Hope you stick in the mud.
God, boy, you stink as a driver!
- Hey. Hold it, fellas. Wait. - Quiet.!
- Quiet down. - No, you're kidding.
No. No. I gotta- I-
I'm with my family tonight.
I'm with my family.
Forget about it.
No, they're- These men aren't going out again.
I want you to punch us out. I don't wanna come in.
I got an unbreakable date.
With my wife.
My wife.
With my wife, you moron.
My wife!
Jesus Christ.
The Palisades caved in.
All night we gotta work.
- Oh, come on. - No way. Forget about it.
Forget about it.
No way!
Hey, Chick, there is no way we're gonna work tonight.
Right.
Bravo.!
Last one out's a rotten egg.!
Shh.
Oh, Tony, don't yell at the kids. I don't want anything to go wrong.
Your mother's terribly nervous. Get in the car.
Don't yell at the kids. Please. Don't yell.
Everybody takes it out - Maria, get in that car.
- Angelo, where are your shoes? - Get in the car. Come on, Maria.
You can't go without your shoes. Here.
Hey, Tony, bring another sweater too. A heavier sweater.
- Maria, have you got your pajamas? - I've got the pajamas.
Okay. Oh, Tony, get Angelo's bicycle from in back too, will ya?
- I don't think he heard ya. - Okay. I'll get it. I'll get it. Never mind.
Come on. Get in there. Sit down. All right.
- Where's Mom? - Sit back in the seat.
- Where's Mom? - She's gone to get Angelo's bicycle.
Here. You get the back.
Got it? Okay. How about it? All right?
- Yeah. - Watch your fingers.
- Want it closed? - Wheel. It's that wheel. It's -
- Keep the trunk- - Oh, well. That's all right.
- I'll drive. - Okay. Get in the car, kids.
- All right. Watch your fingers. - Everybody in now.
- I don't wanna go. - Get in the backseat.
- Come on. Give me a kiss. - Okay, Mom. We're all set.
- Okay, okay. - Bye, Mom.
Get your fingers in. Good-bye. Get your fingers.
Wait a minute, Mother.
Mom, listen. If anything happens -
Anything. I mean, if they're impossible, I want you to call me.
I don't care if it's day or night. Do you understand?
- Yes. All right. - You hear what I'm saying, Ma?
- Yes. - Because I don't want any slipups on this.
I don't want you getting chickenshit and not calling me.
- Darling, I can take care of them. - I don't want you saying...
"Mabel's having a wonderful time. I don't want to disturb her"...
while one of my kids is lying there bleeding.
- All right. - Okay?
- All right. - All right. Take off. Let's go.
Don't break my head. Sit down. Everybody back. Everybody back.
Okay. All right. Get back. Sit back.
- Everybody in? - Go.
All right. Turn your wheel. Okay.
- Mom. - Okay.
Okay. All right. Wait a minute.
Okay. Go. All right. All right. Go.
Go. Good-bye. Go.
- Go. - Bye, Mom.
That's it. Go.
Shouldn't have let 'em go. I don't know.
I shouldn't have let 'em go.
I shouldn't have let 'em go. Damn.
I shouldn't have let 'em go.
Hey. Easy, easy, easy.
Keep walking. Keep moving.
Oh! Oh!
Vito, go out there and get 'em started. I wanna talk to Eddie.
What's wrong? You worried about somethin', Nick?
Yeah, yeah. He's got somethin' on his mind.
Why don't you go. I want to talk to him.
- Okay. But if you need a good ear. - Right. Thanks.
Come on. That's right.
I promised her on my life I'd be home tonight.
I promised her that this night was gonna be a love night, a special night, somethin'.
I didn't know this goddamn thing was gonna happen.
Water main in the middle of the night.
Bet you didn't even call her.
I can't call her. How am I gonna call her?
She already sent the kids to her mother's.
She'll climb the walls, break dishes, scream.
Mabel's a delicate, sensitive woman.
Mabel's not crazy.
She's unusual. She's not crazy, so don't say she's crazy.
This woman cooks, sews, makes the bed, washes the bathroom.
What the hell is crazy about that?
I don't understand what she's doing. I admit that.
But I think I know. She's mad at me.
- Well, call her. - You see, there's something wrong with her, Eddie.
- Call her. - She's not like a normal person.
This woman, you know, she could get hit by a car...
burn down the house.
Jesus Christ. I don't know what she can do.
Hi, baby.
Listen, I'm in trouble down here. The -The water main downtown here burst.
The thing busted. The whole thing is busted...
and there's water all over the place.
So -
I'm down here now. I love ya.
