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[ Speaking Chinese ]

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[ Telephone rings ]

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Hello?

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[ Sighs ]
Wait.
Who was on the phone?

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Gah!
[ Laughs ]

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**

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Screw it. I'm out.

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I've been wanting someone
to pass me those dumplings

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for half an hour,
but I don't know how to say,

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"Gimme them dumps"
in Mandarin.

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**

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-- Captions by VITAC --

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* Fresh off the boat

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* I'm gettin' mine
everywhere I go *

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* If you don't know, homey,
now you know *

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* Fresh off the boat

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* Homey, you don't know
where I come from *

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* But I know where I'm goin'

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* I'm fresh off the boat

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Happy Year
of the Tiger, Dad!

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Yeah, yeah,
lots of luck and profits.

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What the heck is this?

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You know how much
I love school dances.

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Why didn't you tell me?

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I'm sorry. I totally meant to
tell you, but I forgot.

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So, this wasn't a deliberate
attempt to rob me of joy?

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No. I'm happy you know,
and really excited to go.

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Oh. Relief.
[ Chuckles ]

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So, who's your date
to the dance?

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I don't have one yet.

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I've been waiting
till Chinese New Year

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to ask out this girl I have
a crush on -- Celeste.

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Why would you wait
until New Year?

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Because according to
the Chinese zodiac,

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it marks the official end
of my bad luck year.

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This year has been brutal --
zits on the first day of school,

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girls ignoring me
left and right,

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rogue sprinklers
attacking me outside.

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I have noticed
you've been wet a lot.

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Plus, my letters to
the editor of TV Guide

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in support of "Dharma & Greg"
didn't get printed.

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I mean, it is a solid show.
[ Chuckles ]

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Anyway, now I can
ask out Celeste

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without fear of my bad luck
getting in the way.

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Hey, before you do, you want
some spritzes of my CK One?

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Not really.

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**

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[ Ringing ]

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[ Telephone ringing ]

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What are they doing?

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[ Ringing continues ]

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[ Ringing continues ]

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That's me trying to call you.
Why aren't you picking up?

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Uh...what?

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[ Louis sighs ]
[ Ringing continues ]

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That's annoying.

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[ Dialing ]

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Hello?

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Hey, Pizza Town!

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I'd like to order
an extra-large Meat Lovers.

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No, Marvin --

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And some
garlic knots and, uh --

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[ Telephone beeps ]

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Louis, why are Jessica and Evan
speaking Chinese to me?

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They've challenged
each other to see

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who can speak Mandarin
longest.

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And as you know,
neither of them like to lose.

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[ Telephone ringing ]

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You know what?
I got to get to work.

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You guys can handle
this one.

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[ Ringing continues ]

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[ Ringing continues ]
Oh. Uh...

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[ Telephone beeps ]

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Hello?

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Uh...yes,
shehere.

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Uh, y-- I'm gonna put you
on speakerphone.

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[ Telephone beeps ]
Gus: Hello, Jessica!

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It's Gus and Mey-Mey,

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The Gemini Award-winning
co-hosts

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of "Good Morning Orlando"!

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[ Mey-Mey giggles ]

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Yay!

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Well..."Yay"
right back at ya!

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[ Laughs ]

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Listen, we know
it's short notice,

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but we would love to
have you on the show

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to promote
your upcoming book,

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"A Case of a Knife
to the Brain."

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Fun title!

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Stab! Stab!

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[ Laughing ]
Oh, come on!

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Now, we're gonna level
with you, Jess.

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We're also calling because
we're in serious hot water

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for not doing a segment
about the Lunar New Year.

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Yeah, Connie Chung called,
and she was...pissed.

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Welp, it's Friday.

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I gave you all week to do
a piece on the Lunar New Year,

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but you didn't do it.

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You failed me!

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Both of you are so uninvited
to my Kentucky Derby bash.

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I'm so disappointed.
I wanted you to meet Maury.

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What?!

