Marley & Me
You know, there's nothing like the experience...
Simplejoy of walking side by side
with your buddy out in the fresh air...
throwin'a stick.
Spending some quiet time-
just you and your very best friend.
Of course, that wasn't my experience.
That kid's not even me.
That's me, and that crazy hound
I'm chasing is Marley...
- the world's worst dog-
- Sorry!
- Or so I thought.
- Marley!
But our story begins
before Marley was born-
Four years before,
on my wedding day-
which also happened to be the day
of the worst freak spring blizzard...
in the history of southern Michigan.
Same day our car broke down.
We didn't care.
Ooh. God, that feels so good.
Ohh!
Wow. So, what do you think-
What do you think that means-
a blizzard on your wedding day?
Is that good luck?
Is that bad luck?
I think- I think it's good luck.
- How did I get you?
- What?
No, honestly. How did I-
How did I get that lucky?
Well, you know...
I get asked that question all the time.
Come on.
Are you kidding, honey?
You're part of the plan.
- The plan?
- Mm-hmm. My plan. Step one-
Meet an incredibly sweet,
smart, sexy man.
Done. Step two?
Marry you instead.
Oh, now-And step three-
- No, I don't think I can take any more steps.
- You don't wanna hear step three?
- Yeah. What's step three?
- It's easy.
- Be gentle.
- Move someplace warmer.
I knew you were gonna say that.
Meet me in the crowd
People, people
Throw your love around
Love me, love me
Take it into town
Happy, happy
Put it in the ground
Where the flowers grow
Gold and silver shine
Shiny, happy people
holding hands
Shiny, happy people
- Thank you.
- All right, you know you got this, right?
- Oh, yeah. I got it.
- Who are you?
- I'm John Grogan?
- No, you'reJohn friggin' Grogan...
who's about to get
a job as a reporter...
for a major metropolitan newspaper.
- Mmm. Mmm.
- Good. Good. But now I don't feel like getting out of the car.
- You have to. No, baby.
- Maybe we'll just drive around the block.
Come on, get out of the car. Get out.
- Now, who am I again?
- Oh, please.
Sebastian says you won some kind of award.
Mitchie. I have a Mitchie.
It's like a Pulitzer,
but from western Michigan.
A Mitchie.
So, tell me-What made you
leave the estimable...
Kalamazoo Gazette?
Well, as you know, Sebastian
and I were in college together...
And he w- He was-
He was always saying
and that maybe my wife and I might enjoy it
here, so we decided to come down here.
- Are you a comedian too?
- Excuse me?
Like your friend over here.
- No.
- He's walking a very thin line.
It's a good thing he knows how to write.
So your wife is Jenny Havens?
Yes. Jenny Grogan-
'Cause we're married. She took my name.
- She get the job at the Post?
- Yes, she did.
- Why didn't they want you over there?
- Well, I didn't apply.
Jenny's more of a feature writer...
and I'm more of
a straight news writer.
- I thought this would be a better fit for that.
- You think you're better...
than the six journalism school graduates
that came here looking for work this morning?
I don't know if I'm better. L-
What I do know is that I have
a tendency to surprise myself.
Ten years ago I was doing bong hits
I never dreamed
I'd get into college, but I did...
and I graduated with honors.
And I never thought I'd get a job
at a real newspaper, but I did.
I'd get a girl...
likeJenny Havens
to marry me, but I did.
- So?
- They've already got a guy on the metro desk.
Yeah.
- I'm sorry, honey.
- Mmm. So they're putting me on a little thing...
they like to call Desert Storm.
- You got the job?
- I got the job.
You got the job, baby! Ooh!
John Grogan, I knew it!
I just knew it! Okay, Look.
Watch this. Look.
See what happens?
"Job. Done. "
- Okay, so what's next? Lunch?
- House.
- House.
- House.
...planes that can
transmit remote television pictures...
of Iraqi ships and other targets.
Did- Did you get to the quote
- "'Lf they save even one life"'-
- "'... it would be worth it. '
And with that, Jan Dickerson's eyes
filled with tears. "
- Filled with tears.
- You like that?
- Or is it too corny?
- Yeah. No.
Is it a little over the top?
Hey, honey, what happened
to the, uh- the Desert Storm piece?
- That's it. The injured girl's dad's in Kuwait.
- Oh.
- Is that not in there?
- Uh-
Uh-uh. I think they cut that.
They-They spelled your name wrong.
- "John Gorgon. "
- You're kidding. Let me see that.
- Forget it.
- Are you joking?
Forget it. You know what?
It's good. It's really good.
It's got the facts.
It's got color.
- Thanks.
Well, I mean, I tried to breathe
some life into it, you know-
- Yes.
- I like this article. I'm almost done with yours.
This idea of voting machines
sounds really efficient.
Well, when you get
to the next page, you'll see...
- that I talk about what could happen.
- Hey, it- Oh, okay. I see.
- It continues.
- Yeah.
But actually, the rest of it...
is really just okay.
- It's actually kind of boring.
- No, no. L- It's-
- I'm enjoying this.
- Mmm.
Wow. They really gave you
a lot of space.
How am I ever supposed to take care of
a kid if I can't even keep a plant alive?
Well, what'd you expect, man?
You bought a house-
What's the matter with a spare room?
It's empty, John, that's what's wrong
with it. You know what else is empty?
Her womb.
- I'm just worried thatJenny's at, like, step seven.
- What?
She's got her whole life
organized and planned out...
- Okay, that's scary.
Unbelievable.
You want my advice? Get her, like, a bird.
Or a puppy or something.
- A parakeet or something?
- Something other than you that she has to take care of.
You got a kid, you're a dad.
You're not you anymore.
- You got a dog, you're a-
- Master.
- You're still a guy.
- Still got a life.
- Exactly.
- And a dog.
Yeah, but you've stopped
her clock for a few years.
- I've never had a dog.
- There's nothin' to it. You feed 'em.
You walk 'em. You let 'em out
every now and again.
But it doesn't really matter. You're not
the one that's gonna take care of it, Jenny is.
- Sebastian!
- Yo.
Your travel's been approved.
Hit the road.
- Where you goin'?
- I'm going to Colombia.
I got a guy down there says he can
put me next to Pablo Escobar.
I'm doin' a piece-
I follow a single coca leaf from
the jungle to the streets of Miami.
That sounds like a good idea.
You gotta be careful down there-
- Gorman!
- G-Grogan.
Groden. There's a fire
in the county dump-
- Methane leak.
- Methane?
Yeah. I want two paragraphs
for the Blotter.
Methane. Woodward
and Bernstein, eat your heart out.
What kind of dog?
- You remember Caroline?
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