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  • BRENDAN FRASER: Hi, I'm Brendan.

  • And I'm here to tell you all about the word speedy.

  • Now the word speedy means--

  • GROVER: Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo.

  • BRENDAN FRASER: Grover, what are you doing?

  • I'm trying to tell everybody about the word speedy.

  • Where was I?

  • Oh, yeah, speedy, the word speedy me--

  • GROVER: Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.

  • BRENDAN FRASER: Grover!

  • I'm trying to explain the word speedy.

  • OK.

  • Let me get this out really, really fast.

  • The word speedy means--

  • GROVER: Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya.

  • Move out of the way.

  • Move out of the way.

  • Ya, ha, ha, ha, ha.

  • BRENDAN FRASER: Grover, how can I tell everyone about the

  • word speedy if you're running around really,

  • really fast like that.

  • Wait a minute, I get it.

  • Ha, ha.

  • Speedy means really, really fast.

  • So Grover is actually showing us speedy.

  • GROVER: Mmm.

  • Mm, mm.

  • BRENDAN FRASER: Great job showing us speedy, Grover.

  • GROVER: No, no, no, no.

  • I am not going really, really fast to show speedy.

  • Um, mm.

  • I am going really, really fast to find the nearest restroom.

  • Whacka, whacka, whoa, wow, wow, wow.

  • BRENDAN FRASER: Speedy.

  • It's a good reason to run.

BRENDAN FRASER: Hi, I'm Brendan.

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Sesame Street: Brendan Fraser: Speedy

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    姚易辰 posted on 2014/03/17
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