Hanging Up Page #3

Madge, I bet Julie and Tricia

just love this.

How could they not?

Here their daddy lives forever.

I've been studying the floor plan, but

I wasn't quite prepared for the...

- They have parties here?

- All the time.

- Tell her.

- Thank you.

Our speaker canceled.

You're a powerful group. I'm sure

we can get someone to pinch-hit.

But they'll have to be dynamic,

inspiring, brilliant and...

We're thinking of your sister.

My sister?

- Excuse me.

- We want Georgia.

Evie, can you get me

Georgia's magazine?

Now's not a good time, Dad.

My father.

- Is Georgia there?

- No, Georgia's not here.

See, everyone is fascinated by her.

This is her father.

Of course he is fascinated by her.

Georgia takes crap and makes gold

out ofit. She is fantastic.

Okay, Dad. I'll call you back.

Where were we? My mind is a blank.

Georgia.

Thanks, Kim.

I'm terribly sorry,

but she is swamped.

She's putting out the fifth anniversary

issue of her magazine.

I think she's marvelous because

she's my sister. I love her.

- But we don't really want her, do we?

- Absolutely.

Okay. I'll give it a try.

You got it.

Kim, do you wanna try

to get Georgia on the phone?

Call her?

Once upon a time

I met a girl with moonbeams

In her eyes

She put herhand in mine

But that was long ago

- Hi, Dad.

- Hiya, sweetheart.

You remember this?

This song?

Once upon a time

I met a girl with moonbeams

In her eyes

Yeah, kind of.

- Look.

- What time is it?

It's 1;25. Look what I have.

Oh, you got the Chinese! Good.

Did you get the moo goo gai pan?

I got the moo goo gai pan,

and I got the fried shrimp.

- The fried rice with shrimp.

- Shrimp?

You know I can't eat shrimp.

I didn't know that.

What do you mean?

You remember that story

when I scrubbed in...

...for a retrocecal appendectomy

in Honuman Hospital.

The infected appendix, we never knew

it was in back of...

...the cecum.

The cecum is

a useless appendage anyway.

I mean, it was an appendix,

but it looked...

...sure as dickens like a shrimp.

And three years later, I tried

to eat a shrimp cocktail.

- What happened?

- Broke out in these half-dollar hives.

Haven't had a shrimp since.

Too bad, because I like it.

I'm sorry.

- I can get something else.

- I'll eat the moo goo gai pan.

I actually knew a girl named Moo Goo

Gai Pan. That was her last name.

Moo Goo Gai Pan?

Her first name was Freda.

Freda Moo Goo Gai Pan.

She was half-Jewish, half-Chinese.

A lot of people called her

the Ori-yenta.

What time is it?

It's 1;26.

I never should have left your mother.

Dad, she left you.

Looking very attractive today.

Why don't you sit down?

Make yourself comfortable.

You're very attractive-looking.

Thank you.

You're beautiful.

Very sexy, you know.

We never got it on, but...

I want you, Cleo.

I really do, Cleo.

I would love to make love.

Dad, I'm not Cleo.

I'm Eve, your daughter.

You're not my daughter!

I don't have any daughters!

I have sons.

My daughters left me.

They left me. They went to New York.

Good riddance.

Don't know where the affection is.

Don't know anything.

You have a burden when you have girls.

Daughters are treacherous.

Treacherous!

Dad didn't even get

a Christmas tree this year.

Maddy, he tried to kill himself.

If Mom hadn't left him,

he never would have tried this.

I don't understand.

She left him 10 years ago.

He should get over her already.

Don't you think?

Look, this neighborhood never changes.

Giant packages again.

- Rudolph.

- He's disgusting.

- Here's your favorite.

- Please, not Scroogeville again.

I'm sorry.

Did you get him a present?

Of course I got him a present.

Remember how beautiful

this place used to be?

I know. With Mom's gardens.

Dad fired the gardener.

He said he was stealing.

Oh, look!

Oh, look at Mom's roses.

They're dead.

Oh, no. But the pool?

It had a fungus. So...

Here, let me get this for you.

Maddy, will you take this?

- Does she ever call you?

- Mom? No.

- Of course not.

- Me either.

- Dad?

- Where is he?

- God, it smells.

- I know.

I'll go look in here.

I'll check the kitchen.

Are you in the kitchen? Dad?

I'm worried. Do you think he's okay?

- Who is it?

- It's us, Dad!

Who is that woman?

It's cool.

It's my girls!

Hi, Daddy.

Georgie-Porgie! Evie-baby!

- And Maddy!

- Hi, Daddy.

- Are you okay?

- I'm fine. I'm great now!

Come on in.

Esther, say hello to the girls!

You remember her, don't you?

"Mouthwash"?

"Rinse and spit"?

- What does that mean?

- Esther.

You're kidding!

- It's Esther.

- No way. Are you serious?

Yeah, from the dentist.

We remember you, sure.

I bumped into your dad while visiting

my brother-in-law.

He had to have his colon taken out.

Poor thing. My God!

They're gonna connect

the whole thing back up again.

So I was poking around in different

rooms looking for him, and here he was!

He's cute!

Girls, let's go sit with the bullet.

Well, now, I'm just gonna buzz off

and let you all catch up.

And you...

You know where to find me!

Look at him.

She's a great lay.

Dad!

I'm so sorry to hear about your mom.

I feel terrible about that.

But if that happened to somebody

in my family...

...I would stick to cars.

What happened to Mom?

I said she went down

in that crash in Denver.

What crash in Denver?

I'm telling you, people always think

that they remember plane crashes...

...even though they never took place.

But Mom's not dead.

She's in Big Bear.

It's the same thing.

Guess you're feeling better, huh, Dad?

I miss her, Evie.

Mom?

I can't sleep without her.

I miss her just being there

and just...

She's sort of...

She's the other half of me.

I mean, I feel like a guy

with one leg.

Yeah, I can't sleep without her.

Hey, Mom.

Are you taller?

I don't think so.

You're prettier than I remember.

Mom, I wanted to ask you

about the roses.

Are you supposed to cut them back to

a three-leaf configuration or a five?

Get some cups here.

In the cabinet.

- Is it locked?

- No, it's open. Right there.

Lemon? Milk with your tea?

I don't care.

Lemon's better for you.

Lemon?

The roses are all leggy and sad.

Dad's not that much of a gardener.

It's a five-leaf configuration,

by the way.

Mom, just come home. You have to,

because everything is a mess.

Eve, dear, this is my home.

What are you talking about?

This is nowhere.

This is like you're living

with a bunch of squirrels.

Come home and visit, and

just come and talk to Dad.

You know, he tried to kill himself.

But he didn't succeed.

No, he took an overdose

of Percodan, Mom.

Your father.

Well, look, I'm very worried

about Maddy.

She's dropped out.

She's living at the beach.

She thinks she'll be a rock star,

and she can't carry a tune.

Let me think how to put this.

Motherhood doesn't turn out

to be a reason.

For what?

What I mean is, I'm not one of those

women who needed to be a mother.

When I was growing up, all the girls

wanted to be, so I thought I did too.

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