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I walk an unfamiliar road this morning.

The band ahead will take me to the right.

Bringing me to first time faces, first time words to say.

Inside me there's a tremble and a wonder.

I long to know what so...

And the earth is so rambling and white.

Tell me where to go when the sun gets low.

In the cold midnight rain.

Where do I hide?

I take my strength from all our tender memories.

I'm just the total of what I've become You say

my feet are firm as rock, but if they turn to clay

Times like these, the beginning of a school year, it's appropriate to give a

speech of welcome.

I'm not sure that's appropriate in this instance. I think a speech of warning

would be more to the point. I think you all should be warned and then told where

the exits are and you could all run for your lives.

If you don't already know it, my name is Philip Tenhausen. This is my wife,

Margaret. And on behalf of both of us and the staff, we want to welcome you to

Herod.

I'm very happy to see that you've all...

Most of you, at any rate, have met your roommates.

And I hope that in the short time that you've had that you've found them to be

people that you'd like to know better. The question that is written on some of

your foreheads and is palpable in the room right now is how were these

selections of roommates made?

Well, the answer for the time being, at any rate, is going to have to be they

were made very carefully.

And you're going to have to trust us in this matter. This year, we're all of us

going to be embarked on an adventure into the unknown.

In technical language, it would be called a controlled group experiment in

premarital relations.

But in real language, simple language, it's that we're going to be exploring

ourselves through others.

Now, during this year, you're going to be expected, well, not really expected,

you're going to be encouraged to have sexual intimacy.

as a necessary and good element in the art of loving, which we feel is not only

physical but spiritual.

We're going to be asking some very difficult questions and hopefully we'll

get some answers. Questions like the words adultery, fidelity to one partner,

exclusivity in marriage. Are these words operative in today's society or are they

inoperative? Is love with a stranger satisfactory or unsatisfactory?

Can a free society remain truly free without a constant renewal of its

values?

Now, we don't claim any originality in this quest. I mean, it's been going on

for centuries.

Socrates said, by all means, get married. You get a good wife, you become

happy. If you get a bad wife, you become a philosopher.

This year, we hope to find that it's possible.

to have both those elements, the intellectual as well as the physical, in

one marriage.

You will, of course, during the course of the year, have the option of changing

your roommates, but that's going to be limited to once a month.

And it's going to be an inflexible rule, no exceptions made, because we feel very

strongly that one month is the minimum amount of time necessary to get to know

another human being. Well, that's about all I have to say, except good luck to

all of us.

Margaret?

Well, I'd also like to welcome you.

And to answer a question I've heard many of you asking each other, why so small a

class?

We felt that during this first year especially, our chances for success

would be far greater with a small select group.

We, of course, hope that in the future, enrollment will assume a normal level.

You are the charter members.

Our door will be open to you at any hour for consultation or to help with any

problems that you might have.

Please feel free to come and see us.

Please do.

Are there any questions?

Yes, Dr.

Tenhausen, I have a question.

Yes, Emmett.

When do we eat?

How do you think it went?

Hmm?

How do you think it went?

Philip, I think it went very well.

The first day.

Margaret, do we know enough?

You know, as I was talking to the kids, I kept seeing Valerie Latrobe.

Every time I think of that girl, I get the shakes.

And she tested out so well in the written exam. Oh, thank God for the

personal interviews.

That girl had been accepted.

Ten minutes later, she would have been screaming rape and running.

And ten minutes after that, the board of directors would have been down on us

with tar and feathers.

John Collinsworth never would have allowed that.

Oh, but there's a limit, honey. There's a limit.

How many more Valerie Latrobes do we have upstairs right now?

You weren't at that second board meeting, you know. Not only were they

not going to give us the money, but I was being accused of being a sex fiend.

Having a master design for undermining the morals of America's youth.

They're tied to the past, honey.

They're afraid. Most people are. Well, without John Carnesworth, we wouldn't be

here today.

That speech he gave in defense of the project was pure Daniel Webster.

He believes in you.

He knows a new concept always carries a great risk.

Philip, we have the best professionals in 26 years of experience between us.

Yeah, we do, don't we?

Oh, yes, Sheila. I'm sorry to disturb you.

All right, sit down.

Would you like a glass of wine?

Oh, yes, thank you.

You getting settled?

Uh-huh.

Has my roommate called or anything?

No, but I'm sure he's on the way.

Well, do you think something's happened?

Like he changed his mind or something? Sheila, he wouldn't do that.

We expected some of the girls to change their minds, maybe, but...

I gotta go now.

I'll see you later.

How you

doing

in there?

What?

I say, how you doing in there?

You okay?

Oh, yeah, fine.

That's good.

You can come in.

Oh, there you are.

How you doing in here?

Fine, how you doing?

I've just been outside checking out the place, seeing if everything was okay.

And is it?

Oh, yeah, yeah. Everything seems to be okay.

Do you want me to leave?

Leave? For that?

No, no, no. I want you to stay.

I mean, if you're not finished yet.

I could go in the other room if you want to do something.

No, listen, let me together. We'll probably be doing a lot of this, right?

Right.

So we might as well get used to it.

Yeah, I guess so.

Sure.

You know, it's funny.

When I first saw you today, I thought you'd be stuffy.

You know, the kind of guy who lines his books up according to height.

Nah, never.

Is that what you thought?

Yeah. Isn't that silly?

What would you do if I turned out to be like that?

But you're not.

I know, I know, but let's just say that I was.

I think I'd like you anyway.

I'm going to bed.

Are you going to stay up?

Just a little while longer.

and expects us to sleep together tonight.

I don't.

Harry?

Yes? You do line your books up according to height, don't you?

Yes.

You don't have to play games.

You sly dog.

You do that.

I beat you for a buck every time. Hey, pardon me. Is that the road to

Herodotus? Yeah, two and a half miles straight up the road. Can't miss it.

Thanks a lot.

Hey, what do you want to know?

I'm a student up there.

Student?

That's so funny.

What are you studying, biology?

No. What do you mean?

