Bella and the Bulldogs Season 1 Episode 17 Bulldog Blues
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00:00 Bulldogs football team have lost their kicker Kenny Ping.
00:03 Ping was selected to play in a youth orchestra that's leaving on a world tour.
00:08 Which leads me to my new segment, bonehead of the week.
00:12 [laughter]
00:15 This is Ace McFumbles. Didn't know? Now you do. You're welcome.
00:19 [laughter]
00:21 This is a disaster. We can't play without a kicker.
00:25 I know. It's one of the most important positions on the team.
00:28 Who's going to kick field goals or extra points?
00:31 Or kickoffs.
00:33 I just realized the kicker does a lot more for this team than I do.
00:37 [laughter]
00:38 We could give a chance to a lovable underdog.
00:41 A little guy no one expects anything from, but if given the opportunity, might inspire us all.
00:46 That's it! We can teach my family mule to kick.
00:49 He only has three legs. I wouldn't expect anything from him.
00:53 But my aunt, that'll be an inspiring story.
00:56 That's not what I... Never mind.
01:00 [laughter]
01:01 Alright. We need a kicker and fast.
01:04 Time to find out which one of you has the best leg on the team.
01:08 [music]
01:10 Oh! Ow!
01:13 Try no kick.
01:15 [laughter]
01:17 [music]
01:22 [laughter]
01:26 [music]
01:33 Look at you. He seems like he knows what he's doing.
01:36 Yeah, well, kickers are usually the smallest, weakest, least athletic guys on the team.
01:43 Maybe this is his moment.
01:45 [laughter]
01:46 I've got this, coach.
01:48 [music]
01:53 Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
01:57 Sawyer!
01:58 Yeah, yeah.
02:00 Get the mule.
02:02 And the nurse.
02:04 [laughter]
02:06 [music]
02:09 You won't find me in the bleachers.
02:12 Now that girl is one of us.
02:14 I'm made of spice and sugar.
02:16 Baby's too pretty tough.
02:18 We're not a little glitter.
02:20 Brianna's in a cloud of dust.
02:22 And you get, you get, ooh.
02:24 A game changer, playmaker.
02:26 Take the ball, she'll see you later.
02:28 I'm on a dream like, team like, living like one of the boys.
02:32 She got it going, going. She got it going on.
02:35 I'm playing like Friday night, kicking like one of the boys.
02:40 She got it going, going. She got it coming on.
02:43 One of the boys.
02:45 [music]
02:51 How are we going to play without a kicker?
02:54 We won't be able to get past the kickoff.
02:57 Curse you, Kenny Ping!
02:59 [laughter]
03:01 Coach, just give Bella a shot.
03:03 She's good at stealing people's jobs.
03:05 [laughter]
03:06 What? It's a compliment.
03:09 Well, in cheerleading, I was a natural at high kicking.
03:12 Kind of a savant.
03:15 Okay.
03:17 [laughter]
03:29 Curse you, Kenny Ping!
03:32 [laughter]
03:34 I believe this is yours.
03:36 Thanks. Sorry, kicking a football is a lot harder than it looks.
03:40 Oh, really? Is it?
03:42 Well, yeah.
03:44 It's not like you can just come up and kick it through your first time.
03:47 It takes timing and precision and--
03:50 [thud]
03:52 Whoa!
03:55 Okay, I guess it's not that hard.
03:57 [laughter]
03:59 Hey! You with the freakishly strong leg!
04:02 You want to play kicker?
04:04 No, thanks. I'm good.
04:06 What? Why not?
04:08 Football's not my thing.
04:10 Seriously?
04:12 Football's not his thing?
04:14 This is Texas. It is the only thing.
04:17 Yeah, well, not to Hunter.
04:19 All he cares about is soccer.
04:21 And being a jerk.
04:22 A jerky jerk.
04:24 What's that even mean?
04:26 Look, Hunter was the kicker on our youth football team,
04:29 and he was a cool dude.
04:31 Then one day, right before the biggest game of the season,
04:33 he left us to join the soccer team.
04:36 Left us? He deserted us.
04:39 And then we got crushed 'cause we didn't have a kicker.
04:41 You guys, that's too bad.
04:44 But it's in the past.
04:46 Right now, we need a kicker, and Hunter is our best option.
04:50 Well, Bella, look, don't waste your time, all right?
04:52 Even if you do convince him, he'll just end up ditching us.
04:55 We don't have much time left.
04:57 We've got to give it a try.
04:59 What else can we do?
