03x02 - Boober and the Glob

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music playing]

♪ Dance your cares away ♪

♪ Worry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Work your cares away ♪

♪ Dancing's for another day ♪

♪ Let the Fraggles play ♪

We're Gobo, Mokey,
Wembley, Boober, Red!

-[female Fraggle]
Whoopee!-Wowee!

Ooh, a Fraggle!

[Gobo groans]

[chuckles] Hey, look, Ma.

-I caught a Fraggle!-[screams]

[Gobo] Whoa! Whoopee!

♪ Dance your cares away ♪

♪ Worry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

-Yahoo!-♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪
♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

Down at Fraggle Rock.

-[barking]-Sprocket.

I've been writing this articleall
morning, and I'm still nowhere.

And it's supposed
to be about cats.

Problem is, I don't know
anythingabout cats. Do you?

-The article is due
today.-[Sprocket whining]

How am I gonna find outweird
things about cats quickly?

-[whining]-I know.

I'll borrow Fluffinella,
Shimmelfinney's cat.

Oh, just a minute, Sprockie.

-Hello, Ned?-[groans]

Listen, I'm doinga
little research on cats

and wondered if I could
borrow Fluffinellafor a while.

Yeah? Great.

-[chuckles]-[whines]

-[barking,
meowing]-Okay, Sprocket.

I admit, Fluffinella's
a bit wild at times,

but it's not a big
problem, now, is it?

-[retching]-[knocks]

That must be Ned,
with Fluffinella.

-[Sprocket
yelps]-Well, look at that.

-[screeching]-[yelping]

Well, contrary to popular
belief, cats are not afraid of dogs.

-[Fluffinella
snarling]-[Sprocket groaning]

[snoring]

[snorts, gasps]

It's today.

Oh.

I've gotta get out of
herebefore it's too late.

Oh, I hate Joke Day.

[groans]

You have to be sillyand
tell jokes all day long.

Oh, why did Red volunteer me

to deliver the traditional
medleyof knock-knock jokes?

[sighs]

I'd have to be silly
in front of everyone.

Well, there's only
one thing left to do.

[grunts]

Leave.

[whimpering]

[panting]

Whew!

Ah, good. Nobody's around.

Now, if I just sneak away, I...
- Whoa!-Ooh.

Hey, watch where you're goin'.

What? Who said that?
What? Who said that?

I did.

You know, you Fraggles
are a real nuisance.

Always running around,
barging into things.

It's a Doozer.

Good eyes.

-But why is it talking to me?-Because
you just ran into me, that's why.

And I am not an "it."

I'm Cotterpin.

Oh, don't tell me it has a name.

Too late. I already told ya.

Oh, please leave me alone.
Can't you see I'm trying to escape?

If I stay, I'll have to tellknock-knock
jokes in front of everybody.

-[engine sputters]-Yeah, but
you dislodged my crankshaft.

-[gurgling]-I think.

Oh, no. Everybody's
coming. It's starting.

No, it isn't. You broke it.

No, Joke Day is
starting. [whimpers]

-Hey, listen.-Huh?

[gurgling]

That doesn't sound
like Fraggles to me.

[Boober] How would you know? All
sortsof weird things happen on Joke Day.

But that is weirder than most.

[Cotterpin] Now
that is not a joke.

-Look!-[rumbling]

[shudders]

Oh. Oh. What is it?

I don't know, but you're
right. It's not a joke.

-Whoa!-Whoa! Help!

[upbeat music playing]

Hey, everybody, it's Joke Day.

-Ooh, I love Joke Day.-Hey, hey.

♪ What's black and
whiteAnd talks all night ♪

♪ And it likes to
barkAnd it loves to bite ♪

♪ And when it sees a
necklt takes a chew? ♪

-What? What?-What? What?

♪ Well, I don't have a clue ♪

-Why'd you ask?-[chuckles]

♪ But it's coming after you ♪

-[all laughing]-Oh,
no, let me out of here.

