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(Rick James'
"Super Freak" plays)

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CHRIS ROCK:
Before I was a student
at Tattaglia,

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I had no idea what to expect
from high school.

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I thought it might
be dangerous.

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I thought it might be exciting.

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* She's all right

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* She's all right

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* That's girl's all right
with me *

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* Yeah.

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Damn, I could've lost an eye.

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The classes that I thought

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would be excitingwere boring.

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Does anyone know what these are?

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Reason her husband cries?

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Beaver tails?

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And the boring classes
were even worse.

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This semester,

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we will explore
the great books

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of literature

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from the 20th Century,

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and you will write reports
on these books

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from the 20th Century.

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You will turn them
into me,

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and I will read them,

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and I will grade them.

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My English teacher was like
a sleeping pill in a skirt.

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* Ah, make it funky now.

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After mere words failed
to bore us to death,

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Ms. Rivera unleashed
her next weapon:

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the boring assignment.

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The first book you're
gonna write a report on

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is Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison.

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It is the story of a man

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who feels invisible
in modern society.

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She's putting me to sleep,
and I'm in the future.

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It's very exciting,

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and some people find it
stimulating

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and inspiring.

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How long do we have?

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Until we finish the book,

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or until the book finishes us!

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It's due at the end of the week.

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This is great--
Invisible Man.

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It's about time
we pay homage

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to the revolutionaries.

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Are you crazy?
We have five days

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to read this book
and write a report.

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I can't even get through the
title without falling asleep.

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Dude, you're looking
at this all wrong.

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That's what I said to Greg

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when he saw his first
Playboy centerfold.

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No, I'm looking at this
like I'll never get it done.

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How are you looking at it?

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Look at it like you're about

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to make the best friend a guy
can have: a book.

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Greg felt that way
until this happened.

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What's it gonna
be, Greg?

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Me or Lord of
the Rings?

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Sorry, man.

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Through the work
of those great authors,

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you can transport yourself
back to a time

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when things were simpler.

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I wish I could be transported

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to a time
when I was actually awake.

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So what are you gonna do?

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I don't know,
but I'm gonna find a way

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to bring excitement
to The Invisible Man.

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Why don't you find him
an invisible woman?

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While I struggled
with my English class,

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my father struggled
with home economics.

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I think we need
to raise Mr. Omar's rent.

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Ooh, he's not going
to like that.

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You know how Mr. Omar is.

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I don't care how he is.

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You think I can tell that
to the phone company?

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"I-I'd love to pay,
but you know how I am."

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All I'm saying is,
he's a good tenant.

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I don't want to lose him.

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If we lose the house,

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we don't have to worry
about losing a tenant.

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I know that, but maybe we can
look at some other areas.

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What other areas, Rochelle?

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What? You want me
to knock over a bank?

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Now you're thinking.

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Get Peaches and Malvo,
and rob a liquor store?

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Look. I made up my mind.

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I'm raising Mr. Omar's rent.

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Well?

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It's done.

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What the hell?

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What does it say?

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It's from Mr. Omar.

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It says, "Open the door."

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Evening, Mr. Julius,
Ms. Rochelle.

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Hi, Mr. Omar.

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Who's this?

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I'm Mr. Randall.

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He's the
building inspector.

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Building inspector?

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After a careful inspection
of Mr. Omar's apartment,

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I've found the
following violations.
Violations?

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And, to justify
any rent increase,

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you'll have to bring
the cited items up to code.

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Uh-huh. 'Cause I don't mind
paying more rent,

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but everything
gotta be right.
You know how I am.

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"You will have to
provide alternate accommodations

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until said apartment
is brought up to code."

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What does that mean?

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That means you have to find him
a new place to stay.

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What?
Call me

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for an approval inspection
after the work is done.

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And get your CO2 levels checked.

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Get them checked.

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We can't do all this,
and put up Mr. Omar, too.

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You should have
thought about that

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before you took
that note upstairs.

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Well, we could do most
of the work ourselves,

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and we could let
him stay here, and we
could cut down costs.

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Stay here?

