1
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Sic ]

2
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          [truck horn]

3
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      <i> - Adult mark (vo):</i>
      <i> I grew up</i>

4
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         <i> In the middle</i>
         <i> of nowhere.</i>

5
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      [truck horn blares]

6
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   <i> Of all the terrible days</i>
   <i> of my lonely childhood</i>

7
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 <i> The first day of junior high</i>
 <i> was the worst.</i>

8
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        <i> I didn't know</i>
        <i> how to be a kid</i>

9
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      <i> Because I was never</i>
      <i> around any.</i>

10
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      <i> No other kids</i>
<i> lived on my street.</i>

11
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  <i> I had to attend the nearest</i>
  <i> catholic junior high</i>

12
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  <i> And that meant being bused</i>
  <i> halfway across town</i>

13
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     <i> With total strangers.</i>

14
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            - Mark:
            Ah!

15
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   <i> - I shared a room with my</i>
   <i> 80-year-old grandfather.</i>

16
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             [sigh]

17
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      - Good morning, pop.

18
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        - Good mornin'.

19
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     <i> - Pop washed himself</i>
     <i> like a cat.</i>

20
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       <i> Nothing gets you</i>
<i> out of bed faster</i>

21
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      <i> Than being mooned</i>
      <i> by an octogenarian.</i>

22
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        [phone ringing]

23
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         [fiddle music]

24
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    - Mary:
    Oh, I'm good girl, yes.

25
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    My god, heard all about
    your husband.

26
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     Oh, don't be talking.

27
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  Shocking, isn't it,
  him full up with the cancer?

28
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<i> - My father worked</i>
<i> at the radio station next door,</i>

29
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     <i> But my mother</i>
     <i> was a radio station.</i>

30
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      <i> She shot out gossip</i>
<i> like a machine gun.</i>

31
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  - Yes, I'm sure the crowd
  at the hospital knows best,

32
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  But I did hear
  that dr. Hall left his wife

33
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 For a gallbladder patient
 and he started drinking again.

34
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 - Kettle's boiled there, mary.

35
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    - Would somebody
    get that bloody kettle?

36
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     I'm comforting alice.

37
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         Her husband's
         good as dead.

38
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<i> - Nothing said,</i>
<i> "I'm too sick to go to school"</i>

39
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      <i> Like a temperature</i>
      <i> of a 100 degrees.</i>

40
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- Oh, yes, girl, at least
   the alcohol would kill

41
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      Whatever germs
      he's apt for getting

42
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       From that
       gall-less hussey.

43
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             - Mom,

44
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     I can't believe this.

45
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      First day of school,

46
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           I'm sick.

47
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          - Mike jr.:
          He's faking!

48
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        He had his head
        over the kettle!

49
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             - See?

50
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     This type of scrutiny

51
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Is exactly why I don't share
how I'm feeling with you people.

52
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        - Sweet jesus.
Tony walsh died.

53
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       Some sort of prick
       he was.

54
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       Still, can't wait
       for that wake.

55
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   Hey, mark, if you're
   home sick, come with me -

56
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       Spread a few germs
       around.

57
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  See if you can't take down
  a few more of the bastards.

58
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     - Which funeral home?

59
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          - Carmel's.

60
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    - Ah. Better sandwiches
    at caul's.

61
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 - Hey, how come he gets to
 stay at home and go to awake?

62
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      - He's faking sick.
      - Hold on, dear.

63
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Nobody is going
        to a wake.

64
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       Now, mark, honey,

65
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     I know you're nervous
     about going to school.

66
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    I know you're worried
    about getting picked on

67
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       And beaten up
       and made fun of...

68
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     - Wow, you really know
     how to cheer a guy up.

69
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       - But you
       don't need to be.

70
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   I mean, sure those things
   will happen,

71
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    But it's how you respond
    that matters.

72
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          You just
          be yourself.

73
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- Jeez, don't do that.

74
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      - Yes, don't do
      anything harsh, now.

75
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- People can tell when you're
trying to be some'n you're not.

76
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   Now, everyone might think
   you're strange,

77
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  But you
  are the sweetest boy I know.

78
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           - Strange?

79
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 - Nervous or not, if you don't
 get on that bloody bus,

80
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    I'm going to pick you up
    like a bloody baby

81
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     And carry you onto it

82
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   And then they're going to
   make fun of you even worse

83
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         Than they
already will.

84
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       - Great pep talk.

85
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         - Yes, yes...

86
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     - Heya, turn that up,
     your father's on.

87
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        <i> - Dick:</i>
        <i> We go now live</i>

88
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     <i> To the scene</i>
     <i> of a traffic accident</i>

89
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    Of ungodly proportions.

90
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      Here's mike critch
      with the vocm news.

91
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  <i> - The old man had a way</i>
  <i> of spinning small town news</i>

92
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    <i> That made the mundane</i>
    <i> seem earth-shattering.</i>

93
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     - Mike sr.:
Two moose were struck

94
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     On the
     trans-canada highway.

95
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    The sex of the moose...

