1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:05,904 -♪ WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪ 2 00:00:05,906 --> 00:00:11,142 ♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪ 3 00:00:11,144 --> 00:00:17,081 ♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS, AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪ 4 00:00:17,083 --> 00:00:20,785 ♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪ 5 00:00:20,787 --> 00:00:24,989 ♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪ -♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪ 6 00:00:24,991 --> 00:00:26,624 -♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪ 7 00:00:26,626 --> 00:00:29,527 -♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪ 8 00:00:29,529 --> 00:00:35,033 -♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M GONNA GET HIGHER ♪ -♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪ 9 00:00:35,035 --> 00:00:40,405 -♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA, YEAH ♪ -♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪ 10 00:00:42,242 --> 00:00:46,344 [ THE BYRDS' "TURN! TURN! TURN!" PLAYS ] 11 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:57,054 -1968. I WAS 12 YEARS OLD. 12 00:00:57,056 --> 00:00:59,591 A LOT HAPPENED THAT YEAR. 13 00:00:59,593 --> 00:01:04,028 DENNY McLAIN WON 31 GAMES, "THE MOD SQUAD" HIT THE AIR, 14 00:01:04,030 --> 00:01:06,631 AND I GRADUATED FROM HILLCREST ELEMENTARY 15 00:01:06,633 --> 00:01:08,566 AND ENTERED JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. 16 00:01:09,470 --> 00:01:11,068 BUT WE'LL GET TO THAT. 17 00:01:13,973 --> 00:01:17,842 -♪ A TIME TO BE BORN, A TIME TO DIE ♪ 18 00:01:17,844 --> 00:01:20,344 ♪ A TIME TO PLANT, A TIME TO REAP ♪ 19 00:01:20,346 --> 00:01:22,147 -THERE'S NO PRETTY WAY TO PUT THIS. 20 00:01:22,149 --> 00:01:24,182 I GREW UP IN THE SUBURBS. 21 00:01:24,184 --> 00:01:26,251 I GUESS MOST PEOPLE THINK OF THE SUBURBS 22 00:01:26,253 --> 00:01:28,986 AS A PLACE WITH ALL THE DISADVANTAGES OF THE CITY 23 00:01:28,988 --> 00:01:31,456 AND NONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF THE COUNTRY... 24 00:01:31,458 --> 00:01:33,424 AND VICE VERSA. 25 00:01:33,426 --> 00:01:35,727 -♪ TO EVERYTHING... ♪ 26 00:01:35,729 --> 00:01:38,763 -BUT, IN A WAY, THOSE REALLY WERE THE WONDER YEARS 27 00:01:38,765 --> 00:01:40,464 FOR US THERE IN THE SUBURBS. 28 00:01:40,466 --> 00:01:43,468 IT WAS KIND OF A GOLDEN AGE FOR KIDS. 29 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:46,170 -♪ AND A TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE... ♪ 30 00:01:46,172 --> 00:01:49,674 -THERE, THAT'S ME -- KEVIN ARNOLD, 1968, 31 00:01:49,676 --> 00:01:53,244 THE SUMMER BEFORE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. 32 00:01:53,246 --> 00:01:54,779 -THERE WE GO. 33 00:01:54,781 --> 00:01:58,082 -AND I DON'T MIND SAYING I WAS A PRETTY FAIR LITTLE ATHLETE. 34 00:02:00,186 --> 00:02:02,053 [ GIRLS CHUCKLE ] 35 00:02:04,992 --> 00:02:07,292 -IT WAS A PRETTY HARD PASS. 36 00:02:07,294 --> 00:02:08,559 -WELL, UH, YEAH. 37 00:02:08,561 --> 00:02:12,029 I-I THINK IT HAD SORT OF A... REVERSE SPIN ON IT. 38 00:02:12,031 --> 00:02:12,797 -COME ON, KEVIN. 39 00:02:12,799 --> 00:02:14,832 STOP GABBING WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND. 40 00:02:16,870 --> 00:02:19,170 -SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND. 41 00:02:19,172 --> 00:02:20,171 -THIS WAS TRUE. 42 00:02:20,173 --> 00:02:22,840 WINNIE COOPER WAS NOT MY GIRLFRIEND. 43 00:02:22,842 --> 00:02:24,476 WHEN WE WERE VERY LITTLE, WE USED TO GO 44 00:02:24,478 --> 00:02:26,311 DOWN TO HARPER'S WOODS AND CATCH FIREFLIES, 45 00:02:26,313 --> 00:02:28,246 BUT WE REALLY HADN'T HUNG OUT AT ALL TOGETHER 46 00:02:28,248 --> 00:02:30,682 SINCE WE WERE ABOUT 9. 47 00:02:30,684 --> 00:02:33,184 -UH-OH. I THINK GIRLFRIEND'S MAD AT YOU. 48 00:02:33,186 --> 00:02:36,420 MAYBE YOU'D BETTER GO GIVE HER A BIG FRENCH KISS. 49 00:02:36,422 --> 00:02:38,122 -SHUT UP, WAYNE. 50 00:02:38,124 --> 00:02:39,424 -HEY, GIRLS, COME ON OVER HERE. 51 00:02:39,426 --> 00:02:41,492 KEVIN'S GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT A FRENCH KISS IS. [ CHUCKLES ] 52 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:42,894 -BUTTFACE. 