05:00 Give Newt another shot?
05:02 What?
05:03 Please.
05:05 No.
05:06 19, 20.
05:11 Come on, if Michelle Obama can do it, you can, too.
05:15 Have you seen the biceps on Michelle Obama?
05:19 She can bench press Barack.
05:22 That's enough. Practice is over.
05:27 But I have a homework assignment for you.
05:29 I need you to go online and research
05:31 the cheapest 70-inch TVs you can find.
05:34 What does that have to do with cheerleading?
05:37 Nothing.
05:38 But when my boyfriend left me, he took the flat screen.
05:42 We've got to do something.
05:46 Ever since Miss Park got dumped, she's been a total nightmare.
05:49 Tell me about...
05:50 Ow!
05:51 ...it.
05:53 As a result of my eavesdropping,
05:56 I couldn't help overhear your conversation.
05:59 Have you thought of setting Miss Park up with a new guy?
06:02 Might cheer her up.
06:04 That's not a bad idea.
06:05 But who? We're talking about Miss Park.
06:08 Her only hobbies are knitting and ping-pong.
06:11 I know someone who's into ping-pong,
06:13 and he's as lonely and sad as she is.
06:15 Newt, you're far too young for her.
06:19 I'm talking about Coach.
06:23 Ooh!
06:24 Coach and Miss Park would make a really cute couple.
06:27 I'd totally ship them.
06:29 Great, I'll help you guys.
06:30 I've watched a ton of romantic comedies.
06:32 Even the one where the baker falls in love with the wedding cake.
06:35 "Bake Me Your Wife."
06:37 It's so good.
06:39 Uh, thanks, but we don't need help.
06:42 We're girls. We're born with a romance gene.
06:45 I read that in Jean Cosmo.
06:48 Right.
06:50 Well, when your plan doesn't work out, you know where to find me.
06:53 Standing behind me, listening to my conversations?
06:56 I just want to be there when you need me.
07:00 (
07:08 So, Hunter, we didn't formally meet the other day.
07:11 I'm--
07:12 Bella, the girl who can't kick a football.
07:15 Yeah, I was gonna tip at Bella, but yes, that is true.
07:19 Anyway, I baked you these.
07:22 Oh, free cookies.
07:24 My favorite kind.
07:26 Not to brag, but they are really, really awesome.
07:28 It's my secret ingredient.
07:30 Chocolate-covered, wouldn't you like to know?
07:33 Pretzels?
07:35 Anyhoo, uh, Hunter, we really want you on the football team.
07:42 Bella, I know how those guys feel about me.
07:45 And the feeling's mutual, so it's not gonna work out.
07:49 But you took my cookies!
07:52 No, I didn't.
07:54 Hunter, wait.
07:55 We need you on the team.
07:58 What can I do?
07:59 How about I help you with your homework?
08:01 I'm a really good tutor.
08:03 I'm a really good student.
08:04 Uh, wash your dirt bike?
08:07 I skateboard.
08:08 Wash your skateboard?
08:10 Who washes a skateboard?
08:12 Okay, okay, there must be something.
08:14 I've got...
08:17 $6 and a punch card from Squeezie's.
08:19 One more punch and you get a free sundae.
08:23 I don't like ice cream.
08:24 What?
08:25 Everybody likes ice cream.
08:26 Now you're just being difficult.
08:28 You're right.
08:29 I love ice cream.
08:31 If you seriously want me to be your kicker,
08:35 how about you give us your practice field for a week?
08:38 The football field?
08:39 Yeah.
08:40 The soccer team has to use the overflow parking lot.
08:42 The one that's full of rocks and scorpions?
08:45 I've been stung twice.
08:48 Yikes.
08:50 That's horrible, but I don't know if I can just give you our field.
08:54 It's not my problem.
08:56 Figure it out, quarterback.
08:59 Figure it out, quarterback.
09:02 Want these?
09:03 They're not very good.
09:05 It's been rough since Hubert left me.
09:11 That's why I've been making you girls practice so hard,
09:13 you know, to get our minds off of him.
09:15 But our minds are not on him.
09:17 Yours is.
09:18 Don't talk back, girl.
09:20 I can't take much more of this.
09:24 Don't worry.
09:25 There's coach.
09:26 Let's hope he likes ping pong as Mitch's new settee does.
09:29 All right.
09:30 We were going to play some ping pong.
09:35 You want to play?
09:36 That might cheer me up.
09:38 Ping pong is my jam.
