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Here we are, face to face, looking through the silver spoon.

Hoping to find we're two of a kind. Make it a goal, make it a goal.

Together, we're going to find our way.

Together,

taking the time each day.

To learn all about those things you just can't buy.

Two silver spoons together, uniting together.

Eddie Toys is going to do great in this toy show. Oh, I sure hope so, son. I

think Eddie Toys deserves a standing ovation.

Okay.

Hello? Oh, hi, Kate.

Hey, Rick. How's the toy convention?

Oh, it's really great. There's some great toys here.

There's also a few rip -offs.

Yamahoy Toys is trying to combine the Cabbage Patch Doll and G .I. Joe.

The lettuce patch commando.

And guess what it comes with?

I give up. What?

Its own draft notice.

I was going to guess that.

Oh, Dad, did you want to speak to Kate?

Hi, Kate. How you doing?

Hi, hon. I'm fine.

Edward, did you find that surprise I left in your suitcase?

I sure did.

How could I miss it?

Well, do you like it? I love it. Of course, it's no substitute for the real

thing. You know, I've only been here an hour and a half, and already my lips

have two paper cuts.

Well, as much as I'd like to be in Miami with you, I still think it was a good

idea that you took Dexter instead.

You've been so depressed lately.

Have you found out why yet?

No, I don't know what's with Dexter.

Not only won't he tell anybody, but he just gets more depressed. On the flight

down here, he barely picked at his food.

Dad, refusing to eat airline food is not a sign of depression.

Well, I'm sure you'll find a way to cheer him up.

I miss you.

I miss you, too, honey.

You miss me as much as I miss you? I miss you every bit as much as you miss

In fact, I'll bet you I miss you more than you miss me.

Dad, if you don't stop missing each other so much, we're going to miss the

porpoise show.

Kate, we gotta go to the porpoise show.

We'll talk to you later, okay?

I love you. I love you, too.

Hi,

Dick.

So, Dick, did you get our exhibit set up on the convention floor?

Why bother?

Well, Dexter, you're my business manager. You kind of have to bother.

Come on, buddy. What's the matter?

It's nothing.

I'm fine.

You don't look fine.

You look like you've been breakdancing with Nell Carter.

Look, Dexter, something's bothering you, and we're your friends, so why don't

you talk about it? You'll feel a lot better.

Well...

My girlfriend, Renee, left me running for the plumber. I just don't think I

go on.

I got girlfriend and plumber. I misran off with.

Oh, your girlfriend left you?

Yeah. What a bummer.

Renee ran off with a plumber?

Not just a plumber. My plumber.

Ralph Alcorn.

Oh, that makes it a plumber bummer.

I can't believe Rene would prefer Ralph Alcorn over you, the man who often has

dinner with H &R Block.

Buddy, how long did you and Rene go together?

Nearly 3 .4 years.

If I reach the average life expectancy of 76 .3 years, I don't know what I'll

without Rene for the next 43 .8.

Come on, Dex, that's an awful lot of years. Why, in that time, you could fall

love with 7 .3 women.

I don't want anybody else.

I want Renee.

Well, I don't know what else to say to you, buddy.

There isn't anything else to say, Edwards, but it helped to express my

You're great friends.

I feel much better now.

You up for a bite to eat? I'm famished.

Let's get out.

Club sandwich by the pool.

Problem,

Dex? You said pool.

So? The pool was one of the name of the characters in 2001.

So? So 2001 was that movie about space.

So? So that's what Renee said she wanted.

Space.

It's my Nene.

Nene, kind of a pet name?

Yeah. She used to call me Sexy Dexy.

I'm sorry. I'm losing control.

It won't happen again.

Dex, can I ask you a question?

Certainly.

Have you ever actually seen Ralph and Renee together? I mean, do you know for

sure that she ran off with him?

No, but that's what she told me.

Why would she lie?

Dexter... I think I should tell you about Claudia Dalrymple.

She last year, she was my main squeeze.

Your what?

Oh, my chick, babe.

Your what?

My girlfriend.

Oh, yes, your girlfriend.

Anyway, I was really crazy about her, but I got wrapped up in my baseball

tryout, so I didn't pay enough attention to her.

So one day she came to school, and she told me she's going to the school dance

with Foster Schlutt.

I said, you're going dancing with Foster Schlutz?

Not only does he have two left feet, but he's got 11 toes.

So what happened?

So she went to the dance with me.

See, she was just texting me to make sure I really cared about her.

She was using Foster as a bluff.

It was the old Schlutz bluff.

I think you're onto something.

I have been working hard lately. It's possible I haven't been paying much

attention to Renee.

I'll bet she's just testing you. Why don't you give her a call?

No, really. Ask her to come down here to Miami.

We have a tropical reunion.

I think I will.

All my Nene wanted was for her sexy Dexy to give a little ring -a -ding -ding.

You know, I think that story about that plum is just another pipe dream.

Hello? Who's this?

Oh, Ralph.

Yes, this is Dexter.

Yes, my faucet still drips, you drip.

Listen, Ralph, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I just called to say congratulations.

Oh, look at it this way.

She's stuck with pretty lousy plumber.

Where are you going, Dexter?

I don't know, and I don't care.

I can't believe this, Edward.

I'm really losing her.

How can I go on without my Renee?

Without her, life has no meaning.

