Ping Pong Playa Page #9

Synopsis: A kid dreams of playing professional basketball in order to escape his dead-end job, living in the suburbs, his bossy older brother and running his Mom's ping pong classes.
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Director(s): Jessica Yu
Production: IFC Films
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
PG-13
Year:
2007
96 min
Website
155 Views


Mama said.

I'm a champ,

Papa said.

I'm a champ,

you'll see.

I'm a champ,

goddamn.

I'm rated number one

at the top of the game.

Hey, the dynasty's begun.

Ain't no stopping

this reign.

Better recognize the face,

start jocking the name.

With my whole line of shoes,

watch 'em

walkin' the Js.

Oh, I'm something special,

one of a kind.

Got my big bowl of Wheaties.

I was born to fly

Yes, I'm extra lifted,

extra gifted.

I'm going down in history

frozen in time.

Got trophies

by the dozens

and medals to count.

And I'm on your television show

and off my house.

Everybody wants to see me.

I'm the talk of the town.

Just the life

of a champ.

Take a look

at me now.

I eat my Wheaties

for breakfast.

No one can mess with

the champ.

I'm a champ.

Oh, yes.

Today I'm a winner.

I'll eat you

for dinner.

I'm a champ.

I'm a champ.

God gave me talent.

I'm a super machine.

I'm better than the dudes

that I see on TV.

I'm a champ,

Mama said.

I'm a champ,

Papa said.

I'm a champ,

you'll see.

I'm a champ,

goddamn.

I feel great

in the morning

when I wake up.

I'm a man on a mission

with no makeup.

I got lots to do today,

like find the right girl,

get my oil changed,

and take over the world.

See, everything you do,

I bet I could do it better.

If you climb a hill,

I'll climb the Staples Center.

If you say "what,"

then I'ma say "whatever. "

And if you

got the cheese,

then I'ma bring it better.

See, I don't even stop

at a stop sign.

With a off rhyme,

I can still sound dope on time.

I can sound proper.

I can sound unsigned.

Don't step to your man.

He's a land mine.

I eat my Wheaties

for breakfast.

No one can mess with

the champ.

I'm a champ.

Oh, yes.

Today I'm a winner.

I'll eat you

for dinner.

I'm a champ.

I'm a champ.

God gave me talent.

I'm a super machine.

I'm better than the dudes

that I see on TV.

I'm a champ,

Mama said.

I'm a champ,

Papa said.

I'm a champ,

you'll see.

I'm a champ,

goddamn.

Too short to be a baller, nope,

let alone a starter.

Warming up the bench,

I got it hotter

than a sauna.

Never getting called 'cause

I was skinny like my mama.

Couldn't land a chick

because my daddy sang opera.

Had a lot of time to think

stuffed inside my locker.

Penny for my thoughts,

then I'd have

a million dollars.

Didn't like to read,

so I couldn't be a scholar.

Didn't like the coppers.

Think a little harder.

Put it all together,

and what did I see?

What?

What could I be?

I could be an MC.

I ain't making money trees.

I'm just planting

my seeds.

But I'm doing what I feel,

and that's

a winner to me.

I eat my Wheaties

for breakfast.

No one can mess with

the champ.

I'm a champ.

Oh, yes.

Today I'm a winner.

I'll eat you

for dinner.

I'm a champ.

I'm a champ.

God gave me talent.

I'm a super machine.

I'm better than the dudes

that I see on TV.

I'm a champ,

Mama said.

I'm a champ,

Papa said.

I'm a champ,

you'll see.

I'm a champ,

goddamn.

Hi, I'm Gerald Harcourt

of the Harcourt Institute

of Table Tennis of Canoga Park.

And, um, we're here to make

learning table tennis a smash.

We've got four hands

to perfect your forehands.

And you'll come back

to learn the backhand.

Table tennis:

Truly a sport of kings

and queens.

I lob it.

Harcourt Institute

of Table Tennis of Canoga Park.

You'll all lob it too.

That's a...

I think that was a good one.

I liked it.

That was good.

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