01x04 - A Fish Called Pepper

[bunniefuu]

what are you doing in there hey Margaret

Karen's first guy should give me the

cold shoulder I feed you guys hey come

on

can't you talk to me talk to these folks

having a pets a big responsibility isn't

it

remember when you asked for a pet the

first time hey mom could we get a dog

oh no hey shad hey could we get a cat

no they licked the butter well I suppose

you end up with goldfish that's right I

don't know what's worse goldfish or a

dog my elementary school was a chamber

of

inside they tried to bore you to death

and outside was even worse they hated

recess our playground was terrifying it

was a breeding ground for psychopaths

and t*rrorists you could always tell the

bullies at our school because they all

had two first names

there was Craig Eric

there was all George and worst of all it

is a big Glen Glen mmm you know I give

you permission to say my name

I don't think so got a headlock on you

what are you gonna do what are you gonna

do

well nothing that's right

teach you to say my name without

permission and by now you're probably

wondering why I even went out at recess

Janie Harper I said put him down

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and she was by far the most beautiful

fifth grader in the world of course I

could never tell her any thanks

I just wanted to show him the understand

scissors kick dad learned in the w*r I

know I wanted to save you the trouble

that's all and besides you can use this

is next week when I'm not around

well what do you mean moving and right

there my world crumbled Jeanie Harper

was moving my buddy my best friend my

potty guard let's go eraser

I missed her already on TV dad's always

knew just the right thing to say maybe

that's what I needed a little father a

veteran that's a matter with you anyway

Jeanne Harper's moving Oh Jeanne she's

moving to Detroit wow that's a big stain

may come on Carl

oh why would you want to move there

anyway her dad got a dumb new job

suddenly dad's eyes lit up this was it

dad was gonna give me advice just like

on tv listen to me hear ya find out of

old man happer

parking spot at the planet spoken for

find way back hang on a lot and I might

get his apartment out that walk so far

in the morning I mean I marked all

through the horn so I don't mind that

it's just that I could sleep in you know

give me another 10 wings thanks dad I

knew I could count on you well there was

always mom so Jamie's moving away mm-hmm

well I know you can't replace a friend

like that

but maybe we can find a new friend we're

and friends are us no II

what does he need a pet for crying out

loud we gave him a little brother we get

this cat please mom please all this the

greatest cat ever

oh come on mom please no cats lick the

butter oh yeah they jump on the counter

they lick the butter you weak that

butter yeah sure yeah are you trying to

do k*ll us

butter licker can we get this dog please

mom please protect us everything else

for anything

so dad sheds they lose their here it

gets caught in our dreams your house

fills up with water and you of course

mom had her own ideas about what made an

appropriate pet well we can't get a dog

or a cat well what can we get get a

golden that stupid pet when I was a kid

fish we're the only pets in granted a

tec-9

well I got bola anyway they don't have

pet stars and we had to scoop him out of

the lake yeah I learned a lot of

responsibilities from that little scaly

hair daily neighbor of fish that's a

fine name for a fish

now take care of that understand lay

first time he becomes a plow mom

he becomes yeah I'm sure he'll grow on

you what are you gonna name him pepper

why don't you know each other

yeah I'm right what am I supposed to do

put a leash on him Greg down the

sidewalk Louie don't tell me that fish

is becoming a problem already it was

really nice to you come over and say

goodbye and stuff I just take my fish

for a walk Shaw was in the neighborhood

anyway here it was my one chance to tell

Jeannie how I felt about her Jeannie

yeah I just wanted to say what is it

Louie

your dad's parking space at the plants

buckling for yet maybe you could write

me sometime finally by in a flash it was

over Jeannie was gone and now she'd

never know how I felt about her what do

you think scarf make a pretty good

appetizer would you oh yeah that really

Phil mom did you say something to me not

so tight around the neck this time I'm

starting to change your noodle

bodyguards gone who's gonna protect you

now lunatic Glenn Glenn you'll leave

that poor little fat kid alone and get

in here for dinner

no mister gotta go see you tomorrow

Lou Lou twice come on scar

hey crazy kid yeah you're gonna get in

my Fender hair they're responsible Uther

today

hey Larry wake up get in the car bad

news is your grandmother's come to visit

grandma well what's the good news

there is no good news you remember your

grandmother down yeah she's a real piece

car she doesn't care much for more hates

me

yeah we tell ya like your mother when I

met I present the United States she

blames me we're not being able to go

visit her daughter in the White House

other than that she's on a lake creature

come on skip pass the scaly skin yellow

teeth in the breath that could k*ll a

dinosaur

hey yeah that explains they're extinct

if you think about

thanks for the lift dad right fall in

there aren't you coming in no way that's

like a dinosaur can't be worse than dads

dad yeah

if this wasn't the worst day of my life

it was definitely in the top five

Oh Louie we moved you into Tommy's room

Tommy's room

