Original subtitles

♪ There’s a time for love And a time for livin’ ♪

♪ Take a chance And face the wind ♪

♪ An open road and A road that’s hidden ♪

♪ A brand-new life Around the bend ♪

♪ There were times ♪

♪ I lost a dream or two ♪

♪ Found the trail ♪

♪ And at the end was you ♪

♪ There’s a path you take And a path not taken ♪

♪ The choice is Up to you, my friend ♪

♪ Nights are long But you might awaken ♪

♪ To a brand-new life ♪

♪ Brand-new life ♪

♪ A brand-new life Around the bend ♪

♪ Tony Micelli ♪ ♪ Micelli ♪

♪ Tony Micelli ♪ ♪ Micelli ♪ ♪ Micelli ♪ ♪ Micelli ♪

♪ Micelli ♪

♪ We are calling ♪ ♪ Calling ♪

♪ Calling ♪ ♪ Calling ♪ ♪ Calling ♪ ♪ Calling ♪

ALL: ♪ Your name ♪

Hi. Is Tony Micelli here?

[LAUGHS]

Uh, Tony, there are some men here

calling, calling your name.

ALL: ♪ Name ♪

Oh, Satch, Jimbo, Benny, and B.J.

Angela, I want you to meet the dreams

of Tony and the Dreamtones.

The hottest doo-wop group at Pitkin High.

Well, hello. I’m Angela Bower.

♪ Angela ♪ ♪ Angela ♪ ♪ Angela ♪

♪ It’s good to see you ♪

♪ Do-wa-wa-waa ♪

Hello. Hello.

Hi. Hello.

Oh, my, that’s so Motown.

Oh, you guys are really great.

You must have played

for every rally and school dance.

No. Just the showers.

Remember when the hot water ran out?

We discovered Benny was a falsetto.

♪ Woo ♪

come on. Sit down.

Tony, we got some bad news.

They’re tearing down the school.

Oh, no. The old high school?

Gee, Bobby Governale will never get his diploma.

The bulldozers can be stopped

if the building’s fixed up.

There’s a fundraiser Saturday night.

Anything you need, I’m available.

We need Tony and the Dreamtones

to do some sets.

I’ll miss that old school.

Hey.

How can you say no?

Tony, we get top billing.

We get to park in the teachers’ area.

Well, no, but,

but that night, we have a dinner party.

No, we don’t.

Yes. Yes, we do.

No, we don’t. Yes, we do.

May I see you in the kitchen?

We’re just getting refreshments.

Okay, but yes, we do.

But no, we don’t.

Are you sure they’re not married?

Why won’t you sing for a good cause?

Because every time

the Dreamtones got together,

it was bad news.

I’m talking serious artistic differences.

Take our name.

Satch wanted Satch and the Dreamtones,

Jimbo wanted Jimbo and the Dreamtones,

and Benny wanted--

Benny and the Dreamtones.

No. The Inkspots.

Benny’s got no ego at all.

Why did they go for Tony and the Dreamtones?

Angela, you’ve heard me sing.

It wasn’t just our name.

We argued over everything.

That was long ago.

People outgrow that kind of pettiness.

Not me.

Because of those guys, I missed a big opportunity.

We were set to sing graduation night--

Our first real gig.

Before the show started, we have an argument

over whether to pull our sleeves up.

Did you? I’m pouring my heart out here.

Sorry.

It was the end of Tony and the Dreamtones.

I never got to hear the applause

or bask in the glory

or have my clothes torn off.

The scars have yet to heal.

Let go of the past. Seize the present.

If the Dreamtones communicate

and are sensitive to each other’s needs,

it will work out.

I don’t know. I don’t know.

I saw your face light up when you went "waa."

Yeah, but one "waa" does not mend a broken heart.

How many people do you know

get a second chance at their moment of glory?

I do look good in sharkskin.

♪ It’s not before I go to bed ♪

♪ Bend my knees And bow my head ♪

♪ I pray to the angels Up above ♪

♪ Send someone Someone to love ♪

♪ Ba dap ba dap Boom de-yay de-yay ♪

♪ Ba dap ba dap Boom de-yay de-yay ♪

♪ Ba dap ba dap Boom de-yay de-yay ♪

♪ Ba dap ba dap Boom de-yay de-yay ♪

♪ Guardian angels Up above ♪

♪ Send someone Someone to love ♪

♪ Make her fine And debonair ♪

♪ Deep blue eyes And golden hair ♪

Oh! Oh!

Oh, you guys are sensational.

I’m touched. I’m moved.

