All language subtitles for Head.Of.The.Class.S02E21_2

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And now, we see
a great river city of 1960.

Here is an American city

re-planned
around a highly-developed

modern traffic system.

[indistinct chatter]

We see some suggestion
of the things to come.

A world with a future

in which all of us
are tremendously interested

because that is where

we are going to spend
the rest of our lives.

There you have it,
boys and girls, ladies and gents

the 1939 World's Fair.

Wow, it's amazing

how close they were
with their predictions.

Yeah, they were right
about people having

phones in their cars.

They were just wrong
about the long cords.

I'd like to know
what you think you'll see

in the year, uh, 2038.

- No more hunger.
- 'Right.'

I see a day when nobody's

the first black anything
anymore.

- Mm, yeah.
- Yeah.

I see mutation.

A horrible endomorphic nightmare
descending upon us

cutting off all light, all life.

[groans]
Oh, it's here.

'Ooh.'

Excuse me, Mr. Moore.

Dennis, I have good news
for you!

Julia Child's the head chef
at the cafeteria?

No.

You're a finalist
in the competition

for a summer internship

at NYU's
experimental physics lab!

[all cheering]

- Great!
- 'Whoo!'

All you have to do is beat out

the other four kids
and it's yours.

There's a test this weekend.

No problem, might as well
tell the other contestants

to call it off. Wouldn't wanna
see 'em waste their subway fare.

[laughing]
That's my boy.

[laughs]
Arvid, you help him study.

Hey, we could be study buddies.

No, thanks anyway, Arv.
I don't need any help.

Oh, yeah? You are up against
Wang, Wong, Chang and Epstein.

- Oh.
- What?

That should accelerate
your particles.

As you were.

[school bell ringing]

Okay, uh, tomorrow,
it's back to the future

so, do a little research,
use your imaginations.

Have some fun and bring in
an educated guest, okay?

Dennis.

Listen, um..

...if you would like to be
excused from this assignment

so you can concentrate

on this test thing this weekend,
say so.

Ah. Thanks, Mr. Moore,
but, hey, it's me, no problem.

Just like walkin' and
chewing gum at the same time.

Okay. Uh, if you change
your mind, let me know.

I don't want you
to spread yourself to..

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- Good morning, everybody.
- 'Hi.'

- Morning.
- Good morning.

How goes the future today?

I'll tell you tomorrow. Heh.

Arvid?

Well, hey,
the future looks great.

We got, uh, genetic engineering,
gene splicing

replacement of body parts.

We'll be able to fly
from New York

to Tokyo in ten minutes.

Yeah, but it'll take you three
hours to get to the airport.

- 'That's right.'
- Bionic body parts.

You could have a whole drawer

full of spare eyes
and ears and noses.

Maybe a plastic heart,
like Darlene's.

- 'Uh.'
- Oh.

Well, the future
doesn't sound so bad.

- 'Oh.'
- 'Oh, my God.'

[laughing]

Well, Mr. Blunden, uh

to what do we owe this honor?

You people have been chosen
for a cosmic visit

from Omega Blunden,
man of the future.

Well, we're very flattered,
Omega Blunden.

Uh, is there anything
you care to tell us?

Well, to begin with,
there is no more war.

Anyone even attempting
to begin a war

is forced to watch reruns
of the "New Monkees." Ooh.

Also, scientists have determined

that long marriages
are hazardous to your health

therefore, all women
are required to marry a new man

every Tuesday.

Even with the law on your side,
I bet you're still single.

Man of the future
does not acknowledge

your primitive jokes.

And not only that, it is against
the code of Nibor

to participate
in any form of obesity humor.

So no-o-o.

Also, we biological units
no longer require sleep.

All we need are dreams

which can be easily obtained
from the dream extractor.

Watch as I demonstrate.

Ooh-hoo-hoo. Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo.

Whoa. Ooh-hoo-hoo.

Yeah, huh, nyat, nyut,
nyat, nyut, whoa, whoa.

I'm zabbling,
I'm zabbling! Whoa!

That was dream number 1.04.

I can't do it too often
or my Ectowibbler will fall off.

[laughs]

Well, that's certainly
been fascinating

visiting with you,
Omega Blunden.

Uh, perhaps you could make
your ancient ancestor

Dennis Blunden materialize?

No problem.

What do you guys think
of my future?

- Yeah!
- 'Yeah!'

[applauding]

At least you dress better.

Uh, you know,
I found it long on imagination

a little short
on useful information.

Dennis, you have a big test
on Saturday.

How did you have time
to put this costume together?

I stayed up all night
workin' on this thing.

Wait a minute.
You're supposed to be studying.

That's what you were doing
instead of meeting me to study?

Come on, Arv,
you know I can ace that test

with one lobe
tied behind my brain.

