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♪ IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR ♪

♪ HAPPENING ONCE AGAIN ♪

♪ SPECIAL MOMENTS ARE SHARED ♪

♪ WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS ♪

♪ IT'S A FEELING WE HOLD ♪

♪ IN OUR HEARTS ALL YEAR LONG ♪

♪ TOGETHER ON THIS DAY ♪

♪ IS WHERE WE ALL BELONG ♪

♪ SUCH A PERFECT WAY ♪

♪ TO SPEND THE HOLIDAYS ♪

♪ ON THIS PERFECT DAY ♪

♪ ONLY ONE THING TO SAY ♪

♪ SUCH A PERFECT DAY ♪

♪ PERFECT HOLIDAY ♪

VAN GOGH ONCE SAID,"GREAT THINGS ARE DONE

BY A SERIES OF SMALL THINGSBROUGHT TOGETHER."

SO DON'T SECOND-GUESSYOURSELVES.

JUST PAINT, DRAW, CREATE!

IT'S CHRISTMAS!

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,

YOUR ARTWORKWILL BE AMAZING.

PHOTOGRAPHY'SNEXT SEMESTER, ERIC.

YOU KNOW HOW YOU LOVELIFTING WEIGHTS?

LET'S TRYLIFTING A PAINTBRUSH.

OKAY.

YOU GOT THIS.

AND ON OUR ACQUISITIONOF EAST WIND FINANCIAL,

OUR JANUARY DEADLINEIS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN...

[MURMURING]

BECAUSE I CLOSED THE DEALLAST NIGHT.

NOW, I KNOW THIS MEANSA WORKING CHRISTMAS

FOR SOME OF YOU,

BUT THE REALCHRISTMAS PRESENT HERE

IS THE INCREASED REACHTHIS MERGER GIVES OUR COMPANY.

THANK YOU.

BULLDOZER CLIFFSTRIKES AGAIN.

GOOD JOB,

THOUGH NOT EVERYONESEEMS TO THINK SO.

[CLIFF]: YEAH, I GUESSTHAT'S WHY I GOT A LUMP OF COAL

FROM MY OFFICESECRET SANTA.

[LAUGHS]

SO, WHAT'S NEXT?

PACK YOUR BAGS, CLIFF.I NEED YOU ON A PLANE.

OPENINGTHE NEW SHANGHAI OFFICE?

ACTUALLY,SUPERVISING THE BUILDING

OF OUR ROSE PARADE FLOAT.

THINK OF ITAS A CHANCE

TO HONEYOUR TEAM-BUILDING SKILLS.

WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS?

YOURS,

WHEN YOU CONVINCED ME

WE NEEDEDMORE WORLDWIDE VISIBILITY.

A NORTH LAKE FLOAT

MEANS MILLIONSOF GLOBAL CUSTOMERS

LEARNING OUR NAME...

PERFECT TO LAUNCHOUR OVERSEAS EXPANSION.

BUT SIR...

WE'VE HIREDA FLOAT DESIGN FIRM,

BEST IN THE BUSINESS.

YOU'RE FLYINGTO CALIFORNIA

FIRST THING IN THE MORNING,

AND JUST TRY TO KEEP THINGSSIMPLE AND ON-TIME.

THE STAKES COULDN'T BEBIGGER FOR US.

SO I'M NOT GETTINGTHE SHANGHAI OFFICE?

YOU'RE NOT GETTING IT YET.

I'M JUST KEEPINGYOU HUNGRY.

YOU ACE THIS ASSIGNMENT,

YOU WRITEYOUR OWN TICKET.

[ANDY]:BEAUTIFUL WORK.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

ERIC, I BELIEVE THIS IS YOURS.

LOOK, WE NEEDTO TALK.

YOU ARE DISTRACTED IN CLASS.

YOU DON'T DO THE ASSIGNMENTS.

MS. LINDRY,TRUST ME, I'M TRYING!

YOU KNOW, MAYBE IFI SAW SOME OF YOUR WORK,

I'D GET INSPIRED?

YOU GET AN "A" FOR TRYINGTO CHANGE THE SUBJECT,

BUT I DON'T SHOW MY WORK.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, ERIC!

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

♪ IT'S A VERY MERRYCALIFORNIA CHRISTMAS ♪

♪ WE'RE STRINGING LIGHTS UPIN THE TALL PALM TREES ♪

♪ SANTA WILL BE RIDING IN ♪

♪ ON HIS FLYING SURFBOARDHANGING TEN ♪

♪ SAYING, "HAVE A MERRYCALIFORNIA CHRISTMAS ♪

♪ UP NORTHTHEY'LL ALL BE SKATING ♪

♪ OUT ON A FROZEN POND... ♪

[TOUR GUIDE]:SO ONCE THE FLOAT'S FRAME

IS WELDED AND BUILT,

THAT'S WHENOUR DRY-DECORATING STARTS.

EVERY SINGLE ITEM IN THESE BOXESWILL EVENTUALLY END UP

BEING USED.

YOU SEE, KIDS, EVERY INCHOF A ROSE PARADE FLOAT

HAS TO BE DECORATEDWITH BOTANICAL MATERIALS,

ANYTHING FROM WALNUT SHELLSTO LIMA BEANS!

HI THERE.

I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEONENAMED...

OH, UM...

THEN, AFTERCHRISTMAS,

THE ROSES ARRIVE,

AND IT'S A MAD SPRINT

TO FINISH DECORATINGTHE FLOATS.

THEN, ON NEW YEAR'S EVE,

THE PARADE OFFICIALSSHOW UP

TO MAKE SURE THE FLOATSARE PARADE READY.

[WELDING TORCH BUZZES]

EXCUSE ME?

EXCUSE ME!

EXCUSE ME, SIR!

SORRY!CAN I HELP YOU?

UH, YEAH.

I'M HERE TO SEEAL LINDRY?

BIG AL'S NOT HERERIGHT NOW.

I'M FROM NORTH LAKE FINANCIAL.

YOU'RE BUILDING OUR FLOAT.

YES, YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.

I THINK IT'S TOMORROW.

YEAH, I'M EARLY.

I'D LIKE TO GETAHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

BOTTOM-LINE IS,I'M HERE TO HELP.

GREAT!

WELL, DECORATING STARTS SOON

AND WE CAN USEAS MANY HANDS AS WE CAN GET.

OH, UH, NOT THAT KIND OF HELP.

I'M HERE TO MAKE SUREEVERYTHING RUNS SMOOTHLY

UNTIL MY BOSS GETS HEREIN THREE WEEKS FOR THE PARADE.

I'LL BE TAKING CHARGEAND OVERSEEING THINGS.

YOU LOOK A LITTLE OLDTO BE A BABYSITTER.

AND YOU DON'T LOOKLIKE A TYPICAL WELDER!

CLIFF BASKERS.

ANDY.

YOUR PARENTSNAMED YOU "ANDY"?

WHAT CAN I SAY?THEY WANTED A BOY.

BIG AL'S MY DAD.

I JUST PITCH IN PART-TIMEWITH THE WELDING.

UH, BIG AL'S YOUR DAD?

WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING?

AND INTERRUPTYOUR "I'M IN CHARGE" SPEECH?

I DIDN'T WANT TO BE RUDE.

SORRY IF I CAME ONA LITTLE HEAVY BEFORE.

AT THE OFFICE,THEY CALL ME "THE BULLDOZER."

I SEE AN OBSTACLEIN MY WAY,

I JUST KNOCK IT OVER.

YOU MUST BE REALLY POPULARAT THE WATER COOLER.

BUSINESS ISN'TABOUT POPULARITY.

DID YOUR PARENTS NAME YOU CLIFF

'CAUSE THEY WANTEDTO PUSH YOU OFF ONE?

HA!

IS THIS OUR FLOAT?

YES, THIS WILL BETHE PROUD BEAR

FROM YOUR COMPANY LOGO...

WE JUST HAVE TO ADD FOAM,DRY DECORATIONS,

AND ABOUT 20,000 ROSES.

GREAT,

AND IS THERE A PARTICULARMETHODOLOGY YOU FOLLOW?

UM...

HAPPY CHAOS?

"HAPPY CHAOS?"

NOT ON MY WATCH.

UH...

HERE, I'VE DRAWN UPA SCHEDULE.

IF YOU COULD PASS THATALONG TO YOUR DAD?

-[PHONE TIMER CHIMES]-OH!

CONFERENCE CALLIN AN HOUR.

MR. ELLSWORTHLIKES TO STAY UPDATED.

I SHOULD GO.

I'LL TELL MY DADYOU STOPPED BY.

NICE TO MEET YOU...MR. BULLDOZER.

MISS CHAOS.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

HELLO?

OH!

YES, I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

DAD! I GOT HEREAS SOON AS I COULD.

[LAUGHS]

SWEETIE, YOU DIDN'THAVE TO RUSH.

I'M FINE.I'M AS FIT AS A FIDDLE.

A FIDDLETHAT COULD USE SOME TUNING.

HE NEEDS TO REST.

THAT DIZZINESSYOUR DAD FELT LAST MONTH

WAS A HEART FLUTTER,

AND HE HAD ANOTHER ONETHIS MORNING.

"FLUTTER?"WHAT AM I, A BUTTERFLY?

WAIT, LAST MONTH?

WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING?

AND HAVE YOU WORRIEDBY THE ENDLESS TESTS

THIS GUY IS PUTTINGME THROUGH?

SWEETIE, REMEMBERWHY THEY CALL ME "BIG AL"...

BECAUSE I TAKE ONALL THE BIG PROBLEMS.

BUT DAD, THIS IS SERIOUS.

[DOCTOR]: NOW, LOOK,

THE INITIAL TESTSTURNED OUT FINE,

BUT CONSIDER THISA WAKE-UP CALL.

I'VE ORDEREDSOME FOLLOW-UP TESTS,

BUT I NEED YOUTO DE-STRESS AND TAKE IT EASY

UNTIL WE KNOW MORE.

"DE-STRESS?"

HOW MUCH MOREDE-STRESSED CAN I BE?

AS IT IS, I ONLY HAVEONE CLIENT.

CAN WE WRAP THIS UP,ALL THIS MEDICAL STUFF, DOC?

I'VE ALREADY LET THINGSSLIP BEHIND SCHEDULE!

DAD, YOU CAN'T DO IT ALL.

LOOK, I'M FINE!

MANAGING THE CIRCUSIS WHAT I DO...

AND IF I DON'T DO IT,WHO WILL?

MAYBE YOUR DAUGHTERCAN TAKE THE LEAD THIS YEAR?

WAIT, ME?

NO, NO, NO,I'VE GOT THIS.

NOT THIS YEAR,YOU DON'T.

HE'S RIGHT, DAD.

LOOK...

ANDY, SWEETIE,

YOU'VE GOT MORE THAN ENOUGHON YOUR PLATE.

YOU'RE TEACHING.

YOU'RE PITCHING INWITH THE FLOAT.

YOU'VE HAD ZERO TIMETO FOCUS ON YOUR OWN WORK!

NEVER MIND THAT.

BUT I DO MIND!

STOP WORRYINGABOUT ME.

I'M WORRIEDABOUT YOU!

TRUST ME.

I GOT THIS.

ANDY, I KNOW HOW MUCHYOUR DAD LOVES HIS WORK.

HE'S A LEGEND.

IT'S MORE THAN THAT.

THE BUSINESS IS HISCONNECTION TO MY MOM

SINCE SHE PASSED AWAY.

LOOK, HE'LL BE FINEIF HE RESTS UP A BIT,

BUT SOMEONE ELSE WILL HAVETO DO THE HEAVY LIFTING

THIS SEASON.

UNDERSTOOD.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, ANDY.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

OKAY.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

HEY, EM!THANK YOU FOR COMING BY.

I BROUGHT MUFFINS.

I KNOW HOW BUSYYOU ARE,

AND YOU NEVER TAKETIME TO EAT

SO, YOU'RE OUR NEWFEARLESS LEADER?

LET'S JUST SAY LEADER.

I DON'T KNOWABOUT FEARLESS.

DID YOU SEETHESE VOLUNTEER ROSTERS?

DAD NEVER EVEN PUT OUTTHE CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS!

OH, YOU'RE KIDDING!

NO, I'M NOT.

I GUESS WITH EVERYTHINGGOING ON WITH HIS HEALTH,

IT JUST KEPT SLIDINGFURTHER DOWN THE CHECKLIST,

SO PRESENT COMPANY EXCLUDED,

OUR A-TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS

HAS SIGNED ONTO OTHER FLOATS BY NOW.

