What the hell was that . I just cant believe how adorable you are. I never knew you had all these feelings. Dont tell anybody. But, yes, im full of feelings. I have an idea. Yeah oh, wait, wait, wait. Mmmmmm. Take some more piano lessons from your mother. What . Yes no, no, no. Not for you. Just to show ally. Just enough to be able to play a song or. Something. No. To set an example. I cant. I cant. Sure you can. No. Come on imim are you a quitter . You know, im going to stop being so adorable if this is what i get. Now you can help too. When you buy a bag of pedigree, youll help more shelter dogs go home. Join us. Feed your dog pedigree. And youll help us feed more shelter dogs. But how long before shine starts peeking through . Neutrogena® shine control makeup. 86 of women agreed their skin looks shine free all day long. Neutrogena®. their skin looks [knock on door]um running]g. Ma. [louder] ma. What are you doing . Oh. Have you been lifting weights . God. You dont need that thing. Just pick up the house and shake it. What do you want from me, huh . Are you hungry . Ill make you something to eat. No, no, no, im not hungry. Listen, uh. What are you doing after vacuuming . I reload the bag and go again. I was wondering if, uh, maybe later on. If you could maybe give me a piano lesson. Maybe later. What are you doing . Nothing. Im youreyoure making fun of me . No. No you dont think i know the kids make fun of me . Nobodys making anything ha ha ha ha, the old piano lady like im from the lost world. Yeah, maybe if more children took piano lessons instead of shooting lessons today, wed be better off. They dont take shooting lessons, ma. They just shoot. Go. Go ahead. Go on. Go buy your kids guns. Thats what they want. Come on. More guns and crack. Go ahead. You should do whatever they want. Mom, listen, you were right yesterday. I dont think ally should give up piano so fast, so i wanted to play something for her to set an example, to show her, you know. And i need a brushup, a lesson. That was 25 years ago, raymond. So . We we pick up right where we left off. Come on. Look at this. See, i sit here, you sit there. Remember . I remember. So . Come on, its still good. Still nice. Remember nice . No yelling. We break later for a chocolate milk, butter cookies. Youre serious . Yeah. Yes, yes. I want to do this, ma. Ma . I knew youd come back. Ohh. Get up, get up. We were working on this piece. You kept my music . We dont throw out music. You got what i was wearing in there . I think it was bellbottoms and a vest with fringes. Oh, raymond, im so happy. Whats all this . Oh, robbie. Your brothers returned to music. Oh . You can never turn your back on your talent. Ahem, yeah, you know, i was thinking of, uh, taking up the drums again. Just got to scoop the kitty litter out of the bass drum. Oh, thats silly, robbie. Youre a policeman. Im a sergeant. Come on, shamsky. Lets go scratch. Remember this one . You almost had it down. Theme from love story. See . And your postures still very good. Leaning in. Sitting ups for the dinner table. And relaxed elbows and in. Were not flying away. Oh, you do remember. All right, shall we try it . Now, now, no pressure. Just take your time. Ok . Ok. Ok, all right. Right, right, right. Wrists up. All right. Ok. Whatwhats that note . C. C . No. Thats not a c, sweetie. Does it have a line running through it . Yes. Well, then how can that be a c . No. Face, face, are the ones in the spaces. Right. And egbdf are the ones with the line running through it. You know that. Whats egdbf . Ellen garveys behind deserves framing. I dont like that, raymond. Sorry. Its every girl bakes delicious fudge. Or eric gunsel boinked oh, raymond. Thats how i remember it. You have the fudge way. Get up. What . Youre obviously unprepared for this number. We need a practice book. Oh, i hate the practice book. Heres the brown one. Ohh, brown. Now, do you want, uh, pretty polly, or eskimo boy . Well . Uh, pretty polly. There we go. Ok . All right. Wrists, posture. Ow ow ready . And. Pretty polly is a polly go ahead, third finger. Where . Where . Get up. Why . What the because its too hard for you. You need the purple book. There. All right . Whats this note . B. Get up. The orange book. Orange . You skipped the blue book. You have to earn the blue book. You dont even know the basics, raymond. Dont you listen to me when i talk . That was 25 years ago and you remembered ellen garvey you think her behind thats funny, huh . Ed fra well, you listen to me. Theres nothing funny about throwing away your talent. Oh, come on, ma. What talent . You had talent. You had potential. You had sensitivity. Look at your fingers. Theyre beautiful. Oh, come on. Oh, ma ma ill try eskimo boy. Ohh oh, hey, ray. The rat go home . Rat . Yeah, i heard your mother giving a lesson to one of her piano rats. I was hiding out. