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The Little Magic
  • 11/12/2023

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Fun
Transcript
00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 ♪♪
00:07 ♪♪
00:14 ♪♪
00:19 [humming a tune]
00:24 ♪♪
00:28 ♪♪
00:30 - Well, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
00:34 This is your sportscaster bringing today's match to you
00:36 through the courtesy of the BBB & BB Ball Company,
00:40 which we will see in use today
00:42 on this magnificently kept court
00:44 whose grassy lawn lies outspread before my very eyes.
00:48 Ah, yes, we anticipate by the gathering
00:50 who will not pass up the opportunity
00:52 to witness the thrilling contest with--
00:54 [horn blaring]
00:58 Oh, well, everyone to his own taste.
01:01 Now I see our crowd is beginning to gather.
01:04 ♪♪
01:07 [grunting]
01:09 [grunting]
01:11 [grunting]
01:11 Oh, ouch!
01:12 Ah, yes, they are really packing them in.
01:16 And now, now, yes,
01:17 now I see the contestants coming out onto the field.
01:21 Ah, such confidence and poise these boys display.
01:24 [squeaking]
01:26 ♪♪
01:30 [sizzling]
01:32 [sizzling]
01:33 [sizzling]
01:34 Magnificent specimens are finally trained up.
01:38 Hmm?
01:39 ♪♪
01:41 And they are ready to play!
01:43 [sighs]
01:44 Big Ben has won the spin and will serve first.
01:47 [whirring]
01:49 [squeaking]
01:50 [sizzling]
01:51 This fellow is known to have one of the most dynamic,
01:54 devastating serves in tennis.
01:56 [gasps]
01:57 ♪♪
02:00 And there's the service!
02:02 It's a high...
02:04 labrador over the net.
02:05 And an easy return, and a hard drive,
02:07 and a soft smash,
02:08 and a terrific recovery to the backcourt!
02:11 And an easy lob,
02:13 and a tremendous backhand,
02:14 and a lob, and a smash!
02:16 And a lob.
02:18 These boys play two entirely different types of tennis.
02:22 Little Joe choosing the soft,
02:23 the place for a steadier, steadier, or defensive game.
02:27 And Big Ben preferring the hard, driving, offensive,
02:30 smashing, smashing, harassing game.
02:34 Well, there's the first game to Little Joe.
02:36 Oh, fudge!
02:38 ♪♪
02:45 Now Little Joe serves.
02:48 [squeaking]
02:50 [sizzling]
02:51 [squeaking]
02:52 ♪♪
02:59 Aha!
03:00 Big Ben broke through Little Joe's service.
03:02 [applause]
03:03 Fast and furious, the pace increases.
03:05 5-30, 30-30, 40-30, 40-40,
03:08 hammer and tongs as both boys are brushing the net.
03:11 ♪♪
03:15 [sizzling]
03:18 ♪♪
03:23 [smashing]
03:24 [sizzling]
03:25 [sizzling]
03:27 [cheering]
03:31 Psst!
03:32 Hey, uh, what's the score?
03:35 [whispering]
03:36 Well, that evens it off.
03:38 Now this set should really be a humdinger.
03:41 ♪♪
03:43 Joe serves, Ben returns, Joe returns, Ben returns,
03:46 Joe returns, Ben returns, to 45, a deep center,
03:49 a far corner, smash, a backhand, volley, game,
03:52 love, love, drive, deuce, 5-10, 15, 20, 30.
03:55 Such power, such play, such rhythm, such spirit.
03:59 45, 40, 30, up and add, deuce, out, deuce,
04:02 Big Joe, add, and Little Ben are both brushing the net.
04:05 This is thrilling.
04:07 Such verb, such dance, such poetry of motion.
04:11 ♪♪
04:13 Oh!
04:15 Now the pressure is really on, both players bashing with reckless abandon,
04:19 hither and thither, throwing caution to the winds,
04:21 and now look, Little Joe is changing to a two-handed Australian grip,
04:23 he winds up and he--
04:25 Yad, what a smash!
04:27 Suppose we view this...
04:28 in slow motion.
04:32 [tires screeching]
04:36 ♪♪
04:44 [crash]
04:46 ♪♪
04:52 [crash]
04:54 ♪♪
05:01 ♪♪
05:12 [crash]
05:13 Whoa!
05:15 ♪♪
05:21 Whoa!
05:23 Let's get back to the game.
05:24 It looks from here like Big Ben is forging into the lead.
05:26 No, it's Little Joe.
05:28 No, Big Ben. No, no, Little Joe.
05:29 No, it's Little Ben. No, it's Big Joe.
05:31 40, 30, 35, 40, 20,
05:33 44, 40, 50, 54, 50,
05:34 or 5, 230, 230, it's getting late.
05:36 No, two's, backward, here we go.
05:38 40, 30, 35, 40, 20.
05:40 [crowd cheering]
05:41 Point, game, match, set, tournament!
05:43 And the champ--
05:45 Hmm?
05:47 Say, uh, who won?
05:50 I just won.
05:51 Ah, just as I thought!
05:53 What did I tell you?
05:54 I knew he could do it.
05:56 Condition always tells.
05:58 And now to the champion, the spoils!
06:01 A just and true reward for the victor.
06:04 Ow!
06:07 And the loser?
06:09 Well, ethics and good sportsmanship demand
06:11 that he shrug off his feelings of utter disappointment
06:14 and smile in spite of himself.
06:16 [bell dings]
06:17 [whack]
06:18 [whack]
06:19 [whack]
06:20 [whack]
06:21 [whack]
06:22 [whack]
06:23 Yes, the champion's a real sport.
06:25 [music playing]
06:28 Good sports to the bitter end.
06:41 [music playing]
06:44 [music playing]
06:47 [music playing]
06:50 (upbeat music)