0:00:02 > 0:00:07# Every day you walk down the street Everybody that you meet
0:00:07 > 0:00:11# Has an original point of view
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:00:13 > 0:00:18# What a wonderful kind of day We can learn to work and play
0:00:18 > 0:00:20# And get along with each other
0:00:20 > 0:00:24# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat
0:00:24 > 0:00:30# Listen to the rhythm of the street Open your eyes! Open your ears!
0:00:30 > 0:00:34# Get together, make things better By working together
0:00:34 > 0:00:38# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
0:00:38 > 0:00:43# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start
0:00:43 > 0:00:48- # And I say, hey!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:48 > 0:00:53# We can learn to work and play And get along with each other
0:00:53 > 0:00:59# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- Hey, DW!- Hey...
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Attention, boys and girls. I have an important announcement
0:01:13 > 0:01:18regarding your upcoming trip to Crown City.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Starting today, all plastic garbage...
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Oh. Wrong announcement. Now, where is that thing?
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Ah, singing at Bartleby Hall!
0:01:26 > 0:01:30- It almost makes repeating third grade worth it!- Really?
0:01:30 > 0:01:34I'm kind of nervous giving a concert in front of all those people.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38I'm not talking about the concert! I'm talking about Finkelmeyer's,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41the place Miss Krazny takes us to afterwards.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45It's the best deli in Crown City.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48The pastrami sandwiches are so big,
0:01:48 > 0:01:52you need to sit on a telephone book to eat them!
0:01:52 > 0:01:54After just half of one,
0:01:54 > 0:01:58You think you'll never be able to eat again.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00But when they bring the cheesecake,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03boy, you make room!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Fin-kel-mey-ers...
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Ah, here we go.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Miss Krazny will not be able to take you to Crown City this year.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Oh-ow! The inhumanity!
0:02:18 > 0:02:21But we've managed to find you a replacement.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25BOTH: Dr Fugue?!
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Yee-ha!
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Who am I...? Dr Frederique Fugue,
0:02:37 > 0:02:41pianist, private tutor, musicologist! What is my goal?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45To make sure this chorus is ready to sing at Bartleby Hall
0:02:45 > 0:02:49- at 4pm this Friday. Questions? - Dr Fugue...
0:02:49 > 0:02:51I have a...a sore throat.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54HOARSE VOICE May I be excused?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57No. If you sing properly, from the diaphragm,
0:02:57 > 0:03:00you will not strain your vocal cords.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04But you may have a flavourless lozenge.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09Right! Enough chitchat. We'll begin with scales. After me...
0:03:09 > 0:03:13# Doh ray mi fa sol la tee doh!
0:03:13 > 0:03:15OUT OF TUNE: # Doh ray mi fa...
0:03:15 > 0:03:17STOP!
0:03:17 > 0:03:22Arthur, Fran, Muffy and Binkie - you're flat. We'll start again
0:03:22 > 0:03:25and continue until EVERYONE is on key
0:03:27 > 0:03:29IN TUNE: # ..fa sol la tee doh!
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Good! That time you were all pitch perfect.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Remember, a chorus sings as one voice.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42All it take is one rotten apple to spoil the bushel.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- Now, for your homework...- Aw! - Aw, man! That's not fair!
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- SCREEECH! - As I was saying.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53..For homework you are all to pick a song to sing in class tomorrow.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- It will help me decide who will sing the solo part.- What?!
0:03:57 > 0:04:01But I have the solo part! Miss Krazny already gave it to me!
0:04:01 > 0:04:05And if your singing merits it, then perhaps I shall give it to you too.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Good day!
0:04:07 > 0:04:11You had this guy as your piano teacher and you actually survived?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14He's pretty strange, but he IS a good teacher.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18He's the best. That's why I'm not gonna sing.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- What?- What?- Why not?
0:04:20 > 0:04:25Because I'm a lousy singer! Once Dr Fugue really hears my voice,
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- He'll lose all respect for me.- But you'll miss going to Finkelmeyer's!
0:04:29 > 0:04:34- Think of the pastrami, Binkie! - Oh, I'm going on the trip.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37I've got it all worked out.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43# ..Morning bells are ringing Ding-dang-dong...
