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Maybe the world is blind or just a little unkind.

Don't know.

Seems you can't be sure of anything anymore.

Although.

Hucky, you're supposed to play the piano, not hurt the piano.

Henry, this is no fun at all.

Yes, it is. It's a lot of fun.

I wanted you to learn the piano, so I rented this baby as a fun surprise for

you. Fun is taking me to Disney World. Fun is getting your picture taken with

Goofy.

Learning to play a musical instrument is something that will last forever.

A picture of Koofy will last forever.

Shall we try the little speedboat one more time, and this time try it lightly?

Shall we split the difference here?

C. C.

C. C what?

The note.

Middle C.

You were playing A.

A. A natural.

A natural what?

We've been through all this. The notes are named after letters.

C, D, E, F, G.

If this is C, then what's this?

V?

Oh, that's C, too. There are only eight notes on the piano.

Not on this one. I tell them. Just 88 notes.

No, there aren't. There are 88 keys, 8 notes, and several octaves of those same

notes.

Octaves, keys, notes.

Henry, this is too much for me to handle.

Maybe you're right, Punky.

Maybe we ought to call it quits.

Does that mean you're sending back the piano?

No. I'm bringing in a teacher.

Well, lucky me.

What's the matter? You look like you're going to the dentist.

Of course, my new piano teacher's coming today.

What's she like?

Like this teacher comes highly recommended.

Cheapest lessons in Chicago.

She's here.

I bet she's a mean old lady who smells like lilac water.

Yeah.

This is going to be the longest hour of my life.

Hi there.

I'm Tony Glenn.

Are you the new piano teacher?

Yep. Come in. Let's get started. We've only got an hour.

Hi.

Hi, I'm Tony.

You sure?

Sorry, don't you have something to do?

Tony, I'm Henry Wannemont, and this is my daughter, Punky. And this is our

piano, Wurzler.

And this is the lesson book we've been using.

Little Speedboat?

In my opinion, that's a little out of date.

What do you mean, out of date?

Little Speedboat is timeless.

Well, it's just that I find children respond to a more contemporary approach.

Punky? Do you like Rick Springfield?

Cindy Lauper?

Michael Jackson?

I love all of them. Can you teach me to play their stuff?

You bet.

Just as soon as you learn a few notes and a few basic chords.

Well, I've been down this road before, so I think I'll wait in the kitchen.

Good luck.

You'll need it.

Okay, Punky, let's get started.

Can you already tell me a few things? Like I know, you always start with

C.

You can start with middle C if you want to be boring.

I like to start with Chuck.

Chuck's the main man, the guy in the middle.

And Chuck has four buddies.

Dave, Ed, Fred, and Gus.

D, F, Fred, and Gus?

Oh, I get it.

C, D, E, F, and T.

Okay, now that's hard for them. What about the girls?

Girl? What girl?

The girl down the street.

Claire, Beth, Ann, Gail, and Fran.

That's right.

Scott, Dave, Ann, Fran, Scott.

Claire, Beth, Ann, Gail, Fran.

I did it!

See? Now once you know where your friends live, there's nothing you can't

This is great! I thought I hated the piano, but now I love it.

Guess I just took the right teacher.

Come on, let's try it again.

Okay. Shock.

Now I'll call out the names, you play the notes. Go.

Ed, Ed, Ed.

Again. Ed, Ed, Ed.

Ed, Gus, Chuck, Dave, Ed.

That's Jingle Bells.

I just played Jingle Bells.

How did I do?

Simple. You know where your friends live.

Yeah! You see, Punky, to make a song, all you have to do is visit your friends

in a certain order.

And sometimes you visit lots of friends at the same time.

Like this.

Oh, I... Baby waterfall, I am...

First a boy and then a man, am I?

And you, you're the heart of it all, you're the things I

say and do.

Am I wasting my time hanging around?

You would be gone.

I can't help it Every moment that I think about you

Every day and every night without you I can't survive

Love Take away the lonely days gone

by Making every day for you and I Giving me a chance to go

on believing

Girl, you gotta go on believing.

Oh, I.

Baby, you're the breath I take.

Coming from the heart in love.

Am I.

And you.

You're the start of it all. You're the things I say.

