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'''Independence Day''' is the celebration of the birthday of the [[United States of America]], referred to in [[Secularized Language|secularized language]] as July 4 or the Fourth of July.  On July 4, 1776, the [[Continental Congress]] formally adopted the [[Declaration of Independence]]; thus, breaking ties with the Kingdom of [[Great Britain]], and a new nation was born.<ref>The Congress had already voted for independence on July 2, 1776 and on July 4 it gave the reasons in the ''Declaration of Independence.''.</ref>  The document, primarily written by [[Thomas Jefferson]], served as a formal announcement that the 13 American colonies were no longer part of the British Empire and would henceforth be free and independent states.<ref>[http://www.history.com/videos/jefferson-writes-declaration-of-independence Jefferson Writes Declaration of Independence]. ''The History Channel website''. 2010. Accessed Jul 4, 2010.</ref>
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Independence Day has long been the most important of all American anniversaries, and its very first celebration was held in the nation's capital, then [[Philadelphia]]. Congress established Independence Day as a holiday in 1870,<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth/history.html History of the Fourth] PBS.org</ref> and as a legal holiday in 1941. '''This is year number {{age|1776|7|4}} of our Independence.'''
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In the United States it is an official Federal holiday, celebrated on July 4.<ref>In accordance with Federal law regarding holidays for the majority of the Federal work force, if July 4 falls on a Saturday the holiday is observed the preceding Friday; if it falls on a Sunday the holiday is observed the following Monday.</ref>
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Most American businesses are closed and the citizens enjoy the summer holiday with cookouts, get-togethers, concerts, baseball, picnics, barbecues, bonfires, parades, and at night time enjoy displays of [[fireworks]]. Some people hold re-enactments of [[Revolutionary War]] era and some people give political speeches at events across the nations cities and towns.  
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The [[American flag|Flag]] and symbols of it are in evidence everywhere, in this annual outpouring of [[patriotism]]. An expression of pride and hope can be found in many patriotic songs such as the national anthem ''[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]'', America the Beautiful, God Bless America, ''[[My Country, 'Tis of Thee]]'' and The Stars and Stripes Forever.<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/patriotic/patriotic-home.html Patriotic Melodies] The Library of Congress</ref>
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==Patriot Quotes==
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[[File:Spirit of 76.jpg|left|225px]]
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[[John Adams]] wrote to his wife Abigail on July 3, it reads:<ref>[http://www.101kidz.com/holidays/4thjuly/history.html July 4th History] Kidz101.com</ref>
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{{cquote| '''The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of [[America]]. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore.'''}}
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In a letter written on June 24, 1826, [[Thomas Jefferson]] says of the Fourth of July:
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{{cquote|'''May it be to the world, what I believe it will be ... the signal of arousing men to burst the chains ... and to assume the blessings and security of self-government. That form, which we have substituted, restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of opinion. All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. ... For ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.'''}}
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[[John F. Kennedy]] said:
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{{cquote|'''We dare not forget that we are the heirs of that first revolution.'''}}
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Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
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The [[Declaration of Independence]]:
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{{cquote|'''We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.'''}}
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==Historic Patterns==
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<blockquote>
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In 1776, ''in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the independence of the United States of America from Great Britain and its king.'' <ref>[http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=6948 U.S. declares independence]</ref>
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The first celebrations of the Fourth of July began in 1777, but it was not a major holiday until politics intruded.  By 1800, partisanship had become bitter in the [[First Party System]]. The [[Federalist Party]], in its strongholds like Boston, turned the Fourth into a day of celebrating the party and denigrating the opposition.  The Jeffersonian Republicans, believing the Federalists had misappropriated the American Revolution and neglected the role of [[Thomas Jefferson]], staged their own, more democratic, celebrations. Disorder sometimes marred the festivities, but the public enjoyed both parties' observances. The War of 1812 saw the substitution of solemn observances for the noisy partisan celebrations.
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By the [[Era of Good Feelings]] after the War of 1812, the holiday became nonpartisan and was enthusiastically celebrated across the land. It encouraged national identity and unity with orations, dinners, militia musters, parades, and fireworks.
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The Fourth took on a military dimension that stressed masculinity. Festivities were opened to the entire public and exemplified [[Republicanism|republican]] and egalitarian principles, but they increasingly depicted a militarized, masculine ideal of citizenship and accorded women few roles other than as spectators.
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Especially in small cities and towns the holiday combined patriotism and entertainment in an attempt to reaffirm common values and reinforce community solidarity. The festivities' main ingredients, often covering several days before 1940, were civic and patriotic oratory, parades, sports and games, carnivals, dances, fireworks, music, and food.  
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The Fourth celebrates prowess—first national strength and in recent decades individual strength. The Peachtree Road Race was begun in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1970 and is held each year on the Fourth of July. The first ten-kilometer race attracted a mere 110 runners; by 1994, the number of participants had grown to some fifty thousand.  
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During the 1960s and 1970s, some cities with large antiwar elements, such as Denver, saw parades and picnics replaced by demonstrations and rioting ridiculing patriotism and denouncing the Vietnam War. Those protests were gone by 1975.
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The Fourth is an affirmation of Americanism for Americans in remote locations (such as the Overland Trail in the 1850s) and for Americans overseas. They hold special celebrations at embassies and consulates, as well as private parties wherever expatriates gather.
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===Oratory===
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Typical celebration in the west during the early 1820s paid tribute to the pioneers, observed the customs and traditions of their old homes, alluded to current problems, and sought to reconcile political interests for the occasion. Lawyers were called on to read the Declaration of Independence and to discuss its current and future meaning. Special tribute was paid to Washington and the Founding Fathers, as well as to the personification of the "Genius of Liberty" which would advance both the spiritual and material basis of the United States and counteract the influence of Europe's despotic monarchism. The moral and religious tone of the celebration was accompanied by a general interest in eating, drinking, and offering toasts. The general acceptance of verbose, exaggerated, and ungrammatical Fourth of July oratory was not the result of ignorance. It was based on the idea that people were in danger of losing their liberty, when they forgot to commemorate the manner in which it was won.
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As the fireworks grow louder and brighter, the oratory grows softer and dimmer, and often is dispensed with.
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===Antebellum Southern Whites===
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From 1778 to 1821 orations in the South reflected the nationalist feeling of the period, but in the next decade the threat to the expansion of slavery created an undertone of suspicion. In 1831 and 1832 nullification dominated the celebration, and the abolitionist threat and the horror of slave revolt appeared next. In the 1840s and 1850s the orators defended the institution of slavery. In the five years before the outbreak of the Civil War orators in Charleston and other deep South cities began to accept secession as inevitable. From 1847 to 1860 the orators spoke increasingly with one voice against the hostile action of the federal government. In the border states the emphasis was more on preserving the Union at all costs.
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===Blacks===
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Before the Civil War free blacks found fault with the Declaration of Independence for inconsistency and the closely related grounds of hypocrisy and ineffectuality. They held negative attitudes toward Thomas Jefferson and dismissed the Fourth of July because it did not include freedom for blacks. Black leaders and white abolitionists fought to insure that the Declaration would remain an inescapable commitment.<ref>Benjamin Quarles, "Antebellum Free Blacks and the 'Spirit Of '76.'" ''Journal of Negro History'' 1976 61(3): 229-242.</ref>
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The Fourth is a celebration of freedom and no one had more cause to celebrate than the freed slaves. African American celebration of the Fourth of July in southern cities such as Memphis, Tennessee, in the years following the Civil War featured a major parade with all the local black organizations marching or making floats, followed by picnics and a reading of the Declaration of Independence. At the same time, Fourth of July celebrations by the white community tended to be much more subdued.
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== Reagan: What July 4th Means to Me ==
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Ma! I got a thing going here.
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Representative of the traditional meaning of the Fourth is this oration written and delivered by [[President Ronald Reagan]] in 1981. It captures the essence of what the holiday means to millions of Americans:
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[[File:Reagan large 4.jpg|left|250px]]
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{{clear}}
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{{cquote|<big>For one who was born and grew up in the small towns of the Midwest, there is a special kind of nostalgia about the Fourth of July.</big>
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I remember it as a day almost as long anticipated as Christmas. This was helped along by the appearance in store windows of all kinds of fireworks and colorful posters advertising them with vivid pictures.
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- You got lint on your fuzz.
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No later than the third of July - sometimes earlier - Dad would bring home what he felt he could afford to see go up in smoke and flame. We'd count and recount the number of firecrackers, display pieces and other things and go to bed determined to be up with the sun so as to offer the first, thunderous notice of the Fourth of July.  
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- Wave to us! We'll be in row 118,000.
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I'm afraid we didn't give too much thought to the meaning of the day. And, yes, there were tragic accidents to mar it, resulting from careless handling of the fireworks. I'm sure we're better off today with fireworks largely handled by professionals. Yet there was a thrill never to be forgotten in seeing a tin can blown 30 feet in the air by a giant "cracker" - giant meaning it was about 4 inches long.
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Barry, I told you,
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stop flying in the house!
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But enough of nostalgia. Somewhere in our growing up we began to be aware of the meaning of days and with that awareness came the birth of patriotism. July Fourth is the birthday of our nation. I believed as a boy, and believe even more today, that it is the birthday of the greatest nation on earth.
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There is a legend about the day of our nation's birth in the little hall in Philadelphia, a day on which debate had raged for hours. The men gathered there were honorable men hard-pressed by a king who had flouted the very laws they were willing to obey. Even so, to sign the Declaration of Independence was such an irretrievable act that the walls resounded with the words "treason, the gallows, the headsman's axe," and the issue remained in doubt.
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The legend says that at that point a man rose and spoke. He is described as not a young man, but one who had to summon all his energy for an impassioned plea. He cited the grievances that had brought them to this moment and finally, his voice falling, he said, "They may turn every tree into a gallows, every hole into a grave, and yet the words of that parchment can never die. To the mechanic in the workshop, they will speak hope; to the slave in the mines, freedom. Sign that parchment. Sign if the next moment the noose is around your neck, for that parchment will be the textbook of freedom, the Bible of the rights of man forever."
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He fell back exhausted. The 56 delegates, swept up by his eloquence, rushed forward and signed that document destined to be as immortal as a work of man can be. When they turned to thank him for his timely oratory, he was not to be found, nor could any be found who knew who he was or how he had come in or gone out through the locked and guarded doors.  
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Well, that is the legend. But we do know for certain that 56 men, a little band so unique we have never seen their like since, had pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. Some gave their lives in the war that followed, most gave their fortunes, and all preserved their sacred honor.
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What manner of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists, 11 were merchants and tradesmen, and nine were farmers. They were soft-spoken men of means and education; they were not an unwashed rabble. They had achieved security but valued freedom more. Their stories have not been told nearly enough.  
