Perfect Strangers (1986–1993): Season 8, Episode 1 - The Baby Shower - full transcript

(male narrator)
Last on "Perfect Strangers..."

I now pronounce you
husband and wife.

Well, right about now,
Balki and Mary Anne’s plane

should be landing in Athens.

Two hours on a small plane.

Six more hours
in a fishing boat.

Eleven‐mile hike,
and they’ll be at Balki’s house.

It’s hard to believe
they’re finally married.

It’s hard to believe
they’re finally married.

It’s hard to believe tha‐that
we have the house to ourselves.

You know what else
is hard to believe?



What’s that?

That in seven and a half months
you’re going to be a daddy.

That’s nice.

[theme song]

♪ Sometimes the world
looks perfect ♪

♪ Nothing to rearrange ♪

♪ Sometimes you just
get a feeling ♪

♪ Like you need
some kind of change ♪

♪ No matter what
the odds are this time ♪

♪ Nothings going to stand
in my way ♪

♪ This flame in my heart ♪

♪ Like a long lost friend ♪

♪ Gives every dark street
a light at the end ♪

♪ Standing tall ♪



♪ On the wings of my dreams ♪

♪ Rise and fall ♪

♪ On the wings of my dreams ♪

♪ The rain and thunder ♪

♪ The wind and haze ♪

♪ I’m bound for better days ♪

♪ It’s my life and my dreams ♪

♪ Nothing’s gonna stop me now ♪

[instrumental music]

Jennifer, honey?
You’d better hurry.

Balki and Mary Anne
are going to be here any minute.

Larry,
I’m seven months pregnant.

I don’t hurry.

Just, just take your time

and park your pretty little
ankles right over here.

My pretty little ankles?

That’s all you think
is pretty about me anymore?

Larry...

You think I’m a whale.

No! No! No!

I‐I‐I don’t think
you’re a whale. I think tha...

I‐I think you’re
beautiful, radiant

and I love you very much.

Hey, y‐y... I’ve got an idea.

I’ll tell you what.

Tonight, in, uh, instead
of having dinner at home, again

when Balki and Mary Anne
get here

why don’t we all
go out to dinner?

I mean, we’ve got
a lot of catching up to do.

Balki and Mary Anne have been
on Mypos for five months.

I don’t wanna go out to dinner.
I don’t have anything to wear.

Well, well, forget dinner.
Let’s all go to a movie.

I don’t blame you, Larry

for wanting to go
somewhere dark...

...so no one sees you’re
married to the Goodyear Blimp.

Well, well, no...
Honey, honey, that’s not true.

Look, hey, hey...
I’ll tell you what.

Let’s just forget
about Balki and Mary Anne.

And, uh, why don’t we grab
a bottle of nonalcoholic wine

go upstairs and...try
to rekindle that old passion.

Hmm?

Didn’t we just do that?

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, we just did that.

We just did that about, uh

seven weeks, four days
and eleven hours ago.

Balki’s back
and he’s better than ever!

Oh, cousin, cousin!

Jennifer! Oh, Jennifer,
I’m so happy to be home!

I missed everything
in this house.

I missed running up the stairs!

I missed running down
the stairs!

I missed jumping over
this couch.

Cousin.

Cousin,
everything’s just the same.

Still no upper lip.

‐Except you, Jennifer.
‐Oh.

‐You look beautiful.
‐Aw, thank you, Balki.

Cousin, you exaggerated
in your letter.

She’s nowhere
near as big as a house.

What?

Well, no, no.
E‐enough about us.

‐Where’s Mary Anne?
‐She’s right outside.

We, we have a surprise for you.

‐Now, here we go. Here we go.
‐Mary Anne.

‐Mary Anne.
‐Here we go.

Hi!

My little spud muffin
is having a tater tot.

Well, that is great. Oh...

[laughs]

[both growling]

‐Uh‐huh?
‐Uh‐huh.

