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-♪ what would you do
If I sang out of tune? ♪
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♪ would you stand up
And walk out on me? ♪
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♪ lend me your ears,
And I'll sing you a song ♪
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♪ I will try not to sing
Out of key, yeah ♪
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♪ oh, baby, I get by ♪
-♪ by with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ all I need is my buddies ♪
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-♪ high with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ I'm sayin'
I'm gonna get higher ♪
-♪ try with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ whoa-oa-oa-oa ♪
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-♪ oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
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-♪ somebody who knows
Quite sure ♪
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♪ baby ♪
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-♪ by with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ said I'm gonna make it
With my friends ♪
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-♪ try with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ oh, I'm gonna
Keep on trying ♪
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-♪ high with a little help
From my friends ♪
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♪ I'm gonna keep on trying now,
Baby ♪
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-♪ ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
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[ choir singing indistinctly ]
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-the halls of rfk junior high
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often echoedwith the sounds of music.
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the kennedy chorale.
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the kennedy madrigals.
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and, of course,the kennedy now-tones.
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they were all part ofa long-standing family of song.
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but, as with every family,
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there was a skeletonin the closet.
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-[ off-key ]
♪ ah, ah, ah, ah ♪
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♪ ah, ah, ah ♪
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♪ ah, ah, ah, ah ♪
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the boys' 8th-grade glee club.
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♪ ah, ah, ah, ah ♪
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the singing group from hell.
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-oh, boy.
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-twice a week, we transformedmr. Frace's choir room
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into kind of a chamberof musical horrors.
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-oh, my gosh.
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-randy mitchell -- baritone.
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-♪ ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ♪
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-doug porter -- monotone.
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-♪ ah, ah, ah... ♪
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-paul pfeiffer --no tone at all.
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and, of course...
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me.
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not that we didn't have heart.
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it's just thatthe 13-year-old-male voice
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isn't exactly designed for,well...
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for singing.
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-uh, hold that note.
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-♪ ahhh ♪
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-hold that note.
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-we weren't the stufftabernacle choirs are made of.
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so, out of a mutual respectfor the arts...
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and humanity...
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we'd reached an agreement.
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we wouldn't push mr. Frace...
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if he wouldn't push us.
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-all right, all right!
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That's enough!
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Just, uh, get out your books
And study.
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-all in all,a pretty equitable arrangement.
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-it isn't fair.
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Every other group gets
To sing some songs and stuff.
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Why can't we?
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-well, maybe because we stink.
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-then why are we here?
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-because we have to be here.
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Right, warren?
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-warren gander.
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no one had ever heard himsing a note,
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much less say a word.
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-so, what you're saying
Is we're losers, is that it?
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-but if paul was looking tounite us in chorus...
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-pbht!
-pbht!
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-...He had just heardour best effort.
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-pbht!
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-face it --we knew where we stood.
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at the bottom of the heap.
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and we were smart enoughnot to seek the limelight...
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[ school bell rings ]
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...Until, that is...
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...The limelightwas thrust upon us.
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-there.
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That's better, isn't it?
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-who's she?
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[ note plays ]
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-♪ my name is miss haycock ♪
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And if there's anything
I want to impress upon you,
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Its...
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♪ use your diaphragms ♪
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♪ always use your diaphragms ♪
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-what'd she say?
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-♪ do you hear
How that sounds? ♪
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♪ full and supported ♪
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[ plays note ]
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♪ if you're doing it right ♪
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♪ you'll feel it down here ♪
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[ plays note ]
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♪ I'm thrilled
To be taking over ♪
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♪ the 8th-grade
Boys' glee club ♪
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[ plays note ]
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♪ and when we sing ♪
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♪ we'll always sing like this ♪
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[ plays note ]
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♪ because we're always going
To remember ♪
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♪ to use our ♪
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[ plays note ]
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-[ unenthused ] diaphragms.
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-she was fresh out ofteaching school, full of ideas.
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and, oh, yes,
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the woman was a total lunatic.
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-well, I think she's great.
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-paul, get a grip.
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-why, just because
She sang a little?
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-a little?
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I just hope she doesn't think
We're gonna sing like that.
