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[DISTORTED VOICES, RADIO CRACKLING]
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What on Earth...?
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Hello?
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- Hello, Mom.
- Hi.
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I bet you're wondering.
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I sure am.
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It's a shortwave radio.
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Dr. Sturgis is letting me use it.
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STURGIS: It picks up broadcasts
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- from around the world.
- Listen.
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This is the time being announced
every minute from Ottawa.
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OPERATOR: At the sound of the
tone, the local time in Ottawa
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- will be 5:13.
- [BEEPS]
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Spellbinding, ain't it?
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And you thought this was
okay to go on in my house?
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It was that or my house, so here we are.
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Wednesday morning, the
Nobel Prize winners are going
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to be announced in Sweden, and
we'll hear it as it's happening.
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Well, 2.8 milliseconds later.
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Sure, because of the propagation.
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And what's this? Some kind of antenna?
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Yes. It needs to go up on the roof.
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You're not going on the roof.
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Of course he's not. I am.
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You're not going, either.
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Excuse me, I have six years
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of tai chi under my belt.
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I have the balance of a jungle cat.
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You doing some kind of
slow-motion hula dance
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in the park is not gonna change my mind.
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I do much more than just this.
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♪ Nobody else is stronger than I am ♪
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♪ Yesterday I moved a mountain ♪
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♪ I bet I could be your hero ♪
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♪ I am a mighty little man ♪
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- Synced and corrected by VitoSilans -
-- www.Addic7ed.com --
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So you want me to put
that thing on that roof?
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Yes.
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So you can hear who won a science prize?
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The Nobel Prize.
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[SIGHS] Why can't you read
who won in the newspaper?
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I could say the same
thing about the Super Bowl,
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but you still watch it.
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He got you there.
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The Super Bowl is football.
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Your thing is... I don't
even know what your thing is.
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It's the most prestigious
award in the field of physics.
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I'll think about it.
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When I win one, I might
just thank you in my speech.
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[SIGHS]
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The things I do for you.
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Georgie, get out here!
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Got a chore for you!
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Good call. You have
no business up there.
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[DISTORTED VOICES]
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OPERATOR: Radio Sweden International.
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There it is.
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Excellent. Which scientists
are you rooting for?
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Oh, I don't have a favorite.
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There's so much good work being done.
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I think it's time Frederick Reines
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finally gets his due for the neutrino.
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I suppose he has a shot.
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I should think so, he confirmed
the neutrino's existence
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35 years ago.
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What the heck are they waiting for?
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Lots of talented people
don't get recognized.
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NARRATOR [OVER TV]: Giraffes
aren't able to have...
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[DONALD DUCK JABBERING]
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You know if we had cable,
we'd have, like, 60 channels?
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We have plenty of channels.
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We have seven.
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Hey! There are starving kids in Africa
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with no channels.
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Come on, it don't cost much.
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I'm not paying for television.
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Television is free.
Always was, always will be.
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You're so cheap.
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If you want cable, pay for it yourself.
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Or better yet, try turning that
thing off and go read a book.
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"Read a book"?
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STURGIS: ♪ Inch by inch ♪
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♪ Row by row ♪
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♪ Gonna make this garden grow ♪
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- ♪ Gonna mulch it deep and... ♪
- John?
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Hello, my sweet.
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What are you doing out here?
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Weeding. You have goosegrass.
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And you can't have a nice
lawn if you have goosegrass.
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[CHUCKLES]: It's kind of dark out.
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Goosegrass doesn't sleep.
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It kills the good grass
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and leaves bald spots.
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But don't worry,
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I'm on the job. [CHUCKLES]
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Oh. Okay.
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Can I get you a flashlight?
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I would prefer a headlamp, such
as one would use for spelunking.
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Okay.
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Let me check my spelunking supplies.
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You're a peach.
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♪ Pulling weeds and picking stones... ♪
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[XYLOPHONE PLAYING]
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Good morning, Medford High School,
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this is Class President Sheldon Cooper
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with an important science bulletin.
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This Wednesday morning,
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the Nobel Prize in
Physics will be announced,
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and I'd like to invite each and
every one of you to my garage
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to listen live at 5:00 a.m. and
be a part of scientific history.
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- Food and refreshments will be served...
- You worried your kid
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just invited the whole
school to your house?
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At 5:00 in the morning for
a Swedish science thing?
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[CHUCKLES] Not at all.
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In other school news, this
Friday night our football team
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will be playing another football team.
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[PHONE RINGING]
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Hello?
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Hi, Connie, this is Dr. Linkletter.
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I work in the physics
department with Dr. Sturgis.
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Oh, sure, I remember you.
