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Look at my Gene-y Gene practicing.

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And that sound is gonna...

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keep going or what?

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I was curious about that.

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I just want the
performance to be perfect.

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If you installed
xylophones in the booths,

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like I requested, this
would sound better.

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Well, it's great you're
so excited about tonight.

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Of course I am. It's Ms.
Merkin's first-ever original

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sixth grade holiday
all-xylophone musical spectacular.

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She says it's about love and loss

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and online shopping and
the end of innocence.

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It's her greatest work.

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Aw, I'm so sad I'm gonna miss it.

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Don't worry. I'm gonna
get it all on tape.

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And your mother's gonna record
Tina's Thundergirl thing,

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and we'll watch them both
when we all get home tonight.

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A cheap phone and an old
camcorder, battling it out.

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Oh, my teeny Tina.

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The star of the Thundergirls'
holiday play at City Hall Plaza.

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The star in the Thundergirls'
holiday play at City Hall Plaza.

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I'm a star. Like, an
actual star in-in the sky.

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But still, the star.

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Everybody's roles are
pretty much the same size.

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Mom's really confused by the star thing.

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- Oh, yeah. - Mm-hmm.
- Where's your sister?

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Louise is coming with me, right?

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I guess she can go
with either one of us.

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How did you two choose
who was gonna go to what?

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Flipped a coin. Calmly flipped a coin.

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Cut me in half
so I can go to both.

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Oh, God.

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- Oh, crap.
- Oh, I'm gonna be sick.

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It's under the fridge. I got it.

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- I almost threw up.
- I was also very torn.

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But you actually weren't
'cause my thing is indoors.

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- I mean, it's cold out.
- No, I get it completely.

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- There she is. You ready to go?
- Yeah.

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- Who's taking me to the library?
- You want to go to Tina's thing

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- or Gene's thing? Wait, what?
- Sorry, what?

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- Who's taking me to the library?
- You want to go to Tina's thing

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- or Gene's thing?
- Wait, what's happening?

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Remember, the holiday
poetry contest at the library?

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- I got selected to read my poem
- That's tonight?

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Sounds like you're both
excited about it?

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I thought it was tomorrow.

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I only know what she knows.

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It's fine. It's not a big
deal. You know the drill.

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Every year, I enter a poem
with the word "poop" in it,

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so that, if it gets selected,

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I get to say "poop" in the library.

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And they put the poem
on the wall for a month.

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That's not a great reason... Never mind.

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Anyway, this year, I... Well, um,

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somehow I got in. I just need a ride.

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You don't have to stay. In
fact, I don't want you there.

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If you tried to stay,
I'd say, "Go on, get,"

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- and I'd spray you with the hose.
- Wow.

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Two parents, three kids'
Christmas performances.

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Dear, God, why? There's got to be a way.

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- What time does everyone's thing start?
- 6:00.

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Lin, easy.

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S-Someone's gonna call the police.

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Hi. She's happy. She's-she's good.

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Uh... I-I think we got
to go with Louise's plan.

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Lin, you drop her at the
library on the way to city hall,

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and then pick her up on your way back.

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I will walk over to
the school with Gene.

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Louise, you'll just have to

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kind of recreate the
reading for us tonight, okay?

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We really want to hear your poop poem.

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I get it. I'll do a reenactment later.

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I'll give myself a funny accent.

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Ugh, this is the worst day of my life.

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Yup. So, w-we should go. Gene?

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- Camera, Bob. Camera!
- Right, right.

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- Sorry.
- Get a good angle!

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- Okay, okay.
- This is killing me.

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Oh, my God.

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So, the poem you submitted

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- was Who Picks Up the Reindeer Poop?
- Um, yeah.

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I still think you should've
submitted something

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from the heart this year,
not so much about poop.

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I know. That would've been hilarious.

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- What're you guys talking about?
- Nothing.

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I've been trying to convince
Louise to submit an actual poem

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for the holiday poetry contest.

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Who Picks Up the Reindeer
Poop? Is an actual poem.

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And, frankly, it's a subject
that everyone should be talking about.

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- I mean, why don't we talk about it?
- Right, but, I mean, a poem

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about something that's

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important to you, or a feeling, or...

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Okay, Tina-ly Dickinson,
I get it. You like feelings.

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Some of us answer to
a higher calling, okay?

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The word "poop" on the wall

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at the library for one month.
Let's drop it, all right?

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But didn't you say you
wrote a "dumb serious" one,

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which were your words not mine.
Can I just see your folder?

