only on my parent's side.
hi mark.
hey.
yeah .  saw you too.
so you watching pearl jam on mtv tonight?
my mom'll be out of town.
cool.
 i know, i know--he's just like so fine .  i'm still like: "omigod."
it was amazing, daph .  i'm like: "well my mom'll be out of town." and he's like "well then, maybe we could-- you know " and i'm like "yeah, sure." and he's like "well, cool." i know, he's just so smart. i don't know. maybe that black thing i just got. it is not slutty, daph, it's cute. well, "hello?" he's not coming over here to study .  i know. well i'm jealous of you too sometimes.
what are you doing?
david, cut it out. mark davis is gonna like be here in five minutes.
pleasantville marathon?
omigod, i don't be-lieeeeve this! he's gonna like beeeee here!
upstairs! up-staiiirs! there isn't any stereo!
david, stop stressing, you can like-- turn it on normally .
oh my god! he's here!
tv repair?
yeah .
you think you could do this like soon? it's almost six thirty.
that's not the reason. i've got a date at six thirty.
um--hello? i've got like a social emergency here.
we'll take it.
free?
lemme see that.
do you mind. this is like the most important moment of my whole life.
god, david. just give it to me!
you get lost!
what happened?
what did you do?
uchh! look at me?! i'm like so .  pasty!
what happened?
this isn't funny! i happen to have a very important date in like five minutes!
noooooo!
oh god .
what's going to happen?
thanks.
neither do i.
actually--i'm not real .  hungry.
i'm gonna hurl, david. i swear to god.
all that animal fat. i feel it in my pores or something.
i still don't see why we're doing this.
we're supposed to be at home david! we're supposed to be in color! oh god .
you know him?
okay, now you listen to me! i don't know what's going on but you'd better fix it! i had a date with mark davis and i even bought new underwear!
play along?
no! i'm not gonna do it! if i don't dress like this for mom i'm sure as hell not going to do it for you!
why can't we just explain it?
oh god, we are. we're stuck in like "nerdville". i always knew you'd pay a price for this. i knew you couldn't be hopelessly geekridden for this long without suffering some like, really tragic consequences. .  but it's just not fair. i mean--i'm starting to get really--popular. debbi russell transferred to another school and my skin's been great since march and mark davis is starting to come around and .
um .  it's .
who's that?
does he--you know--like "me"?
hunh.
those are my friends.
can we do any better?
okay .
what's outside of pleasantville?
outside of pleasantville .  what's at the end of main street?
no way.
it's too weird david. this place is giving me the creeps. did you know all the books are blank?
i looked in the library. they got covers with nothing inside them.
i got lost. oh here .  look at this!
just watch. you know why those guys just get cats out of trees? 'cause nothing burns around here, that's why! they don't need any firemen .
i like--really need a cigarette, too.
you really think anybody's gonna, like, notice if i don't have a chocolate malt with this guy.
you sure i'm supposed to wear this?
i could like kill a guy with these things.
i've worn some kinky stuff before .
what do you mean?
so what's the point?
he-llo? i've got like three pounds of underwire here .
well "gee whizz" biff. i sure am glad you asked me.
really biff? the keenest?
gosh. i hardly know what to say.
oh, i dunno bud. guess i'll just have a salad and an evian water.
cheeseburger it is.
well, sometimes talking's over-rated. don't you think?
oh, gosh no.
oh you bet. will you excuse me for a sec?
jesus chirist .
i don't think he knows how.
gee whiz "bud", what could we possibly need when we have each other?
you want to get out of here?
you wanna get out of here? you wanna leave?
 lover's lane.
yeah. lover's lane. you up for it?
c'mon. let's go.
oh yeah .  gorgeous.
oh, biff. you can "pin" me any time you want to.
or maybe i should just "pin" you.
 why?
it's s'posed to happen, biff.
trust me .
well gee thanks biff. i had a really wonderful time.
hello mr. johnson.
nothing.
relax "bud." we had a really nice time. .  now i'm really tired and we gotta get up early for school in the morning so .
'night.
so what's the big deal. oh. okay. they're like not good at basketball anymore. like--omigod, what a tragedy.
well maybe it needs to be messed with. did that ever like--occur to you? you know, they don't want to be like this, it's just that nobody ever helped them before.
kewl "pj". how you doin'?
well if i don't who will?
david, nobody's happy in a poodle skirt and a sweater set. you like all this don't you?
i mean, you don't think it's just like dorky or funny or something .  you really like it. oh god! i am just so personally horrified right now .
david, let me tell you something. these people don't want to be geeks. they want to be "attractive." they've got a lot of potential, they just don't know any better.
um--hello? you want to like take a look?
i gotta go. i'm meeting biff at the flagpole.
me too. sounds swell.
yeah?
sure.
what do you mean?
yeah .  that--and .
it doesn't matter.
 sex.
you sure you want to know this?
okay.
you see mom .  when two people like each other very much .
you okay?
what?
oh. hmm .  well, mom .  there's ways to "enjoy" yourself without dad.
i had nothing to do with that fire.
not directly anyhow .
um .  they like wanna ask you a question .  i didn't know how to handle it. so .
they were.
okay look, this like--wasn't my fault. they asked me what it was about and i like didn't remember 'cause we had it back in tenth grade, but i told them what i did remember, and the next thing i knew the pages had filled in.
but like only up to the part about the raft, because i didn't read any farther.
what's wrong?
nothing?
yeah. can't believe you started such a dorky fad.
d.h. lawrence. you ever heard of him?
seemed kinda sexy. look. i read 35 pages.
so what is it?
sure.
yeah .
no. she really liked you.
gone out with you. she woulda like rearranged your tonsils.
can i ask you a question?
how come i'm still in black and white?
well i've had like ten times as much sex as these girls and i'm still like this. they have one hour in the back of a car and suddenly they're in technicolor.
what?
no, it's not just the sex, is it?
hunh.
what are you doing?
so.
oh. i can't.
i'm busy.
i'm studying.
cool .
oh my god .
don't! just let go.
i said, no! .  i've read like one book in my whole life and i'll be damned if i let you throw it on that fire .
uch .  i am like gonna hurl .
i told you. i'm like positive.
i'm not ready yet. i gotta do this for a little while.
besides. you think there's like a chance i'm gonna get into college back there?
right here.
i've done the slut thing, david. it's really kinda old.
you're like the coolest brother in the world.