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DAD!

- SO THAT WOULD BE A YES?

- YES.

WHEN BILL WOULD:

GO AWAY,

I WAS JUST LEFT AT HOME

WITH MY OWN WORST FEARS.

FINALLY I DECIDED THAT...

WHAT I NEEDED TO DO

WAS TO KEEP BILL HOME

AND SHOW HIM:

AND THE WORLD:

THAT HIS FAMILY WAS

AN INDESTRUCTIBLE THING.

GENTLEMEN, MEET THE LOUDS.

THE HANDSOME, HARD-WORKING,

NIXON-SUPPORTING DAD,

THE SMART,

SULTRY MOM.

SHE'S A LITTLE TOO LATE

FOR WOMEN'S LIB,

BUT TOO YOUNG TO BE

A DISCARDED HOUSEWIFE.

THE 16 YEAR-OLD

DAUGHTER:

WHO IS EXPERIENCING

HER FIRST SERIOUS BOYFRIEND.

THE LITTLE ONE WHO IS IN LOVE

WITH HER HORSE.

THE TWO BOYS WHO THINK

THEY'RE THE NEXT ROLLING STONES.

AND THE ELDEST-- HE'S MOVED

TO MANHATTAN TO MAKE IT.

I HAVE YE TO MEET HIM.

WHY NO APPLAUSE HERE,

GENTLEMEN?

FOR WHAT, FIVE HOURS OF

"PASS THE SALT"? I DON'T GET THE POINT.

THE POINT IS WE'VE GONE

TO THE MOON AND BEYOND,

BUT WE HAVE YET TO GET PAS THE AMERICAN FRONT DOOR.

AND WHEN WE GE PAST THAT DOOR,

WHAT DO YOU THINK

WE'RE GOING TO FIND?

THE SMILING FACES

ON THE CHRISTMAS CARDS?

THE CUTE LITTLE JOKES

WITH THE LAUGH TRACKS? NO.

NOW ONE HAS EVER

DONE THIS BEFORE,

SO IF ANYONE SHOULD BE

ASKING WHAT THE POINT IS,

IT SHOULD BE ME--

OF HAVING TO BEG TO FINANCE

WHAT COULD BE:

THE MOST GROUNDBREAKING

EVER PUT ON THE AIR.

- 10 HOURS?

- YEAH. YOU HEARD THAT.

I HEARD THAT, YES.

WELL, YOU JUST REMEMBER

THIS LAUGH:

WHEN YOU SEE THE DAILIES

AND YOU'RE BEGGING ME FOR MORE.

ALL RIGHT, CRAIG, I'M GONNA

TAKE YOU UP ON THAT.

IF I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU

THE REST OF THE FINANCING,

I NEED YOU HERE:

TO SCREEN DAILIES

EVERY STEP OF THE WAY,

SO WE CAN BE SURE

YOU'RE GETTING SOMETHING

WORTH PUTTING ON.

- ABSOLUTELY.

- MR. GILBERT.

YOUR ASSISTANT PU A PHONE CALL THROUGH.

- THIS PICKS UP EVERYTHING? - MM-HMM,

I'M GONNA WRAP THIS AROUND RIGHT HERE.

YEAH, WE'LL BE PUTTING IN

SOME HIGHER-WATTAGE BULBS.

PAT, I WAS JUS DESCRIBING YOU

AND I USED AN ADJECTIVE

THAT ACTUALLY MADE ME BLUSH.

Why aren't you here,

Craig?

MY HOUSE IS BEING TORN APAR BY A BUNCH OF NEW YORKERS.

They're just

prerigging a little.

WHEN THEY'RE DONE

YOU'LL HARDLY NOTICE.

WHAT'S THIS ABOUT YOU

FILMING MY TRIP TO MANHATTAN?

THEY SAY YOU WAN TO START WITH THAT NOW?

WELL, YOU DECIDED TO VISI YOUR SON AND WE THOUGH THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING.

By the way, where is Lance?

Where is he staying?

