Hey, Curt, you guys gonna have a little bash your last night in town?
Moose has been lookin' for you all day.
He got worried. Thought you were tryin' to avoid him.
What do you got?
- Oh, great. - That's $2,000, man. $2,000!
Mr. Jennings gave it to me to give to you. He's sorry it's late.
It's the first scholarship the Moose Lodge has given out.
He says they're all very proud of you back at the lodge.
- Why don't you hold it for me? - I don't want it. Take it. It's yours.
I'll take it.
Listen, your sister calls. I'll talk to you later.
- Wait a second. She can wait. - Make it short and sweet, huh?
Listen, I don't think I'm gonna be going tomorrow.
Come on. What are you talking about?
I was thinkin' I could wait a year, go to City for a while.
You chicken fink.
After all we went through to get accepted?
We're gettin' out of this turkey town...
and now you wanna crawl back into your cell?
You wanna end up like John? You just can't stay 17 forever.
- Get that through your head! - I just need some time.
I gotta go talk to Laurie. Now take it. Take it!
We're leaving in the morning, all right?
We're leaving in the morning!
We gonna rock and roll ourselves to death, baby!
You got the Wolfman Jack Show!
Don't with the thing!
Will you stop it with the Big Bopper stuff?
- Hi, John! - Not too good, huh?
Why is it every girl around here is ugly or has a boyfriend?
Where is the dazzling beauty I've been searching for all my life?
I know what you mean. The pickings are really gettin' slim.
The whole strip is shrinkin'.
You know, I remember about five years ago...
it would take a couple of hours and a tank full of gas...
just to make one circuit.
It was really somethin'.
Hey, John. Someone new in town.
Are you gonna go after him?
Hey, listen, professor.
If he can't find me, then he ain't even worth racin', right?
Big shot.
Well?
Where was I?
How you thought high school romances were goofy...
and we started dating only because you thought I was cute and funny...
but then you suddenly realized...
you were in love with me, it was serious...
You were leadin' up to somethin' kinda big.
You make it sound like I'm giving dictation.
Well, seriously...
what I meant was that...
since we do care for each other so much...
and since we should really consider ourselves as adults now...
Could I have a couple of those fries?
Where was I?
- Consider ourselves adults. - Right, right.
I thought, maybe before I leave...
we could agree that...
seeing other people while I'm away can't possibly hurt, you know?
- You mean dating other people? - It would strengthen our relationship.
Then we'd know for sure that we're really in love.
Not that there's any doubt.
I think you're right.
I mean, we're not kids anymore...
and it's silly to think that when we're 3,000 miles apart...
we shouldn't be able to see other people and go out.
Laurie, listen. I didn't ask for that back.
I know. I just sort of think it's juvenile now.
I'll keep it at home. It's less conspicuous there.
- You don't wanna wear it? - I didn't say that.
I understand, and I'm not upset.
I can't expect you to be a monk while you're away.
I got a really neat record collection.
I even got "Pledging My Love" by Johnny Ace.
How can you love Nelson when he's going out with Marilyn Gator?
- Since he dumped on you... - He didn't dump on me, you little dip!
Oh, hi, Steve.
Hey, sis.
- What's wrong? - Nothing.
- What is it? - Nothing!
I've decided to let you take care of my car while I'm away.
At least until Christmas.
I'm comin' back for a couple of weeks at Christmas.
I've got some very simple instructions for you. Here's the keys.
First of all, only 30-weight Castrol-R.
I've written the tire pressure and stuff on a pad in the glove...
- Are you listening? - Hey, what's wrong?
- Are you crying? - I can't believe it!
I don't know what to say!
I'll love and protect this car until death do us part.
This is a super fine machine.
This might even be better than Darryl Starbird's superfleck moon...
It is! It's better than Darryl Starbird's superfleck moonbird.
Budda?
How'd you like to go to the drive-in movies with me?
- You gotta be kidding. - Would I kid about a thing like that?
I have a new car.
Did she do that to you?
Curt, you wanna bomb around? I wanna try out my new wheels.
Well, I'd like to, Toad...
but I'm gonna go with Steve and Laurie to the hop.
