Recess: School's Out Page #5

Dont do this to me-e-e !

All right, whos

second-in-command ?

- Uh, I am, sir.

- Well, good. Nowyoure in charge.

And ifI wereyou, Id make sure

I had this machine working at

full power by tomorrow morning.

- Do I make myselfclear ?

- Y-Yes, sir.

Oh, dear,

I got spittle on my lapel.

Mmm.

-[Vince] Wegottagetoutofhere.

- Uh-oh.

- What is it ?

- I got that feeling.

- Hold it in, big guy. Hold it in !

- I cant !

[ Loud Burp, Echoing ]

What was that ?

Someone had better

say excuse me.

[ All ]

Whoa !

Fenwick, who let children

into the school ?

U-Uh, n-not me, sir.

- Well, get them !

- Run !

- [ Men Shouting ]

- There they are !

- [ All Gasp ]

- Huh ?

Get offour planet,

alien scum !

[ Groans ]

Over there !

- Get em ! Get em !

- Come back here !

Huh ? Whoa !

[ Grunts ]

- Hyah !

- Ninjas !

- Hyah !

- Get em !

Ninjas ! Whyd they

have to be ninjas ?

[ All Shouting ]

This way ! Hurry !

- Go ! Go ! Lets go ! Hurry up !

- Go ! Go ! Hurry up !

- Nowyou !

- But, Teej--

- Go !

- Haaah !

- [ Gasps ]

Saveyourselves !

- T.J. ! T.J. !

- It wont budge !

[ Shouting Continues ]

[ Grunts ]

What theJ.P. Morgan

is going on around here ?

Let me go.

Let me go !

Im warning you !

Im a black belt in origami !

Well, well, well,

ifitaint thelittlesnoop.

- What ? I aint no snoop.

- [ Tape Rewinding ]

[ T.J. On Tape ] 9:32 a.m.

Ugly bald guy still guarding school.

Heh-heh. Oops.

Lets go, snoop.

Youre in big trouble now.

Ow ! Ow ! Watch thejacket !

Its cotton !

[MuffledShouting]

Principal Prickly !

Youre alive !

- Oww ! Would you be careful !

- Boy, am I glad to seeyou.

You wont believe what these

guys are doing. Theyve got

this big laser gun and--

- Whoa, who tookyour pants ?

- Never mind, Detweiler.Just untie me.

- These knots are tight.

- Ofcourse.

Ive been pulling at them

for the last day and a half.

Theyve chaffed mywrist.

- Dont worry, sir.

My palsll get us out ofhere.

- What makes you so sure ?

You dont know my friends.

Theyll get help. Youll see.

Soyoure saying youjust escaped

from a troop ofninja warriors ?

- Thats right !

- And they got a giant laser gun

in the school auditorium ?

- Precisely !

- Which is aimed at the moon ?

Thank heavens you understand !

[ Grunts ]

Ive almost got it.

Careful, Detweiler.

Thats my putting hand.

[DoorLocK UnlocKing]

Hello, Pete.

Remember me ?

Well, well, ifit isnt

Phillium Benedict.

- I shouldve known

youd be the one behind this.

- You know this guy ?

Ah, Pete and I

are old pals.

Although the last time

we saw each other, Pete

was the one ruining my life.

By the way, Pete, you like this suit ?

Its Italian. Raw silk. Nice, huh ?

You always were more concerned

about appearances than people, Phil.

Oh, Pete, come on.

Theres no need to be rude.

Not after I instructed my men

to take such special care ofyou.

Special care ?

Thats whatyou call gagging me,

tying me up and taking away my pants ?

Had to. Otherwise, you might run offand

betray me, likeyou did the last time.

But, hey,

look at the bright side.

At leastyouve got company now.

Let the boy go.

He cant do anything toyou.

[ Sighs ]

Same old noble Pete.

- Always standing up

for the rights ofchildren.

- You ?

