01x07 - The Piano Lesson

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who everybody scre

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driving my

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so I'm screwy what I do I ask you hi JJ

you guys got to see

this my dad went on a business trip to

Japan and look what he

F wow all the way from Japan nah he

bought it at the airport when he got

back what's it do don't you know

anything it's like a shrinking head only

it's a

piano come play anything on it well I

only got it this morning but I'll

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try

wow JJ I didn't know you were that good

at

anything chick

chick

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you were just

bacon show me how to do it all you got

to do is press this

button hey look I'm Billy

CH anybody say anything I'm going to try

this on my mom my dad and my

grandma hi kids hi hi hi guys what are

you up to oh nothing much I've just been

teaching Kelly how to play My Little

Piano oh he that's pretty neat go ahead

show K well I'll try but just as long as

you promise not to laugh no one laughs

at honest effort in this house except

that time when Dad tried to make those

bookshelves

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thank

you wonderful yeah you play better than

the guy in the organ shop at the mall

thanks Dad but it was nothing if I had

had a little more time I could have

figured out a whole bunch more stuff

than

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that excuse me uh I got to go outside

and wait for my dad

wait I'll come with you wait for

me did you hear that well if that isn't

natural talent I don't know it oh honey

I think we should encourage her hey we

clapped no I mean have her take some

lessons maybe even get a full grown

piano well wait a second don't you think

we should first ask her and see if

that's what she really wants well

sometimes kids don't really know what

they want I had musical ability too and

my parents didn't make me stick with it

I've always regretted it well I

understand I just I just don't want to

be one of those pushy parents and what's

wrong with a little honest pushing death

if your father hadn't pushed you to

practice you would never have made all

conference in basketball yeah that's

true Bo I remember we used to sh**t

hoops every night for an hour rain or

shine did I ever tell you about the

Springfield

game you like a play-by-play account or

just the highlights good stories really

hold up don't they yes they do and

that's exactly my point we shouldn't let

natural Talent go to waste I'm going to

call Leticia Rutherford she'll know a

good piano

teacher she'll know an expensive one

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anyway

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Honey

Sweetie

peekaboo honey baby pumpkin rabit

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ear

Kelly wake

up we have a big surprise for you

another family fire

drill no it's much better than that here

oh I'll love it forever

come on Kelly you don't understand the

surpris is at the other end of the

ribbon yeah come on let's go let's

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go almost

there here we go come on well what do

you think there's nothing here but a

piano not just a piano your piano come

on

but I don't even know how to play well

honey if you could learn to play JJ's

little piano the way you did there's no

telling how far you can go with the

proper instruction oh yeah JJ's little

piano but that was nothing really she's

so M come on you two sit down here I

want to get a picture of the three of

you you must be dreaming I knew you'd

love

it all right I say Liber

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cheese

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what

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wow hey Mom oh hi honey I didn't hear

you come in perfect your teacher will be

here any minute I didn't know you could

play I can't really I studied a little

but not enough hey you're good for a mom

well thanks but I could have been a lot

better if I kept on taking

lessons you can take mine and Lord your

natural Talent honey I heard how well

you

played Mom it really wasn't what to

think if we weren't sure we wouldn't

have spent all that money on the piano

we may have to make some

sacrifices maybe we'll go one state

closer on our next

vacation but you're worth

it I'm not really and I don't think I'm

going to get get much better honey you

have to get better if you keep on

playing you know by the time I got to

Junior High School I was pretty darn

good but then I had to make a choice did

I want to be a classical pianist or did

I want long

nails please don't make the same mistake

I did you have a gift don't exchange it

for these I won't

mom I'll bet that's Mr rehard you must

be so

excited oh

boy good afternoon um Gustaf reard um

you've been expecting me oh Mr rard come

in I'm so glad you're here we've heard

such nice things about you and your

method I'm so glad you could squeeze

Kelly into your schedule uh Mrs clber

yes uh we have exactly 59 minutes left

uh shall we banter further or begin your

child's instruction oh please let's

begin Kelly this is Mr rehard your new

teacher nice to meet

you don't worry they're clean young lady

my only concern is whether or not they

are the hands of a future virtuoso oh I

hope they are I know you

do well I'll leave you to alone now

Kelly I'm so proud of

you now young lady uh playing the piano

is not just the result of

plunking that's very

good now as I was saying playing the

piano is not just the result of plunking

keys but a Triumph of cooperation

between the right hand and the left

working together to create a symphony of

sounds now let us begin our musical

Journey can I say goodbye to my parents

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first

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hey kale they just poured fresh cement

in the sidewalks we're going to go write

our names in it and we'll become immoral

I can't I'm stuck on a musical Journey

we got to do this so when people from

the Future come to visit Mayfield

they'll figure we were important sorry I

got to keep

practicing boy you got to do a lot of

practicing my fingers are small it takes

me

longer

oh so you like Mr R bread

huh well I don't like turnips but my

mother says they're good for

me

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hey I win 2113 not so fast Fritz I must

remind you the house rules call for a

victory margin of at least 15 points as

much as I'd like to continue this match

I'll follow the lead of boxing great

Rocky Marciano and go out on top how'

