The Last Five Years

00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:36,841 You know, if I had known there were going to be this many stories, 413 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:40,044 - I wouldn't have ever dated a writer. - [laughs] Well, too late. 414 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,249 [laughs] You're going to like it. I promise. 415 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,767 It's a Christmas story. You like Christmas. 416 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:49,567 I call it the Story of Schmuel, the Tailor of Klimovich. 417 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:53,207 <i>Schmuel would work till half-past ten</i> 418 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,840 <i>At his tailor shop in Klimovich</i> 419 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,367 <i>Get up at dawn and start again</i> 420 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,769 <i>With the hems and pins and twist</i> 421 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,126 Are you going to touch my dress right now? 422 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,726 <i>Forty-one years had come and gone</i> 423 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,326 <i>At his tailor shop in Klimovich</i> 424 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,881 <i>Watching the winters soldier on</i> 425 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,725 <i>There was one thing</i> <i>Schmuel missed</i> 426 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:14,961 Are you ready for this? 427 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,891 <i>If I only had time" old Schmuel said</i> 428 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,845 <i>"I would build the dress that's in my head</i> 429 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,850 <i>A dress to fire the mad desire</i> 430 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,520 <i>Of girls from here to Minsk</i> 431 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:32,130 <i>But I have no more hours left to sew"</i> 432 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:38,287 <i>Then the clock upon the wall began to glow</i> 433 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:41,401 <i>And the clock said</i> 434 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:43,523 <i>"Na na na na, na na na</i> 435 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:46,445 <i>Oh, Schmuel you'll get to be happy</i> 436 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:50,924 <i>Na na na na, na na na I give you unlimited time”</i> 437 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:54,323 - It's a magical clock. - I've never been more attracted to you. 438 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,211 <i>"So Schmuel Go sew and be happy"</i> 439 00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,682 <i>But Schmuel said ”No, no, it's not my lot</i> 440 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:05,448 <i>I've gotta make do with the time We got</i> 441 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:09,844 Oh, look at the time. It's time to go. 442 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,684 - [clattering] - Here we go. 443 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:13,882 Why do all my things have to come into this? 444 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,008 <i>Schmuel was done at half-past ten</i> 445 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,731 <i>And he said "Good night, old Klimovich"</i> 446 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,281 <i>Put on his coat to go But then</i> 447 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:23,920 <i>The clock cried 'Wait! Not yet”</i> 448 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:25,684 Pretty good, right? 449 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,161 <i>"Even though you're not wise or rich</i> 450 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,931 <i>You're the finest man in Klimovich</i> 451 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:33,560 <i>Listen up, Schmuel Make one stitch</i> 452 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,769 <i>And you'll see what you get"</i> 453 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,650 <i>But Schmuel said "Clock, it's much too late</i> 454 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,406 <i>I'm at peace with life I accept my fate"</i> 455 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,564 <i>But the clock said "Schmuel! One stitch and you will</i> 456 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,200 <i>Unlock the dreams you've lost"</i> 457 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:54,890 <i>So Schmuel, with reluctance, took his thread</i> 458 00:33:55,040 --> 00:34:00,285 <i>He pulled a bolt of velvet and he said</i> 459 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:06,368 <i>"I should take out my teeth and go to bed</i> 460 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,928 <i>I'm sitting here with talking clocks</i> 461 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:14,130 <i>Instead"</i> 462 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,971 <i>And the clock said "Na na na na, na na na</i> 463 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,851 <i>Oh, Schmuel you'll get to be happy”</i> 464 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,001 And then they dance. 465 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:22,531 Na na na na, na na na 466 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:24,284 No. No, thank you. 467 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:26,001 Come on! 468 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:27,730 Na na na na, na na na 469 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:31,726 <i>"Just do it and you can be happy”</i> 470 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:34,400 <i>So Schmuel put the thread through the needles eye</i> 471 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:38,360 <i>And the moon stared down from a starless sky</i> 472 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:41,965 <i>And he pushed the thread through the velvet black</i> 473 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:47,126 <i>And he looked, and the clock was turning back</i> 474 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:50,284 <i>So he grabbed his shears a