1 00:00:02,503 --> 00:00:04,838 You see before you-- me, Gidget. 2 00:00:04,922 --> 00:00:08,926 For 15 and a half years, my life was a complete and total ick. 3 00:00:08,967 --> 00:00:12,763 But then, on the 23rd of June, two things happened. 4 00:00:12,846 --> 00:00:15,599 I fell in love... with two things-- 5 00:00:15,682 --> 00:00:18,477 Jeff, my Moondoggie, 6 00:00:18,518 --> 00:00:21,813 and surfing. 7 00:00:21,855 --> 00:00:24,691 I am happy to report that falling in love... 8 00:00:24,775 --> 00:00:28,195 was as easy and natural as learning how to surf. 9 00:00:28,237 --> 00:00:30,989 The moment we met, we knew we were meant for each other. 10 00:00:31,615 --> 00:00:33,700 Get lost. 11 00:00:38,247 --> 00:00:42,000 I'll never forget the first time he told me he loved me. 12 00:00:42,084 --> 00:00:44,211 Hey, what was your name again? 13 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:46,547 [yelps] 14 00:00:46,630 --> 00:00:48,674 You know somethin'? You are kinda cute. 15 00:00:50,175 --> 00:00:52,386 [sighs] 16 00:00:59,768 --> 00:01:03,730 ♪ [jazzy pop] 17 00:01:06,608 --> 00:01:09,861 ♪ If you're in doubt about angels ♪ 18 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:13,824 ♪ Being real 19 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:16,034 ♪ I can arrange to change 20 00:01:16,075 --> 00:01:20,539 ♪ Any doubts you feel 21 00:01:20,581 --> 00:01:24,001 ♪ Wait till you see my Gidget ♪ 22 00:01:24,042 --> 00:01:28,005 ♪ You'll want her for your valentine ♪ 23 00:01:28,046 --> 00:01:31,008 ♪ You're gonna say she's all that you adore ♪ 24 00:01:31,049 --> 00:01:35,512 ♪ But stay away Gidget is spoken for ♪ 25 00:01:35,596 --> 00:01:38,473 ♪ You're gonna find that Gidget is ♪ 26 00:01:38,557 --> 00:01:44,688 ♪ Mine ♪ 27 00:01:46,898 --> 00:01:49,693 [Gidget narrating] Jeff and I drifted happily through the summer months. 28 00:01:49,776 --> 00:01:54,323 Ours was a world of sun and fun and all the wonders of young romance-- 29 00:01:54,406 --> 00:01:56,325 Until the night I suddenly realized... 30 00:01:56,408 --> 00:01:58,827 Jeff soon would be going back east to college... [no Audible dialogue] 31 00:01:58,910 --> 00:02:01,997 And I'd be left facing a different world. 32 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,957 Well, more about that later. 33 00:02:03,999 --> 00:02:08,169 Meanwhile, back at the ranch, there are some people I'd like you to meet. 34 00:02:08,252 --> 00:02:10,589 This, loosely speaking, is my family. 35 00:02:10,631 --> 00:02:13,967 The handsome, sensible-looking set of tweeds is my father. 36 00:02:14,008 --> 00:02:16,970 He's only the best English professor at UCLA... 37 00:02:17,054 --> 00:02:19,139 and the most terrific father living-- 38 00:02:19,222 --> 00:02:22,017 Mainly because he makes a practice of not working at it. 39 00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:25,979 The one over by the window, chewing her fingernails down to the nub, 40 00:02:26,063 --> 00:02:27,648 is my sister, Anne-- 41 00:02:27,689 --> 00:02:30,108 Miss "name your psychosis" of the year. 42 00:02:30,192 --> 00:02:32,361 Her heart's in the right place, but, ever since Mother died, 43 00:02:32,444 --> 00:02:36,740 Annie's maternal instinct has been working overtime. 44 00:02:36,823 --> 00:02:39,117 And she gets plenty of help from that other character... 45 00:02:39,201 --> 00:02:41,912 who happens to be an A1,first-class nut. 46 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:45,040 He's her husband, John, and he's studying to be a psychologist. 47 00:02:45,123 --> 00:02:48,001 Which is great, because if ever anybody needed a headshrinker, 48 00:02:48,085 --> 00:02:50,087 it's Sister Annie. 49 00:02:50,127 --> 00:02:52,964 But you know how it is. The shoemaker's kids go barefoot... 50 00:02:53,006 --> 00:02:56,425 and the psychologist's wife stays flaky. 51 00:02:56,510 --> 00:03:00,639 Dad. It is now five minutes after 11:00. 