I had a childhood friend who was the oldest of 8, and was saddled with responsibilities no child should have. She used to talk to her mother exactly as Francesca. The first time I heard her tell her mother "I'll do it when I have the time, you'll just have to wait" I sat there, like 😳, waiting for her mother to crack her a good one. Only later, when I was older, did I understand. Her mother wasn't an alcoholic, though, just had other issues.
@wk1810 I currently "watch over" my roommates kid whose cell phone has been permanently sealed to his hand. He is on it her entire shift of 12+ hours 3 days a week after which she retrieves him to haul off to the boyfriend for the next 3 (despite thereby wasting what I charge her for rent and the fact that he doesn't understand that this is technically their home). He'll be 6 soon and has never been to school, literally knows nothing but how to pull up the next ignorant video. Even chooses to go without what little food his mom has finally brought in because it'll mean sitting at the table without his phone. She claims she doesn't let him on the phone when they're at the bfs but I don't believe that one bit. He may not have bruises but he is the epitome of abused IMO.
Man, I just realized I would've had 20 years sober last month if I hadn't had that 3 1/2 year relapse. Was sober 11 1/2 years. Now sober again almost 5 years.
Jim, every time you choose to "say no" is a celebration every "no is a victory" Life is a work in progress and 5 years is nothing to scoff at. Keep up the great work
Back when I was 18 , I started drinking , at that time it was legal , but as time went on , I got tired of getting sick from drinking , so I made up my mind that drinking wasn't for me , no matter how depressed or bad days I had , I knew that my life was far more valuble than a bottle of alcohol . This movie is a good wake up call for those who are struggling with their next drink . Thanks for posting , so glad I ran across this , it helps me remember the right choices I made , and not the wrong ones . Thanks !
@@cfinley81 I tried weed once , don't like it , this was when I was 19 / 20 yrs old , now it's legal here , but I don't touch it , cigarettes are my habit , nothing else . Iam 69 going on 70 .
Unfortunately alcoholism runs on my late ex's family. I have 3 out of 7 who are drinkers. They had an uncle who drank excessively, and I felt so sorry for his wife. She put up with a lot. I hate drinking. I hate throwing up, and I hate hang overs. I don't like being around drunk ppl.
@@janetduncan87 I grew to hate my husband , he kept on drinking until he got cancer , and died . I vowed to never marry again , Iam still single to this day , not changing ! I have one cousin that is going down that road , and I expect to hear of his death anyime . Last time I saw him , he had lost weight , thats a sure sign he has cancer . I just couldn't see myself going through that , and making it hard on my kids , its bad enough there is a drunk in the family . Hope your days are brighter , we all need a little sunshine in our lives .
This is why I don't drink. And this movie is so accurate... Growing up with my drunken aunt and uncle, I have some unpleasant experience. I love them ofc but alcoholism is a very uneasy problem...
My partner works all week so never drinks but even the one night he does I despise him. He is a total asshole scuse the language, and what worries me is he is taking early retirement and I can see him on the grot every day. Not something I relish. He always has to start….
@@flight101Well just pray and I'll pray too that the situation will work out. I know sometimes in marriages wives and husbands have difficult problems in their lives . So I can only imagine that people with their partners have problems with underlying issues that can't always easily be solved as life gets so hectic.
I never thought i would become an alcoholic but i did. I have tried to stop but failed. More then once. I remember reading this book as.a girl. For some reason it has always stuck with me. I never forget. So this movie was like a gift to me. Thanks❤❤❤
@taniagerlach, what you're going through now it's part of your recovery journey. Keep trying (I know it's easier said than done) but there will be one day when you will have your last drink. Believe it! Sending you good energies ❤
Thanks for uploading these short films. As a french viewer i love them and the issues are very varied.Here the mother is alcoholic ,in another movie the family is mingled and in another one the mother is dying from cancer..these situations are sad but pretty realistic and the cast is good. It helps me to improve my english too and make it perfect that's my dream.
In my family it was my father. It tears families apart, affects everyone. He didn't consider himself an alcoholic because he had a job and only got shltface drunk on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Because in his delusional mind, alcoholics drank every day and didn't have jobs. He didn't drink on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays therefore.... I moved out on my 18th birthday, my sister did the same. My mother eventually divorced him. He never got sober, he never tried to get sober.
I like the maturity of how this is done. Even though the mom is an alcoholic, the daughter is mature enough to be there for her sister. I think most families who have alcoholic parents are more dysfunctional and less likely to handle this kind of thing. I remember watching these after-school specials. They were good.
@@LoloO42 It's both. The oldest child in dysfunctional families have no choice but to mature fast because they become an adult in caring for younger siblings in addition to the alcoholic parent (sometimes both parents) and/or the enabling parent too. The survival mechanism leads to the maturity in the child.
