02x10 - The Cat In The Hat's Indoor Picnic

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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02x10 - The Cat In The Hat's Indoor Picnic

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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" ♪

♪♪ Welcome!

Welcome to my home!

Whoo!

I'm so glad that you're here,

Oh, I like it a lot.

It's just not as much fun

To be here when you're not.

Today is a big day.

We are going to the playground

For a picnic.

♪♪ Did you say "picnic"?

♪♪ I think he said "picnic."

♪♪ The cat said "picnic."

♪♪ Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!

Wait for me!

♪♪ Ah, my good friend,

Mr. Terrence mcbird!

♪♪ I'm coming too.

♪♪ I'm so happy you're joining

Our picnic.

♪♪ I wouldn't miss it for the

World, cat. I can't wait to

Play in the sandbox.

Can we go, cat?

Can we go outside now?

♪♪ Bird, we are ready.

♪♪ Then let's go have a picnic!

♪♪ [Cheering]

[Crosstalk]

♪♪ After you.

♪♪ After you. [Thunder]

[Thunder]

[Thunder] ♪♪ could it be?

♪♪ Could it be?

♪♪ It's raining.

♪♪ Raining?

♪♪ That's right, cats.

♪♪ Aah!

♪♪ It's raining.

♪♪ The picnic bug!

♪♪ That means no picnic.

And that means no...sandbox.

[Sniff] I wanted to play

In the sandbox.

♪♪ [Grumbling]

♪♪ But wait! Have no fear.

We can have an indoor picnic!

♪♪ An indoor picnic?

♪♪ We've got food.

♪♪ We've got good friends.

♪♪ And we know how to have fun!

♪♪ Then nothing is stopping us.

This is the perfect place for a

Picnic!

♪♪ Yeah!

♪♪ ♪ The perfect place for a

Picnic is a park

With grass and trees,

With a sandbox and a lake

With boats and the buzz

Of playful bees ♪

♪♪ ♪ I'm sorry bird,

You're way off base

A picnic site is any place

As long as you're in a picnick-y

Kind of a mood,

The perfect place for a picnic

Is wherever there's fun ♪

♪♪ ♪ And friends!

♪♪ ♪ And food!

♪♪ ♪ The perfect place for a

Picnic is wherever there's fun,

And friends and food ♪

♪♪ ♪ We've got a basket

And a blanket, lemonade ♪

♪♪ ♪ Cat, I drank it

♪♪ ♪ Well that's all right,

We've still got fizzberry punch,

Let's picnic here

Who says we can't?

We've got all we need.

♪♪ ♪ Including the ant!

♪♪ Actually, I'm a bug.

♪♪ Whatever.

♪♪ ♪ Oh, a picnic is my favorite

Way to have lunch! ♪

♪♪ Hee hee!

♪♪ ♪ The perfect place for a

Picnic is wherever you happen to

Be,

And the perfect time for a

Picnic is... ♪

♪♪ ♪ Immediately!

♪♪ ♪ We don't need a park with

Swings ♪

♪♪ ♪ We have the all important

Things to put us in a

Picnicky kind of a mood,

The perfect place for a picnic

Is wherever there's fun

And friends and food!

The perfect place for a picnic

Is wherever there's fun...

And friends...♪

♪♪ ♪ And food!

♪♪ Ah, the perfect spot for our

Indoor picnic! Are we happy?

♪♪ Yes!

♪♪ No!

A picnic is meant to be

Out in the sun. A picnic indoors

Just cannot be done.

A picnic can't be fun if I can't

Play in the sandbox.

♪♪ Bird, a picnic can be

Outdoors or indoors.

It can be anywhere.

[Fanfare plays]

♪♪ Aah!

♪♪ Ah-ha. "Right now, in the

Kingdom of didd, someone is

Going on a picnic."

Where is it going to be?

Where could it be?

Let's find out.

Let's crank up the

Wubbulascope and take a look

Wubbulascope and take a look at the map.

At the map.

We need to travel to the kingdom

Of didd.

[Trumpet plays]

That's where our story

Is happening.

Let's look through the

Wubbulascope.

Wubbulascope. And we're...off!

And we're...off!

[Boing!]

♪♪ Pear...

♪♪ ♪ Princess tizzapinella

We'll be leaving for our picnic

In a few minutes.

♪♪ I'll be ready, lady

Fretibula. Uh, where are we

Going?

♪♪ To a wonderful, beautiful,

And special place. ♪ Ahh

♪♪ Wow. A wonderful place for

A picnic?

♪♪ Where, tizz wonders,

Could this picnic place be?

Could it possibly be

In the desert of snee?

♪♪ Princess tizz, would you pass

Me a beezlenut biscuit, please?

