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Yeah, but I didn't listen.

Oh, listen up, can I have your attention?

I've got some news that I've got to mention.

Who are you calling a yenta?

Hey, at least I don't go around sticking my nose in people's business. That's

it, your nose is too big.

Look, I never felt like this about anybody before.

I love her.

And she loves me, too. Go home, get your stuff.

My stuff?

Yeah. Me and you gotta live together. We gotta shack up.

And sweat.

You'll have a future.

Cassidy, and I've got a future even if I don't vote for you.

Then why the T -shirt?

Because I could be wrong.

You crazy to the music class?

Three floors up. Look for a little white -haired gentleman with a beard stooped

over. His name is Chirovsky.

And he's probably going to floss when he sees you.

Well, I think it's about time we had a little bit of leadership quality in this

school. So why are you running?

It's going to be a lot tougher of a campaign than I thought.

I thought you were running on a pose.

Well,

we've just devalid -squared.

How would you like to be the mother of my children?

Don't call me. I'll call you.

I don't understand it. I keep getting turned down today.

Now, what do they want from me?

How about a better line?

Look, man, it's the beginning of the term. You've got to pace yourself.

You don't want to burn yourself out.

No, no, no. You don't want to burn yourself out. Me, I love getting burnt

You know, is that your limo?

Let me guess.

Dance major, right?

Hey, it's my major, too. We're going to be seeing a lot of each other, and I

think that...

Oh, this is pathetic.

You're right, Mr. Morlock. This is pathetic.

Hey, I didn't give Miss Grant the flu.

Now, I realize that as a dance instructor, I may stink.

Stink? Oh, Mr. Morlock, you have a long way to go before you reach stink.

Sir.

Okay.

I know what I'm in over my head.

Johnson, you've got yourself a dance class to teach.

Oh, Mr.

Morlock. Good, you're here.

Not for long, Mrs. Berg.

Miss Dolikov here is lost.

She is in this class, isn't she?

Oh, yes, she most certainly is.

Well, welcome to our little school here.

Follow me.

Everybody!

Now, this is Miss Sasha Dolikov.

She's from Czechoslovakia. Her father's on special assignment at the United

Nations. She's going to be at our school for about a month.

It is a great pleasure to meet all of you. No, the pleasure's ours.

Now listen up, all of you.

I want every single one of you to go out of your way to make Miss Dolikov feel

welcome, and that's an order.

You're in a free country now, little lady. Try to enjoy it.

Ma 'am, could you please put this on the young lady's check?

Thanks, kid. You're terrific.

Hey, you little wimp, that wasn't funny.

I thought it was hysterical.

Well, how come I'm not laughing?

You know what would really be funny? If you went over there and paid for that

pie and paid for the young lady's lunch.

Why don't you pick on somebody your own size?

Look, that works both ways.

Now, you better hurry up, because I'm not laughing yet.

Thanks a lot, little guy.

No worries, nothing.

Hey,

hey, hey. It got open.

If you're looking for action, I'm your man. I can do the job like no one can.

See, I got class and I got style. And man, check out my winning smile.

Come on, let's talk. You won't have a doubt. Whatever the gripe, I'm sure to

work it out. Word, I can pass about everything.

You're going to find out that I'm the best. So vote for me and don't be

Ain't no driving, it ain't just going.

happening. I feel so good, I've got to sing. You gotta spread the word and have

no fear, cause you're in good hands. I'm here. Time has come to take a stand. We

can have it all if we just join hands. I'm the singer and dancer. If you got

question, I got the answer. You may say the kid is new, but I got the best in

store for you. To be strong when there are fights, cause I believe we got

rights. On your mark, get ready, go.

Ride with the tide and go with the flow. Step right up and don't delay.

I thought the news is the only way. We've got good things going.

Good things going, dear.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We've got good things going.

Good things going, dear.

We got this thing going.

We got this thing going, yeah.

So the time has come to take a stand. We can have it all if you just join hands.

Ask the singer, hook and dancer. If you got the question, I've got the answer.

Vote for me and don't be nervous.

It ain't no jive and it ain't lip service.

Step right up and don't delay.

A vote for me is the only way.

We got this thing going.

That's Jesse Velasquez.

Jesse's not the one to look at.

He didn't notice that.

I don't want to talk about it

anymore. You're giving me a headache, Velasquez.

