The Curse of the Grebes Arthur
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# Every day you walk down the street Everybody that you meet | 0:00:02 | 0:00:07 | |
# Has an original point of view | 0:00:07 | 0:00:11 | |
-# And I say, hey! -Hey! | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
# What a wonderful kind of day We can learn to work and play | 0:00:13 | 0:00:18 | |
# And get along with each other | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat | 0:00:20 | 0:00:24 | |
# Listen to the rhythm of the street Open your eyes! Open your ears! | 0:00:24 | 0:00:30 | |
# Get together, make things better By working together | 0:00:30 | 0:00:34 | |
# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart | 0:00:34 | 0:00:38 | |
# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start | 0:00:38 | 0:00:43 | |
-# And I say, hey! -Hey! -What a wonderful kind of day | 0:00:43 | 0:00:48 | |
# We can learn to work and play And get along with each other | 0:00:48 | 0:00:53 | |
# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! # | 0:00:53 | 0:00:59 | |
Hey, DW! | 0:00:59 | 0:01:01 | |
Hey! | 0:01:02 | 0:01:03 | |
Whoa-oa! | 0:01:03 | 0:01:04 | |
GRUNTING AND GROANING | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
This is Sisyphus, a character from Greek mythology. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:20 | |
The Greek gods must not have liked him very much... | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
GROANS WITH THE EFFORT | 0:01:24 | 0:01:26 | |
Made it. Phew! | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
Oh, no! Not again! | 0:01:31 | 0:01:33 | |
He had to spend eternity pushing that boulder up a hill, | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
only to have it roll back down over and over again! | 0:01:36 | 0:01:41 | |
If Sisyphus had liked baseball, | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
he would have been an Elwood City Grebe fan, | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
getting your hopes up year after year... | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
This time, we're gonna win. This time, it's gonna be different. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:54 | |
Go, Grebes! | 0:01:54 | 0:01:56 | |
..only to have those hopes crushed at the end of every season. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
Argh! | 0:02:00 | 0:02:01 | |
Cock-a-doodle-doo! | 0:02:06 | 0:02:08 | |
You're acting like it's no big deal | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
that the Grebes are in the world championship. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
I just don't want to jinx it by getting my hopes up. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:19 | |
We already won the first game. We just need to win three more. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:24 | |
But we're up against the Crown City Kings. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
-They've won the world championship 25 times. -So what? | 0:02:27 | 0:02:31 | |
So the Grebes haven't won a world championship since 1918. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:36 | |
But don't you see? Our time has come. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
How can you be so sure? | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
Baseball is a science, a game of numbers. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
This year, we've got three factors that have changed the equation. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
What factors? | 0:02:49 | 0:02:50 | |
The new players. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:51 | |
Winlin, Playmon and Bateria. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
Last year, Playmon hit 375 | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
with a 465 on-base percentage. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
The Kings don't have a hitter like that. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
Yeah, and Bateria is the best short stop in the league. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:06 | |
Not to mention Winlin, the best pitcher with 27 saves | 0:03:06 | 0:03:10 | |
and a 2.1 E.R.A. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
Nobody can outpitch him. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:13 | |
I've done a data comparison of the Kings and the Grebes | 0:03:13 | 0:03:17 | |
and mapped it onto a grid. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
The outcome is clear. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:20 | |
Our team simply can't be beat. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
I've figured out that this hat wards off the curse. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:27 | |
When I wear it, the Grebes win! | 0:03:27 | 0:03:29 | |
-There's no such thing as "the curse". -How can you say that? | 0:03:29 | 0:03:33 | |
Things haven't been the same for the Grebes | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
since that one game in 1918... | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
It was the Grebes versus Kings. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
It's two on and two out for the Grebes | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
with Ray Woodpecker Vance stepping up to the plate. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:47 | |
Elwood City has their hopes riding high on Vance. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:51 | |
And he connects... | 0:03:51 | 0:03:52 | |
This could be it. This ball is going! Going...! | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
Gone! | 0:03:55 | 0:03:56 | |
The Grebes win ten to nine! | 0:03:56 | 0:03:58 | |
They are the new world champions! | 0:03:58 | 0:04:02 | |
Got it! | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
Ahem! | 0:04:16 | 0:04:17 | |
I bet you're one of those urchins | 0:04:17 | 0:04:19 | |
who sneaks into the park without paying! | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
Give me that ball, you little thief! | 0:04:22 | 0:04:24 | |
But, Mister, I chased it down fair and square. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:28 | |
