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S07E11 A Piñata Named Desire
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00:04
[[ Chorus ] - Good morning, USA.
00:10
Listen, Rose, you're gonna go on and make lots of babies...
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and you're gonna watch 'em grow.
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Promise me you'll survive.
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Never let go.
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[ Coos ]
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[ Thudding ]
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Very nice audition. Thank you.
00:28
Thank you, Mr. Rivera-perez, for writing a play as brave as Piñata Man.
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A lonely piñata maker who pretends to be as empty as the toys he makes.
00:41
Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Uh, who's next?
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You have my headshot, correct?
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Excellent.
00:58
Forgot to strike my prop.
01:01
[ Squawks ]
01:08
Then Duper said we were out of paper clips, so I went to the supply closet.
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And guess what your old dad found behind the postage.
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Ohh! - Had my big audition, and—
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[ Imitates Gun ] Killed it! - [ Gasps ]
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Good for you! - That's great.
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I was in the middle of a story. - You found the paper clips. Terrible story.
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Anyway, the director liked me so much, I got a callback for the lead!
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It's the role of a lifetime.
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Much bigger than my voice-over work on Pac-man: The Animated Series.
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"I eat ghosts like you for breakfast!"
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[ Imitating Video Game ]
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What do you think you're doing? That's the big piece.
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Yeah, so? - The big piece goes to the big dog, a.k.a. me.
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And what makes you the big dog? - Um, everything.
01:46
I'm smarter than you, I'm stronger than you, I can wet-nurse better than you.
01:50
Easy, girls.
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sorry, Stan. Anything you can do, I can do better.
01:54
I can do anything better than you.
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No, you can't! - Yes, I can!
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No, you can't! - Yes, I can!
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Yes, I can
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No, you can't
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-♪ Yes, I - Can No, you can't
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Enough! Can't we have one meal without you two getting into an angry singing contest?
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Why is everything a competition?
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Yeah, you guys should just fuck and get it over with.
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Clearly, they have repressed sexual feelings for each other...
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that they're channeling into hostility.
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How's that Psych 101 class goin'?
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It's only day three, but I understand how the whole world works now.
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Roger, while you "act" in your little community theater plays, do you know where I am?
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Jerkin' it? - I'm on undercover C.I.A. missions...
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acting for an audience of ruthless thugs, terrorists and assassins.
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And if I'm unconvincing or forget a line...
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I don't get a bad review, I get a bullet to the head.
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Life and death stakes— that's real acting.
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You're a badass, Dad.
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You guys don't really do that James Bond stuff.
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And you, that's enough from you for the night.
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It's bedtime. Go to your room.
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Get back here. Give me a kiss.
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[ Kiss ] - You're a good boy. You just frustrate me.
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So what's on the agenda for tonight's sleepover?
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Well, after pizza, we'll retire to my tree house...
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watch an '80s crap-fest— say Critters or Critters 2—
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and cap it off with a foray into demon worship, courtesy of the Ouija board.
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No! Last time I summoned a demon, and now he won't leave me alone.
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Delicious!
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[ Groaning ]
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Oh, wait. Wait. You dorks still have slumber parties?
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[ Laughing ]
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Look, they're not slumber parties.
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I mean, trust me, when the four of us get together in a bedroom...
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there's not much slumbering goin' on.
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[ All Laughing ]
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"Have you ever seen the word 'piñata,' Miss Lopez?
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It has that squiggly line over the 'N' that looks like an eyebrow...
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or a stain upon the soul."
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Oh, rehearsing for your little play audition?
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Well, I have a big undercover mission tonight where I'll be doing some real acting.
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No, he doesn't. He's so lying.
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You know, Stanislavsky says that acting is the grandest lie.
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[ Screams, Gasping ]
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[ Bell Rings ]
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You guys ready? My mom's picking us up in front any minute.
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Yeah. Uh, I just remembered, I gotta go get my circumcision touched up.
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Uh, Toshi and I have to get to a taping of Benson.
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Wait. You're all bailin' on the sleepover because people made fun of us.
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Maybe we are too old for sleepovers. We're not kids anymore.
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There's a person inside Big Bird.
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But the best moments of our lives have been at sleepovers.
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Remember?
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Come on and let the good times roll'
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We gonna stay here till we soothe our souls
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if it take all night long ♪
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♪ One more time
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Come on and let the good times roll'
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♪ We gonna stay here till we soothe—,//
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I know we gotta grow up some time, but damn it, not today.
