♪♪ ♪ Skiddly ahh bop bow,
Get upple on a wubble,
Buzz into a bubble,
Wubble on the double,
And take your face
To a wubbulous place,
Scuttle on a shuttle,
Waddle in a puddle ♪
♪♪ Ow!
♪♪ ♪ Through the middle
Of the muddle,
And dance your feet down
To wubbulous street,
Flip, float, flop, and drop,
Bottoms up down to the top,
Insides, outsides,
Here and gone,
When you get to the end,
You go on and on ♪
♪♪ Ooh!
♪♪ Yeah!
♪♪ Ha ha ha ha ha!
♪♪ Ew!
♪♪ ♪ Scuttle on a shuttle,
Waddle in a puddle,
Through the middle
Of the muddle,
And dance your feet down
To wubbulous street ♪
♪♪ Hello.
♪♪ ♪ Get upple on a wubble,
Buzz into a bubble ♪
♪♪ Yeah!
♪♪ Tighten up, get loose.
♪♪ ♪ In the wubbulous world,
In the wubbulous world
Of dr. Seuss ♪
♪♪ Yeah.
♪♪ Hello there. How are you?
How do ya do? Have I got a tale!
Ah! Ahem. And it's all just for
You. And speaking of tails--
[Grunts] which I know I just
Was--[grunts] my tail really
Goes on.
Yes, it does!
[Grunts] here we go...[Grunts]
You know, where it might end is
A mystery to me. [Grunts]
So here's a new tale--
[Grunts] from cats "a"--
[Grunts] "b"--[grunts]
And "c." [Meows]
♪♪ ♪ In the land of king lindy,
Long hair was the thing
♪♪ And whoever's was longest
Became queen or king
♪♪ With a fold-dee-rol-roldy
For the queen or the king,
And a hey-nonny-nonny-nonny
♪♪ And a ring
Ding-a-ding-ding! ♪
[Gasps]
[Trumpets]
♪♪ And here he is to entertain
King lindy of lime,
Elwood the jester! Right here!
Elwood the jester! Right here! [Playing folk music]
[Playing folk music]
♪♪ ♪ Let it flow like a river
To the next town,
Tie it up in a knot,
Be it peasant or wearer
Of the royal crown,
Show me what you got!
Hair, hair, hair, hair,
Our grandest treasure,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Hair, hair, hair, hair,
Our finest pleasure,
Joy beyond compare,
Hair, hair, hair, hair.
Whoo-hoo!
Be it curly or straighter
Than a hat pin,
On your head, chin, or cheek,
Comb the kingdom of lime
And let the fun begin,
Give your pal a peek!
♪♪ Hair, hair, hair, hair
♪♪ Our grandest treasure
♪♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
♪♪ Hair, hair, hair, hair,
Our finest pleasure
♪♪ Joy beyond compare,
Hair, hair, hair, hair!
♪♪ What springs forth from
Each follicle?
What brings forth all
That's jollicle?
♪♪ Hair, hair, hair, hair,
Our grandest treasure,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Hair, hair, hair, hair
♪♪ Our finest pleasure
♪♪ Joy beyond compare,
Hair, hair, hair, hair
♪♪ Hair, hair, hair, hair! ♪
[Laughter]
[Trumpet plays]
♪♪ Cease these festivities!
I have an urgent message for
The king!
♪♪ The king? Why, that's me!
[Laughs] I wonder if it's good
News.
[Whispering]
♪♪ No!
♪♪ Yes.
♪♪ Ohh! Oh, oh! My loyal
Subjects, my trusted advisor
Yertle has just told me of
An outrageous claim that has
Just been made by a rival king.
Oh, my goodness. I didn't even
Know I had a rival. Hmm.
Oh, uh, anyway, uh, this fellow,
Uh, uh...
♪♪ King noogle.
♪♪ Oh, yes. [Laughs] of course.
King noogle,of the far-off land
Of, um--um---
♪♪ Not "ummmm," your majesty.
"Nug!"
♪♪ Oh, yes. That's what I meant
To say. [Laughs] this noogle of
Nug claims, oh--he actually
Claims that--oh! I can't bring
Myself to say it! [Weeping]
♪♪ Allow me, your majesty.
♪♪ Oh!
♪♪ Your majesty, citizens,
Prepare yourselves now for
The worst of all possible slurs.
My liege, I am told that this
Monarch of nug claims that his
Beard is longer than yours!
♪♪ No!
♪♪ Yes!
♪♪ Ohhh.
♪♪ A braggart is noogle,
A liar is he!
