MikeI think you better spend some time thinking about your driving habits while you do not use the car for a week!
Mike
Well, it is a lot fairer than not using it for a year, a lustrum, a decade, or a century!
Mike
YOU WANT TO TRY FOR A MILLENNIUM!
[True to this scene, when Greg argues, Mike responds be threatening to take away the car privileges --from Greg-- for a year, a lustrum, a decade, a century, or a millennium. That is, which is 1, 5, 10, 100, or 1,000 years. In the spite of that, Greg complies --before his father grounds him further and not just from the car privileges-- and goes to his room as his father asks.]
[At the grocery store.]
JJenny
[to Carol] Greg borrowed George's car. And he bought tickets (from the stadium) so he could see some rock concert.
[The scene cuts from Carol at the store to her in Mike's den. After Jenny told Carol that Greg borrowed George's car to buy tickets from the stadium, she reports this to Mike when she gets home. Now the viewers see Carol back home in Mike's den after the incident.]
[to Mike] Jenny says he borrowed George's car. Now if he didn't, why would she say it?
Mike
Oh honey, I cannot believe Greg would deliberately disobey us!
[She looks in the washing machine, finds the second earring, and finds it broken.]
...well, what was left of the other one.
At least the mystery is solved.
Mike
Well, Carol? You are just going to have to go without them. Come on, honey, we better get going.
Mom, I promise I’ll never take anything again (that doesn't belong to me) when I’m not supposed to.
All right, Cindy. But you and I are going to have a very long talk about this tomorrow.
[True to what Carol tells Cindy, Cindy is off the hook for one night. But in the morning, she --Cindy-- is going to have a long talk about this with Carol. That is, and Carol lets Cindy know she --Cindy-- is in some serious trouble.]
[Mike and Carol are trying to plan a dinner party, and arrive home with groceries]
Mike
Well, six shopping carts full. I think that's a new record.
Yeah, but you got to admit, the smorgasbord is a pretty good idea. We have got enough food to feed all our friends, their relatives, their houseguests, plus any last minute drop-ins.
Mike
Even the drop-ins can bring their drop-ins.
[Walks in] Looks like you've got plenty of smorgas for the bord.
Mike
There's still more smorgas in the car.
Hey Alice, were there any calls while we were out?
Just one, the school called to give you the date of Cindy's television show.
Mike
When is it?
I'll give you a hint: we're going to be eating this stuff a long long time.
Mike
No, no, no, no, no.
No, naturally, the 10th. The night of our party.
I'll get the rest of the stuff out of the car. [leaves]
Mike
You know, I don't believe it. First, we're gonna invite a couple of friends over, barbecue steaks, then we change to a Mexican dinner so we can invite more people, so I cancel the steaks, I run all over town in search of authentic Mexican food. But then, we switch to a smorgasbord, so we can have friends and friends of friends and uncles and relatives and assorted drop-ins. But now, I have got enough Mexican food to feed every guitar player in Guadalajara, and I corner the market on herring. And now, I find out that we are having a party for 26 people on the 10th, and the only people who aren't gonna be here are us.
[Applauds] That was a wonderful soliloquy, Hamlet. Are you finished?
Mike
Yes.
Uh, maybe you better go help Alice get the rest of the things out of the car. [Mike leaves] Poor dear.
[Bobby doesn't want to be with Peter, whom he's at odds with]
Wanna play a game or something, Alice?
Oh, gee, I'm sorry, Bobby, not tonight. I gotta go to bed early, I didn't sleep very well last night.
Well, I stayed up half the night, watching one of those TV horror movies, "The Demon That Devoured Detroit", gave both of us heartburn. [leaves, Greg comes in]
Wanna watch some TV with me, Greg?
Sorry, I got a date. I'll see you later.
[Bobby walks into the living room, seeing his sisters leaving]
Hey, where are you going?
We're gonna spend the night at my friend Helen's house.
That wallpaper post made our room smell too icky.
Have fun. [the girls leave]
[Mike and Carol are leaving]
Mike
Good night, son.
Don't stay up past your bedtime.
I might as well go to sleep right now; there's nobody around here to do anything with.
Oh, now, Bobby, Peter's home.
That's the same thing as being alone.
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