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(THEME MUSIC)

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* Sometimes the world
looks perfect

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* Nothing to rearrange

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* Sometimes you just
get a feeling

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* Like you need
some kind of change

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* Nothing's gonna
stand in my way

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* This flame in my heart

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* Like a long lost friend

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* Gives every dark street
a light at the end

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* Standing tall

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* On the wings of my dream

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* Rise and fall

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* On the wings of my dream

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* The rain and thunder
the wind and haze

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* I'm bound for better days

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* It's my life and my dream

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* And nothing's gonna
stop me now

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BALKI:
Look at this, Ms. Lydia.

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I'm running for
Student Body President

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at the Chicago City College.

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Ah!
Balki, that's terrific.

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Yeah.
How's it going?

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Oh, just as sleazy as pie.

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Just like campaigning
on Mypos.

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All you have to do
is make sure

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that everyone knows
how you feel

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about the important issues.

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that I'm pro-sheep
and anti-wolf.

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Coming out against wolves

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is a good start, Balki.

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But, uh, maybe you should ask
Larry to help you.

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Yeah.

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that I'm, that I'm running.

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Oh, well, if you tell him,
I'm sure he'd help you

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with your campaign,
why don't you ask him?

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(CHUCKLES)
Well, because if I, uh

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if I ask Cousin Larry
to help me

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with my campaign,
um, I'm sort of afraid

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Cousin Larry will
help me

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with my campaign.

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Uh, I don't know
if you've noticed

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but Cousin Larry

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he's trying
to be helpful

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but-but he tends
to go overboard.

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He's kind of
a type-A personality.

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So, I-I-I beg of you

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please, promise me,
you won't tell Cousin Larry?

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A team of wild horses
couldn't drag it out of me.

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Thank you, Ms. Lydia.

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Of course, the sweaty cowboy
pulling the reins

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might have a shot.

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Hi, Balki.

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Oh, I see you're running

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for Student Body President.

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Oh, good luck
with your campaign--

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no matter what you do,
there is absolutely

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no way that I'm...

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What did you just say?

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I said, "Good luck
with your campaign."

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Well, bang my bongos
and call me Daisy.

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You mean to say that, that
you're not gonna force yourself

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into my campaign and,
and then go overboard

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and make yourself
a royal pain in the boingi?

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Oh!

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Oh, I see.

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I see, you think
because I lost

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every campaign
I managed in school

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that I would see your campaign
as my last chance

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to be a winner.

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You lost every single campaign?

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Uh, it used to bother me,
but I'm over it.

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Those 120 hours
of self-help tapes cured me.

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to win just once.

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So...good luck.

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I hope you win.

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Wait one
finger-lickin' moment.

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Are you telling me
that we can discuss this

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and your eyes won't
bulge out of your head

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and that vein in your forehead
won't start throbbing?

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Oh, sure.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Oh, that syndrome
is covered in tapes

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one through 43,

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"Coping and being at peace
with your body."

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"My body is like a hollow reed.

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Troubles blow through me
like the wind."

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(INHALES)

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(WHISTLES)

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Okay.
Uh, well, cousin, I...

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I'm glad you've
weathered that storm

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because I'd love to
tell you about my campaign.

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Well, I'd love to
hear about it.

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Well, um, if I'm elected

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my goal is to reinstate
the language requirement.

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That means
every student have to

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take a foreign language
to graduate.

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I feel that we'll all understand
each other better

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if we can speak
in another man's tongue,

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walk in another man's shoes

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see the world through
another man's binoculars,

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cure another man's ham...

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I'm still fine-tuning
my platform.

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You call that a platform?
Okay, here it is!

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I knew it was coming!

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(SPEAKING MYPOSIAN)

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No, wait, no. I know.
I know.

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You thought that I was
just gonna jump in and go crazy

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but I was only asking,
if that's your platform.

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And if it is...

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...I hope it works for you.

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Really?
Really.

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Aw, thank you, cousin.

