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- GOOD MORNING, ATHENS, OHIO.
RUSTY SMITH WITH WOUB.
GET ON DOWN TO ARTS WEST THEATER.
TWO BIG-TIME HOLLYWOOD COACHES ARE IN TOWN
HOLDING AUDITIONS FOR A TALENT SHOW.
THE WINNER RECEIVES A CASH PRIZE OF $10,000.
- $10,000 WOULD GO REALLY FAR HERE.
- HOW MUCH COFFEE COULD YOU BUY AT DONKEY COFFEE WITH $10,000?
THAT WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT.
I'M NOT GOOD WITH MATH.
- NOW, THAT COULD PUT YOU
IN YEAR-ROUND BIRKENSTOCKS FOR LIFE.
- IS THERE A LOT OF TALENT HERE IN ATHENS?
- NOT ENOUGH TALENT TO FIX THAT GUY'S [bleep] MUFFLER.
[laughs]
- YEAH, WE COULD BE A CIRCUS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE NOT ON THE ROAD.
[laughs]
I KNOW.
- MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF ATHENS IS
THIS IS A COLLEGE TOWN.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY I PARTIED A LOT IN COLLEGE,
BUT ONE TIME, I GOT SO DRUNK,
I WENT TO COLLEGE FOR FOUR YEARS.
- ♪ ALL ACROSS AMERICA ♪
♪ THERE'S FOLKS ♪
♪ THAT SHOULD BE FAMOUS ♪
♪ AND NOW THEY'RE GONNA GET THEIR CHANCE ♪
♪ TO SHOW US, ENTERTAIN US ♪
♪ EACH WEEK, A NEW TOWN WE GO TO ♪
♪ A DENTIST, FARMER, COULD BE YOU ♪
♪ WHOA-HO-HO, COME ON THROUGH ♪
♪ WELCOME TO SHOWVILLE ♪
- ♪ SHOWVILLE, SHOWVILLE ♪
- ♪ WHOA-HO-HO, YOU AND YOU ♪
♪ WELCOME TO SHOWVILLE ♪
♪ WELCOME TO SHOWVILLE ♪
- WE ARE IN ATHENS, OHIO, HOLDING AN OPEN CALL
FOR A BIG TALENT SHOW.
- OH, YOU WERE FILMING? - I WAS FILMING.
- OH, YOU WERE? - YEAH.
- THAT'S HOW REALITY SHOWS WORK. YOU NEVER KNOW.
MY NAME IS ALEC MAPA. I'M AN ACTOR AND COMEDIAN.
I STARTED OUT ON BROADWAY, AND I'VE WORKED ON SITCOMS.
I'VE WORKED IN MOVIES.
- I'M LISETTE BUSTAMANTE,
AND I'M AN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER.
- THIS ISN'T ABOUT PICKING THE BEST PERFORMANCE.
THIS IS ABOUT PICKING THE MOST ENTERTAINING,
EXCITING, UNIQUE ACT.
- RIGHT, WE NEED A SHOW.
- YES. - WE NEED A STRONG SHOW.
WE NEED FOUR AMAZING ACTS THAT ARE GONNA WOW OUR AUDIENCE.
- WHAT'S YOUR NAME? - UH, ANDY KOSOWSKI.
- AND WHAT ARE YOU GONNA BE DOING FOR US TODAY?
- UM, TODAY, I'M GOING TO MAKE MY EAR SQUEAK
BY RUBBING IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- GO FOR IT? - WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
- ALL RIGHT, I THINK I'M READY.
[ear squeaks]
TA-DA.
- OOH.
- I LIKE THAT, A LITTLE HACKY SACK.
- SOME SKILLS RIGHT THERE.
- ♪ 'CAUSE WE ARE LIVING ♪
♪ IN A MATERIAL WORLD ♪
♪ AND I AM A MATERIAL GIRL ♪
- OOH.
YOU NEED A LITTLE HAND THERE? YOU GOOD?
- NOW, YOU TWO MUST HAVE FOUND SOME THINGS
THAT YOU LIKE TO DO TOGETHER.
- WELL, WE TAKE CLASSES DOWN THERE AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
- AH, WHAT IS IT THIS TIME?
- IT'S A YOGA CLASS.
- YOGURT? YOU KNOW I HATE YOGURT.
- NOT YOGURT, YOGA. YOU KNOW, STRETCHING?
EASY MOVEMENTS? - HA!
IF I WANT EASY MOVEMENTS, I'LL TAKE SOME METAMUCIL!
- [laughs]
- I'M TWO WEEKS LATE. NOW, FOUR.
CONFUSION. FEAR.
ANXIETY.
DID WE USE A ***?
WITHIN MY WOMB, YOU FESTER...
- OH, YEAH.
CHECK, CHECK, CHECK.
YES, YES. CHECK, CHECK, CHECK, CHECK.
CHECK, CHECK, CHECK, CHECK.
- MY NAME IS MATTHEW LEWIS GRIFFIN.
- HI, MATTHEW, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA BE DOING FOR US TODAY?
- I'M GONNA SING FOR YOU, THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE.
- GET COMFORTABLE. - YEAH.
- I AM COMFORTABLE. THIS IS WHERE I BELONG.
- WELL, ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THEN, WE'RE READY TO HEAR WHY.
- ♪ THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE ♪
♪ ♪
♪ WHEN YOU ♪
♪ ARE GONE ♪
- OOH. - OOH.
AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN.
- THAT'S COOL. [chuckles]
- OOH, OOH. BUBBLE.
- ♪ SHE'S GOT ♪
♪ RED LIPS ♪
♪ TWIRLED ME ON HER FINGERTIPS ♪
- OOH.
- ♪ BLUE EYES ♪
♪ FILLED WITH DESIRE ♪
♪ COME ON CLOSER SO I CAN ADMIRE ♪
- I FEEL, LIKE, 17 KINDS OF WRONG
FOR ENJOYING THAT AS MUCH AS I DID.
all: ♪ OH, LORD, I WANT TO BE IN THAT NUMBER ♪
♪ LORD, I WANT TO BE IN THAT NUMBER ♪
♪ LORD, I WANT TO BE IN THAT NUMBER ♪
♪ WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN ♪
- ♪ GO MARCHING IN ♪
♪ GO MARCHING IN ♪
♪ GO MARCHING IN ♪
- OH, YEAH. [mic feedback]
[distorted electric guitar]
♪ ♪
- OKAY.
HELLO, HELLO.
both: THE COACHES... - ARE GOING TO LOVE...
- THEY'RE GONNA LOVE OUR ACT. - YEAH, THEY'RE GONNA LOVE US.
- ♪ LOOKIN' FOR SOME HOT STUFF, BABY, THIS EVENING ♪
♪ I NEED SOME HOT STUFF, BABY, TONIGHT ♪
♪ I WANT SOME HOT STUFF ♪
- I KINDA WANNA HAVE A PILLOW FIGHT WITH THEM--
- I KNOW! LET'S GO!
