02x19 - The Cat In The Hat Helps A Friend

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss". Aired: October 13, 1996 – May 15, 1998.*
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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.
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02x19 - The Cat In The Hat Helps A Friend

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♪♪ 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" ♪

♪♪ [Humming]

It's you!

Oh, I'm so glad you're here.

Oh, I like it a lot.

It's just not as much fun

To be here when you're--

[Accordion music playing]

♪♪ Do you hear that?

♪♪ Mmm-huh.

♪♪ What could it be?

♪♪ I'm not sure.

♪♪ Huh!

♪♪ Hmm.

♪♪ Hmm. [Music continues]

[Music continues]

♪♪ ♪ Da dadada dadedadetda

Deede de da ♪

[Music stops]

♪♪ ♪ Da-da-da da...

♪♪ Ahem. Cat! Ahem.

♪♪ Hmm?

♪♪ What are you doing?

♪♪ Oh, oh, terrence, I'm

Singing and dancing.

I love music. And I just love

Your song.

♪♪ Aw--heh heh.

It--it's just a little ditty

I wrote. I call it,

"A song for bird and cat."

♪♪ Why terrence, what a lovely

Name.

♪♪ Thank you, I wrote it for us

To sing and play together.

But I'm gonna need some help

From you though.

♪♪ Help! What a wonderful thing.

It would be an honor!

Um, just a minute, my bird

Friend. Oh, I just love to help.

I'm ready.

♪♪ Excellent, now if you just

Follow what I'm doing.

When I "nod," you start to play

What I play.

♪♪ When you "nod," I play.

♪♪ Yes.

Uh, ahem, cat! Cat!

♪♪ Yes, my birdly friend?

♪♪ You started too soon.

♪♪ Oh, I did?

Didn't you tell me to play when

You "nod" your head?

♪♪ Well--well, yes. Yes, I did.

But what I meant, wha--

I, ahem...cat!

♪♪ Was that wrong again?

♪♪ Yes, it was.

♪♪ Bgdhahgahl! Cat!

♪♪ Wrong again, bird?

♪♪ Yes, i, ahem, yes, cat.

Look, it's really very simple

First, I will play a little.

Then, when I no-, ahem, nod, you

Play. Got it?

♪♪ I think I understand, bird.

♪♪ Excellent.

♪♪ Then let's begin.

A-one, a-two, a one, two--

[Fanfare plays]

♪♪ Oh, oh bird, it's a

♪♪ Oh, oh bird, it's a story alert.

Story alert.

[Boing!]

♪♪ "In the wubbulous world

There are people who care.

They are helping each other

Most everywhere."

Most everywhere." Follow me to the wubbulascope!

Follow me to the wubbulascope!

Follow me to the wubbulascope! Let's see what's happening in...

Let's see what's happening in...

Let's see what's happening in... The jungle of nool.

The jungle of nool.

The jungle of nool. [Honk!]

[Honk!]

♪♪ In the jungle of nool

Not far from the lake, ms.

Jane kangaroo is baking a cake.

♪♪ Hmm...all right...

♪♪ What'cha doing, ma?

♪♪ Oh, I'm baking a cake,

Junior.

♪♪ Oh, I wanna help!

I wanna help! Me me me!

♪♪ Now, baking a cake takes a

Lot of work.

♪♪ Oh, please, can I help?

♪♪ Oh, please, can I help? Please, please, please...

Please, please, please...

♪♪ Ah, ha!

Well, all right, junior.

Of course you can.

♪♪ Great!

♪♪ Mmm-huh!

♪♪ Assistant cook junior

Reporting for duty.

♪♪ All right, assistant cook

Junior.

I want you to measure a full

Cup of that flour for me.

Cup of that flour for me. ♪♪ Ok.

♪♪ Ok.

♪ Mm-hmm.

♪♪ Eh...

♪ Mm-hmm.

♪♪ Ok...

♪♪ Careful...careful...ooh!

Ok. Ok. Ok.

Oh...oh.

[Coughing]

♪♪ Very nicely done, junior.

Yeah.

♪♪ Here you go, cup of flour.

♪♪ Why thank you, assistant cook

Junior. You are doing a very

Good job

♪♪ Aww...

♪♪ Now what we're gonna want to

Do...

♪♪ Sometimes a son can help his

Mother. Sometimes friends

Can help out each other.

♪♪ Ohh. Ooh, I'll never get it!

Never.

♪♪ What's the matter, felix?

♪♪ They want us to add +.

+?! Have they gone mad!

♪♪ Oh, it's not so hard.

♪♪ Here, let me show you.

Ok, now, how many snozberry

Nuts are there on the table?

♪♪ Uh, there's one.

♪♪ Mmm-huh, ok.

♪♪ Now--watch and learn.

Now how many?

♪♪ That's easy. There's .

