Sondra?
As Soon As
Theo And The Girls Get Here
We Should Leave.
Our Reservation Is In Half An Hour.
Iris Is Always On Time.
Elvin, How Does This Sound?
You're Not Dressed?
This Essay Isn't Right.
How Can I Enter Law School
When I Can't Write A Personal Statement?
A Nice Evening Out Will Clear Your Head.
You're Gonna Love Iris.
You Guys Are Gonna Hit It Off Great.
( Doorbell Ringing )
Okay, I'll Go Get Ready.
Thank You.
Hey!
♪ My Name Is Van ♪
♪ They Call Me Rue ♪
♪ And We Are Here To Baby Sit For You. ♪
Hooooo!
Elvin, I Told 'Em It Was Stupid.
It Was Not Stupid, It Was Great.
Come On In.
Thank You, Elvin.
I Can't Stay.
Dad Wants The Car.
I Hope Your Vcr Works.
I Picked Up Some Movies For Us.
Vanessa's Really Into Those Old Movies.
Most Aren't Even In Color.
You're Gonna Love These.
They Are So Glamorous.
People Wore Tuxedos To Do Everything.
Even To Get The Newspaper.
And They Were Always Jumping Into These Big Taxicabs
And Saying, "Follow That Car."
And They Got To Go To Nightclubs
With Big, Shiny Dance Floors
And Orchestras, And--
Linen Tablecloths.
Now That Is My Style.
So What Are You Doing?
Going To Dinner With A Friend And Her Sister.
You're Taking Sondra To Dinner With An Old Girlfriend?
Iris Wasn't A Girlfriend.
We Went To School Together.
She Did Take Me To A Dance When I Didn't Have Money.
After That, We Just Studied Together.
Then I Met Your Sister, And We Lost Touch.
Is She Cute?
Yeah, I Guess.
Wait A Minute.
She Was Cute
And You Only Went To The Library?
Come On, You Guys
Do You Write For The Tabloids?
We're Just Friends.
It Is Possible To Be Friends With An Attractive Woman.
Hasn't It Happened To You, Theo?
Yeah, But It Wasn't My Choice.
Hey, Everybody.
Theo: Hey, What's Up?
♪ My Name Is Van ♪
♪ They Call Me Rue ♪
♪ And We Are Here To Baby Sit For You. ♪
Hooooo!
Hey, I Love That.
Sondra, You Aren't Dressed?
I Can't Go.
I Figured Out How To Fix My Essay.
I Have Some Great Ideas.
But We Planned This A Week Ago
And Iris Wants To Meet You.
I Can Meet Her The Next Time She's Here.
Well, I Know The Application Is Important, But...
Okay. Okay.
I Will Call Her
Cancel And Stay Home With You Tonight.
No, You Should Go To Dinner.
If You Don't Go, I Don't Go.
Honey, That's Ridiculous.
Why Should You Be Stuck?
Have A Good Time.
Okay, I Will.
Does That Mean We Don't Get To Baby Sit?
No, You're Staying.
While I'm Working
You Keep An Eye On Winnie And Nelson.
All Right. All Right.
All I Ask Is That You Be Home By 10:00
To Take Rudy And Vanessa Home.
I Promised I'd Have Them Back Early.
I'll Be Home 9:30 The Latest.
( Mouth Full ) Hey, Elvin.
I Was Just Going Back Home
But I Can Drop You At The Restaurant.
Great.
Work Hard, Honey.
I Can't Wait To Read That Brilliant Essay.
Have A Good Time, Sweetheart.
Sondra, I Cannot Believe What You Just Did.
What?
You Sent Your Husband Out On A Date
With Another Woman.
Elvin Isn't On A Date.
She's An Old Friend.
That's What Joseph Cotten
Said About Joan Fontaine
In September Affair.
Hi, Dr. Huxtable.
Hi, Honey, Mm-Mmmm.
Aren't You Getting Ready For Bed?
In A Minute.
But First I Have To See How Tall I Am
Before I Go To Sleep.
I Measured You Yesterday.
Fine, But I Want You To Measure Me Again
Before I Go To Sleep.
But I Just Measured You Yesterday
And You Were 41 Inches Tall.
I Put It On The Wall Over There.
I Grew, I Can Feel It.
But You, You Didn't Grow, Hon.
Yes, I Did.
I'm Telling You, You Didn't Grow.
I Know My Body.
Measure Me.
Okay.
All Right, Go On Over There.
I'll Measure You.
Okay, Here's The Mark From Yesterday.
Now, This Was Less Than 24 Hours, Okay?