- ♪ TERRORIST FACTIONS, FUSSIN' AND FEUDS ♪
♪ PLUS, THERE'S EX-RUSSIANS WITH NUKES ♪
♪ AND AS SOON AS THEY'RE DISCUSSIN' A TRUCE ♪
♪ OUR ELECTORATES SAY "HECK WITH IT" ♪
♪ "LET'S JUST SEND SOME TROOPS" ♪
- ALL RIGHT. - ALL RIGHT, LOCO, THANKS.
- THANK YOU. - GREAT JOB.
- WELL...
- WE'LL KNOW IN A BIT. - WE'RE GONNA TALK IT OVER.
- LIKE, I'M A PROFESSIONAL. I'M NOT HERE TO WASTE YOUR TIME.
- TOTALLY, NO. - YEAH.
- WELL, YOU GOT YOUR PROFESSIONAL THING GOING, SO--
- ALL RIGHT, LOCO.
- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
- "DO YOU THINK I'LL GET A CALLBACK?"
I DON'T KNOW, ***! - [laughs]
[both laugh]
- YOU WERE SO NICE ABOUT IT.
- HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO KNOW [bleep]?
GET OUT OF MY GRILL.
- AND DON'T TALK ABOUT-- - STEP OFF.
- YOU'RE REALLY NOT GONNA GET A CALL.
- STEP OFF, ***. YOU DON'T KNOW ME.
[both laugh]
AM I GONNA GET A CALL?
- [laughs] - YEAH, FROM THE POLICE.
- ♪ FREEDOM IS JUST ANOTHER WORD ♪
♪ FOR NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE ♪
- CHEERS, GUYS.
- MY CONCERN IS, HOW DO WE KINDA HARNESS
ALL OF THAT ENERGY AND TURN IT INTO A POLISHED ACT?
all: BUBBLES, BUBBLES, BUBBLES!
- THE COACHES SEEMED TO REALLY LIKE IT.
I THINK EVERYBODY GETS HAPPIER
WHEN THEY SEE BUBBLES FLYING AROUND.
[cheers and applause]
- IT'S GONNA BE LIKE MOST OTHER DAYS.
I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO, LIKE, GO TO SCHOOL AND STUFF.
OR, WAIT. WHEN DO I FIND OUT?
OH, OKAY.
IN THAT CASE, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE LIKE MOST OTHER HOURS.
[cheers and applause]
- OUR FIRST FINALIST IS MATTHEW GRIFFIN.
[cheers and applause]
- I WAS REALLY, REALLY HOPING,
AND I WAS REALLY GLAD YOU CALLED ME FIRST
'CAUSE I JUST COULDN'T HAVE HANDLED
ANY MORE SUSPENSE THAN THAT. [chuckles]
- OUR SECOND FINALIST IS ZOE AND TASHA.
[cheers and applause]
- OH, WHEN I RAN ONSTAGE,
MY BREAST ALMOST POPPED OUT OF MY SHIRT.
[both laugh] - OH, MY GOD.
- OUR THIRD FINALIST IS DAVID CRONE.
[cheers and applause]
- I DO FIND A LOT OF VALIDATION IN THIS, ACTUALLY.
I HATE TO ADMIT THAT, YOU KNOW?
I'VE BEEN ONSTAGE SO MANY TIMES,
JUST TO THINK THAT YES, I STILL NEED THIS
TO VALIDATE THAT IS KINDA SICK.
- OUR FOURTH FINALIST IS THE MILLER FAMILY.
[cheers and applause]
- I'M SPEECHLESS.
AND IF YOU KNOW US, THAT NEVER HAPPENS.
SO... [chuckles]
- CONGRATS. all: THANK YOU.
- WE'VE PICKED FOUR FINALISTS, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT OUR PICKS,
AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO GIVE ATHENS, OHIO,
THE BEST TALENT SHOW POSSIBLE.
- ♪ JUST LIKE A RED LIGHT ♪
♪ AND WHEN I WALK BY ♪
- I'M TASHA SEITER. I'M 21.
- AND I'M ZOE SEITER, ALSO 21.
- AND WE'RE IDENTICAL TWINS.
AND WE LOVE TO HOOP DANCE.
both: FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
- HOOP DANCE IS THE ARTISTIC MOVEMENT WITH A HULA-HOOP.
- IT'S KINDA ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU NEVER SEE
UNTIL YOU BECOME AWARE OF IT.
AND THEN YOU JUST START TO SEE HULA-HOOPS EVERYWHERE.
IT'S MORE OF A SUBCULTURE THING.
- YEAH.
[exotic music]
- WE'RE FREE SPIRITS. - FREE SPIRITS.
[both laugh]
- BEING A FREE SPIRIT MEANS JUST NOT LETTING THE WORLD
CONSTRICT YOU IN ANY WAY.
- BE YOURSELF, 'CAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE IS TAKEN.
[both laugh]
I SAW THAT ON A BUMPER STICKER ONE TIME.
[both laugh]
WE'RE NOW STUDENTS AT OHIO UNIVERSITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF PARTYING THAT GOES ON HERE,
AND IT'S REALLY FUN.
[both laughing]
- WE HAVE A LOT OF HOOPER FRIENDS.
I LOVE BRINGING IT TO OTHER PEOPLE
AND SPREADING IT.
IT'S SO MUCH FUN. IT JUST GIVES EVERYBODY JOY.
- OUR PARENTS ARE SO SUPPORTIVE OF OUR HOOPING.
OUR MOM BUYS US OUTFITS. - YEAH.
SHE ALWAYS BELIEVES IN US. - YEAH.
- OKAY, WORKS GOOD.
both: OUR GOAL IN LIFE IS LIFE, LIBERTY,
AND THE PURSUIT OF HOOPINESS.
[both laugh]
- [singing scales]
WELL, WE'RE HERE AT MY HOME IN ATHENS, OHIO.
AND I LIVE HERE WITH MY COMPANION, JERRY CHESTER.
WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER 27 YEARS.
- DID YOU TALK TO YOUR MOTHER? - MORE LIKE LISTENING.
- YEAH.
WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, I DID A LOT OF SHAKESPEARE PLAYS,
AND I SPENT A SEASON IN A SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL.
SO ALL MY ANIMALS ARE NAMED
FOR CHARACTERS IN SHAKESPEARE PLAYS.
JAQUES THE WIRE FOX TERRIER
IS NAMED FOR JAQUES IN AS YOU LIKE IT.
PORTIA, A SHIH TZU... SHE'S PORTABLE.
SHE HAS A HANDY CARRYING CASE.
PORTIA IS NAMED FOR THE FEMALE CHARACTER
IN THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.
COME ON.
THE TWO YELLOW CATS ARE TITANIA AND OBERON,
WHO ARE TWO CHARACTERS IN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
[cat meows]
FOR A LIVING, I'M A LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST.
I SEE A FEW CLIENTS IN A ROOM IN MY HOME.
- [groans]
- WELL, I'VE DONE A LOT OF THEATER.
I'VE DONE OPERA. I'VE DONE MUSICAL THEATER.
I'VE DONE CONTEMPORARY DRAMAS.
I'VE DONE SHAKESPEARE.
THERE WAS A LOCAL COMMUNITY THEATER THAT ASKED ME
TO APPEAR IN A PRODUCTION OF THE MAN OF LA MANCHA.
