1 00:00:00,406 --> 00:00:02,949 Every great act has its own routine. 2 00:00:06,284 --> 00:00:08,425 Delivery...timing... 3 00:00:10,266 --> 00:00:12,663 They take years to perfect. 4 00:00:14,674 --> 00:00:17,378 It takes hard work and practice. 5 00:00:18,271 --> 00:00:19,966 But once you've got it down... 6 00:00:19,966 --> 00:00:21,375 It becomes... 7 00:00:21,375 --> 00:00:24,544 Second-nature. Routine. 8 00:00:25,173 --> 00:00:26,895 - Butthead! - Dorkface! 9 00:00:26,895 --> 00:00:27,956 Grow up! 10 00:00:27,956 --> 00:00:30,937 Take my family. Please. 11 00:00:30,937 --> 00:00:32,890 - Good morning. - Hnnn... 12 00:00:32,890 --> 00:00:35,638 Talk about routines... We had a million of 'em. 13 00:00:36,538 --> 00:00:37,728 Kevin? Did you feed - 14 00:00:37,728 --> 00:00:41,177 Mom, can you do it? I gotta get to school early... 15 00:00:41,177 --> 00:00:41,621 Mom? 16 00:00:41,621 --> 00:00:44,202 - Did you fix that button on my - - I sewed it on last night. 17 00:00:44,202 --> 00:00:46,283 - Norma, where's my - - It's in your briefcase. 18 00:00:46,283 --> 00:00:48,201 - Hey, where's uh - - Right here. 19 00:00:48,201 --> 00:00:49,776 Yep - we had 'em all. 20 00:00:49,776 --> 00:00:51,355 Timing, delivery... 21 00:00:51,355 --> 00:00:54,192 And of course, the best straight-man in the business. 22 00:00:54,192 --> 00:00:55,385 Jack? 23 00:00:55,385 --> 00:00:58,570 The tickets for the concert series arrived. 24 00:00:59,438 --> 00:01:00,465 Good old mom. 25 00:01:00,465 --> 00:01:02,045 Honey? 26 00:01:03,230 --> 00:01:04,321 Uh...no, no. 27 00:01:04,321 --> 00:01:06,687 Just coffee's fine. 28 00:01:07,455 --> 00:01:11,732 No, Jack...I was talking about the concert series. 29 00:01:11,732 --> 00:01:12,521 Oh... 30 00:01:12,521 --> 00:01:15,678 It starts this Thursday night. They're doing chamber music. 31 00:01:15,678 --> 00:01:16,983 I think it should be fun. 32 00:01:16,983 --> 00:01:19,450 Uh-huh. You could always count on Norma Arnold... 33 00:01:19,450 --> 00:01:20,695 To set up the punchlines. 34 00:01:20,695 --> 00:01:23,809 Thursday's gonna be a bear, Norma. 35 00:01:23,809 --> 00:01:26,993 It's this damn audit. 36 00:01:27,571 --> 00:01:30,125 One of the kids'll go with ya. 37 00:01:33,130 --> 00:01:34,826 I've got a date. 38 00:01:34,826 --> 00:01:39,560 Big history test Friday. Gotta hit the books. 39 00:01:39,696 --> 00:01:42,834 You had to hand it to her. Mom was perfect at the part. 40 00:01:42,834 --> 00:01:44,801 Like any great comedian. 41 00:01:44,801 --> 00:01:46,912 Kev, it isn't funny! 44 00:01:51,997 --> 00:01:53,852 I had some experience of my own. 45 00:01:53,852 --> 00:01:57,335 Paul, it's just a cow-lick. It's not so bad. 46 00:01:57,335 --> 00:01:59,289 What do you mean, "not so bad"? 47 00:01:59,289 --> 00:02:01,683 "Not so good", right? That's what you really mean. 48 00:02:01,683 --> 00:02:03,841 For instance, when Paul's self-esteem was down... 49 00:02:03,841 --> 00:02:05,470 Read any day of the week... 50 00:02:05,470 --> 00:02:07,680 It was routine for me to build him back up. 51 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:11,347 It looks like I've got pipe-cleaners growing out of my head! 52 00:02:11,347 --> 00:02:12,983 It looks fine! 53 00:02:13,459 --> 00:02:14,799 Hey, Alfalfa! 54 00:02:14,799 --> 00:02:16,244 Nice "'do". 55 00:02:16,244 --> 00:02:17,592 Get bent, Hobson! 56 00:02:17,592 --> 00:02:21,588 Careful what you say, Pfeif... Or I might not let you see the Berlini poll. 57 00:02:21,588 --> 00:02:21,944 What? 58 00:02:21,944 --> 00:02:23,584 The "Lisa Berlini poll". 