Arthur - 02x08 Arthur vs. the Piano & The Big Blow-Up
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00:00Every day when you're walking down the street Everybody that you meet has an original point
00:10of view And I say, hey, what a wonderful kind of day
00:16If you could learn to work and play And get along with each other
00:22You got to listen to your heart Listen to the beat
00:26Listen to the rhythm Rhythm of the street
00:28Open up your eyes Open up your ears
00:31Get together and make things better By working together
00:35It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
00:39Oh, believe in yourself For that's the place to start
00:44And I say, hey, what a wonderful kind of day
00:49If you could learn to work and play And get along with each other
00:54Hey! What a wonderful kind of day
00:57Hey! What a wonderful kind of day
00:59Hey!
01:00Hey, T.W.!
01:03Hey!
01:10I think I could do almost any job when I grow up.
01:13I could be a teacher like Mr. Ratburn.
01:15Well, not exactly like Mr. Ratburn.
01:18No homework again tonight, class.
01:21Hooray!
01:24I could be an accountant like Mom.
01:26Mr. Crosswire, I got you a big tax refund.
01:30Arthur, you're a genius.
01:34Or a caterer like Dad.
01:36Incoming!
01:46He's done it!
01:47Yes! Arthur Reed has successfully completed history's biggest pepperoni pizza!
02:01Yeah, I can imagine being just about anything.
02:04Except a piano player.
02:10Arthur vs. the Piano
02:13Hi!
02:18Very good, everyone!
02:25Is everybody ready for their first solo performance?
02:29Tomorrow, you perform your pieces for the students.
02:33And next Friday, the big recital for all the parents.
02:37Practice, practice, practice!
02:40But have fun!
02:42Don't forget, music is art.
02:45It's like ear painting.
02:48If I get paint in my ears, my mom gets mad.
02:51I speak from experience.
02:53I didn't mean...
02:55It's like ear painting with no paint.
03:00Just think of it as music.
03:02All right! Good one!
03:07Want to go skateboarding?
03:10Want to go skating?
03:12Are you kidding? I need to practice.
03:14Plus, I have to make sure my spit valve is clean.
03:17Remember last time?
03:30Sorry, sir.
03:32Shouldn't you practice too?
03:34It's your first ever solo.
03:36I know my part inside down and upside out.
03:39I wish I did.
03:41Then I wouldn't have to lug this home.
03:44Francine, want to skate?
03:46No. I have to tape up my drumsticks so they can't break this time.
03:53Sorry, sir.
03:55I want to get it right. Everyone will be watching.
03:58Pinky!
03:59Don't ask. I have to do my tongue exercises.
04:02Last time I got tongue-tied during the concert.
04:10Wasn't there something else?
04:12Oh, yeah.
04:17Sorry, sir.
04:19You better practice, Arthur.
04:21But I know it.
04:28Could you do that somewhere else, please?
04:31I'm trying to read.
04:35I can't.
04:37Stop! What if I never stop?
04:39My hand might get loose and pop off.
04:42How long have you had them?
04:44I don't know. I can't tell time.
04:46Getting scared can cure the hiccups.
04:49But nothing scares me.
04:52Did I tell you Mom accidentally threw away your Crazy Bus CD?
04:56But that's my favorite! How could she?
05:00Hey! It stopped!
05:03You're welcome!
05:06Have a good sleep so you're rested and ready for your recital tomorrow.
05:10No sweat.
05:11I know it all.
05:30Hey, you stink!
05:32Extra! Extra! Local boy plays wrong note!
05:45GW? Arthur?
05:47No one's seen you since they kicked you out of school for
05:50wrecking the recital last year.
05:54I've been looking for a job.
05:56I can't get one because everyone knows I played the wrong note.
06:01Are those the same hiccups?
06:04I can help you get rid of them.
06:06Get rid of them?
06:08No way!
06:09These hiccups made me a star.
06:12This is the premiere of my newest movie.
06:16The Hiccup Kid?
06:18I'm a guest billionaire.
06:20I have to go inside now.
06:22Call me sometime.
06:24But I don't have a phone!
06:27Gee, thanks mister!
06:29I know you.
06:31You're that kid who played D-flat instead of D-sharp.
06:42It was just a dream.
06:44That could never happen.
