1 00:00:03,730 --> 00:00:05,960 <i>La-la-la-la-la-la-la</i> 2 00:00:06,030 --> 00:00:08,000 -[ALL VOCALIZING] -Rehearsal better not go late today. 3 00:00:08,060 --> 00:00:11,930 I've got three book reports to finish and a science project to mummify. 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,630 I don't have time for all this stuff. 5 00:00:13,700 --> 00:00:15,330 Well, why did you sign up, then? 6 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,360 Because I need a non-academic activity on my school résumé 7 00:00:18,430 --> 00:00:20,200 to impress charter school admissions officers. 8 00:00:20,260 --> 00:00:24,760 Okay, people, let's keep our chins high, high, high in the air 9 00:00:24,830 --> 00:00:28,060 and we'll all sound like red-crested warblers. 10 00:00:28,130 --> 00:00:31,800 I tell you, all this extra work I'm doing, pressure is killing me. 11 00:00:31,860 --> 00:00:33,860 And... one, two! 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,330 [ALL SINGING] <i>Camptown ladies sing this song</i> 13 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,260 <i>Doo-dah, doo-dah</i> 14 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,960 <i>Camptown racetrack's</i> <i>five miles long...</i> 15 00:00:41,030 --> 00:00:43,900 I wonder if the glee club is ever going to perform a song 16 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:45,930 that wasn't a big hit during the Civil War. 17 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,360 <i>...on the bay</i> 18 00:00:47,900 --> 00:00:49,030 Lovely, everyone. 19 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,900 Let's practice, practice, practice when we're at home, 20 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,300 and, Gordo, let's keep those "doo-dahs" a little snappier. 21 00:00:56,460 --> 00:00:58,730 Gordo, how do you expect to get anywhere in life 22 00:00:58,800 --> 00:00:59,930 with sloppy "doo-dahs"? 23 00:01:00,730 --> 00:01:02,130 Relax, it's just a joke. 24 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,900 He's kind of stressed. Buried under homework and stuff. 25 00:01:04,960 --> 00:01:07,930 You know, I think we should try out for the Fact-Athlon. 26 00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:09,300 Hello! 27 00:01:11,100 --> 00:01:13,400 Gordo's already squashed by all the school work he does. 28 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,560 Why would he sign up for an academic competition 29 00:01:15,630 --> 00:01:19,030 that would put even more pressure on him? It could kill him. 30 00:01:20,030 --> 00:01:21,330 Winners get to go to Miami. 31 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,160 [GASPS] Miami? 32 00:01:23,230 --> 00:01:25,300 Gordo, you've got to win this thing for us. 33 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,830 You've got to study and you've got to win. 34 00:01:27,900 --> 00:01:30,760 We'll all study, we'll all win and we'll all go to Miami. 35 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,400 Madonna loves Miami. 36 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:39,300 The Fact-Athlon might be good for my résumé. 37 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:42,000 All right, I'll do it, but we have to do it together 38 00:01:42,060 --> 00:01:44,100 and we have to be completely focused. 39 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:45,530 Completely focused. 40 00:01:45,660 --> 00:01:47,300 Completely focused. 41 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,560 There. Completely focused. 42 00:01:51,630 --> 00:01:55,160 [ALL] Focus, focus, focus, focus, focus! 43 00:01:55,260 --> 00:01:57,300 [THEME SONG PLAYING] 44 00:02:36,830 --> 00:02:39,330 Okay. Who was Ulysses S. Grant? 45 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,860 Okay, okay. [INHALES SHARPLY] Okay, I know this. 46 00:02:41,930 --> 00:02:44,330 Um, he was on the $50 bill. 47 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,130 Yeah, but what did he do? 48 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,100 It had something to do with Abraham Lincoln, 49 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,100 and Lincoln was on the five, 50 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,630 so that must mean Grant was ten times more important. 51 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:55,530 He was the Commanding Union General of the Civil War. 52 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,630 -[GRUNTS IN FRUSTRATION] -Ask me something. 