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Would you be upset if I stayed back in
the fourth grade?

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What?

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I figured you'd be upset.

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I don't understand, Nicholas. Your last
report called you had four excellents

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and one very satisfactory.

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How could you fail the fourth grade?

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I didn't. Kenny P. Landers did.

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Oh, yes. Well, that figures.

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What did he do? Bite the teacher?

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No. He snuck some bad words into our
spelling list.

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Good old Kenny P.

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Yeah. Good old Kenny P.

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Fifth grade would be pretty lonesome
without him.

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Now, wait a minute, Nicholas. You can't
stay back in the fourth grade just

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because your best pal is there. But,
Dad, Kenny says they save all the mean

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teachers for fifth grade.

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Oh, well, it used to be that way, but
now I think they kind of spread them

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around.

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Besides, I hear that when you go to the
fifth grade, you get a bigger allowance,

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and you can stay up until 9 .45.

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Really? Oh, yes, really.

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Dad, do fifth graders get to use the
words in Kenny P. Lander's spelling

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No, Nicholas.

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That's reserved for fathers when they're
thinking about Kenny P.

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Darn. That's right, Nicholas.

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Darn. You can go ahead to the fifth
grade, but you keep your language back

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the fourth grade.

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There's a magic in the early morning we
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When the sunrise smiles on everything

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around It's a portrait of

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the happiness that we feel and always
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is enough to fill our lives with love

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oh we spend our days like bright and

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shiny new dimes if we're ever puzzled

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by the changing time there's a

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plate of homemade wishes on the kitchen

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It is enough to fill our lives with
love.

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Okay, Dad, you're on.

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All right.

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There. What do you think?

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I think it's square.

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Nancy, honest pride is never square.

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I meant the picture, Dad, not why you're
starting this gallery.

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Well, when a man has one daughter
graduating from high school and another

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graduating from college in practically
the same week, he has to honor the

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occasion. When we get, Elizabeth's
picture should go right here, and then

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Joanie's picture should go over here
next to Mary.

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Gee, Dad, you almost make me wish I was
graduating from something.

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Don't wish. Harm her.

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Your publisher's on the telephone.

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Oh, no, no. You mean his secretary's on
the phone waiting to put me on hold for

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five minutes.

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No, I mean your publisher, Mr. Randolph,
is on the telephone. Mr. Randolph?

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He's... Oh, then that's important.
Goodbye. Wait, I'll be back.

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What do you think, Abby?

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Square? Very.

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But I love him.

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I don't know, Mary. I think that we
should all pool our money together and

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each graduate one nice present.

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Like what?

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I know what Joanie wants.

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Oh, you do? What? Speak up. A yellow
sports car.

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Nicholas, when you find a yellow sports
car for $20, let us know. Oh, really?

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Maybe it would be easier if we start
with Elizabeth.

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Well, actually, I don't think we should
get her anything.

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Why not?

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Because she's been walking around like
she's hot stuff.

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Nicholas, don't take it personally.

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She's just suffering from senioritis.

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You know what?

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Senioritis. It's a classic disease known
to attack high school students in

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graduation week. Yes, characterized by
giddiness and waves of self -importance.

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Well, can't we get her some medicine?

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No, Nicholas, I think this is one
disease we just have to let ride its

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Well, I hope I don't catch it.

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Ah, you'll catch it in exactly eight
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That's another good reason to flunk with
Kenny P.

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Well, anyway, I'm afraid I have some bad
news, mostly for you, Elizabeth.

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Well, what is it? Well, I just had a
call from my publisher. As you know, he

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supposed to be a speaker at your
graduation.

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Well, he had to cancel out, and guess
who's filling in for him? Yours truly.

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Well, that's great, Dad.

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How can you say that? I only have two
days to write a speech. It'll take me

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long to just stop shaking. Well, we know
you can do it, and if you need any

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help, just call on us. That's what we're
here for.

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But aren't you worried that I might
embarrass you in front of your

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I mean... What if my notes blow off the
rostrum? What if I start to stutter? You

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never stutter. No, but maybe I'll start.

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Don't sweat it, Dad. Everybody needs
something to laugh at at those dull old

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ceremonies. That doesn't help, Tommy. I
want Elizabeth's graduation to be

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perfect. You'll do terrific, Dad.

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No, all I'll do is make Joanie's speaker
look great by comparison.

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Susan!

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That's not gonna help.

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Why is she always late?

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Susan's not always late. Nancy's the one
who's always late. Why did she pick

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this morning to be different?

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Let's see, I give up.

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Why did Susan pick this morning to be
different?

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Sorry, I was trying to lighten things up
a little bit.

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I've noticed an awful lot of tension for
me these last few days. Hey, Mary, why

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should I be tense, huh?

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Come on.

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This is really a great time in my life.

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I'm graduating from college.

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I know.

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You remember I went through mine last
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Oh, I was happy.

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Nervous. Excited.

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Confused.

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And tense.

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Yeah. Yeah, I remember that.

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I'm sorry I sent it to you. All right.

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The big sister story.

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Joanie, you've got all my sympathies.

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I remember how scary it was for me
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When I finally realized that college was
over, now I had to go out and face the

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real world.

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I think I was copping out to be on
another seven years of education.

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No, I don't think you were copping out
getting a doctor's degree.

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As a matter of fact, I think I'm going
to go straight into grad school from the

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quarter. Really?

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Yeah.

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I think I should go right for the Ph .D.
in dramatic art. That way I can perfect

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my craft and have teaching to fall back
on.

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That makes a lot of sense.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, I think it's a logical, sensible,
mature thing to do.

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Very mature.

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Yeah.

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Unless I just take off from New York.

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Okay, so that's 20 crawl and 20 side
stroke.

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No problem, Mr. Napier. All right, I'll
see you about four.

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Bye -bye.

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Tommy, can you hurry? I'm going to be
late. We've got plenty of time. Not if I

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want to spend every minute I can with
the people I might never see again.

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Look, that was a very important phone
call. I got an interview this afternoon

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for the ideal summer job.

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A what? Babysitting John Travolta? For
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the city pool.

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Can you believe it? Four bucks an hour
for working on my tan and comparing

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bikinis. Can we please talk about it on
the way? I've worked 12 years to reach

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senior week, and I want to enjoy this.
You mean you want to lord it over us

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peons? Exactly.

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Yeah, we're all a bunch of nerds. We are
not nerds. Okay, then. We're robots.

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Baby robots.

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Yeah.

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Do you remember the class of 74?

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Now, they had style.

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They nailed all the furniture in the
faculty lounge to the ceiling. Well, big

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deal. Anybody can crucify a little
furniture.

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Yeah? Well, so far, we aren't even
anybody.

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We're the forgotten robots of 79.

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Must I remind you people that the tardy
bell has rung? Well, not for us, Miss

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Ryder. We're seniors.

