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Christmas. It's said to be
the most wonderful time of the year.
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But in the city sidewalks of Springfield…
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…one doesn't see smile after smile.
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In the air, there's no feeling
of the Christmas spirit,
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just the chunky inhale of tire fire
and doughnut oil.
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Which makes it the perfect town
to conduct an experiment.
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I'm mentalist and
psychological illusionist, Derren Brown.
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In this special,
I shall use a mixture of hypnosis,
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social compliance, British accent,
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and psychology in an attempt to change
the holiday temperament of an entire town.
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This is A Derren Brown Christmas.
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Springfield used to be festive
at Christmas,
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but climate catastrophes, various
fascisms, and self-financed JLo movies
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have left the town grumpy
and Scrooge-like.
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But I'm about to change all that.
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I arrived with my improbably large
team of accomplices posing as a film crew.
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Mayor Quimby. Uh, Hark Media.
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We're doing a documentary
on the award Springfield's just won.
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- Award?
- You know, the…
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Springfield being named
the "Christmasiest" Town in America,
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winning the holiday makeover
of Town Square.
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Oh, that award. Uh, yes.
We are thrilled
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and honored to be…
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The award the Mayor
is so thrilled about doesn't exist.
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We made it up.
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Forcing Quimby to awkwardly pretend
he knows what we're talking about.
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This rattles him,
making him easier to manipulate.
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Also, he was nervous about other things.
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Hey, Joe.
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I, uh, just need to bestow upon
this constituent the Key to the City.
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No. I need the key to the lake house.
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And don't block the Andersons' driveway.
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You, uh, were saying?
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We just wanted to make sure
you're okay with us filming
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and placing hidden cameras
virtually everywhere.
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You know,
for the documentary about the award
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- you totally knew about?
- Yes, yes.
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Springfield is an open book.
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We were in.
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The prize of a holiday makeover
was all part of our plan
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to subliminally make the town
feel more cheery.
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The response wasn't immediately positive.
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They put Christmas decorations up
earlier and earlier.
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It's mid-December.
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Still a good joke.
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It's not a joke,
it's just a thing everyone says.
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'Cause it's hilarious.
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Hey, Homer. Earlier and earlier, huh?
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- How did you even…
- Ah, I always have one loaded.
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D-Dental implant special. Two front teeth
for Christmas. You know…
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Meet Gil Gunderson.
Gil has a dead-end job which he is bad at.
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Gil is trying to summon the courage
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to call his estranged family before
Christmas, but he's running out of time.
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What Gil needs is a boost of confidence.
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A chance to be a hero.
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Cue runaway baby carriage.
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Help! My baby carriage
is slipping out of my hand!
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My family
doesn't wanna hear from me.
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- Are you okay?
- I'm fine, but what about your…
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Hey, he's okay.
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Yes. You saved him.
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You're a hero.
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I am?
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And just like that,
Gil felt brave, strong, a man of action.
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Would you excuse me?
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Bonnie, it's Gill.
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It is? It's good
to hear your voice too, honey.
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Right. No, honey. I, uh…
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I would love to spend Christmas
with you and the kids.
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Sure I can pick up a tree.
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Actually, I already have one.
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- Not your stupid costume!
- No, no. That's not what I was…
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I'll-I'll go to the tree lot.
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Christmas with the fam.
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For Gil, being a colossal failure
was the story he'd been telling himself.
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And each of us tells ourselves stories.
Stories about who we are.
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Disco Stu is into free verse poetry also.
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Stories that limit who we can be.
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I don't have an anger problem.
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Anger helps me punch.
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Some stories are complicated.
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Back then, hockey was played on sand
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and the puck was a lightly broiled clam.
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The story Homer Simpson
keeps telling himself
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is that he is bad at choosing gifts.
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Which is why he lets his wife, Marge,
do all the Christmas shopping.
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Well, that was a bust.
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Apparently,
the Gap is just for tramps now.
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I'll watch the bags while you shop.
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Oh, but I suck at presents.
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I can't do all the shopping.
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You have to buy a present for me.
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Do you like any of this stuff?
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I have enough cuff links.
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Told ya I suck.
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We followed Homer and soon learned
that he did, in fact, suck.
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He started with a reasonable choice:
a journal.
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Then the second guessing began.
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Aw, what if Marge doesn't have
innermost thoughts?
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Lingerie? No, too sexual.
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Book of sudokus? Not sexual enough.
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Bowling ball? Aw, we already did that.
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What concerned me was how savagely
Homer berated himself.
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Oh, I'm the worst. I make people sad.
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I should die
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and they should donate my body
to a crappy medical school
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where they study my brain
for why I suck at buying gifts.
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I decided to enlist Marge
as an accomplice.
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And by using psychological tricks,
we can manipulate the town
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into believing that they're
feeling more Christmas-y.
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Ooh. Playing with people's minds?
That seems kind of irresponsible.
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- It's for a TV show.
- Oh, then it's fine.
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So our Christmas plan for Homer
is to make him a better gift giver.
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Homer's bad at choosing gifts
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because he tells himself
that he's bad at choosing gifts.
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I think Homer's just bad
at choosing gifts.
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He once gave Bart a CPR dummy.
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Bart hated it. He refused to revive it.
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If you sign this form,
allowing me to hypnotize your husband,
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you'll be surprised by how thoughtful
his gift-giving will become.
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Hmm. Okay. I feel a little weird
signing for Homer.
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- You don't feel that way at all.
- I don't feel that way at all.
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Not my proudest moment, I'll admit.
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But I truly believed we could help Homer.
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So, in typical Derren Brown fashion,
we introduced ourselves.
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Ooh, they "Christmas-imafied"
my favorite cupcake.
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Hey, what's the deal?
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Oh, you think that's funny, huh?
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You don't eat me, I eat you!
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Hmm?
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Who are you? And where's my cupcake?
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Homer, you're perfectly safe
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and your cupcake is right here.
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And sleep. There we go.
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Right the way down. Right the way deep.
Then we'll come and sit over here…
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I've hypnotized thousands of subjects,
but Homer was different.
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Now then, Homer,
open your eyes and look at me.
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Homer, look at me. Homer, look at me.
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Even in a trance state,
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Homer refused to look at anything
other than his cupcake.
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I resorted to an unorthodox way
of getting him to focus on me.
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Okay. Right. Fine, here.
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Homer, I'm going to help you become
the person you actually already are.
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Someone who is great at giving gifts.
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Is that who I really am?
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Absolutely. You are a natural gift giver.
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You observe people. You pay attention.
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- And you see what...
- I see them when they're sleeping.
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Well, more so when they're awake,
but you know that...
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I know when they're awake.
