1 00:00:00,171 --> 00:00:02,921 - Get ready for a "Game Changer!" 2 00:00:04,033 --> 00:00:08,780 Tonight's guests, the fifth Broadway revival of "Brigadoon," 3 00:00:08,780 --> 00:00:11,678 it's Zeke Nicholson. 4 00:00:11,678 --> 00:00:13,387 A high school production of "Company" 5 00:00:13,387 --> 00:00:15,678 where they just can't nail the harmonies, 6 00:00:15,678 --> 00:00:18,261 it's Zach Reino. 7 00:00:18,261 --> 00:00:20,446 A filmed production of "Fiddler" 8 00:00:20,446 --> 00:00:23,868 that fails to capture the magic of either medium, 9 00:00:23,868 --> 00:00:26,242 it's Jess McKenna. 10 00:00:26,242 --> 00:00:30,293 On piano, Scott Passarella. 11 00:00:30,293 --> 00:00:32,954 And your host, me. 12 00:00:32,954 --> 00:00:35,454 I've been here the whole time. 13 00:00:36,979 --> 00:00:39,298 This is "Game Changer." 14 00:00:39,298 --> 00:00:42,267 The only game show where the game changes every show. 15 00:00:42,267 --> 00:00:45,003 I am your host, Sam Reich. 16 00:00:45,003 --> 00:00:49,165 I'm joined today by these three lovely contestants. 17 00:00:49,165 --> 00:00:51,414 Now, you all understand how the game works? 18 00:00:51,414 --> 00:00:52,641 - No. - We do not. 19 00:00:52,641 --> 00:00:53,474 - No. 20 00:00:53,474 --> 00:00:55,639 - Right, our contestants have no idea 21 00:00:55,639 --> 00:00:57,116 what game it is they're about to play. 22 00:00:57,116 --> 00:00:59,940 The only way to learn is by playing, 23 00:00:59,940 --> 00:01:01,584 the only way to win is by learning, 24 00:01:01,584 --> 00:01:03,493 and the only way to begin is by beginning. 25 00:01:03,493 --> 00:01:06,530 So without further ado, let's begin. 26 00:01:06,530 --> 00:01:09,001 Players, have you ever had that dream 27 00:01:09,001 --> 00:01:13,851 where you've been on stage and you haven't known your lines? 28 00:01:13,851 --> 00:01:15,627 - Yeah. - Yeah. 29 00:01:15,627 --> 00:01:16,460 - Scott. 30 00:01:19,613 --> 00:01:23,597 Lights up on a small New England town. 31 00:01:25,093 --> 00:01:30,085 It's spring, but winter has left a hint of dew upon the air. 32 00:01:31,053 --> 00:01:35,740 The local newsie shouts today's headline. 33 00:01:35,740 --> 00:01:39,243 - Extra, extra, read all about it! 34 00:01:39,243 --> 00:01:40,860 The fish are gone. 35 00:01:40,860 --> 00:01:41,910 Where'd they go? 36 00:01:41,910 --> 00:01:44,608 I don't know, but it's not my job, 37 00:01:44,608 --> 00:01:48,702 because I don't write the paper, I just distribute it. 38 00:01:48,702 --> 00:01:50,592 - That is so funny given what I have next. 39 00:01:50,592 --> 00:01:54,420 A fisherman hawks their catch of the day. 40 00:01:54,420 --> 00:01:57,877 - Ugh, I got a whole batch of nothin'! 41 00:01:57,877 --> 00:01:59,433 Fish are all gone! 42 00:01:59,433 --> 00:02:01,422 It's just water out there! 43 00:02:01,422 --> 00:02:05,812 - Two old women gossip on a nearby porch. 44 00:02:05,812 --> 00:02:09,067 - Did you hear about the fish? 45 00:02:09,067 --> 00:02:11,091 - Did you hear about Gladys? 46 00:02:11,091 --> 00:02:13,021 Sorry, your things sounds bigger. 47 00:02:13,021 --> 00:02:15,890 - No, I heard that Gladys stole the fish. 48 00:02:15,890 --> 00:02:17,202 - Oh, right, okay, 49 00:02:17,202 --> 00:02:19,096 so it was the same thing. 50 00:02:28,229 --> 00:02:33,129 - Welcome to the mountain slash seaside town of Mountport. 51 00:02:35,409 --> 00:02:36,336 - Ooh. 52 00:02:36,336 --> 00:02:40,790 - How is that geologically possible, you ask? 53 00:02:40,790 --> 00:02:43,180 Theater, I suppose. 54 00:02:43,180 --> 00:02:44,535 And like so many musicals, 55 00:02:44,535 --> 00:02:46,812 ours begins with a group number 56 00:02:46,812 --> 00:02:50,728 to introduce you, the audience, to town. 57 00:02:50,728 --> 00:02:55,027 In a scene that will eventually turn into a song 58 00:02:55,027 --> 00:02:57,520 from the official cast recording, 59 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:02,035 I give you "Welcome to Mountport" 60 00:03:02,035 --> 00:03:04,806 - Good morning! 61 00:03:04,806 --> 00:03:05,850 - Hello, hello. 62 00:03:05,850 --> 00:03:07,116 Hello there! 63 00:03:07,116 --> 00:03:09,519 - Hello! - Oh hey you, down there! 64 00:03:09,519 --> 00:03:11,576 - Hey, Timothy! 65 00:03:11,576 --> 00:03:12,458 - Yeah? 66 00:03:12,458 --> 00:03:15,039 - You're not allowed on the street anymore and you know why. 67 00:03:15,039 --> 00:03:16,597 - Why? 68 00:03:16,597 --> 00:03:19,290 - On account of the crimes. 