I’m jazzed up.

Come on, Angela, you’re just saying that.

Say it again.

You guys really know how to bebop.

Uh, that’s doo-wop, Angela.

Bebop, doo-wop. I like this lady.

Guys, no more interruptions.

Pick it up. Ready?

♪ God made the ocean and ♪

♪ God made the sea ♪

♪ But when God made you ♪

♪ He must have Thought of me ♪

Hold it. Hold it.

You said no more interruptions.

No more interruptions

except for incredibly beautiful daughters.

Satch, Benny, D.J., and Jimbo,

meet my daughter Sam.

How are you?

Good to meet you.

So? What do you think?

Was this music before they had instruments?

It’s doo-wop, Sam.

Doo-wop? I love it.

Good, because Saturday night, you and your friends

will hear us at the benefit.

In front of people I know?

Sam, Sam.

She’s so excited.

She’s excited. I’m telling you.

We’ll pick it up from the "ba dap bas."

Ready? Go.

♪ Ba dap ba dap Boom de-yay de-yay ♪

♪ Ba dap ba dap Boom de-yay de-yay ♪

♪ Ba dap ba dap ♪ Hold it! Hold it!

Benny, what do you think you’re doing?

What? What? Like you don’t know.

You’ve been "dapping"

when you’re supposed to be "boom de-yaying."

Jimbo keeps stepping on my "ba dap bas."

Oh, blame me.

Satch is singing through Vaseline.

I like the way I sing.

My wife likes it. My kids like it.

If you don’t like the way I sing,

tough noogies.

Ever since we started--

Wait. Hold on a second.

We agreed. No arguments.

Haven’t we learned from our past experiences?

I got something we can all agree on.

What? Lunch.

It’s in the kitchen. Let’s go.

Don’t hog all the pastrami.

I hate pastrami. My wife hates pastrami.

Oh, guys.

This communicating is tough, Angela,

but I think it’s worth it.

I can’t wait until Saturday night.

Thanks for convincing me.

You’re welcome.

The Colonel had Elvis, and I have you.

Besides, I know you’ve been waiting 18 years

to have your clothes torn off.

Yeah.

♪ Well, I wonder Wonder who be-do-ooh ♪

♪ Who, who, who ♪

♪ Who wrote The book of love ♪

♪ Baby, baby, baby ♪

♪ I love you, yes, I do ♪

♪ Well, it says so In this book of love ♪

♪ Ours is the one That’s true ♪

♪ Well, I wonder Wonder who be do ooh ♪

Uh!

♪ Who wrote The book of love ♪

♪ Chapter one Says you love her ♪

♪ You love her With all your heart ♪

♪ Chapter two You tell her ♪

♪ You’re never, never, never Never, never gonna part ♪

♪ In chapter three Remember ♪

♪ The meaning of romance ♪

♪ In chapter four You break up ♪

♪ But you give it Just one more chance ♪

♪ Oh, I wonder, wonder ♪

♪ Who be-do-ooh, who ♪

♪ Who wrote The book of love ♪

♪ I-- ♪

Whoa.

Get down, mama.

How long have you been standing there?

Oh, since the "uh!"

you’re good.

No, Tony, I’m not. I’m surprised.

I didn’t know the right and left side of your brain

were on speaking terms.

[LAUGHS]

Well, I... I must admit I do have soul.

I, uh...

when I was in college,

I used to sing in the dorm.

Me and whoever else didn’t have a date.

We sang into hair blowers.

Hair blowers?

What did you call yourselves,

the Curlettes?

How did you know?

Every Saturday night, we dreamed of being on stage.

You know, just getting loose, getting down,

getting a date someday.

I got an idea.

Why don’t you do a couple of songs

with us Saturday night?

Oh, you can’t be serious.

If it wasn’t for you talking me into this,

the Dreamtones wouldn’t be getting down at all.

Oh, I would die. What a way to go.

Okay, Mona. It’s time.

Would you do the unzipping?

You came to the right person.

Oh. Oh.

Oh.

Oh, I haven’t seen you in years.

Well, I hope you two will be very happy together.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

ALL: Hi.

Well, well, well, and well.

You must be the world-famous Dreamtones.

You’re the world-famous Mona.

I don’t know about world-famous,

but I do have North and South America sewed up.

She’s a riot.

So, don’t doo-wop anything I wouldn’t do.

Hey. Hey, hey, hey!

The threads look great.

They don’t make polyester like that anymore.

Look out, Brooklyn.

Here come the Dreamtones.

It’s Tony and the Dreamtones.