06:46As long as I don't make a mistake today.
06:55This song has too many notes.
06:58Our next performer, Arthur Reed.
07:10You're that kid who played D-flat.
07:13Hey, you stink!
07:16Is anything wrong?
07:18I feel sick.
07:20I don't think I should play.
07:22I don't think I should play.
07:24No problem, dear.
07:26Sue Ellen, you're on!
07:34I bet now you wished you'd practiced.
07:36But I didn't need to.
07:38But maybe you should before next week's recital.
07:41For the parents.
07:42That's right.
07:44I have to do it again.
07:46Binky, you're next.
07:48Me and my tongue are ready.
07:52This isn't working.
07:54If they don't stop, your head's going to pop off for sure.
07:58Don't worry, I'll catch it.
08:00Arthur, they came back again.
08:02Hold your breath and count backwards from 100.
08:06100, 99.
08:09What comes before 99?
08:141, 2, 5, 9.
08:23You're right. You don't need practice.
08:26That's what I've been trying to tell everybody.
08:28Why didn't you play it like that at school?
08:30Because what if I made a mistake in front of all those people?
08:34You don't need practice.
08:36You need confidence.
08:38You need to walk up to that piano and say,
08:41I'm going to play you and you're going to sound great.
08:45Show it who's boss.
08:47One wrong note and you're toothless.
08:50One wrong note and you're toothpicks.
08:54And you've got to look like a musician like this.
09:00Ow, that hurts my face.
09:02Maybe you need a casual attitude.
09:05Start with a joke.
09:07I don't know any jokes that you play on the piano.
09:09What about this?
09:15That was great.
09:16Hey, what key did you hit?
09:18I didn't...
09:23If only you could practice playing in front of an audience.
09:27That's it.
09:29One spoonful of peanut butter chewed slowly
09:32always cures the hiccups.
09:34It worked. Grandma, you're so smart.
09:36Now my head won't pop off.
09:44Arthur, you played it beautifully.
09:47That's only because it was for you, Grandma.
09:49You want to hear me play.
09:51Do you remember when I took you to the circus?
09:55Remember how excited you were before anything even happened?
09:59Yeah!
10:02Everyone was.
10:04They all came to enjoy the show.
10:07And the people who come to hear you
10:09are just as excited and ready to have fun.
10:12They're not against you.
10:14Really?
10:15Yes.
10:16And if you get nervous, just remember
10:18I'm out there and I love hearing you play.
10:24I hope you practice this time.
10:27You feeling better today?
10:29So far.
10:33That's it.
10:34Next time I play, jingle bells.
10:40Show that piano who's boss.
10:43One bad note and you're toothpicks.
10:48Do it. Do it.
10:50Uh-oh. He's not moving.
10:52Sue Ellen, better get ready to go on.
10:54Francine, give him a chance.
11:13I'm doing it. I'm almost done.
11:16I'm gonna make it. I'm really gonna...
11:21I wrecked it. I wrecked it.
11:24I'm a human recital wrecker.
11:30Bow. Take a bow.
11:34That was great.
11:36But I wrecked the end.
11:38What are you talking about?
11:40You're just being nice.
11:42Didn't you guys hear that big mistake?
11:44I didn't hear any mistakes.
11:46Hey, Orphan, that D flat you played at the end?
11:49I knew it was obvious. I wrecked...
11:51Very much a felonious monk would have done it.
11:54You have some mean jazz chops, my man.
12:00And nobody even noticed my big mistake.
12:03It was only big to you.
12:05The audience doesn't hear mistakes.
12:08They just hear music.
12:10I wanted to see Arthur mess up.
12:13I guess Grandma will have to wait to see you mess up your preschool play.
12:20Oh, no.
12:21Everybody, keep back. I know what to do.
12:24Arthur, stand on your head and count backwards from a gazillion and one.
12:27Then look in the mirror and scare yourself.
12:29Then eat pepperoni with flair.
12:34Ray and Francine are great friends.
12:37Don't talk to them about sports.
12:39Hockey players are the best athletes because they skate while they play.
12:42That's like playing two sports at once.
12:44But could a hockey player play golf?
12:46Yes.
12:47While driving an IndyCar 207 miles an hour?
12:51This is not an easy putt.