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- I thought I saw you put something...
- Tina, enough.

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I'm not gonna be poop-shamed
during the holidays.

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Okay, we're here. I'm
double parked, so, Tina,

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stay in the car. I'm
gonna walk Louise in.

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There's gonna be some
hugging, and I might cry,

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but we also have to
hurry. Where's tissues?

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Forget it, I'll use my sleeve.

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-What do we do? Can we do something?
-I don't know.

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Geez. What's going on?
People seem sort of upset?

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I don't know. Grown-ups
always look that way to me.

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Hi. I'm Rachel. I
mean, Miss Bisselbender.

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I'm, um, I'm the substitute
music teacher.

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- The what?!
- I know. Uh, Ms. Merkin's sister

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had an emergency appendectomy,

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and Ms. Merkin was
still gonna come to this...

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- Of course.
- But then, her appendix burst, too.

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- Aah!
- I guess you can have

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a sympathetic appendix.

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Anyway, she's gonna be
fine, but she's in surgery

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with her sister, and
the school called me

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and I'm supposed to run the assembly

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because it was too late to call it off.

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Okay.

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- And what an opportunity.
- Uh-huh.

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But I also don't know
anything about music.

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- Oh.
- And I told the school that

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when they called me, but
they said I'm the only sub

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that answered the
phone, so I had to come

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if I ever wanted to
"work in this town again."

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- Uh-huh.
- Uh, so why don't you, uh,

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go look apprehensive with
the other parents, and...

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- Gene.
- Gene, you come with me,

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and we'll, um, we'll get through this.

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It should be okay.

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You've been practicing, right?

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Yeah, but... Well, I'm not sure

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we can do this without
Ms. Merkin directing us.

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She kind of realized that none of us

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were good at reading music,
so she came up with a system.

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"This note is C.

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The one we talked about.
When you get here... "

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"look at me. I'll point up

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"when you should play a whole step up,

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"and I'll point down when you
should play a whole step down.

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With my other hand, I'll
indicate the rhythm."

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- Oh, boy.
- Okay, sixth graders,

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follow me.

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Parents, take your seats. No one panic.

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It's fine. I mean, welcome.

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Thank you.

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Whew.

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Big turnout. Lot of poetry lovers.

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Hi, how are you? Oh,
you're not looking at me.

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You're looking at him.
Great, great, great.

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This is good. Good costume.

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- Thank you.
- You make this?

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Yes, I stayed up all
night, but it's fine

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because I don't have a full-time job.

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- Just kidding, I do.
- But so nice for the girls.

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Winter Traditions from Around the World.

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I got it off the Internet
'cause all the parts

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were the same size and it seemed sweet.

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18 different costumes, Linda.

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I didn't see that crucial detail
till it was too late to change.

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Ginny's a little stretched.

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Did the girls audition for the
parts, or how did you choose?

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- Randomly assigned.
- Randomly assigned, I told you.

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Still, fits her like
a glove, this outfit.

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- I wanted to be the star.
- You're the candle, Harley.

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You have pathos. You have emotion.

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It's fire. Be the fire, Harley.

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I'm four other parts, too,

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but the star is kind of a through line.

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Uh-huh. Watch your back.

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She's gunning for you. They all are.

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So, she gave you all sheets of paper,

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but they basically
just say to look at her

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and she'll tell you what to do

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- with her hands?
- Mm-hmm. Yeah.

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At the same time, even though

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- some of you play different notes?
- Mm-hmm.

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That doesn't seem... Is that possible?

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- Ms. Merkin's in Mensa.
- She's on a whole other level.

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Would you say this is
important to you guys?

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Yeah.

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- Ms. Merkin's my favorite teacher.
- Same.

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She's my 68-year-old
soul sister.

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All right. Understood.
We'll just have to, um,

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figure out a way to, uh,
make Ms. Merkin proud.

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We probably have about one minute.

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Anyone want to explain
music to me real quick,

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so I can make it happen
with my arms somehow tonight?

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Uh... I'll start at the beginning.

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I'll start with Prince.
Who's got an MP3 player?

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How are you with explicit lyrics?

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Where's Linda, Bob?

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We had to split up tonight.

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Our oldest is doing a
play at City Hall Plaza.

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We're rushing out after
this to go see our oldest do,

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uh, choir at the high school.

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Is that how you say that, "do choir"?

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- Yeah, that's right.
- That sounds right.

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We, uh, we actually have
three kids' things tonight.

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We're missing one completely.

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Oh... - Oh.