You know,

if it wasn’t for Angela,

we wouldn’t be having all this fun.

We owe the lady.

I agree, Satch.

Therefore, I was thinking,

how about we show our appreciation

by letting Angela sing some songs Saturday night?

Well, how does that sound?

Like a nightmare.

Wait a minute.

She’s good. She’s really good.

We’re the Dreamtones, not the Dreamtonettes.

That’s how we’re staying.

When did you start making all the decisions?

When you started getting pushy.

I did not get pushy.

I communicated nice.

Well, I’m communicating nice.

No go. No way. No Angela.

That goes for me.

Yeah. Me too.

Benny, what about you?

We should have named this group the Inkspots.

You won’t let Angela sing one little song?

You got that right.

Oh, yeah?

Well...no Angela,

no me.

Good.

Good? Yeah.

We’re out of here. Yeah, let’s split.

We don’t need stupid ideas to begin with, man.

Just a waste of time...

[DOOR CLOSES] Well,

if that’s how you feel,

I think you should leave.

Well, I’m back.

Ready to practice.

Where are the guys?

Ah, who needs them?

They sing flat half the time anyway.

Oh, no.

You had a fight.

It was about me, wasn’t it?

Look, if they don’t want you, I don’t want them.

Oh, no. Tony, Tony. I feel completely responsible.

Why was I born with dancing feet and a golden voice?

You know, Angela, we-- We all have our crosses to bear.

Anyway, I’m glad this happened.

It was bound to happen anyway.

Better now than five minutes before the show.

Now, Angela,

if you don’t mind, I’d...

I’d like to have a couple of minutes alone

with my sharkskin suit.

♪ Chapter one Says you love her ♪

♪ You love her With all your heart ♪

♪ Chapter two You tell her ♪

♪ You’re never, never Never, never... ♪

I’m making Saturday night’s dinner special.

Everybody gets their favorite dish.

Mine lives in Greenwich.

I’m talking about something with hot fudge on it.

So am I.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Hi, Tony. Mind if I come in?

There’s nothing you can say

to make up for what’s happened.

The Dreamtones want you back.

I thought you’d never ask.

Wait a minute.

What about Angela?

She’s in for two numbers.

You mean it, Satch?

Angela, get ready to start moving and shaking.

You’re a Dreamtone. What do you think of that?

Do re mi!

Has she got rhythm or what?

I’m so excited.

I just can’t hide it.

I’m about to lose control,

and I think I like it.

You’re going to peak too soon.

This will be a real blowout:

700 tickets sold.

The press is coming.

Imagine my baby up there,

the spotlight following her every move.

I hope your skin clears up by then.

Oh, my. I never actually thought

about people watching me.

Well, that’s usually how a concert works, Angela.

What if I trip?

What if a little spit

sprays out of the corner of my mouth?

You know, the lights pick up things like that.

Don’t worry.

All the big stars spit.

Anyway, you’re just singing background.

What if I faint? Fall backwards.

No. I’m afraid I can’t do it.

The Dreamtones will have to go on without me.

A minute ago,

you were so excited you couldn’t hide it.

You have a show to put on. Now rehearse.

Well, are you sure?

I’m positive.

Okay. Come on, Satch, let’s go.

Gee, 700 people. What if I faint?

Fall backwards.

Get out of here.

Oh, nice performance, Angela.

What are you talking about?

Oh, come on.

I remember all those ballet recitals,

cello recitals, piano recitals

that I slept through.

You do not have stage fright.

All right. All right. I was--

Tony was so disappointed,

I made a deal with the guys.

I wouldn’t go on if they’d crawl to Tony.

Nice work!

I don’t want Tony to know.

Swear you won’t tell.

Mother’s honor.

And I’m supposed to trust that.

♪ Chapter one Says you love her ♪

♪ You love her With all your heart ♪

♪ Chapter two You tell her ♪

♪ You’re never, never, Never, never, never gonna part ♪

♪ In chapter three, remember The meaning of romance ♪

♪ In chapter four You break up ♪

♪ But you give her Just one more chance ♪

♪ Well, I wonder, wonder Who be-do-ooh ♪

♪ Who, uh, who wrote The book of love ♪

♪ Baby, baby, baby, just Who wrote the book of love ♪

I can’t believe that’s my dad.

He’s almost cool.

I should have let Bonnie come.

Oh, he is cool.

You haven’t taken your eyes off him all night.

I’m just happy for Tony.

How many people get to live out their fantasies?

I do.

