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♪ Gonna sing out in anger

♪ Gonna cry out in pain

♪ Gonna sing out and cry out

♪ Until this world

♪ Is sane ♪

[Gidget narrating] You might
say a record is just a rut...

that goes 'round and 'round
in circles.

But sometimes,
when its message gets

through, it can
spin you into orbit.

That's what happened to me.

You see,
every generation...

has fought against tyranny and

injustice wherever
they found it.

Striking out against the
moral diseases of their time.

It suddenly became obvious to me

that my generation
needed awakening.

Someone to lift a torch,
to light the way.

All I needed was a mission.

A mission?
Protest. Eternal vigilance.

Where? Where? Not
here. That's just the point.

Where are all the injustices
for us to fight?

Down at the Spring
Street Theater?

The Spring Street Theater?

They're gonna raise
the prices for the early

show Saturday night,
when all the kids go.

That's discrimination.
That's injustice. That's--

That's ridiculous.

I've got to give them a real
cause. That's my mission.

Or why else was I
elected president of

the Civics Club?
'Cause nobody else ran.

Protest, eternal vigilance,
an end to complacency.

Wake the sleeping masses.

[Gidget narrating] I could see
it was going to be a long road.

♪ [jazzy pop]

♪ If you're in doubt
about angels ♪

♪ Being real

♪ I can arrange to change

♪ Any doubts you feel

♪ Wait till you see
my Gidget ♪

♪ You'll want her
for your valentine ♪

♪ You're gonna say
she's all that you adore ♪

♪ But stay away
Gidget is spoken for ♪

♪ You're gonna find
that Gidget is ♪

♪ Mine ♪

What turned me on
when I was young?

Well, in the first
place, we couldn't

afford a torch in those days,

but we did have taxation without

representation, the
Boston Tea Party.

Oh, come on now.
Tell me. Straight arrow.

What turned me on?
Let me see if I can remember.

The, uh, struggle for freedom,
the fight against dictatorship,

the making the world safe
for democracy.

Oh, and yes,
my local draft board.

But you enlisted.

Well, let's just say
they helped turn me on.

Boy, they really had causes
back in those days.

And to think how we got
shortchanged.

How can they ever expect us
to grow up to be anything?

I understand
he's going to be...

at the Palisades Auditorium.

An evening with America's
angry young man on a motorcycle.

Suppose I take you and Larue

tomorrow night,
and we call it even?

Are you suggesting a sellout?

Precisely. At 5.50 a head.

Speaking of theater prices,

suppose you came across
an injustice that--

That wasn't exactly
the biggest in the world,

shouldn't you fight it?

I mean, when you think about it,

isn't it the principle
that counts?

- Straight arrow?
- Straight arrow.

That's all that counts.

[Gidget narrating] Suffice
to say that the die was cast.

One last resort remained.

A direct appeal backed by the
full weight of the Civics Club.

Civic Club? Sorry.
No theater parties.

Everybody pays the same price.

That's exactly what we're
here to talk to you about.

We at the Civics Club

feel that raising the prices for
the early show Saturday night...

is discriminatory
and tends to--

That's right. It singles out
the kids so they'll pay more.

They got all the money.
Why shouldn't they?

But that's unfair.

What's unfair? I run a
union house. You check.

What about pension
plans? Employees'

disability? Bernard, please.

Tell you what I'm gonna do. You
look like nice, clean-cut kids.

Here's a couple of passes
for tonight's show.

And don't ever say that show
business hasn't got a heart.

[Gidget narrating] At that moment,

when I thought of
the mighty forces

of public opinion
that were gathering,

I almost felt sorry for him.

[Gidget] Couldn't you do
any better than that?

My brother brought it down
from Berkeley.

Well, you know I can never
think of anything to write.

Besides, it doesn't seem to make
much difference what it says.

There are more kids
tonight than ever.

Look. Uh, why don't I bring
you out a couple of chairs?

What do you want to sit
on the cold ground for?

No, thank you.

Would you keep an eye on that
for me? Well, where you going?

Well, the feature starts in two
minutes. Bernard, how could you?

After all this,
you're gonna sell

out and pay the price to get in.

Me, pay? Why
should I? I got a pass.

[Gidget narrating] I always say

some people are
born to defeat...

and others have it
thrust upon them.

