- Ben Aidem: Hey Kev. I hear there is going to be a little announcement tonight.
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: Great the whole family knew and not only and that now we are going to have the talk. The father of the bride speech. About the birds. About the bees.
- Ben Aidem: Duke loved nights like this.
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: About Duke?
- Kevin Arnold: Was duke your dog?
- Ben Aidem: Duke was a hell of a dog.
- [PooPoo barking in the background]
- Ben Aidem: Chuckle. Not like Poopoo back there. Duke was a black lab. Eighty pounds. He was so full of fun and so full of spirit. A real man's best friend kind of a dog, you know? Duke wasn't afraid of anything.
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: I could tell Duke was more than just a dog to this guy.
- Kevin Arnold: What happened to him?
- Ben Aidem: Ran away the day I proposed to June. Still think about him you know. You know, every now and then, at night I swear I can still hear Duke's howl.
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: Over the next few weeks I rejoined my tribe. And in a lot of ways, I was back where I belonged.
- [car honking]
- Kevin Arnold: I'll be right back.
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: Still I guess I knew there was still some unfinished business between Ben and me at least.
- Kevin Arnold: Hi Ben.
- Ben Aidem: Hi Kevin. I thought it was you. You look pretty good out there.
- Kevin Arnold: Thanks. So, how's Julie?
- Ben Aidem: Well she found a new guy, they are going steady.
- Kevin Arnold: No kidding
- [laughing]
- Kevin Arnold: .
- Ben Aidem: Yeah, he looks great in stripes.
- Kevin Arnold: I bet. Hey you got the car out on a Thursday!
- Ben Aidem: Yeah, I thought I would go a little crazy.
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: And in a way I couldn't help thinking I had something to do with it.
- Kevin Arnold: Well. It was nice seeing you again.
- Ben Aidem: Hey Kevin! One day you are going to see.
- Kevin Arnold: What's that?
- Ben Aidem: It's not that bad. Having people who care for you, you know?
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: I guess Ben understood something. Something I'd learn... in time.
- Paul Pfeiffer: Come on Kev, let's go!
- Kevin Arnold: Thanks! I'll keep that in mind.
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: But me, I was just a 16 year old guy and the way I saw it there was still a lot of Mastodons yet to be slayed.
- [car honking]
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: [while at the Aidem's house for dinner] Still, I had to admit. I liked it there. It was nice being in a civilised home.
- June Aidem: Ben, fix your collar.
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: A home where people actually said please. And used butter knives. As opposed to say...
- [the story moves to the Arnold house]
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: ... the Arnold house. We, were a house of men. A house of slobs. A house of hunters.
- [Wayne, Kevin and Jack all burp while eating breakfast]
- Kevin Arnold, Wayne Arnold, Jack Arnold: [to Norma] Excuse me.
- Norma Arnold: Kevin, I thought you hated that striped shirt.
- Kevin Arnold: Me? No, I saw it in my closet and I think it suits me.
- Wayne Arnold: Well, why's the collar up?
- Kevin Arnold: Well, it just do happens that some people like the way this looks, Butt-brain.
- Wayne Arnold: What people?
- Kevin Arnold: None of your business.
- Wayne Arnold: Julieeee! Heh heh heh.
- Jack Arnold: Who's Julie?
- Kevin Arnold: No-one.
- Wayne Arnold: She's got you on a pretty short leash there, huh, Kev?
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: This from a guy who's last successful relationship was with a nose hair clipper.