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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:06,505 ? What would you do if I sang out of tune? ? 2 00:00:06,507 --> 00:00:11,243 ? Would you stand up and walk out on me? ? 3 00:00:11,245 --> 00:00:17,516 ? Lend me your ears, and I'll sing you a song ? 4 00:00:17,518 --> 00:00:21,018 ? I will try not to sing out of key, yeah ? 5 00:00:21,020 --> 00:00:25,156 ? Oh, baby, I get by ? ? By with a little help from my friends ? 6 00:00:25,158 --> 00:00:26,691 ? All I need is my buddies ? 7 00:00:26,693 --> 00:00:29,761 ? High with a little help from my friends ? 8 00:00:29,763 --> 00:00:35,399 ? I'm sayin' I'm gonna get higher ? -? Try with a little help from my friends ? 9 00:00:35,401 --> 00:00:36,667 ? Whoa-oa-oa-oa ? 10 00:00:36,669 --> 00:00:38,403 ? Oh, oh, oh, oh ? 11 00:00:38,405 --> 00:00:42,807 ? Somebody who knows quite sure ? 12 00:00:42,809 --> 00:00:44,008 ? Baby ? 13 00:00:44,010 --> 00:00:46,744 ? By with a little help from my friends ? 14 00:00:46,746 --> 00:00:48,847 ? Said I'm gonna make it with my friends ? 15 00:00:48,849 --> 00:00:51,582 ? Try with a little help from my friends ? 16 00:00:51,584 --> 00:00:53,985 ? Oh, I'm gonna keep on trying ? 17 00:00:53,987 --> 00:00:56,520 ? High with a little help from my friends ? 18 00:00:56,522 --> 00:00:59,056 ? I'm gonna keep on trying now, baby ? 19 00:00:59,058 --> 00:01:04,195 ? Ooh, ooh, ooh ? 20 00:01:04,197 --> 00:01:07,466 [ Choir singing indistinctly ] 21 00:01:07,468 --> 00:01:09,767 The halls of RFK junior high 22 00:01:09,769 --> 00:01:15,173 often echoed with the sounds of music. 23 00:01:15,175 --> 00:01:18,143 The Kennedy chorale. 24 00:01:22,782 --> 00:01:25,650 The Kennedy madrigals. 25 00:01:30,023 --> 00:01:33,358 And, of course, the Kennedy now-tones. 26 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:38,463 They were all part of a long-standing family of song. 27 00:01:38,465 --> 00:01:40,665 But, as with every family, 28 00:01:40,667 --> 00:01:42,967 there was a skeleton in the closet. 29 00:01:42,969 --> 00:01:45,803 [ Off-key ] ? ah, ah, ah, ah ? 30 00:01:45,805 --> 00:01:47,972 ? Ah, ah, ah ? 31 00:01:47,974 --> 00:01:50,976 ? Ah, ah, ah, ah ? 32 00:01:50,978 --> 00:01:53,245 The boys' 8th-grade glee club. 33 00:01:53,247 --> 00:01:55,913 ? Ah, ah, ah, ah ? 34 00:01:55,915 --> 00:01:58,983 The singing group from hell. 35 00:01:58,985 --> 00:02:00,651 Oh, boy. 36 00:02:00,653 --> 00:02:03,287 Twice a week, we transformed Mr. Frace's choir room 37 00:02:03,289 --> 00:02:06,390 into kind of a chamber of musical horrors. 38 00:02:06,392 --> 00:02:08,660 Oh, my gosh. 39 00:02:08,662 --> 00:02:10,061 Randy Mitchell... baritone. 40 00:02:10,063 --> 00:02:12,864 ? Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ? 41 00:02:12,866 --> 00:02:14,933 Doug Porter... monotone. 42 00:02:14,935 --> 00:02:17,234 ? Ah, ah, ah... ? 43 00:02:17,236 --> 00:02:21,338 Paul Pfeiffer... no tone at all. 44 00:02:21,340 --> 00:02:22,941 And, of course... 45 00:02:22,943 --> 00:02:25,009 Me. 46 00:02:25,011 --> 00:02:26,244 Not that we didn't have heart. 47 00:02:26,246 --> 00:02:28,546 It's just that the 13-year-old-male voice 48 00:02:28,548 --> 00:02:32,951 isn't exactly designed for, well... 49 00:02:32,953 --> 00:02:35,086 For singing. 50 00:02:35,088 --> 00:02:37,689 Uh, hold that note. 51 00:02:37,691 --> 00:02:40,492 ? Ahhh ? 52 00:02:40,494 --> 00:02:42,494 Hold that note. 53 00:02:42,496 --> 00:02:45,130 We weren't the stuff tabernacle choirs are made of. 54 00:02:45,132 --> 00:02:48,299 So, out of a mutual respect for the arts... 55 00:02:48,301 --> 00:02:50,135 And humanity... 56 00:02:50,137 --> 00:02:52,637 We'd reached an agreement. 57 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:54,539 We wouldn't push Mr. Frace... 58 00:02:54,541 --> 00:02:55,773 If he wouldn't push us. 59 00:02:55,775 --> 00:02:56,974 All right, all right! 60 00:02:56,976 --> 00:02:59,744 That's enough! 61 00:02:59,746 --> 00:03:03,381 Just, uh, get out your books and study. 62 00:03:05,985 --> 00:03:09,420 All in all, a pretty equitable arrangement. 63 00:03:09,422 --> 00:03:10,722 It isn't fair. 64 00:03:10,724 --> 00:03:13,057 Every other group gets to sing some songs and stuff. 