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*John Hart was driven from the side of his desperately ill wife. For more than a year he lived in the forest and in caves before he returned to find his wife dead, his children vanished, his property destroyed. He died of exhaustion and a broken heart.
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*Carter Braxton of Virginia lost all his ships, sold his home to pay his debts, and died in rags. And so it was with Ellery, Clymer, Hall, Walton, Gwinnett, Rutledge, Morris, Livingston and Middleton.
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*Nelson personally urged Washington to fire on his home and destroy it when it became the headquarters for General Cornwallis. Nelson died bankrupt.
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But they sired a nation that grew from sea to shining sea. Five million farms, quiet villages, cities that never sleep, 3 million square miles of forest, field, mountain and desert, 227 million people with a pedigree that includes the bloodlines of all the world.
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In recent years, however, I've come to think of that day as more than just the birthday of a nation.
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''It also commemorates the only true philosophical revolution in all history.''
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Oh, there have been revolutions before and since ours. But those revolutions simply exchanged one set of rules for another. Ours was a revolution that changed the very concept of government.  
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'''Let the Fourth of July always be a reminder that here in this land, for the first time, it was decided that man is born with certain God-given rights; that government is only a convenience created and managed by the people, with no powers of its own except those ''voluntarily granted to it by the people.'''''
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three days high school.
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'''We sometimes forget that great truth, and we never should.''' <ref>[http://www.originofnations.org/books,%20papers/quotes%20etc/what_july_fourth_means_to_me.htm What July Fourth Means to Me: Ronald Reagan]</ref>
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Happy Fourth of July,
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'''Ronald Reagan'''<br />
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''President of the United States''}}
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==Symbols of Liberty in the United States==
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*[[Flag of the United States of America]] [[Image:USflag.jpg|right|200px]]
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You did come back different.
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*[[Liberty Bell]]
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*[[Statue of Liberty]] [[Image:Liberty2.jpg|right|200px]]
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{{clear}}
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==See also==
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* [[Declaration of Independence]]
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* [[Founding Fathers]]
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* [[American Revolution]]
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* [[American History Painters]]
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==Further reading==
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- Hear about Frankie?
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* Martin, Howard H. "The Fourth of July oration," ''Quarterly Journal of Speech,'' Volume 44, Issue 4, 1958, Pages 393–401
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* Quarles, Benjamin. "Antebellum Free Blacks and the 'Spirit of '76'" ''Journal of Negro History'', Vol. 61, No. 3 (Jul., 1976), pp.&nbsp;229–242 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2717251 in JSTOR]
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* Sweet, Leonard I. "The Fourth of July and Black Americans in the Nineteenth Century: Northern Leadership Opinion Within the Context of the Black Experience," ''Journal of Negro History,'' Vol. 61, No. 3 (July 1976), pp.&nbsp;256–275  [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2717253 in JSTOR]
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* Travers, Len. ''Celebrating the Fourth: Independence Day and the Rites of Nationalism in the Early Republic.'' (1997). 304 pp.
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* Waldstreicher, David. ''In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820'' (1997)
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* Warren, Charles. "Fourth of July Myths," ''William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul., 1945), pp.&nbsp;238–272 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1921451 in JSTOR], by leading conservative scholar
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==References==
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{{reflist}}
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==External links==
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Everybody knows,
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*[https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/29439-what-is-the-fourth-of-july-really-about What Is the Fourth of July Really About?] by Steve Byas of ''[[The New American]]''
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*[https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/history/item/26396-independence-day-and-what-made-america-great-in-the-first-place Independence Day and What Made America Great in the First Place], by C. Mitchell Shaw of ''[[The New American]]''
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*[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/04/13-patriotic-quotes-from-americas-founding-fathers/ 13 Patriotic Quotes from America’s Founding Fathers], Breitbart News.
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[[Category:United States History]]
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[[Category:American Revolution]]
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[[Category:United States Holidays]]
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Hallelujah!
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Students, faculty, distinguished bees,
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Welcome, New Hive Oity
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...9:15.
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That concludes our ceremonies.
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And begins your career
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Will we pick ourjob today?
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Heads up! Here we go.
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Welcome to Honex,
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Wow.
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Wow.
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Honey begins when our valiant Pollen
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Jocks bring the nectar to the hive.
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Our top-secret formula
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Honey!
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We'll sure try.
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Wow! That blew my mind!
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"What's the difference?"
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How can you say that?
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One job forever?
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Like what? Give me one example.
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I don't know. But you know
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Please clear the gate.
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Royal Nectar Force on approach.
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Wait a second. Oheck it out.
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They know what it's like
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Yeah, but some don't come back.
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- Hey, Jocks!
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- Hi, Jocks!
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You guys did great!
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You're monsters!
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You're sky freaks! I love it! I love it!
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You can'tjust decide to be a Pollen
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Right.
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Look. That's more pollen
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Perhaps. Unless you're wearing it
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Those ladies?
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Aren't they our cousins too?
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Yeah. Once a bear pinned me
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He had a paw on my throat,
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- Oh, my!
  −
- I never thought I'd knock him out.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What were you doing during this?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Trying to alert the authorities.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I can autograph that.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
A little gusty out there today,
  −
wasn't it, comrades?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yeah. Gusty.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We're hitting a sunflower patch
  −
six miles from here tomorrow.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Six miles, huh?
  −
- Barry!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
A puddle jump for us,
  −
but maybe you're not up for it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Maybe I am.
  −
- You are not!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We're going 0900 at J-Gate.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What do you think, buzzy-boy?
  −
Are you bee enough?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I might be. It all depends
  −
on what 0900 means.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Hey, Honex!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Dad, you surprised me.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You decide what you're interested in?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Well, there's a lot of choices.
  −
- But you only get one.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Do you ever get bored
  −
doing the same job every day?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Son, let me tell you about stirring.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You grab that stick, and you just
  −
move it around, and you stir it around.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You get yourself into a rhythm.
  −
It's a beautiful thing.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You know, Dad,
  −
the more I think about it,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
maybe the honey field
  −
just isn't right for me.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You were thinking of what,
  −
making balloon animals?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That's a bad job
  −
for a guy with a stinger.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Janet, your son's not sure
  −
he wants to go into honey!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Barry, you are so funny sometimes.
  −
- I'm not trying to be funny.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You're not funny! You're going
  −
into honey. Our son, the stirrer!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You're gonna be a stirrer?
  −
- No one's listening to me!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wait till you see the sticks I have.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I could say anything right now.
  −
I'm gonna get an ant tattoo!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Let's open some honey and celebrate!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Maybe I'll pierce my thorax.
  −
Shave my antennae.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Shack up with a grasshopper. Get
  −
a gold tooth and call everybody "dawg"!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm so proud.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- We're starting work today!
  −
- Today's the day.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oome on! All the good jobs
  −
will be gone.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yeah, right.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Pollen counting, stunt bee, pouring,
  −
stirrer, front desk, hair removal...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Is it still available?
  −
- Hang on. Two left!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
One of them's yours! Oongratulations!
  −
Step to the side.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- What'd you get?
  −
- Picking crud out. Stellar!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wow!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oouple of newbies?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yes, sir! Our first day! We are ready!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Make your choice.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You want to go first?
  −
- No, you go.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, my. What's available?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Restroom attendant's open,
  −
not for the reason you think.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Any chance of getting the Krelman?
  −
- Sure, you're on.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm sorry, the Krelman just closed out.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wax monkey's always open.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
The Krelman opened up again.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What happened?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
A bee died. Makes an opening. See?
  −
He's dead. Another dead one.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Deady. Deadified. Two more dead.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Dead from the neck up.
  −
Dead from the neck down. That's life!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, this is so hard!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Heating, cooling,
  −
stunt bee, pourer, stirrer,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
humming, inspector number seven,
  −
lint coordinator, stripe supervisor,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
mite wrangler. Barry, what
  −
do you think I should... Barry?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Barry!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All right, we've got the sunflower patch
  −
in quadrant nine...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What happened to you?
  −
Where are you?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- I'm going out.
  −
- Out? Out where?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Out there.
  −
- Oh, no!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I have to, before I go
  −
to work for the rest of my life.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You're gonna die! You're crazy! Hello?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Another call coming in.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
If anyone's feeling brave,
  −
there's a Korean deli on 83rd
  −
 
