01x08 - Mrs. Zabarelli's Holiday Baton

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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

To 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!

♪♪ Ew!

♪♪ ♪ Scuttle on a shuttle,

Waddle in a puddle,

Through the middle

Of a 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.

♪♪ Our story begins

In the wintry glow

Of one jingle day eve

Not that long ago.

♪♪ Ah, excuse me,

I'm very sorry, pardon me.

I don't--watch the tail there!

Hey, nice shoes, sir!

[Indistinct chatter]

♪♪ Ahh. Yep.

Now, jingle day eve

Is the year's shortest day.

Its night stays so long,

It might not go away.

At least, that's what they say!

[Chuckles] that's what

They...right. Ahem.

You see, each year there's

A pageant on jingle day eve,

And, oh, what a show it is!

Songs are sung,

Dances are danced, and although

The pageant is different each

Year, it always ends the same

Way--with the youngest child

In the show tinking the klink.

♪♪ I can do this. I can do this.

I can do this.

♪♪ [Chuckles] mrs. Zabarelli.

You can call her mrs. Z.

Now she's been the jingle day

Pageant director for, um, ah--

♪♪ Shhhh!

♪♪ She's been doing it for as

Long as anybody can remember.

♪♪ I can do this. I can do this.

I can do this.

♪♪ And to klink out

The old and to tink in the new

Is my littlest student,

Young annie deloo.

♪♪ I can't do this.

I can't do this. I can't...

♪♪ Where are ya goin' honey?

♪♪ I can't do it,

Mrs. Zarabelly..

♪♪ Oh, that's zabarelli, honey.

♪♪ I can't do it, mrs. Z!

♪♪ Annie, we don't know what

We can do, until we try! Ok?

♪♪ Ok.

♪♪ Ok.

♪♪ Ok. ♪♪ Ok.

♪♪ Ok.

♪♪ And although it's amazing,

It's not really surprising--

When that klink is tinked,

The sun always starts rising.

Provisimo! [Laughs]

What a performance!

What a debut!

And each year she practiced,

And each year she grew.

So let's see what's new

With annie deloo.

With annie deloo. ♪♪ Hmm.

♪♪ Hmm.

♪♪ That's one well-tuned

Klink, annie.

♪♪ Well, it's almost there.

I want to get it just right

For morton.

♪♪ [Chuckles] he can't wait,

Annie! He's been looking forward

To it for a long time.

♪♪ I remember my first show.

I was terrified.

I don't know what I would have

Done without mrs. Zabarelli.

♪♪ I don't know what any of us

Would do without mrs. Z!

♪♪ Mmm...yeah, ok.

[Dog barking]

♪♪ Hey! It's mrs. Z!

She's on her wubble!

♪♪ Wubbling mrs. Z!

♪♪ Are you looking forward

To the show this year, mrs. Z?

[Indistinct chatter]

♪♪ Hiya, mrs. Zarabelly!

♪♪ That's zabarelli, dear.

♪♪ Oh, yeah.

♪♪ Have you been practicing

Your klinking, morton?

♪♪ Ah, have I been practicing?

Have I been practicing?!

♪♪ Well, have you been

Practicing?

♪♪ Oh, well, yeah, sure,

But, um, mrs. Z, I've never

Klinked in public before.

♪♪ Oh, everyone is scared

Before their first show.

Annie was, now she's practically

In charge!

She's really the one who keeps

Everything running so smoothly.

♪♪ Yeah!

♪♪ Where are the flats?

Have you seen the flats?

I can't find the flats

Anywhere.

I think they're back

Against the wall..

[All talking at once]

♪♪ Oh, guys, guys, please know,

The moon is not green, ok?

Ah. Mrs. Zabarelli is going

To be here any minute

And I really don't want her

To see it looking like this, ok?

Oh, goodness.

♪♪ Da, da, da, da, da, da!

We're here!

♪♪ Oh, that's great!

♪♪ Where's mrs. Z?

♪♪ She should be here any

Minute. I don't know where

She is! But let's just go out

On stage, ok?

♪♪ Ok.

♪♪ Ok.

♪♪ Got something new for ya.