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Uh, sure. But more importantly,
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you no longer dread the holidays
because you know that...
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I am Santa.
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No, no, no, no, no.
Homer, you're not Santa.
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You are just a regular person
who gives nice gifts.
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Oh, right. Just a regular guy.
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Wait, wait. Why did you wink knowingly?
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Did I?
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Okay, I'm stopping this. And wake. Homer?
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Yes, "Homer."
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Uh-huh.
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- He's still winking.
- Is he stuck?
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You can't get stuck in hypnosis.
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- Look, all the hypnosis books say...
- What is he eating?
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How did you…
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I'm a spritely little elf.
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Homer, you are not Santa.
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I need you to say you understand that.
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Well, if that's what you need.
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I understand that!
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Happy Christmas to all,
and to all a good night!
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The n-nose thingy concerns me.
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We were right to be concerned
about the nose thingy
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because the very next morning…
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Forget it, Simpson, I'm not issuing you
a new company ID for Santa.
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Good idea. Can't let the Muggles
know who I am.
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Oh, and this is for you.
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- A thimble?
- Smithers,
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you said this bagel
would have everything on it,
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but it's missing so many things.
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Talc. Neon. Laughter.
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- Is that for me?
- Uh, sure.
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When I was a child,
this was my favorite toy.
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And what happened then?
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Well, in Springfield they say
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that Burns's small heart
grew three sizes that day.
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Emergency cardiac reduction, stat!
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Thank you, Smithers. Merry Christmas.
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Smithers was the first to believe.
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The children believed immediately.
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Everywhere Homer went,
they inundated him with present requests.
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One special little boy decided
to join Homer in his delusion.
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My head-talk "tolded" me I'm your elf.
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My tummy-talk "tolded" me
you need to get your boss more fries.
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And soon everyone believed.
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Santa!
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Homer's delusion was so complete,
he started to change physically.
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I used to spend every Christmas
with the old, you know, head in the oven.
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But now, now I got the actual Santy Claus
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drinking my beer
and peeing in my bathroom.
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It's a Christmas miracle over here.
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Homer even appeared on the local news.
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Oh, I've always been Santa-like.
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My stomach has an innate "jelly-Ness."
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Well, do you have magical powers?
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- A few. I...
- If you pull his finger, his pants cough.
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Yes.
That and I'm supremely lactose tolerant.
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I can drink gallons of milk.
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And I can eat any kind of cookie, but my
favorite are chocolate chip with N&N's.
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You heard it here first, kids.
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Christmas spirit was at an all-time high.
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But, as is human nature,
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the stanning of Santa began to get weird.
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The star of Bethlehem is the mother ship
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which will leave the naughty
and take the nice to the North Pole,
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where we will become immortal
like Rudolph the Red.
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Blessed be his nose.
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And not all Springfielders
were happy about the Santa worship.
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Frankly,
I've never liked this emphasis on Santa.
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I mean, an imaginary being who
decides who's good and who's bad?
221
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When did people get
so "gul-diddly-ulible"?
222
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And, of course, Marge was not happy.
223
00:12:37,298 --> 00:12:40,801
I mean, it's great that Homer
is so sweet and considerate.
224
00:12:40,885 --> 00:12:43,304
But it's like he belongs to the world now.
225
00:12:43,387 --> 00:12:46,182
Everywhere we go,
little kids sit on his lap.
226
00:12:46,265 --> 00:12:48,893
It makes Maggie so jealous.
227
00:12:48,976 --> 00:12:52,438
What about you, Bart? How do you feel
about your dad being Santa?
228
00:12:52,521 --> 00:12:54,440
- It must be thrilling.
- It's something.
229
00:12:56,525 --> 00:12:58,944
It was indeed something.
230
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By trying to raise
the Christmas spirit in Springfield,
231
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I'd inadvertently created
a kind of Santa cult.
232
00:13:05,534 --> 00:13:07,369
It was time to come clean.
233
00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:10,706
The Christmas Jubilee
was the perfect opportunity.
234
00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:13,375
Hello. I'm Derren Brown.
235
00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:17,213
Um, many of you know me as the dashing
chap who's been interviewing you
236
00:13:17,296 --> 00:13:19,381
for a documentary about Springfield.
237
00:13:22,301 --> 00:13:23,761
I have a confession.
238
00:13:23,844 --> 00:13:27,097
I'm actually a hypnotist/magician.
239
00:13:27,181 --> 00:13:28,766
Really well-known in the UK.
240
00:13:28,849 --> 00:13:32,228
Um, sort of the Beyoncé
of British mentalists, apparently.
241
00:13:32,311 --> 00:13:37,566
I've never heard of you,
and I have a subscription to BritBox.
242
00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:39,735
Charming story.
243
00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:43,906
We came here with a plan to make you feel
more Christmas spirit than you actual had.
244
00:13:43,989 --> 00:13:47,451
But you know what?
We found that the joy of the season
245
00:13:47,535 --> 00:13:50,454
has been here the whole time
with you guys.
246
00:13:52,373 --> 00:13:54,583
Yeah, that's 'cause of Santy over there.
247
00:13:55,751 --> 00:13:58,546
Yeah, that's the thing.
Homer is not Santa.
248
00:13:58,629 --> 00:13:59,880
- What? No!
- No.
249
00:13:59,964 --> 00:14:03,092
He thought he was,
as a side-effect of being hypnotized.
250
00:14:03,175 --> 00:14:05,886
Which is not a thing that happens
with hypnotism usually.
251
00:14:05,970 --> 00:14:10,933
Maybe there's a delightful part of Homer
that longed to be Santa.
252
00:14:11,016 --> 00:14:14,562
- But Marge needs her Homie back.
- Aw.
253
00:14:14,645 --> 00:14:17,648
And you probably all want
your friend Homer back too, am I right?
254
00:14:18,941 --> 00:14:20,025
Not really.
255
00:14:20,109 --> 00:14:22,278
Well, too bad.
I'm bringing him back anyway.
256
00:14:22,361 --> 00:14:24,154
Homer, join me on stage.
257
00:14:24,238 --> 00:14:26,740
Anything for you, cupcake face.
258
00:14:27,616 --> 00:14:30,119
Up you come. Nice to see you… And sleep.
259
00:14:30,202 --> 00:14:32,121
Right the way down. There we go.
260
00:14:32,204 --> 00:14:34,081
That's good. Now, Homer, look at me.
261
00:14:34,164 --> 00:14:38,711
When I snap my fingers, you are going
to remember you are not Santa,
262
00:14:38,794 --> 00:14:41,714
you are Homer Simpson. Loving husband,
263
00:14:41,797 --> 00:14:44,425
father, and nuclear something or other.