It's fine, Nick. Please believe me. It's fine.
You all right?
Yeah.
Baby, I'm gonna make this up to ya. I'm not goin' to work tomorrow.
I'm gonna take the day off tomorrow, and we're gonna be together tomorrow.
All day. All right, sweetheart?
Yeah.
Okay, sweetheart.
You're my girl.
Hey, Nick.! Come on, Nick.! Come on.!
Get on there. Come on.!
Sometimes it looks that way, and sometimes it doesn't.
- Hee. - Hi.
Hi.
Hey, you know Nick stood me up tonight?
After I got the kids over at my mother's and everything.
Why do I care?
My name is... Garson Cross.
- Yeah, I know. - You -You know?
I know, Garson. You got a light?
- Sure. - And a drink?
Sure. I just got paid. I'm loaded.
What's your pleasure?
Seagram's.
Seagram's and what?
Seven Crowns.
Seagram's and Seven Crowns and what?
In the bottle.
Bartender, give me a glass of ice.
- There we go. Over here? - Put it right there.
- And, uh, take that Seagram Seven... - Seagram Seven.
- and pour the lady a drink. - Pour the lady a drink.
- How's that? - Keep goin'.
- Keep goin'? - Keep goin'.
Okay.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
Ah.
Boy, you were thirsty.
Oh, I thought they were yours.
I get no kick from champagne
Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all
So then tell me how can it be true
That I get a kick out of you
- Sing. - I can't sing.
I get no kick from a plane
Flying too high with some guy in the sky is my
Listen. Why don't we go to someplace where it's a little quieter?
I, uh -
I'd take you to my place, but, uh...
it's not very tidy.
Could we go to your place?
We could get some fresh air and get out of this smoke.
Why don't we go to your place?
- Hmm? - Yes. Yes.
Okay.
Why don't we just do that.
- What do I owe you, bartender? - $3.50.
Good luck.
Are you all right, sweetheart?
Oh, please don't be sick.
Just lean on me.
Can you open your eyes? There you are. You're up now.
- This is the place, right? - Mm-hmm.
What -
Hey, cut it out.
Listen, buddy. Knock it off.
Hey, don't! Put - Put me -
Cut it out.
Let me go.
Let... go.
Funny thing. Just a funny thing.
Nick!
No, uh, Garson. Garson Cross.
I'm the one that brought you home last night.
You don't have to get up. It's, uh...
pretty early in the morning.
I - I'm sorry if I disturbed ya.
I - I like to get up early in the morning, walk around and talk to myself.
Are you in there?
Who -Who's Nick?
You're not married, are ya?
I'm gonna have to leave in a minute now.
Listen, if this Nick fella's on your mind...
and you consider me some kind of a threat to him...
or if you're trying to punish him with me or me with him, forget it!
I never met the man.
And don't blame yourself for me if that's what you're doin'.
Are you in the shower?
Okay, as long as the shower's runnin', then you're all right.
At least I hope you're all right.
What's the matter?
I'm not in the mood for games, Nick.
Nick Longhetti. Mabel Longhetti.
Want a cup of coffee?
I'm gonna get a cup of coffee.
I just don't understand that woman.
It's my fault.
Been divorced twice.
I just can't seem to keep a woman.
Mama?
Well, what do you think of him?
I mean, I know you can't like him. He's not your son, but -
Mama!
Kids?
Kids! Kids, where are you?
Nick. Nick, where are my kids?
- Come on. - Hey. It's cold out there.
Come on.
- Nobody home, huh? - She's home.
Yeah.
Mabel?
- Make yourselves at home. - Nick, can I get a glass of water?
Yeah. Eddie, help 'em make themselves at home.
Find a seat, fellas. Make yourselves comfortable.
Mabel.
- Hey, Nick, can I use a glass? - Yeah.
What's the matter?
Hey.
Nothin'.
- Who's with you? - Everybody.
- Did you eat? - No.
Aw, Nick, you must be starving.
Mm-hmm.
Oh, I'll, uh-
I'll get somethin;
I'll get somethin'.
I'll -
I'll be right out there.
Hey. Come on, man.
Everything cool, Nick?
What do you say, big man?
- All right? - How's Mabel?
- Yeah. Good. - Everything all right?
Good. Come on, fellas. Sit down and relax.
- She don't have one of her headaches? - No. Don't be silly. Sit down. Don't worry about it.
Let's go, fellas. Make yourselves at home here.
Jimmy, would you please - the living room.
Hey, this is Mabel.
Come on out here, honey. For-
You know everybody? This is Mabel. For everybody.
- Hi, Mabel. - Hi.
