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'Twas the night
before Christmas,
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and all through the house,
not a creature was stirring,
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not even a...?
Mouse!
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The stockings were hung
by the chimney with care,
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in hopes that St. Nicholas
soon would be there.
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The children were nestled
all snug in their beds
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while visions of sugar plums
danced in their heads.
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And Mama in her kerchief,
and I in my cap,
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had just settled down
for a long winter's...?
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Nap!
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When out on the lawn,
there arose such a clatter.
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I sprang from my bed
to see what was the matter.
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Away to the window
I flew like a flash,
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drew open the shutter
and threw up the sash.
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The moon on the breast
of the new-fallen snow
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gave the lustre of midday
to objects below.
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Hear ye, hear ye!
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A charge of literary piracy
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is to be tried on Christmas Eve
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within the courts of
this fair city of Troy!
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Wherein the descendants of
Major Henry Livingston Jr.
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Charge Clement Clarke Moore
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of falsely claiming
authorship of the poem
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"'Twas the Night
Before Christmas"!
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Jefferson's idea...
Build up hype for the play!
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He's worried about hype?
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He's a producer,
he's always worried.
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It's actually
a pretty good idea, right?
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Such thin,
translucent writing paper.
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Remarkable!
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Some people take this
Victorian Stroll so seriously.
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I mean, I guess that's why
we're doing the play here.
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Great googly!
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Oh!
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Hi, Edna!
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When my niece heard that
you were staying at my B&B,
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she just had to meet you.
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So, this is Beth.
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Hi, Beth.
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You're Marly Wilkens!
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Well, I played a character
named Marly on TV,
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probably when I was about your
age, but my name is Madison.
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Great googly!
Oh!
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And this is Hayley,
Madison's friend.
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They wrote the play together.
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Hi, Beth. Hi.
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We are thrilled
that Connor Avery is starring!
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You two were so great together
in Christmastime Cupid.
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Thank you.
Oh!
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The kiss?
Right?
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Anyway, let's go get
some warm mince tarts, alright?
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Okay, bye!
Look at the horse!
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Uh... it's a horse. Yeah...
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That kiss?
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Don't start.
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Dad, the taxi's here!
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We got a reindeer at 12 o'clock.
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Do you have your toothbrush?
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Check.
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Do you have your lucky socks?
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Hmm, checkity-check.
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Snacks for the plane?
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Double-check.
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Wait... there's one more thing!
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Got your toothbrush?
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Go on, your car is outside.
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I'm gonna land
tonight in New York,
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I drive upstate,
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and I'm gonna be staying
at the hotel in Troy.
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And at this rate, you'll be
lucky if you make your flight.
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What is this?
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It's a gingerbread footprint
salt dough Rudolph head.
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Om nom!
Dad, don't eat it!
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It's a Christmas ornament.
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Oh!
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To hang on your tree
in New York.
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Thank you.
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You know,
we're gonna hang it up together
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when you and Nana come visit me.
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If you ever make it there.
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Thank you, Ma!
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Love you.
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Alright, give me a hug, J-Bug.
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Ahh!
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I'm gonna miss you.
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Break a leg, Daddy.
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Ooh!
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I'm sorry.
Mind the grease.
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I beg your pardon?
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Oh, you're part of
the Victorian...
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Yes.
Um...
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Well, this is a play about
who really wrote the poem
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"'Twas the Night
Before Christmas."
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"An Account of a Visit
from St. Nicholas"!
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The poem was originally titled
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"An Account of a Visit
from St. Nicholas."
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Yes, it was!
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Okay.
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Merry Christmas.
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Hey, Walter.
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I've got a great
potential series
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all lined up for you.
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You are going to love it.
It's a reboot of...
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We've already discussed this.
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Directing is my focus now.
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But we make so much
money from your acting.
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But it's not about the money.
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Why are you trying to hurt me?
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Look, you know
I need to stretch my wings.
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Isn't that what Icarus said,
right before...
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Boom!
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It's not about hubris, Walter.
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Why not start
directing with a short
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like every other actor?
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Phone cameras
can do so much these days.
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Why does it gotta be a play?
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And in Upstate New York...
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where it's cold?
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Because the subject matter
means something to me.
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A poem about Santa Claus?
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Yes, a poem about Santa Claus.
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Okay, okay.
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I'm sure it'll be fine,
minus the lost revenue.
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I mean, you've got such
a stellar rep in this biz.
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Thanks.
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I'm sure it'll be fine
if it flops.
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I appreciate the support.
Goodbye, Walter.
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Call if you need anything...
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or change your mind.
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Madison?
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I got news. Ugh...
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Hey, what's going on?
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The Christmas movie I wrote,
"The Jolliest Holiday,"
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tons of last-minute changes
coming in fast and furious,
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and apparently both
the producers and director
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want me on set.
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What?!
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Did I mention it's in LA?
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'Cause... I have a flight
there this afternoon.
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Ugh!
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Well, what does
that mean for our play?
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It means I won't
be here to help.
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I'm so sorry.
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No, I'm sorry you have
to deal with all of this.
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It's okay.
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At least I don't have to
worry about our script.
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No, our script's
in really good shape.
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We're good.
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I am just a phone call away,
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and I will be back in time
for the Christmas Eve premiere.
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Great.
I think.
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Hmm?
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Um...
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To what should
my wandering eyes appear?
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Oh!
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You made it!
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Are you smiling?
He smiled!
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You smiled first.
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Stop!
We already talked about this.
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I don't date actors.
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Connor!
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'Ello, ladies!
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Okay...
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Hi.
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Hi, Connor. Hi.
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It's cool, huh?
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Makes me feel like John Steed
from The Avengers.
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It's giving me
Dad from Mary Poppins.
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Oh...
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And now I can't unsee it!
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Which is probably a good thing
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because it's an American poem
and you're playing an American.
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Is Lena here?
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I'm super curious
to meet my co-star.
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I kept trying to
look her up online
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but I just found a bunch of
hand modelling credits.
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Um, she is...
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She is...
Here!
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Oh!
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How do you do,
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fellow counsellor?
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Heh...
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Connor Avery.
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I was watching "My Fair Lady"
to, um...
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to get into character,
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and I just love Audrey Hepburn.
So posh.
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And I was thinking,
maybe that's how I should
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do my voice for the show.
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Yeah?
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Actually, Lena... hi.
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You play a modern prosecutor,
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so no accents.
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That goes for you, too.
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Yeah.
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Oh my gosh,
Madison Rush, my director.
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I'm so honoured to meet you.
I'm such a big fan.
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Oh, thank you!
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Great googly!
Uh, yeah.
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It's her catchphrase.
Mm, yes.
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Yeah.
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Actually, that was
a very long time ago.
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Yeah, I was in kindergarten, so...
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it was a really long time ago.
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Great!
Um, okay, I'm gonna...
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Yeah.
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I am so excited to be here!
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I could not believe it
when Jefferson told me
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I got the part!
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Amazing.
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Everyone, if you
could just gather around...
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Let's go listen to the director.
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Hi.
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I just wanted to thank you all
for being a part of this
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unique theatrical experience
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that's part play
and part mock-trial.
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A jury, made up from
real audience members,
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will listen to both sides:
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Clement Clarke Moore,
represented by Connor Avery,
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and Henry Livingston Jr.,
represented by Lena DeLorean.
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And then during intermission,
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we'll render a verdict
to determine once and for all
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who really wrote "'Twas
the Night Before Christmas."
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Which has a lot of
meaning for this audience
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because the poem was
first published here in Troy
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anonymously back in 1823.
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So, let's do a read-through
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and then we'll get
to blocking, yeah?
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Alright.
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Uh, so, um...
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Where are the blocks?
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You think that I don't know
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that you only took this case...
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so that you could see me...
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again?
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You wish.
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That seems mean.
That's mean!
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Right?
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Uh, let's just keep reading.
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We need to do something.
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Maybe I could take
the time on the flight
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to try to pare down
Lena's lines.
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So, she seems very sweet,
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but why was she cast?
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I guess you could say
we couldn't do the play
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without her.
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How do you mean?
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She's the producer's girlfriend.
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Jefferson was the only producer
that would back the play,
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as long as... Lena got the part.
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Right.
But you know what?
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I took this play
to give myself a challenge,
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and Lena is, well, a challenge.
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Yeah, she is!
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I admire your affinity
for understatement.
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Sorry.
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Thanks again for doing this.
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Yeah, of course.
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Hey, how's Josie?
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She's good.
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And my mom's gonna
bring her out here
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as soon as she gets off school
for winter break.
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Oh... Connor.
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You should have told me no.
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She is gonna love the
Victorian Festival and the play.
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I hope so.
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I gotta go back to
Edna's B&B and grab my luggage.
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00:10:51,151 --> 00:10:53,318
Production just moved
my flight up by two hours.
268
00:10:53,319 --> 00:10:54,611
What?
269
00:10:54,612 --> 00:10:56,071
I feel like I'm abandoning you.
270
00:10:56,072 --> 00:10:57,823
You're not.
Go do your job.
271
00:10:57,824 --> 00:11:00,826
Okay.
Just 'cause they pay me.
272
00:11:00,827 --> 00:11:02,578
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
273
00:11:02,579 --> 00:11:03,954
I love you.
I love you.
274
00:11:03,955 --> 00:11:05,414
Bye.
275
00:11:05,415 --> 00:11:08,417
Merry Christmas.
276
00:11:08,418 --> 00:11:10,669
You only took this job...
277
00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:13,506
so that you could see me again.
278
00:11:19,721 --> 00:11:22,222
Madison!
Hey, Connor!
279
00:11:22,223 --> 00:11:24,266
Two of my favourites.
280
00:11:24,267 --> 00:11:25,476
Oh...
281
00:11:25,477 --> 00:11:26,935
Hey, Jefferson.
282
00:11:26,936 --> 00:11:28,937
Hey, thanks again
for casting Lena.
283
00:11:28,938 --> 00:11:30,689
Girl just needs a chance,
you know?
284
00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:31,940
Like you need with this play.
285
00:11:31,941 --> 00:11:33,233
Oh.
286
00:11:33,234 --> 00:11:34,735
Yeah.
287
00:11:34,736 --> 00:11:36,320
I've actually been
thinking about the play.
288
00:11:36,321 --> 00:11:37,446
It's a great concept.
289
00:11:37,447 --> 00:11:38,572
Love the real jury part.
290
00:11:38,573 --> 00:11:39,782
Okay...
291
00:11:39,783 --> 00:11:41,408
The romance isn't working.
292
00:11:41,409 --> 00:11:42,701
Not working?
293
00:11:42,702 --> 00:11:43,827
Yeah, there's no chemistry.
294
00:11:43,828 --> 00:11:45,371
These are two former lovers,
295
00:11:45,372 --> 00:11:47,790
brought together in the court
of law over this debate.
296
00:11:47,791 --> 00:11:50,376
Instead, it's kind of...
297
00:11:50,377 --> 00:11:51,543
Eh.
298
00:11:51,544 --> 00:11:53,295
"Eh"?
Uh...
299
00:11:53,296 --> 00:11:55,047
I mean, don't worry
about the chemistry.
300
00:11:55,048 --> 00:11:58,384
Connor will bring the chemistry.
301
00:11:58,385 --> 00:11:59,885
Ah, I'm just saying
302
00:11:59,886 --> 00:12:02,137
that maybe you can bump it up
with a little something.
303
00:12:02,138 --> 00:12:04,640
And another thing, you gotta
up the good guy/bad guy angle.
304
00:12:04,641 --> 00:12:05,974
Good guy/bad guy angle?
305
00:12:05,975 --> 00:12:07,559
Yeah, audiences
want someone to root for,
306
00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:09,728
and someone to root against.
307
00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:10,938
But this town has been debating
308
00:12:10,939 --> 00:12:12,481
who wrote this poem for years.
309
00:12:12,482 --> 00:12:14,066
We might alienate
half our audience.
310
00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:16,026
More like stir their passions.
311
00:12:16,027 --> 00:12:18,445
Oh, Jefferson,
we open in ten days.
312
00:12:18,446 --> 00:12:19,905
Yeah, that's plenty of time.
313
00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:22,074
Hey, look, I don't
wanna step on any toes here,
314
00:12:22,075 --> 00:12:23,742
but I think we should respect
315
00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:25,828
Madison and Hayley's
original vision.
316
00:12:25,829 --> 00:12:27,746
Mmm, yeah, we are, Connor.
317
00:12:27,747 --> 00:12:30,332
It's already
built into the story.
318
00:12:30,333 --> 00:12:32,751
Okay, look, on one side,
you got this Moore guy, right?
319
00:12:32,752 --> 00:12:35,170
He's a rich
Manhattan property owner
320
00:12:35,171 --> 00:12:37,423
who's against
all Christmas celebrations.
321
00:12:37,424 --> 00:12:40,467
Then on the other side
we got Henry Livingston Jr.
322
00:12:40,468 --> 00:12:41,593
He's a farmer.
323
00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:42,845
He's a family man.
324
00:12:42,846 --> 00:12:44,805
The man is a hero
of the Revolutionary War,
325
00:12:44,806 --> 00:12:46,890
who wrote these poems
for his children
326
00:12:46,891 --> 00:12:49,268
and then he had his
most beloved creation stolen
327
00:12:49,269 --> 00:12:50,811
by a real-life Scrooge.
328
00:12:50,812 --> 00:12:52,896
Well, we don't
know that for a fact.
329
00:12:52,897 --> 00:12:54,690
I mean, we do and we don't.
330
00:12:54,691 --> 00:12:56,233
Hey...
331
00:12:56,234 --> 00:12:58,235
Hey, not like they're gonna
come back and dispute it.
332
00:12:58,236 --> 00:12:59,320
Am I right?
333
00:13:01,031 --> 00:13:02,906
My agent is so gonna gloat.
334
00:13:02,907 --> 00:13:05,200
Are you gonna make the changes?
335
00:13:05,201 --> 00:13:07,619
I mean, what if he's right?
336
00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:09,246
What if the romance is "meh"
337
00:13:09,247 --> 00:13:11,790
and the audience
does want someone to root for?
338
00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:13,375
Should we pick a side?
339
00:13:13,376 --> 00:13:16,128
I-I can't do that,
and direct the play,
340
00:13:16,129 --> 00:13:18,547
and somehow teach Lena
how to act in ten days.
341
00:13:18,548 --> 00:13:20,632
She doesn't need
to be Meryl Streep.
342
00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:23,595
She just needs to say her lines
and not bump into the furniture.
343
00:13:24,971 --> 00:13:27,389
Preferably
without an English accent.
344
00:13:27,390 --> 00:13:29,683
Oh, I want it to be
better than that, though.
345
00:13:29,684 --> 00:13:31,226
I want it to be good.
346
00:13:31,227 --> 00:13:32,644
I want to be good.
347
00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:35,230
You will be.
348
00:13:35,231 --> 00:13:37,649
And I'm gonna help you...
if you want me to.
349
00:13:37,650 --> 00:13:39,318
Yeah?
350
00:13:39,319 --> 00:13:41,487
I happen to be
a whiz at research.
351
00:13:41,488 --> 00:13:42,988
You are?
352
00:13:42,989 --> 00:13:45,699
It's my secret superpower.
353
00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:47,618
If you want,
we can go to the library
354
00:13:47,619 --> 00:13:49,536
and get into the nitty-gritty
on Livingston and Moore,
355
00:13:49,537 --> 00:13:52,831
see if we can find our
good guy/bad guy angle there.
356
00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:56,168
I have already
asked so much of you.
357
00:13:56,169 --> 00:13:58,337
I don't mind.
358
00:13:58,338 --> 00:14:00,589
I am staying
in the smallest room
359
00:14:00,590 --> 00:14:04,094
at that hotel downtown,
and I am going to go stir-crazy.
360
00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:07,680
I'll meet you at the B&B...
361
00:14:07,681 --> 00:14:11,266
10 am?
362
00:14:11,267 --> 00:14:14,269
Okay, 10 am.
363
00:14:14,270 --> 00:14:15,562
It's a date.
364
00:14:15,563 --> 00:14:17,815
Well, not a date, of course.
Of course.
365
00:14:17,816 --> 00:14:19,358
No, 'cause I don't date actors.
366
00:14:19,359 --> 00:14:21,527
Yeah, me neither.
367
00:14:21,528 --> 00:14:22,695
Thank you, Connor.
368
00:14:22,696 --> 00:14:24,989
You're a really good friend.
369
00:14:33,331 --> 00:14:35,958
How do I personify Livingston
370
00:14:35,959 --> 00:14:37,543
as the hero in the courtroom?