They don't go to school up there.

I know what they do up there.

What do they do up there?

Do you know they hold me adult night classes? I'm figuring to improve myself.

Of course, it probably takes a pretty stiff requirement to get in.

Well, I understand that they're planning on some courses in adult extension.

Are you kidding me?

No, I'm not kidding you.

Adult extension?

Where'd you go?

Oh, I was out of cigars.

I didn't know you smoked.

Oh, yeah, a couple of years now. It, uh, helps me relax.

So, uh, what kind of guys are you used to?

What do you mean, used to?

I mean, what kind of guys do you usually date?

Oh.

Arsonists, smugglers, thieves, guys like that.

What do you think I do?

Someone I get along with.

We're computerized, you know.

Did you expect someone like me? No, I didn't expect someone like you.

You see, I knew that they put similar people together.

And I thought to myself, my God, I don't want to get a girl that looks like me.

Are you disappointed?

No, no, I'm not disappointed.

But you must be, though. I mean, I'm sure you didn't expect... The creep you

think you are?

I just thought if you were going to put yourself down so much, I'd see if I

could help.

Isn't that what a friend is for?

I guess it pays to know your friend.

Harry, why don't you put out that dumb cigar? You're only going to make

yourself sick.

Why do you do things like that?

Just be yourself.

I want to know you.

Guess I'm just not the type of guy who goes around laying every girl he sees.

Beth, I... I don't have much experience at this.

Somehow I sense that.

What do you expect me to do?

You're grown up now, Harry.

We'll do what you want.

Sheila Grove.

No.

I know you're not.

It's Danny Cole, aren't you?

You're not Sheila Grove.

Next door.

Listen, we try to be pretty hang loose around here, but when the door is

closed, it usually means something private is going on.

It'd be a lot easier if you took your pants off first.

Hey, you got a license for that?

I'm a second floor monitor.

You should be in bed.

What are you, some kind of weirdo?

Sheila Grove.

Yes.

You Stanley Cole?

Uh-huh.

Nice to meet you.

It's nice to meet you.

So, uh, what's happening?

Did I miss much?

Oh, no, just the first meeting.

And dinner.

Oh, yeah.

Dinner.

Are you through in there?

Oh, yeah, sure.

They passed out the schedules.

Yoga class is first thing in the morning, 7.30.

In the nude.

But you don't have to go if you don't want to.

If you talk to Dr.

Shepnookley.

And human values class in the afternoon.

That's all for tomorrow.

Hey, who's the couple next door?

About Terry and Beth.

I hope like hell you're now living pissed.

What?

Oh, is it all right?

Sure.

Yeah, just a minute.

Okay.

Talk to you in the morning.

Physical exercise has its rightful place. That isn't the issue.

Well, I wouldn't worry about it, Wilson. Sheila feels the same way you do. And 10

ounces said she could lay out a day or two, didn't he? Yes, you said I could if

I went and talked to Dr. Shetner about modesty.

I don't want you to think I view my body as a shrine.

It's nothing as medieval as that.

Well, that's good. That's very good, Wilson. I simply find it questionable

done in this manner.

You simply don't want anyone to see you naked. Then am I to assume my personal

needs have no bearing in this?

What else besides personal needs is the issue here?

Why don't you talk to Dr. Shepner about it like I'm doing?

Well, I'm going to the library.

See you in human values class.

Okay.

Hmm.

Listen, Barbara, how do you feel about all this?

Oh, I don't mind. I think it fits right in. Well, there, Wilson, you see.

My objection is not to the concept of exercise.

As a matter of fact, the Latin principle of inconcordium mentis incorporis is

quite valid.

But I think the requirements that all exercises be performed in the nude is

dictatorial, to say the least.

Well, I think we should learn to view our bodies without embarrassment,

without any Victorian sense of guilt or modesty. Oh, come now.

Don't you find it rather furtive that we're informed of such a requirement

after we've already gotten here?

I think the degree of disrobing should be left to the individual.

Now, you may be right there, Wilson. I just find it rather difficult to

compromise my sense of judgment in this matter.

Well, I don't see why your body can't be a shrine when certainly Barbara's is.

Oh, Wilson is so modest.

It's not so much a question of modesty.

It is a matter of aesthetics.

Well, I'll see you later.

Where would... Where would one find this Dr. Shepner's office?

One would try the main floor right next to the infirmary.

And then through the chest, instead of just breathing shallowly through the

chest. Okay, everybody ready?

Take in all the energy from the air around you.

Take a deep breath slowly, slowly through your nose.

Rotate your hand.

Take the energy in from the ground, through the palms of your hand, through

your fingertips.

Take all the energy in from the sun.

Suspend your breath.

Push all the toxins down and into the earth.

Take all the energy in from the earth.

Stretch out this time rather than up. Open the back.

Suspend your breath.

Let's everybody hold hands.

Okay, we're going to pass a couple of zooms around.

But remember, you've got to make contact. It doesn't count unless you

make contact, okay?

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Zoom. Zoom In the English language, the word for marriage is wedlock.

Now, in spite of the suspicious sound of that word, civilized societies have

taken on a one-to-one relationship of wedlock as the proper arrangement

between man and woman.

Now, this may be proper, but it's also inflexible.

And as a result, people in wedlock tend to depend upon each other for all of

their emotional needs, as if one person could satisfy all the needs of another,

in or out of marriage.

But don't you think that's a possibility?

The two people can completely fulfill each other?

Well, Sheila, that's society's ideal, and certainly this relationship can

exist. But more often, rather than sharing and meeting the needs of

another, marriage means two people sharing only their loneliness together.

Hmm. My parents should be here.

Well, and in many cases, this has worked.

Control of family, of children, of responsibility.

But it's also a legal contract. What's wrong with a legal contract?

Well, a contract can imply ownership.

Ownership implies something to be jealously guarded.

Now, jealousy under these rules is sometimes regarded as being good. It

means you care.

And so a destructive emotion like jealousy becomes a feeling worthy of

expression. Now, in reality, we know that jealousy is repression and

frustration.