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-well, maybe not at first.
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But once we master
This diaphragm thing...
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-diaphragms or no diaphragms...
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miss haycock's arrival
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had sent a shudder of fearthrough all of us.
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-I don't want to sing.
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That's why I took glee club
In the first place.
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-yeah, why do we have to have
A student teacher, anyway?
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-relax, guys. There's nothin'
To worry about.
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This won't last long.
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-what do you mean?
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-I mean, this is her first job.
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She has to look
Like she's trying.
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-mitchell did have a point --
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in theory.
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-maybe he's right.
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Maybe she'll...Get over it.
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-trust me, in a couple of days,
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She'll be acting
Just like frace.
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-put away your songbooks.
We won't need them, after all.
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-and that was that.
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-we'll need the entire hour
For voice auditions.
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[ scattered groans ]
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Who wants to be first?
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-first?
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was she joking?
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-anyone?
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-only a complete doofuswould want to be f--
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okay, then.
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it was timeto show miss haycock
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exactly who she was up against.
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in other words...
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it was time to sing.
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-[ off-key ]
♪ my country, 'tis of thee ♪
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-[ off-key ]
♪ sweet land of liberty ♪
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-[ off-key ]
♪ of thee I sing ♪
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-[ off-key ]
♪ land where our fathers died ♪
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[ piano plays notes ]
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-[ passionately ]
♪ from every mountainside ♪
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♪ let freedom ring ♪
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-there.
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we'd laid it out for her --clear as a bell.
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the folly of it all.
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the hopelessness.the complete --
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-yes! Yes!
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That's the kind of passion
We all need.
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-huh?
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-I found that very moving.
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Thank you, kevin!
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-sure, anytime.
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-attaway, caruso.
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-anytime at all.
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-she made you sing?
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All of you?
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That I'd like to see.
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-she said kevin had passion.
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-really?
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[ giggles ]
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-she made a total fool out of
Me, so can we just forget it?
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-well, I think she
Sounds very sweet.
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-so do I.
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-right gesture,wrong shoulder.
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-winnie, the woman's
A fruitcake, okay?
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In fact, somebody
Ought to lock her up!
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In fact, somebody ought to --
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-kevin, that's not very nice.
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-uh-oh.
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-what if it were me up there --
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Standing there,
Scared out of my wits,
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Teaching my first class?
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-uh, well --
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-is that how you'd treat me?
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-okay, this was tricky --very tricky.
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-maybe you should think more
About things like that, kevin.
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-it was pretty clearI was gonna have to find
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the moral highground here --
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and fast.
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-♪ fwa ♪
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♪ fwa ♪
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♪ fwa ♪
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♪ to sustain the note ♪
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♪ we simply let the air
Flow out gently ♪
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Now, you try.
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-♪ fwa ♪
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-[ off-key ] ♪ fwa ♪
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-♪ fwa ♪
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-trouble is, our glee club
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wasn't exactly builtfor high ground.
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we'd been weanedon low expectations.
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-why's she doing this
To us?
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-even warren ganderwas showing signs of strain.
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-now, men,
I have a surprise for you.
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-great.what was it gonna be now?
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-today, we're going to begin
Our first song --
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"Stout-hearted men."
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I have copies for all of you.
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-all right. That ripped it.
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no one -- but no one --
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had ever threatened us withan actual musical arrangement.
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-and, that's not all.
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We're going to be singing it
Next month
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At the spring sing concert!
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-what?!
-what?!
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-I know, I know.
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We don't have much time.
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But as I told mr. Frace,
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My boys are up to it.
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And he agreed!
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-and suddenly it was clear.
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our reputationwas on the line, here.
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our tradition.our bad name.
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-miss haycock?
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-yes, kevin.
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-do you really think
This is a good idea?
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-why not?
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-well...I --
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We...Just think --
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-kevin...
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What if it were me
Standing up here?
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-kevin...
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You think what?
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-awww!
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-that...
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It would be...
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...Fine.
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-I knew you'd all feel that way!
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Think of it.
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We're starting on
A new adventure -- together.
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-and so in a flash,our fate was sealed.
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the glee club's,miss haycock's,
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and, of course...
