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04x04 - The Day Pappy Forgot How to Draw

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Pappyland". Aired: May 24, 1993 – September 4, 1999.*
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During each half-hour segment, Pappy and other characters danced like Michael Jackson, sang, and taught life lessons, in addition to other children's television fare, but the main focus of the show was watching Pappy draw pictures.

04x04 - The Day Pappy Forgot How to Draw

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crafts and scribes creative Workshop

presents featuring papy Dr and

[Applause]

his you ever to paint did you ever want

to dra did you ever want to recreate

anything at all well now you can in

Happy Land that's where we are today

where anything can happen C happy drew

it that

way happy happy

Dr he toy

land and you to can do it when you're

iny

land and you too can do it when you're

is happy

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

hi everyone how are you today we're fine

py but what's wrong you are not yourself

today yeah Dru it where's That Bouncy

step of yours that big smile for the

kids uh all right Elmer uh hi boys and

girls don't worry everyone I'm the same

as

always seean watering you like I always

do well thank you py but well I think

you're acting differently too hey Grands

Sunny what's that

grandpappy you can't fool me something's

wrong you're right everyone there is

something wrong I woke up this morning

and I forgot how to draw what oh no

that's impossible it's impossible watch

this

watch pencil

shrink you see I've lost it I can't draw

anymore come on Dru it snap out of it

just cuz your pencil won't shrink

doesn't mean you can't draw pick up your

marker sit down at the pad and do your

stuff I can Elmer

look what happens when I

try see nothing

happens I can't draw

anymore this is terrible this sure is a

crisis py but you're still my pal thanks

Bank yeah you can count on us Dru it

even if you can't draw it we'll try to

get you out of this

mess excuse

me happy this is such terrible news and

there's one other problem hated this way

what's that Belle it's a green six leged

Dole B here with the totally undoable

Doodle for you

pey don't bother doodle Bugs oh no

bother papy Dru it here see what kind of

doodle you can make out of this all

righty what do you see girls and boys

gosh I don't see anything this doodle

really has me stumped here doodle butt

take it

away what do you mean peppy you mean I

did it you mean I stumped you I won I

won

finally hey wait a minute here what's

going on on nothing Doodlebug nothing at

all py just uh isn't himself today

everyone has an off day and this is his

wow his day off he's my day

on you're move Turtle Lou I know I know

jocky don't rush me bulletin bulletin

this just in Doodle Bug has just stomped

papy with a doodle this has never

happened before making it a major news

event here in py land could py have

forgotten how to draw

pasta Dole bug finally doodle did it

yeah poor papy he must feel awful what

can we do to help him gee Lou I I don't

know what we can do maybe maybe we could

sharpen papy's pencils for him maybe I

can make him some chicken

[Music]

soup say Pap maybe you can get your

inspiration back to draw but using the

wishing wheel well I I I guess it's

worth a try I do wish I could draw

again who knows maybe the wishing wheel

will help here we

go gee it sounds like it's broken yeah

just like me now don't give up

sunny all right grandpappy I'll give it

one more try with the papy pat Express

here we go I'll just turn this lever

on oh nothing now

what hey pey I still work how about a c

to ride in the sky to think about what

to do hey that sounds great copter uh

let me get my goggles

[Music]

