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(Charlie)
'Now, before we begin
our analysis'
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of the Johnson administration
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I just want to point out
how lucky you are
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to have a teacher that actually
remembers what it was like.
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Am I interrupting something?
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- Absolutely.
- Thank you.
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If I may have your attention
for a moment?
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The city is sponsoring
an essay contest
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and one of you
is going to win it.
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- Oh, that's great!
- Oh! That's wonderful.
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One of you will get
a certificate of achievement
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and we will get our pictures
taken with the mayor.
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[indistinct chatter]
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With you and the mayor?
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Oh, be still, my heart.
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The essay will consist
of a thousand words
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on any aspect of the history
of New York City.
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'And I know
you won't let me down.'
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- May I speak with you?
- Sure.
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Mr. Moore, this contest
is being sponsored
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by the mayor's office.
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Need I say more?
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Yeah.
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Mayor Koch is sensitive
to the problems in the city.
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He doesn't need criticism
from high school kids. Hmm?
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So we should avoid, uh
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the nursing home crisis,
the homeless, West Way
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corruption in
the taxi industry--
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Yeah, now, you're
getting my drift.
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Get the ball rollin'.
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[sighs]
So, what are we
gonna write about?
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I'm gonna write
about the Bronx Zoo.
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The art galleries
and the museums.
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Oh, Central Park,
it's the heart of the city.
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Why even bother
writing anything?
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We all know Alan's gonna win.
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Is that so?
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If it's an essay, I usually win.
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Except when Darlene beats you.
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I think Darlene
occasionally shows some talent.
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[scoffs]
You're right, Alan.
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You're a real prize winner.
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You know, I don't think
anybody here
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is gonna win any prizes
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unless we throw some
imagination into this.
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I mean, you really see New York
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as just places and things?
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What about all the people?
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There's too many of 'em.
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You have to take
a number to breathe.
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But you're sharing the air
with some of the most
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interesting people
in this country.
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He's right. This city attracts
the cream of the crop.
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(Charlie)
'Yeah, you're all
New Yorkers, I mean..'
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Why not find out who you are
and how you got here?
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I mean, that would be
a prize-winning essay.
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Uh, gee, Mr. Moore,
sounds little, um, far out.
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I think we should play it safe.
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(all)
Yeah.
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- Do you hear that?
- What? No.
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It sounds like 50,000
high school students chanting
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"I'm gonna write about
the Statue of Liberty."
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[laughs]
I think Mr. Moore is right.
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I mean, writing about our
families is a great way to win.
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Like, my family,
they come from France.
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My father's side were chefs,
and my mother's, philosophers.
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Let me see if I can
guess her family motto.
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"I cook, therefore I am."
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Mr. Moore, if we're talking
about exciting dynamic New York
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families, look no further
than the Pinkards.
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Really?
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Uh, Mayflower, Boston Tea Party,
The New York.
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The name is synonymous
with the building of the city.
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You can trace
my family's coat of arms
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back to a county seat
in the English Midlands.
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- Coat of arms?
- 'Yeah.'
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A wasp rampant
on a field of mayonnaise.
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I understand
your anger, Darlene.
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That's why here in America,
my family dropped all that.
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They felt it was
a little too flashy
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for a classless society.
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You mean, we don't have
to salute you anymore, Alan?
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Okay. Now, anybody else?
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I believe I've got
them beat, Mr. Moore.
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I come this close
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to being a direct descendant
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of Mary, Queen of Scotts.
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How close?
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I'm a relative of
Mary Scott of Queens.
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Okay. Uh, I tell you what.
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I am going to make this essay
a formal class assignment.
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Great, then we'll kill
two birds with one stone.
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I've got my grandmother's diary.
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That's good.
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Uh, I mean this could be
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very interesting. Darlene?
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Oh, I'll pass.
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Why?
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Because I can tell you
the whole story now.
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Which is?
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Once there was a black slave
owned by a white man.
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- Oh, that's it?
- That's it.
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Come on, Darlene,
we're all a part
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of this great melting pot.
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Those of us
from high backgrounds
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and those of us from low.
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That's what makes
this city so great.
