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against the east coast you want some people where they got the most and new

york city's like a friendly ghost you seem the best right through i know

i'm gonna miss the usa i guess i'll miss it every single day but no

one

I'm not a kiss on the sun.

I'm not a kiss on the sun. Why not?

Oh, Mr.

Romance, great.

Hey, Mom.

What? Forgot what we got to do this morning. Jesus, who's that?

My son.

Did I? The school, the clinic, the blood runners. Today, Mom.

Oh, shit.

Hey, wait a second. What's going on?

You know, I got to do a million things with my kids.

You got things to do? What about us?

I

don't

think so. Give her a ride home.

I don't think so. I'm sorry. Hey, look.

I just gave her a ride home.

Okay, okay. All right.

What have you been looking for?

No. I already got a new suit garment.

I told you that wasn't the right one. Thanks anyway, Red. He's trying to find

Ruby Walters. Rube Walker, card number 108.

Brooklyn Dodgers.

1955.

Good year. Seems like yesterday.

You say that about everything, Red.

Everything does.

By the way, I seen your grandstanding for... I was protecting her. Where the

hell were you?

I told you it was Rube Walker.

Oh, shut up. Let's get going. We're late.

What's the matter? You never saw anybody from the planet Voltron before? Mom.

Beep, beep, beep, beep.

Yes. Never mind. Oh, wait a minute.

Ma'am.

Hi, I'm here to register my son for the ninth grade.

Well, uh, Mrs. No, no, no Mrs. I'm Rusty Dennis. This is my son, Rocky.

Please sit down.

Oh, we're running a little bit late, so could you move it along?

This is a public junior high school, Miss Dennis.

There are special schools with wonderful facilities that might be more

appropriate for his needs.

Do you teach algebra and biology and English here?

Of course.

Those are his needs.

Perhaps I should speak to the boy's father.

Perhaps you should speak to the Pope, too. He'd be a lot easier to find. Under

the circumstances, I do feel that for the good of my students, as well as your

son...

I'm going to need some additional information. Look, Mr. Simms, you know

what? Don't jerk me around. I'm not in the mood.

I've had a real crappy day so far. First I find out that we're in the wrong

goddamn school district, I gotta come down here and play pussyfoot with you.

This is a copy of our lease. This is a copy of Rocky's birth certificate, and

this is his last report card from Stevens Junior High School, where he was

in the top 5% of his class.

And I got some additional information for you.

My lawyer's name is B.D. Higgins, and he's told me of my rights. If you give

me any shit at all, he's gonna drag your ass into court.

Mr. Sims. I look weird but otherwise I'm real normal.

Everything will be cool.

Thanks a lot.

See you next week.

Medium circumference, 67 centimeters.

67 centimeters.

Last one, kid. All right. Yeah.

Really? Yeah.

Mandible, 32.5 centimeters.

Mandible, 32.5. Well, now, that's good news, Rocky. Since your last checkup in

April, your jaw measurement only increased one-eighth of an inch.

Wow.

I'm cured.

I'm healed. I can go home now.

It's the water and the doozy, Philip.

Picture time.

This routine better than we do.

That's true.

Wait a minute. Hold on a second. Oh, Rocky, you look great. I want to get my

hair. You look fine, Rocky.

Okay. Okay. Suit.

How's your mom, Rocky?

She's great.

Stand still.

Oh, sorry.

Turn around.

I blinked. Why don't you fill me in on this, Doctor?

The patient was first diagnosed with cranio-diaphysial dysplasia at four

years of age when it was discovered that calcium was depositing at an abnormal

rate throughout his skull.

And what have we learned about this disorder?

It's extremely rare.

One in approximately 22 million births. How is it first described?

I don't... They call it lionitis. It means look of the lion. You new around

here? Yes, I am.

Cause? It's caused by two recessive genes and happens to the offspring of

normal parents.

His mother had an uneventful pregnancy, didn't ingest any chemical substance or

teratogen during gestation. That means it wasn't my mom or dad's fault.

Hello, Rocky.

Hey, Dr. Rudinsky.

Good to see you again. Our data on this patient, Dr. Rudinsky, supports your

article in the New England Journal of... How are you feeling today, Rocky?

Pretty good. How are you feeling?

You still have those headaches?

Yeah. They've been getting pretty bad lately.

Is your mother still using the same method to make them go away? What

methods are those?

Well, she talks to them when they go away.

No medication?

Nope.

We're ready now, doctor.

You can get dressed now, Rocky. See you later, doc. Bye.

Do you have any questions? Yeah.

When are you going to vent one of these things so a guy's rear end isn't always

hanging out?

I'd like to do the follow-up counseling with that patient's mother myself.

Now, there's a great idea.

Wouldn't you agree, Doctor? Oh, definitely, yes.

Hi,

Mrs. Dennis.

What?

Hi, Mrs. Dennis, I'm Dr. Vinton. I need to talk to you about the test results.

All right.

Hey, Mom.

Hey, Babe. Why doesn't he wait outside?

What for?

So we can talk.

Talk.

It's about the test results on him.

Oh, him.

Him, by the way, has got a name, so if you've got some information for him, I

suggest you give it to him.

You don't understand.

No, you don't understand.

You see, he's got a cheeseburger waiting out there with his name on it, so I

suggest you just hurry this along.

Well, as you know...

Plastic surgery is not an option until the skull stops thickening, and there's

no evidence that it will. In fact, the cranium is growing at such an

accelerated rate, creating pressure on the spinal cord to such an extent that

the prognosis is not good.

