♪♪ ♪ 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
To wubbulous street
Flip, float, flop, and drop
Bottoms up down to the top
Insides, outsides
Here and on
When you get to the end
When you get to the end you go on and on ♪
You go on and on ♪
♪♪ Ooh!
♪♪ Yeah!
♪♪ Ha ha ha ha ha!
♪♪ Ew!
♪♪ ♪ Scuttle on a shuttle
Waddle in a puddle
Through the middle
Of a muddle
And dance your feet down
To wubbulous street ♪
♪♪ Hello.
♪♪ ♪ 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.
[Playing electric guitar]
Yeah.
♪♪ Whoa.
♪♪ Whoa!
♪♪ Go, cat, go!
♪♪ Enh. Yeah, baby. Heh.
♪♪ Wow. Did thi--did this guitar
Really belong to
Screamin' cat calico?
♪♪ Yeah. It sure did. You know,
He taught me a few licks.
[Clicks tongue]
♪♪ Wow!
♪♪ Ho ho. That's nothin'.
Now, these drumsticks here,
They belonged to lionhead leo.
♪♪ [Gasps] the king of the...
Beats.
♪♪ The very one and the same.
He taught me a couple of tricks.
And a-one, , , .
[Playing drums]
Yeah.
♪♪ Ooh.
♪♪ Yeah.
♪♪ Cool.
♪♪ You think that's wild,
Set your feline eyes on this.
♪♪ Horton the elephant?
♪♪ Yep.
♪♪ He made a record?
♪♪ Horton the elephant?
♪♪ It was a surprise, a musical
Shock when the world heard
Horton the elephant rocked.
♪♪ Aw, look, for the last time,
We don't wanna play with you.
♪♪ Yeah. We don't play
With weirdoes.
♪♪ Exactamundo.
♪♪ I'm not a weirdo.
♪♪ True. You're an...
♪ Elephant bird
♪♪ ♪ Elephant bird,
Whoever heard of
An elephant bird? ♪
♪♪ Aw, come on, you guys.
Cut it out, will you?
♪♪ Aww.
♪♪ Morton, bedtime.
Ready for your lullaby?
♪♪ Ohh! A lullaby!
♪♪ Hey, that's for babies.
♪♪ ♪ Baby, baby,
Elephant bird's a baby ♪
♪♪ Come on, pal. [Laughs]
♪♪ I'll--i'll--i'll--i'll--i'll
Deal with you guys tomorrow.
♪♪ Ah, come on. I'll always play
With you, morton.
I'm still your pal.
♪♪ Yeah, I know you are, scotty.
I'll see you tomorrow, 'k?
♪♪ Yeah, ok. Bye.
♪♪ Yeah, bye. Oh, brother.
♪♪ What's wrong, morton?
♪♪ Ohh. Some kids were
Makin' fun of me. I wish I were
Somebody else.
♪♪ No, morton. It's like I say.
There are those who will try
To say who you are...
♪♪ But who you are inside is
What makes you a star.
♪♪ Yeah, I know, papa. I know.
But, um, uh, pop, maybe you
Don't have to sing me
A lullaby tonight.
♪♪ I sing you a lullaby every
Night, morton. It's our song.
♪♪ I know, but, uh, could you
Maybe keep your voice down?
♪♪ Oh.
♪♪ Ok?
♪♪ I'll try.
♪♪ Ah, thanks, pop.
♪♪ ♪ Now sweet dreams
Hover in wait,
Someone has been
Staying up late,
As you close your eyes,
It should not surprise you,
When I relate... ♪
♪♪ Push! Push! It's only
Miles to the next gas station.
Hello. Hello? I'm telling you
My records could be number one.
Hello? If they would only hand
Me the world, I could show them
How to run it, but no.
♪♪ [Yawning]
♪♪ ♪ You've got wings, but...
♪♪ Why have you stopped pushing,
You rude mechanicals?
♪♪ ♪ ...you,
'Cause you're my baby... ♪
♪♪ That voice. [Gasps]
[Cash register dings]
That voice. Wake up!
♪♪ Ooh!
♪♪ ♪ No one but you ahh.
I'm sorry those kids are giving
You a hard time. I'd do anything
To make you happy.
♪♪ [Whooping]
♪♪ Whoa!
♪♪ Yes, I see him. Stop it,
You mindless primates. [Gasps]
It's horton the elephant.