golly I thought flying in the copter

would help me

out but it's not working this really is

a tough

problem I sure wish I could help my pal

papy your move Louie wait of course if

papy can't draw that means he can't

create I think I have the answer you

hear that noise Chucky yeah it sounds

like

theop oh I'm going to wave py in I've

got to talk to him now what what do you

suppose Buddy's going to do I don't know

perhaps give poppy a big bear hug poor

poy well I'm almost over buddy Bear's

Hamlet

now oh uh I apologize boys and girls I

haven't said hi to any of you yet

hi McKenzie and hello Sam and I see you

too Kenisha and melin and and John and

and Jared and hello to all the rest of

my Happy Land

Pals papy down here it's me

buddy I need to talk to

you uh do any of you have any idea how I

can draw

again what's that you say look for Buddy

bear

well how can he

help well look there he is down below

waving his arms and trying to get my

attention now let's check it

out oh oh oh hi papy boy am I glad to

see you I heard the news about Doodlebug

stumping you is it true you can't draw

anymore yeah I'm afraid so buddy ever

since I woke up this morning I haven't

been able to draw a single

line H my pencil won't work my marker

won't move and everything in the cabin

is broken H I think you're in need of a

serious pal talk papy pal talk you're

always the one who comes and helps

everyone in papy land when they have a

problem but today you have the problem

and is one of your best pales I want to

help it's no use buddy I've tried almost

everything but papy you've forgotten the

main thing remember when we found the

secret of creativity buried in the

treasure chest in papy

land yeah but do you remember what it

said let me think uh h

I've got it there we go oh I can't

wait this is the secret to

creativity why it's a mirror a mirror

yes and there's an inscription on the

mirror it says behold your reflection

honest and true the secret of creativity

is in

you

wow and papy here's what I had for you a

mirror and a special song to go along

with

it and it goes like this

[Music]

I heard that you were feeling blue so I

brought a little secret to share with

you I heard you All Shook Up because you

lost your touch I tell you don't give up

cuz this will bring you luck it's in the

mirror it's in here inside of

you you've been searching all around for

something close at hand

pick your eyes up off the ground I'm

sure you'll

understand cuz when it comes to feeling

blue you always told me what to do as a

matter of fact I'm here to bring it back

to help you counteract your creative

attack it's in the mirror it's in here

inside of you

[Music]

you got to dig down deep inside your

heart and take a whole new stand you're

going to find a brand new eye for art is

there at your command

and if you look inside of you I know

that you will find it to because you

won't give up you love to draw so much

and we can't get enough of your creative

in the Mir it's in here inside of

you it's in the mirror it's in here

inside of

you it's in the Mir it's it's in here

inside of

[Music]

you thank you very

much ah buddy thank you you're right the

reason I can't draw today isn't because

my pencil or my marker is broken I just

have to believe in myself and try my

best then my drawings will come from the

creativity that's inside of me

wow he never ceases to amaze me great

Caesar salad I feel like my old self

again I'm sure it worked thanks buddy

you're a real pal Dole bug here and I'm

a real pal too pey cuz I'm going to give

you another chance to do this doodle do

you think you could doodle do it I'm

confident I can doodle B pencil shrink

hooray pey shrunk his pencil yeah I knew

he could uhoh this doesn't look good for

me no it does Doodle Bug let me see that

doodle there oh boy all righty oh boy

let's see I'll start right here and

bring that

out and we'll just do that right

there

and can you see what it is boys and

girls oh boy yes we'll bring that line

over there I'm getting nervous and we'll

bring that line maybe I shouldn't have

given them another chance we'll do that

and a little finger over

here and we'll

just there we go Doodlebug I got a

handed to you you did stump me fair and

square earlier congratulations well I

guess I did peppy he's even a good loser

oh boy you did stop me this time pey

that is true but you know that I'll be

back bye Doodlebug pppy I see you're

back to your old self yep I feel great

does that mean you'll draw for us well

let's see drawing pad up

here yes I say I can draw something now

you have your pencils or your markers

ready because I'm going to draw a very

special picture of a lion who needs a

very special friend like you were a

friend to me today buddy oh

shs okay let's get

started I'm going to start off by

drawing the line's eyes and that's just

two circles one there and another one

next to it now let's put one little dot

there and another little dot there you

see that good all right we'll put one

ear

there gosh it feels really good to be

able to draw again this is

fun and let's put a curve line

there and another curve line right

there and we'll bring this line right

down and another one now let's connect

them right

here just like

that and one

little half circle there bring it down

bring it back up a little half circle

you see that all righty now for

the the jws or the front of our lon's

face little puffy cheeks or what have

you like that and bring it

around

good now his mouth just a small curved

line and another one right there all

righty let's draw his man and we'll put

a curve line like that and another

one one

[Music]

