04x23 - Stress? What Stress?

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♪ To the b*at of just one drum ♪

♪ What might be right for you ♪

♪ May not be right for some ♪

♪ A man is born ♪

♪ He's a man of means ♪

♪ Then along come two ♪

♪ They got nothin'
but their jeans ♪

♪ But they got
diff'rent strokes ♪

♪ It takes diff'rent strokes ♪

♪ It takes diff'rent strokes ♪

♪ To move the world ♪

♪ Everybody's got ♪

♪ A special kind of story ♪

♪ Everybody finds
a way to shine ♪

♪ It don't matter that you got ♪

♪ Not a lot... So what? ♪

♪ They'll have theirs,
you'll have yours ♪

♪ And I'll have mine ♪

♪ And together we'll be fine ♪

♪ 'Cause it takes
diff'rent strokes ♪

♪ To move the
world, yes, it does ♪

♪ It takes diff'rent
strokes to move the world ♪

What's taking so long, adelaide?

I'm really in a
hurry this morning.

I will serve no
pancake before its time.

Looks like feeding
time at the zoo.

So what's your big
hurry this morning, willis?

I have a campaign meeting
before my first class.

Hey, willis, if you get
elected class president,

Can I be your vice president?

That's ridiculous, arnold.

You don't even go to my school.

Well, what's the difference?

Nobody notices vice
presidents anyway.

You know, willis,
here's something else...

Running for office,

Pitching on the baseball team,

Acting in the school play,

On committees.

Gosh, willis, how
do you do all that

And still get all your
schoolwork done?

It's easy. He skips
the schoolwork.

No, I don't.

In fact, I'm even studying
harder than ever.

I have to if I'm gonna get
the grades I need for college.

Is that how you
stay on schedule,

Gobbling down your food?

His motto is, "gobble
now, chew later."

[Telephone rings]

Drummond residence.

Who's calling?

One moment, please.

It's your campaign
manager, mr. President.

Try not to eat the phone.

Hello, jerry? Hey, how ya doin'?

Are all my campaign posters up?

Well, why not? I told
you it was important.

Good morning, adelaide.

Good morning, mr. Drummond.

Both: good morning, dad.

Well, get 'em up
right away, jer.

Did you turn in the release I
wrote for the school paper?

Ah, good, good.

And don't forget,
tell the drama teacher

I'm gonna be a little
late for rehearsal.

Great. Bye.

Listen to that dynamo.

He's a chip off the old block.

Thanks, dad.

Speaking of the old block,

What's wrong with your head?

It's nothing serious. I guess a
muscle in my neck stiffened up.

I must've slept in a draft.

Hmm. Well, some draft.

Pulled your head right
over on your shoulder.

Don't worry. I'm
fine. No problem.

Honey, would you mind
tying my shoes for me, please?

Sure, dad.

Dad, can't you even bend?

Of course I can,

But I've done it so often, what
would I prove by doing it again?

Mr. Drummond, I know just
what you're going through.

I can't bend over to
tie my shoes either.

Adelaide, you got a
problem with your back?

No. I have a problem
with my waist.

I don't have one.

You know, daddy, you should really
get some treatment for your neck.

Oh, I wouldn't take it
too seriously. I'm fine.

Well, if you guys will excuse me, I
gotta get to that campaign meeting.

Stay in there punching, son.

As harry truman used
to say, "give 'em heck."

I thought he said,
"give 'em hell."

Yeah, I guess he said that, too.

Well, I gotta go. I got a
big day. See you guys later.

Bye-bye. Aah! Oh!

Dad, you should
really see a doctor.

You know, daddy,
willis is right.

You're in more pain
than you're letting on.

I haven't got time
to see a doctor.

I've got a hundred things
to catch up on at the office.

This new big merger we're
doing has got me all tied up.

Dad, we can't bear
to see you suffer.

We love you!

Ooh!

Arnold, could you please
love me from a distance?

Sorry, dad.

I think maybe you're right.

