01x14 - Norval The Great

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♪♪ ♪ 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 a muddle

And dance your feet down

Wubbulous street

Flip, float, flop, and drop

Bottoms up down to the top

Insides, outsides

Here and on

When you get to the end

You go on and on ♪

♪♪ Ooh!

♪♪ Yeah!

♪♪ Ha ha ha ha ha!

♪♪ [Slurp]

♪♪ Ugh!

♪♪ ♪ Scuttle on a shuttle

Waddle in a puddle

Through the middle of a muddle

And dance your feet down

Wubbulous street ♪

♪♪ Hello. Anyone out there?

♪♪ ♪ 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.

♪♪ Greetings! Well, jumping for

Joy sounds delightful, and so

I'm ready to go.

Look out below! Hmm.

[Humming]

Oh! Hey, this is my uncle lou.

Yeah, he's one of my more

Generous relatives. You know,

He left me this -story-high

Portrait of himself. Handsome

Rogue, isn't he? Heh heh, yeah.

From the tip of his toes

To the top of his head.

You expect great things

From a cat such as that.

Pretty good, huh? But sometimes,

You know, appearances may be

Deceiving. Mm.

I'm certain by now

You've all heard before

Of deeds of great men

And great women of yore.

What, you don't believe me?

Well, binkham tamino mcdoyal iii

Would. Hey, let's meet him.

[Humming]

Oh! Here he is now. And by the

Way, everyone calls him binky.

♪♪ You're it!

♪♪ No, no, no.

♪♪ Run to base! Run, run, run!

♪♪ No, no, I made the base!

♪♪ Safe! Yes! We b*at you again,

Binky.

♪♪ Wasn't playing. Hah.

♪♪ That was fun.

♪♪ It sure was. Heh heh heh.

It's too bad that norval

Couldn't join us for the game.

♪♪ Yeah. Even poochie, my pet

Poochel--poot pettle--

Pet poodle could play with us.

♪♪ [Arf arf]

♪♪ Hello, poochie.

♪♪ Hi, boy. Oh, yeah. You know

Something? Norval's a boring

Pet, binky.

♪♪ Oh, zander's right, binky.

When we played hide-and-seek,

Norval couldn't even hide.

♪♪ It's true. I mean, what a

Crummy fish. He can't do

Anything.

♪♪ Oh, in the words of hopwood

Of the piscean galaxy, there is

Much more to norval than meets

The eye. Much, much more!

♪♪ Oh, yeah? Name one thing.

♪♪ All right, I will. For one

Thing, uh, uh, he loves to read.

♪♪ How do you know?

♪♪ He told me.

Both: he told you?

♪♪ Mm-hmm.

Both: we don't think so.

Fish can't talk.

♪♪ Are you sure?

Both: we think we are.

♪♪ Norval is not just any

Talking fish. Can you two keep

A secret?

Both: we think so, yeah.

♪♪ Ok. I wouldn't tell this

Story to just anybody, but I

Think...i can trust you guys.

[Music playing]

If there's one day on earth

I will never forget,

It's the day on which norval

And I first met.

♪♪ Was it in a pet store?

♪♪ Quiet, mandy. Let binky tell

The story, all right?

♪♪ An old country lane's

Where our adventures begin,

He was standing there gesturing

With his free fin.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

If I didn't know better,

I'd say that fish was

Hitchhiking.

♪♪ As a matter of fact, that's

Precisely what I'm doing.

♪♪ You are amazing.

♪♪ Actually, I'm norval.

Who are you?

♪♪ Oh, uh, binkham tamino

Mcdoyal iii. But everybody calls

Me binky.

♪♪ Almost everybody, young

Binkham. Now, why am I so

Amazing?

♪♪ I've never met a goldfish

Who could talk so well.

Actually, I've never met a fish

Who could talk.

♪♪ You should travel in

Different circles. I am an avid

Reader, a friend of the library.

