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00:01you're setting your ways taking a woman and three kids into your house it could be fatal
00:07why do we have to leave fort wayne because we're broke we don't have any money mom told me to
00:11tell
00:12you that we're happy to be here because there aren't many old men who want to put up with us
00:15david has a room all to himself i'm a boy big deal you're a boy so you get your own
00:20room and
00:21i'm almost 16 have to room with a child kleenex chest i'll be a mole i'll work from inside why
00:27do you want to wear him down it's what you're supposed to do with old guys
00:57so
01:08so
01:10so
01:20so
01:25so
01:31so
01:36so
01:43so
01:49so
01:56so
01:58so
02:02so
02:02so
02:05so
02:18so
02:18you're up
02:20you amaze me kaplan
02:23come in here morning and tell me i'm up
02:25plus i ain't up
02:26then you come in the bedroom and tell me
02:28you're not up
02:29and you rather i didn't i mean if it bothers you i can
02:32i'd rather you get a cup of coffee
02:35like the other morning you come in you find me lying flat on my back with my eyes closed
02:40and you say
02:42gus
02:43you're sleeping
02:44you're angry
02:45no
02:46no
02:47no
02:48where'd you find the paper
02:49in the azaleas
02:51kid must be sick he's getting closer to the house
02:55well give me a piece of it
02:57which part do you want
02:59the least objection
03:03here
03:06thank you sir
03:12they ate their grandmother
03:15excuse me
03:16it says here this old lady died
03:18she was cremated
03:20her ashes were mailed to her daughter
03:22in a yeast box
03:23thinking it was yeast
03:25she made biscuits out of it and fed them to her family
03:29they ate their grandmother
03:35Kaplan
03:37seeing you first thing in the morning may be a little more than i can handle
03:40ha
03:46gus
03:48does getting old ever bother you
03:51no
03:53well it would if i thought i was gonna wind up in the biscuits
04:01gus
04:01you always talk like you're so sure of things
04:04now how do you do that
04:07six and a half decades
04:09if i didn't have some pretty strong beliefs by now
04:13i would have been wasting my time now wouldn't i
04:17are you that cocky about your daughter-in-law and her three kids coming today
04:23it is today
04:25it is
04:25it's today
04:26it's the same today
04:27that's circled in red on the calendar by your sink
04:32you're a son of a gun
04:34gus you're an old man
04:36you're used to things being done in a certain way
04:39you're set in your ways
04:40taking a woman and three kids into your house
04:43it could be fatal
04:46they'll survive
04:47gus be serious
04:49okay
04:51you know we're not talking about just any woman and any three kids
04:55we're talking about my son's wife
04:57and my grandchildren
05:00they're my family you know
05:02i know family may be an old-fashioned word
05:08i'm a little old-fashioned myself
05:09we're not talking about yesterday's kids gus
05:12these are modern kids
05:14if it isn't on a cassette they don't relate
05:16oh relax
05:19this is a good woman
05:21she'll have these kids under control
05:24everybody out of the door right now
05:26come on let's go this stop is for me david you're coming too
05:29the people have squabbled ever since we passed the allen county line and now that's over
05:32we're going to the restaurant going to have a nice cold drink
05:35and when we're done we're going to come back out
05:37get in the car and behave like citizens all the way to your grandfather's house
05:41is that clear?
05:42go like that
05:43yes okay inside everybody
05:45david you too
05:57mom, mommy
05:59do you think grandpa really wants us?
06:01you said he did
06:03and i've never known your grandfather to say anything he didn't mean
06:07of course it might be a bit of an adjustment living with him
06:11what happened to david?
06:12what does adjustment mean?
06:14it means you're going to have to pretend you're civilized
06:17pass me the cream there little darling
06:21do what?
06:22the cream?
06:23it's that white stuff over there you put in your coffee
06:25keeps you from going blind
06:28you work out, huh?
06:31you can work out too
06:31you can play your cards, right?
06:34cream?
06:35may i at least have the cream?
06:37mom
06:37mom
06:39what's really?
06:39chris wants the cream
06:41what does she want the cream for?
06:42it's not for me, it's for...
06:55isn't my daughter the most polite fifteen year old you ever saw?
07:01fifteen?
07:01mhm
07:03Becky had a go, she was five
07:05isn't that amazing?