264
00:14:44,508 --> 00:14:47,678
Here we go. One. Two. Three. Wake.
265
00:14:49,638 --> 00:14:51,599
Do you still believe you're Santa?
266
00:14:51,682 --> 00:14:53,225
What? No.
267
00:14:53,309 --> 00:14:55,102
Homer's back, everyone!
268
00:14:58,814 --> 00:15:00,774
Now un-hypnotize us.
269
00:15:00,858 --> 00:15:02,443
I didn't hypnotize any of you.
270
00:15:02,526 --> 00:15:05,362
Oh, come on.
You made us go nuts for Santy Claus.
271
00:15:05,446 --> 00:15:07,046
No, you went nuts…
272
00:15:07,114 --> 00:15:10,910
…because of the same tricks that
make people fall for cults all the time.
273
00:15:10,993 --> 00:15:13,078
You have a charismatic leader…
274
00:15:13,162 --> 00:15:15,414
He's just a character from an old book.
275
00:15:15,497 --> 00:15:18,292
Everywhere you go,
you hear songs praising Santa.
276
00:15:18,375 --> 00:15:21,629
I know I've gotten
swept away by a hymn.
277
00:15:21,712 --> 00:15:23,690
When everyone around you
believes something,
278
00:15:23,714 --> 00:15:25,341
even something preposterous,
279
00:15:25,424 --> 00:15:28,802
like a magic man
flying through the sky on a sleigh,
280
00:15:28,886 --> 00:15:30,614
- you go along with it.
- That's right.
281
00:15:30,638 --> 00:15:32,890
There's no magic man in the sky.
282
00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,772
You don't ask yourself
the questions you're afraid to ask.
283
00:15:39,855 --> 00:15:42,149
Like, what if you're in
the wrong relationship?
284
00:15:42,232 --> 00:15:46,654
What if the things you value most
are an illusion?
285
00:15:46,737 --> 00:15:50,074
- What if there is no God?
- Ned.
286
00:15:50,157 --> 00:15:51,784
What if there is no God?
287
00:15:51,867 --> 00:15:53,911
Sweet Jesus on a Triscuit.
288
00:15:53,994 --> 00:15:56,538
There'd be no heaven. There'd be no soul.
289
00:15:56,622 --> 00:15:59,124
Oh, my God. I mean, oh, my nothing!
290
00:15:59,208 --> 00:16:01,877
Okay. Stop it, stop it right there.
Yes, I don't know,
291
00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:05,214
the whole "there's no God" bit,
it's not very Christmas-y, is it?
292
00:16:05,297 --> 00:16:09,301
Let's cut it and we'll end on me saying,
"Homer's back," with some upbeat music.
293
00:16:09,385 --> 00:16:11,011
How about, "Santa Baby"?
294
00:16:11,095 --> 00:16:12,721
No, something public domain.
295
00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:15,724
Like, "Greensleeves"
or "Row, Row, Row Your Boat."
296
00:16:15,808 --> 00:16:16,850
Got it. Lunch?
297
00:16:16,934 --> 00:16:19,269
You read my mind.
Not really. Obviously, you didn't.
298
00:16:19,353 --> 00:16:22,815
- You know I don't believe in that stuff.
- Yeah. I always know.
299
00:16:37,913 --> 00:16:40,624
Oh, my God. I mean, oh, my nothing!
300
00:16:40,708 --> 00:16:42,501
Ned, calm down.
301
00:16:42,584 --> 00:16:46,922
Daddy, if you don't believe in God,
Satan will turn our milk sour.
302
00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:48,674
He'll leave us barren.
303
00:16:48,757 --> 00:16:51,677
It's-It's okay, boys.
Don't be scared.
304
00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,680
I mean, if there's no God,
there's no Satan, so…
305
00:16:56,056 --> 00:16:57,516
No one's in charge!
306
00:16:57,599 --> 00:16:59,977
Let's go have a little talk.
307
00:17:05,065 --> 00:17:09,945
Ned, you can't stop believing in God
just because of some English guy.
308
00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:14,867
They only seem smarter than us 'cause
of the accent and their great baking.
309
00:17:14,950 --> 00:17:16,493
It's not just what happened tonight.
310
00:17:16,577 --> 00:17:18,829
Lately there's been things
rattling around in my noodle.
311
00:17:18,912 --> 00:17:19,788
Like what?
312
00:17:19,872 --> 00:17:22,541
Like how could God take two wives from me?
313
00:17:22,624 --> 00:17:24,460
I follow all Ten Commandments.
314
00:17:24,543 --> 00:17:26,211
I even wrote three of my own.
315
00:17:26,295 --> 00:17:28,714
You'd think God would bless someone
who tries so hard.
316
00:17:28,797 --> 00:17:32,718
Instead, I got two dead wives
and a weird pinky toe.
317
00:17:32,801 --> 00:17:34,762
Jesus wore sandals, but I can't.
318
00:17:34,845 --> 00:17:36,722
Oh, I'm so sorry.
319
00:17:36,805 --> 00:17:40,309
I have to tell you something.
Something embarrassing.
320
00:17:40,392 --> 00:17:41,852
Okay.
321
00:17:42,478 --> 00:17:47,691
Every morning I put a Post-it note
on the bathroom mirror for Maude.
322
00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:50,235
Well, that's sweet.
323
00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:52,196
Something I always did for Maude.
324
00:17:52,279 --> 00:17:56,033
After she died, I kept doing it,
thinking somehow she might see it.
325
00:17:56,116 --> 00:17:57,576
I think she does.
326
00:17:57,659 --> 00:18:00,662
Though I'm not
completely sure about ghost rules.
327
00:18:00,746 --> 00:18:02,456
I'd also been texting Edna.
328
00:18:02,539 --> 00:18:06,752
Maude preferred to call
or "snail-talk" as the kids would say.
329
00:18:06,835 --> 00:18:09,421
But Edna and I,
if we saw something interesting
330
00:18:09,505 --> 00:18:11,507
or had a funny thought, we'd text.
331
00:18:11,590 --> 00:18:13,926
After Edna passed, I kept texting.
332
00:18:14,009 --> 00:18:16,261
It was a habit
I just never tried to break.
333
00:18:18,180 --> 00:18:19,640
But last night…
334
00:18:27,189 --> 00:18:28,982
Mmm.
335
00:18:32,069 --> 00:18:33,987
Aw.
336
00:18:34,530 --> 00:18:36,532
"Sorry. Wife's old phone number.
337
00:18:37,324 --> 00:18:42,037
Texting to make sure
she got to heaven okay."
338
00:18:46,667 --> 00:18:47,668
Edna?