OH, HONEY.

WELL, I'M HERE TO HELP,

AND I THINK I CAN GETMY NEIGHBORS, ELLIOT AND MARY,

TO PITCH IN.

THANK YOU.THAT IS A START,

BUT WE ARE GOING TO NEEDWAY MORE HELP THAN THAT

IF WE HAVE ANY HOPEOF SUCCEEDING HERE.

IF THIS GOESOFF THE RAILS,

DAD'S WHOLE BUSINESSCOULD GO UNDER.

WELL, YOUR MOM ALWAYS SAIDNOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

AND I AGREE WITH HER.

THE COMPANY HAS LAUNCHEDDOZENS OF FLOATS

DOWN COLORADO BOULEVARD

FOR THREE GENERATIONS,

AND I AM NOT GOINGTO LET US FAIL NOW.

OKAY.

SO, WHAT I THINK WE CAN DO...

CLIFF, HEY.

THANK YOU FORMEETING ME HERE.

I REALLY NEEDEDTO TALK TO YOU.

THAT SOUNDS SERIOUS.LET'S WALK.

OKAY.

UM, SO, I LOOKEDAT THE SCHEDULE OF YOURS,

AND IT'S RIDICULOUS!

LOOK, WHY DON'T YOUSTICK TO THE ART

AND LET ME HANDLETHE TOUGH STUFF?

THE ARTIS THE TOUGH STUFF!

LOOK, NO OFFENSE,

BUT YOU DON'T KNOWTHE FIRST THING

ABOUT FLOAT DECORATING.

NO, I DON'T.

OUR DRY-DECORATINGHASN'T EVEN STARTED YET.

YOU'VE SCHEDULED ITTO BE FINISHED BY SATURDAY?

WE'RE ALREADYBEHIND SCHEDULE.

MR. ELLSWORTHBELIEVES IN RESULTS,

SO WHEN WE SET UPTHE LIVE FEED,

I WANT HIM TO SEE DECORATINGALREADY UNDERWAY.

LOOK, CLIFF,MY FATHER IS UNDER THE WEATHER,

SO I'M TAKING OVER,

AND HE WASN'T ABLE TO PUT OUTA CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS,

SO WE DON'T EVEN HAVEA TEAM YET.

WE DON'T HAVEA TEAM?

NO.

WHAT AM I GOINGTO SHOW MY BOSS,

A METAL FRAME?

I DON'T KNOW,BULLDOZER,

BUT THIS SCHEDULEYOU'VE COMMITTED US TO

IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE.

LOOK, I'M SORRYABOUT YOUR DAD...

THANK YOU.

BUT IT'S A FLOAT.

HOW DIFFICULTCAN IT POSSIBLY BE?

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS,

I'M GOING TO TAKE CHARGEOF THE VOLUNTEER RECRUITING.

AND HOW DO YOUPLAN TO DO THAT?

I'LL USEA MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH

INVOLVINGMESSAGE BOARD POSTING,

VIRAL ADVERTISING,

AND TARGETEDSOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT.

-YOU?-YEAH.

SOMEBODY'S GOTTO DO IT,

AND CLEARLY,YOUR APPROACH IS...

A LITTLE CHAOTIC.

DON'T KNOW.HOW ABOUT THIS FELLA?

OH, I LOVE IT,BUT A LITTLE TOO SHORT,

AW, LOOK!

THIS ONE'S LOSTHALF ITS NEEDLES.

YOU'RE SURE YOU'RE NOTBEING TOO PICKY?

DAD, SELECTINGTHE RIGHT CHRISTMAS TREE

IS AN ART.

SPEAKING OF PICKY,

WHEN ARE YOU GOINGTO LET ME SET YOU UP

ON THAT BLIND DATE?

I'M A LITTLE BUSYRIGHT NOW.

I KNOW,AND THAT'S ON ME,

BUT COME NEW YEAR'S,

YOU'VE GOT TO GETBACK OUT THERE!

ANDY, HELLO?

DAD, THIS ONEIS A KEEPER.

WHY DO I BOTHER?

YOU NEVER LISTENTO ME ANYWAY.

KIND SIR,CAN YOU HELP US?

WE'D LOVE THIS TREE.

CAN YOU PACK THIS UPFOR HIM?

ALL RIGHT, DAD, I'M LATE,BUT I LOVE YOU.

[AL]: I LOVE YOU TOO.

AND WE HAVEA CHRISTMAS TREE!

-BYE!-BYE.

[TOOLS BLOW AIR]

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCHFOR YOUR HELP.

YOU ARE SCULPTINGLIKE ROCK STARS.

IT TAKES OUR MINDSOFF OUR EMPTY NEST

BACK AT HOME.

OUR SON'S SPENDINGCHRISTMAS

WITH HIS FIANCEE'SFOLKS IN DULUTH,

AND OUR DAUGHTER'SIN EUROPE FOR WORK, SO...

SO PLEASE, DISTRACT US!

GLADLY...

THE VOLUNTEERSWILL BE HERE ANY...

OH!

SO SORRY!

THAT IS GOINGTO DRY HARD.

SEE YOU'RE LIVING UPTO YOUR CREDO OF "HAPPY CHAOS."

SORRY.MISSED A SPOT.

OKAY.

WELL...

IT'S 9:00 A.M. SHARP.

YOU THINK WE'RE GOINGTO HAVE ENOUGH DONUTS

FOR ALL THOSE VOLUNTEERSYOU PROMISED?

ARE YOU READY TO LET MEHANDLE THE RECRUITING NOW?

SO YOU'RE AN ARTIST, HUH?

MORE LIKEAN ART TEACHER NOW.

WHAT HAPPENED?

I DON'T REALLY WANTTO TALK ABOUT IT.

-WHY NOT?-BECAUSE I JUST DON'T.

THAT GIVES ME A GREAT IDEAFOR A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION.

WELL, I'M GLADYOU REALIZE

YOU'VE GOT ROOMFOR IMPROVEMENT!

IT'S ACTUALLY A NEW YEAR'SRESOLUTION FOR YOU.

YOU SHOULD LEARN

HOW TO PICK UPON OTHER PEOPLE'S SIGNALS.

HUH!INTERESTING...

AND THIS IS JUST A THOUGHT,

BUT YOU MIGHT RESOLVE

TO KEEP YOUR OPINIONSTO YOURSELF ONCE IN A WHILE.

NO, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

YEAH, I FIGUREDIT WAS REACHING.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE, HUH?

WHAT EXACTLYARE WE DOING HERE?

I TEACH AN ART CLASS HERE,

AND NO ONE HAS MORE TIMEON THEIR HANDS THAN MILLENNIALS.

SEE?

ESPECIALLYDURING CHRISTMAS.

SO PRETEND LIKE YOU'RE SANTARECRUITING YOUR ELVES

AND MAKE YOURSELFUSEFUL. WATCH.

HEY! WE AREBUILDING A FLOAT...

HEY, WE'RE LOOKINGFOR VOLUNTEERS FOR A FLOAT.

SKATEBOARD ON OVER!WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU.

HEY THERE!

WE'RE BUILDINGA ROSE PARADE FLOAT.

WE WOULD LOVETO HAVE YOU THERE.

HI!

LOOK, ERIC,TRUST ME.

YOU'RE GOINGTO LOVE IT.

DECORATING?

YEAH, I DON'T KNOWABOUT THAT.

[CLIFF]: DUDE,BELIEVE ME,

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN,

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY...

NO PAIN, NO GAIN.

PUSH YOUR ELBOWS TOGETHERWHILE YOU PRESS.

CAN WE STAY ONTHE MATTER AT HAND,

THE FLOAT?

[ERIC]:LOOK, MS. LINDRY,

I APPRECIATE THE OFFER,

BUT IT'S REALLY NOT MY THING.

IT MIGHT BE!

I MEAN, I AM TOSSING YOUA LIFE PRESERVER

IN THE FORMOF AN INDEPENDENT STUDY.

I MEAN, YOUR GRADE IN ARTIS, LIKE, A C-MINUS AT BEST.

IT'LL RAISE HIS GPA?

YES.

-OH, HE'S IN.-[ANDY]: GREAT!

COACH, SERIOUSLY?

OLD MANAGEMENT TRICK.

HELPS TO GODIRECTLY TO THE TOP.

NICE WORK!

GOOD MORNING!

WE ARE LOOKINGFOR VOLUNTEERS

FOR OUR ROSEPARADE FLOAT.

-THANKS.-[CLIFF]: FREE PIZZA!

FREE PIZZA.

[ANDY]: WE ARE LOOKINGFOR VOLUNTEERS,

AND WE WOULD LOVETO HAVE YOU THERE.

IT'S OUR ROSE PARADE FLOAT.

I'LL HANDLE THIS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

HI!

OR SHOULD I SAY"FLEECE" NAVIDAD?

FLEECE? GET IT?KNITTING HUMOR?

HE'S FUNNY!

DO YOU MIND IF WEHAND OUT SOME FLYERS?

WE ARE BUILDING A FLOATFOR THE ROSE PARADE,

AND WE WOULD LOVE YOUR HELP.

IT'S A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE.

HOW WE DOING?

WELL, WE GOTA COUPLE DOZEN MAYBES

AND A LOTOF "MERRY CHRISTMASES,"

SO WE'VE GOTA LONG WAY TO GO.

ROSE PARADE, HUH?

YES...

AND WE COULD USESOME HELP,

SO YOUR STEAK AND EGGSARE ON THIS GUY,

IF YOU HEAR US OUT.

NOW, MY FAMILY'S BEEN INVOLVEDIN THE ROSE PARADE

FOR MANY, MANY YEARS...

[AL]: JUST SPREAD THEM OUTA LITTLE BIT MORE, HON'.

DAD, I GOT THIS.

MAYBE I SHOULD GO GRABTHE OTHER LADDER AND HELP.

NO, NO,JUST SIT DOWN.

RELAX.ENJOY YOUR HOT CHOCOLATE.

HONEY, I'M FINE.

BESIDES, YOU KNOW ME.

A LITTLE DECORATINGIS THERAPEUTIC.

A LITTLE?

YOU PROMISEDTO TAKE IT EASY THIS YEAR.

I CAN'T HELP MYSELF.

I'VE GOT TIMEON MY HANDS

AND DECORATINGIN MY BLOOD.

LET'S FINISH THE FENCE.

[AL]: YOU KNOW,

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPENDALL YOUR WEEKENDS WITH ME.

WHO ELSE WOULD I WANTTO SPEND TIME

AROUND CHRISTMAS?

WHEN ARE YOU GOINGTO SLOW DOWN

AND DO SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF?

DAD...

WE'VE HADTHIS CONVERSATION

A MILLION TIMES.

YOU KNOW, THE HOLIDAY GALA'SCOMING UP SOON.

HOW ABOUT YOU STAND INFOR ME THIS YEAR?

I MEAN,

SOMEBODY FROM THE COMPANY'SGOT TO PUT IN AN APPEARANCE,

AND, HEY, YOU MIGHT MEETSOMEBODY NICE THERE,

AND IT WOULD MAKE YOUR FATHERVERY HAPPY.

OKAY, I'LL GO.

GREAT.

YOU NEED TO BEPUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE.

THESE LIGHTS ARE GOINGTO BE BEAUTIFUL.

DON'T CHANGETHE SUBJECT.

OKAY!

THE BROKEN RECORD'SDONE SKIPPING.

SO HOW ARE THINGSDOWN AT THE WAREHOUSE?

I AM GOING STIR-CRAZY HERE.

THEY'RE GOING GREAT,

BUT WE DO MISSOUR FOUR-STAR GENERAL.

HA!

AND THE FELLAFROM NORTH LAKE?

DON'T ASK,

BUT I HAVE MADEA NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION

TO LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDEOF THINGS.

WE HANDED OUT 2,000 FLYERS,SO I'M HOPING FOR THE BEST.

WOW!

THAT'S THE SPIRIT!

GOOD JOB.

[ANDY]:NOT A BAD TURNOUT, CONSIDERING.

YEAH, IT'S TIME TO SEPARATETHE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF.

CLIFF, ARE YOU NUTS?

WE NEED TO TAKE ANYONEAND EVERYONE!

NO, I'VE HIREDHUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

IF I'VE LEARNEDANYTHING,

IT'S THAT YOU ONLYTAKE THE TOP 10%.

