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♪ There’s a time for love And a time for livin’ ♪

♪ Take a chance And face the wind ♪

♪ An open road and A road that’s hidden ♪

♪ A brand-new life Around the bend ♪

♪ There were times ♪

♪ I lost a dream or two ♪

♪ Found the trail ♪

♪ And at the end was you ♪

♪ There’s a path you take And a path not taken ♪

♪ The choice is Up to you, my friend ♪

♪ Nights are long But you might awaken ♪

♪ To a brand-new life ♪

♪ Brand-new life ♪

♪ A brand-new life Around the bend ♪

Boy, being in high school is rough.

Why weren’t we invited to that party?

Ellen Fromer only invites people

on the A list, sometimes the B list.

What list are we on?

Julia, we’re unlisted.

I know how Susie Bellamy

got in the in-crowd.

Yeah. So do I.

What good did it do?

Now she’s visiting an aunt in Europe.

Girls, I couldn’t help but overhear

that you’re having some popularity problems.

Yeah. We’re dirt.

You may not believe this,

but I went through a similar stage myself.

No! No!

Yes. I was dying to be in the in-crowd,

so I made a conscious decision to be more perky,

get my personality out there,

and before I knew it,

I was in the science club

and the debating society.

Boy, those are really perky clubs.

Well, laugh if you will,

but if Susie Bellamy had spent more time debating,

she wouldn’t be in Europe with her aunt.

[LAUGHS]

Anybody wants me tomorrow,

I’ll be at the mall 11:00 to 5:00.

Wonderful! You got the job.

A piece of cake.

I thought you already had a job.

You could call what I do a job.

I cook, clean, wash, iron, dust, mop...glow.

By 10:30 there’s nothing left.

Sounds good to me.

It’s a little boring.

They call it "the housewife blues."

How many Tupperware parties can I throw?

So, what’s the job?

Oh, well, let me tell you. This guy was looking

for somebody who could make a difference,

with creativity and organization,

somebody to serve the community.

So, what’s the job?

A fast-food joint.

It’s not just a fast-food joint.

It’s a theme restaurant.

That’s right.

This place is groovy,

it’s out of sight, mod.

On the fourth floor of the mall?

Could be.

Where spectacular kids hang out?

Yeah.

[ALL SCREAM]

You are working at the Yellow Submarine?

♪ We all live In a yellow submarine ♪

♪ A yellow submarine... ♪

I sure got some gold mine here.

Oh, yeah, yeah. And what a kitchen.

Double oven, eight burners.

You don’t know what industrial appliances do to me.

I see you appreciate the finer things.

I like that, manager. Welcome aboard.

Glad to be aboard, sir.

At ease.

Micelli, know what the key to success

to this place is?

Good food?

[LAUGHS] No way.

It’s the kids.

They love to hang out. They love to eat.

Love spending their parents’ money.

Good thinking.

I have a meeting.

You’ll have to hire the new waitress.

You can handle that, huh?

I’ve been studying waitresses a while.

All right!

Have a good trip, boss.

You bet.

Okay, kids, come on in.

Pass those applications up front, please.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Let’s see here. Williams, Cathy.

Hi.

Hi, Cathy. Sims, Ralph.

Ho.

Yo, Ralph. What’s happening?

Micelli, Samantha. That’s funny. I got a daughter--

Hi, Dad.

Dad?

Unfair advantage.

All right. All right.

Samantha, could we have a word, please?

What are you doing here?

Applying for a job.

I have a right. It’s a free mall.

I know, buy why do you need a job?

It’s time I became my own person,

independent, responsible,

knowing the joy of weekly paychecks.

Okay, now what’s the real reason?

Dad, this place

is the key to my social life.

That’s what I thought.

Is she applying for the job or not?

Please, please?

Yes, she’s applying. We do not discriminate

on the basis of race, creed, or daughter.

Okay, let me brief you

about what it’ll be like to work here

at the Yellow Submarine.

I am not a tough boss.

It’ll be a relaxed atmosphere.