My name is Horace P Crane. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
I own the Grebes. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:32 | |
I own the land you're standing on and I own that ball. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:37 | |
Then with this ball, I put a curse on your crummy team. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
You'll never win another championship. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
'And that started the longest championship-losing streak' | 0:04:45 | 0:04:49 | |
of any team in the history of the league. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
-Harry said the curse of the kid was lifted this year. -How? | 0:04:51 | 0:04:55 | |
A descendant of Horace P Crane, his second cousin's nephew's niece, | 0:04:55 | 0:04:59 | |
found the ball in her attic | 0:04:59 | 0:05:01 | |
and finally laid it at the kid's tombstone. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:05 | |
Why do people believe these things? | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
Well, so far so good. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
But I'm not taking off this hat until the series is over. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:14 | |
'The Kings are hoping to break the 3-3 deadlock | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
'but it doesn't look very likely | 0:05:17 | 0:05:19 | |
'as their number nine hitter steps up to the plate.' | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
Don't worry, Buster. Look who's up at bat. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
Mucky Flint has the lowest batting average of anybody in the league! | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
He's no match for Winlin's cutter, that's for sure. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
'He connects! This ball is... | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
'gone!' | 0:05:38 | 0:05:39 | |
Who knew Mucky Flint could hit like that? | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
I'm not surprised. We Kings always win. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:49 | |
Just got lucky, I guess. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
We didn't come this far to give up now. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
I was worried when the Grebes lost the second game, | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
but after we won games three and four, I knew the hat still worked. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:03 | |
Look! It's Daddy's new commercial and I'm in it! | 0:06:03 | 0:06:08 | |
Come on down to Crosswire Motors... | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
Is your dad wearing a Grebes hat?! | 0:06:11 | 0:06:14 | |
Remember, at Crosswire Motors, you'll always drive away a winner! | 0:06:14 | 0:06:19 | |
BOTH: Go Grebes! | 0:06:19 | 0:06:21 | |
That is hypocritical. You and your dad have always been Kings fans. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:26 | |
Yeah, but now the Grebes have three wins, | 0:06:26 | 0:06:28 | |
it's much more fun to be on the winning side. | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
Anybody can root for a winning team. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
It takes character to stick with the underdogs. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:38 | |
Well, Buster, tonight's the night. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
Yeah, tomorrow the Grebes could be the world champions. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:48 | |
KLAXON SOUNDS | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
'And the Kings have taken game five, forcing a sixth game.' | 0:06:52 | 0:06:57 | |
Don't worry. We're still up three games to two. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
Oh, Daddy, this is terrible! What'll we do if they don't win the next one. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:05 | |
Don't worry, Muffin. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:06 | |
We can always pull the new Grebes commercial off the air | 0:07:06 | 0:07:10 | |
and replace it with the Kings one. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:12 | |
I just hope the curse hasn't kicked in. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
-Are you going to the game with Harry tonight? -Yeah. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
I hope we win. I've only been there when we lose. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:21 | |
Oh, really? How interesting. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:25 | |
It's just... You know...now that I think about it... | 0:07:25 | 0:07:29 | |
A strange coincidence? | 0:07:29 | 0:07:31 | |
OK, well, um, gotta go! | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
'This could be it. The Grebes can finally win it all! | 0:07:36 | 0:07:40 | |
'Just one hour away from the world championship! | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
'Here's the pitch. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
'It's an easy grounder... | 0:07:46 | 0:07:47 | |
'It went right through his legs! The Grebes just lost their best chance | 0:07:47 | 0:07:51 | |
' to win it all again!' | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
When I show up, they lose. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
When I'm not there, they win. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
Oh, I'm their biggest fan, but what if...? | 0:08:00 | 0:08:03 | |
What if...? | 0:08:03 | 0:08:05 | |
There he is! Get him! | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
That way! | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
-Hey, hold it right there. -Is this that kid with the curse? -Si, eso es. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:21 | |
You're the reason the Grebes are losing. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
You don't think I'd curse the team I love, do you? | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
-You're bad luck. -Get out of town, Baxter. -Largate. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:30 | |
You've done enough damage! | 0:08:30 | 0:08:31 | |