♪♪ Well, that's--that's great,

Guys. Come on. Come on.

[All talking at once]

♪♪ Don't worry! Trust me!

♪♪ Doh, I don't like this!

[Playing piano]

[Upbeat music playing]

♪♪ ♪ How many puffs,

How many blows?

♪♪ How will I hit

The highs and the lows?

♪♪ Only mrs. Zabarelli knows ♪

♪♪ Whoa!

♪♪ ♪ When do we stand on

Our heels?

♪♪ When do we stand up

On our toes?

♪♪ Only mrs. Zabarelli knows

♪♪ Only mrs. Zabarelli knows

♪♪ How will I know what string

To pluck? What if I get

My fingers stuck?

♪♪ Who's gonna tell us

How the music goes?

♪♪ What do we do if it rains?

What will we do if it snows?

Only mrs. Zabarelli knows.

♪♪ Zabarelli ♪

♪♪ Oh, look out, look out!

♪♪ ♪ Only mrs. Zabarelli knows

[Indistinct chatter]

♪♪ Um, excuse me! If I can have

Your attention?

♪♪ Um, horton, horton?

♪♪ Hmm? Oh. Oh, ok.

[Trumpets]

♪♪ Thank you, thank you.

Thank you. Mrs. Z will be here

In a few minutes. And then we'll

Start the rehearsal, and then

We'll--i said settle down,

Everyone! Will you all please

Be quiet? If you have a new act,

Now's a good time to--

♪♪ That's us, watch your toes.

♪♪ Oh, I don't know about this.

♪♪ Try it.

♪♪ Oh-ho!

This new jingle number is going

To be great.

♪♪ But I like the old jingle

Number!

♪♪ Oh, come on. Try something

New for a change, pal. Huh, huh?

♪♪ Well, ok.

♪♪ Oh, yeah.

♪♪ What do I do?

♪♪ Yeah, ok. You jingle when

I signal.

♪♪ Right.

♪♪ Right. Ok, here we go.

♪♪ Wait, wait, wait a minute.

♪♪ What's the problem?

♪♪ What's the signal for

The jingle?

♪♪ If I nod twice, hmm, hmm,

That's the single jingle signal.

And if I nod once, that's

The double signal. Got it?

It's simple, just give it a try.

♪♪ Can we just do it--

♪♪ Why didn't you jingle

When I signaled?

♪♪ I was waiting to see if you

Were gonna nod again.

♪♪ Just jingle when I signal!

All right, I'm sorry to startle

You. Ok. Here we go.

♪♪ Mm-hmm.

♪♪ You jingled only once.

♪♪ You gave the single signal!

♪♪ No, I didn't, I gave

The double signal.

♪♪ But you nodded twice!

♪♪ No, no, no, no, I nodded

Once.

♪♪ You nodded twice,

Once before and once just now.

That's twice.

♪♪ Don't add 'em up!

♪♪ You didn't say that!

♪♪ Ughh!

♪♪ I don't know the signals!

♪♪ Just give it a jingle single!

♪♪ Guys, guys, please, excuse

Me. Can we just get back

To the--what we were doing--

♪♪ Fine then! We'll do

The old act. Hmmph!

♪♪ But this has potential!

♪♪ Oh, but, guys, no!

Oh, never mind.

Oh! Oh, no!

Oh! Oh, no! Please, guys, wait!

Please, guys, wait!

♪♪ , , .

♪♪ Up over there.

♪♪ Sully's on the ground...

♪♪ Nose in the air!

♪♪ [Laughs] our toe-tapping

Dance will be quite sensational.

♪♪ I venture to say standing

Ovational!

♪♪ Yeah!

♪♪ Come, junior.

♪♪ [Screeching]

♪♪ Guys, guys. Wait. No.

Please come...back. [Sighs]

Oh, um, puff a little harder,

Horton. Those high hinkles

Need a little more, um,

Altitude.

♪♪ Ok. [Inhales]

♪♪ Hey, hey, pardon me.

Ehh. Eh, here we go.

[Murmuring] oh, dear. Oh, my.

Um, greetings. With your kind

Indulgence, I would like

To share with you a timeless

Holiday classic. Ahem.

