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I bet we've been together for a million years.

And I bet we'll be together for a million more.

Oh, it's like I started breathing on the night we kissed.

And I can't remember what I ever did before.

What would we do, baby, without us?

What would we do, baby, without us?

And there ain't no nothing we can't love each other through.

What would we do, baby, without us?

Sha -la -la -la.

Oh, Dad, can you help us out on this?

This is the 15th Name Your Baby book we've gone through. We haven't come up

anything. Oh, keep trying. You still have about six weeks.

Wait a minute. I've got the name. It's been staring us in the face the whole

time. What is it?

Charo.

Charo Keaton. I like that.

What if it's a boy?

Checky.

Have you been watching The Tonight Show again?

Of course not, Dad.

You know I'm not allowed to stay up that late.

What about Johnny, Ed, or Doc?

Let's take this ice cream off your mom and try out some of these names on her.

Hey, how's she feeling?

She feels great. She wants to get out of bed, but I told her no.

The obstetrician wants her to totally stay off her feet.

Listen, if we can't find a name for the baby by the time it's born, I'll give up

Mallory and take Charo.

Mallory, you know, you'd think that somebody would want to give an

young college student a part -time job.

You got turned down again?

Yep, Harding National Bank turned me down today.

Kind of hurt, too.

It's hard to be rejected by someone you love.

Alex, how about working for Dad? Remember he offered you that job down at

station?

Mallory, I'm learning how to be a captain of industry.

A power broker, a mover and a shaker.

You know, Daddy is a thoughtful, sensitive, caring man. I could pick up

habits from you.

I don't think you have to worry about becoming too sensitive, Alex.

I can't help it. I worry about it.

Anyway, I just don't think it would look good, me working for a non -profit

organization, you know?

Yeah, the whole concept of non -profit is... Alex,

I know it would mean a lot to Dad if you took the job.

Yeah, well, I'm not going to throw in the towel yet, Mallory. I had a meeting

with Mrs. Terwilliger from Trade Bank of Ohio. They said they might have an

opening for me.

Oh, hey, Alex.

Hey, Dad, how's Mom? Oh, fine, fine, just taking it easy. Good, good.

Listen, how'd it go out there today?

Any luck job hunting?

Not really.

Well, there's still an opening down at the station.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. What we're looking for is someone young, someone with new

ideas, someone whose name rhymes with schmallocks.

Uh, Dad, we've been through this before. It's just not for me. Okay, okay, I'm

not pushing. I just thought it'd be fun. You know, we could carpool together,

coffee breaks, lunch, buy you a new bike.

Okay, okay, I'm sorry.

Say, uh...

I do have something that might pique your interest.

Maybe you'd like to come in the living room with me and watch that new science

special I produced?

Oxygen. Everybody's favorite gas.

Oxygen isn't my favorite gas, Dad.

Okay, okay.

Come on, Mel.

Me?

Yeah, don't you want to watch my show?

Oh, sure.

Hello, Alex B. Keaton.

Oh, hi, Mrs. Terwilliger.

How are things down at the bank?

How's the money?

Keeping it warm?

Ah, I see.

Yeah, I see.

So that's definite.

No job, huh?

Listen, Dad, I've been doing a lot of long, hard thinking since we last spoke.

I've weighed the pros and the cons. I've thought about my future.

I've tossed in some emotional factors.

Thought about us working side by side.

And I made a decision.

I'd like to work with you down at the station.

You got turned down by the bank, huh?

And then in fourth grade, Alex won the spelling bee.

It's really exciting, Stephen.

What was the winning word?

Foreclosure.

But, you know, I'm probably boring you about Alex. Oh, no, no, not at all.

Anyway, I just want you to know that Alex won't be receiving any special

treatment just because he's my son.

Bye. Bye.

Alex, Alex, come on in. Come on, sit down, sit down. Here, here, take my

huh? You remember Doris Bradshaw, Fred Lambert. Right, hi.

Yep, here he is, our new production assistant, Alex P.

Keaton. Let's hear it for him.

I'm real glad you're here, Alex. I got some film down in the vault that needs

be brought up. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a minute, Fred, it's his... First

day. Take it easy, will you? Give him a chance to get his bearings.

One more outburst like that, Fred.

I've learned my lesson.

Hey, kid, what's on the agenda, Doris? The first order of business is the Menlo

Project. As soon as Richard gets here, we can hear his report.

Well, what is the Menlo Project, then?

What is the Menlo Project?

Did you ever see such an inquisitive mind?

Alex and I drove in together, did I tell you? Three times.

Did you let him beep the horn?

The Menlo Project is a documentary on an 80 -year -old woman who's fighting City

Hall. If they vote to build an expressway, her house will be

she'll end up in a home.

And?

That's it.

Oh.

Sounds great.

Richard, you're two hours late. What are you talking about? It's 7 .30 in the

morning. I'm early. It's almost 10 o 'clock, Richard. Your watch is broken

again. Richard, sit down.