Lord, you might as well take me right now.

Wait! You didn't let me finish!

Rick, you get on the phone and call the desk and tell them we can't get out of

our room. There's got to be what to do in a fire emergency card around

somewhere, so I'm going to try to find it, all right?

Let's see, let's see.

Wally's wrestling alligators.

Alice and Mermaid's on skis.

Bernie's smokehouse.

What to do in case of fire. Wait.

See, I got it, I got it.

That smoke's coming in. Edward, this door won't open. I'll have to break the

glass to get some fresh air in here.

Wait, Dexter, don't.

Have you gone mad? Look, it says here, don't let any smoke in the room by

opening a window.

What do you call that, hay?

Now, what it says to do is get wet towels and stuff them under the door.

I'll get them. Okay, Rick, you get the towels, you toss them to me, and I'll

toss them to you, Dex, so you stuff them under the door. Come on, Rick.

Attaboy. Here you go, Dex.

We've done all we can do for now.

The only thing left is just wait.

And hope that they rescue us on time.

Hello?

Oh, hi, Ann.

What's up?

What?

No, I'm not watching TV. Why?

Yes, Edward and Ricky are in Miami Beach.

Yes, they're staying at the Hotel Belvedere.

It's on what?

At this point, the cause of the fire is unknown.

One entire wing of the hotel is ablaze. Unfortunately, this wing was closed for

remodeling, and there have been no casualties thus far.

However, many people in an adjoining wing of the hotel are trapped in their

rooms. As is always the case in high -rise fires, the greatest danger is

inhalation. We'll have full details on our 6 o 'clock report, along with the

startling conclusion of our five -part investigative series on being single.

We now return to our regular program.

Oh, what did I do with that hotel number?

Time for The Family Fuse.

Skipper and Chip, and the Gambucci family, Guido, Ana Maria, Salvatore,

Dominic, and Chip.

I saw the news report.

Edward and Ricky are on the 17th floor.

Well, they could be trapped in their room.

Yeah, yeah, you're right.

I should think positively.

Well, there's a good chance they're not even in the hotel right now.

Yeah.

Thanks for calling.

We should have gone to the porpoise show.

But no, you had to get depressed about your girlfriend.

Sounds you right for trying to cheer me up.

I was better off when I had no hope.

Come on, we can't try on each other. We've got to pull together.

You know something? It's real funny.

A little while ago before this fire, I was feeling without Renee, my life

worth living.

Now...

All I want in the world is to live.

I swear, if I ever get out of this nightmare, no one will respect and

and save a life more than Dexter Roosevelt Suffins.

Roosevelt?

Leave it alone, Richard.

Dad, we are going to get out of here, aren't we?

You bet we are, son. I guarantee it.

Dad, this isn't fair.

I'm just getting started on life.

I want to grow up and be a great dad like you.

I want to go to college.

I want to be a doctor. I want to win a Nobel Prize.

I want to go to next week's sock hop.

I'm chairman of the balloon committee.

Son, I know right now Things look a little bad, but, you know,

it's times like these that you really have to have faith and truly believe

everything's going to be just fine.

Can you do that?

Yeah.

I can.

Why not?

Towel!

Sure, Dad. Good, good, good.

of control.

Helicopters are airlifting hotel guests stranded on the upper floors.

However, high winds are hampering the rescue effort, leaving the lives of

several people in doubt.

Oh, Dad, the door's getting hot.

Ah, so's this vent.

Ah, ah, ah.

All right, all right, we'll go in the bathroom. That's a good idea. We'll be

safe in a porcelain room. Right.

All right.

There's... There's no alternative but to go out on the balcony.

I'll have to break it. But, Edward, you said the smoke would get sucked into the

room. What do you call this, haze?

first.

It's okay, buddy.

There was barely enough room for us.

Honey, did you hurt your hand hanging from that rescue chair?

No, no, no. This happened in a helicopter.

The fat lady sat on it.

Edward yelled in agony. She just sat there and smiled.

You can't imagine what it was like sitting here watching that news report

describing that fire.

I mean, I didn't know whether or not you guys were alive or dead.

I have never felt so helpless in my entire life.

That's funny.

You must have been awfully scared, Ricky.

Yeah. It was a piece of cake.

Maybe I was a little scared.

Did they ever find out what caused that fire?

Yeah, I read it in the paper this morning. It was a short circuit and a

alarm.

That explains why we didn't hear it.

Actually, this experience has given me new perspective.

Life is too important to let a little thing like Rene dumping me cause me

torment. You're right, Dex.

No woman's worth that kind of grief.

Except you, Kate.

I am my own man, independent and strong.

Then I guess you don't want all these phone messages from Rene.

She called. She's strong.

Dexter, I thought you were going to be independent and strong.

Do you want to set yourself up for being hurt all over again?

You're right, Richard. Thank you. It was a momentary weakness.

Renee is out of my life.

I will not think about her anymore.

That woman is history.

Good for you, Dex.

Well, guys, my hand is really throbbing.

Boy, that was a heavy woman.

Boy. I'm going to go upstairs, soak it in the warm tub.

Oh, I forgot. While you were gone, one of the pipes upstairs sprung a leak.

There's somebody up there now fixing it.

Who is it?

Oh, somebody Dexter recommended.

A great plumber. His name's Ralph Alcorn.

No way.