♪♪ ♪ 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.
♪♪ Hey there, big fella.
♪♪ What do you know?
♪♪ And what do you say?
♪♪ I say good-bye,
I'm going away.
♪♪ Going away?!
♪♪ Oh, just for the day.
Look, even a cat in the hat
Needs a little rest
And relaxation now and then,
Hmm?
♪♪ But what about us?
♪♪ Oh, look, have fun, be happy,
And don't touch anything that
Doesn't belong to you. Ta-ta.
♪♪ Hmm.
Ahh, have fun.
♪♪ Be happy.
♪♪ Don't touch anything.
[Gasps] hey, look at that!
♪♪ [Gasps]
♪♪ Whoa!
♪♪ A drum!
♪♪ A lute!
♪♪ And something to toot!
♪♪ Let's play 'em.
♪♪ Now, that really would be
A hoot!
♪♪ No, no, no, you heard what
The cat said! Do not touch
Anything that does not belong
To you.
♪♪ Yeah, that's right. Ahh.
Yeah.
[Laughing]
♪♪ What do we play?
♪♪ Oh, whoo!
"The ballad of yertle the king"!
How about that?
♪♪ That sounds good!
♪♪ Uh-huh. And a and a
And a...
[Music playing]
♪♪ ♪ We sing you a story
Of yertle the turtle,
A story of yertle the turtle
We sing,
His greatest desire was
Land to acquire,
For yertle the turtle wanted
To be king ♪
♪♪ Of anything!
♪♪ Of anything?
♪♪ Anything. I mean, this guy
Is desperate!
♪♪ You fools! You don't know
What you're missing.
You're missing me being your
King. Do you hear me? I want
To be your king!
[Crying] I'm not crying.
Not crying!
♪♪ Yertle the turtle?
♪♪ Tallulah! Don't ever sneak
Up on a turtle like that!
♪♪ Yertle, I have a message
From your aunt myrtle.
♪♪ My aunt myrtle, the queen?
♪♪ Mm-hmm.
♪♪ That rich, selfish windbag
Of a woman who never invites me
To her palace?
♪♪ Yes. You're invited
To her palace.
♪♪ That--that kind, generous
Sweetie of a lady, she wants
To see me in her palace?
♪♪ Mm-hmm.
♪♪ What do you think of that,
♪♪ What do you think of that, you flapping floaties? Hmm!
You flapping floaties? Hmm!
♪♪ ♪ We sing you a story
Of yertle the turtle,
A turtle named yertle's
The turtle we mean,
He was asked to come visit
With his aunt myrtle,
Not just any aunt myrtle,
♪♪ It's myrtle the queen ♪
♪♪ Turtle, turtle, turtle
Turtle, turtle, ommmmm.
Turtle, turtle, turtle, turtle,
Ommmmmm.
Turtle, turtle, turtle, turtle,
Ommmmmm.
♪♪ You think this dump has
Enough stairs?
Oh, my queenly aunt,
My auntie queen, oh, queen aunt!
Oh, that's not right.
♪♪ Yertle, my nephew.
♪♪ Oh, your admiring, adoring
Nephew.
♪♪ Yertle?
♪♪ Hmm?
♪♪ I'm going to chelonia,
The tortoise mecca, for a while,
And I am placing my kingdom
In your hands.
♪♪ My hands? Your kingdom
In my hands?
♪♪ You shall have the use
Of my royal army.
♪♪ Oh-ho, yes, yes, yes,
Yes, yes, yes, yes!
♪♪ Charge!
[All grunting]
♪♪ You call this an army?
♪♪ Well, we haven't had much
Use for them lately, so they've
Gotten a little rusty. At ease.
[All groaning]
♪♪ Now, yertle, you must not
Touch anything that does belong
To you.
♪♪ No touching.
♪♪ Be happy with what you have,
Yertle. If you are happy with
What you have, then what you
Have will make you happy.
♪♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, have,
Happy, have, happy, happy,
Happy, whatever.
♪♪ Ta-ta!
♪♪ She gone?
♪♪ Unfortunately.
♪♪ Touch, touch, touch,
Ooh, I'm a touchy king.
