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[lively jazz music]
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- Adult mark (vo):
Families on tv
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Eat at the table.
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- Supper!
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- I usually ate
in front of the tv
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Watching those families
on tv eat.
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- Here.
- What is it?
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- Food.
Eat it!
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- Dad liked to eat
at the kitchen table
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So he wouldn't miss himself
on the radio.
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- Eat this now
while it's hot.
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- Be quiet, will ya?
I can't hear myself speak.
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- Mike preferred to eat
in his room alone
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Like a wounded wild animal
hiding from predators.
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- Mom, get out of my room!
And knock first!
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- I don't want to know what
you're doing in here,
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Believe me.
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[rock music]
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- Pop rarely made it
to suppertime.
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[pop groans]
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My mother never stopped moving
long enough to eat anything.
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Food was
for survival
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And not something
meant to be enjoyed.
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[mumbling]
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- What's wrong, mike,
are you choking?
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- Pop:
Choking on what?
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That food was
boiled to death.
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Ask him
if he's drowning.
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- Will you
turn on the news?
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The cucumbers!
The cucumbers are ready!
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- After 500 years
of cod fish,
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The government felt it was time
to modernize their economy.
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And nothing says
modern like...
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- Tv reporter:
Cucumbers.
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That's right,
cucumbers.
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Premier peckford
announced today
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That the government-funded
sprung greenhouse
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Has produced the province's
first batch
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Of hydroponically-grown
cucumbers.
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Thanks to new technology,
they can now take a cucumber
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From seedling to grocery aisle
in just six days.
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The premier says it's
the start of the green economy
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And that $22 million
is a small price to pay
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For prosperity.
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- News anchor:
That's our own melissa stoke--
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- Remember this day.
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The day newfoundland
turned the corner.
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We are officially
a cucumber province.
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- Are you cracked?
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Nobody here
likes cucumbers.
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- I do.
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That greenhouse
is buying advertising time
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On the station so,
from now on,
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This is a cucumber house!
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- You can't grow
anything here.
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Newfoundland is a rock.
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The soil is as deep
and fertile
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As that stuff
in a cat's litter box.
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- What's a cucumber?
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- It's a fruit.
- It's a vegetable.
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- It's a dry pickle.
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- They'll never catch on.
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I get my greens
second-hand.
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Rabbit eats
the lettuce.
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I eat the rabbit.
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- Imagine all the things
you could grow hydroponically.
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Non-traditional crops.
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- This wasn't really
news to my brother
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Who had already been
experimenting
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With his own
non-traditional crops.
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[psychedelic music]
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- Imagine the
spin-off industries:
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Cucumber salads,
pickles,
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Some hollywood starlets even put
cucumber slices on their eyes!
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- You think you're going to sell
cucumbers to californians?
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That's like them
selling us fog.
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- We could ship them frozen.
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I-I prefer my vegetables
that way
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Like peas
or french fries.
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- Well, you can worry about
things you're never gonna eat
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After you eat what you got
on your bloody plates.
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♪♪
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[pop groans]
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- The next day, cucumber-mania
was rampant at school.
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- Did you know
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That cucumbers
are 95% water?
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- Nobody here
eats cucumbers, sister.
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- Well, I will
have you know,
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On average,
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A newfoundlander eats
a half a cucumber every year.
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That's about
250,000 cucumbers.
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- And how much is a cucumber
at the supermarket now?
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- Well, I don't
buy them myself
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But it says here
that they cost
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50 cents.
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- And how much does one of them
freak cucumbers cost to grow?
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- Uh, $27.50.
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Oh, well,
that can't be right.
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That doesn't make
any sense at all.
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[school bell]
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Oh, god.
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[light chatter]
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- I got ketchup chips.
What'd you get?
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- Dill pickle.
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- You mean
cucumber now.
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[chuckles]
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- Paula:
Attention, please!
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As many of you
are aware,
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I'm about to become
a teenager.
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[light applause]
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- Paula fanning.
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Her father owned
two dairy queens.