- Besides, I'd spoil your luck. - Yeah, right.
Tonight, things are gonna be different.
Wait a minute. You're goin' to the freshman hop?
Come on, man! That place is for kids.
You two just got your ass outta there. Don't go back there.
You ain't got no emotions?
We are going to remember all of the good times.
- Yeah, well, go. - Why don't you come with us?
- Bullshit, man! - Come on. For old times' sake.
Listen, you go. Go ahead, Curtsie baby.
You go on over there and remember the good times you won't be havin'.
I ain't goin' off to some goddamn fancy college.
I'm stayin' right here... havin' fun as usual!
Jesus, Milner, you're really in a great mood tonight!
What's the matter, John?
Did I do somethin' wrong? I'm sorry.
Man, it's nothin'.
- We'll see you later, okay? - All right.
We'll all do somethin' together before Steve leaves.
Wait a minute. Now you're not goin'?
I don't know.
- Hey, Milner! - What happened to your flathead?
- Your mother!
Your mother! Hey, we been talkin' 'bout you.
There's a very wicked '55 Chevy lookin' for you.
- Yeah, I know. - Watch out for the cop at Jerry's.
Yeah, all right. Thanks.
Hey, Toad!
Is that you in that beautiful car?
Jeez, what a waste of machinery!
Hey, kid!
All right, baby. Here we go with another call.
- Answer the phone, dummy. - Pinkie's Pizza.
You got any more of those secret agent spy scoops?
Hit parade on a stethoscope?
No, secret agent spy scope, man...
that pulls in the moon, stars, the planets...
and the satellites and little bitty space men.
You have the wrong number, partner.
Wait! What did you say?
Quick. Quick. Hang a right.
- What? Why? - Steven, cut over to "G" Street.
I just saw a vision. I saw a goddess.
Come on. You gotta catch up to her.
- I didn't see anything. - Come on, Curt.
We can't be spendin' half the night chasing girls down for you.
Laurie, this was the most perfect, dazzling creature I've ever seen!
- She's gone. Forget it. - She spoke to me.
She spoke to me through the window! I think she said, "I love you."
That means nothing to you people?
You have no romance, no soul?
Someone wants me. Someone roaming the streets wants me.
Will you turn the corner?
- Later. - Alligator.
You're new around here. Where you from?
- Turlock. - You know a guy named Frank Bartlett?
No. Does he go to Turlock High?
Well, he used to. He goes to J.C. Now.
- Do you go to J.C.? - Yeah, sure.
Wow! Do you know Guy Phillips?
Yeah, sure. I got him in a class.
He's so boss!
How'd you like to ride around with me for a while?
I'm sorry. I can't. I'm going steady.
- Come on! - I just can't.
You're just ridin' around with a bunch of girls.
Anybody else in there wanna go for a ride?
You got nothin' to fear. I'm as harmless as a baby kitten.
- I'll go! I'll go! - Judy's sister'll go with you, okay?
Yeah, sure. Judy, her sister, her mother.
Anybody. I'll take 'em all.
Listen. We'll go up and stop at that light.
It'll turn red by the time we get there. All right?
If you ever get tired of going steady with somebody that ain't around...
I'm up for grabs.
So, you're Judy's little... Shit! How old are you?
I'm old enough. How old are you?
- I'm too old for you. - You can't be that old.
I think you better go back and sit with your sister.
Where are they anyway? Are they comin' back? This is a joke, right?
This better be a joke, 'cause I'm not drivin' you around!
You asked me. What's the matter? Am I too ugly?
Judy doesn't want me with her, and now you don't want me with you.
Nobody wants me. Even my mother and father hate me.
- Everybody hates me. - They don't hate ya.
- You throw me out, I'll scream. - No, no. Stay cool.
Everything's all right. We'll find your sister.
- Can't be too hard to find. - John, you gonna be there tonight?
Shit! Hey, get down.
- Is this called "copping a feel"? - What? No! Get up. Jesus.
- What's your name? - My name?
Mud... if anybody sees you.
- What do you got in there, kid? - More than you can handle.
Excuse me. I think we've had an accident.
Damn it, I won't report you this time, but next time, just watch it!