♪♪ Of course, lady fretibula.

♪♪ Oh my!

Wow!

♪♪ On a picnic in snee you have

To take care and pack extra food

For the two-headed slare.

♪♪ Tasty biscuit.

♪♪ Hey, hey, what about me?

I'm hungry, too.

♪♪ Hey, get your own chow.

♪♪ You never share.

♪♪ [Screaming]

♪♪ Hang on everybody!

♪♪ Hang on everybody! ♪♪ [Crosstalk]

♪♪ [Crosstalk]

♪♪ Now tizz is thinking where

Else it could be? Could a picnic

Be down at the bottom of the

Be down at the bottom of the sea?

Sea?

♪♪ Milo, would you like a

Teeklefruit?

♪♪ Yes, please.

Toss one over here.

♪♪ All right.

♪♪ But down here, there's a

Chance that a fish will swim

Through...

[Chomp!]

♪♪ [Burp] ohh.

♪♪ And try very hard

To take food meant for you.

♪♪ Now tizz is dreaming of a

♪♪ Now tizz is dreaming of a new place...

New place...

She dreams of a picnic

In deep outer space.

♪♪ Let's throw the bloaty ball!

♪♪ A grand idea!

♪♪ Over here!

♪♪ But in deep outer space

The air is quite light

And you might find yourself

Floating right out of sight.

♪♪ Milo, I've got ♪ you!

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh, dear!

♪♪ Everyone, stay calm!

♪♪ Oh no!

♪♪ Ah! Oh!

♪♪ I've got your leg, milo.

♪♪ We stopped.

♪♪ What happened?

♪♪ I'm wearing my special

Anti-floatation belt.

♪♪ Thank goodness.

♪♪ Thanks, tizz.

♪♪ No problem.

♪♪ Well...

♪♪ There.

♪♪ Are you ready, tizz?

♪♪ Ready, milo.

♪♪ Then let's go, children.

♪ Ahh

♪♪ Wait for me!

♪♪ So the time has now come

For today's picnic fun,

As fretibula leads the kids

Out in the sun.

♪♪ Ahh. Here we are, children.

♪♪ So this is where we're having

Our picnic? This is "wonderful,

Beautiful, and special?"

♪♪ Mmm. It's my favorite place.

Oh!

♪♪ What a wonderful butterfly.

♪♪ Wow!

♪♪ Look at all the beautiful

Flowers, children.

♪♪ Wow!

♪♪ And listen to the pretty

Sounds.

[Birds chirping]

♪♪ This place is special.

♪♪ Mmm.

♪♪ Let's eat!

♪♪ Yes. Yes why don't we?

♪♪ A picnic can happen in so

Many places, in the sea,

Many places, in the sea, on a moon, in warm sunny spaces.

On a moon, in warm sunny spaces.

The garden turned out to be a

Perfect place for a picnic,

Didn't it?

♪♪ Sandwiches! Sandwiches!

We want sandwiches!

♪♪ I hear hungry little cats.

I'm on my way!

♪♪ Come on, cat.

We're ready to eat.

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ Then let's open the picnic

Basket!

♪♪ Sandwiches? Oop. Sorry, cats.

No sandwiches in here.

♪♪ What happened?

♪♪ Well, I'm a picnic bug.

And picnic bugs eat picnic

Sandwiches.

♪♪ Looks like we need to make

More sandwiches.

♪♪ Did someone say sandwiches?

♪♪ It's my good friend,

Sam-i-am!

♪♪ Hiya, cats. What can I do

For you on this rainy day?

♪♪ Sam-i-am, would you, could

You make us some sandwiches for

Our indoor picnic?

♪♪ Right away, cat!

To the kitchen!

♪♪ Me first! Me first!

♪♪ I'm there. I'm there!

♪♪ Ok, cats, what'll it be

Today?

♪♪ We want ham and cheese!

♪♪ Ham and cheese for

, , , Hungry cats. Hmm.

I've got just the thing.

Cats, I am going to make for

You...

Sam-i-am's jumbo green ham and

Cheese sandwich!

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ That is one big piece of

Bread!

♪♪ Mm-hmm. [Whistles] bring 'er

In. This way. Easy. Watch out.

That's it. Ok. Whoa. Ha ha ha.

First we need a little mustard.

♪♪ Ooh. Ohh.

♪♪ Whoa.

♪♪ Ooh.

♪♪ Then we roll on the green

Ham.

♪♪ Wow. Yeah!

♪♪ Next is the cheese.

♪♪ Mmm. Yummy.

♪♪ Tasty.

♪♪ Then we add some mayo.

Yeah...

♪♪ That looks really yummy.

