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? What would you do if I sang out of tune? ?

? Would you stand up and walk out on me? ?

? Lend me your ears, and I'll sing you a song ?

? I will try not to sing out of key, yeah ?

? Oh, baby, I get by ? ? By with a little help from my friends ?

? All I need is my buddies ?

? High with a little help from my friends ?

? I'm sayin' I'm gonna get higher ? -? Try with a little help from my friends ?

- ? Whoa-oa-oa-oa, yeah ? - ? Ooh, ooh, ooh ?

It's one small step for man...

One giant leap for mankind.

? What goes up... ?

By the end of that summer of 1969,

A lot of things had changed.

The Mets were headed for first place.

? Talking about your troubles ?

Woodstock was a household word...

? ride a painted pony... ?

And Winnie Cooper's Dad had moved to Chicago.

And it wasn't over yet.

Is that everything?

The traditional Arnold family vacation.

Okay! Let's get started!

What I loved about our vacations

Was that they always seemed to rekindle

This wonderful sense of family togetherness.

Do we have to do this?

- Dad, I'm 17. - So?

- Wayne? - So bourgeois.

Honey, where's Wayne?

Wayne?

The fact was, we were starting to outgrow this annual ritual.

Wayne!

Honey, it's time for you and Delores to say goodbye now.

That's what we're doing.

Out of the car.

My brother was a victim of bad timing.

Two weeks before, he had met the girl of his dreams,

Only to have her ripped away by a trip to ocean city.

Hey, Mr. Arnold. Sorry I'm late.

There were other changes, too.

I can't wait! This is gonna be great!

I'm not coming.

Want to stay home and get a haircut?

I'm coming. I'm coming.

All right. Everybody in the car.

Um, Mr. Arnold?

My suitcase?

[ Sighs ]

I was the only one who didn't seem to care either way.

I wasn't exactly looking forward to the trip,

But I was tired of the old neighborhood.

And there was nothing keeping me here anymore.

Winnie's letter had seen to that.

Kevin, we're almost ready to go!

Okay, Mom!

Winnie wrote about how bored she was in Maine

With her Mom,

About how much she looked forward to coming home.

But then...

She'd met somebody.

His name was chip,

And he was the all-state champ of everything.

She deserved it, I guess.

And even though I'd never met the guy,

I was pretty sure I hated him.

Okay. Let's get started.

[ Claps ]

- Bye. - Bye. See ya.

Yep, maybe a family vacation would do me some good.

Wayne! Come on!

[ Whistling ]

[ Mid-tempo music playing on radio ]

Watch it, butthead.

Hey. What'd I do?

You crossed the line.

[ Sighs ]

Of course, I'd have to survive the car trip first.

Remember how we used to play the alphabet game?

Come on. It'll be fun.

I'll go first.

There's "a," as in Danville.

"b," "c," as in block.

Who's next?

I don't believe this.

Everything okay, pal?

Paul?

Ii think we'd better pull over.

What none of us figured on

Was the awful reality of actually traveling with Paul.

Get him out of the car. [ tires screech ]

Hurry up. Quick! Quick! Come on.

Ocean city...

Where Mom and Dad had spent their honeymoon in 1949.

We'd grown up hearing them talk about it...

Quaint seaside bungalows,

The soft drum of the surf...

[ Jackhammer rattling ]

Kind of a castaways' paradise.

48 bucks for two lousy rooms?

What happened to this place?

Two rooms?

Who am I staying with?

You ain't staying with me, Karen.

I don't want to stay with you, Wayne.

Good. I hope you don't want to stay.

Why don't you go on a peace march?

I'm not talking to you, Wayne.

All right, you two. That's enough.

If I could be there...

Yeah, you'd be there if Louis hadn't dumped you.

Wayne, I don't want any arguing. We just got here.

My best friend was witnessing

Just how low my family could sink.

Don't worry.

By the time we check in,

Everyone will be in a great mood.

[ Water dripping ]

[ Door thuds ]

[ Jackhammer rattling in distance ]

Think I need a drink.

