screaming bloody murder.
Ozzak, how was it at Marik's yesterday?
Epic.
Did you know Husten started making Magicke Oko in kegs?
Right.
Well, the main thing is you're home.
I made myself some coffee last night.
Want some?
Jaromir.
Something from the old days.
Playing the keyboards, huh.
Ah, I know, I'm setting up the gear.
Are these still the ones from Karl-Marx-Stadt?
They are.
Nothing beats the original sound.
But they have more memory, right?
4 songs and Lohengrin.
Tomas!
Marcelka, it's here, let's go.
Allow me to introduce, this is Jaromir Simara.
We used to play together for Frantisek Janecek.
We've already met.
We were just talking with Jaromir about his keyboards.
Mr. Simara was saying they were very expensive in their day.
I wanted to suggest to Jaromir that we program a new song into them.
What new song?
Four songs and Lohengrin.
Well, I wrote a new special song for Lidecko.
So the people of Lidecko know I care about them.
I'll play it for you on guitar.
And what if we then put it into the keyboards?
Maybe in place of Lohengrin.
Lohengrin pays my bills.
Bro!
Bro, where are you?
We're leaving.
It's them.
Who?
The ones who kidnapped me.
You were kidnapped?
I thought it might help the police with the identification.
Did you say one of them was shorter?
Yeah, this one.
He just came out bigger.
Alright, so on the way to the concert we'll stop by the police.
You know, Marcelka.
And they'll!
Look into it.
Thanks, bro.
Are we going by train?
Just like that?
Mr. Simara, don't you want help?
No.
I carry everything myself so I know I have everything.
I still think the Lidecko people would enjoy that song.
Your people will be happiest hearing what they already know.
People are scared of new things, especially in the countryside.
Turn right there.
Where?
There.
Oh, there.
Mr. Simara, if we switched seats, I could navigate better.
Jaromir gets carsick in the back.
At least, unless things have changed.
Couldn't you at least put the organ on the roof so I can see ahead?
No.
Take it easy, let's get there in one piece.
You missed the turn.
Damn.
Hey, Iva, how are you?
I'm ironing.
You've got it good.
I'm bringing back the map, Mom says thanks a lot.
Yeah, just toss it on the table.
What is it?
You won't mind that I drew Mom's route to Libus and back on it, will you?
No, that won't bother us.
What's going on?
You won't mind that I drew a few more routes on it?
What kind?
Various.
I was having fun, so I got a little carried away.
And why is some of it in red and some in green?
It's by type of transportation.
The route from home to school is in green because you can comfortably walk there.
The route to the Badger too, and to the post office too.
The route to the Happy Chick headquarters is in red because the fastest way is by metro.
And the routes best reached by surface transport are marked in blue.
And you know what I found out?
No.
If we didn't go to school through the park, it would be quicker.
Check out the yellow one.
If we turned onto Beda Travnicek street and went through Levna...
Which one is Levna?
Where the Lidl is.
Ah.
We'd be at school three minutes earlier.
That'd be great.
And you really aren't mad?
I tried to erase it, but I accidentally erased the Rudolfinum.
She's crazy.
I'm glad it's so nice and clear now.
Could I doodle some more? I thought of more routes.
It wasn't a huge success, but it wasn't a loss either.
Marcelka, how did it look from the audience?
It definitely wasn't a loss.
But it takes getting used to.
I completely forgot how demanding performing in front of people is.
You recovered well.
Even that unfortunate glitch with Lohengrin.
Well, that used to happen to Jaromir before too.
Those buttons are too tiny for you, right, Jaromir?
Tiny?
I couldn't see them, the work light wasn't on.
Terrible chaos, awful gig.
Turn left there.
And their sound guy was quite unpleasant too.
The way he checked our arrival, every extension cord, I've never seen that before.
Me neither.
On to the next one then.
How did those two extension cords get tangled with ours?
No idea.
Weren't we supposed to turn left somewhere here?
I said so.