59 00:02:23,584 --> 00:02:27,647 The definitive rating... Of the male faction at RFK Junior High. 60 00:02:27,647 --> 00:02:31,360 It was the kind of document that eventually led to deep-seated neuroses... 61 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:32,893 And psychotherapy. 62 00:02:32,893 --> 00:02:35,020 Not that we knew about that stuff in eigth-grade. 63 00:02:35,020 --> 00:02:38,222 Read 'em and weep, cupcakes. 64 00:02:41,099 --> 00:02:42,276 Is my name on it? 65 00:02:42,276 --> 00:02:47,925 "Best eyes"? I got "best eyes"?! What about the rest of my face? 66 00:02:47,925 --> 00:02:50,580 Well, I guess it could have been worse. 67 00:02:50,580 --> 00:02:52,714 "Brainiest". 68 00:02:52,714 --> 00:02:53,714 I could have been Paul. 69 00:02:53,714 --> 00:02:56,192 Does anybody see my name?! 70 00:02:56,192 --> 00:02:59,196 Man, last time at least I got... "best-mannered". 71 00:02:59,196 --> 00:03:00,972 Hey! 72 00:03:00,972 --> 00:03:03,563 There's nothing wrong with being brainy. 73 00:03:03,563 --> 00:03:06,442 Thank God I didn't get "brainiest". 74 00:03:07,127 --> 00:03:10,625 Man, first a cow-lick the size of Mount Rushmore, and now this. 75 00:03:10,625 --> 00:03:14,814 Uh-oh. You could sense Paul heading for a major-league slump, here. 76 00:03:14,814 --> 00:03:17,070 This was gonna take...care. 77 00:03:17,070 --> 00:03:20,518 Paul, nobody's gonna notice. Trust me. 78 00:03:20,518 --> 00:03:21,276 You think so? 79 00:03:21,276 --> 00:03:22,305 Yeah. 80 00:03:22,305 --> 00:03:25,248 Care...and a little good luck. 81 00:03:31,540 --> 00:03:33,622 Now, there's a brain. 82 00:03:33,622 --> 00:03:35,795 Pretty attractive, huh? 83 00:03:35,795 --> 00:03:37,847 Paul, it's just a stupid movie. 84 00:03:37,847 --> 00:03:40,723 Man, I'd rather be "ugliest" than "brainiest. 85 00:03:40,723 --> 00:03:43,324 Paul Pfeiffer! Who said you were ugly? 86 00:03:43,324 --> 00:03:44,964 Nobody said he was ugly. 87 00:03:44,964 --> 00:03:47,390 No...they said brainiest. 88 00:03:47,390 --> 00:03:50,405 Babes are already starting to beat down my door. 89 00:03:51,973 --> 00:03:53,799 It's these stupid glasses. 90 00:03:53,799 --> 00:03:55,910 What are you talking about? 91 00:03:55,910 --> 00:03:57,352 Never mind, mom. 92 00:03:57,352 --> 00:04:00,443 After all, if I couldn't cheer the guy up, what could Mom do? 93 00:04:00,443 --> 00:04:01,282 Paul... 94 00:04:01,282 --> 00:04:03,481 I've known you a long time. 95 00:04:03,481 --> 00:04:09,212 And I've always thought that your glasses make you look very...manly. 96 00:04:09,212 --> 00:04:10,901 Manly!? 97 00:04:10,901 --> 00:04:12,552 Manly? 98 00:04:12,552 --> 00:04:14,331 Absolutely. 99 00:04:14,331 --> 00:04:17,093 Of course she was obviously throwing him a line. 100 00:04:17,093 --> 00:04:19,356 Still, the fish were biting. 101 00:04:19,356 --> 00:04:23,128 You know...a lot of great men wear glasses. 102 00:04:23,128 --> 00:04:24,377 Like who? 103 00:04:24,377 --> 00:04:27,374 Well, like...Arthur Miller. 104 00:04:27,374 --> 00:04:28,775 Who's Arthur Miller? 105 00:04:28,775 --> 00:04:31,173 You think Arthur Miller is handsome? 106 00:04:31,173 --> 00:04:36,087 Well, not just me. Marilyn Monroe thought so, too. 107 00:04:37,038 --> 00:04:39,699 I guess I'd never really thought about it that way before. 108 00:04:39,699 --> 00:04:43,179 Naturally he hadn't. It was patently ridiculous... 