09:40 We had no idea.
09:43 Oh, too bad.
09:47 We only have three players.
09:50 Unless...
09:52 Coach!
09:54 What are you doing in the gym?
09:56 I'm a gym teacher.
09:59 You want to play some ping pong with us?
10:02 Well, I don't know if that'd be fair.
10:06 Back in 1983, I was a nationally ranked junior.
10:14 Oh, wow! Nice paddle, Wanda.
10:17 Oh, thanks. It's autographed by Jan Sorensen.
10:20 Jan the Mon?
10:23 He's my favorite player.
10:26 Give it here.
10:27 This is going to be so easy.
10:32 Nationally ranked?
10:40 More like nationally stank.
10:43 Well, if you'd just set me up, we could crush these kids.
10:46 We have to just...
10:48 This is just angry flirting, right?
10:51 Let's hope so.
10:52 Ow!
10:57 My shoulder!
10:59 That was my ball! Just walk it off, Phil!
11:02 That's a good idea.
11:04 You should take a walk on the beach.
11:07 At sunset. Together.
11:09 I'm good.
11:13 I'll see you tomorrow at practice.
11:15 And bring an extra towel, 'cause y'all gonna sweat it out.
11:18 Sharing a field with the soccer team?
11:27 That makes about as much sense as trying to make a turkey and a pig fall in love to get turkey bacon.
11:31 But you tried it anyway.
11:33 Yes. Yes, I did.
11:36 See? Hunter is our turkey bacon.
11:41 I admit he's not exactly my favorite person.
11:44 But he's still the best kicker in the school.
11:46 So if we want to win our playoff game,
11:48 we're gonna have to put aside our feelings and make this field sharing work.
11:53 Ugh, whatever.
11:54 Fine.
11:55 Oh, this stinks.
11:56 That's the spirit!
11:57 Now listen, y'all. It was easy getting the principal to agree to this.
12:01 It required some sweet talk and some of my famous homemade cookies.
12:05 Hey, Bella.
12:06 If you want these, they're not that good.
12:10 [laughter]
12:12 Hey, I didn't think you could pull this off, but this is pretty cool.
12:17 Maybe I underestimated you.
12:19 Yeah, so that means you're gonna keep up your end of the bargain, right?
12:22 It's looking good. So far.
12:25 [whistle blows]
12:27 X vertical on two on two. Ready?
12:30 Break!
12:31 Hey! Whoa!
12:34 Watch where you're kicking, knee socks!
12:36 [whistle blows]
12:38 Oh, you're not cool, dude.
12:40 But, Bella, you said we wouldn't even notice them.
12:43 Meanwhile, soccer balls are flying in here every two seconds.
12:46 [laughter]
12:48 What balls?
12:50 [laughter]
12:52 Set!
12:56 Silver 19!
12:58 Hut, hut!
12:59 [grunting]
13:00 [grunting]
13:06 Man, did you not see me coming?
13:08 Hey, you're on our side of the field.
13:09 Dude, let it go.
13:10 I'm sorry, Hunter, but we can figure this out.
13:12 Wait, you're apologizing to them?
13:14 I'm the one who just got injured, Bella.
13:16 Injured? Hey, crybaby, you're wearing pads.
13:19 But maybe you should be wearing a diaper.
13:21 Oh, no.
13:22 Wait a minute!
13:23 [whistle blows]
13:24 What's going on here?
13:26 Don't worry. I've got it all under control.
13:29 I shouldn't have agreed to this.
13:30 The soccer team is gonna have to leave.
13:32 Fine. We'll go back to our crummy field.
13:35 Yeah, actually, we gave that to the marching band
13:37 so they could practice for the football game.
13:40 Well, where are we supposed to go?
13:42 Well, one of you must have a big backyard.
13:45 Mr. Davis, that's not what we--
13:46 Bella.
13:48 It's cool. Keep your field.
13:50 And good luck finding a kicker.
13:52 I'm out.
13:53 But, Hunter, you said if I--
13:54 Waste your breath.
13:55 Yeah.
13:57 Once a deserter, always a deserter.
14:00 Great.
14:02 We have a playoff game coming up,
14:03 and we still don't have a kicker.
14:05 I know.
14:07 Well, maybe these will cheer us up.
14:10 We're not that good.
14:14 Hey, Hunter, wait a sec.
14:22 What?
14:23 I put a lot of work into sharing this field,
14:25 and you're just gonna walk away?
14:28 Then again, I guess that's what you do.