65 00:03:13,059 --> 00:03:14,893 Why can't we? 66 00:03:14,895 --> 00:03:17,762 Well, maybe because we stink. 67 00:03:17,764 --> 00:03:19,864 Then why are we here? 68 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:21,766 Because we have to be here. 69 00:03:21,768 --> 00:03:23,701 Right, Warren? 70 00:03:23,703 --> 00:03:25,136 Warren gander. 71 00:03:25,138 --> 00:03:27,372 No one had ever heard him sing a note, 72 00:03:27,374 --> 00:03:28,973 much less say a word. 73 00:03:28,975 --> 00:03:31,909 So, what you're saying is we're losers, is that it? 74 00:03:31,911 --> 00:03:34,779 But if Paul was looking to unite us in chorus... 75 00:03:34,781 --> 00:03:36,848 - Pbht! - Pbht! 76 00:03:36,850 --> 00:03:39,684 He had just heard our best effort. 77 00:03:39,686 --> 00:03:40,819 Pbht! 78 00:03:40,821 --> 00:03:43,154 Face it... we knew where we stood. 79 00:03:43,156 --> 00:03:44,856 At the bottom of the heap. 80 00:03:44,858 --> 00:03:48,192 And we were smart enough not to seek the limelight... 81 00:03:48,194 --> 00:03:49,727 [ School bell rings ] 82 00:03:49,729 --> 00:03:53,264 Until, that is... 83 00:03:53,934 --> 00:03:56,634 the limelight was thrust upon us. 84 00:03:56,636 --> 00:03:58,102 There. 85 00:03:58,104 --> 00:04:00,238 That's better, isn't it? 86 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,840 Who's she? 87 00:04:03,342 --> 00:04:04,742 [ Note plays ] 88 00:04:04,744 --> 00:04:07,045 ? My name is Miss Haycock ? 89 00:04:07,047 --> 00:04:09,780 And if there's anything I want to impress upon you, 90 00:04:09,782 --> 00:04:10,948 it's... 91 00:04:10,950 --> 00:04:13,184 ? Use your diaphragms ? 92 00:04:13,186 --> 00:04:15,786 ? Always use your diaphragms ? 93 00:04:15,788 --> 00:04:17,455 What'd she say? 94 00:04:17,457 --> 00:04:19,991 ? Do you hear how that sounds? ? 95 00:04:19,993 --> 00:04:21,926 ? Full and supported ? 96 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:23,261 [ Plays note ] 97 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:24,795 ? If you're doing it right ? 98 00:04:24,797 --> 00:04:27,398 ? You'll feel it down here ? 99 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:28,633 [ Plays note ] 100 00:04:28,635 --> 00:04:30,067 ? I'm thrilled to be taking over ? 101 00:04:30,069 --> 00:04:32,270 ? The 8th-grade boys' glee club ? 102 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:33,304 [ Plays note ] 103 00:04:33,306 --> 00:04:34,639 ? And when we sing ? 104 00:04:34,641 --> 00:04:37,442 ? We'll always sing like this ? 105 00:04:37,444 --> 00:04:38,710 [ Plays note ] 106 00:04:38,712 --> 00:04:40,745 ? Because we're always going to remember ? 107 00:04:40,747 --> 00:04:42,080 ? To use our ? 108 00:04:42,082 --> 00:04:44,148 [ Plays note ] 109 00:04:47,454 --> 00:04:50,654 [ Unenthused ] Diaphragms. 110 00:04:50,656 --> 00:04:53,457 She was fresh out of teaching school, full of ideas. 111 00:04:53,459 --> 00:04:54,792 And, oh, yes, 112 00:04:54,794 --> 00:04:57,929 the woman was a total lunatic. 113 00:04:57,931 --> 00:04:59,697 Well, I think she's great. 114 00:04:59,699 --> 00:05:00,665 Paul, get a grip. 115 00:05:00,667 --> 00:05:03,001 Why, just because she sang a little? 116 00:05:03,003 --> 00:05:04,802 A little? 117 00:05:04,804 --> 00:05:07,004 I just hope she doesn't think we're gonna sing like that. 118 00:05:07,006 --> 00:05:08,873 Well, maybe not at first. 119 00:05:08,875 --> 00:05:11,242 But once we master this diaphragm thing... 120 00:05:11,244 --> 00:05:14,946 Diaphragms or no diaphragms... 121 00:05:14,948 --> 00:05:16,181 Miss Haycock's arrival 122 00:05:16,183 --> 00:05:18,416 had sent a shudder of fear through all of us. 123 00:05:18,418 --> 00:05:19,850 I don't want to sing. 124 00:05:19,852 --> 00:05:21,953 That's why I took glee club in the first place. 125 00:05:21,955 --> 00:05:24,722 Yeah, why do we have to have a student teacher, anyway? 126 00:05:24,724 --> 00:05:26,657 Relax, guys. There's nothin' to worry about. 127 00:05:26,659 --> 00:05:27,825 This won't last long. 128 00:05:27,827 --> 00:05:29,794 What do you mean? 129 00:05:29,796 --> 00:05:31,896 I mean, this is her first job. 130 00:05:31,898 --> 00:05:33,664 She has to look like she's trying. 