"♪♪[bagpipes playing Amazing Grace] [priest speaking Latin]" "(Mike Mansfield) There was a sound of laughter, and in a moment," "it was no more." "There was a man marked with the scars of his love of country, a body active with the surge of a life far from spent, and in a moment, it was no more." "Here was a father with a little boy... (Earl Warren) The whole world is poorer because of his loss." "But we can all be better Americans because John Fitzgerald Kennedy has passed our way." "(Mike Mansfield) There was a husband... (John McCormack) We are bound to feel shattered and helpless in the face... (John F. Kennedy) And we are not here to curse the darkness." "We are here to light a candle." "(John McCormack) ...we were privileged, however briefly, each of us..." "(John F. Kennedy) And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, [gun firing] ask what you can do for your country." "(L. B. Johnson) It is my hope that the citizens of this great nation come together as a people." "[voices chattering]" "(priest) May he rest in peace." "♪ I was born ♪" "♪ by the river ♪" "♪ oh, my ♪" "♪ In this little old tent ♪" "♪ Oh ♪" "♪ Just like this river ♪" "♪ I've been running ever since ♪" "Do you think they'll have the bee finals next weekend, Mom?" "♪ A long time coming ♪" "I'm sure they will, honey." "♪ But I know a change has gotta come now ♪" "♪ Oh, yes, it is ♪" "♪ It's been too hard living ♪" "(Patty) 78," "79," "80," "♪ And I'm afraid to die ♪ 81... [male TV commentator chattering]" "♪ Beyond the clouds ♪" "♪ It's been a long, long ♪" "♪ long time coming ♪" "♪ I know, I know change has gotta come ♪" "♪ Oh, yes, it is ♪" "♪ There's a time ♪" "♪ I will go to my brother ♪" "♪ oh, my ♪" "♪ I've asked my brother ♪" "♪ Will you help me, please?" "♪" "♪ Oh, now ♪" "♪ He turned me down ♪" "♪ And then I asked my dear mother ♪" "How come they shot him?" "♪ I said, Mother ♪" "♪ I said, Mother ♪" "I don't know." "♪ I'm down on my knees ♪" "Good night, Thrill." "Good night." "Hmm." "♪ Lord, this couldn't last very long ♪" "Hey, JJ?" "Yeah?" "Does Dad know how come?" "No." "Oh." "♪ long time coming ♪" "♪ But I know ♪" "♪ A change is gonna come ♪" "♪ Oh, yes, it is ♪♪" "♪♪[Generation by Emerson Hart playing]" "♪ You're comin' up like a flower ♪" "♪ You're comin' up through the cracks ♪" "♪ That live around here ♪" "♪ Everybody knows we have no fear ♪" "♪ This is my generation ♪" "♪ 'Cause we just want to dance all night ♪" "♪ Live inside the spark of life ♪" "♪ This might be the only time around ♪" "♪ We wanna know the face of freedom ♪" "♪ We wanna make a place where we can learn to love ♪" "♪ Build a world that we can be proud of ♪" "♪ This is my generation ♪♪" "(Hugh Downs) I have word that we can switch now to Washington, uh, for a picture of President Johnson." "(Patty) Mom, Will stole Jupiter off my diorama!" "The one of the solar system." "It just fell out and into my hands." "He stole it." "Will did it." "Give me that." "Were you playing with Patty's project?" "(Patty) He ruined it." "Breakfast now." "Stop arguing." "You look nice." "Thanks." "Errands." "[car horn honking]" "Oh, JJ, please sit and eat like a person." "I'm late." "Tommy's out front." "You hear from BC about a scholarship?" "We don't talk football much." "No." "You'll just break it." "Mom, Beth's coming for dinner." "All right." "It must be tough on your friends to lose their best running back, who up and quits for no good reason." "I'm late." "Dad, we're going to be late, too." "Oh, Roxanne's coming over tonight to practice for Bandstand." "Meg, hope you have time for your homework, all that practicing for a TV show." "What are we having for dinner?" "I don't know." "I'll probably make a tuna casserole." "What are we having for dessert?" "Maybe pudding." "Okay." "Bye." "See you." "(witness) ...by ourselves on the grass there on Palmer Street, and I asked Joe to wave to him, and Joe waved and I waved, and the, uh, man... (reporter) That's all