(instruments warming up)
(uplifting piano music)
(audience cheers and applauds)
- Good evening, theater nerds!
Welcome to "Play It By Ear," the musical improv show.
I'm your host, Mano Agapion.
Let's go ahead and meet today's cast, huh?
Let's start with Jess McKenna!
- Hi!
(audience applauding)
- [Mano] Zach Reino!
(audience applauding) (upbeat music)
Jiavani!
(audience applauding)
- Oh, yes.
- [Mano] And Rashawn Scott!
- Well, hi.
(audience applauding) (upbeat music continues)
- Ha-cha!
- Hi! - Ha-cha!
- Ha-cha!
- I stomped hard on my ankle. - How was it?
- Ow. - Are you all right?
- I was like, why was that my choice?
It was too much. - But like, our feet are crazy
because they're hinged the wrong way.
- What?
- Through evolution, they hinged the wrong way.
- I'm sorry, can we get a little
of "The More You Know" music?
- (laughing) You know?
(bright piano music)
(Mano and cast laugh)
Right, like, no other animal
has, like, a front-hinged knee and a back-hinged foot.
- Yeah, when you think about, like, horses.
- Just think about horses.
This was your lesson for the day, hope you learned a lot.
- So this is a horse foot musical
we're doing today, I assume.
- Yes, yes, where breaking a leg is not optimal.
- Theater pun!
- Well, whoever said homework and crushes
are just for teenagers, huh?
Get ready to dance along with these adults
who are receiving their vocational education.
They'll learn to follow their passions
through catchy and relatable songs.
And, let's just say it's a sequel, for some reason.
(Jess and Zach laugh)
Join us as we proudly present,
"Trade School Musical 2."
- Okay. - Oh my gosh.
(uplifting music)
I know that we're all supposed to get ready for summer,
since most of our classes are done,
but I'm actually gonna take a few more credits
in the summer.
Anybody else?
- Yeah, I mean, the last year that we all had together
was so crazy, but I'm like, just 'cause it's summer
doesn't mean school has to stop.
Also, we're adults,
so the school system means nothing to us,
- Right, right. - [Zach] Time-wise.
- But most of all,
I'm so glad that we already had that adventure
where we learned that we could be friends
even if we were in different vocations.
That one already happened.
- [Zach] Yeah!
- Where there was a love triangle and a love story
across the VCR techs and the cosmetology school,
and we thought they'd never get along,
but that already happened.
- I mean.
♪ So many great things ♪
♪ Have happened in the past ♪
♪ We all got to know each other ♪
♪ We made friendships that will definitely last ♪
♪ We were walking down one path ♪
Sure!
♪ Thinking that was the only way ♪
♪ But then we learned to throw away labels ♪
♪ And really seize the day ♪
♪ Last time was really fun ♪
♪ But now all of those times are done ♪
♪ Oh, this can be something new ♪
♪ With you and you and you and me too ♪
♪ I wouldn't trade trade school for anything ♪
♪ Without you all in my life ♪
♪ I couldn't win ♪
♪ So let's do it again ♪
♪ I'll never trade you ♪
♪ Let's do it again ♪
♪ No, I'll never trade you ♪
♪ Let's do it again ♪
♪ I'll never trade you in Trade School Two ♪
♪ I'll never trade you ♪
♪ Let's do it again ♪
♪ I'll never trade you ♪
♪ Let's do it again ♪
♪ No, I'll never trade you ♪
♪ In trade school two ♪
♪ Do you remember, back in September ♪
♪ When the four of us almost died ♪
- Oh my gosh!
♪ What a wacky adventure ♪
♪ But the three of you were by my side ♪
♪ And we had that budget crisis ♪
- Yeah!
♪ Where they were gonna shut the doors ♪
♪ But we all came together ♪
♪ To raise more money than before ♪
♪ And I guess we aren't gonna talk ♪
♪ About how Gary died ♪
♪ Gary died ♪
♪ There are the great four of us ♪
♪ But a moment for when there were five ♪
♪ When there were five ♪
♪ Let's think about Gary ♪
♪ Gone but not forgotten ♪
♪ And let's think of our knowledge ♪
♪ For which there is no bottom ♪
♪ I'll never trade you ♪
♪ Let's do it again ♪
♪ But not the part where Gary died ♪
♪ I'll never trade you ♪
♪ Let's do it again ♪
♪ But we, in this time, we all survive ♪
(repeating) ♪ I'll never trade you ♪
♪ I'll never trade you ♪
♪ And I'll never trade you ♪
♪ In trade school ♪
♪ Trade School Two ♪
- Yeah!