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Oh. You all just reacted

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more than I thought you would.

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Now I feel really bad.

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- No...
- No. No.

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- There you go.
- Thanks for your help, Linda.

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This all went more smoothly

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when the dress rehearsal
was in my apartment,

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and we didn't do the "dress" part.

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No problem. Hey, you
don't want to put on

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a show like this without a...

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- What is this?
- Yule log.

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Norse tradition, not a giant poop.

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Oh, no, I didn't think that.

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It's come up. Thank you, Jodi.

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- Sorry, once you see it...
- No, I know.

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- Poop. - Yup.
- Hmm.

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Wonder if Louise has
read her poop poem yet.

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She was acting weird in the car.

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I still think you should've submitted

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something from the heart this year.

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I know. That would've been hilarious.

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- I think...
- But didn't you say

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you wrote a dumb serious one,

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which were your words not mine.
Can I just see your folder?

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- I thought I saw you put something...
- Tina, enough.

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Did she...

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- Oh, my God.
- What, you got to pee?

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Too long to get you out of there.

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- Hold it, honey. Everyone hold it, okay?
- Okay.

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No, Mom, I think
Louise wrote a real poem

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for that library contest.

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I think she was embarrassed

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to admit that it might
actually be important to her.

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What?!

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That sneaky sneak head.

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And no parent there to see it.

241
00:08:09,475 --> 00:08:10,803
She's all alone.

242
00:08:10,822 --> 00:08:13,662
Maybe they're
livestreaming it? Probably not.

243
00:08:15,842 --> 00:08:18,436
Thundergirls Troop
number 119 proudly presents...

244
00:08:18,461 --> 00:08:19,548
Call me back.

245
00:08:19,572 --> 00:08:20,780
Where poetry was born.

246
00:08:20,805 --> 00:08:23,419
Even before the written word,
people gathered by the fire,

247
00:08:23,444 --> 00:08:26,309
and there were odes and sermons.

248
00:08:26,334 --> 00:08:28,965
You know what I think the
very first poem was called?

249
00:08:28,990 --> 00:08:30,634
- How Great is This Fire?
- While the students get, uh,

250
00:08:30,658 --> 00:08:31,911
settled behind their instruments,

251
00:08:31,935 --> 00:08:33,637
I'll say a few words.

252
00:08:33,661 --> 00:08:35,247
- Sorry.
- Which is what I'm doing.

253
00:08:35,271 --> 00:08:36,647
These are words.
Tonight we're playing...

254
00:08:36,686 --> 00:08:37,942
- Sorry.
- Twerkin'

255
00:08:37,966 --> 00:08:39,981
- Merkin's Holiday Xylo-Jam.
- I'm sorry. Sorry. So sorry.

256
00:08:40,006 --> 00:08:41,872
- Louise what?
- She tricked us.

257
00:08:41,897 --> 00:08:42,921
She wrote a real poem.

258
00:08:42,946 --> 00:08:44,648
- Why would she do that?
- I know.

259
00:08:44,672 --> 00:08:47,395
- What, she's sincere all of a sudden?
- No, why would she trick us?

260
00:08:47,420 --> 00:08:49,305
Maybe 'cause she was
hiding her hurt feelings

261
00:08:49,330 --> 00:08:51,192
- that we couldn't go.
- Oh, God.

262
00:08:51,217 --> 00:08:52,914
I was wondering why
they chose a poop poem.

263
00:08:52,938 --> 00:08:54,989
I assumed they were just being edgy.

264
00:08:55,014 --> 00:08:58,161
Bob, one of us has to get over there
to hear her read that poem.

265
00:08:58,186 --> 00:09:00,454
You're right, you're
right. Uh, you have the car.

266
00:09:00,479 --> 00:09:02,665
Can you go to Louise's
thing after Tina's?

267
00:09:02,690 --> 00:09:03,856
Or partway or something?

268
00:09:03,875 --> 00:09:06,341
Ugh, I would go, but
I'm a stagehand now.

269
00:09:06,366 --> 00:09:09,005
The troop leader... Uh,
she's a little overwhelmed.

270
00:09:09,030 --> 00:09:10,599
You should see the substitute teacher

271
00:09:10,623 --> 00:09:11,901
trying to run Gene's assembly.

272
00:09:11,926 --> 00:09:13,162
Look, I-I know you're on foot,

273
00:09:13,187 --> 00:09:14,761
but how long is Gene's thing?

274
00:09:14,786 --> 00:09:16,228
45 minutes? An hour?

