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01x04 - Tomz Lemonade/A Tale of Two Lunch Ladies

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Ten Year Old Tom". Aired: September 30, 2021.*
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An average ten-year-old kid must contend with the well-meaning but questionable guidance of the adults around him.

01x04 - Tomz Lemonade/A Tale of Two Lunch Ladies

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- OMG, look at

this little munchkin.

- Oh, hey, Mrs. Band.

- This is so cute

I'm gonna barf.

- I'm trying to help my Mom

pay her electric bill.

I need $100.

- He's got a hook,

ladies and gentlemen.

Wow, you marketing genius.

Well, how much have

you made so far?

- Zilch.

You're my first customer.

- "Zilch," he says.

This kid with the lingo.

Look at you.

You're adorable,

you're hilarious,

and you've got an eye

for business.

- I rarely get this much

positive feedback.

- Well, maybe you found

your calling.

I am honored to give you

your very first dollar.

- Thank you so much.

Do you want a large or a small?

- You know what?

I don't even want the lemonade.

That's how much I believe

in you, you cutie patootie.

- This is literally

the best interaction

I've ever had with a person.

- Get used to it, hun.

You're going to the top.

- I really found my calling.

Finally nailing it.

[EDM playing]

- Tombo.

- Oh, hey, Rick, the neighbor.

- What do you got going on,

buddy?

The old lemonade stand, huh?

- Yeah.

You know, everyone seems

pretty impressed.

- Really?

Tom, do you know what the word

"patronizing" means?

- No, it doesn't sound good.

- No, it's not good.

In the real world,

you would get slaughtered.

- Slaughtered?

- They would tear you

a new a-hole.

- Mo--most people would

have been more encouraging.

- Most people are idiots, Tom.

I'm in advertising, okay?

I make a lot of money.

- Okay.

- I bang a lot of chicks.

And I've literally got Clio

Awards coming out of my butt.

Tell me, do me a favor

and just check.

- Check what?

- Whoops. Oh, what was that?

Did another Clio Award

just come out of my butt?

'Cause I've got too many.

- You carry one with you

just to make that joke?

- Tom, why don't you

come into my agency one day?

I will have my team give you

the tips on the lemonade stand

like you were a real client.

Does that sound fun?

- I mean, fun is a strong word.

I could use the help, though.

I'll ask my mom.

- Okay, great. You know what?

First, let's take a pic.

Ready?

Rick pic if you will.

- Rick pic?

- Say,

"My lemonade stand

sucked ba*ls

until Rick swooped in

and saved the day."

- I'm not gonna say that.

[camera shutter clicks]

- I love mentoring kids.

There's--you know, there's

no better feeling in the world.

- Now as our poor

young lungs deflate ♪

I'll admit

I've gotten older ♪

Mellowed out, chatting up

those I used to hate ♪



The feeling that

we're lost will always fade ♪

I present no explanations ♪

Can't expect

our tired patience ♪

To satiate for long ♪

Therein lies a truth

we can sip when we want ♪

Disciples of the flow,

we can float anywhere ♪

- Guys, tiny little Tom here

is my neighbor's kid

and I promised

that we would help him.

So let's treat him

like a real client, okay?

- Happy to have you, Tom.

Welcome.

- Jerry, please shut up.

Little Tommy, Margaret here

is our star creative director.

Mags, give Tom

your first impressions.

- Well, your table's great.

And the name is fun.

- Thank you.

- The only part I struggle with

is right here.

- The Tom part?

- You got it, the Tom part.

[buzzer blares]

You have a face that screams

"I make bad lemonade."

- Bad lemonade?

- It says,

"I'm making

an inferior product

and I don't really care."

- Thanks, Jerry. I got this.

- Sorry.

- Just to be clear,

you guys are doing this

to be nice or mean?

- Guys, flag on the play,

let me step in here.

Jerry, dim the lights

and grab me a cookie.

- Sure thing, boss.

- Tom, what is lemonade?

Don't answer, please.

Thank you.

Is it just a beverage

or is it so much more?

Maybe it's a reminder

of a simpler time.

[sentimental music]

Lightning bugs.

Putting a card in the spoke

of the wheels of your bike.

A time when neighbors

knew each other by name.

And the sound

of children's laughter

wafted through the air.

- So true.

- Damn it, Jerry, please.

Not when I'm going.