07:07thanks for the cream
07:09you're history
07:12i still don't see why arthur didn't come with us
07:15because i think we're quite enough for your grandfather's first bite
07:19just think of this as paving the way for arthur, huh?
07:27i'll be right back
07:30i'll be right back
07:31i'll be right back
07:36David, if this is a game i don't know the rules
07:39i'll be done in a sec, you can try it after me
07:41i don't mean this game
07:43i mean the game where you stare out the window for three days and sixteen hundred miles
07:47i don't enjoy being treated like i'm invisible yet
07:53i'm talking to you, David
07:57this isn't exactly the place for a family discussion
07:59any place i choose is the place for a family discussion
08:02why do we have to leave Fort Wayne?
08:04because we're broke
08:05you understand that?
08:07we don't have any money
08:09and your grandfather has graciously offered to take us into his home until we're...
08:14until i'm back on my feet
08:15i knew everybody in school
08:18i was on the soccer team
08:19i was gonna run for class
08:20i, i, i, that's all i hear from you
08:23i hope you're not that selfish, David
08:24i'm not selfish
08:26i'm just looking after me
08:27no, you're wrong
08:29i'm looking after you, i always have
08:32and that's the primary reason we're going to your grandfather's house
08:36because i am looking after you and your sisters
08:41David, whether you like it or not
08:43the day your daddy died
08:44you took a very big step towards manhood
08:48that's not fair
08:50it's just what is
08:52and that's what we have to deal with
08:55and you've always been able to count on me
08:59this time i'm counting on you
09:05i'll be in the car
09:10what's the matter with the tree, mrs finley?
09:12i didn't say anything was the matter with it
09:14well then why'd you call me out here to look at it?
09:17oh
09:18i called you out here to look at my car
09:21your tree dropped sap all over it
09:25why don't you move your car?
09:27then you wouldn't have the problem
09:29mr witherspoon
09:30my car is in my driveway
09:32and i'm certainly not going to move it because of your tree
09:36so you want me to move the tree?
09:38i'm not telling you to move it
09:40i'm telling you to cut it down
09:43excuse me
09:43you heard me
09:45humor me, will you?
09:47tell me once again how you want me to cut that tree down
09:50that tree is 75 years old
09:52it was 50 years old when you moved in here madam
09:54that doesn't mean it's sacred
09:56it is not a sacred tree
09:59nobody worships that tree
10:02no they don't
10:04and it's not sacred
10:07but my wife mary loved and cared for that tree
10:10and i can promise you one thing mrs findley
10:14that's the last tree in america that's going to be cut down
10:17well we'll just have to see about that
10:19won't we mr witherspoon
10:21that we will
10:26who is that?
10:27that's my daughter ma
10:29and my grandchildren
10:32hiya kids
10:33they look like they've come to stay for quite a while
10:36they have
10:37they have mrs finley
10:37they're moving in
10:41well come on come on
10:43get out of the car
10:49welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome
10:52young man welcome
10:54and what about your mother isn't she coming?
10:57uh... she doesn't feel well
10:58i think she must be alone
11:01alright, in the house with you
11:05oh, mom told me to tell you that we're happy to be here
11:08because there aren't many old men who want to put up with us
11:13i see
11:14i see
11:23well are you coming in?
11:25uh... no i'm just taking a quiet moment gus
11:29well you're entitled to that
11:31i'll go away and leave you alone
11:33no, no
11:34please don't go
11:34sit with me
11:37you're a grown up
11:44just this old station wagon
11:46multiplied by 1900 miles
11:48divided by three children
11:49multiplied by three days
11:51it's worse than devil's island gus
11:56i don't believe that
11:59well maybe i do a little bit
12:01but just for right now
12:05i'm a little afraid this may become habit forming this feeling
12:10i'll be alright
12:12i will, i keep telling that to myself
12:14sometimes i say it a lot
12:16over and over and over and sometimes
12:18i believe it and
12:22hmm
12:26those are great kids in that house
12:30underneath all the crap they're just great
12:34but gus
12:36at your age you don't need the crap
12:40don't you worry about me honey
12:42i'm crap proof
12:45do you really mean that?
12:47sure
12:49besides that's my house and i'm bigger than they are
12:54well it's our house
12:56and we're bigger than they are
13:01welcome home
13:12alright guys you ready for this song not really?
13:15okay here goes
13:16there's a telephone in his room
13:18and there's one downstairs in the hall
13:20and that's it
13:21how are we gonna get a private phone call?
