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The Challenge of Leaving Home Behind
Steve
Why should I leave home to find a home? You know, why should I leave friends that I love to find new friends?
Curt
Wait a minute, wait a minute...I've heard this already. Aren't you the one that told me for eight weeks that you have to leave the nest sometime?
Steve
I realize that. I realize that.
Curt
No, no realizing. You've been telling me all summer that it's time to stick your head out of the sand and take a look at the big, beautiful world out there somewhere..I feel like a mid-wife.
Steve
I may have been wrong, Curt. I may have been wrong.
Curt
Wrong nothing. You've been telling me for eight weeks. God-damn it...Just, you're just mentally playing with yourself. Just relax and we'll talk about it at the airport.
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Unexpected Connections at the Liquor Store
Terry
Pardon me, sir, but I lost my I.D. in... in a flood and I'd like to get some Old Harper, hard stuff. Would you mind buying a bottle for me?
Bum at Liquor Store
Why certainly! I lost my wife, too - her name wasn't Idy, though, and it wasn't in a flood - but I know what ya...
Terry
Thanks, here's enough for a pint.
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Struggles of Leaving Small Town Life
Curt
I don't think I'm gonna be going tomorrow.
Steve
You chicken fink... After all we went through to get accepted? We're finally getting out of this turkey town and now you want to crawl back into your cell - right? You wanna end up like John? You just can't stay seventeen forever.
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A Mysterious Encounter Between Curt and Blonde
Blonde
Curt?
[on the phone]
Curt
Yes, yes, this is Curt. Who are you?
Blonde
Who are you expecting?
Curt
Do you drive a white T-bird?
Blonde
A white 56. I saw you on Third Street...
Curt
Who are you? Do you know me?
Blonde
Of course.
Curt
How do you know me?
Blonde
It's not important.
Curt
It's important. It's important to me. You're the most beautiful, exciting thing I've ever seen in my life and I don't know anything about you. Listen, listen, listen, uh, uhm, uh, could we meet someplace?
Blonde
I cruise Third Street. Maybe I'll see you tonight.
Curt
No, I don't think so.
Blonde
Curt...
Curt
Tell me your name, at least tell me your name.
Blonde
Goodbye, Curt.
Curt
Wait a minute. Wait a second.
[She hangs up.]
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A Moment of Unexpected Compliment
Terry
You know, I think you're really neat.
[lunges at Debbie, kissing her]
Debbie
Wait a second.
Terry
I'm sorry. It's just...
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Searching for Home in New Places
Laurie
You know, it doesn't make sense to leave home to look for home, to give up a life to find a new life, to say goodbye to friends you love just to find new friends.
Steve
Wait a minute. Could you say that again?
Laurie
It's something Curt said.
Steve
Oh, figures. You must've talked his ear off trying to get him to stay.
Laurie
Oh no, Steven. That's not true at all. I didn't say anything. Curt just said at dinner tonight that he didn't see what the big hurry was. He thought that he ought to stick around and go to J.C. for a while, and try and figure out what he wanted to do with his life.
Steve
That sounds logical.
Laurie
Do you think so?
Steve
Sure. I think Curt's probably right for Curt. Not for me, though. Laurie, look at me. Now you know what I want out of life. And it's just not in this town.
[She turns away]
Laurie
I'm not going with you to the airport tomorrow.
Steve
It's our last night together for three months...I'm gonna miss you so much. I need something to remember you by. You don't want me to forget you, do ya?
Laurie
If you're not gonna remember me for anything else, why don't you just go ahead?
Steve
Oh come on, you want it and you know it. Don't be so damn self-righteous with me!
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Unrequited Affection and Witty Retorts
Vic
Hey Deb, how's my soft baby?
Debbie
Come on. Beat it, Vic. I'm not your baby.
Vic
Aw come on, honey. Look, so I never called you back. I've been, you know, busy...
Debbie
Yeah, three weeks?...Besides, it only took me one night to realize if brains were dynamite, you couldn't blow your nose.
Vic
Look who's talking. Hey, who's the wimp you're hanging out with now? Einstein?
Debbie
Tiger happens to be very intelligent. Unlike you. I know everything your dirty little mind is thinking ...it shows.
[she looks down at his crotch]
Terry
Hey now, buddy, look. The lady obviously doesn't want to have to -
Vic
Look, creep, you want a knuckle sandwich?
