03x31 - Swinging

Episode transcripts for the TV series, "The Hoobs". Aired: 15 January 2001 – 3 January 2003.*
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It stars five creatures called Hoobs (Hubba Hubba, Iver, Groove, Tula, and Roma) from the fictional Hoobland, and their interactions with Earth and the human race.
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03x31 - Swinging

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- Hooble doop tiddly peeps.

I'm Hubba Hubba talking

to you from Hoob Land,

and I'm about to send

four of my favorite Hoobs

down to Earth to find

out all about you

for my great Hoobapedia.

Here they come!

♪ You know who the Hoobs are ♪

♪ Iver, Groove and Tula ♪

♪ We're Hoobs ♪

♪ And they're ready to go ♪

♪ Now the wheels are turning ♪

♪ We can all get learning ♪

♪ All the things

we want to know ♪

♪ Hubba Hubba's in Hoobland ♪

♪ And Roma's

somewhere far away ♪

♪ The Motorettes are singing ♪

♪ We keep the engines spinning ♪

♪ Hoob-Hoob-hooray ♪

♪ The Hoobmobile is

coming your way ♪

♪ Here we come ♪

♪ The Hoobs are here

so what do you say ♪

♪ Hoobs ♪

(calm piano music)

(snoring)

(grunts)

- Hooble doop, Tula.

- Hooble doop, Iver.

Sunshine at last!

Oh what a hoobly groobly day.

- Oh hooby ga-looby.

- Oh the sun's shining.

Look Groove.

- Let's have our Hoob juice on

the roof garden this morning

- Oh yes Tula and

while we're drinking,

we can think up a

question for Hoob News.

Wake up, Groove.

- Ah stop it, go away.

- Come onto the

roof garden with us.

- Why?

♪ Why, why, why, why, why, why ♪

♪ Oh why ♪

♪ Why, why, why, why, why, why ♪

♪ Oh why, why, why,

why, why, why ♪

♪ Why, why, why ♪

- Because the sun's

shining that's why.

- No it's so hooby

groovy in my hooby pod

just swinging and snoozing.

Cool to have a day of

swinging and snoozing.

- Well perhaps you can

snooze on the roof garden.

- But I can't swing on

the roof garden can I?

- You might be able to.

- Exactly.

How can Groove swing

on the roof garden?

- [Hubba Hubba] Hubba Hubba.

- You've hit the question, Iver.

- How can Groove swing

on the roof garden?

That's a hooble,

dooble, duper question

for today's Hoob News, Iver.

- Are you sure other Hoobs

would want to know the

answer, Hubba Hubba?

- Abso-hooby-lutely Iver.

All Hoobs will want to know.

Especially me, I'm

all for a good swing.

Now let me see what I

can find on Hoobnet.

Here are some very

interesting swingers,

and while you're watching

them, I'll email Roma

and see what she can

find out about swinging.

Here are those interesting

swingers, Hoobs.

They're monkeys you see.

- Yes.

- [Hubba Hubba] Aren't

they hoobly groobly?

Oh look there's a tiddly monkey.

They're having a hoobacious

time in the trees,

aren't they Hoobs?

Jumping and swinging.

Woo look and they can even

swing from their tails.

Oh I say I bet even Aunty Hatty

couldn't do that (laughs).

How hoobacious.

- Yes.

- That's it, Groove

can swing from a tree

like a monkey.

- Perfect, wake

him up then Iver.

- Groove,

Groove,

come on.

- What's going on.

- Groove we're going

up on the roof garden.

- Oh no but I like it here.

- No, We've found a

way for you to swing.

Tula.

(laughing)

- Just hold on tight,

Groove, and swing.

(grumbling)

- I can't swing, can I?

I'm all lopsided.

- Well monkey's manage

to swing like that.

- Yeah but I'm not

a monkey am I, Tula?

In case you haven't

noticed I'm a Hoob,

get me down.

- [Roma] Roma, Roma

- Hey, that's Roma.

- Yes maybe she knows an

easier way of swinging.

- Ay don't leave me here,

I'm stuck.

(crashing)

That's it, I'm going

back to my hooby pod.

- Hooble doop, Hoobs.

- [Both] Hooble doop, Roma.

- As you can see Hoobs,

I've come somewhere

hoobacious today.

This is a gymnasium.

- What's that peep

doing behind you, Roma?

- Now I'm glad you

asked that Iver.

This peep is on a piece of

equipment called the rings.

- It looks very exciting, Roma.

- Oh it is Tula.

This peep is called a gymnast,

and he's having a good old

swing about on these rings.

- Is it difficult?

- Well I haven't

tried it yet, Iver,

but I'm sure it

can't be that tricky.

It's only a bit of

swinging after all.

- Do you think

Groove could do it?

- Oh I'm sure he could, Tula.

A bit of exercise

would do him good.