371
00:14:37,544 --> 00:14:39,128
Or Moore.
372
00:14:39,129 --> 00:14:40,879
Well, Jefferson was
pretty adamant about making
373
00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,506
the Livingston the protagonist.
374
00:14:42,507 --> 00:14:44,717
So we're gonna
purposefully lead the jury?
375
00:14:44,718 --> 00:14:48,053
Ugh, I don't know!
376
00:14:48,054 --> 00:14:51,056
I'll let you know
what Connor and I find.
377
00:14:51,057 --> 00:14:53,934
Are you seriously
decorating your hotel room?
378
00:14:53,935 --> 00:14:55,645
Yeah!
I brought it from Production.
379
00:14:56,771 --> 00:14:58,313
Helps get me in the mood.
380
00:14:58,314 --> 00:15:00,482
What was that about Connor?
What?
381
00:15:00,483 --> 00:15:03,736
You said you'd let me
know "what Connor and I find."
382
00:15:03,737 --> 00:15:06,739
He's helping me do research.
383
00:15:06,740 --> 00:15:08,240
Carry your books to class.
384
00:15:08,241 --> 00:15:10,784
Aren't you too busy
for misguided innuendo?
385
00:15:10,785 --> 00:15:12,661
One should never be
too busy for innuendo.
386
00:15:12,662 --> 00:15:13,912
Misguided.
387
00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:15,622
You have your version,
I have mine.
388
00:15:15,623 --> 00:15:16,665
I'm hanging up now.
389
00:15:16,666 --> 00:15:20,045
Good luck!
390
00:15:30,472 --> 00:15:34,099
Let me
warm up that coffee for you.
391
00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:35,934
Thank you, Edna.
Mm-hm!
392
00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:37,936
You're here early.
393
00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:39,146
Good morning, Edna.
394
00:15:39,147 --> 00:15:40,606
Good morning.
395
00:15:40,607 --> 00:15:42,775
Well, I insisted that Connor
come here for breakfast.
396
00:15:42,776 --> 00:15:44,401
You know what?
397
00:15:44,402 --> 00:15:46,570
The hotel where he's staying at,
it just has the worst buffets.
398
00:15:46,571 --> 00:15:48,113
Right?
399
00:15:48,114 --> 00:15:50,742
The waffles are perfect.
You're perfect.
400
00:15:55,288 --> 00:15:58,540
Well, I see Charming Connor
is back in fine form.
401
00:15:58,541 --> 00:16:00,167
Ah, two years post-divorce,
402
00:16:00,168 --> 00:16:02,294
I'm really just trying to
put myself out there.
403
00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:04,046
Hmm, alright.
Well, I'll let Edna know.
404
00:16:04,047 --> 00:16:07,092
Oh, please do.
405
00:16:09,177 --> 00:16:10,594
Listen to this.
406
00:16:10,595 --> 00:16:12,721
"Many of Major Livingston's
poems were written
407
00:16:12,722 --> 00:16:16,141
"for his children and published
in New York papers and magazines
408
00:16:16,142 --> 00:16:20,896
"anonymously or under
quirky pseudonyms such as...
409
00:16:20,897 --> 00:16:23,816
"Senor Whimsicalo Pomposo."
410
00:16:23,817 --> 00:16:26,110
"Livingston's grandson, Sydney,
411
00:16:26,111 --> 00:16:28,278
"claimed to have found
the original handwritten copy
412
00:16:28,279 --> 00:16:30,155
"of the Christmas poem
in his father's desk
413
00:16:30,156 --> 00:16:32,199
"with its original cross-outs,
414
00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:36,370
"but the manuscript was lost in
a house fire later that year."
415
00:16:36,371 --> 00:16:38,331
How convenient.
416
00:16:43,003 --> 00:16:44,169
Hm.
417
00:16:44,170 --> 00:16:45,504
I've never heard that before.
418
00:16:45,505 --> 00:16:46,588
Where did you find this?
419
00:16:46,589 --> 00:16:48,090
Up in the stacks.
420
00:16:48,091 --> 00:16:50,509
Had to use the old
Dewey Decimal System.
421
00:16:50,510 --> 00:16:53,762
And I'm pretty sure I haven't
said "Dewey Decimal System"
422
00:16:53,763 --> 00:16:55,556
since I graduated law school.
423
00:16:55,557 --> 00:16:56,765
Law school?
424
00:16:56,766 --> 00:16:59,184
Wait, you're a lawyer?
425
00:16:59,185 --> 00:17:01,770
Well, I never actually
passed the bar anywhere,
426
00:17:01,771 --> 00:17:03,647
and that is a much longer story,
427
00:17:03,648 --> 00:17:06,358
and yours truly has a date
with the unauthorized biography
428
00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:08,777
of Clement Clarke Moore to find.
429
00:17:08,778 --> 00:17:10,029
We're focusing on Livingston.
430
00:17:10,030 --> 00:17:11,196
You are.
431
00:17:11,197 --> 00:17:12,698
I'm playing the guy
defending Moore,
432
00:17:12,699 --> 00:17:15,034
and I want to be prepared.
433
00:17:15,035 --> 00:17:17,870
Oh, you really
are a research nerd.
434
00:17:17,871 --> 00:17:20,290
Guilty!
435
00:17:25,211 --> 00:17:27,880
Terribly sorry for
the disturbance, Miss.
436
00:17:27,881 --> 00:17:29,923
I always was a bit of a foozler.
437
00:17:29,924 --> 00:17:31,675
A what?
438
00:17:31,676 --> 00:17:32,885
Foozler.
439
00:17:32,886 --> 00:17:36,472
Or klutz,
in the parlance of your time.
440
00:17:36,473 --> 00:17:38,682
Man, you take
this Victorian Stroll thing
441
00:17:38,683 --> 00:17:40,267
so seriously!
442
00:17:40,268 --> 00:17:42,936
My time is before
that of Queen Victoria.
443
00:17:42,937 --> 00:17:46,231
A-ha.
444
00:17:46,232 --> 00:17:48,067
Have we met somewhere?
445
00:17:48,068 --> 00:17:49,318
I don't believe
I've had the pleasure.
446
00:17:49,319 --> 00:17:51,195
Major Henry Livingston. Junior.
447
00:17:51,196 --> 00:17:52,613
At your service.
448
00:17:52,614 --> 00:17:55,741
Oh, you're one of
the Livingston cosplayers.
449
00:17:55,742 --> 00:17:57,076
I beg your pardon?
450
00:17:57,077 --> 00:17:58,660
I saw a few
Livingstons out there.
451
00:17:58,661 --> 00:18:00,037
And Moores.
452
00:18:00,038 --> 00:18:02,581
And at least two or three
Sherlock Holmes.
453
00:18:02,582 --> 00:18:04,875
Rest assured, Miss...
454
00:18:04,876 --> 00:18:07,878
I am the genuine article.
455
00:18:07,879 --> 00:18:10,757
You really get into the spirit.
456
00:18:15,553 --> 00:18:17,262
That's it!
457
00:18:17,263 --> 00:18:19,515
Spirit, ghost!
Shh!
458
00:18:19,516 --> 00:18:21,558
Sorry, sorry!
459
00:18:21,559 --> 00:18:24,728
Livingston's ghost goes back
to testify at his own trial.
460
00:18:24,729 --> 00:18:29,024
Boom, personification!
461
00:18:29,025 --> 00:18:31,443
Do you know where
the Spark Street Theatre is?
462
00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:34,698
I am acquainted with
the establishment, yes.
463
00:19:15,655 --> 00:19:17,781
Connor's desk,
this whole half.
464
00:19:17,782 --> 00:19:19,576
Right, we'll do that.
465
00:19:21,995 --> 00:19:24,580
So many... pages.
466
00:19:24,581 --> 00:19:25,956
I love it.
467
00:19:25,957 --> 00:19:28,459
It's Law & Order meets
the Ghost of Christmas Past.
468
00:19:28,460 --> 00:19:30,210
It's Dickens with a deposition.
469
00:19:30,211 --> 00:19:32,546
Thanks, Jefferson!
470
00:19:32,547 --> 00:19:34,923
So, who do you
got in mind for Livingston?
471
00:19:34,924 --> 00:19:37,009
Um, I have found someone.
472
00:19:37,010 --> 00:19:38,344
Someone inexpensive?
473
00:19:38,345 --> 00:19:40,137
Yes.
Would I know them?
474
00:19:40,138 --> 00:19:42,014
No, he's actually local.
475
00:19:42,015 --> 00:19:43,641
Oh.
Even better!
476
00:19:45,477 --> 00:19:47,186
Gotta take this. Okay.
477
00:19:47,187 --> 00:19:49,605
Go for Jefferson.
478
00:19:49,606 --> 00:19:51,857
So what's his name, the new guy?
479
00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:56,779
Uh, he actually
likes to go by Livingston.
480
00:19:56,780 --> 00:19:59,698
So he's a, uh, method actor!
481
00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:01,200
I'm not sure.
482
00:20:01,201 --> 00:20:04,037
He's a little difficult
to read, so...
483
00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:07,539
Well, when do we
get to meet him?
484
00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:09,375
He should be here any...
485
00:20:09,376 --> 00:20:11,085
You know, actors aren't
the most punctual.
486
00:20:11,086 --> 00:20:13,212
I am not an actor!
487
00:20:13,213 --> 00:20:15,381
I'm a map-maker
and surveyor by trade,
488
00:20:15,382 --> 00:20:19,552
and by avocation
an illustrator and poet.
489
00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:26,643
He's here!
490
00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,442
Everyone,
meet Major Henry Livingston Jr.
491
00:20:35,443 --> 00:20:36,860
At your service.
492
00:20:36,861 --> 00:20:38,821
I think you'll find
that he is well-versed
493
00:20:38,822 --> 00:20:42,574
in all things Livingston
and able to ad lib when needed.
494
00:20:42,575 --> 00:20:43,826
Ad lib?
495
00:20:43,827 --> 00:20:46,078
Ad libbing, yeah?
Uh...
496
00:20:46,079 --> 00:20:47,287
Uh, Sean, our stage manager,
497
00:20:47,288 --> 00:20:48,622
will get you some new pages.
498
00:20:48,623 --> 00:20:50,249
Yes, here you go.
Thank you.
499
00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:52,251
Thank you, my good sir.
500
00:20:52,252 --> 00:20:54,712
I assure you, these shall
receive my utmost attention.
501
00:20:54,713 --> 00:20:56,422
Is this our Livingston?
502
00:20:56,423 --> 00:20:58,716
Oh, welcome aboard, Major!
503
00:20:58,717 --> 00:21:01,010
I am loving this costume.
504
00:21:01,011 --> 00:21:02,386
Great detail.
Very lived-in.
505
00:21:02,387 --> 00:21:03,554
Is this his or ours?
506
00:21:03,555 --> 00:21:04,847
You know what?
Never mind.
507
00:21:04,848 --> 00:21:07,307
Just send me the number
to your tailor, will ya?
508
00:21:07,308 --> 00:21:10,352
You're a bit of butter
upon bacon, aren't you?
509
00:21:10,353 --> 00:21:12,897
Well, don't tell
my cardiologist!
510
00:21:14,232 --> 00:21:16,150
Oh, he's our good guy, yeah?
511
00:21:16,151 --> 00:21:18,068
Maybe just lighten
him up a little bit.
512
00:21:18,069 --> 00:21:20,237
Hmm.
Thanks.
513
00:21:20,238 --> 00:21:22,114
Alright, let's get it
on its feet.
514
00:21:22,115 --> 00:21:24,116
Yeah?
515
00:21:24,117 --> 00:21:26,660
Major, would you mind
reading your pages?
516
00:21:26,661 --> 00:21:28,163
Certainly.
517
00:21:41,217 --> 00:21:43,218
Out loud?
518
00:21:43,219 --> 00:21:46,930
Ah.
519
00:21:46,931 --> 00:21:49,558
I was commissioned major
in 1775.
520
00:21:49,559 --> 00:21:51,435
The fiddle
was a great distraction
521
00:21:51,436 --> 00:21:55,147
when hostilities began.
522
00:21:55,148 --> 00:21:59,318
Hmm, those were
trying days, indeed.
523
00:21:59,319 --> 00:22:01,612
It seemed as though
everyone strove to find
524
00:22:01,613 --> 00:22:04,782
some lighthearted distraction
to devote their attention
525
00:22:04,783 --> 00:22:07,076
from the uncertainty
that surrounded us.
526
00:22:07,077 --> 00:22:11,789
Though I do often point
to that time as the quiet spark
527
00:22:11,790 --> 00:22:15,710
for my own creative endeavours
later in my life.
528
00:22:17,545 --> 00:22:20,089
That was perfect!
529
00:22:20,090 --> 00:22:22,633
Really, that was great.
530
00:22:22,634 --> 00:22:24,803
Okay!
531
00:22:56,835 --> 00:23:00,004
Something smells amazing.
532
00:23:00,005 --> 00:23:02,506
Oh, you're here. Again.
533
00:23:02,507 --> 00:23:04,800
I may have volunteered
to help Edna yesterday
534
00:23:04,801 --> 00:23:07,344
for tomorrow night's
Victorian Stroll.
535
00:23:07,345 --> 00:23:09,847
Well, Saturday night
is the most important night
536
00:23:09,848 --> 00:23:13,017
of the festival, and Connor
just volunteered to help
537
00:23:13,018 --> 00:23:14,268
make cookies to give out.
538
00:23:14,269 --> 00:23:15,853
You bake?
539
00:23:15,854 --> 00:23:17,771
Yeah, I have
a seven-year-old daughter.
540
00:23:17,772 --> 00:23:20,065
I mean, baking cookies
is the easiest skill
541
00:23:20,066 --> 00:23:23,068
I've learned along the way.
542
00:23:23,069 --> 00:23:25,195
Tomorrow we could
assemble the gingerbread houses
543
00:23:25,196 --> 00:23:26,780
and then we could frost them.
544
00:23:26,781 --> 00:23:30,034
If my boss lets me out on time.
545
00:23:30,035 --> 00:23:31,702
Are you staying here tonight?
546
00:23:31,703 --> 00:23:34,830
Oh, he's staying
through the holidays!
547
00:23:34,831 --> 00:23:36,582
I insisted.
548
00:23:36,583 --> 00:23:38,751
A last-minute
cancellation, fortunately.
549
00:23:38,752 --> 00:23:40,210
Yeah.
Well, I mean, that hotel
550
00:23:40,211 --> 00:23:41,795
that he's staying at, I mean,
551
00:23:41,796 --> 00:23:45,215
that's just like a shoebox and
it has about as much charm...
552
00:23:45,216 --> 00:23:46,717
I'm so excited. Oh.
553
00:23:46,718 --> 00:23:48,135
Wow.
554
00:23:48,136 --> 00:23:49,970
Here.
Ooh!
555
00:23:49,971 --> 00:23:51,597
Hello, Frosty.
556
00:23:51,598 --> 00:23:53,724
You're really making
yourself at home, huh?
557
00:23:53,725 --> 00:23:58,062
I could probably get you
a matching apron, if you like.
558
00:23:58,063 --> 00:24:00,356
Are you flirting with me?
559
00:24:00,357 --> 00:24:03,650
Do you want me to be?
560
00:24:03,651 --> 00:24:07,321
Yes?
561
00:24:07,322 --> 00:24:08,864
Sorry!
562
00:24:08,865 --> 00:24:09,990
Aah!
563
00:24:09,991 --> 00:24:11,992
I am having such a hard time
564
00:24:11,993 --> 00:24:13,535
writing the romance
part of this play.
565
00:24:13,536 --> 00:24:15,371
I mean, am I so out of practice
566
00:24:15,372 --> 00:24:16,872
that I can't even write
banter anymore?
567
00:24:16,873 --> 00:24:20,125
Can I help?
568
00:24:20,126 --> 00:24:21,877
Tell me something romantic.
569
00:24:21,878 --> 00:24:23,671
Our kiss
in "Christmastime Cupid"
570
00:24:23,672 --> 00:24:25,548
was our favourite
on-screen kiss.
571
00:24:31,638 --> 00:24:36,183
I meant, like,
tell me a romantic story.
572
00:24:36,184 --> 00:24:40,938
Yeah!
Well, okay!
573
00:24:40,939 --> 00:24:42,314
That's embarrassing.
574
00:24:42,315 --> 00:24:46,360
No, no, it was a great kiss,
and a great...
575
00:24:46,361 --> 00:24:48,112
Movie kiss.
576
00:24:48,113 --> 00:24:49,738
Right, that's what I was saying.
577
00:24:49,739 --> 00:24:53,034
Yeah.
