07x03 - The Fabulous Robinson Sisters

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♪ There's a time for love
And a time for livin' ♪

♪ So take a chance
And face the wind ♪

♪ An open road
And a road that's hidden ♪

♪ A brand-new life
Around the bend ♪

♪ There were times
I lost a dream or two ♪

♪ Found the trail ♪

♪ And at the end was you ♪

♪ There's a path you take
And a path not taken ♪

♪ The choice is up to you
My friend ♪

♪ Nights are long
But you might awaken ♪

♪ To a brand-new life
A brand-new life ♪

♪ A brand-new life
Around the bend ♪

[TONY HUMMING]

Angela, where you going?

-I'm going out on a date.
-[SCOFFS] Oh!

All right, all right, a date!

Gosh almighty,
am I proud of you.

Gee, Dad, thanks.
Can I have the keys to the car?

-Sure. You need gas money?
-Bye, Tony.

Well, wait a minute.
Is it Peter?

-Is it Pe--
-Yes, Tony, it's Peter. Goodbye.

Oh. That's great, Angela.
Because, you know,

you haven't gone out
with him for a couple of weeks

or-- or anybody for that matter.
[CHUCKLES]

And-- and I'm just--
I'm just so happy, I could--

I could jump for joy. I'm going,
I'm going, I'm going.

Yes. Okay.

[SIGHS]

[GRUNTS, SIGHS]

[GRUNTS, SIGHS]

Oh, I forgot my tickets. Gee.

I'd forget my head
if it wasn't so darn attractive.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, hey, have a great time
with Peter.

-[GASPS]
-Wait a minute.

-You're not going out.
-Boy, nothing gets past you.

Well, in-- in other words,

uh, you and Peter
don't have a date tonight.

I swear it is like talking
to Columbo.

Peter was getting
a little too serious,

and so I-- I just decided
to cool it, okay?

Sure, sure, sure.
Uh, just-- just one thing...

Uh, when, uh...

Why, uh--

Why did you say
you were going out with Peter

when you weren't going out
with Peter?

Stop it! Tony, Tony!

You realize every time
you've got a date with Kathleen,

you're all over me
about not dating.

Hey, yo! This has nothing to do
with Kathleen.

I just don't like
to see you home every night

-buried in your work.
-I like to work.

Now, please,
will you go to the theater

-and stop meddling.
-Oh! Okay, fine.

Hey, I don't need a building
to fall on me, you know.

[CHUCKLES] And I promise
I will never meddle again.

[CHUCKLES] Sam!

Sammy, Sam, Sam, Sammy, Sam.
This is your lucky night.

Dad, tickets to Les Mis.
Thank you,

-thank you, thank you.
-No, no, no, no, no.

Those are mine. Those are mine.

See, uh-- But you,
you lucky dog, you,

you get to spend the night
with Angela.

-What's second prize?
-[CHUCKLES] Come on, Sam.

I'm sorry, Dad.
I've got to go to the library.

And will you stop meddling
in Angela's life.

I do not meddle. Mona!

Mona, Mona, Mone, Mone,
Monesker. [CHUCKLES]

-Where you going?
-I'm going to the Downbeat.

Ooh, the jazz club, huh? Um...
[CLICKS TONGUE]

-...going alone?
-No. I'm meeting Fingers there.

Fingers, huh?
What instrument does he play?

He doesn't.

Well, hey, Mona,
I got a great idea.

Why don't you take Angela
with you?

What kind of a sick joke
is this?

Look, look. She needs a friend
right now. Come on, be a friend.

Now, look. I'm already late.
I gotta go.

Be a friend, Mona. Come on.

[YAWNS]

Oh, good. He's gone.
Now I can work in peace.

Well, you're not going to work
all night, are you?

Oh, no. Oh, no. Wall Street Week
is on at 10:00.

It's a repeat,
but it was a humdinger.

I'm going to k*ll Tony for this.

Angela.

How would you like to go out
with me tonight?

What kind of a sick joke
is this?

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

MONA: Quit hanging on to me.

-All right, all right.
-It's terribly smoky in here.

Did you have to bring your radio
and your car telephone

in with you?

Mother, this is not
the nicest neighborhood.

You know that guy
that took your keys?

He was not the valet.

I'm kidding. Kidding.
Lighten up, Angela.

Do you swear that Tony
didn't ask you to bring me here?

I swear. I am proud
to be seen with my daughter.

Embarrass me and I'll k*ll you.

-Hey, Mona.
-[DRUM BEATS]

-Hey.
-Hey! What it is, red!

It is what it is.

Ow! Sho' you right.

Don't embarrass her.
Yeah, right.

