♪♪ ♪ Skiddly ahh bop bow,
Get upple on a wubble,
Buzz into a bubble,
Wubble on the double,
And take your face
To a wubbulous place,
Scuttle on a shuttle,
Waddle in a puddle ♪
♪♪ Ow!
♪♪ ♪ Through the middle
Of the muddle,
And dance your feet down
To wubbulous street,
Flip, float, flop, and drop,
Bottoms up down to the top,
Insides, outsides,
Here and gone,
When you get to the end,
You go on and on ♪
♪♪ Ooh!
♪♪ Yeah!
♪♪ Ha ha ha ha ha!
♪♪ [Slurp] yecch!
♪♪ ♪ Scuttle on a shuttle,
Waddle in a puddle,
Through the middle
Of the muddle,
And dance your feet down
To wubbulous street ♪
♪♪ Hello. Anyone out there?
♪♪ ♪ Get upple on a wubble,
Buzz into a bubble ♪
♪♪ Yeah!
♪♪ Tighten up, get loose.
♪♪ ♪ In the wubbulous world,
In the wubbulous world
Of dr. Seuss ♪
Of dr. Seuss ♪ ♪♪ yeah.
♪♪ Yeah.
♪♪ May I have your attention?
I think you'll enjoy--heh heh
My brand new invention.
♪♪ Ooh, what is this
Contraption?
♪♪ It's big.
♪♪ And it's green.
♪♪ Hey, I'm glad you asked.
It's my new story machine.
Huh? You know, every object
Has a story behind it,
No matter how weird, or silly,
Or strange. There's a story
To tell about everything.
♪♪ Ooh.
♪♪ Ahh.
♪♪ So how does it work?
♪♪ Well, you pick anything.
Anything at all. You pop it in,
And the machine finds the story
Inside the object
And tells it to you.
All: wow!
♪♪ Enjoy, fellas. Heh heh.
♪♪ Hey, hey. Let's put in
This old back scratcher.
♪♪ Are you crazy?
♪♪ Yeah, what kind of a story
Could that tell?
♪♪ There's only one way
To find out.
[]
[Machine hums]
♪♪ The grinch was the greatest
Of the meanest, by far.
His soul full of prickles,
His heart full of tar.
Except for an itch,
He lived all alone.
And that's how he liked it.
No friends, fax, or phone.
[Scratching]
[Knocking on door]
♪♪ Mm. Mm-hmm.
♪♪ Uh--uh, hi there. I'm selling
Subscriptions to the happy
Neighbor gazette.
♪♪ Mm. What a lovely
Publication. Ha ha ha ha ha.
I'm happier already.
♪♪ B-b-but--
♪♪ Ha ha ha!
♪♪ He kept to himself. He hated
The sound of anyone else,
Man or beast, lurking around.
[Knocking on door]
♪♪ Mm.
♪♪ Would you like to buy
A raffle ticket
For a good cause?
♪♪ No. Would you like
To get lost?
♪♪ [Sobbing]
♪♪ He hated well-wishers,
All kinds and all sizes.
Especially those bringing him
Valuable prizes.
[Knocking on door]
[Knocking on door] ♪♪ huh? Oh.
♪♪ Huh? Oh.
All: congratulations!
We're here to say you've won
Quadrillion dollars to--
[Slamming door]
All: day.
♪♪ The grinch scared them off,
And they all stayed away.
So the grinch was alone
Each night and each day.
Companions? Not one.
Not goldfish or leech.
Just that pesky old itch
That he couldn't quite reach.
[]
Alone's what he wanted
To gristle and glower.
Alone's what he was
All alone in his tower.
Then, one day--
[Barking]
[]
♪♪ Woof!
♪♪ Aah! Unh!
♪♪ That would scare anyone
Naturally. But it didn't scare
This pup. No, no, not he.
For some unknown reason,
This dog liked the grinch.
Where others would shudder,
This dog wouldn't flinch.
[Thumping]
[Thumping] ♪♪ hmm? [Grumbles]
♪♪ Hmm? [Grumbles]
Oh!
♪♪ Woof!