Unfortunately, these feelings are sometimes idealized by young people

under the notion that these are signs of romantic love.

Assuming that marriage is based on these strange ideas, what is the proper

approach? All right, should the approach be a string of affairs, conventional

marriage, group marriage?

I think before we decide, we have to root out some archaic attitudes.

Excuse me, Mrs. Tenhausen. Margaret.

Excuse me, Margaret.

Archaic attitudes. What do you mean by that?

Hate, jealousy, possessiveness, feelings of inadequacy, some forms of guilt.

destructive attitudes that we have come to accept as being normal.

I think we all agree with that and have gone beyond it to some extent or we

wouldn't be here.

Do you? Yeah,

I think we're a pretty well liberated group.

Do you all agree with that?

That's great.

That means we can move a little faster in this thing.

We're going to be using a device in these classes from time to time called

the improvisational technique. So let's get with it right now.

Stanley. Sheila, would you stand up, please?

Harry? Beth?

Up, please. Don't be frightened by this at all. It's a very simple technique,

and we're going to try one that's not complicated at all.

Now, in this exercise, we're going to deal with one of the facets of the word

love. Now, we're going to deal with that word a lot in these classes because it's

one of the most powerful influences in all our lives. Now, this one's going to

be simple.

It's kind of a tune-up. It's going to be a pretend situation.

But I want you...

to function in that situation as honestly as you can.

Okay? Okay. All right.

Now we're going to have to get a little more space, so let's get this table out

of here. All right.

I've never done this before.

I don't want to tell you, I'm a little nervous myself.

Now, in these pretend situations, we always use all the truth that's

available to us. Now, one truth is that Sheila will be with Stanley and that

Harry will be with Beth. Another truth is that you've known each other for one

day. Use that. I think you've come to know each other at least reasonably

well. Now, the pretend situation is that all four of you are going to go to a

dance. Stanley's bought the ticket.

Oh, wait a minute. I forgot something already.

Sheila, Harry, come with me.

When the dance gets started, I want you two to dance with each other.

Now, when I call an end to the exercise, I want you to ignore me. You understand

that? I want you to go on dancing as though I'd said nothing. The reason for

that is you're going to pretend that she's turned you on during the course of

the exercise.

And you're going to pretend that he's done the same to you. So when I call an

end to it, don't pay any attention to me. Just use terms of endearment to each

other. Hold each other close, but ignore me.

This is after you say stop.

That's right.

And they don't know that we're going to do this.

Well, no, of course they don't.

But I think they're going to see right through that.

Well, of course they are, but I want to get their initial reaction to it. Okay.

Okay. Okay,

don't expect much. We're not really actors. Just have fun with it. Come on.

Let's go. All right.

Now, you're on your way, as I said, to a dance. Uh, Dr. Tenenbaum? What?

I don't think this is going to work too well. Why not?

How about if Beth is with me?

And Sheila and Harry are together.

Why?

No reason. I just think it'd be better.

Well, this is supposed to be real life, and that's not real. That's right.

I know that, Harry, but... Okay, okay, never mind. We'll do it the other way.

Well, I'd like to know why you want to do it your way.

No, it doesn't matter. It's just an idea. Well, I'd kind of like to know

myself. It might be better. That's dumb.

He isn't dumb, Stanley.

Tell him.

Beth wants to leave Harry and move in with me.

We were going to talk to you about it later, but I thought for the purpose of

the exercise... God damn it now, she didn't even give me a chance.

Look, Harry, I know this isn't the time, but man, you kept after me.

No, I agree, this isn't the time.

We'll talk about this... No, no, no, no, no, no. I want to talk about it now.

Do you really want to do that?

Well, Stanley thought it was a good idea.

Stanley thought...

Oh, come on, Harry. Don't fall apart, man. You know, this is going to be

happening a lot around here. We're not going to be the last.

Don't give me that crap.

I saw her in yoga class this morning. I saw what you were doing. You only want

one thing from her. Now, wait a minute, pal.

No, you wait a minute. I saw you looking at her. I even saw you smiling at her.

Hold it, everybody.

Hold it.

Thank you, Stanley. Very well done.

Harry, it was all part of the exercise.

But how did he know to say that?

Dr. Tenhausen told Stanley when they were moving the table, and then Stanley

told me when he was talking to you and Sheila.

It's just play acting, not a word of truth.

Play acting.

Horse piss.

Harry, I'm sorry. I... I victimized you, and I want you all to know that I will

never, ever do that again.

I hope not.

But I had to prove to everybody, or try to through you, that there's not one

person in this room that is truly, truly liberated.

I almost came to blows with Stanley over a girl that you've known for a day.

Have I made my point?

How'd you like to help me move in?

Sure.

Keep reading, honey. You'll get there.

You won't.

She like it here?

I don't know.

What in the hell is that?

It's Gorkin. Oh.

Is it a boy Gorkin or a Goyle Gorkin?

Well, it gets stubborn and mean if you don't feed him on time, so it's

definitely a boy.

Good. He can keep my little lady's company.

You like Beth, don't you?

Yeah. I like Beth fine.

I like you fine.

Here, let me show you something.

What is it?

Magic.

Can't get them too close together.

Or some of them would die.

Kind of like people, huh?

Sure as hell wouldn't make it at this joint, would they?

Okay.

Listen, do me a favor. Close that shade, would you? I'm going to have to regulate

the light.

Okay.

Okay, now for the magic elixir.

My own special formula, you know.

Calcium, water, and vitamins.

If you give him too much, he'll go right through the ceiling.

Would it be good for Gorkin, too? Yeah, put him over here.

Give him a little squirt.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

Come on, let's get to bed.

What's the matter?

Do you like a girl who makes it right away?

Yeah, if I'm the guy.

Do you think maybe we could wait till it's right?

This isn't right.

Dr. Tenhausen thinks relations with strangers are unsatisfactory. Well, not

always.

That's what he said. Yeah, but that's because he forgot about the Eskimo.

