The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 6, Episode 17 - Eclipse - full transcript
Kevin and his classmates take a bus trip to the planetarium to witness the solar eclipse. On the trip, Kevin and Winnie have a fight after he calls her "too perfect" while Chuck gets locked in a restroom, leaving him behind.
-♪ BABY ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ SAID I'M GONNA MAKE
IT WITH MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ OH, OH, I'M GONNA
KEEP ON TRYIN' ♪
-♪ GET BY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ I'M GONNA KEEP
ON TRYIN', NOW, BABE ♪
-♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪
-ON THE AFTERNOON
OF MARCH 21, 1973,
AT EXACTLY 2:15 P.M.,
A RARE ASTRONOMICAL
EVENT OCCURRED...
A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
AS THE SUN, THE
MOON, AND THE EARTH
BEGAN TO MOVE INTO LINE...
SO DID WE.
-MISS CORREGLIANO, MR. GOTTLIEB,
MR. CASHION, MISS
LACKEROO, MISS BURKE.
-SO, WHEN HE CALLED ME...
-STEP LIVELY, MISS LACKEROO.
WE NEED TO BE AT THE
NIERMAN PLANETARIUM BY NOON.
-WHAT A WIENER.
-A FIELD TRIP.
IT WAS A CHANCE
TO BRING EDUCATION
TO THE UNWASHED MASSES
OF THE JUNIOR CLASS...
-MR. ABRAMSON...
-PRESENT.
- LIKE HARLAN ABRAMSON,
McKINLEY'S LIVING MONUMENT
TO POLYUNSATURATED FATS...
-MISS GENARO...
- OR MARY JO GENARO.
SENIOR YEAR, SHE BECAME
THE FIRST GIRL AT McKINLEY
TO TAKE HER PAROLE
OFFICER TO THE PROM.
-NO SMOKING, MISS GENARO.
-WHAT WAS I THINKING?
-OR LOUIS LANAHAN.
WHEN MANKIND DISCOVERED FIRE,
THEY HADN'T QUITE
COUNTED ON LOUIS.
-MR. DONLAN, MISS LOWELL.
ALL RIGHT, PEOPLE.
LET'S GET MOVING.
WE HAVE A FULL DAY AHEAD OF US.
-AND SO WITH A CLOUD OF SMOKE
AND A MIGHTY "HEIGH-HO, SILVER,"
WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO
THE NIERMAN PLANETARIUM...
34 STUDENTS AND ONE TEACHER
ON THE ROAD TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
SUCH AS IT WAS.
-OKAY. LISTEN UP, EVERYBODY.
I MUST HAVE YOUR
COMPLETE ATTENTION, PLEASE.
L-L... GENTLEMEN!
STUDENTS!
PEOPLE!
-HEY! KIDS, SHUT UP BACK THERE!
TURN THAT DAMN RADIO OFF!
ANIMALS.
-THANK YOU.
-ALL IN ALL, IT WAS A
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
TO EXCHANGE IDEAS OUTSIDE
THE CONFINES OF THE CLASSROOM...
-TRUTH OR DARE?
-TRUTH.
- TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES
OF HIGHER EDUCATION...
WHO'S THE BEST KISSER
YOU'VE EVER KISSED?
-THE BEST?
THAT WOULD BE...
YOU.
- TO GO WHERE NO
MAN HAD GONE BEFORE.
-ARE YOU GONNA
PLAY FOR REAL OR NOT?
-WE ARE.
WELL, I ASKED HER
AN HONEST QUESTION,
AND SHE GAVE ME
AN HONEST ANSWER.
-RIGHT!
-I MEAN, NO ONE'S
TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY.
-YEAH. YOU CAN REALLY
LEARN A LOT FROM THIS GAME.
-MAYBE THAT'S WHAT
THEY'RE AFRAID OF.
RIGHT, POOH BEAR?
- OKAY. TRUTH OR DARE?
- TRUTH.
- MAKE IT A HARD ONE.
- OKAY.
IF YOU HAD TO CHANGE ONE
THING ABOUT ME, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
-NOW, OF COURSE,
MOMENTS LIKE THIS
HAD TO BE HANDLED CAREFULLY.
-I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING.
COME ON, KEVIN.
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING
ABOUT ME YOU WANT TO CHANGE.
YOU CAN TELL ME.
-NO. NOTHING.
-FORGET IT. THIS IS A JOKE.
-COME ON, KEVIN.
YOU CAN TELL ME.
-WELL, I AM.
I MEAN, YOU'RE PERFECT.
IN FACT, IF I WAS ABSOLUTELY
FORCED TO PICK ONE THING,
THAT WOULD BE IT.
-WHAT WOULD?
-WELL, I'D HAVE TO
SAY, IF ANYTHING,
SOMETIMES YOU'RE TOO PERFECT.
HEH, HEH.
-TOO PERFECT?
-UH-OH!
-THIS FIELD TRIP CHEWS.
-I TOLD YOU WE SHOULD
HAVE CUT TODAY.
-YUCK.
LOOK AT THAT.
THAT HARLAN KID'S DISGUSTING.
WHAT IS HE DOING THAT FOR?
-MAYBE HE'S DIETING.
EW!
-SO GROSS.
-CAN YOU IMAGINE KISSING HIM?
-NOT WITHOUT BARFING.
-I WOULDN'T DO IT FOR
A MILLION DOLLARS.
-I WOULDN'T DO IT FOR ANYTHING.
-I'D DO IT FOR $30.
-AND THERE YOU HAD IT...
WHERE ORDINARY MORTALS
SAW NOTHING BUT A
FAT KID WITH A CUPCAKE,
MARY JO GENARO SAW THE
CHALLENGE OF A LIFETIME.
-$25.
-YEAH.
AND WE'RE GONNA NEED
A HICKEY FOR PROOF.
-YEAH, A BIG HICKEY.
-YOU GOT IT.
-COME ON, POOKY. WE'LL
SHOW THEM HOW IT'S DONE.
-CHUCKY, WHAT'S THE ONE THING
THAT YOU WOULD CHANGE ABOUT ME?
HONESTLY.
-I GUESS IT WOULD
HAVE TO BE, UM...
YOUR VOICE.
-WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!
WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY VOICE?!
-UH, NOT YOUR VOICE.
