06x10 - To Tony, with Love

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Singer: ♪ there's a time for
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♪ so take a chance
and face the wind ♪

♪ an open road and
a road that's hidden ♪

♪ a brand-new life
around the bend ♪

♪ there were times ♪

♪ i lost a dream or two ♪

♪ found the trail ♪

♪ and at the end was you ♪

♪ there's a path you take
and a path not taken ♪

♪ the choice is
up to you, my friend ♪

♪ nights are long
but you might awaken ♪

♪ to a brand-new life ♪

♪ brand-new life ♪

♪ a brand-new life
around the bend ♪

I still think this
was a mistake.

Why do I put myself
to so much pressure?

Why do I punish myself?

Tony I'm the one who suggested
you take this aptitude test.

Why do I listen to you?

Tony, this is going to
help you choose a major.

This test is designed
to help you focus.

I know, I know
but what if it says

All I'm good at
is digging ditches

Or dog catchin'?

What if it says
you'd make a
great nuclear physicist.

Oh, great. Great, a career
where I glow in the dark.

You are
very negative today.

Whew.

Mr. Micelli,

I'm dr. Purcell.

Hi, doc,
how are you?

This is angela.

Hello.
Hello.

Your wife?

Uh, no, my boss,

And my friend,

And the woman with whom i,

I shares my important moments
of my life.

Oh, one of those.

I have here the results
of your aptitude test.

Oh, great. How did I do?

Well, now, first,
let me remind you,

That these tests are not meant
to restrict your options.

You're not
bound by them.

Oh, no.
I'm a dog catcher.

Tony, chill out.

Oh, sure. Easy for you
to say, angela.

You have a career
and a good one.

You can afford
a housekeeper.

Now, according
to these results,

You are
self-motivated.

Well, that's true.

You have strong
organizational skills.

Yeah. You should see
my spice rack.

Your leadership skills
are outstanding.

Oh, you know,
I've always had this knack

For getting people
to follow my lead.

Sometimes
even without force.

Here's a list
of some of the fields

In which you have
the potential to excel.

Holy mack--
well.

Will you look at
all of these things?

She was so worried.

Communications,
social services...

Business.

Business.

Me?

You know, as a kid,
I always had this fantasy.

You know, I'm dressed
in a brooks brothers suit,

I'm wearing big, thick,
wingtip shoes, you know.

And I'm making multi
million-dollar deals

On my car phone.

Tony, they didn't have
car phones when you're a kid.

Foresight, angela,
foresight.

Hey, it's probably
on the list. Is it?

Foresight? Is it here?
Well, think about it.

There's a scholarship
for business majors--

Two-year scholarship--

If your grade point
average is good enough.

I don't have
to think about it.

I'm going.
I'm going for it.

Before you know it,
I'll be--

I'll be riding a harley
with malcolm forbes.

My hair will be
blowing in the wind with his.

And we'll have
matching tattoos

That say,
"born to be rich."

Imagine, me,
a business major, huh?

[Chuckles]
hey angela,

You think I got what takes
to make it out there

In that dog-eat-dog world

Where pit bulls
like you flourish?

Metaphorically speaking,
of course.

Oh, of course.

[Laughs]
oh, boy.

You know, I can't believe--

I can't believe I was so worried
about my future, you know.

But now,
now I got my--

I got my calling.
I know my destiny.

Well, I always knew you do
big and important things.

Yeah?

Yeah.

You know what, the best thing
about being a businessman is,

Sam.
Sam?

Yeah. I mean, sam will never
have to worry about money.

Now, all the micelli's always
had a struggle

To make ends meet

My father,
my grandfather.

Although,
I did have a great uncle

Who made a bundle of money once
but he lost it in 1929.

Oh, no. He put it
on the stock market?

No, no.
In a mattress.

When he moved to brooklyn,
it fell off the truck

He never found it.

♪ shop, shop,
shop, shop ♪

♪ what fun
to shop, shop, shop ♪

Uh-oh, the boss lady.

Wait here.

Stay.

Oh, whew!

Well, work, work,
work, work, work.

I did
a 9:00 to 5:00,

And I'm still
alive.

All right, how did everything
go after I left?

Why? What did you hear?

Nothing.

Oh, too bad.

I was incredible.

I got my schedule worked out
for next semester--

"Microeconomics,
introduction to marketing,

And accounting."

If I can't balance my checkbook
after that, forget about it.

Oh, that sounds like
a really tough load.

It is, it is. That's why
I have to find a course

That's an easy "a." You know,
one could just sail through.

What about
"intro to wind surfing"?