What? The Eskimo.

See, when a stranger goes to visit an Eskimo, he gets his wife for the night.

Now that's the friendly thing to do, and it's bad manners to refuse.

I don't think it's better to be strangers.

Oh, man.

If you really want to, I will.

If it's important to you.

Is that better?

Yes, thank you.

How come you wear that?

Oh, no, no, no. Don't cover yourself.

You're beautiful.

You knew this, aren't you?

How the hell did you get to Herod?

That's a good question.

This can be a big responsibility.

Look, let's hold off on this for a while.

Stanley, I really want everything about us to be right.

I can see that.

It's important to me.

I don't think I'm looking for that kind of thing.

Do you know what I mean?

I think I'll go talk to Dr.

Tenhausen about some classes I wanted to take.

Here it is.

Okay, I'll see you at dinner.

Why are you going?

Well, if I stay here, I won't be able to concentrate. I'll be thinking about you.

Is that so bad?

Right now it is, yes.

Would you rather be with somebody like Sheila?

No, I think I'm very lucky to have gotten you. It's just that sometimes I

think we're all in the test tube here with 10,000 walking around saying, you

will perform and you will enjoy it.

Harry.

Yeah.

I guess that's not too fair.

You know, you could use a little more self-confidence.

Yeah.

I could use a lot of things.

Then why haven't I asked for a replacement?

I don't know, Beth. Why haven't you?

Because I trusted Tenhausen to make a pretty decent choice.

And I think he did.

Yeah, but it was still his choice, not yours.

His choice got us here.

After that, it was my choice.

Harry, grow the mustache.

Okay, okay, I'll grow the mustache.

But it'll tickle.

Well, maybe I'd like to be tickled.

You'd like to be tickled?

Then come here. Harry!

Harry, stop it!

Sometimes

I

think I'm a very sensuous person.

Yeah.

I remember one winter when I was little.

I tore off all my clothes and ran out into the backyard.

Snowing like hell.

Drifts four and five feet high.

I started to dance around in the snow until I wasn't me anymore.

I was the snow and the snow was me.

Freezing cold, but I didn't care.

Didn't you catch cold?

I think I did.

I thought you were Wilson.

No, I'm not.

Oh, yes, I can see.

You're a stamp collector?

Yes. So am I.

I have a whole set of U.S. plate blocks at home.

Everything except the Dag Hammersholt issue.

You know the inverted one?

Sure, I know that one. I have it.

You do?

Well, can I see it sometime?

Sure.

The whole set, huh?

Yeah.

Oh, well, not all of them. Not all the way back.

Some of them get pretty expensive, you know.

Yeah.

Wilson told me that you were studying marketing here.

That's right.

Well, so am I.

And, well, you see, the thing is, I have to register tomorrow.

And I was hoping that maybe you could tell me what courses are best.

Well, sure. Let me see.

By the way, where is old Wilson?

Oh, he's out jogging.

He decided to lose a little weight.

Oh, now that's terrific.

We're all here to see each other's minds and bodies in the most beautiful way

possible, aren't we?

Yes.

Is that the one you were looking at?

Yes.

Tenga Anita.

1968?

Yes.

How did you know the year?

Oh, I dabbled a little in foreign countries.

That's terrific.

You certainly don't need to lose anyway.

Neither do you.

When will Wilson be back?

About an hour.

Do you remember the presidential issue of 1957?

I have some of them.

Did you ever notice the error in Jefferson's face?

The booklet pain issue?

No, the coil.

Oh, the coil.

Do you have one of those?

Two.

I can only assume, Stanley, that you think what you're doing is only in

keeping with the spirit of Harrod. He came in to talk about marketing.

And that I am expected to embrace that spirit and feel only joy.

You're trying, Wilson, and that's the important thing.

I've always been a man of peace, but I am still a man of honor.

What happened to your jogging, Wilson?

Blisters. I couldn't run anymore.

I'm sorry, Stanley.

No, no.

It's okay.

It's okay.

Well, I guess I'll be going.

That was wonderful, Wilson.

Well, I talked to Sheila, and she's been trying really hard to break loose.

But it's just that Dr.

Shepton hasn't been able to reach her yet.

I haven't even seen her in the pool.

Yeah, I know.

Look, we've just got to give her more time.

She's getting there, but she just needs a little more confidence.

I'm glad you're so patient, Stanley, but are you sure Harriet is the right place

for me, behind in her?

Well, Tenhausen thinks that this is an experimental laboratory.

You know what happens to monkeys in experimental laboratories.

Now, if we don't wrap the legs together, they'll come apart.

There.

What do you think?

It's fine.

It's fine.

What do you want me to do, Sheila? Put them back like they were?

It's all right.

The thing I like best about you is your wild enthusiasm.

See you later. I'm going for a swim.

I made it this far.

I'm trying.

Yes, you are.

You've got no reason to be ashamed.

absolute miracle.

You're going to turn me on.

I'm never going to go for running around nude here, but I don't think anybody's

done it in the pool yet.

Now either we start swimming, or we start...

Paul, I see you're giving it the old Howard College try.

That's about all.

Don't worry about it.

It was a lot for me, too.

Thank you, Jerry.

It's okay.

She's going to be fine, Stanley.

You just got to give her a little more time, that's all. I know exactly how she

feels. Naturally, I'm over it now.

But at first I had the damnedest notion that with all these naked girls walking

around, I might just get a little worked up and maybe stick out, you know?

Yeah, sure, I've thought about that once or twice myself.

Yeah, well, it almost happens in exercises.

No kidding.

Yeah, well, at first they panicked me. Then I got this terrific idea.

I started thinking about Mary Bell Rose and... Who's Mary Bell Rose?

Oh, my high school math teacher.

No way you can get worked up thinking about Mary Bell Rose.

I mean, Beth, you haven't by any chance changed your mind.

About what?

About coming home.

Our folks would really like to meet you.

Oh, Harry, I'd love to.

But could we make it some other weekend?

I have that report due in history.

And I have to read that book that Dr.

