02x49 - But, Mama, But...

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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! ♪

LIONEL: Whoa, cool.

Nothing But Lug Nuts.

THEO: Up against the tree.

Stand up straight, Leona.

There you go, okay.

Okay, now, step away.

Wow, Leona!

You are getting so big!

Wow, I am!

I'm getting big.

Did you hear that, Lovey?

I'm getting so big!

Hmm?

Oh, thank you.

Lovey says, "Congratulations."

( laughing affectionately )

Theo! Lionel! Leona!

Oh, listen!

I have great news!

Yeah?

Your Aunt Purcilla and Uncle Otto

just had three brand-new cubs!

( laughing )

How about that, huh?

Boy, talk about a pawful!

Oh, yes.

Now, listen, Aunt Purcilla asked me

if I would mind flying down

to help her for a few days.

I told her yes.

I'm sure you can manage

without me for a few days.

THEO: Sure, Cleo, sure!

No problem!

Lionel?

Hmm? Wha...?

Oh, uh, uh, uh, yeah!

Yeah, what Dad said.

Leona?

Oh... oh, oh, oh.

Lovey says you can go away.

I'm a big girl now.

I'll be okay.

Lovey said that, did she?

Yep, yep.

That's what she said, mm-hmm.

Boy! I'd better get the staff together

to plan how we'll handle things

while you're gone.

I'll see you in a bit, huh?

Okay.

BOTH: Nosey, nosey, nosey!

( laughing quietly )

See you in a bit, honey.

Oh, hang on a second, Dad!

I'll help you!

Oh, thanks, Lionel!

LIONEL: Yeah, sure!

Leona.

Now, you know your dad will be here

to take care of you.

And I'll only be gone for a couple of days.

I know, Mama.

It's okay.

Okay. I'll go start packing now.

Okay.

I love you, Leona.

I love you, Mama.

( laughs quietly )

( licks )

( laughs quietly )

( music begins playing )

♪ My mama, she feeds me and washes my fur ♪

♪ The first thing I see every morning is her ♪

♪ The last thing I kiss every night is her face ♪

♪ My mama's the very best one. ♪

♪ My mama reads stories and sings like a bird ♪

♪ And knows how I feel when I don't say a word ♪

♪ My mama is cozy and nosy and great ♪

♪ My mama's as bright as the sun ♪

♪ But Mama... but Mama is going away... ♪

♪ Good thing I'm big now, and I'll be... okay. ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ My mama, she's funny, and so nice to me ♪

♪ She runs for a bandage when I cut my knee ♪

♪ She never makes fun when I make a mistake ♪

♪ She says, "No one's perfect, you know." ♪

♪ But my mama's perfect! ♪

♪ She's perfect! It's true! ♪

♪ How else could she always know just what to do? ♪

♪ When my head is hot, she's as cool as a lake ♪

♪ but warm as a fire when it snows. ♪

♪ But Mama... but Mama is going away... ♪

♪ Good thing I'm big now,

♪ And I'll be... ♪

( voice breaking )

♪ Okay. ♪

( song ends )

Hmm?

What's that, Lovey?

What?

Uh-huh.

Yeah.

Uh-huh.

Well, I'm almost all packed.

Oh... snack for the plane.

Leona!

Look at you all dressed up like Mama.

Yeah, uh... Mama?

You can't go yet.

Oh, Leona.

No, no, no, no.

Lovey has something very important

she's telling me, right, Lovey?

Oh, Lovey.

Uh-huh.

I see.

Well, I guess I'd better wait, then.

That's true.

Yeah... What?

That's right, Lovey.

That's right, Lovey.

All right, all right!

And now, Martha Reader and the Vowelles

are cutting a rug

with the short "u"-- "uh"-- sound

in the word "bug"!

( '50s rock 'n' roll playing )

( sings repeated short "u" sound )

( echoing Martha )

( song continues )

MONKEYS: "Bug"!

( song ends; cheering and applause )

Bunny, bunny, bunny, bunny, bunny, bunny, bunny!

Ooh, I love that word!

Bunny, bunny, bunny, bunny, bunny!

And now a word from star of stage, screen and television...

"Buddy."

( wild cheering and applause )

Thank you, thank you!

You are so good!

Thanks, buddy.

No, thank you, thank you.

No, thank you.

No, thank you!

Oh, he's so good!

( singing a cappella in '50s doo-wop style )

( all speak short "u" sound )

Hey! Hold on!

Oh, Click!

Hmm?

Would you please put me

in this book, Nothing But Ducks?

It would be my pleasure, Dr. Watson.

Executing command.

Everyone!

Everyone, drop what you're doing!

( Watson screaming )

( crash )

( Watson grunting )

Sorry!

Yeah.

Wow.

Okay!

Now, look, uh... Cleo is going away

for a couple of days

so I may be calling on some of you

to pitch in to help do the things that she usually does.

I've made a list!

Hmm?

Oh, hey, look at that.