All Right Now.
Got The Same Shoes On?
Yes, My Tennis Shoes.
All Right, Fine.
Put Your Head Back.
All Right, Here We Go.
Now, This Is The Mark, And...
Well, That's Impossible.
What? What?
You're, You're An Inch Taller Than You Were Yesterday.
All Right!
I Told You.
I Know My Body.
Clair!
Clair.
I Measured Her Yesterday.
I Measured Her Just Now.
She's An Inch Taller Than She Was Yesterday.
That Doesn't Surprise Me A Bit.
Olivia's An Exceptional Child.
Wow! That's Very Good, Olivia.
Keep Up The Good Work.
I Just Measured Her
Less Than 24 Hours Ago.
Well, Dad, Maybe We Understand Things
That Doctors Don't.
If The Child Grows At This Rate
Do You Realize That By April She'll Be 10 Feet Tall?
Honey, You're Getting Overly Excited
For No Good Reason.
See, Denise And I Understand
That Children Have These Sudden Spurts Of Growth.
They Do.
Especially When You Put Tissue In Their Shoes.
All: Gotcha!
I Know My Body!
And You, A Doctor...
Yes.
Actually Believed
A Child Could Grow An Inch A Day.
Well, I Mean, I Would, I Would...
You Got To Admit That's A Good "Gotcha."
No.
Gotcha!
What's So Funny?
Yesterday, Your Father Measured Olivia
And He Measured Her Again Today
And She Was An Inch Taller.
Where Did He Measure Her?
In The Kitchen, Honey.
Against The Wall.
Was She In The Same Place?
Yes.
The Same Shoes?
Yes.
And She Put
Tissue In Her Shoes.
Why Would She Do That?
Never Mind.
Well, Dad, I Brought Your Keys Back To You.
Thank You.
I Must Say Sondra Surprised Me Tonight.
She And Elvin Were Going To Dinner
With An Old Girlfriend Of Elvin's
And Her Sister.
Anyway, At The Last Minute
Sondra Decided She Wasn't Gonna Go
Because She Had To Work On Her Law School Application.
He Never Even Checked Her Shoes.
Anyway...
Sondra Insisted That Elvin Go.
Isn't That Unbelievable?
Her Shoes.
Elvin's One Lucky Guy.
See You Guys Later.
Tissue Paper, Huh?
Well, I Just See Some Trouble On The Horizon
For My Man, Elvin.
I'm Sorry.
There Was Just A Little Left.
It's Gone Now.
See, Elvin Is In Big Trouble.
Why? What Did It He Do?
She Told Him To Go.
Doesn't Make Any Difference What His Wife Told Him.
The Boy Went Out With Two Women
And Left The Wife At Home With Two Babies
And She Had To Fill Out A Law School Application.
You Are Not Suggesting You Understand
A Woman's Point Of View Better Than I Do?
What I'm Saying
Is That Elvin Understands Less Than All Of Us.
And He's Going To Be In Big Trouble.
And Another Thing--
I Knew About The Tissue In The Shoe.
Oh, No.
I Gotcha.
Gotcha, Gotcha, Gotcha.
I Didn't Have A Dollar.
You Sister Took Pity On Me.
She Said, "Go As My Guest."
I Didn't Know He Was Going To Get So Thirsty Inside.
I Spent Another $7.00 On Refreshments.
It's Late.
It's 11:00.
Sondra Wants To Meet You.
And I Want You To See The Babies.
She Won't Be Upset That It's So Late?
No, When I Called Her From The Restaurant
She Said, "Stay, Enjoy Yourselves."
Sondra's The Kind Of Person
Who Enjoys Others Enjoying Themselves.
You'll See When You Meet Her.
Look, Why Don't You Guys Make Yourselves At Home
And We'll Be Right Out.
Honey, I'm Back.
Yes, You Are.
Sorry I'm A Little Late.
Time Just Flew By.
Did It?
We Were Just Talking Over Old Times And Stuff.
Iris's Sister Is Really Fascinating.
She's An Engineer, She Builds Bridges.
Anyway, We Were Just Talking
And They Ordered Some Wine...
You Were Drinking Wine?
No, You Know I Don't Drink Wine.
I Had A Scotch.
You Had A Scotch?
It Seemed Like The Thing To Do.
But I Told Them To Put A Lot Of Ice In It.
I Suppose You Smoked A Cigarette, Too.
No.
I Just Lit It And Let It Sit
In The Ashtray.
Now It's Clear
Why You Didn't Come Home When You Promised.
When I Called, You Said
"Stay And Enjoy Yourselves."
