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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,233 --> 00:00:06,504 ? What would you do if I sang out of tune? ? 2 00:00:06,506 --> 00:00:11,276 ? Would you stand up and walk out on me? ? 3 00:00:11,278 --> 00:00:17,515 ? Lend me your ears, and I'll sing you a song ? 4 00:00:17,517 --> 00:00:21,018 ? I will try not to sing out of key, yeah ? 5 00:00:21,020 --> 00:00:25,223 ? Oh, baby, I get by ? ? By with a little help from my friends ? 6 00:00:25,225 --> 00:00:26,691 ? All I need is my buddies ? 7 00:00:26,693 --> 00:00:29,928 ? High with a little help from my friends ? 8 00:00:29,930 --> 00:00:35,133 ? I'm sayin' I'm gonna get higher ? ?Try with a little help from my friends ? 9 00:00:35,135 --> 00:00:36,601 ? Whoa-oa-oa-oa ? 10 00:00:36,603 --> 00:00:38,403 ? Oh, oh, oh, oh ? 11 00:00:38,405 --> 00:00:42,707 ? Somebody who knows quite sure ? 12 00:00:42,709 --> 00:00:43,908 ? Baby ? 13 00:00:43,910 --> 00:00:46,444 ? By with a little help from my friends ? 14 00:00:46,446 --> 00:00:48,679 ? Said I'm gonna make it with my friends ? 15 00:00:48,681 --> 00:00:51,549 ? Try with a little help from my friends ? 16 00:00:51,551 --> 00:00:53,751 ? Oh, I'm gonna keep on trying ? 17 00:00:53,753 --> 00:00:56,387 ? High with a little help from my friends ? 18 00:00:56,389 --> 00:00:58,956 ? I'm gonna keep on trying now, baby ? 19 00:00:58,958 --> 00:01:01,993 ? Ooh, ooh, ooh ? 20 00:01:03,930 --> 00:01:05,463 [ Cork pops ] 21 00:01:05,465 --> 00:01:06,531 [ "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" plays ] 22 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:08,333 Every year when I was a kid, 23 00:01:08,335 --> 00:01:10,735 my parents threw a Christmas party. 24 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:12,270 [ Slide clicks ] 25 00:01:12,272 --> 00:01:16,240 Everybody in the neighborhood came. 26 00:01:16,242 --> 00:01:18,209 [ Slide clicks ] 27 00:01:18,211 --> 00:01:21,279 Dad played the "big cheese"... 28 00:01:21,281 --> 00:01:23,481 [ Slide clicks ] 29 00:01:23,483 --> 00:01:26,651 Mom played "Donna Reed"... 30 00:01:26,653 --> 00:01:28,019 [ Slide clicks ] 31 00:01:28,021 --> 00:01:31,089 And a really stupid time was had by all. 32 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:32,357 [ Slide clicks ] 33 00:01:32,359 --> 00:01:34,326 It was a time when hopes were high, 34 00:01:34,328 --> 00:01:35,649 when the neighborhood was young. 35 00:01:37,231 --> 00:01:41,399 It was fun before fun got so... Complicated. 36 00:01:41,401 --> 00:01:42,900 [ Slide clicks ] 37 00:01:42,902 --> 00:01:44,669 Before life got so... 38 00:01:44,671 --> 00:01:46,304 Voil�! 39 00:01:46,306 --> 00:01:48,906 Simple. 40 00:01:48,908 --> 00:01:50,174 What's this? 41 00:01:50,176 --> 00:01:53,645 Salisbury steak. See? 42 00:01:53,647 --> 00:01:56,114 Oh. 43 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:57,782 By December of 1971, 44 00:01:57,784 --> 00:02:02,154 my family was afloat in the conveniences of modern life... 45 00:02:02,156 --> 00:02:04,356 Whether we liked it or not. 46 00:02:04,358 --> 00:02:05,524 Hey, Mom? 47 00:02:05,526 --> 00:02:09,794 What happened to, you know, like... Dinner? 48 00:02:09,796 --> 00:02:11,363 Oh, well, with classes today, 49 00:02:11,365 --> 00:02:13,598 I didn't get home in time to cook. 50 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,434 So I stopped by the market to pick these up. 51 00:02:17,871 --> 00:02:21,206 Why? Is anything wrong? 52 00:02:21,208 --> 00:02:22,941 [ Laughing ] No. 53 00:02:22,943 --> 00:02:26,043 After all, Mom was going to college part-time now. 54 00:02:26,045 --> 00:02:27,745 She deserved our support. 55 00:02:27,747 --> 00:02:28,879 As for Dad... 56 00:02:28,881 --> 00:02:31,116 So, how was work today, honey? 57 00:02:31,118 --> 00:02:32,650 Lousy. 58 00:02:32,652 --> 00:02:34,752 Well, Dad was Dad. 59 00:02:34,754 --> 00:02:36,721 Jack, do you think you could help me 60 00:02:36,723 --> 00:02:38,089 with the party invitations this weekend? 61 00:02:38,091 --> 00:02:39,457 Me? 62 00:02:39,459 --> 00:02:42,227 Yeah, I have a midterm on Monday. I've got to study. 63 00:02:42,229 --> 00:02:44,295 Well... But, I got to go to the off... 64 00:02:44,297 --> 00:02:46,631 and we got to get that coffee urn out of the garage. 