♪♪ Mmm-huh!

♪♪ And is...

! That's it!

♪♪ Yeah!

♪♪ It is possible to add +.

♪♪ Heh, heh.

♪♪ + Is .

♪♪ Yes.

♪♪ Oh, thank you, sarah. Thank

You.

♪♪ Oh, it was nothing.

Now what happens if we...

♪♪ It's morton the elephant-bird

♪♪ High in the sky.

♪♪ And here's a small bird

Who is trying to fly.

♪♪ Hut, hut, hey, hey.

[Thud]

♪♪ Hey! Whoa! Are you ok?

♪♪ Ah, yeah, I think so.

♪♪ Oh, that was a really big

Fall you took.

♪♪ Yeah. I'm--i'm trying to

Learn how to fly.

I...i guess I fell.

♪♪ I can help you. I can fly.

♪♪ But, but you, you...

You're an elephant.

♪♪ Yeah, but I have wings.

♪♪ Wow, that's great!

♪♪ Ah, ha...

It's really easy, just flap your

Wings.

Yeah, come on. A little harder.

♪♪ Oh!

♪♪ Flap 'em.

Yeah. Yeah, a little, little

Harder. Flap em, yeah.

♪♪ Whee, heh, heh, heh.

♪ Uh-oh. Aah!

♪♪ Whoa!

You're doing great.

♪♪ Heh, thank you. Thank you.

♪♪ Glad I could help.

♪♪ Follow me. Ooh.

♪♪ In the wubbulous world,

Help is the word

For kangaroos, people and

A small baby bird.

A small baby bird. [Honk!]

[Honk!]

[Sigh]

[Accordion playing]

♪♪ I've got to help terrence

With his song!

Oh, bird, I'm ready to help

With your song.

♪♪ Eh, I don't know, cat.

You didn't help very much the

First time.

♪♪ Please, terrence.

I promise to help this time.

"Really."

♪♪ Well, all right, cat.

But you must listen to me.

♪♪ Yes, of course, terrence,

Whatever you say.

♪♪ Ok, let's give it another

Try. Unh.

♪♪ All right.

Where's my little cats?

♪♪ Woohoo!

[Rock music playing]

♪♪ All right bird, we are ready.

♪♪ But, uh, oh, no no no!

I--i didn't ask for all these

Little cats to help!

♪♪ But bird, we all want to help

You.

♪♪ Yeah!

♪♪ This way, with cats, you

Will get times as much help.

Huh? Huh?

♪♪ [Sigh] ok. Ok. Ok. Ok.

Now listen up. When I "nod,"

You start to play what "i" play.

Hmm?

♪♪ When you nod, we play.

♪♪ Yes.

♪♪ Yes. ♪♪ There it is!

♪♪ There it is!

♪♪ Cats! Stop!

♪♪ What's wrong?

♪♪ Agh...ahem.

Cat, uh, agh...

Uh, could you explain how

This, agh, works?

♪♪ Ah, of course, terrence.

Of course.

All right little cats, here we

Go.

♪♪ Oh, yeah. Ok.

That's a good idea.

♪♪ Ready, bird!

♪♪ Ok, ok, ahem, all right,

Here we go.

[Playing accordion]

♪ This is a song

A special song

♪♪ ♪ Zabitti zabie zabie

Zazi zazzi zazzzi ♪

♪♪ Yeah!

♪♪ Oh, no, no. Cats, cats!

Thatha-that's not my song!

♪♪ ♪ Not my song

♪♪ Uh, uh, no no no!

Uh, uh.

That's not right at all. Stop!

Ohh, ohh, please stop, everyone.

Ohh! Oh, I give up.

Mmm! I'm leaving.

♪♪ ♪ Leaving

♪♪ I'm leaving now!

♪♪ ♪ Leaving now

♪♪ ♪ Leaving now ♪♪ uhh.

♪♪ Uhh.

♪♪ Uhh. [Singing indistinctly]

[Singing indistinctly]

♪♪ Well, that was some song.

Terrence, what do you think?

Terrence? Terrence?

[Fanfare]

♪♪ [Plays fanfare]

♪♪ ♪ Zazeee-ah!

♪♪ Oh me, oh my, it's a story

Alert.

[Boing]

♪♪ Eh, heh, heh.

We'll have to help terrence more

After the story.

♪♪ ♪ Zazze uh

♪♪ Hmm. "It's time for a picnic

In the kingdom of didd.

Everyone brought a lunch,

Every mom, dad, and kid."

[Laughing]

I just love a picnic.

We'd better hurry over to the

Wubbulascope to make sure we

Don't miss it.

♪♪ Zap!

♪♪ Let's take a look at what's

Happening at the picnic in

Happening at the picnic in the kingdom of didd!

The kingdom of didd!

