Family Of Strangers

heee [Music] oh I'm getting married in the morning Carrie yes Mom don't laugh okay I [Music] promise oh Mom I don't look uh too strange do I you look beautiful beautiful I didn't think I was in the running for beautiful I thought may be okay you're not so bad woo oh you look absolutely dashing today [Music] though hey everything's going to be okay you believe me don't you that's him oh Maria I just met a girl name Mar Dominic The Neighbors The Neighbors hey neighbors what's the matter Marie you don't want him to know how happy you make me he's a crazy person you think got no better than to marry a crazy person [Music] [Applause] [Music] and where do you see the cake that my kids picked off I mean hey Marie it's so big we're going to be able to eat off it all week you want me to take that no it's her treasure box super special treasure H uh-huh you got a shout out to Ginger and Rose they're really looking forward to having you as their new sister [Music] this is the day kids hi CH hi Rosie hi hi hi Ginger hi Rose Domin ni janetti do you take this woman Marie Mills to be your lawful wedded wife in sickness and in health in joy and sorrow till death do you part I do we're not only joining a man and woman together today but we're joining two families as well Dominic's two children Roseanne and ginger Marie's daughter Carolyn they share more than anyone the joy we feel in this Union and may they live together Hereafter in peace and Harmony and understanding I Now Pronounce You man and wife wait a minute wait wait one minute uh we're family now right come on uh Carrie Ginger Rosanne come on you belong in this picture too okay I now hold it hold it okay all right when I say go go [Music] shoot what are you going to do with those plants well I thought I'd hang a couple in the living room and put some over by the TV set it's crowded enough in there as it is with you and your mom moving in and everything well then I'll just put them somewhere else well look we don't have plants in our house at all my dad says if you want to look at nature you go into the backyard oh but but it just so happens we like things the way they are just cuz you and your mom are going to be moving in does not mean that you can start changing everything around excuse me for living [Music] hey Carrie you didn't tell me you were ballerina what well these are yours they got to be yours right H yeah right so so oh that's terrific that means we got one more talented kid in the Genet family that's so dumb what is well how does he know if I'm even any good he just figures you are I guess because he likes you oh sure hey give him a chance he was just trying to give you a compliment [Applause] Rose get in here we got dinner Rosanne you know you're not supposed to bring the ball to the table football ain't for girls anyway come on Rose rosan rat I'm not to not you don't want Marie and Carrie to think that we got lousy table maners do you all right everybody help yourselves here we go hey look what we got here homemade fried chicken JZ I haven't had this since [Music] uh well their mother uh she used to make fried chicken too but I only got the Frozen [Laughter] Can hey Marie I mean this is real good this is the best I ever had isn't it uhhuh is it it's [Music] okay Dad yeah how come she got a drumstick what well you got one and she's got one well that's my favorite part well how was I supposed to know I got little drumsticks know Rosie why don't you just tell me you're not to make such a big deal out of it ow what's the matter she kicked me did not then what do you call it it wasn't a kick my foot just s that's oh sure Rosanne how was school today ow she kicked me oh excuse me my foot must have slipped hurry get hello to the baby I'll just k out of it all right listen let's stop it okay K me I am not the one I said stop you did that on purpose you're crazy I'm crazy Dad I just reached for the butter mom she has been bugging me ever since we got here listen listen you kids look Carrie's new here and she's got a lot to learn about how we do things so you teach her how to be nice she already knows knows that she already knows that hey Ginger we're here to eat not to argue now when we're finished you can do the washing up Ginger washes Rose dries and carry puts away how can we still have to do all the work if she thinks she's going to make me do the dishes she's crazy she is your new mother you do what she says you understand now eat eat no you don't what get the thing off of there but you said we were going to share the bureau right you get the bottom half and I get the top you mean the top two drawers and the top I don't want you putting any of your junk on there that's not fair well I don't care if but fair or not I said get it off look if you don't I will no [Applause] don't I'm sorry yeah sure well it wasn't my fault [Music] Mom hey car what's the matter mom please what is it honey oh did you hurt yourself no Mom come on let's go for a walk oh dear it's raining Carrie I don't care if it's raining I can't stand being in there with them Dominic will fix your treasure box you'll glue it back together so you won't even know the difference Dominic can't fix it and besides he