It was my younger brother who found my mother passed out in her smoke-filled room with the wastebasket on fire. She never did get sober, and died of complications of alcoholism.
So sorry for your loss..my mother was an alcoholic when I was a child but went to treatment back in 1984 In our state of Minnesota at the Willmar state hospital and treatment for alcoholism, she has been sober and recovered since then. She just turned 80 years old April 29th, 2022 and is a born again Christian and also married to a pastor as she also is the associate pastor of our church. God is a good God when you open up to him and trust him and give your life to his only begotten son Jesus.
I recently saw an episode of Family from 1977 where Carol Jones - who played Francesca here - played a 15 year old girl with a drinking problem! That episode, like this one, was very well done although for Carol Jones, it had to be a bit surreal!
Oh the 70s love of flute gone bad gets my heartstrings every time. This was at the dawn of disco polyester and I was the same age as Francesca. So much critical thinking that is missing in the present day is present in this one. AI will dumb us down on purpose.
I'm so glad that I got sober before having kids. I'm a recovering alcoholic with 15 years clean, and my life was so messed up when I was using, I'm grateful that my son will never have to experience anything like this.
@ladybug3864 You found this one here, you can find many more. I found and added more than 30 of them to my watch later account and am wading thru them. I had never realized they had started when I was 4 and didn't end until '97! I only ever saw maybe 7 of them in 78-81. If the topic didn't interest me, I preferred outside, Gilligan's island, Brady Bunch, Love Boat, etc. 😂
There were a lot of alcoholic moms in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. So many women were stuck in unhealthy/abusive marriages with kids to take care of and no job experience. Those "good ol' days" really weren't all that good, women didn't have as many rights back then.
If they didnt use alcohol, a lot of women from this time period were rage -o -holics like both my parents, actually. Life is so difficult and happiness is so fragile, a lot of people never make it to their full kindness potential…they get bogged down in anger and sadness. Hugs to everyone who survived their awful parents!!
Yes. Women of today get upset because they gave to work but it's better than being stuck in a relationship you couldn't get out of with everyone saying, "you made your bed, now lie in it." How can you know your husband would become an abusive prat?
@au_barb Can I assume those kids of said alcoholic moms are the cruddy moms of today? Using the various subjects that arrived after alcohol slowed in it's popularity, working their kid's life away, dragging them around to several boyfriends and/or trash talking their father's that they punish by not letting them see them...
New sub here .....I have to say that I really do love watching these short films. They could be longer though but overall I like them. I wish they still made these. Wow u don't see nothing like this on tv anymore. Have a blessed day everybody and keep enjoying these films that this wonderful ,thoughtful person keeps uploading for us all to watch. ❤️💙❤️💙💯. Thank you ..
This was a great movie. It's good the mother finally decided to seek some help. Looks like she is going to have lots of support from her family, thankfully. Thank you for sharing this. God Bless You & stay safe.
Martin Tahse, who originally developed the After-School Special for ABC, grew up with alcoholic parents and felt very strongly about how they should be portrayed
There were a lot of alcoholic moms in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. So many women were stuck in unhealthy/abusive marriages with kids to take care of and no job experience. Those "good ol' days" really weren't all that good, women didn't have as many rights back then.
So many lives ruined over this stuff and they are showing commercials of it as though its glamorous. I hate alcohol but mostly the way it makes some people act.
I like the ending of this short film. It shows there's hope but things could go either way. Maybe her mother got better slowly but it's just as likely she fell back into drinking. It's always great to hang on to hope, but never have ideas that everything will be perfect
This. Thankfully my parents are not, but one of my friends, Lisa, my uncles, aunt and cousins (male + female)are alcoholics... And I'm, a young 20 years old girl am worried for my aunt and two uncles who, I have the impression have no hope to quit ...
Recently, I've decided quitting completely for months until Christmas. I have no withdrawal or whatsoever, no addiction, I've just noticed that when I was drinking it was literally for the feeling of it. To get tipsy (I was never getting drunk or sick, I always respected limits and was always presentable). But, what started as drinking for the taste of it, turned into the desire of being buzzed and joyful... My tolerance grew and what used to be 2 glasses of sangria per Saturday and Sunday, became 6 in order to achieve that buzz. Later on taste was not even the matter anymore, and one day when my mom was in the garden, I took advantage of this short amount of time to drink some gulps of red wine straight from the box, not caring about the sourness and bitterness anymore... Another day, as my mom was sick and laying, I had 3 glasses of Passion fruit liquor, pretending to have orange juice, which worked, but I'm still not proud of this until now... Anytime, when I was buzzed, every consecutive 2 week ends a week, in the house, I would hide from my parents in so many ways. Putting concealer on my cheeks so that my blush is unnoticeable, keeping my eyes very open and focused and blinking a lot, trying to talk as rarely as possible and responding by humming so that my slightly slurred speech is unnoticeable as well... I've been completely sober with not a drop for already 3 months. I want to keep it until Christmas and I thankfully have no trouble doing so. I think my tolerance increase is what really awakened and scared me :')
The mother has a great problem driven by grief. So where the heck was the father throughout all this?? Yeah, his work required him to travel... but he knew damn well what his daughters were having to deal with. I say shame on him. And glad that the mom finally came round.