Hey, Allie boy, how you doing? Richard,

did you know Alex is in Leland College now?

Great, great.

He's a McKinley fellow.

Okay, come on, Richard. Bring us up to date on the Menlo project.

Oh, Stephen, you know, I've done a great deal of work on the Menlo project, and,

uh, uh, what is the Menlo project?

The only project you're working on.

The old lady, right? That's right.

That's her name, Menlo?

Why don't we all go to the projection room and look at all the film we have?

I'll show you exactly what I'm looking for, Richard. Great idea.

Hello? Uh, sure, just a second.

Alex, it's for you.

Oh.

We'll meet you there.

Uh, yeah, okay.

Uh, hello.

Mrs. Terwilliger.

Yeah, uh, yeah, sure, I remember you. Trade Bank of Ohio.

What?

The, uh, the guy you hired got pneumonia and had to quit?

Wow, that's, that's too bad.

Well, well, the important thing is that you're healthy.

You, uh, you want me?

Yeah, sure, sure, Mom. I'm available.

And I'm healthy.

Yeah, all right, okay. Uh, first thing Monday morning.

Yeah, I'll be there.

Thank you.

Uh, Mrs. T.

To Williger.

All right, Mom and I have just gone through a bunch of books in old

And we think we found the perfect name for the baby. Mmm, what is it?

Sneezy Keaton.

Sneezy, Keaton?

Yeah, and if it's a boy, dopey.

Thanks, anyway.

It's so hard to please you, Dad.

You don't like any names from the fairy tales, and you don't like any names from

the classics.

Jennifer, we are not going to name our child Moby Keaton.

All right, back to the old drawing board.

Hey, welcome home, co -worker.

WK... WKS, you're the one.

Come on, Alex, sing it.

I don't know all the words. You don't have to sing the words. Just sing the

letters WKS.

WKS.

Oh,

man, I don't think I've ever enjoyed a day's work as much as I've enjoyed this

day with you, Alex.

Oh, same here, Dad.

Hey. I thought we'd go in about 5 .30, 6 o 'clock tomorrow morning so you can

meet the cleaning staff.

They're going to love you.

This is great, Alex.

Dad's happy, and you're out of the house more often, so I'm happy.

Yeah, well, don't get too used to it, Mallory, because the honeymoon is over.

What do you mean?

Mr. Williger from the bank called.

Great news. The guy they hired came down with pneumonia.

How'd you give it to him?

I didn't touch him. It was just dumb luck.

You can't take that job. You made a commitment to Dad. That job at the bank

going to be a great learning experience for me.

I'm going to be one desk away from the vault.

I'm going to be able to smell the money from wherever I go.

I don't care, Alex.

Get a commitment. You should stick to it. Come on, Mallory, don't make such a

big deal about this. I really don't think it matters that much to Dad that

working at the station.

Alex, I was going to give you this tomorrow, but I couldn't wait.

Oh,

Alex P. Keaton, production assistant.

It'll look great on your desk.

I don't have a desk.

I just carried around with you.

I got a great idea.

I'm going to go get the camera and take a picture of you with the nameplate.

Hey, you're right, Alex. It doesn't mean that much to him.

Mallory, I'm going to do the right thing.

You're going to stick with the job?

No, I'm going to write him a letter telling him I quit.

Oh, no, it doesn't have to be. I mean, what could be warmer? A son writing a

letter to his dad.

To whom it may... Alex.

A little too cold. Yeah.

Dear... Sir.

Hold it, Mr.

Keaton.

Sorry, you're busy. I can come back. No, no, come on in. Don't be silly. This is

one of the advantages of working together.

I get to see you all the time now.

How was school today?

Um, it was okay.

What'd you learn?

Uh, well, I had a class in advanced astrophysics.

Fill me in.

That's not exactly the kind of thing that I can explain in one sitting.

Boy, this is great. You and I, a couple of co -workers sitting around chewing

the fat.

What's that?

It's the mail.

Mail?

Yeah, it was just delivered when you turned around.

Thanks, Mr. Dugan.

Nice guy.

And fast.

Oh, boss.

I hate to have to hit you with this so close to quitting time.

Richard, it's 2 .30.

What's the problem?

Oh, look.

I can't begin to tell you about this. Big trouble, Steve. That piece on Mrs.

Menlo has to air tomorrow night, and Richard hasn't even started editing it

What? I've got a scoop for you, Steven. That piece on Mrs. Menlo has to air

tomorrow night, and Richard hasn't even started editing it yet.

I can come back.

Wait, Richard.

You told me this show was as good as done.

And I didn't lie.

It's as good now as it will be when it's done. Stop making excuses.

All right.

Why don't we all admit it? We're too tired to discuss this now, right? Right.

It's four o 'clock in the morning.

Let's take care of it tomorrow.

It is 2 .30 in the afternoon, and we have to take care of it now.

Get out of here, Richard.

Okay. I'm going.

