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- Ten to six.
- All right.
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All right. But if l tell
Max that you're coming,
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and you don't show up and l have
to see that look on his face--
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that heartbreaking look--
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we're going to Boston.
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lf l don't show up,
l'll pack you myself.
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l will lovingly wrap your
nicknacks with bubble paper.
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l hope so.
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Do you know what your son was doing
at 8:15 last night?
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He was making a birthday wish
that for just one day...
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his father couldn't tell a lie.
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Oh, my God!
That's it!
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''l do not like them, Sam l Am.
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''l do not like green eggs and ham.
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''Would you like them here or there?
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- l would not like them--''
- Excuse me.
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Hi. l'm Max's bad father--
Er, l'm his father.
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- Dad!
- Could l borrow him
for just one second?
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- Monster Max!
- You came to play catch?
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l'd like to, but l can't.
l gotta talk to you.
:37:08
Your mommy told me about that wish
you made last night. lt came true, Max.
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- Really? You mean you
have to tell the truth?
- Yes.
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- No matter what?
- No matter what!
:37:18
- ls wrestling real?
- ln the Olympics, yes.
On channel 23, no.
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- Will sitting too close
to the TV set make me go blind?
- Not in a million years.
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lf l keep making this face,
will it get stuck that way?
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Uh-uh. ln fact some people
make a good living that way.
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Now listen, Max.
You've gotta do something for me.
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l need you to take back that wish.
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- So you can lie?
- Yes.
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But not to you.
You see, Max,
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sometimes grownups need to lie.
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lt's hard to explain,
but if--
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Look, here's a good example.
When your mommy was pregnant with you,
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she gained 40 pounds;
there was nothing she wouldn't eat.
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And Daddy was scared.
But when she'd ask me, ''How do l look?''