♪♪ Hello!
♪ Come on along, get up
And let's shout hooray now ♪
♪♪ Hooray! Here we go!
♪♪ Ha ha!
♪♪ ♪ We're gonna have
A wubbulous kind of day now ♪
♪♪ Come on, sarah.
♪♪ Ok.
♪♪ ♪ Just grab a hat
And spin around
You'll be feet
Off the ground ♪
♪♪ Great!
♪♪ ♪ Come on along,
We're waiting for you ♪
♪♪ Come on!
♪♪ ♪ This is the song
To welcome you to
"The wubbulous world
Of dr. Seuss" ♪
♪♪ hello! Are you out there?
I'll be right there!
Ah. Here I am!
I am here. [Gasp]
And you are here too!
[Laughing]
[Boing!]
Oh, I'm so glad that you're
Here. Oh, I like it a lot!
It's just not as much fun
To be here when you're not.
Do you notice anything different
About me? Do you?
How about now?
Now? That is right.
My red bow tie is gone!
Oh, I am a sad cat,
A sad cat today,
Because my red bow tie
Has gone, gone away!
♪♪ [Squawk]
♪♪ Hello, terrence mcbird.
Have you, by chance, found my
Red bow tie?
♪♪ No. And you will not
Find it either, cat.
And do you know why?
♪♪ Why?
♪♪ Because this place is a mess.
And nothing can be found in a
Place that is a mess!
It's not fair, cat. I live
Here too, you know.
♪♪ Why then, I will clean this
Place up!
♪♪ The cat in the hat
Cleaning up a house?
Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh.
Ow.
[Swallows]
Impossible!
♪♪ No, it is not,
It can be done, bird.
This house will be clean.
This cat gives his word!
I'll scrub, and I'll sponge,
I'll wash, and I'll dry.
And when it's all clean
I'll find that bow tie!
It is now, officially
Cleaning day!
Yes, today we will clean the
House.
♪♪ Aw, that's--that's wonderful.
To think that I have finally
Gotten through to you!
Aw, I'm impressed, cat.
♪♪ Thank you, mr. Bird.
And first I will need some help
For my cleaning!
♪♪ Hmm?
♪♪ Little cats, my small pals,
I need you again--
Give me "a" and "b"
And little cat "n!"
♪♪ "A" here!
♪♪ "B" here!
♪♪ Little cat "n" reporting for
Duty, sir!
♪♪ "N" is for "neat."
♪♪ Naturally, sir.
♪♪ Now, the reason I called you
Is because I need your help.
Today is...cleaning day!
♪♪ Cleaning day!
♪♪ And everyone knows the
First step of cleaning day is...
♪♪ Gathering the cleaning
Supplies!
♪♪ Right. Let's go!
♪♪ Yes, sir!
♪♪ Soap! Mops!
Brooms and sponges!
Rags and towels!
Splips and kascrunges!
This place will be clean in no
Time!
♪♪ Hey! Mind the feathers!
Aww, cat! Cat!
♪♪ What's the matter, my birdly
Friend?
Is there something wrong?
♪♪ Yes there's something wrong!
Cat, look around.
All of your cleaning supplies
Have created a mess!
An even bigger mess!
♪♪ There, there, my good bird.
Have no fear!
We will find my bow tie, and we
Will clean this house!
♪♪ Really?
You promise?
♪♪ Yes. Yes, I do.
Cleaning is now my life!
Nothing can stop me, nothing at
All.
[Fanfare]
♪♪ A story. Excuse me.
[Cranking, boing]
♪♪ [Gasp] there's a story
Happening in the jungle of nool!
Quick! To the wubbulascope!
Thank you.
[Boing!]
♪♪ Heh, heh, heh, heh.
We'll look through the old
Wubbulascope to the jungle of
Nool.
Nool. [Cranking]
[Cranking]
Let's go there. We'll travel
As quick as the breeze
To a jungle with all of its
To a jungle with all of its jungular trees.
Jungular trees.
