Family Matters (1989–1998): Season 4, Episode 20 - Pulling Teeth - full transcript
While Carl helps Richie deal with pulling a loose tooth, a five-way phone conversation between the kids results in a new relationship - Waldo and Maxine!
- Harriette.
- Huh?
Put down those coupons.
Eddie and Laura gave me that
language tape they've been promising us.
Ooh, great. We're gonna
be a bilingual family.
"Daddy mac." A good-looking guy.
- "Daddy mac." A good-looking guy.
- "Daddy mac." A good-looking guy.
"Fly honey." A
good-looking girl.
- "Fly honey." A good-looking girl.
- "Fly honey." A good-looking girl.
Yo, let's kick it
with the homies.
Hey, let's relax
with our friends.
You know, this is amazing.
This is a whole different language.
Yep. And when we learn it,
we'll be able to talk with our kids.
Ready for more, fly honey?
Let's kick it, daddy mac.
Uncle Carl.
Uncle Carl?
Uncle Carl!
Oh!
- Oh. Richie.
- Morning, Uncle Carl.
- You knocked the wind out of me.
- Sorry.
I had to wake you up because
I made you breakfast in bed.
Oh. Well, that's
very thoughtful.
Hey, it's the
least I could do...
for the best uncle in the
entire whole universe.
Wow.
Here, fresh orange
juice. I squeezed it myself.
What's the matter?
Did you get a pit?
Mm. Just...
one.
Two.
Look, I made you
eggs, toast and oatmeal.
You're after something,
young man, aren't you?
See, there's this hot new video
game called "Super Space Donkeys."
I need that game, Uncle Carl.
Well, have you asked
your mother for it?
No, she's hip to the old
breakfast-in-bed trick.
Well, okay, I'll have a talk
with her and see how she feels...
about that particular
video game. Okay?
Thanks, Uncle Carl.
Ow.
What's the matter?
I got a loose tooth. It hurts when I
chew anything harder than pudding.
Hmm. Open up, let's take a look.
Oh, yeah. That baby is
almost ready to come out.
Mom says all my
teeth are gonna fall out.
She's right. Sometimes some things
have to fall out to make room for new ones.
You must be getting a lot of new hair
because there's plenty of room up there.
That's cute. Heh.
But enough about me.
You know, once we pull that
tooth, we'll put it under your pillow...
and the tooth fairy
will bring you money.
If you lose enough teeth, you'll
be able to buy your video game.
What do you mean, pull my tooth?
Well, Rich, that permanent
tooth is all ready to come in.
It'll grow in crooked if we
don't get rid of that baby tooth.
Let's wait and see if it
falls out by itself. Okay?
Well, okay. We
can wait for a while.
But not too long. Deal?
- Deal.
- Okay.
Hello.
Maxine, what's the matter?
Laura, the most humiliating
thing happened to me today.
Let me guess. You only had
enough lipstick to do one lip?
This is serious, Laura.
Oh, sorry.
Does this have anything
to do with Roger?
You mean that stuck up, conniving,
Jheri Curl, plastic-cap-wearing jerk?
Yeah, him.
I've lost him, Laura!
My baby's gone!
Maxine, hold on. Somebody's
calling on the other line.
Hello?
- What do you want, Steve?
- I just got back from yodeling class.
And I couldn't wait to come
home and share my latest yodel.
Steve...
Steve, hang on. Maxine is on the other
line, and she's in the middle of a crisis.
Maxine, please just calm down
and tell me what happened.
Okay. Here I go.
You know how I've been loaning
Roger money so that he can fix up his car?
Hey, I tried to warn you.
I said, "Maxine...
be careful, because as soon
as that fool gets his car fixed up...
he's gonna dump you."
- Yeah, you told me a hundred times.
- Mm-hm.
So, what happened?
As soon as that fool got his
car fixed up, he dumped me.
What a worm. Hang on.
- Steve?
- Yes, my sultry strudel?
I can't talk now. Maxine is a
basket case. Roger just dumped her.
Oh, no.
Why, he must have
finished fixing up his car.
You got it.
Well, you go soothe your ailing
friend, my bodacious bratwurst.
Speak to me.
Hey, Eddo, it's me, Urk-man.
Uh... Uh, Steve, I'm on my remote
phone and you're not coming in very clear.
Why don't you try calling
me back next week?
Never mind, I'll just come
over and talk to you in person.
Uh, good news. You're coming
in loud and clear now. What's up?
