[ THEME SONG PLAYS ] * I BET WE'VE BEEN TOGETHERFOR A MILLION YEARS * * AND I'LL BET WE'LL BE TOGETHERFOR A MILLION MORE * * OH, IT'S LIKEI STARTED BREATHING * * ON THE NIGHT WE KISSED * AND I CAN'T REMEMBERWHAT I EVER DID BEFORE * * WHAT WOULD WE DO, BABY * WITHOUT US? * WHAT WOULD WE DO, BABY * WITHOUT US? * AND THERE AIN'T NO NOTHIN' * WE CAN'T LOVEEACH OTHER THROUGH * * OOH-HOO * WHAT WOULD WE DO, BABY * WITHOUT US? * SHA-LA-LA-LA OKAY, WE'RE GONNA OPEN UPTHE OLD PHONE LINES NOW. ALEX, CAN YOU GIVE MEA RIDE HOME? MALLORY, WILL YOU GET A GRIP?I'M ON THE AIR HERE. ALEX, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WHISPER.NOBODY'S LISTENING. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO LISTENTO THIS MUSIC DIED YEARS AGO. OH, YEAH?WELL, UH... THERE'S A DECEASED LISTENER NOW. HELLO.YOU'RE ON WITH ALEX. Yeah, I'd like a large pizzawith anchovies, And don't forget -- UH, DON'T, UH... DON'T FORGET -- THE NUMBERFOR REQUESTS IS 555-7955. OKAY. HELLO.YOU'RE ON WITH ALEX. [ French accent ]Duke Ellington didn't write "Wanderlust" by himself. It was Johnny Hodges and the Duke. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S, UH, THRILLINGTO TALK TO SOMEONE WHO SHARES MY PASSIONFOR THE SOUND OF SWING. My pleasure, Alex. Would you play "Sweet Lorraine"for me? It's the fifth cut on side one. CONSIDER IT DONE. OKAY. HERE'S A SPECIAL REQUEST FORTHAT CLASSIC, "SWEET LORRAINE." * I'VE JUST FOUND JOY... * I want you to know that I'm alsoa big Alex Keaton fan. WELL... ...YOU'VE GOT GREAT TASTE. LISTEN, UH,WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN GOING TO THE WOODY HERMANCONCERT WITH ME FRIDAY NIGHT? YEAH, WELL,I'M NOT REALLY IN THE HABIT OF ASKING FOR BLIND DATES,EITHER. BUT I-I THOUGHTWE MIGHT HAVE FUN. GREAT.GREAT. O-OKAY, UH... YEAH.LORRAINE FERRAR? 7:30? ALL RIGHT.I'LL SEE YOU THEN. WELL, MALLORY? BIG DEAL, ALEX.SHE ACCEPTED THE DATE. IT'S ONLY 'CAUSESHE'S NEVER SEEN YOU. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SPECIAL PLEA. MALLORY KEATON, A SOPHOMOREHERE AT HARDING HIGH, HASN'T HAD A DATE SINCE BIRTH. ANYONE OUT THEREWHO WANTS TO TAKE HER ANYWHERE, I'LL PERSONALLY GIVE YOUA DOLLAR. NOW BACK TO THE MUSIC. [ WHISTLING ] AH, GOOD EVENING.MRS. FERRAR? YES? YEAH, I'M ALEX KEATON. I'M TAKING YOUR DAUGHTER,LORRAINE, OUT TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING, ALEX.WON'T YOU COME IN? THANKS. I'M LORRAINE. OH. OH! OH. ARE YOU SURPRISED, ALEX? SURPRISED?NO, NO. WHAT'S THERE TO BESURPRISED ABOUT? YOU'RE LORRAINE, HUH? YES, I AM. OKAY.UH, I'M -- I'M ALEX. NO SURPRISES HERE. WELL, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARDTO THE CONCERT, AND I'M DELIGHTEDTO BE GOING WITH YOU. WELL, I'M DELIGHTEDTO BE GOING WITH ME, TOO. AND YOU. OH, THIS IS MY DAUGHTER,MELISSA. MELISSA, ALEX KEATON. THIS IS YOUR DAU-- ARE YOU SURPRISED? NO! NO.SHE'S YOUR DAUGHTER. SHE'S MELISSA,YOU'RE LORRAINE... I'M STILL ALEX. WHERE'S THE SURPRISE? ARE YOU GONNA BE MY NEW DADDY? [ TELEPHONE RINGING ] -I'LL GET THAT.