Ooh...i like
they way you think.

There will be a job for you
at micelli industries.

I want a corner office,
and an expense account,

And a male secretary
named buck.

You got it, mona.

An easy "a"?

A course you
could sail through?

I seem to remember
someone telling me,

Never look
for academic shortcuts.

Now, who was that person?

Was it mona?

No, no...

Was it jonathan?

No, he had
a deeper voice...

Samantha.
That was it.

Tony, taking a course
for an easy grade

Just isn't sound like you.

Well, angela,
this is the new me.

This is a practical me.

This is a bottom line me.

I love it when
you talk fiscal.

And the bottom line
is this--

I have to get
that scholarship.

You want a snap course?

They don't come much
snappier than this.

Ooh.
"Independent study.

Classroom observation."

We had a college student
at our school last year

That was taking that class.

What a piece of cake.

All he did was
sit at a desk doodling,

And every once in a while,
he clapped

A couple of erasers together.

Ooh, well.

Ooh, look at this.
"No tests, no lectures."

Just free time to catch up
on my other homework.

We have a winner.

Hey, everybody,

Look what somebody
left outside.

It must have been
the salvation army.

They pick up,
they don't deliver.

Well, it's a gift
from the gods, huh?

Yes, it's a miracle.
A miracle!

Tony: oh, oh, hey.

She pulls that at
micelli industries,

She can kiss
her buck goodbye.

Class, this is our visitor
from ridgemont college

Mr. Micelli.
Let's welcome him.

Hello, mr. Micelli.
Hello, mr. Micelli.

Hi, boys and girls.

Well, I'll just go
sit in the back

And quietly
classroom observe.

Hi, hi, guys.

Mr. Micelli will be
with us afternoons.

Michael,
we don't chew gum in class.

Wastebasket.

He's got some, too.

Uh...wastebasket?

Mm-hmm.

Why, you little...

We teach by example.

Well, it's sugarless.

It's...it's okay.

Mr. Micelli will be with
us in the afternoon

For a couple of months.

And occasionally,
I'll be asking him

To take over the teaching.

Starting now.

Huh?

Come here, please.

Oh, hey look mrs. Bunch,

You don't have to make
a big fuss.

I'll just sit
back here and...

Front and center.

Yes, yes, ma'am.

I don't believe
in passive observation.

I believe in throwing
you college students

Into the thick
of things

And giving you the full
teaching experience.

Well, that's why I'm here.

Tony, you may find
this hard to believe,

But I have had students
coming here

Expecting an easy grade,

Sit around doodling,

Catching up
on their homework.

Imagine that.

Now, here is
the seating chart.

We're starting on chapter three
in our math book.

And I'm sure
you'll do just fine.

Oh, just remember,

"a child miseducated
is a child lost."

John f. Kennedy.

Something tells me
this is my bay of pigs.

Uh...

Hey.

So, you're in
the third grade, huh?

Heck of a grade
the third grade.

So, are we ready
to learn?

Ooh. Yes.
A question?

Yeah. Want to see
the world's biggest booger?

Uh...

Any other questions?

Yeah. Can we go home now?

Well.
Yeah!

No, no, no.

No, no, no. I wish.

No. I'll tell you
what we do.

Why don't we open
our text book to chapter three.

Come on, come on.

Toot-toot!

Uh, chapter three,

And, uh, brandon.

Brandon, will you do
the first problem?

And, uh, timothy.

Would you
please sit down?

All right, uh, brandon,

Could you do
the first problem, please?

Um, it's impossible.

He stinks at math.

You stink on ice.

Well, well.
[Children chattering]

Hold it, hold it.

All right.
Hold it. Hold it, guys.

Hold it.
I take what.

I take what,
let's forget about math

For a little while,
okay?

Let's play a game.

Dodge ball?
Kick ball.

[Children shouting]
tony: hold it. Hold it.

Boy: gin rummy!

No, I wanna play a game
that I used to play

With my daughter, you know.

Timothy.

Timothy.

Have a seat.

Thank you.

It's a game called
"imagine this."

And the way you play it,

Always you'll gonna have
to all calm down

And close
your eyes, okay?

Come on everybody,
please close your eyes.

Look. Mine
are closed, too.

[Chuckles] all right.

Everybody's
eyes closed?

Yes!
Yes!

Okay. All right, now.

Your imagination--
let it go free

And tell me--tell me,
what do you see?

I see a beautiful orchard

With about a zillion trees.

Good, good, good.

And instead of leaves,
they have money.

Ten, twenty
and fifty dollar bill.

That's very nice,

Full of childlike wonder.