UH... YOUR HAIR.
- YOU DON'T LIKE MY HAIR?!
- NO, I-I LIKE IT.
-OH, YOU OUGHT TO
TALK, BRILLO HEAD!
-COME ON, GUYS.
-POOKY, T-THIS IS JUST A GAME.
-FINE! MY TURN! TRUTH
OR DARE? I CHOOSE TRUTH.
WHO'S THE WEASLIEST, MOST
DISGUSTING, GROSSEST THING
I'VE EVER LAID EYES ON
IN MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE?!
-MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T
PLAY THIS ANYMORE.
-I'M GLAD I FOUND OUT HOW
YOU REALLY FEEL ABOUT ME!
-POOKY?
-GET OUT OF MY WAY!
MOVE OVER!
MOVE!
I'M SO MAD, I COULD EXPLODE!
CAN YOU BELIEVE THOSE TWO...
GETTING UPSET
ABOUT A STUPID GAME?
-NO, I CAN'T IMAGINE IT.
-O-KAY.
OH, COME ON, WINNIE. I
MEAN, YOU CAN'T BE THAT MAD.
ALL I SAID WAS...
-I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID.
IN FACT, I HEARD YOU PERFECTLY.
-ALL RIGHT.
CLEARLY IT WAS TIME
TO PUT THIS FIRE OUT.
WINNIE, I MEANT THAT
AS A GOOD THING.
I MEAN, YOU'RE A
REALLY NICE PERSON.
WELL... WELL, I MEAN THAT
AS A GOOD THING, TOO.
YOU'RE LIKE, UH... MARY
TYLER MOORE ON TV.
YOU KNOW, PERKY.
WINNIE, I MEAN, YOU GOT TO ADMIT
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN
KIND OF... WELL-BEHAVED.
I MEAN, THERE ARE JUST
CERTAIN THINGS YOU WOULDN'T DO.
-LIKE WHAT?
-HMM.
SKIPPING THE OBVIOUS...
WELL...
LIKE THAT, FOR INSTANCE.
BUT... I MEAN, IT'S
NOT A BAD THING.
IT'S JUST... WHO YOU A...
IT JUST...
I MEAN, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO DO THAT.
WINNIE...
-OW!
OKAY, THAT DOES IT!
-YOU WERE SAYING?
-EXCUSE ME.
MISS COOPER.
MISS COOPER, DID YOU SEE
WHO THREW THAT SPITBALL?
- YES.
- WINNIE...
-I DID IT.
I ADMIRE YOUR RELUCTANCE TO
TURN IN YOUR FELLOW STUDENT.
HOWEVER...
I WILL TOLERATE NO MORE
ROWDY BEHAVIOR ON THIS BUS!
- PBHT!
- PBHT!
-AND WITH THAT QUANTUM LEAP
FORWARD IN HUMAN DYNAMICS...
WE MOVED ON TO MORE
PRESSING MATTERS.
-OKAY, PEOPLE,
WE ARE MAKING AN
EMERGENCY REST STOP
FOR MR. ABRAMSON, WHO
SUFFERS FROM A NERVOUS COLON.
BUT I MUST ASK THE REST OF YOU
TO PLEASE REMAIN IN YOUR SEATS
SO WE CAN REACH THE
PLANETARIUM ON SCHEDULE.
-IT WAS A THOROUGHLY
REASONABLE REQUEST.
SO, OF COURSE...
WE IGNORED IT.
-ALICE, YOU HAVE
A BEAUTIFUL VOICE!
LIKE A NIGHTINGALE!
-SHUT UP, RAT-FACE!
-I SHOULD HAVE CHOSE DARE.
-EXCUSE ME, MR. GRANT,
BUT I'D BETTER GO SEE
HOW RHODA'S DOING.
GREAT.
IT SEEMED THERE WAS
SOMETHING TO BE SAID
FOR KEEPING HIGHER EDUCATION
CONFINED TO THE CLASSROOM.
'CAUSE A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE
COULD BE A DANGEROUS THING.
YOU, UH, DROPPED SOMETHING.
ENOUGH CHERRY BOMBS AND ASH CANS
TO TAKE OUT AN ARMORY.
-THEY'RE SOMETHING, AREN'T THEY?
I GOT A COUSIN DOWN
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
KEEPS ME SUPPLIED.
SEE THIS BABY?
-YEAH.
IT'S, UH...
GREAT.
-BIGGEST ONE THEY MAKE.
BEAUTY, AIN'T IT?
-GREAT.
I WAS STUCK IN A MEN'S ROOM
WITH THE MAD BOMBER HIMSELF.
-I GOT PLANS FOR THIS BABY.
LOOK, ARNOLD, YOU SEEM TO
BE A TRUSTWORTHY KIND OF GUY.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GONNA
HAPPEN AT EXACTLY 2:15 TODAY?
- WELL, YEAH. THERE'S
GONNA BE AN ECLIPSE.
-NAH, NAH, NAH. THAT'S
NOT ALL THERE'S GONNA BE.
THEY GOT A TOILET
AT THE PLANETARIUM.
THE CHERRY BOMB GOES IN...
AND THEN TICK, TICK,
TICK, TICK, TICK, BOOM!
-MAYBE HE WAS INTO SOME
SORT OF GESTALT THERAPY.
-IT'S NO USE.
SHE WON'T EVEN COME
OUT OF THE LADIES' ROOM.
REMEMBER, ARNOLD... 2:15 SHARP.
COVER YOUR EARS.
-WAIT, I THOUGHT WE JUST WEREN'T
SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT THE ECLIPSE.
-FORGET IT, CHUCK.
-WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
I SHOULD HAVE PLAYED
IT SAFE, LIKE YOU.
-YEAH, RIGHT.
-EXCUSE ME.
-HARLAN, RIGHT?
WANT A YODEL?
-YODEL-AY-EE-HOO.
-I WAS JUST SO CONFUSED.
I MEAN, THERE WERE SO
MANY THINGS TO CHOOSE FROM.
-LOOK, CHUCK, I GOT MY
OWN PROBLEMS, OKAY?
THE WAY I SAW IT,
IN THE DOG-EAT-DOG WORLD
OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION,
IT WAS EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF.
-I DON'T THINK IT
LOOKS LIKE BRILLO.