His beard? Longer?
Fiddle dee dee!
♪♪ Fiddle dee dee,
And a horn section, too!
Your majesty,
I'm as offended as you!
♪♪ My friends, my friends,
My friends! Before we decide to
Go to w*r with this evil noogle
Of nug, I urge caution.
Let me tell you a little bit
About this blasphemous ogre.
[Music playing]
♪♪ ♪ He's decidedly mean
And despicably icky,
Deplorably horrid
And thoroughly yicky,
He's horrible, hideous,
Morbid and mean,
The lowest thing
Anyone's ever seen
♪♪ He's as low as a bug!
♪♪ Bad as a weasel!
♪♪ Worse than a slug!
♪♪ Or a slizzy sleazle!
♪♪ His eyeballs are scheming
And gleaming and glowing,
His hideous horns are
Forbiddingly growing
From a forehead quite low
And impressively damp
As you'll note from this
Nuggian -penny stamp!
[All gasp]
♪♪ Well,speaking on behalf of
Everyone present--
[Screams]
[All screaming]
[Indistinct whispering]
♪♪ Hmm? No!
♪♪ Yes!
♪♪ By jingo, that's a sterling
Idea! Citizens of lime, this
Noogle of nug must be put in his
Place!
♪♪ Yes.
♪♪ The time has come to measure
The royal beard.
[All talking at once]
♪♪ Your majesty, you need
Someone young and healthy and
Clever and brave to perform this
Important mission.
♪♪ Indeed.
♪♪ And with the nimble-witted
Shrewdness only a jester could
Possess.
♪♪ Where in the kingdom could
I find such a person?
♪♪ I volunteer.
[Crowd gasps]
♪♪ You, elwood, my trusted
Jester?
♪♪ It would mean even more to me
Than keeping your majesty
Amused.
♪♪ Elwood would be a fitting
Choice, your majesty.
Who better to send on a fool's
Errand than a fool?
♪♪ Elwood, I can't allow you to
Go on this important mission
Unassisted. I allow you the use
Of the royal barbering
Barbarians!
♪♪ Uh, here they are folks,
Direct from your beard,
The wickershams!
[Cheering and applause]
♪♪ They'll be especially helpful
For grooming those
Hard-to-reach, far-off,
Uncharted regions.
♪♪ We will do our best, your
Majesty.
♪♪ Hip, hip...
♪♪ Hooray!
♪♪ Hip, hip...
♪♪ Hooray!
♪♪ Hip, hip...
♪♪ Hooray!
♪♪ Hooray! [Crowd talks indistinctly]
[Crowd talks indistinctly]
♪♪ ♪ With wickershams in tow,
Elwood left to go
On a trek to who-knows-where,
Over hill and over dale,
Measuring a trail
♪♪ Made of royal facial hair ♪
♪♪ Made of royal facial hair ♪ ow!
Ow!
♪♪ Ooh.
[Grunting]
[Whispering]
♪♪ [Gasps] ooh!
[All grunting]
♪♪ Ahh.
[All cooing]
♪♪ Now what are you guys up to?
[Wickershams cooing]
♪♪ Give me that thing! What is
This, anyhow? "The hair creme
That works wonders, and does it
Like a dream.
The instant-action,
High-intensity, super-curling
Cream, super-doo-goo."
♪♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Super-doo-goo...
♪♪ Come on, wickershams. Let us
Not be diverted by silliness.
We've got an important job to
Do!
♪♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh...
♪♪ Psst. Psst.
♪♪ Hmm?
♪♪ Goo-ooh. Goo!
[All grunting and laughing]
♪♪ Ooh! Fabulous!
[Humming]
♪♪ Super-doo-goo,
Ooh ooh ooh...
♪♪ No! Hey! Hey! What's going on
Here? Hey, what's this? Hey!
I didn't make an appointment or
Nothin'! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Nothin'! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! ♪♪ Super-doo-goo! Ooh, ooh!
♪♪ Super-doo-goo! Ooh, ooh!
♪♪ Super-doo-goo! Ooh, ooh! ♪♪ The beard goes in there.
♪♪ The beard goes in there.
The beard goes into this room,
But it doesn't go out.
Looks like we have found the end
To king lindy's beard.
[Vocalizing]
♪♪ Wait, there's someone else in
The room!
♪♪ Ah. Well. Ahh! Time to
Serenade my favorite fish
Norval--uh, with your kind
Permission, of course.
♪♪ Consider me your c*ptive
Audience.
♪♪ I always do.
[Playing]
♪♪ Ready?