53 00:02:42,896 --> 00:02:44,562 -WHAT DID YOU SAY? 54 00:02:44,564 --> 00:02:46,498 -NOTHING. 55 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:47,832 -THIS IS THE WAY 56 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:50,901 MOST OF MY CONVERSATIONS WITH MY BROTHER, WAYNE, ENDED. 57 00:02:50,903 --> 00:02:53,037 APPARENTLY, HE JUST DEEPLY REGRETTED 58 00:02:53,039 --> 00:02:54,639 THE FACT THAT I HAD BEEN BORN, 59 00:02:54,641 --> 00:02:57,141 AND HE WANTED ME TO FEEL THE SAME WAY. 60 00:02:57,143 --> 00:02:59,177 -COME ON, WAYNE! LET HIM UP! 61 00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:02,813 -I'M SORRY, PAUL. THIS IS A FAMILY MATTER. 62 00:03:02,815 --> 00:03:05,650 -THAT WAS MY BEST FRIEND, PAUL PFEIFFER. 63 00:03:05,652 --> 00:03:08,219 PAUL WAS ALLERGIC TO EVERYTHING. 64 00:03:08,221 --> 00:03:11,689 WAYNE USED TO SAY HE WAS EVEN ALLERGIC TO HIS OWN SNOT. 65 00:03:11,691 --> 00:03:13,591 WAYNE WAS A REALLY FUNNY GUY. 66 00:03:13,593 --> 00:03:14,959 -HEY, WAYNE! 67 00:03:14,961 --> 00:03:17,928 KNOCK IT OFF BEFORE I DO THE SAME THING TO YOU! 68 00:03:24,404 --> 00:03:26,904 -WINNIE'S BROTHER, BRIAN COOPER. 69 00:03:26,906 --> 00:03:30,741 HE WAS 19, AND FOR US, HE DEFINED "COOL." 70 00:03:30,743 --> 00:03:34,679 HE HAD THIS REALLY GREAT '59 EL CAMINO. 71 00:03:34,681 --> 00:03:36,113 DIDN'T RUN, OF COURSE, 72 00:03:36,115 --> 00:03:38,849 BUT HE WAS ALWAYS OUT THERE WORKIN' ON IT, 73 00:03:38,851 --> 00:03:42,153 SWEATY, GREASE ALL OVER HIS HANDS. 74 00:03:42,155 --> 00:03:44,522 WHAT A GUY. 75 00:03:44,524 --> 00:03:48,492 THAT JUNE HE GOT DRAFTED AND PACKED OFF TO VIETNAM. 76 00:03:48,494 --> 00:03:52,730 BUT HIS CAR WAS STILL OUT FRONT, UP ON BLOCKS, 77 00:03:52,732 --> 00:03:54,198 AS KIND OF A REMINDER 78 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,234 OF WHO REALLY RAN THINGS ON OUR STREET. 79 00:03:59,706 --> 00:04:02,073 -[ COUGHING ] 80 00:04:02,075 --> 00:04:04,843 -MOM, CAN PAUL STAY FOR DINNER?! 81 00:04:04,845 --> 00:04:07,512 -SURE, IF HIS MOM KNOWS! 82 00:04:07,514 --> 00:04:08,980 -WHAT ARE YOU HAVING? 83 00:04:08,982 --> 00:04:10,414 -WHAT ARE WE HAVING?! 84 00:04:10,416 --> 00:04:11,549 -MEAT LOAF! 85 00:04:11,551 --> 00:04:14,285 -I'M ALLERGIC TO IT. 86 00:04:14,287 --> 00:04:16,153 -WHAT ELSE?! 87 00:04:16,155 --> 00:04:17,855 -SALAD! 88 00:04:20,126 --> 00:04:21,859 [ HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ] 89 00:04:21,861 --> 00:04:24,395 -...AND MORE HEAVY FIGHTING IN THE MEKONG DELTA TODAY. 90 00:04:24,397 --> 00:04:25,897 MARINES AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS 91 00:04:25,899 --> 00:04:29,233 OCCUPIED AND THEN DESTROYED SEVERAL GUERRILLA STRONGHOLDS. 92 00:04:29,235 --> 00:04:30,702 -WHEN'S DAD COMING HOME? 93 00:04:30,704 --> 00:04:31,503 -ANY MINUTE. 94 00:04:31,505 --> 00:04:34,005 BETWEEN THE TRAFFIC AND HIS JOB, 95 00:04:34,007 --> 00:04:35,739 HE'S LIABLE TO BE VERY TENSE, 96 00:04:35,741 --> 00:04:37,475 SO LET'S NOT MAKE HIM CRAZY. 97 00:04:37,477 --> 00:04:39,810 -HE'S ALWAYS TENSE. 98 00:04:39,812 --> 00:04:40,845 -THAT'S TRUE. 99 00:04:40,847 --> 00:04:42,980 HE'S ALWAYS TENSE, BUT HE'S NOT CRAZY YET. 100 00:04:42,982 --> 00:04:46,050 SO, LET'S TRY TO MAINTAIN THAT SENSE OF EQUILIBRIUM. 101 00:04:46,052 --> 00:04:47,852 [ DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE ] 102 00:04:47,854 --> 00:04:49,821 HI, HON. HOW'S TRAFFIC? 103 00:04:49,823 --> 00:04:51,255 -TRAFFIC'S TRAFFIC. 104 00:04:52,625 --> 00:04:55,827 -DAD HAD A SPARTAN SENSE OF LANGUAGE. 105 00:04:55,829 --> 00:04:57,762 -KAREN, HONEY, YOU SAID 106 00:04:57,764 --> 00:05:01,298 YOU WERE GONNA COME HOME EARLY AND HELP ME WITH DINNER. 107 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:02,833 -PEACE, MOM, OKAY? 108 00:05:02,835 --> 00:05:04,469 -PEACE IS FINE, 109 00:05:04,471 --> 00:05:06,671 BUT YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA HELP ME WITH DINNER. 