Moranis Family/Transcript

Before the Revolving Line of Credit
Announcer: "Tonight on Supernanny..."

[Willow weeps]

Announcer: "Jo meets a widowed mother who lost her husband in a tragic car accident."

Submission Reel
Jo: "We're in Massachusetts to help a recently widowed mom. So why don't you join me?"

???: "Hi, I'm Willow, and we're the Moranis Family. About six months ago, my husband Norman was tragically killed in a car accident."

[We see a picture of Willow's late husband, Norman]

[A shot of Norman's rolled-over Lexus sedan from the car crash]

Willow: "With Norman gone, it's frustrating and difficult to raise all 7 of my kids on my own."

Moranis Family Home
[Jo steps out of the car, walks up to a lovely-looking 2-story house and rings the doorbell]

[Willow answers the door]

Jo: "Hi, I'm Jo Frost. Pleased to make your acquaintance. You must be Willow Moranis."

Willow: "Yes, I am."

Jo: "I am very sorry for the loss of your husband. My condolences."

Observation Begins
Night: "I want my binky."

Regan: "I want my bottle."

'''Jo: "Willow gathered her kids to go to the supermarket to do some grocery shopping."'

[Willow picks up some junk in the backseat of the car]

Phoenix: "No! Not my Barney book!"

Willow: "Which book?"

Phoenix: "My Barney book was right here in the car."

Willow: "You mean this Barney book you haven't seen for three weeks?"

Phoenix: "Yes! I did, mommy!"

Phoenix: "Yes!"

Phoenix: "I want it! I want my Barney book!"

At the Supermarket
Jo: "However, the trip to the supermarket was a sheer nightmare for this widowed mother."

Dinner Time
Jo: "The whole Moranis family sat down at the table, and dinner was a complete disaster."

Regan: "No! You don't get it!"

[Phoenix throws his plate across the table]

[Draco and Phoenix scream]

Christine: "(bleep)!"

[Night, Regan, and Talbot throw their cutlery]

[Phoenix throws spaghetti at Draco]

Willow: "It was more like feeding time at the zoo."

Draco: "I hate broccoli!"

Christine: "(bleep!)"

Night: (scoffs) "I am not going to eat!"

Jo talks to Christine
[Jo walks into Christine's bedroom and finds Christine sitting on her Monster High bed and looking at a photograph of Norman]

[In Christine's bedroom, we see Monster High dolls, accessories, posters, toys, and clothes in her closet]

Jo: "Hi."

Christine: (solemnly) "Hi."

Jo: "Who is that?"

Christine: "That's daddy."

[Jo sits on the bed next to Christine]

Christine: "He was the most wonderful daddy in the world."

[Christine cries]

Christine: "I miss my daddy so much..."

Naughty Room
Jo: "Later on, Mom asked Christine to turn the TV off and start her homework. However, Christine was having none of it."

Willow: "Christine, please turn off the TV and start your spelling homework."

Christine: *whines* "But I'm watching Sonny With A Chance!"

Willow: "Hey, this is your warning. If you do not do as you are told, then you're going to the Naughty Room, in addition, I am taking one of your Monster High dolls away. Do you understand me?"

Jo: "Christine turned the TV off, but then threw the remote at her mother."

Willow: "Ow! Okay, that's it! Into the Naughty Room you go! Move it!"

Christine: "I WAS WATCHING SONNY WITH A CHANCE!!!!!"

[Christine pushes Willow]

[Willow puts Christine into the Naughty Room]

Willow: "You are staying in the Naughty Room for six minutes because you didn't listen to me when I told you to start your homework."

[Willow confiscates Christine's Monster High Sweet 1600 Frankie Stein doll and puts it into the toy time-out box]

Christine: *sobbing* "BUT I WAS WATCHING SONNY WITH A CHANCE. I WANNA WATCH IT."

Willow: "You know the rules Christine, no TV until homework is all done."

[Willow walks away]

Christine: *still sobbing* "BUT YOU AREN'T LISTENING!!!"

Jo: "Christine wasn't giving into the Naughty Room."

[Christine goes into the living room and continues to watch Sonny With A Chance]

Willow: "Turn off Sonny. You're not supposed to be watching that while you have to stay in timeout."

Christine: "I'm watching it whether you like it or not!"

[Willow tries to take the remote from Christine, but Christine hides it]

Willow: "Give me the remote Christine. NOW!"

Willow: "I just lost patience. She was being extremely rude and disrespectful."

Jo: "Christine. You were asked to turn the TV off because you are currently in the Naughty Room. Now, off you go please."

