08x15 - A Star Is Torn

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♪ You take the good,
you take the bad ♪

♪ You take them both
and there you have ♪

♪ The facts of life,
the facts of life ♪

♪ There's a time you
got to go and show ♪

♪ You're growing
now you know about ♪

♪ The facts of life,
the facts of life ♪

♪ When the world never seems ♪

♪ To be living up
to your dreams ♪

♪ And suddenly
you're finding out ♪

♪ The facts of life
are all about you ♪

♪ All about you ♪

♪ You ♪

♪ Oh, about you ♪

♪ It takes a lot
to get 'em right ♪

♪ When you're learning
the facts of life ♪

♪ Learning the facts of life ♪

♪ Learning the facts of life ♪

♪ Facts of life ♪

And it's 7:55 p.m. On wlg fm,

The voice of langley college.

Coming up live in just
five minutes to rock you

All the way to
midnight is jo polniaczek.

Uh-oh.

Gosh, it's not like jo
to be so forgetful, is it?

Well.

My keys! Right here.

My coat. Catch.

Hi. Bye.

So how's it going?

Blair, you were supposed
to be here three hours ago

To help get ready
for tomorrow's sale.

Now we're almost done.

Aw, sh**t. I could
just kick myself.

Don't worry, there's
plenty of work left.

The penguins still
need price tags.

Goodie.

Okay, penguins with
clocks are 50% off

And they get a red sticker

Unless the clock works
and then only 10% off

And then they
get a blue sticker.

Clockless penguins
we marked down 25%

And they get a green sticker.

Why don't I just buy them all?

Sold.

Okay, what do you think?

That's great, george.

Nice touch, the
different colors.

Yeah. It felt good to cut loose.

At the hardware store, dad
only lets me use black and white.

Gray if it's something
really special.

Sorry, we're closed.

It's me. Cinnamon.

Aren't you the
cinnamon who tried out

For that rock musical on
broadway and sang so well

You utterly humiliated tootie?

Well, in that case, come on in!

I don't believe it. Cinnamon!
What are you doing here?

Well, you said I could
come visit you any time,

So I thought this might be
one of those times, so I did.

Am I disturbing anything?

Not unless we're
standing on a fault line.

Can-can I take your coat?

Oh, thank you.

Anything else?

Cinnamon, this is
andy. Andy, go home.

I'll be back in the
morning bright and early.

And this is blair.

Hiya. Hi.

And of course, you remember
beverly ann and natalie.

No.

We met backstage with tootie
during auditions, remember?

No.

You remember me? No.

That's good 'cause we never met.

Cinnamon's my favorite spice.

I'm george.

Hi.

Hey, how's the show going?

Oh, fine. It's doing very well.

People seem to like
it. I've been replaced.

Oh, no.

Oh, it's just as well

'Cause I've decided
to quit show business

And having a part on broadway
would just get in the way.

But you were good.
Why would they fire you?

Maybe I just wasn't good enough.

Hey, I've been looking
for a penguin just like this.

I don't understand.

It's simple.

She says she's been looking
for a penguin just like this.

Comes with a clock too.
Come here, let me show you.

Oh.

I never thought george
would go for that type.

Yeah, just 'cause she's
blonde and has a k*ller body.

It doesn't add up.

I still can't believe
that they did this to her.

There are lots of reasons
why these things happen.

The producer could
have had a girlfriend.

The director could
have had a girlfriend.

The investors could
have had a girlfriend.

Well, whatever it was,

She can't let this one
little setback stop her.

I'm gonna go talk
some sense into her.

Lots of luck.

Tootie, give her some time.

She's been hurt.

It's obviously affecting
her self-esteem.

I can't let her throw
away her career.

Cinnamon!

Let's bring your bag inside

And we'll talk over
some cookies and milk.

I just bought some
animal crackers.

Oh, just milk for
me. I'm a vegetarian.

That's it for t he
nine o'clock news

And a special thanks
to that party animal

Jo polniaczek who just
put in 18 straight hours

Of rocking you around
the campus clock

Here at wlg fm.

Morning.

Morning. Morning.

Jo, how you doing?

Great. Great. Great.

How'd you wind
up there all night?

What happened to eddie
"rock till you drop" clocker?

He rocked till he dropped.

Then he flunked out.

That's the third dj you've
covered for this month.

Yeah, I know.

I guess some people
just can't cope.

Going to school all day,

Running a radio
station all night.

All it takes is a
little bit of discipline,

22 Cups of coffee.

Don't you think you
should get some sleep now?

No. No. No, I'm fine.

Besides, it's my
shift in the store.

