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

♪ So 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 ♪

[SIGHS]

Hi, Sam.

How about a smile for Penny Potholder?

Go stick your head in the oven, Penny.

Boy, tough room.

Look, Dad, I know you're trying to cheer me up,

but I really do not care about that stupid dance tonight,

or the fact that it's the major social event of the century,

or that I'm the only girl in the 10th grade that isn't going.

Oh, well, w-wait a minute.

W-w-what about that girl with the mustache?

She's going.

Aah!

All right, Sam, you know what I'm gonna do then?

I'll make your favorite dish, sausage and peppers.

No, thanks, I'm not really hungry.

Oh, you say that now,

but when I start cooking, one whiff, you're mine.

Hey, Sam, what do you say, we'll go to the movies,

we'll gorge on popcorn, and go look for cute guys.

Oh? Just look.

No, thanks, I think I'm just gonna study.

Study? On a Saturday night?

Come on, you'll forget it by Monday.

Guys, will you stop? I'm really okay.

I don't need a special dinner,

or a movie, or anything.

JONATHAN: Hey, Sam!

You wanna go dig for worms?

Worms?

How low have I sunk?

Hey! It always cheers me up.

Especially when I get one of those big, fat, slimy ones.

Oh! Yeah, sure it does, pal, sure it does.

He needs some human friends.

Sam.

Sam, I'm going bowling with Jerry tonight.

No, Mona, I don't wanna go.

Who asked you?

You mean, you weren't gonna invite me?

On my date? Get real.

No, I was going to ask you to walk Grover.

Sure. What else have I got to do on a Saturday night?

Well, that's your own fault.

I believe you got some invitations

to this blast, didn't you? Yeah,

but look who they were from.

Pete Crawford... Oh, too short.

...Chuck Winters... Too tall.

...Larry Sherman. Likes disco. Ooh.

So I happen to have certain standards.

So do I.

They've got to wear pants.

Or at least own a pair. Yeah, yeah.

Don't you worry, Sam. We're gonna have a great time,

right here, better than those kids at the dance.

Hey! Sure, are you kidding me?

A dance lasts a couple hours.

My sausage and peppers stays with you for days, ha, ha!

[IN UNISON] Weeks.

[TONY HUMMING]

Hi. Welcome to the produce section.

Thanks, it's good to be here.

♪ Mmm ♪

♪ Hmm ♪

♪ Mmm ♪

♪ Hmm ♪

♪ Excuse me ♪ Oh.

Sorry. I was just centering myself.

It helps you focus your energy

and attain harmony with the universe...

and vegetables. Ah. Well,

I've always yearned to be at one

with a rutabaga heh, heh.

Oh, there they are.

Oh, but you don't want that.

I don't?

No, it's from Sunny Spring Farms.

So?

Well, they're owned by Demco,

which gets paper clips from Fryer,

which makes drill bits using diamonds from South Africa.

So unless you support apartheid,

you should only buy the peppers from New Jersey.

Oh. Fine. I'll take four of the Jerseys.

Oh. We're out of them. Ah.

Hey, sausage and peppers used to be so easy.

Hey, uh, didn't I see your picture in the paper,

president of the parents association?

That's me, heh, heh. Yeah.

You're setting up after-school activities for latchkey kids.

Well, it's no more than what any great president might do.

That sounds like a super project.

Hey, you know, I could teach a class in yoga!

Hey, that's-- That's a good idea.

I'll tell you what, you're on. All right!

It will be an honor to work with a man like you--

a man of vision, a man of compassion,

a man who would never buy a pepper

from Sunny Spring Farms.

Hey, you, uh, you really hang in there, don't you, kid?

I recommend the parsnip.

It's a very misunderstood vegetable. Huh.

A kid with a conscience. I like that, I like that.

Well, produce calls.

Okay.

Hmm.

Hey, uh, I guess between work and school, and all your causes,

you haven't got time for things like, uh...

going to a dance?

Oh, no, I've got plenty of time,

but we just moved here. I really don't know any girls.

I know one, heh.

I can't believe I finally got a date

with Bill Weston.

You think I sounded too desperate

accepting at the last minute?

Oh, no, you played it cool.