I seem to go both ways.

However, I am no quitter when it
comes to wakening my generation.

It was obviously
simply a question

of finding the right voice.

At first look,
it might seem difficult,

but when you really
think about it,

nothing is impossible when
those around you truly believe.

This is crazy. Ridiculous.
Complete madness.

Well, then go home. Not
for all the money in the world.

What'd you say your name was
again? Uh-- Uh, Gidget Lawrence.

I don't got no Billy Roy fan
club that got you as president.

Well, I-- I was just
elected this week.

Oh, yeah?
Congratulations.

By almost 400 votes.

Oh. What have you
got for Billy? A sit-in?

A ban the bomb
demonstration? Peace march?

Well, it's a little hard
to explain out here.

It's a little hard
to explain anywhere.

Are you ready?
Well, uh--

♪ [guitar]

[voice cracks] Mr. Soames--
[clears throat]

Uh, my name is
Gidget Lawrence.

Uh, I'm president of one of
your fan clubs, kind of.

Well, anyway, I'm president
of the school Civics Club, and--

Well, that's what we're here
to talk to you about.

- Go.
- [man] I know all about it.

It's a free-speech rally.

Look. You've already done three
of these this month, champ.

I don't think you
ought to do it.

Actually, uh-- Uh, we--

I mean, my generation, well,
we're not quite up to that yet.

It's kind of hard to explain.

Hey. Where'd you get
the popcorn?

Hey. That's
double butter, huh?

That's kind of what we're
here to talk to you about.

You see, this movie theater is

raising its prices
just for one show,

and, well, that's the show
we all go to.

So we decided
we'd go on strike.

- Strike?
- Yeah.

Well, we thought you
could come down and--

And maybe sing some
songs or something.

- You're puttin' me on.
- I'll dissolve the fan club.

Right away. Kaput.
Just like that.

Well, it hasn't got anything
to do with the fan club.

Hey, what call you
got to put me on?

I'm just trying to--

Don't come down
here and put me on, and

I won't bug you around
your playgrounds.

Look. I've got a
personal photo for

both-- each of you of Billy Roy.

Don't make no trouble,

and I'll see that
you get 'em signed

with similar
facsimiled signatures.

It'd just be for one night.

Yeah. It's always
just for one night.

Look, besides, I got
a peace march in Akron.

Come on. All you want to
do is get in on the big things.

Nobody cares about
the little ones.

Nobody cares about
the principle anymore.

And that's the only thing
that really counts!

I guess this is just another
lost cause, Mr. Paine.

[motorcycle approaching]

All you people don't
know about lost causes.

Oh, please,
don't tease.

He said once they were the
only causes worth fighting for.

[doorbell rings]

And he fought
for them once.

For the only reason any
man ever fights for them.

I still think
you're puttin' me on,

and I'll only work it
for one night, check?

- Check.
- Check.

Got all my gear. You name
it. I bed down anywhere.

[gunshot on TV]
[crowd screams on TV]

What was that?
Justice just triumphed.

Claude Rains just tried to shoot himself.
[shouting on TV]

[sighs]

Dad.
Mm-hmm?

I've been thinking.
Good for you.

You don't know what I've
been thinking about yet.

I approve of
any kind whatsoever.

I've decided I don't want
any children of mine...

marching around
in protest marches

and all that sort of stuff.

The whole
moral injustice bit.

I take it from all this you're

about to let the
torch drop, right?

Wrong. It is up to me
as a potential mother...

to see that they haven't got
anything to protest against.

I have therefore decided
to slip into high gear.

One must be prepared
to go to any lengths...

to ensure that we pass on
a cleaner, fresher world.

I'll drink to that. Oh. You say

all the right things
this morning.

Accordingly,
I have taken steps--

I don't eat fried eggs.
I never eat fried eggs.

Oh. Yeah.
[chuckles] Oh. Silly.

I therefore feel-- You
don't eat fried eggs either.

Oh. No.
[chuckles]

[footsteps approaching]

I overslept.

Uh, I didn't know
whether you liked fried

eggs or scrambled
eggs, so I made some--

Uh, Dad, I'd like you
to meet Billy Soames.

This is my dad.
[clears throat]

Hey. Don't mind me,
man. Eat up.