A HUNDRED PERCENTOF PEOPLE HAVE TALENT,

IF GIVEN THE CHANCE.

THAT'S ASSTATISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE

AS IT IS ABSURD.

NO, TRUST ME...I GOT THIS.

CAN YOU TELL ME

ABOUT A CHALLENGEYOU ENCOUNTERED

THAT YOU BULLDOGGED THROUGHAND THEN GOT RESULTS FROM?

NO?

WE'RE LOOKINGFOR VOLUNTEERS

WHO ARE FULLY COMMITTEDTO THE ROSE PARADE.

WHY ARE YOU FULLY COMMITTED?

UM....

WELL, I DON'T WANT TO FAIL...

GREAT.

MY ART CLASS.

OKAY.

SO, CHRISTINE,

I SEE YOU AREA PHYSICS STUDENT.

WHY DO YOU WANTTO VOLUNTEER

FOR THE ROSE PARADE?

I'M TRYINGTO DO ONE THING A DAY

THAT SCARES ME.

OH, THAT'S GREAT.

LAST WEEK,I TRIED RYE BREAD.

RYE BREAD?

UH-HUH...

YEAH.

MAKING IT?

EATING IT.

SO DO YOU HAVEANY EXPERIENCE

BUILDINGROSE PARADE FLOATS?

BUILDING?

NONE,BUT AS FORMER ROSE QUEEN,

I HAVE RIDDENON MY FAIR SHARE.

RIGHT, AND IF YOU VOLUNTEERWITH US,

YOU'LL NEEDTO GET YOUR HANDS

AND, OFTENTIMES,YOUR CLOTHING

QUITE DIRTY.

IS THAT SOMETHINGYOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH?

YES! YES.

YES.

GREAT.

AND WHAT ABOUT ANYEXPERIENCE WITH FLOWERS

OR NATURALDECORATING MATERIALS?

I SPEND 10 MONTHSOUT OF THE YEAR

DRIVING A BIG RIG,

SO, UH...

NONE.

GREAT.

-YEAH.-YEAH.

WHAT ARE NATURALDECORATING MATERIALS?

[ANDY]:THANKS FOR COMING BY.

YOU BET.

I'M ALWAYS HAPPYFOR AN EARLY START.

-I BROUGHT US COFFEES.-THANKS.

WHAT'S WITHALL THE SHEETS?

OH, NO,DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, SO HERE THEY ARE.

[CLIFF]: OH, GREAT, YOUGOT THE WILDERNESS GIRLS.

NO, THEY ACTUALLYGOT SNATCHED UP

BY THE SOUTH PASADENACOMMUNITY FLOAT,

AND WE LOSTA COUPLE OTHERS, TOO.

LIKE I SAID, WE NEEDTO TAKE ANYONE AND EVERYONE.

OKAY, FINE.

YOU WIN.

OKAY...

AND WE NEED TO FIND A FEW MORELIKE EMILY, TOO,

IF WE'RE GOING TO PULL THIS OFF.

EMILY?

OH, EMILY BOWED OUT.

WAIT, WHAT? WHY?

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

SOMETHING ABOUTMY BEING TOO CONTROLLING.

CLIFF!

YOU JUST LOST US

THE BEST DRY-DECORATORIN ALL OF PASADENA,

IF NOT THE WORLD!

COME WITH ME.

WE'VE GOT TO GET HERBACK RIGHT NOW!

COME ON!

WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLYHAVE SAID TO HER?

I REALLY DON'T SEE

WHY ONE PERSON'S WORTHALL THIS TROUBLE.

OH, REALLY?

[KNOCKS]

HELLO, DARLING.

EMILY, HOW DO YOU MAKEGOLDEN BEAR FUR?

TWO PARTS TAMARIND SHELLS,

ONE PARTGOLD STRAWFLOWER PETALS,

PUT IN A CEMENT MIXERFOR 30 MINUTES,

ADD GOLDEN FLAX SEED,

AND MIX WITH COCONUT HUSKS.

EMILY...

WILL YOU... COME BACK?

BECAUSE?

BECAUSE...

I'M SORRY.

YES, FOR YOU DEAR.

NOT FOR YOU, WINGTIPS.

I'LL GET MY THINGS.

I'M GLADYOU SAW THE LIGHT.

YEAH, I JUST DIDN'T WANTTO BE ON THE RECEIVING END

OF A WOMANWITH A BLOWTORCH.

[ANDY]:THAT'S OUR TEAM,

AND THIS LATE IN THE GAME,WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THEM.

WE NEED THE FLOATREADY FOR INSPECTIONS

BY NEW YEAR'S EVE.

HELLO, EVERYONE.

MY DAD, HE USUALLYKICKS THINGS OFF

WITH A FEW WORDS,

BUT CLEARLY,I AM NOT BIG AL...

[LAUGHING]

I JUST WANTTO SAY

THANK YOU SO MUCHFOR BEING HERE,

AND WE TRULY APPRECIATEYOU GIVING US YOUR TIME

DURING CHRISTMAS...

[CLEARS THROAT]

SOME MAY SAY

THAT OUR CHALLENGEIS DAUNTING,

THAT THE ODDSARE AGAINST US,

AND WHILE IT IS TRUE

THAT WE ARE COMPLETELYAND TOTALLY UNDERSTAFFED,

AND THE ROSES ARE GOINGTO START ARRIVING

IN ONLY NINE DAYS,

THAT MEANS IT'S JUST GOING TO BEA RACE AGAINST TIME.

ANDY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I'M INSPIRING THE TEAM!

NO, CLEARLY,YOU'RE SCARING THEM.

[ANDY]: CHRISTINE!

COME BACK.

THINK LIKE VAN GOGH.

I HAVE NEVER SUPERVISEDA FLOAT BEFORE...

BUT I DON'T THINK

VINCENT VAN GOGHDID EITHER,

AND HE ONCE SAID THAT,

"GREAT THINGSARE DONE

BY A SERIES OF SMALL THINGSBROUGHT TOGETHER."

AND IF THAT ISN'T US,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.

WE HAVE A CHANCE HERETO DO SOMETHING GREAT,

SOMETHING THAT PEOPLEMIGHT REMEMBER FOREVER,

SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS SAY?

LET'S BUILDA GREAT FLOAT!

[CHEERING]

[ANDY]: SO NOW,WE HAVE THE BEAR ASSEMBLED,

AND WE PAINTED THE FLOAT,

SO WE KNOW

WHERE ALL THE DRIED PETALSAND COLORED SEEDS GO.

HELPS ALL YOU GREENHORNSSTICK TO THE DESIGN.

[ANDY]:AND NOW, WE TAKE OUR GLUE.

PUT IN YOUR PAINTBRUSH.

WE ADD IT DIRECTLYTO THE FLOAT.

WE THEN PLACE ON THE MOSS,

AND THEN NEXT, WE'RE GOINGTO TAKE THE COLORED SEEDS

AND PLACE THEM ONE AT A TIMEUSING TWEEZERS.

WAIT, ONE AT A TIME?

THE PARADE IS THIS NEW YEAR'S,REMEMBER?

ART CAN'T BE RUSHED, CLIFF.

CLEARLY, NOTWHEN YOU'RE IN CHARGE.

IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.IT'S PUTTING FLOWERS IN GLUE.

OKAY, GUYS,PICK UP THE PACE!

SO WE PUT THESEON THE OUTSIDE.

-YES, I AGREE.-PAINT THEM WHITE.

THAT WILL LOOK GOOD.

UM, ERIC?

I THINKTHOSE FLOWERS RIGHT HERE,

THEY SHOULD BE RED.

OH!

RIGHT!

WAIT A MINUTE.

HAS ERIC BEEN HAVING TROUBLEWITH COLORS?

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

ARE YOU SURETHIS WHOLE WEBCAM THING

IS A GOOD IDEA?

SURE. IT KEEPSMY BOSS IN THE LOOP.

OH, AND WE MIGHT HAVETHE ROSE PARADE HOST

AND CAMERA CREWCOMING BY LATER

TO SHOOT A PROMO.

AND SHOULDN'T WE WAIT

'TIL WE'RE A LITTLEFURTHER ALONG

IN THE DECORATING?

YEAH, WE SHOULD BEFURTHER ALONG

IN THE DECORATING PROCESS.

IF YOU THINKDECORATING IS SO EASY,

WHY DON'T YOU GIVE IT A TRY?

ARE YOU AFRAIDTO GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY,

OR YOU THINKYOU'RE ABOVE IT?

I'M SUPERVISING.

OH, RIGHT.

HONESTLY, I'D RATHER BEIN SHANGHAI.

SHANGHAI?

YEAH, HEADING UP MY COMPANY'SWHOLE ASIAN OPERATIONS.

IT'S WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE,

AND WHERE I WILL BEONCE THIS IS DONE.

WELL, EXCELLENT!

I KIND OF LOOK FORWARDTO YOU BEING IN SHANGHAI, TOO.

MM-HMM.

[SNEEZES]

UH... MISS LINDRY?

THERE'S A PROBLEM.

I-I MIGHT BEALLERGIC TO FLOWERS!

OH...

[SNEEZES]

SWEETIE,DID YOU JUST REALIZE THIS NOW?

I DIDN'T TOTALLYTHINK IT THROUGH.

BUT IT'S THE ROSE PARADE.

ACHOO!

OKAY, LET'S JUST...

THERE'S TISSUESRIGHT OVER THERE.

YOU JUST TAKEA LITTLE BREAK.

[SNEEZES]

OFF TO A GREAT START.

WELL, IT ALWAYS TAKESTHE NEWBIES

A LITTLE TIME TO FINDTHEIR DECORATING LEGS,

BUT WE'RE GOINGTO BE FINE.

OKAY?

[CHRISTINE SNEEZES]

LOU, YOU READYFOR THE WATER TEST?

JUST GOT TO TIGHTENTHIS ONE LAST PIPE,

AND THEN WE CAN DOTHE WATER TEST.

LET'S GET MOVING.

COME ON, GUYS,LET'S CHECK IT OUT.

-LET'S SEE IT!-[LOU]: OKAY, ANDY,

CAN YOU PRESS THE BLACK BUTTONON THAT PANEL?

WE'RE GOING TO SEEHOW THE WATER FLOWS.

YOU READY?

YEAH.

[PUMP WHIRS]

YEAH!

-OH, YEAH.-NICE WORK.

GOOD JOB.

[PIPES GROAN]

[SPRAY HISSES]

-[TEAM YELLS AND SHOUTS]-NO, NO, NO, NO, NO! STOP!

RED BUTTON!RED BUTTON! RED BUTTON!

-RED BUTTON!-IT'S NOT WORKING!

QUICK! QUICK! QUICK!

WHAT? WHERE IS IT?

[LOU]: TURN OFF THE SPIGOT!TURN IT OFF!

[WATER STOPS]

[ANDY]: OH, NO...

THAT WAS BAD.

PUMP'S BROKEN.

AND WE CAPTURED ITALL ON WEBCAM.

AT LEAST IT CAN'T GETANY WORSE THAN THIS.

YEAH...

HI!

I'M MARK STEINES.

I'M HERE TO DOTHE INTERVIEW...

OH...

HI!

UH... YOU WANT METO COME BACK LATER?

MAYBE AFTER THEMONSOON-SEASON ENDS?

THAT WOULD BE GREAT!

SURE.

DO YOU NEED HELP?

YES, WE DO!

NO...

UM...

HERE.

OH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

LET'S RESCHEDULE, YEAH?

-THAT SOUNDS GREAT.-GOOD.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[MARK]:SAME TO YOU.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

TAKE CARE.STAY DRY.

[ANDY]:THANK YOU!

'KAY, WATCHTHE WATER, BILL.

OFF HE GOES.

MR. ELLSWORTH,IT WASN'T NEARLY AS BAD

AS IT LOOKED ON THE WEBCAM.

I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE.

IT'S JUSTTHAT THESE CREATIVE-TYPES

DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTANDTHE BIGGER PICTURE.

OR MAYBE IT'S THATTHE BUSINESS-TYPES

DON'T UNDERSTAND

THAT FLOAT DECORATINGIS AN ART OF ITS OWN!

[MR. ELLSWORTH]:I'M SURE YOU TWO CAN WORK THIS OUT.

IS THAT ALL? THEN GOODBYE.

THANK YOU FOR THROWING MEUNDER THE BUS, BY THE WAY.

OH, THAT'S RICH.

BLAME ME!