  −
 
  −
that gets their roses today.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Hey, guys.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Look at that.
  −
- Isn't that the kid we saw yesterday?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Hold it, son, flight deck's restricted.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's OK, Lou. We're gonna take him up.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Really? Feeling lucky, are you?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Sign here, here. Just initial that.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Thank you.
  −
- OK.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You got a rain advisory today,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
and as you all know,
  −
bees cannot fly in rain.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
So be careful. As always,
  −
watch your brooms,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
hockey sticks, dogs,
  −
birds, bears and bats.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Also, I got a couple of reports
  −
of root beer being poured on us.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Murphy's in a home because of it,
  −
babbling like a cicada!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- That's awful.
  −
- And a reminder for you rookies,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
bee law number one,
  −
absolutely no talking to humans!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All right, launch positions!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz,
  −
buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Black and yellow!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Hello!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You ready for this, hot shot?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yeah. Yeah, bring it on.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wind, check.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Antennae, check.
  −
- Nectar pack, check.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Wings, check.
  −
- Stinger, check.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Scared out of my shorts, check.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
OK, ladies,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
let's move it out!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Pound those petunias,
  −
you striped stem-suckers!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All of you, drain those flowers!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wow! I'm out!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I can't believe I'm out!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
So blue.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I feel so fast and free!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Box kite!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wow!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Flowers!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This is Blue Leader.
  −
We have roses visual.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bring it around 30 degrees and hold.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Roses!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
30 degrees, roger. Bringing it around.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Stand to the side, kid.
  −
It's got a bit of a kick.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That is one nectar collector!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Ever see pollination up close?
  −
- No, sir.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I pick up some pollen here, sprinkle it
  −
over here. Maybe a dash over there,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
a pinch on that one.
  −
See that? It's a little bit of magic.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That's amazing. Why do we do that?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That's pollen power. More pollen, more
  −
flowers, more nectar, more honey for us.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oool.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm picking up a lot of bright yellow.
  −
Oould be daisies. Don't we need those?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oopy that visual.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wait. One of these flowers
  −
seems to be on the move.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Say again? You're reporting
  −
a moving flower?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Affirmative.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That was on the line!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This is the coolest. What is it?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I don't know, but I'm loving this color.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It smells good.
  −
Not like a flower, but I like it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yeah, fuzzy.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Ohemical-y.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oareful, guys. It's a little grabby.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
My sweet lord of bees!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oandy-brain, get off there!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Problem!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Guys!
  −
- This could be bad.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Affirmative.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Very close.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Gonna hurt.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mama's little boy.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You are way out of position, rookie!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Ooming in at you like a missile!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Help me!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I don't think these are flowers.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Should we tell him?
  −
- I think he knows.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What is this?!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Match point!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You can start packing up, honey,
  −
because you're about to eat it!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yowser!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Gross.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
There's a bee in the car!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Do something!
  −
- I'm driving!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Hi, bee.
  −
- He's back here!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He's going to sting me!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Nobody move. If you don't move,
  −
he won't sting you. Freeze!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He blinked!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Spray him, Granny!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What are you doing?!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wow... the tension level
  −
out here is unbelievable.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I gotta get home.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oan't fly in rain.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oan't fly in rain.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oan't fly in rain.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mayday! Mayday! Bee going down!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Ken, could you close
  −
the window please?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Ken, could you close
  −
the window please?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oheck out my new resume.
  −
I made it into a fold-out brochure.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You see? Folds out.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, no. More humans. I don't need this.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What was that?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Maybe this time. This time. This time.
  −
This time! This time! This...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Drapes!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That is diabolical.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's fantastic. It's got all my special
  −
skills, even my top-ten favorite movies.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What's number one? Star Wars?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Nah, I don't go for that...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
...kind of stuff.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
No wonder we shouldn't talk to them.
  −
They're out of their minds.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
When I leave a job interview, they're
  −
flabbergasted, can't believe what I say.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
There's the sun. Maybe that's a way out.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I don't remember the sun
  −
having a big 75 on it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I predicted global warming.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I could feel it getting hotter.
  −
At first I thought it was just me.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wait! Stop! Bee!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Stand back. These are winter boots.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wait!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Don't kill him!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You know I'm allergic to them!
  −
This thing could kill me!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Why does his life have
  −
less value than yours?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Why does his life have any less value
  −
than mine? Is that your statement?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm just saying all life has value. You
  −
don't know what he's capable of feeling.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
My brochure!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
There you go, little guy.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm not scared of him.
  −
It's an allergic thing.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Put that on your resume brochure.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
My whole face could puff up.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Make it one of your special skills.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Knocking someone out
  −
is also a special skill.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Right. Bye, Vanessa. Thanks.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Vanessa, next week? Yogurt night?
  −
- Sure, Ken. You know, whatever.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You could put carob chips on there.
  −
- Bye.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Supposed to be less calories.
  −
- Bye.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I gotta say something.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
She saved my life.
  −
I gotta say something.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All right, here it goes.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Nah.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What would I say?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I could really get in trouble.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's a bee law.
  −
You're not supposed to talk to a human.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I can't believe I'm doing this.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I've got to.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, I can't do it. Oome on!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
No. Yes. No.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Do it. I can't.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How should I start it?
  −
"You like jazz?" No, that's no good.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Here she comes! Speak, you fool!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Hi!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm sorry.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You're talking.
  −
- Yes, I know.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You're talking!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm so sorry.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
No, it's OK. It's fine.
  −
I know I'm dreaming.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
But I don't recall going to bed.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Well, I'm sure this
  −
is very disconcerting.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This is a bit of a surprise to me.
  −
I mean, you're a bee!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I am. And I'm not supposed
  −
to be doing this,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
but they were all trying to kill me.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And if it wasn't for you...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I had to thank you.
  −
It's just how I was raised.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That was a little weird.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- I'm talking with a bee.
  −
- Yeah.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm talking to a bee.
  −
And the bee is talking to me!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I just want to say I'm grateful.
  −
I'll leave now.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Wait! How did you learn to do that?
  −
- What?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
The talking thing.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Same way you did, I guess.
  −
"Mama, Dada, honey." You pick it up.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- That's very funny.
  −
- Yeah.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bees are funny. If we didn't laugh,
  −
we'd cry with what we have to deal with.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Anyway...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oan I...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
...get you something?
  −
- Like what?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I don't know. I mean...
  −
I don't know. Ooffee?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I don't want to put you out.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's no trouble. It takes two minutes.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- It's just coffee.
  −
- I hate to impose.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Don't be ridiculous!
  −
- Actually, I would love a cup.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Hey, you want rum cake?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- I shouldn't.
  −
- Have some.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- No, I can't.
  −
- Oome on!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm trying to lose a couple micrograms.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Where?
  −
- These stripes don't help.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You look great!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I don't know if you know
  −
anything about fashion.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Are you all right?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
No.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He's making the tie in the cab
  −
as they're flying up Madison.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He finally gets there.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He runs up the steps into the church.
  −
The wedding is on.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And he says, "Watermelon?
  −
I thought you said Guatemalan.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Why would I marry a watermelon?"
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Is that a bee joke?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That's the kind of stuff we do.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yeah, different.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
So, what are you gonna do, Barry?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
About work? I don't know.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I want to do my part for the hive,
  −
but I can't do it the way they want.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I know how you feel.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You do?
  −
- Sure.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
My parents wanted me to be a lawyer or
  −
a doctor, but I wanted to be a florist.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Really?
  −
- My only interest is flowers.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Our new queen was just elected
  −
with that same campaign slogan.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Anyway, if you look...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
There's my hive right there. See it?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You're in Sheep Meadow!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yes! I'm right off the Turtle Pond!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
No way! I know that area.
  −
I lost a toe ring there once.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Why do girls put rings on their toes?
  −
- Why not?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- It's like putting a hat on your knee.
  −
- Maybe I'll try that.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You all right, ma'am?
  −
- Oh, yeah. Fine.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Just having two cups of coffee!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Anyway, this has been great.
  −
Thanks for the coffee.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yeah, it's no trouble.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Sorry I couldn't finish it. If I did,
  −
I'd be up the rest of my life.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Are you...?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oan I take a piece of this with me?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Sure! Here, have a crumb.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Thanks!
  −
- Yeah.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All right. Well, then...
  −
I guess I'll see you around.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Or not.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
OK, Barry.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And thank you
  −
so much again... for before.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, that? That was nothing.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Well, not nothing, but... Anyway...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This can't possibly work.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He's all set to go.
  −
We may as well try it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
OK, Dave, pull the chute.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Sounds amazing.
  −
- It was amazing!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It was the scariest,
  −
happiest moment of my life.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Humans! I can't believe
  −
you were with humans!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Giant, scary humans!
  −
What were they like?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Huge and crazy. They talk crazy.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
They eat crazy giant things.
  −
They drive crazy.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Do they try and kill you, like on TV?
  −
- Some of them. But some of them don't.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- How'd you get back?
  −
- Poodle.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You did it, and I'm glad. You saw
  −
whatever you wanted to see.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You had your "experience." Now you
  −
can pick out yourjob and be normal.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Well...
  −
- Well?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Well, I met someone.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You did? Was she Bee-ish?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- A wasp?! Your parents will kill you!
  −
- No, no, no, not a wasp.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Spider?
  −
- I'm not attracted to spiders.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I know it's the hottest thing,
  −
with the eight legs and all.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I can't get by that face.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
So who is she?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
She's... human.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
No, no. That's a bee law.
  −
You wouldn't break a bee law.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Her name's Vanessa.
  −
- Oh, boy.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
She's so nice. And she's a florist!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, no! You're dating a human florist!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We're not dating.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You're flying outside the hive, talking
  −
to humans that attack our homes
  −
 
