It's the summer of 1957, and Harold goes to pick up his date, Peggy Sue.
Harold's a pretty hip guy, with his own car and a 'Ducktail' hairdo. When he goes to the front door, Peggy Sue's mother answers and invites him in. 'Peggy Sue's not ready yet, so why don't you have a seat?'
Peggy Sue's mother asks Harold what they're planning to do. Harold replies politely that they will probably just go to the malt shop or to a drive-in movie. Peggy Sue's mother responds, 'Why don't you kids go out and screw? I hear all the kids are doing it.' Naturally this comes as quite a surprise to Harold, and he says, 'Whaaaaat?' 'Yes,' says Peggy Sue's mother. 'We know Peggy Sue really likes to screw; why, she 'd screw all night if we let her!' Harold's eyes light up, and he smiles from ear to ear. Immediately he has re vised his plans for the evening.
A few moments lat er, Peggy Sue comes downstairs in her little poodle skirt with her saddle shoes and announces that she's ready to go.* Almost with breathless anticipation, Harold escorts his date out the front door while Mom is saying, 'Have a good evening kids!' with a small wink for Harold.
About 20 minutes later, a thoroughly disheveled Peggy Sue rushes back in to the house, slams the door behind her and screams at her mother....... "Dammit Mom....it's the Twist!......It's called the Twist!"