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She was
a dairy princess
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And easily the richest girl
in school.
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Her father could have bought
all the cucumbers they wanted.
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- To celebrate, I'm having
a birthday party this weekend.
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[excited reactions]
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My address
is in the invitation.
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- A party
at paula's house!
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It was rumoured that she had
an indoor swimming pool.
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Not that I would ever
take off my shirt in public.
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- Wow, a coupon
for a free sundae!
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- I wanted
a free sundae
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But what I really wanted
was an invitation.
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Up to this point,
I had made very little impact
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On the st. Bridget's
social scene.
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- You ask her.
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- I can't talk to
paula fanning
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With ketchup dust
fingers!
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(quietly)
- paula.
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Paula.
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(normal voice)
paula!
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- What?
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- Do we...
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We didn't...
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- Oh,
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You want
an invitation?
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[laughter]
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Sorry.
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My parents said
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I couldn't invite
the whole class.
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I'm sure
you understand.
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- Huh, they're the only two
not invited.
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- No, we're not.
Fox didn't get invited either.
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- What'd you say?
- Nothing.
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- I don't want to go
to that prissy party.
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- Me either.
I can't go, anyway.
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Me and ritchie
have plans.
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- Oh, really?
What's bigger than my party?
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- I'm sleeping over at his house
this weekend.
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- Yes.
Wait, what?
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Oh, yeah.
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- No one had ever seen
where I lived before.
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I dreaded the thought.
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Surely this
was just talk
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And we wouldn't have to
go through with it!
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- Oh, yeah?
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Guess I'll see you
on the bus, then.
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[mischievous music]
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- How long is this
gonna take?
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- I just have to interview
the first person
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To buy a cucumber.
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Now, the station really
needs this account, mary,
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So, please, don't talk
to me again until I'm done.
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- Oh, they're
never gonna sell.
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What are you supposed
to do with 'em?
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I mean, you could boil
it or something.
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- Attention,
shoppers.
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Who'd like to go live
on the radio?
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How are ya?
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Mike critch, live on the scene
at coleman's grocery
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In st. John's.
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And I'm here with
the first housewife
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To buy a cucumber.
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Congratulations,
madam.
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[air horn blows]
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[air horn
onto table]
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- I thought I wasn't allowed
to say anything.
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- Will you give this up?
I need for you to stop it!
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Please.
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- Well,
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I might make a nice pot
of cucumber soufflé
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There tonight
for my husband.
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See if he likes that.
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He's a bit of a picky arsehole,
so we'll have to wait and see.
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- And there
you have it.
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Yes, the cucumbers
are flying off the shelves
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Here at coleman's grocery
in st. John's.
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Mike critch, first on the scene
for the vocm news.
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-Hm.
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[wheels and
glass items rattle]
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- Despite my
best efforts,
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It seemed ritchie
was sleeping over after all.
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- Have fun on your honeymoon,
losers!
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- Are you sure
you want to do this?
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- I don't have to come over
if you don't want.
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I just said that to paula
to make us look good.
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But then I thought
it might be fun.
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- I should
let you know,
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My house is a little...
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Different.
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- Don't worry.
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I know your dad
is on the radio
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So you don't have to be
embarrassed about being rich.
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- The 'c' in 'critch'
was most certainly not silent,
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As ritchie
was about to learn.
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[rock music]
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Jazz music]
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[water boiling]
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[post lid clattering
onto pot]
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[heavy breathing]
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- Ritchie's here!
He's sleeping over!
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No time to explain!
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Please be on your
best behaviour!
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- That's nice.
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- Pop, gross!
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- Hey, I haven't
finished yet.
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One hand's
longer than the other!
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[knocking on door]
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- Please do not
embarrass me!
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[upbeat music]
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Oh, don't know how you
got locked out -- weird.
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Oh, well,
welcome to our house!
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Ritchie - everyone.
Everyone - ritchie.
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- Mary:
Who's that?
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- Ritchie.
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- Two beds?
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Cool!