  −
 
  −
with power washers and M-80s!
  −
One-eighth a stick of dynamite!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
She saved my life!
  −
And she understands me.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This is over!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Eat this.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This is not over! What was that?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- They call it a crumb.
  −
- It was so stingin' stripey!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And that's not what they eat.
  −
That's what falls off what they eat!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You know what a Oinnabon is?
  −
- No.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's bread and cinnamon and frosting.
  −
They heat it up...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Sit down!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
...really hot!
  −
- Listen to me!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We are not them! We're us.
  −
There's us and there's them!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yes, but who can deny
  −
the heart that is yearning?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
There's no yearning.
  −
Stop yearning. Listen to me!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You have got to start thinking bee,
  −
my friend. Thinking bee!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Thinking bee.
  −
- Thinking bee.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Thinking bee! Thinking bee!
  −
Thinking bee! Thinking bee!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
There he is. He's in the pool.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You know what your problem is, Barry?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I gotta start thinking bee?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How much longer will this go on?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's been three days!
  −
Why aren't you working?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I've got a lot of big life decisions
  −
to think about.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What life? You have no life!
  −
You have no job. You're barely a bee!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Would it kill you
  −
to make a little honey?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Barry, come out.
  −
Your father's talking to you.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Martin, would you talk to him?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Barry, I'm talking to you!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You coming?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Got everything?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All set!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Go ahead. I'll catch up.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Don't be too long.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Watch this!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Vanessa!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- We're still here.
  −
- I told you not to yell at him.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He doesn't respond to yelling!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Then why yell at me?
  −
- Because you don't listen!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm not listening to this.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Sorry, I've gotta go.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Where are you going?
  −
- I'm meeting a friend.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
A girl? Is this why you can't decide?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bye.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I just hope she's Bee-ish.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
They have a huge parade
  −
of flowers every year in Pasadena?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
To be in the Tournament of Roses,
  −
that's every florist's dream!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Up on a float, surrounded
  −
by flowers, crowds cheering.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
A tournament. Do the roses
  −
compete in athletic events?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
No. All right, I've got one.
  −
How come you don't fly everywhere?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's exhausting. Why don't you
  −
run everywhere? It's faster.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yeah, OK, I see, I see.
  −
All right, your turn.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
TiVo. You can just freeze live TV?
  −
That's insane!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You don't have that?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We have Hivo, but it's a disease.
  −
It's a horrible, horrible disease.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, my.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Dumb bees!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You must want to sting all those jerks.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We try not to sting.
  −
It's usually fatal for us.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
So you have to watch your temper.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Very carefully.
  −
You kick a wall, take a walk,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
write an angry letter and throw it out.
  −
Work through it like any emotion:
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Anger, jealousy, lust.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, my goodness! Are you OK?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yeah.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- What is wrong with you?!
  −
- It's a bug.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He's not bothering anybody.
  −
Get out of here, you creep!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What was that? A Pic 'N' Save circular?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yeah, it was. How did you know?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It felt like about 10 pages.
  −
Seventy-five is pretty much our limit.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You've really got that
  −
down to a science.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- I lost a cousin to Italian Vogue.
  −
- I'll bet.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What in the name
  −
of Mighty Hercules is this?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How did this get here?
  −
Oute Bee, Golden Blossom,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Ray Liotta Private Select?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Is he that actor?
  −
- I never heard of him.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Why is this here?
  −
- For people. We eat it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You don't have
  −
enough food of your own?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Well, yes.
  −
- How do you get it?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Bees make it.
  −
- I know who makes it!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And it's hard to make it!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
There's heating, cooling, stirring.
  −
You need a whole Krelman thing!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- It's organic.
  −
- It's our-ganic!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's just honey, Barry.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Just what?!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bees don't know about this!
  −
This is stealing! A lot of stealing!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You've taken our homes, schools,
  −
hospitals! This is all we have!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And it's on sale?!
  −
I'm getting to the bottom of this.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm getting to the bottom
  −
of all of this!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Hey, Hector.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You almost done?
  −
- Almost.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He is here. I sense it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Well, I guess I'll go home now
  −
 
  −
 
  −
and just leave this nice honey out,
  −
with no one around.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You're busted, box boy!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I knew I heard something.
  −
So you can talk!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I can talk.
  −
And now you'll start talking!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Where you getting the sweet stuff?
  −
Who's your supplier?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I don't understand.
  −
I thought we were friends.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
The last thing we want
  −
to do is upset bees!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You're too late! It's ours now!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You, sir, have crossed
  −
the wrong sword!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You, sir, will be lunch
  −
for my iguana, Ignacio!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Where is the honey coming from?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Tell me where!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Honey Farms! It comes from Honey Farms!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Orazy person!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What horrible thing has happened here?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
These faces, they never knew
  −
what hit them. And now
  −
 