Tenhausen signed.

But we'll do it.

Next weekend, maybe.

Yes.

at all. First Sheila, then Wilson. Yeah, who knows? We might all end up in a

group marriage.

Tenhausen really believes that stuff, doesn't he? He thinks it's gonna work

for the whole damn world. Well, why not? Dr. Tenhausen thinks we can change

ourselves. Oh, sure he does. Sure he does. If he picks the roommates and he

sets a one-month rule and he says we have to run around naked, he's got

himself a brave new world here.

Who knows? Maybe he just likes to see a lot of naked young bodies running

around. And you don't?

Harry, you don't exactly concentrate on exercises during exercises.

Well, neither do you. What are you talking about? That's got nothing to do

with anything.

What difference does it make?

We all look at each other.

We're naked, for God's sake. It's natural.

And if Tenhausen turns out to be a dirty old man, he's no worse than the rest of

us. Well, no. He's got Margaret.

I wonder if the one-month rule applies to Margaret.

Screw you, Stanley.

Do I have your permission?

I'm not Harry's property.

Are you Sheila's property?

How are you two getting along?

Oh, fine.

Is he the greatest thing that ever climbed in the bed?

Well, come on. You see?

I couldn't know.

Well, God damn.

That's not the way it is.

Daniel's helping me.

Maybe there is something to you Stanley

But you still don't feel

right about it That's not it Stanley, I mean it's not you

My plants are gonna be up in a couple of days

That's pretty quick isn't it?

Yeah

These little ladies, I'm care, comfort, encouragement, love.

Not to mention sunshine, water, and vitamins.

A wife should be so lucky.

Or a roommate.

Here, you can have four drops. That's all I can spare.

Do you ever think you'll love somebody, Stanley?

Yeah.

Not right away?

You don't wait for someone to give himself to you before you start moving

with him.

You jump right in and take your chances.

What if it never happens?

So what? So what if it never happens? Then it never happens.

If I'm not right, then you can find somebody else. It's no big thing.

I just don't want to make a mistake.

You know, you're already making a mistake.

What? You only see so much.

It's like you've got tunnel vision.

Leave me alone.

I get the feeling that you've been saying that a long time.

Do you know that a female alligator lays a million eggs every spring?

No, I didn't.

And then a male alligator comes along and he eats most of the eggs.

Isn't that awful mean, Abby?

No, that's awful smart of him. Why?

He realized that if he didn't come along and eat those eggs, we'd be up to our

ass in alligators.

I'm thrilled the way my mere presence brings out the poet in you, Stanley.

No, I was just thinking how animals don't get all hung up over love the way

people do.

That's not true.

No? No.

Leopards, for instance.

If a leopard's mate dies, the other one never takes another.

Sometime he grieves so much he just stops eating and dies.

No kidding.

That's right.

Sheila would make a great leopard.

I think you'd make a great alligator.

How can you say that?

Just a wild guess.

I've known you a few days.

By the way,

you're good.

At what?

Shooting marbles.

This.

You'd make a great bunny wrap.

Hey, wait a minute.

That was supposed to be a compliment.

Yeah, I know.

You gonna tell Harry?

Of course.

aren't afraid of nothing, are you?

Well, I respect him. I'm not gonna lie to him.

Are you gonna tell Sheila?

Are you kidding?

I have a dead leopard on my hands.

You're kind of quiet today.

I'm thinking about you.

What about me?

Well, like why you said yes that first day when you really didn't want to.

I guess I did that want you to run away.

It's that sort of attitude. It can send a man running faster than anything

That's progress

You can do it, but pastrami and cheese is half price.

If not, you pay me double. Hey, Jack, it can be done. It can be done. All right.

Now, is there a trick to it? A trick? I don't know. More like the law of nature.

I think it's in the news.

I bet if you spin it the right way, the weight will be at one end and you can

stand it up. Yeah, but it's still round on both bottoms. It doesn't matter. It's

got something to do with the weight. Now, that's got to be it. What are you

going to have?

Uh, Squab and Wild Rice is on a special today.

I'll just have a cheeseburger.

Besides,

Squab makes me burp.

Hey, Jack, how about a little service over here?

Be right with you. I'll be right back.

Don't cheat.

Cheat? How the hell can you cheat?

Okay, kids, what do you have?

I'm just going to have a couple of cheeseburgers and two cups of coffee.

Two CBs, two Cs.

Jack.

What's going on with that egg over there? If you can stand it on end, you

pay half price for your meal. If not, you pay double.

Ought to be a cinch for a smart young fellow like you.

Sounds fair enough.

We'll get the egg.

I'm a physics major.

Physics major?

My, my.

Stanley, you're not a physics major.

Well, how many tries do I get, Jack?

I'll give you three.

No matter which end?

Either end.

These kids from Harrods, smart as whips.

See,

I told you that's how it's done.

Son of a... It's the Lord nature. You could have it be me.

Come on, let's go.

You are beautiful.

So are you.

Bless you, man.

I've got to go to bed.

Amen.

So you're from Harris, hmm?

I bet you can do lots of tricks.

Forgive me. I really should have introduced myself.

I'm Sidney Bauer.

Please, could you go away? My friend will be back any minute.

Oh, yes, your friend.

Who brings a girl like you to a joint like this and orders cheeseburgers?

Let me show you what a good time is really made of. Please, Mr. Bauer.

Sidney, I didn't get your... All right.

I guess all I really need to know is that you're from Herod, right?

What does that mean?

Everybody knows what that means.

No, everybody doesn't know.

Oh, now cut the crap, Miss Purity.

That school up there is teaching sex.

I'm willing to pay the price.

Listen, Mr. Bauer.

That school is teaching kindness, compassion, patience, understanding.

Things you probably laugh about at stag parties.

All you want is a female body, and that has nothing to do with me or Herod.

You're a dirty joke, Mr. Bauer.

Very good.

Run along, Sonny. We're talking business.

All right.

Let's talk business.

You want the girl, right?

Fifty bucks.

I like that game.