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You got a better idea?

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Yeah. Don't raise
Mr. Omar's rent.

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Oh, yeah,
that's right.

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You didn't
like that idea.

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While my father read
his code violations,

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I decided
to skip reading altogether.

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All right. The Invisible Dog,
The Invisible Mice, Shaft--

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Ohh! How did that
get in there?

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All right.

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One Nation Invisible,

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Now You See 'Em,
Now You Don't,
Peek-a-boo--

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That's cute. That's for kids.
Hard To See...

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Ah! The Invisible Man.
Here you go.

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So what made you
think of this anyway, Chris?

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Well, I remembered that Jaws
was a book before a movie,

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so I figured they made a movie
out of The Invisible Man.

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I wish they'd start
making movies into books.

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Popcorn getting expensive.

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Right. Um, you guys mind
if I watch this in here?

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Yeah.
Yeah. Go
right ahead, man.

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So who's in it anyway?

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Probably Sidney Poitier.

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Or Jim Brown... My man!

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Jim Brown was actually the
second choice to Sydney Poitier

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for the lead in many roles,

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including
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

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After watching
The Invisible Man,

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I managed to do
in a few hours

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what it was taking Greg
a few days to do.

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So, how do you like
the book so far?
Oh, it was great.

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I already
turned in my report.

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Already turned it in?

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I'm only, like, halfway
through the book.

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I've never seen you crank out
a book report this fast.

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I didn't read the book.

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I watched the movie.

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What movie?

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The Invisible Man.

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You know, the guy drinks
the serum, disappears.

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Dude, the movie
The Invisible Man

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has absolutely nothing
to do with the book
Invisible Man.

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I don't know
what you wrote,
but whatever it is,

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you better hope
Ms. Rivera doesn't read it.

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Too bad I didn't write
that paper in invisible ink!

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While I was trying
not to fail English,

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my parents were trying
not to fail inspection.

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I said it.

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I said, look
in some other areas,

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maybe trim a little
here or there, but no!

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No. Ole Truck Turner
here had a better idea.

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Rochelle...

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It just burns me up

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to think that
we're up here working,

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while he's downstairs
in our house, chilling.

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Oh, he's not that bad.

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Not bad? Julius, in
one night he managed to...

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...drink all the Kool-Aid...

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...file his toenails
on my table...

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...and keep me up half
the night playing records.

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(Marvin Gaye's
"Gotta Give It Up" plays)

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Okay, maybe he is
a little nuisance.

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Yeah, like cancer.

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Rochelle, it's not like

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you didn't have anything
to do with it.

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Every time I turn around,
you're quitting another job.

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Since when?

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Since whenever.

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I'm just saying,

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I hope you like
being at the beauty salon,

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because if you find a job
you really like,

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maybe I wouldn't
have to keep two jobs.

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Oh! Oh, oh, wait a minute. So
you're saying that you think I

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use the fact that you have two
jobs as a reason to quit a job?

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I didn't say that.

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But she did.

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I do not need this.
My man has two jobs.

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I don't need this, man!
My man has two jobs!

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I do not need this, okay?

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My man has two jobs!

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Look. Let's just
get this finished.

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Fine.

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Trying to blame
all this on me.

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... people to drop over.

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Don't worry, dear.

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Everything will turn out
just fine.

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Is that all you watch?
The Munsters?

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He watches
The Addams Family, too.

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Hey, what's not to love?

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Lily? Now, that's a woman.

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Shame her husband's
already dead.

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Can we watch
something else?
I'm bored.

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Why don't you play
a game? Play cards.

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Yeah, that's a good idea.
Let's play blackjack.

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What you know
about blackjack?

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All you have to do is get 21.

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Well, you know what makes
that game really good?

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What?
Wagering.

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Cool. You want to play?

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Yeah.
Can I deal?

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Yeah.

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Oh, hell, yeah.

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After searching every class,

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I figured Ms. Rivera
could only be in one place--

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the teachers' lounge.

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Teachers may have
been boring in class,

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but the teachers' lounge
was a whole other thing.

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Kids. I hate these kids.