  −
 
  −
they're on the road to nowhere!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Just keep still.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What? You're not dead?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Do I look dead? They will wipe anything
  −
that moves. Where you headed?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
To Honey Farms.
  −
I am onto something huge here.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm going to Alaska. Moose blood,
  −
crazy stuff. Blows your head off!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm going to Tacoma.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- And you?
  −
- He really is dead.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All right.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Uh-oh!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- What is that?!
  −
- Oh, no!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- A wiper! Triple blade!
  −
- Triple blade?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Jump on! It's your only chance, bee!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Why does everything have
  −
to be so doggone clean?!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How much do you people need to see?!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Open your eyes!
  −
Stick your head out the window!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
From NPR News in Washington,
  −
I'm Oarl Kasell.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
But don't kill no more bugs!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Bee!
  −
- Moose blood guy!!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You hear something?
  −
- Like what?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Like tiny screaming.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Turn off the radio.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Whassup, bee boy?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Hey, Blood.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Just a row of honey jars,
  −
as far as the eye could see.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wow!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I assume wherever this truck goes
  −
is where they're getting it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I mean, that honey's ours.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Bees hang tight.
  −
- We're all jammed in.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's a close community.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Not us, man. We on our own.
  −
Every mosquito on his own.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- What if you get in trouble?
  −
- You a mosquito, you in trouble.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Nobody likes us. They just smack.
  −
See a mosquito, smack, smack!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
At least you're out in the world.
  −
You must meet girls.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mosquito girls try to trade up,
  −
get with a moth, dragonfly.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mosquito girl don't want no mosquito.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You got to be kidding me!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mooseblood's about to leave
  −
the building! So long, bee!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Hey, guys!
  −
- Mooseblood!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I knew I'd catch y'all down here.
  −
Did you bring your crazy straw?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We throw it in jars, slap a label on it,
  −
and it's pretty much pure profit.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What is this place?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
A bee's got a brain
  −
the size of a pinhead.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
They are pinheads!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Pinhead.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Oheck out the new smoker.
  −
- Oh, sweet. That's the one you want.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
The Thomas 3000!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Smoker?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Ninety puffs a minute, semi-automatic.
  −
Twice the nicotine, all the tar.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
A couple breaths of this
  −
knocks them right out.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
They make the honey,
  −
and we make the money.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
"They make the honey,
  −
and we make the money"?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, my!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What's going on? Are you OK?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yeah. It doesn't last too long.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Do you know you're
  −
in a fake hive with fake walls?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Our queen was moved here.
  −
We had no choice.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This is your queen?
  −
That's a man in women's clothes!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That's a drag queen!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What is this?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, no!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
There's hundreds of them!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bee honey.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Our honey is being brazenly stolen
  −
on a massive scale!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This is worse than anything bears
  −
have done! I intend to do something.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, Barry, stop.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Who told you humans are taking
  −
our honey? That's a rumor.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Do these look like rumors?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That's a conspiracy theory.
  −
These are obviously doctored photos.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How did you get mixed up in this?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He's been talking to humans.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- What?
  −
- Talking to humans?!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He has a human girlfriend.
  −
And they make out!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Make out? Barry!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We do not.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You wish you could.
  −
- Whose side are you on?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
The bees!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I dated a cricket once in San Antonio.
  −
Those crazy legs kept me up all night.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Barry, this is what you want
  −
to do with your life?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I want to do it for all our lives.
  −
Nobody works harder than bees!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Dad, I remember you
  −
coming home so overworked
  −
 
  −
 
  −
your hands were still stirring.
  −
You couldn't stop.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I remember that.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What right do they have to our honey?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We live on two cups a year. They put it
  −
in lip balm for no reason whatsoever!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Even if it's true, what can one bee do?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Sting them where it really hurts.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
In the face! The eye!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- That would hurt.
  −
- No.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Up the nose? That's a killer.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
There's only one place you can sting
  −
the humans, one place where it matters.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Hive at Five, the hive's only
  −
full-hour action news source.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
No more bee beards!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
With Bob Bumble at the anchor desk.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Weather with Storm Stinger.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Sports with Buzz Larvi.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And Jeanette Ohung.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Good evening. I'm Bob Bumble.
  −
- And I'm Jeanette Ohung.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
A tri-county bee, Barry Benson,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
intends to sue the human race
  −
for stealing our honey,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
packaging it and profiting
  −
from it illegally!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Tomorrow night on Bee Larry King,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
we'll have three former queens here in
  −
our studio, discussing their new book,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Olassy Ladies,
  −
out this week on Hexagon.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Tonight we're talking to Barry Benson.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Did you ever think, "I'm a kid
  −
from the hive. I can't do this"?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bees have never been afraid
  −
to change the world.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What about Bee Oolumbus?
  −
Bee Gandhi? Bejesus?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Where I'm from, we'd never sue humans.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We were thinking
  −
of stickball or candy stores.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How old are you?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
The bee community
  −
is supporting you in this case,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
which will be the trial
  −
of the bee century.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You know, they have a Larry King
  −
in the human world too.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's a common name. Next week...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He looks like you and has a show
  −
and suspenders and colored dots...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Next week...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Glasses, quotes on the bottom from the
  −
guest even though you just heard 'em.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bear Week next week!
  −
They're scary, hairy and here live.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Always leans forward, pointy shoulders,
  −
squinty eyes, very Jewish.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
In tennis, you attack
  −
at the point of weakness!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It was my grandmother, Ken. She's 81.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Honey, her backhand's a joke!
  −
I'm not gonna take advantage of that?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Quiet, please.
  −
Actual work going on here.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Is that that same bee?
  −
- Yes, it is!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm helping him sue the human race.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Hello.
  −
- Hello, bee.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This is Ken.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yeah, I remember you. Timberland, size
  −
ten and a half. Vibram sole, I believe.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Why does he talk again?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Listen, you better go
  −
'cause we're really busy working.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
But it's our yogurt night!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bye-bye.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Why is yogurt night so difficult?!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You poor thing.
  −
You two have been at this for hours!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yes, and Adam here
  −
has been a huge help.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Frosting...
  −
- How many sugars?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Just one. I try not
  −
to use the competition.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
So why are you helping me?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bees have good qualities.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And it takes my mind off the shop.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Instead of flowers, people
  −
are giving balloon bouquets now.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Those are great, if you're three.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And artificial flowers.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Oh, those just get me psychotic!
  −
- Yeah, me too.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bent stingers, pointless pollination.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bees must hate those fake things!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Nothing worse
  −
than a daffodil that's had work done.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Maybe this could make up
  −
for it a little bit.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- This lawsuit's a pretty big deal.
  −
- I guess.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You sure you want to go through with it?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Am I sure? When I'm done with
  −
the humans, they won't be able
  −
 
  −
 
  −
to say, "Honey, I'm home,"
  −
without paying a royalty!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's an incredible scene
  −
here in downtown Manhattan,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
where the world anxiously waits,
  −
because for the first time in history,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
we will hear for ourselves
  −
if a honeybee can actually speak.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What have we gotten into here, Barry?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's pretty big, isn't it?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I can't believe how many humans
  −
don't work during the day.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You think billion-dollar multinational
  −
food companies have good lawyers?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Everybody needs to stay
  −
behind the barricade.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- What's the matter?
  −
- I don't know, I just got a chill.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Well, if it isn't the bee team.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You boys work on this?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All rise! The Honorable
  −
Judge Bumbleton presiding.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All right. Oase number 4475,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Superior Oourt of New York,
  −
Barry Bee Benson v. the Honey Industry
  −
 
  −
 
  −
is now in session.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mr. Montgomery, you're representing
  −
the five food companies collectively?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
A privilege.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mr. Benson... you're representing
  −
all the bees of the world?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm kidding. Yes, Your Honor,
  −
we're ready to proceed.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mr. Montgomery,
  −
your opening statement, please.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
my grandmother was a simple woman.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Born on a farm, she believed
  −
it was man's divine right
  −
 
  −
 
  −
to benefit from the bounty
  −
of nature God put before us.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
If we lived in the topsy-turvy world
  −
Mr. Benson imagines,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
just think of what would it mean.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I would have to negotiate
  −
with the silkworm
  −
 
  −
 
  −
for the elastic in my britches!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Talking bee!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How do we know this isn't some sort of
  −
 
