1 00:01:10,584 --> 00:01:12,643 Your attention please. 2 00:01:12,719 --> 00:01:15,085 We have a special guest with us today, 3 00:01:15,155 --> 00:01:18,352 a member of seven all-state squads... 4 00:01:18,425 --> 00:01:22,828 in football, basketball and baseball, 5 00:01:22,896 --> 00:01:25,558 the most popular student in his class, 6 00:01:25,632 --> 00:01:28,965 a heck of an athlete and a hell of a guy, 7 00:01:29,035 --> 00:01:31,663 you know him as number 28, 8 00:01:31,738 --> 00:01:33,899 Brad Bender. 9 00:01:50,056 --> 00:01:52,752 You dog. 10 00:01:54,428 --> 00:01:57,625 Good morning, sunshine. 11 00:01:59,132 --> 00:02:01,862 You made all-state. 12 00:02:01,935 --> 00:02:07,737 I always make all-state. Now, hurry up and eat your food, or you'll be late for school. 13 00:02:07,808 --> 00:02:10,174 Your father and Shelly already left. 14 00:02:11,845 --> 00:02:14,143 Lightly toasted, mom. 15 00:02:14,214 --> 00:02:16,648 Lightly toasted. 16 00:02:18,051 --> 00:02:23,216 This morning's Sports Spot hotshot is the toast of Rockridge High, 17 00:02:23,290 --> 00:02:25,224 Brad Bender, 18 00:02:25,292 --> 00:02:27,283 who's made yet another all-state squad... 19 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,124 and this time in swimming, sports fans. 20 00:02:30,197 --> 00:02:34,156 There's just no stopping this kid when it comes to racking up the records. 21 00:02:34,234 --> 00:02:36,168 Boom, boom, pow! 22 00:02:36,236 --> 00:02:38,568 All-state in soccer, football, track. 23 00:02:38,638 --> 00:02:42,540 All season long it's been Bender, Bender, Bender! 24 00:02:42,609 --> 00:02:44,543 Yes, I tell you- 25 00:03:10,403 --> 00:03:13,236 Well, we're in an all-state mood today. 26 00:03:13,306 --> 00:03:16,366 Well, they're announcing the prom king today. 27 00:03:16,443 --> 00:03:19,276 And you have a little feeling, you devil. 28 00:03:19,346 --> 00:03:22,941 So tell me, your highness, who is gonna be your queen? 29 00:03:23,016 --> 00:03:26,076 Janet, Cindy, Laura, Sonya? Hey, Bender. Where are you? 30 00:03:26,152 --> 00:03:29,315 Or Becky, Juliette. The possibilities are staggering. 31 00:03:29,389 --> 00:03:31,550 Take Shirley Crater, ace. 32 00:03:34,394 --> 00:03:37,227 Morning, Mrs. Bender. Oh, Bradley, really. 33 00:03:37,297 --> 00:03:39,629 Here comes breakfast! 34 00:03:39,699 --> 00:03:42,930 Shirley is a perfectly nice girl. Perfectly nice girl. 35 00:03:43,003 --> 00:03:47,497 She's a bow-wow. Let Cliff Coren take her. He likes animals. 36 00:03:50,143 --> 00:03:53,374 You got something for me? Don't I always? 37 00:03:53,446 --> 00:03:57,780 Here's the breakdown. The Rockridge prom kings from the last 10 years. 38 00:03:57,851 --> 00:04:03,289 Letterman, letterman, quarterback, all-star, all-state, every year, every time. 39 00:04:03,356 --> 00:04:05,950 Are there any student body presidents? 40 00:04:07,327 --> 00:04:09,818 Would you stop worrying about Cliff? It's all set. 41 00:04:09,896 --> 00:04:14,856 You get the crown, the throne, the robe, and he gets... Shirley. 42 00:04:14,935 --> 00:04:18,701 It's 7:30. So what do you say, chief? You need a ride? 43 00:04:18,772 --> 00:04:20,899 What, you on your scooter, Wylie? 