- Good evening. How are ya? - Yeah, hi.
This is really a beautiful car, you know? Of course you know it.
You know what I'd like to give you for this car?
I'd like to give you $ 1,000!
I can't give you that, but I'm not gonna give you a whole line.
I'm gonna tell you what I can give you. Come over here.
How would you like, for $525, to own this practically new 'Vette?
I'll tell you what I'm going to do.
I'm gonna knock ten percent right off the top. How about that?
- That's $98 down. - No, I'm sorry.
$98 a month. You ask me how can I do this?
I'll tell you how I can do it.
My boss wants to get rid of the sporty cars.
- You all right? - I'm fine.
I don't think it's a good idea.
- I'm busy. - I want you to listen.
I've gotta go!
Leave me alone, for God's sake!
One, two, three, four
At the hop
You can rock it, you can roll it Do the stomp, even stroll it at the hop
When the records start spinnin', you can mix it with the chicken at the hop
Do the dance sensation that's sweepin'the nation at the hop
Let's go to the hop
You can swing, you can groove it, you can really start to move it at the hop
Where thejockey is the smoothest And the music is the coolest at the hop
All the guys and chicks can get their kicks at the hop
Let's go!
Why are you so depressed?
You'll forget him in a week.
After you're elected Senior Queen, you'll have so many boys after your bod.
Peggy, the point is, I do not want to go out with any other guys.
Laurie, I know it's a drag, but you can't just...
Remember what happened to Evelyn Chelnick?
When Mike went into the Marines, she had a nervous breakdown...
and was acting so wacky she got run over by a bus.
I just wish I could go with him.
Laurie, jeez! Come on.
Hey, zit makeup! Hey, everybody...
Just cool it, Steve?
Let me see some of that stuff.
You leavin' tomorrow?
- You and Laurie engaged yet? - No, but we got it all worked out.
We're still gonna be goin' together, but we can date other people.
And screw around. I know.
Hey, I hear college girls really put out.
When I saw her standing there
I had to pick her up I couldn't fail
'Cause I knew I had to make her mine
She's so cool She's so fine
I was tryin'to think of words to say
So I went up to her and changed my fate
- Come on. - "Come on" what?
- Let's dance. - No, thanks.
- Laurie, I said I wanna dance. - Who's stopping you?
I thought you might wanna dance with me our last night together.
How sentimental of you. You'll be back at Christmas.
- I want to dance now, not at Christmas. - Get your cooties off me!
- Don't make a scene. - Go ahead. Slug me. Scar my face!
I wouldn't dance with you if you were the last guy in this gym.
- This is getting good. - Come on, Eddie, I'll dance with you.
You don't mind, do you, Peggy?
Joe College strikes out.
Feel so good
Take me by my hand
And let's go strollin'
In Wonderland
Curtis, come here. Help me, will ya? I'm surrounded.
- Come here. - You won't dance? Come on.
No, really, I'd like to, but I can't.
If old Mr. Simpson saw me dancing with one of you sexy little...
excuse me... one of you young ladies, he'd have my rear end.
Come on, gentlemen, back inside. Put it out. Let's go.
Kids! Want a cigarette?
All right.
- I thought you'd left. - No, not yet. I have no matches.
That's all right.
Brother! How do I get stuck with dance supervision?
You goin' back east?
I remember the day I went off. Got drunk as hell the night before.
- Blotto. - Blotto. Exactly.
- Barfed on the train all the next day. - Cute. Very cute.
Where'd you go again?
Middlebury. Vermont.
- Got a scholarship. - Only stayed a semester.
One semester, after all that. Came back here.
Why'd you come back?
Decided I wasn't the competitive type.
I don't know. Maybe I was scared.
Well, I think I may find that I'm not...
the competitive type myself.
- What do you mean? - I'm not really sure that I'm going.
Now, don't be stupid. Experience life. Have some fun, Curtis...
Bill?
Mr. Wolfe? Can I speak with you a minute?
- Hi, Curt. - Jane.
Good luck, Curtis.
Yeah. I'll see ya.
Thanks a lot.
A Wolfman Jack exclusive!