-NO, NO, NO. HELLO? OH, MAIS OUI, CLAUDE. [ SPEAKING FRENCH ] MERCI, CLAUDE.AU REVOIR. IT'S WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING. YOU SPEAK FRENCH ON THE PHONE. NO.NO, I'M AN ARBITRAGEUR. THAT IS, I BUY -- YOU DEAL IN THE SIMULTANEOUSSALE AND PURCHASE OF EQUIVALENT COMMODITIES IN ORDER TO PROFITFROM THE PRICE DISCREPANCIES. WELL, MR. KEATON... PERHAPS DESTINY HAS TAKEN A HANDTHIS EVENING. WELL, DESTINY AND IARE CERTAINLY NOT STRANGERS. [ LAUGHING ] THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHINGIN THIS WORLD TO COMPARE WITH THE THRILL OF HEARINGA BIG BAND IN PERSON. HEAR, HEAR. PLUS, I LOVE THE WAYTHEY DRESS, YOU KNOW? YOU CAN GO ANYWHEREWITH A BIG BAND. BUT YOU NEED A BIG CAR. UH, LORRAINE,I BROUGHT YOU BACK HERE TONIGHT TO PLAY YOU MY FAVORITE RECORD. UH, MAY I? WELL, PLEASE. OKAY. OH, ALEX, I'VE HADA FANTASTIC EVENING. I BLUSH TO SAYHOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE I LAUGHED LIKE THIS. WELL, WHY, UH, WHY HAVEN'T YOULAUGHED, LORRAINE? WHY?OH, MANY REASONS. BAD MARRIAGE, BAD DIVORCE. I'M -- I'M SORRY.I DIDN'T MEAN TO PRY. OH, NO, NO, NO.IT'S ALL RIGHT. I DON'T MIND TALKING ABOUT IT. I DON'T THINK HE LOVED ME, ALEX. OH, T-THAT --THAT'S HARD TO IMAGINE. WE TRIED TO MAKE THE MARRIAGELAST AS LONG AS WE COULD. WE HAD A CHILD TO BRING UP. YEAH.I-I KNOW HOW THAT IS. YOU MUST HAVE BEEN VERY YOUNGWHEN YOU GOT MARRIED. YES, I WAS. YOU'VE BEEN WONDERINGABOUT MY AGE ALL EVENING, HAVEN'T YOU, ALEX? OH, NO.YOUR AGE? NO. YOUR AGE? NEVER.NEVER ENTERED MY MIND. HOW OLD DO YOU THINK I AM? OH, I DON'T KNOW. UH, I'D SAY ABOUT... [MUMBLES] YEARS OLD. I'LL BE 40 IN JULY. I'LL BE 29 IN MARCH. MY, MY.AND STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. WELL, I'M A VETERAN --YOU KNOW. OKAY, I'M -- I'M 17. BUT THEY'VE BEEN17 VERY FULL YEARS. ALEX, CHRONOLOGICAL AGEMEANS NOTHING TO ME. I LIKE THAT IN A WOMAN. HEY, YOU WANT TO DANCE? I THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER ASK. [ UP-TEMPO BIG-BAND MUSICPLAYS ] HEY, YOU'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. NO, THANK YOU. NO, THANK YOU. [ CLEARS THROAT ] OH, MOM, DAD! ALEX, UH, WHERE'S YOUR... I-I MEAN I-IS... I-IS THIS... WHO'S THIS? [ MUSIC CONTINUES ] OH, I-I'M SORRY.MOM, DAD, THIS IS... LORRAINE FERRAR. MY DATE. SHE'S HIS DATE, STEVEN. HELLO. YES, IT -- IT C-CERTAINLYIS NICE TO MEET YOU. YES.I'LL SAY. HEY, HEY,YOU KIDS WANT TO DANCE? -WE'LL JUST ROLL BACK THE RUG.-NOPE. I DON'T THINK SO. YOU THINK SO, STEVEN? ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? OH, NO, NO --UH, NO -- NO DANCING FOR US. [ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY ] [ Groaning ] NO. NO, UH... GOOD NIGHT. YEAH.THAT'S GOOD. GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT. [ MUSIC CONTINUES ] YOU SAY PEOPLE DO THATFOR FUN, HUH? [ LAUGHS ] OH, ALEX, DON'T BESO HARD ON YOURSELF. I THINK YOU DID VERY WELL --FOR A FIRST-TIME SKATER. LORRAINE, I TOLD