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Chicago Rendezvous
Ann has been wined and dined by a new boyfriend named Steve Blanchard. Ann doesn't realize how far things have gotten until he invites her to go away with him for the weekend on a trip to Chicago. It soon becomes apparent to everyone but Ann that she is headed for her first fling since her marriage ended.
Ann has been wined and dined by a new boyfriend named Steve Blanchard. Ann doesn't realize how far things have gotten until he invites her to go away with him for the weekend on a trip to Chicago. It soon becomes apparent to everyone but Ann that she is headed for her first fling since her marriage ended.
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00:02This is it, this is it, this is life, the one you get, so go and have a ball, this
00:10is it, this is it, straight ahead, and rest assured, you can't be sure at all, so while you're here,
00:19enjoy the view, keep on doing what you do, hold on tight, we'll muddle through, one day at a time,
00:26one day at a time, so up on your feet,
00:30somewhere there's music playing, don't you worry not, just take it like it's off, one day at a time, one
00:39day at a time, one day at a time, one day at a time, one day at a time, one
00:46day at a time, one day at a time.
01:08What are you doing?
01:10Oh, at lunchtime, somebody whistled at something, I'd like to know what.
01:18That's not it.
01:20What's my best feature?
01:22You're sitting on it.
01:24Really?
01:25Isn't it a compliment, Julie?
01:28Oh, you and your chopsticks, I had more rice in my lap than a new bride.
01:33Oh, hi, girls.
01:36Uh, Steve, I'd like you to meet my daughters, Julie, Barbara, this is Mr. Blanchard.
01:41Hi.
01:42Hi.
01:43Hi.
01:44Uh, nice to meet you.
01:50Your daughters, well, they could just as well have been...
01:53My sister, Steve, please, that is the world's oldest line.
01:57I love it.
01:58You didn't let me finish.
02:00I was just going to say that here are two charming, lovely, mature, sophisticated...
02:06Steve, please, enough.
02:07Ma, let him finish.
02:11Nice to meet you, girls.
02:13And, Anne, as for you...
02:34Well, uh, what do you two girls want for dinner?
02:37Hold it.
02:37Who is he?
02:38Oh, just a guy I met.
02:40Oh, fantastic.
02:41Where have you been stashing him?
02:43Let's see.
02:44You could have a hamburger or a meatball.
02:46Mother!
02:47Oh, what's with the kiss?
02:49It wasn't a kiss.
02:51It was a kiss.
02:52If you hadn't been here, then it would have been a kiss.
02:56Mother.
02:58Okay, I hate to disappoint you.
02:59It's no big mystery.
03:00I was out job hunting, got hungry, ducked into a Chinese restaurant, and I met him.
03:07Just like that.
03:08Who introduced you?
03:10Nobody.
03:11Exactly.
03:12Look, there was an empty place at my table.
03:15The place was crowded.
03:16Steve came over and introduced himself.
03:18And you got picked up.
03:24I was not picked up.
03:27Okay, let's face it.
03:28People do get picked up.
03:30Mothers are not people.
03:32Ma, what do you know about this guy?
03:34He could be another Boston Strangler.
03:36Maybe the Zodiac Killer.
03:39Airline pilot.
03:40I knew it.
03:41A girl in every airport.
03:45Shrimp.
03:47Please leave the room.
03:48I would like to have a woman-to-woman talk with Mother.
03:51I mean, what do you know about men?
03:54You've never known heartache.
03:56You've never been in love.
03:57I mean, you're too young.
03:59You've never even seen an X-rated movie.
04:02And you have?
04:04Hygiene 1, Ma.
04:07Just because you're over 30 doesn't mean you have to get desperate.
04:11Uh, look, uh, you are really looking for trouble.
04:14What is so catastrophic about having Moogoo Guy pan in a martini with somebody?
04:19Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.
04:20A martini?
04:21You got drunk and picked up.
04:26No, I got picked up.
04:28Then I got drunk.
04:31Come on, you guys.
04:32I'm your mother.
04:33I don't have to explain myself.
04:36Hey.
04:37Mom, whatever happened to those big lectures you gave us?
04:39Don't hitchhike home from school.
04:41Don't talk to strangers.
04:43Talk about double standards.
04:45Our mother can get picked up.
04:46We can't.
04:47Oh, well, you see, it's different.