The Beach Boys, baby. A brand-new group.
I predict they gonna go a long way.
This is called "Surfin'Safari."
Let's go surfin'now Everybody's learnin'how
Come on and safari with me
Early in the mornin' we'll be startin'out
Some honeys will be comin'along
The next night we went out with ammunition...
Don't you have some homework or somethin' to do?
No sweat. My mother does it.
Anyway, he thought he was had.
He started the car and couldn't see through the windshield...
and zoomed straight into the canal.
- I still got some... don't try anything. - Watch it, will ya?
Jesus Christ! Thanks a lot.
Hey, drivin' is a serious business.
I ain't havin' no accidents just because of you.
Come on. Don't give me any grief. I'm warning ya.
Spare me, killer.
Oh, shit!
- Why did you do that? - I don't like that surfin' shit.
Rock and roll's been goin' downhill ever since Buddy Holly died.
Don't you think the Beach Boys are boss?
- You would, you grungy little twerp. - Grungy!
You big weenie. If I had a boyfriend, he'd pound you.
Yeah, sure. Shit!
- Holstein! - Good. A cop.
I'm gonna tell him you tried to rape me.
I'm gonna tell him how old I am, my parents don't know I'm out...
and you tried to rape me.
- Yeah, with shaving cream. - Boy, are you up a creek.
Come on. Really, Carol, don't say anything.
If you say: "I was a dirty bird.
Carol's not grungy. She's bitchin'."
Say it. I'll tell him.
I was a dirty bird. Carol's not grungy. She's bitchin'.
I'll think about it.
- Where you goin', Milner? - I'm goin' home, sir.
- Where've you been? - We were... At the movies, sir.
You didn't happen to be around 12th and "G" about 8:30 tonight, did you?
No. No, sir. We were at the movies, like I said.
I stopped you because the light on your license plate's out.
I'm gonna have to cite you for that.
And the front end of this thing you're drivin'...
Iooks a little low.
No, sir. It's 12 ½ inches, regulation size.
It's been checked several times. You can check it if you like, sir.
Look, Milner. Listen. You can't fool with the law.
We know that was you tonight.
We have an excellent description of this car.
I could run you in right now, and I could make it stick.
But I'm not gonna do that. You know why?
I want to catch you in the act...
and when I do, I'm gonna nail you but good.
Happy birthday, Milner.
Thank you... asshole.
You're a regular J.D.
File that under C.S. Over there.
C.S.? What's that stand for?
Chicken shit. That's what it is.
Ain't he neat?
You know a guy around here with a piss-yellow deuce coupe?
- Supposed to be hot stuff? - You mean John Milner?
Ain't nobody can beat him, man. He's got the fastest...
- I ain't nobody, dork. Right? - Right.
You see this Milner, you tell him I'm lookin' for him, huh?
Tell him I aim to blow his ass right off the road.
Ain't he neat?
What a babe! What a bitchin' babe!
Hello.
You sure you don't need a lift somewhere?
You know John Milner? John Milner's a good friend of mine.
Did anybody ever tell you that you look just like Connie Stevens?
- You do. I really mean it. - For real?
Yeah. I met her once at a Dick Clark road show.
- Yeah? You really think I look like her? - Yeah, no shit.
I'm sorry. I mean... I mean that I'm not just feeding you a line.
I really think you do. You look like Connie Stevens.
- What's your name? - Debbie.
I always thought I look like Sandra Dee.
- Well, you look a lot like her too. - Is this your car?
Yeah. I'm Terry, the...
- They usually call me Terry the Tiger. - It's really tough-lookin'.
- What school you go to? - Dewey. Can it lay rubber?
Yeah, I got a 327 Chevy in it. It's got six Strombergs.
That's bitchin' tuck-and-roll. I really love the feel of tuck-and-roll.
You do?
Well, come in. I'll let you feel it. I mean you can touch it if you want.
I'll let you feel the upholstery.
Okay.
- Peel out. - What?
Peel out. I just love it when guys peel out.
And they came all the way from Stockton. Let's hear it.
I don't care if you leave this second.
And we wanna thank Darby Langdon, who did all these neat decorations.