I've got one. I've got a joke.
Uh, let's see. What do you...

♪ What's slushy,
slimy, gushy, grimy ♪

♪ Squishy, squashy,
oh, and tiny ♪

♪ Makes you feel
likeJelly's on your chair? ♪

-What? What?-What? What?

♪ Well, I don't
know if you care ♪

♪ But it's crawling
up your hair ♪

[laughing]

Everybody, I've got a
really good one.-Ooh, ooh.

Everybody, I've got a
really good one.-Ooh, ooh.

♪ What's big and
fat, sits on things ♪

♪ And when it sits
on things, it sings ♪

♪ About the way it
wants to sit on you? ♪

What? What?

♪ Well, if you can
stand the view ♪

-Uh-huh.-Yeah.

♪ Take a look at
what's chasing you ♪

[laughing]

Boober.

Help, help, help, help,
help, help, help, help!

-Hi, Boober.-Boober?
What's wrong?

What's huge and round
and glowing, and goes...

[gurgling]

-What? What?
What?-[Mokey] Yeah, what?

I don't know, but it's
sitting in the Great Hall.

- [panting]-Uh...
- Wha... That... That's a joke?

That's not funny.
Jokes have to be funny.

Yeah, yeah. Like, why did
the radish kiss the banana?

-Yeah.-That's funny.

Wembley, I'm not kidding
you. This thing is serious.

It's in the Great Hall, and
it's glowing, and it's scary.

[screaming]

Oh, no, you don't.

-You're not gonna run away,
Boober.-[stammering] But...

You have to do the traditional
medleyof knock-knock jokes.

-Right. Come on.-Come on.

-Come on.-You don't understand!

-Fellas!-Wembley.

[gasps]-Why did the
radish kiss the banana?

[gasps]-Why did the
radish kiss the banana?

Well, i... I forget.

-Huh.-Oh.

-[grunting]-Come on,
Boober. You'll be great.

Please stop. [whimpers]

Oh, Boober, it's Joke Day.

I won't let you run away.

I promised everyoneyou'd
do the joke medley.

Red.

-[screams]-Whoa!

[all whimpering]

What is that?

It's huge and round.

And glowing.

And in the Great Hall.

It's not a joke.

I told you, it's horrible.

We've gotta cancel Joke
Dayand get out of here.

-No.-No, Boober.

[screaming]

Just because you say it's
horrible, doesn't mean it is.

It probably means it isn't.

-But... Look at it.
It's just sitting there.

It's nothing but a, uh...
Uh, nothing... but a glob.

But I tell you, it rolled in
here making a horrible noise.

It rolled in, huh?

Yes, going... [gurgling]

I see.

Oh, what is it doing here?
Oh, what is it doing here?

Nothing.

Stay away! Stay away! [whimpers]

What if it does something...
something globular?

Well, doesn't look likeit
could do much of anything.

Gee, I think it's
quite beautiful.

-Beautiful?-Mm-hmm.

-Look how it glows.-Wow!

I think it's neat.

-[chuckles]-Neat?
Don't touch it.

-[gurgles]-Hey, wait
a minute. It's bouncy.

-[all] Bouncy?-Yeah!

[whooping]

-Ah!-[giggling]

It's a bouncy glob!

[Wembley] This
is fun! [chuckles]

Fun? Are you kidding?

I'd sooner tell a knock-knock
jokethan jump on that thing.

Ooh, speaking of jokes, why
did the radish kiss the banana?

-[panting]-Why?

Oh, I forgot again.

-[Red whooping]-[Gobo] Come on.

It's time to bring outthe
whoopee cushions.

Oh, yes. I wonderif my
fake nose has dried up.

[whooping] Whoa.

Well, I've got a great fish
joke, but it needs a costume.

We'll be right back,
Boober. Don't go away.

-[all cheering and whooping]-Oh,
boy, this is gonna be fun.

Whoo-hoo!

[sighs] Well, I will go away.

