Spin City s01e09 Meet Tommy Dugan.eng Movie Subtitles

1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,200 Folks, in about 5 minutes, 2 00:00:04,267 --> 00:00:06,467 the mayor's going to stand up in front of the press 3 00:00:06,534 --> 00:00:09,501 and move forward with our plan to "streamline" the budget. 4 00:00:09,567 --> 00:00:11,767 Nice way of putting it, Michael. 5 00:00:11,834 --> 00:00:14,133 "Streamline. " very innocuous, very soothing. 6 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:16,601 Pauly, tell you what. 7 00:00:16,667 --> 00:00:18,634 When I raise my hand like this, 8 00:00:18,701 --> 00:00:21,100 that means I want you to critique my word choice, ok? 9 00:00:21,167 --> 00:00:22,767 Sounds like a plan. 10 00:00:22,834 --> 00:00:25,100 I know it hasn't been fun here lately, 11 00:00:25,167 --> 00:00:27,767 but that's just the way it is when you're streamlining. 12 00:00:27,834 --> 00:00:31,567 We ran on a platform of no budget cuts and no layoffs, 13 00:00:31,634 --> 00:00:33,400 and we're about to announce that 14 00:00:33,467 --> 00:00:35,634 we're cutting the budget and laying people off. 15 00:00:35,701 --> 00:00:37,901 Does anyone else see the irony in that? 16 00:00:37,968 --> 00:00:41,033 We could get the guy that did the crazy Eddie commercials. 17 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:42,534 "We're slashing! Cutting! 18 00:00:42,601 --> 00:00:45,667 Budgets so low, we're practically giving city hall away!" 19 00:00:47,701 --> 00:00:49,534 I... saw the irony in that. 20 00:00:51,067 --> 00:00:53,501 I g***t to tell you, Mike, I have been living 21 00:00:53,567 --> 00:00:55,100 with this budget for months. 22 00:00:55,167 --> 00:00:56,300 It's fiscally sound. 23 00:00:56,367 --> 00:00:57,868 All of our cost increases 24 00:00:57,934 --> 00:00:59,901 have been kept below inflation levels. 25 00:00:59,968 --> 00:01:01,567 Great. We'll just tell that 26 00:01:01,634 --> 00:01:03,801 to all the people we're firing today. 27 00:01:03,868 --> 00:01:05,901 I'm sure it'll perk them right up. 28 00:01:05,968 --> 00:01:08,000 Ahh... frustrated. I'm sorry. I apologize. 29 00:01:08,067 --> 00:01:09,267 I accept. 30 00:01:09,334 --> 00:01:10,667 I wasn't apologizing to you. 31 00:01:10,734 --> 00:01:12,200 I was apologizing to Nikki. 32 00:01:12,267 --> 00:01:13,834 I accept for Nikki. 33 00:01:13,901 --> 00:01:15,868 I have the answer. 34 00:01:15,934 --> 00:01:19,000 The annual public schools mayor for a day essay contest winner 35 00:01:19,067 --> 00:01:20,868 is due here any minute. 36 00:01:20,934 --> 00:01:22,334 Another public relations gem 37 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,200 from the man who brought you 38 00:01:24,267 --> 00:01:26,133 the muffins with the mayor program. 39 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,801 If the kid is cute, it could be a good distraction. 40 00:01:28,868 --> 00:01:31,000 The press eats up that wide-eyed stuff. 41 00:01:31,067 --> 00:01:32,467 Yeah. It's worth a shot. 42 00:01:32,534 --> 00:01:33,901 Fetch the boy. 43 00:01:33,968 --> 00:01:36,667 We'll parade him out in front of the press, 44 00:01:36,734 --> 00:01:39,634 get a few photo ops, and then we'll release him back into society 45 00:01:39,701 --> 00:01:42,667 well on his way to becoming a cynical, disillusioned adult. 46 00:01:42,734 --> 00:01:44,901 Great. Maybe he'll be able to work here. 47 00:02:02,734 --> 00:02:06,167 As you all know, balancing the city budget is tricky business. 48 00:02:06,234 --> 00:02:08,067 The budget for the city 49 00:02:08,133 --> 00:02:10,968 is not unlike the budget you might have in your own home, 50 00:02:11,033 --> 00:02:14,467 except, of course, we're dealing with billions of dollars here, 51 00:02:14,534 --> 00:02:16,634 and in your own home, you're probably not. 52 00:02:16,701 --> 00:02:18,734 take a few questions. 53 00:02:18,801 --> 00:02:20,634 Know what? I'll take a few questions. 54 00:02:20,701 --> 00:02:21,801 Yeah. 55 00:02:21,868 --> 00:02:23,801 Sir, the general feeling of the public 56 00:02:23,868 --> 00:02:25,467 is that you're out of touch 57 00:02:25,534 --> 00:02:28,133 with the human costs of the cuts that you're proposing. 58 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,400 That wasn't a question. 59 00:02:30,467 --> 00:02:33,501 Next. 60 00:02:33,567 --> 00:02:35,601 You see what's happening out there? 61 00:02:35,667 --> 00:02:38,634 The mayor's trotting out his "that wasn't a question" defense. 62 00:02:38,701 --> 00:02:40,434 Get me the mayor for a day kid. 63 00:02:40,501 --> 00:02:41,701 Mike, let me just- 64 00:02:41,767 --> 00:02:44,501 I want the kid. Get me the kid. Ok, ok. 65 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,934 Mike, this is Tommy dugan. 66 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,434 Yeah. How you doing? 