You hesitated for a full two seconds.

There you go, 10 little toes

all aglow with Riviera Red.

Riviera Red?

I'm using Crimson Sunset.

Great, I clash.

Well, there goes our tip, Madge.

Right, Blanche.

Oh, you know what would have been

a great accent with that dress

is my gold necklace.

It's too bad I lost it.

Maybe you didn't look in the right places.

Mother-- Try my jewelry box.

Mother--

And don't you dare touch those jade earrings you lost.

Well, I am off to the lanes.

I just love bowling with Jerry.

His mind is always in the gutter.

Oh, no! I've only got an hour and a half!

Uh, Sam, maybe you should cut down on your sugar intake.

Dad, I'm just drying my nails.

Well, okay. Come on, I wanna show you something.

Oh, this better be good.

TONY: Oh, it is, it is.

Nice walk, heh. Heh. So what is it?

Well, it's just something I, uh, picked up at the market.

Hey, all right.

Jesse, this is my daughter Samantha.

Samantha, this is Jesse Nash, champion of the downtrodden.

Hi, it's nice to meet you. Hi.

Did you know your nails are two different colors?

It's a fashion statement.

A bold one at that. [TONY CHUCKLES]

Well, you know, Jesse's new in the neighborhood,

and, uh, he's not too short, Sam.

Dad! He's not too tall.

Dad! How do you feel about disco?

Yuck. Yuck, Sam.

I can't believe this.

Is there some place I can clean up?

Those vegetables are loaded with pesticides.

Sure, it's through the living room

and under the stairs. You'll love it.

The soap is environmentally sound.

I know what you're gonna say.

I shouldn't interfere,

and I shouldn't try to fix you up,

but this is a great kid.

Well, he does have nice eyes.

You mean, uh, you're not sore?

No way.

Your taste is definitely improving.

All right! All right!

Hey! Now you got a date for the dance.

Yeah, but it's not with Jesse.

Bill Weston just called, and he invited me.

You know, Sam, if I'm gonna meddle in your life,

I'd better carry a beeper.

All right, well, I guess I'll go tell him.

You never know. Maybe we'll go out some other time.

I mean, when you drive a car,

you could always use a spare.

Just remember, you don't even have a learner's permit.

Come here.

Jesse, here's the thing.

A funny thing happened on the way to the market,

Sam got a date.

Oh, it doesn't matter.

It doesn't?

It's just a dance, it's not like it's an anti-nuke rally.

Well, anyway, look.

The invitation for dinner still stands.

If you're up for sausage and parsnips?

Yeah, sounds great. Okay.

Parsnips?

We were gonna have peppers,

but there were major global ramifications.

I really like your father.

I'm gonna be helping with his latchkey project.

Oh, really?

Well, I think it's important for kids to get involved

and not be so wrapped up in themselves.

Oh, yeah. I couldn't agree with you more.

So what are you going to do?

About what?

Your father's project.

Aren't you going to teach a class or something?

No. I mean, I never really-- [SCOFFS] Come on, Sam.

If you wanna change the world,

you gotta roll up your sleeves and pitch in.

I happen to like the world.

Anyway, I'm quite busy right now.

with, you know, my courses, homework...

shopping.

Shopping?

It's not just for me.

I help my friends pick out stuff too.

Gandhi would've liked that.

You do know who Gandhi is?

Oh, come on. I saw the movie, okay?

[SCOFFS]

Angela! Angela! Angela! Angela! Don't go in there.

Why not?

Sam's in there, talking to a boy

that I brought home from the market.

What was it, double coupon day?

No. The kid happens to work there.

And he's a great kid, Angela.

He's aware, he's bright, he's funny--

That kid is obnoxious.

So I forgot one.

Thank you, Bill, it's gorgeous.

It should be. It's imported.

You do look beautiful.

Thanks. It's Armani.

It belongs to my brother, but, uh, everything else is mine.

Well, okay, kids.

Your carriage awaits.

Thanks for letting Mr. Micelli drive us in your Jag.

My ex-girlfriend's father only had an Oldsmobile, ugh.

Bye-bye, Angela. See you later.

Bye-bye, sweetheart. Bye-bye.