We feel that life expectancy is... Three to six months.

You're not going to really give us that life expectancy number again, are you?

You know, for 12 years I've been listening to you guys' bullshit.

First you told me that he was retarded, then you said he was gonna be blind and

deaf. Then you told me he'd never be able to do anything that regular kids

could do. You know, if I had dug his grave every time one of you geniuses

told me he was gonna die, I'd be eating fucking chop suey in China by now.

Anything else?

Bye.

Get Dozer to get blood.

Never had before.

Here comes Dozer's welcoming committee.

Come on, now, Dozer. Red Cross needs some blood.

Come on, it's only gonna hurt for a second.

Hey,

look who's here.

The prodigal son returns.

Hey, Rocky.

Hey, Ben, when did you get back? Oh, yes, sir. I knew I'd see you.

He's looking good. Yeah, better than he acts. Yep.

How's your dad? He was great. Great for you, shitty for me. So what else is new?

Oh, here it goes. Usual crapola. Here we go.

I just started collecting those.

Me too.

You did not just start collecting them. You didn't tell me Ben was coming home.

That's a surprise to me too.

Are you happy about it? Not especially.

He's acting just like his father.

I think the only reason he's back is father didn't want to pay the bills

anymore.

Of course, 18 months out of 16 years doesn't seem like a hell of a lot to me,

but... Well, who needs them, you know?

You take their money, you gotta take their shit.

The doctor said the usual. Screw him. He eats everything that ain't tied down.

That Ben's getting a real smart mouth on him.

It's the age. They think they know everything.

Good slap upside the head and he don't know everything.

I never hit Rocky.

I don't believe this, Ben.

You don't even have a Steve Garvey. A Steve Garvey, for Christ's sake. Yeah, I

do. I must have left it to my dad in Michigan.

No, you think you left it to your dad. You probably lost it.

Garvey's betting 325 this year. He's an important card. You gotta have a Garvey.

Really? Yeah.

Well, do I have anything you want?

Nah, we better forget it.

You know, I feel really bad about this, Ben. I mean, we grew up together.

I should just give you my Steve Garvey, you know? I will, for anything you got.

Anything, like this one.

Who the hell's Ruby Walker?

Oh, I think that's an old Dodger before they came out to L.A. Yeah? Well, I'll

take it. You know, my grandpa likes them. Come on, Doe!

Take another stick!

Hey, you remember how we used to talk about riding Harleys across Europe?

Yeah, I remember.

Well, I haven't planned on going by myself, but now that you're back...

Yeah? That'd be great. I mean, anything to get out of school.

Look at that one. Can I pet him?

Hi,

puppy. He was born for you.

I gotta ask my mom.

Come on.

I'll save this for you.

Try this.

You know, what's so special about this, John? Now, this little baby is dusted

with angel weed. Mom!

What? Come here, I gotta show you something. Wait a second.

What, am I interrupting something?

What do you want?

Well, this lady's got these really cool puppies over there, and... You see them,

though? No, no, no puppy, no dog. Come on, why?

Because you never talk to the cat. You don't feed the goldfish, the bird, or

the rabbit. No, look, I'll feed the dog, I promise. Read my lips, Rock. No.

What's with the big guy? Is he a dummy or something?

Dozer just doesn't like to talk.

Oh.

Hey, well, so will the other stuff.

Take your pick.

No, don't let it bother you. I mean, my mom's a pain in the ass also.

I don't believe this. What?

It's Gar.

Oh, yeah.

Come on.

Is that Rocky's dad?

No, I was married to Rocky's dad.

Who the hell is that?

Just a guy I used to know.

Damn, it's good to see you. Where have you been?

On the road.

Damn, you're getting taller.

She must be pouring that hell food shit into you. She is.

Don't cut yourself.

Thanks.

Been okay?

Yeah. Still planning a Europe run?

More than ever. We were just talking about this. God, this is so weird.

Yeah, isn't it?

How's everybody else doing?

Like who?

Like Grandma and Grandpa.

They're okay. They don't get around much anymore because it's such a long drive.

We moved, you know. Oh, yeah?

She talks about you.

Yeah, I bet she does.

Wait before you get out of here. I'll see you later. See you later, Gar.

See you around.

Hey,

Mama, toss me a beer.

E.J. Gar.

Miss me here, lady? Yeah.

Angel, this is Gar. Give him a kiss.

Handshake will do.

You sure?

What's up?

Baby good night, buddy

Oh, my God.

My puppy.

Oh, my God.

Look at you.

Boom!

Dozer.

Scooch over.

I'm gonna make that fat bastard eat 30 pounds of

dog food.

Trouble is, he'll probably love it.

Then go.

This is easy for you to say, Mom.

You're not the one who's gonna be going to some school where kids are gonna run

in the other direction when they see you making fun of you. Yeah, when they stop

running and stop making fun, they'll get to know you and think you're terrific,

just like at your other school.

You know, it takes time for people to get to like each other. I don't know why

you think it should be different for you.

But I am different, Mom.

Yeah, you're more beautiful on the inside than most people. Anybody can't

see that? Screw them. Right. Spoken like the true son of a red-headed woman.

Your sister Rose is dead.

You're weird, Mom.

Get out of here.

Hey, dozer.

No, no, no, I gotta do this alone.

Have a good day.

Hey, kid, I should take off your mask.

Welcome back, ninth graders.