44 00:04:20,974 --> 00:04:22,965 Sure, why? 45 00:04:23,043 --> 00:04:28,413 No thanks, sport. I think I'll take the Camaro. 46 00:04:32,052 --> 00:04:34,111 Well? 47 00:04:53,239 --> 00:04:54,934 Hey, it's taken. 48 00:04:55,008 --> 00:04:58,637 Yeah? You big ape. Gimme a break! 49 00:05:07,020 --> 00:05:09,011 Morning, Stan. You got 'em? 50 00:05:10,857 --> 00:05:13,382 Here you go. Happy birthday. Here. Enjoy it, kids. 51 00:05:13,460 --> 00:05:15,394 Thank you so much. Here you go. All right. 52 00:05:15,462 --> 00:05:17,896 Here, enjoy it. Merry Christmas. 53 00:05:17,964 --> 00:05:21,297 No extra charge for the autograph. Suitable for framing. How about that? 54 00:05:21,368 --> 00:05:24,360 Oh, look. Good morning, girls. Next time it'll be poster size. 55 00:05:29,476 --> 00:05:31,910 There's Cliff. No kidding. 56 00:05:40,253 --> 00:05:42,585 Oh, thanks. 57 00:05:42,656 --> 00:05:44,681 Oh, gee, sorry, Shirley, 58 00:05:44,758 --> 00:05:49,457 but I-I promised that one to, uh- to this geek here. 59 00:05:49,529 --> 00:05:52,430 But I don't want a newspaper. Take this or die. 60 00:05:52,499 --> 00:05:54,490 Oh. 61 00:05:54,567 --> 00:05:57,627 Well, maybe when you get some more. 62 00:06:00,407 --> 00:06:02,341 Bye. 63 00:06:08,181 --> 00:06:10,979 So if you must chew gum between classes, 64 00:06:11,051 --> 00:06:12,985 swallow it before reentering. 65 00:06:13,053 --> 00:06:16,545 The corridor floors are snapping like flypaper. 66 00:06:16,623 --> 00:06:19,456 Now for the announcement you've all been waiting for: 67 00:06:19,526 --> 00:06:22,620 This year's king or queen of the senior prom. 68 00:06:22,696 --> 00:06:24,630 Last year the most popular girl chose her date, 69 00:06:24,698 --> 00:06:27,690 so this year, the most popular boy will choose. 70 00:06:27,767 --> 00:06:29,826 This year we're gonna try something different, 71 00:06:29,903 --> 00:06:33,100 something more worthwhile than a popularity contest. 72 00:06:33,173 --> 00:06:37,439 To raise money for the library purchase program, we're gonna have a lottery. 73 00:06:37,510 --> 00:06:41,970 And anyone who sells the most lottery tickets in the next 24 hours... 74 00:06:42,048 --> 00:06:47,884 will be this year's Rockridge High king of the prom. 75 00:06:47,954 --> 00:06:49,888 How many? 76 00:06:52,992 --> 00:06:55,722 This ought to cover it. 77 00:06:55,795 --> 00:07:01,495 Tonight's meteor shower is the largest of its kind in this hemisphere... 78 00:07:01,568 --> 00:07:04,401 for as long as we've been keeping records. 79 00:07:04,471 --> 00:07:07,804 Think you're hot stuff 'cause you got an hour or two jump on me, huh, Bozo? 80 00:07:07,874 --> 00:07:10,172 Look at me. Do I look bothered to you? Do I look disturbed? 81 00:07:10,243 --> 00:07:12,734 Seriously disturbed. Yeah? 82 00:07:12,812 --> 00:07:16,475 Well, I eat twerps like you for breakfast and spit out the pencils, okay? 83 00:07:16,549 --> 00:07:20,383 Mr. Bender, what did I just say? 84 00:07:20,453 --> 00:07:24,082 Uh, you asked us to take a shower tonight. 85 00:07:26,159 --> 00:07:29,890 Meteors. Uh, you asked us to watch a meteor shower tonight. 86 00:07:29,963 --> 00:07:32,363 No, Mr. Bender. 87 00:07:32,432 --> 00:07:36,835 I told you to watch the meteor shower tonight. 