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These damn kids.

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Who needs them?

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I guess I do.

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Damn...

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kids.

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Chris,

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what are you doing here?

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I'm looking for Ms. Rivera.
I need to talk to her.

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This is the teacher's lounge.
It's not for students.

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Now, Ms. Morello!
Oh! I'm up next!

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Uh, Ms. Rivera.

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I need to talk to you.

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Chris.

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Whoo!

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I need to talk to you, too.

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I need my book
report back.

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I need to change
some things.

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A little late for that.

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Wait, this says "I."

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That's because you didn't do

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the assignment
that I gave you.

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You do realize

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that the movie
TheInvisible Man

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has absolutely nothing to do
with the book Invisible Man.

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Yeah, I know that now, but
why didn't you fail me?

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Your take on the movie
was insightful.

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You captured the fun

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and all the underlying
allegorical parallels.

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I did?
I did?

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We should go in the hallway.

258
00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:32,399
Yeah, before I get
a contact high.

259
00:10:32,432 --> 00:10:35,102
Chris, you're a good writer.

260
00:10:35,135 --> 00:10:37,237
That's why I gave you
an incomplete.

261
00:10:37,270 --> 00:10:39,707
You're going to have
to read the book, though.

262
00:10:39,740 --> 00:10:41,975
Why didn't you just do
what I told you to do?

263
00:10:42,009 --> 00:10:43,176
'Cause, if we're writing
about the same story,

264
00:10:43,210 --> 00:10:44,144
what difference
does it make

265
00:10:44,177 --> 00:10:46,680
whether I saw the movie
or read the book?

266
00:10:46,714 --> 00:10:47,915
Hey, I like movies, too.

267
00:10:47,948 --> 00:10:50,417
In fact, one of my favorites
is, uh, Rocky.

268
00:10:50,450 --> 00:10:51,919
I love Rocky.

269
00:10:51,952 --> 00:10:53,854
"I'll wait for you here."

270
00:10:53,887 --> 00:10:55,723
"How about I wait here
and you fight, huh?"

271
00:10:55,756 --> 00:10:59,092
Do you remember
"They call me Mr. Tibbs"?

272
00:10:59,126 --> 00:11:00,327
In The Heat
of The Night.

273
00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:01,862
"What's your prediction
for the fight?"

274
00:11:01,895 --> 00:11:03,030
"Pain."

275
00:11:03,063 --> 00:11:04,264
Rocky III.
Rocky III.

276
00:11:04,297 --> 00:11:06,233
See, if you love
movies so much,

277
00:11:06,266 --> 00:11:08,268
why can't we just
write papers on those?

278
00:11:08,301 --> 00:11:09,870
I'd get an "A" every time.

279
00:11:09,903 --> 00:11:11,972
That's a good idea, Chris,

280
00:11:12,005 --> 00:11:16,744
but I've been given a curriculum
and I cannot deviate from that.

281
00:11:16,777 --> 00:11:18,011
Well, the curriculum
isn't working.

282
00:11:18,045 --> 00:11:19,246
Half the class is asleep.

283
00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:22,482
That was the year Congress
passed No Child Left Awake.

284
00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:25,418
I... don't like to make waves.

285
00:11:25,452 --> 00:11:27,487
Besides, it wouldn't make
any difference.

286
00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,423
"I find your lack of
faith disturbing."

287
00:11:30,457 --> 00:11:32,159
Darth Vader.

288
00:11:32,192 --> 00:11:35,062
I'm gonna go
work on my paper.

289
00:11:35,095 --> 00:11:36,930
Chris.

290
00:11:36,964 --> 00:11:38,265
Yeah?

291
00:11:40,067 --> 00:11:40,934
Let's do it.

292
00:11:40,968 --> 00:11:43,837
Years later,
those very same words

293
00:11:43,871 --> 00:11:46,239
would send Mary Kay Letourneau
to jail.

294
00:11:46,273 --> 00:11:48,375
21.

295
00:11:48,408 --> 00:11:50,210
You hit on 17?