Every who down in whoville

Liked christmas a lot.

But the grinch who lived just

North of whoville did not.

♪♪ Whoo-hoo-hoo!

♪♪ Oh, guys, please, just wait!

Ohhh. [Sighs]

Oh, mrs. Z.

♪♪ The grinch hated christmas.

The whole christmas season.

♪♪ Ok, morton, let's try it

Again. Zab.

♪♪ Zab.

♪♪ Buh.

♪♪ Buh.

♪♪ Rel.

♪♪ Rel.

♪♪ I.

♪♪ I.

♪♪ Zabarelli.

♪♪ Zarabelly.

[Giggling]

♪♪ Fine.

♪♪ Oh, oh, mrs. Z?

♪♪ Hmm?

♪♪ I'm really excited about

The pageant and all that,

You know, but do you really

Think I could take the klink

All by myself?

♪♪ Well, what do you think,

Morton?

♪♪ Well, sure, I mean, well,

My pop thinks that I can,

And you know my pop. He says

What he means and he means what

He says, and it--

♪♪ Tunnel!

♪♪ He brought back the toys

And the food for the feast.

Ha ha. And he, he himself,

The grinch, carved the roast

Beast.

Thank you.

♪♪ ♪ How many notes should

I play? How will I know

If I'm ok?

♪♪ Mrs. Zabarelli's on her way

♪♪ When do we go,

When do we stay?

♪♪ And when do we stand

Or hop away?

♪♪ Mrs. Zabarelli's on her way

♪♪ Mrs. Zabarelli's on her way ♪

[Creaking]

♪♪ ♪ Sounds like

Mrs. Zabarelli's near

♪♪ Ooh, la, la, la

♪♪ Where do we start,

Is it there?

♪♪ No, here

♪♪ Me hands are shaking

♪♪ Have no fear

♪♪ Sounds like mrs. Zabarelli's

Near

♪♪ Zabarelli

♪♪ How do we

♪♪ When do we, why do we,

What do we

♪♪ Sounds like mrs. Zabarelli's

Here

♪♪ Zabarelli

♪♪ Sounds like mrs. Zabarelli's

Here ♪

Here ♪ [wind blowing]

[Wind blowing]

♪♪ Are y'all waiting

For someone?

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ Oh! Oh, mrs. Zabarelli!

Oh, oh, um, let's see.

Uh, the singers are singing,

But not all in tune.

The sets will all be here,

But not till next june.

We're fixing the lighting,

We're mixing the sound...

♪♪ Now just a minute now, annie.

♪♪ Hmm?

♪♪ Everyone, gather 'round.

♪♪ Oh.

♪♪ There's a thought I've been

Thinking, I've had it before,

A month or a year ago,

Possibly more.

♪♪ Did she tell you what this

Is about?

♪♪ Uh-uh!

♪♪ Oh.

♪♪ Well, this thought would not

Leave, it would not go away,

So I made up my mind on my way

Here today. I'm due

For a switch, a change in

Careers. After all, I've been

Doing this years!

♪♪ That's a long time!

♪♪ You're leaving the pageant?!

[All gasping]

♪♪ But...

♪♪ But...

♪♪ But!

♪♪ But what will we do without

You?

♪♪ Yeah, what will we do?!

♪♪ Pop! How will we make the sun

Come up on jingle day?

♪♪ Uh...uh...

♪♪ I wouldn't just pick up

And leave you unless I knew

You could still do the show.

♪♪ Oh, well.

♪♪ I picked a replacement.

♪♪ Oh, really? Who?

♪♪ I'll pass my baton to young

Annie deloo.

Here it is.

♪♪ Who, me?!

♪♪ No offense, annie, we need

You, mrs. Z.

♪♪ That's right, mrs. Z.

I can't put on this whole show.

♪♪ Annie!

You don't know what you can do

Until you try.

♪♪ But, but, mrs. Z!

♪♪ Mrs. Z!

♪♪ I don't think she can do it.

♪♪ Neither do i.

[Indistinct chatter]

♪♪ [Humming]

♪♪ Ooh, ooh, ohh.

Thanks for helping.