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I think it's kind of beautiful.
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[scoffs]
Isn't it funny, Alan,
how some people
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from high backgrounds
can be so low?
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I think you two should
fight it out on paper. Hmm?
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(Charlie)
1963..
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Lyndon Johnson began
the first in a series
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of ugly public barbeques
on his ranch in Texas.
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Morning. How's it going?
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This is the part
of the job I hate.
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- What?
- Disciplinary problems.
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Listen to this one.
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He walks into the nurse's office
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and says that he
has a sore throat.
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She turns to get
the tongue depressor
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and he's all over her.
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Trying to kiss her, to hug her.
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Telling her that
he wants her like crazy.
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- The nurse?
- Yeah!
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It's just awful, Charlie.
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What am I gonna do about this?
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Well, you might try discussing
this with his father.
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Well, I don't even know
if his father's still around.
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Yeah. These kids.
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And it breaks your heart.
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What kids? It's Mr. Cooper,
the chemistry teacher.
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Come on, move it.
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If you can get up there
to spray it on
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you can get up there
to scrub it off. Move it.
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They didn't even spell it right.
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Which reminds me, Mr. Moore
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nothing about graffiti
in the essay.
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No graffiti, no garbage strikes,
no gridlock--
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No street crime,
no organized crime.
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- No white collar crime.
- Now, you got it.
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Mayor doesn't appreciate
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hearing about things like that.
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He lives here, you know,
he's bound to hear
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about it sooner or later.
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But not from me.
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Morning, everybody.
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- Hi.
- 'Good morning.'
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Well, anybody get as far back
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as their
great-great-grandparents?
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Wait till you hear this.
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I found out that
my great-grandparents
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owned a lumber company
that supplied a lot of wood
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for the original Yankee Stadium.
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Hey, you know, if it wasn't
for my great-uncle
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that whole place
would've collapsed.
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- Architect?
- Termite control.
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This is interesting, Mr. Moore.
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I'm a mathematician.
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My father and grandfather
were mathematicians
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and his father and grandfather
were mathematicians.
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Do you know what that means?
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Yeah, it means you're
a nerd to the fifth power.
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That's right. Five generations
of pocket protectors.
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Come on, you guys. I mean,
what did you find out?
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Alright, check it out,
my grandfather came to New York
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from Lithuania in 1901.
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Guy started out with
a few apples in a pushcart.
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Turned it into a produce market.
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That's how my mother
inherited the fruit business.
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Then, my father blew it all
at the track.
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Uh, goes to show you.
One rotten apple. Huh?
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There you go. Life in New York,
huh? Janice?
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I'm a Lazaratto.
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We trace our heritage back
to a distant branch
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of the Medici family
in Florence, Italy.
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And it turns out we came
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from the lost city of Atlantis.
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Wow. Darlene?
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Why don't we just move along
to Captain John Smith?
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I mean, I'm sure
he's dying to tell us
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about his family's trip
over on the Mayflower.
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Okay. Uh, Alan?
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I'm not interested
in the assignment.
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(all)
What?
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[scoffs]
I'm sorry to hear that
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because I am interested
in the assignment.
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I gave it, remember?
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But I don't wanna do
the assignment, Mr. Moore.
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Why?
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Because it's a waste of time.
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Look, I don't have
to prove anything.
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And besides, I have more
important things to do.
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I think the Pinkard family tree
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has just been struck
by root rat.
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[instrumental music]
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- Well..
- Well, what?
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Well, I thought I was
gonna have to deliver
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my "Alan, what's wrong?" speech
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but I see you're
one step ahead of me.
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Uh, this is my
oceanography homework.
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But if it'll make you feel
any better give me the speech
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although I don't think
it'll do you any good.
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Okay, Alan, let's talk
about this problem.
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Now, of all the kids
in my IHP class
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you are the most compulsive
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about doing your assignments
well and on time.
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This one could earn you a prize.
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And yet, you refuse to do it.
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You wanna explain that to me?
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Well, aren't you the one who's
always telling us to relax?
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Goof off once in a while
just to see what it's like?
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Yeah, but why now?
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(all)
Shh!
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Why not?