right, sir." "As he" " As he was waving back, he..." "Helen?" "Yes?" "You okay?" "Yes, why?" "And his wife reached up..." "No reason." "...toward him, and he was slumping down and the second shot went off, and it just knocked him down." "Did you see..." "It's going to be fine." "Did you see the man who did the-- No, sir." "We're all going to be fine, okay?" "I know." "All I did was look in the man's face when he was shot there and saw that expression on his face." "So how do you know it won't get cancelled again next weekend?" "Because Dick Clark told Meg and me that Lesley Gore" "You don't know Dick Clark." "Gina, listen to me." "Shut up." "[sewing machines whirring]" "How jealous is Gina Rizzelli?" "Answer:" "Very." "What?" "It's weird." "I mean, we're back to school, and in Home Ec and that horrible Gina Rizzelli." "It's like nothing even happened." "I mean, I know I should feel different, but I don't really." "Yeah." "So how do we know that Bandstand isn't cancelled this week?" "♪ Whoa, whoa, now that you can do it ♪" "♪ Let's make a chain now ♪" "♪ Come on, baby, do the locomotion ♪" "♪ My little baby sister can do it with ease ♪♪" "Hello, control booth." "Mr. Brooks?" "(Michael) That's my father." "I'm Michael." "[whispering] He's so cute." "Um, this is Meg." "Meg Pryor." "Um, I'm supposed to dance on American Bandstand this Friday." "I mean, starting this Friday." "Friday, and yes, starting Friday." "I remember." "Hold on, Meg." "Look, tell Tony to give me a three shot." "Can we take five, Michael?" "Two of us girls got to go to the loo." "Go ahead, Eva." "So, uh, how can I help you here, Meg?" "Um, well, actually, we were just wondering if..." "I mean, well, we were..." "When?" "Well, actually, what time we're supposed to be there to dance on the show." "To dance on American Bandstand." "(camera guy) Oh, well, I should know." "I've heard 'em all." "He thinks I'm an idiot." "No." "3:30 sharp." "Okay, great." "Um, we'll be there." "Hey, Meg, you keep saying "we."" "Either you're the Queen of England or we may have a little misunderstanding here." "[man chattering on TV] [car honking]" "Sorry, Mr. P." "I had some trouble at the house this morning." "Hour and a half kind of trouble?" "The world's a little bit upside down right about now." "And?" "It's my wife." "She won't stop crying." "She keeps going on about Mrs. Kennedy and those poor kids." "Both Angela and Sam's got some kind of flu." "Henry, you need the day off to take care of your family, go ahead." "You got some sick days." "Otherwise, Mr. Katz's RCA needs a new picture tube." "Are you mad?" "I'd be mad." "It's okay." "No." "Rox, uh, maybe I can call him back and ask again" "It's fine." "Rox." "I don't care." "Anyways, I got to get back to Home Ec." "Bet Gina Rizzelli's going to get a big kick out of this, huh?" "Excuse me, Mrs. Pryor." "You forgot your olives." "Oh, thank you, Chris." "Olives?" "So what time are we coming over for martinis?" "Rebecca." "No." "Hello." "No, this is..." "These aren't for the-- Of course." "Is that all, Mrs. Pryor?" "Did you ever get a chance to pick up that book, The Group?" "Yes, I started reading it and, uh..." "Then the world ripped apart." "Yes." "The world ripped apart." "Would you like to have a cup of coffee with me sometime?" "I would." "Thanks, Mrs. Pryor." "Good." "Tomorrow morning at 10:00." "I could meet you at Temple between classes." "At the university?" "Do you teach there?" "No, I'm a student." "Oh." "[whistle blowing]" "Green 15!" "Green 15, hut!" "[grunting] [whistle blowing]" "(player) Get him!" "Get him!" "Come on, Cristiello!" "Ball!" "Ball!" "Ball!" "All right, stop it!" "Cristiello, what kind of play was that?" "You hold that ball like it's your baby sister." "Now, get out of here!" "(Father Ryan) Get some water, soak your head." "You hear me, Andy?" "I'm watching you!" "[people chattering]" "(Father Ryan) All right, all right, all right now." "Come on." "[whistle blowing]" "(JJ) It's like I miss