The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 2, Episode 10 - Walk Out - full transcript

-♪ WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪

♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP
AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪

♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS,
AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪

♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO
SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪

♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪
- ♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP
FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪

-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M GONNA GET HIGHER ♪ - ♪
TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

- ♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA, YEAH ♪
- ♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪

-38 KILLED AND 123 WOUNDED

AS AMERICAN TROOPS AND
NORTH VIETNAMESE REGULARS



CLASH NEAR THE BORDER

IN SOME OF THE MOST BRUTAL...

-DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?

$1.19 FOR A POUND OF BACON?

AND JUST LAST WEEK
IT WAS 99 CENTS!

THERE'S HARDLY ANY
LEAN MEAT ON THERE.

-NORMA, WHERE ARE
MY BROWN SOCKS?

-OH, THEY'RE IN THE DRYER.

WAYNE! WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A
LITTLE TOAST WITH YOUR JELLY?

- WAYNE, THAT IS SO GROSS.
- KEVIN, EAT YOUR EGGS.

-MOM, THE YOLKS ARE RUNNY.

I CAN'T EAT 'EM WHEN
THE YOLKS ARE RUNNY.

-IN 1969,

WE HAD THE VIETNAM WAR FOR
BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER.



I GUESS IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT
WE STOPPED PAYING ATTENTION.

- CROWDED CIVILIAN CENTERS
IN THE SOUTH CONTINUE,

A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS PROCESSION
OF REFUGEES HAS FLOODED SAIGON

IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

AND WITH FOOD, SHELTER,
AND MEDICAL SERVICES

ALREADY IN SHORT SUPPLY,
FEARS ARE RISING THAT...

-YOU HAD TO STOP
PAYING ATTENTION.

-GET INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT.

REMEMBER, IT'S YOUR
STUDENT COUNCIL, PEOPLE.

-ALL RIGHT, CLASS.
YOU HEARD MR. DIPERNA.

LET'S HAVE NOMINATIONS FOR
OUR HOMEROOM REPRESENTATIVE.

-HOMEROOM ELECTIONS.

AS A SCHOLASTIC HIGHLIGHT,

IT RANKED RIGHT UP
THERE WITH SAFETY WEEK.

-ALL RIGHT, THEN.

WHO WANTS TO BE
OUR REPRESENTATIVE?

ANY VOLUNTEERS?

SURELY THERE IS
SOMEONE IN THIS ROOM

WITH ENOUGH RESPECT
FOR DEMOCRACY

TO VOLUNTEER TO BE

OUR REPRESENTATIVE
TO THE STUDENT COUNCIL.

KEVIN.

-CAN I GO TO THE BATHROOM?

[TOILET FLUSHES]

-IS YOUR HOMEROOM
HAVING ELECTIONS?

-YEAH. IT'S PRETTY LAME, THOUGH.

NOBODY'S EVEN RUNNING.
- YEAH.

IT'S KIND OF COOL TO BE
PRESIDENT OR SOMETHING,

BUT HOMEROOM REP IS FOR WEENIES.

-YEAH.

-ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE
ONE VOTE FOR MR. ED.

VERY FUNNY.

AND WE HAVE FOUR
VOTES FOR RINGO STARR.

[LAUGHTER]

AND WE HAVE 26 VOTES

FOR OUR NEW HOMEROOM
REPRESENTATIVE...

-WHO'S THE WEENIE?

- KEVIN ARNOLD.

-WELL, SOME MEN
PURSUE GREATNESS,

AND SOME MEN HAVE
GREATNESS THRUST UPON THEM

WHILE THEY'RE IN THE BATHROOM.

-PAUL!

-KEVIN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

-THEY MADE ME HOMEROOM
REPRESENTATIVE.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

-YEAH, ME TOO.

-HOW'D YOU GET STUCK WITH IT?

-I DON'T KNOW.

IT WAS EITHER THE
BALLOONS OR THE PENCILS.

[GAVEL BANGS]

ABOUT AN HOUR INTO THE MEETING,

I BEGAN TO SEE THE TRUE
NATURE OF STUDENT COUNCIL.

IT WAS BASICALLY
ORGANIZED WHINING.

