Plot. Sydney teenager Jackie Mullens works as a barmaid in her mother's pub and dreams of becoming a singing star, though she jokingly worries her dreams may be cut short by a nuclear holocaust. Her scheming 14-year-old cousin Angus aspires to be her manager.
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00:01:00Heartbreak Hotel?
00:01:04Now shut up and don't start talking till I've finished. I've got you a booking.
00:01:08Singing?
00:01:09Yeah, singing at, get this, New Faces Night at the Lizard Lounge.
00:01:13Angus, how? Gosh. But I'll have to get off work.
00:01:17Oh yeah, and I'll leave school.
00:01:19I must go to the hairdresser. You know, fluff up the old buffoons.
00:01:24Hey, I'll treat you to a hairdo.
00:01:26Oh no you won't.
00:01:31Singing
00:01:35Oh come on, Angus.
00:01:38Oh.
00:01:39Oh, Angus.
00:01:41It's Angus, faceache.
00:01:45They're not looking.
00:01:46You.
00:01:47It's me. I've got that certain kind of animal presence.
00:01:53I'm scared.
00:01:56I wonder if I'll get discovered at the Lizard Lounge tonight.
00:02:01God, knowing my luck I might crack it and then some nuclear holocaust will come along and ruin my career.
00:02:06Or worse still, your hairdo.
00:02:09Half a week's wages.
00:02:12I wouldn't be so scared if I had my own band.
00:02:15A band?
00:02:17Oh, how slacks that. She'd be good for a shag.
00:02:20As if you'd know how.
00:02:23I want a band. I want amplifiers. I want, I want, I want.
00:02:27Life's just a matter of what you want.
00:02:30Start out wanting a Volkswagen and you'll end up with a Volkswagen.
00:02:33I don't want a Volkswagen.
00:02:35If you start out wanting a Jag, you'll end up with a Jag.
00:02:39I don't want a Jag. I want that.
00:02:44Brainstorm.
00:02:47Let's go.
00:02:55All right.
00:02:57Ask her if she's got a sister.
00:03:06All right.
00:03:18You know, I've been learning Spanish dancing for about three months now.
00:03:22Mullen's the name. And management's the game.
00:03:26And songs? I've got songs. Great lyrics.
00:03:29All they need is...
00:03:31Don't tell me. You've got great lyrics.
00:03:33And all you need is someone to put melodies to them.
00:03:36Yeah.
00:03:37No.
00:03:39Has anybody seen Robbie?
00:03:47No.
00:04:00Oh, Nana.
00:04:02You hold your head still or I'll drip everywhere.
00:04:07You've got to get that bloody blue out.
00:04:09Come on. Straight inside.
00:04:11Righto. Come on, you lot.
00:04:13Oh, greedy little buggers this morning, aren't you?
00:04:16Go and get yourself now to the fridge.
00:04:17Go and raid the fridge. Come on.
00:04:19There's a good baby.
00:04:20Come on. Come with Mama.
00:04:21There's a good baby.
00:04:23Oh, what a lot of nonsense.
00:04:25There you are, dear.
00:04:28Thank you, senora.
00:04:32Oh, I've just run short. Feed the babies.
00:04:37Sorry, sweetheart. They're your bowels, not my bowels.
00:04:40Still, stay off her.
00:04:42Now, anything fit for a cat here?
00:04:44How about a brick and a bag?
00:04:46Don't you give cheek to the boarders.
00:04:47What boarders? Mrs. Booth's the last one.
00:04:49The solitary survivor.
00:04:51He's a rude boy.
00:04:53A sink 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 true. They can happen to you.
00:05:02Hey, Marlon.
00:05:04Piss off.
00:05:06You're a pain in the dick. You're a big sack.
00:05:09You get to school.
00:05:10With a bag on my head, I'd rather die.
00:05:13Besides, you know I hate group activity.
00:05:17I don't care. You're going just as soon as you look normal.
00:05:20And when will that be?
00:05:22You're not telling me everything you know, are you?
00:05:24Aunty Pearl, I left and got the last bus home.
00:05:26I don't know anything more, as God's me charge.
00:05:37So, how did you escape?
00:05:40Why get involved?
00:05:4290% of the time, it's just rip-off agents and take-away greaseburgers and...
00:05:46Oh, 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.
00:05:56Playing isn't everything.
00:05:58Let's just talk about...
00:06:00Sex.
00:06:01Okay.
00:06:02My cousin Angus, he's reading this book, Sex Psychology.
00:06:05And he reckons guitars are like phallic symbols.
00:06:09And guitarists masturbate for a living.
00:06:13So God knows why you need me.
00:06:21What are you two, Siamese twins?
00:06:23Siamese cousins, actually.
