Why should I settle when other men won't? - I don't know, Ray. - Maybe if I had a wife with an ounce of vision. Showed me an ounce of support. Sorry. Wrong word. - I've done nothing but support you! - Look, I'm sorry. - No. Ups, downs. Dwindling savings, your schemes. - You're right.
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Well, we were young and hungry. There wasn't a job to be had in all of New Hampshire. So we decided to pack our bags and head west. To Hollywood. I wanted to be in the movie business. And Dick, well, he wanted to be... - Employed. - So we landed jobs at Columbia Pictures driving trucks. - Huh. And after a few years, we had enough saved to buy our own little piece of showbiz. A beautiful little movie theater in Glendora. Which would have been swell. Except for the timing. It was September of '29. One minute we're screening the Gold Diggers of Broadway, and next it's, "Brother can you spare a dime?" - I couldn't. - Nobody in town was making any money, except for one fella, Wylie Reid. Had a hot dog and root beer stand. Hey people still gotta eat, right? So we decide to open up our own little stand, hot dogs and orange juice, in Arcadia. And it went okay. I mean we weren't going gang-busters. There just weren't enough people in Arcadia. Meanwhile, one town over is San Bernardino and we want to relocate, but we got no money for a new stand. And that's when my brother here comes up with one of his brilliant ideas. Tell him, Dick. - Well... - He says, why don't we move the stand we've got. Put it on a truck. Genius, right. Only there's one little problem. On the road between the two towns, there's an overpass. And the building won't clear. Now I figure that's it, we're done for. But then Dick says, "Why don't we saw the building in half?" - Saw it in half...
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It'll be alright.
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William who rode with Revere? - How many letters? - Five. Fourth letter, E.
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- There's...
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- Ray Kroc.
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- Son of a bitch.
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Fortune favors the bold. - Absolutely.
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I need this one. You think, uh... Is there anything you can do to help me out? - I'll tell you what, let me refer you to one of my colleagues. Somebody who may be better suited to meet your needs. - Thank you.
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That's where the money is. And more than that, control. Control over the franchisee. Fail to uphold quality standards, you cancel their lease. Control over Dick and Mac. End result, you'll have the banks and the franchisees in the palm of your hand. - If I were to do this, the brothers, they'd effectively would be... - Yes.
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- I think I've got some people for you. I met this young couple. Very committed. They're from Glenview. High School sweethearts, married for five years and they're looking for a business they can operate together. And they seem very excited. - Yeah, forget that. Everything's changed. - You want a drink? - No... Changed, how? Forget the Chicago suburbs. Think bigger. - Bigger? - I'm not chasing them anymore. They're chasing me now. - What is...? - The trip! The trip I just took. - The trip. How was it? - Triumphant. They rolled out the red carpet. They're kissing this ring. They're begging for McDonald's. Here, have a drink.
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- Really? - Really. Well, look what the cat dragged in. Hello, everyone. Hi there. Hi. Hey... How are ya? - Evening, stranger. - Good to see you. - Linda Ballen was just there, she adored it. - This is on the left side of the 14th fairway. - No, use your three-wood. - Hmm, three-wood. - Hit it clean. - I hear Acapulco is divine. - Where do you like, Ethel? - Umm, Spain. - Spain? - Wonderful. - Wow. How was it? - Oh no, I mean, I'm thinking about it. - Oh, you haven't been. - Well, we're dreaming of a trip, right? - Great, yeah.
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- We will never beat him.
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- It's unbelievable what these suckers cost to run. My Pop used to own an ice cream parlor. He went belly-up from the refrigeration costs. - Really?
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- Hello, Dick. 2. 7 Million. It's a million for each of us after taxes.
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Have we met? The paper cup guy. - Yeah. That was a long time ago. That was a long time ago.