♪♪ ♪ 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 a muddle
And dance your feet down
Wubbulous street
Flip, float, flop, and drop
Bottoms up down to the top
Insides, outsides
Here and on
When you get to the end
You go on and on ♪
♪♪ Ooh!
♪♪ Yeah!
♪♪ Ha ha ha ha ha!
♪♪ [Slurp]
♪♪ Ugh!
♪♪ ♪ Scuttle on a shuttle
Waddle in a puddle
Through the middle of a muddle
And dance your feet down
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 ♪
♪♪ Yeah.
♪♪ Greetings! Well, jumping for
Joy sounds delightful, and so
I'm ready to go.
Look out below! Hmm.
[Humming]
Oh! Hey, this is my uncle lou.
Yeah, he's one of my more
Generous relatives. You know,
He left me this -story-high
Portrait of himself. Handsome
Rogue, isn't he? Heh heh, yeah.
From the tip of his toes
To the top of his head.
You expect great things
From a cat such as that.
Pretty good, huh? But sometimes,
You know, appearances may be
Deceiving. Mm.
I'm certain by now
You've all heard before
Of deeds of great men
And great women of yore.
What, you don't believe me?
Well, binkham tamino mcdoyal iii
Would. Hey, let's meet him.
[Humming]
Oh! Here he is now. And by the
Way, everyone calls him binky.
♪♪ You're it!
♪♪ No, no, no.
♪♪ Run to base! Run, run, run!
♪♪ No, no, I made the base!
♪♪ Safe! Yes! We b*at you again,
Binky.
♪♪ Wasn't playing. Hah.
♪♪ That was fun.
♪♪ It sure was. Heh heh heh.
It's too bad that norval
Couldn't join us for the game.
♪♪ Yeah. Even poochie, my pet
Poochel--poot pettle--
Pet poodle could play with us.
♪♪ [Arf arf]
♪♪ Hello, poochie.
♪♪ Hi, boy. Oh, yeah. You know
Something? Norval's a boring
Pet, binky.
♪♪ Oh, zander's right, binky.
When we played hide-and-seek,
Norval couldn't even hide.
♪♪ It's true. I mean, what a
Crummy fish. He can't do
Anything.
♪♪ Oh, in the words of hopwood
Of the piscean galaxy, there is
Much more to norval than meets
The eye. Much, much more!
♪♪ Oh, yeah? Name one thing.
♪♪ All right, I will. For one
Thing, uh, uh, he loves to read.
♪♪ How do you know?
♪♪ He told me.
Both: he told you?
♪♪ Mm-hmm.
Both: we don't think so.
Fish can't talk.
♪♪ Are you sure?
Both: we think we are.
♪♪ Norval is not just any
Talking fish. Can you two keep
A secret?
Both: we think so, yeah.
♪♪ Ok. I wouldn't tell this
Story to just anybody, but I
Think...i can trust you guys.
[Music playing]
If there's one day on earth
I will never forget,
It's the day on which norval
And I first met.
♪♪ Was it in a pet store?
♪♪ Quiet, mandy. Let binky tell
The story, all right?
♪♪ An old country lane's
Where our adventures begin,
He was standing there gesturing
With his free fin.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
If I didn't know better,
I'd say that fish was
Hitchhiking.
♪♪ As a matter of fact, that's
Precisely what I'm doing.
♪♪ You are amazing.
♪♪ Actually, I'm norval.
Who are you?
♪♪ Oh, uh, binkham tamino
Mcdoyal iii. But everybody calls
Me binky.
♪♪ Almost everybody, young
Binkham. Now, why am I so
Amazing?
♪♪ I've never met a goldfish
Who could talk so well.
Actually, I've never met a fish
Who could talk.
♪♪ You should travel in
Different circles. I am an avid
Reader, a friend of the library.
If a creature has something to
Say--ahem--he should say it.
