Northgate's Famous Young Interviewers (transcript)

"Northgate's Famous Young Interviewers" is the thirty-second episode of the series "My School Life".
== Episode Information ==
Episode # 	Series 13, Season 2, Episode 12
Previous Episode	"Loving the Baby With All Our Hearts"
Next Episode 	"The Easiest Class In the World"
==Description==
Ms. Sherrit teaches the class how to be interviewers by giving them a homework assignment where they have to choose one person to interview for Friday. Maraya decides to interview her bus driver, Ms. Carolyn, for her assignment. Will she succeed in being one of the class interviewers?
== Transcript ==
(The episode begins by taking place outside of the classroom and zooms in the classroom door when it is about to take place in there)
Ms. Sherrit: Okay, class. This week for your assignment, I want you to choose a person to interview with for Friday. And it can be anyone: a family member, a friend, anyone.
(Maraya raises her hand)
Maraya: Even a bus driver?
Ms. Sherrit (not seen): Yes, Maraya. Even a bus driver.
Maraya: Yes!
(The scene changes to where Maraya is on the bus, interviewing Ms. Carolyn)
Maraya: So, Ms. Carolyn, do you mind me asking a few questions to you for a practice interview?
Ms. Carolyn: Not at all, Maraya. Just ask away.
Maraya: Okay. First question is: "Do you have a job?"
Ms. Carolyn: Of course I do.
(Maraya writes down her answer and asks her the next question)
Maraya: All right, next question. What do you do for you job?
Ms. Carolyn: Well, I am a special needs bus driver and I drive special needs students to and from school.
(Maraya writes down her second answer and then asks her another question)
Maraya: Now, when you're not driving your bus, what do you like to do in your free time?
Ms. Carolyn: In my free time, I like to paint and draw, sew and garden, and most of all, sing.
Maraya: Sing something, Ms. Carolyn.
Ms. Carolyn: Okay. 
(She turns around to inhale and start singing)
Ms. Carolyn (singing): 🎵La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
I love to sing
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, 
Oh, yes, I really do🎶
(After she finishes singing, she starts to put up the seatbelts)
Ms. Carolyn: (humming)
Maraya: Uh, Ms. Carolyn, do you love your job as a bus driver?
Ms. Carolyn: Yes, very much.
Maraya: Why did you want this job as a bus driver and why do you think you'll be good at it?
Ms. Carolyn: Because I love children and I think that it would be just like driving a regular car.
(Maraya writes down her final answers and tells her that she's done)
Maraya: Okay, Ms. Carolyn, you are done with your interview, so goodbye.
Ms. Carolyn: Bye bye, see you later. 
(When Ms. Carolyn walks away from her, Maraya gets shocked)
Maraya: Ms. Carolyn, where are you going?
Ms. Carolyn: Back to my seat, of course.
Maraya: Oh, okay. Just don't ever leave me.
Ms. Carolyn: I won't, my famous young interviewer.
(The scene changes again to where it is four days later)
Ms. Sherrit (claps hands): Okay, class. I hope you've all practiced being interviewers during the week, because today, we're going to host an interview show.
Students (not seen): Hooray!
Ms. Sherrit: I'm going to get the producers to set the classroom up for the show, so while you wait, you're going to go to the classroom across from you.
Students (not seen): Okay.
Ms. Sherrit: And I think you should go now, because there should be some special visitors awaiting you.
Erin (not seen): Who are these special visitors awaiting us?
Ms. Sherrit: You'll have to see for yourself. Come on.
(The students follow Ms. Sherrit to the classroom across from theirs. After she unlocks the door, the students come in, surprised)
Students: (gasps)
(They all run in different directions to go hug the visitors)
Carmen: Mom!
Carmen's mom: Hello, Carmen. How do you feel about interviewing me for your interview?
Carmen: Great! 
Carmen's mom: (chuckling)
(Camera points at Novalee and her mom)
Novalee: Mama!
Novalee's mom: Hey, Novalee. How are you doing?
Novalee: Doing well, mama.