14:30 What are you talking about?
14:32 Yeah, I heard about you.
14:34 Back in the sixth grade,
14:35 you bailed on the guys right before the big game.
14:38 They lost because they didn't have a kicker.
14:41 I didn't bail on the guys.
14:43 I had to leave for soccer camp that day.
14:45 It was a huge opportunity,
14:47 and my mom saved up all her money to send me there.
14:50 I was just trying to follow my dream.
14:53 But I guess you wouldn't know anything about that, huh?
14:56 Quarterback.
15:01 I just got served.
15:04 And his mom saved all her money to send him away to camp
15:14 because being a soccer player has always been his dream.
15:18 Oh, wow, we stank.
15:21 All this time, we've been the jerky jerks.
15:24 Inside, I knew it.
15:26 He's never gonna kick for us now.
15:29 I wouldn't if I were him.
15:31 I think there's still a way to get him to kick.
15:33 Well, I think we're way past apologies, Bella.
15:35 Well, there are two things that I refuse to do.
15:38 Give up on Hunter being our kicker
15:40 and admit my cookies are bad.
15:42 They're not that good.
15:45 So what do we do?
15:51 So I've been thinking, and I'm pretty sure I have a plan.
15:54 The soccer team doesn't get any respect.
15:56 If we fix that, maybe we can change Hunter's mind.
15:59 Step one, we go to Ace.
16:02 Step two, we make him do a special broadcast.
16:05 Step three--
16:06 Um, Bella, how many steps are there?
16:08 27.
16:09 Let's just go to Ace's.
16:11 Where are you guys going?
16:17 Bella has a 27-step plan.
16:19 Oh, less than usual. Have fun.
16:21 Oh, you're not getting out that easy.
16:24 I'm looking at steps 14 and 19,
16:26 so don't put your phones on silent.
16:29 Yay!
16:31 Frenchies!
16:32 I'll catch up with you guys later.
16:34 So, ladies, how'd your fix-up go?
16:38 Terrible.
16:39 Miss Parkincoach did not hit it off.
16:42 I hate to say I told you so.
16:44 No, you don't. You love it.
16:45 You're right, I do.
16:47 But I'll still help you guys if you want.
16:50 It's hopeless.
16:51 There's no other single man to fix her up within a five-mile radius.
16:55 I still think we can make it work with Coach.
16:58 We just need to come at it from a different angle.
17:00 You know, women like to be saved.
17:02 At least that's what I learned from the romantic comedy
17:05 "Women Like to Be Saved."
17:07 Save her?
17:09 Coach doesn't really strike me as the heroic type.
17:12 But he can be.
17:13 We just need to find out what Miss Park is most afraid of
17:16 and use it to emotionally manipulate her.
17:20 I gotta admit, I kind of like this side of you.
17:23 Oh, do you?
17:25 I just ruined it, didn't I?
17:29 Pretty much.
17:30 Day three of the Silverado Kicker Crisis, and tensions are high.
17:39 As the playoffs approach and the kickerless Bulldogs face certain defeat,
17:43 everyone's looking for answers.
17:45 Fortunately, quarterback Bella Dawson is here to shed light on the subject.
17:49 Our first question comes from our elderly, mild-mannered librarian, Miss Thornberry.
17:55 She writes, "Ahem."
17:57 Ace, I'm a big fan of your show.
18:00 Oh, thank you.
18:02 And a question for Bella.
18:04 What the heck are you guys doing about this?
18:08 Thoughts?
18:13 Actually, I didn't come here to talk football.
18:16 Instead, I want to focus on something that gets very little attention at our school.
18:21 The Silverado West soccer team.
18:23 Oh, you're serious?
18:28 Yes. Our soccer team is awesome.
18:32 I cover sports, not soccer.
18:35 Then we're done here.
18:36 Let's talk soccer.
18:39 Well, there's no team that plays it better than Silverado West.
18:42 That's why the football team is involved in a campaign to raise soccer awareness.
18:47 Come watch the Bulldogs soccer team this Saturday,
18:50 as they kick some butt and win their third straight championship?
18:56 What?
18:57 And you should care about soccer, too, because even though we all love football,
19:02 Yeah.
19:03 you should all open your hearts and your minds and give something else a chance.
19:09 Uh, uh, uh.
19:10 Next time, less words.
19:16 You're okay. You're okay. You're okay.
19:20 Other football players have come up with some very creative ways to advertise the soccer team.