52 00:03:00,681 --> 00:03:03,684 That late? Well, by all means, you two run along home. 53 00:03:03,767 --> 00:03:06,353 That's not what I meant. I mean Gidget. 54 00:03:06,436 --> 00:03:10,273 Why isn't she home? What's she doing at this hour? 55 00:03:10,357 --> 00:03:12,526 Here. [slaps down card] 56 00:03:12,609 --> 00:03:16,530 I don't know what she's doing, but I am blitzing your husband. 57 00:03:16,571 --> 00:03:18,740 Oh, no, you're not. Gin. 58 00:03:18,824 --> 00:03:21,159 Oh, yes, you are. 59 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:24,538 Dad. You're being entirely too permissive with Gidget. 60 00:03:24,621 --> 00:03:26,248 She's right, Russ. 61 00:03:26,331 --> 00:03:29,334 Permissiveness is out. Strong discipline is in. 62 00:03:29,376 --> 00:03:31,752 Okay. How about disciplining yourself... 63 00:03:31,837 --> 00:03:34,965 to pay me $3.75? 64 00:03:35,048 --> 00:03:37,884 You see? You see? You wonder where she gets it? 65 00:03:37,926 --> 00:03:40,053 From you. You ignore emotional problems... [door closes] 66 00:03:40,137 --> 00:03:42,514 And concern yourself only with mundane facts. [chuckles] 67 00:03:42,556 --> 00:03:45,559 And... here's his most mundane. 68 00:03:45,642 --> 00:03:47,728 - Hi. - Hi, sweetie. 69 00:03:47,811 --> 00:03:52,399 Gidget, do you realize it is now five minutes after 11:00? 70 00:03:53,650 --> 00:03:55,318 That late? 71 00:03:55,402 --> 00:03:57,946 Well, then by all means, you two run along. 72 00:03:58,029 --> 00:04:01,867 Oh, Dad, will you talk to her? Absolutely. 73 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:03,952 Have fun? [sighs] 74 00:04:04,035 --> 00:04:07,914 Mildly tragic. I have a problem. 75 00:04:07,956 --> 00:04:10,125 I've had a couple of my own this evening. 76 00:04:10,208 --> 00:04:12,252 I'm getting a sense of deep hostility. 77 00:04:12,335 --> 00:04:15,172 Now who's looking only at facts? 78 00:04:15,213 --> 00:04:18,133 Good night, everyone. I have to go upstairs and suffer. 79 00:04:18,216 --> 00:04:20,218 What does she mean by that? 80 00:04:20,302 --> 00:04:23,096 It probably means that she's had some slight 81 00:04:23,180 --> 00:04:24,598 difference of opinion with Jeff, 82 00:04:24,681 --> 00:04:27,058 which will no doubt mark her for life. 83 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:30,854 You think not? You think not? I think not. 84 00:04:30,937 --> 00:04:34,315 Good night, children. And I use the word advisedly. 85 00:04:36,651 --> 00:04:38,737 Good night, Dad. 86 00:04:40,863 --> 00:04:43,241 Larue! Will you please not argue? 87 00:04:43,325 --> 00:04:45,952 I need your help. I'm utterly destroyed. 88 00:04:46,036 --> 00:04:48,121 Don't tell me. You broke up with Jeff. 89 00:04:48,163 --> 00:04:50,791 No. Just the opposite. I still have his ring. 90 00:04:50,874 --> 00:04:54,211 And this destroys you? I should have such destruction. 91 00:04:54,252 --> 00:04:56,713 You don't understand, Larue. 92 00:04:56,797 --> 00:04:58,964 Of course it's wonderful having his ring, 93 00:04:59,049 --> 00:05:01,051 but suddenly, driving home, it hit me... 94 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:03,720 that I'm all this younger than he is. 95 00:05:03,803 --> 00:05:05,597 He found out you're only 15 and a half? 96 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:09,100 Oh, no. I'm still 16 to him. 97 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:12,813 The point is, he'll be going back to Princeton next week. 98 00:05:12,896 --> 00:05:15,857 And going steady may be fine for him at his age, 99 00:05:15,940 --> 00:05:18,902 but it just doesn't seem right that I should sit around for the whole year... 100 00:05:18,985 --> 00:05:21,779 and die on the vine. 101 00:05:21,822 --> 00:05:25,826 Well, actually, it wouldn't be fair to him. 102 00:05:25,867 --> 00:05:27,827 I mean, what man, when he gets married, 103 00:05:27,869 --> 00:05:31,081 wants to have as a wife some unsophisticated dodo... 104 00:05:31,164 --> 00:05:33,834 who's never been around or met people or anything? 