Okay.

Now, we have two new students with us in homeroom this year.

First, we have Ms. Nancy Lawrence.

Where are you, Nancy?

Where are you, Nancy? Hi, Nancy.

Wow. Thanks a lot.

Our other new student is Mr. Rocky Dennis, also in the back.

Wow. Thanks a lot.

See you later.

Dempsey, Eric.

Locker number 137, combination right 46, left pass 46 to 16, right to 4. Got it

all? Mm-hmm.

Dennis, Rocky, locker number 138, combination left 22, right past 22 to

12, left to 9.

You're not writing it down.

Don't need to.

Looks like Frankenstein.

Hey,

what's the matter?

Haven't you guys ever seen anybody from the Planet Falcon before?

Beep. Beep-beep.

Beep. Beep-beep.

That is a weird name. Cut it out, guys.

Four.

Five.

Quack. It's stuck?

No. Come on, you're taking forever. I lost the goddamn combination. Okay.

Try right 46, left pass 46 to 16, right to 4. Huh?

Right to 46, left to 16, 4.

candy here to feed an orphanage. I think I'm gonna sell mine at school on Monday.

What? More money for the trip. Oh yeah.

Maybe I'll sell some of mine.

Take this in your room and open it up.

Okay. Thanks.

Ah, I forgot. Red slipped me a fiver for the strong box.

Hey, how much we got saved in here now? 31 bucks.

Plus the six we got for babysitting tonight. Plus the five red just slipped

me. So we got 44.

Forty-two. Forty-two. Yeah.

Whoa.

Check this out.

Come on, tear that old sucker off the walls. Put this thing down.

No, I'm really getting into this now. I mean, I wish we could just get out of

here and go tomorrow.

Me too.

Wow. You know, Gar always said that the best run was right here across Europe.

You know, he rode across all by himself.

Yeah, you know, you should get some of those little things that you... Math

tax. Right.

Yeah.

I want to go to every place I've ever read about.

All those great cities our relatives came from.

Not mine, Rock. We're Americans.

Only the Indians were Americans first, Ben. The rest of us come from somewhere

else. Like Paris, maybe.

Or London.

Or Rome.

Vienna.

Bartholomew. Oh, yeah.

Like my grandparents are from Hungary or Budapest or something.

Budapest is in Hungary, Ben.

No kidding, is it?

That jacket's the only thing of yours that's ever gonna be on my bed again.

It's okay with me, baby.

What the hell did you come back here for, anyway?

Men are too cold back east. I wanted to see... Rocky.

Can someone tell me how the Trojan War began?

Those light bulbs over your heads are blinding me.

Okay, Rocky, give it a shot.

Well, there was this huge wedding, right?

And all the beautiful goddesses in the world were invited, all except for this

one goddess. She got really pissed off.

That's the fact part. Now, the myth part goes that she sent this golden apple

that said... for the most beautiful to the wedding.

And this dude named Paris is supposed to judge who should get the apple, right?

Kind of like a Miss Goddess contest.

He's the only judge.

He's a lucky guy.

So, of course, all the goddesses want to get picked, right? So one of them goes

up to Paris and says, look, man, if you pick me, I'm going to give you this

really hot wench named Helen.

Except Helen was already married to someone else.

Didn't matter. Paris saw her and flipped out because she was just so beautiful.

perfect body and this face.

A face that could launch a thousand ships.

Somebody said that.

So anyway, our old man has this huge hollow wooden horse belt and puts all

his armies into it and wheels it over to Troy and says, hey man, we got a present

for you. Open the gates.

They open the gates, wheel in this horse and say, wow, big horse.

And they all fall asleep.

Nighttime comes, and the horse opens up, and all the armies come out, and

then... And that's how the Trojan War begins.

Something like that.

Thank you, Ruffy. It was very impressive.

Thanks. Now, along those lines, class, let me read you something from a book

that's not your regular textbook. Not bad, Dennis. How about helping me?

What do you mean? Do to me. This guy almost flunked me last year.

It's gonna cost you.

Three bucks an hour. Three bucks?

Three bucks?

Hey, I don't work for free.

Better pay the three bucks, Chiefsgate. You need all the help you can get.

It takes a lot.

Hi, Ma.

Hi.

Oh, Ma.

I got an A on a poem I wrote in English class.

You've been a busy little boy, haven't you?

Want me to read it to you?

Why not?

Are you going out again tonight?

Yeah, go ahead and read it. I'm listening.

Okay.

These things are good.

Ice cream and cake.

Ride on a Harley.

Sea monkeys in the trees, the rain on my tongue, and the sun shining on my face.

These things...

These

things are a drag.

Dust in my hair, holes in my shoes, no money in my pocket.

And the sun shining on my face.

Can I

talk

to you for a minute, Mom? I said I was going out. You're always going out. I

told you to take down the tree.

What's wrong, Mom?

You've been acting like you hate me for a whole week. What did I do?

You didn't do the dishes.

I'll do the dishes later. Do the goddamn dishes now.

Don't go out tonight.

I wouldn't do that again in front of you.

I hate you going out all the time and coming home wasted out of your mind.

It's none of your goddamn business.

You're my mother. Yeah, well, you're not my warden.

Man, I can't hack this. You're always watching me, trying to tell me how to

live my life. I never tell you how to live your life, Mom. Oh, the fuck you

don't, hey?

What do you call these? I found these all over the house. Man, they were

planted everywhere. Put them in my goddamn Christmas stocking. I don't want

you taking drugs.