Why should I deal with you?

I could make trouble.

Okay, you've got it.

Come on.

Hey, you cheeseburgers!

Stanley, what are you doing?

Hey, sonny.

And the cape.

There you are.

Come on, honey.

Come on.

It's all right. Go ahead. Stanley?

Don't worry.

Sheila, you forgot your purse.

All right, let's get your purse.

Get in.

You son of a bitch, I'll take you back.

to be a big responsibility.

You could have left me there.

Yeah, I could have.

Can we make love tonight?

Listen, you don't owe me anything.

It's not a payment of debt.

Yeah, well, I think it is. What is it?

I've decided some things about myself.

Maybe you're afraid you'll owe me something.

You got any ideas yet?

Yeah.

One.

And it has nothing to do with Maslow or the psychology of being. Now, wait a

minute, wait a minute. This report is due in two days.

Oh, but Maslow likes peak experiences.

Spontaneous action.

But only if they're real.

You know, I think the only people who really have pure spontaneous action are

kids who haven't yet learned how to build up any defenses.

Yeah.

What I'd really like to do...

I'd like to meet the kid that I was when I was five years old.

Because I think he's the only person on this planet who knows who I really am.

Yeah, that'd kind of be like starting all over, wouldn't it?

Well, sure, it'd be like turning yourself inside out. Who the hell knows

how to do that?

Like this hair for instance.

God, what?

Look at it, Stanley.

It's a miracle of creation.

There's a thousand living cells in there relating and interacting.

Just think, that hair.

comes from a creature that is absolutely unique.

I mean, you're an amazing person.

You are singular in the history of mankind.

Well, I... Okay, so to understand that kid that I was when I was five years

old, I gotta see the world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wildflower.

Yeah. Lake.

Wow, if we could really do that. I mean, we'd be on our way.

Oh, what would I think that...

That's it.

That's the idea there. That's it.

I mean, we could start with that quote. Yeah, what you do is... Wait a minute.

What time's your next class? Three o'clock, American history. I got English

lit at four. We gotta move. We got time.

Damn, that quote is just like that one Dr. Tenhausen you had in class today

that Maslow said.

We talked about you.

Very thoughtful.

Harriet, it doesn't mean I don't care for you.

Tenhausen would be happy to hear you say that.

You should be happy, too.

Matthew, your honesty makes me happy.

But your judgment is killing me.

Hi, you guys.

I've been looking all over for you. Hi, Sheila.

Stanley and I are going on a picnic. You want to come?

Stanley wants us to come?

Sure. Why wouldn't he?

Uh, no reason.

How are you and Stanley getting along?

This weekend was the turning point, I think.

It was?

Oh, you were away.

Didn't Beth tell you what happened?

Yeah. Stanley and I are closer now than ever.

I think I'm really beginning to see what Herod means.

What's the matter? You two mad at us or something?

No, Sheila. I think it's wonderful.

Oh, thank you.

You gonna come?

What time?

In about an hour. We'd love to.

Okay, meet you at the front steps. Okay.

Sheila, of all people.

Don't you feel silly?

Yeah.

It's always the quiet ones. Why is that?

They're often more mature.

Well, if she can do it, so can I.

Yeah,

it's pretty good.

Here, Sheila, check it out.

You know, I think Tenhausen expects something to happen among all of us.

He's really been pushing it in human values class.

I know I'm really excited to be here.

I didn't think so at first. You know, I had some stuff last year that was said

to be tended by the Shah of Persia.

Yeah, supposed to come from his own personal garden.

You should have tried that stuff. It'd have knocked your socks off.

You know, Sheila, I still can't get over how quick you got into the whole Herod

philosophy.

It's amazing.

Well, Stanley helped me a lot.

Well, you've helped me a lot, too. Yeah.

Jesus, I really feel dumb now when I think about how I acted when Beth told

me about her and Stanley.

Of course, you guys did bend the rules a little. After all, there is that one

month thing.

I don't understand.

What about Beth and Stanley getting together?

Stanley?

I was going to tell you about it tonight.

Comfort.

Encouragement.

Wait a second. I thought you knew all about it. You said you did.

I mean, she did say she did, didn't she?

I don't know, Harry.

Damn.

Hey, Steph.

Say what you came to say, Stanley, and leave.

Oh, come on. How the hell do you say something like this? It's easy.

You just say, Sheila, I'm so sorry. I'll never do it again.

Sheila, I'm sorry.

I'll never do it again.

Yeah, very good.

Now go.

Sheila, I said I was sorry. I meant that.

Oh, I see. Now I suppose the salesman goes to work.

God damn it, don't you think I have any honest feelings at all? Don't you talk

to me about honest. You and Beth Hillier. Beth Hillier has nothing to do

with you. Well, maybe not, but lying does.

How do I know you haven't been laying every girl in hair that would listen to

you? Maybe I'm six or eight on your list. Maybe you keep a chart.

I don't know why I didn't tell you.

I was dumb.

That's the most guilty thing you've said so far.

Maybe you do have some human feelings.

Seems like a long time since I felt very much of anything.

I don't quite know how to handle it.

Sheila, if I had to tell you what I was doing here, I don't know if I could.

But here I am.

Jesus Christ, maybe it's better if I don't feel anything at all.

How many other girls were there? There weren't any other.

There was one.

Barbara.

And then I didn't do anything because Wilson walked in on me.

Is that why you've got the bloody nose?

Yeah.

You're the first boy I was ever close to.

Just about the first human being.

I guess really caring about someone is dangerous.

I guess it is.

Sheila, can we forget the thing about Beth?

All right, Sally, I'm going to throw it over for you.

Do you have any more classes today?

Yeah, biology.

How about you?

I can help.

Hey, listen, Stanley, I'm sorry about yesterday.

No, I thought she knew once. Oh, man, don't worry about it. Just forget it,

huh? Yeah, but I hate to have you think that I'm the kind of girl... Hey, I told

you.

Just forget about it.

Besides, it's not your fault.

It's mine.

The Ace Trucking Company is over at the Ice House.