131 00:05:33,666 --> 00:05:35,433 Mitchell did have a point... 132 00:05:35,435 --> 00:05:36,401 in theory. 133 00:05:36,403 --> 00:05:38,202 Maybe he's right. 134 00:05:38,204 --> 00:05:41,039 Maybe she'll... Get over it. 135 00:05:41,041 --> 00:05:42,840 Trust me, in a couple of days, 136 00:05:42,842 --> 00:05:44,943 she'll be acting just like Frace. 137 00:05:44,945 --> 00:05:48,345 Put away your songbooks. We won't need them, after all. 138 00:05:48,347 --> 00:05:50,514 And that was that. 139 00:05:50,516 --> 00:05:53,117 We'll need the entire hour for voice auditions. 140 00:05:53,119 --> 00:05:54,652 [ Scattered groans ] 141 00:05:54,654 --> 00:05:56,354 Who wants to be first? 142 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:57,255 First? 143 00:05:57,257 --> 00:05:59,157 Was she joking? 144 00:05:59,159 --> 00:06:01,025 Anyone? 145 00:06:01,027 --> 00:06:04,162 Only a complete doofus would want to be f... 146 00:06:06,599 --> 00:06:08,466 okay, then. 147 00:06:08,468 --> 00:06:10,267 It was time to show Miss Haycock 148 00:06:10,269 --> 00:06:12,169 exactly who she was up against. 149 00:06:12,171 --> 00:06:13,738 In other words... 150 00:06:13,740 --> 00:06:15,439 It was time to sing. 151 00:06:15,441 --> 00:06:19,910 [ Off-key ] ? my country, 'tis of thee ? 152 00:06:19,912 --> 00:06:22,947 [ Off-key ] ? sweet land of liberty ? 153 00:06:22,949 --> 00:06:25,550 [ Off-key ] ? of thee I sing ? 154 00:06:25,552 --> 00:06:29,253 [ Off-key ] ? land where our fathers died ? 155 00:06:29,255 --> 00:06:32,557 [ Piano plays notes ] 156 00:06:32,559 --> 00:06:36,561 [ Passionately ] ? from every mountainside ? 157 00:06:36,563 --> 00:06:42,499 ? Let freedom ring ? 158 00:06:44,571 --> 00:06:46,304 There. 159 00:06:46,306 --> 00:06:48,973 We'd laid it out for her... clear as a bell. 160 00:06:48,975 --> 00:06:50,841 The folly of it all. 161 00:06:50,843 --> 00:06:52,410 The hopelessness. The complete... 162 00:06:52,412 --> 00:06:54,478 yes! Yes! 163 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,848 That's the kind of passion we all need. 164 00:06:56,850 --> 00:06:58,115 Huh? 165 00:06:58,117 --> 00:07:00,385 I found that very moving. 166 00:07:00,387 --> 00:07:01,519 Thank you, Kevin! 167 00:07:01,521 --> 00:07:04,589 Sure, anytime. 168 00:07:04,591 --> 00:07:06,557 Attaway, Caruso. 169 00:07:06,559 --> 00:07:09,259 Anytime at all. 170 00:07:09,261 --> 00:07:10,695 She made you sing? 171 00:07:10,697 --> 00:07:12,530 All of you? 172 00:07:12,532 --> 00:07:14,265 That I'd like to see. 173 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:15,967 She said Kevin had passion. 174 00:07:15,969 --> 00:07:17,701 Really? 175 00:07:17,703 --> 00:07:19,403 [ Giggles ] 176 00:07:19,405 --> 00:07:22,539 She made a total fool out of me, so can we just forget it? 177 00:07:22,541 --> 00:07:24,775 Well, I think she sounds very sweet. 178 00:07:24,777 --> 00:07:27,311 So do I. 179 00:07:27,313 --> 00:07:29,547 Right gesture, wrong shoulder. 180 00:07:29,549 --> 00:07:31,983 Winnie, the woman's a fruitcake, okay? 181 00:07:31,985 --> 00:07:35,853 In fact, somebody ought to lock her up! 182 00:07:35,855 --> 00:07:37,755 In fact, somebody ought to... 183 00:07:37,757 --> 00:07:39,590 Kevin, that's not very nice. 184 00:07:39,592 --> 00:07:40,859 Uh-oh. 185 00:07:40,861 --> 00:07:42,559 What if it were me up there... 186 00:07:42,561 --> 00:07:44,762 standing there, scared out of my wits, 187 00:07:44,764 --> 00:07:46,197 teaching my first class? 188 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:47,531 Uh, well... 189 00:07:47,533 --> 00:07:49,266 is that how you'd treat me? 190 00:07:49,268 --> 00:07:52,570 Okay, this was tricky... very tricky. 191 00:07:52,572 --> 00:07:55,206 Maybe you should think more about things like that, Kevin. 192 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:57,641 It was pretty clear I was gonna have to find 193 00:07:57,643 --> 00:08:00,477 the moral highground here... 194 00:08:00,479 --> 00:08:02,880 and fast. 195 00:08:02,882 --> 00:08:10,355 ? Fwa ? 196 00:08:10,357 --> 00:08:11,689 ? To sustain the note ? 197 00:08:11,691 --> 00:08:15,460 ? We simply let the air flow out gently ? 198 00:08:15,462 --> 00:08:17,194 Now, you try. 199 00:08:17,196 --> 00:08:19,163 ? Fwa ? 