Capturing the Friedmans
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:03:04
I have very good memories
of the, of my, well,

:03:09
I have very good memories
of my childhood.

:03:12
I had a great time growing up.
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I had a great time
because of my friends.

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And my father was great.
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I mean, he may not have
been the best father,

:03:23
but he went to
Columbia University.

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And then when he graduated,
he went to the Catskills

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to play in his band.
:03:35
The Jazzbo Mambo
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With a boogie beat
:03:38
Is the newest dance
on 52nd Street

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The band was called Arnito Rey
and his Orchestra.

:03:45
My father's name
was Arnold Friedman.

:03:47
This was in the late
40's and early '50s.

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So he played Latin music.
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It was very big at the time,
:03:51
and so he changed
his name to Arnito Rey.

:03:53
We'll do a Jazzbo Mambo
8 to the bar

:03:57
I don't know.
:03:59
My dad was a cool guy, you know?
:04:00
He was a schoolteacher.
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And I think that the other kids
liked him, and he liked kids.

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But he didn't like spending
a lot of time with his wife,

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so he would teach high
school during the day

:04:11
and then after school, he would
come home and teach

:04:13
piano lessons and later computer
lessons in the house.

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And that was, of course, more
time he didn't have to spend

:04:19
with his wife.
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I'm not that anxious to talk
about his father,

:04:25
because, you know,
we were divorced, and

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But his father, he would,
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I don't really want
to talk about it.

:04:36
In case anybody didn't know,
I'm the father of this family.

:04:38
I'm never in the movies.
:04:40
Never see me in any
of the pictures,

:04:41
but I really am the father.
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And we're all gathered
together

:04:43
while David is messing up
the camera here.

:04:45
Now he's taking a good movie
and zooming in and out.

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When you see me on this,
you're gonna say

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Okay, shut it.
:04:52
He died of a surprise heart
attack about 5 years ago.

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And it was very, very sad.
:04:59
He was, you know,

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