In the jungle of nool,
In a neat little yard,
Works jane kangaroo.
♪♪ And I'm working too hard!
♪♪ She's raking up leaves
And picking up fruits,
And weeding out grinkle grass
Plants by the roots.
And her son, junior roo,
Is helping, I guess.
♪♪ Whoo-hoo!
Ah, whoo.
♪♪ Although he is making things
More of a mess! Junior!
♪♪ Mother, these big piles are
Neat! Whoo-hoo!
♪♪ No, no! Junior!
♪♪ Yes, mother!
♪♪ I want those piles to stay
Neat.
♪♪ Oh. Yes, mother. Sorry.
♪♪ That's all right, junior.
It's just that I hate having to
Rake all the time!
This horrid old tree thinks
It can just drop its leaves
Whenever it pleases!
It's so rude!
Oh, I just wish there were
Another way.
♪♪ There's another way!
♪♪ What was that, junior?
♪♪ I didn't say anything,
Mother.
♪♪ Ah, but I did!
♪♪ It's yertle the turtle!
♪♪ Oh, it's good to be
Recognized. And soon, my bouncy
Friends, everyone will know
Yertle the turtle.
And you kangaroos are lucky
Enough to be my first customers.
Mmm.
♪♪ Customers?
♪♪ Please. Please, one at a
Time. Yes, customers.
I couldn't help overhearing how
Upset you are about this messy,
Messy tree.
♪♪ Oh, yes, exactly! I mean,
The leaves are bad enough, but
Look at all this fallen fruit!
♪♪ It's just not right.
It's just not right.
But worry no more, mommy roo!
Because now you can own a
Turtletree!
♪♪ A turtletree?
♪♪ Bring 'er in, boys!
♪♪ [Chanting in native language]
Tur-tle tree!
Tur-tle tree...
♪♪ Lower.
♪♪ Toe! Toe!
♪♪ Oh!
♪♪ Unh!
♪♪ What is that?
♪♪ That? That is your new
Improved tree.
Yes, the turtletree!
Never-fall leaves, super-stick
Fruits, unbreakable bouncyvines
For the kiddies.
♪♪ Wow!
♪♪ And it tells you the time.
♪♪ Yertle! Yertle! Yertle!
♪♪ :! In short,
This is the clean, affordable,
Tree of the future.
And best of all--
This tree is all about me!
[Funky music playing]
♪ Step right up,
Put your money down,
Yertle's turtletree
Is the best in town ♪
♪♪ ♪ The best around!
♪♪ ♪ No muss, no fuss,
How easy life would be,
This tree is all about me!
Hit me!
Come and see my turtletree ♪
♪♪ ♪ Yertle's turtletree!
♪♪ ♪ See yertle's smilin' face
On every turtletree ♪
♪♪ ♪ Soo-bee-doo!
♪♪ ♪ You have my guarantee,
How easy life would be,
This tree is all about me!
Break it down! Whoo!
Leaves!
Branches!
Vine! Trunk! Bark!
Fruit! Roots!
This tree is all about me!
You've got to come and see
My turtletree ♪
♪♪ ♪ Yertle's turtletree!
♪♪ ♪ See yertle's smilin' face
On every turtletree! ♪
♪♪ ♪ Shoo-bee-doo!
♪♪ ♪ You have my word of honor,
How easy life would be,
Just buy one and see,
This tree is all about me!
Whoo!
[Zoom!]
♪♪ [Panting]
So, what do you say?
♪♪ We'll take it!
♪♪ Ok, boys!
Pull up that old tree, and get
That new improved turtletree
Planted! Whoa.
You won't regret this.
♪♪ Of course not. What could
Possibly go wrong?
♪♪ So a big turtletree,
All shiny and new,
Is now in the yard
Of jane kangaroo.
Are turtletrees better,
With all that they do?
Let's keep our eyes
On the small kangaroo.
♪♪ Yertle! Yertle! Yertle!
Yertle!