- Oh, sorry.

- Tom, you need to offer people

a window to that time.

Like a comforting voice

that says,

"It's going to be okay."

What you need is an old man.

- Yes. Love it.

- Jerry like-y that.

- Old man.

That's the whole--that's

the whole idea? You're done?

- Tom, this is what we do

for a living.

Now, normally, we would charge

$100,000 for that.

Great meeting, guys.

Really good.

- Thanks for doing this,

Grandpa.

I really appreciate

you helping out.

- Oh, thank you

for including me.

This is gonna be so much fun.

- Just be yourself,

chat people up.

Our brand is all about

the simpler times.

- It's my strong suit.

- Hey, Ms. Munoz.

- Hello. What's this?

A new employee?

- This is my adorable grandpa.

- So nice to meet you.

- Let me tell you a story.

- Okay.

- I had a lemonade stand

on this very block

back in 1960.

I charged a nickel.

- Mm.

- My slogan was,

"I like Ike,

and you will like my lemonade."

- I love it.

What a great story.

- That's folky.

That's folksy stuff

right there.

- Give me two cups.

- Wow, it's actually working.

We're up to $10.

$90 to go.

- Denise, isn't this the cutest

lemonade stand ever?

- It's so sweet.

I'm putting this on Instagram.

- I once dated

a girl named Denise.

High school sweetheart.

- Oh.

- Had a caboose on her

that wouldn't quit.

Just like you.

h*-h*-h*.

- Did you just

touch my rear end?

- Wait, what?

- Oh, no.

I was just jabbering on

about my old sweetheart.

- Oh, uh-uh, uh-uh.

No, I saw it.

He grabbed her rear end

and squeezed it.

What the hell, Tom?

- He's just being folksy.

He's being folksy.

It's like--like

in the good old days.

- [scoffs]

The good old days when people

just molested each other

on the street?

- It's a compliment.

"A caboose that won't quit"

is a good thing.

- Grandpa. Stop saying caboose.

- You know what?

Don't stop.

Don't stop what you're doing.

The world is watching you,

old man, so--

- Please don't record anything.

- What's going on?

- Oh, we see you.

- Why are all these broads

recording me?

- Oh, my God.

- Oh, we "broads" now.

Okay.

- All right. You know what?

We're--we're gonna close up

for the day.

All sold out,

swing on back tomorrow.

- Wait, wait, wait.

I'm confused.

Did he say caboose

or did he actually touch

someone's caboose?

- He said caboose,

then he--

he did a full palm grab

of a woman's rear end.

- Like a basketball?

- It looked like it.

It's on camera.

The whole thing is--

- Oh, my gosh.

- It's terrible.

- Tom, I don't think you're cut

out for the business world.

- I know. I'm shutting it down.

I wanted to help my mom,

but that's just

not gonna happen.

- Tom, don't give up so easy.

A lemonade stand

is a time-honored

childhood tradition.

- Not with me.

You gotta shut it this time.

You gotta shut your mouth.

- Tom, I know you're stressed

and I know you're on the edge

ready to jump--don't do it.

- Tom & Gramps

is all over social media.

They're calling us

two generations of molesters.

- Yes, I did see that

and it doesn't look good.

But all you need to do

is pivot.

The butt grab,

where'd that happen?

Tom & Gramps.

- Yeah.

- So change the name.

Something vague like T&G's.

- What do you mean?

You could just change the name

and keep running the business?

- Yeah, of course.

RadioShack is now "The Shack."

Kentucky Fried Chicken

is now KFC.

The mercenary group,

Blackwater is Academi.

- This is great.

- Yeah. T&G's Lemonade.

"The only thing we squeeze

are the lemons."

- Oh, my God. I love it.

- Thank you.

- Nelson, you wanna

join the company?

- Sure. But you gotta make me

a board member.

I'm not a front counter

apron-wearing type of guy.

- All right.

You're on the board.

Hey, Principal, you awake?

- Yes.

What do you mean "am I awake?"

- Some people sleep

with their eyes open.

- We wanna buy some airtime

during the morning

announcements, can we do that?

- Yeah.

Like Buick and Grey Goose.

- You know, to be honest

with you, it feels wrong,

but I do really admire

your guys' hustle.

So I'll give you 30 seconds.

That's it.

- Thank you. Thank you.