Hi.
Would you like some spaghetti?
- Spaghetti? - Yeah, it's cool.
- Do they all want spaghetti, Nick? - Yeah. Yeah.
- How are you, Mabel? - Oh.
- Clancy, how are you? - All right.
- How are you? Oh. - How you feeling?
- Just fine. Fine. Fine. - All right. All right.
God bless ya, darlin'.
All right. That's enough. Clancy, come on.
Hello, Mabel.
Hello, Bowman. How are you there?
Okay. I'll go in the kitchen and get the spaghetti.
Come on, fellas. Go inside, will ya?
- What the hell is the matter with you? - Hey.!
Get out of this kitchen!
Look at - Look at your shoes, Eddie! They're full of mud.
- Oh, come on. - Look at your feet. There's mud all over your shoes.
Get out of here. Hey, Eddie, put me down. Come on.
- Get out of here, and let me do some work. - Oh, okay.
And cut that out, Eddie!
You want spaghetti?
- Spaghetti again? - Yes.
- Hold - Hold - Hold that. - I'm ready.
- Hold that. - Nicky, did you get the wine?
- I'm ready. - What?
- Eddie, you got the wine on? - Please.
- Eddie! - Hot stuff.
Wine's on. All right. Come on.
- Ready with the sauce? - Yeah.
A little bit at a time. Hold - Hold a minute.
- You got a spoon? - Oh, oh, oh, oh.
- More. - Go ahead.
Do you need this spoon? Here.
A little more. All right, that's good.
- Okay. Yeah. - All right.
Come on. Bring it out. Okay.
- We got the wine, glasses. - I need something to put this on.
- Huh? - This is hot.
- He's got the cutting board in there. - What?
Gangway. Hot stuff.
- Hey. - Outta the way. Hot stuff, hot stuff.
Sit down. It doesn't make any difference.
- Anywhere? - Sit down, fellas. We're ready.
- I'm gonna sit here. - Down here, Billy.
Hot stuff.
- Let's hear it for Gino. - Bravo, Gino.
- Yeah, Gino! - Bravo!
- Pass 'em down. - Comin' down.
Okay.
Here you go.
- Whose idea was this? - It was Nick's idea.
Everybody get bread down that end down there?
- Some sauce. - Billy, sauce.
I don't want no bread. No.
- What's your name? - Help - Help yourselves.
- What's your name? - You don't remember me?
I was here three weeks ago with Nick.
We had dinner.
- Bread? - Veronica is my wife.
The kids were playing outside. You don't remember that?
I remember your wife. I don't remember you.
Hey, Nick, guess what she is.
"Crazy."
- Want a beer? - Sit down.
- Who wants beer? Billy? Morton? - No. No, thanks.
- Aldo? James? - No, I'm drinking wine.
How's the sauce?
- What's your name? - Terrific.
Grimaldi. Vito Grimaldi. A friend of Nick's.
Thanks. Hey, pass the sauce. Why not?
Need a little more sauce, boys.
Give me the sauce.
I gotta play catch-up here.
I'm having trouble.
Billy.
Twirl it. Use the spoon.
Twirl it against the spoon.
- Like that? - No.
- Oh, man. Come on. - Oh, no.!
- Jesus Christ. - It's all over my shoes.
- Christ's sake! - Can't take you anyplace.
Shit.
- Now eat it. Go ahead and eat it. - Look at ya.
You want another plate?
- That's dirty. Here. Give him some more. - Please.
- There. That's good. Here. Here. - There. Get rid of this.
Get rid of that. Get rid of that.
- Pass the cheese here. - Here's some more junk, man.
Whoo!
- Now, where was I? - Take some cheese.
- Cheese. - What's your name?
Me? Oh, uh, uh, Morton.
Joseph.
- Cheese? - I'm Mabel.
- How are you? - All right. How about you?
I'll hold it.
And, uh, uh...
next to you.
- What- What's your name? - James Turner.
- I work with Nick.
I'm Mabel Longhetti. I live with Nick.
Take that.
And you - handsome.
Yeah. You.
Billy. Billy Tidrow.
- Billy Tidrow. - Yeah.
- Billy Tidrow. - Can I have some bread?
- Tidrow. - Tidrow.
- Tidrow. Right.
- Right. Right. - And they call me Mighty Mouse.
Mickey Mouse.
Mighty Mouse.
Raise 'em.
Here's to everybody. Welcome. God bless you.
Um, eat a lot and live a long time.
Hey.
To Mabel.
To Mabel!
Don't worry.
Aren't you gonna ask where the kids are?
They're at your mother's.