109 00:04:43,179 --> 00:04:45,817 Whoever Arthur Miller was. 110 00:04:45,817 --> 00:04:48,647 Glasses can make the man, Paul. 111 00:04:48,647 --> 00:04:50,870 Still, ya had to hand it to old Mom. 112 00:04:50,870 --> 00:04:53,135 Paul was lappin' up the kind words like - 113 00:04:53,135 --> 00:04:55,309 Hey! How about some cocoa? 114 00:04:55,309 --> 00:04:57,173 Uh, I'm allergic to instant. 115 00:04:57,173 --> 00:04:58,952 Oh, I make it from scratch. 116 00:04:58,952 --> 00:05:00,807 It always cheers Kevin up. 117 00:05:00,807 --> 00:05:03,512 - Look, Mom...I don't think he - - That sounds great. 118 00:05:03,512 --> 00:05:04,567 Let's go! 119 00:05:04,567 --> 00:05:06,778 I'm in the mood for some, too. 120 00:05:07,481 --> 00:05:09,201 How about you, honey? 121 00:05:09,201 --> 00:05:11,603 No. No thanks. 122 00:05:11,603 --> 00:05:12,910 - So - who else wore glasses? - Well... 123 00:05:12,910 --> 00:05:15,007 Sure - let 'em have a little time together. 124 00:05:15,007 --> 00:05:16,972 It was no skin off my nose. 125 00:05:16,972 --> 00:05:21,633 After all, Mom's cocoa and sympathy could never prepare Paul for the cold realities of - 126 00:05:21,633 --> 00:05:23,388 Hey, brainiac! 127 00:05:23,388 --> 00:05:25,703 Heard any good theorems lately, gray matter? 128 00:05:25,703 --> 00:05:26,440 Real life. 129 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,098 Hey, big brain... 130 00:05:28,098 --> 00:05:30,504 Life after Lisa Berlini. 131 00:05:30,504 --> 00:05:32,537 Look at it this way, Pfeiffer... 132 00:05:32,996 --> 00:05:35,014 Brainy's not so bad. 133 00:05:35,014 --> 00:05:37,856 There are a lot of librarians out there lookin' for a man! 134 00:05:37,856 --> 00:05:39,475 OK - that was my cue. 135 00:05:39,475 --> 00:05:41,467 Time to come to the rescue, here. 136 00:05:41,467 --> 00:05:44,962 Yeah, well, I guess being brainiest is something you'll never have to worry about. 137 00:05:44,962 --> 00:05:46,143 Or, maybe not. 138 00:05:46,143 --> 00:05:48,457 Oh - very funny..."four-eyes". 139 00:05:48,457 --> 00:05:51,897 Hey, pal - Arthur Miller wears glasses. 140 00:05:51,897 --> 00:05:53,426 Who's Arthur Miller? 141 00:05:53,426 --> 00:05:56,184 Why don't you ask Marilyn Monroe? 142 00:05:56,184 --> 00:05:56,814 Huh? 143 00:05:56,814 --> 00:05:58,235 Well, well, well. 144 00:05:58,235 --> 00:06:00,236 Seemed we had a new Paul on our hands. 145 00:06:00,987 --> 00:06:03,912 Yep. My best friend was feeling...better. 146 00:06:03,912 --> 00:06:05,221 So then I said... 147 00:06:05,221 --> 00:06:07,302 "Why don't ya ask Marilyn Monroe". 148 00:06:07,302 --> 00:06:09,324 Oh... 149 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:11,918 Much better. 150 00:06:13,044 --> 00:06:16,088 In fact, over the next few days, it was all he talked about. 151 00:06:16,088 --> 00:06:19,382 I've been thinking about getting wire rims. 152 00:06:19,382 --> 00:06:20,580 Wire rims? 153 00:06:20,580 --> 00:06:24,317 To accentuate the positive. Glasses can make the man... 154 00:06:24,317 --> 00:06:25,040 Your shot. 155 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:26,522 "Accentuate the positive"... 156 00:06:26,522 --> 00:06:28,370 "Glasses make the man"... 157 00:06:28,370 --> 00:06:31,367 Was this a kid I was playing with, or a clotheshorse? 158 00:06:31,367 --> 00:06:34,998 You know...I could probably get Dad to special-order some frames like Donald Perman's. 159 00:06:34,998 --> 00:06:35,690 That'd be neat. 160 00:06:35,690 --> 00:06:39,167 Who's Donald Perman? 