04:49She's a divorcee.
04:51Just, uh, what is that supposed to mean?
04:53Uh, well, everybody says divorcees are, uh, hot to try it.
05:04Well, Ma, that's what we heard Schneider telling the garbage man.
05:09Let's just, uh, cool this whole thing, okay?
05:12Mom, don't feel guilty.
05:16Like you always say to us, let's learn from our mistakes.
05:21It was not a mistake.
05:24I picked him up on purpose.
05:26You picked him up?
05:27Today, the first time he picked me up today, I was the lech, okay?
05:31The first time.
05:32All right, so we've been seeing each other for a couple of weeks.
05:37Look, a nice man comes into my life.
05:39He's pleasant, attractive, a good conversationalist.
05:44And I dig his vibes.
05:46Hiya.
05:46Hi, David.
05:47I just came by to see what you were, uh, having for dinner.
05:49David, we are right in the middle of a family crisis here.
05:52So what else is new?
05:53Mom got picked up.
05:54Barbie!
05:59Pick up for what?
06:00Mugu, guy pan, and a martini.
06:02Barbara, you do not have to tell our family secrets to the whole world.
06:07Uh, translation, please.
06:09Brace yourself.
06:10Annie Romano met a man in a restaurant, an airline pilot, and let him buy her lunch.
06:15Ta-da!
06:17So what?
06:18So what?
06:19She let some stranger bring her home and kiss her.
06:22Oh, that's terrible.
06:25You let a guy buy you lunch and drinks, and all he got was a kiss?
06:34David, I thought you loved my mother.
06:36I do.
06:37Tell her to marry me, and I'll take her off the streets.
06:42Come on, you guys are too provincial.
06:44You know, it's not men and women anymore.
06:46It's people now.
06:48Things have changed, even in Indianapolis.
06:50For instance, you play on the school basketball team.
06:53You hitchhike home.
06:55What?
06:56Julie!
06:57How many times have I told you about me?
06:59Mom, it was with him.
07:00He just happened to come by.
07:02When her thumb was out.
07:05All right.
07:05All right.
07:06I ate my bus fare for lunch, but, uh, I wouldn't have taken a ride with anybody except Peter Kramer,
07:11Freddie, maybe Joe.
07:13But this is my luck.
07:13David came by.
07:22How do you like that?
07:24After all we've meant to each other.
07:26You know, we could use a little sanity around here.
07:30Ah, well, lady, that's what lawyers are for.
07:33Hey, hey, I'll do that.
07:34Ooh, good.
07:35Be my guest.
07:36I will make you my magic salad dressing.
07:38Wonderful.
07:40Oh, David, David, David.
07:43Why is it so hard to explain things to your kids?
07:47Well, because as much as they think they have, they haven't really matured yet.
07:52You know, they get jealous.
07:53You know, kids.
07:55What airline does he fly for?
07:59You know, Steve never told me.
08:01Must have been an in-depth conversation.
08:10Oh, we just talked about a lot of, you know, silly things.
08:19Roses.
08:21Darn.
08:27Oh, Snyder.
08:30Are these for me?
08:31Yeah.
08:31I was in the basement.
08:33I was cleaning the sump pump.
08:34And I just got to thinking about you.
08:38How romantic.
08:40Yeah, I said to myself, Dwayne, what is the second most desirable thing that I could offer
08:47Ms. Romano?
08:48How about a postcard from Peking?
08:54The house mother.
08:56You know, Snyder, these are really very lovely, but you shouldn't have.
08:59He didn't.
09:01House mothers never lie.
09:03I saw the delivery boy bringing them in.
09:06Yeah, that figures.
09:07Well, all's fair in love and war, and I've been classified 1A in bulk.
09:13You know, there's no card.
09:15I wonder who sent them.
09:16Some guy, Steve.
09:18I never heard of him.
09:20Oh, excuse me.
09:21I just...
09:22Says, come fly with me, Steve.
09:24I just...
09:29Neither hail nor sleep nor gloom of night will detain Snyder from reading other people's messages.
09:34Hey, uh, I mean, I got my responsibilities to my tenants.
09:37You know, you have your, uh, your hate mail, your letter bombs.
09:41You have your obscene messages, like from fly with me, Steve.
09:44He didn't mean it that way.
09:46Why am I explaining this to you?
09:48Well, you'll see what came with it.