200 00:08:19,165 --> 00:08:20,598 [ Off-key ] ? fwa ? 201 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:21,899 ? Fwa ? 202 00:08:21,901 --> 00:08:23,233 Trouble is, our glee club 203 00:08:23,235 --> 00:08:25,536 wasn't exactly built for high ground. 204 00:08:25,538 --> 00:08:27,839 We'd been weaned on low expectations. 205 00:08:27,841 --> 00:08:30,707 Why's she doing this to us? 206 00:08:30,709 --> 00:08:33,577 Even Warren gander was showing signs of strain. 207 00:08:33,579 --> 00:08:36,180 Now, men, I have a surprise for you. 208 00:08:36,182 --> 00:08:37,582 Great. What was it gonna be now? 209 00:08:37,584 --> 00:08:41,251 Today, we're going to begin our first song... 210 00:08:41,253 --> 00:08:42,920 "stout-hearted men." 211 00:08:42,922 --> 00:08:44,888 I have copies for all of you. 212 00:08:44,890 --> 00:08:47,258 All right. That ripped it. 213 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:48,993 No one... but no one... 214 00:08:48,995 --> 00:08:52,196 had ever threatened us with an actual musical arrangement. 215 00:08:52,198 --> 00:08:53,964 And, that's not all. 216 00:08:53,966 --> 00:08:56,935 We're going to be singing it next month 217 00:08:56,937 --> 00:08:59,170 at the spring sing concert! 218 00:08:59,172 --> 00:08:59,871 - What?! - What?! 219 00:08:59,873 --> 00:09:01,372 I know, I know. 220 00:09:01,374 --> 00:09:02,906 We don't have much time. 221 00:09:02,908 --> 00:09:04,642 But as I told Mr. Frace, 222 00:09:04,644 --> 00:09:06,477 my boys are up to it. 223 00:09:06,479 --> 00:09:08,379 And he agreed! 224 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:10,347 And suddenly it was clear. 225 00:09:10,349 --> 00:09:12,617 Our reputation was on the line, here. 226 00:09:12,619 --> 00:09:15,553 Our tradition. Our bad name. 227 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:17,989 Miss Haycock? 228 00:09:17,991 --> 00:09:19,957 Yes, Kevin. 229 00:09:19,959 --> 00:09:22,393 Do you really think this is a good idea? 230 00:09:22,395 --> 00:09:24,195 Why not? 231 00:09:24,197 --> 00:09:26,597 Well... I... 232 00:09:26,599 --> 00:09:28,632 we... Just think... 233 00:09:28,634 --> 00:09:31,536 Kevin... 234 00:09:31,538 --> 00:09:34,004 What if it were me standing up here? 235 00:09:35,708 --> 00:09:37,508 Kevin... 236 00:09:37,510 --> 00:09:39,443 You think what? 237 00:09:39,445 --> 00:09:42,747 Awww! 238 00:09:42,749 --> 00:09:44,248 That... 239 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:45,783 It would be... 240 00:09:47,453 --> 00:09:49,753 fine. 241 00:09:49,755 --> 00:09:52,957 I knew you'd all feel that way! 242 00:09:52,959 --> 00:09:54,057 Think of it. 243 00:09:54,059 --> 00:09:58,396 We're starting on a new adventure... together. 244 00:09:58,398 --> 00:10:01,065 And so in a flash, our fate was sealed. 245 00:10:01,067 --> 00:10:03,935 The Glee Club's, Miss Haycock's, 246 00:10:03,937 --> 00:10:05,937 and, of course... 247 00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:07,738 Mine. 248 00:10:17,783 --> 00:10:21,852 [ Notes play on piano ] 249 00:10:21,854 --> 00:10:23,387 ? Men, men, men ? 250 00:10:23,389 --> 00:10:25,957 ? All right, basses ? 251 00:10:25,959 --> 00:10:26,991 ? Men, men ? 252 00:10:26,993 --> 00:10:28,292 Over the next few weeks, 253 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:30,228 Miss Haycock struggled to bring out our best... 254 00:10:30,230 --> 00:10:31,895 ? Now, tenors ? 255 00:10:31,897 --> 00:10:36,167 ? Ahhh ? 256 00:10:36,169 --> 00:10:38,202 Which, coincidentally, happened to be our worst. 257 00:10:38,204 --> 00:10:40,605 Splendid! Now, remember. 258 00:10:40,607 --> 00:10:42,106 Diaphragms. 259 00:10:42,108 --> 00:10:44,208 Diaphragms! 260 00:10:44,210 --> 00:10:45,809 Meanwhile, I found myself trapped 261 00:10:45,811 --> 00:10:49,380 between raw enthusiasm and outright malice. 262 00:10:50,082 --> 00:10:51,015 Ow! 263 00:10:51,017 --> 00:10:52,116 Hey! 264 00:10:52,118 --> 00:10:53,517 Nice goin', Arnold. 265 00:10:53,519 --> 00:10:55,385 What's that for? 266 00:10:55,387 --> 00:10:56,921 "That'd be great, Miss Haycock. 267 00:10:56,923 --> 00:10:59,090 We'd love to sing in the spring sing." 268 00:10:59,092 --> 00:11:00,925 Come on, I didn't say that. 269 00:11:00,927 --> 00:11:02,760 Well, not exactly. 