161 00:06:39,167 --> 00:06:42,128 Course, Ben Franklin wore bi-focals - but I don't need those. 162 00:06:42,128 --> 00:06:43,992 Paul! Who's Donald Perman? 163 00:06:43,992 --> 00:06:46,259 That guy your mom dated in high school. 164 00:06:46,259 --> 00:06:48,501 She thought he was really good-looking. 165 00:06:48,501 --> 00:06:50,997 She showed me his picture in her yearbook. 166 00:06:50,997 --> 00:06:52,322 Her yearbook? 167 00:06:52,322 --> 00:06:54,980 When did Paul ever see my mom's yearbook? 168 00:06:54,980 --> 00:06:58,539 Man! We must have talked for about an hour yesterday. 169 00:06:58,539 --> 00:06:59,598 Where was I? 170 00:06:59,598 --> 00:07:02,761 Why didn't you ever tell me your mom wanted to be a singer? 171 00:07:02,761 --> 00:07:05,524 Isn't that a funny story about the audition for the radio commercial? 172 00:07:05,524 --> 00:07:07,828 Radio commercial? 173 00:07:08,695 --> 00:07:11,313 My mother never told me about any radio commercial. 174 00:07:11,313 --> 00:07:14,871 Yeah, well...It's not so funny after you heard it a bazillion times... 175 00:07:14,871 --> 00:07:18,865 I thought it was hilarious. Especially the part about the shoulderpads. 176 00:07:19,630 --> 00:07:21,601 Look... 177 00:07:21,601 --> 00:07:24,209 I'm gonna go get something to drink. Ya want anything? 178 00:07:24,209 --> 00:07:25,970 Hey, I'll get it. 179 00:07:25,970 --> 00:07:26,579 Be right back. 180 00:07:26,579 --> 00:07:30,372 I wanted to shoot hoops, and this guy wanted to talk about my mother's history. 181 00:07:30,372 --> 00:07:34,629 Who cared?! I had more important things to think about. 182 00:07:34,629 --> 00:07:37,119 Like winning an NBA title... In triple overtime... 183 00:07:37,119 --> 00:07:39,920 With a shot at the buzzer. 184 00:07:43,100 --> 00:07:47,107 And the crowd's gone wild! 185 00:07:48,913 --> 00:07:50,651 The crowd, maybe. 186 00:07:50,651 --> 00:07:52,648 But what about...The other team? 187 00:07:52,648 --> 00:07:57,946 Didn't Paul realize there were more important things in life...Than... 188 00:07:59,737 --> 00:08:02,907 Sitting around, having cocoa...while my mother laughed... 189 00:08:02,907 --> 00:08:07,391 Harder than I'd seen her laugh in years. 190 00:08:11,495 --> 00:08:15,612 "Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind" = Lovin' Spoonful = 191 00:08:15,612 --> 00:08:19,524 ¢Ü Did you ever have to make up your mind ¢Ü 192 00:08:19,524 --> 00:08:20,944 ¢Ü Pick only one and ¢Ü 193 00:08:20,944 --> 00:08:23,222 ¢Ü Leave the others behind ¢Ü 194 00:08:23,222 --> 00:08:24,763 ¢Ü It's not always easy ¢Ü 195 00:08:24,763 --> 00:08:26,880 ¢Ü It's not always kind ¢Ü 196 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:32,523 ¢Ü Did you ever have to make up your mind ¢Ü 197 00:08:32,523 --> 00:08:36,735 Article Five, Section Six of the Eight-grade Boys' Code of Conduct... 198 00:08:36,735 --> 00:08:39,999 When faced with a popularity poll you don't like... 199 00:08:39,999 --> 00:08:42,341 Make up your own. 200 00:08:44,610 --> 00:08:46,150 Of course, we took it seriously. 201 00:08:46,150 --> 00:08:47,492 There was an art to this. 202 00:08:47,492 --> 00:08:48,955 Points awarded for intelligence... 203 00:08:48,955 --> 00:08:50,186 Political awareness... 204 00:08:50,186 --> 00:08:51,228 And of course... 205 00:08:51,228 --> 00:08:52,240 Best body...? 206 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:53,723 Didi Rodriguez. 207 00:08:53,723 --> 00:08:56,771 No way! Holly Stern! 208 00:08:56,771 --> 00:08:58,490 She shaves her legs! 209 00:08:58,490 --> 00:09:00,008 Doug, you're droolin'. 