Don't.

How could you do that?

I hate you.

All you care about are these stupid cards.

All you care about is getting loaded and laid.

Shut the door.

What are you, born in a barn?

That's the

problem.

Shut up.

It's my kid. Wait for me.

I don't wait for nobody.

Then get the hell out.

No problem, baby. No problem.

Mom, it hurts.

Where does it hurt, baby?

The back, mostly.

All right, pick something.

I'm sorry about what I said today, Mom. Pick something.

I can't think. Oh, it hurts. Don't think. Just pick something.

Uh,

trip with Ben.

How?

Boat. Okay, now see it and tell me.

Uh... Tramp steamer.

Big, black.

And the red bottom.

And the paint's all tipping off.

Yeah.

Lee and Ben on the deck.

They're cleaning something.

The sky's blue.

It's cloudy.

And the ocean is dark.

It smells good.

I get this pain in the morning.

I checked the bikes. Tell me about the bikes.

Mine's a 74-inch shovelhead.

It's a suicide shift.

Bright red.

Eight fingers, so they're high.

make myself well.

You okay?

Yeah.

Thanks for last night.

Gar called this morning, said he wants to take you to the carnival.

Are you coming?

Maybe.

I'm sorry about yesterday.

Yeah, I'm sorry about your baseball card.

That's okay.

I have two others just like it.

Shit.

I liked your poem, Rock.

I just get scared for you, Ma.

Oh, don't be.

It's bad for you. I can handle it, Rock.

Well, what if somebody deals you some bad stuff?

Or what if you take too much of something and you don't know that it's

bad? What are you, the director of the Inland Valley Chemical what's-its?

Dependency Center. Yeah. No, I just get scared that something's gonna happen to

you and I don't know... Well, don't. You know, just lay off.

Jesus Christ, okay.

Okay what?

Okay I will cut it... down.

Promise?

I said so, didn't I? Don't push it.

I saw this amazing 74 in Charlie Knucklehead last week. We've got to

check it out. Yes. Hey, Carl, are you going to go on this?

Wouldn't miss it, kid. Right.

Mom! Sure, why not?

No, baby, go ahead.

Hey,

Rusty, what about those at one point?

Hey, Carl, this is great.

I could use this for after dinner.

Hey, let's ride those bumpers. Yeah.

Everybody else want to go riding?

Let the boys play. You can ride, kid, but I can't take the

blame for what happens to the retard here.

I can't take the blame for what happens to you, can I?

Take the tickets.

Hey, babe, this remind you of anything?

Yeah. A bunch of guys running around in circles. Uh-huh. Going nowhere.

Yeah, except my rocky phone.

I have a small lemonade, please.

How'd you like something nice to wash down with that?

No, thanks, John.

Real high-quality stuff?

I promised my kid.

You promised your kid. I like that. I'm going to put that with what I promised

my parole officer and I promised my wife.

Put it anywhere you want to, John.

You know where to find me, Rusty.

Have a good time.

Hey, you guys, are you in here?

Shit. Get any dope for me, lady?

I didn't get any.

Yeah?

Yeah, what, you don't believe me?

Thanks.

Ben?

What? Look at me, huh?

I mean, look at me.

Whoa. My mom.

You did a terrific job with the decorating committee, Rocky.

Are you going to the prom?

I don't know.

Hi,

Rocky. How are finals going?

Pretty good, Mr. Sims.

I had a great idea for you.

How about a couple of weeks at summer camp?

I don't think so, Mr. Stamps. I'm saving up for something else.

It wouldn't cost you a cent.

A friend of mine is the director of the camp for the junior blind, and he could

use a C.A. for the July session.

What's a C.A.? Counselor's aid. You help the counselors with the little kids, and

you get to go free.

Little blind kids?

Most of them.

Hey, you owe me 14 bucks.

I got a Roy Campanella for you.

It's a deal.

I tutor him.

Well, how about the camp, Rocky?

I don't think so, Mr. Sims.

My mom kind of needs me here.

Somehow, Rocky, your mother has never given me the impression that she can't

take care of herself.

Well, that's not what I meant.

I mean, it's I kind of organize things for her, you know? Just kind of keep

things together.

Yeah. I guess you probably do.

Well, will you at least think about it?

Oh, okay.

I'll think about it.

Bye-bye.

What would you think about me if you were a girl?

That's a toughie, but let me see.

I don't know. I think you're pretty cute. I like guys with red hair.

I want to talk to another plastic surgeon.

Yeah, well, the one said that you couldn't do anything for your bones to

stop growing.

What is that, rock? Two years at the most? I mean, God, you've been doing

this for 16 years. Don't you understand anything, Mom?

It's girls!

So strong.

Now Watergate does not bother me Sweet

home Alabama

Where the skies are blue

Sweet home Alabama

Come on.

Now, wait. I don't want to wake up my whole shit the way I... Shh, shh, shh.

Oh, I'm just serious.

Rocky?

Rocky, honey, come on, wake up. You got a guest.

Come on, Screech.

Come on, boy.

Jeez,

what happened to your face?

What do you want?

The lady brought me here.

Oh, my God.

Oh, I don't believe she did this.

Well?

Well, what?

What do you want?

You don't happen to have a Carl Perillo, do you?

Huh?

No, it's just a joke.

Do you want to sit down?

Mind if I smoke?

How old are you?

Nineteen.

How much do you get?