Ooh! Ahh. Uh, I meant to do

That! Heh heh. Uh, uh, ughh!

♪♪ The next day they gathered

And they tried to rehearse.

But things that were already

Bad got much worse.

[All talking at once]

♪♪ Guys...guys...guys!

Guys? [Sighs]

Um, we can do this if you listen

To me!

[Thud]

[Rolling across floor]

♪♪ [Sighs]

Although I admit I'm not mrs. Z.

Although I admit I'm not mrs. Z. [Music playing]

[Music playing]

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ Ok.

[Music playing]

[Music playing] ♪♪ guys, pick up the tempo!

♪♪ Guys, pick up the tempo!

♪♪ Guys, pick up the tempo! ♪♪ Ok, now here's the slow part.

♪♪ Ok, now here's the slow part.

♪♪ Guys.

Watch me, guys. Watch me!

You're not watching me!

♪♪ Ooh! I--whoa!

[All talking at once]

♪♪ I told you a pageant without

Mrs. Z is something that no one

Can do. I told you, I told you,

I told you.

♪♪ And guess what? I told you,

Too.

♪♪ Hmm, hmm!

♪♪ But--but--but it was good!

Heh! Well, it was ok. Come on,

It wasn't too bad! Well,

It could get better. [Sighs]

♪♪ I guess that's it.

No jingle day pageant this year.

♪♪ Yeah. Oh! But, pop!

Pop, pop! If we don't do

The show, will there still be

A jingle day?

♪♪ [Gasps]

Can I get back to you on that

One, son?

♪♪ [Sighs]

♪♪ Word quickly spread.

No jingle day pageant this year.

So, on jingle day eve, everyone

In the town was walking around

Looking downer than down.

Hey, how you feeling?

♪♪ Down.

♪♪ Downer than down.

♪♪ You see what I mean?

♪♪ Hmm.

♪♪ [Sighs]

♪♪ Hey, annie! How you doing?

♪♪ Well, actually, mrs. Z,

We're having some trouble.

♪♪ Oh, you know what you need?

A ride on my wubble.

♪♪ Oh, mrs. Z, I'm having some

Really big problems

With the show, and i--i don't

Know how to ride a wubble.

♪♪ Annie. You don't--

♪♪ I know, I know. I don't know

What I can do until I try.

♪♪ Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

♪♪ But, um, you see, we really

Need to talk about the show,

Mrs.--Ah--mrs. Zabarelli.

♪♪ Now always move forward.

Don't ever go back. Give it your

All, take up the slack.

[Bicycle bell rings]

♪♪ But the show, mrs. Z.

♪♪ And one tiny pointer,

But the biggest of all,

Just climb right back on,

If ever you fall.

♪♪ Whoa, whoa! [Gasping]

Mrs. Z?

♪♪ Mm-hmm?

♪♪ Can we please talk about

The show?

♪♪ Well, what did you think

I was talking about?!

♪♪ Well, wubbling! [Gasping]

♪♪ Oh. Well, that, too.

♪♪ Oh. Well, that, too. ♪♪ Oh, mrs. Z!

♪♪ Oh, mrs. Z!

♪♪ All right, people. We're

Gonna pull this pageant

Together! We're gonna always

Move forward, never go back!

And something about taking up

Slack. Are you with me?!

♪♪ You bet, annie!

♪♪ We're with you all the way!

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ Good! That's what I like

To hear. I only wish there were

More of you saying it.

♪♪ Oh, ok, ok, all we have to do

Is, um, all the dancing

And the music and, oh, what

About the costumes?

♪♪ Don't worry. We'll pull it

Together. No reason to panic.

♪♪ The pageant begins in...

Hours.

[All screaming]

♪♪ ♪La

♪♪ La ♪

♪♪ Whoa!

♪♪ Oh?

♪♪ Oh? [Upbeat music playing]

[Upbeat music playing]

[Upbeat music playing] [thud]

[Thud]

[Tap dancing]

♪♪ Eeh-hee!

Oooh!

Oooh! No!

No!

♪♪ [Humming]

♪♪ [Yawns]

♪♪ So, uh, how's it look

Out there?