96
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         Has not yet
         been released

97
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   But early reports indicate
   that two amorous moose

98
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     Were locked in combat
     in a show of strength

99
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      In the outbound lane
      when a third moose,

100
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      The object
      of their affection,

101
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      Looked on unamused.

102
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       Two men killed...

103
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         One seriously.

104
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Mike critch, first on the scene
for the vocm news service.

105
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[ambulance siren whoops]

106
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     You know what hospital
     they went to?

107
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      Was it st. Claire's?

108
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        Health sciences?

109
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       <i> - I envied</i>
       <i> that dead moose.</i>

110
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    <i> Its suffering was over</i>

111
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      <i> And mine</i>
      <i> was just beginning.</i>

112
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        - Go! Carry on!

113
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           I'm good.

114
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   - Are you getting on?
   - I'll catch the next one.

115
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     - There's no next one.

116
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           - Mark!
           Hey, mark.

117
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         Did you
see the moose?

118
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             Mark!

119
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         <i> - These were</i>
         <i> big kids.</i>

120
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        <i> Some had</i>
        <i> wispy mustaches</i>

121
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     <i> That reminded me</i>
     <i> of the fuzz on kiwis.</i>

122
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           <i> -</i> Keep an
           eye on me.

123
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        <i> - There was no</i>
        <i> going back now.</i>

124
00:04:25,099 --> 00:04:26,364
       <i> And, apparently,</i>

125
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     <i> There was no</i>
     <i> sitting down either.</i>

126
00:04:33,974 --> 00:04:35,240
        <i> Wait a minute.</i>

127
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<i> Does that kid</i>
         <i> have a kid?</i>

128
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   - Young fox: What are you
   looking at, prick?

129
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           [laughter]

130
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         [gentle music]

131
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             - Hi.

132
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   I can't tell you
   how much I appreciate it.

133
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     My name's mark,
     st. Paul's elementary.

134
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         Class of '86.

135
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              Ow.

136
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- Fox: That's for making us come
all the way out here to get you.

137
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   Who the hell was out there
   on the highway?

138
00:05:05,139 --> 00:05:06,538
           Was that
           your dad?

139
00:05:06,540 --> 00:05:08,339
Why is he so old?

140
00:05:08,341 --> 00:05:10,609
     - Him?
     I don't know that guy.

141
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  <i> - Dick: First day of school</i>
  <i> in the capital city.</i>

142
00:05:15,749 --> 00:05:17,482
       <i> Now, mike,</i>
       <i> that was your boy</i>

143
00:05:17,551 --> 00:05:19,784
  <i> Getting on that school bus</i>
  <i> there, wasn't it?</i>

144
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  <i> - Mike sr.:</i>
  <i> Yes, dick, I'd like to send</i>

145
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        A bouquet out
        to my son, mark,

146
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    On his first day
    at st. Bridget's school.

147
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Mark, I know you're scared, son,
but I'm sure<i> you're making</i>

148
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<i> Lots of good friends</i>
     <i> on the school bus.</i>

149
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           [laughter]

150
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          - Oh, yeah.

151
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        Him, that-that's
        my dad.

152
00:05:34,501 --> 00:05:36,468
           [laughter]

153
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        That's my lunch.

154
00:05:38,472 --> 00:05:39,905
          We can share
          if you want.

155
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 <i> - Just when I thought</i>
 <i> it couldn't get any worse...</i>

156
00:05:42,076 --> 00:05:44,509
      - Tin of drink,
      chips and a bun ...

157
00:05:44,511 --> 00:05:46,111
    We're going to get along
    just fine.

158
00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:47,512
     <i> - I met her brothers.</i>

159
00:05:47,514 --> 00:05:49,514
  - Silver fox:
Look at you, ah, poor thing.

160
00:05:49,516 --> 00:05:51,316
      This is gonna suck.

161
00:05:51,585 --> 00:05:53,285
<i> - Older mark:</i>
<i> Bullying was her family busine.</i>

162
00:05:53,287 --> 00:05:55,887
  <i> Each copper-headed thug</i>
  <i> controlled a separate grade</i>

163
00:05:55,889 --> 00:05:58,256
      <i> And they all shared</i>
      <i> the same nickname.</i>

164
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             <i> Fox.</i>

165
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      - (singsong) ah-ha.
      Fox got a boyfriend.

166
00:06:02,929 --> 00:06:04,796
     - Shut up!
     He's not my boyfriend.

167
00:06:04,798 --> 00:06:06,297
    - Oh, she's getting mad.

168
00:06:06,367 --> 00:06:09,734
 <i> - Fox was the only girl,</i>
 <i> but when it came to bullying,</i>

169
00:06:09,737 --> 00:06:11,703
<i> She wanted to smash</i>
     <i> the glass ceiling...</i>

170
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             - Ow!

171
00:06:12,873 --> 00:06:14,372
       <i> - And use my head</i>
       <i> to break it.</i>

172
00:06:14,441 --> 00:06:16,174
        - Fox! Fox! Fox!
        Fox! Fox! Fox!