If this glob isn't reason enoughto
cancel my medley of knock-knock jokes,

I don't know what is. [groans]

Hey, will you watch it?

Who said that?

I did, you silly Fraggle.

[gasps] Oh, no.
Not another Doozer.

No, not another Doozer.

I'm me. Cotterpin.

And I was there when
that... that thing rolled in.

It went... [gurgling]

Remember?

Of course I remember.

Oh, but you're just a
Doozer. What do you know?

Well, I know that thing'snot
for bouncing on, and so do you.

-So you better get
rid of it.-Get rid of it?

But I've gotta get out of here, or
they'll make me tell knock-knock jokes.

[Doozer, muffled]
Hey. Where am I?

Uh, well, you're a
Doozer, you tell her. I...

Hey.

I could've sworn there wasa
Doozer here a minute ago. Uh...

Um, uh... Did you just,
uh... Nah, you couldn't have.

It's the strain of Joke
Day. I'm just seeing things.

[Glob belches]

Get me out of here!

[gurgles]

[Doozer] Hey!
Get me out of here!

Well, I'm all ready
to tell my fish joke.

Hmm. And I'm all ready to read my
postcardfrom Uncle Travelling Matt.

-[Red groans]-[clears throat]

"Dear Nephew Gobo..."

[Matt] As I've probably
already told you,

some of the Silly
Creatureshere in Outer Space

live in large caves
called houses.

But unlike our nice, undemanding
cavesin Fraggle Rock,

But unlike our nice, undemanding
cavesin Fraggle Rock,

these houses must be fed.

Every morning, a house-feeder,
with special house food,

goes around feeding the houses.

On one particular
morning, however,

the house-feeder missedone
of the houses' mouths.

[scoffs]

Why, that poor
creature could starve.

Naturally, I did the
brave and selfless thing.

I picked up the food... Hmm.

And fed it to the house myself.

Don't worry, little housie, Uncle
Matty-Watt wouldn't let you starve.

It was a courageous
thing to do, I admit.

Boom. Ha!

[screams]

[grunting]

[groaning]

Selflessness has
its own rewards.

[sighs]

"Love, your Uncle
Travelling Matt."

-Wow!-Ah.

Boy, my Uncle Travelling Matt doesn't
knowthe meaning of the word "fear."

Boy, my Uncle Travelling Matt doesn't
knowthe meaning of the word "fear."

-Mm.-Yeah. He's
too afraid to ask.

-[all laughing]-Oh, yeah?
I'll get you, Red Fraggle.

[Fraggles singing upbeat song]

[grunts]

Good. Now I can get
outof this weird place.

Oh, no. Here they come.

♪ Big, big fun in
the rock tonight ♪

♪ Everybody's dancingln
the pale moonlight ♪

♪ Party hats and favors, wish on a
starAnd we drink from the old jam jar ♪

♪ Gonna stomp my
feet, clap my hands ♪

♪ Howdy-do, neighborTill
I bust my glands ♪

♪ Everybody's
comingWon't it be a sight? ♪

♪ And we're gonna
have fun tonight ♪

♪ You can count me
outl don't wanna do it ♪

♪ All I wanna dols tell
you where to shoo it ♪

♪ Count me out, color me
small'Cause fun's no fun at all ♪

♪ Funny, funny jokesTill
we split our sides ♪

♪ Funny, funny storiesTill
we're ready to die ♪

♪ Sing along in harmony,
whoop-de-deeJolly as a jamboree ♪

-♪ So choose your partner
♪ -♪ Don't be square ♪

♪ Tonight's the
nightWe can float on air ♪

♪ Step up, partner, do it rightAnd
we're gonna have fun tonight ♪

♪ Uh-uh, I don't wanna do it ♪

♪ All I wanna dols tell
you where to shoo it ♪

♪ All I wanna dols tell
you where to shoo it ♪

♪ Count me out, color me
small'Cause fun's no fun at all ♪

♪ Everybody's
comingWon't it be a sight? ♪

♪ And we're gonna
have fun tonight ♪

♪ We're gonna have fun tonight ♪

♪ We're gonna have fun tonight ♪

♪ We're gonna have fun tonight ♪

♪ We're gonna have fun tonight ♪

♪ We're gonna have fun tonight ♪

[whooping]

[Doozer 2] Hey, let me out.