How about you and me going over for a couple of beers?

Sure.

Rip. Hey!

Town to town.

City to city.

Never sleeping in the same bed two nights in a row.

Unbelievable.

I was a wicked, wanton woman.

Going from man to man, never satisfied.

I drank and I smoked.

naked from chandeliers oh oh the moonlight the moonlight used to glisten

as the sweat poured off my naked breasts

second part of our show, which is improvisational. And this is where we

ask you to come up with an idea for a scene and then we try to improvise

something based on your idea.

And we work in an area we call Pet Peeve. So if anybody has one, just yell

it out and we'll do something. Pet Peeve. Group marriage. Street walking.

Group marriage.

Don't we have some people here from the Harrod School?

Yeah. There are some people here from the Harry School.

Listen, I have an idea. We don't know too much about it. Could somebody from

the school come up and sort of advise us and maybe be in the scene?

Is there someone who would like to do that?

Yeah, come on, Cynthia. Go ahead. Go on. Get up. Go on.

Give a nice hand for Cynthia.

Okay.

Is that the school where the guys have girls for roommates?

Yeah, that's right. When I was in school, my roommate was a shot putter.

Oh, is that right?

And a streetwalker.

That's enough of that, Fred. Okay, why don't you go over with the group over

there and join them over there. We'll try to come up with an idea, I think,

here for a group marriage. We have an idea. Okay, here we go.

Oh,

Cynthia, hi.

Hi, how are you? Good to see you.

I'm sorry I'm not ready yet. I'll be with you in a minute, though, okay?

Okay. I just wanted to drop by earlier. I wanted to really find out what was

happening around here. You know, Mrs.

Tenhausen, you know, back at the school, said you really had a great group

marriage. Yeah, she heard about it.

I haven't been this happy since I was a kid. Yeah, I really wanted to see it,

but doesn't it take a lot out of you? Well, I get a lot in return. You know,

it works itself out.

Oh, good morning. Good morning, dear. I'm sorry I was so restless.

Oh, I'm sorry, dear. I'm sorry there's nothing for breakfast. That's all right,

my dear. The Lord will provide.

You haven't met Cynthia.

This is my husband, Fred.

He's just very spiritual. He fills all my spiritual needs. Don't worry.

Oh, Billy, honey.

Good morning.

What's the matter?

What's the matter?

No, I cried all last night after that little talk we had. You shouldn't get so

emotional over things, Billy. I'm drained.

You are, huh? I feel like a rag.

No, you look fine. You're a little puffy.

Oh, am I?

You haven't met Cynthia, have you? No. She's right behind you, dear.

This is Cynthia, my husband, Bill.

Hi, how you doing?

Very emotional.

He takes care of all my emotional needs. He understands women so well.

Emotional, spiritual.

Michael! Good morning, dear. Oh, up early.

Hi. How are you, dear? Fine. Listen, there's a book that I want you to read.

I thought of it last night. The Many Loves of Fatty Arbuckle. Oh, that sounds

great. Oh, yeah. That sounds great. You haven't met Cynthia, have you? No, I

haven't. This is my husband, Michael. He's a brilliant one. Very nice to meet

you. I am intellectually taken care of. You've got intellectual, spiritual,

emotional, physical needs. What do you do about physical needs?

Ding dong!

For example, it's a power word in our society.

God knows. Now, what is the onus that is attached to the word adultery? Is it in

fact that society, through the agency of the spouse, fears that she or he is

being rejected by his or her mate? Or is it fear that that spouse that commits

adultery is simply sharing his or her love with another partner?

possibly two or three or four. Now, we happen to believe that that is not only

possible, but absolutely necessary.

Now, we all know, I think every one of us, that a human being has to have

another person and has a need for another person, be the center of their

lives. But if that contract is so exclusive and so restricting and

imprisoning, then what we do...

In essence, with that kind of contract is draw the curtain on life, and we tell

the world, in effect, that we've ceased to grow.

Now, Nietzsche tells us that if the values of a people change,

society must meet that change or face stagnation and decay.

More succinctly stated, you're talking about group marriage.

I am, that's right, Wilson, but there are many more problems than the

spiritual and the emotional.

But wouldn't that take a lot of emotional reconditioning?

I mean, say, for instance, I'm married and have three wives.

Now, I don't find that a disagreeable idea.

But that would mean that I have two other husbands to contend with.

It's interesting you use the word to contend with. But you're right, of

course. That's why we're here. We want to find a way.

I don't know.

What don't you know, Jill?

Well, it's not that I disagree with the principle.

I mean, I guess that's why I'm here.

But I just can't imagine sharing the man I love with anyone or anything.

Sheila, would you say that you're possessive?

No, I wouldn't call it that.

No, I agree. I wouldn't call it that either. I think I'd call it consuming.

Sheila, look, what if the man, your man, what if the quality of his love

is not the same as yours?

What do you mean, quality?

The nature of his love. You know, we give love.

We usually expect, or I feel demand, our love be returned

the same kind of love that we have given, the same quality.

Now, what if your man's love is not the same as yours?

Well, then I don't see how he could really care for me.

Now, you wouldn't be losing him, you understand. I mean, he'd just be

committing himself to others as well as to you.

Mind a personal question?

No, no, Wilson.

How can you head up a school like Herod and teach its philosophy when you're

rather exclusively married to one woman?

That's a good question, Wilson. Margaret and I worked at it, and I think on

balance, rather successfully. But we've got to understand something. Just one

couple would not be scientifically meaningful.

We'd have to have controlled experiments.

But more than that, you've also got to understand that Margaret and I represent

the past.

And you represent the future.

Dr. Tannhausen, I have a question. Heaven could it hold until tomorrow.

We're going to talk about this some more tomorrow. In the meantime, would you all

try and get with O'Neill's Summer Hill? There are copies for all of you in the

library. See you tomorrow.

Sheila?

Stanley.

See you in a moment.

I just want to commend both of you for the fine work you did on that report you

both turned in on Maslow's book. It was good work. Thank you.