67 00:02:58,501 --> 00:02:59,501 Hey! 68 00:03:02,167 --> 00:03:03,701 Hi. Uh... Don't you worry. 69 00:03:03,767 --> 00:03:06,300 We're going to take real good care of your son today. 70 00:03:06,367 --> 00:03:09,367 Well, I appreciate that, sir, but I don't have a son. 71 00:03:09,434 --> 00:03:10,767 Well, your daughter. 72 00:03:10,834 --> 00:03:11,968 No. 73 00:03:12,033 --> 00:03:13,534 You? 74 00:03:14,834 --> 00:03:18,400 Ha. Took a while, but I knew you'd get there. 75 00:03:18,467 --> 00:03:19,501 Paul. 76 00:03:19,567 --> 00:03:21,133 His essay was postmarked 77 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:22,634 public school 423. 78 00:03:22,701 --> 00:03:24,133 I'm-I'm the janitor there. 79 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:25,634 Yeah. 80 00:03:25,701 --> 00:03:28,467 This contest was supposed to be for kids. 81 00:03:28,534 --> 00:03:30,634 Well, I hate to ruffle your feathers, 82 00:03:30,701 --> 00:03:34,200 but the rules did say "for children of all ages. " 83 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:39,501 All right, you guys. I g***t these stats- 84 00:03:39,567 --> 00:03:41,434 well! Who do we have here? 85 00:03:41,501 --> 00:03:43,501 Tommy dugan, mayor for a day. 86 00:03:43,567 --> 00:03:45,667 You mind if I look in there? 87 00:03:45,734 --> 00:03:47,234 How can he be the- 88 00:03:47,300 --> 00:03:48,501 oh, don't ask. 89 00:03:48,567 --> 00:03:51,567 So is our mayor for the day married? 90 00:03:51,634 --> 00:03:53,601 Oh, I don't know. Uh, uh... 91 00:03:53,667 --> 00:03:55,567 Paul, maybe that's a good one 92 00:03:55,634 --> 00:03:57,234 for next year's questionnaire. 93 00:04:01,234 --> 00:04:02,834 Right after, uh... 94 00:04:02,901 --> 00:04:04,901 "Are you a grown man?" 95 00:04:07,567 --> 00:04:08,834 ** I married? 96 00:04:08,901 --> 00:04:11,534 Do I have a son? Do I have a daughter? 97 00:04:11,601 --> 00:04:14,400 This really is a family-oriented administration. 98 00:04:14,467 --> 00:04:16,033 Look, uh, Tommy, uh... 99 00:04:16,100 --> 00:04:18,100 I- we appreciate your efforts, 100 00:04:18,167 --> 00:04:21,767 and I'm sure that your essay was topnotch. 101 00:04:21,834 --> 00:04:24,667 And trust me- you'll get your certificate, 102 00:04:24,734 --> 00:04:27,934 you'll get that photo of you on the mayor's lap... 103 00:04:31,100 --> 00:04:32,801 But you have to understand. 104 00:04:32,868 --> 00:04:35,167 We can't take you out there and introduce you- 105 00:04:35,234 --> 00:04:37,467 Mike, you may want to take a look at this. 106 00:04:37,534 --> 00:04:39,701 Excuse me, uh, Tommy. 107 00:04:39,767 --> 00:04:42,767 That wasn't a question, either. 108 00:04:42,834 --> 00:04:45,868 I asked if you plan to announce any other budget cuts today. 109 00:04:45,934 --> 00:04:48,767 Yes, but your voice didn't go up at the end. 110 00:04:50,901 --> 00:04:52,734 Welcome aboard, little fella. 111 00:04:54,701 --> 00:04:56,334 Oh! Aw... 112 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,234 This is good news. 113 00:04:58,300 --> 00:05:03,133 The winner of our public schools mayor for a day essay contest is here. 114 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,434 Now, that's exciting, isn't it? 115 00:05:06,534 --> 00:05:08,501 Ok. Let's meet him now. 116 00:05:08,567 --> 00:05:10,667 From public school 423 in Brooklyn, 117 00:05:10,734 --> 00:05:12,701 little Tommy dugan. 118 00:05:15,467 --> 00:05:17,367 It's an honor, sir. 119 00:05:17,434 --> 00:05:19,367 Who the hell are you? 120 00:05:19,434 --> 00:05:20,701 Tommy dugan, sir. 121 00:05:20,767 --> 00:05:21,934 What? 122 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,467 You know, I could do without the "little" part. 123 00:05:24,534 --> 00:05:26,834 That doesn't exactly help with the ladies. 124 00:05:26,901 --> 00:05:28,200 Mr. Dugan- mr. Dugan- 125 00:05:28,267 --> 00:05:29,934 oh, just call me Tommy 126 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,133 or, you know, mayor Tommy. Whatever. 127 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,367 This has to be a joke. 128 00:05:34,434 --> 00:05:37,334 Well, now, that wasn't really a question, was it? 129 00:05:39,968 --> 00:05:42,734 So, mayor Tommy... 130 00:05:42,801 --> 00:05:45,267 How did you end up getting this job? 131 00:05:45,334 --> 00:05:46,934 Well, heart and desire, sir. 132 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,934 I think I just wanted it 133 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,767 more than some of the other kids. 134 00:05:51,834 --> 00:05:54,234 Are you a democrat or a republican? 135 00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:56,801 Well, ma'**, now that I'm officially a politician, 136 00:05:56,868 --> 00:05:58,300 let me ask you- 137 00:05:58,367 --> 00:06:01,067 what do you want me to be? 138 00:06:03,033 --> 00:06:04,501 Well, fine. 139 00:06:04,567 --> 00:06:07,834 How do...