275
00:09:16,253 --> 00:09:19,757
Could you, like, slip out, and
take, a-a cab to the library

276
00:09:19,782 --> 00:09:22,069
and then come back and
see the end of Gene's?

277
00:09:22,094 --> 00:09:23,853
What, like, go to both, somehow?

278
00:09:23,878 --> 00:09:26,379
- Louise has nobody.
- I... I mean, I...

279
00:09:26,541 --> 00:09:27,632
I guess? I don't...

280
00:09:27,657 --> 00:09:29,298
Oh, my God! There's a cab!

281
00:09:29,323 --> 00:09:31,308
Uh, I'll-I'll, uh,
I'll call you back, Lin.

282
00:09:31,327 --> 00:09:32,401
Taxi!

283
00:09:32,567 --> 00:09:33,641
Christmas morning.

284
00:09:33,738 --> 00:09:36,566
Christmas mourning. I miss her

285
00:09:36,591 --> 00:09:38,368
so much it hurts.

286
00:09:38,393 --> 00:09:39,500
Peppermint tears.

287
00:09:39,652 --> 00:09:41,744
Grandma feels near this year, but...

288
00:09:42,022 --> 00:09:43,873
not anywhere I can reach.

289
00:09:45,576 --> 00:09:47,801
Thank you, Aliah. Amazing.

290
00:09:47,826 --> 00:09:52,046
Whew. Okay, next up, uh, Benjamin Branf.

291
00:09:52,687 --> 00:09:53,906
Good luck following that.

292
00:09:53,931 --> 00:09:56,116
I'm kidding, I'm
kidding. You'll be great.

293
00:09:58,188 --> 00:10:00,003
You drove so far before you saw me.

294
00:10:00,023 --> 00:10:01,816
Sorry about that. I
thought you were a jogger,

295
00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:03,060
and you were going the same way as me.

296
00:10:03,084 --> 00:10:04,508
That's why I gave you the thumbs up.

297
00:10:04,527 --> 00:10:06,176
I yelled so much.

298
00:10:06,196 --> 00:10:08,154
So, if you were yelling, I
apologize. I don't hear so well.

299
00:10:08,179 --> 00:10:10,568
You're, uh, you're taking
me to the library, right?

300
00:10:10,593 --> 00:10:12,334
- To the what?
- Where are we?

301
00:10:12,353 --> 00:10:13,663
- Like, what town?
- No.

302
00:10:13,688 --> 00:10:15,292
Are you taking me to the library?

303
00:10:15,323 --> 00:10:17,201
- You said "refinery."
- No. What?

304
00:10:17,226 --> 00:10:19,092
Oh, my God, we're going the wrong way.

305
00:10:19,117 --> 00:10:22,076
Uh, I need you to take me to
the library, the public library,

306
00:10:22,101 --> 00:10:23,795
- that's what I said.
- Oh...

307
00:10:23,820 --> 00:10:25,825
What refinery were you taking me to?

308
00:10:25,849 --> 00:10:27,569
I don't know, but I didn't want to seem

309
00:10:27,593 --> 00:10:28,793
like I didn't know, you know?

310
00:10:28,944 --> 00:10:30,427
- Agh!
- All right, let me see

311
00:10:30,446 --> 00:10:31,853
if there's a place I can turn around.

312
00:10:31,873 --> 00:10:34,193
I got to be honest, I'm
not great at turning around.

313
00:10:34,266 --> 00:10:35,427
Oh, this can't be happening.

314
00:10:45,461 --> 00:10:47,535
A star's light shines

315
00:10:47,555 --> 00:10:49,054
more brightly in the winter sky.

316
00:10:49,206 --> 00:10:50,872
-A star's light can bring hope,
-A star's light can bring hope,

317
00:10:50,892 --> 00:10:52,870
- can inspire great journeys.
- Can inspire great journeys.

318
00:10:55,901 --> 00:10:58,506
- Mom, go to Louise's thing.
- I can't,

319
00:10:58,531 --> 00:11:00,342
but it's okay, your father's going.

320
00:11:00,367 --> 00:11:01,711
Also, don't you have another scene?

321
00:11:01,736 --> 00:11:03,696
It doesn't matter. I
don't have any lines in it.

322
00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:05,439
How is Dad going to Louise's?

323
00:11:05,464 --> 00:11:07,384
- We have the car.
- He's taking a cab.

324
00:11:07,408 --> 00:11:08,574
He's probably there by now.

325
00:11:08,743 --> 00:11:10,370
- Is that it?
- No.