53 00:02:57,700 --> 00:02:59,860 Okay, who invented the cotton gin? 54 00:03:00,730 --> 00:03:03,500 Oh, shoot. Um... Um... 55 00:03:03,660 --> 00:03:06,160 [SINGING] <i>I will always love you-hoo...</i> 56 00:03:06,230 --> 00:03:08,800 Houston. Houston. Whitney Houston... Eli Whitney. 57 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,160 [SIGHS] I'm running out of memory hooks. 58 00:03:11,230 --> 00:03:12,660 This is brutal. 59 00:03:12,930 --> 00:03:15,900 If our forefathers knew how dull history was going to be, 60 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,000 I bet they wouldn't have gone around making so much of it. 61 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,200 Sorry I'm late. I was getting you guys some donuts. 62 00:03:20,260 --> 00:03:23,100 -Where are they? -Oh, I ate them. Yours had coconut. 63 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:24,360 I know you don't like coconut. 64 00:03:24,830 --> 00:03:26,360 Okay. Thanks. 65 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,260 So, I signed us up for the Fact-Athlon. 66 00:03:29,330 --> 00:03:31,630 All we need to do now is get a faculty advisor. 67 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:32,700 Every team needs one. 68 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,000 Oh, let's get Mr. Stoico. 69 00:03:35,060 --> 00:03:37,460 He's the smartest teacher in the whole, entire school. 70 00:03:37,530 --> 00:03:39,460 He's got that huge head. [SHUDDERS] 71 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:40,830 Kate already got him. 72 00:03:40,930 --> 00:03:44,200 -Ugh. Kate. -Don't worry, we can get Mrs. Trimmer. 73 00:03:44,260 --> 00:03:46,760 She's tough, she's smart. She'll make us study hard. 74 00:03:46,830 --> 00:03:50,030 Sounds good. Gordo, quick, what was Lincoln's Gettysburg Address? 75 00:03:50,100 --> 00:03:52,530 318 Main Street, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 76 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:55,700 -Just a joke. -That's not a joke. 77 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,900 What does a cannibal call a phone book? 78 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,530 [CHUCKLES] A menu. Now, that is a joke. 79 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:04,000 [LIZZIE LAUGHING] 80 00:04:08,460 --> 00:04:11,030 Hey, do we have any musical instruments? 81 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:13,730 Uh, my old cymbals, from marching band. 82 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,600 No good. Lanny and I are starting a band. 83 00:04:16,660 --> 00:04:19,360 We're living the dream, and you can't play 84 00:04:19,430 --> 00:04:22,460 a blistering rock 'n' roll anthem on the cymbals. 85 00:04:22,530 --> 00:04:24,600 Well, how about my old guitar? 86 00:04:24,660 --> 00:04:26,700 I used to be in a band myself, you know. 87 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,760 -You were in a band? -[BOTH CHUCKLE] 88 00:04:29,830 --> 00:04:34,060 Yeah. It was me and my cousin Ree Ree and his buddy Stucco. 89 00:04:34,300 --> 00:04:38,360 We were called Midnight Sam and the Love Patrol. 90 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:41,400 [SINGING] <i>When you feel the beat</i> 91 00:04:41,500 --> 00:04:43,030 <i>Dancing</i> 92 00:04:43,100 --> 00:04:45,430 <i>Ooh, you've got to move your feet</i> 93 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:46,600 <i>Dancing</i> 94 00:04:46,660 --> 00:04:48,300 <i>Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah...</i> 95 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:49,430 [ELECTRICITY CRACKLES] 96 00:04:49,860 --> 00:04:51,260 [LAUGHS] 97 00:04:52,030 --> 00:04:55,600 Hey, I'll have you know, son, we rocked. 98 00:04:55,660 --> 00:04:58,130 [SNICKERS] Sorry. 99 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,300 Mrs. Trimmer wanted me to work out a study schedule. 100 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,930 I figure we'll put an hour in each day in math, 101 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,900 science, history and English. 102 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:11,130 Ugh. 103 00:05:11,930 --> 00:05:14,300 Guess I'll just have to get by on three hours of sleep. 104 00:05:15,030 --> 00:05:17,760 I cannot possibly study four extra hours a day 105 00:05:17,830 --> 00:05:20,200 and still have time for the important stuff. 106 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:22,530 This is really going to be a sacrifice. 