1
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Whee!

2
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Uh-oh. Aah!

3
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(toy squeaking)

4
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HOMER: D'oh.

5
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<i> So eggs, which were bad,</i>
          <i> then good,</i>

6
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<i> then bad again,</i>
      <i> are now good again.</i>

7
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<i> And... Wait a minute.</i>

8
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<i> Now they're bad again.</i>

9
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I can't believe you still watch
     the local news, Dad.

10
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Local news is great, sweetie.

11
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It's just like
    your precious Internet,

12
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except you don't post
        angry comments,

13
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you yell them at the screen.

14
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You call those
       lottery numbers?!

15
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You call that a weather report?

16
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<i> In other news...</i>

17
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You call that a segue?

18
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A heartbreaking story today

19
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at one of Springfield's
    oldest establishments.

20
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Stupid local news.

21
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Always making everything sound
   like the end of the world.

22
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Springfield's Bowl-A-Rama

23
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is closing forever.

24
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No!

25
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Why does every place

26
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nobody goes to anymore close?

27
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Farewell, workout
       of the working man.

28
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The thunder of the pins,

29
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the sweet smell
     of shoe disinfectant,

30
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the beauty
of a perfectly-dragged toe.

31
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That alley was magical.

32
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It's where I was initiated

33
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into one of the greatest wonders
           of my life.

34
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Hey, little squirt.

35
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You want to try these new things
         called nachos?

36
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Oh, big deal.

37
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It's just a stack
       of tortilla chips.

38
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Is it?

39
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♪

40
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I've licked the face of God.

41
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Mmm.

42
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Homer.

43
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Wait, wait, wait.
     Was that your daydream

44
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-or little Homer's?
       -It doesn't matter.

45
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We can't let that alley
      go out of business.

46
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We'll go there, park our butts
     on the manager's face,

47
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and never, ever leave.

48
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-Yeah!
             -Yeah!

49
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Their beer is the best.

50
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Wait, wait, wait, wait.

51
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If you do that,
 then I'll go out of business.

52
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-Eh.
             -Yeah.
              -Mm.

53
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This place is depressing.

54
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Eh, what the hell.

55
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Hey, look, don't blame me.

56
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The lanes are so warped, people
just don't want to bowl anymore.

57
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-So, I'm selling out.
        -Relax, people.

58
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I bought the alley
because I love the retro vibe.

59
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Did you know John Waters
      wears bowling shirts?

60
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ALL:
              Yes.

61
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I'm gonna
    turn this amazing space

62
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into The Bowl-A-Rama
     at Springfield Yards.

63
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You'll be able to live, work,
   doom-scroll, cat-cafe...

64
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-And bowl?
     -No. No bowling. Ugh.

65
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Hey, pal, if you don't like
  bowling, you don't like me.

66
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-I don't like you.
        -Mm. Fair enough.

67
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Terrence, give us one week

68
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to make this alley
        a going concern.

69
00:03:03,091 --> 00:03:04,591
You'll have more bowlers
        than a hat shop.

70
00:03:04,593 --> 00:03:07,001
We'll prove you wrong.

71
00:03:07,003 --> 00:03:09,246
Ugh. Can't you just
       prove me wrong now?

72
00:03:09,248 --> 00:03:10,505
I hate waiting for anything.

73
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One week.

74
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Well, I hate waiting,
 but I love being proved wrong.

75
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You're on.

76
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We're here for the, uh...

77
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"Night of Everlasting
         Bowl-mates?"

78
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Uh, maybe we'll just
        skip the bowling.

79
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(growls)

80
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Like hell you will.
            (grunts)

81
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I'm here for my birthday party,

82
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which you said would be at the
Laser Tag and Crocodile Ranch.

83
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(scoffs)
     How old is this place?

84
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The soda machine
   doesn't even take phones.

85
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I'll have you know this place
    is endorsed by a group

86
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that's popular
   with today's kids: ZZ Top.

87
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How many of these lame-o
   beard-os are still alive?

88
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All of them. I think.

89
00:04:02,243 --> 00:04:03,575
Oh, boy.

90
00:04:03,577 --> 00:04:05,560
Oh, attendance is barely up.