Well, here,
I brought you this book.

"New Vectors In Physics."

The profiles of today's
hottest young physicists.

- I don't need this.
- Dennis!

In there are profiles of Wang,
Wong, Chang and Epstein.

- Yeah.
- This could help you.

- 'Yeah.'
- Mm-hmm.

Et tu, Sarah?

Look, I don't need to study.
What is with you people?

I show a little creativity
on one assignment

and everybody's jumping down
my throat.

Well, Dennis, it's a big honor

and in a sense, you are
representing the whole IHP.

- Yeah.
- Yeah, Dennis.

Oh, look,
why don't you people just relax

and give me a break?
I'll be fine.

Mr. Moore,
I gotta hand it to you.

This future stuff is fun.

What is so fun
about toxic waste?

Or acid rain

or even nuclear war?

Three of my
favorite rock bands.

That's another thing.
Indifference.

You know,
Maria does make a point.

Now, these are serious concerns,
and they do cloud our future.

Mr. Moore, that's like saying
there's going to be a future.

Well, don't you think you're
being a little pessimistic?

Well, how can I not be?

Take the ozone layer,
for instance.

Well, I thought they fixed that.

It's worse!

Look at the economy.

Economic collapse
is right around the corner.

There's depression

there's famine, there's war.

- Oh, well..
- 'She's right.'

Come on, guys, lighten up.

This is the most creative
assignment

we've ever been given.

It's fun, it's exciting,
it's important.

I'm with you, Mr. Moore. I eat,
breathe and sleep this stuff.

Well, I'm-I'm flattered, Omega,
but, uh, Dennis should remember

that he does have a test
on Saturday.

(as Omega)
Well, no perspiration,
instructor.

It's in the paper sack.

Dennis,
it's not in the bag, okay?

Look, forget the funny costume
and forget the funny voice

but don't forget
that you have this competition

that seems to be
fairly important to you.

(as Omega)
Got it.

- Dennis?
- Okay, okay.

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So, how's tomorrow going today?
Any better?

Well, we got it narrowed down
to two possibilities.

Brush-fire war
in the Middle East

drawin' the superpowers
into a global nuclear holocaust.

Uh, le-let me tell you
a little story.

Student says to his teacher, uh

"What was that
you were telling us yesterday

about the sun exploding?"

Teacher says,
"I said the sun could explode

in five billion years."

Student says, "Thank God!

I thought you said
five million years."

Mr. Moore, Maria made us realize

that there are forces at work
beyond our control.

You know, she could be right.

There will always be forces
beyond our control.

I'm not saying
that you can change the future

but how you approach it
does make a difference.

Mr. Moore, can I say something?

I've been thinking,
and I've decided

we gotta look at things
with a new perspective here.

I always wanted to be
a scientist 'cause I thought

that maybe, in some small way

I might be able to help
my fellow man.

But the more I sit in this room
and I listen to you people

people who I trust,
people who I respect

'the more I realized
how blind I'd been.'

Science today is just a tool

in the hands
of the superpowers.

All they wanna do are build
things like "Star Wars"

and lasers
and beam weapons in space.

Well, what about superconductors

and chaotic physics,
and the theory of everything?

Boy, Dennis,
you are in a bad mood.

No, I'm not. I'm just being
realistic, Janice.

I have just come
to the realization

that-that those people out there
are using me

using me for their evil ends.

Well, I'm not gonna have
any part of it.

I'm dropping science
from this point on.

I'm gonna take..
No, I mean it.

And I'm gonna take up something
nice like, uh, horticulture

or needle point, or, pfft,
maybe teaching the tango.

You know, weapons development
isn't the only thing--

Look, hey,
I have made my decision, folks.

I am off science.
I'm not even taking that test.

- Oh. Dennis, come on.
- You don't have to do that.

Free at last. Free at last.

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Okay, we have a Dennis problem

only this time, it isn't some
childish prank like, uh, well..

Like reprogramming
the school's computers

so we had fire drills
every half hour.

- This is different.
- 'Yeah.'

Not like the time
he had all the report cards

printed in Norwegian.

Yeah, I-I think
I know what's going on.

Hm, even I know what's going on.

The trick is to do something
about it.

But, Dr. Samuels, you know

Dennis tends to get creative
with his anxieties.

A lot of kids
go through things like this.

Yeah, I-I think
this will be over by Sunday.

The test is Saturday.

This is definitely
not your typical Dennis.

Yeah. [screams]

That is your typical Dennis.

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Maria, you got me so depressed

I-I-I yelled at my father
last night.

Why?

He handed me a baloney sandwich.

- So?
- Well, don't you see?

Well, it's-it's a metaphor
for everything

that's wrong in the world today!