That's not fair, man. What do you mean I can't run for president?

You know, in the first place, my name's not man. It's Mr. Morlock. In the second

place, any student who wants to run for president has to have a C average.

You've been here for five minutes. You have no average. But I was counting on

this for exposure, for promotion, for visibility.

You don't let me run. How's everyone going to know who I am?

Listen, don't worry about it, kid. I don't think it'll be any time at all

every single person in this school knows exactly who you are.

It's good. It's now.

It's definitely trend -setting material.

Probably go like a bullet to the top of the charts.

But for a campaign song, I was thinking a little more along the lines of, like,

Happy Days Are Here Again.

But they're not.

Cassidy, part of being a leader is learning how to make difficult choices.

I'm fired?

Yeah.

Yeah, well, I guess that's politics.

Hey, I'm on shorts.

You hear about Velazquez?

Mr. Murdoch just shot him down.

There is a God.

Hey, let me ask you a question.

Why is it so important for you to be president of this school?

Danny, I love this school.

And it's given a lot to me, and I just feel like it's time to give something

back. The last guy we had as president was only in it to get girls.

Are you following me?

Cleo, Cleo Hewitt.

And I just want to let you know that the way you made that dude back down was

great.

Leroy Johnson, you are bad, man.

Well, that was the wimpiest guy in the school.

All I know is he was bigger than me.

You know, you're really hot stuff.

Careful, Cleo Hewitt. Don't make this into something that it ain't.

Well, maybe it ain't yet that I, that don't mean it won't be.

All right, everybody, let's do the jazz combinations that we learned. Pick your

partners.

You might find out I'm not such a bad guy.

I'm only here for a short time.

You connected back there.

It was only a dance.

It was more than a dance.

You called, Schwartz?

Amatulo, you got exactly 60 seconds to explain this. Explain what?

Hey, I care about this school just as much as you do. And I've gotten a lot

of it. And I plan on giving something back.

Spare me. You're doing it to get dates.

Campaign slurs already, Doris?

Shame on you.

You know what? You two got to excuse me because I have to go talk to my campaign

manager.

Holly, I need a campaign manager. Well, don't look at me.

Vote for Doris.

She'll do it for us.

Poetry. I love it.

No chance.

What a bet.

You're backing a loser.

Hey, man, Jesse Velasquez never backs losers.

I'm a winner.

You think you're a winner, huh?

Well, let me tell you something about Nicole Chatman.

I've never had a grade below an A.

I've never lost a spelling bee.

In the Christmas pageant, I always play Mary.

And I was voted most likely to succeed in my kindergarten class.

Didn't anybody ever tell you that a woman's place is in the home?

Yeah, but I didn't listen.

I'm playing hardball here, Velasquez.

Ooh, you're tough.

I like that in a woman.

you're here so early i i don't read english as well as i speak it

i wanted to prepare you're so beautiful please

you must stop you must okay

i'll stop when you tell me that you don't feel the same way

Would you take your seats, please?

Look, I'm not going to quit.

Because me and you, me and you are meant to happen.

Mr. Cassidy.

My sympathies are with you. Obviously, a close friend of yours has died and

you're composing a funeral dirge.

Actually, it's a campaign funk, Ramatulo.

In that case, my sympathies are with him.

I thought you worked for the Schwartz.

Schmortz, Schwartz, Ramatulo, who cares?

Only real things are music anyways.

True, very true.

Even if it's absolutely awful.

Hey, man, how's it going?

And you know, I want this number to be real upbeat.

Do you know any words that rhyme with Armageddon?

Good choice.

I told you I wasn't going to quit.

We do have diplomatic immunity, you know.

We could run you over.

Yeah, we could.

So long, we had no connection.

So close, yet so far away.

We moved in opposite directions,

but ended up here anyway.

It was the one.

back then.

Sometimes, oh, it happened that way.

Somehow, one touching

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

You ever seen New York subway before?

You miss him falling in love?

I think it's too late.

What are you talking about, Mr. Moorlach? Don't Mr. Moorlach me. You ran

with Miss Dolikoff. I got a call from the Czech embassy at 3 o 'clock in the

morning. What were you two kids doing all night?

Don't answer that.

Well, it's not what you think.

This thing's serious. I know it's serious. What are you trying to do?

international incident?

Not that kind of serious.