Is this one mine?
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- Don't mind me.
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Just thought I'd get 40 winks
before dinner.
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Get off my bed,
youngster!
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Huss!
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Ohh, ah!
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Oh, yeah.
Nice, nice.
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- You sleep
with your grandfather?
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- No.
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Why would you
say that?
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- 'cuz he's sleeping
in your room.
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[snoring]
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- I let him sleep here
sometimes.
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But, trust me,
you will not notice him.
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- Oh!
Aww!
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[mumbling]
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[sputtering]
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- Wanna go see
the living room?
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Okay.
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- Ohh.
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Cucumbers are
getting mushy.
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[knocking at door]
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Frig sake.
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- Hello, ma'am.
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May mark come out
to play?
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- My god, mark's never
had this many visitors.
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Oh, come on in, dear,
they're in his room.
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- Thank you kindly,
mrs. Critch.
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- Mm-hm.
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[calm music]
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Just down the hall.
259
00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:09,707
Hm.
260
00:10:10,944 --> 00:10:12,343
- What's in here?
261
00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:15,780
Who sleeps here?
262
00:10:15,915 --> 00:10:17,315
- My parents.
263
00:10:18,485 --> 00:10:20,751
- How come they sleep
in two beds?
264
00:10:21,822 --> 00:10:23,588
- So, this is
your room?
265
00:10:23,590 --> 00:10:25,056
Kinda makes sense,
I guess.
266
00:10:25,191 --> 00:10:26,291
- Fox?!
267
00:10:26,426 --> 00:10:28,192
Don't touch that.
It's $3 a bottle!
268
00:10:28,228 --> 00:10:29,494
[slams bottle
onto dresser]
269
00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:31,862
Fox, what are you
doing here?
270
00:10:32,832 --> 00:10:34,732
- Got the bus driver
to let me off.
271
00:10:34,768 --> 00:10:37,669
Wanted to see what you freaks
were really up to.
272
00:10:37,738 --> 00:10:40,472
Man, this bedroom's creepy,
even for you.
273
00:10:40,607 --> 00:10:42,474
- This is his parents'
bedroom.
274
00:10:42,609 --> 00:10:45,209
Mark sleeps across the hall
with his grandfather.
275
00:10:45,245 --> 00:10:46,678
- So, your parents
don't bone?
276
00:10:46,680 --> 00:10:47,879
- You're not helping.
277
00:10:47,948 --> 00:10:49,347
And I don't know what
you're talking about.
278
00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:50,581
- Sometimes,
279
00:10:50,617 --> 00:10:52,616
Like on a long weekend
or dad's birthday,
280
00:10:52,653 --> 00:10:53,618
Parents will-
281
00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:55,553
- I know what she means,
ritchie!
282
00:10:55,622 --> 00:10:58,356
- So, then,
are you adopted or what?
283
00:11:00,460 --> 00:11:01,959
[electric guitar note]
284
00:11:02,029 --> 00:11:03,428
- Get out
of my house!
285
00:11:03,563 --> 00:11:05,630
- No, you get out
of your house!
286
00:11:05,632 --> 00:11:07,298
[grunts and groans]
287
00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:08,833
[mischievous music]
288
00:11:08,869 --> 00:11:10,301
- Give me--
289
00:11:11,705 --> 00:11:13,237
- The government
didn't know
290
00:11:13,273 --> 00:11:14,706
That improperly
bottled cucumbers
291
00:11:14,841 --> 00:11:16,574
Sometimes explode
due to gas-emitting bacteria.
292
00:11:16,643 --> 00:11:18,109
[frustrated sigh]
293
00:11:18,244 --> 00:11:20,445
They were mass-producing
cucum-bombs.
294
00:11:20,580 --> 00:11:21,679
[loud hiss]
295
00:11:21,715 --> 00:11:23,114
- Good news, mary!
296
00:11:23,183 --> 00:11:25,249
The brass at the station
gave us some cucumbers to try.