where'd you put him he's in there with

you you get to share see we need your

room for Grandma now why don't you pop

in and say good night to her the problem

was my parents put her in my room which

meant to get anywhere in the house it

had to go past grandma's door going for

it

tell mom and dad I'm going in Tom say

hello to your grandmother

Tom give your grandmother a kiss

dad was right yellow teeth yes say by

the yell

the time I got for the troops

yeah put dirt man sometimes a filler huh

whenever grandma was over dad would cook

eventually I figured out dad's strategy

he was trying to speed up her departure

I'm the boss above you sit down eat up

now before it gets cold

let's enjoy each other oh that's just

perfect dandy dad

this macaronis old looks good when it's

green and moldy

roni roni green potatoes green lettuce

lettuce is green dad washer DJ man try

and stop a bayonet with us for boys your

father bought cheese cake for dessert no

I'm saving that for a special occasion

the day y'all move out

Andy I almost forgot to tell you I was

out in the garage today and I

reorganized all your tools for you hung

them all an alphabetical order

oh this is good

loli Tommy go to your room now jeez what

we do now can I see pepper no you don't

know how you'll break them here you go

buddy

open up of course I didn't know how

either I never had a goldfish before I

didn't know how much they ate this thing

started getting a big start waking me up

in the morning hey Lou get out Oh Tommy

quiet

run asleep here share room with you oh

I'm wasting away

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I'm gonna tell you that I'm gonna eat

you that fish is your responsibility we

expect you to take care of it we ran out

of fish food he's starving I have no

time to take you to the pet store but I

bet if you ask nicely your grandma will

take you know I said you oh sorry pepper

what's your writing Louie

nothing Lucille you miss your little

girlfriend Louie and Jeannie sitting in

a tree kis kis do you want a dictionary

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what are you doing your hand off my

grandsire I'm sorry ma'am we were just

talking don't think I don't know a

headlock when I see one what are you

doing here stop by on my way home from

the pet store you bought food for pepper

just practicing the alphabet J H that

wouldn't be genius

Graham how'd you know that your mom sent

me pictures of you and your friends at

summer camp she's a cute one

you two look pretty close we were and

she left me

oh I'm sorry how did you write her a

letter I don't know what to write oh

well what if she laughs

I finally saw grandma for what she

really was not some yellow tooth

creature from the grandmother Lagoon she

was part of the family

take some advice from an old lady it's

never too late to tell someone how you

feel about hey Glenn Glenn guess what I

think you're a jerk well no that's not

exactly what I meant Louie come on let's

see what delicacy your father slipped up

for dinner things couldn't be better

and then

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that was my best friend I did with my

Grenier trying to catch that fish you

caught that fish that's right for these

two hands the same two hands I want to

use Andy what pepper my dinner out the

window I was giving him a bath a bath

well now he's a clean fish good good now

we can em for dinner

Andy no one's gonna eat pepper tell you

that now what are we supposed to have

macaroni again well it's time for me to

be on my way Oh mom are you sure you're

leaving that's too bad

why I don't want to overstay my welcome

too late for that yeah Pippi Oh Andy

you're such a dear son-in-law I couldn't

believe it

just when I was starting to like my

grandma I'll miss you a lot I'm gonna

miss you too sweetheart

now you take good care bye-bye

safe home

I was starting to like having the old

bugging around

she didn't even smell like mothballs

this time you know sometimes it's good

when people leave that means like well

yeah hey what you forget your back yeah

my dad's job didn't work out so he's

back to the old one

Jamie welcome back

Oh mr. Anderson before I forget my dad

said to tell you he wants his parking

space back at the parking further away

from he'll just walk to work means I got

to get up earlier get to work on time

we're gonna go to bed now so Jeannie you

go get my letter no you wrote me Louie

what you write I just wrote and then I

missed you and liked having you around

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you mean this letter but I thought you I

just wanted to hear you say hmm I miss

you too

now your fish you really got big eater

chicken doughnuts cheesecake I'm serious

like a garbage disposal you should get

one please got a cat don't you know

about cats

no they licked the butter everyone knows

that they jump on the counter lick the

butter you eat it oh I realized that

when it came to advice-giving all those

TV families had nothing on the Anderson

after all mom was right pepper did grow

on me

and dad was right sometimes it is good

when people leave if Jeannie hadn't left

in the first place I never would have

written her that letter and finally

grandma was right

it's never too late to let someone know

how you feel about him hey do you like

the show did you want to meet my dog

come on k*ller yeah hey say hello to

these folks hey Tom les he's nothing

compared to you don't look at those

Gophers like are hungry that's not a

good idea

oh you're licking me you can't lick

without permission

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