Episode 1: Puppies of Puccini Yappy Hour by Nancy Hahn

Episode Transcript

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Jonavanjona Vona, I am Belcando tweetinglife from Opertun, Ah Opratun. Do
you know where Oppertun is? Itis as far as your mind and wonder
and as fever as you can imagine. In Oppertun we live in melody and

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harmony. We meet each other inour music like lyric to song Resto a
dadio aleak group, They all getalong. We once had a riving opera
house, but are term she fellon hard times. Now it is only
a shadow of its former self,not having a show for years. But

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in Uppertun music brings us together ingood times, and in that we have
big oops. We have big dreams. You can hear them like songs.
Indie Wind, Here's the Wind,How she sings her song dancing all around
in the opera tune all who CareMusic fiersy Sun swallows bright in the upper

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tune Preston Legatogi a j sing aconcertto crescendo, my Straw's moon shines on
harmony, hill On magic Flute Nightsin our opera tune Maria Street is the
paste who called after Modzart mall herein up roa tuon how singing every day

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making friends of chorus to a tube, lay up rotune. So come on,

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you're invited. You're invited. You'reab invited to operatoon. And when
you use your imagination and believe,voila, you are here. It doesn't

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matter what you wear and now orthe color of your hair. It doesn't
matter if you're a short or noone really cares. You can be shut
or tall, you can be larger, smile, you can be anything.

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Everything cut your bed, if you'reinvideed, you're inbided. You're invidied cause
your bo if fall our love.There's sure there be some sunshine up the

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rain to chase the clouds away.A rainbow will appear as your new friend
and bring a happy day. Carryis in your heart. There's always a
brand new side. Love contains anythingeverything. Cut your bed, if fall,

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you're inbie, you're inbided. You'rein by that cause your boo.
I fall garen by your garen valeit gar in by that cause your boot

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our love. If you open upthe door tune love, everything is possible.
Come on and open up your hearttoo, love. Come on in,

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let the parties die, let thelaplock through your heart and everything will
tange rything will tell garin b Grentigarindy cause you be garin b gah garent

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Garvin di cat you be garent geahgaren Garenti cause your bed for now.

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Let me show you around and introduceyou to some of my very special friends.
Tweet tweet hashtagg at the Puppies Appuccinidot pund over in Harmony District.
Here lives some of the world's mostadorable pups. They're all homeless the awaited
day a family can rescue them.We call them the Puppies of Buccini because

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they sing opera to hopefully escape theirultimate faith. Their heartbreaking cries echoing to
the night. The lament crescendos ashope takes flight. We live in pounds
of misery. Fame will escape forfaith. One ounce of help, We'll
say, let's see and open upfiscap. We live a hard life,

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my friends, We live a hardprovive. We keep pollop sat and we
may with a daily strive. Wekeep pollop sub till the end. We
live a heart provide now in aovertoon land. So fine means ab overtunity.
It's true. We take our bowsand win the prize and see destiny.

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We live a heart, my friends, We live a hart pme life.
We keep bar hope, utility,and we bear with that day we
strive, We keep ball hope untilthe end. We live our heart come
life. The weight of our predicamentcan drive us all to drink. Success

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is on the bring whoa we livea hart come life, my friends.
We live a heart come life.We keep a hope certil the end.
We beary that day, we keepball hop until the end. We live
our heart, come life. Welive a hat from life, my friend,

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a measurement of grace. We holdour heads up hie with pride,
endeavor, regain, We face reading, prevailing in lens of fars. Critics
rave acclaim worka stars. We wishchep on. We'll light up with the
names. Oh, we live aheart come, my friends, we live

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a hot come by. We keepfun up to the end. That strive,
we keep full upp to the andwe live hoartbout live Da Vinci Davinie

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Leonardo, Da Vinci, Ah Solomea. What stop drawing, Lisa, Come
and listen to the new songs Iwrote for us? What good is music?
I'm doomed. My love is gone. I am a puppy without a
partner. All for crying out loud, Da Vinci, get yourself together,

