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WELL, I TELL YOU,

THERE REALLY IS:

SOMETHING LIBERATING

ABOUT GETTING:

OUT OF TOWN.

FOR ONCE IT'S ALL

IN BILL'S LAP.

WELL, HIS TRAVELING

MUST BE HARD ON YOU.

YES, IT'S HARD

ON ALL OF US.

DO YOU GET LONELY?

WELL, IT'S ALL...

VERY COMPLICATED.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE

I UNDERSTAND IT MYSELF.

WELL, MAYBE THE SHOW

CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT SAY

WHEN YOU TURN A CAMERA ON THINGS,

THE TRUTH JUST RISES

TO THE SURFACE.

WHAT, LIKE DUMPLINGS?

SO...

DO YOU HAVE:

A WIFE AND KIDS?

NO NO.

MY MARRIAGE COLLAPSED.

OH.

YES, IT TURNED OUT THA WE WEREN'T THE RIGHT FIT.

I'M SORRY.

YES, IT WAS--

WELL, THERE REALLY ARE

NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT.

YOU DON'T STRIKE ME

AS A MAN:

THAT WOULD EVER BE

AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.

IN THIS CASE I AM.

UM...

THE ADJECTIVE?

WELL, YOU USED A WORD

TO DESCRIBE ME.

ON THE PHONE:

YOU MENTIONED--

WELL, I GET FLOWERY

WHEN I'M IN MY SELLING MODE.

WELL, WHAT WAS THE WORD?

IT WAS "SULTRY."

- SULTRY?

- MM-HMM.

BUT I SAID SMART TOO.

I LIKE SULTRY.

It's kind of late there.

Have you been prowling

the streets all night?

- LANCE TOOK ME TO A SHOW.

- How's he doing?

- FOUND A JOB YET?

- No, but he's making lots of friends.

GOOD GOOD.

ANY GIRLS?

THAT'S STILL

MY HOPE, YOU KNOW,

THAT IF HE COULD JUS MEET THE RIGHT GIRL AND--

YOU KNOW,

I THINK HE HAS.

Really?

YES, SHE WAS

IN THE SHOW TONIGHT.

Well, finally some

encouraging news.

WHAT ELSE? HAS THA GILBERT BEEN AROUND?

UH, MM-HMM.

- You betcha. - HOW MUCH HAVE

YOU HAD TO DRINK, PATTY?

ENOUGH TO PUT ME TO SLEEP.

I LOVE IT HERE, MOM.

I WISH I COULD STAY

AT THE CHELSEA FOREVER.

YOU REALLY NEVER FELT AT HOME

IN SANTA BARBARA, DID YOU?

I MEAN,

LOOKING BACK ON IT,

THERE WERE THINGS THA I COULD'VE DONE DIFFERENTLY,

BUT I JUST ALWAYS FEL THAT I STOOD APAR

FROM THE RES OF THE FAMILY SO MUCH.

I MEAN, MAYBE YOU GUYS

COULD'VE--

COULD'VE WHAT?

OH, I DON'T KNOW.

DOESN'T MATTER ANYWAY.

IT'S ALL OKAY NOW.

BY THE WAY, DAD WANTS

TO PASS THROUGH NEW YORK

ON ONE OF HIS:

UPCOMING TRIPS.

DO ME A FAVOR-- DON'T GET HIM

A ROOM AT THE CHELSEA HOTEL.

YOU KNOW, I STILL NEVER

KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO HIM.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TALK

TO YOUR FATHER.

HE'S SUCH A CONVERSATIONALIST,

HE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE WHOLE THING.

BUT THAT'S NO ACTUALLY TALKING, MOM.

YOU KNOW,

THAT'S KILLING TIME.

WELL, SOMETIMES

THAT'S THE BES YOU CAN ASK FOR.

THE BOYS:

ARE SO SO LAZY.

BUT YOU HAVE TO TRY TO

LEAD THEM AS FAR AS YOU CAN.

YOU STILL HAVE ALL THA HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO GET?

OH, HELLO.

WELCOME HOME,

PATRICIA.

OH, YOU'RE A VISION.

DID YOU MAKE YOUR

CONNECTING FLIGHT OKAY?

WHY, YES, WE DID.

OH.

DID YOU MAKE YOUR

CONNECTING FLIGHT OKAY?

YES.

HOW ABOUT I TAKE YOU GUYS

TO LUNCH? YOU LOOK EXHAUSTED.

THEY CAN'T SPEAK TO YOU

WHEN THEY'RE FILMING, BILL.

OH, TAKE TWO.

HOW ABOUT I TAKE MY

BEAUTIFUL WIFE TO LUNCH?

- ON CAMERA OR OFF?

- MY LIFE'S AN OPEN BOOK.

OH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.

WE'LL PUT A LITTLE CAMI BEHIND I

AND EVERYTHING WILL BE

ABSOLUTELY FINE.

WOULD YOU EXCUSE ME

FOR A MINUTE?

MICHELLE,

WOULD YOU PLEASE?

WOULD YOU LIKE:

TO TRY IT ON?

PATS.

PATSY.

- VAL, HI.

- HI THERE, VAL.

- BILL.

- HI THERE, VAL.

SO I WAS GOING:

TO CALL YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS UP TO?

OH, JUST GRABBING

A BITE AT EL PASEO.

WELL, DO STOP BY

WHEN YOU'RE DONE.

I CAN SET YOU UP

WITH A NEW SPRING OUTFIT,

COMPLETE WITH PURSE,

HAT AND SHOES,

ALL ON THE HOUSE.

OH MY GOODNESS.

WHY?

