03x07 - Abuela Upmanship

[bunniefuu]

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ What they will do next ♪

♪ You never can tell ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ Brother and sister ♪

♪ And best friends as well ♪

♪ With each misadventure,
they're put to the test ♪

♪ Working together
is what they do best ♪

♪ Helping their
family and friends,
that's a start ♪

♪ They make a great team
as they each do their part ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ What they will do next
you never can tell ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ And Miguel ♪

♪ Brother and sister ♪

♪ And best friends as well ♪

♪ Brother and sister ♪

♪ Maya & Miguel ♪

Wait up!
Coming!

Ta-da!

Oh, Maya, I love
your skirt!

Ooh, yeah.
It's gorgeous.

Thanks. Abuelita made
it for me.

Your grandmother
is the coolest ever.

It's like she
can do anything!

She cooks the best
food, she makes
the best clothes,

and she even has
her own website with
the best graphics.

Tú abuela
es la mejor
del mundo.

Gracias, amigas.

Yes. My grandmother
is the best in the world.

Wait until you see
the dresses she's making

for the school
fundraiser this weekend.

They're incredible.

GIRL: Cool jacket!

What's that?

Great jacket!

Where did
you get it?

My grandmother
made it for me.

It's the Eiffel Tower,
and that's in France.

And my grandmother actually
lived in France for a while.

Really?

Oh, sure!

My grandmother
has traveled the world...

Wow!

Wow!

And she speaks
lots of languages...

Ooh...

Ooh...

but her favorite place on
the entire planet is France

because she loves the food,
she loves the people,

she loves the art.

Because, you know, France
is so sophisticated!

Ah...

Ah...

MAYA: Um, hi...

Your grandmother
sounds great!

MAYA: Pardon me.
My grandmother ma--

GIRL: I wish my grandmother
had traveled the world.

My grandmother
made me this...

GIRL WITH SHINY JACKET:
Wait until you hear
her sing and dance

at the fundraiser
this weekend!

MAYA: You guys, my
grandmother made me...uh...

this skirt.

She did? It's cute.

I don't think I've
ever seen such
a beautiful jacket.

Did you see the way
it sparkled in the sun?

Mrs. Langley says
Lola's grandmother is

so talented. She's,
like, an artist.

¡Es tan talentosa!

Did you know she
speaks Japanese?

And she's been
to Africa!

I heard she plays
softball, too!

Big deal, so she
plays softball.

So she's
a softball
playing grandma.

I mean,
how hard is it

to whack
a ball with
a stick anyway?

[Chuckles]

MAN: Have you met
Lola's grandmother?

She has the most
beautiful voice.

She's like
an opera singer.

[Thinking] Sheesh!

No, Lola's
grandmother's book
isn't out yet.

But there's
a waiting list
to read it

once it comes in.

I'm sure it will be
a bestseller.

Whatever!

Shh!

Shh!

[Yawns]

Lola's grandmother
is a skydiver.

She's parachuting
into the park.

¡Ay!

Is there anything Lola's
grandmother can't do?

¿Qué te pasa,
Maya?

Something's
been bugging
you all day.

No, no,
I was just curious.

I mean, she seems like
such a talented woman.

¿Cómo estas, hija?

Bien, Abuelita.

Maya, would you
like to help me make
the tortillas?

OK.

Abuelita?

¿Sí, Maya?

Do you only know how
to make Mexican food?

No. But it's the kind
of food I know best.

Do you know how
to cook French food?

No.

Have you ever
been to France?

No. Nunca
he ido a Francia.

But if there's
a French dish you'd
like me to try,

I can always find
the recipe
on the Internet.

No, it's OK.

Why are you so
interested in French food

all of a sudden?

I don't know.
It's not important.

Hmm...

That was an awesome
move, Lola!

Thanks. I learned it
from my grandmother.

She was
the best women's
volleyball player

in her hometown
in Puerto Rico.

Really?

Wow!

That is
so awesome!

Awesome!

Here she is now!

¡Hola, Abuelita!

Hello, Lola.

Hello,
everyone.

Mr. Dombrowski
invited me here

to demonstrate a few
volleyball skills.

Let's start
with the serve.

Whoa!

Ooh!

Wow, Mrs. Lola's
grandmother, ma'am,

you're the coolest ever!