297
00:11:25,285 --> 00:11:27,852
We're going to be eating
like the jetsons tonight!
298
00:11:28,789 --> 00:11:30,421
- Get those things
out of here.
299
00:11:31,291 --> 00:11:32,724
- Mark:
Help!
300
00:11:34,027 --> 00:11:35,426
Stop!
301
00:11:35,462 --> 00:11:36,827
- Ow.
302
00:11:36,863 --> 00:11:38,796
[whining]
- mark: Stop
303
00:11:38,832 --> 00:11:40,198
Stop!
304
00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,400
- I didn't know
the boy had it in him.
305
00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:43,667
- She's an intruder!
306
00:11:43,704 --> 00:11:45,870
- You have a lovely bedroom,
mrs. Critch.
307
00:11:46,005 --> 00:11:47,639
- Lovely of you
to say.
308
00:11:48,742 --> 00:11:49,808
Would you like to
stay for supper, dear?
309
00:11:49,943 --> 00:11:51,509
- Why, yes,
please.
310
00:11:51,545 --> 00:11:53,811
I'll call mom
to come get me later.
311
00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,214
- What do you kids
think about cucumbers?
312
00:11:56,349 --> 00:11:58,550
- They're okay, I guess.
- Oh, they're lovely.
313
00:11:59,319 --> 00:12:00,918
- Good.
314
00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:02,353
Good.
315
00:12:05,225 --> 00:12:06,891
[foreboding
music]
316
00:12:07,026 --> 00:12:10,094
- When word got out,
my social life would be over.
317
00:12:10,163 --> 00:12:12,196
That is, if I survived
the weekend.
318
00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:16,100
- Here come
the boiled cucumbers.
319
00:12:16,103 --> 00:12:17,502
[gasp]
and gravy.
320
00:12:17,637 --> 00:12:19,237
- Pop:
Oh, hm.
321
00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:21,306
- Company meant we used
the dining room,
322
00:12:21,441 --> 00:12:23,575
Usually saved for
special occasions.
323
00:12:24,478 --> 00:12:26,711
- Mary: Oh, look,
another card.
324
00:12:26,713 --> 00:12:28,379
Let's see
who it's from.
325
00:12:28,448 --> 00:12:30,581
Happy birthday
from randall insurance.
326
00:12:30,617 --> 00:12:32,450
- Tom mcadam
or jeff peddle?
327
00:12:32,452 --> 00:12:34,385
- Ah, both.
[laughs]
328
00:12:34,387 --> 00:12:35,720
Blow out
your candles.
329
00:12:35,789 --> 00:12:38,189
♪♪ happy birthday to--
330
00:12:38,258 --> 00:12:39,924
- I must say,
mrs. Critch,
331
00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:41,826
I've never had
hot cucumber before.
332
00:12:41,862 --> 00:12:44,462
- I'll have to get the recipe.
- Oh.
333
00:12:44,531 --> 00:12:47,064
Well, it's not the first time
we've had cucumbers, of course.
334
00:12:47,134 --> 00:12:48,466
We often have them,
don't you know?
335
00:12:48,535 --> 00:12:51,069
- Am I supposed to eat it
or-or drink it?
336
00:12:51,071 --> 00:12:53,471
- Good god,
there's no taste to it at all.
337
00:12:53,473 --> 00:12:54,872
- You hate flavour.
338
00:12:55,008 --> 00:12:56,908
- I need a tums now.
339
00:12:56,910 --> 00:12:58,342
Too much
exotic food!
340
00:12:58,378 --> 00:13:00,077
- Mary:
Try one with gravy.
341
00:13:01,148 --> 00:13:03,113
- Where's he gonna sleep,
my bed?
342
00:13:03,150 --> 00:13:05,216
Oh, I-I can do the math.
343
00:13:05,285 --> 00:13:07,819
I suppose it's the home
for me, then, is it?
344
00:13:07,821 --> 00:13:10,621
Drop me off at the harbour,
why don't ya?
345
00:13:10,657 --> 00:13:12,257
Just put me out
on an ice floe!
