01x12 - The Chap with Caps

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Woman: ♪ hey, now... ♪

♪ Hey, wow... ♪

♪ Here's how ♪

♪ Come and read ♪

♪ Between the lions ♪

Chorus: ♪ come on ♪

♪ Come in ♪

♪ Begin ♪

♪ The world awaits ♪

Woman: ♪ between the lions ♪

♪ Between the covers of a book ♪

♪ It's time to look between the lions ♪

♪ Behold the tales beyond the tails ♪

Chorus: ♪ behind the door ♪

♪ Become, explore ♪

♪ Come in between the lions ♪

♪ Begin between the lions ♪

♪ Be here between the lions! ♪

( Woman squealing with delight )

Oh! Is that who I think it is?

Oh, it is who I think it is!

It is! It is!

Theo: whoa!

( Crash )

Uh... Oh, oh, excuse me.

Is that... Oh... Babs caplan, the author?

Click: affirmative.

That is babs caplan.

Oh, do you think she'd mind if I watched her write

With my beak resting on her shoulder

Just for an hour or two?

Yes, she posted a "do not disturb" sign on my hard drive.

( Lionel yelling )

Gotcha!

Okay, all right, okay.

Yeah, that's how you sneak up on somebody.

Come here.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

( Lionel and leona talking loudly )

Lionel, leona, please don't bother miss caplan

While she's writing.

Writers are very important creatures.

Why, without writers, we wouldn't have libraries.

Both: we're sorry.

Oh, I'm not upset with you.

It's this... It's this story.

It should be great, like, well, everything else I write, but...

( Grumbling )

( All gasp )

Pick it up, lionel.

( Caplan sighs )

Here you go.

Oh, oh, thank you.

You know, I thought that the cap would bring me inspiration.

Mm-hmm.

But instead I wrote badness.

Me!

It's shocking!

( Whispers ): how bad could it be?

( Grunts "I don't know" )

How bad?

If I read it to you, it would get inside your head

And you brain would go

( Screams )

Leona: ooh! Ooh!

Ooh! Read it, please.

I want my brain to go

( Hollers )

Yeah, yeah, me, too.

( Sighs ): all right

If you insist.

Yeah!

The chaps with caps

By babs caplan.

Oh, boy.

( Chap snoring )

( Monkeys chattering )

"The end."

Both: what?!

What?!

How could babs caplan

Have written this?

I've always been so brilliant before!

Ah... Well, I loved the monkeys.

( Leona imitates monkey )

( Chattering )

That's very nice

But a story's got to be more than chattering monkeys

At least until it's made into a movie.

Now, babs, it's a great beginning for a story.

Isn't it, theo?

Huh?

Oh, yes, ma'am, a fine beginning.

No, no, no, no, no.

Beginning?

This is the whole thing?

Isn't he going to try and get his caps back?

Aha!

Hey, babs, did you hear what lionel said?

No.

Isn't he going to try and get his caps back?

I just had an idea.

Whoa.

What if I could add to the story

About how the chap tries to get his caps back.

Yes!

Scatter! Scatter!

Artiste at work!

You're blocking my light.

Oh! Oh, yes, ma'am.

Cleo: absolutely.

Theo: what's an artiste?

Cleo: uh, it's a fancy french pastry.

( Chattering )

Sorry.

There's no light!

( Chattering )

( Grunting )

Announcer: and now, walter and clay pigeon trap a cap!

What?

Buster, you'd look better in a cap.

So we're going to get you one.

Mm-hmm.

What is that?

It's a cap trap.

Mm-hmm.

Nonsense.

( Boing )

We got one, walter!

We got one!

Yeah, I will not wear that cap!

Ah, stay right where you are.

I will not wear that cap!

Announcer: and now, lovers of the vowels "a," "e," "i," "o," "u"

And sometimes "y"

Martha reader and the vowelles sing the short "a" sound

From their snappy hit word, "tap."