69 00:03:19,290 --> 00:03:22,667 - Okay, I guess I'll go back indoors. 70 00:03:22,667 --> 00:03:24,898 - Oh, it's another foggy day 71 00:03:24,898 --> 00:03:27,051 where the ocean marine layer 72 00:03:27,051 --> 00:03:29,355 gets stuck in our mountain range. 73 00:03:29,355 --> 00:03:30,188 - That's right. 74 00:03:30,188 --> 00:03:32,152 - I wouldn't have it any other way. 75 00:04:41,127 --> 00:04:42,088 - Don't ask me. 76 00:04:42,088 --> 00:04:43,186 - You can ask me! 77 00:04:43,186 --> 00:04:45,300 - Get back inside! - Okay! 78 00:04:45,300 --> 00:04:47,104 - Holy shit! 79 00:04:47,104 --> 00:04:48,556 - We get a lot of points, then? 80 00:04:48,556 --> 00:04:49,389 - Yeah, put the points in there. 81 00:04:49,389 --> 00:04:50,831 - Holy shit! - Put them up! 82 00:04:50,831 --> 00:04:51,727 - Give me those points. 83 00:04:51,727 --> 00:04:54,044 - What you do is a magic trick. 84 00:04:54,044 --> 00:04:55,642 I'm gonna cut this part 85 00:04:55,642 --> 00:04:57,879 because it doesn't make me look cool. 86 00:04:57,879 --> 00:04:58,870 Very good, players. 87 00:05:00,415 --> 00:05:01,279 - Thanks. 88 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,830 - Let's give you each a point for good measure. 89 00:05:03,830 --> 00:05:05,559 - Great. - We got one point for that. 90 00:05:05,559 --> 00:05:06,878 - Each of you. 91 00:05:06,878 --> 00:05:08,620 Each of you a point. 92 00:05:08,620 --> 00:05:10,787 Rushing in from off stage... 93 00:05:12,732 --> 00:05:15,350 God, Scott, you're so good, too. 94 00:05:15,350 --> 00:05:18,419 With ball cap on head. 95 00:05:18,419 --> 00:05:21,181 With bindle swung over shoulder is our hero. 96 00:05:21,181 --> 00:05:24,098 Allow them to introduce themselves. 97 00:05:43,854 --> 00:05:45,266 - You can't pitch that ball fast enough. 98 00:05:45,266 --> 00:05:46,433 - Get out of the field! 99 00:06:03,064 --> 00:06:04,216 - It's Mountport! 100 00:06:04,216 --> 00:06:05,267 - It's called Mountport, you loser! 101 00:06:05,267 --> 00:06:06,100 - Sorry! 102 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:07,329 - Where are you goin'? 103 00:06:40,318 --> 00:06:43,727 - Our hero, running straight into the center of town, 104 00:06:43,727 --> 00:06:47,241 is about to meet the newsie. 105 00:06:47,241 --> 00:06:51,044 And in a scene that will eventually turn into a song, 106 00:06:51,044 --> 00:06:53,112 some advice from that newsie 107 00:06:53,112 --> 00:06:56,370 just might set our hero in the right direction. 108 00:06:56,370 --> 00:06:58,790 - Extra, extra, midday news! 109 00:06:58,790 --> 00:07:00,182 Fish still gone. 110 00:07:00,182 --> 00:07:01,863 Old woman main suspect. 111 00:07:01,863 --> 00:07:03,777 Oh, haven't seen you around here. 112 00:07:03,777 --> 00:07:06,245 - Hi, yeah, my name's Alexa, I'm new to town. 113 00:07:06,245 --> 00:07:08,578 I'm trying to join the Mountport baseball team. 114 00:07:08,578 --> 00:07:10,028 - Yeah, it's called Mountport. 115 00:07:10,028 --> 00:07:10,997 - I'll get it one of these days. 116 00:07:10,997 --> 00:07:11,972 - You gotta be careful. 117 00:07:11,972 --> 00:07:13,026 If you call it something else, 118 00:07:13,026 --> 00:07:16,016 everyone in the town's gonna rag on you immediately. 119 00:07:16,016 --> 00:07:17,071 - Yeah, yeah, I picked that up. 120 00:07:17,071 --> 00:07:18,332 I picked that up. 121 00:07:18,332 --> 00:07:19,387 - You here to play baseball? 122 00:07:19,387 --> 00:07:20,745 - Yeah, I'm here for the big tryout. 123 00:07:20,745 --> 00:07:22,177 - Oh, well we got a big problem. 124 00:07:22,177 --> 00:07:26,230 We lost both our best pitcher and our best hitter. 125 00:07:26,230 --> 00:07:28,927 - Well, that's not a problem once he see what I can do. 126 00:07:28,927 --> 00:07:29,809 - You're a pitcher? 127 00:07:29,809 --> 00:07:32,259 Pitchers are classically not usually great batters. 128 00:07:32,259 --> 00:07:33,897 - Well, there's nothing classic about me 129 00:07:33,897 --> 00:07:35,379 except for my spunk. 130 00:07:35,379 --> 00:07:37,105 But listen, do you have any advice 131 00:07:37,105 --> 00:07:39,114 about how to succeed in Mountport? 132 00:07:39,114 --> 00:07:40,462 - Oh sure, I got lots of advice 133 00:07:40,462 --> 00:07:43,045 on how to succeed in Mountport. 