107 00:05:25,060 --> 00:05:28,730 Ugh. I'm giving up eating dinner and talking to my parents, 108 00:05:29,130 --> 00:05:31,730 but it'll all be worth it when we go to Miami. 109 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,800 We're totally going to win it with Mrs. Trimmer. 110 00:05:33,860 --> 00:05:36,030 Mrs. Trimmer has left the country. 111 00:05:37,830 --> 00:05:39,300 [CRASHING] 112 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,000 I'll be substituting for her while she's gone. 113 00:05:41,060 --> 00:05:44,500 But, Mr. Dig, she's supposed to be our advisor for the Fact-Athlon. 114 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:45,760 Oh, I got your back on that one. 115 00:05:45,830 --> 00:05:47,430 You're going to be our advisor? 116 00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:49,960 Yeah, I was good enough to tutor Christina Aguilera in Spanish. 117 00:05:50,030 --> 00:05:52,560 I was good enough to tutor the governor of Michigan in economics. 118 00:05:52,630 --> 00:05:55,600 I was good enough to tutor Ben Affleck about Pearl Harbor. 119 00:05:55,660 --> 00:05:57,160 You taught all those people? 120 00:05:57,230 --> 00:05:59,030 Oh, no. They wouldn't let me. 121 00:05:59,730 --> 00:06:01,000 But I was good enough, 122 00:06:01,060 --> 00:06:03,130 and if I'm good enough for them, I'm good enough for you. 123 00:06:03,730 --> 00:06:06,200 Meet me back here at 5:00. We'll start with math. 124 00:06:06,860 --> 00:06:08,200 Well, this should be interesting. 125 00:06:10,930 --> 00:06:12,630 Hey, guys. What are you doing? 126 00:06:12,700 --> 00:06:15,500 Well, Lanny says that all the best bands have 127 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:19,100 more than two people, so we're having auditions for a third member. 128 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,260 Ah. So there's going to be lots of kids 129 00:06:21,330 --> 00:06:23,160 playing instruments real loud all afternoon? 130 00:06:23,660 --> 00:06:24,730 Uh-huh. 131 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:27,330 Uh-huh. Hey, honey, I'm going to head down to the office 132 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:28,860 for the rest of the afternoon. 133 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,430 [PLAYING OFF-KEY] 134 00:06:38,660 --> 00:06:39,930 [NOTES PLAYING] 135 00:07:00,830 --> 00:07:04,800 Great, babe. We'll call you. Okay? 136 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:09,000 [PLAYING OFF-KEY] 137 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:15,700 Name, please? 138 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:17,830 Rick. Rick Marotta. 139 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,230 He's a bit old to be a rock star, don't you think? 140 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,130 It says here you've played with, uh, Linda Ronstadt? 141 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:29,500 James Taylor? 142 00:07:30,630 --> 00:07:32,200 Steely Dan? 143 00:07:32,300 --> 00:07:35,460 John Lennon? Never heard of them. 144 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,600 Okay, we'll see what you got. 145 00:07:51,700 --> 00:07:54,900 Congratulations, Rick. You got yourself a gig. 146 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:56,930 Thanks, guys. Thanks for the break. 147 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,700 -[CELL PHONE RINGING] -Oh, excuse me. 148 00:07:58,900 --> 00:08:01,500 Hello? Dad, I got the gig. 149 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,430 Protractor, compass and calculator. 150 00:08:06,100 --> 00:08:08,400 Oh, look at Lizzie studying. 151 00:08:08,460 --> 00:08:10,560 You guys really think you can beat us? 152 00:08:11,030 --> 00:08:13,530 You guys have less of a chance than Mark Antony's fleet 153 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:17,300 at the Battle of Alexandria in 12 BC. It was a Tuesday. 154 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:21,230 You guys, we got no time to waste. We've got to study. Study. 155 00:08:21,300 --> 00:08:22,830 [MOCKING] Study, study. 156 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,560 Marc Anthony, the singer? 157 00:08:27,900 --> 00:08:28,900 GORDO: Is it safe? 158 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:30,230 Yeah. Go straight. 159 00:08:30,300 --> 00:08:35,530 Yeah, um... Okay, now, turn right. No, not... Too early. Let's go. Yeah. 160 00:08:38,930 --> 00:08:40,900 Okay, now turn around. Now go left. 161 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,030 No, not your left, my left. 162 00:08:43,660 --> 00:08:45,260 Is that Gordo back there? 