♪ Well, I wonder, wonder Who be-do-ooh ♪

♪ Who wrote the book of love ♪

♪ I wonder who ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Who wrote the book of love ♪

[APPLAUSE]

Thank you. Thank you very much, folks.

I think I can speak for the Dreamtones when I say

it’s great to be back at Pitkin High.

[ALL CHEER]

Hey, and during the break, folks,

let’s cough up some more bucks

so the next generation of kids

can try this cafeteria’s meat loaf, huh?

[ALL BOO]

Thanks. We’ll be right back.

When I grow up, can I be a rock star?

We’ll talk about it, sweetheart.

Wow! What a life--

Money, applause,

and all the chicks you can handle.

Jonathan, women are not chicks.

Whoa, what a fox!

Oh.

Oh, you are a hit!

You probably say that to all your housekeepers.

Dad, I am totally impressed,

but don’t push up your sleeves so much.

Oh, okay.

She’s right.

Nothing’s worse than too much arm.

Hey, Tony!

Hey!

I’m thirsty.

Sure. Tony, have an egg cream.

A double! Okay!

Okay.

Well, Tone.

[LAUGHS]

Was it everything you thought it would be?

More. I’m in doo-wop heaven!

Hey, thanks. Yeah, I was good.

And no stage fright?

Stage fright? Are you kidding?

That’s Angela’s department.

You know, it’s a funny thing about Angela.

She would play that cello

in front of hundreds of hostile people.

What are you saying?

She doesn’t have stage fright?

Ooh, it’s getting warm in here.

If she doesn’t have stage fright,

why’d she fake it?

Did I say getting warm?

It’s downright hot.

Are you saying she set this all up?

Here you go.

Thanks, Angela.

Here, Mona.

Hey, guys, I’m doing a solo.

Wait a minute! Hold on!

Ladies and gentlemen,

I need some help with the next number.

One special lady can help.

ALL: Oh, me! Me! Me!

No, uh, you right there.

Me?

Would you come up, please?

Mother, what is going on?

Oh, shut up and go sing. Go! Go!

Let’s hear it! Come up here.

Mr. Communicator, we agreed.

This wasn’t part of the deal.

Uh, tough noogies.

No, no.

What about these guys?

Don’t worry.

Put this on. Make me proud.

Come on, blondie. Get the show on the road!

We’re going to do "Rama Lama Ding Dong."

Ready?

♪ Rama lama lama Lama lama ding dong ♪

♪ Rama lama lama Lama lama ding ♪

♪ Oh waa oh ♪

♪ Bom bom bom ♪

You going to help?

Okay. Ready?

♪ Rama lama lama Lama lama ding dong ♪

♪ Rama lama lama Lama lama ding ♪

♪ Oh waa oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh I’ve got a girl named ♪

♪ Rama lama lama Lama lama ding dong ♪

They’re not bad.

What will we do?

If you can’t beat them, sing background for them.

♪ She’s mine, all mine ♪

♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh ♪

♪ Bow, bow, bow ♪

♪ I’ve got a girl named ♪

♪ Rama lama lama Lama lama ding dong ♪

♪ She’s fine to me ♪

♪ Rama lama lama Lama lama ding dong ♪

♪ I’ll never set her free ♪

♪ ’Cause she’s mine All mine ♪

♪ Waa ooh ♪

♪ Bow, bow, bow, bow Bow, bow, bow ♪

♪ I love her Love her, love her so ♪

♪ And I’ll never Never let her go ♪

♪ One thing’s for certain She’s mine, all mine ♪

♪ She’s mine ♪

♪ She’s mine ♪

♪ All of the-- Whoa-oh-oh-oh ♪

♪ I’ve got a girl named ♪

♪ Rama lama lama Lama lama ding dong ♪

♪ she’s everything to me ♪

♪ Rama lama lama Lama lama ding dong ♪

♪ I’ll never set her free ♪

♪ ’Cause she’s mine All mine ♪

♪ Ooh waa ooh ♪

♪ Bow, bow, bow Rama lam ♪

♪ Ding dong ♪

♪ Rama lam ♪ ♪ Ding dong ♪

♪ Bow, bow, bow ♪

♪ I’ve got a girl named ♪

♪ Rama lama lama Lama lama ding dong ♪

♪ Rama lama lama Lama lama ding dong ♪

♪ Rama lama lama Lama lama ding dong ♪

♪ I’ll never let her go ♪

♪ ’Cause she’s mine All mine ♪

♪ Ooh waa ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

Hey, come on.

[GIRLS SCREAM]

Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

It happened.

[♪♪]