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  • >>> AND IN MY OPINION, THAT'S HOW WE MAKE THE FIRE GO AWAY.

  • >> OH, WOW, THANK YOU WOW. TO CONTINUE OUR CAREER DAY

  • PRESENTATIONS, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO MALIKAY'S FATHER.

  • >> I HEAR HE'S SUPER OLD. IS THAT TRUE?

  • >> I DONT KNOW. HE'S A DAD.

  • DADS ARE OLD. >> I DON'T KNOW, HE'S A DAD.

  • DADS ARE OLD. >> GREETINGS, CHILDREN.

  • I'M MORDECAI'S FATHER. HELLO, BOY.

  • YOU LOOK WELL. LOOK AT YOUR FATHER, BOY.

  • LOOK UPON YOUR FATHER WITH PRIDE.

  • >> I'M LOOKING AT YOU, GEEZ. >> ALL RIGHT.

  • MR. PARNASSUS, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU DO FOR A

  • LIVING? >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW,

  • CHILDREN? SO, MY OCCUPATION IS OF MUCH

  • IMPORTANCE. FOR 82 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN AN OIL

  • MAN. A "BARREN," SOME HAVE CALLED ME.

  • NOW WHAT DOES AN OIL BARREN DO? AND THE ANSWER?

  • CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES. GRIND THEIR BONES INTO DIRT.

  • MAKE THEM REGRET THEY WERE EVER BORN.

  • >> OH, SICK! >> WOW, RIGHT INTO THE DIRT.

  • SO, IF THE KIDS WANT TO PURSUE A CAREER IN OIL, WHAT KINDA TRAITS

  • WOULD SERVE THEM WELL? >> WELL, OIL IS NOT FOR THE

  • WEAK. IT IS THE EARTH'S MILK, AND ONLY

  • THE STRONG MAY SUCKLE AT MOTHER'S TEAT.

  • DO YOU HEAR ME, BOY? ONLY THE STRONG.

  • LOOK AT YOUR FATHER. LOOK AT ME.

  • >> LOOK AT HIM, MORDECAI. >> DAD, THIS IS EMBARRASSING.

  • >> ONE MAN CAME CLOSE TO BREAKING ME.

  • H.R. PICKENS. HE DID NOT SUCCEED.

  • FOR I CRUSHED HIM INTO THE GROUND.

  • >> WHO IS H.R. PICKENS? >> EXACTLY.

  • >> HEY, SAMANTHA, LET'S STOP IT, OKAY?

  • YES. WELL, MR. PARNASSUS, THE OIL

  • BUSINESS, IT MUST BE PRETTY LUCRATIVE, RIGHT?

  • >> OIL HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH PROFIT, MA'AM.

  • OIL IS ABOUT DOMINATION OF THE SPIRIT.

  • ALLOW ME TO DEMONSTRATE. CHILDREN, POINT TO THE WEAKEST

  • IN YOUR CLASS, AND WE SHALL RUIN THEIR SPIRIT, AS I'VE RUINED THE

  • SPIRIT OF H.R. PICKENS SO LONG AGO.

  • WORD. >> YOU ARE WEAK LIKE

  • H.R. PICKENS. >> FEEL THIS, BOY.

  • UNDERSTAND THE PAIN. YOU THINK I WAS ALWAYS THE

  • PICTURE OF STRENGTH I AM NOW? >> NO, DAD, YOU COULDN'T GET OUT

  • OF BED FOR A WEEK 'CAUSE THE MATTRESS WAS TOO SOFT.

  • >> MIND OVER FLESH, BOY. I WAS BORN SEVEN MONTHS TOO

  • EARLY. INCUBATION TECHNOLOGY WAS STILL

  • IN IT'S INFANCY. SO, THEY PLACED ME INTO A CAST

  • IRON POT INSIDE A PIZZA OVEN UNTIL I WAS RIPE ENOUGH TO WALK.

  • MY BONES NEVER HARDENED, BUT MY SPIRIT DID.

  • BE STRONG, AND CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES.

  • >> WELL, THIS HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING, MR. PARNASSUS, BUT

  • UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE STARTING TO RUN OUT OF TIME.

  • OH, BOO. SO, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY

  • QUESTIONS FOR MORDECAI'S DAD? >> YEAH, YEAH.

  • I GET THAT YOU'RE AN OIL BARREN, BUT WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY DO?

  • >> SO, PERHAPS I WAS NOT CLEAR. LUCKILY, I BROUGHT A VISUAL AID

  • WHICH WILL ILLUMINATE THE INS AND OUTS OF THE OIL INDUSTRY.

  • ♪♪♪ >> OH.

  • >> THIS DEAD BIRD REPRESENTS THOSE WHO WILL WISH YOU ILL.

  • ONCE PROUD, FLYING HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH IN BLOODY DEFIANCE OF

  • HER 50 GIFTS AND NOW YOU WILL THROW HER DOWN, NOCED AND

  • DEFEATED. >> OWW.

  • >> LOOK. I MARRIED YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER,

  • FILLED HER BELLY WITH MY FESTERING SEED AND SIRED A BOY.

  • HE IS MY FATEFUL REVENGE, H.R. >> DAD, COME ON.

  • >> I WANT TO BE YOU WHEN I GROW UP.

  • >> AND SO, YOU SHALL. NOW, CHILDREN.

  • I WAS ASKED TO BRING A HEALTHY SNACK, SO JOIN ME IN THE HALL

  • FOR SWINE LIVERS AND CAPRI SUNS. >> ALL RIGHT, KIDS.

  • GO OUT AND EAT THOSE PIG GUTS. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

  • ♪♪♪

>>> AND IN MY OPINION, THAT'S HOW WE MAKE THE FIRE GO AWAY.

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