Yeah.
578
00:24:54,953 --> 00:24:57,121
Ah...
579
00:24:57,122 --> 00:24:58,706
It's Josie.
Mm-hm.
580
00:24:58,707 --> 00:25:01,668
West Coast, bedtime.
581
00:25:03,962 --> 00:25:06,171
Hey, J-Bug!
582
00:25:06,172 --> 00:25:08,258
Hope you're being
good for Grandma.
583
00:25:10,677 --> 00:25:12,177
You look like an elf.
584
00:25:12,178 --> 00:25:14,138
Like, not the ones
at the houses;
585
00:25:14,139 --> 00:25:16,640
you look like the ones
that do, like, the jobs
586
00:25:16,641 --> 00:25:19,518
and make the toys
and cook the food for Santa.
587
00:25:19,519 --> 00:25:21,937
What do you want for Christmas?
588
00:25:21,938 --> 00:25:23,564
Hmm.
589
00:25:23,565 --> 00:25:25,232
I honestly don't know.
590
00:25:25,233 --> 00:25:26,775
I want to be with you.
591
00:25:26,776 --> 00:25:29,236
I want to be with you, too.
592
00:25:29,237 --> 00:25:30,779
See you soon.
593
00:25:30,780 --> 00:25:33,324
Goodnight!
Bye.
594
00:25:35,618 --> 00:25:37,328
Court is in session.
595
00:25:39,998 --> 00:25:41,457
Hmm.
596
00:25:41,458 --> 00:25:45,586
Y-you tes... testified
that you wrote...
597
00:25:45,587 --> 00:25:49,298
"'Twas the Night Before
Christmas" in 1823 as...
598
00:25:49,299 --> 00:25:51,467
an entertainment.
599
00:25:51,468 --> 00:25:52,926
Entertainment?
600
00:25:52,927 --> 00:25:54,345
Yeah.
601
00:25:54,346 --> 00:25:55,637
Uh, for...
602
00:25:55,638 --> 00:25:58,807
your children and...
that you...
603
00:25:58,808 --> 00:26:03,354
know it... it was never
your intention...
604
00:26:03,355 --> 00:26:06,815
to see it...
605
00:26:06,816 --> 00:26:08,651
published!
606
00:26:14,616 --> 00:26:17,034
Uh...
Major?
607
00:26:17,035 --> 00:26:20,120
That's your line.
608
00:26:20,121 --> 00:26:22,414
Yes, that's correct.
609
00:26:22,415 --> 00:26:25,751
A... lot of people...
610
00:26:25,752 --> 00:26:30,673
have criticized your clams...
611
00:26:30,674 --> 00:26:32,883
Claims!
612
00:26:32,884 --> 00:26:35,010
"Claims," that makes more sense.
613
00:26:35,011 --> 00:26:37,346
Because you never...
614
00:26:37,347 --> 00:26:38,639
before...
615
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,433
declared author-ships.
616
00:26:41,434 --> 00:26:43,227
Ship...
617
00:26:43,228 --> 00:26:45,312
Sorry!
Uh...
618
00:26:45,313 --> 00:26:48,899
What is your response?
619
00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:52,111
I never wanted
a name put to it at all.
620
00:26:52,112 --> 00:26:54,905
My poem is a celebration
of Christmas magic.
621
00:26:54,906 --> 00:26:58,367
I wanted my children,
all children,
622
00:26:58,368 --> 00:27:00,619
to experience that magic,
623
00:27:00,620 --> 00:27:03,664
as if it might have come from
St. Nicholas himself.
624
00:27:03,665 --> 00:27:07,710
When it comes to my poetry,
my family, and my heart,
625
00:27:07,711 --> 00:27:10,295
I would not sell you a dog.
626
00:27:10,296 --> 00:27:12,089
Sell a dog, sell...
627
00:27:12,090 --> 00:27:13,549
Sell a dog?
That's...
628
00:27:13,550 --> 00:27:15,718
That's not in my...
That's not in my script!
629
00:27:15,719 --> 00:27:18,138
No, no, it's okay.
Just... just go with it.
630
00:27:19,139 --> 00:27:21,098
Yeah.
631
00:27:21,099 --> 00:27:23,225
I'm so sorry, I'm just...
I'm really nervous.
632
00:27:23,226 --> 00:27:25,436
I really want to be good,
for you, for this.
633
00:27:25,437 --> 00:27:27,104
But, um, my mind feels like
634
00:27:27,105 --> 00:27:28,939
it's just going
a million miles a minute.
635
00:27:28,940 --> 00:27:31,442
And I knew my lines, I did,
I knew all of my lines,
636
00:27:31,443 --> 00:27:33,444
but now there are
way more lines!
637
00:27:33,445 --> 00:27:35,654
And this new guy in here,
I mean,
638
00:27:35,655 --> 00:27:37,197
he's just making up
all his own lines.
639
00:27:37,198 --> 00:27:39,199
He's coming in with
his accent, his clothes...
640
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,118
I know.
I know, I know.
641
00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:42,411
Are you gonna fire me?
642
00:27:42,412 --> 00:27:45,873
No.
643
00:27:45,874 --> 00:27:50,836
If Jefferson wasn't
the producer?
644
00:27:50,837 --> 00:27:52,629
Lena...
I get it.
645
00:27:52,630 --> 00:27:55,382
I really thought
I would be better.
646
00:27:55,383 --> 00:27:57,926
But I can act.
I can, I promise.
647
00:27:57,927 --> 00:28:00,262
It's just...
it's been a while.
648
00:28:00,263 --> 00:28:02,097
How long?
649
00:28:02,098 --> 00:28:05,309
Freshman year of college,
I was Ado Annie in Oklahoma!
650
00:28:05,310 --> 00:28:07,269
Okay!
651
00:28:07,270 --> 00:28:09,396
Should I...
I mean, should I maybe...
652
00:28:09,397 --> 00:28:10,647
sing my lines?
No!
653
00:28:10,648 --> 00:28:12,274
No, no, no.
No singing.
654
00:28:12,275 --> 00:28:13,901
Please.
655
00:28:13,902 --> 00:28:16,153
It's just I'm feeling
really self-conscious
656
00:28:16,154 --> 00:28:19,782
because it feels like
they're all looking at me
657
00:28:19,783 --> 00:28:21,492
like I don't know
what I'm doing,
658
00:28:21,493 --> 00:28:25,621
and... and it just kind of makes
my brain shut off until I...
659
00:28:25,622 --> 00:28:29,124
don't know what I'm doing.
660
00:28:29,125 --> 00:28:32,378
You know, I used to
get like that, too.
661
00:28:32,379 --> 00:28:33,671
You did?
Yeah.
662
00:28:33,672 --> 00:28:35,756
How did you get over it?
663
00:28:35,757 --> 00:28:37,633
Well, my dad had this...
664
00:28:37,634 --> 00:28:41,679
this technique that...
665
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,180
You know what?
666
00:28:43,181 --> 00:28:46,684
How do you feel
about gingerbread?
667
00:28:46,685 --> 00:28:49,186
In what way?
668
00:28:49,187 --> 00:28:51,439
Come with me.
Come on.
669
00:28:55,026 --> 00:28:59,154
So, this is the overall vision
of what we want to accomplish.
670
00:28:59,155 --> 00:29:00,531
Hmm.
671
00:29:00,532 --> 00:29:02,241
Mm-hm.
672
00:29:02,242 --> 00:29:04,535
I... I thought this
was an acting lesson.
673
00:29:04,536 --> 00:29:06,078
It is.
674
00:29:06,079 --> 00:29:09,164
So, do you have an overall
vision for your character?
675
00:29:09,165 --> 00:29:11,583
I think so.
676
00:29:11,584 --> 00:29:13,711
Can you tell me
some elements of her
677
00:29:13,712 --> 00:29:15,045
that you think are important?
678
00:29:15,046 --> 00:29:20,217
Um, I think that
she is someone who...
679
00:29:20,218 --> 00:29:22,094
believes in the truth!
680
00:29:22,095 --> 00:29:23,721
And is truth her cornerstone?
681
00:29:23,722 --> 00:29:25,723
Yes.
Great.
682
00:29:25,724 --> 00:29:28,392
Okay, so the gingerbread
is the cornerstone
683
00:29:28,393 --> 00:29:29,601
of the gingerbread house, right?
684
00:29:29,602 --> 00:29:32,730
At least for our purposes here.
685
00:29:32,731 --> 00:29:34,314
Sure, yeah.
686
00:29:34,315 --> 00:29:36,191
Okay, so if
truth is her cornerstone,
687
00:29:36,192 --> 00:29:38,027
pointing her
in the right direction,
688
00:29:38,028 --> 00:29:42,239
what is the element that
binds those truths together?
689
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,200
Sugar?
690
00:29:47,078 --> 00:29:49,371
She couldn't have gone
very far in her search
691
00:29:49,372 --> 00:29:50,956
for the truth without...?
692
00:29:50,957 --> 00:29:53,417
Money!
693
00:29:53,418 --> 00:29:56,253
Hmm.
Um...
694
00:29:56,254 --> 00:29:57,629
Tenacity?
695
00:29:57,630 --> 00:29:58,881
Yeah, that too. Yeah.
696
00:29:58,882 --> 00:30:00,299
Alright, tenacity.
697
00:30:00,300 --> 00:30:04,053
So we are gonna make
the royal icing our tenacity.
698
00:30:04,054 --> 00:30:07,765
So if these two pieces
are the truth,
699
00:30:07,766 --> 00:30:11,185
can you recall some lines
of the play that represent
700
00:30:11,186 --> 00:30:14,271
your character's quest
for the truth?
701
00:30:14,272 --> 00:30:16,106
'Twas the Night Before...
Wait, wait.
702
00:30:16,107 --> 00:30:18,692
I want you to do that while
putting this together.
703
00:30:18,693 --> 00:30:21,112
Okay?
Just trust me.
704
00:30:23,281 --> 00:30:24,531
Oop!
705
00:30:24,532 --> 00:30:26,284
Okay.
706
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:31,121
Uh...
707
00:30:31,122 --> 00:30:34,124
"'Twas the Night
Before Christmas"
708
00:30:34,125 --> 00:30:38,671
was published anonymously
in the Troy Sentinel in 1823.
709
00:30:38,672 --> 00:30:41,340
It wasn't until 1844,
710
00:30:41,341 --> 00:30:44,802
after the poem
had already become popular,
711
00:30:44,803 --> 00:30:48,514
that Clement Clarke Moore
claimed authorship of it.
712
00:30:48,515 --> 00:30:51,141
Why the wait?
Was he shy?
713
00:30:51,142 --> 00:30:54,853
Or was it because
the poem's true author,
714
00:30:54,854 --> 00:30:59,733
Henry Livingston Jr.,
had already passed away?
715
00:30:59,734 --> 00:31:04,155
I am here to say
that it's the latter.
716
00:31:10,453 --> 00:31:11,662
What?
717
00:31:11,663 --> 00:31:15,332
That was line-by-line perfect.
718
00:31:15,333 --> 00:31:16,834
I didn't get nervous!
719
00:31:16,835 --> 00:31:18,669
No, because you were
concentrating on something
720
00:31:18,670 --> 00:31:21,171
other than just the words,
you see?
721
00:31:21,172 --> 00:31:23,757
Okay, so when you need
to remember that section
722
00:31:23,758 --> 00:31:25,843
of the dialogue,
you think of these two pieces
723
00:31:25,844 --> 00:31:27,845
and you remember
the lines that go with them.
724
00:31:27,846 --> 00:31:30,431
What if someone ad libs again?
725
00:31:30,432 --> 00:31:32,391
Then you think of
this gingerbread house
726
00:31:32,392 --> 00:31:36,103
and you respond from
who your character is:
727
00:31:36,104 --> 00:31:38,605
truth-seeking and tenacious.
728
00:31:38,606 --> 00:31:41,692
She believes that Livingston
is the real author who wrote
729
00:31:41,693 --> 00:31:43,027
"'Twas the Night
Before Christmas,"
730
00:31:43,028 --> 00:31:45,320
not Moore, and she's
gonna prove that.
731
00:31:45,321 --> 00:31:46,864
Respond from there.
732
00:31:46,865 --> 00:31:48,074
Yeah?
Yeah.
733
00:31:49,367 --> 00:31:52,369
Great!
734
00:31:52,370 --> 00:31:55,331
Alright, next section.
735
00:32:11,723 --> 00:32:13,724
Hello!
736
00:32:13,725 --> 00:32:15,517
Two houses?
737
00:32:15,518 --> 00:32:16,810
Three, actually.
738
00:32:16,811 --> 00:32:19,355
Okay!
739
00:32:19,356 --> 00:32:20,981
Lena went a little overboard.
740
00:32:20,982 --> 00:32:22,775
I can see that.
741
00:32:22,776 --> 00:32:25,235
Uh, but we won't say no!
742
00:32:25,236 --> 00:32:26,737
Thank you.
743
00:32:26,738 --> 00:32:29,531
All proceeds from the bake sale
go to planting more trees
744
00:32:29,532 --> 00:32:33,243
in downtown Troy, so thank you
both, and thank you, Lena.
745
00:32:33,244 --> 00:32:35,371
Absolutely.
746
00:32:35,372 --> 00:32:37,414
Are you two
going to stick around,
747
00:32:37,415 --> 00:32:39,833
or do you have more work
to do on the play?
748
00:32:39,834 --> 00:32:42,127
I actually do have
one more scene to write,
749
00:32:42,128 --> 00:32:44,838
but I honestly think I'm just
too exhausted to do it tonight.
750
00:32:44,839 --> 00:32:46,674
Well, in that case,
751
00:32:46,675 --> 00:32:48,926
you should take one little
stroll around the festival.
752
00:32:48,927 --> 00:32:50,928
It's... it's
really quite special.
753
00:32:50,929 --> 00:32:54,224
Mm!
I'm game.
754
00:33:00,230 --> 00:33:02,272
Thank you.
Ooh!
755
00:33:02,273 --> 00:33:04,817
Whoa!
756
00:33:04,818 --> 00:33:07,277
Yes!
A-ha-ha!
757
00:33:07,278 --> 00:33:10,739
Cheers.
758
00:33:10,740 --> 00:33:13,951
Mmm!
Mmm, that is so good!
759
00:33:13,952 --> 00:33:17,079
Pretty sure that's not
from the Victorian Era.
760
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:20,499
I am so fine not diving into
that time period right now.
761
00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:22,501
This is delicious.
762
00:33:22,502 --> 00:33:23,961
Mmm!
763
00:33:23,962 --> 00:33:26,171
Mmm.
764
00:33:26,172 --> 00:33:29,633
So, who do you think
our Livingston really is?
765
00:33:29,634 --> 00:33:33,137
My money's on him being
a history teacher in real life.
766
00:33:33,138 --> 00:33:34,596
Too obvious.
Yeah?
767
00:33:34,597 --> 00:33:35,764
Yeah.
768
00:33:35,765 --> 00:33:38,434
Who do you think he is?
769
00:33:38,435 --> 00:33:40,561
A retired spy...
770
00:33:40,562 --> 00:33:42,980
who still likes to put on
different personas.
771
00:33:42,981 --> 00:33:45,566
What, like a
centuries-dead poet?
772
00:33:45,567 --> 00:33:47,651
Perfect cover, yeah?
773
00:33:47,652 --> 00:33:50,529
Yeah.
774
00:33:50,530 --> 00:33:52,614
You know, that was
some seriously impressive
775
00:33:52,615 --> 00:33:54,992
teaching technique
you used back there on Lena.
776
00:33:54,993 --> 00:33:56,368
Hmm.
777
00:33:56,369 --> 00:33:58,370
It was a trick my dad taught me
778
00:33:58,371 --> 00:34:00,456
when I first started on
"Bet Your Bottom Dollar."
779
00:34:00,457 --> 00:34:03,500
Association, chunking,
and visualization.
780
00:34:03,501 --> 00:34:06,003
Break down large chunks
of content into smaller parts
781
00:34:06,004 --> 00:34:07,629
to make it easier to remember,
782
00:34:07,630 --> 00:34:11,884
and then associate those pieces
with a particular image.
783
00:34:11,885 --> 00:34:13,761
Gingerbread?
Gingerbread.
784
00:34:13,762 --> 00:34:15,054
And then when
it's time to recall,
785
00:34:15,055 --> 00:34:17,181
you pull up that image
and the words will come.
786
00:34:17,182 --> 00:34:19,099
Huh.
Yeah.
787
00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:20,726
Was your dad an actor?
788
00:34:20,727 --> 00:34:21,810
Mm...