wouldn't you act like he's some kind of monster he is a monster he's loud he sweats and he's always hugging everybody getting married to him was the worst thing you ever did no I hate him and as stupid singing and his stupid kids if being married is so important to you why'd you get divorced from dad in the first place I know because he drank too much well Dominic drinks too he drinks beer doesn't he Carrie it's not the same thing it is so listen Dominic is a good man I know things are tough but it'll all get better when we get used to each other get used to them with ginger always picking on me and Dominic always yelling at the top of his lungs and Rose listen they're your family now they are not cuz I'm not a Genetti yes but you will be Dominic wants it more than anything in the world he wants you to be his daughter he wants to adopt you [Music] who is it it's Rose what do you want my football what my [Music] football what what are you doing none of your business you want to use the bathroom or what no just came to get this are you dancing I said it was none of your business what is something really meat what I just got him today what are you talking about come on I'll show you well come on do coming coming mom mom what is it his name is frerick what is that his name's Frederick he's our glass bed get it away way and I get to take care of him for 3 months Mom it's for school sure everybody wanted him but I was the lucky one oh what does it eat oh it eats spiders and flies and mice and insects stuff like that Mom make her get it out of here a carry it's a school thing mom I can't very well say no Mom May make her get rid of it please har listen it is her thing and if she's going to take care of it I can't do but it makes me sick listen Carrie I am not particularly fond of snakes myself but that's not the point thing is that there are five of us in this house and we've all got to adjust you mean you're going to let her keep it I'm afraid so yay hey Rose C oh no I can't stand [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] it oh horrific what did you do that for because I'm tired of finding your junk all over my bed that's why look at this looks like somebody stepped on it what' you do get jealous or something jealous of what don't make me laugh there see how you like it pig to face no you are just as bad as your mom what do you mean coming in here and changing everything and ordering everybody around the CH you make me sick you just be quiet all right all right now what's going on she threw my stuff all over the floor you did that well she started no I didn't I came in here and my stuff was look har look I don't want to have to get mean with you about what about messing up the ginger stuff but Mom but it was all over my bed again Ginger I thought I took do yesterday not to do that Dad what do you mean well it's obvious she does it to annoy Carrie my Ginger yes your Ginger sometimes you act like your kids are perfect little angels and and Carrie grew up in the Gunter or something wait just a minute Marie look look I'm trying real hard to be fair you better try harder that's all I want you to pick up the stuff and put it away I don't want to hear another word out of either of you you hear me Dominic Dominic look don't talk to me like that in front of the kids don't ever talk to me like that but then don't give me reason to well who me yeah you who else look Maria I don't want to talk about it okay well we got to talk about it Maria I don't want to talk about it why' they have to get married anyway search me is that your mom yeah uh she was real pretty pretty she was beautiful uh listen I don't know how she died or anything but I'm real sorry about it car accident huh a car accident she went to work in the morning and she didn't come back when did it happen uh 2 years ago sorry you want to see a picture of my dad sure great I was only four when he went away so I really don't remember him very well well anyway that's what he looked like looks kind of like you you think so kind of sometimes I think well how great it'll be when I see him again I mean I know he'll come back for me maybe not to ask me to live with him or anything but but maybe of course I wouldn't leave Mom but he is my dad you know what well if you were me would you go with him or not what are you talking about my dad he's a drunk isn't he what what a drunk that's what my dad said you really think he's going to come back and get you after all this time [Music] [Applause] r listen can't we go to the giraffes or the elephants the great AP house is right there uh okay listen I know we go through the world the cafeteria no they got Li here you know bigat reptiles reptiles and I thought Fredick was ugly who's alligator dead or something nah that's how they always are dad says they're just waiting to get you though like if you fell in dad going to take you 10 minutes to finish you off slurp slurp slurp why does he always have to be so gross who Dad yeah he's always saying gross things like that and it makes me sick hey my dad's nice you're always complaining about him but what has he ever done to you ever since Marie came he's been just like he always used to be so how come you got to give