You kids need a big fat dose of Christmas spirit
rammed into your teenage hearts.
So, there such, as your teacher,
I require you to participate in... shh, Secret Santa.
Ah. No, Sikowitz.
Ah! No ad-lib complaining.
I'll text you all your Secret Santa assignments,
and I expect you all to give very good, very creative gifts.
And what if we don't?
Whoever gives the worst gift...
will have to join me on Christmas Eve
for... Christmas yodeling.
Sikowitz realized that all the children
gave each other wonderfully creative Christmas presents
and that his gift, a used cricket,
to an awkward young girl
was truly the worst Christmas present of all.
And so, on that Christmas Eve... he yodeled with crazy strangers.
♪ Yo-da-lee-de-oh Yo-da-lee-de-ah ♪
♪ Yo-da-lee-de-ah Yo-da-lee-de-ah ♪
To prepare for your roles, you two... must date.
So, have fun.
- With what? - Your date.
- What date? - This one.
It begins now at... 7, oh, 12 p.m.
You two will stay here, eat, drink, chat and giggle
until the restaurant closes at midnight.
- Forget it, I'm leaving. - Yep, me too.
Ah! If either of you leave before midnight,
you both get an F for the semester.
[music playing]
♪ I am not your missing link Let me tell you what I think ♪
♪ I think you could use a mint Take a hint, take a hint ♪
[cheering]
All of you will show up at my house
on Friday night at 7 p.m.
Each of you will be playing a distinct character,
and you must stay in your character
until Saturday morning.
And what happens if we break?
You'll be immediately banished from my home.
[music playing]
[yawning]
Hey, what time is it?
[shrieking]
You broke character! You lost! I am a police officer.
And I am victorious!
Alright, now it's time for... bad news.
They found out coconut juice makes your hair fall out?
[laughing]
No. We're going to do an acting exercise
about giving bad news.
- Why? - Why?
To teach you that acting often involves making choices
about how to say things. For example,
how do you give someone bad news and make it seem... not so bad?
♪ This kind of news Is always hard to tell someone ♪
♪ We really hope It doesn't break your heart ♪
♪ But somebody ran ♪
♪ Yeah, somebody ran ♪
♪ A woman or a man ♪
♪ Maybe in a van ♪
♪ Somebody ran over Your go-cart ♪
♪ And it got crushed ♪
♪ It's unfixable ♪
[cheering]
Yes! Now, that's how you give bad news.
See? The boy is smiling.
And now, Tanner, this... is for you.
My... my go-cart.
Sorry.
At night, your parents' driveway looks a lot like... mine.
I will give each and every one of you
all A's for the whole semester...
If?
...if you can all go one full week...
without using modern technology.
- No phone? - No phones!
And no laptops or Pear Pads.
No electronic device made since I was born.
I am a teacher and I am tired of this nonsense!
Here, you want your phones?!
[gasping, chuckles]
Take 'em.
[grunting]
Yay!
Smile Robbie! Turn around.
Robbie!
[chattering]
Yes!
[laughing]
That's it everybody!
The boys win!
[cheering]
- What?! - Nuh-uh, no way.
You said the contest was over.
No, I believe I said,
"if you want your phones, take them."
He didn't say anything about the contest being over.
Wait, no, no, no, no!
The guys... you guys all got your phones too!
Off.
- Off. - Off.
- You girls turned yours on. - Boo-jah!
Okay.
What do want us to do?
Be more open minded.
You've all gotten so good at saying no.
I dare you... to spend the rest of this day...
saying yes.
To everything?
That's right.
I'm in. Jade, will you kiss me on the mouth?
[chuckles]
Eh eh eh. You don't have to say yes
to kissing, or anything dangerous or...
illegal. But everything else... just say yes.
[music playing, chattering]
[screaming]
Si! Si!
[screaming]
Si! Si! Rapido! Rapido!
Si! Si! Si! Si! Rapido!
Come here!
Here at Hollywood Arts,
every student must successfully complete
"The Bird Scene" before they can audition
for any and all school productions.
That... was impressive.
- So did I get it right? - Nope.
But... but I just... I'd...I... I did too get it right.
Tori, listen.
I'm not trying to be disrespectful.
But, do you know how hard I worked on this scene?
I made this costume.
I downloaded special prairie music.
I even trained that crazy cockatoo to fly
in and out of that window on command! Not now!
Look, I know you're a great acting teacher
and everything, but I don't care what you say.
The scene I just did was good, and I'm proud of it
no matter what anybody thinks.
[clapping]
What?
You just passed "The Bird Scene"!
[cheering]
But, but you said--
Tori, the whole point of "The Bird Scene"
is to teach a performer, like yourself,
to believe in your own choices, no matter what others think.
We are artists and a true artist does not define success
based on hu, hee, hee approval from others.
A true artist need only please himself...
or... herself, or... it's self.
You don't know what I got.