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Ann's Decision
Newly divorced and scared Ann Romano is up for her first decision. Her older daughter Julie wants to go on a camping trip with her friend and a couple of boys. Julie threatens to leave her mother and live with her Dad unless Ann says she can go.
Newly divorced and scared Ann Romano is up for her first decision. Her older daughter Julie wants to go on a camping trip with her friend and a couple of boys. Julie threatens to leave her mother and live with her Dad unless Ann says she can go.
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00:01This is it. This is it. This is life. The one you get. So go and have a ball. This
00:09is it. This is it. Straight ahead. And rest assured. You can't be sure at all.
00:15So while you're here, enjoy the view. Keep on doing what you do. Hold on tight. We'll muddle through. One
00:24day at a time. One day at a time. So up on your feet. Somewhere there's music playing. Don't you
00:33worry not. Just take it like it's off. One day at a time. One day at a time. One day
00:42at a time.
00:43One day at a time. One day at a time. One day at a time.
00:54Hi-ya! Hi-ya! Hi-ya! Hi-ya! Hi-ya! Hi-ya! Don't tell me. You're warming up for another
01:03exciting date with all hands Johnson.
01:06Hi-ya! No, I'm warming up to play racquetball with Julie and Mom. You know, you really should come to
01:11the gym with us sometimes, Max.
01:12You'd have a good time. Oh, thanks. But not tonight. Tonight I'm taking my first lesson in night flying.
01:16That scares me. Why? Well, because I love you. Uh-huh. Take your pants off. Wait a second!
01:27I have to iron them, dummy. Aw, shoot. I wanted to get a picture for the Christmas cards.
01:34Yeah, I wish we had an ironing board in the camper.
01:37Max! What?
01:39Well, she's family.
01:42So, where's your mother?
01:43What do you want, an audience?
01:45She didn't come home for dinner.
01:47Yeah. Between work and school, she seems to have forgotten that she has a home.
01:50I never see her anymore.
01:52Maybe she's having an affair?
01:54No, you can always tell.
01:56She gets a dumb smile on her face.
01:59She's becoming a workaholic.
02:01Hi, everybody.
02:03Oh, um, oh, now I remember. Hi, Mom.
02:07I have heard so much about you.
02:10I'm so glad I finally get to meet you.
02:12Okay. So, I missed dinner one night.
02:17Two nights.
02:18A week. A month.
02:20Hi, Shorty.
02:22Well, if it isn't a proud bird with a golden tail.
02:28Mother, a jelly donut. You're gonna spoil your dinner.
02:31No, I won't. This is my dinner.
02:33You're gonna need some real energy to play racquetball.
02:35Oh, I'm sorry.
02:37I can't go to the gym tonight.
02:39Got a business appointment.
02:40Mother, you're being consumed by your work.
02:43I mean, you're running around like crazy, gulping down junk food.
02:47And now, for dessert, a nutritious roll-aid.
02:50Oh, look. Come on. I'm fine.
02:52Right now, I gotta change and get over to Simpson's Mortuary.
02:56New account.
02:58Well, if you have to wait, don't lie down.
03:02I'm telling you, that woman is making me look bad.
03:04She's twice my age.
03:05Not quite.
03:08Almost twice my age.
03:09And she is. She's doing twice the work.
03:11Okay. So, I love it.
03:14Don't discourage her, Max.
03:15She keeps claiming that one of these days, she's gonna take us to Tahiti.
03:18Ooh, am I included?
03:19Maybe I can get some color on these knees.
03:21Gotta run.
03:22You ought to try walking, Shorty.
03:24You know, you'll still get there.
03:25Oh, come on. Look, you guys. I'm fine.
03:27Last week, I saw a doctor.
03:28He said I was terrific.
03:30Did he give you a thorough physical?
03:32Thorough enough, considering it was our first date.
03:37Okay, everybody in the shower.
03:40China, what the hell were you doing in our bathroom?
03:41Hooking up your brand new magic massage pulsating shower head.
03:47Well, it is about time.
03:49I ordered it three months ago.
03:50I think with a little effort, we could have gotten it sooner.
03:52Huh? Huh?
03:55She seem a little uptight to you.
03:56Snyder, I got a lot of things on my mind.
03:59Okay?
03:59Yeah, well, maybe this shower head is exactly what you need.
04:02See?
04:02It's got four settings, depending on your mood.