88 00:07:36,903 --> 00:07:41,135 We've been blessed with perfect weather. So it should be quite a show. 89 00:07:41,207 --> 00:07:43,539 You're dog meat, pal. 90 00:07:43,610 --> 00:07:47,444 You're sweating, buddy. 91 00:07:50,750 --> 00:07:53,446 This table's taken. Oh, hello, Stan. 92 00:07:55,021 --> 00:07:59,924 This really is the best table. People like to put it down. 93 00:07:59,993 --> 00:08:04,089 - But it really is the nicest spot in the cafeteria. - It's taken. 94 00:08:05,165 --> 00:08:08,726 I know nobody's supposed to sit here, but I'm sure Brad won't mind. 95 00:08:08,802 --> 00:08:11,464 I like your shirt. 96 00:08:11,538 --> 00:08:14,735 Do you suppose I could just wait here until he comes? 97 00:08:14,808 --> 00:08:18,141 We'd have lots to talk about. And I think it would make a positive statement. 98 00:08:18,211 --> 00:08:21,237 You know, he's popular and I'm- I'm intelligent. 99 00:08:21,314 --> 00:08:24,249 And if intelligent people and popular people get together just once, I mean, 100 00:08:24,317 --> 00:08:26,911 the symbolism alone would be just- 101 00:08:29,889 --> 00:08:31,823 Great. 102 00:08:42,235 --> 00:08:44,829 And the more tickets you buy, the more it cinches... 103 00:08:44,904 --> 00:08:49,136 an already foregone conclusion that... 104 00:08:49,209 --> 00:08:52,940 you will be my choice for... 105 00:08:53,012 --> 00:08:56,140 prom queen. Thanks. 106 00:08:59,652 --> 00:09:04,146 Francine, do you think it's the glasses? I don't know. 107 00:09:04,224 --> 00:09:09,218 Five tickets for Queen Debbie. 108 00:09:09,295 --> 00:09:14,255 I like the sound of that. It sounds kind of... regal, don't you think? 109 00:09:15,602 --> 00:09:17,536 Is this better? 110 00:09:20,373 --> 00:09:22,841 I don't know. 111 00:09:22,909 --> 00:09:26,242 Perfect. I'm a Sagittarius. 112 00:09:26,312 --> 00:09:28,803 So prom night's in the stars. 113 00:09:28,882 --> 00:09:31,612 Can I put you down for 10 tickets? 114 00:09:41,794 --> 00:09:44,558 I'll take 10. 115 00:09:44,631 --> 00:09:46,895 One at a time. 116 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,970 Selling tickets? A worm like you, Connor? 117 00:09:57,043 --> 00:09:58,977 For Cliff. I'm selling 'em for Cliff. 118 00:09:59,045 --> 00:10:01,707 You know what this means, don't you? 119 00:10:02,715 --> 00:10:07,880 No, not- The temple of doom! 120 00:10:07,954 --> 00:10:10,354 No! 121 00:10:10,423 --> 00:10:12,357 Wylie, you're special effects today, aren't you? 122 00:10:12,425 --> 00:10:14,586 No, Stan is. I'm sound. Stan. 123 00:10:14,661 --> 00:10:16,856 Oh, come on, you guys! I got P.E. Next period! 124 00:10:16,930 --> 00:10:21,264 No, no. No, not the cauldron of terror! 125 00:10:25,972 --> 00:10:30,136 So how does the agony of defeat taste, sport? Kind of like licking an ashtray? 126 00:10:30,209 --> 00:10:32,404 You haven't won yet, Bender. 127 00:10:32,478 --> 00:10:36,676 Listen, Cliffy, the only thing that can stop me now... 128 00:10:36,749 --> 00:10:38,683 is an act of God. 129 00:10:57,737 --> 00:11:00,934 Brad? Brad, was that-Are you okay? 130 00:11:01,007 --> 00:11:03,976 Brad, what's going on there? Brad? 131 00:11:04,043 --> 00:11:05,977 Hello? Brad? 132 00:11:06,045 --> 00:11:08,377 You pray regularly, don't you, Cliff? 