♪♪ Well, I can't argue with
That. When a fish tells me he
Can talk, I believe him.
♪♪ I should like to propose that
We join forces.
♪♪ Oh, sure!
♪♪ Then off we go, for adventure
Awaits!
♪♪ Hoo hoo!
♪♪ Hmm hmm.
♪ Adventure awaits,
It waits for us, my friend,
Adventure awaits
Around the very next bend,
In a blink, in a flash,
In a tick of time or two,
Adventure awaits,
It's waiting for you ♪
Ha ha! Come on, young binkham!
♪♪ ♪ Be ready to grab it,
That's all we need to do
♪♪ The outcome is up to
The fates, grrr!
♪♪ So squash your buckle
And buckle your squash,
♪♪ It's all for one,
By golly, by gosh,
♪♪ Adventure awaits,
Adventure awaits,
Adventure awaits!
♪♪ Adventure awaits,
It waits for us, my friend,
Adventure awaits
Around the very next bend,
♪♪ In a blink, in a flash,
In a tick of time or two,
Adventure awaits,
♪♪ It's waiting for you...
That's the spirit! Everyone!
♪♪ ♪ Adventure awaits,
It waits for us, my friend,
Adventure awaits
Around the very next bend,
In a blink, in a flash,
In a tick of time or two,
Adventure awaits,
It's waiting for me! ♪
♪♪ Ha ha! Very good, young
Binkham.
♪♪ Ahh.
♪♪ Come on, you're making this
Up. And it really can't be,
I mean norval talking? Huh,
Nuh-uh, nosirree.
♪♪ I've never heard norval talk.
♪♪ Yeah.
♪♪ But can he really sing?
♪♪ Folk songs or opera, whatever
Your choice.
♪♪ Folks songs! Folk songs!
♪♪ Would you stop.
♪♪ Well, he's got a sore throat,
So, uh, he's resting his voice.
♪♪ That is an amazing story,
Binky.
♪♪ Mm-hmm, and that's just the
Overture.
♪♪ Oh! Really?
Both: what happened next?
♪♪ Well, as we were walking
With nary a care,
I heard a strange rumbling sound
From who knows where.
[Rumbling]
What's that noise?
♪♪ What's what noise?
♪♪ That strange rumbling sound
From who knows where.
♪♪ Oh, I wouldn't worry about
It.
♪♪ You wouldn't?
♪♪ No, young binkham. Not unless
It starts getting any louder.
[Rumbling louder]
♪♪ It's getting louder!
I'm outta here. Aah!
♪♪ I suppose I should reveal
All. Have you ever heard of the
Mystic ring of mala-ma-ding?
♪♪ The mystic ring of
Mala-ma-ding?
♪♪ Years ago, on a secret
Diplomatic mission, I had the
Occasion to--[gulp]--swallow it.
♪♪ You swallowed the mystic ring
Of mala-ma-ding?
♪♪ Inadvertently, of course.
♪♪ Oh, of course.
♪♪ Its disappearance was in all
The papers. Well, the scurvy
Camel-backed brigands of taboo
Suspected the truth.
♪♪ Oh, the scurvy camel-backed
Brigands taboo, huh?
♪♪ The camel-backed brigands of
Far-off taboo. Scary and scurvy
And--yes--nervy, too.
♪♪ Well, how many are there?
♪♪ How many? My word! There are
/.
♪♪ /?
♪♪ That's how many brigands
There are in a herd.
♪♪ Wow!
♪♪ And they want the mystic
Ring, which, unfortunately is
Inside me.
♪♪ Run for your lives!
[Loud rumbling, shouting]
♪♪ What is that noise?
♪♪ The triple-humped klumpers
Of zala-ma-doo, ridden by
Brigands.
♪♪ Of far-off taboo?
♪♪ True! Each klumper foot
Measures feet around,
And the closer they get,
The louder they sound.
♪♪ Ooh!
♪♪ Head for the hills! Roar!