[Scatting]
♪♪ Father? Father?
Father? Are you busy, father?
♪♪ Ah, it's my beautiful
Daughter mindy. You know, I was
Just crooning to norval. Will
You please join us?
♪♪ Sure!
♪♪ Sure! [Scatting]
[Scatting]
Whee!
♪♪ Yertle sure must have some
Lousy spies. King noogle's not
An ogre at all.
♪♪ ♪ I'm the nabob of noogle
[Indistinct]
♪♪ And he sure has a beautiful
Daughter! Whoa! Whoa! Ugh!
♪♪ Why, my heavens! What do we
Have here?
♪♪ I'm elwood the jester, your
Majesty, with important news.
I've been following the beard of
King lindy of lime, and it ends
On your face.
♪♪ But, uh--ooh, daughter.
♪♪ Hello.
♪♪ [Gasps] hello.
♪♪ Would you say that again?
♪♪ [Gasps] hello.
♪♪ No, no, no, no, no. The other
Part.
♪♪ Oh, oh, oh, well, uh,
The wickershams and I were
Authorized by good king lindy of
Lime to measure his very long
Beard. And the strangest thing
Happened. When we followed his
Beard all the way to the end...
♪♪ Yes?
♪♪ We found you!
[Laughter]
♪♪ Well, that's a doozie, kid!
♪♪ Oh, yes! My, you must be
An awfully fine jester to come
Up with such a wonderful story.
♪♪ Actually, your highness--
♪♪ Oh, please, please, call me
Mindy.
♪♪ Actually, mindy, I've gained
A fair reputation as a nimble
Wit.
♪♪ Really?
♪♪ And as a dancing fool.
♪♪ Really!
♪♪ And a master spy!
♪♪ And a master spy!
♪♪ And a what?!
♪♪ Well, no, I'm not! I'm a--
♪♪ He's a spy!
♪♪ What?
[Whispering]
♪♪ But yertle! You know me!
♪♪ Yes!
♪♪ Ohh!
♪♪ I'm no spy! I was just
Following--
♪♪ Just following orders?
♪♪ I have just been informed by
My trusted advisor that
A hideous ogre, king lindy of
Lime, has sent you to destroy me
And my kingdom.
♪♪ But father, father, are you
Sure?
♪♪ Quiet, mindy. He knows what
I'm--he's doing!
♪♪ Silence, daughter. Do not
Take me for a dunce. They are
Spies, and I have spoken.
Guard, lock them up at once!
♪♪ Come on.
♪♪ Come on. [Gibbering and laughing]
[Gibbering and laughing]
♪♪ Oh, hi. Remember me,
The cat with the tail?
Well, it's getting so long,
It's becoming a jail.
Oh, and speaking of jails,
In the story we're hearing,
Elwood's been told that
Imprisonment's nearing.
Well, he's got his problems,
And I've got mine,
But at this tail's end,
I hope all turns out fine.
[Laughs]
♪♪ Yertle, how can you be
King noogle's trusted advisor
When you're king lindy's trusted
Advisor? Why did you lie and
Call me a spy?
♪♪ Once again, you make me
Laugh, court jester. [Laughs]
You were just a fool sent on
A fool's mission.
♪♪ But I was sent to measure
The king's royal beard.
♪♪ That's only what you thought
You were doing. You were
Actually part of my master plan.
♪♪ Master plan?
♪♪ Yes. As the kingdoms become
Embroiled in chaos, I shall
Acquire the most important
Symbol of power of all--
The royal beard.
♪♪ How?
♪♪ The beard will be yanked from
Both chins. Then I will wear it
And rule both kingdoms!
♪♪ Ouch! You, I say, you can't
Be serious.
♪♪ If I weren't serious, would I
Have commissioned one of these?!
But the larger-than-life-size
Royal portrait will look mighty
Nice in one of my throne rooms.
♪♪ I can't believe I'm hearing
This.
♪♪ Believe what you will. But in
A matter of moments, I will be
Whispering words of w*r into
King lindy's ear.
♪♪ Moments? But it took me days
To get here. Many days.
♪♪ Unlike you, court jester, I
Have a top secret transportation
Device.
Device. [Laughing]
[Laughing]
Aha! My secret transportation
Device room.
[Grunts]
[Grunts]
North by northwest
At degrees,
It's up, up, and away
With the greatest of ease!