00:06:25See, he's parents.
00:06:27Yeah? So 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.
00:06:35In Brisbane. No, Perth.
00:06:37Born-again virgin?
00:06:39Speaking of which, I'd better go.
00:06:43You sure it's early?
00:06:45Positive.
00:06:50You big, fat fibber.
00:06:57Hey!
00:06:59Hey!
00:07:07Hey!
00:07:18That must be the 9.55.
00:07:21See, Godzilla broke down.
00:07:24You must be good and tired.
00:07:26Nah, just tired.
00:07:28See, we were at this club and Angus talked him into letting me sing.
00:07:32So I just sang.
00:07:33Just sang, yeah.
00:07:35You always enjoyed singing yourself, Nana.
00:07:37I enjoy a good sing-song now and then,
00:07:39but I've never used my voice to attract men.
00:07:42Now, Nana, if what I'm reading here's right,
00:07:45you've got a good dead-set case of penis envy.
00:07:48I just hope he gets his ideas through.
00:07:50You wouldn't have to be Freud to work that one out.
00:07:53It's all them books, Nana.
00:07:55Makes the brains too big for the head.
00:07:57Oh!
00:07:59God almighty!
00:08:02It's about Uncle Reg's brain.
00:08:05It seems to be shrinking.
00:08:07Oh, lay off him, love.
00:08:08You know he's got a plate in his head?
00:08:10A plate?
00:08:11I think they threw in the knife and fork, too.
00:08:13Ooh.
00:08:16Hot undercollar
00:08:18Don't take it out on me
00:08:20Don't push me too far
00:08:23Temper, temper
00:08:25Burning Anna
00:08:28Temper, temper
00:08:30Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
00:08:34You make my blood boil
00:08:36You're the judge and jury
00:08:38Cocking in your own oil
00:08:43Angus?
00:08:45Angy-tangy toasty-bub
00:08:54That's a bit mangled, but I managed to save the head and...
00:08:58What happened to the blue hair?
00:09:00I got bored with it, didn't I?
00:09:02Like I'm getting bored with you.
00:09:08Angus, you made last night.
00:09:10Let me off the hook, will you?
00:09:12I'll do anything, I promise.
00:09:18Oh, no.
00:09:19Not that.
00:09:28There's a brand-new way to do the al telefono
00:09:32A brand-new way to be a quali-modo
00:09:36Hang in five, then hang in ten
00:09:39It's a wipe-out right on time again
00:09:41Walk the nose, then shake your toes
00:09:44Surf's like tango
00:09:46Cool as the wind blow
00:09:48Watch that man go
00:09:50Throw the hoo-hoo
00:09:52Surf's like 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?
00:10:04Get caught in the limp, go over the poles
00:10:09Swim, go on, swim
00:10:11Move your mouth like a fish, like a fish
00:10:20Well, did you get yourself into the band?
00:10:22Angus, I'm not that calculated.
00:10:25Besides, 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.
00:10:32Zip, you know.
00:10:34Jeez, people make me sick when they've had a root.
00:10:37They start creeping around all secret and smart-ass
00:10:40like they discovered the lousy Adam or something.
00:10:47Wagging school and dying your hair.
00:10:49Next it'll be earrings and tattoos.
00:10:51That's the stuff.
00:10:52You!
00:10:53Thanks, Mum.
00:10:54Stuck all night.
00:10:55Worrying me sick.
00:10:57I'm trying to leave my first holiday in 12 years
00:10:59and under doctor's orders.
00:11:01All this noise giving you a headache, is it, Wally?
00:11:03Hey, hey, giving you a headache, is it?
00:11:05Tell your lazy father to get off his lazy bum
00:11:07and drag in a fresh keg.
00:11:12Here.
00:11:13Here.
00:11:14Here.
00:11:15Here.
00:11:16Answer up, answer up.
00:11:17You'll work for your school for the next six months.
00:11:18Answer up, answer up.
00:11:19Endless day after endless day mapped out.
00:11:23My life is ebbing away in this dump.
00:11:25You love it.
00:11:28I'll swim everywhere that you say.
00:11:31And when I come along, I'll be a commoner's jewel in my head.
00:11:34Kid.
00:11:35What?
00:11:36You keep singing these pointless bloody songs.
00:11:37Mum.
00:11:38Hmm?
00:11:39I don't know.
00:11:40I just close my eyes and I sing.
00:11:42I feel like I'm above the crowd.
00:11:44Above the crowd?
00:11:46That's a bad attitude.
00:11:49Squeeze yourself into these ridiculous clothes all you like.
00:11:52Won't change who you are or what you are.
00:11:55But Aunty Pearl, last night at the lizard lounge,
00:11:58Jackie blew the roof off.