339
00:18:49,586 --> 00:18:52,256
Oh, it's Nelson.
340
00:18:52,339 --> 00:18:55,801
Haha! Your wife left you for dirt!
341
00:18:56,844 --> 00:18:59,096
In that split second between ha's,
342
00:18:59,179 --> 00:19:02,641
I actually believed that it might
have been Edna answering my text.
343
00:19:02,724 --> 00:19:05,978
I felt so stupid. Then this morning…
344
00:19:09,356 --> 00:19:12,067
…I didn't put my Post-it on the mirror.
345
00:19:12,151 --> 00:19:14,319
I knew no one was gonna see it.
346
00:19:14,403 --> 00:19:18,490
Tonight, I asked myself the question
I never before dared to ask:
347
00:19:18,574 --> 00:19:20,993
What if this is all there is?
348
00:19:21,076 --> 00:19:24,163
Oh, Ned.
Of course that's not all there is.
349
00:19:24,246 --> 00:19:29,084
There's daytime and they're
always dipping new things in chocolate.
350
00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:32,546
And you can mix anything
with a poodle these days.
351
00:19:32,629 --> 00:19:35,549
Get some rest.
Tomorrow you'll feel better.
352
00:20:15,631 --> 00:20:16,798
Poor Ned.
353
00:20:16,882 --> 00:20:19,551
Kids, why don't you play
with Rod and Todd today?
354
00:20:19,635 --> 00:20:21,887
- Hard pass.
- Sure.
355
00:20:21,970 --> 00:20:23,555
And if you see Mr. Flanders,
356
00:20:23,639 --> 00:20:26,934
just caringly remind him
that, you know, God is real
357
00:20:27,017 --> 00:20:28,852
and there's a plan to all this.
358
00:20:28,936 --> 00:20:30,479
But in a fun way.
359
00:20:31,355 --> 00:20:33,774
Lis, can I tell you something?
360
00:20:33,857 --> 00:20:37,444
- Sure.
- I'm not feeling Christmas.
361
00:20:37,527 --> 00:20:39,738
- What do you mean?
- I don't know.
362
00:20:39,821 --> 00:20:42,282
Usually,
when the weather starts to turn cold,
363
00:20:42,366 --> 00:20:44,910
I get a little jolt of excitement
in my tummy that says,
364
00:20:44,993 --> 00:20:47,371
"Christmas is coming!"
365
00:20:47,454 --> 00:20:50,332
Ooh. It hasn't happened this year.
366
00:20:50,415 --> 00:20:54,169
When everyone at school
was dancing to that Charlie Brown song,
367
00:20:54,253 --> 00:20:56,421
I was faking it.
368
00:21:04,012 --> 00:21:06,431
Lis, what if I'm outgrowing Christmas?
369
00:21:06,515 --> 00:21:09,226
Listen,
you don't have to outgrow Christmas.
370
00:21:09,309 --> 00:21:11,603
It just changes. As you get older,
371
00:21:11,687 --> 00:21:14,564
instead of getting stuff,
it's more about giving.
372
00:21:14,648 --> 00:21:16,441
How? I don't have any money.
373
00:21:16,525 --> 00:21:18,527
The little drummer boy didn't have money,
374
00:21:18,610 --> 00:21:21,363
so he played his drum for baby Jesus.
375
00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:23,115
I bet that baby hated that.
376
00:21:23,198 --> 00:21:27,119
No, Bart. The drummer boy's gift
was the thing he did best.
377
00:21:27,202 --> 00:21:30,622
So do what you do best,
but do it for other people.
378
00:21:30,706 --> 00:21:33,625
But what I do best is fill tailpipes
with potatoes.
379
00:21:33,709 --> 00:21:36,420
Usually Russet,
but I'll go Yukon Gold in a pinch.
380
00:21:36,503 --> 00:21:38,171
We'll figure out the potatoes later.
381
00:21:38,255 --> 00:21:42,592
For now, why don't you come with me to
help Rod and Todd have a good Christmas?
382
00:21:42,676 --> 00:21:45,012
Fine. This is gonna be weird.
383
00:21:45,095 --> 00:21:47,014
I know, but I kinda love it.
384
00:21:50,892 --> 00:21:54,313
Hi, Santa. I'm giving you back
your french fry house.
385
00:21:54,396 --> 00:21:55,397
Hey, Ralph.
386
00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,733
Come in for a second. Sit down.
387
00:21:59,568 --> 00:22:03,071
When I thought I was Santa,
it was the greatest feeling.
388
00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:05,574
I knew exactly how to make everyone happy.
389
00:22:05,657 --> 00:22:08,910
I was magical,
just because I believed I could be.
390
00:22:08,994 --> 00:22:11,079
I still believe you're Santa.
391
00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:15,042
I appreciate that, but, you know,
392
00:22:15,125 --> 00:22:18,920
you've been working
on a four-piece puzzle for a year.
393
00:22:19,004 --> 00:22:22,341
A baby
came to my house and fixed it.
394
00:22:22,424 --> 00:22:26,887
I don't believe in myself enough to
think I could be Santa to the whole world.
395
00:22:26,970 --> 00:22:31,683
But I believe in me enough
to be Santa of Springfield.
396
00:22:31,767 --> 00:22:33,310
Well, most of Springfield.
397
00:22:33,393 --> 00:22:34,853
The people I know.
398
00:22:34,936 --> 00:22:38,106
Do you believe enough
to magically make presents?
399
00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:40,942
I believe I can supervise
as you make them.
400
00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:42,778
If you're still with me?
401
00:22:42,861 --> 00:22:44,071
I am.
402
00:22:44,154 --> 00:22:45,864
'Cause you can't spell elf…
403
00:22:47,824 --> 00:22:50,452
Oh. You're done.
Okay, good, let's get to work.
404
00:22:54,623 --> 00:22:56,583
You didn't say grace.
405
00:22:56,666 --> 00:22:58,960
What if you die before you wake?
406
00:22:59,044 --> 00:23:02,881
Now, kids, if God does exist,
well, he's a big boy.
407
00:23:02,964 --> 00:23:06,385
He can handle a little renunciation
when a fella needs a break.
408
00:23:07,010 --> 00:23:10,555
Are you guys hoping for any
particular toys from Santa?
409
00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:11,932
We don't get toys.
410
00:23:12,015 --> 00:23:15,185
We give toys to the less fortunate.
411
00:23:15,268 --> 00:23:17,854
For Christmas, we get Bible highlighters
412
00:23:17,938 --> 00:23:20,482
and sheet music of our favorite hymns.
413
00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:24,045
I thought you weren't doing
that stuff anymore.
