01x14 - Play It Again, Punky

[bunniefuu]

[theme music]

♪ Maybe the world is blind

♪ Or just a little unkind

♪ Don't know

♪ Seems you can't be sure

♪ Of anything anymore

♪ Although

♪ You maybe lonely and then

♪ One day you're smilin' again

♪ Every time I turn around

♪ I see the girl
who turns my world around ♪

♪ Standing there

♪ Every time I turn around

♪ Her spirit's liftin' me
right off the ground ♪

♪ What's gonna be?

♪ Guess we'll just wait
and see ♪♪

Woof!

[discorded piano music]

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

Punky, you're supposed to play
the piano, not hurt the piano.

Henry, this is no fun at all.

Yes, it is!
It's a lot of fun.

I wanted you to learn the piano,
so I rented this baby

as a fun surprise for you.

Fun is taking me
to Disney World.

Fun is getting your picture
taken with Goofy.

Learning to play
a musical instrument

is something that will
last forever.

A picture of Goofy
will last forever.

Shall we try "The Little
Speedboat" one more time?

And this time, try it lightly.

[light piano music]

Shall we split
the difference here?

C. C. C.

- See what?
- The note.

Middle C.
You were playing A.

- A what?
- A natural.

A natural what?

We've been through all this.

The notes are named
after letters.

C, D, E, F, G.

[plays chord]

[sighing]

If this is C,

then what's this, Z?

No, no. That's C, too.

There're only eight notes
on the piano.

Not on this one.
I counted them.

There's notes.

No, they're aren't,
eighty-eight keys, eight notes,

and several octaves
of those same notes.

Octaves! Keys! Notes!

Henry, this is too much
for me to handle.

[sighs]

Alright.

Maybe you're right, Punky.

Maybe we ought to call it quits.

Does that mean
you're sending back the piano?

No. I'm bringing in a teacher.

Oh. Lucky me.

[piano music]

[instrumental music]

[doorbell rings]

Come in.

- Hi, Mr. Warnimont.
- Hm.

- Hi, Punky.
- Hi, Cherie.

What's the matter? You look like
you're going to the dentist.

Worse. My new piano teacher's
coming today.

What's she like?

Punky's teacher
comes highly recommended.

"Cheapest lessons in Chicago."

[doorbell rings]

She's here.

I bet she's some mean old lady
who smells like lilac water.

Cherie: Yuck.

This is gonna be
the longest hour of my life.

Hi, there.

I'm Tony Glen.

Are you the new piano teacher?

Yep.

Come in. Let's get started.
We've only got an hour.

Hi.

Hi, I'm Tony.

You sure are.

Cherie, don't you have
something to do?

- No.
- Well, find something.

Tony, I'm Henry Warnimont,
and this is my daughter, Punky.

And this is our piano,
Wurlitzer.

And this is the lesson book
we've been using.

"The Little Speedboat."

In my opinion,
that's a little out of date.

What do you mean "Out of date?"

"The Little Speedboat"
is timeless.

Well, it's just that I find
children respond to

a more contemporary approach.

Punky, do you like
Rick Springfield?

Cyndi Lauper? Michael Jackson?

I love all of them. Can you
teach me to play their stuff?

You bet.

Just as soon as you learn
a few notes,

and a few basic chords.

Huh, well, I've been down
this road before,

so I think I'll wait
in the kitchen.

Good luck.

You'll need it.

Okay, Punky,
let's get started.

Henry already taught me
a few things.

Like I know, you always
start with middle C.

[piano music]

You can start with middle C
if you want to be boring.

I like to start with Chuck.

Well, Chuck's the main man.
The guy in the middle.

[piano music]

And Chuck has four buddies.

Dave, Ed, Fred and Gus.

[piano music]

Dave, Ed, Fred and Gus.

Oh! I get it!

C, D, E, F, and G.

Okay.
Now, that's half of them.

What about the girls?

The girls? What girls?

The girls down the street.