91
00:04:05,562 --> 00:04:07,487
And the fire department
       won't even let me

92
00:04:07,489 --> 00:04:08,747
<i> lock people in.</i>

93
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-Let us out, please.
             -Never!

94
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Oh. Right.

95
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Come on, Marge, help me out.

96
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Let's bowl the night away.

97
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I don't bowl, Homer.
        It's your thing.

98
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Please, I just want
    one thing in this world

99
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to be like it was.

100
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When I drive down
     Crypto.com Boulevard,

101
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I can barely remember

102
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which cannabis dispensaries
  used to be Internet cafes.

103
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I don't want to bowl!

104
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Marge, are you concealing

105
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a secret about bowling?

106
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Bowling and life

107
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begin in the hips.

108
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Oh.

109
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(grunts)

110
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D'oh! D'oh! D'oh! D'oh!
 D'oh! D'oh! D'oh! D'oh! D'oh!

111
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(whoops)

112
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D'oh!

113
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Um, there's something
I never told you about my past.

114
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The past. (scoffs)

115
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The past is past.

116
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Do you want to know
every little mistake I've made?

117
00:05:01,376 --> 00:05:03,802
-Sort of.
    -Aah! Let's go bowling.

118
00:05:04,805 --> 00:05:06,972
Now, the ball might seem
        a little greasy.

119
00:05:06,974 --> 00:05:09,049
Make sure you don't
     drop it on your foot.

120
00:05:09,051 --> 00:05:10,976
To put it in your language,

121
00:05:10,978 --> 00:05:13,562
it's like rolling a Maggie.

122
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Strike!
       You got a strike.

123
00:05:17,318 --> 00:05:21,111
Pretend you're hurling a roast
   into an oven 60 feet away.

124
00:05:22,731 --> 00:05:24,472
Are you gonna listen to me
or are you gonna bowl?

125
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Watch out, pins.
        Here comes Mama.

126
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("Hells Bells" by AC/DC playing)

127
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A baby split with company.

128
00:05:42,509 --> 00:05:43,967
I got this.

129
00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,830
Wow, Homer. Your wife bowls

130
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like a 60-year-old teamster.

131
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Thank you.

132
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♪

133
00:06:26,128 --> 00:06:29,388
Ooh. I really need
     to get back in water.

134
00:06:29,390 --> 00:06:32,724
Marge, can we have
    bronto burgers tonight?

135
00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:35,802
Homer, you're not
       Fred Flintstone.

136
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Yabba dabba d'oh!

137
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-(cheering)
             -Mom!

138
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Somebody get Mama a beer.

139
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He's in that world
    more than he is with us.

140
00:06:51,745 --> 00:06:54,579
(cheering, whistling)

141
00:06:54,581 --> 00:06:57,807
Homie, are you upset
  that I'm good at your thing?

142
00:06:57,809 --> 00:06:59,993
No, Marge. I am in awe.

143
00:06:59,995 --> 00:07:01,327
You have a gift.

144
00:07:01,329 --> 00:07:03,070
I could no more be mad at you

145
00:07:03,072 --> 00:07:05,424
than at an angel
       playing horseshoes.

146
00:07:05,426 --> 00:07:08,927
You're a butterfly
   that can kick field goals.

147
00:07:08,929 --> 00:07:12,597
How in God's name
    did you get so perfect?

148
00:07:16,011 --> 00:07:17,827
-Aah!
          -Attention.

149
00:07:17,829 --> 00:07:18,753
I have an offer to make,

150
00:07:18,755 --> 00:07:20,588
and like everything hipsters do,

151
00:07:20,590 --> 00:07:21,514
it requires
     everyone's attention.

152
00:07:21,608 --> 00:07:24,334
Hey, you.
   You're not looking at me.

153
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Sorry.

154
00:07:25,261 --> 00:07:27,779
Those pearls. That hair.

155
00:07:27,781 --> 00:07:30,949
The game of the '30s played
   by a dame from the '50s?

156
00:07:30,951 --> 00:07:34,411
It's retro on kitsch
    to the power of vintage.

157
00:07:36,272 --> 00:07:38,348
-Oh.
   -Here's the pitch, Marge.

158
00:07:38,350 --> 00:07:41,351
You bowl one game against
  the challenger of my choice.

159
00:07:41,353 --> 00:07:43,778
Win, and the alley stays open.