I'm gonna try and find some
time today to see dr. Julian.

Don't wait too long.

It looks like you're
eavesdropping on your armpits.

Fellow students,

As you know, I'm a candidate

For the present for
the freshman class.

Talking to your
favorite audience...

Yourself.

Cool it, arnold.

[Clears throat]

Fellow students, as
you know, I'm a candidate

For the president of
the freshman class,

And that's a big responsibility.

Nah, that's too stiff.

I need something
to lighten the mood.

What was that joke
dad told us yesterday?

Willis, don't tell
one of his jokes.

They'll turn on you.

Well, anyway, do you mind
giving me a little privacy?

I'm rehearsing for
the debate friday.

It's in front of the
whole freshman class,

Right before the election.

Well, if you're
worried about it,

Heard of a good way to relax
when you're giving a speech.

What's that?

You just imagine
everyone in the audience

Is sitting there in
their underwear.

Come on, arnold.

It's true.

You want to try it? I'll sit
here in my jockey shorts.

Don't. Stop fooling around, man.

This is really important to me.

Do you want me to
lose the election?

I mean, after the debate,

The students ask a
lot of tough questions.

That's no problem.

If you don't know the answers,

Do what politicians do.

Just chuckle and try
to look intelligent.

[Imitates laughter]

How's that?

Okay on the chuckle,

But the intelligence
needs some work.

I'm home, g*ng.

Where is everybody?

Come here. I want to
show you something.

What is it, dad?

What, daddy?

Gather round.

You notice anything?

Hey, daddy, your
neck is all better.

Yeah, that's great, dad.

I can turn it every way
but all the way around,

And when I learn to do that, I'll
rent myself out as a lighthouse.

Well, how'd you cure it, dad?

Fortunately,

I learned something
very important today.

The pain in my neck
came from this.

From tapping your
forehead with your finger?

No, I mean it was
caused by my mind.

It came from stress.

Although I was
totally unaware of it.

I have been under a lot of
pressure at the office lately.

Who told you you had stress?

Dr. Julian.

He gave me a stress test.

What'd he do, show you the
bill and then take your pulse?

The bill didn't help.

No, the stress test
was about questions

About my attitude
and my feelings,

And the upshot is this.

The tension I've
been under at work

Has really been getting to me.

Well, dad, if you have stress,

You sure put a lid on it.

You always keep your cool.

That's one of my problems.

I try not to show any anger,

I keep it all locked up inside.

Well, I remember a few
times when it escaped

And landed all over me.

I'd be better off if I
could do that at work, too,

Instead of holding it in.

When stress builds up,
the body needs release,

Or it rebels.

Is that why some
people get ulcers?

Right. Fortunately, all I
got was muscle tension,

Which was easily cured.

Uh, well, almost cured.

Well, from now on, I'm
not holding in my anger.

I'm going in the
kitchen and b*at an egg!

Hey, come here, kids. I
want to show you something.

This little gadget
measures stress.

It's called a biofeedback
relaxation system.

You sure that thing relaxes you

Or opens your garage door?

How does it work, daddy?

Well, it measures the
electrical skin resistance

And temperature.

Hate to have my
temperature taken with that.

With your mouth,
they could get it in.

It wasn't my mouth
I was thinking of.

Okay, let me show
you how it works.

See? You press your
fingers on here like this.

[Humming]

Now, if you experience
any unusual stress,

The machine tells you.

It makes a sound. Now, watch.

Willis, will you get behind me,

And without warning me at all,

Clap your hands near my ear.

What does that do,
daddy, frighten you?

Oh, no, not really
frighten me...

All I did, what you said,
dad. [Device whistling]

You hear that?

That whistle tells me
that that loud sound

Has given me temporary stress,

And then it will drop
back to my normal level.

Well, how do you get rid of it?

Or do you have to go
through life with a low hum?

I can get rid of it
by easing my tension.

The doctor showed me how
to do that with meditation.

He said that's like giving
myself permission to relax.

School gives me stress.