105 00:05:33,875 --> 00:05:36,962 I guess you got a problem. What are you gonna do about it? 106 00:05:37,003 --> 00:05:38,839 I'm not sure yet. 107 00:05:38,922 --> 00:05:41,007 I've gotta do some heavy thinking. [knocking] 108 00:05:41,091 --> 00:05:43,093 [Russ] Honey. Just a minute. 109 00:05:43,176 --> 00:05:45,595 Gotta hang up-- visit from the parent. Talk to you tomorrow. 110 00:05:49,641 --> 00:05:51,517 Hi. They go? 111 00:05:51,601 --> 00:05:54,521 Yeah. Boy, they act 180 years old-- apiece. 112 00:05:54,604 --> 00:05:56,523 [laughs, murmurs] 113 00:05:56,606 --> 00:06:01,778 It's a good thing they got married. Saves two other people. 114 00:06:01,862 --> 00:06:03,822 That's a fine way to talk about your sister. 115 00:06:03,863 --> 00:06:08,118 Oh, Annie's all right. She means well. But John-- 116 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:12,330 Dad, do you really think John will ever make it-- being a psychologist? 117 00:06:12,372 --> 00:06:14,124 That's what he's studying for. 118 00:06:14,207 --> 00:06:17,210 Personally, I think it's a toss-up-- 119 00:06:17,294 --> 00:06:21,714 Whether they'll let him practice or-- [raspberry] put him away. 120 00:06:21,755 --> 00:06:24,134 Something go wrong this evening? Any real problems? 121 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:26,219 Nothing I can't mishandle myself. 122 00:06:26,261 --> 00:06:28,221 Just normal agony. Yeah. 123 00:06:28,263 --> 00:06:30,223 That's good. [laughs] 124 00:06:30,265 --> 00:06:32,309 Good night. Good night. 125 00:06:42,027 --> 00:06:44,613 [Gidget narrating] I called Jeff this morning and told him straight out... 126 00:06:44,696 --> 00:06:47,365 that it would be best for his sake if I continued to date... 127 00:06:47,449 --> 00:06:49,367 even if he didn't. 128 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:51,577 He agreed to think it over and call me back. 129 00:06:51,620 --> 00:06:53,747 Meanwhile, to pass the time of day, 130 00:06:53,788 --> 00:06:58,126 I decided to make some extra entries in my diary. 131 00:06:58,209 --> 00:07:02,422 "And then, dear diary, I knew I had no choice but to give in, 132 00:07:02,505 --> 00:07:07,761 and he kissed me as he's never kissed me before." 133 00:07:07,802 --> 00:07:11,097 And I-- And I got goose pimples all over. 134 00:07:11,181 --> 00:07:13,433 Blech. 135 00:07:13,516 --> 00:07:15,977 And I fainted dead away? 136 00:07:16,061 --> 00:07:18,063 Yech. 137 00:07:19,731 --> 00:07:22,692 Sank into nothingness. 138 00:07:22,776 --> 00:07:24,819 [rings] 139 00:07:26,154 --> 00:07:28,281 Just a sec. 140 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:37,040 Sank... 141 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:39,125 into... 142 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:43,713 nothingness. 143 00:07:47,592 --> 00:07:49,886 Oh, hi, Jeff. [knocking] 144 00:07:49,970 --> 00:07:52,806 Hi. Hold it. Sisterville. 145 00:07:52,847 --> 00:07:55,141 If you're looking for Dad, he's at the office. 146 00:07:55,225 --> 00:07:57,936 No. I was just out shopping and-- 147 00:07:57,978 --> 00:08:00,146 Well, actually, I stopped by to see you, Gidget. 148 00:08:00,188 --> 00:08:02,315 Oh? 149 00:08:02,357 --> 00:08:04,484 Okay. Rest the bones. 150 00:08:04,567 --> 00:08:06,695 Thanks. 151 00:08:08,989 --> 00:08:11,908 Um, as John says, 152 00:08:11,992 --> 00:08:14,452 when a girl your age stays out until all hours... 153 00:08:14,536 --> 00:08:17,163 and then comes home with a problem, 154 00:08:17,205 --> 00:08:19,332 there has to be some deep-rooted whatchamacallit. 155 00:08:19,374 --> 00:08:21,167 And I thought-- 156 00:08:22,836 --> 00:08:26,756 Well, what I'm really trying to say is, 157 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,176 why don't you and I have a little talk, dear? 158 00:08:30,218 --> 00:08:33,054 Well, sure, but could we make it some other time? 159 00:08:33,138 --> 00:08:35,348 This happens to be an awfully busy year. 160 00:08:35,432 --> 00:08:37,392 Oh, certainly. We can-- 161 00:08:37,475 --> 00:08:39,477 Dear. 162 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:45,400 [Gidget on phone, muffled] Jeff, don't interrupt. 