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mine.
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[ notes play on piano ]
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-♪ men, men, men ♪
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♪ all right, basses ♪
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-♪ men, men ♪
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-over the next few weeks,
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miss haycock struggledto bring out our best...
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-♪ now, tenors ♪
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♪ ahhh ♪
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-♪ ahhh ♪
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-...Which, coincidentally,happened to be our worst.
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-splendid! Now, remember.
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Diaphragms.
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Diaphragms!
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-meanwhile,I found myself trapped
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between raw enthusiasmand outright malice.
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-ow!
266
00:10:51,017 --> 00:10:52,116
Hey!
267
00:10:52,118 --> 00:10:53,517
-nice goin', arnold.
268
00:10:53,519 --> 00:10:55,385
-what's that for?
269
00:10:55,387 --> 00:10:56,921
-"That'd be great, miss haycock.
270
00:10:56,923 --> 00:10:59,090
We'd love to sing
In the spring sing."
271
00:10:59,092 --> 00:11:00,925
-come on, I didn't say that.
272
00:11:00,927 --> 00:11:02,760
-well, not exactly.
273
00:11:02,762 --> 00:11:04,028
-we're gonna look
Like idiots
274
00:11:04,030 --> 00:11:05,796
In front
Of the whole school,
275
00:11:05,798 --> 00:11:06,964
Not to mention our parents.
276
00:11:06,966 --> 00:11:08,332
What are we gonna do?
277
00:11:08,334 --> 00:11:09,399
-well, for one thing,
278
00:11:09,401 --> 00:11:11,201
We're not gonna mention it
To our parents.
279
00:11:11,203 --> 00:11:12,302
Deal?
280
00:11:12,304 --> 00:11:14,271
-there's something else
We could do.
281
00:11:14,273 --> 00:11:17,008
We could practice.
282
00:11:17,010 --> 00:11:18,743
-look, you got us
Into this, arnold.
283
00:11:18,745 --> 00:11:20,745
So you got to get us out.
284
00:11:20,747 --> 00:11:21,879
-how?
285
00:11:21,881 --> 00:11:23,113
-talk to her.
286
00:11:23,115 --> 00:11:25,450
-she's never gonna listen
To me.
287
00:11:25,452 --> 00:11:27,852
-why not? You're mr. Passion.
288
00:11:27,854 --> 00:11:30,153
You're the only one
She will listen to.
289
00:11:30,155 --> 00:11:31,421
-talk to her.
290
00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:34,725
Our lives are depending on it.
291
00:11:34,727 --> 00:11:36,694
-easy for them to say.
292
00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,796
but how do you talkto someone
293
00:11:38,798 --> 00:11:40,998
who can't even hear?
294
00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,132
[ glee club singing ]
295
00:11:42,134 --> 00:11:43,934
-excellent! Excellent!
296
00:11:43,936 --> 00:11:46,403
-the fact was, even thoughwe sang harmonies
297
00:11:46,405 --> 00:11:48,206
that would makequasimodo wince,
298
00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:50,308
chords not found in nature...
299
00:11:50,310 --> 00:11:51,843
-good!
300
00:11:51,845 --> 00:11:53,010
Better!
301
00:11:53,012 --> 00:11:55,246
-...Nothing deterredmiss haycock.
302
00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:58,082
with a wisdomborn of weeks of experience,
303
00:11:58,084 --> 00:12:01,085
she pushed on, blindly --no! -- deafly --
304
00:12:01,087 --> 00:12:04,588
toward a goal that wasobviously beyond our grasp.
305
00:12:04,590 --> 00:12:06,958
-I know. Let's march in place.
306
00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:08,926
Let's try that. Come on.
307
00:12:08,928 --> 00:12:10,427
-we wanted to believe in her.
308
00:12:10,429 --> 00:12:12,396
but it was pretty clear,sooner or later,
309
00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:15,699
someone was gonna have to burstthis bubble --
310
00:12:15,701 --> 00:12:16,567
someone like...
311
00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:18,469
-psst! Arnold.
312
00:12:18,471 --> 00:12:19,971
[ clears throat ]
313
00:12:19,973 --> 00:12:21,906
-...Me.
