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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 hit.

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

What would we do, baby, without her?

What would we do?

Okay, we're going to open up your phone lines now.

Alex, you can get me right home.

Will you get a drip of money here?

Alex, you don't have to whisper. Nobody's listening.

The only people who listen to this music died years ago.

Yeah, well, there's a deceased listener now.

Hello, you're on with Alex.

Yeah, I'd like a large pizza with anchovies.

Don't forget, the number for request is 555 -7955.

Okay, hello, you're on with Alex.

Duke Ellington didn't write One to Lost by himself.

It was Johnny Hodges and the Duke.

Wow, thank you very much. It's thrilling to talk to someone who shares my

passion for the sound of swing.

My pleasure, Alex.

Would you play Sweet Lorraine for me? It's the fifth cut on side one.

Consider it done.

Okay, here's a special request for that classic Sweet Lorraine.

I've just found joy.

I want you to know that I'm also a big Alex Keaton fan.

Well, you've got great taste.

Listen, would you be interested in going to the Woody Herman concert with me

Friday night?

Yeah, well, I'm not really in the habit of asking for blind dates either, but I

thought we might have fun.

Great.

Great. Oh, okay.

Yeah, Lorraine Farrar?

7 .30?

All right, I'll see you then.

Well, Mallory?

Big deal, Alex. She accepted the date. It's only because she's never seen you.

I'd like to make a special plea.

Mallory Keaton, a sophomore here at Harding High, hasn't had a date since

If you have to take her anywhere, I'll personally give you a dollar. Now, back

to the music.

Ah, good evening, Mrs. Farrar. Yes?

Yeah, I'm Alex Keaton. I'm taking your daughter Lorraine out tonight.

Good evening, Alex.

Won't you come in?

Thanks.

I'm Lorraine.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh. Are you surprised, Alex?

Surprised? No, no. What's there to be surprised about?

You're Lorraine, huh?

Yes, I am.

Okay. I'm Alex.

No surprises here.

Well, I'm really looking forward to the concert, and I'm delighted to be going

with you.

Well, I'm delighted to be going with me, too.

And you.

Oh, this is my daughter, Melissa.

Melissa.

This is your daughter.

Are you surprised?

No.

No, she's your daughter.

She's Melissa.

You're Lorraine.

I'm still Alex.

Where's the surprise?

Are you going to be my new daddy?

I'll get that.

Hello?

Merci, Claude.

Au revoir.

It's what I do for a living.

You speak French on the phone.

No. No, I'm an arbitrageux.

That is, I buy and... You deal in the simultaneous sale and purchase of

equivalent commodities in order to profit from the price discrepancies.

Well, Mr. Keaton, perhaps destiny has taken a hand this evening.

Well, destiny and I are certainly not strangers.

Nothing in this world to compare with the thrill of hearing a big band in

person. Here, here. Boss, I love the way they dress, you know?

You can go anywhere with a big band. But you need a big car.

Uh, Lorraine, I brought you back here tonight to play my favorite record.

Uh, may I? Oh, please.

Okay.

Oh, Alex, I've had a fantastic evening.

I blush to say how long it's been since I laughed like this.

Why haven't you laughed, Lorraine?

Why?

Oh, many reasons.

Bad marriage.

Bad divorce.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to pry.

Oh, no, no, no. It's all right.

I don't mind talking about it.

I don't think he loved me, Alex.

Oh, that's hard to imagine.

We tried to make the marriage last as long as we could. We had a child to

up.

Yeah, I know how that is.

You must have been very young when you got married.

Yes, I was.

You've been wondering about my age all evening, haven't you, Alex?

Oh, no, your age?

No, your age never, never entered my mind.

How old do you think I am?

Oh, I don't know.

I'd say about 10 years old.

I'll be 40 in July.

I'll be 29 in March.

My, my.

I'm still in high school.

Well, I'm a veteran.

Okay, I'm 17.

But they've been 17 very full years.

Alex, chronological age means nothing to me.

I like that in a woman.

Hey, you want to dance?

Oh, I thought you'd never ask.

Hey, you're good. Thank you. No, thank you. No, thank you.

Oh,

Mom, Dad.

Alex, where's your... I mean, is... Is this...

