The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 5, Episode 14 - Private Butthead - full transcript
Wayne goes to take his SAT's, but shocks his family when he decides to try and join the army instead. With The Vietnam War still going on, the Arnolds are afraid that Wayne could be shipped off, and into the war.
-♪ 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 ♪
-IN 1972, THE WAR WAS
STILL RAGING IN VIETNAM.
[GUNFIRE]
POLITICIANS KEPT TALKING,
SOLDIERS KEPT DYING, AND
NO ONE SEEMED TO KNOW WHY.
BUT MAYBE BECAUSE THE
WAR HAD GONE ON TOO LONG,
OR MAYBE BECAUSE IT
HAD CAUSED TOO MUCH PAIN,
WHATEVER THE REASON,
MOST OF US MANAGED
TO KEEP IT AT A DISTANCE...
AND GO ON WITH OUR
EVERYDAY, NORMAL LIVES.
-OH, COME ON, WAYNE.
YOU KNOW THIS ONE.
"OBSEQUIOUS."
"A," TOXIC. "B," EASILY UPSET.
"C," FAWNING.
"D," AMBITIOUS.
-MY BROTHER, FOR EXAMPLE,
WAS STUDYING FOR HIS
COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS.
-OW!
-WHAT'S THE MATTER?
-I JUST CUT MY NOSE
WITH THIS PAPER CLIP!
-WELL, "STUDYING" MAY HAVE
BEEN AN OVERSTATEMENT.
-WAYNE, YOU HAVE TO CONCENTRATE,
OR YOU'RE NEVER GONNA
BE READY FOR YOUR S.A.T.s.
-WELL, I DON'T KNOW
WHY I HAVE TO TAKE THEM.
I ALREADY TOOK THEM ONCE.
-I KNOW, HONEY, BUT YOU JUST
NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
-YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE WHAT THE
BIG DEAL ABOUT COLLEGE IS, ANYWAY.
IT'S NOT LIKE IF I DON'T GO,
I'M GONNA GET
DRAFTED OR SOMETHING.
-LUCKILY, WAYNE'S DRAFT
LOTTERY NUMBER WAS 312.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS
ALSO HIS FIRST S.A.T. SCORE.
- "OBSEQUIOUS" MEANS...
FAWNING.
- OKAY, OKAY.
- OKAY?
-OKAY.
I HOPE THIS DOESN'T
GET INFECTED.
-THE THING IS, THE GUY
WASN'T A TOTAL IDIOT.
-SO, "OBSEQUIOUS" IS...
-HE WAS JUST... UNCONSCIOUS.
-FAWNING!
-GREAT. BREAK MY CONCENTRATION.
-BUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH
OF A PROBLEM THE S.A.T.s WERE...
- "LUGUBRIOUS."
- WAYNE HAD AN
EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM,
A PROBLEM OF
COSMIC PROPORTIONS...
- "D," SYMPATHETIC.
-OW!
- A PROBLEM THAT
COULD BLOCK THE SUN.
-WAYNE? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
-WHAT? WHAT'D I DO NOW?
-I TOLD YOU, THE
SHINGLES HAVE TO OVERLAP.
-THEY ARE OVERLAPPED.
-AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
TWO NAILS IN EVERY SHINGLE.
HOW MANY NAILS YOU GOT IN THERE?
-ABOUT TWO.
-PAY ATTENTION, WILL YOU?
-WHATEVER YOU SAY, DAD.
-AS WAYNE INCHED HIS
WAY TOWARDS GRADUATION,
DAD WORRIED ABOUT
EVERYTHING HE DID.
AND HIS WORRIES CAME
OUT AS COMPLAINTS.
-HEY! WAYNE!
-OOPS.
-UNFORTUNATELY, THE
MORE DAD COMPLAINED,
THE WORSE WAYNE DID.
IT WAS ALMOST AS
IF WAYNE THOUGHT
HE WAS EXPECTED TO SCREW UP.
-I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
-DAD, I KNOW WHAT
I'M DOING, OKAY?
-THEN DO IT. USE
YOUR HEAD, WILL YOU?
-WHATEVER YOU SAY, DAD.
-BUT EVEN THOUGH THE
PROBLEM SEEMED CLEAR ENOUGH...
-LOOK, WAYNE, DAD'S
JUST TRYIN' TO HELP.
HE CARES ABOUT YOU.
THAT'S WHY HE DOES THIS.
- FOR SOME REASON,
THE SOLUTION JUST
WASN'T THAT SIMPLE.
-BUTTHEAD.
-BUTT BREATH.
-IRONICALLY, WHILE THE
LONG ARM OF THE FUTURE
WAS REACHING OUT FOR WAYNE...
-ARNOLD... ARNOLD... ARNOLD.
- THE LONG ARM OF MY
GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
WAS REACHING OUT FOR ME.
-ARE YOU RELATED
TO WAYNE ARNOLD?
-NO.
[CHUCKLES]
-VERY WELL, THEN.
-WHAT DO YOU PLAN
TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE?
-MY LIFE?
ALL OF IT?
- YES.
-WHAT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN?
-WELL...
-LET'S SEE.
THERE WERE CARS,
GIRLS, SPORTS, AND GIRLS.
-I LIKE TO READ A LOT.
-OH. ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR?
-WELL...
-LET'S SEE.
THERE WERE BOOKS ABOUT
CARS, GIRLS, SPORTS, AND GIRLS.
-I LIKE THE CLASSICS.
-IN THAT CASE, YOU
SHOULD START THINKING
ABOUT WHAT COLLEGE
YOU WANT TO GO TO.
-REALLY?
-YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY
DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR LIFE.
YOU SHOULD START
THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE.
-AND FACED WITH
THAT MATURE LOGIC,
THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING TO SAY.
-DO I NEED A HALL PASS
TO GET BACK INTO CLASS?
