0:00:02 > 0:00:04# Every day when you're walking down the street
0:00:04 > 0:00:06# Everybody that you meet
0:00:06 > 0:00:09# Has an original point of view
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:00:13 > 0:00:16# What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:16 > 0:00:18# We can learn to work and play
0:00:18 > 0:00:21# And get along with each other
0:00:21 > 0:00:23# You gotta listen to your heart
0:00:23 > 0:00:24# Listen to the beat
0:00:24 > 0:00:26# Listen to the rhythm
0:00:26 > 0:00:27# The rhythm of the street
0:00:27 > 0:00:28# Open your eyes!
0:00:28 > 0:00:30# Open your ears!
0:00:30 > 0:00:34# Get together, make things better By working together
0:00:34 > 0:00:36# It's a simple message
0:00:36 > 0:00:39# And it comes from the heart
0:00:39 > 0:00:40# Believe in yourself
0:00:40 > 0:00:43# For that's the place to start
0:00:43 > 0:00:45- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:00:45 > 0:00:48# What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:48 > 0:00:50# We can learn to work and play
0:00:50 > 0:00:53# And get along with each other
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- # What a wonderful kind of day.- Hey!
0:00:56 > 0:00:59- # What a wonderful kind of day. - HEY! #
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Hey, DW.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Hey!
0:01:03 > 0:01:04Whoa!
0:01:08 > 0:01:10And...action.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15Hi, today's show is...um, I forgot my first line.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20Cut! Acting, today's show is all about acting. See?
0:01:20 > 0:01:24I got it. You don't have to shout, "Cut!" We're the only ones here.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28I like shouting, "Cut!" It makes me feel professional.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Today's show is all about acting.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Today's SHOW is ALL about...
0:01:33 > 0:01:39Arthur and Buster's homemade show opening, take two. And...action.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Hi, today's show is all about...
0:01:42 > 0:01:43You and Buster have to move.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Nadine and I are building a pillow fort in here.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48No way! Use the den.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51I can't, those pillows aren't right.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55Anyway, I wouldn't be building a fort if you played with me
0:01:55 > 0:01:58once in a while, but you never do.
0:01:58 > 0:01:59SHE SOBS
0:01:59 > 0:02:00You hate me.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03What? DW, that's ridic...
0:02:03 > 0:02:05CUT! Cut.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08We'll move into the den, all right?
0:02:08 > 0:02:09SHE SOBS
0:02:14 > 0:02:16You were wonderful.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Now that's acting.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31Fern! The sparkling butterfly barrette or the sparkling bow?
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Um, I dunno. They look the same to me.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38It's an acting audition. They won't pay attention to your hair.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40It's for William Filmour Toffman,
0:02:40 > 0:02:44THE William Filmour Toffman. I have to look my best.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Who's William Filmour Toffman?
0:02:47 > 0:02:50True East, Jimmy Hopped The C Train.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53He's only the most famous theatre director in Crown City.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58He directed his first play in Elwood City. It Began With The Whistle.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02He's back for a revival of the play's 20th anniversary.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05We're trying out for Little Lucie, the only kid in the play. Wanna come?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Me? Audition? I can't act.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10So. Come for moral support.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Besides, you might see a star be born.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Bravo, bravo.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Gritty, but with a hint of ennui.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Nice work, Francine.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26You'd make a great understudy.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27- Next!- Good luck.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28SHE GASPS
0:03:28 > 0:03:29What did you say?
0:03:29 > 0:03:32It's bad luck to say, "Good luck" to an actor.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35You say break a leg, or something in French.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36Oh. Bonjour.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Next, please.
0:03:42 > 0:03:49But, Grandma, can't you he-e-ear the whistle blowing?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Thank you, Miss Crossmyer.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Actually, it's Crosswire.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Thank you, Mr Toffman, I'm a huge fan.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00What's this?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03My headshots, some postcards, a DVD of my most dramatic work,
0:04:03 > 0:04:05oh, and chocolates.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Ah, we have one more.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Oh, I'm not auditioning.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14What a pity. You look perfect for the role.
0:04:14 > 0:04:20Thin, round shouldered, a certain hunger in the eyes.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Actually I just had a frozen yoghurt.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Ha ha ha, and a wit, to boot.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27What did you say your name was?
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- Fern.- Fern. Beautiful name.
0:04:31 > 0:04:37Well, Fern, are you sure you don't want to climb the boards
0:04:37 > 0:04:38and give it a shot?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Well...OK.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Good...luck!
0:04:48 > 0:04:49SHE GASPS
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Finally, the cast list.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56You can't be serious?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01I'm Little Lucie?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03But I didn't even act the line.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Maybe it's a mistake.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Nope. Daddy's in the play too,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10he spoke to, he spoke to William Filmour Toffman.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Apparently you were just right for the part.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16But all I've ever played at school is a tree
0:05:16 > 0:05:19in the Arbour Day Extravaganza.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20I'm gonna say no.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24You can't say no, this could launch your acting career.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26I don't want an acting career.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I worked for hours having Bailey put together
0:05:29 > 0:05:32those headshots and you want to walk away?
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Fern, there's gonna be great costumes, a cool set,
0:05:36 > 0:05:37it could be really fun.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44Welcome to the magnificent world of It Began With A Whistle.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48A tragic tale of love and loss.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Redemption and more loss.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Behold...
