Sesame Street: Billy Joel And Marlee Matlin Sing Just The Way You Are

 

BILLY JOEL: OK.  OSCAR THE GROUCH: State your name. Then beat it. BILLY JOEL: I'm Billy Joel. OSCAR THE GROUCH: Billy Joel what? Cat got your last name there? BILLY JOEL: Just Billy Joel. And this is Marlee Matlin. MARLEE MATLIN: Hi. OSCAR THE GROUCH: Yeah, hi. BILLY JOEL: We're grouch groupies. MARLEE MATLIN: We love grouches.OSCAR THE GROUCH: You love grouches? Oh, yuck. BILLY JOEL: And whenever I throw away a used piano, I give it to grouch. And this time, you're it. OSCAR THE GROUCH: Oh yeah? Ooh, a used piano, man. Huh. BILLY JOEL: And Marlee helped me push this here. OSCAR THE GROUCH: Well while you're pushing, why don't you just both shove off.But leave my piano. BILLY JOEL: Uh, not yet. OSCAR THE GROUCH: Hmm? BILLY JOEL: Because with the piano comes a song, a love song. OSCAR THE GROUCH: A love song? Aw. BILLY JOEL: You hear the song, and then you get the piano. OSCAR THE GROUCH: Aw, I knew there had to be strings attached. BILLY JOEL: This one's for you, Oscar.MARLEE MATLIN: Right from the heart. OSCAR THE GROUCH: Right from the heart? Aw, I'm going to hate this. [MUSIC - BILLY JOEL, "JUST THE WAY YOU ARE"]  BILLY JOEL: [SINGING] Don't go changing just to please me 'cause being friendly's not your style. Mmm. Don't want to hear you saying thank you-- OSCAR THE GROUCH: I won't.BILLY JOEL: [SINGING]-- but I would hate to see you smile. OSCAR THE GROUCH: I never smile. BILLY JOEL: [SINGING] Just be grouchy, really grouchy. You've done it pretty well so far. OSCAR THE GROUCH: Oh, compliments-- this is getting pretty sticky. BILLY JOEL: [SINGING] I took the bad times. I'll take the worst times.I'll take you just the way you are. OSCAR THE GROUCH: Way I am, huh? Ha, I'll change that.  BILLY JOEL: [SINGING] Don't go trying some new fashion. OSCAR THE GROUCH: How's this? BILLY JOEL: [SINGING] I wouldn't like you debonair. Mmm. Just keep that can you stash your trash in. Don't even try to comb your hair.OSCAR THE GROUCH: Just get lost, huh? BILLY JOEL: [SINGING] And don't try friendly conversation. OSCAR THE GROUCH: That wasn't friendly. BILLY JOEL: [SINGING] Don't change the oil in your car. Mmm. We just want someone that we can't talk to. We want you just the way you are. OSCAR THE GROUCH: Well, you can't have me. BILLY JOEL: [SINGING] I want to know that you will always be the same old Oscar that I knew. OSCAR THE GROUCH: Is this him? Heh, heh. BILLY JOEL: [SINGING] Aw please just keep on talking mean to me. Makes me happy when you do. I said I love you. OSCAR THE GROUCH: [INAUDIBLE]. BILLY JOEL: [SINGING] And that's forever.And this I promise from the heart. Mmm. We couldn't love you any better. OSCAR THE GROUCH: This is the mushiest thing I ever heard. BILLY JOEL: [SINGING] We love you just the way you are. OSCAR THE GROUCH: Aw. What are you doing? What's this? What? Hey. Ah! Never hug a grouch. You're kissing me. Aah! Never do that to a grouch.You really know how to hurt a grouch. BILLY JOEL: Enjoy your piano. MARLEE MATLIN: Have fun. OSCAR THE GROUCH: You don't have to give me the piano. I don't want it. I heard this piano. It's tuned. Grouches hate love songs. Except this one kind of really made me angry. [SIGH]