Goofy-Tennis Racquet
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00:00 [theme music]
00:03 ♪ (upbeat music)
00:21 (humming)
00:26 (cash register dinging)
00:27 ♪ (upbeat music)
00:30 - Well, good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.
00:34 This is your sportscaster bringing today's match to you
00:36 through the courtesy of the BBB & BB Ball Company,
00:40 which we will see in use today
00:42 on this magnificently kept court
00:44 whose grassy lawn lies outspread before my very eyes.
00:48 Ah yes, we anticipate quite a gathering
00:50 who will not pass up the opportunity
00:52 to witness this thrilling contest with...
00:54 (horn blaring)
00:58 Oh well, everyone to his own taste.
01:01 Now I see our crowd is beginning to gather.
01:04 ♪ (dramatic music)
01:07 (grunt)
01:08 ♪ (dramatic music)
01:11 (grunt)
01:11 Oh, ouch!
01:12 Ah yes, they are really packing them in.
01:16 And now, now yes,
01:17 now I see the contestants coming out onto the field.
01:21 Ah, such confidence and poise these boys display.
01:24 (squeaking)
01:26 ♪ (upbeat music)
01:30 (sizzling)
01:32 (thud)
01:33 (crash)
01:34 Magnificent specimens of finely trained athletes.
01:38 Hmm?
01:39 ♪ (dramatic music)
01:41 And they are ready to play!
01:44 ♪ (upbeat music)
01:45 Big Ben has won the spin and will serve first.
01:47 (whirring)
01:49 (squeaking)
01:51 This fellow is known to have one of the most dynamic,
01:54 devastating serves in tennis.
01:56 (gasp)
01:57 ♪ (dramatic music)
01:58 (grunt)
02:00 And there's the service!
02:02 It's a high...
02:04 palaveral over the net.
02:05 And an easy return, and a hard drive,
02:07 and a soft smash,
02:09 and a terrific recovery to the backcourt!
02:11 And an easy lob,
02:13 and a tremendous backhand,
02:15 and a lob, and a smash!
02:17 And a lob.
02:18 (squeaking)
02:19 These boys play two entirely different types of tennis.
02:22 Little Joe choosing the soft,
02:24 a place for a steadier, steadier, or defensive game.
02:28 And Big Ben preferring the hard, driving, offensive,
02:31 smashing, smashing, harassing game.
02:34 Well, there's the first game to Little Joe.
02:37 Oh, fudge!
02:38 ♪ (dramatic music)
02:42 (crash)
02:43 ♪ (dramatic music)
02:45 Now Little Joe serves.
02:48 (whirring)
02:50 (whack)
02:51 (squeaking)
02:52 ♪ (dramatic music)
02:59 Aha! Big Ben broke through Little Joe's service.
03:02 (applause)
03:03 Fast and furious, the pace increases.
03:05 5'30", 30-30, 40-30, 40-40,
03:08 hammering tongs as both boys are brushing the net.
03:11 ♪ (dramatic music)
03:15 (whirring)
03:19 ♪ (dramatic music)
03:23 (crash)
03:24 (whirring)
03:25 (crash)
03:26 (whirring)
03:27 (crowd cheering)
03:32 Psst...hey, uh...what's the score?
03:35 (whispering)
03:36 Well, that evens it off.
03:38 Now this set should really be a humdinger.
03:40 ♪ (upbeat music)
03:43 Joe serves, Ben returns,
03:45 Joe returns, Ben returns,
03:46 Joe returns, Ben returns,
03:48 to 45, deep center, far corner, smash,
03:50 backhand, volley, game, love, love, drive, deuce,
03:54 5, 10, 15, 20, 30...
03:56 Such power, such grace, such rhythm, such spirit.
04:00 45, 40, 30, up and add, deuce, out, deuce,
04:03 Big Joe and Little Ben are both brushing the net.
04:05 This is thrilling!
04:07 (laughing)
04:08 Such verb, such dash, such poetry of motion.
04:11 ♪ (upbeat music)
04:13 (grunt)
04:14 ♪ (upbeat music)
04:16 Now the pressure is really on, both players dashing
04:18 with reckless abandon, hither and thither,
04:20 throwing caution to the winds, and now look,
04:21 Little Joe is changing to a two-handed Australian grip,
04:24 he winds up and he...
04:25 (crash)
04:26 Yad, what a smash!
04:27 Suppose we view this...
04:28 - In slow...motion.
04:33 (tires screeching)
04:34 ♪ (whimsical music)
04:44 (thud)
04:45 ♪ (whimsical music)
05:13 - Whoa!
05:15 ♪ (whimsical music)
05:20 (thud)
05:21 Whoa!
05:23 - Let's get back to the game.
05:24 It looks from here like Big Ben is forging into the lead.
05:27 No, it's Little Joe, no Big Ben, no, no, Little Joe,
05:29 no, it's Little Ben, no, it's Big Joe!
05:31 40, 30, 35, 40, 20, 44, 40, 50, 54, 50, or 5,
05:35 230, 230, it's getting late, no, deuce, backward,
05:37 here we go, it's 40, 30, 35, 40, 20...
05:40 (crowd cheering)
05:41 - Point, game, match, set, tournament!
05:44 And the champ...
05:46 - Hmm?
05:48 Say, uh...who won?
05:50 - I just won.
05:51 - Ah, just as I thought!
05:53 What did I tell you?
05:54 I knew he could do it!
05:56 Condition always tells.
05:58 And now to the champion, the spoils!
06:01 A just and true reward for the victor.
06:04 Ow!
06:05 (clattering)
06:07 And the loser?
06:08 Ha!
06:09 Well, ethics and good sportsmanship demand
06:11 that he shrug off his feelings of utter disappointment
06:14 and smile in spite of himself.
06:16 (bell dings)
06:17 (clattering)
06:19 (clattering)
06:21 (air horn blows)
06:23 Yes, the champion's a real sport.
06:25 (air horn blows)
06:25 (whimsical music)
06:28 (air horn blows)
06:36 (triumphant music)
06:38 - Good sports to the veteran!
06:40 (whimsical music)
06:43 (triumphant music)
06:46 (triumphant music)
06:49 (upbeat music)