YOU KNOW,INSTEAD OF "BULLDOZER,"

THEY SHOULD CALL YOU"APPLE PIE,"

ON ACCOUNTOF HOW QUICKLY YOU CRUMBLE.

ARE YOU DONE?

NO, BUT OUR FLOAT MIGHT BE!

WE'RE GOING TO BEBEHIND SCHEDULE

AND OVER BUDGET,

AND IF WE DON'TPASS INSPECTION,

THAT MEANSNO PARADE FOR US.

IF...

[MR ELLSWORTH CLEARS THROATOVER PHONE]

DID YOU HANG UP THE PHONE?

NOPE.

I GOT THIS.

NONSENSE, I GOT IT.

YOU A LONGSHOREMANWHEN YOU'RE NOT WORKING HERE?

THERE'S "TOUGH,"AND THERE'S "ROSE PARADE TOUGH."

I'M THE LATTER.

NEVER KNEW A FLOAT COULD USESO MUCH SPANISH MOSS.

SO YOU KNOWN ANDY VERY LONG?

OH, GOSH,ALL HER LIFE.

SHE ALWAYS BEENAS STUBBORN AS A MULE?

ANDY KNOWS HER MIND,ALL RIGHT.

HA! ONE WAY OF PUTTING IT.

I KNOW SHE'S AN ARTIST,BUT WHAT ELSE DOES SHE DO?

WHAT DOESN'T SHE DO?

SHE LOVES TO HIKE.

SHE BAKES.

SHE VOLUNTEERS.

HER RUMMAGE SALES ALONE

HELPED HER CHURCHBUILD A NEW YOUTH CENTER.

WHY DO YOU ASK?

JUST, UH...

TRYING TO FINDSOME COMMON GROUND.

YOU COULD STARTBY RESPECTING WHAT WE DO.

WELL, WELL, WELL!YOU AGAIN.

MR. BULLDOZER.

MISS CHAOS.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

A LITTLE SHOPPINGFOR A FRIEND.

WHAT? YOU HAVE FRIENDS?

THAT'S AMAZING.MALE OR FEMALE?

IT'S ACTUALLYA GIFT FOR MY MOTHER.

YOU HAVE A MOTHER?

OH!

I KNOW I CAN BE A LITTLEOVERBEARING SOMETIMES.

I'LL TRY TO TAKEMY FOOT OFF THE GAS.

THIS PLACE ISA MINEFIELD.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

EVERYWHERE I LOOKARE REMINDERS

OF HOW SOONOUR DEADLINE IS.

ARE YOU GETTING NERVOUS?

FINE, LOOK...

I'VE GOT A LOTRIDING ON THIS, OKAY?

THING IS, MR. ELLSWORTH'SPRETTY INTOLERANT

WHEN IT COMES TO FAILURE,

AND WE'RE NOT OFFTO A GREAT START.

IF I DELIVER,

I'LL GET THE PROMOTIONI'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS

MY WHOLE CAREER.

IS THAT YOUR DREAM?

I... I'M NOTA "DREAMS" PERSON.

COME ON, CLIFF.EVERYONE NEEDS A PASSION.

WELL, IT'S A GOAL.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S ALL I CAN DO

TO KEEPMY DAD'S BUSINESS AFLOAT.

WELL, MAYBEWE HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON

AFTER ALL...

PRESSURE.

THAT GIVES ME ANOTHER IDEA

FOR A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONFOR YOU.

IT'S OKAYTO SOMETIMES ASK FOR HELP.

AND I'VE GOTONE FOR YOU...

DON'T SMILE SO MUCHWHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT.

HOW ABOUT FROM NOW ON,

I HANDLE ALLTHE DECISIONS

WHEN IT COMESTO DECORATING,

AND YOU HANDLEEVERYTHING ELSE,

OR TO PUT IT IN TERMSYOU MAY UNDERSTAND,

WE MAKE THISA WIN-WIN?

YOU HAD ME AT WIN.

[ANDY]: OKAY, EVERYONE!

I JUST WANTTO LET YOU KNOW

THAT CLIFF AND IHAVE WORKED IT OUT,

AND WE ARE ONTHE EXACT SAME PAGE

FROM HERE ON OUT.

[CLIFF]:THAT'S RIGHT.

A COACH AND AN ASSISTANT COACH

NEED TO GET ALONGFOR A TEAM TO WIN.

RIGHT, ERIC?

AND TO BE CLEAR,

CLIFF IS THEASSISTANT COACH HERE...

AND THE ASSISTANTCOACH IS SNACKING

ON OUR DECORATINGPALETTE!

SORRY.I LOVE EDAMAME.

OKAY, SO LET'SGET STARTED.

ASHLEY AND LOU,

YOU WILL BE ON DECORATING DUTYWITH EMILY.

10-4. WE'RE ON IT.

AND MARY AND ELLIOT,

CAN YOU FINISH UPTHE CRITTERS TODAY?

WE WANT TO HAVE THOSEREADY BY TOMORROW...

AND ERIC?

I THINK I OWE YOUAN APOLOGY.

YOU'RE COLORBLIND,AREN'T YOU?

AND THAT'S WHY YOU'VE BEENHAVING TROUBLE IN CLASS?

IT'S NOTHING TO BEEMBARRASSED ABOUT.

CHRISTINE, COME HERE!

I HAVE A MISSIONFOR YOU TWO.

I WANT YOU TO GOTO ALL THE OTHER FLOAT BARNS

AND SCOPE OUTWHAT THEY HAVE GOING ON, 'KAY?

AWESOME!

HAVE FUN.

UM, AND CLIFF,

WE ARE RUNNING LOWON A FEW SUPPLIES.

DO YOU THINK YOU COULDHELP ME OUT WITH THESE?

SURE.

COCONUT HUSKS?

TAMARIND SEEDS?MILLET?

WHERE AM I GOINGTO FIND THIS STUFF?

'KAY, IT MIGHT BE BESTIF I HANDLE THIS ONE MYSELF.

NO, NO, NO.

REMEMBEROUR AGREEMENT.

YOU TAKE CAREOF THE ARTWORK,

I DO EVERYTHING ELSE,

INCLUDINGTHE PURSE STRINGS.

OKAY, THEN GRABYOUR CREDIT CARD.

WE'RE GOING SHOPPING.

NEVER LEAVE HOMEWITHOUT IT.

[GEARS GRINDING,CLANKING]

THAT CLANKING NOISEWHEN YOU PARK

MEANS YOUR CALIPER'SNOT MOUNTED RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

WHO WOULD HAVE FIGURED YOUFOR A GEARHEAD?

A RUSTY ONE.

I LOVE CARS,

BUT IT'S BEENA LONG TIME

SINCE I'VE LOOKEDUNDER A HOOD.

WELL, IT MUST BE HARD,

BEING AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILYAT CHRISTMAS.

ACTUALLY, IT'SKIND OF A RELIEF.

WHAT, YOU DON'TLIKE CHRISTMAS?

HONESTLY, I LIKEWHEN IT'S OVER.

YEAH, CHRISTMASFOR ME

IS THE DAY THESTOCK MARKETS CLOSE

AND EVERYTHINGJUST STOPS.

SO YOU'LL BESPENDING CHRISTMAS

IN YOUR HOTEL ROOM?

NO, I'VE GOT A COUPLECOLLEAGUES IN TOWN.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

I'LL BE GOINGTO MY DAD'S HOUSE.

HE ALWAYS HAS US OVER.IT'S REALLY FUN,

BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT,THIS YEAR,

I AM FEELING THE STRESSOF FINISHING THE FLOAT,

AND JUSTA MILLION OTHER THINGS

GOING ON.

YOU ARE ALWAYSON THE MOVE.

YOU SHOULD SLOWDOWN A BIT.

YOU'RE ONE TO TALK.

HEY, I WORK HARD,

BUT I TAKE TIMETO ENJOY.

YOU JUST WORK HARD.

HONESTLY, I...

I DON'T GET ITABOUT PARADES.

I MEAN,ALL THAT WORK,

THEY GO BY,THEN IT'S OVER.

OH, COME ON!

I MEAN, YOU GET OUT THEREON NEW YEAR'S DAY,

IT'S INCREDIBLE!

YOU'VE GOTPRECISION EQUESTRIANS,

A MARCHING BAND, B-2 FLY-OVER,ALL THESE AMAZING FLOATS.

I MEAN, THE FLOWERS FADE,

BUT THE FLOATS, THEY LIVE ONIN PEOPLE'S MEMORIES.

TRUST ME,

WHEN YOU SEE THE PARADEUP CLOSE,

YOU'LL UNDERSTAND.

I WILL, HUH?

YOU WILL. COME ON.

$50 A POUND?

THAT MUST BEA MISTAKE!

WHAT CAN I SAY?

MY SUPPLIER IN ASIA'SGOT ME OVER A BARREL.

THAT'S HIGHWAY ROBBERY.WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT.

WHAT'RE WE GOING TO DO?

I'M GOINGTO MAKE A CALL.

OH, GREAT.

THANKS FOR THE HELP!

[SPEAKS MANDARIN]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

OH, I MINOREDIN MANDARIN.

THE SUPPLIER SAIDFOR THE ROSE PARADE,

HE'LL DONATE OURSUPPLIES FOR FREE.

HE'S OVER-NIGHTING WHAT WE NEEDTO THE WAREHOUSE.

WAIT, WHAT?

I'VE GOT TO SAY,YOU ARE FULL OF SURPRISES.

THAT'S AS CLOSE TO A COMPLIMENTAS I THINK I'M GOING TO GET.

WHAT'S NEXT?

UH, ONE FINAL STOP.COME ON.

WE JUST HAVETO SWING BY MY PLACE.

THIS'LL BE QUICK.

I JUST HAVE TO PICK UPA FEW THINGS FOR THE FLOAT.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

HELLO?

[DOOR OPENS]

NO, NO, NO,I'LL BE THERE.

THE DOCUMENTSARE SIGNED.

GREAT DOING BUSINESSWITH YOU.

GOODBYE.

WOW!

THAT'S AMAZING.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE.

NO, THAT'SREALLY GREAT!

YOU SHOULD SHOW THAT OFF!

IT'S JUST SOMETHINGI DO FOR MYSELF.

NO ONE NEEDS TO SEE IT.

BUT THIS IS REALLY GOOD.

BUT IT TAKES WORK AND TIME,

AND I HAVE NO TIME,

SO LATELY, IT'S JUST A WAYTO CHANNEL MY FRUSTRATION.

WELL, THEN...

I GUESS YOU OWE MEA DEBT OF GRATITUDE

FOR ALL THE INSPIRATION.

[LAUGHS]

WELL, LOOK,I'M NO ART CRITIC,

BUT THIS COULD BEIN A GALLERY.

YOU'RE JUST BEING NICE.

DO I LOOK LIKE SOMEONEWHO'S JUST BEING NICE?

WHY DON'T YOU PUT ITOUT THERE,

LET THE WORLD DECIDE?

I SAW A POSTER IN TOWN

FOR AN ART AUCTIONAT THE HOLIDAY GALA.

WHY DON'T YOU SUBMIT IT?

CLIFF, I DON'T SHOW MY WORK.

I'VE GOT ANOTHER NEW YEAR'SRESOLUTION FOR YOU.

CHALLENGE YOURSELF.GET OUT THERE!

OKAY, THERE'S WAY TOO MANY PAINTFUMES IN HERE.

I THINKWE SHOULD GET BACK.

COME ON.

[LOW CHATTER]

[CLIFF]:WHAT'S GOING ON?

WELL, WE ARE BACK FROM RECON,

AND WE ARE IN FOR SOMESERIOUS COMPETITION

WITH THE OTHER TEAMS.

ANIMATION,SURROUND SOUND,

AND ALMOST ALLTHE FLOATS THIS YEAR

HAVE MOVING PARTSAND HYDRAULICS.

WOW.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVETO KICK IT UP A NOTCH.

NO, NO, NO,OUR CURRENT FLOAT IS JUST FINE!

MR. ELLSWORTHCOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CLEARER.

HE SAID SIMPLE AND ON-TIME.

ON-TIME I GET, BUT SIMPLE?

CLIFF, 80 MILLION PEOPLEWATCH THIS PARADE.

WE CAN'T DELIVER JUST ANY FLOAT.

WE'VE GOT TO DOSOMETHING AMAZING.

AMAZING, OR IMPOSSIBLE?

[EMILY]:IT'S THE ROSE PARADE.

PEOPLE DO THE IMPOSSIBLEALL THE TIME.