789
00:34:21,811 --> 00:34:23,187
No.
790
00:34:23,188 --> 00:34:26,065
Uh, actually,
he was a cognitive psychologist.
791
00:34:26,066 --> 00:34:28,567
And he loved the theatre,
792
00:34:28,568 --> 00:34:30,444
and he took me to see
"The Nutcracker"
793
00:34:30,445 --> 00:34:32,863
when I was barely four,
and that was it.
794
00:34:32,864 --> 00:34:34,448
I loved it.
795
00:34:34,449 --> 00:34:36,909
And he took me to voice,
ballet, stage combat.
796
00:34:36,910 --> 00:34:38,327
Nice!
797
00:34:38,328 --> 00:34:41,080
Yeah, I loved
everything about it.
798
00:34:41,081 --> 00:34:44,458
The smell of the grease paint,
the imagination,
799
00:34:44,459 --> 00:34:46,543
but mostly because it
was our thing, you know?
800
00:34:46,544 --> 00:34:48,712
Mm-hm.
801
00:34:48,713 --> 00:34:51,215
I was 11 when he passed away.
802
00:34:51,216 --> 00:34:54,468
It was season two
of me playing Marly Wilkens,
803
00:34:54,469 --> 00:34:57,721
and... I know
he was so proud of me,
804
00:34:57,722 --> 00:35:00,432
but I always had this feeling
that he wanted me to go back
805
00:35:00,433 --> 00:35:01,725
to the theatre.
806
00:35:01,726 --> 00:35:05,270
Maybe even Broadway, someday.
807
00:35:05,271 --> 00:35:07,815
He'd have loved that.
808
00:35:07,816 --> 00:35:09,900
You're back doing theatre now.
809
00:35:09,901 --> 00:35:12,027
Years later.
810
00:35:12,028 --> 00:35:14,905
You could have kept doing TV,
a great career,
811
00:35:14,906 --> 00:35:16,740
but you took a risk.
812
00:35:16,741 --> 00:35:18,867
I admire that.
813
00:35:18,868 --> 00:35:22,996
Yeah?
Yeah.
814
00:35:22,997 --> 00:35:25,750
Thanks.
815
00:35:39,472 --> 00:35:41,598
Reindeer, reindeer,
please, please.
816
00:35:41,599 --> 00:35:44,601
Oh, perfect. Yeah.
817
00:35:44,602 --> 00:35:45,811
Hello.
818
00:35:45,812 --> 00:35:47,271
How are you?
819
00:35:47,272 --> 00:35:49,440
Oh, I'm great.
Thank you for asking.
820
00:35:49,441 --> 00:35:51,108
That's very sweet.
821
00:35:51,109 --> 00:35:53,193
Thank you!
822
00:35:53,194 --> 00:35:54,361
Thanks for letting me tag along.
823
00:35:54,362 --> 00:35:56,280
I think I actually
started to blink in time
824
00:35:56,281 --> 00:35:57,781
with the cursor this morning.
825
00:35:57,782 --> 00:36:00,117
Well, anytime you need
a distraction, I'm your man.
826
00:36:00,118 --> 00:36:03,537
Thanks.
827
00:36:03,538 --> 00:36:05,749
And I'm your reindeer!
828
00:36:07,042 --> 00:36:09,169
He is a charlatan!
829
00:36:10,462 --> 00:36:12,254
I'm sorry?
830
00:36:12,255 --> 00:36:16,009
You cannot allow this
mockery to go unchallenged.
831
00:36:18,136 --> 00:36:19,595
I am so lost.
832
00:36:19,596 --> 00:36:21,430
Livingston.
833
00:36:21,431 --> 00:36:23,432
You are the one
to defend the truth
834
00:36:23,433 --> 00:36:28,604
and end this fallacy for good.
835
00:36:28,605 --> 00:36:30,606
You gonna get that for Josie?
836
00:36:30,607 --> 00:36:32,524
Uh...
837
00:36:32,525 --> 00:36:33,525
Uh...
838
00:36:36,613 --> 00:36:38,822
Uh...
839
00:36:38,823 --> 00:36:41,492
Yeah!
I think I will.
840
00:36:41,493 --> 00:36:45,788
Okay.
841
00:36:45,789 --> 00:36:47,790
You good?
842
00:36:47,791 --> 00:36:50,251
Yeah!
843
00:37:00,679 --> 00:37:03,889
Oh, there you are!
844
00:37:03,890 --> 00:37:05,474
Good morning, Edna.
845
00:37:05,475 --> 00:37:08,644
Well, I will have you know,
846
00:37:08,645 --> 00:37:11,981
your gingerbread houses
were the talk of the table.
847
00:37:13,441 --> 00:37:15,651
They raised three times
as much as expected.
848
00:37:15,652 --> 00:37:18,070
That's great, Edna.
849
00:37:18,071 --> 00:37:19,905
Something wrong, hun?
850
00:37:19,906 --> 00:37:22,408
Uh, yeah, just...
851
00:37:22,409 --> 00:37:25,160
champagne problems, as they say.
852
00:37:25,161 --> 00:37:27,705
My agent sent me a project
with a direct offer.
853
00:37:27,706 --> 00:37:29,331
Oh, no.
854
00:37:29,332 --> 00:37:31,542
And it's the week
before Christmas,
855
00:37:31,543 --> 00:37:33,836
and you can't
do the play and you...
856
00:37:33,837 --> 00:37:35,754
No, I can do the play.
857
00:37:35,755 --> 00:37:39,466
It starts in early January
and films in Lithuania.
858
00:37:39,467 --> 00:37:40,509
Oh!
859
00:37:40,510 --> 00:37:42,344
Well, that is
a beautiful country.
860
00:37:42,345 --> 00:37:43,929
It is.
861
00:37:43,930 --> 00:37:47,725
And I've always loved travelling
for work, it's just...
862
00:37:47,726 --> 00:37:49,893
I don't want to be that far away
from my daughter anymore.
863
00:37:49,894 --> 00:37:52,104
It's not like when
she was little and I could just
864
00:37:52,105 --> 00:37:53,731
pack her up
and bring her with me.
865
00:37:53,732 --> 00:37:55,315
I get it.
866
00:37:55,316 --> 00:37:57,234
Priorities change, especially
when you become a parent.
867
00:37:57,235 --> 00:37:59,194
You know, when I met my husband,
868
00:37:59,195 --> 00:38:01,655
he was the pilot
and I was the flight attendant,
869
00:38:01,656 --> 00:38:03,991
but once our
first child came along,
870
00:38:03,992 --> 00:38:05,743
we made some changes.
871
00:38:05,744 --> 00:38:07,202
The B&B?
872
00:38:07,203 --> 00:38:09,079
My sister owns
the bakery in town,
873
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,999
so it just made sense
to settle here.
874
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,625
And, well, it was a big change
875
00:38:13,626 --> 00:38:15,294
and it was
certainly challenging,
876
00:38:15,295 --> 00:38:18,380
but it was the right choice
for our family.
877
00:38:18,381 --> 00:38:21,425
Lives evolve, right?
878
00:38:21,426 --> 00:38:25,220
Sometimes reinventing yourself
can be a really good thing.
879
00:38:25,221 --> 00:38:27,097
Like what Madison's doing.
880
00:38:27,098 --> 00:38:29,183
I mean, who knows.
881
00:38:29,184 --> 00:38:31,101
Maybe you could become
a lawyer for real.
882
00:38:31,102 --> 00:38:34,522
Hmm.
883
00:38:38,860 --> 00:38:40,027
Gingerbread?
884
00:38:40,028 --> 00:38:41,945
Three houses' worth.
885
00:38:41,946 --> 00:38:43,864
I'm so gonna steal
that for my next movie.
886
00:38:43,865 --> 00:38:45,366
Connor said you would say that.
887
00:38:45,367 --> 00:38:47,117
Connor did, did he?
888
00:38:47,118 --> 00:38:49,787
No, no, don't even start.
889
00:38:49,788 --> 00:38:51,455
You brought up his name,
890
00:38:51,456 --> 00:38:53,332
for the fifth time
in the last four minutes.
891
00:38:53,333 --> 00:38:54,708
Hayley...
What?!
892
00:38:54,709 --> 00:38:57,002
I'm not saying
you're going steady.
893
00:38:57,003 --> 00:38:58,504
Are you?
894
00:38:58,505 --> 00:39:00,339
I'm just teasing you.
895
00:39:00,340 --> 00:39:01,840
I'll stop.
No more Connor jokes.
896
00:39:01,841 --> 00:39:03,425
Thank you.
897
00:39:03,426 --> 00:39:05,636
So, have you finished
those 14 pages of notes yet?
898
00:39:05,637 --> 00:39:06,970
Yeah.
899
00:39:06,971 --> 00:39:08,806
And now I have nine new ones.
900
00:39:08,807 --> 00:39:10,974
The director and producers
have different visions.
901
00:39:10,975 --> 00:39:12,309
Wow.
902
00:39:12,310 --> 00:39:13,644
I reminded them last night
903
00:39:13,645 --> 00:39:15,938
that this is a movie about
Santa Claus on vacation,
904
00:39:15,939 --> 00:39:17,314
not Jake in Chinatown.
905
00:39:17,315 --> 00:39:19,358
So no early return to Troy?
906
00:39:19,359 --> 00:39:21,778
Sorry.
No, it's okay.
907
00:39:23,071 --> 00:39:25,489
And that marks
the end of my 15-minute
908
00:39:25,490 --> 00:39:28,325
human interaction break.
Knock 'em dead out there.
909
00:39:28,326 --> 00:39:32,205
You too. Bye.
910
00:39:38,294 --> 00:39:41,296
You think I don't know?
911
00:39:41,297 --> 00:39:45,093
You only took this case because
you knew you would see me again.
912
00:39:47,721 --> 00:39:49,471
Oh...
That was... that was good!
913
00:39:49,472 --> 00:39:51,140
Yeah?
Really, you think so?
914
00:39:51,141 --> 00:39:52,141
Oh, yeah!
915
00:39:52,142 --> 00:39:53,434
Uh-huh!
916
00:39:53,435 --> 00:39:55,310
Wait, what's with
the gingerbread?
917
00:39:55,311 --> 00:39:57,855
I'm learning my lines.
918
00:39:57,856 --> 00:40:00,399
Actors are weird.
919
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:01,900
You called me an actor.
920
00:40:01,901 --> 00:40:03,193
Well, because you are.
921
00:40:03,194 --> 00:40:05,904
No one's ever
called me an actor before.
922
00:40:05,905 --> 00:40:09,700
Lena, my dear,
if I didn't believe in you,
923
00:40:09,701 --> 00:40:11,869
I never would have backed
this poem trial story.
924
00:40:11,870 --> 00:40:14,038
I mean, what do I know
about putting on plays?
925
00:40:14,039 --> 00:40:15,372
I'm a film guy.
926
00:40:15,373 --> 00:40:18,083
I did this
so you'd believe in you.
927
00:40:18,084 --> 00:40:20,711
That might be the sweetest thing
you've ever said to me.
928
00:40:20,712 --> 00:40:22,087
I can't wait for the world
929
00:40:22,088 --> 00:40:23,714
to see you up on that stage.
930
00:40:23,715 --> 00:40:26,967
And... you know
who could be the first?
931
00:40:26,968 --> 00:40:28,761
Sophia Farentino.
932
00:40:28,762 --> 00:40:31,388
Sophia Farentino,
the Broadway producer?!
933
00:40:31,389 --> 00:40:33,182
No, you're kidding.
Are you kidding?
934
00:40:33,183 --> 00:40:34,391
I'm working on it.
935
00:40:34,392 --> 00:40:36,226
Oh, thank you!
You're the best!
936
00:40:36,227 --> 00:40:37,561
I can't wait!
I'm so excited.
937
00:40:37,562 --> 00:40:39,146
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
938
00:40:39,147 --> 00:40:41,565
I've gotta finish
learning my lines.
939
00:40:41,566 --> 00:40:43,151
Gingerbread!
940
00:40:46,446 --> 00:40:48,906
Oh, wrapping Josie's presents?
941
00:40:48,907 --> 00:40:50,032
You need help?
942
00:40:50,033 --> 00:40:51,951
Sure.
943
00:40:55,455 --> 00:40:58,832
"A Guide to Legal Research"...
944
00:40:58,833 --> 00:41:01,251
"Great Debates
in Criminal Law"...
945
00:41:01,252 --> 00:41:04,004
Wow, Josie is very advanced.
946
00:41:04,005 --> 00:41:06,465
Those are mine.
Hmm!
947
00:41:06,466 --> 00:41:08,300
What can I say,
948
00:41:08,301 --> 00:41:10,260
I'm inspired
by Livingston's acting method.
949
00:41:10,261 --> 00:41:11,845
Mm.
950
00:41:11,846 --> 00:41:12,846
Hm.
951
00:41:15,266 --> 00:41:16,475
So, the thing is,
952
00:41:16,476 --> 00:41:18,852
I always wanted to be a lawyer.
953
00:41:18,853 --> 00:41:20,604
Yeah, you mentioned
something about that.
954
00:41:20,605 --> 00:41:22,773
My mom was a single mom.
955
00:41:22,774 --> 00:41:25,234
We didn't grow up
with a lot of resources.
956
00:41:25,235 --> 00:41:28,070
I did get some scholarships,
but it was still a stretch.
957
00:41:28,071 --> 00:41:31,448
Ironically, law school was how
I wound up being an actor.
958
00:41:31,449 --> 00:41:33,200
I don't understand.
959
00:41:33,201 --> 00:41:34,618
A good lawyer
needs to be able to
960
00:41:34,619 --> 00:41:36,370
think on his feet, right?
961
00:41:36,371 --> 00:41:40,290
Change course
at the drop of a hat.
962
00:41:40,291 --> 00:41:42,501
So I signed up for
an improv class.
963
00:41:42,502 --> 00:41:44,628
I was the only law student
in the group.
964
00:41:44,629 --> 00:41:46,672
And one night,
a casting agent comes in there
965
00:41:46,673 --> 00:41:48,841
and she offers
to take me for a commercial.
966
00:41:48,842 --> 00:41:50,009
And you got it?
967
00:41:50,010 --> 00:41:51,510
I did.
968
00:41:51,511 --> 00:41:54,471
I paid for that whole
next semester in cash.
969
00:41:54,472 --> 00:41:55,806
It felt good.
970
00:41:55,807 --> 00:41:57,766
And then what,
acting just took over?
971
00:41:57,767 --> 00:41:59,893
Well, before I knew it,
I had met Regina
972
00:41:59,894 --> 00:42:02,521
and Josie had come along,
and the fastest way for me
973
00:42:02,522 --> 00:42:05,649
to support my family
was to just keep going forward.
974
00:42:05,650 --> 00:42:08,902
On the road that
you accidentally chose.
975
00:42:08,903 --> 00:42:12,115
Or the road that
accidentally chose me.
976
00:42:14,993 --> 00:42:18,495
So then, what are
you doing with this?
977
00:42:18,496 --> 00:42:20,831
I told you,
I'm researching my role
978
00:42:20,832 --> 00:42:25,252
as Moore's defence counsel.
979
00:42:25,253 --> 00:42:27,921
So, how's the romance polish?
980
00:42:27,922 --> 00:42:29,423
Hmph!
981
00:42:29,424 --> 00:42:32,343
It's much easier making
Livingston the good guy than...
982
00:42:32,344 --> 00:42:34,678
writing that.
983
00:42:34,679 --> 00:42:36,847
Yeah, I was gonna
ask you about that.
984
00:42:36,848 --> 00:42:39,350
Have you given any thought
to having the ghost of Moore
985
00:42:39,351 --> 00:42:41,685
give his testimony?
986
00:42:41,686 --> 00:42:44,021
It seems only fair.
987
00:42:44,022 --> 00:42:47,274
We open in three days!
988
00:42:47,275 --> 00:42:49,276
Just pass me the tape.
989
00:42:49,277 --> 00:42:50,444
Okay.
Please.
990
00:42:50,445 --> 00:42:52,947
And a bow.
Thank you!
991
00:42:58,912 --> 00:43:00,871
Checking in.
How's it going?
992
00:43:00,872 --> 00:43:02,748
It's going.
993
00:43:02,749 --> 00:43:05,209
And hopefully we're gonna get
through a full rehearsal today.
994
00:43:05,210 --> 00:43:06,418
Hopefully?
995
00:43:06,419 --> 00:43:07,836
We've had a few hiccups,
996
00:43:07,837 --> 00:43:09,546
but I think everything
is smoothed out now.
997
00:43:09,547 --> 00:43:11,006
I hope so!