160
00:07:43,780 --> 00:07:46,298
Lose, and I turn it
into a coffee shop so expensive

161
00:07:46,300 --> 00:07:49,025
your eyes will bleed.
             Deal?

162
00:07:49,027 --> 00:07:51,953
Deal.
  You're going down, Terrence.

163
00:07:51,955 --> 00:07:53,805
In your face.

164
00:07:53,807 --> 00:07:56,032
-(thud)
     -(squealing feedback)

165
00:07:56,034 --> 00:07:57,792
Sorry. I sh-I shouldn't
have done that.

166
00:07:57,794 --> 00:08:01,313
If there's any damage,
  here's a Best Buy gift card.

167
00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,228
Ah, Springfield's greatest
          bowling mama.

168
00:08:08,230 --> 00:08:11,381
Beppo, Guiseppe,
     bring-a the meatball.

169
00:08:11,383 --> 00:08:13,492
Hey, a picture
   for Luigi's Wall of Fame.

170
00:08:14,569 --> 00:08:17,311
Now chop it up.
     It's today's special.

171
00:08:17,313 --> 00:08:19,146
Tomorrow, into the soup.

172
00:08:19,148 --> 00:08:20,648
Then it goes to the dogs.

173
00:08:20,650 --> 00:08:22,501
Then, back into the soup.

174
00:08:23,504 --> 00:08:24,169
What you doing, angel?

175
00:08:24,171 --> 00:08:26,730
Planning for the match.

176
00:08:26,732 --> 00:08:28,965
(theme<i> The Queen's Gambit</i> by
 Carlos Rafael Rivera playing)

177
00:08:31,661 --> 00:08:35,997
I can't believe you've never
taken a single lesson.

178
00:08:35,999 --> 00:08:38,225
♪

179
00:08:39,886 --> 00:08:42,579
(hissing)

180
00:08:42,581 --> 00:08:44,564
Aah!
           (panting)

181
00:08:46,101 --> 00:08:48,676
Oh, this is so great.

182
00:08:48,678 --> 00:08:50,028
You're saving the town.

183
00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:53,606
I'm sleeping with the woman
    who's saving the town.

184
00:08:53,608 --> 00:08:55,608
Oh, okay, okay, fine.

185
00:08:55,610 --> 00:08:57,260
I'll bowl the match,

186
00:08:57,262 --> 00:08:58,686
no matter what the danger is
        to our marriage.

187
00:08:58,688 --> 00:09:02,374
That's my girl.
 Sleep well, lady of the lane.

188
00:09:02,376 --> 00:09:06,102
Now I have some mental work
       to do of my own.

189
00:09:06,104 --> 00:09:07,462
(theme<i> The Queen's Gambit</i> by
 Carlos Rafael Rivera playing)

190
00:09:09,958 --> 00:09:12,125
Mmm. Pizza.

191
00:09:12,127 --> 00:09:13,276
Tastes as good off the ceiling

192
00:09:13,278 --> 00:09:15,887
as it does off the floor.

193
00:09:15,889 --> 00:09:16,555
♪

194
00:09:19,542 --> 00:09:21,601
(sighs)

195
00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:34,698
("Ramblin' Man" by
 Allman Brothers Band playing)

196
00:09:37,636 --> 00:09:42,155
We did to that ball
what we did to Hitler's bombs--

197
00:09:42,157 --> 00:09:43,248
got out of the way.

198
00:09:43,250 --> 00:09:46,084
What's going on?
       Mom's got the yips.

199
00:09:46,086 --> 00:09:47,586
How do you know?

200
00:09:47,588 --> 00:09:50,404
There's something in me that
senses when trouble is brewing.

201
00:09:50,406 --> 00:09:51,831
It's a sign of early neurosis,

202
00:09:51,833 --> 00:09:54,667
but it's irrelevant that
my feelings are always accurate,

203
00:09:54,669 --> 00:09:56,336
and I've got to remember that.

204
00:09:56,338 --> 00:09:58,321
(panting)

205
00:09:58,323 --> 00:10:00,265
Marge, you need confidence.

206
00:10:00,267 --> 00:10:02,583
This calls for
the most exclusive level

207
00:10:02,585 --> 00:10:04,251
of therapist there is:

208
00:10:04,253 --> 00:10:07,163
a professional
       bowling instructor.

