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what she needs.

A good rest.

She'll be home soon.

Good night.

Good night.

Leave the hall light on.

I will.

Sleep well.

I don't usually eat that much

in the morning, Johnny.

It was good, though.

Thank you, Dad.

You do much cooking

at home, do you?

Not too much.

Since Sara and I split up,

mostly I eat out.

Yes, she was a nice girl.

Still is.

How's Billy?

Billy's fine.

He's up in Santa Cruz.

Freshman in college.

He came to visit one time.

Well, then you've seen

him more than I have.

Oh, look at this, Johnnie.

It's double coupon

day at Ralph's.

Tuna at two cans for $1.38.

You can't beat that.

What do you pay

for tuna in New York?

Tuna?

I don't know.

Not two for $1.38, I'll bet.

No, I don't think so.

No way, Jose.

Listen, Dad,

I'd like to talk to you

for a minute about Mom.

There's something you should

really try to understand.

Mother is sick.

It's not cancer, is it?

No, no, it's not cancer.

That cancer is a killer,

you know.

Your Uncle Ben

had five operations.

Didn't do one

damn thing for him.

I tell you,

if you have cancer,

you might as well

pack your bags.

Well, it isn't cancer.

It was a heart attack.

A serious one.

She'll be okay?

Yeah, she's gonna be okay.

But she's never

gonna be able

to work as hard

as she used to.

She has to learn

to take it easy

and you have

to learn to help her.

I'm always telling her

that she works too hard.

Johnny, she works too hard.

You're gonna have to

learn to do a lot of things

around the house

by yourself.

You see,

Mother's convinced herself

nobody can take care

of you except her.

We're gonna have

to prove her wrong.

That's right, Johnny.

I'm going to learn how

to do all those things.

You'll see.

We'll fool her.

Okay, Dad,

the first thing we have

to do here is, let's see,

"Separate the colored articles

of clothing from the whites. "

That's so the colors

from the dark stuff

don't get on the white stuff.

Oh, that's right.

I think that's the way

Mother does it.

Oh, good.

Good.

Then we know we're

on the right track here.

Al right, let's start off

with the coloreds, shall we?

Oh, that's colored.

Color.

White, colored, colored.

White.

Colored.

Colored.

What about this one?

That one?

That is white.

Okay, it's colored.

Dad, it's gotta be

one of those.

Maybe we should call Mother.

I'm going to make an

executive decision here.

I think It's colored.

Okay?

All right.

Let's see here.

What do you think we have?

"Uh, normal.

Delicate. Permanent Press. "

I'm going to go with "Normal. "

What kind of water

do we need?

"Cold-cold, cold-hot,

warm-warm, warm-hot. "

What the hell,

let's live dangerously.

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