Which way is the store?

Hiya. You must be jo.

I'm cinnamon.

Cinnamon. Oh.

Little andy and big george just
showed me all around peekskill.

I love peekskill.

Peekskill reminds me of my home.

It's got a bakery
and a bookstore

And a little man
who fixes shoes.

You know, nobody
fixes shoes anymore.

They just buy them
and throw them.

Of course, they
wear them in between,

But it's really a
shame, you know?

Two more cups of coffee
and that could have been you.

Where's tootie?

Oh, she's not back
from rehearsal yet,

But she'll be along pretty soon.

She's doing a show?

Oh, I'm sorry. Maybe we
shouldn't talk about it.

Oh, I don't mind.
I think it's great.

What kind of show?

She's doing a dramatic reading

For the national college
network this saturday.

It's gonna be a big
night for tootie.

She's even producing it.

And directing it.
And starring in it.

She's even building the
sets and it's a radio show.

Hungry?

So, uh, what do
you say you and I

Ditch mr. Goodwrench and
hit the town tonight, huh?

It's too late,

She's going out with me tonight.

Find yourself a girl
with training wheels.

But not now.

We still need some
extra help in the store.

What about me?

I used to work in my
grandpa's shop in minnesota.

Oh, what did you
and grandpa sell?

Live bait.

I love this woman. I
don't know, it's... It's...

That's one inflatable
cactus, one car bingo game

And a miss liberty
moustache cup.

Here we go.

Thank you.

Oh and tell your
mother happy birthday.

Attention, over
our heads shoppers.

Cinnamon has just
made her first sale!

Oh boy, it's great
to be back in retail.

What a high.

Yeah, I envy you.

George, you do exactly the
same thing in a hardware store.

Yeah, but she's doing
it because she wants to.

I have to.

No you don't.

I once read that people
can make their own destinies.

It was right next to an article

That said 97-year-old
woman gives birth to a duck.

So, you see, george,
anything's possible.

You know, the way you say that,

I can almost believe it.

All right, I'm going
to get back to work.

There's a shipment
of rug rakes coming in.

I want to be able to tell my
grandchildren I was there.

See you guys later.

Morning. Hey, cinnamon.
How you doing this morning?

Oh, neat. I've been
working in the store.

Well, good for you.

Salesmanship is a
form of showmanship

And that's a step in
the right direction.

How was your rehearsal, tootie?

Wonderful. I'm changing the
interpretation of my poem.

Listen to this.

"I'm not your
ordinary player piano,

Mindlessly grinding
out your favorite tune

Over and over and over..."

And over and over.

Well, you've gotta keep
rehearsing something

If you want it to
come out right.

You see, I knew cinnamon
would understand.

You can take the girl
out of the theater,

But you can't take the
theater out of the girl.

You know, that's true.

I've been thinking all day long

About how some things
are always just a part of you

And no matter how you try,

Once it's in your blood,
you just can't wash it out.

I'm so glad to
hear you say that.

And that's why I'm going to stay

Right here in peekskill

And open my own live bait shop.

You can take the
girl out of the dinghy,

But you can't take the
dinghy out of the girl.

So I says to him,

"If you think I'm going to write

Your lousy history
paper for you, buster,

Then you ain't got no brains.

What do you think?"

I think he's lucky he didn't
need an english paper.

Thanks for calling.

You're listening to the
"ask al anything show".

You're on the air.

Yeah. Where's al?

Don't ask.

And now, this editorial on
an important student issue.

Water polo.

Is the pool big enough?

Hey, beverly ann. What's up?

Oh, well, I just
couldn't imagine

You staying up again all
night on 20 cups of coffee,

So I brought you some of
my special juniper berry tea.

Guaranteed to keep
you awake naturally.

Does it leave a bad
taste in your mouth?

That's what keeps you awake.

So who's taking my
shift in the store?

Oh, cinnamon. She's
taking everybody's.

Rejection does that to you.

I remember when
my husband left me...

Whoops, back on the air.

And it's 12:58 a.m. Here on wlg

And coming up at 1:00 is
yours truly, jo polniaczek,

Cruising you through
the tunes until two,

When it's yours truly jo
polniaczek with the news.

And now this.

Oh, hey, stan. How you doing?

Great. Great. Great.

Do you want some tea?

No, listen, what comes on after
jo polniaczek with the news?

Jo polniaczek presents
the hits of tomorrow.

Great. Here's a hit of tomorrow.

Play it. Is it any good?

Oh, it's terrific.

This chick is going
to be a major star.

Remember I told you that, major.

The problem is no
one can find her.