13:23but she's scott here who's gonna call us?
13:25there's one tv downstairs in the living room
13:27it's a real nice one so that's good
13:30and there's also a kind of a phonograph there too
13:33what do you mean a kind of phonograph?
13:35see it's gotta switch for 45 and 33
13:38it's also gotta switch for 78
13:40what's a 78?
13:42your grandmother sat here where your mother's sitting
13:44your dad's brother your uncle ben sat right there where david's sitting
13:49your dad sits there
13:52we had a lot of good arguments at this table
13:55we never solved very much of anything but
13:59one thing about it
14:00anybody could say whatever they had on their mind
14:03do you mean that grandfather?
14:05sure i do i wouldn't have said it if i didn't
14:08well since this is our first night here
14:11i wasn't gonna say anything about this till tomorrow
14:14but at home i had my own room
14:20yeah?
14:22what?
14:23home you had your own room what's the rest of the story?
14:26no no there's no story
14:28at home i had a room of my own and now i have to share with...
14:31her
14:35well there's two beds in that room
14:37well david has the room all to himself
14:39i'm a boy
14:40big deal you're a boy so you get your own room
14:42and i'm almost 16 have to room with a child?
14:45kleenex chest
14:46no look i am not
14:47okay okay okay okay okay if you're all done
14:50go get unpacked
14:52hold it hold it hold it hold it
14:59the very last time your dad sat at this table
15:02i mean as a kid
15:04he was really grumpy about something
15:08i don't remember what it was but i said to him i said look kid
15:12if you're not happy here go jump out of an airplane
15:24is that it?
15:25is that the whole story?
15:28no
15:30the very next morning he joined the paratroopers
15:33he spent the next three years jumping out of airplanes
15:38when he came home he said
15:41not too bad around here pop
15:46don't let me stop you from unpacking
15:57didn't you miss him?
16:02yeah
16:06yeah
16:06yeah i sure did
16:11but you know you gotta give something in order to get something
16:13when your dad come home a heck of a lot better man
16:26david loved johnny so much
16:29i see that
16:34so did i
16:36give me them dishes
16:39no gus you don't have to bother with that look you cooked so uh i'll clean the dishes
16:43nope
16:43you're tired
16:45i'll clean them
16:46i was hoping you'd say that
16:48tell you what we'll do beginning tomorrow
16:51we'll take turns
16:52how's that?
16:53beginning tomorrow them kids will take turns
16:55how's that?
16:59just would you mind if i took your paper upstairs?
17:03i don't want to take a look at the help wanted ads
17:05nope
17:07seems like there's plenty of time for that though
17:10i'm not sure you know what's going on out there
17:13you know i've been doing some homework
17:15listen to this
17:17aerospace and electronics company has excellent opportunity for experienced senior systems programmer analyst
17:25position requires sharp individual
17:26having experience with
17:30jrt35
17:31cobalt 2
17:32fortran and man man software
17:34i don't even know what those things are
17:36my daughter's more employable than i am because she's had a couple years of computer training at school
17:42and now this paper tells me that i'm obsolete
17:49i'd like to get a look at the computer that makes a woman obsolete
17:52but it's a beaut
18:03thanks guys
18:04thanks guys
18:04thanks guys
18:13there's no way out before she stuck with him
18:15you could join the paratroopers like daddy
18:18very funny
18:19i like him
18:20if they say i didn't like him
18:22it's just gonna take some work to wear him down that's all
18:26where are you gonna start
18:27i mean it's his house
18:29i'll be a mole
18:30i'll work from inside
18:32like a spy
18:34i like him
18:36will you stop saying that nobody hates him
18:39then why do you want to wear him down
18:41it's what you're supposed to do with old guys
18:43please
18:44please
18:44oh
18:44oh
18:44oh
18:44oh
18:44oh
18:44oh
19:13oh
19:13Oh, my cousin, oh, my cousin.
19:51Oh, my cousin, oh, my cousin.
20:15My husband died about six months ago.
20:18I have three children, and we have virtually no money,
20:21and I can type about 50 words a minute, and I...
20:24And you want this job a lot?
20:25A lot. Really a lot.
20:31How are you at geography, Mrs. Witherspoon?
20:34Well, I... What?
20:36Tuesdays and Thursdays, I see clients in my home.