Look, I never felt like this about anybody before.

I love her.

And she loves me, too.

Look, look, son, I don't think you realize it, but... This is big stuff.

Now, I know how you feel. You like this girl, and she likes you, and that's

nice, but you're just going to have to forget it because it just can't be.

Who says?

I says.

Now, I don't want any more heat, Donovan.

No way. Now, wait a minute.

All I want is a promise from you that you're going to leave this girl alone

that you're not going to see her anymore.

I don't think you've got the right to ask me to do that, Mr. Moorlach.

Donovan, you're not reading me right.

I'm not asking you. I'm telling you. And the United States government is telling

you, and the whole Soviet balk is telling you.

Oh, what are they going to do?

Send me to Siberia?

Tell me how they're going to stop me.

You'll find out, kid.

You'll find out.

You okay, bud?

Yeah, I'm all right.

All right, everyone.

Study period is over.

Let's discuss.

Danny, what would you say were the major factors that led to Jay Gatsby's

downfall?

Well, you see, Jay Gatsby never had a responsible student president to keep

in line. So that's why I say vote for Danny Amatulo and stay out of trouble.

You're way out of line, Amatulo.

You're sure he's using class time for campaigning? I demand equal time. I hate

to interrupt your busy campaign schedules, but this is an English class.

I just want to discuss the issues.

Yeah, let's all discuss the issues.

Anybody got any?

Is something wrong, Mr. Donovan?

Yeah, everyone.

Hey, you two guys found that damn thing?

You both need a lot more work. I suggest you take the free time and study some

of those moves in private.

What?

Hey, can I ask a couple questions?

Well, I was thinking about defecting to your country, but black dancers being so

scarce over there and everything.

Yo, man, you want to rap about this over some coffee?

Some vodka, maybe?

I tried.

I tried.

I know you did.

Check it out.

We've got the issue.

Yamatulo Manifesto.

An epic document of our time.

He's got a vision. Read it, learn it, live it.

George Schwartz should do a great job. Yamatulo Manifesto.

We've got the issue.

Just in case you want to switch sides.

The future is here, and it's Danny Amatudo.

That's a depressing thought.

And how about me, Mama?

Here you go.

Yo, if anybody asks, man, I'm on it.

Here you go.

Hey,

that way, good -looking.

I mean, that way. Thank you.

Hey, that's for students only.

If they can stand it, so can I.

Co -ed locker rooms.

Thanks,

kid.

No minimum grade average.

I figured it was an idea whose time had come.

Field trips to the movies.

That's mine.

I know it's yours, Schwartz.

What I don't understand is whatever made you think you'd get by with it.

They're just campaign promises.

Yeah, nobody really takes them seriously.

Well, I do.

And I'm not about to stand by and watch you two make a mockery of the democratic

process, especially with visitors here from behind the Iron Curtain. I'll tell

you what we're going to do.

We're going to hold a regular debate.

Rules, regulations, point, counterpoint, the whole works. I love it.

Amatulo, your tush is mine.

If you can get it.

best and brightest.

The citations I've written and all the students loitering in the halls.

There must be over 50 here.

It's been a slow week, sir.

custom in America. You can't go to the ladies' room alone. It's simply out of

the question.

But I don't have to... God,

you make me feel so good.

Oh.

I'll go ahead and feed her off past.

You're driving me crazy.

Come to me tonight.

There it is.

Man, this is crazy. The cops are out there. We're going to jail.

Oh, come on, man. Give me a boost, please.

Okay, one, two.

Well, we won't be seeing Miss Dolkoff around here anymore.

I specifically warned Donlan to keep away from that girl.

Mr. Morlock, what good are warnings to a teenage boy experiencing the first

great love affair of his life?

We're not talking about love, Miss Sherwood. We're talking about five to

breaking and entering. We're just lucky your father decided not to press

charges. I doubt if Mr. Donlan or Miss Dolkoff are feeling very lucky at the

moment. That's because they're not thinking straight or using logic.

Logic has nothing to do with it. We're talking about first love, the most

intense, passionate, painful kind there is.

Harvey Levine.

Excuse me?

We dated for two months when I was 16.

I used to get dizzy every time I looked at him.

Well, some things never change.

With me, it was Lyman Brody.

He gave me a gold chain that turned my neck green.

