02x06 - The Cat In The Hat's Flower Power

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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02x06 - The Cat In The Hat's Flower Power

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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

"The wubbulous world of dr. Seuss" ♪

Of dr. Seuss" ♪

[All talking at once]

♪♪ It's mine! No, no, no, it's

Mine! There it is!

♪♪ Oh, oh! It's mine! It's mine!

♪♪ [Laughs]

Hello. Welcome, welcome.

♪♪ We got it! Yay! Whoo-hoo!

[All laugh]

♪♪ It is a beautiful day. That's

Because today in the wubbulous

World, it's the first day of

Spring! Ahh. Spring is here.

Spring is here! [Laughs]

Spring is here.

Ooh, I like it a lot.

Everything I think

Is a happy spring thought.

So what does spring mean?

Well...

Spring means...

Sunshine shining.

Ahh, yes. Spring means songbirds

Singing. [Laughs]

Spring means butterflies flying.

♪♪ Hi, cat!

♪♪ Hi, butterfly!

[Both laugh]

♪♪ Sunshine, songbirds,

Butterflies.

I love spring!

[Sighs]

♪ Everything grows

In the springtime,

Just look around,

And you'll see

There's melons and cherries

And blue bimple berries

♪♪ And buds on my beautiful tree

♪♪ Turnips are starting

To turn up,

String beans are

Growing new string, yes!

Blooming and sprouting

And practically shouting,

Everything grows in the spring

♪♪ Little cats finding

New whiskers

♪♪ New chicks are learning

To fly

♪♪ Tiny young sneelings

Are feeling new feelings

♪♪ And there is

A good reason why

♪♪ Everything grows

In the springtime

Filling the air with hello!

Look around in the spring,

And you'll see why I sing

How I love to see

Everything grow

♪♪ And grow

♪♪ And grow

♪♪ And grow

♪♪ How I love to see

Everything grow! ♪

♪♪ We love spring!

♪♪ Terrence!

What else does spring mean to

You?

♪♪ I'll tell you what it means,

Cat. Presenting terrence

Mcbird's prize-winning purple

And pink happiola flower.

♪♪ Um, I don't see anything

Purple or pink.

♪♪ Well, that's because my

Purple and pink happiola hasn't

Bloomed yet. But it's growing

Inside this pot. And soon, you

Will see its brilliant petals.

♪♪ Ooh, I can't wait. May I help

You take care of it?

♪♪ Well, gardening is my, um,

Specialty, cat. However, you may

Help. And you'll learn how to

Raise a healthy and beautiful

Flower.

♪♪ Oh, thank you, bird.

A beautiful flower is growing in

Terrence mcbird's pot.

[Fanfare]

♪♪ But right now, it's time for

A story.

The leaf of a very young tree.

There's a story growing in

The wubbulous world, and it

Starts with a very young tree.

To the wubbulascope! Let's crank

Up the wubbulascope and take

Up the wubbulascope and take a look at the map.

A look at the map.

The story takes place in

The kingdom of didd. Let's take

A ride through the wubbulascope.

A ride through the wubbulascope. Ah, yes. We're coming, didd.

Ah, yes. We're coming, didd.

In the kingdom of didd,

With the sun shining bright,

Something is happening

In clear, broad daylight.

Milo the page is planting

A tree!

♪♪ Welcome to your new home,

Little tree! You're just

A sapling now, but one day,

You'll be big. I just know it.

♪♪ Yes, milo the page

Is starting to see

A glorious future

For this little tree.

♪♪ This tree, it just might...

[Thunder and raining]

♪♪ Grow taller and taller

Through rain and through thunder

Through rain and through thunder and all kinds of weather.

And all kinds of weather.

This tree, it just might

Grow up to the sky.

Wow.

With big fruit that tastes just

Like pumpkin pie.

Hmm. Mmm. It tastes just like

Pumpkin pie.

[Grunts]

♪♪ But that is not all

That milo sees for

This tree he has planted--

Oh, no. He sees more.

♪♪ [Grunts and exhales]

This tree, it just could

Be a place to have fun.

A great big slide for people to

Ride!