And do.

Am I wasting my time.

Hanging around.

You would be gone.

But I can't help it.

Every moment that I think about you. Every day and every night without you.

I can't survive.

Love, take away the lonely days gone by.

Making every day for you and I.

Giving me a chance to help it, help it. Every moment that I think

about you. Every day and every night without you.

I can't survive.

I heard from a real person. Thank you.

I think.

It's a real pretty song.

Is it a big hit?

No, it's something I've been working on. You wrote it?

Yeah. You should make a record.

All my friends would buy it.

Oh, it's my dream to make a record.

But the truth is, Punky, I'm not sure my songs are that good.

Well, I am.

You should be a star.

And you're looking at the Brewster's gonna make you one.

Look at that piano, Mrs. Johnson.

Okay.

Now, what am I looking at?

It's a signpost.

It says, Henry Warniamont is old.

Out of it, over the hill.

What? To me, it says Warniton.

You don't understand.

I tried to teach Punky to play the piano, and she hated it.

Then Tony Glenn came along and got her all excited about music by discussing

rock groups.

In my day, we didn't have a boy George.

Yes, you did.

He was chopping down a cherry tree.

I'm sorry, Henry.

We're just victims of the generation gap.

Jerry has a whole different mango than I did.

Now when I tell her she's bad, she thinks she's good.

I don't know. Sometimes I think I'm too old to be Punky's father.

Don't be silly.

If she thinks I'm out of it now, when she's a teenager, she'll think I've

been in it.

Oh, don't worry, Henry.

You're too full of it to never been in it.

my new discovery, Mr. Tony Glenn, and I'm Pinky Brewster.

Oh, wow.

You're little.

Are you like a child or what?

I'm not a child. I'm eight years old.

Hey, that's trippy.

Like, you're not even into double -digit numbers yet.

What a totally amazing experience that must be.

We'd like to see Mr. Dell, please.

Oh, far out.

I'll buzz Mr.

Dell and tell him that you're here.

You are here, aren't you?

Some of us are.

Yes?

Sir, a Mr.

Tony -to -die Glenn is here with his dynamite little agent, Punky.

Well, send him in.

Lonnie Dell.

Tony Glenn. Pleased to meet you.

Tony Glenn.

I like it.

That's a good handle, and the right name is very important.

Mine's Punky Brewster.

Well, how you doing, Punky? What's shaking?

Say, aren't you a little young to be an agent?

On the other hand, it means you're plugged in, and I guess that can't hurt,

Tony's written a great song, and his voice is smash -a -roo.

Well, fantastic -a -roo.

Seems to me you guys have all the right ingredients.

So tell me, what's your hook?

My what?

Your hook. I mean, your angle. The thing you wow them with.

Do you break your guitar or set your hair on fire or sing underwater?

Basically,

I just write a song and try to sing it as best I can.

Oh, talent.

Well, that's a hook.

By the way, do you play that thing? Because you don't have to, you know.

Sure he plays it. Tony's a music teacher. Oh, wow.

I see the video.

You, a guitar, somewhere.

I'm psyched, Tony, baby. Come on. Thrill me.

Let's go.

Am I in you?

You're the heart of it all. You're the things I say and do.

Am I wasting my time hanging around?

You were the God.

Oh, Tony, Tony, Tony.

You're dynamite.

I haven't finished yet.

You don't have to. You blew me away.

You moved me.

You really liked it?

Liked it?

Heather, would you please cancel my recording session with Prince tomorrow?

I've got a guy here who's red hot.

You're canceling Prince?

Prince is yesterday.

Tony Glenn is today.

You hear that, Tony? You're today. I can't believe this.

I dreamt about it, but I never thought it would happen.

Tony Glenn, welcome to the Dell Star Table.

We are going to make you a Dell Star Star.

I'm talking about full commitment, promotion, videos, backup singers.

All I want in return is a full commitment from you.

You've got it, Mr. Dell.

And $2 ,500 cash.

I beg your pardon?

Wait a minute. We have to pay you?

Yeah, it's SOP.

SOP?

Yeah, Standard Operating Procedure, kid.

It's good faith money, you see.