-YOU KNOW, THIS IS
REALLY NICE OF YOU.
-I'M A VERY GIVING PERSON.
MIND IF I SHARE YOUR SEAT?
EXCUSE ME, BUT I WAS...
-GO BLOW, POINDEXTER.
-OKAY.
-HOW ABOUT SOME GOOD & PLENTY?
-SOMEBODY... NOW!
I'M GONNA MISS THE BUS!
-HE BETTER NOT TRY
TO SIT HERE, EITHER.
I DON'T WANT HIM
ANYWHERE NEAR ME!
-AS THINGS TURNED OUT,
THAT WOULDN'T
REALLY BE A PROBLEM.
-OKAY, A JOKE'S A JOKE.
SO LET ME OUT NOW.
I'M COUNTING TO 3.
1... 2... 3...
4! LET ME OUT!
-AND SO, IN THE SPIRIT OF
INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY
AND PERSONAL ENRICHMENT,
WE FINALLY REACHED
OUR DESTINATION...
THE NIERMAN PLANETARIUM.
-NOW, REMEMBER,
WE'LL ALL MEET ON THE
LAWN PROMPTLY AT 2:00.
IF ANY OF YOU NEED
TO USE THE RESTROOMS,
MAKE SURE YOU GO BEFORE THAT.
-CHECK.
TICK, TICK, TICK, BOOM.
-THE THING ABOUT THIS PLACE
IS THAT I ALWAYS SEEM TO
LEARN SOMETHING NEW HERE.
-YOU KNOW IT, PAL.
-THE STAGE WAS SET.
-NOW, PE... NOW, PEOPLE,
LET'S STICK TOGETHER, HUH?
-THE OPPONENTS
WERE IN THEIR CORNERS.
-SO, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE...
THE LINES WERE DRAWN. FIRST?
-KEVIN, HAVE YOU
SEEN CHUCK ANYWHERE?
-NO!
-WELL, IF YOU DO, TELL HIM HE
BETTER KEEP AWAY FROM ME,
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE HIM!
-SURE. FINE. I GOT TO GO.
-MEN!
-ALL IN ALL,
IT PROMISED TO BE
ONE HECK OF AN ECLIPSE.
AS FOR CHUCK...
- FROM NOW ON,
HE WAS NAVIGATING BY
THE SEAT OF HIS PANTS.
-WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
HEY! HEY!
HELLO! HELLO!
TAXI?!
-SO, YOU SEE, THE
MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH
CAUSES THE PENDULUM TO
KNOCK DOWN ANOTHER PEG
EXACTLY EVERY FIVE MINUTES.
-SO, WITH EAGER FACES,
WE ENTERED THE STIMULATING
WORLD OF... ASTRONOMY.
-NOW, AT PRECISELY 2:00,
WE'LL MEET ON THE FRONT LAWN,
AND I WILL HAND EACH OF
YOU A SPECIAL VIEWING CARD.
-WITH THE ECLIPSE OF THE
CENTURY ONLY AN HOUR AWAY,
THINGS WERE REALLY POPPING.
-WHAT IS THIS, ANYWAY?
-IT'S AN ELECTRICAL
STEP TRANSFORMER.
-IT'S PRETTY CREEPY-LOOKING.
-HUH?
OH, NO!
IT ACTUALLY PROVES
ELECTRICITY IS ALL AROUND US.
-YOU DON'T SAY.
-ELECTRICITY IS AT THE HEART
OF EVERY CHEMICAL REACTION.
-HOW ABOUT WE HANG
OUT TOGETHER, HARLAN?
-REALLY?
-AFTER ALL...
YOU ARE KIND OF CUTE.
-SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
-WELL...
WELL, YOU KNOW...
-I KNOW... IT'S NOT ME, RIGHT?
WHOEVER THAT IS.
-NO.
LOOK, I LOVE THE HAT.
HERE... I'LL EVEN
BUY IT FOR YOU.
-KEVIN, DON'T BOTHER. I...
I THINK I'LL JUST...
WEAR IT OUT.
COME ON.
JUST ONE LITTLE PROBLEM HERE.
OH, GOD.
-MAY I HELP YOU WITH SOMETHING?
-NO. WE WERE...
LET'S SEE.
I-I WAS, JUST, UH...
LET'S CALL IT...
NEVER MIND.
SHOPLIFTING.
-WINNIE, ARE YOU CRAZY?!
-I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE.
-YEAH. WELL, DON'T DO IT AGAIN.
NEXT TIME, YOU MIGHT GET CAUGHT.
-I WOULDN'T WORRY
ABOUT IT, KEVIN.
BESIDES, IT'S YOUR TURN.
- MY TURN?
- YEAH.
YOU KNOW, NOW
THAT I THINK ABOUT IT,
YOU'RE PRETTY
WELL-BEHAVED YOURSELF.
-OH, GET OUT OF HERE, WINNIE!
-NO, YOU ARE. YOU'RE
NICE, AND YOU'RE SWEET.
AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, WELL,
YOU'VE ALWAYS SORT OF
REMINDED ME OF BEAVER CLEAVER.
-OUCH.
GET OUT OF HERE. I DO NOT.
-KEVIN, YOU KNOW,
YOU TALK A GOOD GAME,
BUT I DON'T SEE
YOU DOING ANYTHING.
-FINE.
WHAT, YOU WANT ME
TO SHOPLIFT SOMETHING?
-HMM. WELL, I
ALREADY HAVE A HAT.
BUT I'M SURE I'LL THINK OF
SOMETHING... THEODORE.
BYE!
-HEY!
HEY!
RIDE!
THUMB A RIDE!
MAN! THANKS FOR THE RIDE.
YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS,
BUT YOU PROBABLY
JUST SAVED MY...
-DON'T MENTION IT.
-LET'S FACE IT...
THIS ECLIPSE WAS BEGINNING
TO AFFECT EVERYBODY.
-290 POUNDS?
NOW I'M THE BIG LOAD.
OH, I'M SORRY.
-THAT'S OKAY, MARY JO.
THAT'S AN UNUSUAL
NAME, ISN'T IT?
-LIKE YOU SHOULD TALK, HARLAN.
-OH, NO.
I MEANT... IT'S PRETTY, LIKE...
LIKE YOU.
-OH.
IT'S SHORT.
