Where is Gordo? I thought we were supposed to meet him.
Just follow the music, and get ready to travel back in time.
Hey, Gordo.
Hey, pally, Charlie. How's your bird?
I just said, "Hey, how's it going?"
It's how they talked in Las Vegas in 1960.
Can't you just talk normal, like, "Hey, dog, what's the dealio?"
That's how everybody talks.
I'm not everybody.
Gordo is definitely not everybody.
He's always doing something different.
Like when everybody else was rollerblading,
Gordo was riding a unicycle.
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.
When everybody else was into chocolate cappuccinos,
he had a zen rock garden, whatever that is.
His latest thing is this whole Rat Pack lounge culture stuff.
It's a little weird for my taste,
but who am I to tell Gordo what to do?
Gordo, shouldn't you be listening to Britney Spears?
Why?
Because that's what normal people listen to.
We don't want people thinking that you're weird.
Do me a solid, doll?
Take this double sawbuck and grab me a platter I got on tap.
I hope that means,
"Thanks for the good advice. Here's twenty dollars."
The new Rat Pack CD is in a get-a-load-to-disc.
I was sort of hoping you could pick it up for me after school.
Why can't you pick it up?
Are you headlining in Atlantic City?
Hmm. I've got something on my toe.
I have to go to the podiatrist.
Okay, yeah, I'll pick it up for you.
But you do me a favor, okay?
Go easy on this whole Rat Pack stuff.
Go easy?
How can you go easy with the romping cat like Frank?
You gotta hear him swing, baby.
He could make old MacDonald jump.
-[RECORDER PLAYING] -Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
MALE STUDENT: Hey, stop paying that stuff.
You're ruining my lunch.
Maybe I could tone it down a little.
[THEME SONG PLAYING]
Hey, did you get Gordo's CD?
[SCOFFS] I told the clerk it's for my great grandfather
who's too frail to leave the home.
-[MIRANDA SIGHS] -Quick!
Vince, give it.
[IMITATING MIRANDA] Ooh, I'm Miranda. I want my CD back.
Seriously, Vince, it's not for us. It's for someone else.
[IMITATING LIZZIE] Seriously, I'm Lizzie.
I borrowed somebody's CD.
She didn't borrow it, she got it for Gordo.
Oh, I'm Lizzie, I'm in love with Gordo.
Yo, Vince, give it up.
Yeah. Okay.
Ethan Craft is so totally hot.
I hope this isn't stuck this way.
This yours?
Thanks.
Vince is a foot fungus.
Fungus.
Hey, wasn't this, like, a million years old or something?
Great.
I finally get a chance to talk to Ethan Craft
and he thinks I like the music that my great-grandmother listened to.
Mind if I check it out?
You don't understand, Ethan.
Yeah. We really don't listen to that kind of music.
Hey, this kind of rocks.
-[GIGGLE] -[SQUEAL]
Well, because it's not really
-the swingingest cut on the platter. -[CHUCKLES]
Yeah, but with a romping cat like this guy,
all the tunes are...
Are... Are grooving birds.
This is old school.
You guys have cool taste.
I've always thought so, pally.
Yo, maybe we could hook up later, you know, hang out.
You guys could give me the four-one-one.
-Sure. We're experts. -Sure. Mm.
Hi, guys.
-How's your corn pone, baby? -Wow, where'd you learn that?
We read the back of this album.
This Sinatra cat was one mother gasser.
You guys aren't just ragging on me, are you?
No, we really listened to some of this stuff.
-It grows on you. -Trust me, Gordo,
if we wanted to rag on you, there'd be other ways to do it.
Well, I'm glad you guys finally gave this stuff a chance.
For instance, you always watch movies with subtitles.
Actually, I was hoping you could teach me more about this stuff.
You middle name is Zephyr. What's that about?
Sure, I can teach you.
Rat Pack, Louis Prima,
Nat King Cole, how to talk, how to dress.
Get you all locked up, Charlie Banks.
And there's the way you blink your eyes so much.
I do not blink that much.
-You always blink. -I do not.
You just did. You did it again.