THANKS.
-OKAY, SO I WASN'T EXACTLY
PANICKED ABOUT MY PLANS.
HEY, I WAS 16 YEARS OLD.
TO ME, THE FUTURE...
WAS SOMEONE ELSE'S WORRY.
-JERK!
-WAYNE.
-HEY, LOOK! IT'S BUTTHEAD.
-YEAH. IT'S BUTTHEAD.
-THAT WAS WAYNE'S FRIEND WART.
THEY WERE TWO
PEA-HEADS IN A POD.
-WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
-WE'RE GETTING AN AWARD
FOR BEING THE TOP
STUDENTS IN OUR CLASS.
-YEAH. WE'RE VALEDORIANS.
[CHUCKLES]
-ARNOLD! WIRTSCHAFTER!
GET OVER HERE.
-WAYNE, WHAT'S GOING ON?
-NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
-YEAH, NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
-WHAT'D YOU DO? MURDER SOMEONE?
-[CHUCKLES SARCASTICALLY]
-YOU'RE NEXT.
-WE JUST SKIPPED SCHOOL.
THAT'S ALL.
-HMM.
-YOU SKIPPED SCHOOL?
-I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
-HE DIDN'T HAVE TO.
THE PRINCIPAL CALLED.
-HONEY, HOW COULD
YOU SKIP SCHOOL?
-WELL, WE DIDN'T SKIP.
I MEAN, WE WERE GONNA GO,
BUT THEN WE JUST DIDN'T
GO AT THE LAST MINUTE.
-WELL, WHERE DID YOU GO?
-NOWHERE.
WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
-COULD'VE DONE THAT AT SCHOOL.
-HONEY, THIS IS GOING TO GO
ON YOUR PERMANENT RECORD.
-[CHUCKLES] SO?
-SO, SUPPOSE YOU
DON'T GET INTO COLLEGE.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO THEN?
-I DON'T KNOW.
I'LL WORK AT NORCOM.
-[SCOFFS] FAT CHANCE.
-WHAT DO YOU MEAN? DAD DID IT.
-WAYNE, FIRST I WENT TO COLLEGE.
THEN I WENT INTO THE MARINES.
AND THEN I WENT
TO WORK AT NORCOM.
-SO I'LL JUST GET
THERE A LITTLE FASTER.
-BUT IF MY BROTHER WAS
LOOKING FOR A FREE LUNCH...
-YOU WOULDN'T GET
IN THE FRONT GATE.
- SEEMED THE KITCHEN WAS CLOSED.
-WELL, THANKS FOR
YOUR SUPPORT, DAD.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
-WAYNE... GO INTO YOUR ROOM,
AND STUDY FOR YOUR S.A.T.s.
-NO, THANKS.
-AND THERE IT WAS... A
CLASSIC POWER STRUGGLE,
A STANDOFF BETWEEN GENERATIONS.
-SON...
[MUSIC PLAYS ON TELEVISION]
NOW!
-NOT THAT THE OUTCOME
WAS REALLY IN DOUBT.
STILL, IT WAS
BECOMING CLEAR TO ME
THAT IN THE WAR
BETWEEN DAD AND WAYNE,
THE CASUALTIES WERE
BEGINNING TO MOUNT.
-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
-I'M BOWLING.
-YOU WANT ME TO ASK YOU
SOME QUESTIONS OR SOMETHING?
-BUZZ OFF.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I'M
BOTHERING WITH THIS STUFF.
I MEAN... I MEAN,
LOOK AT THIS WORD...
"PHLEGMATIC."
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
"PHLEGMATIC" MEANS?
- "CALM."
- "CALM"... CAN
YOU BELIEVE THAT?
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T
EVEN SOUND LIKE "CALM."
"PHLEGMATIC."
SOUNDS LIKE WHEN
YOUR NOSE IS STUFFED UP
AND YOU HAVE A COLD
AND YOU'RE PHLEGMATIC.
-YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
-SHUT UP, WILL YOU?!
AND WHY CAN'T PEOPLE
JUST SAY THEY'RE CALM?
WHY DO THEY HAVE TO
SAY THEY'RE PHLEGMATIC?
-THEY'RE JUST JERKS.
-YEAH.
-ANYWAY, YOU HAVE
A FEW MORE DAYS.
-YEAH. YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'VE GOT TO BE MORE PHLEGMATIC.
-YEAH.
-BUT I GUESS WE BOTH KNEW...
-WHAT AM I GONNA DO?
- SOMEHOW, THIS PROBLEM
WENT DEEPER THAN PHLEGM.
-JACK?!
JACK?!
-IS WAYNE HOME YET?
-NOT YET!
-OH, HE WAS SO
NERVOUS THIS MORNING.
HOPE HE REMEMBERS
WHAT "OBSEQUIOUS" MEANS.
-I HOPE HE
REMEMBERED HIS PENCIL.
-BY THAT SATURDAY,
I GUESS WE WERE ALL
FEELING A LITTLE TENSE.
I KNOW I WAS.
-[SIGHS]
-YOU KNOW, DAD,
WAYNE REALLY STUDIED
LIKE CRAZY FOR THOSE S.A.T.s.
-ABOUT TIME.
-WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS,
SOMETIMES, HE JUST
HAS TROUBLE GETTING IT.
-WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
WAYNE'S A SMART KID, IF HE
STOPPED ACTING SO DUMB.
-WELL, YEAH, BUT WHAT
I'M SAYING IS THAT...
-LOOK, A LOT OF KIDS DON'T
DO THAT WELL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I DIDN'T DO THAT WELL, MYSELF.
THERE'S A CHANCE FOR
WAYNE TO TURN THINGS AROUND.
-BUT IT SEEMED TO ME THAT
DAD WAS MISSING THE POINT HERE.
-BUT WHAT IF HE CAN'T?