The kingdom of didd! [Regal trumpet plays]

[Regal trumpet plays]

[Regal trumpet plays] ♪♪ zeah yah-ha-ha!

♪♪ Zeah yah-ha-ha!

♪♪ Ahem.

Welcome good people of didd.

I, your king, proclaim today

"Official picnic day!"

♪♪ Hooray! Hooray!

♪♪ Ahem. Here you go.

♪♪ Look!

♪♪ What?!

♪♪ The cave! Look at the

Entrance to the cave

On mt. Mugglewhump.

♪♪ No one ever goes into the

Cave on mt. Mugglewhump.

♪♪ No one ever comes out of the

Cave on mt. Mugglewhump.

♪♪ Look at the entrance!

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ Smoke.

♪♪ Coming out of the entrance of

The cave on mt. Mugglewhump

♪♪ Smoke. Smoke!

♪♪ What do you think is causing

All that smoke?

♪♪ You don't suppose it's a--

♪♪ Oh, it couldn't be a--

♪♪ It's a dragon.

♪♪ A dragon?!

Aah!

♪♪ A dragon in the cave on mt.

Mugglewhump!

♪♪ Ooh, I thought you said no

Ever went into the cave on

Mt. Mugglewhump.

♪♪ They don't!

♪♪ Ah, maybe because there's a

Dragon in there.

♪♪ Silence!

Thank you.

Now, who among you is willing to

Fight this terrible dragon?

Who will help the kingdom and

Save it from this horrible,

Fire-breathing, smoke-spouting

Monster?

♪♪ [Murmuring]

♪♪ I will.

♪♪ Mee-lo?

♪♪ Milo.

♪♪ Whatever.

♪♪ Ooh, how very brave of you to

Volunteer to help the kingdom

Yes, hmm. Here you go.

Oh, uh uh...[Swallows]

♪♪ Don't be scared, milo.

That dragon is no match for you.

You're the best.

♪♪ Gee, thanks.

♪♪ Go, brave mee-lo.

♪♪ That's milo.

♪♪ Whatever.

♪♪ Go, brave mee-lo.

♪♪ That's milo!

♪♪ Go, milo!

♪♪ Come on, milo.

♪♪ Come on, milo. ♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ [Grunting]

Here it is.

The the cave on mt. Mugglewhump.

Ah, ha! No big deal.

I'm not afraid. Uh.

Yes, uh...

No problem! Heh heh.

No problem at all. Heh?

Ha ha! Breathing fire...

Ah, ha ha, no problem at all.

Well, milo, this is it.

[Inhales]

Aah!

[Gasp]

Aha!

♪♪ Oh, hello, oh thank goodness

You've come.

I was beginning to wonder if

Anyone would see my signal.

♪♪ Signal?

♪♪ My smoke and fire.

Good heavens what do you think

I've been blowing all that smoke

And fire for?

♪♪ We thought it was to scare

The kingdom.

♪♪ Scare the kingdom?

Oh, my stars, no!

Heaven's to betsy, why would I

Want to do such a thing?

♪♪ Because you're a mean and

Evil dragon?

♪♪ Goodness gracious!

What a thing to say.

You don't even know me.

♪♪ Oh, now you've hurt his

Feelings.

♪♪ If you don't want to scare

The kingdom, what are you doing

Here?

♪♪ I live here!

♪♪ Oh, nice, how come we've

Never seen you before.

♪♪ He's a little shy.

Doesn't get out much.

♪♪ No. The truth is, I need

Some help, young man.

I was moving some things around,

And I accidentally dropped

This huge rock on my tail.

Ah, ha! Yes.

♪♪ Ouch, that must hurt.

♪♪ Yes, it does.

Uh, that's why I was signaling

For help.

♪♪ Oh, I can help you.

♪♪ [Gasp]

♪♪ Oh goodness gracious, you are

A very nice young man.

If you could, uh, lift this

Rock, it would be very helpful.

♪♪ Oh, hold on.

[Grunting]

♪♪ Ohh!

Ooh.

♪♪ There!

♪♪ Ah, bravo, well done!

Do come again.

♪♪ Bye.

♪♪ Oh, this feels so much better

Uh, thank you.

♪♪ Milo, my name is milo.

♪♪ Mine's chauncy.

It's so very nice to meet you,

Milo. Uh, thanks for the help.

♪♪ Glad to do it.

♪♪ Eh, milo, if you ever need

Any help from a dragon, you just

Call on me.

♪♪ No problem. Chauncy?

♪♪ Uh, yes, milo?

♪♪ Do you like picnics?

♪♪ My stars, I love picnics!

♪♪ Oh, then follow me.

♪♪ [Gasp] the dragon has milo!

♪♪ Hi everybody, I want you

Meet chauncy.

♪♪ Hello!

♪♪ He's a real nice dragon.