- That's great news

Roma, well done.

- That's quite all right, Iver,

and now I'm off to

have a go myself.

- Good luck.

- Thank you, Tula.

This is Roma Hoob off to

do some serious swinging,

hooble toodle doo.

- Hooble toodle doo.

Let's make Groove some.

- Make some?

Make some?

Where are we going

to find a rope

and round things to hold onto?

- Groove's clutter cupboard.

- Oh yes.

(snoring)

We can use some bits of rope

from Groove's collection

of thick whiskery things.

- And these can be the handles.

- hoobacious, right let's go

make a swinging ring thing.

- Oh yes.

Oh look.

(snoring)

- Tula, you get Groove to

get out of his hooby pod

while I go and fix the swinging

rings on the roof garden.

- Okay, Iver.

Come on Groove, come on,

we've got a question

to answer remember.

- Ah forget it Tula,

you left me dangling.

- Sorry Groove, but we

found a new swinging thing.

A really hoobly

groobly swinging thing.

Oh come on.

Here we go, you'll love it.

It's really good, really.

- My hooby pod.

- How hoobacious is that?

- Go on Groove, swing.

(groaning)

Do you like it?

- Well it's better than

dangling from the branch,

but it's making my arms ache.

I can't say I'd get much

snoozing done like this.

No, no, no, I've tried it now,

and I don't like it,

please can you get me down.

- [Hubba Hubba] Hubba

Hubba, Hubba Hubba.

- Iver, that's Hubba Hubba.

- Hey get me down.

- We're coming, we're coming.

- Hey where are you going?

Don't leave me up here,

I don't think I can hold it.

(groaning)

- Well Hoobs, how

are you getting on?

- Not at all well, Hubba Hubba.

Not at all well.

- Oh dear.

Well I found a hooble

dooble duper swinging story

that a tiddly peep

sent in to me,

maybe this will improve things.

- [Narrator] Once there was

an old rope called Grabit.

He just lay in the

corner of the shed,

where he got old and dusty.

"I wish I could go outside

and have a bit of fun,"

he groaned.

One day he heard the

children in the garden.

"Let's play ball," said Carmen.

"No, let's play tig," said Ben.

- No, let's play house.

- No, house is boring.

Let's play swinging.

(laughing)

- [Narrator] Carmen

laughed at Ben.

- How can we play swinging

when we haven't got a swing?

I'd make a great

swing, thought Grabit.

So he wriggled and jiggled

himself out of the shed

and into the garden.

Carmen and Ben were now

very cross with each other.

"Oh I'm not going to play

with you," shouted Ben.

As he turned away, he

tripped right over Grabit.

"Who put that silly old

rope there?" he grumbled.

"It's not a silly old

rope," cried Carmen.

- It's the perfect

thing for a swing,

Grab it!

- [Narrator] Ben handed

the rope to Carmen,

who tied a big fat

knot in the bottom.

Then she climbed the apple tree

and tied Grabit's other end

around one of the

strongest branches.

Grabit had never

had so much fun,

and Ben and Carmen

didn't quarrel anymore.

They played with

Grabit all summer long.

Swinging in the sunshine

- Swing, swing.

- A rope swing,

that's the answer.

- Yes.

We could use that

long bit of rope

and put a knot in the

bottom for Groove to sit on.

- Oh yes.

- [Both] Perfect!

- Oh.

- I'll go and fix the swing.

You try and get Groove up again.

(snoring)

- Go away.

- Oh Groove, no listen to me.

We've found the most

hoobly, groobly swing

you have ever seen.

- [Groove] I bet you haven't.

- It's not like

the swinging rings,

it's far more comfortable.

- You left me dangling

again Tula Hoob.

- I'm so sorry Groove.

- I fell off from a great height

and hurt my arm.

- Oh!

There.

Is that better?

- A bit.

- Right, come on then.

You'll really love

it, I know you will.

Come on, come on, come on.

What do you think?

- Oh yeah it's much better

than swinging from the tee

or those ropes on rings.

Doesn't make my

arms ache at all.

- See, we knew you'd like it.

- But.

- [Both] But what?

♪ What, what ♪

♪ What ♪

♪ What, what ♪

♪ What ♪

- The knot, that's what.

It's digging into my bottom.

- Ah not comfortable then.

- Nope not at all comfortable.

And certainly not comfortable

enough for snoozing.

I'm sorry but the only thing

for swinging and snoozing

is the hooby pod.

