Going to the Mat Page #5

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What?

This Is The First

Conversation

We've Ever Had

That Hasn't Ended Up

Being All About Me.

So?

So...Why Am I

Such A Selfish Jerk?

Selfish Jerk?

That's A Little Harsh.

No, Seriously,

Mary Beth.

Why Would You Ever

Want To Hang Out

With Me?

Because You Don't Care

That I Look Like

A Hideous Mutant She-Beast.

That's Not True.

How Would You Know?

Because Somebody

Like You

Would Have To Have

A Face That Matches

Her Heart.

That's So Sweet.

Hey...Let's Not

Get Too Excited.

I'm Only

Flattering You

So You'll

Keep Showing Up

To Cheer Me On.

[Scoffs]

Go, Jace.

Go, Jace!

Go, Jace!

Go, Jace!

Referee:
Takedown, Red.

Force It! Force It!

[Blows Whistle]

That's 3!

Green, Injury Time!

Red!

Man, What Is

With You Today?

All You Gotta Do

Is Feel The Flow.

Great Fat Man's Roll.

Timing's Good Today.

Thanks, Coach.

So, In Wrestling,

You Have A Team Score

And A Match Score.

Ok? Each Match Has

3 2-Minute Periods,

And You Can Score Points

By Using A Reversal

Or An Escape Or A Pin,

Which Ends The Match.

Escape?

Got It.

Here. I Brought You

Some Books.

Why Don't You

Read Up On It?

Oh, Homework.

Great, Thanks.

Go, Jace!

Go, Jace!

Go, Jace!

[Blows Whistle]

Go For

The Hip Toss, Jace!

Toss His Hip!

[Blows Whistle]

Out Of Bounds!

[All Cheering]

Come On!

What's Going On?

Is It Over?

No, Jace Is Ahead

By A Point.

That's Good,

Right?

Yeah.

Center.

[Blows Whistle]

Mary Beth:

Do The Hip Toss, Jace!

Takedown 2, Red!

One, Bring Up

Your Right Knee.

2, Your Left Knee

Swings Through.

3, Drop To Your

Left Elbow.

4, Turn On

A 90-Degree Angle.

5, Grab The Outside Leg

And Inside Arm.

That's One! No, No!

Nothing!

That's It! Center!

Whoo! Whoo!

Yeah!

Patty:
Is It Over?

Did He Win?

No Idea!

Just Cheerin'

Anyways!

Go, Jace!

Yeah!

Whoo!

Shake Hands.

Green!

Victory, Green!

Unbelievable.

Yep.

Buddy, You Won.

Come On, Man.

No Sweat.

That's What

I'm Talkin' About.

Whoo! Go, Jace!

Whoo Whoo!

If You Would Like

To Chill With My Friend Jace,

He'll Smack You In The Face

He's Blind As A Bat,

But I Don't Even Mind That,

'Cause He's--

[Mimicking Hip-Hop Beat]

Jace. Jace.

That's Him

Right There.

Jace Newfield?

Phil Pavone From

The Mountain

Valley Times.

How's It Going?

Great. Listen,

I'm Interested

In Doing A Story On You

For The Sunday

Sports Section.

You Got A Minute?

Well, Um, My Folks

Are Kinda Waitin'

For Me Upstairs.

We Can Certainly

Schedule It For

Another Time.

Thanks. You Know,

I'm Really Flattered

And Everything,

But There's A Bunch Of Guys

On That Team Do It

Much Better Than I Am.

Why Wouldn't You Want

To Interview Them?

Humble, Too.

That's Good.

That's Good.

Yeah, They're Great,

But Listen.

With You,

It's Different.

With You There's

More Of A, Uh...

Freaks And Geeks Angle?

That's Not It At All.

It's, Uh--

It's A Wonderful

Human-Interest Story.

Mr. Pavone,

Can We Make A Deal?

How About Waiting Till

I Win A Few More Matches?

You Know,

Really Doing Something

For The Team.

Then We'll Talk, Ok?

Fair Enough.

Good Job, Kid.

Thanks.

[School Bell Rings]

Study The Vocabulary Words

On Page 79

Of Your Workbooks, Please.

Expect A Quiz.

Yeah, What Are You

Worried About, Boomer?

You're Doing Fine.

Mike, Did You Get One?

Mr. Lambrix,

I Need To Talk To You

For Just A Minute.

Um, Just A Bit

Of A Problem, John.

If You're Not Able

To Manage At Least A "B"

On The Upcoming Midterm,

You're Gonna Have A "D"

In This Class.

That Means You Lose

Your Athletic Eligibility.

But Mr. Kamen,

You Can't

Do That To Me.