I've been thinking of assigning other projects to roommates to work on

together. You think it's a good idea?

Yeah. Yeah, it's probably a very good idea.

Yeah.

Say, do you play badminton?

Badminton?

Margaret and I are going to play a couple of sets this afternoon. I wonder

if you'd like to join us.

Well, it's okay with me.

I don't know if Stanley... Yeah, sure, it's okay with me.

If you want to.

If you don't want to, it's all right.

No, I didn't say it wasn't all right. I said it was all right.

All right.

All right.

See you in about an hour.

Play another one. Give me a chance to get even. Get even? We're going to

demolish you this time.

All right, excuse us. Why don't we have some iced tea?

Oh, we haven't got enough tea. We've got to get back to the office.

Hey, how about we change partners this time?

That's the old Herod spirit, Stanley. All right, fine.

Shirley, want to take him on?

Good.

No, thanks.

Thank you.

Was Wilson out of line with that question about you and Margaret?

Wilson? No. It's a normal question.

It bothers.

Stanley, if Philip and I were younger, we'd probably be students at Herod.

Does that answer it for you?

It says it.

Come on, we've got to hurry. Let's go, Sheila.

Okay, here we go. Volley for serve.

You got the birdie? Come on, Stanley, I've got the birdie. Let's go.

All right, one, two,

three. There it is. That's it.

Let's go, let's go.

Honey, you all right?

Yeah, fine.

Thank you, sir.

All right, didn't go over enough. Up, one, two.

Margaret, I'd like to talk to you if you're not too busy.

Certainly. Would you like to go to my office?

No, I guess I'd rather walk. You know, fresh air and all. Fine, of course.

Sheila talks to you a lot, doesn't she?

Yes, we've talked.

Does she talk about me?

Mostly about you.

Well, how does she feel about me?

Well, there's some problems, Stanley.

When did she tell you everything?

Pretty much.

How do you feel about it?

Oh, we're talking about Sheila, not me.

I know, I know.

I'd like to know how you feel about it.

You broke some rules.

Do you mind?

Yes.

Well, why didn't you do anything about it?

Well, Sheila thinks that you've reformed.

What do you think?

I think you ought to tell me the real reason why you wanted to talk to me.

How long have you and Philip been married?

Twelve years.

Twelve years?

To each other all that time?

Why do you want to know?

You're a very attractive lady.

And you'd like to add me to your list of conquests?

What?

Well, with all that boyish charm and irresistible sex appeal, you thought I'd

be easy, didn't you?

No.

No, that's not the way it is at all.

Listen, why not run off to the weeds with a swinging wife and a swinging

director and not go for peace?

What took you so long?

I don't know.

I guess I just didn't think of it right away.

Boy, you never know.

No, you never do.

Not till you try.

Where should we go?

I don't know. Right in there.

You're so much more together than most of the other girls here.

Well, most of the girls are still looking for their place in life. I found

mine, Stanley.

Yeah.

What's the matter?

I've got an idea.

Stanley?

Why don't we do it right here?

Right here?

Yes, right here. But we're out in the open. I mean, the building is right back

there. Oh, that's all right. You know...

Sometimes when Philip and I are at a party, we get into a hammock over the

swimming pool and turn all the lights on.

No, you know, I can't think of a better way to exemplify the real freedom of

Herod.

Come on, Stanley, get those clothes off.

No, I'll let you do this.

That's the way we do it.

Come on, Stanley, you don't have the balls for this. You could get your name

on a plaque.

All right.

I get it.

Do you?

You know, you came to Herod thinking this was going to be a sexual gymnasium.

Lovemaking to you is like a stallion mounting a mare.

Stanley, real people make love with their minds and their understanding, not

just their bodies.

And one more thing.

Philip and I have been married for 12 years, and yet we preach the Herod

philosophy. So why do I go to bed with him and not with you?

Because I like him.

What do you think he'll do?

I don't know.

You were pretty rough on him, weren't you?

Maybe.

Why did he do it?

Oh, I think he was testing us both.

The validity of the entire project.

We knew it might happen.

Are you going to dismiss him?

I want to help him.

If he stays, he can infect the entire group. If I dismiss him, the board of

directors will be down on him.

God damn it, what are you going to do?

I think that's why he did it.

Make trouble for it?

No, I think he's afraid of obligation.

Herod was the perfect solution for him.

If the owner says to leave, then it isn't his fault, right?

I don't know. I can't prove anything.

I think I'll talk to him.

You do, you'll do it on your own.

I'm not going to be your alibi, Stanley.

I'm not going to expel you.

Into the night Into tomorrow

Go gently, sweet stranger, go gently.

Follow the light, forget all your sorrow.

Go gently, sweet stranger, go gently.

things shall come she'll be here go gently

sweet stranger go gently

let me be there when

your search is through let me know

and into tomorrow go gently

sweet stranger go gently

I wake up in the morning just to face another empty day before me.

The same old story.

You know, you've got it whipped.

No ties, no promises. You don't belong to nothing.

It's really terrific.

Yeah.

Look into the mirror at the eyes of someone looking back at me.

A lonely man.

It's over.

The times we talked and laughed.

Now I drink my coffee all alone.

Whoa, it's over.

That's living in the past.

Close my door and turn the key and leave my empty home.

People ask me how I feel.

I say, okay, I must be lying.

Inside I'm dying.

The weather on the radio says that today the sun will...

But it feels like rain.

It's over.

It's all been said and done.

Living's not so easy.

Hi, Stanley.

I thought I had someplace to go.

Found out I didn't.

I'm staying.

It's over and nothing stops the pain.

Close the door and turn the key and leave my... empty home

now I wake up in the

morning no more empty useless days that lay before me no

same old story soon look into the mirror at the

eyes of someone smiling back at me soon soon soon

Zoom. Zoom.

Zoom. Zoom.

Zoom. Zoom.

Zoom. Zoom.

It's not over.

And what we've got will last.

Close the door and turn the key. I'm in my happy home.

It's not over.