Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004) s02e01 Episode Script
My Big Cups
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Jefferton alive
Hi. I'm the Mayor
and this weekend
we celebrate 30 years of Jefferton.
Jefferton alive
I'll be awarding a $500 commission
to an artist
who will create an original painting
that represents our wonderful town.
So, come on down to Gulliver's for balloons, Roy Teppert music
and the grand unveiling of our new town painting.
Jefferton alive
This one's not even close.
That's not gonna work, either.
No, no.
No.
- Hello?
- Yes, Mayor's office.
- Tom Peters here.
- Fine. Come on in.
Well, you look a little busy there.
- Should I just catch up with you later?
- No, it's OK.
I'm just having a hard time picking
the right artists for our 30th Anniversary.
Oh, OK. Well, you know,
I was in the neighborhood
and I wanted to tell you about
my new store that I'm running at the mall.
Great. Love to hear about it.
- It's called My Big Cups.
- OK.
Basically,
they're just big cups
with some decorative designs
on the side
and they hold just about two liters,
1.8 to be exact.
As you can see here,
we have a little soda left over in the bottle.
What are you
gonna do with that?
Well, what I like to do is take one of my disposable cups here
and empty out the rest.
And we take one of our free baggies,
which we include with the cup
and you can just seal that up and put it in the trash.
What? I'm sorry.
Yeah, that sounds great.
I just kind of in my head had this idea that you could kind of come in
and show your face,
you know, make an appearance.
I just thought it would be kind of a cool P.R. move.
Oh, Tom, of course.
I'd love to come down
and check it out.
There goes the fire alarm.
I'll talk to you soon.
- That's just my business pager.
- I see.
Can I use this line here to return the page, or
That's not a phone, Tom.
Yeah
That's a big one,
baby, come on
Check My Big Cups,
double up, heavyweight size
Fill 'em up and guzzle
till you're satisfied, big and wide
10 feet high,
1.8 and I'm feeling right
Yeah, we stack 'em up high,
take 'em on a drive
Put 'em in a belt holding one plus five
Damn, that's big!
I love My Big Cups.
Big Cups.
I love My Big Cups.
I like My Big Cup.
I love My Big Cups.
My Big Cups ⪪
All right, that's five Big Cups.
Got the Everest,
the Grand Canyon, Two Planes
and one My Big Black Cap.
I'd also like My Big Cups Belt
there behind you.
Good choice. Actually,
the belt holds six Big Cups, so
Great. I'll just take one more My Big Black Cup.
OK. Let me just
tally you up here.
- Tom, who's the artist there?
- Pardon?
The painting behind you.
You never told me you were an artist, Tom.
No, that's my son Brendon's.
He painted it for his mother on Mother's Day
but Joy didn't care
for the pasta smell in the den.
But I like to keep it up here to remind me of home.
Tom, you know,
what I like what you did here is
you put your three stepsons here and then, this must be Joy.
Why didn't you put yourself in your painting?
I'm sorry, you know, I didn't make it.
My son Brendon made it.
I see what you did here.
The tree actually symbolizes you
and how you look down on your family
and kind of protect them.
Well, you know, I didn't do it.
My son Brendon made it.
What is that, macaroni?
Good choice, Tom.
- As I said
- You should be really proud of your
My son Brendon made it.
Tom, I'd love to sit around and talk about your painting all day
but I'd rather go home and fill
these guys up with some ice-cold soda.
Cold soda!
All right.
Next customer, please.
Customer.
Hello. Thanks for paging My Big Cups.
This is Tom Peters speaking.
How may I help you?
I just have a quick question about
My Big Cups Belt I just purchased.
Mayor?
- Who's this, please?
- Tom Peters.
Hey, Tom. I'm really glad you called.
I actually have some big news for you.
- You might want to sit down for this.
- All right.
To be honest with you
I can't get your beautiful
macaroni painting out of my head.
So I'm gonna go ahead and give you that $500 commission.
Oh, my God.
Yeah, for Jefferton's 30th Anniversary.
- Congratulations, guy.
- Well, thanks.
OK, all right,
fair enough.
You know, just for the record,
that particular macaroni painting
my son Brendon made that.
I just don't feel comfortable
representing my s--
Jan Skylar reporting live outside the Mayor's office
where local artist, Tom Peters,
has just been chosen by the Mayor
to do a painting of Jefferton for our 30th Anniversary.
Wait a minute.
Tom's no artist!
I'm standing here
with one of the losers, Brittany.
And let's just see what we have here. OK.
That's a nice painting, but I guess it just didn't quite cut the mustard?
You must be very disappointed.
Do you have any other talents?
Maybe you could join the chorus
or the violin or
Mike, do you want to cut or?
Son, don't cry.
Your dad won
a $500 art prize here.
Come on.
We should happy about this.
The problem is that I'm not sure how to do that macaroni style you created
so I'm gonna need you,
you know, to go ahead
and do it for me.
Son, come on,
let's get a smile going here.