04:05It's got soothing, tingling, invigorating, and hurt me mama.
04:14Thank you, Snyder.
04:17I gotta go.
04:18I gotta go to the mortuary.
04:19I don't want to be late.
04:19Well, you don't want to be early.
04:23It's for her work, Snyder.
04:25Oh, yeah?
04:25Well, that makes her a working stiff.
04:30Mom!
04:32I guess she's not home yet.
04:35Barbara, which burger is yours?
04:37Uh, one with all the ketchup.
04:42I found it.
04:45Bob, will you get the phone?
04:49Oh.
04:52Hello?
04:54Yes, this is her daughter.
04:57What?
04:58What happened?
05:01Oh, no.
05:02Julie, what's the matter?
05:03It's Mom.
05:04She's in the hospital.
05:05It's her heart.
05:07Is she going to be okay?
05:10I see.
05:11Uh, thank you.
05:13Let her know.
05:13We gotta go right now.
05:16Come on.
05:16All right, kid, now let...
05:17Julie, you're bleeding.
05:18Schneider, we have to go to the hospital.
05:19Wait a minute.
05:20Let me just stop the flow of...
05:21Relish?
05:24Schneider!
05:25It's Mom.
05:26She's had a heart attack.
05:28She's had a heart attack.
05:29She's had a heart attack.
05:31A heart attack?
05:36Excuse me, is this the coronary care unit?
05:38Yes, it is.
05:39And it looks like you got here just in time.
05:41Don't try to talk, sir.
05:43I'm not having a heart attack.
05:46Just sit down.
05:47No, no, no, no, it's not him.
05:49Look, we went to the emergency room, and they told us to come up here.
05:51We're looking for our mother, our mother, Anne Romano.
05:54Can we see her?
05:55I'll have to check with the attending physician.
05:57Please wait here.
06:12Julie, what was...
06:13She's gonna be okay.
06:14Barbara, she's gotta be okay.
06:18I wish they'd tell us something.
06:21Well, you know what they say.
06:22Hey, no news is no news.
06:28I mean, how big an attack could she have?
06:31She's such a little woman.
06:35Just a theory of mine.
06:37Girls.
06:40Miss Romano is under sedation.
06:43But I'll let you see her for a minute.
06:46Julie?
06:47Yeah, me too.
06:51Look, kids, don't...
06:53Don't worry.
06:54Your mother is as strong as an ox.
06:57A cute little pink ox.
07:00Yes, we're okay.
07:03But...
07:12I don't know.
07:17There we go.
07:22There we go.
07:23There we go.
07:25Bell.
07:25There we go.
07:27We go.
07:34she looked so pale
07:37she hardly even moved
07:40she's gonna be okay
07:41yeah did you see all those wires and gadgets
07:43they had her hooked up to
07:44yeah i know
07:47she looked like the bionic woman getting a tune-up
07:54can you please stop pacing
07:56you're making me nervous
07:56i'm sorry i'm sorry
08:24pace schneider pace
08:34are you the cooper girl
08:35yes yes we are we're all together
08:38these girls are my uncles
08:39yes we are
08:40hi i know you're anxious to talk about your mother
08:42excuse me my dear
08:44if you don't mind
08:45we'd rather hear it from the doctor
08:47i'm a nurse
08:57she's the doctor
09:02ellie bradshaw cardiologist
09:05dwayne schneider
09:07surprised
09:10why don't we sit down
09:11let me get a chair
09:13i'm barbara and this is my sister julie
09:16now how was our mother doctor
09:18well it's a little too early to tell
09:20but so far there are no complications and we are very hopeful
09:24thank god
09:25thank god
09:26we uh we did some blood tests we're doing some more along with ekgs and we should have some definite
09:31results later tomorrow
09:33i just want you to know that if she needs a transplant i just want you to know that if
10:01she needs a transplant i'm here
10:02they don't want heart attacks
10:03they give them
10:09uh mr schneider sex is not a determining factor in heart problems
10:13thank god
10:19actually women don't get nearly as many heart attacks as men at this age but now that we're going for
10:25equal jobs pay pressures and we're smoking like chimneys we're bound to get our share of heart attacks
10:31now i see that your mother holds down a job she goes to college runs a household
10:36now that's a loaded situation you don't handle it properly
10:41is your mom the kind of person who controls her emotions
10:45yes
10:49she usually controls them
10:50yeah that's with her with me she just lets it fly
10:53that's that's the best thing she could do let it out
10:57well what can we do for her now
10:59well look doctor no offense but maybe maybe this is not what it seems you know
