Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion (TV Movie 1987) Dick Van Patten,

scale down for lesser staff members oh any questions problems can be ironed out tomorrow at 10 o'clock this is the owner yes i'll be in in 10 minutes of cobb salad iced tea thank you if you'd like to call me when you've had a chance to think it over pleased to meet you severance pay for the managing editor oh thanks very much rose tom she represents the kirchner newspaper syndicate and well they've made an offer to buy the register and it's the kind of offer i can refuse tom try to see it my way with you it's the kind of an offer it's just a once-in-a-lifetime chance elliott you don't have to justify this for me i mean it's your newspaper you should be able to do whatever you want to do with it oh but i intend to make it as part of the deal that you stay on as managing editor i mean at your own terms for as long as you like but kirschner papers has kind of a sleazy reputation doesn't it i mean it's one of those things that says my cocker spaniel is a martian and all that stuff tom i have their solemn word of honor that they will upgrade their journalistic standards and the check is in the mail tom what i didn't want you to hear about it this way you know me better than this we've been friends for so long couldn't we have dinner together or something oh sometime later right now i just sort of like to be by myself and think about this sort this thing out oh tom happy dad's home very funny no i'm serious coming out really i just saw his car you're serious really oh all right okay that's it good okay what's he doing out there i don't know i'll go see huh all eight kids grew up in this house six of them came straight here from the maternity ward some are you all right that real estate friend of yours you said she was a whiz roberta yeah but what's that got to do i want you to stick with me on wasabi it's very important to me i've got to come up with 300 400 000 maybe even more what tom there's no way we could lay our hands on that kind of money and why i don't understand what i want to buy the newspaper i need a lot of cash just to make the down payment i figured the only way that we can do it is to take everything we've got and put it on the line abby i want to sell the house [Music] oh i wouldn't go out at all except the electrical fixtures were installed on the job today and the only way i can check them out is at night yeah i wish nicholas hadn't gone out i just hate to leave you alone no no don't worry about me i'm fine well if you want to talk when i get back there's nothing to talk about i've given this plenty of thought only listen don't tell nicholas or the rest of the kids i mean they have their own problems no need for them to be concerned with mine you know tom you were so supportive of me when i wanted to go into business so anything you feel you have to do i'm with you for better or worse richer or poor remember all that good stuff yeah i remember and i'm lucky that you remember too what is the house anyway right it's just four walls and a roof nothing more just a lot of glass wood and plaster a negotiable asset keep saying it you might even start to believe it i'll see you later just four walls and a roof nothing more elliot how much time have those kershner guys giving you oh they're really putting the squeeze on they'd move the appointment ahead she's due here in about 10 minutes why i want you to sell the newspaper to me to you i wish you didn't sound so shocked [Applause] hey [Music] i didn't expect you guys till the weekend well the university has given us more lab space on campus so i thought during the move the good doctor here could use a little time away from dna molecules and i'll be able to help you prepare for the invasion of the bradfords great let me get the luggage let me get this one to you good all right here we go [Music] all these old pictures are so beautiful and a picture of mom [Music] abby you are something seemed only right that she be on the car i mean after all without her none of you'd be here then what would your dad have to celebrate oh he'd have a bunch he'd have you oh there so happy to see you you do if there's something i can clarify for you now if i understand you correctly the kirschner syndicate intends to totally computerize the press room now won't that mean major layoffs for most of the staff we don't like to use the word layoffs we efficient size and yes it will eliminate a lot of dead wood to what extent i mean how many people 40 50 percent oh that is a radical cut well radical surgery is sometimes necessary when the patient is critically ill now if computers can land a 747 they can gather and print the news i mean local news isn't cost efficient what the public wants is high visibility celebrity profiles so while you're efficient sizing some of the best people in the business into the unemployment line you'll also be turning out a gutter level scandal sheet refresh my memory you're mr bradford managing editor that is unless of course you efficiencize me and you're concerned about long-time friends and associates being thrown out of work that's absolutely correct your briefcase is calling yes uh i'm leaving right now well if they can't wait then the deal's off they can wait mr randolph i will be leaving for corporate headquarters in hong kong for six days when i return i will have a cashier's check drawn to you for one million dollars the stock options and other benefits we've already discussed now if you don't like it you can tell me then and we'll be on our merry way but that will be our final offer hey poor dear how you must miss little house on the prairie a million bucks do you know how hard it is to say no to that just say no ask nancy reagan it's a snap nah you've done a terrible thing to me activating my conscience tom do you really think you'll be able to raise that money in time oh not that kind of money in four to six days for pete's sakes no just something competitive something equitable you know a bonafide offer oh tom i don't want the paper to end up in their hands any more than you do but i do want to retire every year i say to my wife next year next year i don't know what if there isn't the next year i know the feeling and i'm beginning to realize that more and more with each passing day [Applause] oh i can't believe that it's been two years since we've seen each other mary's been three years huh remember sandy's six now we were here on our third birthday oh you're looking good tomorrow you staying in shape yeah yeah you're looking good too chuck great put on a couple of pounds huh yeah it looks so deceiving it's just soft muscle that's cool oh how'd the surgery go rotator cuff right yeah well it's too soon to say yet uh can't throw full out but i'll be there come spring training if you guys can't get out here to see us we're just gonna have to get back to cleveland to see you we might not be in cleveland mary see being married to a baseball player is kind of like being married to a gypsy without the tambourine susan why don't we go unpack sounds like a great idea merle just stay here abby thanks very much no problem abby in oh boy today had been a dog that would have bitten me i had hi tom how's it going tom wow looking here mary jack now susan oh boy you have no right to get so big and do that to your grandfather now wait a minute does this have anything to do with my birthday oh is it gonna be your birthday it's a secret grandpa in the living room but i can't tell you what it is tom you just got home after a miserable day what you need is a shower i don't need a shower we'll be the judge of that you're exhausted a shower is just what you need oh what i need is to just sit down you sit down in the living room what you'll need is a body cast i think we better get that uh card out of the living room be careful with your arm susan my arm is fine yeah you are about as fine as we are here let me give you a hand no more we have a couple things we got it covered all right i'll just hang back uh-huh good idea okay i got him in the shower bring it upstairs i thought of a place to hide okay are you sure arnold schwarzenegger started like this oh no he had a thicker accent come on you guys don't need my help with that do you good i got a date bye bye how are you doing okay okay good john o'hara my turn newspaper and magazine columns i found it in your dad's study that's what he's all about newspaper yeah and family he's so happy to see

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Published: Wed Nov 24 2021