163 00:08:45,482 --> 00:08:48,111 I've got something very important to talk to you about. 164 00:08:48,194 --> 00:08:50,321 [continues, indistinct] 165 00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:09,006 "Sank into nothingness"? [gasps] 166 00:09:09,049 --> 00:09:11,384 But, Jeff, you don't understand. 167 00:09:11,468 --> 00:09:14,929 Of course I understand, Gidge. I think you've got an excellent point. 168 00:09:15,013 --> 00:09:18,224 The only difference is each of us will date others-- for both our sakes. 169 00:09:18,308 --> 00:09:22,395 Both date? But that's the most unfair thing I ever heard of. 170 00:09:22,479 --> 00:09:24,397 You wanna date other women? 171 00:09:24,439 --> 00:09:28,109 That's all our love-- the whole summer, the beach-- has meant to you? 172 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:32,113 In that case, I never want to see you or the Pacific Ocean again. 173 00:09:32,197 --> 00:09:36,242 Only the direst emergency could ever make me go back there. 174 00:09:41,331 --> 00:09:43,625 Now I've gotta have a dire emergency. 175 00:09:45,335 --> 00:09:47,045 Larue. 176 00:09:47,087 --> 00:09:51,549 John? Oh, John, you were so right about Gidget. 177 00:09:51,591 --> 00:09:53,885 If only Daddy had listened to you. 178 00:09:53,927 --> 00:09:57,097 Oh, it's terrible. The worst. 179 00:09:57,179 --> 00:10:00,183 Well, I warned him. It was obvious that was the way she was heading. 180 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:03,311 Listen, darling, meet me at Dad's office right away, and we'll tell him. 181 00:10:03,394 --> 00:10:05,355 Excellent idea. [handset clatters] 182 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:08,149 Anne! Wait. Tell him what? 183 00:10:08,232 --> 00:10:10,276 What's the panic? What happened? 184 00:10:10,318 --> 00:10:13,571 The worst. 185 00:10:13,655 --> 00:10:16,741 What's all that stuff, for gosh sakes? Protection. 186 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:20,203 How many times do I have to tell you? I'm allergic to the sun. 187 00:10:20,285 --> 00:10:23,998 Please. That's the least of my problems. 188 00:10:27,752 --> 00:10:30,255 [Gidget narrating] We headed for the beach, and I had plenty of time... 189 00:10:30,296 --> 00:10:34,008 to mull over my discovery that being honest isn't always the best policy. 190 00:10:34,092 --> 00:10:36,052 But if you're honest, 191 00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:39,639 all you can do is settle back and live with the trouble it brings. 192 00:10:39,722 --> 00:10:44,227 I was telling Larue-- never, never try to deal honestly with a man. 193 00:10:44,309 --> 00:10:46,980 They simply do not know how to cope with it. 194 00:10:47,063 --> 00:10:49,065 When a woman like myself comes along... 195 00:10:49,149 --> 00:10:53,194 and tries to be direct, open, honest, completely unselfish, 196 00:10:53,278 --> 00:10:55,321 it throws them for a loop. 197 00:11:11,588 --> 00:11:15,425 Well, I've learned my lesson. I'm through with Jeff once and for all. 198 00:11:15,508 --> 00:11:18,344 You're through with him? Then what are we doing at the beach? 199 00:11:18,386 --> 00:11:21,306 I'm gonna give him a second chance. 200 00:11:36,112 --> 00:11:38,655 [laughing] 201 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,920 - ♪ [flute] - There he is. 202 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:55,798 Now that he's had time to think things over, 203 00:11:55,881 --> 00:11:58,676 I'll bet he's as upset and overwrought as I am. 204 00:11:58,718 --> 00:12:00,970 He doesn't look so overwrought to me. 205 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:03,097 That's because you're not in love with him. 206 00:12:03,181 --> 00:12:05,266 When you're in love, you see things differently. 