YOU HAVEN'T LIVED UNTIL YOU'VE SEEN ME
IN BLUE VELVET KNICKER PANTS.
I'M GOING TO WIN BECAUSE IT'S MY TURN.
[sings scales with piano]
ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO, I SORT OF PUT MY CAREER ON A SHELF
AND THOUGHT, "OKAY, IT'S NOT REALLY EVER GONNA HAPPEN."
BUT THAT DREAM JUST WON'T STAY QUIET.
[sings scales]
[both laugh]
- PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE MATTHEW.
- NOW IT'S TIME TO WORK WITH OUR FOUR FINALISTS
AND SEE WHAT THEIR STRENGTHS AND THEIR WEAKNESSES ARE
TO CREATE A BETTER SHOW.
I LOVED YOUR PERFORMANCE. I WAS TOTALLY INTO IT.
WHAT I WANT TO WORK ON WITH YOU GUYS TODAY
IS REALLY TIGHTENING YOUR ACT.
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
ONE. WHOOP, WHOOP.
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
[both laugh]
SO ONE, TWO, THREE...
[both laugh] - ONE.
- ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX.
- OKAY, STOP.
- WE'VE NEVER DONE EIGHT COUNTS BEFORE.
WE DIDN'T, LIKE, REALIZE WE COULD--
- UM, YEAH. - WE COULD CHOOSE.
- GUESS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE AN EIGHT COUNT?
YOU GUYS ARE TOGETHER.
- WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SING FOR THE SHOW?
- I'M GONNA SING THE WAY WE WERE.
- DOES THAT SONG HAVE MEANING FOR YOU?
- OH, YOU KNOW, AS-- AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT DOES.
- YEAH?
- I WAS IN A COLLEGE CHOIR...
- YES? - IN 1975.
AND WE WENT ON TOUR TO DISNEY WORLD.
AND I SANG THE WAY WE WERE AS A SOLO AT DISNEY WORLD
I THINK THE FIRST YEAR IT WAS OPEN.
- YEAH?
all: ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
- OKAY. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. NOT BAD.
SO THERE'S A PART IN THE MUSIC WHERE I THINK
YOU GUYS COULD BREAK OUT OF IT FOR A SECOND
AND HAVE A LITTLE FUN WITH THE AUDIENCE.
CAN YOU PONY?
SO CAN YOU GO ONE AND TWO AND THREE AND FOUR?
PONY, PONY, PONY, PONY, PONY.
AND PONY. OKAY, THAT'S THE PONY.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO RIGHT THERE.
- WHEN WE DANCE, WE DON'T DO IT VERY STRUCTURED.
USUALLY, IT WAS JUST KIND OF FREESTYLING
TO MUSIC WITH YOUR FRIENDS, HAVING A HOOP JAM.
- [laughs]
- SO TONIGHT, YOUR HOMEWORK IS
I WANT YOU TO, LIKE, DRILL STUFF,
LIKE YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY.
LIKE, JUST EIGHT COUNT BY EIGHT COUNT,
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
REALLY STRUCTURE IT, OKAY? - OKAY.
- THESE GIRLS ARE HOOPING DANCERS.
SO MAYBE THEY'RE NOT USED
TO DOING CHOREOGRAPHY WITH EIGHT COUNTS,
BUT ANYTIME THAT YOU'RE DOING MOVEMENT ONSTAGE WITH MUSIC,
YOU HAVE TO DO IT WITH AN EIGHT COUNT.
HAVE TO.
- ♪ WHAT'S TOO PAINFUL TO REMEMBER ♪
♪ THE WAY WE WERE ♪
- OKAY, HERE'S MY THOUGHTS.
HAVE THE MEMORIES AT THE BEGINNING BE REALLY LOVELY ONES.
LIKE, REMEMBERING A DELICIOUS SECRET.
- YEAH, YEAH.
- AND THEN, IT GIVES US
A LITTLE... - YEAH.
- PLACE TO GO.
MY MAIN CONCERN WITH MATTHEW
IS HE'S MADE A VERY SENTIMENTAL CHOICE FOR A SONG.
AND I WANTED HIM TO START OUT AT A HAPPIER PLACE
SO THAT WE HAVE A SENSE OF LOSS AT THE END.
IF YOU ALREADY START OUT SAD--
- AND YOU'RE PLAYING-- IF YOU'RE PLAYING THE END, YEAH.
- YEAH, YOU'RE PLAYING THE END. - YEAH, YEAH.
ALEC GAVE ME SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT, SOME IMAGERY,
SOME CLARITY OF--OF HOW I'M COMMUNICATING THE STORY.
A LOT OF FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
A SINGER, AN ACTOR, A PERFORMER, A POET--
OUR JOB IS TO TELL THE AUDIENCE
SOMETHING TRUE ABOUT THEMSELVES
AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE UNIVERSE.
- LISTEN. HE'S A PRO.
- ATHENS IS A COMBINATION OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENERGIES,
AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL PLACE.
- ATHENS IS A COLLEGE TOWN.
IT HAS A LOT OF WHAT YOU'D EXPECT,
OF COURSE-- BARS AND SO FORTH.
- THERE ARE A LOT OF FREAKY, HAIRY, STINKY HIPPIE TYPES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE.
- IT HAS A VERY STRONG--
I DON'T WANT TO SAY "HIPPIE,"
BUT THAT KIND OF ATMOSPHERE. I LIKE IT A LOT.
- I'M DAVID CRONE, AND WE ARE IN MY HOUSE.
WELCOME HERE. I LIVE HERE WITH MY WIFE.
HER NAME IS MARTHA, AND WE'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 26 YEARS.
I'M GONNA GET IN TROUBLE WITH THAT ONE.
I HOPE THAT WAS RIGHT. [chuckles]
- I LIKE WRITING DOWN ON THE FORMS
THAT YOUR TEACHERS GIVE YOU ABOUT, "YOU KNOW,
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS DO?"
AND EVERYONE'S LIKE, "MY DAD'S AN ACCOUNTANT."
AND I'M LIKE, "MY DAD'S A VENTRILOQUIST."
[laughter]
- ♪ DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM ♪
[high-pitched] YOU'VE GOT THAT RIGHT, BUSTER.
[normal voice] I STARTED LEARNING VENTRILOQUISM
WHEN I WAS IN FIFTH GRADE.
[high-pitched] ♪ OH, YEAH ♪
♪ WE'RE GONNA HAVE FUN TONIGHT ♪
YEE-HAW. AY, YI, YI, YI, YI!
HOW YOU DOIN'? HOW YOU DOIN'?
QUE PASA?
[normal voice] VENTRILOQUISM HAS GOTTEN A BAD RAP.
UM, WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL
WAS WHEN THAT MOVIE CALLED MAGIC CAME OUT,
WHICH JUST SCARED THE BEJEEBERS OUT OF EVERYBODY.
IT WAS A VERY, VERY SCARY MOVIE
ABOUT A VENTRILOQUIST WHO WENT INSANE
AND HIS DUMMY SORT OF COMING TO LIFE.
[chuckles]
THAT GUY RIGHT THERE, HE'S BASICALLY ME
WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT WAS-- UH, YEAH, GEEK.