- Hey, g*ng,

it's your principal here.

The following

is a paid ad, okay?

It's frowned upon.

It's ill*gal.

And if you could just not say

anything to your parents,

I'll do you something good

on the other side.

- [clears throat]

Thank you and greetings.

As you may have heard,

my grandpa recently grabbed

and squeezed the rear end

of our school nurse.

- And this does not reflect

the core values of our brand.

- My grandpa has been

sidelined and I just want you

to feel comfortable

when you come on in.

No one's gonna make a lunge

for your butt.

It's just going to be

a tasty lemonade

'cause that's the way

we do it at T&G's.

- Where the only thing

we squeeze are the lemons.

- Guys, seriously?

That was impressive.

- Thank you. Well, we're

learning a lot about business.

- Maybe I'll invest in you

like that show "Shark Tank."

- Really?

- Well, I was kidding,

but I mean, why not?

I like to encourage things

like this.

And I got a lot of extra money

from those

morning announcements,

so here's 100 bucks.

- You're just giving us $100?

- Yes.

All I want is

my name on the door.

"The Principal."

- I don't know about that.

No, you know, if we had a door,

we--we'd accommodate this,

but we don't,

there's no door.

This is amazing.

I made my $100.

I can quit now

and pay my Mom's bill.

- Quit? We can't quit.

We got to use this money

to scale up.

- Scale up?

- Yeah.

Let me introduce you to

a concept they call "flipping."

- You're gonna flip

lemonade stands.

- That's right.

- Put our branding on it

and then sell it.

- And then we gonna buy

two more.

And then we're gonna

sell those two,

and then we gonna buy four.

- I actually like this plan.

- That's right.

- All right.

Let's flip lemonade stands.

[upbeat music]

- No slouching, Phil.

At T&G's, we stand tall.

Bob, tuck your shirt in.

Where you think you at,

McDonald's?

- Yeah. Tuck it in, please.

- It's so crazy how people

could be so stupid.

- Yasmine, look alive.

- Hey, that's salt.

That's not sugar, that's salt.

Don't put that in there.

- Well, yeah, his grandpa

is still alive.

It's just that he's been phased

out of the daily operations.

You know, there was just

so much groping going on.

Tushes and hands,

tushes and hands.

It was like boop, boop, boop.

- Hector, Hector.

Hey, we don't mention

the Grandpa incident.

That was in the past, okay?

Whole new company.

- Sorry, boss.

- Thank you. All right.

Back to work.

Back to work, everyone.

I can't believe we own a chain

of lemonade stands.

We've doubled our investment.

- Hey, stick with me.

You'll be paying electric bills

for complete strangers.

- Paying electric bills

for strangers?

That doesn't really

even interest me, does it?

- Tombo.

- There he is. There's Rick.

- Other guy.

How's your lemonade stand?

- Oh, we're not

selling lemonade.

We're selling

lemonade "franchises."

- It's great.

- Tom, I'm blown away,

but can I offer a tiny bit

of constructive criticism?

- Please don't criticize

my face again.

- No one's doing brick

and mortar these days, okay?

I would lose

the lemonade stands.

- That's the whole thing.

That's the whole business.

- The real money, guys,

is in "licensing" the brand.

- No, I don't know.

I'm--I don't know about that.

- Okay. My agency has

the Trader Joe's account,

and they make these deals

all the time.

I could set you up

with a pitch meeting.

- Tom, we can make money

in our sleep.

- I feel like I'm wealthy

enough, at this point.

I made my sales goal.

Plus, I'm pretty busy.

- Tom, from what I can tell,

you play whiffle ball

and you chase squirrels.

You're not a busy person.

- Oh, no, Rick, please.

Things like that, that's why

my mom calls you "The d*uche."

I'm not sure about

this decision, Nelson.

I had the $100

and we spent it all

on power ties.

- Come on, Tom. You need

to spend money to make money.

When they see our power ties,

they're gonna be like,

"Whoa, these guys

mean business."

- Yeah.

But when they see my Mom--

- Excuse me, do you guys

have a suggestion box here?

Because I bought a party size

of bagel bites

and it was not enough

for a party.

- Yeah, your Mom kind of kills

the power vibe, man.

We--we're gonna need

to work around her.

Now, let's go close this deal.

Just let me do all the talking.

[laughter]

- I have to admit, guys,

this is so fun.

