01x16 - Forgetting Stella's Birthday

[bunniefuu]

[laughs]
Give me a "C"!

-C!
-Give me an "O"!

-O!
-Give me--

Dad, we've got school.
How many more letters are there gonna be?

I was going to spell "Coler,"
as in Robert Lincoln Coler.

The music critic?

The most respected music critic
in the business.

I hate that guy.
He's so pedantic, pompous, pretentious.

It looks like someone's been reading
their word-a-day calendar.

Yeah, well, he loved your last album.

That Coler?
He's so cool.

-Some would say sagacious.
-Watch your mouth.

It means "shrewd."
May 23rd.

I thought it was impossible
to get an interview with that guy.

Yeah, it is.

It is, which is why it's so unbelievably
awesome I got us an interview!

-No way.
-Awesome.

[laughs]
Let's celebrate.

-Five-second dance party. Go.
-[dance music playing]

And we're dancing.
Let's dance it.

Mom, Dad's dancing again!

Come on, you guys.
All right, we'll do more dancing later.

Robert Coler.

-[theme music playing]
-♪ Yeah! ♪

♪ Hey! ♪

♪ I was sitting at home ♪

♪ Watching TV all alone ♪

♪ So tired of routines ♪

♪ The day goes on and on ♪

♪ So I pick up the phone ♪

♪ Call everyone I know ♪

♪ I say there's gonna be a party ♪

♪ Hit the music, here we go, yeah ♪

♪ You gotta live to party
Bust your move ♪

♪ Everybody's in the groove ♪

♪ Tell the DJ to play our song ♪

♪ Are you ready to rock and roll? ♪

♪ Gotta live to party
Bust your move ♪

♪ Everybody's in the groove ♪

♪ Live to ♪

♪ Party! ♪

OK, OK, you wore me down.

You can have your present now.
Happy birthday.

Thank you.

What is it? Is it chocolate?
I bet it's music.

Is it a scarf?
Two scarves?

I totally love scarves.

Oh, this is my 10th birthday.

Joe, Nick, Kevin and me, we just...
we sat around in our pajamas

playing that board game Dopey Doctor,
and we drank hot chocolate

with those little mini marshmallows in it.

Aww.

Macy, is this... is this you?

I kind of added myself in.

I know I didn't know you guys back then,
but if I did, I'd be right there, right?

-Of course.
-Yay.

-Oh, thank you so much. I love it.
-You're welcome.

So... what are the guys doing

-for your birthday this year?
-Oh, well, you know,

they haven't said anything about it yet.

-Uh-huh.
-So...

I'm sure they're throwing
an awesome party,

-So find something great to wear.
-Oh, I can't wait.

I'm so excited, I can't even sit.

See?

Nope, not gonna happen.

I have a huge surprise for you.

-You do?
-We are gonna remember this day forever.

-We are?
-At 6:00,

Jonas has an interview
with Robert Lincoln Coler.

He's who?

I mean, that's great.
He's huge.

Yeah, so we need you to come over early
and help out with all the wardrobe.

Kevin thinks we should wear leather vests.

-Yeah, that could work.
-With no shirts?

I'm gonna get there early.

Perfect.
I've gotta go... science.

If you get there late,
you have to sit in front

and Mr. Engel's a spitter.
Bye.

Joe forgot your birthday.

No. No, he didn't.

They do this to me every year.
They try to, like, psyche me out.

Obviously, he's throwing a surprise party.

-How excited are you?
-It's just a birthday.

-OK, maybe a little excited.
-[both squeal]

-What's this?
-Oh, nothing.

Just my "Hottie of the Year" award.

I've been meaning
to hang this thing up for weeks.

And you just decided to put it up
right now before the interview?

-What are these?
-Oh, these old things?

Just a couple of my song writing awards.
No biggie.

Well, this one's a biggie.

Got it in first grade:

"Best Melody
in an Original Alphabet Song."

-[doorbell rings]
-That must be Stella and Macy.

-I'll get it.
-[sighs] Nick, I cannot believe

how self-centered you guys are being.

How about we show a little modesty?