[Laughs]
♪ My master plan's air-tight,
I'm sailing on my way,
Those silly fools with hair
Might not have a happy day
[Chuckles]
When I am ruler of the world,
King of all I see,
The one and only me
♪♪ Aah
♪♪ When my mighty flag's
Unfurled,
All in every land
Will wait for my command
As ruler of the world
[Snickering]
High in my royal tower,
I'll issue each decree,
My voice will overpower
Those who disagree
[Chuckles]
When I am ruler of the world,
King of all I see,
The one and only me
♪♪ Aah
♪♪ When my mighty flag's
Unfurled,
All in every land
Will wait for my command ♪
[Screaming]
[Crashes]
♪♪ Perhaps if I simply sit here
And do nothing, all my problems
Will just disappear. [Giggles]
Well, that's one plan.
[Whispering]
♪♪ No!
♪♪ Yes!
♪♪ [Gasps] ahem! I've just been
Informed that king noogle of nug
Has stolen the other end of
The royal beard.
♪♪ No!
♪♪ Yes.
♪♪ Ohh!
♪♪ The situation befalling our
Nation has grown even worse than
Before.
Though I hate to say it,
I now must declare--
Oh, must i, yertle?
♪♪ I'm afraid you must, your
♪♪ I'm afraid you must, your majesty.
Majesty.
Ahh.
♪♪ Though I hate to say it,
I now must declare
A state of tug-of-w*r!
♪♪ Tug-of-w*r?
[All talking at once]
♪♪ My army, my subjects, my
Volunteers, if we all pull
Together, we'll win. Come gather
'Round me and, by my beard,
Let the tug-of-w*r begin.
♪♪ We're right behind you, sire.
♪♪ [Snickers] got to fly!
[Crowd talking at once]
[Vocalizing]
[Crashes]
[Sighs]
[Whispering]
♪♪ Oh, must i?
♪♪ Yes, your majesty, I'm afraid
You must.
♪♪ I must.
♪♪ We want the king!
We want the king!
We want the king! [Cheers]
♪♪ My army, my goldfish, my
Volunteers.
♪♪ Yay!
If we all pull together, we'll
Win.
[Cheering]
♪♪ Come, gather around me and,
By my beard, let the tug-of-w*r
Begin.
[Crowd gasps]
[Screams and grunts]
[Crashing]
♪♪ Where's my people?
[All talking at once]
[Grunting]
[Screaming]
♪♪ I wish that mindy was here.
♪♪ Elwood, elwood, are you
There?
♪♪ Princess mindy, is that you?
♪♪ Oh, elwood, I just wanted you
To know that I believe you.
♪♪ You do?
♪♪ Yes, I do. And that was even
Before yertle started this
Terrible tug-of-w*r that's
Destroying our kingdom.
[Grunting]
[Indistinct shouting]
♪♪ We've got to do something!
But first, I've got to figure
Out how to get out of here!
♪♪ Super-doo-goo,
Ooh ooh ooh!
Super-doo-goo!
♪♪ Your friends seem to be
Taking this situation very
Gracefully.
♪♪ Super-doo-goo,
Ooh ooh ooh!
♪♪ That's it! That's how we'll
Get out of here!
♪♪ Super-doo-goo,
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Super-doo-goo,
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Super-doo-goo!
♪♪ Hooray!
♪♪ How clever!
♪♪ We'll be out of here in no
Time, now.
♪♪ Oh, elwood! And then, I'll
Sneak you past the guards, if--
If, um, if only your friends
Could curb their enthusiasm just
A tad.
♪♪ Shh.
♪♪ Uh, sorry.
♪♪ Aw, mindy, you are so
Wonderful, risking yourself like
This.
♪♪ Oh, well, elwood, perhaps
I was inspired by you.
♪♪ Well, uh, I think I've
Learned one thing from all of
This.
♪♪ Yes, elwood?
♪♪ We should never believe those
Who try to speak ill of others.
♪♪ Yes. Yes, well, uh, I also
Have learned something.
♪♪ Aah.
♪♪ Uh, yes?
♪♪ Never trust a bald-headed
Turtle.
♪♪ Huh?
[All grunting and shouting]
♪♪ Put your back into it!
♪♪ If only your father and
King lindy could meet, they'd
Call off this tug-of-w*r.
♪♪ Yes, elwood? But how can we
Ever get them together?
♪♪ It is a puzzle, all right.
♪♪ Yes, it is a puzzle.
A puzzle. And, uh--and, um,
Every puzzle needs...
A solution!
♪♪ Super-doo goo,
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
♪♪ I couldn't agree more, mindy.
A solution is exactly what we
Need!
♪♪ Uhh, yes, elwood.
An instant-acting,
High-intensity, super-strong
Solution.
