02x01 - The Cat In The Hat Takes A Nap

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss". Aired: October 13, 1996 – May 15, 1998.*
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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.
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02x01 - The Cat In The Hat Takes A Nap

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♪♪ Hello!

♪ Come on along, get up

And let's shout hooray now ♪

♪♪ Hooray! Here we go!

♪♪ Ha ha!

♪♪ ♪ We're gonna have

A wubbulous kind of day now ♪

♪♪ Come on, sarah.

♪♪ Ok.

♪♪ ♪ Just grab a hat

And spin around

You'll be feet

Off the ground ♪

♪♪ Great!

♪♪ ♪ Come on along,

We're waiting for you ♪

♪♪ Come on!

♪♪ ♪ This is the song

To welcome you to

"The wubbulous world

Of dr. Seuss" ♪

[Door opens]

♪♪ I am here! [Gasp]

And you are here, too--

[Boing]

I'm so glad that you're here--

Oh, I like it a lot!

It's just not as much fun

To be here when you're not!

♪♪ [Squawk]

Did you hear that?

♪♪ [Squawk]

♪♪ I know you heard that.

♪♪ [Squawk]

♪♪ That, my friends, is the cry

Of a bird who needs help. Have

No fear, bird. Cat to the

Rescue!

[Captioning made possible by

Kcet]

What is it, my birdly friend?

I am here to help. That

Squawk you are squawking--

It does not sound good.

♪♪ Well, cat, if you must know,

I'm tired. And when I'm tired,

I--i tend to squawk.

♪♪ Bird, I can help you with

That. I know a good game we can

Play!

♪♪ Oh, I'm too tired for

Games. I barely have enough

Energy to flap my wings.

This is no time to play. Now,

Cat, please, go away!

♪♪ But this game will put the

Zap back in your flap! This is a

Game that I call the cat nap.

♪♪ The cat nap?

♪♪ Mm-hmm.

♪♪ Oh, no, no, no, no.

I will not take a cat nap.

I am a bird. And birds do

Not nap like cats.

♪♪ Bird, have no fear. I will

Show you how to take a cat nap.

It is easy. Watch and you'll

See.

We'll need help with this

Cat nap. Take a look at these

Doors. Behind these doors is the

Help that we need. Now trust me,

I know that our help is about --

But how can we get our help to

Come out?

Should I knock?

Should I ring?

[Doorbell rings]

Should I pull on this string?

[Zoom!]

♪♪ Little cat "a" at your

Service!

♪♪ Little cat "b" is right

Behind "a!"

♪♪ Back off "b," little cat "c"

Coming through.

♪♪ Thank you, little cats a, b,

And c! But I need more little

Cats. Could little cat "p"

Please pop by?

♪♪ Little cat "p" has popped!

♪♪ And I definitely need little

Cat "z!"

♪♪ ♪ Zip, zap, zup, zop!

♪♪ Thank you, little cats "z,"

"P," "c," "b," and "a!" Could

You help us out with

A cat nap today?

♪♪ [Excited murmuring]

♪♪ All right, my bird. Now we

Will show you how to cat nap!

♪♪ [Grumbling]

[Jazz music playing]

♪♪ Now come on, little cats,

Are you ready to nap?

♪ C-a-t n-a-p cat nap!

All you cats come gather round,

There's a new b*at going down,

Groovicate that swingin' sound,

And take a nap with me,

C-a-t n-a-p

Cat nap! ♪

♪♪ [Snoring]

♪♪ ♪ Happy, nappy, make it

Snappy, take that snippy snooze,

Mister, what I need is shut-eye

When you're feeling sleepy

Count yourself some sheepy ♪

♪♪ ♪ Easy as your a,b,c's

♪♪ ♪ Not to mention

P's and z's ♪

♪♪ ♪ Grab a blanky if you please

And take a nap with me,

C-a-t n-a-p

Cat nap ♪

♪♪ [Snoring]

♪♪ [Horn solo]

♪♪ ♪ Cat nap...

Cat nap!

Cat nap ♪

♪♪ [Laughing]

♪♪ That cat nap was just the

Thing to give this little cat

Some extra zing!

♪♪ That cat nap gave me zap!

♪♪ Yeah, that was some great

Nappin'! See ya!

♪♪ Hah.

♪♪ [Scatting]

♪♪ [Scatting] ♪♪ [squawking]

♪♪ [Squawking]

♪♪ Now, bird, would you like to

Play? When we cats get tired,

We take a cat nap.