Who's this?

Oh, I'm sorry, Mom, Dad. This is, uh, Lorraine Farrar.

My date.

Is this date, Stephen?

Hello.

Yes, it certainly is nice to meet you.

Yes, I'll say.

Hey, hey, you kids want to dance?

Well, we'll just roll back the rug.

No, I don't think so.

Do you think so, Steve?

Are you talking to me? Oh, no.

No, no, no dancing for us.

No.

Good night.

Yeah, that's good.

You say people do that for fun, huh?

Oh, Alex, don't be so hard on yourself.

I think you did very well for a first -time skater.

Lorraine, I told you, that's not my first time.

I've been taking lessons for years.

It's just the first time they'll let me out on the ice, that's all.

Well, how about the movie tonight?

Wild Strawberries is playing at the Fuhrer Theater.

No, no, Lorraine, no more Swedish movies.

Everybody's always depressed, and it's always dark out and snowing.

And nobody ever says what they mean.

Well, what kind of movie do you like?

I don't know. Take, uh, Conan the Barbarian.

Oh, come on, Lorraine. That was a great movie.

Look, at least you knew who Conan was.

You know, you knew he was a barbarian. You knew his friends were barbarians.

you knew he wasn't going to walk into a dark restaurant and order fish.

Swedish films are meant to be symbolic.

When the priest ordered fish, it meant that he still had faith, that his life

still had meaning.

You see, the sea is the origin of life.

I'm not that good at symbolic thought.

You know, I need facts. I need figures.

I need to see the bottom line.

Oh, Alex, there's more to life than just the bottom line.

There's beauty for its own sake. There's poetry, there's literature, there's

dance.

You remember that play we saw, that guy in tights?

I learned a lot from him.

Well, for one thing, I learned never to wear tights.

Well, thank you, Alex, for putting up with my taste.

Oh, put up?

Lorraine, I've had a great time the past two weeks.

I have too, Alex.

Really? I mean, you haven't minded that... Well...

then I'm not that much a man of the world.

Well, I've kind of liked it.

It's refreshing.

Oh, oh, oh, my foot. Ah, ah, it's starting to thaw out.

Oh, here, let me rub it for you.

Oh.

There.

Is that better?

Yeah.

Um, better.

No, Alex.

Oh, it's not the time.

Do you have any idea when it'll be?

I mean, my schedule's clear for six to eight months.

Alex, let's not complicate this.

It's so nice the way it is.

With us, just friends.

You're making a big thing out of nothing, right?

Right.

He's at her house again.

I know.

Does that bother you? No.

About you? No, not at all.

She's a friend of our son's. She's Alex's girlfriend.

That's right.

She's Alex's full -grown French woman girlfriend.

French.

As in, one more.

He has got to stop seeing her. That's what we're telling him the minute he

in. Hey, Mom, Dad, boy, what a day.

Ice skating, Chinese food, sparkling conversation.

She's the greatest.

I'm telling you, Mom, I feel young again.

Maybe this wasn't the right time to tell him.

Stephen, this has definitely gone too far.

food together. If we didn't have Chinese food together, we'd have been married

for two years.

Let's just be thankful they have Ant -Moroccan food together. Remember what

happened the first time we had that?

It's got to stop, Mom.

All we did was ask him how his old lady was.

Girls, we'd like to talk to Alex.

Good idea. Let's get this thing out in the open.

Alone?

Well, we've never been so insulted in our lives.

Okay.

Shall we, Jen?

They're such children.

Alex, your mother and I have been talking.

Hey, good for you.

Lorraine says talking is good for a relationship.

Well, it's funny you should mention Lorraine.

She's what we were talking about.

Oh? We think you should stop seeing her.

What do you mean, Alex?

You're 17 and she's 40.

She is not 40.

She'll be 40 in July.

You don't see any of your old friends.

You're never home.

You lapse into friends for no apparent reason.

Au contraire, Mom.

We just don't want to see you get hurt.

Dad, I'm not going to get hurt.

And there is nothing lurid about this relationship.

She's my friend.

I feel comfortable with her.

It's like being with you, Mom.

Why don't you spend more time with me?

Don't judge Lorraine without knowing her.

Let me invite her over for an evening, okay? For dinner.

