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02x18 - Elijah Wood & John Astin

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Kino's Storytime". Aired: October 12, 1992 – September 1, 1997.*
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American children's reading television program which aired on PBS from October 12, 1992 until September 1, 1997.

02x18 - Elijah Wood & John Astin

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what's the story amigos this is kino

with some cool stories for today's story

time

make believe and make believe in make me

a monster uh

a vampire

i love halloween

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boy i look pretty scary as count dracula

huh

pretending to be scary and pretending to

be scared

it's the most awesome fun i wonder what

jenny's gonna be

oh and i wonder what lucy's gonna be

this time

she's always funny in a in a scary way

you know last year she was a mummy all

those bandages

that was just great lucy loves halloween

as much as i do

yup yup another year of scared sillies

at the story place

but first three

story time is made possible by the grant

from holland and peter bean

so that families everywhere can share

the joy of reading with their children

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yikes i didn't know i had the little

brother

oh brother hey you scared me mr

aston but i knew it was you i did

trick-or-treat well let me see

i have some treats here how would you

like

a pickled lizard or a chocolate bar

oh a chocolate bar please chocolate bar

all right have it your way but the

lizards are scrumptious

i pickled them myself come on thank you

sit on my front stoop with me

i have another treat for the two

of you a halloween

story

would you like to hear it sure

okay i will need your fleshlight

so that i may see the words

and then i will sing

i will sing like a bet

it's called the house that track built

written by

judy sierra with pictures by will

hillenbrand

this is the house the truck built

this is the bat that lived in the house

that rock

built

this is the cat that bit the bet that

lived in the house the drug

built

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this is the verve that chased the cat

that bit the bat

that lived in the house that rock built

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this is to fear some manticore that's

wrestled the verve of the chase the cat

that bit

the bet that lived in the house the

drake built

this is the monster whose blood-curdling

roar startled the fear semanticore that

wrestled the verve of the chaster cat

that bit the bat that lived in the house

the track built

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this is the coffin under the floor that

fell on the monster whose blood-curdling

roar

startled the fear semantic cord that

wrestled the verve off to chase the cat

that bit

the bat that lived in the house that

rock built

this is the mummy from days of yore that

rose from the coffin under the floor

that fell at the monster whose

blood-curdling roar started the fearsome

man decor

that wrestled the verb to chase

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this is the zombie famous and lord that

unwrapped the mummy from days of yore

that rose from the coffin under the

floor that fell on the monster whose

blood-curdling roar

startled the fear semanticore that

wrestled the verve of the chase the cat

that bit the bat that lived in the house

the drock

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this is the fiend of bloody gore that

served a zombie

famous in lore that unwrapped the mummy

from days of yore

that rose from the coffin under the

floor that fell at the monster

whose blood-curdling roar start with the

fear some man decor

that wrestled the verbal to chase the

cat that bit the best that lived in the

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house

these are the children who knocked at

the door and frightened the fiend of

bloody gore

and zapped the zombie famous and lord

they re-wrapped the mummy from days and

door and closed the coffin

under the floor and shushed the

monster's breathleting roar

they sued the fear semanticore and caged

the werewolf invented the cat

and bandaged the battle that lifted the

house to dragon built

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the end oh whoa that was such a cool

story mr

aston and you think better than a bat

yeah

thank you my taught me

well we better get going mr aston you

know

lucy's playing scared silly again at the

story place

scared zilli i remember that from last

year

the story place is all spooky and

halloweeny and lucy hides

and she jumps out and asks us halloween

yeah and if we don't know the answer we

have to give her a treat

but then she puts treats back in our

bags yeah

she thinks we don't know but we do and

she always gives us her special caramel

apples

yum yum it's good silly

it sounds silly and scary

i like it

well goodbye mr aston and thanks again

bye bye bye

if you see any bats flying around

tell them to drop into my

castle

oh this is scary

yeah watch out for lucy everybody she

could be just about

anywhere

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wow yes oh yes

i have a riddle and you must answer it

or give me a treat

when does a skeleton laugh

oh brother let me think uh you guys know

let me see i don't know uh

i don't know we don't know when you

tickle it's bunny bone

oh i need a treat please okay there you

go

oh thank you and goodbye for now

bye chocolate gloves

oh boy we'll keep your eyes open you

guys cause they're gonna be more scared

sillies around here

i just know it

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yikes who wants to hear a halloween