♪♪ You flea-bitten mongrel,
I don't want to play.
Haven't you heard?
I'm the grinch. Go away.
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Unh.
♪♪ And although the grinch
Tried to send him away,
It was clear that this puppy
Just wanted to stay.
[Thumping]
♪♪ Hmm? Uh!
♪♪ Yes, the dog came right back,
The stick all taped up.
♪♪ Aah!
♪♪ Was there no way to get rid
Of this pup?
The grinch slammed the door
With a shuddering shock.
But then--
[Knocking]
♪♪ What's that noise?
Could it be a knock?
[Grumbling]
[]
♪♪ Aah!
I don't want to play fetch,
I don't want to play ball.
I don't want to play anything.
Nothing at all.
Uhh! [Sighs]
[Knocking]
[]
[Whimpering]
♪♪ Oh, very well.
We'll play ball, my dog friend.
My canine nightmare is going
To end. I'm sending this off
Far away from my home,
To a cold, distant place
Just a stone's throw from nome.
This is one lesson
You may understand.
Go fetch this one, mutt.
It may never land.
[f*ring cannon]
♪♪ What the grinch said
Was true. Far away
That ball flew.
♪♪ This itch is the worst itch
That I've ever had.
I just can't quite reach it.
It's driving me mad.
[Knocking]
♪♪ Hmm. I wonder who that
Could be?
♪♪ Well, who do you know?
That pup came on back
Through the ice and the snow.
♪♪ [Whimpers]
♪♪ [Grumbling]
When I throw in a stick,
He will jump in this hole
And drop yards
Through rough anthracite coal.
He'll fall and he'll tumble
Through muck and through mire.
He'll be covered with dirt.
He'll sweat and perspire.
He'll drop into a cave
Near the end of this trip
Where the snappers will snap
And the snippers will snip.
They'll drag him nine miles
As they tromp and they stomp
Through the foul-smelling slime
Of old swimpering swamp.
Then this trip finally ends
At the great grondy pier
Which is miles from here.
[]
♪♪ After digging and digging
A day and an hour,
The grinch climbed back up
To his grinchy green tower
And waited for--
[Knocking]
♪♪ Yes, a knock at the door
And a chance to play fetch
Through the hole in his floor.
♪♪ Fetch? Why of course.
My, that game is so clever.
[Laughing] let's hope that
My pitching is better than ever.
[]
♪♪ Oops!
♪♪ Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof!
♪♪ Ha ha ha ha.
♪♪ [Howling]
♪♪ Good doggy. Ha ha ha ha!
[]
Ah! Ah! Mm! Ahh!
[Knocking]
♪♪ It couldn't be him.
No! It just couldn't be.
[]
♪♪ [Whimpers]
♪♪ [Spluttering]
♪♪ [Spits] woof!
♪♪ I don't want you here.
Do you hear what I'm saying?
I want to be alone.
I have no time for playing.
Now get out of my house.
You're not welcome here.
Stay away, mangy mutt,
And never come near.
♪♪ Woof woof? [Whimpers]
♪♪ No matter how much
I'm scratching and scritching,
Mm, I just can't seem
To get rid of this itching.
♪♪ Woof?
[Scratching]
♪♪ Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!
When are you leaving, dog?
Might I inquire?
Ooh, just a little--
Mm, just a little bit higher.
Ooh.
Oh, you have such a way with
Backs. Why don't you stay?
♪♪ Ooh!
♪♪ And I'll call you rover.
♪♪ Um, mm-mm.
♪♪ Spot. Stinky.
♪♪ Mm-mm.
♪♪ Felix? Rotgut?
♪♪ Bleh.
♪♪ Sludgy?
♪♪ Mm-mm.
♪♪ Then how about, um...max?
♪♪ Woof! Woof! Ow-oo!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
♪♪ And from that moment on,
They were never apart.
For max scratched his way
Into the grinch's small heart.
[]
♪♪ Aww, that was great.
Wasn't that a good story?
♪♪ Wonderful.
♪♪ Yeah. Uh, so.
What are we gonna do now?
♪♪ Well, uh, let's find
Something else and hear
Another story.