He wasn't trying to scare us at

All, he just wanted some help.

♪♪ [Sigh]

[Crosstalk]

♪♪ Hello, chauncy.

♪♪ Well, hello, young lady. It

Is pleasure to meet you.

It is a pleasure to meet all of

You. If you are all as nice

As milo than you are,

Well, uh, some very nice people.

Milo really helped me. And I

Am happy to help any of you, my

Friends!

♪♪ Well done, milo.

I would also like to welcome

Our guest. The very nice,

Chauncy the dragon.

♪♪ Hooray!

♪♪ Let's celebrate.

We'll toast some marshmallows!

Uh-uh...

Oh, dear, we don't seem to have

Any fire. Oh!

♪♪ Chauncy, do you think

You could help us out here?

♪♪ But, of course, milo.

♪♪ Everybody, get your

Marshmallows ready!

If everyone could raise up their

Marshmallows please.

♪♪ [Murmuring]

♪♪ [Murmuring] ♪♪ [inhales]

♪♪ [Inhales]

♪♪ Hooray!

♪♪ Toasty.

[All laughing]

♪♪ Thanks, chauncy.

♪♪ Oh, my pleasure, milo.

♪♪ Oh, my pleasure, milo. ♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ [Cheering] [honk!]

[Honk!]

♪♪ Well, it seems that chauncy

The dragon was just asking for

Help all along.

♪♪ [Accordion playing]

♪♪ That reminds me.

I was helping terrence.

I was helping terrence. Oh, let's go find him.

Oh, let's go find him.

Hello, bird.

♪♪ Ha! Hmph.

♪♪ Terrence, don't you want my

Help with your song?

♪♪ Cat, you never "helped" with

My song. Hmph!

♪♪ Well, yes, I did, terrence.

I got the little cats

Together. And we played for you.

Please let us try one more time.

♪♪ Ok.

But this is your last chance.

But this is your last chance. ♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ Can't you see how much we

Want to help you?

♪♪ Well, yeah, but you didn't

Help me in the right way.

♪♪ Huh?

♪♪ What do you mean?

♪♪ You never listened to me.

I asked you to help me play "my"

Song, that "i" wrote.

♪♪ That's true.

♪♪ And when I started to play,

You just played whatever you

Wanted.

♪♪ That's true.

♪♪ You didn't help me play my

Song and that hurt my feelings.

♪♪ Ohh.

♪♪ Oh, bird, you are right.

♪♪ If you want to help someone,

You have to listen to what

They say so that you can help

Them in the right way.

♪♪ Ahh.

♪♪ Bird, please let us try to

Help you again.

We promise to listen,

That's what we say,

And then we can help you

In the right way.

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ Well, i...

♪♪ Please, please!

♪♪ We'll play like you say.

♪♪ We won't miss a single note.

♪♪ Zee!

♪♪ Yeah. Please! Please!

♪♪ Oh, all right!

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ But!

You must listen very closely to

My song.

And then, when I "nod" my head,

That's when you start to play

Along with me.

♪♪ When you nod, we start.

♪♪ Oh, no...

Yes, and when I start to sing

You must sing along with me.

♪♪ Yes, terrence, we promise.

♪♪ Ok.

♪♪ Ok. [Music starts]

[Music starts]

♪♪ ♪ This is a song

A special song,

It's a song that's meant for

Friends to sing along,

A song to share ♪

♪♪ ♪A song to share

♪♪ ♪ Will fill the air

♪♪ ♪ Will fill the air

With the sound of friends

Who play in harmony,

This is a song ♪

♪♪ ♪ This is a song

♪♪ ♪ A special song

♪♪ ♪ A special song

♪♪ ♪ It's a song that's meant

For friends to sing along ♪

♪♪ ♪ This is our song

♪♪ ♪ This is our song

♪♪ ♪ Come sing along

♪♪ ♪ Come sing along,

It's the sound of friends

Who play in harmony,

It's the sound of friends who

Play in harmony ♪

[Cheering]

♪♪ Ohh, ohh, ohh, oh, thank

You cats. Thank you!

That was just the kind of help

I needed with my song.

♪♪ Thank "you," terrence.

Yes, thank you, terrence for

Your beautiful song.

♪♪ Thanks, bird!

♪♪ Zang zing.

♪♪ Oh, terrence, my friend,

What a wonderful song.

I am so glad that you let

Us all play along.

♪♪ It makes me feel

Like I really belong.

♪♪ Ahh.

♪♪ I'm so glad you were here,

Too. Bird, let's all play the

Goodbye song for our friends!

Goodbye song for our friends! ♪♪ Oh, yeah, of course, cat.

♪♪ Oh, yeah, of course, cat.

♪♪ ♪ 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!

Just shout hooray! ♪

Just shout hooray! ♪ ♪♪ Hooray!

♪♪ Hooray!
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