At the breakfast table was the all-American Walsh family:husband Ken Walsh (Clu Gulager)wife Cheryl Walsh (Hope Lange)precocious 11 year-old daughter Angela (Christie Clark)teenaged 17 year-old son Jesse (Mark Patton) (upstairs)Angela was eating Fu Man Chews cereal, and reaching for the box""s prize - five extra-long plastic fingernail tips.That was her greatest role.When she sang it in St.Petersburg, the Czar used to come to every performance" - important clues for later.And then Paula momentarily becomes upset after she recalls finding her aunt""s murdered-strangled body in front of the fireplace: "No, I can""t stay here.Hmmm.I""d like to see my old woman throwing things around.It""s disgraceful.Never heard of such goings-off, on.You know, if my ball-and-chain ever talked o me, if she even dared to raise her...Do you know what I""d say?...I""d say.Hello, honey.I...(He does a double-take) Well, you think it over.I""ll see you in the morning.(Stan meekly rises and dutifully follows after his wife.)The next day, they devise a plan so they can sneak off to the convention.Ollie fakes illness ("a severe nervous breakdown") to his wife, mostly as a result of his fight with her.In the next scene, Lermontov spoke to his six female dancer hopefuls before the Ballet Company""s departure on Saturday for their next tour stop, Paris (and the Theatre National).In the 14th round, Rocky was sent to the canvas, but he crawled to his corner and managed to pull himself up with the ropes.