Good Luck Charlie

Hey, dad, you gonna eat your last piece of bacon?

Nice.

Oh, dad, by the way I'm having career day at my school,

And I was wondering if you could come.

Really? You want me to come in and talk about my job?

- That's fantastic. - Easy, big guy.

You're a time filler. Nothing more, nothing less.

That's a little less fantastic.

Hey, how come I never came in and spoke to one of your classes?

We didn't have career day back then.

It's a whole new idea.

Really? They had career day when I was a kid.

Must have skipped a generation.

Hey, Gabe.

Why aren't you asking me to career day this year?

Because of what happened last year.

We see a lot of interesting things in the emergency room.

This is what can happen when you don't follow the directions.

On the chainsaw.

Kids, kids, hold your reactions till the end.

We've got a lot of pictures here.

So now severed limbs are off-limits to 11-year-olds?

What?

"'And cheesy, ' the sad little pizza said,"

'I just feel so plain.'

And pepe, his friend the pepperoni pizza said,

'but, cheesy, that's why kids love you.'

And cheesy felt all better.

"The end."

Mom.

Candace, thank you we really enjoyed it..

I heard you snoring.

The important thing right, Charlie? D it.

No, mommy.

She's right. It was not a good book.

I could write a better story than that.

I wish you would. Publishing, hildren's.

And I am always for new talent.

Anyway, we'll see you guys next week.

- Bye, Candace. - See ya.

- That gives me an idea. - Me too.

A children's book!

What do you know about writing?

What do you know about children?

Maybe we could write a book together.

And then we could read it at next week's story time.

And the kids will go crazy. Candace will publish it,

And I'll be on "good morning Denver."

Right now let's just focus on writing a good story for the kids.

You're right. You're right. It's all about the kids.

Oh, great. I guess dinner's here.

And a happy kwikki chikki hello to you.

- I heard that, Scott. - I'm sure that you heard, but when I ask.

For a home-cooked meal, you suddenly go deaf.

I'm not a housewife. I work too.

Do you want me to come back later?

No, then the food will be cold.

Don't worry. It's already cold.

Let's ask this guy. What do you think?

Come on, we want your opinion.

Who is responsible for dinner?

That is a tough question. I've seen mz parents have the very same argument

'cause they both have jobs too.

- How do they work it out? - Very loudly.

But at least they're communicating,

Which is maybe what you guys need to do.

But we are communicating.

Are you? Are you really?

No, we're not.

Maybe it's time to start.

I just want things to go back to the way they were when we first got married.

I want that too. I'm sorry, honey.

I'm sorry too.

Well, I guess there's only one thing left to say.

That'll be $14.95.

Okay, tell me what you think of this.

"actress, singer, dancer, comedian, entertainer, nurse,"

Wife, mother of four, Amy Duncan now adds author.

"To her long list of credits."

What is that?

It's my bio for the book jacket.

Too long?

'cause I could lose "wife and mother of four."

Hey, I have an idea.

Instead of a book jacket, let's write a book.

Okay, seems kind of backwards to me, but okay, sure.

Let's just brainstorm and see what we come up with.

Excellent idea.

Brainstorming.

Stormy brain.

Thinking, thoughts, ideas, words...

Mom, brainstorms are usually quiet.

Sorry.

And remember, an idea can come from anywhere.

- Got it! - What?

Trashy.

Trashy?

Trashy the trash can.

I was staring at the trash can and it just came to me.

Okay, trashy.

So what's his story?

Teddy, I can't do all the work. I came up with trashy.

Yeah, but what's he trying to teach the kids?

Oh, okay.

Um, well, when trashy.

Sees someone litter,

He says, "enh-enh-enh-enh."

I do that really well. I should do hjs voice for the movie.

Hey, mom, let's think of some other ideas.

Really?

'cause I'm loving me some trashy.

Okay okay, well, maybe we should work separately,

Then get together tomorrow with some new ideas.

That aren't based off of the first thing you looked at.

- Fine. - Good.

- Whatever. - Great.

Enh-enh-enh.

I can see it on a t-shirt.

Okay, dad, career day is tomorrow.

What's your plan?

- My plan? - Yeah.

To wing it.

Dad, this isn't a toast to mom on your anniversary.

This is important.

Now you can't just get up there and talk aboutour job.

You gotta put on a show.

This is all about the sizzle, not the steak.

I get it.

You want me to bring in a couple of critters that I caught,

Like a rat or a possum.

Is there any chance you could catch something exciting,

Like an alligator or a lion.

Or a polar bear? Yeah.

Well, those might be tough since career day is tomorrow.

And we live in Denver.

All right, dad, whatever you do,

Just don't embarrass me.

That means shirt tucked in and your most dependable belt.

Hey, that's not gonna happen again.

Man, you ruin one little league game...

Hi again.

Ooh, something smells good.

- I'm making pork chops. - Then why'd you order chicken?

Actually, we were hoping you could help us with another problem.

Oh, well, come on out.

Have a seat, make yourselves at home.

Talk to me.

The thing is Christine's mother wants to come and stay with us.

For two weeks.

I wanted to ask her to come for less time,

But...

But what?

Come on, tell the chicken guy.

- But I'm afraid of her. There, I said it. - Yeah, but just because...

Hold on. We're working with Christine now.

Now, Christine, how did that make you feel?

Well, it makes me feel sad, and I want Scott...

- Scott, feedback. - I feel that I'd like to help Christine,

- So she wouldn't be so sad. - How can you help?

Well... but you asked me.

Don't question my process.

I'll tell you how you can help. Date night.

- Date night. - Yeah, make sure you guys schedule some alone time.

While your mother's here.

Your needs are important too.

- Date night. That's a great idea. - Yeah. Thank you so much.

Hey, it's what I do.

Now let's take a look at those pork chops.

Now before we share our book ideas,

Let's remember to be kind.

That's right. There are no bad ideas.

I'll go first.

Ba-bam!

Hey, trashy's back.

I know.

Try as I might, I could not top him.

Can I share one of my ideas now?

Y-yeah, of course. Go ahead.

Okay.

So my idea is a story.

About a little tin can and his name is...

"Tim can."

So the story begins with Tim on the shelf at the store.

Then he goes on some amazing adventures.

That teach kids all about recycling. What do you think?

I think I was wrong.

There are bad ideas.

Honey, don't get too down on yourself.

I set the bar pretty high with trashy.

Are you kidding? You just... you pointed at a trash can.

And gave it a stupid name. I could do that.

Let's write a story about tabley or blendery.

Blendery? Okay, that's just silly.

What would a blender say? "chop chop chop"?

Even I can't make that work.

You know what doesn't work? This.