Motown Magic (2018) s02e03 Episode Script
Superstition
1
-["ABC" playing]
-[children singing]
You went to school to learn, girl ♪
Things you never, never knew before ♪
Like I before E, except after C ♪
And why two plus two makes four ♪
Now, now, now, I'm gonna teach you ♪
Teach you, teach you ♪
All about love, yeah ♪
All about love ♪
Sit yourself down and take a seat ♪
All you gotta do is repeat after me ♪
A, B, C ♪
Easy as one, two, three ♪
Or simple as do, re, mi ♪
A, B, C
One, two, three
Baby, you and me, girl! ♪
A, B, C, it's easy
-It's like counting up to three ♪
-One, two, three
-Sing a simple melody ♪
-Do, re, mi, A, B, C
That's how easy love can be! ♪
[Ben] Basketball is, like,
my favorite sport,
and to be good at it,
you gotta have speed and skills
and that special, uh, something.
Except I'm not sure
what that somethin' is.
Anyway, we call this game C-A-T. Cat.
Ha-ha! That's a C to me. High-five, man!
Go again?
[Ben] Every basket earns a letter
and the first to spell "cat" wins.
Oh! Ugh!
That's an A! Again?
[grunts]
[groaning]
[Ben panting]
[grunting]
Whoa! [grunts]
[yowls]
Ha! Oh, yeah! That's a "T" to me.
C-A-T. Hey, man, at least you hit a cat.
[chuckles]
[Ben groans]
Sorry, Harmony.
I need help.
Oh! And I know where to get it.
Of course I can help, Benny Boy.
Just makin' some last-minute adjustments.
-What are you doing, Uncle Rod?
-My superstitious rituals.
They bring me good luck when I care
a whole lot about something.
[gasps]
Lucky underpants.
So will I have good luck
if I do all that stuff, too?
You just might, Benny.
As long as you always stay away
from the number 13.
Don't walk under ladders.
Don't break a mirror.
And whatever you do,
don't ever, ever, ever, ever--
-[Harmony meows]
-[screams]
let a black cat cross your path.
But Harmony's mostly purple, Uncle Rod.
Close enough.
Now get that cat out of here!
[Harmony grumbles]
Okay, she's ready. I just gotta
Now, launching in T-minus
three, two, one!
[grunting]
Benny, would you mind?
[Rod] We have liftoff!
Wow! Superstition is the way!
[Ben humming]
So pretty.
No, uh, it's to bring me good luck.
Also, I gotta knock on wood.
Huh?
Throw salt over my shoulder.
-[cat screeches]
-Oops.
Oh, boy.
Put on my lucky underpants,
and cross everything.
[grunting]
Uh, you okay, Benny?
Do you think you'd be better at basketball
if you focused on basketball?
I don't have time for that.
Oh! Here!
[grunts]
Yeah, I can see
this is really working for you.
[Ben] If I want that special something,
I'm gonna need better luck.
Meow.
And I know who can help me find it.
Meow?
A, B, C easy as one, two, three!
Wait here, Harmony.
I'll be back in a flash.
[screams]
[Harmony screeches]
Whoa!
[gasps]
Jimmy!
-[grunts]
-[tires screech]
[yelps]
Oh!
[chuckling] Phew! That was real lucky!
Speaking of good luck,
do you know a way to, uh, get more of it?
[Harmony yelps]
[chuckles] For a start,
I stay far away from black cats.
Why does everyone keep saying
you're a black cat?
Meow!
Hmm, what's down here?
No! Harmony!
We have to follow her, Jimmy.
Harmony's my friend.
Well, all right. Any friend of yours
is a friend of mine, Benny.
-[chuckling]
-[Jimmy honking]
Three horn beeps, three wheel wiggles,
three light flashes.
Uh, what are you doing, Jimmy?
If we're gonna go chasing black cats,
we need to do some
extra good-luck rituals, Benny.
-Rituals?
-That's right. Cross your fingers, then.
[chuckles]
[meowing]
Stop! You do not wanna go in there.
Why? What's in there, Jimmy?
That, Benny Boy,
is the unluckiest place in the world.
Where? Here?
Yes, there! It's really bad luck!
Ha! You don't believe
that crazy stuff, do you?
Take it from a black and purple cat,
it's all just made up.
No! Harmony!
Benny! Are you crazy?
But-- But I have to help Harmony!
She could be in real trouble!
[whimpering] Well, then,
I guess I'm crazy, too. Let's go.
[humming nervously]
The writing's on the wall.
Benny, this place is bad news!
Very superstitious ♪
The writing's on the wall ♪
Very superstitious ♪
Ladders 'bout to fall ♪
When you believe in things
That you don't understand ♪
And you suffer ♪
Superstition ain't the way ♪
Ooh, I'm very superstitious ♪
Wash your face and hands ♪
Harmony!
Rid me of my problems ♪
Oh, do all that you can ♪
Don't step on cracks.
Oh, when you believe in things
That you don't understand ♪
And you suffer ♪
Superstition ain't the way ♪
Don't break a mirror.