134 00:07:43,918 --> 00:07:45,814 Just a couple of things you gotta know. 135 00:07:45,814 --> 00:07:48,992 If you wanna be a sort of a big deal around here. 136 00:07:48,992 --> 00:07:49,922 - Sure. 137 00:08:12,805 --> 00:08:13,638 - Oh. 138 00:09:27,088 --> 00:09:27,977 - Got it. 139 00:09:29,718 --> 00:09:30,778 - Maybe evil? 140 00:09:37,942 --> 00:09:40,353 - Good advice for me. 141 00:09:40,353 --> 00:09:42,177 - Alit with optimism, 142 00:09:42,177 --> 00:09:46,010 our hero does one of those three quarter-turn exits 143 00:09:46,010 --> 00:09:49,093 that only happens in musical theater. 144 00:09:51,535 --> 00:09:52,452 And you can come right back. 145 00:09:54,130 --> 00:09:56,905 With that, the late comers to the theater are ushered in. 146 00:09:56,905 --> 00:09:58,068 They get a bunch of mean looks, 147 00:09:58,068 --> 00:10:01,120 like what, you couldn't be on time for $80 theater tickets? 148 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,517 What is going on in your life 149 00:10:03,517 --> 00:10:06,580 that you didn't set aside a full hour to get here? 150 00:10:06,580 --> 00:10:09,245 You know what, you don't deserve a program. 151 00:10:09,245 --> 00:10:11,541 The scenery splits. 152 00:10:11,541 --> 00:10:16,255 The music becomes staccato. 153 00:10:16,255 --> 00:10:18,338 - Nice adjustment, Scott. 154 00:10:19,949 --> 00:10:24,949 - As we reveal the other side of town, downtown Mountport. 155 00:10:25,148 --> 00:10:29,231 It's not nearly as wholesome, center of industry. 156 00:10:30,609 --> 00:10:34,154 A businessperson talks loudly on a cell phone. 157 00:10:34,154 --> 00:10:37,114 - If the stocks are breaking the roof by midday, 158 00:10:37,114 --> 00:10:38,998 I don't want to hear about it. 159 00:10:38,998 --> 00:10:41,999 - Two drivers yell at each other from their automobiles. 160 00:10:41,999 --> 00:10:44,534 - Get outta here! - Hey, you get outta here! 161 00:10:44,534 --> 00:10:49,252 - A busker sings and plays beat up guitar for spare change. 162 00:10:54,706 --> 00:10:56,268 - Hey man, this is my corner! 163 00:10:56,268 --> 00:10:57,505 - Oh. 164 00:10:57,505 --> 00:11:00,116 - Two buskers go head to head. 165 00:11:10,505 --> 00:11:14,505 - And on the top of Mountport's only skyscraper, 166 00:11:15,604 --> 00:11:17,829 we meet our villain. 167 00:11:19,508 --> 00:11:22,026 Allow them to introduce themselves. 168 00:11:22,026 --> 00:11:26,359 - It's me, Tina Johnson, 169 00:11:27,212 --> 00:11:30,037 the nastiest woman in all of Mountport. 170 00:11:30,037 --> 00:11:31,593 I used to be in a big ol' tree, 171 00:11:31,593 --> 00:11:35,418 and I said to myself, that's not high enough! 172 00:11:35,418 --> 00:11:39,418 I can't be as mean as I want to be in a tree. 173 00:11:39,418 --> 00:11:42,497 I must move to a skyscraper. 174 00:11:42,497 --> 00:11:44,817 - Just then, our villain's assistant 175 00:11:44,817 --> 00:11:46,383 strolls through the door. 176 00:11:46,383 --> 00:11:47,602 - Uh, hi boss. 177 00:11:47,602 --> 00:11:49,556 So I got the sort of new, uh, 178 00:11:49,556 --> 00:11:52,583 the new readouts on the skyscraper. 179 00:11:52,583 --> 00:11:54,645 We can't build it any higher than it is now. 180 00:11:54,645 --> 00:11:56,458 - What do you mean, Pinocchio? 181 00:11:56,458 --> 00:11:59,519 - Well, I- - I want to scrape the sky! 182 00:11:59,519 --> 00:12:02,076 - Yeah, I know, boss, but if we build it any higher, 183 00:12:02,076 --> 00:12:05,885 it's gonna put a big shadow on the baseball field below. 184 00:12:05,885 --> 00:12:07,965 - That's my ultimate plan! 185 00:12:07,965 --> 00:12:11,122 I want them playing in total darkness! 186 00:12:11,122 --> 00:12:14,364 - Now in a scene that will eventually turn into a song, 187 00:12:14,364 --> 00:12:19,037 we hear about how the villain could foil our heroes' plans. 188 00:12:19,037 --> 00:12:22,890 If our players want, for an extra point, 189 00:12:22,890 --> 00:12:25,820 they are welcome to incorporate the phrase, 190 00:12:25,820 --> 00:12:27,206 "I am a professional." 191 00:12:31,163 --> 00:12:32,891 - I'm going to tell you something. 192 00:12:32,891 --> 00:12:35,375 You know the legend of the baseball playing, 193 00:12:35,375 --> 00:12:38,839 traveling, baseball-playing kid who can change the world? 194 00:12:38,839 --> 00:12:40,232 - The one who is foretold 195 00:12:40,232 --> 00:12:41,674 to come to this town and change everything? 