Cinnamon?

Yeah, great name, huh?

She's supposed to start
her national tour next week,

But she's disappeared.

Morning. Hi.

Hiya.

Whatcha got there?

Nightcrawlers. They're
for my new business.

I thought they were earthworms.

No, earthworms have
those little ridges.

So if you cut 'em
half, they grow back.

I know my worms. I
was married to one.

Uh-oh. Time to put my
carbons in my sales book.

How about a variety pack?

We hand pick a selection of
nightcrawlers, grub worms,

Throw in a few maggots.

Would you mind
watching this for a while?

Thanks.

These things are alive.

Beverly ann, we're all
out of gumby road flares.

What in the world are people
doing with those things?

Cinnamon, I just had
the greatest idea.

Oh?

Failure is nothing
to be ashamed of.

Well, thank you, tootie.
I'll think about that.

There's more.

Oh.

You got thrown
off the horse once,

But you've gotta get
back on and keep riding.

That's why I want you to be on
my radio show tomorrow night.

But... Now, I know
it isn't broadway,

But all you need is
one little success

And you'll have your
confidence back in no time.

You can't spend
the rest of your life

Pushing caterpillars.

They're nightcrawlers.

Hi, guys.

Hey, jo, I'm glad you're home.

Don't you think cinnamon should
be on my broadcast tomorrow?

Yeah, I do.

In fact, you should
sing something

From your latest album.

"'Color me cinnamon'.
For immediate release,

To coincide with
her national tour?"

I don't get it.

I mean, is this album
something to fall back on

In case the bait shop
doesn't work out?

What's going on?

Okay, I wasn't a
failure on broadway.

Well, I just left the show
because the record company

Wanted me to
record my own album.

They liked it so much

That now they want me to
go on tour to promote it.

So I ran away.

You ran away?

From a national tour?

Girl, those pants are
tighter than they look.

Oh. See, when I
was a little girl,

I used to sit on my
grandpa's back porch

And I'd separate the
big fat, green worms

From the skinny, pink
ones and I'd say to myself,

"Someday you're
gonna be somebody."

When it started
happening, I got scared.

I thought, I'm gonna
go out there on stage

And I'm gonna start singing

And I'm not gonna be good enough

And somebody's
gonna stand up and say,

"Hey, she doesn't belong here.

She's just a worm farmer."

Am I supposed to
feel sorry for you

Because you've succeeded
and you can't handle it?

Well, I'm sorry, I can't.

Tootie... I can't.

I can't because I'm too
busy going out on auditions,

Taking any part that I can get,

Doing a one-night radio
show on the off-chance

That somebody will
hear me and like me.

So do me a favor.

If you're gonna run
away from success,

I'd appreciate it if you'd
hide out somewhere else

Because it depresses
the rest of us nobodies

Who are working our
butts off trying to make it!

I'll get my things.

And later on, if you're
good little worms,

I'll take you out and
play in the garden.

Aunt natalie, don't
we have a garden?

It's winter, blair.

And I'm not your aunt.

Either these night
shifts have gotten to me

Or you're talking to a shoebox.

These are cinnamon's
little orphans in here.

That's vanderbilt and
that's little rockefeller.

I took the liberty
of naming them

Since she left them in my care.

I'll get it.

Oh, good morning.

Hi. Is cinnamon ready?

Oh, she left yesterday.

She's probably halfway
to minnesota by now.

She did?

We were gonna go fishing.

Please, not in front
of the w-o-r-m-s.

Since when do you
have time to go fishing?

Since I quit my job at
the hardware store.

Minnesota, huh?

Timeout.

You quit the family business?

What's the story here?

I told my dad there comes
a time in every man's life

When he has to
strike out on his own.

Face life. Put away
childish things.

And go fishing.

Well, I know leaving
the security of a job

Was a difficult
decision for you, george,

But you have to do
what makes you happy.

That was my uncle
herman's philosophy

And he lived to be 106

And they buried him
with a smile on his face.

Of course, they
had to put it there.

So what are your plans?

I don't know.

Gonna hit the road.
See the country.

Well, george, you can't take off

Without letting us throw you
a party that's gonna be so great

You won't want to go.

Okay, you got it.

Bye. See you later.

You can come out now. That
mean old fisherman is gone.

Morning.

Hey. Good morning.

Isn't this your big night?

Yeah. Seven o'clock
and we're on the air.

Well, we'll all be there
to cheer you on. Won't we?

Oh, my, yes.

Absolutely.

Wouldn't miss it.

'Cause I can't miss it. I have
to run the radio station.

All right, that's it.