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Okay. I guess I have
to read you your rights.
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Uh, work that's not turned
in on time earns an automatic C.
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Works that's not turned
in at all earns an F.
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[scoffs]
Fine.
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Alan, if you've uncovered
something
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that's embarrassing, I--
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No, don't be ridiculous.
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I just think it's
a frivolous assignment
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and I don't have time for it.
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- Wait, Alan!
- Shh!
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Darlene. Hold on.
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Look, I-I know you don't
wanna do this assignment
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but I urge you to reconsider.
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You're wasting your time.
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- Damn it. I am not wasting--
- 'Shh!'
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My time.
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I just told Alan,
and I'm telling you.
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If you don't hand in
this assignment, you get an F.
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- I won't get an F.
- Oh, yes, you will.
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Mr. Moore, I'm doing the paper.
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I don't believe in Fs.
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How's it going?
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It's interesting.
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Have you ever heard
of Sally Hemings?
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- The Sally Hemings?
- Yeah.
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There's always been talk
in my family
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that we're related to her.
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But you should be
researching that.
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- That's what I'm doing.
- Right.
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[indistinct chatter]
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Shh! This is a library, boys.
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Did you discover anything
fascinating, Maria?
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No, I'm just
a typical New Yorker.
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Come from a long line
of single parents.
253
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It's kind of a dull story
254
00:11:56,841 --> 00:11:58,431
but it's one I could pass on
255
00:11:58,467 --> 00:12:00,967
to my future ex-husband's
children.
256
00:12:02,805 --> 00:12:05,215
(Charlie)
'Thank you. Next.'
257
00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:07,885
Okay, Alan?
258
00:12:07,935 --> 00:12:09,265
I decided to give it a shot.
259
00:12:09,311 --> 00:12:12,401
- Well, I thought you..
- I changed my mind.
260
00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:13,650
Tell me what you think of it.
261
00:12:13,691 --> 00:12:16,991
What I think of it?
It's your family history.
262
00:12:18,404 --> 00:12:22,204
- I-It's a bit rough, I..
- Rough?
263
00:12:22,241 --> 00:12:24,991
I just have to nail down
some of the details.
264
00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,500
I may want to
adjust it later on.
265
00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:31,463
Or not, I..
266
00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:32,540
[school bell ringing]
267
00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:34,795
(Darlene)
Mr. Moore, I need an extension.
268
00:12:34,837 --> 00:12:36,297
Can I have mine in on Monday?
269
00:12:36,338 --> 00:12:37,588
Uh, okay.
270
00:12:37,631 --> 00:12:38,721
And remember, everybody
271
00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:40,468
I am gonna read these
over the weekend
272
00:12:40,509 --> 00:12:43,799
and Monday, we start with
the Chicago demonstrations.
273
00:12:43,846 --> 00:12:46,386
Aren't they referred
to as the Chicago riots?
274
00:12:46,432 --> 00:12:47,812
Well we were demonstrating
275
00:12:47,850 --> 00:12:51,350
a large number of people
in uniform were rioting.
276
00:12:51,395 --> 00:12:52,685
[laughs]
Okay.
277
00:12:54,273 --> 00:12:57,533
[upbeat music]
278
00:13:04,116 --> 00:13:05,736
[school bell rings]
279
00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:07,235
- Morning.
- 'Good morning.'
280
00:13:07,286 --> 00:13:09,456
- How was the weekend?
- Yeah, wonderful.
281
00:13:10,122 --> 00:13:12,882
Well, here are your essays.
282
00:13:12,917 --> 00:13:14,497
They're all very interesting.
283
00:13:14,543 --> 00:13:16,923
But, uh, it's hard
to be objective
284
00:13:16,962 --> 00:13:18,712
because they're so personal.
285
00:13:18,756 --> 00:13:22,506
So, I've decided
not to grade these papers.
286
00:13:22,551 --> 00:13:24,681
[indistinct chatter]
287
00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,060
Mr. Moore, in this class,
a paper with no grade
288
00:13:27,097 --> 00:13:29,767
is like "Sunday In The Park
Without George."
289
00:13:31,060 --> 00:13:32,520
How do I know
if it's any good?