210 00:09:00,008 --> 00:09:02,885 Of course he was drooling - that's what adolescents do. 211 00:09:02,885 --> 00:09:03,265 Hi. 212 00:09:03,265 --> 00:09:05,317 Well, most adolescents. 213 00:09:05,317 --> 00:09:06,744 What are you guys doing? 214 00:09:06,744 --> 00:09:10,266 Oh... decide to spend some time with people your own age, huh? 215 00:09:10,266 --> 00:09:11,462 We're doing a poll. 216 00:09:11,462 --> 00:09:13,279 To get back at Lisa Berlini. 217 00:09:13,279 --> 00:09:15,067 How about "best smile". 218 00:09:15,067 --> 00:09:17,698 You know who has a great smile? 219 00:09:17,698 --> 00:09:19,159 Your mom. 220 00:09:19,159 --> 00:09:20,382 Was he nuts? 221 00:09:20,382 --> 00:09:21,343 When the guys found out... 222 00:09:21,343 --> 00:09:23,377 What he thought about my mother...they would - 223 00:09:23,377 --> 00:09:26,207 Ya know...Arnold's mom's not bad. 224 00:09:26,207 --> 00:09:27,669 Agree... 225 00:09:27,669 --> 00:09:30,591 She shaves her legs, too. 226 00:09:30,591 --> 00:09:32,001 You're talking about my...mother! 227 00:09:32,001 --> 00:09:35,498 As if she were some kind of, uh...woman! 228 00:09:35,498 --> 00:09:38,232 I think we should put down Kevin's mom for "best smile". 229 00:09:38,232 --> 00:09:39,551 Paul - that's ridiculous! 230 00:09:39,551 --> 00:09:41,622 I mean...This is a school poll. 231 00:09:41,622 --> 00:09:42,790 Wait a minute. 232 00:09:42,790 --> 00:09:46,053 Pfeiffer's actually got a decent idea. 233 00:09:46,053 --> 00:09:47,135 Uh-oh. 234 00:09:47,135 --> 00:09:51,696 Lisa Berlini should know she's in competition with real women. 235 00:09:51,696 --> 00:09:53,492 Look what I got for your tub, honey! 236 00:09:53,492 --> 00:09:54,668 Norma Arnold. 237 00:09:54,668 --> 00:09:57,478 Homemaker, mother, wife... 238 00:09:57,478 --> 00:10:00,007 Teen idol. 239 00:10:01,503 --> 00:10:04,553 Hello? Oh, hello, Paul... 240 00:10:04,553 --> 00:10:05,805 Tell him I'm not home. 241 00:10:05,805 --> 00:10:07,941 Fact is, I'd had just about enough of - 242 00:10:07,941 --> 00:10:09,571 It's for me, honey. 243 00:10:09,571 --> 00:10:11,829 OK - fine. In fact - perfect. 244 00:10:11,829 --> 00:10:14,909 Because once Mom discovered how boring Paul was on the phone... 245 00:10:14,909 --> 00:10:17,360 Oh, Paul! 246 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,183 Really? 247 00:10:19,183 --> 00:10:20,710 Ah, excuse me, Mrs. Arnold... 248 00:10:20,710 --> 00:10:22,918 But don't we have better things to do? 249 00:10:22,918 --> 00:10:24,068 Now? 250 00:10:24,068 --> 00:10:31,628 Well, I have to go now, Paul... OK...OK. Bye. 251 00:10:31,628 --> 00:10:34,424 Oh, dear. Your father will be home soon... 252 00:10:34,424 --> 00:10:36,068 And I'm not sure what to do about dinner. 253 00:10:36,068 --> 00:10:38,256 OK - this was the mom I knew. 254 00:10:38,256 --> 00:10:39,884 The mom that fixed dinner. 255 00:10:39,884 --> 00:10:42,844 Now that Paul's going to the concert with me tonight. 256 00:10:42,844 --> 00:10:44,105 What? 257 00:10:44,105 --> 00:10:45,831 Yeah. That's why he called. 258 00:10:45,831 --> 00:10:47,415 He asked if he could go with me. 259 00:10:47,415 --> 00:10:49,142 How'd Paul know about the concert? 260 00:10:49,142 --> 00:10:53,228 Well, I told him your father couldn't come... 261 00:10:53,228 --> 00:10:56,439 And since the rest of you were busy, that extra ticket shouldn't go to waste. 262 00:10:56,439 --> 00:10:59,472 Look, Mom - you know all Paul's gonna do is talk through the whole thing. 