♪ Here's the thing,

I love to swing ♪

♪ It makes me feel hoobacious ♪

♪ 'Specially in my hooby pod ♪

♪ It's snug but still

quite spacious ♪

♪ But way up there in

the fresh, fresh air ♪

♪ You could swing in

the warm peep sun ♪

♪ Swingy swings on

ropes with rings ♪

♪ Has a Hoob ever had such fun ♪

♪ I feel aloof

swinging on the roof ♪

♪ Until you try, we will

not have the proof ♪

♪ You swung like those monkeys

swinging in the trees ♪

♪ When I tried that I fell

and hurt my hooby knees ♪

♪ And anyway I can't agree ♪

♪ When I was stuck

up in that tree ♪

♪ That was hanging,

that wasn't swinging ♪

♪ Oh come on Groove ♪

♪ There's a Hoob News

deadline we must keep ♪

♪ And if you only swing

in your hooby pod ♪

♪ You'll always be asleep ♪

♪ You're a Hoob that

nothing scares ♪

♪ Brave and true

you take the dares ♪

♪ Let's answer all

our singing cares ♪

♪ And go and make

a swing upstairs ♪

♪ Here's the thing

we love to swing ♪

♪ It makes us feel hoobacious ♪

♪ Especially in our hooby pods ♪

♪ It's snug but still

quite spacious ♪

♪ But way up there in

the fresh, fresh air ♪

♪ We could swing in

the warm peep's sun ♪

♪ Swingy swings on

ropes with rings ♪

♪ Has a Hoob ever had such fun ♪

- No, this is definitely

the most hooby, groovy place

for swinging and snoozing.

- Oh but Groove, you can't

start snoozing again.

We need you to help us

answer the question.

- [Hubba Hubba] Hubba

Hubba, Hubba Hubba.

Groove's right, you know.

There's nothing more relaxing

than swinging in a hooby pod.

Back and forth,

and back and forth.

- We were discussing swinging

on the roof garden, Hubba Hubba.

- Oh I nearly dozed off there.

Yes of course, I

was about to say,

why don't you go and

see the tiddly peeps?

They're bound to know

something about swinging.

- I'll go.

Tula, I think

you'd better drive.

- Okay.

(snoring)

- Seatbelt?

- Seatbelt.

- We're off to see

the tiddly peeps.

♪ We're off to see

the tiddly peeps ♪

♪ On the road we go ♪

♪ We're off to see

the tiddly peeps ♪

♪ They're smart,

they're fun, they know ♪

♪ The tiddly peeps,

the tiddly peeps ♪

♪ Help us find things out ♪

♪ They give us clues,

they tell us news ♪

♪ That's what

they're all about ♪

♪ It's what they're

all, what they're all ♪

♪ What they're all about ♪

♪ The tiddly peeps,

the tiddly peeps ♪

♪ If we need to know ♪

♪ Who, what, where,

why, when and how ♪

♪ We'll ask them off we go ♪

♪ We're off to see

the tiddly peeps ♪

♪ On the road we go ♪

♪ We're off to see

the tiddly peeps ♪

♪ They're smart,

they're fun, they know ♪

- Hooble doop tiddly peep.

- Hooble doop, Iver.

- Want to do a hooby hello?

- Yes.

- [Both] Hooble doop, hooble

doop, whoop, whoop, whoop.

- I need to find out

all about swinging.

- That's easy.

I do it all the time.

- Can you show me how?

- Of course Iver,

over here, come on.

- Yes

- Yes.

- Oh swings, of course.

This is just what we need.

Are you watching, Tula?

- Yes Iver, oh why didn't

we think of swings before?

I'll order one right

away from Hoobnet.

- Swings were a hoobacious

idea, thank you.

- That's okay, Iver.

- Groove's bound to enjoy this.

I'm going to get back

to the Hoobmobile now

and get him up on the

roof garden straight away.

Hooble, toodle doo.

- Hooble, toodle, doo.

- Now this is going

to be the most hoobly,

groobly swing ever.

- No, don't push me.

- Come on, just sit on it.

- So pushy.

You're not gonna run

off and leave me are ya?

- No we'll stay right here.

- Come on then, on you get.

- Yeah, it's okay (laughs).

- Is that all?

- Surely it's the most

hoobacious swinging thing

you've ever had?

- Ah yes Iver yeah,

doesn't make my arms ache yeah,

doesn't hurt my bottom,

but well you still

have to hold on

and I don't think

the holding on thing

is gonna make the snoozing

very easy to be honest.

- You are very difficult

to please, Groove.

- Oh I'm sorry Iver,

the whole point was

swinging and snoozing.

No, no, no, no, no.

My hooby pod still

wins I'm afraid.

- Well you can't know, not yet.

There is only one

thing for it, Groove.

You will have to go and

visit the tiddly peeps.

- Yes Groove, for the

sake of Hoob News.

- Well all right I will,

but this is the last

thing I'm trying okay?

- I'll drive.

- Okay.