-What it is, baby?
-Excuse me.

The usual, Mona?

-Make it two.
-Excuse me.

-Where's the nonsmoking section?
-Utah.

[JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]

Well, they're very good.
That's not bad at all.

I know.

ANGELA: Catchy tune.

MONA: Mm.
You're getting there, huh?

Cough drops.

-What?
-"Calwell Cough Drops."

You know that jingle
that I've been looking for?

This is perfect!

Can't you just hear
the coughing in there?

[COUGHS]

-Wha-- what?
-Rule number one,

-don't cough to the music.
-But, Mother, this happens

-to be a very good--
-Rule number two,

don't call me "Mother."

-Any other rules at Camp Mona?
-Yes.

Will you forget work?
You're here to have fun.

-Meet people.
-That's easy for you to say.

You walk in here,
you smash some elbows

and you've got friends for life.

But, me,
I-- I never know what to say,

and I bruise easily.

Well, you know,

sometimes you don't have to say
anything at all.

Observe.

If this could only be harnessed
for peaceful purposes.

Look, uh, it's getting late.
And I've got a breakfast meeting

-with Sanderson.
-Oh, skip it.

Wha-- Are you-- are you crazy?
I can't cancel.

Then delegate.

You have two senior VPs.
Use them.

That's true. I mean,

I could give them
a little more responsibility.

Exactly. Oh, Angela.
You have reached the point

in your life where you
could afford to let go.

Your agency's a big success
you've raised a wonderful son,

and the goldfish have been dead
for three years.

My point is,
that you have a choice.

I mean, continue
burying yourself in your work

or do all those things

you've always wanted to do
in life.

Now is the time.

-May-- maybe you're right.
-Sure. Of course.

Will you listen
to your mo-- Mona?

-[CHUCKLES]
-[TELEPHONE RINGING]

Hello?

No. No. That's all right.
I can talk now.

You haven't heard a word I said.
Are you talking business?

No. I'm talking to him.

-[MONA LAUGHS]
-[ANGELA LAUGHS]

-[ANGELA CHUCKLES]
-[TV SWITCHES OFF]

-Isn't he cute?
-MONA: Yeah.

-Like a little angel.
-Aw, he looks so peaceful.

Yeah.

Sing him a lullaby.

-♪ Born free ♪
-[GASPS]

Fire alarm!
Everybody out single file!

[BOTH LAUGH]

Hey, hey, hey.
That is not funny.

You two should be ashamed
of yourselves.

We are. [CHUCKLES]

-We are so ashamed.
-[LAUGHS]

Hold it.
Hey, are you two smashed?

-No. We're just high on life.
-And sparkling water. [LAUGHS]

Well, great. I'm glad--
I'm glad to see you had fun.

It's so nice to see a smile
on your face again.

You know, I knew if you got out
it would perk you up.

Way to go, Mona.
Oh, you're the greatest, Mona.

Born free. [LAUGHS] Good night.

-Good night.
-MONA: Good night.

Wait a minute.
Who are these guys?

Oh, it's just a few people
from the club.

That's Leonard Tibbs,
he's the, uh, critic.

The jazz for the Gazette.
And that's Dale Moore.

-He used to play
with Charlie Parker in the '50s.
-[MUSIC PLAYING]

And that's Jimmy Perez.

Well, he broke up
with his girlfriend,

so he needs people.

Take him to the bus station,
huh?

Isn't it a little bit late
to be having a-- a party?

Well, Tony, we were having
such a great time,

we wouldn't want the night
to end. Hi, come on in.

Hey, Angie, check this out.

Listen to that bass.

It moves like-- like clothes
swaying on a clothesline.

It takes you up and down.

Up and down.

Hey, hey! It's starting to rain.

Let's take the clothes in,
okay, pal?

Jerry Vale. Who's album is this?

Hey! Hey! You just let go
of my Jerry Vale album there.

Hey! Could you lower that music?

Do you realize it's 2:30
in the morning here?

Tony, you told me to go out
and have fun, and I am.

Now, you don't have stay up
and babysit. Go on up to bed.

Okay, okay. I'm going.
I'm going.

Use coasters!

Animals.

[HUMS]

-[GASPS] Oh, hi.
-Angela, you're up already?

You couldn't have had
more than two hours sleep.

I know. And I feel wonderful.
I feel so energized. Oh, God.

Tony, you missed
a great party last night.

[CHUCKLES]
No. I-- I didn't miss anything.

I heard every word,
every record, every bad joke.

By the way, who won
the limbo contest?

How low can I go?

Angela, what is happening
to you?

I don't know. I don't know.

Something Mona said
last night just clicked.

