Where's Willie? (1977)
G | 1h 37min | Family, Comedy, Sci-Fi | April 1977 (USA)
An 8-year old boy invents a hand-held computer which can control any electronic device, and uses it to affect the entire town where he lives.
Director: John Florea
Writers: Frank Koomen (screenplay), Ann Koomen (screenplay)
Stars: Henry Darrow, Katherine Woodville, Guy Madison
G | 1h 37min | Family, Comedy, Sci-Fi | April 1977 (USA)
An 8-year old boy invents a hand-held computer which can control any electronic device, and uses it to affect the entire town where he lives.
Director: John Florea
Writers: Frank Koomen (screenplay), Ann Koomen (screenplay)
Stars: Henry Darrow, Katherine Woodville, Guy Madison
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Short filmTranscript
00:00♪
00:05Hey, where's that new baseball bat you got?
00:08I didn't get it. I spent the money to put this computer together.
00:11Uh-oh.
00:13One of my resistors might function.
00:16Probably this one here.
00:18My potentiometer seems okay.
00:20And nothing wrong with the circuitry.
00:23For a minute there I thought I had a polarization problem.
00:27Really?
00:28Darn, I should have double-checked my schematic.
00:31What are you trying to say?
00:33I haven't got it quite perfected yet.
00:35I knew you could say it.
00:38♪
00:46You know, we could have gotten in trouble messing with those traffic lights today.
00:50Your dad ain't stupid, you know. He thinks he's part of this.
00:53Maybe, but we didn't mean any harm.
00:56Yeah.
01:02Well, uh, gotta be going.
01:05I got some Twinkies in the oven.
01:08Yeah.
01:13Willie?
01:15Were you responsible for that traffic jam this morning?
01:18Uh...
01:19Come on, son. The truth.
01:21Okay, Dad.
01:22When little old people are trying to cross the street,
01:25they don't have enough time.
01:27So I tried to help them out.
01:30Do you have any idea the problems that you caused today, young man?
01:33Gee, Dad, I'm sorry.
01:35Just wanted to do some good.
01:37Will you do me a favor and don't try any more good deeds?
01:40Let me tell you something.
01:42You could go to jail for a prank like this.
01:45What's going on here?
01:47I'll tell you in a minute.
01:48Now, come on. Where is that thing?
01:50Give it to me, son. Please.
01:51Gee, Dad, don't throw it away.
01:53Charlie, what's going on?
01:55Beth, I'll tell you later.
01:57You know, for a genius, you're not all that very smart.
02:00Because now you have to go to bed without dinner.
02:08Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
02:11You know who caused that traffic jam today?
02:12No.
02:13Our genius son. The one with the fancy IQ.
02:16Just because he's gifted doesn't mean to say he's not normal.
02:19Normal?
02:21He has an IQ of 180.
02:23His hobby is calculus.
02:24He's building a bionic rabbit.
02:26And all by himself, he tied up every car in Kerrville in a traffic jam.
02:29Now, you call that normal, Beth?
02:31How could Willie stop all that traffic?
02:35With this, my dear.
02:39Really?
02:40Careful. Don't push the buttons. You'll blow the house up.
02:42Charlie Wade, you are so dramatic.
02:45Oh, so now I'm being dramatic.
02:48You sound just like him.
02:52As a matter of fact, this whole household is beginning to get on my nerves.
02:56Piano lessons, computers, bionic rabbits, dogs.
03:01A man can't even come home and watch a TV game in peace.
03:05I've got to get out of here for a while. Excuse me.