Depends. Oh, yeah, sure.

Well, how much for a basic?

25.

Is that it?

You need a business manager.

No, thanks.

I've got one of those.

Why's your map all stuck with pins?

Those are all the places I'm gonna go.

I'm going to Seattle, Washington.

Yeah?

Yep, as soon as I get enough money.

Seattle. Yeah, I got a sister that lives there.

I get postcards.

It's real wet.

Clean.

What happened to your face?

I used to do a lot of drugs.

No shit?

No, I'm just kidding.

Oh.

Where the hell have you been?

Getting something for Rocky.

Uh-huh. And me.

I hope it was worth that 40 bucks you took out of my jeans.

I remember a time when you weren't above copping a couple of bucks for some

snort.

I've grown up since then.

40 bucks.

Want to take it out and trade?

You know, my mama used to say some people are born with no place to go.

I don't believe that.

Then how do you explain all the rotten things that happen to people?

I don't know.

You know, Lori, I hope you don't mind me saying this, but I think you've got a

really shitty attitude.

It's pretty negative.

It is, huh?

Yeah. And if you think like that, then things only get worse.

When something bad happens to you, you gotta remember something good that's

happened. Like what?

Well, I got a bunch of them that I use.

Like the time that we all went down to Mexico.

Or the way my grandma's kitchen smells.

I don't think I have any.

Well, everyone's gotta have at least one, for Christ's sake.

Well, maybe the tongue.

Eh, I don't know.

I hope you don't think that I don't like you or anything.

Because I do.

You're really pretty and nice and stuff.

It's just that I thought that it would be with someone that I was in love with,

you know?

You know what?

I just thought of one.

Yeah? Yeah.

When I was in fifth grade, you had to paint these pictures of a pine tree with

snow on it.

Mine was the best one.

Teacher, she put it on the wall by the door.

All the kids could see it.

She put a big gold star on it.

And all the kids saw it.

You want some more toast, Laurie?

I gotta go to work.

Oh, Gar, can you give her a ride to the bus stop?

Yeah, sure.

Come on, Laurie.

Mom? Do I look like a freak to you?

No.

You know, you've always been real big on telling me that my face doesn't matter,

but it does, doesn't it?

You think that I can't even get a girl to like me unless you pay for her.

That's not true.

Bullshit! Bullshit's yourself.

You know, lots of young guys got problems getting girls.

What if I was your dad and I did the same thing? I'd hate that, too.

I'm sorry, you know. Maybe I was wrong. Goddamn right you were.

But it had nothing to do with your face.

Bullshit, Mom!

Rock, where are you going?

Hey, Rocky!

Hey,

Rock, how's it going?

Rock, your mom sometimes does the wrong thing for the right reasons.

You always stick up for her, Gar.

And then she pisses you off and you split.

Then you come back.

It's all sort of nuts.

Yeah.

First time I met your mother, she was working behind a bar drawing beer.

She had to wear this cheesy little two-piece thing.

Until she hated it.

Taken a lot of shit from a lot of assholes.

I asked to take her home.

He said she was gonna get her kid and have his picture taken.

You know, one of those stores.

I said I'd ride her and her kid on the bike.

She liked that.

She came out of your grandma's house with you.

You must have been five, maybe six.

Well, I'm nearly shit.

You didn't look like your regular kid, right?

Well, we get down to the store.

She's standing in line with the rest of the mothers and their little kids.

All the mothers and little kids are staring at you.

Pretty soon it's your turn. She puts you up on this big red block.

And the guy taking the picture is nearly shipped.

You're just sitting up there with your nose running and this big damn smile on

your face.

And I looked over there at her.

I never saw a woman more beautiful than the way she was looking at you.

Jesus.

Here comes Rocky.

I'm not going.

Why? I don't have anything to wear.

Oh, I've got the same problem all the time.

Hey, it's my goddamn graduation.

It may not mean much to you guys, but it's a big deal to me.

Better remember who you are, boy.

You ain't no citizen like that friend of yours with that kid's name on all the

leathers on his shirt. Eric.

Like him.

What's the matter with your jeans, for Christ's sake? They're clean, aren't

they? I can't wear jeans to my graduation, Garth. Well, bullshit, Rock.

Get me another beer, and we're going to your graduation.

What?

Get me another beer.

Now.

We all chipped in and Gar picked it out.

But you gotta wear it.

Yeah, that's a point.

Well, what do you say?

Thank you, everybody.

You better go get it on.

Now before we send our junior high school students on to senior high, we

would like to acknowledge some of our stars.

An Academic Achievement Award in English is presented to Caroline Myers.

And

your

academic excellence in mathematics.

Rocky Dennis.

Thank you.

May as well stay here, Rocky.

for Achievement in History, Rocky Dennis.

And for Academic Excellence in Science,

Try playing this one straight.

Give your old man a chance.

What a terrific idea. Why didn't I think of that? Mm-hmm.

You go ahead. I'll be out as soon as I put on my wings and halo.

I got a picture of that.

Pull out your backpack and toss the ball.

So, show us a new house, eh?

Abe, don't start anything. You promised, Abe. All right, all right.

Come on in.

Hello, Abe. Hey, sons of grinch, look who's back here. Here we go.

I didn't know you were back. I want to play with my dog.

Yeah, that's all you need around here. It's a damn dog.

Does she have any cleanser? Oh, Evelyn, that's not your job. I just want to give

her a hand.

OK. I'm not going to do anything.