207 00:12:05,350 --> 00:12:08,436 You sure do, but I still don't see where I figure in all this. 208 00:12:08,519 --> 00:12:11,898 Simple. You are a dire emergency. 209 00:12:11,940 --> 00:12:15,568 Obviously, I can't just walk up to him and offer him a second chance. 210 00:12:15,610 --> 00:12:18,029 Why not? I do it all the time. 211 00:12:18,071 --> 00:12:20,323 Can I help it if my very best friend... 212 00:12:20,405 --> 00:12:23,409 insists on coming to the beach and makes me come with her? 213 00:12:23,493 --> 00:12:25,453 What can I do? I'm warning you. 214 00:12:25,535 --> 00:12:27,914 If I start to blister, the next thing you know, I'll vomit and-- 215 00:12:27,956 --> 00:12:31,042 You won't. Just put your stuff on. [sighs] 216 00:12:31,083 --> 00:12:33,086 Now, the idea is... 217 00:12:33,127 --> 00:12:36,923 we both sit on the beach near him, but not too close. 218 00:12:36,965 --> 00:12:39,175 And then I'll be very big about this whole thing, 219 00:12:39,259 --> 00:12:41,469 give him every opportunity to come up and talk... 220 00:12:41,552 --> 00:12:44,097 and gradually make up with me. 221 00:12:44,138 --> 00:12:46,808 Fortunately for him, I'm not the petty type. 222 00:12:46,891 --> 00:12:49,018 If you ask me, you wanna have your cake and eat it too. 223 00:12:49,102 --> 00:12:52,230 Not at all, Larue. It's pure, unadulterated logic. 224 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:55,066 Sure. 225 00:12:55,107 --> 00:12:59,153 Now, all we have to do is find a spot where he can't miss seeing us. 226 00:13:00,738 --> 00:13:03,908 That's not going to be a problem. 227 00:13:03,950 --> 00:13:07,035 Come on. Let's catch him off his guard, surprise him. 228 00:13:08,078 --> 00:13:10,164 You in there? Yeah. 229 00:13:10,248 --> 00:13:12,917 Come on. 230 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,888 You wanna queer everything? Surprise, I said. 231 00:13:25,972 --> 00:13:29,017 ♪ [flute] 232 00:13:36,524 --> 00:13:38,860 You got it, kid. Surprise. 233 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:48,995 It does look obvious-- I don't care how it looks or sounds. 234 00:13:49,078 --> 00:13:51,497 I am sure that Gidget will have a perfectly logical explanation. 235 00:13:51,581 --> 00:13:53,499 Maybe to you, but not-- 236 00:13:53,541 --> 00:13:57,378 At any rate, when Gidget comes in, I will do the talking. 237 00:13:57,462 --> 00:13:59,839 All right. We're only trying to help. I know that. 238 00:13:59,922 --> 00:14:01,631 You want some potato chips? No, thank you. 239 00:14:01,674 --> 00:14:04,427 Another sign we should have looked for. That would have warned us. 240 00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:06,511 - What? - Overeating. 241 00:14:06,596 --> 00:14:09,432 A sure sign of sexual starvation. 242 00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:11,934 Think back, Russ. 243 00:14:12,018 --> 00:14:14,687 - Was Gidget overeating a lot? - Not as much as you. 244 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,191 Why, Dad! 245 00:14:18,274 --> 00:14:20,902 Boy, it was sure hot in that outfit, I'll tell you. 246 00:14:20,985 --> 00:14:25,198 Well, I gave him his chance, and he blew it. He ignored us. 247 00:14:25,239 --> 00:14:28,618 Me I can understand. But you in that outfit? 248 00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:31,788 That's what I call first-class ignoring. 249 00:14:31,829 --> 00:14:34,624 Not that I care a whit. 250 00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:37,543 If that's the kind of girl he likes, then I say welcome to it. 251 00:14:37,627 --> 00:14:39,754 She acted like he was welcome. 252 00:14:39,837 --> 00:14:42,548 I gotta go. Yeah. Me, too, or I'll be late for dinner. 253 00:14:42,590 --> 00:14:47,929 Well, the way I feel, I may never eat again. See you tomorrow morning. 254 00:14:48,012 --> 00:14:51,599 Personally, I think it's a waste of time, the way that girl is built. 