When I was just a new model,
I broke a side mirror and had
seven whole years of rotten luck!
[Jimmy sobs]
Broke the looking glass ♪
Seven years of bad luck ♪
The good things in the past ♪
I can't face that again.
Real sorry, Benny!
It's okay. Just wish me luck.
And you suffer ♪
-Meow!
-[gasps] Whoa!
[Jimmy chuckles] Right on, Benny!
Great work!
[gasps]
Harmony!
Ah, seems I ran into a bit of bad luck.
We have to get her out of there!
But how?
You have to hit that!
Hit? With what?
I get three chances to make the shot.
[grunts]
[groans]
Whoa!
Remember, three horn beeps,
three wheel wiggles, three light flashes.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
Or you could just, you know, focus.
[grunts]
Why isn't this working?
When you believe in things
That you don't understand ♪
And you suffer ♪
Superstition ain't the way ♪
I'm not sure what went
wrong there, Benny Boy. Maybe try--
It's okay, Jimmy.
Maybe it's not all about luck.
Maybe it's about skill
and focus.
[grunts]
[triumphant fanfare playing]
[horn honks]
Incredible, Ben!
-Meow!
-Now, that was a stroke of luck!
Actually,
I don't think luck had
anything to do with it.
Meow.
[grunts]
Whoop!
[grunts]
[cheering] Oh, yeah!
-[chuckling]
-[Ben] Yeah!
Whoa! Guess you found
your magic ritual, then?
Yeah. Turns out it was just
a whole lot of practice.
[chuckles] Swish! Nice one, Benny.
High-five, bro!
[chuckles]
-Uncle Rod?
-Uh-huh?
I've been thinking about what you said.
You know, when you care
a whole lot about something,
maybe practice and, uh,
focus are the key. And, uh--
Down! Down! Everybody get down!
[coughing] And superstition ain't the way.
[laughs] I think you might be
onto something.
[Harmony purring]
[both laughing]
A, B, C, it's easy
-It's like counting up to three ♪
-One, two, three
-Sing a simple melody ♪
-Do, re, mi, A, B, C ♪
That's how easy love can be ♪
Come on, come on
Let me show you what it's all about!
A, B, C, it's easy
-It's like counting up to three ♪
-One, two, three
-Sing a simple melody ♪
-Do, re, mi, A, B, C
That's how easy love can be ♪
A, B, C, it's easy
-It's like counting up to three ♪
-One, two, three
-Sing a simple melody ♪
-Do, re, mi, A, B, C
That's how easy love can be! ♪
-["ABC" playing]
-[children singing]
You went to school to learn, girl ♪
Things you never, never knew before ♪
Like I before E, except after C ♪
And why two plus two makes four ♪
Now, now, now, I'm gonna teach you ♪
Teach you, teach you ♪
All about love, yeah ♪
All about love ♪
Sit yourself down and take a seat ♪
All you gotta do is repeat after me ♪
A, B, C ♪
Easy as one, two, three ♪
Or simple as do, re, mi ♪
A, B, C
One, two, three
Baby, you and me, girl! ♪
A, B, C, it's easy
-It's like counting up to three ♪
-One, two, three
-Sing a simple melody ♪
-Do, re, mi, A, B, C
That's how easy love can be! ♪
[Ben] Basketball is, like,
my favorite sport,
and to be good at it,
you gotta have speed and skills
and that special, uh, something.
Except I'm not sure
what that somethin' is.
Anyway, we call this game C-A-T. Cat.
Ha-ha! That's a C to me. High-five, man!
Go again?
[Ben] Every basket earns a letter
and the first to spell "cat" wins.
Oh! Ugh!
That's an A! Again?
[grunts]
[groaning]
[Ben panting]
[grunting]
Whoa! [grunts]
[yowls]
Ha! Oh, yeah! That's a "T" to me.
C-A-T. Hey, man, at least you hit a cat.
[chuckles]
[Ben groans]
Sorry, Harmony.
I need help.
Oh! And I know where to get it.
Of course I can help, Benny Boy.
Just makin' some last-minute adjustments.
-What are you doing, Uncle Rod?
-My superstitious rituals.
They bring me good luck when I care
a whole lot about something.
[gasps]
Lucky underpants.
So will I have good luck
if I do all that stuff, too?
You just might, Benny.
As long as you always stay away
from the number 13.
Don't walk under ladders.
Don't break a mirror.
And whatever you do,
don't ever, ever, ever, ever--
-[Harmony meows]
-[screams]
let a black cat cross your path.
But Harmony's mostly purple, Uncle Rod.
Close enough.
Now get that cat out of here!
[Harmony grumbles]
Okay, she's ready. I just gotta
Now, launching in T-minus
three, two, one!
[grunting]
Benny, would you mind?
[Rod] We have liftoff!
Wow! Superstition is the way!
[Ben humming]
So pretty.
No, uh, it's to bring me good luck.
Also, I gotta knock on wood.
Huh?
Throw salt over my shoulder.