- Thank you.

- I mean, two friends

inspired by their grandpas?

I mean, this is

our brand DNA right here.

- I came up with the name

and the slogan,

"The only thing we squeeze

are the lemons."

- I love it. I love it.

So what does he do?

- Oh, Tom doesn't

talk in meetings.

- You know, sometimes

I say dumb things.

It kind of runs in the family.

- [laughs]

It's adorable. What a pair.

Okay. Wait.

So I wanna start back

at the beginning.

Why Trader Joe's?

- Why?

Well, it's all about

corporate synergy. See--

- We even use your lemonade

in this--in this whole thing.

- Tom, don't do it.

- I'm sorry. Come again.

- We actually--

- Tom, stop.

- Nelson, please, I got this.

Don't touch the mouth.

We use Trader Joe's lemonade

to make our--

we just pour it in

and then we--

- Hold on.

So this is our product?

- This is news to me.

- Yeah.

Why are we not laughing

anymore? What's going on?

- Why would we license our own

product back from ourselves?

- Oh, no, no.

We water it down.

- Tom.

- Oh, that's even better.

So you are selling me back a

diluted version of my product.

Is that it?

- I mean, when you phrase it

like that,

it sounds like

a bad business deal, but--

- Okay.

Well, thanks for coming in.

Feel free to show

yourselves out.

[door slams]

- Okay.

I think you were right.

I should not do the talking.

No one in my family

should ever do the talking.



[laundry machines thunking]

- High heat?

Oh, please.

No, I'd rather have it

with no heat.

Why is that an option?

- Mom?

- All it does

is make me wonder,

"Should I do with no heat?"

- Mom.

- What?

- You know how to

do laundry, right?

- Pfft, I'm a mom.

I know how to do laundry.

- My pants have been

pretty tight lately.

I think maybe you're overdrying

them by, like, a good hour.

- Tom, did you ever stop

and think maybe you're

just becoming morbidly obese?

- Mom, you know I'm not obese.

- I look into your eyes

sometimes and I think,

"Is he gonna one day

have to get airlifted

out of his own bathroom?"

- Why don't we just buy me

some new pants?

At least I'll be comfortable.

- Oh, it's that easy.

We just stroll out

of the laundry shop

- Laundry shop?

- And we just go

and casually buy

a nice pair of Z. Cavariccis.

What is wrong with this thing?

Ugh!

This thing ate my quarter.

- You really shouldn't

be doing that here.

- Oh, please, buddy.

Get off my nuts.

- Girl, let's get some meat

on those bones.

How about a little extra cheese

on those cheese fries?

- Oh, so good.

You're the best, Lunch Lady.

- Aww, go on.

You go on now.

- Lunch lady!

Whoo!

Let me get

two foot-long chili dogs.

- Oh, God bless you, Nelson.

My little hungry,

hungry hippo over here.

- [chewing loudly]

- [laughs]

- Hi there.

- Mm.

- Can I just get

a small apple juice?

- A what now?

- Small apple juice, please.

I brown-bagged it,

so I don't need any food.

- You don't need

any--any cheese?

- Cheese on my apple juice?

- I can't get you a--a cookie?

- Just the juice,

no cheese or anything.

- [sighs] Can someone get this

idiot a small apple juice?

- I'm feeling my banter wasn't

as much fun as everyone else's.

I'm a hungry hippo.

- Tom, it was awfully nice

of you to stop by.

- All right.

You're the best, Lunch Lady.

- Okay. Bye-bye now.

- Oh, man.

- Nelson, keep walking.

- Hey, dudes.

- Don't look left.

- Hey, dudes, over here.

- Hey, Hector.

- Hey, sit down.

- Listen.

- Um

- Um

We--we decided to move on.

We might mix up

the table arrangement.

- Yeah, we're trying to upgrade

to a cooler table.

- Guys, this is

a major betrayal.

- Hector, please.

- We have inside jokes.

- Hector.

- We already have a table name.

You know, The Three Amigos,

Plus Randy.

- No one calls us that.

- No one call--even Randy

doesn't call--look at him.

He don't even acknowledge us.

I've never seen anybody

chew applesauce before.

- Guys.

- Hector, don't make it

so dramatic.

- No. I'm not making it

dramatic, but I will say this.

You will rue the day that you

decided to abandon Hector.