When we wake up, we have zip!

We have zap!

♪♪ Look here, cat.

I will not play this game.

I am a bird. And birds

Do not nap. And this bird

Will not nap like a cat and

That's that! Hmph!

♪♪ Bird, I wish you would try a

Cat nap just once.

[Clinking, clanking]

♪♪ [Gasp]

[Snoring sounds]

♪♪ What does that sound like to

You? I hear a lullaby. I hear

Snoring. It's the sound of

Sleep from the wubbulous world!

Everyone in the whole wubbulous

World is asleep! Let's look at

The map of the wubbulous

World.

Everyone who lives here

Is sleeping and snoring.

Do you think that sleeping

And snoring is boring?

There's something else that

Happens when we sleep...

We dream!

We'll start our search for

Dreams here, in the kingdom of

Didd.

Let's travel there and look for

Let's travel there and look for dreams!

Dreams!

It's nighttime here in the

Kingdom of didd.

And there's norval the fish

Asleep in his bowl. Now what

Does a fish like to do in his

Dream? Swim in the ocean

Or swim in a stream?

[Popping]

♪♪ Wait! Look at that!

This fish can fly!

A dream is the place to give

Flying a try!

Keep flying fish,

Fly through the night.

We're going to move on

We're going to move on to another dream I sight.

To another dream I sight.

Ah, yes! It's mt. Crumpit.

And guess who lives here.

It's the grinch! He's asleep.

We have nothing to fear.

[Popping]

♪♪ Now look! There's a dream

From his green, grinchy head.

♪♪ I love birthday parties.

They make me so...happy!

Oh, maxie-waxie, would you like

Some birthday cakie-wakie!

♪♪ [Barking] yeah, yeah, yeah.

♪♪ Even grinches have dreams

That are happy and sweet!

The grinch in this dream is

A nice, friendly treat.

I hope that this sweet dream

Will go on all night,

But I think we'll move on

To another dream sight.

We've come to seussville!

This is the home of sarah

Hall-small.

She's the tiniest seussville

Citizen of all.

Sarah hall-small is

Asleep in her bed.

What kind of dream does

She have in her head?

Aha! This is sarah's own house

That we see in her dream.

Just an every day house,

Or so it would seem.

But wait, this house is moving

It's floating away!

Now this isn't something

You see every day!

In sarah's dream, her house is a

Spaceship that travels the sky.

This house is a spaceship

That sarah can fly!

She can fly her house

To malamaroo!

♪♪ Wow!

♪♪ On malamaroo there is one

Thing to do.

They call it the malamaroo

Skip skidoo!

♪♪ Skip-skidoo! [Laughing]

Wee!

Whoa! Whoa!

[Laughing]

♪♪ Sarah is sleeping and

Dreaming of malamaroo and doing

The malamaroo skip-skidoo.

We'll leave sarah to sleep

And to dream. Goodbye, sarah!

So you see why I say

That sleep is not boring?

There's much more to

Sleeping than snoozing and

Snoring. Sometimes we dream when

We sleep at night. When you

Sleep, you can travel to any

Dream sight!

♪♪ Hello, cat!

♪♪ It's my friend, sam-i-am!

♪♪ I am sam. Sam-i-am.

♪♪ Please, sam, come on in.

♪♪ Thank you, cat, I'll see you

On the inside!

So, what have you been doing

Today, cat?

♪♪ The little cats and I did

Some very fine napping.

♪♪ I love the way you cats take

A nap.

♪♪ Why, thank you, sam-i-am.

♪♪ [Squawk]

♪♪ What was that?

♪♪ That is the squawk of a tired

Bird. This way!

♪♪ [Squawk]

♪♪ Why don't you take a little

Cat nap? You'll feel better.

♪♪ I simply cannot nap like a

Cat.

♪♪ Bird, I will help you find

A way!

♪♪ But, sam--

♪♪ Bird, you will see. You can

Nap like cat. You have my

Guarantee!

♪♪ But, sam, i--

♪♪ Would you, could you with a

Blanky?

♪♪ Bll-bll-bll!

♪♪ Would you, could you with a

Hanky?

♪♪ [Blows nose]

♪♪ [Squawk]

♪♪ Would you, could you with

This song?

♪♪ ♪ Rock-a-bye, birdy, on your

Tree top! ♪

♪♪ That was nice.

♪♪ Thank you.