♪♪ Yertle. Where did you
Come from?
♪♪ With a voice like yours,
Horton, the question is not
Where did I come from, but where
Are we going?
♪♪ To sleep?
♪♪ Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! You have
No doubt heard of my big, big,
Big, big record company,
Turtletone records.
♪♪ Uh...
♪♪ No.
♪♪ That's because my records
Stink, but you, horton, you have
What it takes to be the biggest
Singing star ever.
♪♪ He does?
♪♪ It's that voice, that big,
Big, big voice. Fame and fortune
And money and fame and money and
Maybe some for you, too. Oh,
Stick with me, horton, and I'll
Make you a star. Soon you'll be
Loved by millions.
♪♪ Hey, pop, if you were famous,
Maybe everyone would like me.
I-i'd have lots of friends.
Hey, how could that be bad, huh?
♪♪ Oh, it's not bad. It's good.
People liking you is good,
And good people make good
Friends, and good friends
Make goodness...
♪♪ Morton, would it really make
You happy if I became a star?
♪♪ Oh, yeah. You'll be
The coolest pop on the planet.
♪♪ And the coolest pop has
The coolest kid, and the coolest
Kid has the coolest friends.
♪♪ Wh-what do we have to do?
♪♪ Nothing, nothing at all.
Just leave everything to me.
So, jane, baby, sugar,
Chuchie-face, so you think you
Can make my boy look more like
A star and less like a planet?
[Laughs]
♪♪ Of course I can.
Horrid little reptile.
All right, you, off with
That one. On with this one.
♪♪ We're going to make a hit
Record out of that cheesy little
Song of yours.
♪♪ You mean my lullaby?
♪♪ [Gasps] didn't you get my
Memo? You can't have a hit song
That puts people to sleep. It's
Bad for sales. Step one of my
Master plan--bye-bye, lullaby.
♪♪ ♪ Whoaw,
Now sweet dreams, yeah,
Hover in wait, yeah ♪
♪♪ Sing, horton.
♪♪ ♪ Someone, yeah, someone has
Been staying up late ♪
♪♪ Yeah.
♪♪ Oh, hi, morton. How you doin'
On your homework?
♪♪ Hmm. That kid is a
Distraction that horton doesn't
Need. Step of my master plan--
Get rid of the bird boy.
♪♪ Wretched little amphibian.
♪♪ ♪ You're my baby
♪♪ Yeah.
♪♪ ♪ That much is true
♪♪ Whoa, yeah, yeah, yeah.
♪♪ ♪ You're quite different
♪♪ Yes, folks, it's that hot new
Singing sensation, horton.
♪♪ This is so cool.
♪♪ Yeah.
♪♪ Hey, is that really
Your dad's record?
♪♪ Yep.
♪♪ [Whistles] hey, you.
♪♪ Yeah?
♪♪ See that kid over there?
♪♪ You mean that weirdo with
The wings and the trunk?
♪♪ That's the one. Looky here.
This is his dad, yeah. He's
Gonna be famous, I mean really
Big. Big, big, big.
♪♪ His dad?
♪♪ Yeah. That kid is your ticket
To fame and fortune. Fun, fun,
Fun. [Chuckles]
♪♪ Really?
♪♪ Mm-hmm.
♪♪ [Gasps]
♪♪ Ok, guys, morton's gonna play
With us.
♪♪ Huh?
♪♪ Hey, like, I was gonna say
That first.
♪♪ Step of my master plan
Has begun. [Laughs]
♪♪ Come on.
♪♪ That's great, guys. Let's go.
♪♪ Boy, they sure didn't want
To play with him yesterday.
♪♪ ♪ You're my baby, yeah,
Uh-huh,
You're my baby, ye-e-ah, yeah ♪
♪♪ [Cheering]
♪♪ Ha ha ha ha! Now for step --
Get the big guy out of this heap
Of leaves they call a jungle and
Take him on the road. [Laughs]
Whilst leaving that annoying
Little brat at home. [Laughs]
♪♪ Dreadful little
Shell dweller.
♪♪ [Laughs] horton. Horton. Did
I tell you how fabulous you are?
♪♪ Yes.
♪♪ You, you are fabulous.
Let's talk touring.
♪♪ Touring?
♪♪ Yes. The road, concerts,
And then maybe someday--[gasps]
The "fox and knox show."