I didn't hear anything.
Me neither.
If I could sit up front, we wouldn't have to detour through Nasavrky now.
I'll turn around, it won't delay us much.
If you had a highway sticker, we could be home by now.
A highway sticker?
A highway sticker is a ticket to the slaughterhouse.
If we were in Germany, I wouldn't say a word.
But for our occasional driving around here, it's a waste of money.
Look, Kolin, 22 kilometers, we're almost home.
Got it for me?
Once the Lidecko people say it was actually a good concert, maybe more will come next time.
What do you think, Marcelka?
We can try.
In a few weeks.
Right away.
I left my drums there.
Iva, do you know what time it is?
Good evening.
This is Mrs. Vesela.
Nice to meet you, who are you?
Sorry for falling asleep here, but little Venousek has been sleeping terribly and it was so quiet here.
Mrs. Vesela came to tell us that Ozzak is sleeping at their place.
With Venousek.
Venousek is our little boy.
Please, how did Ozzak get to your place?
He rang the bell, said, hi, Ivushka.
And went straight to sleep on the doggy bed.
Same as yesterday.
Venousek has stuffed animals under his crib.
He's afraid of them at night.
Mrs. Vesela, I'm terribly sorry about my brother.
No, please, don't apologize.
Don't apologize.
It's me who should apologize for yesterday.
We shouldn't have carried him out onto the street.
But we didn't know him well enough yet.
We thought he was homeless.
But today his ID fell out of his pocket, so I came to tell you where he is, so you wouldn't worry.
No, this is inexcusable.
I promise this won't happen again.
Come, I have the car downstairs.
Actually, I came to ask if it could wait until morning.
What?
Because of Venousek.
He's teething.
When Mr. Ozzak came yesterday, Venousek fell asleep for the first time in three days.
And again today.
You know, my husband needs his sleep too.
He's a pilot.
You could pick him up first thing in the morning.
Here's my card.
Mrs. Vesela, my brother is obviously not in control of himself.
You understand?
Come, we'll go right now.
Can't you put this away?
No, because I haven't finished vacuuming yet.
So put it away now and take it out again when you vacuum, okay?
You know what, vacuum yourself.
I have to go to school.
Bro, thanks.
Thank you.
Ozzak, let go of me.
Ivushka, your dad is a hero.
He saved me from three kidnappers.
They got me again.
Ozzak, for God's sake, snap out of it...
You're becoming genuinely dangerous.
Me?
The dwarf is the dangerous one.
And it's good that you fought for me.
That was little Venousek Vesely.
And you basically broke into the Veselys' place.
You're lucky they didn't call the cops on you.
That wasn't a dwarf?
So right now you're going to go to the shop and open up.
And when you get back, you're going to vacuum, so you actually help out around here.
Wait, today is the beer pentathlon qualifier at Marik's.
You're done with Marik's until you learn how to come home.
I really don't know what to do with you people.
Wait, what do you mean "you people"?
How do I explain to you that things are hard for me right now?
Is it that hard to help me out a little?
And who's going to help me?
While you're touring cultural centers with Marcelka, you don't lift a finger at home.
I can't even pick up a stupid registered letter.
Well, let Ozzak help her then.
Sure, because I have it so easy, right?
Let Ozzak do everything.
I'm sorry, okay.
It's just a lot right now.
Yeah, I brought you a frgal, want some?
I'm more in the mood for something sweet.
Well, wait.
It is sweet, try it.
Oh.
Yeah, where's the slip for that registered letter?
I already went.
Wait.
How did they give it to you?
I took your cap, your ID, and called the lady at the window "postal angel."
Nobody noticed a thing.
Obviously.
What is it?
I've become a VIP member of the United Recycling Centers.
How?
I don't know.
They say I've turned in one and a half tons of iron.
That's gotta be a mistake, right?
Probably.
But there are perks included.
Like some discounts?
Free soup and a shower with every visit.
Marcelka, it's about time you got here.