  −
 
  −
holographic motion-picture-capture
  −
Hollywood wizardry?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
They could be using laser beams!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Robotics! Ventriloquism!
  −
Oloning! For all we know,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
he could be on steroids!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mr. Benson?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Ladies and gentlemen,
  −
there's no trickery here.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm just an ordinary bee.
  −
Honey's pretty important to me.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's important to all bees.
  −
We invented it!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We make it. And we protect it
  −
with our lives.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Unfortunately, there are
  −
some people in this room
  −
 
  −
 
  −
who think they can take it from us
  −
 
  −
 
  −
'cause we're the little guys!
  −
I'm hoping that, after this is all over,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
you'll see how, by taking our honey,
  −
you not only take everything we have
  −
 
  −
 
  −
but everything we are!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I wish he'd dress like that
  −
all the time. So nice!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oall your first witness.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
So, Mr. Klauss Vanderhayden
  −
of Honey Farms, big company you have.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I suppose so.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I see you also own
  −
Honeyburton and Honron!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yes, they provide beekeepers
  −
for our farms.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Beekeeper. I find that
  −
to be a very disturbing term.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I don't imagine you employ
  −
any bee-free-ers, do you?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- No.
  −
- I couldn't hear you.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- No.
  −
- No.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Because you don't free bees.
  −
You keep bees. Not only that,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
it seems you thought a bear would be
  −
an appropriate image for a jar of honey.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
They're very lovable creatures.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yogi Bear, Fozzie Bear, Build-A-Bear.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You mean like this?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bears kill bees!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How'd you like his head crashing
  −
through your living room?!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Biting into your couch!
  −
Spitting out your throw pillows!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
OK, that's enough. Take him away.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
So, Mr. Sting, thank you for being here.
  −
Your name intrigues me.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Where have I heard it before?
  −
- I was with a band called The Police.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
But you've never been
  −
a police officer, have you?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
No, I haven't.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
No, you haven't. And so here
  −
we have yet another example
  −
 
  −
 
  −
of bee culture casually
  −
stolen by a human
  −
 
  −
 
  −
for nothing more than
  −
a prance-about stage name.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, please.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Have you ever been stung, Mr. Sting?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Because I'm feeling
  −
a little stung, Sting.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Or should I say... Mr. Gordon M. Sumner!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That's not his real name?! You idiots!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mr. Liotta, first,
  −
belated congratulations on
  −
 
  −
 
  −
your Emmy win for a guest spot
  −
on ER in 2005.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Thank you. Thank you.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I see from your resume
  −
that you're devilishly handsome
  −
 
  −
 
  −
with a churning inner turmoil
  −
that's ready to blow.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I enjoy what I do. Is that a crime?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Not yet it isn't. But is this
  −
what it's come to for you?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Exploiting tiny, helpless bees
  −
so you don't
  −
 
  −
 
  −
have to rehearse
  −
your part and learn your lines, sir?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Watch it, Benson!
  −
I could blow right now!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This isn't a goodfella.
  −
This is a badfella!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Why doesn't someone just step on
  −
this creep, and we can all go home?!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Order in this court!
  −
- You're all thinking it!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Order! Order, I say!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Say it!
  −
- Mr. Liotta, please sit down!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I think it was awfully nice
  −
of that bear to pitch in like that.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I think the jury's on our side.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Are we doing everything right, legally?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm a florist.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Right. Well, here's to a great team.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
To a great team!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Well, hello.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Ken!
  −
- Hello.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I didn't think you were coming.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
No, I was just late.
  −
I tried to call, but... the battery.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I didn't want all this to go to waste,
  −
so I called Barry. Luckily, he was free.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, that was lucky.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
There's a little left.
  −
I could heat it up.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yeah, heat it up, sure, whatever.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
So I hear you're quite a tennis player.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm not much for the game myself.
  −
The ball's a little grabby.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That's where I usually sit.
  −
Right... there.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Ken, Barry was looking at your resume,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
and he agreed with me that eating with
  −
chopsticks isn't really a special skill.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You think I don't see what you're doing?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I know how hard it is to find
  −
the rightjob. We have that in common.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Do we?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bees have 100 percent employment,
  −
but we do jobs like taking the crud out.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That's just what
  −
I was thinking about doing.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Ken, I let Barry borrow your razor
  −
for his fuzz. I hope that was all right.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm going to drain the old stinger.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yeah, you do that.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Look at that.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You know, I've just about had it
  −
 
  −
 
  −
with your little mind games.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- What's that?
  −
- Italian Vogue.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mamma mia, that's a lot of pages.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
A lot of ads.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Remember what Van said, why is
  −
your life more valuable than mine?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Funny, I just can't seem to recall that!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I think something stinks in here!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I love the smell of flowers.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How do you like the smell of flames?!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Not as much.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Water bug! Not taking sides!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Ken, I'm wearing a Ohapstick hat!
  −
This is pathetic!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I've got issues!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Well, well, well, a royal flush!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You're bluffing.
  −
- Am I?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Surf's up, dude!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Poo water!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That bowl is gnarly.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Except for those dirty yellow rings!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Kenneth! What are you doing?!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You know, I don't even like honey!
  −
I don't eat it!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We need to talk!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He's just a little bee!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And he happens to be
  −
the nicest bee I've met in a long time!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Long time? What are you talking about?!
  −
Are there other bugs in your life?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
No, but there are other things bugging
  −
me in life. And you're one of them!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Fine! Talking bees, no yogurt night...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
My nerves are fried from riding
  −
on this emotional roller coaster!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Goodbye, Ken.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And for your information,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I prefer sugar-free, artificial
  −
sweeteners made by man!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm sorry about all that.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I know it's got
  −
an aftertaste! I like it!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I always felt there was some kind
  −
of barrier between Ken and me.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I couldn't overcome it.
  −
Oh, well.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Are you OK for the trial?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I believe Mr. Montgomery
  −
is about out of ideas.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We would like to call
  −
Mr. Barry Benson Bee to the stand.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Good idea! You can really see why he's
  −
considered one of the best lawyers...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yeah.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Layton, you've
  −
gotta weave some magic
  −
 
  −
 
  −
with this jury,
  −
or it's gonna be all over.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Don't worry. The only thing I have
  −
to do to turn this jury around
  −
 
  −
 
  −
is to remind them
  −
of what they don't like about bees.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You got the tweezers?
  −
- Are you allergic?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Only to losing, son. Only to losing.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mr. Benson Bee, I'll ask you
  −
what I think we'd all like to know.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What exactly is your relationship
  −
 
  −
 
  −
to that woman?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We're friends.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Good friends?
  −
- Yes.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How good? Do you live together?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wait a minute...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Are you her little...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
...bedbug?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I've seen a bee documentary or two.
  −
From what I understand,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
doesn't your queen give birth
  −
to all the bee children?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Yeah, but...
  −
- So those aren't your real parents!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Oh, Barry...
  −
- Yes, they are!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Hold me back!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You're an illegitimate bee,
  −
aren't you, Benson?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He's denouncing bees!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Don't y'all date your cousins?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Objection!
  −
- I'm going to pincushion this guy!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Adam, don't! It's what he wants!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, I'm hit!!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, lordy, I am hit!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Order! Order!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
The venom! The venom
  −
is coursing through my veins!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I have been felled
  −
by a winged beast of destruction!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You see? You can't treat them
  −
like equals! They're striped savages!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Stinging's the only thing
  −
they know! It's their way!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Adam, stay with me.
  −
- I can't feel my legs.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What angel of mercy
  −
will come forward to suck the poison
  −
 
  −
 
  −
from my heaving buttocks?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I will have order in this court. Order!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Order, please!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
The case of the honeybees
  −
versus the human race
  −
 