- IF YOU FIND YOURSELF SCARED ONSTAGE,
YOU--YOU LOOK OUT AND IMAGINE
EVERYONE DRESSED IN NOTHING BUT THEIR UNDERWEAR.
- I WANNA SHOW THE WORLD THAT VENTRILOQUISM
IS STILL COOL,
THAT PUPPETS ARE FUN.
- YOU MEET MY SISTER YET?
- SISTER? WHY? IS SHE A MAGICIAN?
- NO, BUT SHE DOES TRICKS AND GETS PAID FOR IT.
[laughs]
all: ♪ OH, LORD, I WANT TO BE IN THAT NUMBER ♪
♪ WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN ♪
- WELL, WE'RE THE MILLER FAMILY,
AND WE SING GOSPEL MUSIC AS "THE CONCORDS."
all: ♪ SUN SHININ' TESTIFYIN' ♪
♪ TELLIN' OF MY LORD AND KING ♪
- ♪ SUN SHININ' ♪ all: ♪ SUN SHININ' ♪
- AS A FAMILY, WE'VE RECORDED TWO CDs.
- SECOND CHANCE IS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE...
- THIS ONE HERE.
- WE WERE ABLE TO DO ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND THEN OUR SECOND ONE,
WE DID ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
AND THIS ONE'S CALLED GOD'S NOT FINISHED WITH ME YET.
- WHENEVER WE TEASE OUR HAIR,
WE CALL IT "JACKIN' IT TO JESUS,"
'CAUSE YOU WANT IT AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE,
AND THE HIGHER THE HAIR, THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO HEAVEN.
- THEN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FORMAL WEAR.
AND FOR YOUR AGE GROUP, YOU WILL NEED A LONG GOWN.
- WE OWN A NATIONAL PAGEANT SYSTEM
CALLED PURE AMERICAN PAGEANTS.
WE LOOK FOR THE ALL-NATURAL GIRL ON THE OUTSIDE,
BUT ALSO ALL-NATURAL ON THE INSIDE.
- WE'VE COMPETED IN A LITTLE OVER 40 PAGEANTS.
AND WE'VE RUNNERED-UP OR WON IN AT LEAST 38 OF THEM.
- ♪ WHEN THE SAINTS ♪ - ♪ WHEN THE SAINTS ♪
- SINGING WITH THE GIRLS IS A WONDERFUL LESSON.
OUR SPIRITS BLEND, OUR HEARTS BLEND,
OUR HARMONIES BLEND, AND I KNOW
IT'S A GIFT THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US AS A FAMILY.
AND WE WANNA USE THAT AS A WITNESSING TOOL.
all: ♪ IN ♪ - ♪ GO MARCHING IN ♪
all: ♪ IN ♪
- HOW ARE YOU? - IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, ALEC.
- HELLO. - HELLO.
MILLER TIME.
- LET'S GET WILMER OUT.
DID YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU SLEEP
WITH A HAND OR A FOOT HANGING OVER THE BED,
AN EVIL PUPPET WILL EAT IT WHILE YOU'RE ASLEEP.
- [laughs] - JUST--THAT'S SCIENCE.
WE PICKED DAVID BECAUSE HE HAS A REALLY UNIQUE TALENT
IN THAT HE DISAPPEARS, AND THE PUPPETS COME TO LIFE.
IT'S--IT'S ALMOST KIND OF EERIE.
- GOOD MORNING. YEAH, HOW ARE YOU, SIR?
- GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? - YOU'RE TALKIN' TO ME, RIGHT?
YEAH, OKAY, JUST CHECKING, YEAH.
- SO, WILMER, DO YOU-- DO YOU ENJOY
BEING IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE?
- OH, YEAH, IT'S OKAY, YEAH.
I GET TO MAKE THIS GUY LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT.
- THAT'S-- THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YEAH.
I'M AN INTROVERT. [sighs]
I'M MORE COMFORTABLE TALKING THROUGH THE PUPPETS ONSTAGE.
WHEN THEY COME OUT, THEY'RE ALIVE.
WHEN THEY'RE SITTING ON THE SHELF, THEY'RE PUPPETS.
BUT WHEN THEY'RE OUT, THEN THEY'RE--THEN THEY'RE REAL.
- SO YOU GUYS REMIND ME OF THE OSMONDS A LOT.
[laughter] HAVE YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE?
BUT THE OSMONDS DANCE. THEY MOVE.
SO MY JOB IS TO GET YOU MOVIN'.
- A LOT OF TIME WHENEVER WE SING AND PERFORM,
WE DO MOVE A LI-- AROUND ONSTAGE.
HOWEVER, IT'S USUALLY NOT CHOREOGRAPHED.
WE USUALLY JUST DO IT NATURALLY.
AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN USED TO.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DO WHENEVER YOU SING GOSPEL MUSIC.
both: ♪ THE TIME HAS COME FOR ALL OF US ♪
♪ TO DO OUR PART ♪
- THAT WAY, THATAWAY. THAT WAY.
- TURN THISAWAY, OR TURN-- - UH-HUH, WHO'S NEXT?
- THE TWO OF US. - OKAY, GREAT.
THEN, YOU GUYS WILL COME BACK. SHE'S GONNA GO HERE.
UH-HUH.
AND THEN, WHO ARE YOU WITH HERE?
- SHE'S WITH ME. - RIGHT.
OKAY, NOW, YOU GUYS GO BACK.
LOOK, TETRIS. TETRIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
- MISS EDNA, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HAVING
TO COME ON AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE?
HAVE YOU EVER OPENED THE SHOW?
- UH, WELL, NOT REALLY.
I JUST KINDA HANG OUT IN MY DRESSING ROOM.
IT'S OKAY. YEAH. - [chuckles]
AND YOU'RE--YOU'RE FINE WITH THAT?
- THEY GET THE CROWD WARMED UP,
AND THEN I COME OUT AND I WOW THEM.
THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS. YEAH.
- OKAY, HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS. - YES.
- BASED ON WHAT I SAW YESTERDAY,
WILMER, YOU HAVE A TENDENCY TO STEAL THE SHOW.
- NO, REALLY?
- I WANT THE BALANCE OF EDNA
TO BE PUSHED UP MORE. - OKAY.
- I JUST WANT EDNA TO BE JUST AS MEMORABLE AS WILMER.
- WHAT'S HE TELLIN' YOU?
- HE'S TELLIN' US THAT EDNA NEEDS TO BE STRONGER.
- OH, THAT'S RIGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN HANDLE THAT.
- I WANT YOU TO DOMINATE THE STAGE
A LITTLE BIT MORE TOMORROW.
- OOH, LIKE A DOMINATRIX. - UH-OH.
[laughter] - STRAP ME UP.
[laughter]
both: ♪ THE TIME HAS COME FOR ALL OF US ♪
♪ TO DO OUR PART ♪
- MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THE MILLERS
IS THAT IT'S INAUTHENTIC.
THEY ARE SUCH REHEARSED PERFORMERS,
AND I LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF RAWNESS ON THE STAGE,
AND I THINK THE AUDIENCE DOES TOO.
all: ♪ BECOME AS ONE ♪
♪ OPEN OUR HEARTS ♪
- HAVING A PERFORMANCE
THAT'S MORE CHOREOGRAPHED, IT'S JUST DIFFERENT.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL BAD. IT DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL GREAT.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW,
I THINK WE'RE-- WE'LL DO WELL WITH.