I know what you're all thinking,

That I was a little
rough on cinnamon.

A little rough?

You made cinnamon feel like
something that crawled out

From under a rock.

Why are you taking her side?

You're a performer.

If anyone should understand
what cinnamon's going through,

It should be you.

And that's why I
don't understand.

She's throwing away a chance

That any performer
would k*ll for.

Tootie, it is her chance.

Forget it.

I should have known better

Than to expect you
guys to understand.

This is a problem
between two actors.

I thought it was
between two friends.

I'm late for rehearsal.

If you don't feel like
coming tonight, fine.

Don't bother.

15 Seconds, jo.

All right, ready,
tootie? Here we go.

I guess they're not coming, huh?

Doesn't look like it.

All right, you do the
intro and then cue me.

Got it. Oh, and one more thing.

What?

Break a leg.

Thanks.

Five, four, three, two...

This is national college radio

Coming to you this
week from wlg fm,

The voice of langley college.

Coming up first is the
producer and director

Of tonight's talent
showcase, tootie ramsay,

With an original
dramatic reading.

"I'm not your
ordinary player piano,

"Mindlessly grinding
out your favorite tune

"Over and over again.

"I've got better things to do
than lean up against the wall

"Until you're ready to
slip that tattered old roll

"Of mechanized music into place,

"So you can pedal me
and pedal me and pedal me.

"And as if that ain't enough,

"I'm not some antique
victrola neither,

"Collecting dust until
you're ready to crank me up

"And drop on a brittle 78
and foxtrot me into oblivion.

"From now on, maestro,

"You can start
loving me a cappella

And the music is gonna
take care of itself."

Uh, and now I'd like to
introduce our next act...

Oh, wait a minute, honey.

Uh, first there's
something I'd like to say.

My friends came to
support me tonight

And it meant a lot to me.

It made me realize that when

I had the chance to
support a friend, I didn't.

And if that friend
were here right now,

There's something
I'd wanna say to her

With all my heart.

What are you doing here?

Uh, same thing we do
here every night at wlg

And that is, uh, uh, listen
to langley exchange student

Yuri kaslovsky and
his down-home ukulele.

I can't believe you came.

Yeah, well, first I
went to your house,

But there was nobody there.

So I went to george's
hardware store.

Have you seen that
place? It's great.

So he brought me here.

And, oh yeah, I decided
to do the tour after all.

That's great.

What made you change your mind?

Well, I figured if you
had so much faith in me,

Maybe I should have a
little faith in myself.

I hope I made the
right decision.

You did.

And there are two
little fellas back home

Who are going to
be real proud of you.

Guess what.

On the way over, I
talked her into letting me

Go on the road with her.

I'm gonna be a roadie.

George, I don't know
what's going on here, but...

Yuri's running out of music.

Come on, tootie. We
need the next act.

Uh, we'll talk later.

Listen, I got some
time left on the show.

I want you to sing something.

Oh, I don't know.

Come on, guys. Yuri's
hands are cramping.

Okay. All right.

Here's the music, jo.

I'm sorry for what I said
and the way that I said it.

I'm glad you're not mad.

Tick tock, tick tock!

She's coming, she's coming.

Uh, that was yuri kaslovsky,

The siberian strum meister.

And now for a special
surprise, the airwave debut

Of a new star on
the rock horizon.

You're gonna be
hearing a lot from her.

But remember, you
heard it here first.

Cinnamon.

♪ We connect when
we're together ♪

♪ It's so perfect ♪

♪ Boy, you shock me
with your white hot love ♪

♪ I start to overload ♪

♪ I explode when we connect ♪

♪ It's no exaggeration,
not imagination ♪

♪ You're the finest boy around ♪

♪ Play with temptation
overnight sensation ♪

♪ With the boy from
the wrong side of town ♪

♪ Give me your
love and affection ♪

♪ Dance with me tonight ♪

♪ Give me all of
your attention ♪

♪ Dancing in love's light ♪

♪ We connect when
we're together ♪

♪ It's so perfect ♪

♪ Boy you shock me with
your white hot love ♪

♪ I start to overload ♪

♪ I explode when we connect ♪

♪ We connect ♪

So from all of us here at
langley college and wlg fm,

Goodnight and we'll
be back on the air

At seven in the morning.

Hey. When your tour
comes to peekskill,

I want a front row seat.

Friends?

Friends.

All right, what do you
say we all go out for pizza?

My treat. All right.

You sure you don't mind

Leaving rockefeller and
vanderbilt at home alone?

Come on, they're
worms, not children.

Besides, I left
the tv on for them.