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I say we plan one last sleepover two weeks from today.
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The sleepover to end all sleepovers. Who's with me?
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[ Together ] We all had a black friend!
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[ Engine Starts ]
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Hurry up, people. The Indonesian drug cartel will be here any minute.
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It's almost showtime.
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Smith, you need to get into wardrobe and makeup. - [ Fingers Snap ]
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He really is an actor.
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Sir, they're pulling up. - Places, everyone.
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[ Chattering ] - * [ Piano]
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Good evening, gentlemen. Right this way.
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That's your cue. - Magic time.
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Water?
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What did you say?
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Water?
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You're offering me water...
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but somehow I'm not buying that you are really offering me water.
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It's a set-up!
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[ Gunfire ] - [ Screaming ]
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What the hell were you thinking? Improvising a line?
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There's a reason I never give you lines, Smith.
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You can't act!
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Stan, don't blame yourself.
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Oh, thank you.
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That's acting. How cool is this?
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He got shot in the back of the head, now he's just like a puppet.
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Hope he doesn't mind I'm doing this.
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S'all right? - S'all right.
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How'd the big mission go last night? - Uh, fine.
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Water?
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Water? - What are you doing, Roger?
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Wh-Wh-What am I— What am I doing, Stan? Water.
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Well, whatever he's doing, it doesn't sound genuine.
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I don't believe he's really offering you water.
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All right, I can't act, okay?
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[ Chuckles ] You guys should've seen it.
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A whole room full of agents killed by Stan's bad acting.
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God, it was terrible! Hilarious.
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Big piece for the guy who didn't create 14 widows last night.
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[ Sighs ] You're right.
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You're a real actor. I'm not.
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I was jealous because I never get the cool parts in undercover missions.
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How did you get to be so good?
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I had a great teacher. You should look him up. Tell him I sent you.
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"Erwin Beyer Junior, Acting Coach."
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This-This is you, isn't it?
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I'm gonna get down there, and it's gonna be you.
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strong possibility.
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And I asked him, "Mr. Antonioni, how do you direct your actors?"
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And he said, "I don't.
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After each take, I simply ask them, 'How did that feel?"
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[ All] Ohh.
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Some know. Some know.
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Now, I'm afraid I have some bad news.
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I've got a callback next week for the new play Piñata Man.
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And since I'm going to get it, that means no class for a while.
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[ All ] No!
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[ Fingers Snap ] - Log that emotion. Save it for a rape scene.
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Okay, we still have this week. Let's get to work.
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Peter and Bess, you'll be doing a scene from Hamlet.
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Jamie and Darrell, you'll do Our town,
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and, Stan and Stacy, I'm giving you one of the most riveting scenes ever put to paper:
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WarGames, act two, scene 19.
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David and Jennifer— Broderick and Sheedy—
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are trying to flee Goose Island to prevent global thermonuclear war.
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But David's about to face his own personal war.
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Tick-tack. Go.
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Maybe we can swim for it.
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No. No, I can't swim.
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You can't swim? - No, I can't, okay, Wonder Woman? I can't swim.
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I always thought there was going to be plenty of time.
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I wish I didn't Know about any of this and tomorrow it would just be over.
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Oh, God, I really wanted to learn how to swim.
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Somebody remind me to cancel my Ambien prescription.
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[ Chuckles ]
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Okay, Stan, we're gonna run this scene all week until you make it perfect.
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The rest of you will get no attention from me.
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But there's no refunds, so... your move.
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That's the one. Those are the pajamas we should wear for our last sleepover.
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Ah, I don't know.
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The striped ones are better for hiding unwanted pillow fight boners.
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No. No kimonos.
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I'm sorry. We need to get on the same page here. Can we think about it?
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[ German Accent ] You can.
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I can't guarantee that the pajamas will be here when you return.
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Just this morning, there were four other boys looking at these same very jammies.
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They— [ Chuckles ] smacked of rich.
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Come on. This guy's full of it.
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Yo, Deutschland, ring those jammie-jams up, 'cause we like 'em baggy and saggy.
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You tell him, Little Turtle.
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And you better hurry up, 'cause Little Vincent's throwin' a sleepover...
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and Bindi Irwin is comin'.