Monarch of all I touch!
King, king, king!
Tallulah!
♪♪ Mm, yes, your new majesty?
♪♪ Show your king his kingdom.
♪♪ Yes, your shellness.
Just look through the royal
Telescope.
♪♪ [Gasps] the royal telescope?
For my royal eyes to see!
♪♪ Your royal eyes.
♪♪ Look at all this land!
Land as far as the eye can see.
And it's all mine. Mine, mine,
Mine, mine, mine.
♪♪ Not exactly.
♪♪ What do you mean--ohh!
What do you mean it's--oh!
Not mine? [Groans]
♪♪ I mean, all the land
Isn't yours.
♪♪ [Gasps] don't ever use those
Particular words in that
Particular order ever again!
♪♪ Myrtle's land ends at
The edge of the jungle yonder.
♪♪ Hmm. Yon jungle yonder, yea?
♪♪ It's the jungle of nool.
♪♪ Where that horton the
Elephant lives? That jungle of
Nool?
♪♪ Mm-hmm.
♪♪ Hmm. I want that land. I want
It all. All! Heh heh heh.
♪♪ Didn't myrtle say be happy
With what you have?
♪♪ I just want to be happier.
Heh heh heh. And I know just how
To deal with that do-gooding
Elephant.
♪♪ Yeah, but--
♪♪ Oh, royal turtle-takers!
♪♪ Vroom!
[Fanfare]
♪♪ [Screeches]
♪♪ Take your royal turtle. We're
After more land.
♪♪ [Gasps]
♪♪ Peel out.
[All grunting]
[Clatter]
♪♪ There you go. Bouncy, bouncy.
♪♪ Whee! Whee!
♪♪ Oopsie daisy.
♪♪ Horton, thank you for making
The jungle...
♪♪ A safe place for sneels.
♪♪ We're such sensitive
Creatures.
♪♪ Allergic...
♪♪ To so many things.
♪♪ Well, it wasn't easy getting
Rid of all the things that make
You itch and cough.
♪♪ And puff up our eyes.
♪♪ And swell us up to times
Our size.
♪♪ But you did it. So, thank
You.
♪♪ Thank you.
♪♪ Well, I promised to make
The jungle of nool comfortable
For all the creatures, and I'm
Keeping that promise.
[Fanfare]
♪♪ Ahh!
♪♪ Vroom!
[All screaming]
♪♪ What in the world? Oh, oh!
You better go now.
♪♪ Ok.
♪♪ We better.
♪♪ Let's go.
♪♪ Vroom!
♪♪ [Screeches]
♪♪ Ow! Ow!
♪♪ Ha ha!
♪♪ Delinquents.
♪♪ Vroom!
[Fanfare]
♪♪ Yertle?
♪♪ Ahh, horty. Can I call you
Horty?
♪♪ No.
♪♪ Horty, you love it here in
The jungle of nool, don't you?
♪♪ It's my home. And home to all
Creatures who call it home.
♪♪ It's nice, isn't it?
♪♪ Uh, comfortable, yeah. For
All.
♪♪ Really?
[All chattering]
♪♪ Ooh, what's that? What is it?
♪♪ What is it, you say?
A horrible thing
Has just come your way!
Head for the hills,
Hold on to your britches!
You've been invaded by
Itch-pitching snitches!
♪♪ Itch-pitching snitches?
Oh, no!
♪♪ Yes, it's true,
The itches they pitch
Can drive you cuckoo.
♪♪ Cuckoo?
♪♪ Oh! The itch-pitching
Snitches!
♪♪ These are worse?
♪♪ Oh!
♪♪ Horty, hort, let me help
You.
♪♪ Help? But how?
♪♪ Simple. Just sign your jungle
Over to me, proclaim me your
King, and I'll get rid of this
Dreaded snitch infestation for
You.
♪♪ Aah! Sign it, please!
♪♪ Oh, my. Yes, I'll sign.
♪♪ Mmm!
♪♪ You're doing the right thing.
♪♪ [Whistles] sheldon!
Mind the bag.
Good snitch. Now, stay.
♪♪ Mm-hmm.
