1. Good evening.
I'm Dr. Elliot Piaget,
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2. noted child psychologist.
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3. Tonight's episode of Dinosaurs
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4. examines one of the most
terrifying ordeals of child rearing:
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5. the terrible twos.
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6. As those of you who have
small children know,
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7. the second year of a child's
development is no day at the beach,
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8. so be warned.
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9. What you are about to see
tonight may shock, appall
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10. and scare the daylights
out of you.
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11. That being said,
sit back and relax
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12. as Baby Sinclair enters
the terrible twos.
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13. Oh, good, Mother,
you're here.
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14. You can help me
with the baby's party.
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15. Oh, boy.
Another kid's birthday party.
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16. I guess as a grandma
I'm supposed to get all lathered up over this,
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17. and yet somehow
I'm strangely calm.
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18. Would you look in the drawer
and see if you find two candles?
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19. - Two? Why two?
- It's the baby's second birthday.
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20. Run! Everybody, run!
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21. - Mother, where are you going?
- She's on her way out, Fran.
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22. It's a good instinct.
Let her go with it.
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23. Why are you leaving?
You'll miss the party.
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24. The second birthday's
no cause for a party.
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25. - Hmm?
- The baby is entering his...
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26. terrible twos.
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27. - Terrible twos?
- Yes.
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28. A strange, evil force
grips the child,
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29. transforming him into a
deranged, destructive monster
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30. capable of unspeakable horrors.
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31. This is a dark, terrible day.
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32. And we were gonna ask you
to jump out of the cake.
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33. The terrible twos.
That's an old wives' tale.
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34. So what do I look like,
a debutante?
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35. Think back, Fran. You've gone
through this twice before.
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36. Robbie, and then Charlene.
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37. Well, let me see.
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38. I remember making little
decorative 2s for the birthday cakes...
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39. and then they were
three years old.
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40. That's funny.
I've no recollection of that entire year.
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41. Fran, let me try.
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42. Uh, I was sneaking
a taste of the icing
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43. from Robbie's second
birthday cake...
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44. and then it was this morning.
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45. Did I miss anything, Fran?
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46. Oh, jeez.
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47. That's odd. Neither of us
has any recollection of the children being two.
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48. It was so traumatic and horrible
you blocked it out,
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49. and now it's gonna happen again.
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50. Be afraid.
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51. Be very afraid.
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52. OK, son, time to blow out
the candles.
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53. Baby!
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54. Yum.
Devil's food.
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55. Honey, I'm home.
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56. Aaah!
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57. - Ohh!
- Ow!
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58. - Ow!
- Ooh!
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59. Aah!
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60. I want my presents!
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61. I want my presents now!
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62. It's coming, sweetheart.
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63. Earl, we can't hold him off
much longer.
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64. Just a few more minutes.
These things don't assemble themselves.
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65. Do they?
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66. For a dollar more
the store would've done it.
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67. A dollar? Forget it! Aaah!
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68. I'm the birthday boy!
Give me presents!
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69. - You got any ideas?
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70. Well, there's a thing
I made in shop class.
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71. I don't know if he'll
appreciate it or not.
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72. - Presents!
- Get it!
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73. - OK, OK.
- Now, now, now, now, now, now!
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74. So, uh, sweetheart...
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75. Let's play a... a game.
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76. Yeah, yeah. Is there a game
you like to play, huh?
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77. - Huh? Yeah.
- Huh?
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78. - Yeah?
- Let's play... Fetch Snooky.
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79. Oh, OK. Um, how do we play?
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80. - This is Snooky.
- Oh.
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81. Fetch him!
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82. This is going
to be loads of fun.
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83. My tail. You...
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84. - Oh, dear, Charlene.
- Hey, birthday boy,
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85. help is on the way.
Here you go, bro,
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86. a little something I made
for you in shop class.
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87. - Gimme, gimme, gimme!
- Ow! I think I lost a finger.
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88. - Oh, a toy train.
- Yeah, I worked on it all year.