-[SIGHS]
YOU KNOW, WAYNE HAD A LOT OF
TROUBLE TAKING HIS FIRST STEP.
TOOK HIM A LONG TIME TO DO IT.
BUT WHEN HE FINALLY DID IT,
HE DIDN'T JUST TAKE A STEP...
HE RAN ACROSS THE ROOM.
THEN HE FELL ON HIS BUTT.
BUT HE GOT BACK UP AGAIN.
-AND FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN A LONG TIME,
I COULD SEE HOW MUCH DAD
WAS ROOTING FOR WAYNE,
HOW PROUD HE WAS OF HIM.
[HORN PLAYS "DIXIE"]
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
AND AT THAT MOMENT, I
ACTUALLY HAD THE FEELING
EVERYTHING WAS
GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
-HEY, DAD!
-HOW WAS THE TEST? WAS IT TOUGH?
-WELL, UM...
ABOUT THE TEST...
-WE DIDN'T TAKE IT.
-WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
YOU DIDN'T TAKE IT?
-WELL, WE DID SOMETHING
A LITTLE BETTER.
-A LOT BETTER.
-WHAT'D YOU DO?
-WELL, WE'VE BEEN THINKING.
-YEAH, WE WERE THINKING.
-AND WHY SPEND FOUR
YEARS IN A COLLEGE
WHEN THERE'S A MUCH
BETTER WAY TO GET A CAREER?
-WAYNE, WHAT DID YOU DO?!
-WELL, WE TALKED IT OVER, AND...
-WE JOINED THE ARMY!
-[LAUGHING]
-THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.
-EVEN SO, IT HAD.
MY MOTHER'S WORST
NIGHTMARE WAS COMING TRUE.
-HONEY, YOU ARE
JUST IN HIGH SCHOOL.
-MOM, WE'RE 18 YEARS OLD.
AND, BESIDES, THE
SERGEANT REALLY LIKED US.
-YEAH. HE SAID WE WERE SPECIAL.
-YEAH.
-IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
MY BROTHER HAD JOINED THE ARMY.
-YOU GUYS ARE KIDDING, RIGHT?
-NO, BUTTHEAD.
-WHICH LEFT ONLY ONE
SANE, REASONABLE RESPONSE.
-HOW DID YOU COME UP
WITH SUCH A DUMB,
STUPID, IDIOTIC IDEA?!
-WELL, ACTUALLY, IT WAS MY IDEA.
-AND YOU LISTENED TO
HIM? THAT'S REAL BRIGHT.
-THANKS!
-DAD, LISTEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S
NOT AS DUMB AS IT SOUNDS.
I MEAN, IF YOU JUST THINK
ABOUT IT, IT MAKES SENSE!
THE PAY IS GOOD.
AND, BESIDES, THEY'LL TEACH
US TO BE ANYTHING WE WANT...
MECHANICS, UH, ENGINEERS, UH...
-TOPOGRAPHICAL SPECIALISTS.
-YEAH!
-WART?
GO HOME.
-I ASKED HIM TO STAY FOR DINNER.
-GOODBYE, WART.
-AND WITH THOSE SOCIAL
PLEASANTRIES OUT OF THE WAY...
-NICE SEEING YOU, FOLKS.
- IT WAS TIME FOR THE
FAMILY TO TALK TURKEY.
-JACK... WE CAN'T
LET THIS HAPPEN.
-[SIGHS] YOU DIDN'T TAKE
YOUR PHYSICAL YET, RIGHT?
-NO, BUT, YOU
KNOW, THAT'S JUST...
-HE'S NOT IN THE ARMY.
TOMORROW, YOU'LL GO DOWN THERE
AND TELL THEM YOU
CHANGED YOUR MIND.
-NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND...
-YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
THEY'RE GONNA SEND
YOU OFF TO VIETNAM!
THEY'RE GONNA PACK YOU
UP AND SHIP YOU OUT SO FAST,
YOUR HEAD'S GONNA SPIN!
-THAT'S NOT WHAT
THE SERGEANT SAID.
THE SERGEANT SAID THAT...
-WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH
YOU?! THEY'LL TELL YOU ANYTHING!
- WELL, YOU WENT TO KOREA.
- THAT WAS DIFFERENT.
-WHY? WHAT WAS
DIFFERENT ABOUT IT?
-BECAUSE YOU'RE
A YOUNG, DUMB KID!
-WELL, YOU WERE A
YOUNG, DUMB KID, TOO.
-WAYNE! LISTEN TO ME!
YOU'RE NOT GOING.
-WHATEVER YOU SAY, DAD.
-AND WITH THAT...
SO ENDED MY BROTHER'S
BRIEF CAREER IN THE MILITARY.
FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
THINGS PRETTY MUCH
WENT BACK TO NORMAL.
NORMAL FOR WAYNE, ANYWAY.
AT SCHOOL, HE AND WART
CONTINUED TO PURSUE THEIR
STELLAR ACADEMIC CAREERS,
WHILE AT HOME, HE
AND DAD SETTLED BACK
INTO THE SAME OLD
FATHER-SON ROUTINE.
-WAYNE? WAYNE!
-WHAT?
-IN A WAY, IT WAS
ALMOST... REASSURING.
-HEY.
-HEY. WHAT'S GOING ON?
-WELL, I WAS CLEANING
OUT MY ROOM,
AND I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU'D
WANT TO BUY SOME OF THIS STUFF...
5 BUCKS EACH.
-HEY. THAT'S MY FOOTBALL.
-OH.
WELL, THAT I'LL SELL
YOU FOR $2. [CHUCKLES]
-I'M NOT GONNA PAY YOU
TO GET MY OWN STUFF BACK.
-FINE. TAKE IT ALL.
TAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT.
-WHAT'S GOING ON?
-I, UH...
I'M GOING DOWN TO
TAKE MY PHYSICAL NOW.
-WHAT?