[dramatic music]

- All right, fair enough.

- I think we will

take our chances.

- And then, like,

he has the nerve

to ask me for, like,

my chocolate milk.

- Hey, Dakota.

- Whoo-whoo. What's up?

What's up?

- Oh, hi, Tom.

- Hey.

- Hi, Nelson.

Everyone, this is--this is

Tom and Nelson. I know them.

- Okay.

- We thought we'd sit.

We thought

we'd join you guys.

- Uh, you want to sit here?

- Yeah.

- With us?

- I don't feel good about this.

- That is a yes.

Oh, I'm Nelson, by the way.

I'm a, what you might call

the fun one out of the duo.

You know what I'm saying?

You know what I'm saying?

- Yeah.

- [laughs] Whoo!

- I feel like this banter

is really flowing.

- Can I have a word, Tom?

- Oh, hey, Lunch Lady,

not a great time, actually.

- I've been thinking about

this brown-bag thing.

Are my cooking skills not up

to your standards anymore?

- Oh, no. It's not you.

You're great.

My mom just thinks, you know,

with the kind of food

they make you serve,

that you're part

of the problem.

- Oh, I'm part of the problem,

am I?

- Her words, not mine.

- I'm part of the problem?

- Tom,

why are you being so mean?

- Mean?

- Yeah. Who even is this guy?

- I said her words, not mine.

They're not my words.

- Ugh.

- Tom, I devote my whole life

to you kids.

And this is the thanks I get?

I'm going home.

- Oh, no. Please. Please.

- Now, you have some extra

cheese and it's on the house.

- Wow.

- Like I was saying,

I'm the fun one out of the duo.

I didn't even really know

this dude.

We met on the bus.

- Wait, you said what

to the lunch lady?

- I mean, I might've said

she was part of the problem

if that--that set her off.

- You said that?

- I was just repeating

what you said.

I've heard you say

things like that.

- No, no, no. Look, I said

all that behind her back.

- Look, the woman has been

working here for 20 years.

You're a human being.

Why would you wanna tear her

a new a-hole like that?

- I didn't tear anyone

a new a-hole.

I'm not even allowed

to say a-hole.

- No, you're not.

- Right? It's a forbidden word.

- It's a forbidden word.

And you're gonna get punished

for saying it just now.

- He said it.

I was repeating what he said.

- Yeah.

Well, his mom can punish him.

- My mom's dead.

- I'm sorry, Principal.

- Sorry to hear that.

- Here's how

it's gonna go down.

You're gonna walk over

to the lunch lady's house

and you're gonna

apologize in person.

- Look at you. Great parenting.

I'm impressed.

- Oh, I'm not finished.

As a reminder

of what you've done,

you can't wash the cheese

out of your hair for a month.

- All right. Is it just me,

or is that a bit much?

- Yeah, it's a bit much.

[bus horn honks]

- Whew.

Thanks for waiting.

Thank you guys.

- Man, what's up

with the big card, Tom?

- I have to apologize

to the lunch lady,

so I made an oversized card.

- Wow. Look, you got a lot

of people to sign.

- Oh, no. Those are fake.

I signed them myself.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait,

wait, wait, wait.

You didn't sign for me.

Did you?

- Yeah. You wrote,

"Thinking of you, Lunch Lady,

during these troubled times.

Signed, Sweet Nelson."

- Come on, man!

You think I talk like that?

I'd have at least

written something funny.

- She's not even gonna read it.

- This is bad for my brand

right here.

- Hey, you didn't sign for me,

did you?

- I believe I did. Yeah.

You wrote,

"Hey, h*, Lunch Lady--"

- What?

- "You da b*mb.

Signed, Crazy D."

- Crazy D?

- I wrote these quickly.

I wrote these very quickly.

- Why didn't you just ask me

to sign it myself?

- Oh, I don't have time

to be going around

asking people to sign

a greeting card.

- But you had time to forge

all of our signatures.

- Tom,

what are you doing here?

- You know, I just wanted

to say sorry, clear the air.

In retrospect, you're not part

of the problem. I am.

- Damn right.

Can I--can I come in?

- Okay, fine. Come in.

- All right.

So to show how sorry I am,

and to show what

a wonderful kid I am,

I made this oversized

greeting card.

- [gasps]

Oh, my God.

- There must be like

200 signatures on that, baby.