How many kids do you have?
- Three. - Three.
Isn't that right, Nick?
As far as I know.
- I've got seven. - Seven?
- Seven. - Seven.!
- Seven kids. - That's what he said. Seven.
Handsome, how many you have?
Me? I got a bunch of'em.
Let's see.
I got Robert, I got William.
I got, uh, Mary.
Um-
I got Pee-Wee.
Um, I left one out.
Pee-Wee's 14.
There's one more somewhere.
Um, I got John.
That's a good Irish-Catholic boy, huh?
He's a good somethin;
You know, I've been noticing that the neighborhood has a lot more kids.
Did you notice that?
All up and down the street. All up and down.
Little kids, baby carriages, kids crawlin'.
What is that when there's a lot of kids? Is that in the air?
- It's somewhere. - Hmm?
I mean, you go eight, nine months, you don't see a kid.
A couple years pass by, never see a kid.
All of a sudden, I see a lot of baby carriages, a lot of babies.
- I think it's in the air. - Excuse me.
- No, the moon. - What?
Yeah. Remember when the two astronauts went up to the moon?
They went and played golf. They played golf.
So, some of the dust came down.
"Stronzium" or, uh -
Maybe the woman smell that.
The moon.
Ah, the moon.
No.
Listen, what I mean is you can go eight, nine months, you won't see a kid.
- Well, it takes that long. - No. I never see a kid a couple of years...
all of a sudden I see a lot of baby carriages, a lot of babies.
A couple of'em gotta be mine.
No, I think that's in the air.
- Well, that'll be- - No, think back nine months ago.
- There has to be some romance going on. - Oh, yeah.
I don't know.
It wasn't me.
No?
I think it's in the air.
- Oh, ho, ho, ho. - "In the air."
Well, that is where it is.
Billy, where's that?
- How about that, Billy? - They was really gettin'down.
Bravo! Bravo!
Bravo, Willie!
Encore.!
Bravo.! Bravo.!
Bravo! Bravo!
- Word, word, word. - Okay, okay. Now a song from you, Billy Tidrow.
No, I can't sing. I can't sing a note.
Well, come on and dance then. Anybody can dance.
No, that ain't too cool.
I love this face. I love that face.
Nick, this is what I call a really handsome face.
- That's enough. - Okay. Come on. Let's dance.
- Nah, nah, nah. - Look at this muscle.
- That's enough. - I never saw such muscles. I bet he doesn't fit in a suit.
- Yeah, I fit. - Mabel, you had your fun. That's enough.
Come on. Come on. Let's dance, Aldo.
- Come on. - All right. Everybody's tired. That's enough.
Come on. You wanna dance?
- No. - Um -
- Vito Grimaldi. - Get your ass down.!
Hello. Hi, Ma.
Hello, Mama!
No, we're not doing anything. We're just eating.
What's the matter? What do you feel?
Where? In your abdomen?
What does that mean? Did you call a doctor?
Look, Ma. Don't get stubborn about doctors.
It's my mother. She's got a pain in her abdomen.
Hmm. HO3-7399. So call them.
Ma, I can't call them. What am I gonna tell 'em?
You gotta call 'em. You gotta explain to 'em where the pain came from.
Ma, did you eat somethin' bad?
You ate fish?
You ate fish in a restaurant.
What restaurant?
You ate fish at Hamburger Heaven. What did you do that for, Ma?
Uh, thank you for the dinner, Mabel. It was very nice.
You’re just like a baby. You know that?
- Look, I'll be over. - See you later.
- I'm comin' over. I'll be right over. - Thanks for everything.
You want Mabel? Huh?
- All right. I'll be over. - See you later, Nick.
- All right, darling. Comin' over. - See ya, Mabel.
- Hey, listen. - See you later, Nick.
- When your mother gets sick, boy... - Take it easy.
it often comes to mind they're not gonna last forever.
Yeah.
- Right. - I was trying to be nice.
- Wacko! - I like your friends.
I know it.
I'm a warm person. I was -
- I know that. - I'm not one of those stiffs that you like...
with their noses up in the air.
Bung, bung. With their noses up in the air.
Oh, oh, how awfully nice.
Oh. Mmm. Thank you. Oh.
I know how to treat those guys. I want them to feel-
I love those guys. I love 'em. I love anybody you bring in the house, Nick.
- I know that! - I want 'em to feel comfortable.
I want 'em to feel -They just sit there like a bunch of- I want to -
What in the hell are you talking about? You didn't do anything wrong.
- It was just the way you was lookin'- - "Sit down, Mabel!"