Who said that?

Was it the glo... Nah.
Nah. Couldn't have been.

Or could it?

[vehicle approaching]

Okay, Drillbit.
We'll just, uh...

Drillbit?

Drillbit?

Huh. That's funny. He
was here just a second ago.

Hey, you, Fraggle.

[groans]

Oh.

Please tell me it
isn't another Doozer.

Okay, it isn't another Doozer.

It's me. Cotterpin.

Say, what's your name anyhow?

Boober.

[giggles] Oh.

Well, uh, Boober, have you
seen Drillbit around here?

Uh, purple helmet,
about my size, bit fatter.

-Well, there he is, there.-Huh?

Ah, that's not
Drillbit. That's Lock.

Well, how am I supposed to know?
You Doozers all look alike anyway.

Oh, yeah? Well,
so do you Fraggles.

-We do not!-You do so.

-Do not.-So.

We do... What am I standing
herearguing with a Doozer for

when any minute Joke
Day will be upon me.

You do so all look alike.

Hey, Lock, have
you seen Drillbit?

He was here a minute
ago, and... Lock? Lock?

-[belching]-[gasps]

Oh, no.

Oh, Boober!

[clicks tongue] Now what?

Look.

[gasps]

The glob... it ate my friends.

Yuck!

Hey, Gobo, you're so slow, you'd
come in second if you ran a bath.

[all laughing] [all laughing]

I'm sorry. It's Joke Day.
I gotta go. See you later.

-But, Boober... [Gobo]
Hey, Boober. Tell us a joke.

-You see? They need me.-Yeah,
but... but what about me?

That thing could eat
me at any second.

Well, uh, uh... I can't
get involved. No time.

-[Red] Boober.-Coming.

-[laughing]-Hey,
hey, how about this?

-[whimpers]-I've got corn
growing out of my ears.

How did that happen?

Beats me. I planted radishes.

[laughing]

That was very funny.

Ooh, ooh. I saw a new
Doozer way the other day.

Really? What's a Doozer way?

I don't know. I
never weighed one!

[laughing]

Hey, come on, everybody. It's
time for my riddle reading. Come on.

-This way!-Yeah.

And then it'll be time for your
medleyof knock-knock jokes, Boober.

-[laughs]-All right.
Fine, fine. Good.

I'll be right there,
just in a minute.

Now's my chanceto
get out of here. [sighs]

Mother, please listen to me.

You've got to stay away from this glob.
You've got to stay away from this glob.

Whatever for?

Just because the Fraggles bounce on it,
doesn't mean we Doozers have to stay away.

-[groans]-Really, Cotterpin.

-Sometimes you can be... [gasps]

Oh, no. Mother!

[spits]

Huh?

Mother?

[Wingnut] Get me out of here.

Oh, that does it.

[screams]

-[groaning]-[Cotterpin]
Boober. Boober!

That glob just globbedup
my mother. I saw it.

[groans] Tell me
this isn't happening.

Boober? Boober, we've
gotta do something now!

Well, why would the
glob eat your mother?

Well, I don't know.
He was hungry...

Oh, you Fraggles are no help.

Oh, Mother. Mother,
say something.

[sighs] I should've known
betterthan to stop and talk to a Doozer.

I am not a Doozer.

I'm Cotterpin, okay?

Yeah, well, if I had justkept on
running away in the first place,

none of this would've happened.

-[gasps]-[Cotterpin groaning]

[Cotterpin, muffled] Help!

I don't believe it. The
glob just ate Cotterpin.

[moaning]

[clattering]

[Cotterpin]Well, at least
he remembered my name.