209
00:10:07,165 --> 00:10:08,565
<i> (bowling pins clattering)</i>

210
00:10:10,277 --> 00:10:13,853
(French accent):
          Hello, Marge.

211
00:10:13,855 --> 00:10:15,763
Oh, God. Oh, God.

212
00:10:15,765 --> 00:10:17,598
Please be another fantasy.

213
00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:18,307
<i> (bowling pins clattering)</i>

214
00:10:18,309 --> 00:10:20,526
Shoo! Shoo, shoo. Shoo!

215
00:10:20,528 --> 00:10:22,528
Stop with the "shoo."
     It is I, in the flesh.

216
00:10:22,530 --> 00:10:26,182
You like the way I just said
       that word, "flesh"?

217
00:10:26,184 --> 00:10:28,184
I can make anything
          sound erotic.

218
00:10:28,186 --> 00:10:30,462
Garbage disposal.

219
00:10:30,464 --> 00:10:32,689
Toilet plunger.

220
00:10:32,691 --> 00:10:33,206
Lollipop.

221
00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:35,467
Enough with the words.

222
00:10:35,469 --> 00:10:37,193
What are you doing here?

223
00:10:37,195 --> 00:10:38,862
I brought him.

224
00:10:38,864 --> 00:10:41,381
Homer, do you know who he is?

225
00:10:41,383 --> 00:10:42,641
I sure do.

226
00:10:42,643 --> 00:10:47,220
He's the best darn
bowling instructor in the city.

227
00:10:47,222 --> 00:10:49,147
I'm not sure
   I'm comfortable with a...

228
00:10:49,149 --> 00:10:51,541
French bowling instructor.

229
00:10:51,543 --> 00:10:54,711
"Homair," may I speak
  to your wife, please? Alone?

230
00:10:54,713 --> 00:10:57,213
Hey, I don't need to know
   how the sausage is made.

231
00:10:57,215 --> 00:10:58,823
Just start grinding.

232
00:10:58,825 --> 00:11:01,826
Going to Moe's.
    (whistling upbeat tune)

233
00:11:01,828 --> 00:11:03,310
Don't worry, Marge.

234
00:11:03,312 --> 00:11:04,996
My interest in you
    is purely professional.

235
00:11:04,998 --> 00:11:07,648
Why are you in my ear?

236
00:11:07,650 --> 00:11:11,060
Oh, would you rather I be
in your nose? I don't think so.

237
00:11:11,062 --> 00:11:13,838
Quite frankly, Marge,
     I'm hard of speaking.

238
00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:16,065
How can I believe
       your interest in me

239
00:11:16,067 --> 00:11:17,992
is just professional?

240
00:11:17,994 --> 00:11:19,068
If I am lying, may I...

241
00:11:19,070 --> 00:11:21,905
never taste cheese again.

242
00:11:21,907 --> 00:11:24,165
Wow. Wow.

243
00:11:24,167 --> 00:11:25,517
See you tomorrow at 10:00.

244
00:11:25,519 --> 00:11:27,911
And what if you show up
      and I'm not there?

245
00:11:27,913 --> 00:11:30,021
Then a good and decent man
          who loves you

246
00:11:30,023 --> 00:11:32,081
will suffer horribly.

247
00:11:32,083 --> 00:11:33,358
I mean, of course, "Homair."

248
00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,026
You mean Homer?

249
00:11:35,028 --> 00:11:37,195
That's what I said-- "Homair."

250
00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:39,589
He needs you to win now,
       more than "evair."

251
00:11:39,591 --> 00:11:42,592
And don't worry.
  We will not have an affair.

252
00:11:42,594 --> 00:11:44,185
Because fair is fair.

253
00:11:44,187 --> 00:11:45,853
And I love your hair.

254
00:11:45,855 --> 00:11:47,430
And now I'm off
        in my Corvair.

255
00:11:47,432 --> 00:11:51,358
Oh, I don't have a Corvair.
         Horrible car.

256
00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:54,212
It was the only one I could
  think of to rhyme. Stupid.

257
00:11:54,214 --> 00:11:56,030
Oh, you're still here.

258
00:11:56,032 --> 00:11:58,291
Great teacher.
         Don't wait up.

