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Did you know that there
was cannibalism

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in Trinidad and Tobago, until 1850?

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There were a lot of pirates
in that area, too.

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They liked to drag their
prisoners under their ship

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across the razor-sharp coral reefs.

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<i>-On the other hand...</i>
-[GROANS]

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...they invented
barbecued food.

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Are you hungry? I am hungry.

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Gordo, I'm trying to finish

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this article in time
for this week's edition.

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"School to schedule
weekly movie night"

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Did you know that motion pictures

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weren't really invented by Edison,

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like everybody thinks?

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They were invented
by William Friese-Greene...

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...completely deaf.

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And, he had eyebrows like,
like out to here.

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Gordo!

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Sorry. I... I'll zip it.

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[SCOFFS]

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Wow! They're showing <i>The Mummy? </i>

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Fine, Gordo. What'd you need
to tell me about <i>The Mummy?</i>

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-That I liked it?
-Is that all?

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And, that,
when they made mummies,

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they used to pull their organs
out through their nose.

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[SCOFFS]

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Here's the movie night
story, Mr. Lang.

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I feel like I got a real handle
on this journalism stuff.

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I think this story lede's a real grabber.

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So, for my next story,

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I was thinking I
could do the school play.

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Mr. Escobar,
the drama teacher, wrote it.

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My best friend
Miranda's auditioning for it.

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She'll probably
just get a small part.

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So, I think I can cover that

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all the way from
auditions to opening night.

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Bermuda!

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I, um, beg your pardon?

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Seven letter word
for putting surface.

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[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]

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I think Mr. Lang is
way over journalism.

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It seems like he'd rather
be somewhere else.

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So, I'll do the story
on the play, then.

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And, I'll have it for you
after opening night.

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There'll be, uh, reviews,

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uh, details
on the production...

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Well, it'll just
be all about the play.

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Gordo? A little help here.

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Well, apparently, the Egyptians

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had this wooden hook
that went right into the nose.

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[SIGHS]

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[THEME SONG PLAYING]

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GORDO: You know, when you
become a famous reporter,

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I can come along,
and take all the pictures.

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Photographers get to wear
stuff with lots of pockets.

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I like that.

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I don't think you'll be
my photographer, Gordo.

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I don't plan on doing
any lingerie fashion shows

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or swimsuit competitions.

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Well, forget it, then.

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-Oh, my gosh! Oh!
-[GRUNTS]

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-[GRUNTS]
-Oh, I'm sorry, Tudgeman.

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[STAMMERS] I got it!

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I didn't even try to, but I... I got it!

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What'd you get?
What'd you get?

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The lead in the play.

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I am gonna be the star
of the school play!

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Oh, that is so awesome!
Congratulations!

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I thought I'd get in the chorus

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or-or paint
the scenery or something.

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But no,
I got the biggest part!

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That is so great!

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I didn't know you were
such a good actress.

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To be honest, I didn't
have any real competition.

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Mr. Escobar
wrote the play himself.

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And it's set in the 1950s,

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which is like, a million years ago.

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And, none of the regular
drama kids wanna do it.

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They all wanna do something
where they were supermodels

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and NBA stars who turn to

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crime-fighting, rapping robots.

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Now, that's a great idea.

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But, still,
you're the star of the play.

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You got the biggest part!

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None of us have
ever been in a play before.

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I have. In the third grade
grammar pageant.

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I played the question mark.

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Gordo, that might
not help you get dates.

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Okay, but,
if you guys ever need help

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looking confused, inquisitive...

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or questioning, I'm your guy.

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[SCOFFS]

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Hey, Matt.

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Lanny. How are you doing?
Whatcha been up to?

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Why do you bother?

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You know he's not
going to say anything.

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I'm gonna get
something out of him, watch.

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So, Lanny, you wanna
stick around for dinner?

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'Cause, we're having
Gammy McGuire's spareribs.

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He can't. He has church choir
practice tonight.

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Besides, ribs give
Lanny nightmares.

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The walrus dream, right?