09:54Did you read that, too?
09:55Only by accident.
09:59Snyder, what do you mean by accident?
10:00I was brewing some tea, got in the way of the steam, popped open, and then...
10:06You know, Snyder, it probably never entered your head, but there are some things that are private.
10:12Well, you know, you have your letter bombs, your hate mail.
10:14David, this is personal.
10:16Oh, is it ever?
10:19But, uh, it is our secret.
10:22My lips are spackled.
10:27Uh, hey, it's okay, Ann.
10:29You know, I don't really want to know what's in there.
10:31Was that an airline ticket?
10:33Flight 23 to Chicago.
10:36Driving O'Hare and leaving late Sunday.
10:40Well, you see, that's what happens when you get picked up.
10:44I could have been a pilot.
10:46They think they are God's gift to women.
10:48That wasn't my problem.
10:50I had a, an inner ear disorder.
10:54Every time that I flew over 2,000 feet, my eyes crossed.
11:00Very rare, Mallory.
11:02It reminds me, Mrs. Ranford, 307, she reported a clogged drain.
11:07Probably got some scraps in a U-joint.
11:10Hey, uh, I better get down there and clean it up.
11:12Uh, I'll soften her up with a rose.
11:17Off we go, into the wild, blue, yonder, flying high.
11:22Yeah.
11:29You know, uh, Schneider has no sensitivity.
11:33Couldn't he take one look at you and know that you weren't gonna fall for that stuff?
11:36I mean, all you wanted was someone to relate to, not spend a weekend with.
11:43Uh, hey, let's take your mind off this.
11:45Uh, why don't we, uh, go to a movie?
11:48No, not now, David.
11:49Okay, okay, uh, why don't we, uh, read a book?
11:52No, uh, let's just talk.
11:56David, I'm just not in the mood to talk right now.
11:59Hey, okay, okay.
12:00I'll just, uh, slip down to the monastery, take my vow of silence.
12:07I'll see you later.
12:09Bye.
12:10Oh, hey, uh, don't worry about this guy.
12:13Just, uh, cross him out of your life.
12:18You know, that's pretty funny.
12:20A lawyer with a vow of silence.
12:27Not funny.
12:32Go to Chicago?
12:36Don't go to Chicago.
12:39Go to Chicago?
12:42Don't go to Chicago?
12:47Don't go to Chicago.
12:49Go to Chicago.
12:56Who is it?
12:57Uh, it's me, David.
13:00Yeah, just a second, David.
13:02Second's out.
13:03Okay, I'm coming.
13:07Hi.
13:07I hope I didn't get you out of court.
13:09Oh, no, it's okay.
13:10I lost early today.
13:15What's the problem?
13:17Uh, David, I had to talk to you.
13:18You were the only person I could turn to who would understand.
13:21Hey, hey, of course I will.
13:24Sure.
13:24What is it?
13:25Uh, well, I was awake most of the night.
13:29When Steve sent that ticket, well, it brought up a lot of feelings I'm not sure I'm ready for.
13:36I know, I know, how well I know.
13:40See, I thought I was in control, but living without a man is no easy adjustment.
13:46I love being with the girls, but I also need to be with a man.
13:51Oh, believe me, I understand.
13:54I need a man.
13:55I need a man.
13:57Trust me, I'll be gentle.
14:06David, I'm talking about going away for the weekend.
14:10Sounds good to me.
14:13To Chicago.
14:15Chicago's fine.
14:18With Steve.
14:19What do we need him for?
14:25Uh, David, I'm talking about going away for the weekend to Chicago with Steve.
14:33What?
14:37Uh, you talk, uh, Chicago, uh, with Steve?
14:41Yeah, David.
14:42Oh, uh, hey, uh, you, uh, this is the right apartment.
14:46David, I got you to understand.
14:47Anne, what are you asking me?
14:48You're asking me if you can run away with that, that?
14:50Steve, yes.
14:51Anne, for God's sakes, you know how I feel about you.
14:54David, you're not making this any easier.
14:55Well, I'm not trying to.
14:57Hey, okay, okay, look, I know I don't have any rights here.
15:00Oh, no, David, please don't say that.
15:00You know, I'm just a guy who's hung up on you, which obviously doesn't mean a damn thing.
15:05Oh, Steve, it of course it does.
15:07I treasure our friendship.
