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Let's go. Let's go.
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We're gonna be late!
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ADULT SHELDON: Fun fact... the first time
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I almost died was at the age of nine.
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The murder weapon?
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A Jimmy Dean sausage.
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(CHOKING QUIETLY)
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Mom, Sheldon's making faces at me.
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Sheldon!
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ADULT SHELDON: In fairness to Mr. Dean...
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- Honey!
- This one morning, I decided
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to forgo my normal
20 chews per bite,
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as prescribed by the
American Medical Association.
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George, help!
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Come here, boy. We got it.
We just got to smack it out.
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ADULT SHELDON: To further
complicate matters,
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in any real-life crisis,
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my family's default
mode is mindless panic.
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Sheldon's gonna die!
Sheldon's gonna die!
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ADULT SHELDON: Or heartless apathy.
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MARY: Oh, Lord.
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Here we go.
This is how you do it.
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- Here we go. And we shake.
- Honey!
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ADULT SHELDON: It's interesting
the things you think about
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when life is
ebbing from your body.
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For instance, linoleum.
What is it, really?
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Plastic? And if so,
how is it different from Formica?
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I'm calling 911.
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ADULT SHELDON: And what
about Count Chocula?
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How is he a count?
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Did the title come with land?
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George, Heimlich!
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- (GRUNTING)
- MARY: Don't hurt his little ribs!
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ADULT SHELDON: They say,
in the final moments,
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your life passes
before your eyes.
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All I saw was my brother
licking jelly off the knife
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and putting it
back in the jar.
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(SHELDON GRUNTS, COUGHS)
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Okay, it's better now. Sheldon!
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- (RASPY GASPING)
- Honey. Are you okay?
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Can you breathe?
Say something!
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You have to... throw away... that jelly.
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(PANTING)
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♪ Nobody else is
stronger than I am ♪
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♪ Yesterday I moved a mountain ♪
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♪ I bet I could be your hero ♪
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♪ I am a mighty little man ♪
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- Synced and corrected by VitoSilans
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I've never been late to school before.
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I'm late all the time.
It's no big deal.
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I get you to school on time
every day. Why are you late?
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I have a lot of people to
say hi to in the morning.
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SHELDON: Mom,
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would you write
a note for me?
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Sure.
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You have the coolest excuse.
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You almost died.
Did you see Jesus?
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I saw Count Chocula.
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But feel free to mention my
brush with death in the note.
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All right, that's enough
talk about death and dying.
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I came this close to
having my own room.
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MACELROY: Remember, the food drive
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ends Friday.
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All canned goods are welcome.
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But please... make sure
your cans have labels.
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Needy people have enough problems
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without having to
guess what's for dinner.
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I'm sorry I'm late.
I have a note.
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You poor thing,
you had a medical emergency?
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Yes, ma'am.
I choked on a sausage.
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(LAUGHTER)
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BOY: How big was it?
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About yay big.
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(LAUGHTER)
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ADULT SHELDON: To this day,
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I still don't understand
why they were laughing.
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You're sitting in my spot.
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Why is it your spot?
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It's complicated.
Just move.
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(SIGHS)
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- You're reading a comic book.
- I am.
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You do understand
those are for children.
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Have you ever read one?
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I outgrew picture books
when I was three.
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Just eat your lunch.
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What's the matter?
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I-I don't think
I can eat this.
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You want to trade?
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My mom made me
fish soup again.
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How long do we have
to be in this country
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before I get baloney?
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Mm, no, thank you.
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I'm not hungry.
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"I'm not hungry."
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Three words
you never hear in Vietnam.
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MEEMAW: Well, here's something nice.
(CHUCKLES)
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You know that Mr. Rosenbloom
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with the furniture store
over by the steakhouse?
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- I don't think so.
- Oh, sure you do.
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That Hebrew fella
with the comb-over?
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You mean Jewish?
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I think
they like to be called Hebrew.