story

oh we do we do well come over here then

i won't fight

okay come on

whoa elijah it's you isn't it

um could be

oh i knew it was you so

what halloween story did you bring did

you bring a story about werewolves

nope when you think of halloween what do

you think of

what's it yeah which is a hunt what else

monsters well i think of

jack-o'-lanterns

pumpkins so this story is called big

pumpkin

it was written by erica silverman and

illustrated by sd schindler

it's so funny you'll howl here we go

once there was a witch who wanted to

make a pumpkin pie

so she planted a pumpkin seed she weeded

and watered

and after a while a sprout poked through

and then a pumpkin

grew and it grew and it grew and then it

grew some more

soon halloween was just hours away

the witch thought about pumpkin pie and

bent down to take her pumpkin off the

vine

well she pulled and she tugged

first she pulled hard then she pulled

harder but that pumpkin just sat

said the witch just then along came a

ghost

big pumpkin said the ghost it's bigger

it's mine but it's stuck in the vine

and halloween's just hours away said the

witch

and she kicked that pumpkin i'm bigger

than you

and stronger too boasted the ghost let

me try

said the witch but she thought about

pumpkin pie and stepped aside

the ghost bent down to take the pumpkin

off the vine well he pulled and he

tucked and he pulled first he pulled

hard then he pulled harder

but that pumpkin just sat right

said the ghost

just then along came a vampire

big bumpkin said the vampire it's

big in its mind but it's stuck in the

vine and halloween's just hours away

said the witch and she kicked that

pumpkin

i am bigger than both of you and

stronger too posted the vampire

let me try said the witch

hmm said the ghost but they thought

about pumpkin pie

and stepped aside the vampire bent down

to take the pumpkin off the vine

well he pulled and he dug and he pulled

first he pulled hard then he pulled

harder but that pumpkin just sat

threat said the vampire

just then along came a mummy

big pumpkin said the mummy it's bigger

it's mine but it's stuck on the vine

and halloween's just hours away said the

witch

and she kicked that pumpkin i'm bigger

than you

and stronger too boasted the mummy let

me try

said the witch hmm said the ghost

hmm said the vampire but they thought

about pumpkin pie and stepped aside

the mummy bent down to take the pumpkin

off the vine

well she pulled and she

talked and she pulled first she pulled

hard

then she pulled harder but that pumpkin

just sat

dropped said the mummy

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just then along came a bat big pumpkin

said the bat the witch didn't say a word

she just looked at the ghost and rolled

her eyes the ghost looked at the vampire

the vampire looked at the mummy

they all looked at the little bat and

they started to laugh

i may not be big and i need not destroy

said the bat

but i have an idea and the bat told them

what to do

said the witch hmm said the ghost

said the vampire hmm said the mummy

they thought about pumpkin pie and bent

down to take the pumpkin off the vine

ready set pool called the bat

the bat pulled the mummy the mummy

pulled the vampire the vampire pulled

the ghost

the ghost pulled the witch and the witch

pulled the pumpkin

well they pulled and they tugged and

they pulled first they pulled hard then

they pulled harder

and snapped

off came the pumpkin drop said the witch

whoosh it flew and it flew

fun it landed on top of a hill and thump

bump thump bump thump bump

it bounced all the way down to the

witch's house when it got to her door

that pumpkin just sat

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hooray for the fat shouted the witch and

she hurried inside to make pumpkin pie

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mmm said the ghost have some more i said

the witch

who didn't eat another bite said the

vampire fun party

said the mummy

time to go said the bat

drat said the witch as she watched them

all leave

then she went right out and planted

another pumpkin seed

the end that was really a funny story

elijah

that's mr werewolf to you count dracula

oh oops

sorry mr werewolf so what'd you think

did you like my story

it was cool yeah yeah what'd you think

was the funniest part raggedy ann

yeah what was the funniest part when

they got it out

yeah they finally got that pumpkin

didn't they

but it sure was hard for them to make

that pumpkin pie i don't think i've ever

heard a story like that before

i haven't either isn't that amazing wow

wouldn't it be great to have a big

pumpkin like that and make a big pumpkin

pie yeah

well i've had a whole

good time but there's a full moon

tonight

and i have to run okay elijah uh i mean

mr werewolf goodbye and thanks

oh one more thing if i were you

i'd go that away i'm out of here

oh man here we go again i have a feeling

another

scared silly's on the way come on you

guys come on let's go

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make a guess if you know how

answer me a little now

what do you call a snail who's

all dressed up for halloween oh gosh

gee let me think uh uh

oh brother we don't we don't know

what do you call snail is dressed up for

halloween a creepy crawly

tree

sticky fruity chewies

who'd like another story

yeah all right how about

this one all right sit down

around yeah everybody get it

all right here we go nice and clean

all right this is

the little old lady who was not afraid

of

anything by linda williams and

illustrated by megan lloyd

once upon a time there was a little old

lady who was not

afraid of anything

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one windy afternoon the little old lady