270 00:11:02,762 --> 00:11:04,028 We're gonna look like idiots 271 00:11:04,030 --> 00:11:05,796 in front of the whole school, 272 00:11:05,798 --> 00:11:06,964 not to mention our parents. 273 00:11:06,966 --> 00:11:08,332 What are we gonna do? 274 00:11:08,334 --> 00:11:09,399 Well, for one thing, 275 00:11:09,401 --> 00:11:11,201 we're not gonna mention it to our parents. 276 00:11:11,203 --> 00:11:12,302 Deal? 277 00:11:12,304 --> 00:11:14,271 There's something else we could do. 278 00:11:14,273 --> 00:11:17,008 We could practice. 279 00:11:17,010 --> 00:11:18,743 Look, you got us into this, Arnold. 280 00:11:18,745 --> 00:11:20,745 So you got to get us out. 281 00:11:20,747 --> 00:11:21,879 How? 282 00:11:21,881 --> 00:11:23,113 Talk to her. 283 00:11:23,115 --> 00:11:25,450 She's never gonna listen to me. 284 00:11:25,452 --> 00:11:27,852 Why not? You're Mr. passion. 285 00:11:27,854 --> 00:11:30,153 You're the only one she will listen to. 286 00:11:30,155 --> 00:11:31,421 Talk to her. 287 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:34,725 Our lives are depending on it. 288 00:11:34,727 --> 00:11:36,694 Easy for them to say. 289 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,796 But how do you talk to someone 290 00:11:38,798 --> 00:11:40,998 who can't even hear? 291 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,132 [ Glee club singing ] 292 00:11:42,134 --> 00:11:43,934 Excellent! Excellent! 293 00:11:43,936 --> 00:11:46,403 The fact was, even though we sang harmonies 294 00:11:46,405 --> 00:11:48,206 that would make Quasimodo wince, 295 00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:50,308 chords not found in nature... 296 00:11:50,310 --> 00:11:51,843 Good! 297 00:11:51,845 --> 00:11:53,010 Better! 298 00:11:53,012 --> 00:11:55,246 Nothing deterred Miss Haycock. 299 00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:58,082 With a wisdom born of weeks of experience, 300 00:11:58,084 --> 00:12:01,085 she pushed on, blindly... no!... Deafly... 301 00:12:01,087 --> 00:12:04,588 toward a goal that was obviously beyond our grasp. 302 00:12:04,590 --> 00:12:06,958 I know. Let's march in place. 303 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:08,926 Let's try that. Come on. 304 00:12:08,928 --> 00:12:10,427 We wanted to believe in her. 305 00:12:10,429 --> 00:12:12,396 But it was pretty clear, sooner or later, 306 00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:15,699 someone was gonna have to burst this bubble... 307 00:12:15,701 --> 00:12:16,567 someone like... 308 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:18,469 Psst! Arnold. 309 00:12:18,471 --> 00:12:19,971 [ Clears throat ] 310 00:12:19,973 --> 00:12:21,906 Me. 311 00:12:21,908 --> 00:12:28,512 ? Man to man ? 312 00:12:28,514 --> 00:12:30,781 It's now or never, Arnold. 313 00:12:33,486 --> 00:12:35,152 Ah, what the heck? 314 00:12:35,154 --> 00:12:37,154 Was I a stout-hearted man... 315 00:12:37,156 --> 00:12:39,123 Or a craven coward? 316 00:12:39,125 --> 00:12:40,357 Miss Haycock? 317 00:12:41,227 --> 00:12:42,659 Yes, Kevin? 318 00:12:42,661 --> 00:12:46,163 We've been thinking this whole thing over. 319 00:12:46,165 --> 00:12:47,831 And... 320 00:12:47,833 --> 00:12:49,433 See... 321 00:12:49,435 --> 00:12:52,136 We don't really wanna be in the spring sing. 322 00:12:54,073 --> 00:12:56,507 It's just that... 323 00:12:56,509 --> 00:12:58,409 We're not any good. 324 00:12:58,411 --> 00:13:00,144 So... 325 00:13:00,146 --> 00:13:01,679 Maybe we shouldn't do it. 326 00:13:01,681 --> 00:13:03,747 There. Difficult, of course, 327 00:13:03,749 --> 00:13:05,816 but best for everyone concerned. 328 00:13:05,818 --> 00:13:08,786 You... Really feel this way? 329 00:13:08,788 --> 00:13:10,687 All of you? 330 00:13:10,689 --> 00:13:13,157 - Mm-hmm. - Yeah. 331 00:13:13,159 --> 00:13:15,259 I see. 332 00:13:15,261 --> 00:13:19,129 Well... I had no idea. 333 00:13:19,131 --> 00:13:21,499 And there you had it. 334 00:13:21,501 --> 00:13:23,201 We'd finally gotten through to her. 335 00:13:23,203 --> 00:13:25,503 Miss Haycock was coming to her senses. 336 00:13:25,505 --> 00:13:26,904 She was going to see reason. 