Well, far be it for me to be
the party pooper here, but,

see if this clicks.
If you don't hurry up

and get ready
you're gonna miss your train.

Does it really matter, Tony?

Angela, did you hit your head
on the limbo stick?

Hi, hi, hi, hi. Oh, I'm so sorry
I'm late this morning, but,

well, one of my usual excuses.

-Mona.
-MONA: Yeah?

What would you say if I said
let's skip work today?

There is a God.

Wait a minute. Hold it, hold it.
Having a late night party

is one thing, but skipping work,
I mean, how do you do that?

Well, I'll just delegate,
isn't that what employees

-are for?
-Talk that talk, sister!

Oh, oh, oh, hold on.

I happen to know you have
a client meeting

-this morning.
-Oh, darn. Sanderson.

-Oh, maybe we should go to work.
-No, no, no. Stay in your robe

I'll take the meeting.
And I'll be back in time

so we can have lunch
at the club.

All right! Boom, boom--
Oh, and by the way,

after lunch we'll go shopping,
my treat.

-Oh!
-[ANGELA CHUCKLES]

Oh, well. This is the beginning
of a beautiful friendship.

Wait, wait, wait for me.

No good can come out of this.

[GASPS] Jerry Vale,
they used you for a cheeseboard.

Oh, my God.

[CELLO PLAYING]

Hi, honey.

Well, this explains
all the dogs on the lawn.

ANGELA: Very funny.

Oh, no, no, no.
I think it's great

what you're doing, Mom.

[CELLO PLAYING]

Ah, what a week.
Between the cello lessons,

the parties,
the yoga workouts...

-Guys, hello!
-TONY: Oh. Oh, hi.

This has got to stop.

Well, I know, it's been rough
on all of us.

I know what you're talking
about, Jonathan.

But your mother's just going
through a phase.

I know, the goldfish died.
Yada, yada, yada.

-Kid said a mouthful.
-Hmm.

One week of lessons
and it all comes back.

-[TONY CHUCKLES]
-Tony, you're cooking.

You know, that's something
I've always wanted to learn.

How about it, Tony?

Well, I hear
there's a fine school

in Paris. [CHUCKLES]

Oh, you! What is this?

-This is chicken cacciatore.
-Chicken cacciatore.

Now,
why is the chicken upside down?

Well, if it complains,
I'll spin it. Angela, look...

Look. Aren't you needed at work?

My people are handling it.
I think I'll do some gardening.

Don't step on the rake, again.

Those idiots.

Do I have to proofread
everything that comes

-out of that office?
-Mona, is that you?

Memo to myself.
Kick some butt in accounting.

I'm scared, Dad.

Yeah. Me, too, but, don't make
any sudden moves.

When I come home from work,
I want a few smiles here.

Ad if you can't do it,

I'm gonna find some people
that can.

Better.

Mona, do you see
what's happening here?

Yeah. I need a whole new
office staff.

No, no. I mean,
the face that you're going

to work at 7:30 in the morning
and you work

-right through lunch.
-So?

When was the last time
you caught a movie

on your coffee break?

Oh. Not for at least a week.
Not since Angela...

Oh, my God.

I have become a dependable,
responsible person.

-Help me. Help me.
-All right.

All right, now, relax.
We can fix this.

I mean,
I go into the office one day,

I answer the phone,
I make a decision,

and the next thing you know,
I'm Angela.

This is all your fault.
You told me to take her out.

I told you to take her out.
Not reprogram her.

You have nobody to blame
but yourself.

Well, let's not be petty, here.

I don't care
that it's your fault.

All I want you to do is tell her
she has gone over the line.

Oh, no, I'm not telling her.
You tell her. You're her mother.

I am not her mother,
I am her best friend.

It would break her heart.

[CHUCKLES]
Well, I'm her best friend, too.

-Okay, we'll break it together.
-Good. Sounds good.

-Okay, here's what we do--
-I cannot believe

the two of you.
Angela has never been happier.

She's going out every night
like you wanted, Dad.

She's got a new best friend
in you, Mona.

And as soon as it becomes
a little inconvenient,

you want to squash her spirit
like a...

like a big old spirit squasher.

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

ANGELA: Carrying the radio.
Very cute.

Well, better safe than sorry.

Would you look at her.
Like she owns the place.

Well, ask her
if she can close early.

-MAN: Yo, Sticks!
-Sticks?

Yeah. It looks like
you've appropriated a new radio.

Nice.

Of course. Of course
there are women

more beautiful than me,

but none of them
would speak to you.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Who were those guys?

Uh, let's see,

uh, a banker, two lawyers,
and an accountant.

Hmm. Beatniks.

The usual, Angie, Mone?

