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Oh
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Party Line
come on already you've been in there
over a half an hour why did you leave
your brother alone on Krim on Emma how
hard it was to even getting to take a
shower
it hits clogged up and I've got a date
with Katharine tonight yeah Bo well in
this third date all right dad yeah you
know what they say about their dates
yep I'm surprised at you don't you know
that adults don't put a timetable on
relationships sorry well I'm glad you
tried to teach him how to be a gentleman
third date ha-cha-cha good kid you went
bowling okay my shoes sorry got a date
would you rather go with your favorite
brother or some girl see hey Dad you got
a date uh-huh anyone I know
it's only the third date she doesn't
even know I have kids yet your grandma
let's go see a movie we could see one
with no knives Oh Whoopi Goldberg
another Friday with no plans well I
could have made plans but then if
something good came up I would had plans
well I guess you'll know what to do next
Friday what never mind
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even if there is a way out we'll never
find it not without help
you mean the albinos no well surely you
don't expect a piece of the tunnel to
help us are you sitting home alone
watching TV while all your friends are
having fun well don't be a Wallflower
when you can make exciting new friends
just by dialing five five five party hi
I'm Candi and I'm hoping to meet
exciting new people like you on the
party line give me a call
just dial five five five party and turn
your social life around
he called glad he did that's five by
five party if it works for that pathetic
guy I think what it could do for you
fifty cents for each additional minute
parental permission advised that's 5-5-5
party he called and we're glad he did
that's 5-5-5 party
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hi you've reached the party line push
the number 1 on your touch-tone phone
to join the party or to change to a new
party say hello make new friends and
have a great time I like you too really
no joke really I had all their CDs yeah
me too except their first three and a
double album so do you call the party
line a lot nah I was just home alone
bored so I figured it'd be good for a
laugh yeah me too you too hey I told you
to leave me alone yeah that's the
trouble with you kids today no ambition
hey are you still there yeah I don't
even know your name it's Oliver I had a
turtle named Oliver once he got run over
by a beer truck oh well I'm pretty
careful you don't have to worry about
that what's your name Laurel Laurel
that's a good name for a girl or a
street okay okay listen I gotta get off
the phone my mom's having a cow wait I
want to talk to you again cause Sunday
at 6:00 bye Oliver hi Laura
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poorly we just said breakfast it's not
like I'm going swimming or anything not
young man gag Lots we won tomorrow
it's too cool for you didn't need
anything
good morning cleavers I hope everybody's
in a sunny mood because it's time to
play he's got a secret but now back to
our game Mary Ellen
guess why ran into as I was leaving the
mall the security guard for your first
clue Cleveland 1964 Eddie is this gonna
take all day
why hope so for your second clue she has
three kids she still looks great in a
sweater why don't you think up and put
Eddie
them in the bathroom hungry in the
middle of the night sometimes Eddie did
you really expect to see me throw a fit
about something that happened over 20
years ago I ran three stoplights to get
you well I'm sorry to disappoint you
effective oh yeah oh idiom the longer
you do the bigger the expl*si*n dad the
bread wouldn't fit in the medicine
cabinet so I put it in with the towel
tell me what's going on here Oh daddy
just ran into an old friend of your
mom's friend what kind of a friend would
stab her in the back and we are talking
about women
well you're not get off Eddie seven
cookie dough be Kyle all right look
Debbie Kyle and your mom were best
friends since the first grade then when
they were seniors in high school they
got into a fight and they never spoke
again
was it over oh boy four of them Ringo
John Paul and what's-his-name you see
back in the olden days girls were just
crazy about the Beatles I mean they
throw themselves in front of their
limousine just to get close to him well
on the night of the big concert in
Cleveland Debbie gave your mom's ticket
away
that's it I was expecting some real dirt
you think you're disappointed I was
expecting your mom's mascara to run like
a river the day's not a total loss I do
get to put Kurt's mom in a nursing home
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I can't I better stay home I have a lot
to almost do schoolwork I did but I just
found out we have a surprise quiz
tomorrow
Oliver how can it be a surprise if you
know about it well it's not that big a
surprise
we better get going you know how garlic
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Laurel you really called well I had some
time with her refueling my jet guess
what I can talk as long as I want my
mother's that our parents what that
partners meeting
oh so your parents are divorced huh yeah
mine too
they face the toughest on the kids yeah
I guess they have a lot in common
yeah yeah so how old are you of me
personally well some people say I look
16 with me are you cute
well um I don't know I mean I don't have
any braces or junk how about you want to
find out we could meet
me I don't know I mean everything's
going so well I mean what if you know
like me in person no problem I just go
to the ladies room and you climb out the
window sounds fair
besides this is c*ck of fifty cents a
minute I'm sure we'd save a lot of money
good thinking do you know the soda shop
in Mayfield
yeah hang out there all the time let's
meet there tomorrow and I'll wear a red
top okay I'll um I'll wear a make you a
letter sweater you're a letterman that's
a sweater I hear wow I guess we'll see