It was not the dads responsibility to get the wife sober.Being a drunk and finding reasons that you are one is nonsense and always your own responsibility to fix
BusLady So if he was there and she still was a drunk would that have made anything better or protected his daughters from anything they still would’ve seen their mother being a drunk
@@chetyoubetya8565 you're right, of course. but it would've taken a lot of the stress off the kids. they wouldn't feel the pressure to take care of her and be the adults. and in some cases, they don't drink so much when the partner is around. i know that was the case when i was younger. i spent as much time out of the house as possible until my dad got back. then she'd put on a show of sobriety, cook dinner, and do the laundry and shit. everyone has their own ways of coping. (like snow said)
It's a good thing society has become more educated on the scientific, pyschiatric and medical aspects of alcoholism. Someone who consistently drinks as much as the mother was could die if her intake was stopped. No amount of talking or reading the Big Book would change that.
What a sad short movie..poor girls and Poor Katie whose anniversary's party is ruined by her mother's appearance in the stairs with a drunken voice..Sad!! The eldest daughter is brave or Francesca and her eyes are beautiful even if i love Katie's hair .It is a bit red and beautiful.
I enjoy watching these as much now as I did growing up.I feel fortunate that these specials were there for me as a kid and I was the perfect age for them from about 8-16.As a young boy I do have to admit I liked seeing all the cute young girls the most and This girl Francesca was just adorable..
I’ve had in and out periods of sobriety first go around I had 6 years then 9 months then 8 months then 1 month then 3 months now coming up on 3 months sober 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
The best actor in this was the kid who played the little sister. The actress who played Francesca flubbed so many lines that they left in. I guess the director just gave up after a while and said "Cut, that's a take".
Francesca played an alcoholic teen in an episode of Family…she was Kristy Macnichol’s friend who stayed the weekend and hit rock bottom. She broke into the liquor cabinet. Very campy just like this but also too real and tragic.
3:55 "I was going to do that [thing that I know damn well I should have done before but sat back and let you handle]" - the siren song of the adult child
Do you know when there is a part in a movie you watched a long long time ago and it keeps replaying in your head over and over again but can't remember the name of the movie? It was this one. I was so little when it aired on tv and the part in the movie was a girl with halloween makeup crying and all her mascara coming down her face and another girl comforting her at 13:23. It was the only scene I recall.
Oh my goodness yes!! I have a recurring memory of a movie from this era where two kids were snowbound in a VW punchbug that she finally set on fire to alert the rescue planes. I only remember that scene after seeing it ONCE as a kid and never again. Lol!
Not many of the actors or crew have familiar names, this movie is like from another planet. The gal playing Francesca was in an episode of FAMILY as Kristy MacNichol’s friend, a teen alcoholic the same timeframe, i think. It was just as campy as this, but she was unusually mature and a strong actress.
Only drinking problem I ever had growing up was I'd get mad at kids my brother and I used to fight with and at 2 AM I'd get drunk, go over to our tormentors' houses and do ugly acts of vandalism that would probably get me thrown in the slammer.
This after school specials teach people good lessons about problems they have deal with in real life. How to solve their problems? Francesca mother is alcoholic and she need to go rehab and become clean. She suppose look after her children and it not fair Francesca shouldn't be looking after herself and her sister.♥️🎥
No child should be responsible fo taking care of their parents problems. The father is neglecting his children well being by running away from the issue.
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I grew up watching these after school specials!!
I lived in the uk then and these were never shown, even now UK tv is absolutely crap. ❤
@@flight101What?! I love British TV. Especially shows from the 70’s - 2010’s. So many wonderful programs!
Congratulations for being born in a certain time and place.
You're old
I remember the after school specials and I loved them!!! The world still needs this!
I had a childhood friend who was the oldest of 8, and was saddled with responsibilities no child should have. She used to talk to her mother exactly as Francesca. The first time I heard her tell her mother "I'll do it when I have the time, you'll just have to wait" I sat there, like 😳, waiting for her mother to crack her a good one. Only later, when I was older, did I understand. Her mother wasn't an alcoholic, though, just had other issues.