♪♪ [Squawk]

♪♪ Would you, could you with

♪♪ Would you, could you with this gong?

This gong?

[Chuckling]

Would you, could you

In a closet?

Would you, could you with a

Snozzit?

♪♪ Hey, keep it down! I'm trying

To sleep in here!

♪♪ Sorry, snozzit. I'll close

The closet.

♪♪ Would you, could you in the

Sink?

♪♪ [Squawk]

♪♪ If you had some milk to

Drink?

♪♪ No could. No would.

No cat. No nap.

This bird will not nap like a

Cat, and that's that!

Now, if you'll excuse me.

I've got some "squawking" to do.

♪♪ Sorry, cat. I tried to find a

Way to help that bird to nap.

♪♪ Thank you, sam. You tried

Hard, but this is one tough

Bird.

♪♪ Good-bye, cat friend, and

Good luck with that bird!

♪♪ Wait! Stop everything!

I think there's another story

Coming in! And what have we

Here? Let's take a closer look.

Hmm. It's fur. It's yellow.

It's green...hmm. This

Isn't something you see

Everyday. This is the fur of

The green-tufted, yellow-furred

Yapper-nap!

[Boing]

♪♪ Hmm. And this is the sound of

The yapper-nap yapping.

The yapper-nap likes to take

Naps. If he does not nap, he

Will start to yap.

Now where does this yapper-nap

Story take place? Let's look at

The map.

Let's find seussville.

Ah, yes! We need to travel

To seussville the town.

Oh, I like this a lot! We've

Got the beginning of a story.

We've got where and we've got

Who. Let's look through the

Wubbulascope and find our story!

We'll find our story

In seussville the town.

That's where the yapper-nap's

Running around.

There's the green-tufted, yellow

Furred yapper-nap.

♪♪ Yap!

♪♪ Aah!

♪♪ Yap...

[Gasp]

[Horn playing]

♪♪ Must nap! Must nap!

Nice music for taking a nap.

I will nap here. [Yapping]

♪♪ Aah!

♪♪ [Yapping]

♪♪ Monster! Monster! Help! Help!

♪♪ What happened? What's wrong?

♪♪ I was nearly eaten by a

Horrible monster! He yapped at

Me!

♪♪ Which way did he go?

♪♪ He went that-a-way!

♪♪ We must stop him before he

Hurts someone! Hmph!

♪♪ [Yapping]

♪♪ Oh, my. Are you lost?

♪♪ No.

♪♪ Are--are you hurt?

♪♪ No. [Yapping]

♪♪ Can you tell me what is

Wrong?

♪♪ I need to nap! Yap!

♪♪ Ok, ok. Now we're getting

Somewhere. You need to nap?

♪♪ I need to nap or else I yap.

[Yapping]

♪♪ Ok, ok, there's no need to

Yap. Feel free to nap, right

Here on this bench, mr.

Whatever-you-are.

♪♪ I am the yapper-nap.

♪♪ I'm sarah hall-small. Enjoy

Your nap.

♪♪ Yap.

You're not going to yell at me?

♪♪ Nope.

♪♪ You're not going to chase me

Away?

♪♪ Nope. You just nap away.

♪♪ Yap. Yap. Yap.

Yap...

Yap. Yap. [Sigh]

Yap!

♪♪ What?

♪♪ I feel jumpy and jittery. Too

Much yapping and not enough

Napping. And now I can't fall

Asleep. Yap...

♪♪ Well, don't yap yet. I think

I can help you calm down for

This nap. How about I sing you a

Lullaby?

♪♪ A what? What's a lullaby?

♪♪ It's a nice song that you

Sing to help someone fall

Asleep. I can sing one for you.

♪♪ You would do this for me?

♪♪ Yes.

♪♪ This is the nicest thing

Anyone has ever done for the

Yapper-nap. You will sing, and I

Will nap?

♪♪ Yes. I will sing, and you

Won't yap. Deal?

♪♪ Deal.

Oh, yap. Yap. Yap...

♪♪ Come over here.

♪ Go to sleep,

Sweet monster of mine,

Rest your humongous head,

Close your eyes

And open your--paws,

And try not to fall out of bed,

Don't be afraid of people,

Even if they're afraid of you,

One day the world

Will understand

Yapper-naps are people too,

That is-- I mean-- ♪

♪♪ Yapper-nap know what you

Mean.