163 00:08:45,330 --> 00:08:47,500 I took out every math book the library had. 164 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,100 And we have our compasses and our rulers 165 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:51,500 and our protractors and everything. 166 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:54,000 Good. Good. Get rid of it all. 167 00:08:54,630 --> 00:08:57,430 -Why, what are we going to study with? -These. 168 00:08:57,860 --> 00:08:58,900 Yeah. 169 00:09:00,900 --> 00:09:02,560 Uh, those are cards. 170 00:09:02,630 --> 00:09:05,030 Very good, Miranda. If we need you to identify 171 00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:08,730 any other objects in the Fact-Athlon, you're our go-to girl. [CHUCKLES] 172 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,760 So, what, are we going to, like, study math by playing poker? 173 00:09:11,830 --> 00:09:14,960 Of course not. What kind of bughouse idea is that? 174 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,330 We're going to play blackjack. Grab some chips. 175 00:09:17,860 --> 00:09:21,230 Um... Maybe Mrs. Trimmer didn't explain the Fact-Athlon 176 00:09:21,300 --> 00:09:23,560 to you, but it's intense. 177 00:09:23,630 --> 00:09:24,660 We have to study. 178 00:09:24,730 --> 00:09:26,830 We are. We're just going to do it a little differently. Look. 179 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:28,960 We are going to learn things by doing it. 180 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,330 If you play blackjack, you learn math. 181 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,330 Addition, subtraction, probability, ratios. 182 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,260 I think we should study the old-fashioned way. 183 00:09:37,330 --> 00:09:39,830 You know, where you read books and you memorize facts? 184 00:09:40,130 --> 00:09:43,230 Where you turn into an old, worried man at 13. 185 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:45,960 I am not an old man. 186 00:09:46,460 --> 00:09:47,560 -[BONES CRACK] -[GROANS] 187 00:09:47,630 --> 00:09:49,330 I think Mr. Dig's way could work. 188 00:09:49,700 --> 00:09:53,360 I think it could really work well. Hit me, dealer. 189 00:09:57,060 --> 00:09:58,730 English history. 190 00:09:58,930 --> 00:10:00,800 Grab thee a turkey leg and eat it fast, 191 00:10:00,860 --> 00:10:03,060 'cause we didn't have refrigeration in the 16th century, 192 00:10:03,530 --> 00:10:07,260 and the only way to preserve this is to cake it with salt. [CHUCKLES] 193 00:10:10,230 --> 00:10:15,230 Okay, we start with H2O and then we add bicarbonate of soda... 194 00:10:16,430 --> 00:10:19,360 And that creates carbon dioxide. 195 00:10:19,430 --> 00:10:22,160 Okay, I know there are at least 12 more face cards in the deck, 196 00:10:22,230 --> 00:10:25,400 which means there's a two-to-one ratio of face cards to spot cards. 197 00:10:25,700 --> 00:10:29,030 I'm going to split my eights so I can double my cookies. 198 00:10:31,430 --> 00:10:33,230 [ENGLISH ACCENT] Anyone seen much of the peasants, lately? 199 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:35,460 [ENGLISH ACCENT] Mmm. Saw them just today. 200 00:10:35,530 --> 00:10:36,830 Oh, and how are they? 201 00:10:37,460 --> 00:10:40,260 Muddy. You know, wallowing in the muck and whatnot. 202 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,100 By the way, my liege, 203 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,930 I failed to produce thee a male heir for the throne. 204 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,660 [ENGLISH ACCENT] Oh, no matter. 205 00:10:46,730 --> 00:10:48,330 I'll just break away from the Church of Rome, 206 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:49,660 start the Church of England, 207 00:10:49,730 --> 00:10:52,560 have your head lopped off and marry that saucy wench. 208 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:54,000 Okay. [GIGGLES] 209 00:10:54,260 --> 00:10:57,800 MR. DIG: Then we add a sucrose compound and a thickening agent. 210 00:10:58,030 --> 00:11:02,230 And we shake it all up and that creates... 211 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:05,660 an egg cream. <i>L'chaim.</i> 212 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:18,560 Do you believe those jerks? 