@wk1810
I currently "watch over" my roommates kid whose cell phone has been permanently sealed to his hand. He is on it her entire shift of 12+ hours 3 days a week after which she retrieves him to haul off to the boyfriend for the next 3 (despite thereby wasting what I charge her for rent and the fact that he doesn't understand that this is technically their home).
He'll be 6 soon and has never been to school, literally knows nothing but how to pull up the next ignorant video. Even chooses to go without what little food his mom has finally brought in because it'll mean sitting at the table without his phone. She claims she doesn't let him on the phone when they're at the bfs but I don't believe that one bit.
He may not have bruises but he is the epitome of abused IMO.
Man, I just realized I would've had 20 years sober last month if I hadn't had that 3 1/2 year relapse.
Was sober 11 1/2 years. Now sober again almost 5 years.
Well done, Jim! Be proud, be very proud of yourself.
Jim, every time you choose to "say no" is a celebration every "no is a victory" Life is a work in progress and 5 years is nothing to scoff at. Keep up the great work
@@Lucailey Thank you so much!
well done! best of luck~!
Jim Halpert Hey! You jumped back on! Good on you!!!!
Back when I was 18 , I started drinking , at that time it was legal , but as time went on , I got tired of getting sick from drinking , so I made up my mind that drinking wasn't for me , no matter how depressed or bad days I had , I knew that my life was far more valuble than a bottle of alcohol . This movie is a good wake up call for those who are struggling with their next drink . Thanks for posting , so glad I ran across this , it helps me remember the right choices I made , and not the wrong ones . Thanks !
Same. So I just started smoking weed and have been happier ever since. :)
@@cfinley81 I tried weed once , don't like it , this was when I was 19 / 20 yrs old , now it's legal here , but I don't touch it , cigarettes are my habit , nothing else . Iam 69 going on 70 .
Unfortunately alcoholism runs on my late ex's family. I have 3 out of 7 who are drinkers. They had an uncle who drank excessively, and I felt so sorry for his wife. She put up with a lot.
I hate drinking. I hate throwing up, and I hate hang overs. I don't like being around drunk ppl.
@@janetduncan87 I grew to hate my husband , he kept on drinking until he got cancer , and died . I vowed to never marry again , Iam still single to this day , not changing ! I have one cousin that is going down that road , and I expect to hear of his death anyime . Last time I saw him , he had lost weight , thats a sure sign he has cancer . I just couldn't see myself going through that , and making it hard on my kids , its bad enough there is a drunk in the family . Hope your days are brighter , we all need a little sunshine in our lives .
@cfinley81 my son started smoking weed and he quit drinking. He said he's had no craving for alcohol. Thank God.
"Tell 'em, LARGE MARGE SENT YA!" 😂😂😂😂😂@0:19
I thought that was her!!! 😂🤣
You’re awesome for that one.
Came here to say that
OMG!!!!!
It was the worst accident I ever seen.
This is why I don't drink. And this movie is so accurate... Growing up with my drunken aunt and uncle, I have some unpleasant experience. I love them ofc but alcoholism is a very uneasy problem...
My partner works all week so never drinks but even the one night he does I despise him. He is a total asshole scuse the language, and what worries me is he is taking early retirement and I can see him on the grot every day. Not something I relish. He always has to start….
@@flight101Well just pray and I'll pray too that the situation will work out. I know sometimes in marriages wives and husbands have difficult problems in their lives . So I can only imagine that people with their partners have problems with underlying issues that can't always easily be solved as life gets so hectic.
I never thought i would become an alcoholic but i did. I have tried to stop but failed. More then once. I remember reading this book as.a girl. For some reason it has always stuck with me. I never forget. So this movie was like a gift to me. Thanks❤❤❤
I agree. Hang in there
Me too
You can and will do it. When you’re ready. ❤❤❤
@taniagerlach, what you're going through now it's part of your recovery journey. Keep trying (I know it's easier said than done) but there will be one day when you will have your last drink. Believe it! Sending you good energies ❤
I hope that you find the courage and strength to get sober. You are worth it!!! ❤️❤️☺️
This dad had something else going on.
This was one of my favorite episodes. I believe we watched all of these After School Specials...
Thanks for uploading these short films. As a french viewer i love them and the issues are very varied.Here the mother is alcoholic ,in another movie the family is mingled and in another one the mother is dying from cancer..these situations are sad but pretty realistic and the cast is good. It helps me to improve my english too and make it perfect that's my dream.
Your English is perfect. I wish I could write French, half as well. Bon soir.