314
00:12:21,908 --> 00:12:28,512
-♪ man to man ♪
315
00:12:28,514 --> 00:12:30,781
-it's now or never, arnold.
316
00:12:33,486 --> 00:12:35,152
-ah, what the heck?
317
00:12:35,154 --> 00:12:37,154
was I a stout-hearted man...
318
00:12:37,156 --> 00:12:39,123
or a craven coward?
319
00:12:39,125 --> 00:12:40,357
-miss haycock?
320
00:12:41,227 --> 00:12:42,659
-yes, kevin?
321
00:12:42,661 --> 00:12:46,163
-we've been thinking
This whole thing over.
322
00:12:46,165 --> 00:12:47,831
And...
323
00:12:47,833 --> 00:12:49,433
See...
324
00:12:49,435 --> 00:12:52,136
We don't really wanna be
In the spring sing.
325
00:12:54,073 --> 00:12:56,507
It's just that...
326
00:12:56,509 --> 00:12:58,409
We're not any good.
327
00:12:58,411 --> 00:13:00,144
So...
328
00:13:00,146 --> 00:13:01,679
Maybe we shouldn't do it.
329
00:13:01,681 --> 00:13:03,747
-there. Difficult, of course,
330
00:13:03,749 --> 00:13:05,816
but best for everyoneconcerned.
331
00:13:05,818 --> 00:13:08,786
-you...Really feel this way?
332
00:13:08,788 --> 00:13:10,687
All of you?
333
00:13:10,689 --> 00:13:13,157
-mm-hmm.
-yeah.
334
00:13:13,159 --> 00:13:15,259
-I see.
335
00:13:15,261 --> 00:13:19,129
Well...I had no idea.
336
00:13:19,131 --> 00:13:21,499
-and there you had it.
337
00:13:21,501 --> 00:13:23,201
we'd finally gotten throughto her.
338
00:13:23,203 --> 00:13:25,503
miss haycock was comingto her senses.
339
00:13:25,505 --> 00:13:26,904
she was going to see reason.
340
00:13:26,906 --> 00:13:28,973
she was going...
341
00:13:28,975 --> 00:13:30,674
-[ crying softly ]
342
00:13:30,676 --> 00:13:31,875
-...To cry.
343
00:13:35,381 --> 00:13:37,315
-[ crying intensifies ]
344
00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:39,550
-needless to say, we handled itwith a certain maturity.
345
00:13:39,552 --> 00:13:41,652
-well, what you do that for,
Arnold?
346
00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:43,354
-me?! You told me to!
347
00:13:43,356 --> 00:13:44,521
-way to go, kev.
348
00:13:44,523 --> 00:13:46,223
-I can't believe you did that.
349
00:13:46,225 --> 00:13:48,459
-you were supposed to talk
To her, not make her cry.
350
00:13:50,430 --> 00:13:52,530
-[ crying continues ]
351
00:13:52,532 --> 00:13:54,865
-we had no ideawhat to do next.
352
00:13:54,867 --> 00:13:57,301
the only thingthat could help us now
353
00:13:57,303 --> 00:13:58,635
was a miracle.
354
00:13:58,637 --> 00:14:01,705
and then...It happened.
355
00:14:01,707 --> 00:14:04,675
[ warren vocalizing ]
356
00:14:09,916 --> 00:14:11,548
[ vocalizing continues ]
357
00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:16,753
it took the tearsof a student teacher
358
00:14:16,755 --> 00:14:19,489
to bring a song to the lipsof warren gander.
359
00:14:19,491 --> 00:14:22,226
-[ vocalizing continues ]
360
00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:25,863
-♪ men, men, men, men,
Men, men, men... ♪
361
00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:29,633
-♪ men, men, men, men,
Men, men... ♪
362
00:14:29,635 --> 00:14:33,637
-♪ men, men, men, men, men,
Men, men, men, men ♪
363
00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:36,040
-and the rest is history.