♪♪ The "fox and knox show"?
♪♪ So when can you be packed
And ready to leave?
♪♪ Well, what about morton? He's
In school, and I don't wanna--
♪♪ Oh, and he has so many
Wonderful friends here in
The jungle. Why, look at him.
♪♪ [Laughs]
♪♪ You are so...
♪♪ Well, if it's ok with morton.
♪♪ Morton, morton. Yes. Yes,
Of course. Let's check.
Oh, morton, dear.
♪♪ Did you call me, mr. Turtle?
♪♪ Oh, you've got more friends
Than ever. You're happy now,
Aren't you?
♪♪ Oh, yeah, I'm happy.
♪♪ I love to spread
The goodness, and your fabulous
Father is willing to go
On the road and work his way up
To the "fox and knox show."
♪♪ The "fox and knox show?"
♪♪ Just to keep you
In all this niceness.
♪♪ Y-you are, pop?
♪♪ If it's what you want.
♪♪ Oh.
♪♪ Come on, morton. We'll play
Anything you want.
♪♪ Yeah. You're so cool, morton.
♪♪ Let's go.
♪♪ Hoo hoo!
♪♪ Aw, pop, you're just
The best. Hey, guys, wait up.
♪♪ Hmm?
♪♪ Ok. I'll do it, but I won't
Go unless someone stays
To take care of morton.
♪♪ [Gasps] not a problem. I've
Spared every expense to acquire
The finest child care.
[Whistles]
♪♪ [Gasps] uncle norton.
♪♪ Right. So where's the kid,
Already?
♪♪ Yeah. Yes. Fox and knox rule.
♪♪ Cindy-lou who?
♪♪ Now, that's the girl's name.
♪♪ It's whose name?
♪♪ That's what I been tryin'
To tell you.
♪♪ Same time next week, morton?
♪♪ Oh, yeah.
♪♪ Like, we can't wait till
Your dad's on the show.
♪♪ Oh, yeah. Me, too.
♪♪ That'll be so cool.
♪♪ Yeah. So, like, can we play
With your new toys now?
♪♪ Yeah, bring 'em out. Come on.
♪♪ Wanna do stuff?
♪♪ Uh, yeah. Well, you know
What? I-i'm--i'm kinda tired.
Uh, I think I'll go
To sleep now.
♪♪ Ok. Catch some zs.
♪♪ Sleep.
♪♪ Good idea, dude.
♪♪ Yeah, that's good.
I'm tired myself.
♪♪ Yeah, I guess I'll go home,
Too, morton.
♪♪ I'll see you tomorrow, huh,
I guess.
I guess. ♪♪ We'll be here.
♪♪ We'll be here.
♪♪ ♪ You're my baby,
No one but you,
We're quite different,
That much is true,
You've got wings,
But I fly, too...
When I look at you,
'Cause you're my baby,
The only one
Worth all the time,
You're my baby, yeah,
Yeah, ye-e-ah ♪
Yeah, ye-e-ah ♪ [song ends]
[Song ends]
♪♪ [Chuckles] my master plan is
Unfolding perfectly. I've got my
Elephant-sized ticket to the top
Right where I want him--far, far
Away from that flapdoodle kid
Away from that flapdoodle kid of his. [Laughs]
Of his. [Laughs]
♪♪ After me, please.
[Clears throat] ♪ mi mi mi mi
♪♪ [Yelling and playing poorly]
♪♪ Ehh.
♪♪ Horton's first single
Is climbing the charts.
It's setting sales records and
Breaking girls' hearts. Today,
Regina, the queen of ka-larry,
Proved horton can do no wrong.
She dubbed him sir horton.
Amazing, indeed, since horton
Sings only one song.
♪♪ ♪ You're my baby
♪♪ Baby!
♪♪ No one but you,
We're quite different
♪♪ Different!
♪♪ That much is true,
Fly as high as the sun
In the day,
I said in the day,
But when that cuckoo
Night comes,
You're my baby
♪♪ Baby, baby, baby, baby... ♪
♪♪ Hmm. Well, I guess this is
The kind of thing we do for our
Kids, right? I mean, as long
As morton's happy, right?
You understand.
♪♪ [Grunting]
[Telephone rings]
♪♪ Oh.
[Ring]
Hello. [Gasps] morton.
♪♪ So, how you been, huh?