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So, we cast out
our diversity net,

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and we found you.

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[ Laughs ]

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She'd be happy to do it.

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O...kay!
Ohhhh, baby!
That's wonderful!

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Fantastic!

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Have a lovely day!

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Bye.
Diversity checked.

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[ Gasps ]

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**

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What are you gonna do?

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You can't promote your book
speaking Chinese.

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I think you said something
about hamburgers.

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[ Sighs ]

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Grandma, with the red envelope
you gave me,

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I'm only $50 shy
of my goal!

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I'm getting a subwoofer
for my future car.

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Get the keys,
throw out the spare tire,

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and drop in
a pair of 12s.

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And this package
from Big Auntie

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holds the lucky money that's
gonna put me over the top.

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"To Sweet Evan"...

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"To Pretty Emery"...

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That's weird.
Mine's not in there.

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Hi, Big Auntie.
It's Eddie.

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Uh, so, we got
your New Year's package,

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but you forgot to put in
my red envelope.

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I didn't forget.

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What?

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I didn't give you one.

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You and I have been in a fight
for over a year.

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We have? Why?

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You know what you did.

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[ Dial tone ]

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[ Telephone beeps ]

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Whoa.
Emery, you okay?

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No.

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I went
to ask out Celeste.

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**

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**

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Why didn't you
talk to her?

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Girls used to always
approach me.

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You're only supposed to have
bad luck every 12 years,

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but I guess mine's
never gonna end.

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You know,
when I was 24,

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your grandma told me it was
my double-bad-luck year.

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I was in a new country,
struggling with English,

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earning pennies
as a busboy.

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I could've accepted
my destiny of bad luck,
[ The Sugarhill Gang's
"Rapper's Delight" plays ]

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but instead,
I did something about it.

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What'd you do?

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I danced, son.

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I entered a dance contest,
and I danced hard.

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[ Rapping ] * I said a hip, hop,
hippie, the hippie *

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* Hip hip a hop,
and you don't stop to rock it *

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* Do the bang bang boogie,
say up jump the boogie *

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* To the rhythm of the boogie,
the beat *

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* Now, what you hear
is not a test *

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* I'm rappin' to the beat

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* And me, the groove,
and my friends *

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* Are gonna try
to move your feet *

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I won that contest,

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and that win snowballed into
more good things in my life.

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Just like I did,
you can make your own luck.

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And it starts with
asking Celeste to the dance.

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That's a nice story, Dad.

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I just...
can't take another rejection.

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**

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[ Sighs ]

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* Mmmbop, ba duba dop,
ba duba dop *

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* Yeah, yeah

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[ Gasps ]

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* Ba du

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As a dentist, it's vital
that I test the New Year's candy

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and take notes
on what I'm up against.

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Mmm. Interesting.

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[ Chuckles ]
Emery: Dad!

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The new TV Guide came,

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and my letter to the editor
was printed!

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Oh, that's amazing!
So amazing.

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I'd given up on it,
but maybe my luck is changing.

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What's his secret, Lou?

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I've sent letters
to TV Guid for years.

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Well, let's just say
his secret is having a dad

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who knows Kenny Rogers.
What do you mean?

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Emery was in need of a
dance-related confidence boost,

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so I had Kenny pull some strings
and get his letter published.

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I'm still not following.

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I got Emery in TV Guide.

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How so?

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When you're done
reading that rag --

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The New York Times --

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there's an amazing letter
to the editor

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about "Dharma & Greg"
in this TV Guide.

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"The writers of 'Dharma & Greg'
have done it again.

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I can't believe
Greg's gonna run for Congress.

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Emery Huang, Orlando."

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Louis:
Very insightful, Emery.

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Remember what I said
about making your own luck?

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This letter is
just the beginning.

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After breakfast, I'm gonna go
ask Celeste to the dance.

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The Year of the Tiger
is here,

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and good things
are coming my way.

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Ride the tiger
high and hard.