♪♪ Of course! Come on, mindy!
Come on, wickershams! Let us go!
♪♪ Let us go!
♪♪ Ooh ooh!
[Indistinct shouting and
Grunting]
♪♪ Super-doo-goo!
[Grunting]
♪♪ One more time!
[Indistinct shouting]
♪♪ Super-doo-goo!
[All talking and grunting at
Once]
♪♪ Super-doo-goo,
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Super-doo-goo,
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Super-doo-goo!
♪♪ Well, that does it! It should
Take effect any moment now.
♪♪ Oh, I do hope so.
♪♪ Look at that beard curl!
♪♪ Are you sure I should be
Doing this, yertle?
♪♪ Hang onto your beard, your
Majesty!
Majesty! [All shouting at once]
[All shouting at once]
♪♪ It's working.
♪♪ Amazing stuff!
♪♪ Ohh!
♪♪ Ohh!
♪♪ Ohh! ♪♪ [Both grunt and whimper]
♪♪ [Both grunt and whimper]
[Both groan]
[Shivering]
Huh? [Growling]
[Both gasp]
[Laughter]
♪♪ I'm called king lindy.
♪♪ Yes, and I'm called
King noogle, I guess.
♪♪ Odd. You don't appear to be
A fire-breathing ogre.
♪♪ You know, I was thinking
The same thing of you, your
Majesty.
♪♪ Oh! I do admire your beard,
Though.
♪♪ Yes, thank you. And I admire
Yours as well!
[Both laugh]
♪♪ Yes, we are very lucky,
Aren't we? I mean, to share
Such a marvelous beard!
♪♪ Oh! Indeed. Hey! Put 'er
There, pal! [Gasps] wait
A minute! Look at that ring!
♪♪ Why, you've got one, too!
♪♪ Yes! [Gasps] biffy?
♪♪ Spiffy?
♪♪ [Both gasp]
My long-lost brother!
[Laughter]
♪♪ It was obvious that we were
Joined at the beard since birth!
♪♪ But babies have no beards!
♪♪ Hmm!
♪♪ That's why we never knew it!
♪♪ Hooray!
[Laughs]
♪♪ How could we have been so
Foolish, my dear brother?
♪♪ How could we have let
The green-eyed monster of
Jealousy cloud our vision?
♪♪ Oh, why did I ever listen to
My trusted advisor yertle?
♪♪ Wait a minute! We both have
A trusted advisor named yertle?
♪♪ Little guy?
♪♪ Bald-head?
♪♪ Standing over there?
♪♪ Standing over there? [Stammering]
[Stammering]
♪♪ Daughter!
♪♪ Elwood told me everything!
It's all yertle's doing!
♪♪ Yes, so we have discovered.
♪♪ Yes? Yes?
♪♪ Oh, mindy, meet your
Uncle lindy.
♪♪ How do you do, my dear?
♪♪ Well, uh, I'm both pleased
And baffled to meet you, your
Majesty.
♪♪ Oh, yes. [Laughs] it has been
A most unusual day. Your father
And I were just deciding what
Should be done with our formerly
Trusted advisor yertle.
♪♪ And a good thing too, your
Majesties. Yertle was plotting
To steal the beard.
♪♪ What?
♪♪ A complete fabrication!
An unmitigated falsehood! And
Not only that, he's lying!
♪♪ [Grunting] package here for
Yertle the turtle. Sign here for
Your royal portrait.
[Gasps]
[Laughter]
♪♪ Your majesties, fellow
Citizens, please join with me in
Singing our new national anthem,
The song that has united us all.
♪♪ ♪ Super-doo-goo,
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Super-doo goo,
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Super-doo goo,
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Super-doo goo!
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Super-doo-goo,
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Super-doo-goo,
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Super-doo-goo,
Ooh, ooh, ooh...
♪♪ Super-doo-goo,
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
Super-doo-goo,
Yat-dat-dat ♪
You know, I was searching
And searching,
And wouldn't you know,
At the end of my tail
Is the end of the show.
Though I might be content
If I sat here all day,
I shall gather momentum
And just roll away.
Hup, and there we go!
[Grunts]
Good-bye.
01x03 - The King's Beard
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Combines live puppets with digitally animated backgrounds, and in its first season, refashioning characters and themes from the original Dr. Seuss books into new stories that often retained much of the flavor of Dr. Seuss' own works.
Combines live puppets with digitally animated backgrounds, and in its first season, refashioning characters and themes from the original Dr. Seuss books into new stories that often retained much of the flavor of Dr. Seuss' own works.