it, but I don't really want it." "(Beth) Mmm-hmm." "Like something I used to do, used to love to do." "♪ She treats me right ♪" "I don't know why I'm not doing it anymore." "I don't." "You'll figure it out, JJ." "Come on, let's go in." "♪ She lights up my life when the sun don't shine ♪" "♪ When I'm feeling down ♪" "♪ She makes everything all right ♪" "♪ I'm on top of the world ♪" "Hey, Mister." "♪ I'm on top of the world ♪" "You wish I was still playing." "Are you asking me or are you telling me?" "Telling." "I know you." "No." "You don't know me" "♪ She loves me ♪ because the answer is I only want it if you do." "♪ One look in her eyes ♪" "♪ and it keeps me from feeling blue ♪♪" "Come on, let's go eat." "I'm hungry." "What's your mother making for Thanksgiving, Beth?" "Turkey or goose?" "Both." "And a ham." "JJ, pass me a roll." "Mom doesn't see how you can properly give thanks unless you have at least 25 relative strangers at the table." "We only get turkey, 'cause Dad doesn't like goose." "Patty, did Sister Calhoun tell you if they rescheduled the finals?" "Patty?" "Patty, don't read at the table." "I wasn't." "Daddy, you don't like goose?" "When are the finals?" "That's right." "Next week." "Can I come watch?" "Would you want to?" "Of course I would." "Isn't everyone going?" "I don't know." "Some people are kind of sick of my spelling." "JJ, do you like goose?" "I do." "Maybe I'll change my mind." "Give me Will's plate." "Less talking about food and more eating it." "Please pass that." "So where is Roxanne?" "I mean, shouldn't you two be practicing for Bandstand?" "Can I be excused?" "Are you finished?" "Yeah, thank you." "Yeah, thank you." "But tonight's your night to clear." "I've washed and dried for you two nights in a row." "Make sure you eat it all, Will." "No problem." "Finish your salad." "[dog barking]" "Well, could you tell her that I called again?" "Thank you." "Can't sleep?" "Meg, did something happen with the show?" "You want to talk about it?" "I love you, hon." "♪♪[band playing]" "[inaudible]" "So, Mark's a professor?" "Yes, but Mark's my first husband, the one at NYU." "Leo teaches here." "You married two professors?" "Teacher's pet." "Hard to believe." "World ripped apart." "You know, I meant to ask you, why did you join that stale old Book of the Month Club?" "Not that your friends are stale." "What I meant was..." "Actually, yes, that's exactly what I meant." "Uh, I like to read, and, um, after a while, I wanted to talk to somebody about the books." "Come on." "Where we going?" "My book club." "♪ How many times can a man turn his head ♪" "♪ Pretend that he just doesn't see ♪" "♪ The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind ♪" "He's not a buyer." "No one is today." "They're not ready yet, Mr. P." "They need time to mourn." "Uh-huh." "We, uh, recognize the situation." "We've been unable to secure" "All right, I got to pick up a couple gallons of primer." "Sheldon's closing up early." "Not much business at his place, either." "I'll lock up." "No." "Mr. P." "Get your paint, maybe grab yourself a beer on the way home." "Give yourself a break." "Have a good Thanksgiving." "You, too, Henry." "All right, I'll, uh, I'll see you Friday." "♪ Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows ♪" "Maybe people will be ready by Friday." "Maybe." "Okay, here's--here's, uh, a question." "Which authors do you think will be influencing us in 50 or 100 years when we're old and gray?" "Will it be James Baldwin, Ernest Hemingway?" "I don't know, uh, Virginia Woolf" "Willa Cather?" "Carson McCullers?" "Kurt Vonnegut?" "Harold Robbins." "[students laughing]" "(Prof. Witt) Only time will tell." "What about Nabokov?" "Nabokov?" "Very good." "What about him?" "(Brian) He'll be around forever." "From what, Lolita?" "That's obscene." "In fact, I think he's sick." "Ooh, sick." "He's sick?" "Who's sick?" "Humbert or Nabokov?" "Both." "(Prof. Witt) Both?" "Tell me something." "How many obscene passages