0:00:01 > 0:00:05# Every day when you're walkin' down the street
0:00:05 > 0:00:07# Everybody that you meet
0:00:07 > 0:00:10# Has an original point of view
0:00:10 > 0:00:12- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:00:12 > 0:00:17# What a wonderful kind of day If we can learn to work and play
0:00:17 > 0:00:20# And get along with each other
0:00:20 > 0:00:23# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat
0:00:23 > 0:00:26# Listen to the rhythm The rhythm of the street
0:00:26 > 0:00:29# Open up your eyes! Open up your ears!
0:00:29 > 0:00:32# Get together and make things better By working together
0:00:32 > 0:00:37# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
0:00:37 > 0:00:41# Oh, believe in yourself For that's the place to start
0:00:41 > 0:00:46- # And I say, hey!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:46 > 0:00:51- # If we can learn to work and play And get along with each other,- Hey!
0:00:51 > 0:00:56# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #
0:00:56 > 0:00:59(Hey, DW.)
0:01:00 > 0:01:01Hey!
0:01:02 > 0:01:04GLASS SMASHES
0:01:07 > 0:01:10And then the ref said it was out when it was clearly in.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12It was so unfair.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Maria has always been really quiet.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19She's the best at hide and seek.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Where is she? We've been searching for two hours.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26OK, Maria. We give up! You win!
0:01:28 > 0:01:31She almost never talks in class.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Who knows the answer to number 12?
0:01:34 > 0:01:35Maria?
0:01:37 > 0:01:38Correct.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40She's even quiet on Halloween.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43DOORBELL RINGS
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Oh, a mime.
0:01:45 > 0:01:46What a creative costume.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Now that I think about it,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53I don't think I've ever even heard her speak.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Hey, Mari...
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Where did she go?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Phew!
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Exciting news, class.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Lakewood is starting its very own, student-run live TV news show.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22It'll air every Friday and this week it's our turn to produce it.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24I've assigned each one of you a role.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Francine, you'll be the director.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Buster, you'll do the weather.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29Muffy will be in charge of arts and culture
0:02:29 > 0:02:32and our lead reporter will be Maria.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39This is a d-d-disaster. Now everyone will know that I s-stutter.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41It's no big deal.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Besides, I thought you were seeing a speech therapist.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Yes b-b-but this is live TV.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Well, I think you'd be an amazing reporter.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Who knows, it could be the start of a great career.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58You'd travel the world, be watched by millions of fans.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Maria Pappas here, reporting live from Egypt.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06What are your thoughts on the discovery of a brand-new pyramid?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08CAMEL GRUNTS
0:03:10 > 0:03:14That would be p-p-pretty amazing.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16But if you don't want to do it,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18I guess they'll find someone else.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21No, I mean I'll d-d-do it.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Now I j-j-just have to find a way to hide my stutter.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30So we'll start the show with weather.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35Hmm, partly cloudy with a 70% chance of an alien invasion.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36SHE SIGHS
0:03:36 > 0:03:40Then Maria will introduce George on sports.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Wait, where is Maria?
0:03:44 > 0:03:49Miss Pappas is sorry she's late but she was doing vocal warm-ups.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52As I was saying, after George we'll have Muffy on arts then
0:03:52 > 0:03:54a story from our lead reporter.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56What have you got, Maria?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59INAUDIBLE WHISPERS
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Miss Pappas will be doing an interview.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05OK... With whom?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07INAUDIBLE WHISPERS
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Miss Pappas is exploring her options.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Well, you'd better decide soon.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13We don't have a lot of time.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16OK, let's practice the opening.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23Hello? Yes, I'm sure she'd love to interview you, Mr President.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25(Sorry.)
0:04:25 > 0:04:28She's a big fan of yours too, Sir.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31That's funny, I didn't even hear her phone ring.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33And you thought I was a prima donna.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37What am I g-g-going to do?
0:04:37 > 0:04:41I c-c-can't a-a-avoid talking forever.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Maybe you should just tell Francine the truth.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49Sh-she'll just ask Ratburn to replace me.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52JENNA'S MUM: Jenna, did you take out the trash?
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Yes.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57OK, I haven't yet but I'm going to do it right after dinner, promise.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Wow, your m-m-mum's good.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Yeah, she has this way of getting me to talk.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08All she has to do is give me that look and I spill the beans.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Hmm...
0:05:10 > 0:05:14M-M-Maybe there's someone I c-c-could interview who would do all
0:05:14 > 0:05:17the t-t-talking for me.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Buster, no-one cares about the current weather on Pluto.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Tell that to the Plutonians!
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Hey, Maria. Excited for our first show tomorrow?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28So today is our last rehearsal.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Who have you decided to interview?
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Muffy?!
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Why you want to interview M...?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36You want to interview me?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38What a brilliant idea.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40OK, ask me anything.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Maria's interview with Muffy, rehearsal take one.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I'm M-M-M...
0:05:52 > 0:05:55I'm h-h-here with...
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Muffy Crossfire, entrepreneur, style guru
0:05:58 > 0:06:01and heir to the Crosswire Motors dynasty.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Em, OK... I'm a Gemini.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09I love clothes, pop music, opera and, eh...