What? I've been getting into
hip-hop fashion.

And you just decided to turn your
Golden Shredder award into a necklace?

Word to your mother...
who also happens to be my mother.

Hey, guys, come on in.

Wow. You guys look amazing.

Thank you. It's just something I threw on.

You know, casual enough for hanging out
but dressy enough for... celebration.

-OK.
-This dress cost me a fortune

and I can hardly breathe,
but I look really good.

-Let's go upstairs.
-OK.

What are you doing?

I always like to look good
when I go upstairs.

Stella's coming upstairs.

Here she comes.

I'm coming up the stairs.

Just coming up the stairs.

-Oh my gosh, this is such a sur... prise.
-What's such a surprise?

I mean, there are no decorations,
food or drinks.

No, Coler wanted to see
what our life was really like at home.

Which means we need to keep it real.
Oh.

So, you're really being
interviewed by Coler?

[sighs]

If we weren't really being
interviewed by Coler,

would Kevin be dressed like that?

Stella, can you please go fix that?

Give me a little bit of the h-i-s-t-o-r-y.

Why? because the fans want to know.

[Kevin]
Uh, well, you know...

Dad of Jonas, are you OK?

Fine, fine. [clears throat]
I'm fine.

It's just a good interview with Coler
could take this band to a whole new level,

and a bad one could destroy everything

I have spent
my entire life working towards.

They're gonna do great,
and then we can go out and celebrate.

You know, I bet even
if they don't do great,

we'll go out and celebrate.

Did anyone mention anything
about celebrating?

Matisse, may I please... please, some tea.

Kevin, Nick and Joe,
two world tours, millions of fans...

I mean, how... how does that...

How does that make you feel?

-Hot, hot, hot, hot!
-OK, fair enough.

Where does all of your success come from?

-My pants.
-Don't you think

-you're being a little full of yourself?
-No, no.

"My Pants" is actually the first song
we ever wrote together.

It wasn't that good,
but it had that core Jonas sound.

That's why we say
we owe all our success to "My Pants."

Moving on.
Let's rap about touring.

All right?

I'd like to get the Jonas take
on life on the road.

What's your favorite part?

-Oh, the fans.
-Definitely the fans.

The fans.

And also...

I love the tiny shampoo bottles
you get at the hotels.

You know, I like to be in the shower,
and pretend I'm a giant monster and go,

[low voice] "Oh, watch out, tiny shampoo!
You will die!"

[high voice] "Oh, tell soap I love her!"
[low voice] "No, you have no chance!"

[roars]

[laughing]

Dig it. I have tiny shampoo bottles
from every hotel I've ever been in.

-Me too.
-Me too.

I have conditioner as well.

What happened?
I blacked out there for a second.

Well, thank you, gentlemen.
I found you guys quite perspicacious.

That means "insightful."

Or was it "to sweat like a cow"?

[chuckles]

-Great job, guys.
-[exhales]

So, I thought that went really great.
What are we doing now?

Excellent question. Stella.

What are we doing on this
very special evening?

I don't know about you guys,

but showing my better side all day
has got me exhausted.

I'm going to bed.
Good night, guys.

Yeah, I'm wiped. Have a good night, guys.
See you soon.

Yeah, after three hours,
even I'm tired of talking about myself.

Oh, wait, I almost forgot.
Don't forget your purse.

They... they forgot my birthday.

I can't believe they did that.
I'm gonna go yell at them.

-No, I don't want you to yell at them.
-Good, 'cause I could never yell at them.

-I guess I'll see you tomorrow?
-Mm-hmm.

Happy birthday, dear Stella.

Happy birthday to you.

Thanks.

-Bye.
-Bye.

[door opens, closes]

[electricity crackles]

What?

I knew it.

Oh! Hey, Stella.
I didn't know you were still here.

I blew a fuse plugging in my hot comb.

I'll get this fixed in a jiff.

[door opens]

Happy... birthday to me.

-[door opens]
-[thudding]

-[Stella] Ow! Ouch!
-[door closes]

Something on your mind, Macy?

