13. 185814 - The Love Song of M. Aaron Seaver (第1季)【完整台词】

Okay, now, we've only got two days left to practice so we've all gotta help Carol work on her gutter ball.

But why, Dad? It's perfect.

It goes in the gutter every time.

Come on, Carol, now let's try this release.

So suppose it's headed for the gutter.

Now what do we do? We lean to the left here and pull her back to the right.

Over to the right.

Perfect.

Come on, guys, get it together.

We gotta kill the Koosmans this year.

Now, Ben, this is a neighborly little game of tenpins.

Let's not turn it into "Bowling for Blood.

" Dad, they've beaten us three years in a row.

And then little Kenny Koosman stands outside our window and does that stupid little chant.

"Turkeys, monkeys, chipmunks, beavers: They all bowl better than the Seavers!" - Well, let's kill the Koosmans.

- Let's kill the Koosmans.

- Come on, Maggie.

We can do it.

- Okay.

Ready? - Okay, Jason, watch this.

- Attagirl.

Tell me if I'm doing it right.

- Take your time.

- Okay, and - Good bounce.

- Oh, that To the right.

Oh, well, hey, how can we lose? We've got our new secret weapon, Mike "The Strike" Seaver.

- Yeah.

You know, his average is up to 187.

- Oh, good.

There he is now.

We're number one! Okay, here we go.

- Okay, watch carefully.

Here we go.

- All right.

Yes, thank you, thank you.

And now there's just one more thing I'd like to say: Carol, I'll give you $3 if you write me a neo-symbolist poem.

Mike why would you want your sister to write you a neo-symbolist poem? Dad, the most wonderful thing happened to me at school today.

Mike? I forgot what I was gonna say.

Oh, okay.

Mike.

Can you explain for us the significance of the sea in Moby Dick? Sure.

Sure.

It's the letter between the "l" and the "K.

" It's a little technique I picked up at the last teachers' convention.

Okay, people, settle down.

Hello.

I'm Juliet.

And I'm Romeo.

Dad, I've never met a girl like Juliet before.

Mike, you say that every time.

Well, it's different this time, Dad.

I mean, Juliet is really classy.

Dad, she was born in Paris.

She was raised in London and New York.

She writes poetry, and she even speaks three different languages.

That's three more than you speak.

So you want to impress this new girl with a poem? Yeah, but not just any poem, Dad, a neo-symbolist poem.

That's her favorite brand.

Mike, if Carol writes the poem, it's not yours, it's Carol's.

Not if she gives it to me.

Well, Mike, if you're really going to get along with this girl sooner or later you're gonna have to be straightforward with her.

Dad, I can't do that.

Oh, sure you can.

What do you usually say to a girl you like? "Hey, baby, want a one-way ticket to paradise?" - I'd better write him the poem.

- All right! Mike.

Hey, look.

I know what you guys are thinking but I'm just gonna use this poem to get her to talk to me.

Then I'll be myself.

Well, if you guys think that a $3 poem is any substitute for real and honest communication, then go ahead.

Mike, Dad's right.

Real and honest is gonna cost you $5.

"With eyes that scan the distance "With feet that cross the sand "With thoughts that keep me dreaming "This place is where I stand "I hate my mother.

" Way to write, Juliet! Hey, was that a poem or what, guys? Thank you, Juliet.

Does anyone else have anything they'd like to read for the class? Miss Jeffress, I have a little poem I'd kind of like to recite for the class today.

This isn't gonna get me fired, is it? Miss Jeffress, you know how they always say that despite all the hardships of teaching there are those rare moments that make it all worthwhile? Yes.

This one's for you.

"Let us go then, you and I "When the evening is spread out like a swatted fly "Life being miasmic, somewhat protoplasmic "What does it matter if raindrops pitter-patter "Like loose pancake batter on the griddle of our days? "I should have been a pair of pantyhose hanging on the shower rod of our dreams.

" Michael.

That was incredible.

Oh, really? I mean, it was really one of my minor works.

I found it to be a fascinating parodic melding of popular culture and the lyrical mode.

Yeah, yeah, that's it! God, it is so nice to be understood.

You know, Michael, it's wonderful to discover how gifted you are because for some reason I got the impression that you were just another suburban dolt.

Me? A suburban dolt? Life can be cruelly ironic, can't it, Juliet? All that and cute, too.

Okay, now Juliet's gonna be here any minute.

Now, there's a few little things here I'd like to go over.

- What's this? - It's a brief family history.

Now, if you guys can just quickly commit this to memory.

- Mike.

- Yeah, Mom? It says here that I'm a writer.

Oh, well, you are, Mom.

And that I've just completed my 27th novel.

Okay, all right, so it was a rough estimate.

Apparently, I'm a painter.

Well, you gotta admit, Dad you did a pretty bang-up job on that upstairs bathroom.

And I'm a child Prodigy, Ben.

Yeah, Ben, see, I just told Juliet that you were sort of a Well, that you were a genius at philosophy.

So whenever I wink at you like this I want you to read one of these little phrases here.

All right, let's try one.

- "I think, therefore I am.