YOU,THAT'S NOT MY FIRST TIME. I'VE BEEN TAKING LESSONSFOR YEARS. IT'S JUST THE FIRST TIME THEY LET ME OUT ON THE ICE,THAT'S ALL. WELL, HOW ABOUT A MOVIE TONIGHT? "WILD STRAWBERRIES" IS PLAYINGAT THE FJORD THEATRE. NO. NO, LORRAINE.NO MORE SWEDISH MOVIES. EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS DEPRESSED, AND IT'S ALWAYS DARK OUTAND SNOWING. AND NOBODY EVER SAYSWHAT THEY MEAN. WELL, WHAT KIND OF MOVIEDO YOU LIKE? I DON'T KNOW. TAKE, UH, TAKE"CONAN THE BARBARIAN." OH, COME ON, LORRAINE.THAT WAS A GREAT MOVIE. LOOK, AT LEAST YOU KNEWWHO CONAN WAS. YOU KNOW, YOU KNEWHE WAS A BARBARIAN. YOU KNEW HIS FRIENDSWERE BARBARIANS. AND YOU KNEW HE WASN'T GONNAWALK INTO A DARK RESTAURANT AND ORDER FISH. ALEX, SWEDISH FILMSARE MEANT TO BE SYMBOLIC. WHEN THE PRIEST ORDERED FISH, ITMEANT THAT HE STILL HAD FAITH, THAT HIS LIFE STILL HAD MEANING. YOU SEE, THE SEA IS THE ORIGINOF LIFE. I'M NOT THAT GOODAT SYMBOLIC THOUGHT. YOU KNOW, I NEED FACTS.I NEED FIGURES. I NEED TO SEE THE BOTTOM LINE. OH, ALEX, THERE'S MORE TO LIFETHAN JUST THE BOTTOM LINE. THERE'S BEAUTY FOR ITS OWN SAKE. THERE'S -- THERE'S POETRY. THERE'S LITERATURE.THERE'S DANCE. YEAH. YEAH. REMEMBER THAT PLAY WE SAW --THAT GUY IN TIGHTS? I-I LEARNED A LOT FROM HIM. WELL, FOR ONE THING,I LEARNED NEVER TO WEAR TIGHTS. WELL, THANK YOU, ALEX,FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY TASTE. OH, PUT UP? LORRAINE... I'VE -- I'VE HAD A GREAT TIMETHE PAST TWO WEEKS. I HAVE, TOO, ALEX. REALLY? I-I MEAN,Y-YOU HAVEN'T MINDED THAT... WELL, THAT I'M NOT THAT MUCHA MAN OF THE WORLD? NO, I'VE KIND OF LIKED IT.IT'S REFRESHING. OW! OH! OH, MY FOOT. AH! AH!IT'S STARTING TO THAW OUT. OH, HERE.LET ME RUB IT FOR YOU. AH. OOH. THERE. IS THAT BETTER? YEAH. UM, BETTER. NO, ALEX. IT'S NOT THE TIME. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAWHEN IT'LL BE? I-I MEAN, MY SCHEDULE'S CLEARFOR SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS. ALEX, LET'S NOT COMPLICATE THIS. IT'S SO NICE THE WAY IT IS --WITH US JUST FRIENDS. YEAH. WE'RE MAKING A BIG THINGOUT OF NOTHING, RIGHT? RIGHT. HE'S AT HER HOUSE AGAIN. I KNOW. -DOES THAT BOTHER YOU?-NO. -DOES IT BOTHER YOU? -NO, NOT AT ALL. SHE'S A FRIEND OF OUR SON'S. SHE'S ALEX'S, UH... GIRLFRIEND. THAT'S RIGHT. SHE'S ALEX'S... FULL-GROWN,FRENCHWOMAN GIRLFRIEND. FRENCH... AS IN L'AMOUR. HE HAS GOT TO STOP SEEING HER! THAT'S WHAT WE'LL TELL HIMTHE MINUTE HE COMES IN! HEY, MOM, DAD. BOY, WHAT A DAY. ICE SKATING, CHINESE FOOD,SPARKLING CONVERSATION. SHE'S THE GREATEST. I'M TELLING YOU, MOM,I FEEL YOUNG AGAIN. M-MAYBE THIS WASN'TTHE RIGHT TIME TO TELL HIM. STEVEN, THIS HAS DEFINITELYGONE TOO FAR! THEY'VE HAD CHINESE FOODTOGETHER! WE DIDN'T HAVECHINESE FOOD TOGETHER TILL WE'D BEEN MARRIEDFOR TWO YEARS! LET'S JUST BE THANKFUL THEY HAVEN'T HAD MOROCCAN FOODTOGETHER. REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENEDTHE FIRST TIME WE HAD THAT? [ GIRLS LAUGHING ] HEY, HEY, HEY. IT'S GOT TO STOP, MOM. ALL WE