This is the list?!

Oh, yeah!

Wow!

Well, uh, I hope I can count on you all!

No problem!

Oh, sure!

Affirmative.

Great-- thank you, thank you!

Okay-- now, I think

it would be a good idea to practice, huh?

So let's see what's first on the list, here.

Um... "Pack Lionel's lunch."

Well, you know, I... I thought

maybe we ought to put the really important stuff

on the top of the list.

I would like to volunteer

to take Cleo's place in packing Lionel's lunch.

Well...

Okay.

You want to take my mom's place?

Oh! Come on!

Let's go practice, huh?

( stammering ): Buh... buh...

but... Dad... I... oh... Dad?

( licking chops )

So, Leona...

Uh-huh? Yeah?

What is Lovey telling you

that's so important?

Well, uh, Lovey says that you can't go.

( gasps )

I can't go?!

Uh-uh.

Why not?

Well, because where you're going

it might be raining

and if it's raining, you'll get all wet

and then you'll get a fever

and a runny nose, and a sore throat

and "liongitis," and, well...

it's just probably best you don't go at all.

That's what Lovey says, huh?

Yeah. That's what she says.

( sighs )

Leona, do you think

that maybe Lovey feels sad because I'm going away

and she's going to miss me a little?

Uh... uh... I don't know.

I'll ask her.

Uh, Lovey?

Okay.

( whispering )

Okay, Lionel, I think we have everything here

for Click to pack in your... lunch box.

But, Dad...

What?

( shudders )

I was just admiring it!

I don't know about Click packing my lunch.

I mean, Mom is really very experienced.

I'm not sure this is a job for a beginner.

I have a very advanced lunch box-packing program.

Aw, let her try, Lionel.

Just tell her exactly what your mom does.

Okay.

Mmm... let's see.

Every morning...

Okay, Lionel-- the usual, I assume?

Mmm... yes, please.

Buffalo baloney between two slices of mutton loaf.

Ah...

Easy on the mustard.

Yeah!

A bottle of Watering Hole Fizz.

Mmm-mmm...

And last but not least, meat pie for dessert.

( panting )

And don't forget to throw your bone to the hyenas

so they stay away from your lunch.

Ah, thanks, Mom.

You're welcome.

BOTH: Hugga-wugga-wugga!

Task completed!

I have placed your usual consumables

in your lunch box.

Whoa!

Pretty good, Click.

Hey, she did all that during the flashback!

Hugga-wugga-wugga!

Hugga-wugga-wugga!

Well, well, go ahead, Lionel.

Hugga-wugga-wugga.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

( laughs feebly )

Hugga...

Uh, hugga...

Hugga-wugga...

Oh, no, no, it's no good!

It's not the same.

Click's not Mom.

Oh, man!

Mom hasn't even left yet and I miss her already.

Me, too.

Boo-hoo, boo-hoo.

Oh, Dad, I don't know if I can handle

this separation thing.

Okay, look, I'll help you through it, son.

Hey, what do you say we do

the next thing here on the list, huh?

It'll help you feel better.

Aw, okay.

( laughing )

Attaboy!

Aw, let's see here... it says:

"Theo and Cleo dust the shelves."

HEN: Theo...

Theo, I would like to volunteer

to dust the shelves with you

in place of Cleo.

You?!

Yes, I would.

Well, uh, gee, I...

I don't know, Information Hen.

I mean, Cleo is my dusting buddy!

Well, I know, but...

She's really very experienced.

I'm not sure this is a job

for a begin... n...n... er...

Well, okay...

Sure!

Why not, huh?

I'm honored.

I'm so honored!

Oh... later.

Hugga-wugga-wugga.

( imitating snare drum )

( imitating snare drum )

( imitating snare drum )

( imitating snare drum )

ANNOUNCER: A fiery horse, a cloud of eraser dust

and a hearty "Hi-yo, Hiho, away!"

with his trusty sidekick, Russell Upsome-Grub...

( whip cracks )

Does that seem odd to you, Lone, hmm?

Yep.

They must never filter that pool.

Why, that place is full of swine.

Russell, we mustn't judge.

Somebody may be someone's mother.

Bonsoir, fellows.

I don't know if you want to come in.

The place is full of pigs.

I told you.

The problem is the sign

the mayor made me hang.

Ruined my business.

Hiho, shine some light on this.

( Lone reading )

Well, that explains it, Russell.

Maybe we should just, uh... eat in.

Couldn't you help that sentence

with a bit of rearranging?

( Hiho whinnies )

( whip cracks )

( Lone reading )

Scramez-vous!

( squealing )

I admit, this is better than lying in mud.

Who was that banana- nose-masked stranger?

I don't know.

I didn't get a chance to say thanks

or make a banana split out of his nose.

Why must you always yell in that poor horsey's ears?

( 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 T...

And Sir Ug.

Blend on, dudes!

( cheering )

( both arguing )

Tug! Excellent!