If a creature has something to

Say--ahem--he should say it.

♪♪ Well, I can't argue with

That. When a fish tells me he

Can talk, I believe him.

♪♪ I should like to propose that

We join forces.

♪♪ Oh, sure!

♪♪ Then off we go, for adventure

Awaits!

♪♪ Hoo hoo!

♪♪ Hmm hmm.

♪ Adventure awaits,

It waits for us, my friend,

Adventure awaits

Around the very next bend,

In a blink, in a flash,

In a tick of time or two,

Adventure awaits,

It's waiting for you ♪

Ha ha! Come on, young binkham!

♪♪ ♪ Be ready to grab it,

That's all we need to do

♪♪ The outcome is up to

The fates, grrr!

♪♪ So squash your buckle

And buckle your squash,

♪♪ It's all for one,

By golly, by gosh,

♪♪ Adventure awaits,

Adventure awaits,

Adventure awaits!

♪♪ Adventure awaits,

It waits for us, my friend,

Adventure awaits

Around the very next bend,

♪♪ In a blink, in a flash,

In a tick of time or two,

Adventure awaits,

♪♪ It's waiting for you...

That's the spirit! Everyone!

♪♪ ♪ Adventure awaits,

It waits for us, my friend,

Adventure awaits

Around the very next bend,

In a blink, in a flash,

In a tick of time or two,

Adventure awaits,

It's waiting for me! ♪

♪♪ Ha ha! Very good, young

Binkham.

♪♪ Ahh.

♪♪ Come on, you're making this

Up. And it really can't be,

I mean norval talking? Huh,

Nuh-uh, nosirree.

♪♪ I've never heard norval talk.

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ But can he really sing?

♪♪ Folk songs or opera, whatever

Your choice.

♪♪ Folks songs! Folk songs!

♪♪ Would you stop.

♪♪ Well, he's got a sore throat,

So, uh, he's resting his voice.

♪♪ That is an amazing story,

Binky.

♪♪ Mm-hmm, and that's just the

Overture.

♪♪ Oh! Really?

Both: what happened next?

♪♪ Well, as we were walking

With nary a care,

I heard a strange rumbling sound

From who knows where.

[Rumbling]

What's that noise?

♪♪ What's what noise?

♪♪ That strange rumbling sound

From who knows where.

♪♪ Oh, I wouldn't worry about

It.

♪♪ You wouldn't?

♪♪ No, young binkham. Not unless

It starts getting any louder.

[Rumbling louder]

♪♪ It's getting louder!

I'm outta here. Aah!

♪♪ I suppose I should reveal

All. Have you ever heard of the

Mystic ring of mala-ma-ding?

♪♪ The mystic ring of

Mala-ma-ding?

♪♪ Years ago, on a secret

Diplomatic mission, I had the

Occasion to--[gulp]--swallow it.

♪♪ You swallowed the mystic ring

Of mala-ma-ding?

♪♪ Inadvertently, of course.

♪♪ Oh, of course.

♪♪ Its disappearance was in all

The papers. Well, the scurvy

Camel-backed brigands of taboo

Suspected the truth.

♪♪ Oh, the scurvy camel-backed

Brigands taboo, huh?

♪♪ The camel-backed brigands of

Far-off taboo. Scary and scurvy

And--yes--nervy, too.

♪♪ Well, how many are there?

♪♪ How many? My word! There are

/.

♪♪ /?

♪♪ That's how many brigands

There are in a herd.

♪♪ Wow!

♪♪ And they want the mystic

Ring, which, unfortunately is

Inside me.

♪♪ Run for your lives!

[Loud rumbling, shouting]

♪♪ What is that noise?

♪♪ The triple-humped klumpers

Of zala-ma-doo, ridden by

Brigands.

♪♪ Of far-off taboo?

♪♪ True! Each klumper foot

Measures feet around,

And the closer they get,

The louder they sound.