255 00:14:51,682 --> 00:14:55,561 That piece of corn bread? I'm gonna worry about that? 256 00:14:55,645 --> 00:14:57,688 Well? 257 00:14:57,730 --> 00:15:00,108 I'm gonna worry about that. 258 00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:07,240 [no Audible dialogue] 259 00:15:07,281 --> 00:15:09,909 Now, for the last time, I want to know. 260 00:15:09,992 --> 00:15:13,037 Where did you get this information about Gidget? 261 00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:16,666 Well, I'm certainly not going to tell you... 262 00:15:16,749 --> 00:15:18,626 if you're going to make such a big thing out of it. 263 00:15:18,709 --> 00:15:22,213 Such a big-- You'll probably magnify it all out of proportion. 264 00:15:22,255 --> 00:15:24,882 - Very good point, Anne. - Magnify what? 265 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:28,678 Watch now. All I have to say is that I read it in her diary-- 266 00:15:28,761 --> 00:15:30,805 Read it in her diary! 267 00:15:30,888 --> 00:15:33,891 You see? What did I tell you? 268 00:15:33,975 --> 00:15:38,229 All right, Daddy, have it your way. She's your problem. 269 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:41,649 I just want to remind you, she's the one who "sank into nothingness." 270 00:15:41,732 --> 00:15:44,902 - And that's a quote. - From her diary. 271 00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:47,029 Anne, John. 272 00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:50,825 Do me a favor? Go home. 273 00:15:50,908 --> 00:15:52,785 But-- But, Daddy. Go home. 274 00:15:52,869 --> 00:15:55,538 Give me a chance to convince myself that you meant well. 275 00:15:55,621 --> 00:15:57,540 Of course I meant well. 276 00:15:57,623 --> 00:16:00,126 I mean, she's my baby sister. 277 00:16:00,168 --> 00:16:03,254 I don't suppose there's anything I can say. 278 00:16:03,296 --> 00:16:06,007 John, for the first time, you and I are in complete agreement. 279 00:16:08,092 --> 00:16:10,136 Russ-- John. 280 00:16:11,929 --> 00:16:14,640 [door opens, closes] 281 00:16:17,059 --> 00:16:19,103 I'm not gonna worry about it. 282 00:16:22,356 --> 00:16:25,067 ♪ [rock] 283 00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:32,325 ♪ [continues, muffled] 284 00:16:35,286 --> 00:16:37,163 [Gidget narrating] So, who am I kidding? 285 00:16:37,246 --> 00:16:40,458 I was worrying about it plenty. ♪ [stops] 286 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:47,423 I was telling myself to face facts. 287 00:16:47,507 --> 00:16:50,009 I was not Sophia Loren. 288 00:16:50,092 --> 00:16:53,137 Good grief. Even she would have had to think twice about Cornbread. 289 00:16:53,179 --> 00:16:55,515 [knocking] Yeah? 290 00:16:55,598 --> 00:16:57,683 It's me, Francie. Come in. 291 00:17:11,614 --> 00:17:14,116 Hey. What's with you? 292 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,118 You look worried. Can I help? 293 00:17:16,202 --> 00:17:19,205 That's just what I came upstairs to ask you. 294 00:17:19,247 --> 00:17:22,041 - Have you a real problem? - You mean you know? 295 00:17:22,124 --> 00:17:24,167 How did you know-- What's the difference how I knew? 296 00:17:24,210 --> 00:17:27,171 A lot of difference. Brother. 297 00:17:27,213 --> 00:17:29,632 Things aren't tough enough, I guess. 298 00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:34,178 You-- You, of all people, have to find out what an idiot I am. 299 00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:36,763 Oh, everyone makes mistakes, honey. 300 00:17:36,847 --> 00:17:41,227 Yeah, but you have to have a real talent to make the kind I make. 301 00:17:41,269 --> 00:17:43,729 Now Jeff has me exactly where he wants me. 302 00:17:43,813 --> 00:17:47,858 - And when I think it was my idea-- Your idea? 303 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:51,362 You don't think Jeff would suggest it? 304 00:17:51,404 --> 00:17:54,407 When it comes to things like that, he's not square. 