♪♪ Step right up! Step right up!

Y'all come on and ride

The kingdom of didd's only tree

Slide. Step right up! Right

This way.

[All talking at once]

♪♪ Sign me up!

♪♪ Wow!

♪♪ Oh. Whoa!

♪♪ Whoo-hoo-hoo!

♪♪ Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

♪♪ Come on, kid. We're waiting

For you!

♪♪ Oh, boy!

♪♪ Come on, milo! You can do it!

Go on down!

[All shouting at once]

♪♪ Oof! Whee! Aah! Oof!

[Laughter]

♪♪ That was wonderful!

♪♪ Wow, that was fun! [Laughs]

♪♪ Yeah. ., Milo.

♪♪ Hey, let's go again.

♪♪ And now that he's seeing

How great it could be,

Milo is dreaming big plans

For this tree.

♪♪ Maybe, just maybe...

This tree could protect people

From mean roaring monsters who

Chase them away.

♪♪ Roar!

♪♪ Roar!

♪♪ Oh, tree scare little dragon.

[Cries]

♪♪ Well, little tree, I have

High hopes for you. I really do.

Good luck.

♪♪ So milo has big dreams for

His young tree. But can a tree

Have dreams?

Ahh, yes!

Yes, sometimes a tree

Has its own plans in mind...

Like a nice shady place

For milo to find.

A simple dream, really,

For a tree grown so high,

But a dream nonetheless

For our young tree to sigh.

♪♪ [Sighs]

♪♪ And so, a new tree

Has started to grow.

Which dreams come to pass,

We all soon will know.

What if your favorite tree had

A dream? What would it dream

About?

♪♪ Oh, cat!

♪♪ Coming, bird!

Hello, bird. How is your purple

And pink happiola? Is it ready

To bloom?

♪♪ Almost, cat, almost. Right

Now, I'd like you to help me.

♪♪ Oh, goody! I can help him

Take of it! [Laughs]

♪♪ Oh, yeah. Ok. Ok. Ok. Listen

Carefully.

♪♪ Mmm?

♪♪ Step one in raising

A beautiful purple and pink

Happiola, water the flower.

Happiola, water the flower. ♪♪ Step one, water the flower.

♪♪ Step one, water the flower.

[Gulping]

♪♪ Flowers in the wubbulous

World are a little different

From flowers in your world.

♪♪ Ahh.

♪♪ Step two, feed the flower.

♪♪ Step two, feed the flower.

[Humming]

♪♪ [Chewing]

♪♪ Chowtime!

Hungry flower.

♪♪ [Belches]

Excuse me.

♪♪ Whoa.

♪♪ The flower has been fed.

♪♪ Yeah. Step , show the flower

♪♪ Yeah. Step , show the flower love and affection, like so.

Love and affection, like so.

There, there, pretty flower.

There, there.

Ok?

♪♪ Step , love and affection.

Mmm. Let me try.

Oh! I love you! I love you!

You are my one, my only, my

Life! Oh, look! Look at

The flower! Look how it's grown!

♪♪ Cat, you are a fine student!

♪♪ I am a happy, happy cat!

♪♪ [Both grunt]

♪♪ I am sad. I am a sad, sad

Cat. Oh, bird, how can we save

The flower? Is there a step

Number ?

♪♪ Uh--uh, yes, cat, there is

A step , but I can't remember

It. I'm afraid--

♪♪ Have no fear! There is

A solution to every problem.

We'll just call pam-i-am.

We'll call her on the pam phone.

Pam-i-am, we've got a broken

Flower. We need you right away.

♪♪ So...

♪♪ Aah!

♪♪ Where's this broken flower?

♪♪ Heh. In the kitchen, pam.

♪♪ Oh, well, come on, cat. We

Got to fix the flower. Follow

Me, ok? We'll get right to it,

Right in a jiffy.

Hmm. Ahh.

♪♪ Ahh.

♪♪ What seems to be the problem?

♪♪ Ahh.

♪♪ Is there a cure?

♪♪ Aha. Uh-huh. Aha! It's just

As I suspected. This flower

Needs...

♪♪ Yes?

♪♪ Sunshine!