I got your macaroni, which I know
you love, and some glue and
We're closed!
Boys, get
behind the counter!
- Mayor's office.
- Good evening. Come on in.
Tom, I just wanted to stop by and see your progress on the painting.
OK.
- Wow! This is beautiful.
- Well
I haven't exactly gotten into
the physical production of it just yet.
I'm kind of still focusing
on the creative inspiration segment.
Right. Yeah, I see.
Well, let me just show you what I'm thinking of.
Great.
I figure I start
with the city skyline.
And we can have a bald eagle swoop over
leaving a trail of gold dust.
That'd be great.
Then to symbolize the community,
I was thinking of a group of children
you know, roughly my sons' age
saluting
the Jefferton pipe flag.
And in the middle of the painting
I just visualize a locomotive, you know?
Yeah.
Just symbolizing
good business leadership
just crash into
the city skyline
I hear you, Tom.
I've got a lot of work left to do here,
so I better let you get going.
Well, thanks, Tom.
Me and Mix have
a pretty big night on the town planned.
Right, Mix?
Yeah.
Boys!
Get your little asses in here!
I can't move my arm.
Brandon, Brendon,
Brindon, get in here!
What the?
He took my boys!
Thank you, Mr. Teppert.
Always a pleasure to hear your music.
Well, I guess that concludes our 30th Anniversary.
Excuse me, sir.
What about my painting contest?
Right, right,
your contest. OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing you one of America's most influential artists
and the winner of this year's
30th Anniversary
Jefferton Painting Contest,
Tom Peters.
- Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
- You're welcome.
It's such an honor for me to have been chosen
to have made
this painting that I made.
And you know,
me and my family
we're new to Jefferton
and it's such ait's
everyone's been
so nice to me
Kidnapping son of a bitch!
I feel like the great thing about my painting
is that it really
did capture the spirit of Jefferton,
and that's all I have to say.
Everybody come on down to My Big Cups.
I hope to see you there.
And without further ado,
my painting.
Here we go.
Thinks he can get my boys
to work for nothing.
To be honest,
I didn't know how my painting
would go over with everybody,
but I'm pleasantly surprised.
Joy!
That man took my boys!
Honey, no, don't.
I'll explain everything later.
- Please.
- Hey!
That looks like one of Brendon's paintings.
What are you doing with it up there?
Wait a second, Tom.
Is she saying that your stepson made this painting?
You see, the thing is
Fire alarm!
Excuse me, there's a fire.
A fire.
Saved by the bell.
Abso-lutely.
Jefferton alive
Hi. I'm the Mayor
and this weekend
we celebrate 30 years of Jefferton.
Jefferton alive
I'll be awarding a $500 commission
to an artist
who will create an original painting
that represents our wonderful town.
So, come on down to Gulliver's for balloons, Roy Teppert music
and the grand unveiling of our new town painting.
Jefferton alive
This one's not even close.
That's not gonna work, either.
No, no.
No.
- Hello?
- Yes, Mayor's office.
- Tom Peters here.
- Fine. Come on in.
Well, you look a little busy there.
- Should I just catch up with you later?
- No, it's OK.
I'm just having a hard time picking
the right artists for our 30th Anniversary.
Oh, OK. Well, you know,
I was in the neighborhood
and I wanted to tell you about
my new store that I'm running at the mall.
Great. Love to hear about it.
- It's called My Big Cups.
- OK.
Basically,
they're just big cups
with some decorative designs
on the side
and they hold just about two liters,
1.8 to be exact.
As you can see here,
we have a little soda left over in the bottle.
What are you
gonna do with that?
Well, what I like to do is take one of my disposable cups here
and empty out the rest.
And we take one of our free baggies,
which we include with the cup
and you can just seal that up and put it in the trash.
What? I'm sorry.
Yeah, that sounds great.
I just kind of in my head had this idea that you could kind of come in
and show your face,
you know, make an appearance.
I just thought it would be kind of a cool P.R. move.
Oh, Tom, of course.
I'd love to come down
and check it out.
There goes the fire alarm.
I'll talk to you soon.
- That's just my business pager.
- I see.
Can I use this line here to return the page, or
That's not a phone, Tom.
Yeah
That's a big one,
baby, come on
Check My Big Cups,
double up, heavyweight size
Fill 'em up and guzzle
till you're satisfied, big and wide
10 feet high,
1.8 and I'm feeling right
Yeah, we stack 'em up high,
take 'em on a drive
Put 'em in a belt holding one plus five
Damn, that's big!
I love My Big Cups.
Big Cups.
I love My Big Cups.
I like My Big Cup.
I love My Big Cups.
My Big Cups ⪪
All right, that's five Big Cups.
Got the Everest,
the Grand Canyon, Two Planes
and one My Big Black Cap.
I'd also like My Big Cups Belt
there behind you.
Good choice. Actually,
the belt holds six Big Cups, so
Great. I'll just take one more My Big Black Cup.
OK. Let me just
tally you up here.
