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01x08 - Parsley and the Circus Lion

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Herbs". Aired: 12 February – 6 May 1968.*
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The Herbs consisted of a fantasy mix of human and animal characters inhabiting the magical walled garden of an English country estate.

01x08 - Parsley and the Circus Lion

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have you ever wondered how many

different herds there are in the world

apart from P I know of nearly

400 and I expect there are a good many I

haven't heard of there are quite a lot

in the magic herb garden on the other

side of the wall there's basil and

rosemary and naweed sage and

Dill what's that Curry that shouldn't

really be there Curry isn't a herb it's

a mixture of different herbs and spices

and it's very hot it's so hot it makes

you want to Roar if you eat too

much I wonder what it's doing in the

herb garden I think we better go and see

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herous there's no one around perhaps

they've all gone to the

circus there's the coach parsley and

Dill made for Miss Jessup and good King

Henry and here comes parsley hello

parsley good Heavens parsley I wonder

what's come over him he's not usually

like

that

[Applause]

I should think so too it's a wonder he

didn't say more being woken up from a

nice sleep like that I can't make out

what's coming over pass this morning

here comes D let's see if he has better

luck and the do I'm a dog gold though my

teeth are sharp and white I will never

never bite I should watch out Bill

parley isn't in a very good mood this

morning poor old D he was only trying to

be friendly that sounds like s bezel

during his daily

rounds I am s Beil the king of the herbs

I love hunting and shoting and

fishing but when there is any hard work

could be done you'll notice and

generally miss

it good gracious ply what do you want to

do that for you should never make anyone

jump when they're carrying a g*n might

k*ll

someone I say is anything the matter why

are you Laing like that you got tooth or

something poor old fell let me have a

look back there back back I

say good Heavens another

lion perhaps it's escaped from the

circus

unless but if that's parsley then the

other lion must be I say keep still I

can't look at your teeth if you keep on

moving

oh I wouldn't do that I wouldn't put my

head in that lion's mouth for all the

tea in China Beil where are

you that was a close thing it's a good

job lady Ras called out when she did

here she comes feeding all the plants I

say Rosemary come and look at parsley he

been acting very strangely can't

understand it parsley acting strangely

perhaps he needs some

medicine here try some of

this now come along py don't play

about parley you swallowed the spoon

there you are told you he was acting

strangely now he's rattling Serge you

right parley you should learn to do as

your

to that I

say

say what are you nuding me

for on my it's comfortable neet weed

with another blessed lion morning s

Basel morning lady

Rosemary sorry to disturb you but I've

been trying to arrest this lion escape

from the circus he asked I was wondering

if I could borrow that their coach of

yours to take him back

in are you sure you've got the right

lion am I sure I've got the right one

man oh that's a laugh but it can't be

too

late

oh yeah which one of you is

which are you

parle are you parsley

then good you mean to say you're not

parle I've been sticking head right in

his mouth I wouldn't have giv him that

medicine if I know well you soon fix him

Mom just you

watch back there back I say

back back

there back that's better no you're going

back to that their circus where you

belong me lad and just as soon as I get

me notebook I'll be taking down a few

details as your name and number now you

came to escape in the first place good

work Meed I'll get past to give you a

hand pulling the coach parsley that's

all right sir mle I'll

manage here you watch what you're saying

my lad answering back to a police

officer is a serious offense especially

when you have being spoken to in the

first place come my dear I think it's

time for our 11 this all this lion

payment makes you thirsty Here Comes

parley again now we can say hello

properly

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I'm a very friendly L called

parley I am always very glad to see

you but please don't shout or speak to

me too

harshly because I'm not particularly

Brave fancy mistaking you for an escaped

circus

lion especially a fierce one like he

was it's not as if you've got a fierce

roar I could understand it

then there you

[Music]

are

I'm a very fearsome Li called parsley

you can tell because I lash my tail and

Roar I stamp my feet and even shout

quite

harshly you have never seen me do these

things

[Music]

before that was really rather naughty

parley frightening poor Dill like that

he probably thought you were that other

lion escaped

again I would rather the for

sage I'm not at all happy inec in a

rage these Lions keep giving my tree

such a shake but it makes my neest

wobble and keeps me

awake parsley what are you doing stop

that at once do you hear I say I suppose

it is parsley it doesn't sound like him

of course it's parsley it must be

parsley there comes Constable Nat with

the

coach Nat you have taken that L back

haven't

you am man he won't be causing no more

armm hello what's this don't say we've

got another one the place is fair

swarming with Lions today

don't know where they're all coming from

that is not another lion it's

parsley parsly will I be

blowed here he's got his teeth stuck in

the tree good and proper then it serves

him right Playing Tricks on other

people mind you it might be another life

it's most unlike parsley to behave like

this hey what thought you said it was

parsley

make up your mind

Rosemary I'm teaching parley a lesson

teaching him a oh oh I see NE yes my

lady NE I've changed my mind I think

perhaps this is an escape line after all

make sure he's put in a cage oh yes my

lady once my lady can't have Escape

Lions up in all the neighborhood come on

put that tree down try saying

a that's better now in the cage with you

knowing trees is a serious

offense it'll all have to be gone into

at the proper

time that and roaring during the hours

of

daylight good work

neeed ah a right Fierce one he is Shar

be sorry to see the back of him I should

take him straight back to the circus

they can put him in with all the other

Fierce Lions we shall see him again ah

he'll be Miles Away by tomorrow I do a

tell they're moving off after supper

tonight if they get any

supper it's no good roaring young F lion

you'll only make matters worse for

yourself you made your bed now you'll

have to lie on

it oh you haven't got a bed dead well

never mind perhaps you will one day off

we

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go I'm a very worried lion called

parley I pretended to be fierce and in a

rage no I'm sorry I was rude and spoke

so

harshly I feel so unhappy locked up in

this

[Music]

cage think we talk in a l

I shouldn't be surprised NEP

weed yes me lady NEP I've changed my

mind

again again the lady yes NE I think it

may be parle after all youd better set

him free certainly

lady I hope that'll teach you how to

play tricks in future young parsley now

you know what it's like to be a real

lion all shut up in a cage that might

have been you

fancy pretending to be a fierce lion

fren us all like that of course I knew

all the time oh I you could tell he

weren't a real Fier

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lion you could tell couldn't you

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D even old sage is

laughing see off see off not really

Fierce I say steady on I say you don't

think well you don't like the look of

that mind Basel he hasn't noty look in

his

eye I see I wonder if Lady Rosemary was

right the first time doesn't sound like

passley it doesn't even look like him or

does it parsley you're a robe I think we

better go before you frighten anyone

else goodbye parsley see you again

[Music]

soon