337 00:13:26,906 --> 00:13:28,973 She was going... 338 00:13:28,975 --> 00:13:30,674 [ Crying softly ] 339 00:13:30,676 --> 00:13:31,875 To cry. 340 00:13:35,381 --> 00:13:37,315 [ Crying intensifies ] 341 00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:39,550 Needless to say, we handled it with a certain maturity. 342 00:13:39,552 --> 00:13:41,652 Well, what you do that for, Arnold? 343 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:43,354 Me?! You told me to! 344 00:13:43,356 --> 00:13:44,521 Way to go, Kev. 345 00:13:44,523 --> 00:13:46,223 I can't believe you did that. 346 00:13:46,225 --> 00:13:48,459 You were supposed to talk to her, not make her cry. 347 00:13:50,430 --> 00:13:52,530 [ Crying continues ] 348 00:13:52,532 --> 00:13:54,865 We had no idea what to do next. 349 00:13:54,867 --> 00:13:57,301 The only thing that could help us now 350 00:13:57,303 --> 00:13:58,635 was a miracle. 351 00:13:58,637 --> 00:14:01,705 And then... It happened. 352 00:14:01,707 --> 00:14:04,675 [ Warren vocalizing ] 353 00:14:09,916 --> 00:14:11,548 [ Vocalizing continues ] 354 00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:16,753 It took the tears of a student teacher 355 00:14:16,755 --> 00:14:19,489 to bring a song to the lips of Warren gander. 356 00:14:19,491 --> 00:14:22,226 [ Vocalizing continues ] 357 00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:25,863 ? Men, men, men, men, men, men, men... ? 358 00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:29,633 ? Men, men, men, men, men, men... ? 359 00:14:29,635 --> 00:14:33,637 ? Men, men, men, men, men, men, men, men, men ? 360 00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:36,040 And the rest is history. 361 00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:37,641 ? Men, men, men, men, men, men... ? 362 00:14:37,643 --> 00:14:41,478 ? Lend me some men who are stout-hearted men ? 363 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:45,750 ? Who will fight for the right they adore ? 364 00:14:45,752 --> 00:14:50,087 ? Start me with ten who are stout-hearted men ? 365 00:14:50,089 --> 00:14:54,325 And so began the great glee club comeback of 1970. 366 00:14:54,327 --> 00:14:56,126 ? Give me some men... ? 367 00:14:56,128 --> 00:14:59,029 There were only two weeks left before the big spring sing, 368 00:14:59,031 --> 00:15:02,800 but during those two weeks, we breathed, slept, 369 00:15:02,802 --> 00:15:06,670 and ate "stout-hearted men". 370 00:15:06,672 --> 00:15:11,075 ? And I'll soon give you 10,000 more ? 371 00:15:11,077 --> 00:15:13,877 It became our anthem, our battle cry... 372 00:15:13,879 --> 00:15:15,379 [ Horn honking ] 373 00:15:15,381 --> 00:15:19,050 As we rallied 'round our secret weapon. 374 00:15:19,052 --> 00:15:23,020 ? Then there's nothing in the world... ? 375 00:15:23,022 --> 00:15:25,255 It was kind of... Infectious. 376 00:15:25,257 --> 00:15:27,825 ? ...a plan ? 377 00:15:27,827 --> 00:15:29,693 ? When stout-hearted... ? 378 00:15:29,695 --> 00:15:31,494 And when the day had finally arrived... 379 00:15:31,496 --> 00:15:33,698 We had gone from horrible to... 380 00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:37,201 ? Man to ? 381 00:15:37,203 --> 00:15:37,747 ? Man ? 382 00:15:44,977 --> 00:15:49,980 [ Finale plays ] 383 00:15:49,982 --> 00:15:52,015 Magnificent! 384 00:15:52,017 --> 00:15:56,387 Well, anyway, we were ready... 385 00:15:56,389 --> 00:16:00,657 [ Choir singing indistinctly ] 386 00:16:00,659 --> 00:16:08,659 ? Till you find your dreams ? 387 00:16:10,169 --> 00:16:11,701 [ Applause ] 388 00:16:13,939 --> 00:16:15,906 I'm not ready for this. 389 00:16:15,908 --> 00:16:17,541 Sure you are. 390 00:16:17,543 --> 00:16:18,842 No, I'm not. 391 00:16:18,844 --> 00:16:21,145 Oh, come on, Paul. It's just one song. 392 00:16:21,147 --> 00:16:23,881 Or so I kept telling myself. 393 00:16:23,883 --> 00:16:25,016 Look around. 394 00:16:25,018 --> 00:16:27,018 These guys are practically professionals. 395 00:16:27,020 --> 00:16:30,554 People are paying a buck-fifty to see them... 396 00:16:30,556 --> 00:16:32,723 And us. 397 00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:33,957 [ Sneezes ] 398 00:16:33,959 --> 00:16:35,192 Uh-oh. 399 00:16:35,194 --> 00:16:37,194 That sneeze was a bad sign. 400 00:16:37,196 --> 00:16:38,229 [ Sneezes ] 401 00:16:38,231 --> 00:16:40,264 A very bad sign. 402 00:16:40,266 --> 00:16:41,365 Take a deep breath. 