My dream is to speak fluent Spanish. It is such a hard language and I am struggling
@@judithrandall4690bonjour ! Buenos días!
I struggle with my listening skills as what they never teach us is street Spanish.. good luck with your learning, you’ll be fine
Mingled? What does that mean?
They showed this film in my junior high school in the 90s (on an actual film strip with an actual film projector no less). Brings back memories.
i graduated in '86 nice to know kids from the 90s know what a film strip and projector are
Do yo mean it was a film on a reel-to-reel projector? Film strips were a series of stills.
Yes I meant reel-to-reel film, my bad.
I saw this film when it came out. We use to watch these films on TV when we got home"after school."I was in junior high 79-81.
They were still doing that, then? I thought things had progressed in the classroom by then. Cell phones coming out and all. Computer classes.
In my family it was my father. It tears families apart, affects everyone.
He didn't consider himself an alcoholic because he had a job and only got shltface drunk on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Because in his delusional mind, alcoholics drank every day and didn't have jobs. He didn't drink on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays therefore.... I moved out on my 18th birthday, my sister did the same. My mother eventually divorced him. He never got sober, he never tried to get sober.
My dad was a recovering alcoholic...AA when I was 23, until he passed away at age 70...
I like the maturity of how this is done. Even though the mom is an alcoholic, the daughter is mature enough to be there for her sister. I think most families who have alcoholic parents are more dysfunctional and less likely to handle this kind of thing.
I remember watching these after-school specials. They were good.
It's not maturity. It's survival. My older sister had to bathe us, dress us for school, etc. If she hadn't, we would have been in foster care.
I would argue that parentification is a form of dysfunction.
@@radio_obscura Absolutely. Robs you of your childhood.
Nah. This is exactly how the oldest/only child handles an alcoholic parent. They are alway the most responsible.
@@LoloO42
It's both. The oldest child in dysfunctional families have no choice but to mature fast because they become an adult in caring for younger siblings in addition to the alcoholic parent (sometimes both parents) and/or the enabling parent too. The survival mechanism leads to the maturity in the child.
this was 47 years ago how the time flys
It was my younger brother who found my mother passed out in her smoke-filled room with the wastebasket on fire. She never did get sober, and died of complications of alcoholism.
So sad. I'm so grateful to have 497 days sober today.
So sorry for your loss..my mother was an alcoholic when I was a child but went to treatment back in 1984 In our state of Minnesota at the Willmar state hospital and treatment for alcoholism, she has been sober and recovered since then. She just turned 80 years old April 29th, 2022 and is a born again Christian and also married to a pastor as she also is the associate pastor of our church. God is a good God when you open up to him and trust him and give your life to his only begotten son Jesus.
My mother just died too, from complications of alcoholism june 22nd. I’m so sorry for your loss 😔
I recently saw an episode of Family from 1977 where Carol Jones - who played Francesca here - played a 15 year old girl with a drinking problem! That episode, like this one, was very well done although for Carol Jones, it had to be a bit surreal!
I thought I recognized her. Love Family and remember the episode
24:23 “I think the turkey was delicious, even if I did cook it myself” lmfao!
How sad and embarrassing to have Kate's mother walking downstairs drunk! She will never forget that
Oh the 70s love of flute gone bad gets my heartstrings every time. This was at the dawn of disco polyester and I was the same age as Francesca. So much critical thinking that is missing in the present day is present in this one. AI will dumb us down on purpose.
I'm so glad that I got sober before having kids. I'm a recovering alcoholic with 15 years clean, and my life was so messed up when I was using, I'm grateful that my son will never have to experience anything like this.
Congratulations on your recovery.
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That was a real breaking point for her to see her daughter clim out the window. At least the mother got some help
How do you clim out the window?
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Loved the Afterschool specials to bad they dont show them any more.
They would be too realistic for millenials
@ladybug3864
You found this one here, you can find many more. I found and added more than 30 of them to my watch later account and am wading thru them. I had never realized they had started when I was 4 and didn't end until '97!
I only ever saw maybe 7 of them in 78-81. If the topic didn't interest me, I preferred outside, Gilligan's island, Brady Bunch, Love Boat, etc. 😂
WHAT A GOOD NEIBOR THAT LADY IS I LIKE PEOPLE LIKE HER I WAS 14 WHEN THIS WAS MADE WE ARE ALL 60 ISH NOW OMG WE ARE OLD
She is a kind, lovely person. I watched this when it was originally on TV. Wonderful show.
I Remember Watching the Afterschool Specials from the 70s. Today Kids should watch and Understand what growing up was All about.
There were a lot of alcoholic moms in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. So many women were stuck in unhealthy/abusive marriages with kids to take care of and no job experience. Those "good ol' days" really weren't all that good, women didn't have as many rights back then.