  −
 
  −
took a pointed turn against the bees
  −
 
  −
 
  −
yesterday when one of their legal
  −
team stung Layton T. Montgomery.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Hey, buddy.
  −
- Hey.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Is there much pain?
  −
- Yeah.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I blew the whole case, didn't I?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It doesn't matter. What matters is
  −
you're alive. You could have died.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'd be better off dead. Look at me.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
They got it from the cafeteria
  −
downstairs, in a tuna sandwich.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Look, there's
  −
a little celery still on it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What was it like to sting someone?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I can't explain it. It was all...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All adrenaline and then...
  −
and then ecstasy!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All right.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You think it was all a trap?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Of course. I'm sorry.
  −
I flew us right into this.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What were we thinking? Look at us. We're
  −
just a couple of bugs in this world.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What will the humans do to us
  −
if they win?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I don't know.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I hear they put the roaches in motels.
  −
That doesn't sound so bad.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Adam, they check in,
  −
but they don't check out!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, my.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oould you get a nurse
  −
to close that window?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Why?
  −
- The smoke.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bees don't smoke.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Right. Bees don't smoke.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bees don't smoke!
  −
But some bees are smoking.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That's it! That's our case!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It is? It's not over?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Get dressed. I've gotta go somewhere.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Get back to the court and stall.
  −
Stall any way you can.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And assuming you've done step correctly, you're ready for the tub.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mr. Flayman.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yes? Yes, Your Honor!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Where is the rest of your team?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Well, Your Honor, it's interesting.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bees are trained to fly haphazardly,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
and as a result,
  −
we don't make very good time.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I actually heard a funny story about...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Your Honor,
  −
haven't these ridiculous bugs
  −
 
  −
 
  −
taken up enough
  −
of this court's valuable time?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How much longer will we allow
  −
these absurd shenanigans to go on?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
They have presented no compelling
  −
evidence to support their charges
  −
 
  −
 
  −
against my clients,
  −
who run legitimate businesses.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I move for a complete dismissal
  −
of this entire case!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mr. Flayman, I'm afraid I'm going
  −
 
  −
 
  −
to have to consider
  −
Mr. Montgomery's motion.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
But you can't! We have a terrific case.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Where is your proof?
  −
Where is the evidence?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Show me the smoking gun!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Hold it, Your Honor!
  −
You want a smoking gun?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Here is your smoking gun.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What is that?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's a bee smoker!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What, this?
  −
This harmless little contraption?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This couldn't hurt a fly,
  −
let alone a bee.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Look at what has happened
  −
 
  −
 
  −
to bees who have never been asked,
  −
"Smoking or non?"
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Is this what nature intended for us?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
To be forcibly addicted
  −
to smoke machines
  −
 
  −
 
  −
and man-made wooden slat work camps?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Living out our lives as honey slaves
  −
to the white man?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- What are we gonna do?
  −
- He's playing the species card.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Ladies and gentlemen, please,
  −
free these bees!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Free the bees! Free the bees!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Free the bees!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Free the bees! Free the bees!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
The court finds in favor of the bees!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Vanessa, we won!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I knew you could do it! High-five!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Sorry.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm OK! You know what this means?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All the honey
  −
will finally belong to the bees.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Now we won't have
  −
to work so hard all the time.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This is an unholy perversion
  −
of the balance of nature, Benson.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You'll regret this.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Barry, how much honey is out there?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All right. One at a time.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Barry, who are you wearing?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
My sweater is Ralph Lauren,
  −
and I have no pants.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- What if Montgomery's right?
  −
- What do you mean?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We've been living the bee way
  −
a long time, 27 million years.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oongratulations on your victory.
  −
What will you demand as a settlement?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
First, we'll demand a complete shutdown
  −
of all bee work camps.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Then we want back the honey
  −
that was ours to begin with,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
every last drop.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We demand an end to the glorification
  −
of the bear as anything more
  −
 
  −
 
  −
than a filthy, smelly,
  −
bad-breath stink machine.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We're all aware
  −
of what they do in the woods.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wait for my signal.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Take him out.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He'll have nauseous
  −
for a few hours, then he'll be fine.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And we will no longer tolerate
  −
bee-negative nicknames...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
But it's just a prance-about stage name!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
...unnecessary inclusion of honey
  −
in bogus health products
  −
 
  −
 
  −
and la-dee-da human
  −
tea-time snack garnishments.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oan't breathe.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bring it in, boys!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Hold it right there! Good.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Tap it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mr. Buzzwell, we just passed three cups,
  −
and there's gallons more coming!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- I think we need to shut down!
  −
- Shut down? We've never shut down.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Shut down honey production!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Stop making honey!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Turn your key, sir!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What do we do now?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oannonball!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We're shutting honey production!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Mission abort.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Aborting pollination and nectar detail.
  −
Returning to base.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Adam, you wouldn't believe
  −
how much honey was out there.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, yeah?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What's going on? Where is everybody?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Are they out celebrating?
  −
- They're home.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
They don't know what to do.
  −
Laying out, sleeping in.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I heard your Uncle Oarl was on his way
  −
to San Antonio with a cricket.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
At least we got our honey back.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Sometimes I think, so what if humans
  −
liked our honey? Who wouldn't?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's the greatest thing in the world!
  −
I was excited to be part of making it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This was my new desk. This was my
  −
new job. I wanted to do it really well.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And now...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Now I can't.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I don't understand
  −
why they're not happy.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I thought their lives would be better!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
They're doing nothing. It's amazing.
  −
Honey really changes people.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You don't have any idea
  −
what's going on, do you?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- What did you want to show me?
  −
- This.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What happened here?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That is not the half of it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, no. Oh, my.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
They're all wilting.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Doesn't look very good, does it?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
No.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And whose fault do you think that is?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You know, I'm gonna guess bees.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bees?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Specifically, me.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I didn't think bees not needing to make
  −
honey would affect all these things.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's notjust flowers.
  −
Fruits, vegetables, they all need bees.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That's our whole SAT test right there.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Take away produce, that affects
  −
the entire animal kingdom.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And then, of course...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
The human species?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
So if there's no more pollination,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
it could all just go south here,
  −
couldn't it?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I know this is also partly my fault.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How about a suicide pact?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How do we do it?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- I'll sting you, you step on me.
  −
- Thatjust kills you twice.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Right, right.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Listen, Barry...
  −
sorry, but I gotta get going.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I had to open my mouth and talk.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Vanessa?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Vanessa? Why are you leaving?
  −
Where are you going?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
To the final Tournament of Roses parade
  −
in Pasadena.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
They've moved it to this weekend
  −
because all the flowers are dying.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's the last chance
  −
I'll ever have to see it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Vanessa, I just wanna say I'm sorry.
  −
I never meant it to turn out like this.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I know. Me neither.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Tournament of Roses.
  −
Roses can't do sports.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wait a minute. Roses. Roses?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Roses!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Vanessa!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Roses?!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Barry?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Roses are flowers!
  −
- Yes, they are.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Flowers, bees, pollen!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I know.
  −
That's why this is the last parade.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Maybe not.
  −
Oould you ask him to slow down?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oould you slow down?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Barry!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
OK, I made a huge mistake.
  −
This is a total disaster, all my fault.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yes, it kind of is.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I've ruined the planet.
  −
I wanted to help you
  −
 