173
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 <i> - Mike sr: Local authorities</i>
 <i> have asked me to announce</i>

174
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  <i> They're having a raffle on</i>
  <i> 800 pounds of moose meat.</i>

175
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         ["tom sawyer"
         by rush plays]

176
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         [school bell]

177
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       [excited chatter]

178
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        <i> ♪ a modern-day</i>
<i> warrior ♪</i>

179
00:06:29,490 --> 00:06:30,889
   <i> ♪ a mean, mean stride ♪</i>

180
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    <i> ♪ today's tom sawyer,</i>
    <i> mean, mean ride ♪</i>

181
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   <i> - Vice principal (on pa):</i>
   <i> Welcome back, students.</i>

182
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    <i> Make your way to class</i>
    <i> in an orderly fashion.</i>

183
00:06:37,598 --> 00:06:40,932
<i> And would tommy dunphy report</i>
<i> to the vice principal's office.</i>

184
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              <i> ♪</i>

185
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      <i> ♪ though his mind</i>
      <i> is not for rent ♪</i>

186
00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:50,442
     <i> ♪ don't put him down</i>
<i> as arrogant ♪</i>

187
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      <i> ♪ his reserve,</i>
      <i> a quiet defense ♪</i>

188
00:06:53,713 --> 00:06:55,981
      <i> ♪ riding out</i>
      <i> the day's events ♪</i>

189
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     - Sister margaret:
     Settle down, children.

190
00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:01,720
            Quickly.

191
00:07:02,589 --> 00:07:03,922
         Good morning,
         class.

192
00:07:03,991 --> 00:07:06,591
   We have some new students
   joining us today.

193
00:07:06,593 --> 00:07:08,727
       Mark and ritchie,
       stand up.

194
00:07:09,496 --> 00:07:10,929
        [chair scraping]

195
00:07:11,465 --> 00:07:14,766
  <i> - Ritchie was filipino</i>
  <i> and the only kid of colour</i>

196
00:07:14,835 --> 00:07:18,136
<i> In a school that had the sum</i>
 <i> diversity of a snowbank.</i>

197
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           [giggling]

198
00:07:19,706 --> 00:07:20,972
           [silence]

199
00:07:21,008 --> 00:07:23,008
       - Yes, well,
       you may be seated.

200
00:07:23,143 --> 00:07:25,944
 Our principal
 would like to say a few words

201
00:07:26,079 --> 00:07:28,079
         As we start
         our new year.

202
00:07:28,081 --> 00:07:30,081
  - Sister rose:
  Thank you, sister margaret.

203
00:07:30,117 --> 00:07:32,684
       Who wants to play
       a guessing game?

204
00:07:32,886 --> 00:07:34,886
      <i> - I smelled a trap.</i>

205
00:07:34,888 --> 00:07:37,889
 - I'm going to pass this
 envelope around the classroom.

206
00:07:37,891 --> 00:07:39,624
     Feel the weight of it.

207
00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:40,958
The shape of it.

208
00:07:40,994 --> 00:07:43,228
   Guess what's inside of it.

209
00:07:43,297 --> 00:07:44,563
        - Is it a bible,
        sister?

210
00:07:44,698 --> 00:07:46,398
          <i> - Suck up.</i>

211
00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,533
       - Is it a frisbee,
       sister.

212
00:07:48,535 --> 00:07:50,368
     <i> - Frisbees are round,</i>
     <i> idiot.</i>

213
00:07:55,242 --> 00:07:56,875
        - A dump truck.

214
00:07:58,045 --> 00:07:59,444
           - This...

215
00:07:59,513 --> 00:08:01,146
             Is...

216
00:08:02,516 --> 00:08:04,115
            A strap.

217
00:08:04,117 --> 00:08:06,384
     <i> - Corporal punishment</i>
     <i> had been outlawed</i>

218
00:08:06,420 --> 00:08:07,786
        <i> But nobody</i>
        <i> told the nuns.</i>

219
00:08:07,788 --> 00:08:10,454
   - Boys and girls
   who are sent to the office

220
00:08:10,491 --> 00:08:11,923
Will receive three...

221
00:08:11,959 --> 00:08:14,392
         Straps
         to each hand.

222
00:08:14,428 --> 00:08:16,727
         Then you could
         come back here

223
00:08:16,763 --> 00:08:18,930
         With your sore
         red hands

224
00:08:18,966 --> 00:08:21,700
      And think about
      what you have done.

225
00:08:22,536 --> 00:08:24,135
             Well,

226
00:08:24,137 --> 00:08:25,537
          Enough fun.

227
00:08:25,772 --> 00:08:27,405
       Sister margaret...

228
00:08:28,208 --> 00:08:29,874
       They're all yours.

229
00:08:30,344 --> 00:08:31,610
          - Thank you,
          sister rose.

230
00:08:31,745 --> 00:08:33,611
        Very informative

231
00:08:33,747 --> 00:08:35,614
      - As always.
      - [door slams shut]

232
00:08:35,616 --> 00:08:37,682
    Children, take out your
    geography books.

233
00:08:39,553 --> 00:08:41,186
♪

234
00:08:44,391 --> 00:08:47,659
  - Silver fox:
  Thanks for the chips, loser.