IF WE ADD ANIMATIONTO GET THE BEAR MOVING,

I CAN HELP WITH THE PHYSICS.

AND I KNOW A LITTLE BITABOUT HYDRAULICS.

AND CLIFF, DIDN'T YOU SAYYOU'RE AN EX-GEARHEAD?

IT'S BEEN YEARS.

BESIDES, ADDING ANIMATIONTHIS LATE IN THE GAME

WOULD BEA RISKY GAMBLE.

DON'T BUSINESS LEADERSGET WHERE THEY ARE

BY TAKING RISKS?

ARE YOU BULLDOZING ME?

LOOK...

THIS IS THE ONLY THING STANDINGBETWEEN ME AND SHANGHAI.

CAN WE PLEASEJUST KEEP IT SIMPLE?

BUT DON'T YOU SEE?

BY GOING BIG,WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THE WORLD

THAT NOT ONLY IS SUNSHINE FLOATSAT THE TOP OF OUR GAME,

BUT WE BUILDA SHOW-STOPPING FLOAT.

I DON'T KNOW.

THIS COMING FROM THE MAN

WHO JUST TOLD METO CHALLENGE MYSELF?

I'M MAKINGTHE SAME RESOLUTION FOR YOU.

ALL RIGHT, FINE.

YES!

THANK YOU!

LET'S DO IT.

ALL RIGHT, GUYS!

LET'S DO THIS.

SO, WHAT'S THE PLAN?

YOU'RE GOING TO WORKON HYDRAULICS...

YOU GUYS READY?

-READY.-READY.

-CLIFF, YOU GOT THIS?-YEP.

[POWER HUMS]

GOING UP!

[TEAM CHATTERS EXCITEDLY]

OKAY, THE BEAR'SCOMING FORWARD.

ALL RIGHT! NICE!

KEEP IT COMING.

WHOO!

-GOT IT?-YEP! KEEP GOING, AND...

SET!

WHOA!

GOING DOWN.

KEEP GOING,KEEP GOING!

KEEP IT COMING!

NICE!

[CHEERING]

HEY, ROCKEFELLERFINALLY GOT HIS HANDS DIRTY!

[CLIFF];WHAT CAN I SAY?

THESE BIG TOYS BRING OUTTHE INNER CHILD IN ME.

LOU!

HOW'S IT GOING?

GOOD.

WE CAN PUT THE HYDRAULICSUNDER HERE,

AND THEN WE ATTACHTHE SWIVEL SYSTEM TO THE BEAR.

THEN WE SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.

GREAT.

LET ME KNOWIF YOU NEED ANY HELP.

10-4, BOSS.

IN THE MEANTIME,

WE HAVE PLENTYOF DRY DECORATING TO DO,

SO LET'S GET BACKTO WORK!

WHOO!

OUR TEAM ISA DECORATING MACHINE

POWERED BY COFFEE.

YEAH, WELL,

HERE'S HOPINGIT DOESN'T STALL.

OH, I LOVETHIS STORE.

I USED TO COME HEREWITH MY PARENTS

WHEN I WAS LITTLE.

[CLIFF]:ALL RIGHT.

WHAT?

YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY FAMILYCHRISTMAS TRADITIONS?

MAKING GINGERBREAD,SINGING CAROLS?

APART FROMTHE ODD SNOWBALL FIGHT,

CHRISTMAS FOR ME

WAS MY PARENTSENTERTAINING WORK FRIENDS.

I'D WATCH A CHRISTMAS MOVIEWITH ONE OF VARIOUS NANNIES,

AND OFF TO BED.

I'M SORRY YOU DIDN'THAVE MORE HOLIDAY FUN.

DO YOU HONESTLY STILLNOT LIKE CHRISTMAS?

SURE, I LIKE CHRISTMAS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

I'VE GOT YOUAN EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT

OF SORTS.

I ENTERED YOUINTO THE ART AUCTION

AT THE HOLIDAY GALA.

-YOU DID WHAT?-YEAH.

IT'S DONE.LOOK, THEY PRINTED THE PROGRAM.

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?

[CLIFF]: WELL,"CHALLENGE YOURSELF," REMEMBER?

IT'S A TWO-WAY STREET.

FOR ME TO FAIL MISERABLY?

CLIFF, MY WORK ISN'T DONE!

WELL, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?

JUST FINISH IT!

IT NEEDS SOMETHING MORE,

SOMETHINGTO PULL IT ALL TOGETHER.

LIKE WHAT?

I DON'T KNOW!

IF I KNEW THAT,IT WOULD BE FINISHED.

CLIFF, YOU JUST...YOU DON'T GET IT.

ANDY!

CLIFF, RIGHT?

YOU'RE BIG AL?

THEY CALL ME "BIG AL"

BECAUSE I MAKEALL THE BIG DECISIONS.

HAVE A SEAT.

THANK YOU.

SO, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

DECORATING GIVING YOUTROUBLE, OR MECHANICS?

ACTUALLY, SIR,

IT'S... YOUR DAUGHTER.

YEAH, I HEARD ABOUTTHAT AUCTION STUNT OF YOURS.

I JUST DON'T GET IT.

ANDY'S A TRUE ARTIST.

SHE CAN BE SENSITIVEABOUT HER WORK.

I THOUGHT I WAS HELPING.HER WORK IS AMAZING!

LOOK...

YOUR HEART'S OBVIOUSLYIN THE RIGHT PLACE,

BUT MY DAUGHTER HASAN INCREDIBLY STRONG WILL.

I KNOW.

[CHUCKLES]

AND SOMETIMES,

IT'S JUST BETTERTO GO ALONG WITH HER.

YOU KNOW, IN 1934,THE PARADE THEME WAS WATER,

AND THAT WAS THE YEARTHAT IT RAINED THE WHOLE DAY.

OH, DON'T WORRY.

PARADE DAY'SALWAYS SO SUNNY

THAT RIGHTAFTER IT'S OVER,

PEOPLE FROM ALLOVER THE COUNTRY

MOVE OUT HEREFOR THE SUNSHINE.

THE YEAR I WASROSE QUEEN?

FIVE AND A HALF MILESOF CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE.

[LAUGHING]

HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

OH, IT'S ANDY'S IDEA.

I'M DRAWING NUMBERS

TO SHOW ERIC WHEREDIFFERENT FLOWERS GO.

CARNATIONS ARE TWOS,DAISIES ARE THREES...

IT'S LIKEA GIANT PAINT-BY-NUMBERS.

THAT'S SMART.

[ANDY]: CLIFF!I WAS JUST THINKING...

WHY DON'T WE GO 50-50ON THAT TICKET TO SHANGHAI?

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ROBBING ASIAOF YOUR PRESENCE.

I DESERVE THAT.

I REALIZE NOW I SHOULDHAVE TALKED TO YOU FIRST.

I WAS HONESTLY TRYINGTO HELP, BUT...

I'M SORRY.

OH, I CAN...

I CAN SEETHAT YOU HAD GOOD INTENTIONS...

JUST IN YOUR BULLDOZER-Y WAY.

WELL, LET THE BULLDOZER HELP.

LET ME RUN INTERFERENCE HERE,

AND IT'LL GIVE YOU TIMETO DO YOUR OWN WORK.

THE GUY WHO HATES DECORATINGWANTS TO LEAD THE TEAM?

TRY ME.

MAYBE IT'S TIMETHE ASSISTANT COACH GOT IN THERE

AND SPREAD HIS WINGS.

-THANKS.-ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S GREAT.

INSERT THE POLEIN THE BELLY

AS FAR DOWNAS YOU CAN GO.

WE CAN EITHER HANG THISFROM THE KNOT AND JUST...

SO, WIND DOWNTHE THING.

YEAH, NO,THE OTHER WAY.

OH.

[SEEDS CLATTER]

NICE WORK!

YOU GUYS HAVE MADEGREAT PROGRESS.

THE FLOAT LOOKSAMAZING!

THANKS, BUT I JUST CHECKEDTHE WEATHER.

60% CHANCE OF SHOWERSFOR THE BIG DAY.

JUST WHAT WE NEED...MORE OBSTACLES.

EVERY PARADE THROWSSOME CURVE BALLS.

THAT'S JUST PART OF THE FUNOF FLOAT BUILDING.

MY HUSBAND IS AN EQUESTRIANIN THE PARADE,

AND HE'S HAD TO ROUND UPMORE THAN ONE RUNAWAY PONY.

FOG, RAIN,FLOATS BREAKING DOWN...

I'VE SEEN IT ALL.

I USED TO GO TO THE PARADEEVERY YEAR

BEFORE I STARTEDDRIVING MY TRUCK.

I ALWAYS WANTEDTO GO TO THE PARADE,

BUT I WAS TOO NERVOUS.

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE.IT SEEMS NOISY AND OVERWHELMING.

WELL, LOOK AT YOU NOW.

MAYBE YOU'LL BEIN THE PARADE THIS YEAR.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED TWO DRIVERSFOR THE FLOAT.

AND NO MATTERWHAT HAPPENS,

THERE'S ALWAYSA SOLUTION.

IT'S THESE OBSTACLESTHAT BRING US TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHY, BY NEW YEAR'S,WE'RE ALL A FAMILY.

NICE.

CAN YOU PASS MESOME MORE OF THAT MOSS?

YOU GOT IT.

THANK YOU.

HEY, EVERYONE!

AS YOU KNOW,IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE,

SO WE JUST WANT TO WISH YOUA VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS,

AND REST UPFOR CRUNCH WEEK!

THANK YOU SO MUCHFOR EVERYTHING,

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATETHE SACRIFICE.

SACRIFICE?

I'VE BEEN ON SOME LONG HAULSOVER CHRISTMAS.

DOING THISFEELS LIKE COMING HOME.

BEFORE YOU ALL HEAD OUT,

YOU MIGHT WANTTO CHECK OUT THE CHRISTMAS TREE.

GIFTS?

WELL, NORMALLY, YES,

BUT THIS YEAR, IT'S...

I TOOK CARE OF IT.

CLIFF!

THANK YOU.

THAT'S FOR YOU.

THANK YOU!

CAREFUL!

MARY, ELLIOT,

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN MISSINGYOUR KIDS A LOT

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON,

SO I ARRANGED FOR THEMTO SKYPE IN

IN THE OFFICE.

THANK YOU!

CAN WE OPEN THEM?

WELL, YEAH, OF COURSE!

A CHRISTMAS SWEATER?

YOU TOLD METHE TEMPERATURE DROPPED

WHEN THE ROSES ARRIVE,

SO I HOPE I GOTTHE RIGHT SIZE.

I LOVE IT.

[LOU]: WOW!

A NAIL GUN!THANKS, ROCKEFELLER.

[EMILY]:GUAYUSA CHAI TEA?

WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS?

AH, I HAVE MY SOURCES.

[EMILY]: THANK YOU.

A TELESCOPE?

GREAT FOR GAZING AT THE STARS,OR SPYING ON FLOATS.

LIFTING GLOVES?MAN, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE!

IT'LL HELP YOU GRIPTHE FREE WEIGHTS.

THIS ISA BEAUTIFUL SCARF.

WELL, MERRY CHRISTMAS,EVERYONE!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[HAPPY CHATTER]

THANKS, CLIFF!

[HAPPY CHATTER]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[CHATTER]

TAKE CARE, YOU GUYS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!THANKS, CLIFF!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

CLIFF,

THAT WAS SO THOUGHTFUL OF YOU.

WELL, I SHOULD GET GOING, TOO.

I HAVE A PAINTINGTO FINISH

AND FAMILY TO SEE.

OF COURSE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOINGFOR CHRISTMAS AGAIN?

UH, MY COLLEAGUESARE IN TOWN.

RIGHT.

GOING TO HEADOVER THERE.

OKAY.

WELL...

WELL...

[BOTH AT SAME TIME]MERRY CHRISTMAS.

[LAUGHS]

BYE.

BYE.

[PHONE RINGS]

HELLO.

YEAH, DAD, HEY.

NO, I JUST...I LOST TRACK OF TIME.

I'VE BEEN UP ALL NIGHT.

OF COURSE!MERRY CHRISTMAS.

OKAY.

I'LL BE OVER IN A SECOND.

I JUST NEEDTO CHECK ON SOMETHING.

SEE YOU SOON.

60...

OH...

I THOUGHT YOU WEREROOM SERVICE.

I THOUGHTYOU'D BE HERE.

