♪♪ 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" ♪
♪♪ [Whispering] psst. Over here.
No. No. I said, "here."
Hello.
Is that you?
Yes. Yes, it is. You are here!
Oh, I am so glad that you're
Here--ohh, I like it a lot.
It's just not as much fun
To be here when you're not.
Now why am I whispering?
I'll tell you why.
The cat has a surprise under his
Hat.
[Birthday music plays]
♪♪ A surprise birthday party,
To be very exact.
But a surprise must be secret.
Keep it under your hat!
♪♪ [Humming "happy birthday to
♪♪ [Humming "happy birthday to you"]
You"]
♪♪ Now, the party is for my
Friend, terrence mcbird.
♪♪ ♪ Happy birthday to me,
Happy birthday to me... ♪
♪♪ But remember, this is a
"Surprise." Terrence mcbird must
Not hear a word. Shh.
♪♪ ♪ Happy birthday to me
♪♪ Why, good morning, bird.
I thought I heard your voice.
♪♪ Good morning, you say?
Do you know, cat, what day
Is today?
♪♪ Hmm... Why, of course!
Today is your bir...d bath day!
♪♪ Uh--uh...no.
♪♪ Oh. Oh. I've got it.
Silly me. How could I forget?
Today is your bir...d
House cleaning day!
♪♪ Uh, uh. No.
♪♪ Oh.
♪♪ Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes!
♪♪ Oh yeah?
♪♪ Yes. Today is your bir...
♪♪ Right!
♪♪ Ir...
♪♪ Ok.
Aw, say it, cat, say it!
♪♪ ...food shopping day!
♪♪ Ack!
No!
♪♪ I'm very sorry, bird.
I don't know what to say.
I fear I do not know
What day it is today.
♪♪ Well, that's quite all right,
Cat.
That's quite all right!
It's my birthday today.
[Sniff] nobody remembers.
[Sniff] nobody remembers. [Sigh]
[Sigh]
♪♪ Come back soon, bird.
Heh, heh, heh.
Terrence mcbird does not know
Our birthday plans for him.
That's ok. That's because we're
Throwing him a surprise party!
Do you love surprises?
Oh, I do.
[Piano playing]
♪♪ ♪ Me, oh my,
How I love surprises,
Love surprises,
I just gotta say, hey!
I can't deny that I love
Surprises,
Especially on a very special day
Like today!
Tall surprises, small surprises,
Voices from anywhere at all
Surprises,
Sung surprises,
One surprise is better than
None, come on, everyone!
♪♪ Surprise!
♪♪ Surprise!
♪♪ Surprise!
♪♪ Ta-da!
♪♪ ♪ Me, oh my,
How I love surprises,
Love surprises,
I just gotta say, hey!
I can't deny that I love
Surprises ♪
♪♪ ♪ Especially on a very
Special day like today!
♪♪ ♪ Quick surprises
♪♪ Surprise!
♪♪ ♪ Snozzit surprises
♪♪ Surprise!
♪♪ ♪ Fish that swim in places
Where you look surprises ♪
♪♪ Surprise!
♪♪ ♪ Slow surprises,
No surprise is complete to the
End 'till it's shared with a
Friend ♪
♪♪ Yeeha!
♪♪ ♪ Me, oh my,
How I love surprises ♪
♪♪ ♪ Love surprises!
♪♪ ♪ I just gotta say, hey!
I can't deny that I love
Surprises,
Especially on a very special day
Like today!
♪♪ ♪ Especially on a very
Special day like today!
Especially on a very special day
Like today! ♪
♪♪ Whoops!
[Song ends]
♪♪ Today's surprise will be
Especially surprising. Trust me.
A surprise birthday party,
To be very exact.
But a surprise must be secret.
Keep it under your hat!
[Doorbell rings]
♪♪ Ah, the doorbell.
[Boing!]
♪♪ Oh look, it's a story.
Hmm...
There's a boy in seussville who
Is just waking up to the most
Special day of his year.
Felix is his name,
And today he turns .
In seussville a birthday
In seussville a birthday is more than just great!
Is more than just great!
Let's crank up the wubbulascope
Let's crank up the wubbulascope and take a look at the map.
And take a look at the map.
We need to travel to seussville.
That's where our story begins.
Let's look through the
Wubbulascope.
Wubbulascope. And we're off!
And we're off!
[Boing!]
♪♪ In seussville the town,
On the day you turn ,
The th birthday glurk
Pops from inside a crate!