235
00:08:48,328 --> 00:08:49,760
      See you on the bus!

236
00:08:49,796 --> 00:08:53,431
   - Gary: What the hell
   do you have on your feet?

237
00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:55,166
    - They're orthopaedics.

238
00:08:55,168 --> 00:08:57,302
   I didn't think
   I needed orthopaedic shoes

239
00:08:57,371 --> 00:08:59,303
     But I stand corrected.

240
00:08:59,973 --> 00:09:01,706
       - Why aren't you
       wearing sneakers?

241
00:09:01,708 --> 00:09:03,341
      <i> - Just be yourself.</i>

242
00:09:03,377 --> 00:09:04,842
  - I like a comfortable shoe.

243
00:09:04,912 --> 00:09:07,445
    I'm not a runner;
    I'm more of a stroller.

244
00:09:07,514 --> 00:09:09,914
      I have asthma,
      but I've always said

245
00:09:09,917 --> 00:09:12,083
Asthma doesn't
         have me.

246
00:09:14,755 --> 00:09:18,056
   Oh, what kind of music
   are you guys listening to?

247
00:09:18,125 --> 00:09:19,524
          - Van halen.

248
00:09:19,659 --> 00:09:22,193
        - Oh, I hear
        he is very good.

249
00:09:22,796 --> 00:09:24,996
      - What kind of music
      do you like?

250
00:09:25,032 --> 00:09:28,133
<i> - Ah, the dreaded, "what kind f</i>
<i> music do you like?" question.</i>

251
00:09:28,268 --> 00:09:30,802
      - Well, I like
      all kinds of music.

252
00:09:30,804 --> 00:09:32,003
             Um...

253
00:09:32,072 --> 00:09:33,672
       Dean martin
       more than sinatra.

254
00:09:33,674 --> 00:09:35,941
         Well, I like
         early sinatra.

255
00:09:36,343 --> 00:09:37,876
       Not the new stuff.

256
00:09:37,878 --> 00:09:39,711
[school bell]

257
00:09:42,382 --> 00:09:44,281
           - Weirdo.
           - Ow!

258
00:09:44,283 --> 00:09:45,516
             [thud]

259
00:09:45,552 --> 00:09:47,018
               ♪

260
00:09:56,263 --> 00:09:58,229
       <i> - I was not made</i>
       <i> for gym class.</i>

261
00:09:58,298 --> 00:10:00,231
      <i> I was an asthmatic</i>
      <i> with fallen arches</i>

262
00:10:00,233 --> 00:10:01,900
        <i> And no hand-eye</i>
        <i> coordination.</i>

263
00:10:01,902 --> 00:10:04,302
  <i> I had excellent foot-mouth</i>
  <i> coordination, though.</i>

264
00:10:04,371 --> 00:10:06,170
           [whistle]

265
00:10:06,239 --> 00:10:07,872
        - I'm mr. Byrne.

266
00:10:09,843 --> 00:10:11,242
             Today,

267
00:10:11,278 --> 00:10:13,445
      We are going to use
      this parachute

268
00:10:13,580 --> 00:10:15,847
To achieve
      physical excellence

269
00:10:15,849 --> 00:10:17,515
           As a team.

270
00:10:18,051 --> 00:10:19,984
         Where are your
         gym clothes?

271
00:10:20,020 --> 00:10:21,386
     - I didn't bring 'em.

272
00:10:21,388 --> 00:10:22,721
        It's first day.

273
00:10:22,856 --> 00:10:24,088
    I-I didn't think that--

274
00:10:24,124 --> 00:10:26,724
   - When it comes
   to parachute-based sports,

275
00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:30,327
     We are only as strong
     as our weakest link.

276
00:10:30,497 --> 00:10:31,663
       What's your name?

277
00:10:31,732 --> 00:10:33,999
      - Mark.
      - What's your name?

278
00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:37,802
         - I-I-I think
         he's ritchie.

279
00:10:37,871 --> 00:10:39,504
         - We are
         only as strong

280
00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:41,339
      As mark and ritchie.

281
00:10:41,675 --> 00:10:43,675
- [blows whistle]
       - parachute!

282
00:10:43,744 --> 00:10:45,143
     I'm going to call out
     two names

283
00:10:45,212 --> 00:10:47,612
  And those kids
  are going to switch places.

284
00:10:47,747 --> 00:10:49,748
 <i> - Don't pick me and ritchie.</i>
 <i> Don't pick me and ritchie.</i>

285
00:10:49,883 --> 00:10:50,948
      - Mark and ritchie.

286
00:10:50,984 --> 00:10:52,817
       - [blows whistle]
       - parachute!