346
00:13:12,259 --> 00:13:14,425
- Next time someone mentions
a g.D. Cucumber,
347
00:13:14,494 --> 00:13:16,227
I'm gonna shove one
up their arse!
348
00:13:16,263 --> 00:13:17,928
- Cucumber, cucumber,
cucumber!
349
00:13:18,698 --> 00:13:20,231
[exasperated
exclamation]
350
00:13:20,267 --> 00:13:21,699
What?
351
00:13:21,768 --> 00:13:23,301
Do you want
my grave next?
352
00:13:23,436 --> 00:13:24,969
Is that it?
353
00:13:24,971 --> 00:13:26,437
[gloomy music]
354
00:13:34,447 --> 00:13:36,914
- Aren't we supposed to
tell secrets at sleepovers?
355
00:13:38,118 --> 00:13:39,584
- Pop:
You first.
356
00:13:39,653 --> 00:13:41,118
Was that
your girlfriend?
357
00:13:41,188 --> 00:13:42,319
- No.
358
00:13:42,355 --> 00:13:43,654
She's his bully.
359
00:13:43,690 --> 00:13:44,789
- Shut up!
360
00:13:44,858 --> 00:13:46,991
Fox is gonna tell everyone
I'm a weirdo.
361
00:13:46,993 --> 00:13:48,660
Why else would she
come here?
362
00:13:48,795 --> 00:13:51,195
- People do stupid stuff
when they're lonely.
363
00:13:52,299 --> 00:13:54,265
- Well, that is some
boring gossip.
364
00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:55,934
I'm going to bed.
365
00:13:58,805 --> 00:14:00,271
[groaning]
366
00:14:01,674 --> 00:14:03,107
[sighs]
367
00:14:03,143 --> 00:14:04,542
- Why is
the room glowing?
368
00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:07,211
- That's just the light
from the sprung greenhouse.
369
00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:09,047
You can see it
from space.
370
00:14:09,182 --> 00:14:10,715
- The sprung greenhouse
371
00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:12,884
Was located on the
outskirts of town
372
00:14:13,019 --> 00:14:15,520
Which meant that my room
was bathed nightly
373
00:14:15,522 --> 00:14:17,822
In the amber
hydroponic glow
374
00:14:17,824 --> 00:14:20,124
Of the mad scientist's
cucumber factory.
375
00:14:21,027 --> 00:14:22,760
- I don't even
notice it anymore.
376
00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:24,629
[pop coughing]
377
00:14:25,999 --> 00:14:27,464
[coughing
continues]
378
00:14:29,302 --> 00:14:30,868
[groaning]
379
00:14:30,871 --> 00:14:32,303
- Mike sr.:
Hold still.
380
00:14:33,807 --> 00:14:35,039
I can't get the calamine lotion
on your burns if you're moving.
381
00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:37,441
- Mary: Ow, mike, you got hands
like a bloody gorilla!
382
00:14:37,477 --> 00:14:38,976
- It's from typing!
383
00:14:39,045 --> 00:14:40,445
- That stings.
384
00:14:41,047 --> 00:14:42,647
- Hey...
385
00:14:42,649 --> 00:14:45,282
Maybe we can sleep over
at my house tomorrow?
386
00:14:46,653 --> 00:14:48,052
- Yeah.
387
00:14:48,187 --> 00:14:49,620
That might be nice.
388
00:14:50,523 --> 00:14:51,656
- Mike sr.:
Stop squirming.
389
00:14:51,658 --> 00:14:53,725
Maybe try some
margarine on it.
390
00:14:53,727 --> 00:14:55,192
[pop groaning loudly]
391
00:14:59,599 --> 00:15:00,998
Big band music]
392
00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:06,704
- Oh, got too much
too much.
393
00:15:08,074 --> 00:15:10,942
- And how long
are you going for, a month?
394
00:15:10,944 --> 00:15:12,977
- You think
I packed too much?