- Yeah, who needs the first one
when you learned everything you needed from this song?
- We came together, RIP, Gary.
- Gary's dead.
- There's no, this one is not about cliques finding unity.
- No. - No, no, no, no, no.
- They're all together now.
- For this next scene, I wanna see something
that undoes what we learned
in the original "Trade School Musical."
Take it away! (laughs)
- Class, today is a good day.
To be a woodworker,
one must have the mind for the material.
Write this down. Wood comes from the trees.
(Mano laughs)
And without the trees,
we can't have tables, we can't have chairs.
- What about metal chairs?
- Get out of my class. - Sorry.
I'm an actual child that snuck into this school for adults.
You'll see me again!
- I'm sorry for getting so upset,
but I'm very passionate about wood, and all it can do.
I've made plenty of clocks.
(Mano laughs)
- Miss Tripp, is it true that a shaker edge
is a pure right angle, versus a beveled edge?
- Lemme look this up.
Yes! Very good.
Wait, you're the one they speak of in the textbooks.
- No, no, that's not me.
I'm just a regular student.
I don't have any sort of-
- That's your picture
right there! - Well, come on!
- Wait, are you Janice Wood?
- Janice Wood, you made the flying buttresses
of the Cathedral of Tekar!
- Yes, I'm Janice Wood,
but please, treat me like any other student.
- When you introduced yourself,
you said your name was Jane Nobody.
- Yeah, yeah, I spent the whole last year being Jane Nobody,
making good friends, almost dying,
raising money to save the school.
- What? Why'd you feel like you couldn't tell us?
- (chuckles) It's hard,
and I wanted to be accepted as one of the gang, you know?
Anteaters stick together.
- This next song will have a tempo
that oscillates between really fast and really slow.
- The trade school anteaters.
- Stick together. (Jiavani mimics anteater)
- Get together, stay together, yump, yump.
- Yump, yump.
♪ Yes, it's true ♪
♪ My picture's in a book ♪
♪ And there isn't anything I can't build ♪
♪ If I give it a look ♪
♪ And you all know my name ♪
(backup vocals) ♪ Janice Wood ♪
♪ And I have so much fame ♪
♪ Janice Wood ♪
♪ But I wanna do it without you thinking ♪
♪ That I should ♪
(tempo increases) ♪ What if you wanna be good ♪
♪ Not just be great ♪
♪ You wanna be good ♪
♪ Not automatically great ♪
♪ You wanna be good ♪
♪ Not automatically great ♪
♪ Just because it feels like it's your fate ♪
(slower again) ♪ Maybe you have a destiny ♪
♪ That's written in the stars ♪
♪ But maybe you'd like to clear ♪
♪ A much lower bar ♪
(faster) ♪ 'Cause it can be exhausting to be amazing ♪
♪ It can be tiring to be the best ♪
♪ I, one time, wanna have to study ♪
♪ Not automatically ace the test ♪
♪ And it can be hard to be incredible ♪
(slower) ♪ When sometimes you wanna be fine ♪
(Zach chuckles)
♪ Yes, I'm Janice Wood ♪
♪ But I'd like to take ♪
♪ My time ♪
(fast) ♪ Don't wanna be great ♪
♪ I just wanna be good ♪
♪ Don't wanna be great ♪
♪ I just wanna be good ♪
♪ Don't wanna be great ♪
♪ I just wanna be good ♪
♪ Don't wanna be great ♪
♪ I just wanna be good ♪
♪ I don't wanna be great ♪ ♪ She don't wanna be great ♪
♪ I just wanna be good ♪ ♪ She just wanna be good ♪
♪ I don't wanna be great ♪ ♪ She don't wanna be great ♪
♪ She just wanna be good ♪
♪ She don't wanna be great ♪
♪ She just wanna be good ♪
♪ For once ♪
♪ I just wanna be ♪
♪ Good ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
(Zach, Jiavani, and Rashawn applaud)
Janice Wood.
- [Zach, Jiavani, and Rashawn] Janice Wood!
- No, don't cheer my name! - Janice Wood!