- "Sit down!" - Billy was looking at you this way.
He don't know you don't do any harm.
It's the way the guy looked at ya.
Here's the guy. He's looking at you like this.
He don't know what to do. This monkey don't know what to do.
He thinks you mean somethin'.
He don't know you don't mean it.
I don't mind you being a lunatic.
Nicky.
Not lunatic.
I didn't do anything wrong?
What, Nicky?
Nicky, tell me. Just -
Nicky, don't be afraid to hurt my feelings.
Tell me what you want me to - how you want me to be.
I can be that.
I can be anything. You tell me, Nicky.
Hi, Mom. Hi, Pop.
What are you doing here?
- How did you get in here? - Through the window.
Are Maria and Angelo here too? My mother? Everybody?
Well, your father's trying to get a little sleep. I mean, he's -
Should I let them in, or should I take the books and get out?
Oh.
- She goes crazy. - Tony, come here.
- Is everything all right? - Couldn't be better. Come on in.
Come in and shut that door.
Oh, Nick. I'm sorry to wake you up. Really I am.
Where's Mabel?
- Bathroom. - Is she angry?
No, I think she's washing.
Oh.
My-
They-They worked you awfully hard last night, didn't they?
- Mm-hmm. - That was a heck of a long shift.
Mmm.
Well, I'll tell you. I'll go make you a nice cup of hot coffee. How about that?
- No, darling. I'm gonna try and get some rest. - Hello, Ma.
Hello. Hi.
- Where are the kids? - Uh, upstairs.
- Why are they upstairs? - Uh, books. Uh, h-he had to come back-
- Tony had to have his books. - Didn't we take all of that last night? We piled the whole car full of everything.
Could we have this discussion in the living room?
Because I'm trying to get some sleep.
No offense, but I'd really like to get some sleep.
Sorry, sweetheart.
Guess what, Pop.
I just learned how to whistle back and forth like this.
And I whistle with two fingers stuck in my mouth.
- And I whistle lots of other ways too. - Congratulations.
You learn fast, Angie.
We're gonna watch the ball game on TV tonight, aren't we, Dad?
- I don't know, Tony. I'm tired. I'm trying to get some rest. - How about it, Pop?
- How about what? - How about my whistling? Can you do it?
What the hell is going on here? These kids are supposed to be in school.
- Maria, get up. On your feet. - It's okay.
On your feet. Let's go. Let's go. Come on.
Come on. Maria. Will you come on.
- Mama. - Don't call me Ma, Nick. My name is Mabel. I don't like to be called Ma.
- Come over here anyway. - N -They've gotta go to school.
Come over here anyway.
All right, kids. Back in bed.
All you kids, back in bed.
Back up here. All together now.
Come on now. All together again.
"Jingle Bells."
No good whistling. Just air, just air.
Grandma, where are you?
- Grandma, where are you? - Grandma, where are you? Grandma, where are you?
- Is something wrong? - Grandma, in bed.
- No, I'm gonna make the coffee. - In bed.
- You didn't want any, but I'm gonna make some now. - Come on. Everybody in bed.
- I just don't think I can. - Come on, Grandma. In bed.
- Everybody in bed. - I - I'll just sit, Nick.
- You gonna come back with us? - No.
Come on. Here comes Grandma.
Here's Grandma.
- Hi. - All right.
Hi, sweetheart. How are all of you?
I'm glad to see you.
It's a nice family, isn't it?
So, what'd you do last night?
Oh, we had fun.
We baked a cake, and he rode his bicycle, and -
I got a great idea.
When you get home from school, we're gonna have a party.
We're gonna talk about terrific things, and we're gonna do some very interesting, important things...
after you get back from school, okay?
- But I can't find my darn books. - Well, uh -
- I'll find 'em if it takes all my darn life. - Yeah.
I'll be in the car.
- Mom, you gonna drive 'em or not? - Sure.
- Sure, I'll - I can take them right now. - Okay.
- I'll get 'em. We'll -We'll go. - Yeah.
- Oh, Nick, I'm so sorry... to wake you up. - It's all right, darling.
- No, it was nothing. - Yeah, it - it was something.
- You were trying to rest. - Don't worry about it.
- Good-bye, sweetheart. - Good-bye, darling.
- And sleep now and rest. - Yeah.
She'll bring you the coffee later.
- All right, darling. - I won't do it again.
- We're going to school now, and I'm gonna take 'em.
- And we'll be gone so you-all can rest. - Terrific. Terrific.
Okay. Bye.
Tony, come on.
Okay, kids. Chop-chop.
Five, four, three, two, one, zero, blast off!
Hello?