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Young man, you are still students in
this school until the moment of

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And as long as that is the case, you
will follow the rules set down by the

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administration of this institution.

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Even she thinks we're nerds and robots.

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Yeah, you'd think that after slaving for
12 years in this institution, she'd

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remember that we're seniors.

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Oh, she'll remember us all right.

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Old Stonewall, are you kidding?

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Watch how I'm kidding.

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Graduations at Sacramento Central High
School are not a novelty for me.

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I have already had the privilege of
attending the ceremonies of my five

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children. Tonight, it is with great
pride that I witness the commencement of

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number six. My youngest daughter,
Elizabeth, is about to step across the

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boundary of childhood.

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What do you think?

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Don't quit your day job.

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I wasn't considering commencement
addresses for a living. I just want the

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feedback on the emotional content.

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Frankly, Mr. Bradford, I was choked up.

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Really? You mean the part about the
boundary of childhood?

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No.

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When I realized how much it means to you
that Elizabeth is getting her diploma.

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Oh, it shows, huh?

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Yeah, it shows, Mr. Bradford.

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Well, it should.

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I mean, there were lots of times I
wondered if I could ever get my family

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raised.

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I need milestones like this, Donna.

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I really need them.

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Elizabeth Bradford, Mr. Gillette.

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I should have known a Bradford was
involved.

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Is this everybody, Miss Penrose?

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I'm sorry, Elizabeth.

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Somebody recognized me and I had to
tell. If I didn't, the whole graduation

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would be canceled.

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Mr. Gillette, well, now that you've
located us all and we say we're sorry,

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the class get to graduate?

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We don't want them to hate us, Mr.
Gillette. They won't hate you.

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Because you have responsibly come forth
to admit your guilt, the graduation will

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go on as scheduled.

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Thank you, Mr. Diller. But obviously the
five of you will not be allowed to

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participate.

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Well, it takes more work than your cross
-chested carry bracket, but it looks

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like you can handle the job.

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That's terrific, Mr. Napier. Pool opens
the first day after school closes.

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You available?

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Yeah, sure, I'm available.

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Good. Welcome aboard.

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Thanks. Oh, there's just one little
thing.

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It's your hair.

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Well, I can wear a swim cap, can't I?
Yeah, you can wear a swim cap, but first

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you're going to have to cut that mop.

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Cut it?

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No hair longer than two inches.

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And I prefer a G .I.

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A G .I.? That's my rules, Bradford. So
if you want the job...

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Abby,

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he didn't even consider my 12 years of
good grades, my school activities, or

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anything.

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And this happened after you apologized?

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Yeah. And then he tricked Julie into
thinking on us.

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You know, other senior classes
practically destroyed the school, all we

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drop a dumb water balloon.

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And knowing Michael, he probably missed
the target.

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Which was?

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Well, I didn't really see exactly.

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It was just the stairs when all the kids
were in classes.

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You're right, Elizabeth. I don't
understand this either.

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What am I going to tell Dad?

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Excuse me, Dad. Got a minute?

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I'm afraid I'm going to miss that
terrific speech you're writing. I can't

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graduate. I have to pick up my diploma
this summer in Gillette's office while

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his secretary glares at me.

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You're not going to tell your father
anything yet.

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Because I'm going to speak to Mr.
Gillette for you.

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Well, thanks a lot, Abby, but you don't
know what you're getting yourself into.

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Gillette thrives on complaining mothers.
He destroys about 50 a day.

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Well, I'm not going to talk to him as a
complaining mother. I'll talk to him as

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one professional educator to another.

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Thanks, Abby.

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First dibs on the shower. Hold it, hold
it. Aren't you forgetting something?

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What? Senor.

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Mary, senor, he doesn't count against
two hours in the gym. Uh -uh. Oh, no.

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What?

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Oh, I knew it. It's from the park
service. I've got to leave my campsite

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Yosemite by Friday or I'll lose it. What
campsite at Yosemite?

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Front Day in the summer. Wait a minute,
Johnny. What happened to New York? New

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York? Johnny, but I'm to grad school. I
can go to grad school in September.

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I need the summer to get my head
straight. Wait a minute, Johnny. Hold

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think we'd better talk for a minute. I
know that this is a hard time for you,

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all right, but...

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Why don't you pick something and stay
with it for at least a morning? That's

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really easy for you to say, Mayor.

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And you know what you are.

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Joanie, so do you.

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Oh, yeah, sure.

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Joanie, relax.

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What you're going through is just like a
case of stage fright.

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Right.

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I guess it isn't.

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Hiya, Joanie. I'll take a glass.

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You know, you're just the person I
wanted to see.

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Yeah, me?

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Of course. You're the speech expert in
this family, right?

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Oh, yeah.

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Dad, I'm not an expert on anything.

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Of course you are. That's why I want
your opinion on my first draft.

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Dad, a family expert's one thing, but...
I mean, an expert out there is

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impressed more than eight people.

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Well, you can impress anybody you want
to. You'll be outstanding, just the way

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you've always been.

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I'm not sure I haven't wasted the last
four years of my life.

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I mean, am I really an actress? I mean,
is that what I should really do with my

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life?

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We've had misunderstandings before when
I treated a college senior like she was

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still a very little girl.

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I don't want to make that mistake again.
Your future is up to you.

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Oh, that's good.

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Your future is up to you.

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Is up to you.

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It's imperative that I see Mr. Gillette
before he leaves the office.

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Well, it's about my stepdaughter,
Elizabeth.

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Yes, he's one of the students involved
in the little water balloon incident.

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Well, how late did he say?

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Um, Abby, do you have a few minutes to
talk?

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It's on the phone, Joanie. Can't you
see?

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Oh, yeah. I'm sorry. I'll wait.

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Come on. He says it's very important.

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Well, so is this. Could you hold on just
a minute, please?

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Okay, thank you.

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Joanie, Elizabeth's right. This is a
very important and private conversation.

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Could I talk to you later?

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Oh, you want me to leave?

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Now you're getting the picture?

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Relax, Elizabeth. It's a personal
matter, Joanie. I'm sure you understand.

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Um, yeah.

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I'll be back in a few minutes, okay?

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I'm not sure I'll be here, then. I'll
have to get back in touch with you,

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I guess I don't have a choice.

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So I'm back.

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Uh, 5 .30, okay? That'll be great.

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I'll be there then. Thank you.

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I look like a bowling ball.

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And you smell funny, too.

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You're a big help.

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Oh, oh, oh, Joanie, Joanie, Joanie,
wait. How do I look? You look like a

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ball. Tommy, don't bother me right now,
okay? No, no, see, you don't understand.

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I've got this terrible decision to make.

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Do I take the best summer job in
Sacramento and look like this, or do I

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and stay a fox?

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Tommy, I can't decide my own life right
now. How can I possibly decide yours?

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But I've got to ask somebody.

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00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,000
Well, I have to give you the answer I
just got.

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Busy. Some help you are.