We're Right

In The Middle

Of The Season.

I'm Not Doing

Anything To You, John.

Those Are The Rules, Ok?

It Just Means

You Have To Work

A Little Harder

Over The Next Few Weeks.

Well, I Can't.

I Don't Get This Stuff.

It's--It's, Like--

It's Like

A Foreign Language To You?

Yeah, Exactly.

Yeah, Yeah.

Well, Maybe You Should

Just Find Somebody

To Tutor You.

Buena Suerte.

Te Puedo Ayudar.

Huh?

What'd You Just Say?

Relax.

It Means "I Can Help You"

In Spanish.

Oh.

You'd Do That?

After The Hard Time

We've Been Giving You?

Yeah, Well,

Maybe I Realized

I Haven't Been

The Easiest Guy

To Be Around.

Ok. Thanks.

You Help Me

With My Spanish,

I'll Help You

Amp Up Your

Weight Training.

Deal?

Deal.

[School Bell Rings]

Up. Good Job.

Very Good.

What'd I Do?

Nothing.

I'm Saying Tell Me

"Very Good" In Spanish.

Muy Bueno.

Excellent.

Excelente.

No.

I'm Saying, "Excellent,"

'Cause You Knew

"Very Good."

What?

Agua.

Huh?

Heh. I Need Water.

[Laughs] Oh.

Thank You.

Ok, How Do You Say,

Uh, "Handshake"

In Spanish?

Oh. It's, Um...

Heh.

It's, Uh...

Manos. Manos...

Um...

What The Heck

Is It?

[Turns Music On]

Apretn De Manos.

Just Think, Uh,

"To Operate."

You Know, The Surgeon

Shakes Your Hand Before

He Operates On You.

Apretn De Manos.

Apretn De Manos.

Yeah.

That's Tight.

Who Is It?

Oh. It's Me.

For Real?

Yeah, It's A Fight Song.

I'm Still Workin' On It.

You Should Keep

Workin' On It.

It's Good.

All Right, Uh,

Grab Your Gear.

Let Me Show You

Somethin'.

Ok.

Here.

All Right.

You Ready?

All Right, Listen.

All Right, Ok.

Ready? All Right,

Go Into Your Little

Over-Under.

[Both Grunting]

Ok.

What Was That?

All Right.

Now, That Was

My Bread And Butter

Move, My Friend.

I Mean,

You Learn That,

And You're Golden,

All Right?

Here. One More Time,

Huh? Yeah? Ready?

All Right.

[School Bell Rings]

[Guitar Playing]

[Clapping]

Very, Very Nice.

Heh.

Feel Like Some Company?

You Think

You Can Keep Up?

Did You--Did He

Just Say That To You?

Yeah, He Did.

[Laughs]

Go Ahead.

Come On, Wrestle Boy.

Heh.

Go Ahead.

That's It?

Hey

All Right

Yeah

Yea-Ea-Ea

Here It Comes.

Say What? Here Goes.

Make It Dirty. Come On!

1, 2...

[Music Ends]

Ha Ha Ha Ha...

[Chuckling]

That Was Cool.

Well...Told You

You Could Be A Team Player.

I Just Took Your Advice.

What Was That?

And Please, Don't

Scare Me By Telling Me

That You Actually Listened

To Something That I Said.

[Laughs]

I Got Rid Of That Chip

On My Shoulder

The Size Of Brooklyn.

Yeah. Good For You, Man.

It's Kinda Hard To Wrestle

When You Got A Weight

Like That On You, Right?

Thank You.

So...

Wanna Go Again?

Are You Kidding?

I'm Just Getting Started.

All Right.

1, 2, 3, 4!

Thank You, Salt Lake!

Whoo!

[Crowd Yelling]

Referee:
Takedown!

2, 3!

What?

John Got The Pin!

2...Fall!

Yeah!

All Right, John!

Good Job.

Yeah!

[Cheering]

Go, Fight, Win!

Go, Fight, Win!

[Blows Whistle]

Takedown!

2 Points!

1...2...

Fall!

[Whistle Blows]

Winner Green!

Shake Hands, Guys.

Crowd:
Jace, Jace,

Jace, Jace, Jace!

Jace, Jace, Jace, Jace, Jace!

Hey, There He Is.

Hey, Fly.

Fly! Hey, Fly.

Wait Up, Man.

Hey, Guys.

Jace:
Where'd You Run Off

To So Quickly?

We're Gonna Have

Victory Burgers.

You're Comin', Right?

No, I've, Uh...Gotta

Help My Cousin

With Her Math.

What Cousin?

You Don't Know Her,

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