Yeah, it's like you
can do anything.

May I go to
the bathroom?

I'm feeling
a little sick
to my stomach.

Gotta run, guys.

I told Mrs. Langley I'd
help paint the back wall
for the fundraiser.

Later.

Bye, Miguel.

[Girls chuckling]

Hi. Can I
join you?

Sure.

I saw the best movie
last night.

I just love old
movies, don't you?

I especially love
those old romances,

but my favorite,
favorite, favorite is

the one my grandmother
was in.

It's called--

Your grandmother
acted in a movie?!

Yes. And she acted
in the theater, too.

She calls it the...

[Enunciating sharply]
Theater!

[Imitates Lola]
"The theater"!

Is there anything
your grandmother
can't do, Lola?

Hmm. I don't think so.

Did I mention that
before my grandmother
was an actress,

she won the biggest
beauty pageant in
all of Puerto Rico?

Wow!

Wow!

Well, I bet you didn't know

that my grandmother,
you know,

my abuela Elena--she
used to be a movie star!

¿Una estrella
de cine?

Yes...uh, uh, uh...

a big movie star!

Una actriz famosísima.

A movie star?

A movie star?

Wow!

Wow!

Really?

Abuela Elena?

She is so awesome!

[Chuckles nervously]

Abuela, tell me about
your acting career.

¿Cual carrera
de actriz?

I never had
an acting career.

Remember, you told
me about how you were
in that school play

when you were a girl?

And when you took
your curtain call,

the audience gave you
a standing ovation...

and you blew kisses
out to the audience

and they gave you
beautiful roses,

and everybody
wanted your autograph?

PACO: ¡Sí,
su autógrafo!

And then that Hollywood
agent offered

to make you
a movie star...

¡Ooh, estrella
de cine!

And then...

Maya! Ay, Maya.

¡Qué imaginación!

Well, what do
you mean?

It didn't happen
that way at all.

It didn't?

[Chuckles]

No, Maya.

I wasn't the star.

And no one wanted
my autograph.

And there certainly
weren't any agents.

I only had
one line...

I had such a bad case
of stage fright,

I forgot
what it was...

I wouldn't exactly call
that an acting career.

But I did end up
with a flower.

A flower?
One? Oh.

[Doorbell rings]

Oh!

Hi!

MAGGIE: Hey, Maya!

Hey. There you
are, Maya.

What are you
doing here?!

We came to ask
Abuela Elena
for her autograph.

¿Su autógrafo?

I bet it's
really valuable!

What?!

She's the only
real live movie
star we know!

Uh, uh. Wait!

Abuela's busy right now.

ABUELA:
¿Maya, quién es?

Nadie, Abuelita...

It's us, Abue...

Shh! Shh! Shh!
She's resting.

But she just
said something!

Maya, cut
it out!

ABUELA: Maya,
¿qué pasa?

Nada, Abuelita.

Maya, what are
you doing?

She's talking
in her sleep.

The truth is, I
should've never told you

that Abuela Elena was
a movie star.

Why not?

Because, um...

Because why?

Because she put that part
of her life behind her

a long time ago,
and she'd really rather
not talk about it.

Why not?

Well, I don't know why.

She'd just rather not.

And if she finds out I told
you, she'll be really upset.

CHRISSY AND MAGGIE:
Oh, we understand.

Gracias, amigas.
Bye-bye.

¡Maya!

Oh, look. She's up.

¿Niñas, qué hacen?

Why don't you come in?

CHRISSY AND MAGGIE:
¡Hola, Abuela Elena!

[Chuckles nervously]

♪ I can do just
about anything ♪

♪ Look at me dance,
look at me sing ♪

♪ Race a car
or fly an airplane ♪

♪ Who wants to be ♪

♪ Just a plain Jane?

♪ I can do
just about anything! ♪

Did you see
her parachuting?

Later I'll do
my magic show!

Look at her go!

Look at
her go!

♪ I guess I do
know most everything ♪

♪ See how I dance,
see how I sing! ♪

Isn't my grandma fabulosa!

Yes!

Yes!

♪ Cha-cha-cha! ♪

Maya?

Maya?

Maya!

¿Sí, Abuelita?

Necesitamos
harina.

It's the last thing
on our list.

No! The flour is
over this way!

Whoa!

¡Perdón, Abuelita!