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Lisa got rescued. You did theright thing for her, Beny. True
love means letting go sometimes. I'msure she's happy. She has home and
a family who loves her. We'rea family too, But I had to
pretend MoMA and me. I hadto pretend stop Pazza, stop moaning over

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Lisa. Oh, we name himmona Lisa. I think that has a
nice ring to it. Leonardo daVinci of Puccini's You were born to discover,
to paint, to invent. You'resmart and creative. Don't let your
emotions get in the way. Youhave a great future ahead of you.
I can just see it. Iwas born to discovering. Go and see

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a lee go, Little Leo go, Flo my cat with want, and
now look at me. I didn'tgo, Little Leo go. I love
the jaw all day and dream thenight away thinking on how things work.
It's how I wrong way. Gold, Little Leo go, Gold, little

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Leo Go. I was born todiscover as a little tank, go,
little Leo Go. I wanted tomove fast. Saw made a bay Go
little Leo go Arona ran alte toFITCHI is my name to discovering my destiny,

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learning more every day. Gold littleYo, go go, little Leo
go. I met a cool girlnamed Lisa, and she smiled at me.
Go little Leo, go will outAdmadici's where the cake was. Free

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Go little Leo, go Machuelo andme Painny and Ducie Lee is Lisa wants?
She shoted out Leo, please painme go little Leo, go go,
Little Leo, Go go, LittleLeo, go go, little Leo

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go. Hey, guys, what'sgoing on? See bela amore? What's
up with da Vinci? Is heokay? Mensa menza? He will get
over it. Don't worry. Bellissima. There there now, you did a
wonderful thing, a selfless act.I am sure Lisa knows you truly love

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her, and your memories will liveon. She's probably thinking of you right
now. How do you know thesethings? Me? Me? I'm a
girl. Girls, No trust me. I just never forget a face.
She turned back and looked at meand gave me that gave me that smile.
Oh, that smile. It hauntsme if there were any other stars

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in the sky, any other wordsI could find, there are any other
smile on the face? Would youleave me? There were any of the
wings, we could fly any allthe wings. I could try somewhere else

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in so we could be what youneed. Loving me, we can travel
Lona Journey and loves what will remain, how one moment is injournal and will

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last forever. If you knew othertears, then I cried and the look
that I had to deny, Ohmy, I just would not deceived.

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Julie loving me, we can travelLona Journey. He loves what will remain,
how one moment is e turned out, ham last forever? If you

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know other tears? Then I criedand the look that I have to don
Ohlda, just do not deceived?Could you leave? Tweet te tweet?

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Tell me no has a band?Tell me no has a rock band?
Sh no one knows yet me gossip. My beak is sealed. Seriously,
man, keep it to yourself.This ain't no rock town. Who cares.
Let's rock out my biggest fantasy.He I'm a I'm done going about

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this song tonight rock don't go Hamma, I'm dyking I'm here in the spin
on the walk, walking in theball and I was gonna beep and rock
dunk in the hour at the time, and look me could come. Why
I'm done gone about this song tonight, I'm Go'm die. I'm just balling

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with MoMA. Why I'm dying?I know you love this step they tell
me on your telling, though Ihad to let me show the marriage and
I love you tell me everything inyou because I'm a Why I'm die gonna
about this song tonight? I'm donegonna about this songth to that? Why

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a kid rocking tonight? Yeah?Rock, comee to Meno after your rock

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opera, I will follow with mygrand old opry an Italian cowboy mama Mia,
oh my damn a butterfly. Weare the best kind. You heard
the spaghetti westerns well Nashville. Herack come hob I prewa. That's for

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your band, the single grand oldOpery. Way there you understand. I
have a lot of country in myopera. Hop give a New York with
give him. I can start themwith my pens and so packs, with
my cowboy hat. Give it up, extend the bed right country country.

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I'm keep on him alive to callwe will thrive. Yeah coming, I'm
pre cowboy in An's meal brand asingle brand, go, I pre wading,
understand the hand of God. Countryin my copper room house given new
Willy Willy, gimme bmix. DonalWell offenses a pack with a cowboy hat.