[belches]

-[yowling]-[yelping]

The vocalizations of the mature female
catare what you might call high-pitched.

[chuckles] Oh, Sprocket,

I'm really glad I thought of
the ideaof observing Fluffinella.

I'll be able to write the
article now. No problem.

-[yelping]-[screeching]

-Cats can leap several
meters in the air.-[barking]

-What's that?-[snarling]

Fluffinella tried to k*ll you?

Oh, come on, Sprocket,
this is no time for jokes.

[murmurs]

It's not a joke?

Well, don't worry,
Sprocket. I'll save you.

-[screams]-[screeches]

Sprocket, cats have
very sharp teeth.

Here, kitty. Here,
kitty, kitty, kitty.

-Here, kitty. Here.-[yowling]

[Doc] Oh! Here,
kitty, kitty. Here.

Oh, Sprocket. Help.

Cotterpin? Cotterpin, can you hear me?
Cotterpin? Cotterpin, can you hear me?

[echoing] Yes.
It's gooey in here.

Well, no silly Fraggleis
going to get us out.

Oh, don't worry. I'm sure Boober
Fraggle'sa lot smarter than he looks.

He'll save us.

Glob, open your mouth, please.

[sighs] If I were a glob, what
would make me open my mouth?

I know. A yawn.

Boy, I sure am sleepy.

[yawning]

[yawning]

Ah, didn't work.

[groaning]

It's getting gooier
in here. Help!

Oh, no.

Why did this globhave to go
and eat Doozers anyway? [sighs]

I... I know.

I'll just pretend
it isn't happening.

And then I'll just
sneak away, and...

No. I can't do that either.

I've gotta do something.

[exhales deeply]

Come on, you big bully
glob. Spit out those Doozers!

Come on, you big bully
glob. Spit out those Doozers!

[Cotterpin] Help!

"Help." That's
it. I'll go get help.

Uh, stay right there.
I'll be right back.

And then he said, "Because
the blue one's in the laundry."

[laughing]

Mokey, what are you doing?

Turning things over in my mind.

[laughing]

But seriously. [honks]

Why did the radish
kiss the banana?

Quick. We gotta helpthe
Doozers now. Come on!

-Help the Doozers?-He
must be joking.

-Boober?-Joking?

-Whoa!-Uh-oh.

[laughs] Okay, Boober.
What's the joke this time?

Joke? You listen
to this. [pants]

All right. Hey, in there, little
Doozer, can you hear me?

Loud and clear, and
the name's Cotterpin.

Boober, there's
someone in there.

You see? The glob ate
what's-her-name. No joke.

We've gotta make it open
its mouthto let her out.

We've gotta make it open
its mouthto let her out.

-Oh.-I know.

Uh, maybe the Doozer can
pry it openfrom the inside.

-Yeah.-They're
good at stuff like that.

Yeah. Good idea. Um,
Cotterpin, Cotterpin.

[knocks]

Huh, that couldn't be Boober.
He remembered my name.

Well, I'd ask. You can never
betoo careful with Fraggles.

You're right.

Who's there?

-It's me, silly.-[Cotterpin]
"It's me, silly" who?

It's me, silly, Boober.

Hey, they just told
a knock-knock joke.

-Yeah.-[laughing]

[gurgling laughter]

Hey, what's that?

Oh. [chuckles]

The glob is giggling.

You mean it likes
knock-knock jokes?

Well, what do you know.

Hey, wait a minute.

If we can make it laugh hard
enough, maybe it'll open its mouth.

Yeah, that's it, Boober.

-Knock again.-Okay.

Uh, knock, knock.

Boober, what's going on?
Boober, what's going on?

[Boober] No, no, no. You say
"Who's there?" It's part of the joke.

But I know who's there.

Besides, who can think
of jokesat a time like this?

Yeah.

-Do you wanna get out of there or
not?-[Cotterpin] Oh. Who's there?

Uh, um, uh... Go on,
Boober, answer. Say anything.

Anything?