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[ All Laughing ] - Ooh, man!
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[ Little Turtle ] Yeah! Oh, yeah!
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Oh, yeah!
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I really wanted to learn how to swim.
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[ Imitates Farting ] That was a fake fart,
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because I couldn't summon up a real one to express my disgust with your acting.
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[ Farts ] - Oh!
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I give up. I'll never learn how to act.
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stan, you need to make a personal connection with the character, and you have one.
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Just like David doesn't know how to swim, you don't know how to act.
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Stacy, I want to try something with Stan.
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Go get me a butterscotch. - A butterscotch what?
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Stan, we're gonna do this again...
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but this time, I want you to exchange the word "swim" with the word "act."
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[ Inhales ]
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Maybe we can swim for it!
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No, no. I... can't act.
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You can't act? - No, I can't, okay, Wonder Woman?
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I can't act. I always thought there was gonna be plenty of time.
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I wish I didn't Know about any of this and tomorrow it would just be over.
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Oh, God. I really wanted to learn how to act.
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[ Applauding ] - Nice.
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Stan. - Wow.
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Oh, Stan, you can act.
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Oh, you've made such progress, such confusing progress.
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Okay, let's finish the scene.
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Wait, we can't finish the scene. They kiss. - So?
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I'm not gonna kiss you. You're... you.
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You can't be a great actor unless you commit.
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Forget it. I'm not kissing you.
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I wasn't sure, so I got butterscotch pudding, butterscotch candy...
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and butterscotch morsels.
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Wrong, wrong, wrong.
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Pudding Man!
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Who knows why that didn't work?
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Okay, so we're all agreed. We're going to go with the pepperoni.
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[ Inhales ] Oh, I don't know.
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Pepperoni doesn't seem like a last sleepover pizza.
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You know, because pepperoni starts out as one stick...
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and then you have to cut it all up.
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I-i fear it sends a message of separation more than unity.
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You're killing me! - Don't bite my head off!
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Yeah, don't bite his head off - Shut up, Barry!
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You're just gonna eat all the pizza anyway!
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Hey, don't lob factual statements at me as if they're insults!
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Can we all just calm down and pick a pizza?
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You mean, can you pick a pizza!
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You're the one pushing for a sleepover...
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even though we all know we're too old for this crap!
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[ Gasps ]
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[ Speaking Japanese ]
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-[ Slap ] - Learn English!
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Learn... English!
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[ Grunts ]
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[ Groaning ] - [ Screaming ]
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[ Speaking Japanese ]
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Stop! All of you just stop!
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You know what? I don't think we've outgrown sleepovers.
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I think we've outgrown each other.
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The "all is lost" moment!
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Atención. I have the cast list.
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Now, when they announce me as the lead...
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I want you to pop this bottle of champagne and pound it...
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so you can work up the courage to go buy me cocaine.
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[ Chuckles ] I'm gonna want to celebrate.
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Let's start with the male lead.
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A real sparkling talent.
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For the role of Piñata Man...
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Stan Smith!
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[ Clapping ] - [ Gasps ] What?
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I'd like to thank Mr. Rivera-perez for giving me a last-minute audition.
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i'd also like to thank my acting teacher...
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who unknowingly trained me to steal this part right out from under him...
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making me the better actor, and once again, the big dog.
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[ Panting ] The "all is lost" moment!
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[ Mexican Accent ] You don't know what it's like...
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to taste the pico de gallo of a man's heart.
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I Know too well, hombre. Our chips inside us are the same, no?
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Lo Mismo. Salty. Salty with tears.
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Would the señor and señorita like to hear about the nacho especial?
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Cut! You don't have any lines! Stop improvising!
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I need to be heard! I have 20 people coming to see me.
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I'm crushing hard on one of 'em.
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Do you know what that's like, Mr. Rivera-perez.
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You're a gay amateur director. You must've crushed hard on someone along the way.
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Daniel? Maybe-Maybe there was— there was a Daniel in your life?
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[ Crickets Chirping ]
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Yep. Don't need anyone else to have a good time.
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Just, uh, gonna entertain myself.
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[ Grunts ]
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Oh. Oh, hey. Hi. Wh-what are you doin' here?
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We got an e-mail that the sleepover was back on.
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I didn't send any e-mail. - I did.
15:53
Ronnie? - That's right.
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The forgotten fifth member of the sleepover gang.