414
00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:27,072
Bart's right. We're gonna have
a free-wheeling Christmas
415
00:23:27,155 --> 00:23:28,907
where you boys get toys.
416
00:23:30,283 --> 00:23:33,120
I guess we're the unfortunate now.
417
00:23:33,203 --> 00:23:36,331
Yeah, 'cause we don't have a God.
418
00:23:36,415 --> 00:23:37,332
Yay.
419
00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:39,042
That's the Christmas spirit!
420
00:23:40,043 --> 00:23:42,963
We don't wanna be possessed
by the Christmas spirit!
421
00:23:43,046 --> 00:23:45,757
Exorcists charge more at Christmas.
422
00:23:45,841 --> 00:23:48,176
I know. You guys should look
through the toy catalog.
423
00:23:51,805 --> 00:23:53,849
Whoa.
424
00:23:53,932 --> 00:23:55,851
A noodle for the pool!
425
00:23:55,934 --> 00:23:57,436
I want that.
426
00:23:57,519 --> 00:23:59,104
You don't have a pool.
427
00:23:59,187 --> 00:24:02,482
But that's just the first page.
There's more. Look.
428
00:24:04,067 --> 00:24:06,027
A toy wallet?
429
00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:08,822
With toy money and toy receipts.
430
00:24:08,905 --> 00:24:10,574
I want that.
431
00:24:10,657 --> 00:24:13,952
- I want that too.
- No, I wanna be the only one who has it.
432
00:24:14,035 --> 00:24:15,579
I rebuke you as my brother!
433
00:24:15,662 --> 00:24:18,165
I'll Cain and Abel you in your sleep!
434
00:24:18,248 --> 00:24:20,709
I'll cut out your heart
with the jaw of an ass!
435
00:24:21,751 --> 00:24:23,378
- Wow.
- I love it.
436
00:24:24,421 --> 00:24:26,256
Mr. Brown?
437
00:24:26,339 --> 00:24:27,883
- Oh.
- I need your help.
438
00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:30,177
Could you and your workers use your magic
439
00:24:30,260 --> 00:24:33,555
to fool Ned Flanders
into believing in God again?
440
00:24:33,638 --> 00:24:36,933
Marge, look,
there's no shortage of charlatans
441
00:24:37,017 --> 00:24:40,061
willing to use clever tricks
to lure Ned back to the church,
442
00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:44,566
but I've-I've spent my entire career
exposing those tricks.
443
00:24:44,649 --> 00:24:48,111
And then doing those tricks myself
onstage for fame and yachts.
444
00:24:48,195 --> 00:24:50,739
I am sorry, I cannot help you.
445
00:24:50,822 --> 00:24:53,533
Oh, Ned just seems so lost.
446
00:24:53,617 --> 00:24:56,620
Like Guy Fieri without bold flavors.
447
00:24:56,703 --> 00:25:00,332
These charlatans you mentioned,
do you have their phone numbers?
448
00:25:00,415 --> 00:25:02,834
I understand how hard this must…
449
00:25:02,918 --> 00:25:04,002
Sleep.
450
00:25:05,921 --> 00:25:08,340
Oh, that sneaky mind-wizard.
451
00:25:32,781 --> 00:25:34,741
You boys built a snowman?
452
00:25:34,824 --> 00:25:37,536
No. That would be a graven image.
453
00:25:40,580 --> 00:25:42,123
How'd that get there?
454
00:25:42,207 --> 00:25:44,125
Oh, it's just one of the neighbor kids.
455
00:25:44,209 --> 00:25:46,836
Well, boys,
we're skipping Christmas eve at church,
456
00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:50,549
but we can start
a whole new "at home" tradition.
457
00:25:50,632 --> 00:25:53,635
I got pine cones and Googily Eyes.
What should we do?
458
00:25:54,928 --> 00:25:56,805
- Secular TV?
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
459
00:25:56,888 --> 00:25:58,431
Sure, I… I guess.
460
00:25:58,515 --> 00:25:59,933
Two Broken Girls!
461
00:26:00,016 --> 00:26:02,727
I wanna watch the show
about the air-fryer again.
462
00:26:02,811 --> 00:26:03,979
We can watch 'em both.
463
00:26:04,062 --> 00:26:07,065
Crispy on the outside,
juicy on the inside!
464
00:26:07,148 --> 00:26:09,234
The crunch of frying
with half the calories.
465
00:26:09,317 --> 00:26:10,860
Clean up is a breeze!
466
00:26:11,528 --> 00:26:14,614
Okay, boys.
Time to get ready for bed.
467
00:26:14,698 --> 00:26:17,200
Can I get an at-home henna tattoo kit,
468
00:26:17,284 --> 00:26:19,619
so I can do henna tattoos at home?
469
00:26:19,703 --> 00:26:20,704
Daddy?
470
00:26:22,455 --> 00:26:24,624
It moved.
471
00:26:24,708 --> 00:26:26,084
No, no, it couldn't have.
472
00:26:28,128 --> 00:26:29,713
Satan has come for us!
473
00:26:29,796 --> 00:26:31,423
Because we coveted toys!
474
00:26:31,506 --> 00:26:34,718
- You better watch out!
- What is that?
475
00:26:34,801 --> 00:26:36,803
You better not cry!
476
00:26:39,973 --> 00:26:43,143
Who wants to play Bible Bingo?
477
00:26:43,226 --> 00:26:44,644
Why is it so dark?
478
00:26:44,728 --> 00:26:47,647
The Christmas spirit
is trying to possess us!
479
00:26:47,731 --> 00:26:50,984
- This is Jesus' worst birthday ever.
- What was that?
480
00:26:59,618 --> 00:27:01,095
- Hi, Mom.
- Bart!
481
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:04,414
You told me you needed
that headset mic for seminars.
482
00:27:04,497 --> 00:27:07,125
Bart, why'd you scare us?
483
00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:10,837
Just, you know, being the Bartman.
484
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:12,547
Oh, I get it.
485
00:27:14,341 --> 00:27:15,592
It's not funny, dear.
486
00:27:15,675 --> 00:27:16,843
Okay, good.
487
00:27:16,926 --> 00:27:20,680
Ned, would you and the boys like
to have some eggnog at our house
488
00:27:20,764 --> 00:27:23,683
while Bart and I
put your house back to normal?
489
00:27:23,767 --> 00:27:25,644
That sounds lovely, Marge.
490
00:27:25,727 --> 00:27:27,854
- Thank you.
- Yay.
491
00:27:27,937 --> 00:27:29,939
Bart, why did you do this?
492
00:27:30,023 --> 00:27:32,609
I did it for you.
493
00:27:32,692 --> 00:27:35,111
- For me?