WHAT HAPPENED

TO THOSE SUPPOSEDFRIENDS OF YOURS?

GOT ME.

GET READY.YOU'RE COMING WITH ME.

YOU KNOW, THIS...

THIS REALLYISN'T NECESSARY.

JUST PIPE DOWN AND ENJOY.

MY DAD'S CHRISTMAS HAM ROCKS,

AND NO TEAM MEMBEROF MINE

IS GOINGTO SPEND CHRISTMAS ALONE,

EVEN IF HE DID TURN MY WORLDUPSIDE-DOWN.

[LOW MURMUR OF PARTYGOERS]

HEY, EVERYONE!

THIS IS CLIFF,AND HE LOVES CHRISTMAS!

HEY, CLIFF!

[EVERYONE CALLS OUT GREETINGS]

WELCOME, CLIFF.

THANK YOU.

HEY, THEY NEEDANOTHER BODY FOR FOOTBALL.

IT'S A CHRISTMAS TRADITIONHERE...

OUR OWN FAMILY ROSE BOWL.

UM...

UNCLE JASONAND THE OTHERS

PLAY PRETTY ROUGH,

SO HE WOULD LOVE TO.

COME ON.

I WANT YOUTO MEET EVERYONE.

GOOD MAN.

[♪♪]

ARE YOU READY,MR. BULLDOZER?

READY AS I'VE EVER BEEN.

[YELLING, HOLLERING]

♪ CHRISTMAS TIMEAND ALL SEEMS FINE ♪

OH!

-HA, NICE TRY!-NICE.

[YELLING, CHEERING]

♪ 'CAUSE IT'S NEVER COLDAT CHRISTMAS ♪

[ANDY GIGGLES]

♪ WITH YOU AROUND ♪

♪ UNDERNEATH THE MISTLETOE ♪

OKAY, SO, ON THREE.

GO!

STAY WITH ME.COME HERE.

♪ LISTENING TO THE RADIO ♪

WHAT? WHAT?

HEY! COME ON!

♪ WAITING FOR THE HEAVENSTO SNOW, SNOW, SNOW ♪

OH, NICE PLAY!

[CLIFF]: SOMEONE'S GOINGTO HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS.

I THINK IT'S YOU!

OR YOU!

[AL]: ♪ GOOD KING WENCESLASLOOKED OUT ♪

♪ ON THE FEAST OF STEPHEN ♪

♪ WHEN THE SNOWLAY ROUND ABOUT ♪

♪ DEEP AND CRISPAND EVEN ♪

WHAT? NO!

DON'T EVEN THINKABOUT IT.

SHOULD I?

♪ BRIGHTLY SHONE THE MOONTHAT NIGHT ♪

♪ THOUGH THE FROSTWAS CRUEL ♪

♪ WHEN A POOR MANCAME IN SIGHT ♪

♪ GATHERING WINTER FUEL ♪

[APPLAUSE]

I'VE GOT TO HAND IT TO YOU...

YOU REALLY KNOW HOWTO THROW A CHRISTMAS.

THANKS...

BUT YOU BETTER REST UP.

CRUNCH WEEKON THE FLOAT.

THE ROSES FLY IN TOMORROW.

OOH! CHEERS TO THAT!

CHEERS.

[ANDY AND CLIFF LAUGH]

[CLIFF]:THESE ARE AMAZING!

[ANDY]:MY FAMILY HAS SENT FLOATS

DOWN COLORADO BOULEVARDFOR DECADES.

IT'S A BUSINESS

THAT WAS STARTEDBY MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER.

THAT YOU?

[LAUGHS] YES.

MY LIFE TOLD IN FLOATS.

OH, HERE'S ONE WITH MY MOM.

[SHIVERS A BIT]

ARE YOU COLD?

IT'S COLD OUT HERE.

NO!

THANK YOU.

THANKS.

I'VE BEEN MEANINGTO ASK YOU SOMETHING.

WHAT'S WITH NOT SHOWINGANYBODY YOUR ART?

IT'S JUST NOT WHERE I WANT ITTO BE RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, I KNOW.

IT'S IN YOUR HOUSE,COLLECTING DUST.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN.

WHEN...

I GRADUATED FROM ART SCHOOL,

I GOT INVITED TO EXHIBIT MY WORKIN A SHOW,

AND I JUMPED AT THE CHANCE.

ALL MY WORK,UNVEILED FOR THE WORLD TO SEE.

AND...?

IT WAS A DISASTER.

THE CRITICS WERE BRUTAL,MY WORK WASN'T READY,

AND AFTER THAT,

IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR METO GET BACK INTO IT...

ESPECIALLY AFTER MY MOMPASSED AWAY.

SHE WAS MY BIGGEST CHEERLEADER.

SINCE THEN,I'VE JUST HAD A BLOCK.

WELL...

PUSH THROUGH.

I'M TRYING.

I'M NOT THE BULLDOZER.

ANDY, I DIDN'T ENTER YOUINTO THE AUCTION

TO THROW YOU UNDER THE BUS.

I DID IT BECAUSE YOU'RE LUCKY.

YOU'RE GREAT AT SOMETHING.YOU HAVE A PASSION.

I NEVER FOUND MINE.

WHAT ABOUT BUSINESS?

BEING GOODAT SOMETHING

ISN'T THE SAMEAS LIKING IT.

TO BE HONEST,A BIG PART OF THE REASON

THIS JOB,AND SHANGHAI IN PARTICULAR,

IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME

IS THAT...

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN DRIVENTO SHOW MY DAD

THAT I CAN MAKE A MARK, TOO.

HE'S A SELF-MADE MAN,NO-NONSENSE,

STARTED HIS BUSINESSFROM THE GROUND UP.

YOU KNOW, I...

REALLY DIDN'T EXPECT

TO ENJOYTHIS ASSIGNMENT.

SOUNDS LIKEYOU SURPRISED YOURSELF.

I BET THATDOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN.

YOU'RE RIGHT...

ALTHOUGH IT REMINDS MEOF ONE SUMMER IN COLLEGE.

I WAS DOING VOLUNTEER WORK,

BUILDING HOUSESFROM SCRATCH, AND...

I STILL REMEMBER THIS FEELING,

WORKING WITH MY HANDS ALL DAY,

AND THEN,AT THE END OF THE DAY,

JUST...

PURE SATISFACTION.

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN.

I HAD A FANTASTIC NIGHT.

ME TOO.

I'M BECOMING A FANOF HAPPY CHAOS...

[LAUGHS]

AND CHRISTMAS, TOO.

WELL, I KNEW THERE WASA HEART IN THERE SOMEWHERE.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

I BELIEVE IN YOU, ANDY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

TIME FOR A FRESH START.

[♪♪]

♪ ROCKING IN THE HOLIDAYS ♪

♪ DANCING TO THE MUSICALL NIGHT LONG ♪

♪ SINGING ALONGWITH OUR FAVORITE SONGS ♪

♪ RINGING IN CHRISTMAS CHEER ♪

♪ WE'RE ROCKINGIN THE HOLIDAYS ♪

♪ SO MUCH FUNTO BE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS ♪

♪ HERE'S HOPINGTHAT THIS FEELING NEVER ENDS ♪

♪ AND LASTSTHROUGH ALL THE YEAR ♪

♪ WE'LL SHAKE AND SHIMMY ♪

♪ AND GIMME-GIMME-GIMMEA KISS ♪

♪ UNDER THE MISTLETOE ♪

♪ I HEAR THE POPCORN POP ♪

♪ AND THE MUSIC DOESN'T STOP ♪

♪ SO LET IT SNOW OUTSIDELET IT SNOW ♪

♪ WE'LL BE ROCKINGIN THE HOLIDAYS ♪

♪ NOW IT'S ALMOST TIMEFOR SANTA TO GO ♪

♪ WITH A JING-A-LING-A-LINGAND A HO-HO-HO ♪

♪ HE'LL BE ROCKINGIN THE HOLIDAYS ♪

♪ IT'S A ROCKIN'-ROLLIN'STOMPIN'-STROLLIN' ♪

♪ HAPPY SONG SING-A-LONG ♪

♪ ROCKING IN THE HOLIDAYS ♪

OH, I HAVEN'T SKATEDSINCE I WAS A KID!

I CAN'T BELIEVEYOU TALKED ME INTO THIS.

[CLIFF]: WELL, THIS ISONE CHRISTMAS TRADITION

I NEVER SKIP,

EVEN IF IT IS...

[GIGGLES]

NOT NEARLY AS SUNNY AND WARMBACK HOME.

YOU'RE GOOD AT THIS!

STOP.

SO, HOW'S THE PAINTING GOING?

IT'S GOING.

I HAD A BREAKTHROUGH,BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT,

I'M REALLY NERVOUSABOUT THE AUCTION.

JUST BE YOURSELF.

EASY FOR YOU TO SAY.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "EASY?"

I'M MANAGINGA PARADE FLOAT

FOR THE FIRST TIMEIN MY LIFE.

HA! YOU ADMIT THAT IT'S HARD!

I GUESS WE BOTH HAVETO PUSH THROUGH.

NO!

NO, NO, DON'T!TOO FAST!

♪ IT'S GONNA BEA WARM, WARM WINTER ♪

♪ THOUGH THE SKIESARE GRAY ABOVE ♪

♪ A WARM, WARM WINTER ♪

♪ IS DUE WITH YOU ♪

♪ TO LOVE ♪

I AM SO PROUDOF ALL OF YOU!

THIS LOOKS INCREDIBLE,

AND NOW, WE HAVE THREE DAYS'TIL THE PARADE,

SO WE ARE IN THE HOME STRETCH.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?WE GOT THIS, RIGHT?

[CHEERING, AGREEING]

[POWER HUMS ON]

[CLIFF LAUGHS]NICE!

[ANDY]:EITHER IT'S LACK OF SLEEP,

OR THAT BEAR IS MOVING.

COMPLIMENTS OFFOUR HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS

ACTUATED BY VALVES.

THANKS TO CLIFF,I'M AN HONORARY GEARHEAD.

[METALLIC CREAKING]

[CRUNCHING SOUND]

[POWER HUMS DOWN,SMOKE HISSES]

[GROANS TO A HALT]

[CLIFF]: OH...

[ANDY]: OH... OH, NO.

WHAT HAPPENED?

[LOU]:NOT SURE.

OKAY, I'M GOINGTO HAVE TO LOOK

AT THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM.

THAT BEAR'S GOINGTO HAVE TO COME DOWN.

I'LL PUT IT BACKAS SOON AS I CAN, BUT...

IT'S ALL GOOD.

I GOT THIS.

JUST... Y'ALL JUST KEEP ONDECORATING.

I GOT IT.

BULLDOZER LOOKS WORRIED?

NO. NO, NO.COME ON.

WE GOT THIS FAR.WE'LL PUSH THROUGH.

RIGHT.

EVEN WITH ALL THE PRESSURE,

THIS IS MY FAVORITE PARTOF THE BUILD.

[EMILY]:OH, I HAVE TO AGREE.

'CAUSE EVERY YEAR,YOU GET TO SEE

A NEW FLOAT FINALLYCOMING TOGETHER

AT THE LAST MINUTE, HUH?

THAT'S WHAT'S SO INCREDIBLEABOUT THE ROSE PARADE.

NEW FLOATS, NEW YEARS,NEW BEGINNINGS.

[ASHLEY]: SPEAKINGOF NEW BEGINNINGS,

HOW ARE THINGS GOINGWITH YOU AND CLIFF?

ME AND CLIFF?

WELL, THERE ISNO "ME AND CLIFF."

[LAUGHS]

YOU KNOW, HE ACTUALLYCAME WITH ME

TO MY DAD'S HOUSEFOR CHRISTMAS.

-REALLY?-HE DID?

HE DID...

AND IT WAS...IT WAS NICE.

[ASHLEY]:AW...

AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, HE...

HE...?

[LAUGHS]

HE ACTUALLY TOLD MEHE BELIEVED IN ME.

MM...

THAT'S SO SWEET.

I WAS INSPIRED.

[EMILY]: WELL,LIKE YOU SAID,

A NEW YEARBRINGS A NEW BEGINNINGS.

MM-HMM...

AND POSSIBLE NEW ROMANCES,NEW RELATIONSHIPS...

NEW WEDDINGS...

[LAUGHING]

IT'S A START.

[HUMS "THE WEDDING MARCH"]

WHOO! [LAUGHS]

[CLIFF]:MY FINGERS ARE NUMB.