Can I give myself
permission to stay home?

How about giving your brain
permission to start working?

No, look, kids. I'll show
you how to meditate, ok?

Now, I shut my eyes,

Take a deep breath...

[Exhales]

Shut out all thoughts,

And repeat to myself,

Ah-oom, ah-oom, ah-oom...

Sounds like your
motor needs a tune-up.

[Device whistles]

Ah-oom...

Ah-oom.

Ah-oom.

[Device quiets down]

There.

You hear that? Much
quieter, much better.

Daddy, why do you
have to say ah-oom?

Well, you don't.

You can say almost any
word that sounds relaxing.

I know what word I'd say.

Hamburger...

Hamburger...

Hamburger.

Now, daddy, what happens if a
person can't control his stress?

Well, that can cause
serious problems.

How serious, dad?

Well, how serious do
you consider death?

Whatcha talkin' about, dad?

It's true.

Stress can lead to
heart att*cks or strokes.

Fortunately, I'm getting my
problem under control now.

Please don't hold
anything in, dad.

If you want to get mad,

Yell at willis.

Now, listen, I'm gonna go
and put my briefcase away,

And then I'll come and show you
my other relaxation exercises.

Maybe you'd like to do them
with me. How would you like that?

Sure. Yeah, dad. We'd love it.

How about that?

I'm actually looking over
my shoulder. Isn't that great?

Not if you're walking
toward an open manhole.

That's a terrific
little machine, huh?

Careful, arnold,
that's not a toy.

I just want to try it.

Kids your age don't have stress.

They give stress to
people like older brothers.

Be a pal, kimberly,

And clap your hands by my ear.

With pleasure, arnold.

Don't get carried away.

[Device whistles quietly]

See? No stress.

I want to try again.

Arnold, give me that.

Dad doesn't want us
playing around with this.

[Very loud whistles]

Willis, you whistle
without clapping.

That thing's supposed to
go up and down, not up and up.

[Continues to whistle loudly]

Hey, what's going on here?

Who is making that
thing whistle like that?

Willis.

Dad, either willis has stress,

Or that gadget is
trying to call a taxi.

[Whistling continues]

Dad, this thing must be broken.

How can I have
stress? I'm too young.

Willis, anybody can have stress.

Even infants can.

But maybe so,
dad, but look at me.

I'm a perfect specimen.

Yeah, but most of your muscles
are holding up your afro.

Daddy, what could
be giving willis stress?

I don't have stress.

Well, maybe you do.

You do have a tendency to
do too much just the way I do.

Well, what do you want me to do,

Retire with lawrence
welk and blow bubbles?

What I want you to
do is to see dr. Julian.

Let's not take chances
with your health, ok?

Dad, I don't want
to see a doctor.

I'm too busy.

Course I may have
time to see a nurse.

Willis, this is no
laughing matter.

Yeah, listen to dad.

I don't want you to die.

If anything happens to you,

Whose face am I
gonna step down on

When I get out of my bunk
to go to the bathroom?

Well, there you are.

All set to go.

Thank you for setting it up.

I know we'll have many
hours of enjoyment from this

When we figure out what it is.

Kimberly: have a nice day.

So long.

Gee, I wonder what
daddy plans to do with it.

I don't know. But he's
too old for a jungle gym.

Well, whatever it
is, I know one thing.

I'm gonna have to dust it.

Hi, everybody. Oh, it's here!

Great.

What is it, mr. Drummond?

This is an anti-gravity
traction gym.

Run it by me again.

It's an apparatus to help
me relax tense muscles

In my neck and my back.

My doctor prescribed it for me.

Oh, willis, what did
the doctor say to you?

Well, he says I do
have a little stress

And that I should cut
down on my activities.

That's right. And I think it
would be a very good idea

If you gave up the
election at school.

Give it up? I've been knocking
myself out to get elected.

All right. Then
forget about baseball.

Dad, I'm first string.

What about the
school play you're in?

Dad, I got the starring role.