- Let me be regular, please.
- You're an exceptional student.
I think you're too good for this class.
I think you should advance,
so that way, you can be kinda okay with older kids,
older adults, at this adult school.
- Yeah, and I know I invited you to my baby shower,
but I think you're gonna take a lot of the attention away,
being Janice Wood and everything.
So, I'll just take that invitation back outta your pocket.
Thank you.
(Mano laughs)
- After all we've been through together,
saving the school, not saving Gary,
you're all gonna turn your back on me now,
'cause you found out the truth that I'm Janice Wood,
and I'm good at wood?
- We went through so much together.
I can't believe we're not finding this out until right now.
And on the other hand, I guess we all have secrets to hide.
- I don't have a secret!
- Oh really?
Because your baby shower
is taking place at the Royal Palace in London.
- So, if and when a song happens,
I would like this song to include some cool instructions
for a great new TikTok dance.
- Goddammit, Mano!
(Mano laughs)
Goddammit.
- [Mano] Sorry.
(Jiavani laughs)
- I mean, going all the way across the ocean
for a baby shower is a lot for all of us.
- [Zach] Yeah.
♪ It's just a baby shower across the sea ♪
♪ Don't you all wanna travel by boat ♪
♪ Just to support me ♪
♪ I'm not a princess ♪
♪ I'm just your friend ♪
♪ I'm not a princess ♪
♪ I'm just your friend ♪
♪ All the entourage that I bring with me ♪
♪ They're just my friends too ♪
Hello.
♪ I'm not a princess ♪
♪ I'm like you ♪
- Huh.
♪ Hearing what you say ♪
♪ Has my mind going in circles ♪
♪ Circle, circle, hand, hand ♪
♪ Push that truth away ♪
♪ Look, I don't have to explain ♪
♪ All I have to do ♪
♪ Is take this tiara ♪
♪ Ploomp, ploomp, ploomp, ploomp ♪
♪ And set it down ♪
♪ 'Cause that's not mine ♪
♪ I'm just a plain old Jane ♪
♪ I'm having a baby ♪
♪ And I need you to take a boat, a plane, and a train ♪
♪ To the castle that my friend works at ♪
♪ Is that so big a deal ♪
[Jess] Well -
♪ If my dad was a king and my mom was a queen ♪
♪ Well, that would never be revealed ♪
♪ You're not a princess ♪
♪ I'm just your friend ♪ ♪ You're just our friend ♪
♪ Just our friend ♪
♪ You're not a princess ♪ ♪ I'm not a princess ♪
♪ You're just our friend ♪ ♪ I'm just your friend ♪
♪ And maybe if I had a hand ♪
♪ A hand that I could lend ♪
♪ Then I would go ♪
♪ Boom-boopa-choomp, boopa-choomp, boompa-choomp ♪
♪ Boompa-choomp, boompa-choomp, boop-boop ♪
♪ I think you might be a princess ♪
♪ It's hard to explain ♪
♪ But you've got a tiara ♪
♪ And a 40-mile train ♪
♪ You might be a princess ♪ ♪ You are a princess ♪
♪ I'm just your friend ♪ ♪ But still our friend ♪
♪ You might be a princess ♪ ♪ You are a princess ♪
- I don't care.
♪ I'm just your friend ♪ ♪ And still our friend ♪
♪ I think we should all, like normal peasants, ♪
♪ Do that dance again ♪
♪ Not a princess ♪ ♪ Are a princess ♪
♪ But you're our friend ♪ ♪ Just a friend ♪
♪ Everybody now ♪
♪ Circle, circle, circle ♪
♪ Push the truth away ♪
♪ Tiara, tiara ♪
♪ Set it down ♪
♪ And a hand, and a hand, and a hand, and a hand ♪
♪ And a hand, and a hand, and a hand ♪
♪ And then turn away from the camera ♪
♪ And be like, "I did that," and walk away ♪
♪ Would a princess ♪
♪ Know the people's dance like that ♪
♪ Or are we already past the part where you ♪
♪ I think they know ♪
♪ Your highness, I think they know ♪
♪ That you're a princess and their friend ♪
♪ I'm not a princess ♪
♪ I'm a king ♪
- Oh, wow!
♪ Yes, the second lie is that she was a princess ♪
Oh!