did you find in your reading?" "The whole thing was obscene." "It was banned by the French." "That's not the question." "♪ Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head ♪" "♪ And pretend that he just doesn't see?" "♪" "♪ The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind ♪" "♪ The answer is blowin' in the wind ♪♪" "Get in there and mix it up." "Argue with it." "The Joads are every American family" "I disagree." "Steinbeck says that struggle is class dependent." "The Joads can be any family searching for something better." "They could be migrant farm workers or even the Kennedys." "[bell ringing]" "I'll see you all next week." "[people chattering]" "♪ Everywhere we go, people want to know ♪" "♪ Who we are, so we tell them ♪♪" "Go, Crusaders, go!" "I don't know how you get your legs that high in the air, Gina." "Not for the life of me." "Can I see you for a second?" "Excuse me." "Gina Rizzelli?" "What about her?" "You said she was a cow." "Sometimes people aren't what they seem." "You know?" "Roxanne, this is not my fault." "Michael called" "Michael who you talked to privately after I got us on Bandstand?" "Yeah, but" "When Michael called you to tell you that you were going to be a regular, did you even ask about me?" "He didn't bring it up." "When I made out with the line guy to get us in, believe me, he didn't bring you up, either." "But I still got us both in." "Roxanne, if Michael asked you back on the show and not me, wouldn't you go anyway?" "Tell the truth." "I mean, yeah, you might feel really bad about it, but you'd still go." "Tell the truth." "No, I wouldn't." "You're lying." "I wouldn't go!" "You can say so, because it's not happening to you." "You asked." "But you would go." "It's Bandstand." "You've got to see this one." "Watch me." "Do the one where you make the pyramid." "Okay." "They can build a human pyramid." "Can we talk about this tonight?" "Oh, I'm eating dinner at Gina's house." "She's helping me with my Geometry." "[girls chattering]" "That was neat, guys." "And your Uncle John is in Florida with his family." "Watch that for me." "Ah, the leaves look perfect." "How about "avuncular"?" "(Patty) A-V-U-N-C-U-L-A-R." "Dad said Uncle Pete might come." "Uncle Pete's middle name is "might."" "Uh, try "betrothed."" "(Patty) B-E-T-R..." "Mom, can I eat just five marshmallows off the yam?" "Don't touch anything!" "Not one bite!" "Blue 38!" "(Jack) Come on." "Blue 38!" "Give me your best." "Hut." "One 1,000, two 1,000, three 1,000." "Will's open in the end zone." "Open!" "Back for the pass." "Nothin' but an old Navy guy between Pryor and a victory." "(Will) Pass it to me." "Open." "(Jack) Oh, yeah." "Yes!" "That's it." "Not bad for an ex-football player." "Yeah, guess we're both ex-football players now, huh?" "Go again." "Dinner's in one minute." "All right, one more play, hon." "This time go deep, all right?" "Keep the defense loose." "Quarterback option on three." "Pretty risky call with no time on the clock." "Got to go with your gut, right?" "On three means the third hut, right?" "That's right, Thrill." "Red 47!" "Red 47!" "Hut!" "Hut!" "Hut!" "One 1,000, two 1,000, three 1,000, four 1,000," "Thrill's open in the end zone!" "...five 1,000." "Think you can, Dad?" "Come on." "(Will) JJ!" "Got to give me more than that, Dad." "You haven't scored yet, big shot." "Huh?" "Car!" "Car!" "Car!" "Damn it!" "Move!" "Dad!" "JJ, car!" "[brakes squealing] Get out of the way!" "Come on, Thrill." "Could have scored." "Let's go eat." "Jack, will you say grace?" "Table looks nice, Mom." "Will and I collected all the red and orange leaves." "Everybody was a great help." "Jack?" "(Jack) There are..." "There are a lot of things I'm thankful for." "All of them are..." "They're..." "Bless us, Lord, for these Thy gifts which we are about to receive through Thy bounty, through Christ our Lord, Amen." "♪ These arms of mine ♪" "♪ They are lonely ♪" "(man on TV) Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States," "Lyndon