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Hey, Tommy, I care, and I think you
should look like a bowling ball.

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You do?

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Yeah. Because if you're the lifeguard, I
can get into the pull frame.

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Mr.

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Gillette, I'm Abby Bradford. Ah, yes,
Elizabeth's mother.

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No, actually, I'm her stepmother.

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I see.

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Please, have a seat. Thank you.

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Mom, I appreciate you granting me this
appointment so quickly.

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As I recall, we've had several such
meetings before concerning the other and

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equally trouble -prone children in your
family.

321
00:18:14,430 --> 00:18:19,570
No, actually, this is the first time
I've been here in a parental capacity.

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00:18:19,990 --> 00:18:22,370
Really? Yes. And yet you seem very
familiar.

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00:18:22,650 --> 00:18:26,290
Well, that's because I was here for
several weeks as a substitute teacher in

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Anne Cavalluzzi's English literature
class.

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That's where we met. Yes.

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So you see, Mr. Gillette, I'd like to
speak to you today not as a doting

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here to defend her precious little
child, but as one professional educator

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another. All right, Mrs. Bradford, that
would be very refreshing.

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Thank you.

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I think if you'll examine Elizabeth's
record, you'll find it quite impressive.

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She has excellent grades and heavy
participation in school activities and a

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-perfect attendance record.

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I mean, should all of this be erased
with one harmless little prank?

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As a professional educator, Mrs.
Bradford, you should be aware that

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pranks get worse every year. If we don't
draw the line somewhere, it could

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escalate into a very serious problem.

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I understand your concern, Mr. Gillette,
but in Elizabeth's case, this is hardly

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a major prank.

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Really?

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00:19:18,050 --> 00:19:19,930
Just what did Elizabeth tell you about
it?

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Well, just that she and some of her pals
dropped this water balloon down the

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stairwell. That's all.

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I'm afraid you were more a fond parent
than an impartial professional when you

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bought that part of her story.

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Her story?

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Did she mention that they deliberately
dropped that water balloon on one of our

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best teachers?

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00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:40,560
No, she didn't.

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I hope you will talk to her about her
lack of complete honesty.

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Yes, I will.

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Can we do tell her the latest
developments?

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The teacher, Miss Ryder, slipped on the
wet stairs.

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At first, we thought she had sustained
only minor bruises.

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Unfortunately, the pain worsened as the
day went on. I have just heard from the

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hospital where she was taken.

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00:20:03,470 --> 00:20:06,330
Miss Ryder has a broken ankle and will
require surgery.

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I'm sorry.

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00:20:10,130 --> 00:20:14,730
Mrs. Bradford, as a professional
colleague, I'm sure you must concur with

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simply cannot allow Elizabeth to
graduate.

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00:20:19,850 --> 00:20:20,850
Agreed?

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00:20:30,030 --> 00:20:31,170
You didn't even tell me the truth.

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00:20:31,870 --> 00:20:35,110
Abby, I'm sorry, but I didn't actually
see Miss Ryder on the stairs.

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00:20:35,370 --> 00:20:37,970
Well, that's just great. I mean, why
don't you just be like Nicholas and

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your fingers and say the lie doesn't
count?

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00:20:39,770 --> 00:20:41,070
I told you I'm sorry.

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00:20:41,310 --> 00:20:42,610
Well, here's the sorriest part.

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As a result of the balloon incident,
Miss Ryder slipped on the stairs and

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her ankle.

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00:20:47,430 --> 00:20:48,369
Oh, no.

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00:20:48,370 --> 00:20:50,870
Yeah, and she's in the hospital, and
she's waiting for surgery.

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00:20:51,330 --> 00:20:52,330
Surgery?

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00:20:52,530 --> 00:20:55,130
Abby, I had no idea she could get hurt.

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I'm really sorry.

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00:20:59,910 --> 00:21:02,790
Yeah, I know you are, but see, the thing
is that it's not seeing your funny

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00:21:02,790 --> 00:21:03,790
games anymore.

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00:21:06,390 --> 00:21:07,390
What do I tell Dad?

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00:21:10,190 --> 00:21:11,630
Abby, you said you'd help me.

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00:21:14,390 --> 00:21:19,830
Okay, okay. I'll think of something. I
mean, the least I can do is feel him out

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00:21:19,830 --> 00:21:20,830
for you.

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00:21:25,030 --> 00:21:26,690
Are you sure you got a haircut?

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00:21:27,630 --> 00:21:28,970
Now, what does it look like?

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00:21:29,900 --> 00:21:31,000
Looks like a fake.

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00:21:33,620 --> 00:21:35,980
Nicholas, how could you say that?

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00:21:36,740 --> 00:21:40,780
Well, I don't like the way it looks
around the ears, and the color's weird.

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00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:46,760
Look, you know what color my hair is.
Strangers wouldn't, so they'd think I

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00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:47,759
a haircut.

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00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,800
No, they'd think it was a fake.

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00:21:50,260 --> 00:21:52,780
I think you're prejudiced. I'm going to
get some other opinions.

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00:21:53,220 --> 00:21:54,099
No, wait.

390
00:21:54,100 --> 00:21:56,280
I'll tell you exactly what I think of
it.

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00:21:57,340 --> 00:22:01,720
What? Well, one of my... Hamsters died,
and you're wearing a fur hat.

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00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:16,280
Tom?

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00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:17,679
I'm busy.

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00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:19,140
This speech deadline is ridiculous.

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00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:24,080
I have to talk to you. Not now. I will
simply not embarrass Elizabeth at this

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00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:25,340
happiest time in her life.

397
00:22:25,540 --> 00:22:27,160
Well, see, that's what I have to talk to
you about.

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00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:38,040
Are you busy? Can we talk now, maybe?
Look, I think I'd just better retreat to

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00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:39,040
nice hot tub.

400
00:22:39,340 --> 00:22:40,279
Right now?

401
00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:41,280
It's been a hard day.

402
00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:44,000
Yeah, I mean, you've noticed.

403
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,600
Can we just regroup and find some time
tomorrow?

404
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:48,080
When?

405
00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,720
I don't know. I'll have to let you know,
okay?

406
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,140
I'll have to make an appointment.

407
00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:58,480
I beg your pardon?

408
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:02,020
Forget it, Abby. Just forget I even
asked.

409
00:23:08,300 --> 00:23:10,500
No, Tommy, it does not look like you got
your hair cut.

410
00:23:10,820 --> 00:23:13,480
Actually, it looks more like you've been
standing on your head in a pile of

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fungus.

412
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,280
Actually, I think you could get the job,
Tommy.

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00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,560
That is, if you were auditioning for the
gong show. Okay, okay. I just thought

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00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:22,560
I'd try it, all right?

415
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,680
I guess I'm going to really have to face
the scissors.

416
00:23:24,940 --> 00:23:27,180
Don't take it so hard, Tommy. I can
remember when you were bald.