65 00:02:46,633 --> 00:02:48,099 But I'm not sure that it's still working, 66 00:02:48,101 --> 00:02:50,502 so maybe you could check it for rust? 67 00:02:50,504 --> 00:02:51,870 I'll take a look. 68 00:02:51,872 --> 00:02:53,471 Mom? Dad? 69 00:02:54,675 --> 00:02:57,442 Are you sure you want to have this Christmas party this year? 70 00:02:57,444 --> 00:03:00,211 'Course, I was just an ignorant teenager, 71 00:03:00,213 --> 00:03:01,946 but it seemed to me 72 00:03:01,948 --> 00:03:04,015 this was a bad time to be throwing a neighborhood bash. 73 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:08,085 Don't be silly, honey! Of course were having the party! 74 00:03:10,423 --> 00:03:13,124 Why? 75 00:03:13,126 --> 00:03:18,396 Well... Because we always have a party. 76 00:03:18,398 --> 00:03:20,532 Isn't that right, Jack? 77 00:03:20,534 --> 00:03:23,134 [ Chuckles ] 78 00:03:23,136 --> 00:03:24,803 And there you had it. 79 00:03:24,805 --> 00:03:28,272 Come yuletide, high water, or Salisbury steak, 80 00:03:28,274 --> 00:03:31,876 the annual Arnold Christmas shindig lived on. 81 00:03:32,613 --> 00:03:34,345 Hurry up with those lights. 82 00:03:34,347 --> 00:03:35,947 Not that I had anything against parties, 83 00:03:35,949 --> 00:03:37,048 you understand. 84 00:03:37,050 --> 00:03:38,716 What I hated was... 85 00:03:38,718 --> 00:03:40,452 Watch it, Kevin, huh?! 86 00:03:40,454 --> 00:03:41,419 Helping out. 87 00:03:41,421 --> 00:03:43,421 Those bulbs cost me 32 cents apiece! 88 00:03:43,423 --> 00:03:44,823 Right, Dad. 89 00:03:44,825 --> 00:03:47,859 Every year, for two weeks before the big night, 90 00:03:47,861 --> 00:03:51,596 Dad roped us into something akin to indentured servitude. 91 00:03:51,598 --> 00:03:54,965 Kind of like... Elves. 92 00:03:54,967 --> 00:03:57,735 Dad? Do I have to stand here? 93 00:03:57,737 --> 00:03:59,971 No! You can go sweep off the driveway 94 00:03:59,973 --> 00:04:02,340 and hose out those ice buckets for spiders. 95 00:04:02,342 --> 00:04:05,343 I don't want you guys to run out of ice Saturday night. 96 00:04:05,345 --> 00:04:06,644 - Got that? - [ Scoffs ] 97 00:04:06,646 --> 00:04:09,380 - It was humiliating. - You know, uh, Dad, 98 00:04:09,382 --> 00:04:10,948 I-I've been thinking maybe I... 99 00:04:10,950 --> 00:04:12,784 Wouldn't come to the party this year. 100 00:04:12,786 --> 00:04:14,219 Yeah, me too. 101 00:04:14,221 --> 00:04:17,588 What do you mean, "not come to the party"? 102 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:19,690 Well, I don't want to hang out with your friends. 103 00:04:19,692 --> 00:04:22,093 I've got my own life. 104 00:04:22,095 --> 00:04:22,994 Me too! 105 00:04:22,996 --> 00:04:25,329 You know, I'm not a little kid anymore. 106 00:04:25,331 --> 00:04:27,865 I could be a father. 107 00:04:27,867 --> 00:04:28,566 Me too! 108 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:34,038 But even iron-clad logic 109 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,075 couldn't alter one unescapable fact... 110 00:04:37,077 --> 00:04:40,078 [ Horn honks ] 111 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:41,112 The neighbors. 112 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:42,146 [ Chuckles ] Hey, Jack! 113 00:04:42,148 --> 00:04:43,881 Gettin' ready for the big shindig? 114 00:04:43,883 --> 00:04:45,483 Sure am! 115 00:04:45,485 --> 00:04:48,319 That was Ed Ermin, king of lawn care. 116 00:04:48,321 --> 00:04:50,422 Biggest wheel on the block. 117 00:04:50,424 --> 00:04:52,123 Yeah, the whole damn neighborhood's 118 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:54,025 lookin' forward to this party, you know! 119 00:04:54,027 --> 00:04:56,761 Wouldn't be the holidays without a night at the Arnold's! 120 00:04:56,763 --> 00:04:57,795 You bet! 121 00:04:57,797 --> 00:05:00,664 Yeahha-ha. See ya later, okay?! 122 00:05:00,666 --> 00:05:02,567 [ Tires squeal ] 123 00:05:04,504 --> 00:05:07,505 Yeah. You bet. 124 00:05:07,507 --> 00:05:08,940 So, Dad? 125 00:05:08,942 --> 00:05:10,341 What? 126 00:05:10,343 --> 00:05:13,277 About the party. What do you say? 127 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,080 Make sure there's ice. 128 00:05:18,384 --> 00:05:20,584 Well, think of it this way... 129 00:05:20,586 --> 00:05:23,221 at least I could take solace in the firm knowledge 130 00:05:23,223 --> 00:05:26,123 no one else I knew had any great plans for the holidays. 