♪♪ Ooh!

♪♪ Head for the hills! Roar!

♪♪ We should strongly consider

Departing. What say, young

Binkham?

♪♪ Oh, yeah. Let's go.

♪♪ Then, to the ocean and

Quickly! Make a left at pier

And head up the gangplank!

[Rumbling, shouting]

♪♪ The good old hms <span>mantelpiece.</Span>

♪♪ Ho!

♪♪ Heave!

♪♪ Ho!

♪♪ Ahem. Hear me, hear me!

Mizzenmast the hammerschlaag!

Hoisten the mainsail!

Bosun on the gunnel in the

Foc'sle in the hunnel,

Up the scuppers and shiver me

Bunions, limburger on rye and

Hold the onions!

♪♪ Here be your sandwich, sir.

♪♪ What took you so long,

Sailor? I don't recall

Requesting a little umbrellie

On top me sandwich,

Mr. Doily-carte!

♪♪ That be compliments of the

Chef, sir!

♪♪ That's very--

Oh! Ready to set sail, captain

Norval!

♪♪ Huh?

♪♪ Excellent, murgatroyd.

Those scurvy old brigands of

Far-off taboo are after the

Mystic ring.

♪♪ The mystic ring of

Mala-ma-ding?

♪♪ The very ring. Quite true.

All: ooh!

♪♪ So full speed ahead!

♪♪ Crew! You heard the captain!

♪♪ Full speed ahead!

Crew: aye aye, sir!

♪♪ Norval, you're the ship's

Captain?

♪♪ Yes, young binkham. I command

A right good crew.

All: thanks for the kind

Compliment, captain!

♪♪ You're welcome, lads and

Lassies. Oh, and excellent

Unison, by the way.

♪♪ Thank you, captain!

♪♪ But, norval, how did you,

A goldfish, become the captain

Of a ship?

[Boom]

♪♪ It's a long story, young

Binkham, and frankly, I could

Think of more appropriate

Questions at a time like this.

[Splash]

♪♪ Aah! Me, too!

[Boom, whistle]

♪♪ Like, how can we avoid

Getting hit by deadly

Cannonballs?!

♪♪ Wh-whoa! Whoa! We'd better

Act fast.

♪♪ I believe I've just come up

With a plan. Mr. Murgatroyd!

♪♪ Captain, sir!

♪♪ Send for the ship's

Blacksmith at once!

♪♪ Aye aye, captain, sir!

♪♪ The hms <span>mantelpiece</span>carries

A blacksmith on board?

[Boom, whistle]

♪♪ Always be prepared, young

Binkham, for any eventuality.

[Splash]

♪♪ Uhh! Ooh! Ah...ptoo!

♪♪ Finnegan! You look as soggy

As a barnacle in april.

♪♪ I thank you, captain.

♪♪ What I mean is, we don't want

You catching cold.

♪♪ Ah.

♪♪ Warm up in the private hot

Tub and then get a new suit of

Clothing from the wardrobe

Mistress.

♪♪ Aye aye, captain!

♪♪ Discipline, young binkham.

Discipline! That's what keeps a

Ship running smoothly. Now, to

Take care of those annoying

Cannonballs.

[Cannonballs whistling]

Degrees starboard and holding

Her steady, now my cannonball

Boomerang is aimed and ready.

♪♪ Good luck, captain norval!

♪♪ Good luck, captain norval! [Boom]

[Boom]

[Crash]

♪♪ Bulls-eye! Another triumph

For expert engineering!

♪♪ You mean...

♪♪ We've just destroyed their

Cannon with their own

Cannonball!

♪♪ Ha ha!

All: we have a good captain,

He's true and he's brave,

Our jobs and our ship

And our lives he did save!

Hurray for captain norval!

Hurray!

♪♪ Captain, sir, you saved the

Day, captain norval, sir.

The crew is preparing a victory

Party in the rumpus room, sir.