20:39When they see what kind of a house I've designed for myself,
20:41it helps them explain better to me what they have in mind for their own place.
20:44It speeds up the entire process.
20:46And my place is very difficult to find.
20:48You can attest to that, can't you?
20:52Anyway, here's the address.
20:54Address casual.
20:55Well, and if you can arrive between 9 and 9.30,
20:57we can do some busy work before my...
20:59Mr. Cathcart, are you saying that I have a job?
21:01We can't keep a thing from you, can we?
21:04You start tomorrow.
21:06Oh, well, thanks. I'll be there.
21:09I don't care if this place is 10 feet underground.
21:10I'm going to... I'm going to be there.
21:13I'll be there tomorrow morning.
21:15Thank you so much for this.
21:16Yeah, Mrs. Witherspoon.
21:18Aren't you even curious about the salary?
21:20Well, there is a salary, isn't there?
21:22There is one, yes.
21:23Yeah, that works for me. That's just fine.
21:26That's just great. I'll see you tomorrow.
21:28Thanks.
21:34I'm going to miss you, Gus.
21:36Excuse me?
21:38I feel like you moved away and somebody else is living in your house,
21:42or you've been taken over by the invasion of the body snatchers.
21:46What are you talking about?
21:48Ah, it's just not the same.
21:52I'd come over every morning.
21:54We'd have a nice cup of coffee together.
21:57We'd read the paper together.
22:00Kind of got my day started.
22:01I don't know, listening to you grumbling about taxes and the communists.
22:08You know, you're talking about me like I'm dead.
22:12Want to head back now?
22:14Let's finish the game.
22:15Unless you're tired.
22:16Ah, I just thought I'd give you a hand cleaning up.
22:18That's all.
22:19Well, if I was going to clean anything up, Joe,
22:21I'd appreciate the hand, but see, I'm not.
22:24I don't clean up messes I didn't make.
22:35Well, how's your first day in school, kids?
22:38All the kids stared at us.
22:40Even the dorky one stared.
22:42You learn anything?
22:43No.
22:44Good.
22:45You stay home tomorrow, learn how to clean up the kitchen.
22:48You see, I was too busy in the bedroom picking this junk up off the floor.
22:53These are my new skates.
22:54Are they?
22:56Well, see, I found them down there with the trash,
22:58so naturally I figured they needed thrown out.
23:00Now, you want to hear something funny?
23:03The wastebaskets were empty.
23:04You threw this in the trash?
23:05I did throw it in the trash.
23:07It was down there with the rest of this junk.
23:09I figured he didn't want it anymore.
23:10It's not mine.
23:12It's mine.
23:15It took me three months to build.
23:20You made that?
23:22Yeah, I made it.
23:25It's the Boeing ATF.
23:28You know, it'll fly faster, turn tighter, accelerate quicker,
23:31and be easier to fly than any other machine today.
23:34And you threw it in the trash.
23:37I did.
23:39Hold it.
23:40You come right back here right now.
23:43Come on.
23:44Right now.
23:48Now, you listen to me, all three of you.
23:53If you want this stuff, you keep it picked up and you keep it put away.
23:56Then I won't throw it out.
23:58Now, get busy.
23:59Come on.
24:05What's the matter with her?
24:06She wants to be a test pilot.
24:08Do you believe it?
24:09I mean, my sister, that weirdo wants to grow up to be Chuck Yeager.
24:14I can't stand it.
24:16I don't think she's weird at all.
24:18She's always wanted to be a test pilot.
24:46Come in.
25:02I put it on the floor.
25:05There isn't room on the table.
25:07If I put it in the bed, I might sit on it.
25:10If it's on the floor, I'll walk around it.
25:13But that's not an excuse.
25:15It's an explanation.
25:17You know, at home, I had my own room.
25:20It wasn't much, but at least it was my own, and there was room for everything.
25:25Honey, this is really quite a thing you've built here.
25:28I'm not a baby.
25:29You don't have to pacify me.
25:33I don't know how.
25:35And if I did, I wouldn't.
25:39But you better tell me what's on your mind.
25:46Are you ready?
25:53I mean, are you ready for this?
25:56I was taking four honors classes at my last school.
25:59I was getting straight A's except for 1B.
26:02I got that being chemistry because I told the teacher if he didn't keep his hand off my butt, I'd
26:06chop it off.
26:07You told him that, didn't you?
26:09Well, I didn't say butt.