-HMM?
- "MARY JOSEPHINE."
I BET I'D WEIGH A TON ON MARS.
-ATTENTION, EVERYBODY.
IT'S TIME TO ASSEMBLE.
I WANT YOU TO FOLLOW
ME TO THE FRONT LAWN.
- NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
- OKAY, RIGHT THIS WAY.
-AS THE MOON'S ORBIT
DREW CLOSER TO THE SUN,
THERE WAS MORE GOING ON
HERE THAN SIMPLE PHYSICS.
-COME ON. LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
-YEAH. I DON'T WANT
TO MISS THIS ECLIPSE.
-TRUST ME... YOU
WON'T MISS IT AT ALL.
-1... 0.
WE HAVE LIFT-OFF. LIFT-OFF.
-MEANWHILE, I WAS ON
A MISSION OF MY OWN.
-FORGET IT, ARNOLD. I WORK SOLO.
IT'S A LOT CLEANER THAT WAY.
-WELL... LET ME
JUST DO SOMETHING.
I MEAN, IT WOULD REALLY HELP
ME OUT WITH MY GIRLFRIEND.
SEE, SHE'S GOT
THIS CRAZY IDEA...
-OKAY, OKAY. MAYBE YOU
COULD BE, LIKE, A LOOKOUT.
-GREAT.
-BUT I GET TO FLUSH.
-YOU GOT IT.
-OKAY. LET'S ROCK 'N' ROLL.
-SO, I GUESS WE'RE PROBABLY
GETTING PRETTY CLOSE
TO THE PLANETARIUM.
THANKS FOR PICKING ME UP.
YOU KNOW WHAT I
WAS THINKING ABOUT?
YOU KNOW THAT "ALFRED
HITCHCOCK" EPISODE...
THE ONE WHERE THIS GUY
IS PICKING UP ALL
THESE HITCHHIKERS?
AND HE'S GOT THIS
BIG BUTCHER KNIFE,
AND HE K...
NEVER MIND.
YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T
SEE THE EPISODE.
DID YOU?
-27 TIMES.
-WHOA!
-REMEMBER, DON'T LOOK
DIRECTLY AT THE SUN.
LOOK AT YOUR CARDS.
-AND SO, WITH THE GREAT
EVENT JUST MOMENTS AWAY...
-WE'RE ALL SO LUCKY TO BE HERE.
THIS IS THE BEST VIEWING
SPOT IN THE ENTIRE STATE.
-HERE WE ARE, ARNOLD.
- FINAL PREPARATIONS
WERE BEING MADE.
-GROUND ZERO.
ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL?
-ONE LITTLE THING... THIS
WASN'T JUST SHOPLIFTING.
-LOOK, LOUIS, MAYBE THIS
ISN'T SUCH A GOOD IDEA.
THIS WAS 10 TO 20
IN THE STATE PEN.
-WHAT'S THE MATTER, ARNOLD?
YOU CHICKEN?
-NO.
JUST... THIS WHOLE PLACE
COULD BLOW UP OR SOMETHING.
-YEAH, IT'S A RISK.
-THAT WAS ONE WAY TO PUT IT.
LOUIS, LET'S FORGET ABOUT IT.
UH-OH!
-BUT IF I WAS LOOKING TO
BAIL ON THIS WHOLE THING...
NO! DON'T!
I WAS A TAD TOO LATE.
-UGH!
HEY! COME BACK HERE!
-AND REALISTICALLY SPEAKING,
THERE WAS ABOUT ONLY
ONE THING LEFT TO DO.
WHOA! OH, MY GOD!
-OKAY, HERE IT COMES.
WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE
TOTALITY IN 20... 19... 18...
17...
-OH, MY GOD. LOOK
AT THAT HICKEY.
- 14... 13...
- 10... 9... 8...
-ALICE! POOKY!
I MADE IT!
- 4... 3... 2... 1...
-TOP OF THE WORLD, MA!
-THERE IT IS! A TOTAL ECLIPSE!
ISN'T SCIENCE BEAUTIFUL?
HELLO?
-I GUESS YOU COULD SAY
THE LAWS OF NATURE
AREN'T ALWAYS PREDICTABLE.
-WELL, NOT ONLY DID YOU ALL MISS
ONE OF THE GREAT NATURAL
EVENTS OF THE CENTURY,
BUT THE PLANETARIUM, I
AM ASHAMED TO TELL YOU,
HAS NOW DECIDED TO BAN
ANY FUTURE FIELD TRIPS
FROM McKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
- ALL RIGHT!
-STILL, WHEN IT CAME TO
MATTERS OF CAUSE AND EFFECT...
-I HOPE YOU'RE ALL VERY
PROUD OF YOURSELVES.
- I THINK WE MANAGED
TO LEARN A THING OR TWO.
PERHAPS THAT DAY,
DESPITE ALL THE CHAOS,
THERE REALLY WERE
COSMIC FORCES AT WORK...
-I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU
GAVE HIM A HICKEY.
-IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE
LONGEST 30 SECONDS OF YOUR LIFE.
-SHUT YOUR FACE, CIN.
- FORCES SO POWERFUL,
SO PROFOUND,
THEY DEFIED ALL OUR ATTEMPTS
AT RATIONAL EXPLANATION.
-AND THEN, FINALLY, I
JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK,
AND I RAN ALL THE WAY
TO THE PLANETARIUM
SO THAT I COULD SEE YOU...
- CHUCK?
INSTEAD OF MAKING UP
THESE IDIOTIC STORIES,
JUST BE A MAN FOR ONCE
AND SAY THAT YOU'RE SORRY.
-BUT, I MEAN, I-I DID. I...
I...
I'M SORRY, POOKY.
-I FORGIVE YOU, POOH BEAR.
-I MEAN, HEY, IT HAD
ONLY TAKEN 5,000 YEARS
TO UNDERSTAND THE MOON...
WINNIE...
SO MAYBE WE WERE
MAKING PROGRESS.
ABOUT TODAY...
-KEVIN, I PAID FOR THE HAT.
-I KNEW THAT.
-♪ TRUCKIN' ♪
♪ I'M A-GOIN' HOME ♪
♪ WHOA, WHOA, BABY ♪
-THEN AGAIN, WHEN IT
CAME RIGHT DOWN TO IT,
MAYBE WE'D ALL LEARNED
ENOUGH FOR ONE DAY.