395
00:15:12,979 --> 00:15:16,347
- Not unless you're planning
on beating peary to the pole.
396
00:15:16,383 --> 00:15:18,082
Here, let me
have a look.
397
00:15:18,118 --> 00:15:21,886
Maybe there's a couple of things
in here you could do without.
398
00:15:22,021 --> 00:15:23,487
Oh!
399
00:15:23,556 --> 00:15:25,156
1939
400
00:15:25,158 --> 00:15:27,425
King george
commemorative mug?
401
00:15:27,494 --> 00:15:29,160
- I like a cup of tea
before bed.
402
00:15:29,295 --> 00:15:30,761
1- okay, well...
403
00:15:31,631 --> 00:15:33,263
Two pairs of pajamas?
404
00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:34,632
- That set
is flannel.
405
00:15:34,767 --> 00:15:37,168
I don't know how cold
he keeps his room.
406
00:15:37,237 --> 00:15:38,769
- Oh, potted meat,
407
00:15:38,838 --> 00:15:40,238
Noxzema.
408
00:15:41,441 --> 00:15:42,907
A loaf of bread.
409
00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:44,508
[crinkling]
410
00:15:45,912 --> 00:15:47,378
Toilet paper.
411
00:15:47,948 --> 00:15:49,380
Mark,
412
00:15:49,449 --> 00:15:51,382
You don't need
any of this stuff.
413
00:15:52,519 --> 00:15:54,785
- I've never been invited
to a sleepover before.
414
00:15:56,055 --> 00:15:58,088
- You don't have to
be worried.
415
00:15:59,058 --> 00:16:00,858
Listen, all families
are different
416
00:16:00,927 --> 00:16:02,126
And yet,
417
00:16:02,128 --> 00:16:04,094
All families
are the same.
418
00:16:05,198 --> 00:16:07,198
You know, there's things
you don't like about his
419
00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,434
And things that he probably
doesn't like about here.
420
00:16:11,070 --> 00:16:12,569
But all I do know,
421
00:16:12,605 --> 00:16:15,005
With all this stuff,
you'll look like a fool.
422
00:16:16,009 --> 00:16:17,608
And you don't need
any help doing that
423
00:16:17,644 --> 00:16:20,945
Because your parents have you
well covered in that department.
424
00:16:20,947 --> 00:16:23,348
[tender music]
[both chuckle]
425
00:16:23,483 --> 00:16:25,682
- Ritchie's house
was a suburban dream.
426
00:16:25,719 --> 00:16:28,285
A vinyl siding wrapped
bungalow
427
00:16:28,321 --> 00:16:31,222
With fancy steps
and a postage stamp-sized yard.
428
00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,960
- You have a second
living room downstairs?
429
00:16:36,029 --> 00:16:37,962
- Sorry, it's
our lame rec room.
430
00:16:38,097 --> 00:16:40,498
- I had never heard
of a rec room before.
431
00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:41,932
- But we can watch
movie channel,
432
00:16:42,002 --> 00:16:43,701
Play atari.
You like pitfall?
433
00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:45,803
We have the
commodore 64 too.
434
00:16:45,938 --> 00:16:49,840
- It was at that exact moment
that I realized I was poor.
435
00:16:49,876 --> 00:16:51,909
- Do your parents
sleep in the same bed?
436
00:16:51,911 --> 00:16:53,344
- Yeah, they have
a waterbed.
437
00:16:53,413 --> 00:16:54,746
But I have two beds
in my room.
438
00:16:54,881 --> 00:16:56,547
Well, it's a bunk bed
but still...
439
00:16:57,250 --> 00:16:58,715
- Oh.
440
00:16:59,319 --> 00:17:00,918
You must think
441
00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:02,453
I'm pretty weird, huh?
442
00:17:02,522 --> 00:17:04,121
- No, your house is...
443
00:17:04,591 --> 00:17:06,156
Different,
444
00:17:06,192 --> 00:17:07,792
Like, but really cool.
445
00:17:07,927 --> 00:17:10,060
I never saw someone
shine shoes before.