Nick, it's the city. They need you.
Tell 'em I'm not comin' in.
He says he's not comin' in.
Tell 'em I'm not Superman!
What the hell do they think I am? Superman?
He says he's not Superman.
What the heck do you think he is? Superman?
What did you do? You hung up?
Oh.
- You gonna be all right? - Yeah.
After work I'm gonna see my mother. I got the guilts.
Okay.
You gonna be all right?
Why do you keep asking me that?
Think there's something wrong with me or something?
That I'm wacko or something?
Boy, I can hardly wait for the kids to come home.
All of a sudden I miss everyone.
I don't know why.
What time is it, please? 'Cause I'm waiting for my kids in school...
and I don't know what time the school -
Hey, you. Hey, you've got a watch on.
Will you tell me the time?
I'll go get some of those chains on your shoes.
Big deal.
Geez louise. Do you have the time, please? 'Cause I'm wait -
Hey, listen, you birds. I'm waitin' for my kids at school.
Do you mind giving me the time? Do ya?
What's the matter with you? What's the -
Do you have your tongues?
Big -
Babies, come on.
Come on, babies. Come on, sweethearts.
Come on. Come on. Come on.
That's it. Come on.
Vroom!
Okay, come on. Hey, sweetheart. Hello, hello, hello.
How are you? Mrs. Jensen's coming over with the kids.
I thought we'd have some fun.
Maria, hi.
Thank you. Thank you.
Oh.
Go. Whoo-hoo!
Look who won. Did you win, or did Angelo win?
Oh! Cheater.
Oh! Oh!
Whoo! Whoo! Oh!
Oh, I hope you kids never grow up. Never.
You know, I never did anything in my whole life...
that was anything except I made you guys.
I made you and you and you.
Oh!
Oh, my head. What a headache.
- Let me rub your back, Mom. - Whoo! Help.
Oh, yes. Oh, yes. That feels good.
Why do hands feel so good? Do you know?
Hey, listen, can I ask you kids a question about me?
Huh? Can I?
When you see me, you know, do you feel...
"Oh, I know her. That's Mom"?
Or do you ever think- I mean, do you ever think of me as, uh -
as, uh, dopey or mean or- or, uh -
No, you're smart, you're pretty...
you're nervous too.
Oh.
Thank you, honey. Thank you.
Give me your hand here, would ya?
Hey, look at that. I didn't even know what a big hand you had.
- I play ball. - Look at these lines.
Look it. I had no idea you had all these lines.
And you got a great big wrist.
- Boy. Hey, make a muscle for me, will ya? - Ah, Ma, for God's sake.
Please. Come on. Remember the way you used to do your arm like that?
Okay. There it is. Solid flab.
Okay. Now let me feel it, huh?
- Is that the best you can do? - It's the best I can do, Mom.
You see how good this whole thing is?
You see how good it is we're talkin' like this?
- Do you see how good it is? Do ya? - Hey, there's the Jensens' car!
Oh, hey, come on. Inside. Come on. Everybody inside. Let's go.
Come on. Come on, Maria. Let's go. That's it.
Okay, take off your coats.
Okay, keep down. Keep down.
Okay. Okay.
Here they come.
Hello! Hello!
- Uh, I'm Harold Jensen. Uh, my son John - - Yeah, come on inside.
Don't just stand there on the outside. This is a house where people come in. Hello, hello.
- My wife couldn't make it. - Oh, yes. Well, I'm sorry.
Tony, you know the kids. And, uh -And this is Mr. Jensen, right?
¿Cómo está usted?
- He's speaking Spanish. - Bien, bien.
Hey. Hey. How about that? Do you want some tea?
No, thank you. I just thought I'd drop the kids off.
- I have to pick up something down at the stationers. - Ah.
- You're uncomfortable, aren't you? - Well, no.
Yeah, you are. Just a little bit uncomfortable.
Come on. Come on. Hey. Come on.
Hey, that's a nice ring.
Come on. Come on. A little smile. Come on. Come on. Let's have some fun.
Hey, that's it. Come on.
Let's have a little fun. You wanna play with the kids?
All right. Careful, Angela. Don't drop it.
Okay. Here we go.
Okay. That's it, Tony. Put it right over on the table, honey.
- Wow! - What do you think, huh? Huh?
- Wow.! - Yeah.
Okay, put it right next to the punch. Right on the table. Okay?
- Okay. - That's it. Be careful.
That's it. That's it.
Terrific. Right there. Bravo! Great.
Do you dance?
Oh, that's too bad, because -
Hey, kids, it's time to dance.
You see that? Once they get together, they're not interested in anything.
