Father of the Bride Page #4

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- Oh, what a great room.

- Marta.

- Thank you, Marta.

Marta, estos son nuestros in-laws,

George and Nina Banks.

- Hello.

- How do you do? Hi.

Oh, and here's

the rest of our family.

Oh, don't worry. They look like killers,

but they're actually quite friendly.

As long as you're relaxed,

why, they're relaxed.

Hi, puppy, puppy, puppy.

Why, you're--

All right, fellas, that's enough.

Go on. Release! Good boys.

- Well, why don't we all sit down.

- Please.

- Oh, thank you.

- All right. Here we go.

- George. Honey.

- Thank you, sweetheart.

I don't know if the kids told you, but

we were over in Europe on business...

and we stopped in Rome

to see Bryan.

So we got to spend a few days

with Annie. Oh, boy!

- We just fell in love

with her immediately.

- Isn't she great?

Yes. We just couldn't

be happier about this.

How did you, uh,

take the news, George?

Me?

Uh, truthfully, uh, I was

a little surprised.

- I was shocked.

- So was l.

After all, they'd only known each other

a few months.

Exactly. And Annie's

just finishing up school.

Absolutely. Oh, believe me,

I tossed and turned over this one...

but the bottom line

is they're in love.

They're over 21, and whether they're

rushing into this or not...

may be not for us to say.

Right. "Not for us to say."

We're only their parents.

I was about to say these very words

out loud when he hit me with--

Yeah, sooner or later,

you just have to let your kids go...

and hope you

brought 'em up right.

George. Nina. Darling.

This guy was making

a little too much sense for me.

Suddenly my shirt collar felt like

it was starting to strangle me.

To George and Nina...

and a future

of wonderful memories.

First, the wedding

of our children...

and the happiness we'll share

watching their lives.

Then sharing the joy

of our grandchildren together.

Birthday parties,

graduation--

Now I knew where they got the

expression "like father, like son."

- I also knew I needed some air.

- Can you tell me where the restroom is?

Oh, actually, the one down here

is a mess. We're remodelling.

Uh, why don't you try

the one at the top of the stairs?

It's the seventh door on the left.

- Second?

- Seventh.

- Seventh.

- Seventh.

I'm leaving.

I'm relaxed, and I'm leaving.

Relent.

Re-- Recoil.

Reverse.

- Well, I hope George hasn't

gotten lost up there.

- Oh, no, he's gonna be fine.

Okay.

Well, um--

Such a lovely sculpture.

Oh. Doesn't it have a wonderful

sense of motion?

We got it in Denmark. All the-- Quite

a lot of my family's from Copenhagen.

- Is that right?

- Oh, yeah. Doesn't it have

a wonderful sense of balance?

- Oh, it's amazing.

- I was going to put it in the garden.

Well, actually, uh, uh, Bryan spent

quite a few summers in Denmark.

Uh, he now speaks

better Danish than, than Joanna.

N-- Is that a fact?

And we're planning a trip

back this summer.

I think this is

a very beautiful spread here.

- Oh, thank you.

- Well, shall--

should we wait for George?

- Maybe I should, uh, check on George.

- No.

- Release!

- Oh, man.

Wow. No kidding?

Really? It went great?

Uh, better than great. I mean, it, just,

just couldn't have gone better.

God, I'm so relieved.

I mean, who knows what can happen

at these things, you know?

- This is great.

- Now I feel like the wedding's

officially on.

Um, Dad, that looks so good.

This looks great.

Um, Bryan's mom called with the names

of her immediate family.

- Is this a joke?

- Not only is it not a joke...

but eight of them are

from Copenhagen and well...

it's the bride's family's

responsibility to--

Do you have any idea what

a round-trip ticket from Denmark costs?

Try eight round-trip tickets.

Well, actually, it's nine.

You see, Joanna's,

uh, cousin Gitte...

is apparently a rather large woman

so she needs two seats.

She can lop over into the aisle for all

I care 'cause there's no way I'm pay--

Hi, everyone.

Sorry I'm late.

- Hi.

- That's okay.

- How're you doing? Hi.

- Hello.

- Hey, dude.

- Hi.

- Oh. Here you are.

- Oh. Well, thank you.

- It's "you're welcome" in Danish.

- Ah, thanks.

This looks great. I hear you're

a whiz at the barbecue, Dad.

Well. So have you two given any thought

to what kind of wedding you want?

- Well, we've talked about it.

- Yes, and what do you think?

Big? Small? Or--

Well, it can't be too big.

We don't have that many friends.

So we're talking

in the small vicinity, then?

Well, no, she didn't say "small."

She said not too big.

Yeah, but nothing fancy

or overblown, right?

- Right.

- Right.

So kind of the "less is more"

theory, huh, Annie?

- Basically.

- The reason I'm asking all these

questions is I have a great idea...

where we can have this lovely,

not small but not too big wedding.

You do? Where?

At our favourite restaurant, the place

we've been eating at for 15 years.

The best.

The Steak Pit.

- Dad, get serious.

- I don't think

you want the word "pit"...

on a wedding invitation,

George.

Really, Dad, a rib joint

with sawdust on the floor...

isn't exactly what I had in mind

for my wedding.

- No offence.

- Well, excuse me.

What did you have in mind,

the Beverly Hills Hotel?

No. Actually, what I'd like

is to have...

my wedding in a church

and have the reception here.

- Oh.

- That's what I was hoping for.

Here?

Don't I have

the greatest Dad in the world?

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Can we have some burgers?

- Okay, here's the bride burger

and your groom burger.

And, uh, enjoy 'em. Now, go on

over there and see the jugglers.

My dream wedding,

a barbecue wedding.

- This is a better idea

than the Steak Pit.

- Yeah.

We'll get some, uh, picnic tables

and, uh, crepe paper and balloons.

You know, invite all our best pals.

I'll make my famous guacamole.

A wedding at home.

This is a great idea.

Great idea. Picnic tables, crepe paper,

balloons, you at the barbecue.

- Oh, George.

- What don't you like about that?

Why have you been

acting so crazy since the moment

Annie told you she was getting married?

You know, I haven't been acting crazy.

I've simply acted...

Iike any normal,

red-blooded American dad.

Normal? Uh-huh. Okay.

Falling in the MacKenzie's pool.

Suggesting the Steak Pit

as a wedding reception.

Oh, watching America's Most Wanted

every night, looking for Bryan's face.

And now this picnic scenario.

George, a wedding is a big deal!

Everybody seems to understand this

but you. And as a matter of fact--

N-Now don't go nuts when I tell

you this, but when Bryan's mom...

called with her list, she

suggested that they might just wanna...

pitch in and help

with the cost of the wedding.

You know, hey, we may not have a house

the size of Rhode lsland,

but we're not poverty-stricken.

We can certainly afford to give

our daughter a proper wedding.

Proper. Not you in a chef's hat,

right, George?

- Who said anything about a chef's hat?

When did this come up?

- Yes, but I know you.

I'm close. Oh, look.

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