326
00:11:10,394 --> 00:11:11,440
Is that it?

327
00:11:11,465 --> 00:11:13,331
Do-do you know what
a library looks like?

328
00:11:13,356 --> 00:11:14,504
I know, right?

329
00:11:14,529 --> 00:11:16,811
I think, um... Actually, I
think I know where we are.

330
00:11:16,836 --> 00:11:18,756
Uh, j-j-just
let me out here.

331
00:11:19,604 --> 00:11:21,714
Um, keep the change. Happy holidays.

332
00:11:21,738 --> 00:11:23,405
I hope you find what you're looking for.

333
00:11:23,430 --> 00:11:26,007
That's not a good thing
for a cab driver to say.

334
00:11:26,032 --> 00:11:28,550
Library. Oh, come on.

335
00:11:28,575 --> 00:11:30,818
Other people have maps that work. Nope.

336
00:11:30,843 --> 00:11:33,245
Okay. Calling Linda. Lin?

337
00:11:33,270 --> 00:11:36,346
- Did you see it? Was it good?
- The cab was a disaster.

338
00:11:36,371 --> 00:11:38,710
- Uh, I'm not at the library yet.
- Oh, Bob.

339
00:11:38,735 --> 00:11:39,809
She might've read it by now.

340
00:11:39,834 --> 00:11:40,983
Do you see any, uh...

341
00:11:41,008 --> 00:11:43,370
bicycles you could hop on? Or horses?

342
00:11:43,395 --> 00:11:45,896
I'm running. I'm hoping
for a miracle here.

343
00:11:45,981 --> 00:11:47,757
Also, do you know the
address of the library?

344
00:11:47,782 --> 00:11:49,651
Yeah, I just dropped her off there.

345
00:11:49,675 --> 00:11:51,374
It's, uh, it's on that street.

346
00:11:51,399 --> 00:11:53,337
Oh, my God, I'm blanking.
What's the street?

347
00:11:53,362 --> 00:11:55,740
- You know the one.
- Wait! I see it! Yes!

348
00:11:55,765 --> 00:11:57,846
I see the library. The back of it.

349
00:11:57,871 --> 00:12:00,948
- Lin, I'll call you back in a bit.
- The back of it? Oh, he hung up.

350
00:12:00,973 --> 00:12:02,381
Uh, good job out there.

351
00:12:02,406 --> 00:12:04,222
Uh... Okay...

352
00:12:04,247 --> 00:12:06,080
- Uh, hi. Hey.
- Hey?

353
00:12:06,105 --> 00:12:07,663
- Wow, that's bright.
- Thank you.

354
00:12:07,688 --> 00:12:09,505
Do you know if there's a way
to get through the fence there?

355
00:12:09,530 --> 00:12:11,377
- To get to the library?
- To the library?

356
00:12:11,402 --> 00:12:13,569
Yeah. My daughter's
about to read a poem.

357
00:12:13,594 --> 00:12:15,526
A sincere poem. If I
have to go all the way

358
00:12:15,551 --> 00:12:17,028
around the block, I'm
worried I'll miss it.

359
00:12:17,052 --> 00:12:18,310
A sincere poem?

360
00:12:18,335 --> 00:12:20,335
Yeah, it turns out. Not like her.

361
00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,563
I don't know a way through,
but I'll give you a boost.

362
00:12:25,515 --> 00:12:27,521
- Louie, no!
- What's happening?

363
00:12:27,546 --> 00:12:28,614
Sorry.

364
00:12:28,638 --> 00:12:30,380
Louie, down.

365
00:12:30,399 --> 00:12:31,784
- Down, Louie.
- Aah! Why's he doing this?

366
00:12:31,808 --> 00:12:34,286
Maybe he thinks you're
a burglar? Uh, kisses.

367
00:12:34,311 --> 00:12:36,478
Just kisses, Louie.

368
00:12:36,669 --> 00:12:38,687
- Uh, thanks?
- Oh, you're welcome.

369
00:12:38,891 --> 00:12:39,891
Oh...

370
00:12:39,916 --> 00:12:43,251
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

371
00:12:43,276 --> 00:12:44,516
What happened here?

372
00:12:44,541 --> 00:12:46,691
I'm at the library,
she's not at the library.

373
00:12:46,716 --> 00:12:48,876
What was I thinking? I can't read this.

374
00:12:48,901 --> 00:12:50,325
What if they hate it?

375
00:12:50,350 --> 00:12:53,102
I could... read this one.

