01x21 - The Mirth of a Nation

[bunniefuu]

[birds chirping]

Okay, one last homework question.

Name the five senses.

Let's see.

There's the sense of sight...
and the sense of smell...

and the sense of touch...
and the sense of taste.

-That's four.
-[Dinah meows]

-What's that, Dinah?
-[meows]

Oh, right. The sense of hearing.

I bet I could think of another sense.

A sense of humor!

I wonder if I'll get extra credit
for naming six senses instead of five.

[meows]

Oh, come on, Dinah. It's just a joke.

Sense of humor isn't really a sense
like hearing or seeing.

It just means
you really know what's funny.

I think I'll go someplace
where everyone likes a good laugh.

[theme music playing]

♪ Hold on to your seat
Let's go for a ride ♪

♪ Now that we're here on the other side ♪

♪ Use your imagination
And you'll understand ♪

♪ It's an adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Every day is something new ♪

♪ With music, rhyme and a dance or two ♪

♪ It's a curious place
With a wonderful crew ♪

♪ And you're never quite sure
What they will do ♪

♪ Use your imagination
You'll understand ♪

♪ It's an adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Happy mirth
Happy mirth, mirthday ♪

♪ Happy mirth
Happy mirth, mirthday ♪

♪ Happy mirth, happy mirth
Happy mirth, mirthday ♪

♪ Happy mirthday to you! ♪

Yeah!

And now the knock-knock jokes.

-Knock-knock.
-[all] Who's there?

-Ada.
-[all] Ada who?

Ada too many tarts, now my tummy aches.

[laughing]

-My turn now.
-Yeah.

-Knock-knock.
-[all] Who's there?

-Stan.
-[all] Stan who?

Stan back, I'm gonna sneeze!

[laughing]

Hi, everyone!

Hi, Alice!

Oh. Is it somebody's birthday?

Whatever gave you that idea?

The cake, the decorations,
it looks like a birthday party to me.

Oh, that's where you're mistaken.
It's not a birthday party.

It's a mirthday party.

My mirthday, in fact.

What's a mirthday?

A special day of mirth.

You know, mirth, fun, jokes and laughing.

-♪ You chortle, guffaw and howl ♪
-♪ You laugh and chuckle and yowl ♪


♪ Giggle then snicker
And sniggle and wiggle ♪

♪ You do everything you do on ♪

♪ Happy mirthday
Ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha ♪

♪ Happy mirthday, ha, ha, ha! ♪

♪ There's so much to be done ♪

♪ It keeps you on the run ♪

♪ But you'll have at least a ton ♪

♪ Of merriment and fun ♪

♪ Because it's so complete ♪

♪ A total hilarious feat ♪

♪ It's so verily neat ♪

♪ You want it to repeat ♪

♪ Oh, you'll prance and wobble and dance ♪

♪ Hop and run and parade ♪

♪ Make merry until there's absolutely
No merry left to be made on ♪

♪ Happy mirthday
Ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha ♪

♪ Happy mirthday, ha, ha, ha! ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

[all laughing]

I see what you mean.

-Well, happy mirthday, Your Majesty.
-Thank you, my dear.

-Well...
-Well, what?

-Well, uh...
-Oh, I see.

-But I didn't bring a present.
-Who said anything about a present?

You don't give presents on mirthday.
You give jokes.

-You did bring a joke, didn't you?
-Not exactly.

Oh, well.

I suppose you can borrow one of mine.

Oh, yeah--

Oh, no. No.

Oh! No.

Oh! There you are, my dear.

[clears throat]

Okay.

-Knock-knock.
-[all] Who's there?

-Queen.
-Queen who?

Queen your plates,
or you don't get dessert.

[laughing]

Thank you, Alice.

That was the best joke,
especially the "queen" part.

Ow, ow!

-Ow!
-Your Majesty! What happened?

I hit my elbow.

-Ooh. That feels funny.
-Ooh.

Hmm. Doesn't feel funny to me.
Of course, I'm no doctor...

Oh, stop that!

I don't mean funny as in "ha-ha,"
"hee-hee" or "h*-h*."

I mean "funny" as in odd, strange.

You must have bumped
your funny bone, Your Majesty.

That always feels strange.

Whatever it was,
it's starting to feel better.

-Go on with what you were doing.
-All right, my turn now.

Yeah.

-Knock-knock.
-[all] Who's there?

-Bunny.
-Bunny who?

[giggles]

Bunny you should ask.

[laughing]

What are you all smiling about?

-The joke, Your Majesty.
-It was pretty funny, wouldn't you say?