00:12:00Like this.
00:12:01Hot air.
00:12:02Star quality, Aunty Pearl.
00:12:04Star quality.
00:12:05Hmm?
00:12:06Hey, set one up, will you, love?
00:12:08These two have themselves on.
00:12:09And what would that be?
00:12:10Star quality.
00:12:12It's that little something extra.
00:12:16Yeah?
00:12:17Well, so's bullshit and you're both full of it.
00:12:19Hopeless dreamers, eh, love?
00:12:24Oh, Pearl.
00:12:25I wish you'd be as serious about the serious things in life.
00:12:28Nah, it's smarter to be serious about the silly things.
00:12:30I mean, silly about the serious things.
00:12:32Kid, love.
00:12:34That's bloody lovely, that is.
00:12:37The beer's foaming, you fool.
00:12:39So soon?
00:12:40Maz has just knocked back two beers.
00:12:42He has a spitz in his glass.
00:12:44That's where his beer's from.
00:12:45There you go.
00:12:46I should think so.
00:12:50Fair crack of the whip, Mum.
00:12:52I can't give cheek to my wife.
00:12:53More than a whip should get you moving.
00:12:55And don't call me Mum!
00:12:57You didn't get away with that, did you, eh?
00:12:59I was just looking at him.
00:13:05Yes.
00:13:06Oh, indeed.
00:13:07That's not a bad drop, mate.
00:13:09As a mad, as a mad-axe.
00:13:12We can't do a thing with him.
00:13:15Oh, yes.
00:13:16Hope so.
00:13:18Oh, yes.
00:13:20Sorry for all the trouble he's caused you.
00:13:23Yes.
00:13:24Yes.
00:13:27Yes.
00:13:28Yes.
00:13:29Well, love, thanks for calling.
00:13:32Was that the school?
00:13:33Yeah, I pretended I was Mum, and they said you were mad.
00:13:36So I agreed.
00:13:37Then I said we'd be keeping you away all week at the psychiatrist.
00:13:41Gee, thanks.
00:13:44You sure you can manage?
00:13:45Of course.
00:13:46Can I look after you?
00:13:47I'll do that.
00:13:49Come and say goodbye to your mother.
00:13:51What's happened to her?
00:13:53Now, you watch me now.
00:13:54She gives the wrong change every time.
00:13:56See you, Mum.
00:13:57Angus, I want to see you walking to school now.
00:14:00Bye.
00:14:01Bye.
00:14:02Have a good day.
00:14:03It's an early night.
00:14:04You make sure you get where you're going.
00:14:06Bye.
00:14:07Bye.
00:14:08Bye.
00:14:09Bye.
00:14:10Bye.
00:14:11Bye.
00:14:12Bye.
00:14:13Bye.
00:14:14Bye.
00:14:15Bye.
00:14:16Bye.
00:14:17Bye.
00:14:18Bye.
00:14:19Bye.
00:14:20Bye.
00:14:21Bye.
00:14:23Bye.
00:14:29Thanks,üllt.
00:14:34Do you recommend the rabbit, Nan?
00:14:36It's your stomach, Asie.
00:14:38Sometimes you take that up.
00:14:40It's good for my clothes.
00:14:41I'm kind of thrilling.
00:14:42It looks exciting from there too.
00:14:44Nice rob legs, hey Nan?
00:14:46Yeah.
00:14:47They go right up to her bum, but they're not on the menu.
00:14:49Well, I'd better to have a chop, Nan.
00:14:51Here, I'm only lunch hour, honest.
00:15:02Hi, what 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, ask me.
00:15:12And the best act will be performing at the opera house.
00:15:15The band that makes the biggest hit will win contracts and cash worth $25,000.
00:15:20That's this week's show for one ticket.
00:15:22Hey, love, you wouldn't give this to a chap on Anzac Day.
00:15:25You can't bring it back, you already bit it.
00:15:27Oh, thanks, love.
00:15:29Hey, we could all start with it by the time Alice gets her bread buttered.
00:15:32How about some service?
00:15:33How about taking your time?
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, that's a girl.
00:15:45No, no, dummy, it's publicity.
00:15:47So, bad 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?
00:16:07Not in, I'm afraid.
00:16:09When will he be there?
00:16:11Could I ask what you're after?
00:16:12It's about this singer.
00:16:13A great singer, but she's in a hurry.
00:16:15I might have to take her elsewhere.
00:16:17Good luck, then.
00:16:25Seven National Newsroom.
00:16:26I've got a story for you.
00:16:28Yeah, what type of story?
00:16:29It's one of those stories you use to 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 are on every second corner, you know.
00:16:41Not like this one.
00:16:43She's marvelous at balancing.
00:16:45She can balance on anything.