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Right.

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Hey, Mom can I
have $3000 for a jet-ski?

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Well, no.

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Can I have $1000
for an electronic keyboard?

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I don't think so.

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MATT: All right.

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I guess I'll just settle
for $90 for walkie-talkies.

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Matt, we are
not giving you $90.

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See, Lanny, I told you

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they wouldn't fall for the
start high, go low thing.

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What do you need
walkie-talkies for, anyway?

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So me and Lanny can
talk to each other at night,

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and when we're on our way
to school and stuff.

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You know, your mom and I

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aren't here just
to give you money, Matt.

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I know you're not just here
to give me money.

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You have to cook
and wash my clothes

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and do all that stuff, too.

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What your father
is trying to say is

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that we work hard
for our money.

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So, if you
want expensive things,

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-you gotta earn 'em.
-SAM: That's right, sport.

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You want those walkie-talkies,

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you're just gonna have to get out there
and earn the money yourself.

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Why?

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MATT: Earn it yourself?

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Where'd they come up
with this stuff?

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I mean, it's just so weird.

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Okay, a nickel, two pennies,

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a peppermint candy,
and a bunch of nuts.

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-[NUTS CLATTER]
-I don't know what that is.

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And, I think this is the turtle
I lost three years ago.

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Well, come on.

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We better go start checking
pay phones for change.

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Okay. Places, everyone.

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LIZZIE: After rehearsal, I'm gonna ask

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Mr. Escobar a few questions.

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How the play got started,

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how he got the ideas
for the show...

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What's up with that blue scarf
he always wears?

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-[SHUSHES]
-TRAVIS: Listen, Rhonda.

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I gotta get out of this town.

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My old man,
he just doesn't understand.

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Oh, Reb.
Be strong for both of us.

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Rhonda walks to the table...

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...worried.

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All right, okay,
hold on a second, Miranda.

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That was great.

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Uh, we're on our way
to the stars.

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But, "Rhonda walks
to the table worried"

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it isn't dialogue,
you actually do it.

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It's...

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Oh, Reb, be strong
for the both of us.

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And, you walk
to the table, worried.

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Uh, but,
you don't have to say it.

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[CLEARS THROAT] Oh, right,
right. Uh, Mr. Escobar,

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I just wanna thank you again,

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for letting me
be in this play.

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A-acting is, like, the greatest thing I've ever done.

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Wow, Miranda's officially
in love with acting.

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Maybe,
when she's 30-years-old,

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she can play a teenager
on <i>Dawson's Creek.</i>

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You're very welcome, Miranda.

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Let's move on to the drag
race scene, shall we?

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Larry!

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Care to join us?

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[LAUGHS] It's Tudgeman!

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Oh, Stingo, why does Reb
do such dangerous things?

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You're his best friend,

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and I can't get
through to him!

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Why, oh, why
won't he let me in?

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How come this is so lame?

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It's just rehearsal.

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I mean, I'm sure the movie
with the hockey-playing chimp

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wasn't brilliant the first time
hey ran through it.

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It'll get better.

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Yeah, right.

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Can't you talk some
sense into him, Tudgeman?

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Um, I'm Stingo, remember?

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Oh, can't you talk some
sense into him, Stingo?

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At least, I sure
hope it gets better.

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I can't believe that
garage sale your parents had.

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I never knew people would
pay money for old junk.

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I mean, that lady, with that

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weird purple thing on her neck,

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paid five dollars for a cookie
jar shaped like an elf!

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[SIGHS]

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Hey, I think I'm thinking
what you're thinking.

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Sell my stuff.

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I've got a room full of junk
I could get rid of!

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Then, we'll have the money
for the walkie-talkies.

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Here's to money!

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Oh, sorry, Lanny, my bad. Here.

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Miranda.

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Hey! Oh, uh,
I don't have much time.

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Mr. Escobar makes us
meditate before we go on.

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[CHUCKLES] That outfit is so excellent.

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Thanks. I'm gonna be a star!

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And I'm gonna write about it!

