All language subtitles for Growing Pains s02e18 Carnival

Hey, your tour has just been cancelled.

I thought you were working late tonight.
I did.

Well, you'll be pleased to know that I
did all the dishes, and I put your

in the oven so it'd be nice and warm for
you when you got home from a long, hard

day at the paper.

I did the dishes, and I put your dinner
in the oven.

Yeah, well, who told you to do it?

Thank you, Carol.

Is your dad in the kitchen?

No, he's gone. Left me in charge.

Where is he?

He's at Ben's school at the Mother's
Club meeting.

Tonight?

I know, it sounds a little shaky to me,
too, Mom.

I'm so busy with the story. the meeting
completely slipped my mind.

Do you believe him?

Of course.

Why shouldn't I?

Well, you know, I'm even a little busy
with the paper, and a man can't get to

feel a little lonely after... Michael
Aaron Steven. What are you suggesting?

That a man who leaves his home with two
dozen homemade fudge surprise brownies

is up to no good.

Bye,

Benny.

How's my favorite ten -year -old on the
planet?

I'm good.

Nice to see you doing your homework, but
isn't it past your bedtime?

Yeah. I was waiting up for you.

Well, why don't you stay up a few more
minutes and keep me company while I eat?

Great.

Look what I made in art class.

Wow.

How stylish.

Yeah, and if I'd happen to eat that
stuff, it wouldn't hurt me.

They know you, Ben.

So, do you have a picture I could put in
it?

You want my picture?

Oh, yeah.

Gee, Benjamin, this is quite an honor.

And practical, too.

Practical? Sure.

I figure with your picture, I won't miss
you so much, even when you work late.

So, how was your day?

Show me that smile again.

Don't listen.

surprise brownie recipe.

Yes, they did.

Good.

Well, the meeting kind of bogged down,
though, when we got to the plans for the

school carnival. Myrtle DeForest said,
we're going to have to drop the dark

this year because it's just altogether
too violent. Well, that's Judy Jones'

thing. So she said, over my dead body.
Myrtle said, that sounds fine to me.

Well, Judy breaks down and she leaps
over the desk, grabs Myrtle by the

drops it right in and throws it down the
ground, too.

I'm just kidding.

I knew that.

Did you think I didn't know that?

Hey, am I off base here or are you a
little tense?

What makes you think I'm tense?

Well, you're soaking and you never prune
out like this unless there's tension.

Well, if you know me so well, Jason, why
didn't you let me know that I was

failing as a mother?

Is that the darn doorbell?

Aren't you going to tell me that I'm not
failing as a mother?

Of course, Maggie. You're not failing as
a mother.

Don't patronize me.

Did you get fired today or something?

No. At work, everybody loves me.

Well, before I turn in, I think I'll go
buff the Volvo.

At home, on the other hand, little Ben
has to carry a picture of me to remember

what I look like.

Maggie, Ben carries pictures of Rambo.

I totally forgot about the mother's
meeting.

Do you want a massage?

And then I find this.

Read this.

I have to help me here, Meg.

It's a letter from the Wendell Wilkie
Elementary School Mothers Club. And the

first line says, fellow mothers.

And it's addressed to you.

An official body of the Long Island
school system recognizes you as Ben's

mother. It ain't no Meg. You're just a
bunch of women.

Oh, come on.

Laughter is the best way of releasing
tension naturally. Come on, try it.

Okay, we'll get serious for a minute
then.

Maggie, if you don't lighten up, I'm
going to have to shoot you.

Is that the best you can do? Well,
without a rubber chicken, yes.

Jason, I expected some sound advice,
like, Maggie, put your feelings of

to work. Work.

Do something. Spend more time with Ben.

Volunteer for his carnival so he knows
that I care.

Why not?

That is a great idea.

It's so good. It's so simple. Oh, Jason,
what did I think of it?

You're welcome.

Not showing off. I just felt like
killing six hours and whipping up a

baklava.

You?

Jason. Hi.

Hello. You remember

my wife? Oh, of course. Annie.

Hi, Annie. No, I'm Gail.

We have a lot of carnival business to
discuss before we can get to those

luscious, succulent, very tantalizing
desserts.

Some of which are still warm.

So, any old business?

Yes, Gracie? I just wanted to tell Jason
that I tried his rump roast marinade

recipe and my whole family just adored
it.

Oh, good.

Well, you want to have some real
excitement next time, try soaking your

two full days.

Okay, any new business?

First of all, I think... Yes?

Hello, I'm Maggie Seaver, and I'm the
other Seaver mother.

And I just wanted to say that I'd be
happy to volunteer to help out at

Saturday's carnival. Oh! Bravo!

And I know I'm a little late, but since
this is to raise money for our kids'

school, I know how important it is.
Anything I can do to help. Oh, that is

Wendell Wilkie spirit!

Come on, ladies!

Maggie Seaver, you come on down!

Oh, you need to get with... Gracie
Thornton. She's our carnival chairman.

Chairperson. Yes, Gracie?

I would just like to move that I be
replaced as carnival chairperson by

Seavers. Oh, I second that motion. No,
see, I really... All those in favor say

aye. Aye.

Sorry, aye.

Opposed? No.

Commotion carried.

Maggie Seavers, the new carnival
chairperson.

Okay, with no other business before me,
this meeting is adjourned. Let's...

anything about being a carnival chairman
chairperson it's really very simple i

thought you wanted to help yes i do but
look is there anyone on the carnival

committee that's done this before
carnival committee what a wonderful idea

judy i'm moved we let maggie off the
hook here oh i second wait a minute how

many of you have volunteered to work on
the carnival

Well, with this attitude, I'm surprised
somebody hasn't moved to cancel the

whole carnival. I second that motion.