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Give me a fix, lat tobe the big right to country Country.
You will always be the best partof me. Puccini Country, Puccini,
country World. That Black Week job, you would always be the best

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part of me. Buccini contes Baccini, contry, Puccini, Contrychini, contry.

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Look my girl, Hey fans,Hey, gee, did you finish
up my pop song? Yeah?And I'm loving it. I hope you
like it. You have to feelit. Gee, I feel it.
I'm living it and loving it.Huh. American Dog Show, I am
roughing Ready pop u Rotchet, Welcometo my world. It's the mind walk

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through the story the show. It'sthen o me say that I'm a fly,
but you don't know me no lovedreaming, can't go listen It's war,
Lady Lansa for a chance to benext to you right a little harder

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and that that fast love A littleand the sands ss a little longer,
love Jason, what we would be? So what you la? Won't you
lam? Won't you laugh? Won'tyou lad? Know that I got you

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here? Turn for us the showmote we the route because they'll be run
outtowns to show a god. Andnow man can for me to see that
I'm a fun proper the you don'tknow me, I'm sure. Listen,
it's a more fighting oh myself,a chance to be next you and cry

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a little harder. I'm not thatsad. Love a little louder, and
the sands stands a little longer,loving jos and what we would be?
So want you lader, watch youlaugher, want you luder? Want you

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laugh? So what you what youpay? What you pay? Watch a

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red land land the time time timetime time time time time time time time,
plant time time time, pot numbering, pot potting numbering, pot potting

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number at what at potlat the pudingpol puding pot number? What do?
What? What we eat? Livefrom a big meeting at the Puppies of

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Puccini dog bound to discuss particulars ontheir gleams to escape their feet ron Tho
stop yapping at once everyone will beheard. We have to focus and find
opportunity because it is not finding us. Here we go now with the opportunities,
live in the dream and off rottuons. Here we go. Now

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we're the opportunities, giving you theadda with the tude. We never met
a note that we didn't want tosing up pop hip pups a thing.
We rock all day in the neighborhood, making music that's all so good.
Here we go. Now we're theopportunities, live in the dream and off
rot toons. Here we go.Now we're the opportunities, giving you the

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adda with the tude. We nevermet a note that we didn't want to
sing up pop hip pups a thing. We rock all day in the neighborhood,
giving you the music that's oh sooh good, giving you the add
with the tude, giving you thatwith the dude, giving you the with

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the dude. Okay, okay,I love the energy. Let's use it
to write a business plan. What'sa business plan? Our goals, our
projections, how we get from hereto there? Our mission? Let's express

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our mission. We're the pumps inour neighborhood, were quiet exit to see
and the problem we must be shoutsoul. One day we'll be free.
Who will can pose the music?You're not there to your believing, we
will sing forever more. We're thepop kill us Adam butterfly well. We

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will sing with puppy pride in Mecca, all of them as we power around,
can't move over to Raufbeini. Wewill sing for rabbit more. We're
the puppies up Uccini. We'll somethingpart of the graphs with the meaning goes

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on you spending three tenners of goodO wait to lead out to them,
Oh me and but be a colorBucchi national dormer from churn Tho single puppies
up Uccini. We're the pumps inthe neighbor white a sight to see in

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the dog cale. We must begood so mon Jay will be free on
music. Explore that body, lawlady. We will sing for a good
law. Where the puppy is ahapu gi give us a baster flight school

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loble. We will sing with aride in the strong and as we are
cord the water child, we willsing red where the puppy there's a hauty

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at the lad We'll sign cartographs withdonggos on news there. The three turn
hos were very good, but wet often better. Call from Johnny the
sun Fhon singapie, very sim thankyou. I love my new iPhone.

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A hah, this looks good.The puppies are off to sleep, murmuring
soft, sweet good nights to eachother. Night g night t night eminem
night mb night night, sleep tightand look at the beautiful stars. Let's

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all pick one and wish with allour hearts. Shot O Bella Pella Pella,
Pella, Bella, Stale Magic,No not lo card. The sky
wonders Askmorias, you are the storeI shop Bawn Bella Pella, Bella,

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Pella Pella, Stale, Bella Pella, Pella, Pella Pellastern, fall on
me loot. The sky wonders askMaori, has you are the storm?