I'm not going to do anything.

Hey, he's all right. Hey,

that's terrible.

What? This hole. This hole in your infield here.

Yeah, it's really terrible.

Oh, God.

Oh, shit.

I mean, whoa, Pee Wee Reese.

Well, you just consider that a belated graduation present. Oh, for real, Pa.

Say, why don't you go show the dog to your grandma?

Well, OK.

Come on, Screech.

Hi,

Pop.

Well, there she is.

Looking like I'm idiot, huh?

You look great too, Pap.

Hey,

Ma, want to do the window tint?

Gramps?

I found him a couple months ago in the store.

Just sitting there waiting for me. Oh, he's beautiful.

Well,

Abe, how does it feel to be retired?

It's driving me crazy.

Man's only as good as his last day's weight.

How long you staying, Pop?

Hey, I'm ready. She's trying to get rid of it.

No, Pop, I thought I'd make you something nice for lunch.

You cooking?

No ordering out?

No, I got a roast.

You like roast?

Yeah, I couldn't chew it the last time.

I thought the roast was delicious.

So what are they learning in school, Rocky?

Same old stuff, math, history, science.

First you get a good education, then you get a job with some security.

I always tried to tell that to your mother.

She never went for the old 9 to 5, though.

What was it you used to say, Rusty?

You were more the... The freelance type, Pop.

Yeah, the freelance type.

I got her a job interview one time down at a gas company.

Luke Capizio's brother, what the hell was his name?

Anyway, she shows up in this kooky outfit with her hair all the way up to

here and these little lines painted under here. Looked like she had a couple

of spiders under her eyes.

Yeah, you remember that, Rusty, huh? Yeah, I remember, Pop. I remember. The

guy's name was Vinnie.

He wanted to give me the job. He also wanted to give me a little early bonus

right there in his office.

So I took him up on the bonus, and then I told him to shove the job up his ass.

Lawrence.

Find out what time the game's on the tube, will you?

Usually starts at 2.30, but I'll check.

Whoa!

Come on.

Grandpa got me tickets to the doctor's again. Can I go? Yeah. All right.

Check it out. Come on, Rocky. Let's move it out. The soda's going to need all the

help he can get. Bye, Mom.

See you, Gar. See you, Rock.

He tried, honey. He really tried.

It's okay, Mom.

Anyway, I'm glad Gar is back.

Don't you want to wave goodbye?

I ain't gonna waste it on that crap. I ain't gonna hang around here and babysit

you.

You must be confusing me with someone who gives a shit.

Must be.

You know this is not gonna work.

I'm doing things to please you and I'm just gonna end up hating you for it. Oh,

come on, baby. You and your old man been going through this shit forever.

Got to you again, didn't he?

Got you ready for one of those two-hour screamers.

Get you to the place where I want to put you through the goddamn wall.

Oh, go ahead. Put me through the goddamn wall, then. Why should you be any

different than any other guy I've been with?

Flowers.

Lawrence.

What did you do today, Mom?

Some smack?

A couple of lewds?

Well, some promise you made me.

From my grandma and grandpa, too. Why?

Why do you do this, Mom?

Well, I'm not gonna hang around all summer for this.

I'm going to a camp where everybody's blind.

That'll be a break.

Who's gonna take care of things?

You.

You're gonna have to take care of things, Mom, including yourself.

That'll be something new, won't it?

Hey, you in the back. Take that mask off so I can see who I'm talking to.

Well, I'll try, but it ain't gonna be easy.

Gee, I'm sorry. I really thought it was a mask.

It's okay. It happens all the time. No big deal. Hey, Dewey.

Rocky. Rocky Dennis.

Oh, hi.

Hi, Rocky. I'm Norm Kaplan. Glad to have you aboard with us. Thank you. Walder

Simmons told me a great deal about you. Excuse me, Norm. Jake wants to see you

in the kitchen right away.

Okay, Rocky, put your gear over there, and then if you'll give Dewey a hand

over there, okay? Okay. All right, boy.

Thanks.

Almost there, guys. Haven't missed too much.

Hey, Kevin, how's the caboose doing back there? Fine.

All right.

Bobby Smith on the mound. He goes into the windup.

It's a drive to the third baseline.

Yeah!

We have Alex at the bat.

He goes into a wind-up.

Fastball. Alex Swing at the mitt.

Oh, close, though. He has the bases loaded with two outs, one strike.

Bobby Smith on the mound for the Bombers, the Bloomfield Bombers.

We have Alex at the bat.

He goes into a wind-up.

A knuckleball down the middle.

Who's that?

My name's Rocky.

Hi, Rocky. I'm Diana Adams.

Dennis. Rocky Dennis.

You a camper?

Yeah. I'm also a counselor's aide.

That's neat.

You look like Alice in, you know, in Wonderland.

No. What does she look like?

You.

Great. That's a big help.

You want to hand me that bridal?

Great, thanks.

Oh, no, this is a halter. It bridles leather and has a bit.

Has a bit of what?

No, a bit is a metal piece that fits into the horse's mouth.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, of course.

Thank you.

Don't know much about horses, do you?

Well, I ride motorcycles.

Ah, I love horses. I got one at home.

Where's your home?

San Marino.

Where do you live?

Azusa. Azusa.

Are you starving?

Huh?

I'm starving.

Could you take me to lunch?

Sure. Great.

Great.

Okay, Maria, he's ready.

No, here, I'll take your elbow.

Okay.