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Anyway,
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he's asked me to dinner.
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(CHUCKLES)
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Well, good for you.
What'd you say?
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I said I'd have to
think about it.
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What's to think about?
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Well, a lot.
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I mean, assuming he enjoys dinner,
he might want...
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a scoop of Meemaw for dessert.
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Mom, the kids.
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I said "dessert."
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Did you know
I was talking about sex?
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No.
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See?
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Why aren't you eating?
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I don't think I can.
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Sometimes the different foods
touch each other, Sheldon.
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Not the end of the world.
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No, I'm afraid
I'll choke again.
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Oh, honey,
that's not gonna happen.
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Go ahead, eat your dinner.
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What's all this about choking?
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Sheldon almost died this morning.
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- What?!
- Oh, yeah.
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Dad was shaking him upside
down like a ketchup bottle.
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It was great.
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Well, you got to
eat something, baby.
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Just have a few bites.
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I can't.
It's too risky.
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Dibs on the tater tots.
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All right,
I'll wrap that up for you,
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and if you change your mind,
you can have some later.
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At least drink your milk.
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Sure.
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ADULT SHELDON: My mother and father saw
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that I'd been traumatized and
were patient and understanding
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about my fear of
eating solid foods.
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This lasted one more day.
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MARY: Sheldon Lee Cooper,
if you don't
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finish that pork chop,
I swear I will chew it up
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and spit it in your
mouth like a mama bird.
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Do it, Mom. Do it.
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- Mary, can I speak to you for a second?
- No. Enough is enough.
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The boy has got to eat.
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Just give me a minute.
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Start eating, mister.
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You don't mind, right?
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How about I cut that
pork chop off the bone
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and throw it in the blender
with some gravy?
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If it fits through
a bendy straw, I'll drink it.
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Coming up.
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Why does he get
a pork shake?
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This is all my fault.
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I rushed him through
breakfast the other day,
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and now look...
He is wasting away.
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Oh, come on.
You can't blame yourself.
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This isn't gonna last. Remember
the time a bee got in the house
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and he slept under a net for
a couple months?
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This is different.
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- How?
- First of all,
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you let that bee in.
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The bee was your fault.
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- Okay.
- Secondly,
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this is about his health.
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He is a fragile little boy.
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He can't go on like this.
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I'm not arguing with you.
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Let's just, you know,
give him a little more time.
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(SIGHS)
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(BLENDER WHIRRING)
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Now what?
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Sounds like your mom's
making margaritas.
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(SLURPS)
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What's he drinking?
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Pork chop and gravy.
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(QUIETLY) I snuck some
broccoli in there, too.
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Shh...
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(SLURPS)
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(WHIRRING)
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I'm real glad
you've been getting out again.
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Me, too. (CHUCKLES)
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We had a nice dinner, took a walk.
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He's a divorcé, you know.
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I didn't.
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It's not a big deal for
those people.
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If they're not a lawyer,
they're related to one.
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GEORGE SR.: You're actually
cutting the crust off
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- before you blend it?
- I left it
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on his tuna sandwich yesterday,
he said he could tell.
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Only drank half of it.
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Mary, you think this has
gone on long enough?
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No trouble.
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But it'd be better
if I had two blenders.
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Be better if you stopped
coddling him.
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Well, I don't know
what else to do.
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I suggested that we take him
to some kind of professional,
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but you said he'd outgrow it.
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Well, if you're looking
for a psychiatrist,
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I bet my new fella's
related to one.
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What do you think?
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(SIGHS)
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Not sure.
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If we take him to a shrink,
it feels like we're admitting
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something's wrong with him.
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He hasn't had solid food
in five weeks.
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Well, if there is
something wrong with him,
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it ain't constipation.
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(LAUGHING)
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Okay.
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Let's see
if we can find somebody.
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Thank you.
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(SIGHS): Hmm.
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(CLICKS TONGUE)
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Needs a few more Cheetos.