Okay, okay.
Anybody else?

I see me
in a rocket ship

Going to the moon.

Whoa!

You see, you see class,

We're getting
good at this now.

We're getting
good at this.

Anybody else?

I see timothy
running real fast

And going to


Oh! Oh, now,

Now, now, now,
this is interesting.

So, what's
he's going to get?

He's going to get
a big gulp or a slurpee?

What?
I can't tell.

The tree's
blocking the view.

Oh, my god. Timothy.

Nobody move.

♪ i see london,
I see france ♪

[Children]:
♪ i see teacher's underpants ♪

All right.
Detention for all of you.

Ow!

Hi. Hi.
How was your day?

Oh, pretty good.
Pretty good.

I saw the world's
biggest booger.

And, uh...

And I lost a kid.

Was it jonathan?

He's disappeared
without a trace.

And we'll never see him again?

Sorry. It's just
a reflex thing.

How did you lost a kid?

I closed my eyes.

And he crawled
out the window.

That'll do it.

Oh, yeah.
And you, you,

You with a brilliant idea
about independent study, huh?

I was supposed to be doing
that marketing paper

In that easy class.

Instead, I got stuck with
a bunch sadistic eight year olds

Who sang a song
about my underpants.

You had to be there.

Look, dad.

I'm sorry you're
under so much pressure.

But I want you to know that,

I'll help you
any way I can.

Thank you, honey.

♪ i see paris,
I see france ♪

Huh, it's lon--
it's london.

I see london.
I see france.

♪ i see tony's underpants ♪

Please. Please,
I've had a very rough day.

These kids
were such a drain on me.

And on the way home,
you know,

I keep thinking
about them

When I should be thinking
about my marketing paper.

And look at me now,
I'm talking about them.

I'm even talking
about talking about them.

Boy, are
you long-winded.

Yeah. Well,
I'll make this nice and short.

I'm dropping
that class.

After only one day?

Huh! One long day angela.

I gotta get my priority
straight, angela.

Hey, if I don't keep my grades
up, I don't get my scholarship.

Which means I don't get
into business school,

Which means,
no micelli industries.

I got no future,
I got no call,

I got no destiny,
I got no nothing.

You got your underpants.

Im still dropping
that class.

Tony, you can do what you want.

I just wanna say that im a
little disappointed, that's all.

It's just
not like you

To walk away
from a challenge.

Don't you agree,
mother?

No. I'm
with the quitter.

So, you see class,
our 16th president...

Abraham lincoln.
Abraham lincoln.

Was a very great man.

He believed in freedom
for all people.

Did he believe in the freedom
to chew gum in class?

Yes, but I think

That's where mr. Lincoln
and I part company.

Uh, hi, mrs. Bunch.

Hi, class.

Oh, mr. Micelli.
Welcome.

I didn't expect
to see you

After yesterday's
treasure hunt for timmy.

Yeah, well, to tell you
the truth, mrs. Bunch,

There's something I need to
speak to you about after class.

I had a feeling.

Third grade is not
for the squeamish.

Well, make the most
of your last day.

Class, I have to leave,
for a few minutes.

But mr. Micelli will
start the math lesson.

It's party time.

Yay!
Yay!

They're really
going to miss you.

Keep the window shut.

Yeah.

Well, uh, I guess
the sooner we started,

The sooner we'll get done,
right?

Toot-toot!

Okay, could we open
our lesson books

To page,
to chapter three?

And, uh...
And, um,

Brandon,
what's 8 times 7?



Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!

Hey, now, come on, guys.

That's not very nice.

Who said life
was nice?

Ooh.

The bad seed lives.

Okay, come on,
brandon.

Now, relax. Concentrate.
Take it easy.



And, timothy,
please, buddy.

Have a seat, kid.

Okay, brandon.
Come on now, 8 times 7.

Toot-toot!

Timothy.
Ding-ding!

Excuse me, brandon.

Timothy.

Timothy, you know
what you remind me of?

Ding-ding!

You remind me
of a shark,

A great white shark.

Why?
Why?

Because sharks
have to keep moving.

Otherwise they sink.

Cool.
Cool, huh?

You know,
I know a lot about sharks.

Oh, yeah?
Sure.

How does a shark sleep?
Oh, how does a shark sleep?

I'll you the truth,

A shark sleeps
pretty good

Unless he has a spat
with mrs. Shark.

But you know what the neatest
thing about sharks is?

What?

When you charbroil them
with lemon and butter.

Ahh. Delicious.

You know what im gonna do to you
next time you wanna get up?

You'll gonna charbroil me?

It's a thought.