196 00:12:41,674 --> 00:12:43,151 - That's right, that's right. 197 00:12:43,151 --> 00:12:46,008 - And your reign will be toppled should they arrive? 198 00:12:46,008 --> 00:12:47,023 - That's right. 199 00:12:47,023 --> 00:12:47,949 - Yeah, I've heard of it. 200 00:12:47,949 --> 00:12:50,188 - Well, I'm gonna tell you more about it. 201 00:12:50,188 --> 00:12:51,581 - Okay. 202 00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:08,720 - That's true. 203 00:13:44,102 --> 00:13:44,994 - Right. 204 00:13:46,638 --> 00:13:47,546 - That's true, yeah. 205 00:13:51,984 --> 00:13:53,377 - Right, a baseball field, traditionally. 206 00:13:57,704 --> 00:13:58,537 - Right. 207 00:14:07,616 --> 00:14:09,471 - I'm a professional 208 00:14:13,514 --> 00:14:14,400 - That's right. 209 00:14:35,697 --> 00:14:37,855 - Is the plan clear? - No, I understand. 210 00:14:37,855 --> 00:14:39,621 - Makes perfect sense to me. - Yeah, I wrote it all down. 211 00:14:39,621 --> 00:14:40,781 - Good. 212 00:14:40,781 --> 00:14:42,598 - Legitimately better than anything I've seen 213 00:14:42,598 --> 00:14:44,815 on Broadway in the last 10 years. 214 00:14:44,815 --> 00:14:47,388 Oh my God, I am so disoriented, 215 00:14:47,388 --> 00:14:49,239 like I'm so caught up in your guys' performances 216 00:14:49,239 --> 00:14:51,664 that I've forgotten to give out any points 217 00:14:51,664 --> 00:14:53,519 except for one at the very beginning. 218 00:14:53,519 --> 00:14:55,659 A point for each of the two of you, 219 00:14:55,659 --> 00:14:58,666 bringing you each to two for your initial duet. 220 00:14:58,666 --> 00:15:01,286 Certainly a point to each of you, 221 00:15:01,286 --> 00:15:04,272 bringing you respectively to two and three for that duet. 222 00:15:04,272 --> 00:15:07,323 And certainly, an additional point to Zach, 223 00:15:07,323 --> 00:15:11,025 bringing him to four for incorporating "I'm a professional." 224 00:15:11,025 --> 00:15:12,736 I do musical theater for the points. 225 00:15:14,085 --> 00:15:16,429 - The points headed into next round, 226 00:15:16,429 --> 00:15:20,970 Zeke with two, Zach with four, Jess with two. 227 00:15:20,970 --> 00:15:25,970 With an orchestral flourish, flying in from off screen 228 00:15:26,069 --> 00:15:29,911 is the minimalist impression of a train car. 229 00:15:32,065 --> 00:15:32,898 Did you like this? 230 00:15:32,898 --> 00:15:34,346 - Yeah, it's really nice. - Thank you very much. 231 00:15:34,346 --> 00:15:38,641 Fancy lighting gives us a sense of movement. 232 00:15:38,641 --> 00:15:41,052 Somewhere, a producer is proud of themselves, 233 00:15:41,052 --> 00:15:44,776 but a lighting designer wishes they had more budget. 234 00:15:44,776 --> 00:15:48,573 Over the loudspeaker of the train car, 235 00:15:48,573 --> 00:15:51,378 a conductor calls out what stop is next. 236 00:15:51,378 --> 00:15:53,692 - Uh, next up, Palm Springs. 237 00:15:55,711 --> 00:15:57,240 - This should be interesting. 238 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:01,107 An attendant takes tickets from passengers. 239 00:16:01,107 --> 00:16:03,896 - This is a ticket to Seattle. 240 00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:06,430 I don't get paid enough to care. 241 00:16:06,430 --> 00:16:09,996 - Two gossiping old ladies are en route. 242 00:16:09,996 --> 00:16:12,029 - I'm so glad we're finally getting out. 243 00:16:12,029 --> 00:16:13,887 - I had to get away, and honestly, 244 00:16:13,887 --> 00:16:16,251 Palm Springs is 110 this time of year 245 00:16:16,251 --> 00:16:17,484 and I could not be more thrilled. 246 00:16:17,484 --> 00:16:18,624 - You know what I needed? 247 00:16:18,624 --> 00:16:20,619 I needed to dry out my bones. 248 00:16:20,619 --> 00:16:22,052 - I need a swim-up bar. 249 00:16:22,052 --> 00:16:24,164 I need cards that could catch fire 250 00:16:24,164 --> 00:16:25,679 from the sun at any moment. - Uh-huh. 251 00:16:25,679 --> 00:16:30,494 - But in one train car, our hero and our villain... 252 00:16:33,114 --> 00:16:34,629 Are about to meet. 253 00:16:34,629 --> 00:16:38,761 And in a scene that will at some point graduate to song, 254 00:16:38,761 --> 00:16:40,350 a confrontation takes place. 255 00:16:40,350 --> 00:16:42,784 If our players are so inclined, 256 00:16:42,784 --> 00:16:46,178 they may incorporate the phrase for a bonus point, 257 00:16:46,178 --> 00:16:48,553 "Ticket to nowhere." 