WAYNE, YOU CAN'T DO THIS.
-HEY, IT'S MY LIFE.
-WAYNE!
-YEAH, BUT... YOU
TOLD DAD THAT YOU...
-WELL, I HAD TO GET
HIM OFF MY BACK.
-TOLD DAD WHAT?
-'COURSE, I KNEW I SHOULD
KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT.
STILL, BROTHERLY
CONFIDENTIALITY WAS ONE THING.
-HE'S GOING IN TO
TAKE HIS PHYSICAL.
-THE ARMY WAS QUITE ANOTHER.
-WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
-YOU HEARD HIM.
-UNH-UNH.
-AND, SUDDENLY, WAR
HAD BROKEN OUT AGAIN.
-I THOUGHT WE SAID YOU
WEREN'T GONNA DO THAT.
-NO, DAD. YOU SAID I
WASN'T GONNA DO IT.
-WAYNE... YOU'RE
NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
-OH, YES, I AM, DAD.
AND THIS TIME, YOU'RE
NOT GONNA STOP ME.
-FINE.
BUT IF YOU GO DOWN THERE,
DON'T EXPECT ME TO
GET YOU OUT OF THIS.
-MAYBE DAD WAS
BLUFFING, MAYBE NOT.
IN ANY EVENT...
-BYE, DAD.
- THIS TIME, WAYNE DIDN'T BLINK.
-I'M GOING WITH HIM, DAD.
[DOOR CLOSES]
-I'M NOT SURE WHY I WENT ALONG.
MAYBE I THOUGHT I COULD HELP.
MAYBE I JUST DIDN'T WANT
HIM TO GO THERE ALONE.
-WELL...
[PARKING BRAKE CLICKS]
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
THIS IS IT.
-YEAH.
-LOOK, UM...
I'M NOT GONNA BE AROUND TO
TAKE CARE OF YOU ANYMORE.
WELL, SEE, THE THING IS...
EVEN WHEN I'M NOT AROUND,
I'M GONNA BE AROUND.
I MEAN, I WANT YOU TO HAVE
FUN. I MEAN, GET INTO TROUBLE.
JUST DON'T BE...
OBSEQUIOUS...
OR... PHLEGMATIC, AND... AND...
WHEN YOU THINK OF ME,
DON'T BE LUGUBRIOUS.
-LET'S FACE IT... THE
GUY WAS NO ORATOR.
-I WON'T.
-I'D BETTER GET IN THERE.
-I KNEW THERE WAS
SOMETHING I SHOULD SAY,
SOME WAY TO TELL HIM ALL
THE THINGS I WAS FEELING.
-GOOD LUCK.
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
-I GUESS I JUST DIDN'T
SAY IT VERY WELL.
THAT AFTERNOON, I
THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THE TIMES
THAT WAYNE AND I HAD HAD...
WHEN GROWING UP
WAS STILL A GAME...
AND LIFE WAS WHAT WE MADE IT.
I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW
WE'D PLAYED AT WAR,
AFTERNOONS IN HARPER'S WOODS...
AND HOW EVERY NIGHT,
WE SHARED A ROOM...
AND HOW MUCH I WOULD MISS HIM.
I GUESS I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE.
-HE STILL IN THERE?
-YEAH.
-TAKES A WHILE.
[SIGHS]
KEVIN, UH... LET ME
HAVE A MINUTE, OKAY?
HOW DID IT GO?
-YOU KNOW.
-YEAH.
I REMEMBER MY PHYSICAL.
IT'S A REAL PAIN IN THE REAR.
-IS THAT WHAT YOU CAME
DOWN TO TALK TO ME ABOUT?
-NAH, I GUESS NOT.
WAYNE... YOU KNOW
I'M AGAINST THIS.
I HAVEN'T PREPARED YOU FOR IT.
- DAD...
- LET ME... LET ME FINISH.
I HAVEN'T PREPARED
YOU FOR ANYTHING.
YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR MY HELP.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN.
I, UH...
I WANTED SO MUCH MORE FOR YOU.
I WANTED...
-I FAILED MY PHYSICAL.
I'VE GOT PSORIASIS.
THEY'RE AFRAID MY BACK
WOULD REALLY PEEL IN A JUNGLE.
PSORIASIS.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
I COULDN'T EVEN DO THIS RIGHT.
-IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY.
-I JUST DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT ELSE TO DO.
-♪ MAY GOD'S BLESSING
KEEP YOU ALWAYS ♪
-LOVE IS NEVER SIMPLE...
NOT FOR FATHERS AND SONS.
WE SPEND OUR LIVES FULL
OF HOPE AND EXPECTATIONS,
AND MOST OF THE TIME...
WE'RE BOUND TO FAIL.
BUT THAT AFTERNOON,
AS I WATCHED MY FATHER
SHELTERING HIS SON
AGAINST A FUTURE
THAT WAS SO UNSURE...
ALL I KNEW WAS...
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LET
EACH OTHER DOWN ANYMORE.
-NAME?
-DAVID WIRTSCHAFTER.
-GO ON.
-♪ MAY YOU GROW
UP TO BE RIGHTEOUS ♪
♪ MAY YOU GROW UP TO BE TRUE ♪
-HEY, BUTTHEAD.
HEY, YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
-YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, MAN.
-AND DON'T TAKE ANY
CRUD FROM ANYONE.
-I WON'T.
-WISH YOU WERE COMING WITH ME.
-♪ STAND UPRIGHT AND BE STRONG ♪
-A FEW DAYS LATER, WART
LEFT FOR BASIC TRAINING.
HE SPENT TWO MONTHS
AT FORT POLK, LOUISIANA.
-♪ FOREVER YOUNG ♪
-AND THEN DAVID WIRTSCHAFTER
WAS SHIPPED TO VIETNAM.
-♪ FOREVER YOUNG ♪
-A BIG GOOFY KID...
WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
HIS FUTURE WOULD BE.
-♪ FOREVER YOUNG ♪
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 ♪
-IN 1972, THE WAR WAS
STILL RAGING IN VIETNAM.
[GUNFIRE]
POLITICIANS KEPT TALKING,
SOLDIERS KEPT DYING, AND
NO ONE SEEMED TO KNOW WHY.
BUT MAYBE BECAUSE THE
WAR HAD GONE ON TOO LONG,
OR MAYBE BECAUSE IT
HAD CAUSED TOO MUCH PAIN,
WHATEVER THE REASON,
MOST OF US MANAGED
TO KEEP IT AT A DISTANCE...
AND GO ON WITH OUR
EVERYDAY, NORMAL LIVES.
-OH, COME ON, WAYNE.
YOU KNOW THIS ONE.
"OBSEQUIOUS."
"A," TOXIC. "B," EASILY UPSET.
"C," FAWNING.
"D," AMBITIOUS.
-MY BROTHER, FOR EXAMPLE,
WAS STUDYING FOR HIS
COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS.
-OW!
-WHAT'S THE MATTER?
-I JUST CUT MY NOSE
WITH THIS PAPER CLIP!
-WELL, "STUDYING" MAY HAVE
BEEN AN OVERSTATEMENT.
-WAYNE, YOU HAVE TO CONCENTRATE,
OR YOU'RE NEVER GONNA
BE READY FOR YOUR S.A.T.s.
-WELL, I DON'T KNOW
WHY I HAVE TO TAKE THEM.
I ALREADY TOOK THEM ONCE.
-I KNOW, HONEY, BUT YOU JUST
NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
-YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE WHAT THE
BIG DEAL ABOUT COLLEGE IS, ANYWAY.
IT'S NOT LIKE IF I DON'T GO,
I'M GONNA GET
DRAFTED OR SOMETHING.
-LUCKILY, WAYNE'S DRAFT
LOTTERY NUMBER WAS 312.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS
ALSO HIS FIRST S.A.T. SCORE.
- "OBSEQUIOUS" MEANS...
FAWNING.
- OKAY, OKAY.
- OKAY?
-OKAY.
I HOPE THIS DOESN'T
GET INFECTED.
-THE THING IS, THE GUY
WASN'T A TOTAL IDIOT.
-SO, "OBSEQUIOUS" IS...
-HE WAS JUST... UNCONSCIOUS.
-FAWNING!
-GREAT. BREAK MY CONCENTRATION.
-BUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH
OF A PROBLEM THE S.A.T.s WERE...
- "LUGUBRIOUS."
- WAYNE HAD AN
EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM,
A PROBLEM OF
COSMIC PROPORTIONS...
- "D," SYMPATHETIC.
-OW!
- A PROBLEM THAT
COULD BLOCK THE SUN.
-WAYNE? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
-WHAT? WHAT'D I DO NOW?
-I TOLD YOU, THE
SHINGLES HAVE TO OVERLAP.
-THEY ARE OVERLAPPED.
-AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
TWO NAILS IN EVERY SHINGLE.
HOW MANY NAILS YOU GOT IN THERE?
-ABOUT TWO.
-PAY ATTENTION, WILL YOU?
-WHATEVER YOU SAY, DAD.
-AS WAYNE INCHED HIS
WAY TOWARDS GRADUATION,
DAD WORRIED ABOUT
EVERYTHING HE DID.
AND HIS WORRIES CAME
OUT AS COMPLAINTS.
-HEY! WAYNE!
-OOPS.
-UNFORTUNATELY, THE
MORE DAD COMPLAINED,
THE WORSE WAYNE DID.
IT WAS ALMOST AS
IF WAYNE THOUGHT
HE WAS EXPECTED TO SCREW UP.
-I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
-DAD, I KNOW WHAT
I'M DOING, OKAY?
-THEN DO IT. USE
YOUR HEAD, WILL YOU?
-WHATEVER YOU SAY, DAD.
-BUT EVEN THOUGH THE
PROBLEM SEEMED CLEAR ENOUGH...
-LOOK, WAYNE, DAD'S
JUST TRYIN' TO HELP.
HE CARES ABOUT YOU.
THAT'S WHY HE DOES THIS.
- FOR SOME REASON,
THE SOLUTION JUST
WASN'T THAT SIMPLE.
-BUTTHEAD.
-BUTT BREATH.
-IRONICALLY, WHILE THE
LONG ARM OF THE FUTURE
WAS REACHING OUT FOR WAYNE...
-ARNOLD... ARNOLD... ARNOLD.
- THE LONG ARM OF MY
GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
WAS REACHING OUT FOR ME.
-ARE YOU RELATED
TO WAYNE ARNOLD?
-NO.
[CHUCKLES]
-VERY WELL, THEN.
-WHAT DO YOU PLAN
TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE?
-MY LIFE?
ALL OF IT?
- YES.
-WHAT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN?
-WELL...
-LET'S SEE.
THERE WERE CARS,
GIRLS, SPORTS, AND GIRLS.
-I LIKE TO READ A LOT.
-OH. ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR?
-WELL...
-LET'S SEE.
THERE WERE BOOKS ABOUT
CARS, GIRLS, SPORTS, AND GIRLS.
-I LIKE THE CLASSICS.
-IN THAT CASE, YOU
SHOULD START THINKING
ABOUT WHAT COLLEGE
YOU WANT TO GO TO.
-REALLY?
-YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY
DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR LIFE.
YOU SHOULD START
THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE.
-AND FACED WITH
THAT MATURE LOGIC,
THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING TO SAY.
-DO I NEED A HALL PASS
TO GET BACK INTO CLASS?
THANKS.
-OKAY, SO I WASN'T EXACTLY
PANICKED ABOUT MY PLANS.