No, I wouldn't say.

But it's always been
one of your favorites.

It's a royal rib-tickler.

No, it isn't.

It's dull, boring, decidedly unfunny.

But where are you going, Your Majesty?

Your mirthday party
is just getting started.

Maybe you people have time to stand
around telling a bunch of stale jokes,

but I don't.

Good day.

Your Majesty, I brought you
a piece of your cake.

I'll eat it later.

Oh. Yes.

Your Majesty, I must tell you the joke
the Hatter told after you left.

A rabbit walked into a hutch
with a carrot on his head.

It's so funny.

[laughing]

Perhaps it wasn't that funny.

Your Majesty,
if you don't mind my asking...

are you feeling all right?

What do you mean? Of course I am.

It's just that this little bump
on your funny bone...

seems to have affected
your sense of humor.

In fact, you seem
to have lost it altogether.

What if I did? What's the big deal?

Well, having a sense of humor
is important, Your Highness.

After all, there's nothing like
a good laugh to brighten one's day.

Harrumph!

I don't need my day brightened.

In fact, if you ask me,

having a sense of humor
is overrated and a waste of time.

Therefore...

I hereby order you to post
my latest royal decree.

[muttering indistinctly, then laughing]

This is a good joke, Your Majesty.

-Do I look like I'm joking?
-No.

But, Your Majesty, this is a decree
banishing all humor from Wonderland.

That's right.

Now maybe people will stop
wasting time joking around.

As far as I'm concerned,
you've all had your last laugh.

[stammering] But...

-Hey, Rabbit.
-What's up?

Besides you, that is.

[laughing]

Shh. You don't want the queen
to hear you laughing like that.

Why? Does the queen have a royal headache?

No!

Just read this:

[Dee]
"By order of Her Most Serious Majesty,

all laughing, sniggering,
snickering, chuckling,

chortling, giggling and guffawing
are hereby prohibited."

Is this a joke?

[Dee] "P.S. This is no joke!"

Oh, come on. Why would the queen
order everyone to stop laughing?

Because she's lost her sense of humor.

How can you tell?

It's not like she was all that funny
in the first place.

Please, stop joking around!

I tell you, this is no laughing matter.

♪ The queen has lost her sense of humor
That's the truth, it's not a rumor ♪

♪ So tell the Hare, tell the Hatter ♪

♪ This is indeed no laughing matter ♪

♪ When her funny bone was thumped
The fun in her got dumped ♪

♪ She's as stern as stern can be
More than ever, she's cranky ♪

♪ I don't know what we are to do
This is no joke, I'm telling you ♪

♪ No more laughing is allowed
When you're alone or in a crowd ♪

♪ I have to go and spread the news
Wonderland must have the blues ♪

♪ No one must dare poke fun at her ♪

♪ This is indeed no laughing matter ♪

♪ This is indeed no laughing matter ♪

Now do you see how serious this is?

-I don't know.
-I can't believe the queen means it.

So you didn't think I meant it, huh?

What do you mean, Your Majesty?

I mean this:

Well? What do you have
to say for yourselves?

Um, begging Your Majesty's pardon,
but what is the problem?

-The paper looks fine to me.
-Oh, really?

Well, what section
is the paper open to, may I ask?

The funny pages.

-Aha! So you admit it.
-Admit what?

As editors of this newspaper,

you are deliberately disobeying
a direct decree

by encouraging people to...

laugh!

But Your Majesty,
you always liked the funny pages before.

It's been your favorite part of the paper.

Don't try to humor me!

Just go back to your presses,
and make sure that from now on,

this newspaper only has
serious news in it.

Oh!

"No smiling"?

"No laughing"?

"This is no joke"?

Something funny is going on here.

Wrong, Alice.

Something not funny is going on here.

What I meant was,
something strange is happening.

Why are these signs posted
all over the place?

Because the queen has decreed
that no one in Wonderland may laugh.

[giggles]

Why would she do a thing like that?

It seems the queen bumped her funny bone,
lost her sense of humor.

-That's right, at the party.
-Yes.

Wait a minute, that can't be right.

Your funny bone doesn't have
anything to do with your sense of humor.

[purrs] Then why is it called
a funny bone?

Because it's a spot on your elbow
that feels funny,

I mean strange, when you bump it.

That's a good one, Alice.
Do you know any more jokes?

[cackling]

You! Stop that snickering at once!

Alice. I'm disappointed.

You're usually such a good child,

and now it's come to this... joke-telling.

[chuckles]

And as for you, cat,
wipe that smile off your face.