-[cat screeches]
-Oops.
Oh, boy.
Put on my lucky underpants,
and cross everything.
[grunting]
Uh, you okay, Benny?
Do you think you'd be better at basketball
if you focused on basketball?
I don't have time for that.
Oh! Here!
[grunts]
Yeah, I can see
this is really working for you.
[Ben] If I want that special something,
I'm gonna need better luck.
Meow.
And I know who can help me find it.
Meow?
A, B, C easy as one, two, three!
Wait here, Harmony.
I'll be back in a flash.
[screams]
[Harmony screeches]
Whoa!
[gasps]
Jimmy!
-[grunts]
-[tires screech]
[yelps]
Oh!
[chuckling] Phew! That was real lucky!
Speaking of good luck,
do you know a way to, uh, get more of it?
[Harmony yelps]
[chuckles] For a start,
I stay far away from black cats.
Why does everyone keep saying
you're a black cat?
Meow!
Hmm, what's down here?
No! Harmony!
We have to follow her, Jimmy.
Harmony's my friend.
Well, all right. Any friend of yours
is a friend of mine, Benny.
-[chuckling]
-[Jimmy honking]
Three horn beeps, three wheel wiggles,
three light flashes.
Uh, what are you doing, Jimmy?
If we're gonna go chasing black cats,
we need to do some
extra good-luck rituals, Benny.
-Rituals?
-That's right. Cross your fingers, then.
[chuckles]
[meowing]
Stop! You do not wanna go in there.
Why? What's in there, Jimmy?
That, Benny Boy,
is the unluckiest place in the world.
Where? Here?
Yes, there! It's really bad luck!
Ha! You don't believe
that crazy stuff, do you?
Take it from a black and purple cat,
it's all just made up.
No! Harmony!
Benny! Are you crazy?
But-- But I have to help Harmony!
She could be in real trouble!
[whimpering] Well, then,
I guess I'm crazy, too. Let's go.
[humming nervously]
The writing's on the wall.
Benny, this place is bad news!
Very superstitious ♪
The writing's on the wall ♪
Very superstitious ♪
Ladders 'bout to fall ♪
When you believe in things
That you don't understand ♪
And you suffer ♪
Superstition ain't the way ♪
Ooh, I'm very superstitious ♪
Wash your face and hands ♪
Harmony!
Rid me of my problems ♪
Oh, do all that you can ♪
Don't step on cracks.
Oh, when you believe in things
That you don't understand ♪
And you suffer ♪
Superstition ain't the way ♪
Don't break a mirror.
When I was just a new model,
I broke a side mirror and had
seven whole years of rotten luck!
[Jimmy sobs]
Broke the looking glass ♪
Seven years of bad luck ♪
The good things in the past ♪
I can't face that again.
Real sorry, Benny!
It's okay. Just wish me luck.
And you suffer ♪
-Meow!
-[gasps] Whoa!
[Jimmy chuckles] Right on, Benny!
Great work!
[gasps]
Harmony!
Ah, seems I ran into a bit of bad luck.
We have to get her out of there!
But how?
You have to hit that!
Hit? With what?
I get three chances to make the shot.
[grunts]
[groans]
Whoa!
Remember, three horn beeps,
three wheel wiggles, three light flashes.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
Or you could just, you know, focus.
[grunts]
Why isn't this working?
When you believe in things
That you don't understand ♪
And you suffer ♪
Superstition ain't the way ♪
I'm not sure what went
wrong there, Benny Boy. Maybe try--
It's okay, Jimmy.
Maybe it's not all about luck.
Maybe it's about skill
and focus.
[grunts]
[triumphant fanfare playing]
[horn honks]
Incredible, Ben!
-Meow!
-Now, that was a stroke of luck!
Actually,
I don't think luck had
anything to do with it.
Meow.
[grunts]
Whoop!
[grunts]
[cheering] Oh, yeah!
-[chuckling]
-[Ben] Yeah!
Whoa! Guess you found
your magic ritual, then?
Yeah. Turns out it was just
a whole lot of practice.
[chuckles] Swish! Nice one, Benny.
High-five, bro!
[chuckles]
-Uncle Rod?
-Uh-huh?
I've been thinking about what you said.
You know, when you care
a whole lot about something,
maybe practice and, uh,
focus are the key. And, uh--
Down! Down! Everybody get down!
[coughing] And superstition ain't the way.
[laughs] I think you might be
onto something.
[Harmony purring]
[both laughing]
A, B, C, it's easy
-It's like counting up to three ♪
-One, two, three
-Sing a simple melody ♪
-Do, re, mi, A, B, C ♪
That's how easy love can be ♪
Come on, come on
Let me show you what it's all about!
A, B, C, it's easy
-It's like counting up to three ♪
-One, two, three
-Sing a simple melody ♪
-Do, re, mi, A, B, C
That's how easy love can be ♪
A, B, C, it's easy
-It's like counting up to three ♪
-One, two, three
-Sing a simple melody ♪
-Do, re, mi, A, B, C
That's how easy love can be! ♪