2.5K views Oct 2009
Chevy Chase arrives late for a government intelligence exam and pays another test-taker to help him cheat, but their teamwork earns them an undercover assignment.
0:00 These examinations are qualifiers for positions in the intelligence sections of our embassies overseas. 0:10 The nature of your postings will be secret. 0:14 Now, secret work can be very risky. I cite as an example what happened to one of our greatest Americans, not yet. 0:25 Oh, excuse me. 0:27 I'm sorry. 0:27 My fault. 0:37 I'm sorry I'm late. I had to attend the reading of a will. I had to stay to the very end when I found out I received nothing. 0:47 Broke my arm. 0:54 Oh, uh, would you hold my wallet while I take the test, please? 0:58 There's a thousand dollars in there, or maybe there isn't. You know what I mean? 1:04 Are you saying I can take this money if I help you pass the test? 1:09 What do you think? 1:15 Thank you. 1:17 So where do I, uh... 1:19 Sit down! 1:39 You may begin... now. Now. 2:05 Excuse me. Excuse me. 4:14 God, the pressure. I can't take it. 4:20 I can't take it. I can't, can't do it. 4:32 I can't. What page? Oh God, yeah. 4:36 This is Emmett Fitzhume. He's an information officer at State. 4:41 Started there in '74 as a mail boy. His father got him his job. 4:47 This is Austin Milbarge. He's a repair supervisor in DIA's code-breaking arm at the Pentagon, wiggled into supervisors' pay through an F-section. 4:58 His last job before joining 5:00 Defense was fixing office copiers. He's good with hardware, got some Russian. 5:06 Want to see their test scores? 5:08 What the hell for? They're a couple of absolutely self-involved bullshit artists who got caught cheating on departmental exam. 5:17 They'll do anything to save their jobs. 5:19 Well, one's got basic diplomacy skills, the other's a code breaker with language ability. 5:25 I believe we found our decoys. 5:28 Ah! I heart. 5:32 Heart attack. My heart is attack. I can dry bar your pants now. 5:39 All right, everybody, please stand back. I am a trained cardiovascular respiratory emergency assist technician. 5:46 I want all of you to stand back. This man needs air. In fact, all of you should leave the room. 5:52 Well? 5:55 So what are we going to get? Dismissal, suspension, censure, departmental prosecution, what? 6:02 Promotion. 6:03 What? 6:04 That's right. We like what we've seen in you two guys. We're bucking you right up front to gathering level 20. 6:13 Gathering level 20. That's quite a step up in base pay. 6:17 You mean we're not in trouble? 6:19 We're not recruiting with the Boy Scouts. We want people who are aggressive, who know how to go after that little edge you need to survive. 6:30 And we especially like the way you two guys were working as a team in there. 6:35 Now, if you feel you can work together, you're on your way up. 6:44 We've got a very special assignment for you two. 6:49 Foreign service? 6:50 Yes. 6:51 Undercover work? 6:52 Yes. 6:56 Emmet Fitzhume. 6:57 Austin Milbarch. When do we begin our training? 7:00 Right away. 7:02 Boy. 