998
00:43:11,007 --> 00:43:12,966
Some of your fan sites
have already gotten wind
999
00:43:12,967 --> 00:43:14,802
of your new phase.
1000
00:43:14,803 --> 00:43:17,554
Even some pics of you out there
in some English period setting?
1001
00:43:17,555 --> 00:43:19,223
It's the Victorian Stroll.
1002
00:43:19,224 --> 00:43:21,934
I told you, it happens
every year here in Troy.
1003
00:43:21,935 --> 00:43:23,310
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1004
00:43:23,311 --> 00:43:25,729
Hey, did you get that email,
uh, about the producers?
1005
00:43:25,730 --> 00:43:28,023
Yes, Walter, I did.
And...?
1006
00:43:28,024 --> 00:43:30,818
And I'm concentrating
on directing.
1007
00:43:30,819 --> 00:43:33,404
We've discussed this.
A lot.
1008
00:43:33,405 --> 00:43:35,030
For how long?
1009
00:43:35,031 --> 00:43:36,949
Just let me get through
one production
1010
00:43:36,950 --> 00:43:39,493
and then we can
talk again, okay?
1011
00:43:39,494 --> 00:43:41,412
I'm worried, Maddy.
1012
00:43:41,413 --> 00:43:42,788
Why?
1013
00:43:42,789 --> 00:43:44,623
What if something goes wrong?
1014
00:43:44,624 --> 00:43:47,001
I mean, you've
bitten off a lot here.
1015
00:43:47,002 --> 00:43:49,253
Writing with Hayley
and directing
1016
00:43:49,254 --> 00:43:51,588
for a one-night-only play.
1017
00:43:51,589 --> 00:43:55,134
Theatre isn't exactly
your regular field, Maddy.
1018
00:43:55,135 --> 00:43:56,802
I can do this, Walter.
1019
00:43:56,803 --> 00:43:59,513
I can.
1020
00:43:59,514 --> 00:44:01,849
Uh, look, I have to go.
1021
00:44:01,850 --> 00:44:03,017
Hi!
1022
00:44:03,018 --> 00:44:04,810
There she is,
our fearless leader,
1023
00:44:04,811 --> 00:44:06,270
Madison Rush herself.
1024
00:44:06,271 --> 00:44:07,813
Uh-oh, now I'm nervous.
1025
00:44:07,814 --> 00:44:10,315
Ha, yes,
and she's hilarious, to boot.
1026
00:44:10,316 --> 00:44:13,318
Now, Madison Rush, I want
you to meet one of the finest
1027
00:44:13,319 --> 00:44:16,613
theatrical producers of the
21st century, Sophia Farentino.
1028
00:44:16,614 --> 00:44:17,990
That's a bit much, Jefferson.
1029
00:44:17,991 --> 00:44:19,283
Alright.
Well, than how about
1030
00:44:19,284 --> 00:44:20,534
a Broadway legend?
1031
00:44:20,535 --> 00:44:21,785
That'll do.
1032
00:44:21,786 --> 00:44:23,787
It's so nice to meet you.
1033
00:44:23,788 --> 00:44:25,831
Jefferson has said such
wonderful things about you
1034
00:44:25,832 --> 00:44:27,624
and this play.
Oh!
1035
00:44:27,625 --> 00:44:29,126
Well, that's fantastic.
Thank you.
1036
00:44:29,127 --> 00:44:30,919
I'm excited to see it.
1037
00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:33,339
Great, well, we'll see you
on Christmas Eve.
1038
00:44:33,340 --> 00:44:35,257
Hmm, yes, about that.
1039
00:44:35,258 --> 00:44:37,343
Uh...
1040
00:44:37,344 --> 00:44:38,510
Watch the rehearsal?
1041
00:44:38,511 --> 00:44:40,054
Have you lost your mind?
1042
00:44:40,055 --> 00:44:41,513
But she knows it's a rehearsal!
1043
00:44:41,514 --> 00:44:43,057
Our first full run-through,
1044
00:44:43,058 --> 00:44:45,351
provided we actually make it
all the way through this time.
1045
00:44:45,352 --> 00:44:46,810
Oh, well,
this is just semantics.
1046
00:44:46,811 --> 00:44:49,646
It is really, really,
really rough, Jefferson.
1047
00:44:49,647 --> 00:44:50,981
Did you tell her that?
1048
00:44:50,982 --> 00:44:52,691
Well, you know,
maybe not three reallys' worth
1049
00:44:52,692 --> 00:44:54,318
of rough, but she knows
that we're still
1050
00:44:54,319 --> 00:44:55,319
in the polishing phase.
1051
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:56,737
No, not polishing.
1052
00:44:56,738 --> 00:44:58,530
We don't even know
where Livingston is.
1053
00:44:58,531 --> 00:45:00,366
Then text him!
1054
00:45:00,367 --> 00:45:01,658
Ugh!
1055
00:45:01,659 --> 00:45:03,035
Sean didn't get
his contact info.
1056
00:45:03,036 --> 00:45:04,828
He doesn't think
the guy has a phone.
1057
00:45:04,829 --> 00:45:06,455
He doesn't have a...
1058
00:45:06,456 --> 00:45:08,957
Do you think this guy
does cosplay all year round,
1059
00:45:08,958 --> 00:45:10,876
or is it like after Christmas
he just goes back
1060
00:45:10,877 --> 00:45:12,002
to being an assistant manager?
1061
00:45:12,003 --> 00:45:14,171
It doesn't matter.
He's not here now!
1062
00:45:14,172 --> 00:45:16,840
Okay, well, hopefully
he gets here soon.
1063
00:45:16,841 --> 00:45:20,636
Sophia Farentino is considering
taking our little production
1064
00:45:20,637 --> 00:45:23,097
to one of her Off-Broadway
farm team theatres.
1065
00:45:23,098 --> 00:45:25,307
Maybe eventually
the Great White Way itself.
1066
00:45:25,308 --> 00:45:26,684
I know, I'm not a theatre guy,
1067
00:45:26,685 --> 00:45:30,730
but even I know
that this is a big deal.
1068
00:45:32,691 --> 00:45:34,983
So she's here now?
Yes.
1069
00:45:34,984 --> 00:45:37,695
It's her only chance to see it
before she leaves for Vienna.
1070
00:45:37,696 --> 00:45:39,738
Well, then let's go for it.
1071
00:45:39,739 --> 00:45:41,865
It's not ready!
1072
00:45:41,866 --> 00:45:45,285
Madison,
you're a great director.
1073
00:45:45,286 --> 00:45:47,788
Trust your instinct.
1074
00:45:47,789 --> 00:45:49,540
Alright, everyone!
1075
00:45:49,541 --> 00:45:52,167
Okay, uh, so...
1076
00:45:52,168 --> 00:45:55,671
we have a special guest
of Jefferson's here
1077
00:45:55,672 --> 00:45:59,925
to watch our very first
full run-through,
1078
00:45:59,926 --> 00:46:03,470
so let's go for the goal of
smooth and professional, okay?
1079
00:46:03,471 --> 00:46:04,888
Alright, let's do this.
1080
00:46:04,889 --> 00:46:06,098
Woo!
Yes.
1081
00:46:06,099 --> 00:46:07,224
Curtain up in
two minutes, everyone.
1082
00:46:07,225 --> 00:46:10,853
Places.
1083
00:46:10,854 --> 00:46:14,565
Hey, you good?
1084
00:46:14,566 --> 00:46:15,941
You got this.
1085
00:46:15,942 --> 00:46:17,651
Alright?
1086
00:46:17,652 --> 00:46:18,736
Sophia, after you.
1087
00:46:18,737 --> 00:46:22,614
Thank you, Jefferson.
1088
00:46:22,615 --> 00:46:23,950
Best seats in the house, right?
1089
00:46:36,796 --> 00:46:38,589
There's still no sign
of Major Livingston.
1090
00:46:38,590 --> 00:46:40,007
Have you tried
his dressing room?
1091
00:46:40,008 --> 00:46:41,717
Yes, ma'am.
It's empty.
1092
00:46:41,718 --> 00:46:44,094
Well, we're gonna
have to wing it.
1093
00:46:44,095 --> 00:46:45,095
Okay.
1094
00:47:16,795 --> 00:47:18,379
"'Twas the Night
Before Christmas"
1095
00:47:18,380 --> 00:47:22,341
is one of the most famous poems
in American history.
1096
00:47:22,342 --> 00:47:25,844
It was published anonymously
in the Troy Sentinel newspaper
1097
00:47:25,845 --> 00:47:28,847
on December 23rd, 1823,
1098
00:47:28,848 --> 00:47:31,225
and it has gone on
to become something that
1099
00:47:31,226 --> 00:47:34,228
nearly everyone
can happily recite.
1100
00:47:34,229 --> 00:47:35,479
Yet the one question that...
1101
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:36,980
That's her.
That's Lena!
1102
00:47:36,981 --> 00:47:38,774
No one can
successfully answer is,
1103
00:47:38,775 --> 00:47:41,318
who really wrote it?
1104
00:47:41,319 --> 00:47:44,822
Tonight, we're going
to answer that question.
1105
00:47:44,823 --> 00:47:47,950
Only...
it's not who you may think.
1106
00:47:47,951 --> 00:47:49,993
For though the poem
has been attributed
1107
00:47:49,994 --> 00:47:52,162
to Clement Clarke Moore,
1108
00:47:52,163 --> 00:47:56,166
it wasn't until nearly 20 years
after the poem was published
1109
00:47:56,167 --> 00:47:58,002
that Moore claimed it
by including it
1110
00:47:58,003 --> 00:47:59,837
in a book of his poems,
1111
00:47:59,838 --> 00:48:02,715
after it had already
become famous
1112
00:48:02,716 --> 00:48:06,844
and after its true author
had passed away.
1113
00:48:06,845 --> 00:48:09,304
Tonight, I intend to
set the record straight
1114
00:48:09,305 --> 00:48:13,017
and prove to you all
that the poem's rightful author
1115
00:48:13,018 --> 00:48:15,519
is Major Henry Livingston Jr.,
1116
00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:19,398
who will finally get his due.
1117
00:48:19,399 --> 00:48:21,859
Thank you.
1118
00:48:21,860 --> 00:48:25,488
You're up, counsellor.
1119
00:48:28,742 --> 00:48:30,993
Every time verses
of the beloved poem,
1120
00:48:30,994 --> 00:48:32,411
"'Twas the Night
Before Christmas,"
1121
00:48:32,412 --> 00:48:33,662
have been published,
1122
00:48:33,663 --> 00:48:34,872
they've been
under the authorship
1123
00:48:34,873 --> 00:48:38,375
of Clement Clarke Moore.
1124
00:48:38,376 --> 00:48:41,712
Mr. Evans, in your expert
opinion as Lead Historian
1125
00:48:41,713 --> 00:48:43,839
for the Troy Historical Society,
1126
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:46,216
do you believe
that Clement Clarke Moore
1127
00:48:46,217 --> 00:48:49,678
is the true author of
Twas the Night Before Christmas?
1128
00:48:49,679 --> 00:48:52,723
I do have a hard time believing
Clement Moore wrote it.
1129
00:48:52,724 --> 00:48:54,141
And why is that?
1130
00:48:54,142 --> 00:48:55,893
Well, for one, the style,
1131
00:48:55,894 --> 00:48:57,186
and subject matter,
1132
00:48:57,187 --> 00:48:59,855
is not consistent
with Moore's work,
1133
00:48:59,856 --> 00:49:02,066
whereas it is very much
true to the poems
1134
00:49:02,067 --> 00:49:03,734
Major Livingston wrote
at the time.
1135
00:49:03,735 --> 00:49:05,235
Livingston's cue's
in four minutes.
1136
00:49:05,236 --> 00:49:07,279
Is there any other reason
1137
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:09,490
you have a hard time believing
Moore wrote the poem?
1138
00:49:09,491 --> 00:49:11,909
Clement Clarke Moore
was known to be...
1139
00:49:11,910 --> 00:49:13,994
Ah, how should I say?
1140
00:49:13,995 --> 00:49:15,955
A bit of a curmudgeon.
1141
00:49:21,961 --> 00:49:23,962
Ladies and gentlemen,
the facts of this case
1142
00:49:23,963 --> 00:49:26,215
are centuries old,
1143
00:49:26,216 --> 00:49:30,886
so I have sent a subpoena back
in time to the great beyond,
1144
00:49:30,887 --> 00:49:33,847
requesting the very spirit
1145
00:49:33,848 --> 00:49:37,434
of Major Henry Livingston Jr. himself.
1146
00:49:37,435 --> 00:49:40,979
Your honour,
aside from my obvious objection
1147
00:49:40,980 --> 00:49:43,565
to calling witnesses
that aren't even alive,
1148
00:49:43,566 --> 00:49:47,361
I object to counsel's delusions
that they even have the ability.
1149
00:49:47,362 --> 00:49:49,405
Let's see where this goes.
1150
00:49:49,406 --> 00:49:52,199
Counsellor,
call your next witness.
1151
00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:55,160
Your honour, I call the spirit
1152
00:49:55,161 --> 00:50:00,833
of Major Henry Livingston Jr.
1153
00:50:00,834 --> 00:50:05,505
The spirit of
Major Henry Livingston Jr.!
1154
00:50:18,476 --> 00:50:20,561
Oh, nice effect.
1155
00:50:20,562 --> 00:50:22,397
Uh, thanks.
1156
00:50:31,031 --> 00:50:32,990
Sir, would you state
your name for the record?
1157
00:50:32,991 --> 00:50:34,783
Major Henry Beekman Livingston.
1158
00:50:34,784 --> 00:50:35,993
Junior.
1159
00:50:35,994 --> 00:50:37,745
Your honour, I object.
1160
00:50:37,746 --> 00:50:39,288
Grounds?
1161
00:50:39,289 --> 00:50:41,749
So many, I'm not even
really sure where to start.
1162
00:50:41,750 --> 00:50:44,668
Certainly a problem with calling
witnesses back from the dead
1163
00:50:44,669 --> 00:50:47,755
is that they have no incentive
to tell the truth.
1164
00:50:47,756 --> 00:50:52,676
Sit down, counsellor.
1165
00:50:52,677 --> 00:50:55,596
Major, would you
please tell the court,
1166
00:50:55,597 --> 00:50:58,307
how did you support
yourself after the war?
1167
00:50:58,308 --> 00:51:00,976
I farmed my land,
and we had a boat dock
1168
00:51:00,977 --> 00:51:02,895
through which
we supplied merchant sailors
1169
00:51:02,896 --> 00:51:04,897
travelling the Hudson.
1170
00:51:04,898 --> 00:51:07,066
You've led
quite a remarkable life.
1171
00:51:07,067 --> 00:51:09,860
Tell me, at any point
did you ever write poems
1172
00:51:09,861 --> 00:51:10,861
for your children?
1173
00:51:10,862 --> 00:51:12,404
I certainly did.
1174
00:51:12,405 --> 00:51:15,199
Were any of these poems
about Christmas, perhaps?
1175
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:18,202
Oh, yes, there was
a particular favourite of mine.
1176
00:51:18,203 --> 00:51:20,287
Could you recite
a little of that for us?
1177
00:51:20,288 --> 00:51:22,456
Why, certainly.
1178
00:51:22,457 --> 00:51:24,541
"When what to my
wondering eyes should appear
1179
00:51:24,542 --> 00:51:28,128
"but a miniature sleigh
and eight tiny reindeer.
1180
00:51:28,129 --> 00:51:31,215
"With a little old driver,
so lively and quick,
1181
00:51:31,216 --> 00:51:34,468
"I knew in a moment
it must be St. Nick."
1182
00:51:34,469 --> 00:51:37,221
I cannot believe
what I am hearing.
1183
00:51:37,222 --> 00:51:41,225
What that man is saying
is a patent lie!
1184
00:51:41,226 --> 00:51:44,770
I cannot stand by and abide
this skulduggery any longer!
1185
00:51:44,771 --> 00:51:46,146
Who is that?
1186
00:51:46,147 --> 00:51:47,231
I know you.
1187
00:51:47,232 --> 00:51:49,108
Of course you know me!
1188
00:51:49,109 --> 00:51:53,154
I am your client,
Clement Clarke Moore.
1189
00:51:54,155 --> 00:51:56,700
Oh, great googly.
1190
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:18,095
Your honour,
I call Clement Clarke Moore
1191
00:52:18,096 --> 00:52:19,513
to take the stand.
1192
00:52:19,514 --> 00:52:20,931
Should we stop this?
1193
00:52:20,932 --> 00:52:24,811
No, let's roll with it,
see what Connor does.
