They set off to track down the cab and find it, but to their horror, Bink has already left and is crawling across the busy road heading in the direction of the zoo. Later they see Bink on the other side of the town during a news broadcast and chase after him again, but they discover too late that Bink is now in the back of a taxi cab driving away with Veeko exclaiming angrily "You know we were almost like this close." They follow her, but the woman brutally beats them up, causing them to flee. Meanwhile the same angry passenger berates Eddie and Veeko for parking on the sidewalk as she squeezes her way past to which Veeko angrily responds "If you'd limit yourself to a couple of pork roasts a day, you wouldn't have to worry about it." Then he sees Bink inside the bag and lets the others know. They accidentally stop on the sidewalk and Norby, unaware that Bink has gotten into the bag of a stout passenger halts the bus to find the baby with no success. Norby and Veeko run downstairs to get him out and see Bink now inside a bus so they rush to their van and drive after him. Veeko throws the plank out of the way leaving the three crooks with no other option but to jump to the other side, but the still unconscious Eddie just falls off the building into a dumpster with a large television aerial falling on top of him. Eddie is the first to see Bink and goes after him, but he is knocked in the chin by a plank and then hit on the head as Bink goes across to the next building. They furiously rush to the bedroom and Eddie berates Norby for letting the baby escape and they go after him. In the living room, Bink drools on the back of Eddie's neck, at first he thinks it is Veeko as he is biting his nails and spitting them out, but then they look up and see Bink. They take him to their huge apartment and after struggling to feed and change Bink, Eddie asks Norby to put the baby to bed, but unfortunately Norby falls asleep after reading Bink's book and the baby goes out of the open window onto the roof. They are first seen tying up three baby photographers and taking their place in disguise as they go to the address of Bennington Austin Cotwell IV aka "Baby Bink".Īfter asking to spend sometime alone with Bink and asking his mother Laraine Cotwell to change her outfit, they quickly capture Bink as well as his favourite storybook which Bink calls his "Boo-Boo" and leave a ransom note demanding five million dollars. Norby's past is not mentioned, but it may have something to do with his huge fear of heights. It is unknown how the three met but it is mentioned that Eddie was once a boxer and Veeko worked at Burger King for three years. They are a gang of criminals who kidnap a baby from a wealthy family hoping to get a good ransom for him, but it all goes pear-shaped when the baby escapes.Įddie was portrayed by Joe Mantegna, who also played Joey Zasa in The Godfather Part III, Fat Tony in The Simpsons, and Grem in Cars 2, Norby was portrayed by Joe Pantoliano, who also played Francis Fratelli in The Goonies and Luigi Goterelli in Grand Theft Auto III, and Veeko was portrayed by Brian Haley. After nearly 30 years out of feature films, he returned to perform character roles.Eddie, Norby and Veeko are the main antagonists of the 1994 family-comedy film Baby's Day Out. He appeared on Broadway in Shinbone Alley, Hello, Dolly!, The Odd Couple and Sugar Babies. He made numerous radio broadcasts during this era, notably on The Eddie Bracken Show. Due to the popularity of these films, Eddie Bracken was a household name during World War II. In the 1940s, director Preston Sturges cast Bracken in two of his best-loved films, The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek, opposite Betty Hutton, and Hail the Conquering Hero. The military drama, co-starriing Richard Cromwell, opened to much fanfare but closed after 14 performances at the 46th Street Theater. In 1936, Bracken pursued success on Broadway with his starring run in the Joseph Viertel play So Proudly We Hail. He had performed in a short film series called The Kiddie Troupers prior to that, but that film was his big break. Bracken performed in vaudeville at the age of nine and gained fame with the Broadway musical Too Many Girls in a role he reprised for the 1940 film adaptation. Edward Vincent “Eddie” Bracken was an American actor.īracken was born in Astoria, New York, the son of Catherine and Joseph L.
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