August 4, 2005
Week 14 - Impossible Dreams 2
Episode 4
"Um..." Powell says. "So even though Coyote Man and the power company guys were... were fighting... You don't think anyone got hurt?"
"Well," Pasternak replies, "Your 'Coyote Man' got the worst of it, I'll tell you that! The one fellow was up in the basket, working at the top of the telephone pole. He starts yelling and screaming... Cursing like a sailor, too, right in the middle of the street, where kids play... The other fellow, the one who was on the ground, by the truck... he just jumps on top of your boy, and they start wrestling."
"He's... he's not really 'my boy'. I'm just... I'm just writing about him..."
"Well... Be that as it may... That fellow may dress like Superman, but he's not much for fighting, I'll tell you that. The power company boy got the best of him and it didn't take too long. Grabbed that wrench right out of his hand and flung it into the street. Your boy starts yelling 'My claw! My claw!' He turns and tries to run after it, but the other fellow grabs him by the arm."
"Um... what were you doing? Did you... did you try to call the police or anything?"
"Well, I'll tell you... Fifty four years on this property, I never saw anything like it before... I was just dumbfounded. Just stood there, all frozen, watching..."
"I understand..."
"So, the two of them wrestle some more... And then the power company boy grabs at your boy's face. After a moment he catches hold of that dog mask and pulls it right off, throws it to the ground."
"He tore off his mask! Did you see his face?"
"Well... just for a moment or two... I was sort of surprised, because, turns out he was an older man, not much younger than myself, I'd say. I'd had him figured for a kid, I guess, 'cause they're all sort of crazy... no offense..."
"Um... that's all right... What happened then?"
"Well, 'Coyote Man' starts yelling 'My secret identity! My secret identity!' He covers his face with one hand, and... he must've got a shot of adrenaline, I suppose, because he pulls away from the other fellow, scoops up his mask and his wrench, and then goes running down the street like his pants were on fire!"
"Wow!"
"That's right, 'Wow!' Fifty four years on this property... craziest thing I ever saw..."