♪♪ All in a day's work,

Murgatroyd. They're still

Gaining on us, however.

♪♪ What shall we do, captain?

♪♪ There's only one thing left

To do. Sail nor' by nor'west.

Do it now.

♪♪ Do it now? But there's a

Nor' by nor'westerly off the

Port bow, sir!

♪♪ Sail into it.

♪♪ I-i-into the storm?!

♪♪ They'd be fools to follow us,

Wouldn't they? And besides, one

Should never underestimate the

Hms <span>mantelpiece.</Span>

♪♪ I, uh, uh, sir...

♪♪ I'll try to put it simply,

Murgatroyd.

♪♪ Thank you, sir.

♪♪ Ahem! As opposed to the ship

Poised to oppose us, the shape

Of this ship is so sharp and

Shipshape, we'll surely emerge

In shipshape sharp shape.

Shipwise, that is.

♪♪ Uh, sure, uh--aye aye, sir!

Uh--ahem! Full blast into the

Blast, boys!

♪♪ Aye aye, sir!

♪♪ Young binkham,

I'd better soothe the crew with

A calming melody. Hand me my

Ukulele.

♪♪ Uh--uh...

[Ukulele playing]

♪♪ ♪ Adventure awaits,

It awaits for us, my friend,

Adventure awaits

Around the very next bend ♪

[Thunder]

♪♪ Whoa! What happened next?

♪♪ Well, when the storm was

Over and we washed ashore on the

Isle of hongo tongo, there was

No sign of the scurvy

Camel-backed brigands of taboo.

♪♪ Hey, wait a minute!

♪♪ I thought you said that

Norval said the ship was

Shipshape.

♪♪ Yeah, binky, you aren't

Making any of this up, are ya?

♪♪ Yeah, are ya?

♪♪ No. From the buffeting storm

The ship kept us protected,

But that comet from space was

Most unexpected.

♪♪ Comet from space?!

♪♪ Broke the ship into pieces.

♪♪ Whoa!

It splintered the <span>mantelpiece</span>

Every which way. Then we all

Washed ashore on hongo tongo

Bay.

Uhh! Uhh! Norval, are you all

Right?

♪♪ I'm perfectly fine,

Binkham, as is the crew.

Pesky comet, that. But pray

Tell, how are you?

♪♪ Well, a little wet. That was

Some swim.

♪♪ Hmm. Wetness never bothers

Me.

♪♪ So I see.

♪♪ I took the liberty of

Constructing a fort for the crew

So they could rest. In the

Meantime, I've been foraging for

Food and observing the local

Fauna.

♪♪ Well, the local fauna seems

Friendly enough.

♪♪ I should say so. Why, even

Those fierce-looking creatures

Holding those spears appear to

Be basically amiable.

♪♪ Even those fierce-looking

Creatures holding those spears--

Creatures holding those spears-- what?!

What?!

What?! Eee!

Eee!

♪♪ Ah, behold, little cats, your

Ancestors bold, who lived long

Ago in great days of old. Mm.

Of course, the family

Resemblance didn't always come

Through.

♪♪ Ohh!

All: he's got your eyes!

♪♪ You--back to our story

Being told by young binkham

Tamino mcdoyal iii.

♪♪ Ohh! Can we call him binky?

♪♪ Sure. Everybody does.

♪♪ [Chanting]

♪♪ Norval, do something.

Say something!

♪♪ Ahem! Wickershams all,

I'm delighted to say,

How lovely to see you

This glorious day.

♪♪ Oh!

All: ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

♪♪ What are they doing?

♪♪ It seems immodest to say, but

In these parts, I'm known as,

Well, as norval the great.

♪♪ Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

♪♪ [Kiss kiss]

♪♪ And it may be a trifle

Indelicate to mention, but I'm

Also known hereabouts as norval

Lord of the wickershams.

♪♪ Ohh! Norval! Norval! Norval!