BECAUSE I'D LOVE AMERICA TO

SEE MY NEW SPRING LINE IS WHY.

AND BILL PROMISED HE COULD

GET ME A WARDROBE CREDIT.

OH, THAT'S MY BILL.

- DID I?

- ALWAYS FULL OF PROMISES.

WELL WELL WELL,

IT'S AMERICA'S PERFECT FAMILY.

- HI THERE, JEREMY. HOW'S IT GOING?

- HI, BILL.

- SO NICE TO SEE YOU.

- HI.

HOW DOES IT FEEL

TO BE A MOVIE STAR?

WELL...

YOU GOT A NICE TAN

WHILE I WAS AWAY.

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE,

KIDDO.

THIS STRIKE'S

GONNA DO ME IN.

ARE WE GONNA:

GO BROKE, BILL?

YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT.

LANCE LIVING IT UP IN NEW YORK--

I HOPE HE KNOWS HE'S

ON A SHORT STRING THERE.

WE JUST DON'T HAVE

THE MONEY ANYMORE.

HE LOVES MANHATTAN.

HE'S SO HAPPY HE BURSTS

INTO SONG SOMETIMES.

HE HAS SUCH:

A SPARK OF LIFE,

LIKE NO ONE:

I'VE EVER KNOWN,

SO OPEN AND FUNNY.

THAT'S GREAT,

BUT HE'S GOT TO STAR THINKING ABOUT A JOB TOO.

THESE KIDS GOT TO LEARN

THE VALUE OF WORK.

I TELL GRANT THAT HE CAN

MAKE $10 AN HOUR

HAULING CEMENT FOR DAVID WITZELL,

AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE DOES?

HE GIVES ME THA WOLFMAN JACK DOG CALL--

"NO WAY, BROTHER.

NO WAY.

I'M STAYING RIGHT HERE AND

I'M PLAYING WITH THE BAND."

THAT BAND IS:

HIS DREAM, BILL.

WELL, OKAY, BUT HOW ABOU FINDING A DREAM

THAT BRINGS IN:

SOME BUCKS?

WELL, HOW ABOU RAISING PEOPLE

THAT HAVE A SHO AT BEING HAPPY?

HOW ABOUT HAVING PARENTS

THAT MAKE CERTAIN

THEIR KIDS KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG,

WHAT THEY SHOULD

AND SHOULDN'T DO?

I THINK THAT WOULD BE

NICE TOO, DON'T YOU?

I KNOW THESE GUYS THINK

YOUR LITTLE ESCAPADE

IN NEW YORK:

WAS MORE EXCITING

THAN FILMING ME:

HOLDING DOWN THE FORT HERE,

BUT BELIEVE ME,

THIS WEEK OF BABYSITTING

GAVE ME A BETTER IDEA OF

WHAT GOES ON WHEN I'M GONE.

REALLY?

LIKE WHAT?

LIKE A 16-YEAR-OLD

DAUGHTER:

THAT STAYS OUT HALF THE NIGH AFTER A DANCE PRACTICE--

ON A SCHOOL NIGHT, PAT?

SURE, IT'S FUN AND EASY

BEING FRIENDS WITH YOUR KIDS,

BUT HOW ABOUT GIVING THEM

A LITTLE STRUCTURE?

THIS CONVERSATION

WILL END RIGHT HERE.

I'LL SPEAK TO CRAIG

IN THE MORNING:

ABOUT DROPPING THIS

FROM THE FILM.

BAIT ME IN FRON OF THE CAMERA AGAIN

AND YOU'LL BE

VERY VERY SORRY, BILL.

So you let her walk off

just like that?

CRAIG, SHE LEF ON HER OWN VOLITION.

I CAN'T INTERFERE WITH

THE EVENTS AS THEY'RE HAPPENING.

WELL, YOU COULD'VE

FOLLOWED HER.

There was finally

genuine drama unfolding

AND YOU DIDN' GET IT ON FILM.

BELIEVE ME,

WE GOT PLENTY ON FILM.

Well, actually I think you

barely scratched the surface.

AND I DON'T APPRECIATE

THIS ATTITUDE.

This isn't about

an attitude.

THIS IS ABOU DOCUMENTARY ETHICS.

Alan, your job is

to film the Louds--

NO JUDGMENTS, NO INVOLVEMENTS,

NO PERSONAL FEELINGS.

- I know-- - THAT'S WHAT W.N.E.T.

CONTRACTED YOU FOR

AND THAT'S WHERE YOUR

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY LIES.

SO LET'S GE ON THE SAME PAGE HERE

AND YOU SHOOT WHAT I NEED

TO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL FILM.

- HAVE A NICE DAY.

THANK YOU. - Okay, Craig--

WHEN CRAIG GILBER HIRED US,

WE HAD NO IDEA WHA WE WERE GETTING INTO.

FIRST OF ALL,

WE WERE JUST MARRIED

AND I THINK WE HAD SOMETHING

A LITTLE MORE EXOTIC IN MIND

FOR OUR HONEYMOON THAN

A ROOMFUL OF FILM EQUIPMENT.

WHAT MADE YOU:

CHANGE YOUR MIND?

THE SUBJECT MATTER, I THINK--

FOR ME ANYWAY.

FOR ME IT WAS THE CHANCE

TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING PURE--

CINEMA VERITE,

THE CINEMA OF TRUTH.

HEY, DAD,

YOUR TAXI'S HERE.

- OKAY, HONEY.

ALL RIGHT,

I GOTTA GO.

HELLO?

HI, LANCE!

GUYS, IT'S LANCE.

HE'S CALLING COLLECT.

ACCEPT THE CHARGES,

SWEETIE.

- HELLO?

- Hi!

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