[Christine spits on Jo]

Jo: "No. You do not spit at anyone because that behavior is unacceptable. Do you understand?"

Christine: "I don't understand. Now, I'm watching Sonny With A Chance!"

Jo: "You lost that privilege by not doing what your mother asked you to do and spitting in my face."

[Jo sends Christine to the Naughty Room]

Jo: "Finally, Christine gave up and did her time in the Naughty Room. Or so we thought."

Willow: "Apology please."

Christine: "SORRY!!!!"

Willow: "I want a nicer apology than that."

Christine: (sarcastically) "I'm SO sorry!"

Willow: "Well, unless you can give me a much nicer and more sincere apology, then you're staying in this room."

Jo: "However, her apology was not meaningful or sincere so Willow had to leave her in the Naughty Room for 6 more minutes."

Naughty Room Part 2
[Christine escapes and finishes watching Sonny With A Chance]

Willow: "Turn off Sonny. You're not supposed to be watching that while you have to stay in timeout."

Christine: IT'S OVER ALREADY!!!! (throws the remote at Willow, which hits her on the nose)

Willow: "Oh No! Your timeout now has to start all over again."

[Christine spits on Willow]

Willow: "OH NO! YOU DID NOT JUST DO THAT!!!! NOW YOUR TIME IS A TOTAL OF 24 MINUTES. I JUST MADE IT FOUR TIMES LONGER!!!"

Christine: "Don't care!"

Jo: "She just wouldn't give in."

[Christine starts snacking on Frito Lay's BBQ potato chips in the Naughty Room]

Willow: "No, no chips. You can't have any while you're in the Naughty Room."

[Christine finishes the whole bag]

Christine: "I've finished them."

[Willow's anger rises]

Willow: "That's it! NOW YOUR TIME IS A TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES!!!! CAN YOU ENDURE THIS TIME PERIOD?"

Christine: "Definately, Willow!"

[Willow leaves Christine in the Naughty Room without anymore conversation]

[Christine is reading Your Thing Magazine in the Naughty Room]

[30 minutes later]

Willow: "Apologize to me, Christine."

Christine: "No way!"

Willow: "I want an apology."

Christine: "I'm going to bed. Good night" [goes upstairs]

[Willow follows Christine]

Willow: "Christine..."

Jo: "Has she always behaved like this?"

Willow: "Ever since my husband Norman, was killed in a car accident. Christine has a hard time dealing with losing her dad."

Jo: I needed to get Christine out of bed and finish the timeout!

Jo: "Let's go, Christine. You still need to finish the timeout."

[Jo drags Christine back to the Naughty Room]

[6 minutes later]

Willow: "Christine, you were placed in the Naughty Room in the first place because you did not listen to me when I told you to start your homework."

Jo: "After 2 hours, Willow stuck to her guns with discipline and her persistence paid off."

Willow: "Christine, look at me, this is where you're going to be again if you do not listen to me and break one of the rules. Now I want an apology, but this time, a sincere one."

Christine: "SORRY!"

Willow: "Say it like you mean it."

Christine: (sarcastically) "I'm sorry mom!"

Willow: "Say it like you mean it."

Christine: (to a wall) "I'm sorry, mom."

Willow: "Look at me and say it."

Christine: (to Willow) "I'm sorry, mom."

Willow: "Thank you. I love you, sweetie."

[Christine and Willow hug and kiss]

Paci-Fairy Technique
Jo: "The triplets were unwilling to give up their pacifiers, so today, I introduced the Paci-Fairy to Regan, Night, and Talbot."

Jo: "Tonight, the Paci-Fairy is going to come and collect your pacifiers because you don't need them anymore. You are big kids now."

Talbot: "Come on! We want our binkies!"

Willow: "Talbot, you're a big boy now. You don't need your binkie anymore, so tonight the Paci-Fairy is coming to collect it and give it to the babies that need it. In return, she'll leave you a nice little surprise."

Talbot: "BUT I WANT TO KEEP MY BINKIE!!!"

[Talbot starts crying]

Willow: "What shall I do? He wants to keep his Binkie."

Jo: "Come down to his level and tell him in a firm voice that he must give up his pacifier."

Willow: "Talbot, you are done with the binkie, Mommy is going to have the Paci-Fairy come tonight to mail the binkie to the babies."

Talbot: (sobbing) "BUT I WANT TO KEEP IT!"

Willow: "I know darling."

Jo: "This was going to be tougher than I thought. Talbot was still stubborn, and he still wanted to keep his pacifier, even though he didn't need it anymore."