Willis, if you can't get
your priorities straight,

Then I'm gonna do it for you.

You're gonna give
up the election.

Oh, but, dad...

Ever since you took that on,

You have been a
bundle of nerves.

It's putting too much
pressure on you.

Daddy's right, willis.

You're burning yourself out.

Speaking of burning, I
better go check the chicken.

I may have to baste
it with solarcaine.

Dad, I can't pull out just
before the big debate

And the election.

So I'll have a few
more days of stress.

What difference will it make?

There's a difference
between going to a funeral

And being the guest of honor.

Look, willis, just say
you are to get elected.

That's when the
trouble really starts.

Just ask nixon.

Sure, you've seen what
happens to presidents.

When they're running for
office, they look terrific.

A few months later, they
look like their passport photos.

I won't look like that.

Come on, willis.

You and I can use
this thing together.

I'll show you how it works.

It's fun.

You'll enjoy it, and it'll
help you relieve your stress.

Ok, first, put your
hands on the floor,

You bend your knees,

And use the board for support.

I can already feel the
blood rushing to my head.

Yeah, daddy, your
face is all red.

You look like a
baboon at the zoo.

Only they're red
on the other end.

Oh, that's great.

Doing that helps
relax knotted muscles.

It takes tension
out of the spine,

Relaxes the nerves.

You can also hang like this.

It works both ways.

All right, dad, I'll use
this gizmo if you insist.

But I really don't want to
drop out of the election.

I really think
you should, willis.

Dad, they'll call me a quitter.

I wouldn't say that.

I'd say that you are simply
directing your energies

Into other activities.

Did you hear that, willis?

That was a real nice way
to say you're a quitter.

Thanks, arnold.

Nobody's gonna
call you a quitter,

But you are gonna drop
out of the election. Got that?

All right. You made your point.

Good.

Daddy, you can't blame
him for being upset.

He really has worked hard.

Well, I'd rather have
him a little upset now

Than have him sick later.

I wish somebody had told me
about stress when I was his age.

Yeah. I want willis
to live a long time.

I love him.

Besides, the sucker
owes me bucks!

Hello, jerry?

Listen, there's something
I have to tell you

About the election.

My dad thinks that I sh...

Well, he thinks that i...

That I've got a
good chance to win,

So let's really
go for it, jerry.

Great. We're really
gonna win that election.

You check on the
jackson for prez posters,

And you can tell everybody
I'm ready for that debate.

Bye.

Willis, dad just
told you to drop out.

Arnold, you didn't hear
what I just told jerry.

Sure, I did.

These holes are for listening,

Not catching flies.

Maybe you don't get the message.

You didn't hear
what I just told jerry,

Get it?

Got it.

And can play it
back at any speed.

And you better not
double-cross me.

Are you kidding? No
use both of us winding up

With name tags on our big toes.

Willis, what am I gonna do?

Dad's got stress,
you've got stress,

And I can't tell dad about
you and the election.

I'm gonna get stress

Worrying about
everyone else's stress.

I think even abraham has stress.

He's biting his bubbles.

Willis.

Huh?

Where's arnold?

Where else? The bathroom.

Sometimes he falls
asleep sitting there.

No, he's not there. I
wonder where he could be.

We better check around.

Well, I don't know where he is,

But I bet his mouth is wrapped
around a salami sandwich.

Ah-oom...

Ah-oom...

Ah-oom...

Ah-oom...

Ah-oom...

Ah-oom...

Ah-oom...

Ah-oom...

Ah-oom...

Arnold.

Arnold, what are you doing?

I'm ah-ooming my stress away.

Stress? Did you use
that biofeedback gadget?

No, dad.

Then what makes you
think you've got stress?

Well... I do have a lot
running around in my head.

Yeah, and you sure
got a lot of space

For it to run around in.

I do have a lot to worry about.

Oh, really? I'd
like to know what.

Well...

Uh...

I'm worried about
stress, just like you.

When I'm not looking,
my neck does like this.