Baines Johnson." "♪ These arms of mine ♪" "(L. B. Johnson) My fellow Americans, all of us have lived through seven days that none of us will ever forget." "We are not given the divine wisdom to answer why this has been." "♪ And if you ♪" "A great leader is dead." "A great nation must move on." "I am resolved that we shall win the tomorrows before us." "So I ask you to join me in that resolve, determined that from this midnight of tragedy, we shall move toward a new American greatness." "♪ These arms of mine ♪" "♪ They are wanting ♪ [inaudible]" "Our system has passed, you have passed a great test." "And our system is strong, strong and secure." "A deed that was meant to tear us apart has bound us together." "Let us pray for His divine wisdom." "More than any generation before us, we have cause to be thankful, so thankful on this Thanksgiving Day." "♪ I need me somebody ♪" "♪ Someone to treat me right ♪♪" "Hey, Frances." "Hello, yourself, JJ." "Happy Thanksgiving." "They're in the living room." "Will you stop being such a bad boy?" "Come on in out of the cold." "And Sister George told me that when she was in school, she got in even more trouble than me." "Patty, spit it out." "It looks like you have rabies or something." "Did you know that if you have rabies, you have to get shots in your stomach?" "Now I do." "What are you and Roxanne fighting about?" "Who says we're fighting?" "Does everybody know?" "No, but Mom asked me if you told me what was bothering you, and I told her you never tell me anything." "Thanks." "Because you don't." "That's because it's none of your business." "Well, if you ever wanted to tell me, I'd listen." "I could be a really good listener." "And whatever it is, I'm sorry." "Thanks, Patty." "And I think she's wrong, Roxanne, because they want you to come back on the show, not her, so she should just..." "What?" "You have a very loud phone voice." "[knocking on door]" "Come in." "We're busy." "Can I sleep with you guys till JJ comes home?" "(both) No." "Please." "No." "All right." "Thank you." "Hey, you guys?" "Go to sleep." "You know why they shot him?" "[dog barking]" "No." "Me, neither." "JJ says even Dad doesn't know." "Politics." "Really?" "Uh-huh." "Oh." "What's that mean?" "Go to sleep." "Hey." "(guest #1) What was so alarming was to actually watch him get shot right there on television." "(guest #2) It makes you wonder just who this Ruby guy was working for." "Right, who?" "The Russians?" "Castro?" "Who?" "How about the Mafia?" "Makes all the sense in the world." "Catholic president." "Pope doesn't like the way he's handling something." "(guest #3) Or someone." "And the Pope calls in the boys to take care of business." "Right." "How you doing?" "Okay." "Sure?" "Yeah." "So there's a smile." "What are you thinking?" "Nothing." "It's cold in here." "Either that or it smells like turpentine." "Thanks." "What you got there?" "Hmm." "What?" "Come on." "Temple?" "I had coffee with a friend who takes classes there." "Yeah, well, some kind of college kid?" "She's my age." "In college?" "Uh-huh." "You ask me, she's got too much time on her hands." "That, or she likes 'em young." "[laughing]" "Oh, Helen, listen, tomorrow when I'm at work, maybe you and the kids could get a jumpstart priming a couple of these walls?" "What color are you thinking about?" "Well, it was supposed to be either pink or blue, but now..." "You know, I thought it'd be easy." "The day comes, and it's either pink or it's blue." "Now it's" "Now it's just a different color." "No, it's not." "It's not." "We'll figure this out later." "No." "I want to know, Helen." "I want to know what color it is." "Maybe JJ could move up here." "JJ?" "What are you talking about?" "He's going to college." "Or not." "Without football." "I'm taking a walk." "♪♪[singing]" "Oh, Will." "Where is everyone?" "Sleeping." "Is Mom mad at you?" "No." "Sometimes when she's mad, you sleep on the couch" "Your mother is not mad