[s4e7] Uncomfortable Ball Stuff Link

The night at the Pricemart Ball was every bit the suburban purgatory Eric feared. The ballroom was draped in depressing beige streamers, and the band was playing a polka version of "Stayin' Alive."

In the basement of the Forman house, the air was thick with the usual mix of Nag Champa and teenage apathy. Eric sat on the edge of the couch, his fingers nervously tracing the lapel of a velvet suit that looked like it had been salvaged from a lounge singer's estate sale. [S4E7] Uncomfortable Ball Stuff

The highlight of the evening—or the low point—came during the "Grand March of Employees." Eric and Donna were forced to parade past a line of Pricemart executives. Eric, distracted by a particularly itchy polyester seam, tripped over his own feet, accidentally sent a glass of sparkling cider flying into the lap of the regional vice president, and ended up face-first in a tray of deviled eggs. The night at the Pricemart Ball was every