376
00:12:53,127 --> 00:12:55,225
They'll be like, "That's
not the poem you submitted,"

377
00:12:55,257 --> 00:12:57,885
but by the time they
figure it out, I'll be done.

378
00:12:57,918 --> 00:13:01,603
I'll be out of here. Did I
put my tights on backwards?

379
00:13:01,692 --> 00:13:02,883
Yes, I did.

380
00:13:07,198 --> 00:13:08,913
Bob?

381
00:13:08,937 --> 00:13:10,248
Wrong branch.

382
00:13:10,272 --> 00:13:12,032
- What?! Right, sorry.
- Shh.

383
00:13:12,057 --> 00:13:14,035
I went to the main
branch of the library.

384
00:13:14,060 --> 00:13:15,736
They're closed. Where's Louise?

385
00:13:15,761 --> 00:13:17,621
Our branch, the local branch.

386
00:13:17,646 --> 00:13:19,995
- You went to the main branch?
- There's a local branch?

387
00:13:20,027 --> 00:13:21,307
Did we used to come to this one?

388
00:13:21,332 --> 00:13:23,310
Yeah. Then they built one closer to us.

389
00:13:23,335 --> 00:13:25,838
Oh, it's too many libraries.
There should just be one.

390
00:13:25,862 --> 00:13:28,143
I mean, I wouldn't run for
office on that platform.

391
00:13:28,359 --> 00:13:31,135
Oh, I feel really bad
about myself right now.

392
00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:32,718
Oh, God, we're bad parents.

393
00:13:32,743 --> 00:13:34,220
Should I go? I can't go.

394
00:13:34,375 --> 00:13:36,375
Listen, I'm going back to school,

395
00:13:36,540 --> 00:13:37,964
to catch the end of Gene's.

396
00:13:37,989 --> 00:13:39,897
I... I hate the holidays, Lin.

397
00:13:39,922 --> 00:13:42,538
- No.
- All right, I don't. I don't,

398
00:13:42,563 --> 00:13:44,917
but I-I definitely hate running,

399
00:13:44,942 --> 00:13:46,044
and I've been doing a lot of it,

400
00:13:46,069 --> 00:13:47,877
and I hate this camera bag. Oh!

401
00:13:47,902 --> 00:13:50,477
- Bob? Bob?
- Ow!

402
00:13:50,502 --> 00:13:53,198
Okay... Okay.

403
00:13:53,223 --> 00:13:54,418
Okay. Hey.

404
00:13:54,443 --> 00:13:56,213
Thank you.

405
00:13:56,238 --> 00:13:58,796
That was, I think, three different songs

406
00:13:58,821 --> 00:14:01,305
being played at the same
time, and that is on me.

407
00:14:01,398 --> 00:14:02,634
We are going

408
00:14:02,658 --> 00:14:04,399
to, uh, have a little intermission now.

409
00:14:04,418 --> 00:14:06,379
Please, um, don't
leave. I mean, you know,

410
00:14:06,403 --> 00:14:07,713
stay in the auditorium.

411
00:14:07,738 --> 00:14:09,813
We're just, um... We're
gonna huddle up for a sec, and

412
00:14:09,832 --> 00:14:11,626
we'll be right back
to finish our program

413
00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:12,794
for this evening. Again, uh,

414
00:14:12,818 --> 00:14:14,462
don't leave. Uh, I
mean, you have to take

415
00:14:14,486 --> 00:14:16,389
your children home
with you, so you can't.

416
00:14:16,413 --> 00:14:19,414
Okay, um... bye.

417
00:14:19,433 --> 00:14:20,507
We're terrible.

418
00:14:20,532 --> 00:14:22,722
I've never heard angry applause before.

419
00:14:22,747 --> 00:14:25,748
No. No, you're not terrible.
We had a good start,

420
00:14:25,773 --> 00:14:28,360
then ten or 12 minutes of a kind of...

421
00:14:28,385 --> 00:14:30,943
- Musical torture?
- Experimental torture.

422
00:14:30,968 --> 00:14:32,814
- But we can finish strong.
- How?

423
00:14:32,838 --> 00:14:34,988
I don't know. What would Ms. Merkin do?

424
00:14:35,827 --> 00:14:37,507
- I don't know.
- Aah!

425
00:14:37,526 --> 00:14:38,617
Hey. Uh, hi.

426
00:14:38,642 --> 00:14:41,022
I'm trained in trauma
and disaster counseling.

427
00:14:41,047 --> 00:14:42,691
- Thank you. That's not helpful.
- Sorry.

