All language subtitles for family_affair_s01e22_ballerina_buffy

Mr. Davis!

Mr. Davis!

Yeah?

We got a phone message down below. The
foreman thought it might be bad news.

news? Yeah.

Your niece tore her tutu.

Is that real bad?

She takes ballet.

You know, little girl stuff up on her
toes, dancing.

And she hurt her tutu.

Oh, a tutu is a little dress. You know,
like the thing they wear. It sticks out

like that and bounces when they dance.
Real lacy and fluffy and nice.

And, uh, you go in for that kind of
stuff?

Yeah.

What about it?

Oh, nothing, Mr. Davis. Nothing.

Nothing at all.

And now we do the PA.

And one, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four. Now the grand
battement.

And one, two, three, four.

like little flowers, and that will be
all for today.

Go.

Is Mr. Davis coming to the recital?

Oh, yes, yes. The entire family will be
present.

We consider this a very important debut.

But she, a little flower does not hold
on to her tooth.

She wants her hands, please.

Perhaps we had enough little flowers for
today.

And now your attention, children.

This is Miss Margot Dunbar, a prima
ballerina with some of the most famous

ballet companies in the world.

She was once my pupil, and she has
consented to help us with our coming

Good morning.

I consider it a very great honor to work
with such future stars of the ballet.

And it's going to be my very difficult
responsibility to choose dancers for the

principal roles in our ballet, Little
Red Riding Hood and The Wolf.

Melissa will be simply adorable as Red
Riding Hood.

I'm quite sorry, Mrs. Nelson.

Melissa Nelson?

Yes, ma 'am.

I pick you to be The Wolf.

I'm so sorry, madam.

And Buffy Davis?

Yes, ma 'am.

You will dance the role of Little Red
Riding Hood.

Now, children, I expect you to practice
very hard and make your parents proud.

Dismissed.

Thank you, Miss Dunbar, for selecting
Buffy. Are you her father?

No, I'm employed by her uncle, where she
resides.

Mr. Davis is delaying his trip to the
bridge he's erecting on the Orinoco so

that he may attend the recital.

Orinoco.

The Lincoln Bridge.

Is his first name Bill?

Why, yes.

Mr. William Davis.

Ask him if he remembers the closing
night of Swan Lake in Venice.

Swan Lake night?

The closing night? Better yet, ask him
if he remembers the night he closed Swan

Lake.

Gregor, hi, sis.

Hello, Uncle Bill. Uncle Bill, we had a
wonderful time in the park today.

Didn't we, Jody? I guess so.

If you like boys this easy.

Virginia?

It's Bill Davis, honey.

Listen... Do you want to go to ballet
with me a week from Saturday?

No, no, no, no, not Lincoln Center. No,
it's, uh... My little niece, she's in a

kid's ballet. You know, she's gonna be a
daisy or a bunny or something like

that. I thought maybe you'd like to...
No, you wouldn't, huh?

No, no, of course I don't mind.

Yeah, I remember when I wouldn't go to
your nephew's piano recital.

Yes, ma 'am.

Goodbye.

All right.

Good day, sir.

Excellent news.

The starring role.

Buffy was chosen to dance Little Red
Riding Hood in the ballet of that name.

Oh, well, that's great, honey. Little
Red Riding Hood? That's like being

O 'Hara in Gone with the Wind.

What's that?

Well, that's pretty good.

Now I'm proud of you.

Uncle Bill, I wanted to be the wolf.

Wolf?

me to be the wolf, too.

We have a message for you, sir. A most
attractive young lady.

Oh. Yes, we were asked to inquire if you
remembered the night you closed Swan

Lake in Venice, sir. Swan Lake in
Venice?

Oh, Margot Dunbar. Exactly, sir.

Yeah, we were riding along the Grand
Canal in one of those gondolas, and it

of got tipped over.

Anyway, she got all wet and couldn't
make the show. Where'd you find her?

Well, at the ballet school. It was Miss
Dunbar who selected Buffy.

Shall I give her your best when I take
Buffy to rehearsal tomorrow, sir?