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To the moon!
Sure.

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Thank you, everyone,
for coming to tonight's meeting.

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We will begin by taking a vote
on the new bylaw proposals.

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And by the way...

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...Evan and Jessica.

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Thank you for that traditional
Chinese response

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to my well wishes.

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So, Evan has introduced a bylaw
proposing that we recognize

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
as a neighborhood holiday.

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All those in favor?

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Aye.Aye.
Aye.Aye.

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All those opposed?

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[ Groans ]

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And the bylaw passes!

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Oh, congratulations,
everyone!

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Especially all of our
African-American friends.

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...who...couldn't
make it today.

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**

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[ Sighs ]

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I can't figure out what I did
to offend Big Auntie.

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Could you talk to her for me
and ask her what I did wrong?

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You are? About what?

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Were they?

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[ Telephone rings ]

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[ Telephone beeps ]
Hello?

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Louis, I need you to come down
to the station.

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We have Emery.

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[ Sighs ] Son, are you okay?
What happened?

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I'm fine.

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I just wanted a big gesture
to impress Celeste

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before I asked her
to the dance.

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[ Doves cooing ]

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**

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[ Siren wails ]

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But I guess
Officer Killjoy over here

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has never seen anyone
dove-up on a lady.

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I had no choice
but to detain him

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for having
unpermitted doves.

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Doves?

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But walking in a mesh tank top
with fireworks is okay?

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It's Florida. That image
was almost our state flag.

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**

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Announcer:
This is "Jeopardy!"

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Hey, hey, hey!

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Thanks for the invite
to come by and watch "Jeopardy!"

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We've never been invited over
via a note

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being slid under the door
before.

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[ Marvin chuckles ]

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Alex Trebek: Used to mark
a major division in a sentence,

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it shares its name

257
00:12:19,606 --> 00:12:21,641
with a section
of your large intestine.

258
00:12:21,674 --> 00:12:23,410
What is, uh, uh...

259
00:12:23,443 --> 00:12:24,611
col-col-colony?

260
00:12:24,644 --> 00:12:25,612
Colon -- right.

261
00:12:25,645 --> 00:12:27,080
[ Laughs ]
Yeah! I got it right!

262
00:12:37,925 --> 00:12:40,427
Hey, hey, no cheating, you two.
[ Chuckles ]

263
00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:42,629
The name
of this extinct critter

264
00:12:42,662 --> 00:12:44,664
comes from words
meaning "terrible lizard."

265
00:12:44,697 --> 00:12:45,732
What is Godzilla?

266
00:12:45,765 --> 00:12:46,967
Dinosaur -- yes.

267
00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,169
Oh, man! I'm on fire!

268
00:12:52,705 --> 00:12:56,343
In 1949, mainland China
became a communist state

269
00:12:56,376 --> 00:12:58,145
with this man as its leader.

270
00:13:01,681 --> 00:13:03,283
Woman: Who is Mao Zedong?
You're right.

271
00:13:03,316 --> 00:13:05,352
Unh-unh!
Nope, nope. Sorry, Evan.

272
00:13:05,385 --> 00:13:07,454
You have to answer
in the form of a question.

273
00:13:08,721 --> 00:13:09,489
[ Marvin chuckles ]

274
00:13:09,522 --> 00:13:11,191
[ Growls ]

275
00:13:11,224 --> 00:13:13,961
Yeah. "Jeopardy!'s"
a tough game, kid.

276
00:13:13,994 --> 00:13:16,529
Hey, live a few years
before you take on the big boys!

277
00:13:16,563 --> 00:13:17,664
[ Chuckles ]

278
00:13:17,697 --> 00:13:19,867
Jessica, are you really
still doing this?

279
00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:22,169
You're going on TV tomorrow.
What are you gonna do?

280
00:13:28,741 --> 00:13:30,844
Emery, we need to have
a serious talk --

281
00:13:30,878 --> 00:13:33,180
which is impossible while
you're wearing a mesh tank top.