213 00:11:18,630 --> 00:11:20,100 No time to talk. Study, study. 214 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,230 Uh... You've got some sort of weird 215 00:11:22,300 --> 00:11:24,960 snake-woman-from-Mars thing going on your neck there. 216 00:11:25,030 --> 00:11:27,360 Stress rash from all this studying. Leave me alone. 217 00:11:27,430 --> 00:11:28,630 Would you guys quit distracting me? 218 00:11:28,930 --> 00:11:30,630 Time to understand physics. 219 00:11:30,700 --> 00:11:33,400 Bodies of unequal weight fall at the same speed. 220 00:11:35,900 --> 00:11:38,060 [NORMAL ACCENT] Ooh, cool. Watermelon omelet. 221 00:11:44,060 --> 00:11:45,160 Hit me. 222 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:46,560 Thirteen. 223 00:11:46,630 --> 00:11:47,630 Hit me. 224 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:50,030 Booyah! 21! 225 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,760 Cash me out. I'll be at the buffet. 226 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,600 MATT: That's a ridiculous name. 227 00:11:58,660 --> 00:12:02,130 I don't want to call our band "The Lanny and Matt Band." 228 00:12:02,430 --> 00:12:05,530 What kind of name is that? How could you come up with that? 229 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,260 Hey, what's going on out here? 230 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,260 We can't agree on a name for the band. 231 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:11,760 I want something thought-provoking, 232 00:12:11,830 --> 00:12:14,630 something that says we're all about the issues. 233 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:16,000 Well, what do you want to call it? 234 00:12:17,460 --> 00:12:18,600 [READING] 235 00:12:18,660 --> 00:12:21,430 Well, maybe you guys should focus more on rehearsing, 236 00:12:21,530 --> 00:12:22,700 and the name will take care of itself. 237 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,700 You're right, Dad. We've got to be all about the music. 238 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,230 Count us in, Rick. 239 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:28,800 One, two, three. 240 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,960 [SINGING OFF-KEY] <i>How many times</i> <i>have I heard you complain? </i> 241 00:12:40,030 --> 00:12:41,660 <i>Once. Twice...</i> 242 00:12:41,730 --> 00:12:42,960 I'll be at the office! 243 00:12:48,060 --> 00:12:49,060 Fifth Amendment? 244 00:12:49,260 --> 00:12:51,630 Uh, protection against self-incrimination. 245 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:54,160 [NORMAL ACCENT] Greetings, wench. 246 00:12:54,230 --> 00:12:57,200 Good fortune and fair time of day. Ew! 247 00:12:57,730 --> 00:13:00,200 Shouldn't you weirdos be out playing dress-up or something? 248 00:13:00,260 --> 00:13:02,730 [NORMAL ACCENT] Listen, twitchy, you guys are going down 249 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,160 faster than a watermelon dropped off a building. 250 00:13:05,230 --> 00:13:08,760 Yeah. While you guys were studying stuff, we were living it. 251 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:11,330 Thank you for coming, everyone, and welcome 252 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,860 to the 12th annual Fact-Athlon. 253 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:20,500 Our first category is: English History. 254 00:13:20,560 --> 00:13:21,600 Yes. 255 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:24,400 Fare thee well, Kate. 256 00:13:24,460 --> 00:13:27,130 We've come to bury you, not to praise you. 257 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,300 Alas, poor Kate. Har-har-har. 258 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:34,060 Who commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar? 259 00:13:34,660 --> 00:13:35,660 Oh. 260 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:37,530 -[BUZZER SOUNDS] -Lord Horatio Nelson. 261 00:13:37,700 --> 00:13:38,700 Correct. 262 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,060 [BELL DINGS] 263 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:44,000 Name the competing factions in the War of the Roses. 264 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,800 -The Lancasters and the Yorks. -Correct. 265 00:13:50,460 --> 00:13:52,700 Who signed the Magna Carta? 266 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,030 -[BUZZER SOUNDS] -King John, 267 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:56,300 in the year 1215, at Runnymede. 