0:04:43 > 0:04:48DEEP BREATH # ..Ding...dang...DO-O-O-O-ONG! #
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- Great!- Yay!- Really good!
0:04:50 > 0:04:55Impressive range, Francine. If you learn to control your breathing,
0:04:55 > 0:05:00- you can become an excellent singer. - Does that mean I get the solo?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03I'll let you know when I've made my decision.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06All right! Let's begin work on our song,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09the very appropriate "In The Good Old Summer Time",
0:05:09 > 0:05:13which will help take a bite out of the winter chill. Where is Binkie?
0:05:13 > 0:05:18Here I am! Did I miss the solo trials? Oh, darn!
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Lousy watch! The battery must've died.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- From the top... - HE BLOWS KEY NOTE
0:05:25 > 0:05:28# There's a time in each year
0:05:28 > 0:05:31# That we always hold dear
0:05:31 > 0:05:34# Good old summer time
0:05:34 > 0:05:40# With the birds and the trees-es And sweet-scented breezes... #
0:05:40 > 0:05:44THEY ALL STOP BINKIE MOUTHS SILENTLY
0:05:47 > 0:05:49B-flat!
0:05:49 > 0:05:51# Laaaaaa! #
0:05:51 > 0:05:52C-sharp!
0:05:52 > 0:05:53# Laaaaa! #
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- Sharper! - # LAAAA! #
0:06:01 > 0:06:03# When your day's work is over... #
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Tempo, tempo! - # ..Then you are in clover... #
0:06:06 > 0:06:10This isn't Tchaikovsky's "Funeral March", you know!
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Buster, can you...
0:06:13 > 0:06:15# ..Pass the salt In A-minor? #
0:06:15 > 0:06:18# Here you go. Are you finished With that fish stick
0:06:18 > 0:06:20# In C-major? #
0:06:20 > 0:06:23..More feeling!
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Enunciate!
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Give it some GUSTO!
0:06:27 > 0:06:31# You hold her hand as she holds yours
0:06:31 > 0:06:33# And that's a very good sign
0:06:33 > 0:06:41# That's she's your tootsie-wootsie In the good old summer time! #
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Well!
0:06:42 > 0:06:47The tempo was good, the phrasing was accurate and the pitch was perfect.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51But there's one very important thing you're not doing...
0:06:51 > 0:06:54I knew it was too good to be true!
0:06:54 > 0:06:58..You're not having fun! Did you know that there are 21 chandeliers
0:06:58 > 0:07:03in Bartleby Hall, each glittering with hundreds of pieces of crystal?
0:07:03 > 0:07:08When you take the stage, the chandeliers rise up to the ceiling
0:07:08 > 0:07:12and dim until they resemble stars on a cloudless night. Then...
0:07:12 > 0:07:16there is a silence which is at once frightening and thrilling
0:07:16 > 0:07:20because you know that in seconds it will be filled with your voice
0:07:20 > 0:07:23And when the conductor finally lowers his baton,
0:07:23 > 0:07:27it feels like you are not singing alone but with the help
0:07:27 > 0:07:30of all the beautiful voices that ever echoed in that theatre!
0:07:30 > 0:07:33# ..LAAAAAAAAAAAAA...! #
0:07:33 > 0:07:38That, my friends, is what you have to look forward to tomorrow.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Enjoy it - especially you, Francine!
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- There's nothing worse than a glum soloist!- YES!
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- BELL RINGS - OK, class dismissed!
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Get a good night's sleep.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Uh...Dr Fugue? I have something to tell you.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57- That you've been lip-synching for the entire week?- But how did you...?
0:07:57 > 0:08:01It's the oldest chorus trick in the book. Used it many times
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- as an undergrad with The Wittenpups. - I... I just, well...
0:08:05 > 0:08:09- I'm OK at the clarinet. Singing...! - Contrary to what you might think,
0:08:09 > 0:08:13I believe you have an excellent voice. But it's up to you
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- to use it or not.- Thanks, Dr Fugue!
