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 > 0:00:21# And get along with each other
0:00:21 > 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.- Hey!
0:00:53 > 0:00:59- # What a wonderful kind of day.- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day.- HEY! #
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Hey, DW!
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- Hey!- Whoa!
0:01:09 > 0:01:14- Yuck!- Sometimes, it seems like the world can be split into two parts -
0:01:14 > 0:01:18things that adults like and things kids like. Take movies...
0:01:18 > 0:01:24- And when they threw coins into the fountain...- Just heartbreaking!
0:01:24 > 0:01:28Nothing happened! It was about two people who never meet!
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Oh, that's why it's so wonderful!
0:01:31 > 0:01:32HE SNIFFS
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Then there's art.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- I don't know a kid who... - Isn't it fabulous?
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Have you seen a more beautiful...
0:01:40 > 0:01:46"Depiction of the dia-lectic between form and formlessness?"
0:01:46 > 0:01:51- You can't honestly tell me that you like this?- Erm, well...
0:01:51 > 0:01:56No. Not really. But I wanna like it. Daddy owns six by this artist.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01I'll take this too. Won't that look great opposite your bed, Muffin?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Oh, yeah! Great!
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Ah! Are these tickets to the Tween Dream concert?!
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Daddy, you shouldn't have!
0:02:18 > 0:02:23I didn't. They're tickets to something I hope you'll like as much,
0:02:23 > 0:02:24the Opera.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28- Oh.- It's the opening night of Bizet's Carmen,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30one of my all-time favourites.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- Such passionate music.- Oh, Rodney!
0:02:33 > 0:02:38Gilfry is playing Escamillo. Oh, it kills me not to go!
0:02:38 > 0:02:40But I have the charity auction that night.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43AND we have orchestra seats!
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- What do ya say, Muffin? Wanna be my date?- OK.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52- But I'm going to need something to wear!- Sky's the limit, Pumpkin!
0:02:53 > 0:02:57- How about this?- It's the OPERA we're talking about,
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- not a rodeo! - You know what the opera is?
0:03:00 > 0:03:04People in silly costumes singing in another language!
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Maybe it's too sophisticated for you to appreciate, Prunella!
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Yeah? Well, I've actually been to an opera, Your Highness (!)
0:03:12 > 0:03:15It was 4½ hours long.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18I fell asleep in act one, woke up in act three,
0:03:18 > 0:03:21and there was a whole act to go!
0:03:21 > 0:03:25- You probably won't make it through the overture.- Well?
0:03:25 > 0:03:27You look like a rice pudding!
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Come in, Miss Muffy.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Bailey, do you know anything about opera?- Indeed, Miss Muffy.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42I thought it'd be good to hear some before Friday.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Certainly.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46BLEEP!
0:03:46 > 0:03:50HE SINGS SOME OPERA
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Stop! Please, stop!
0:03:58 > 0:04:03- Hmm?- I might have to listen to four hours of that?!
0:04:03 > 0:04:05That depends on the opera.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09I was singing an excerpt from Wagner's Ring Cycle,
0:04:09 > 0:04:13which has a running time of approximately 16 hours.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Ah!
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Only two more days till the opera.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Bet you're excited!
0:04:20 > 0:04:24Can I pick 'em, or what?!
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Only two more days!
0:04:25 > 0:04:28OPERA MUSIC
0:05:00 > 0:05:02LOUD SNORING
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Ah!
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Bravo! Bravo! Bra...
0:05:11 > 0:05:13And even if I do stay awake,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16what do I say when Daddy asks me if I liked it?
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- Just tell him you don't wanna go. - He'd be so disappointed!
0:05:20 > 0:05:25- He was really excited about us going.- Do you know what it's about?
0:05:25 > 0:05:28No. It's called Carmen.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Maybe it's about auto mechanics!
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Carmen, hah? That's a great opera.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37It's a tragic tale of passion, betrayal and revenge.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- Like professional wrestling, to great music!- You know it?!
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Sure. I have highlights from it on a CD.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47You can come and listen to it after school.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50The plot is pretty simple.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Don Jose, a soldier, falls in love with a Gypsy named Carmen.
0:05:54 > 0:06:00He leaves his girl, the army and becomes a bandit to be with her!
0:06:00 > 0:06:03But Carmen falls in love with this bullfighter!
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Don Jose is crushed.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- He ruins his whole life for this woman, who dumps him!- Ah!
0:06:09 > 0:06:11So he...
0:06:11 > 0:06:13I don't wanna spoil it for you.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17But let's just say, it doesn't end well.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19OPERA MUSIC
0:06:21 > 0:06:23# Hey, where is your friend
0:06:23 > 0:06:27# The beautiful Muffy. THERE!
0:06:28 > 0:06:31# There she is The beautiful Muffy
0:06:31 > 0:06:34# Muffy, you are pretty and charming and cool
0:06:34 > 0:06:37# Muffy, tell us what you want us to do
0:06:37 > 0:06:41# Allow us to take you to an opera
0:06:41 > 0:06:43# Oh, please come with us
0:06:43 > 0:06:45# To the opera.