Now line up.

As you know, the Yellow Sub

is a theme restaurant.

It’s based on that famous song by the Beatles.

Who are they?

You’re Sims, right?

Yeah, right. Yeah, good.

Okay. Some rules and regulations you should know.

When you’re here, you have a job to do.

No socializing or making dates with the customers.

[SIGHS]

Okay.

Let’s see.

I know there’s basketball games on Friday nights,

but Friday night’s a big night for us,

and your first commitment is here.

This guy’s out of control.

Now I insist on clean hands, clean hair,

and no gum chewing.

Huh.

Hi, Dad.

Well...well, young lady,

after looking through the applications,

you seem to be the most qualified

and the most here.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

Hi. Hi.

A ham sandwich on pumpernickel

with lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.

I’ll have french fries and chocolate milk.

Okay. Coming right up.

Slice the pig, pump and oil it,

and drag it through the garden.

A side of spuds and chocolate moo juice.

Here we go.

A splash of dairy-do.

Samantha, you’ve learned so much in just one week.

Well, I learned from the master.

Oh, that’s right. Well, there it is.

A fab four, banana-mania psychedelic surprise.

And a mere 1200 calories.

Now who is going to scarf it down?

Yoo-hoo!

I should have known.

Oh, I just love this place.

It takes me back to the turbulent ’60s.

The protest movements, the sit-ins--

I remember burning my first bra.

It lit up the sky.

Mother.

Oh, that’s okay, Mom. I’ve heard that one before.

Hello. Here’s one for you.

And here you go.

Oh.

You want a shovel for that, dear?

My, I didn’t think it would be this big.

[LAUGHS]

I’ll share it with you.

Get your own.

So, ladies, is our ace waitress

taking good care of you?

The service is wonderful.

So efficient, so professional.

So needed at table four.

Got to go.

Hey, peace, love, and rock ’n’ roll.

Oh, miss.

Could we have a little service?

Hi, guys. Isn’t this place great?

I just saw the captain of the football team.

And the president of the student body.

Isn’t that Ellen Fromer?

You mean El?

Oh, hi, El!

Just think, if a bomb hit this place,

the world as we know it would end.

[BELL RINGS]

Popularity calls.

When I hired you here,

we agreed to some basic rules.

You cannot hang around with buddies.

But, Dad-- No "but, Dads."

I am the manager,

you are the waitress.

Strictly business. Give me a kiss and go.

Mwah.

Oh, waitress,

would you take our money, please?

Oh, all I have is a 10.

But what the heck. Keep the change.

Angela, the bill is $12.95.

Oh.

Oh, dear. Here’s another 10.

Keep the change from this.

Cool. I’m going to be popular and rich.

All right. Well, ladies, thank you for your patronage.

Hey, bring these babes back anytime.

And we’ll see you later tonight, Tony.

Mother and I have a surprise.

Ooh. Okay. I’ll see you later.

It’s been a long time

since you surprised me, Leon.

If your mother looked like that,

you’d get surprised all the time.

Gramps, pass the ketchup.

Hey, don’t you gramps me, young fella.

[BOYS LAUGH]

Cool it, Leon.

Yeah, Leon. Cool it.

Never mind. I’ll get it.

Keep your hands off the table.

Ask right. Say please.

Oh, Leon, please, please, please.

ALL: Please, Leon? Please!

I’d better break this up.

Dad, do you know who that is?

Yeah, Leon.

No. No, Dad, please don’t.

Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Up. Let’s go. Get back to your tables.

Who’s going to make me?

I am.

Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo.

He’s going to hurt me.

Teenage abuse, people. Teenage abuse!

Don’t go to your table. Hit the road.

You throwing me out?

What a quick mind.

Take it on the arches.

This place is history.

Guys?

Come on, guys.

Can’t we talk about this?

See you.

What have you done?

You cleared this place out.

How could I know they travel in packs?

Boy, there goes my social life.

We might as well eat chocolate and break out.

Who will notice?