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89. I even whittled little forks and
spoons for the dining cart.
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90. Wasn't that thoughtful?
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91. Want something from the store!
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92. - Oh.
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93. Gee, that clear varnish doesn't
protect like it's supposed to.
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94. Oh, I'm sorry.
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95. I'm not happy!
I'm not happy!
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96. I'm not happy!
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97. Earl, we need that
kiddie car now.
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98. I'm almost there, Fran. Just
a few more turns of the screw...
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99. Ooh... Darn it!
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100. Please hurry, Earl.
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101. There's a two-year-old
bouncing off the walls out there.
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102. Mom, you think
we better do something?
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103. Yeah. If his diaper comes loose,
it's not gonna be pretty.
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104. I know. We'll put on
his Blarney birthday video.
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105. - Oh, Mom! Blarney bites!
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106. He's terrible, Mom.
I can't imagine a worse role model for a child.
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107. Ow! Darn it!
I hate you, you stupid toy!
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108. Well, it does seem to have
quieted him down a little.
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109. It's interesting. He strikes
a chord with children.
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110. Something about Blarney
elicits pure feelings of warmth and affection.
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111. Eat glass, Blarney!
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112. - Whoa!
- Die, scum, die!
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113. Well, I gotta say
I'm with him.
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114. That does it. I am fed up
with your bad behavior.
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115. - You are going to your room.
- No! I want presents!
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116. You are going
to your room.
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117. There will be
no more presents.
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118. It's present time!
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119. No, Earl. He's been terrible
all day. He doesn't deserve any more presents.
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120. Dear Fran, you know so little
about raising children.
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121. - Son...
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122. this present is only
for good little boys.
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123. You can have it
if you promise to be good.
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124. I'll be good.
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125. I promise.
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126. - It's not right, Earl.
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127. - Bribing a child to behave.
- And if it works?
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128. It's a shortsighted, stopgap,
quick-fix solution.
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129. - You don't have
to sell me on it. -
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130. Here, son, look. A car!
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131. A car!
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132. - Oh, boy!
- Come on.
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133. Gee, Dad, you never bribe me
with anything neat like that.
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134. You were never rotten
enough to deserve it.
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135. Vroom, vroom, vroom!
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136. Nothing will calm a child
faster than playing with some shiny new toy.
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137. Yay!
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138. You see? He's happy.
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139. All it takes is a little
child psychology.
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140. Yee-hah! Whoo!
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141. Yahooey!
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142. - What's going on?
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143. - Here I come!
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144. Again!
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145. Whoo!
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146. Well, that worked
like a charm.
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147. - Aaah!
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148. Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi!
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149. Again!
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150. As I was saying, Fran,
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151. there's nothing will calm a
child faster than a sedative.
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152. Got any Phenobarbital, doc?
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153. Hold on. I haven't
examined him yet.
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154. I can't just go around
dispensing dangerous drugs willy-nilly.
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155. Well, actually, I can.
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156. But I don't choose to,
in this case.
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157. We don't know what to do,
doctor.
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158. I keep getting angry when
I know what the baby needs
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159. is love and compassion.
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160. - And where is he now?
- Inside this box.
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161. - We had to.
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162. He chewed through the straps
on his car seat.
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163. Very resourceful.
May I see the child?
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164. Uh... sure.
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165. Uh, he's the doctor.
I guess you know.
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166. - Ah.
- Uh...
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167. Hmm? Well, hello,
little fella.
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168. Look at me and say "ahh."
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169. - Aaaahh!
- Whoa! Close the box! Close the box!
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170. - Close the box!
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171. - Terrible twos.
- We think so.
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172. Oh, I've seen this
a hundred times before.
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173. A child of two is looking
for his parents
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174. to give him some
concrete boundaries.
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175. So I suggest you wall him up
inside a cave for a year.
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176. Here. Take this to the hardware
store, they'll give you cement and a trowel.
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177. Doc, can I get a refill for this
if he claws his way out?