268 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:57,630 Correct. 269 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,000 Uh-oh. Ugh... 270 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,860 Moving on to the American Revolution. 271 00:14:08,930 --> 00:14:11,160 What year did the Boston Tea Party occur? 272 00:14:11,230 --> 00:14:13,760 -[BUZZER SOUNDS] -December 16, 1773. 273 00:14:15,830 --> 00:14:17,460 Why didn't we get that one? 274 00:14:17,700 --> 00:14:20,160 'Cause we didn't study dates and places and times. 275 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,030 I know what the colonists felt, but I don't know when they felt it. 276 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,500 He needs to ask questions about turkey legs. 277 00:14:25,830 --> 00:14:27,530 This is massively stinkful. 278 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:31,400 What year did Abraham Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation? 279 00:14:31,700 --> 00:14:34,860 He signed it so that abolition would become an actual issue 280 00:14:34,930 --> 00:14:36,760 of the Civil War, and to show that he was confident 281 00:14:36,830 --> 00:14:39,130 in the Union Army after the Battle of Antietam. 282 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,100 Mmm, we're looking for the date. 283 00:14:41,230 --> 00:14:45,860 [CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY] Oh, right, the date. Pass. 284 00:14:45,930 --> 00:14:47,200 [GROANS] 285 00:14:47,260 --> 00:14:49,100 September 22, 1862. 286 00:14:49,860 --> 00:14:52,300 Okay, here's the plan. Gordo, you fake being sick. 287 00:14:53,230 --> 00:14:54,600 Miranda, you turn on the fire sprinklers. 288 00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:55,860 And we're going to get out of here. 289 00:14:55,930 --> 00:14:59,160 Get real. We just have to focus. We can do this. 290 00:14:59,830 --> 00:15:02,160 Edward Jenner discovered the smallpox vaccine. 291 00:15:02,460 --> 00:15:03,960 Oh, for pity sake. 292 00:15:04,900 --> 00:15:06,000 Jackson! 293 00:15:06,230 --> 00:15:09,560 What is the square root of pi? 294 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:11,800 1.98324? 295 00:15:12,630 --> 00:15:14,130 -[BUZZER SOUNDS] -CLAIRE: Charles Dickens in 1849. 296 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:15,600 -[BUZZER SOUNDS] -NaCl. 297 00:15:15,660 --> 00:15:16,900 -[BUZZER SOUNDS] -1812. 298 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:18,530 -[BUZZER SOUNDS] -Correct. 299 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,600 -[BUZZER SOUNDS] -Correct! 300 00:15:20,900 --> 00:15:22,500 -[BUZZER SOUNDS] -Correct! 301 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:23,830 [GROANING] 302 00:15:24,530 --> 00:15:25,530 Missouri Compromise. 303 00:15:25,930 --> 00:15:27,900 July 20th, 1969. 304 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,000 Ring-tailed lemur. 305 00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:33,000 Oh, my heart! 306 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,500 [GORDO GROANS] 307 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,160 Gordo, are you okay? 308 00:15:40,830 --> 00:15:41,900 [SHRIEKS] 309 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:49,260 Come on, come on, come on. 310 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:55,030 MATT: [ON SPEAKERS] <i>Ninety-two, </i> <i>ninety-three, ninety-four...</i> 311 00:15:55,100 --> 00:15:56,730 Do we have any aspirin? 312 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,100 You got a headache, too? 313 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,400 No, I just think they'd make good earplugs! 314 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,560 -MATT: <i>Okay, stop, stop, stop!</i> -[SIGHS] 315 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:06,860 Hey, I need some root beer for Lanny 316 00:16:06,930 --> 00:16:09,560 and some coffee and antacid for Rick Marotta. 317 00:16:11,030 --> 00:16:14,430 Um, Matt, your dad and I are thinking 318 00:16:14,500 --> 00:16:18,030 that maybe this band thing just isn't working out. 319 00:16:18,230 --> 00:16:20,560 -I mean, you guys rehearse a lot... -A lot. 320 00:16:20,630 --> 00:16:23,500 And you're not, um, not getting much better. 