[Abuela Elena shudders]

Ay, yi, yi! Yikes...

Got the flour.
Now let's motor.

Gallon of milk,
$3.99.

Loaf of bread,
$2.29.

Cheese, $4.12...

Aah!

¡Ay!

[Very slowly]
Flour.



and 99 cents.

Is that Lola's
grandmother?

Uh...maybe.

I've been wanting
to meet her.

I hear she's a woman
of many talents.

Sí, sí, sí, es
muy talentosa.

I'll go
and tell her.

You need to stay
here and watch
the food.

¡Hola!

Hi, Maya!

¡Hola!

I am so excited
about meeting
your grandmother.

I can't wait
to share "show biz"
stories with her.

Oh, well, she wants
to meet you, too.

But we're in such
a rush right now.

You won't have any time
to chat or anything.

So I'll just let her know
that you're dying to meet
her. Same here.

But I...

Lola's grandmother
said she'd love
to meet you and chat,

but she's in kind
of a hurry.

So...vamonos!

Oh, Maya!

Señora Elena, I am
so surprised that
you never told us...

Oh, you mean the surprise
at the school fair?

What surprise?

Well, if we tell you,

then it won't be
a surprise, now, will it?

¿Qué?

See, he must've heard
about the dresses.

¡Ah, esa sorpresa!

¿Cuál sorpresa?

You'll just have
to wait and see.

We got to go. Bye!

But that was not what
I was talking about!

There she is!

Uh-oh.

Abuelita,
vamonos por áca.

I know a shortcut.

A shortcut?
We're a block
from home!

¡Ay!

There she is!
There she is!

There's Abuela!

Ella es estrella
de cine.

There's Abuela!

Oh, no! This is
the wrong way.

The shortcut
is this way!

[Sighs]

Maya, what's going on?

What do you mean?

Ay, mijita, I mean,
that shortcut seemed
like a long cut.

¡La estrella
de cine!

¡La estrella
de cine!

Paco, Paco, Paco.

Abuelita
told you, she wasn't
a famous movie star.

Now just drop
the whole thing, OK?

Crazy bird.

Awk. Pretty bird.

Hey, Miguel,

I didn't know
that Abuela Elena used
to be a movie star.

[Record needle scratches]

What? What are you
talking about?

Yeah, Maya said
that Abuela Elena

used to be
a famous film star.

She did?

Oh, yeah,
it's all anyone's
talking about.

I heard that Maya said

she used to live in a big
mansion in Hollywood

and she won all the best
actress awards...

Yeah,
and Maya said

she did
theater, too,

all the best
musicals
on Broadway.

But now she doesn't
like to talk about it

because she's so modest

and she gets
very embarrassed
if you even mention it.

Oh, no.

Maya!

Coming!

Ay, Maya!

¿Qué andas
haciendo?

What do you mean?

Maya! You told
everyone

that Abuela was
a movie star.

[Chuckling]
Oh, that...

¡Sí, eso!

I know. I shouldn't
have said it.

But Lola kept bragging
about her grandmother,

and I had
to say something...

You have to tell them
the truth, Maya.

But they'll think
Abuelita is boring.

She's not
boring, Maya!

She's the best
grandmother

in the whole
wide world!

I know, Miguel,
but they'll think
she's boring.

If they do, that's
their problem.

You can't make
things up
like that.

Uh...OK. I'll tell
them tomorrow.

Hey, guys.

Hey, Maya.

Can you tell us
about the time

your abuela filmed
the movie going
down the Nile River

in a rusted-out
cargo boat?

Or the time
she starred

in the all-musical
swimming movie

where she did
the triple flip off
the high dive?

Oh, yeah. Actually, you
see, my Abuela Elena....

We know, we know.
She doesn't
like to brag.

Isn't it neat
that Maya's grandmother

used to be
a big movie star?

And isn't it even
neater that she doesn't
brag about it?

Yeah, she is great.

But I need to tell
you something.

See...um...

you need to remember

she's not interested in
going down memory lane,
you know?

She likes to, um...

live in the present.

So, promise you won't
bring it up to her, OK?

We won't.

We promise.

So did you tell
them the truth?

I tried.

I really did.

Maya, tomorrow's
the fundraiser.

Abuelita is raffling
off her dresses.