26:10I said body.
26:11I said my body is private, and it's my business, so keep your hand to yourself.
26:15By golly, that's a reasonable request.
26:18It was a request because I wasn't polite about it, and he gave me a B.
26:23The point is, at my last school, I was taking four honors courses.
26:28Advanced courses.
26:31And would you believe the school doesn't even have an honors program?
26:34There's no way I can get into the Air Force Academy if I graduate from this school.
26:38They don't even have a track team.
26:43So you want to go to the Air Force Academy, do you?
26:47I want to be an astronaut.
26:53Ain't that a little dangerous?
26:56Like jumping out of an airplane?
27:02You know that that's all I've been working for since the sixth grade?
27:07Some people don't take me seriously because I'm a girl.
27:14By golly, I do.
27:16I mean, if you built that, I take you seriously.
27:24You come with me.
27:25I want to show you.
27:32Did you build all this?
27:34The tunnels, the houses, and everything?
27:37Every stick of it I built.
27:39I got hooked on these trains when I was just a kid.
27:42Maybe only six or seven years old.
27:46They were going to be my future.
27:48Life's face is yours.
27:51You know, I never even been on a train.
27:54That's a shame, honey.
27:57Riding a train's good for the soul.
27:59Here, you want to run this thing?
28:00Yeah.
28:01That's a rheostat.
28:02I know. I was watching you.
28:05I spent most of my life on trains.
28:08You know that the railroads used to tie America together?
28:12Why'd you quit?
28:14I didn't quit.
28:16I got promoted.
28:18Sent me upstairs.
28:20Put me in an office with a bunch of nitwits
28:22who thought they ran the railroad.
28:24Took all the fun out of it.
28:26That's why I'm going to see to it
28:28you get to that Air Force Academy.
28:30Nobody's going to take away your hopes and dreams.
28:32I'm home. Where is everybody?
28:34We're down here, honey.
28:37I have two announcements to make.
28:40Sounds hopeful.
28:41What are they?
28:43I've got a job.
28:44Well, sure you got a job.
28:46You're a widowspoon. What else?
28:49Arthur's here.
28:50Oh, Arthur! Wait!
28:56I wonder who the hell Arthur is.
29:05You want a sign here?
29:09What?
29:09This is 14 Astor Street, ain't it?
29:11It is.
29:12I'll sign it.
29:13Are you with us for it?
29:14Yes, that's right.
29:16That's Arthur.
29:20Arthur's our attack.
29:21That's it.
29:22David taught him to be a real good watchdog.
29:24Yeah, that's about all he does is watch.
29:26When he's awake, I mean.
29:31Why does he look like that?
29:33Why is he so depressed?
29:35Well, he's been to a breeding farm.
29:37He goes every year.
29:39Always comes home wanting to roll over and have a cigarette.
29:48Could I talk to you in private just for a minute?
29:51Sure.
29:53Good boy.
29:54Good boy.
29:56Yes.
29:57Why didn't you tell me you had a dog?
30:01Arthur's like one in the family.
30:02I guess I just forgot to mention it.
30:06No, that's not true.
30:08I didn't forget to mention it.
30:10I made a conscious effort not to mention it.
30:13Why?
30:13Because I remember Johnny saying that you didn't get on with dogs very well or you didn't like
30:19them or something about your dogs.
30:21I don't remember.
30:21Where are you going?
30:22Chris, you've got to stay.
30:24Come on, honey.
30:26He's a very good dog.
30:27And he's the only dog the kids have ever had.
30:29And I didn't have a heart to leave him home.
30:31Gus, I...
30:38Oh, no.
30:40Not the dog.
30:43Oh, Gus, no.
30:44I get pills for this.
30:48Well, I...
30:50Come on, Arthur.
30:51Come on, boy.
30:52Come on.
30:52No.
30:53David, go take him to see the attic first.
30:55I mean, he'll be with you more than he'll be with us.
30:56And your room is the first one he ought to see.
30:58Okay.
30:59Come on, Arthur.
31:00Come on.
31:01What difference does it make which room he sees first?
31:04The difference is that Arthur's all excited.
31:06And if he's going to have an accident, better in David's room than in mine.
31:09Ours.
31:10Oh, well, thanks for reminding me.
31:12Anytime you need reminding, just look around.
31:14One side of the room is obviously ruled by a neat freak.
31:17Well, the other contains a regular person who is wonderful.