♪ She is our king ♪ ♪ 'Cause I am a king ♪
♪ Kneel before her ♪
♪ Our king ♪ ♪ Your king ♪
- I did that.
(Mano laughing and applauding) (audience applauding)
- Yes! - Wow.
- You made that challenge,
really, nothing to fuck around with.
- Okay, no more.
- [Mano] Okay, no more.
- Okay!
- No more, please.
I'm really excited, and I really love who we've met.
But for some reason, I'd like to meet all new people
in this next scene.
- Being out here, just feels good.
- I mean, been cooped up all day inside.
I mean, like, look, learning taxes is friggin' hard.
- It is every Apil, April, Apil.
That's how much I hate it.
- Yeah. - It's falling out.
- April's the worst month.
- W9, W4, I don't know how
I'm gonna keep this stuff straight for finals!
- Why don't we just call them what they're for?
We have to be so precise, and so exact,
because, like, it's so many numbers up in there.
(Mano laughs)
- Later, like, once we're accountants.
- Yeah! - Ooh,
when we're accountants, - Accountants.
- we're gonna be living it up - Ooh!
- so much. - I'm gonna be like,
- Oh yeah! - click, click, click,
click, click, click, click.
"Ooh, that's deductible."
Click, click, click, click. "That's not."
- Oh, that's deductible.
- Oh, now, that's deductible. - Oh, that's deductible.
Oh, you have those receipts,
'cause you're a client I've vetted over many years.
- Yeah. - Mm-hm.
♪ I love those numbers ♪
♪ I love moving them around ♪
♪ Hoo-hoo ♪
♪ I make the profits up ♪
♪ And the deductibles go down ♪
♪ Or the other way around ♪
♪ The deductibles are high ♪
♪ When me and my friends get number crunching ♪
♪ We get sky high ♪
♪ And I know it's gonna be surmountable ♪
♪ When I'm finally getting accountable ♪
Woo! ♪ And I have people ♪
♪ Are gonna need me ♪
♪ And I know every receipt and every tax ♪
♪ And I can finally sit back and relax ♪
♪ I don't have to work right up to the 15th ♪
♪ We're indestructible ♪
♪ And not deductible ♪
♪ We're indestructible ♪
♪ And not deductible ♪
♪ We'll be here 'til the end of time ♪
♪ Because you always need accountants ♪
♪ And we are fi-yi-yi-ine ♪
Ooh.
(Mano laughs)
♪ Yeah, we are fi-yi-yi-ine ♪
♪ Uh! ♪
♪ Numbers used to stress me out so much ♪
♪ Adding up these numbers was just too much ♪
♪ But now that we're together ♪
♪ And I feel so much better ♪
♪ About the weather ♪
♪ And shining down dollars ♪
♪ When I'm a CPA ♪
♪ CPA ♪
♪ I'll finally have my say ♪
♪ Have my say ♪
♪ I'll do my taxes in January 1st ♪
♪ Just to say I'm the best ♪
♪ And you're the worst ♪
♪ Oh yeah ♪ ♪ We're indestructible ♪
♪ And not deductible ♪
♪ And they can never send us away ♪
♪ We're indestructible ♪
♪ And not deductible ♪
♪ And we'll do taxes 'til your dying day ♪
♪ When I think about what I'm gonna do ♪
♪ I mostly think about clothes ♪
- Okay. - Yeah.
♪ How I feel wearing that nice little suit ♪
♪ It's gonna be tailored and old ♪
♪ I'll have leather on my elbows ♪
♪ And an ink stain on my shirt ♪
- Yes!
♪ Oh, but all my clients will be so excited ♪
♪ When they get that pay dirt ♪
♪ And I'm gonna be independent ♪
♪ Yeah, stop HR Block ♪
♪ I'm gonna go independent ♪
♪ Not HR Block ♪
♪ I'm gonna go independent ♪
♪ Not HR Block ♪
♪ Now we're gonna be independent ♪
♪ Not HR Block ♪
♪ I'm not gonna be whack ♪
♪ With my Turbo Tax ♪
♪ I'm not gonna be whack ♪
♪ With my Turbo Tax ♪
♪ Not gonna be whack ♪
♪ With my Turbo Tax ♪
♪ Not gonna be whack ♪ ♪ I'm gonna be the bomb ♪
♪ Not like FreeTaxUSA.com ♪
(Rashawn laughs)
♪ Okay, okay ♪
♪ We're indestructible ♪
♪ And not deductible ♪
♪ We're indestructible ♪
♪ And not deductible ♪
- Let's get back in there,
and really save some people some money.