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-[CHUCKLES]
-Here.

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It's Cindy Loo-Moo.

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Yeah, you gave her to me
before soccer playoffs,

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and it helped me score a goal.

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So, now she's gonna
bring you some good luck.

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Thanks.

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Gather round, kids.

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Thanks, I gotta go.

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Okay.

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-Om.
-STUDENTS: Om.

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Is Miranda nervous?

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No. I've never
seen her so confident.

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Here we go.

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Yep.

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Here we go.

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-[VIDEO GAME NOISES]
-[SNORING]

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Hey, Reb, I heard you
got expelled from school.

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-Hey, it's Tudgeman!
-TRAVIS: That's right, Stingo.

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That lousy
vice president, Mr. Birch

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hasn't liked me
since my family's moved west,

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and I started here
at Southeast Northfield High.

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-[GORDO SCOFFS]
-LARRY: Man, that's a gyp, Reb.

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They should have launched him

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into orbit instead
of the astronauts, oh!

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Oh, Stingo,
you and your wisecracks.

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Reb! Reb! Ow!

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Now, that you've
been expelled,

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my father will never
let me see you again.

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I'll be re-stick-ted, stricted.

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I-I'll be restricted!

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My bad.

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Um, and senior prom
is two weeks away!

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[CLATTERING]

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MIRANDA: Reb! Reb!

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-[VIDEO GAME NOISES]
-[SNORING]

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MIRANDA:
How could you do that, Daddy?

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You, you'll never understand Reb,
because he's a wild mustang,

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running free, as swiftly as the eagle,

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on the prairie flying above us.

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The wide open space...

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[RETCHES]

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So, I'm going with Reb.

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Even if I have
to drop out of school.

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Guess, now I'll never be...

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be, be...

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"Valedictorian"

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Wait for me, Reb!

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Didn't get any better.

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It's official. Miranda stinks.

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Be careful with that box, Lanny.

252
00:11:59,130 --> 00:12:01,600
I got a Celine Dion
snow globe in there.

253
00:12:01,730 --> 00:12:04,530
That's got to be worth at least
five bucks to some yokel.

254
00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:06,900
No, Lanny, I told you.

255
00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:08,900
First, we're selling the books.

256
00:12:09,230 --> 00:12:11,000
Then the toys, then the clothes.

257
00:12:11,730 --> 00:12:13,130
And, then we'll sell the wagon.

258
00:12:13,730 --> 00:12:14,900
Okay, you ready, Lanny?

259
00:12:15,330 --> 00:12:17,200
Hey, Matt, Lanny.

260
00:12:17,730 --> 00:12:19,000
Uh, is your sister here?

261
00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:20,230
She's inside.

262
00:12:20,630 --> 00:12:23,400
Hey! We're selling
some of my old stuff.

263
00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:25,600
Wanna buy anything?

264
00:12:26,030 --> 00:12:27,360
Uh, I don't think so.

265
00:12:30,730 --> 00:12:32,000
Okay, okay, I can do this.

266
00:12:32,060 --> 00:12:33,200
I've got words in my head.

267
00:12:33,860 --> 00:12:36,100
Come on, words, out
of my head, out, out!

268
00:12:36,500 --> 00:12:37,830
Ooh, Scranton.

269
00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:39,930
That's a city in Pennsylvania.

270
00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:41,730
What stinking good does that do me?

271
00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:43,900
Hey, whatcha doing?

272
00:12:44,300 --> 00:12:45,630
Hmm, the play review.

273
00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:47,560
What's that?

274
00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:49,160
Whee-lo.

275
00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,600
[CHUCKLES] It
doesn't have a wheel.

276
00:12:52,030 --> 00:12:53,100
Yeah, I know.

277
00:12:53,260 --> 00:12:55,660
That Lanny, he could
sell ice to a polar bear.

278
00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:00,160
So, how's the review coming?

279
00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:02,960
Mm, great. Just great.