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But you moved to Scottsdale years ago. How did you—
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Let's just say someone sent me an e-mail about what went down.
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I understand you guys got in a big fight.
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Look, you aren't mad at each other.
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You're mad at growin' up.
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And I'm mad too. But we gotta get over it.
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Tonight, we gotta... sleep over it.
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But, first, I suggest you all turn around...
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so you can see Steve's mom undressing through that window.
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Mmm. Look at them "tig ol' bitties."
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Atención! I have terrible news.
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Yacinda and her understudy were both injured in a freak accident.
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Well, how are we gonna do the show without a leading lady?
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Luckily, I met an ingenue today who knows the play by heart.
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Everyone, meet Clashanne Montague.
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Diamonds, diamonds, friends and men ♪
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Diamonds
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I can't believe you sabotaged those girls.
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Really? Seems like something I would totally do.
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Get ready, Stan. I'm gonna act circles around you out there.
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We'll see. May the best actor win.
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This is Sparta!
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This is Sparta!
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This is Sparta!
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[ Man ] This is Sparta. - Stop it, Jimmy. You don't know what we're doing.
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é [ Acoustic Guitar ]
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Are you the Piñata Man?
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He waits so long between words.
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Because he's good.
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[ Sobbing ]
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[ Grunts ]
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[ All ] Ohh!
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[ Applause Continues ]
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[ Grunts ] - [ Louder Applause ]
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[ Grunts ] - [ Louder Applause ]
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[ Grunts ] - [ Louder Applause ]
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[ Grunts ] - [ Louder Applause, Cheering ]
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Why did I give my heart to a man who breaks everything he makes?
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Everything you make breaks.
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[ Murmuring ]
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Everything I make breaks! - [ Clapping, Chattering ]
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You break and you break and you break and you break!
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[ Applauding, Chattering ]
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Cause I be breakin' and makin' and takin' your heart
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[ Cheering, Applauding ]
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You've been shakin' and bakin' and snakin' from the start
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[ Louder Cheering, Applauding ]
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Earthquake, bake cake, flank steak, Ricki Lake What you ladies want?
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[ Together ] Ricki Lake!
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Fellas? - [ Together ] Flank steak!
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[ Women ] Ricki Lake! - [ Men ] Flank steak!
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Ricki Lake! - Flank steak!
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[ Cheering, Applauding ]
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Listen to that. They adore my acting.
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Not for long. Because next is... the love scene.
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You won't be able to kiss me...
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the play will go off the rails...
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and once and for all it will be clear that I'm the better actor.
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You— You don't know what it's like to taste the pico de gallo of a man's heart.
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I Know too well, hombre. Our chips inside us are the same, no?
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Lo Mismo. Salty. Salty with tears.
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[ Murmuring ]
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[I Guitar Strums ]
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[ Moans ]
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You call that acting? [ Moaning ]
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This is acting. Mmm! - [ Man Groans ]
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That's nothing! [ Moaning ] - What are they doing?
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[ Audience Groans ] - [ Man ] Ohh.
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-[ Rips ] - [ Audience Groans Louder ]
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[ Man ] Ohh! - [ Audience Groans Louder ]
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[ Audience Groans ]
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[ Woman ] Oh, God!
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[ Woman ] Ew! - [ Audience Groans Louder ]
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I'm acting the crap out of you.
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Public indecency? We weren't really doing it! We were just acting!
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You know why they thought we were having sex?
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Because our acting was that damn good.
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No, because your acting was that damn good.
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No, you. You were a very generous scene partner.
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Hey, I was feeding off your amazing energy.
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[ Engine Starts ] - [ No Audible Dialogue ]
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[ Siren Blaring ] - I-I don't get it. They're friends again?
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Told you. They just needed to fuck.
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[ Steve Narrating ] That night we had the best sleepover of our lives.
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Maybe because we knew it was our last
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In the morning, our childhood would evaporate like a dream...
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and wed head into the dawn of adulthood
20:58
We never figured out which one of us e-mailed Ronnie.
21:00
In fact. To this day, I'm pretty sure he was just some black dude...
21:03
who overheard us planning our sleepover in the pizza parlor.
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But he sure was awesome
21:08
Oh, my God, look at Ronnie.
21:10
You're doin' it, Ronnie!
21:12
You're doin' it.
21:46
Bye! Have a beautiful time.