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ADULT SHELDON: My mother managed
to locate a family psychiatrist
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within our price range.
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No one seemed to be
bothered that he had
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a coupon in The Pennysaver.
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Is this man gonna make me
eat solid foods?
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No, he just wants to
talk to you about it.
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Did you tell him I have
a lot to accomplish in my life
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and cannot afford to be
killed by an unchewed sausage?
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Not in those exact words.
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Did you bring the coupon?
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Hi. Welcome.
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You must be the Cooper family.
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We are.
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Right on, right on.
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This must be Sheldon.
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Put 'er there.
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No, thank you.
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Right on, right on.
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Okay, well, here's how
I'd like to start. Mom and Dad,
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why don't you come talk to
me first, and then, Sheldon,
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you and I have
a little rap session.
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Folks?
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(QUIETLY) Right on, right on.
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Feel free to read
any of my comics.
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And you guys feel free
to sit on my beanbag!
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40 cents?
Outrageous.
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ADULT SHELDON: As fate would have it,
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the comic I picked up
was called X-Men.
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Young mutants with
incredible powers
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who were feared
and misunderstood
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by the entire world.
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Hey, it's about me.
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Now, the thing you have to
understand is...
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Shelly is incredibly bright.
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I mean, his IQ is right up
there with Albert Einstein
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and that English wheelchair fella.
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- Cool.
- He's nine years old
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and he's in high school, so you
can't judge him like other kids.
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- I hear ya.
- George,
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tell him about how
he's always going
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00:10:44,397 --> 00:10:47,365
on and on about subatomic
particles and such.
258
00:10:47,367 --> 00:10:49,151
Oh, he'll get to gabbin' about it.
259
00:10:49,154 --> 00:10:52,369
We're accustomed to
his quirks and oddities.
260
00:10:52,372 --> 00:10:56,674
But this whole "being
afraid of solid foods" thing,
261
00:10:56,676 --> 00:10:58,676
it's got us thrown.
262
00:10:58,678 --> 00:11:01,246
Okay. Let me just
start by saying
263
00:11:01,248 --> 00:11:02,847
you came to the right place.
264
00:11:02,849 --> 00:11:05,511
Sheldon and I happen to have
a lot in common.
265
00:11:05,514 --> 00:11:07,452
I, too, was a special little boy.
266
00:11:07,454 --> 00:11:09,087
In the fourth grade,
I was reading...
267
00:11:09,089 --> 00:11:10,355
at a seventh grade level.
268
00:11:10,357 --> 00:11:11,824
And I don't have to tell you
where I was...
269
00:11:11,826 --> 00:11:13,362
by the seventh grade.
270
00:11:15,715 --> 00:11:17,089
Tenth.
271
00:11:21,168 --> 00:11:23,636
I'm gonna give the beanbag
a whirl.
272
00:11:26,963 --> 00:11:28,396
What are y'all watching?
273
00:11:28,399 --> 00:11:29,698
Little Rascals.
274
00:11:32,214 --> 00:11:34,628
You know most of those
kids are dead, right?
275
00:11:34,631 --> 00:11:35,730
What?
276
00:11:35,733 --> 00:11:38,745
Alfalfa, Stymie, Buckwheat.
277
00:11:38,748 --> 00:11:40,281
Even Petey the dog?
278
00:11:40,284 --> 00:11:42,417
Oh, especially Petey the dog.
279
00:11:42,420 --> 00:11:44,268
Thanks for making it depressing.
280
00:11:44,271 --> 00:11:45,479
You're very welcome.
281
00:11:45,482 --> 00:11:47,215
Y'all want to go
get some ice cream?
282
00:11:47,218 --> 00:11:48,217
What about dinner?
283
00:11:48,220 --> 00:11:50,394
What about it?
Come on.
284
00:11:50,397 --> 00:11:52,630
Is ALF dead?