- It was a gift.
494
00:27:35,195 --> 00:27:37,906
You were sad that Derren Brown
wouldn't punk Flanders
495
00:27:37,989 --> 00:27:39,866
into believing in God again,
496
00:27:39,949 --> 00:27:41,534
so I tried to do it.
497
00:27:41,618 --> 00:27:43,370
Why'd you make it so scary?
498
00:27:43,453 --> 00:27:45,080
It's not that scary.
499
00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:50,335
Are we on a five?
500
00:27:50,418 --> 00:27:52,337
'Cause I could really use a Go-Gurt.
501
00:27:52,420 --> 00:27:54,756
Yes, yes, fine. But not the berry.
502
00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:56,675
Okay, it was a little scary.
503
00:27:56,758 --> 00:28:00,011
But how was that supposed
to make him believe in God again?
504
00:28:00,095 --> 00:28:02,639
By making him terrified of Satan.
505
00:28:02,722 --> 00:28:04,599
It's not the same thing.
506
00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:06,101
Ah, tomato, tomato.
507
00:28:06,184 --> 00:28:09,270
Bart. Oh, you heard me.
508
00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:11,815
You got everything wrong,
but you listened.
509
00:28:11,898 --> 00:28:14,859
It's the best present ever.
510
00:28:14,943 --> 00:28:17,112
Well, you're welcome. I'm glad you… Ooh.
511
00:28:17,195 --> 00:28:18,279
What?
512
00:28:18,363 --> 00:28:21,032
Christmas is coming!
513
00:28:22,325 --> 00:28:25,704
Yes, it is. Let's get some eggnog.
514
00:28:27,664 --> 00:28:28,790
Hello?
515
00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:33,128
This better not count as screen time.
516
00:28:33,211 --> 00:28:37,215
Okay, we'll start with the biggest
chimney in town: Rainier Wolfcastle.
517
00:28:37,298 --> 00:28:39,801
Aw. His gift is on the bottom.
518
00:28:39,884 --> 00:28:41,803
Ah, just grab something off the top.
519
00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:45,223
He'll love this Popsicle-stick-framed
picture of Agnes Skinner.
520
00:28:45,306 --> 00:28:47,976
Everything's easy when you don't try.
521
00:28:48,059 --> 00:28:49,644
Put that on my tombstone, kid.
522
00:28:51,688 --> 00:28:53,314
Huh? Huh?
523
00:28:55,066 --> 00:28:57,235
Good idea, Ralph. Start the car.
524
00:28:58,820 --> 00:29:00,321
- Freeze!
- Ralph?
525
00:29:01,364 --> 00:29:03,908
Hi. This is your lucky day.
526
00:29:03,992 --> 00:29:06,286
Picture with Santa! No waiting.
527
00:29:08,371 --> 00:29:12,167
Write your names
on this naughty list.
528
00:29:14,711 --> 00:29:17,672
Haunting aside, how are you doing, Ned?
529
00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:19,507
Well, okay, I guess.
530
00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:23,720
Christmas loses a lot of its magic
when you stop believing in God.
531
00:29:23,803 --> 00:29:27,599
Lisa, when you became a Buddhist,
didn't ya miss the miracles?
532
00:29:27,682 --> 00:29:29,517
Buddhists believe in miracles.
533
00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:33,980
Let me tell you a story that
was told by the Buddha himself.
534
00:29:34,063 --> 00:29:38,234
Suppose there existed an ocean
the size of this world.
535
00:29:38,318 --> 00:29:41,237
On its surface floated an ox yoke.
536
00:29:41,321 --> 00:29:43,990
A yolk? Like an egg yolk?
537
00:29:44,073 --> 00:29:48,244
No! The thing they use
to attach a plow to an ox.
538
00:29:48,328 --> 00:29:52,582
I was imagining an ox laying an egg.
539
00:29:52,665 --> 00:29:54,042
Well, don't.
540
00:29:55,668 --> 00:30:00,048
And at the bottom of this vast ocean,
there lived a blind sea turtle
541
00:30:00,131 --> 00:30:04,344
who surfaced once every hundred years
to take a breath.
542
00:30:04,427 --> 00:30:09,015
How miraculous would it be
if that turtle were to take its breath
543
00:30:09,098 --> 00:30:12,769
by raising its head
through the middle of that yoke?
544
00:30:12,852 --> 00:30:17,190
This is how miraculous it is
that you were even born.
545
00:30:17,982 --> 00:30:19,651
That's beautiful.
546
00:30:19,734 --> 00:30:22,153
This life is a precious opportunity.
547
00:30:22,237 --> 00:30:24,906
Buddhists don't concern themselves
with the afterlife,
548
00:30:24,989 --> 00:30:27,408
because there is no existence
549
00:30:27,492 --> 00:30:30,829
except for that
which is happening right now.
550
00:30:30,912 --> 00:30:32,247
Aw.
551
00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:34,666
- Mom!
- I'm sorry.
552
00:30:34,749 --> 00:30:37,377
I like an afterlife in my religion.
553
00:30:37,460 --> 00:30:39,546
Don't yuck my spiritual yum!
554
00:30:39,629 --> 00:30:42,590
It just doesn't sound as good
as the mansion in the sky
555
00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:44,467
that Ned and I are going to get.
556
00:30:44,551 --> 00:30:46,386
Well, I'm going to get.
557
00:30:46,469 --> 00:30:47,679
Sorry, Ned.
558
00:30:47,762 --> 00:30:48,847
- Oh.
- Hmm.
559
00:30:48,930 --> 00:30:50,849
Santa needs cocoa!
560
00:30:50,932 --> 00:30:52,851
Santa needs cocoa!
561
00:30:52,934 --> 00:30:54,185
We gave you cocoa.
562
00:30:54,269 --> 00:30:56,437
Santa needs marshmallows!
563
00:30:56,521 --> 00:30:57,939
Stop, or we'll Mace you.
564
00:30:58,022 --> 00:30:59,691
Santa is immune to...
565
00:30:59,774 --> 00:31:01,192
Ow!
566
00:31:01,276 --> 00:31:03,528
Aw. Now I'm out of Mace.
567
00:31:03,611 --> 00:31:05,613
Did you check your stocking?
568
00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:08,825
You didn't.
569
00:31:11,953 --> 00:31:13,955
Arrested on Christmas eve.
570
00:31:14,038 --> 00:31:15,665
Deserted by my elf.
571
00:31:15,748 --> 00:31:17,500
Wasted my one phone call
572
00:31:17,584 --> 00:31:21,337
calling the radio station
to request "Jingle Bell Rock."