( Singing repeated short "a" sound to soul tune )

( Song ends; cheering and applause )

Oh!

( Chuckles )

( Imitates sliding and thud )

( Sounds out "n" )

Ap... Ap.

N... Ap... Nap...

Nap.

Nap.

( Yawning ): nap.

( Yawns )

Nap.

And now arty smartypants will read four words

Without any assistance whatsoever!

( Applause )

Thank you.

May I have a "build the excitement" drum roll please?

( Drum roll, applause )

Thank you.

"Lap"...

"Clap"...

"Flap"...

"Flapjack."

"Lap," "clap," "flap" and "flapjack."

Thank you.

( Applause )

Audience: look out!

Oh, no.

Whoa!

( Thud )

Ooh!

Oh, my aching smartypants!

Arty! Arty! Arty!

And now the word doctor with dr. Ruth wordheimer.

Hello.

Here's dr. Ruth.

( Creature shrieking )

It must be time for another "long word freak-out."

( Yelling )

Whoa, ooh, look at this word!

Oh, dr. Ruth!

Dr. Ruth

You got to help me!

You got to help me!

All right, now, calm down.

Let's try to figure out what the word is

One part at a time.

One part at a time.

Okay, okay, yeah.

Thun...

Der...

Clap...

Good.

Now put them all together.

Thun-der-clap...

Thunderclap?

Exactly!

Ooh! Ooh! Thunderclap!

Oh! Oh, thank you, dr. Ruth.

Oh, thank you!

You're welcome.

Whoo! I am good.

( Thunder claps )

I think it's going to rain.

And now a little poem in which letters change

And make something very interesting happen.

( Music begins playing )

♪ There once was a careless young clam ♪

♪ Who forgot to look out where he swam. ♪

♪ A big wave from the sea made "s-w" "d" ♪

♪ And washed the clam over the dam, oh, yeah ♪

♪ It washed the clam over the dam. ♪

( Song ends )

( Crowd cheering )

Excellent!

Gawain here once again at blending fields

Where two brave knights in armor

Will charge together at high speed and make a word.

Competing today, we have sir "cr"...

( Crowd cheers )

And on your right, sir "ash."

( Cheering )

Blend on, dudes!

Gawain: excellent!

That's gawain's word for today.

And this is gawain saying see you next time on...

( Sighing happily )

Ah, yes, the light is better...

But it didn't help.

Horrible!

Terrible!

Not good!

Oh, miss caplan, are you all right?

It can't be that bad.

Oh, it can't?

Well, you thought the first one was bad...

Cleo: well, it was...

Well, hold onto your brains.

I can't.

My head's in the way.

Oh, leona!

( Clearing throat )

Focus, focus!

"The chap thought

( Monkeys chattering )

( Chattering )

Monkeys: huh?

Oh, what's that, huh?

Monkey: we're not falling for that old trick.

( Chattering )

I'm so ashamed.

Well, it's still got good monkeys.

( Chattering )

Leona, stop it.

Now, babs, there's nothing to be ashamed about.

It's a fine middle of the story, isn't it, theo?

Huh?

Ooh! Yeah, yeah, right you are

Cleo my dear.

Now you have a beginning

You have a middle, and what happens next?

Next?

Well, there is no next.

It's over.

It's all over.

Those monkeys.

( Growls )

I'll bet that chap is really angry at them

For taking his caps.

I know I would be.

I know I would be.

( Imitating monkey )

Stop it!

Brainstorm!

What if it's not the end?

What if... What if the chap gets really angry at the monkeys

For taking his caps?

( Squeals with delight )

Yeah, you're onto something.

Away! Away!

Oh, yeah, right.

Genius needs room to flourish.

Of course.

A lot of room.

And now, once again, it's time for the adventures of sam spud

Parboiled potato detective.

Potato: the name is spud, same spud.

Same?

That's not right.

"S-a-m-e"

That silent "e" at the end makes it "same."

S-a-m, sam spud.