at me and I am not mad at your mother." "I am, however, going to give you a lesson in how to tickle someone correctly!" "[both chuckling]" "Can you make breakfast?" "Scrapple?" "French toast." "Dad?" "Yeah?" "What's politics?" "That's, uh..." "Fork's on the right." "Left." "Politics, okay." "That's when some people want one thing and other people want another." "So they..." "That's the other left, Thrill." "And then they do things to get what they want." "Damn it!" "Dad!" "Sorry." "Sorry." "It's all right." "That family of yours is going to sleep all morning." "Mother was supposed to get the kids to start priming in the attic." "Can we start without them?" "We are going to have to." "You know why?" "Because today is the biggest retail day of the year!" "That's right!" "And what you want to do is start priming the walls" "[Will giggles] before you start painting, so..." "What's so funny?" "Okay, okay, that's good." "You got me." "JJ, we fooled him." "I even told him to make the French toast." "Yeah, all right." "I got to get ready for work." "Come on, the paint crew can take a breakfast break." "Finally, I'm starving." "(Jack) Careful." "(Patty) I want something else." "(JJ) Let's eat." "♪ Chrome-plated bar and a tuned exhaust ♪" "JJ?" "Yeah?" "♪ and I love her so ♪" "Do you think about it a lot, or do you just sometimes forget about it like it didn't even happen?" "Both." "(JJ) You?" "I feel bad, and then the minute I stop feeling that way," "I remember, and then I feel bad because I didn't feel bad." "I sound like Will." "I guess it's like Dad said that night of the funeral." "We still got to get up in the morning, go to work, go to school, even go to Bandstand." "I'm going to kill her." "What did she tell you?" "Just that you and Roxanne were having a fight about her not getting on the show." "She's such a little spy." "What do I do?" "Me, I wouldn't go on." "JJ, but the" "You can't let something you want, no matter how bad, get in the way of being a good friend." "♪ I love what I feel ♪" "It's just not right." "You sound like Dad." "♪ My '48 woody ♪" "♪ The feeling of pride, You know I can't hide ♪" "♪ She's my woody ♪♪" "JJ, could you give me a ride downtown?" "♪ And please, when I go out with you ♪" "♪ Don't put me on display ♪" "♪ I don't tell you what to say ♪" "♪ I don't tell you what to do ♪" "(Michael) Okay, we're done." "♪ Just let me be myself ♪♪" "(Michael) Sounds good, Lesley." "Take five." "Smoke 'em if you got 'em." "All right, I'm here." "You're doing, you're doing great." "Tell her I said so." "You're Lesley Gore." "What's your name?" "Meg, um, Meg Pryor." "Gosh, I am such a big fan." "I bought your record the first day it came out, but then my sister Patty scratched it, so my dad made her buy another one with her allowance." "But I didn't want to wait till she saved up the money to buy it, so I bought the new one myself." "I can't believe I just told you that story." "Are you-- are you a singer?" "No." "Uh, well, a little, but no." "Actually, uh, I'm just a dancer on the show." "Oh, cool." "Cool." "Lesley, that looked great." "Thank you, Michael." "Uh, have you met Meg Pryor?" "She's a very talented dancer on the show, and she sings, too." "No, I'm--I'm not, and no, I don't." "Hi, Meg." "Hi." "I appreciate you wanting to get here on time." "I don't think we're going to need you for four, five more hours." "Oh, I know." "Was there something that you want?" "Um..." "No, nothing." "Okay, so I'll see you then." "Okay." "Bye, Meg." "Bye." "Come on, Lesley." "So look..." "(Michael) Okay, everybody." "The regulars are going to start on the dance floor." "Everyone else wait for your cue." "Besides that, keep your smiles up, your energy high and enjoy the show." "You'll do great." "You guys have fun." "Take it away, Stretch." "Cue theme song and cue announcer." "Live from Philadelphia, America's number one dance party," "American Bandstand." "And here's your host, Dick Clark." "[people cheering]" "Thank