-♪ ...GET BACK TRUCKIN' HOME ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ SAID I'M GONNA MAKE
IT WITH MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ OH, OH, I'M GONNA
KEEP ON TRYIN' ♪
-♪ GET BY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ I'M GONNA KEEP
ON TRYIN', NOW, BABE ♪
-♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪
-ON THE AFTERNOON
OF MARCH 21, 1973,
AT EXACTLY 2:15 P.M.,
A RARE ASTRONOMICAL
EVENT OCCURRED...
A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
AS THE SUN, THE
MOON, AND THE EARTH
BEGAN TO MOVE INTO LINE...
SO DID WE.
-MISS CORREGLIANO, MR. GOTTLIEB,
MR. CASHION, MISS
LACKEROO, MISS BURKE.
-SO, WHEN HE CALLED ME...
-STEP LIVELY, MISS LACKEROO.
WE NEED TO BE AT THE
NIERMAN PLANETARIUM BY NOON.
-WHAT A WIENER.
-A FIELD TRIP.
IT WAS A CHANCE
TO BRING EDUCATION
TO THE UNWASHED MASSES
OF THE JUNIOR CLASS...
-MR. ABRAMSON...
-PRESENT.
- LIKE HARLAN ABRAMSON,
McKINLEY'S LIVING MONUMENT
TO POLYUNSATURATED FATS...
-MISS GENARO...
- OR MARY JO GENARO.
SENIOR YEAR, SHE BECAME
THE FIRST GIRL AT McKINLEY
TO TAKE HER PAROLE
OFFICER TO THE PROM.
-NO SMOKING, MISS GENARO.
-WHAT WAS I THINKING?
-OR LOUIS LANAHAN.
WHEN MANKIND DISCOVERED FIRE,
THEY HADN'T QUITE
COUNTED ON LOUIS.
-MR. DONLAN, MISS LOWELL.
ALL RIGHT, PEOPLE.
LET'S GET MOVING.
WE HAVE A FULL DAY AHEAD OF US.
-AND SO WITH A CLOUD OF SMOKE
AND A MIGHTY "HEIGH-HO, SILVER,"
WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO
THE NIERMAN PLANETARIUM...
34 STUDENTS AND ONE TEACHER
ON THE ROAD TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
SUCH AS IT WAS.
-OKAY. LISTEN UP, EVERYBODY.
I MUST HAVE YOUR
COMPLETE ATTENTION, PLEASE.
L-L... GENTLEMEN!
STUDENTS!
PEOPLE!
-HEY! KIDS, SHUT UP BACK THERE!
TURN THAT DAMN RADIO OFF!
ANIMALS.
-THANK YOU.
-ALL IN ALL, IT WAS A
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
TO EXCHANGE IDEAS OUTSIDE
THE CONFINES OF THE CLASSROOM...
-TRUTH OR DARE?
-TRUTH.
- TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES
OF HIGHER EDUCATION...
WHO'S THE BEST KISSER
YOU'VE EVER KISSED?
-THE BEST?
THAT WOULD BE...
YOU.
- TO GO WHERE NO
MAN HAD GONE BEFORE.
-ARE YOU GONNA
PLAY FOR REAL OR NOT?
-WE ARE.
WELL, I ASKED HER
AN HONEST QUESTION,
AND SHE GAVE ME
AN HONEST ANSWER.
-RIGHT!
-I MEAN, NO ONE'S
TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY.
-YEAH. YOU CAN REALLY
LEARN A LOT FROM THIS GAME.
-MAYBE THAT'S WHAT
THEY'RE AFRAID OF.
RIGHT, POOH BEAR?
- OKAY. TRUTH OR DARE?
- TRUTH.
- MAKE IT A HARD ONE.
- OKAY.
IF YOU HAD TO CHANGE ONE
THING ABOUT ME, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
-NOW, OF COURSE,
MOMENTS LIKE THIS
HAD TO BE HANDLED CAREFULLY.
-I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING.
COME ON, KEVIN.
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING
ABOUT ME YOU WANT TO CHANGE.
YOU CAN TELL ME.
-NO. NOTHING.
-FORGET IT. THIS IS A JOKE.
-COME ON, KEVIN.
YOU CAN TELL ME.
-WELL, I AM.
I MEAN, YOU'RE PERFECT.
IN FACT, IF I WAS ABSOLUTELY
FORCED TO PICK ONE THING,
THAT WOULD BE IT.
-WHAT WOULD?
-WELL, I'D HAVE TO
SAY, IF ANYTHING,
SOMETIMES YOU'RE TOO PERFECT.
HEH, HEH.
-TOO PERFECT?
-UH-OH!
-THIS FIELD TRIP CHEWS.
-I TOLD YOU WE SHOULD
HAVE CUT TODAY.
-YUCK.
LOOK AT THAT.
THAT HARLAN KID'S DISGUSTING.
WHAT IS HE DOING THAT FOR?
-MAYBE HE'S DIETING.
EW!
-SO GROSS.
-CAN YOU IMAGINE KISSING HIM?
-NOT WITHOUT BARFING.
-I WOULDN'T DO IT FOR
A MILLION DOLLARS.
-I WOULDN'T DO IT FOR ANYTHING.
-I'D DO IT FOR $30.
-AND THERE YOU HAD IT...
WHERE ORDINARY MORTALS
SAW NOTHING BUT A
FAT KID WITH A CUPCAKE,
MARY JO GENARO SAW THE
CHALLENGE OF A LIFETIME.
-$25.
-YEAH.
AND WE'RE GONNA NEED
A HICKEY FOR PROOF.
-YEAH, A BIG HICKEY.
-YOU GOT IT.
-COME ON, POOKY. WE'LL
SHOW THEM HOW IT'S DONE.
-CHUCKY, WHAT'S THE ONE THING
THAT YOU WOULD CHANGE ABOUT ME?
HONESTLY.
-I GUESS IT WOULD
HAVE TO BE, UM...
YOUR VOICE.
-WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!
WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY VOICE?!
-UH, NOT YOUR VOICE.
UH... YOUR HAIR.
- YOU DON'T LIKE MY HAIR?!
- NO, I-I LIKE IT.