The crackle, crackle of the neon sign

Outside was about to drive me crazy

When there was a knock at my door.

Who's there?

Tootoo.

Tootoo who?

"Oh, that this too, too solid flesh would melt..."

Whoever he was, he sounded like a real ham.

As a matter of fact, he was a real ham

And I saw what he meant--

He'd been butchering his parts so the cops had put him on ice.

I knew just the answer.

Hello, boys...

Her name was "honey," "honey glaze."

If anyone could melt the old ham it was honey.

As a matter of fact...

Come on, hammy.

I was right.

Now, all that was left was the mopping up.

How come I never get to have any fun?

Huh!

Mom! There's a talking potato

And he's got no mouth and he's doing knock-knock jokes.

Mother: that's okay, dear

It's educational television.

I'm sure it will help you in school... Somehow.

Dr. Bertice berry with the "a" in "cap"!

( Blowing a-note )

( Yelling short "a" )

( Cheering and applause )

"Cap."

Silent "e."

"Cape."

"Cape."

It's a plan, it's a plane, it's "silent 'e' man."

Man: ♪ these vowels have a problem ♪

♪ And silent "e"'s to blame ♪

♪ Instead of... ( Singing short vowel sounds ) ♪

♪ He makes them say their name ♪

♪ He's changed their sounds ♪

♪ To "a" and "e" and "i" and "o" and "u" ♪

Deep voice: ♪ with powers like that ♪

♪ Just think about the damage he can do ♪

Lead singer: ♪ silent "e" ♪

♪ He changed this cub into a cube ♪

♪ Silent "e" ♪

♪ He changed this tub into a tube ♪

♪ He changed this twin to twine ♪

♪ He changed this can into a cane ♪

Deep voice: ♪ and this brave man must stop him before he strikes again. ♪

Silent "e," your vowel-sound- changing days are over!

I'm carting you off to the slammer!

But of course, you have the right to remain silent.

Look! A note from silent "e."

It says...

( Reading letter aloud )

Well, sure.

I don't see any harm in that.

♪ Oh, yeah! ♪

♪ Silent "e" ♪

♪ He changed the cap into a cape ♪

♪ Silent "e" ♪

♪ He's making his escape ♪

♪ Silent "e" ♪

♪ Our story's sad but true ♪

Deep voice: ♪ he's flying out the window and there's nothing we can do. ♪

Well, silent "e"

You may have slipped out of my grasp this time

But mark my words: I'll get you yet!

( Making odd noises )

Oh.

( Chuckles )

( Clears throat )

( Beeping )

"Ap, ap."

( Imitating klaxon )

"Ape, ape."

( Buzzing )

"Scr, scr, scr."

"Ape."

"Scr... Ape."

"Scrape, scrape."

( Making scraping noise )

Flying off the shelf once again

It's the continuing

Daring and dangling adventures of cliff hanger!

Today's adventure--

"Cliff hanger and the big ape and the banana drop."

Chorus ( singing ):

We find cliff hanger where we left him last

Hanging from a cliff.

( Branch breaking )

Suddenly below him cliff sees a very big ape.

Quickly, cliff delves into his backpack

And extracts his trusty survival manual.

Using his expert decoding skills

Cliff begins to read.

( Reading )

Has brave cliff hanger made his escape at last?

Chorus: ♪ and that's why he's called cliff hanger! ♪

"Ape."

"Cape."

"Cap."

"Sap."

"Sad."

Back again

It's the word doctor with dr. Ruth wordheimer.

Hello.

Here's dr. Ruth.

( Weeping )

Hello, I'm dr. Ruth wordheimer

With another word that's tired of being what it is

And wants to change.

So, tell us, what's your story?

( Crying ): oh, I'm sad... Sad!

Oh, can you help me, dr. Ruth?

Of course I can.

But first you must let go

Of that part of you that makes your "ad" "sad"--

The letter "s."

That's right, let it go.