287
00:10:53,153 --> 00:10:54,552
              <i> ♪</i>

288
00:10:56,289 --> 00:10:59,690
<i> - The more I tried to get out,</i>
<i> the more I panicked.</i>

289
00:10:59,726 --> 00:11:01,358
         <i> And ritchie</i>
         <i> was no help.</i>

290
00:11:01,395 --> 00:11:03,028
            [groan]

291
00:11:11,638 --> 00:11:13,271
<i> [unenthusiastic</i>
        <i> whistle]</i>

292
00:11:16,810 --> 00:11:18,309
        <i> Like in prison,</i>

293
00:11:18,311 --> 00:11:21,979
  <i> We got one hour a day</i>
  <i> to eat outside in the yard.</i>

294
00:11:21,981 --> 00:11:23,648
         - Silver fox:
         Move it loser.

295
00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:25,883
     <i> - No matter how badly</i>
     <i> I had it,</i>

296
00:11:25,919 --> 00:11:27,686
         <i> Ritchie</i>
         <i> had it worse.</i>

297
00:11:27,821 --> 00:11:28,920
         - Silver fox:
         What stinks?

298
00:11:29,055 --> 00:11:31,055
   Oh, my god,
   your lunch is disgusting.

299
00:11:31,058 --> 00:11:32,757
       - Middle fox:
       What is that, dog?

300
00:11:32,793 --> 00:11:34,192
            - Gross.

301
00:11:34,261 --> 00:11:36,060
Is that what they eat
     back in china?

302
00:11:36,063 --> 00:11:37,395
       - The philippines.

303
00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:38,529
         <i> - He speaks!</i>

304
00:11:38,664 --> 00:11:39,664
       - What'd you say?

305
00:11:39,666 --> 00:11:41,232
       - I'm not chinese.

306
00:11:41,268 --> 00:11:42,701
         I'm filipino.

307
00:11:42,836 --> 00:11:44,202
      <i> - The foxes</i>
      <i> were not interested</i>

308
00:11:44,271 --> 00:11:47,605
<i> In the geographic segmentation</i>
<i> of asian countries.</i>

309
00:11:48,542 --> 00:11:49,874
         <i> The only way</i>

310
00:11:49,943 --> 00:11:51,943
   <i> To get a couple of foxes</i>
   <i> away from their prey</i>

311
00:11:51,945 --> 00:11:53,544
     <i> Was with better prey.</i>

312
00:11:53,613 --> 00:11:55,279
          - Hey, guys.

313
00:11:55,682 --> 00:11:57,982
So, ritchie, you want to
    trade lunches?

314
00:11:58,685 --> 00:12:00,251
        [exciting music]

315
00:12:00,386 --> 00:12:01,986
             - Hey!
             Hey!

316
00:12:03,490 --> 00:12:05,123
           [laughing]

317
00:12:08,228 --> 00:12:09,928
            - Um...

318
00:12:10,597 --> 00:12:12,230
           Want some?

319
00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,233
            - Sure.

320
00:12:22,242 --> 00:12:25,243
   <i> - I was not used to food</i>
   <i> that had flavor.</i>

321
00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:28,379
   <i> The foods I was raised on</i>
   <i> only had two colors:</i>

322
00:12:28,448 --> 00:12:29,814
       <i> White and beige.</i>

323
00:12:29,949 --> 00:12:31,482
          <i> Everything</i>
          <i> was boiled.</i>

324
00:12:31,518 --> 00:12:34,585
<i> You knew supper was cooked when</i>
<i> all the windows fogged over.</i>

325
00:12:34,621 --> 00:12:36,287
     - That has got a kick.

326
00:12:36,422 --> 00:12:37,789
           Jeez, oi.

327
00:12:37,858 --> 00:12:39,524
          That's nuts.

328
00:12:40,060 --> 00:12:41,860
         What the hell
         is in this?

329
00:12:41,995 --> 00:12:43,394
          <i> - Finally,</i>

330
00:12:43,463 --> 00:12:46,097
  <i> A little pain and suffering</i>
  <i> that I kind of liked.</i>

331
00:12:46,099 --> 00:12:47,598
           [laughter]

332
00:12:47,667 --> 00:12:49,300
               ♪

333
00:12:52,672 --> 00:12:54,104
            - Whoo.

334
00:12:54,141 --> 00:12:55,974
      [laughter continues]

335
00:13:09,055 --> 00:13:10,688
      - Were you bullied?

336
00:13:10,890 --> 00:13:12,289
          - How'd you
          ever guess?

337
00:13:12,325 --> 00:13:14,726
     No offense,
     but I kind of figured.

338
00:13:15,394 --> 00:13:17,862
      You know, it's not
just you, you know,

339
00:13:18,131 --> 00:13:21,098
   I had a bully
   when I was about your age.

340
00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:24,569
    He used to grind my face
    into a snowbank

341
00:13:24,704 --> 00:13:26,104
         Until I begged
         for mercy.

342
00:13:26,106 --> 00:13:28,273
           And then,
           one day,

343
00:13:29,776 --> 00:13:31,442
         Just stopped.

344
00:13:31,444 --> 00:13:32,810
        - What happened?

345
00:13:33,146 --> 00:13:34,979
        He died of
        the spanish flu.

346
00:13:35,048 --> 00:13:36,747
        It was a
        different time.

347
00:13:36,817 --> 00:13:38,082
        Anyway,
        I'm just saying

348
00:13:38,084 --> 00:13:40,517
   Gets better and all that,
   that's all.