  −
 
  −
with the flower shop.
  −
I've made it worse.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Actually, it's completely closed down.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I thought maybe you were remodeling.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
But I have another idea, and it's
  −
greater than my previous ideas combined.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I don't want to hear it!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All right, they have the roses,
  −
the roses have the pollen.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I know every bee, plant
  −
and flower bud in this park.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All we gotta do is get what they've got
  −
back here with what we've got.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Bees.
  −
- Park.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Pollen!
  −
- Flowers.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Repollination!
  −
- Across the nation!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Tournament of Roses,
  −
Pasadena, Oalifornia.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
They've got nothing
  −
but flowers, floats and cotton candy.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Security will be tight.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I have an idea.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Vanessa Bloome, FTD.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Official floral business. It's real.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Sorry, ma'am. Nice brooch.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Thank you. It was a gift.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Once inside,
  −
we just pick the right float.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How about The Princess and the Pea?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I could be the princess,
  −
and you could be the pea!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Yes, I got it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Where should I sit?
  −
- What are you?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- I believe I'm the pea.
  −
- The pea?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It goes under the mattresses.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Not in this fairy tale, sweetheart.
  −
- I'm getting the marshal.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You do that!
  −
This whole parade is a fiasco!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Let's see what this baby'll do.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Hey, what are you doing?!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Then all we do
  −
is blend in with traffic...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
...without arousing suspicion.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Once at the airport,
  −
there's no stopping us.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Stop! Security.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You and your insect pack your float?
  −
- Yes.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Has it been
  −
in your possession the entire time?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Would you remove your shoes?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Remove your stinger.
  −
- It's part of me.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I know. Just having some fun.
  −
Enjoy your flight.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Then if we're lucky, we'll have
  −
just enough pollen to do the job.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oan you believe how lucky we are? We
  −
have just enough pollen to do the job!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I think this is gonna work.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's got to work.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Attention, passengers,
  −
this is Oaptain Scott.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We have a bit of bad weather
  −
in New York.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It looks like we'll experience
  −
a couple hours delay.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Barry, these are cut flowers
  −
with no water. They'll never make it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I gotta get up there
  −
and talk to them.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Be careful.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oan I get help
  −
with the Sky Mall magazine?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'd like to order the talking
  −
inflatable nose and ear hair trimmer.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oaptain, I'm in a real situation.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- What'd you say, Hal?
  −
- Nothing.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bee!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Don't freak out! My entire species...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What are you doing?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Wait a minute! I'm an attorney!
  −
- Who's an attorney?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Don't move.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oh, Barry.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Good afternoon, passengers.
  −
This is your captain.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Would a Miss Vanessa Bloome in 24B
  −
please report to the cockpit?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
And please hurry!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
What happened here?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
There was a DustBuster,
  −
a toupee, a life raft exploded.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
One's bald, one's in a boat,
  −
they're both unconscious!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Is that another bee joke?
  −
- No!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
No one's flying the plane!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This is JFK control tower, Flight 356.
  −
What's your status?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This is Vanessa Bloome.
  −
I'm a florist from New York.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Where's the pilot?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
He's unconscious,
  −
and so is the copilot.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Not good. Does anyone onboard
  −
have flight experience?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
As a matter of fact, there is.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Who's that?
  −
- Barry Benson.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
From the honey trial?! Oh, great.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Vanessa, this is nothing more
  −
than a big metal bee.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's got giant wings, huge engines.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I can't fly a plane.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Why not? Isn't John Travolta a pilot?
  −
- Yes.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How hard could it be?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wait, Barry!
  −
We're headed into some lightning.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This is Bob Bumble. We have some
  −
late-breaking news from JFK Airport,
  −
 
  −
 
  −
where a suspenseful scene
  −
is developing.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Barry Benson,
  −
fresh from his legal victory...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That's Barry!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
...is attempting to land a plane,
  −
loaded with people, flowers
  −
 
  −
 
  −
and an incapacitated flight crew.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Flowers?!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We have a storm in the area
  −
and two individuals at the controls
  −
 
  −
 
  −
with absolutely no flight experience.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Just a minute.
  −
There's a bee on that plane.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm quite familiar with Mr. Benson
  −
and his no-account compadres.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
They've done enough damage.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
But isn't he your only hope?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Technically, a bee
  −
shouldn't be able to fly at all.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Their wings are too small...
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Haven't we heard this a million times?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
"The surface area of the wings
  −
and body mass make no sense."
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Get this on the air!
  −
- Got it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Stand by.
  −
- We're going live.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
The way we work may be a mystery to you.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Making honey takes a lot of bees
  −
doing a lot of small jobs.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
But let me tell you about a small job.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
If you do it well,
  −
it makes a big difference.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
More than we realized.
  −
To us, to everyone.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That's why I want to get bees
  −
back to working together.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That's the bee way!
  −
We're not made of Jell-O.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
We get behind a fellow.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Black and yellow!
  −
- Hello!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Left, right, down, hover.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Hover?
  −
- Forget hover.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
This isn't so hard.
  −
Beep-beep! Beep-beep!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Barry, what happened?!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wait, I think we were
  −
on autopilot the whole time.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- That may have been helping me.
  −
- And now we're not!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
So it turns out I cannot fly a plane.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All of you, let's get
  −
behind this fellow! Move it out!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Move out!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Our only chance is if I do what I'd do,
  −
you copy me with the wings of the plane!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Don't have to yell.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I'm not yelling!
  −
We're in a lot of trouble.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's very hard to concentrate
  −
with that panicky tone in your voice!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
It's not a tone. I'm panicking!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I can't do this!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Vanessa, pull yourself together.
  −
You have to snap out of it!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You snap out of it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
You snap out of it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You snap out of it!
  −
- You snap out of it!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You snap out of it!
  −
- You snap out of it!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- You snap out of it!
  −
- You snap out of it!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Hold it!
  −
- Why? Oome on, it's my turn.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
How is the plane flying?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
I don't know.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Hello?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Benson, got any flowers
  −
for a happy occasion in there?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
The Pollen Jocks!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
They do get behind a fellow.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Black and yellow.
  −
- Hello.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
All right, let's drop this tin can
  −
on the blacktop.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Where? I can't see anything. Oan you?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
No, nothing. It's all cloudy.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Oome on. You got to think bee, Barry.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Thinking bee.
  −
- Thinking bee.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Thinking bee!
  −
Thinking bee! Thinking bee!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Wait a minute.
  −
I think I'm feeling something.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- What?
  −
- I don't know. It's strong, pulling me.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Like a 27-million-year-old instinct.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Bring the nose down.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Thinking bee!
  −
Thinking bee! Thinking bee!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- What in the world is on the tarmac?
  −
- Get some lights on that!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Thinking bee!
  −
Thinking bee! Thinking bee!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Vanessa, aim for the flower.
  −
- OK.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Out the engines. We're going in
  −
on bee power. Ready, boys?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Affirmative!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Good. Good. Easy, now. That's it.
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Land on that flower!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Ready? Full reverse!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
Spin it around!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- Not that flower! The other one!
  −
- Which one?
  −
 
  −
 
  −
- That flower.
  −
- I'm aiming at the flower!
  −
 
  −
 
  −
That's a fat guy in a flowered shirt.
  −
I mean the giant pulsating flower
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made of millions of bees!
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Pull forward. Nose down. Tail up.
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Rotate around it.
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- This is insane, Barry!
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- This's the only way I know how to fly.
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Am I koo-koo-kachoo, or is this plane
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flying in an insect-like pattern?
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Get your nose in there. Don't be afraid.
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Smell it. Full reverse!
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Just drop it. Be a part of it.
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Aim for the center!
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Now drop it in! Drop it in, woman!
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Oome on, already.
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Barry, we did it!
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You taught me how to fly!
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- Yes. No high-five!
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- Right.
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Barry, it worked!
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Did you see the giant flower?
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What giant flower? Where? Of course
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I saw the flower! That was genius!
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- Thank you.
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- But we're not done yet.
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Listen, everyone!
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This runway is covered
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with the last pollen
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from the last flowers
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available anywhere on Earth.
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That means this is our last chance.
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We're the only ones who make honey,
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pollinate flowers and dress like this.
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If we're gonna survive as a species,
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this is our moment! What do you say?
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Are we going to be bees, orjust
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Museum of Natural History keychains?
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We're bees!
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Keychain!
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Then follow me! Except Keychain.
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Hold on, Barry. Here.
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You've earned this.
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Yeah!
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I'm a Pollen Jock! And it's a perfect
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fit. All I gotta do are the sleeves.
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Oh, yeah.
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That's our Barry.
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Mom! The bees are back!
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If anybody needs
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to make a call, now's the time.
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I got a feeling we'll be
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working late tonight!
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Here's your change. Have a great
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afternoon! Oan I help who's next?
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Would you like some honey with that?
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It is bee-approved. Don't forget these.
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Milk, cream, cheese, it's all me.
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And I don't see a nickel!
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Sometimes I just feel
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like a piece of meat!
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I had no idea.
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Barry, I'm sorry.
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Have you got a moment?
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Would you excuse me?
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My mosquito associate will help you.
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Sorry I'm late.
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He's a lawyer too?
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I was already a blood-sucking parasite.
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All I needed was a briefcase.
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Have a great afternoon!
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Barry, I just got this huge tulip order,
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and I can't get them anywhere.
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No problem, Vannie.
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Just leave it to me.
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You're a lifesaver, Barry.
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Oan I help who's next?
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All right, scramble, jocks!
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It's time to fly.
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Thank you, Barry!
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That bee is living my life!
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Let it go, Kenny.
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- When will this nightmare end?!
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- Let it all go.
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- Beautiful day to fly.
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- Sure is.
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Between you and me,
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I was dying to get out of that office.
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You have got
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to start thinking bee, my friend.
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- Thinking bee!
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- Me?
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Hold it. Let's just stop
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for a second. Hold it.
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I'm sorry. I'm sorry, everyone.
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Oan we stop here?
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I'm not making a major life decision
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during a production number!
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All right. Take ten, everybody.
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Wrap it up, guys.
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I had virtually no rehearsal for that.
 
RobSmith
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