♪♪ We should strongly consider
Departing. What say, young
Binkham?
♪♪ Oh, yeah. Let's go.
♪♪ Then, to the ocean and
Quickly! Make a left at pier
And head up the gangplank!
[Rumbling, shouting]
♪♪ The good old hms <span>mantelpiece.</Span>
♪♪ Ho!
♪♪ Heave!
♪♪ Ho!
♪♪ Ahem. Hear me, hear me!
Mizzenmast the hammerschlaag!
Hoisten the mainsail!
Bosun on the gunnel in the
Foc'sle in the hunnel,
Up the scuppers and shiver me
Bunions, limburger on rye and
Hold the onions!
♪♪ Here be your sandwich, sir.
♪♪ What took you so long,
Sailor? I don't recall
Requesting a little umbrellie
On top me sandwich,
Mr. Doily-carte!
♪♪ That be compliments of the
Chef, sir!
♪♪ That's very--
Oh! Ready to set sail, captain
Norval!
♪♪ Huh?
♪♪ Excellent, murgatroyd.
Those scurvy old brigands of
Far-off taboo are after the
Mystic ring.
♪♪ The mystic ring of
Mala-ma-ding?
♪♪ The very ring. Quite true.
All: ooh!
♪♪ So full speed ahead!
♪♪ Crew! You heard the captain!
♪♪ Full speed ahead!
Crew: aye aye, sir!
♪♪ Norval, you're the ship's
Captain?
♪♪ Yes, young binkham. I command
A right good crew.
All: thanks for the kind
Compliment, captain!
♪♪ You're welcome, lads and
Lassies. Oh, and excellent
Unison, by the way.
♪♪ Thank you, captain!
♪♪ But, norval, how did you,
A goldfish, become the captain
Of a ship?
[Boom]
♪♪ It's a long story, young
Binkham, and frankly, I could
Think of more appropriate
Questions at a time like this.
[Splash]
♪♪ Aah! Me, too!
[Boom, whistle]
♪♪ Like, how can we avoid
Getting hit by deadly
Cannonballs?!
♪♪ Wh-whoa! Whoa! We'd better
Act fast.
♪♪ I believe I've just come up
With a plan. Mr. Murgatroyd!
♪♪ Captain, sir!
♪♪ Send for the ship's
Blacksmith at once!
♪♪ Aye aye, captain, sir!
♪♪ The hms <span>mantelpiece</span>carries
A blacksmith on board?
[Boom, whistle]
♪♪ Always be prepared, young
Binkham, for any eventuality.
[Splash]
♪♪ Uhh! Ooh! Ah...ptoo!
♪♪ Finnegan! You look as soggy
As a barnacle in april.
♪♪ I thank you, captain.
♪♪ What I mean is, we don't want
You catching cold.
♪♪ Ah.
♪♪ Warm up in the private hot
Tub and then get a new suit of
Clothing from the wardrobe
Mistress.
♪♪ Aye aye, captain!
♪♪ Discipline, young binkham.
Discipline! That's what keeps a
Ship running smoothly. Now, to
Take care of those annoying
Cannonballs.
[Cannonballs whistling]
Degrees starboard and holding
Her steady, now my cannonball
Boomerang is aimed and ready.
♪♪ Good luck, captain norval!
♪♪ Good luck, captain norval! [Boom]
[Boom]
[Crash]
♪♪ Bulls-eye! Another triumph
For expert engineering!
♪♪ You mean...
♪♪ We've just destroyed their
Cannon with their own
Cannonball!
♪♪ Ha ha!
All: we have a good captain,
He's true and he's brave,
Our jobs and our ship
And our lives he did save!
Hurray for captain norval!
Hurray!
♪♪ Captain, sir, you saved the
Day, captain norval, sir.
The crew is preparing a victory
Party in the rumpus room, sir.
♪♪ All in a day's work,
Murgatroyd. They're still
Gaining on us, however.
