Peggy Sue Got Married

Here, Charlie, more fortune cookies.

Thanks.

What? Next week we'll be selling

- Sanyo remote control VCRs for $299? - Look, it's Dad.

Oh, no! I'll go broke.

To give away Mitsubishi giant-screen television sets

for $1,299!

Oh, no!

We won't be undersold on microwaves,

video recorders, ovens...

Mom, you're not looking.

Please turn that off.

Mom, when are you going to stop being mad at Dad?

I mean, how do you think that makes me feel?

I have certain unresolved feelings about your father.

I don't trust him.

And I hate those commercials.

All right, forget it.

We don't have time for another heart-to-heart.

Come on. You have to get dressed.

Oh.

I want you to understand,

- it's insulting... - Watch your hair.

...for him to go from me to that bimbo.

Do you think he really loves Janet?

Maybe he's just smashed too many fortune cookies.

Mom, give me a break. He's missing the reunion because of you.

You know he's dying to go.

Yeah, well, at least we won't both have a miserable time.

Let me see.

What do you think?

You are a very hip chick.

God, you look like you've stepped right out of Life magazine.

Oh, I don't know.

What if nobody else there is dressed like this?

So?

Well, I don't think I want to go.

- Mom... - Everybody's just going to say,

"Hey, where's crazy Charlie?"

Lots of people are separated and divorced.

Not from the guy with the lowest prices in town.

I feel ridiculous in this dress. I think I wanna go change.

Why are you so nervous? What's the matter with you today? Come on.

I don't know. Reunions do funny things to people.

- Oh, Peggy Sue. Beth, hi. - Hi.

Hi, Maddy.

- How are you? - You two look just like that soap commercial.

Which one's the mother?

And which one's the daughter?

You took this seriously. You're a real blast from the past.

It was Beth's idea.

I wish I had the nerve and the figure.

Hi. Peggy Sue Bodell.

- Oh. Here. - Mom.

You know, Beth's boyfriend is with the band.

- It must run in the family. - What does?

You and your mother. You both seem to fall for musicians.

Mom, look.

Oh, God.

It's okay. Come on.

Look!

Peggy, why don't you find a table? We'll see you in a little while.

Sure.

God, Mom, that picture's great.

Come on. Let's get a table.

- Is this good? - Fine.

I'll be right back. You'll be all right?

- Sure. - All right. Thank you.

We're going to do a little medley for you.

Come on. Pose like the picture.

What? Oh.

- Oh, my. - You like it?

Well, you know, I figured everybody has a gold Rolex,

so I'd have one specially made in platinum.

What a wonderful idea.

- How are you? - I'm fine.

- How many children do you have? - Oh, I don't have any.

You don't? Oh, I thought you did.

- No, no, how many do you have? - I have four.

- Four? - Four, yeah.

Oh, Maddy, I'm so happy for you.

- I know, and I love them. - How is Peggy Sue doing?

Oh, she was a mess right after they separated,

but I think she's coming out of it.

- Seems to be pretty friendly now. - Oh, I'm so glad.

Sometimes it's easier when you hate them.

- How about a little dance, princess? - Oh!

Walter!

- How are you? - Good. Good.

- Nice to see you. See you later. - Yeah.

Aren't you Peggy Sue Kelcher?

I was once.

Richard? Richard Norvik?

Oh!

I didn't recognize you.

Well, you look terrific.

You look exactly the same.

I feel ridiculous. I only did this for tonight.

It's adorable.

Oh, thank you.

I'm sorry. Peggy Sue Kelcher, this is my wife Sharon.

How nice to meet you!

Oh, why don't you sit?

But call me Peggy, Peggy Bodell now.

So, where's Charlie?

I was in town about a year ago,

and I turn on the television,

and I see crazy Charlie.

It really made me laugh.

Well, Charlie won't be here tonight.

We're getting divorced, actually.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Mr. Norvik! Mr. Norvik. Richard.

Doug Snell, Merrill Lynch.

I read about that Cordex deal in Business Week.

Congratulations.

Thank you very much, Doug.

Hey, Peggy, how are you? How's Charlie?

- Dougie, over here! - Hey, Terry!

- Thank you, Doug. Thank you very much. - Hey, call me.

Madeline Hutton and Arthur Nagle were high school sweethearts.

Married right after graduation, they're still together.

Maddy, Arthur, how does it feel

to have missed the sexual revolution?

What?

What kind of question is that?

That doesn't have anything to do with the reunion, Delores.

Take it easy, kitten. Take it easy.

Well,

welcome to the singles scene.

I don't know how you do it.

I've never even dated anybody but Charlie.

Well, it's not that bad, really.

You just have to think of men like houses

and trade upward.

I always thought that you and Charlie had a really great marriage.

Oh, I think we did.

We just got married too young and ended up blaming each other

for all the things we missed.

So he started having affairs,

and you started getting depressed.

Well, you just should have left here years ago like I did.

It's not so bad. I've got two great kids.

I've got my own business.

Still, if I

knew then what I know now,

I'd do a lot of things differently.

Your damn computers put me out of business.

- No, Mr. Norvik. - He's drunk.

You're a billionaire, and I'm a goddamned failure.

The bakery's doing very well.

And you manage it?

I own it.

I remember that dress.

Rosalie?

- Hi. - Oh, no.

I remember that locket, too.

You were so excited.

I think you showed it to the whole school.

You have an incredible memory.

It's beautiful. Does it open?

Yes.

These are my children.

Oh, they're so cute.

Of course, they're not babies anymore.

Oh, but you were married when you were three, right?

God bless you.

The best thing about being a dentist.

Pure pharmaceutical grade.

Couple of lines of this, I could drill my own teeth.

Hi.

Hi.

Who's the guy with the eyes?

Michael Fitzsimmons.

I used to have such a crush on him in school.

- Peggy. Hi. - Hi.

God, that Walter Getz can still dance.

Oh, your first boyfriend.

Come on, tell me, any sparks left?

Oh, well, who knows? I mean...

Remember, whatever Walter wants...

Walter Getz!

Oh, I'm sorry.

Sharon Norvik, this is Carol Heath and Maddy Nagle,

my oldest and my dearest friends.

Sharon is married to Richard.

Oh, lucky lady.

Michael Fitzsimmons. Is he here?

No. I asked Rosalie. She couldn't track him down.

That's too bad. He must have been quite a guy?

Yeah.

Do you know he's the only boy in high school

I wish I'd gone to bed with.

Only one?

Well, besides Charlie.

I hope the sales of your book go very well.

Is there anything anecdotal you'd like to leave us with?

Yeah. Every dog has its day.

Meaning what?