305 00:17:54,490 --> 00:17:56,576 He's cube. 306 00:18:01,789 --> 00:18:05,917 - You're looking at me funny. - I am trying to understand. 307 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,920 Yeah, but you're trying to understand... 308 00:18:07,962 --> 00:18:10,256 like it was the end of the world or something. 309 00:18:10,298 --> 00:18:15,052 Oh, Daddy. I think you'd better let me work this out for myself. 310 00:18:15,136 --> 00:18:18,097 You're only gonna make a great big thing out of nothing. 311 00:18:18,180 --> 00:18:20,474 Frances! Frances? 312 00:18:20,558 --> 00:18:22,768 I do not consider... 313 00:18:23,978 --> 00:18:26,939 "sinking into nothingness" nothing. 314 00:18:27,023 --> 00:18:30,234 There's a very serious question of morals involved. 315 00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:32,612 Sinking into-- 316 00:18:34,530 --> 00:18:36,449 Morals? 317 00:18:36,490 --> 00:18:39,368 Yes. Now, you and I had an understanding... 318 00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:42,288 that anytime we had a problem, we-- 319 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:45,458 You're looking at me funny. 320 00:18:45,499 --> 00:18:47,542 Well, I'm trying to understand. 321 00:18:47,627 --> 00:18:50,630 Yeah, but you're trying to understand as though I had done something immoral. 322 00:18:50,671 --> 00:18:52,965 Well, I think reading someone else's diary... 323 00:18:53,049 --> 00:18:55,468 is just about as immoral as you can get. 324 00:18:55,509 --> 00:18:59,430 - Just a minute, Gidge. - Oh, Daddy! How could you? 325 00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:03,976 How could you do something like that to-- [crying] Gidge. 326 00:19:04,060 --> 00:19:06,103 [crying continues] 327 00:19:12,443 --> 00:19:15,321 Aw, Francie. 328 00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:26,123 [Gidget narrating] I knew Dad had to be feeling every bit as rotten as I. 329 00:19:26,207 --> 00:19:28,000 But what could I do about it? 330 00:19:28,084 --> 00:19:31,921 Sure, I could go to him and say, "I don't mind you reading my diary." 331 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:33,881 But that would be a lie-- 332 00:19:33,964 --> 00:19:37,343 Just like if he came to me and said he didn't mind my... 333 00:19:37,385 --> 00:19:39,804 "sinking into nothingness." 334 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:42,098 Because that would be a lie. 335 00:19:42,138 --> 00:19:44,350 At least I hope it would be a lie. 336 00:19:44,433 --> 00:19:46,352 I'd hate to think he wouldn't mind... 337 00:19:46,435 --> 00:19:49,522 if I ever did anything as jerky as that. 338 00:19:49,563 --> 00:19:52,775 [crying] 339 00:20:05,329 --> 00:20:09,125 Hi. I couldn't sleep either. 340 00:20:11,544 --> 00:20:13,587 Don't cry anymore. 341 00:20:14,547 --> 00:20:18,718 I'm not. Honest. 342 00:20:18,801 --> 00:20:21,929 I haven't got any more tears left. 343 00:20:22,012 --> 00:20:24,557 [crying] 344 00:20:43,701 --> 00:20:46,954 The only thing that's important is... 345 00:20:47,037 --> 00:20:49,080 our having faith in each other. 346 00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:54,128 As long as we understand each other-- 347 00:20:54,211 --> 00:20:56,589 Believe in each other-- we can handle anything. 348 00:20:56,630 --> 00:20:59,717 You got that one? Not that much. 349 00:20:59,759 --> 00:21:05,222 Okay. Now, I did not read your diary, Gidge. 350 00:21:07,558 --> 00:21:09,602 You didn't? 351 00:21:09,685 --> 00:21:11,854 But then how did you know? I can't tell you how. 352 00:21:11,936 --> 00:21:15,316 You'll-- You'll just have to take my word for it. 353 00:21:16,484 --> 00:21:18,861 Ok-Okay. 354 00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:21,489 Now, what about you? 355 00:21:23,157 --> 00:21:26,869 Me? Daddy, I didn't "sink into nothingness." 356 00:21:26,952 --> 00:21:28,829 Holy cow! 357 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:33,542 - Okay. - Wait a minute. 