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I haven't even started baking

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my special election
spleen chip cookies.

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Spleen chip cookies?
Yeah, original recipe.

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And now with pimentos.

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Well, well...

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You know, Balki, uh,
I don't want you to think

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that I'm getting involved
in your campaign

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because I'm not.
Really.

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But as
a disinterested bystander,

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uh, would you allow me to say
that spleen chip cookies

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are not gonna be enough
to, to get you elected.

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Well, of course they're not.

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Don't be ridiculous.

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That's why each student
gets a special

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"Vote for Balki"
sheep kidney coin pouch.

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Oh, no, no.
Don't touch, cousin.

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It's not quite dry yet.

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Balki, sheep kidney coin
pouches and spleen chip cookies

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with or without pimentos,
may work on Mypos

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but in America,
you need slogans

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buttons, posters,
position papers.

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We have got to set up
meetings with the voters.

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We're gonna have to,
did I say "We?"

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Because I meant "You."
You.

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This is your campaign.
Not mine. I wouldn't do it.

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(CHUCKLES)
I put all that behind me.

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(CHUCKLES)
No, no way. No how.

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Not in a million years.

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Don't need it, don't want it,

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wouldn't do it,

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not this guy.

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You want in,
don't you, cousin?

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Please, please, please.

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Okay, okay. You can be
my campaign manager.

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Oh, thank you!
Thank you! Thank you!

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But you have to
promise me one thing.

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Anything.
You won't go overboard.

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I promise
I won't go overboard.

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Oh.

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(DRUM BEATS)

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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Balki, I'm glad you're here.

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Let me show you
around campaign headquarters.

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You promised me, you were
not going to go overboard.

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And here you are

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scraping barnacles
off the Titanic!

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Balki, this is just
a bare minimum.

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We have posters
with your picture

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we're putting up
all over campus.

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We have people calling students

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urging them to vote for you.

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We have volunteers
stuffing campaign literature

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into envelopes.

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"Dear fellow student..."
No time now.

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You can read
what you said later.

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Have you noticed

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how handsome you look
in the poster?

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Oh, cousin,
it's a real Kojak moment.

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Now, over here,
we are tallying

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the latest results
of a poll we've just taken.

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I want to know how much
of a lead I have built for you.

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I'm good, Balki.
I am really good.

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Balki, this is so exciting.

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And I'm gonna be
First Girlfriend.

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I've recruited
Jennifer and Mary Anne

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Oh, I'm gonna speak
on your behalf

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at the women
in College Foundation.

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And I'm talking
to the cheerleaders.

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I speak their language.

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Give me a B!
ALL: B!

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Give me an A!
ALL: A!

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Give me an L!
ALL: L!

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That's good. Save it, save it,
save it for the rally.

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Cousin, are all
of these people

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going to stay to dinner?

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and you know how hard
it is to stretch snout.

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Balki, they're not
staying for dinner.

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These are your campaign
working volunteers.

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They believe in you.
They love you.

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(CHUCKLES)

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Now, your job
is just to be yourself.

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Just...be Balki.

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You think you can handle that?
Well, of course I can.

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Don't be ridiculous.

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I've got the vest, the accent

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and 26 years
of experience.

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I knew you could do it.

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Oh, cousin,
I'm gonna need your advice.

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You've got to tell me
which vest do you think

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I should wear to the debate.

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What debate?

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the day before the election,
isn't that great?

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No debate! No debate!
Debates are a big mistake.

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But, cousin, don't you think
it's a good way

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to show the students
how I feel about the issues?

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I've got that covered.
Don't worry about it.

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Have I told you how good I am?

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Twice.
Okay.

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you'll be meeting
with the football team.

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You'll tell them how important
you think sports are

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to the school's image,
got it?

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Okay, then at 10:30, you'll be
meeting with the science club.

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You'll tell them, you think
education is important

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and too much of the school's
budget is spent on sports.

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Got it?
Too much on sports. Got it.

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Okay, at noon, you'll be
meeting with the fraternities.