Norval! Nor--

♪♪ At ease! At ease, my hirsute

Subjects.

Allow me, young binkham, to

Demonstrate one of the benefits

Of my position.

[Takes deep breath]

Aaah aaah-aaah aaaah aaah-aaaah!

♪♪ Norval needs me down at the

Bay. I must leave now!

♪♪ Awk!

♪♪ Norval! Vamoose!

♪♪ ...aaah aaaah...

My jungle friends, I've returned

To you all, many merry memories

Shall we recall. But first some

Music!

[Band playing]

♪♪ Oh, yeah!

Roar! Ha ha ha!

♪ Like a buzzin' bee

You're busy,

You got so much to do,

You're feelin' dizzy,

You work and play

All night and day,

Just to grab a share

That's fair,

The night's gonna bring

What the night's gonna bring,

Hey, it's a jungle out there...

♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh!

♪♪ Aha!

♪♪ It's a jungle...

♪♪ The chicken!

♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ohh!

♪♪ Oh, yeah!

♪♪ Wildness everywhere

♪♪ Roar!

♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh!

♪♪ It's a jungle out there ♪

♪♪ Nice!

♪♪ Nice! [Creatures making jungle noises]

[Creatures making jungle noises]

♪♪ ♪ The night's gonna bring

What the night's gonna bring,

♪♪ Hey, it's a jungle out there,

♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh!

♪♪ It's a jungle,

♪♪ Roar!

♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh!

♪♪ Ooh, ooh, yeah!

♪♪ Wildness everywhere,

♪♪ One more time!

♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh!

♪♪ It's a jungle out there,

♪♪ I said,

It's a jungle out there ♪

Ha ha ha!

[All laughing and cheering]

♪♪ Jungle life was filled

With ease, your days spent doing

Whatever you please,

But I found that paradise

Couldn't last when something

Sailed in from out of the past.

♪♪ Incoming vessels!

♪♪ Are they hostile?

♪♪ Not the vessels, per se,

Young binkham.

♪♪ You mean it's--

♪♪ Yes! All / of them.

♪♪ The camel-backed brigands of

Far-off taboo?

♪♪ Sometimes I'm sorry I

Swallowed that mystic ring of

Mala-ma-ding.

♪♪ Norval, what do we do now?

♪♪ With the klumpers of brigands

Making that sound,

We must head straightaway

To discover high ground!

♪♪ You mean--

♪♪ Yes, young binkham.

Head for the hills!

♪♪ Ok!

♪♪ Come on, let's go! Faster!

They're gaining on us. Come on,

Young binkham.

Well, here we are.

♪♪ But where are we?

♪♪ The very tip-top of mighty

Mount telli-go, the highest peak

Of the norvalian archipelago.

♪♪ Wow!

♪♪ Unless I'm very much

Mistaken, nothing can go wrong

Now.

♪♪ Wh-whoa. Whoa!

♪♪ I so dislike being very much

Mistaken.

♪♪ Ohh! We're on a volcano!

And it looks like it's about

To--whoa! It's about to--

Both: aaaahhh!

♪♪ Aaahhh...

♪♪ What happened next, binky?

♪♪ Were you blown back here?

♪♪ Is that how you got that

Scruff on your knee?

♪♪ Was it hot?

♪♪ Did you and norval die?

♪♪ Duh. Where did you land, man?

♪♪ Never did land.

Both: never did land?

♪♪ Mm-mmm.

Both: that's impossible.

♪♪ When you're in the company of

Norval the great, nothing's

Impossible.

♪♪ Oh.

♪♪ We flew through the air past

The smoke and the fire and we

Just kept on going, higher and

Higher and higher!

Both: aaaaahhhhh!

Ohhhhhh!

♪♪ Ohh!

♪♪ Ah, we extend our greetings,

And in all of my years of

Traveling the galaxy, hopwood,

I've never seen anything like

This odd little creature and his

Friend.