349
00:13:40,554 --> 00:13:41,853
            - Great.

350
00:13:41,988 --> 00:13:44,189
         - Glad I could
be of help.

351
00:13:44,991 --> 00:13:46,391
              Oh.

352
00:13:46,693 --> 00:13:50,361
["ain't that a kick in the head"
by dean martin plays]

353
00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,334
      <i> ♪ how lucky</i>
      <i> can one guy be? ♪</i>

354
00:13:57,337 --> 00:14:00,138
     <i> ♪ I kissed her</i>
     <i> and she kissed me ♪</i>

355
00:14:00,940 --> 00:14:03,041
       <i> ♪ like the fella</i>
       <i> once said ♪</i>

356
00:14:03,043 --> 00:14:06,010
     <i> ♪ ain't that a kick</i>
     <i> in the head? ♪</i>

357
00:14:08,114 --> 00:14:10,748
      <i> ♪ the room was</i>
      <i> completely black ♪</i>

358
00:14:11,051 --> 00:14:13,351
    - Ah, it's not every day
    we get steak,

359
00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:16,553
  But the first day of school
is a very special day.

360
00:14:16,590 --> 00:14:18,489
       - It's not steak,
       it's moose meat.

361
00:14:18,525 --> 00:14:20,992
      - Oh, my god.
      Don't be so foolish.

362
00:14:20,994 --> 00:14:22,293
       Moose, cow,
       it's all the same.

363
00:14:22,428 --> 00:14:23,694
         Moose is just
         a boy cow.

364
00:14:23,763 --> 00:14:25,730
         - Pop:
         I'm starving.

365
00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:28,099
          And speaking
          of meat,

366
00:14:28,735 --> 00:14:31,235
  I've been down
  at the funeral home all day.

367
00:14:31,238 --> 00:14:34,439
  Ah, they put so much makeup
  on poor tony walsh.

368
00:14:34,974 --> 00:14:36,774
        He looked like a
        parisian hooker.

369
00:14:36,776 --> 00:14:38,208
        - Ooh.
How was school?

370
00:14:38,245 --> 00:14:41,479
   - Didn't you get the crap
   beaten out of you or what?

371
00:14:42,616 --> 00:14:44,382
      - Everybody saw dad
      with the moose.

372
00:14:44,517 --> 00:14:47,918
   And there's a whole family
   that wants to beat me up.

373
00:14:47,954 --> 00:14:49,387
       They made me guess
       what a strap was.

374
00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:51,022
    And I couldn't
    run under the parachute

375
00:14:51,024 --> 00:14:52,657
         Because of my
         dumb shoes.

376
00:14:52,659 --> 00:14:55,793
 And they made fun of me
 'cause I don't like van halen

377
00:14:55,795 --> 00:14:57,161
         And a girl
         took my lunch.

378
00:14:57,297 --> 00:15:00,732
So, I had to share chinese food
from the philippines

379
00:15:00,867 --> 00:15:02,533
        With my friend,
        ritchie.

380
00:15:02,936 --> 00:15:04,769
    - Oh, you made a friend.

381
00:15:05,472 --> 00:15:06,470
        Oh, that's nice.

382
00:15:06,539 --> 00:15:08,740
       I told you,
       just be yourself.

383
00:15:09,809 --> 00:15:11,241
             - Mm!

384
00:15:11,278 --> 00:15:13,344
      Got a little piece
      of windshield there.

385
00:15:13,380 --> 00:15:15,046
        [glass clatters
        onto plate]

386
00:15:15,582 --> 00:15:18,549
     <i> ♪ ain't that</i>
     <i> a hole in a boat? ♪</i>

387
00:15:19,752 --> 00:15:21,452
        [water running]

388
00:15:21,855 --> 00:15:23,488
          [approaching
          footsteps]

389
00:15:25,491 --> 00:15:27,091
            - Here.

390
00:15:27,894 --> 00:15:29,526
        - What's this--
        - shut up.

391
00:15:29,562 --> 00:15:30,828
Just take it.

392
00:15:31,764 --> 00:15:33,598
          - But why--
          - shut up.

393
00:15:33,867 --> 00:15:36,067
       There's a fox
       at my school too.

394
00:15:36,403 --> 00:15:38,736
      Just don't let them
      push you around.

395
00:15:39,139 --> 00:15:40,772
          Don't be
          such a wuss.

396
00:15:41,207 --> 00:15:42,840
        [pats shoulder]

397
00:15:52,152 --> 00:15:53,751
             - Hm.

398
00:15:56,756 --> 00:15:58,322
       Let's have seven.

399
00:15:58,325 --> 00:16:00,625
 <i> - I didn't mind being the</i>
 <i> remote because in our house,</i>

400
00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:02,726
       -<i> Comedy was king.</i>
       - I'll take five.

401
00:16:02,762 --> 00:16:05,195
   <i> - Wayne and schuster,</i>
   <i> bob hope, don rickles...</i>

402
00:16:05,231 --> 00:16:06,564
- Give me nine.