259
00:11:58,293 --> 00:12:00,443
Imagine you are waltzing
         with the ball.

260
00:12:00,445 --> 00:12:04,297
<i> Un, deux, trois.</i>
<i> Un, deux, trois.</i>

261
00:12:04,299 --> 00:12:07,425
What kind of bowling instructor
      wears a turtleneck?

262
00:12:07,427 --> 00:12:09,619
I don't say
     "mark my words" often,

263
00:12:09,621 --> 00:12:12,121
but mark my words.

264
00:12:12,123 --> 00:12:14,123
He's up to no good.

265
00:12:14,125 --> 00:12:16,217
Mark my words.

266
00:12:16,219 --> 00:12:19,462
What? You're crazy.
     I'm getting six beers.

267
00:12:19,464 --> 00:12:21,722
So, should I start
        my slide earlier?

268
00:12:21,724 --> 00:12:24,467
A better question is what
 are you still doing with him?

269
00:12:24,469 --> 00:12:27,746
Clearly, he must have
     changed his ways, huh?

270
00:12:27,748 --> 00:12:30,656
Improved?
       Lost a pound or 20?

271
00:12:30,658 --> 00:12:34,586
Yes, he has, in too many ways
    to mention, so I won't.

272
00:12:34,588 --> 00:12:36,996
So, then he's not still
    buying you bowling balls

273
00:12:36,998 --> 00:12:39,073
for presents, is he?

274
00:12:39,075 --> 00:12:41,408
He apologized for that.

275
00:12:41,410 --> 00:12:43,595
Do you ever think of the night
     you almost came to me?

276
00:12:43,597 --> 00:12:47,581
I had showered four times,
     I shaved my face twice,

277
00:12:47,583 --> 00:12:49,250
I shaved my back once.

278
00:12:49,252 --> 00:12:50,994
I was ready for you, Marge.

279
00:12:50,996 --> 00:12:53,772
Later on in the evening
    when the doorbell rang,

280
00:12:53,774 --> 00:12:56,441
I closed my eyes, I opened
     the door, and I kissed.

281
00:12:56,443 --> 00:13:00,003
Unfortunately, I forgot
    I had ordered DoorDash.

282
00:13:00,005 --> 00:13:04,173
It was some 20-year-old kid
holding a roast beef sandwich.

283
00:13:04,175 --> 00:13:07,010
Apparently, he came out
         the next day.

284
00:13:07,012 --> 00:13:08,745
You said just bowling.

285
00:13:10,123 --> 00:13:13,182
I am the only one who can
   help you with this match.

286
00:13:13,184 --> 00:13:14,517
And if there's anything
       a Frenchman wants

287
00:13:14,536 --> 00:13:17,629
more than a beautiful woman,
     it is to beat Americans

288
00:13:17,631 --> 00:13:18,779
at the game they love.

289
00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:23,026
And then, of course, a 12-course
     meal, with a fine wine

290
00:13:23,028 --> 00:13:24,694
and maybe a snail,

291
00:13:24,696 --> 00:13:27,955
and somebody else at the table
      to pick up the check.

292
00:13:27,957 --> 00:13:31,309
-Are we gonna talk
     or are we gonna bowl?
-Fine.

293
00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:33,460
♪<i> Come bowl with me,</i>
 <i> let's bowl the night away</i> ♪

294
00:13:34,463 --> 00:13:38,299
♪<i> And if you like,</i>
    <i> we'll make a strike</i> ♪

295
00:13:38,301 --> 00:13:41,361
♪<i> In a platonic way.</i> ♪

296
00:13:42,213 --> 00:13:44,305
Are you worried yet?

297
00:13:44,307 --> 00:13:46,732
Oh, I'd be worried
  if I didn't know for a fact

298
00:13:46,734 --> 00:13:50,161
that no man has ever lost a
woman to a professional bowler.

299
00:13:50,163 --> 00:13:51,329
-Ever.
       -(women giggling)

300
00:13:52,999 --> 00:13:53,414
Uh-oh.

301
00:13:58,505 --> 00:14:01,488
Now, your power comes
     from your shoulders,

302
00:14:01,490 --> 00:14:03,232
which I notice, in your case,
       are always bare.

