8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter
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Plot Outline:
" 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" is based on
the best-selling book, 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter,
by W. Bruce Cameron, the director, a father is blind-sided when his two
sweet little girls turn into teenagers with hormones raging and a logic
all their own. His only solace his is 13-year-old son whom he still manages
to understand. John Ritter stars as Paul Hennessy, a loving, rational
dad who can't quite figure out how his sweet little daughters morphed
into hormonally-challenged, incomprehensible teenagers. Luckily, he still
has a 13-year-old son who still speaks his language.
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and tell me what do you think.
Cast:
Paul Hennessy |
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Cate Hennessy |
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Bridget Henness |
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Kerry Hennessy |
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Rory Hennessy |
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Kyle |
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Grandpa Jim |
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C.J. |
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Principal Ed Gibb |
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Danielle |
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Jenna |
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8 SIMPLE RULES FOR DATING MY DAUGHTER
by: W. Bruce Cameron
Rule One: If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd
better be delivering a package, because you're sure not picking anything
up.
Rule Two: You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off my daughter's body, I will remove them.
Rule Three: I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips. Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose this compromise: You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not, in fact, come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric nail gun and fasten your trousers securely in place to your waist.
Rule Four: I'm sure you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilizing a "barrier method" of some kind will kill you. Let me elaborate: when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I will kill you.
Rule Five: In order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day. Please do not do this. The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is "early."
Rule Six: I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter. Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make you cry.
Rule Seven: As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget. If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating. My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process that can take longer than painting the Golden Gate Bridge. Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car?
Rule Eight: The following places are not appropriate
for a date with my daughter: Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything
softer than a wooden stool. Places where there are no parents, policemen,
or nuns within eyesight. Places where there is darkness. Places where
there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness. Places where the ambient
temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear shorts, tank
tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and
a goose down parka zipped up to her throat. Movies with a strong romance
or sexual theme are to be avoided; movies which feature chain saws are
okay. Hockey games are okay. Old folks homes are better.
Copyright 1998 W. Bruce Cameron