It'll still be called the Rich Grosso production.

Get out.

Any of the rest of you behind in your projects?

No, no, no, sir.

Okay. Fred, get the studio ready. Alert the guys in the sound department. Call

the lab. Got it.

Doris, get the film together. Get a moviola up here. Start working on some

promos. What's our deadline if we have to air tomorrow night? 6 a .m.

Alex,

you might as well go on home. I'm going to be here all night.

What did you do that for?

Well, it was just my way of saying that I would like to stay and help you out.

Okay.

Okay. You can start by calling a locksmith. We don't have a key for those

cabinets.

The city.

America's last frontier.

No, no, no. That's not right.

Town, country, city.

No, no.

Maybe if it rhymed.

Hot town.

Summer in the city.

Back of my neck getting dirty. Nah, it's no good.

Yeah, sounds like perfect music to go with what you're writing.

It's subtle, it's quiet, it's restrained.

Listen to this against your picture.

What do you think?

It would have been great for the Oxygen Show, wake people up.

Come on. What is at stake here?

What is the single most important thing in the world to people?

Money.

Not in that area. Something more emotional.

Jewels.

Alex, this is not about money.

Yeah, yeah, it is about money, Dad.

See, everybody else in this neighborhood did the logical thing. They went for

the payoff.

Mrs. Menlo is the only one who put up a fight.

All right, wait, look, that is the difference, isn't it?

It's the difference in her principles.

All right, watch this, Doc.

Now, this is Mrs. Menlo.

What the hell are you doing? You're standing on my daisies, you jerk.

Move it, or you'll be choking on that camera.

Hi, I'm Rich Grasso, and I'm here with Mrs. Florence Menlo.

By the way, Mrs. Menlo, do you know what time it is?

Instead of narration, we start with Mrs. Menlo's voice over the film.

It's good.

That is good.

You know what you're doing here, Dad?

Why, thank you, Alec.

It's still not right. It's one -dimensional.

I don't know.

It needs more sex.

More sex?

Sorry.

Personal preference.

Oh, I got an idea.

I liked it the way it was.

Yeah, I liked it too.

But I know I'll like it better when he's done.

What do you mean?

He's good.

In fact, he's the best I've ever worked with.

Huh? You know, everybody around here has nothing but respect for the work your

father does.

Really?

We've always liked him.

Yeah, he likes you, too.

Boy, you ought to hear the way he talks about you.

Alex scored two goals yesterday, or Alex just won this award, or Alex loaned me

20 bucks.

Talks about me a lot, huh?

Try all the time.

Okay, okay, I think this should do it. Oh, what do you got, Dad?

Some film of the neighborhood when the house was first being built.

Mrs. Menlo was there in the beginning. She's still there now. The living

of the neighborhood. The heart and the soul of it.

Yeah, but it's 4 a .m. now, Steve. We only got two hours left. I don't think

we're going to make it.

We'll make it.

We'll make it, Dor.

Thank you.

Well, I think we did it. We sure did.

I'm not tired of you.

No, no.

I am not going to sleep until this show airs tonight.

Okay. Hey, buy you breakfast?

No, no, I'm taking you out for breakfast.

Now, as a matter of fact, I'm going to make you breakfast.

Hey, Dad, what'll it be, fruit loops or granola?

Well, we could mix them together, have granola loops.

What are you reading, Dad?

Letter from you.

Don't read that, okay? Here, you read this. It says here you can get a free

space ring. Check it out.

I read the letter, Alex.

You read the whole thing? Listen, Alex, if you don't want to work at the station

anymore, I understand.

No, Dad, you don't understand.

Maybe I pushed this on you. Maybe I wanted it too much.

Dad, I can explain this letter.

Alex, when I was 18, my father asked me to work in his dry cleaning store.

That was the last thing I wanted to do, but I took the job.

I pressed collars and cuffs 10, 12 hours a day in 100 degree heat.

To this day, I don't eat pressed duck.

My dad used to spit on his iron and say, someday there'll be a sign out front

that says, Keaton and son.

But he knew.

Yeah, I'll probably make my son work for me, too.

Force him to be Secretary of State.

You know, when I was a little kid, you'd always go off to work.

And I never really knew or understood or even cared what you did.

You know, I had to lie to the other kids. I told them you were a cowboy.

Sorry I didn't have a more exciting job.

Oh, see, that's not the point.

You could have had the most exciting job in the world.

You could have worked in a bank.

And it wouldn't have mattered to me.

I wouldn't have been able to get excited about my dad's job no matter what.

Remember the first time I brought you down to the station?

You were about five years old.

You loved it at first until you saw the sign, WKS, a non -profit corporation.

And you started to cry.

You couldn't read, but somehow you sensed what it meant.

Yeah, well, I'm beginning to see some of the appeal of it now.

You know, you're great at what you do.

And it was, uh... It was really something to watch you work.

And you weren't so bad yourself.

Sit, Ubu, sit.

Good dog.