That Girl (1966–1971): Season 2, Episode 6 - Absence Makes the Heart Grow Nervous - full transcript

Ann is excited that she has landed her first ever part in a Broadway play. Donald is equally as excited for her. Their excitement is tempered by the fact that they will be apart for ten weeks as the play goes into out-of-town rehearsals and previews before the production returns to New York. Ann jokingly suggests that they see each other a little less each day so that they get used to the idea of being apart. Donald comes up with the exact opposite suggestion: for the next week before Ann needs to leave, Don will take time off from work so that they can spend every waking minute together being tourists in their own town. But will one week of spending every waking moment together be too much of a good thing?

[Man] This is New
York. Broadway.

Each year, 30,000 young girls
come here, hoping, dreaming,

praying for that one break,

that one opportunity, that
one part in a Broadway show

that might mean
ultimate stardom.

But there are less than
200 shows cast each season.

And of those less
than 200 shows,

only a possible 16 parts

that any of those
30,000 girls can play.

Now, here we see a stage

where just such a
part has been cast.



One of these lovely young ladies

has surmounted the
insurmountable odds.

But which one?

I think... perhaps...
it's that girl.

[show theme plays]

[Ann] Take your hands off of me!

Take your hands off of me!

Are you all right?

I'm fine.

Well, I heard yelling.

It was me.

Oh. Oh.

Donald, you'll never
guess what I did.

Well, you put a floor
lamp in front of the door.



Something more
important than that.

I got a Broadway show.

I got a part in a Broadway show.

Broadway? Honey, you're
gonna be on Broadway?

Uh-huh. Isn't it exciting?

On Broadway. Not off Broadway.

No side streets, no corners,
right smack on Broadway.

Ann, that is terrific.
That's terrific!

It's a mystery comedy. And
it's called, And Everything Nice.

Honey, honey, that is great.

That is just great.

Yeah, isn't it? Oh,
Donald, that stays there.

What stays where?

That. It stays in
front of the door.

That's my street lamp, shining
through my French doors.

Which French doors?

The ones you knocked over.

Oh, sorry. Honey, what
are you talking about?

This is a street corner
just like at the theater.

You mean it stays here
like this all the time?

Uh-huh. See, I thought
by living in the set,

by the time I got on the
stage, I'd be right at ease.

Good thing you're
not doin' Lifeboat.

I'm so excited.

This is a part I can
really get my teeth into.

Isn't it unbelievable?
Me on Broadway.

Unbelievable, honey.
Absolutely unbelievable.

It isn't that unbelievable.

Honey, I knew it would happen

for you sooner or
later. 'Scuse me.

Who belongs inside that?

That's Uncle Tyrone.

He dies in the first
scene of the first act.

I hope you last
longer than that.

Well, I do. I'm the one.

I'm the killer.

You're playing the butler?

Donald, will you be serious.

You want some
coffee? Yeah, thank you.

Honey, I'm proud of you.
I'm really proud of you.

When're you gonna start?

Well, it all starts in a week,
but I get my script on Tuesday,

then meet the rest of
the cast on Wednesday,

then Friday, we start
four weeks rehearsal.

What's the matter?

In Philadelphia.

Philadelphia?

Yeah, well, you see, we open
there and play for two weeks.

Oh, Donald.

And then?

And then... and then
two weeks in Boston.

Boston.

And a week in New Haven.

Whatever happened to Broadway?

Then Broadway.

Welcome home.

You're angry.

No, no, I'm not angry.

Then why do you look so funny?

Well, I'm lonesome.
You've been gone ten weeks.

That settles it. I'm not goin'.

Now, come on, now.
Of course you're going.

You don't want me to go.

I didn't say that.

I can tell by that
heartbroken look on your face.

Well, forget it. Look, I'm
tickled to death for you.

Of course I want you to go.

It's gonna be a
great experience.

And ten weeks? What's ten weeks?

They'll go by just like that.

I don't believe you.

Well, look at my face.
Smiling and happy.

I liked you better when you
were heartbroken and lonesome.

Honey, you wanna go, don't you?

Well, yeah, but...

Then what do you want me to say?

Well, I want you to
say something like,

"I forbid it! I won't allow your
career to come between us."

That's exactly it.

I don't want your career
to come between us.

That's why I won't forbid it.

Well, I just want you to say
it. I don't want you to mean it.

I'm gonna miss you.

Every single second you're gone.

Why didn't you say that before?

Well, I...