1194
00:52:38,074 --> 00:52:39,700
Mr. Moore.
Hmph!
1195
00:52:39,701 --> 00:52:42,327
Please, tell us
about the circumstances
1196
00:52:42,328 --> 00:52:43,871
surrounding
your writing the poem.
1197
00:52:43,872 --> 00:52:45,289
Certainly.
1198
00:52:45,290 --> 00:52:48,334
One Christmas Eve in 1822,
1199
00:52:48,335 --> 00:52:50,502
I was out shopping
for the Christmas turkey
1200
00:52:50,503 --> 00:52:52,504
in Greenwich Village.
1201
00:52:52,505 --> 00:52:55,007
While riding in my
one-horse open sleigh,
1202
00:52:55,008 --> 00:52:57,634
I looked at my driver.
1203
00:52:57,635 --> 00:53:00,763
He was a sort of
roly-poly merry fellow,
1204
00:53:00,764 --> 00:53:03,974
and it was the image
of him in the moonlight,
1205
00:53:03,975 --> 00:53:05,851
with the snow falling,
1206
00:53:05,852 --> 00:53:09,522
that inspired me
to hurry home and write.
1207
00:53:11,608 --> 00:53:14,026
What was it you wrote
when you returned home?
1208
00:53:14,027 --> 00:53:16,612
I wrote the 56 lines of poetry
1209
00:53:16,613 --> 00:53:20,115
known as
"A Visit from St. Nicholas."
1210
00:53:20,116 --> 00:53:24,828
Better known today as "'Twas
the Night Before Christmas."
1211
00:53:24,829 --> 00:53:27,623
Hmm.
1212
00:53:27,624 --> 00:53:29,958
Why didn't you sign your name
to it or claim credit
1213
00:53:29,959 --> 00:53:31,251
after it had been published?
1214
00:53:31,252 --> 00:53:33,879
Oh, it was just
a trifle that I'd written
1215
00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:37,257
for my children to read to them
on Christmas Day.
1216
00:53:37,258 --> 00:53:39,551
Ah, I certainly
didn't expect or want it
1217
00:53:39,552 --> 00:53:42,054
to be shared publicly!
1218
00:53:42,055 --> 00:53:44,390
Least of all with my name on it.
1219
00:53:44,391 --> 00:53:46,392
That would have been
an embarrassment
1220
00:53:46,393 --> 00:53:49,687
for a gentleman.
1221
00:53:49,688 --> 00:53:52,398
Then why did you claim
credit to it 20 years later?
1222
00:53:52,399 --> 00:53:54,441
Mostly at the behest
of my children.
1223
00:53:54,442 --> 00:53:57,569
I was about to publish
a book of poetry
1224
00:53:57,570 --> 00:54:01,990
and they requested
I include it, for them.
1225
00:54:01,991 --> 00:54:07,079
That doesn't sound
very curmudgeonly to me.
1226
00:54:07,080 --> 00:54:08,164
Good job.
1227
00:54:10,792 --> 00:54:12,584
Okay.
1228
00:54:12,585 --> 00:54:14,796
Your witness, counsellor.
1229
00:54:21,344 --> 00:54:23,721
Come on, Lena.
1230
00:54:23,722 --> 00:54:27,933
Just, um,
a few questions, Mr. Moore.
1231
00:54:27,934 --> 00:54:30,686
Have you heard people
describe you on the stand?
1232
00:54:30,687 --> 00:54:32,521
I have.
1233
00:54:32,522 --> 00:54:36,108
And how did...
1234
00:54:36,109 --> 00:54:38,027
How did that make you feel?
1235
00:54:38,028 --> 00:54:40,696
It does not represent who I am.
1236
00:54:40,697 --> 00:54:44,366
It is true that in my work,
I objected to writings
1237
00:54:44,367 --> 00:54:48,704
that glorified
irresponsible activities...
1238
00:54:48,705 --> 00:54:53,208
Tobacco, alcohol, dancing,
irresponsible practices.
1239
00:54:53,209 --> 00:54:55,127
But...
1240
00:54:55,128 --> 00:54:58,964
I believe a writer should be
careful with his words
1241
00:54:58,965 --> 00:55:02,009
not to romanticize wicked
1242
00:55:02,010 --> 00:55:05,346
and harmful pursuits.
1243
00:55:05,347 --> 00:55:07,765
Like smoking, perhaps?
1244
00:55:07,766 --> 00:55:10,809
Precisely like smoking!
1245
00:55:10,810 --> 00:55:16,148
Then why would you write about
St. Nicholas smoking a pipe?
1246
00:55:16,149 --> 00:55:18,484
Uh...
1247
00:55:18,485 --> 00:55:20,110
I-I did not think...
1248
00:55:20,111 --> 00:55:24,156
"The stump of a pipe
he held tight in his teeth,
1249
00:55:24,157 --> 00:55:28,535
"and the smoke, it encircled
his head like a wreath."
1250
00:55:28,536 --> 00:55:32,414
I was struggling to find
something that rhymed properly
1251
00:55:32,415 --> 00:55:36,960
with "wreath,"
so I set upon "teeth."
1252
00:55:36,961 --> 00:55:41,006
And as I thought more,
I remembered my driver
1253
00:55:41,007 --> 00:55:45,511
from that evening,
who had a short, stubby pipe.
1254
00:55:45,512 --> 00:55:49,181
But you didn't have
to include that, did you?
1255
00:55:49,182 --> 00:55:53,394
Unless, of course,
someone less bothered by smoking
1256
00:55:53,395 --> 00:55:55,729
actually wrote the poem.
1257
00:55:55,730 --> 00:55:57,524
A-ha!
1258
00:56:04,531 --> 00:56:07,324
This is not over!
1259
00:56:07,325 --> 00:56:11,578
Not yet it's not.
1260
00:56:11,579 --> 00:56:14,707
And that is where
we will end the rehearsal!
1261
00:56:14,708 --> 00:56:17,751
In the actual play,
the jury will deliberate
1262
00:56:17,752 --> 00:56:20,129
during intermission
and then render a verdict,
1263
00:56:20,130 --> 00:56:24,550
which will be as much
of a mystery to us
1264
00:56:24,551 --> 00:56:26,635
as it will be to the rest
of the audience.
1265
00:56:26,636 --> 00:56:28,512
Okay, great job, everyone!
1266
00:56:28,513 --> 00:56:30,389
Yeah!
Good, yeah, okay.
1267
00:56:30,390 --> 00:56:32,267
Ah!
1268
00:56:37,897 --> 00:56:40,065
I told you you could do it!
1269
00:56:40,066 --> 00:56:41,775
Well, thanks to you!
No!
1270
00:56:41,776 --> 00:56:43,485
The gingerbread thing
was really helpful
1271
00:56:43,486 --> 00:56:44,987
and the smoking thing
just kind of like
1272
00:56:44,988 --> 00:56:46,280
popped into my head!
That's good!
1273
00:56:46,281 --> 00:56:47,573
Who is the new guy?
1274
00:56:47,574 --> 00:56:48,741
I thought you knew him.
1275
00:56:48,742 --> 00:56:50,284
No, I've seen him around,
1276
00:56:50,285 --> 00:56:52,036
but I thought he was part of
the whole Victorian Stroll.
1277
00:56:52,037 --> 00:56:53,078
Victorian Stroll, right.
1278
00:56:53,079 --> 00:56:54,288
Like Livingston.
Yes!
1279
00:56:54,289 --> 00:56:55,748
Where is Livingston?
1280
00:56:55,749 --> 00:56:57,583
He better show up for
the Christmas Eve performance.
1281
00:56:57,584 --> 00:56:59,585
Yeah, and the Moore ghost, too.
1282
00:56:59,586 --> 00:57:01,170
Oh no, please!
1283
00:57:01,171 --> 00:57:03,422
Hey, Sean, did we get
the guy playing Moore's info?
1284
00:57:03,423 --> 00:57:05,049
No, ma'am.
When I went to look for him
1285
00:57:05,050 --> 00:57:06,925
and Livingston,
they were both gone.
1286
00:57:06,926 --> 00:57:08,010
Oh!
1287
00:57:08,011 --> 00:57:09,470
Those guys are really method.
1288
00:57:09,471 --> 00:57:12,431
Friends, colleagues...
1289
00:57:12,432 --> 00:57:13,932
Thespians!
1290
00:57:13,933 --> 00:57:16,852
That new ghost was genius!
Tell me you got him for free.
1291
00:57:16,853 --> 00:57:17,936
You know what?
It doesn't matter.
1292
00:57:17,937 --> 00:57:19,396
Unless you paid a lot,
then it does.
1293
00:57:19,397 --> 00:57:20,689
No, actually, I...
Doesn't matter.
1294
00:57:20,690 --> 00:57:21,774
You know what?
It's great.
1295
00:57:21,775 --> 00:57:23,067
Okay.
It's great.
1296
00:57:23,068 --> 00:57:25,027
And do you want to know
what else was great?
1297
00:57:25,028 --> 00:57:27,946
Sophia Farentino
loved what she saw.
1298
00:57:27,947 --> 00:57:30,199
There's nothing concrete but
it's looking really positive.
1299
00:57:30,200 --> 00:57:32,785
And you, my darling,
1300
00:57:32,786 --> 00:57:34,912
were incredible!
- Oh, stop.
1301
00:57:34,913 --> 00:57:36,455
You were so good!
I was pretty good.
1302
00:57:36,456 --> 00:57:37,790
Yeah!
1303
00:57:37,791 --> 00:57:40,418
I didn't know what
I was gonna do, either...
1304
00:57:42,212 --> 00:57:43,755
Mm-hm...
1305
00:57:47,967 --> 00:57:50,469
Josie and my mom
will be here tomorrow.
1306
00:57:50,470 --> 00:57:52,055
Is that what she looks like now?
1307
00:57:53,348 --> 00:57:54,807
She has grown up so fast.
1308
00:57:54,808 --> 00:57:56,517
I know every parent says that.
1309
00:57:56,518 --> 00:57:58,310
No, no, no, no...
1310
00:57:58,311 --> 00:57:59,895
She was such a little girl
1311
00:57:59,896 --> 00:58:02,106
when she used to
come to set two years ago.
1312
00:58:02,107 --> 00:58:03,816
I know. Wow.
1313
00:58:03,817 --> 00:58:06,568
And, you know, I've tried
to be there as much as I can
1314
00:58:06,569 --> 00:58:08,696
and I still feel like
I've missed out.
1315
00:58:08,697 --> 00:58:12,991
Hmm, so that's what
the law books are really about.
1316
00:58:12,992 --> 00:58:15,703
Maybe.
1317
00:58:15,704 --> 00:58:18,497
I mean, lawyers don't have to
travel as much for work.
1318
00:58:18,498 --> 00:58:21,500
Hmm, yeah.
1319
00:58:21,501 --> 00:58:25,838
You know one of the things
I admire about you the most?
1320
00:58:25,839 --> 00:58:28,007
You could have coasted
for a long time
1321
00:58:28,008 --> 00:58:31,385
being the "Great googly!"
girl...
1322
00:58:31,386 --> 00:58:34,680
but you reinvented yourself.
1323
00:58:34,681 --> 00:58:38,475
First with the movies,
now with this.
1324
00:58:38,476 --> 00:58:40,644
It's inspiring.
1325
00:58:40,645 --> 00:58:43,188
Inspiring?
1326
00:58:43,189 --> 00:58:46,108
Wow, I don't think anyone's
ever said that to me before.
1327
00:58:46,109 --> 00:58:49,529
I find that
impossible to believe.
1328
00:58:55,535 --> 00:59:00,748
Tell me something romantic.
1329
00:59:00,749 --> 00:59:04,168
Looking at you right now,
1330
00:59:04,169 --> 00:59:07,464
I feel like my heart is
gonna beat out of my chest.
1331
00:59:11,259 --> 00:59:14,304
Same.
1332
00:59:37,869 --> 00:59:40,788
What do they say
about watched kettles?
1333
00:59:40,789 --> 00:59:42,916
Uh, that they miss their kids?
1334
00:59:48,421 --> 00:59:50,047
Oh, good!
1335
00:59:50,048 --> 00:59:51,799
Oh, hey!
Dad!
1336
00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:55,219
J-Bug!
Aww!
1337
00:59:55,220 --> 00:59:56,720
I missed you so much.
1338
00:59:56,721 --> 00:59:57,847
I missed you.
1339
00:59:59,265 --> 01:00:01,433
What's that?
1340
01:00:01,434 --> 01:00:03,936
Ah, a little surprise.
1341
01:00:03,937 --> 01:00:08,232
I figured we could do
a little decorating.
1342
01:00:08,233 --> 01:00:10,734
Josie...
1343
01:00:10,735 --> 01:00:15,406
I believe this should be
the first one on the tree.
1344
01:00:15,407 --> 01:00:19,743
Yes!
Okay.
1345
01:00:19,744 --> 01:00:23,163
Oh, Josie, Mom,
you remember Madison.
1346
01:00:23,164 --> 01:00:26,250
Of course we remember her!
Hi!
1347
01:00:26,251 --> 01:00:28,127
How are you, Madison?
Nice to see you again.
1348
01:00:28,128 --> 01:00:29,753
So nice to see you
again as well.
1349
01:00:29,754 --> 01:00:31,213
I'm glad you guys could make it.
1350
01:00:31,214 --> 01:00:33,257
We're excited to
see your Christmas play.
1351
01:00:33,258 --> 01:00:36,427
Thank you.
Are there reindeer?
1352
01:00:36,428 --> 01:00:37,803
Hello?
1353
01:00:37,804 --> 01:00:40,724
That's what we forgot...
The reindeer!
1354
01:00:46,312 --> 01:00:48,355
Dad, are we going to
the Christmas costume
1355
01:00:48,356 --> 01:00:49,648
festival thing?
1356
01:00:49,649 --> 01:00:51,567
We're absolutely
going to the Christmas
1357
01:00:51,568 --> 01:00:54,069
costume festival thing!
1358
01:00:54,070 --> 01:00:56,363
But we gotta finish
this tree first.
1359
01:00:56,364 --> 01:00:59,324
Well, I'm gonna...
It was good to see you.
1360
01:00:59,325 --> 01:01:00,617
No, join us.
1361
01:01:00,618 --> 01:01:01,952
Oh...
1362
01:01:01,953 --> 01:01:03,787
We could use your help.
1363
01:01:03,788 --> 01:01:05,622
Oh, no, it's a family thing.
1364
01:01:05,623 --> 01:01:06,874
I couldn't.
1365
01:01:06,875 --> 01:01:08,292
Come on...
1366
01:01:08,293 --> 01:01:09,543
Join us.
1367
01:01:09,544 --> 01:01:10,919
Oh, come on, join us!
1368
01:01:10,920 --> 01:01:12,797
Okay!
Good!
1369
01:01:15,550 --> 01:01:18,802
♪ Ooh... ♪
1370
01:01:18,803 --> 01:01:20,971
♪ There's something
about Christmas ♪
1371
01:01:20,972 --> 01:01:23,349
♪ That makes me grin
from ear to ear ♪
1372
01:01:23,350 --> 01:01:25,642
♪ Listen close
and I'll tell you why ♪
1373
01:01:25,643 --> 01:01:28,020
♪ It's my favourite
time of year ♪
1374
01:01:28,021 --> 01:01:30,856
♪ Oh, yeah...
Candycanes and mistletoe ♪
1375
01:01:30,857 --> 01:01:33,359
♪ Time with friends
and all that snow ♪
1376
01:01:33,360 --> 01:01:35,402
♪ When it's done,
don't want it to go ♪
1377
01:01:35,403 --> 01:01:38,155
♪ It's my favourite
time of year! ♪
1378
01:01:38,156 --> 01:01:42,993
♪ But no Christmas feels right
without you by my side ♪
1379
01:01:42,994 --> 01:01:44,828
♪ Ooh, ooooh... ♪
1380
01:01:44,829 --> 01:01:49,667
♪ So, baby come home
for Christmas ♪
1381
01:01:49,668 --> 01:01:52,169
♪ So, baby come home ♪
1382
01:01:52,170 --> 01:01:54,129
♪ Don't you know
it's Christmas ♪
1383
01:01:54,130 --> 01:01:55,381
♪ Don't you know... ♪
1384
01:01:55,382 --> 01:01:57,341
♪ A roaring fire
and candlelight ♪
1385
01:01:57,342 --> 01:01:59,426
♪ And all I need
is you here tonight ♪
1386
01:01:59,427 --> 01:02:00,844
Cheers!