- SO HERE'S YOUR HOMEWORK: BIG ENDING.
THE SONG IS BECOME AS ONE,
SO I WANT YOU TO ACTUALLY, PHYSICALLY,
SOMEHOW BECOME AS ONE, OKAY?
I WANT YOU TO THINK HARD TONIGHT--
THAT'S YOUR HOMEWORK-- AND FIGURE IT OUT,
AND MAKE IT ALL MAKE SENSE, OKAY?
- WE'RE ALL PERFECTIONISTS,
ESPECIALLY WHENEVER IT COMES TO PERFORMANCE.
W-WE'RE PRETTY BAD ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS PRECISE.
- ♪ WHAT'S TOO PAINFUL TO REMEMBER ♪
♪ WE SIMPLY CHOOSE TO FORGET ♪
I WOULD LIKE TO WIN
BECAUSE AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE IN ME,
AND IT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL GOOD
TO MAKE THEM FEEL GOOD.
♪ SO IT'S THE LAUGHTER ♪
- WE'RE HERE, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA HANG OUT HERE.
- YEAH, THAT'S OKAY. WE'RE HAVIN' A GOOD TIME HERE.
[laughs] - I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA WIN.
I'LL JUST BE RIGHT UP FRONT ABOUT IT.
I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE AN ACT
THAT IS WORTHY OF WINNING,
BUT AN AUDIENCE IS A FICKLE THING.
- I GET SASSY. - THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
- WHAT ABOUT IF WE DID, LIKE, A RISING SUN?
- I THINK WE'RE GONNA WIN
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY,
AND I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING THAT TO THE AUDIENCE
AND JUST MAKE THEM HAPPY. - YEAH.
WE COULD DO A RISE UP.
I WANNA WIN BECAUSE I WANT TO...
WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
- I WANNA WIN BECAUSE I WANNA TRAVEL TO COSTA RICA.
[laughs] - YEAH, ME TOO.
[laughs]
- HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU, DEAR LORD,
FOR THIS DAY, AND WE THANK--
WITH MY FAMILY, THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE,
I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
GOD HAS SOMETHING FOR US.
all: ♪ WITH THE STRENGTH OF ONE ANOTHER ♪
♪ WE CAN OVERCOME ♪
- WE ARE GOING TO WIN BECAUSE WE MAKE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD.
WE MAKE THEM HAPPY.
- WE ALWAYS SAY, "BE BLESSED,
AND BE A BLESSING."
AND THIS IS A BLESSING TO US.
- ♪ THE WAY ♪
♪ WE WERE ♪
- THANK GOD YOU'RE NOT DANCING.
- WHEW.
- WHOO!
- COME ON IN. - HI!
- YAY! - HEY!
- [laughing] HEY!
- HEY, MATTHEW. - HELLO, LISETTE.
HOW ARE YOU?
- IT'S THE DAY BEFORE THE BIG SHOW,
WHICH MEANS I HAVE ONE LAST CHANCE TO WORK WITH DAVID,
AND I GAVE HIM SOME HOMEWORK,
SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT HE'S DONE IT.
- IS IT TIME? - YEAH, IT'S TIME, DEAR.
COME ON, LET'S GO. - ALL RIGHT.
- HOW ARE YOU TODAY, BEAUTIFUL? - I'M DOING FINE, YEAH.
- GOOD, AND DID HE REHEARSE WITH YOU LAST NIGHT?
- I DID. YEAH, YEAH.
HE KEPT ME UP ALL NIGHT. - UH, DON'T TELL--
- SORRY. - [chuckles]
HOW DID IT FEEL TO WORK WITH HER EXCLUSIVELY LAST NIGHT?
- OH, VERY GOOD. UH, YEAH.
THAT WAS NICE, YEAH. - YOU GOTTA DO THAT MORE.
I NEED MORE SLEEP. [both chuckle]
- SO DO YOU FEEL YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT
MORE ASSERTIVE IN THIS ACT NOW?
- DEFINITELY.
- CAN YOU SHOW ME A LITTLE BIT?
- YEAH, LET'S JUST DO IT.
- SO, WILMER AND EDNA, I UNDERSTAND
THAT YOU'RE--BEEN MARRIED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
- OH, YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN.
- 68 LONG YEARS.
HONEY, WE ONLY STAY TOGETHER FOR THE KIDS.
- WAIT A MINUTE. HOW OLD ARE YOUR KIDS?
- WELL, THEY'RE IN THEIR 60s.
- WHAT I NOTICED IS YOUR PHYSICALITY TODAY
IS MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WORKED ON LAST NIGHT?
- ABSOLUTELY. - IT SHOWS.
- YOU READY TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS?
- GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.
- FIRST, I'M-- I THINK YOU NEED
TO WORK THE STAGE A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK IT'S-- IT'S VERY MUCH
LIKE STORYTELLING FOR YOU. - YEAH.
- MATTHEW HAS SUCH A GREAT PERSONALITY.
HIS SONG IS GREAT.
BUT I WANNA SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT PERSONALITY,
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HIS PERSONALITY
REALLY SHINES THROUGH ON THE STAGE.
- OH, YEAH. - MAYBE WE CAN START BACK,
JUST LIKE YOU'RE THINKING--
- VERY FRANK SINATRA. - VERY FRANK SINATRA, RIGHT?
both: ♪ MEMORIES ♪
- ♪ MEMORIES, LIKE THE CORNERS OF MY MIND ♪
YEAH, LIKE, GIVE ME THAT MOMENT.
- WHEN LISETTE AND I FIRST WALKED THROUGH THE SONG,
WE HAD A REAL INTUITIVE CONNECTION.
SHE SENSED WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO,
AND SHE GAVE ME SOMETHING THAT SUPPORTED IT.
- LET'S TRY IT AGAIN,
AND THEN, WHEN YOU GO FOR "SCATTERED PICTURES,"
LIKE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE, ♪ SCATTERED PICTURES ♪
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, IT'S, LIKE--
- ♪ SCATTERED... ♪ - YEAH.
- SCATTERED, SCATTERED-- - YEAH, SCATTERED.
SCATTERED, AND, LIKE-- IT'S LIKE YOU'RE REMINISCING.
- ♪ MEMORIES ♪
♪ LIGHT THE CORNERS OF MY MIND ♪
- I WANT HIM TO CONNECT WITH EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE
BUT IN A KIND OF MUSICAL THEATER KIND OF MANNER.
VERY DEBONAIR, VERY SUAVE.
- ♪ CAN IT BE... ♪ - YES!
- ♪ THAT IT WAS ALL SO SIMPLE THEN? ♪
♪ OR HAS TIME REWRITTEN EVERY LINE? ♪
I NEVER REALLY GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT MY TALENT.
IN FACT, I DON'T THINK I KNEW THAT IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
I-I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO, A MAN AT MY CHURCH
ASKED ME, "WHEN DID YOU KNOW
THAT YOU SANG BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLE?"
