Father of the Bride Page #5

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I just really saw this

whole thing differently.

Like, I wanted to call a wedding

coordinator to make the whole thing...

really, really beautiful, and you want

to call Gabe at the Steak Pit.

Wait a minute. Wedding coordinator?

What's a wedding coordinator?

- A person who coordinates weddings.

- What's to coordinate?

Well, there's the invitations

and the flowers, the food,

the band, the photographer.

George, why are you

giving me that look again? A lot

of people hire wedding coordinators.

Nina, you and I run

successful businesses. We can certainly

pull together one smallish wedding.

- Yeah, okay.

- We don't need

some fancy wedding coordinator.

Okay, George, then

let's just forget it, okay? Because,

you know, I just really can't take this.

- I'm not used to all this

arguing, so just, uh--

- Fine. I don't want to argue.

Just-- Do me a favour, okay, George?

Just go on upstairs and I'll...

- finish up down here.

- Fine. Fine. I'll go upstairs.

However, I would like

to remind you what happened

to what's-his-name down the street.

His daughter got married and the thing

practically broke him. Remember?

- I remember.

- You and I could end up...

shuffling along the sidewalk

in our bathrobes.

- That was a joke.

- Hilarious.

Oh, all right. I'll go.

I'll meet the wedding coordinator.

You know I don't want to,

but I'll go...

if you still want me to go,

all right?

- Okay?

- Okay.

Now, let me do the talking,

girls, okay?

Well, I negotiate better than you.

- Now what's this guy's name?

- Franck.

- Frank.

- Franck.

- Franck?

- Franck.

- Franck. Franck. Franck.

- Oh, this is it.

Okay, here we go.

- Ah, Mom.

- No. No. This is just--

- Oh, my, Annie.

- This is amazing.

- Look. Look at this trim.

- What?

- Oh!

- Isn't this beautiful? Pearls.

- Oh!

- Oh, gee.

-Oh, wow. I love how they did this, Mom.

-Annie.

- Yeah?

- Do you like this place setting?

- Oh, it's beautiful.

- That china also comes...

in a wonderful Sara Lee yellow.

- Hi. You must be Franck?

- I wish.

I'm Franck's assistant,

Howard Weinstein.

-Well, I'm Nina Banks and this is Annie.

-Hello.

- Hi. Hi.

- Oh.

- The bride, and, uh...

- George, my husband.

- How do you do?

May I offer anyone any refreshments:

Pellegrino, espresso, champagne?

- Oh. Um, no. No.

- No.

I'll alert the boss that you're here.

Look around. Have fun.

Oh. Oh.

This is so great.

- Annie.

- Yeah?

- Oh! Wouldn't this be perfect for you?

- Oh, it's gorgeous!

Look how it goes with the crystal.

Oh, perfect.

Moster and Missus Banks

and de luffly bride. Hello.

Hello.

I am Franck.

A plasure to mat you.

Howard's has affer you

sumding to drink, I hop.

- Oh, yes.

- Yes.

- Oh, the bride, the bride.

Right away, I realized this was

a mistake of gargantuan proportions.

This guy was going to coordinate

Nu!

Okay, please come wit me and

we'll talk all about yer big day!

-Okay.

-The big day for de bride. Papala, coom.

Oh, seet down

on my own design.

I design that.

Very nice, I think.

Now, so, you have not

made up your list yet...

but you know that you want de wedding

at hom on Jawn-wary six, rit?

- Uh-huh. Yeah.

- Excuse me?

Yes, we would. We would like a wedding

at home on January the sixth.

Mmm, I luff the weddings

at the homs.

They're vary personable,

very varm 'n' cuzy, vary fabulous.

Oh, so, Jawn-wary six gif us

seven munths.

Uh-oh! Hello!

That's five munths!

Five munths not much!

But that don't bother me so much

because it's a little bit tight...

but we can do it and

it will be spak-takuler!

I saw you wurry a second.

Don't wurry 'bout dat.

So now, les see.

This is what I sugjoost. I sugjoost

that we select a keck furst.

- Okay.

- You know, cuz de keck...

vary often determun vhat kind

of wedding that you end up having.

So les just choose de keck,

okay?

Okay.

- Choose-- Choose-- Choose the what ?

- The cake, Dad.

Thank you, der assistant.

Dis ees fun!

So dis ees a vary popular keck...

with the many of

the foshinable woddings, you know.

And this,

I jus don't do any more.

And this is fabulliz.

Oh! Oh!

That is incredible!

Annie, that's just like the one

we saw in the magazine.

Do you like it, Dad?

Well, what is that? ls that--

Is that dollars? $1,200?

Vel, Moster Bonks,

dis ees a vary raisonable price...

for a keck of dis magnootud.

A cake, Franck, is made

of flour and water.

- My first car didn't cost $1,200

- George.

Well, welcome to the '90s,

Moster Bonks.

Not only did I not understand

a syllable this guy was saying...

now I had the feeling

he was putting me down.

Excuse me, um, Franck.

- Could we please have a second?

- Oh, of course!

Take two seconds. Howard,

letz return calls. Could we--

All right, George, what's the problem?

Do you want to leave?

- Do you?

- No. I like him.

I think he's going to make this

a beautiful wedding.

Don't look at me.

You guys decide.

Give the man a chance, George, please.

Annie, do you like this cake?

It is incredible, Dad.

- Well, all right.

But, look, let's just--

- I know.

We-- We're going to, George.

We're gonna hold things down.

- We just-- We won't go nuts.

- No. No.

- Thank you.

- Franck!

- Coming!

- We'll take the cake.

- Oh, good, good.

Don't worry, Moster Bonks. I'm gonna

bring de crew over to the house.

We gif everything that we haf

in the once-over department...

and then in the end you be

vary, vary happy, trust me.

- You just smile away.

Now, interesting idea.

- Yes.

Wit regard to thame and kolor

of de wedding, dis is how I see it:

I think we go vary elegant,

inside de tent, you know--

With one swift move,

I'd been cut out of the deal.

Annie, Nina and Franck

were in charge now.

...and bootiful china--

Now, spo! And crystal

to drop over dead for!

Old Dad was history.

- ...new machine to work now.

- A few days later, I was at work...

relieved for once not to be

talking about the wedding.

- I wore those 750-trainers

over the weekend.

- They still stiff?

- I think they need a soft--

- Just back from the Orient, ladies,

and I got a new shipment.

Beautiful merchandise.

Gucci, Cartier, Louis Vuitton.

- I never heard of Louis Vuitton.

- I don't know.

He's big, darling, believe me, or they

wouldn't be knocking 'em off.

Don't worry, Mr Banks,

they're on a break.

- That's okay.

- George, Franck's office, line two.

Uh, maybe I could see those mockups

by Friday, then, Dave? Thanks.

This was the call I'd been dreading

since the moment I heard...

the words, "wedding coordinator."

- Hello.

- Mr Banks, this is Howard Weinstein...

Franck's executive assistant.

I have-- estimate for you.

- I can barely hear you!

- I'm in my car...

going through ...water Canyon.

- Call you back?

- No, no, no! l-l want the estimate.

How much?

What's the damage?

For everything from the flowers

to the honeymoon limo--

Okay, everything.

How much?

--dred --ifty head.

You're breaking up. It sounded like

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