♪♪ And we've got a ham and

Cheese sandwich!

♪♪ Uh-uh--we've got sam-i-am's

Jumbo green ham and cheese

Sandwich!

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ Now dig in, cats.

♪♪ Can't wait! Mmm.

♪♪ Yes. Thank you, sam-i-am.

We will enjoy this very special

Sandwich.

♪♪ I hope you do, cat.

Now I've got to run.

Have a great day!

♪♪ Bye, sam!

♪♪ Cat, what on earth is that

Noise?!

♪♪ Ah, the little cats and I are

Enjoying our picnic lunch.

Won't you join us, terrence

Mcbird?

♪♪ It's very tasty.

♪♪ Uh...no, no, no.

I cannot join you. A picnic is

Meant to be out in the sun.

A picnic indoors just cannot

Be done! How can I have fun at

A picnic without my sandbox?

[Fanfare plays]

♪♪ It sounds like a story.

♪♪ A story?

[Boing!]

♪♪ It's a story from the sunny

Jungle of nool.

Best friends are looking for

Something very special.

Let's go to the wubbulascope!

♪♪ I love a story. Wait for me.

Ahh. Let's crank up the

Ahh. Let's crank up the wubbulascope.

Wubbulascope.

We know the story takes place in

The jungle of nool.

Let's take a look through the

Wubbulascope.

Wubbulascope. And, here we come, nool!

And, here we come, nool!

Junior and morton are going out

To explore. They're looking for

Something they've not seen

Before.

♪♪ Wow! Look at that feather!

♪♪ Today's the day, morton.

We're going to see the maputo

Bird.

♪♪ Do you really think so,

Junior? I mean, there's only one

Maputo bird.

♪♪ Morton, ol' buddy ol' pal,

I've got a feeling.

♪♪ ♪Maputo bird! Maputo bird!

We're going to see the maputo

Bird! ♪

♪♪ Yeah!

♪♪ Morton, junior, it's time to

Go.

♪♪ Let's go find the maputo

Bird!

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ Hah, hah.

♪♪ The jungle is beautiful

Today!

♪♪ Yeah, it is. When do we get

To see the maputo bird?

♪♪ Yeah, when, dad?

♪♪ We need to be patient.

The most impor--

[Wickershams grunting]

♪♪ That's it, that's it!

That's the sound of...

♪♪ [Grunting] coming through.

[Thud]

♪♪ A wickersham.

♪♪ A wickersham.

♪♪ Yoo-hoo!

♪♪ That's it, that's it!

♪♪ Are you sure, junior?

♪♪ Oh morton, I am so sure

That is most definitely the

Sound of...

♪♪ Yoohoo! Yoohoo!

♪♪ A purple yoohoo.

♪♪ A purple yoohoo.

Are we ever going to see the

Maputo bird?

♪♪ I hope so, junior. But we

Have to be patient and quiet.

Otherwise we'll scare it away.

♪♪ Patient and quiet.

♪♪ Patient and quiet.

♪♪ Very good, boys.

♪♪ No problem.

♪♪ Look out!

♪♪ That's it! That's it!

The maputo bird!

♪♪ ♪ The maputo bird!

The maputo bird! ♪

♪♪ Boys, stay calm.

♪♪ Right, dad.

♪♪ Look out!

♪♪ Ah, morton! It's behind

That bush, hurry!

Before it flies away!

♪♪ Be careful, junior!

♪♪ ♪ Maputo bird! Maputo bird!

[Thud]

Whoa!

♪♪ Oh, ah!

♪♪ Junior, are you ok?

♪♪ Oww, I hurt my paw.

♪♪ We're going to have to take

You home.

♪♪ But we didn't get to see the

Maputo bird.

♪♪ I'm sorry, junior.

♪♪ All right, you need lots of

Rest, junior.

♪♪ Thanks, mom.

So I guess you're on your own,

Morton. I hope you get to see

The maputo bird.

♪♪ But, junior, we were going to

See it together.

♪♪ You're a good friend, morton.

But you shouldn't have to miss

Out. You go on.

♪♪ Well, all right, junior.

♪♪ Feel better, junior.

♪♪ Thanks.

♪♪ Yes. All right, lay back,

Junior. There you go. You just

Get some sleep.

♪♪ [Sigh] dad, I'm really sad

Junior can't stay out with us.

♪♪ I know, son, but he has to

Get better.

♪♪ Yeah.

Hey, maybe junior "can" still

See the maputo bird.

♪♪ Morton, junior has--

♪♪ To stay in, I know.

But I've got a plan.

But I've got a plan. Dad, come on!

Dad, come on!

♪♪ Junior, you have visitors.