00:16:47Yes, well, look, I'm afraid it doesn't sound like our type of thing.
00:16:50But, have you ever seen anyone balancing in the nude?
00:16:55Naked? Where, in the city?
00:16:57Yes, 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 and at what time?
00:17:04Circular key.
00:17:05Yep.
00:17:06Thursdays.
00:17:07Right.
00:17:14I can hear a voice.
00:17:16Nanny, you've been claiming to hear voices for years.
00:17:18My psychic capacities are a different matter.
00:17:21Some of us are quite capable of talking to another world.
00:17:24Well, you might as well. No one else will listen to you.
00:17:32Terry Lambert's office.
00:17:34Terry Lambert, please.
00:17:36I'm afraid he's in conference.
00:17:38Sod, wagging school again.
00:17:41But it's his mother.
00:17:42I'm all alone with a burglar loose in the house.
00:17:45All right, stay there, Mrs. Lambert.
00:17:47I'll get him for you.
00:17:53Hello, Mum, what is it?
00:17:54Listen, it's about me cousin, Jackie Mullins.
00:17:56She's a winner, she's a star.
00:17:58You sickle-bucket.
00:18:00You'll land us in the law court.
00:18:02You've gone too far this time.
00:18:03I've got further to go yet.
00:18:07Obscene phone calls.
00:18:11Alice, you're a maniac.
00:18:13You can't be serious.
00:18:15You are serious.
00:18:17Well, forget it.
00:18:18Absolutely not.
00:18:20N-O.
00:18:21Know what happens if 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 swimming in front of my eyes.
00:18:42Angus, how did you talk me into this?
00:18:45Because you wanted me to talk you into it.
00:18:47God, you get away with murder.
00:18:50What about all the junk you've conned me into?
00:18:52Like the blue hair?
00:18:54And what about the time you claimed you'd learned witchcraft?
00:18:57That was years ago.
00:19:00Hey, up here.
00:19:02And you put a hex on me, so you said.
00:19:04And made me eat crushed worms and dog shit to cast away the evil spell.
00:19:08It was only liverwurst.
00:19:24Angus, is anyone taking any notice of this?
00:19:27I reckon they soon will.
00:19:31Come on.
00:19:36Last one.
00:19:43Shit!
00:19:52Down!
00:20:01Down!
00:20:03Try and work your hands along the line.
00:20:06I can't.
00:20:07Young lady, come in from there immediately.
00:20:10Oh, come and get me, you old fool.
00:20:14Wait.
00:20:15Police!
00:20:16Police!
00:20:17Police!
00:20:18Police!
00:20:19Police!
00:20:20Police!
00:20:21Police!
00:20:22Police!
00:20:23Police!
00:20:24Police!
00:20:25Police!
00:20:26Police!
00:20:27All right, break out the junk, come on.
00:20:28Snap to it.
00:20:29Get those people back there.
00:20:30Come on.
00:20:37Come on, quick.
00:20:38There she is.
00:20:39Come on, out of there.
00:20:41Are you receiving?
00:20:42Over.
00:20:43What's your name, dear?
00:20:44Jacqueline Mullins.
00:20:46And what's the idea behind all this?
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?
00:21:08Well, not until I've finished this interview, I'm not.
00:21:11Pull this stunt.
00:21:12Did you realize how much trouble you'd cause?
00:21:14I'm just trying to spice things up a bit.
00:21:16I'm emotional.
00:21:17I sing because I'm emotional.
00:21:19Perhaps 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.
00:21:29And when they scrape me up, just remember it was all your fault.
00:21:34Chomp, chomp, chomp!
00:21:39Chomp, chomp, chomp!
00:21:42Chomp, chomp, chomp!
00:21:45Now, now, hang on.
00:21:46Is that Timmy Lambert?
00:21:47That's right.
00:21:48Is that really Timmy Lambert?
00:21:50What is this, funny questions?
00:21:51Chomp, chomp, chomp!
00:21:53Look at this guy.
00:21:55Chomp, chomp, chomp!
00:21:57Chomp, chomp, chomp!
00:21:59Why are you persecuting me?
00:22:04She's alive!
00:22:05She sings!
00:22:06She's firing a pipe this afternoon!
00:22:07Okay, please, it's all right, darling, it's all right, it's all right, it's all right.
00:22:36It's all right, darling, it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling, it's all right, it's
00:23:05all right, darling, it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling,
00:23:26it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling,
00:23:48it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling,
00:24:18it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling,
00:24:24it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling,
00:24:31it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling, it's all right, darling,
00:24:37it's all right.
00:24:51Well I will do a story on you in my pop column. I guess we're a hot item, huh?
00:24:56Humble Angus, humble.