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the rat went home. Jeez aloo, i hate the sound of a kid on that thing. Plink, plink, plink im going to chop it into kindling and put a big vibrating chair right there. Huh . Yeah, thatll sound better. You bouncing around in a chair. You want to watch the jets . No, no, no, thanks. Listen, dad, when i was taking piano lessons as a kid, how come you never, you know. Killed myself . Ha ha ha ha ha ha. I wasi was going to say encouraged me. Encouraged your piano lessons . Why the hell would i do that . I dont know. I heard some parents were into encouraging, dad. You know . Maybe you couldve been better about it. What in the holy name of crap are you talking about . Im telling you. You always ragged me about practicing the piano. And i think thats maybe why i quit. Good good . I dont think so, dad. What are you saying . Are you saying i didnt do my job by you . I did my job. I got you away from that thing. I got you outside. Who taught you how to hit, catch, throw . Who took you to shea stadium . And, hey, am i mistaken, or does somebody here make a decent living now as a Sports Writer no, what i think you meant to say was, thank you, dad. Ii couldve done music and sports. No. Unless you want to play the organ at shea. At least those songs are good. Hey, you sorry i didnt take you to ballet class . Hey, i think i did all right by you. All right . What did you do, dad . Maybe i liked the piano, you know . Maybe i had potential or something. I dont know, i here, all right . Aw, catch the damn ball, you stinking hump listen, ma, im sorry. No, no, no. Im the one whos sorry. I shouldnt have expected you to remember all those things. I overreacted. You know, i have that. The overreaction thing. For years. Its just that ah, never mind. What . What . No. Sports is so stupid who wouldve ever dreamed that a child of mine would end up in sports . I like sports. I know, i know. And youre very good at it. You know what the amazing thing is . That i can function at all. You know, when i was a girl, i loved the piano. And my mother wanted me to play, too. But sheshe had ridiculous expectations for me. And ii always disappointed her. Oh. Fingers short and stubby. But the point is that i love music. And i wanted to impart some of that to robbie and you. Except every time your brother sat down at the piano, ugh. Nosebleeds, yeah. I mean, a mother shouldnt be disgusted, but ecch. But you, you had an ear. And fingers. Yes. Well, i know why i quit. It was dad. No, no, no, it wasnt your father. It was you. Ok, your father, his idea of culture is an undershirt with sleeves. But you were the one who lost interest in the piano, raymond. No, i liked the piano. No, you liked the idea of the piano. I liked the lessons. Mmm. We had nice times. But you wanted to go with the other boys. Running and punching and spitting. What could i do . I had to let you go. I didnt want to be my mother. Thanks. Thanks, ma. Just know. You couldve been something. Thanks. Just promise me that even if you dont play, youll somehow have music. It is so important to have music. Frank hey, any more pretzels or what . you got legs . Im not your damn slave girl frank girl . Ha ha . ill give you girl. Ma, ma, ma, so you want to try giving me a couple more lessons . Why . You dont have to do it for me, raymond. I know. Its its for ally. I want her to have music, too. Ohh, raymond. All right, ok. Oh, raymond, youre so sweet. Daddy, i got your pretzels. [plays theme from love story] ooh ohh so, ally, what do you think . Nice. Who wants to play tball . Me me check for more well, i guess i can double check. My watch [ male announcer ] it pays to double check, with state farm. The freshenator. The buddy system. The do si go. The twohanded tango. El cleano. [ female announcer ] nothing leaves you feeling cleaner and fresher than the cottonelle care routine. Try it. Then name it. cottonelle care routine. Nosebleed 1, 2. 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