♪♪ Ooh. Just look at it,
Tallulah! Everything I see is
Mine. Mine, mine, mine!
Ooh, isn't it glorious?
♪♪ Breathtaking, your slowness.
♪♪ My turn again.
♪♪ Oh? Oh.
♪♪ Ooh. Now I am truly monarch
Of all i--[gasps] wait a minute.
What's that over there?
♪♪ That's the river, the river
Of blish, home of norval.
♪♪ Norval the fish?
♪♪ Mm.
♪♪ Oh, what a beautiful river.
And it's mine.
It is mine, isn't it?
♪♪ Actually, no, your
Transparency.
♪♪ Nnnn...
Oh, royal king carriers!
♪♪ Ha ha ha ha!
Icebergs? Nonsense!
♪♪ Really?
♪♪ [Grunting]
♪♪ Though, now that you mention
It, it is getting a bit--
♪♪ Chilly?
♪♪ Yes. [Teeth chattering] ohh!
♪♪ Careful!
♪♪ Great woolen long johns!
This river's colder than a polar
Bear's nose!
♪♪ Mm-hmm.
♪♪ We ag-g-gree! Brrr!
♪♪ Norv, I hate seeing you and
Your slippery friends suffer.
Let me help.
♪♪ How?
♪♪ Oh, horton!
My royal subject horton sits
In the river and blocks the ice
Floes, warming the water to an
Elephantine level of comfort
And you and your buddies stop
Turning into frozen fish sticks.
♪♪ That's very thoughtful of
You.
♪♪ Oh! One more thought.
In exchange for my ice-melting
Help, you have to sign over the
River to me and proclaim me your
King.
♪♪ You?
♪♪ One fish, two fish,
Dead fish, blue fish.
♪♪ I'm highly suspicious of the
Situation, but seeing as how I'm
Losing feeling in my dorsal fin,
It's a deal.
It's a deal. ♪♪ [Chattering]
♪♪ [Chattering]
♪♪ Horty! Do your thing.
♪♪ Oh. Brrr! Ooh. Aah.
♪♪ [Grunting]
♪♪ Aroo!
♪♪ See ya around, subjects.
[Hooting and shouting]
♪♪ As I was saying, isn't it
Glorious, tallulah?
♪♪ Glorious, your turtletude.
♪♪ Yes, sir, monarch of all i--
Ooh! A theater.
I've always wanted a theater,
And now, now I have one.
Don't i?
Don't i? ♪♪ Here we go again.
♪♪ Here we go again.
♪♪ You mean, if we sign this
Deed...
♪♪ And proclaim you our king...
♪♪ We can have our orchestra
Back?
♪♪ And all of our ushers?
♪♪ And our audience?
♪♪ And full use of the rubber
Chicken?
♪♪ That's right, show folk.
They all work for me now.
♪♪ Well, the show must go on.
♪♪ Let me sign this thing.
[Mumbling]
♪♪ Yertle's fox and knox
Theater. I like it.
[Both groan]
♪♪ Yes, yes! This is the life!
A little higher, elephant.
♪♪ Yes, sire.
♪♪ Flap that fan faster, fish.
You wouldn't want your king to
Get hot, would you?
♪♪ No, sire.
♪♪ Jesters! Make me laugh.
♪♪ ♪ Da da da dum dum dum,
I'm mr... ♪
Never mind.
♪♪ I'm depressed.
♪♪ Tell me about it.
♪♪ Ha ha ha! They're funny.
Tallulah! Did you bring my map?
♪♪ Yes, your shallowness.
♪♪ Ahh! Ooh, gimme, gimme,
Gimme, gimme, gimme!
Subjects, your whole world is
About to change.
Starting tomorrow, we'll be
Ripping up the jungle of nool to
Make way for a new vacation
Paradise for me.
♪♪ Oh, no!
♪♪ Then, the river of blish will
Be turned into an all-weather
Indoor mud puddle fit for a
Turtle king.
♪♪ You can't do that.
♪♪ Can't? Ha ha ha! I can do
Whatever I want. I'm the king!
This land is mine, do you hear?
All mine! I own it. [Kiss]
Every last sweet inch of it.