- Ooh boy, yeah, it's April all right.
- It's April all right.
(Mano laughs and applauds) (audience applauds)
(Rashawn laughs) (audience applauds)
- I'll give a lighter challenge for this next scene.
I don't care where you take us.
I just wanna meet the mascot of this trade school.
Make sure they're around at some point.
- (sighs) Another great day eating ants.
- Great game, you really pumped us up.
- Great game, Kobe, you did so good.
(Jiavani chuckles)
Man, it's great that trade schools
have sports teams and mascots.
(Mano laughs)
- I was just noticing you over there.
I'm a mascot scout, coming to all the...
- You're not a mascot scout, you're Scout, Master Scout.
- Yeah, yeah, they call me Scout, Master Scout.
And I love what you were doing out there.
- Oh. - Oh, buddy,
you're just, you light the crowd up,
okay? - Thanks, I really felt like
I embodied an anteater out there.
'Cause I know that, like, an anteater
should be on the ground, fighting jaguars,
eating ants. - Yeah, naturally.
Yes, we know that.
- But, like, if I did that,
I felt like it would be hard to see.
So I thought, "What if this mascot stood on two legs?"
- I see a lot of stardom in you, young man.
The way you just got everybody so roused up
at that chess match,
and they got you over there on the lacrosse field
as well. - Sure, I do all of 'em.
- I dedicate that checkmate to you, bro!
- Well, before you sing this song,
I wanna see elements of this school's fight song included.
- Okay.
(cast laughs)
- You got it! - I guess
that's what we'll do.
- Well, Debbin, I see a lot of potential in there.
I'm prepared to offer you a fat salary
and a Prius.
♪ A salary and a Prius ♪
♪ Who could want more ♪
♪ Two things everyone adores ♪
♪ A low-impact car on the environment ♪
♪ And a steady wage ♪
♪ But I'd have to walk away ♪
♪ From Richmond Trade School stay ♪
♪ Are you ready to walk away ♪
♪ Into your destiny ♪
♪ Just follow me ♪
♪ And you'll get a brand new foam head ♪
♪ Just come with me ♪
♪ Come with me, pump yourself up ♪
♪ Fight, fight, fight ♪
♪ Do I follow the man to my right, right, right ♪
♪ Will I follow him in day and night ♪
♪ Through day and night, we fight, fight, fight ♪
♪ Will you fight, fight, fight ♪
♪ With the man to your right, right, right ♪
♪ To my right ♪ ♪ Through the night, ♪
♪ Night, night ♪
♪ Through the night, will I fight ♪
♪ Through the night ♪ ♪ To the right ♪
♪ Will I fight ♪ ♪ Will you fight ♪
♪ To my right ♪ ♪ Will you fight ♪
♪ For a Prius ♪
♪ And a salary ♪
♪ Seems good to me ♪
♪ What will it be ♪
♪ With the man to my right ♪
♪ I will go, go, go ♪
♪ Through rain and sleet and hail and snow ♪
♪ You already know ♪
♪ Are you going to stay here ♪
♪ And cheer for every sport ♪
♪ Every sport ♪
♪ Or will you go with your passion, dreams ♪
♪ And no retort ♪
♪ Will I just go ♪
♪ Let's go Richmond, let's go right now ♪
♪ With the man to my right ♪ [Jess] ♪ Go Richmond ♪
[Jess] ♪ Let's go right now ♪ Oh!
♪ Let's go Richmond, let's go right now ♪
♪ Come to the left ♪ ♪ Let's go Richmond ♪
♪ But then go right ♪ ♪ Let's go right now ♪
♪ Let's go Richmond, let's go right now ♪
♪ Mascot man, Debbin, will you do this again ♪
♪ You've got one chance to make this right ♪
♪ Step into your light ♪
♪ Step into the light ♪
♪ Go Richmond, right now ♪
♪ Step into the light ♪ ♪ To the light ♪
♪ Where it fights my fight ♪ ♪ Richmond, right now ♪
♪ In the light ♪ ♪ Step into ♪
♪ With the man to my right ♪ ♪ The light, go right ♪
♪ Go right, to the light ♪ ♪ Go right, step into ♪
♪ To the light ♪ ♪ Your light ♪
♪ Will rise right now ♪
♪ Let's go Richmond, Richmond right now ♪
♪ I will step into your light ♪ ♪ I will step into the light ♪
(Mano and audience applaud)
- Yes, yes, yes! (cast laughing)
Beautiful! - We did it.