280
00:13:04,430 --> 00:13:07,660
" <i>Greasier</i> Review,
by Lizzie McGuire. Scranton"

281
00:13:08,660 --> 00:13:10,960
Well, I-I-I,
that really says it all.

282
00:13:11,130 --> 00:13:12,730
I probably would've
gone with Pittsburgh,

283
00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,100
but you know me.
I overstate things.

284
00:13:15,730 --> 00:13:16,900
That's just doodling.

285
00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:19,530
I can't bring
myself to say that

286
00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:23,000
-Miranda...
-Stinks like a cab driver's armpit?

287
00:13:24,530 --> 00:13:26,630
Gordo, I can't say that.
She's my best friend.

288
00:13:26,700 --> 00:13:28,300
I can't give her a bad review.

289
00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:29,560
It's not a big deal.

290
00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:30,800
Miranda's an actress.

291
00:13:30,860 --> 00:13:32,960
She knows that, sometimes,
you don't get good reviews.

292
00:13:33,230 --> 00:13:35,130
Well, she's counting on me
to support her.

293
00:13:35,860 --> 00:13:38,230
She may be
the worst actress in history,

294
00:13:38,530 --> 00:13:39,630
and you're reporting on it.

295
00:13:40,230 --> 00:13:41,460
You have to report the truth.

296
00:13:42,260 --> 00:13:44,260
Well, I might have
to report the truth,

297
00:13:44,460 --> 00:13:46,530
but that doesn't mean
I can't go easy on her.

298
00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,930
Newcomer Miranda Sanchez

299
00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:53,030
gives her best effort

300
00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:56,560
as Rhonda in the school
production of <i>Greasier.</i>

301
00:13:57,030 --> 00:14:00,100
"Unfortunately, her best
effort comes up short"

302
00:14:01,030 --> 00:14:02,130
Comes up short?

303
00:14:02,330 --> 00:14:04,430
Well, I said
your clothes looked nice.

304
00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:06,330
How could you do this?

305
00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,330
You know how
important this play is to me!

306
00:14:08,630 --> 00:14:11,430
-I know, and I...
-I can't believe it.

307
00:14:13,130 --> 00:14:14,530
I thought you
were my best friend.

308
00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:27,160
Hey, Miranda.
I got you some flan.

309
00:14:27,260 --> 00:14:28,600
I know how much you like it.

310
00:14:30,700 --> 00:14:32,730
Hey, don't slide away
from me, Miss Thing.

311
00:14:32,830 --> 00:14:34,230
I'm trying to be
the nice one here.

312
00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:35,830
Come on, Miranda.

313
00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,530
I mean, I didn't mean
for the review to hurt you.

314
00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,300
Hey, I shouldn't even
have to apologize,

315
00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,200
Miss Queen of Stinky Acting.

316
00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,100
I was just trying to do my job.

317
00:14:45,230 --> 00:14:46,260
I thought that you would understand.

318
00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:48,700
Oh, I-I understand.

319
00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:50,700
I-I understand that
you're just jealous,

320
00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,400
that I'm the star of the school play,

321
00:14:52,460 --> 00:14:54,500
and you are just a little reporter!

322
00:14:54,900 --> 00:14:57,930
And, if you think, uh, tearing me down
makes you bigger than me,

323
00:14:58,400 --> 00:14:59,400
well, you're wrong!

324
00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,800
Oh, you're a lousy friend!

325
00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,430
Well, you're a lousy friend, too,

326
00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:06,000
and a stinkbag actress!

327
00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:07,800
Well, you're a lousy friend, too,

328
00:15:07,860 --> 00:15:09,330
and a stinkbag actress!

329
00:15:09,930 --> 00:15:10,930
Impressive.

330
00:15:11,130 --> 00:15:12,130
[GASPS]

331
00:15:12,300 --> 00:15:13,330
[FRIES SQUELCH]

332
00:15:14,230 --> 00:15:15,230
[SIGHS]

333
00:15:16,930 --> 00:15:17,960
Didn't go so well, huh?

334
00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,300
Oh! Those are my fries!