I mean, there's-there's nitrites

nitrates, artificial coloring,
preservatives!

I mean, everything that's real
is gone!

And the stuff that's left
will kill you!

I don't think it's right
when a food has a shelf life

longer than the people
who eat it!

We're being faced with a world
that's a total disaster.

This is what the people
who are running the world

are leaving us? How dare they?

- Yes.
- You're right.

I mean, we're sitting here
with our hands tied

while they just destroy
the whole planet.

And what's gonna be left for us?

Well, don't worry about it,
because after they drop the bomb

it'll be up to the cockroaches.

- 'Yeah.'
- 'Great.'

First, one of 'em
has to get the nomination.

A little political humor.

That's easy for you
to joke about. You're old.

Yeah, Mr. Moore,
you've led a full life.

We're being nipped in our buds.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

[school bell rings]

More future shock, huh?

They're right, Mr. Moore,
our lives are meaningless.

And it's all your fault.

- 'Yeah.'
- 'Mm-hmm.'

Mine?

- Your generation.
- Mm-hmm.

- You've ruined the world.
- 'Mm-hmm.'

Pretty soon, you'll be bailing
out, and we're stuck with it.

Okay, personally

I'm not planning on bailing out
in the near future.

I, I have a few books
I wanna read, uh

some plays that I'm gonna direct

and I do have assignments
to grade.

Well, if you're talking
about this assignment

you'll have one less to grade.

Mr. Moore, I agree with Darlene,
with all due respect.

- Yeah, yeah.
- We do not want to do it.

That's right! I don't see
any point in..

Uh, though, if you really have
your heart set on it, Mr. Moore

I don't see any reason..

No, no,
I'd rather talk about soap.

- What?
- Soap?

Yeah, I wonder if anybody
in this class can tell me

how this cheap

not-very-good-smelling bar
of carbolic soap

changed the course of history?

Mr. Moore,
aren't you gonna say anything

about the future assignment?

No. I'm supposed to be
teaching history, the past.

So, uh, let's go back
to the 1850s, okay?

What was life like then?

It was short,
so were most people.

Because of poor medicine
and malnutrition.

The 12-hour work day was common.

Day care meant your kids worked
at the factory with you.

- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah.

Okay, okay, we get it,
so what you're saying, Mr. Moore

is that life stinks, and it
always has, so get used to it.

And that's what the future
is all about.

No, this is what the future
was all about.

- What?
- Let's jump ahead to the 1950s.

Okay?

- Average lifespan?
- Seventy years.

Mm-hmm.
Typhoid, measles, polio--

- Gone. Vaccines were developed.
- Mm-hmm.

What about that 12-hour workday?

Down to eight hours,
and no more child labor.

- 'Mm-hmm.'
- 'Right.'

And we had museums

we had a lot of libraries

and television.

In the 1950s,
you could turn on your TV set

and see practically anything.

- Except the black person.
- 'Mm-hmm.'

Well, there's room
for improvement.

But usually, if a lot of people
work to solve a problem

it gets better, huh?

Forget it, Mr. Moore.
Things are different now.

We've got problems in the world
now that are unsolvable.

[chuckles]
You know,
people have been saying that

all through history

and yet, these problems
keep getting solved.

Where have you been?

[Dennis sighs]

Just been walking
through the park

visiting my old pals, the trees

saying goodbye
to good old Mother Earth.

Saying hello
to a couple of hot-dog stands?

[laughing]

You know, Dennis

I believe that your friends,
the trees

may stick around
a little longer.

Why don't you listen
to this discussion

see if you agree, okay?

Somebody tell me how this
bar of soap changed history.

Puccini wrote
the first soap opera?

See, in the 1800s

hospitals
were terrifying places.

People checked in.
They didn't always check out.

That's true.

I mean,
you went in with one thing

while you were there,
you contracted everything else.

Now, it's very depressing

but that's the way things were.

And everyone accepted it

save one person, Joseph Lister.

Now, he believed that infection
was being passed

patient to patient by doctors.

So he said, "Hey, guys

in between operations,
use this."

They did.

A new concept was born.

Coming home from the hospital!

[laughing]

So one day,
maybe somebody here will say

"Hey, guys, do this."

And the ozone layer
will be preserved

or it will cause peace
to break out.

Each one of you has that kind
of potential within you.

Don't give it up so easily.

Okay.

Maybe you're right, maybe
at least trying to do something

is better than talking about
how awful it is.

- 'Mm-hmm.'
- Right.

Mm. Alright.

So are we doing the assignment?

- Yes.
- Yes, sir.

Yeah, right.

- Dennis?
- What?

Dennis, let's just say

maybe there will be a future,
okay?

And quite possibly,
physical sciences

will play a positive role in it.