OH, UM,

I BELIEVE HE'S STAYING

AT A PLACE CALLED

THE, UH, CHELSEA HOTEL.

LANCE?

WE'RE GOING TO THE

LA MAMA THEATER TONIGHT--

THE ULTIMATE:

OF UNDERGROUND, HONEY.

YOU'LL JUST THINK

IT'S SO NEAT.

YEAH, ALL THE UNDERGROUND

STARS ARE THERE. IT'S A BIG PLACE.

ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE

I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF.

OH, I KNOW, BUT YOU'VE

DREAMED OF THEM.

GOT TO PAY:

YOUR DUES:

IF YOU WAN TO SING THE BLUES

AND YOU KNOW:

IT DON'T COME EASY

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE

TO SHOUT...

WHAT'VE WE GOT?

UH, FIVE-SIX.

I THINK THIS IS HER.

- YEAH.

- SLATE IT.

ROLLING IT.

AN AMERICAN FAMILY,

TAKE ONE.

GOT IT.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA NEED

THAT SUN GUN WHEN WE GO IN THERE.

- THAT LOBBY'S TOO DARK.

- YEAH.

WE'RE STARTING

RIGHT NOW?

YEAH, JUST KEEP ON COMING.

REMEMBER, WE'RE INVISIBLE.

YOU'RE RIGH IN FRONT OF ME.

IT'S OKAY. JUST KEEP WALKING.

WE'LL GIVE WAY.

AND TRY NOT TO TALK

TO THE CAMERA, PAT.

DOES YOUR MOTHER

HAVE DARK HAIR,

LONG, SEXY LEGS,

HUGE SUNGLASSES:

AND CAMERAS:

FOLLOWING HER?

OR IS THA JACKIE O?

OH MY GOD,

LOOK AT THEM.

THIS IS HEAVEN.

OH, EXCUSE ME.

OH, JACKIE O.

HEY, BABY.

WANT SOME?

HELLO. THE NAME'S

PATRICIA LOUD.

MY SON MADE A RESERVATION

FOR ME ON THE FOURTH FLOOR.

YEAH, HE WANTED YOU

ON EIGHT.

LANCE.

- BABY.

- HI, MOM.

- OH, HOW ARE YOU?

- FINE, MOM.

OH, THIS IS CAMERON,

MOM.

HI. HELLO.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

- I LOVE YOUR GLOVES.

- YEAH, YOU LOOK NICE.

- HONEY, YOU SAID--

- HOW WAS YOUR FLIGHT, MRS. LOUD?

- YEAH.

- FINE FINE.

YES, WE GOT IN A LITTLE

EARLIER THAN EXPECTED.

- OH.

- WHO SMOKES?

WELL, CAMERON SMOKES.

CAMERON, YOU TELL--

THAT'S--

I'M THE SMOKER.

WELL, I GUESS THAT'S

HIS MOTHER'S PROBLEM.

JUST SO LONG AS YOU

DON'T START.

- THIS PLACE COULD USE SOME

CLEANING. - UH, I KNOW.

THE MAID SERVICE HERE REALLY

IS JUST AWFUL, JUST TERRIBLE.

WELL, PERHAPS YOU OUGH TO APPLY FOR THE JOB.

I APPLIED FOR THE--

FOR THE CLEANING JOB,

BUT THEY SAID I HAD TO

WEAR A HAIR NET,

AND I JUS COULDN'T DO THAT.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL HER

ABOUT THE SHOW?

OH, UM, YEAH.

WE-- WE GOT TICKETS TO THIS

AMAZING SHOW AT LA MAMA THEATER--

- "VAIN VICTORY."

- THANK YOU.

I'D LOVE TO TAKE IN

A NICE SHOW.

OH, MOM, I KNOW SO MANY FAMOUS

AND INTERESTING PEOPLE NOW.

YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

LIKE JACKIE CURTIS

AND CANDY--

SHE'S RIGHT THERE.

SHE'S STARRING IN IT.

- OH, SHE'S A FRIEND OF YOURS?