It's 'cause you're making me think about it.
-You did it again. -Cut it out.
-[SCOFFS] -[LIZZIE SCOFFS]
Twenty-eight, twenty-nine.
Okay. We're getting better.
Ready to go again, Lanny?
Hey, Matt. Hiya, Lanny.
What are you boys up to?
We're gonna set the world record
for the world's longest net ball rally.
And then our world record will go in
The Book of World Records.
That's great.
You think you got enough energy for that, Lanny?
[WHISPERS] Does he ever say anything?
I've never heard him.
That's creepy.
Maybe he's just shy.
Okay, well, you guys have fun
and, uh, you, you let us know if you need anything, okay?
Ready to go again, Lanny?
One.
Hey, check you guys out.
You like you like just jetted in from Acapulco.
Crazy rags, huh?
Hey, Adam. How's your corn pone?
Um, guys, uh, it's really cool that
you're so into this,
but please don't make too big a deal out of it.
I don't want it to turn
into something dopey fad every idiot does
because he thinks it's trendy,
like Ricky Martin and digital pets.
Don't worry, Gordo.
It's not like we're the trendsetters around here.
Digital pets are fun.
It was so sad when mine died.
ETHAN: Hey, Lizzie, Miranda.
Yo, Gordon.
I was just noticing your shirt. Very mac daddy.
Oh, ah, thanks.
Where'd you get it?
Uh, actually, it was a gift,
from my aunt. She lives in Rangoon,
and they're all out of this kind of shirt.
Bummer, man.
Cool shirt, though.
Ethan, me and Miranda got these clothes
at Anteater over on Lexington Street.
They had a lot of guy stuff, too.
And they accept all major credit cards.
Cool. I'm there.
Props, man.
ETHAN: Come on, Steve, we're going to Anteater.
Thirty-five.
Thirty-s... Thirty-five.
Crud. That's the best we've done in two days.
This is pointless.
Hey, that's a great idea.
We can find a different record to set.
Let's see,
"World's Land Speed Record"
Nah, can't drive.
"World's Tallest Man"
Nah.
Um, ah, here we go.
"World's Largest Pancake"
Let's find something else to do.
And don't tell my mom about this.
Cool.
There was a Frank Sinatra biography on last night.
Did you know that he spent
more money on hats than my house cost?
You gotta hand it to the kids at our school.
They sure can jump on the bandwagon.
It's a good thing Gordo's CD wasn't banjo music.
Everybody would be dressed like hillbillies.
[BANJO MUSIC PLAYING]
This is so great, Gordo. Everybody loves your music.
Kate alert. Kate alert.
Lizzie, Miranda.
Kate.
People are talking about you two.
Yeah, well, it's all lies.
They're saying that you guys
started all this cool lounge stuff,
that you were the first ones.
Yeah, that was us.
Actually, Gordo started it, but we ran with it.
Well, whoever started it,
you three were ahead of the curve.
And you know the most about it, which means
I need your help.
Well, well, well, well, well,
little Ms. Popular needs our help.
Looks like the shoe's on the other foot,
but she's gonna have to beg.
She's gonna have to get down on her knees.
She's gonna have to grovel.
Sure, Kate. What'd you need?
Doh!
I'm on the dance committee, and we thought it would be fun
to make this month's dance a Rat Pack theme.
You guys can help us
plan it.
I think we could because...
We can probably manage to...
Because I don't think we have any other...
I got some free time.
Yeah, we can do it.
Great. It should be a ding-dong time.
The phrase is "Ring-A-Ding-Ding".
Whatever. It'll be fun.
Oh, Gordo, we can use those
great Las Vegas posters that you got.
Ooh, this is gonna be awesome.
No thanks. If you ask me,
the idea for a Rat Pack dance couldn't be any stupider.
See you around, pally.
Hey, Gordo.
Your mom sent up some cupcakes.
No thanks. One of her patients baked those.
She lives in a one-bedroom apartment with 28 cats.
Ugh.
Just what I need, a hairball.
[GAGS]
Anyway, I hope you understand this geography homework
'cause I don't see what job I could ever have
that would possibly require me to know anything about Bolivia.