133 00:11:08,448 --> 00:11:11,076 Tell Him He missed! 134 00:11:37,810 --> 00:11:42,543 Five, three, four. 135 00:11:43,850 --> 00:11:46,751 Three even. 136 00:11:46,819 --> 00:11:49,481 I'm gonna recalibrate here. Go to range two. 137 00:11:49,555 --> 00:11:53,389 - There's a report of a second meteor coming down. - I've got four. 138 00:11:54,894 --> 00:11:59,058 Four, two. Four even. 139 00:12:03,036 --> 00:12:08,338 Eight. We're at eight. I can't believe these levels. 140 00:12:09,776 --> 00:12:13,678 Do you suppose we can get a few shots without you, Mr. Bender? 141 00:12:13,746 --> 00:12:16,408 Okay. Yeah, sure. 142 00:12:16,482 --> 00:12:19,508 Yeah, sure. 143 00:12:19,585 --> 00:12:22,850 I love it. I love it. 144 00:12:22,922 --> 00:12:24,856 This is incredible. 145 00:12:24,924 --> 00:12:27,893 I mean practically everything in this room is magnetized. 146 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:30,690 I'm surprised you're not. 147 00:12:40,506 --> 00:12:43,236 These levels are the highest I've seen. 148 00:12:44,243 --> 00:12:48,407 Have they located the other one yet? No, they're still looking. 149 00:12:48,481 --> 00:12:52,383 Personally, I have my doubts. The odds of two meteorites hitting on the same night are- 150 00:12:52,452 --> 00:12:55,478 I know, I know. But the whole neighborhood saw it. 151 00:12:59,225 --> 00:13:01,386 Hey, you guys. Ow. 152 00:13:02,662 --> 00:13:05,722 You won't believe what just- 153 00:13:08,067 --> 00:13:12,094 It must be some massive internal electromagnetic charge. 154 00:13:12,171 --> 00:13:14,503 I'd like to measure any electrical flux. 155 00:13:14,574 --> 00:13:17,304 Where do we insert it? Right here. 156 00:13:22,548 --> 00:13:27,645 Uh, that's a hell of a big hole, isn't it? 157 00:13:45,037 --> 00:13:48,768 Bradley, Bradley, you come out of there. You're gonna be late for school. I'm not going. 158 00:13:48,841 --> 00:13:50,968 Why not? I'm sick. 159 00:13:51,978 --> 00:13:53,912 - He's sick. - He's sick? 160 00:13:53,980 --> 00:13:56,972 What do you mean you're sick? I'm not going to school, Wylie. 161 00:13:57,049 --> 00:13:58,983 Why not? 162 00:13:59,051 --> 00:14:00,882 I can't tell you. 163 00:14:00,953 --> 00:14:03,615 I don't care what your reason is. You've gotta go to school. 164 00:14:03,689 --> 00:14:06,749 - Now, move it, Bender. I'll see you there. - I'm not going! 165 00:14:06,826 --> 00:14:09,056 You've got to go or you forfeit. 166 00:14:09,128 --> 00:14:11,824 I don't care about being king of the prom. 167 00:14:11,898 --> 00:14:14,298 Or you forfeit to Cliff. 168 00:14:16,169 --> 00:14:18,501 Ouch! 169 00:15:14,527 --> 00:15:17,018 Not one word. 170 00:15:27,039 --> 00:15:29,337 There. I won. I'm going home. 171 00:15:29,408 --> 00:15:33,504 Not so fast, Bradley. I have to count the receipts first. 172 00:15:33,579 --> 00:15:35,513 Go ahead and make it quick. I'm sick. 173 00:15:35,581 --> 00:15:37,981 I'm going home as soon as you announce it. 174 00:15:47,226 --> 00:15:52,528 The percentage of meteors that survive entry into the atmosphere is so small... 