HEY, I WAS 16 YEARS OLD.
TO ME, THE FUTURE...
WAS SOMEONE ELSE'S WORRY.
-JERK!
-WAYNE.
-HEY, LOOK! IT'S BUTTHEAD.
-YEAH. IT'S BUTTHEAD.
-THAT WAS WAYNE'S FRIEND WART.
THEY WERE TWO
PEA-HEADS IN A POD.
-WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
-WE'RE GETTING AN AWARD
FOR BEING THE TOP
STUDENTS IN OUR CLASS.
-YEAH. WE'RE VALEDORIANS.
[CHUCKLES]
-ARNOLD! WIRTSCHAFTER!
GET OVER HERE.
-WAYNE, WHAT'S GOING ON?
-NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
-YEAH, NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
-WHAT'D YOU DO? MURDER SOMEONE?
-[CHUCKLES SARCASTICALLY]
-YOU'RE NEXT.
-WE JUST SKIPPED SCHOOL.
THAT'S ALL.
-HMM.
-YOU SKIPPED SCHOOL?
-I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
-HE DIDN'T HAVE TO.
THE PRINCIPAL CALLED.
-HONEY, HOW COULD
YOU SKIP SCHOOL?
-WELL, WE DIDN'T SKIP.
I MEAN, WE WERE GONNA GO,
BUT THEN WE JUST DIDN'T
GO AT THE LAST MINUTE.
-WELL, WHERE DID YOU GO?
-NOWHERE.
WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
-COULD'VE DONE THAT AT SCHOOL.
-HONEY, THIS IS GOING TO GO
ON YOUR PERMANENT RECORD.
-[CHUCKLES] SO?
-SO, SUPPOSE YOU
DON'T GET INTO COLLEGE.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO THEN?
-I DON'T KNOW.
I'LL WORK AT NORCOM.
-[SCOFFS] FAT CHANCE.
-WHAT DO YOU MEAN? DAD DID IT.
-WAYNE, FIRST I WENT TO COLLEGE.
THEN I WENT INTO THE MARINES.
AND THEN I WENT
TO WORK AT NORCOM.
-SO I'LL JUST GET
THERE A LITTLE FASTER.
-BUT IF MY BROTHER WAS
LOOKING FOR A FREE LUNCH...
-YOU WOULDN'T GET
IN THE FRONT GATE.
- SEEMED THE KITCHEN WAS CLOSED.
-WELL, THANKS FOR
YOUR SUPPORT, DAD.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
-WAYNE... GO INTO YOUR ROOM,
AND STUDY FOR YOUR S.A.T.s.
-NO, THANKS.
-AND THERE IT WAS... A
CLASSIC POWER STRUGGLE,
A STANDOFF BETWEEN GENERATIONS.
-SON...
[MUSIC PLAYS ON TELEVISION]
NOW!
-NOT THAT THE OUTCOME
WAS REALLY IN DOUBT.
STILL, IT WAS
BECOMING CLEAR TO ME
THAT IN THE WAR
BETWEEN DAD AND WAYNE,
THE CASUALTIES WERE
BEGINNING TO MOUNT.
-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
-I'M BOWLING.
-YOU WANT ME TO ASK YOU
SOME QUESTIONS OR SOMETHING?
-BUZZ OFF.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I'M
BOTHERING WITH THIS STUFF.
I MEAN... I MEAN,
LOOK AT THIS WORD...
"PHLEGMATIC."
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
"PHLEGMATIC" MEANS?
- "CALM."
- "CALM"... CAN
YOU BELIEVE THAT?
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T
EVEN SOUND LIKE "CALM."
"PHLEGMATIC."
SOUNDS LIKE WHEN
YOUR NOSE IS STUFFED UP
AND YOU HAVE A COLD
AND YOU'RE PHLEGMATIC.
-YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
-SHUT UP, WILL YOU?!
AND WHY CAN'T PEOPLE
JUST SAY THEY'RE CALM?
WHY DO THEY HAVE TO
SAY THEY'RE PHLEGMATIC?
-THEY'RE JUST JERKS.
-YEAH.
-ANYWAY, YOU HAVE
A FEW MORE DAYS.
-YEAH. YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'VE GOT TO BE MORE PHLEGMATIC.
-YEAH.
-BUT I GUESS WE BOTH KNEW...
-WHAT AM I GONNA DO?
- SOMEHOW, THIS PROBLEM
WENT DEEPER THAN PHLEGM.
-JACK?!
JACK?!
-IS WAYNE HOME YET?
-NOT YET!
-OH, HE WAS SO
NERVOUS THIS MORNING.
HOPE HE REMEMBERS
WHAT "OBSEQUIOUS" MEANS.
-I HOPE HE
REMEMBERED HIS PENCIL.
-BY THAT SATURDAY,
I GUESS WE WERE ALL
FEELING A LITTLE TENSE.
I KNOW I WAS.
-[SIGHS]
-YOU KNOW, DAD,
WAYNE REALLY STUDIED
LIKE CRAZY FOR THOSE S.A.T.s.
-ABOUT TIME.
-WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS,
SOMETIMES, HE JUST
HAS TROUBLE GETTING IT.
-WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
WAYNE'S A SMART KID, IF HE
STOPPED ACTING SO DUMB.
-WELL, YEAH, BUT WHAT
I'M SAYING IS THAT...
-LOOK, A LOT OF KIDS DON'T
DO THAT WELL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I DIDN'T DO THAT WELL, MYSELF.
THERE'S A CHANCE FOR
WAYNE TO TURN THINGS AROUND.
-BUT IT SEEMED TO ME THAT
DAD WAS MISSING THE POINT HERE.
-BUT WHAT IF HE CAN'T?
-[SIGHS]
YOU KNOW, WAYNE HAD A LOT OF
TROUBLE TAKING HIS FIRST STEP.