If they didnt use alcohol, a lot of women from this time period were rage -o -holics like both my parents, actually. Life is so difficult and happiness is so fragile, a lot of people never make it to their full kindness potential…they get bogged down in anger and sadness. Hugs to everyone who survived their awful parents!!
My parents were both. Both of them.
Yes. Women of today get upset because they gave to work but it's better than being stuck in a relationship you couldn't get out of with everyone saying, "you made your bed, now lie in it." How can you know your husband would become an abusive prat?
@au_barb
Can I assume those kids of said alcoholic moms are the cruddy moms of today? Using the various subjects that arrived after alcohol slowed in it's popularity, working their kid's life away, dragging them around to several boyfriends and/or trash talking their father's that they punish by not letting them see them...
Agree and there are so many people who want to go back to the " good old days "
New sub here .....I have to say that I really do love watching these short films. They could be longer though but overall I like them. I wish they still made these. Wow u don't see nothing like this on tv anymore. Have a blessed day everybody and keep enjoying these films that this wonderful ,thoughtful person keeps uploading for us all to watch. ❤️💙❤️💙💯. Thank you ..
This was a great movie. It's good the mother finally decided to seek some help. Looks like she is going to have lots of support from her family, thankfully. Thank you for sharing this. God Bless You & stay safe.
This is a good movie. It brought tears to my eyes though I can't even imagine the pain and struggling life they are going through :(
Mom needed grief counseling and a real partner. Woman was screaming for help and getting shamed.
Truly bittersweet. Beautiful ending
I Remember This Movie After School Specials When My Mom Was Watching This Movie With My(3 Sisters This Is What The Old Days Were Like In(1976)😎
Thanks so much tainlor for these excellent films
I used to be like the mom, married to vodka 24/7. It was hell on earth.
me too! 8/16/21. Keep on keeping on
Yay happy ending....so many of us went thru this...😥
I just learned what the Romeo & Juliet Overture is.
In my opinion this was the best afternoon special episode
Carol Jones was a gorgeous young lady.
I grew up watching these , never realized how many of these movies had alcoholic moms.
Can you give me the names imo
Martin Tahse, who originally developed the After-School Special for ABC, grew up with alcoholic parents and felt very strongly about how they should be portrayed
There were a lot of alcoholic moms in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. So many women were stuck in unhealthy/abusive marriages with kids to take care of and no job experience. Those "good ol' days" really weren't all that good, women didn't have as many rights back then.
@@au_barbI notice more alchoholic women nowadays to be honest. Back when I was young it seemed that it was more of a male thing.
So many lives ruined over this stuff and they are showing commercials of it as though its glamorous. I hate alcohol but mostly the way it makes some people act.
Oh , the good ole days when smoking at the breakfast table was glamorous.
It was good for you… 😂
And not thinking about getting cancer and spreading it or seeing people on commercials dying from LUNG CANCER!😥🙏🙏🙏
I still smoke at the breakfast table, my house, my table, my rules
and before anyone come, is it me my kids are grown healthy and have kids of their own
What a stink
the next door neighbor, Connie, was Large Marge from Pee Wee's Big Adventure!
It sure is.
Before school shootings and Smart phones. Better times.
There was still shootings.. just not as often. There was phones too.
I wonder how many teens today even know about classical music
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Oh stop with that. If they don’t know about classical music it’s because they’re not familiar with any adults who listen to classical music.
Probably about as much as teens back then did. It's a cultural thing, not a generational one.
The lead was in an episode of “Family” as a teenage alcoholic
Haha i cant get over the coincidence, and i have posted at least 5 replies stating this same fact. Ha. She was a good, very natural actress.
Yup saw that episode Carol did the role well.
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Eleventh grade my ass!!! 😂
She’s every bit of 30!
I thought so, too!
That’s what I was thinking 😅
The actress was 21 at the time of filming.
😂😂😂
I like the ending of this short film. It shows there's hope but things could go either way. Maybe her mother got better slowly but it's just as likely she fell back into drinking. It's always great to hang on to hope, but never have ideas that everything will be perfect
This.
Thankfully my parents are not, but one of my friends, Lisa, my uncles, aunt and cousins (male + female)are alcoholics...
And I'm, a young 20 years old girl am worried for my aunt and two uncles who, I have the impression have no hope to quit ...
Recently, I've decided quitting completely for months until Christmas. I have no withdrawal or whatsoever, no addiction, I've just noticed that when I was drinking it was literally for the feeling of it. To get tipsy (I was never getting drunk or sick, I always respected limits and was always presentable). But, what started as drinking for the taste of it, turned into the desire of being buzzed and joyful... My tolerance grew and what used to be 2 glasses of sangria per Saturday and Sunday, became 6 in order to achieve that buzz. Later on taste was not even the matter anymore, and one day when my mom was in the garden, I took advantage of this short amount of time to drink some gulps of red wine straight from the box, not caring about the sourness and bitterness anymore...