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You'll tell them, you think
entirely too much time

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is being spent in the classroom

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Too much fraternity.

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meeting with
the Honor Society.

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not to party, and you're pushing
for Saturday classes, got it?

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Okay, cousin,
small, small question

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from a simple Mypiot boy.

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This looks like I'm just telling
everyone what they want to hear.

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Welcome to politics.

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I am so proud of you.

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Now, cousin,
just hold on a moment.

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Are you asking me
to do something dishonest?

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But, Balki,
you want to

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Yes.
Well, to do that.

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You're gonna have to get elected
Student Body President

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and I am the man
to help you do it.

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Cousin, I think
I can make my position

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on all the issues
clear at the debate.

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No debate!
Forget the debate!

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First rule of campaigning,
do not debate!

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Uh, Larry I have the results
of the latest poll.

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Attention!
Attention, everybody!

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Go ahead, Jennifer.
Give them the good news.

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Cousin, I--
Uh, Larry, I think we should--

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Balki, for the last time,
no debate! No debate!

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Go ahead, Jennifer.

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Tell them how far
Balki is ahead.

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Balki is trailing
by fifteen points.

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You're gonna have to
debate your opponent.

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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Balki, for the last time

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you are not going to wear

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the traditional
Myposian election hat!

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BALKI:
Oh, is that so, is that?

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Give it to me!
No!

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Give it to me!
No!

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00:13:02,315 --> 00:13:03,984
Give it to me!

255
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(BABBLING)

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(PANTING)

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Jennifer, Mary Anne

258
00:13:23,370 --> 00:13:25,572
Balki is ready
for the mock debate.

259
00:13:25,638 --> 00:13:28,508
I've groomed him,
I've prepared him.

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00:13:28,575 --> 00:13:30,277
It's taken five years
off my life.

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00:13:30,343 --> 00:13:33,280
(SOBBING)

262
00:13:34,747 --> 00:13:37,184
Oh, ladies...

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the next
Student Body President

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of Chicago City College

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Balki Bartokomous.

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00:13:45,893 --> 00:13:48,896
(APPLAUSE)

267
00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:56,069
Oh, Balki, you look
so handsome in that suit.

268
00:13:57,704 --> 00:13:59,506
It needs a hat.

269
00:14:02,142 --> 00:14:04,277
It doesn't need a hat.

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00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:12,052
Okay, ladies,
take your seats.

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00:14:12,119 --> 00:14:14,387
Now, Balki...

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00:14:14,454 --> 00:14:16,489
(PANTING)

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00:14:16,556 --> 00:14:19,626
Remember, ahem,
presentation is key...

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00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:20,693
Right.

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00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,496
...to winning the debate.

276
00:14:23,563 --> 00:14:26,166
Well, what do we do
to improve our presentation?

277
00:14:26,233 --> 00:14:29,602
Um...
Oh! Oh!

278
00:14:29,669 --> 00:14:32,072
I don't rest my hands
on the podium.

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00:14:32,139 --> 00:14:34,141
It makes me look lazy.

280
00:14:34,207 --> 00:14:37,044
And, uh... Uh, and...
Uh, uh, uh, uh...

281
00:14:37,110 --> 00:14:39,379
Oh! And I don't
fidget with my tie.

282
00:14:39,446 --> 00:14:42,249
It, uh, it makes me
look, uh, nervous.

283
00:14:42,315 --> 00:14:43,550
Uh-huh.
What else?

284
00:14:44,817 --> 00:14:45,818
Heck if I know.

285
00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:48,388
(GRUNTS)

286
00:14:48,455 --> 00:14:51,424
Oh! I never use the phrase,
"Heck if I know."

287
00:14:51,491 --> 00:14:54,962
It makes me sound,
it makes me sound chloroformed.

288
00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:57,530
Uninformed.
Uninformed.

289
00:14:57,597 --> 00:14:59,899
Uninformed. Okay.
Yeah. Yeah.