446
00:17:10,997 --> 00:17:12,529
- Yeah, but
you've got everything.
447
00:17:12,565 --> 00:17:14,331
- But what good is that
if I don't have anyone
448
00:17:14,401 --> 00:17:15,933
To use it with?
449
00:17:16,002 --> 00:17:17,402
- Hello.
450
00:17:19,739 --> 00:17:21,338
You must be mark.
451
00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:23,474
I'm so happy
ritchie has a friend!
452
00:17:23,543 --> 00:17:25,610
I brought you boys
some snacks.
453
00:17:25,745 --> 00:17:28,479
Your father and I are going out
to a dinner tonight.
454
00:17:28,614 --> 00:17:30,414
I left the phone number
on the wall.
455
00:17:30,417 --> 00:17:32,349
So good meeting you, mark.
456
00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:34,418
- A pleasure.
- Um-hm.
457
00:17:34,421 --> 00:17:35,820
- Thanks, mom.
458
00:17:36,823 --> 00:17:38,156
- They leave you alone?
[doorbell]
459
00:17:38,291 --> 00:17:39,690
Cool.
460
00:17:39,759 --> 00:17:42,226
- They work a lot at the
hospital but I'm used to it.
461
00:17:42,262 --> 00:17:43,361
- My parents
never go out.
462
00:17:43,496 --> 00:17:44,762
There's always
somebody home.
463
00:17:44,764 --> 00:17:45,963
- Lucky.
464
00:17:46,699 --> 00:17:47,965
- Ritchie,
465
00:17:48,034 --> 00:17:49,700
You have
another friend here!
466
00:17:49,769 --> 00:17:51,302
She's very pretty.
467
00:17:51,371 --> 00:17:53,237
- Why, thank you,
mrs. Perez.
468
00:17:53,239 --> 00:17:55,306
- What a lovely home you have.
- Oh.
469
00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:56,874
- Fox was like dracula.
470
00:17:56,910 --> 00:17:59,043
She couldn't enter your home
unless she was invited in.
471
00:17:59,112 --> 00:18:00,844
But once she
crossed your threshold,
472
00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:02,647
You were as good
as dead.
473
00:18:02,782 --> 00:18:03,714
- Nice pad, perez.
474
00:18:03,850 --> 00:18:05,650
Better than that dick's
cocoon house.
475
00:18:05,652 --> 00:18:07,985
- Uh, what are you
doing here?
476
00:18:07,987 --> 00:18:09,720
- I've come to get you
for paula's party.
477
00:18:09,722 --> 00:18:11,656
- We weren't invited.
478
00:18:11,658 --> 00:18:13,591
- That's exactly
why we're going.
479
00:18:13,593 --> 00:18:14,725
She didn't invite us,
480
00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:16,527
So we're going to go there
and wreck it.
481
00:18:16,662 --> 00:18:17,928
Look!
482
00:18:17,997 --> 00:18:20,131
We take these and throw them
at the house.
483
00:18:20,133 --> 00:18:21,532
Cover it
in squished cucumber.
484
00:18:21,667 --> 00:18:24,134
- Cucumbers are hard.
They won't squish.
485
00:18:25,171 --> 00:18:26,737
- God, you're so lame!
486
00:18:26,773 --> 00:18:29,340
- If we're so lame, then
how come you keep following us?
487
00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:30,908
- I'm not following you!
488
00:18:30,977 --> 00:18:33,010
- You don't have to make up
a reason to come over.
489
00:18:33,012 --> 00:18:34,145
- Trust me,
490
00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,681
I don't want to stay here
with you geeks!
491
00:18:37,417 --> 00:18:38,716
Fine.
492
00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:39,984
If you guys
don't want to help me,
493
00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:41,585
I'll just do it myself.
494
00:18:41,654 --> 00:18:43,754
- I realized then,
for the first time,
495
00:18:43,823 --> 00:18:45,823
That fox didn't
want to bully us.