[Cotterpin] Anything who?

Oh, uh, um, um...
Anything I can do for you?

[all groaning]

-No.-[clicks tongue]

You call that a joke?

You call that a joke?

[gurgling laughter]

-Whoa. Whoa.-Whoa.

[Mokey] Oh. Boober. Boober.

-Quick, tell some more. Go
on.-[Wembley] Yeah, yeah.

Um, knock, knock.

-[Cotterpin] Who's there?-Howie.

-[Cotterpin] Howie who?-Uh...
I'm okay. How're you?

[all laughing]

You know, this is kind of fun.

Uh, knock, knock.

-[Cotterpin] Who's
there?-Uh, arch.

-[Cotterpin] Arch who?-Aren't
you catching a cold?

[all laughing]

- Knock, knock.-[Cotterpin] Who's there?
- Knock, knock.-[Cotterpin] Who's there?

-Oscar.-[Cotterpin] Oscar who?

Oscar silly question,
get a silly answer.

[all laughing]

-[Boober] Knock,
knock.-Who's there?

-Freddie.-[Cotterpin]
Freddie who?

Freddie or not, here you come.

[guffawing]

[screaming]

Oh, my head. [groans]

[cheering, whooping]

The glob is leaving.

Laughing its wayright
out of the Great Hall.

-Yeah.-[glob laughs]
"Freddie or not."

That was a good one.

[laughter continues]

[cheering]

-Boober,
congratulations!-Aw, yeah.

-You saved the Doozers.-Yeah.

-[all] Yay!-You
saved us, Cotterpin.

-Cotterpin, you did it.
You saved us.-Yeah.

Cotterpin, you were right.

Trust the silly Fragglesto
have a glob that eats Doozers.

Trust the silly Fragglesto
have a glob that eats Doozers.

Well, they didn't even
know until Boober...

Of course they didn't know.
What do silly Fraggles know?

Boober was right. That
glob was dangerous.

Well, it obviously just neededa
good laugh, so it came to Joke Day.

-Yeah.-[chuckles]

-Wait! I got it. I got it.-What?

-Listen to this.-What?

Why did the radish
kiss the banana?

[all sighing] Why, Wembley?

Because it had a
peel. Get it? "Appeal."

-[laughing]-Banana, a peel.

[clamoring]

Oh, that was perfect.

You finally did it, Wembley.

-[Wembley] Yeah,
a banana.-[chuckles]

[sighs]

-[vehicle approaches]-[Cotterpin]
Hey, Boober.

I... I just wanted
to say thanks.

Oh, don't thank me.

I tried to run away.

I was worried only about myself.

As usual.

I'm sorry I didn't
help you sooner.

Aw, that's okay.

But, um...

do you think you could do me a
favorand remember my name from now on?

Do you think you could do me a
favorand remember my name from now on?

Of course I can. I'm
not that silly, you know.

-Uh, knock, knock.-Who's there?

See? You forgot my name already!

-Oh! [laughing]-[laughing]

[clattering]

-[meowing]-[barking]

No cat can resist a mouse.
Even I know that, Sprocket.

And this is Fluffinella's
kind of mouse.

-Okay, Sprocket. Ready?-[barks]

Go sic it, Fluffinella!

We did it! We did it!

-[panting]-[chuckles]
Oh, Sprocket, I'm sorry.

If I hadn't been so
busyobserving Fluffinella,

I would've noticedthat
you were in trouble.

[whines]

And you're much more
importantthan my research.

Uh-oh.

I have to give a little talk
next weekon the common flea.

[gasps]

Oh, no, no. Don't
worry, Sprocket.

I'll find out all I have
to knowfrom a book.

I'll find out all I have
to knowfrom a book.

[sighs]

[upbeat music playing]

[scatting]

♪ Dance your cares away ♪

♪ Worry's for another day ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Dance your cares away ♪

-♪ Worry's for another
day ♪-[Red] Whoopee!

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪

♪ Down at Fraggle Rock ♪