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Morning. Hi, Kirk. Morning, Kirk.

Aw, now this is what I like to see. Two people who, after 16 years of marriage,

still aren't tired of ignoring each other in the morning.

What is it, Kirk?

Well, I just came over because I wanted you to be the first to hear the good

news. I'm doing something you've probably been hoping I'd do for a long

Moving?

I'm painting the cafe.

Anyway, I thought since making the Minuteman look better will make the inn

better, you wouldn't mind loaning me a few things.

Like what?

Like George.

Who ordered these?

We did.

If you want George to help you paint your cafe, it's up to him.

Looking at all this food is killing me. I'm starving.

Then why don't you eat?

I can't. I'm fasting.

Diet or political protest?

Diet?

I have a date with this really great guy from Dartmouth whose name I have

written down somewhere.

If I don't lose four pounds between now and then, I won't be able to get into

the jeans I want to wear.

Wouldn't it be simpler to just wear another pair of jeans?

It's not the pants. It's the principle.

I want to prove I can be committed to something.

And believe me, this guy is worth committing to.

He's going to be a very successful corporate lawyer someday.

How do you know that? Because his father owns a very successful corporation.

Stephanie, I don't think it's healthy to just stop eating.

What good's my health if I don't get this guy?

Good morning, everybody.

Oh, hi, George.

Finally.

George, I need someone to paint my cafe, and they said to ask you.

That is not exactly what we said.

Are you asking me to do this for free?

Of course not. I'll come over after breakfast and give you an estimate.

Stephanie, can we get George some breakfast?

Oh, thanks.

Oh, by the way, here's your mail.

Oh.

Listen, not to change the subject, but when you're giving me the estimate,

George, just figure on the front of the cafe.

That's all anybody sees anyway.

Here's something for you.

For me?

Joe Crowther. Oh, I know what this is. What?

It's a birthday card from my insurance man.

When's your birthday?

Tuesday. He always sends me a birthday card. If it wasn't for Joe, I think I'd

forget I had a birthday.

Oh, that's nice.

What does it say?

Happy birthday.

That is nice.

We didn't know it was your birthday, Tuesday. Well, I'm not the kind that

a big deal about birthdays.

Not like Joe.

I think we should do something.

I think we should have a party to celebrate.

See, I haven't had a birthday party since... I've never had a birthday

Never? Well, my father was a real practical man.

When I'd ask him for one, he'd lift me on his knee and look me in the eye and

say no.

Well, this year's going to be different. Now, let's make a list. Who would you

like to invite?

Can't think of anybody.

George, what are you talking about? You know everybody in town.

They wouldn't want to come to a party for me.

What if it was a painting party?

Look, I'll tell you what. Why don't you let us plan the party?

We'll invite all the people. You just show up and be the guest of honor. Gosh,

are you sure you want to do this? Of course. You just leave it to us, and

Tuesday night, you'll have the time of your life.

Here's your breakfast, George.

I'm sorry the eggs are a little runny. I got tired of waiting for them.

Stephanie, guess what? Dick and Joanna are going to throw me a birthday party.

That's wonderful. When's your birthday? Tuesday.

Isn't that a coincidence? We have something in common.

Your birthday is Tuesday?

No, my date's Tuesday.

That's Tuesday at 7 p .m.

Oh, that's too bad.

Well, if the funeral breaks early and...

You feel like a party, why don't you come on by?

Hello, is Joe Crowther there?

Thanks, George.

Wait till you see what I bought for the party. What?

have to get all this stuff for me?

Did you get a hat?

Sure. Oh, great.

Where's Dick?

He's in his study. I think he's calling people and inviting them to my party.

Joe, I felt sure you'd want to come.

Because you send my birthday card every year.

Yes, you do.

Maybe you don't, but your secretary does.

Well, somebody does, because every year he gets a birthday card with your name

on it.

Oh, I never thought of that.

It probably is a computer at your main office.

That is a nice personal touch, yes.

Well, I'm glad, Joe. If I were with your company, I'm sure I'd be proud of him,

too.

Goodbye.

George outside?

Yeah.

We're just going over some secret plans for the party.

No one's coming.

What do you mean?

I called everybody I could think of and nobody's coming.

But how can that be?