428
00:14:42,716 --> 00:14:45,670
Just... I'm trained, and I'm
available to do that, now.

429
00:14:45,695 --> 00:14:47,511
Should we just not play anymore?

430
00:14:47,536 --> 00:14:50,020
Like, at all? Ever?
As a group of people?

431
00:14:50,045 --> 00:14:51,045
Wait, that's it.

432
00:14:51,070 --> 00:14:52,903
- It is?
- No. Uh, yeah.

433
00:14:52,928 --> 00:14:54,061
We're playing too much.

434
00:14:54,086 --> 00:14:57,279
Uh, too many notes. What
if we have fewer choices?

435
00:14:57,304 --> 00:14:59,834
I don't know what you mean,
but I love this tone of voice.

436
00:14:59,859 --> 00:15:02,558
- Myths, traditions.
- Go.

437
00:15:02,582 --> 00:15:04,626
All spring from the powerful effect

438
00:15:04,645 --> 00:15:05,847
- of the long night...
- Go. Go.

439
00:15:05,871 --> 00:15:08,372
On the human heart. The solstice.

440
00:15:08,397 --> 00:15:10,018
When we look to the sky...

441
00:15:10,043 --> 00:15:10,813
Go ahead.

442
00:15:10,838 --> 00:15:13,043
Mom, seriously, go to Louise's thing.

443
00:15:13,061 --> 00:15:14,780
Dad didn't make it,
but you can still go.

444
00:15:14,804 --> 00:15:17,024
Linda, please, dear God, don't leave me.

445
00:15:17,049 --> 00:15:18,193
Ginny, we can handle this.

446
00:15:18,217 --> 00:15:19,733
Linda, if you leave, I will die.

447
00:15:19,758 --> 00:15:22,016
- I will die.
- Aah, this is a nightmare.

448
00:15:22,041 --> 00:15:22,948
- What?
- Nothing.

449
00:15:22,973 --> 00:15:25,474
Oh, no.

450
00:15:25,734 --> 00:15:28,332
- Is it over?
- Intermission. What happened to you?

451
00:15:28,357 --> 00:15:30,173
- Are-are your knees bleeding?
- Yes.

452
00:15:30,197 --> 00:15:32,946
I'm worried about you, Bob.
Did you go around and see what life

453
00:15:32,971 --> 00:15:34,633
would've been like if
you had never been born

454
00:15:34,658 --> 00:15:36,294
and someone punched you
and threw you out of a bar

455
00:15:36,319 --> 00:15:37,969
and then you jumped in a river?

456
00:15:37,994 --> 00:15:39,327
- It was a little like that.
- Well, that's actually better

457
00:15:39,346 --> 00:15:40,548
than what's been happening here.

458
00:15:40,572 --> 00:15:42,487
My ears feel like your knees look.

459
00:15:42,512 --> 00:15:43,983
Please, take your seats.

460
00:15:44,008 --> 00:15:46,162
In a few minutes, these
brave sixth graders

461
00:15:46,187 --> 00:15:48,530
will return to the stage.

462
00:15:48,554 --> 00:15:50,655
We're just making a
few minor modifications.

463
00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:51,829
Where you from, sir?

464
00:15:51,854 --> 00:15:53,836
- Uh, here?
- Here. That's fun.

465
00:15:53,929 --> 00:15:56,488
Born in a school auditorium,
ladies and gentlemen.

466
00:15:56,513 --> 00:15:58,066
Done.

467
00:15:58,090 --> 00:16:00,039
Okay, that was my crowd
work. I'm here all week.

468
00:16:00,064 --> 00:16:03,854
Or possibly never again.
Hard to tell from that look.

469
00:16:23,873 --> 00:16:26,475
♪ ♪

470
00:16:52,645 --> 00:16:53,977
I love this next poem.

471
00:16:54,002 --> 00:16:56,813
Let's have a big hand
for Louise Belcher.

472
00:16:56,832 --> 00:16:59,633
♪ ♪

473
00:17:16,443 --> 00:17:18,668
Good job, you star, you.

474
00:17:18,687 --> 00:17:20,573
- Thank you.
- What the...

475
00:17:20,740 --> 00:17:23,425
What did you do? What
did you do to Tina?

476
00:17:23,576 --> 00:17:27,869
It was Tina's idea.

477
00:17:44,460 --> 00:17:46,454
What's Around the Tree,

478
00:17:46,473 --> 00:17:48,532
by Louise Belcher.