(Novalee's mom pats her head while the camera points again at Ashley and her mom)
Ashley: Hi, mom!
Ashley's mom: Hi, Ashley. How are you feeling, sweetie?
Ashley: Good.
Ashley's mom: That's good.
(Next, it points at Nicki and her sister, Raquel)
Nicki: Raquel!
Raquel: Hey, little sister. Feeling pumped about me being your interviewee? 
Nicki: Yes, sis.
(It points to Miranda and her mom after that)
Miranda: Mommy!
Miranda's mom: Hi, sweet pea. How are you?
(Miranda gives her mom a thumbs up)
Miranda's mom: Good!
(After Miranda and her mom, it points at Erin and her brother, Justin)
Erin: Justin!
Justin: Hi, Erin. How are you feeling about me coming to your interview?
Erin: Happy!
Justin: That's awesome. Come on, let's go take a seat.
Erin: Okay!
(They hold hands and walk to go sit down. Finally, in the meantime, the camera points at Maraya and Ms. Carolyn)
Maraya: Ms. Carolyn!
Ms. Carolyn: Hey there, my young interviewer. How do you feel about me being your interviewee?
Maraya: I'm feeling excited. So excited that I'm going to walk on air!
Ms. Carolyn: I'm glad. Now, how about if we can go and sit down?
Maraya: Yeah!
(After Ms. Carolyn puts her down, Maraya runs to where Carmen and her mom are sitting)
Carmen: Hey, Maraya. Feeling excited about yourself being a young interviewer?
Maraya: Yes.
Carmen: Oh, hey, Ms. Carolyn. I didn't know you were going to be Maraya's interviewee.
Ms. Carolyn: Well, I am, because Maraya chose me.
Carmen: Oh. By the way, this is my mom, Robin.
Carmen's mom: Hello!
Ms. Carolyn: Hello, Robin. I'm Carolyn, and I'm Maraya's bus driver.
Maraya: Ms. Carolyn, you mean my bus driver and my best friend.
Ms. Carolyn: Oh. (to Carmen's mom) And, I'm her best friend.
Carmen's mom: That's nice.
Ms. Carolyn: (chuckling)
Carmen: By the way, Ms. Carolyn, why are you wearing a coat?
Ms. Carolyn: I want my outfit to be a surprise for Maraya.
Carmen: Oh. Well, how about if we can play a game?
Maraya: Yeah!
Ms. Carolyn: Sure, Carmen, that would be nice.
Carmen: All right, then, what do you want to play?
Ms. Carolyn: I don't know, Monopoly?
Carmen: That game would be too complicated for all of us to play, especially you.
Ms. Carolyn: I guess you're right, Carmen. It would.
Carmen (not seen): Find us a better game that we can play.
Ms. Carolyn: Okay, then how about...(runs away and comes back) Twister?
Carmen's mom: But we'll all get twisted up.
Ms. Carolyn: That's what Twister is. You and someone else get twisted up during the game.
Carmen's mom: Thanks for the info, but still, find us a different game.
Ms. Carolyn: Okay. Then how about if we can play a game of crazy 8's?
Carmen's mom (hits head): Carolyn, you were supposed to find an easier game where we won't get twisted up, not a game that is harder and more confusing.
Ms. Carolyn: I'm sure Maraya won't mind playing this game with me, won't you, Maraya?
(Camera pans to Maraya's chair)
Ms. Carolyn: Maraya? Where'd you go?
Maraya (not seen): How about if we can play this game?
(Ms. Carolyn lifts her head up a little when the camera zooms into the Candy Land game that Maraya has)
Ms. Carolyn: Candy Land! That's perfect!
Maraya: Do you really think so?
Ms. Carolyn (not seen): Yes, so bring it to the table for us.
Maraya: Okay.
(She walks to the table with the game in her hands and gives it to Ms. Carolyn)
Ms. Carolyn: Thank you, Maraya. Now, let's see what we got here.
(She opens the game and gives the top to Maraya so she can look inside)
Ms. Carolyn: We got the game board, some game pawns, a deck of cards, and instructions on how to play the game.