♪♪ It's :, junior.
One more hour of outdoor time,
And then we go in.
♪♪ Ok, mother of mine. Ah.
♪♪ Let's see...
♪♪ Let's see...
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Mother! Mother!
♪♪ Yes, junior?
♪♪ I want our old tree back!
♪♪ [Gasp] what?!
♪♪ Well, I hate the turtletree!
Look. There are no leaves to
Play in!
♪♪ Well, that's true, yes.
♪♪ And these fruits--they break
Your teeth!
♪♪ Let mommy try this fruit.
Eh, you've got a point there,
Junior.
♪♪ I want our old tree back.
♪♪ Well, now junior, I admit
There might be some small
Problems with this tree, but
Think of how clean our yard is
Now, hmm.
♪♪ That's true.
♪♪ So maybe you just need to
Find something to like about our
New turtletree.
You can do that, can't you?
There must be something fun to
Find around here.
♪♪ Like these bouncyvines!
Maybe I could try these.
♪♪ That's the spirit.
♪♪ Say, you know, this could be
Fun!
Whoo! Ha! Whoo-hoo!
♪♪ Um, yes. Fun for everyone.
Hooray.
Junior, I don't know if that's
Safe. Junior...
♪♪ Well of course it's safe.
Completely safe.
♪♪ But now, to tell you the
Truth, yertle. I'm really not
So sure.
♪♪ "Not sure?" "Not sure!?"
Well, what is the problem?
Look how neat your yard is,
Thanks to me!
And I already proved to you that
They are % safe!
♪♪ Whoa!
♪♪ Mother!
♪♪ Junior!
Don't worry, we'll save you!
♪♪ Whoa! Hey, this is great!
I'm flying higher and higher
And--lower, and lower.
I'm falling! Aah!
♪♪ Junior, are you all right?
Junior, are you all right?
♪♪ I'm ok, mother.
♪♪ Ooh, ah. Ooh, ah.
Oh sure, no one ever asks the
Turtle if he's ok.
♪♪ All right, turtle, bring our
Real tree back now!
♪♪ Yeah.
♪♪ But--but--but--but...
♪♪ So junior is safe.
His fall wasn't too hard.
And something great has come
Back to the kangaroos' yard.
♪♪ Yes, that's right, be gentle
With that tree.
And then get that turtle thing
Out of my yard.
♪♪ Yeah. Move it out! Go mom!
♪♪ The real tree makes a mess,
But it smells so much better.
♪♪ Yeah, and you can play in its
Leaves!
♪♪ What's more, it's fruit may
Fall on the ground, but then you
Can eat it.
♪♪ And you can play in its
Leaves!
♪♪ It might make a mess, but
It's a clean, tasty, natural
Mess!
♪♪ Yeah, and not only that, you
Can play in its leaves!
♪♪ That will do, junior.
♪♪ Real trees can be messy
Yet they're worth every leaf.
But a turtletree gives you
Nothing but grief.
Well, that was quite a story,
Was it not?
♪♪ Why, yes, yes it was. And I
Learned that even jungle
Creatures care more about
Cleaning up than certain cats I
Could mention!
♪♪ Ooh! Ouch!
What an awful thing to say!
I am hurt. I am wounded!
I am one sad cat.
♪♪ Aww. I'm sorry, cat.
I mean the place is still a big
Mess, but aww...
I'm sure you're gonna clean
It up.
♪♪ That's right. I will.
And I'll find my bow tie!
♪♪ Yes.
♪♪ We will clean up the dust,
The dirt and the grime.
And we'll start right now,
With...washing time!
♪♪ Now, when doing the wash,
There's something I've found.
It's fun to pick
What you wash by the sound.
♪♪ By sound!? You can't sort
The wash by sound.
It's unheard of!
♪♪ Well, that's why I brought
My rhyming machine.
It's great for finding out
What I should clean.
Now, what rhyme should we wash
First?
Oh, little cat "c!"
♪♪ Uh, yeah?