1387
01:02:00,845 --> 01:02:04,515
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
1388
01:02:04,516 --> 01:02:08,435
♪ So baby, come home ♪
1389
01:02:08,436 --> 01:02:09,603
Alright, honey!
1390
01:02:09,604 --> 01:02:10,854
I know, she's so excited.
1391
01:02:10,855 --> 01:02:12,690
Lena, hi!
1392
01:02:12,691 --> 01:02:14,108
Hey.
1393
01:02:14,109 --> 01:02:16,735
Oh, hi!
1394
01:02:16,736 --> 01:02:19,571
Are you okay?
1395
01:02:19,572 --> 01:02:21,198
Can we talk?
1396
01:02:21,199 --> 01:02:24,702
Sure.
Hey, I'll catch up with you all.
1397
01:02:24,703 --> 01:02:26,162
Sure...
Sure.
1398
01:02:30,166 --> 01:02:31,625
You know one of the reasons
1399
01:02:31,626 --> 01:02:34,169
I wanted to do the play
is that Jefferson told me
1400
01:02:34,170 --> 01:02:35,879
that you would be directing it.
Really?
1401
01:02:35,880 --> 01:02:38,465
I've been a fan of yours
for so long
1402
01:02:38,466 --> 01:02:40,551
and I really wanted
to learn from you.
1403
01:02:40,552 --> 01:02:42,761
Thank you.
1404
01:02:42,762 --> 01:02:45,055
But is something going on?
1405
01:02:45,056 --> 01:02:48,100
Jefferson filmed part of
my performance the other night
1406
01:02:48,101 --> 01:02:51,061
and he sent it to
a producer friend of his
1407
01:02:51,062 --> 01:02:54,273
who is filming a movie,
thinking that if he liked it,
1408
01:02:54,274 --> 01:02:56,525
maybe I would get a small part.
1409
01:02:56,526 --> 01:02:58,068
Yeah, that's a great idea.
1410
01:02:58,069 --> 01:03:02,114
And so I shot an audition
and I sent it in...
1411
01:03:02,115 --> 01:03:04,616
and...
1412
01:03:04,617 --> 01:03:06,410
I got the second lead role.
1413
01:03:06,411 --> 01:03:07,911
What?
Congratulations!
1414
01:03:07,912 --> 01:03:10,122
Well, I wouldn't have
gotten it without your help.
1415
01:03:10,123 --> 01:03:12,624
No, I bet that's not true.
1416
01:03:12,625 --> 01:03:14,084
I think we both know better!
1417
01:03:14,085 --> 01:03:16,128
The only thing
I ever helped you with
1418
01:03:16,129 --> 01:03:19,923
was your confidence.
1419
01:03:19,924 --> 01:03:22,634
Hmm.
1420
01:03:22,635 --> 01:03:25,304
Well, why don't
you seem happier?
1421
01:03:25,305 --> 01:03:29,808
Because it starts filming
on December 27th.
1422
01:03:29,809 --> 01:03:31,769
O... oh.
1423
01:03:31,770 --> 01:03:36,190
In New Zealand.
1424
01:03:36,191 --> 01:03:37,691
So I-I...
1425
01:03:37,692 --> 01:03:39,318
I have to leave today.
1426
01:03:39,319 --> 01:03:41,612
Well...
1427
01:03:41,613 --> 01:03:43,073
Wha...?
1428
01:03:49,329 --> 01:03:51,789
I'm sorry, I never
actually considered second lead.
1429
01:03:51,790 --> 01:03:53,207
And our play?
1430
01:03:53,208 --> 01:03:54,958
Whatever you want,
I'm gonna support.
1431
01:03:54,959 --> 01:03:56,251
You know, money's paid for.
1432
01:03:56,252 --> 01:03:58,462
Let the show go on...
if you like.
1433
01:03:58,463 --> 01:03:59,505
Without our lead actress?
1434
01:03:59,506 --> 01:04:00,714
Jefferson!
1435
01:04:00,715 --> 01:04:02,091
You have to understand,
1436
01:04:02,092 --> 01:04:04,134
I only agreed to support
this play because of Lena.
1437
01:04:04,135 --> 01:04:06,095
I love that girl so much.
1438
01:04:06,096 --> 01:04:08,222
Hey, my first priority
is to do right by her.
1439
01:04:08,223 --> 01:04:10,683
I get that, but what about
the rest of us, okay?
1440
01:04:10,684 --> 01:04:13,519
Everyone who has worked
so hard on this production.
1441
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:15,771
And what about
Sophia Farentino, huh?
1442
01:04:15,772 --> 01:04:18,148
She's not gonna take a show
to Broadway that's never
1443
01:04:18,149 --> 01:04:19,858
even been performed once.
1444
01:04:19,859 --> 01:04:22,779
I'm truly sorry.
1445
01:04:24,864 --> 01:04:27,116
♪ Good King Wenceslas
looked out,
1446
01:04:27,117 --> 01:04:29,535
on the Feast of Stephen. ♪
1447
01:04:29,536 --> 01:04:34,164
♪ When the snow lay round about,
deep and crisp and even. ♪
1448
01:04:34,165 --> 01:04:36,750
♪ Brightly shone
the moon that night,
1449
01:04:36,751 --> 01:04:39,211
though the frost was cruel... ♪
1450
01:04:39,212 --> 01:04:41,130
So, she can't still do the play?
1451
01:04:41,131 --> 01:04:42,881
It's already
Christmas Eve in New Zealand
1452
01:04:42,882 --> 01:04:44,383
and she's gotta
fly to California,
1453
01:04:44,384 --> 01:04:46,093
pack, and then fly to Auckland,
1454
01:04:46,094 --> 01:04:47,970
and basically be situated
in three days.
1455
01:04:47,971 --> 01:04:49,304
So, no, she can't do the play.
1456
01:04:49,305 --> 01:04:51,015
No, she can't do the play.
1457
01:04:51,016 --> 01:04:53,517
However, she did offer to try,
which I appreciated.
1458
01:04:53,518 --> 01:04:55,352
You turned her down?
Of course.
1459
01:04:55,353 --> 01:04:57,187
This is way too good
of an opportunity
1460
01:04:57,188 --> 01:04:59,523
for somebody just starting out.
1461
01:04:59,524 --> 01:05:01,233
Well, what do we do then?
1462
01:05:01,234 --> 01:05:02,609
Nothing.
1463
01:05:02,610 --> 01:05:05,362
We don't have a lead actress
and we open in a day.
1464
01:05:05,363 --> 01:05:09,534
This is literally a disaster.
1465
01:05:33,683 --> 01:05:36,560
I'm sorry, Dad.
1466
01:05:36,561 --> 01:05:40,857
I tried.
1467
01:05:47,739 --> 01:05:50,449
Here you are.
1468
01:05:50,450 --> 01:05:53,119
Hayley?
1469
01:05:56,915 --> 01:05:58,749
How are you here?
1470
01:05:58,750 --> 01:06:00,459
I was already on the way back
1471
01:06:00,460 --> 01:06:02,628
when Jefferson called
to tell me.
1472
01:06:02,629 --> 01:06:04,963
My play is ruined, Hayley.
1473
01:06:04,964 --> 01:06:06,507
No, it isn't.
1474
01:06:06,508 --> 01:06:09,093
We don't have a lead actress.
1475
01:06:09,094 --> 01:06:11,095
Then we're gonna
have to use our understudy.
1476
01:06:11,096 --> 01:06:13,097
Understudy?
We don't have an understudy!
1477
01:06:13,098 --> 01:06:14,264
We couldn't afford
an understudy!
1478
01:06:14,265 --> 01:06:16,934
Madison, we have an understudy.
1479
01:06:16,935 --> 01:06:19,937
No.
1480
01:06:19,938 --> 01:06:21,438
No!
1481
01:06:21,439 --> 01:06:23,482
The whole reason
I chose to do this play
1482
01:06:23,483 --> 01:06:25,275
was so I could step away
from acting.
1483
01:06:25,276 --> 01:06:27,319
The whole reason you
chose to do this play
1484
01:06:27,320 --> 01:06:29,279
was so that you could reinvent
yourself as a director.
1485
01:06:29,280 --> 01:06:31,448
That doesn't mean
you can't act, too.
1486
01:06:31,449 --> 01:06:33,951
Bring a little part of
the old you into the new you.
1487
01:06:33,952 --> 01:06:35,661
Nothing comes from nothing.
1488
01:06:35,662 --> 01:06:37,705
Did you just quote
"Sound of Music" to me?
1489
01:06:37,706 --> 01:06:40,874
Yeah.
You weren't supposed to notice.
1490
01:06:40,875 --> 01:06:43,293
This is your baby, Mads!
1491
01:06:43,294 --> 01:06:46,088
The Christmas show
that meant so much to you.
1492
01:06:46,089 --> 01:06:48,090
These are the pulleys.
1493
01:06:48,091 --> 01:06:50,467
They help bring up the curtains,
which is the most
1494
01:06:50,468 --> 01:06:54,430
amazing feeling when
you're standing, like...
1495
01:06:54,431 --> 01:06:57,474
Oh...
Oh, hey.
1496
01:06:57,475 --> 01:06:58,726
Hey.
1497
01:06:58,727 --> 01:07:00,686
Just showing her the office.
1498
01:07:00,687 --> 01:07:03,689
I love it.
1499
01:07:03,690 --> 01:07:04,691
Ah!
1500
01:07:08,862 --> 01:07:10,946
We'll get out of your way.
1501
01:07:10,947 --> 01:07:13,240
No, stay.
1502
01:07:13,241 --> 01:07:15,535
It's a magical place.
1503
01:07:17,203 --> 01:07:20,581
Order in the court!
1504
01:07:20,582 --> 01:07:23,334
So...
1505
01:07:23,335 --> 01:07:25,754
What about the play?
1506
01:07:29,632 --> 01:07:31,884
Hey, Josie.
1507
01:07:31,885 --> 01:07:36,180
You know what my dad used to
tell me about being up here?
1508
01:07:36,181 --> 01:07:40,267
"Do it because you love it."
1509
01:07:40,268 --> 01:07:41,518
Climb every mountain.
1510
01:07:41,519 --> 01:07:42,936
Ford every steam.
No, no.
1511
01:07:42,937 --> 01:07:44,438
No.
Stop.
1512
01:07:44,439 --> 01:07:45,647
Follow the rainbow?
1513
01:07:45,648 --> 01:07:47,275
Nope, nope.
1514
01:08:05,835 --> 01:08:07,252
Walter?
1515
01:08:07,253 --> 01:08:09,089
I am here to support
my favourite client.
1516
01:08:10,715 --> 01:08:12,007
Really?
And who is that?
1517
01:08:12,008 --> 01:08:13,342
Oh, funny.
1518
01:08:13,343 --> 01:08:15,594
These are beautiful.
Thank you.
1519
01:08:15,595 --> 01:08:17,346
Sure, I'd rather you
be acting full-time, but...
1520
01:08:17,347 --> 01:08:19,181
Thank you, Walter.
1521
01:08:19,182 --> 01:08:21,475
I know that in your own way,
you mean well.
1522
01:08:21,476 --> 01:08:23,143
I also told the TV producers
1523
01:08:23,144 --> 01:08:25,521
that you weren't interested.
1524
01:08:25,522 --> 01:08:27,606
You did?
1525
01:08:27,607 --> 01:08:29,692
I haven't seen you
this passionate about something
1526
01:08:29,693 --> 01:08:32,319
in a long, long time.
1527
01:08:32,320 --> 01:08:34,029
You know, when Ben was sick,
1528
01:08:34,030 --> 01:08:35,864
he asked me to look out for you.
1529
01:08:35,865 --> 01:08:38,283
I know.
1530
01:08:38,284 --> 01:08:40,452
I suppose I just always
figured he meant financially,
1531
01:08:40,453 --> 01:08:43,038
you know, for security, but...
1532
01:08:43,039 --> 01:08:45,499
maybe I can do a better job
1533
01:08:45,500 --> 01:08:48,627
in a lot of other ways,
too, creatively.
1534
01:08:48,628 --> 01:08:50,879
Thank you, Walter.
1535
01:08:50,880 --> 01:08:54,509
Go make him proud.
1536
01:08:59,014 --> 01:09:02,349
I hope you have a great show!
1537
01:09:02,350 --> 01:09:03,767
Thank you, Comet.
1538
01:09:03,768 --> 01:09:05,854
I'm Prancer!
1539
01:09:07,772 --> 01:09:09,565
Yeah, of course you are.
1540
01:09:09,566 --> 01:09:11,692
Thank you, Prancer's friend.
1541
01:09:11,693 --> 01:09:13,068
You're welcome.
1542
01:09:13,069 --> 01:09:14,111
Oh, is that your script?
1543
01:09:14,112 --> 01:09:17,114
Mm-hm.
1544
01:09:17,115 --> 01:09:18,992
New York?
1545
01:09:20,785 --> 01:09:23,328
I'm exploring my options.
1546
01:09:23,329 --> 01:09:25,789
I always thought you'd
make an excellent lawyer.
1547
01:09:25,790 --> 01:09:28,459
I remember.
1548
01:09:28,460 --> 01:09:31,379
There's some really great
dance schools in New York.
1549
01:09:33,757 --> 01:09:35,759
Go, Prancer, let's go...
1550
01:09:47,979 --> 01:09:49,438
Hey.
Hey.
1551
01:09:49,439 --> 01:09:50,814
So, our jury's been panelled.
1552
01:09:50,815 --> 01:09:52,399
I went through our line
of ticketholders
1553
01:09:52,400 --> 01:09:53,692
and I selected nine volunteers.
1554
01:09:53,693 --> 01:09:54,777
And the tenth?
1555
01:09:54,778 --> 01:09:56,445
Mrs. Prescott
didn't give me a choice!
1556
01:09:56,446 --> 01:09:58,739
No chance
I'm gonna miss my chance
1557
01:09:58,740 --> 01:10:00,574
to be up close
and personal with this!
1558
01:10:00,575 --> 01:10:02,369
Okay, thank you.
1559
01:10:04,162 --> 01:10:05,329
Ooh!
Oh!
1560
01:10:05,330 --> 01:10:07,039
You look beautiful.
1561
01:10:07,040 --> 01:10:08,083
Thank you.
1562
01:10:13,588 --> 01:10:16,173
I can't find
Moore or Livingston.
1563
01:10:16,174 --> 01:10:18,217
Of course not.
1564
01:10:18,218 --> 01:10:19,635
Do you want to go forward
1565
01:10:19,636 --> 01:10:21,720
as if they're gonna
be called or just...
1566
01:10:21,721 --> 01:10:24,306
revert back to the original
version without them?
1567
01:10:24,307 --> 01:10:26,892
If they don't show,
we'll just...
1568
01:10:26,893 --> 01:10:28,811
We'll improv.
We'll improv.
1569
01:10:28,812 --> 01:10:30,104
Yeah, we'll improv!
1570
01:10:30,105 --> 01:10:31,689
Yeah?
Yeah...
1571
01:10:31,690 --> 01:10:33,023
Yeah, um... Okay.
1572
01:10:33,024 --> 01:10:34,483
Okay, Lena messengered
this over.
1573
01:10:34,484 --> 01:10:36,819
She wanted me to give it to you
before the show, okay?
1574
01:10:36,820 --> 01:10:37,945
Okay, thank you.
1575
01:10:37,946 --> 01:10:40,990
Okay, places, everyone!
1576
01:10:43,910 --> 01:10:45,077
Break a leg!
1577
01:10:45,078 --> 01:10:46,370
Oh, thank you.
1578
01:10:46,371 --> 01:10:48,080
You, too!
1579
01:10:48,081 --> 01:10:49,081
Okay...
1580
01:11:02,470 --> 01:11:06,307
Okay, curtain.
1581
01:11:14,607 --> 01:11:16,483
"'Twas the Night
Before Christmas"
1582
01:11:16,484 --> 01:11:19,862
is one of the most famous poems
in American history.
1583
01:11:19,863 --> 01:11:23,032
Published anonymously in
the Troy Sentinel newspaper
1584
01:11:23,033 --> 01:11:26,368
on December 23rd, 1823,
1585
01:11:26,369 --> 01:11:28,412
it has gone on
to become something
1586
01:11:28,413 --> 01:11:32,082
that nearly everyone
can happily recite.
1587
01:11:32,083 --> 01:11:33,834
Yet the one question
1588
01:11:33,835 --> 01:11:38,422
that no one can
successfully answer is:
1589
01:11:38,423 --> 01:11:40,883
who really wrote it?
1590
01:11:40,884 --> 01:11:43,427
Well, tonight, we're
going to answer that question,
1591
01:11:43,428 --> 01:11:48,390
and the truth may surprise you.