Oh! Oh, wait a minute!

I knew I forgot something.

Just one picture, I promise.

Okay, okay. Okay?

It won't take long. I'll use high-speed film.

Parents. if it's not on film, it didn't happen.

I love washing dishes.

It's so...zen.

Oh, yeah. Um...

Uh, Bill Weston, fashion consultant, heh,

meet Jesse Nash, produce consultant.

Jesse's an old friend of the family.

We go back hours, huh? Heh-heh-heh. All right.

Hey, I'm gonna look for that camera,

so think "Cheese."

So, uh, where's this dance?

At the Longridge Country Club.

The Longridge?

Oh, no, what a bummer. You guys can't go.

What are you talking about?

Well, you see, there's this bird called the piping plover,

And it lives in the field next to the country club.

They wanna fill in the area and build tennis courts,

which means the plover will be wiped out.

And I'm sure that's not what you want.

Of course not, but it's just a dance.

What's it gonna prove if we don't go?

That you care about the plover.

I've never even seen a plover.

Well, that's too bad.

They're cute little guys.

Picture a large potato with feet.

And they have this great call--

Peep-lo! Peep-lo!

Peep-lo!

[CLICKS TONGUE] Beautiful, huh?

Dad!

It's not just the plover.

All living things are connected.

You destroy one, and before you know it,

you have a totally barren and lifeless planet.

I'm talking no plants, no animals,

no malls.

Dad!

Look, Jesse, I feel really bad for the little guys,

but why don't they just move?

Well, it's not that simple.

Why not?

Well, because.

Because what if one of the babies gets left behind?

He wanders around,

lost and alone... Night falls.

He's cold. He's hungry.

he tries to fly,

but his wings are too weak. [SCOFFS]

He staggers out in the highway.

A big semi thunders towards him,

but the baby plover's too scared to move.

All he could do is stand there and cry for his mother.

Mama! Mama! Mama!

Stop! Stop! That's horrible!

Sam, we can't go to the dance.

Don't listen to him. Can't you see what he's trying to do?

Mama! Mama!

That is not fair. Sam, it's just a dance.

No, it isn't just a dance. It's at the country club.

All my friends are gonna be there.

Sam, aren't we being

just a little bit shallow here?

Get out of my living room.

So are you gonna take me or not?

I'm sorry,

but I just can't do that to the plover.

How about a movie?

Good night, Bill.

See you.

Mama!

Well, you're doing the right thing.

Doesn't it feel good?

TONY: Okay, kids. I'm all ready.

Here I come. Ha-ha-ha!

Okay, come on, big smile now.

Big smile.

Sam, you're not smiling. Sam...

And you're not Bill.

No. He, uh, went to the movies.

Oh. Well, what a shame,

but, uh, ain't it great we got a spare, Sam? heh, heh.

Now you two can go to the dance together.

Well, I would, but, you see, there's this bird

called the piping plover--

Will you give it a rest?

I don't wanna hear another peep-lo out of you.

Dad, you brought him home.

You like him so much.

You go with him.

I don't have a thing to wear.

[HUMS]

Oh, uh, good morning, Sam.

Could I make you some breakfast?

No, thanks. Just orange juice.

Aw, come on, let me make you some eggs.

What, and break up a family?

Come on, Sam.

Don't take this so hard.

It was just one dance.

And a lifetime of humiliation.

Dad, I got dumped for a bird.

Yeah, but it was a rare bird.

[KNOCK ON DOOR] Yeah?

Oh, hi, Bonnie. Hi, Mr. Micelli.

Bonnie, what are you doing here?

I came to see how your throat is.

You still have white dots?

White dots?

Yeah, remember, why you wouldn't let me go to the dance.

Oh. Those white dots.

Oh, yeah. It was touch-and-go here for a while.

Too bad you had to miss the dance.

The band was great.

And there was this kid outside

with a picket sign, making weird bird noises.

But the funny part was, he had the wrong country club.

What? Yeah.

He meant to go to the Longview, not the Longridge.

Isn't that hysterical?

No.

Heh. Hey, Bonnie, maybe you should leave

before the white dots kick back in.

But wait, it gets better.