285
00:11:52,632 --> 00:11:55,573
No, but it's just
a matter of time.
286
00:11:55,576 --> 00:11:58,169
You'd be surprised how many
children have food phobias.
287
00:11:58,178 --> 00:12:00,875
- Is that so?
- Oh, yeah. When I was Sheldon's age,
288
00:12:00,878 --> 00:12:02,409
I was afraid of
that weird skin
289
00:12:02,412 --> 00:12:03,753
- on top of puddin'.
- Really?
290
00:12:03,756 --> 00:12:05,849
Me, too. You know, you put
a little Saran Wrap on...
291
00:12:05,852 --> 00:12:07,440
George.
292
00:12:09,731 --> 00:12:11,249
Sheldon?
293
00:12:11,251 --> 00:12:13,244
Where the hell did he go?
294
00:12:13,247 --> 00:12:14,786
Sheldon?
295
00:12:14,788 --> 00:12:16,287
Couldn't have gone far.
296
00:12:16,289 --> 00:12:17,589
Why not?
297
00:12:17,591 --> 00:12:19,457
Right on, right on.
298
00:12:19,459 --> 00:12:21,559
(LINE RINGING)
299
00:12:21,561 --> 00:12:23,228
I checked the bathroom,
the stairs.
300
00:12:23,230 --> 00:12:24,403
He's not in the building.
301
00:12:24,406 --> 00:12:26,067
I'm worried.
No one's answering at home.
302
00:12:26,070 --> 00:12:27,622
Stay calm.
We'll find him.
303
00:12:27,625 --> 00:12:28,633
You know,
304
00:12:28,635 --> 00:12:29,778
when I was a kid...
305
00:12:29,781 --> 00:12:31,145
Shut up.
306
00:12:31,148 --> 00:12:32,497
Well...
307
00:12:35,274 --> 00:12:37,927
ADULT SHELDON: It wasn't typical
for me to wander out into
308
00:12:37,930 --> 00:12:41,517
the urban jungle on my own,
but I was on a mission.
309
00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:45,814
I had gotten my first taste
of serialized superheroes,
310
00:12:45,817 --> 00:12:47,391
and I needed more.
311
00:12:50,464 --> 00:12:52,063
(BELL JINGLES)
312
00:12:54,567 --> 00:12:58,502
Excuse me,
do you have X-Men #137?
313
00:12:58,504 --> 00:13:01,238
I'd like to know
what happens next, please.
314
00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,380
Back bin in the corner.
315
00:13:04,889 --> 00:13:06,889
What are you doing here?
316
00:13:06,892 --> 00:13:08,292
Oh, hello, Tam.
317
00:13:08,295 --> 00:13:10,595
I thought you said
comic books are for children.
318
00:13:10,598 --> 00:13:12,749
I'm a complicated young man.
319
00:13:15,633 --> 00:13:17,533
I think
we should call the police.
320
00:13:17,536 --> 00:13:19,690
We don't need the police.
We'll find him.
321
00:13:19,692 --> 00:13:21,133
This is all my fault.
322
00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:23,771
He ran away because
we took him to a therapist.
323
00:13:23,774 --> 00:13:26,013
That's $15 we ain't getting back.
324
00:13:26,014 --> 00:13:27,664
That's what you're worried about?
325
00:13:27,666 --> 00:13:29,867
No. 'Course not.
326
00:13:32,118 --> 00:13:34,146
And Sheldon's fine.
327
00:13:34,149 --> 00:13:35,915
You know what he's like.
328
00:13:35,918 --> 00:13:37,451
Someone took him,
329
00:13:37,454 --> 00:13:39,654
(CHUCKLES) I'm sure
they'll bring him right back.
330
00:13:43,415 --> 00:13:45,682
(♪♪♪)
331
00:13:50,623 --> 00:13:52,656
I'm enjoying this,
but I'm having trouble
332
00:13:52,658 --> 00:13:54,992
with the onomatopoeia.