1592
01:11:48,391 --> 01:11:50,059
Counsellor?
1593
01:11:50,060 --> 01:11:52,103
Your turn.
1594
01:12:01,363 --> 01:12:03,781
Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,
1595
01:12:03,782 --> 01:12:06,450
for almost two centuries
there's only been one name
1596
01:12:06,451 --> 01:12:08,118
on the front cover of the book,
1597
01:12:08,119 --> 01:12:10,788
"'Twas the Night
Before Christmas":
1598
01:12:10,789 --> 01:12:13,040
Clement C. Moore.
1599
01:12:13,041 --> 01:12:15,709
Never in all the years he was
alive did any publisher
1600
01:12:15,710 --> 01:12:18,087
ever dispute this fact.
1601
01:12:18,088 --> 01:12:21,173
It was only afterwards,
in the fog of time,
1602
01:12:21,174 --> 01:12:23,926
that questions arose.
1603
01:12:23,927 --> 01:12:26,512
For people who did not know
Mr. Moore but judged
1604
01:12:26,513 --> 01:12:30,015
his capabilities
based on pure speculation,
1605
01:12:30,016 --> 01:12:33,644
I say we end such speculation
and give back Mr. Moore
1606
01:12:33,645 --> 01:12:37,731
his good name by rendering
the right and true verdict:
1607
01:12:37,732 --> 01:12:42,445
that the author was
Clement Clarke Moore.
1608
01:12:45,532 --> 01:12:47,783
♪ Our favourite time of year ♪
1609
01:12:47,784 --> 01:12:51,245
♪ There's miles of bright-light
diamonds all around ♪
1610
01:12:51,246 --> 01:12:53,747
♪ Ooh-oooh... ♪
1611
01:12:53,748 --> 01:12:58,752
♪ Like music to my ears,
there's laughter in the air ♪
1612
01:12:58,753 --> 01:13:01,630
♪ My heart beats to
the rhythm of the sound ♪
1613
01:13:01,631 --> 01:13:04,008
♪ Ooh-oooh... ♪
1614
01:13:04,009 --> 01:13:06,802
♪ Let's celebrate good times ♪
1615
01:13:06,803 --> 01:13:09,346
♪ Make a memory tonight ♪
1616
01:13:09,347 --> 01:13:12,099
♪ Dance for the Yuletide ♪
1617
01:13:12,100 --> 01:13:16,812
♪ Come on, everyone,
let's celebrate good times ♪
1618
01:13:16,813 --> 01:13:18,897
You think I don't know?
1619
01:13:18,898 --> 01:13:21,108
The only reason
you took this case
1620
01:13:21,109 --> 01:13:24,445
was because you knew
you'd see me again.
1621
01:13:24,446 --> 01:13:26,614
Guilty as charged.
1622
01:13:34,205 --> 01:13:35,665
Yeah...
1623
01:13:41,921 --> 01:13:44,173
Your honour, I call to the stand
1624
01:13:44,174 --> 01:13:47,552
Major Henry Livingston.
1625
01:13:54,392 --> 01:13:56,311
Anything?
Nothing.
1626
01:14:20,043 --> 01:14:22,169
Did you do that?
1627
01:14:22,170 --> 01:14:24,381
Cool!
1628
01:14:26,675 --> 01:14:28,092
You're not Henry Livingston.
1629
01:14:28,093 --> 01:14:29,885
No, indeed.
1630
01:14:29,886 --> 01:14:33,098
Major Livingston
was unfortunately detained.
1631
01:14:37,227 --> 01:14:39,604
Anybody got anything?
1632
01:14:44,651 --> 01:14:48,487
Uh, counsellor?
1633
01:14:48,488 --> 01:14:50,322
Perhaps I could
speak with my client?
1634
01:14:50,323 --> 01:14:51,991
By all means, counsellor.
1635
01:14:54,369 --> 01:14:55,619
Good evening, sir.
1636
01:14:55,620 --> 01:14:58,122
Please introduce yourself
to the court.
1637
01:14:58,123 --> 01:15:01,417
I am Clement Clarke Moore,
1638
01:15:01,418 --> 01:15:03,752
scholar and author.
1639
01:15:03,753 --> 01:15:05,462
And you wrote poetry?
1640
01:15:05,463 --> 01:15:07,673
I wrote a great deal of poetry,
1641
01:15:07,674 --> 01:15:10,718
much of which was high-minded.
1642
01:15:10,719 --> 01:15:14,555
It is ironic that the poem
that I am best remembered for
1643
01:15:14,556 --> 01:15:18,726
is one I scratched out
one Christmas Eve.
1644
01:15:18,727 --> 01:15:21,020
Mr. Moore, please
tell us about the circumstances
1645
01:15:21,021 --> 01:15:22,646
surrounding
your writing the poem.
1646
01:15:22,647 --> 01:15:24,940
Certainly.
1647
01:15:24,941 --> 01:15:29,778
One Christmas Eve, while riding
in my one-horse open sleigh,
1648
01:15:29,779 --> 01:15:31,905
I looked to my driver.
1649
01:15:31,906 --> 01:15:34,616
He was a roly-poly,
merry fellow,
1650
01:15:34,617 --> 01:15:36,869
stubby pipe
clenched in his teeth,
1651
01:15:36,870 --> 01:15:39,204
and it was the image of him,
1652
01:15:39,205 --> 01:15:42,416
with the moon shining
and the snow falling,
1653
01:15:42,417 --> 01:15:45,210
that inspired me.
1654
01:15:45,211 --> 01:15:47,046
Upon arriving home,
1655
01:15:47,047 --> 01:15:51,050
I wrote out the verses
that we now discuss.
1656
01:15:51,051 --> 01:15:55,804
And yet...
it wasn't until 1837
1657
01:15:55,805 --> 01:16:00,642
that you took credit
for its authorship.
1658
01:16:00,643 --> 01:16:01,935
Why is that?
1659
01:16:01,936 --> 01:16:04,855
I had more scholarly ambitions.
1660
01:16:04,856 --> 01:16:08,609
It had been a source of teasing
among my more academic friends
1661
01:16:08,610 --> 01:16:12,071
that I had written
this children's poem,
1662
01:16:12,072 --> 01:16:16,200
but one of my friends seemed to
have let the cat out of the bag.
1663
01:16:16,201 --> 01:16:20,913
So I ultimately chose
to admit my authorship.
1664
01:16:20,914 --> 01:16:22,664
I'm gonna ask you directly,
1665
01:16:22,665 --> 01:16:25,334
as you are under oath,
1666
01:16:25,335 --> 01:16:29,505
who authored "'Twas the Night
Before Christmas"?
1667
01:16:29,506 --> 01:16:32,841
I did, sir.
1668
01:16:32,842 --> 01:16:34,886
No further questions.
1669
01:16:38,348 --> 01:16:40,974
Actually, your honour,
I have a few questions.
1670
01:16:40,975 --> 01:16:44,144
Questions that have bothered me
1671
01:16:44,145 --> 01:16:48,107
since my dad
used to read me this poem.
1672
01:16:48,108 --> 01:16:52,195
What exactly is a sugar plum
and how do they dance?
1673
01:16:54,155 --> 01:16:57,449
They were a favourite
treat of my children.
1674
01:16:57,450 --> 01:16:59,535
They only danced
in the imagination.
1675
01:16:59,536 --> 01:17:01,537
Huh.
1676
01:17:01,538 --> 01:17:06,875
You said you wrote the entirety
of the poem on Christmas Eve.
1677
01:17:06,876 --> 01:17:09,003
Exactly how long
did that take you?
1678
01:17:09,004 --> 01:17:11,255
Three hours.
Three hours?
1679
01:17:11,256 --> 01:17:13,841
And yet, sir,
unlike your other poems,
1680
01:17:13,842 --> 01:17:17,469
you wrote it in anapestic meter.
1681
01:17:17,470 --> 01:17:20,389
It fit the subject matter.
1682
01:17:20,390 --> 01:17:25,019
You wrote in an unfamiliar meter
in a matter of hours.
1683
01:17:25,020 --> 01:17:27,896
I find that
difficult to believe,
1684
01:17:27,897 --> 01:17:30,315
especially given the subject
matter as a children's verse,
1685
01:17:30,316 --> 01:17:33,569
which is also not your forte,
and it involves smoking,
1686
01:17:33,570 --> 01:17:36,281
which you admit to abhorring.
1687
01:17:39,200 --> 01:17:43,245
Have people not doubted you
before, Ms. Rush?
1688
01:17:43,246 --> 01:17:45,998
Placed you
in a well-defined perception
1689
01:17:45,999 --> 01:17:48,042
based on limited information
1690
01:17:48,043 --> 01:17:52,671
that you ultimately found
profoundly inaccurate?
1691
01:17:52,672 --> 01:17:54,131
Well...
1692
01:17:54,132 --> 01:17:58,052
Ms. Rush, you and others
have researched me
1693
01:17:58,053 --> 01:18:00,763
and Major Livingston
through books and articles
1694
01:18:00,764 --> 01:18:02,806
and presumed to know us.
1695
01:18:02,807 --> 01:18:06,143
You yourself are known
to a great many
1696
01:18:06,144 --> 01:18:08,395
through the written words
of people
1697
01:18:08,396 --> 01:18:10,397
who have never met you.
1698
01:18:10,398 --> 01:18:15,319
Would you say that
their depictions are accurate?
1699
01:18:15,320 --> 01:18:16,945
No.
1700
01:18:16,946 --> 01:18:20,699
Then in this, we are in accord.
1701
01:18:20,700 --> 01:18:24,119
Yes, I was a professor
of divinity, and yes,
1702
01:18:24,120 --> 01:18:27,289
I primarily wrote books
of an academic nature,
1703
01:18:27,290 --> 01:18:31,960
and yes, I could, at times,
be considered a curmudgeon.
1704
01:18:31,961 --> 01:18:35,214
But I am also a man
who loved his children
1705
01:18:35,215 --> 01:18:38,050
and loved to see
the joy of Christmas
1706
01:18:38,051 --> 01:18:40,886
through their wondrous eyes.
1707
01:18:40,887 --> 01:18:44,973
Loved it so deeply
that I was inspired
1708
01:18:44,974 --> 01:18:48,228
one snowy evening
many years ago.
1709
01:18:51,690 --> 01:18:52,981
Thank you.
1710
01:18:52,982 --> 01:18:57,277
I'm sure you,
like Mr. Avery,
1711
01:18:57,278 --> 01:19:01,240
must understand what it's like
to have more than one interest
1712
01:19:01,241 --> 01:19:03,742
in one's pursuits.
1713
01:19:03,743 --> 01:19:05,995
Is that not so?
1714
01:19:21,886 --> 01:19:24,681
Court is adjourned
while the jury deliberates.
1715
01:19:32,147 --> 01:19:33,772
Did you just throw your case?
1716
01:19:33,773 --> 01:19:35,441
I think I did.
1717
01:19:35,442 --> 01:19:37,860
But that's what felt like
the truth and, as you know,
1718
01:19:37,861 --> 01:19:39,236
my character is a truth-seeker.
1719
01:19:39,237 --> 01:19:41,405
Uh, nah, he got you with
the "more than one pursuit"
1720
01:19:41,406 --> 01:19:43,615
speech, didn't he?
1721
01:19:43,616 --> 01:19:45,117
Madison.
1722
01:19:45,118 --> 01:19:46,744
Sophia?
1723
01:19:46,745 --> 01:19:48,328
I thought you were
supposed to be in...
1724
01:19:48,329 --> 01:19:49,872
In Vienna?
I will be later tonight.
1725
01:19:49,873 --> 01:19:51,165
Ah!
1726
01:19:51,166 --> 01:19:53,042
But when Jefferson
called me to tell me
1727
01:19:53,043 --> 01:19:55,502
you were going to take over
the lead role, I had to be here.
1728
01:19:55,503 --> 01:19:57,254
Oh, wow!
1729
01:19:57,255 --> 01:19:59,298
Thank you.
It was wonderful.
1730
01:19:59,299 --> 01:20:02,760
I mean, Lena did
a terrific job in the role,
1731
01:20:02,761 --> 01:20:04,803
but you, my dear,
took it even further.
1732
01:20:04,804 --> 01:20:06,847
I especially loved
1733
01:20:06,848 --> 01:20:08,974
all the flirtation
between the two leads.
1734
01:20:08,975 --> 01:20:10,684
Yeah, well, me too.
1735
01:20:10,685 --> 01:20:11,894
It's new.
1736
01:20:11,895 --> 01:20:13,812
It's delightful.
1737
01:20:13,813 --> 01:20:15,814
Please keep it in
for future performances.
1738
01:20:15,815 --> 01:20:17,316
Future?
1739
01:20:17,317 --> 01:20:21,236
I want to sponsor
the play annually in Troy.
1740
01:20:21,237 --> 01:20:23,072
Thank you so much!
I don't...
1741
01:20:23,073 --> 01:20:25,115
And let's talk in the new year
1742
01:20:25,116 --> 01:20:26,825
about other possibilities.
1743
01:20:26,826 --> 01:20:29,745
I could use a director
of your skills.
1744
01:20:29,746 --> 01:20:32,247
Well, I look forward to it.
1745
01:20:32,248 --> 01:20:35,460
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
1746
01:20:37,962 --> 01:20:40,382
Ah!
1747
01:20:41,591 --> 01:20:44,093
Hear ye, hear ye!
1748
01:20:44,094 --> 01:20:47,805
The jury has returned
with a verdict!
1749
01:20:47,806 --> 01:20:49,390
So who do you think
it's gonna be?
1750
01:20:49,391 --> 01:20:51,350
I dunno, but my dad's
a good lawyer.
1751
01:20:51,351 --> 01:20:53,478
Oh, you're so sweet!
1752
01:20:57,649 --> 01:20:59,566
Okay, lights on one...
1753
01:20:59,567 --> 01:21:01,111
Curtain...
1754
01:21:08,451 --> 01:21:11,578
Thank you, darling.
1755
01:21:11,579 --> 01:21:15,582
Hmm...
1756
01:21:15,583 --> 01:21:19,044
It appears that the jury has
become hopelessly deadlocked
1757
01:21:19,045 --> 01:21:22,131
in our allotted time.
1758
01:21:22,132 --> 01:21:25,467
The verdict is 9 to 1...
1759
01:21:25,468 --> 01:21:29,054
for...
1760
01:21:29,055 --> 01:21:30,807
Clement Clarke Moore.
1761
01:21:39,899 --> 01:21:41,275
Well, I guess this means
1762
01:21:41,276 --> 01:21:42,652
you'll have to
come back next year.
1763
01:21:45,238 --> 01:21:50,492
What do you say, counsellor?
1764
01:21:50,493 --> 01:21:52,828
No objection.
1765
01:21:52,829 --> 01:21:54,873
Court is adjourned.
1766
01:22:06,551 --> 01:22:09,094
Thank you to everyone
for coming out tonight
1767
01:22:09,095 --> 01:22:11,722
and being a part of
our first performance
1768
01:22:11,723 --> 01:22:13,515
of "Trial Before Christmas."
1769
01:22:13,516 --> 01:22:16,143
And now, it's only fitting
that we say to you...
1770
01:22:16,144 --> 01:22:18,520
Merry Christmas to all...
1771
01:22:18,521 --> 01:22:21,524
And to all a good night!
1772
01:22:36,081 --> 01:22:38,207
There was no Christmas party
in Poughkeepsie.
1773
01:22:38,208 --> 01:22:40,626
Oh, it's tomorrow.
1774
01:22:40,627 --> 01:22:42,419
You cheated!
1775
01:22:42,420 --> 01:22:43,545
Prove it!
1776
01:22:43,546 --> 01:22:45,005
I will...
1777
01:22:45,006 --> 01:22:46,966
Next year.
1778
01:22:54,182 --> 01:22:55,974
I love
Christmastime in New York.
1779
01:22:55,975 --> 01:22:57,810
I know.
1780
01:22:57,811 --> 01:23:00,104
I can't wait to
be here full-time.
1781
01:23:00,105 --> 01:23:02,981
What do you mean?
1782
01:23:02,982 --> 01:23:04,942
Well, I thought
I'd move to New York
1783
01:23:04,943 --> 01:23:06,819
and pass the bar, so I... I know.
1784
01:23:06,820 --> 01:23:08,446
Would you just kiss me already?
1785
01:23:15,453 --> 01:23:17,371
I thought you didn't
date actors.
1786
01:23:17,372 --> 01:23:20,333
Good thing you're
a convincing lawyer, hm?
1787
01:23:23,920 --> 01:23:27,924
Merry Christmas.
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