296
00:11:50,243 --> 00:11:53,213
What Mr. Omar didn't know was
that when it came to numbers,

297
00:11:53,246 --> 00:11:55,115
Drew was like my father.

298
00:11:55,148 --> 00:11:59,252
Wow, that's 562,002
granules of sugar.

299
00:12:01,021 --> 00:12:04,457
Wow, that's 357,000 raindrops.

300
00:12:04,491 --> 00:12:07,828
Wow, that's one cupcake!

301
00:12:11,932 --> 00:12:13,767
Two jacks!

302
00:12:13,801 --> 00:12:15,035
I got 20.

303
00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:18,338
I've got five. Hit me.

304
00:12:19,539 --> 00:12:20,340
That's eight.

305
00:12:20,373 --> 00:12:21,408
Hit me.

306
00:12:22,375 --> 00:12:24,111
That's ten.
Hit me.

307
00:12:25,112 --> 00:12:26,179
That's fifteen.

308
00:12:26,213 --> 00:12:27,180
Hit me.

309
00:12:27,214 --> 00:12:28,148
19

310
00:12:28,181 --> 00:12:29,316
Hit me.

311
00:12:29,349 --> 00:12:32,119
Are there any face cards
in the deck?

312
00:12:32,152 --> 00:12:33,887
You'll see.
That's 20.

313
00:12:33,921 --> 00:12:35,188
Hit me.

314
00:12:36,156 --> 00:12:37,024
Another ace?

315
00:12:37,057 --> 00:12:38,959
21!

316
00:12:38,992 --> 00:12:41,228
Tragic. Tragic!
Yes!

317
00:12:42,963 --> 00:12:46,066
Mr. Omar would like to hit him
one more time.

318
00:12:46,099 --> 00:12:47,801
Smell good?

319
00:12:49,837 --> 00:12:51,538
Back in my class,

320
00:12:51,571 --> 00:12:55,042
things were getting a little
more exciting than I expected.

321
00:12:56,443 --> 00:12:58,145
This was a great idea, Chris.

322
00:12:58,178 --> 00:12:59,179
Thanks.

323
00:12:59,212 --> 00:13:01,915
What is going on here?

324
00:13:03,516 --> 00:13:04,717
Ms. Morello,

325
00:13:04,751 --> 00:13:09,289
instead of writing reports
about books like we usually do,

326
00:13:09,322 --> 00:13:12,392
I thought I would switch
it up by watching

327
00:13:12,425 --> 00:13:15,996
movies based on books,
and write about those.

328
00:13:16,029 --> 00:13:19,466
Ms. Rivera, I don't know what
they do in Puerto Rico,

329
00:13:19,499 --> 00:13:20,901
but changing curriculum

330
00:13:20,934 --> 00:13:22,269
is unacceptable.

331
00:13:22,302 --> 00:13:25,038
I hope you realize
this is a very serious offense.

332
00:13:25,072 --> 00:13:26,406
You could lose your job.

333
00:13:26,439 --> 00:13:27,407
¿Comprende?

334
00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,310
I'm sorry. I didn't know.

335
00:13:30,343 --> 00:13:34,181
Dios mio! Where would you get
such a ridiculous idea?

336
00:13:34,214 --> 00:13:36,183
I didn't think Ms. Rivera had
heat vision,

337
00:13:36,216 --> 00:13:39,019
but I turned away to protect
my eyes just in case.

338
00:13:43,156 --> 00:13:44,858
Ms. Rivera took my idea
to watch movies in class

339
00:13:44,892 --> 00:13:46,393
and ended up getting the book
thrown at her.

340
00:13:46,426 --> 00:13:48,261
I hope she doesn't get
into too much trouble.

341
00:13:48,295 --> 00:13:49,196
I like Ms. Rivera.

342
00:13:49,229 --> 00:13:51,164
You know, I knew this
was gonna happen.

343
00:13:51,198 --> 00:13:52,199
This is why I'm
a conformist.

344
00:13:52,232 --> 00:13:54,001
I don't see what
the big deal is.