31:22Actually, you are wonderful.
31:24What?
31:26Well, for a troll.
31:28You see, Mom and Dad found you under a bridge.
31:30They didn't have enough money to buy Arthur, so they brought you home instead.
31:32Oh, no, you don't.
31:48wake up big boy come on come alive he didn't walk your dog and he's got a belly ache because
31:58you didn't walk him I know you forgot that's why I'm here to remind you it's dark outside well sure
32:11it's 4 30 in the morning of course it's dark now get up when you come back you can finish
32:16your
32:17homework then you can have an early breakfast with me and Joe Kaplan be a first
32:54come on hurry up go
33:01don't smoke when using saw keep both hands on your saw when cutting in order to have control
33:08at all times be aware of limbs above you
33:15vibrations from the saw could cause rotten limbs to fall
33:23put throttle to lock position before starting if saw is cold put choke lever to right side for one or
33:32two
33:32puts if saw is warm
33:44don't you're right
34:02house rules according to Gus number one no one allowed in the bathroom in the morning longer than 15 minutes
34:12no exceptions
34:14number two any laundry not hampered will be picked up and put in the garage rag box and used for
34:20towels on Saturday's car washes
34:25number three rock and roll music will be permitted between the hours of
34:29mom
34:34good morning
34:40well there's some get up Gus
34:44you made up a whole list of rules about how things are going to be around here
34:47and you put it on my children's door and you never even asked me about it that doesn't work for
34:52me
34:53I'm their mother and you're their grandfather
34:56but if we don't decide together what's best for them we're going to go to war
35:00no I don't want that to happen and I don't think you want that to happen
35:05you're going to wear this to work
35:06am I talking to myself now
35:08honey this don't look like work clothes to me it's look like dancing clothes
35:11I mean it Gus
35:12if you wear that to work you might have somebody's hand on you where it doesn't belong
35:16if it happens
35:18check with Chrissy
35:20she's got a speech all made up for that
35:36I can't see
35:37come on Molly wait a second
35:39I have to look right
35:41you met a boy
35:43no
35:44grandpa's taking me to talk to the principal
35:46he's going to help me get a transfer to school with an honors program
35:49I suppose you can't get the transfer
35:52well grandpa says that there's always somebody else that we can talk to
35:55even bosses have bosses
35:59maybe it'll work
36:01maybe what will work
36:03Gus and us
36:05you look nice
36:07thanks
36:07Chrissy
36:08come on honey let's get a move on
36:29excuse me
36:30where is Mr. Cathcart
36:31oh
36:34over there
36:36Mr. Cathcart over there
36:40in sweaty
36:42he waits for you
36:44in sweaty
36:45yes
36:47many mirrors
36:51cushions
36:54he waits for you
36:55and sweaty
36:57and sweaty
36:58and sweaty
37:28good morning you're a little ahead of the schedule well you said it was hard to find so
37:34i left early good let me just catch a shower and we can play play yeah the fun things the
37:42fun
37:42things work my work is fun oh oh what's something you know you might want to talk to your house
37:53boy
37:54it's just the way he chooses to describe your room and what goes on here and
38:00just something else that somebody had said to me
38:04well clearly i was mistaken but i thought you were going to
38:10make a pass at me
38:13a pass that's ridiculous
38:30something wrong with the liver liver isn't good enough for something to be wrong with it
38:39and you
38:39it smells gross like something died
38:42something did die the very calf we got this liver from died
38:47must have been liver disease that killed it
38:53how about you
38:57i'm not thinking about the liver
38:59i'm thinking about the meeting
39:01i mean what if they don't give me a chance for
39:04what meeting
39:06the school board meets tonight
39:08according to chris's principal
39:10you talked to the principal
39:12i did i took the ball right by the horns
39:15and you really think that they'll let her transfer to a school that has an honors problem
39:19sure why not don't you
39:21well i don't know i
39:23i don't know what things are like here in california but in indiana
39:27the state pays a school something like
39:30i don't know twenty five hundred dollars a student for everybody enrolled
39:33they don't want to give that up
39:35i'm not talking about money here
39:38i'm talking about what's fair
39:42well fair costs more
39:46may we be excused
39:49if you don't eat your liver you get no pie and ice cream
39:52it's a small price to pay
39:54go on
39:55i better go get ready
39:57we don't have much time
40:03what about you what's the matter with you