♪♪ Sunshine?

♪♪ Yes!

♪♪ Sunshine?

♪♪ Of course!

♪♪ Oh, yeah. Step , give your

Plant plenty of sunshine.

♪♪ Sunshine.

♪♪ I knew that. Hey! Whoa!

♪♪ Now, let's just give this

Flower some good, healthy

Sunshine. Yes, soak up

The sunshine, little flower.

Soak it up.

Mm-hmm.

♪♪ Wow. [Both gasp]

♪♪ Good as new!

♪♪ Impressive!

♪♪ Thank you, pam-i-am. Thank

You for making a formerly sad

Cat into a currently happy cat.

♪♪ No problem, cat. And just

Remember, a healthy flower is

A beautiful flower.

♪♪ Got it, pam-i-am.

♪♪ Oh, and cat, stay happy.

♪♪ [Laughs] oh, bird, the flower

Is healthy again. But when will

It bloom? I'm so excited

♪♪ Ok, ok. Soon, cat, real soon.

But first, I have one more

Expert piece of advice.

[Fanfare]

♪♪ Oh, hold that thought, bird.

Right now, we've got a story to

Watch.

♪♪ Whoa! Ooh.

♪♪ [Grunts] "the flowers are

Blooming

In seussville this spring.

And all through the town,

Seussvilleans sing."

I love singing. Let's see

The rest of this story.

To the wubbulous scope.

We'll crank up the old wubbulous

We'll crank up the old wubbulous scope.

Scope.

The story takes place in

Seussville. Let's take a look

Through the wubbulascope.

Through the wubbulascope. And we're off!

And we're off!

This is seussville. It's spring

In seussville. And that means

Flowers, lots of them--

Including seussville's own

Beautiful binky blossoms.

Every year, sarah hall-small and

All the seussvilleans celebrate

Spring with the binky blossom

Festival. Tomorrow is

The festival. Today, sarah

Gathers binky blossoms.

♪♪ ♪ Binky blossom,

Binky blossom,

Soft and bright and gay

♪♪ Welcome, welcome,

Binky blossom,

On this perfect day

♪♪ Gently blowing blooms

Are growing,

Spring is here to stay,

Welcome, welcome,

Binky blossom,

On this perfect day ♪

♪♪ It's beautiful!

♪♪ And delicate!

♪♪ So special!

♪♪ ♪ Binky blossom,

Binky blossom,

Small and light and gay

♪♪ Welcome, welcome,

Binky blossom

On this perfect day,

Hope that you will stay ♪

♪♪ Yes, this is seussville.

And just north of seussville is

Mount crumpit. On mount crumpit,

It is never spring, because

The grinch lives on mount

Crumpit, and he hates spring.

♪♪ I hate spring.

♪♪ ♪ Fa, la, la

♪♪ I hate flowers.

And I hate singing. [Groans]

When people are singing, that

Means they are happy. And I

Can't stand it when people are

Happy. [Groans] tomorrow's

The festival. That means even

More singing than today, and

Twice as much happiness.

Twice as much happiness. [Grumbling]

[Grumbling]

Max!

♪♪ [Barking]

♪♪ Max!

♪♪ [Barks]

We must think of a way to stop

Tomorrow's binky blossom

Festival.

♪♪ [Grunts]

♪♪ The grinch and his dog max

Started to think. They thought

And they thought...

And they thought very hard,

Until...

♪♪ [Snoring]

♪♪ The grinch had a thought,

A terrible thought. The grinch

Had a terrifically terrible

Thought.

♪♪ [Laughs] what a thought!

Max!

♪♪ [Whimpers]

♪♪ It's all so simple. [Laughs]

♪♪ [Grunts]

♪♪ [Exhales]

[Chuckles] the grinch's arctic

Snow blaster.

[Laughs]

When I turn it on, snow will

Blast out onto seussville. Do

You know what that means, max?

♪♪ [Grunts]

♪♪ Do you know, maxie?

It means that the binky blossoms

Will freeze, and everyone will

Be sad!

♪♪ [Yelps]

♪♪ [Laughs]

Oh, max, I'm so...happy.

