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01x06 - Bluesville

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon". Aired: February 3, 1996 – January 27, 2001.*
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Targeted for children aged 2 to 8, the show featured characters brought to life by actors.

01x06 - Bluesville

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hey everybody here comes the swamp

Critters now we got a Riverboat Captain

by the name of rib Le that's me and a

fiddle playing crab by the name a gumbo

he sure is something to see now we got

Big Al Gator on piano and we got Billy B

posum on the

Bas and joac On guitar and I'm ailla

dancing all over the place and we'll be

rolling down the river traveling by the

Light of the

Moon rolling down the river going to

reach our destination

soon all the swamp Critters are picking

and a singing a

tune rocking and a reeling battle

Wheeling down the lws

lagon yeah we'll be rocking and a

reeling paddle Wheeling down a l

[Music]

[Music]

flon down in the middle of lost Lagoon

there's a crab with his own kind of

sound it goes by the name of

gumbo and he's got a special way of

getting

around it plays a mean kind of

fiddle then he dances from the left to

the

right and the bou comes alive with the

gumball sound and it moves every Critter

inside and everybody's gumbo

dancing dancing like a crab to the gumbo

sound everybody's gumbo

dancing dancing like a crab till the sun

goes

down you step across your foot from the

right to the left then you do it from

the left to the

right you point all your fingers

straight to the ground and your elbows

up to the sky and everybody's gumbo

dancing dancing like the crab to the

gumbo sound everybody's gumbo

dancing dancing like the crab till the

sun goes down

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

you step across your foot from the right

to the left then you do it from the left

to the

right you point all your fingers

straight to the ground and your elbows

up to the sky and everybody's Bumble

dancing dancing like a crab to the gumbo

sound everybody's gumbo

dancing dancing like a cray till the sun

goes down everybody's Buble

dancing dancing like the crab to the

gumbo sound everybody's gumbo

dancing dancing like a crab till the sun

goes down

[Music]

that's a nice song Billy

Bob thanks Big Al but you know I think

we need to work up a few different kinds

of songs you know something side just

swamp country music I think folks like a

little

variety what other kind of music is

there Billy

ball oh there's lots of kinds of music

there's rock and roll and

big band and Dixie Land and blues all

kinds how do you play Blues son I didn't

know you could color the

music you don't color the music Ribbit

Blues is a feeling Blues is music from

the soul I'd sure like to learn some

blues well if you want to learn some

blues you got to go to

bluesville bluesville where's

that ain't quite sure I heard it's on

the other side of lost Lagoon across

Foggy

[Music]

Bottom did you say Foggy

[Music]

Bottom that's

right son Foggy Bottom is a home

of the

boogeyman h uh I never did care too much

for blues

anyway the

boogeyman a that's just an old fairy

tale there's no such

thing son I hear tell that the Boogey

Man is 100 ft high and he's got three

heads and he eats anything that comes

into Foggy

Bottom now Ribbit who do you know that's

actually seen this Boogey

Man a boy nobody that ever saw him ever

came back to tell about

it in other words he's just a legend

well I'm going to Foggy Bottom to learn

some blues anybody coming with

me Billy Bob are you sure that boogeyman

ain't

real of course not they just told you

that to scare

you well I guess I'll go with you

if you're real

sure at a boy Joe we'll leave first

thing in the

morning well if you boys are crazy

enough to go to Foggy Bottom I guess

I'll take you there on the river Queen

but just to the edge of Foggy Bottom

that's as far as I go

[Music]

hey Ribbit how long have you been taking

boats through lost

Lagoon son I've been taking boats

through here since I was me high to a

sandcraft why back in the storm of 79 I

was taking this Showboat down the river

suddenly I look up ahead and see this

giant

whirlpool well everyone but me was ready

to jump but I said stay where you are I

can get us through so there we were just

me against the

[Music]

whirpool well boys this is as far as I

go

this is the edge of Foggy Bottom home of

the

boogeyman Billy bom do you still want to

go through with

this of course there's no such thing is

the boogy man now let's

go I'll wait here till it's time

tomorrow night if you ain't back I'll

know you didn't make it well it's been

nice knowing you boys

[Music]

Billy ball I hope that was your stomach

growling I thought it was

yours well there's nothing to be afraid

of Joe

oh I ain't

afraid I'm tougher than I

look I'm much tougher than I

look so if you're a robber or a

crook don't judge my cover until you

read my book cuz I'm much tougher than I

look I don't look tough I won't deny it

but if you're looking for a

fet I'm tough as I can be and if you

mess with me I'll hit you with a left

and then a

riot I'm not afraid of

anything no man or beast can scare me I

fight just as good as I can

sing if you're in need just call on

me oh I'm much tougher than you

think and I am quicker than a

wink you better test the water before

you take a drink cuz I'm much tougher

than you

think he's not afraid of

anything no man or beast can scare me he

fites just as good as he can s oh if

you're in need just call on

me oh I'm much tougher than I

look so if you're a robber or a crook

don't judge my cover until you read my

book cuz I'm much tougher a rough F CER

I'm much tougher than I look yeah I'm

much tougher than I

[Music]

look please don't hurt us Mr

Boogeyman hey harry what's the big idea

scaring my friend what if I scared one

of your

friends uh I ain't got no friends cuz

I'm big and

ugly it's not CA the way you look it's

CZ you go around scaring everybody

telling them you're the Boogey

Man but I thought bears were supposed to

scare

Critters I'm sorry I scared your little

friend

there oh uh I wasn't really scared

I'm tougher than I

look besides I'm not the

boogeyman oh well we're trying to get to

bluesville do you know the

way to

bluesville why sure I do that's where

the boogeyman

[Music]