364
00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:37,641
-♪ men, men, men,
Men, men, men... ♪
365
00:14:37,643 --> 00:14:41,478
-♪ lend me some men
Who are stout-hearted men ♪
366
00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:45,750
♪ who will fight
For the right they adore ♪
367
00:14:45,752 --> 00:14:50,087
-♪ start me with ten
Who are stout-hearted men ♪
368
00:14:50,089 --> 00:14:54,325
-and so began the greatglee club comeback of 1970.
369
00:14:54,327 --> 00:14:56,126
-♪ give me some men... ♪
370
00:14:56,128 --> 00:14:59,029
-there were only two weeks leftbefore the big spring sing,
371
00:14:59,031 --> 00:15:02,800
but during those two weeks,we breathed, slept,
372
00:15:02,802 --> 00:15:06,670
and ate "Stout-hearted men".
373
00:15:06,672 --> 00:15:11,075
-♪ and I'll soon give you
10,000 more ♪
374
00:15:11,077 --> 00:15:13,877
-it became our anthem,our battle cry...
375
00:15:13,879 --> 00:15:15,379
[ horn honking ]
376
00:15:15,381 --> 00:15:19,050
...As we rallied 'roundour secret weapon.
377
00:15:19,052 --> 00:15:23,020
-♪ then there's nothing
In the world... ♪
378
00:15:23,022 --> 00:15:25,255
-it was kind of...Infectious.
379
00:15:25,257 --> 00:15:27,825
-♪ ...A plan ♪
380
00:15:27,827 --> 00:15:29,693
♪ when stout-hearted... ♪
381
00:15:29,695 --> 00:15:31,494
-and when the dayhad finally arrived...
382
00:15:31,496 --> 00:15:33,698
we had gone from horrible to...
383
00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:37,201
-♪ man to ♪
384
00:15:37,203 --> 00:15:44,975
-♪ man ♪
385
00:15:44,977 --> 00:15:49,980
[ finale plays ]
386
00:15:49,982 --> 00:15:52,015
-magnificent!
387
00:15:52,017 --> 00:15:56,387
-well, anyway,we were ready...
388
00:15:56,389 --> 00:16:00,657
[ choir singing indistinctly ]
389
00:16:00,659 --> 00:16:10,167
-♪ till you find your dreams ♪
390
00:16:10,169 --> 00:16:11,701
[ applause ]
391
00:16:13,939 --> 00:16:15,906
-I'm not ready for this.
392
00:16:15,908 --> 00:16:17,541
-sure you are.
393
00:16:17,543 --> 00:16:18,842
-no, I'm not.
394
00:16:18,844 --> 00:16:21,145
-oh, come on, paul.
It's just one song.
395
00:16:21,147 --> 00:16:23,881
-...Or soI kept telling myself.
396
00:16:23,883 --> 00:16:25,016
-look around.
397
00:16:25,018 --> 00:16:27,018
These guys are
Practically professionals.
398
00:16:27,020 --> 00:16:30,554
People are paying
A buck-fifty to see them...
399
00:16:30,556 --> 00:16:32,723
And us.
400
00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:33,957
[ sneezes ]
401
00:16:33,959 --> 00:16:35,192
-uh-oh.
402
00:16:35,194 --> 00:16:37,194
that sneeze was a bad sign.
403
00:16:37,196 --> 00:16:38,229
-[ sneezes ]
404
00:16:38,231 --> 00:16:40,264
-a very bad sign.
405
00:16:40,266 --> 00:16:41,365
-take a deep breath.
406
00:16:41,367 --> 00:16:43,000
You know how you get
Once it starts.
407
00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:45,002
-it's my nerves.
408
00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:47,170
-come on, paul, what's there
To be nervous about?
409
00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:48,338
Remember?
410
00:16:48,340 --> 00:16:50,808
We've got warren.
411
00:16:50,810 --> 00:16:54,045
[ indistinct conversation ]
412
00:16:54,047 --> 00:16:56,313
-hey, you guys are in the
8th-grade glee club, right?
413
00:16:56,315 --> 00:16:57,982
Can't wait
To hear you sing.
414
00:16:57,984 --> 00:17:00,718
-you too. What are you singing?
415
00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,786
-we're starting out with
Thomson's "Hallelujah,"
416
00:17:02,788 --> 00:17:04,989
Then "Pater noster,
Qui es in caelis" --
417
00:17:04,991 --> 00:17:06,323
The vulpius version.