263 00:10:59,472 --> 00:11:02,193 It's not like he even knows what chamber music is... 264 00:11:02,193 --> 00:11:03,256 Which made two of us. 265 00:11:03,256 --> 00:11:05,687 He said he wanted to expand his horizons. 266 00:11:05,687 --> 00:11:06,910 I think that's nice. 267 00:11:06,910 --> 00:11:10,737 Nice? Why did I suddenly smell a Pfeiffer in wolf's clothing? 268 00:11:10,737 --> 00:11:12,569 Well, I better get ready. 269 00:11:12,569 --> 00:11:14,910 The concert begins at seven. 270 00:11:16,681 --> 00:11:20,966 The funny thing is, I hadn't seen Mom so excited in...months. 271 00:11:20,966 --> 00:11:24,003 Norma? Can you come here a minute? 272 00:11:24,003 --> 00:11:25,672 I'm still...Getting dressed, honey! 273 00:11:25,672 --> 00:11:26,520 In fact... 274 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,167 She was sounding down-right...chipper. 275 00:11:29,167 --> 00:11:32,167 I'll get it. 276 00:11:32,167 --> 00:11:34,664 Oh, hi, Mr. Arnold. I brought a Jell-O mold. 277 00:11:34,664 --> 00:11:36,094 My mother wanted me to bring it over. 278 00:11:36,094 --> 00:11:37,519 It's lime Jell-O. 279 00:11:37,519 --> 00:11:39,742 She put fruit cocktail in it, but we didn't have any of those little marshmallows - 280 00:11:39,742 --> 00:11:42,863 Norma?! Paul's here! 281 00:11:42,863 --> 00:11:44,755 I'll just be a minute! 282 00:11:44,755 --> 00:11:46,857 She'll just be a minute. 283 00:11:50,728 --> 00:11:51,583 Norma? 284 00:11:51,583 --> 00:11:53,839 This pizza's still frozen in the middle. 285 00:11:53,839 --> 00:11:56,803 Turn it up to four-fifty for about another ten minutes. 286 00:11:56,803 --> 00:11:59,347 Oh. Hnnn... 287 00:11:59,347 --> 00:12:02,293 Oh...And...sprinkle a little water on the crust. 288 00:12:02,293 --> 00:12:05,995 I've always found the only way you can get the middle warm is... 289 00:12:05,995 --> 00:12:08,087 Burn the sides. 290 00:12:08,087 --> 00:12:08,804 That was it. 291 00:12:08,804 --> 00:12:11,232 The same thirteen-year-old who was dating his wife... 292 00:12:11,232 --> 00:12:14,177 Was now giving him cooking tips? 293 00:12:14,177 --> 00:12:16,918 Dad wasn't gonna stand for this. 294 00:12:16,918 --> 00:12:19,687 How much water? 295 00:12:19,687 --> 00:12:21,965 Oh, just a little sprinkle. 296 00:12:21,965 --> 00:12:26,381 - Sir. - Hnnn... 297 00:12:26,381 --> 00:12:29,007 OK, then - if Dad wouldn't do it, I would. 298 00:12:29,007 --> 00:12:31,939 It was time to explain to Paul...my mother... 299 00:12:31,939 --> 00:12:33,719 Was just like everyone else's mother. 300 00:12:33,719 --> 00:12:35,554 OK, I'm ready... 301 00:12:36,639 --> 00:12:38,626 Only more beautiful. 302 00:12:45,265 --> 00:12:46,114 Hi, honey. 303 00:12:46,682 --> 00:12:50,319 - Hi. - Hi 304 00:12:50,319 --> 00:12:51,147 Oh! 305 00:12:51,147 --> 00:12:52,761 My mom wanted me to give this to you. 306 00:12:52,761 --> 00:12:56,654 Oh, thank you! That was very nice of her. 307 00:12:56,654 --> 00:12:59,631 Hey! Should I... Put some foil on this? 308 00:12:59,631 --> 00:13:01,936 - It'll stick. - It'll stick. 309 00:13:01,936 --> 00:13:03,124 Oh... 310 00:13:03,124 --> 00:13:05,071 Well, are you ready? 311 00:13:05,071 --> 00:13:07,030 It was...embarrassing. 312 00:13:07,030 --> 00:13:08,446 Didn't Dad see? 313 00:13:08,446 --> 00:13:10,439 While he was busy playing "Susie Homemaker"... 314 00:13:10,439 --> 00:13:13,473 My best friend was squiring his wife around town. 315 00:13:13,473 --> 00:13:18,018 Well. I'll seeya later. And, if you want a snack tonight... 