Well, either they're at a PTA meeting or one of their kids is sick or their dog

is pregnant or whatever the reason, nobody's coming.

Dick, this is terrible. What do we do?

I guess we go out there and...

Tell George the party's off. We can't do that. George told us nobody would want

to come, and we said he was wrong. How can we go out there now and tell him he

was right?

Well, I tried everybody I could think of. Tell me who to call.

Did you try the mailman?

Good, Joanne. We'll have a party for George. It'll be you, me, and Kirk, and

we'll say, to prove that you have friends, George, here's the mailman.

Well, there must be people we haven't thought of.

Maybe he's got an address book or a yearbook. We could look for names there.

You mean ransack George's room?

No, but Stephanie cleans in there. She should know where things are.

Hi, guys.

Good news. I don't have to paint the cafe after all. George said the only

I have to do to make it look better is hose down the dirt and grime.

Good. It's great. I can do the same thing to the inside.

Kirk, we're not interested in your dirty cafe. We have more important problems

on our mind.

That's wrong.

can come to George's party.

And you want me to tell him?

No, we were wondering if you could think of anybody to invite.

Is there anyone who comes to your cafe?

You mean period or who knows George?

This isn't getting us anywhere.

Well, then we don't have any choice. We're just going to have to search

room. I agree. Let's go. No, you're not. You don't even know what we're talking

about. We have to find an address for you.

You stay here and keep George occupied.

Okay, but don't take too long. It's not like I have a lot to say to him.

for the party?

Just about, George.

Where's Stephanie?

I think she's in doing dishes.

Well, plans and more plans.

See you later.

How you doing?

Oh, good. How are you?

Good.

So, George, what's your...

dress book when I clean in here, but then I don't clean that thoroughly.

All right, everybody spread out and just look for anything with people's names

on it.

Fine. I love snooping.

Not snooping.

Well, I love whatever we're doing.

Isn't this strange?

What? Well, we've known George ever since we moved here, and this is the

time we've ever been in his room.

Yeah, so?

Well, it's just that now that we're here, I feel there are things about him

never knew before.

I mean, look at this trophy.

I didn't know George was on his high school track team.

And look at the fishing poles.

He's probably on his high school fishing team.

Honey, would you please keep searching?

I found something. What?

My little fuzzy thing. I wondered where I'd left it.

What's the matter? Well, when I haven't eaten in this long, I get a little

lightheaded. Are you all right?

Yeah. I kind of like it.

George was right. Maybe George doesn't have any friends.

What's that picture on the wall?

The 32nd Support Group, Vermont Air National Guard, Korea, 1951. Let me

see that.

I didn't know George was in the Korean War. I didn't know Vermont was in the

Korean War.

Stephanie, eat something.

George was close to these men? Oh, sure. Guys never forget buddies they made in

the service. You never talk about the guys you met in the service.

I didn't like them, but I never forgot them.

Why don't we throw a party with these guys?

How would we ever track them down?

Well, they were all in the Vermont National Guard.

I bet there's a good chance that a lot of them are still in Vermont.

I wouldn't know where to begin.

The names of the captain and the two lieutenants are right here. That's a

Honey, that was 30 years ago. We don't even know if George has anything in

common with these guys anymore.

We promised him a party.

Yeah, but this could be a disaster. This could be the worst party of all time.

Well, it's either that or go down and break George's heart. I think you should

have the party. If you break his heart, there won't be any cake.

I just came over to offer my services as your caterer.

Thanks, Kirk, but I'd rather do it myself.

Joanna, why go to all that trouble when I can deliver a food fantasy to your

doorstep?

Kirk, I've seen flies that wouldn't eat your food.

I was thinking of something like finger sandwiches stuffed with cream cheese,

mushrooms stuffed with crab meat, stuffed celery.

You're going to serve this with beer?

Well, I want to serve something nice. Besides, who says we're having beer?

Joanna, we promised George a big party. So far, that party is six guys, and the

only reason they're coming is free beer.

Well, what do you want to serve, cocktail wieners?

Whoa, now you're talking about my specialty.

Okay, Kirk, you can bring those, but I'm still going to stuff something.

I don't think we need that much food for only six guys.

Oh, I'm sure there'll be more by tomorrow night.

I hope so.

Gee, do you think George will be disappointed if only six guys come?