Carmen's mom: Oh, good. There are instructions in this game.
Ms. Carolyn (not seen): Players, choose the color of the game pawn you want to be.
Carmen (not seen): I'll choose blue.
Maraya (not seen): I'll choose red.
Ms. Carolyn (not seen): I'll choose yellow.
(Scene zooms out)
Carmen's mom: So, that means that I'm stuck with green?
Ms. Carolyn: Yep. You're stuck with green.
Carmen's mom: Okay, then. I'll be green.
Ms. Carolyn: Great.
Carmen's mom: Carmen, you shuffle up the cards.
Carmen: Okay, mom. (to Maraya and Ms. Carolyn) Hey, guys. Watch me shuffle these cards.
(When Carmen starts shuffling the cards, the camera points at them watching her shuffle the cards. Then it points back at Carmen again after she finishes)
Carmen: There. All the cards are shuffled. Now, let's decide who will go first.
Ms. Carolyn: Maraya, because you're the youngest and you thought of the idea for us to play this game, I'll let you go first.
Maraya: Wow, thanks, Ms. Carolyn.
Ms. Carolyn: No problem. Now, what are you waiting for? Take your turn.
Maraya: Okay.
(The scene is zoomed in when Maraya picks up a card and looks at it)
Maraya: I got two yellows.
(She moves her game pawn to where the second yellow square was and then Carmen goes next)
Carmen: I got two blues.
(Carmen moves her game pawn to where the second blue square was and after that, the scene zooms out)
Carmen: Okay, mom. Now it's your turn.
Carmen's mom: All right. (she picks up a card and looks at it) Oh, I got one orange.
(Carmen's mom moves her game pawn to where the first orange square was. But after she moves it, Carmen tells her something)
Carmen: Look, mom. You can cross the rainbow bridge.
Carmen's mom: What do you mean?
Carmen: When you land on a square that is connected with a bridge and another square, that means you can cross it. (not seen) See?
Carmen's mom: Yes, I see that and I'm going to be able to understand that rule from now on.
Carmen: Great! All right, Ms. Carolyn, it's your turn.
Ms. Carolyn: Okey-dokey. And for my first card, I got...
(She picks up the card and looks at it)
Ms. Carolyn: Ice cream. Yes!
(Ms. Carolyn moves her game pawn to where a pink square with a picture of vanilla ice cream in a cone was)
Ms. Carolyn: Ooh, I'm winning.
Maraya (mad): Ms. Carolyn, you cheated! 
Ms. Carolyn: No, I didn't.
Maraya (mad): But you looked at the card.
Ms. Carolyn (mad): I did not. 
Maraya (mad): Did too!
(Camera points to Carmen who grabs the instructions to look at)
Carmen: According to these instructions, it says that if you get one of the special cards that doesn't have a colored square, then you just land on it and continue on.
Maraya: So that means what, Carmen?
Carmen: It means that Ms. Carolyn is playing fair.
Maraya: Even if she was looking at the card?
Carmen: Maraya, Ms. Carolyn was looking at the card so she'll know what she got.
Maraya: Oh.
Carmen (not seen): What do you think she was? Blind?
Maraya: No.
Ms. Carolyn: Ha! Told you that I was playing fair.
Maraya: Oh, so you were. Well, let's continue playing this game.
Ms. Carolyn: Okay.
(The scene changes once again to where they are finished with the game)
Maraya: Look, Ms. Carolyn, you won.
Ms. Carolyn: Wow!
Others: Congratulations, Ms. Carolyn!
Ms. Carolyn: Thank you, everyone! Now, let's do something else while we wait.
Others: All right.
(It changes to where everyone does something else. The camera points to Carmen and her mom playing on the computers while Maraya and Ms. Carolyn are reading books)
Maraya: Hey, this is fun, Ms. Carolyn.
Ms. Carolyn: Mm-hmm.
(Meanwhile, the camera points at the door when Ms. Sherrit opens it to call someone)
Ms. Sherrit: Maraya, Carolyn, it's your turn to share me your interview.
Both: Okay!