-Sticks, I know what you want.
-I am-- I am not Sticks.

All right. I get it.
You're on the lam again.

I never saw you.

-Hey, Angela.
-Hi.

[CHUCKLES]
Oh, well, I'll think about it.

About what? Think about what?

-Nothing, nothing.
-What? What is he saying?

Nothing.

Sticks.

Why?

I got no idea.

What kind of place is this?

Have you thought about it yet,
Angela?

Are you gonna come up here
and sing?

Oh, no, no, no, no.

You told me you always wanted
to do this.

-I can't.
-Sure you can.

Hey, if she says she can't.
She can't!

-Okay.
-What?

Do you believe this?

I'm still trying to figure out
who Sticks is.

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

[LAUGHS] Hi.

♪ Never know how much
I love you ♪

♪ Never know how much I care ♪

This is so embarrassing.

Just be glad she's not playing
the cello.

♪ When you put your arms
Around me ♪

♪ I get a fever
That's so hard to bear ♪

♪ You give me fever ♪

[EXHALES]

♪ When you touch me
Fever when you hold me tight ♪

♪ Fever ♪

♪ In the morning
Fever all through the night ♪

Boy, she's giving me a fever.

Hey, bub, that's my daughter.

Way to go, mom.

That's it.

Go get her off that stage,
please.

♪ Fever ♪

♪ Fever all through the night ♪

♪ Fever ♪

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

Wasn't she great? She'll be back
for that midnight show.

Oh, no, she won't.

Hey, Sticks. Jam for us.

Hey. For the last time,
I am not Sticks.

That's just like Sticks
to say he ain't Sticks.

For me, Sticks.

Please?

Has Sticks ever let you down?

Thanks. Here, hold this,
will you?

-Just get-- just get out here.
-What is wrong with you, Mona?

I am not Mona,

and I'm not your buddy
and I'm not your playmate.

-I am your mother.
-You've always been my mother.

Yes. But lately I have had
to act like it,

and I resent that.

I thought we had
a good thing going.

I want things back the way
they used to be.

You, the mousy, dishwater,
dull workhorse,

and me, the irresponsible,
wisecracking

center of the universe.

I didn't ask you to change.

Well, I didn't have much choice.

Did I? I mean, somebody had
to take up the slack.

Somebody had to worry about
your business and your health,

and what that bum
at the next table said,

"Way to go, mom."

-Are you mad at me?
-No.

I love you.

I just want to go back
to taking advantage of you.

Oh, Mother.

Oh, gee, it felt good
to say that again.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm getting all misty here.

Look, you take back
your appointments

and your clients
and your business lunches.

I am taking a five-day weekend.

Because I am Mona, and I can.

Yeah.

AUDIENCE: Boo! Boo!

All right. Hey, I told you
I wasn't Sticks.

-Got room on that crate for me?
-Sure.

Sheesh!

Ooh. Oh, excuse me. Splinter.
[CHUCKLES]

You and Mona have a nice talk?

[SIGHS] I have
a very strange mother, Tony.

[CHUCKLES] You ain't exactly
June Cleaver either.

-I mean at least not lately.
-I know. I know, I go overboard.

Why do I do this, Tony?
Why do I do these things?

Angela, you're--

you're kind of like a--
like a well-tuned sports car,

you know?

Great lines, you know,
low to the ground,

five on the floor.
The only problem is,

you're always either in first
or fifth.

And there's a lot
of great gears in between.

So, what are you saying?

That I need a psychiatrist
or the auto-club?

[CHUCKLES, CLICKS TONGUE]
Look, Angela. It's--

The secret is balance.
Get your tires balanced, Angela.

I know, I know.

Thought it was kind of nice
being unbalanced for a while.

Yeah. [CHUCKLES]

So, um...

what did you think
of my performance?

Oh. It was, uh, it was
very nice. Very-- very good.

It was entertaining in a sweet
sort of way. You know?

-Sweet?
-Yeah, you know, sweet.

-♪ You give me fever ♪
-Angela, don't do that.

-♪ When you touch me ♪
-Angela, don't do that!

-♪ Fever when you
Hold me tight ♪
-Cut that out, Angela.

This is a very
respectable alley, Angela.

♪ Fever in the morning ♪

-Angela please.
-♪ Fever all through... ♪

TONY: Who's the Boss
will be back in a moment.

Stick around.

♪ Volare ♪

♪ Whoa oh, oh, oh ♪

Tony,
enough with the Jerry Vale.

-What did you say?
-That's not you

-in the kitchen, then, who is--
-♪ Cantare ♪

Look, it's Jerry Vale!

Mona, what are you doing
with Jerry Vale?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

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