Listen, I've got some juicy
gossip that you didn't hear from me.
Out with it, Steve. I got
calories to burn before I sleep.
- Roger dumped Max.
- No!
Yep.
He must have finished
fixing up his car.
Yep.
Poor Maxine. She
always picks the losers.
Listen, I've gotta go. I'm gonna
spread the news to all my friends.
Come to think of it,
you are all my friends.
In that case, mission
accomplished.
What's up? EDDIE: Waldo.
Yo, Waldo!
Eddie? Is that you?
Talk louder.
Waldo, check the receiver!
Is it upside down?
- What's up?
- Ah. Big news, buddy.
Roger and Maxine
are incommunicado.
Wow. Is that in Mexico?
No. They're not speaking to
each other. Roger dumped her.
He left her in Mexico?
They're not in
Mexico. They broke up.
Here's your chance, man.
I don't want to go to Mexico.
Waldo, didn't you tell me you
had a big crush on Maxine?
Hey, that's a secret. That's just between
you, me, and the wet cement I wrote it in.
I know that. Look, all I'm saying is
you like Maxine, and now she's available.
So make your move, man.
Get real. Maxine is
drop dead gorgeous.
She'd never go out with
a chucklehead like me.
- Well, you'll never know unless you try.
- Then I'll never know.
I really like her a lot, and it would
hurt me bad if she shot me down.
Hold on, Waldo. Incoming call.
- Speak to me.
- Hey, Eddo, Urk-man again.
Listen, I've got Laura
on the other line.
And she wants me to warn
you not to go blabbing...
about what happened
between Roger and Maxine.
- Ah, don't worry, I won't.
- Good.
- Anymore.
- What?
I told Waldo because
he's got a thing for Maxine.
I'm trying to convince him to ask
her out, but he's afraid she'll say no.
Hang on.
Sweetums, guess what?
What?
Waldo likes Maxine.
He wants to date her,
but he's too chicken to ask.
- You're kidding.
- I never kid when it comes to l'amour.
Steve, stay on the line.
- Maxine?
- Yeah?
Major scoop.
Roger wrecked his car?
No.
Waldo likes you.
Waldo?
- Yeah.
- Waldo Faldo?
- Yeah.
- Waldo Geraldo Faldo?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Would you ever consider
going out with him?
I don't know.
Maybe.
- If he asked...
- Hold on.
Steve, Maxine said she
might go out with him.
Eddo, Maxine says
she'll go out with Waldo.
Oh. Yo, yo, yo, Waldo. Maxine
says she can't wait to go out with you!
Really? When?
When?
- When?
- When?
I don't know.
Maybe tomorrow?
Tomorrow night, a movie.
Tomorrow night, a
movie. Pick her up at 7.
Tomorrow night, a movie. Pick
her up at 7. Bring flowers and candy.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Bye.
- Carl.
- Mm?
What are you doing?
I'm tying a string
around this door knob.
It's time to pull
Richie's tooth.
Oh, Carl, don't do this.
Well, why not? I pulled
Eddie's teeth this way.
Right, and until he was 12 years old, he
screamed every time he heard a door slam.
Richie's tooth
needs to come out.
I know, Carl, but he's scared. Can't
we find a less traumatic way to do this?
Tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk.
What?
You are doing it
again, Harriette.
You are doing it again.
Doing what, Carl?
You're behaving like a mother.
- And what's that supposed to mean?
- You're being overprotective.
Harriette, have you learned nothing
from the tragedy of the sea lion?
Don't start with me, Carl.
The massive female sea lion...
lies on a remote beach,
contentedly nursing her pups.
Without warning, a sea
gull makes a darting dive!
The mama sea lion rolls her
blubbery tonnage over onto the pups.
Disappointed, the
gull wings away...
but the mama sea lion heaves her
humongous belly off of her young.
But alas...
it is too late.
The pups have been
mother-smothered.
- Carl.
- Yes?
Take a long look at me...
and then a long look at you.
Who's more likely to
smother something?
You better get back out here
when I think of a snappy comeback.
Richie!
What's up, Uncle Carl?
- It's time to pull that tooth.
- Bye.
Ah-ah-ah. Take it
easy, take it easy.
I'm gonna use a very simple
method that my father used on me.
What method?
Take a seat right here
on this piano bench.
Uh-uh.
Okay, I'll tell you what.
I'll demonstrate the
whole thing for you, okay?
Now, first, I want you to notice
that the front door is open.
