Here Comes The Boom

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Oh, no.

Let's go. Come on.

And that is how a baby

antelope comes into the world.

The window,

obviously, would be...

Oh, hey, Principal Betcher.

The window would

be the birth canal,

whereas the whole building,

that... That's your

mother right there.

You're late, again.

No, I was just...

I was just giving a lesson.

I warned you, if you

were late one more time,

I would dock you

a vacation day.

You were serious about that?

Oh, yeah, dead serious.

Come on, pal.

I was teacher of the year.

That was 10 years ago.

Feels like eight,

though, right?

You got bus duty today.

Today, I can't,

'cause I, you know,

I volunteer down

at the youth center.

Not true.

Okay.

Everybody, open up your books

to whatever we were

working on yesterday.

Yesterday was Sunday.

Just get to work, okay?

Mr. Voss?

Mr. Voss, our textbook

says that

the discovery of penicillin

was the most important

biological discovery

of the 20th century.

But I read online

that this actually encourages

more potent strains

of infection.

Yeah, that's some very

advanced, college-y stuff.

Look, if you're done

with your work,

just go sit down and draw

on your desk like Martinez.

But I want to know.

Because if

the textbook is wrong...

Malia, the chances

of you actually using

anything you learn

in this class,

probably zero.

And I don't know if you

heard Mr. Betcher or not,

but, technically,

this is my vacation time now.

So I'm going to shut

her down for a few.

Oh, no, no, no, not today.

Not today. Come on.

Oh.

Bonus.

Now, remember,

please, listen to each other.

Help each other.

Inspire me.

This never happened.

We clear?

Join in.

Be together now.

Here we go!

Second violins, don't

overpower the first violins.

That's why you're

called "second."

I hear improvement

coming in the door.

Nice and subtle.

And you're done.

Thank you.

Mr. Streb.

Oh, right,

the quote of the day.

I forgot the quote

of the day. All right.

I think I'm going to go

with a rock star

of philosophers,

Friedrich Nietzsche.

And he said...

Dan, drumroll, please.

"Without music,

life would be a mistake."

Nice.

Who's going to practice?

Who's going to...

I don't believe one of you.

Get out of here.

You were great today.

Mr. Voss.

And what do I owe

the pleasure of this visit?

Oh, the music.

I heard the music.

Sounds great.

Yeah.

They really bring the heat,

these kids, huh?

Listen, I have

a huge favor to ask.

I have bus duty, and I was...

Okay, hold that thought.

I'm expecting this.

This...

See, the thing is,

my Aunt Cora,

she threw her hip out again.

I'm so sorry.

Yeah, it's nasty.

It's a nasty

hip-out thing.

And these pins and rods,

they're not even

connected to anything,

they're just loose. And I

wouldn't just ask anybody,

but I've seen how you are

with the whole

bus safety situation.

You handle it like...

I'm not going to...

Yeah, I'm going to

say it, you have a gift.

And...

Is everything all right?

You teach biology.

You know the body.

What are the chances of a

Well, it depends

what she looks like.

I'm just kidding.

That's more of

a fertility question.

My wife is pregnant.

No one knows.

It's still very early.

Please, please keep this

between you and me.

Are you kidding me? That...

It goes right in the vault.

That is locked.

Locked away. Wow.

Thank you. Thank you.

How old are you?

Old.

Oh. Congrats, right? I mean...

Well, yeah.

It's beautiful.

I mean, my son is 22.

He just finished college.

I thought I was

done writing checks.

Yeah.

I'm going to have a baby.

Yeah.

I'm going to have a baby.

Oh, you went low.

Okay. All right.

Wow. And thanks

for the bus duty, doing that.

I really appreciate it.

You want the vest on the chair

or just go with the... I'm

going to go with the desk.

I'm just going to put

it on the desk, okay?

Baby! We're having a baby!

Baby!

Can we take our seats, people?

Come on in.

We're about to begin.

Please take your seats.

You believe this guy?

All right, we're sitting.

Plenty of seats.

Come on in.

How much food do you think

is stuck in that beard?

I don't know, but I can

see corn from here.

Oh, yeah. You dip that beard

in hot water, you got ramen.

Hey, Bella. You know, I waited

for you for like three hours.

You waited? Where?

The bowling alley.

We had a date.

No, we didn't.

You asked me, and I said no.

No, it went... I said, "If

you want to go, just say no,

and we'll both know

it's code for yes."

You didn't really go, did you?

I did.

I waited for two hours.

You said three.

Yeah, but, you know,

actually, it's pretty hard

to see your watch

when you've been crying.

Okay, giving you

one last chance here.

You've already given me

How about this?

I swing by...

No.

Hello?

Thank you, everyone.

As several of you already know,

Wilkinson High School

has been operating

at a budget deficit

for several years.

Assistant Principal Elkins

and I have already conferred

with your union to try

to minimize the impact

on the classrooms,

but, unfortunately,

I have to make

some serious cuts.

Starting immediately, we'll

be freezing all supplies,

and, unfortunately, we have to roll

back to last year's pay scales.

Joke's on him. I didn't get

a raise this year anyway.

Me, either.

Also, despite best efforts,

we are cutting all

extracurricular activities,

which includes the debate club,

the music program,

the annual senior

class field trip...

Excuse me?

You're talking about cutting

the music program?

You're actually

going to cut music?

I'm sorry. We simply

don't have the funds.

No, wait a minute,

Mr. Betcher.

We're talking

about Marty's job here.

How about all

the money we raised

in the car wash or

the silent auction?

Miss Flores, after expenses,

we only netted $750.

It's a drop in the bucket.

"Verbis defectis

musica incipit. "

That's Latin for, "Music

takes us where word cannot."

I mean, what about

the athletic program?

Those football players, they

get new jerseys every year.

Wait, wait, wait,

wait, wait, wait.

Are you trying to equate your music

program with the football team?

Are you aware that

the Booster Club alone

accounts for one-third

of our charitable donations?

This is a budget question.

And I just need

a little bit of that budget.

I've got 60 kids

with dented instruments.

Marty, what's your point?

Music helps the kids with...

With math. The kids... The

kids don't raise money.

This is about a budget.

Well, I...

I know how important...

You don't know.

Take a seat.

Come on. Why don't you just

take it easy on the guy?

Excuse me?

Let it go. Let it go.

Just back off him,

and let's move on already.

Why don't you not

tell me how to do my job?

Okay, and then why don't

you tell him the truth?

This is how we got

thrown out of softball.

Oh, and what would that be?

That you're cutting the music

program so he loses tenure.

That is ridiculous.

You are wasting

everyone's time.

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