Diana. Up the woods.

What's that?

She was some famous goddess.

A huntress, I think.

I couldn't hit a barn with an elephant.

That's funny.

Thanks.

Rusty? What?

What's the matter? Rusty.

Gar, I can't write a letter to Rocky, and I miss him.

He needs sleep, Ruth. No, no. Come on. You help me. You help me. You help me

write the letter, please.

Dear Rocky, I miss you.

And you're away at camp. You're not in your room.

And I miss you. And I'm sorry that I was bad.

Oh, Screech is here, and Gar is here, and I love you. Love, Mom. Love, Mom.

With a little kiss.

Have you got that, Gar? Yeah.

I got it all.

Right.

We've got some chaparral that is covering up a rolling green hill. Uh

-huh. It ain't just your forest green we're talking here. It's kind of a

misty, grayish green.

Froggy, I've been blind since I was born. I don't know green.

You don't know green?

People have tried to explain colors to me, but I just, I don't understand them.

Anyway, go on.

Well, up above we got some white clouds.

Wait. I'm sorry. It's okay. Some clouds. They're billowy.

Rocky, I don't know billowy either.

This is very strange.

I think we're pulling over here.

Whoa, let's stop.

Whoa. Whoa, mule.

Thanks,

Pete. I got you.

Thanks. Boy, I can't wait to tell Eric and Ben about this. Yeah? Where are

they?

Eric's my friend from school.

Uh-huh.

Ben's my friend for life. Let's sit down here.

Yeah, I have a friend like that, Ann Marie.

Yeah? Yeah.

Me and Ben are going to ride motorcycles across Europe. Yeah?

Wow, that's so neat.

My parents are so protective.

My mom is very modern.

Yeah?

Did she name you Rocky?

Yeah.

My real name is Roy.

Roy? When I was a kid, I used to like to...

rock back and forth in the crib so she started calling me rocky i like hey

youtube there's one apple left you guys want to share it yeah thanks great

thanks marie here i'll cut it in half i want to show you something

rocket

what do you look like describe yourself to me

Well, it's too bad he never seen any pictures of the Greek god Adonis.

How did I kind of look like him?

Wow, you're supposed to be gorgeous.

He was.

We are.

Here. Geez.

See the star?

Five-pointed star is supposed to be lucky.

I don't look like Adonis.

I've got this real strange disease and it makes my face look real

unreal.

You look pretty good to me.

My mom says I look like a lion.

She says that I was a lion in a past life or something, and it got left over.

That's funny.

Hey, you two.

Show us your pearly whites.

Is now a good time? Sure, Rocky. Now's a good time.

Thanks.

Wait.

Okay,

what are you doing?

Wait a minute. Just hold on a second.

No.

Come right up here.

No, sit down. Sit up.

Okay, now hold out your hands.

Ready? Wait right there. What is this?

Hold on a second.

Wait a sec, wait a second.

Right here.

Okay,

ready? No, what?

This is blue.

That's freezing.

It's blue?

This is green.

Okay, I think I understand. Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Shit.

Sorry, Diana. It's okay. I say it all the time. You do?

Yeah. Okay, put those down.

Now, this is red.

Ah!

Oh,

my God, it's red? And when it cools down, when that cools down, it'll be

pink. Rocky, I understand. Okay, hold on a second.

This is fillery.

And this is beautiful.

one to use now.

What?

A great thought.

My mom taught me that when things get rotten, I should remember a good memory.

Tonight sure is a beaut.

Does it work?

Oh, yeah.

Can two people use the same memory?

Ten seconds to New Year's.

Happy New Year, Ricky.

Well, aren't you gonna kiss me?

This is Rocky Dennis, the boy I told you about on the phone.

Um, Rocky was voted best buddy and friendliest camper at the camp awards we

had.

That's wonderful.

Yeah.

Well, uh, we'd better hit the road, honey, huh? Want to beat the traffic.

Nice meeting you, Rocky.

Yes. Come on, honey, let's go. I just need to say goodbye.

Thanks.

Bye, Rocky.

Bye.

Call me, okay?

I will.

I want to kiss you while my parents are watching.

Buddy. Hey, babe. Hi, sweetie.

Miss me?

It's good to see you. You're ready.

Ma, I have some great news.

Me too.

You first.

I quit. I'm clean as a whistle.

Yep. Mm-hmm. All right, Ma. Yeah, I even called the drug rehab twice.

What'd they say?

Well, I hung up.

Well, that's a start.

Well, what about your news?

Oh, it's no big deal.

I met a girl.

We're going out.

Oh! Come on, tell us.

Well, her name is Diana. Yeah. And she's beautiful.

She's got long blonde hair. All right.

She rides horses, and she's beautiful, and she's smart, and she loves me.

Well,

it's not too long, baby.

Hey, Rock.

Rocky.

You look real pretty today, Mom.

You know, I've called Diana every day since I've been back, and her mom always

says that she's not there.

You think that's kind of weird?

I don't know. Hey,

Ben. Hey, babe.

What's happening?

Rocky, I gotta talk to you.

Okay. You want some cake?

No. You sure? My mom made this. It's actually pretty good.

Thanks.

Want something to drink?

You've got a noose to hang yourself.

What's the matter, man?

I've been wanting to tell you this for a while.

Well, what?

Rock.

I'm going back to my dad's in Michigan.

He got me a job there. It's great money.

When are you coming back?

I'm not coming back.

What do you mean, man?

I'll go nuts if I have to stay here.