♪♪ Well, it's not what you'd

Call a full house.

♪♪ Nobody came, huh?

♪♪ Not a soul.

♪♪ Oh, what are

We going to do now?

♪♪ Well...we'll give those

Empty seats a show they'll

Never forget.

♪♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

♪♪ You go ahead, horton.

♪♪ Ok. [Giggling]

This is fun! Oh, watch this.

Phhttt! [Giggles] oh, oh, oh!

Oh! Uh-oh! I'm out of control!

How do you stop these things?!

Oww!

♪♪ [Gasps] horton, are you ok?

It's time for our next song.

♪♪ I meant what I said

And I said what I meant.

But it isn't much fun to roll

Into cement.

♪♪ Oh, come on, horton,

Let's go.

♪♪ Ok.

♪♪ [Tap dancing]

, , ...

♪♪ Hop over there...

♪♪ Toes on the ground...

♪♪ Here and there...

♪♪ Hey, that's our song.

♪♪ Hey, that's our song. [Music playing]

[Music playing]

♪♪ Mm-mm-mm-mm!

♪♪ Yuh-huh.

♪♪ Cheese, cheese!

♪♪ Banana. I'm telling you,

Banana's funnier!

♪♪ Cheese is much funnier

Than banana.

♪♪ No, no, no, no. No, no,

Banana peel. The cheese stands

Alone--ooh, listen!

[All gasping]

♪♪ Hurry up, we're missing

♪♪ Hurry up, we're missing the finale!

The finale!

♪♪ ♪ If you sing the song

That I sing, the sun will rise,

Enjoy the song that I sing

♪♪ Vocalize

♪♪ Sing the song that we sing,

Bring the faith that we bring

♪♪ Believe

♪♪ Believe

♪♪ Believe

♪♪ Believe

♪♪ Believe

♪♪ Believe ♪

♪♪ What's going on? Oh.

♪♪ ♪ If we sing the song that

We sing, the dawn will appear,

Join the song that we sing,

We shall hear

♪♪ Sing the song that we sing ♪

♪♪ Everyone's here!

♪♪ ♪ Bring the voice

That you bring

♪♪ Believe,

Believe

♪♪ Sing the song that we sing,

With the faith

That all of us bring,

Soon the night will give way

And pass to the light

Of the day

♪♪ Sing

♪♪ Sing

♪♪ Sing till the last

♪♪ Till the last

Till the last ♪

[Wind blowing]

♪♪ [Gasps] now, morton!

♪♪ [Gasps] now, morton! ♪♪ Ah, I can't annie, I can't.

♪♪ Ah, I can't annie, I can't.

♪♪ Morton, you don't know what

You can do until you try!

♪♪ Ah...ah...

♪♪ Ah...ah... [Gasping]

[Gasping]

♪♪ ♪ Sing the song that we sing

♪♪ Sing the song that we sing

♪♪ With the faith that

All of us bring

♪♪ Faith that all of us bring

♪♪ Soon the night will give way

And pass to the light

Of the day

♪♪ Believe ♪

♪♪ Believe ♪ [cheers and applause]

[Cheers and applause]

♪♪ [Humming]

Well, that's how it happened,

Not that long ago,

When annie directed

Her first jingle show.

♪♪ Is that really how you got

Your baton ms. Deloo?

♪♪ Yes. And now it's my turn

To pass it to you.

♪♪ Oh, well, uh, yah, um, no,

Ms. Deloo! I can't do this!

Mm-mmm.

♪♪ Arianna, you don't know what

You can do, until you try.

♪♪ Ms. Deloo! No, wait!

I-i-i-i, ms. Deloo, I can't

Do this all by myself!

I don't know any elephants!

♪♪ [Humming] oh, hello..

♪♪ Hi. Ah, perhaps

You could help me.

♪♪ Sure.

♪♪ I have to direct a really big

Show. Do you know any

Tap dancing elephants?

♪♪ Hmm, let's see, tap dancing

Elephants, you say?

As a matter of fact I do!

♪♪ Ooh!

♪♪ I also know a moose

Who can mamba

And a turtle who can tango!

♪♪ Wow!