131 00:05:26,125 --> 00:05:27,592 [ School bell rings ] 132 00:05:27,594 --> 00:05:30,194 Skiing? You're going skiing?! 133 00:05:30,196 --> 00:05:33,197 Yeah. My parents are taking me. 134 00:05:33,199 --> 00:05:35,066 It's gonna be great! 135 00:05:35,068 --> 00:05:36,501 I don't believe this! 136 00:05:36,503 --> 00:05:39,237 What about you? You want to do somethin' over the holidays? 137 00:05:39,239 --> 00:05:41,172 I can't. I'm going to Montana. 138 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:43,508 Getting my sister out of a commune! 139 00:05:43,510 --> 00:05:45,977 Made you wonder whatever happened to the days 140 00:05:45,979 --> 00:05:47,945 when all people did on Christmas 141 00:05:47,947 --> 00:05:49,948 was watch football and over-eat. 142 00:05:49,950 --> 00:05:52,716 Well... See ya on the slopes. 143 00:05:52,718 --> 00:05:54,852 Yeah. 144 00:05:54,854 --> 00:05:57,155 My friends were deserting me. 145 00:05:57,157 --> 00:05:59,557 It was clear if I was gonna survive this vacation, 146 00:05:59,559 --> 00:06:02,393 I needed... 147 00:06:02,395 --> 00:06:03,694 Winnie! 148 00:06:03,696 --> 00:06:05,363 Kevin! Hi! 149 00:06:05,365 --> 00:06:07,498 Will I see you at my parents' party Saturday night? 150 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:09,834 Oh... 151 00:06:09,836 --> 00:06:12,670 Yeah, good old Winnie. 152 00:06:12,672 --> 00:06:16,007 Gee, Kevin, I'm afraid my parents already made plans. 153 00:06:16,009 --> 00:06:17,508 They did? 154 00:06:17,510 --> 00:06:19,944 Okay, a temporary setback. 155 00:06:19,946 --> 00:06:21,913 Still, with the right sales pitch... 156 00:06:21,915 --> 00:06:23,715 You could come by yourself! 157 00:06:23,717 --> 00:06:26,584 I mean, there's gonna be food and twister. 158 00:06:26,586 --> 00:06:28,786 I-it's gonna be a blast. 159 00:06:28,788 --> 00:06:29,920 I don't know. 160 00:06:29,922 --> 00:06:31,922 Oh, Winnie, come on. 161 00:06:31,924 --> 00:06:34,659 What could possibly be more fun than that? 162 00:06:34,661 --> 00:06:38,963 We're marching in a vigil to end the war in Vietnam. 163 00:06:38,965 --> 00:06:42,199 Oh. [ Airplane crash-lands ] 164 00:06:42,201 --> 00:06:44,602 Maybe after Christmas. 165 00:06:44,604 --> 00:06:45,670 Right. 166 00:06:45,672 --> 00:06:47,805 I don't believe it. 167 00:06:47,807 --> 00:06:49,373 4 bucks. 168 00:06:49,375 --> 00:06:52,576 Meanwhile, my father was on a vigil of his own. 169 00:06:52,578 --> 00:06:55,146 4 bucks for a lousy bottle of wine. 170 00:06:55,148 --> 00:06:56,313 Need any help? 171 00:06:56,315 --> 00:06:59,316 My wife wants me to buy a bottle of white wine. 172 00:06:59,318 --> 00:07:01,953 Ah, well, we've got Sauvignon Blanc, 173 00:07:01,955 --> 00:07:05,022 Chardonnay, Chablis, Pinot Chardonnay, 174 00:07:05,024 --> 00:07:07,058 Riesling, Fum� Blanc. 175 00:07:07,060 --> 00:07:10,628 I'll take the one with the handle. 176 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:11,729 Thanks. 177 00:07:11,731 --> 00:07:14,999 Doesn't anyone drink scotch anymore? 178 00:07:15,001 --> 00:07:17,501 Still, while Dad was pondering economics, 179 00:07:17,503 --> 00:07:19,170 we were plotting our escape. 180 00:07:19,172 --> 00:07:22,073 Who's gonna talk to him? 181 00:07:22,075 --> 00:07:23,908 - You. - Me?! 182 00:07:23,910 --> 00:07:25,409 You talk to him, butt head. 183 00:07:25,411 --> 00:07:26,744 Okay, I will! 184 00:07:26,746 --> 00:07:28,412 I'll handle this. 185 00:07:28,414 --> 00:07:30,048 Wait a minute... 186 00:07:30,050 --> 00:07:31,082 Wayne? 187 00:07:31,084 --> 00:07:33,551 Wayne, no, I'll talk to him! 188 00:07:33,553 --> 00:07:37,789 After all, we were hittin' Dad where he lived. 189 00:07:37,791 --> 00:07:41,959 This was gonna require tact, timing, diplomacy. 190 00:07:41,961 --> 00:07:43,060 Dad? 191 00:07:43,062 --> 00:07:45,597 Um, we were talking about the party, 192 00:07:45,599 --> 00:07:47,298 and we decided that... 193 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:48,966 we want to get paid. 194 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:51,769 Paid? 195 00:07:51,771 --> 00:07:55,038 Yeah. For the work we're gonna do at the party. 