290
00:13:32,561 --> 00:13:34,731
I mean what was the point of
doing it in the first place?
291
00:13:34,772 --> 00:13:37,982
Maria, are you saying that
something is not worth doing
292
00:13:38,025 --> 00:13:41,235
unless someone else validates it
by putting some meaningless
293
00:13:41,278 --> 00:13:43,448
letter of the alphabet
in the margin?
294
00:13:43,489 --> 00:13:45,409
Where have you been?
295
00:13:45,449 --> 00:13:48,119
What? You know how hard
you've worked on this.
296
00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:49,120
The research, I mean
297
00:13:49,161 --> 00:13:50,791
you all know what you
put into it.
298
00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:54,790
So, I've decided to let you
grade your own papers.
299
00:13:54,834 --> 00:13:56,004
'Right away, please.'
300
00:13:56,043 --> 00:13:58,253
I have to record your grades.
301
00:13:58,295 --> 00:14:00,835
Great. A plus.
302
00:14:02,424 --> 00:14:04,844
Plus...Plus.
303
00:14:07,638 --> 00:14:09,558
Mr. Moore, uh,
I-I'm giving myself an A.
304
00:14:09,598 --> 00:14:11,308
I'm not completely convinced
it's A work
305
00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:14,060
but I'd hate to drag down
the class average.
306
00:14:18,482 --> 00:14:20,992
- What's wrong, Alan?
- Nothing.
307
00:14:21,026 --> 00:14:23,526
Everything is fine.
It's an A paper.
308
00:14:25,573 --> 00:14:27,663
Make that an F paper.
309
00:14:28,742 --> 00:14:30,702
(all)
F? Why?
310
00:14:30,744 --> 00:14:32,374
A or F, either one.
311
00:14:34,623 --> 00:14:36,963
I don't understand.
312
00:14:37,001 --> 00:14:40,211
Okay, F.
Poor organization of the facts.
313
00:14:40,254 --> 00:14:42,094
(all)
What?
314
00:14:42,131 --> 00:14:45,181
You sure you wanna
stick with that?
315
00:14:45,217 --> 00:14:46,427
Well, it's basically all there.
316
00:14:46,468 --> 00:14:48,928
I just adjusted
some of the facts.
317
00:14:48,971 --> 00:14:52,851
In what way did you
adjust some of the facts?
318
00:14:52,892 --> 00:14:56,442
I.. I left some out,
I changed some around.
319
00:14:56,478 --> 00:14:57,858
I would say..
320
00:15:00,357 --> 00:15:01,727
...I lied.
321
00:15:01,775 --> 00:15:04,065
- Alan.
- What?
322
00:15:04,778 --> 00:15:07,358
You, uh, want to adjust that?
323
00:15:09,199 --> 00:15:12,749
- I wanna tell the truth.
- 'Good.'
324
00:15:14,496 --> 00:15:15,706
Please.
325
00:15:16,999 --> 00:15:19,839
The first Pinkard
arrived from Ireland
326
00:15:19,877 --> 00:15:21,167
in the late 1800s.
327
00:15:21,211 --> 00:15:23,051
Don't tell me, he was
held up in traffic
328
00:15:23,088 --> 00:15:24,838
and he missed the Mayflower?
329
00:15:26,550 --> 00:15:28,930
By a couple of hundred years?
330
00:15:30,471 --> 00:15:31,971
Milo Pinkard.
331
00:15:32,014 --> 00:15:33,144
[indistinct chatter]
332
00:15:33,182 --> 00:15:35,602
Alright. Pinkard.
333
00:15:35,643 --> 00:15:38,903
He left home when he was 17
during the potato famine.
334
00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:42,568
He was poor. He couldn't even
find a job at first.
335
00:15:42,608 --> 00:15:44,818
There were a lot of
signs here that said
336
00:15:44,860 --> 00:15:47,150
"No Irish need apply."
337
00:15:47,196 --> 00:15:50,616
But eventually, he became
an apprentice to a bricklayer.
338
00:15:52,034 --> 00:15:53,744
What about the coat of arms?
339
00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:55,496
He sent away for one.