-OH, YOU OUGHT TO
TALK, BRILLO HEAD!
-COME ON, GUYS.
-POOKY, T-THIS IS JUST A GAME.
-FINE! MY TURN! TRUTH
OR DARE? I CHOOSE TRUTH.
WHO'S THE WEASLIEST, MOST
DISGUSTING, GROSSEST THING
I'VE EVER LAID EYES ON
IN MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE?!
-MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T
PLAY THIS ANYMORE.
-I'M GLAD I FOUND OUT HOW
YOU REALLY FEEL ABOUT ME!
-POOKY?
-GET OUT OF MY WAY!
MOVE OVER!
MOVE!
I'M SO MAD, I COULD EXPLODE!
CAN YOU BELIEVE THOSE TWO...
GETTING UPSET
ABOUT A STUPID GAME?
-NO, I CAN'T IMAGINE IT.
-O-KAY.
OH, COME ON, WINNIE. I
MEAN, YOU CAN'T BE THAT MAD.
ALL I SAID WAS...
-I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID.
IN FACT, I HEARD YOU PERFECTLY.
-ALL RIGHT.
CLEARLY IT WAS TIME
TO PUT THIS FIRE OUT.
WINNIE, I MEANT THAT
AS A GOOD THING.
I MEAN, YOU'RE A
REALLY NICE PERSON.
WELL... WELL, I MEAN THAT
AS A GOOD THING, TOO.
YOU'RE LIKE, UH... MARY
TYLER MOORE ON TV.
YOU KNOW, PERKY.
WINNIE, I MEAN, YOU GOT TO ADMIT
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN
KIND OF... WELL-BEHAVED.
I MEAN, THERE ARE JUST
CERTAIN THINGS YOU WOULDN'T DO.
-LIKE WHAT?
-HMM.
SKIPPING THE OBVIOUS...
WELL...
LIKE THAT, FOR INSTANCE.
BUT... I MEAN, IT'S
NOT A BAD THING.
IT'S JUST... WHO YOU A...
IT JUST...
I MEAN, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO DO THAT.
WINNIE...
-OW!
OKAY, THAT DOES IT!
-YOU WERE SAYING?
-EXCUSE ME.
MISS COOPER.
MISS COOPER, DID YOU SEE
WHO THREW THAT SPITBALL?
- YES.
- WINNIE...
-I DID IT.
I ADMIRE YOUR RELUCTANCE TO
TURN IN YOUR FELLOW STUDENT.
HOWEVER...
I WILL TOLERATE NO MORE
ROWDY BEHAVIOR ON THIS BUS!
- PBHT!
- PBHT!
-AND WITH THAT QUANTUM LEAP
FORWARD IN HUMAN DYNAMICS...
WE MOVED ON TO MORE
PRESSING MATTERS.
-OKAY, PEOPLE,
WE ARE MAKING AN
EMERGENCY REST STOP
FOR MR. ABRAMSON, WHO
SUFFERS FROM A NERVOUS COLON.
BUT I MUST ASK THE REST OF YOU
TO PLEASE REMAIN IN YOUR SEATS
SO WE CAN REACH THE
PLANETARIUM ON SCHEDULE.
-IT WAS A THOROUGHLY
REASONABLE REQUEST.
SO, OF COURSE...
WE IGNORED IT.
-ALICE, YOU HAVE
A BEAUTIFUL VOICE!
LIKE A NIGHTINGALE!
-SHUT UP, RAT-FACE!
-I SHOULD HAVE CHOSE DARE.
-EXCUSE ME, MR. GRANT,
BUT I'D BETTER GO SEE
HOW RHODA'S DOING.
GREAT.
IT SEEMED THERE WAS
SOMETHING TO BE SAID
FOR KEEPING HIGHER EDUCATION
CONFINED TO THE CLASSROOM.
'CAUSE A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE
COULD BE A DANGEROUS THING.
YOU, UH, DROPPED SOMETHING.
ENOUGH CHERRY BOMBS AND ASH CANS
TO TAKE OUT AN ARMORY.
-THEY'RE SOMETHING, AREN'T THEY?
I GOT A COUSIN DOWN
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
KEEPS ME SUPPLIED.
SEE THIS BABY?
-YEAH.
IT'S, UH...
GREAT.
-BIGGEST ONE THEY MAKE.
BEAUTY, AIN'T IT?
-GREAT.
I WAS STUCK IN A MEN'S ROOM
WITH THE MAD BOMBER HIMSELF.
-I GOT PLANS FOR THIS BABY.
LOOK, ARNOLD, YOU SEEM TO
BE A TRUSTWORTHY KIND OF GUY.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GONNA
HAPPEN AT EXACTLY 2:15 TODAY?
- WELL, YEAH. THERE'S
GONNA BE AN ECLIPSE.
-NAH, NAH, NAH. THAT'S
NOT ALL THERE'S GONNA BE.
THEY GOT A TOILET
AT THE PLANETARIUM.
THE CHERRY BOMB GOES IN...
AND THEN TICK, TICK,
TICK, TICK, TICK, BOOM!
-MAYBE HE WAS INTO SOME
SORT OF GESTALT THERAPY.
-IT'S NO USE.
SHE WON'T EVEN COME
OUT OF THE LADIES' ROOM.
REMEMBER, ARNOLD... 2:15 SHARP.
COVER YOUR EARS.
-WAIT, I THOUGHT WE JUST WEREN'T
SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT THE ECLIPSE.
-FORGET IT, CHUCK.
-WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
I SHOULD HAVE PLAYED
IT SAFE, LIKE YOU.
-YEAH, RIGHT.
-EXCUSE ME.
-HARLAN, RIGHT?
WANT A YODEL?
-YODEL-AY-EE-HOO.
-I WAS JUST SO CONFUSED.
I MEAN, THERE WERE SO
MANY THINGS TO CHOOSE FROM.
-LOOK, CHUCK, I GOT MY
OWN PROBLEMS, OKAY?
THE WAY I SAW IT,
IN THE DOG-EAT-DOG WORLD
OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION,
IT WAS EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF.
-I DON'T THINK IT
LOOKS LIKE BRILLO.
-YOU KNOW, THIS IS
REALLY NICE OF YOU.
-I'M A VERY GIVING PERSON.
MIND IF I SHARE YOUR SEAT?