You know, if I didn't
like you guys so much,

I wouldn't like you guys so much.
You forgot Stella's birthday.

That's impossible.
Her birthday's after Joe's,

which is before mine.

-Mm-hmm.
-The seventh?

Which was yesterday!
[gasps]

OK, we need to find Stella
and apologize immediately.

Oh, she's gonna be really mad.

Oh, you know,
I think I got it covered.

-[Kevin] Uh, Stella?
-What... what's going on?

We're really sorry.

We can't believe we forgot your birthday.

Hold up.
Is that what this is about?

You forgot Stella's birthday?

You're on your own.

-Please don't hurt us!
-Guys, it's fine. It's OK.

Look, I admit I was
a little mad at you last night,

but then I started thinking about it,
and your lives are so busy.

I can understand forgetting
the little things.

You're not a little thing.
You're Stella.

How about we throw you
a surprise party at the zoo?

Oops. You know what?
We're gonna do that next year.

I... I'm just gonna stop talking now.

Or we can celebrate the way we did
when we were little kids:

drink hot cocoa
and play board games in our pajamas.

How do you always know
exactly what I want?

OK, I'm giving you guys one more chance.

I know how busy you are.

Sometimes you just have to
stop being rock stars.

OK, pajama party it is.

Oh, and I'll take
a rain check on the zoo...

Unless it's the London Zoo.

I mean, you are rock stars.

-Thank you very much.
-[door opens]

-Hey, give me a "C"!
-"Coler."

What? Oh, yeah.
Anyway, I just talked to him.

Did he say anything about my Hottie award?

No. No, no, but he was so happy
with the interview

that he's gonna make
you guys the cover story.

-Oh! Awesome.
-Awesome.

So nothing about the Hottie award?

-He's gonna be here in an hour.
-In an hour?

-Yeah.
-He can't come in an hour.

Stella's coming over
to celebrate her birthday.

Well, you can't bail on Coler.

Look the last band to cancel
an interview with this guy

-was the Happy Teens.
-[boys] Who?

Exactly. All right,
now I know Stella will be disappointed,

but she'll understand.
Do you want me to talk to her?

I can be gentle but firm.

No, no, you know what, we'll talk to her.
She's our friend.

Ah, thank goodness.
That girl scares me.

Guys, we can't cancel on Stella,
and we can't cancel on Coler.

-There's no way out.
-It's the Happy Teens all over again.

I have an idea. What if we do
the interview with Coler upstairs

and Stella's birthday downstairs?

But won't that make Stella mad?

You know, taking away time
from her birthday party

for some rock-star interview?

Plus, Coler won't think
we're taking him seriously.

No, not if they don't
know about each other.

Keep talking.

Look, we go back and forth:
upstairs, downstairs.

-We've got poles. How hard could it be?
-Keep talking.

-It's like we'll be in two places at once.
-Keep talking.

-No, I'm done.
-Then stop talking.

-Let's get ready.
-Let's do it.

Today, I want to delve into your
personal lives a little bit, all right?

I want to get into
the essence of your essence.

[doorbell rings]

Our Chinese food is here.
I'll be right back.

-Oh, Macy, Stella, come on in.
-Hey.

We are all dressed for the pajama party.

Whoo!
Where are your pajamas?

Oh, they're upstairs.

-I was ironing them.
-[Kevin] Oh, oh, ooh! Joe!

I think Kevin just touched the iron.
I'll be right back.

-Hot! Hot!
-What did I miss?

Oh, just having some tea.

I was just asking your brothers

how, with all of your success
and your commitments,

you find time for, you know,
friends and school.

How about I answer that
and you run downstairs?

-Right.
-In your pajamas.

-Right.
-Your pajamas?

Um, was the song
that we wrote after "My Pants."

-"Your Pajamas."
-Oh. Yeah.

-We like to write about what we know.
-And what we wear.

-All right, let's get this party started.
-Oh, my gosh.

I can't believe you still have
this Dopey Doctor game.

I mean, with the fake stethoscope,
and the fake casts and everything.

I feel fake sick already.

Well, it means a lot to me
that you guys are doing this.