‐Uh‐huh?
‐Uh‐huh.

[squealing]

Here.

Congratulations!

Ooh, you’re just
like Larry’s drawing.

Oh, no...

Uh, why don’t we... Come on,
we’ll all sit down here.

We’ve got a lot of,
of, uh, catching up to do.

Here. Here you go, sweetheart.

Take it easy, take it easy.

You’ve got it.
You’re almost there.

‐Almost there. Oh‐ho.
‐Pillow.

Oh, here. Here.

‐Can I help you, Mary Anne?
‐With what?

Never mind.

Well, this is perfect.

You got here just in time
for my baby shower tomorrow

so now it can be
for both of us.

Oh, that’s sweet.

Why don’t we show them
the new nursery?

We put up new wallpaper.
I hope you like giraffes.

Well, the meat’s a little tough

but they’re a heck
of a lot of fun to ride.

Larry, Larry.

[instrumental music]

There you go.

A fan to keep your face cool.

A blanket to keep
your body warm.

A pillow for your aching back

and some cozies
for your toesies.

Is there anything else
I can do for you, honey?

Yes. Shoot me.

And, uh, how are you,
my little pork loin?

I’m perfect.

And don’t you forget it.

[giggles]
Oh!

Oh...

You aren’t feeling
the least bit uncomfortable?

No.

‐Sore back?
‐No.

‐Swollen ankles?
‐No.

Wild, uncontrollable
almost murderous mood‐swings?

Uh, I didn’t mean you, honey.

Not you. Not you.

So you aren’t experiencing
any symptoms of pregnancy?

Well, just that pregnant glow.

I hate you.

(Balki)
’Don’t worry.’

Because I have just the thing
to rid you of them

pesky problems of pregnancy.

What’s that?

The Midolcrampabloatolous root.

It helps you get rid of them
awful symptoms of pregnancy.

I brought some home from Mypos
for Mary Anne, but

she don’t need it.

The Midolcrampabloatolous root?

Yes.

It’s grown in a special field
at the foot of Mount PMSocoulos.

We, uh, tried planting
it closer to town

but goats feeding in the area
kept exploding.

‐Can I tempt you?
‐Thanks, but no.

J‐J‐Jennifer’s right.
There‐there’s absolutely no way.

Look, we don’t even know
if this root is safe.

I mean, there’s,
there’s probably got some

horrible side effects.

Well, hmm, there, there is one

but, I don’t... This is not
the place to discuss it.

See? See? What happens?
What, does your hair turn green?

What, your teeth get soft?

‐What? What? What?
‐Well.

It, it releases uncontrollable
passionate desires in a woman.

Well, if it’ll help
reduce your swollen ankles...

Larry, goats exploded.

No, no, now, no conclusive
evidence has ever linked

the goat explosions to the root.

Do you hear that? You hear that?
"No conclusive evidence."

Maybe you should try it.

No, I‐I don’t want to.

Okay, I’ll tell you what.
Alright.

I’ll try it first,
and, and prove that it’s safe.

Not only am I
not going to try it

but you’re
not gonna try it either.

What if you grow an arm
out of your neck or something?

It’s time to read nursery rhymes
to our stomachs.

I feel like "Goldilocks."
What do you feel like?

(Jennifer)
"Humpty Dumpty."

Excuse me. Excuse me.

What are you doing?

Balki, I’m doing this
for Jennifer’s own good.

The sooner I take this
and show her that

there is nothing wrong with it

the sooner my life
returns to normal.

Her life. Her life
returns to normal.

Cut the babasticki.

You’re not doing
this for Jennifer

you’re doing it for yourself.

‐You got me.
‐Well...

Oh, give me that!
Give me that. Cousin...

You can’t... You...

You cannot just eat
the Midolcrampabloatolous root

like that.

What do you think this is?

Some raw American
jicama crudite?

You... This has to be prepared.

You have to take
some shavings of this.

