Hey, Grandpa.
Oh, I hope that's for me.
Yep.
Fruit it myself.
Special grandpa-flavored iced tea.
You like it?
Honestly?
Sure.
I call it Pangasas.
It's passion fruit, mango, and sassafras all mixed together.
You still like it?
Oh, it's better this time.
Your great-granddaddy always said, truth stands the test of time.
Lives are soon exposed.
Did great-grandpa like to garden, too?
Oh, yeah, he did.
His sermons were filled with talk about gardening.
He always said that if you understand what makes things grow, you're well on your way
to understanding life.
How about filling that up a little bit more?
Okay?
Some of that, what is it, Passamon, the Sagamore?
It's Pangasas.
Whatever you call it.
It's Swelldrae.
Truth?
Truth.
You got to think of it.
Truth.
Okay.
Dream a dream and make a dream It could happen to you
Take us on a little adventure Come on, come on, a secret adventure
Come on, an incredible ride, an incredible ride
Come on, a secret adventure, the excitement is high Won't you come along, son?
Come on, it's a little thing to come on
Oh, no
Daddy, I'm up, I'm up
Why can't he wake me up like other fathers?
Because I'm not like other fathers
I'm a music professor
You better hurry up
It's already 7.30
7.30?
Freya, hurry up, you're going to be late for school
I'm going as fast as I can
It's day 4,851 in the secret adventures of Dre Thomas
And boy am I late
Freya, now you're really late
Most bands are calling
Well, enough for now
This is Dre Thomas saying goodbye to the past and hello to the future
I kind of like that
Good morning, Mom
Is it? I don't think so
Our new ad campaign broke today and boy, that's the word for it
Old man Jameson came up with this one himself
Catch this, Jameson, your store of stores
What does that mean?
Daddy likes 1950s TV shows?
Are you watching Nick at Night again?
Why does our stories get stuck with these dumb slogans?
Can't you change it?
Well, no, actually it's part of my job requirement that I make everyone love it
Well, gotta go
Have some toast and be out of here in two minutes
Bye, Mom
Ow! Hey, careful
I'm a little sensitive from that stale English muffin yesterday
Morning, Toaster
Huh, that's Mr. Toaster to you, Toots
Why is everybody so uptight this morning? What's the deal?
Hey, how many 40-year-old talking toasters do you know that are cheerful in the morning?
Hey, what are you still doing here anyway?
Aren't you meeting Kimberly at 7.45?
Whoa, thanks for reminding me
No problem
Perfect timing is a part of any good toaster's training
That and what you do when some dummy puts a knife in your slot
Yow!
Never put anything metal in a toaster
Hi, Dad
Bye, Dad, gotta meet Kimberly
Kimberly, she's still your best friend, huh?
Yes, Dad, only for the last 13 years
You should cut her some slack
I've tried
But she speaks some, some form of alien slang
Hang, hang, hang, hang, rang, rang
Can't you find a best friend that's an earthling?
Well, I'll try, but I am in junior high, Dad
Everyone's pretty much extraterrestrial
Dearie Dee, oh, that's short for electronic diary
Dad's composing for a tuba festival next week at the college where he teaches
I wonder if that means I have to call him my umpapa
Whoa!
Ria!
Hey, Matt
Please excuse my brother
He just realized his lifelong dream of walking to school
without stepping on a crack in the sidewalk
Well, Matt, I hate to tell you, but you just stepped on one
Oh, no, I didn't, Rebecca
Did two
Wire
Double wire
Hey, give it a rest
I'll see you guys at my house after school, okay?
Right, but we may be walking on separate sidewalks
I babysit for Matt and Rebecca three afternoons a week for our principal, Mrs. Long
I think Matt's having kind of a tough time adjusting to first grade
That and the fact that sometimes his older sister treats him like dirt
Yo, Drea
Hey, George, what's zapping in?
Everything's zapping in
Listen, did Kimberly fill you in on the selection thing?