11:04i mean i know for example i mean sometimes i'll have a dinner down at at benny's beanery and i
11:10mean i'll feel like afterwards that i'm having a heart attack you know
11:14i mean uh his chili should be served by paramedics
11:20schneider i'm sorry i'm just i'm running off at the mouth i'm just nervous i'm nervous
11:24i'm nervous it's okay i know
11:25look she's young she's strong and apparently very feisty
11:29now about the only thing we can do right now is wait and uh maybe say a little prayer
11:35doctor you're a scientist uh do you believe that a prayer is going to help
11:39well something got me through medical school
11:42talk to you later
11:46well you want to give it a shot
11:47sure right here in the hall he can hear
11:51no it's just i feel so guilty
11:53the only time i pray anymore is when i want something
11:56yeah i know what you mean but it never hurts to check in
11:59why don't we sit down
12:05dear lord hello
12:10it's me again
12:13duane schneider from secaucus
12:16i'm here today with these two fine young women
12:19i know it's been a long time
12:22actually hasn't been that long
12:24i think the last time was when i had a blowout on the interstate
12:33the thing is
12:35lord is that we're in we're in a lot of trouble three of us see
12:38the mother of these two fine young girls
12:41ms romano
12:44i don't know if you're up on ms
12:45it's
12:48it's an abbreviation something nobody knows what the hell for you
12:54anyway we don't want to lose
12:56ms romano we want her to be okay
12:58so if you will uh grant us this one wish for ms romano then that would make the three of
13:05us
13:05very happy so that's all i have to say and uh goodbye and uh thank you and amen amen
13:17she's awake
13:18can we can we talk to her
13:20well all of you shouldn't go in
13:23okay for a moment
13:25just don't overstimulate her
13:27maybe i shouldn't go in
13:30i'm sure it'll be all right
13:32hi mom
13:34how you doing
13:35hi
13:37i love you
13:40how you feeling mama
13:43i don't know
13:44i don't know
13:45all i can smell is ketchup
13:52how you there caratop
13:54oh
13:55neither
13:55you're here
13:58well the important thing
13:59is you're here
14:02what'd the doctor say
14:04oh the doctor said you're doing great
14:07i mean i can believe it
14:08i mean look at this private room
14:10no smog problems
14:13snorting it straight out of the bottle
14:15and you got your own hospital stock report there
14:22look at that
14:25what does that say there
14:26let's see uh sheets are up bedpans are down
14:31hospital gowns are opening higher
14:33will you call mom and mr connors
14:39yes mom
14:40look you don't have to worry about anything at home either
14:42we're gonna take care of it okay
14:44yeah i got plenty of clean dishes to last till you get back
14:47i think you better leave now
14:54you take care of yourself
14:56annie
14:58okay
15:01dwayne
15:03tell you what i'm gonna do
15:05i'm gonna send over the cheering up committee from the lodge
15:10they got an act i'm telling you there's six guys there
15:13they got hula skirts on you know
15:15and they got they got mop heads for hair you know
15:19you laugh so much you like to die
15:25they're out of state for the weekend
15:30don't take too long girls
15:33we'll be outside mom
15:38mom please you don't have to say it mom we know where it is
15:42okay
15:45bonnie what becomes important
15:48when i realized what had happened
15:52the first thing i thought of
15:56was how much i love you too
15:59and we love you
16:01we'll be right outside if you need us okay
16:10the second thing was
16:16i'm scared
16:21i'm telling you this whole thing could have been prevented
16:26she'd have been using that magic massage every night
16:31all the pressure all the tension would have gone right down the drain
16:35instead
16:35you're right to a heart
16:37schneider
16:38it's not your fault
16:39it's mine
16:39i'm the one always dumping my problems on her
16:42yeah well you're both off the hook okay
16:44it's my fault
16:45i've been doing stupid things ever since i was born
16:48maybe you're right
16:54hey
16:54max hi
16:55julie
16:57thank god you're okay
16:58i got a note at the airport from schneider
17:00it said emergency
17:00no no max
17:01what
17:02it's mom
17:02she's had a heart attack
17:05a heart attack
17:07oh my god
17:08is she okay
17:09we don't know
17:11oh julie
17:31i'm telling you