573
00:31:21,421 --> 00:31:24,048
It wasn't as rockin' as I remember.
574
00:31:24,132 --> 00:31:25,884
And tomorrow…
575
00:31:25,967 --> 00:31:28,011
…on Christmas morning,
576
00:31:28,094 --> 00:31:30,388
when Bart and Lisa and Maggie
577
00:31:30,471 --> 00:31:33,391
run into our bedroom at the crack of dawn…
578
00:31:35,059 --> 00:31:39,022
…I won't be there to tell them to shut up!
579
00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:42,317
Little monsters.
580
00:31:43,109 --> 00:31:45,612
Give us another hour.
581
00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:50,366
Psst. Hi, Chris Pringle!
582
00:31:50,450 --> 00:31:52,493
Ralph! You came back.
583
00:31:53,828 --> 00:31:57,040
Wow. Your head is all soft spot.
584
00:31:57,123 --> 00:31:59,417
The jinglies from Daddy's belt.
585
00:32:00,501 --> 00:32:02,670
The sleigh is parked outside.
586
00:32:03,463 --> 00:32:05,381
Ralph, new plan.
587
00:32:05,465 --> 00:32:08,384
I'm gonna be Santa,
but just for my family.
588
00:32:08,468 --> 00:32:12,388
And you're going to be a helpful elf,
but just for your family.
589
00:32:12,472 --> 00:32:17,393
So everything is back to the way it was
before we were magic?
590
00:32:17,477 --> 00:32:19,562
Yeah, I'm sorry.
591
00:32:21,648 --> 00:32:22,899
I'm different.
592
00:32:22,982 --> 00:32:26,819
You are different, but you're cute.
So that's gonna help.
593
00:32:26,903 --> 00:32:30,448
No, I'm different 'cause
the time I "spended" with you.
594
00:32:30,531 --> 00:32:33,201
Aw. I'm different, too.
595
00:32:33,284 --> 00:32:35,620
My hat smells make me hungry.
596
00:32:35,703 --> 00:32:37,413
Okay, new new plan.
597
00:32:37,497 --> 00:32:40,166
We stop by Krusty Burger on the way home.
598
00:33:34,554 --> 00:33:36,014
Hey, Ned.
599
00:33:41,728 --> 00:33:44,272
Heads up! Oh, I missed you.
600
00:33:44,355 --> 00:33:47,567
Ah. Someone must be looking out for you.
Glu-hoyvin.
601
00:33:47,650 --> 00:33:49,861
I'm not so sure about that.
602
00:33:49,944 --> 00:33:52,155
I'm having a crisis of faith.
603
00:33:52,238 --> 00:33:54,323
Oh, well, I'm sorry.
604
00:33:54,407 --> 00:33:56,075
Anyway, good night.
605
00:33:56,159 --> 00:33:59,495
You know, I am about to take my…
606
00:33:59,579 --> 00:34:03,374
My super sub for a quick dive,
with the pinging and the ear-popping
607
00:34:03,458 --> 00:34:07,795
and the wondrous "Oh,
we're floating in the world of water!"
608
00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:09,589
Would you care to join me?
609
00:34:09,672 --> 00:34:12,175
I think it might be good for you.
610
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:14,177
Hmm. Why not?
611
00:34:15,136 --> 00:34:17,847
It almost looks like outer space.
612
00:34:17,930 --> 00:34:21,684
Well, we actually know more about space
than we know about the deep sea.
613
00:34:21,768 --> 00:34:24,437
We know even less about why
you can't tickle yourself.
614
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:25,772
It's actually not funny.
615
00:34:25,855 --> 00:34:31,110
Ah. How do you deal with the emptiness
that comes with knowing there is no God?
616
00:34:31,194 --> 00:34:33,321
Well, sir, I know no such thing.
617
00:34:33,404 --> 00:34:36,199
A scientist must always keep an open mind.
618
00:34:36,282 --> 00:34:39,452
Or at least one
that is just a little bit ajar.
619
00:34:39,535 --> 00:34:41,829
For example, everything science knew
620
00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:44,749
told us that nothing
could survive at this depth.
621
00:34:44,832 --> 00:34:46,793
But there are creatures that thrive here.
622
00:34:46,876 --> 00:34:48,753
They're very weird creatures.
623
00:34:51,547 --> 00:34:53,966
So, do you believe in God?
624
00:34:54,050 --> 00:34:58,554
I think that God is revealed
in the orderly harmony of nature. Yes.
625
00:34:58,638 --> 00:35:01,682
I don't think of him
as a giant fellow with the floods
626
00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:04,268
and the harps and
the voice of Morgan Freeman,
627
00:35:04,352 --> 00:35:06,562
or occasionally
that other guy from The Thing.
628
00:35:06,646 --> 00:35:09,982
Yeah. I just wish he would,
uh, talk to me.
629
00:35:10,066 --> 00:35:11,651
Could that kind of God exist?
630
00:35:11,734 --> 00:35:15,029
I have learned anything is possible.
631
00:35:15,113 --> 00:35:16,906
Look at the Giant Siphonophore.
632
00:35:16,989 --> 00:35:19,158
It acts like a single creature,
633
00:35:19,242 --> 00:35:24,664
but it is actually a 100-foot conga line
of individual organisms.
634
00:35:24,747 --> 00:35:25,748
Unbelievable.
635
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:09,959
It's an honor to meet all of you.
636
00:36:10,042 --> 00:36:12,211
Oh, it is a rare privilege.
637
00:36:12,295 --> 00:36:14,630
You know more people have been to the moon
638
00:36:14,714 --> 00:36:16,465
than here in the hadal zone?
639
00:36:16,549 --> 00:36:20,595
Wow. That is something.
Do you think fish know when…
640
00:36:20,678 --> 00:36:22,763
Wait, did you say the moon?
641
00:36:22,847 --> 00:36:26,225
Yes, we're at a very
experimental depth right now.
642
00:36:26,309 --> 00:36:27,560
Experimental?
643
00:36:27,643 --> 00:36:29,520
Oh, yes. This is my first time.
644
00:36:33,107 --> 00:36:36,110
Okay. I guess you say that now.
645
00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:39,071
- Bring us up. Bring us up.
- All right. Okay.
646
00:36:39,155 --> 00:36:41,073
Don't want any more f-torpedoes.
647
00:36:42,575 --> 00:36:45,828
- What was that?
- The sub is not exactly loving
648
00:36:45,912 --> 00:36:50,917
all of the pressure
which is trying to…
649
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,001
…uh, crush us.
650
00:36:56,756 --> 00:36:58,299
What should we do?
651
00:36:59,675 --> 00:37:01,719
Um. Pray?