Well, You Stayed, All Right.
I Stayed Another Half Hour
Then I Paid And We Left.
You Paid The Check?
I Wanted To.
Once In College, Iris Paid My Way Into A Dance.
Want To Know What Went On Here While You Were On The Town?
No. Yeah. Uh, I'm Not Sure.
Well, At 10:00
When You Promised You Would Be Back
I Had To Stop Working
Bundle The Twins
Drive Rudy And Vanessa Home
And Then Drive Back.
I Then Spent The Next Half Hour
Getting The Twins To Sleep
And Then Another Half Hour Trying To Calm Down
So I Could Work On This Essay.
Honey, Why Didn't You Send Vanessa And Rudy Home In A Cab?
Elvin, Because It Costs Money.
I Guess That's Something You Don't Think About
Since You Were Out Spending It
On Food, Drink And Women.
Now, If You'll Excuse Me
I Would Like To Get Back To Writing My Essay.
Sweetheart, Before You Do That...
Iris And Judy Are, Are In The...
In The Living Room.
They Would Like To Meet You.
You Brought Them Here?
They Wanted To Meet You.
Could You Come Out For A Minute?
No.
If You Don't Come Out
What Am I Going To Say To Them?
Why Don't You Have A Scotch?
Maybe Something Will Come To You.
Sure You Don't Want To Come Out?
Well, Um...
Sondra Can't Come Out After All.
She's Asleep.
Elvin, We Heard Her, She Sounds Upset.
Yeah, Well...
She Talks In Her Sleep.
She's Under A Lot Of Stress Right Now.
She's Applying To Law School.
Maybe We Should Leave.
Maybe.
But Next Time You Come To Town
We'll Get Together.
She'll Be Real Sorry She Missed You.
It Was Nice Meeting You.
We Had A Great Time.
Hello.
Sondra!
You Woke Up!
Sondra, Um, Well.
Iris, Judy, This Is My Wife, Sondra.
We've Heard A Lot About You.
I Hope We Didn't Get Elvin In Trouble
Keeping Him Out.
Oh, No, No.
I Understand What It's Like When Old Friends Get Together.
You Do?
Absolutely.
I'm Just Happy
That All Of You Had Such A Good Time.
Oh...
Well, We Did.
Sitting Around With Iris
Brought Back Memories Of College.
Tell Sondra About The Time
You Lent Me Money For The Dance.
Elvin Was Broke, And I Ended Up Spending $12.00
On Our Evening Out.
Oh, That's Great.
That Elvin.
We'll Be In Town Next Spring.
Maybe We Can Get Together.
Oh, I'd Like That.
We've Got A Long Trip.
We Should Hit The Road.
Good Night, Sondra.
Elvin, Thanks For Buying Dinner.
Nice Meeting You.
Oh, You, Too.
Drive Safely.
Good Luck On Your Law Exam!
Aren't They Great?
I Knew You'd Like Them.
When We Came In, They Said
"Are You Sure Sondra Won't Be Angry?"
And I Said, "No, Not My Sondra."
I Really Appreciate The Way
You Expressed Your Anger In There
And Then Came Out
And Were So Open To Them.
It Really Means A Lot To Me.
You Really Mean A Lot To Me.
You're My Special, Special Muffin.
Muffin?
( Movie Music )
( Sniffling )
Oh, Vanessa, You're Right.
I Love These Movies.
Didn't This Remind You Of Sondra And Elvin?
Yeah.
Gene Tierney Seemed Okay
At The Beginning Of The Movie.
But When Cornel Wilde Fell In Love With Jeanne Crain
It Freaked Gene Tierney Out.
I Know.
She Started Killing Everybody.
Do You Think Sondra Will Kill Elvin?
Rudy, Sondra Would Never Kill Elvin.
Sondra Has A Bad Temper Sometimes.
You're Right.
In Fact, Her Temper's A Lot Like Gene Tierney's
In The Movie.
Hi, Rudy, Hi, Vanessa.
Sondra?
Yes?
Where's Elvin?
Don't Talk To Me About Elvin.
( Everyone Talking At Once )
Now We're Talking Medicine.
I Was Really Nervous But I Did A Good Job.
Let Me Look At It For You?
Could You Pass The Sugar?
So, Anyway...
Thank You.
I'm Worried Because They're Placing
Much More Emphasis On The Essays At Law Schools These Days.
Sorry To Interrupt You Again.
Could You Pass The Cream?
Thank You.
( Imitating Wind Blowing )
Well, This, Uh...
This Was A Delicious Dinner.
Good As The One You Had Last Night?