I can do better than that.

I can wipe the face off my smile.

See?

Oh! I hope this isn't a joke, cat.

[chuckling]

Now, Alice, assuming that you can keep
yourself from telling jokes,

I want to invite you to a party
in my courtyard in one hour.

Thank you, Your Majesty,
that sounds like fun.

I certainly hope not!
This is to be a very serious party.

No laughing, no joking, no mirth, period.

Oh. Then I take it back.
That doesn't sound fun at all.

Nice of you to say so. See you in an hour.

[sighs]

I don't see what the problem is.

What's wrong with being serious
every now and then?

It's not every now and then,
it's all the time.

The queen has completely lost
her sense of humor.

How can you tell?

Just kidding.

You know, the queen's condition
reminds me of a story.

-Really?
-Mm.

Once there was a frog named Phil
who never smiled,

even though he lived
in a lovely, muddy swamp

and had lots of salamanders and snakes
and other frilly creatures for neighbors.

And had swarms of delicious
creepy crawly bugs to eat,

Phil never looked happy.

The other swamp creatures were puzzled.

"Why the frown, Phil?" they asked.
"Don't you want to smile?"

"Sure, I do," Phil croaked.
"But I don't know how.

I come from a family of frowning frogs."

The other swamp creatures
felt bad for Phil.

So they decided to help him
learn to smile.

But nothing worked.

When it came to smiling,
Phil just didn't get it.

And soon Phil's frustrated friends
were frowning too.

Phil's friends didn't know
why he was having so much trouble.

"After all," they told him, "a smile is
nothing but a frown turned upside-down."

"A frown turned upside-down,"
Phil croaked.

"Why didn't you say so
in the first place?"

From then on, Phil had the sunniest smile
in the swamp.

So you're saying that just as the
other creatures taught the frog to smile,

we might teach the queen
to have a sense of humor again?

It's worth a try. Here.

Perhaps this joke book might help.

"Jokes for the Throne."

A treasury of majestic mirth
and queenly quips

guaranteed to get a royal laugh.

I don't know. The queen isn't really
in a joking mood.

I'll think about it.

-Tell me...
-Mm?

Did you hear about the rabbit

who walks into a hutch
with a carrot on his head?

[chuckling]

Oh, everyone's a critic.

So, what do you think of my party?

-Uh, it's very... serious, Your Majesty.
-[Red Queen] Mm-hm.

-Yes.
-Yeah.

-It's a very un-fun affair.
-Ah. Righty-o.

-Yeah.
-Righty-o.

Thank you, Dormouse. It is, isn't it?

In fact, it may be the most serious party
I've ever thrown.

Oh, indeedy-do. Indeedy-do.

♪ You know it's quite mysterious
A party smack-on so serious ♪

♪ People tend to get delirious
And I don't know why ♪

♪ For serious parties
I'll win first place ♪

♪ We'll all say
"Wipe that smile off your face" ♪

♪ Having fun will be such a disgrace
That one might cry, "Oh, my!" ♪

♪ To my serious parties
Everyone will run ♪

♪ The most serious parties under the sun ♪

♪ Let it be known that there is no one
Who throws parties that are less fun ♪

♪ For serious parties
I'll win first place ♪

♪ We'll all say
"Wipe that smile off your face" ♪

♪ Having fun will be such a disgrace
That one might cry, "Oh, my!" ♪

♪ Oh, my! ♪

♪ Oh, my! ♪

Indeed, Your Majesty. No one gives parties
that are less fun than yours.

Mm. How true that is.

This is about as much fun
as watching grass grow.

I wouldn't say that.

Compared to this, watching grass grow
is a laugh a minute.

[both snoring]

Now, this is a successful party.

No one has even smiled. Let alone laughed.

Oh! Rabbit, we're low on tarts.
Please fetch more from the kitchen.

-Rabbit?
-Oh, yes, Your Majesty.

Right away.

[all gasping]

[stifled laughter]

Stop laughing this instant!

What's the matter with you?

Can't you come to a party
without having fun?

Sorry, I guess we're just not as good at
being serious as you are, Your Majesty.

And by the way, there's tart on your face.

[all laughing]

All right. You leave me no choice.

Since you cannot get together
without laughing,

I hereby decree there will be
no more parties in Wonderland.

No more parties? You can't be serious.

I've never been more serious
in all my life.

From now on, all parties,

including your tea parties, Hatter,
are banned forever.

[knocking on door]

[door unlocking]

[unlocking continues]

What's the password?

You've got to be kidding.

I'm not kidding. If you don't know
the password, I cannot let you in.