That's Gawain's word for today!

And this is Gawain saying it's time to pull the plug.

But we'll see you next time on...

BOTH: One, two, one, two...

What are you doing?

Oh, we're exercising our, um...

Uh... wings?

Yeah-- song cue.

( music begins playing )

♪ When mother said "Be still" to me ♪

♪ I guess I went too far, I haven't moved since 1892 ♪

♪ They picked me up and brought me here ♪

♪ and here, my friends, we are ♪

♪ I'm stuck here like a paperweight with you. ♪

♪ Must I just be a bust? ♪

♪ It hurts me that they're taking me for granted. ♪

BOTH: No, we're taking you for granite.

♪ I simply gather dust, my plaque has gone to rust ♪

♪ I trust I'll live my life here where I'm planted. ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ Oh, must I just be a bust? ♪

♪ If I had wings, my heart and soul would both be soaring ♪

♪ Oh, yes, I have a lust to fly like leaves upon a gust ♪

♪ My good sense out the window and my hair a little mussed ♪

♪ To see if being free is really worthy of the fuss! ♪

♪ Oh, must I just be a bust? ♪

( song ends )

( slurps )

( sighs contentedly )

So, Leona?

What does Lovey have to say about missing me, hmm?

Well, Lovey says she's going to miss you.

Oh! Well, I'm going to miss you too, Lovey.

You're going to miss Lovey?

Oh, Mama, you're big.

Leona, even when you're big

it's okay to miss someone you love

when you're apart.

It... it... it is?

Mm-hmm, yes.

I have a book about a mom who takes a trip

that I think Lovey might like me to read her

before I go.

Why don't you ask her?

Oh, I... I don't have to ask her.

I think she'd like it very much.

Wouldn't you?

Yes, come on, let's go.

All right, now, Theo.

What exactly is it that you and Cleo do

when you dust shelves together?

Okay, uh, let's see.

Well, when Cleo and I dust, we...

we each have our feather dusters and... and we... we...

THEO AND CLEO:

Nosey, nosey, nosey.

( laughing quietly )

Nosey, nosey, nosey.

( chuckling )

( gasps )

Okay, let's do it.

Oh, I'm ready, I'm ready.

All right... here we... okay...

Yeah, yeah, okay, uh...

Yeah, hmm, all right...

Well this is different-- a talking feather duster.

Uh, okay, uh, now the "nosey, nosey" part.

Okay.

No! That's no good! It's no good!

Aw, it's just not the same without Cleo here!

Cleo!

Oh, I'm going miss you!

I'm going to miss you, too!

ALL: Me, too!

Hey! Hey, wait a minute!

Lovey said she was going to miss her first!

I'm going to miss all of you, too.

Now, before I go

I promised I would read a story to Lovey.

I think you all might want to listen to it, too.

Yeah, because it's a story

about a mama who went on a trip.

Mm-hmm.

Yes, well that sounds appropriate.

Okay, okay.

"I Miss You, Stinky Face"

written by Lisa McCourt and illustrated by Cyd Moore.

CLEO: "...said Mama on the phone."

MAMA: I'm coming home today...

CLEO: "...said Mama..."

MAMA: ...on a big silver airplane.

MAMA: If that airplane forgets how to fly...

MAMA: If I have to land in the middle of the desert...

MAMA: Then I'll search that jungle for a cheetah...

MAMA: If the cheetah doesn't want to leave the jungle...

MAMA: Then I'll find the speediest shark in the ocean.

MAMA: If the shark tries that...

MAMA: If the spaceship lands that far back in time...

MAMA: I think there's enough room on the driveway...

"The end."

That... that's so touching.

( nose honks )

Yeah.

( honking )

ALL: Yeah.

( honking )

Mama, don't you have to go?

Yes, I do, Leona.

Well, then go.

What?

I want you to call me on the phone

like the mama in the book.

That was fun!

Okay, I promise I will.

Okay!

Well, everyone, I guess I better be going.

OTHERS: Bye! Good-bye!

Wait! Wait! Wait!

I'm really going to miss you, Mama!

And I'm really going to miss you, Fuzzy Face!

( car horn beeping )

That's my taxi!

I've got to run! Bye!

OTHERS: Bye! Good-bye! So long!

Okay, Mama. Bye.

( all sigh )

( phone rings )

Hello.

Cleo!

She's calling from the cab!

( others call out at once )

Quiet, quiet, quiet!

What's that? What's that?

A little tree that smells like a pine forest?

No! Really? Wow!

( chuckling )

Oh! Watch a child get wild about reading and feed a hungry mind.

Be a designated reader.

( roars )

Feed me, Dad, feed me.

Okay, Lionel!

"Dinosaurs lived..."

♪ ♪ ♪

CHORUS: ♪ Between the lions... ♪

♪ Between the lions... ♪

WOMAN: ♪ Come in between the lions ♪

♪ Begin between the lions ♪

♪ Be here between the lions! ♪