17:32it is so good to have a family around in a crisis
17:38i got i uh i got something in my eye
17:42what happened anyway
17:44mom collapsed at the funeral parlor
17:46i think she's the only person to ever arrive at this hospital in a hearse
17:52you know
17:53when she comes home
17:54if they don't want her to move around a lot
17:55you know
17:56if they want her to kind of be quiet
17:57i could uh
17:58i could rig up a battery powered bed see
18:01and then she could move around the apartment
18:03and she could do
18:03she could do a housework lying down
18:07that's very thoughtful side
18:10listen um
18:12what if mom can't get up
18:13when she gets out of the hospital
18:16well you can't expect her to just jump up
18:18and start racing around like she usually does
18:20she tries to do that
18:21i'm gonna bop her right on top of her head
18:24listen max i know she won't get up right away
18:26but
18:28what if mom's an invalid
18:30hey
18:31shorty
18:32an invalid
18:34no way
18:36i think it would take a football team to keep her in bed
18:39or at least one cute quarterback
18:51hi
18:52hi mom
18:55hi max
18:56hi shorty
18:57how you doing
18:57okay
18:58you certainly have slept a day away
19:00yeah
19:00girls i got the test results here
19:02and it's good news
19:03your mom should be out of here in less than a week
19:06and she'll probably have a complete recovery
19:09less than a week
19:11well uh was it a heart attack or not
19:13well a layman would call it a heart attack
19:15technically what she had was cardiac arrest
19:18the heart sustained a very serious shock
19:21but apparently there was no damage
19:23she was a lucky lady
19:24thank god the funeral director knew cpr
19:27he doesn't get much of a chance to use it
19:29yeah i know it all along
19:32perfectly fine
19:34oh hold it
19:35you are not perfectly fine
19:37we want to do a lot more tests
19:39and from now on we're going to check on you regularly
19:42diet
19:42exercise program
19:44and maybe teach you how to handle stress a little better
19:47learn to say
19:48hey that's the way it is
19:50so what
19:51that's going to be a tough one
19:54well sounds terrific
19:57manny
19:58look
19:59i know you're scared
20:03yeah
20:04i am a little
20:09a lot
20:10a lot scared isn't necessary
20:13a little scared is good
20:15so you learn not to agonize over everything
20:19doctor
20:21if i do everything you tell me to do
20:23am i going to be okay
20:25level with me
20:27well my lawyer would kill me if i said anything definite
20:30but uh
20:31i think you're going to be just fine
20:34maybe
20:36maybe
20:37maybe
20:39lawyer would be proud of you
20:42well doctor are there going to be any restrictions
20:44anything i'm not going to be able to do
20:47yeah what about sex
20:48oh uh
20:52all that she wants
20:53hey
20:54wow
20:55that's more than i got before
21:04okay how about work and school
21:07well that's fine too
21:08look at it this way
21:09what you had was like a speeding ticket
21:11nobody's taking away your license to drive
21:14but you've been warned okay
21:17okay
21:17now take it easy
21:19relax
21:20and i'll see you later
21:22bye
21:23thank you
21:23thanks
21:24goodbye
21:24thanks
21:29okay
21:30okay
21:32how about
21:33all of us
21:35going to romantic tahiti over spring vacation
21:38oh are you great
21:39that's wonderful
21:41yes
21:42yes
21:48hi
21:48hi
21:50spoke to dr bradshaw
21:52says you're going to be terrific
21:54yeah
21:57you know miss romano
22:00had a lot of time to sit and think out there
22:03so i uh
22:06i wrote you a poem
22:07oh
22:12poem by
22:13duane schneider
22:16dear miss romano
22:19dear miss romano
22:21i just want you to know
22:23i'm awfully glad
22:25you didn't go
22:30the girls would miss you
22:32and i would too
22:35for life is sure
22:37and so are you
22:46thank you
22:47it's very sweet
22:50really
22:50i'm really
22:52really glad that you're feeling better
22:54oh
22:54yeah
22:55so much
22:58gotta really you know
22:59learn how to take care of this
23:01beautiful wonderful body that the good lord gave you
23:05right
23:05right
23:05yeah
23:07okay i have some hot dogs and corn chips
23:09extra
23:10we haven't eaten all day now
23:11okay
23:13i got a lot of sugar in this one
23:14oh
23:15that's sugar
23:15thank you
23:18thank you
23:38so
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