479
00:17:48,619 --> 00:17:50,619
I can't see what's around the tree

480
00:17:50,644 --> 00:17:53,509
when I'm pawing through
the presents, but when

481
00:17:53,534 --> 00:17:55,779
I sit back and get my present unwrapped,

482
00:17:55,804 --> 00:17:57,654
I look up and I see my parents.

483
00:17:57,742 --> 00:18:00,877
I see and smell my
brother, that's clearly

484
00:18:00,902 --> 00:18:01,994
where the gas is.

485
00:18:02,019 --> 00:18:03,099
And I see my sister...

486
00:18:04,974 --> 00:18:07,809
with something that looks like
gingerbread on her glasses.

487
00:18:08,069 --> 00:18:11,067
And we don't have
gingerbread, so this is odd.

488
00:18:11,092 --> 00:18:12,814
We made funny ornaments for the tree

489
00:18:12,839 --> 00:18:14,701
this year, and we make

490
00:18:14,726 --> 00:18:17,383
funny ornaments, sitting
here around the tree

491
00:18:17,408 --> 00:18:19,315
so jolly.

492
00:18:19,340 --> 00:18:20,576
I didn't expect to feel

493
00:18:20,601 --> 00:18:23,635
this way. I was focusing on Santa,

494
00:18:23,820 --> 00:18:26,338
but the best presents are sitting here,

495
00:18:26,724 --> 00:18:29,550
and they aren't even wrapped up.

496
00:18:29,575 --> 00:18:31,641
♪ ♪

497
00:18:50,833 --> 00:18:53,776
♪ ♪

498
00:19:06,214 --> 00:19:08,556
♪ ♪

499
00:19:13,376 --> 00:19:14,445
Yay!

500
00:19:14,469 --> 00:19:16,210
- Yes, yes!
- Yay!

501
00:19:16,230 --> 00:19:18,397
- Yes, yes!
- Wow!

502
00:19:18,624 --> 00:19:19,624
Bravo!

503
00:19:22,304 --> 00:19:23,989
You love your family.

504
00:19:24,014 --> 00:19:26,440
Bup, bup, bup, bup. Bup. Bup. Bup.

505
00:19:26,465 --> 00:19:27,533
What are you girls
talking about back there?

506
00:19:27,557 --> 00:19:28,798
About how Louise loves her family.

507
00:19:28,817 --> 00:19:30,800
- Okay, she knows.
- Aw... - You love us.

508
00:19:30,819 --> 00:19:33,070
I think we should tour, like a jam band,

509
00:19:33,095 --> 00:19:34,965
like The Flaming Lips,
but with xylophones

510
00:19:34,990 --> 00:19:37,319
- and we're in sixth grade.
- Yeah, I think you should.

511
00:19:37,344 --> 00:19:39,913
Hi. I almost forgot. I
have your check. Good job.

512
00:19:39,938 --> 00:19:42,881
It counts as half a day, so it's $35.

513
00:19:42,906 --> 00:19:44,717
- Oh. - Geez.
- Sorry.

514
00:19:44,741 --> 00:19:46,821
Mm, that's fine. Ooh,
I should get going.

515
00:19:46,846 --> 00:19:49,319
- Uh, bye all.
- Bye.

516
00:19:49,337 --> 00:19:50,887
There goes the best damn

517
00:19:50,912 --> 00:19:53,025
substitute music
teacher who knows nothing

518
00:19:53,050 --> 00:19:54,959
about music that I've ever seen.

519
00:20:01,929 --> 00:20:04,105
♪ ♪

520
00:20:07,260 --> 00:20:09,403
♪ ♪

521
00:20:15,083 --> 00:20:16,983
♪ ♪

522
00:20:30,834 --> 00:20:33,684
♪ Come and sit ♪

523
00:20:33,709 --> 00:20:37,360
♪ Around the tree ♪

524
00:20:37,512 --> 00:20:40,847
♪ With me ♪

525
00:20:40,872 --> 00:20:43,586
♪ Sometimes ♪

526
00:20:43,611 --> 00:20:46,036
♪ Gifts are simply ♪

527
00:20:46,061 --> 00:20:50,281
♪ Memories ♪

528
00:20:50,306 --> 00:20:52,807
♪ Why don't you come ♪

529
00:20:52,895 --> 00:20:55,637
♪ And sit around ♪

530
00:20:55,662 --> 00:20:58,054
♪ The tree ♪

531
00:20:58,073 --> 00:20:59,480
♪ With me. ♪

532
00:21:00,403 --> 00:21:05,403
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