403
00:16:06,566 --> 00:16:09,300
      <i> - I loved to see</i>
      <i> the old man laugh.</i>

404
00:16:09,369 --> 00:16:10,735
       <i> - Don rickles:</i>
       <i> Frank was great.</i>

405
00:16:10,804 --> 00:16:12,503
 <i> ...You know, a little booze.</i>
 <i> We used to drink.</i>

406
00:16:12,539 --> 00:16:14,605
  <i> - You don't drink anymore?</i>
  <i> - Johnny carson: Not much.</i>

407
00:16:14,641 --> 00:16:16,007
           [laughter]

408
00:16:16,142 --> 00:16:17,608
   <i> - Rickles:</i>
   <i> ...Laughs when you drink.</i>

409
00:16:17,677 --> 00:16:19,943
  <i> In new york, when you saw</i>
  <i> me at the copa - [guzzling]</i>

410
00:16:19,980 --> 00:16:21,446
           [laughter]

411
00:16:21,581 --> 00:16:24,115
<i> - Adult mark: Their laughter</i>
 <i> made me realize something.</i>

412
00:16:24,884 --> 00:16:27,818
   <i> There's more than one way</i>
   <i> to skin a fox.</i>

413
00:16:28,355 --> 00:16:30,388
      ["talk dirty to me"
      by poison plays]

414
00:16:30,523 --> 00:16:32,290
          <i> ♪ you know</i>
          <i> I never ♪</i>

415
00:16:32,425 --> 00:16:35,225
      <i> ♪ I never seen you</i>
      <i> look so good ♪</i>

416
00:16:35,528 --> 00:16:38,496
     <i> ♪ you never act</i>
     <i> the way you should ♪</i>

417
00:16:39,432 --> 00:16:41,499
      <i> ♪ but I like it ♪</i>

418
00:16:42,869 --> 00:16:44,168
       <i> ♪ and I know ♪</i>

419
00:16:44,170 --> 00:16:46,237
     <i> ♪ you like it too ♪</i>

420
00:16:47,374 --> 00:16:48,705
<i> ♪ the way that-- ♪</i>

421
00:16:48,742 --> 00:16:51,742
  - What are you listening to,
  dick, anne murray?

422
00:16:51,745 --> 00:16:53,110
         - Oh, give it.

423
00:16:53,146 --> 00:16:54,378
          Get your own
          walkman.

424
00:16:54,414 --> 00:16:56,246
       Oh, that's right,
       you can't

425
00:16:56,282 --> 00:16:58,049
       'cause you live in
       welfare housing.

426
00:16:58,184 --> 00:16:59,851
          [kids laugh]

427
00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:03,554
    Your family is so poor,
    you take the trash in.

428
00:17:04,657 --> 00:17:08,126
 <i> - Why just be yourself</i>
 <i> when you can be don rickles?</i>

429
00:17:08,128 --> 00:17:09,960
     - Fox is so poor that

430
00:17:09,996 --> 00:17:11,395
       I was at the park
       the other day

431
00:17:11,464 --> 00:17:13,864
And the ducks
       were feeding her.

432
00:17:14,567 --> 00:17:18,135
You know the difference between
fox's dad and a large pizza?

433
00:17:18,171 --> 00:17:20,805
   A large pizza
   can feed a family of six.

434
00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:22,540
          [kids laugh]

435
00:17:25,612 --> 00:17:27,245
         [school bell]

436
00:17:30,583 --> 00:17:32,817
       <i> - No wonder</i>
       <i> fox was a bully.</i>

437
00:17:32,886 --> 00:17:34,785
     <i> Bullying felt great.</i>

438
00:17:35,088 --> 00:17:37,321
         - Hey, did you
         see that?

439
00:17:37,323 --> 00:17:39,423
      - It's not her fault
      her family's poor.

440
00:17:39,492 --> 00:17:41,092
      - But she's a bully.

441
00:17:41,161 --> 00:17:43,961
     - I know, but that
     doesn't make it right.

442
00:17:43,963 --> 00:17:45,596
♪

443
00:17:53,706 --> 00:17:56,474
     With just five loaves
     and two fishes?

444
00:17:57,243 --> 00:17:58,776
           With math.

445
00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:00,511
     Copy these equations.

446
00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:05,048
    <i> - I had never been sent</i>
    <i> a note in my life.</i>

447
00:18:05,085 --> 00:18:06,584
         <i> But who</i>
         <i> was it from?</i>

448
00:18:06,653 --> 00:18:08,286
        [romantic music]

449
00:18:17,397 --> 00:18:19,230
    [approaching footsteps]

450
00:18:20,133 --> 00:18:21,465
         - Who is that
         note for?

451
00:18:21,501 --> 00:18:23,134
       - Me, sister.
       - Don't be silly.

452
00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:24,868
     That is
     a girl's handwriting.

453
00:18:24,904 --> 00:18:27,638
    - I-it could be for me.
    I mean, it's plausible.

454
00:18:27,674 --> 00:18:29,740
- Very well, if you won't
  tell me who the note is for,

455
00:18:29,776 --> 00:18:32,209
  Then I'll give you a note
  and you'll go to the office

456
00:18:32,245 --> 00:18:33,911
         And you'll
         get the strap.