-HOW COME WE ONLY HAVE
ICE-CREAM SANDWICHES

IN OUR ICE-CREAM MACHINES?

I MEAN, AT MADISON THEY
HAVE THREE CHOICES.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE PUSH-UPS.

-DRUMSTICKS!

- PUSH-UPS!
- POPSICLES!

- DRUMSTICKS!
- PUSH-UPS!

-ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

THE PROPOSAL IS
TO OFFER PUSH-UPS

IN THE ICE-CREAM MACHINE.

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

-BUT WHEN IT CAME TO THE
ISSUES THAT REALLY MATTERED,

PARTY LINES WERE CROSSED AND
EVERYONE RALLIED THEIR SUPPORT.

-I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A
JUKEBOX IN THE CAFETERIA.

- YEAH!
- YEAH!
- YEAH!

-ORDER! ORDER! ORDER!
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING, GAVEL BANGS]

[SHOUTING STOPS] THAT'S BETTER.

NOW, DO I HAVE A SECOND?

- I SECOND!
- I SECOND!
- I SECOND!

- I SECOND!
- I SECOND!
- I SECOND!

-WELL, OBVIOUSLY,
YOU'RE ALL IN FAVOR.

WELL, IF THERE ARE NO
MORE PROPOSALS, WE CAN...

YES, MARK? WHAT IS IT?

-YEAH, I PROPOSE WE HONOR THE
NATIONAL MORATORIUM NEXT FRIDAY

BY ORGANIZING A WALKOUT

TO PROTEST THE
IMMORAL, IMPERIALISTIC,

COLONIALIST REPRESSION OF
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

BY THE RUNNING-DOG LACKEYS
OF THE FASCIST U.S. GOVERNMENT.

-ANY SECONDS?

SORRY, MARK...

-IT'S A CHANCE TO MAKE A REAL
STATEMENT AGAINST THE WAR.

THERE'LL BE MARCHES
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

[SIGHS]

WE'LL BE WALKING
OUT DURING CLASS.

- I SECOND!
- I SECOND!
- ALL RIGHT!

- I SECOND!
- I SECOND!
- I SECOND!

-ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON!

[GAVEL BANGING] HOLD ON.

ALL RIGHT, WAIT A SECOND. HEY!

NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF
THE STUDENT COUNCIL

CAN VOTE TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

-MR. TYLER?

-MR. TYLER.

HE WAS FACULTY ADVISER
TO THE STUDENT COUNCIL,

BUT MORE THAN THAT, HE
WAS OUR COOL TEACHER.

YOU KNOW THE TYPE.

RIDES A MOTORCYCLE.

LETS YOU HAVE CLASS
OUTSIDE ON NICE DAYS.

LACKS RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY.

EVERYBODY WAITED TO SEE
WHAT MR. TYLER WOULD SAY.

LIKE MR. DIPERNA SAYS, THIS
IS YOUR STUDENT COUNCIL.

-ALL IN FAVOR?

- AYE!
- AYE!
- AYE!

- AYE! -AYE!
- AYE! [GAVEL BANGING]

-ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

DON'T FORGET TO SIGN
UP FOR A COMMITTEE.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

-WE HAVE TO JOIN A COMMITTEE?

-YEAH, COME ON.

THERE'S SCHOOL SPIRIT, SOCIAL,

ICE CREAM, JUKEBOX, OR WALKOUT.

SO, WHAT DO YOU SAY... JUKEBOX?

-NO, THE LINE'S TOO
LONG FOR JUKEBOX.

-WELL, I'D SAY SOCIAL,

BUT NANCY CARDIAN'S
THE CHAIRMAN FOR THAT,

AND MRS. GAMBINO'S THE ADVISER.

AND I CAN'T STAND EITHER
ONE OF THEM, SO I DON'T KNOW.

- MAYBE ICE CREAM
WOULD BE THE BEST.
- OH!

WHICH ONE IS
MR. TYLER ADVISER FOR?

-I DON'T KNOW. LOOKS
LIKE HE'S DOING WALKOUT.

-LET'S DO WALKOUT.