you, Charlie, very much." "And welcome once again to American Bandstand." "Hey, have we got a great show for you today." "It's a little on the chilly side here in Philadelphia, but nice and warm in the studio." "Studio full of great lookin' people and lots and lots of wonderful music." "And boy, oh, boy, do we have a special guest for you." "She has hit the top of the charts once again." "She is just the greatest..." "Yes, we should switch to Washington for an address by the President... (director) You guys want somethin' to drink, 'cause I'm going to get some food here." "All right, boys, we're back from commercial in 30 seconds." "What's he saying?" "Shh." "Supreme Court's going to have a commission on the assassination." "Who did what, when, why, that sort of thing." "(L. B. Johnson) ...as far as it can be discovered, and to report its findings..." "And now back to the music of Bandstand." "[whistle blowing] [boys grunting]" "I'm at the end of my rope, Father, if you know what I mean." "I know exactly what you mean, Jack." "It's frustrating to see that much raw talent going to waste, especially with the playoffs coming up." "[whistle blowing]" "Faster, Mr. DeFelice!" "And the thing is, Father, there's no other way we can afford JJ going to college without the scholarship." "Uh, frankly, my conversations with JJ don't go much of anywhere." "[whistle blowing]" "DeFelice, would you rather be in the snow?" "JJ is stubborn." "Never could give me a good reason why he quit the team." "That's the way." "He doesn't respond to discipline." "Now, wait a minute, Father." "No, your boy doesn't seem to feel responsible to anyone or anything other than himself." "No, Father, that's not JJ." "Oh, really?" "A boy who disrespects his father, his church, his coach, his teachers." "JJ has got a B plus average." "He lettered in basketball and is captain of the football team." "Was." "[whistle blowing]" "My son is a good kid, and I do not need your advice on how to be a better parent." "Well, pardon me for saying so, Jack, but those are pretty strong words coming from a man who lets his daughter dance on national television." "[whistle blowing]" "That's it, boys." "Now, come on, back up." "You're doing good." "And cue Dick in five, four, three, two." "In just about 60 seconds here on American Bandstand, you'll be meeting one of..." "Go tell Stretch to get Lesley Gore ready." "Lesley Gore." "Lesley, oh, hi." "I'm sorry, I didn't see you." "I knew you were going to be here because this is where I was looking for you." "Anyway, you're up." "You know Lesley Gore?" "Sort of." "Okay, we have to be friends." "Are you here with anybody?" "(Dick) Hope you're watching right now..." "No." "Not today." "[audience cheering]" "♪♪[You Don't Own Me by Lesley Gore playing]" "♪ You don't own me ♪" "♪ I'm not just one of your many toys ♪" "♪ You don't own me ♪" "♪ Don't say I can't go with other boys ♪" "♪ Don't tell me what to do ♪" "♪ Don't tell me what to say ♪" "♪ And please, when I go out with you ♪" "♪ Don't put me on display ♪" "♪ You don't own me ♪" "♪ Don't try to change me in any way ♪" "♪ You don't own me ♪" "♪ Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay ♪" "♪ Don't tell me what to do ♪" "♪ Don't tell me what to say ♪" "♪ And please, when I go out ♪" "[TV stops playing]" "♪ Don't put me on display ♪" "♪ You don't own me ♪" "♪ Don't try to change me in any way ♪" "♪ You don't own me ♪" "♪ Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay ♪" "♪ I don't tell you what to do ♪" "What's your name?" "I'm Heidi, and" "Can I borrow a pen?" "All I've got is an eyebrow pencil." "That's fine." "♪ So just let me be myself ♪" "♪ That's all I ask of you ♪" "♪ I'm young and I love to be young ♪" "♪ I'm free and I love to be free ♪" "♪ To live my life the way I want ♪" "♪ To say and do whatever I please ♪" "Mr. Brooks?" "Yeah." "Um, I have to leave the show." "What?" "The only reason I'm on American Bandstand is because my best friend