here now the other direction this way

like that and bring that around and down

ah curve line right there and a small

one there let's do it on the other side

one right there and another

one good let's put some dots for his

whiskers one there one there and one

there one there one there and one there

good good now let's draw the line's body

we'll start out by drawing one of his

paws here a straight

line starting right here another

straight

line and a looping curv line right there

another one another one and another one

let's just show those pads on the bottom

of his Pause by just drawing some

circles one there and another one good

now starting right here we'll draw his

chest and starting right here this will

be part of his paw there his

arm right there bring it

around looping line there another

looping line and another one and let's

bring it right up and

stop now his hind leg is right here so

starting right here let's just draw a

curve here we go look at that

good now H Paws right

there half curve line and another one

and bring it over now let's Loop this

all the way around for his back and stop

right

there very good now I like to draw his

tail so we'll just put a curve line like

that stop and right next to it another

curve line and bring it

around all righty now let's just put

some fuzzy hairs on his tail by just

doing a

couple and actually a few curv lines

right there for his tail all

righty now let's draw some trees in the

background so I'm going to put a curve

line right

there and

another one next to

it and

we'll put two more curved lines going in

the opposite direction just like

that now let's indicate uh some big Palm

leaves on this tropical tree or this

jungle tree here

one big leaf

there and another one and bring it

around and stop

and another one there let's do three

more on the other side one right

there

one below that one and a little smaller

one right there let's put four leaves on

this other tree just to make it look a

little smaller

one

[Music]

two three

four all

right now I'm going to indicate

something right on the bottom of this

paw

here

and see if you can guess what it

is we do that that's right it's some

kind of thorn or a sliver now let's

just a curve line here

for the bottom there to show the ground

where the tree is

growing and right over here one more

curve line to finish our drawing there

I'm finished what's going to happen to

that poor lion well let's find out

picture do your stuff

[Music]

oh thank

you well wasn't that nice of that itty

bitty

Mouse yeah what a good friend yep

friends help each other out in tough

times just like all of you helped me

today uh speaking of friends I think

it's time to copter back to the cabin

everyone's probably wor wored about me

thanks again everybody see you soon bye

now bye see you

py Sunny you're looking like the old

papy we all know and love are you back

to your old self

again Does this answer your question

Elmer pencil grow

awesome hip hip hooray well D A Lang

lying with the cherry on top I knew it

once I drew it you can always do it I

guess you're right grandpappy and

besides drawing I can color again

too how about you girls and boys do you

have your cray your markers ready you do

great let's color

I chose orange for my

[Music]

line

yes orange seems to be a very nice

color what color did you

choose that's a good

choice

okay and

I left that little spot white there now

let me continue

onward and color

in the Lion's body

here the king of the

jungle all

right little just

fill that right

in

and do the tail next right

here like

so fill that right

in I'm glad I have such good friends in

papy land and that includes you too boys

and girls you know my friends reminded

me that I had to believe in me and that

I just had to look inside myself to find

my creativity and it worked I can draw

and color

again

okay am going to color the lines me

yellow oh that looks very

nice there's so many colors to choose

from

it just makes it easy to

color when you can just about choose any

color you

wish there we go now

just do the lines

pause

there and right

there and I'll do the tip of his tail

yellow

also and

very

nice it's a nice color for

the for the lines nose oo it's very

bright look at

that very

nice now here's a nice color I'll

just use that for

the front of his mouth like that

it's very funny looking line isn't it

boys and girls kind of makes me laugh

just looking at

it and that's what cartoons are supposed

to do bring us happiness and joy and

make us

laugh very

nice and maybe a little bit

of move around the

eyes now a nice green color

oh for the

trees

very very

nice look at

that

looks very colorful now doesn't

it there that looks good now let's see

yours very good they all look like

candidates for the Hall of Frames to me

come on boys and girls let's go to the

Hall of

Frames whoa wow I should have come here

sooner looking around there's no doubt

that drawing is a talent everyone has

because we're all artists in our own way

let's take a look

[Music]

amazing I could look at your pictures

all day long they're so inspiring won't

you send me your drawing be sure to

include your name address and age and

you'll find my address right at the end

of the show hey Sunny whoops got to fly

don't you know what time it is oh

my it's quarter to Orange it's time for

me to leave thanks to all of you for

being such good friends in case you ever

feel like I did today just remember all

the great work you've done before and

say I can do it there's no limitation to

your imagination bye everyone see you

next time bye

[Music]

you ever want to recreate anything at

all well now you can in Happy Land

that's where we are

today where anything can happen CU happy

do it that

way happy happy to

e

[Music]

you send your drawings to me papy do it

he by 54 Syracuse New York

13220 and don't forget to visit the papy

land website for more fun

[Music]