321 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:25,400 Are you saying we should quit? 322 00:16:25,460 --> 00:16:27,230 No. No, no, no. 323 00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:28,360 Well, yes. 324 00:16:28,430 --> 00:16:30,130 Haven't you guys always told me that 325 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,930 if you really love something you should stick with it 326 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,130 no matter how long it takes? 327 00:16:35,330 --> 00:16:38,060 Yeah. You know what? We have always said that. 328 00:16:38,130 --> 00:16:41,760 But, um, the thing is... we were wrong. 329 00:16:41,830 --> 00:16:44,230 Dead wrong. We see that now, son. 330 00:16:44,630 --> 00:16:46,630 Our band isn't giving up. 331 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,660 Today is Friday, and by the time we have our backyard concert 332 00:16:50,730 --> 00:16:55,560 on Sunday, we're going to be laying down some insane tuneage. 333 00:16:56,230 --> 00:16:59,100 And we don't need your root beer. 334 00:17:00,930 --> 00:17:03,330 The office is closed on Sunday. 335 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:07,800 MATT: [ON SPEAKERS] <i>15! 16!</i> 336 00:17:08,530 --> 00:17:10,030 That didn't go well. 337 00:17:10,300 --> 00:17:13,360 <i>The Titanic</i> didn't go well. This was a disaster. 338 00:17:13,660 --> 00:17:16,230 All we did was talk like Old English weirdos 339 00:17:16,300 --> 00:17:17,600 and eat turkey legs. 340 00:17:18,230 --> 00:17:20,400 KATE: Well, it looks like you didn't bury us. 341 00:17:20,700 --> 00:17:23,000 We buried you. I've got to hand it to you, 342 00:17:23,060 --> 00:17:25,700 it's not often that students do so bad that their teachers quit. 343 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,960 What? Mr. Dig's quitting? 344 00:17:28,030 --> 00:17:29,600 That's what he told Mr. Escobar. 345 00:17:29,660 --> 00:17:33,600 Well, see you in Miami. Oh, wait, I guess we won't. 346 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:40,930 Did you warn the neighbors? 347 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,430 I promised them I'd mow their lawns and give them 348 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:44,130 fifty bucks if they don't call the cops. 349 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,860 [ROCK MUSIC PLAYING] 350 00:17:55,330 --> 00:17:57,160 Hiya, Dad. Thanks for coming. 351 00:17:58,500 --> 00:18:01,600 See? Rick's dad is supportive. 352 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:03,700 I got a gig to play. 353 00:18:04,230 --> 00:18:05,230 Rock on. 354 00:18:06,430 --> 00:18:08,460 <i>One, two, three, four!</i> 355 00:18:10,730 --> 00:18:13,730 [SINGING] <i>Gonna tell Aunt Mary</i> <i>about Uncle John</i> 356 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,330 <i>Say he had a missus,</i> <i>but he got a lot a fun</i> 357 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:17,960 <i>Oh, baby</i> 358 00:18:18,030 --> 00:18:20,360 <i>Yeah, baby</i> 359 00:18:20,460 --> 00:18:23,330 <i>Whoo-ooh-hoo, baby</i> 360 00:18:24,100 --> 00:18:26,060 <i>Some fun tonight</i> 361 00:18:27,630 --> 00:18:29,960 <i>Saw Uncle John with long, tall Sally</i> 362 00:18:30,030 --> 00:18:32,760 <i>He saw Aunt Mary coming,</i> <i>and he ducked back in the alley</i> 363 00:18:32,830 --> 00:18:34,530 <i>Oh, baby</i> 364 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,530 <i>Yeah, baby</i> 365 00:18:36,830 --> 00:18:39,430 <i>Whoo-ooh-hoo, baby</i> 366 00:18:40,430 --> 00:18:42,030 <i>Some fun tonight</i> 367 00:18:50,130 --> 00:18:51,900 <i>Rock on, Lanny!</i> 368 00:18:59,900 --> 00:19:01,860 That's my baby, with the guitar. 369 00:19:01,930 --> 00:19:02,930 It's my guitar. 370 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,700 <i>...everything that Uncle John need</i> 371 00:19:04,830 --> 00:19:06,060 <i>Oh, baby</i> 372 00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:09,100 <i>Yeah, baby</i> 373 00:19:09,260 --> 00:19:12,000 <i>Whoo-ooh-hoo, baby</i> 374 00:19:12,830 --> 00:19:14,600 <i>Some fun tonight</i> 375 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:21,900 -[LOUD CHEERING] -[WHISTLING] 376 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,760 SAM: Hey... Good job, Matt. 377 00:19:30,830 --> 00:19:35,830 Matt! Matt! Honey! That was incredible! [SQUEALS] 378 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:40,160 Thanks. I thought we were all right. 379 00:19:40,230 --> 00:19:42,400 All right? What's next? 380 00:19:42,460 --> 00:19:43,600 What do you mean? 381 00:19:43,660 --> 00:19:45,900 Where are you guys going to play next? You going to get an agent? 