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Foldman's Funky Beet juice!
It's supposed to taste like that!
Ahh, Sunday.
Table Town's busiest grocery shopping day.
It's gonna be a good day at Slim Pickins,
I can feel it in the air!
Gordon, my guy! First day working
the sample station, think ya can handle it?
Well, I take my duties very seriously.
It's time. Open the doors!
♪ Do the weekly shop, shop, shop ♪
♪ Buy some soda pop, pop, pop! ♪
♪ Do the grocery twist, twist, twist! ♪
♪ And don't forget your list, list, list ♪
Did you remember the list, Martin?
- Uhh... - Oh, no.
You didn't forget it again, did you, hon?
Are we gonna have to drive all the way back home?
- No. - So you have it?
- Yes. - Good.
'Cause I need you to do the weekly shop
on your own today. They're doing this incredible
coupon-based promotion. If you collect all 20 coupons
around the store, you can win a token
to their antique crane game!
I heard there's a 50-year-old kazoo in there.
Heh, you crazy, Mom. You go have your fun.
I've got my weekly date with ye olde free sample station.
What is it with the sample station?
It's the number one hot spot in the store!
Unlimited free samples of-- of cheese, fruit, pasta.
You dream it, they've got it-- free!
Whee!
Don't like spanakopita?
Th-There's new stuff coming out
every 10 minutes!
And best is, the woman
who makes it all possible: Diane.
She always slips extra treats to us hungry kids.
Uh-huh, yeah. Well, um, you two go have fun.
I'll... handle the list.
Which I totally have.
Slimmy P! My man!
Oh... Ooh! Oh, sorry about that.
Oh, hi! You're a teacher at my daughter's school, right?
She's in your drama class, Kiff Chatterley?
I think you get into hijinks together sometimes?
Around town?
I have a lot of students.
I don't know...
Okay, well, nice to see you!
Okay...
Yee-ikes-eeola. Glad that's over with.
The first coupon!
Samples. Samples. Samples.
Uh, hello! Where's Diane?
She went to Ottoman Flats for Sample Con. I'm new.
Aw, good for Diane.
She's been talking about going for years!
Well hey, it's always nice to meet
a fellow sample enthusiast!
What do we got today, Gordo? Mini quiche?
My samples are for paying customers only.
No kids.
Gee, I-- I-- I thought Diane was funny!
I, guh-- guh--
Well, I-- I'm not just a kid.
I came here with my parents. My "paying customer" parents!
A-And you know, my opinion counts a lot to them
in terms of, uh, product, you know, consideration.
Of-- Of things.
Oh, hello, sir! Mini quiche?
Okay, bread, yes!
We always buy bread. I know that.
Don't need a list to tell me we need bread!
Oh, my.
What brand do we usually get?
Is it the one with the baby wheat
popping out of the sun?
The hot bun catching on fire?
I like the one with the country lady
bench-pressing the butter dumbbells.
I got the last one.
Barry? What are you doing huffing over here?
Sample guy wouldn't give me sample.
Same!
Oh, hi, guys.
Sample guy?
You guys talking about the new free sample guy?
Yes!
I never thought someone named Gordon
could have power over me.
Hey, let's team up! Between the four of us,
we gotta be able to outsmart him, right?
One, two, three, four, samples!
Ahem. Hello! Me again.
What's that supposed to mean?
I... Remember? Kiff Chatterley's mom.
We bumped into each other five minutes ago and chatted?
Okay...?
Uh... guh...
So... yeah. Anyway...
Sorry. Excuse me.
Heh-heh. Doesn't seem to wanna go that way,
heh-heh, with the wheel.
There we go, heh.
Oopsie! Dropped my list.
Can't do my weekly shop without the list!
Sorry!
I was trying to read your list.
I-- I'm having a little trouble
figuring out what to buy.
Oh, poor thing. Would you like
to follow along and shop with me?
Really? That would be amazing!
First thing's first, a gallon of Foldman's Funky Beet Juice!
You're the boss!
Look at him over there. Thinks he's a big man.
I could get a hot plate.
Psst! Kiff! We found one!
All right, Secretary Prince!
Kinda weird to see you here in your weekend, uh, jorts.
You need me to get free samples?
Four free samples.
Uh, but say they're for your other grown-up friends.
Then bring them back here!
Okay, this is good, they're smiling, smiling.
He's asking for extra samples. Yes!
Now, just come back to us. Wait, what's he doing?
He's getting a whiff of the samples.
Now he's closing his eyes and drooling
like he likes what he smells. Oh, no.
Ugh, now he's trying one of the mini quiches.
Oh, no! He loves it!
He's... Yep. He's eating them all.
Those samples are unbelievable!
You gotta taste 'em!
We're. Trying. To.
This is it, the twentieth coupon!
No. I'm not doing this again!
I can't stand any more small talk!
Small talk? We've barely exchanged ten words.
So help me,
if I see you one more time, and I have to do small talk,
I'm turning you into a mushroom!
But I hate mushrooms!
Really? Even chanterelles?
I mean, mushrooms generally are very versatile
in any recipe-- Wait, no! No! Wait!
This is small talk. Don't try me, lady!
Fine, I don't want to talk to you, either.
Jeez, what a drip!
Eighteen, 19...
W-What-- What happened to the last one?
Oh, no. How am I gonna get that coupon
without talking to Helen?
Okay, so we know what doesn't work.
Asking an adult to get samples for us,
tunneling under the store, calling Gordon from a pay phone
and pretending to be his granny...
That's it! We've tried everything!
Ugh, let's give up. I'll just get Daddy
to buy all the actual products.
Then we can go to my house and try them.
No, Candle! That's not what this is about!
It's about free samples!
It's about the one glimmer of hope
in the mindless, unending void
of accompanying your parents to the grocery store!
If only someone could get Gordon
to step away from the samples for a few minutes.
But who?
That's it! I have an idea.
Time to go on your lunch break, Gordon.
I will watch the samples.
All right...
And 13 over-ripe, mushy avocados!
That's it, you're all done.
I'm so proud of you, Martin.
Ah, thank you! I would have never
come up with these items. I was way off!
Oh, I'm on the Freaky Deaky diet.
I probably should've mentioned that
before I let you shop all the same stuff as me, ha!
Well, gotta dash! Keep it freaky!
Wait, what? Hu-- Wha-- C-Come back!
You! You work here! You gotta tell me what to buy!
I-- I left my list at home!
My family can never know!
Hello?
Dad?
Well, I can explain! This was the only way
we could get free samples!
Is that so? I'll be taking these!
Kiff, listen, I don't think your mother needs to know--
Too late, I heard everything!
Honey? What're you doing?
You! That's it, mushroom time!
Run!
Pitted date, take the form of the thing you hate!
Hey!
Whoa. I'm a kid! Why was I being such a jerk?
Kids are people, too!
Free samples for everyone! Bababooey!
Hooray!
Look at that! Turned into the thing he hated most.
Bravo, Helen.
Oh, you're Kiff's mother!
Let's get outta here!
Horrible.
Never a dull day in retail, huh?
You could say that again.
♪ Slimmy P, you're on your own ♪
♪ Hittin' the road for the very first time ♪
♪ Slimmy P, you're finally free ♪
♪ The world to see, it's gonna blow your mind ♪
♪ Yeah ♪