♪♪ Ok.
♪♪ Great idea. Let's go.
♪♪ Boy, oh boy.
♪♪ Hey. I found some lint.
♪♪ And I found a thing.
♪♪ Here's a half-finished cake.
♪♪ Great! Put it in.
♪♪ Hey, hey, wait. That was
Gonna be my lunch.
[Machine humming]
♪♪ There it goes.
♪♪ Yeah.
♪♪ Aww.
♪♪ Oh, boy.
♪♪ Days such as this
Are the regular rule
In the glorious, florious
Jungle of nool.
The wind is a whisper,
The sky a bright blue.
And the animals do
What the animals do.
Yes, things in nool are
The way things in nool are.
There's nothing unusual,
Odd, or bizarre.
Hmm.
As I was saying, things in nool
Are the way things in nool are.
Like jane kangaroo,
The socialite star.
[Bouncing]
♪♪ Oh, what a party
I'm planning to throw. Regina
The queen will be honored,
And so let everyone hear,
Let everyone know--
♪♪ But only those who are
Invited should show.
♪♪ And those who are not
Will wish they could go.
♪♪ Uh, pardon. Uh, one question.
Am I invited?
♪♪ Oh, by regina herself.
♪♪ Oh, boy. I'm excited.
♪♪ So you'll come?
♪♪ Yes, I will.
♪♪ Was thidwick's response.
♪♪ Good. The queen always gets
What the queen always wants.
If I have anything to say
About it.
♪♪ And you do.
♪♪ Mm.
♪♪ Yeah.
♪♪ So things in nool are
The way things in nool are.
Jane being jane, that socialite
Star. Now, nothing unusual, odd,
Or bizarre--hmm.
[Rocket landing]
[]
All: [gasping]
♪♪ My goodness! My gracious!
♪♪ My--my--
♪♪ My word!
♪♪ Could that be a featherless
Firefly bird?
♪♪ I think it's something
Even more rare.
♪♪ From around here?
♪♪ No, from way out up there.
♪♪ And they watched, and they
Stared, and they worried
And wondered as something
Inside the thing thrumbled
And thundered.
♪♪ Mother, I'm scared.
♪♪ Said junior, who hid.
Then the thing from out there
Then the thing from out there started flipping its lid.
Started flipping its lid.
[Hinges squeaking]
♪♪ And up from within
Something came into view.
A mysterious figure.
It grew and it grew.
[Grunting]
♪♪ Was it a what? Was it a who?
[]
♪♪ My name's alvin.
How do you do?
♪♪ Why, he's not so scary.
♪♪ Not scary one bit.
♪♪ I'll tell you my story
If you'll permit.
♪♪ And he's polite, too.
♪♪ ♪ I come from a planet
Called malamaroo
[]
I'm the only member
Of my one-member crew
[]
I'm a long way from home
Home's a long way from me
[]
And if I were back home
Home is where I'd be
[]
Oh, malamaroo, malamaroo
Where the sky's always pink
And the sun's always blue
A beautiful world
You'd love it there too
Oh! Malamaroo, malamaroo
Malama-- ♪
[]
♪♪ Hey, anybody know
Where there's a party?
♪♪ Well, actually I was just
Planning a big party
In honor of regina--
♪♪ Oh, let me help you.
♪♪ Let you help?
♪♪ Let me throw the party
For you.
♪♪ Why should I do that?
♪♪ We malamaroons are
The partiest people on any
Planet. [Giggles]
Our parties go on
For light-years.
All: hmm.
♪♪ Oh, let me make the party.
I'll do it the malamaroo way.
Please, please, please, please,
Please? Hmm? Hmm? Hmm?
♪♪ If alvin likes throwing
Parties so much,
Let's let him throw ours
With an outer space touch.
It'll make us the stars
Of the socialite scene.
♪♪ And score royal points
With regina the queen.
♪♪ I can see that you see
What I'm meaning to mean.
Alvin!
If it will make you happy,
You may throw my party.
♪♪ Great! Oh, just leave it
To me. I'll make punch.
I'll make mix the malamaroon
Way. Just be there by .