19:26 (audience laughing)
19:29 And finally, star wide receiver Troy Dixon is using his world class hands
19:42 to clean and organize people's lockers if they pledge to be at the soccer game this Saturday.
19:48 (gagging)
19:49 Oh, my God.
19:52 Oh, my God.
19:53 Football has been in the spotlight for so long.
19:58 Now it's time to show our soccer team some love, too.
20:01 So please come out and support our Bulldogs soccer team this Saturday.
20:06 Okay, Ace, you can ask me about football now.
20:09 (snoring)
20:10 Ace?
20:11 Ace!
20:14 What?
20:16 Oh, I just had a nightmare that we did a whole segment about soccer.
20:21 And one hundred.
20:24 Newt's plan better work.
20:29 Last night, I was too tired to even shower.
20:32 I hardly noticed.
20:35 (audience laughing)
20:37 Spiders! Spiders!
20:54 I don't do spiders.
20:57 What is it, Newt?
21:02 I heard there was an emergency in here.
21:04 There's a spider. You have to save us.
21:06 What?
21:09 This little fella?
21:12 Oh, come on now.
21:14 He's harmless.
21:16 Isn't Coach brave?
21:19 Miss Park, fear not. Your knight in shining armor is here.
21:24 Oh, I'll just take this guy outside.
21:27 See? Totally...
21:29 (grunting)
21:30 Oh, no!
21:31 Oh!
21:32 Did I get it?
21:36 We're the worst matchmakers ever.
21:46 I don't know what went wrong.
21:49 It should have worked.
21:50 By now, they should be flirting and laughing.
21:53 I'll look funny.
21:56 Cute phone swap to exchange numbers.
22:00 Then they'd seal it with an affectionate fist bump.
22:03 I guess I was wrong.
22:08 Girls, practice is canceled.
22:11 I have a date with that fine piece of man-nurse.
22:14 Or was I?
22:17 Just like I planned.
22:18 That wasn't your plan.
22:20 Love never follows a plan.
22:22 (laughter)
22:24 How could this happen?
22:37 We tried everything and the stands are barely half full.
22:40 Troy, you should have cleaned out more lockers.
22:42 Well, I would have, but I had to clean up all that vomit.
22:45 Somebody puked in a locker?
22:47 Yeah, man, I did.
22:50 Well, at least I found out what "vuvuzela" means.
22:53 Popcorn holder in Swahili.
22:55 Hey, quarterback.
22:59 You did it.
23:01 I'm so sorry.
23:03 We really wanted to get more people out here to support you guys.
23:06 Are you kidding?
23:07 This is twice as many people as we usually get.
23:10 Even the principal is here.
23:12 Let's kick some soccer butts!
23:17 Oh, I said butt.
23:18 Go team!
23:20 Wait, you're saying this is good?
23:23 It's not good, it's great.
23:25 So I'll see you next Friday.
23:26 Friday? What's Friday?
23:28 Your game. I'm kicking for you, aren't I?
23:30 Wait, you are?
23:32 Unless you prefer the three-legged mule.
23:34 No, thank you. This is awesome.
23:36 Guys, Hunter's gonna kick for us.
23:39 Yeah, we know. We're right here.
23:42 You know, we never would have gotten all these people here
23:46 if it wasn't for these guys.
23:48 Listen, man, about what we did.
23:51 We were...
23:52 Nah, man. The thing is, I was kinda...
23:54 Yeah, but we never should have.
23:56 Yeah, but I also didn't...
23:58 So, pizza later?
24:00 Cool.
24:02 So, how'd it go?
24:07 I think they apologized.
24:09 Did they end with pizza?
24:11 Yeah, they're good.
24:14 Even better, Hunter's gonna kick for us.
24:16 That's awesome.
24:18 By the way, he's kinda cute.
24:21 You think?
24:23 Ace McFumbles here with a soccer update.
24:33 I'll admit, I only attended the game
24:36 because Troy fished that wet sandwich out of my locker.
24:43 But once I got there, I found out soccer's totally amazing.
24:47 Let me break down the beautiful game for you.
24:50 So, there are two teams of 11, one ball.
24:54 And here's the crazy part.
24:56 They can't use their hands!
25:00 Are you all right?
25:02 Chauncey, don't you find this fascinating?
25:06 Ace, I'm on the soccer team.
25:10 I've been asking you to come to my games for the last two years.
25:14 How many times have I told you,
25:17 we're not friends outside of school?
25:20 Oh, it's gonna be like that?
25:23 Well, I'm taking my camera.