Look at this.

- Isn't that sweet?

- Wait.

"You're the best Lunch Lady."

"Lunch Lady, come back."

"Number one Lunch Lady."

There's literally no one in

this school know my first name?

- We all know your name.

Obviously, we just--

- What is it?

- We prefer to call you

Lunch Lady is all I'm saying,

despite knowing your name.

- What's my first name?

- Pretty sure it's either Becky

or Brenda or Barb, right?

- Becky?

- Unbelievable.

Where's my ladle?

- Calm down, girl.

- No.

- See, this kid

is pushing my buttons, no.

- It's just a--baby,

it's just a greeting card.

- All right, listen,

let's all slow down.

Obviously,

they want you back.

Why don't you say yes,

but ask for,

I don't know,

a raise or something?

both: Hm.

- Now, that is a good idea.

- Right?

- It's a great idea.

- Tell the Principal

you love Tom's card,

you wanna come back,

but here's--

here are your terms.

- I might just do that.

You know, you're a good kid.

Why--why don't you

stay for dinner?

- I'd love to.

Do you have any kind of like

whole wheat sandwiches

and bananas?

- Whole wheat?

- You know what?

Let's--let's just do dinner

some other time, okay?

- I'm proud of you, buddy.

- Thanks, Mom.

- You apologized

to the Lunch Lady.

And now, I'm gonna wash

the cheese out of your hair.

- It's a big day.

And you don't wannna do this

in the tub or the shower?

- Oh, no, no, no.

I don't want cheese

in my drain.

- All right, just start

spraying me down, I guess.

[phone chimes]

- Hang on one sec. Hello?

- Hi, this is the Principal.

- Hi.

Oh, hi, Principal. Sorry.

- Listen. I just got a call

from our lunch lady

and she is making all type

of like crazy demands.

Something about the health

benefits and fair wages.

So I wanted to see

if you might be interested.

- In what?

- In being the new lunch lady.

- You want me to be

the lunch lady?

- Lunch lady? Oh, no.

We already have a lunch lady.

- I was very impressed

with you

the way you handled Tom

the other day.

That whole cheese thing,

I mean, that's real tough love.

- Thank you. I would love

to be the lunch lady.

I need the money.

I love bossing kids around.

This is perfect.

- Not qualified.

Not qualified.

- Do I need

a certification or what--

- No. Stop it.

You just stand there

with a ladle and a hairnet.

And as long as you're not

an ex-con, you're hired.

- For argument's sake,

let's say I'm not an ex-con.

Count me in.

- Oh, this is not good.

- Excuse me. Excuse me.

- What's up?

- I've been waiting for,

like, 10 minutes.

- Okay. Sorry, kid.

I mean, I just--

I just turned the oven on,

and it's, like, you expect me

to wake up at 11:00 a.m.

and get the oven going

really early or something.

It's just not gonna happen.

- What happened to the

old lunch lady? You're mean.

- When your husband runs away

to Myrtle Beach

and starts nailing a sl*t,

and they stay out

till 4:00 at "Da Club"

and she's grinding her butt

into his crotch,

I think you'd be mean too.

- How did you get hired here?

- Hi, kid. What?

- Here we are at the old table.

- Hey, hey.

- Sorry. Before you sit,

no room today.

- Wait, what?

- Full up.

- Whoa. Was it all small talk?

I mean, we could dial down

the Tom stuff

and dial up the Nelson stuff.

- Yeah, we can

dial down the Tom.

- Nelson, it is not you.

It's Tom's mom.

She's ruining lunch

for everyone.

- Oh, no.

She's--my mom's pretty solid.

Everyone seems to like her.

- Who? Who likes her?

- What's wrong with her,

specifically?

- She takes forever

to fulfill your order.

- Okay.

- She threw broccoli

at my face.

She could have k*lled me.

I could have died.

- I mean, come on.

You can't die

from broccoli wounds.

- She didn't even have the oven

on when lunch started.

- That's it?

Lazy, mean, and unprepared?

- I'm sorry, Tom.

Until you resolve this,

you can't sit with us.

- Oh, this is bad.

Look, Tom, your mom got to go.

- Go where?

- Outta here.

She's like the Fredo

of the cafeteria.

- Fredo? Who's that?

Famous lunch lady?

- [sighs]

I don't even know

why we're friends.