♪♪ Ooh.
[]
♪♪ I'm making a party.
[Licks fingers]
A party I'm making.
The partiest party,
The cakiest caking.
Oh, what a party this party--
[Bouncing]
♪♪ Oh. Want to play a game?
♪♪ Eh, a game? I mean, now?
♪♪ Yes, yes, yes, yes.
♪♪ Oh, well, don't you have
To finish preparing
For mother's party?
♪♪ I know a jumping game.
It's a blast-a-roo!
♪♪ No, no, I don't think so.
♪♪ Oh, come on.
♪♪ Mother will not be happy.
♪♪ Hey, put this on.
♪♪ Oh--oh, whoa!
Whoa, wait--
♪♪ So alvin from malamaroo
Took a break--
♪♪ Oh! Whoa.
♪♪ From hanging the banners
And icing the cake.
And he taught young junior
His jumping-up game.
♪♪ Now, this is part one.
Bounce higher. Take aim
For the tree's highest branch.
♪♪ Whoa! I caught on.
Alvin. Hey, alvin.
♪♪ But alvin was gone.
♪♪ Oh. Hey, alvin.
What about part two?
Where you get me down?
Whoa! Alvin!
♪♪ So alvin left junior
Out on a limb.
But not to be nasty.
Not alvin. Not him.
♪♪ Ugh.
♪♪ Then he ran into thidwick
On east moose moss road
And offered to help the moose
Lighten his load.
♪♪ Well, thanks, alvin.
I've been harvesting moose moss
For most of the day.
I carry each bundle
Far, far away.
♪♪ Then you return?
♪♪ For stack after stack.
Back and forth, back and forth,
Back and forth, forth and back.
♪♪ You store your moss
So far from here?
♪♪ It's a good thing I do this
Just once a year.
♪♪ Thidwick, we malamaroons
Are great at stacking stuff.
♪♪ Do tell.
♪♪ I can help you get this done
In one trip. Oh, please let me
Help. I love to help.
Oh, please, please, please,
Please, please.
♪♪ Well, help away, friendly
Visitor from another planet.
♪♪ Great.
I have a two-part plan.
♪♪ A two-part plan.
♪♪ Part one, I stack the moose
Moss on your mighty head.
♪♪ So alvin from malamaroo
Started stacking. And he didn't
Stop, no snoozing or snacking.
Yes, on thidwick's antlers
He stacked that moss high.
A great mound of moose moss
That reached to the sky.
♪♪ Uh, alvin, uh, I can't see
Very well, or--or walk very--
Ooh! Pardon me. Alvin? Alvin?
What about part two of your
Pla-aa-aan?
♪♪ At her home down the way
Jane turned to say--
♪♪ Oh, regina my queen.
This party will be
Intergalactic. In fact,
It's fan-tactic. Ha ha!
Ha! Yes!
Aah! Aah! Oh, my.
Nothing is finished. Eh--
Pardon me, your highness.
[Screaming]
♪♪ Hmm!
♪♪ No, no! Queen regina, please.
Don't--
♪♪ Well, I'm here for the party.
♪♪ There is no party.
Alvin didn't finish setting up.
Everything is half-done.
♪♪ Well, I must say I'm not
Surprised. He left me halfway
Through also.
♪♪ I--i--
[Monkeys chattering]
♪♪ What?
♪♪ Whoa!
♪♪ What's going on here?
♪♪ Oh! Ee!
♪♪ [Gasps] junior! You come down
From there at once.
♪♪ I can't. Alvin left me
Halfway through a game
And I don't know how
To turn this thing off!
Whoa!
♪♪ Hey there.
♪♪ Hmm?
♪♪ Am I late for the party?
Hee hee hee!
♪♪ Party?
♪♪ Mm-hmm.
♪♪ Party? You ruined my party.
Why didn't you finish setting
Everything up?
♪♪ Oh, well, uh--
♪♪ Yeah. Why did you leave me
Covered with moose moss?
♪♪ Oh, that. Well, you see--
♪♪ And why did you leave me
Up here like a--whoa!
Hey, hey, hey!