Every last sweet inch of it. [Kiss] it's all mine. I--
[Kiss] it's all mine. I--
What's this?
♪♪ I was hoping you wouldn't
Notice.
♪♪ Don't tell me!
♪♪ It's a tiny spot of land that
You don't own.
♪♪ Waah! Then who does own it?
♪♪ Well, um...
♪♪ [Takes deep breath]
Ahh. Nature.
[Screech, all gasp]
♪♪ Hello.
♪♪ Hi. Can I help you?
♪♪ Aah!
♪♪ Cat, let's make this fast.
Sign over your land
Or you won't last!
♪♪ Excuse me?
♪♪ Give me your land
Without any hitches,
Or I'll unleash
The itch-pitching snitches.
♪♪ [Buzzing]
♪♪ Unleash away,
It's more than all right,
I'm quite immune
To the itch-pitcher's bite.
♪♪ Uh--uh--all right, then,
I tried to play nice,
Now give me your land
Or your well becomes ice.
♪♪ Do what you must,
Use all of your leverage,
On a warm day like this,
I'd love a cold beverage.
♪♪ Oh. Um, hmm. Well, why don't
You just leave and I'll take
Over your land and we'll call
It square, ok?
♪♪ A generous offer, but I have
To say no.
♪♪ But--but this is such a small
And meaningless piece of land.
Surely you wouldn't mind
Parting with it.
♪♪ Sorry.
♪♪ I want it!
♪♪ You can't have it.
♪♪ I want it, I want it,
I want it.
♪♪ You can't have it.
♪♪ I must have your land. I will
Have your land. Cat--
♪♪ Yes?
♪♪ This means w*r.
♪♪ This means w*r. [Evil laugh]
[Evil laugh]
♪♪ ♪ We sing you a story
Of yertle the turtle,
A story of yertle the turtle
We sing,
Yertle's aunt myrtle
Warned yertle the turtle,
But he didn't listen,
♪♪ He changed everything ♪
♪♪ Ahem.
[All gasp]
Whoops.
♪♪ Well, looks like yertle
Wasn't the only one who touched
Something that didn't belong
To him.
♪♪ I guess you mean the
Instruments and the book, huh?
♪♪ Yep. You've sung me up a
Whole bunch of turtle trouble,
Guys.
♪♪ We're sorry!
♪♪ Hey! We could untell the
Story.
♪♪ Yeah, we could sing him away!
♪♪ ♪ This is the story of yertle
The turtle,
A turtle who wanted to rule
Everything,
He suddenly decided to give up
The land he took, and then he
Went home and took... ♪
♪♪ A nap!
♪♪ Yeah.
♪♪ Or something.
♪♪ Yeah. Something...
♪♪ Charrrge!
♪♪ Well, that sure didn't work,
Did it?
[All gulp]
♪♪ Ooh! Ow! Ooh! Ow! Ooh! Ow!
♪♪ Oh!
♪♪ Oh! See ya!
♪♪ Oh!
♪♪ Well, so much for my day of
Rest and relaxation.
♪♪ Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
We passed it! Turn around,
Turn around!
Re-charge!
♪♪ Oh, no!
♪♪ No, no! Lookit, fellas, you
Missed again!
[Hooting and shouting]
♪♪ Hold it! Hold it!
[Panting]
Well, that didn't work.
We'll have to sneak up on him.
♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh!
♪♪ [Chuckling]
♪♪ On . Ready? , , !
♪♪ Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
Wait a minute! Where'd he go?
♪♪ Boo!
♪♪ Aah! Ooh hoo hoo hoo!
[Splash]
[Clatter]
♪♪ This won't work!
Everybody, back to the castle!
♪♪ Huh?
♪♪ Oh! Aah! Ooh ooh ooh ooh!
[Splash]
♪♪ I have to have that land. I
Have to! It must have a price.
Everything has a price. All I
Have to do is find that price
And then the land will be mine.
Mine. Yes, all mine! Mine!
Yes. Mine!
All right, cat, all of this
Money for your little piece of
Land. Whoa! Ow!
♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh!
♪♪ Ow. Ow. So, is it a deal?
♪♪ Ow. Ow. So, is it a deal? ♪♪ Mm...nah.