403 00:16:41,367 --> 00:16:43,000 You know how you get once it starts. 404 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:45,002 It's my nerves. 405 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:47,170 Come on, Paul, what's there to be nervous about? 406 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:48,338 Remember? 407 00:16:48,340 --> 00:16:50,808 We've got Warren. 408 00:16:50,810 --> 00:16:54,045 [ Indistinct conversation ] 409 00:16:54,047 --> 00:16:56,313 Hey, you guys are in the 8th-grade glee club, right? 410 00:16:56,315 --> 00:16:57,982 Can't wait to hear you sing. 411 00:16:57,984 --> 00:17:00,718 You too. What are you singing? 412 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,786 We're starting out with Thomson's "Hallelujah," 413 00:17:02,788 --> 00:17:04,989 then "Pater Noster, qui es in Caelis"... 414 00:17:04,991 --> 00:17:06,323 the Vulpius version. 415 00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:07,792 Then something a little lighter... 416 00:17:07,794 --> 00:17:09,827 some selections from "La Boh�me." 417 00:17:09,829 --> 00:17:11,228 How about you? 418 00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:12,463 "Vulpius"? 419 00:17:12,465 --> 00:17:14,431 "La Boh�me"? 420 00:17:14,433 --> 00:17:17,568 - "Stout-hearted men." - [ Sneezes ] 421 00:17:17,570 --> 00:17:19,336 Here they are... 422 00:17:19,338 --> 00:17:21,138 my boys. 423 00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:23,074 Come on, everybody. 424 00:17:23,076 --> 00:17:24,975 Gather 'round. 425 00:17:24,977 --> 00:17:28,012 I brought something for you. 426 00:17:28,014 --> 00:17:30,781 Here. Pass these out. 427 00:17:30,783 --> 00:17:31,915 Everyone gets one. 428 00:17:31,917 --> 00:17:34,452 Yep, Miss Haycock was in her element... 429 00:17:34,454 --> 00:17:36,820 whatever element that was. 430 00:17:36,822 --> 00:17:40,357 I'm so proud of you all. 431 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,194 Ever since I was a little girl... 432 00:17:43,196 --> 00:17:45,796 No, geez, don't tell us this. We don't want to... 433 00:17:45,798 --> 00:17:48,599 I've dreamed of standing up in front of a choir 434 00:17:48,601 --> 00:17:50,568 and molding them in song. 435 00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:53,471 Tonight will be my very first time, 436 00:17:53,473 --> 00:17:57,340 and I have you to thank... my men. 437 00:17:57,342 --> 00:18:01,245 I'll never forget any of you. 438 00:18:01,247 --> 00:18:05,382 The funny thing is, in a way, that turned out to be true. 439 00:18:05,384 --> 00:18:08,552 All right. Let's line up. 440 00:18:08,554 --> 00:18:12,323 We're next. 441 00:18:12,325 --> 00:18:15,826 And so from the murky depths of Mr. Frace's choir room, 442 00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:20,231 the 8th-grade boys glee club finally stepped into the light. 443 00:18:20,233 --> 00:18:24,167 [ Light applause ] 444 00:18:32,211 --> 00:18:34,411 Sure, we had misgivings. 445 00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:39,482 But gazing down on Miss Haycock's confident face, 446 00:18:39,484 --> 00:18:41,385 we knew we had nothing to fear. 447 00:18:41,387 --> 00:18:43,220 She believed in us. 448 00:18:43,222 --> 00:18:45,489 And, of course, we believed... 449 00:18:45,491 --> 00:18:46,890 In Warren. 450 00:18:51,564 --> 00:18:53,364 [ Piano plays introduction ] 451 00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:55,900 But as I look back on that night, 452 00:18:55,902 --> 00:18:58,636 it isn't the anticipation I remember best, 453 00:18:58,638 --> 00:19:03,707 and it isn't the faces in the audience. 454 00:19:03,709 --> 00:19:09,246 ? Ahhhhhhhhhh ? 455 00:19:09,248 --> 00:19:10,848 What I remember best 456 00:19:10,850 --> 00:19:14,985 is that Warren gander's voice chose exactly that moment... 457 00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:17,587 [ Croaks ] 458 00:19:18,991 --> 00:19:21,325 To change. 459 00:19:24,063 --> 00:19:25,963 [ Audience murmuring ] 460 00:19:28,234 --> 00:19:30,067 ? Ahhhhhhhhh ? 