290
00:14:59,967 --> 00:15:01,801
And...

291
00:15:01,868 --> 00:15:03,503
Ee...

292
00:15:09,109 --> 00:15:11,444
Oh! Uh, remember to smile.
Okay, good.

293
00:15:11,511 --> 00:15:14,914
Good, good. All right.
Okay.

294
00:15:14,982 --> 00:15:17,917
Jennifer, ask
the first question.

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00:15:17,985 --> 00:15:19,186
(CLEARS THROAT)

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00:15:24,491 --> 00:15:26,593
Mr. Bartokomous...
Uh-huh?

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00:15:29,196 --> 00:15:31,431
What is your position
on the financing

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00:15:31,498 --> 00:15:33,033
of student loans?

299
00:15:35,168 --> 00:15:36,669
Student loans?

300
00:15:38,805 --> 00:15:40,740
Boy, I wish I had a hat.

301
00:15:40,807 --> 00:15:45,112
Balki!
Okay, okay, okay.

302
00:15:45,178 --> 00:15:47,847
Mr. Bartokomous,
what is your position

303
00:15:47,914 --> 00:15:50,317
on the financing
of student loans?

304
00:15:50,383 --> 00:15:54,454
Jennifer, uh, uh, I'm glad
you asked me that question

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00:15:54,521 --> 00:15:57,457
because the financing
of student loans

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00:15:57,524 --> 00:16:01,261
um, is an issue
that deserves my attention

307
00:16:01,328 --> 00:16:03,696
and, uh, and, uh,
let me assure you

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00:16:03,763 --> 00:16:07,367
that my attention
is what it will receive

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00:16:07,434 --> 00:16:10,703
in its complete
and unabridged form.

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00:16:10,770 --> 00:16:13,473
Uh, and the financing
of student loans

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00:16:13,540 --> 00:16:16,709
is actually part of,
uh, of my...

312
00:16:16,776 --> 00:16:19,512
...ten point program
for better schooling.

313
00:16:19,579 --> 00:16:21,481
Yes, Balki,
you are doing great!

314
00:16:21,548 --> 00:16:23,283
Oh!
Ah! Ah!

315
00:16:23,350 --> 00:16:24,717
Smile.

316
00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:34,961
Larry, I have to talk to you,
I have something to tell you

317
00:16:35,028 --> 00:16:36,363
that's going to upset you.

318
00:16:36,429 --> 00:16:37,864
You've changed your mind.

319
00:16:37,930 --> 00:16:39,766
You're not gonna marry me?

320
00:16:39,832 --> 00:16:42,569
That's awful!
You didn't tell me that!

321
00:16:44,404 --> 00:16:46,473
That's not the bad news.

322
00:16:46,539 --> 00:16:49,176
Well, maybe not to you,
but think of poor Larry.

323
00:16:51,078 --> 00:16:52,545
Larry, the bad...

324
00:16:55,648 --> 00:16:57,150
Oh!

325
00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,823
The bad news is
the athletes found out

326
00:17:03,890 --> 00:17:06,759
They've switched their votes
to Balki's opponent.

327
00:17:06,826 --> 00:17:08,261
All right, I thought
this might happen

328
00:17:08,328 --> 00:17:09,596
I gotta tell Balki.

329
00:17:13,133 --> 00:17:15,802
Come on, Mary Anne,
we better take our seats.

330
00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:17,804
You know, it's a good thing
Larry has this campaign

331
00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:20,573
to take his mind
off the broken engagement.

332
00:17:22,409 --> 00:17:24,211
Balki?

333
00:17:24,277 --> 00:17:25,945
The athletes have decided
to change their votes

334
00:17:26,012 --> 00:17:27,580
to your opponent.

335
00:17:27,647 --> 00:17:29,682
Well, people change
their minds.

336
00:17:29,749 --> 00:17:31,851
Pigs, on the other hand,
make one decision

337
00:17:31,918 --> 00:17:34,454
and stick with it.