Willow: "Talbot, I know you like your binkie, but you are a big boy now."

Talbot: (sobbing) "I LOVE MY BINKIE! I DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF IT!!"

Willow: "So what do I do, Jo? How can I convince him to give up his Binkie?"

Jo: "He is either going to give it to you or you will take it off him."

Willow: "Talbot, you are either going to give the Binkie to mommy or I will take it off you."

[Talbot runs away]

Willow: "Talbot! Come back here!"

[Christine is reading a Monster High book in her bedroom]

Christine: "Leave him alone, Mom! If Talbot wants to keep his binkie, then let him!"

Willow: "Christine! Talbot's a big boy now. He doesn't need his Binkie anymore."

Jo: "And then all of a sudden, Christine and Willow start to argue over it! I mean, it's crazy!"

Christine: "YOU ARE UPSETTING HIM!!!"

Willow: "Christine, please..."

Christine: "No, Mom! You are upsetting Talbot. If he doesn't want to give up his binkie, that's his decision."

[Talbot clings to his sister, crying]

Christine: "I was reading my book when mom was trying to get Talbot to give up his Binkie."

Christine: (hugs Talbot) "It's okay Talbot. Mommy won't take away your binkie. I promise you."

Willow: "I felt like Christine was undermining me."

[Jo steps in the room]

Jo: "Willow, I understand this is frustrating, but you must do it."

Willow: "It's just that Christine does this to me all the time!"

Jo: "Mom was so frustrated with what was happening. She was nearly in tears."

Willow: "Talbot has his big sister wrapped around his finger."

[Willow goes into Christine's bedroom]

Willow: "Christine..."

Christine: "You've really upset Talbot. He's still crying."

[Talbot cries on Christine's shoulders]

Willow: "He is too old to keep his binkie. He's a big boy now."

Christine: "SO WHAT??? LET HIM KEEP HIS (bleep) BINKIE!!!"

Announcer: "Coming up on Supernanny...Mom and Christine come to blows."

Willow: "I feel like that Christine is on Talbot's side, and that she is his mother and not me."

Announcer: "When Supernanny returns."

Willow and Jo vs. Christine and Talbot
Jo: "Christine was being very disrespectful to Willow, so I decided to step in."

Jo: "Christine...you are being disrespectful to your mother,"

[Talbot screams and cries in his sister's arms]

Christine: "Can't you see how Talbot upset Mom made him by trying to take away his Binkie? Doesn't she understand how he feels?"

[Christine hugs her brother]

Jo: "The point is Christine...."

Christine: "Leave him alone. Just leave him alone. He's really upset now!"

[Willow's anger starts to rise]

Jo: "Willow, I'll take care of this. I suggest you go somewhere else to cool down."

[Willow walks away]

Jo: "Right now, both of you are being defiant. Talbot, if you do not give me the pacifier, then you will be going into timeout. Same with you Christine."

[Christine storms off with Talbot in her arms]

Jo: "Right, you're both going into timeout."

[Christine and Talbot go into the Naughty Room together]

Jo: "The Naughty Room is only suitable for Christine, so I'd love for you to place Talbot on the Naughty Stool, OK?"

[Willow goes to take Talbot off Christine, but Christine holds onto Talbot very tightly]

Willow: "Come on, Christine. Talbot needs to go to the Naughty Stool."

Christine: "He's staying with me!"

Willow: "I was beginning to get really frustrated."

Willow: "Let go of Talbot! He needs to go to timeout and you are also in timeout."

Christine: "YOU NEVER CARED ABOUT US MOM! DAD WAS THE ONE THAT WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR US!!!!"

Willow: "Christine Louise Moranis! That is not true."

Christine: "IS THAT WHY YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY TALBOT'S BINKIE??? BECAUSE YOU'RE A MEAN-SPIRITED HAG??"

Jo: "I was quite shocked to here Christine speak to Willow like that. It's just disgusting!"

Willow: "Christine! CHRISTINE!" (her voice starts to quiver)

Announcer: "Coming up on Supernanny..."

Talking about Dad
[Christine is in her room, looking at a picture of Norman]

Christine: "That's me and dad, when we were all at the annual Father's Day picnic."

Planting a Tree in Memory of Norman Moranis
Jo: "Willow, gather your kids outside. I have a surprise for you."

[Willow, Phoenix, Draco, Christine, Talbot, Regan, Night, Luna and Draco follow Jo outside into the backyard to see a tree with a teal-blue ribbon tied around a trunk engraved in white words, "In Memory of Norman Moranis"]

Willow: "What is this?"