I'll be investing ten times that amount just to get the Tony Glenn ball rolling.

That's a pretty expensive bar.

Hey, smart kid.

That's why I need insurance.

What happens if Tony changes his mind about being a rock star?

Oh, no, I give you my word. I wouldn't change my mind. Oh, Tony, baby, I've

burned before.

Once burned, twice shy.

Hey, that's a pretty good title. I should give that to Springsteen.

I don't know, Mr. Dell.

$2 ,500 is a lot of money.

Hey, I'll chip in with you. I got $8 in my piggy bank, and I can hawk my sticker

collection.

Now we're talking.

Mr. Dell, do you really think I have what it takes to make it?

I swear on my mother's grave, you are the best I've ever heard.

Young lady.

Did you see a little girl and her music teacher?

No, but I can't wait to see Dune.

Perky.

Henry, what are you doing here?

Sherry, tell me what you two are up to. We've got great news, Mr. Warnemont. Mr.

Dell wants you to call one of my phone numbers. Yeah, we're going now to get

$2 ,500.

The what?

You shouldn't be paying him.

Oh, don't worry. It's S .O .P.

Standard Operation Proceeding.

Good fake money.

Yeah, Mr. Dell thought Tony was the best he ever heard.

He doesn't just sign anybody.

I see.

Wait here.

Excuse me.

Hey. Hi.

Hello there.

I'm Lonnie Dell.

That's right.

The Lonnie Dell.

I'm Henry Warnemont.

How you doing, Henry? Mind if I call you Hank?

Yes, very much.

Did you produce those gold records?

Absolutely. Every record I touch turns to gold.

I keep some of them here, some of them at home, and the rest are on their way

the new Lonnie Dell Museum.

That's impressive.

Perhaps I shouldn't have come here today.

A man of your stature wouldn't be interested in a song of mine.

Wait, you write songs?

Yes, and I sing a little.

But only in my spare time.

I earn my living as a photographer.

Whoa, wait a minute. I see the video. You, a camera, somewhere on site, on

site. Come on, Henry, baby. Thrill me.

I have no musical accompaniment. You don't need any. You've got a hook.

old. It's different.

Thank you.

Here's a little something I like to call...

Just say cheese.

I love it. Come on.

When you're feeling gloomy, won't you listen to me? Just say cheese.

Be a happy gal or fella under my umbrella. Just say cheese.

And if they start to focus and you're not in focus, just say cheese.

Don't say salami. Don't say bananas.

Don't say minestrone.

Say cheese, baby.

Say cheese.

Henry, Henry, Henry. You're dynamite. You blew me away.

You moved me.

You like it?

Like it.

Henry, I'm going to cancel my recording session with Prince because you are red

hot. Really?

Exactly how red hot am I?

Henry.

By the time I'm finished with you, we're going to have the whole country saying

cheese. I'm talking about full commitment, promotion, videos, other

All I want from you is every cheese song you can come up with and $2 ,500 cash.

Well, I don't know.

That's a lot of money.

Oh, it certainly is. But it's a solid investment.

And Henry...

I swear on my mother's grave, you are the best I've ever heard.

Mr. Dell, you're a crook. Henry, please, don't listen to them. I don't even know

who they are.

That happens to be my daughter and her music teacher.

Punky Tony, baby. Good to see you.

Mr. Dell, you really let us down. You just lie to people and take their money.

That hurts.

Sure, I've taken people's money, but I'm not a liar.

I swear on my mother's grave, I've never told a lie in my life.

Mr. Dell, your mother's on the phone.

Your mother?

That's awful.

They've buried the wrong woman. I've got to run.

What a fraud.

What a lowlife.

What a disappointment.

Hey, thanks a lot, Mr. Warnerman. You just saved me an awful lot of money.

You don't have to thank me, Tony.

However, if you were to offer ten free piano lessons for Punky, you've got it.

Way to go, Henry. You were great.

I wasn't so bad for a guy who's old and out of it.

Henry, you're not old and out of it. You're the smartest, most with it guy I

know.

Thanks, Punky.

Hey, you know what?

Really love the song, Henry, baby.

Don't say salami. Don't say bananas.

Don't say menastroni. Say cheese, baby. Say cheese.