335
00:15:20,700 --> 00:15:22,730
[SIGHS] Brilliant
observation, Gordo.

336
00:15:23,530 --> 00:15:24,800
Miranda, wait up.

337
00:15:25,430 --> 00:15:27,300
Don't even try
to defend Lizzie, Gordo.

338
00:15:27,630 --> 00:15:28,630
I don't have to.

339
00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:30,330
This is a tape
of your performance,

340
00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,060
and this is
the review Lizzie wrote.

341
00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:34,060
Take a good look at 'em both.

342
00:15:37,630 --> 00:15:41,000
MIRANDA: <i>Oh, Reb,</i>
<i>I've found you at last.</i>

343
00:15:41,330 --> 00:15:44,130
<i>Don't move. I'm coming</i>
<i>across this arcade and...</i>

344
00:15:44,330 --> 00:15:46,200
[CLATTERING]

345
00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:49,660
<i>Oops. Ow!</i>

346
00:15:49,730 --> 00:15:52,600
<i>And, jumping into your arms</i>
<i>and never letting go!</i>

347
00:15:52,860 --> 00:15:54,030
[TRAVIS YELPS]

348
00:15:54,860 --> 00:15:55,800
<i>Sorry.</i>

349
00:15:56,030 --> 00:15:57,230
MATT: Roger that, Lanny.

350
00:15:57,300 --> 00:15:59,830
I'm exiting the kitchen,
and heading upstairs.

351
00:16:00,130 --> 00:16:02,200
We'll establish
communications from there.

352
00:16:02,530 --> 00:16:03,930
Matt, over and out.

353
00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,000
[STATIC BUZZES]

354
00:16:05,630 --> 00:16:07,630
Honey? Honey.

355
00:16:08,230 --> 00:16:09,700
Where did you
get the walkie-talkies?

356
00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,330
I earned them, like you said.

357
00:16:11,900 --> 00:16:13,030
Well, I gotta go.

358
00:16:13,230 --> 00:16:14,330
Lanny got his stomach pumped,

359
00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:15,930
and he's gonna
tell me all about it.

360
00:16:16,500 --> 00:16:18,000
How did he earn all that money?

361
00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:19,760
And, what did Lanny eat?

362
00:16:21,730 --> 00:16:24,800
So, even though they
look like marshmallows,

363
00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:27,430
they don't really taste
like marshmallows?

364
00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:29,800
That's good to know.

365
00:16:31,100 --> 00:16:33,060
Well, Matt, over and out.

366
00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:34,400
Talk to you later.

367
00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:36,400
Hey, Matt.

368
00:16:43,530 --> 00:16:45,100
What happened
to all your things, honey?

369
00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:46,330
Sold them.

370
00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:47,830
And, you used the money
for your walkie-talkie?

371
00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:49,300
Uh, yeah.

372
00:16:50,330 --> 00:16:52,960
Well, I gotta go downstairs
and do my spelling homework.

373
00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:54,400
Oh, yeah,

374
00:16:54,730 --> 00:16:57,030
I don't have anything
to wear tomorrow to school.

375
00:16:58,800 --> 00:16:59,800
See ya.

376
00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,030
What's it gonna cost
to replace all his stuff?

377
00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,600
-Uh...
-Uh, right.

378
00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:08,660
Yeah.

379
00:17:09,100 --> 00:17:10,830
Let's not teach him
anything else for a while.

380
00:17:10,900 --> 00:17:11,930
-Okay?
-Okay.

381
00:17:12,830 --> 00:17:15,530
Hey, Mom. I think I'm gonna
buy my lunch at school tomorrow,

382
00:17:15,630 --> 00:17:16,760
so you don't have to pack me one.

383
00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:18,700
Honey, this isn't for you.

384
00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:20,460
This is for your dad's softball game.

385
00:17:20,830 --> 00:17:23,300
[SCOFFS] You're going
to Dad's softball game?

386
00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:25,730
-Mmm-hmm.
-But, he hardly even gets to play.