303
00:14:03,234 --> 00:14:05,492
Eh, let me massage them.

304
00:14:05,494 --> 00:14:06,845
Don't worry.
  It's strictly professional.

305
00:14:06,847 --> 00:14:08,996
There we go. Here we go.

306
00:14:08,998 --> 00:14:11,332
-Mmm.
        -Let me just...

307
00:14:11,334 --> 00:14:13,242
-Aw.
        -Yes. Ow. Okay.

308
00:14:13,244 --> 00:14:15,928
-Cut it out!
         -Stop it now?

309
00:14:15,930 --> 00:14:17,188
No more? Okay.

310
00:14:17,190 --> 00:14:19,691
Son, how do I put this?

311
00:14:19,693 --> 00:14:22,268
(sing-songy): I was right!
    I was right! I was right!

312
00:14:22,270 --> 00:14:27,273
Now, son, if I need the 411
      on someone one-one,

313
00:14:27,275 --> 00:14:31,202
I consult my network: old people
   with nothing better to do.

314
00:14:31,204 --> 00:14:34,614
You can learn anything you want
 from discarded human beings.

315
00:14:34,616 --> 00:14:37,767
Jasper, it's Abe.
I need any information you got

316
00:14:37,769 --> 00:14:42,029
on a slick-shoed Casanova.
      First name, Jacques.

317
00:14:42,031 --> 00:14:43,697
On it.

318
00:14:43,699 --> 00:14:47,034
We need the rundown
   on this Marquis de Spare.

319
00:14:47,036 --> 00:14:48,887
We'll lay him lower
        than my earlobes.

320
00:14:48,889 --> 00:14:52,223
Hang him as high as my pants.

321
00:14:52,225 --> 00:14:55,968
There will never be
     another Tony Orlando.

322
00:14:55,970 --> 00:14:57,820
Take a gander
     at his Facebook page.

323
00:14:57,822 --> 00:15:01,307
♪

324
00:15:01,309 --> 00:15:03,292
Oh, my God. Oh, my God!
          What the...

325
00:15:03,294 --> 00:15:06,220
I don't know what
 shocks me more-- these photos

326
00:15:06,222 --> 00:15:07,572
or that you know how
        to use Facebook.

327
00:15:07,574 --> 00:15:10,241
(laughs)

328
00:15:12,061 --> 00:15:14,137
Let me in. Let me in!

329
00:15:14,139 --> 00:15:16,230
JACQUES:
         No. I'm naked,
       and if you see me,

330
00:15:16,232 --> 00:15:18,750
you will feel inferior forever.

331
00:15:18,752 --> 00:15:22,378
Americans don't know how to feel
  inferior, even if we should.

332
00:15:22,814 --> 00:15:24,672
(gasps)

333
00:15:27,243 --> 00:15:29,318
I've been such a fool.

334
00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:31,837
I was so worried
    about the bowling alley

335
00:15:31,839 --> 00:15:33,156
I lost sight
     of what will always be

336
00:15:33,158 --> 00:15:36,434
the most important thing
           in my life:

337
00:15:36,436 --> 00:15:38,010
my Marge.

338
00:15:38,012 --> 00:15:40,496
I'll never take her
       for granted again.

339
00:15:40,498 --> 00:15:44,167
That is correct. Because
   you have already lost her.

340
00:15:44,169 --> 00:15:46,852
Oh, yeah?
As we say in my country,

341
00:15:46,854 --> 00:15:48,337
en garde!

342
00:15:48,339 --> 00:15:50,173
("Duel of the Fates"
   by John Williams playing)

343
00:15:50,175 --> 00:15:51,932
-Just let me...
     -That was autographed.

344
00:15:51,934 --> 00:15:53,693
smash your head.

345
00:15:53,695 --> 00:15:56,245
(Homer grunts)

346
00:16:16,534 --> 00:16:19,143
Now tell me the one thing
        I have to know.

347
00:16:19,145 --> 00:16:21,053
How far did you get with Marge?

348
00:16:21,055 --> 00:16:23,464
We had brunch, no hot food.

349
00:16:23,466 --> 00:16:26,800
Brunch? That's breakfast
   getting it on with lunch.

350
00:16:26,802 --> 00:16:29,045
Homer, wait!