338
00:17:34,521 --> 00:17:35,888
(SNORTS)

339
00:17:35,955 --> 00:17:39,292
Balki, don't you understand?

340
00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,261
we're going to
lose the election.

341
00:17:41,328 --> 00:17:43,496
Now I have an easy fix,
all we have to do is

342
00:17:43,563 --> 00:17:45,298
lose the language thing
and they'll switch back to us.

343
00:17:45,365 --> 00:17:47,500
Cousin, wait a minute.
Are you...

344
00:17:47,567 --> 00:17:49,536
You know sometimes,
I think

345
00:17:49,602 --> 00:17:52,038
you're just a few grapes
shy of a bunch.

346
00:17:52,105 --> 00:17:53,673
Have you been listening?

347
00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:57,244
I cannot lose
the language thing.

348
00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:59,312
I cannot give that up.

349
00:17:59,379 --> 00:18:01,414
Balki, your goal
is to get elected.

350
00:18:01,481 --> 00:18:04,417
Tell them what
they want to hear.

351
00:18:04,484 --> 00:18:06,486
Cousin, isn't that
just a bit dishonest?

352
00:18:06,553 --> 00:18:08,155
It's the American way.

353
00:18:10,590 --> 00:18:12,192
But won't
the students mind?

354
00:18:12,259 --> 00:18:14,494
Mind?
They expect it!

355
00:18:14,561 --> 00:18:15,395
Wait a minute...

356
00:18:15,462 --> 00:18:16,629
Uh, preceding the debate

357
00:18:16,696 --> 00:18:20,700
there will be
an opening statement

358
00:18:20,767 --> 00:18:22,435
by each candidate.

359
00:18:22,502 --> 00:18:25,605
Uh, Mr. Bartokomous, we're ready
for your opening statement.

360
00:18:40,287 --> 00:18:44,991
Uh, thank you,
my fair chair lady

361
00:18:45,057 --> 00:18:48,561
faculty and my worthy opponent

362
00:18:48,628 --> 00:18:49,629
and students.

363
00:18:50,897 --> 00:18:53,366
My name is Balki Bartokomous

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00:18:53,433 --> 00:18:56,002
of the students,
for the students

365
00:18:56,068 --> 00:18:57,470
by the students.

366
00:18:57,537 --> 00:18:59,071
Ah! Ah!

367
00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:00,340
Ee...

368
00:19:05,212 --> 00:19:07,414
Uh, if elected, I promise

369
00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,817
to be firm, yet flexible

370
00:19:10,883 --> 00:19:13,453
tough, yet vulnerable

371
00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:15,855
soft, yet absorbent.

372
00:19:22,829 --> 00:19:27,600
I would like to establish
a kinder, gentler cafeteria.

373
00:19:27,667 --> 00:19:30,603
(APPLAUSE)

374
00:19:31,638 --> 00:19:33,172
We will now open the floor

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00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,208
to questions
for Mr. Bartokomous.

376
00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:40,713
Uh, yes, in the pink angora.

377
00:19:40,780 --> 00:19:42,048
My name is Lisa Morgan.
Mr. Bar--

378
00:19:42,114 --> 00:19:43,883
Hi, Lisa!

379
00:19:43,950 --> 00:19:45,285
Hi.

380
00:19:45,352 --> 00:19:48,855
Mr. Bartokomous

381
00:19:48,921 --> 00:19:51,824
you said you wanted to be
the Education President.

382
00:19:51,891 --> 00:19:54,461
But when you spoke
in front of the fraternities

383
00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:57,096
you said education
was overrated.

384
00:19:57,163 --> 00:20:00,367
Where do you stand?

385
00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:03,336
because where I stand

386
00:20:03,403 --> 00:20:06,239
uh, deserves my attention.

387
00:20:06,306 --> 00:20:09,709
And I can assure you
that where I stand

388
00:20:09,776 --> 00:20:11,378
'will receive my attention'

389
00:20:11,444 --> 00:20:14,281
in its complete
and unabridged form.