417
00:23:27,460 --> 00:23:29,820
Big deal. I was a baby, and I didn't
know any better.

418
00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:32,220
Well, look at it this way, Tommy.

419
00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,640
When you're a lifeguard, all the girls
will be looking at your legs, not your

420
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:37,260
head. His leg?

421
00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:39,930
Yeah. What do you look for when you see
a lifeguard?

422
00:23:40,630 --> 00:23:43,870
Oh, character, intellect, artistic
sensitivity.

423
00:23:44,430 --> 00:23:45,430
Right.

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00:23:45,690 --> 00:23:47,870
That's what Joanie would look for.
Right, Joanie?

425
00:23:50,170 --> 00:23:51,170
Right, Joanie?

426
00:23:51,730 --> 00:23:53,210
What? Where are you?

427
00:23:54,090 --> 00:23:55,090
Where am I?

428
00:23:55,790 --> 00:23:56,790
I don't know.

429
00:23:57,210 --> 00:23:58,210
You tell me.

430
00:24:01,170 --> 00:24:02,170
Tell me.

431
00:24:03,330 --> 00:24:06,830
What? I don't know. There's something
very strange about that girl.

432
00:24:18,250 --> 00:24:19,390
I've been looking for you.

433
00:24:20,090 --> 00:24:21,570
Well, whatever it is, can it wait?

434
00:24:21,830 --> 00:24:25,030
I think it's been waiting long enough. I
have to talk to you in private.

435
00:24:25,970 --> 00:24:27,770
Have you been listening in on Abby and
me?

436
00:24:28,010 --> 00:24:31,590
Not since that time last summer when you
caught me and almost pulled my arm off.

437
00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:32,870
Oh, good.

438
00:24:32,890 --> 00:24:34,110
Well, what do you want to talk about?

439
00:24:34,490 --> 00:24:38,970
Well, this whole family has been doing
nothing but guessing. And I figured it'd

440
00:24:38,970 --> 00:24:41,490
be a lot better if you told me and I
could tell them.

441
00:24:41,790 --> 00:24:42,769
About what?

442
00:24:42,770 --> 00:24:44,050
About your graduation present.

443
00:24:44,970 --> 00:24:45,970
My present?

444
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:48,220
Yeah, why should you get something you
don't even want?

445
00:24:48,980 --> 00:24:51,380
Um, Nicholas, I don't want to talk about
it right now, okay?

446
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,520
I mean, you don't have any ideas either?

447
00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:55,620
Yeah, yeah, that's it.

448
00:24:55,820 --> 00:24:56,920
Well, would you take money?

449
00:25:02,580 --> 00:25:03,580
I'd take money.

450
00:25:09,060 --> 00:25:10,360
Dad, do you want to see me?

451
00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,360
Oh, yes, Tommy, come on in.

452
00:25:14,350 --> 00:25:15,029
Hi, Tommy.

453
00:25:15,030 --> 00:25:17,150
Thanks for coming. I'll tell you what it
is.

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00:25:17,530 --> 00:25:20,770
I didn't want to bother your sister, you
know, while she's enjoying getting

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00:25:20,770 --> 00:25:21,910
ready for the big night tomorrow.

456
00:25:22,150 --> 00:25:25,130
And I just wanted to know if I could
read you part of my speech and you let

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00:25:25,130 --> 00:25:27,430
know whether you think that I'm on
target for the younger generation.

458
00:25:27,790 --> 00:25:28,790
Okay, Dad, sure.

459
00:25:28,930 --> 00:25:31,150
Take a minute.

460
00:25:33,290 --> 00:25:39,090
As you, the graduating class of 1979, go
out into the world, you will find

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00:25:39,090 --> 00:25:41,090
numerous choices before you.

462
00:25:42,310 --> 00:25:44,890
Weigh your options and choose wisely.

463
00:25:45,590 --> 00:25:49,570
Know that in your choices rests the
future of the world.

464
00:25:49,790 --> 00:25:52,310
Now, do you think that will meet the
approval of your fellow students?

465
00:25:52,570 --> 00:25:57,130
Well, frankly, Dad, I... It's a little
corny, right? Suppose I take the plot

466
00:25:57,130 --> 00:25:58,350
about the future of the world.

467
00:25:58,570 --> 00:26:02,070
Well, it's not so much corny, it's just
I think it's a bit abstract.

468
00:26:03,190 --> 00:26:06,510
Abstract? Well, yeah, I think the kids
would be more interested in the real

469
00:26:06,510 --> 00:26:07,409
issues of life.

470
00:26:07,410 --> 00:26:08,410
What do you mean? For instance, what?

471
00:26:08,670 --> 00:26:10,290
For instance, uh...

472
00:26:10,620 --> 00:26:14,300
how much a person should sacrifice for
the sake of a summer's employment.

473
00:26:14,660 --> 00:26:16,640
Oh, yes, that's a good point.

474
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:22,200
That's a very good point. Real -life,
everyday issues be specific.

475
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,900
Speaking of real -life, everyday issues,
should I get a haircut?

476
00:26:27,140 --> 00:26:28,140
A haircut?

477
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,500
You want to get a haircut?

478
00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:34,820
Oh, listen, Dad, I... Well, this is as
gratifying as Joni and Elizabeth

479
00:26:34,820 --> 00:26:38,540
graduating. You've been a big help,
Tommy. I mean, first this discerning

480
00:26:38,540 --> 00:26:41,400
criticism on my speech, and now you want
to get a haircut.

481
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:45,920
You have no idea how satisfying it is
when you can rely on your children for

482
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:46,819
mature behavior.

483
00:26:46,820 --> 00:26:50,400
Dad, please, can I say something? You
don't have to. You've done enough

484
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:52,000
I'll take it alone from here.

485
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,160
And if I can do you any favors, just let
me know.

486
00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:57,520
Sure, Dad.

487
00:26:57,900 --> 00:27:02,060
Elizabeth, I couldn't reach your father.
He's all locked in, busy writing a

488
00:27:02,060 --> 00:27:03,060
speech in your honor.

489
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:07,460
Just wait till I start lecturing in my
honor and everybody's giggling about my

490
00:27:07,460 --> 00:27:08,460
empty seat.

491
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,180
There must be something we can do. What?

492
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,460
Well, I mean, I've worked 12 years for
this night.

493
00:27:15,860 --> 00:27:19,080
Maybe because Dad's the graduation
speaker, they'll give me some special

494
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:20,080
consideration.

495
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,880
Consideration? Well, after all, he is
Tom Bradford.

496
00:27:25,580 --> 00:27:28,040
He's doing the school a favor. Maybe
they could do one for him.

497
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,060
You could talk to Gillette. No,
Elizabeth.

498
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:31,600
I've already talked to Gillette.

499
00:27:32,060 --> 00:27:35,500
I thought you were going to help me. And
I have helped you.