110 00:05:06,673 --> 00:05:08,573 -YOU HAVE SO MUCH BAD KARMA IN YOUR LIFE. 111 00:05:08,575 --> 00:05:10,975 YOU KNOW THAT, MA? I'D BE CAREFUL IF I WERE YOU. 112 00:05:10,977 --> 00:05:12,877 -THANK YOU. I'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT. 113 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:15,580 IN THE MEANTIME, 114 00:05:15,582 --> 00:05:18,649 WHEN YOUR FATHER GETS BACK, TRY NOT TO MAKE HIM CRAZY. 115 00:05:20,152 --> 00:05:22,019 [ SIGHS ] 116 00:05:26,426 --> 00:05:28,159 -[ SIGHS ] 117 00:05:31,764 --> 00:05:33,664 HI, PAUL. 118 00:05:33,666 --> 00:05:35,866 -DAD ALWAYS SAID "HI" TO OUR FRIENDS, 119 00:05:35,868 --> 00:05:39,270 BUT IT WAS LIKE HE HAD THIS UNDERSTANDING WITH THE FAMILY. 120 00:05:39,272 --> 00:05:41,773 HE WORKED HARD FOR US, HE PROVIDED FOR US, 121 00:05:41,775 --> 00:05:44,041 AND HE CERTAINLY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO TALK TO US 122 00:05:44,043 --> 00:05:45,209 ON TOP OF THAT. 123 00:05:46,546 --> 00:05:49,914 MY APPROACH WAS TO NOT MAKE ANY SUDDEN MOVES OR SOUNDS 124 00:05:49,916 --> 00:05:51,983 UNTIL HE'D FINISHED THAT FIRST VODKA TONIC 125 00:05:51,985 --> 00:05:54,084 AND HOPE THAT NOBODY ELSE DID ANYTHING 126 00:05:54,086 --> 00:05:56,387 THAT MIGHT UPSET HIM TOO MUCH BEFORE THEN. 127 00:05:57,357 --> 00:05:59,657 -I'M GONNA GET SOME BIRTH-CONTROL PILLS. 128 00:05:59,659 --> 00:06:01,259 I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW. 129 00:06:02,061 --> 00:06:04,528 [ KETTLE WHISTLES ] 130 00:06:04,530 --> 00:06:06,531 -TELL ME I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT I JUST HEARD! 131 00:06:06,533 --> 00:06:08,500 -TELL YOUR FATHER THAT YOU WERE JOKING. 132 00:06:08,502 --> 00:06:11,335 [ ALL TALKING AT ONCE ] 133 00:06:12,539 --> 00:06:15,105 -AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE WAY THAT SUMMER WENT. 134 00:06:15,107 --> 00:06:17,742 I GUESS IT WAS REALLY MY LAST SUMMER 135 00:06:17,744 --> 00:06:20,678 OF PURE, UNADULTERATED CHILDHOOD. 136 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:25,282 -♪ I'VE LOOKED AT LIFE FROM BOTH SIDES NOW ♪ 137 00:06:25,284 --> 00:06:30,054 ♪ FROM UP AND DOWN, AND STILL SOMEHOW ♪ 138 00:06:30,056 --> 00:06:35,359 ♪ IT'S LIFE'S ILLUSIONS I RECALL ♪ 139 00:06:35,361 --> 00:06:42,299 ♪ I REALLY DON'T KNOW LIFE ♪ 140 00:06:42,301 --> 00:06:44,569 ♪ AT ALL ♪ 141 00:06:55,715 --> 00:06:58,449 [ TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS' "CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION" PLAYS ] 142 00:06:58,451 --> 00:07:00,285 -THIS WAS IT -- THE LAST NIGHT OF SUMMER. 143 00:07:00,287 --> 00:07:03,221 -HOLY COW! 144 00:07:03,223 --> 00:07:04,855 -TRY NOT TO DROOL ON IT, OKAY? 145 00:07:04,857 --> 00:07:07,258 IF KAREN FINDS OUT I HAVE THIS, SHE'LL KILL ME. 146 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:08,793 -PAUL AND I DECIDED 147 00:07:08,795 --> 00:07:11,529 THAT THE BEST WAY TO PREPARE FOR JUNIOR-HIGH-SCHOOL GIRLS 148 00:07:11,531 --> 00:07:12,997 WAS TO LOOK AT THEM NAKED. 149 00:07:12,999 --> 00:07:15,332 [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] 150 00:07:18,704 --> 00:07:20,104 -PAUL, YOUR MOTHER CALLED. 151 00:07:20,106 --> 00:07:22,207 -SHE WANTS YOU TO COME HOME RIGHT AWAY. -OKAY. 152 00:07:22,209 --> 00:07:24,742 -♪ BETTER GET READY ♪ 153 00:07:26,512 --> 00:07:28,146 ♪ GONNA SEE THE LIGHT ♪ 154 00:07:28,148 --> 00:07:31,382 -WELL, I GUESS I'LL SEE YOU AT THE BUS STOP. 155 00:07:31,384 --> 00:07:32,850 -YEAH. 156 00:07:32,852 --> 00:07:35,653 -♪ LOVE IS THE ANSWER ♪ 157 00:07:35,655 --> 00:07:37,121 -LAST NIGHT I HAD A DREAM 158 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:40,658 THAT WHEN I GOT TO SCHOOL, I REALIZED I HAD NO CLOTHES ON. 159 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:43,061 -IF YOU'RE NAKED WHEN YOU GET TO THE BUS STOP, 160 00:07:43,063 --> 00:07:44,295 I'LL TELL YOU. 161 00:07:44,297 --> 00:07:45,529 -THANKS. 162 00:07:46,967 --> 00:07:49,033 DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA WEAR? 163 00:07:49,035 --> 00:07:52,236 -PAUL, I HAVE NO IDEA. 164 00:07:53,573 --> 00:07:57,608 -ACTUALLY, I'D BEEN PLANNING MY WARDROBE FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS. 165 00:07:57,610 --> 00:07:59,176 [ FOOTSTEPS APPROACH ] 166 00:08:01,514 --> 00:08:03,147 [ GUNFIRE ] 167 00:08:03,149 --> 00:08:06,884 -YOU'RE NOT GONNA WEAR THAT TO SCHOOL, ARE YOU? 168 00:08:06,886 --> 00:08:09,553 -NO, MOM. I GOT A JOB AS A MALE MODEL. 