See? And around the door knob is a
little piece of string attached to it. See?
So?
So you'll be sitting there
on the piano bench...
like this.
See?
Now, on the other end of
the string, there's a slip knot.
See? And we'll just slide the slip
knot over your tooth just like this.
- See?
- Then what?
Well... STEVE: Hi, big guy.
No, no! No!
Did I do that?
Hello? MAXINE: Hi, Laura.
Oh, Maxine, I was thinking about you.
Did you have a good time with Waldo?
It was a date I'll never forget.
Ooh, girl, tell me
everything, every single detail.
Okay.
- What's up?
- Waldo?
Yeah. What's up?
You said you were gonna call me as
soon as you got home from your date.
Yeah, but I wanted
to shave first.
Waldo, you're supposed to
shave before you go on a date.
Well, thanks a lot,
Mr. Too Late Now.
- Just tell me about your date.
- Okay.
I didn't wanna be late, so when I
rang the doorbell, it was exactly 7:00.
- Mm. Good for you.
- Unfortunately, it wasn't Maxine's house.
It belonged to some cranky old
man who didn't like being interrupted.
It took me five minutes to
pry his pit bull off my butt.
Whew, heh. Oh, man.
But I didn't lose my cool.
- I just used the old noggin.
- What'd you do?
I drove around the block honking
my horn and screaming her name.
Ah. Good thinking.
Uh, hang on,
Waldo, incoming call.
Speak to me.
Eddo, Urk-man.
- Steve, I'm busy.
- Me too.
But counting rat chromosomes is
tedious work, and I needed a break.
- Goodbye, Steve.
- Wait, wait, wait.
Have you heard from Waldo yet?
My bug collection isn't the
only thing on pins and needles.
He's on the other line now.
He was telling me about his date with
Maxine when I was rudely interrupted.
Oh-oh-oh-oh. You'll call me
and tell me what happened, right?
Uh, yeah. Absolutely. Bye.
- Hello?
- Hey, babycakes.
- Steve, I'm busy.
- Okay, okay.
I just wanna know if
you've heard from Maxine.
I'm just dying to know what
happened on her date with Waldo.
- I'm on the other line with her right now.
- Oh-oh-oh-oh.
You'll call me and tell
me what happened, right?
Oh, uh-huh, sure.
Absolutely. Bye.
- Maxine, I'm back.
- Where was I?
Waldo was driving down your street,
honking his horn, screaming your name.
So all of a sudden, Maxine
runs out of her house.
She jumps into my
truck and says, "Shut up
and floor it before
the neighbors kill us."
Great. So, what
movie did y'all see?
Waldo said he was
dying to see Malcolm Ten.
Malcolm Ten?
Yeah. Don't you know
your Roman numerals?
Malcolm X is Malcolm Ten.
So, what happened
after the movie?
It must have rained,
because when we left
the theater we had to
cross a big mud puddle.
Oh, Lord. Don't
tell me he fell in.
I took off my
jacket, put it over the
puddle, so Maxine's
feet wouldn't get muddy.
Ah, nice move. Very gallant.
And then he picked up the jacket
and wrapped it around my shoulders.
Mud all over your dress?
- Mud all over her dress.
- Mm-mm-mm.
Man, disaster. Big time.
I started to get mad, but then
Waldo did the strangest thing.
- What'd he do?
- I sat in the puddle so we could match.
Yo, I'll bet that made
her feel a lot better.
It's weird, but somehow it
actually made me feel better.
And that's when he kissed me.
Get out.
Yep, I just took general aim at her face,
closed my eyes and fired with both lips.
- Got her smack-dab on the cheek.
- Get out.
Laura, every guy I've ever gone out
with has tried to take advantage of me.
But not Waldo.
I always thought
he was so dense.
But there's a lot more
to him than I thought.
He's really sweet,
and I like him a lot.
Do you think that's crazy?
No, that's not
crazy. That's terrific.
Eddie, Maxine is the
first girl I've ever dated
who doesn't make fun
of me when I mess up.
I kind of think she likes
me, and I'm crazy about her.
And I was almost too
chicken to even ask her out.
Man, you see? Sometimes
you just gotta go for it.
Laura, thanks for
listening to my troubles.
You're a good friend.
Don't mention it. Hey,
you're always there for me.
Eddie, I appreciate your help and
advice. I'm lucky to have a buddy like you.
Aw, forget it. Takes
one to know one.
Well, good night.
Steven!
It is 3:27 a.m.