[ "Drunken sailor" playing ]

The captain Kidd cod looks kind of fun, honey.

Four bucks?

For a piece of fish?

Um, I think I'll have the barnacle bucket.

This place is embarrassing.

- Honey. - Well, it is.

It's just so...

[ glass thuds ]

Will you please just have fun?

This is costing a damn fortune.

Somehow, Dad's pep talk had failed to rally the troops.

[ slurping ]

My only consolation

Was that Paul seemed to be feeling better.

Tomorrow we hit the beach.

Suntans... Bodysurfing...

Bikinis.

[ Gull crying ]

Yep, I always had Paul.

Come on. Let's go.

Paul?

Are you okay, honey?

Yeah. Why?

It's your face.

You look like you've got a sunburn.

Mom, how can he have a sunburn? We just got here!

Still, his face did kind of look like

A petri-dish experiment.

Is it red?

And blotchy?

This is not good.

This is definitely not good.

What is it?

Fish.

I must have eaten fish.

Well, what do you have to do, call an ambulance?

No. I'll be okay.

I just have to stay inside for a day or two.

A day or two?

Paul, that's the entire vacation!

How could Paul do a rotten thing like this to me?

Thanks for thinking of me, pal, but I'll be okay.

Trust me.

Heck, you don't even know what long is!

This is not long!

You should see the guy Karen was talking to!

Who was Karen talking to?

Can we please try to have a good time?

Karen's going away to college next year.

This is the last time we all have to be together.

Why are there so many flies here?

[ Rock music playing on radio ]

Karen?

[ Music continues ]

Kevin, where are you going?!

For a walk.

I couldn't figure out what had happened

To the vacations we used to take...

When we did things together...

And everybody was happy.

[ down-tempo music playing ]

[ Music ends ]

But that was ages ago.

I was 13 now, and summer was almost over.

All around me, people were having fun...

With their boyfriends named chip.

Hey!

? I ?

? I love the colorful clothes she wears ?

? And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair ?

Me?

Yeah.

What's your name, brown eyes?

Uh... Kevin!

[ laughs ] you sure?

Yeah.

Well, Kevin, can I ask you something?

Could she? Would she?

Sure!

Can I have my hat?

- Here. - Thanks.

Well, I guess that was that.

Who was I kidding anyway?

This girl was definitely out of my league.

Wait.

I'm Teri, with an "-ri."

I beg your pardon.

That's pretty.

How old are you?

How old am I?

Well, uh, gee. Let me see here.

14.

Forgive me.

How old are you?

Guess.

Uh-oh.

I had heard about these feminine traps before.

There was no right way to answer this one.

Well, you're too pretty to be just 14.

Then again...

I'm 15.

I was gonna guess 15.

Sure you were.

My god. She touched my leg!

Was that an accident?

So, you want to sit down?

Yeah.

My adolescent mind was spinning out of control.

This was amazing!

This was incredible!

This was... An older woman!

? I'm pickin' up good vibrations ?

? She's givin' me excitations ?

? I'm pickin' up good vibrations ?

? She's givin' me... ?

[ Accordion playing, Wayne slurping ]

- Where you been? - Out.

From now on, I want to know where you go, when you go.

First you tell me

That I have to come on this stupid vacation.

And then you tell me to have fun.

I try to have fun,

And then you get mad at me all over again.

I hate this!

[ Music continues ]

I'll be right back.

Okay, maybe my timing wasn't the best, but...

Mom... Can I go to the pier?

I mean tomorrow night.

By yourself?

No, not exactly.

With who?

Just... Teri.

Who's Teri?

Some boy you met on the beach?

Not exactly.

Well, what do you mean?

Well...

I didn't want Mom to think

I was having some kind of illicit rendezvous.

This would have to be handled delicately.

Some bimbo he met on the beach.

She's not a bimbo, Wayne.

Can I have a beer, Mom?

Wayne, go back to the room.

- But... - Now.

[ Music slows, ends ]

You promise to be back by 9:30?