And we both know that a mind
is a terrible thing to waste.

So what do you say?

- About what?
- You know what.

I-I say you're absolutely right.

I-I've been a fool walkin'
around, talking to trees.

There is a job to do

and I'm gonna be workin'
on this future project

'twenty-four hours a day.'

- I won't let you down, Mr. Mo--
- Dennis.

You know
what we could start off with?

We could start off by doing..

Perhaps, with a talk with me
and Mr. Moore in the hallway.

(Moore)
I think so.

Now, you don't expect me
to believe

that you've been
wandering around depressed

over the fate of the universe,
do you?

- No, but I'm depressed.
- Mm-hmm.

- The competition?
- I guess so.

Why?

Four reasons.

Wang, Wong, Chang and Epstein?

They're good.

Darn good. Darn, darn good.

Mr. Moore, they're killers.
I don't have a chance.

Well, not if you're not there.

Do you know anything
about physics at all?

Well, I'm, uh, familiar with
Archimedes' second principle.

The body
is totally immersed in water

the phone is bound to ring.

Ever read
"New Vectors In Physics?"

No.

I'm competing against

the best guys in the city.

I can get my legs broken.
I mean, what if I'm humiliated?

I could come in last place.

Dennis, last place amongst
the five best minds

in New York City
is not too shabby.

See, right now, you're
a big fish in a small pond.

Uh, y-you're comfortable.

And I don't think that you're
gonna know how good you are

till you get in a pond with
some other...fair-sized fish.

I know my limits.

No, you don't.

And I don't think you will
until you risk something.

[locker door shuts]

Ah, I appreciate
what you're saying, Mr. Moore

but if it's all the same to you,
I'd just like to stick

with this future project.

[scoffs]
Dennis, that's a choice

that you get to live with.
It's your future.

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Good evening, Darlene Merriman

for "The Twenty First Century
News" service.

This is Friday,
March 10th, 2038.

"The scientific team
of Blunden, Engen, Lazarotto

"announced their discovery
that the hair spray layer

"which replaced the ozone layer

is just as effective
in keeping out the gamma rays."

And also eliminates
the frizzies.

[applause]

[indistinct]

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"Sarah Nevins,
US ambassador to Ethiopia

"today announced that surplus
grain would be shipped to Iowa

"to help with the shortfall
in that state's harvest.

"This is the 10th year in a row

"that Ethiopia
has had a surplus crop

"thanks to the Engen system
of planting

"based on mathematical equations

too complex to be discussed
in this limited time."

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"Athletes from all nations began
arriving in South Africa today

"in preparation
for the opening ceremonies

"of the Summer Olympics

"at Nelson Mandela
Memorial Stadium.

"The combined
Israeli-Palestinian team

"looks impressive
in track and field

"with a strong challenge
from the all-Irish team.

"In basketball today

"Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, aged 91

announced that this would be
his last season in the NBA."

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"ABC Television today announced
a new episode of "Moonlighting"

"is in the works for next year.

"This brings to 12

the number of episodes
in the last decade."

[chuckles]

[applause]

Very impressive. Ah.

What about the, uh,
wrap-up anchor Dennis Blunden?

Um, well, actually, Mr. Moore,
I haven't done the assignment.

(all)
'What?'

But I could wing something

if you guys don't mind.

- Sure.
- Hey, great, Dennis.

[sighs]
Let's see. The year 2038.

The world
is a better place today

because a bunch
of high-school kids grew up

and helped make it that way.

As it turns out,
they all had the same teacher

a fellow by the name of Moore
or something.

He told them about soap.

'And in fact, one of those kids'

grew up to be pretty important
in the science world

a fellow by the name of Blunden
or something or other.

- Alright.
- Wonderful.

So, if you don't mind, Mr. Moore

I'd like to be excused
so I can get back to the library

where I have been studying
like a mad man

to pass the test
for this physics internship.

I, uh, realized
it's something I wanted

and I never would have
forgiven myself

for not taking the chance
to get it.

It's also a good excuse
to get outta class.

[laughing]

Mr. Moore?

Get outta here, you big lug.

I didn't mean it that way..

[laughter]

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- Morning.
- Morning.

- So?
- So?

- How did it go?
- How'd what go?

I'll kill you, so help me.

[chuckles]

We don't get the results
till next week.

- But I think I did alright.
- Ah.

Wang, Wong and Chang
all they cracked up to be?

They were okay. Ooh.

But, Epstein, pfft, fantastic.

Yeah,
maybe you'll come in second.

Uh, maybe better than that.

It's, uh, Margery Epstein.

I got a date with her
Friday night.

- Really?
- Yeah.

[chuckles]

Can I, uh,
give you a piece of advice?

Well, why stop now?

Don't wear the Omega man suit.

Really?

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