Why in Sam Hill
aren't you in bed?
Eddie and Laura
promised to call me back.
It would be rude of me
to miss their call, Mom.
- Huh?
Put down those coupons.
Eddie and Laura gave me that
language tape they've been promising us.
Ooh, great. We're gonna
be a bilingual family.
"Daddy mac." A good-looking guy.
- "Daddy mac." A good-looking guy.
- "Daddy mac." A good-looking guy.
"Fly honey." A
good-looking girl.
- "Fly honey." A good-looking girl.
- "Fly honey." A good-looking girl.
Yo, let's kick it
with the homies.
Hey, let's relax
with our friends.
You know, this is amazing.
This is a whole different language.
Yep. And when we learn it,
we'll be able to talk with our kids.
Ready for more, fly honey?
Let's kick it, daddy mac.
Uncle Carl.
Uncle Carl?
Uncle Carl!
Oh!
- Oh. Richie.
- Morning, Uncle Carl.
- You knocked the wind out of me.
- Sorry.
I had to wake you up because
I made you breakfast in bed.
Oh. Well, that's
very thoughtful.
Hey, it's the
least I could do...
for the best uncle in the
entire whole universe.
Wow.
Here, fresh orange
juice. I squeezed it myself.
What's the matter?
Did you get a pit?
Mm. Just...
one.
Two.
Look, I made you
eggs, toast and oatmeal.
You're after something,
young man, aren't you?
See, there's this hot new video
game called "Super Space Donkeys."
I need that game, Uncle Carl.
Well, have you asked
your mother for it?
No, she's hip to the old
breakfast-in-bed trick.
Well, okay, I'll have a talk
with her and see how she feels...
about that particular
video game. Okay?
Thanks, Uncle Carl.
Ow.
What's the matter?
I got a loose tooth. It hurts when I
chew anything harder than pudding.
Hmm. Open up, let's take a look.
Oh, yeah. That baby is
almost ready to come out.
Mom says all my
teeth are gonna fall out.
She's right. Sometimes some things
have to fall out to make room for new ones.
You must be getting a lot of new hair
because there's plenty of room up there.
That's cute. Heh.
But enough about me.
You know, once we pull that
tooth, we'll put it under your pillow...
and the tooth fairy
will bring you money.
If you lose enough teeth, you'll
be able to buy your video game.
What do you mean, pull my tooth?
Well, Rich, that permanent
tooth is all ready to come in.
It'll grow in crooked if we
don't get rid of that baby tooth.
Let's wait and see if it
falls out by itself. Okay?
Well, okay. We
can wait for a while.
But not too long. Deal?
- Deal.
- Okay.
Hello.
Maxine, what's the matter?
Laura, the most humiliating
thing happened to me today.
Let me guess. You only had
enough lipstick to do one lip?
This is serious, Laura.
Oh, sorry.
Does this have anything
to do with Roger?
You mean that stuck up, conniving,
Jheri Curl, plastic-cap-wearing jerk?
Yeah, him.
I've lost him, Laura!
My baby's gone!
Maxine, hold on. Somebody's
calling on the other line.
Hello?
- What do you want, Steve?
- I just got back from yodeling class.
And I couldn't wait to come
home and share my latest yodel.
Steve...
Steve, hang on. Maxine is on the other
line, and she's in the middle of a crisis.
Maxine, please just calm down
and tell me what happened.
Okay. Here I go.
You know how I've been loaning
Roger money so that he can fix up his car?
Hey, I tried to warn you.
I said, "Maxine...
be careful, because as soon
as that fool gets his car fixed up...
he's gonna dump you."
- Yeah, you told me a hundred times.
- Mm-hm.
So, what happened?
As soon as that fool got his
car fixed up, he dumped me.
What a worm. Hang on.
- Steve?
- Yes, my sultry strudel?
I can't talk now. Maxine is a
basket case. Roger just dumped her.
Oh, no.
Why, he must have
finished fixing up his car.
You got it.
Well, you go soothe your ailing
friend, my bodacious bratwurst.
Speak to me.
Hey, Eddo, it's me, Urk-man.
Uh... Uh, Steve, I'm on my remote
phone and you're not coming in very clear.
Why don't you try calling
me back next week?
Never mind, I'll just come
over and talk to you in person.
Uh, good news. You're coming
in loud and clear now. What's up?
Listen, I've got some juicy
gossip that you didn't hear from me.
Out with it, Steve. I got
calories to burn before I sleep.