( Crying ): oh! Now I feel such a sense of loss.

I feel sorry for you.

But now we will replace that sad "s"

With a "g" and an "l."

And now you are...

"Glad!"

I'm "glad!"

Oh, thank you, dr. Ruth, thank you!

You are welcome.

Oo... I am good.

Thank you, it's back on time.

Please come again.

Thank you, it's back on time.

I love this job.

Thank you, it's back on time-- so punctual.

( Music begins playing )

♪ Some lions used to chuckle when the going gets tough ♪

♪ Some lions chase a chipmunk up a tree ♪

♪ Some lions chomp a chicken with the road gets rough ♪

♪ But not my chiquita and me. ♪

♪ We choose to cha, cha, cha ♪

♪ Cha, cha, cha ♪

♪ We choose to cha, cha, cha ♪

♪ Cha, cha, cha ♪

♪ We chew up the scenery, trample the greenery ♪

♪ To cheer up, we cha, cha, cha. ♪

♪ Cha, cha, cha. ♪

♪ We choose to cha, cha, cha ♪

♪ Cha, cha, cha ♪

♪ We choose to cha, cha, cha ♪

♪ Cha, cha, cha ♪

♪ We chew up the scenery, trample the greenery ♪

♪ To cheer up, we cha, cha, cha. ♪

♪ Cha, cha, cha. ♪

( Chicken humming )

There you go.

Thank you, it's right on time.

♪ Cha, cha, cha. ♪

( Leona imitating monkey )

Leona, stop monkeying around.

Mom, dad, make her cut it out.

Mom, dad, make her cut it out.

( Babs yells )

Oh...

Well...

Something tells me babs is finished.

Oh, well...

Yes, indeed.

"Ap."

"Caps."

( Frustrated ): oh!

Babs, babs!

You made the chap get angry

With all those annoying monkeys, right?

You made the chap get angry with those monkeys, right?

Right.

Yeah, yeah...

Oh, boy.

Here we go now.

Oh, she's ready.

The end.

( Sighs )

Huh?

Theo: uh..

Is this a book

That you would put in your library?

( All hemming and hawing )

See, it's kind of like...

No.

Not yet.

Not yet?

It's over.

The chap cannot get his caps back!

( Sighs )

( Sighs )

Leona, will you stop doing everything I do.

Well, that's what monkey's do!

They don't give caps back

They just copy everything that you do.

I must protest-- monkey's don't do that.

I must protest-- monkeys don't do that.

I must protest-- monkeys don't do that.

What?

( Clearing throats )

What, what?

Is there food in my teeth?

Uh, caps.

Caps?

Caps.

Caps...

Cap's on the floor?

Yeah, I threw it there.

Uh-huh...

( Gasps )

Oh...

Yeah.

Right.

Yes!

There she goes.

Aha, yes!

Yeah, there you go.

Now you're story has a beginning

A middle and an ending.

A very good ending.

A very good one.

No, no, a great ending.

Of course, I'm great.

Oh, and you helped.

( Chuckling )

( Sniffling )

Are you crying?

At the end of it, the monkeys didn't have any hats anymore.

But I like hat stories.

Oh, this story...

It works on so many levels.

I smell a hit!

All great art is a struggle.

All the great ones

Had to work very, very hard:

Tolstoy, faulkner, babs caplan.

Oh, yeah...

"The chap with caps" by babs caplan.

Babs caplan.

Take this cap off of me.

Hello?

Ah, never mind, I look gorgeous.

( Snickering )

Yeah...

There are games and stories at the between the lions web site:



Theo: reading to children isn't just fun

It also helps them do better in school.

Help a child get wild about reading.

Be a designated reader.

Whoa.

Okay, daddy, I'm ready to get wild.

Okay.

♪ ♪ ♪



Chorus: ♪ between the lions... ♪

♪ Between the lions... ♪

Woman: ♪ come in between the lions ♪

♪ Begin between the lions ♪

♪ Be here between the lions!