12:54Everything's quiet.
12:56He needs to concentrate.
12:59He's in the lake.
13:01That's a one-stroke penalty.
13:05Want to hear their best argument?
13:07Hey, guys, who's the best athlete in school?
13:10That's easy. It's me.
13:12Pardon my insistence upon accuracy, but it is I.
13:15It's me.
13:16It is I.
13:17Me.
13:18I.
13:19Get comfortable. This could go on a while.
13:28The Big Blow-Up
13:49We haven't lost a game yet.
13:51We'll win the championship for sure.
13:53Indubitably.
13:56Nobody can beat us as long as we've got Francine and the brain.
14:01Let me get a picture for the school bulletin board.
14:04We only need to win one more game and we're in the playoffs.
14:07Let's get out there and practice.
14:15Arthur, I'm open.
14:22Out of bounds. Out of bounds.
14:24I am not. Look at my foot.
14:26Your foot was on the line. You just moved it.
14:29No way. You know I'm better than you, so you're cheating.
14:31I don't need to cheat. You're the one who's cheating.
14:41I wish I'd brought a book.
14:43You did.
14:44I didn't.
14:45You did.
14:46Did not.
14:47Let's finish the game, guys.
14:50Yeah, my skull's getting sore.
14:55For Pete's sake, why don't you just ask somebody?
14:58Okay. You saw what happened, Arthur. You make the call.
15:02At first it looked like your foot was on the...
15:05Come on. He wears glasses. Are you going to trust what he sees?
15:08Don't treat Arthur like that. He's honest and trustworthy.
15:12Why, there's no better kid in this whole school.
15:15Go on. Tell her she was out of bounds.
15:17Whatever you say goes.
15:19Even if you are just agreeing with him because boys always stick together.
15:23But then it looked like her foot wasn't...
15:25Oh, sticking up for your friend.
15:27Let him speak, brain.
15:29Go ahead, Arthur.
15:35I gotta go home for dinner.
15:37Well, there goes the ball. Game's over.
15:41So I guess it doesn't matter who's right anymore.
15:46I better go home, too.
15:49And I couldn't tell if she was in or out anyway.
15:52By tomorrow, they'll forget all about it.
15:55Did you think I'd forget you promised to help me write a letter to Santa?
15:59In May?
16:01Do you know how many letters he gets in December?
16:04I want to beat the rush.
16:07D.W., would you...
16:09Shh. I'm thinking.
16:11Hmm. Okay, ready.
16:13Okay, ready.
16:15Dear Santa, is it tough being the world's most handsome man?
16:20No.
16:21It's always nice to start with something positive.
16:24You're just bored of hearing nice things because you hear them so often.
16:29Oh, well, thank you.
16:31Now, Santa, there were just a few little problems with the presents you brought last year.
16:39Francine and the brain are still mad at each other.
16:42Really?
16:49Muffy, would you hand me my pencil?
16:52Why don't you ask the brain? He's right there.
16:55I wouldn't touch it because I might catch whatever it is that makes her so, so Francine-y.
17:02Hmm.
17:03Hmm.
17:06This is a speed test. Pass the questions around.
17:09One minute. And begin.
17:12Here you go, Francine.
17:15She only gave me one. Why don't you ask your friend, the brain?
17:20Brain. Psst.
17:22No talking allowed during the test.
17:24Mr. Ratburn, I didn't get a...
17:26Time's up.
17:29Test.
17:31Francine and brain better make up soon or I'll never pass math.
17:36Let go.
17:38I got it first.
17:40I dibs-ed it before you got it.
17:42You think you're so smart, but you don't even know how dibs work.
17:52I hope Francine and brain aren't too mad to play together.
17:56They would never let an argument hurt our chances of winning.
18:01I'm open.
18:03Arthur.
18:06Ahh!
18:15Why didn't you pass it to me?
18:17Is that the wind blowing? I don't hear or see anyone.
18:25I think I sprained my tailbone.
18:27If Francine and brain stay mad at each other, we'll never win another game.
18:32And we won't be in the playoffs.
18:34We have to remind them how much they used to like each other.
18:37Yeah. Maybe if they played something that was just fun.
18:42Ping pong is fun.
18:45Serve, Arthur.
18:50Oh, yeah?