Arnold, if there is something
that is worrying you,

I want you to
tell me what it is.

Well...

All right.

To tell you the truth,

I'm worried about willis.

What about him?

Oh, I know.

He's worried about me
doing my relaxing exercises.

Look, arnold.

Look, I'm doing them. Ah-oom.

Check it out. I can
even relax this way, too.

Ah-oom.

Ah-oom.

Arnold, are you telling me

That you woke up in
the middle of the night

Only because you were worried
about willis doing those exercises?

Whoa! That's it for now, dad.

Man, I feel like a new man.

Good night, dad.

Come on, arnold.

Wait a minute. Hold it.

Listen, this does not add up.

Now I want you to tell me

What is really worrying you.

Well, you see...

It's ok, arnold. I'll tell him.

That's a load off my stress.

It has to do with my
running for class president.

Well, what about it?

It's my resignation speech.

I've been rehearsing
it all night

And keeping arnold awake.

And I finally fell asleep,

But arnold couldn't.

So he came down
here to try to relax.

Right, arnold?

Right.

Why didn't you say
that in the first place?

'Cause, dad, you
would've been mad at me

For keeping arnold awake
these last few nights.

You're right.

You can rehearse your
speech during the day.

But as long as we're all up,

How about letting us hear it?

Hear it?

Well, uh...

Dad, you don't want to hear it.

It's too sad.

It'll tear your heart out.

And you don't want to cry

In front of the children.

Good night, dad.

Night, dad.

Hi, sweetheart.

Hi, daddy. I'm glad you're home.

Did you get the
message at your office?

No, I've been out all
day. What message?

About the nurse sending
willis home from school.

What's the matter with him?

He got really sick in
the middle of the debate.

Debate?!

He said he was gonna
drop out of the election.

Now, daddy, don't get excited.

I'm not excited. I'm
in perfect control.

I'll show you.

[Very loud whistling]

Please eat this
chicken soup, willis.

I opened the can myself.

It's manischewitz.

Arnold, would you stop
being a jewish mother?

I wonder what dad's gonna
say when he gets home.

Here's your chance to find out.

Willis, are you all right?

What did the school
nurse tell you?

She says that I probably
have a nervous stomach

And that I should see a
doctor before I get an ulcer.

It's not that bad, dad.

He only barfed times.

Well, none of this
would've happened

If you'd have slowed down
like you were supposed to.

You not only made yourself sick,

But you lied to me.

I'm sorry, dad. I was wrong.

Right now, I couldn't care
less about that election.

[Telephone rings]

Hello.

Oh, hi, jerry.

Can you give me the message?

Willis can't talk right now.

He's "indisposable."

He did?

Really?

All right!

Yeah, I'll tell him.

Willis, you won the election!

I did?

Congratulations, mr. Prez!

Yeah, congratulations, son.

Wait a minute, what
am I talking about?

You got to resign.

No, dad, please, I'll promise
to quit anything else,

But don't make me resign!

He can give up the school play.

He stinks as an actor.

What do you mean, I stink?

I mean, you stink.

But I'm a good actor.

I'm only trying to help...
Well don't help me next time.

No, no, hold it! Wait a minute!

[Shouting] listen. Hey.

Arguing isn't going to help.

Now let's cool down
and discuss this calmly.

Ok.

Ah-oom...

Ah-oom...

Ah-oom...

Ah-oom...

Ah-oom... Ah-oom...

Ah-oom... Ah-oom... Ah-oom...

♪ Now, the world don't move ♪

♪ To the b*at of just one drum ♪

♪ What might be right for you ♪

♪ May not be right for some ♪

♪ A man is born,
he's a man of means ♪

♪ Then along come two ♪

♪ They got nothin'
but their jeans ♪

♪ But they got
diff'rent strokes ♪

♪ It takes diff'rent strokes ♪

♪ It takes diff'rent strokes ♪

♪ To move the
world, yes, it does ♪

♪ It takes diff'rent strokes
to move the world, mmm ♪