[Gidget narrating] Right away, I

could see they
were gonna hit it off.

Of course, they
had one absolutely

fabulous thing in common.

First off, I figured
she was some kind of a nut.

Then I thought about it
a while, and I realized...

that she had to be
some kind of a nut.

I mean, no offense, Dad. But I

mean, just some
kind of a "wiggo."

Then third time around, I say
to myself, "Now, hold on, man.

I mean, maybe
there's somethin' there."

I mean, who tells
this new line of

kids that you
don't have to buy...

everything in that
great big package

they hand you when you grow up.

[John] I know what you mean.

When I was back
at college, they tried

to shut down the
hot dog stands...

behind the cheering sections
at the football games.

- Talk about your protest.
- Yeah, huh?

Yeah. You really
racked them up, huh?

Oh, yes, sir.

Pushed 'em right back
to the wall. Even got

'em to put in two
sizes of orange drinks.

Hey. Good man.
Good man.

We were pushin' for more, too,
but... football season ended.

Hard line. Killed you on
the grape drinks, huh?

But they knew
they'd been in a fight.

Yeah.

I'm still not quite clear
on what you're doing here.

Well, the way I see it, Dad,

I'm kind of like a--
a hammer. Fap!

You know?
Everybody listens.

- You dig?
- I dig.

No. You accept too fast, man.

You know, John,

you fought
the good fight, right?

All I need is a shave
and a haircut...

and a drip-dry suit, and
Dad here would buy me too.

- It'd be a start.
- [chuckles] A finish too.

The day that guys like you
look at me and say,

"Well, there's a nice,
clean-cut young man.

I think I'll go out
and buy a few

records to take
home to the kiddies,"

well, that day
it's fallback, man,

and I am dead.

You know, you and I are never
gonna find each other, man.

Anyone for the beach?

I figure we'll start phase
one of our campaign there.

Crazy.

Aren't you gonna change?

Man, I'm as changed
as I'm ever gonna be.

[Gidget narrating] Let it be recorded

that Operation Awake had begun.

The hammer's here!

Come on!

[Gidget narrating] Tremendous forces

had been unleashed that
could not be quelled.

[yelps]

Put it this way.
It was a start.

♪ Our music's wrong
Our hair's too long ♪

♪ And we're too immature
♪ [continues, indistinct]

[Gidget narrating] There was nothing now

that could stop
its growing momentum.

We've got to stop this
here and now.

I still don't see how any of
this involves the university.

I'm only
a concerned observer.

Just a member of
the alumni committee.

You-- You are
in the front line.

Consequently, you should be even

more aware of
the problem than I.

Well, Billy Roy Soames
is a match.

Mr. Evans, this seems to me
to be a tempest in a teacup.

My daughter is
concerned only with theater

prices for some of
her teenage friends.

A small matter of principle. May
seem unimportant to us, but--

But there could be
5,000 students outside

that theater tomorrow
evening, Professor.

It's happened.

With even less provocation
than this.

If that fire does start--

If it does spread
to our campus,

don't let it start here.

Oh. And as you
say, Professor, it

is a very small
matter of principle.

Not very important.

Let's keep it inside
that teacup.

Daddy, we had a real bonfire
demonstration at the beach!

Everything's really caught on!

The responsibility is
in your hands, Professor.

I assume you'll do
what's best.

Who was that? Why, that
was the establishment, man.

I got so I can recognize the,
uh, uniform and the 86 look.

Daddy?

Just a friend, honey. Nothing
of any real importance.

[sighs]

Rallying point. Theater
parking at D-minus 10 minutes.

[Russ] Francie? Come in.

I don't know what time
D-minus 10 is.

It's a figure of speech.

It's whatever time the
early matinee is over with.

Well, just call the theater
and find out.

Of course I can't. Well, they
might recognize my voice.

Okay. And call me right back.

I never knew it was so much work

setting up a spontaneous
demonstration.

How's it going?
So far, it's a smash.

I see.

Talk time, huh?

Big talk?
Little talk?

Oh. Little talk
that could turn big.

Could you give me
a general heading?

[sighs] Well, let's just call

it the wonderful
world department.

Okay. Let's just.

Oh, no.
It's a pacer.

That's either gotta be
failing marks or free love.

And since I haven't had
any of either lately-- Francie.