333
00:13:54,994 --> 00:13:57,094
The what?
334
00:13:57,096 --> 00:13:58,662
The onomatopoeia.
335
00:13:58,664 --> 00:14:00,892
Words that imitate sounds.
336
00:14:00,895 --> 00:14:03,200
"Kthoom." "Snikt""
337
00:14:03,202 --> 00:14:04,635
"Bamf""
338
00:14:04,637 --> 00:14:06,829
Writers shouldn't
make up words.
339
00:14:06,832 --> 00:14:09,641
Somebody made up "onomatopoeia."
340
00:14:11,902 --> 00:14:14,678
You challenge me.
I like that.
341
00:14:22,755 --> 00:14:25,088
Meemaw, are you gonna vemore?
342
00:14:25,090 --> 00:14:26,823
Good Lord, no!
343
00:14:26,825 --> 00:14:28,625
She's too old to have
any more babies.
344
00:14:28,627 --> 00:14:30,861
Don't have to have 'em.
You live long enough,
345
00:14:30,863 --> 00:14:32,629
your hair and your teeth
start falling out,
346
00:14:32,631 --> 00:14:35,265
you start wetting the
bed, you get to be one.
347
00:14:35,267 --> 00:14:36,333
(LAUGHS) That's funny.
348
00:14:36,335 --> 00:14:38,035
We're gonna have to put
a diaper on you.
349
00:14:38,037 --> 00:14:40,337
You won't be laughing
when you're doing it.
350
00:14:40,339 --> 00:14:41,865
I might be.
351
00:14:41,868 --> 00:14:44,854
(LAUGHTER)
352
00:14:44,857 --> 00:14:48,888
Hey, Meemaw, next to Sheldon,
who's smarter, me or Georgie?
353
00:14:48,891 --> 00:14:50,365
Me, of course.
354
00:14:50,367 --> 00:14:51,500
Why you?
355
00:14:51,502 --> 00:14:53,101
My head's bigger.
356
00:14:53,103 --> 00:14:54,770
It doesn't matter.
357
00:14:54,772 --> 00:14:57,539
Tonight is not about Sheldon.
358
00:14:57,541 --> 00:15:00,527
Yeah, right.
Everything's always about Sheldon.
359
00:15:00,530 --> 00:15:01,777
Yeah. Most of the time,
360
00:15:01,779 --> 00:15:03,745
it's like we don't even exist.
361
00:15:03,747 --> 00:15:07,472
I guess Sheldon does get
most of the attention.
362
00:15:07,475 --> 00:15:09,574
Maybe that's a good thing.
363
00:15:09,577 --> 00:15:11,163
How?
364
00:15:11,166 --> 00:15:13,321
Well, if it weren't for him,
your parents would be...
365
00:15:13,323 --> 00:15:14,956
on your ass all the time.
366
00:15:14,958 --> 00:15:18,026
Yeah. I guess I never thought
about it that way before.
367
00:15:18,028 --> 00:15:21,464
You kidding me?
Right now, they would be nagging you
368
00:15:21,467 --> 00:15:22,998
about cleaning your room
369
00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,741
and doing your homework.
370
00:15:24,744 --> 00:15:28,167
Instead, you're sitting
in a parking lot,
371
00:15:28,170 --> 00:15:30,108
eating a Blizzard for dinner.
372
00:15:30,111 --> 00:15:32,673
- With cookie dough in it.
- Exactly.
373
00:15:32,676 --> 00:15:36,745
While Sheldon is stuck sitting
in some boring shrink's office.
374
00:15:36,747 --> 00:15:39,614
Mom told me they were
taking him for a haircut.
375
00:15:40,797 --> 00:15:42,363
Oh. Yeah.
376
00:15:42,366 --> 00:15:44,219
Right.
377
00:15:44,221 --> 00:15:48,256
Well, when he gets home,
say his hair looks good.
