Capturing the Friedmans
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It always struck us as being
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a very dysfunctional
family, obviously.

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And we'd have to,
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you would have to wonder,
wouldn't you,

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what kind of a family
situation you would have

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that could produce
this kind of crime.

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What might it be like to grow up
in a household like this?

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I don't know.
I can't even imagine.

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Today is September 14, 1975.
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We just concluded a tour
of Jungle Safari.

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Jungle Habitat.
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Jungle Habitat in
West Milford, New Jersey.

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Here are my 3 brothers.
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Two brothers, you dummy.
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All right, there are 3 children.
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What happened was the 3
sons were like a gang.

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Like, "This is our gang
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and Mom. "
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"She's not part of our gang. "
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And we have, of course,
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A pterodactyl.
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A Jewish pterodactyl.
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Shmuck, shmuck, schmuck.
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The 4 of us got along so well.
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We had a very similar
kind of sense of humor.

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You know, one guy would say
something, and then it would,

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then the next person
would add to the joke.

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And my mother, who has
no sense of humor,

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and she just didn't
get that part of us.

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And she resented that.
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When this whole thing blew
apart, the men got together,

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and Arnold confided in them.
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And me?
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And I was a loyal wife.
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People told me, "Oh, why
don't you leave him?

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He's a horrible person.
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Just walk out and leave him. "
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And I didn't.
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I went all over town.
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I raised money for bail.
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I called every relative I knew.
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I begged.
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And I did all this
for him, right?

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He was my husband. I loved him.
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And no one said,
"What do you want?" to me.


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