Here, have a fry.

Guess we got to get back to work, huh?

What work? This place is dead.

Look. Here comes someone now.

Oh, it’s Mr. Taylor.

Talk loud. Look like a lot of people.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Hello, Mr. Taylor.

Where are all my customers?

The kids are gone.

Oh, no. There are two right over there.

Yeah, but those aren’t the cool ones.

Where’s your father? What’s going on?

I’ll tell you!

That manager of yours did a wonderful thing.

He kicked those kids out,

and look how much nicer this place is.

[LAUGHS] Oh.

He kicked the kids out.

You betcha!

Yeah.

Can I see you for a moment, Sam?

Look, all I did was--

Oh, so you’re part of this?

No, no.

Well, he’s your father Weren’t you behind him?

No! In fact, I told him not...

I mean, I suggested that maybe he shouldn’t...

All right. Where’s your father?

He’s out getting supplies.

Okay. I got to catch a plane to D.C.

Tell you what.

Samantha, you’re a bright, capable young lady.

I have a favor to ask.

Anything, Mr. Taylor.

All right. Samantha, fire your father.

What?

Can your dad.

How can I do that?

It’s easy!

I fired mine.

No. I can’t do that.

Sure. Business is business.

Get rid of him,

the cool kids will come back.

They will?

Trust me. This isn’t personal.

Either fire your father or lose your job.

Alrighty? Okay.

Oh, Tony’s going to be so excited when he sees

this gourmet meat loaf.

Oh, let’s see if we have everything.

The ground beef, the bread crumbs,

the chopped onion, the egg.

Okay, we go everything.

So...what do we do now?

Order pizza.

Jonathan, show some support.

I went to your stupid gymnastics meet.

We have to put all the ingredients

into the ground beef.

Oh, okay.

Well, not as hard as it looks, huh?

How do you get this open?

No wonder I never learned how to cook.

Luckily, I’ve been watching Tony.

[GASPS] I did it!

I did it! It worked!

[LAUGHS]

[SIGHS]

All right.

I did my part.

Now, Mother, you do the kneading.

With my bare hands?

Mother...knead.

Ooh, this is nice.

Hey, looks like the stuff that came out of my lizard

when the rock fell on him.

Hi, Samantha.

I’d like an order to go.

Anything but meat loaf.

Okay, Angela. We’ll bring home something great.

[SIGHS] The restaurant?

It’s not too busy.

How’s Dad doing?

Well, he’s kind of--

Right here!

Dad, it’s Angela.

Hi, Angela. How you doing?

Good. Good. And you got it in the bowl?

Whoo! Yeah.

Well, this manager thing is a mere bag of shells.

Hey, I do have a great support team.

Yeah, all right, we’ll be home in about an hour. Okay, bye.

Okay, let’s get ready for tomorrow.

Because the key to this operation

is being prepared.

There are some things you can’t be prepared for.

Like what?

Oh, I don’t know.

Tidal waves, locusts, getting fired.

Getting fired?

Oh, honey, don’t be so insecure.

You’re doing fine.

So far.

What are you talking about, so far?

Hey, let me tell you something.

As long as I have a job here,

you have a job here.

You know what, Dad? When I was just talking to Angela

I detected something in her voice.

And it said, "I sure wish Tony was here.

"The house is empty without his smiling face

and bell-like laughter."

Bell-like laughter?

You know how she talks.

Come on, Sam, she’s getting along fine.

Hey, she cracked an egg.

[LAUGHS]

Hey, the fact that you’re here

worrying about Angela

makes me so proud.

Samantha, you have a big heart.

Dad, you’re fired.

Good morning, Tony.

Good morning, Angela.

Oh! Fresh-strangled orange juice.

My favorite.

Well, now that I have one job, I try to do it well.

Look, Tony,

I of all people understand the pain of rejection.

You can’t keep these things bottled up.

I have nothing bottled up.

I’m fine.

You can’t be fine. You were fired...

after only one week as a manager.

It’s humiliating.