382 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:47,700 Nah. We're through with this. 383 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,830 What? Why? 384 00:19:49,900 --> 00:19:51,830 Because we've done it, and it's history. 385 00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:57,160 Yeah, Lanny has a point. We haven't tried snowmobile racing. 386 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,030 Come on, Lanny. Let's get that into the works. 387 00:20:04,430 --> 00:20:05,660 How you guys doing? 388 00:20:06,730 --> 00:20:08,400 -Hey, Mr. Dig. -Hi. 389 00:20:08,460 --> 00:20:09,930 We heard you were leaving. 390 00:20:10,030 --> 00:20:11,400 Well, I let you guys down, didn't I? 391 00:20:11,460 --> 00:20:12,960 You can't leave, Mr. Dig. 392 00:20:13,030 --> 00:20:15,600 Why not? I'm a terrible teacher. 393 00:20:15,660 --> 00:20:17,200 You didn't learn anything from me. 394 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:19,500 I wouldn't exactly say we didn't learn anything. 395 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:22,160 I learned how to play <i>Greensleeves</i> on an autoharp. 396 00:20:22,230 --> 00:20:24,130 And I learned that it's good to split nines 397 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:25,530 when the dealer has a five or six showing 398 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,000 and there are no other tens on the table. 399 00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:28,400 Actually, I learned a lot. 400 00:20:28,460 --> 00:20:30,800 Like the Middle Ages smelled terrible, and you were lucky 401 00:20:30,860 --> 00:20:33,430 if you lived to be 30 'cause there was so not any hygiene. 402 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:35,330 And it didn't matter that Galileo 403 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,560 proved Earth isn't the center of the universe. 404 00:20:37,630 --> 00:20:39,330 That meant nothing unless the political powers 405 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:40,660 would let him tell people. 406 00:20:40,730 --> 00:20:42,160 And that wasn't going to happen 407 00:20:42,230 --> 00:20:43,700 because then everyone would be out of a job. 408 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,930 I always busted my tail for school. 409 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,530 I never knew it could be fun before. 410 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:48,730 LIZZIE: Or interesting. 411 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,960 Yesterday, I got a book on Queen Elizabeth I 412 00:20:51,030 --> 00:20:52,530 out of the school library. 413 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,760 Queen Elizabeth was fat, bald, and looked like a clown. 414 00:20:55,830 --> 00:20:56,830 You can look it up. 415 00:20:56,900 --> 00:20:58,900 -Wait, we have a school library? -[BUZZER SOUNDS] 416 00:20:59,330 --> 00:21:01,460 Well, I guess I didn't do such a bad job after all. 417 00:21:01,730 --> 00:21:03,960 In fact, you should be thanking me. [CHUCKLES] 418 00:21:04,030 --> 00:21:07,330 Well, I wouldn't go overboard. We did want to go to Miami. 419 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,260 Yeah, we'll thank you if we survive the gloating Kate does 420 00:21:10,330 --> 00:21:12,530 when she comes back from Florida next week. 421 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:13,600 [MIRANDA MOUTHING] 422 00:21:17,530 --> 00:21:20,300 Whoa. What happened to you guys? 423 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:22,660 I got bit to death by sand fleas. 424 00:21:22,730 --> 00:21:24,260 I stepped on a stupid sea urchin. 425 00:21:24,330 --> 00:21:26,660 I got so sunburnt, my teeth hurt. 426 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,230 [LAUGHS] 427 00:21:31,030 --> 00:21:32,230 [MIRANDA CHUCKLES] 428 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:34,860 [ALL] Thanks, Mr. Dig. 429 00:21:35,030 --> 00:21:36,060 Don't mention it. 430 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:43,700 Oh, I got gum! 431 00:21:44,530 --> 00:21:46,160 DIRECTOR: Cut, ready, and... 432 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,230 Oh, no. [BLOWS RASPBERRY] 433 00:21:48,900 --> 00:21:50,300 [CHOMPING] 434 00:21:51,430 --> 00:21:52,560 DIRECTOR: Cut. 435 00:21:52,830 --> 00:21:54,200 -[SHATTERING] -[GASPS] 436 00:21:56,330 --> 00:21:58,000 What are you guys looking at? 437 00:21:59,060 --> 00:22:00,060 DIRECTOR: Cut. 438 00:22:00,530 --> 00:22:01,530 Cut! 439 00:22:02,460 --> 00:22:04,460 [THEME MUSIC PLAYING]