him a hard time what do you mean just like he used to be happy singing and stuff he doesn't cry anymore cry like you did after mom died Dominic cried sure I used to hear him in his room sometimes and I get real scared SC Carrie hi hi what do you think I was uh in a supermarket uh down on the interstate and I saw these philad dendrum just sitting there waiting for somebody to by them I mean uh you like filad dendrum don't you uh-huh you like why I put him yeah you know I used to uh think that all plants should be kept Outdoors but uh I mean they kind of to brighten up the place don't you think so I guess so you guess so what hey can Carrie look I'm doing this for you I mean Marie told me that you like plants so I get you plants hey come on what do you say thank you hey now look you know I never really gave you a bear hug did I come here come on come on come on come on come on come on come on put them around me okay yeah that's right yeah that's my girl okay that's my car [Music] what you really need is a new coat like that one only not falling apart where did you get it anyway I don't know my mom bought it for me oh it's very well made that's cuz she didn't buy junk well that's smart doesn't pay to buy junk you know she had good taste she wouldn't even be caught dead in a store like this listen Ginger there is no something wrong with this store and you know it but there is something wrong with your attitude well what do you want to do buy me a new attitude or a new cat I want you to stop treating me like some evil stepmother or something I'm sick and tired of being reminded 75 times a day that I'll never live up to your mother I never said you were going to measure up to oh forget it Mom let's just get out of here huh we'll pay for these stockings and we'll go fine hi beautiful hi Dad hi how'd it going there oh fine dad fine [Music] [Music] hi Mom want to join me in a good cry sure why not can't go anywhere near my own room without getting my eardrum shattered anyway I heard I just can't get through to her you know I try and try but do you ever think what never mind what that maybe she's jealous of [Music] you jealous you keep on dancing through the night you never ever get up tight you know that everything's all right because you dead [Music] it's just like walking you sort of have to Glide a little bit you understand okay okay now come on come on that's it that's it look you see your oh Dominic please take these things off of me I'm too old to learn I'm going to play Pinball with Rosie what did you say I'm going to play Pinball with Rosie Oh no you're not come on get up come on if you're a Genetti you'll never give up oh come on let's go skating off into the [Applause] sunset dancing [Music] the how did you get so good take lessons no just practice you could be good too you know think so [Music] yeah did you see I made it I made it all the way around the ring did you see me only cuz Dad was holding you up oh the next Kate will be couples only couples only I've had it what about uh oh sure oh uh Miss janetti May I please have this skate sure let's show them how to do it come on [Music] dad tell them who taught you how to play Pinball tell them who taught you you did right she was so little I had to hold her up to the machine see but she puts in a quarter and the whole machine lights up like it's the 4th of July or something first try yeah and why is that cuz I'm a natural well you said it just like Ginger's a natural skater right on and carries a natural dancer anyway to the jetes to the UN and now uh for the most important event of the day what's that I got this letter today from that lawyer what about here it is it says uh as of December 17th Carrie Mills will be officially Carrie janetti what all we have to do is go in front of the judge and tell them what we want what do you mean well you're going to be my kid now I mean legally well yeah but well it's all said everything's arranged but I don't want to be a janetti I want to be who I am Carrie honey um but what about when my dad comes back what my my dad Carrie what what is she talking about listen Dominic I didn't know anything about this my dad I don't get it I mean uh what are you saying my real dad when he comes back for me he's not even going to know who I am if I don't have the same name Carrie honey I'm your dad now no Carrie I don't want to be adopted why not I give you my house my food everything I got in this world ain't that enough no but what do you want what do you want from me nothing now listen to me har Carrie stop stop he is not coming back ever now get that out of your head yeah but Carrie he was an alcoholic you don't even understand it used to scare me sometimes when he was around you yeah well maybe he's different maybe he's changed Carrie why are you doing this to yourself he hasn't cared enough to ask about you in the past 8 years why should he come back now because he loves me honey we don't even know where he is I love you Dominic loves you no he doesn't he just got stuck with me that's all you're the one he wanted I'm just in the way that is not true and you know it more than anything he wants you to love him to be part of his family but you won't even try to make it