0:08:16 > 0:08:19# You're welcome In A-minor! #
0:08:19 > 0:08:23# She'll be coming round the mountain She'll be coming round the mountain
0:08:23 > 0:08:27# She'll be coming round the mountain When she comes! #
0:08:27 > 0:08:29George, Fern and Jenna, you were off-ke-ey.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- Aw, Dr Fugue!- It's just fun!
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Hey, it's really starting to come down. ..Dr Fugue,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38can we have a snowball fight before the concert?
0:08:38 > 0:08:43Expose your highly-cultivated vocal cords to the elements? Not a chance!
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- How's the weather forecast? - Not good.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49And the snow is getting heavier.
0:08:49 > 0:08:55Fear not, class! Crown City is a hibernal paradise in a snowstorm.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58The busy streets are hushed, the cars are snuggled and...
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- The road is closed!- What?!
0:09:09 > 0:09:13A blonde-with-sand and a pair of life-preservers!
0:09:13 > 0:09:19Better fire up the second griddle, Remy, we got a busload comin' in!
0:09:19 > 0:09:22FRANCINE: What about the concert?!
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- If we stop now, we'll never make it in time!- Move along, Francine.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30You're letting the draught in. I'll have no cases of grippe on my watch!
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Another coffee, if you please.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39Sadie and I had theatre tickets. A pity! We don't get out much.
0:09:39 > 0:09:44It's just not fair! We did all that practising for nothing!
0:09:44 > 0:09:47I didn't. But I was gonna sing anyway.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51I'll probably never get another chance to perform at Bartleby Hall
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Aw, all that cheesecake.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58Hey, you Think WE'RE sad? Check out Dr Fugue.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Poor guy, he must be crushed.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03Right!
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Chorus assemble, please!
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Come, come, we're wasting time!
0:10:09 > 0:10:14Obviously the acoustics are not as good as they are at Bartleby Hall,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17so you should project a little more.
0:10:17 > 0:10:23- Other than that, remember to smile and...- Dr Fugue, what are we doing?
0:10:23 > 0:10:27- Performing, of course. It's four o'clock.- No way! We're in a diner!
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- I've played humbler venues. - THEY GRUMBLE
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- LOUD WHISTLE - I'm very proud of this chorus.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38You've all worked too hard not to hear how good you've become.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40PEEP!
0:10:41 > 0:10:47# There's a time in each year That we always hold dear
0:10:47 > 0:10:51# Good old summer time
0:10:51 > 0:10:55# With the birds and the trees-es And sweet-scented breezes
0:10:55 > 0:10:58# Good old summer time...
0:10:59 > 0:11:05# ..In the good old summer time In the good old summer time
0:11:05 > 0:11:11# Strolling through a shady lane With your baby-mine
0:11:11 > 0:11:15BOTH: # You hold her hand and she holds yours
0:11:15 > 0:11:17# And that's a very good sign
0:11:17 > 0:11:20# That's she's your tootsie-wootsie
0:11:20 > 0:11:26# In the good old...summer...time! #
0:11:26 > 0:11:28YEAH! < BRAVO!
0:11:28 > 0:11:31CHEERS AND SHOUTS
0:11:35 > 0:11:38A snowplough's coming to clear Route 9
0:11:38 > 0:11:40so you can get back to Ellwood City.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45But meantime, Remy thought you might like some of his apple-berry pie.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Well, it may not be Finkelmeyer's but...
0:11:51 > 0:11:53..this is amazing!
0:11:53 > 0:11:57This is the best pie I've ever had!
0:11:57 > 0:12:02I'll tell Remy. He was a pastry-chef in Paris before he came here.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03Five stars!
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Dr Fugue, I thought I was a pretty good singer a week ago,
0:12:09 > 0:12:14But now I realise I have a lot to learn. And I'm looking forward to it!
0:12:14 > 0:12:17so... # Thank you in C-sharp! #
0:12:18 > 0:12:21# ..You hold her hand and she holds yours
0:12:21 > 0:12:23# And that's a very good sign
0:12:23 > 0:12:27DR FUGUE JOINS IN # That's she's your tootsie-wootsie
0:12:27 > 0:12:29# In the good old summer time! #
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