TELL ME ABOUT IT.

WHERE IS ANDY?

[EMILY]:OH, SHE'S GETTING READY,

AND THEN OFFTO THE HOLIDAY GALA TONIGHT.

AND THE ART AUCTION,THANKS TO ME.

YOU KNOW,THE GALA IS THE BIGGEST PARTY

BETWEEN CHRISTMASAND NEW YEAR'S,

AND THE SORT OF THING

A PRETTY GIRLCOULD USE A DATE TO.

WOW.

YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL!

[GASPING]

STUNNING.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

WHAT?

[LAUGHING]

YOU LOOK AMAZING.

SHOULDN'T YOU BEAT THE GALA NOW?

I LIVE DOWN THE STREET,

AND I COULDN'T DRIVE BYWITHOUT STOPPING TO SAY

THANK YOU, GUYS,FOR EVERYTHING.

AND DINNER IS ON ME TONIGHT.

I'LL BE BACKTO WORK THE LATE SHIFT.

OKAY.

NOW YOU BOTH GOAND HAVE FUN.

"BOTH"?

I JUST HADTO GRAB MY JACKET.

I FIGURED, SINCE I GOT YOUINTO THIS WHOLE AUCTION MESS,

I SHOULD PROBABLY MAKE SUREYOU'RE NOT ALONE.

THIS FEELS LIKE A DATE.WHY DOES THIS FEEL LIKE A DATE?

UM, MAYBE BECAUSE IT IS ONE?

DO ONE THING A DAYTHAT SCARES YOU.

NO, I'M NOT SCARED!

I'LL BE FINE!I'M FINE.

[CLIFF]:SHALL WE GO?

[ANDY]: THE AUCTION SHOULD BESTARTING ANY MINUTE.

[CLIFF]:HERE, LET'S HAVE SOME CHAMPAGNE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANKS.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE.

THAT'S EASYFOR YOU TO SAY.

OH, IT'S STARTING.

[EMCEE]: ALL RIGHT,

NOW FOR THE HIGHLIGHTOF OUR EVENING,

AN AUCTION OF ARTWORK FROMSOME OF PASADENA'S BEST ARTISTS,

AND EVERY DOLLAR GOES

TOWARDS THE MANY WONDERFULCHARITIES AND GROUPS

FUNDED BYTHE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES.

OUR FIRST ITEM,A PAINTING

DONE BY PASADENA'S PRINCESSOF FLOAT DECORATING,

ANDREA LINDRY.

THAT'S YOUR DAD'S PLACE.

IT LOOKS JUST LIKE IT DIDTHE OTHER NIGHT!

I WAS INSPIRED.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

[EMCEE]:OUR BIDDING STARTS AT $500.

DO I HAVE ANY BIDS?

[QUIET MURMUR]

ANYONE?

IT'S HISTORYREPEATING ITSELF.

NO, THESE ARE JUSTA BUNCH OF STIFFS.

WE JUST NEEDTO PRIME THE PUMP.

$500!

CLIFF! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

IT'S BASIC SALES PSYCHOLOGY.

SOMEONE WILL CHIME IN NOW.

[EMCEE]: WE'RE AT $500.

DO I HEAR $1,000?

THE BID IS AT $500.DO I HEAR $1,000?

A THOUSAND.

$1,100.

$1,200.

[MAN]: $1,300.

[WOMAN]: $1,500!

[EMCEE]: WE'RE AT $1,500.

DO I HEAR $1,600?

[WOMAN]: $2,000!

WOW!

-TOLD YA.-WOW.

[ANDY LAUGHS IN DELIGHT]

THAT WAS AMAZING!

YOU JUST RAISED$4,000 FOR CHARITY.

THEY JUST NEEDEDA LITTLE PUSH,

THANK YOU.

NOW, IF YOU'RE SO ANGRY AT ME,WHY ARE YOU SMILING?

I'M NOT SMILING.

DO YOU HAVE TIMEIN YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE

FOR A DANCE?

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

YEAH, WHY NOT?

[♪♪]

[LAUGHS]

OH!

THIS IS HOW WE DO SNOWIN CALIFORNIA.

YOU'RE A GOOD DANCER.

GOT SOME TRICKS UP MY SLEEVE.

YES, YOU DO.

[LAUGHS]

ALL GOOD.

LIKE ALL OF US,

THIS LITTLE FELLAJUST NEEDED

A LITTLE EXTRA SUPPORT.

[LAUGHS]

GUESS THAT MBA

DIDN'T PUSH ALL YOURCONSTRUCTION SKILLS ASIDE.

MAKES YOU PROUD, HUH?

NORMALLY,WHEN I DO MY JOB WELL,

I JUST SEE TIRED FACESAND PAPERS GETTING PUSHED,

BUT...HERE, I SEE SOMETHING REAL.

YEAH.

I THINK WE'RE GOINGTO MAKE OUR DEADLINE.

YEAH, I THINK I HEARTHE ECHOES OF SUCCESS.

IT'S ALMOST 8:00.

DAY SHIFT WILL BE IN SOON.

CLIFF, DIDN'T YOU SAY

YOU MISSEDCHRISTMAS SNOWBALL FIGHTS

BACK EAST?

YEAH, WHY?

WE DON'T HAVE TIMEFOR THIS!

I KNOW!

[LAUGHING]

[FOOTSTEPS]

[MR. ELLSWORTH]: CLIFF!

MR. ELLSWORTH!

HI.

[CLIFF]: UH...

SIR...

MR. ELLSWORTH,

THIS IS ANDY...

FROM SUNSHINE FLOATS.

HELLO.

WHAT IS THAT?

WHY IS THE BEAR'S HEADDETACHED FROM ITS BODY?

IT'S JUSTA MINOR SETBACK...

CLIFF, WHAT HAPPENEDTO "AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

AND UNDER-BUDGET"?

SIR, WE'VE MADETERRIFIC HEADWAY!

YOU JUST CAUGHT USAT A BAD MOMENT.

IT'S NOT NEARLYAS BAD AS IT LOOKS.

I'M SURE

THERE'S A LOGICAL REASONFOR ALL OF THIS.

YES!

WE JUST HAD A LITTLE PROBLEMWITH THE HYDRAULICS,

SO WE TOOK IT APART.

IT'LL BE UPAND RUNNING...

HYDRAULICS?

WHEN ARE HYDRAULICSBECOME PART OF THE PLAN?

[BOTH AT ONCE]W-WELL...

WE THOUGHT IT WOULD ADDA SPECIAL TOUCH.

YES, AND UP OUR GAME.

[MR. ELLSWORTH]:YOU'RE NOWHERE NEAR DONE,

AND YOU DECIDEDTO REACH FOR THE STARS?

I MEAN, I WAS ALREADY SKEPTICALABOUT THE WATERFALL,

AND NOW THIS?

AHEAD OF SCHEDULE'SCLEARLY NOT HAPPENING,

AND THE BUDGET?

I DON'T WANTTO EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

MR. ELLSWORTH, WE HAVE BEENBUILDING FLOATS FOR YEARS,

AND I'M VERY CONFIDENTWE CAN DELIVER.

MS. LINDRY, I HIREDYOUR FATHER TO OVERSEE THIS.

I DIDN'T HIRE YOU.

YES, MY FATHERIS THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS,

BUT GIVEN HIS HEALTH,

I AM DOING MY BESTTO FILL HIS SHOES.

I'M SUREYOU HAD GOOD INTENTIONS,

BUT CLIFF SAIDYOU WERE OUT OF YOUR DEPTH

AND THAT THIS FLOATWOULD BE A DISASTER

WITH YOU IN CHARGE,

AND IT SEEMSHE WAS RIGHT.

WOW.

YOU SAID THAT?

NO!

YES, BUT...

I DIDN'T KNOWWHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU YET.I WAS JUST VENTING.

I CAN'T BELIEVEYOU WOULD SAID THAT TO HIM.

ANDY...

I'D EXPECT THATFROM ART CRITICS,

BUT NOT FROM YOU.

YOU NEVER BELIEVED IN ME.

ANDY, WAIT!

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.

[CLIFF AND MR. ELLSWORTHTALKING, INDISTINCT]

HEY! GOOD MORNING,CHRISTINE!

WHAT'S GOING ON?

IT'S NOT PRETTY.

A GUY IN A SUIT IS SPEAKINGIN LOW TONES TO CLIFF.

[EMILY]:WHERE'S ANDY?

SHE TOOK OFFAS I WAS DRIVING IN,

AND SHE LOOKEDPRETTY UPSET.

[SIGHS] OH, DEAR.

WELL, LET'S FIND OUTWHAT'S WRONG.

[CLIFF]:LOOK, MR. ELLSWORTH,

THERE HAVE BEENSOME EXECUTIVE DECISIONS,

AND IF ANY OF THEMARE MISSTEPS,

THEN THAT'S ALL ON ME.

OH,

THERE'S BEEN SOME MISSTEPSALL RIGHT.

[CLIFF]: BUT THE REASONTHIS FLOAT WAS ON ITS WAY

TO BEING TERRIFIC

IS ANDY.

SHE AND EVERYONE ELSE

HAVE PUT THEIR HEARTS AND SOULSAND ART INTO IT.

LOOK, IT'S NOBLETO DEFEND HER,

BUT LET'S FINISHWHAT WE STARTED.

FORGET THE WATERFALL,FORGET THE HYDRAULICS,

AND GET THE BEAR'S HEADBACK ON...

NOTHING MORE.

BUT SIR,WE HAVE A CHANCE TO...

AND THEN I THINKYOU SHOULD HEAD BACK TO CHICAGO,

AND WHEN I RETURN,

WE NEED TO DISCUSS YOUR FUTUREAT NORTH LAKE,

AND WHETHER YOU STILL HAVE ONE.

I UNDERSTAND...

AND FOR THE RECORD?

I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE

WHO'S PUT MORE PASSIONAND COMMITMENT INTO HER WORK

THAN ANDY.

YEAH, SO IF YOU HEAROF ANY JOBS AT YOUR FIRM,

LET ME KNOW.

THANKS, JOHN.I OWE YOU.

GOOD MORNING,MR. BASKERS.

LOOKING FORWARDTO THE PARADE?

ACTUALLY,I'M CHECKING OUT EARLY.

I'VE GOT TO CATCHA FLIGHT BACK EAST

IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.

ON NEW YEAR'S EVE?

BUT YOU WILL MISSEVERYTHING!

YEAH.THINK I ALREADY HAVE, ACTUALLY.

WELL, I HOPE YOU ENJOYEDYOUR STAY WITH US

HERE IN PASADENA.

YEAH, IT'S BEEN...

SURPRISING.

DAD, I'M SORRYI LET YOU DOWN.

I LET EVERYONE DOWN.

I DISAPPOINTED THE CLIENT.

AW, HONEY, YOU'RE DOINGTHE BEST YOU CAN

IN AN IMPOSSIBLESITUATION.

THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO.

BUT WHAT IF IT HURTSTHE COMPANY?

HONEY, COMPANIES COME AND GO.

MY LIFE IS MY FAMILY.

EVERYTHING ELSEIS WINDOW-DRESSING...

BUT WHEN ARE YOU GOING

TO GET BACKINTO YOUR PASSION?

DAD...

BACK INTO LIFE.

YOU'VE BEEN LIVINGON THE SIDELINES

FOR TOO LONG...

AND, UH...

WHATEVER HAPPENEDWITH CLIFF?

WE GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT.

CRUNCH WEEK.SQUABBLES HAPPEN.

THIS WAS NO SQUABBLE.

HE'S OPINIONATED.HE'S RUDE.

HE'S ALWAYS SO SURE HE'S RIGHT.

I'VE GOTA WHOLE LIST OF THINGS.

AH, WELL,HE MAY BE A BULLDOZER,

BUT CLIFF SEEMS TO BEA PRETTY GOOD GUY.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, TOO,

BUT I WAS WRONG.

ANYWAY, I AM GOINGTO PULL MYSELF TOGETHER,

AND I WILL SEE THIS FLOATTHROUGH TO THE END.

SWEETHEART,

ALL THESE YEARSBUILDING FLOATS...

HAVEN'T YOU REALIZED?

NEW YEAR'S ISN'TJUST AN ENDING.

IT'S A BEGINNING, TOO.

I LOVE YOU, DAD.

I LOVE YOU, TOO,SWEETHEART...

SO MUCH.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

[ANDY]: COMING!

HEY, EMILY!COME ON IN.