EXCUSE ME, BUT I WAS...
-GO BLOW, POINDEXTER.
-OKAY.
-HOW ABOUT SOME GOOD & PLENTY?
-SOMEBODY... NOW!
I'M GONNA MISS THE BUS!
-HE BETTER NOT TRY
TO SIT HERE, EITHER.
I DON'T WANT HIM
ANYWHERE NEAR ME!
-AS THINGS TURNED OUT,
THAT WOULDN'T
REALLY BE A PROBLEM.
-OKAY, A JOKE'S A JOKE.
SO LET ME OUT NOW.
I'M COUNTING TO 3.
1... 2... 3...
4! LET ME OUT!
-AND SO, IN THE SPIRIT OF
INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY
AND PERSONAL ENRICHMENT,
WE FINALLY REACHED
OUR DESTINATION...
THE NIERMAN PLANETARIUM.
-NOW, REMEMBER,
WE'LL ALL MEET ON THE
LAWN PROMPTLY AT 2:00.
IF ANY OF YOU NEED
TO USE THE RESTROOMS,
MAKE SURE YOU GO BEFORE THAT.
-CHECK.
TICK, TICK, TICK, BOOM.
-THE THING ABOUT THIS PLACE
IS THAT I ALWAYS SEEM TO
LEARN SOMETHING NEW HERE.
-YOU KNOW IT, PAL.
-THE STAGE WAS SET.
-NOW, PE... NOW, PEOPLE,
LET'S STICK TOGETHER, HUH?
-THE OPPONENTS
WERE IN THEIR CORNERS.
-SO, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE...
THE LINES WERE DRAWN. FIRST?
-KEVIN, HAVE YOU
SEEN CHUCK ANYWHERE?
-NO!
-WELL, IF YOU DO, TELL HIM HE
BETTER KEEP AWAY FROM ME,
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE HIM!
-SURE. FINE. I GOT TO GO.
-MEN!
-ALL IN ALL,
IT PROMISED TO BE
ONE HECK OF AN ECLIPSE.
AS FOR CHUCK...
- FROM NOW ON,
HE WAS NAVIGATING BY
THE SEAT OF HIS PANTS.
-WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
HEY! HEY!
HELLO! HELLO!
TAXI?!
-SO, YOU SEE, THE
MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH
CAUSES THE PENDULUM TO
KNOCK DOWN ANOTHER PEG
EXACTLY EVERY FIVE MINUTES.
-SO, WITH EAGER FACES,
WE ENTERED THE STIMULATING
WORLD OF... ASTRONOMY.
-NOW, AT PRECISELY 2:00,
WE'LL MEET ON THE FRONT LAWN,
AND I WILL HAND EACH OF
YOU A SPECIAL VIEWING CARD.
-WITH THE ECLIPSE OF THE
CENTURY ONLY AN HOUR AWAY,
THINGS WERE REALLY POPPING.
-WHAT IS THIS, ANYWAY?
-IT'S AN ELECTRICAL
STEP TRANSFORMER.
-IT'S PRETTY CREEPY-LOOKING.
-HUH?
OH, NO!
IT ACTUALLY PROVES
ELECTRICITY IS ALL AROUND US.
-YOU DON'T SAY.
-ELECTRICITY IS AT THE HEART
OF EVERY CHEMICAL REACTION.
-HOW ABOUT WE HANG
OUT TOGETHER, HARLAN?
-REALLY?
-AFTER ALL...
YOU ARE KIND OF CUTE.
-SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
-WELL...
WELL, YOU KNOW...
-I KNOW... IT'S NOT ME, RIGHT?
WHOEVER THAT IS.
-NO.
LOOK, I LOVE THE HAT.
HERE... I'LL EVEN
BUY IT FOR YOU.
-KEVIN, DON'T BOTHER. I...
I THINK I'LL JUST...
WEAR IT OUT.
COME ON.
JUST ONE LITTLE PROBLEM HERE.
OH, GOD.
-MAY I HELP YOU WITH SOMETHING?
-NO. WE WERE...
LET'S SEE.
I-I WAS, JUST, UH...
LET'S CALL IT...
NEVER MIND.
SHOPLIFTING.
-WINNIE, ARE YOU CRAZY?!
-I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE.
-YEAH. WELL, DON'T DO IT AGAIN.
NEXT TIME, YOU MIGHT GET CAUGHT.
-I WOULDN'T WORRY
ABOUT IT, KEVIN.
BESIDES, IT'S YOUR TURN.
- MY TURN?
- YEAH.
YOU KNOW, NOW
THAT I THINK ABOUT IT,
YOU'RE PRETTY
WELL-BEHAVED YOURSELF.
-OH, GET OUT OF HERE, WINNIE!
-NO, YOU ARE. YOU'RE
NICE, AND YOU'RE SWEET.
AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, WELL,
YOU'VE ALWAYS SORT OF
REMINDED ME OF BEAVER CLEAVER.
-OUCH.
GET OUT OF HERE. I DO NOT.
-KEVIN, YOU KNOW,
YOU TALK A GOOD GAME,
BUT I DON'T SEE
YOU DOING ANYTHING.
-FINE.
WHAT, YOU WANT ME
TO SHOPLIFT SOMETHING?
-HMM. WELL, I
ALREADY HAVE A HAT.
BUT I'M SURE I'LL THINK OF
SOMETHING... THEODORE.
BYE!
-HEY!
HEY!
RIDE!
THUMB A RIDE!
MAN! THANKS FOR THE RIDE.
YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS,
BUT YOU PROBABLY
JUST SAVED MY...
-DON'T MENTION IT.
-LET'S FACE IT...
THIS ECLIPSE WAS BEGINNING
TO AFFECT EVERYBODY.
-290 POUNDS?
NOW I'M THE BIG LOAD.
OH, I'M SORRY.
-THAT'S OKAY, MARY JO.
THAT'S AN UNUSUAL
NAME, ISN'T IT?
-LIKE YOU SHOULD TALK, HARLAN.
-OH, NO.
I MEANT... IT'S PRETTY, LIKE...
LIKE YOU.
-OH.
IT'S SHORT.
-HMM?
- "MARY JOSEPHINE."
I BET I'D WEIGH A TON ON MARS.
-ATTENTION, EVERYBODY.