0:05:53 > 0:05:55a model of our set.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58It shall be your home for the next three weeks.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Evocative!
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Stunning!
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Depressing.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Exactly.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07This play takes place during the Depression,
0:06:07 > 0:06:11so the set must therefore be...depressing.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Um, Mr Toffman, I think I might be missing some pages.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26I've only found one line for Little Lucie.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29And what a line it is.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33In fact, I feel the whole play revolves
0:06:33 > 0:06:36around that line, Fern.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Oh, cool.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43"Then in the dust storm of 22, we left Amarillo,
0:06:43 > 0:06:45"taking just what we could carry on our backs."
0:06:45 > 0:06:48"Even the kettle don't work in this house."
0:06:48 > 0:06:50"I am Big Daddy Booth."
0:06:50 > 0:06:53"Because it would be the last I'd see of Oklahoma..."
0:06:55 > 0:06:58"It's got a broken heart, it don't whistle no more.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02"Cos it forgot how. Like we forgot how."
0:07:05 > 0:07:08"But, Grandma, can't you hear the whistle blowing?"
0:07:08 > 0:07:11This is why I am in the theatre.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16To hear the music of words the way you just read them.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19And Fern, I love the way you made Lucie
0:07:19 > 0:07:24seem as if she were awaking from a deep psychological sleep.
0:07:24 > 0:07:25Genius!
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Wow, maybe I am a natural.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34And the award for best dramatic performance
0:07:34 > 0:07:35of a single line goes to...
0:07:35 > 0:07:38HE GASPS
0:07:38 > 0:07:40My protegee...Fern!
0:07:40 > 0:07:41APPLAUSE
0:07:44 > 0:07:47I wasn't expecting this, I mean, I know I've had rave reviews
0:07:47 > 0:07:49from every newspaper in the world
0:07:49 > 0:07:51and my fan mail needs its own dressing room,
0:07:51 > 0:07:53but still, it's such a shock.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57Thank you. Thank you so much.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- Thank you...- Fern!- Huh?
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Will you quit thanking the ketchup and pass it, please?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Daddy told me Will said you were a genius.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09I'm just curious, what method do you use?
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Method?
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Yeah, you know, how do you prepare?
0:08:12 > 0:08:15I don't, I just say the line.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18You're going to be performing in front of hundreds of people.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21You have to do more than that. Here...
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Some material I thought might help you.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Books on technique, warm-up exercises,
0:08:25 > 0:08:26stuff like that.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31It's funny they call you the stranger,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33cos you seem familiar.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Red leather, yellow leather, red leather...
0:08:36 > 0:08:41Folks always say I seem strange, but familiar. Strange that.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Stop, stop, stop, stop. Grandma, nice work.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Nigel, I need you to be stranger.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51You seem...not strange enough.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Yes, right, of course.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- And, Fern...- Yes.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Do you know what acting is, Fern?
0:08:59 > 0:09:04Acting is reacting. And you can't react unless you...
0:09:04 > 0:09:09Prepare. And learn your lines really, really well.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14You can't react unless you listen.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Little Lucie is a listener.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Take it from the top of the scene.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24It's got a broken heart. Like all of us.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- It don't whistle no more cos... - But Grandma,
0:09:27 > 0:09:29can't you hear the whistle?
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Ladies and gentlemen, take five.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Fern, let's you and I take a stroll.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46When I think of Little Lucie, I think of this tree.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I can do that. I've played trees before.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53"Do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus."
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Shakespeare. Hamlet's instructions to the players.
0:09:58 > 0:10:04Fern, I don't want you to BE a tree.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08I want you to be LIKE this tree.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10It doesn't move much.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15Yes, but you can't help but notice it.
0:10:18 > 0:10:23I am Big Daddy Booth. I am Big Daddy Booth.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28But Grandma, can't you hear the whistle blowing? But Grandma...
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Places everyone. Places.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32Why is he saying, "Places"?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35It means the show is about to start
0:10:35 > 0:10:37and YOU have to go back to your seat.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Even the kettle don't work in this house.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46It's got a broken heart. It don't whistle no more cos...
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- c-c-cos...- Cos it forgot how.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Like we forgot how.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Grandma, can't you hear the thistle blowing?
0:11:02 > 0:11:07I hear thistle blowing out there on the dusty plains,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10but I also hear a whistle blowing.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Don't you, Grandma?
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Fern!
0:11:26 > 0:11:31Hey. I guess I wasn't such a genius, after all.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33What are you talking about?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36I only had one line and I messed it up.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40That wasn't in the script? I thought they just expanded your role.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42You're not just saying that?
0:11:42 > 0:11:46William Filmour Toffman was right, you're perfect for that part.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49I could never play someone so dreary.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Nice work.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Brava, Fern. Have some sparkling cider.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I'm really sorry I flubbed the line.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01I promise it won't happen again.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06You improvised. The dusty plains bit, genius.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10And most importantly, you were really listening.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12I was thinking, for tomorrow's show,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15we might restage the last scene.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Perhaps have you sit on the floor with a rag doll...
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Hey, could we give Little Lucie another line or two?
0:12:21 > 0:12:25I'm not the playwright, Fern. I'm just the director.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36# Every day when you're walking down the street
0:12:36 > 0:12:38# And everybody that you meet
0:12:38 > 0:12:41# Has an original point of view
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- # What a wonderful kind of day! - Hey! #
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