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Here we are, face to face, a kindle to fill the spoon.

Hoping to find we're two of a kind. Make it a go, make it grow.

Together, we're going to find our way.

Together, taking the time each day.

To learn all about those things you just can't buy.

Two silver spoons together.

U .S. economy.

and D .C. will come to order.

I second that.

Freddie, you don't have to second that. It was just an announcement.

Oh.

Yeah, I guess I forgot.

How could you forget?

I got better things on my mind than selling popcorn.

I'm in the middle of puberty.

Look, if you guys are going to talk, my mom will leave it.

Can we please stay on the subject?

I second that.

Shut up, Freddy.

Now, listen, guys. We're not going to be able to go to Washington.

I'm not going to sell 1 ,000 bags of popcorn this weekend.

of Washington.

Our orchestra has been honored by this invitation.

If we don't go, I'll just swell up and die.

Don't get melodramatic, Lisa.

Okay. Don't you guys want to tell your kids someday how you played Beethoven at

the Kennedy Center?

I'm not going to have any kids.

That's the first good news I've heard.

beautiful this evening.

Thank you, Derek.

You're the epitome of grace.

Style and low -cut sophistication.

That's enough, Derek.

I'm sorry.

It's just this darn puberty.

I know it's your darn lack of brain, Derek.

Kate, do you remember Lisa and Freddy? I'm Freddy.

Hi, Freddy.

Hi, Lisa.

Kate, why are you so dressed up?

Oh, Edward and I are going to a fundraising dinner at the County Art

Oh, yeah, that's a dinner that costs $1 ,000 a plate.

Hey!

Why don't we sell our popcorn for $1 ,000 a bag?

That way, we only have to sell one.

I know, I know. Shut up, Freddy.

Ricky, would you please tell your father that I'm here?

Mm -hmm.

Senator?

Ambassador? Hi, gang!

Walruses?

Edward, how come you're dressed up as a walrus?

Kate, I think the pertinent question at this particular time is how come you're

not dressed up as a walrus?

Kate, tonight's the masquerade ball for the protection of endangered species.

No. No, it's not. It's the formal dinner at the County Art Museum.

It is the 5th, isn't it? Yeah, the 5th of February. The formal dinner for the

museum is the 5th of March.

Well, can I go like this?

Of course not, Kate. You'd look silly.

Come on, let's go upstairs.

Maybe I can find you something to make you look more like an endangered

You know, the only reason I joined this wimpy orchestra is to take the trip to

Washington.

Hey, maybe I'll just join the debate.

team going to boston i guess it is true the first ones to desert the sinking

ship are the rat come on gang never say die where there's

life there's hope where there's a will there's a way lisa don't you ever get

depressed

those wheels turning?

Well, I was just thinking that maybe I could get my dad to buy the rest of the

popcorn.

Rick, will your dad really help us out?

Well, if he can spend $1 ,000 for dinner, he can probably give $1 ,000 to

us out.

Absolutely.

And if it also happens to make you a hero along the way...

Once he's right.

to his end of the agreement.

Okay.

Yeah, if you need me, I'll be right here by the duck.

Okay, bye -bye.

Now, son, how's the popcorn drive going?

Pretty good, Dad. I think we almost made our total.

Well, congratulations, you see there? Now, I told you, if you work hard and

a lot of effort into it, you kids could do it.

Well, actually, it wasn't all that hard.

Dad, about the popcorn?

Oh, I remember. I promised to buy ten bags.

I didn't even pay you yet. You must think I'm a skinflint, huh?

No.

No, no, no, no, no.

Actually, I think you're the most generous man who ever walked this earth.

How many more bags do you want?

on me, your own son.

Well, son, how shall I put this?

You're wrong.

Dad, this is a worthy cause.

He'd be sending me to Washington, D .C., where I can play my bat soon in front

of the very people who mold and shape this great land of ours.

Okay, let me try another one.

Or this.

But, Dad, you've got to.

I told all the kids that we were going.

They're counting on me to get them there. I promised them.

That's the real point here, isn't it, Rick?