And Lola's grandmother
is going to be singing.

Sooner or later, they're
going to meet.

We'll set up
a diversion!

Make sure they'll
never meet.

[Gulps]

You can help me,
Miguel.

Maya.

They're so
beautiful, Abuelita!

Gracias, mijo.

[Applause]

LOLA: Hello, everyone!

Ladies and gentlemen,
please give it up

for a woman of
many talents--

singer, dancer,
beauty queen, daredevil--

my grandmother!

[Applause]

[Scratching]

[Dance b*at playing]

[Abuela Elena
speaking Spanish]

Lola's grandmother
is very talented, no?

Abuela Elena,
can you write
your name

right here
in this
little book?

What for, Maggie?

I'm doing
a school project
on handwriting.

Oh, how interesting.

Of course, Maggie.

[Applause]

ABUELA ELENA:
Here you go.

Wow! I can't
believe it!

I got the autograph
of a famous
movie star!

Autograph?

Movie star?

Awk. Uh-oh.

Maya's in trouble.
Maya's in trouble.

♪♪

♪♪

Oh, Abuela Elena,

I know you don't
like talking
about your past,

but--

Maggie, I love telling
stories about my past.

But I was never
a movie star.

Now, where in the world
would that idea
have come from?

Uh, listen, I think
they ran out of eggs

over at
the egg toss--

Maya. Are you telling
everyone I was
a famous movie star?

GIRLS: You weren't a movie star?

[Cheering and applause]

Oh, Abuelita.
Lola kept bragging
about her grandmother

and about her travels
around the world

and how she was
a beauty queen

and how she
won at all her
volleyball games,

and I just wanted
people to know

how terrific you are
and so I--well I, um,

I made up a little
story that you were,
you know, in the movies.

Ay, Maya...that's
not right.

I know I shouldn't
have said it.

But you are
so much more
talented,

and I don't even
care if you've never
been to Paris.

I think you are
the most wonderful
grandmother

anybody could
ever have!

It's OK, mijita.

I understand
why you did it.

But Lola's grandmother's
talents don't
take away from mine.

I'm sorry.

Maya, it's not me
you should apologize to.

Maggie, Chrissy,
I'm sorry I lied.

I didn't want
you guys to think my
grandmother was boring.

Maya, how
could we ever think

Abuela Elena is boring?

Yeah, everyone
knows your grandma
is really cool.

I'm keeping this
autograph anyway.

You're not mad?

No way!

But you don't have
to make stuff up
to impress us, Maya.

Ay...

There's one more
person who deserves
an explanation, Maya.

Please,
no...I can't,
Abuelita...

Lola, I really should
tell you something.

Isn't my
grandmother great?

You know, she used
to be a beauty queen.

Gosh. My grandmother
was never a movie star.

I made that up
to impress you.

I was jealous.

I'm sorry I lied
to you, Lola.

That's OK.

Since you apologized,
I guess it's no big deal.

Well, my grandmother
really was a movie star.

Who made
this gorgeous dress?

I've never
seen anything like it!

Buy a ticket.
You might win.

Here you go.

Yay!

All right!

¡Gracias, gracias!
Muchas gracias.

BOY: She's
fantastic.

Enough already. Gracias.

As you may know,

I am not the only
show biz personality
in the neighborhood.

I would like to invite
senora Elena on-stage

to join me in a dance!

You don't have
to do it, Abuelita!

You'll get stage
fright, remember?

Ay, Maya, that was
a long time ago!

[Applause]

ABUELAS: ♪ Cha cha
cha cha cha cha cha cha ♪

♪ Cha cha cha ♪

♪ Cha cha cha ♪

♪ Cha cha cha cha
cha cha cha cha cha cha ♪

♪ Cha cha cha ♪

♪ Cha cha cha cha cha cha
cha cha cha ♪

♪ Cha cha cha ♪

♪ Cha cha cha ♪

♪ Cha cha cha cha cha cha
cha cha cha cha ♪

♪ Cha cha cha ♪

♪ Cha cha cha ♪

MAYA, VOICE-OVER: But my
abuela is the best!

Look at my abuelita go!

♪ Cha cha
cha cha cha... ♪

So that's the story
of how Abuelita

never became a famous
movie star.

She did climb into an active
volcano once in Mexico,

but that's another story.

♪

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