That's what you have to break. You have to break through that and make 'em interested in things.
In, uh, languages, in singing, dancing.
- Jokes even. Fun, everything. - Can I have my tea now?
Oh, screw the tea. What's the matter with you?
Hey, you hear that?
You don't believe in miracles? That's Swan Lake.
That's perfect. That's perfect!
Hey, kids. Kids. Girls. This is Swan Lake.
You remember the dying swan?
Come on. That's - Come and die for Mr. Jensen.
Come on, guys. We'll be the chorus. Come on. You take Tony's hand.
Here. Come on. Come on.
Come on. Tony. Come on.
We'll go around this way, and we'll be the chorus for 'em.
Come on.
Die for Mr. Jensen.
Okay. Come on.
Come on, girls. Die for Mr. Jensen. Come on.
Come on, Maria. You know the dying swan. Come on. Come on.
That's it. That's it.
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
Bravo! Come on! They just died for you. Come on.
Yeah. I love you too. Hold on.
I'll get her.
Mama, Pa's on the telephone.
Well, tell him we're in the middle of a party.
Okay. I'll tell him you don't wanna talk to him.
No. Don't tell him that. That's not what I said. Wait a minute.
Here. I'll get it. Never mind. I'll get it.
Hello, Nick? Hello. It's working.
Oh. I'm sorry. I'm out of breath.
It's working. Listen, I'm a great mother.
I not only- I not only love our kids...
I love the Jensen kids, I love Mr. Jensen.
Ah, they're all wonderful. They're beautiful.
I'm never gonna be mean again. Never.
Yeah. Mr. Jensen. Oh, he was such a stiff when he came over...
but I got him loosened up.
You know, I got him dancing, and I got him singing.
- Hello? Hello? - What's the matter, Mom?
Damn telephones!
Okay.
Okay, now we've got one of two choices.
We can, uh, do our homework...
or we could, uh, make costumes.
Yea!
You want to make costumes? Okay.
All right. Maria, you take the girls up and put on some eye shadow and lipstick...
and some of those crazy, you know, costumes you do.
And, uh, Tony, you, um, do the pirate thing...
with the -with the patch on the eye and some, uh, earrings and scarves.
You know which ones I mean, don't you? Okay?
What's your name again?
- Harold. - Harold.
Your first name?
Harold.
Harold? Oh, you poor thing.
You can't name somebody Harold.
Hey, would you dance with me?
Hmm?
I'm worried about the kids - about leaving them here with you.
Which kids?
About the - my kids, leaving them here.
And the reason I'm worried is that...
you've been actin' a little strange.
Uh, I - I wonder if you've been aware of that or not.
Who did all this? Where did all these - Who took all these clothes out?
- Who did this? - Me.
Who took- You?
Why did you do this?
Why?
Why? This is not your house.
Come on. Get up. Get up.
Now get dressed! Don't stand there! Get dressed!
Take this off and get dressed. Come on.
Put it on. Pick this all up now.
Where's your brother John?
John.
Adrienne, take off those clothes. Come on. We're going home.
Daddy will help you dress.
- John, where's your clothes? - Downstairs.
- Go downstairs and get 'em. - Yes, sir.
- I'm awfully sorry. - Yes.
I really wanted it to be nice.
I know you did.
Maria. Maria, where are you going, Maria?
- Maria. Come here, Maria. - Maria, come here. Come over-
- Maria, come here. - Please, Maria.
Why aren't you having any clothes on, darling?
Who took your clothes? This kid is naked.
All right, Mama. Come here. Now, who took off your clothes?
Tell Daddy. Who took off your clothes? Hmm?
Who took off your clothes? Please tell Daddy.
- Mama. - Who? Mommy?
Mommy took your clothes off, darling?
All right. Come on. We'll get some clothes on.
Hurry up.
All right. That's it. Just-Just leave her alone. Leave her alone.!
What the hell is goin' on here? What are you doin' in my room?
- Can I talk to you a minute? - Get out!
Nick.
See what you made me do? Huh?
Having a party? Get out of here.
Take your kids and get out of here.
- John, where's your shoes? - Upstairs.
Go up - Go upstairs, find 'em, put 'em on.
Adrienne, help pick this stuff up.
Good. All right. Come on. Clean up.
Forget about that. Just get out.
Come on, honey. Let's go. Come on.
John.
- What? - John. Well, come on. Where's your shoes?
I can't find 'em.
Where you goin'?
Look, I'm fed up with you, your kids, your wife and your whole family!
I'm gonna get my kid!
Ooh.! Stop it.!