♪♪ I would like to wash things
That rhyme with "cat." Would you
Mind stepping into the machine?
♪♪ Right away, big cat!
Heh, hee.
Whoo-hoo!
♪♪ And now we will get a chance
To see what rhymes with "cat."
♪♪ I'm a star!
♪♪ [Gasp]
A cat hat.
♪♪ Ah.
♪♪ A cat hat that's fat!
♪♪ That's a fat hat.
♪♪ Hmm. What's next?
♪♪ Whoa. What is this?
I'm moving, here.
Hey! Hey! Whoa!
♪♪ A dirty rat.
Ah, this is fun!
[Fanfare!]
♪♪ A story alert!
There's a story happening in
Seussville.
Let's go to the wubbulascope!
♪♪ But--but--but, cat...
♪♪ Now, let's see.
♪♪ Now, let's see. Seussville.
Seussville.
Let's look in the wubbulascope,
And travel right through it.
There's a room that needs
Cleaning,
Cleaning, and a boy there to do it!
And a boy there to do it!
On the north side of seussville,
In a second-floor room,
Lives a bright little boy
Named matthew katroom.
Now he's not there for fun,
It's not broom-holding season.
No, matthew katroom
Is in there for a reason.
♪♪ I'm not playing around,
No, this time I mean it.
I'm going here in my room,
And I'm gonna clean it!
♪♪ As he looks on
At the mess near his bunk,
He's a little bit scared
By that pile of junk.
It's quite a collection
Of old toys and sweat socks.
Of sandwiches, pictures,
And crayons and rocks.
It's been there so long,
Up in young matthew's lair,
That it makes matthew wonder...
♪♪ Just what is in there!
♪♪ Why it has been so long
Since his last cleaning job,
That his toys might have got
Themselves stuck in a glob!
And all of that sticky stuff
Might have come from
His crayons and candy
And old chewing gum.
"Yes," thinks our matthew,
While scratching his hair.
♪♪ There's no telling just what
Could be happening in there!
♪♪ Why, he might find a sandwich
That's been there so long,
That it's written a bunch
Of old sandwich songs.
[Country music playing]
♪♪ ♪ , , , ,
Oh, my mustard went rotten,
And left me today,
And my cheese and "tomatahs"
Smell worse than wet hay ♪
♪♪ Ooh, doggie!
♪♪ Will he really find
Sandwiches singing so well?
"Maybe not," thinks matthew...
♪♪ But you never can tell.
♪♪ Yes, anything could be in
There, of that there's no doubt.
But matt knows there's only
One way to find out!
And so with a jump
And a fierce battle-cry...
♪♪ Yah!
♪♪ Matthew charges the junk
That is piled so high.
I guess matthew slipped
In a slippery spot.
Is he through, will he quit?
♪♪ No, I will not!
Ahh.
I'm doing just fine, I'm
Doing just great!
♪♪ He says, and then slips
On an old roller skate!
♪♪ Why, you old pile of junk!
♪♪ And now we watch matthew,
For hours and hours,
Using all of his wonderful
Room-cleaning powers.
And finally, after most of the
Day, matthew katroom lets out
A...
♪♪ Hooray!
♪♪ Hooray! Now that is a happy
New sound. Just what do you
Think that matthew has found?
What was that "hooray!"
From matthew katroom?
Did he find monsters up there
In his room?
♪♪ Actually, no.
There was nothing like that.
Ha ha. Wee!
♪♪ Yes, a lot can be done
With two hands and a broom.
Don't believe me? Well, just
Go ask matthew katroom.
Oh my! That was fun,
Was it not?
♪♪ Ahem.
You said that you would clean
This house to find your bow tie,
Mr. Cat.
But, look, your house is a mess!
♪♪ I know! And I still haven't
Found my bow tie!
I'm just waiting for one last
Thing to arrive.
♪♪ What thing?!
♪♪ A thing that everyone needs
To get cleaning done.
A thing that is useful,
A thing that is fun!