(As soon as Ms. Sherrit disappears, Maraya squeezes Ms. Carolyn's hand)
Maraya: I hope our interview will go well, Ms. Carolyn.
Ms. Carolyn: I'm sure it will. Come on!
(Maraya lets go of her hand to go out of the room, but when she is about to get out, she turns around)
Maraya: Aren't you coming, Ms. Carolyn?
Ms. Carolyn: Yes, I'll be coming. Just tell Ms. Sherrit I'll be there in a minute, okay?
Maraya (not seen): Okay.
(Maraya turns back around to walk out of the room. Setting changes to the other classroom where the crickets are heard chirping in the background)
Ms. Sherrit: I wonder why Maraya and Carolyn are taking so long. 
(Door opens and shuts) 
Maraya: Here I am, Ms. Sherrit. 
(Maraya walks up to Ms. Sherrit after she shuts the door) 
Ms. Sherrit: Hey, Maraya. Where's your interviewee, Ms. Carolyn? 
Maraya: Ms. Carolyn said that she will be here in a minute. 
Ms. Sherrit: Oh, okay. Well, by the way, take a seat in your special interviewer seat.
(As soon as Maraya sits down, she hears the door open)
Maraya (gasps): There she is!
(Camera points at Ms. Carolyn who throws her coat and shows off her dress as the scene zooms in a little)
Maraya: Wow. Ms. Carolyn, you look so pretty!
Ms. Carolyn: Thank you, my interviewer. By the way, my name is Carolyn and I'll be your interviewee for today.
Maraya: Pleased to meet you. My name is Maraya and I'm going to ask you some questions about why you want a job as a school bus driver.
Ms. Carolyn: Alrighty, then. Ask away.
Maraya: Question 1: Do you have a job?
Ms. Carolyn: Yes. 
(She writes down Ms. Carolyn's first answer)
Maraya: All right, next question: What do you do for your job?
Ms. Carolyn: I work as a special needs bus driver and I drive special needs students to and from school.
(After she writes down her next answer, she asks her another question)
Maraya: Question 3: When are you not driving your bus, what do you like to do in your free time?
Ms. Carolyn: Lots of things. I like to paint, draw, sew, work in my garden, and most of all, sing.
Maraya: Sing something for me, Ms. Carolyn.
Ms. Carolyn: Okay, here I go. 
(Ms. Carolyn inhales and starts singing) 
Ms. Carolyn (singing): 🎵La, la, la,
La, la, la,
La, la, la, la, la, la, la🎶
(She stops singing)
Ms. Carolyn: How was that?
Maraya (gets up and applauds) Brava, brava! 
(Ms. Carolyn takes a bow)
Maraya: That was great, Ms. Carolyn!
Ms. Carolyn: Thank you.
Maraya: We shouldn't be fooling around with ourselves, so let's get back to the interview. (sits down) Next question I want to ask you is "Do you love your job?"
Ms. Carolyn: Yes. I love it very much. 
(Maraya writes down her answer and asks her the final question)
Maraya: All right, we are at the final question, which is "Why do you want this job as a bus driver and why do you think you'll be good at it?
Ms. Carolyn: Well, it's because I love children and I think driving a bus would be just like driving a car.
(After she writes down her final answer, Maraya tells Ms. Carolyn that she's done with her interview)
Maraya (gets up): Okay, Carolyn, it looks like that you're done with your interview, so I'll see you later and it was nice meeting you.
Ms. Carolyn: It was nice meeting you, too, Maraya. Bye bye! 
(As soon as Ms. Carolyn leaves the classroom and shuts the door, Ms. Sherrit applauds for her)
Ms. Sherrit (applauds): That was a job well done being an interviewer for your interviewee, Maraya.
Maraya: Thank you, Ms. Sherrit.
Ms. Sherrit: And now that everyone's taken their turn being an interviewer, we can now get the other students back to the classroom. Come on.
(The scene changes again to where the other students and all the interviewees are still in the other classroom until they heard the door open)
Ms. Sherrit: Students, it's time to go back to the classroom and choose the interviewer of the year.