But, unfortunately,

I cant let anybody go right now.

You see, this experimental, um,

night school that Im running

is kind ofa secret.

Im trying to show that my...

[ Chuckles ] adult students

can be trained...

to be capable and productive

members ofsociety.

Well, ifyourejust

running a night school,

then whats that giant laser gun

doing in the auditorium ?

What a rude and badly dressed

little boyyou are.

You should teach your pupils a little

respect for their superiors, Pete.

But that would mean thatyoud

have to know how to teach them

anything at all, wouldnt it ?

Geez, how doyou

know thatjerk ?

We went through

teacher training together.

- You mean--

- Thats right, Detweiler.

That man is a rogue teacher.

[PricKly]

It wasbacK in thespringof68.

A differentage.

We wereallyoung, idealistic

andreadyto change the world.

[ Chattering ]

[RocK]

Oh ! Ha ha ha.

Peace, Peter.

Hey, Muriel, had a groovy time

at the Dead concert last night.

You gonna be at the teach-in Saturday ?

Were gonna paint myVolkswagen.

- Wouldnt miss it for the world.

- Groovy.

Yes, weall thought

we wereprettycool.

- Butoneguy was the coolestofusall.

-[VehicleApproaching]

Phillium Benedict

was mybestfriend.

He wassmart,

he washandsome.

Hehadjustbeennamedprincipal

of3rdStreetSchool.

[ All Giggling ]

So, Phillium, hows it feel

being theyoungest principal

in the history ofthe state ?

Copacetic, baby.

I mean, you know what they say:

Young is in, man, and old is out.

Way out.

Doyou like the American flag

helmet, Pete ? It does go

with the leatherjacket, right ?

You are one groovy educator, Phil.

Cool. Follow me, my man.

I wanna showyou

my new principals pad.

Whoa !

Psychedelic principalia.

Pull up a bag, bro.

I wanna rap.

- Lay it on me, man.

- You see, Pete, I been thinkin.

Were a new generation

ofteachers, right ?

Its time we shook things up

a little.

I hearyou, brother.

In fact, dig this.

I was meditating to that new

Ravi Shankar album last night...

when I got

this righteous notion--

What ifwe hold all our classes outside,

on the playground ?

Imagine-- school, recess.

No boundaries.

Hey, baby, thats a hip idea,

but I got a better thought here.

As my first official act

as principal,

Ive decided...

to get rid ofrecess.

What ? No recess ?

But, Phil, for a kid,

recess is like a major play-in.

Its the one time ofday

they have any freedom.

[ Sighs ]

Look, Pete,

the 60s are over.

All that peace and love

and freedom stuff, it was great

for pickin up chicks,

but its not gonna

help my career.

To do that, I gotta

make test scores go up,

and to make test scores go up, I gotta

keep kids in class where they belong.

Thats why, starting tomorrow,

I am tuning out recess...

once and for all.

[PricKly]

Needless tosay,

Phillium splan

didntgo overall that well.

[ Shouting ]

- [ Protester] What do we want ?

- [ Crowd ] Recess !

- When do we want it ?

- Now !

- What do we want ? When do we want it ?

- Recess ! Now !

Be cool, people, be cool.

Youre bumming my mellowness.

Well be cool when you give our kids

their recess back.

Hey, baby,

Ill do what I want.

Im principal ofthe school, and theres

nothing anyone can do about it. Dig ?

[ Shouting Continues ]

[Man]

Itsnotright!

- People, people, please calm down.

- [ Shouting Stops ]

Mr. Prickly here has informed me

ofthis no recess proposal.

Let me assureyou that

as long as Im superintendent,

this radical plan will never

be carried out in this district.

- [ Cheering ]

- Hey, man, youjust dont get it !

Ofcourse I do, Benedict.

- Thats why Im replacing you.

- What ?

- Prickly, from now on,

you will be principal.

- Who, me ?

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