Yeah.

Okay.

And we have lift-off.

I wanted to leap! I wanted to dance!

I wanted to kiss her!

Aw, what the heck?

Bless you.

[ laughs ]

Hi.

Hi.

Okay. We'd exhausted that topic.

So, you like bumper cars?

Yeah.

? Wouldn't it be nice if we were older? ?

? Then we wouldn't have to wait so long ?

? And wouldn't it be nice to live together ?

? In the kind of world where we belong? ?

? You know it's gonna make it that much better ?

It's odd... I'd only just met her,

But already I felt like we'd known each other for...

Days.

? Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up... ?

I think she felt that way, too.

? ...In the morning when the day is new? ?

? And after having spent the day together ?

? Hold each other close the whole night through ?

? What happy times together we've been spending ?

? I wish that every kiss was never-ending ?

? But wouldn't it be nice? ?

I think I'll name him brown eyes.

He's all ugly and covered with warts...

Like you.

Good.

Earth to Kevin.

I'm here. I'm just looking at the pictures.

That's all you've been doing for the last hour.

Even at 13... sorry, 14...

I knew it wouldn't be a good idea

To tell her I was gloating...

Gloating that I now had proof that this night was real.

I think we look neat together.

Yeah?

Yeah.

You know, Kevin, you seem very mature for 14.

And... So do you.

For 15, I mean.

Does that bother you?

No. Does it bother you?

Yeah. It really does.

Gotcha! [ Laughs ]

I was definitely navigating uncharted waters.

Mm, I love the beach.

Yeah. Me too.

You guys come here every year?

Well, my parents spent their honeymoon here.

Oh, really? It must be very romantic.

Yeah, I guess.

Do you know what I feel like doing, brown eyes?

I couldn't help but wonder

If what she felt like doing was what I felt like doing.

What?

That's what.

I was prepared to die now.

Okay, I should ask her to wait for me now...

Just until I get out of junior high school.

Then we can get married.

Teri?

Yes, brown eyes?

Would... would you...

I mean...

Anything.

You want to go rafting tomorrow?

I'd love to.

Then it's a date.

Except... We don't do much rafting in Albuquerque.

Albuquerque?

I have to leave tomorrow.

Leave?

We have to.

Dad got called back early.

Why didn't you tell me?

Would you have had any fun tonight if I did?

Okay, granted... girls mature faster than boys,

But this was too rational.

I guess not.

I have to go in now.

So that's it?

I'll miss you, Kevin.

Yeah, sure.

I'll write you. I promise.

Didn't you have a good time?

Yeah.

I had a great time.

Come on. I'll walk you home.

That's okay.

I want to remember you just like this.

That cute little smile and those big puppy-dog eyes...

And your hair all messed up.

Gotcha.

I knew at that Moment that life was not fair.

Sure, I'd write to her, and maybe she'd write to me.

Then what?

Could we really wait for each other

For the next 10 or 12 years?

It was hopeless.

I'd never felt pain like this before in my entire life.

It felt... Wonderful.

[ music playing in distance ]

A lot happened on the beach in ocean city

That summer night in 1969.

But of course, none of it was permanent.

Hi!

Well, after all, Winnie was my next-door neighbor.

How you doing?

Fine.

Sorry about your Dad moving to Chicago.

Well, yeah.

So, uh... How's chip?

Oh.

Okay, maybe I was asking for trouble,

But I had an ace or two under my own...

We broke up.

I guess it was just one of those summer things.

You know?

[ Thunder rumbles ]

Yeah.

So eighth grade, huh?

I think it's gonna be good.

Yeah.

Yeah. Me too.

- Welcome home. - Welcome home.

[ Both chuckle ]

When you're 13, it's a long way to Albuquerque.

Teri told me about getting her learner's permit

And taking her first drive with a stick shift.

She wrote of our night at the beach.

She told me she missed me so much

That she cried herself to sleep at night.

And she promised to write to me until we saw each other again.

I keep that letter in an old shoe box.

It was the only letter she ever wrote me.

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