Put them in the saucepan
with some bonemeal

goat’s milk and a packet
of grape Kool‐Aid for color.

Nothing is going to happen.

Yeah, I knew it.

Another bogus, Myposian...

Oh, boy, I feel great!

I feel alive! I feel tall!

I feel a myriad of things!

That’s a wonderful word,
isn’t it? Myriad?

I wonder what it means.

I have an Aunt Myriad.
No, that’s Aunt Miriam.

Oh, I’ve got
to give her a call.

You know Aunt Miriam?
Lovely woman.

She has a mole on her back
the shape of Florida.

Balki, have you ever noticed

how many talk shows
there are now?

You had to bite the root,
didn’t you?

So?

So, your eyes are bulging,
your hair is vibrating

and you’re speaking
very quickly.

Quickly? I didn’t notice
that I was talking quickly.

But why would I notice
that I was talking quickly?

It’s not like I’m timing
it with a stopwatch.

My gym bag!
That’s where I left my watc
h!

Balki, you have got to try this!

No! No! No, I don’t want to!

No! Ow! Ow!

[mumbling]

Nothing.

Absolutely nothing.

You know what I think?
Oooh‐woo! Ooh wah hah!

Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!

This stuff is good!

♪ Dai dai dai dai
dai dai dai dai ♪

♪ Hey‐hey hey‐hey
hey‐hey hey‐hey ♪

[instrumental music]

I hope I get through
this shower. I am exhausted.

I don’t know what Larry
and Balki were doing last night

but they were making so much
noise it kept me up all night.

[cackling]

What have you two been up to
all night and half the morning?

[laughter]

‐Tell her! Tell her! Tell her!
‐Tell her! Tell her! Tell her!

‐Tell her! Tell her!
‐Tell her! Tell her!

‐Shut up!
‐Okay.

We just thought we’d spruce up
the nursery for the shower.

You know.

Vacuuming, waxing,
dusting, dusting...

And then we rewired the house.

Giving us 30% more wattage.

[screams]

[cackling]

Larry, you don’t know
how to rewire a house.

That’s what I thought.
But it was a snap.

‐First you reset the‐‐
‐Panels.

Then you run feed from the main
switch into the circuit‐‐

Breaker panels,
and into the junction‐‐

‐Boxes. The tricky part‐‐
‐Was the‐‐

‐Three way switches!
‐Three way switches!

‐Do you remember those?
‐Oh! Oh!

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!

Three way! Three way! Three way!

[mumbling]

If you don’t remember,
the black‐‐

Is positive and the white‐‐

Is negative, then‐‐

‐W‐wowww!
‐W‐wowww!

Larry, why aren’t you blinking?

Time waster!

[laughter]

Look, I don’t know what you guys
are up to, but I don’t have time

to deal with this right now.
The guests are almost here.

W‐why don’t you go and change?

And we’d better hurry
and put out the food.

Jennifer, do you ever
get a stabbing pain

in your lower back that
shoots down through your legs?

Yes. Yes! Do you get that too?

No.

[grunting]

[grunting continues]

Get me more of that root!

‐This is all I have left.
‐That’s it?

That’s all you’ve got?
We need more root!

Don’t you have a root man
we could call?

‐Unfortunately not.
‐Oh.

But I have a better idea.

After the baby shower,
we can fly to Mypos

and get more root!

Yes!

We’ll fly to Mypos.

‐Woo‐oo!
‐Woo‐oo!

Bring back more root
and plant it in the backyard!

Better yet, we’ll put
a giant grow light on the roof!

‐Woo‐oo!
‐Woo‐oo!

Wooo!

Forget the roof!

We’ll tear down the house
and plant root everywhere.

I don’t know what we’ll
do with our clothes...

...but we’ll worry
about that later.

You know...

It’s taken you six years,
cousin.

But you have finally come up
with a plan that makes sense.

‐Thank you!
‐No, thank you!