500
00:27:36,420 --> 00:27:39,600
Elizabeth, how would you feel if Mr.
Gillette had a daughter and her

501
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,860
recklessness helped to get a teacher
hurt and his influence got her off?

502
00:27:42,860 --> 00:27:43,860
you think that was right?

503
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:45,800
I guess not.

504
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:48,080
Well, what do I do?

505
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,320
Well, I guess you're going to have to
start by accepting a few things.

506
00:27:54,990 --> 00:27:56,150
Like not graduating.

507
00:27:57,070 --> 00:27:58,070
Accept it.

508
00:27:58,450 --> 00:27:59,890
Along with some responsibility.

509
00:28:02,410 --> 00:28:04,130
Elizabeth, there's a lady in the
hospital.

510
00:28:04,350 --> 00:28:05,930
This writer has a broken ankle.

511
00:28:06,790 --> 00:28:09,310
Maybe you could start thinking about her
problems for a change.

512
00:28:11,110 --> 00:28:12,110
I'm really sorry.

513
00:28:14,170 --> 00:28:15,170
You're sorry?

514
00:28:25,900 --> 00:28:28,840
Hey, Elizabeth, were you talking to Abby
again?

515
00:28:29,300 --> 00:28:30,820
Just don't bug me, okay, Joanie?

516
00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:42,960
Who is it?

517
00:28:43,180 --> 00:28:44,180
It's Joanie.

518
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:45,720
Oh, come in, Joanie.

519
00:28:47,660 --> 00:28:48,660
Abby,

520
00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,480
I'm sorry to bother you again, but I saw
Elizabeth and I thought... Elizabeth?

521
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:54,440
Any better problem?

522
00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:55,700
No, what problem?

523
00:28:56,300 --> 00:28:57,480
You'll hear about it soon enough.

524
00:28:58,040 --> 00:28:59,100
What can I do for you?

525
00:29:03,140 --> 00:29:04,880
It's really good to hear you finally say
that.

526
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,200
Oh, boy, Abby.

527
00:29:07,940 --> 00:29:09,140
I need some advice.

528
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:13,400
When you're a professional, you're out
there in the real world. You know what

529
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:14,400
it's like.

530
00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:17,720
What do you really think I ought to do
after I finish school?

531
00:29:19,420 --> 00:29:21,000
I thought that was already decided.

532
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:23,040
You're an actress.

533
00:29:23,260 --> 00:29:26,780
Oh, right. Oh, why does everybody keep
saying that when it may not be true?

534
00:29:27,980 --> 00:29:32,520
I mean, I'm an actress in college, Abby,
and part -time in a little repertory

535
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,620
company. But, I mean, it's Sacramento.

536
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,000
I don't know.

537
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:38,920
Unless I go to grad school.

538
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:44,500
See, well, how did that strike you about
my going to grad school?

539
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,580
Well, you know how I feel about
education. If you want more, go and get

540
00:29:52,290 --> 00:29:56,010
Yeah, I agree, but what if I, you know,
I'm only going to grad school just to

541
00:29:56,010 --> 00:29:57,010
play it safe?

542
00:29:57,250 --> 00:30:00,230
Because I'm too chicken to go find out
if I really have talent.

543
00:30:01,370 --> 00:30:05,770
I think that you don't have to make a
decision like this at the end of a very

544
00:30:05,770 --> 00:30:06,770
hard day.

545
00:30:08,830 --> 00:30:09,830
Abby.

546
00:30:10,430 --> 00:30:15,010
Abby, college is going to be out, you
know, in a week. And people are going to

547
00:30:15,010 --> 00:30:16,210
be asking me what I'm doing.

548
00:30:16,870 --> 00:30:18,230
I'm supposed to be something.

549
00:30:18,850 --> 00:30:21,630
So be Joni Bradford, taking her time.

550
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:23,300
To make our own decision.

551
00:30:23,860 --> 00:30:24,860
That's what you should be.

552
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:29,720
Yeah.

553
00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:33,660
Yeah, I guess I'll just go to Yosemite
for the summer.

554
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,000
Yosemite?

555
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:36,520
Why, you don't like the idea?

556
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:41,740
No, Johnny, I didn't say that. Look,
it's just that I can't figure out what

557
00:30:41,740 --> 00:30:42,900
is you're trying to ask me.

558
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,320
I'm asking you to help me decide what to
do with my life.

559
00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:49,580
Tonight?

560
00:30:51,210 --> 00:30:52,450
Oh, Joanie, you're so dramatic.

561
00:30:53,010 --> 00:30:55,670
Oh, well, I thought that you don't even
care.

562
00:30:56,170 --> 00:30:57,170
I do care.

563
00:30:57,470 --> 00:30:58,470
Oh, you do?

564
00:30:58,650 --> 00:31:01,570
Well, how come you had all the time in
the world for Elizabeth today, Abby, and

565
00:31:01,570 --> 00:31:04,770
I had to chase you all over this house
just to beg a few little crumbs of your

566
00:31:04,770 --> 00:31:08,550
time? I mean, I sincerely asked you for
help, and you laughed at me.

567
00:31:09,230 --> 00:31:12,770
I apologize, Joanie, but maybe if you
could just take yourself a little less

568
00:31:12,770 --> 00:31:15,530
seriously for a few days, I mean, it's
all going to work out, isn't it?

569
00:31:15,750 --> 00:31:16,770
Oh, I knew it.

570
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,300
You have time to help everybody else in
this house, but not me.

571
00:31:21,700 --> 00:31:23,140
How can you say that?

572
00:31:23,740 --> 00:31:25,780
Well, I should have said it a long time
ago.

573
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:30,040
You avoid me, Abby. You have always
avoided me because I remind you of my

574
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,000
mother. Joanie. That's right.

575
00:31:32,780 --> 00:31:36,780
Joanie. Joanie's my mother's name. And
every time you use it, you think about

576
00:31:36,780 --> 00:31:37,780
real mother.

577
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,280
You don't like comparing yourself to
her, do you? I don't compare myself.

578
00:31:42,110 --> 00:31:45,430
I don't consider myself a rival of your
mother's. Well, that's right.

579
00:31:45,910 --> 00:31:47,850
You're not even in the same category.

580
00:31:48,150 --> 00:31:51,090
She would have been here when I needed
her. She would have listened to me. She

581
00:31:51,090 --> 00:31:54,570
would have helped. Now, just calm down,
Joanie. I'm beginning to see that this

582
00:31:54,570 --> 00:31:58,150
is a very serious thing for you, but you
don't have to take it out on me. Well,

583
00:31:58,170 --> 00:32:00,950
you take out your feelings about my
mother on me, don't you?

584
00:32:01,490 --> 00:32:05,010
Well, it's not my fault I look like her.
It's not my fault I'm named after her.

585
00:32:05,150 --> 00:32:08,190
Or my fault you can't handle it. Maybe
you just better leave.

