There's Always Tomorrow

Operator, would you check it for me, please?

That line just can't still be busy.

All right, I'll hang on.

Sign here, please.

Uh, yes, Mr. Groves?

Will you look in your files and check on that shipment

of hobby horses and pinafores to Jackson and company,

find out when they were shipped?

Certainly, Mr. Groves.

Oh, and try my home again, will you please?

Yes, sir.

Hobby horses and pinafores.

What a dreamy place to work in.

Yes, I suppose it is. Here's your book.

All right. Thank you very much.

Well, there he is, huh, Jack?

Yes, I like this change you've made in the head.

Well, thanks.

Now, all we have to do is find a name for him.

Oh, I have a name for him.

Rex the walkie-talkie robot-man.

Uh-huh. Well, that's what he is!

- Yeah, I like that. - Thanks.

Pass the word around, will you, Jack,

- and tell everyone how pleased I am? - Oh, you bet I will.

Rex the walkie-talkie robot.

Yes, miss Walker?

Mr. Groves, your home number is still busy.

Oh, well, what about the theater tickets?

I talked to the box office. They're sold out this evening.

If you'll stop by the theater on your way home,

- they may have a cancellation. - I'll do that.

I hope Mrs. Groves hasn't made other plans.

I didn't see her before I left this morning.

I'll try your home again now.

Well, never mind. I'm leaving.

I'm going home, Jack. I'll see you in the morning.

- Good night, everybody. - Good night, Mr. Groves.

Night!

Hello?

This is Ellen. Oh, Gloria! Hi!

Yes, mom said I could stay overnight at your house.

Isn't that absolutely atomic?

Tommy? Yeah, he invited me to the prom.

I turned him down.

Well, just because he's a basketball champ

is no reason for him to think that I'm gonna...

Dreamy-looking? You call him dreamy?

But he's only 17, and he's already 6'4".

- Oh, you give that back to me. - Listen, shrimp.

If you don't hang up that phone, you've had it.

Yes, Gloria, I'll help you with your homework tonight.

I get a's in biology. It's my favorite subject.

Well, the least you can do is let me finish!

I'll count 12. One, two...

- I've gotta hang up now, Gloria, it's my brother. - Three, four...

- Now that he's old enough to be going steady... - Five...

- He's an absolute mental case. - Six, seven...

- Well, I'll see you later. - Eight, nine...

Bye. 10, 11, 12.

Ooh!

Well, when can I call for you?

About ten minutes? Fine.

Listen, Ann, are you gonna be wearing

my kappa tau pin tonight?

Ah, swell.

Huh? Well, you, of course.

Well, what about you?

Say it again.

Marion?

Shh!

- Oh, I'm sorry, son. - Okay, dad.

I'm either going to have to put another phone in

for you and Ellen or buy a flock of carrier pigeons.

I've been trying to call your mother from the office

for at least an hour.

Marion?

- Hello, daddy. - Hi, Frankie.

What're you all dressed up for?

Mrs. Rogers. Did you finish ironing my sash?

I'm waiting for the iron to get hot.

Be very careful with it, Mrs. Rogers.

The whole effect will be ruined if my sash is scorched.

Just right. Suppose you stay and supervise.

- Marion? - Super what?

Marion? Well, see that I do it correctly, hmm?

Hello, clear. Oh, they're beautiful.

- Happy birthday, Mrs. Groves. - Thank you.

- Mother? - Yes, clear?

Mother, can I borrow your...

May I?

May I borrow your baby-blue scarf?

Of course, it's the right-hand drawer of my bureau.

- Thank you, mom. Hi, dad. - Hi.

Oh, they're lovely.

I'll put them in a vase.

I'll do that. You just get yourself dolled up.

- But, cliff... - Now I've got it all arranged.

We'll drive into Los Angeles,

have cocktails at the stoddard, dinner at bordeau's,

then I remembered your mentioning that show

down at the royal so I took a chance

and stopped by on my way home.