258 00:16:50,476 --> 00:16:51,707 - Oh, I'm sorry. 259 00:16:51,707 --> 00:16:53,299 They said this car still had an opening, 260 00:16:53,299 --> 00:16:55,571 but your luggage appears to be in every seat. 261 00:16:55,571 --> 00:16:56,491 - Yes. 262 00:16:56,491 --> 00:16:57,359 - Well, I can just- 263 00:16:57,359 --> 00:16:58,409 - Wait. - Yes? 264 00:16:58,409 --> 00:17:00,168 - You, girl. - Yes? 265 00:17:00,168 --> 00:17:02,021 - Quick, what's your favorite sport? 266 00:17:02,021 --> 00:17:03,538 - Oh, baseball, of course. 267 00:17:03,538 --> 00:17:05,433 - Sit down. 268 00:17:05,433 --> 00:17:08,129 - Okay, can I move this one duffel? 269 00:17:08,129 --> 00:17:09,051 - No. 270 00:17:09,051 --> 00:17:11,073 - Sit on it. - Yes. 271 00:17:11,073 --> 00:17:11,964 Where are you going? 272 00:17:11,964 --> 00:17:15,169 - Well, I'm going to Palm Springs for spring training. 273 00:17:15,169 --> 00:17:16,182 - That makes sense. 274 00:17:16,182 --> 00:17:18,980 - I made the baseball team at Mountport, which is huge. 275 00:17:18,980 --> 00:17:20,754 It's the first step for me. 276 00:17:20,754 --> 00:17:21,641 - Could she be? 277 00:17:21,641 --> 00:17:23,778 Could she'd be the one that was foretold? 278 00:17:23,778 --> 00:17:26,607 I have a second question for you, pop quiz. 279 00:17:26,607 --> 00:17:27,865 A, light. 280 00:17:27,865 --> 00:17:28,882 B, dark. 281 00:17:28,882 --> 00:17:31,021 C, none of the above. 282 00:17:31,021 --> 00:17:33,729 - Well, hm, I think C, none of the above, 283 00:17:33,729 --> 00:17:35,108 because I don't have enough context, 284 00:17:35,108 --> 00:17:39,042 but if you're talking about baseball, of course, A, light. 285 00:17:39,042 --> 00:17:40,607 I can't play in the dark. 286 00:17:40,607 --> 00:17:41,789 That's my one weakness. 287 00:17:41,789 --> 00:17:44,503 - I think she's the one! 288 00:17:44,503 --> 00:17:47,288 - If that were to happen to me, whoa. 289 00:17:47,288 --> 00:17:50,194 Everything would go off the rails. 290 00:18:46,364 --> 00:18:47,294 - It's dark! 291 00:18:57,734 --> 00:18:58,854 - Oh! 292 00:20:09,340 --> 00:20:10,990 - What? 293 00:20:10,990 --> 00:20:12,420 - Ticket to nowhere for you! 294 00:20:12,420 --> 00:20:13,371 - No, ticket to nowhere for you! 295 00:20:13,371 --> 00:20:14,789 - No, it's gonna be for you! 296 00:20:14,789 --> 00:20:16,810 - No, I came up with the idea! 297 00:20:16,810 --> 00:20:19,393 - Lights fade on the argument. 298 00:20:20,775 --> 00:20:24,192 As the actors are still heard, ushered off stage. 299 00:20:24,192 --> 00:20:25,710 - Ticket to nowhere for you! 300 00:20:25,710 --> 00:20:28,242 - That'll be a point for Zeke, Point for Jess, 301 00:20:28,242 --> 00:20:29,216 and an additional point 302 00:20:29,216 --> 00:20:31,769 for giving us our first us our first "ticket to nowhere." 303 00:20:31,769 --> 00:20:34,519 Flash forward, a week has passed. 304 00:20:35,527 --> 00:20:36,661 That's about as much time as- 305 00:20:36,661 --> 00:20:38,122 - Yeah, that sounds great. 306 00:20:38,122 --> 00:20:40,856 - Oh, a good week of Palm Springs training. 307 00:20:40,856 --> 00:20:43,597 It's done now and we're back home. 308 00:20:43,597 --> 00:20:47,317 - The intersection of uptown and downtown Mountport. 309 00:20:47,317 --> 00:20:50,067 The conductor calls out the stop. 310 00:20:51,327 --> 00:20:53,011 - Mountport Station. 311 00:20:53,011 --> 00:20:55,205 The same place that we left from a week ago, 312 00:20:55,205 --> 00:20:57,743 and then waited for Palm Springs in a week and came back. 313 00:20:57,743 --> 00:20:59,102 Yes, it's the same train. 314 00:20:59,102 --> 00:21:02,597 Yes, we haven't been anywhere in the meantime. 315 00:21:02,597 --> 00:21:03,733 - Hi ho to you! 316 00:21:03,733 --> 00:21:05,126 - Hi ho to you. 317 00:21:05,126 --> 00:21:06,989 Oh, got a local over here. 318 00:21:06,989 --> 00:21:09,546 - The newsie sells newspapers to passersby. 319 00:21:09,546 --> 00:21:12,868 - Extra, extra, fish still gone! 320 00:21:12,868 --> 00:21:17,086 Tina in her big, tall building, number one suspect, 321 00:21:17,086 --> 00:21:20,372 pinning it on Ethel, a old lady from way before 322 00:21:20,372 --> 00:21:24,182 whose name you may or may not remember, wrongfully accused. 