Palace Hotel Ballroom
Murph: Oh a classic. What a
room. This place is gonna swing tonight.
Mr Fabulous: It's a fucking
barn. We'll never fill it.
Curtis: We've gotta fill this hall tonight. A
lot of young children are depending on it.
Steve: Young children? Why, whaddya mean?
Gas Station
Owner: We're outta gas.
Elwood: Yep, mind if we fill er up?
Owner: Nope. I said we're outta gas. Tanker
trucks late. Shoulda been here two hours ago. It's always late on
Thursdays.
Elwood: Well uh... I'll guess we'll have to
wait.
Owner: Yeah.
[A sports car with a blond female driver (Twiggy) pulls up to
the station]
Blonde: [To Elwood] Excuse me sir, yes
you, could you fill it up with premium please and check under the
hood.
[Elwood, stuffing his jacket full of five-finger discount fan
belts, looks at the blonde and points to himself as if to say
"Who me?"]
Blonde: Yes you!
Elwood: Sure.. you uh want I should uh.. wash
the dead bugs of the windshield?
Blonde: Oh no don't worry. I'm in kind of a
hurry.
[Back at the Palace Hotel.]
Curtis: Where in the hell are they?
[Back to the Gas Station.]
Elwood: So uh.. maybe you'd like to uh come by
and see the show?
Blonde: Oh I'm awfully sorry but I do have a
prior dinner engagement.
[The tanker pulls in]
[Cut to Police Station...Someone hands in a flyer with for
the gig]
Mr Mercer: Thanks Marvin.
[reads the poster, talks into the phone] Debbie, get me troopers
Daniel and Mount.
[Cut to Palace Hotel Ballroom. Bob and The Good Ole Boys are
in the audience carrying baseball bats.]
Bob:
I don't see those Blues Brothers.
Tucker: We'll wait.
[Meanwhile, back at the gas station.]
Elwood: Okay, you're all set. That'll be... 94
dollars.
Blonde: Here's 95 thank you Elwood.
Elwood: Okay and uh.. that's a dollar change.
Blonde: Oh keep the change.
Elwood: Oh thanks. Uh.. so look uh, if you're
date don't work out tonight for any reason uh, there's a motel up
on the interstate, uh maybe we could say uh meet.. around uh
midnight?
Blonde: I'll think about it Elwood, okay?
Elwood: Yeah. Bye.
[she drives off. Jake looks at his watch and realises the
time (Note the prison scene when Jakes possesions are being
returned...the watch is broken!)]
Jake: Son of a bitch. [He hits Elwood] Come on!
Elwood: Owww!