Much Better, In Fact.
Last Night's Dinner Was Not Very Good At All.
This Was So Great, I'd Like To Do The Dishes.
Elvin, You Don't Have To.
I Insist.
Mom, Can We Go And Talk In The Living Room?
It's A Little Noisy In Here.
If You Like.
Yeah, That Sounds Like A Great Idea.
Why Don't You Ladies Just Go In There And--
Chat A Bit And--
Dad.
Sondra Has Not Spoken To Me
Or Looked At Me Since Last Night.
Well, I Heard What You Did Last Night.
Dad, I Didn't Really Do Anything Wrong.
I Mean, I Came In A Little Late, But I Called Her.
She Said, "Stay And Enjoy Yourselves."
Two Women.
Dad, When Sondra Said She Couldn't Go To Dinner
I Told Her That I Would Stay Home.
And She Said, I Remember Exactly--
She Said, "You Should Go And Have A Good Time."
Then I Told Her Again I'd Stay Home.
And She Said, "Go."
Three Times, Dad, We Did This
And Finally I Said, "Okay, I'll Go."
And I Went.
With Two Women.
You Know, You...
You Are A Very Intelligent Man
But You Are Dumb.
What Do You Mean, Dumb?
Two Women, Man!
Do You Think That Sondra Wanted You To Go?
She Said To Go.
It Doesn't Make Any Difference If She Says "Go."
If Your Wife Says "Go," You Should Know She Meant "No."
That's Your Job!
What's My Job?
Your Job Is To Know
That When Your Wife Says "Yes," She Means "No."
Dad, To Do That, I'd Have To Be Psychic.
Dad, That's Impossible.
How Should I Know Whether She Means Yes Or No?
Let Me Put It To You This Way.
Let's Say That Three Weeks, A Year From Now...
A Female That You...
Used To Just Sit And Have Coffee With...
Calls Up And Says, "How About Dinner?"
Your Wife Says
"I'm Busy, But Darling...
You Go."
What Are You Going To Do?
I'm Going To Be Psychic.
So At 10:00, I Had To Stop Working On My Essay
Get Dressed, Bundle Up The Twins
Drive Here, Drop Off Rudy And Vanessa
And Then Drive Back.
Then I Spent Another Half Hour
Getting The Babies Back To Sleep.
When He Promised To Be Home By 9:30.
Sondra, You're Going To Make A Wonderful Attorney.
Why's That?
You Summed Up A Case
That Is So Airtight
Not Only Would The Jury Convict Him
They'd Lock Him Up For Good.
I'm Glad You Agree.
I Didn't Say That.
See, I Think You're
As Much To Blame As Elvin.
Probably Even More.
What?
Sit Down.
When Elvin Suggested
He Stay Home And Not Go To Dinner
You Told Him To Go.
That's Right.
So, Were You Annoyed
He Went With Two Women?
No.
This Is Me You're Talking To.
Did It Bother You
He Was Going With Two Women?
Okay, Maybe A Little.
But You Insisted That He Go.
Well, Yes.
I Thought He Would Insist Harder To Stay.
You Told Him To Go.
Yes, But...
You Were Not Honest
With Him Or Yourself.
So When He Came Home Late
You Went From Being Bothered To Angry.
And When He Brought Those Two Women In The House
You Went From Being Angry To Furious.
Now I Would Suggest
You Declare War On Your Husband
You Better Take Stock In Yourself
And See What Part You Had In Starting It.
Well, Maybe I Should Go In And Help Him Wash.
Sit Down.
Don't Forget
The Man Was Late.
And The Women Were Attractive.
I Forgot To Tell You
He Paid For Their Dinner, Also.
We'll Make Him Wash The Pots For That, Too.
Okay, Car's Out Front, Let's Go.
Don't Want To Be Late.
Oh, Elvin, Could You Do Me A Favor?
Instead Of Us Driving To The Hospital And Dropping You
Could You Drop Us Off At The Apartment First?
Yeah, Sure, Hon.
I'm Really Tired.
Anything You Want, Honey.
Thank You, Sweetheart.
Bye-Bye.
Bye.
Did You See That?
They Must've Made Up.
They're In Love Again.
Isn't Love Wonderful?
Wait A Minute.
What?
In The Movie Conflict
Humphrey Bogart Pretends To Be In Love With His Wife
But He's Actually In Love With Alexis Smith.
So He Rigs The Brakes To His Wife's Car
To Give Out On A Hill.
Sondra Asked Elvin To Be Dropped Off First.
Elvin's Going To Be In The Car
All Alone.
Mom! Mom!