Ambassador to Bolivia?
Oh.
Whoa. Aren't those those planes
that your aunt gave you for your birthday?
I thought you thought they were goofy.
That's what I thought. They're actually kind of cool.
The Allies used this plane in World War II
to deliver powdered eggs and rubber to American Samoa.
Wow, that's so cool.
[GRUNTS]
Anyway, everyone's really excited about this whole Rat Pack dance.
Ugh.
Oh, come on. I know you don't like dancing,
but it could still be fun.
It's not the dancing. I'm just not into that Rat Pack thing anymore.
Not into it?
That's nuts.
Oh, come on, you love it.
Not anymore.
Now I love radio-controlled
164th scale World War II planes. Vroom.
How could you just give that up?
Fine, I'll tell you why.
It's because you and Miranda got Ethan Craft into it,
and then he got everybody else into it.
When Kate Sanders likes something,
it's officially a mindless fad,
and I don't want any part of it.
[SCOFFS] Gordo, I think Kate might really like it.
She thinks it's ding-dong.
The phrase is "Ring-A-Ding-Ding".
It was a code for living life on your own terms.
A ding-dong is a chocolate covered devil's food cake treat
intended for mass consumption.
I'm not into mass consumption.
Let's do homework.
Great. I ruined Gordo's hobby,
and I ate a cat hair cupcake.
[COUGHS]
You gained a pound.
You only have 674 to go.
Faster.
I mean, who's to say what's the proper etiquette for a...
[CRASHES]
[MATT SCREAMS]
Okay, the record for running up and down stairs
is 13 hours and 4 minute.
Ready. Go.
Okay. Friday's dance will officially be called
Lounging Around.
I thought it would be really lounge
to have those little plastic
champagne and martini glasses for punch.
Savannah, you'll be in charge of that.
Lizzie, since you're the expert,
we are going to need a list of songs the DJ should play.
No problem.
Any idea what those songs are?
Oh, and we are going to have a costume contest.
Miranda, we'll need a list of the kind of outfits
the judges should be looking for.
You got it.
You know what those are?
And we are going to need all of this by tomorrow.
We have to get Gordo to give us the scoop on this stuff.
We can ask him, but I don't think
he's gonna be too crazy about helping us.
He has to. This is the dance committee.
They can do things to us.
Remember, Gordo's not that wild
about this whole Rat Pack dance,
so let me get around to it kind of slow, okay?
This is like, the dorkiest hobby ever.
Hey, Gordo. How's the plane stuff coming along?
It looks really cool.
Can't get the engine started.
Oh, well, uh, you will.
So how fast do these things fly?
If anyone ever gets one off the ground, I'll tell you.
[SCOFFS] We need a list of twenty Frank Sinatra tunes,
pictures of clothes people wore back then
-and the Rat Pack's favorite food. -Huh?
What can I say? I cut to the chase.
The Sinatra songs were all called Leave me Alone,
people used to wear I-couldn't-care-less
and their favorite food was goodbye.
Gordo, come on.
Come on what? You guys are the big Rat Pack fans here.
You should know all this stuff.
You're the Rat Pack fan and you know it.
Not anymore, not since you guys made it a big fad.
Now I'm stuck with this lame old hobby.
You're not stuck with it,
and you don't have to do it if you don't want to.
But it's not our fault that
the other kids like the music and stuff.
It's your fault for spreading it around.
Oh, Ethan, you can get Rat Pack clothes at Anteater.
We can't help it if you refuse to like something
just because other people like it.
It's called being your own person.
It's called being an idiot, okay?
It's ridiculous to do some airplane thing that you hate
instead of doing some Rat Pack thing that you love.
Besides, why isn't anyone else allowed to like Frank Sinatra?
Because they don't even really like him.
They're just mindless trendoids following the herd.
I make up my own mind.
I'm not a superficial popularity junkie.
And what, we are?
I don't know.
I'm not the one helping Kate Sanders with her dance.
No, you're not,
but I'm not the one sitting here
hanging out with a bunch of propeller-headed weirdos
trying to get some powdered egg and rubber plane off the ground.
