Ok, were opening upthe phone lines now. Alex, i need a ride home. Mallory, get a grip. Im on the air. You dont have to whisper. The only people who listen to this music died years ago. Oh, yeah . Well, theres a deceased listener now. Hello, youre on with alex. Id like a pizza with anchovies. Uh, dont forget, the number for requests is 5557955. Ok. Hello, youre on with alex. Duke ellington didnt write wanderlust by himself. It was Johnny Hodges and the duke. Well, thank you. Its thrilling to talk to someone who shares my passion for swing. My pleasure, alex. Would you play sweet lorraine for me . Its the fifth cut. Consider it done. Heres a special request ive just found joy. I want you to know that im also a bigalex keaton fan. Well. Youve got great taste. Listen, would yoube interested in going to the woody herman concertwith me friday night . Well, im not in the habit of askingfor blind dates, either, but i thoughtwe might have fun. Great. Great, ok. Yeah, lorraine ferrar . 7 30 . All right,ill see you then. Well, mallory . Big deal, alex, she accepted the date. Its only because shes never seen you. Id like to makea special plea. Mallory keaton,a sophomore here, hasnt had a datesince birth. If theres anyone out therewho wants to take her anywhere, [whistling] good evening. Mrs. Ferrar . Yes. Im alex. Im takingyour daughter lorraine out. Good evening, alex. Wont you come in . Thanks. Im lorraine. Oh. Oh oh. Are you surprised . Surprised . No whats thereto be surprised about . Youre lorraine, huh . Yes, i am. Ok, im alex. No surprises here. Im looking forward to the concert, and im delighted to be going with you. Im delighted to begoing with me, too. And you. Oh, this is my daughter melissa. Melissa, alex keaton. Surprised . No no. Shes your daughter. Shes melissa,youre lorraine, im still alex. Wheres the surprise . Are you going to be my new daddy . [telephone rings] ill get that. [ring] hello . [speaking french] merci, claude. Au revoir. Its what i dofor a living. You speak french on the phone. No, im an arbitrageur. You deal in thesimultaneous sale and purchaseof equivalent commodities in order to profitfrom the price discrepancies. Perhaps destiny has taken a hand tonight. Well, destiny and iare certainly not strangers. Ha ha ha ha there is absolutely nothingto compare with the thrill of hearing a big bandin person. Plus i love the way they dress. You can go anywhere with a big band. But you needa big car. Lorraine, may i play you my favorite record . Oh, please alex, ive had a fantastic evening. I blush to say how long its been since i laughed like this. Why havent youlaughed . Oh, many reasons. A bad marriage, a bad divorce. Im sorry. I didnt mean to pry. Oh, no. I dont mind talking about it. You must havemarried very young. Yes, i did. Havent you, alex . Oh, no your age . No. Your age neverentered my mind. How old do you think i am . Oh, i dont know. Id say. About ffmph years old. I will be 40 in july. Ill be 29 in march. My, my. And still in high school. Well, im a veteran. You know. Ok, im 17. But theyve been 17very full years. Alex, chronological age Means Nothing to me. I like that in a woman. You want to dance . I thought youd never ask. [big band music playing] thank you. No, thank you. Ahem oh, mom, dad alex, wheres your, um. I, i mean, iis. Iis this your. Whos this . Oh, im sorry. Mom, dad, this is lorraine ferrar. My date. Shes his date, steven. Hello. Yes, it certainly isnice to meet you. Yes, ill say. Hey. Hey, you kids want to dance . Well just roll back the rug. Do you think so, steven . Are you talking to me . Oh no. No dancing for us. Nooo. Um, good night. Yeah, thats good. Good night. Good night. Alex, dont be so hard on yourself. You did very well for your first time. Lorraine, thats notmy first time. Ive taken lessonsfor years. Its just the first timethey let me out on the ice. How about a movie . Wild strawberries is playing. No, lorraine,no more swedish movies. Everybodys always depressed, and its alwaysdark out and snowing. And nobody ever sayswhat they mean. Well, what kind of movie do you like . I dont know. Take conan the barbarian. Oh, come on lorraine,that was a great movie. Look, at least you knewwho conan was. You knew he wasa barbarian. You knew his friendswere barbarians. You knew he wouldnt order fishin a dark restaurant. Well, thank you for putting up with my taste. Lorraine, ive hada great time the past two weeks. I have too, alex. Really . I mean, you haventminded that. Well, that im not that mucha man of the world . No, ive kind of liked it. Its refreshing. Oh oh, my foot aah its thawing out. Here, let me rub it for you. Ah. There. Is that better . Yeah. Um. Better. No, alex. Its not the time. Do you have any ideawhen itll be . I mean, my schedule is clear alex, lets not complicate this. Its so nice the way it is, with us just friends. Were making a big thing out of nothing, right . Right. Hes at her house again. I know. Does