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What can I do for you?
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Well, I'm just calling to let
you know that John is fine,
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but there's been a bit of an
incident at the school today.
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What happened?
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He broke into the
mainframe computer lab,
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tripped off an alarm.
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Security came, and there was a chase.
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A chase?
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It was a short one. He's not a fast man.
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Uh... well, where is he now?
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He's in the dean's office.
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He has you listed as
the emergency contact,
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so I just wanted to let you know.
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Well, uh... thank you
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- so much for calling.
- My pleasure.
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If there's anything I can
do, feel free to reach out.
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Or if you'd like to go
grab a coffee sometime,
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I know a cute little cafe.
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Do you like scones?
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You're not actually trying to
hit on me right now, are you?
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- Is it working?
- No.
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I should go.
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What kind of snacks do
you think I should serve
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at my Nobel gathering?
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It's on Swedish radio. How
about Swedish meatballs?
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But it's at 5:00 a.m.
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Swedish breakfast balls?
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I could offer an assortment
of breakfast cereal.
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My mom doesn't let me have
cereal with sugar in it.
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Or anything that makes me happy.
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Connie. What are you doing here?
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Well...
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I got a call from
your friend Linkletter,
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and, uh... I-I was a
little worried about you.
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What did he say?
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That you had some kind of scuffle
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with the campus security?
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No scuffle.
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I was using the university's mainframe,
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and they asked me to
leave. Simple as that.
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So nobody chased you?
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I was startled, and so I did
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what any normal person does
under the circumstances:
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climb out a window and
run like the dickens.
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KURT [OVER TV]: Hi, I'm Kurt
Loder, this is MTV News...
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Since when do we get MTV?
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Since I got cable.
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What do you mean, you got cable?
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I called up the cable
company and I said, "Hello,
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I'd like cable," and they put in cable.
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I'm not paying for that.
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Keep your shirt on. I paid for it.
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Is that so?
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Yeah, with money I saved from my job.
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Well, okay.
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So do we get any of
those movie channels?
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Dad, I'm trying to watch the news.
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KURT: Billy Idol has
recovered so well from...
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What's so important that
I had to run over here?
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Come here. I want to show you something.
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Look at this.
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John did it.
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Oh, dear.
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"Oh, dear" is right.
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Was he in here taking a bath
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and just started thinking
about science stuff?
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Read the top right part.
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MARY: "Time plus heat
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plus bread equals toast."
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[WHISPERS]: That ain't science.
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Well, it's not wrong, either.
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Look at this.
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Yeah, well, that's... peculiar.
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You'll be amazed to know
that the Nobel Prize,
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while being the most
prestigious award in science,
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is not generally
celebrated in this country.
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No parades, no fireworks.
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Which is why I thought
having a breakfast celebration
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was not only appropriate,
but long overdue.
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You may have noticed
that I went with Cheerios,
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and believe me, it was
a decision that I came to
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after careful consideration.
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There were birds on the Froot Loops,
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Cocoa Puffs and Corn
Flakes, so they were out.
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And leprechauns and elves
are magical creatures
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that would be a slap in the
face to the scientific community.
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Anyway, the festivities
begin at 4:30 a.m.
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You're most welcome to come.
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As are you, unhappy bag boy.
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What the hell is this?
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TV's asking me for some kind of code.
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Yeah, that's the parental control lock.
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- So how do I take it off?
- You don't.
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This is my cable that
I bought with my money.
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You got to be kidding me.
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Here's an idea, how
about you go read a book?
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Oh, this isn't over, little man.
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Not by a long shot!
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You know what I like about you, Sheldon?
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You're incredibly smart,
but you're also really dumb.
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Why would you say that?
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You think people are gonna
come here to hang out with you?
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Yes.
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- To hear about science?
- Yes.
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- On the radio?
- Yes.
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At 5:00 in the morning?
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Yes.
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And you're asking me why you're dumb?
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Well, I happen to have
a little more faith
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in the curiosity of my fellows.
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See, you sound smart,
but you're still dumb.
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I bet you don't even know
the first thing about Sweden.
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Well, you're wrong, it's where
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those little meatballs come from.
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And that chef on The
Muppets. That's two things.
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Oh,
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and it's in Canada. That's three.
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[PHONE RINGING]
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Hello?
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Hello, Dr. Linkletter.
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This is Connie Tucker.
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Connie, how lovely to hear from you.
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Stop. I'm worried about John.
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He was supposed to be here for
dinner and he never showed up.
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That's not good. He also
missed two of his classes today.
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Do you have any idea where he might be?
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Hard to say. If he's
having another episode,
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he could be anywhere.