196 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:56,674 Paid. 197 00:07:56,676 --> 00:07:58,308 [ Cash register dings ] 198 00:08:03,383 --> 00:08:06,484 Fine. You want to get paid?! 199 00:08:06,486 --> 00:08:09,186 There. Split it up. 200 00:08:16,195 --> 00:08:18,429 Would you like to hear a Christmas song? 201 00:08:18,431 --> 00:08:19,997 Yeah. 202 00:08:19,999 --> 00:08:23,801 As the party got nearer, two things became obvious... 203 00:08:23,803 --> 00:08:26,003 Should've kept the manual. 204 00:08:26,005 --> 00:08:29,139 One... the old coffee maker wasn't working. 205 00:08:29,141 --> 00:08:32,176 And two, the elves were getting restless. 206 00:08:32,178 --> 00:08:34,412 Hand me the manger, idiot! 207 00:08:34,414 --> 00:08:36,180 No thanks. 208 00:08:36,182 --> 00:08:37,348 Wayne?! 209 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:38,082 I'm on break. 210 00:08:38,084 --> 00:08:39,483 Your brain's on break. 211 00:08:39,485 --> 00:08:40,651 Shut up, dork. 212 00:08:40,653 --> 00:08:42,920 Honey? I just spoke to Ida. 213 00:08:42,922 --> 00:08:46,023 The pfeiffers won't be able to make it. 214 00:08:46,025 --> 00:08:48,926 Alvin has to visit his mother in Florida. 215 00:08:48,928 --> 00:08:50,128 And I ran into Joyce medrakis. 216 00:08:50,129 --> 00:08:51,729 They won't be able to make it, either. 217 00:08:51,731 --> 00:08:54,632 Jack... 218 00:08:54,634 --> 00:08:57,768 Maybe having this party wasn't such a good idea after all. 219 00:08:57,770 --> 00:09:00,537 And that's when the first faint glimmer of hope appeared. 220 00:09:00,539 --> 00:09:02,105 I mean, we're so busy. 221 00:09:02,107 --> 00:09:05,576 Karen won't be able to make it, anyway. 222 00:09:05,578 --> 00:09:07,411 Maybe you're right. 223 00:09:07,413 --> 00:09:08,980 And just for a second, 224 00:09:08,982 --> 00:09:12,783 it seemed we might actually get out of this wing-ding. 225 00:09:12,785 --> 00:09:14,151 [ Chuckles lightly ] 226 00:09:14,153 --> 00:09:16,620 Remember when we first got this? 227 00:09:16,622 --> 00:09:18,455 With the green stamps? 228 00:09:18,457 --> 00:09:20,758 [ Both laugh ] 229 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:22,459 Just for a second, though. 230 00:09:22,461 --> 00:09:23,560 Oh, no. 231 00:09:23,562 --> 00:09:25,629 You remember the kids in the kitchen, 232 00:09:25,631 --> 00:09:28,132 pasting those things into the book? 233 00:09:28,134 --> 00:09:31,035 Wayne always got 'em stuck on his elbow. 234 00:09:31,037 --> 00:09:32,971 They were so cute. 235 00:09:32,973 --> 00:09:36,240 Seems like yesterday. 236 00:09:36,242 --> 00:09:38,509 "Seemed like yesterday." 237 00:09:38,511 --> 00:09:41,712 Those dreaded three words could only mean one thing... 238 00:09:41,714 --> 00:09:44,982 Norma, I think I can get this to work. 239 00:09:44,984 --> 00:09:48,685 - ...Wayne and I... - [ Scoffs ] 240 00:09:49,822 --> 00:09:51,856 Were doomed. [ Electricity crackles ] 241 00:09:51,858 --> 00:09:54,291 [ "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas" skips ] 242 00:10:00,933 --> 00:10:02,600 Party night. 243 00:10:02,602 --> 00:10:06,104 And my parents, through some miracle of modern science, 244 00:10:06,106 --> 00:10:07,871 managed to pull it off. 245 00:10:07,873 --> 00:10:09,440 Jack? Hurry up! 246 00:10:09,442 --> 00:10:11,241 Norma, where's my shot glass?! 247 00:10:11,243 --> 00:10:12,610 Oh, it's in the hutch! 248 00:10:12,612 --> 00:10:14,144 It's not in the hutch! 249 00:10:14,146 --> 00:10:16,047 Oh, there it is on the stove. 250 00:10:16,049 --> 00:10:19,783 Even if they did seem a little ragged 'round the edges. 251 00:10:19,785 --> 00:10:22,920 We, on the other hand, were just... Happy to be there. 252 00:10:22,922 --> 00:10:24,154 So, Dad... 253 00:10:24,156 --> 00:10:28,358 How dry do you want your Martinis tonight, eh? 254 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,627 Just crack the ice! 255 00:10:30,629 --> 00:10:32,730 [ Scoffs ] Nice try. 256 00:10:32,732 --> 00:10:35,466 Still, for all their hard work and preparation, 257 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:36,901 the host and hostess 258 00:10:36,903 --> 00:10:39,470 weren't exactly brimming with cheer. 