00:24:58Cadillac. Wow.
00:25:00Your coach. Da-dum.
00:25:04Shit, a car with a TV set.
00:25:07Angus, I bet all your lies are starting to come true.
00:25:10Don't worry girls, they're in safe hands.
00:25:15Bye!
00:25:16In the back of England
00:25:21The only twists and turns of life
00:25:25A broken...
00:25:27Hey, take a look at this one.
00:25:29The back still looks fine.
00:25:33And the old fella.
00:25:35Further departure, a short soup was made.
00:25:38It's a two-hour strike.
00:25:41Workers enjoying a sandwich.
00:25:44It's a better investment than a wheelchair.
00:25:49When you decided to pull this stunt, did you realize how much trouble you caused?
00:25:55I'm emotional. I sing because I'm emotional.
00:25:58Perhaps 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?
00:26:09We gave her more toys than anyone.
00:26:12An event to take place here and it appears to be happening above us
00:26:16in the street where a lady is naked from the waist up
00:26:20and doing a tightrope walk across the street.
00:26:24Well, she's exposed, isn't she?
00:26:26That female's exposing herself. Disgusting.
00:26:29Apart from her humorous attire, the fact remained that the display was full of potential danger.
00:26:35It wasn't long before she detracted more than just spectators.
00:26:42No, no, no, no.
00:26:47That's disgusting. It's an outrage.
00:26:49Shut up, you...
00:26:54Stay out, you mongrel.
00:26:56Good honor, I suppose.
00:26:58Don't know what she's up to, but I hope she gets somewhere.
00:27:04Here we are. This is our humble home.
00:27:07Joints jumping.
00:27:10Come on, come on.
00:27:17Hey.
00:27:18Hey, what are you up to?
00:27:28That's great.
00:27:29Time for a quick audition, I'd say, wouldn't you?
00:27:30It's the prick of the dead, mate.
00:27:32Hey, hey.
00:27:34Robbie, this is Terry.
00:27:36Hey, Robbie, how are you?
00:27:39Whoo!
00:27:48Um, I was wanting to see you, but I didn't know where to.
00:27:52Ah, here she is.
00:27:59One and two and three and four and five
00:28:04and six and seven and eight and nine and ten.
00:28:09Here we are. Stop that.
00:28:13You go home. Go off. You're banned.
00:28:17We want a song. We want a song.
00:28:20We want a song. We want a song.
00:28:23We want a song.
00:28:25Robbie, did your band get much work?
00:28:34Wakey, wakey. Chop, chop.
00:28:37School time.
00:28:41Who is that?
00:28:43My mother. Remember her?
00:28:46G'day, son. Got any change?
00:28:48For the parking meter.
00:28:50Thanks, son. I'll pay you back.
00:28:53Who is that?
00:28:55Your father. Remember him?
00:28:58Shit.
00:29:01Shit. The party's over.
00:29:05School sports today.
00:29:10Whereas I've got band rehearsal.
00:29:12You, you, you.
00:29:14Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:29:16Angus, you'll be late for school.
00:29:18It's you that needs school.
00:29:20Charm school.
00:29:22Look, Angus, we'll try out some of your songs if there's time.
00:29:25You'll bugger it up all by yourself.
00:29:27You always do by yourself.
00:29:30When your father goes back to Brisbane,
00:29:32he's taking you with him.
00:29:35Now, get up.
00:29:37I'm driving you to school.
00:29:44Cousin Angus,
00:29:46I've been having a little think.
00:29:50I thought I could smell rubber burning.
00:29:52That's all right, Angus.
00:29:54I've got you covered.
00:29:57I thought I could smell rubber burning.
00:29:59That's quite some coincidence.
00:30:01The way my mother just happened to bump into your father.
00:30:05Don't you think?
00:30:08Him?
00:30:10I'm not going anywhere with him.
00:30:12Actually,
00:30:14I think I'm going to go throw myself under a bus.
00:30:22Terry would have stayed for hours
00:30:24if it wasn't for Robbie hanging around.
00:30:27Making sure things didn't go too far.
00:30:29Which is a pity
00:30:31considering how far I'd like it to go.
00:30:34But it will.
00:30:40Angus.
00:30:43Is he all right?
00:30:45It wasn't me, mate.
00:30:47I saw him sprawl out on the road.
00:30:49Pick him up, for Christ's sake.
00:30:51Don't mind him.
00:30:53He's very high strung.
00:30:55If that kid's a menace, I'll report you, mate.
00:30:57I suggest you keep kids and pets off the road.
00:31:00It won't be a minute, love.
00:31:22It won't be a minute, love.
00:31:30Da-dum, da-dum.
00:31:32Da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum.
00:31:34Da-dum, da-dum.