Claire, Beth, Ann, Gayle
and Fran.

[piano music]

Here, you try it.

Chuck, Dave, Ed, Fred, Gus.

Claire, Beth, Ann, Gayle, Fran.
I did it!

See, now once you
know where your friends live,

there's nothing you can't play.

This is great!

I thought I hated the piano,
but now I love it.

I guess it just takes
the right teacher.

Tony: Come on,
let's try it again.

Punky: Okay.
Chuck, Dave, Ed, Fred, Gus.

[piano music]

Now I'll call out the names,
you play the notes.

Go.

Ed, Ed, Ed...

[piano music]

Again.

Ed, Ed, Ed...

[piano music]

Ed, Gus, Chuck, Dave, Ed.

[piano music]

That's "Jingle Bells!"

I just played "Jingle Bells."

- How did I do it?
- Simple.

You know where
your friends live.

Yeah.

You see, Punky,
to make a song,

all you have to do is
visit your friends

in a certain order.

And sometimes you visit lots
of friends at the same time.

Like this.

[playing piano]

♪ Oh I

♪ Baby what a fool I am

♪ First a boy and then a man

♪ Am I

♪ And you

♪ You're the heart of it all

♪ You're the things I say

♪ And do

♪ Am I wasting my time

♪ Hangin' around

♪ You would be gone

♪ But I can't help it

♪ Every moment
that I think about you ♪

♪ Every day
and every night without you ♪

♪ I can't survive

♪ Love take away
the lonely days gone by ♪

♪ Makin' every day
for you and I ♪

♪ Giving me a chance
to go on believing ♪

♪ Girl you got to
go on believing ♪

♪ Oh I

♪ Baby you're
the breath I take ♪

♪ Coming from
the heart in love ♪

♪ Am I

♪ And you

♪ You're the start of it all

♪ You're the things I say
and do ♪

♪ Am I wasting my time

♪ Hangin' around

♪ You would be gone

♪ But I can't help it

♪ Every moment
that I think about you ♪

♪ Every day and every night
without you ♪

♪ I can't survive

♪ Love take away
the lonely days gone by ♪

♪ Makin' every day
for you and I ♪

♪ Giving me a chance to help it
help it ♪

♪ Every moment
that I think about you ♪

♪ Every day and every night
without you ♪

♪ I can't survive ♪

That's the best singing
I've ever heard

from a real person.

Thank you. I think.

And it's a real pretty song.

Is it a big hit?

No, it's something
I've been working on.

- You wrote it?
- Yeah.

You should make a record.

All my friends would buy it.

Oh, it's my dream
to make a record.

But the truth is, Punky

I'm not sure
my songs are that good.

Well, I am.

You should be a star.

And you're lookin' at
the Brewster

who's gonna make you one.

Look at that piano,
Mrs. Johnson.

Okay.

Now, why am I lookin' at it?

It's a sign post.

It says,
"Henry Warnimont is old,

out of it, over the hill."

Funny.
To me it says "Wurlitzer."

You don't understand.

I tried to teach Punky
to play the piano,

and she hated it.

Then Tony Glen came along,

and got her all excited
about music

by discussing of rock groups.

In my day,
we didn't have a Boy George.

Yes, you did. He was chopping
down a cherry tree.

[laughing]

I'm sorry, Henry. We're just
victims of the generation gap.

Cherie has a whole different
lingo than I did.

Now, when I tell her she's bad,
she thinks she's good.

I don't know,
sometimes I think

I'm too old
to be Punky's father.

Don't be silly.

If she thinks
I'm out of it now,

when she's a teenager,
she'll think I've never been it.

Oh, don't worry, Henry.

You're too full of it
to never have been in it.

[laughing]

[instrumental music]

Oh, hi. May I be of, like,
assistance or something?

Yes, this is my new discovery,
Mr. Tony Glen

and I'm Punky Brewster.

Oh, wow. You're little.

Are you like a child or what?

I'm not a child,
I'm eight years old.