Nicky.! Nicky.! Nicky.!
- Mama, for Christ's sake! - You're gonna kill him.! Stop.!
Get out of here.! Get out of here.!
- Get out.! I'll kill you and your kids.! - John, come on.
Now get outta here and stay on your side!
What the hell are you doin'?
Get outta here! What are you doin'? Get out!
Is Dr. Zepp there?
Who's this? Katherine, where's Dr. Zepp?
Well, I've been waiting. He's not here.
Well, where could he be, Katherine?
No, nobody's sick. Mabel's crazy.
Where's Dr. Zepp?
- I mean, where is he, Katherine? - He's on his way.
- Well, goddamn it, he's not here! - Please don't talk to me like that.
I'm sorry, Katherine. Now, could he stop off anyplace or what?
- No. - I mean, is it gonna be five minutes or 10 minutes? What is it gonna be?
Jesus Christ!
Never mind.
Don't get up. Don't move. You don't move.
Ma!
Ma.! Ma.!
No. Just stay there, or I'll kill ya.!
Don't need your help! Get my own cigarettes.
Don't need anybody's help.
My own.
You're gonna be committed.
Goin' to the hospital until you get better.
You just, uh -
You got embarrassed, and you made a jerk of yourself. That's all.
I make a jerk of myself every day. I'm -
I'm not sore at you.
I mean, you hit me. You never did that before. I-
Didn't feel that, if that's what you-
you feel bad about.
I-
I always understood you, and you always understood me...
and that was always just...
how it was, and that's it.
"Till death do us part," Nick. You said it.
Remember? He said, "Do you, Mabel Mortensen, take this man?"
"I do." "I do", Nick.
"I do."
Remember, I said...
"It's gonna work because I'm already pregnant. "
Don't let that mind run away on you now.
Remember how you laughed?
- Don't, Mabel. - Nick. You laughed.
- Don't. - Don't you remember?
And he was mad as a big toad.
Don't do that.
Hey, don't be sad.
I know you love me.
- Hey. - We had plenty of time to find that out, didn't we?
You and I know.
You see that, Nick? That's how close we are.
And they can't pull us apart. They can't force us apart.
'Cause...
we're together.
I don't know who you are.
Don't say that, honey.
I'm not sore at you. I'm not mad or anything.
Mabel...
don't.
You sit there and pretend you-
All of that doesn't mean- And you know.
You know.
It's us.
- You're going with them out there on the outside. - Be still.
- And we're supposed to be on the inside. We were always there. - Shut up!
You little...
teeny...
skinny, little...
bug.!
Nick. What's wrong?
It's all right. It's all over.
Hello, Mabel.
Oh, Mabel. Gee, you're beautiful.
- Hello, Margaret. - Hello.
- You look great. - How are ya?
What's up?
Nobody here needs a doctor.
I had the hiccups a little while ago, but I got rid of'em.
What's up?
Has she been drinking?
Sure.
Oh, sure. I've been drinking. This is a drink, huh?
Sure.
Mabel, did you take a pill?
Did you take any pills?
- A pill? - Mm-hmm.
Ah.
- Is morphine a pill? - Mmm.
Sure, I've taken pills. I've...
taken vitamin pills and, uh...
sleeping pills.
Uppers, downers, inners, outers.
What did you tell him, Mama? That I drink?
Yes. You drink.
Listen, Zepp. I- I am a little upset. I-
That's why I- I- I act upset a little bit, I guess...
and I look upset, but...
occasionally I calm down.
You do calm down.
I do have anxieties, though.
Don't let this woman in my house.
By the staircase.
She's guarding that staircase.
Up above are my children in my house.
This. This. This. This. That.
Mabel, what's troubling you?
What trouble?
Well, you said you were upset.
Did you and Nick have a fight?
Nick, I get - I get the idea there's...
some kind of a conspiracy going on here.
I mean, you've been looking at me so quiet-like and, uh -
- He's got something in that bag. - Don't be concerned about this bag.
He's going to try to imprison me with something in that bag.
- Don't be concerned about this bag. - Am I right?
- Don't be concerned about this bag. - Am I right, Nick?
Am I right, Nick?
Mabel, would you please make me a drink?
Ah!
- You -You want a drink, Zepp? - Yeah.
- You want a martini, Zepp? - Yeah. Mm-hmm.
- You wanna have a little fun? You don't mind making a drink? - No, I don't mind.
Nah! You want a drink, Zepp?
Okay.
The ice is in the kitchen and - and the vermouth is in the -
It's right past her.
Vodka. On the left there.
You make the drink, Zepp, and... I'll watch them.