351
00:16:29,047 --> 00:16:29,988
Nothing happened with him.

352
00:16:29,990 --> 00:16:32,639
You probably
      don't even remember.

353
00:16:32,641 --> 00:16:35,809
You had disappointed me
       and I was upset.

354
00:16:35,811 --> 00:16:37,720
Oh. Right.

355
00:16:37,722 --> 00:16:39,071
I remember that exactly.

356
00:16:39,073 --> 00:16:40,999
("Hard to Say I'm Sorry"
       by Chicago playing)

357
00:16:41,001 --> 00:16:43,484
♪<i> Hold me now</i> ♪

358
00:16:43,486 --> 00:16:46,212
♪<i> It's hard for me</i>
      <i> to say I'm sorry</i> ♪

359
00:16:48,233 --> 00:16:51,843
♪<i> I just want you to stay</i> ♪

360
00:16:51,845 --> 00:16:54,754
♪<i> After all we've been through</i> ♪

361
00:16:54,756 --> 00:16:56,014
♪<i> I will make it up to you.</i> ♪

362
00:16:56,016 --> 00:16:58,424
Geez, Marge, if you're
   still here after all that,

363
00:16:58,426 --> 00:17:00,593
plus some stuff
     you don't know about,

364
00:17:00,595 --> 00:17:02,186
you must really love me.

365
00:17:02,188 --> 00:17:06,432
I do.
     With all my heart. Mm.

366
00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:10,086
Nothing worse than
   a committed relationship.

367
00:17:10,088 --> 00:17:11,921
I'm going to vomit.

368
00:17:11,923 --> 00:17:12,755
You said it was
       strictly bowling.

369
00:17:12,757 --> 00:17:16,183
You swore on cheese.

370
00:17:16,185 --> 00:17:19,037
I never cared for cheese.
       What is it, even?

371
00:17:19,039 --> 00:17:22,022
Is it an appetizer or dessert?
          Nobody knows.

372
00:17:22,024 --> 00:17:23,599
Some come, they look okay.

373
00:17:23,601 --> 00:17:25,192
Other come,
     they got holes in it.

374
00:17:25,194 --> 00:17:26,285
Those are
    the more expensive ones.

375
00:17:26,287 --> 00:17:28,621
Why would you pay
     more money for holes?

376
00:17:28,623 --> 00:17:29,955
We're leaving.

377
00:17:29,957 --> 00:17:32,199
Go ahead. Enjoy your endless
     bourgeois celebrations

378
00:17:32,201 --> 00:17:35,202
and your birthdays
     and your anniversaries

379
00:17:35,204 --> 00:17:39,465
until you crumble
into enviable bliss.

380
00:17:39,467 --> 00:17:40,800
We will.

381
00:17:40,802 --> 00:17:41,500
Help me clean up.

382
00:17:41,502 --> 00:17:44,562
♪

383
00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:49,233
Oh, so, Marge,
    word is your coach quit

384
00:17:49,235 --> 00:17:52,070
and you can't get that
bowling arm out of its own head.

385
00:17:52,072 --> 00:17:54,054
Wow. (clucks tongue)

386
00:17:54,056 --> 00:17:56,056
Poor Marge. Aw.

387
00:17:56,058 --> 00:17:58,467
My thoughts about bowling
       were conflicting

388
00:17:58,469 --> 00:18:02,121
with something personal,
        but not anymore.

389
00:18:03,399 --> 00:18:04,490
Huh. Nice practice strike.

390
00:18:04,826 --> 00:18:07,660
Now let me introduce you
to the bowler you'll be facing.

391
00:18:07,662 --> 00:18:09,420
(bowling pins clattering)

392
00:18:09,422 --> 00:18:11,089
(gasps)
           Jacques?

393
00:18:11,091 --> 00:18:13,999
Indeed. I was the master
and you the pupil.

394
00:18:14,001 --> 00:18:16,001
Now, I'm still very good.

395
00:18:16,003 --> 00:18:18,170
You are also good,
        but inconsistent.

396
00:18:18,172 --> 00:18:19,989
Like French tennis players--

397
00:18:19,991 --> 00:18:22,842
great on clay,
       shambles on grass.

398
00:18:22,844 --> 00:18:24,936
Hard court, an embarrassment.