496
00:18:45,825 --> 00:18:47,091
She wanted to be
our friend.
497
00:18:47,226 --> 00:18:48,926
She just
didn't know how.
498
00:18:49,496 --> 00:18:50,961
- Fox, uh...
499
00:18:51,030 --> 00:18:52,630
Why don't
you stay?
500
00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:54,332
Three people
can play this one.
501
00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:01,772
- Screw off.
502
00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:04,909
[melancholy music
and woman vocalizing]
503
00:19:06,379 --> 00:19:07,844
[video game
sound effects]
504
00:19:09,616 --> 00:19:11,081
- Mark:
So...
505
00:19:21,895 --> 00:19:24,462
- Home's a place
you grow up wanting to leave
506
00:19:24,597 --> 00:19:26,930
And grow old
wanting to come back to.
507
00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,700
Ritchie had everything
I ever wanted.
508
00:19:30,970 --> 00:19:32,336
But as I
lay there,
509
00:19:32,405 --> 00:19:34,471
In a different room
in a new house,
510
00:19:34,473 --> 00:19:35,673
All I wanted
511
00:19:35,675 --> 00:19:37,341
Was to hear
pop snoring.
512
00:19:37,377 --> 00:19:38,842
[tender music]
513
00:19:40,647 --> 00:19:42,646
- If cucumbers
are the future,
514
00:19:43,616 --> 00:19:46,083
We really are in
one helluva...
515
00:19:46,152 --> 00:19:47,585
Pickle.
516
00:19:50,490 --> 00:19:53,023
Those cucumbers really did
wonders for your skin.
517
00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,259
You look
just like a...
518
00:19:55,394 --> 00:19:56,994
Hollywood actress.
519
00:20:00,867 --> 00:20:02,567
- As small
as a home is,
520
00:20:02,702 --> 00:20:05,302
It's never small enough
to keep the people you love
521
00:20:05,338 --> 00:20:06,803
Close to you.
522
00:20:08,408 --> 00:20:10,007
[doorbell]
523
00:20:10,009 --> 00:20:11,442
[excited
conversations]
524
00:20:11,577 --> 00:20:12,977
- Girl:
Stop!
525
00:20:15,181 --> 00:20:18,115
- Sometimes, the biggest
of houses can feel empty
526
00:20:18,251 --> 00:20:19,683
Even when
it's filled.
527
00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:29,393
[loud hiss]
[scream]
528
00:20:29,395 --> 00:20:30,927
- Paula:
Gross!
529
00:20:30,964 --> 00:20:32,997
- And, sometimes,
people are most at home
530
00:20:33,132 --> 00:20:34,564
All on their own.
531
00:20:36,869 --> 00:20:37,935
- Woo-hoo!
532
00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:39,603
[emotional music
continues]
533
00:20:39,606 --> 00:20:40,938
- Tv reporter:
This just in:
534
00:20:41,073 --> 00:20:42,440
The sprung greenhouse,
535
00:20:42,575 --> 00:20:45,676
Built at a cost to taxpayers
of $22 million,
536
00:20:45,712 --> 00:20:47,811
Has closed
just months after it opened.
537
00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,447
Thousands of cucumbers
remain unsold.
538
00:20:50,483 --> 00:20:53,150
Area grocers are offering them
for free to farmers
539
00:20:53,219 --> 00:20:54,951
To feed their cows.
540
00:20:54,988 --> 00:20:56,554
- Thank christ
that's over.
541
00:20:56,556 --> 00:20:58,955
Mary, do we have
any cans of corned beef?
542
00:21:00,092 --> 00:21:02,559
- I guess what really
makes a house a home
543
00:21:02,629 --> 00:21:05,262
Is knowing you can
always come back to it.
544
00:21:07,700 --> 00:21:09,633
And that someone
is waiting for you
545
00:21:09,636 --> 00:21:11,101
When you do.
546
00:21:11,971 --> 00:21:13,437
♪♪ home
547
00:21:23,116 --> 00:21:24,581
[upbeat jazz music]