586
00:32:09,210 --> 00:32:10,350
Yeah, well, that's fine with me.

587
00:32:11,660 --> 00:32:13,340
At least we know where we stand, don't
we?

588
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:15,900
We don't have to pretend we like each
other.

589
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:28,520
And most of all, graduation is a time
for parent and child to honor the

590
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,300
achievement of a common goal.

591
00:32:30,780 --> 00:32:35,160
To bask in the spirit of cooperation and
mutual respect.

592
00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,580
Now I'm finally telling it like it is.

593
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:55,960
What else did your father say?

594
00:32:56,760 --> 00:33:01,340
Oh, well, he said that the speech was
finally shaping up and that he was going

595
00:33:01,340 --> 00:33:05,120
to find a nice tree overlooking the
Sacramento River somewhere and work in

596
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:06,860
until the speech was finished.

597
00:33:07,220 --> 00:33:09,480
I just wish he'd waken me up first.

598
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:11,760
You mean you didn't talk to him last
night?

599
00:33:12,460 --> 00:33:15,280
No, I fell asleep before he came in. I
didn't even hear him.

600
00:33:16,140 --> 00:33:17,540
Abby, is there anything I can do?

601
00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:22,320
Not unless you want to look under every
tree along the Sacramento River for Tom

602
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:23,320
Bradford.

603
00:33:23,630 --> 00:33:24,630
Not really.

604
00:33:24,930 --> 00:33:26,070
And I guess there's nothing.

605
00:33:35,230 --> 00:33:37,110
Johnny? What is it?

606
00:33:38,170 --> 00:33:40,830
I know you talked to Abby last night.
Did she tell you what happened at school

607
00:33:40,830 --> 00:33:41,830
yesterday?

608
00:33:41,890 --> 00:33:44,010
Abby didn't say anything worth listening
to.

609
00:33:44,370 --> 00:33:45,430
Then she didn't tell you.

610
00:33:46,450 --> 00:33:50,130
Okay, I guess I'll have to. I mean,
after all, I'm ruining your graduation,

611
00:33:51,210 --> 00:33:52,990
What do you have to do with my
graduation?

612
00:33:54,370 --> 00:33:56,770
Well, in a couple of hours, Dad's going
to be very upset.

613
00:33:57,330 --> 00:33:59,990
See, he's looking forward to a
celebration, and it's going to be more

614
00:33:59,990 --> 00:34:01,790
funeral around here. What are you
talking about?

615
00:34:02,890 --> 00:34:05,990
Well, I went along with a dumb senior
prank.

616
00:34:06,230 --> 00:34:07,189
Yeah?

617
00:34:07,190 --> 00:34:10,929
Me and my friends dropped a water
balloon on the stairs. A teacher slipped

618
00:34:10,929 --> 00:34:14,550
it, and now she's in the hospital, and
they won't allow me to graduate tonight.

619
00:34:17,050 --> 00:34:19,429
Oh, Elizabeth, no, you're kidding.

620
00:34:22,889 --> 00:34:24,469
you sent a teacher to the hospital.

621
00:34:25,190 --> 00:34:27,770
Yeah, Miss Ryder. Her ankle's broken.

622
00:34:28,050 --> 00:34:31,409
Oh, Miss Ryder. I remember her old
stonewall.

623
00:34:31,630 --> 00:34:32,630
Yeah.

624
00:34:32,790 --> 00:34:33,790
Oh, gee.

625
00:34:33,949 --> 00:34:35,969
She was one of the best teachers I ever
had there.

626
00:34:36,790 --> 00:34:37,790
Are you kidding?

627
00:34:38,489 --> 00:34:41,949
No. No, I mean, I didn't think so when I
was in high school, but boy, when I

628
00:34:41,949 --> 00:34:46,150
went to college, I realized all those
demands you put on me were for my own

629
00:34:46,150 --> 00:34:48,570
good. I was really grateful, really.

630
00:34:50,590 --> 00:34:51,870
I'm sorry for...

631
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:56,960
I'm really sorry to hear about you.

632
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,200
I'm just sorry I made it so grim around
here when things should be so happy for

633
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:02,158
you, Joanie.

634
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:03,160
Oh, happy.

635
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:05,520
Oh,

636
00:35:05,940 --> 00:35:06,940
who's happy?

637
00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:11,060
Oh, Elizabeth, I'm so confused and upset
and can't even sleep.

638
00:35:11,460 --> 00:35:12,460
You too?

639
00:35:12,700 --> 00:35:13,700
Yeah.

640
00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:18,600
It's so ironic, you know, this big
family and there's nobody to talk to

641
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:19,600
sometimes.

642
00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:24,660
Susan and Mary don't really understand
and Dad's all wrapped up in his...

643
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:25,680
you know, for you.

644
00:35:26,180 --> 00:35:33,060
And then I talked to Abby and... Well,
at least I

645
00:35:33,060 --> 00:35:34,560
understand why she didn't have time for
me.

646
00:35:36,020 --> 00:35:39,880
Yeah. Trying to pound some sense into my
head has been a full -time job.

647
00:35:40,380 --> 00:35:41,380
Plus overtime.

648
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:44,920
Oh, boy.

649
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:46,500
Oh, boy.

650
00:35:47,940 --> 00:35:48,940
I'm sorry.

651
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:14,640
Yeah, that's me.

652
00:36:14,700 --> 00:36:15,720
Okay, done. Have a seat.

653
00:36:23,660 --> 00:36:25,040
But I read this one already.

654
00:36:25,380 --> 00:36:26,380
Read it again.

655
00:36:27,740 --> 00:36:29,900
Hi, I'm Paul. I don't think we've met.

656
00:36:30,140 --> 00:36:31,780
I'm Tommy. I've never been in before.

657
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:33,700
Uh -huh. I was going to say that.

658
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,300
Okay, Tommy, how do you want it?

659
00:36:37,780 --> 00:36:40,940
Well, I hear you're a great hairstylist.
I do take pride in pleasing my

660
00:36:40,940 --> 00:36:44,870
customers. Is there any way you can
style it to look like a G .I. and only

661
00:36:44,870 --> 00:36:48,830
off about a half an inch? John Peters,
Vidal Sassoon, and Warren Beatty put

662
00:36:48,830 --> 00:36:50,130
together couldn't do that, son.

663
00:36:51,770 --> 00:36:52,770
So,

664
00:36:52,990 --> 00:36:54,250
how do you want me to do it?

665
00:36:54,470 --> 00:36:56,770
Well, I'm not supposed to have any hair
over two inches long.

666
00:36:57,510 --> 00:36:58,970
You look too young to join the Army.

667
00:36:59,790 --> 00:37:02,430
Lifeguard. Oh, well, why didn't you say
so?

668
00:37:02,890 --> 00:37:05,990
What you need is a lifeguard pompadour.
No problem.

669
00:37:42,670 --> 00:37:43,810
I guess that makes you next.