♪♪ [Blowing horn]
♪♪ He's a green-bellied glurk,
And he's planned the day
Through. It starts with a
Breakfast of ice cream that's
Blue. The th birthday breakfast
Has the tastiest taste.
But there's much more to do.
Out of bed and make haste!
Next is a trip through the th
Birthday tunnel.
♪♪ [Different saying "happy
Birthday!"]
♪♪ It's a teensy bit spooky,
But then comes a funnel.
♪♪ Happy birthday!
♪♪ This funnel is fun.
It makes a "swoosh" sound.
♪♪ Ooh.
Whoo-whee!
Wow!
Whoa! Whoa!
[Chuckles]
Whee!
♪♪ It's a fast twisty slide,
Then you're back on the ground.
♪♪ Ohh.
♪♪ It's lunchtime by now,
It's your th birthday picnic.
It's purple-striped ice cream!
Grab a cone! Take a big lick!
But you mustn't take long,
There's much more to do.
The th birthday big balloon
Is waiting for you!
You follow the glurk
And get set to fly high.
The balloon starts to rise.
♪♪ Oh boy!
♪♪ Then you're up in the sky!
♪♪ Ahh, beautiful balloon, ahh,
Very nice.
♪♪ Hey, do you want a ride?
♪♪ Ahh, thank you.
♪♪ Then it slows to a stop
On birthday cloud !
♪♪ [Horn blows]
♪♪ Ohh.
♪♪ All your best friends wait
Here to shout...
♪♪ Happy birthday!
Happy birthday!
♪ Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday, dear felix,
Happy birthday to you ♪
♪♪ Then the glurk brings your
Dinner, your th birthday feast.
It's frinkleberry ice cream,
So dig in like a beast!
♪♪ Ahh.
♪♪ When the party has ended,
The glurk takes you down.
The balloon lowers gently,
Till you're back on the ground.
And, you say your goodbyes
To the th birthday glurk.
In one year you'll wake
To the th birthday snerk.
♪♪ Th birthday snerk?
♪♪ You'll love him.
He's loads of fun.
♪♪ So felix turned ,
And the glurk made his day.
In seussville the town,
In seussville the town, that's the th birthday way.
That's the th birthday way.
♪♪ Hmm. Felix's day was
Exciting. On your th birthday,
Would you like to meet
The glurk? Would you like to
Ride in a balloon? Ah, I would.
♪♪ Well, hello, cat!
♪♪ Well, hello, cat! ♪♪ Now who could that be?
♪♪ Now who could that be?
Now how about that.
It's my good friend, sam-i-am!
♪♪ What's happening, cat?
♪♪ We're having a surprise
Birthday party for terrence
Mcbird. And we need your help.
Stay right where you are, cat.
I'm coming in! So...
♪♪ [Gasp] ha ha ha!
♪♪ How can I help, cat?
♪♪ Well, sam, every surprise
Birthday party needs a cake.
Could you, would you make us a
Cake?
♪♪ Cat, I can and I will make
Sam-i-am's...
[Drum roll]
♪♪ Surprise birthday bird cake!
[Applause]
♪♪ Now, this is for a bird.
That means we need to use
Ingredients that a bird would
Like. So the first thing we
Need is...worms. Mmm.
Birds love these guys.
Next we add some good
Old-fashioned...birdseed.
You mix the worms and the
Birdseed.
And you've got the beginning of
Your cake.
♪♪ Looking good.
And, now can we add some other
Goodies to the surprise birthday
Bird cake?
♪♪ Yes siree, cat.
This is the fun part.
Heh. Heh. Heh.
Would you, could you add some...
Rice?
Would you, could you add a...
Slice?
Would you, could you use a...
Bug?
Would you, could you use a hug?
♪♪ Huggy, huggy, huggy!
♪♪ You mix it all together and
You've got...
Sam-i-am's surprise birthday
Bird cake!
[Applause]
♪♪ [Squawking]
♪♪ Uh oh, sam, terrence is
Coming. Remember, he does not
Know about our plans to surprise
Him.
♪♪ Oh, oh. Then he better not
♪♪ Oh, oh. Then he better not see the cake.
See the cake.
[Thud]
♪♪ Why, hello, bird.
♪♪ Hello, cat.
♪♪ [Chuckles]
♪♪ Ugh.
Sam-i-am, did you know that
Today is ♪ a very special day?
♪♪ No I didn't, bird.
I'm afraid I did not.