I mean, my mom, the school.

So I quit.

Look, I can work back there. I'll be making $7.50 an hour.

What about the trip?

I'm sorry, Rocky.

Look, you can keep the money. I don't want the frigging money, Dan. I want to

go to Europe.

What about our trip, huh?

Huh?

How can you do this, Ben? This is all we've talked about for a year. It's all

you talked about. That's bullshit, man.

You've talked about it too, and you know it. I know I did. I'm sorry. I didn't

mean that. You never know what you mean, do you, Ben? You know why?

Because you are stupid.

You are so stupid, Ben.

Rocky.

I'll show you how stupid you are. Rude walker, man.

I conned you out. Rude walker.

Okay, take it easy. No more, Ben. No more taking it easy. Stop it.

Get out of here, Ben.

Holy shit.

Hello, Mrs. Adams?

Is Diana there?

Rocky Dennis?

Do you know where she is?

Did you tell her I've called?

Okay, thanks.

Goodbye.

Baby don't cry.

Look, there's that guy I heard about.

If that's a mask he's wearing, I sure wish he'd take it off.

I'll take my mask off if you take your mask off, you son of a bitch.

I gotta go somewhere, Mark.

Where you going, Rock?

I just got something to do.

I'll be back. Don't worry about it.

Oh, God.

Diana?

Rocky?

Hi, Diana.

Hi, Rocky.

Anne-Marie, this is Rocky.

Hi.

Hi.

Um, you want to excuse us and just take Papa for me?

Yeah. Come on, let's talk.

Why didn't you call?

I called you. You never called me back.

And I made you tapes, and I never heard from you.

Oh, Rocky, my parents.

I knew it.

I thought you'd forgotten me.

I thought you'd forgotten me.

I guess they just don't want me to get hurt because I never stop talking about

you.

And I have to go away for next semester.

Where? I'm leaving on Monday.

The school has really good programs for the blind.

Yeah.

It's in Santa Barbara.

Let's sit down.

All right, I'll send you tapes.

Oh, Rocky, I've missed you.

I don't want to go.

Are you laughing at me?

Oh, God, no.

It's just that...

Here it is, the most rotten time of my whole life.

You're going away, and I hate my school.

Your trip to Europe is off.

Bucky, no.

No, you see, but it's okay.

That's what's kind of funny.

It doesn't matter.

It's okay now, because I know that you still love me.

I do. I really do.

I wish we could run away and be together all the time.

Yeah.

We can't run away, Diana.

I know. But we can sort of run away in our minds.

We can remember camp and the mountains and the ocean.

And colored rocks and billowy cotton.

Yeah. And New Year's Eve.

Especially New Year's Eve.

Yeah.

And right now.

We'll always be together, Diane.

Even when we can't be together.

I haven't seen the old number in a long time, Rock. How about it, Rusty? Good

idea. Hey, I'm up for it if he is. No, I'm feeling kind of tired tonight. Stick

me in. Oh, come on, Rocky. Oh, come on, you guys. Come on, Rusty. Yeah.

Oh, come on. Sing a number.

You okay, babe?

My head hurts a lot tonight, Mom.

You know, I'm going to throw these bums out of here early. You go to your room

and make yourself well.

How about it, Russ? Are you gonna sing?

Yeah, Russ, what about that other one?

Yeah, sing the other song. Come on.

Gar.

How you doing, kid?

Good night,

Rock.

I like him.

Okay.

Why don't we just go back to bed?

It's okay with me.

I gotta go do the same with Red. I'll be back soon. All right, I'll wait for you.

See you later. See you later.

Yeah.

No, he's not here. He's at school.

Yeah, I'm sure.

What do you mean he's not there?

Yeah, okay, thanks.

Well, you sure as hell aren't gonna get a scholarship if you stay in a sack all

day, are you?

You had a Spanish test, didn't you, Rock? You had a little Spanish test,

huh?

You're cold.

Well, you got your covers off of you.

Don't pull this shit with me, Rocky.

Do you hear me?

Wake up.

Come on, baby, make yourself well.

Rocky, wake up.

Oh, God!

If your cup is full, may it...

There is

a... That was not me.

That... Wow.

Now you can go anywhere you want, baby.

These things are good.

Ice cream and cake, a ride on a Harley, seeing monkeys in the trees, the rain on

my tongue and the sun shining on my face.

These things are a drag.

Dust in my hair, holes in my shoes, no money in my pocket and the sun shining

on my face.

Took a look down a westbound road, right away I made my choice.

Headed out to my big two-wheeler, I was tired of my own voice.

Took a beat on the northern plains and just rolled that power on.

12 hours out of mackinac city stopped in a bar to have a brew

met a girl we had a few drinks and i told her what

i decided to do she looked out the window a long moment then she looked

into my eyes she didn't have to say a thing

i knew what she was

sick of what's wrong and what's right we never even said a word we just

walked out and got on that bike and we roll

and we roll clean out of sight

and rolled across the high plains deep into the mountains

felt so good to me finally feeling free

somewhere along a high road the air began to

turn cold she said she missed her home i had it all

along

still on a mountain top staring out at the great divide

i could go east i could go west it was all up

to me to decide just then i saw a young hawk flying and my soul

began to rise and pretty soon

searching that i find what's right and as the sunset faded i

spoke to the famous first star i said next time

next time

searching till i find what's right and as the sunset faded i

spoke to the famous first star i said next time

next time

Ciao.