387
00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:27,200
And, the only time
he gets on the base,

388
00:17:27,260 --> 00:17:28,500
is when he gets hit by a pitch.

389
00:17:33,060 --> 00:17:34,930
Well, his team finally made it

390
00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,400
to the semi-quarter
consolation game, whatever,

391
00:17:38,460 --> 00:17:39,730
and it's the best
they've ever done,

392
00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:41,230
so I figured, what the heck.

393
00:17:41,300 --> 00:17:42,560
But, you don't even like softball.

394
00:17:42,900 --> 00:17:44,360
Honey, it's not
that I don't like it.

395
00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,600
I hate it. It's very,
very dull to watch,

396
00:17:47,660 --> 00:17:49,800
and the bleachers are
incredibly uncomfortable.

397
00:17:50,660 --> 00:17:52,230
-Go! Go!
-Y-Go!

398
00:17:52,300 --> 00:17:54,160
-Yeah! Yeah!
-Yeah!

399
00:17:54,230 --> 00:17:55,230
Whoo!

400
00:17:56,300 --> 00:17:58,230
Well, he didn't go
to your blood drive.

401
00:17:58,430 --> 00:18:01,200
Well, to be fair,
he was working that day.

402
00:18:01,260 --> 00:18:02,600
I thought he just didn't wanna go.

403
00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:05,700
Well, if he did,
I would still go to his game.

404
00:18:05,900 --> 00:18:07,400
It's not about who owes who what.

405
00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:09,200
If you love someone,
you support them.

406
00:18:10,930 --> 00:18:12,060
I hate this!

407
00:18:12,530 --> 00:18:14,700
She's showing me how
to be a better friend to Miranda,

408
00:18:14,930 --> 00:18:16,600
and she doesn't even
know she's doing it.

409
00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:18,760
I think Mom might be a witch.

410
00:18:19,130 --> 00:18:21,130
"In spite of the efforts
of the rest of the cast,

411
00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:22,900
"the entire play is dragged down

412
00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:24,900
"by Miranda Sanchez's performance."

413
00:18:26,260 --> 00:18:28,930
You... I...

414
00:18:29,860 --> 00:18:32,300
We were on our way to the stars!

415
00:18:34,060 --> 00:18:35,360
[SIGHS]

416
00:18:35,430 --> 00:18:36,430
Places, everyone.

417
00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,100
[SIGHS]

418
00:18:39,730 --> 00:18:42,460
Miranda, I know you think
I'm a terrible friend,

419
00:18:42,530 --> 00:18:44,100
but, before you drop
a spotlight on me,

420
00:18:44,460 --> 00:18:45,830
I wanted to show you this.

421
00:18:47,530 --> 00:18:48,800
It's running in the next issue.

422
00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,460
It's a retraction of my review.

423
00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,100
"Contrary to previous reports,

424
00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:56,900
"Miranda Sanchez is very entertaining
as Rhonda Dopopopolos."

425
00:18:58,460 --> 00:19:00,860
I was wrong to run a bad review,
and I'm really sorry.

426
00:19:01,360 --> 00:19:03,060
No, you're wrong now.

427
00:19:03,930 --> 00:19:04,930
I was terrible.

428
00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:06,360
You were terrible?

429
00:19:06,500 --> 00:19:08,260
I saw the tape
of my performance.

430
00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,200
Ugh! I-I even
wrote a letter to the editor,

431
00:19:11,260 --> 00:19:12,900
saying your review was too nice.

432
00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,560
How can you write
a retraction of the truth?

433
00:19:15,900 --> 00:19:17,830
Because, you're my friend.
And you love acting.

434
00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:19,960
I couldn't just
ruin that for you.

435
00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:23,060
Well, thanks, but just
because I'm a bad actress,

436
00:19:23,430 --> 00:19:25,060
doesn't mean you should
be a bad journalist.

437
00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:27,360
Well, if I'd have known I was
gonna make you feel that bad,

438
00:19:27,730 --> 00:19:28,960
I would have never written a review.

