Fly Me To The Moon

Weather looks good today.

On schedule for liftoff.

T minus 30 minutes and counting.

In 1957, the Soviet Union

opened the final frontier

by sending the Sputnik

satellite into orbit.

Four years later, when NASA was

putting monkeys in its rockets,

cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became

the first man to go into space.

The Soviets were beating the Americans

to every milestone off the planet.

Feeling a sense of urgency

in finding a way to overtake

the Soviets in the space race,

President John F. Kennedy

made a momentous statement

to a joint session of Congress

on May 25th, 1961.

I believe that this nation

should commit itself

to achieving the goal,

before this decade is out,

of landing a man on the moon and

returning him safely to the Earth.

Fly me to the moon

Let me play among the stars

Let me see what spring is like

On Jupiter and Mars

In other words hold my hand

In other words, oh, baby, kiss me

Okay, Apollo 10,

prepare for re-entry checklist.

Copy that. We are now 101,000

nautical miles from splashdown.

Groovin'

On a Sunday afternoon

Yeah

Really, oh, baby

Couldn't get away too soon

No, baby

I can't imagine

anything that's better

The world is ours

whenever we're together

There ain't a place

I'd like to be instead of

Groovin'

Hey, guys! Far out!

I found some double-chocolate layer cake

and pudding, too!

Didn't you just eat

four slices of pepperoni pizza?

What can I say?

I have a fast meatball-ism.

Metabolism. All flies do.

But you, Scooter, you're off the scale.

Cool!

That's not a good thing.

Obesity is very rare in flies,

given our propensity

for constant movement and all.

Gorging yourself

will lead to respiratory problems,

not to mention difficulty

maintaining a positive self-esteem.

Scooter! That is gross!

So, what's going on

with all the launches over there lately?

Beats me.

Hey, guys! You want some?

We're trying to work here, Scooter.

Okay.

I guess you don't want to hear

what I found out at Mikey's house.

The human's mom makes killer meat loaf

on Tuesdays.

Always chucks the leftovers.

Oh! And she made the best

upside-down pineapple cake,

with all the frosting,

whipped cream and chocolate syrup!

Enough with the food. What did you hear?

- I think the dad works for the space guys.

- Are you talking about NASA?

That's it. I overheard them talking

and they said these guys, the astro-nuts...

Astronauts. So, what about them?

Hi, guys. What you doing?

Nothing much. What are you doing here?

We're meeting Butch and Ray here.

They're taking us on a big adventure.

Oh, yeah? What kind of adventure?

Nothing much.

Just hopping the train to Kendrick,

grabbing a quick bite

at the treatment plant.

What are you pipsqueaks up to?

Looks like they're playing

backyard adventure to me, Butch.

Let me give you kids

a piece of adventuring advice.

Be alert.

Think like you got eyes behind your head.

We do have eyes behind our heads.

Bingo.

Ladies, shall we leave

these kids to their playtime?

Playtime! That's a good one, Butch!

Everybody's going on an adventure,

doing stuff.

And what do we do?

We talk about kid stuff.

We are kids.

Exactly.

So, you were saying about the astronauts?

- They're sending them to the moon.

- What? The moon?

- That's what I heard.

- Wow. That would be so cool.

An awesome scientific feat

is what it would be.

I'd like to do something like that.

You know, go someplace different,

someplace exotic.

I was at the Pinehill Dump last year

for this all-you-could-eat festival.

I'm talking someplace special, not a dump.

We're flies. We buzz around, eat,

make humans go crazy.

What else do you need out of life?

If it ain't an adventure,

it ain't worth doing.

Okay, Grandpa McFly.

Oh, no! I forgot!

What? What?

It's Grandpa's birthday party. I'm late!

Come on, you guys. You're both invited.

All right!

Hey, wait up, guys!

I'm going up the country,

baby, don't you wanna go

I'm going up the country

Baby, don't you wanna go

I'm going to some place

where I've never been before

Drop the cake!

You can't drop perfectly stale cake.

Mom says flies are starving in India.

I'm gonna leave this city,

got to get away

I'm gonna leave this city,

got to get away

All this fussing and fighting, man

You know I sure can't stay

Now, baby, pack your leaving trunk,

you know we got to leave today

Just exactly

where we going I cannot say

But we might even

leave the USA

'Cause there's a brand new game

and I wanna play

Louie!

Hiya, kid. Well, look at you,

all grown up with the light and all.

Careful, the girls will be all over you.

Hiya, Louie. You want some party mold?

Never turn down free mold.

Yeah, I'm trying to watch

my weight these days.

You never know

what kind of crap is in these things.

It's a dung ball, stupid!

There isn't anything but crap in it.

So a woman walks into the kitchen,

finds her husband walking around

with this huge swatter.

"What are you doing?" she asks.

"Hunting flies," he tells her.

"You get any?" she replies.

"Yep, three males, two females."

"How can you tell?"

"Well," he says,

"Three were on the beer can,

"and two were on the phone!"

Trust me, it's very funny.

Okay, kids, we're wearing Grandpa out.

Go out and play in the garbage.

Stay away from any chemicals!

And don't test the frogs!

- How are we holding up, Dad?

- Where's my favorite grandson?

Hello, Mrs. McFly.

Happy birthday, Grandpa McFly.

Yummy, is this brie?

Scooter, show some manners.

I think your grandson and company

have arrived.

- Here's my boy.

- Hi, Grandpa. Happy birthday.

What's this?

Oh, I remember this flypaper.

Still got some bite to it, don't it?

Yes, sir. It was down in Argentina.

Ended up saving ten lives that day,

barely escaped with my own wings intact.

Where in tarnation did you ever find it?

Mom had it hidden away.

And it would have stayed that way if it

wasn't for someone's snooping little ways.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Think what it would do to a fly.

You worry too much, sweetie.

Let him grow up, for darn sake.

- Tell your Grandpa here how you're doing.

- Just great. How are you doing?

Not bad for an old fly.

You know any hotties

who want to go honey-dipping?

Dad, be nice.

I'm gonna go check on the maggots.

Grandpa, you think a fly

could ever go to the moon?

The moon? Sure. Anything's possible.

Remember the motto,

if it ain't an adventure,

it ain't worth doing.

I ever tell you I once flew across

the Atlantic Ocean with Amelia Earhart?

About a hundred times.

You wanna hear it

a hundred and one times?

Sure. I love that story, Grandpa.

Well, if you insist.

We were about 10 hours into it,

out over the Atlantic Ocean.

Everything was going a-okay,

so I thought I'd take myself a little

snooze, catch 40 winks. You know.

Well, no sooner had I dozed off,

I woke up to find the plane

in one serious nosedive!

What was wrong, Grandpa?

I'll tell you what was wrong.

She gosh darn fell asleep.

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