- Roger dumped Max.
- No!
Yep.
He must have finished
fixing up his car.
Yep.
Poor Maxine. She
always picks the losers.
Listen, I've gotta go. I'm gonna
spread the news to all my friends.
Come to think of it,
you are all my friends.
In that case, mission
accomplished.
What's up? EDDIE: Waldo.
Yo, Waldo!
Eddie? Is that you?
Talk louder.
Waldo, check the receiver!
Is it upside down?
- What's up?
- Ah. Big news, buddy.
Roger and Maxine
are incommunicado.
Wow. Is that in Mexico?
No. They're not speaking to
each other. Roger dumped her.
He left her in Mexico?
They're not in
Mexico. They broke up.
Here's your chance, man.
I don't want to go to Mexico.
Waldo, didn't you tell me you
had a big crush on Maxine?
Hey, that's a secret. That's just between
you, me, and the wet cement I wrote it in.
I know that. Look, all I'm saying is
you like Maxine, and now she's available.
So make your move, man.
Get real. Maxine is
drop dead gorgeous.
She'd never go out with
a chucklehead like me.
- Well, you'll never know unless you try.
- Then I'll never know.
I really like her a lot, and it would
hurt me bad if she shot me down.
Hold on, Waldo. Incoming call.
- Speak to me.
- Hey, Eddo, Urk-man again.
Listen, I've got Laura
on the other line.
And she wants me to warn
you not to go blabbing...
about what happened
between Roger and Maxine.
- Ah, don't worry, I won't.
- Good.
- Anymore.
- What?
I told Waldo because
he's got a thing for Maxine.
I'm trying to convince him to ask
her out, but he's afraid she'll say no.
Hang on.
Sweetums, guess what?
What?
Waldo likes Maxine.
He wants to date her,
but he's too chicken to ask.
- You're kidding.
- I never kid when it comes to l'amour.
Steve, stay on the line.
- Maxine?
- Yeah?
Major scoop.
Roger wrecked his car?
No.
Waldo likes you.
Waldo?
- Yeah.
- Waldo Faldo?
- Yeah.
- Waldo Geraldo Faldo?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Would you ever consider
going out with him?
I don't know.
Maybe.
- If he asked...
- Hold on.
Steve, Maxine said she
might go out with him.
Eddo, Maxine says
she'll go out with Waldo.
Oh. Yo, yo, yo, Waldo. Maxine
says she can't wait to go out with you!
Really? When?
When?
- When?
- When?
I don't know.
Maybe tomorrow?
Tomorrow night, a movie.
Tomorrow night, a
movie. Pick her up at 7.
Tomorrow night, a movie. Pick
her up at 7. Bring flowers and candy.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Bye.
- Carl.
- Mm?
What are you doing?
I'm tying a string
around this door knob.
It's time to pull
Richie's tooth.
Oh, Carl, don't do this.
Well, why not? I pulled
Eddie's teeth this way.
Right, and until he was 12 years old, he
screamed every time he heard a door slam.
Richie's tooth
needs to come out.
I know, Carl, but he's scared. Can't
we find a less traumatic way to do this?
Tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk.
What?
You are doing it
again, Harriette.
You are doing it again.
Doing what, Carl?
You're behaving like a mother.
- And what's that supposed to mean?
- You're being overprotective.
Harriette, have you learned nothing
from the tragedy of the sea lion?
Don't start with me, Carl.
The massive female sea lion...
lies on a remote beach,
contentedly nursing her pups.
Without warning, a sea
gull makes a darting dive!
The mama sea lion rolls her
blubbery tonnage over onto the pups.
Disappointed, the
gull wings away...
but the mama sea lion heaves her
humongous belly off of her young.
But alas...
it is too late.
The pups have been
mother-smothered.
- Carl.
- Yes?
Take a long look at me...
and then a long look at you.
Who's more likely to
smother something?
You better get back out here
when I think of a snappy comeback.
Richie!
What's up, Uncle Carl?
- It's time to pull that tooth.
- Bye.
Ah-ah-ah. Take it
easy, take it easy.
I'm gonna use a very simple
method that my father used on me.
What method?
Take a seat right here
on this piano bench.
Uh-uh.
Okay, I'll tell you what.
I'll demonstrate the
whole thing for you, okay?
Now, first, I want you to notice
that the front door is open.
See? And around the door knob is a
little piece of string attached to it. See?
So?
So you'll be sitting there
on the piano bench...
like this.
See?