♪ We're off to see

the tiddly peeps ♪

♪ On the road we go ♪

♪ We're off to see

the tiddly peeps ♪

♪ They're smart,

they're fun, they know ♪

♪ The tiddly peeps,

the tiddly peeps ♪

♪ Help us find things out ♪

♪ They give us clues,

they tell us news ♪

♪ That's what

they're all about ♪

♪ We're off to see

the tiddly peeps ♪

♪ On the road we go ♪

♪ We're off to see

the tiddly peeps ♪

♪ They're smart,

they're fun, they know ♪

- Hooble doop, tiddly peep.

- Hooble doop, Groove.

- What you doing?

- Taking it easy.

- Ah I know what you mean.

I like taking it easy just

swinging in my hooby pod,

but Iver and Tula

have been trying to get

me up on the roof garden,

and they haven't been

able to find me anything

to swing in outside.

Well not that's as comfy

and relaxing as a hooby pod.

What?

- I know something,

come on let's see.

- Hooby ga-looby, what's that?

- That's a hammock.

- A hammock?

Iver, Tula, can you see this?

I need a hammock (laughs).

- I think I can make a hammock.

- Really, Tula?

- Yes, we could use the

plastic handles and rope

that Groove left down here.

I'll get them,

and I'll see if I can

find some strong cloth.

- A hammock would be

the hooby grooviest way

to swing on the roof

garden, thanks again.

Hooble, toodle doo.

- [Girls] Hooble toodle doo.

(laughs)

- Ah, you are so clever, Tula.

- Oh it was nothing.

- Wait!

What a hooby, groovy hammock.

Oh Tula, let me try it please,

let me, let me!

- Well just hang on, Groove.

- But when will it be ready?

- Yes Tula,

when?

♪ When ♪

♪ Oh when ♪

♪ When, oh when, oh when ♪

♪ When, when, when,

oh when, oh when ♪

♪ Oh when, oh when, oh

when, oh when, oh when ♪

♪ oh when, oh when, oh when ♪

- Now, that's when.

- Hooby groovy.

- Quick, Groove, we've

got to go indoors.

- What are you talking about?

You've been telling

me all morning

to come outside

into the sunshine.

- It's time for Hoob News.

- Hey, oh!

(laughing)

- Come on.

♪ From a tree, happily ♪

♪ Groove is swinging,

groove is swinging ♪

♪ From a tree, happily ♪

♪ Groove is swinging

full of glee ♪

♪ He tried a rope

but couldn't cope ♪

♪ Far too knobly,

far too knobly ♪

♪ He tried a rope

and couldn't cope ♪

♪ The rope said

he is not for me ♪

♪ Too and fro, now he'll go ♪

♪ In a hammock, in a hammock ♪

♪ Too and fro, now he'll go ♪

♪ He's the happiest

Hoob we know ♪

- [Hubba Hubb] Hubba,

Hubba, Hubba, Hubba.

(snoring)

- Hooble doop Hubba Hubba.

- Ah yes well Hoobs,

are you ready with your.

- Hoob News.

- Yes that's it, for

my great poopadepia,

- [All] Hoobapedia!

- That's the one.

- [All] We're

ready, Hubba Hubba!

- Well then, let's

swing into action.

(upbeat music)

- Hooble doop woop, to

all you Hoobs out there.

Welcome to Hoob News, the news

show for Hoobs everywhere.

I'm Iver.

- I'm Tula.

- And I'm Groove.

- And today we've been

asking the question,

how can Groove swing

on the roof garden?

- [Iver] Hubba Hubba found

us some pictures of monkeys

swinging from trees.

- [Groove] That was not

a good way of swinging.

I was all lopsided.

- [Iver] Then Roma showed

us some hoobacious swinging

in a gym.

- [Groove] But when I tried it,

it really made my arms ache.

- [Tula] Then we saw a

story about a rope swing,

so we made one for Groove.

- But it hurt my bottom.

- [Iver] Then I went out

to see the tiddly peeps,

and found one who was

swinging on a swing.

- But it was no where near

as good as my hooby pod,

because I couldn't snooze

whilst I was swinging.

- [Tula] Then Groove went

out to see the tiddly peeps

and found the answer.

- [All] A hammock!

(snoring)

A hammock!

- Ah so it's thanks

once again to,

yes Iver, Tula, Groove and Roma,

Hoobs everywhere, a little

peep where (yawning).

Thank you once again and

hooble toodle (yawning).

- [All] Hooble, toodle, doo!

- I've just got to give

that hoobacious hammock

another swing.

- Hey I was the

one that made it.

- Yeah and I haven't

had a proper swing yet.

- Well you've had

more swings than me.

- No I have not.

♪ Hubba Hubba's in Hoob Land ♪

♪ And Roma's

somewhere far away ♪

♪ The Motorettes are singing ♪

♪ We keep the engines spinning ♪

♪ Hoob Hoob hooray ♪

♪ The Hoobmobile is

coming your way ♪

♪ Oh here we come ♪

♪ The Hoobs are here

so what do you say ♪

♪ Hoobs ♪
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