(The other students line up in a straight line beside Maraya and Ms. Sherrit. Meanwhile, the camera points at the interviewees)
Ms. Sherrit (not seen): Interviewees, you have to come, too.
Ms. Carolyn: Oh, okay.
(All of the interviewees get up and walk to the classroom with Ms. Sherrit and the students. Scene changes once again to where they are back at the classroom)
Ms. Sherrit: Class, all of you have done a great job being an interviewer for your interviewee. And because of it, I've decided to make it a contest instead of an interview show to choose the interviewer and interviewee of the year.
(Ms. Ryan walks up to Ms. Sherrit)
Ms. Sherrit: Ms. Ryan, have we decided who the winners are for the interviewer and interviewee of the year?
Ms. Ryan: Yes, Ms. Sherrit. Here's the paper with the winners on it.
Ms. Sherrit: Thank you, Ms. Ryan. Now to reveal the winners.
(The camera points to Maraya and Novalee first, then Carmen and Nicki, and finally Ashley, Erin, and Miranda)
Ms. Sherrit: The winners for the interviewer and interviewee of the year are...
(The camera points at the students in the same order and points back and zooms into Ms. Sherrit when says the winners' names)
Ms. Sherrit: Maraya and Ms. Carolyn!
(Applauding and cheering)
(Ms. Sherrit walks up to them with a camera around her neck)
Ms. Sherrit: Congratulations, ladies. Let's get your picture taken for the classroom's bulletin board.
Both: Okay!
Ms. Sherrit (not seen): Say, "Go Vikings!"
Both: Go Vikings!
(The scene turns into a photo and then zooms out)
Ms. Carolyn: I loved being your interviewee, Maraya.
Maraya: Me, too, Ms. Carolyn. And thank you for coming to my interview.
Ms. Carolyn: No problem, Maraya. I'll see you later, okay?
Maraya: Okay. 
(Ms. Carolyn walks away)
Maraya: Bye, Ms. Carolyn!
Ms. Carolyn (not seen): Bye bye!
(Door shuts)
Maraya (sighs): I'm happy that me and Ms. Carolyn won the interviewer and interviewee of the year, but most of all, I'm happy that we got our photo put up on the classroom's bulletin board, so I can always remember us being the best of friends.
(The scene zooms back into the photo of her and Ms. Carolyn and then it fades out and causes the episode to end)
== Characters ==
* Maraya 
* Ms. Carolyn 
* Carmen 
* Novalee
* Ashley
* Nicki
* Erin
* Miranda 
* Ms. Sherrit
* Ms. Ryan
* Robin (Carmen's mom)
* Ashley's mom
* Novalee's mom
* Justin
* Raquel 
* Miranda's mom
== Trivia ==
* These are the first appearances of Ashley's, Carmen's, Novalee's, and Miranda's moms, and also the first appearances of Justin and Raquel.
* There are no non-speaking characters in this episode.
* The characters Ms. Ryan, Ashley's, Novalee's, and Miranda's mom's, Justin, Raquel, Erin, Miranda, Nicki, Novalee, and Ashley don't speak very much in this episode.
* Carmen's mom is the only mom whose name is known in the series.
* Justin, Erin's brother, was the only one of all the interviewees that was a male.
* Ms. Carolyn was the only interviewee in this episode who was not a family member.
* This is the fourth episode where Miranda spoke solo.
* This is the first ever time Maraya and Ms. Carolyn got in an argument.
* This is the first episode where Ms. Carolyn was seen wearing a dress or skirt.
* Maraya's interviewer outfit is just like the outfit that she wore in the third series' episode "We're Going To the Blast-Off Party!" except that she was wearing actual socks instead of a pantyhose.
* The song that Ms. Carolyn was singing to Maraya during their practice interview was to the tune of the song Oh, Susanna! She also sang two lines of this song in the episode "Being Born in 1943".
**There is an actual version of Ms. Carolyn singing her full version of Oh, Susanna! but it's only in the series' compilation album and as a music video in the DVD "Sharing What I've Learned".
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