Roxanne Bojarski got us on." "So I can't be on the show unless she is, too." "So if you want her to dance on the show, that would be really great, but you have to call her and ask her, or else I can't be on the show." "♪ Don't tell me what to say ♪" "I just can't." "♪ When I go out with you ♪" "♪ Don't put me on display ♪" "♪ I don't tell you what to say ♪" "♪ I don't tell you what to do ♪" "♪ So just let me be myself ♪" "♪ That's all I ask of you ♪" "♪ I'm young and I love to be young ♪" "♪ I'm free and I love to be free ♪" "♪ To live my life the way I want ♪♪" "[Roxanne speaking Polish] I've got it, Grandma." "What?" "Rox." "I saw you on TV." "I shouldn't have gone without you." "Too late." "[grandma in Polish] Roxanne, come here!" "It's for me!" "I got to go make dinner." "[phone ringing]" "(grandma) Roxanne, get over here!" "Leave me in peace, Grandma!" "Hello?" "(Michael) Hi, is Roxanne Bojarski there, please?" "Who wants her?" "This is Michael Brooks from American Bandstand." "[whispering] It's Michael Brooks." "This is her, um, she." "Good." "Is your friend Meg Pryor there with you?" "Her mother said that she might be." "He wants you." "[whispering] I'm not here." "She's not here." "Can I take a message?" "Yes, you can." "You can tell Meg that there is no excuse for what she did today." "Because for every kid that dances on our show, there are 1,000, no, 10,000 kids who wish they could." "What'd she do?" "What did she do?" "She walked off the set right in the middle of the show." "So you can tell Meg that if she plans on coming back to our show, she better take it a little more seriously next time, okay?" "Even if her best friend didn't get a chance to come back this week." "I'll tell her." "And you can count on her to take it very seriously from now on." "In fact, I can guarantee that she'll be there next show." "Oh." "And so will I. Bye, Mike." "I want a new bike with, uh, red and white tassels on the handlebars and a Barbie Bride doll..." "She was so nice." "So we sold a few of the small television sets today." "And I talked to her for an hour." "...everyone wants more TVs, but not big ones." "Can we get a bigger TV?" "I want a bike." "...bigger and more, but..." "Our TV is big enough." "I went to see Father Ryan today." "What happened?" "He and I both agree that you are disrespectful and stubborn." "Thanks, Dad." "Who wants to help me get dessert?" "I do." "Then you can help me clear." "But it's not my night." "Beth?" "What is it, Thrill?" "I'd love to help you, Mrs. Pryor." "Do you know why they shot him?" "No, I don't." "Politics." "[spoon clanking]" "What do you mean?" "It's when somebody wanted something and somebody else wanted something different." "So they shot him." "Isn't that right, JJ?" "Yeah, Thrill." "Kennedy wanted something." "He did." "♪♪[A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke playing]" "♪ I was born by the river ♪" ""I pledge allegiance" ""to the flag of the United States of America" "♪ Just like this river ♪" "♪ I've been running ever since ♪" "♪ It's been a long, long ♪" "♪ long time comin' ♪" "♪ But I know, but I know change is gotta come now ♪" "♪ Ooh, yes, it is ♪" "♪ Oh, my, oh, my, oh, my ♪" "♪ There's a time I will go to my brother ♪" "♪ Oh, my ♪" "♪ I've asked my brother, Will you help me, please?" "♪" ""and to the republic for which it stands" "♪ He turned me down ♪" "♪ And then I asked my dear mother ♪" "♪ Oh ♪" "(children) "one nation under God" ""indivisible with liberty and justice for all."" "♪ It's been a time that I thought ♪" "♪ Lord, this couldn't last very long ♪" "♪ Oh, now, oh ♪" "♪ But somehow I thought I was still able ♪" "♪ To try to carry on ♪" "♪ It's been a long, long ♪" "♪ long time coming ♪" "♪ But I know, I know ♪" "♪ A change is gotta come ♪" "♪ It's so long, it's been so long ♪" "♪ A little too long, a change is gotta come ♪" "♪ You know, I know ♪" "♪ You know that I know ♪" "♪ I know that you know ♪" "♪ That a change is gonna come ♪♪"