♪ THE WAY WE WERE ♪
- LOOK OFF INTO THE DISTANCE AND REMEMBER THE WAY WE WERE.
- THIS IS THE ONLY ONE I KNOW HOW TO DO.
I JUST KNOW HOW TO DO THIS. [both laugh]
- THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. LOOK AT YOU.
- YOU MAKE IT LOOK GOOD.
- YEAH, BUT I LOOK LIKE A TOTAL SPAZ.
- WE WERE UP TILL 11:00 LAST NIGHT,
PRACTICING UP IN ZOE'S ROOM.
- AND WE HAD TO QUIT BECAUSE IT WAS MAKING A LOT OF NOISE,
AND MY ROOMMATES HAD TO GO TO SLEEP, SO--
[both laugh]
- WHOO! [both laugh]
LET ME GO HERE.
- WHAT--WHAT IS IT THAT STARTS CRACKING YOU UP?
IS IT THE EYE CONTACT?
- I THINK WE'RE JUST REALLY HAPPY.
- YEAH. [both laugh]
- MY BIGGEST CONCERN ABOUT THE GIRLS IS THAT THEY GET
TOO CAUGHT UP IN EACH OTHER,
THAT THE AUDIENCE FEELS EXCLUDED.
- THREE, FOUR.
- SEVEN, EIGHT. ONE, TWO--
- OKAY, YOU WENT--YOU WENT-- YOU WENT, ONE, TWO.
[both laugh] I LIKE--I WANT--
I WANT MORE OF, LIKE, A ONE, TWO, THREE.
- OH, OKAY.
- CAN YOU GIVE ME A ONE, TWO, THREE?
'CAUSE THEN IT'S-- THEN IT'S--THAT'S A NICE MOMENT.
IT'S LIKE, "HEY, LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE," RIGHT?
both: YEAH. - IF ZOE AND TASHA JUST GO UP
AND THEY JUST GIGGLE AT EACH OTHER THE ENTIRE TIME,
IT MIGHT COME ACROSS AS AMATEURISH.
- I GAVE YOU GUYS HOMEWORK. - YES.
- WHAT WAS THE HOMEWORK?
- TO COME UP WITH AN ENDING. - HOW DID IT GO?
- WE THINK WE GOT ONE.
all: ♪ BECOME AS ONE ♪
- OKAY. - [laughs]
- IT'S NICE, IT'S PLACED. YOU SOUND GREAT.
BUT WE CAN'T JUST HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S NOTHING SPECIAL.
WE HAVE TO HAVE IT BE FANTASTIC.
I WANT TO DO AN EXERCISE WITH YOU GUYS TO GET YOU LOOSE.
THIS IS HOW IT GOES-- I CALL YOU OUT.
I WANT YOU TO SPEND TIME BEING FREE OUT ON THE STAGE.
[laughter] DOES THAT MAKE YOU FRIGHTENED
AND SCARED AND TERRIFIED? - ABSOLUTELY.
- OKAY, GOOD, SO THEN, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING GOOD.
COME ON, DOUG!
DOUG, DOUG. COME ON, DOUG!
COME ON. COME ON, GET IT, GIRL.
DO IT! THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO--
YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW.
WHOO! - YEAH!
- MAMA, YOU'RE NEXT. COME ON.
- I CAN PLAY ALMOST ANY INSTRUMENT
THAT YOU PUT IN MY HAND WITH STRINGS ON IT,
BUT I CANNOT DANCE.
THIS WHITE GIRL CANNOT DANCE.
- JUMP AROUND.
- WE'RE NOT BIG DANCERS. WE'RE SINGERS.
I GUESS WE'RE A DIFFERENT BREED OR SOMETHING.
- ONE MORE TIME. - THE EXERCISE OR THE SONG?
[laughter]
all: ♪ BECOME AS ONE ♪
- WHOO! OKAY, SO, I MEAN...
A LOT BETTER. [laughter]
AFTER THE IMPROVISATIONAL EXERCISE,
THEY GOT THEIR ENERGY UP, THEY WERE GROOVIN',
THEY WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
I JUST HOPE THAT THAT HAPPENS ONSTAGE.
- HI THERE, SIR. HEADPHONES.
- EH, MORE LIKE NOT LISTENING. - IT'S ALL RIGHT.
- WE WERE PICKED AS ONE OF THE FOUR FINALISTS
TO BE IN A TALENT SHOW TOMORROW.
- IF YOU COME TO THE SHOW AND VOTE FOR ME,
AND IF I GET THE MOST VOTES, I COULD WIN $10,000.
- AND WE'RE GONNA BE HOOP DANCING IN IT,
AND THERE'S SOME AWESOME ACTS,
SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS THERE.
AND YOU GOTTA VOTE FOR US. - I WILL VOTE FOR YOU.
[both laugh]
- HI THERE, HOW YOU DOING? - [laughs]
KIND OF WEIRD TO STOP AND TALK TO A PUPPET.
- I KNOW, YEAH.
- ♪ THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE WHEN YOU ♪
♪ ARE GONE ♪
♪ WILL COLOR ALL MY DREAMS ♪
♪ AND LIGHT THE DAWN ♪
SHE'S NOT LISTENING.
- HEY, I GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU GUYS.
YOU GOT ANYTHING DOING AT ALL-- OH, YEAH, WHATEVER, YEAH.
- HEY, GUYS, CAN WE GIVE YOU A FLYER?
- TOMORROW WE'RE COMPETING IN A TALENT SHOW.
WE DEFINITELY WANT YOU TO COME DOWN AND SUPPORT US.
WE'RE THE MILLER FAMILY. - WE SING A LOT OF GOSPEL SONGS.
DO YOU--DO YOU KNOW ANY GOSPEL SONGS?
- UH, YOU KNOW--
- YOU'VE GOTTA COME TO A TALENT SHOW, FOR US.
- YEAH. - WHAT IF I WANT TO PARTICIPATE?
- WELL, IT'S KIND OF TOO LATE NOW,
BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY PICKED THE TOP FOUR FINALISTS.
all: ♪ OH, WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN ♪
♪ OH, WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN ♪
♪ OH, LORD, I WANT TO BE IN THAT NUMBER ♪
- OH, NO! - [laughs]
- THEIR MAMAS WOULD BE PROUD, I'M SURE.
both: WHOO! - IT'S COLD!
- LET'S GO IN. - WE NEED ALCOHOL.
- WELCOME TO JACKIE O'S.
- WE ARE AT JACKIE O'S, AND WE HAVE
SOME TIME OFF BEFORE OUR BIG TALENT SHOW.
- WE'RE GONNA CHECK OUT THE PLACE AND DRINK SOME BEER.
- I'M IN.
- IF YOU STEP AROUND THE CORNER HERE,
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF OUR BARREL-AGED BEER.
- THIS ONE'S MINE. I CAN CARRY THAT.
- IF YOU'D LIKE, WE COULD TASTE ONE OF THEM.
- COULD WE?
- YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE IT EASY, 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A SHOW.
- DON'T--DON'T LISTEN TO HER. DON'T LISTEN TO HER.
- OKAY. - I'M FINE.
NOW HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT GOES IN THERE?
- THE BEER JUST KIND OF TALKS TO ME.