IT'S TIME TO ASSEMBLE.
I WANT YOU TO FOLLOW
ME TO THE FRONT LAWN.
- NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
- OKAY, RIGHT THIS WAY.
-AS THE MOON'S ORBIT
DREW CLOSER TO THE SUN,
THERE WAS MORE GOING ON
HERE THAN SIMPLE PHYSICS.
-COME ON. LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
-YEAH. I DON'T WANT
TO MISS THIS ECLIPSE.
-TRUST ME... YOU
WON'T MISS IT AT ALL.
-1... 0.
WE HAVE LIFT-OFF. LIFT-OFF.
-MEANWHILE, I WAS ON
A MISSION OF MY OWN.
-FORGET IT, ARNOLD. I WORK SOLO.
IT'S A LOT CLEANER THAT WAY.
-WELL... LET ME
JUST DO SOMETHING.
I MEAN, IT WOULD REALLY HELP
ME OUT WITH MY GIRLFRIEND.
SEE, SHE'S GOT
THIS CRAZY IDEA...
-OKAY, OKAY. MAYBE YOU
COULD BE, LIKE, A LOOKOUT.
-GREAT.
-BUT I GET TO FLUSH.
-YOU GOT IT.
-OKAY. LET'S ROCK 'N' ROLL.
-SO, I GUESS WE'RE PROBABLY
GETTING PRETTY CLOSE
TO THE PLANETARIUM.
THANKS FOR PICKING ME UP.
YOU KNOW WHAT I
WAS THINKING ABOUT?
YOU KNOW THAT "ALFRED
HITCHCOCK" EPISODE...
THE ONE WHERE THIS GUY
IS PICKING UP ALL
THESE HITCHHIKERS?
AND HE'S GOT THIS
BIG BUTCHER KNIFE,
AND HE K...
NEVER MIND.
YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T
SEE THE EPISODE.
DID YOU?
-27 TIMES.
-WHOA!
-REMEMBER, DON'T LOOK
DIRECTLY AT THE SUN.
LOOK AT YOUR CARDS.
-AND SO, WITH THE GREAT
EVENT JUST MOMENTS AWAY...
-WE'RE ALL SO LUCKY TO BE HERE.
THIS IS THE BEST VIEWING
SPOT IN THE ENTIRE STATE.
-HERE WE ARE, ARNOLD.
- FINAL PREPARATIONS
WERE BEING MADE.
-GROUND ZERO.
ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL?
-ONE LITTLE THING... THIS
WASN'T JUST SHOPLIFTING.
-LOOK, LOUIS, MAYBE THIS
ISN'T SUCH A GOOD IDEA.
THIS WAS 10 TO 20
IN THE STATE PEN.
-WHAT'S THE MATTER, ARNOLD?
YOU CHICKEN?
-NO.
JUST... THIS WHOLE PLACE
COULD BLOW UP OR SOMETHING.
-YEAH, IT'S A RISK.
-THAT WAS ONE WAY TO PUT IT.
LOUIS, LET'S FORGET ABOUT IT.
UH-OH!
-BUT IF I WAS LOOKING TO
BAIL ON THIS WHOLE THING...
NO! DON'T!
I WAS A TAD TOO LATE.
-UGH!
HEY! COME BACK HERE!
-AND REALISTICALLY SPEAKING,
THERE WAS ABOUT ONLY
ONE THING LEFT TO DO.
WHOA! OH, MY GOD!
-OKAY, HERE IT COMES.
WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE
TOTALITY IN 20... 19... 18...
17...
-OH, MY GOD. LOOK
AT THAT HICKEY.
- 14... 13...
- 10... 9... 8...
-ALICE! POOKY!
I MADE IT!
- 4... 3... 2... 1...
-TOP OF THE WORLD, MA!
-THERE IT IS! A TOTAL ECLIPSE!
ISN'T SCIENCE BEAUTIFUL?
HELLO?
-I GUESS YOU COULD SAY
THE LAWS OF NATURE
AREN'T ALWAYS PREDICTABLE.
-WELL, NOT ONLY DID YOU ALL MISS
ONE OF THE GREAT NATURAL
EVENTS OF THE CENTURY,
BUT THE PLANETARIUM, I
AM ASHAMED TO TELL YOU,
HAS NOW DECIDED TO BAN
ANY FUTURE FIELD TRIPS
FROM McKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
- ALL RIGHT!
-STILL, WHEN IT CAME TO
MATTERS OF CAUSE AND EFFECT...
-I HOPE YOU'RE ALL VERY
PROUD OF YOURSELVES.
- I THINK WE MANAGED
TO LEARN A THING OR TWO.
PERHAPS THAT DAY,
DESPITE ALL THE CHAOS,
THERE REALLY WERE
COSMIC FORCES AT WORK...
-I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU
GAVE HIM A HICKEY.
-IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE
LONGEST 30 SECONDS OF YOUR LIFE.
-SHUT YOUR FACE, CIN.
- FORCES SO POWERFUL,
SO PROFOUND,
THEY DEFIED ALL OUR ATTEMPTS
AT RATIONAL EXPLANATION.
-AND THEN, FINALLY, I
JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK,
AND I RAN ALL THE WAY
TO THE PLANETARIUM
SO THAT I COULD SEE YOU...
- CHUCK?
INSTEAD OF MAKING UP
THESE IDIOTIC STORIES,
JUST BE A MAN FOR ONCE
AND SAY THAT YOU'RE SORRY.
-BUT, I MEAN, I-I DID. I...
I...
I'M SORRY, POOKY.
-I FORGIVE YOU, POOH BEAR.
-I MEAN, HEY, IT HAD
ONLY TAKEN 5,000 YEARS
TO UNDERSTAND THE MOON...
WINNIE...
SO MAYBE WE WERE
MAKING PROGRESS.
ABOUT TODAY...
-KEVIN, I PAID FOR THE HAT.
-I KNEW THAT.
-♪ TRUCKIN' ♪
♪ I'M A-GOIN' HOME ♪
♪ WHOA, WHOA, BABY ♪
-THEN AGAIN, WHEN IT
CAME RIGHT DOWN TO IT,
MAYBE WE'D ALL LEARNED
ENOUGH FOR ONE DAY.
-♪ ...GET BACK TRUCKIN' HOME ♪