‐No, thank you!
‐No, thank you!

‐No, thank you!
‐No, thank you!

[speaking gibberish]

‐Woo! Ow!
‐Woo! Ow!

Now give me the root!

‐Oh, wow!
‐Oh, boy!

Cousin, I have
the most brilliant idea.

What if our knees
bent both ways?

Come here! Come here. Come here.

[mumbling]

Alright, here. Hold it.

[grunts]

Ooh!

[Larry muttering]

(Jennifer)
Larry, what are you doing?

We’re trying to see if we can
make my knees bend both ways.

But thanks for asking.

‐Mmm.
‐Mmm.

[panting]

[grunting]

Why are you acting like this?

[speaking gibberish]

‐We ate the root.
‐We ate the root.

And we didn’t
explode or anything.

Jennifer,
you really gotta try it.

Here, give me the root.
Give me the root.

Oh, here, there’s
only a little bit left.

But we want to give it to you.

We’ll have a whole lot more
when we tear down the house.

[giggling]

What the hell
are you talking about?

[speaking gibberish]

‐The root.
‐The root.

I don’t want any,
and I told you not to eat any.

It’s making you weird.
Although you do seem taller.

I’ll tell you what.

Why don’t you two go outside

and walk off
some of this energy, okay?

‐Mmm...
‐Uh...

‐Oh, bo‐y‐y!
‐Oh, w‐wow!

You know, she’s right.

‐Let’s take a walk!
‐Okay!

[grunting]

Balki! Why walk when we can eat?

‐Woo... Food!
‐Food!

[moaning]

Wait, wait, wait.

This food is for the party.

Well, a nibble won’t hurt.
No one will notice.

We’ll just have
a teensy meensy insy binsy

little bite...of each dish.

Okay, we’ll have a eensy teensy
weensy little bite of each dish.

[giggling]

[mumbling]

[speaking gibberish]

‐Very, very good!
‐Very, very good!

[instrumental music]

Hi, Jennifer.

Hi, Mary Anne.

‐Are you still mad at us?
‐Are you still mad at us?

Because of you two,
instead of thank you cards

we had to send out
apology cards.

Well, if it makes you
feel any better

Balki and I are paying
for our behavior.

I know I am.

I feel like the Myposian army
just marched across my face.

Mary Anne, Mary Anne.

I’m so sorry. I’m s...

I never should have eaten
the Midolcrampabloatolous root.

Forgive me?

‐Okay!
‐Mm‐hmm.

(Mary Anne)
Mmm.

Jennifer, I’m so sorry.

I never should’ve eaten
the Midolcrampabloatolous root.

Will you forgive me?

I don’t think so, Larry.

But, but, Jen, I, I only ate it
so, so you could take it

and, and get some relief
from your bloating, and...

...aching and swelling
and whining.

And, and, and I’m,
I’m not helping myself, am I?

Cousin, you’re going down
in flames, but don’t worry.

Because I have just the thing

to get your relationship
back on track.

Please, Balki, not another
bizarre Myposian remedy.

Well, there’s nothing
bizarre about it.

Here’s $20.

Go to the movies,
sit in the balcony

don’t watch the movie.

What do you think, Jen?

Sounds wonderful.

Thanks, Balki,
that’s very kind of you.

And that’s just the beginning.

When you get home,
I’m going to whip you up

a giant pig spleen float.

With or without brine,
your choice.

There, that’s better.

‐Thank you.
‐No, thank you.

‐No, thank you.
‐No, thank you.

‐I am thanking you.
‐No, thank you, thank you.

‐Thank you, thank you...
‐I am thanking you...

‐Thank you, thank you...
‐Thank you, thank you...

‐Oh.
‐Ow.

[doorbell ringing]

‐We’ll get it.
‐We’ll get it.

(Jennifer)
’Larry.’

Larry.

Larry.

‐They’re here!
‐They’re here!

Oh, my God.

[theme music]