169 00:08:11,090 --> 00:08:14,125 -[ LAUGHING ] 170 00:08:16,229 --> 00:08:18,796 -DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. YOU LOOK FINE. 171 00:08:18,798 --> 00:08:21,231 -LET ME SEE OUR CLASS SCHEDULE ONE MORE TIME. 172 00:08:21,233 --> 00:08:22,566 -NO! 173 00:08:22,568 --> 00:08:24,802 -HE WAS GONNA HAVE TO GET A GRIP ON HIMSELF. 174 00:08:24,804 --> 00:08:26,671 THIS WAS THE JUNIOR-HIGH BUS STOP, 175 00:08:26,673 --> 00:08:29,339 AND IF WE WERE GONNA HOLD OUR OWN WITH THE OLDER KIDS, 176 00:08:29,341 --> 00:08:31,909 WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO ACT MATURE. 177 00:08:31,911 --> 00:08:34,545 -MNH! MNH-MNH! 178 00:08:34,547 --> 00:08:37,281 -WE SEEMED TO HAVE SOMETHING OF A HEIGHT DISADVANTAGE, 179 00:08:37,283 --> 00:08:39,750 BUT WE DID OUR BEST TO FIT IN. 180 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,787 -[ Muffled ] WHO'S THAT? 181 00:08:43,789 --> 00:08:44,989 -[ Muffled ] HUH? 182 00:08:46,592 --> 00:08:50,227 -WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STROKE OF LUCK -- 183 00:08:50,229 --> 00:08:51,862 A NEW KID, A HELPLESS WAIF 184 00:08:51,864 --> 00:08:54,765 WHO WOULD BE EVEN MORE LOST THAN WE WERE, 185 00:08:54,767 --> 00:09:00,337 A HELPLESS WAIF IN FISHNET TIGHTS AND GO-GO BOOTS. 186 00:09:00,339 --> 00:09:02,173 -HI, KEVIN. HI, PAUL. 187 00:09:03,977 --> 00:09:05,476 -WINNIE COOPER?! 188 00:09:06,513 --> 00:09:07,712 -GWENDOLYN. 189 00:09:07,714 --> 00:09:10,214 I DON'T WANT TO BE CALLED "WINNIE" ANYMORE. 190 00:09:10,216 --> 00:09:12,149 MY REAL NAME IS GWENDOLYN. 191 00:09:12,151 --> 00:09:14,919 -WELL, THERE WAS NO QUESTION NOW. 192 00:09:14,921 --> 00:09:17,588 WE WERE ENTERING UNCHARTED TERRITORY. 193 00:09:17,590 --> 00:09:21,859 EVEN THE FAMILIAR WAS CLOAKED IN THE VESTMENTS OF THE DEVIL. 194 00:09:21,861 --> 00:09:26,530 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAS A WHOLE NEW BALL OF WAX. 195 00:09:29,536 --> 00:09:33,070 LIKE ABOUT HALF THE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY THAT YEAR, 196 00:09:33,072 --> 00:09:36,907 MY SCHOOL WAS BEING RENAMED ROBERT F. KENNEDY JUNIOR HIGH. 197 00:09:36,909 --> 00:09:40,178 AS WE APPROACHED THOSE DOORS FOR THE FIRST TIME, 198 00:09:40,180 --> 00:09:44,114 WE FELT WE WERE APPROACHING THE PORTALS OF MANHOOD. 199 00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:46,884 HOMEROOM. 200 00:09:46,886 --> 00:09:51,021 I SAT BETWEEN ERIC ANTONIO AND GAIL ASLAYNIAN. 201 00:09:51,023 --> 00:09:52,590 THEY HAD MET ON THE BUS 202 00:09:52,592 --> 00:09:55,659 AND HAD TAKEN A LIKING TO EACH OTHER. 203 00:09:55,661 --> 00:09:58,329 -I LOVE YOU. 204 00:09:58,331 --> 00:10:01,098 -I LOVE YOU, TOO. 205 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:03,734 -AND I-I LOVE YOU BOTH, 206 00:10:03,736 --> 00:10:06,270 BUT I'M HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE BREATHING HERE. 207 00:10:06,272 --> 00:10:09,307 -I WAS ABOUT TO HAVE MY FIRST SEXUAL EXPERIENCE. 208 00:10:09,309 --> 00:10:12,843 AND I WASN'T EVEN ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL PLAYERS. 209 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:18,849 -KEVIN ARNOLD. 210 00:10:18,851 --> 00:10:21,518 YOU'RE WAYNE'S BROTHER, AREN'T YOU? 211 00:10:23,389 --> 00:10:27,324 -WELL -- WELL, ACCORDING TO MY MOTHER, YES, 212 00:10:27,326 --> 00:10:29,793 BUT MY OWN THEORY IS -- 213 00:10:29,795 --> 00:10:32,563 -YOU'VE GOT A TOUGH ROW TO HOE, YOUNG MAN... 214 00:10:32,565 --> 00:10:35,432 A TOUGH ROW TO HOE. 215 00:10:36,535 --> 00:10:38,336 -Yes. 216 00:10:38,338 --> 00:10:42,840 -FIRST MAJOR ACCESSORY OF ADULTHOOD -- OUR OWN LOCKERS. 217 00:10:42,842 --> 00:10:44,976 I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY GOOD FORTUNE. 218 00:10:44,978 --> 00:10:47,745 TWO LOCKERS DOWN FROM MINE WAS DEBBIE ACKERMAN, 219 00:10:47,747 --> 00:10:50,147 ONE OF THE PRIME KNOCKOUTS OF THE 7th GRADE. 220 00:10:54,053 --> 00:10:55,887 THERE WAS ONLY ONE PROBLEM. 221 00:10:58,691 --> 00:11:02,459 CHARLES MANSON HAD THE LOCKER BETWEEN US. 222 00:11:02,461 --> 00:11:04,762 A 7th-GRADER WITH A BEARD? 