I was lucky, they'd just gotten a cancellation.

Two seats, first row on the aisle.

Oh, I could cry.

Going to all that trouble, and in the rain, too.

But don't you know tonight is the world-shaking event?

- What do you mean? - The first recital of Frankie's ballet class.

- Mother. - Yes?

- I can't find the scarf anywhere. - Darling, it's right here.

- There you are. - Thank you.

Look, I'm very, very grateful that you were born.

And may I point out that this is the one day in the year

that belongs exclusively to you?

At my age, a birthday is only a time

to turn all mirrors to the wall.

Nonsense, you're the female ponce de Leon,

the original fountain-of-youth girl.

Why, you haven't changed since the first day...

- Mama. - Yes, clear?

Will my hair glitter across the footlights?

Like a glowworm, darling.

Come and help me with my sash.

Marion...

Ellen can take her to the ballet class.

- Ellen has a date. - Mama!

Coming, darling. I've got to help her.

Marion, do you know how long it's been

since we were in a theater?

- Three years. - Oh, impossible.

It's true. Now you get ready right now.

I can't. She'd be so disappointed.

I remember learning in child guidance class...

Hang child guidance.

I'll explain to our little prima Donna

that her mother's entitled to a life of her own,

- at least occasionally. - I promised Frankie I'd take her.

- You'd want me to keep my promise, wouldn't you? - But...

Princess?

Yes, daddy? What is it? I'm in a hurry.

I guess your mother can't go to the theater tonight.

How about you going with me?

Thanks heaps, daddy, but I'm not in the mood for the theater.

Gloria and I have emotional problems to discuss.

Yes, your mother told me you were going to be busy.

I'll need some money.

Dollar all right?

I guess so. Thanks, dad.

Yeah, I'll see you in five minutes, sweetheart.

Vinnie, I don't suppose you could drive me to Gloria's?

- Sorry. - Thank you.

I certainly don't see what attracts poor Ann to you.

Son, I have a couple of tickets

for the show tonight at the royal.

I wonder if you'd like to go with me.

I'm sorry, but I got a date tonight with Ann.

Oh, well, why don't you take the tickets and take Ann?

I hear it's a great show.

I wish we could, but it's a double date.

- Good night, dad. - Yeah.

Hello? Yes, Phyllis?

Mother! Come on!

No, Ellen isn't here. She's gone over to Gloria's.

They're going to discuss their emotional problems.

Yes. Good-bye.

That's Mrs. Jenkins' car! Hurry!

Coming, darling. Oh, cliff.

Why don't you call ed and ask him

- to go to the theater with you? - That's an idea.

- Mother, please! - Just a moment, dear.

- Aren't you going to have dinner? - We had a sandwich earlier.

Oh, don't you worry, Mr. Groves.

I cooked a veal goulash just the way that you like.

It's all ready, all you have to do is warm it up.

- Selma! - Marion.

Marion, let's go away some place next weekend.

- Well, why, dear? - Oh, I'd like a change.

I'm tired of the fog and the smog and the rain.

I'd like to lie in the sun.

Maybe we can go to the desert, huh?

- That would be nice. - Just you and I, alone.

- Absolutely alone. - How's Tom?

Well, what ails him?

Stones? Well, how many?

The same thing happened to a cousin of mine,

only he had four stones about the size of mothballs.

Well, I gotta hang up or I'll never get out of here.

Yes, yes. Well, goodbye, Selma.

Mrs. Rogers, could you use a couple of tickets

to the show at the royal?

Oh, Mr. Groves, any other time I'd just jump at the chance

but I promised my daughter I'd babysit.

- Good night. - Good night, Mrs. Rogers.

Yes?

Clifford groves.

Yes, i-I'm sorry. I know we've met somewhere.

- But I just can't seem to... - Have I changed that much in these 20 years?

20 yea...

- Norma Miller? - Yes.