15:09I don't want to do anything to spoil what we have between us.
15:12See, that's why I think I should go away with Steve.
15:14Did you hear what garbage just came out of your mouth?
15:18Please be reasonable.
15:20I thought you were my friend.
15:21Wrong.
15:22Oh, I might have known you take this personally.
15:24Personally?
15:26Me?
15:27The village eunuch?
15:29David!
15:30That's it, Anne.
15:31I mean, it is totally absurd that you should involve me in this.
15:34Have you any concept of how laughable this situation is?
15:41David, I want you to listen to me.
15:43I have only known one man in my entire life, but that does not mean I don't have normal desires.
15:47I think I'm having a heart attack.
15:50I don't believe what you're saying.
15:52I don't believe what's happening here.
15:53Please, I'm a good person.
15:54I mean, you are asking me if you can go away for the weekend.
15:57That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
15:59What's so wrong?
16:00I met a man.
16:01I mean, a nice man.
16:02How many opportunities do I get to meet a nice man?
16:05All I meet are creeps.
16:07Oh!
16:08No, no, no, no.
16:09Hey, hey, hey.
16:11Have you jollies.
16:12Go ahead.
16:13Enjoy yourself in Chicago.
16:16Chicago, Chicago.
16:20Chicago, Chicago.
16:23Chicago, Chicago.
16:23Out to lunch.
16:28I'm talking about going away for a nice weekend
16:32to see some shows, have a nice dinner.
16:34Shows?
16:35Dinner?
16:35What are you kidding me?
16:36David.
16:36You're kidding yourself.
16:38That guy is a pilot.
16:40Shh.
16:40The traveling salesman of the skies.
16:43The guys who really move their tails for you.
16:50David, I will cross that bridge when I come to it.
16:54Cross what?
16:55Uh, girls, you know how we share things?
16:59Yeah, sure, uh-huh.
17:00Sure.
17:01This isn't one of them.
17:04Okay, okay.
17:06I didn't think the family hour ended till nine.
17:13Uh, where was I?
17:14You were, uh, crossing the bridge,
17:16which is a new way of describing it.
17:18David, don't judge me.
17:20All I'm asking here is help in making a decision.
17:24Okay, you want my advice?
17:25Okay, I'll be the third person.
17:27I am the third person.
17:29Uh, okay, just the same.
17:32I will, uh, give you my unemotional reaction,
17:35uh, not as a man who wants you,
17:37uh, but as your advisor, lawyer, and casual friend.
17:41Don't go!
17:50Oh, you're going.
17:51Hey, you're already packed.
17:53In other words, this whole big,
17:55oh, David, I really need your advice thing
17:57has been a total crock.
17:59I'm sure that you would understand.
18:01Oh, sure, I'll understand.
18:02You know, I'm a big boy,
18:03but, uh, what are you gonna tell the girls, huh?
18:05What sweet-smelling little fantasy
18:08are you gonna make up
18:09to cover your little peccadillo?
18:12I'm not gonna make up anything.
18:13I'm gonna tell them the truth.
18:14Oh, hey, Ann, I believe in honesty
18:16as much as the next man, you know,
18:17but there's a point.
18:18Not in this family.
18:19Hey, okay, go ahead.
18:21Good luck.
18:21Enjoy yourself.
18:23Hey, but let's get one thing straight
18:25about our relationship, huh?
18:26I may be young,
18:28and I may talk softly,
18:29and I may look like a pushover,
18:31but if you get on that plane...
18:33Go on...
18:34GUN!
18:36GUN!
18:36Oh, my God.
19:15Hi.
19:16Uh, look, I'm, um, I'm sorry I had to throw you out, but I had to talk to David.
19:21That's okay, Mom. There's a lot of things we don't tell you, either.
19:25Um, sit down, huh?
19:28Uh-oh, it's a sit-downer.
19:31Um, look, you know how much I, uh, I love your company, but sometimes I, uh...
19:41Uh, what I'm trying to say is, uh...
19:44To beat around the busher, too.
19:46Yeah, right. Okay.
19:48Cards on the table.
19:49We have always tried to be open with each other, and I know you can understand.
19:54Um, Steve asked me to go away with him for the weekend, and I'm going.
19:58Hey, great, Mom. Have a good time.
20:01Barbara, you don't understand.