And it will be here any moment
Now.
♪♪ What?
♪♪ Move one step this way bird,
If you please.
♪♪ Oh, my goodness!
♪♪ Ah, there it is. Ha ha ha.
Come quick, little cats. Our box
Has arrived!
♪♪ Wow. Look at that.
♪♪ It's here!
♪♪ Yes! We now have that
Wubbulous thing, that everyone
Needs to clean up with.
♪♪ Bll-bll-bll. Well, what is
It?
♪♪ My friend, it's none other
Than...
♪♪ Fox!
♪♪ And knox!
Ta-da!
♪♪ Dah?
♪♪ Cat...
How could we possibly need
Them to clean up our house?
♪♪ Because, my good bird, they
Have the one special thing that
Any good cleaning job needs!
♪♪ What?!
♪♪ A song!
♪♪ Hit it, boys!
[Ragtime music plays]
♪♪ ♪ Clean it up with a broom!
♪♪ ♪ And a rag or a sponge!
♪♪ ♪ Clean it up with a smile
And mop up the grunge! ♪
♪♪ ♪ Scour all the pots and pans
And wash every cup ♪
♪♪ ♪ Clean it up, have some fun,
And clean it up! Clean it up ♪
♪♪ ♪ Sweep the dust
Scrub the camera spic and span ♪
♪♪ ♪ Clean it up
♪♪ ♪ You'll be happy stickin'
Trash in a can ♪
♪♪ ♪ Clean up all the pots and
Pans and wash every cup ♪
♪♪ ♪ Clean it up, have some fun,
And clean it up! ♪
♪♪ ♪ Clean up the floor
♪♪ ♪ Clean up the floor
♪♪ ♪ Clean up the drawer
♪♪ ♪ The dresser drawer?
♪♪ ♪ It's time to clean up all
The slop
On the kitchen table top ♪
♪♪ ♪ Then clean some more
♪♪ ♪ And more
♪♪ ♪ And more
♪♪ ♪ And more
♪♪ ♪ And more [fiddle playing]
[Fiddle playing]
♪♪ ♪ Clean it up
♪♪ ♪ With a sponge!
♪♪ ♪ And a broom or a mop!
♪♪ ♪ Clean it up,
While you're scrubbin' off
The slippity slop! ♪
♪♪ ♪ Clean up all the pots and
Pans and wash every cup ♪
♪♪ ♪ Clean it up, have some fun
And clean it up!
Clean it up, have some fun
Clean it up, have some fun and clean it up! ♪
And clean it up! ♪
♪♪ This place is looking quite
Nice, cat.
I--i--oh, well...
♪♪ Yes?
♪♪♪I'm sorry I doubted you.
You did a wonderful
Cleaning job here!
♪♪♪Thank you, bird.
It was fun, but I still haven't
Found my red bow tie.
♪♪♪Your bow tie?
But, but, but, but, but cat
♪♪♪Noo, no, no, no.
Do not try to make
Me feel better.
All is lost.
♪♪♪But, but, but, but, but, but
♪♪♪No, it's gone.
I will never see my dear,
Lost bow tie again.
My poor, wonderful, lost, red
It's, it's here. My bow tie.
I found it!
Cleaning has saved the day!
Heh, heh, heh
If you will excuse me
For just one moment.
How do I look?
♪♪♪You look like
The cat in the hat!
♪♪♪Why, thank you, bird.
Thank you all
And it wouldn't have been half
So much fun without you here.
♪ Hooray for us
♪ Hooray I say
♪ Hooray for all the fun
That we have every day ♪
♪ And all the new faces
♪ And all the new
Places we see ♪
♪ Just you and me
♪ So come back soon
♪ And when you do
♪ I'll have some new surprises
In my hat for you ♪
♪ Just one last thing
♪ And that I'm on my way
♪ Let's shout hooray
♪ Let's shout hooray ♪ just shout hooray
02x02 - The Cat In The Hat Cleans Up His Act
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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.