I think I still have that gold chain buried in the corner of a drawer

I don't suppose you'd understand why.

Of course I do.

It wasn't real gold.

I guess I asked for that, didn't I?

Well, this may come as a surprise to you, Miss Sherwood.

But in a little secret compartment of my heart, there's still a special place

for Dee Dee Callahan.

She was beautiful, intelligent, and she worshipped the ground I walked

on. Well, I don't know about Miss Sherwood, but that certainly comes as a

surprise to me.

What about you, Mr. Sharofsky?

Who was the first girl you ever loved?

I was sitting near the window of a tiny coffee shop in a train station.

I noticed a girl in a blue dress waiting.

Beautiful.

Like a piece of porcelain. I couldn't take my eyes off her.

After about five minutes, the train came and she was gone.

She never even saw me.

But I don't think a day has gone by in 40 years that I haven't thought of her.

And what I wouldn't give.

See her again.

Poor darling.

Five, six, seven, and one, two, three, four, and two, two, three, four,

and three, two, three, four, and five, six, seven, eight.

Hold up, hold up, hold up. You're supposed to be dancing, not stopping our

roaches. My God, if Miss Grant was here, you know what she'd say, right? Take

five.

Take five.

Hey. How you doing? I'm glad you showed.

Really?

Yeah, look.

I can't go on like this any longer.

Me neither.

Great. Look.

Here's the key to my apartment.

Go home, get your stuff.

My stuff?

Yeah. Me and you gotta live together. We gotta shack up.

Well, wait a minute. I thought you were asking me to go out.

Oh, no. We're beyond that, baby.

I mean, I need you with me day and night.

Day and night?

Yeah, I mean, 153rd Street and 8th Avenue, that's not a bad place to live

ghetto.

I mean, the most important thing is we be together.

I mean, I want children, a lot of children. I want a big family. Wait a

Leroy. I can see what you're doing. I ain't no fool, okay?

Well, you want me to back off, fine, I'll back off.

But I'm telling you one thing.

Someday you're going to come running after me.

You know something?

She might be right.

Just stay cool and it's in the bag.

You know, I don't trust Mendenhall throwing his hat in the ring at the last

minute. Oh, man, forget him. He's nothing.

Focus on these new issues we came up with and keep it honest. People still

remember Watergate.

It's under control.

It's under control. Let's go.

These notes you've typed up for me are absolutely marvelous. I was up all night

typing, so use them.

I think this is going to be my shining moment.

You know it. Let's go.

Who are you calling a yenta?

At least I don't go around sticking my nose in people's business. That's

your nose is too big. Excuse me!

Thank you.

I think that we all should give Dwight Mendenhall a chance to express his

Vote for me.

Where's your sense of school, sir? Every ballot I can get. I'm not in the mood.

Maybe this ballot will perk your day up. You don't know when to stop, do you,

boy? I know when to stop, but this ain't the time. John, just take the ballot.

All right.

She came by a little while ago. She told me to give it to you.

You better hurry up if you want to catch her. She's waiting for me.

What?

Hey, this is personal. How come you read it?

Oh, I guess I'm an incredible romantic.

You're not called a nosy.

I guess I owe you one.

Only one.

Since you owe me only one.

It's getting harder and harder to get a vote every day.

How'd you get away?

I just did.

I never thought I'd be able to hold you again.

Good!

Well, goodbye.

That's the only way I could think of telling you.

I'm not going to let you go.

You have to go.

Sasha, they don't own us.

Nobody owns us. It's not just them.

It's me.

It's still my country back there.

My family.

My life.

What about us?

always have us.

It's something nobody can take away.

We'll have that forever.

I'll always love you.

And I'll always love you.

The French have a saying.

To say goodbye is to die a little.

Well, I got that one.

What if we made them choose Mendenhall over us?

You ever think we drove them to it?

Well, young Mr. Lincoln and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Cassidy, why don't you give it a break?

Let me guess.

You voted for Dwight.

Nope. Myself.

Perfect. Well, between you two and Mendenhall, it was the only rational

alternative.

We never got through to some club.

So what's that going to bring them together?

Huh? It would have happened to us.

So all I wanted to do was win. I even forgot about the girls.

Let's not do this again.

It's a deal.

You know, politics and show business have something in common.

Competition drives you crazy.

Very well. Chances are we'll never be up for the same part.