Now the next dance is gonna be a snowball...
and leading it off is last year's class president, Steve Bolander...
and this year's head cheerleader, Laurie Henderson.
- Come on. - "Come on" what?
Steven, please. Smile or something.
Quit pinching!
You think I care if you go off? You think I'm gonna crack up?
- Boy, are you conceited! - I don't know why I ever asked you out.
- You didn't. I asked you out. - What do you mean, you asked me out?
Backwards Day. Remember?
If I had waited for you to ask me... Oh, brother!
Even after that, you didn't call me for two weeks.
- I was busy. - You were scared. Dave Ogler told me.
When you did ask me out, you didn't kiss me for three dates.
- Well, I was... - Scared. Jim Kiler told me.
I even asked my father why you hadn't kissed me.
- Your father. Great. - You know what he said?
He said he thought you were bright enough...
and that you'd probably get around to it after a while.
You didn't, of course. I had to.
Remember the picnic?
Out at the canyon?
Boy! You don't remember anything, do you?
The first one, up at the lake.
That was the first time you kissed me.
I had to practically throw myself at you.
I remember.
What's wrong?
Go to hell.
What are you doin', stealin' hubcaps?
- Well, hey, Wendy. - How've you been?
Fine.
- Great. How you been? - Wait a sec.
Wait a minute!
Bobbie Tucker. She's got her car.
- Heard you're going away to school. - Maybe, maybe.
- What? - Same old Curt.
All the time we were going together, you never knew what you were doing.
- I gotta go. - Where ya goin'?
- Nowhere. - You mind if I come along?
- Okay. - Okay.
Louie, Louie
Me gotta go
A fine little girl She's waitin'for me
Catch a ship across the sea
Sail the ship all alone
Never think I'll make it home
All right, Bolander, break that up. You know the rules.
You and your girlfriend wanna do that, go someplace else, huh?
Hey, Kroot. Why don't you go kiss a duck?
- What did you say? - I said go kiss a duck, marble-head.
All right, Bolander, you are suspended.
Don't you even come in Monday. You're out!
I graduated last semester. Remember?
Why don't we go out to the canal?
What for?
Listen, I can get tough with you too, you know.
Hard guy.
A double Chubby Chuck, a chili-barb, two orders of French fries and...
- Cherry Coke. - And two Cherry Cokes.
What?
Right. Cool.
Hey, Deb. How's my soft baby?
Come on. Beat it, Vic. I'm not your baby.
Come on, honey. So I never called you back.
I been, you know, busy.
Yeah, three weeks?
Besides, it only took me one night to realize...
if brains were dynamite, you couldn't blow your nose.
Look who's talking. Who's the wimp you're hangin' out with now? Einstein?
Tiger happens to be very intelligent, unlike you.
I know everything your dirty little mind is thinking. It shows.
Hey, now, buddy, look. The lady obviously doesn't want...
Look, creep. You want a knuckle sandwich?
No, thanks. I'm waitin' for a double Chubby Chuck.
Then keep your smart-ass mouth shut.
I'll call you sometime, Deb.
- Some night when I'm hard up. - I won't be home.
Get out of here.
You seem to know a lot of weird guys.
That creep's not a friend of mine. He's just... horny.
That's why I like you. You're different.
L... I am? I mean, you really think I'm intelligent?
Yeah. And I bet you're smart enough to get us some brew.
Brew? Oh, liquor.
Yeah, this place is too crowded anyway.
What about your hamburgers and Cokes, sir?
Will you speed up? You're gonna lose her.
Cut around him. Just hang a right at the corner.
Lost her again.
- Who is she? - I don't know.
But I'm gonna find out.
I know who she is.
Well, come on, Bob.
Come on! Who is she?
Come on!
You know Mr. Beeman? He owns Hepcat Jewelers?
That's his wife.
Get outta here.
That's ridiculous. That girl is young and beautiful.
- And married. - And she was cruising Tenth Street.
You gotta be thinkin' of someone else.
Did you know that my ex is going to become a presidential aide?
It's a secret, so don't tell anybody, but his greatest ambition...
is to shake hands with President Kennedy.
