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Mark's Big Break

‘Mark's Big Break’

Season 8, Episode 16 -  Aired February 9, 1999

After Tim finally finishes the hot rod, he asks Mark to produce a video to unveil the car on Tool Time.

Quote from Tim

Eddie: Hi, I'm Eddie. I'm Tim's body shop guy.
Mark: [o.s.] So tell us what you see when you look at my dad's hot rod.
Eddie: I see dollar signs. See? Oh, yeah. I see Eddie Junior going to Harvard. I see early retirement. I see a little place in Rio. I see a fake passport and a new wife. Young. I like 'em young.
Tim: Hey, cut, cut, cut.
Eddie: They gotta be young.
Tim: Eddie, family show, baby.
Eddie: Oh.

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Quote from Tim

Sparky: [clears throat] I really loved working on this car. I can't believe the odyssey is finally over. Seems like only yesterday that Tim asked me to match the ruby-pearl exterior with the beautiful distressed leather upholstery. And then the joy we both felt on the day we found the right color and fabric for the convertible top. I can still smell that German canvas. Like the top of a baby's head. [sobs] I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do this. [Tim hands Sparky a box of tissues] Thanks, Tim.

Quote from Marty

Tim: Tough day out there on the blacktop?
Marty: Oh, yeah. You know, it's not filling the potholes that I mind, it's the groupies.

Quote from Marty

Tim: What's the matter?
Marty: Ah, you know, just... Seeing all the couples buying each other cards and presents. You know, I miss it.
Tim: You know, what you're going through, it takes a lot of guts.
Marty: You mean living with you?
Tim: That, too.

Quote from Brad

Tim: Hey. You guys are a little late. Where have you been?
Brad: Mark was in the editing room for two hours, and I had to stand in the hall on my bum leg.
Jill: Why didn't you just sit down?
Brad: Oh, shoot.

Quote from Mark

[Mark's video:]
Tim: [v.o.] She's got 225 horsepower at 5500 RPMs. She's ported... [rock music plays]
Man: [laughs] Yeah.
Man #2:Heat-shrunk. Prevents corrosion.
Eddie: Hi. I'm Eddie, Tim's body shop guy.
Man: [laughs]
Eddie: I see early retirement. I see a little place in Rio. I see fake passports and a new wife. Yeah, and she's young. I like 'em young. She's gotta be...
Sparky: Finally got the right color and fabric for the convertible top. [crying]
[Sparky and Eddie's heads are switched. Video ends.]

Quote from Mark

Mark: So, what'd you think?
Christy: It stunk.
Jill: Christy, it did not stink.
Mark: Anybody else?
Brad: I'm afraid I'm gonna have to go with Christy. [chuckles]
Jill: Brad.
Claire: It didn't stink.
Mark: Thank you, Claire.
Claire: It was scary.

Quote from Tim

Mark: Dad?
Tim: Huh? Well... That was different. I liked the way you switched the guys' heads. That was good. But...
Mark: But what?
Tim: You know, I hate telling you this. I mean, it was... It's a new policy, just came down at Binford today. It's a union thing, and since you're not part of the union...
Mark: You're not gonna show it, are you?
Tim: Well, I'd like to show it, but it's a union thing.
Christy: He thinks it stinks, too.

Quote from Tim

Jill: Well, what about re-editing it, so it works?
Tim: And what if it doesn't? Then I disappoint him twice?
Jill: Well, all I know is we've got a 14-year-old who's crushed. Seems to me you should have thought this through more carefully before you made a promise you couldn't keep.
Tim: Maybe there's something in it I can use, you know?
[Tim sighs as he plays the video and Eddie and Sparky's heads start rotating]

Quote from Mark

Tim: I want to talk about your video.
Mark: What about it?
Tim: Well, I looked at it again. And it's real creative, you know? And it shows a lot of humor.
Mark: Come on. You thought it sucked.
Tim: No, I didn't. Not at all. I mean, when Sparky was crying there, I got goose bumps. At least I think that's what those were.
Mark: Well, I looked it over again, and I thought it sucked.
Tim: What did you think was the matter with it?
Mark: It was just too flashy and overdone. It had nothing to do with your show.

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