282
00:13:41,721 --> 00:13:45,492
Look, I know I encouraged you
to ride the tiger high and hard,

283
00:13:45,525 --> 00:13:47,460
but this isn't
what I had in mind.

284
00:13:47,494 --> 00:13:49,662
I was just making my own luck,
like you told me to.

285
00:13:49,696 --> 00:13:51,464
And if Bryson
hadn't stopped me,

286
00:13:51,498 --> 00:13:53,366
Celeste would already be
my date to the dance.

287
00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:55,302
I'm happy
that your confidence is back,

288
00:13:55,335 --> 00:13:56,904
but you're acting like
a different person.

289
00:13:56,937 --> 00:13:58,305
You're getting
way too cocky.

290
00:13:58,338 --> 00:13:59,973
How is Emery cocky?

291
00:14:00,007 --> 00:14:02,009
You just said your name
in the third person!

292
00:14:02,042 --> 00:14:03,310
[ Sighs ]

293
00:14:03,343 --> 00:14:06,213
Look, when I won
that dance trophy,

294
00:14:06,246 --> 00:14:08,882
my confidence
was sky high.

295
00:14:08,916 --> 00:14:10,717
I could've gotten a big head
and bragged about it

296
00:14:10,750 --> 00:14:13,020
to everyone I knew,
but I didn't.

297
00:14:13,053 --> 00:14:16,523
I remained humble,
because that's who I am.

298
00:14:16,556 --> 00:14:19,026
The Emery before your
bad-luck year was confident,

299
00:14:19,059 --> 00:14:20,727
but humble, too.

300
00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:22,896
I just want you
to be you again.

301
00:14:22,930 --> 00:14:26,266
It's been so long since
something good happened to me.

302
00:14:26,299 --> 00:14:28,701
I guess I let it
go to my head.

303
00:14:28,735 --> 00:14:30,403
But you're right.

304
00:14:30,437 --> 00:14:33,440
I can be happy with my good luck
and still be me.

305
00:14:33,473 --> 00:14:36,376
Ride the tiger low
and with measured enthusiasm.

306
00:14:38,611 --> 00:14:41,114
I just saw an episode
of "Frasier."

307
00:14:41,148 --> 00:14:43,416
They replaced Eddie the dog
with another dog.

308
00:14:43,450 --> 00:14:44,417
What?

309
00:14:44,451 --> 00:14:46,019
And I wrote this letter

310
00:14:46,053 --> 00:14:47,720
to expose
that little charade.

311
00:14:47,754 --> 00:14:49,189
And you just got to
use your connections

312
00:14:49,222 --> 00:14:50,623
to get it into TV Guide.

313
00:14:50,657 --> 00:14:52,525
Connections?

314
00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:55,128
Dad, you're the reason
I got into TV Guide?

315
00:14:56,663 --> 00:14:57,897
[ Sighs ]

316
00:14:59,332 --> 00:15:01,868
Relax your fist, Lou.

317
00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:03,070
Receive my letter.

318
00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:10,944
[ Doorbell rings ]

319
00:15:10,978 --> 00:15:13,413
Hey, Celeste?
I'm Trent.

320
00:15:13,446 --> 00:15:15,382
You don't know me, but I'm here
as an age-appropriate face

321
00:15:15,415 --> 00:15:16,883
so you won't
freak out.

322
00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:17,750
Are you freaking out?

323
00:15:17,784 --> 00:15:19,386
Uh...no?

324
00:15:19,419 --> 00:15:20,387
Great.

325
00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:22,255
Okay, Mr. Huang!
All good!

326
00:15:22,289 --> 00:15:25,325
Hi! I'm Emery's dad.

327
00:15:25,358 --> 00:15:27,594
[ Chuckles ] Didn't want you
to open the door

328
00:15:27,627 --> 00:15:29,729
and find a 40-year-old strange
man wanting to talk to you.