It all depends on his expectations.

Hi, everybody. Oh, hi, George. Hi, George.

What have you got there? Are you cleaning?

No, I figured as long as you guys were going to all the trouble to throw me

big party, I should buy a new suit.

You're expecting a lot tomorrow night, aren't you, George?

It's going to be the biggest night of my life.

Do you want to see how I look in my suit? No, we're busy working on some

-minute details for the biggest night of your life.

I think I'll show it to Stephanie.

Boy, I can't wait till tomorrow night.

We were in trouble.

Hey, Stephanie, you want to see me in my birthday suit?

Dick, we're just going to have to get more people.

I know. I'll keep calling.

Okay, I'm going to go to the store. I'll start defrosting those wieners.

Good luck, honey.

Thanks.

Hi, is this Randall Donegan?

Yeah, you don't know me. My name is Dick Loudon. Yeah, I'm calling about a

reunion for your old National Guard unit.

No, no, you're not being recalled. It's a reunion.

Tomorrow at 7 o 'clock.

It is kind of short notice.

Are you sure you can't make it?

I guess we'll just have to drink your share of the beer.

Okay, let me give you the directions.

I told you, we've got some surprise guests coming, and we don't want you to

out till they're all here.

Come on, please, now. Just be a few more minutes. You go back to your room, and

we'll call you. This is exciting.

It hasn't even started, and already it's the best party I've ever been to.

Boy, do those look delicious.

Tell me about it.

I'm hoping with all the streamers and balloons, George won't notice there are

only nine guys.

Listen, could you blow up the last of the balloons while I put these around?

Sure.

How's that?

On second thought, maybe we have enough balloons.

Well, then, I'm going to go upstairs and lie down before my date gets here.

Stephanie, are you sure you're feeling all right?

Yeah. I'm only lying down so I can put on my jeans.

Kirk, can we talk about this later?

Who caters a party without agreeing on a fee first?

I'm not going to pay $75 for cocktail wieners for nine guys.

Fine, then you're not going to have any. Fine.

How about $10?

I'll give you $10.

Right now.

These are wieners.

You're going to serve them with cocktails.

Cocktail wieners.

I'm at least going to put some toothpicks in those.

So, when do the troops pull in?

They should be here any minute. I just hope we all show up. Well, anybody with

any class at all will be fashionably late.

Is this where the beer is?

Why don't I tell Joanna these guys don't need toothpicks?

Yeah, come on in. I'm a bit loud.

Is this the party?

Yeah, come on in.

I'm Dick Lott.

Marge! Gee!

I've got it for 30 years.

You remember Mike and Randy, eh? Sure.

How are you? Good to see you. Sure is good to see you.

weren't with the unit.

They're my neighbors.

I hope it's okay I brought them along.

Yeah, it's great. I was just going to start the introduction.

You certainly do a great business here.

they'll take destruction off their minds.

Guys, guys, guys, could I have your attention for just a minute?

Guys,

I know this is a big night for you, and it's understandable that, you know, you

might be a little rowdy.

See,

this is our inn, and it's our home, and we're kind of proud of it. And it's

survived over 200 years, and we hope with your help, maybe we could preserve

for one more night.

They opened a wine bottle with a corkscrew.

Hey, Harry, we need you in here.

Well,

here he is, everybody. The birthday boy.

George is here. Lock the door.

Guys, your guest of honor, Georgia.

I don't believe this. Where did you find all these guys?

Don't you recognize them?

No.

Well, some of you may not recognize. That's true, but...

Look closely.

Try thinking back about 30 years.

Okay.

There are pictures on your wall.

These are the Boston Red Sox.

On the other wall. The 30 -second support group.

You weren't serviced with.

No, I wasn't.

Their picture is on your wall.

Well, I only have their picture on my wall because I like the airplane.

God bless the P -51.

This is the biggest night in your life and you don't recognize anybody in the

room?

Well, I know you and Joanna.

That's not the point.

We spent three days calling all over Vermont so you could spend your birthday

surrounded with your friends.

Well, I think I am.

Oh, George.

Hey, don't be upset. I might make friends with some of these guys.

about halfway down the street.

squish them together.

Well, they're fabulous.

Hey, guys, watch this.

Crazy Harry just taught me the beer can smashing trick.

Ready?