♪♪ Aw, no. Of course you didn't.
Hey, is that a birthday cake?
♪♪ Uhh...
♪♪ Actually, bird, it's a bur...
♪♪ Yeah?
♪♪ Rrr...
♪♪ Yeah?
♪♪ ...burp day cake.
When you eat it, you spend all
Day burping.
♪♪ [Burp] I ate a burp day cake
Earlier today. [Burp] excuse me.
♪♪ I see. You don't know what
Day is today.
Nobody knows it's my birthday
Nobody knows it's my birthday today. Ahh.
Today. Ahh.
♪♪ Good work, sam.
We kept the surprise birthday
Bird cake a secret.
♪♪ Now the surprise will be
Truly surprising.
♪♪ Yes.
[Knocking at door]
♪♪ I'll get it.
♪♪ [Hmm]
[Boing!]
♪♪ It's a story from the kingdom
Of didd! "On the princess'
Birthday, the presents pour
Forth, from all corners of didd,
East, west, south, and north."
[Boing!]
♪♪ What kind of presents do you
Think a princess gets on her
Birthday? Hmm.
Well, let's find out.
Well, let's find out. Ah, the wubbulascope.
Ah, the wubbulascope.
We know the story takes place in
The kingdom of didd.
Let's take a look through the
Wubbulacope.
Here we go!
[Horn honks]
[Boing!]
[Boing!] [Regal trumpeting]
[Regal trumpeting]
[Inhales]
[Continues blowing horn]
♪♪ Your majesty, is princess
Tizzapinella ready for her next
Present?
♪♪ Dear daughter, are you ready
To open your next happy birthday
Present?
♪♪ Yes, daddy.
Oh, I just hope it's something I
Can play with.
♪♪ Lady verna van gorp.
♪♪ That's me! Excuse me.
Princess tizzapinella,
I present my birthday gift.
♪♪ A binglebat! Wow.
A binglebat! A binglebat!
Yes! A binglebat! I have a
Binglebat! Yes! Yes! Finally,
A present I can play with all
Day! A binglebat!
♪♪ Princess!
That is not a binglebat.
This is a royal scepter. And it
Is very special. You must be
Careful not to break it.
You may see, you may look,
But please try not to touch.
And never ever play with it,
Or handle it as such.
♪♪ Don't play with it?
♪♪ Tisk, tisk, tisk.
♪♪ Ok...
♪♪ Let us continue with the
Presents!
♪♪ Lord leo lefructose.
♪♪ [Whispering] that's you.
♪♪ Ah, oh, that's me. Princess
Tizzapinella, I present
My birthday gift.
♪♪ Oh, thank you! A nerdleball!
♪♪ Oh. Uh--uh.
♪♪ A nerdleball! A nerdleball!
I have a nerdleball!
I can't wait to throw it.
I can't wait to bounce it!
♪♪ Throw it? Bounce it?
♪♪ Peculiar.
♪♪ Please, princess, I beg you.
Be careful!
♪♪ Finally. A present I can
Play with. A nerdleball!
♪♪ Princess!
Over there! Back, back, back,
Ooh, ooh.
There it is!
Ack!
♪♪ [Gasp]
♪♪ Ohh...
♪♪ Are you all right, norval?
♪♪ Splendid.
Kindly remove the orb. Ugh.
[Sigh] more importantly,
The gift is not broken.
You see, princess, that is not a
Nerdleball. It's an orb.
And it's very special.
You may see, you may look,
But please try not to touch.
And never ever play with it,
Or handle it as such.
♪♪ Gotcha. Ah, thank you,
Lord lefructose.
♪♪ She wants to "play" with her
Presents? Extraordinary.
♪♪ So I guess these are all my
Presents?
And not one I can play with.
♪♪ These aren't all your
Presents, dear daughter.
Later today I present my present
To you.
♪♪ I for one cannot stand the
Excitement.
♪♪ I heard that.
♪♪ I just want something I can
Play with.
♪♪ [Echoing] you may see, you
May look. But please try not to
Touch...
♪♪ Nothing I can play with.
♪♪ Woohoo, daughter!
♪♪ Hello, daddy!
♪♪ Look at all these presents!
♪♪ Yes, they're very pretty to
Look at. I mean, look at this
Scepter. And what child
Wouldn't want an orb?
They're very...special.
♪♪ These presents may be
Special. But I promise you the
Most special present you can
Imagine.
♪♪ Most special? I can't wait.
