Come from Away (2021)

De'Lon Grant: Bob and others

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• Bob and others : Watching the news all day, some of us are starting to lose it. So these people here, they decide to have a big cookout for the whole community, just trying to get our minds off of everything. And Derm, the mayor of Appleton, says to me...

  Claude Elliott and others : Right, my son, do me a favor and start to round up some grills.

  Bob and others : Round up some grills?

  Claude Elliott and others : Yeah. Just go to people's yards and take their grill.

  Bob and others : Take their grill? Someone's gonna shoot me!

  Claude Elliott and others : No, no, no, no, no, no. Just go to people's yards and grab their grill.

  Bob and others : So I'm going from yard to yard, and the whole time I keep thinking "Someone's gonna shoot me in the back."

  Doug, Nick Marson and others : Hello there. You taking my barbecue?

  Bob and others : ...this is your barbecue?

  Doug, Nick Marson and others : Yeah, buddy.

  Bob and others : Listen, I am so sorry...

  Doug, Nick Marson and others : The wife's got the kettle on, if you want a cuppa.

  Bob and others : I get offered a cup of tea in every single backyard. And most of 'em offer to help me steal their own barbecues. We bring them all over to the community center, no names on 'em, I don't know how they ever get 'em back! But that's how we have a big cookout, completely free. After that, I stop worrying so much about my wallet.

• Bob and others : We try to give 'em money, but they won't take it.

  Claude Elliott and others : No, m'son, you would've done the same.

  Bob and others : I drank all your whiskey!

  Claude Elliott and others : I would've done the same.

• Bob and others : People are saying "We want you to come to our house," and I think, what's up with this? I mean, are they charging for these "free" showers? Or are they gonna go all Norman Bates? Anyway, I wasn't falling for it. But finally, I'm invited back to the mayor of Appleton's house. That sounds fancy. But it's not. There's a mayor for every town of 1000 people in Newfoundland. There's the mayor of Gander, the mayor of Lewisport, there's the mayor of Gambo. Anyway, I'm staying with the mayor of Appleton.

  Claude Elliott and others : Come on in, son, the Irish whiskey in the bar downstairs.

  Bob and others : His wife shows me where the bedroom is and where the shower is, and through it all I just keep thinking "Where am I gonna leave my wallet? Somebody's gonna steal my wallet."