♪♪ What shall we do, captain?
♪♪ There's only one thing left
To do. Sail nor' by nor'west.
Do it now.
♪♪ Do it now? But there's a
Nor' by nor'westerly off the
Port bow, sir!
♪♪ Sail into it.
♪♪ I-i-into the storm?!
♪♪ They'd be fools to follow us,
Wouldn't they? And besides, one
Should never underestimate the
Hms <span>mantelpiece.</Span>
♪♪ I, uh, uh, sir...
♪♪ I'll try to put it simply,
Murgatroyd.
♪♪ Thank you, sir.
♪♪ Ahem! As opposed to the ship
Poised to oppose us, the shape
Of this ship is so sharp and
Shipshape, we'll surely emerge
In shipshape sharp shape.
Shipwise, that is.
♪♪ Uh, sure, uh--aye aye, sir!
Uh--ahem! Full blast into the
Blast, boys!
♪♪ Aye aye, sir!
♪♪ Young binkham,
I'd better soothe the crew with
A calming melody. Hand me my
Ukulele.
♪♪ Uh--uh...
[Ukulele playing]
♪♪ ♪ Adventure awaits,
It awaits for us, my friend,
Adventure awaits
Around the very next bend ♪
[Thunder]
♪♪ Whoa! What happened next?
♪♪ Well, when the storm was
Over and we washed ashore on the
Isle of hongo tongo, there was
No sign of the scurvy
Camel-backed brigands of taboo.
♪♪ Hey, wait a minute!
♪♪ I thought you said that
Norval said the ship was
Shipshape.
♪♪ Yeah, binky, you aren't
Making any of this up, are ya?
♪♪ Yeah, are ya?
♪♪ No. From the buffeting storm
The ship kept us protected,
But that comet from space was
Most unexpected.
♪♪ Comet from space?!
♪♪ Broke the ship into pieces.
♪♪ Whoa!
It splintered the <span>mantelpiece</span>
Every which way. Then we all
Washed ashore on hongo tongo
Bay.
Uhh! Uhh! Norval, are you all
Right?
♪♪ I'm perfectly fine,
Binkham, as is the crew.
Pesky comet, that. But pray
Tell, how are you?
♪♪ Well, a little wet. That was
Some swim.
♪♪ Hmm. Wetness never bothers
Me.
♪♪ So I see.
♪♪ I took the liberty of
Constructing a fort for the crew
So they could rest. In the
Meantime, I've been foraging for
Food and observing the local
Fauna.
♪♪ Well, the local fauna seems
Friendly enough.
♪♪ I should say so. Why, even
Those fierce-looking creatures
Holding those spears appear to
Be basically amiable.
♪♪ Even those fierce-looking
Creatures holding those spears--
Creatures holding those spears-- what?!
What?!
What?! Eee!
Eee!
♪♪ Ah, behold, little cats, your
Ancestors bold, who lived long
Ago in great days of old. Mm.
Of course, the family
Resemblance didn't always come
Through.
♪♪ Ohh!
All: he's got your eyes!
♪♪ You--back to our story
Being told by young binkham
Tamino mcdoyal iii.
♪♪ Ohh! Can we call him binky?
♪♪ Sure. Everybody does.
♪♪ [Chanting]
♪♪ Norval, do something.
Say something!
♪♪ Ahem! Wickershams all,
I'm delighted to say,
How lovely to see you
This glorious day.
♪♪ Oh!
All: ooh! Ooh! Ooh!
♪♪ What are they doing?
♪♪ It seems immodest to say, but
In these parts, I'm known as,
Well, as norval the great.
♪♪ Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!
♪♪ [Kiss kiss]
♪♪ And it may be a trifle
Indelicate to mention, but I'm
Also known hereabouts as norval
Lord of the wickershams.
♪♪ Ohh! Norval! Norval! Norval!