I'M JUST GETTING READYTO GO BACK TO THE WAREHOUSE.

I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW...

CLIFF IS HEADING BACKTO CHICAGO.

WELL...

I MEAN, WHAT DOESIT MATTER, RIGHT?

IN THE END,

IT WAS JUST BUSINESSTO CLIFF ANYWAY.

REALLY?

'CAUSE IT WASN'TVERY GOOD BUSINESS,

THE WAY CLIFF TOOKALL THE BLAME.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

AFTER YOU LEFT,CLIFF STOOD UP FOR YOU

AND TOOK RESPONSIBILITYFOR THE WHOLE THING.

HE DID?

YES,

AND MADE PERFECTLY CLEARTHAT HE NEVER MET ANYONE

WHO PUT MORE PASSIONINTO THEIR WORK THAN YOU.

JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW.

THANK YOU.

HEY...

HERE TO MAKE SUREI LEAVE TOWN?

MY CAB WILL BE ALONGANY MINUTE.

ACTUALLY, I'M...HERE TO APOLOGIZE.

EMILY TOLD MEEVERYTHING YOU DID,

STANDING UP FOR METO YOUR BOSS.

I WAS JUST TELLINGTHE TRUTH.

EVEN IF THAT COST YOUYOUR JOB?

MAYBE IT'S TIMEI FOUND ANOTHER JOB

WHERE I WASN'T CONSTANTLY HAVINGTO PROVE MYSELF...

TO MY DAD OR...

TO MYSELF.

I'M REALLY SORRY, CLIFF.

IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGINGPAST FEW WEEKS.

[LAUGHS]

YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN.

I HAVE AN IDEA, THOUGH.

I MEAN, OUR FLOAT,IT MAY BE A LOST CAUSE,

BUT DIDN'T A WISE PERSONONCE SAY

THAT EVERY PROBLEM IS JUSTAN OPPORTUNITY IN DISGUISE?

COME ON, WE DON'THAVE A LOT OF TIME.

OKAY, TEAM, THANK YOUFOR HOLDING DOWN THE FORT.

UH, ANDY,COULD I SAY A FEW WORDS?

OF COURSE!

SO WE COULD LAUNCHAN ORDINARY FLOAT,

BUT A WISE PERSONONCE HELPED ME UNDERSTAND

THAT A TRUE ARTISTNEVER SETTLES.

WE HAVE ONE LAST CHANCEFOR A HAIL MARY HERE,

AND WE CAN DO SOMETHINGREALLY SPECIAL AS A TEAM.

HAIL MARY'S MY FAVORITE WAYTO WIN THE GAME.

[LAUGHS]

[LOU]: THE HYDRAULICSSTILL DON'T WORK,

AND WE'RE NOTFINISHED DECORATING,

AND RE-BUILDINGTHAT BEAR, WE...

WE'RE STILLA FEW THOUSAND ROSES SHORT!

AM I MISSING ANYTHING?

THEN WE HAVE OUR WORKCUT OUT FOR US.

I'LL TAKE CAREOF THE ROSES.

[ERIC]: AND...

I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA ABOUTHOW TO GET US SOME EXTRA HANDS.

ALL RIGHT!LET'S GO, TEAM!

GO, TEAM!

ONLY SIX HOURS'TIL THE FLOAT INSPECTORS COME.

IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE.

[HYDRAULICS HUM]

[ANDY]: OFF!

TURN IT OFF.

STILL NOT WORKING?

NO, AND IF WE DON'T GETTHE FLOAT WORKING PROPERLY,

WE WON'T PASS INSPECTIONS,

AND THENTHERE'S NO PARADE FOR US.

IT JUST DOESN'TMAKE ANY SENSE.

MM-MM...BUT WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP AT IT.

[BOY]: HEY, ERIC!THERE HE IS.

ALL RIGHT!

IT'S MY TEAMMATESTO THE RESCUE.

LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYSBROUGHT YOUR FRIENDS...

AND YOUR FAMILIES!

HEY, BRO,WHO NEEDS A HAND?

OH, GUYS, MEET MY TEACHER,MS. LINDRY.

HI!

THE ONE WHO WAS FAILINGYOU IN ART CLASS?

WELL, HE MAY BESTRUGGLING IN CLASS,

BUT HE IS ACINGTHIS INDEPENDENT STUDY,

AND THE IMPORTANT THING IS,YOU GUYS ARE ALL HERE,

AND WE ARE PAYINGWITH PIZZA,

SO I'LL LET YOUPUT THEM TO WORK.

ALL RIGHT,LET'S GO.

[ANDY]:THANK YOU!

HOW'S IT LOOKING,CHRISTINE?

WE STILL NEEDMORE FLOWERS.

CLIFF, IS THAT YOU?

OH! OH...

LET ME HELP YOU.I GOT IT.

OH, WOW!

I GOT MOREIN THE DELIVERY TRUCK.

WHERE DID YOU FIND THESE?

I STOPPED BY A FEWOF THE OTHER FLOAT BARNS.

EVEN THOUGH THEY'RETHE COMPETITION,

EVERY TEAM CHIPPEDIN TO HELP US

WITH THEIR SPARE ROSES.

THE REST, I GOTSPECIAL ORDERED.

HOW DID YOU PAYFOR THEM?

MY TREAT.

SEEMED LIKE A SMALL PRICE TO PAYTO FINISH THE FLOAT.

OH!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

ALL RIGHT, WELL,THIS IS DEFINITELY ENOUGH ROSES!

YEAH, YOU THINK?

[ANDY]: LET'S GET STARTED.

[CLIFF]: DOWN TO BUSINESS.GRAB THOSE.

SO THESE ARE THE PINK ONESRIGHT HERE?

HOW ARE THE MECHANICSLOOKING, LOU?

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME.

HONESTLY, I'M STUMPED.

NOW, IF THIS WOULD'VE BEENA GOOD OLD DIESEL ENGINE,

I WOULD HAVE HAD THIS FIXEDDAYS AGO.

[AL]: I HEARDYOU GOT A BIG PROBLEM.

DAD!

IT'S OKAY.I HAVE A NOTE FROM MY DOCTOR.

IN FACT...

I BROUGHT MY DOCTOR.

FIGURED I'D LEND A HAND.

THANK YOU FOR COMING!

SO, MIND IF I HAVE A LOOKAT THE PATIENT?

BE MY GUEST.

AH, THANKS.

CLIFF!YOU WANT TO ASSIST?

GOOD NEWS.

I PUT IN A COUPLE CALLS,

AND THE INSPECTORS ARE GOINGTO STOP BY OUR FLOAT LAST!

THIS IS GOING TO BUY USA FEW EXTRA HOURS.

-OH, THAT'S FANTASTIC!-YEAH.

HOW'S IT GOING?

GOOD!

WELL...

YOU'RE TRYINGTO TURN THE BEAR,

BUT ALSO DRIVE ITFORWARD.

YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER

THAT THE MOMENTUMOF THE FLOAT

IS PUTTING STRESSON THIS DRIVE CHAIN.

NO MATTER HOW MUCHYOU TRY TO MAKE IT RUN

AS DESIGNED...

IT'S NEVER GOINGTO RUN SMOOTHLY.

GIVE THE DRIVE CHAINSOME SLACK,

AND I BET YOU'LL HAVENO TROUBLE AT ALL.

JUST NEEDS A LITTLE ROOMTO DO ITS THING.

YEAH, I GUESS I NEEDTO LEARN TO DO THAT.

SHE'S A CREATIVE SPIRIT, CLIFF.

SHE'S LUCKYTO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT.

[FOOTSTEPS]

OKAY, SO,WHAT'S THE PROGNOSIS, DAD?

DON'T ASK ME.

CLIFF HEREFIGURED OUT THE PROBLEM.

CLIFF, WE DON'T HAVEA LOT OF TIME.

I THINK I CAN FIX IT.

LET ME GIVE IT A TRY.

[CLIFF]: ALL RIGHT.

IF THAT DOESN'T FIX IT,I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL.

THE FLOAT INSPECTORSSHOULD BE HERE ANY SECOND.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I THINK IT BEATSA DAY AT THE OFFICE.

I KNEWYOU'D SEE THE LIGHT.

SO THIS ISWHAT 20,000 ROSES LOOK LIKE...

ACTUALLY, 19,999.

SAVED ONE FOR YOU.

[INSPECTOR 1]: HELLO?

ARE WE READYFOR FLOAT INSPECTION?

[ANDY]: THEY'RE HERE!

[INSPECTOR 2]:AND HERE WE HAVE

THE NORTH LAKE FLOAT,"FISHING FOLLIES."

YOU READY?

HERE GOES NOTHING.

[FLIPS SWITCH]

[HUMS TO LIFE]

[TEAM CHEERS]

SO CONSIDER THISOUR SMALL THANK-YOU

FOR THE HOURSOF TIRELESS WORK.

TO THE FLOAT BUILDERSAND VOLUNTEERS

THAT MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN!

[CHEERING]

COVERED IN GLUE...SLEEP-DEPRIVED...

SORE...

THIS IS EASILYTHE BEST NEW YEAR'S EVER.

[ASHLEY]: IT'S ALMOST MIDNIGHT!

TIME TO BREAK OPENTHE CHAMPAGNE!

TEN, NINE,

EIGHT, SEVEN,

SIX, FIVE

FOUR, THREE,

TWO, ONE...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[PARTY HORNS BLOWING]

[SINGER]: ♪ WHEN MISTLETOEAND TINSEL GLOW ♪

♪ PAINT A YULETIDE VALENTINE ♪

♪ BACK HOME I GOTO THOSE I KNOW ♪

♪ FOR A CHRISTMASAULD LANG SYNE ♪

[CHEERING]

WHAT'S THAT?

IT'S THE LISTOF NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

I WAS WRITING FOR YOU.

IT'S LONG!

I DON'T THINKWE NEED THESE ANYMORE.

LET ME SEEWHAT'S ON IT!

MM-MM!WE DON'T NEED 'EM.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

[GIGGLES]

WELL, ONENEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION

I DO INTEND TO KEEP?

THIS YEAR,

I'M GOING TO TAKE TIMETO STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES.

[CHEERING]

[MARCHING BAND PLAYING]

[MARK]: AND SO, AS WE WELCOMEAMERICA'S NEW YEAR CELEBRATION,

THE ROSE PARADE,DAWNING WITH FLOWERS

AND A PROMISE OF HAPPINESSAND HOPE

IN THE YEAR AHEAD,

AND REMEMBER,

AS WE ALL ENJOY THE BIGGESTSINGLE FLORAL DISPLAY

IN THE WORLD,

LET US TAKE TIMETO WISH HAPPY NEW YEAR

TO ALL OF THOSE,

INCLUDING OUR FAMILYAND FRIENDS.

DOES THAT GIVE YOU GOOSEBUMPS,OR WHAT?

[MARCHING BAND PLAYS]

[FLAME WHOOSHES]

[AL]: NOW, THIS IS THE WAYTO WATCH THE ROSE PARADE!

I JUST HOPE CHRISTINE'SENJOYING DRIVING THE FLOAT.

I MEAN, SHE DID SAYHER NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION

WAS TO TRY NEW THINGS.

WELL, ERIC WILL BEWATCHING EVERY TURN.

OH, THERE IT IS!

[CHEERING]

[ANDY]: NICE WORK,EVERYONE!

CLIFF?

WHAT CAN I SAY?

I WAS WRONG.

YOU TOOK THE INITIATIVE,

MADE AN EXECUTIVE DECISION,YOU GOT GREAT RESULTS.

JUST THE EXECUTIVE I NEED

TO HEAD UP THE COMPANY'SNEW SHANGHAI OFFICE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I'D BE HONORED, SIR,

BUT, UH...

ACTUALLY, I'M GOINGTO BE STAYING IN PASADENA.

YOU SEE, THERE'S A GALLERY

THAT WANTS TO SHOWSOME OF MY WORK,

AND SUNSHINE FLOATSSURE COULD USE A NEW CO-MANAGER

WHO ISN'T AFRAIDTO GET HIS HANDS DIRTY.

AND I COULD USEA CHANGE OF PACE.

DON'T WORRY.

WE'LL GIVE YOU A DEALON NEXT YEAR'S FLOAT.

WELL, BEST TO YOU BOTH.

HERE'S TONEW BEGINNINGS.

NEW BEGINNINGS...

I COULDN'T HAVE SAID ITBETTER MYSELF.

[♪♪]