I mean, with all your
fame and success that you...

-you still have time for me.
-Stella, you know how we feel about you.

And tonight is all about Stella
and only Stella.

A large order of Stella
with Stella on the side.

-[Joe] Nick!
-Gotta run.

And ever since then
I've been a boxer brief man.

-I hope that answered your question.
-Well, actually, my question

was about your favorite subject
in school, um...

and I was asking him.

[Stella] Hey, guys
ready for Dopey Doctor?

-Who is that?
-That's our nutty nurse.

I'm sure it's nothing.
You know, what, let me just go che...

I'll be right back.

-Hey, guys!
-Hey, aren't those Nick's pajamas?

Um, not on Fridays.

-Where are Joe and Nick?
-Doing the interview.

What interview?
What am I talking about?

[Nick]
Oh! Hot! Hot! Oh!

Um, I should go.
Oh, look... ice!

-Oh! Oh! Ah.
-Hi, guys.

Ice?

[rock music playing]

♪ Empty words ♪

♪ Empty promises ♪

♪ Show me that I'm not cut out ♪

♪ For the road ♪

♪ Of the entertainer ♪

♪ Because I'm really not that loud ♪

♪ Too much to do ♪

♪ And too little time ♪

♪ Fix it now before it isn't right ♪

♪ Pick up the clock ♪

♪ And mend the broken hand ♪

♪ All we've got to do is just believe ♪

♪ That time is on our side ♪

♪ Pick up the clock ♪

♪ And mend the broken hand ♪

♪ All we've got to do ♪

♪ Is just believe ♪

♪ That time is on our side ♪

♪ That time is on our side ♪

[music stops]

You guys say that
you are living the dream.

OK, with all of your success

how do you, as my friend Beyoncé
likes to say, keep it real?

Well, keeping it real
is the most important thing for us.

Friends and family come first.

They... they always have
and they always will.

-OK.
-[Stella crying]

Well, you could've fooled me,

but then I guess you did
for a little while.

-Stella.
-Isn't that your stylist, Stella Malone?

-Yeah.
-And didn't you tell me yesterday

-that she was your best friend?
-Yesterday she was.

Heavy.

Very heavy.

Stella, please forgive us.

We know we messed up and we are so sorry.

Look, I understand
that you guys are busy,

I do, and I can deal with that,
but trying to trick me?

How could you ever think
that that was OK?

This was the worst birthday of my life...
two days in a row.

We're the worst best friends ever.

Stella, there you are.

-I have the Coler interview with Jonas.
-I'm really not interested.

"Friendship is a major chord
in the life of Jonas.

They couldn't stop talking
about their stylist...

and best friend Stella Malone."

OK, give me that.

"Said Joe, 'We feel blessed
to have Stella in our lives.

She's my inspiration.'"

Oh.

Stella, I know you probably
never want to see us again,

which would be kind of hard since
we go to school together,

-and you work with us...
-Unless you want to make

yourself some really fantastic blindfolds.

We just want you to know
that we're really,

really, really, really, really sorry.

-How sorry?
-Really, really, really, really sorry.

I don't know.
It seems like a pretty crummy way

to treat your inspiration.

"Inspiration"?
Wait a minute. You read the article.

Oh, what? What article?

How long were you gonna make us sweat?

I cleared my afternoon.
[chuckles]

Guys, what you said
in the Coler interview was

the best birthday present
I could've ever asked for.

-So, we're good?
-Yeah. Thank you.

-Aww... guys.
-[grunts]

-Five-second dance party! Come on!
-[dance music playing]

Who is in it?

-[music stops]
-I'm turning into my father.

Thirty seconds
to save the patient, Doctor.

-Scalpel.
-Scalpel!

That's not a scalpel.
This is a cake fork.

Sorry, Doctor.
Ten seconds!

-I'm going in.
-I can't watch.

Get her out of here.
She's not sterile.

"The patient has recovered.
Nice work, Dopey Doctor.

-Move ahead three spaces."
-[laughs]

-[sighs]
-[sighs]

I remember this game
being a lot more fun.

Yeah, me too.