323 00:21:24,182 --> 00:21:28,310 Now Tina expected to be behind all wrongdoing in Mountport. 324 00:21:28,310 --> 00:21:31,513 - Our busker plays guitar, hoping for a coin or two. 325 00:21:31,513 --> 00:21:32,481 - Hey. - Hey. 326 00:21:32,481 --> 00:21:34,300 - I've been on this corner for a long time. 327 00:21:34,300 --> 00:21:35,133 - Yeah. 328 00:21:39,082 --> 00:21:41,148 - Take my guitar. 329 00:21:41,148 --> 00:21:43,552 - Take your guitar? 330 00:21:43,552 --> 00:21:46,294 - Play it well, I quit. 331 00:21:56,585 --> 00:21:57,418 Thanks. 332 00:21:57,418 --> 00:21:58,353 - This is really compelling. 333 00:21:58,353 --> 00:21:59,311 - Thank you. 334 00:21:59,311 --> 00:22:00,798 Wait, give me that back. 335 00:22:00,798 --> 00:22:02,932 - That's right, I allow room for impromptu songs. 336 00:22:02,932 --> 00:22:04,115 It is improv, after all. 337 00:22:04,115 --> 00:22:06,013 I just don't award points when they occur. 338 00:22:06,013 --> 00:22:07,365 - Those were two important characters. 339 00:22:07,365 --> 00:22:08,672 We had to follow up. 340 00:22:08,672 --> 00:22:10,602 - Absolutely, and as such, 341 00:22:10,602 --> 00:22:13,011 here are our two old ladies again. 342 00:22:13,011 --> 00:22:15,359 - Here was the thing I didn't like about Palm Springs. 343 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:16,249 - Yeah, please. 344 00:22:16,249 --> 00:22:17,353 - It got too hot. 345 00:22:17,353 --> 00:22:18,949 - I was ready for 110. 346 00:22:18,949 --> 00:22:20,840 117, excuse me, it's- 347 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,201 - And it says you'll acclimate. 348 00:22:23,201 --> 00:22:26,754 I never acclimate to anything in my life. 349 00:22:26,754 --> 00:22:28,029 - I'm not gonna start now. 350 00:22:28,029 --> 00:22:29,140 - Okay, but also can we talk about 351 00:22:29,140 --> 00:22:30,780 how it's actually been Tina the whole time 352 00:22:30,780 --> 00:22:32,262 and I feel really bad? 353 00:22:32,262 --> 00:22:33,572 - We got to send a card to Ethel, 354 00:22:33,572 --> 00:22:35,128 or a fruit basket or something. 355 00:22:35,128 --> 00:22:37,309 - Would you go half and half on a fruit basket with me? 356 00:22:37,309 --> 00:22:40,468 - I mean, the prices- - Are too high! 357 00:22:40,468 --> 00:22:41,857 - On a fruit basket, are you kidding me? 358 00:22:41,857 --> 00:22:42,843 It's mostly melon. 359 00:22:42,843 --> 00:22:43,851 - Too high, mostly melon. 360 00:22:43,851 --> 00:22:46,132 - And now, in a scene that will turn into a song, 361 00:22:46,132 --> 00:22:49,338 and featuring any number of characters we've seen already, 362 00:22:49,338 --> 00:22:51,255 our hero devises a plan 363 00:22:52,203 --> 00:22:55,790 for how they're going to take our villain down. 364 00:22:55,790 --> 00:22:58,194 And if our players are so inclined, 365 00:22:58,194 --> 00:23:02,861 they can incorporate the phrase, "What money can't buy." 366 00:23:03,980 --> 00:23:06,344 - Hey, newsie, uh, hi ho. 367 00:23:06,344 --> 00:23:07,841 - Extra, hi ho, read all about it. 368 00:23:07,841 --> 00:23:08,973 You see that skyscraper? 369 00:23:08,973 --> 00:23:09,806 It's even taller now, 370 00:23:09,806 --> 00:23:11,745 and there's a shadow all over in the baseball field. 371 00:23:11,745 --> 00:23:14,280 - Yeah, listen, I was thinking, 372 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,338 it's really hard to build a structure that fast. 373 00:23:17,338 --> 00:23:18,226 - Sure is. 374 00:23:18,226 --> 00:23:20,747 - And I mean, in a week it's gotten a few stories taller. 375 00:23:20,747 --> 00:23:22,177 It got me thinking. 376 00:23:22,177 --> 00:23:25,589 It must not be, like, made of official materials in any way. 377 00:23:25,589 --> 00:23:26,807 - Absolutely not. 378 00:23:26,807 --> 00:23:28,496 She doesn't like building regulations, 379 00:23:28,496 --> 00:23:30,306 so she actively builds it in a way 380 00:23:30,306 --> 00:23:32,037 that is not earthquake-safe. 381 00:23:32,037 --> 00:23:34,399 - Okay, I think I have a plan to take it down. 382 00:23:34,399 --> 00:23:35,330 - Oh, that's great, 383 00:23:35,330 --> 00:23:37,687 because we're all way too scared to stand up to Tina. 384 00:23:37,687 --> 00:23:39,968 - Pinocchio, build it higher! 385 00:23:39,968 --> 00:23:41,913 - Yes, ma'am, I'll build it higher! 