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? What would you do if I sang out of tune? ?

? Would you stand up and walk out on me? ?

? Lend me your ears, and I'll sing you a song ?

? I will try not to sing out of key, yeah ?

? Oh, baby, I get by ? ? By with a little help from my friends ?

? All I need is my buddies ?

? High with a little help from my friends ?

? I'm sayin' I'm gonna get higher ? ?Try with a little help from my friends ?

? Whoa-oa-oa-oa ?

? Oh, oh, oh, oh ?

? Somebody who knows quite sure ?

? Baby ?

? By with a little help from my friends ?

? Said I'm gonna make it with my friends ?

? Try with a little help from my friends ?

? Oh, I'm gonna keep on trying ?

? High with a little help from my friends ?

? I'm gonna keep on trying now, baby ?

? Ooh, ooh, ooh ?

If there's one thing every kid needs growing up,

it's a best friend.

Someone you trust.

Someone who trusts you.

Someone you measure yourself against.

You go through everything together...

important things,

stupid things,

things that matter,

things that don't.

Paul Pfeiffer and I had been best friends

since the day we were born.

And in that time, we'd been through everything.

Well, almost everything.

Everything, that is, but...

Here it is, guys...

our invitation to paradise.

What? "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"?

Look again, doofus.

"Carnal knowledge."

In adolescent terms, it meant one thing...

a three-letter word starting with "s," ending with "x,"

and sandwiched in the middle...

Ann Margret.

You got it.

Let me see that.

Not that I was some kind of fiend, you understand.

I was just 16.

So, when do we go?

How about Friday night?

- I'm there! - Count me in!

After all, it was a major cinematic event.

Something no red-blooded male could turn down.

Forget it. You can't see this.

- What? - You heard me.

Says right here you got to be 17.

That was Paul for you...

grandma in size-12 desert boots.

So? We've all got fake ID�S, right?

Right!

Besides, Paul, I think you're missing the point.

Yeah, let me lay this out for you.

In this movie,

they... Do... Everything.

Everything?

Everything.

Like what?

Now, keep in mind, this was 1972.

Well, uh...

Lust and ignorance went hand-in-hand.

Well, if you don't know, we're not gonna tell you.

Yeah.

Right.

Look, Paul, we're going.

So you coming with us or not?

- Well, I'd like to. - Great!

There. Done deal.

But I can't.

I'm having dinner...

with my family.

[ The four seasons' "walk like a man" plays ]

I don't believe this. Dinner with your family?

I'd known Paul a long time.

I'd seen him do a lot of unexplainable things,

but this...

Kev, I told you. It was unavoidable.

My Mom's old college roommate's staying in town.

I mean, she and her family are coming...

well, so tell them you're sick.

Oh, right.

Look.

This roommate's got a daughter who's a freshman in college.

And she's studying marine biology.

So?

Well, I'm interested in marine biology,

so I thought this would be... Wait, Paul.

Let me get this straight.

You're giving up a perfectly good Friday night

to talk about fish?

[ Scoffs ]

Well...

There. I had him on the ropes.

All I needed now was a sucker-punch.

Come on.

Come with us.

For me.

? Walk like a man from you ?

Okay.

Maybe I can make the 9:00 show.

Bingo.

I'll pick you up at 8:30.

And with that, we were on our way.

The plan was set.

The coast was clear.

Jack, let's go see a movie tonight.

Just one little roadblock.

What's playing?

I think it's called "carnal knowledge."

Uh-oh.

"Carnal knowledge"?

This was bad.

If there was one thing

that could kill a night with the guys,

it was a night with the guys' parents.

What's it about?

Well, it's about... Relationships.

[ Buzz! ]

Oh.

I think Ann-Margret's in it.

[ Ding! ]

Oh?

What time does it start? Late.

Huh?

It starts really late.

Unless you make the early show, which you already missed.

Okay, I was reaching. I had to do something.

Hey, and can you believe the tickets?

They're up to three bucks apiece.

Not to mention the popcorn.

What popcorn?

50 cents... Each.

[ Cash register dings ]

Kevin.

Oh, and you know what I heard, Dad?

Uh, there's gonna be a John Wayne film festival

on channel 9 tonight.

Going...

Norma, um...

What do you say we skip the movie, stay home,

make our own popcorn?

That'd be fine.

Gone.

Okay, maybe it was a little thoughtless...

[ Doorbell rings ]

But absolutely necessary.

Paul. Keverooski's here.

Oh.

Paul, you ready?

Well, actually, we haven't had dinner yet.

Say, Kev, why don't you join us?

Ida bastes a mean Turkey.

Thanks, but I have plans.

Alvin.

Whoops. The chef called.

I couldn't believe it.