- We did it.
- I want this next scene to include something
that will give this musical an R rating.
- Everyone, I'm sorry, I'm leaving the school.
- Go? - Debbin?
- Debbin!
- You're the heart and soul of Richmond Trade.
- Listen, everything feels so tumultuous right now.
I just got offered a salary and a Prius.
We found out
you're- - You're a king, and also,
you all decided you didn't wanna be friends with me.
Did you go back on that? - No, no, no, no.
No, no. - The thing is,
that you're so advanced, you should jump a grade.
- Oh. - Yeah.
- It's not that we don't wanna be friends with you.
We don't understand why you're here
at this trade school. - Oh.
- Yeah. - You're slumming it with us.
- I know that we all love hanging out
and studying in this coffee shop.
I was thinking that,
if we're all gonna go our separate ways,
you, back to your kingdom,
me, back to the woodworking world tour, you,
- To the big leagues
of mascotting. - to the pros.
- And me, I guess I'll do the sexiest vocation of all,
refrigerator repair. (chuckles)
- Oh. - Whoa!
- More power to you.
It's just that, - Sure, yeah, yeah.
- like, we all know, like, refrigerator repair,
there's some countries that don't even allow
refrigerator repair. - I mean, that's,
I'm getting so fuckin' turned on,
listening to how fuckin' sexy that is.
- It's spicy fuckin' stuff. - Is it getting hot?
- I'm sorry I even - Wait,
- brought it up.
- I'm so fucking outta my mind right now,
with how sexy it is,
thinking about you. - When I think about it cold,
- Ugh. - it makes me feel real hot.
- Ooh, damn! Ugh.
♪ When I think about the refrigerator ♪
♪ It makes me feel so good inside my body ♪
- Yeah, yeah. - Mm.
♪ Keeping things room temperature is not enough ♪
♪ No, no, no, no ♪
♪ You gotta open up that door ♪
♪ And let it get cold ♪
♪ Ooh, yeah, ooh, every time, I wanna kiss ya ♪
♪ When I think about my lettuce ♪
♪ Stayin' crisp in a crisper ♪
- Woo!
♪ Ooh, I feel that coming on, it's a shiver ♪
♪ What are you doing to me ♪
♪ You're making my pussy lips quiver ♪
Woo!
♪ Can you fix me ♪
♪ Ooh, can you fix me ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm getting hotter ♪
♪ Can you fix me ♪
♪ My refrigerator ♪
♪ And hot is not what you're supposed to be ♪
♪ When you're a 'frigerator ♪
♪ I got a little condensation ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Every time I think about you ♪
♪ Giving me brand new sensation ♪
♪ If you wanna take it up a notch ♪
♪ Just go to the top freezer ♪
♪ Oh ♪ ♪ We got all different kinds ♪
♪ Of frozen vegetables ♪
♪ And I'm a pleaser ♪
♪ I got those really cool tiny ice balls ♪
♪ I got the square ones too ♪
♪ And if you get some frostbite baby ♪
♪ I'll give you bite ♪
♪ Oh, fuck yeah, she's talkin' 'bout artisanal ice ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Fuck yeah, she's talkin' 'bout artisanal ice ♪
♪ I meal prep, 'cause I am the best ♪
♪ And I want you all to know my stress ♪
♪ That I, oh yeah ♪
(Mano laughs)
♪ Everybody's so fuckin' hot, it's cold ♪
♪ Just open up the little flap ♪
- Ooh. ♪ At the bottom of the door ♪
- Oh, yeah. - Oh, baby.
♪ The bottom of the door ♪
♪ Replacement filters, mm, girl, you know what it's for ♪
- Ooh.
♪ Why does the water all spurt out ♪
♪ When you pull the filter out ♪
♪ Oh, ooh ♪
♪ Now there's a mess and we gotta clean it up ♪
♪ And you know that's what I'm about ♪
♪ Woo ♪
♪ At the very bottom ♪
♪ Oh, you know what I keep ♪
♪ I learned it in food safety ♪
♪ Yeah, that's where I put my meat ♪
- Ooh!