386 00:23:41,913 --> 00:23:43,389 - Because you know why? - Why? 387 00:23:43,389 --> 00:23:46,297 - Money can buy anything I want. 388 00:23:46,297 --> 00:23:47,307 - Oh okay, well, 389 00:23:47,307 --> 00:23:48,866 you sure you didn't want to spring for more? 390 00:23:48,866 --> 00:23:51,054 'Cause these are all like Home Depot two-by-fours, 391 00:23:51,054 --> 00:23:52,432 and I'm pretty sure they're not wood 392 00:23:52,432 --> 00:23:53,860 that's graded for construction. 393 00:23:53,860 --> 00:23:55,505 - I don't care, build it higher! 394 00:23:55,505 --> 00:23:56,862 - Okay. 395 00:23:56,862 --> 00:23:58,160 - You're really good at getting the word out. 396 00:23:58,160 --> 00:23:59,719 - Yeah, it's kinda what I- 397 00:23:59,719 --> 00:24:03,836 - Yeah, we just need everyone in town to pitch in. 398 00:24:03,836 --> 00:24:06,391 I think we could just take this thing apart 399 00:24:06,391 --> 00:24:08,005 in like an assembly line. 400 00:24:08,005 --> 00:24:10,875 - You want me to write the headline? 401 00:24:10,875 --> 00:24:12,156 - Well, I guess I'm thinking more 402 00:24:12,156 --> 00:24:14,480 like can you spread the word quickly? 403 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:15,835 - Okay, can you say what the words are? 404 00:24:15,835 --> 00:24:17,043 - Yeah, sure. - Yeah, okay. 405 00:24:17,043 --> 00:24:19,876 - It might be something like this. 406 00:24:26,441 --> 00:24:27,977 - I'm writing this down, good, yeah. 407 00:25:06,026 --> 00:25:07,363 - Did you hear they want us all 408 00:25:07,363 --> 00:25:09,491 to gather around here and take beams down? 409 00:25:09,491 --> 00:25:10,691 - Whoa! - What are we supposed to do? 410 00:25:10,691 --> 00:25:12,676 Climb up there and take down, it's probably too heavy. 411 00:25:12,676 --> 00:25:13,549 Oh, actually, it's much lighter- 412 00:25:13,549 --> 00:25:14,477 - Actually it's very light. 413 00:25:14,477 --> 00:25:17,446 This is nice, it's the most activity I've had in a while. 414 00:25:17,446 --> 00:25:19,049 It feels good. - Me, too. 415 00:25:19,049 --> 00:25:20,006 - Oh, sorry. 416 00:25:20,006 --> 00:25:22,120 - Oh, yeah, I'm the little kid who was inside from before, 417 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:23,687 and I'm excited just to be outdoors. 418 00:25:23,687 --> 00:25:25,209 - Get back in the street! 419 00:25:25,209 --> 00:25:26,738 - I don't wanna! 420 00:25:26,738 --> 00:25:28,506 - I was just busking for a while, 421 00:25:28,506 --> 00:25:31,043 but this beams are about the same height as my thing. 422 00:25:31,043 --> 00:25:33,489 I might be taking this tower down, piece by piece. 423 00:25:33,489 --> 00:25:34,833 - Whoa, well if you're doing something, 424 00:25:34,833 --> 00:25:36,177 I'm gonna try and do it better, 425 00:25:36,177 --> 00:25:38,129 because that is our relationship. 426 00:25:38,129 --> 00:25:40,120 - You keep me sharp, bud. 427 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:40,953 - That's right. 428 00:25:40,953 --> 00:25:42,522 - Hey, let's do this. 429 00:25:42,522 --> 00:25:46,100 - Uh, Tina, people are taking our tower down piece by piece. 430 00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:48,500 - What do you mean they're taking it down piece by piece? 431 00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:50,272 - I mean, I'm putting it up piece by piece, 432 00:25:50,272 --> 00:25:52,173 but they're taking it down piece by piece. 433 00:25:52,173 --> 00:25:54,001 - You just need to build higher and faster! 434 00:26:37,037 --> 00:26:38,823 - Tina, listen. 435 00:26:38,823 --> 00:26:40,003 It's not too late. 436 00:26:40,003 --> 00:26:42,157 Mountport's a great town. 437 00:26:42,157 --> 00:26:43,896 It'll take you in if let it. 438 00:26:43,896 --> 00:26:46,756 - It sucks, it doesn't even scientifically make sense! 439 00:26:46,756 --> 00:26:48,696 - But isn't that what's so great about it? 440 00:26:48,696 --> 00:26:50,472 - It's a place where you can follow your dreams. 441 00:26:50,472 --> 00:26:52,580 And then think, well maybe I should go to business school, 442 00:26:52,580 --> 00:26:55,196 and then realize I could go to business school 443 00:26:55,196 --> 00:26:56,435 and be a busker. 