175 00:15:52,598 --> 00:15:57,763 that the odds against it happening locally to someone in our class... 176 00:15:57,837 --> 00:16:01,238 are astronomical, no pun intended. 177 00:16:01,307 --> 00:16:04,367 So, Mr. Bender, I'd like you to write us a report... 178 00:16:04,443 --> 00:16:07,344 on what happened at your house last night. 179 00:16:07,413 --> 00:16:09,677 Mr. Bender? 180 00:17:02,501 --> 00:17:04,264 Yeah, see you later at practice. 181 00:18:24,049 --> 00:18:26,745 "Mondo bizarro." 182 00:18:35,261 --> 00:18:37,252 Students, everyone. 183 00:18:37,329 --> 00:18:40,765 Forgive me for interrupting. Has anyone seen Brad Bender? 184 00:18:46,272 --> 00:18:48,763 Hey, some guys are looking for you man, scientists. 185 00:18:48,841 --> 00:18:50,866 I know. I know. 186 00:18:55,681 --> 00:19:00,448 You've seen him this morning? Yeah, in the hallway. Why? 187 00:19:00,519 --> 00:19:04,319 Well, we located the other meteorite and, uh- 188 00:19:04,390 --> 00:19:06,324 Have you noticed anything unusual? 189 00:19:17,236 --> 00:19:20,137 Well, we'll have to run some tests of course, but the amazing thing- 190 00:19:20,206 --> 00:19:22,140 Wait a minute, I don't understand it. 191 00:19:22,208 --> 00:19:24,540 I've got him next period. You can talk to him yourself. 192 00:19:24,610 --> 00:19:28,569 Fine, I'll wait right here, if you don't mind. 193 00:19:45,831 --> 00:19:49,096 There he is. 194 00:19:52,004 --> 00:19:54,234 We'd like to talk to you, Mr. Bender. 195 00:19:54,306 --> 00:19:58,640 I'm not gonna be your guinea pig. 196 00:20:16,829 --> 00:20:20,856 You jerk. Laura says that she's gonna be your date for the prom. 197 00:20:22,401 --> 00:20:25,029 Hey, Brad. We wanna talk to you. 198 00:20:25,104 --> 00:20:29,097 There you are. Jeannie says she's gonna be prom queen. 199 00:20:29,174 --> 00:20:33,008 Your attention please. The lottery tickets have been counted. 200 00:20:33,078 --> 00:20:35,979 This year's prom king is... 201 00:20:37,016 --> 00:20:39,211 Brad Bender. 202 00:21:37,009 --> 00:21:39,443 All right. All right. 203 00:21:39,511 --> 00:21:42,912 So I'm magnetic. So what? 204 00:21:54,493 --> 00:21:57,189 Big deal. 205 00:22:00,299 --> 00:22:02,859 - So you like that, huh? - Yeah! 206 00:22:17,249 --> 00:22:19,410 There's no need to be alarmed, Mr. Bender. 207 00:22:19,485 --> 00:22:21,953 As far as we've been able to ascertain, 208 00:22:22,021 --> 00:22:25,479 - your magnetism poses no threat to your health. - How the hell do you know? 209 00:22:25,557 --> 00:22:30,256 Because the other meteor crashed into a house only a few blocks away from yours- 210 00:22:54,286 --> 00:22:58,484 The other meteorite. 211 00:22:59,491 --> 00:23:02,255 Oh, my God. 212 00:23:02,327 --> 00:23:05,490 Brad Bender. 213 00:23:05,564 --> 00:23:07,657 No! 214 00:23:17,209 --> 00:23:21,339 No, please! I'll be a good boy. I'll abdicate to Cliff. 215 00:23:21,413 --> 00:23:24,871 I'll raise funds for charity. I'll prevent forest fires. 216 00:23:24,950 --> 00:23:27,885 I'll save the whales. I'll help Jerry's Kids. 217 00:23:27,953 --> 00:23:32,014 I'll listen to Menudo records. Anything! 218 00:23:32,091 --> 00:23:37,961 No! 219 00:23:40,365 --> 00:23:42,560 No! 220 00:23:43,535 --> 00:23:46,527 No!