You’re dealing with the shock and the trauma

and the self-doubt.

There is nothing worse.

Except this.

Okay, I can see

that this is too embarrassing for you.

I am not embarrassed about being fired, Angela.

Hey, I remember when you got the old heave-ho.

But it wasn’t Jonathan giving you the old heave-ho’ing.

I mean, it was so easy for her to do it.

I mean, she showed no sense of family loyalty.

How did she become such a cold-blooded,

heartless career woman?

Well, she was responsible and maybe a little ambitious.

Ah-ha!

So that’s where she gets it from!

Come on, look...

Good morning, Angela.

Hi, Dad.

Good morning, Samantha.

Well, what will it be

for our little working girl?

Hey, let’s see--

Some pancakes, some cereal,

some eggs Benedict Arnold?

No, Dad, I’m fine. I’ll get something at work.

No, no, no, Sam. You have to have breakfast.

Dad, it’s okay. I’ll manage.

Manage.

Yes, it’s nice when people can manage.

Oh, look at the time.

I better get going.

Yes, don’t be late.

We wouldn’t want you to get fired.

Bye.

You give them food, shelter, love,

and they turn on you.

Dad’s really bent out of shape.

Well, Samantha, your father’s hurt.

It wasn’t my fault!

I didn’t fire him. I delivered the message.

So you really had no choice.

Well...

I could have refused to do it.

But what good would that have done?

Then we’d both be unemployed,

and I wouldn’t be going to Ellen Fromer’s party.

Ellen Fromer?

Oh, El. She’s this really cool senior,

head cheerleader and everything.

Fully together.

I see.

Look, Angela,

it was Dad who laid down the rules.

Business is business. Nothing personal.

Sounds like you have it all worked out.

Yes, I do.

Then there’s really no problem.

None!

Well, shouldn’t you be off to work?

Glad you see it my way, Angela.

Bye.

Bye.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Shakes up, Micelli!

[BELL DINGS]

Picking up!

Here you go.

Hi, Sam. Coming to El’s party?

Yeah, I wouldn’t miss it.

She’s definitely got a cool potential.

That’s me.

It feels good to be here again.

No offense, but your dad’s a major mood-buster.

He just had a bad day.

He’s okay...now that we got him fired.

You didn’t get him fired. I got him fired.

I kind of miss him.

That funny way he talks.

"Hey, oh, hey, oh, hey."

[BOTH LAUGH]

"Ay-oh." If you’re going to quote him, get it right.

It’s "ay-oh, oh-ay."

Excuse me.

He sounds like that dwarf.

Was it Sleepy or Dopey?

I’d say he was definitely Dopey.

Here you go!

No you’re really cool.

Micelli, those are customers. What are you doing?

Something I should have done yesterday. I quit.

What?

It was an accident.

Let’s get out of here, man.

This place is bunk!

I’ll pay the cleaning bill.

It was an accident, that’s all, fellas.

Nobody moves.

Free fries all around!

Oh, now the other one’s back!

Samantha.

Dad, what are you doing here?

Look, I thought about this morning.

I acted real jerky,

and I wanted to talk to you about it.

It was hard for you to do what you did,

and you were right to fire me.

I don’t blame you.

I’m proud of you,

because when a Micelli gets a job,

we stick with it!

Dad, I just quit.

That’s my girl!

I hope that’s not for me.

Hey, where are you going in such a hurry?

To Cindy Brisker’s party.

What happened to Ellen’s?

Keep up with the news!

Ellen Fromer is out. Cindy Brisker is in.

When will you learn?

Where are you going?

To the Yellow Submarine.

That’s where the debating club hangs out now.

I am so proud of him.

Oh, yeah, he’s getting perkier every day.

Well, looks like everything worked out,

except for poor Tony.

He’s going to have all this time on his hands.

Oh, don’t worry. Tony’s very resourceful.

He was checking the want ads this morning.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

You did?

Excuse me.

Avon calling.

And have I got a blush-on for you.

[♪♪]