670
00:37:44,410 --> 00:37:46,490
Um, no, I just came here to read.

671
00:37:46,750 --> 00:37:47,750
See ya. Thanks.

672
00:37:58,370 --> 00:37:59,370
Miss Ryder?

673
00:38:00,870 --> 00:38:01,870
Yes?

674
00:38:02,470 --> 00:38:04,910
I'm Elizabeth Bradford, Miss Ryder. May
I come in?

675
00:38:05,450 --> 00:38:06,570
Elizabeth Bradford.

676
00:38:08,090 --> 00:38:09,610
I recognize the name.

677
00:38:10,270 --> 00:38:12,610
Come on over here and let's see if I
recognize the face.

678
00:38:16,690 --> 00:38:17,690
Oh, yes.

679
00:38:18,670 --> 00:38:20,170
Where are your fellow fun makers?

680
00:38:20,770 --> 00:38:21,770
I came alone.

681
00:38:22,410 --> 00:38:24,290
I wanted you to have these.

682
00:38:24,970 --> 00:38:26,170
I see. Flowers.

683
00:38:27,170 --> 00:38:28,530
Put them over there on the bureau.

684
00:38:28,990 --> 00:38:30,530
The nurse will have to bring a vase.

685
00:38:39,790 --> 00:38:40,790
How's your ankle?

686
00:38:41,130 --> 00:38:42,470
What's this all about, Elizabeth?

687
00:38:44,770 --> 00:38:48,390
Well, I... I just wanted you to know
that I'm very sorry.

688
00:38:50,070 --> 00:38:51,690
Sorry is a very ambiguous word.

689
00:38:52,730 --> 00:38:53,730
Define it for me.

690
00:38:56,050 --> 00:38:59,510
Well, I'd like to help pay for the
doctor bills. I'm going to work this

691
00:39:02,210 --> 00:39:03,730
All right, I'll keep that in mind.

692
00:39:04,750 --> 00:39:08,230
We'll see what happens after the
hospital and the insurance company fight

693
00:39:08,230 --> 00:39:09,230
out.

694
00:39:10,090 --> 00:39:11,110
Now, is there anything else?

695
00:39:13,270 --> 00:39:16,230
My sister Joni says you're one of the
best teachers she's ever had.

696
00:39:17,070 --> 00:39:18,310
You may thank her for me.

697
00:39:19,150 --> 00:39:20,150
Now, what else?

698
00:39:21,350 --> 00:39:22,350
Nothing.

699
00:39:23,030 --> 00:39:24,030
Nothing?

700
00:39:24,270 --> 00:39:28,750
You mean you don't want me to speak to
Mr. Gillette about your timely act of

701
00:39:28,750 --> 00:39:31,030
repentance and suggest that he allow you
to graduate?

702
00:39:31,770 --> 00:39:32,790
That's not why I came.

703
00:39:36,170 --> 00:39:39,750
Actually, at first I tried every way I
could to stay on that graduation stage

704
00:39:39,750 --> 00:39:41,950
with my friends and listen to my father
give a speech.

705
00:39:43,930 --> 00:39:45,210
But then I started thinking.

706
00:39:46,490 --> 00:39:47,910
It just wouldn't feel right.

707
00:39:49,750 --> 00:39:50,750
We hurt you.

708
00:39:51,930 --> 00:39:54,030
We didn't mean for this to happen, but
it did.

709
00:39:55,170 --> 00:39:59,070
And now somehow I've got to make it
right and let you know that I'm very

710
00:40:03,150 --> 00:40:05,510
Perhaps you'd better tell your sister
something else from me.

711
00:40:06,110 --> 00:40:07,110
Yes, ma 'am.

712
00:40:08,410 --> 00:40:14,670
Tell her that Elizabeth Bradford is one
of the few students I ever had who

713
00:40:14,670 --> 00:40:16,070
learned something in high school.

714
00:40:17,730 --> 00:40:19,110
Thank you, Miss Ryder. I will.

715
00:40:21,070 --> 00:40:23,510
Of course, this doesn't change anything
about your graduation.

716
00:40:23,950 --> 00:40:24,950
Oh, yes, I know.

717
00:40:26,370 --> 00:40:27,970
Just so we understand each other.

718
00:40:29,049 --> 00:40:32,850
Now, why don't you bring those flowers
over here so I can really look at them?

719
00:41:00,009 --> 00:41:01,030
Abby? Hi, Johnny.

720
00:41:02,150 --> 00:41:04,070
Do you need some help?

721
00:41:04,330 --> 00:41:06,030
It's okay. I can handle it.

722
00:41:08,110 --> 00:41:09,390
Well, would you just listen to me?

723
00:41:10,550 --> 00:41:11,550
What is it, Johnny?

724
00:41:12,770 --> 00:41:16,470
I'm not... I understand why you had to
keep avoiding me.

725
00:41:19,770 --> 00:41:23,950
We spoke about a lot of reasons last
night, didn't we? Well, I know. I mean,

726
00:41:23,950 --> 00:41:24,868
really understand.

727
00:41:24,870 --> 00:41:26,370
I was talking to Elizabeth.

728
00:41:27,340 --> 00:41:28,360
Oh, you spoke to Elizabeth?

729
00:41:29,940 --> 00:41:33,660
Yeah. I'm sorry for what I said last
night. I wish I could take back every

730
00:41:35,540 --> 00:41:36,620
Well, some of it was true.

731
00:41:37,340 --> 00:41:38,500
I do leave you alone.

732
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:42,940
Not because you remind me of your
mother, but because you seem to want it

733
00:41:42,940 --> 00:41:44,200
way. I know.

734
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:52,020
I know. I seem to... Well, see, I had to
get pretty strong.

735
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:56,300
And then, uh... When you came...

736
00:41:57,260 --> 00:41:59,980
I just kept trying to act very
independent.

737
00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:03,880
And I mean, I am usually.

738
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:12,620
But sometimes I get very scared and
confused.

739
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:17,000
And I just want my mother, Abby.

740
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:19,040
Oh, no.

741
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,360
And she's not there.

742
00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:26,000
And that really hurts.

743
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:32,800
I couldn't admit that to you, and I... I
don't know, I just took it out on you

744
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:38,320
because she's gone, and I can't ever
feel, you know, safe like I used to with

745
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:43,560
her. No, and you won't either. We all
have to lose that feeling, you know, all

746
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:44,560
of us.

747
00:42:46,540 --> 00:42:53,460
I'm sorry, I just... I got furious at
you because you're not her, and... I

748
00:42:53,460 --> 00:42:54,460
understand.

749
00:42:54,820 --> 00:42:56,380
I'm sorry, Abby, please.

750
00:42:58,730 --> 00:43:00,030
Forgive me. Please.

751
00:43:00,410 --> 00:43:01,410
Forgive you.

752
00:43:03,070 --> 00:43:06,630
Yeah, you just forget about last night,
okay?