00:31:36Da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum.
00:31:38Da-da-da-dum.
00:31:40Da-da-da-da-dum.
00:31:42Da-dum.
00:31:44Da-da-da-dum.
00:31:46Da-da-da-dum.
00:31:48Da-da-da-dum.
00:31:50Da-da.
00:31:52You're just as good as when you were with the cops.
00:31:54You've got the devil's charm, Lee.
00:31:56You've always done the right thing,
00:31:58You've just done the right thing by me, Pearlie Mae.
00:32:04Woo!
00:32:08It's great to be rehearsing again, eh?
00:32:09You know, I reckon that song would sound better
00:32:11if we played it backwards.
00:32:12Backwards?
00:32:13Yeah, we'll feed in a tape of a baby crying.
00:32:15A baby crying?
00:32:23♪ Leaping, leaping, leaping for lunch
00:32:28♪ Dressed like a salad
00:32:30♪ How does it feel
00:32:33♪ Leaping, leaping, leaping for lunch
00:32:37That's right.
00:32:39Pouring free beers while the bills pile up.
00:32:42I love a choker of 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,
00:32:48voila, 25 grand.
00:32:50Rich?
00:32:51Not so good, mate.
00:32:52Might as well take a lucky ticket.
00:32:53Oh, come on, Mum, we'll survive.
00:32:55We always have.
00:32:56It's thick and thin.
00:32:57Well, it's thin, kid.
00:32:59Thin.
00:33:01Hey, what's he doing with Wally?
00:33:04Oh.
00:33:05Hey, Blue.
00:33:05Don't blow on me, cocky.
00:33:07Ah, Planet Queensland.
00:33:09I'm wearing your shirt.
00:33:10Please.
00:33:11I'm wearing your shirt.
00:33:13Watch it, will ya?
00:33:16What about laughter from heaven?
00:33:23I'll just wash my face
00:33:25and do a thing with it.
00:33:28You look like the cocky.
00:33:30I know.
00:33:31Make an entrance with a real cocky on your shoulder.
00:33:33Then people will think you're meant to look creepy.
00:33:35Well done.
00:33:36That's it, Wally.
00:33:40Come on, you rank mongrel.
00:33:41It's time you pulled your weight around here.
00:33:44It's hard to know what to wear to this type of duke.
00:33:47Do you think there'll be a sing-along?
00:33:48No, no.
00:33:50♪ Queensland
00:33:52Oh, oh, oh.
00:33:56Animals in the kitchen.
00:33:58Quite illegal, I might say.
00:34:04Look, us Mullins have carried this pub
00:34:06for three generations.
00:34:08The fact is, you're catering to a dying trade.
00:34:10So you're gonna get your fancy lawyers
00:34:11on to our lease, are you?
00:34:13Chucking us out.
00:34:15I'm afraid my brewery requires payment.
00:34:18Or property, by February the first.
00:34:21Chucking us out?
00:34:23♪ I go, I go with Bob
00:34:25♪ I go, I go with Bob
00:34:28♪ I go, I go with Bob
00:34:32♪ I go, I go with Bob
00:34:34♪ I go, I go with Bob
00:34:38♪ I go, I go with
00:34:40You know, I'm very proud of you.
00:34:41It's the best.
00:34:42It's true.
00:34:43♪ I go, I go with Bob
00:34:46♪ I go, I go with Bob
00:34:48♪ I go, I go with Bob
00:34:51It's all yours.
00:34:52The rostrum's too high.
00:34:53Okay, sweetheart.
00:34:53Oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:34:55Thanks very much.
00:34:57Check our bell.
00:34:58Ah!
00:34:59You couldn't be Jacqueline Mullins, could you?
00:35:01Yes.
00:35:01That's us there.
00:35:02Excellent.
00:35:03Let's go, guys.
00:35:04That's us.
00:35:06Yeah.
00:35:06You know it, come on.
00:35:07Hey, spider, spider.
00:35:08Right here.
00:35:09I'm gonna put you out with your tears.
00:35:10Don't miss Fred Lee, it's your heart out, boys.
00:35:12Woo-hoo!
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.
00:35:25Hey, my favorite singing lady.
00:35:36No, she's actually meant to look like she looks, see?
00:35:39And she's going to have Wally here on her shoulder.
00:35:43Here she comes.
00:35:45You're singing My Belief in You, right?
00:35:48In 20 minutes, you'll start rehearsing that
00:35:50with the studio band.
00:35:51Studio band?
00:35:52Here we go.
00:35:53No, no, no, listen.
00:35:54All friends of the artist are staying the foyer.
00:35:56I'm next.
00:35:57Thank you very much.
00:35:58We're the band.
00:35:59They're on the show.