No way should Arlene Blake run unopposed
It's undemocratic
Yeah, but nobody in their right mind's ever gonna run against Miss Popularity
What about you?
Very funny
I'm already hugely on her bad side for stealing the long kid's babysitting gig
Please, Arlene would like nothing more than to meet me her next victim
Yeah, you're right
I guess this U.S. history's stuff-scanning to me
You know, what would George Washington say if he caught this?
He'd be bummed
Catch you later
Bye
Drea, great news
I have found the absolute amundo primo person to crush the Arlene machine
Really?
Yeah, come on
You are just gonna love this
When are we gonna love this?
Okay, here we go
You have to close your eyes
Okay
All right
Open them up
Ta-da!
Kimberly!
What is all of this?
I said I didn't want to run, I said no!
No, you didn't
You said you'd think about it
So what do you think?
It's nice to see some new faces running for student government
Good luck, Drea
Thanks, Mrs. Long
See? This is incredible
What a great campaign manager I am
In under 10 seconds, you'll be the first to see me
In 10 seconds, you'll already become the second most popular girl in school
Oh, no
Here comes the first most popular
So, Drea, I see you've been your usual busy self
Look, Arlene, this wasn't my idea
Hey, don't play innocent with me
If you want to run against me for president, at least have the courage to tell me to my face
Of course, no one will vote for you, you know
You'll be embarrassed in front of the whole school
You're not going to luck into this one like you did with that cheap babysitting stunt with Mrs. Long's kids
Luck? Excuse me, I thought Mrs. Long chose me over you
Wrong
That little pea-brained son of hers chose you
Them fun words
All right, Arlene, let's correct a few things
One, Matt Long is very intelligent
He has great taste in babysitters
And three, if you're running your campaign anything like this conversation, there's only going to be one embarrassed candidate on Friday
And it's not going to take a pea-brained to figure out who that is
Oh! You declared war, Drea Thomas
We'll just see you as what it takes to be class president
Is anybody telling the truth?
It may be hard to see
Is anybody telling the truth?
Because the truth will set us free
Whatever you do
Whatever you say
One thing that you know for sure
There's always a price to pay
Why are you waiting?
Anticipating
If you face the facts then you know it's true
It all comes back to you
Is anybody telling the truth?
It may be hard to see
Is anybody telling the truth?
Because the truth will set us free
Does anybody care about truth?
Can anyone to agree?
Does anybody care about truth?
Because the truth will set us free
Is anybody telling the truth?
Because the truth will set us free
Does anybody care about truth?
Nobody cares about the issues, it's all about popularity
How does this look?
Great, Matt
We need a break
Who's up for a shake?
I am! Me too!
Dun dun dun dun dun
Boy, if you can't paint like that you'd be strutting
Yeah, but only you kids can see my imagination
I forgot
Hi, folks
Just passing through campaign headquarters here
Has anybody seen a stack of my composition sheets?
I've lost a whole second movement
I haven't seen anything anywhere
How about you guys?
No
Nope
Where could I have put them?
Sherwood Forest, Maid Marian speaking
It's me, I've got news for you
We're way down in the polls
We better face it, we're gonna get creamed
Au contraire, mon dreur
We can still win with the spin that your brilliant campaign manager, moi, has come up with
I suggest that we figure out the most incredible way to pulverize Dreah Thomas
I don't care what you have to do, but I'm not gonna let this girl beat me again
Tomorrow's absolutely key to finding a way to really impact voters by making Dreah seem like a total incompetent
And at the same time, using Arlene's own tactics against her
All we have to do is destroy Dreah's petty campaign with one last final push
And decide that we have to race all out for the finish line
And tomorrow, like it or not, we'll make it absolutely clear that we are not to be messed with
And that will give him a fight he'll never forget
Why, it looks like
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, pots and pans, it's Dreah Thomas, the next seventh grade president of Hampton Falls Junior High
Dreah, Dreah, could you give us a moment, please?
Do you have a statement for the kitchen?