753
00:43:08,210 --> 00:43:10,650
And we'll start over, all right?

754
00:43:12,390 --> 00:43:15,930
Tony, I can never be your mother, you
know?

755
00:43:18,530 --> 00:43:19,530
I know.

756
00:43:19,930 --> 00:43:21,070
But we could try this.

757
00:43:21,810 --> 00:43:25,010
If you could forgive me, then I could
forgive you.

758
00:43:25,530 --> 00:43:27,710
And then we could just go on together as
friends.

759
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:38,480
Yes. Thank you.

760
00:43:40,460 --> 00:43:41,460
Ah,

761
00:43:44,020 --> 00:43:47,000
yes. Well, I appreciate your calling.
That was very nice of you.

762
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:48,480
Thank you.

763
00:43:49,180 --> 00:43:50,180
Good night.

764
00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:54,980
Daddy, can I see you a minute? Oh,
Elizabeth, it's just what I needed. An

765
00:43:54,980 --> 00:43:56,320
on cufflinks. Please, help.

766
00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:02,340
Yeah. You know, I don't know how I can
possibly hold an audience when I can't

767
00:44:02,340 --> 00:44:03,340
even dress myself.

768
00:44:03,500 --> 00:44:06,080
I don't know if I can help you. My hands
are shaking. They are?

769
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:07,760
Oh, they are.

770
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:10,460
Don't worry about it. It's a big night.

771
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:16,800
Daddy, about tonight, I'm going to
embarrass you very badly.

772
00:44:17,020 --> 00:44:17,899
Now, listen.

773
00:44:17,900 --> 00:44:20,740
Every time I make a speech, it's an
embarrassment.

774
00:44:21,060 --> 00:44:24,340
Don't worry about it. You don't
understand. You're going to be up there

775
00:44:24,340 --> 00:44:27,400
about all your pride and your daughter,
the graduate, and I won't even be there.

776
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:28,600
You'll be there.

777
00:44:32,240 --> 00:44:33,098
won't, Daddy.

778
00:44:33,100 --> 00:44:36,080
I'm trying to tell you they won't let
me. I'll be home.

779
00:44:36,340 --> 00:44:37,340
You'll be there.

780
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:42,220
Not physically, maybe, but in my
thoughts and in my pride for what you

781
00:44:42,220 --> 00:44:43,240
Miss Ryder this afternoon.

782
00:44:43,500 --> 00:44:45,420
Miss Ryder? That's right. She called.

783
00:44:45,720 --> 00:44:48,580
I'm only sorry I was in hiding when you
needed me most.

784
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,740
But from what she tells me, you did just
fine on your own.

785
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:56,200
And no matter what happens tonight, they
can't take that away from either one of

786
00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:57,200
us.

787
00:44:58,380 --> 00:44:59,520
You mean you don't hate me?

788
00:45:00,220 --> 00:45:01,220
Hate you.

789
00:45:06,250 --> 00:45:08,050
You just wait till I get through with
this speech.

790
00:45:15,570 --> 00:45:19,930
So let us take this time to praise our
young people for their honesty and

791
00:45:19,930 --> 00:45:24,290
courage and to demonstrate our love and
approval as they leave Sacramento

792
00:45:24,290 --> 00:45:28,390
Central High School to follow their
dreams, thereby bringing those of our

793
00:45:28,390 --> 00:45:30,990
generation closer to fulfillment.

794
00:45:34,260 --> 00:45:38,080
The first speech I've heard that sounded
better than reruns. Obviously.

795
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:42,060
That's twice the applause that I got
tonight in the auditorium filled with 3

796
00:45:42,060 --> 00:45:43,060
,000 people.

797
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:49,740
Now, will Elizabeth Bradford please step
forward?

798
00:46:28,590 --> 00:46:32,910
It is with special pride that I bestow
her official high school diploma on

799
00:46:32,910 --> 00:46:33,910
Elizabeth Bradford.

800
00:46:35,310 --> 00:46:40,390
Those of us gathered here are not only
aware of her achievements the past 12

801
00:46:40,390 --> 00:46:44,290
years, but also the past 12 hours.

802
00:46:45,170 --> 00:46:47,230
Learning is not always in books and
classes.

803
00:46:47,990 --> 00:46:52,070
Learning is even more essential in our
daily realities of our human

804
00:46:52,070 --> 00:46:53,070
relationships.

805
00:46:54,220 --> 00:46:58,340
Elizabeth Bradford has shown that she
truly deserves the certificate of

806
00:46:58,340 --> 00:47:01,580
accomplishment and maturity.

807
00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:09,440
Hereby, proudly bestowed, Magna Cum
Bradford.

808
00:47:29,100 --> 00:47:30,420
You're going to not what?

809
00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:34,440
Hey! Oh, I'm sorry. I think I won't go
to my graduation.

810
00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:37,080
Yeah, I know. It's too formal.

811
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:40,460
And the whole drama department might
have a celebration picnic instead.

812
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:45,200
Oh, great, after I spend $20 on film and
flashbulbs. Oh, no, Dad, it's okay. We

813
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:48,520
can have a nice little private ceremony
with only the immediate family in

814
00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:51,760
attendance. Dad, does that mean you're
going to say your same old speech?

815
00:47:52,420 --> 00:47:53,460
Good point, Nicholas.

816
00:47:54,010 --> 00:47:57,370
Unless you give me the pleasure and the
honor of watching you march across that

817
00:47:57,370 --> 00:48:01,310
stage with cap and gown, I am prepared
to threaten you with oratory.

818
00:48:02,190 --> 00:48:03,190
Oh.

819
00:48:03,370 --> 00:48:05,390
Okay. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll do
it, sir.

820
00:48:05,970 --> 00:48:06,970
Good.

821
00:48:07,750 --> 00:48:12,010
See? I can make a decision. Yes, and
that will make me happy. And I will also

822
00:48:12,010 --> 00:48:14,310
give Tommy another good reason to get a
haircut.

823
00:48:14,710 --> 00:48:18,410
Uh, sorry, Dad, but the haircut's been
called off.

824
00:48:18,810 --> 00:48:20,110
No haircut?

825
00:48:21,210 --> 00:48:23,570
Oh, Tommy, you didn't lose your
lifeguard job.

826
00:48:23,900 --> 00:48:28,120
No, I got a better offer. My rock band
and I got an all -summer -long gig at

827
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:28,839
teen center.

828
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:32,920
Not only will I be making better money
than lifeguarding, but I have all day to

829
00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:33,879
lie around the pool.

830
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:34,880
Hey, congratulations.

831
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:38,820
Does that mean that you will keep that
unfortunate hairdo?

832
00:48:39,900 --> 00:48:40,900
Well, sort of.

833
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:45,040
Sort of? You mean they might make you
trim it down something like David's?

834
00:48:45,460 --> 00:48:48,280
No, Dad. Actually, they want me to wear
this.