340
00:15:57,039 --> 00:15:59,579
You mean, you made
all that stuff up?
341
00:15:59,625 --> 00:16:00,745
No!
342
00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:03,383
My grandmother did, and she
passed it on to my mother
343
00:16:03,420 --> 00:16:05,550
who passed it on to me.
344
00:16:05,589 --> 00:16:08,679
The only family heirloom
we have is that story.
345
00:16:10,386 --> 00:16:12,546
Darlene, I owe you an apology.
346
00:16:13,847 --> 00:16:15,387
I was kind of patronizing
before
347
00:16:15,432 --> 00:16:18,352
I said I was somebody
and you were nobody.
348
00:16:18,394 --> 00:16:20,314
But I was wrong.
349
00:16:20,354 --> 00:16:22,154
We're both nobodies.
350
00:16:26,110 --> 00:16:29,360
You know, Alan, I never thought
of you as sensitive before.
351
00:16:29,405 --> 00:16:31,315
And now I know why.
352
00:16:31,365 --> 00:16:33,905
Uh, Darlene,
you have something to read.
353
00:16:33,951 --> 00:16:36,201
Can't I just hand it in? I mean,
you'll have it in writing.
354
00:16:36,245 --> 00:16:37,955
And isn't that
the assignment?
355
00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:39,537
Uh, not anymore.
356
00:16:39,581 --> 00:16:41,711
I think we need to hear it now.
357
00:16:43,377 --> 00:16:46,757
- I learned from my great--
- Unh-unh. Please.
358
00:16:49,383 --> 00:16:50,803
I learned from
my great-grandmother
359
00:16:50,843 --> 00:16:52,893
that she was descended
from slaves who'd been freed
360
00:16:52,928 --> 00:16:55,218
in the early part
of the 19th century
361
00:16:55,264 --> 00:16:56,564
long before the civil war.
362
00:16:56,598 --> 00:16:59,638
Oh, see? You feel
better already, right?
363
00:17:00,561 --> 00:17:02,981
Alan, wait.
364
00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:05,442
My great-grandmother said
that she'd been named
365
00:17:05,482 --> 00:17:06,612
after her grandmother
366
00:17:06,650 --> 00:17:08,360
whose maiden name
she couldn't remember.
367
00:17:08,402 --> 00:17:10,952
But her death notice in
the records of the probate court
368
00:17:10,988 --> 00:17:12,238
of Rose County, Ohio
369
00:17:12,281 --> 00:17:14,451
gives the name Sarah Hemings.
370
00:17:14,950 --> 00:17:16,080
Who was?
371
00:17:16,118 --> 00:17:18,408
Sarah was the daughter
of Madison Hemings.
372
00:17:18,454 --> 00:17:20,464
Madison was one of
five children born
373
00:17:20,497 --> 00:17:22,537
to a slave named Sally Hemings.
374
00:17:23,208 --> 00:17:24,838
And?
375
00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:26,207
Well, the father was said
376
00:17:26,253 --> 00:17:28,803
to be a powerful white
Virginia landowner.
377
00:17:28,839 --> 00:17:30,549
Sally and her children
were freed by him
378
00:17:30,591 --> 00:17:34,301
in his will after his death
in 1826.
379
00:17:34,344 --> 00:17:36,814
(Charlie)
'Darlene, aren't you gonna, uh'
380
00:17:36,847 --> 00:17:40,887
tell us who the powerful
white Virginian landholder was?
381
00:17:41,852 --> 00:17:43,732
He was Thomas Jefferson.
382
00:17:43,771 --> 00:17:46,231
(all)
Thomas Jefferson!
383
00:17:49,109 --> 00:17:51,569
Darlene, I-I don't
know what to say.
384
00:17:52,696 --> 00:17:54,356
Congratulations.
385
00:17:56,867 --> 00:17:59,037
- For what?
- For what?
386
00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:02,368
Thomas Jefferson was one of the
founding fathers of this country
387
00:18:02,414 --> 00:18:04,884
and apparently of your family.
388
00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:07,287
I mean, if I had
those credentials
389
00:18:07,336 --> 00:18:09,506
they'd be tattooed on my chest.
