Description:
¡°Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made,¡± based on the best-selling book
of the same name, follows the hilarious exploits of our quirky, deadpan hero,
Timmy Failure, who, along with his 1,500-pound polar bear partner Total,
operates Total Failure Inc., a Portland detective agency.
Transcription:
PRINCIPAL: Do you know why you¡¯re here, Timmy?
TIMMY FAILURE: Mistakes were made.
PRINCIPAL: Just so you know, whatever you share with me in this room,
stays in this room. This is a safe space.
TIMMY FAILURE: So no bugs?
PRINCIPAL: Bugs?
TIMMY FAILURE: Listening devices?
PRINCIPAL: Oh, no.
TIMMY FAILURE: Greetings, fellow humans. What you are about to see
is a historical record of my life as a detective. I live in the shadow of this
water tower, in Portland, Oregon. A place where things get strange.
I am the CEO of my own detective agency.
MOLLY MOSKINS: He¡¯s so fascinating.
CRISPIN: I could show you the precinct sometime.
TIMMY FAILURE: I don¡¯t collaborate with law enforcement.
CRISPIN: How come?
TIMMY FAILURE: I have a partner.
CRISPIN: Oh that¡¯s cool, who¡¯s that?
TIMMY FAILURE: His name is Total. He¡¯s a 1500-pound polar bear.
CRISPIN: Woah. Are you serious?
TIMMY FAILURE: Mother.
PATTY FAILURE: Not now, Timmy.
TIMMY FAILURE: The Failure Mobile. commands the respect of others...
it belongs to my mother, who won it in a church raffle.
PATTY FAILURE: Boom.
TIMMY FAILURE: It was the key to my success...until it was stolen.
PATTY FAILURE: Timmy! That was the one nice thing I had!
TIMMY FAILURE: Mistakes were made.
Finding the Failure Mobile is now our top priority.
MAN: He¡¯s fired up today.
WOMAN: I know. It¡¯s so exciting.
TIMMY FAILURE: I need help.
ROLLO TOOKUS: You always get me into trouble.
STOREKEEPER: Can I help you?
TIMMY FAILURE: Ambush! Run! Over.
PRINCIPAL: Your life is bi, original, weird...
NINJA: [Grunting] Hiyah!
ROLLO TOOKUS: So cool.
PRINCIPAL: If you love what you do, you gotta fight for it.
TIMMY FAILURE: Mother, I need more office space. My name is Failure,
Timmy Failure.
ROLLO TOOKUS: [Cheering] Go, Timmy!
TIMMY FAILURE: The name is misleading because I am anything but.
Run! I am only concerned with one thing.
CRISPIN: Timmy!
PEOPLE: Yeah!
TIMMY FAILURE: Greatness. Mistakes were made.
Questions:
1. Who is Timmy Failure?
2. How did the rincipal describe him?
3. Retell the plot of the story.