[MUDDY WATERS' "HOOCHIE
COOCHIE MAN" PLAYS]

-♪ THE GYPSY WOMAN
TOLD MY MOTHER ♪

♪ BEFORE I WAS BORN ♪

-OKAY, PICK A CARD, ANY CARD.

-♪ I GOT A BOY CHILD COMING ♪

-ALL RIGHT, NOW, LOOK AT
IT. DON'T TELL ME WHAT IT IS.

- PUT IT BACK.
- OKAY.

-HI. WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

-KEVIN.

-KEVIN, CUT THE CARDS.

GOOD.

-♪ WHAT THIS ALL ABOUT ♪

-IS THAT YOUR CARD?

-NO.

-NO? OH, WELL, NOW
WAIT... WAIT A MINUTE.

IS THAT IT?

-NO.

-OH.

WELL, UH...

IS THAT IT?

-♪ EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M HERE ♪

-HOW DID YOU DO THAT?

[LAUGHTER]

-♪ MY SMILE IS MY MAKEUP ♪

♪ I WEAR SINCE MY
BREAKUP WITH YOU ♪

-WE DID CARD TRICKS
FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES

AND THEN SWITCHED
TO FIVE-CARD STUD.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

I'D NEVER KNOWN A
TEACHER LIKE THIS.

MR. TYLER WAS SO COOL,
YOU COULD FEEL YOURSELF

BECOMING COOLER IN HIS PRESENCE.

- ♪ THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS ♪
- ♪ THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS ♪

[LAUGHTER]

- AY.
- [SIGHS]

-[CHUCKLES]

ALL RIGHT, PAUL... YOUR DEAL.

- MR. TYLER?
- HMM?

-WHEN ARE WE GONNA
TALK ABOUT THE WALKOUT?

-LEAVE IT TO MARK HOOPER
TO SPOIL A GOOD THING.

-WELL, IT'S ABOUT TIME.

HEY, IT'S NOT MY MEETING.

-OH. OKAY.

WELL, I THINK WE SHOULD
TALK ABOUT THE WALKOUT.

I THINK WE NEED A STRATEGY.

-OKAY.

-OKAY, SO, WHAT DO WE DO FIRST?

-WELL, MAYBE YOU SHOULD
START BY, UH, FIGURING OUT

HOW YOU'RE GONNA
MOBILIZE 800 STUDENTS

ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

-RIGHT, RIGHT. HOW
DO WE DO THAT?

-WELL, THAT'S WHY WE
HAVE ALL THESE MINDS HERE.

-WHAT DO YOU THINK, RUSTY?

-GOOD LUCK!

IT'S NOT THAT RUSTY
BROTHMAN WAS STUPID.

IT'S JUST THAT HE SORT
OF DRIFTED THROUGH LIFE

IN A PURPLE HAZE.

-OH, WOW.

WELL, WE COULD JUST...

WELL, WE COULD JUST,
LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH...

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, UH...

HMM. WOW.

-THINK, RUSTY. THINK.

THINK!

-OKAY, WAIT!

OKAY. SO, UH...

OKAY, I GOT IT!

WE ALL SPLIT UP AND...

-COME ON, RUSTY. YOU
CAN DO IT. COME ON.

- AND KNOCK ON ALL
THE HOMEROOM DOORS

TO GIVE THEM THE SIGNAL.

-YES! THAT'S IT!

OKAY, RELAX, RUSTY.

THIS MAN NEEDS SUSTENANCE.
THROW ME THAT ORANGE, KEVIN.

OKAY. HERE. EAT THIS. BUILD
YOUR STRENGTH BACK UP.

-OKAY, OKAY, GOOD!

SO... SO, LIKE AT 9:00, WE
GO TO ALL THE HOMEROOMS,

WE MOBILIZE THE WHOLE SCHOOL,

AND THEN WE MARCH OUT
ONTO THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

- THEN WHAT?
- THEN WHAT?

-WELL, I MEAN, WHAT IS
THE POINT OF THIS WALKOUT?

HOW IS STANDING AROUND
ON A FOOTBALL FIELD

GOING TO END THE WAR?

WHO'S GONNA KNOW THE DIFFERENCE?

KEVIN?

-I... I DON'T KNOW.

UNLESS...