439
00:19:29,060 --> 00:19:31,600
Thanks, but if I'd known
I was gonna stink so bad,

440
00:19:32,030 --> 00:19:33,800
I-I would've never
even done the show.

441
00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:37,700
I'm sorry I got mad at you,

442
00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,300
but let's face it,
acting is not my thing.

443
00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:41,560
LARRY: Whoo-hoo!

444
00:19:41,630 --> 00:19:43,460
TRAVIS: Oh, Stingo,
you and your wisecracks.

445
00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:44,600
[TRAVIS CHUCKLES]

446
00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,000
-Hey, maybe glee club?
-Huh?

447
00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:49,730
Oh, Stingo, you
and your wisecracks.

448
00:19:52,030 --> 00:19:53,900
Glee club.
If I'm a bad actress,

449
00:19:54,130 --> 00:19:55,930
-I have to be a good singer.
-[CHUCKLES]

450
00:19:56,530 --> 00:19:58,100
Glee club? Singing?

451
00:19:58,560 --> 00:19:59,630
Oh, no!

452
00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,400
Oh, Stingo,
you and your wisecracks!

453
00:20:04,030 --> 00:20:06,160
Oops. That's my cue.

454
00:20:06,230 --> 00:20:07,230
[CHUCKLES]

455
00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:08,800
Poor audience.

456
00:20:09,830 --> 00:20:11,900
Reb! Reb! Ow!

457
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,330
-[CRASHES]
-Ooh!

458
00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:14,400
[CHUCKLES]

459
00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:16,760
Singing. Just when you think

460
00:20:16,830 --> 00:20:19,100
Miranda's hit bottom,
she gets a shovel.

461
00:20:28,330 --> 00:20:30,460
<i>Look at me</i>

462
00:20:30,900 --> 00:20:35,830
<i>I will never pass</i>
<i>for a perfect bride</i>

463
00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:38,500
<i>Or a perfect daughter</i>

464
00:20:39,230 --> 00:20:41,360
<i>Can it be</i>

465
00:20:41,430 --> 00:20:46,160
<i>I'm not meant to play this part</i>

466
00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:47,800
<i>Now I see...</i>

467
00:20:47,860 --> 00:20:48,960
Hello, Mariah Carey.

468
00:20:49,330 --> 00:20:51,660
She really found something
she doesn't stink at.

469
00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:55,230
Good for Miranda.

470
00:20:55,300 --> 00:20:56,500
I bet, if I keep looking,

471
00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:58,530
I can find a thing
I'm really good at, too.

472
00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:04,630
<i>Somehow</i>

473
00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:09,660
<i>I cannot hide who I am</i>

474
00:21:10,100 --> 00:21:12,530
<i>Though I've tried</i>

475
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:17,660
<i>When will my reflection show</i>

476
00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:24,260
<i>Who I am inside?</i>

477
00:21:27,530 --> 00:21:28,530
MALE CAMERA CREW: B mark.

478
00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:29,630
I'm your guy.

479
00:21:30,660 --> 00:21:32,330
[LAUGHING]

480
00:21:32,630 --> 00:21:34,160
Brilliant observation, Gordo.

481
00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:38,260
-[LAUGHING]
-[CREW LAUGHING]

482
00:21:38,330 --> 00:21:39,330
-Got it!
-DIRECTOR: Cut.

483
00:21:39,630 --> 00:21:41,600
Hey, don't slide
away from... Ah!

484
00:21:42,930 --> 00:21:43,930
Oops.

485
00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,960
<i>Om. Om.</i>

486
00:21:49,660 --> 00:21:51,160
-DIRECTOR: And, cut.
-[ALL LAUGH]

487
00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:52,830
I was just trying to do my job,

488
00:21:52,900 --> 00:21:54,100
I thought you
would understand.

489
00:21:54,300 --> 00:21:57,600
Oh, I-I under...
[CHUCKLING] I understand.

490
00:21:58,230 --> 00:22:00,360
[ALL LAUGHING]

491
00:22:02,900 --> 00:22:04,900
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]