- Tom, who's the artist there?
- Pardon?
The painting behind you.
You never told me you were an artist, Tom.
No, that's my son Brendon's.
He painted it for his mother on Mother's Day
but Joy didn't care
for the pasta smell in the den.
But I like to keep it up here to remind me of home.
Tom, you know,
what I like what you did here is
you put your three stepsons here and then, this must be Joy.
Why didn't you put yourself in your painting?
I'm sorry, you know, I didn't make it.
My son Brendon made it.
I see what you did here.
The tree actually symbolizes you
and how you look down on your family
and kind of protect them.
Well, you know, I didn't do it.
My son Brendon made it.
What is that, macaroni?
Good choice, Tom.
- As I said
- You should be really proud of your
My son Brendon made it.
Tom, I'd love to sit around and talk about your painting all day
but I'd rather go home and fill
these guys up with some ice-cold soda.
Cold soda!
All right.
Next customer, please.
Customer.
Hello. Thanks for paging My Big Cups.
This is Tom Peters speaking.
How may I help you?
I just have a quick question about
My Big Cups Belt I just purchased.
Mayor?
- Who's this, please?
- Tom Peters.
Hey, Tom. I'm really glad you called.
I actually have some big news for you.
- You might want to sit down for this.
- All right.
To be honest with you
I can't get your beautiful
macaroni painting out of my head.
So I'm gonna go ahead and give you that $500 commission.
Oh, my God.
Yeah, for Jefferton's 30th Anniversary.
- Congratulations, guy.
- Well, thanks.
OK, all right,
fair enough.
You know, just for the record,
that particular macaroni painting
my son Brendon made that.
I just don't feel comfortable
representing my s--
Jan Skylar reporting live outside the Mayor's office
where local artist, Tom Peters,
has just been chosen by the Mayor
to do a painting of Jefferton for our 30th Anniversary.
Wait a minute.
Tom's no artist!
I'm standing here
with one of the losers, Brittany.
And let's just see what we have here. OK.
That's a nice painting, but I guess it just didn't quite cut the mustard?
You must be very disappointed.
Do you have any other talents?
Maybe you could join the chorus
or the violin or
Mike, do you want to cut or?
Son, don't cry.
Your dad won
a $500 art prize here.
Come on.
We should happy about this.
The problem is that I'm not sure how to do that macaroni style you created
so I'm gonna need you,
you know, to go ahead
and do it for me.
Son, come on,
let's get a smile going here.
I got your macaroni, which I know
you love, and some glue and
We're closed!
Boys, get
behind the counter!
- Mayor's office.
- Good evening. Come on in.
Tom, I just wanted to stop by and see your progress on the painting.
OK.
- Wow! This is beautiful.
- Well
I haven't exactly gotten into
the physical production of it just yet.
I'm kind of still focusing
on the creative inspiration segment.
Right. Yeah, I see.
Well, let me just show you what I'm thinking of.
Great.
I figure I start
with the city skyline.
And we can have a bald eagle swoop over
leaving a trail of gold dust.
That'd be great.
Then to symbolize the community,
I was thinking of a group of children
you know, roughly my sons' age
saluting
the Jefferton pipe flag.
And in the middle of the painting
I just visualize a locomotive, you know?
Yeah.
Just symbolizing
good business leadership
just crash into
the city skyline
I hear you, Tom.
I've got a lot of work left to do here,
so I better let you get going.
Well, thanks, Tom.
Me and Mix have
a pretty big night on the town planned.
Right, Mix?
Yeah.
Boys!
Get your little asses in here!
I can't move my arm.
Brandon, Brendon,
Brindon, get in here!
What the?
He took my boys!
Thank you, Mr. Teppert.
Always a pleasure to hear your music.
Well, I guess that concludes our 30th Anniversary.
Excuse me, sir.
What about my painting contest?
Right, right,
your contest. OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing you one of America's most influential artists
and the winner of this year's
30th Anniversary
Jefferton Painting Contest,
Tom Peters.
- Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
- You're welcome.
It's such an honor for me to have been chosen
to have made
this painting that I made.
And you know,
me and my family
we're new to Jefferton
and it's such ait's
everyone's been
so nice to me
Kidnapping son of a bitch!
I feel like the great thing about my painting
is that it really
did capture the spirit of Jefferton,
and that's all I have to say.
Everybody come on down to My Big Cups.
I hope to see you there.
And without further ado,
my painting.
Here we go.
Thinks he can get my boys
to work for nothing.
To be honest,
I didn't know how my painting
would go over with everybody,
but I'm pleasantly surprised.
Joy!
That man took my boys!
Honey, no, don't.
I'll explain everything later.
- Please.
- Hey!
That looks like one of Brendon's paintings.
What are you doing with it up there?
Wait a second, Tom.
Is she saying that your stepson made this painting?
You see, the thing is
Fire alarm!
Excuse me, there's a fire.
A fire.
Saved by the bell.
Abso-lutely.