316 00:13:18,018 --> 00:13:21,473 There's Jell-O. 317 00:13:24,339 --> 00:13:26,778 You really look gorgeous. 318 00:13:26,778 --> 00:13:27,811 It should be fun. 319 00:13:27,811 --> 00:13:32,447 Yep - there was definitely something wrong with this picture. 320 00:13:35,053 --> 00:13:37,439 Except I kept thinkin' of Mom and Paul. 321 00:13:37,439 --> 00:13:42,287 Why had she told him about Donald Perlman, and not me? 322 00:13:42,287 --> 00:13:46,386 Not that I felt threatened or anything. It's just...well... 323 00:13:46,386 --> 00:13:49,493 Was it possible, just possible, that...? 324 00:13:49,493 --> 00:13:50,926 Mom liked you best! 325 00:13:50,926 --> 00:13:52,758 Mom liked you best!! 326 00:13:52,758 --> 00:13:54,355 Mom liked you best! 327 00:13:56,347 --> 00:13:57,414 You lower your voice! 328 00:13:57,414 --> 00:13:59,296 Mom liked you best! 329 00:13:59,296 --> 00:14:00,795 Hi, everybody! 330 00:14:01,362 --> 00:14:02,503 We're home! 331 00:14:04,212 --> 00:14:06,489 Great. The woman in black. 332 00:14:09,170 --> 00:14:12,093 And her teenaged Lothario. 333 00:14:12,604 --> 00:14:14,343 Hey. 334 00:14:16,136 --> 00:14:17,226 Hey. 335 00:14:17,226 --> 00:14:21,492 OK. It was time to put this four-eyed Romeo in his place. 336 00:14:21,492 --> 00:14:23,225 Have a nice time? 337 00:14:23,225 --> 00:14:26,315 Missed a great evening, honey. 338 00:14:26,999 --> 00:14:29,414 Paul and I had the most wonderful time. 339 00:14:29,414 --> 00:14:30,559 Uh-huh... 340 00:14:30,559 --> 00:14:32,374 The most beautiful music. 341 00:14:32,374 --> 00:14:35,888 But I guess I already knew it wasn't Paul I was angry at. 342 00:14:35,888 --> 00:14:38,207 Anyone for some hot cocoa? 343 00:14:38,207 --> 00:14:40,188 It was Mom. 344 00:14:42,028 --> 00:14:44,420 I'd love some. 345 00:14:51,725 --> 00:14:55,826 I could have used some cocoa, myself. But I couldn't go in there. 346 00:14:55,826 --> 00:15:01,585 Because it was pretty clear now whatever was going on between my mother and Paul... 347 00:15:01,769 --> 00:15:05,811 Was just between my mother and Paul. 348 00:15:05,811 --> 00:15:07,622 I've always loved Beethoven. 349 00:15:09,343 --> 00:15:11,214 Um...I got this for you. 350 00:15:11,769 --> 00:15:14,070 It's from my mother's garden. 351 00:15:14,070 --> 00:15:15,832 Well, thank you... 352 00:15:16,498 --> 00:15:18,337 It's a beautiful rose, Paul. 353 00:15:19,206 --> 00:15:22,510 Sure. What was next - a formal proposal? 354 00:15:22,510 --> 00:15:26,919 Which is...why you shouldn't waste it on me. 355 00:15:28,442 --> 00:15:31,711 - But you have to take it. - I'm allergic. 356 00:15:36,475 --> 00:15:39,017 There are going to be a lot of very wonderful girls in your life 357 00:15:39,017 --> 00:15:41,851 who would die to get a rose from you. 358 00:15:41,851 --> 00:15:43,351 I doubt it. 359 00:15:43,351 --> 00:15:45,206 I don't. 360 00:15:45,206 --> 00:15:48,788 You're a very special person, Paul. 361 00:15:48,788 --> 00:15:51,486 And I guess there was something in the way she said it... 362 00:15:51,486 --> 00:15:52,901 That made me understand... 363 00:15:52,901 --> 00:15:56,969 I hope you never get contacts... because you don't need them. 364 00:15:56,969 --> 00:15:58,735 Mom wasn't breaking my heart... 365 00:15:58,735 --> 00:16:00,626 She was breaking Paul's. 366 00:16:01,774 --> 00:16:03,959 Without breaking it. 367 00:16:05,305 --> 00:16:08,566 Well, I guess I better go. 368 00:16:09,380 --> 00:16:13,893 I had a great time. Thank you. 369 00:16:13,893 --> 00:16:15,326 Me, too. 370 00:16:20,042 --> 00:16:21,866 Thanks, Mrs. Arnold. 