How do you suppose you're gonna do that, wishy-washy, at J.C.?
Maybe I've grown up. Maybe I changed my mind.
- Doubt it. - Maybe you don't think you can do it.
- Maybe you oughta shut up. - Maybe I ought to, but I won't.
Maybe you oughta come into the aft chamber...
where we can discuss this in private.
Thanks a lot.
Come on, Wendy.
Move over. I'm not sitting on your lap.
- To the opera, James. - Drop dead.
Unless you want to go to Gallo Dam and have a little orgy.
You wish!
I could pick up some margarine. We could roll around in it for a while.
- I've been silly. - Yeah?
I'm really glad you're gonna stay.
We might even have a class together.
- Maybe. - Look.
There's Kip Pullman. He's so neat.
Say somethin' to him when we go by.
- What do you want me to say? - Anything. I just wanna meet him.
Hey, Kip, buddy. What's up?
Hey, Henderson, long time no see. What you been doin'?
Nothin'.
I just wanted to tell you Bobbie here is madly in love with you...
and trembles at the sight of your rippling biceps.
- Out of my car, you... - Wait a second!
I hate you! Get out of my car!
Temper, temper!
Here it is: One ten-cent Coke with ice.
And don't take all day drinkin' it. Please.
Rats! I thought some of my friends might be here.
Probably a couple of weeks past their bedtime.
There's Dee Dee. I hope she sees me.
Oh, shit. Dee Dee.
Hiya, John.
- What do you say, Al? - Not much.
You think if I brought my Mopar by the shop on Monday...
you could spot-weld the bumper bracket?
Sure, anything. Just come by before noon, all right?
- You met Linda? - No, no. Hi, Linda.
This is my cousin, Carol.
I'm baby-sittin'.
- Baby-sitting! - Jesus! Watch it, will ya?
Been hittin' me all night. Kids will be kids, you know.
Goddamn it! Why don't you grow up, for Christ's sake?
We don't get along too well, you know?
- Been like this all... - You spastic creep.
Hi, cousin. How's your bod?
Wolfman Top 40 is Box 1300, Chula Vista.
Wolfman sweatshirts is Wolf Enterprises, Bakersfield.
- Excuse me, sir. - Yes, son?
I was wondering...
- Could you give me the time? - Sure.
It's quarter to 12:00.
Quarter to 12:00. Good. Thanks a lot.
Excuse me, sir. I got a problem.
See, I lost my I.D. In a flood...
and I was wondering, since you're going in there anyway...
could you pick me up some Old Harper's... hard stuff?
- Would you buy me a bottle? - Why, certainly.
I lost my wife too.
Her name wasn't Idy though...
and it wasn't in a flood, but I know what you...
Yeah, good. Here's some money. Old Harper.
- Quarter to 12:00. - Right-o.
- Night. - Night.
No, not wine!
- Was there an old man in here just now? - Yeah. Just went out the back.
Want something?
Yeah.
Let me have a Three Musketeers...
and a ballpoint pen, one of those combs there...
a pint of Old Harper...
a couple of flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
You got an ID for the liquor?
Yeah.
Oh, nuts. I left it in the car.
Sorry. You'll have to get it before.
I also... I forgot the car.
Did you get it?
You got it!
You didn't get it. Why didn't you get it?
I needed some things and I thought as long as I was in there...
Look, Debbie, can you loan me a dollar?
Are you for real? Come on.
Girls don't pay. Guys pay.
See, I've only got a 50, and he doesn't have change.
I can't believe this. I really cannot believe this.
Here.
- Excuse me. Could you... - Buy you a bottle of booze?
Yeah, I know. You lost your I.D. What kind do you want?
Gee, that's terrific. Just some Old Harper?
That one over there... that's Freddy Benson's 'Vette.
He had a head-on collision with a drunk. Boom!
Didn't have a chance.
He was a good driver too.
It's pretty grim when a guy gets it and it's not even his own fault.
Needs a paint job, that's for sure.
See that over there? That '41?
That used to be... believe it or not... the fastest car in the valley.
I never got a chance to race Earl, though.
He got his 1955 in about the hairiest crash we ever had here.