♪♪ Oh, great. [Laughs]
♪♪ Ah, that's good.
♪♪ Oh, I bet you're the most
Popular kid in the jungle.
♪♪ Oh. Heh. Yeah.
Well, I guess I am.
♪♪ You're the best, morton.
♪♪ Oh, that's wonderful.
♪♪ So, pop, um, when am
I gonna see you?
♪♪ I--i think I can come home
Right after the "fox and knox
Show" this sunday night.
♪♪ Really?
♪♪ Mm-hmm.
♪♪ Oh, pop, that's great.
Uh, hey, pop.
♪♪ Mm-hmm?
♪♪ I was wondering, you know,
If it's not too dumb, do you
Think maybe you could sing?
♪♪ [Gasps] time for a little
Interference. Heh heh heh heh.
[Imitating static]
♪♪ I said, "would you sing me
The lullaby?"
♪♪ Wh-what? I--i can't
Hear you, morton.
♪♪ Pop. I said, "lullaby."
The lullaby.
♪♪ Oh, ok. Good-bye to you, too.
♪♪ [Imitates static]
♪♪ Uhh? No, pop. I--
♪♪ Hi, horton!
♪♪ Oh, well. Bye-bye.
♪♪ Can we turn it up
A little bit? It's so cool.
♪♪ [Sighs]
[Dialing]
[Telephone rings]
♪♪ Hello.
♪♪ Norton, I don't care if you
Have to clip that kid's wings.
I don't want him getting
In touch with his father.
♪♪ Whatever you say, boss.
♪♪ Horton's not coming home
On sunday. Things are going
Too well. He might never
Come here. [Laughs]
♪♪ Comin' up next on
The "fox and knox show,"
It's horton the elephant.
♪♪ Uncle norton, h-have
You seen my friend scotty?
♪♪ Who?
♪♪ Scotty.
♪♪ Aw, kids is kids. What do you
Care, anyway? You're the most
Popular kid in the world.
Pass the chips.
♪♪ Hey, look. It's that
Sally spingel-sporn lady.
♪♪ This is sally
Spingel-spungel-sporn live from
The home of horton the elephant
For an exclusive interview with
Horton's son morton.
♪♪ Hey, sally, pass the chips.
♪♪ So, morton, this is your
Circle of friends,
Your entourage.
♪♪ Yeah. Well, actually, scotty
Is my very best, uh, friend.
♪♪ Hey, like, I'm morton's best
Friend. No, no.
♪♪ I saw him first.
♪♪ Oh, I see. Uh, mo--uh,
Morton, morton, darling, what is
It like to be horton's son?
♪♪ Morton's the best.
♪♪ Ah, yeah. Like, like, he's--
He's the most. You know what
I mean? Like, wow.
♪♪ Yeah, puts the "more"
In morton.
♪♪ Wow. Morton, has your
Father's success changed you
At all?
♪♪ Oh, no. He's always been,
Like, really cool.
♪♪ Yep. Always liked him.
♪♪ Yeah.
♪♪ No, you have not.
♪♪ What?
♪♪ And what if my pop wasn't
A star? Would you still be
My friends?
♪♪ Let's play a game.
♪♪ You're the best, morton.
♪♪ Absolutely.
♪♪ Well, you won't have to worry
About your pop not being a star.
He's going on a world tour.
♪♪ When?
♪♪ Right after his appearance on
The "fox and know show" tonight.
Now, that's an exclusive.
♪♪ No!
♪♪ Hey, kid, I got a sack full
Of sugar here for you.
Grab a spoon. It's eatin' time!
♪♪ Scotty. Scotty. Sco--lady.
♪♪ Hmm?
♪♪ If you see my friend scotty,
Would you tell him I'm--i'm
Gonna find my pop? A-and as for
The rest of you, get out
Of my house!
♪♪ Hey!
♪♪ Now, watch that noise.
♪♪ It's uncool, kid.
♪♪ Well, uh, there he goes,
Morton the most popular kid
In the world.
[Crowd clamoring]
♪♪ Who's our next guest?
♪♪ Who is not our next guest.
♪♪ [Scoffs] mr. Fox!
♪♪ Here I come, papa.
♪♪ If you'd just hold still, i--
♪♪ Sorry.
♪♪ [Sighs] celebrities.