18:53Back over to you.
18:56Well, they're playing together.
18:58I'm not sure they're having fun.
19:00Take that!
19:04Back over to you.
19:12Whose point?
19:14I don't know. The ball appears to have vaporized.
19:18What about miniature golf?
19:21I think they're having fun.
19:35That counts. Hole in one.
19:39Your forward is offside.
19:41He can't be. He's on a stick.
19:45What's more fun than cards?
19:48Do you have any sixes?
19:50Go fish.
19:51Go fish yourself!
19:54Any other ideas?
19:56I don't think Francine and brain will ever be friends again.
19:59Oh, I'm pretty sure they'll work it out.
20:01But the playoffs are next week.
20:03Arthur, I need to do a new letter for Santa.
20:07This time I want to include prices for each present.
20:10Can you help me figure out prices in other countries?
20:13Maybe in his travels, Santa could find some bargains
20:17and use the savings to get me even more presents.
20:21You guys, if we don't win a game soon, we're out of the playoffs.
20:25Out of the playoffs?
20:28I think that convinced them.
20:37Brain, brain, kick it to me!
20:41Help!
20:42Help!
20:46Come on, Francine!
20:50Help!
20:52Help!
20:54Help!
20:55Francine!
21:05Ball!
21:08I'm getting killed out there.
21:10I can't play another game.
21:13Ow! We only have one game left.
21:16Ow! And we have to win.
21:19But that game's against Mighty Mountain.
21:23We're doomed.
21:25Arthur, we need to work on my Santa letter again.
21:28D.W., why don't you just call Santa?
21:31A letter is better because I can get my thoughts organized
21:34and say it exactly right.
21:36That's it!
21:38Hey, I'm still here.
21:40The little girl whose heart may be broken at Christmas.
21:44Hey!
21:47Write a letter to Francine?
21:49I know you don't want to break up the friendship.
21:51Tell her how you really feel.
21:54Remember how fun it is when you two play together?
21:58I've got Francine's letter.
22:00I've got Brain's.
22:02I want to still remain friends.
22:04Everyone knows you are very, very smart.
22:08But I adamantly refuse to apologize because you're wrong.
22:14So what's your excuse for acting so dumb all the time?
22:19These letters will make it worse.
22:22Aww!
22:24Not if we rewrite them.
22:26I'll write Francine's letter and you write Brain's.
22:30I accept his apologies,
22:32but I can't believe Brain stuffed soccer with two K's and a Q.
22:38I refuse to give in to her list of demands.
22:41What?
22:42I want blue footie pajamas and a blonde princess mall rat?
22:46No way!
22:47That's my sister's Christmas list.
22:50Um, Francine's letter was on the back.
22:52Somehow.
22:55Oh! Much better!
22:58Yay!
23:03Look, guys! Look at me! Look at Francine!
23:05Come on! Come on!
23:06Come on! Come on!
23:07Come on! Come on!
23:08Come on! Come on!
23:09Come on!
23:10Yay!
23:11Come on!
23:12Come on!
23:13Come here!
23:14Come here!
23:15Come on, guys!
23:16Yay!
23:21Your letter was right, Francine.
23:23Just because we disagree doesn't mean we can't be friends.
23:26Yeah.
23:27What?
23:28I didn't write that.
23:30Arthur!
23:31Buster!
23:32We know you wrote those letters.
23:34Sorry, but can't you wait till we're mad at each other until after the playoffs?
23:39We're not mad at each other.
23:41We're mad at you guys.
23:43That Arthur always thinks he knows what's best.
23:46What a bud-and-a-scoot.
23:48You spelled soccer with two K's and a Q?
23:52Oh, yeah.
23:53It's two Q's and a K, right?
23:58And I say, hey!
24:00What a wonderful kind of day!
24:03If you could learn to work and play
24:05And get along with each other
24:09You got to listen to your heart
24:11Listen to the beat
24:12Listen to the rhythm
24:13Rhythm of the street
24:15It's a simple message
24:17And it comes from the heart
24:20Oh, believe in yourself
24:22For that's the place to start
24:25And I say, hey!
24:27What a wonderful kind of day!
24:29If you could learn to work and play
24:32And get along with each other
24:35What a wonderful kind of day!
24:37What a wonderful kind of day!