Terry
Ah, no thanks, I'm waitin for a double Chubby Chuck...
Vic
Then keep your smart ass mouth shut. Hey, I'll call ya some time, Deb, some night when I'm hard up.
Debbie
I won't be home.
[He gives her the finger. She lights a match and flicks it at him as he leaves]
Terry
You seem to know a lot of weird guys.
Debbie
That creep's not a friend of mine. He's just horny. That's why I like you, you're different.
Terry
I-I am? I mean, you really think I'm intelligent?
Debbie
Yeah. And I'll bet you're smart enough to get us some brew. Yeah.
[She drapes her arm around his shoulder; She kisses him]
Terry
Brew?
Debbie
Yeah.
Terry
Liquor? Yeah. Yeah right, liquor. This place is too crowded anyway.
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Chasing a Vision of Love
Curt Henderson
Quick! Hang a right...Cut over to G Street. I just saw a vision! I saw a goddess. Come on, you've got to catch up to her... This was the most perfect, dazzling creature I've ever seen... She spoke to me. She spoke to me right through the window. I think she said, I love you. That means nothing to you people? You have no romance, no soul? She - someone wants me. Someone roaming the streets wants me! Will you turn the corner?
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Exploring Relationship Boundaries Before Separation
Steve
I thought, maybe before I leave, we could agree that... that seeing other people while I'm away can't possibly hurt, you know.
Laurie
You mean dating other people?
Steve
I think it would strengthen our relationship. Then we'd know for sure that we're really in love. Not that there's any doubt.
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Searching for Beauty in a Shrinking Scene
Curt
Why is it every girl that comes around here is ugly? Or has a boyfriend? Where is the dazzling beauty I've been searching for all my life?
John
I know what you mean. The pickin's are really gettin slim. The whole strip is shrinking. Ah, you know, I remember about five years ago, take you a couple of hours and a tank full of gas just to make one circuit. It was really somethin'.
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Reflections on Car Accidents and Risks
John
Over there, that's Freddy Benson's Vette...he had a head-on collision with a drunk. Boom! Didn't have a chance. A good driver too. Oh, it's pretty grim when a guy gets it and it's not even his own fault....See that over there, that 41? That used to be, believe it or not, the fastest car in the valley. I never got a chance to race Earl though. He got his in 1955 in about the hairiest crash we ever had here. Jesus, you should have seen it. Eight kids killed and both drivers. Board of Education was real impressed see, so they come up, filmed the whole thing. Now they show it in Drivers Education class. You'll probably see it if you get lucky. Course, it's really tough when they take somebody with them.
Carol
You never had an accident though - you told me.
John
Hey, well I come mighty close. Almost rolled it a couple of times. But, I'm been just quick enough to stay out of this graveyard.
Carol
I bet you're the fastest.
John
I've never been beaten - a lot of guys have tried. It seems to me there's more guys lately than there's ever been.
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The Complexity of Leaving Home Behind
Curt Henderson
It doesn’t make sense to leave home to look for home, to give up a life to find a new life, to say goodbye to friends you love just to make new friends.
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Rivalry and Humor in a Car Culture
Bob Falfa
Hey man, I'm sorry if I scared ya!
John
You're gonna hafta do one hell of a lot more than that to scare me!
Bob Falfa
Hey I've been lookin all over for ya man. Didn't nobody tell ya I was lookin for ya?...Hey, you're supposed to be the fastest thing in the Valley, man, but that can't be your car. It must be your mama's car. I'm sorta embarrassed to be this close to ya.
John
I'm not surprised, drivin a Field Car.
Bob Falfa
Field Car? What's a Field Car?
John
A Field Car runs through the fields, drops cow shit all over the place to make the lettuce grow.
Bob Falfa
That's pretty good. Hey, I like the color of your car there, man. What's that supposed to be? Sorta a cross between Piss Yellow and Puke Green, ain't it?
[laughing]
John
Well, you call that a paint job but it's pretty ugly. I'll betcha you gotta sneak up on the pumps just to get a little air in your tires.
Bob Falfa
Well, at least I don't have to pull over to the side just to let a funeral go by, man.
John
Oh, funny... You know what?
Carol
Your car's uglier than I am! That didn't come out right.
[She turns back to John]
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