Yes, we have a new approach
My campaign manager assures me that we will win
Excuse me, Dreah, I'm John Tesh here in Hollywood
Arlene Blake was assured a victory yesterday, what is different today?
Well, two things actually
One, I've been conducting a detailed study on George Washington and I want to embody his sense of honesty
And two, I intend to bring my campaign to a higher visibility
Aren't you fooling yourself by thinking this new approach will benefit the student body?
But in truth, you'll become just like Arlene?
No, neither Kimberly nor I would ever do anything wrong or unfair
Well, of course you won't, sweetheart, that's great to know
So, what do you think, huh?
Tempting free gift for the mom on the go?
Sure, looks like your campaign strategy is going a lot better than mine
Well, the slogan kind of grew on me, I guess
I've got to go
I love you
I hope the campaign turns around
Thanks
Bye, Mom
Laurie, I still can't find my tuba sonata
I thought I put it down right here
And who knows, I...
Could you ask Matt and Rebecca again if they saw anything?
Absolutely
Dad, these kids are masters at locating lost stuff, especially Matt
He finds things all the time
Come on, Matt, we've got to hurry
Yeah, okay
What's the matter with you?
Nothing
Then why are you stepping on the cracks?
The day before the election and the campaign enters a new round
And Kimberly is coming out swinging
This is great
Arlene supports animal testing
She's against any rainforest policy
She wants the New Jersey Nets to move to Baltimore
Dreya Thomas wants to create a new student lounge
But Arlene has gone on record as not supporting that idea
I have not
Exactly, you have not supported an idea that would create a place where all students could meet
See, Dreya Thomas won't stand for that
Or your earth-damaging environmental policy
My what?
Your campaign funded free drinks yesterday at the soda machine
But what happened to those cans?
Were there any bins to recycle?
No
That's not Arlene's fault
This is getting good
And what about Dreya Thomas?
She breezes into school on an old bike
Wearing a combination of clothes I wouldn't wear for Halloween
Is that who you want representing you?
What's the matter with my clothes?
Yeah, she may be a great babysitter, but are we babies?
Well, I guess some of us are
Hey, folks, let's all head to our first period classes
Dreya, I need to talk with you
I am really concerned about what's going on here
The Dreya Thomas that works for me, that takes care of my kids three afternoons a week
Is a creative, caring, responsible, loving, fun person
But the Dreya Thomas who is running for seventh-grade class president is none of that
She's spreading rumors, she's defacing posters, she's...
She's bending the truth
What's going on?
I think you need to decide for me, for yourself, for the whole school
Who the real Dreya Thomas is
Okay, I can't stand it anymore
Isn't someone going to talk?
You guys are real downers
Rebecca's right, we need an adventure
You mean, like a secret adventure?
No way
I'm not going to tell anyone
No way, I'm not in the mood, I'm too busy reading this fish book
Oh, no!
Whoa!
Yeah!
Hey, cool, look at us
What's that noise?
I don't know
Hey, what's up?
Shark!
Guys, over here
Wow!
Oh, guys
Matt, what are you doing?
I can't help it, Dreya do something
Hey, hey, hurry
What a bunch of suckers
You guys really fell for that one
Shark!
Made your fins curl
No, shark?
I guess not
Whoa, new fins in town
So there wasn't a shark?
Oh, no, little Miss Angel fish saw right through me
Of course there wasn't a shark
You think a smart clown fish like me would be floating around if Jaws was on the loose?
You lied?
Lied?
Au contraire, just a little practical joke
Aqua humor, fish frivolity
I gotta flip, dudes, it's been real
And hey, get a sense of humor, Puffy
Puffy?
Dreya, this is a shark, right?
Come on
Oh, no, I'm Puffy
Gotcha, works every time with tourists
Scared you guys, huh?
She's mean
What if there was a real shark?
Sharks are just big dumb slabs of blubber with teeth
Anyone who gets eaten by them deserves it
Anyway, time to blow
Oh, don't need any wooden minnows
Whoa, real shark!