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178. We are not cementing
our baby into a cave.
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179. Well, I've read in other
countries they're achieving excellent results
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180. locking them
in tool sheds.
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181. I'm sorry, Earl, but there must
be some other way.
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182. Hey, Fran, Fran, I think
I've got the answer here.
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183. This is Frau Woodhouse,
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184. the famous child/animal trainer.
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185. Shake. Ja.
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186. Open.
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187. Good girl.
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188. - Ja.
- She's been working with our baby.
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189. This seems a little extreme.
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190. Oh, come on, Fran, we are
at the end of our rope.
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191. Then you must
get a longer, heavier rope
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192. - and don't be afraid to use it.
- Huh?
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193. - She is talking a lot of sense, Fran.
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194. - I don't know.
- The child craves strict discipline.
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195. - He hungers for the taste of the lash.
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196. You must be strong
and never surrender.
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197. Child rearing is
a triumph of the will.
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198. - Whoa!
- Now we will demonstrate.
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199. - Remove the muzzle.
- Oh. Right.
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200. Tug on the leash.
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201. Right.
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202. - Ooh!
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203. Ah! Bad baby, bad baby!
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204. So, as I understand it,
we have a whole year of this.
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205. - You finally get him into bed?
- Yeah.
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206. He was feeling a little logy
after eating the entire sofa.
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207. - I wish Mother were here.
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208. She always seems to have
an answer for these things.
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209. - Where is the old witch anyway?
- She's not in her room.
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210. I sent Robbie and Charlene
to look for her.
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211. I don't know what else to do.
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212. Draw a pentagram on the floor
and sacrifice a goat.
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213. - That should conjure her up.
- What's the problem?
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214. Let's go.
I have a full and active life.
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215. - Where have you been?
- The dog track. And make it quick.
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216. I'm still alive
in the late triple.
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217. Mother, you were right
about the terrible twos.
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218. We need your help.
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219. Don't we, Earl?
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220. - Yeah, yeah.
- Oh, yeah.
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221. Now you need me.
Now I'm the belle of the ball.
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222. But yesterday,
she's old, she's useless.
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223. She has nothing to contribute.
We wish she was dead.
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224. - But I meant it with love.
- Oh, yeah.
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225. - Please, we're desperate!
- Yeah.
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226. I already told you. He's two,
it's terrible, end of story.
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227. There's nothing we can do?
There's no help for us anywhere?
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228. Oh, Earl,
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229. I don't think I can go on
much longer.
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230. - Oh, stop.
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231. I hate to see you so upset.
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232. Look, I'll tell you what.
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233. In times of despair, when I'm
lost and searching for answers,
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234. there's a book I turn to.
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235. - The Book?
- That's right, the Yellow Pages.
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236. Over there.
Hand 'em here, honey.
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237. Thanks.
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238. Ah. Here's the guy
I was thinking of.
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239. He's well-versed in all
the primitive rituals
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240. for expunging evil spirits
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241. and battling the forces
of ultimate darkness.
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242. The Babysitter?
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243. Thank you so much
for coming.
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244. You want to hear some
background on the case?
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245. That is of no use to me.
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246. - The child is two years old?
- Yes.
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247. May heaven have mercy
upon this house.
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248. Follow me.
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249. Hmm. Yes.
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250. Yes.
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251. I've been
waiting for you.
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252. - I know this baby well.
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253. Note the scent of
brimstone that hangs in the air.
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254. We haven't been able
to change him in quite a while.
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255. This child is the ultimate evil,
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256. a horror unimaginable.
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257. He will twist your soul
from the inside out
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258. until your mind is shattered
and your spirit destroyed.
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259. Boy, he really does
know our kid.
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260. No, no, no, no,
no! I want cookie now!
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261. - Has the child had his dinner?
- Don't want dinner! Give me dessert!
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262. I want a million cookies now!
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263. Do you have the dinner plate?
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264. - Oh, uh...
- Quickly.
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265. Two vegetables? Well-balanced.
