
Pepperoni
Clip: Season 26 Episode 6 | 17m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
A self conscious middle schooler seeks the help of a famous wrestler. . (Jacob Staudenmaier/LMU)
A self conscious middle schooler seeks the help of a famous wrestler after a school bully threatens to reveal his darkest secret: his pepperoni nipples. (Jacob Staudenmaier/LMU)
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Pepperoni
Clip: Season 26 Episode 6 | 17m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
A self conscious middle schooler seeks the help of a famous wrestler after a school bully threatens to reveal his darkest secret: his pepperoni nipples. (Jacob Staudenmaier/LMU)
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[sound of thunder in the background] Sam.
Sam-- Yes.
Why have we never had sex?
Uh, honey-- We've been over this, honey.
I have this weird condition.
It's hard to explain.
I'll have to sit you down another time-- Let's have sex.
Next week.
Let's do it next week.
No, let's do it now.
Yes, but next week will work a little better.
No, no, no-- You're going to love it.
No, no-- Don't worry, okay?
Next week, please.
Please, uh-- No, no, no, can you button that back up?
Hold on-- Oh my gosh.
They're huge.
[breaks into laughter] Please-- [laughing hysterically] [sound of birds chirping] [sighs] [music] [TV playing in the background] And finally, a word of advice to all your fans out there, all the kids out there that look up to you.
Hey, kids, here's my advice to you.
You've got to own every freaking moment in your life, you understand me?
You don't take crap off of nobody.
If you see a wall in front of you, you break through that fucking wall.
Do you hear me?
Break through the fucking wall.
Now, interview over.
[music] Eat up, you're going to be late.
[music] Sam, you're up.
Arturo Diablo is one of the most famous wrestlers.
I look up to him because he faced great adversity and still became the best wrestler-- That's not even a real historical figure.
[chuckles] [students laughing] [music] Let's pick teams.
Three on three it is.
Noah, skins.
Shirts, skins.
Shirts, skins.
Ryan, shirts.
Boys, let's play some basketball.
[claps] Let's go.
Ryan, switch with me.
What?
Why?
Ryan, just switch with me.
No way, dude.
I don't want to be skins.
Listen, I'll do your math homework, I'll buy you lunch, I'll do whatever.
Just switch with me.
Fine.
Thank you.
[sighs] Pass the ball.
Pass the ball.
Go, go, go-- go ahead.
Let's go, right there, shot-- Oh.
Right here, right here-- [students jostling for the ball] Pass the ball.
Pass the ball.
Pass the ball.
Get on it.
Good, take it to the hole.
Shoot-- There we go.
[students clapping] You guys got to move around, move around.
I want to see defense.
Defense.
[claps] Sam's got it.
Oh, good pass.
Nice.
[students clapping] Oh, layup.
Lay that up.
[?]
[claps] Good hands.
Okay, no foul.
[yells] Ow-- [crashes onto the floorboard] Midnight.
[sound of shower running] [unintelligible background chatter] How was school?
[crickets chirping in the background] Very talkative today, aren't we?
Mom-- Yes.
Do you have $500 I can borrow?
[chuckles] Good one.
How's your wrestling thing going?
How's all that?
Fine.
Okay.
Want to watch a movie tonight or something?
I'm busy.
Okay.
[TV playing in the background] Need urgent cash?
Well, look no further than Dale's Junk Palace.
We buy junk for cold, hard cash.
That's right.
Come in with trash, walk out with cash.
Dale's Junk Palace, located on Harper Avenue off Highway 40.
Open 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
What's up, devil gang?
It's your good pal, Arturo, seven-time world champion.
I'll be at Big Iron Boxing tonight for a fan meet-up, and I want to see you there.
Especially you, Sam Johnson.
Yes, I can help you.
Yes, you heard me right, boy.
Tonight, 9:00 PM.
Be there, or go straight to hell.
[growls] [music] Hey, man, what's your name?
Josh.
Okay.
There you go, Josh.
Here, give them hell, brother.
There it is.
Hey, kid, what's your name?
You, uh-- you told me to come see you.
Uh, yes, sure.
You said you could help me.
Help you how, exactly?
You said my name.
I'm sorry, kid, but I don't think I've ever met you before.
Oh, no-- hey, no, no, it's all right.
It's all right.
It's all right.
Relax, I got you.
Here you go.
This one is to the man, Diablo-- here it is.
Hey, you give them hell, kid.
Don't worry about it.
Everything's good.
Yes, come on.
Hey, kid, what's your name?
[music] A lot of women?
Ooh, yes.
I would posit-- I would imagine I was with over 2,000 women in my time, during my career.
2,000 different women.
Now, you don't get that kind of numbers if you're not a complete killer.
You don't get those kinds of numbers if you're not a complete killer, if you're not a love machine, if you're not a snake in the grass.
Am I right?
[audience clapping] Yes.
Oh, the women love me.
[music] If you see a wall in front of you, you break through that fucking wall.
You hear me?
Break through the fucking wall.
[music] [audience applauds] [music] [door creaking open] [sound of footsteps approaching] You're late.
Where's my money, freak?
I don't have it.
Big mistake.
You want to fight?
What?
Let's settle this like men and fight, pussy.
You want to get your ass whooped, freak?
[high-pitched creaking noise] And now, returning to the ring for the first time in 10 years, ladies and gentlemen, seven-time world champion, the man from hell, Arturo Diablo.
[ominous choral chants] [growls menacingly] [dramatic soundtrack] [muffled punching sounds in the background] [indistinct background chatter] You know, we should do this more often.
We could fight crime together.
Like Batman and Robin.
Like Batman-- I was thinking the same thing.
I'm Batman, right?
What's wrong?
What's going on?
He's going to tell everyone about my nipples.
Hey, kid, you want to know a big secret?
Cover me.
[unzips jacket] Whoa-- Yes.
Seven-time world champion has big-ass-puppy weird nipples.
[zips up jacket] I never hear the end of it.
[chuckles] But if you still hide them, how am I supposed to accomplish anything?
You don't have to be like me.
No.
You can choose to own it.
Bro, you can choose to rock it.
You're crazy.
No, I'm serious.
No, you're crazy.
You're not even real.
Stand up, shithead.
What?
Stand the fuck up.
Now, you repeat after me, I am not going to go through life acting like a pussy.
I am going to own my shit.
I am, uh, not-- You say it like you mean it, boy.
I am not going to go through life acting like a pussy.
I'm going to own my shit.
Good.
If I want something, I'm going to take it.
If I want something, I'm going to take it.
I am beautiful, and no one can tell me otherwise.
I am beautiful, and no one can tell me otherwise.
I am unstoppable.
I'm unstoppable.
[yells] Yes-- [growls] Go.
[pushes door open] [growls] The world is your oyster, boy.
[yells excitedly] [upbeat jazz music]
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