♪♪ Hiya, junior!

♪♪ Morton, what happened?

I'm sorry I missed the maputo

Bird.

♪♪ Actually, junior, ol' buddy

Ol' pal, you didn't miss a

Thing.

♪♪ All the way from the jungle

Outside, presenting mick maputo

Bird.

♪♪ Wow!

♪♪ Look out! Thank ya. Thank ya

Very much. Thank ya.

I hope you don't mind, but I

Brought my jungle with me.

♪ Out in the jungle

A world you can't ignore,

Out in the jungle

Such magic to explore,

You're a king in the jungle

Where the hot sun shines,

If you swing in the jungle

You will feel di-vines,

Out in the jungle is where

You want to be,

Look in the jungle

A snark with feathered plumes,

Smell in the jungle

The orange goldania blooms,

Way out in the jungle

Wear a bamboo suit,

Or you can pick a pocketful

Of pookie fruit,

Yes, out in the jungle is

Where you want to be,

Live every moment

With jungle ease,

Lie in the shade

Of the truffula trees ♪

♪♪ ♪ Feel the breeze!

♪♪ ♪ You'll find a stripple rock

Beneath your feet,

What better way to make

A day complete,

Way out in the jungle

Yes, out in the jungle is where

You want to be! ♪

♪♪ Ah. Whoa...

♪♪ Hey, thanks, mick.

♪♪ Hey, that's cool, kid.

I love to help a friend in need.

Now I gotta go.

[Applause]

♪♪ Goodnight, everybody!

♪♪ Bye.

♪♪ Thanks, bye!

Morton, you're the best.

This day turned out great after

All.

♪♪ Well, I wanted to make sure

We saw the maputo bird...

Together. That was our plan,

Right?

♪♪ You're a true friend, morton.

A true friend.

♪♪ Aww.

♪♪ So junior still had

A day full of fun,

Although he was inside

And not in the sun.

Sometimes you have to stay

Indoors. But you can still have

A good time. What kind of games

Do you play indoors?

♪♪ [Terrence grumbling]

♪♪ Let's ask terrence mcbird.

♪♪ Aww...

♪♪ Bird, you don't look happy.

♪♪ Well, cat, I'm not.

I was so excited to go outside

And play in the sandbox--

[Thunder]

♪♪ But it's still raining.

♪♪ Ooh, hoo. Hee hee.

Oh, excuse me, cat and bird.

But now that we're done eating,

We're ready to play.

Would you like to join us?

♪♪ Why thank you, little cat c!

♪♪ I thank you, but I don't

Believe--

♪♪ Come on, birdy, just give it

A try.

♪♪ As you wish. Ooh woah!

♪♪ Oh, this is great!

Introducing the indoor picnic

Swing.

♪♪ That looks like such fun.

♪♪ It does look, uh, fun.

♪♪ I like it. Follow me!

♪♪ Woo, heh.

Look out.

♪♪ Wait for me!

♪♪ Yee-ha!

[Laughing]

Whoa!

♪♪ [Laughing]

Oh yeah, what is this?

♪♪ What does it look like?

It's an indoor picnic seesaw.

♪♪ Hey!

♪♪ What do you think, my birdly

Friend?

♪♪ It looks fun. Oh-ho...

♪♪ You ain't seen nothing yet!

♪♪ I'm starting to like this.

Mmm-mmm-mmm. What's next?!

Where is it? Huh? Huh?

♪♪ Look familiar?

♪♪ It's a birdbath.

That doesn't look very fun.

I'm afraid I was right about an

Indoor picnic.

It just can't be fun.

Oh, how I wanted to play in a

Sandbox.

♪♪ [Giggling]

♪♪ Bird, just give it a try.

You might have a good time after

All.

♪♪ A picnic is meant to be

Out in the sun.

A picnic indoors...

Hey, it's a sandbox!

You made my birdbath into a

Sandbox!

♪♪ Introducing the indoor picnic

Sandbox!

♪♪ Hooray!

♪♪ Oh this is great!

How did you do it?

♪♪ Well, we used your birdbath

Instead of a box.

♪♪ And dried corn instead of

Sand.

♪♪ It was easy!

♪♪ So, bird, what do you think

Of our indoor picnic?

♪♪ I'm having the time of my

Life. This is the perfect place

For a picnic.

♪♪ Hooray!

♪♪ I am so happy that you and

Terrence mcbird decided to join

Our indoor picnic.

Indoors or outdoors, you can

Have a good time wherever you

Are.

♪ 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!

♪♪ Hooray!

♪♪ You have your sandbox,

Terrence!

Terrence! ♪♪ Ha ha ha.

♪♪ Ha ha ha.
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