I don't like to get personal
in front of strangers.

[Donald] Taxi!

Why don't we walk?

Save your strength
for celebrating.

Taxi!

Where are we
gonna go for dinner?

Wherever you want to
go. Tonight is your night.

Wine, candlelight, violins.

I'm tellin' you,
wherever you wanna go.

I don't wanna go
to dinner in a taxi.

Why not?

When I was eight-years-old,
my father took me in a taxi

to a big drugstore and ordered
me a big hot fudge sundae

with lots of whipped
cream and nuts and cherries

and extra hot fudge.

So what?

The next morning,
I had my tonsils out.

[laughs]

Well, the operation
isn't for another week,

so let's look on the
bright side till then.

There's always another
side to every bright side.

T-Taxi!

Hey, cab! Cab!

[whistles]

How're you gonna get
a taxi for ten weeks?

You know what's funny, Donald?

All the time we've
known each other,

we've never really
been out dancing.

It was a great idea.

And you know what?

I think we oughta
do it more often.

I'll be gone.

I mean when you get back.

Donald?

What if you want to go out
dancing before I get back?

I'll wait.

What if you can't wait?

What if you have this
irresistible urge to go out dancing?

Honey, I've never had an
irresistible urge I couldn't resist.

[song ends]

Donald, what're you
gonna do while I'm away?

Run up my phone bill
with long-distance calls.

You know what I'm saying.

I don't think about it.

You're thinking about it.

I can tell the way your
eyebrows are wiggling.

My eyebrows are wiggling
because I'm starving.

Eww. The whole
thing's in French.

Except for the prices.
They're in English.

Forget about it. Tonight
we're celebrating.

The sky's the limit.

But I hear they have a
great grilled cheese sandwich.

Water? How much?

We'll take two, with ice.

Okay. Now I'd like
to make a toast.

Oh, Donald, it's very bad
luck to make a toast with water.

Well, you wanted to save
money. Come on, toast.

May you have the longest
run of any play in history.

That's seven years.

You're kidding. No.

Life With Father
ran from 1941 to '48.

Maybe you oughta go
out a little when I'm gone.

I'll tell you what,

if I get sick and
miserable and lonely

from missing you so
much, I'll make a few calls.

You could at least
wait till I'm out of town

before you start
making your plans.

Honey, I am making
no plans of any kind.

Oh, good. Me, either.

Donald, why don't
we take a solid oath

not to see anybody
else until I get back.

Honey, we don't
have to take an oath.

Why? Don't you like to do
anything together anymore?

Remember what they say.

Absence makes the
heart grow fonder.

They also say out
of sight, out of mind.

They don't say that when
two people love each other.

I remember English Lit,

Frederick William Thomas.

"Absence conquers love."

That happens to
be my best subject.

Quote: "'Tis said that
absence conquers love,

"but, oh, believe it not.

"I've tried, alas,
its power to prove...

but thou are not forgot."

Oh, that's beautiful.

I should've read
the whole thing.

It's also true.

I think I know why we're
gonna miss each other so much.

Why?

Because we see
each other so much.

That's right. That's right,

and if we'd never met,

we wouldn't miss
each other at all.

Oh, Donald, I'm so miserable.

Oh, honey, look, the thing to do

is put it out of your head.

You know, I've been thinking.

Maybe if we saw each other
a few minutes less each day,

by the time I've left, we'd
hardly miss each other at all.

Oh, honey, you're not serious.

It worked when I
gave up chocolates.

Look, I've been doin'
some thinking, too.

I'm gonna take a week off

so we can see
more of each other.

Ooh, that's even better!

Now, listen, we'll have
ourselves a real holiday,

just like a couple of tourists.

We'll do everything,
and we'll go everywhere.

Oh, that's terrific.

There are a lot of places in
New York I haven't even seen yet.

I've never been to the top of the
Empire State Building. We'll do it.

And the Statue of
Liberty. Ever been there?

Once when I was 13, but I
only got as far as the knee,

and then I got a nose bleed.

Nobody gets a nose bleed
goin' up the Statue of Liberty.

If they trip and smash their
nose against the stairs, they do.

Because you weren't
looking where you were going.

But tomorrow you will be,

because we're gonna go
to the zoo, the museum,

the theater, Coney Island.

Oh, the Staten Island ferry!

Honey, It'll be a week
you'll never forget

for as long as you live.

I promise. I promise, too.

Honey, it'll take you ten
weeks to remember it all.