[Monkeys chattering]
♪♪ Well, uh--i didn't mean to--
Well, the thing is, i--
Both: yes?
♪♪ This isn't easy
For me to say.
♪♪ Say it.
♪♪ I have a little trouble
Finishing what I start.
♪♪ Uh. No kidding.
♪♪ Big surprise.
♪♪ That's why I'm here,
Halfway home.
My fellow malamaroons can't
Stand me. I'm an embarrassment.
Not to mention a lousy friend
And neighbor.
I'm never going back.
♪♪ [Gasp] I feel faint.
♪♪ You mean you ran away
From home?
♪♪ Actually, I ran away
From planet. I'm an outcast.
A misfit! A halfway guy.
♪♪ Poor, sad, lonely creature
From another world.
♪♪ I'll get used to it here.
Let's watch television.
♪♪ [Spluttering]
I want him gone.
♪♪ Hmm. I have an idea that just
Might help alvin feel better
About going home.
♪♪ Hmm?
♪♪ Hey! Hey! Get me down!
Whoa!
♪♪ Thidwick's idea was to show
Their new friend how good it
Feels seeing things through
To the end.
♪♪ And that's how you play
Swooshball. Ready?
♪♪ Ready.
♪♪ All right then. Pull!
♪♪ All right then. Pull! [Foomp]
[Foomp]
[Foomp]
♪♪ Unh.
♪♪ Unh. [Foomp]
[Foomp]
[Foomp]
♪♪ Unh. Well, that was fun.
[Bonk]
♪♪ Ouch. Uhh!
♪♪ Um, the game's not finished
Yet. You have to keep hitting
The ball.
♪♪ I do?
♪♪ Mm-hmm.
♪♪ Well--
[Shakes head] ok.
♪♪ All right, ready? Pull!
♪♪ All right, ready? Pull! [Foomp]
[Foomp]
[Foomp]
♪♪ Mm--uh!
♪♪ Uh!
♪♪ Ooh!
♪♪ Oh-ho!
[Foomp]
♪♪ Uhh!
Uh, no--
[Panting]
♪♪ Ohh, oh!
♪♪ Game, alvin.
♪♪ What happened?
♪♪ [Panting] you won.
♪♪ I did?
♪♪ Mm.
♪♪ What an odd sensation.
[]
♪♪ "And they all lived happily
Ever after."
Monkeys: aww.
♪♪ [Sniffling] that's beautiful.
Wow. I didn't know anyone
In books ever lived
Happily ever after.
♪♪ Well, that's because that
Usually happens at the end
Of the book.
♪♪ Ah, you have to finish
The book.
[]
[Cheering]
All: alvin! Alvin!
♪♪ Oh! Whoa!
♪♪ Ooh! Oh!
What happened?
♪♪ You finished the race.
You won!
All: you won! Hooray!
♪♪ I won? I won?
I like to finish.
I like this finishing feeling.
All: yay!
♪♪ Hey, alvin!
♪♪ I thought for sure we'd have
Gotten through to alvin.
♪♪ Maybe he's wandered off
Somewhere to drive someone else
Crazy.
♪♪ Hello.
♪♪ Oh, good-bye.
♪♪ My friends, my companions,
I've come here to say
You've shown me the light,
You've taught me the way
To finish the things
That I have begun.
There are games to be played
And races to run.
♪♪ And books to read.
♪♪ And journeys back home.
♪♪ So much to complete.
♪♪ And journeys back home.
♪♪ And I've decided
To do just that.
To go back to malamaroo
To face my friends and finish up
Everything I left half done.
♪♪ You're going home?
Well, it was so nice having you.
Toodle-oo, ta-ta,
Good-bye forever.
♪♪ But I can't.
♪♪ What?
♪♪ What?
♪♪ I'm out of fuel.
I left malamaroo with only
Half a t*nk.
♪♪ Uh, anything I can do?
♪♪ Well, I need to find some
Substance that has tremendous
Energy. Something we can make
Fuel out of.
♪♪ Uh, tremendous energy.
♪♪ Cookies?
♪♪ Something with tremendous
Energy.