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266. Gimme dessert!
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267. You may have your dessert
when you've eaten your dinner.
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268. No, no, no, no! Give me cake!
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269. Ice cream!
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270. - You will start with the rice.
- No!
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271. - No rice!
- Oh.
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272. Pudding pie!
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273. The child's will is strong.
Join me now.
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274. The power of rice compels you.
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275. - Get me pudding pie!
- The power of rice compels you!
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276. The power
of rice compels you!
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277. The power of rice compels you!
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278. The power of rice compels you!
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279. - Oh, toddler,
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280. it is not you that is bad,
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281. but the behavior which is bad.
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282. Yea, though you test
our patience...
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283. we will not yield.
We shall set limits,
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284. not to punish you but that
you may have boundaries.
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285. I want to watch TV!
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286. - What time is
the child's bedtime? - Eight o'clock.
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287. It is too late to watch
television. It is your bedtime.
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288. No! Don't want to go to sleep!
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289. Don't wanna,
don't wanna, don't wanna!
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290. You will sleep, for I will read
from the bedtime book.
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291. Not that book! Not that book!
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292. "I do not like blue eggs
and toast."
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293. - "Blue eggs and toast I hate the most."
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294. "Would you eat them on a rug?
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295. Would you eat them with a bug?"
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296. Oh, oh, my! Aaah!
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297. The forces of darkness
are strong within him.
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298. You seek to destroy
all about you.
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299. You need a time out!
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300. No time out! No time out!
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301. Oh, I can't watch!
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302. Take her outside!
Lock the door.
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303. And whatever you might hear,
do not...
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304. I repeat, do not open that door!
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305. You got it.
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306. - Come on, Fran, make tracks.
- Go!
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307. - No, no, no, no, no!
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308. This is awful, Earl.
We should be in there.
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309. He's our baby.
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310. Now, now, Fran,
this guy's a pro.
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311. He knows exactly
what he's doing.
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312. Help!
Let me out of here!
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313. - He told us not to open the door.
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314. For the love of everything holy,
let me out of here!
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315. - What the...?
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316. - Jeez, jeez.
- What happened?
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317. He needed a time out.
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318. - Fran.
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319. Oh! Great scott!
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320. Sorry! Gotta run.
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321. Just remembered, um,
another appointment.
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322. - Uh, another line of work.
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323. I'm the baby. Gotta love me.
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324. - That's not normal!
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325. It's 4:00 in the morning.
Doesn't he ever shut up?
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326. I want a pony!
No, I want to go to the beach!
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327. A whole year.
A whole year of this.
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328. I can't take it! I'm not gonna
make it to his third birthday.
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329. Gimme a cookie!
Wanna play horsey!
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330. - I want a drink of water!
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331. He's not gonna make it
to his third birthday.
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332. - I have a really lame idea.
- Anything is worth a try, dear.
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333. Well, do we have any more
of those birthday candles?
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334. Hmm?
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335. OK. Candles lit.
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336. Is the icing secure?
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337. Check. Charlene,
take the high note.
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338. - Check.
- And whatever happens, everybody,
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339. just keep singing.
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340. I want gum. Give me gum.
Give me...
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341. - Oh.
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342. Mama.
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343. Not the mama!
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344. It's my birthday?
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345. - Yeah.
- That's right, sweetheart.
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346. You're not two anymore.
You're three years old.
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347. - Now blow out
your birthday candles. - Yeah, yeah! OK.
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348. I'm starving.
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349. How about some cake?
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350. Aww. It's great
to have you back, son.
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351. - Yeah, yeah.
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352. Oh. Well, I must say
that was inexcusable.
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353. To suggest that you should deal
with the terrible twos
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354. by... by lying to a child,
muzzling him like a dog
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355. or walling him up inside a cave
for a year is reprehensible at best.
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356. I condemn the producers
of Dinosaurs for their irresponsibility.
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357. And I demand that they
explain themselves.
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358. I await their rebuttal.
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