418
00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:07,792
Then something
A little lighter --
419
00:17:07,794 --> 00:17:09,827
Some selections
From "La bohème."
420
00:17:09,829 --> 00:17:11,228
How about you?
421
00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:12,463
-"Vulpius"?
422
00:17:12,465 --> 00:17:14,431
"La bohème"?
423
00:17:14,433 --> 00:17:17,568
-"Stout-hearted men."
-[ sneezes ]
424
00:17:17,570 --> 00:17:19,336
-here they are --
425
00:17:19,338 --> 00:17:21,138
My boys.
426
00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:23,074
Come on, everybody.
427
00:17:23,076 --> 00:17:24,975
Gather 'round.
428
00:17:24,977 --> 00:17:28,012
I brought something for you.
429
00:17:28,014 --> 00:17:30,781
Here. Pass these out.
430
00:17:30,783 --> 00:17:31,915
Everyone gets one.
431
00:17:31,917 --> 00:17:34,452
-yep, miss haycockwas in her element --
432
00:17:34,454 --> 00:17:36,820
whatever element that was.
433
00:17:36,822 --> 00:17:40,357
-I'm so proud of you all.
434
00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,194
Ever since
I was a little girl...
435
00:17:43,196 --> 00:17:45,796
-no, geez, don't tell us this.we don't want to --
436
00:17:45,798 --> 00:17:48,599
-...I've dreamed of standing up
In front of a choir
437
00:17:48,601 --> 00:17:50,568
And molding them in song.
438
00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:53,471
Tonight will be
My very first time,
439
00:17:53,473 --> 00:17:57,340
And I have you to thank --
My men.
440
00:17:57,342 --> 00:18:01,245
I'll never forget any of you.
441
00:18:01,247 --> 00:18:05,382
-the funny thing is, in a way,that turned out to be true.
442
00:18:05,384 --> 00:18:08,552
-all right. Let's line up.
443
00:18:08,554 --> 00:18:12,323
We're next.
444
00:18:12,325 --> 00:18:15,826
-and so from the murky depthsof mr. Frace's choir room,
445
00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:20,231
the 8th-grade boys glee clubfinally stepped into the light.
446
00:18:20,233 --> 00:18:24,167
[ light applause ]
447
00:18:32,211 --> 00:18:34,411
sure, we had misgivings.
448
00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:39,482
but gazing down onmiss haycock's confident face,
449
00:18:39,484 --> 00:18:41,385
we knew we had nothing to fear.
450
00:18:41,387 --> 00:18:43,220
she believed in us.
451
00:18:43,222 --> 00:18:45,489
and, of course, we believed...
452
00:18:45,491 --> 00:18:46,890
in warren.
453
00:18:51,564 --> 00:18:53,364
[ piano plays introduction ]
454
00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:55,900
but as I look backon that night,
455
00:18:55,902 --> 00:18:58,636
it isn't the anticipationI remember best,
456
00:18:58,638 --> 00:19:03,707
and it isn't the facesin the audience.
457
00:19:03,709 --> 00:19:09,246
-♪ ahhhhhhhhhh ♪
458
00:19:09,248 --> 00:19:10,848
-what I remember best
459
00:19:10,850 --> 00:19:14,985
is that warren gander's voicechose exactly that moment...
460
00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:17,587
-[ croaks ]
461
00:19:18,991 --> 00:19:21,325
-...To change.
462
00:19:24,063 --> 00:19:25,963
[ audience murmuring ]
463
00:19:28,234 --> 00:19:30,067
-♪ ahhhhhhhhh ♪
464
00:19:30,069 --> 00:19:31,568
[ croaks ]
465
00:19:31,570 --> 00:19:33,504
-it was cruel.
466
00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:34,871
in front of our very eyes,
467
00:19:34,873 --> 00:19:39,210
warren had transformedfrom lyric tenor...
468
00:19:39,212 --> 00:19:40,878
to...
469
00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,112
-[ croaks ]
470
00:19:42,114 --> 00:19:45,048
-...Well, a bullfrog.