DID WAS ASK HIMHOW HIS OLD LADY WAS. GIRLS, WE'D LIKE TO TALKTO ALEX. GOOD IDEA -- LET'S GETTHIS THING OUT IN THE OPEN. ALONE? WELL, WE'VE NEVER BEENSO INSULTED IN OUR LIVES. BUT HEY. SHALL WE, JEN? THEY'RE SUCH CHILDREN. ALEX, YOUR MOTHER AND IHAVE BEEN TALKING. HEY, GOOD FOR YOU. LORRAINE SAYS TALKING IS GOODFOR A RELATIONSHIP. WELL, IT'S FUNNYYOU SHOULD MENTION LORRAINE. SHE'S WHAT WE WERETALKING ABOUT. OH? WE THINK YOU SHOULDSTOP SEEING HER. [ SCOFFS ] -WHAT DO YOU MEAN?-ALEX... [ SIGHS ] YOU'RE 17 AND SHE'S 40. SHE IS NOT 40. SHE'LL BE 40 IN JULY. YOU DON'T SEEANY OF YOUR OLD FRIENDS. YOU'RE NEVER HOME. YOU LAPSE INTO FRENCHFOR NO APPARENT REASON! AU CONTRAIRE, MOM. ALEX, WE -- WE JUST DON'TWANT TO SEE YOU GET HURT. DAD, I'M NOT GONNA GET HURT. AND THERE IS NOTHING LURIDABOUT THIS RELATIONSHIP. SHE'S MY FRIEND. I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH HER. IT'S LIKE BEING WITH YOU, MOM. WELL, THEN SPEND MORE TIMEWITH ME. DON'T JUDGE LORRAINEWITHOUT KNOWING HER. LET -- LET ME INVITE HER OVERFOR AN EVENING, OKAY? FOR DINNER.PLEASE? OKAY.HOW'S SATURDAY? SWELL. HI, MELISSA.HOW'S MY LITTLE GIRL? [ GROANS ] BELIEVE ME, ALEX,STARING OUT THE WINDOW WON'T GET HER HERE ANY FASTER. [ SIGHS ]AH! THERE SHE IS. WHAT'D I TELL YOU? UH, MOM, LORRAINE'S HERE! YEAH. DAD, SIT UP. GOOD.DON'T SLOUCH. TRY AND LOOK LIKEYOU'VE BEEN TO EUROPE. I'LL GO PUT ON MY LEDERHOSEN. GOOD. GOOD. OH. OH, I CAN'T BELIEVEYOU'RE GONNA WEAR THAT. WHY?WERE YOU PLANNING ON WEARING IT? [ DOORBELL RINGS ] GOOD EVENING, ALEX. GOOD EVENING, LORRAINE. WELCOME TO CHATEAU KEATON. UH, YOU REMEMBER MY MOM AND DAD. -HELLO.-HI. NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. UH, LET'S -- LET'S SIT. YEAH. PLEASE.RIGHT OVER HERE, UH, LORRAINE. OKAY.WELL...HERE SHE IS. HERE I AM. -YES, YOU ARE.-YES, YOU ARE. WELCOME TO OUR SON. HOME. O-OUR SUNNY HOME. THANK YOU.IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. ALEX, UH, TELLS USYOU'RE FRENCH. HE'S RIGHT. ALEX, MAYBE LORRAINE WOULD LIKESOMETHING TO DRINK. OH, YEAH. UH, WOULD YOU CARE FORAN APéRITIF? WELL, THANK YOU, MONSIEUR. [ Chuckling ] YES. "MONSIEUR." I LOVE THAT. WELL, YOU TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER.I SHALL RETURN. YOU ARE TO BE COMMENDED. HE'S BEEN SO BEAUTIFULLYBROUGHT UP. IT'S ALMOST AS IF HE'SA THROWBACK TO ANOTHER ERA. TURN OF THE CENTURY. THERE'S SOMETHING I MUST ASK. I THINK I KNOW WHAT IT IS. ELYSE, NOBODY IS MORE SURPRISEDABOUT ALEX AND ME THAN I AM. OH, I'M NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THAT. MY HUSBAND IS GONE, AND ALEX HAS TURNED OUT TO BEA GREAT COMPANION FOR ME. HE'S BROUGHTA CERTAIN JOIE DE VIVRE THAT I DON'T THINKI'VE EVER FELT BEFORE. IT'S THRILLING. THAT'S THE WAY JOIE DE VIVRE IS. LORRAINE... I'M HAPPY THAT YOU'VE HADA-A GOOD EXPERIENCE... [ SIGHS ] YOU'RE A MOTHER.YOU MUST KNOW HOW I FEEL. LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT I HAVE NO DESIGNS UPON ALEXBEYOND FRIENDSHIP. LORRAINE, YOU'VE