652
00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:04,931
Then quickly head to the surface. Yeah.
653
00:37:12,271 --> 00:37:13,648
What happened?
654
00:37:13,731 --> 00:37:15,191
We're above the crush zone.
655
00:37:15,274 --> 00:37:17,360
We're no longer in danger of imploding.
656
00:37:17,443 --> 00:37:19,487
We'll be at the surface in a few minutes.
657
00:37:20,488 --> 00:37:23,699
Though, with the damage we took,
there is of course still a danger of ex...
658
00:37:39,298 --> 00:37:41,759
Professor Frink? Professor Frink?
659
00:37:45,304 --> 00:37:48,182
Oh, thank… thank…
…We made it. Oh.
660
00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:50,685
Oh, my boat is right there.
We can paddle to it.
661
00:37:50,768 --> 00:37:52,395
What the heck are you floating on?
662
00:37:52,478 --> 00:37:55,731
Part of your… Part of your submarine.
663
00:37:55,815 --> 00:37:58,109
There was no wood on my sub.
664
00:37:58,192 --> 00:38:00,278
That almost looks like a… What is that?
665
00:38:00,361 --> 00:38:01,821
It's a plow yoke.
666
00:38:02,989 --> 00:38:04,865
That's exactly what it is.
667
00:38:04,949 --> 00:38:06,534
It's a miracle.
668
00:38:06,617 --> 00:38:10,329
It's a "ding-dang-diddly-dong" miracle!
669
00:38:10,413 --> 00:38:14,333
Wow. You are quite the potty-mouth
now that there's no God watching you.
670
00:38:14,417 --> 00:38:16,502
No, don't you see? He is watching.
671
00:38:16,585 --> 00:38:20,131
- I know that now. I believe again.
- Congratulations. Wonderful.
672
00:38:20,214 --> 00:38:23,092
But we should get to the boat.
Can't be in the water for too long.
673
00:38:23,175 --> 00:38:25,219
We're gonna be fine.
674
00:38:25,303 --> 00:38:26,679
I have faith.
675
00:38:28,014 --> 00:38:30,349
Ned, are you okay?
676
00:38:30,433 --> 00:38:33,311
I'm more than okay. Look what saved me.
677
00:38:33,394 --> 00:38:35,938
It's a miracle. I'm a miracle.
678
00:38:36,022 --> 00:38:40,818
You're a miracle.
Everything's a miracle.
679
00:38:42,653 --> 00:38:45,281
He's been like this
the-the whole ride back.
680
00:38:45,364 --> 00:38:46,949
You believe again?
681
00:38:47,033 --> 00:38:48,784
I sure do.
682
00:38:48,868 --> 00:38:50,077
- Daddy!
- Daddy!
683
00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:53,372
So you let Jesus back into your heart?
684
00:38:53,456 --> 00:38:58,044
I sure did.
I'm not going to hell, which exists again.
685
00:38:58,127 --> 00:38:59,628
- Yay!
- Yay!
686
00:38:59,712 --> 00:39:03,174
I wanna give my toys
to the less fortunate.
687
00:39:03,257 --> 00:39:07,636
Well, I'm not sure the less fortunate
want a toy hairbrush, but we'll see.
688
00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:08,721
Hello.
689
00:39:08,804 --> 00:39:10,306
- Derren Brown?
- What?
690
00:39:10,389 --> 00:39:12,433
British guy from earlier?
691
00:39:12,516 --> 00:39:13,809
Wait, did you…
692
00:39:13,893 --> 00:39:17,646
I may have manipulated
Ned's reality this evening.
693
00:39:17,730 --> 00:39:20,191
- How?
- He was never in a submarine tonight.
694
00:39:20,274 --> 00:39:23,069
He was in a floating, break-away set.
695
00:39:23,152 --> 00:39:25,780
Most of my crew
are scuba-diving puppeteers.
696
00:39:25,863 --> 00:39:28,866
We even brought in Patti LaBelle
to set the mood.
697
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,669
And, of course,
Professor Frink was in on it.
698
00:39:40,753 --> 00:39:43,756
Yes, I do the occasional
fake submarine voyage
699
00:39:43,839 --> 00:39:46,759
just to keep my SAG card active.
700
00:39:46,842 --> 00:39:49,470
What changed your mind about helping Ned?
701
00:39:49,553 --> 00:39:51,889
Look, while I have issues with religion,
702
00:39:51,972 --> 00:39:55,059
I do understand the need
to find meaning in life.
703
00:39:55,142 --> 00:39:59,522
And I wanted to show Ned
the magic of this human existence.
704
00:39:59,605 --> 00:40:02,024
I wasn't trying to make him
believe anything supernatural.
705
00:40:02,108 --> 00:40:04,777
The yoke makes it seem
a little supernatural.
706
00:40:04,860 --> 00:40:05,778
The yoke?
707
00:40:05,861 --> 00:40:08,447
Didn't you put a wooden yoke in the water?
708
00:40:08,531 --> 00:40:11,575
- He wasn't there for that story.
- I don't know what you mean.
709
00:40:11,659 --> 00:40:15,246
- Shall I ask my crew?
- No, don't ask. Let's just believe.
710
00:40:15,329 --> 00:40:17,915
Anyway, merry Christmas, Simpsons.
711
00:40:17,998 --> 00:40:21,168
Speaking of which,
because you're on the nice list,
712
00:40:21,252 --> 00:40:23,379
here's a little something for you.
713
00:40:23,462 --> 00:40:24,797
Oh, thank you, Homer.
714
00:40:25,589 --> 00:40:29,927
What? The blue bow tie from my
ventriloquist's dummy, Chaucer.
715
00:40:30,010 --> 00:40:31,720
This has been missing for so long.
716
00:40:31,804 --> 00:40:33,472
You're a ventriloquist?
717
00:40:33,556 --> 00:40:36,892
I was. And I…
I realize this is hard to believe
718
00:40:36,976 --> 00:40:39,645
but before I got into magic, I was a nerd.
719
00:40:39,728 --> 00:40:40,938
- No!
- No!
720
00:40:41,021 --> 00:40:42,314
No!
721
00:40:42,398 --> 00:40:46,235
How could you have known?
Unless, you're actually…
722
00:40:49,738 --> 00:40:52,324
Merry Christmas, Santa.
723
00:40:58,539 --> 00:41:01,125
I thought the hair-bow was for Maggie.
724
00:41:01,208 --> 00:41:02,877
I mixed up the boxes.
725
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:04,086
Oh, it's fine.
726
00:41:07,673 --> 00:41:09,842
Maggie's gonna love
this Applebee's gift card.
727
00:43:00,327 --> 00:43:01,327
Shh.
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