390
00:18:10,255 --> 00:18:12,505
You should be proud.
391
00:18:12,549 --> 00:18:15,889
I admit it.
I'm turning green here.
392
00:18:15,928 --> 00:18:18,308
Oh, so, you're saying, Alan,
I win the snob contest
393
00:18:18,347 --> 00:18:21,767
because Thomas Jefferson slept
with a distant relative of mine?
394
00:18:21,809 --> 00:18:22,889
He owned her, Alan.
395
00:18:22,935 --> 00:18:24,265
He could've set her free,
but he didn't
396
00:18:24,311 --> 00:18:27,151
until after his death.
A little late.
397
00:18:27,189 --> 00:18:28,649
Am I supposed to be
proud of that?
398
00:18:28,690 --> 00:18:32,400
Uh, Da-Darlene, your research
is fine up to a point
399
00:18:32,444 --> 00:18:35,864
but that's not the full story
of Jefferson and Sally Hemings.
400
00:18:35,906 --> 00:18:37,276
I mean, many historians argue
401
00:18:37,324 --> 00:18:39,954
that they actually
loved one another.
402
00:18:39,993 --> 00:18:44,833
[scoffs]
A happy slave love story?
No thanks.
403
00:18:44,873 --> 00:18:48,043
But her son Madison told
the story years later.
404
00:18:48,085 --> 00:18:51,835
Now, according to him,
after Jefferson's wife died
405
00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,680
and he was appointed
minister to France
406
00:18:54,716 --> 00:18:56,636
he brought Sally to Paris.
407
00:18:56,677 --> 00:19:00,467
She was the woman of the house.
His companion.
408
00:19:00,514 --> 00:19:02,274
But if Jefferson loved her
409
00:19:02,307 --> 00:19:04,887
how could he keep her
as his property?
410
00:19:04,935 --> 00:19:06,935
The times dictated it.
411
00:19:06,979 --> 00:19:09,479
I mean, when they came
back to America
412
00:19:09,523 --> 00:19:10,943
it would have been impossible
413
00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:13,153
for them to live together..
414
00:19:13,193 --> 00:19:15,073
...in Virginia,
in the same house
415
00:19:15,112 --> 00:19:20,082
unless she was
legally his slave.
416
00:19:20,117 --> 00:19:24,247
Whether she loved him or not
is hard to prove.
417
00:19:24,288 --> 00:19:28,418
But Sally Hemings got something
from that relationship
418
00:19:28,458 --> 00:19:30,538
that was crucial to her.
419
00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:33,920
Freedom for her children.
420
00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:38,304
Her own freedom came
after Jefferson died.
421
00:19:40,262 --> 00:19:43,352
Darlene, I really had it wrong.
422
00:19:43,390 --> 00:19:46,020
Look, Alan, I just
wanna be who I am.
423
00:19:46,059 --> 00:19:47,729
And I think you
should do the same.
424
00:19:47,769 --> 00:19:51,189
[chuckles]
Darlene, I'm not saying
I won't get over it.
425
00:19:52,691 --> 00:19:56,651
Look, i-it's important
to know where you came from.
426
00:19:56,695 --> 00:20:00,405
But who your ancestors were,
whoever they were..
427
00:20:00,449 --> 00:20:02,449
...isn't who you are now.
428
00:20:02,492 --> 00:20:04,792
'See, the point of this is,
it helps us'
429
00:20:04,828 --> 00:20:09,538
'to understand history
if we look at it from there'
430
00:20:09,583 --> 00:20:11,963
'not just from here.'
431
00:20:12,002 --> 00:20:14,802
Sally Hemings,
a very strong woman
432
00:20:14,838 --> 00:20:16,418
who lived with her choices
433
00:20:16,465 --> 00:20:18,545
in a difficult situation.
434
00:20:18,592 --> 00:20:20,302
And Milo Pinkard..
435
00:20:21,094 --> 00:20:22,264
Pinkard.
436
00:20:23,222 --> 00:20:26,852
He did build the city.
Not your way, his way.
437
00:20:26,892 --> 00:20:28,442
Brick by brick.