40:05oh i'm just tired
40:06don't you get tired gus
40:10i worked a whole week you know
40:12and i'm i'm wrung out
40:14i've got everything squeezed out of me
40:17say do you suppose you could handle this meeting for me tonight
40:22sure
40:24great
40:26i see you're not up to it
40:30you're tired
40:32okay
40:35you go up there and get in your little bed
40:36and let old gus handle everything punkin
40:40right night
40:48night
40:49night
40:50night
40:50night
40:52yes when you sit
41:00ladies and gentlemen of the board may i introduce miss chris witherspoon
41:04i met with the young lady earlier this week
41:07and attempted to clarify the board's position regarding transfers
41:10the fact that she's here tonight
41:13seemed to indicate that i was unsuccessful
41:15miss witherspoon
41:18yes i'm here
41:19as a recent transfer we welcome you to highland park high school
41:22thank you
41:23we're always happy to have a grade a student such as yourself
41:27that's why the board is reluctant to grant you the transfer your request
41:31i need an honors program your school has none
41:35miss witherspoon please be patient with us
41:37we have plans to begin an honors program next semester in biology and english
41:42you have a copy of my transcript
41:45now you can see that my last school i was taking honors english honors biology honors chemistry and honors calculus
41:50yes yes yes yes yes my course of study is designed to get me accepted into the air force academy
41:56i beg your pardon
41:58the air force academy
41:59do you have any idea how much that kind of education will cost young lady
42:03i know it costs a lot of money
42:04and i think the taxpayers have a reasonable concern that three years or so after you graduate
42:08a young girl like yourself might go all moony eyed over some snappy talker
42:13don't put yourself through any more of this
42:15you don't have to sit and listen to this guy
42:16and you don't have to argue with him either
42:18i don't think i know who you are sir
42:19my name's gus witherspoon and i'm her grandpa
42:21and she wants out of this school see because she wants to go to the air force academy
42:25she wants to be a test pilot
42:27yes but i just explained to this girl here
42:30you'll embarrass yourself
42:32my granddaughter wants to transfer into a school where she can qualify for the air force academy
42:38because she wants to get into the space program
42:41look mr witherspoon you're going to have a very difficult time convincing the board that this girl here
42:45that's really it isn't it
42:47it's because she's a girl
42:48now if she were a boy
42:50you'd shake her hand and slap her on the back and send her on her way wouldn't you
42:56i think this case bears further thought
42:59we will give you our final decision at the next
43:01we want your answer now sir
43:05and if you don't want to give it to us
43:07if you want to continue to postpone it
43:10we'll go to court with you
43:13you see we're not talking about home economics here or light housekeeping
43:19we're talking about the equality of men and women under the constitution of the united states
43:23we're talking about national security
43:27and my attorney's going to want to talk to you about those things when he brings a class action suit
43:31against you
43:32you don't have the nerve
43:33excuse me
43:35don't you ever bet i don't have the nerve
43:38and when we're all through talking about the constitution
43:40and the equality of men and women and whatnot like that
43:44we're sure going to want to talk to you about personal damages
43:58i want this girl out of my school
44:01do it now
44:07here's only one she said
44:08don't worry i'll be fine
44:21don't worry i'll be fine
44:39don't worry
44:39don't worry
44:43What are your trains?
44:45I know. They're up in the garage.
44:47There's more room up there.
44:50Anyway, trains are old-fashioned stuff.
44:53Time to get ready for airplanes and rockets and space.
44:59I don't know what it doesn't sound like a lot.
45:00Thanks.
45:04Sounds like quite a lot to me.
45:07Can I stay down a while?
45:08Yes, you may.
45:34Yes, you may.
45:37You know, in the kitchen when you call me Punkin?
45:41Yeah.
45:42Well, that's the kind of thing that might be a little irritating to a grown woman sometimes.
45:48I'll try to remember that.
45:50Of course, you know, of course, if she were tired and feeling kind of beaten up by the world,
45:56I mean, it wouldn't be so bad then.
45:58I'll try to remember that.
46:03Good night.
46:04Good night, Punkin.
46:06Good night, Punkin.
46:47Well, what were you doing here, anyway, huh?
46:51What are you doing here, you little thing?
46:58I'm doing all right.
47:21I'm doing all right.
47:23Good night.
47:24Good night.
47:38Good night.
47:42Good night, Weinstein.