Jack the Bear Page #2

They think he's in bad taste

- Why? Because he has multiple head wounds?

- Who knows?

So just think of another character

Is this a suggestion

or a nonnegotiable demand?

It's a...

It's just a phone call

- They make a phone call, and you roll over

- Don't worry

Your dad can always

calm Gordon down

- You're layin' down on me

- Course I am

What? These people say "Sh*t,"

and you say, "What color?"

All right Give me the jug Peggy, run out

and round up a bucket of dog vomit

We'll throw it on the rug

All right Come on

Mom always said

Dad bristled when he got mad.

And some people

made him madder than others.

Grandma! Grandma!

- Grandma! Grandma!

- Hi. Ooh, look at him!

Maybe that's

where the trouble really came from.

- Look who's here

- Oh, my goodness golly.

Ooh-ooh-ooh!

- Hi

- Come on

How are you? Hi, John

- Whoa Look at that!

- Hey For you

Long ago in Hollywood, Mom's parents...

were put on a blacklist

they kept for Communists.

Though no one ever proved they carried

the cards, which is the way you could tell.

- Lincoln Steffens Thank you, Grandma

- You're welcome

A great man, Jack

Someone stays with you and your brother

while your dad's at work?

- Mrs Sampson

- Uh-huh

- An older woman?

- Uh-huh

I could tell he was

tryin'to get me to rat on Dad...

the way his friends

ratted on him long ago.

Fishing with red bait for something

he could hold against Dad to his grave.

Is he laying off the sauce?

Uh-huh

You know, it doesn't

help make things better, John... only worse

Couldn't resist, could you, Syd?

Tsk

- Didn't help your marriage much

- Sydney

- Is this why you came here?

- No I came to see my grandchildren

Then what are you doin'

talkin' to me?

You leave the children with strangers.

What's even worse... on their own.

I pay a responsible woman

to look after them.

- What the hell else do you want me to do?

- Don't use that tone

- You're talking about your own children's welfare, for God's sakes

- John

- John, listen We all want the same thing

- I'm not gonna discuss this

Fine. You keep drinking,

you lose this job like you lost the others...

and we'll go to court

and take those kids.

Tell you what, Syd:

Over my dead body How's that?

That's when

you can have my boys

They left that night.

Dad? Aren't you

gonna take Dylan to school?

It's Dylan's first day

Dylan, let's go!

- What are you doing?

- My shoes

Dylan

Dylan! Do you want the dogs?

I want Daddy

- Daddy's asleep

- I want Daddy take me to school

Daddy! Daddy!

Come on Come on

We live around here

I want Daddy

Where's Mommy?

"Where's Mommy?"

Listen, Dylan

- You have to go in there, okay?

- No

They'll be nice

You have to You have to go

Okay? Come on

I'll pick you up later

Now, go You have to go

Go

Japanese poetry is a drama.

It's about life and death.

- It's...

- Um, sorry I'm late I had to...

It's okay. Have a seat.

That's right. No desks. Join us.

- You have a desk

- Table

- Wanna sit at it?

- No, sir

No "sir" either

The name's Vince

Hi, Jack

I know about your mom

So We have a lot

of things for each of you to try

Besides the electrical experiments

and the herb garden

there's a "learning to communicate

your feelings" workshop I'll be teaching

Oh, Jesus!

Ohh

That's very nice.

There you go.

Hold onto my hand.

Throw your ball. Throw your ball.

Throw your ball!

- Can I help you?

- Yeah

Actually, uh, I was supposed

to drop off my son today

I was detained, and, uh, I just came by

to see if he was okay

- How old is he?

- He's three It's his first day

Okay. Take it easy.

Ifhe's doing all right,

maybe you should let him be.

It might be harder ifhe sees you.

He's a good kid

I'm gonna go

Get back in here.

- Is there a fire?

- No

It's that lady in there

The kid came home and found her

She's barely alive There must be

a square yard of pill bottles in that place

- Dexter, is your mom sick?

- No

She's just not moving

I knew right away, when I saw Dexter

coming home from school with his lunch pail.

He looked like an angel or a girl...

his face all soft

and rosy and sweet.

My mom's dead

Did you hear

about Dexter's mom?

Yeah

Dylan, no! Dylan

You wearin' those

to school or what?

The weeks went by, and fall came...

with cold mornings,

like in Syracuse.

Things had started to change. There was

even a girl at school who started talking to me.

Hi, Jack

Hi, Karen

She was what my dad

called 'a long drink of water. '

I wanted to tell you that I really liked

what you wrote for the poets' corner

I thought it showed great sensitivity

- It did?

- Yeah

Thanks

I figured I was really lame, because I knew...

there was something I should do about

the situation, and I didn't know what it was.

Would you like to come to my house

for some Hungarian goulash

Friday night

at about 6:
30 pm?

Sure

Oh

Great

- Yes! She said yes!

- All right

- So I told her goulash

- Great I'll make my famous goulash

- Really?

- Of course

Maybe we should invite somebody, so it's not just

her surrounded by three men What do you think?

- Who?

- I don't know Maybe Peggy

I know it was stupid,

but I found myself wishing...

Mom could somehow fly back

into the world.

It's up to you, Jack

Whatever you want

- Yeah No That'd be great

- Great This is great

- Should I button it?

- We're casual tonight, right?

- So you're saying I shouldn't button it?

- It looks good like that

- Only you need a sweater It's raining

- I don't have any sweaters!

- What time is it?

- You got plenty of sweaters.

- Dad, I have to leave

- Relax. Try on a sweater.

- Nothing goes!

- This goes

I have to get out of here I'm taking this

- That's good. It's clear. It doesn't clash.

- I'm going, okay? Good-bye

Don't you want me to iron that for you?

Aren't you interested in what I'm gonna wear?

What am I gonna wear?

- Would you like a V8 juice?

- V8 juice? Sure

- You must beJack.

- You must be Mrs Morris

- Karen should be right down

- Okay

I was afraid

they were gonna ask about my family...

and I'd have to tell them about Mom.

There you go, Jack.

Thank you

And then they'd have

to say, 'We're sorry to hear about that. '

And then I'd have to say,

'That's all right. You didn't know. '

And then there'd be that awful silence

where there'd be nothing else to say.

- So, Jack, tell us about your...

- Hi, Jack.

Hi

- What happened here?

- Nobody knows

They just showed up one day

Hi, Dad This is Karen

- Oh, how are you, Karen?

- Hi, Mr Leary

It's very nice

to meet you, Karen

Peggy Etinger, this is my son Jack Leary

and his friend Karen Morris

- Hi

- Karen, this is my friend Peggy Etinger and my son Dylan

Dylan, this is your brother's friend

Karen Morris, and your brother, who you know

Jack, this is your brother Dylan, who

you know, and my friend Peggy Etinger

Does anybody know who's playin' in there?

That's Glenn Miller

Okay Here we go It's time you kids

learned classical music Very nice

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