UNLESS WE CAN GET
ON TV OR SOMETHING.

OR... OR IN THE PAPERS.

-YEAH, WAIT, WAIT! THAT'S
GOOD, THAT'S GOOD!

WE COULD... WE
COULD USE THE MEDIA.

-WE COULD... WE COULD
WRITE A LETTER TO CHANNEL 5,

AND WE COULD TELL THEM...

-WE COULD GET OTHER
SCHOOLS TO DO IT, TOO,

LIKE MADISON AND WHITMAN.

-YEAH, I MEAN, IT'LL BE
LIKE THIS WHOLE BIG THING

WHERE ALL THE KIDS
AT ALL THE SCHOOLS...

-[CLEARS THROAT] MR. TYLER.

COULD I SPEAK TO
YOU FOR A MOMENT?

Look, I heard
about this walkout.

It's got to be stopped.

Are you going to
do it, or should I?

-OKAY.

UH, THERE'S SOMETHING
MR. DIPERNA HERE

WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOU.

- THANK YOU, MR. TYLER.
- SURE.

-I'M AFRAID THAT KENNEDY
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

CANNOT TOLERATE A
STUDENT-COUNCIL COMMITTEE

THAT ENCOURAGES STUDENTS
TO VIOLATE SCHOOL RULES.

ANY STUDENT PARTICIPATING IN A
WALKOUT DURING SCHOOL HOURS

WILL BE SUBJECT TO IMMEDIATE
SUSPENSION FROM SCHOOL,

AND IT WILL GO ON YOUR
PERMANENT RECORD.

DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?

YOUR PERMANENT RECORD.

-AFTER THE INITIAL SHOCK OF
MR. DIPERNA'S ANNOUNCEMENT,

WE DID WHAT ANY
TEENAGER WOULD DO

WHEN HIS DEEPEST
CONVICTIONS ARE CHALLENGED.

-THIS IS REPRESSION.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

-IT'S NOT FAIR.

- WE WHINED.
- POWER TRIP.

-MR. TYLER, WHAT
ABOUT THE WALKOUT?

-ARE WE GOING TO DO IT?

-WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

-I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T WANT TO GET
SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL.

-SOUNDS PRETTY SMART TO ME.

- I THINK WE SHOULD FIGHT 'EM.
- WHY?

-BECAUSE WE SHOULD
PROTEST THE WAR.

-MM-HMM.

ARE YOU GUYS REALLY
SERIOUS ABOUT THAT?

-OF COURSE WE ARE.

-MM. WHY DO YOU WANT
TO PROTEST THE WAR?

-BECAUSE IT'S AN
IMPERIALIST ACT...

-[SNORES]

-MR. TYLER?

-HMM? MM! OH.

I'M SORRY, MARK.

IT'S FUNNY.

THE MOMENT I HEAR THE WORD
"IMPERIALIST," I GO INTO A COMA.

CAN'T YOU JUST TELL
ME IN YOUR OWN WORDS?

WHAT ABOUT YOU, KEVIN?

WHY DO YOU WANT
TO PROTEST THE WAR?

-UM, I DON'T KNOW.

- AH, SO YOU'RE JUST GOING ALONG
WITH THE CROWD, HUH?
- NO.

-SEEMS TO ME IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE
DOING SOMETHING, IT CAN'T BE WORTH MUCH.

-MR. TYLER WAS RIGHT.
I FELT LIKE AN IDIOT.

WHAT DID I REALLY KNOW
ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR?

I WASN'T EVEN SURE IF
"VIETNAM" WAS ONE WORD OR TWO.

-IS IT THAT YOU THINK
ALL WARS ARE WRONG?

-WELL, YEAH.

-SO YOU THINK NOTHING'S
WORTH FIGHTING FOR?

-WELL, NO. I MEAN...

-THEN HOW CAN YOU BE SO
SURE WE SHOULD END THIS WAR?

-WELL, IT'S LIKE...

A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE GETTING KILLED.

YOU KNOW, LIKE LITTLE KIDS

AND... AND THEIR WHOLE
FAMILIES AND STUFF.

AND PEOPLE FROM OVER
HERE WHO ARE FIGHTING

DON'T ALWAYS EVEN WANT TO FIGHT.

-THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE,
OR THEY HAVE TO GO TO JAIL AND...

-AND, YEAH, BUT THE
THING IS, YOU KNOW,

NOBODY EVEN KNOWS WHAT
THEY'RE REALLY OVER THERE FOR.

- YEAH.
- THAT'S RIGHT.

-AS WE ALL TALKED,
WE BEGAN TO REALIZE

THAT MAYBE WE KNEW MORE
THAN WE THOUGHT WE DID.

SURE, WE REALLY
DIDN'T KNOW HO CHI MINH

FROM CAPTAIN KANGAROO,

BUT WE KNEW THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE WERE GETTING HURT.

AND WE KNEW THAT IT DIDN'T SEEM
TO BE DOING ANYBODY ANY GOOD.

-I-I JUST THINK IT'S
WRONG, THAT'S ALL.

-OKAY.

SO, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

-WE NEED A STRATEGY.
WHAT'S OUR STRATEGY?

-WELL, FEW PEOPLE
ARE AWARE OF THIS,

BUT I HAPPEN TO KNOW FOR A
FACT THAT PAUL PFEIFFER HERE

IS A GREAT POLITICAL STRATEGIST.

-I AM?

-COME ON, PAUL,
YOU'RE AMONG FRIENDS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO
KEEP UP THE COVER.

LET'S SHOW 'EM HOW
THAT MIND WORKS.

-OKAY, I THINK I GOT IT.

HOW ABOUT IF WE
START A PETITION DRIVE?

-A PETITION DRIVE?

-WELL, YEAH!

YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD
COLLECT ENOUGH SIGNATURES,

WE COULD FORCE DIPERNA
TO TAKE US SERIOUSLY!

OKAY. WELL, MAYBE
IT'S A DUMB IDEA.

-IT'S BRILLIANT.

-[CHUCKLES]

-♪ YEAH, COME ON, ALL
OF YOU BIG STRONG MEN ♪

♪ UNCLE SAM NEEDS
YOUR HELP AGAIN ♪

♪ HE'S GOT HIMSELF
IN A TERRIBLE JAM ♪

♪ WAY DOWN YONDER IN VIETNAM ♪

♪ SO PUT DOWN YOUR
BOOKS AND PICK UP A GUN ♪

♪ WE'RE GONNA HAVE
A WHOLE LOT OF FUN ♪

♪ AND IT'S ONE, TWO, THREE,
WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR? ♪

♪ WHOO-HOO ♪

♪ DON'T ASK ME, I
DON'T GIVE A DAMN ♪

♪ NEXT STOP IS VIETNAM ♪

♪ AND IT'S FIVE, SIX, SEVEN ♪

♪ OPEN UP THE PEARLY GATES ♪

♪ AH, THERE AIN'T NO
TIME TO WONDER WHY ♪

♪ WHOOPEE! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE ♪

♪ WELL, COME ON,
GENERALS, LET'S MOVE FAST ♪

♪ YOUR BIG CHANCE
HAS COME AT LAST ♪

♪ GOT TO GO OUT
AND GET THOSE REDS ♪

♪ THE ONLY GOOD COMMIE
IS THE ONE THAT'S DEAD ♪

♪ AND YOU KNOW THAT PEACE ♪

-IT PROBABLY WASN'T NOTICEABLE,

BUT I FELT LIKE MR. TYLER

WAS BEGINNING TO HAVE A
SUBTLE INFLUENCE ON ME.

-WELL, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

-♪ DON'T ASK ME, I
DON'T GIVE A DAMN ♪

♪ NEXT STOP IS VIETNAM ♪

-WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS?

-♪ IT'S FIVE, SIX, SEVEN ♪

♪ OPEN UP THE PEARLY GATES ♪

-KEVIN, LOOK!

- WHAT?
- LOOK AT THIS.

- OH, MY GOSH. PAUL.
- I DON'T HAVE ONE PAGE.

- NOT TWO PAGES. NOT THREE PAGES.
- 3 1/2 PAGES.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

-WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF
SIGNATURES. PLENTY OF THEM.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

-MY, MY, MY. IT'S
VERY IMPRESSIVE.