BEEN FRANKWITH US, SO WE'LL RETURN THE FAVOR. WE FEEL THAT YOU'RE SIMPLYTOO OLD FOR ALEX. WELL, I-I'M SORRY.IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL. HE'S LETTINGHIS SCHOOLWORK SLIDE. HE DOESN'T SEEANY OF HIS OLD FRIENDS. WE FEEL HE SHOULD SPENDMORE TIME WITH SOMEONE HIS OWN AGE. WELL, YOU ARE HIS PARENTS. AND IF YOU DON'TWANT ME TO SEE HIM, I WILL ABIDE BY YOUR WISHES. T-THAT DOESN'T MEANYOU HAVE TO LEAVE. I'M AFRAID IT DOES. GOOD NIGHT. [ DOOR CLOSES ] STEVEN, DID WE DOTHE RIGHT THING? WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING. [ HUMMING ] WHERE'S LORRAINE? SHE'S GONE. WHAT DO YOU --WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SHE'S GONE? WE TOLD HER HOW WE FELT.I'M AFRAID WE HURT HER FEELINGS. OH... WE DIDN'T MEANFOR HER TO LEAVE, ALEX. YOU KNOW... YOU DIDN'T EVENGIVE HER A CHANCE. YOU HAD NO RIGHTTO TREAT HER THAT WAY! ALEX, WE APOLOGIZE.I'M VERY SORRY. "SORRY." WHAT GOOD IS SORRY?! YOU KNOW, I'M -- I'M A MAN. YOU HAVE TO TREAT ME LIKE A MAN!DO YOU UNDERSTAND? YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LEARNTO LET GO. DINNER IS SERVED. OF COURSE, WE CAN KEEP IT WARM. * ...BE MY LORRAINE * HELLO? Hi. Do you have Glen Gray'sCasa Loma Orchestra playing "Tuxedo Junction"? [ SIGHS ] I'M ONLY PLAYING"SWEET LORRAINE" TONIGHT, SIR. YEAH, WE'RE INTO THE SECOND HOUR OF THE FIRST ANNUALSWEET LORRAINE-ATHON. AND HERE'S THEBIG BAND ALL-STARS OF 1944, WITH THEIR VERY SPECIALINTERPRETATION OF "SWEET LORRAINE." * I JUST FOUND JOY * * I'M AS HAPPY AS A BABY BOY * * WITH ANOTHER BRAND-NEW... * CATCHY TUNE. YEAH. * WHEN I MET... * W-WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? I'VE BEEN CALLING YOUFOR FOUR DAYS. I KNOW. OH, I, UH, I GUESS YOU'RE ANGRYABOUT THE OTHER NIGHT. NO. NO, I'M NOT ANGRY. I JUST NEEDED SOME TIMETO SORT THINGS OUT. WHAT THINGS? ALEX, YOU'RE 17 YEARS OLD. AND I AM ALMOST 40. DOES IT MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL FOR US TO SPEND SO MUCH TIMETOGETHER? CHRONOLOGICAL AGEMEANS NOTHING, LORRAINE. UH, A GOOD FRIEND OF MINETOLD ME THAT ONCE. I BELIEVED HER. OH, ALEX,YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO ME. I HAVEN'T FELT SO ALIVEIN 20 YEARS. ME EITHER. OKAY, 17. I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. YOUR PARENTS FEEL SO STRONGLYABOUT THIS. I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLEGOING AGAINST THEIR WISHES. HOW DO YOUR PARENTS FEELABOUT IT? WHO AM I GONNA GOTO SWEDISH MOVIES WITH? AND MY ICE SKATINGWAS REALLY COMING ALONG -- IF I COULD JUST LEARN TO STOP. WELL, WE CAN STILL SEEEACH OTHER FROM TIME TO TIME. BUT DON'T STOP DOINGTHE THINGS YOU USED TO DO. OH. UH, YOU -- YOU MEAN I-I SHOULDDATE GIRLS MY OWN AGE? YES, AMONGST OTHER THINGS. I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO STOP LEADING THE LIFEOF A 17-YEAR-OLD. I'VE NEVER LED THE LIFEOF A 17-YEAR-OLD. GIVE IT A TRY. I'LL TRY. BYE. * EVERYTHING THAT'S BEAUTIFUL * * EVERYTHING THAT'S GOOD AND TRUE *