259 00:10:39,472 --> 00:10:40,438 Oh, no! 260 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,241 This ambrosia's all runny, 261 00:10:43,243 --> 00:10:46,177 and there aren't any raisins in it. 262 00:10:46,179 --> 00:10:48,345 That's not how I would've made it. 263 00:10:48,347 --> 00:10:50,815 I would've made it with raisins in it. 264 00:10:50,817 --> 00:10:52,984 It was almost as if they'd lost sight 265 00:10:52,986 --> 00:10:55,052 of why they were throwing this bash in the first place. 266 00:10:55,054 --> 00:10:57,255 [ Doorbell rings ] 267 00:10:57,257 --> 00:10:58,589 [ "Sleigh ride" plays ] 268 00:10:58,591 --> 00:11:00,024 - Merry Christmas! - Merry Christmas! 269 00:11:00,026 --> 00:11:02,493 - Hi! - Oh! 270 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:06,930 Oh, Norma, the place looks lovely! 271 00:11:06,932 --> 00:11:08,299 Oh! 272 00:11:08,301 --> 00:11:11,102 Jack, you really knocked yourself out on those lights. 273 00:11:11,104 --> 00:11:13,037 [ Laughs ] 274 00:11:13,039 --> 00:11:14,238 [ Sighs ] 275 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,241 And then, they remembered. 276 00:11:17,243 --> 00:11:22,046 [ Doorbell rings ] Merry Christmas! 277 00:11:22,048 --> 00:11:23,247 [ Doorbell rings ] 278 00:11:23,249 --> 00:11:26,316 The three Weismans are here! 279 00:11:26,318 --> 00:11:29,286 - Happy holidays! -Happy holidays! - Happy holidays! 280 00:11:29,288 --> 00:11:32,356 [ Doorbell rings ] 281 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:34,158 - Merry, merry! - Merry, merry! 282 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:36,360 [ Laughter ] 283 00:11:39,766 --> 00:11:41,799 Yoohoo! 284 00:11:41,801 --> 00:11:44,135 Make sure you hang that up, young man! 285 00:11:44,137 --> 00:11:47,004 And don't throw it on the bed with everything else! 286 00:11:47,006 --> 00:11:50,575 Yep, all the same old faces were here. 287 00:11:50,577 --> 00:11:51,709 Ew! 288 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:52,944 Not to mention the same old furs. 289 00:11:52,946 --> 00:11:54,211 Bag! 290 00:11:54,213 --> 00:11:56,614 Still, you could feel the holiday spirit 291 00:11:56,616 --> 00:11:57,915 all through the house. 292 00:11:57,917 --> 00:11:59,249 [ Chuckles ] 293 00:11:59,251 --> 00:12:02,219 It was positively infectious. 294 00:12:02,221 --> 00:12:05,456 Hey, there, you little porcupine. 295 00:12:05,458 --> 00:12:07,257 Hi, Mr. Wanamaker. 296 00:12:07,259 --> 00:12:08,759 Al Wanamaker. 297 00:12:08,761 --> 00:12:11,996 The guy sold us our first set of used model trains in 1958. 298 00:12:11,998 --> 00:12:15,666 Remember when you used to do your Jimmy Cagney? Huh? Huh? 299 00:12:15,668 --> 00:12:18,102 Come on, come on... a little Jimmy Cagney, huh? 300 00:12:18,104 --> 00:12:19,436 Come on, come on, come on! 301 00:12:19,438 --> 00:12:23,140 Ah, what the hey. For old times' sake. 302 00:12:23,142 --> 00:12:26,210 [ As James Cagney ] You dirty rat. You killed my brother! 303 00:12:26,212 --> 00:12:30,114 [ Laughs heartily ] 304 00:12:35,754 --> 00:12:37,555 [ Coughing ] 305 00:12:40,026 --> 00:12:41,291 Lou, you old duffer! 306 00:12:41,293 --> 00:12:42,826 And, for a while, anyway, 307 00:12:42,828 --> 00:12:44,862 things went on like they always had. 308 00:12:44,864 --> 00:12:45,930 Jack! 309 00:12:45,932 --> 00:12:47,364 How's the short game coming? 310 00:12:47,366 --> 00:12:48,699 Just great! 311 00:12:48,701 --> 00:12:51,234 I sank a putt last weekend would have made you weep! 312 00:12:51,236 --> 00:12:52,870 Oh. 313 00:12:52,872 --> 00:12:54,138 Uh, you need a drink to go with that? 314 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:55,572 L-let me mix you one. 315 00:12:55,574 --> 00:13:00,243 Uh, actually, Jack, I, uh, I don't drink anymore. 316 00:13:00,245 --> 00:13:02,580 I've been dry for five months! 317 00:13:02,582 --> 00:13:04,415 - No kiddin'. - Nope. 318 00:13:04,417 --> 00:13:06,651 I feel like a million bucks. Look at this, huh? 319 00:13:06,653 --> 00:13:08,219 I lost four inches. 320 00:13:08,221 --> 00:13:11,489 Say, uh, you got any carrot juice? 321 00:13:13,493 --> 00:13:15,760 I'll look. 322 00:13:17,296 --> 00:13:20,197 Hmm... 323 00:13:20,199 --> 00:13:22,633 Ever since my youngest went to high school, 324 00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:25,069 I just didn't know what to do with my time. 325 00:13:25,071 --> 00:13:26,237 I know what you mean. 326 00:13:26,239 --> 00:13:27,972 That's why I went back to coll... 327 00:13:27,974 --> 00:13:32,109 I can't tell you how much therapy has changed my life! 328 00:13:33,913 --> 00:13:35,446 Mm... 329 00:13:35,448 --> 00:13:38,249 You had the feeling this party was losing steam. 