223 00:11:04,764 --> 00:11:07,664 THIS WASN'T JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS A FREAK SHOW. 224 00:11:07,666 --> 00:11:10,568 I HOPED NONE OF THE GIRLS WOULD HAVE BEARDS. 225 00:11:10,570 --> 00:11:12,670 -WHAT'S YOUR LOCKER COMBINATION? 226 00:11:12,672 --> 00:11:15,773 -WELL, I, UH -- 227 00:11:15,775 --> 00:11:19,043 I APPRECIATE YOUR ASKING, BUT, ACTUALLY, THEY TOLD US 228 00:11:19,045 --> 00:11:21,579 WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO TELL ANYONE EL-- 229 00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:25,950 HERE YOU GO. 230 00:11:41,767 --> 00:11:46,303 -ANYBODY FINDS OUT ABOUT THESE... 231 00:11:46,305 --> 00:11:48,338 AND I KNOW WHO TOLD 'EM. 232 00:11:49,542 --> 00:11:51,108 -WHO? 233 00:11:51,110 --> 00:11:52,243 -IT WAS MY ONLY SHOT. 234 00:11:52,245 --> 00:11:54,545 I THOUGHT MAYBE I COULD TRICK HIM. 235 00:11:56,182 --> 00:11:59,249 -YOU! YOU! THAT'S WHO! 236 00:12:00,353 --> 00:12:02,219 -OH, RIGHT. 237 00:12:02,221 --> 00:12:05,255 [ SCHOOL BELL RINGS ] 238 00:12:05,257 --> 00:12:07,391 -IN ONE OF THOSE QUIRKS OF SCHEDULING, 239 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:08,793 MY FIRST CLASS WAS GYM. 240 00:12:08,795 --> 00:12:11,362 THIS MEANT THAT I HAD TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, 241 00:12:11,364 --> 00:12:13,330 SHOWER, GET DRESSED, GO TO SCHOOL, 242 00:12:13,332 --> 00:12:16,768 GET UNDRESSED, RUN AROUND, SHOWER, AND GET DRESSED 243 00:12:16,770 --> 00:12:20,004 ALL IN THE SPACE OF ABOUT 45 MINUTES. 244 00:12:20,006 --> 00:12:22,072 -WELL, PEOPLE. 245 00:12:22,074 --> 00:12:26,744 A LOT OF YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS IS GYM CLASS, HUH? 246 00:12:26,746 --> 00:12:28,846 -I WAS OVERWHELMED BY A SUDDEN PANIC. 247 00:12:28,848 --> 00:12:31,248 THINGS HADN'T BEEN GOING THAT WELL SO FAR, 248 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:32,850 BUT IF THIS WASN'T GYM CLASS, 249 00:12:32,852 --> 00:12:35,452 I WAS IN BIGGER TROUBLE THAN I THOUGHT. 250 00:12:35,454 --> 00:12:37,421 -WELL, IT'S NOT. 251 00:12:37,423 --> 00:12:43,727 PEOPLE, IT'S PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS. 252 00:12:43,729 --> 00:12:46,731 THROUGH THOSE DOORS, THEY EDUCATE YOUR MINDS. 253 00:12:46,733 --> 00:12:51,435 IN HERE... I EDUCATE YOUR BODIES. 254 00:12:51,437 --> 00:12:55,272 I'M AN EDUCATOR, OKAY? 255 00:12:55,274 --> 00:12:58,209 A BODY EDUCATOR. 256 00:12:58,211 --> 00:13:00,177 -OF COURSE, WE DIDN'T REALIZE IT AT THE TIME, 257 00:13:00,179 --> 00:13:03,113 BUT THIS GUY HAD THE BIGGEST INFERIORITY COMPLEX 258 00:13:03,115 --> 00:13:04,514 SINCE NAPOLEON. 259 00:13:04,516 --> 00:13:08,753 -PEOPLE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS CLASS, 260 00:13:08,755 --> 00:13:11,556 YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SMART BODIES... 261 00:13:11,558 --> 00:13:15,660 SMART...SMART BODIES. 262 00:13:15,662 --> 00:13:17,795 -HE WENT ON EDUCATING OUR BODIES 263 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:19,229 FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. 264 00:13:19,231 --> 00:13:20,565 BY THE TIME HE FINISHED, 265 00:13:20,567 --> 00:13:23,434 I WAS READY TO LET MY LEG TAKE A MATH TEST. 266 00:13:23,436 --> 00:13:26,603 -ONE MORE THING, PEOPLE, BEFORE YOU DO YOUR LAPS. 267 00:13:26,605 --> 00:13:28,339 THE JOCKSTRAP. 268 00:13:28,341 --> 00:13:30,274 "A," WHAT IS IT, 269 00:13:30,276 --> 00:13:34,212 AND, "B," WHAT CAN IT DO FOR YOU? 270 00:13:36,115 --> 00:13:37,681 ARNOLD. 271 00:13:37,683 --> 00:13:38,916 -THIS WAS IT. 272 00:13:38,918 --> 00:13:42,686 I FELT LIKE A FIGHTER PILOT UNDER HEAVY ENEMY FIRE. 273 00:13:44,457 --> 00:13:46,357 -[ CLEARS THROAT ] 274 00:13:46,359 --> 00:13:47,658 [ SIGHS ] 275 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:50,561 WELL, THE JOCKSTRAP... 276 00:13:50,563 --> 00:13:51,762 SIR... 277 00:13:51,764 --> 00:13:56,533 IS A PARTICULAR... TYPE OF STRAP 278 00:13:56,535 --> 00:13:58,836 THAT'S CONSTRUCTED 279 00:13:58,838 --> 00:14:01,739 OF A STRAP-TYPE MATERIAL 280 00:14:01,741 --> 00:14:05,142 WHICH IS UTILIZED EXCLUSIVELY 281 00:14:05,144 --> 00:14:08,045 FOR THE PURPOSES...OF... 282 00:14:08,047 --> 00:14:09,580 JOCKS. 