lives the

boogeyman you mean there really is a

creature out here

oh no he's not a creature he's T-Bone

Willie the king of the Blues he plays

Boogie

music T-Bone Willie huh sounds like the

Critter we're looking for can you take

us to him

friend you call me friend no one ever

called me that

before well Harry I got a feeling you're

going to have lots of friends soon as

folks learn what a nice guy you really

are

let's go see T-Bone Willie friends

[Music]

hold it right there boy what do you

quitters

want we want to see T-Bone

willing what do you want to see him

for we want him to teach us some

blues you don't just decide to learn the

blues boy you got to live the blues the

blues come from inside

you well I think we got some blues

inside us but how will we know if no one

shows

us cut on that light

boy that boy need a

haircut who are

you I got blues in my shoes and Blues in

my hands and nobody plays Blues like the

T-bone

man you're T-Bone

Will I Know Who I Am boy who are

you I'm Billy Bob posum and this here's

Joe raccoon we're part of the swamp

Critters band over in Lost

Lagoon the swamp Critters huh I believe

I heard you boys playing a time or two

when the night's real still I can hear

clean Crosser by you you boys ain't too

bad then you'll teach us some

blues son I'll please some blues if you

got the blues in you it'll come out if

it ain't in you I can't teach

it all right Boo I want you to take that

stick and lay me down a beat come on

come

on there you go that's

right that's right now come on in now

with a little guitar come

on there you

go that's a

way right now bring in a little bit of

Bas come

on just a simple little B that's right

now I'm going to play a little harmonica

[Music]

all right now now you're cooking now

you're cooking now we going to lay down

a little riff just a simple little riff

now all right here we

go there you go now

now you got it boy now you got

it come

on all

right now boys let's play a little Blues

[Music]

this feel some guitar

[Music]

boy that boys all

right that's

it here we go

[Music]

the

[Music]

[Music]

real boy looks like you fellas got the

blues inside y all right ain't nobody in

these parts ever been able to stay with

old

T-Bone Willie that was great hey I got

an idea why don't you come back to Lost

Lagoon with us and we'll do a blue show

at Big ow

real I don't know oh Willie ain't left

Foggy Bottom in over 40

years well it's time the rest of the

world heard the blues and who better to

play them than the boogeyman T-Bone

Willie King of the Blues

[Music]

I was afraid of this looks like I'll be

looking for a new baseman and a new

guitar

player why you made it you mean that 100

foot creature didn't eat

up of course not he even came back with

us you brought back the boogeyman looks

like we're

doom Ribbit meet T-Bone Willie The

Boogeyman

son why he don't look scary at all well

time for

launch good I'm

staring me too

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

I saw you walking into the

room I got a whip for that French

perfume you sweep me on my feet like a

broom ooh what you doing a me

girl I used to think I was doing all

right

all of a sudden you came

insan now I don't know if it's day or

night o what you doing to me

[Music]

girl my knees are shaking like a p

Paradise I got a fever but I'm cold as

ice I don't know what it is but it show

feel nice ooh what you doing ooh what

you doing ooh what you doing to me girl

[Music]

[Applause]

thank you gumbo thank you mighty fine

son mighty

fine now folks that was a song that was

written by our special guest tonight we

are honored to have with us the king of

the Blues so let's give a warm lost

Lagoon welcome to t-bone Willie The

Boogeyman

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

well gather around Critters and hear the

news if you really want to learn the

blues then you got to know how to Boogie

you got to know how to

Boogie got to know how to Boogie the

Boogie with the boogie

man now you might know how to rock and

roll but if you ain't got no soul and

you don't know how to Boogie you got to

know how to

Boogie got to know how to Boogie the

Boogie with the boogie man now listen

and learn

[Music]

where you can sing and play and dance

all night but you're never going to get

it right if you don't know how to BR it

you got to know how to BR it got to know

how to Boogie the Boogie with the Boogie

Man gumbo

[Music]

well you got to know how to boot it got

know how to you got to know how to boot

it got to know got to know how to it got

to know how to got to know how to it

know how you got to know how to Boogie

the Boogie with the boogie man

[Music]

that's

[Applause]

right thank you Willie that was

great well folks this has been a mighty

exciting week for the swamp Critters for

one thing we learned that it's foolish

to be afraid of what we don't know now

the whole bayou's been afraid of the

boogeyman for for as long as I can

remember and it turns out that the

boogeyman is just T-Bone Willie playing

Boogie music and we also learned a

different kind of music The Blues from

the king of the Blues himself and I just

want to say to t-bone Willie you're

welcome in Lost Lagoon

anytime well that's our show for tonight

hope y'all enjoyed it on behalf of all

the swamp Critters Joe

raccoon riid E

Lee Big Al

Gator

gumbo and the lovely

armadel this is Billy Bob posum saying

we appreciate it and we'll see you next

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

time down in the swamp among the side

knees the big Live Oaks and evergreen

trees they on the banks of lost Lagoon

you can see big owls By the Light of the

[Music]

Moon every day when the Sun goes down

Critters start coming from miles around

to see the star of Al's Big Show a

fiddler crab named gumbo gumba sings and

he plays a Biddle and pck guitar E the

byou moon young girl screaming and old

men Whittle tapping their feet to a

[Applause]

fiddling

hey you'll see all the critters of lost

Lagoon Billy Bop posum and Joe raccoon

Big Al is tickle in the ivories and back

on the drums it's Ribbit Le keeping the

bead and tapping his toe for a fidd of

crab named gumbo gumbo sings and he

plays a Biddle PS guitar E the by you

Moon young girls screaming old men

Whittle tapping their feet to a

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

bidding

hey yeah gumbo sings and he plays a

fiddle and picks guitar the by you Moon

young girl screaming old men Whittle

tapping her feet to a fiddling h

o

hey hey comeo play that F

man hey

[Music]

[Applause]