Please?

Okay, how's Saturday?

It's well.

Hi, Melissa.

How's my little girl?

Believe me, Alex, staring out the window won't get her here any faster.

Ah, there she is.

What'd I tell you?

Ah, Mom, Lorraine's here.

Yeah, Dad, sit up. Good, don't slouch.

Try to look like you've been to Europe.

I'll go put on my lederhosen.

Good, good.

Oh, oh, I can't believe you're going to wear that.

Why, were you planning on wearing it?

Good evening, Alex.

Good evening, Lorraine.

Welcome to Chateau Quitton.

You remember my mom and dad.

Hannah, hi.

Nice to see you again.

Let's sit. Yeah, please, right over here.

Okay, well, here she is.

Here I am.

Yes, you are.

sunny home.

Thank you.

It's a pleasure to be here.

Uh, Alex, uh, tells us you're French.

He's right.

Alex, maybe Lorraine would like something to drink?

Oh, yeah. Uh, would you care for a pair of teeth?

Well, thank you, monsieur.

Yes.

Monsieur.

I love that.

Well, you take good care of her. I shall return.

You are to be commended.

He's been so beautifully brought up.

It's almost as if he's a throwback to another era.

Turn of the century.

There's something I must ask.

I think I know what it is.

At least nobody is more surprised about Alex and me than I am.

Oh, I'm not too sure about that.

My husband is gone, and Alex has turned out to be a great companion for me.

He's brought a certain joie de vivre that I don't think I've ever felt

It's thrilling.

That's the way joie de vivre is.

Lorraine, I'm happy that you had a good experience.

You're a mother. You must know how I feel.

Let me assure you that I have no designs upon Alex beyond friendship.

Lorraine, you've been frank with us, so we'll return the favor.

We feel that you're simply too old for Alex.

I'm sorry, it's nothing personal.

He's letting his schoolwork slide.

He hasn't seen any of his old friends.

We feel he should spend more time with someone his own age.

Well, you are his parents.

And if you don't want me to see him, I will abide by your wishes.

That doesn't mean you have to leave.

I'm afraid it does.

Good night.

Stephen, did we do the right thing?

We had to do something.

Where's Lorraine?

She's gone.

What do you mean, she's gone?

We told her how we felt. I'm afraid we hurt her feelings.

Oh. We didn't mean for her to leave, Alex.

You know, you didn't even give her a chance.

You had no right to treat her that way.

Alex, we apologize. I'm very sorry.

Sorry?

Well, good. It's sorry.

You know, I'm... I'm a man.

You have to treat me like a man. Do you understand?

You're gonna have to learn to let go.

Dinner is served.

Of course, we can keep it warm.

Hello.

Hi, do you have Glenn Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra playing Tuxedo Junction?

I'm only playing Sweet Lorraine tonight, sir.

Yeah, we're into the second hour.

of the first annual Sweet Lorraine -a -thon.

And here's the big band all -stars of 1944 with their very special

interpretation of Sweet Lorraine. Now I just found joy

I'm as happy as a baby boy

With another brand new choo -choo toy Yeah.

When I met... Where have you been?

I've been calling you for four days.

I know.

Oh, I guess you're angry about the other night.

No.

No, I'm not angry.

I just needed some time to sort things out.

What things?

Alex, you're 17 years old, and I am almost 40.

Does it make any sense at all for us to spend so much time together?

Chronological age means nothing, Lorraine.

A good friend of mine told me that once.

I believed her.

Oh, Alex.

You mean so much to me.

I haven't felt so alive in 20 years.

Me either.

Okay, 17.

I know how you feel.

Your parents feel so strongly about this.

I feel uncomfortable going against their wishes.

How do your parents feel about it?

Who am I going to go over to Swedish movies with?

I mean, my ice skating was really coming along.

If I could just learn to stop.

Well, we can still see each other from time to time.

But don't stop doing the things you used to do.

Oh, you mean I should date girls my own age?

Yes, amongst other things.

I just don't want you to stop leading the life of a 17 -year -old.

I've never led the life of a 17 -year -old.

Give it a try.

Everything that's beautiful.

Everything that's good and true.

Sit, Ubu, sit.

Good dog.