♪♪ Ehh--
♪♪ Moose moss!
All: moose moss?
♪♪ Moose moss is what makes me
So mighty. That, and plenty of
Rest, a balanced diet,
And clean living.
♪♪ Hmm. It could work.
But we need plenty of the stuff.
♪♪ And I know where to get it.
♪♪ Come along.
♪♪ Alvin assembled a mushing
Machine, a moose-mossy threshing
And crunching machine.
It squeezed and it squashed
And it squuzzled the moss
Into a pulp, then into a sauce.
Then it boiled the sauce.
For miles you could smell it.
It boiled and boiled it
Down to a pellet.
♪♪ We only need , more
Pellets to fill the t*nk.
♪♪ Yet, we've been stirring
For hours.
♪♪ Even I'm getting tired.
♪♪ Come on, g*ng. Let's not
Leave this job halfway done.
♪♪ So they stirred and they
Stirred a week and a day,
For alvin would have it
No other way.
[]
Then they finally, finally
Found themselves done.
Much, much more done
Than when they begun.
♪♪ It was nice meeting you.
♪♪ Come back soon.
♪♪ Uh, with a round-trip ticket.
♪♪ You, my new friends
Have taught me so much.
It makes me want to sing!
♪♪ You did that already.
♪♪ But I didn't finish.
Hit it!
[Music begins]
♪ Such a beautiful world
You'd love it there too
Oh! Malamaroo
Malamaroo
Mal-a-ma-roo ♪
♪♪ What a lovely little song.
♪♪ That was beautiful.
♪♪ Very nice.
♪♪ Big finish!
♪ Malamaroo, malamaroo
Malamaroo-ooh
Ooh-ooh-oh! ♪
♪♪ Uh-oh
♪♪ ♪ Malamaroo
All: ♪ malamaroo
♪♪ ♪ Malamaroo
All: ♪ malamaroo
♪♪ ♪ Malamaroo-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh!
Ooh!
Ooh!
Ooh!
Ooh! ♪
♪♪ All right, yes. Very well
Sung, little alvin.
♪♪ Bigger finish!
♪♪ Huh? Oh.
♪♪ ♪ Malamaroo
I'm halfway home
To my
Malama--
Malama-malama-malama-malama
Malama-malama-malama-malamaroo
Roo!
Roo!
Roo!
Roo-ooh-ooh-ooh-oh!
Malamaroo-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
♪♪ Uh, wrap it up, alvin.
♪♪ Everybody!
All: ♪ malamaroo
[]
♪♪ So things in nool are
The way things in nool were
Before a strange visitor
Caused such a stir. And way out
In space, alvin yelled--
♪♪ Stop!
[Breaks squealing]
♪♪ And then alvin said--
♪♪ Once more from the top.
[Music begins]
♪♪ ♪ I come from a planet
Called malamaroo
[]
I'm the only member
Of my one-member crew ♪
[]
♪♪ Author! Author!
♪♪ Wonderful.
♪♪ Yay!
♪♪ Let's have another.
♪♪ Oh, yeah.
Mm. And, go!
[]
♪♪ Blech.
♪♪ Oh!
♪♪ It stopped working.
♪♪ Oh, brother.
♪♪ Huh?
♪♪ Hey, your machine is broken.
♪♪ There must be some trouble.
♪♪ I think I can fix this thing
On the double.
♪♪ That's great, yeah.
[Door squeaking open]
♪♪ Whoa.
♪♪ Hey! Hey!
He's got our back scratcher.
♪♪ He's got our cake.
♪♪ We want more stories.
♪♪ Hey. I'm on my break.
[Spluttering]
♪♪ See you next time.
01x20 - The Grinch Meets His Max / Halfway Home To Malamaroo
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Combines live puppets with digitally animated backgrounds, and in its first season, refashioning characters and themes from the original Dr. Seuss books into new stories that often retained much of the flavor of Dr. Seuss' own works.
Combines live puppets with digitally animated backgrounds, and in its first season, refashioning characters and themes from the original Dr. Seuss books into new stories that often retained much of the flavor of Dr. Seuss' own works.