you like to go out on top of a bus to

military

school uh Ry for Ser

sir H has well if it isn't the team

Cleaver perhaps we could persuade you to

take on the injury ridden yet Plucky

haskal in a game of

doubles for a small wager of course no

thanks Mr Haskell I don't like to gamble

that's the trouble with you cleavers no

dark

side I guess that's sort of why we're

here see Kelly fak she had musical

talent and her folks bought her a

piano yeah and she's got this old

teacher that that always makes her

practice and she never has time to come

over or do nothing she wants to tell but

if she does her parents will probably

put her up for adoption and you want me

to help her wiggle out yeah my dad says

you're a big for him around oh he does

does he all the time oh yeah let me

share something with you that my dad

used to tell me at times like this get

out of my

house please sir I appeal to your sense

of fair play if Kelly is forced to study

piano she'll Harbor deep seated

hostilities towards her parents the dire

consequences of which are only too lurd

to mention what your

language all right I'll help you out but

only because if I don't I'll probably be

forced to sit through one of her crummy

recital go ahead sir they're hanging on

your every

word look all you got to do is get the

piano jockey to tell her old man that

his daughter stinks on Ice how do you do

that you just treat the guy with the

same respect that you would a substitute

teacher and then you play so bad that

the guy's ears will what to leave

down simple brutally effective no wonder

I rever you so thanks a lot Mr hassle

hey where do you think you're going talk

is cheap my advice as a price tag we're

playing two out of three half a cent a

point where's your pattern how come we

only get one house

rules Kelly Cleaver follow me Mr

metronome 1 and two and three and four

and holy

ma Miss

cever have you been practicing oh yes

have you been using the piano every day

then why do you insist on playing Mery

lamb a little

head perhaps you are not familiar with

the

material I've only been playing it a few

weeks young lady I once Tau a chimp to

play Oh Promise Me 3 days before his

trainer's wedding now you have 10

fingers and that song has five notes

with those odds you have to get it right

eventually now do what Mr Sheep music

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says better after you stopped

yes

we're finished already yes thank

goodness good thing you brought Mr Hanky

along

too well there everybody all finished

yeah we had lots of fun o honey why

don't you go upstairs and wash up we're

meeting your father for dinner tonight

okay bye Mr

R here you are you know I'm very proud

of her she practices day at night really

in fact I used to play the piano a

little myself so I can see the progress

she's making you do think she's making

progress don't you well she has a great

potential right a potential isn't

exactly the word I would

use genius would be a better word to

describe your daughter oh if she is to

truly Master the Glorious art of the

piano we must increase our lessons to

three times a week oh wonderful

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wonderful oh look at

that you boys are slipping usually when

I make banana bread you're down here

before I even get it out of the oven

Grandma we didn't come for the banana

bread we got to talk to both of you

about a big problem oh this sounds

serious let's put it this way somebody

doesn't put a stop to it

soon it's going to destroy a happy

family Oliver are you having bad dreams

about the three-legged race again n Dad

for once I ain't the

problem you see there's this girl we

know care about an awful lot almost like

we would was

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related you know at first I was worried

that we were pushing her too much but

now it's uh it's incredible she's just

devoted as can

be it's uh it's just instinctive it's

something she was born with um you know

there is such a thing as pushing a good

thing do you remember Rhonda Denton sure

well she gave her daughters three piano

lessons a week

and now that poor girl lives in a teepe

in

Wyoming just a second mom what are you

getting at

well nothing really it's just that well

I pushed you to give her lessons in the

first place and now I I just want to

make sure she's happy oh June you know I

appreciate your concern but her piano

teacher said she's the most

self-motivated student he's ever worked

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with was it Kelly's idea to increase

your lessons

now wait a minute Bieber I don't like

what you're implying you may not be

aware of this but there are rumors going

around that Kelly would rather not play

the piano Beaver Cleaver how dare you

well yeah if there's anything I know

it's my own daughter well you make it a

surprise what do you mean a surprise

what are you talking about well I can't

really tell you right out but well why

don't you just tell me right out this is

ridiculous boys

please you know Bieber if you want the

truth I think that you're just a little

a little bit jealous that your kids

don't have the same musical ability that

Kelly

has

well it wouldn't take

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much I'm

sorry sorry

Wally thanks

Mom

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bye hi Mom Dad I finished my homework so

I'm going to go practice for a

while well that's what you want well

that's why you bought me the

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piano

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remember how when you were a kid you

promised yourself when you grew up you'd

never make your kids do the same things

your parents made you

do easy promise to break huh she tried

to tell me the only reason she's gone

through all this is I made her think I'd

be disappointed if she

didn't oh honey I don't want her to wind

up in at

TP come on honey I I don't think it's

too late to turn things around

around why don't we just go in there and

throw ourselves on her

mercy Mom Dad come quick I got it I got

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it oh honey that's terrific that was

wonderful

did it I was just sitting there and all

of a sudden my fingers knew what they

were doing I love it I guess I do have

talent well we never doubted

you now I'm really going to practice

hard you just watch me honey um well you

know Kelly um we are very pleased that

you're this excited but uh well there is

such a thing as overdoing it you know

and you'll wind up losing interest like

I did well well I guess I could cut down

on my lessons well yeah I think that

twice a week could be good or once once

a week would be fine and maybe we could

trade this in for something

smaller oh great then I can go back to

AB lunch on

Thursday you guys sure about this honey

if it's what you want yes well I guess

it's the best thing for now at least

until my feet can reach the pedals k

listen to me if you ever feel that we're

pressuring you into doing something that

you don't want to do please don't be

afraid to tell

us don't worry Mom I doubt you guys will

ever goof up this big

again all

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well Mr rehard call me Gustaf that good

huh my dear I find it quite remarkable

that after all the intervening years

your musical instincts have survived

intact in fact there's only one thing

keeping you from realizing your true

potential what what more lessons more

scales more dedication lose the

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