♪♪ And now step of my master
Plan--the world tour. [Laughs]
We'll be circling the globe
For years. Horton,
Have I told you--
♪♪ Fabulous, fabulous, yes.
♪♪ You, you are fabulous.
Let's talk about our world tour.
♪♪ What world tour?
♪♪ Why, the one we start right
After the show tonight.
♪♪ I thought I was going home
After the show.
♪♪ Oh, but don't you want your
Son to stay the most popular kid
In the world?
♪♪ Well, sure, but--
♪♪ Let's talk.
♪♪ Let's talk. ♪♪ Whoa!
♪♪ Whoa!
♪♪ So, horton, baby, sweetie.
We got a deal, then. We go on
The world tour tomorrow?
♪♪ Well...
♪♪ Horton. Horton. Think of
The boy. Think of the boy.
♪♪ Let's not dillydally about.
Let's bring him on right now.
♪♪ Ok.
♪♪ Ladies and gentlemen...
♪♪ Horton the elephant.
♪♪ Ok, it's a deal.
♪♪ And you mean what you say,
And you say what you mean and
All that horton stuff?
♪♪ [Sighs] yes.
♪♪ [Chuckles] hey. Hey.
Just don't put 'em to sleep
Out there.
♪♪ [Cheering]
♪♪ ♪ Oh, now sweet dreams...
[Muffled music playing]
♪♪ [Gasps] excuse me.
♪♪ H-hey, hey, hey. Sorry, kid.
Sorry. You can't go in there.
♪♪ Why not?
♪♪ Why, you're not the list.
♪♪ Who is?
♪♪ Well, let's see. It says here
Everyone...
♪♪ Ah!
♪♪ Except morton
The elephant bird.
♪♪ Hey.
♪♪ Yeah, right there.
♪♪ Everyone except me?
♪♪ Mm-hmm.
♪♪ Uh-huh. Thank you.
♪♪ Have a nice night.
♪♪ [Cheering]
♪♪ ♪ ...hover in wait,
Someone has been
Staying up late-- ♪
♪♪ Stop the music!
♪♪ Who is that guy?
[Music stops]
♪♪ They stopped the music.
[Crowd murmuring]
♪♪ Uh, excuse me, sir, but, uh,
I'm in the middle
Of a song here.
Morton.
♪♪ How did he get in here?
Security! Guards! Mommy!
♪♪ Um, I want you
To come home, pop.
♪♪ But what about all your new
Friends and all the goodness
And niceness?
♪♪ Oh, I don't care about them.
I don't care. I just want things
To be back the way they were.
♪♪ Aww.
♪♪ Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Hey,
Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey.
Hey. We have a deal.
You have to sing tonight so that
We can go on the world tour.
You promised. Somebody, get me
An aspirin.
♪♪ Did you really promise, dad?
♪♪ I said I would sing,
And I said what I meant,
And I keep my word %.
♪♪ Oh, pop.
♪♪ I don't get it.
♪♪ [Murmuring]
♪♪ [Gasps]
♪♪ [Softly] ♪ now sweet dreams
Hover in wait,
Someone has been
Staying up late,
As you close your eyes,
It should not surprise you,
When I relate... ♪
♪♪ What do you mean you're
Canceling his concerts? I know
Sleeping people can't buy
Records, but--but you can't do
This to me. I--hello? Hello?
Wake up!
♪♪ ♪ That much is true...
♪♪ No, no, no, no. Pick up
The tempo. A-one, , , . Wait.
Wait. No. No! Don't--don't fall
Asleep! Don't fall a...sleep.
♪♪ ♪ 'Cause you're my baby,
Mm-hmm, you're my baby,
No one but you ♪
♪♪ [Snoring]
♪♪ Pop.
♪♪ Hmm?
♪♪ Can I ask scotty if he wants
To have a sleepover
Tomorrow night?
♪♪ Sure.
♪♪ Thanks, pop.
♪♪ And for this award, I'd like
To thank...
To thank... ♪♪ [Snoring]
♪♪ [Snoring]
♪♪ And that was the end of
Horton's career, though if you
Listen deep in the night, you
Might hear a voice that moves
Through the trees like honey.
♪♪ ♪ Everybody do
What yertle says ♪
Everybody!
♪ Everybody do
What yertle says, yee ha!
Everybody-- ♪ [muttering]
Thank you. Heh heh.
01x18 - Horton Has A Hit
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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.