♪ You don't want those juices drippin' on down ♪
♪ No, ya don't ♪
♪ And contaminating your vegetables ♪
♪ That's what I'm talkin' about ♪
♪ Can you fix me ♪
♪ Like I'm a refrigerator ♪
♪ Can you fix me ♪
♪ Like I'm a 'frigerator ♪
♪ Stainless steel is what I wanna feel ♪
♪ If your refrigerator's white ♪
♪ We can do it all night ♪
♪ Oh, can you fix me ♪
♪ Like I'm a 'frigerator ♪
♪ Can you fix me ♪
♪ I'll see ya later ♪
♪ Can you fix me ♪
♪ Like I'm a 'frigerator ♪
Let's get in this whirlpool, everybody.
- Okay, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. - Excuse me, I,
excuse me, I have this study room booked.
(Mano laughs)
I couldn't see through the windows 'cause it was so steamy.
(Mano laughs)
And I gave you five minutes,
but actually, I have this room booked at four.
I'll come back later.
(Mano and cast laugh)
♪ Can you fix me ♪
♪ Like I'm a refrigerator ♪
♪ Fix me ♪
♪ Like I'm a refrigerator ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Can you fix me ♪
♪ Oh, fix me ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ Poof ♪
(audience and Mano applaud) - (groans) Okay, yeah.
- That got hot. - Bravo!
- I got hot. - Woo!
- [Mano] Perfecto. Amazing.
- Now it's not a Disney Channel original movie.
- [Mano] No!
- Can we say pussy lips?
It was not in any
of the emails. - Can we say pussy lips?
Hey, camera, can we say pussy lips?
- 'Cause if you're hearing this,
then I guess we're allowed to say pussy lips.
- [Mano] Yeah.
- I have to say, that personally,
I refuse to perform on a digital musical improv show
that doesn't embrace the term,
pussy lips. - We will fucking walk.
- [Zach] That's a hard line.
- That's a hard line for me. - That's a hard line!
- I feel like y'all need to go somewhere,
and I'm gonna interrupt you with a song prompt
- Great. - in a little bit.
- I can't believe this might be the last time
we watch Debbin do his thing.
- Gosh, he's a miracle out there.
- Look at him!
(Jiavani laughs)
- [Rashawn] So energetic.
- [Jess] It's just so amazing to watch someone that you-
- Yeah, yes! - Yeah, eat those ants!
- Even when he's wearing that big head, you can tell,
his tongue is coming out. - I know!
You can tell that his tongue,
yeah. - Yes! (chuckles)
- Aw, guys, can we just make a pact, here and now,
that even though we're all leaving trade school behind,
- Mm-hm.
- we don't leave behind the friends that we made?
- (scoffs) I could never leave you behind.
- I could never. - And I, Debbin!
- (clapping) Oh! Yay!
- (grunting) Guys. - Wait a second, look!
The chess-lacrosse team is down by two.
- What? - If they lose to our rivals,
Valley View trade school,
they're gonna shut the doors forever!
- Oh. - No!
- Even after we raised that money?
- Yeah, 'cause we have to raise it every year,
'cause funding for trade and community colleges is hard.
- Oh my gosh, I hope we win!
- Whatever this next song is,
I just wanna make sure it incorporates
lots of hot takes you have in real life.
- Hey guys, thanks for coming to the game.
- Of course, Debbin.
- It's not looking good out there.
- Look, can we get the team excited with you?
Teach us something.
- I've done everything that I know how to do.
My skills alone are not enough
to motivate this chess and lacrosse team
to be performing at their peak.
It's like, first of all,
the board that the chess team is playing on,
they're using the oldest, most plastic pieces
that you have ever seen.
And they just don't feel the,
Janice, what's going on?
- I got you. (grunts)
- Wow. - Whoa.