TOOK HIM A LONG TIME TO DO IT.
BUT WHEN HE FINALLY DID IT,
HE DIDN'T JUST TAKE A STEP...
HE RAN ACROSS THE ROOM.
THEN HE FELL ON HIS BUTT.
BUT HE GOT BACK UP AGAIN.
-AND FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN A LONG TIME,
I COULD SEE HOW MUCH DAD
WAS ROOTING FOR WAYNE,
HOW PROUD HE WAS OF HIM.
[HORN PLAYS "DIXIE"]
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
AND AT THAT MOMENT, I
ACTUALLY HAD THE FEELING
EVERYTHING WAS
GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
-HEY, DAD!
-HOW WAS THE TEST? WAS IT TOUGH?
-WELL, UM...
ABOUT THE TEST...
-WE DIDN'T TAKE IT.
-WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
YOU DIDN'T TAKE IT?
-WELL, WE DID SOMETHING
A LITTLE BETTER.
-A LOT BETTER.
-WHAT'D YOU DO?
-WELL, WE'VE BEEN THINKING.
-YEAH, WE WERE THINKING.
-AND WHY SPEND FOUR
YEARS IN A COLLEGE
WHEN THERE'S A MUCH
BETTER WAY TO GET A CAREER?
-WAYNE, WHAT DID YOU DO?!
-WELL, WE TALKED IT OVER, AND...
-WE JOINED THE ARMY!
-[LAUGHING]
-THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.
-EVEN SO, IT HAD.
MY MOTHER'S WORST
NIGHTMARE WAS COMING TRUE.
-HONEY, YOU ARE
JUST IN HIGH SCHOOL.
-MOM, WE'RE 18 YEARS OLD.
AND, BESIDES, THE
SERGEANT REALLY LIKED US.
-YEAH. HE SAID WE WERE SPECIAL.
-YEAH.
-IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
MY BROTHER HAD JOINED THE ARMY.
-YOU GUYS ARE KIDDING, RIGHT?
-NO, BUTTHEAD.
-WHICH LEFT ONLY ONE
SANE, REASONABLE RESPONSE.
-HOW DID YOU COME UP
WITH SUCH A DUMB,
STUPID, IDIOTIC IDEA?!
-WELL, ACTUALLY, IT WAS MY IDEA.
-AND YOU LISTENED TO
HIM? THAT'S REAL BRIGHT.
-THANKS!
-DAD, LISTEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S
NOT AS DUMB AS IT SOUNDS.
I MEAN, IF YOU JUST THINK
ABOUT IT, IT MAKES SENSE!
THE PAY IS GOOD.
AND, BESIDES, THEY'LL TEACH
US TO BE ANYTHING WE WANT...
MECHANICS, UH, ENGINEERS, UH...
-TOPOGRAPHICAL SPECIALISTS.
-YEAH!
-WART?
GO HOME.
-I ASKED HIM TO STAY FOR DINNER.
-GOODBYE, WART.
-AND WITH THOSE SOCIAL
PLEASANTRIES OUT OF THE WAY...
-NICE SEEING YOU, FOLKS.
- IT WAS TIME FOR THE
FAMILY TO TALK TURKEY.
-JACK... WE CAN'T
LET THIS HAPPEN.
-[SIGHS] YOU DIDN'T TAKE
YOUR PHYSICAL YET, RIGHT?
-NO, BUT, YOU
KNOW, THAT'S JUST...
-HE'S NOT IN THE ARMY.
TOMORROW, YOU'LL GO DOWN THERE
AND TELL THEM YOU
CHANGED YOUR MIND.
-NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND...
-YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
THEY'RE GONNA SEND
YOU OFF TO VIETNAM!
THEY'RE GONNA PACK YOU
UP AND SHIP YOU OUT SO FAST,
YOUR HEAD'S GONNA SPIN!
-THAT'S NOT WHAT
THE SERGEANT SAID.
THE SERGEANT SAID THAT...
-WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH
YOU?! THEY'LL TELL YOU ANYTHING!
- WELL, YOU WENT TO KOREA.
- THAT WAS DIFFERENT.
-WHY? WHAT WAS
DIFFERENT ABOUT IT?
-BECAUSE YOU'RE
A YOUNG, DUMB KID!
-WELL, YOU WERE A
YOUNG, DUMB KID, TOO.
-WAYNE! LISTEN TO ME!
YOU'RE NOT GOING.
-WHATEVER YOU SAY, DAD.
-AND WITH THAT...
SO ENDED MY BROTHER'S
BRIEF CAREER IN THE MILITARY.
FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
THINGS PRETTY MUCH
WENT BACK TO NORMAL.
NORMAL FOR WAYNE, ANYWAY.
AT SCHOOL, HE AND WART
CONTINUED TO PURSUE THEIR
STELLAR ACADEMIC CAREERS,
WHILE AT HOME, HE
AND DAD SETTLED BACK
INTO THE SAME OLD
FATHER-SON ROUTINE.
-WAYNE? WAYNE!
-WHAT?
-IN A WAY, IT WAS
ALMOST... REASSURING.
-HEY.
-HEY. WHAT'S GOING ON?
-WELL, I WAS CLEANING
OUT MY ROOM,
AND I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU'D
WANT TO BUY SOME OF THIS STUFF...
5 BUCKS EACH.
-HEY. THAT'S MY FOOTBALL.
-OH.
WELL, THAT I'LL SELL
YOU FOR $2. [CHUCKLES]
-I'M NOT GONNA PAY YOU
TO GET MY OWN STUFF BACK.
-FINE. TAKE IT ALL.
TAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT.
-WHAT'S GOING ON?
-I, UH...
I'M GOING DOWN TO
TAKE MY PHYSICAL NOW.
-WHAT?
WAYNE, YOU CAN'T DO THIS.
-HEY, IT'S MY LIFE.
-WAYNE!