Norval! Nor--
♪♪ At ease! At ease, my hirsute
Subjects.
Allow me, young binkham, to
Demonstrate one of the benefits
Of my position.
[Takes deep breath]
Aaah aaah-aaah aaaah aaah-aaaah!
♪♪ Norval needs me down at the
Bay. I must leave now!
♪♪ Awk!
♪♪ Norval! Vamoose!
♪♪ ...aaah aaaah...
My jungle friends, I've returned
To you all, many merry memories
Shall we recall. But first some
Music!
[Band playing]
♪♪ Oh, yeah!
Roar! Ha ha ha!
♪ Like a buzzin' bee
You're busy,
You got so much to do,
You're feelin' dizzy,
You work and play
All night and day,
Just to grab a share
That's fair,
The night's gonna bring
What the night's gonna bring,
Hey, it's a jungle out there...
♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh!
♪♪ Aha!
♪♪ It's a jungle...
♪♪ The chicken!
♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ohh!
♪♪ Oh, yeah!
♪♪ Wildness everywhere
♪♪ Roar!
♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh!
♪♪ It's a jungle out there ♪
♪♪ Nice!
♪♪ Nice! [Creatures making jungle noises]
[Creatures making jungle noises]
♪♪ ♪ The night's gonna bring
What the night's gonna bring,
♪♪ Hey, it's a jungle out there,
♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh!
♪♪ It's a jungle,
♪♪ Roar!
♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh!
♪♪ Ooh, ooh, yeah!
♪♪ Wildness everywhere,
♪♪ One more time!
♪♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh!
♪♪ It's a jungle out there,
♪♪ I said,
It's a jungle out there ♪
Ha ha ha!
[All laughing and cheering]
♪♪ Jungle life was filled
With ease, your days spent doing
Whatever you please,
But I found that paradise
Couldn't last when something
Sailed in from out of the past.
♪♪ Incoming vessels!
♪♪ Are they hostile?
♪♪ Not the vessels, per se,
Young binkham.
♪♪ You mean it's--
♪♪ Yes! All / of them.
♪♪ The camel-backed brigands of
Far-off taboo?
♪♪ Sometimes I'm sorry I
Swallowed that mystic ring of
Mala-ma-ding.
♪♪ Norval, what do we do now?
♪♪ With the klumpers of brigands
Making that sound,
We must head straightaway
To discover high ground!
♪♪ You mean--
♪♪ Yes, young binkham.
Head for the hills!
♪♪ Ok!
♪♪ Come on, let's go! Faster!
They're gaining on us. Come on,
Young binkham.
Well, here we are.
♪♪ But where are we?
♪♪ The very tip-top of mighty
Mount telli-go, the highest peak
Of the norvalian archipelago.
♪♪ Wow!
♪♪ Unless I'm very much
Mistaken, nothing can go wrong
Now.
♪♪ Wh-whoa. Whoa!
♪♪ I so dislike being very much
Mistaken.
♪♪ Ohh! We're on a volcano!
And it looks like it's about
To--whoa! It's about to--
Both: aaaahhh!
♪♪ Aaahhh...
♪♪ What happened next, binky?
♪♪ Were you blown back here?
♪♪ Is that how you got that
Scruff on your knee?
♪♪ Was it hot?
♪♪ Did you and norval die?
♪♪ Duh. Where did you land, man?
♪♪ Never did land.
Both: never did land?
♪♪ Mm-mmm.
Both: that's impossible.
♪♪ When you're in the company of
Norval the great, nothing's
Impossible.
♪♪ Oh.
♪♪ We flew through the air past
The smoke and the fire and we
Just kept on going, higher and
Higher and higher!
Both: aaaaahhhhh!
Ohhhhhh!
♪♪ Ohh!
♪♪ Ah, we extend our greetings,
And in all of my years of
Traveling the galaxy, hopwood,
I've never seen anything like
This odd little creature and his
Friend.