left her cottage

and went for a walk in the forest to

collect herbs and spices

nuts and seeds

she walked so long and so

far that it started to get dark

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there was only a sliver of moon

shining through the night

the little old lady started to walk home

suddenly she stopped right

in the middle of the path were two

big shoes and the shoes

went clump clump

get out of my way you two big shoes i'm

not afraid of you

said the little old lady on she walked

down the path

but behind her she could hear two

shoes go clump clump

a little farther on the little old lady

stumbled into a pair of

pants and the pants went

wiggle wiggle

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get out of my way you parapens i'm not

afraid of you

said the little old lady and she walked

on

but behind her she could hear

two shoes go clop club

and one pair of pants go wiggle wiggle

farther still the little old lady

bumped into a shirt and the shirt went

shake shake

get out of my way you silly shirt i'm

not afraid of you

said the little old lady and on she

walked

a little bit faster but behind

her she could hear two shoes

go clump clump one pair of pants

go wiggle wiggle

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and one shirt go shake shake

a little ways on the little old lady

came upon two white gloves and a tall

black hat and the gloves

went clap clap

and the hat went nod nod

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get out of my way you two white

gloves and your tall black hat i'm not

afraid of you

she said and on she walked just a little

bit faster

but behind her she could hear two shoes

go

clap close one pair of pants go

wait wait wait wait wait one shirt go

shake shake shake two gloves go

by now the little old lady was walking

at quite a fast pace

she was very near her cottage when she

was startled

by a very huge

very orange very

scary pumpkin head and the head

went

this time the little old lady did not

stop to talk

she did not stop at all she ran

but behind her she could hear two shoes

go clunk clock one pair of pants go

wiggle wiggle one shirt go shake shake

two gloves go one

hat go no nod and one scary pumpkin head

go

boom the little old lady did not look

back

she ran as fast as she could and didn't

stop to catch her breath

until she was safe inside her cottage

with the door locked

she sat in her chair by the fire and she

rocked and she rocked

it was so quiet in her

cottage before the knock knock

on the door should she answer it

well she was not afraid of anything

so she went to the door and opened it

what do you think she saw

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two shoes go

one pair of pants go wiggle wiggle

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one shirt go shake shake

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and one scary pumpkin head go

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i'm not afraid of you said the little

old lady bravely

oh what do you want anyway

we've come to scare you

you can't scare me said the little old

lady

then what's to become of us

the pumpkinhead suddenly looked

unhappy

i have an idea said the little old lady

she whispered into the pumpkin's ear

the pumpkin head nodded and its face

seemed to brighten

the little old lady said good night

close the door

and whistled on her way to bed

the next morning she woke up

early she went to her window and looked

out into her garden

and what do you think she saw

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two shoes go clap clap

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one pair of pants go wiggle wiggle

one shirt goes shaky

two gloves go black

[Music]

and scare all the crows

away

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the end oh that was cool

and i wasn't afraid at all either me

neither

me me neither oh you weren't huh well

good and what did the shoes and the

pants in the hat

and the big scary pumpkin head turn into

a scare

scarecrow right and

look what else i've cooked up in my

witch's

stew to

spooky scary creepy

halloween story pics the first one

is a story about an unemployed witch who

has

too many little kitty mouths to feed

it's called a job for with tilda

and it's a real cackle

and in the other one granny wants to

know

why and who and what

is scaring all her ghosts and goblins in

her house

it's a real treat it's

called granny green teeth

and the noise in the night

oh boy they sound spooky and scary all

right

oh and they are and don't forget

my little ghosts and goblins

keep a story in your heart

and try not to get scared silly

speaking of scared silly

make a guess if you know how answer me a

riddle now

what do you call a skeleton that isn't

working

well a skeleton that isn't working

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today's story time books are the house

that drack built by judy sierra

illustrated by will hillenbrand

big pumpkin by erica silverman

illustrated by s d

schindler the little old lady who was

not afraid of anything by linda williams

illustrated by megan lloyd

halloween howls riddles that are a

scream by giulio maestro

a job for watilda by carolyn biener

illustrated by mark biener

and granny green teeth and the noise in

the night

by ken and joanne compton illustrated by

ken

compton

you can find these and other books at

your local library

story time is made possible by the grant

from holland and peter b

so that families everywhere can share

the joy of reading with their children

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story time is production of kcet los

angeles