No, I'm going to take Buffy to rehearsal
tomorrow.

I understand, sir.

She didn't look good soaking wet.

You were trying to show the gondolier
how you paddle up the Amazon River in a

dugout canoe when all of a sudden,
splash.

Yeah, there was a fright sight.

No alligators.

That's right.

Hi, Mama.

I don't mind being a wolf.

Well, your father minds.

He minds very much.

He wants to know how it happened.

Hello, Mrs. Nelson.

Good afternoon, Miss Dunbar. Have you
met Mr. Davis? Yes. We live in the same

building. Miss Dunbar, may I speak to
you for a moment about Melissa?

Of course. Please don't go, Mr. Davis.
This concerns Buffy.

Buffy? Mr. Nelson was quite disturbed
that Buffy was going to be Red Riding

and not Melissa.

After all, Melissa has been coming to
dancing school a lot longer than Buffy.

Well, listen, we don't care one way or
the other.

Mrs. Nelson, the wolf is a very
important part.

It's the second lead.

Well, Buffy could play the wolf. In
fact, I think she'd rather do that.

I've made my selection. It's final.

There's nothing personal involved, Bill.

Miss Dunbar, the children are ready for
you.

Excuse me, Mrs. Nelson.

Bill, dear, what time is dinner?

Oh, I don't know, honey, but I'll pick
you up about seven.

Okay.

Dinner?

Deer? Honey?

A werewolf friend.

Oh.

It was French's idea to send Buffy to
ballet school. He knows all about that

stuff. It was a marvelous idea, French.

She seems to have talent.

We must confess it was an experiment,
Miss Dunbar. An anti -clumping -around

-the -house campaign.

Uncle Bill, is it time for us to go to
bed?

Yep, it's time.

God. You need plenty of rest now, Buffy.
After all, you're a prima ballerina.

What's a prima ballerina?

Well, it just means that you're the best
dancer in red riding, I'd say.

And if you study very hard and keep at
it, pretty soon you'll be a ballet star

before you know it.

A star?

Me?

Sure. Have your name over the lights and
everything.

What do I do when I'm a ballet star?

Well, you dance.

And you travel all over the world, you
know, like Miss Dunbar does.

You go to London and Paris and Rome.

It's very exciting.

On my first tour, I didn't get back to
America for two years.

Two years?

Flies like the wind, with the applause,
the excitement, meeting new friends

everywhere you go.

What about old friends and brothers?

Well, you see them when you get back.

You know, like I saw Miss Dunbar at your
school.

Not going to bed big.

Good night, Uncle Bill.

See you tomorrow afternoon, Buffy.

Yes, ma 'am.

How long are you going to be in town?

Not long, I'm afraid. The troop leaves
Monday on a European tour.

I'll be gone six months.

Can I talk to you a minute,

Jody? Sure.

Watch this.

Jody,

I'm scared.

I don't want to be a big ballet star
like Miss Denver.

Why not?

You'll go all over the world and meet
people and everything.

That's what I'm scared of. I like it
here with you. Sissy and Uncle Bill.

I don't want to go all over the world.

I'm only in the first grade.

Maybe you won't have to go till next
year.

Miss Denbar said, before you know it,
Uncle Bill said you were good too.

That makes it worse.

Good night, Buffy.

Good night, Jody.

I'm going to miss you, Jody.

All right, girls. Positions.

And.

Buffy, come on.

Wolf, Taser, not too close.

Come on, Flowers. Out, out, out. Buffy,
turn.

The performance should be an absolute
smasher.

Bobby.

Turned a bit too fast on your bow.

I wasn't good?

Oh, you were very good. And most
graceful.

Bravo, bravo.

Miss Dunbar, we have just witnessed the
royal ballet miniature.

Thank you, French.

They were all good. They should do quite
well.

thanks to the talent of our young prima
ballerina.

You know, Buffy, Miss Dunbar was no
older than you when she started.

I know.

You are destined to go far.

But that was quite a compliment, Buffy.
You must thank Madame Leonton.