[bus horn honks]

- Hey, Hector, buddy.

Listen, we got a favor to ask.

- Oh, all of a sudden I'm

everybody's pal and buddy, huh?

- We're staging a coup

against my mom to get her fired

and we kind of need your help.

- Okay. Okay.

[laughs]

- Her main weakness is her

failure to wear the hairnet.

That's gonna be her downfall.

- Oh, tell me more.

- I'm gonna collect her hair--

a sample of her hair,

and then we need you

to choke on it.

- And then I'll come

and give you the Heimlich.

- Okay.

- She'll get canned, boom.

- Yeah.

- We're all heroes,

and guess what?

All three of us amigos would be

sitting at the cool table.

- Nice.

- What do you think?

What do you say?

- I like that. Yeah, I'm in.

One condition, though, guys.

I want to be

the Heimlich guy, okay?

- No.

- No. No, no.

- Absolutely not.

- You just don't look like

the kind of person that would

come in and save someone,

you look like--

- You look like

somebody that choked.

- Yeah, in a movie,

you'd be the guy

who chokes and dies

early on.

- Wait, wait, wait.

I'm not gonna die in this.

- No, that's the type.

That's the character type.

- That's your arc.

[school bell rings]

- Okay, guys, huddle up.

It's game time.

- Yes, sir.

- Here's the hair.

- Okay.

- You stuff it in your food.

When you're ready,

just work the space.

- Oh, trust me,

I'll work the space.

- Make some good sounds.

Choke it up--

- Quick--quick question, sorry.

If--if I actually choke

and die, you guys won't sit

at the cool table

without me, will you?

- It would be in poor taste,

but who knows?

- Let's cross that bridge

when we come to it.

For now, just wait

for my signal.

[tense music]

[quacking]

- Is that the signal, Tom?

- I don't know.

We didn't rehearse that.

Just start doing it.

I think that's it.

- Oops. Oops. Arghhh!

- Oh, no. Hey, hey,

Hector's choking.

I think he's choking

on my mom's hair.

- Somebody call the nurse.

- I'm choking!

[grunting]

- Guys.

Come on, pay attention here.

Our friend is--he's

literally dying.

Hector, dial it down.

No one believes it's real.

- Everybody stand back.

Hector, I'm going

to Heimlich you. Turn around.

All right. Ready?

[dramatic music]

- Oh, no. Hector.

Hector, are you dead?

- What's going on?

Why does something

always have to happen?

- Here's what we know.

Hector choked

on my mother's hair.

She failed to wear

the hairnet as instructed.

- Hang on, hang on.

Get up, Hector.

- Ah!

- Oh, wow. He's alive.

What a close call.

- Tom, is this a coup?

- Coup?

- Are you doing a coup

right now?

Are you trying to get me fired?

- What makes you even suggest

something like that?

- I guess it's mostly that

you're holding a bag that says,

"Mom's hair for the coup."

- Tom, that is a new low.

You're trying to get

your own mom fired?

- Why is everyone

looking at me?

- 'Cause you did it.

- 'Cause I did it?

'Cause I am the one

who did the whole thing?

- Who should we be looking at?

- I guess, yeah, on that level,

I don't come across

looking great.

- Who do you think you are?

- I tried to warn you guys.

- All right, guys.

Don't leave on that note.

Come on.

- Tom, listen.

You know that I love you.

- Okay.

- And as a mom,

I totally forgive you.

- Thank you.

That's a nice way to end it.

- But as a lunch lady,

I have no choice right now

but to do this.

- Oh, no.

- You're gonna thank me someday

for that.

- That was for my wife.

That's her signature move.

You really shouldn't be

ripping that off.

[tender music]

- Oh, this is actually

a nice--

nice mother-son moment.

- Remember

there's more road ♪

♪ And places to go ♪

♪ Patterns to contemplate ♪

♪ More people to fornicate ♪

♪ And remember

there's a lot of good omens ♪

♪ Supplying the proof ♪

♪ That our life

is the best joke ever told ♪

♪ Remember it's a joke

and leave it alone ♪

♪ Let go and try to be

always abiding ♪

♪ Remember if there's

one good reason for dying ♪

♪ The sweet silver lining ♪

♪ Through you she lives on ♪

♪ And therein lies a truth

we can sip when we want ♪

♪ Disciples of the flow,

we can float anywhere ♪