Another day, as my mom was sick and laying, I had 3 glasses of Passion fruit liquor, pretending to have orange juice, which worked, but I'm still not proud of this until now...
Anytime, when I was buzzed, every consecutive 2 week ends a week, in the house, I would hide from my parents in so many ways. Putting concealer on my cheeks so that my blush is unnoticeable, keeping my eyes very open and focused and blinking a lot, trying to talk as rarely as possible and responding by humming so that my slightly slurred speech is unnoticeable as well...
I've been completely sober with not a drop for already 3 months. I want to keep it until Christmas and I thankfully have no trouble doing so. I think my tolerance increase is what really awakened and scared me :')
My dad was also an alcoholic I know how the kids feel too
We watched this one is school in the 80s during a unit on alcohol and drug use.
i have this on dvd
Great movie
I remember coming home from school watching after school pictures on channel 7
Hard to believe people were ever this nice and innocent
I totally agree, except for, uh, the Mom. Lol. Hugs!
The mother has a great problem driven by grief. So where the heck was the father throughout all this?? Yeah, his work required him to travel... but he knew damn well what his daughters were having to deal with. I say shame on him. And glad that the mom finally came round.
He was running away from the problem, and leaving his daughters in danger. Maybe he should consider a career change. Seriously.
It was not the dads responsibility to get the wife sober.Being a drunk and finding reasons that you are one is nonsense and always your own responsibility to fix
I suppose that was his own disordered way of coping. Grief meant the mother couldn't bear to be sober, and the father couldn't bear to be at home.
BusLady So if he was there and she still was a drunk would that have made anything better or protected his daughters from anything they still would’ve seen their mother being a drunk
@@chetyoubetya8565 you're right, of course. but it would've taken a lot of the stress off the kids. they wouldn't feel the pressure to take care of her and be the adults. and in some cases, they don't drink so much when the partner is around. i know that was the case when i was younger. i spent as much time out of the house as possible until my dad got back. then she'd put on a show of sobriety, cook dinner, and do the laundry and shit. everyone has their own ways of coping. (like snow said)
I miss these kind of shows
....and tell your mom, that Large Marge sent ya!
It's a good thing society has become more educated on the scientific, pyschiatric and medical aspects of alcoholism. Someone who consistently drinks as much as the mother was could die if her intake was stopped. No amount of talking or reading the Big Book would change that.
Yup. Sadly 3 people out of my 6 alcoholics are like this :/
Thankfully my parents aren't but still
It's the truth
Alcohol
Takes over MY life...
Even when you were t an alcoholic to begin with...
It still controls lives
Close your eyes. Carol Jones sounded just like Kirsten Dunst.
Love that "Large Marge" is the neighbor!
Lol. Meat not even wrapped in the fridge. Lol.
Katie is Dotty from Clue Club. Which also started in the fall of 1976.
The boyfriend was so nice! No tattoos, no punk spiked hair....nice and clean cut. No torn jeans on the young teen girls.
The parents didn’t have any of that either and they were both awful.
Why are you so judgemental?
@@kristilynch8535 No judgment. An observation. There’s a difference.
What a sad short movie..poor girls and Poor Katie whose anniversary's party is ruined by her mother's appearance in the stairs with a drunken voice..Sad!! The eldest daughter is brave or Francesca and her eyes are beautiful even if i love Katie's hair .It is a bit red and beautiful.
Connie is "Large Marge" from Peewee's Big Adventure.
Yep it is.
Oh yeah, good eye.
That neighbor lady at the beginning, my God, it's ole Large Marge from Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
I thought that was neat
The girl Jess has unusual beautiful eyes
The first thing they need to Talk about is Absent, Avoidant, Neglectful Husband and father! 🙄
His way of not dealing with issues was work..mom drank. Both had issues
The mom is the voice of She-ra. Awesome.
And Connie is Large Marge
@@EssexAggiegrad2011 what marge has to do with it...?
@@emnemnem1889 Large Marge from Pee Wee's Big Adventure
I enjoy watching these as much now as I did growing up.I feel fortunate that these specials were there for me as a kid and I was the perfect age for them from about 8-16.As a young boy I do have to admit I liked seeing all the cute young girls the most and This girl Francesca was just adorable..