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Are hi? Shupa? Hello you, doude? Hello you? You do

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a group of week pups so earlyin the morning. What's my I'm sorry,
I'm Norma from the opportune Times newspaperhere to get lots of photos and

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do your front page story for theTimes. Are we dreaming? What on
earth? Look at that and allthe way around the block. Wow,
that's it happens. When you arethe most talked about video on YouTube.
You guys are awesome, fantastic.Okay, now it pays for your pics.

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One two, three, hold it. We went viral one million followers.
Look okay, okay, settled down? Look Norma. If you do
a story on us, please tella whole journey. What do you see?

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A look at these faces? Whatdo you see in our eyes?
Oh puppies, I see you,I truly do in your eyes. I
see of all I can be Inyour eyes, I see dreams and what

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thank you can mean? Like starsthe past before us, Like shadows in
the night, we hold dotsy Chri'sclose to us forever wrong, all d
in your eyes, sea, faceand word. It can bring reflections and

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mood eclips memories, Like stars thepast before us. Like shadows in the
night, we hold Dossy Chris closeto us fore wrong? All right,

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Win, Sun, Earth and mooncollide ourselves because pentwine. The stars are
not in your eyes. I seeof mel and calling a window, winter

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and eating in all of health andwonder and all the deeds of men.
I look at you and ponder amystery with thoud. In your eyes,

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I see of mel and colling,a window, winter and heatingity, in
all of health and wonder and allthe deeps of men, I love at

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you and ponder a mystery with themall in your eyes and your eyes in
your eyes, eyes see norma.We are honored to be interviewed by you.

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But how I tell you? Loveyour papers, smile, tell it
you put that hit my next election, folks, puppies of well world on,

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my friends, You've not only savedour opera house, you have saved
all of Oppertune. All the whileyou must seeking rescue. It is you
that rescued us. We distribute you, and we thank you. In fact,
I would like to present the OutstandingCitizens Achievement the World to all of

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you. You all have homes now, so you can finally say goodbye to
the Pound and make your mark onthe world. Why you can use your
fame for positive change. If Icould change the world by doing one kind
of thing, I do it everyday to see this fazard it would bring.

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If I could have someone to laughonly time. Helping someone's hard is
also helping life. You can doit. I can do it. We
can do it. One smile andlove will get us through it. We

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can't change the world if you containthe world by doing one something like when
the end a light. One personcan make your sing one worth it and
a fight when look and make itright. One end in yours can give
you hope each and every night.You can do it. I can do

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it. We can do it.One smile, one love will get us
through it. We can change theworld, show someone j by just being
there. After home we do andsay we can change the world. Show

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someone you can by just being there. After all we do and say we
can change the world. Say wecan do it. Tired by Pie says

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the feeling it in every hut afterhume we do in same we Cannchaine the
words say we can do it.Tied by Pies say some feeling it in

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every hut after home we do insay we can change the way. Well
here we go. I guess yeah. Off to our big dreams. I'm
going to miss you all so much. May we draw strength from each other.

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Why must be apart? That's myman? Oh, oh, glory
to God, Lisa, Lisa apart? Are you kidding me? You are
booked in the opera House for thenext five years? Sorrying in your own
show. The puppies of Puccini aregoing to be together night and day,

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writing, rehearsing. We have topay all those bills for our new opera
house. Tickets are selling online.Now what a difference a day makes,
right bill COUNTO. Well, myeducated opinion is you have only just begun

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the opera nas you wow, thisthis is crazy okay, and the operas
wins. Apart from men whom justbe you wisdom, your brain rem the

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just me that he wants to contestsgive us. Old man don't want you
do you would take it with youand wants scream the Versehold came running man,
I watch you would you arazy?Dad? Fabian taste the pub They

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tootles, baby battle and the bodyto body stool and the dist