work don't don't ruin it by shutting yourself off like this besides it's my life too and I'm not going to see you destroy it [Music] [Applause] [Music] Carrie [Music] I don't know I don't know what to do anymore I went into a room this morning and she said she was feeling sick I get so mad I get so so fed up with all this fighting come on read I mean when we got married I thought everything was going to work out all right but it's been two months now and I know do you think we're going to survive all this I know we will yeah mhm you see us jetes we're survivors Marie didn't I ever tell you then hi hi hi T you Rose gone already she's feeding Frederick oh yeah [Applause] Carrie says she doesn't feel well I know last night after we went to bed well I heard her crying thing was I didn't know what to say to her I didn't know what to do neither do I but thanks for caring Ginger so is she going stay home from school today well I guess if she's really sick better not go to work no no no no I'll stay you but you got work to do Maria what's it going to be my own boss if I can't give myself a day off every once in a while you think it's a good idea yeah I think it's a good idea can I give you a lift sure come on [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you're feeling better yeah are you huh well I know I hit you last night and I'm real sorry about it didn't even Mark that's good cuz I'm I'm I'm real sorry about that really about all of that yeah well me too you want some [Applause] cereal uh Carrie I'm sorry you don't like uh being here with with me I mean you tell me if there's anything uh that I can do to make it better for you I mean tell me what can I do car I want you to see something I took off the old finish I put on a new one three coats yeah I was going to saber field for surprise after well after we we got that adoption thing all set but now that we ain't going to do that uh I didn't have to wait [Music] anymore it's beautiful yeah I bet you never thought you were going to see that again I thought you threw it away threw it away a treasure box hey Carrie I don't know what you think about me but I ain't crazy I mean I had one of them myself when I was a kid only I used one of my old man's cigar boxes it smell like stale salami what'd you keep in it dead bugs bottle caps lots of baseball cards I even had a cerillo what's a Carillo a cerillo that's the rarest baseball card anyone could ever get and he was my favorite player besides thank you Dominic I mean come on it's I mean it's nothing you don't want that stuff do you nah nah that ain't good for no sick person why don't you and me we go out and get some fresh air huh and maybe we'll have some pizza for breakfast yeah sure 50 thank [Music] you we got to get ready for this machine Carri you better get some more Pizza H more yeah sure you got to keep up your strength kid you see this muscle carry you see it yeah pure Pizza you want to hold that smile a minute why okay because I want to get a picture of you looking just like oh no I look terrible Smile Smile come on I'll show you how to Door fix on see I guess uh you really miss your dad huh [Music] I mean I know it's dumb well why don't you think so no I mean Carrie if you love somebody well it makes sense you're going to miss him when they're not around I worry about him you know I hope he's okay not in trouble or anything anything and I wonder what if he ever thinks about me that I know kid I mean if I never saw Ginger again from the day after she was born I'd remember her forever and you'd miss her are you kidding every day of my life [Music] [Music] uh you don't got to be a geneta you know huh well I mean official I got this idea see that uh well if you were like my legal kid uh we'd be a real family and we'd love each other and everything uh well that's dumb right but I thought that was like the answer but it takes time I mean well to me you're my daughter and I love [Music] you oh but to you it's it's something else and uh well you got your own feelings Carrie and I respect [Music] [Applause] them are you sure you don't want another slice of pizza before we go I already had three only three and chips and the sodas and the ice cream you feeling better now well I mean uh you're not sick from the pizza or anything because if uh you are your mom's going to give me a hard time you know that I'm feeling fine Dominic about everything let's go home [Music] I don't care about the devil's turn that down please what where's Carrie she in her room n she's in the garage in the garage what she doing in the [Music] garage M what is she doing in the garage three 4 5 Clos okay 1 2 3 4 okay 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 hey y home hi Mom what is this let's show them the other one yeah what is this one 2 three one dad yeah what are you doing that for you I'm helping practice down dumb did you say dumb this is an art Rosie an art what did you think I mean didn't you think we looked pretty good together I think you looked terrific terrific H so why not Talent runs into the family right car now listen let's try it once more but only this time we do it perfect okay one 2 1 [Music] [Applause] my [Music] la [Music] [Applause] [Music]