283 00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:13,618 [ JET ENGINES ROAR ] 284 00:14:18,624 --> 00:14:21,625 [ EXPLOSION ] 285 00:14:26,265 --> 00:14:27,864 LUNCH -- 286 00:14:27,866 --> 00:14:30,734 AT LAST, SOMETHING I FIGURED EVEN I COULDN'T SCREW UP. 287 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:35,939 -WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SIT? 288 00:14:35,941 --> 00:14:38,709 -ANYWHERE. LET'S JUST SIT HERE. 289 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,046 -A SUBURBAN JUNIOR-HIGH-SCHOOL CAFETERIA 290 00:14:43,048 --> 00:14:45,449 IS LIKE A MICROCOSM OF THE WORLD. 291 00:14:45,451 --> 00:14:47,684 THE GOAL IS TO PROTECT YOURSELF, 292 00:14:47,686 --> 00:14:51,088 AND SAFETY COMES IN GROUPS. 293 00:14:51,090 --> 00:14:53,723 YOU HAVE YOUR COOL KIDS... 294 00:14:53,725 --> 00:14:56,360 YOU HAVE YOUR SMART KIDS... 295 00:14:56,362 --> 00:14:59,529 YOU HAVE YOUR GREASERS... 296 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,000 ...AND IN THOSE DAYS, OF COURSE, YOU HAD YOUR HIPPIES. 297 00:15:03,002 --> 00:15:04,101 -RIGHT ON! 298 00:15:05,404 --> 00:15:07,738 -IN EFFECT, IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 299 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:10,540 WHO YOU ARE IS DEFINED LESS BY WHO YOU ARE 300 00:15:10,542 --> 00:15:13,543 THAN BY WHO'S THE PERSON SITTING NEXT TO YOU. 301 00:15:13,545 --> 00:15:14,811 -[ SLURPS ] 302 00:15:14,813 --> 00:15:16,947 -A SOBERING THOUGHT. 303 00:15:17,950 --> 00:15:20,384 -TRY TO LOOK LIKE YOU'RE HAVING FUN. 304 00:15:29,561 --> 00:15:30,827 -HI. 305 00:15:31,530 --> 00:15:33,431 DO YOU GUYS MIND IF I SIT WITH YOU? 306 00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:35,365 -SURE, WINNIE. 307 00:15:36,869 --> 00:15:40,270 -WE WERE ON OUR WAY. OUR GROUP WAS FORMING. 308 00:15:40,272 --> 00:15:42,706 AND WINNIE -- I MEAN GWENDOLYN -- 309 00:15:42,708 --> 00:15:44,074 WAS NOT CHOPPED LIVER. 310 00:15:44,076 --> 00:15:45,475 WHO KNOWS? 311 00:15:45,477 --> 00:15:47,278 MAYBE WE EVEN HAD AN OUTSIDE CHANCE 312 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,780 TO BECOME THE COOL 7th-GRADE GROUP 313 00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:51,815 IF WE COULD JUST REMAIN INCONSPICUOUS 314 00:15:51,817 --> 00:15:54,084 UNTIL WE PICKED UP A FEW MORE MEMBERS. 315 00:15:54,086 --> 00:15:55,886 -[ Mockingly ] HEY, STEVE! 316 00:15:55,888 --> 00:15:58,589 IT LOOKS LIKE MY BABY BROTHER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND 317 00:15:58,591 --> 00:15:59,890 HAVE FOUND EACH OTHER. 318 00:15:59,892 --> 00:16:00,958 [ CHUCKLES ] 319 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,327 -SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND. 320 00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:07,297 -HE THINKS YOU ARE SO-O-O CUTE. 321 00:16:07,299 --> 00:16:10,567 -I DON'T THINK SHE'S CUTE. 322 00:16:10,569 --> 00:16:15,306 -HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU A BIG...WET... 323 00:16:15,308 --> 00:16:16,240 KISS. 324 00:16:16,242 --> 00:16:19,009 [ SMOOCHES LOUDLY ] 325 00:16:19,011 --> 00:16:22,212 [ CHUCKLES ] HE TOLD ME. 326 00:16:23,049 --> 00:16:26,483 -YOU LIAR. I NEVER SAID THAT! 327 00:16:26,485 --> 00:16:29,886 I DON'T WANT TO KISS HER! I DON'T EVEN LIKE HER! 328 00:16:31,957 --> 00:16:33,657 -YOUNG MAN. 329 00:16:35,727 --> 00:16:39,062 [ KNOCKS ON GLASS ] WHAT DOES THAT SIGN SAY? 330 00:16:40,866 --> 00:16:42,866 HMM? 331 00:16:42,868 --> 00:16:44,801 YOU TAKE THAT APPLE THROUGH THAT DOOR, 332 00:16:44,803 --> 00:16:46,837 AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR DETENTION. 333 00:16:56,315 --> 00:16:58,148 YOUNG MAN! 334 00:16:59,952 --> 00:17:02,653 I THINK WE HAVE A PROBLEM. 335 00:17:02,655 --> 00:17:05,355 -HE WAS RIGHT -- THERE WAS A PROBLEM. 336 00:17:05,357 --> 00:17:07,992 -OH, YEAH. THE APPLE. 337 00:17:07,994 --> 00:17:10,394 -THAT'S RIGHT. THE APPLE. 338 00:17:10,396 --> 00:17:12,930 -YOU WANTED IT INSIDE THE CAFETERIA. 339 00:17:12,932 --> 00:17:14,097 -THAT'S RIGHT. 340 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:16,666 -AND NOW IT'S OUTSIDE THE CAFETERIA. 