♪♪ Fascinating, captain zauber.
♪♪ Yes. Take over here, number
One, while I report this
Astonishing discovery on the
Bridge.
♪♪ Yes, captain.
♪♪ Ooh.
♪♪ Now, let's keep an eye out,
Shall we?
♪♪ [Beep]
[Beep]
♪♪ So, strictly for
Informational purposes, do you
Creatures shed your own skin,
Or are we going to have to do it
For you?
♪♪ What? Norval, do something.
♪♪ As long as I have gills to
Filter my last bit of oxygen,
There shall be no filleting of
Young binkham or myself.
♪♪ Mm-mmm!
♪♪ Hey, you! Yes, you.
Who dares speak harshly to my
Number one?
♪♪ I do.
♪♪ And who are you?
♪♪ They all me...norval.
♪♪ Not--not norval the great?
♪♪ What?
♪♪ May I gather my reputation
Has preceded me?
♪♪ Yes, you see, we have learned
Of your heroic exploits from
Previously captured wickershams,
O mighty one.
♪♪ This is indeed a great day
For the entire piscean galaxy.
♪♪ And our descendents.
♪♪ Hurrah.
♪♪ Hurrah.
♪♪ ♪ Ba ba ba ba ba ba,
♪♪ It's a jungle, right,
♪♪ Ba ba ba ba ba,
♪♪ Wildness everywhere ♪
♪♪ Fascinating, captain.
♪♪ ♪ Ba ba ba ba ba,
♪♪ It's a jungle out there,
♪♪ It's a jungle out there ♪
♪♪ So the pisceans danced
All over the place as their
Starship soared through outer
Space.
♪♪ But weren't your parents
Worried when you were gone so
Long?
♪♪ Well, not really. You see,
The piscean space creatures
Beamed us to earth through a
Space-time warp, so we were only
Gone a few minutes.
♪♪ Yeah, it sounds logical to
Me, mandy.
♪♪ Yeah, but what ever happened
To the missing mystic ring of
Mala-ma-ding?
♪♪ Yeah, yeah, what ever
Happened to the scurvy
Camel-backed brigands of taboo?
♪♪ Yeah, all and throoty
Throo. And throoty .
The whole bunch of 'em!
♪♪ Are they still looking for
You and norval?
♪♪ Mandy! Zander! Time for
Schpitzbubben!
♪♪ Oh, no. Dinner.
♪♪ Alrighty. Hey, we gotta go,
Binky.
♪♪ Yeah, see ya.
♪♪ Come on, it's gonna get cold.
♪♪ Well, I guess I'll talk to
You guys tomorrow. I guess I
Exaggerated some of that stuff,
Huh?
[Norval coughs]
♪♪ Oh. Norval, how's your sore
Throat?
♪♪ [Clearing throat, coughing]
Ptoo!
[Hacking cough]
[Clink]
♪♪ Ooh!
The mystic ring of mala-ma-ding!
♪♪ [Coughing, whispering]
♪♪ You're right, norval, we
Should put this in a safe place.
[Rumbling]
Oh, I think I know what that
Sound is, norval! Ooh, what
Should we do?
♪♪ [Whispering]
♪♪ Oh, oh, oh, of course!
The palace of sarastro!
The bird people of papageno
Will fly us to safety! Oh, off
We go, norval! Guhh!
Adventure awaits!
♪♪ Ok, ok, all right, all right,
Good.
♪♪ It's right this way!
♪♪ Ah, isn't it interesting and
Sweet. They went and--whoa!
Hey. Aww. That's nice. You
Fellas really shouldn't have,
Huh?
♪♪ Ah, that isn't you.
♪♪ It's uncle lou.
♪♪ Yeah, and uncle lou.
♪♪ And uncle lou.
♪♪ Don't tell me--and uncle lou?
♪♪ Yeah. Him, too!
01x14 - Norval The Great
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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.