02x03 - The Cat In The Hat's Big Birthday Surprise

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss". Aired: October 13, 1996 – May 15, 1998.*
Watch/Buy Amazon


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.
Post Reply

02x03 - The Cat In The Hat's Big Birthday Surprise

Post by bunniefuu »

♪♪ 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!
Post Reply