341 00:17:16,668 --> 00:17:17,734 -THAT'S RIGHT. 342 00:17:17,736 --> 00:17:20,036 -THE CONVERSATION WAS GETTING STALE. 343 00:17:20,038 --> 00:17:21,304 I ASKED MYSELF, 344 00:17:21,306 --> 00:17:24,542 "NOW, WHAT WOULD A GUY LIKE BRIAN COOPER DO 345 00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:26,076 IN THIS SITUATION?" 346 00:17:27,312 --> 00:17:28,545 [ GIRL SCREAMS ] 347 00:17:28,547 --> 00:17:30,447 [ TABLEWARE CLATTERS ] 348 00:17:35,687 --> 00:17:37,388 -UM... 349 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:39,223 UH... 350 00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:43,059 IF -- IF YOU WANT, I COULD, UH... 351 00:17:43,061 --> 00:17:44,728 I COULD... 352 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:46,296 GET THAT. 353 00:17:50,502 --> 00:17:51,534 -WELL, KEVIN, 354 00:17:51,536 --> 00:17:53,803 PERHAPS WE SHOULD START BY ASKING YOU TO EXPLAIN 355 00:17:53,805 --> 00:17:57,574 WHAT IN GOD'S NAME MOVED YOU TO DO WHAT YOU DID. 356 00:17:57,576 --> 00:17:59,910 -I WANTED TO TELL THEM THAT WAYNE HAD EMBARRASSED ME, 357 00:17:59,912 --> 00:18:01,778 THAT THE OTHER KIDS WERE LAUGHING, 358 00:18:01,780 --> 00:18:04,181 THAT MR. DIPERNA HAD PLAYED POWER GAMES WITH ME, 359 00:18:04,183 --> 00:18:06,449 THAT WINNIE HAD SEEN THE WHOLE THING 360 00:18:06,451 --> 00:18:09,753 AND THAT SHE'D BEEN WEARING PINK FISHNETS AND GO-GO BOOTS. 361 00:18:09,755 --> 00:18:11,255 -I DON'T KNOW. 362 00:18:12,224 --> 00:18:15,926 -"I DON'T KNOW"? THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY? 363 00:18:15,928 --> 00:18:17,328 "I DON'T KNOW"? 364 00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:18,195 -KEVIN... 365 00:18:19,732 --> 00:18:23,667 ...THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DID YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE 366 00:18:23,669 --> 00:18:27,037 BY THROWING AN APPLE INTO A CAFETERIA? 367 00:18:27,039 --> 00:18:28,872 -[ Thinking ] NO, BUTTHEAD. 368 00:18:28,874 --> 00:18:30,140 THE QUESTION IS, 369 00:18:30,142 --> 00:18:32,976 WHY DO YOU HAVE A BRAIN THE SIZE OF A BABY PEA? 370 00:18:32,978 --> 00:18:35,879 -KEVIN, MR. DIPERNA JUST ASKED YOU A QUESTION. 371 00:18:35,881 --> 00:18:37,847 WHAT DID YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE 372 00:18:37,849 --> 00:18:40,651 BY THROWING THAT APPLE INTO THE CAFETERIA? 373 00:18:40,653 --> 00:18:43,554 -[ Thinking ] WORLD PEACE. 374 00:18:43,556 --> 00:18:44,788 -KEVIN! 375 00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:46,923 -NOTHING. 376 00:18:46,925 --> 00:18:50,327 -WELL, KEVIN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID ACHIEVE -- 377 00:18:50,329 --> 00:18:51,394 NOTHING. 378 00:18:53,165 --> 00:18:55,598 NOW, I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO 379 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,302 WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PUNISHMENT. 380 00:18:58,304 --> 00:18:59,937 BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW 381 00:18:59,939 --> 00:19:02,973 THAT I'LL BE KEEPING MY EYE ON YOU. 382 00:19:05,644 --> 00:19:07,744 DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? 383 00:19:07,746 --> 00:19:10,380 -[ SIGHS ] 384 00:19:11,383 --> 00:19:14,184 -KEVIN, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? 385 00:19:15,554 --> 00:19:17,554 -YES. 386 00:19:17,556 --> 00:19:21,725 -I'D LIKE TO TAKE HIM HOME NOW. 387 00:19:22,595 --> 00:19:24,695 [ KNUCKLES CRACK ] 388 00:19:27,466 --> 00:19:32,102 -IN MY 12 1/2 YEARS, MY FATHER HAD NEVER STRUCK ME, 389 00:19:32,104 --> 00:19:35,472 BUT HE'D GIVEN WAYNE A BEATING -- TWICE -- 390 00:19:35,474 --> 00:19:39,075 AND I RECOGNIZED THAT GLAZED LOOK IN HIS EYES. 391 00:19:39,077 --> 00:19:41,812 BESIDES, MAYBE I DESERVED IT. 392 00:19:41,814 --> 00:19:43,880 THERE REALLY IS NO GOOD EXCUSE 393 00:19:43,882 --> 00:19:46,684 FOR HURLING FOOD AROUND THE CAFETERIA. 394 00:19:46,686 --> 00:19:49,253 HE PROBABLY FIGURED THAT IF HE LAID DOWN THE LAW NOW, 395 00:19:49,255 --> 00:19:52,322 I'D STAY IN LINE, AND HE WAS PROBABLY RIGHT. 396 00:19:52,324 --> 00:19:54,458 ANYWAY, I COULD TAKE THE PAIN. 397 00:19:54,460 --> 00:19:59,230 I DECIDED I'D JUST SHUT MY EYES AND IMAGINE IT WAS WAYNE. 