-IT'S OVER 400 SIGNATURES.

-YES, INDEED.

I APPRECIATE YOU
SHOWING THESE TO ME.

AND NOW THERE'S SOMETHING
I'D LIKE TO SHOW TO YOU.

SECTION 1739.5 OF THE
STATE EDUCATION CODE.

KEVIN.

READ THAT FOR US?

-"ALL STUDENTS
SHALL REMAIN IN CLASS

"AT ALL TIMES DURING
SCHOOL HOURS

UNLESS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED
BY THE ADMINISTRATION."

-AND THAT, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, IS THE LAW OF THE LAND.

WE CAN EITHER OBEY THAT LAW, OR
WE CAN SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.

NOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
WRITE TO YOUR STATE ASSEMBLYMAN

AND TRY AND GET THE LAW
CHANGED, MORE POWER TO YOU.

BUT AS LONG AS
IT'S ON THE BOOKS,

IF I, OR ANY OTHER TEACHER
WERE TO ALLOW THIS,

WE'D BE PROMOTING TRUANCY.

AND AN EDUCATOR CAN'T
ADVOCATE THAT, NOW, CAN HE?

NOW, I KNOW YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED,

BUT THINK OF THIS AS A
LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

DID YOU LEARN SOMETHING?

-[Thinking] YEAH.

I LEARNED YOU WERE AN
EVEN BIGGER BUTTHEAD

THAN I THOUGHT YOU WERE.

[Out loud] I GUESS SO.

-WELL, THAT'S WHAT
SCHOOL IS ALL ABOUT, ISN'T IT?

UH, DON'T FORGET...

FOR ANYONE WHO THINKS
THAT HE'S ABOVE THE LAW,

THAT'S IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION,

AND IT WILL GO ON YOUR
PERMANENT RECORD.

YOUR PERMANENT RECORD.

OH, AND MR. TYLER, I'D
LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

-WELL, IT WAS A
BIT OF A SETBACK.

BUT WE WERE GETTING
USED TO LOCKING HORNS

WITH AUTHORITY FIGURES.

WE REACTED PRETTY MATURELY.

- IT'S NOT FAIR!
- DIPERNA'S A JERK.

- WE WHINED.
- WE'RE NOT GONNA LET DIPERNA
GET AWAY WITH THIS.

-WHAT ABOUT OUR RIGHTS?

WHAT ABOUT THE PETITION?
OVER 400 SIGNATURES!

-WHAT'S THE USE OF HAVING
A STUDENT GOVERNMENT

IF YOU CAN'T TAKE ANY ACTION?

I MEAN, WHAT IS HE, KING?

-I MEAN, IT'S A FREE COUNTRY!

HE CAN'T STOP US,
CAN HE, MR. TYLER?

-BOY, HE WAS REALLY
GOING AFTER THE OLD CHIN.

I WAS AFRAID HE WAS
GONNA RUB IT RIGHT OFF.

-NO, HE CAN'T STOP YOU.

YOU CAN DO WHATEVER
YOU WANT TO DO.

BUT...

YOU SHOULD GIVE YOUR
ACTIONS SERIOUS CONSIDERATION

BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE
SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.

-ARE YOU TELLING
US NOT TO DO IT?

-WAS HE?

HAD DIPERNA GOTTEN TO HIM?

-NO, I'M NOT SAYING THAT.

IN A WAY, YOU'RE LUCKY
TO HAVE OPPOSITION.

THAT'S THE WAY LIFE IS.

IT'S EASY TO TAKE A
STAND ON SOMETHING

IF THERE'S NO RISK INVOLVED.

IT'S EASY TO GIVE A
QUARTER TO A POOR MAN

IF YOU KEEP A
DOLLAR FOR YOURSELF.

IT'S EASY TO TAKE A
STAND AGAINST THE WAR,

SO LONG AS NOBODY ASKS
YOU TO MAKE A REAL SACRIFICE.

BUT...

NOT ALL OF US ARE
READY TO SACRIFICE.

SOMETIMES THE PRICE OF
ACTING ON OUR CONVICTIONS IS...

TOO HIGH.

-WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO?

-I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT.

EACH OF YOU HAS TO MAKE
THAT DECISION FOR HIMSELF.

-IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION
FROM SCHOOL,

AND IT WILL GO ON YOUR
PERMANENT RECORD.

DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?

[Echoing] YOUR PERMANENT RECORD.

-AND NOW, AT LAST,

THE HEROIC CREW OF THE FIRST
MANNED SPACE FLIGHT TO MARS,

LED BY COMMANDER KEVIN ARNOLD.

WAIT A MINUTE. WAIT A MINUTE.

THIS JUST IN.

WE HAVE JUST LEARNED
THAT KEVIN ARNOLD LEFT CLASS

DURING SCHOOL HOURS WHEN
HE WAS IN SEVENTH GRADE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, JIM.

THE MISSION HAS BEEN SCRUBBED.

-I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN I
FINALLY MADE THE DECISION.

I GUESS I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT I WAS GONNA DO

UNTIL I FOUND MYSELF DOING IT.

WE WERE GONNA WALK
RIGHT UP TO MR. TYLER

AND SHOW HIM WHAT
WE WERE MADE OF.

I COULDN'T WAIT TO SEE
THE LOOK ON HIS FACE

WHEN HE SAW WHAT WE'D DECIDED.

HE WAS GONNA LOOK
SO PROUD, SO HAPPY, SO...

MUCH LIKE A WOMAN.

-WHERE'S MR. TYLER?

-HE'S HOME WITH THE FLU.

-WHAT?

-SOUNDED LIKE HE HAD A
BAD CASE OF THE SNIFFLES.

-WHAT?

-I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.

WAS MR. TYLER A COWARD?

I MEAN, TO BELIEVE IN
SOMEBODY LIKE THAT

AND TO HAVE IT ALL
TURN OUT TO BE A LIE.

IT WAS A FEELING IN
THE PIT OF MY STOMACH

THAT WAS COMPLETELY NEW.

[STUDENTS WHISPERING]

I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION.

EVERYBODY WAS WATCHING ME,

BUZZING ABOUT THE WALKOUT.

WHAT WAS I GONNA DO? WAS
I GONNA LEAD THE WALKOUT?

OR WAS I GONNA CHICKEN OUT, TOO?

AND THEN I DECIDED.

I'D JUST GET UP...

[WHISPERING STOPS]

- WALK OUT THAT DOOR...

[DOOR OPENS]
- He's going. Let's go.

- INTO THE HALLWAY...

AND INTO THE BATHROOM.

I WAS GONNA THROW UP.

THERE WASN'T GONNA
BE ANY WALKOUT.

[INDISTINCT
CONVERSATIONS, FOOTSTEPS]

- WHAT'S HAPPENING?
- IT'S THE WALKOUT.

DON'T YOU KNOW
ABOUT THE WALKOUT?

-AND THAT'S HOW I STARTED

THE GREAT KENNEDY JUNIOR
HIGH PEACE WALKOUT OF 1969.

AS I SAID, SOME MEN
PURSUE GREATNESS,

AND SOME MEN HAVE
GREATNESS THRUST UPON THEM

WHILE THEY'RE IN THE BATHROOM.

-♪ ALL WE ARE SAYING ♪

♪ IS GIVE PEACE A CHANCE ♪

♪ ALL WE ARE SAYING ♪

♪ IS GIVE PEACE A CHANCE ♪

♪ ALL WE ARE SAYING ♪

-I'M NOT SURE WE REALLY
CHANGED ANYTHING THAT DAY.

I SUPPOSE THE WAR WOULD
HAVE GONE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME

IF WE'D STAYED IN HOMEROOM.

BUT ONE THING
WOULD BE DIFFERENT...

WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE
MEMORY TO CARRY WITH US TODAY

OF 800 CHILDREN ON A
FOOTBALL FIELD, SINGING.

AND IT WOULDN'T ALL BE ON
OUR PERMANENT RECORDS.

-♪ ALL WE ARE SAYING ♪

♪ IS GIVE PEACE A CHANCE ♪

♪ ALL WE ARE SAYING ♪

♪ IS GIVE PEACE A CHANCE ♪