444 00:26:56,435 --> 00:26:59,047 - Right, I can be a mountain and a sea. 445 00:26:59,047 --> 00:27:00,327 - You can buy a melon basket 446 00:27:00,327 --> 00:27:03,195 but split the cost with a close friend, hi ho. 447 00:27:03,195 --> 00:27:04,225 - Hi ho. 448 00:27:04,225 --> 00:27:07,849 - Well, if I'm being honest, I never wanted to be mean. 449 00:27:07,849 --> 00:27:10,329 I just got caught up in the legend and the prophecy. 450 00:27:10,329 --> 00:27:11,761 - Sort of like a self-fulfilling thing. 451 00:27:11,761 --> 00:27:13,730 - That's right, I moved to Mountport initially 452 00:27:13,730 --> 00:27:16,966 because I always wanted to be a train conductor. 453 00:27:16,966 --> 00:27:18,605 And I wanted to manage a train 454 00:27:18,605 --> 00:27:21,515 that went from a mountain sea town 455 00:27:21,515 --> 00:27:22,955 to the middle of the desert. 456 00:27:22,955 --> 00:27:25,079 - Very specific. - Yes, that was my dream. 457 00:27:25,079 --> 00:27:26,715 I don't know, I was a little girl. 458 00:27:26,715 --> 00:27:28,710 - Extra, extra, terrible news! 459 00:27:28,710 --> 00:27:30,653 Mountport's famous train conductor 460 00:27:30,653 --> 00:27:33,632 dropped dead from eating too much tuna fish. 461 00:27:33,632 --> 00:27:35,676 Just a little bit will do ya. 462 00:27:35,676 --> 00:27:36,509 - Tina. 463 00:27:59,527 --> 00:28:03,844 - Wow, so I could be Nice Tina. 464 00:28:03,844 --> 00:28:04,786 - Sure. 465 00:28:04,786 --> 00:28:07,833 - Or, Cool Tina. - Yeah, sure. 466 00:28:07,833 --> 00:28:11,617 - Sexy Tina? - Okay. Sexy Tina! 467 00:28:11,617 --> 00:28:13,617 - The train conductress. 468 00:28:19,063 --> 00:28:20,839 - Well, I like the sound of that. 469 00:28:20,839 --> 00:28:24,049 I guess money can buy a giant tower, 470 00:28:24,049 --> 00:28:28,591 but it can't buy a vocation and a passion 471 00:28:28,591 --> 00:28:31,712 for overland travel. - Sure! 472 00:28:31,712 --> 00:28:33,921 - Hey, it's noon. 473 00:28:34,799 --> 00:28:36,860 That's the time for the big baseball game to start. 474 00:28:36,860 --> 00:28:40,996 - Oh wow, this is your real moment, Alexa. 475 00:28:40,996 --> 00:28:44,888 What can you do on the baseball field? 476 00:28:48,852 --> 00:28:51,561 - And the first pitch goes out from Alexa. 477 00:28:51,561 --> 00:28:55,782 Alexa now run back to the diamond, at home plate, 478 00:28:55,782 --> 00:28:58,312 and the first swing, it's Alexa! 479 00:28:58,312 --> 00:29:00,662 It's going, it's going... 480 00:29:00,662 --> 00:29:02,823 - The ball is going straight into the remnants 481 00:29:02,823 --> 00:29:06,550 of Tina's tower, and boom! 482 00:29:06,550 --> 00:29:08,133 It's demolished it. 483 00:29:09,844 --> 00:29:11,728 - Mountport, one and all, 484 00:29:11,728 --> 00:29:13,628 thank you so much for welcoming in 485 00:29:13,628 --> 00:29:16,197 a scrappy kid from not here. 486 00:29:16,197 --> 00:29:17,588 Hi ho to you all! 487 00:29:17,588 --> 00:29:19,686 - Hi ho to you! - Hi ho. 488 00:29:19,686 --> 00:29:22,694 - Here's what I know for sure. 489 00:29:32,017 --> 00:29:34,641 - That's true. - Say that one again. 490 00:30:07,431 --> 00:30:11,031 - Next stop, Palm Springs. 491 00:30:12,496 --> 00:30:14,083 - Wow! 492 00:30:14,083 --> 00:30:16,530 That is points across the board, 493 00:30:16,530 --> 00:30:19,573 and one additional point point for Jess McKenna 494 00:30:19,573 --> 00:30:21,722 for incorporating "what money can't buy." 495 00:30:21,722 --> 00:30:23,615 - Can I get a point for doing the reverse of it? 496 00:30:23,615 --> 00:30:26,561 - Yes, actually, Zeke, I think that's super fair. 497 00:30:26,561 --> 00:30:28,061 The curtain drops. 498 00:30:29,013 --> 00:30:32,174 - Oh my god, good job. - You did so good. 499 00:30:32,174 --> 00:30:35,248 - A standing ovation! - Oh my god. 500 00:30:35,248 --> 00:30:37,058 Some people rush to their cars 501 00:30:37,058 --> 00:30:40,010 in order to beat the traffic, but that's bad behavior. 502 00:30:40,010 --> 00:30:43,260 The curtain opens, take a bow, players. 503 00:30:45,410 --> 00:30:48,734 And a solo bow for our winner, Jess McKenna. 504 00:30:48,734 --> 00:30:51,910 - Oh, oh my god! 505 00:30:51,910 --> 00:30:54,668 Oh my god, no, please. 506 00:30:54,668 --> 00:30:56,328 - That does it for us here at "Game Changer." 507 00:30:56,328 --> 00:30:57,756 I am Sam Reich, 508 00:30:57,756 --> 00:31:01,552 reminding you that the world is your musical. 509 00:31:01,552 --> 00:31:04,854 It's just that your cast is bad at taking direction. 510 00:31:04,854 --> 00:31:06,129 Goodnight.