♪♪ Mm...nah.
♪♪ Maybe the sun is in your
Eyes. You're looking at the
Biggest pile of gold and silver
And baubles and gold and gems
And baubles and gold and gold
Anyone's ever seen before. Whoo.
♪♪ I just want to finish reading
My book.
♪♪ I must have this land. Ok,
All right, all right. You drive
A hard bargain. Take all this
Stuff and I'll throw in a
Reading lamp.
♪♪ Ooh!
♪♪ Mm...got one.
♪♪ Bah! Ah...he's got a lamp
Already. That's why I can't have
His land. He won't trade for
Gold or baubles or even a lamp.
There must be something he'll
Trade for--aah! Then what do you
Want? I've tried everything.
[Panting] I can't stand it
Anymore. Take it all. Take the
Whole kingdom!
♪♪ Everything?
♪♪ Everything. Just give me your
Land. Please!
♪♪ Oh.
Well, if you really want it that
Much...
♪♪ [Crying]
♪♪ Ok.
♪♪ You mean it? I can really
Have it?
♪♪ Just sign on the dotted line.
♪♪ Heh heh heh heh heh!
At last! It's mine, it's all
Mine! The most valuable piece of
Land in the world, and it's all
Mine.
♪♪ Congratulations. Enjoy.
Ta-ta. [Humming]
♪♪ I've got it all. All, do you
Hear me? All! Ooh. Mmm.
This tree, and--and that rock,
And--and--and this grass, it's
Mine, they're all mine!
All...mine.
This tree and that rock and this
Grass and...and that well!
Maybe there's something valuable
In the well!
♪♪ Ooh. Ooh. Ooh ooh ooh.
♪♪ Or not.
♪♪ Aah!
♪♪ Tree, rock, grass--book?
Ah! The book! Ha ha ha ha ha!
"How to trick a turtle," by cat
In the hat. Heh heh heh heh.
Ooh...oohh...nooooo!
[Music playing]
♪♪ Ahem! Hear ye, hear ye,
I hereby return all monies and
Lands to their...rightful
Owners. Huh?
[All cheering]
♪♪ Couldn't I have just a little
Bit more?
♪♪ Now, haven't you learned
Anything? The only thing that
Will make you happy is what you
Don't have. Well, then you'll
Never be happy.
♪♪ Hmm? How much for the hat?
♪♪ No...ha ha!
♪ What good is having a kingdom
And a golden throne,
If the only things you want
Seem to be the things...
♪♪ The things that you don't
Own,
♪♪ You can have all you need
And still not be satisfied,
Ha ha!
'Cause you're always gonna find
A fence
With something you want
On the other side,
♪♪ But the grass ain't always
Greener on the other side
Of the fence,
♪♪ When you put a fence
Between ya,
You'll lose your common sense,
♪♪ And the sky looks bluer...
♪♪ The food looks better...
♪♪ You can even swear the water
Looks wetter...
♪♪ And the grass ain't always
Greener on the other side
Of the fence ♪
♪♪ [Sobbing]
♪♪ ♪ The grass ain't always
Greener
On the other side of the fence,
♪♪ When you put a fence
Between ya,
You'll lose your common sense,
♪♪ And the sky looks bluer...
♪♪ The food looks better...
♪♪ You can even swear the water
Looks wetter...
♪♪ The grass ain't always
Greener
On the other side of the fence ♪
♪♪ [Sobbing]
♪♪ ♪ The grass ain't always
Greener
On the other side of the fence,
Yeah! ♪
♪♪ [Sobbing]
♪♪ Oh, nephew! I'm back!
[Yertle wailing]
♪♪ What's with him?
♪♪ [Sighs] it's a long story.
♪♪ Hmm.
♪♪ ♪ And such is the ballad
Of greedy king yerkle ♪
♪♪ [Sobbing]
♪♪ ♪ King yertle the first,
The worst and the meanest,
He's got time to think now,
So maybe he's thinking...
♪♪ The grass that you have
Just might be the greenest ♪
Just might be the greenest ♪ [blows] ha ha ha.
[Blows] ha ha ha.
01x17 - Yertle The King
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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.
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.