20:03She's gonna shack up.
20:09No, no, I-I-I'm not gonna shack up.
20:12What do you call it?
20:14I call it going to Chicago to have a nice time, dance with a nice man, see some nice shows.
20:21Stay in a nice hotel with him.
20:24Uh, look, Julie, I'm your mother. Don't you trust me?
20:27Yeah, just like you trusted me when you wouldn't let me go backpacking last week.
20:31Just because there were three guys on the same mountain.
20:34Oh, look, Julie, I did trust you. It was the boys I wasn't, uh, so sure about.
20:40Well, can I have the same option with you?
20:41No. I am 34 and you're 16. It's a whole different thing.
20:45Is it?
20:48Yeah.
20:49It is, because I'm, uh, old enough to handle it.
20:53What about Steve?
20:54Steve is a mature man, a trusted airline pilot.
20:59Mom, you just can't do this.
21:02I mean, you're supposed to set an example for your kids.
21:05Julie, baby, I'm not gonna stay with him.
21:09I mean, there's no chance, no chance in the world.
21:11Now, either you gotta believe that or we have absolutely no trust between us.
21:19Thanks.
21:21Yeah?
21:23Okay.
21:26Um, look, um, I gotta get to the airport.
21:29Um, your dad's gonna come by to pick you up for the weekend anyway, so it's all gonna work out,
21:33right?
21:34Right.
21:34Okay.
21:36Bye.
21:37Bye-bye, Mama.
21:38Bye, sweetheart.
21:39Bye, Mom.
21:40Take care.
21:41Have a good time.
21:42Yeah.
21:43Bye.
21:43Bye.
21:47Hey, Julie, you believe her?
21:50Not for a minute.
22:00Hi, Schneider.
22:02I, uh, ordered a cab.
22:04Is it here yet?
22:05All packed and ready to go, huh?
22:08Well, I'm going to Chicago.
22:10Gonna turn it inside out.
22:13I'm going to Chicago.
22:15Gonna turn that down.
22:20Hi, Schneider.
22:21Nervous, huh?
22:23Well, this is your first time out.
22:25Yeah.
22:29Sit down.
22:30I'm going to give you some advice.
22:32Schneider, uh, please...
22:33First off, Ms. Romano, don't sell yourself short.
22:38You got class.
22:40He should take you dining, dancing, maybe over to the lake.
22:44You see a big band, a girl singer.
22:47You knock off a fifth of whatever.
22:50Then he can schlep you back to the motel.
22:55And it shouldn't be just any motel.
22:58Take my advice, you stay at the Piedmont.
23:04They got everything.
23:06Water beds, post-circuit TV, vibrating back scratches.
23:14Best of all, uh, they're very, very close to the L.
23:18So no matter what you're doing, ain't nobody going to hear you.
23:24What, uh, what did you tell the kids?
23:26I told them I was going away for the weekend with Steve.
23:31And I am for a nice platonic weekend.
23:36Platonic.
23:37Yeah, that's...
23:38That's a great word.
23:39Schneider.
23:43Hey, look.
23:44I know you gotta lie to them.
23:47It's the game of life.
23:49I mean, we all play it.
23:52And, uh, you know, it's good for the kids.
23:54I mean, your little lies now,
23:57helping for your big lies later on.
23:59Your Watergates, your CIA, your FBI.
24:03Your income taxes.
24:05Your marriage vows.
24:08Well, cab's here.
24:19Thank you, Schneider.
24:22Thank you, Schneider.
24:34You hit that horn
24:38one more time.
24:41You got a hubcap for Dickie.
24:45Thank you, Schneider.
24:46Thank you, Schneider.
24:48Thank you, Schneider.
24:51Thank you, Schneider.
24:53Thank you, Schneider.
24:54Thank you, Schneider.
24:55Thank you, Schneider.
24:56Thank you, Schneider.
24:57Thank you, Schneider.
24:57Thank you, Schneider.
24:58Thank you, Schneider.
24:58Thank you, Schneider.
24:59Thank you, Schneider.
25:00Thank you, Schneider.
25:01Thank you, Schneider.
25:02Thank you, Schneider.
25:03Thank you, Schneider.
25:05Thank you, Schneider.
25:06Thank you, Schneider.
25:08Thank you, Schneider.
25:11Thank you, Schneider.
25:13for a live audience.
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