that bother you . No. You . No, not at all. Shes a friend of our sons. Shes alexs. Girlfriend. Thats right. Shes alexs fullgrownfrenchwoman girlfriend. French, as in lamour. He has got to stop seeing her well tell him. Hey, mom, dad. Boy, what a day ice skating, chinese food,sparkling conversation. Shes the greatest. Maybe this wasnt the right time to tell him. This has gone too far we didnt havechinese food together till wed been marriedfor two years its got to stop, mom. All we did was ask how his old lady was. Girls, wed like to talk to alex. Good idea. Lets get this out in the open. Alone. Well, weve never been so insulted in our lives. But hey. Shall we, jen . Theyre such children. Alex, your mother and i have been talking. Hey, good for you. Lorraine says talkingis good for a relationship. Funny you should mention lorraine. You shouldstop seeing her. What do you mean . Alex, youre 17, and shes 40. She is not 40. Shell be 40 in july. You dont see anyof your old friends, youre never home,you lapse into french. Au contraire, mom. Alex, we just dont want to see you get hurt. Dad, i am notgoing to get hurt. There is nothing luridabout this relationship. Shes my friend. I feel comfortablewith her. Its likebeing with you, mom. Then spend more timewith me. Dont judge lorrainewithout knowing her. Let me invite her overfor an evening, for dinner. Swell. Hi, melissa. Hows my little girl . Believe me, alex, staring out the window wont get her here any faster. Ha there she is. What did i tell you . Mom, lorraines here dad, sit up. Dont slouch. Try and look like youve been to europe. Ill go put onmy lederhosen. Good. Good. Oh, i cant believeyoure wearing that. Why, were you planning on wearing it . [ding dong] good evening, alex. Good evening, lorraine. Welcome to chateau keaton. You remember my mom and dad. Hello. Nice to see you again. Please, right over here. Well, here she is. Here i am. Yes, you are. Yes, you are. Welcome to our son. Home. Uh, our sunny home. Thank you. Its a pleasure to be here. Alex tells us youre french. Hes right. Alex, maybe lorraine would like a drink. Oh, yeah. Would you carefor an aperitif . Well, thank you, monsieur. Yes. Monsieur. I love that. Take good care of her. I shall return. You are to be commended. A throwbackto another era. Turn of the century. Theres something i must ask. I think i knowwhat it is. Nobody is more surprisedabout alex and me than i am. Im not too sure about that. My husband is gone, and alex has turned outto be a great companion. Hes brought a certainjoie de vivre i dont thinkive ever felt. Its thrilling. Thats the way joie de vivre is. Lorraine, im happy that youve had a good experience. Youre a mother. You know how i feel. Let me assure you i have no designsupon alex beyond friendship. Lorraine, youve been frank with us, so well return the favor. Im sorry. Its nothing personal. Hes lettinghis schoolwork slide. He doesnt seeany of his old friends. We feel he should spend timewith someone his own age. Well, you are his parents, and if you dont want meto see him, i will abideby your wishes. You dont have to leave. Im afraid i do. Good night. Did we dothe right thing . We had to do something. Da da da bum bum wheres lorraine . Shes gone. What do you mean,shes gone . We told her how we felt. Oh we didnt want herto leave. You didnt even give her a chance. Alex, we apologize. Im very sorry. Sorry . What good is sorry . You know, im a man. You have to treat melike a man, do you understand . Youre going tohave to let go. Dinner is served of course, we can keep it warm. My lorraine hello . Do you have glen grayscasa loma orchestra playing tuxedo junction . Im only playing sweet lorraine tonight, sir. Were into the second hour of the first annual sweet lorraineathon. With their very special interpretation of sweet lorraine. I just found joy im as happy as a baby boy with another brandnew. Catchy tune. Yeah. When i met where have you been . Ive been calling for days. I know. I guess youre angryabout the other night. No. No, im not angry. I just needed some time to sort things out. What things . Alex, youre 17 years old, and i am almost 40. Chronological ageMeans Nothing, lorraine. A good friend of minetold me that once. I believed her. Oh, alex, you mean so much to me. Me, either. Ok, 17. Who am i going to goto swedish movies with . And my ice skatingwas really coming along. If i couldjust learn to stop. We can still see each other from time to time, but dont stop doing the things you used to do. Oh, you mean i shoulddate girls my own age. Yes, amongst other things. I just dont want you to stop leading the life of a 17year0ld. Ive never led the lifeof a 17yearold. Give it a try. Bye. When i was 17 captioning performed by the national captioning institute, inc. Public performance of captions this is channel 2 news, coverage you can count on andrew i went off on a hunch and i won. 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