My drunk mother made me go door to door with a glass for liquor any kind
I’ve had in and out periods of sobriety first go around I had 6 years then 9 months then 8 months then 1 month then 3 months now coming up on 3 months sober 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
The best actor in this was the kid who played the little sister. The actress who played Francesca flubbed so many lines that they left in. I guess the director just gave up after a while and said "Cut, that's a take".
Francesca played an alcoholic teen in an episode of Family…she was Kristy Macnichol’s friend who stayed the weekend and hit rock bottom. She broke into the liquor cabinet. Very campy just like this but also too real and tragic.
Just tell em Large Marge sent ya 😱
I am Adora, He-Man's twin sister, and defender of the Crystal Castle.
What's the deal with everyone getting wo close to each others face when talking or meeting for the first time? Lol
Filming.
I noticed that too, it makes me so uncomfortable.
Camera angles i think. They have to squish together to achieve a certain shot.
Moms an alcoholic and Dad is absent. They’re both neglectful and it’s hard to say which one is worse.
Omg Large Marge is in this!
I was scrambling my brain trying to place her face! Thanx 😂
I remember this
That's funny I always loved Halloween because my birthday is 3 days later and her sisters is 2 days later
3:55 "I was going to do that [thing that I know damn well I should have done before but sat back and let you handle]" - the siren song of the adult child
When the child has to be the adult. :-(
Do you know when there is a part in a movie you watched a long long time ago and it keeps replaying in your head over and over again but can't remember the name of the movie? It was this one. I was so little when it aired on tv and the part in the movie was a girl with halloween makeup crying and all her mascara coming down her face and another girl comforting her at 13:23. It was the only scene I recall.
Oh my goodness yes!! I have a recurring memory of a movie from this era where two kids were snowbound in a VW punchbug that she finally set on fire to alert the rescue planes. I only remember that scene after seeing it ONCE as a kid and never again. Lol!
The young guy looks like Ben Murphy anyone know? Really enjoyed this short story. Thanks for uploading
Skygazer
Hi, just watched this short story, I don't think it's Ben Murphy, even though very similar features
@@gracehannon6751 ok! I wasnt sure
Lol...her "new friend" that moved in next door looks 35!
for real i thought that was the mom from the new family
Me too! Thought she was mother!
@@jerriblank5690 So did I.
So what? Did you like the movie?
I know I'm like what??! 😂😂
Hey, the neighbor is Large Marge from Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
My uncle was an alcoholic Vietnam veteran, and i had an alcoholic grandpa
Not many of the actors or crew have familiar names, this movie is like from another planet. The gal playing Francesca was in an episode of FAMILY as Kristy MacNichol’s friend, a teen alcoholic the same timeframe, i think. It was just as campy as this, but she was unusually mature and a strong actress.
I noticed that too. I was born in the early 70s and just finding these shows now.
Mike is Benny Medina
Connie looks like Large Marge from Pee Wee's Big Adventure. (The truck driver)
BAHAHAHAHAHA Yes! It's her!! I just looked it up! "Tell em Large Marge sent ya!"
Thought the same thing!
YES!!!! "Tell em Large Marge sent ya!"
Because it IS her.
NO! That's Buelah Ballbreaker of Porky's !!!! She was FABULOUS at her role!
Connie is Large Marge
I hate the pity party addicts do to make u feel sorry for them.
Exactly! This woman was so selfish, she's not a mother. I wanted to slap her when she ruined the birthday party!! Selfish!
The father is worse than the mother and gets treated like he's a good dad...
So true, he tried to run from his grief and basically abandoned his family, leaving his kids with an alcoholic mom. Not a good dad.
GODS in CONTROL And Merry Christmas everyone AMEN 🙏 BLESS ❤️ YOU ALL.
I'm watching this in 2023 and I honestly don't remember watching this when it first came out.
Only drinking problem I ever had growing up was I'd get mad at kids my brother and I used to fight with and at 2 AM I'd get drunk, go over to our tormentors' houses and do ugly acts of vandalism that would probably get me thrown in the slammer.
Uhhhhh.....thanks for sharing?
That's it?
Large Marge sent me.
Why everybody's writing large marge?
This after school specials teach people good lessons about problems they have deal with in real life. How to solve their problems? Francesca mother is alcoholic and she need to go rehab and become clean. She suppose look after her children and it not fair Francesca shouldn't be looking after herself and her sister.♥️🎥
No child should be responsible fo taking care of their parents problems. The father is neglecting his children well being by running away from the issue.
My guess is that the father has action on the side- hence his absence.
Large Marge
Good outcome,,,
Vodka in tomato juice is pretty darn tasty.
Wasn’t that the Infamous “Large Marge” from Pee Wee’s Bid Adventure?
Lol I came to see if anybody else noticed that.
Francesca belongs in horror films. She has a creepy vibe. I love it.