330 00:13:38,251 --> 00:13:41,051 What it needed was a lift, a shot in the arm. 331 00:13:41,053 --> 00:13:42,286 [ Horn honks ] 332 00:13:42,288 --> 00:13:43,754 Something like... 333 00:13:43,756 --> 00:13:46,123 Look! The fosters are here! 334 00:13:46,125 --> 00:13:48,291 [ Doorbell rings ] Jack? Bill's here! 335 00:13:48,293 --> 00:13:49,893 Just what the doctor ordered... 336 00:13:49,895 --> 00:13:52,529 - Hey. - Hey! 337 00:13:52,531 --> 00:13:54,565 Bill!-...Dad's old war buddy, bill foster. 338 00:13:54,567 --> 00:13:55,867 Bill, you old... 339 00:13:55,869 --> 00:13:57,968 No party was complete without bill and Marsha. 340 00:13:59,738 --> 00:14:03,107 Or, in this case, bill and a woman half his age. 341 00:14:03,109 --> 00:14:08,879 Oh, uh, Jack, Norma, this is Carol. 342 00:14:08,881 --> 00:14:11,015 Obviously, this was a ticklish situation. 343 00:14:11,017 --> 00:14:12,683 Where the hell is Marsha? 344 00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:15,119 W has it been that long? 345 00:14:15,121 --> 00:14:18,022 Y-you know Marsha and I split. 346 00:14:18,024 --> 00:14:21,292 - In April. - Of course! 347 00:14:21,294 --> 00:14:24,562 Here. This is for you. 348 00:14:24,564 --> 00:14:28,732 Uh-huh. And a partridge in a pear tree.-Ohh! 349 00:14:28,734 --> 00:14:30,835 Whoa! 350 00:14:30,837 --> 00:14:33,370 Some party in there, huh? 351 00:14:33,372 --> 00:14:35,472 Can I get you anything, Mr. Ermin? 352 00:14:35,474 --> 00:14:38,375 Oh, no, no, no. 353 00:14:38,377 --> 00:14:43,246 Oh! Say, has your father finished off that basement yet? 354 00:14:43,248 --> 00:14:44,649 Huh? 355 00:14:44,651 --> 00:14:47,651 Uh, I'm gonna go take a look at this, okay? 356 00:14:47,653 --> 00:14:50,654 The strange thing was Dad had finished off that basement 357 00:14:50,656 --> 00:14:53,357 14 years ago. 358 00:14:53,359 --> 00:14:54,725 We need more chips. 359 00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:56,693 Oh, in the cabinet, honey. 360 00:14:56,695 --> 00:14:59,630 But it seemed there was more going on here 361 00:14:59,632 --> 00:15:01,298 than just chips and dip. 362 00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:05,436 Carol seems very, uh... Nice. 363 00:15:05,438 --> 00:15:08,972 Idon't want to talk about it! 364 00:15:08,974 --> 00:15:13,643 I mean, she's very... Sophisticated... 365 00:15:13,645 --> 00:15:15,712 For her age. 366 00:15:15,714 --> 00:15:22,086 "For her age"?! 367 00:15:22,088 --> 00:15:23,186 Uh-oh. 368 00:15:23,188 --> 00:15:24,354 Uh, Dad? 369 00:15:24,356 --> 00:15:26,389 Norma, for God's sake, 370 00:15:26,391 --> 00:15:28,325 the guy's old enough to be her father! 371 00:15:28,327 --> 00:15:29,493 [ Clears throat ] 372 00:15:33,399 --> 00:15:35,198 Um... 373 00:15:36,903 --> 00:15:39,937 I'm afraid something may be wrong with your urn. 374 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:43,107 This coffee's a little chilly. 375 00:15:45,144 --> 00:15:48,245 And I suppose there was really only one thing to say. 376 00:15:49,948 --> 00:15:52,216 I have an idea. 377 00:15:52,218 --> 00:15:54,351 Let's play twister. 378 00:15:57,390 --> 00:16:00,958 Okay, okay! Left hand, red! 379 00:16:02,762 --> 00:16:05,562 And so, like some kind of prehistoric beast, 380 00:16:05,564 --> 00:16:07,865 the party trudged on. 381 00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:11,702 The laughter flowed, the drinks were poured. 382 00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:15,573 But something was... Different. 383 00:16:15,575 --> 00:16:19,109 The thing is, no one else seemed to notice. 384 00:16:19,111 --> 00:16:21,511 They just went on doing what they always had 385 00:16:21,513 --> 00:16:24,949 because... They always had. 386 00:16:24,951 --> 00:16:26,149 Left foot, red. 387 00:16:26,151 --> 00:16:27,685 Holy cow. 388 00:16:27,687 --> 00:16:29,120 I got to get out of here. 389 00:16:31,690 --> 00:16:34,792 Right hand, blue! Blue! 390 00:16:34,794 --> 00:16:36,660 It had all gotten too weird. 391 00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:39,396 The only escape was... Underground. 