398 00:20:00,199 --> 00:20:02,266 -COME ON. INSIDE. 399 00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:06,570 -AND THEN IT HAPPENED. 400 00:20:06,572 --> 00:20:10,006 I THINK WE WERE ABOUT HALFWAY TO THE FRONT PORCH. 401 00:20:18,250 --> 00:20:20,984 -BRIAN COOPER WAS KILLED. 402 00:20:24,857 --> 00:20:26,923 -OH, MY GOD. 403 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:30,193 WHEN DID THEY FIND OUT? 404 00:20:33,899 --> 00:20:35,799 -[ Voice breaking ] I'M GONNA GO CALL EVELYN 405 00:20:35,801 --> 00:20:38,335 AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO. 406 00:20:38,337 --> 00:20:41,104 OH, MY GOD. POOR EVELYN. POOR JIM. 407 00:20:52,652 --> 00:20:55,051 -THAT NIGHT, I DECIDED TO GO FOR A WALK. 408 00:20:55,053 --> 00:20:57,821 THE DAYS WERE STILL LONG, AND BACK THEN, 409 00:20:57,823 --> 00:20:59,856 KIDS COULD STILL GO FOR WALKS AT DUSK 410 00:20:59,858 --> 00:21:03,360 WITHOUT THE FEAR OF ENDING UP ON A MILK CARTON. 411 00:21:09,502 --> 00:21:12,936 I WENT DOWN TO THE BIG CLIMBING TREE IN HARPER'S WOODS. 412 00:21:12,938 --> 00:21:15,639 I DIDN'T ADMIT IT TO MYSELF UNTIL YEARS LATER, 413 00:21:15,641 --> 00:21:18,042 BUT IN MY MIND WAS THE SHADOW OF A THOUGHT 414 00:21:18,044 --> 00:21:19,676 THAT WINNIE MIGHT BE THERE. 415 00:21:23,882 --> 00:21:25,482 SHE WAS SORT OF HUGGING HERSELF 416 00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:27,617 AND ROCKING SLOWLY BACK AND FORTH. 417 00:21:27,619 --> 00:21:29,953 THERE WAS A BIT OF A CHILL IN THE AIR, 418 00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:32,089 AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE A SWEATER. 419 00:21:32,091 --> 00:21:34,825 FOR A MINUTE, I WAS SCARED TO APPROACH HER. 420 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:53,677 I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I HAD THE STRANGEST FEELING. 421 00:21:53,679 --> 00:21:56,447 IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO BELIEVE. 422 00:21:56,449 --> 00:21:58,515 BRIAN WAS DEAD. 423 00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:03,019 -I'M SORRY. 424 00:22:04,222 --> 00:22:05,789 ABOUT BRIAN. 425 00:22:07,626 --> 00:22:10,060 AND I'M SORRY... 426 00:22:10,062 --> 00:22:13,396 ABOUT WHAT I SAID TODAY. 427 00:22:13,398 --> 00:22:15,999 IT WASN'T TRUE. 428 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:18,502 -I KNOW. 429 00:22:18,504 --> 00:22:20,504 [ SIGHS ] 430 00:22:20,506 --> 00:22:22,973 [ CRICKETS CHIRPING ] 431 00:22:45,865 --> 00:22:49,432 [ PERCY SLEDGE'S "WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN" PLAYS ] 432 00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:04,915 -♪ WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN ♪ 433 00:23:04,917 --> 00:23:08,552 ♪ CAN'T KEEP HIS MIND ON NOTHING ELSE ♪ 434 00:23:08,554 --> 00:23:11,688 -IT WAS THE FIRST KISS FOR BOTH OF US. 435 00:23:11,690 --> 00:23:15,091 WE NEVER REALLY TALKED ABOUT IT AFTERWARD. 436 00:23:15,093 --> 00:23:18,261 BUT I THINK ABOUT THE EVENTS OF THAT DAY AGAIN AND AGAIN, 437 00:23:18,263 --> 00:23:20,697 AND SOMEHOW I KNOW THAT WINNIE DOES, TOO, 438 00:23:20,699 --> 00:23:22,933 WHENEVER SOME BLOWHARD STARTS TALKING 439 00:23:22,935 --> 00:23:25,035 ABOUT THE ANONYMITY OF THE SUBURBS 440 00:23:25,037 --> 00:23:27,938 OR THE MINDLESSNESS OF THE TV GENERATION, 441 00:23:27,940 --> 00:23:29,305 BECAUSE WE KNOW 442 00:23:29,307 --> 00:23:32,342 THAT INSIDE EACH ONE OF THOSE IDENTICAL BOXES, 443 00:23:32,344 --> 00:23:34,411 WITH ITS DODGE PARKED OUT FRONT 444 00:23:34,413 --> 00:23:36,813 AND ITS WHITE BREAD ON THE TABLE 445 00:23:36,815 --> 00:23:40,984 AND ITS TV SET GLOWING BLUE IN THE FALLING DUSK, 446 00:23:40,986 --> 00:23:43,319 THERE WERE PEOPLE WITH STORIES. 447 00:23:43,321 --> 00:23:45,656 THERE WERE FAMILIES BOUND TOGETHER 448 00:23:45,658 --> 00:23:48,158 IN THE PAIN AND THE STRUGGLE OF LOVE. 449 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:51,628 THERE WERE MOMENTS THAT MADE US CRY WITH LAUGHTER, 450 00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:57,668 AND THERE WERE MOMENTS, LIKE THAT ONE, OF SORROW AND WONDER. 451 00:24:00,573 --> 00:24:05,675 -♪ WELL, THIS MAN LOVES YOU, WOMAN ♪