You want to be Mr.

Popular. You want to be the one to get them to Washington.

you wanted to go to Pugley School to be a regular guy, and now here you are

trying to buy your friends.

I'm not trying to buy my friends.

I'm just sort of leaving them for a while.

Son, that's a cop -out. No, it isn't.

You're the one that's copping out. You know what?

You're a cheapskate.

Son,

you let me know if you'd like to have a civilized conversation.

to selling a thousand bags of popcorn.

So, I'll tell you what. First thing tomorrow morning, we'll go down to the

and you'll sell a thousand bags.

In one day?

That's impossible.

Well, you never know until you try.

But I'll tell you this much.

If you work hard and earn that thousand dollars, you're going to feel a whole

lot better about yourself.

Okay, Dad.

I'll give it a try.

better about myself.

Your credibility's shot.

sell a thousand bags.

Dad, it just can't be done.

I have to sell 120 bags an hour.

That's two bags every minute.

One bag every 30 seconds.

And just in the time it took me to tell you about all this, I'm already down a

bag.

Come on, son. There's nothing to it. Salesmanship is just a matter of

Watch this.

Excuse me, ma 'am. That's a lovely blouse.

Well, thank you.

You know, I have the privilege of selling some of this tasty popcorn here

that kids like my son can accompany their orchestra to Washington, D .C.

It's only a dollar a bag. Would you be interested?

Yes, I would.

You would? Terrific. I'll take two bags.

Two?

Thank you. Thank you.

The art done?

That was great, Dad.

But I'm not quite sure I got it.

Mind showing me that technique a few hundred more times?

You're the one supposed to be doing this.

Okay. I'll stick around for a little while and do some selling. But I want

to be selling, too.

I'll try, Dad.

But I'll never, ever be any good at this.

Excuse me.

Are you selling popcorn?

Yeah. Well, I'll take three bags.

Three?

If you buy a bag of popcorn, you'll really be helping these kids out.

Well, since it's for a worthy cause, I guess I'll take a bag. Well, terrific.

No, not that bag.

I'll take one from the bottom of the box.

They're all just the same.

It's fresher.

Fresher.

Well, customers always...

like this. Oh, that's okay.

I have a son about your age.

You have a son my age?

You couldn't possibly be old enough to have a son my age.

Maybe I'll take two bags.

That is such a beautiful outfit.

Three bags.

What a lucky man your husband must be.

You have such a beautiful...

Master Charge, American Express.

No, we don't take credit cards. What?

Well, thanks a lot for wasting my time.

You've just been walking by us all day, turning your backs on us.

How's he taking it?

Pretty rough.

He went straight upstairs when we got home.

Wouldn't even watch Yogi Bear with me.

His favorite one, too, where Ranger Smith gets his head caught in a picnic

basket.

And yells at Boo Boo.

Well, so how are you going to handle it? What are you going to do?

It's a dilemma, Kate.

My heart tells me. me I should just go up there and buy those last 200 bags so

those kids can go to Washington.

Are you really going to do that?

No.

Then Ricky wouldn't learn his lesson.

You're right.

And I'm the one who told him that if you work hard, you'll get this great

feeling of accomplishment.

Yeah, now he feels a lot worse than he did in the first place.

I'm just agreeing with you.

Kate, he's got to learn that he can't depend on me and my wallet to bail him

every time he gets in trouble.

Right.

Oh, boy, I hate to see that hurt look in his eyes.

So I'll just have to march up there and look him straight in the chin.

Tell him that's the way it has to be.

Well...

No, I went out and I sold the popcorn from door to door to door to door.

I sold most of them that way.

Great. How'd you sell the rest of them?

Derek's father bought them.

He did?

Yeah. This went and knocked on a door at the Shangri -La Motel.

Derek's father had answered.

If you see him, you can bet I'll ask him.

I'm really exhausted, but I feel like I really accomplished something.

Good for you, son.

Thanks for believing in me, Dad.

We're going to find our way.

Together, taking the time each day.

To learn all about those things you just can't buy.

Two silver spoons together.