And you don't even like it.
Gordo.
Gordo. Fine, enjoy being a lone wolf.
I think I gave him something to think about.
Come on, Lizzie, we have a dance to plan.
I don't think they're getting in the book with this one.
Six, seven, eight.
Eight feet. Let me see what the record is.
Thirty miles? That's insane!
We're never gonna set a record.
Saw that one coming.
This is so stupid.
No matter what we do, it doesn't work.
I know we're both big losers.
This is our 38th try, and we've got nothing.
Did you just say that you've made 38 record attempts?
-Yeah. -Oh, it's just as I thought.
There is not record
for the most consecutive failed attempts.
-What? -Hey,
you guys finally set a whole new record.
Isn't that great, Lanny?
I'm telling you. [HUMS THE TWILIGHT ZONE THEME]
We really set a record?
Lanny, we set a record!
I am so proud of you boys. Aren't you, Sam?
You bet.
You kids are American heroes.
And American heroes get to go for ice cream.
All right! I want triple fudge.
And what flavor do you want, Lanny?
Uh, Lanny likes pumpkin, only pumpkin.
Then pumpkin it is.
Of course.
Okay.
[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]
Yo, Lizzie, Miranda, awesome dance. Coolsville.
Right back at you, sunshine.
You betcha, pally. The living end.
Let's, like, dance, Ethan.
I can't believe it.
I mean, Ethan Craft is noticing us
and everyone knows we made this dance happen.
Still, I'm not having fun.
Me neither, and I can't figure out why.
It's that stinking Gordo, that's why.
He's a dirty fink, and he's bringing us down
just because he thinks we stole his hobby.
I say we let the crybaby cry.
Get that out of my face, you punk.
You know, it's not our fault Gordo isn't here.
Yeah. You know what, if he wants to spend
his valuable time flying airplane, it's his problem.
Yeah, so, I say let's forget about him and have fun.
-Okay. -Yeah.
Okay, listen, I know this is stupid and it doesn't make any sense,
but I just feel like if Gordo can't enjoy this, I can't either.
Yeah, me too. And it really ticks me off.
-You wanna get out of here? -Yeah.
Let's start the action.
Hey, nice to see you, pally.
Whoo!
Cool, cool threads, sugar lips.
Hey you, Smoky. How's your Bell and Howell?
Doll face, you make me feel like spring has sprung.
Hey, Charlie bones hitting the gasoline pretty good there, ain't you?
Hey, Gordo. You're here.
Yeah, well, I accidentally flew my plane
into the street and it got run over by an SUV.
But I thought you said we were just
mindless trendoids following the herd.
[SCOFFS] I never said that.
Yes, you did. You said it was just a stupid fad.
Wasn't me. Must've been someone else.
-We were there. -No, you're mistaken.
You know, guys, I'm lucky enough to have friends
who point out to me that I shouldn't give something up
just to be different.
Well, we're lucky enough to have a hardcore nonconformist
who totally doesn't care what anybody thinks about what he likes.
Good, that's settled.
Is it okay to have fun now?
Fun's what it's all about, baby.
[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]
Mark.
Hey, Matt. Hiya, Lanny.
I guess we should start that over again.
[ALL LAUGHING]
Uh, Frank Sinatra. Isn't this, like, a million dollars...
No thanks. Ow. What a...
Sorry.
She lives in a one-bedroom apartment with 28 cats.
Son of a...
Oh!
Great. I ruined Gordo's hobby.
Hey, Gordo. Your mom brought by some cupcakes.
MAN: Let's go back a line.
WOMAN: "Your mom sent up some cupcakes"
-Oh! -CREW: Action.
Hey, Gordo. Your mom sent up some cupcakes.
CREW: Back to one. Action.
Hey, Gordo. Your mom sent up some cupcakes.
-No thanks. -CREW: Back to one.
Hey, Gordo. Your mom sent up some cukcakes.
-Oh! -CREW: Again.
-CREW 1: Action. -CREW 2: Cut.
CREW 3: There we go.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]