358 00:21:33,626 --> 00:21:36,253 Something's very hokey here. It doesn't make sense. 359 00:21:36,337 --> 00:21:40,965 What? I just realized something. 360 00:21:41,050 --> 00:21:46,055 If you had read my diary, then you'd know I didn't sink into anything. 361 00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:49,642 Look. Right there-- top of the page. 362 00:21:49,683 --> 00:21:51,852 "Thursday"? That's tomorrow. Yeah. 363 00:21:51,936 --> 00:21:54,271 Tomorrow, I sink into nothingness. 364 00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:56,982 And then, Friday, I start living a life of regret. 365 00:21:57,066 --> 00:21:59,984 You mean you're writing your diary in advance? 366 00:22:00,069 --> 00:22:03,196 No. I'm not that overconfident. 367 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:07,326 It's just-- Well, when things get dull, I make up a little. 368 00:22:07,409 --> 00:22:10,287 In this case, I was making up a romantic kiss. 369 00:22:12,289 --> 00:22:15,042 [chuckling] Oh, Gidge. 370 00:22:15,125 --> 00:22:18,420 So, if you didn't read the diary, then who did and told you about it? 371 00:22:18,504 --> 00:22:22,174 Our own personal Telstar, Annie, right? 372 00:22:22,258 --> 00:22:26,262 - I'm not talking. - Oh, boy. 373 00:22:26,303 --> 00:22:29,682 I know Annie means well-- and I love her and all that-- 374 00:22:29,723 --> 00:22:34,019 But I do wish she'd stop trying to be my mother. 375 00:22:34,103 --> 00:22:37,523 Well, I guess she thinks you need one. 376 00:22:37,565 --> 00:22:40,150 But I don't. I have you. 377 00:22:42,653 --> 00:22:44,655 You do indeed. 378 00:22:47,741 --> 00:22:49,869 Oh! [chuckling] 379 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:57,542 So, Jeff leaves tomorrow, and I know I'll just shrivel up and die out of loneliness. 380 00:22:57,626 --> 00:22:59,837 But at least we got one thing settled. 381 00:22:59,837 --> 00:23:00,588 Huh? 382 00:23:00,671 --> 00:23:03,507 Well, that I should date and he'll think it over. 383 00:23:03,549 --> 00:23:05,676 I never heard of a wiser solution. 384 00:23:05,718 --> 00:23:08,762 And I think you and I rattled Annie and John pretty good. 385 00:23:08,846 --> 00:23:11,181 Yeah, I'd say they were fairly shook. 386 00:23:11,223 --> 00:23:13,142 Poor old Annie-poo. 387 00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:15,394 She wastes all that maternal instinct on me... 388 00:23:15,477 --> 00:23:17,646 when she oughta be having a baby of her own. 389 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:19,982 Of course, that could be John's fault. 390 00:23:20,065 --> 00:23:23,736 You know, psychologists have the most peculiar ideas on sex. 391 00:23:23,777 --> 00:23:26,196 They think it makes you nervous, makes you overeat. 392 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:28,907 When, actually, anybody with an ounce of intelligence... 393 00:23:28,991 --> 00:23:32,869 knows all it's good for is making-- Good night, Gidget. 394 00:23:32,912 --> 00:23:35,330 Good night, Daddy. 395 00:23:41,211 --> 00:23:43,756 Funny thing about life. 396 00:23:43,839 --> 00:23:48,594 A few hours ago, I hit the lowest point of my whole absolute existence. 397 00:23:48,677 --> 00:23:53,140 And now I'm riding so high, I can't even see cloud nine when I look down. 398 00:23:53,223 --> 00:23:55,851 John would say that shows a lack of maturity, 399 00:23:55,935 --> 00:23:57,770 and I can't argue with him. 400 00:23:57,853 --> 00:24:01,690 When you're young, it's not easy to level off and fly right. 401 00:24:01,773 --> 00:24:04,609 It's too bad you can't be born with maturity... 402 00:24:04,652 --> 00:24:08,155 and then lose it later on when you're old enough not to need it anymore. 403 00:24:08,238 --> 00:24:10,950 [gasps] I wonder if thinking about stuff like that... 404 00:24:11,032 --> 00:24:13,827 means I'm a philosopher. 405 00:24:13,911 --> 00:24:16,288 [yawning] Oh, I hope not. 406 00:24:16,372 --> 00:24:19,667 Because I'm too tired for all that jazz.