♪ That's a redwood beam ♪
♪ And you're making something ♪
♪ Whittling faster than I've ever seen ♪
♪ She's a carving expert ♪
♪ Something amazing is coming from those hands ♪
♪ And if anyone could help us ♪
♪ Janice Wood, she can ♪
♪ I got pawns, and pawns, and bishops ♪
♪ A queen and two kings ♪
♪ And with my friends beside me ♪
♪ I know I can do anything ♪
♪ Like finally say ♪
♪ I don't like breakfast ♪
♪ I think some of the foods are bland ♪
♪ And they get bad as soon as they're cold ♪
♪ I don't like sitting in diners ♪
♪ Everything feels sticky with syrup and sugar ♪
♪ And I don't like the experience at all ♪
♪ Even though I know it's many people's favorite meal ♪
♪ They're doing better now ♪
♪ It seems pretty good ♪
♪ Look, that was a great move by Clancy ♪
♪ But the lacrosse team is suffering now ♪
♪ Because their air is just generally fancy ♪
♪ You know, coffee is not that great ♪
♪ I mean, why would you start your morning ♪
♪ With that ♪ ♪ What are talking about ♪
♪ Right now ♪
♪ If you're tired, just take a nap ♪
♪ And I don't like energy drinks ♪
♪ I think they're poison in a can ♪
♪ I agree ♪ ♪ And they cost too much ♪
♪ And I heard they have bat guano in them ♪
♪ That's not good for you ♪
Wow, they're doing better!
- Oh! - Oh yeah!
♪ What's that on the lacrosse field ♪
♪ I think it is a turd ♪
♪ And just while we're here, I gotta say, ♪
♪ I'm queer, but I don't like the L word, either season ♪
♪ Any season or iteration, the L word is very bad ♪
♪ I don't care if we win or lose ♪
♪ But I gotta say, the L word is bad ♪
- Look, they're doing better!
- Oh my God! - Whoa.
♪ It's like the passion inside us ♪
♪ Is all it takes ♪
♪ It's like we raised the stakes ♪
♪ With our hot takes ♪
So here's mine.
Governments, in general, I understand why we have them.
(Mano laughs)
People say the government's bad.
Have you seen people?
Have you seen what people do with no rules?
(Mano chuckles)
Have you seen what people do when there's no repercussions?
Actually, I'm going back on the other side of that now.
♪ So your take is, wow ♪
♪ Government is complicated ♪ Wow.
♪ Wow, government is complicated ♪
♪ Too little too less ♪
♪ Here's my thought ♪
♪ Government is not good or bad ♪
♪ It's complicated ♪
♪ It's somewhere in between ♪
♪ Yeah, give it all you got ♪
♪ Even if your take isn't just that hot ♪
♪ I would say lukewarm, maybe at best ♪
♪ But that's my take ♪
♪ Now give it your best ♪
♪ Give it all you got ♪
♪ The L word is bad ♪
♪ Hey, you know what would help them give it all they got ♪
♪ We could pump them up with a really cool dance ♪
♪ That I learned on TikTok ♪
♪ Circles, circle ♪
♪ Push it away ♪
♪ Tiara, tiara ♪
♪ Put it back again ♪ ♪ Put it down ♪
♪ And hand, and hand, and hand, and hand ♪
♪ Turn around and say, I did that ♪
♪ And we did that ♪
♪ We did that ♪
♪ We did it with our hot take ♪
♪ And now that they've had victory ♪
♪ And the season is through ♪
♪ There's lots of things I'd trade ♪
♪ But I'd never ♪
♪ Trade you ♪
♪ Trade School Two ♪
- Yeah! - Yeah!
- Bravo, bravo, oh my God!
Perfect, beautiful, amazing!
That was "Trade School Musical 2."
- Two!
No prompt has made me laugh more
than, "It's a sequel, for some reason."
(Mano and cast laugh)
- We couldn't have done it
without our incredible performers!
Please take a bow, Rashawn Scott!
(cast and audience cheer)
Jiavani!
(cast and audience cheer)
Zach Reino!
(audience applauding)
And Jess McKenna!
And of course, our incredible band,
Brett Morris, Gary Grantham, and Scott Passarella!
(cast cheers) (audience applauds)
That's curtains for us here at "Play It By Ear."
Once again, I'm Mano Agapion.
Circle, circle, square, square.
And remember, if you're ever unprepared,
just wing it, bitch, buh-bye!
(audience cheers and applauds)
- I did that. - I did that.
(upbeat music) (audience applauds)
(Mano laughs)
- How does it, what's here?
- I thought it was. - Do you start here?
Goes down, up, and then back down.
- Is it slow? 'Cause I thought, I was going in time.
- So, circle, circle, push it away.
Put it down, wear the crown.
Hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit.
Slowly turn around, say,
- [Cast] I did that.