Yes, sir.

Thank you, Madame.

I think I'll go get dressed.

Well, Buffy's tired and a little
temperamental. A sure sign that he's

to become another Pavlova.

Whoever she is.

Hi,

Buffy.

Hi.

Want to play checkers?

It's no fun playing alone.

Every time I win...

Okay.

I'm going to miss playing checkers with
you, Jody.

Why can't you play checkers with me
anymore?

I sure wish you were a worser dancer.

So do I.

Too bad you gotta be good Saturday
night.

Too bad.

I don't gotta.

You don't gotta?

your costumes.

Oh, little flowers.

We do not eat jelly beans the night of a
performance.

Buffy, how's wearing your hood?

I think it's all right.

It's supposed to be up, dear, so the
audience can see your pretty face.

Do they have to?

Of course.

Miss Dunbar?

Not nervous, are we?

French, if anyone's nervous, it's you.

To be sure, Miss Dunbar.

But it is our first performance.

She'll be superb.

Oh, we have the utmost confidence in
her.

I suggest you brace yourself for a
thunder of applause.

Yes, sir.

Miss Dunbar, Mr. Davis is far too
nervous to come backstage.

that he wishes to invite you to an
opening night ice cream party after the

at home. I wouldn't miss it.

You're certain she isn't nervous?

French.

I shall now return to the family section
and endeavor to calm Mr. Terence.

Miss Dunbar, does my daughter have to
wear this suffocating wolf's head? She

hates it.

It's an important part of the costume.

But you can't see her face.

Nobody will know it's my kid inside.

Her name is in the program, Mr. Nelson.

Excuse me.

It is springtime, and the forest is
alive with beauty.

Trees, birds, and flowers wave and sway
in the wind.

All of nature seems to be dancing
merrily.

Where's Buffy?

She'll be on soon.

Let me know when my kid shows up.

Mr. Mister.

Suddenly a wolf appears.

He is wicked and hungry and searching
for food.

Here's Buffy. And here's something in
Red Riding Hood carrying her basket of

fruit.

to her grandmother's cottage deep in the
forest where the wicked wolf is

waiting.

Melissa is really excellent, dear.

Yeah. Imagine her playing Red Riding
Hood.

Might have been a great show.

Will the wicked wolf pounce on Little
Red Riding Hood?

Probably not.

It seems the wicked wolf got to the
cottage first.

Poor Little Red Riding Hood.

Here she comes carrying her basket of
fruit for grandmother.

riding hood escape from the hungry wolf?

She runs faster and faster, even faster,
and finally passes the wolf.

I guess we need a faster wolf or a
slower red riding hood.

the hunters save Little Red Riding Hood
and everyone except the wicked wolf is

happy. And it has been a glorious day in
the forest.

talk about our sister that way, no
matter what.

French, can we have some ice cream while
we're around? Yes, sir.

I'll help you. I gotta go tell Mrs.
Beasley what a terrible dancer I was.

Look at that.

Poor little thing trying to make the
best of it.

Why couldn't she have been a tree or
something?

Trees don't get nervous.

I don't understand it. She wasn't
nervous in rehearsal. She was marvelous.

Think she got stage fright or something?

I don't know.

Everybody like strawberry?

Yes. Good.

Because it's all we got.

I certainly do.

Some

of

the kids said I was awful.

And some said I was clumsy.

And Melissa tried to bite me with her
wolf teeth.

talk to you.

Yes, sir.

You didn't change your mind, Uncle Bill.

You don't think I was good, do you?

No.

No, I don't think you were any good at
all.

But you could have been, right? If you
hadn't been afraid, you'd have to go

away.

But I like it here with you and
everybody.

Buffy, do you honestly think I'd let a
little girl like you go traveling around

the world without me?

This is where you live and this is where
you're going to stay.

Besides, even if you wanted to go, how
would we get along without you?

Really?

Come on, let's get the ice cream.

Can you name me one other uncle that's
got a little red riding hood that always

falls down?

Come on, we got a lot to celebrate.