Honey--

You're going to be growing
up into a wonderful world soon.

Back when I was your age,
it was different.

That's what Annie
always says.

No matter where you
slice it, it's always different.

I know it must
sound that way.

But it was different.
The problems--

Somehow they were more definite.

Well, that's what
made it so easy.

Everything was
either one thing or

the other-- with
big signs on it.

You always knew where
you stood. Yeah. But

the point is we've come
a long way since then.

But there's still
a lot of things wrong.

You always say that.
It's just now you've

gotta look a little
harder to be sure.

Yeah, but they're not
all that important.

What I'm trying
to say is that...

sometimes nowadays, without
big clear-cut issues, you--

You're apt to get lost with
a little unimportant one.

True. And that's
why you have to find

the ones where
principle is involved.

Because that's all that really

counts, and it never
changes, right?

- Right.
- [phone rings]

Gidget here. I don't care
what time the last cartoon ends.

We can't possibly follow a
cartoon. That's ridiculous.

[Gidget] Dad.

A sudden thought.

Did that man that
was here have anything

to do with what you
wanted to tell me?

Uh, he's a member
of the alumni committee.

A very important member
of the committee.

Seems he's
concerned-- Everybody's

concerned about Billy Roy.

They're... afraid
this thing tomorrow

night might spread,
get out of hand.

So they pulled the big stick
out. They threatened you.

Used all sorts of
pressures to get you

to stop it. Nothing
quite so dramatic.

And I know what happened.
You stood up to them!

Even when they said
it would mean your job,

you said it was a matter
of principle.

Francie-- And that's
what you wanted to tell me!

You've been thrown out of the

university, blackballed
everywhere.

Francie!

Come here.

It was like that,
wasn't it?

I mean, I overdid it,

but you did
stand up to 'em?

Not in so many words.

Then you want me
to stop tomorrow

night. I didn't say that.

It's not very important.
It-- It's nothing really.

Just a stupid old--
It is important.

I want you to believe that.

Honey, I want you
to be aware.

I want you to care.

About everything.

I don't want you to
buy everything...

in that great big package
they hand you when you're...

growing up.

I'm glad you're doing
what you're doing.

And I'm glad you're glad.

I changed
the guest suite, man.

I burn up a lot
of energy, you know?

Gotta stay close
to the action.

Hey. I couldn't help
but, uh, overhearing.

I mean, it's a
weird bit of mine,

but I can't stand closed doors.

Funny. I always
had the impression

that's what doors are for.

Yeah. Yeah.

That cat really hung you up,
didn't he, man?

Hey, listen. Uh,

why don't you tell her that they
blew the whistle on you, huh?

Cop out, Dad, huh?
While you still got a chance.

I mean, even Alice in wonderland
has gotta wake up sometime.

No.

Yeah. Well,
think about it, huh?

No.

No compromise.
No sellout.

No cop-out.

Man.

Man, you are so square,

they ought to build
a town around you.

[motorcycle revving]

Hey! What are you doing?

Where are you going?
Oh, I got a call this morning.

Big deal up north.
But-- But I--

They're trying to
kick some teacher out

just 'cause he wanted
to grow a beard.

How can you leave now?

Well, it's easy. I
got a low overhead.

But everything's
all arranged for tonight.

And it-- And it all depends
on you. Honey, Gidget,

the day it all
depends on me,

that day you got nothin'.

But-- But-- Honey, save
up all those juices now.

Believe you me,
we are all gonna need 'em.

Dad, let me
tell you somethin'.

I don't know where you are,

but the trains
just don't go there anymore.

Is that all?

No. No, that's not all.

There's one other thing.

Let me know if you ever
want to grow a beard, huh?

A beard?

Why would you
want to grow a beard?

Well, let's put it this way. Why
wouldn't I want to grow a beard?

toodles.
Where to?

Movies.
Found a new theater?

Nope. Same one.

Mr. Lefferts
conceded defeat.

I am happy to report
that discrimination

was brought to
a screeching halt.

Without a massive
sit-in demonstration?

Moral pressure triumphed.

Oh. He lowered his prices
on Friday nights. Right?

Wrong. He raised them
on all the other nights.

Well, after all, that was
the principle involved.

I'll have to think
about that for a while.

In the meantime--
Eternal vigilance.

With double butter.