392 00:16:39,398 --> 00:16:40,998 What's that smell? 393 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,034 Oh. 394 00:16:44,036 --> 00:16:47,405 And right about then is when it happened. 395 00:16:47,407 --> 00:16:50,607 [ Chuckling ] Hi, there, boys! 396 00:16:50,609 --> 00:16:52,709 Hi, Mr. Ermin. 397 00:16:52,711 --> 00:16:55,513 Now, there was there something wrong about this scene. 398 00:16:55,515 --> 00:16:56,813 Maybe it was... 399 00:16:56,815 --> 00:16:59,116 Wayne? Kevin? What the hell's goin' on down here? 400 00:16:59,118 --> 00:17:01,318 Smells like a mattress is burnin'. 401 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,989 [ Laughs ] 402 00:17:04,991 --> 00:17:07,625 I-I... hey, hey, Jack! 403 00:17:07,627 --> 00:17:09,159 The boys and I, we were... 404 00:17:09,161 --> 00:17:11,395 we were just chatting about, uh... 405 00:17:11,397 --> 00:17:14,165 About, uh... Uh... 406 00:17:14,167 --> 00:17:16,767 [ Pop ] Ow! Ouch! Mm! 407 00:17:16,769 --> 00:17:20,137 Jack? Honey? 408 00:17:20,139 --> 00:17:21,505 What's that... 409 00:17:23,109 --> 00:17:25,576 And then came the dawn. 410 00:17:25,578 --> 00:17:28,278 After years of sowing it, growing it, and mowing it, 411 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:32,616 Mr. Ermin, king of lawn care, had decided to smoke it... 412 00:17:32,618 --> 00:17:34,151 In our basement. 413 00:17:34,153 --> 00:17:35,719 Oh. 414 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:39,256 Wayne, Kevin, go to the garage and get some sodas. 415 00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:40,224 Why? 416 00:17:40,226 --> 00:17:42,626 Because I said so. 417 00:17:42,628 --> 00:17:45,895 And the rest is history. 418 00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:51,334 Do you think Mr. Ermin buys it or does he grow it himself? 419 00:17:51,336 --> 00:17:52,870 Shut up. 420 00:17:52,872 --> 00:17:54,537 What's the matter with you? 421 00:17:54,539 --> 00:17:56,373 Nothing, okay? 422 00:17:56,375 --> 00:17:58,442 But there was something wrong. 423 00:17:58,444 --> 00:18:00,477 I knew it. Wayne knew it. 424 00:18:00,479 --> 00:18:01,745 [ Door opens ] 425 00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:04,181 All I'm saying is you could have handled it a little better. 426 00:18:04,183 --> 00:18:06,384 Better? How was I supposed to handle it better? Tell me. 427 00:18:06,385 --> 00:18:07,517 You simply could have... 428 00:18:07,519 --> 00:18:09,019 Maybe Mom and Dad knew it, too. 429 00:18:09,021 --> 00:18:10,554 You've known him for 20 years, Jack. 430 00:18:10,556 --> 00:18:12,623 Then he shouldn't have done somethin' so stupid! 431 00:18:12,625 --> 00:18:14,558 No, you should not have pushed him all the way up the stairs. 432 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:15,959 He could have gotten hurt! 433 00:18:15,961 --> 00:18:18,061 - The guy's a jerk! - No, the man is a friend! 434 00:18:18,063 --> 00:18:20,097 Look, Norma, it was not my idea 435 00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:22,666 to have this damn party in the first place! 436 00:18:22,668 --> 00:18:24,601 - Get off! - What, now it's my fault?! 437 00:18:24,603 --> 00:18:26,603 - No! - [ Grunts ] 438 00:18:26,605 --> 00:18:27,938 [ Clatter ] 439 00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:31,341 - Hi, Dad! - Hi, Mom! 440 00:18:31,343 --> 00:18:33,043 [ Metal rattles ] 441 00:18:36,315 --> 00:18:38,381 Get out of here. 442 00:18:38,383 --> 00:18:40,050 What? 443 00:18:40,052 --> 00:18:41,852 Go to the store and get some soda. 444 00:18:41,854 --> 00:18:43,687 We've got sodas in the garage! 445 00:18:43,689 --> 00:18:45,889 Then go get more. 446 00:18:58,537 --> 00:19:00,037 We took our time. 447 00:19:00,039 --> 00:19:02,039 There was no need to hurry. 448 00:19:02,041 --> 00:19:04,074 Didn't seem there was that much to go back to. 449 00:19:07,813 --> 00:19:09,246 Still, that night 450 00:19:09,248 --> 00:19:13,083 driving home through the neighborhood I grew up in, 451 00:19:13,085 --> 00:19:14,818 I realized something... 452 00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:18,522 there was a time I knew every family on the block. 453 00:19:18,524 --> 00:19:21,825 Their kids, names of their dogs. 454 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:25,362 But most of those families were gone now, scattered. 