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Hold on, what do you mean "episode"?
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Oh, I thought you knew. In the past,
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John has struggled with
his grip on reality.
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What kind of struggle
are we talking about?
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The kind where he's
had to be hospitalized.
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Well, he never said
anything about that to me.
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Well, I certainly wouldn't
fabricate such a story.
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Okay, look, I-if-if you
hear from him or see him,
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please let me know.
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Of course. Now, if down the road
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things don't work out with
you two, I'd love to...
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Good-bye.
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♪ ♪
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[CAR ENGINE STARTS]
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[TV PLAYING FAINTLY]
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- Here, this is for you.
- What is it?
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Read it. You do remember
how to read, don't you?
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A bill? Really?
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Room and board, buddy.
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$50 a month for food?
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The way you eat, I
should've gone $50 a week.
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Laundry services?
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Your poor mother has
to touch your underwear.
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What's the $10 a month "peema" charge?
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Oh, P-I-M-A, that's a
"Pain in My Ass" tax.
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My way of getting compensated for you
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taking years off my life.
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John?
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John?
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Your bike's here. John?
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John?
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[SENSUAL MUSIC PLAYING ON TV]
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[CHUCKLING]: Well, look at
that, there's boobies on my TV.
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Ooh!
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- Get out of here!
- I'm telling Mom!
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[GUNSHOTS, HORSE NEIGHING OVER TV]
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[SENSUAL MUSIC PLAYING]
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John?
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Hello.
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What-What're you doing?
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I was doing tai chi
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and then I realized that I was
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continually being bombarded
by subatomic particles
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and it behooves me, perhaps,
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to pay slightly closer
attention to them.
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Maybe "chi" is the ancient Chinese word
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for the subatomic universe.
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You're scaring me, John.
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Well, there's nothing to be scared of.
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Tomorrow, somebody
will win the Nobel Prize
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about these particles...
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not me.
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But I'm experiencing
them firsthand... [LAUGHS]
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...which could be better.
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Why don't you come
down and experience them
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on the floor?
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I think I just felt a neutrino. [LAUGHING]
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You know, neutrinos are interesting.
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They never bond with anything,
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they're always alone.
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I think that one went
right through my pants.
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All right,
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why don't we go downstairs,
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and I'll fix us both
a nice cup of hot tea
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and you can tell me all about it.
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Please?
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Okay.
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It was my dream to win the Nobel,
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and I'm not going to.
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- I bet Sheldon will.
- [CHUCKLES]
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- That'll be something.
- Yeah.
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[RADIO STATIC]
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CARL-OLOF JACOBSON [ON RADIO]:
Welcome to Radio Sweden...
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How's it going, baby?
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I don't think anyone's
showing up, not even Tam.
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I'm here.
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Yeah, but you're my mom.
You live on the premises.
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At least Dr. Sturgis
should be here any minute.
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Shelly, I'm afraid Dr. Sturgis
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isn't coming this morning.
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Why not?
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He isn't feeling well.
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Oh, dear.
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Should we send him a get well card?
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I think that'd be terrific.
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JACOBSON: Good morning and welcome
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to the Royal Swedish
Academy of Sciences.
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The announcements are starting.
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You want me to stay?
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JACOBSON: Uh, the Academy has
concluded its meeting and we are
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ready to announce this year's...
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I'll be in my room if you need me.
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JACOBSON: As usual, I will read
the announcements first in English,
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then in Swedish, then
the citation in German,
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French, and Russian.
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And this year's
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Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to...
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Come on, neutrinos.
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...Henry Kendall, Jerome Friedman,
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and Richard Taylor for
the discovery of quarks.
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ADULT SHELDON: A primary feature of quarks
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is that they're always bonded together,
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but in that moment, I
felt like a neutrino,
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destined to be alone forever.
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[JACOBSON SPEAKING GERMAN ON RADIO]
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BEVERLY HOFSTADTER: Leonard,
dear, you should be in bed.
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[SNORING]
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♪ My, my baby as there are stars above ♪
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♪ Want to say, I want to
say, I want to say it ♪
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♪ Some day we'll be together ♪
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♪ Yes, we will, yes, we will... ♪
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MRS. WOLOWITZ: Howard!
Turn off that fakakta game
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and go to sleep.
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- ♪ Someday we'll be together ♪
- ♪ Someday we'll be together ♪
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♪ Yes, we will, yes, we will ♪
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- ♪ I know ♪
- ♪ Someday ♪
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♪ We'll be together ♪
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♪ Honey, honey, honey, honey, honey ♪
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♪ Someday... ♪
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ADULT SHELDON: Thankfully, I was wrong.
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