329
00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:30,763
[ Chuckles ]

330
00:15:30,797 --> 00:15:32,065
What's happening?

331
00:15:32,099 --> 00:15:33,633
Relax, Celeste.

332
00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:35,602
I'm your age, so that makes
all of this normal.

333
00:15:35,635 --> 00:15:37,304
Uh, there's a big dance
coming up.

334
00:15:37,337 --> 00:15:38,938
Can you ask my son
to go with you?

335
00:15:38,972 --> 00:15:40,974
It would really
boost his confidence.

336
00:15:42,309 --> 00:15:43,676
[ Whispering ]
Red alert. Red alert.

337
00:15:43,710 --> 00:15:45,478
[ Whispering ] Hush.
I'm talking to Celeste.

338
00:15:45,512 --> 00:15:46,846
Bogey on your six.
Code blue!

339
00:15:46,879 --> 00:15:47,847
Trent, please!

340
00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:48,948
Dad?

341
00:15:48,982 --> 00:15:50,450
What are you
doing here?

342
00:15:51,651 --> 00:15:55,622
I think your dad's asking me
to ask you to the dance.

343
00:15:55,655 --> 00:15:57,690
What?!

344
00:15:57,724 --> 00:16:00,593
I know this looks bad, but I was
just trying to help you.

345
00:16:00,627 --> 00:16:02,195
I don't want your help.

346
00:16:02,229 --> 00:16:04,297
You're the one who said
we have to make our own luck.

347
00:16:04,331 --> 00:16:06,399
But how can I do that
when you're trying to
make my luck for me?

348
00:16:08,201 --> 00:16:09,869
[ Sighs ]

349
00:16:10,837 --> 00:16:13,506
I know this didn't work out
how you hoped, Mr. Huang,

350
00:16:13,540 --> 00:16:15,708
but I still expect the free
all-you-can-eat baked potato bar

351
00:16:15,742 --> 00:16:17,377
you promised me.

352
00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:20,213
[ Fax machine beeping ]

353
00:16:20,247 --> 00:16:23,383
Okay, I forged a customs form
to prove your package was denied

354
00:16:23,416 --> 00:16:25,052
so Big Auntie will believe your
story about sending the seeds.

355
00:16:29,022 --> 00:16:30,723
Then you'll help me figure out
why Big Auntie's mad at me?

356
00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:32,392
Cool.

357
00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:38,765
I'm 14.

358
00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:43,703
Yeah, I'm loaded
with cat hair.

359
00:16:43,736 --> 00:16:46,005
I don't even know --
I don't own a cat.

360
00:16:46,039 --> 00:16:48,308
I can't believe your mom's
going through with this.

361
00:16:48,341 --> 00:16:50,910
I mean, is she gonna do
the whole interview in Mandarin?

362
00:16:58,518 --> 00:17:00,387
Okay, kid. I'm just gonna
mic you up real quick.

363
00:17:02,555 --> 00:17:04,524
Wait. No, no, sir.
I don't think he needs
to be wired for sound.

364
00:17:04,557 --> 00:17:06,893
Lady, I'm just doing
what I was told.

365
00:17:06,926 --> 00:17:08,495
Okay.
He's good to go.

366
00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:10,230
Come with me.

367
00:17:10,263 --> 00:17:15,535
**

368
00:17:42,795 --> 00:17:47,867
**

369
00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:49,636
[ Sighs ]
Well played.

370
00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:52,239
You know
who the real winner is here?

371
00:17:52,272 --> 00:17:53,773
A child's love
for his mother.

372
00:17:55,808 --> 00:17:57,310
And the loser is you.

373
00:17:57,344 --> 00:17:59,746
Okay, I don't need
a translator anymore!

374
00:17:59,779 --> 00:18:01,348
Let's get this kid
out of here!

375
00:18:03,116 --> 00:18:05,385
That looks like fun.
Buy tickets to that.

376
00:18:05,418 --> 00:18:07,287
I thought
you didn't speak English.