[Laughs]

♪♪ [Whimpers]

♪♪ [Whimpers] [squeaking and sputtering]

[Squeaking and sputtering]

♪♪ So on through the night,

The grinch's arctic snow blaster

Blew down on seussville.

And cold and snow fell on

The park and the binky blossoms.

And the grinch watched

And laughed his horrible laugh.

♪♪ [Laughs]

♪♪ And by morning, the town was

Covered in snow.

♪♪ [Gasps] uh, hey. What

Happened to spring?

♪♪ Jeez. What happened to

The binky blossoms?

♪♪ [Sneezes and sniffles] the

Cold and snow took them away!

♪♪ Ohh.

♪♪ Wha--wha...

Where have all the flowers gone?

♪♪ Um, um...

[All stammer]

♪♪ They're gone, sarah.

♪♪ They d*ed in the cold.

♪♪ Oh. Then what about

The festival?

♪♪ [Sniffs] without binky

Blossoms, there is no festival.

♪♪ Ohh.

♪♪ Oh, no.

♪♪ Hey, what's that?

♪♪ Huh? [Gasps]

♪♪ It's a snowflake.

♪♪ Oh.

And it's beautiful!

[All gasp]

♪♪ Hey, these snowflakes are

Beautiful.

♪♪ Mm-hmm.

♪♪ They're all so different.

♪♪ And so delicate! [Sneezes]

♪♪ It's not a flower, but it is

Just as special, when you really

Look at it.

♪♪ Hey, let's gather some more.

♪♪ Yeah! That's wonderful.

♪♪ That's a good idea.

♪♪ Let's see. [Gasps] oh, wow.

♪♪ There's one.

♪♪ So while sarah and her

Friends were gathering

Snowflakes, the grinch lounged

Lazily in his lair.

♪♪ Happy, happy, happy! I'm so

Happy, happy, happy!

♪♪ [Barking]

♪♪ What is it, you mutt?

♪♪ [Yapping]

♪♪ Do you mind? I'm trying to

Enjoy other people's

Unhappiness. [Laughs]

♪♪ [Barking and howling]

♪♪ [Barking and howling] ♪♪ this better be good.

♪♪ This better be good.

♪♪ [Barking]

♪♪ Now, max, what--

[Indistinct singing]

♪♪ What is that noise I hear?

♪♪ ♪ La, la, la, la...

♪♪ That noise was the singing of

A seussville festival.

♪♪ ♪ La, la, la,

La, la, la ♪

♪♪ Ooh! I didn't mean to make

People happy.

[Growls] foiled again!

♪♪ [Yaps] whoo!

♪♪ ♪ Pretty snowflake,

Pretty snowflake,

Small and light and gay,

Welcome, welcome,

Pretty snowflake,

On this perfect day

♪♪ Sarah and the seussvilleans

Had snowflakes to celebrate--

Had snowflakes to celebrate-- and they were happy.

And they were happy.

So even though flowers

Were not there that day,

The people found joy

In a cold winter way.

Ahh. I just love a happy ending.

[Oboe playing]

♪♪ Hmm? Oh, music! Let's see

Where it's coming from.

Where it's coming from. [Playing]

[Playing]

♪♪ Bird, what are you doing?

♪♪ Well, I'm playing music for

My flower. It's step in

Raising a beautiful purple and

Pink happiola.

♪♪ Step , playing music.

Well, then, bird, can I help?

♪♪ Well, of course you can, cat.

♪♪ Here's looking at you, bud.

Hit it, birdy!

Hit it, birdy! [Playing jazz music]

[Playing jazz music]

[Playing jazz music] [playing]

[Playing]

♪♪ [All gasp]

Ahh!

♪♪ Look, bird, the purple and

Pink happiola is positively

Beautiful. You must be proud of

Your flower.

♪♪ Ah, I am proud, cat.

But I couldn't have done it

Without your help.

Cat...this is our flower.

[Smacks lips]

[Inhales]

[Inhales] [playing]

[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 we're on our way,

Let's shout hooray!

Let's shout hooray! ♪♪ Just shout hooray! ♪

♪♪ Just shout hooray! ♪
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