390
00:20:15,482 --> 00:20:16,816
Good answer.
Um, wait a minute.

391
00:20:16,883 --> 00:20:20,687
That doesn't seem
to make any sense to--

392
00:20:20,753 --> 00:20:22,389
What about the rumor
that you want us to take

393
00:20:22,455 --> 00:20:24,624
some dumb language
before we graduate?

394
00:20:25,758 --> 00:20:26,993
I'm glad you asked
that question

395
00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:29,028
because I cannot lie to you.

396
00:20:29,095 --> 00:20:33,566
Now, let me just--
Uh, uh, yes. Uh...

397
00:20:33,633 --> 00:20:35,935
He has another engagement.

398
00:20:36,002 --> 00:20:37,270
that, uh, if elected...

399
00:20:37,337 --> 00:20:38,505
Cousin, please.

400
00:20:38,571 --> 00:20:40,507
Please, I have to do this.

401
00:20:45,812 --> 00:20:47,714
Listen, if you're
going to vote for me

402
00:20:47,780 --> 00:20:49,115
you've got to know who I am

403
00:20:49,181 --> 00:20:51,050
and what I really believe in.

404
00:20:51,117 --> 00:20:52,919
My name is Balki Bartokomous

405
00:20:52,985 --> 00:20:55,822
and I'm a sheepherder
from Mypos.

406
00:20:55,888 --> 00:20:58,325
And yes, if I am elected
I do intend

407
00:20:58,391 --> 00:21:00,293
to reinstate
the language requirement.

408
00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:03,496
(BOOING)

409
00:21:18,511 --> 00:21:20,380
I lost, Balki.

410
00:21:22,114 --> 00:21:23,983
I lost big.

411
00:21:25,518 --> 00:21:28,888
You know, I wanted
to win just once.

412
00:21:28,955 --> 00:21:30,990
Cousin, would you
please stop this?

413
00:21:31,057 --> 00:21:32,124
You did not lose.

414
00:21:32,191 --> 00:21:34,994
I lost. I lost. I did.

415
00:21:35,061 --> 00:21:36,829
I lost the election.

416
00:21:39,065 --> 00:21:40,567
You're right, Balki.

417
00:21:42,669 --> 00:21:44,337
You're the big loser.

418
00:21:48,408 --> 00:21:50,009
And don't you forget it.

419
00:21:54,347 --> 00:21:57,350
I can't believe
you're taking this so well.

420
00:21:57,417 --> 00:22:00,353
You lost.

421
00:22:00,420 --> 00:22:02,121
I didn't get
elected president

422
00:22:02,188 --> 00:22:03,456
but I got what I wanted.

423
00:22:03,523 --> 00:22:04,757
My opponent thought

424
00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:06,559
that reinstating
the language requirement

425
00:22:06,626 --> 00:22:08,728
was a good idea
and she's gonna push for it.

426
00:22:10,029 --> 00:22:11,230
And that makes you happy?

427
00:22:11,297 --> 00:22:12,799
Happy?

428
00:22:12,865 --> 00:22:14,667
I'm erratic!

429
00:22:18,871 --> 00:22:20,640
Oh, God!
Oh, goodness!

430
00:22:20,707 --> 00:22:22,875
I lost again!
Oh, no.

431
00:22:22,942 --> 00:22:25,311
I've lost 13
student elections

432
00:22:25,378 --> 00:22:27,414
and the last one
I wasn't even a student!

433
00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,382
Okay.
Oh, God.

434
00:22:29,449 --> 00:22:31,518
Okay, here we go,
tape number one.

435
00:22:31,584 --> 00:22:33,219
I can't belie...

436
00:22:33,285 --> 00:22:35,955
"My body is a hollow reed.

437
00:22:37,924 --> 00:22:40,460
"Trouble blows through me
like the wind."

438
00:22:41,528 --> 00:22:42,862
(WHISTLES)

439
00:23:08,888 --> 00:23:09,889
(MUSIC CONTINUES)