I'll make all the arrangements.

Okay.

I'll pick you up first
thing in the morning.

Okay.

Now, get plenty of rest.

Honey, we're gonna have a ball.

[chuckles]

Donald?

Huh?

I've never been so happy

about being miserable
in my whole life.

[laughs]

Come on, let's go, let's go!

Hi, Donald. Hi. You ready?

What's the rush?
You're on vacation.

Yeah, but I don't want
to be late. Come on.

I'll race you to the elevator.
On your mark, get set...

Oh, Donald, the door.

Oh, okay. Go!

Wait a minute. That's not fair.

♪♪ [big band]

[no audible dialogue]

♪♪ [silent film music]

♪♪ [big band]

♪♪ [solo accordion waltz]

[no audible dialogue]

♪♪ [big band]

♪♪ [fast '60s dance]

[no audible dialogue]

Best souvenir of the day.

[chuckles]

It was a wonderful day.

If I'd known it
was this much fun,

I'd go away for ten
weeks every day.

I promised you excitement,

and excitement's
what you're gonna get.

Tomorrow... Grant's Tomb.

And in the morning,
the Statue of Liberty.

Right. Good night.

Good night.

Sleep quick.

♪♪ [big band music]

[boat horn blows]

[no audible dialogue]

♪♪ [fast big band]

♪♪ [fast cartoon style]

♪♪ [cartoon style continues]

♪♪ [fast solo accordion]

♪♪ [fast cartoon]

♪♪ [fast '60s dance]

♪♪ [fast solo accordion]

♪♪ [accordion slows]

♪♪ [fast solo accordion]

Would you like a cup of coffee?

Ah, no, no, it might
keep me awake.

Is that bad?

Well, it's been a long day,

and we have another
big day tomorrow.

You know, we only
have three days left.

[laughs]

[yawning] Time sure flies
when you're havin' fun.

Yeah. Good night.

Donald, what's the matter?

Um, my... my foot fell asleep.

While you were kissing me?

It was nothing personal.

Why, I just think
that's kind of rude.

Sorry.

It's okay.

Where'll we go?

When?

Tomorrow.

Oh, five or six places.

Are there five
or six places left?

Oh, easy.

Okay.

Yeah. Good night.

Night.

[rooster crows]

[single knock at door]

Hi. Morning, Ann.

Ready to roll?

I'd prefer anything to walking.

Well, got a big day ahead of us.

[yawning] Wonderful.

I'll... I'll just sit here on
the couch... a minute...

while you're getting ready.

Donald?

Ready when you are.

Is my purse out there?

Listen, Donald, I
can't find my purse.

Which one is it?

It's the one that I... I found.

[yawning] Well, let's blast off.

I'm right behind you.

Donald, I don't think you're
having a very good time.

Ann, you opened the closet door.

I wanted to get my coat.

Oh.

Ann, didn't we wanna
spend this week together

so that after you've left

we'd both have a lot
of wonderful memories?

I don't remember.

I don't even remember
how I got here this morning.

[yawning] Well, we certainly
have seen a lot of things.

Yeah, but there are a lot of
places we haven't seen yet,

and you're... You're
leaving tomorrow.

I know.

Honey... would
you mind very much

if I just looked at you
for the rest of the day?

I'd appreciate it.

Donald, I've made up
my mind. I'm not going.

Look, don't be silly.

After all we've been
through, you're going.

Thank you.

Donald...

Donald, I want you to know

that I'm gonna be the same
person after Philadelphia,

and Washington, and
Boston that I am right now.

The very same exact person.

I know that, honey.

You do?

The very same.

[Conductor] Train
for Philadelphia!

All aboard! Goin' south!

That's it. That's me.
My train's leaving!

All right, honey. All right.

Now, don't cry, okay?

I'm gonna miss you, Donald.

I'm gonna miss you, too, honey.

Don't forget, you promised
you'll write every day.

I'll be at the Hotel
Barclay in Philadelphia.

Excuse me, ma'am. You won't get

to Philadelphia on this train.

That's the train
to Philadelphia.

Oh, no! Donald,
I'll miss my train!

You all right? Yeah, I'm fine.

Good-bye, Donald.

Okay. Okay. Now,
don't worry. Don't worry.

Don't... Everything's
gonna be okay.

I won't worry. Now,
take care of yourself.

Honey, you take
care of yourself.

I will. Okay.

Donald, we didn't
get to kiss good-bye!

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