378
00:15:56,967 --> 00:15:59,601
(♪♪♪)
379
00:16:02,906 --> 00:16:04,506
What?
380
00:16:05,390 --> 00:16:06,913
Nothing.
381
00:16:11,048 --> 00:16:13,782
(♪♪♪)
382
00:16:18,795 --> 00:16:20,355
You want one?
383
00:16:20,357 --> 00:16:22,257
No.
384
00:16:22,259 --> 00:16:24,259
Well...
385
00:16:24,261 --> 00:16:26,592
if you change your mind,
help yourself.
386
00:16:28,899 --> 00:16:31,394
ADULT SHELDON: I didn't have to
read many comic books
387
00:16:31,397 --> 00:16:35,386
to understand that every
superhero had a weakness,
388
00:16:35,389 --> 00:16:37,311
something they had to overcome
389
00:16:37,314 --> 00:16:39,848
through an
extraordinary act of courage.
390
00:16:41,083 --> 00:16:44,417
For Cyclops,
it was the loss of Jean Grey.
391
00:16:44,420 --> 00:16:46,815
For Rogue,
it was human touch.
392
00:16:46,817 --> 00:16:49,870
For me, it was food
that required chewing.
393
00:16:49,873 --> 00:16:53,339
So if I truly was a mutant,
I would have to do the same.
394
00:16:53,342 --> 00:16:55,423
(♪♪♪)
395
00:17:06,725 --> 00:17:10,605
On this day,
I would not be defeated.
396
00:17:12,549 --> 00:17:15,183
Because this was the day
I became...
397
00:17:15,846 --> 00:17:19,414
The Chewer.
398
00:17:19,416 --> 00:17:23,552
Just like that, I overcame
my fear of choking.
399
00:17:23,554 --> 00:17:26,388
All that was left was
my fear of dogs,
400
00:17:26,390 --> 00:17:28,623
birds, insects, germs,
401
00:17:28,625 --> 00:17:30,392
hugging, button fly pants,
402
00:17:30,394 --> 00:17:32,646
rivers, ponds, lakes, oceans,
403
00:17:32,649 --> 00:17:35,545
estuaries, corduroy,
root vegetables,
404
00:17:35,548 --> 00:17:37,315
squeaky balloons,
tinted windows,
405
00:17:37,318 --> 00:17:39,785
take a penny, leave a penny,
fireworks,
406
00:17:39,788 --> 00:17:41,863
potbelly stoves, dust bunnies,
407
00:17:41,866 --> 00:17:44,233
that fuzz on peaches.
Ugh.
408
00:17:45,707 --> 00:17:48,488
What I find interesting
is how many supervillains
409
00:17:48,491 --> 00:17:51,396
are scientists: Doctor Octopus,
410
00:17:51,399 --> 00:17:54,067
Doctor Doom, Lex Luthor,
411
00:17:54,069 --> 00:17:56,869
Green Goblin,
the list goes on and on.
412
00:17:56,871 --> 00:17:58,071
So?
413
00:17:58,073 --> 00:18:00,240
So if the world
doesn't respect me,
414
00:18:00,242 --> 00:18:01,743
I might change sides.
415
00:18:01,746 --> 00:18:03,543
(INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER)
416
00:18:05,380 --> 00:18:07,013
Uh-oh.
417
00:18:07,015 --> 00:18:08,395
Good luck.
418
00:18:13,989 --> 00:18:15,822
(SIGHS)
419
00:18:15,824 --> 00:18:18,535
ADULT SHELDON: I tried to
explain to my parents
420
00:18:18,538 --> 00:18:20,392
that a mutant named Cyclops,
421
00:18:20,395 --> 00:18:22,662
who shoots laser beams
out of his eyes,
422
00:18:22,664 --> 00:18:24,664
helped me eat
a licorice stick.
423
00:18:24,667 --> 00:18:26,567
Went right over their heads.
424
00:18:26,595 --> 00:18:30,985
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