00:35:59Miss Mullins has a solo vocalist spot
00:36:01before the final commercial.
00:36:02Yeah, and we're the backing band.
00:36:03Vocal plus studio band.
00:36:05Out in the foyer.
00:36:06Studio band.
00:36:07Now listen, don't argue with me.
00:36:08No hassles, okay, boys?
00:36:09Quick, I'll talk to you later.
00:36:10Okay, out, quick, quick.
00:36:11Out, out, I'm going to hide you off again.
00:36:14Good luck.
00:36:14Sorry, I'll see you.
00:36:16Thank you, thanks very much.
00:36:27Hi, Mr. Lambert!
00:36:28Ah!
00:36:32No, she got it right.
00:36:34Jackie was slotted into the solo spot
00:36:36at the production meeting last night.
00:36:38Look, that doesn't mean you can't perform
00:36:40as a band at the opera house.
00:36:42If this spot goes all right.
00:36:47Terry, 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.
00:36:55You were never officially in it.
00:37:07Listen, I know you.
00:37:08You were gaga about Terry.
00:37:10Kissy, kissy, throw a leg over him, why don't you?
00:37:13But don't let him talk you into this.
00:37:16Angus, you need other people in your life.
00:37:18So do I.
00:37:20That's called healthy.
00:37:21Face it.
00:37:22What are you on about?
00:37:24I'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, a minor.
00:37:40Yeah, a minor part of your plans.
00:37:42That's the type of minor I am.
00:37:47You little shit.
00:37:49Angus, do you know what you are?
00:37:52You're a dirty rat.
00:37:54Yeah, the dumb one that didn't deserve the sinking ship.
00:37:57Ah!
00:38:08This is me, me, me, me, everywhere!
00:38:14We want needs!
00:38:18OK.
00:38:19Hey, you move out of there.
00:38:39You get in there.
00:38:45Heel up. Heel up.
00:38:52Okay, quiet please.
00:38:55Come on, quiet please.
00:38:57Come on, better shush.
00:38:59There she is.
00:39:00Alright, that's better.
00:39:01Okay, now I'd like to welcome you all to our show.
00:39:04Today, you're going to be the wow-weest...
00:39:05I've never seen her look nice.
00:39:07Alright, now Terry will be out in a moment.
00:39:09Now, this is big...
00:39:10Madam, did you...
00:39:11Would you mind...
00:39:13This is big person's television, alright?
00:39:17Now you look perfect.
00:39:19Good luck.
00:39:26I gave her my bag.
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 Mullen.
00:39:43I knew.
00:39:44She's on.
00:39:46I don't know about this girl, but this one is nice.
00:39:54Wow.
00:39:58Plastic fantastic.
00:40:01Oh, my God.
00:40:03Oh, my God.
00:40:04Oh, my God.
00:40:05Oh, my God.
00:40:06Oh, my God.
00:40:07Oh, my God.
00:40:08Oh, my God.
00:40:09Oh, my God.
00:40:10Oh, my God.
00:40:11Oh, my God.
00:40:12Oh, my God.
00:40:13Oh, my God.
00:40:14Oh, my God.
00:40:15Oh, my God.
00:40:16Oh, my God.
00:40:17Oh, my God.
00:40:18Oh, my God.
00:40:19Oh, my God.
00:40:20Oh, my God.
00:40:21Oh, my God.
00:40:22Oh, my God.
00:40:23Oh, my God.
00:40:24Oh, my God.
00:40:25Oh, my God.
00:40:26Oh, my God.
00:40:27Oh, my God.
00:40:28Oh, my God.
00:40:29Cuz the power of love keeps returning, like the waves roll to the shore.
00:40:39I don't mind waiting any more, cuz I believe in my belief in you.
00:40:57Say.
00:40:58Jesus, is that a sausage she's wearing.