457
00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,714
     And, fox, if you think
     it's so funny,

458
00:18:36,849 --> 00:18:39,016
     Why don't you
     accompany mr. Critch?

459
00:18:41,354 --> 00:18:42,987
       [chairs scraping]

460
00:18:48,361 --> 00:18:50,361
         - Sir, this is
         all my fault.

461
00:18:50,496 --> 00:18:51,595
        - That's sweet,

462
00:18:51,631 --> 00:18:53,297
      But you're obviously
      not involved.

463
00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:54,598
        You just got to
        give it time,

464
00:18:54,634 --> 00:18:56,234
      Let the kids
work themselves out.

465
00:18:56,369 --> 00:18:57,902
          - Now go.
          - Yes, sir.

466
00:18:57,904 --> 00:19:00,037
      - Don't tell sister
      I didn't strap ya'.

467
00:19:00,106 --> 00:19:01,705
      She'll have my nuts.

468
00:19:01,841 --> 00:19:04,408
       And don't tell her
       I said nuts.

469
00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:07,878
              Fox.

470
00:19:07,914 --> 00:19:11,348
  This is early in the year
  even from one of your crowd.

471
00:19:11,384 --> 00:19:12,683
      - But I never did--

472
00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:13,851
   - I don't want to hear it,
   I'm sick of it.

473
00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:16,454
   I got blisters
   from strapping you people.

474
00:19:17,023 --> 00:19:18,656
        Now get in here.

475
00:19:23,863 --> 00:19:25,363
        <i> Hold your hand.</i>

476
00:19:25,365 --> 00:19:26,897
          [loud slap]

477
00:19:26,966 --> 00:19:29,533
[melancholy music]
     [strap hitting flesh]

478
00:19:29,569 --> 00:19:31,402
     [strap hitting flesh]

479
00:19:32,238 --> 00:19:33,871
             [sigh]

480
00:19:36,009 --> 00:19:37,642
        - I'm so sorry.

481
00:19:39,779 --> 00:19:41,145
       - When my brothers
       find out,

482
00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:43,314
       They're going to
       kick the livin'--

483
00:19:43,616 --> 00:19:45,048
            - Here.

484
00:19:45,084 --> 00:19:46,483
            Take it.

485
00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:48,085
        I don't need it.

486
00:19:48,221 --> 00:19:50,521
       I'm more of a
       vinyl guy anyway.

487
00:19:50,957 --> 00:19:52,256
            I'm just

488
00:19:52,391 --> 00:19:53,958
     Really, really sorry.

489
00:19:54,761 --> 00:19:56,227
             Okay?

490
00:19:56,462 --> 00:19:58,396
          - I'm not
          your friend.

491
00:19:59,098 --> 00:20:00,665
           - I know.

492
00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,400
               ♪

493
00:20:07,974 --> 00:20:09,440
[energetic music]

494
00:20:09,442 --> 00:20:11,075
            [excited
            chatter]

495
00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:18,382
              Ah!

496
00:20:18,418 --> 00:20:21,185
      - Girl: Oh, my god.
      - Ow!

497
00:20:21,254 --> 00:20:23,487
   - I'm taking your walkman,
   dick.

498
00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:26,824
      Sorry, just the way
      things are.

499
00:20:27,293 --> 00:20:28,592
          But thanks.

500
00:20:28,661 --> 00:20:30,761
         - It's okay.
         I deserve it.

501
00:20:32,732 --> 00:20:34,198
             Yeah.

502
00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,665
              Ow!

503
00:20:35,667 --> 00:20:37,602
        - Silver fox:
        Way to go, sis!

504
00:20:38,438 --> 00:20:40,070
           [laughter]

505
00:20:40,106 --> 00:20:41,272
             Yeah!

506
00:20:41,341 --> 00:20:43,007
         - Yeah, right.

507
00:20:43,276 --> 00:20:44,408
           [whooping]

508
00:20:44,477 --> 00:20:46,444
     - Punches for lunches.
Yeah!

509
00:20:46,446 --> 00:20:48,079
       [energetic music]

510
00:20:51,517 --> 00:20:53,150
       [bus pulling away]

511
00:21:02,629 --> 00:21:04,995
         - I think
         she likes you.

512
00:21:04,998 --> 00:21:06,330
       - I don't see it.

513
00:21:06,399 --> 00:21:07,964
         - Want to get
         a mr. Freezie?

514
00:21:08,001 --> 00:21:09,333
           My treat.

515
00:21:09,402 --> 00:21:11,035
        - Sure,
        that'd be nice.

516
00:21:12,371 --> 00:21:14,705
       <i> - All of my life</i>
       <i> I had felt alone,</i>

517
00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:16,507
           <i> But now,</i>
           <i> at least,</i>

518
00:21:16,509 --> 00:21:18,709
       <i> I had someone</i>
       <i> to be alone with.</i>

519
00:21:18,844 --> 00:21:20,444
              <i> ♪</i>