461 00:19:30,069 --> 00:19:31,568 [ Croaks ] 462 00:19:31,570 --> 00:19:33,504 It was cruel. 463 00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:34,871 In front of our very eyes, 464 00:19:34,873 --> 00:19:39,210 Warren had transformed from lyric tenor... 465 00:19:39,212 --> 00:19:40,878 To... 466 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,112 [ Croaks ] 467 00:19:42,114 --> 00:19:45,048 Well, a bullfrog. 468 00:19:45,050 --> 00:19:47,051 [ Murmuring, light laughter ] 469 00:19:47,053 --> 00:19:49,253 So the rest of us did the only thing we could... 470 00:19:49,255 --> 00:19:51,355 we panicked. 471 00:19:55,728 --> 00:19:57,561 Keep going! 472 00:19:57,563 --> 00:19:59,863 [ Piano plays introduction ] 473 00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:02,065 Keep going! 474 00:20:02,067 --> 00:20:04,968 - Men. - Men. 475 00:20:04,970 --> 00:20:05,970 - Men. - Men. 476 00:20:05,972 --> 00:20:07,938 But the die was cast. 477 00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:09,807 [ Sneezes ] 478 00:20:09,809 --> 00:20:11,141 Paul sneezed... 479 00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:12,509 [ Sneezes ] 480 00:20:12,511 --> 00:20:14,711 Which was too much for Doug. 481 00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:16,046 [ Thud ] 482 00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:19,383 Somebody laughed, and I dropped my music. 483 00:20:19,385 --> 00:20:21,352 Keep going! 484 00:20:21,354 --> 00:20:22,519 [ Sneezes ] 485 00:20:22,521 --> 00:20:24,187 It was kind of a chain reaction. 486 00:20:24,189 --> 00:20:27,157 [ Sneezes ] 487 00:20:27,159 --> 00:20:30,394 I'd like to say we rallied... 488 00:20:30,396 --> 00:20:32,263 [ Sneezes ] 489 00:20:32,265 --> 00:20:33,631 But... We didn't. 490 00:20:33,633 --> 00:20:36,766 [ Disorganized singing, talking ] 491 00:20:43,375 --> 00:20:46,443 [ Disorganized singing continues ] 492 00:20:51,884 --> 00:20:53,017 Men. Men. Men. 493 00:20:53,019 --> 00:20:54,418 - Men. - Men. 494 00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:55,718 [ Sneezes ] 495 00:20:57,490 --> 00:20:58,656 [ Sneezes ] 496 00:21:00,426 --> 00:21:02,192 It was no one's fault, really. 497 00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:06,130 I guess we'd just been pushed beyond our limits. 498 00:21:06,132 --> 00:21:08,565 We we're a bunch of 8th-grade boys, 499 00:21:08,567 --> 00:21:13,003 not an ensemble of stout-hearted men. 500 00:21:13,005 --> 00:21:14,037 [ Light applause ] 501 00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:15,606 [ Applause intensifies ] 502 00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:18,309 As for Miss Haycock, 503 00:21:18,311 --> 00:21:21,278 she'd dreamed of molding us into something we weren't. 504 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:26,283 But that night, she got her wake-up call. 505 00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:30,220 ? Give me some men who are stout-hearted men... ? 506 00:21:30,222 --> 00:21:32,623 The only problem was... 507 00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:35,326 She wasn't there to answer it. 508 00:21:35,328 --> 00:21:37,995 [ Sneezes ] 509 00:21:37,997 --> 00:21:41,198 We never found out where Miss Haycock disappeared to, 510 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,201 although some said she'd gone back to college. 511 00:21:44,203 --> 00:21:47,604 Still, I like to think that wherever she is 512 00:21:47,606 --> 00:21:49,673 there's a warm spot in her heart 513 00:21:49,675 --> 00:21:52,042 for the 8th-grade boys' glee club. 514 00:21:52,044 --> 00:21:55,012 After all, we'd learned from her, 515 00:21:55,014 --> 00:21:58,081 and in a way... She'd learned from us. 516 00:21:58,083 --> 00:21:59,416 We'd learned together... 517 00:21:59,418 --> 00:22:03,854 ? Man to man ? 518 00:22:03,856 --> 00:22:06,056 Or so I like to tell myself. 519 00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:08,792 [ Finale plays ] 520 00:22:10,395 --> 00:22:12,495 [ Paul sneezes ] 521 00:22:12,545 --> 00:22:17,095 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 36545

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