So this means that we're all too busy to
help the children,

is that it?

Well, look, I'm busy too, but I am going
to make the time.

What do you all have to do that's so
important?

The cooking?

The laundry?

The housekeeping?

I'm arguing a case before the State
Supreme Court.

Okay.

But what about the rest of us?

I'll volunteer.

And this is a very busy man.

Yes, you know I'm a psychiatrist.

I could spend up to eight hours a day on
my anal retentives alone.

Aren't we all forgetting what's
important here?

The children.

They're why we're here.

Are we really all gonna...

Sit here and let our kids down just when
they need us the most.

I volunteer.

There you go. Me too. Great. I
volunteer. Wonderful.

Oh,

the heck with my client. Let him fry.

more by giving this stuff away and
charging $10 for antacid tablets.

Hi! Wow, what neat stuff!

Oh, don't touch those, Ben. Those are
grab bag prizes for your carnival. Ah,

this isn't a gift from God.

need it to the auction.

We'll put it by the auction box.

Who's gonna buy a statue with the arms
busted off?

Ben, you're a real aficionado.

Take that back!

Ben, no arguments. I have a lot to do to
get ready for your carnival. But Mom,

she called me a fish!

Ben, I said no arguments. Now we're
doing all this for you. If you can't

you can at least stay out of the way.

Yeah, we're working here.

This is wonderful.

And we have a huge crowd gathering
outside, so we're either going to have a

festival or a riot.

Well, I've got the 220 split up. I've
got the 110 all fired up and ready to

Sounds like I know what I'm doing,
doesn't it?

All right, Earl, hit it!

Oh!

Oh!

Well, just be thankful I'm not running a
nuclear power plant.

Just a short somewhere.

I'll take care of it. Okay,

everybody ready? Kissing booth ready.

Vogue booth ready.

Dark booth ready.

Cotton candy booth ready.

Do I have to wear this hat?

Face painting booth ready.

Oh, good work, Clarabelle.

What about the auction booth?

Oh, I'm running that. Okay, auction
booth ready.

I could use some male lips in my booth.

All right, hit it again, Earl.

Jason,

if you're through, we need some help in
the booth.

Over here, Jason.

Oh, Jason, help me.

What to do, what to do?

Well, it's time I lend my lips to
Charity.

You would have to pick her, huh?

I'll help Judy if that'll make you
happy.

Very.

Would you help Myrtle, please?

Oh.

Maggie,

may I say in the calm before the storm
that, well, you're an inspiration to all

the other mothers.

Balancing a career, kids, this carnival.
Again, it is so wonderful to meet

someone at life's banquet who is always
able to dish up another healthy. It's

the most wonderful thing.

self -aggrandizement.

Yeah.

Disgusting.

Which mother's yours?

The one who looks like Mary Ann from
Gilligan's Island.

Which one's yours?

The one who's ignoring me.

She wouldn't even let me run the dart
booth just because she said I'm so

unpredictable.

Which one was Mary Ann's?

Donated a little play cameo.

With my picture in it. Let's start.

No, my picture. Where did this come
from, Gail? It was in the box.

Bam. A buck.

Just a minute.

Two bucks. Ho! I can't sell this. Two
fifty. Ho!

Seven from heaven, whoa, three of a
kind.

A ten, lousy luck, ride the garbage
truck.

And a jake, what's that make? Two pair,
life's not fair.

And an ace for the ace.

Another full boat, dealer wins again.

And on behalf of all the little
children, we thank you.

Mike, have you seen Ben?

Yeah, he came by and gave me all his
tickets.

Why would he do that?

Well, very little of what Ben does makes
sense.

Yeah, good idea. She's just as weird as
he is.

Well, look at it this way. If you can't
eat it, you could strip your furniture

with it.

Carol, has Ben been around here?

Just for a second.

Same as everybody else, Mom.

Smell this stuff.

Did he say anything?

Well, he asked my housekeeper.

Did he say what?

He may have.

You know, I think this chili is
affecting my hearing, too.

Well, you know, maybe that's just his
way of telling you something.

For what?

Well, I don't know, honey. You've got to
think that kids have different ways

they try to communicate.

to explore every possible wonder.
Maggie!

Maggie?

It's quarter to three.

There's no one in the place except you
and me.

So set them up, Joe.

I got a little story.

Benjamin.

It was a carnival, Ben, till I found out
you'd left without even a word.

You were busy.

Benny, I am never too busy for you.

Mom, I left hours ago.

And you show up now?

So you wanted to worry me?

I wanted something.

Is that why you got rid of this?

I was wondering where that went.

Well, I found it in the auction box.

How'd it get there?

So you wanted me to find it and come
running home?

No, I wanted you to miss me and come
running home.

Ben, there were 300 people there.

Yeah, but only one who's your most
favorite 10 -year -old on the planet.

Honey, why do you think I volunteered?

I don't know.

I didn't know anything except you were a
really great mom before that stupid

carnival.

I didn't do any of this for myself.

And the only one I cared about was you.

See, I'm not the kind of person to get
so wrapped up in what I'm doing that I'd

forget about... You.

Oh, holy Toledo.

Huh?

Oh, Ben, I owe you an apology. Talk
about me being a jerk.

I didn't say that.

No, I did.

Oh.

Oh, honey, I... I'm so sorry.

I... I couldn't see the forest for the
trees.

What trees?

Dan.

I thought that you thought my work was
more important to me than you.

But what I thought you thought you never
thought and what you thought I thought

I never thought.

What were we thinking?

make it one for my

one with any coupons in your pocket so
you can help out of the air and sink a

shrink for charity.

Hey, Judy, I'm out of here, Judy. You're
going to have to find another stinky.

Come on, you remember, this is all for a
very good cause. I know that.

You what?

You want to take my place.