0:06:47 > 0:06:54# I am like a rebellious bird No-one can put me in a cage
0:06:54 > 0:06:58# Opera is long, with plots absurd
0:06:58 > 0:07:02# I like bands that are all the rage
0:07:02 > 0:07:09# Even if you promise me jewels You wouldn't find me near that stage
0:07:09 > 0:07:17# Opera is good for tired old fools Or soldiers who make minimum wage
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- # She is like a rebellious bird - Boy bands
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- # No-one can put her in a cage - Boy bands
0:07:24 > 0:07:28# Opera is long, with plots absurd
0:07:28 > 0:07:31# We like bands that are all the rage
0:07:31 > 0:07:35# Boy bands are what I like to hear
0:07:35 > 0:07:39# Ones with many different kinds of hairdos
0:07:39 > 0:07:42# If you like those Then I'll be there
0:07:42 > 0:07:46# If not, that's it Goodbye, you lose
0:07:46 > 0:07:50- # Goodbye, you lose - If you like those
0:07:50 > 0:07:53# If you like those Then I'll be there
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- # Goodbye, you lose - But if you don't
0:07:57 > 0:08:00# If you don't...
0:08:01 > 0:08:03# Goodbye, you lose
0:08:05 > 0:08:07# Where are you taking me?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10# To the opera These tickets weren't cheap
0:08:10 > 0:08:14# But I told you That's not my scene
0:08:14 > 0:08:16# Too bad
0:08:16 > 0:08:22- # Tween Dream was sold out - Ah...
0:08:22 > 0:08:26# So you adore that teenybopper trash
0:08:26 > 0:08:30# Don't you get bored? There's more to explore
0:08:30 > 0:08:34# Open your heart to different kinds of song
0:08:34 > 0:08:38# Who knows, you could be wrong...
0:08:38 > 0:08:42# Opera is not a chore It's so much more
0:08:42 > 0:08:48# So much more to...adore. #
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- Where are you going?- After him. - You'll go with him, but not me?
0:08:53 > 0:08:58- That's right, step aside!- That's it? After all that I've done?
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- My allowance, down the drain?! - Get off!
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- # I'll never go with you - I'd rather you sleep through it
0:09:05 > 0:09:10- # Than go with him... - I won't...
0:09:11 > 0:09:18# Even with your magic powder I'll stay awake
0:09:18 > 0:09:21# I'll stay awake...
0:09:21 > 0:09:26- # Oh!- Ah, Muffy...
0:09:27 > 0:09:34# My te-rrible...
0:09:34 > 0:09:38# ..pupil. #
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Muffy. Hey, wake up!
0:09:41 > 0:09:43That was beautiful!
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Play some more.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- What are you talking about? You were asleep.- I was?!
0:09:48 > 0:09:53Through it all. I didn't realise until you started snoring.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- You sound like a lawn mower!- Ah!
0:09:55 > 0:10:00Prunella was right, I probably won't make it through the overture!
0:10:00 > 0:10:01Shall I restart it?
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Let's face it, opera just isn't for me.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Oh, Muffy, it's divine!
0:10:07 > 0:10:10All we have to do is take up the hem.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14- I think we should take it back. I don't wanna go.- Why not?
0:10:14 > 0:10:19Because I won't like it. Couldn't you go instead?
0:10:19 > 0:10:23I'll do the charity auction. I'd be really good at that!
0:10:23 > 0:10:27- I didn't think I'd like opera when your father took me.- You didn't?
0:10:27 > 0:10:29He practically had to drag me.
0:10:29 > 0:10:35- Now it's one of my favourite things, even better than shopping!- Really?!
0:10:35 > 0:10:38But you were already a grown-up. It's different!
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Maybe. But you'll never know unless you try.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Here. I have the perfect accessory for you...
0:10:45 > 0:10:50Opera glasses! It's more exciting if you see the singers' expressions.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58I will not fall asleep! I will not fall asleep!
0:11:02 > 0:11:03MUSIC STARTS
0:11:04 > 0:11:07SHE SINGS
0:11:16 > 0:11:20HE SINGS
0:11:53 > 0:11:58Oh! It's so beautiful!
0:11:59 > 0:12:02AUDIENCE: Bravo! Hurrah! Bravo!
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Friday? No. I can't go to the movies then,
0:12:11 > 0:12:16Daddy got us tickets to the Opera. Tosca's playing!
0:12:16 > 0:12:18I thought you hated opera.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22I guess you could say I've had a change of heart! Gotta go.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Perfect!
0:12:24 > 0:12:27OPERA MUSIC
0:12:27 > 0:12:28Ah!
0:12:30 > 0:12:35- # And I say hey.- Hey - What a wonderful kind of day
0:12:35 > 0:12:37# If we can learn to work and play
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- # And get along with each other.- Hey
0:12:40 > 0:12:46- # What a wonderful kind of day.- Hey - What a wonderful kind of day.- Hey! #
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