- THIS ONE IS TALKING TO ME RIGHT NOW.
IT'S GOING, "DRINK ME." - [laughs]
- IT'S ONLY ABOUT 5% ALCOHOL TOO.
- REALLY? WHAT COULD WE DO TO ADD MORE?
[laughter]
both: OH!
- I LIKE YOU. - OH, I COULD DRINK THIS.
THIS IS GREAT. - YOU'RE MY FRIEND.
- WE ARE AT JACKIE O'S,
AND WE-- [both laugh]
- JUST HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF BEER!
- SO NOW IT'S TIME TO GET IN THE DRESS
AND GET IN THE SUIT... - [laughs]
- AND GET TO WORK. - OH, RATS.
[indistinct chatter]
all: WE'RE HERE TO CHEER ON THE MILLERS.
- IT'S TALENT SHOW NIGHT, AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO GET GOING.
ATHENS REALLY SHOWED UP. THIS PLACE IS FULL!
- [singing scales]
[continues singing scales]
- OH, I SEE PEOPLE COMING OUT. - OH, MY GOD.
- ARE YOU JACKIN' IT UP TO JESUS?
- I'M REALLY NERVOUS TONIGHT.
IT JUST FEELS LIKE I'VE GOT A LOT ON THE LINE.
I HOPE I CAN GIVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME.
IT JUST FEELS LIKE THIS IS WHERE I'M MEANT TO BE.
MORE LIKE A CALLING THAN A JOB.
- I FEEL LIKE I'M THIS CLOSE TO THE $10,000.
I'M SO CLOSE, I CAN SMELL IT, I CAN TASTE IT.
IT'S RIGHT THERE. I CAN--I'M FEELING IT.
[laughs] I'M FEELING IT!
- DO YOU NEED-- - [laughs] SEW HER INTO IT.
- I TOLD YOU, WE COME PREPARED TO SEW PEOPLE IN.
- THIS IS THE BIGGEST PERFORMANCE
THAT WE'VE EVER DONE THAT'S BEEN PLANNED.
[both laugh]
- YEAH, THIS IS LIKE THE-- DEFINITELY THE BIGGEST
WHERE WE HAD, LIKE, A ROUTINE
AND WE'RE JUST, LIKE, PERFORMING AS TWINS.
- EXACTLY, YEAH. OKAY, THAT'S GOOD.
- WE'RE REALLY PREPARED, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA KILL IT.
- IF WE WIN THE $10,000, WE'RE GONNA SPLIT A LITTLE BIT OF IT,
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOT OF IT
AND PUT IT TOWARD OUR MINISTRY AND OUR BUSINESS.
- ATHENS, OHIO, MAKE SOME NOISE! - COME ON!
[cheers and applause]
MY NAME IS LISETTE BUSTAMANTE.
- AND I'M ALEC MAPA. [cheers and applause]
WE WORKED VERY HARD, BUT TONIGHT THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB
BELONGS TO YOU, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA PICK THE WINNER
OF TONIGHT'S TALENT CONTEST.
AND THAT ARTIST WILL WIN $10,000.
[cheers and applause]
SINCE THIS IS A LOCAL SHOW,
WE THOUGHT WE'D BRING OUT A LOCAL MC.
[cheers and applause]
- WELCOME TO OUR TALENT SHOW TONIGHT IN ATHENS, OHIO.
OUR FIRST ACT TONIGHT ARE TWO TWIN HULA-HOOP DANCERS.
[cheers] - ROCK IT OUT, LADIES!
- ZOE AND TASHA. [cheers and applause]
[pop music]
- ♪ HEY! ♪
♪ HEY! OOH, OOH, OOH ♪
♪ HEY ♪
♪ OH! ♪
♪ I'M A STOP SIGN ♪
- OOH, THEY'RE IN SYNC, THEY'RE IN SYNC, THEY'RE IN SYNC.
- ♪ JUST LIKE A RED LIGHT ♪
♪ AND WHEN I WALK BY ♪ [cheering]
♪ I'M CATCHING YOUR EYE ♪
♪ I HEAR THE MUSIC AND I DON'T WANT TO STOP ♪
- ♪ I DON'T WANT TO STOP ♪ - ♪ NO! ♪
♪ T-T-TURN IT UP, NOW ♪ - ♪ TURN IT UP NOW ♪
- ♪ I'M GONNA DANCE TILL I DROP ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ BACK INTO THE BEAT ♪
♪ GOT MY HANDS IN THE AIR ♪
♪ ALL EYES ON ME ♪
♪ THEY CAN'T HELP BUT STARE ♪
♪ THIS IS MY TIME ♪
♪ YOU ARE ALL MINE ♪ - ♪ ALL MINE ♪
- ♪ SEE HOW I SHINE ♪
♪ I'M LIKE A STOP SIGN ♪ - ♪ STOP SIGN ♪
- ♪ HEY, HEY, HEY, WHEN I WALK BY ♪
- GO!
- ♪ YOU WANT TO ♪ - ♪ YEAH ♪
- ♪ TO SEE HOW I SHINE ♪
♪ I'M LIKE A STOP SIGN ♪ - ♪ STOP SIGN ♪
- ♪ OOH OOH OOH ♪
[cheers and applause]
- YEAH! WHOO-HOO!
DID YOU SEE THAT BELLY FLOP?
[cheers and applause]
EPIC, SISTERS! EPIC, SISTERS!
WHAT?
[cheers and applause]
- WHEN I STARTED TO GET FAT IN MIDDLE AGE,
MY MOTHER SAID, "JUST 'CAUSE YOU SING LIKE PAVAROTTI
DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO BE AS FAT AS HE IS."
[laughter]
- YAY, WHAT A GREAT START TO THE SHOW.
[both gasp]
- NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE CLASSICAL SONG STYLINGS
OF MATTHEW GRIFFIN. [cheers and applause]
- THANK YOU FOR COMING.
- OH, OH, WAIT. - HIS CUMMERBUND.
- OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? - WAIT, STOP, STOP, STOP.
STOP, STOP. - STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP.
- I THOUGHT I WAS--
[chuckling] I GREW A TAIL.
- [laughs] YOU GOT A TAIL. [laughter]
ALL RIGHT, LET'S--
- YAY! - YAY! YAY!
- I GOT THIS.
- I HAD MY JANET JACKSON MOMENT. [laughter]
- WHOO! YEAH!
[applause] - [laughs]
[The Way We Were playing]
♪ ♪
♪ MEMORIES ♪
♪ LIGHT THE CORNERS OF MY MIND ♪
♪ ♪
♪ MISTY WATERCOLORED ♪
♪ MEMORIES ♪
♪ ♪
♪ OF THE WAY WE WERE ♪
♪ SO IT'S THE LAUGHTER ♪
♪ ♪
♪ WE WILL REMEMBER ♪
♪ ♪
♪ WHENEVER WE REMEMBER ♪
♪ ♪
♪ THE WAY WE WERE ♪
♪ ♪
♪ THE WAY WE WERE ♪
[cheers and applause]
- WHOO! - OW!
[cheers and applause]
- AS FAR AS THE $10,000...
IT JUST MIGHT-- IT JUST MIGHT COME MY WAY.