Now, on the other end of
the string, there's a slip knot.
See? And we'll just slide the slip
knot over your tooth just like this.
- See?
- Then what?
Well... STEVE: Hi, big guy.
No, no! No!
Did I do that?
Hello? MAXINE: Hi, Laura.
Oh, Maxine, I was thinking about you.
Did you have a good time with Waldo?
It was a date I'll never forget.
Ooh, girl, tell me
everything, every single detail.
Okay.
- What's up?
- Waldo?
Yeah. What's up?
You said you were gonna call me as
soon as you got home from your date.
Yeah, but I wanted
to shave first.
Waldo, you're supposed to
shave before you go on a date.
Well, thanks a lot,
Mr. Too Late Now.
- Just tell me about your date.
- Okay.
I didn't wanna be late, so when I
rang the doorbell, it was exactly 7:00.
- Mm. Good for you.
- Unfortunately, it wasn't Maxine's house.
It belonged to some cranky old
man who didn't like being interrupted.
It took me five minutes to
pry his pit bull off my butt.
Whew, heh. Oh, man.
But I didn't lose my cool.
- I just used the old noggin.
- What'd you do?
I drove around the block honking
my horn and screaming her name.
Ah. Good thinking.
Uh, hang on,
Waldo, incoming call.
Speak to me.
Eddo, Urk-man.
- Steve, I'm busy.
- Me too.
But counting rat chromosomes is
tedious work, and I needed a break.
- Goodbye, Steve.
- Wait, wait, wait.
Have you heard from Waldo yet?
My bug collection isn't the
only thing on pins and needles.
He's on the other line now.
He was telling me about his date with
Maxine when I was rudely interrupted.
Oh-oh-oh-oh. You'll call me
and tell me what happened, right?
Uh, yeah. Absolutely. Bye.
- Hello?
- Hey, babycakes.
- Steve, I'm busy.
- Okay, okay.
I just wanna know if
you've heard from Maxine.
I'm just dying to know what
happened on her date with Waldo.
- I'm on the other line with her right now.
- Oh-oh-oh-oh.
You'll call me and tell
me what happened, right?
Oh, uh-huh, sure.
Absolutely. Bye.
- Maxine, I'm back.
- Where was I?
Waldo was driving down your street,
honking his horn, screaming your name.
So all of a sudden, Maxine
runs out of her house.
She jumps into my
truck and says, "Shut up
and floor it before
the neighbors kill us."
Great. So, what
movie did y'all see?
Waldo said he was
dying to see Malcolm Ten.
Malcolm Ten?
Yeah. Don't you know
your Roman numerals?
Malcolm X is Malcolm Ten.
So, what happened
after the movie?
It must have rained,
because when we left
the theater we had to
cross a big mud puddle.
Oh, Lord. Don't
tell me he fell in.
I took off my
jacket, put it over the
puddle, so Maxine's
feet wouldn't get muddy.
Ah, nice move. Very gallant.
And then he picked up the jacket
and wrapped it around my shoulders.
Mud all over your dress?
- Mud all over her dress.
- Mm-mm-mm.
Man, disaster. Big time.
I started to get mad, but then
Waldo did the strangest thing.
- What'd he do?
- I sat in the puddle so we could match.
Yo, I'll bet that made
her feel a lot better.
It's weird, but somehow it
actually made me feel better.
And that's when he kissed me.
Get out.
Yep, I just took general aim at her face,
closed my eyes and fired with both lips.
- Got her smack-dab on the cheek.
- Get out.
Laura, every guy I've ever gone out
with has tried to take advantage of me.
But not Waldo.
I always thought
he was so dense.
But there's a lot more
to him than I thought.
He's really sweet,
and I like him a lot.
Do you think that's crazy?
No, that's not
crazy. That's terrific.
Eddie, Maxine is the
first girl I've ever dated
who doesn't make fun
of me when I mess up.
I kind of think she likes
me, and I'm crazy about her.
And I was almost too
chicken to even ask her out.
Man, you see? Sometimes
you just gotta go for it.
Laura, thanks for
listening to my troubles.
You're a good friend.
Don't mention it. Hey,
you're always there for me.
Eddie, I appreciate your help and
advice. I'm lucky to have a buddy like you.
Aw, forget it. Takes
one to know one.
Well, good night.
Steven!
It is 3:27 a.m.
Why in Sam Hill
aren't you in bed?
Eddie and Laura
promised to call me back.
It would be rude of me
to miss their call, Mom.