♪♪ ♪ Anyway, pleasant dreams,

Sweet monster of mine,

Dreams filled with

Whatever nice things yapper-naps

Dream of,

And though you're big enough to

Smash things to smithereens,

Monster dear,

All that means is

There's more of you

There's more of you to love ♪

To love ♪

♪♪ There he is! Let's get him!

♪♪ Ha ha!

♪♪ Stand back, little girl!

We'll protect you from this

Horrible monster!

♪♪ Shh! Quiet down, will you?

He's asleep.

♪♪ Aha! The monster is asleep!

♪♪ Perfect! Let's get him!

♪♪ Wait a minute. First of all,

He's not a monster. He's just a

Yapper-nap.

♪♪ A yapper-what?

♪♪ All he wants is a place to

Nap. If he doesn't nap, he

Starts to yap. So, please be

Quiet. He's really very sweet.

♪♪ You know, I didn't really get

A good look at him before.

He's kinda cute.

♪♪ That's a nice green tuft on

His head. Very fluffy. I like

It.

♪♪ I feel bad for yelling at

Him.

♪♪ I called him a monster.

♪♪ When he wakes up, maybe we

Should have a picnic for him.

♪♪ Yeah, that would show him

That we seussvilleans are the

Friends of all the yapper-naps.

♪♪ We could have food and games

And music.

♪♪ And a special blanket for the

Yapper-nap so he can lie down

And take a nap anytime he wants!

♪♪ Aww...

♪♪ Now we know how the yapper

Nap story ends. He's happily

Napping surrounded by friends.

That's what I call a happy

Ending. I like it when a story

Works out that way, don't you?

♪♪ [Squawk]

♪♪ So, bird, as you can see from

The story of the yapper-nap,

Cats aren't the only ones who

Like to nap.

♪♪ [Squawk]

♪♪ Would you try one

Little cat nap? Just to see if

You like it?

♪♪ No nap. Not even a

Chance of a nap. Not even a

Yawn...

♪♪ [Sigh]

Hey, wait a minute! I know a

Good game we can play with a

Yawn! We'll need help with this

Game. We need more than one cat.

Well, we know what to do with

This string!

[Zoom!]

♪♪ You called?

♪♪ Yes! Little cat "a," could

You give me one yawn?

You give me one yawn? ♪♪ Absolutely!

♪♪ Absolutely!

There it is! We started with

One yawn. And that one little

Yawn just went on and on.

♪♪ Cat, this is a good game.

♪♪ Yes, yes, I like it a lot.

♪♪ Cat, what is the name of this

Game?

♪♪ Little cats, I am naming this

Game, uh,

"Pass-the-yawn."

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ You start with one yawn,

And you go on and on!

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

And now, little cats, we shall

Play "pass-the-yawn" with the

Bird!

♪♪ Ohh, good idea.

♪♪ Come on. Come on.

Are you ready? You help us,

Too! Help us out with your

Too! Help us out with your very own yawn!

Very own yawn!

♪♪ [Yawn]

♪♪ [Yawn] [snoring]

[Snoring]

Uh, ah, ah, ah.

♪♪ So, tell me, bird, how do you

Feel?

♪♪ I feel very well, thank you,

Cat.

I feel like flapping! I have

Zip! I have--

Wait a minute--was that--

Did i?

♪♪ [Chuckling]

♪♪ Are you telling me that

I just took a very short, very

Quick...

♪♪ Cat nap!

♪♪ Cat nap.

♪♪ So, what do you say, bird?

Did you like it?

♪♪ Cat, I must say that my cat

Nap was good.

♪♪ Would you try it again?

♪♪ Yes. Yes, cat, I would.

♪♪ Hooray! [Cheering]

♪♪ Everybody, come on now.

Are you ready to nap?

♪ C-a-t n-a-p,

Cat nap,

Everybody now you see,

Snoozelating is the key,

Take a tip from mr. "T" ♪

♪♪ ♪ That's me!

♪♪ ♪ And take a nap with me,

C-a-t n-a-p

Come on, bird! ♪

♪♪ ♪ Cat nap!

[Snoring]

♪♪ I had such a good time with

You today!

[Piano music plays]

♪ Hooray for us,

Hooray I say,

Hooray for all the fun

That we have every day,

And all the new faces

And all the new places we see,

Just you and me,

So come back soon

And when you do

I'll have some new surprises

In my hat for you,

Just one last thing,

And then I'm on my way,

Let's shout hooray!

Let's shout hooray! Just shout hooray! ♪

Just shout hooray! ♪
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