IT JUST MIGHT BE MY TURN.
- NEXT UP IS A SELF-TAUGHT VENTRILOQUIST, DAVID CRONE.
[cheers and applause]
[mic feedback]
- HEY, IS THAT MY CUE? I THINK SO!
- YEAH, EXCUSE ME.
I'VE GOTTA BRING OUT THE REST OF THE ACT.
PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER
AND HELP ME WELCOME MY BEST FRIENDS, WILMER AND EDNA.
[cheers and applause]
WELL, WILMER AND EDNA,
YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
- BOY, YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN! - 68 LONG YEARS.
- [chuckling] YEAH, WELL,
YOU KNOW, IN ALL THESE YEARS TOGETHER,
I'M SURE YOU'VE LEARNED A FEW THINGS
ABOUT WHAT MAKES A MARRIAGE WORK.
[laughter]
- NAH! [laughter]
- ALL RIGHT, WILMER, LET'S SAY THAT THERE'S
A YOUNG COUPLE HERE JUST STARTING OUT.
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE THEM?
- RUN! RUN AWAY!
[laughter] [applause]
- COME HERE. - EH.
[crowd awws]
- I'LL SEE YOU BACK IN THE CASE. - WHAT'S THAT?
- BACK IN THE CASE. - OH-HO!
HEY, FOLKS, I GOTTA GO!
- SAY GOOD-BYE TO WILMER AND EDNA!
[cheers and applause]
- HEY, FOLKS!
IF THE CASE IS ROCKING, DON'T BOTHER KNOCKING!
- OH, GET DOWN HERE! [laughter]
- YOU GUYS ARE FANTASTIC! THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[cheers and applause]
OH, THE AUDIENCE WAS GREAT. THEY LAUGHED.
THEY BOUGHT INTO THE MAGIC, UH, SO THAT WAS GREAT.
- YOU GOT THIS, YOU GOT THIS. YOU'RE SO READY.
- BEFORE WE STARTED, WE SAID WE WANTED A BLING OUT
IN THE CROWD, SO WE'RE HOPING WE GET OUT THERE
AND SEE A BLING OUT. - OH, IT'S SHINY OUT THERE.
- AH.
- FOR THE FINAL PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT,
WE HAVE THE MILLER FAMILY.
[cheers and applause]
all: ♪ BECOME AS ONE ♪
♪ OPEN OUR HEARTS ♪
♪ WITH THE STRENGTH OF ONE ANOTHER ♪
♪ WE CAN OVERCOME ♪
♪ STAND TOGETHER ♪
♪ SIDE BY SIDE ♪
♪ REACH OUT TO ONE ANOTHER ♪
♪ LEND A HELPING HAND ♪
♪ YES, WE CAN ♪
♪ BECOME AS ONE ♪
both: ♪ THE TIME HAS COME FOR ALL OF US TO DO OUR PART ♪
both: ♪ SO REACH DOWN DEEP INSIDE ♪
both: ♪ AND GIVE FROM YOUR HEART ♪
all: ♪ BECOME AS ONE ♪
♪ REACH OUT TO ONE ANOTHER ♪
♪ LEND A HELPING HAND ♪
♪ YES, WE CAN ♪
♪ BECOME AS ONE ♪
♪ ♪
♪ BECOME AS ONE ♪
[cheers and applause]
- I THINK THEY LOVED OUR SONG,
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONCERNED MOST ABOUT,
BECAUSE I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW
THEY DO NEED TO BE A FAMILY.
WE DO NEED TO BE A NATION, AND WE DO NEED TO QUIT FIGHTING.
AND, I KNOW IT'S CHEESY, BUT WE REALLY DO WANT WORLD PEACE.
[laughter]
- OHIO, LET'S HEAR IT FOR YOUR HOMEGROWN TALENT!
[cheers and applause]
NOW YOU GET TO VOTE!
WE'RE GONNA PASS OUT THE BALLOTS.
CHECK ONE BOX, AND YOUR FAVORITE PERFORMER TONIGHT,
BY POPULAR VOTE, WILL WIN $10,000.
[cheers and applause]
- [sighs] SO NOW, THE VOTING.
YOU KNOW, I KEPT THINKING OF THAT MOMENT
FROM THE MOVIE TITANIC, WHEN JACK DAWSON SAYS TO FABRIZIO,
"SOMEONE'S LIFE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE."
AND I JUST KEPT THINKING, "MAYBE IT'S ME."
GOOD JOB, EVERYONE. - GOOD JOB.
- CONGRATULATIONS. WAY TO GO, WAY TO GO, WAY TO GO.
WAY TO GO, WAY TO GO, WAY TO GO.
BUT I STILL HOPE I WIN.
[laughter]
- MATTHEW GRIFFIN, MATTHEW GRIFFIN, THE MILLER FAMILY.
I'M YOLANDA COLLIER,
AND I'M HERE AS A NOTARY TO COUNT THE VOTES TONIGHT.
- I LOVE THE MILLERS. I LOVE LISTENING TO THEM SING.
THEY'RE SO INSPIRATIONAL,
AND THEY JUST REALLY GET TO MY HEART.
THAT'S WHY I LOVE LISTENING TO THEM.
- YES. - THEY MAKE ME CRY.
- YES. - EVERY TIME!
- EVERY TIME. [laughter]
- CAME DOWN TO SEE MATTHEW.
- AND HOW DID HE DO?
- HE DID... - AMAZING.
- GREAT, AS ALWAYS. HE SANG AT OUR WEDDING.
- I'M NOT GONNA TELL WHO I VOTED FOR.
- VENTRILOQUIST, I DID.
- DID YOU ENJOY THE SHOW?
[cheers and applause]
- PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE STAGE, YOUR FINALISTS!
[cheers and applause]
AND NOW, THE MOMENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
ATHENS' FAVORITE PERFORMER IS...
- THE MILLER FAMILY!
[cheers and applause]
CONGRATULATIONS!
[cheers and applause]
- I WENT, "THANK YOU, JESUS."
- OH, MY GOSH. - OH, MY GOSH.
- I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I FEEL.
OVERWHELMED, SHAKY, NERVOUS, EXCITED.
- SO EXCITED.
[cheers and applause]
- IT'S JUST NICE TO KNOW
IF YOU'RE A SMALL FISH IN A BIG POND THAT SOMETIMES YOU GET
RECOGNIZED FOR BEING THE SMALL FISH.
[cheers and applause]
- I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED, BUT I FEEL GOOD
ABOUT THE FACT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE ME.
AND WHO KNOWS?
MAYBE I'M HAVING MY SUSAN BOYLE MOMENT.
SHE DIDN'T WIN HER CONTEST.
- THE MILLER FAMILY WON, AND I'M SO HAPPY FOR THEM.
THEY'RE A REALLY TIGHT-KNIT FAMILY,
AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD.
ATHENS, WHAT A GREAT TOWN!
WE HAD A GREAT TIME HERE FROM START TO FINISH.
- PEOPLE WERE GREAT, WE DRANK BEER,
WE HAD A GOOD TIME, AND NOW, IT'S TIME TO GO.
- IT'S ON TO THE NEXT! LET'S DO IT!