- SHE WANTS TO MARRY HIM ACTUALLY.

- REALLY?

- OH YEAH.

SHE THINKS HE'S

THE ALL-AMERICAN BOY

AND SHE'S

THE ALL-AMERICAN GIRL.

SHE'S VERY PRETTY.

SO DO YOU WANT TO GO

TO YOUR ROOM NOW,

GO UP?

YOU SAID I'D BE

NEXT DOOR TO YOU.

WHY AM I UP THERE?

BECAUSE IT'S

BIG ENOUGH FOR YOU

TO SWEEP IN THE DOOR

LIKE LORETTA YOUNG, YOU KNOW.

THERE'S A CAMERA.

MY GOD, A CAMERA.

I HAD NO IDEA.

YOU KNOW, YOU WERE INVISIBLE

JUST LIKE THEY SAID YOU'D BE.

LISTEN, WE'LL BE

RIGHT BACK, OKAY?

NICE TO MEET YOU.

DROP INTO OUR ORBIT

WHERE QUEENS:

CAN COLLIDE:

AND JIGGLE:

YOUR SWEET SPOT:

INTO MADCAP YEARNING,

OOH...

SHE WAS THE GREATES STAR OF ALL.

MY PLACE TONIGHT,

FELLAS:

MY PLACE:

TONIGHT, FELLAS

WHO IS THE LUCKY

BOY TO BE?

- OH, SOMEONE SPECIAL!

- OOH!

DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT,

FELLAS:

IT ISN'T RIGHT,

FELLAS:

WHY ARE THE BIG FELLAS

ALL FOR ME?

IS THAT YOUR FRIEND

CANDY,

THE ONE WHO WANTS

TO MARRY YOU?

YES.

HMM.

SHE'S A MAN?

WELL, I HAVEN'T ACCEPTED

OR ANYTHING.

OURS:

MY PLACE TONIGHT,

FELLAS...

YOU DO REALIZE:

THAT WE'RE BEING FOLLOWED

BY A CAMERA CREW,

LANCE, RIGHT?

DID YOU TAKE THA INTO CONSIDERATION

BEFORE YOU BROUGHT ME

HERE TONIGHT?

YES.

LOOK AT THAT FACE,

FELLAS:

IN MY EMBRACE,

FELLAS:

I BET IT'S ME

SHE'S GONNA CHOOSE...

I'M GONNA GO NOW,

SWEETIE.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE MUST NEVER LET THE

PUBLIC BEHIND THE SCENES,

FOR THEY ARE:

EASILY DISILLUSIONED

AND THEN THEY'RE

ANGRY WITH YOU.

FOR IT IS THE ILLUSION

THEY LOVE.

PAT, HELLO.

SORRY I'M LATE.

CRAIG. DID YOU KNOW

THAT THEY WERE TAKING ME

TO SEE THIS?

OH, OF COURSE NOT. I HAD

NO IDEA THAT WAS HAPPENING.

OH, IT'S NOT HAPPENING.

TRANSVESTITES?

THIS ALL GO STARTED OFF WRONG.

IF THIS SEQUENCE UPSETS YOU,

WE DON'T HAVE TO USE IT.

IT'S NOT ME.

IT'S BILL.

IF HE EVER SAW THIS

HE'D HAVE A STROKE.

DON'T MAKE HIM LOOK

FOOLISH, CRAIG.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT,

LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING.

I THINK LANCE IS AMAZING AND

I CAN TELL MY CREW DOES TOO.

HE'S SMART AND HE'S WITTY

AND HE'S INCREDIBLY SPECIAL.

WELL, I KNOW ALL THAT.

I'M JUST SCARED--

THESE PEOPLE,

THIS PLACE.

WELL, HE'S TRYING

TO FIND HIMSELF:

AND MANHATTAN IS

THE PLACE TO DO THAT.

- YOU REALLY THINK SO?

- YES.

NOW ARE YOU OKAY?

WELL, I'D GIVE YOU A HUG, BUT I DON' WANT TO SEEM INAPPROPRIATE.

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