Why are you here? You don't believe in the curse. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:35 | |
Of course not, but according to the Quantum Theory, | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
the outcome of any experiment is partly determined | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
by the presence of a particular observer. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
What does that have to do with baseball? | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
Your presence in the stands has a negative impact | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
on the physics of baseball for the Grebes. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:50 | |
In other words, you're the curse. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:52 | |
Ah-h-h-h-h-h-h! | 0:08:52 | 0:08:55 | |
I can't go to the last game. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
I just can't. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:00 | |
-Oh...! -Do you want one of those to wear to the game? | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
Mom, take my ticket. I can watch the game on TV. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:10 | |
Oh, that is so sweet of you, but you and Harry are diehard fans. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:14 | |
You've got to be there for the final game of the world championship. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:19 | |
-We forgot the milk. Will you run and get it? -Sure. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
Oh! | 0:09:26 | 0:09:27 | |
Playmon? | 0:09:27 | 0:09:29 | |
-Hi, kid. -Wow! This is...! I'm a big fan. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:33 | |
-Nice to meet you. -Would you sign my milk carton? -Sure. What's your name? | 0:09:33 | 0:09:37 | |
-Buster Baxter. -Hey, Playmon, there's a special on apples. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:42 | |
Winlin?! Bateria! You guys buy groceries too? | 0:09:42 | 0:09:46 | |
-How about signing this for Buster? -We appreciate your support. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:50 | |
We couldn't do it without fans like you. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
You going to the big game? | 0:09:52 | 0:09:54 | |
< Yes. I mean no. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
Trust me, you don't want me there. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:58 | |
Why not? | 0:09:58 | 0:09:59 | |
You know how you lost games two, five and six? | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
It was my fault. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:03 | |
-Guess we're off the hook. -No, it's true. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
When I'm in the stands, you lose. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
When I'm not, you win. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:10 | |
It's the curse. I bring the curse. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
No es verdad. It's not true. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
The curse is you not showing up for the game in case we lose. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:20 | |
The curse is you thinking | 0:10:20 | 0:10:21 | |
that we don't need you in the stands tomorrow because we do. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:25 | |
-Ever hear of Dickinson? -Shortstop? | 0:10:25 | 0:10:28 | |
Poet. Lived in New England. Wrote a poem that goes like this. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:32 | |
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul | 0:10:32 | 0:10:36 | |
"And sings the tune without the words | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
"and never stops at all." | 0:10:39 | 0:10:41 | |
-Do you see what we're trying to say? -Not really. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:44 | |
Tomorrow at the big game, hope is a green-tailed grebe. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
If we're gonna win, then we need all the fan support we can get. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
We need you, Buster, curse or no curse. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
Yeah, Buster, we need you. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
'It's the bottom of the nine, the bases are loaded for the Grebes, | 0:10:56 | 0:11:00 | |
-'but they're down ten to seven with two outs against them.' -It's time. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
Playmon is up. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
Strike one. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:11 | |
Come on, Playmon! | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
Strike two. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:15 | |
"Hope is the thing with feathers!" | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
Woo-hoo! | 0:11:21 | 0:11:23 | |
Oh, no! Buster's cracking. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:25 | |
No, I can't watch. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:27 | |
'Playmon connects. This ball is hit hard. It could be an out. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:32 | |
'It's there. Grebes have won!' | 0:11:32 | 0:11:36 | |
-Playmon's the best! -The numbers were right! | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
Ho-ho-ho! We're the world champions! | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
And it only took 87 years! | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
And you can tell your grandchildren you were there! | 0:11:51 | 0:11:54 | |
The most amazing part was | 0:11:56 | 0:11:58 | |
what happened to the ball after Playmon hit it. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:01 | |
It went up and up and then it sprouted feathers. | 0:12:01 | 0:12:06 | |
Wings! Did anyone ever find that ball? | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
Oh, no. It flapped right out of the ball park, | 0:12:09 | 0:12:13 | |
past the moon and right to the stars. | 0:12:13 | 0:12:18 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd 2006 | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
E-mail [email protected] | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 |