"You've got to be kidding"
is the password.

Oh. So it is. All right.

Come on in.

Hey!

Get over here.

[locking]

I believe you know everyone.

-[Dee] Hello, Rabbit. Good day.
-[Alice] Welcome.

I'm sure you're all wondering
why I've gathered you here

for this secret meeting.

I thought so we could figure out
how to restore the queen's sense of humor.

That, and I wanted to see
how everyone looked in nose glasses.

[chuckles]

I get...

But seriously, we've got a big problem.

Unless we can get the queen to laugh,
no one's ever gonna have any fun again.

What can we do? I don't even think
the queen knows how to laugh anymore.

Mm. Well, if one bump on the funny bone
made the queen lose her sense of humor...

-Maybe a second one will bring it back.
-Uh-huh.

-Uh-huh.
-Uh-huh?

Uh-uh. In the first place,
it may not work.

And in the second place,
do any of you want to be the one

to bump the queen's funny bone again?

-Uh... Bad idea.
-Never mind.

I have a plan. During a recent visit
with the Caterpillar,

he gave me this.

-Jokes for the Throne. Are you serious?
-I've never been less serious in my life.

We'll hit her with every joke in the book.

What if she doesn't laugh?

I agree. My plan is dangerous,
but it's our only hope.

[Mad Hatter] What do you think? Do it.

-I say, why not try it?
-And I say, why not indeed?

Good. It's decided. We'll study these
jokes carefully, then plan our attack.

[Mad Hatter] All right. Let's go.
Let's study them.

My flowers look lovely.

Except this one.

There's no more funny business
allowed around here anymore.

And that goes for
funny-looking flowers too.

[indistinct chatter]

Who's there?

-What do you call the queen of the desert?
-Her Royal Dryness.

[both] Hoo, ha, hoo, ha.

Hey! I heard that.
That was a joke, wasn't it?

What does the queen use
to measure things around the palace?

-A ruler's ruler. Hoo, ha, hoo, ha.
-Hoo, ha, hoo, ha.

Another joke? How dare you.

What do you call a queen's chair
after it's been tossed out?

A queen's tossed-out chair is
a thrown throne.

[both] Hoo, ha!

I demand you stop
this joke-telling at once!

-How many queens does it take...
-To change a lightbulb?

-I don't know. How many?
-None!

-She makes me do it.
-[all] Wacka-wacka-wacka!

Ow! Oh...

-Your Majesty, are you all right?
-Oh...

Yes, I think so.

[chuckling] I just bumped my funny bone.

[laughing]

In fact...

you can say my funny bone is a royal pain.

Get it? Royal pain.

Your Majesty, you're laughing.

Of course I'm laughing.

Who wouldn't laugh
at such a funny joke as I just told?

[all laughing]

Your Majesty, we're so happy
your sense of humor has returned.

Even though I'm not sure
I understand how it happened,

it sure is great news.

♪ It's a funny thing
Sometimes these things happen ♪

♪ It's a fortunate event
That got the queen laughing ♪

♪ It's time for a chuckle
A smile, a guffaw ♪

♪ A chortle, a snicker
And a great big hee-haw ♪

♪ Now, with her sense of humor restored ♪

♪ No longer will all of us be bored ♪

♪ And now, with all these jokes in it ♪

♪ Wonderland will be a laugh a minute ♪

♪ It's time for a chuckle
A smile, a guffaw ♪

♪ A chortle, a snicker
And a great big hee-haw ♪

♪ It's time for fun
The kind laughter can bring ♪

♪ Now that the queen is back to laughing ♪

♪ It's a funny thing
It's a funny thing ♪

[all laughing]

Well, Your Majesty, shall we continue with
your mirthday party where we left off?

Splendid idea.

Except you, Rabbit.

Oh.

Go out and take down
all the "no laughing" signs.

You mean I can't come to the party?

Got you! [laughs] You know me,
always joking around.

You know, Dinah,

even though I'm supposed to list
five senses in my science homework...

just for fun, I think I'll add
a sixth sense to the list.

Sense of humor.

After all, knowing how to laugh
is pretty important.

As long as my teacher
has a good sense of humor,

and as long as I get
my science homework done...

he won't mind a little joke.

[theme music playing]

♪ That's all for now
But we'll see you again ♪

♪ Come back real soon
Now that we're all friends ♪

♪ Where every day is something new ♪

♪ With music, rhyme and a dance or two ♪

♪ Use your imagination
And you'll understand ♪

♪ It's an adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventures in Wonderland ♪