What are you doing? I was counting on you.

Look, Kev, I'm sorry,

but we kind of got delayed, you know, talking.

Oh, yeah? Talking about what?

Marine biology? Sea life? Squids?

Whoops.

Paul.

Talk about your basic bad timing.

Uh, Kev, this is my Mom's college roommate's daughter.

Beth.

Swell.

It's nice to meet you. Paul's told me a lot about you.

Well...

He says you're off to see a movie tonight.

Yeah.

But I'm not too sure which one we're gonna go see yet.

I mean, maybe "Bedknobs and broomsticks," or, you know...

I hear Jack Nicholson is very good in it.

Great. First I'm stood up.

Now I'm made a laughingstock in front of a total stranger.

So, Paul, what's it gonna be?

Are you coming or not?

Kev, I can't.

Okay, then.

Fine. Stay.

So much for doing everything together.

But I'll tell you this...

you miss tonight, you'll be missing out.

[ Horn honking ]

Well, this is it.

Yeah.

And so, we'd arrived...

Minus one best friend maybe, but ready for anything.

Wow.

There it was.

Beneath that marquee lay forbidden experience,

mysteries unveiled, mysteries like...

So, who's gonna buy the tickets?

What do you mean, who's gonna buy the tickets?

I thought you were gonna buy the tickets.

What? Why me?

'Cause you're the one with the fake I.D.

Me? I don't have a fake I.D.

I thought you had a fake I.D.

What?

You told me you had a fake I.D.

Hey, Kev, you got a fake I.D.?

I don't believe this.

It was incredible.

Here we were, 50 feet

from the consciousness-raising experience of our lives,

and we'd been shut down for lack of a petty forgery.

So what are we gonna do?

Hmm.

Hey! Look out!

I can't see!

- Chuck! - Sorry.

What are you doing?

Okay, we were breaking and entering.

Maybe it was wrong, but these things happen

when you're keeping an appointment with...

My God. You're hot.

Destiny.

You're going too fast for me.

- There she is. - Shh!

It was awe-inspiring.

We sat there, three underage pilgrims

at the mecca of forbidden fruit.

Just us,

Ann-Margret,

and, of course...

one angry Usher.

See your tickets?

Uh...

Cindy's not a virgin, either!

Won't anything make a man out of you?

You once told me never to take your gun away from you,

you yellow-bellied, lily-livered...

And there you had it...

the perfect end to a perfect evening.

[ Snoring ]

[ Television clicks off ]

All I knew was I was miffed at Ricky and Chuck,

at fake ID�S and "r" ratings...

[ Knock on window ]

Not to mention the neighborhood turncoat.

[ Sighs ]

Paul, what are you doing here?

Well, I saw the light on.

Can we talk for a second?

What about, marine biology?

No.

Well, what is it?

Well... It's kind of hard to say.

Now, keep in mind the night I'd had.

I'd been ditched, dumped, and thrown out on my ear.

I was in no mood for beating around the bush.

Look, Paul, it's late.

So unless this is really, really important...

it's about Beth.

You know, at... at my house.

[ Sighs ]

What about her?

Well... We were having dinner together.

Yeah, I know that, Paul.

And one thing led to another.

Wait. Let me guess.

After the Turkey, you snuck into the kitchen

and made mad, passionate love to each other, right?

Right?

Okay, it was mean.

I couldn't help myself.

I just wasn't prepared for what Paul said back.

Well...

See, that's the thing.

Wasn't the kitchen.

And with that, suddenly, everything changed.

I can't believe this.

Neither can I.

Paul, if you're lying to me...

Kev, I'm not lying. It happened.

You sure?

I think so.

It was incredible.

Paul Pfeiffer had come to me in the middle of the night

with the biggest news of our lives.

Well, his anyway.

So... How did it happen...

Exactly?

And, like all best friends, I needed the lowdown.

Well...

Paul?

What are you doing here at this hour?

Rats!

Uh... Nothing.

I was just visiting.

Oh.

Well, don't stay up too late.

Sure, Dad.

Night.

And back to the main event.

So? Where were we?

I don't know.

Paul.

No, I mean, I don't know.

Besides, it was dark and...

Confusing.

And that's it?

That's it.

Then she and her family went back to their motel.

Geez.

Talk about leaving out one or two minor details.

What do you mean, that's it?

Not to pry or anything.

What?

That's all you're gonna tell me?

What do you mean? I just told you everything.

Okay. Fine.

You don't want to tell me. I understand.

Even though I didn't... At all... Period.

I mean, there's no point in talking about it anymore, right?

Right. So... Maybe I should go.

Yeah.

I mean, if the guy wanted to be that way, let him.

What did I care?

Just because we'd always gone through

everything together before...