345
00:13:54,034 --> 00:13:56,603
The idea is for us to learn.
Who cares how we do it?

346
00:13:56,636 --> 00:14:00,507
There he is. He's the one
that inspired it all.

347
00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:01,441
Inspired all of what?

348
00:14:01,474 --> 00:14:04,111
Well, when I spoke
to the superintendent

349
00:14:04,144 --> 00:14:05,545
about what was going on
in class,

350
00:14:05,578 --> 00:14:08,215
I thought we would fire
Ms. Rivera immediately

351
00:14:08,248 --> 00:14:10,150
and have her deported,

352
00:14:10,183 --> 00:14:13,987
but it turns out she's
an American citizen!

353
00:14:14,021 --> 00:14:17,090
I love what you've been doing
and I really wanted to meet you.

354
00:14:17,124 --> 00:14:20,527
Chris, she told us
this was your idea.

355
00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,462
Yeah, it kinda was.

356
00:14:22,495 --> 00:14:24,297
Good job, young man.

357
00:14:24,331 --> 00:14:28,201
I'm sure that your parents
are very proud.

358
00:14:28,235 --> 00:14:31,438
Why don't we get one
with all of us?

359
00:14:31,471 --> 00:14:36,409
Most black men can't
make their inability
to read work for them.

360
00:14:36,443 --> 00:14:39,412
Tell that to 50 Cent.

361
00:14:39,446 --> 00:14:40,680
Ms. Rivera,

362
00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:42,082
you need to get
in on this.

363
00:14:42,115 --> 00:14:45,052
Oh, no, really.
I'm not very photogenic.

364
00:14:45,085 --> 00:14:47,254
No, no, no, I insist.
Right this way.

365
00:14:47,287 --> 00:14:50,323
There we are.

366
00:14:50,357 --> 00:14:52,259
Back home, the inspector
was making a list

367
00:14:52,292 --> 00:14:53,660
and checking it once.

368
00:14:53,693 --> 00:14:55,428
This was an inspection,
not Christmas.

369
00:14:55,462 --> 00:14:57,064
Everything's up to code.

370
00:14:57,097 --> 00:14:59,166
So can you just sign off
on this now?

371
00:14:59,199 --> 00:15:02,135
Well, everything looks good
except for one thing.

372
00:15:02,169 --> 00:15:03,170
What?
What?

373
00:15:03,203 --> 00:15:05,172
This box,

374
00:15:05,205 --> 00:15:07,607
it's one of the pre-1950
fuse boxes still in service.

375
00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,309
City code requires that

376
00:15:09,342 --> 00:15:11,311
be replaced by a code
circuit-breaker panel.

377
00:15:11,344 --> 00:15:12,445
We can't afford that.

378
00:15:12,479 --> 00:15:14,214
Well, until that fuse box
is replaced,

379
00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:16,449
this apartment's
uninhabitable.

380
00:15:16,483 --> 00:15:18,485
You mean I can't move
back into my place?

381
00:15:18,518 --> 00:15:20,153
I got widows to see.

382
00:15:20,187 --> 00:15:22,322
Well, unless you want them
to die in an electrical fire,

383
00:15:22,355 --> 00:15:23,957
that box has got to go.

384
00:15:25,492 --> 00:15:27,727
So how long is this
gonna take, man?

385
00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,529
I'm sorry,
but I don't have the money.

386
00:15:29,562 --> 00:15:30,663
There's nothing I can do.

387
00:15:30,697 --> 00:15:33,566
I guess you just
have to stay with us
until I get it.

388
00:15:37,570 --> 00:15:40,273
Ms. Rivera, you left so fast,
we didn't get a chance

389
00:15:40,307 --> 00:15:41,474
to talk about today.

390
00:15:41,508 --> 00:15:43,043
Isn't it great?
They're gonna put

391
00:15:43,076 --> 00:15:44,077
our picture in
the newspaper.

392
00:15:44,111 --> 00:15:45,145
I heard.

393
00:15:45,178 --> 00:15:47,147
You don't seem happy about it.

394
00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:51,384
Well, I just...
I don't feel so well.