-YEAH, BUT... YOU
TOLD DAD THAT YOU...
-WELL, I HAD TO GET
HIM OFF MY BACK.
-TOLD DAD WHAT?
-'COURSE, I KNEW I SHOULD
KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT.
STILL, BROTHERLY
CONFIDENTIALITY WAS ONE THING.
-HE'S GOING IN TO
TAKE HIS PHYSICAL.
-THE ARMY WAS QUITE ANOTHER.
-WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
-YOU HEARD HIM.
-UNH-UNH.
-AND, SUDDENLY, WAR
HAD BROKEN OUT AGAIN.
-I THOUGHT WE SAID YOU
WEREN'T GONNA DO THAT.
-NO, DAD. YOU SAID I
WASN'T GONNA DO IT.
-WAYNE... YOU'RE
NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
-OH, YES, I AM, DAD.
AND THIS TIME, YOU'RE
NOT GONNA STOP ME.
-FINE.
BUT IF YOU GO DOWN THERE,
DON'T EXPECT ME TO
GET YOU OUT OF THIS.
-MAYBE DAD WAS
BLUFFING, MAYBE NOT.
IN ANY EVENT...
-BYE, DAD.
- THIS TIME, WAYNE DIDN'T BLINK.
-I'M GOING WITH HIM, DAD.
[DOOR CLOSES]
-I'M NOT SURE WHY I WENT ALONG.
MAYBE I THOUGHT I COULD HELP.
MAYBE I JUST DIDN'T WANT
HIM TO GO THERE ALONE.
-WELL...
[PARKING BRAKE CLICKS]
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
THIS IS IT.
-YEAH.
-LOOK, UM...
I'M NOT GONNA BE AROUND TO
TAKE CARE OF YOU ANYMORE.
WELL, SEE, THE THING IS...
EVEN WHEN I'M NOT AROUND,
I'M GONNA BE AROUND.
I MEAN, I WANT YOU TO HAVE
FUN. I MEAN, GET INTO TROUBLE.
JUST DON'T BE...
OBSEQUIOUS...
OR... PHLEGMATIC, AND... AND...
WHEN YOU THINK OF ME,
DON'T BE LUGUBRIOUS.
-LET'S FACE IT... THE
GUY WAS NO ORATOR.
-I WON'T.
-I'D BETTER GET IN THERE.
-I KNEW THERE WAS
SOMETHING I SHOULD SAY,
SOME WAY TO TELL HIM ALL
THE THINGS I WAS FEELING.
-GOOD LUCK.
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
-I GUESS I JUST DIDN'T
SAY IT VERY WELL.
THAT AFTERNOON, I
THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THE TIMES
THAT WAYNE AND I HAD HAD...
WHEN GROWING UP
WAS STILL A GAME...
AND LIFE WAS WHAT WE MADE IT.
I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW
WE'D PLAYED AT WAR,
AFTERNOONS IN HARPER'S WOODS...
AND HOW EVERY NIGHT,
WE SHARED A ROOM...
AND HOW MUCH I WOULD MISS HIM.
I GUESS I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE.
-HE STILL IN THERE?
-YEAH.
-TAKES A WHILE.
[SIGHS]
KEVIN, UH... LET ME
HAVE A MINUTE, OKAY?
HOW DID IT GO?
-YOU KNOW.
-YEAH.
I REMEMBER MY PHYSICAL.
IT'S A REAL PAIN IN THE REAR.
-IS THAT WHAT YOU CAME
DOWN TO TALK TO ME ABOUT?
-NAH, I GUESS NOT.
WAYNE... YOU KNOW
I'M AGAINST THIS.
I HAVEN'T PREPARED YOU FOR IT.
- DAD...
- LET ME... LET ME FINISH.
I HAVEN'T PREPARED
YOU FOR ANYTHING.
YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR MY HELP.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN.
I, UH...
I WANTED SO MUCH MORE FOR YOU.
I WANTED...
-I FAILED MY PHYSICAL.
I'VE GOT PSORIASIS.
THEY'RE AFRAID MY BACK
WOULD REALLY PEEL IN A JUNGLE.
PSORIASIS.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
I COULDN'T EVEN DO THIS RIGHT.
-IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY.
-I JUST DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT ELSE TO DO.
-♪ MAY GOD'S BLESSING
KEEP YOU ALWAYS ♪
-LOVE IS NEVER SIMPLE...
NOT FOR FATHERS AND SONS.
WE SPEND OUR LIVES FULL
OF HOPE AND EXPECTATIONS,
AND MOST OF THE TIME...
WE'RE BOUND TO FAIL.
BUT THAT AFTERNOON,
AS I WATCHED MY FATHER
SHELTERING HIS SON
AGAINST A FUTURE
THAT WAS SO UNSURE...
ALL I KNEW WAS...
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LET
EACH OTHER DOWN ANYMORE.
-NAME?
-DAVID WIRTSCHAFTER.
-GO ON.
-♪ MAY YOU GROW
UP TO BE RIGHTEOUS ♪
♪ MAY YOU GROW UP TO BE TRUE ♪
-HEY, BUTTHEAD.
HEY, YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
-YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, MAN.
-AND DON'T TAKE ANY
CRUD FROM ANYONE.
-I WON'T.
-WISH YOU WERE COMING WITH ME.
-♪ STAND UPRIGHT AND BE STRONG ♪
-A FEW DAYS LATER, WART
LEFT FOR BASIC TRAINING.
HE SPENT TWO MONTHS
AT FORT POLK, LOUISIANA.
-♪ FOREVER YOUNG ♪
-AND THEN DAVID WIRTSCHAFTER
WAS SHIPPED TO VIETNAM.
-♪ FOREVER YOUNG ♪
-A BIG GOOFY KID...
WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
HIS FUTURE WOULD BE.
-♪ FOREVER YOUNG ♪