377
00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,256
Must be
a Lunar New Year miracle.

378
00:18:09,289 --> 00:18:10,823
So, at the end
of the interview,

379
00:18:10,857 --> 00:18:12,492
I would like to address
the camera

380
00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:14,461
to speak directly
to Connie Chung.

381
00:18:14,494 --> 00:18:16,396
**

382
00:18:16,429 --> 00:18:18,631
[ Indistinct talking on TV ]

383
00:18:22,135 --> 00:18:26,072
I've been way out of line
the past few days.

384
00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:28,941
Getting that win at the dance
contest changed my life,

385
00:18:28,975 --> 00:18:32,279
and I badly wanted to give you
the same victory.

386
00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:34,113
Doesn't make
what you did okay.

387
00:18:34,147 --> 00:18:35,148
I know.

388
00:18:37,450 --> 00:18:39,586
I felt so good
after the contest

389
00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:43,122
because I made the choice to
go for it and make my own luck.

390
00:18:43,156 --> 00:18:44,957
I should've encouraged you
to do the same thing,

391
00:18:44,991 --> 00:18:48,628
instead of manipulating things
to make it happen.

392
00:18:48,661 --> 00:18:49,529
I'm sorry.

393
00:18:49,562 --> 00:18:55,502
**

394
00:18:55,535 --> 00:18:58,305
This always brought me
good luck.

395
00:18:58,338 --> 00:18:59,839
Maybe it'll do
the same for you.

396
00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:20,893
[ Cheers and applause ]

397
00:19:20,927 --> 00:19:21,961
Guys!

398
00:19:21,994 --> 00:19:23,530
[ Dance music plays ]

399
00:19:32,339 --> 00:19:33,540
You paid off the judge?

400
00:19:45,285 --> 00:19:46,553
I never thought of it
that way.

401
00:19:47,587 --> 00:19:49,121
I'm gonna tell Dad
I forgive him.

402
00:19:53,593 --> 00:19:57,830
**

403
00:19:57,864 --> 00:19:59,932
[ School bell rings ]

404
00:20:03,102 --> 00:20:04,604
Hey, Celeste.

405
00:20:04,637 --> 00:20:06,239
I'm sorry about yesterday
with my dad.

406
00:20:06,273 --> 00:20:07,674
That's okay.

407
00:20:07,707 --> 00:20:09,041
Dads are weird.

408
00:20:09,075 --> 00:20:11,378
Mine says "We needed it"
every time it rains.

409
00:20:12,579 --> 00:20:14,180
I was wondering...

410
00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:15,748
would you go to
the Spring Fling with me?

411
00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:18,718
Yeah. I'd like that.

412
00:20:18,751 --> 00:20:28,361
**

413
00:20:28,395 --> 00:20:29,462
Dad!

414
00:20:29,496 --> 00:20:31,964
Celeste said "yes"!
The jacket worked!

415
00:20:31,998 --> 00:20:34,233
Yes! I knew it!
[ Chuckles ]

416
00:20:34,267 --> 00:20:37,236
Ooh. Okay, now you need some
moves to go with that jacket.

417
00:20:37,270 --> 00:20:38,705
Now, this is
the Louis Special.

418
00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:40,206
You start out
like th--

419
00:20:40,239 --> 00:20:42,108
No, these aren't
the right pants for this.

420
00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:48,180
[ Telephone beeps ]

421
00:20:52,419 --> 00:20:53,586
Boom!

422
00:20:53,620 --> 00:20:55,522
So, did you ask why
she and I are in a fight?

423
00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:04,364
So she blamed both of us
when the seeds didn't arrive.

424
00:21:09,536 --> 00:21:10,970
Subwoofer,
here I come!

425
00:21:14,307 --> 00:21:15,174
What?! Why?!

426
00:21:22,114 --> 00:21:25,685
**

427
00:21:25,718 --> 00:21:26,486
[ Sighs ]