[Horn blowing]
♪♪ The birthday present from
King theobald thnidner of didd
To his daughter, princess
Tizzapinella of didd.
♪♪ [Indistinct murmuring]
♪♪ You may see, you may look,
But please try not to touch.
And never ever play with it,
Or handle it as such.
Oh, I just wish I had a present
I could play with.
Ahh! A puppy!!
♪♪ Happy birthday!
You see daughter, I promised you
The most special gift of all!
Something we could both play
With.
♪♪ Ha! Thank you, daddy!
♪♪ Oh dear!
♪♪ [Puppy barking]
♪♪ [Indistinct murmuring]
♪♪ [Laughing]
♪♪ So the king made this day a
Most special one.
Tizz and her father playing
And had fun.
What kind of present would you
Like to get? Would you like a
Puppy? I would.
♪♪ [Squawking]
♪♪ Our friend, the bird, calls.
Remember, he does not know our
Birthday plans for him.
Not a word to the bird.
♪♪ Hello, cat.
♪♪ Hello, bird.
♪♪ Ah, by now you must know that
Today of all days is ♪ a very
Special day ♪
♪♪ Of course, bird, of course.
Today is your bir...
...d song singing day.
♪♪ No!
You do not know what day is
Today. [Panting]
But that's ok.
But that's ok. That's ok.
That's ok.
I wish "someone" would remember
My birthday. [Sniff]
♪♪ We remember. And very soon
We will surprise our favorite
Birthday bird. Now on with the
Party plans! Little cats!
♪♪ Little cat "a" has answered
Your call!
♪♪ Little cat "b" is just after
"A!"
♪♪ Hey, make some room for
Little cat "c!"
[All laughing]
♪♪ Welcome, little cats.
I need your help. And we haven't
Got much time. The cat has a
Surprise under his hat.
[Birthday song playing]
♪♪ A surprise birthday party,
Keep your hat on, cat.
We're right with you.
♪♪ Every surprise birthday party
Needs a surprising noise.
♪♪ So we brought little cat
Noisemakers!
♪♪ Little cat noisemaker "a."
B-b-b-b-b-!
♪♪ Little cat noisemaker "b."
[Horn blows]
♪♪ Little cat noisemaker "c."
[Elegant horn blows]
♪♪ Very good, little cats.
Now it's time to hide so that--
♪♪ [Little cat "c"'s horn blows]
♪♪ Hey, we heard you the first
Time.
♪♪ [Little cat "c"'s horn blows]
♪♪ We heard you the second time.
♪♪ [Horn blows]
I heard me the third time.
Something's wrong with this
Thing.
♪♪ Well, we haven't got time to
Fix it. We need to hide.
♪♪ [Gasping]
♪♪ He's coming. Now hide!
Everyone, hide!
♪♪ [Horn blows]
♪♪ And keep that thing quiet.
♪♪ [Horn blows]
♪♪ Shh!
♪♪ [Horn blows]
I can't stop it.
Whoo!
[Buzz]
♪♪ Shh.
♪♪ Hello?!
Hello?!
♪♪ [Horn blows]
♪♪ Where is that noise coming
From?!
♪♪ [Horn blows]
[Horn blows]
♪♪ Something "funny" is going
On here.
♪♪ [Horn blows]
♪♪ I think I know where that
Noise is coming from.
♪♪ [Horn blows]
♪♪ Surprise!
♪♪ Surprise!
♪♪ Surprise?!
For me?
[Thud]
♪♪ [Cheering]
♪♪ Happy birthday, bird!
♪♪ Aww, cat...
I'm so--i'm so happy!
I thought you forgot my
Birthday! But tell me, how did
You make the surprise
So...surprising?!
♪♪ Well, with help from my
Friends, this cat kept the
Surprise under his hat!
Sing, everyone!
♪♪ ♪ Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear terrence,
Happy birthday to you ♪
♪♪ Aw...
This is the best birthday ever.
Thank you, cat.
♪♪ My pleasure, bird.
You are my friend. So it makes
Me happy to do things for you.
♪♪ You're a good friend, cat.
A very good friend. [Sniff]
♪♪ [Indistinct talking]
♪♪ Way to go, terrence!
♪♪ I hope you've had as much fun
Today as we have.
[Piano playing]
♪♪ ♪ 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 then I'm on my way,
Let's shout hooray!
Let's shout hooray! Just shout hooray!
Just shout hooray!
02x03 - The Cat In The Hat's Big Birthday Surprise
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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.