371 00:16:27,100 --> 00:16:32,825 And in that moment, I began to realize.. a lot of things. 372 00:16:36,211 --> 00:16:40,213 Maybe my mother didn't go to the concert with Paul because she thought he was special... 373 00:16:40,213 --> 00:16:42,261 But because he thought she was special. 374 00:16:42,261 --> 00:16:44,305 Special enough to ask more than... 375 00:16:44,305 --> 00:16:47,733 "Where's my jersey", "what's for dinner", or... 376 00:16:47,733 --> 00:16:50,037 Who took the TV guide? 377 00:16:50,131 --> 00:16:52,023 Oh, try Wayne's room under his pillow... 378 00:16:52,023 --> 00:16:54,557 Or maybe it's behind Karen's record-player. 379 00:16:54,557 --> 00:16:56,906 - It's supposed to stay on the - - I know... 380 00:16:59,497 --> 00:17:01,787 I guess Dad realized it, too. 381 00:17:01,787 --> 00:17:05,256 So. You had a good time? 382 00:17:06,970 --> 00:17:08,761 Uh-huh. 383 00:17:10,974 --> 00:17:12,532 Yeah, well... 384 00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:15,788 Isn't there supposed to be another one of these things? 385 00:17:18,407 --> 00:17:20,148 Next month... 386 00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:26,427 Huh...so, uh...we'll go. 387 00:17:28,249 --> 00:17:29,834 OK. 388 00:17:37,411 --> 00:17:40,283 The night Paul Pfeiffer gave my mom a rose... 389 00:17:40,283 --> 00:17:43,716 He gave me something, too. 390 00:17:43,716 --> 00:17:47,059 He gave me a new way of seeing her. 391 00:17:52,322 --> 00:17:56,173 I guess Paul's not gonna drink his. Can I have some? 392 00:17:56,173 --> 00:17:59,368 I was making it for you. 393 00:18:06,492 --> 00:18:08,000 Paul made my mother feel good. 394 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,719 Because he didn't look at her the way we always did. 395 00:18:10,719 --> 00:18:14,693 We saw "Mom". And he saw "Norma Arnold". 396 00:18:14,693 --> 00:18:17,472 And I think she liked that, for a change. 397 00:18:17,472 --> 00:18:22,215 Mom? Did you really audition to sing for a commercial? 398 00:18:22,215 --> 00:18:24,919 Oh! It was a radio commercial. 399 00:18:24,919 --> 00:18:26,452 Yeah? 400 00:18:26,452 --> 00:18:29,129 For axle grease. 401 00:18:35,147 --> 00:18:40,733 That night I found out my mother once got sent to the principal's office for smoking in the bathroom. 402 00:18:40,733 --> 00:18:45,478 And that she almost married someone else, until she met my dad. 403 00:18:45,478 --> 00:18:48,851 I learned a lot about her - about who she was... 404 00:18:48,851 --> 00:18:54,859 about who she'd been... about who she wanted to be. 405 00:18:57,177 --> 00:19:00,384 And the next morning, she was "Mom" again. 406 00:19:00,384 --> 00:19:02,576 Our straight-man. 407 00:19:03,107 --> 00:19:07,153 Only, this time - I knew better. 408 00:19:07,153 --> 00:19:09,211 "Unforgettable" = sung by Nat King Cole = 409 00:19:09,211 --> 00:19:19,791 ¢Ü Unforgettable in every way ¢Ü 410 00:19:19,791 --> 00:19:24,733 ¢Ü And forever more ¢Ü 411 00:19:24,733 --> 00:19:31,011 ¢Ü That's how you'll stay ¢Ü 412 00:19:31,011 --> 00:19:37,955 ¢Ü That's why, darling, it's incredible ¢Ü 413 00:19:37,955 --> 00:19:43,152 ¢Ü That someone so unforgettable ¢Ü 414 00:19:43,152 --> 00:19:46,706 ¢Ü Thinks that I'm ¢Ü 415 00:19:46,706 --> 00:19:54,669 ¢Ü unforgettable,too ¢Ü 416 00:19:54,669 --> 00:19:58,826 ÇϺñ ÀÚ¸· µ¿È£È¸ °¨»çÇÕ´Ï´Ù. 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