Home Alone - Travel Challenges on Christmas Eve
Scranton ticket agent:
Everything's full.
Kate:
Everything's full?
Scranton ticket agent:
I'm very sorry, but it is Christmas Eve.
Kate:
What about another airline?
Scranton ticket agent:
Nothing available. May I help you get a hotel room in the city? Tomorrow afternoon we can get you a flight to Chicago.
Kate:
I can't wait that long.
Scranton ticket agent:
I'm terribly sorry, ma'am, but we're doing absolutely everything we can.
Kate: [to woman waiting; pushes woman out of the way]
Go ahead. I'm in your way. I'm sorry. You've got places to go, people to see. You got a ticket there. That's good. Excuse me. Look, I have been awake for almost 60 hours. I'm tired and I'm dirty. I have been from Chicago to Paris to Dallas to... Where the hell am I?
Scranton ticket agent:
Scranton.
Kate:
I'm trying to get home to my 8-year-old son! Now you're telling me it is hopeless?
Scranton ticket agent:
I'm sorry.
Kate:
No, no, no, no, no! No way! This is Christmas! The season of perpetual hope! I don't care if I have to get on your runway and hitchhike. If it costs me everything I own, if I have to sell my soul to the Devil himself, I am going to get home to my son.
Scranton ticket agent:
Ma'am, if there was anything at all I could do for you...
Kate:
Do it. Do anything.
Scranton ticket agent:
I can get you a hotel room.
Kate:
What?
Gus: [pulls Kate aside; singing]
Can you excuse us for a sec? Can I see you for a second, please? Excuse us. You got a bit of a dilemma. We got a crisis ourselves. Allow me to introduce myself. Gus Polinski. Polka King of the Midwest? The Kenosha Kickers? No? That's okay. I thought you might have recognized I had a few hits a few years ago. That's why I just... "Polka, Polka, Polka"? "Twin Lakes Polka"? "Yamahoozie Polka" a.k.a. "Kiss Me Polka"? "Polka Twist"?
Kate:
These are songs?
Gus:
Yeah, we... Some fairly big hits for us. You know, in the early 70s. Yeah, we sold about 623 copies of that.
Kate:
In Chicago?
Gus:
No, Sheboygan. Very big in Sheboygan.
Kate:
Did you say you could help me?
Gus:
Anyway, I'm rambling on here. Our flight was canceled, so we gotta drive. See the guy in the yellow jacket over there by the Budget sign? He's gonna rent us a nice big van, and we're gonna drive to Milwaukee. I heard you had some problems getting to Chicago to see your kid or something?
Kate:
Uh, my son. We left, and he's there.
Gus:
Aw, geez. If you have to get to Chicago, we'll gladly drive you. It's on the way to Milwaukee.
Kate:
You'd give me a ride?
Gus:
Sure, we will. Why not? You've gotta get home to see your kid.
Kate:
A ride to Chicago?
Gus:
Sure. Why not? It's Christmastime.
Kate:
Thank you. Oh, thank you.
Gus:
If you don't mind going with some polka bums.
Kate:
No, I'd love to.
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