00:41:09How can I tell you that I was wrong
00:41:14So wrong
00:41:16When I believe
00:41:19In my belief in you
00:41:22I believe in you
00:41:25Because the power of love
00:41:29Keeps returning
00:41:32Like the waves roll to the shore
00:41:36I'm not waiting anymore
00:41:41Cause I believe
00:41:44In my belief in you
00:41:50I believe
00:41:52In my belief in you
00:41:54I believe in you
00:41:58Yes, I believe
00:42:00In my belief in you
00:42:06Oh, I believe
00:42:09In my belief in you
00:42:13Believe
00:42:15I really believe
00:42:22Oh
00:42:52I
00:42:54I
00:43:18Only boring and interesting you certainly weren't boring I was
00:43:25How about a small unusual party to help cheer you up
00:43:33Paradise Hotel at the rooftop. I'll see you there in half an hour
00:43:46Oh pop this will do
00:43:54Oh
00:44:25I
00:44:29Wish your father
00:44:31Fancy leaving a man like that to run a pub like this. He couldn't run a raffle
00:44:36What about Mick Jagger here? I'll take care of him
00:44:55I
00:45:04Well, it was open see I think the week's takings have gone that's the bad part of the news the money's gone
00:45:14So what's the good part I think dad's gone with it
00:45:17I
00:45:22Shot through did he
00:45:27Well, that's people for you
00:45:33Trample all over your dreams
00:45:42Where's my little birdie
00:45:47Oh
00:45:49I
00:46:19Say I told you so
00:46:21Okay
00:46:22Move out
00:46:24So you and Terry share a lot of interest. Yeah like for starters boys
00:46:30Do you mean you cracked on to him Andy's yes indeed he can't he can be
00:46:37He can't be what can he be cuz he hasn't got a mustache those guys always have mustaches
00:46:44He just wanted to be my friend I got it all wrong
00:46:49That's called reality and losing the pub. Is that called reality? You're kidding. No
00:46:57Angus
00:46:59What are we gonna do
00:47:02We rehearse the band
00:47:04We find an image
00:47:06We crack the Opera House
00:47:08Then we save the pub Angus. I found out things don't just happen simply because you want them to oh, yeah. Yeah
00:47:16well, sometimes
00:47:18If you just dream about a thing and work at it, it does just happen
00:47:48I
00:48:18Oh
00:48:40Sorry
00:48:42I
00:48:47Made a giant fool of myself
00:48:50No one's gonna talk to me again ever. I didn't even know about Terry
00:48:55Now we're being checked out of the pub
00:48:58well, I
00:48:59Guess it isn't a night to pick on you then, huh?
00:49:12I
00:49:37Just wanna be with you
00:49:42I
00:50:12Yeah
00:50:42Not enough
00:51:12Inside
00:51:43I
00:51:53Been a long night. I any girl
00:51:57But look at it this way everything that can happen has happened
00:52:13Now come on Anna
00:52:16So your dentures jammed in your throat that was a week ago you're okay now
00:52:23You know, you don't deserve this never not sure I want it
00:52:42Oh
00:53:01Always had the push in this family
00:53:12I'm sorry, but isn't it more important that beauty like that can live again. I
00:53:25Was saving it
00:53:28What oh
00:53:30Come on mom. You got a lot of puff left in here yet
00:53:35Go on
00:53:43Thanks, really mom
00:53:47Don't do anything in it I didn't hey, come on the dishes
00:54:00Have you thought up your New Year's resolution yet
00:54:07You're going to be a famous spook Nana
00:54:13You're laughing at me jeez you crap on Nana just tell me about these spirit voices
00:54:20well
00:54:24They're kind of team
00:54:26and invisible
00:54:28We're going to prop you up in the beer garden right to tell people's futures
00:54:33You're sitting on a gold mine. I'm sitting on an old bottom. That's beginning to resemble a squeeze box
00:54:40Ah, there's no future I've outlived my use and so is this pub
00:54:47And now I'm gonna get upstairs to bed. We just told you down here
00:54:51Well, if you hold me down, you can hold me up again. You just wait. It'll all be different by New Year's Eve
00:54:58Yes
00:55:00It'll probably be worse
00:55:09Oh
00:55:19Carrie Lambert, I'm here at the Opera House
00:55:22You talent concert of a decade
00:55:25New stars will be born tonight and huge cash prizes will put those stars into orbit Wow
00:55:32Don't miss it
00:55:40My poor old Nana, she's heartbroken
00:55:42We're not on the show tonight
00:55:43But if she got out it might take her mind off her future not that she's got one like how we're pulling at the pack
00:55:47We're gonna twirl at home because we've been convicted
00:55:53There you go a souvenir, please
00:56:05What time do the main line is going
00:56:09Oh
00:56:26That's it big smile
00:56:39Underpants
00:57:09Okay
00:57:40Grab some type anything
00:57:42We're supposed to be
00:58:12I have I have
00:58:30Bloody things might as well mow through the place the way things are
00:58:42I'm bored with that old stuff
00:59:12Turn around the final contestants in our new talent quest in the running for $25,000
00:59:19After this break a special guest appearance from the main liner
00:59:42I
00:59:48Check that drum kit get another set of cymbals Harry Harry
01:00:12Oh
01:00:33Chris you could tell Terry to read his script. Thanks, mate, and I don't think the band should bring their joints on stage this time
01:00:39Thank you
01:00:42Don't worry go out there and fill up
01:00:49Stand by thank you and then straight on standing by clear the stage get those blokes off William Christopher ready for the
01:01:12You
01:01:42You
01:02:12You