No, no. Next time
you want to get up,

I want you to grab
this encyclopedia,

Ill want you to look up sharks,
and read about them.

Cool.
Down. Okay.

All right.
Let's go, now, brandon.

Relax.

Take your time.





Okay. Try again.



Try a different answer.

Egypt.

Try the correct answer.

No!

Leave me alone!

I can't multiply,
so just forget it, okay?

Okay, okay.
Take it easy.

That's all right.
Forget it.

Hey, you
can't multiply.

Let's forget about
math for a while, huh?

Ill tell you what we do.

Hey, let's talk
about baseball.

What do you think?

The yankees have been
hitting like girls.

Watch it.

Mmm. The seed speaks.

Let me tell you about
an incredible game I saw.

The yankees
who play in orioles.

And it's
nothing-nothing game

In the top
of the third.

The bases
are loaded,

And steve sax
is at the play.

The dodgers should
have never let sax go.

You're telling me.

Anyway, anyway,

It's a full count.

Sax digs into
the batter's box,

And a hush falls
over the crowd.

Hushhh.

He stares down
the pitcher.

The windup,
the pitch.

In a 98 mile an hour
fastball

Comes screaming
towards sax.

And just then he swings.
And bang!

It's going!
It's going! It's going!

It's gone!
It's out of park.

And the crowd goes wild.

Haaah.

Haaah.

And the yankees
are ahead 4-0.

So what happened?

Who won?

The orioles
score eight runs

In each of the next
seven innings.

No way.

The birds
never scored...



Yes, yes.

That's right.
That's right.

The birds could
never score 56 runs.

But you just proved
you could multiply.

Hey, how about that?
Yeah.

Hey, about that.
He's smarter than he thought.

Give me five.

Don't leave
me hanging.

All right, now.
I got another one.

I got another one.

If you give me five
every day for five days,

What would you have?

Poland?

We'll keep
working, buddy.

We'll keep working.

♪ school days,
school days ♪

♪ scooby dooby doo days ♪

You're
in a good mood.

I guess, you dropped
that class.

No. I've decided im gonna
give it another shot.

Really? What made you
change your mind?

It's a long story.

But I don't have time
to go into it.

I've got to get this
marketing paper done.

♪ a-readin' and writin'
and 'rithmetic ♪

♪ taught to the tune
of a hickory stick ♪

What?

Aw, nothing,
nothing.

Just still I can't believe
I got him to sit down.

Who?

Timothy. Timothy, he's one
of the third graders.

He sat down?

Yeah. For a whole
five minutes.

Amazing, huh?

I guess it is.

Yeah.

All right. Come on.
Come on. Back to marketing.

Come on here.

Okay.

[Chuckles]

You know...

I can't believe
I got him to multiply.

Timothy multiplied?

Uh, no. Brandon.

Oh, brandon multiplied,
and timothy sat.

Yeah. Wild, huh?

Sounds like
you had a good time.

I did.

I liked it.

I liked it a lot.

I mean,

When brandon came up
with that right answer,

I felt like I used to feel
when I hit a homerun, you know.

I could even hear
the crowd cheering.

Only it was better
than a homerun

Because a homerun
only lasted a moment,

Maybe two if
there's instant replay.

But today I gave
brandon something

He'll take with him
the rest of his life.

I mean, from now on,

He'll always know
that 8 times 7 is 56,

And that's
because of me.

Wow. Listen
how I'm talking.

I sound like
a teacher. Ooh.

What's wrong
with that?

Hey, hey, hey.
I'm a business major.

Im gonna be
a businessman.

Yes. That's right.

You know, I spent
my whole childhood

Giving teachers
a hard time.

I used to give
other kids lessons

On how to give teachers
a hard time.

Sounds like teaching
comes naturally to you.

Nah, nah.

Hey, I've got an aptitude
for business.

And that's what
I'm gonna do--teach.

Did I just say that?

Yeah.

I didn't mean teach.
I meant, uh...

Teach.

What do you think?

I think, uh...

I always knew you'd do
big and important things.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Wait a minute.
Let me get this straight.

Instead of, uh,
fancy suits and car phones

And yachts named
sea princess angela,

I mean,

I'll have chalk dust
on my butt

And red marker
on my fingers,

And I'll be
ridiculously underpaid

And
under-appreciated.

Sounds like
a great life.

Hey, teach.

How's the little
gremlins treating you?

I'll tell you truth, angela,

I've got them eating
out of my hand angela.

You know
what's funny about this?

The secret
was so simple.

It's respect, angela.

I respect them,
and then they respect me.

Sheesh.

Ahh.

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