471
00:19:45,050 --> 00:19:47,051
[ murmuring, light laughter ]
472
00:19:47,053 --> 00:19:49,253
so the rest of usdid the only thing we could --
473
00:19:49,255 --> 00:19:51,355
we panicked.
474
00:19:55,728 --> 00:19:57,561
-keep going!
475
00:19:57,563 --> 00:19:59,863
[ piano plays introduction ]
476
00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:02,065
Keep going!
477
00:20:02,067 --> 00:20:02,866
-men.
-men.
478
00:20:02,868 --> 00:20:03,967
-men.
-men.
479
00:20:03,969 --> 00:20:04,968
-men.
-men.
480
00:20:04,970 --> 00:20:05,970
-men.
-men.
481
00:20:05,972 --> 00:20:07,938
-but the die was cast.
482
00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:09,807
-[ sneezes ]
483
00:20:09,809 --> 00:20:11,141
-paul sneezed...
484
00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:12,509
-[ sneezes ]
485
00:20:12,511 --> 00:20:14,711
-...Which was too muchfor doug.
486
00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:16,046
[ thud ]
487
00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:19,383
somebody laughed,and I dropped my music.
488
00:20:19,385 --> 00:20:21,352
-keep going!
489
00:20:21,354 --> 00:20:22,519
-[ sneezes ]
490
00:20:22,521 --> 00:20:24,187
-it was kind ofa chain reaction.
491
00:20:24,189 --> 00:20:27,157
-[ sneezes ]
492
00:20:27,159 --> 00:20:30,394
-I'd like to say we rallied...
493
00:20:30,396 --> 00:20:32,263
-[ sneezes ]
494
00:20:32,265 --> 00:20:33,631
-but...We didn't.
495
00:20:33,633 --> 00:20:36,766
[ disorganized singing,
Talking ]
496
00:20:43,375 --> 00:20:46,443
[ disorganized singing
Continues ]
497
00:20:51,884 --> 00:20:53,017
Men.
Men. Men.
498
00:20:53,019 --> 00:20:54,418
-men.
-men.
499
00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:55,718
-[ sneezes ]
500
00:20:57,490 --> 00:20:58,656
[ sneezes ]
501
00:21:00,426 --> 00:21:02,192
-it was no one's fault, really.
502
00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:06,130
I guess we'd just been pushedbeyond our limits.
503
00:21:06,132 --> 00:21:08,565
we we're a bunchof 8th-grade boys,
504
00:21:08,567 --> 00:21:13,003
not an ensembleof stout-hearted men.
505
00:21:13,005 --> 00:21:14,037
[ light applause ]
506
00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:15,606
[ applause intensifies ]
507
00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:18,309
as for miss haycock,
508
00:21:18,311 --> 00:21:21,278
she'd dreamed of molding usinto something we weren't.
509
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:26,283
but that night,she got her wake-up call.
510
00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:30,220
-♪ give me some men
Who are stout-hearted men... ♪
511
00:21:30,222 --> 00:21:32,623
-the only problem was...
512
00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:35,326
she wasn't there to answer it.
513
00:21:35,328 --> 00:21:37,995
-[ sneezes ]
514
00:21:37,997 --> 00:21:41,198
-we never found out wheremiss haycock disappeared to,
515
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,201
although some saidshe'd gone back to college.
516
00:21:44,203 --> 00:21:47,604
still, I like to thinkthat wherever she is
517
00:21:47,606 --> 00:21:49,673
there's a warm spotin her heart
518
00:21:49,675 --> 00:21:52,042
for the 8th-gradeboys' glee club.
519
00:21:52,044 --> 00:21:55,012
after all,we'd learned from her,
520
00:21:55,014 --> 00:21:58,081
and in a way...she'd learned from us.
521
00:21:58,083 --> 00:21:59,416
we'd learned together...
522
00:21:59,418 --> 00:22:03,854
-♪ man to man ♪
523
00:22:03,856 --> 00:22:06,056
-...Or so I liketo tell myself.
524
00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:08,792
[ finale plays ]
525
00:22:10,395 --> 00:22:12,495
[ paul sneezes ]
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