He put down his sign and came in.

He's a great dancer. His name's Jesse.

You'd love him.

Well, feel better. Bye.

Bye, Bonnie.

I'm gonna kill him.

Now, Sam-- You're right, you're right.

That means I'd have to see him again.

I'm gonna go for a walk. Oh, okay, sweetheart.

Dad... Yeah, honey?

Do you think I'm shallow?

What? Where did you get an idea like that?

I don't know, I was just wondering.

So do you?

Of course not. No.

Why not?

Well, for one thing,

a shallow person wouldn't wonder

if she was shallow or not.

I mean, sure, you spend a lot of time on the phone,

talking to your friends,

and, uh, a lot of time at the mall, buying clothes,

and, uh, a lot of time in the bathroom, combing your hair,

but that's not being shallow.

Then what is it?

It's called being 15.

Guess who's here?

We see, Angela. It's you.

Oh, not here. In the living room.

Sam, Jesse's here to see you.

Uh, tell him I'm out buying a fur coat.

Better yet, I'll tell him myself.

Now, now, wait a minute, Sam.

I don't blame you for being mad at Jesse.

I know he gets carried away sometimes,

but, hey, deep down, he's a good kid.

So could you do me a favor and try to be nice to him?

Dad, you're really asking a lot.

Hey, I'm not talking about best friends here.

Say, "Hi. How are you? Bye."

That kind of thing, you know. Would you do it for me?

♪ Mmm ♪

♪ Hmm ♪

Hi. Hi.

How are you? Great.

Bye. Hey!

Hey, Sam. Um...

I, uh, I feel real bad about what happened last night.

You'll get over it.

You wan-- You wanna try some yoga?

[SCOFFS] No, thanks.

What, afraid you'll look silly?

No, I am not afraid that I will look silly.

Hey, I know why you don't like me.

Well, that doesn't exactly take a genius, now does it?

You insulted me, you ruined my date,

and you talked my father into making parsnips.

No, that's not why.

Fine.

[SIGHS]

I knew you'd be back.

Okay.

Why do you think that I don't like you?

Because you're afraid I may be right.

Maybe you are shallow.

Oh! That is really rich.

Do you know what your problem is?

I'm ahead of my time.

Ooh! Ooh! You wish.

You don't know anything about people.

I think they should face up to the truth

and be themselves.

Right. Just as long as they're exactly like you.

That's really good.

What are you talking about?

Well, you just gave me a new insight to myself.

That's very perceptive.

I must be rubbing off on you.

Lucky me.

So...

does that mean you're gonna stop putting me down?

I'm not sure.

Great.

Sam...you know why I'm so hard on you?

Because you're a jerk?

No.

Because I can see your potential.

You're your father's daughter.

Keep going.

Well, Tony's a great guy.

He's warm, he's caring,

smart.

And there is not a phony bone in his body.

And I can see all those things in you.

You can? Yeah.

Deep down,

under all those trendy clothes.

Really?

Really.

So, uh...

is that yoga stuff hard to learn?

Nah. Just follow me.

Boy, you're really graceful.

I took ballet, heh.

I gave it up, though...

for shopping.

It's a little bit closer.

[EXHALES]

So see? I told you it's easy.

I bet it'll take some practice.

Lots.

[GASPS]

Dad!

Samantha.

Wh-what's going on?

You told me to be nice to him.

I knew that kid was trouble

the minute I laid eyes on him!

Jesse? I thought you were crazy about him.

I just caught them kissing.

Each other?

Yes!

And you didn't throw him out?

No.

Angela, what's happening?

Well...

looks like you and Sam are growing up.

I remember my first real kiss.

I was so...

so...

Old.

No, mother. I was so nervous

I lost control of my lips,

and I ended up French kissing his nose.

[LAUGHS HEARTILY]

You never told me that.

You promise you're not gonna tell anybody?

Hey, did I tell

how you broke Bobby Bruckner's toe

doing the Mashed Potato?

Yes.

Well, everybody knew anyway.

He walks with a limp to this day.

Okay, okay, I promise, I promise,

I will not tell anyone about your nose kiss.

TONY [IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE]: I will!

I'll tell the potholder next door!

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