455 00:19:25,364 --> 00:19:28,164 The ones who stayed were not the same. 456 00:19:28,166 --> 00:19:30,567 The world had moved on. 457 00:19:30,569 --> 00:19:34,638 My world, their world. 458 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,141 And only the lights remained the same. 459 00:19:38,143 --> 00:19:40,376 [ Engine shuts off ] 460 00:19:40,378 --> 00:19:42,713 Where'd everyone go? 461 00:19:42,715 --> 00:19:44,915 Man, what a bust. 462 00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:47,251 It's pretty quiet in there. 463 00:19:47,253 --> 00:19:51,088 Yeah. Come on. 464 00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:02,265 I wasn't sure what to expect... 465 00:20:02,267 --> 00:20:05,335 chaos, mayhem... 466 00:20:05,337 --> 00:20:08,338 Or maybe two lovebirds on a couch. 467 00:20:08,340 --> 00:20:09,506 [ Clears throat ] 468 00:20:09,508 --> 00:20:11,975 ? Chestnuts roasting on an open fire ? 469 00:20:11,977 --> 00:20:14,244 We got some soda. 470 00:20:14,246 --> 00:20:16,046 Thanks, honey. 471 00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:18,882 ? Jack Frost nippin' at your nose ? 472 00:20:18,884 --> 00:20:21,552 I'll just put 'em in the fridge. 473 00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:23,487 In a way, it was crazy. 474 00:20:23,489 --> 00:20:24,721 There they sat 475 00:20:24,723 --> 00:20:27,791 amidst the wreckage of a party gone wrong, 476 00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:30,160 and they didn't seem to care. 477 00:20:30,162 --> 00:20:31,161 Mom? Dad? 478 00:20:31,163 --> 00:20:33,063 ? And folks dressed up... ? 479 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:35,465 Sorry about what happened. 480 00:20:35,467 --> 00:20:37,834 Oh, it's okay, honey. 481 00:20:37,836 --> 00:20:40,638 Maybe it'll be better next year. 482 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:42,872 Maybe. 483 00:20:42,874 --> 00:20:46,143 ? A Turkey and some mistletoe... ? 484 00:20:46,145 --> 00:20:48,712 Well, I guess I better clean up. 485 00:20:48,714 --> 00:20:51,348 Oh, let it wait till tomorrow. 486 00:20:53,619 --> 00:20:56,553 And I guess that's when I understood. 487 00:20:56,555 --> 00:21:00,423 For Mom and Dad, the party hadn't been a disaster. 488 00:21:00,425 --> 00:21:04,361 For as much as things were changing all around them, 489 00:21:04,363 --> 00:21:06,196 what Jack and Norma had, 490 00:21:06,198 --> 00:21:10,634 what drew people to their house every Christmas for 16 years, 491 00:21:10,636 --> 00:21:12,936 was still the same... 492 00:21:12,938 --> 00:21:14,938 the thing they started out with... 493 00:21:17,142 --> 00:21:20,277 the one they'd never lose. 494 00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:24,715 ? He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh ? 495 00:21:24,717 --> 00:21:29,019 My parents never did throw another Christmas bash. 496 00:21:29,021 --> 00:21:31,622 And that was okay, I guess. 497 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:35,459 But I still think about those parties, 498 00:21:35,461 --> 00:21:37,728 what they stood for... 499 00:21:37,730 --> 00:21:41,598 a time before TV dinners and two-car families, 500 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,635 when grass was green and we were young... 501 00:21:45,637 --> 00:21:48,405 ? So, I'm offering... ? [ Laughter ] 502 00:21:48,407 --> 00:21:51,875 And those nights when I'd lie awake in my bed, 503 00:21:51,877 --> 00:21:54,912 watching the light dance under my door 504 00:21:54,914 --> 00:21:59,683 and listening... For my father's laugh. 505 00:22:02,488 --> 00:22:05,022 ? Though it's been said... ? 506 00:22:05,024 --> 00:22:07,357 Bill! Marsha! 507 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,427 ? ...many times, many ways ? 508 00:22:10,429 --> 00:22:14,264 - ? Merry Christmas... ? - Son of a gun. 509 00:22:14,266 --> 00:22:18,702 ? To you ? 510 00:22:18,704 --> 00:22:24,407 ? Love and joy come to you ? 511 00:22:24,409 --> 00:22:27,611 ? And to you, your Carol too ? 512 00:22:27,613 --> 00:22:31,381 ? And God bless you and... ? 513 00:22:31,431 --> 00:22:35,981 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 37267

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