0:06:09 > 0:06:11and helping people.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14What? You don't think I like helping people?
0:06:14 > 0:06:15I do.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19I mean, I know sometimes I can come across as selfish but...
0:06:20 > 0:06:23OK, you're right.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Sometimes I am selfish
0:06:25 > 0:06:27but it doesn't mean I don't care about people.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32You think it's easy being this smart,
0:06:32 > 0:06:34pretty and popular?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36I feel so much pressure.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Sometimes, it's just more than I can bear.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48This is a news show, not Hoping with Hoprah.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Sorry, Maria, but you're going to have to
0:06:51 > 0:06:54find someone else to interview.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Ahh, I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00You really are good.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04G-G-Great.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09Where am I going to f-f-find someone who loves to talk as much as Muffy?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11There must be someone out there.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15It's a one-act puppet opera based on Cervantes's Don Quixote.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17I'm performing it next month at the community centre. You...
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Bingo!
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Goodnight, Goldie.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Wish me luck for tomorrow.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32And now the...
0:07:32 > 0:07:34With Buster Baxter on weather,
0:07:34 > 0:07:36George Lundgren and Wally on sports,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Muffy Crosswire with arts and culture and
0:07:39 > 0:07:41lead reporter, Maria Pappas.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50SHE BAAS
0:07:51 > 0:07:53HORN BLARES
0:07:53 > 0:07:55What's wrong with her?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57SHE GARGLES
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- She can't talk!- She has a frog in her throat.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02No, she has a...
0:08:02 > 0:08:04stutter!
0:08:04 > 0:08:06LAUGHTER
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Huh!
0:08:10 > 0:08:12SCHOOL BELL RINGS
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Hey, ready for your close up?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29This is it. Great idea to interview Mr Ratburn, by the way.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31We're on in ten!
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Everyone to their places.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37And we're live in three, (two), (one).
0:08:42 > 0:08:46G-G-G-G-G...
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- G-Good m-m-m-morning... - (Cut to Buster!)
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Good morning, fellow students, earthlings
0:08:52 > 0:08:54and extraterrestrial life forms.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55BUSTER: Let's look at...
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- What happened?- Are you OK?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59She's probably just nervous.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02N-N-N-No, it's n-n-n-not just the nerves.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04I have t-t-trouble...
0:09:04 > 0:09:06You have trouble with what?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Maria, wait!
0:09:12 > 0:09:14She has a stutter!
0:09:18 > 0:09:20It was so humiliating.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22I bet everyone thinks there's something wrong with me.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Why can't I talk to them like a talk to you?
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Animals are easier to talk to.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30I used to practise lines before school plays
0:09:30 > 0:09:32in front of my hermit crab, Theroux.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I'm sorry I r-r-ruined the show.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39I'm sure F-F-Francine w-w-would be h-h-happy
0:09:39 > 0:09:40to take my place.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- Oh, I'm not here to replace you.- But my s-s-stutter.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48I know. But we've got a few weeks until our next show
0:09:48 > 0:09:50and with practice and some help,
0:09:50 > 0:09:52I'm sure you'll do an excellent job.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53That's why I choose you.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Now, let's try our interview again.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58I think you'll find my story quite interesting.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Now relax and speak slowly.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06M-M-My name is Maria.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11M-M-Miss Morgan, how did it feel
0:10:11 > 0:10:14to be named athlete of the year?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16G-ood morning, Lakewood.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19T-oday's headlines...
0:10:19 > 0:10:21M-aria takes Elwood City by storm.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Where is she? Mr Ratburn told me she'd be here.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30After what happened last time, who could blame her for not showing up?
0:10:30 > 0:10:31- MARIA:- I'm here!
0:10:33 > 0:10:35You sure you want to do this?
0:10:41 > 0:10:45OK, and we're on in three, (two), (one).
0:10:48 > 0:10:51G-Good m-morning, Lakewood.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53I'm Maria Pappas.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58Today I'm r-reporting on an important issue,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00k-kids and adults s-stuttering.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04L-lots of famous people have been stutterers,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Lewis Carroll, Winston Churchill,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Marilyn Monroe and my next guest.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Thank you for joining us, Mr R-Ratburn.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15A pleasure to be here, Maria.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19So when did you first begin stuttering?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Well, it all began when I was three...
0:11:22 > 0:11:24And when I won the role of Captain Corcoran
0:11:24 > 0:11:27in our seventh-grade production of the HMS Pinafore,
0:11:27 > 0:11:29I knew I'd arrived.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31There you have it!
0:11:31 > 0:11:33I'm Maria Pappas, signing off.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37And we're out!
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Nicely done.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- Great job!- That was amazing! ARTHUR:- Who knew Ratburn stuttered?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Why didn't you just tell us that you stuttered?
0:11:44 > 0:11:48I d-d-didn't want to seem d-d-different from everyone else.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49I understand.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53Think how I feel being the only fashionable one at this the school.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56S-So when do we start p-planning our n-next show?
0:11:56 > 0:12:00I've got a tonne of ideas!