I have a song.
That's wonderful.
I'll read you the lyrics, listen.
My goddess from Chropin.
For your eyes I think of no other.
In Kojetin nor Hulin are there girls like you, Chropin.
There's a lot of feeling in it, Tomas, but it sounds a bit clunky.
I think it'll work on the Chropin folks.
And what about Mr. Simara?
Will he want to erase something from the memory for this?
That's the best part.
It can be sung to the Lohengrin melody.
No.
What if I marked the whole way from Marik's to here?
No.
Marcelka, let's go.
Younger siblings are pigs.
Excuse me.
Are you a younger sibling?
No.
I said it on your behalf.
What for.
No.
Yeah, Jaromir, no, just sit down for a moment, I'll grab the stuff from the back.
Take it easy, no chaos.
Right, right.
What if I strung a piece of twine from doorknob to doorknob?
No!
Hi, everyone.
I wouldn't have come, but the kid kept insisting you have to see this.
Mom, but I...
Shut it.
You look like a different person.
They say uniforms suit me.
Well, Simona.
This is the first employer who actually cares that I'm dressed.
Mom, can I take off the cap?
No.
What if I made a deal with Lexa?
No.
No, sit down for a moment.
Listen, I have an improvement for the Chropin song.
I think you'll like it.
Tomas, how come you haven't even introduced us?
Oh, right.
Simona, neighbor... Simara, Jaromir.
Simona.
Lexa, her son.
Come.
Bucek.
You're standing on my extension cord.
What if Ivushka walked me home?
No.
Yeah, Jaromir, please.
About that Chropin song, I wrote a new one.
Well, bye then.
Yeah, yeah, bye, see you.
Simona, come on, tell him something.
Look, sort it out yourself.
At my place you were never so hammered you couldn't find your way home.
Hammered?
Simona.
Yeah.
This thing came for scrap.
Know anything about it?
Yeah, Horvat mentioned, I'll pick it up.
Thank you.
Pick up how?
You know how hard he worked on it, and you won't even let him shower.
But...
Mom, can I take off the cap now?
Yeah.
We need to go.
Right, no chaos please.
What if I went to Marik's...
And didn't drink.
No.
When, where?
You missed it again.
Oh God, we don't have any time at all.
Because you call it out too late.
I call it out on time, but you drive too fast.
Because you keep telling me we don't have much time.
We don't have time because you keep missing the turns.
Your sound check is in ten minutes.
We'll make it.
Jaromir can connect the amps quickly.
It'll be faster to go through Troubky.
Troubky?
Yeah.
But the Germans burned that down, didn't they?
Good grief.
Jaromir, that was ages ago.
I don't have the baritone sax.
Oh God, how?
Damn!
That shop was such a mess again!
Could we go back?
We're in Chropin.
Yeah, thanks, you're really sweet.
And since I was already helping, I also washed the baking pan with the coffee.
How did you manage that?
I put everything on ninety degrees.
Now everything's brown, you know.
And weird, it doesn't look like it even shrunk.
So this is the price tag.
Well, since I helped you, can I go to Marik's?
No, and stop helping me.
Well, Iva, I figured out why Mr. Ozzak goes to the Veselys'.
Why?
Because he's going home.
That's ridiculous.
It's not.
Look, here's Marik's place.
And this is Bifidus Aktiv street, where Mrs. Vesela lives.
And this is the Badger.
And here's where you live.
Wow, same route.
So I think someone should go with Mr. Ozzak from the restaurant today on his way back.
Right.
And drive him home.
Well, that's option one.
And option two?
Drive him to the Badger, because from there he can find the way.
I think Mr. Ozzak will go with option three.
He'll vacuum.
Well, do I have a choice?
Howdy, y'all. Recently in Gottwal... in Zlin, I felt that as a Prague guy, I wasn't welcome in beautiful Moravia.
But, as they say where you're from, time will tell.
There are no girls.
Like you, Chropin.
Thanks, y'all!