♪♪ Fascinating, captain zauber.

♪♪ Yes. Take over here, number

One, while I report this

Astonishing discovery on the

Bridge.

♪♪ Yes, captain.

♪♪ Ooh.

♪♪ Now, let's keep an eye out,

Shall we?

♪♪ [Beep]

[Beep]

♪♪ So, strictly for

Informational purposes, do you

Creatures shed your own skin,

Or are we going to have to do it

For you?

♪♪ What? Norval, do something.

♪♪ As long as I have gills to

Filter my last bit of oxygen,

There shall be no filleting of

Young binkham or myself.

♪♪ Mm-mmm!

♪♪ Hey, you! Yes, you.

Who dares speak harshly to my

Number one?

♪♪ I do.

♪♪ And who are you?

♪♪ They all me...norval.

♪♪ Not--not norval the great?

♪♪ What?

♪♪ May I gather my reputation

Has preceded me?

♪♪ Yes, you see, we have learned

Of your heroic exploits from

Previously captured wickershams,

O mighty one.

♪♪ This is indeed a great day

For the entire piscean galaxy.

♪♪ And our descendents.

♪♪ Hurrah.

♪♪ Hurrah.

♪♪ ♪ Ba ba ba ba ba ba,

♪♪ It's a jungle, right,

♪♪ Ba ba ba ba ba,

♪♪ Wildness everywhere ♪

♪♪ Fascinating, captain.

♪♪ ♪ Ba ba ba ba ba,

♪♪ It's a jungle out there,

♪♪ It's a jungle out there ♪

♪♪ So the pisceans danced

All over the place as their

Starship soared through outer

Space.

♪♪ But weren't your parents

Worried when you were gone so

Long?

♪♪ Well, not really. You see,

The piscean space creatures

Beamed us to earth through a

Space-time warp, so we were only

Gone a few minutes.

♪♪ Yeah, it sounds logical to

Me, mandy.

♪♪ Yeah, but what ever happened

To the missing mystic ring of

Mala-ma-ding?

♪♪ Yeah, yeah, what ever

Happened to the scurvy

Camel-backed brigands of taboo?

♪♪ Yeah, all and throoty

Throo. And throoty .

The whole bunch of 'em!

♪♪ Are they still looking for

You and norval?

♪♪ Mandy! Zander! Time for

Schpitzbubben!

♪♪ Oh, no. Dinner.

♪♪ Alrighty. Hey, we gotta go,

Binky.

♪♪ Yeah, see ya.

♪♪ Come on, it's gonna get cold.

♪♪ Well, I guess I'll talk to

You guys tomorrow. I guess I

Exaggerated some of that stuff,

Huh?

[Norval coughs]

♪♪ Oh. Norval, how's your sore

Throat?

♪♪ [Clearing throat, coughing]

Ptoo!

[Hacking cough]

[Clink]

♪♪ Ooh!

The mystic ring of mala-ma-ding!

♪♪ [Coughing, whispering]

♪♪ You're right, norval, we

Should put this in a safe place.

[Rumbling]

Oh, I think I know what that

Sound is, norval! Ooh, what

Should we do?

♪♪ [Whispering]

♪♪ Oh, oh, oh, of course!

The palace of sarastro!

The bird people of papageno

Will fly us to safety! Oh, off

We go, norval! Guhh!

Adventure awaits!

♪♪ Ok, ok, all right, all right,

Good.

♪♪ It's right this way!

♪♪ Ah, isn't it interesting and

Sweet. They went and--whoa!

Hey. Aww. That's nice. You

Fellas really shouldn't have,

Huh?

♪♪ Ah, that isn't you.

♪♪ It's uncle lou.

♪♪ Yeah, and uncle lou.

♪♪ And uncle lou.

♪♪ Don't tell me--and uncle lou?

♪♪ Yeah. Him, too!