438
00:20:30,771 --> 00:20:33,771
Something to think about, Alan?
439
00:20:33,815 --> 00:20:35,975
Yeah, our own history.
440
00:20:36,026 --> 00:20:38,486
And write it down.
441
00:20:38,528 --> 00:20:40,448
Not just the facts, either.
442
00:20:40,489 --> 00:20:41,779
Because what'll
make it interesting
443
00:20:41,823 --> 00:20:44,283
for future History students
is knowing
444
00:20:44,326 --> 00:20:46,076
how you feel about it.
445
00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,329
And that way, they learn
about you, as well.
446
00:20:50,666 --> 00:20:54,416
Alright, let's, uh, talk
about Richard Nixon's promise
447
00:20:54,461 --> 00:20:56,381
of an open presidency.
448
00:20:57,673 --> 00:20:59,473
Mr. Moore.
449
00:21:00,133 --> 00:21:02,013
What about your history?
450
00:21:02,052 --> 00:21:04,102
What would you write?
451
00:21:04,137 --> 00:21:05,427
Well, uh..
452
00:21:05,472 --> 00:21:07,852
I'm the quintessential
New Yorker.
453
00:21:07,891 --> 00:21:08,931
I wasn't born here.
454
00:21:08,976 --> 00:21:10,686
I didn't go to school here.
455
00:21:10,727 --> 00:21:13,267
I'm second-generation
German-English.
456
00:21:13,313 --> 00:21:15,323
And my parents met in Texas.
457
00:21:15,357 --> 00:21:17,687
And I'm from Weiser, Idaho.
458
00:21:17,734 --> 00:21:18,864
And here I am.
459
00:21:18,902 --> 00:21:22,452
I teach a class with a,
a student from New Delhi, India
460
00:21:22,489 --> 00:21:24,449
and one of Irish peasant stock.
461
00:21:24,491 --> 00:21:26,791
and a descendent
of Thomas Jefferson.
462
00:21:26,827 --> 00:21:28,247
Now, you name me one other city
463
00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:30,497
in the United States
where that could happen.
464
00:21:30,539 --> 00:21:33,209
Okay, Washington D.C.
465
00:21:34,668 --> 00:21:36,338
Okay, I'll give you Washington
466
00:21:36,378 --> 00:21:39,718
but, uh, Washington
has no theater.
467
00:21:39,756 --> 00:21:41,336
National Theater.
468
00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:45,101
Okay, I'll give you
the National Theater.
469
00:21:45,137 --> 00:21:48,847
You name me one
extraordinary delicatessen.
470
00:21:48,890 --> 00:21:51,230
- Delicatessen?
- Ha-ha!
471
00:21:57,858 --> 00:21:59,898
Guess what? I won.
472
00:21:59,943 --> 00:22:02,203
[cheering]
473
00:22:02,237 --> 00:22:03,527
Congratulations.
474
00:22:03,572 --> 00:22:05,702
Uh, Darlene, I don't know
if this will sound
475
00:22:05,741 --> 00:22:09,121
convincing or not,
but I'm glad you won.
476
00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:11,041
I'm not convinced, Alan.
477
00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:13,579
Neither am I.
478
00:22:14,458 --> 00:22:16,708
So, how did you
tie Sally Hemings
479
00:22:16,752 --> 00:22:18,462
into the history of New York?
480
00:22:18,503 --> 00:22:21,173
I didn't, I mean,
that was a great story
481
00:22:21,214 --> 00:22:23,094
but this was to win.
482
00:22:23,133 --> 00:22:25,223
So, what did you write about?
483
00:22:25,260 --> 00:22:26,970
Well, I combined two themes.
484
00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:30,102
Corruption in the building
of the Statue of Liberty.
485
00:22:31,391 --> 00:22:34,811
"Corruption in the building
of the Statue of Liberty."
486
00:22:34,853 --> 00:22:35,813
I like it.
487
00:22:35,854 --> 00:22:39,324
Mr. Moore, may I
see you a moment?
488
00:22:42,861 --> 00:22:46,111
[theme music]
489
00:23:15,018 --> 00:23:18,268
[music continues]
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