399
00:18:24,938 --> 00:18:27,087
Always hurting themselves.

400
00:18:27,089 --> 00:18:29,590
"Oh, my knee, my ankle,

401
00:18:29,592 --> 00:18:30,924
I've got to forfeit."

402
00:18:30,926 --> 00:18:32,184
Now let us bowl.

403
00:18:32,186 --> 00:18:34,362
("Ride of the Valkyries"
   by Richard Wagner playing)

404
00:18:59,881 --> 00:19:01,264
Yes!

405
00:19:07,722 --> 00:19:09,705
-Cutman.
       -(gravelly voice):
        Are ya sure, Ma?

406
00:19:09,707 --> 00:19:10,964
-Are ya sure?
            -Do it.

407
00:19:10,966 --> 00:19:13,058
I've seen a lot of bowlers
in my eight years,

408
00:19:13,060 --> 00:19:17,029
but no one's got bigger pearls
       than you. (growls)

409
00:19:20,902 --> 00:19:23,644
That's it, Marge--
     <i> le moment de vérité.</i>

410
00:19:23,646 --> 00:19:26,497
And if that weren't enough,
          I am dying.

411
00:19:26,499 --> 00:19:28,833
-Oh!
              -No!

412
00:19:28,835 --> 00:19:30,226
Ah, as we all are.

413
00:19:30,228 --> 00:19:32,745
In the existential sense.
           Not now.

414
00:19:32,747 --> 00:19:34,246
Just roll.

415
00:19:34,248 --> 00:19:36,132
D'oh.

416
00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:39,993
-(all gasping)
            -My God.

417
00:19:39,995 --> 00:19:42,071
She's left herself
     a Greek Church split.

418
00:19:42,073 --> 00:19:43,589
Which, though little known,

419
00:19:43,591 --> 00:19:46,058
is actually the hardest spare
          to pick up.

420
00:19:48,262 --> 00:19:51,914
Oh, my God. I can read
what's behind those pins.

421
00:19:51,916 --> 00:19:54,609
She still has feelings for him.

422
00:19:56,196 --> 00:19:58,487
(theme<i> The Queen's Gambit</i> by
 Carlos Rafael Rivera playing)

423
00:20:03,519 --> 00:20:06,186
LENNY:
    Ooh, she's been staring
at that ceiling for 40 minutes.

424
00:20:06,188 --> 00:20:09,582
Eh. Still the most exciting
 bowling match I've ever seen.

425
00:20:14,029 --> 00:20:15,087
(cheering, applause)

426
00:20:17,700 --> 00:20:20,384
I have lost everything.

427
00:20:20,386 --> 00:20:22,127
And we just found out
          you're here

428
00:20:22,129 --> 00:20:24,129
on an expired bowling visa.

429
00:20:24,131 --> 00:20:27,116
You're going back
  where you came from: Paris.

430
00:20:27,118 --> 00:20:29,134
No, no, no. Paris?
     There's nothing there

431
00:20:29,136 --> 00:20:31,470
but sex and food
     and all of August off.

432
00:20:31,472 --> 00:20:33,046
No, no, no.

433
00:20:33,048 --> 00:20:36,809
Ah, that's enough dirty talk
        out of you, pal.

434
00:20:36,811 --> 00:20:38,961
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436
00:20:40,889 --> 00:20:43,074
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437
00:20:43,076 --> 00:20:45,034
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438
00:20:48,063 --> 00:20:50,063
Well, looks like
       you're gonna have

439
00:20:50,065 --> 00:20:52,399
to keep this a bowling alley.

440
00:20:52,401 --> 00:20:55,253
A very popular alley,
       which I now own.

441
00:20:55,255 --> 00:20:58,589
I'm gonna make it one lane only
with a three-month waiting list.

442
00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:01,092
Hipsters rule.

443
00:21:01,094 --> 00:21:04,595
Oh, Marge, you saved my alley,
        you saved my ego.

444
00:21:04,597 --> 00:21:06,264
You do love me after all.

445
00:21:06,266 --> 00:21:08,933
Was there ever any doubt?

446
00:21:08,935 --> 00:21:10,083
ALL: Yes!

447
00:21:10,085 --> 00:21:11,727
-Mm.
              -Mm.

448
00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:29,704
Shh!