Hey, that's trippy.

Like, you're not even into
double digit numbers yet.

What a totally amazing
experience that must be.

We'd like to see
Mr. Dell, please.

Oh, far out.

I'll buzz Mr. Dell
and tell him that you're here.

You are here, aren't you?

Some of us are.

[intercom buzzing]

Yes?

Sir, a Mr. Tony
"To Die" Glen is here

with his dynamite
little agent, Punky.

- Well, send them in.
- Where?

Here.

Oh!

[instrumental music]

Hey. Hi! Hello there.

I'm Lonnie Dell, that's right.
The Lonnie Dell.

Tony Glen.
Pleased to meet you.

Tony Glen. I like it.

That's a good handle, and the
right name is very important.

- Mine's Punky Brewster.
- Well, how you doing, Punky?

What's shakin'? Say, aren't you
a little young to be an agent?

On the other hand,
it means you're plugged in

and I guess that can't hurt,
huh?

Tony's written a great song
and his voice is smash-a-roo.

Well, fantast-a-roo.

Seems to me you guys have
all the right ingredients.

So tell me, what's your hook?

- My what?
- Your hook.

And your angle.
The thing you wow them with?

Do you break your guitar
or set your hair on fire

or sing underwater?
[babbles]

[chuckles]

Basically,
I just write a song

and try to sing it
as best I can.

Oh, talent.

Okay, well, that's a hook.

Uh, by the way,
do you play that thing?

'Cause you don't
have to, you know.

Sure he plays it.
Tony is a music teacher.

Oh, wow!

I see the video...

You a guitar, somewhere...

I'm psyched, Tony baby.

Come on, thrill me. Let's go.

♪ Oh I

♪ Baby what a fool I am

♪ First a boy and then a man

♪ Am I

♪ And you

♪ You're the heart of it all

♪ You're the things I say

♪ And do

♪ Am I wasting my time

♪ Hangin' around

♪ You would be gone ♪

Oh, Tony, Tony, Tony.

- You're dynamite.
- I haven't finished yet.

You don't have to.
You blew me away.

You moved me.

- You really liked it?
- Liked it?

Heather,
would you please cancel

my recording session
with Prince tomorrow.

I've got a guy here
who's red hot.

- You're cancelling Prince?
- Prince is yesterday.

Tony Glen is today.

Did you hear that, Tony?
You're today!

I can't believe this.

I've dreamt about it, but I
never thought it would happen.

Tony Glen, welcome
to the Dell-Star Stable.

We are gonna make you
a Dell-Star star.

I'm talking about
full commitment,

promotions, videos,
back-up singers.

All I want in return

is a full commitment from you.

- You got it, Mr. Dell.
- And $ cash.

I beg your pardon.

Wait a minute.
We have to pay you?

- Yeah, it's S.O.P.
- Sop?

Yeah. Standard Operating
Procedure, kid.

It's good faith money.

See, I'll be investing
ten times that amount

just to get the Tony Glen
ball rolling.

That's a pretty expensive ball.

Hey, smart kid.

That's why I need insurance.

What happens if Tony changes his
mind about being a rock star?

Oh, no, I give you my word.
I wouldn't change my mind.

Oh, Tony, baby,
I've been b*rned before.

Once b*rned, twice shy.

Hey, that's
a pretty good title.

I should give that
to Springsteen.

I don't know, Mr. Dell.
$ is a lot of money.

Hey, I'll chip in with you,
I've got eight dollars

in my piggy bank and I can
hock my sticker collection.

Now we're talking.

Mr. Dell, do you really think
I have what it takes to make it?

I swear on my mother's grave.

You are the best
I've ever heard.

Young lady!
[shrieks]

Did you see a little girl
and her music teacher?

No, but I can't
wait to see Dune.

Punky.

Henry,
what are you doing here?

Cherie told me
what you two are up to.

We've got great news,
Mr. Warnimont.

Mr. Dell wants to record
one of my songs.

Yeah, we're going now
to get the $ .