That big dumb plumber thing was a joke, honestly
What do you think happened to the clown fish?
Did the shark eat him or did he get another chance?
I don't know, Matt, what do you think?
Matt, Rebecca, your mom's here
I think it's time to go
This is your dad's music
Got mixed up with some of my drawings
When we were in the kitchen yesterday
I painted on it and now it's ruined
I was too scared to tell you
Now your dad's gonna hate me
Oh, I doubt that very much
It was a mistake, right?
I can handle that, Matt
The important thing is that you decided to tell the truth
Well, E.D., I've been thinking about my little fish capade with the kids
I'm like that clown fish and most of all, I'm not sure what to do about it
Very low blow, very low, Jariah
Hot off the press, trainer Arlene Blake causes soccer fiasco
Kimberly, look, we've got to stop this, it's a total lie
No, it's not, it's a partial lie
Kimberly, tell you what, you worry about the acceptance speech and I'll worry about the campaign
Look, I want you to stop this now
Sounds like an order
What we're doing is wrong
No, it's not
Yes, it is
And I want you to stop all of this or I'll have to fire you
Fire me? Oh, yeah, right, I dare you to fire your best friend
You're fired
Okay, everybody, find a seat
This is a special assembly to elect the new seventh grade student council president
The candidates will have a chance to say a few words and then we'll vote
We will be going alphabetically, starting with Arlene Blake and then followed by Dreah Thomas
Arlene?
Arlene, Arlene, Arlene, Arlene
Thank you, fellow students and teachers, for that rousing welcome
I suppose most of you have already seen this flyer that my opponent has been distributing
This is symbolic of how she's run her whole campaign
Now, in my book, having dinner with my cousin, who happens to be on the Willow Bridge soccer team, doesn't make me a traitor
This is simply a feeble attempt by someone who has no experience in student government or is president of any organization to try and discredit me
I will guarantee you that when I am elected, I will be the best, most qualified seventh grade president Hampton Falls Junior High has ever seen
Thank you
Arlene, Arlene, Arlene
Thank you, Dreah
I can't thank you for that welcome, but I do deserve it
I wasn't prepared for what this campaign would do to me
I thought I was running to represent the people of the school that didn't have a voice
And it became very clear to me that I was part of a campaign whose purpose was to ruin another candidate
I apologize to her and to you for that
I've also realized that the most important thing about a campaign is honesty
This is Ross U.S. History class and she's making us learn every known fact about George Washington
But what stands out most to me is GW's complete and utter devotion to doing what is right and honest
And unfortunately, my campaign has betrayed the trust that you've placed in me
And therefore, I've decided to remove my name from the ballot
Well, even though Arlene Blake is our only official candidate, we still have to vote
You should have a piece of paper in front of you. Please mark it accordingly
The election committee has declared a winner and the votes have been counted
Arlene Blake, 93, George Washington, 187
Well, since Mr. Washington now spends all his time at his monument
Congratulations, Arlene, that makes you our new seventh grade president
Well, at least you lost your most popular president
Be quiet, Marcy
Okay
Andrea, this is the coolest thing
I mean, you were honest and you still beat Arlene
Look, I'm sorry for messing up you and GW. You could have won on your own
Still friends?
I don't know. My dad would be pretty happy if I outgrew you
But...
Hold up a sec. I need a second chance
Maybe you can try out for the cheerleading squad
Kimberly!
I'm just kidding
Come on
Pretty sunset
Uh-huh
It's a great thing you did today, Andrea
That kind of honesty is very rare these days
I love you, Grandpa
I love you too, Andrea
Come on
An interesting story coming out of Hampton Falls, New Jersey this morning
It appears that George Washington was elected president of the seventh grade class
At an unusual turn of events, the election was a stunning upset over a popular candidate
A little burgh halfway between New York City and Philadelphia was buzzing with rumors
That after hearing the news, former president and New Jersey resident Woodrow Wilson
Has thrown his hat into the ring for mayor in November's election