395
00:15:51,418 --> 00:15:53,553
Oh. Well, what's all this?

396
00:15:53,586 --> 00:15:58,458
Just... cleaning out
the classroom.

397
00:15:58,491 --> 00:15:59,726
Oh.

398
00:15:59,759 --> 00:16:03,496
Well, I guess I'll see you
tomorrow.

399
00:16:03,530 --> 00:16:05,332
Chris...

400
00:16:05,365 --> 00:16:06,533
Yeah?

401
00:16:06,566 --> 00:16:10,237
"You still here?

402
00:16:10,270 --> 00:16:13,706
It's over. Go home. Go."

403
00:16:13,740 --> 00:16:15,508
Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

404
00:16:15,542 --> 00:16:25,018
* When your love is gone away,
it's a long good-bye *

405
00:16:27,154 --> 00:16:29,722
Back at home, Mr. Omar was
trying to get himself out

406
00:16:29,756 --> 00:16:31,424
of what he got himself into.

407
00:16:31,458 --> 00:16:33,693
What are you doing here? I
thought you went back upstairs.

408
00:16:33,726 --> 00:16:37,064
Drew, I was wondering if you
could make me a little loan.

409
00:16:37,097 --> 00:16:38,665
For what?

410
00:16:38,698 --> 00:16:41,601
Well, it seems the only thing
standing between me

411
00:16:41,634 --> 00:16:44,471
getting back in my apartment
is a new circuit-breaker panel,

412
00:16:44,504 --> 00:16:49,142
but it costs $300 and neither me
nor your father have the money.

413
00:16:49,176 --> 00:16:51,378
True. I can loan you the money.

414
00:16:51,411 --> 00:16:53,080
Turn around.

415
00:16:53,113 --> 00:16:56,416
Thank goodness! I really
appreciate this, Drew.

416
00:16:56,449 --> 00:16:59,719
And it'll only cost you
12 easy payments
of $30 a month.

417
00:17:02,322 --> 00:17:04,391
But that's $360.

418
00:17:04,424 --> 00:17:05,692
I know.

419
00:17:05,725 --> 00:17:09,362
Drew went on to make a fortune
selling sub-prime mortgages.

420
00:17:09,396 --> 00:17:11,298
Please. Thank you.

421
00:17:13,266 --> 00:17:16,103
Today we'll be reading
Shakespeare's Othello.

422
00:17:16,136 --> 00:17:19,606
It is the exciting story
of black rage.

423
00:17:19,639 --> 00:17:21,774
Where's Ms. Rivera?

424
00:17:21,808 --> 00:17:23,343
She didn't show up today.

425
00:17:23,376 --> 00:17:25,378
There he is!

426
00:17:25,412 --> 00:17:27,714
Agent Barnes, FBI.
We need to talk to you.

427
00:17:27,747 --> 00:17:31,618
Are they mistaking me
for Marion Barry?

428
00:17:33,820 --> 00:17:35,255
What's all this?

429
00:17:35,288 --> 00:17:37,390
Oh, I bought the
breaker panel myself,

430
00:17:37,424 --> 00:17:39,392
so it's not gonna
cost you a penny.

431
00:17:39,426 --> 00:17:41,461
That was music
to my father's ears.

432
00:17:41,494 --> 00:17:44,197
Looks good.
You can move back in.

433
00:17:44,231 --> 00:17:45,832
Oh, however,

434
00:17:45,865 --> 00:17:47,800
I'm gonna take the cost
of the panel

435
00:17:47,834 --> 00:17:49,502
and deduct it from my rent.

436
00:17:49,536 --> 00:17:52,339
Fine. That's fine, right?

437
00:17:52,372 --> 00:17:55,475
(cash register clacking
and dinging)

438
00:17:55,508 --> 00:17:58,111
That means your rent'll be
exactly what it is now.

439
00:17:58,145 --> 00:17:59,412
I know.

440
00:18:02,249 --> 00:18:03,783
Look, last time I saw
Ms. Rivera,

441
00:18:03,816 --> 00:18:05,418
she was loading things
into her car.