The what?
You shouldn't be paying him.

Oh, don't worry, it's S.O.P.

Standard Operation Procee-jing.

It's good faith money.

Yeah, Mr. Dell thought Tony
was the best he ever heard.

He doesn't just sign anybody.

I see.

Wait here.

[instrumental music]

Excuse me.

Hey! Hi. Hello, there.

I'm Lonnie Dell.

That's right.
The Lonnie Dell.

- I'm Henry Warnimont.
- How you doing, Henry?

- Mind if I call you, Hank?
- Yes, very much.

Did you produce those
gold records?

Absolutely.

Every record I touch
turns to gold.

I keep some of them here,
some of them at home.

Lonnie on speaker: And the rest
are on their way

to the new Lonnie Dell museum.

Henry on speaker:
That's impressive.

Perhaps I shouldn't
have come here today.

A man of your stature wouldn't
be interested in a song of mine.

W-- wait,
you-- you write songs?

Yes, and I sing a little.

But only in my spare time.

I earn my living
as a photographer.

Whoa! Wait a minute.
I see the video.

You, a camera somewhere...

Lonnie on speaker:
I'm psyched, I'm psyched.

Come on, Henry, baby.
Thrill me.

Oh, but I have no
musical accompaniment.

You don't need any.
You've got a hook.

You're old. It's different.

Thank you.

Here's a little something

I like to call...

- "Just say cheese."
- I love it.

Come on!

♪ When you're feeling gloomy

♪ Won't you listen to me

♪ Just say cheese

♪ Be a happy gal or fella

♪ Under my umbrella

♪ And just say cheese

♪ And if they start
to poke us ♪

♪ And you're not in focus

♪ Just say cheese

♪ Don't say salami

♪ Don't say bananas

♪ Don't say minestrone

♪ Say cheese

♪ Baby

♪ Say cheese ♪

Lonnie on speaker: Henry, Henry,
Henry. You're dynamite!

You blew me away.

You moved me.

- Does that mean you like it?
- Like it?

Lonnie on speaker: Henry, I'm
gonna cancel my recording

session with Prince
because you are red hot.

Oh, really?

Exactly how red hot am I?

Henry, by the time
I'm finished with you,

we're gonna have the whole
country saying cheese.

I'm talking about
full commitment,

promotion, videos.
Other stuff.

All I want from you
is every cheese song

you can come up with

and $ cash.

Well, I don't know, uh,
it's a lot of money.

Oh, it certainly is,
but it's a solid investment.

Lonnie on speaker: And, Henry,
I swear on my mother's grave

you are the best
I've ever heard.

Mr. Dell, you're a crook!

Henry, please,
don't listen to them.

I don't even know who they are.

That happens to be my daughter
and her music teacher.

Punky, Tony, baby.
Good to see you.

Mr. Dell,
you really let us down.

You just lie to people
and take their money.

Oh! That hurts.

Sure, I've taken people's money,
but I'm not a liar.

I swear on my mother's grave,

I've never told a lie
in my life.

[intercom buzzing]

Heather on speaker: Mr. Dell,
your mother's on the phone.

- Your mother?
- That's awful.

They've buried the wrong woman.

I've gotta run!

- What a fraud.
- What a lowlife.

What a disappointment.

Hey, thanks a lot,
Mr. Warnimont.

You just saved me
an awful lot of money.

You don't have to
thank me, Tony.

However,
if you were to offer

ten free piano lessons
for Punky...

You've got it.

Way to go, Henry!
You were great.

[chuckles]
I wasn't so bad

for a guy
who's old and out of it.

Henry, you're not old
and out of it.

You're the smartest,
most with it guy I know.

[chuckles]
Thanks, Punky.

Hey, you know what?

Really love the song,
Henry, baby.

♪ Don't say salami

♪ Don't say bananas

♪ Don't say minestrone

♪ Say cheese

♪ Baby say cheese

♪ Cheese ♪

Oh!

[theme music]