you tomorrow Oliver good night good
night Laura
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Laura
Oh
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honey are you asleep no I'm practicing
playing dead in case I run into a bear
you like that then just go back to sleep
I'm sorry honey I miss Eddie the three
kids I've never even met honey we've
been through this a thousand times why
don't you just pick up the phone and
call her you know when Eddie mentioned
her name yesterday all these memories
came flooding back even though I haven't
seen her since high school nobody's ever
taken her place you have me did I ever
tell you about the time we spent the
whole day collecting pop bottles just to
get enough money to buy ice cream and
then my toasted almond fell off thinking
she gave you a half for a creamsicle
that friends like that anymore then call
her then don't you say our kids were
gonna be best friends too
now twenty years have gone by and
they've never even met nothing we can't
go through life saying I shoulda woulda
coulda pick up the phone and call her
understand we camped for two days to get
those Beatle tickets we only had three
peanut butter sandwiches in a bottle of
fresca and then she gives my ticket to
Frank Kelly that jerk was a Kingston
Trio fan I saw them in concert one they
were great it read love Paul
I'll never forget the first time they
were on Ed Sullivan we sat in front of
the TV hugging and crying and then the
Beatles for Betty passed out and nearly
swallowed her tongue
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honey the beatles broke up before kip
with foreign they're not getting back
together in canada you and Debbie could
why are you on her side
we're in the book why didn't she called
me I have no idea I'm here why'd you
pick up the phone and call and find out
I'm staying at the Mayfield in I can't
it I we grew up didn't seem to bother
you when I was asleep
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Mary Ellen did you really love Paul more
than anybody including me
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well you were head of ring up
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that's a job it's big coming up tips
sweater coming off yep I have to wear it
Oliver
you're not leaving this room with my
sweater okay okay keep you're gonna let
me wear it
why I can't tell you how I have a blind
date you yes I have to wear the sweater
that's the only way she's gonna
recognize me who set you up
I can't tell you I'm it it's a party
line
Oliver you fell for one of those stupid
TV ads the first time do you have any
idea what type of sick pathetic weirdos
call that number
hi I'm Oliver
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not like that Kip I've talked to her
twice I know exactly what she's like
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dreams don't come true face a dolly or
just girls don't have to meet guys on
the telephone and even if she is
good-looking
I mean what's she gonna think of a guy
like you hi Oliver she might think I'm
funny no funny to look at kids you don't
know everything
Laurel is a warm sensitive woman
sensitive
well that means she has a face like a
flounder but what you're trying to say
is this could be a bad idea
believe me Allie in cases like this it's
better to be safe than sorry
don't listen to him he's just jealous
yeah Oliver I've never met a cleaver I
didn't like
yeah that's the advantage of having a
big brother yes someone to look out for
your welfare
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Oh
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heads I go till they don't Ali what are
you doing I'm trying to find a quarter
well wouldn't you have better luck if
you looked under the sofa cushions
that's where I always look no I'm Mary
Ellen ah I'm looking to make a decision
what kind of decision it's nothing I can
talk about girl trouble sorta well who
better to talk to you than another girl
I don't think Kelly will be much help on
this one I'm Anthony Ari well I sort of
had this blind date have you talked to
her yeah twice and we got along great
well what's the problem well I don't
know I mean what if she turned out to be
Oh a dog or a weirdo or something honey
if there's one hard lesson I've learned
in life it's that you've got a grab
opportunity when it's there you really
think so definitely
I had the chance to see my oldest friend
this weekend but by the time I decided
to she'd already gone back to California
well can't you call her oh sure I'll
call her but I missed the chance to see
her and meet her children don't let your
life be full of what it cut us
you're right
thanks I'm Mary Ellen
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ah
hi Laurel Oliver
I'm glad you can make it new tune
meet you
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Ellen
hi honey hi guess what I just spoke to
Debbie for an hour and we barely
scratched sir
I'm kidding oh honey you were right it
was silly not the caller all these years
I guess you two have a lot to catch up
on huh yeah we're gonna do it it
Thanksgiving I mean you're gonna wait
until Thanksgiving before you call her
again no she's coming to visit us
Hey you mean you invited Debbie Kyle or
visit us on Thanksgiving that's my
favorite football weekend of the whole
year and not just dead in her husband
and three kids are coming to wait very
Ellen I I don't want a bunch of
strangers staying in my house on
Thanksgiving old while your husband's a
lawyer you're gonna get along great and
I think if we can visit them in
California no wait a minute
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National Geographic
tonight at 7:00 Eastern John Wayne
Weekend continues the Dukes outnumbered
and outgunned but these are the odds for
a fighting man Rio Lobo then at nine
it's the world premiere of National
Geographic Explorer now NWA main event
is next on the superstation
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04x04 - Party Line
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