442
00:18:05,452 --> 00:18:07,354
She didn't tell me
where she was going.

443
00:18:07,387 --> 00:18:10,523
Name's not "Ms. Rivera."
It's Karen Rodriguez.

444
00:18:11,624 --> 00:18:13,193
But you already knew that,
didn't you?

445
00:18:13,226 --> 00:18:17,330
No, I didn't.
What'd she do, anyway?

446
00:18:17,364 --> 00:18:19,199
Did she sneak
across the border?

447
00:18:19,232 --> 00:18:20,433
The Puerto Rican border?

448
00:18:20,467 --> 00:18:22,335
She embezzled a quarter
of a million dollars

449
00:18:22,369 --> 00:18:24,604
from the teachers' pension plan
in Moab, Utah.

450
00:18:24,637 --> 00:18:26,273
I'm not sure
what's more shocking:

451
00:18:26,306 --> 00:18:28,341
the fact that a teachers'
pension plan had

452
00:18:28,375 --> 00:18:29,342
a quarter of a million dollars

453
00:18:29,376 --> 00:18:32,111
or that there was
a Puerto Rican in Utah.

454
00:18:38,451 --> 00:18:39,686
Chris.

455
00:18:39,719 --> 00:18:41,721
That's how she hid herself
in Utah.

456
00:18:41,754 --> 00:18:42,789
Ms. Rivera?

457
00:18:42,822 --> 00:18:44,524
She dressed like a Mormon.

458
00:18:44,557 --> 00:18:47,760
It's Perez now. I wanted
to say good-bye.

459
00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:50,497
FBI agents were looking for you
all over the school.

460
00:18:50,530 --> 00:18:52,532
You didn't say anything,
did you?

461
00:18:52,565 --> 00:18:53,800
No.

462
00:18:53,833 --> 00:18:58,571
Good. They've been chasing me
for eight years.

463
00:18:58,605 --> 00:19:02,209
Is it true what they say
about you being a fugitive

464
00:19:02,242 --> 00:19:03,543
and stealing all that money?

465
00:19:03,576 --> 00:19:06,679
I didn't buy this car
with trading stamps.

466
00:19:06,713 --> 00:19:08,781
If you could, my father
would have one.

467
00:19:08,815 --> 00:19:11,684
If it wasn't for that article,
they would have never found me.

468
00:19:11,718 --> 00:19:14,721
Oh, well, I'm sorry
for blowing your cover.

469
00:19:14,754 --> 00:19:18,225
I had forgotten how exciting
life could be,

470
00:19:18,258 --> 00:19:19,892
and you reminded me of that.

471
00:19:19,926 --> 00:19:21,561
Thanks, Chris.

472
00:19:21,594 --> 00:19:23,396
You're welcome.

473
00:19:23,430 --> 00:19:24,597
So where you going now?

474
00:19:24,631 --> 00:19:27,600
I thought I'd go
to Hollywood.

475
00:19:27,634 --> 00:19:30,237
I'll fit right in.

476
00:19:30,270 --> 00:19:33,440
See you in the movies, kid.

477
00:19:35,242 --> 00:19:37,610
Well, once again,
I learned a lesson.

478
00:19:37,644 --> 00:19:39,512
I learned that movies can
teach you

479
00:19:39,546 --> 00:19:41,214
almost as much as books can,

480
00:19:41,248 --> 00:19:44,984
but in the process, I lost the
best teacher I ever had.

481
00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:49,956
WOMAN:
Today we will be reading
about the wonders of air.

482
00:19:49,989 --> 00:19:51,991
Are there any questions?

483
00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:54,727
I didn't think so. Let's begin.

484
00:19:58,998 --> 00:20:00,700
What was that for?

485
00:20:00,733 --> 00:20:03,803
For making a boring class
exciting, then boring again.

486
00:20:03,836 --> 00:20:05,638
Thanks for nothing, Clubber.

487
00:20:08,808 --> 00:20:13,980
* Everybody hates Chris.

488
00:20:29,829 --> 00:20:32,265
* Ah, make it funky now