See you tomorrow?

Sure.

No reason why things shouldn't change now.

Nope.

[ Door closes ] The best thing to do was just forget about it.

[ School bell rings ]

I forgot about it all night.

Hey.

Hi.

Look, Paul, about last night...

I know you came over to talk to me

because I'm your friend.

So if you need to talk about it,

I just want you to know that I'm here for you.

Thanks.

But I don't think I want to talk about it anymore.

Oh, come on.

I know you want to talk about it.

No, Kev, really.

Of course you do, Paul.

I mean, hey, I'd talk about it with you.

Yeah, well... It didn't happen to you.

What?

It was kind of like being socked in the face.

Wait a minute.

What's that supposed to mean?

- Look, Kev... - I mean, excuse me.

Maybe you should tell me what subjects we can talk about.

Sports? Marine biology?

I mean, you come to my house in the middle of the night.

You wake me up to brag about...

- I did not. - You did, too.

- Did not. - You did, too.

Look...

Just don't tell anybody about this, okay?

Me?

Hey, don't worry about it. My lips are sealed.

Good.

Great.

After all, let him keep it to himself.

Mr. high-and-mighty.

[ School bell rings ]

I was leading a pretty exciting life of my own.

Ricky, do you have to do that?

What?

Dump the milk in your mouth like that.

Can't you just drink it like a person?

Sorry.

The thing is, suddenly my friends

all seemed like children.

Okay, gents, we are in.

In where?

You know, the movie!

My brother said he'd buy us the tickets

if we pay his way in!

Cool!

Great.

What's the matter with him?

Nothing.

It's just you guys should hear yourselves.

"We're in." "Cool."

I mean, you guys are 16 years old

sneaking into a movie theater.

Doesn't that tell you anything?

Apparently it didn't.

Look, has it even occurred to you that people here...

people our age... are doing exactly the things

that the people in the movie are just pretending to do?

Okay, so it didn't make real sense.

I knew what I meant.

Unfortunately...

What people?

Oh, no.

It was amazing.

These two dolts,

who couldn't grapple with the concept of grilled cheese,

had suddenly turned into geniuses.

Hey, Kev, tell us his initials.

Forget it!

If we guess, will you tell us if we're right?

- No. - Come on, Kev. We'd tell you.

Look, I told you, it's no one, okay?

Hey, guys.

And that's when it happened.

What?

Now, of course, to an impartial jury,

I may have been innocent.

It's him! I don't believe it!

It's Pfeiffer!

Pfeiffer, you dog!

Way to go, Pfeiff! Who's the lucky girl?

Still, deep down, I knew...

Paul, I didn't...

thanks a lot, Kev.

I was guilty as hell.

That afternoon, I took a walk.

Didn't feel much like driving.

I thought about what had gone on between me and Paul,

about how our lives were changing.

Something was happening to us,

something complicated.

And all I knew was...

I couldn't let things go the way they were.

[ Door closes ] - Paul.

Kevin's here to see you.

Well, one thing was obvious... this wasn't gonna be easy.

Hey.

Hi.

What are you doing?

Oh, this?

Nothing.

It's Beth's.

She left it here.

Yeah, about that...

Paul...

I'm sorry about what happened...

You know, with me and... With the guys.

I just don't know what got into me.

I mean... I guess I should be happy for you.

But instead I just feel lousy.

And I don't know why.

Anyway, congratulations.

And, uh... I think it's great.

In a way, it was kind of a goodbye,

the end of an era.

After all, the guy didn't need me anymore,

so there was nothing left to say, but...

It's awful.

What?

It's horrible.

You mean...

No, not that.

Me.

I just don't know how to handle this whole thing.

What are you talking about?

I mean, what am I supposed to feel?

Did she like me?

Or not?

Was I okay?

Or was she laughing at me?

Or...

It was the first time I ever realized

how truly perilous love could be.

It just happened so fast.

And then she was gone, and I was left,

and now she's getting on an airplane,

and I'm never gonna see her again.

And I guess at that moment, it was clear.

Some things never change.

I'm just not good at these casual relationships, Kev.

After all, Paul was Paul.

And no matter what...

The guy needed me.

Loading and unloading of passengers only.

No parking please.

Growing up is complicated...

kind of a race against time...

Passenger Janet Mars, please go to a white courtesy phone.

A search for identity,

for love.

And the outcome is always in doubt.

Passenger Lee Allen, meet your party...

Things happen fast,

sometimes too fast.

Flight number 47 to buffalo now departing.

But that night with Paul, I knew one thing...

we'd been through everything together.

I think I saw her.

You did?

Yeah.

Then she probably saw you.

Think so?

Yeah.

And from here on out,

no matter what,

we were gonna need each other more than ever.

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