03x20 - The Hard Weigh/The Song Flower Solution

Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!". Aired: August 7, 2010 - October 14, 2018.*
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Animated series follows the magical adventures of 6-year-olds Nick and Sally, who travel the world with the Cat in the Hat as their guide.
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03x20 - The Hard Weigh/The Song Flower Solution

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[upbeat music]

- ♪ Hey
- What?

- ♪ Come over here

♪ The Cat in the Hat
is about to appear ♪

♪ He's whizzing over
to whisk you away ♪

♪ On a fabulous journey
today ♪

- He's coming!
- ♪ Now he's arrived

♪ In the Thinga-ma-jigger,
the thing that he drives ♪

♪ He's a cat
and he's oodles of fun ♪

♪ With his hairy helpers,
Thing Two and Thing One ♪

- Whoo-hoo!



- Whoa!



[laughter]



- Whoa!
- Wahoo!

- ♪ It's the Cat in the Hat

♪ All of our adventures
start like that ♪

♪ Wherever you're going,
wherever you're at ♪

♪ The Cat in the Hat
knows a lot about... ♪

- ♪ He knows a lot about,
he knows a lot about ♪

all: ♪ He knows a lot
about that ♪

[laughter]

[mellow music]



- Two glasses of cold juice
coming up.

Which one do you want, Sally?

- The tall one, of course.

It has more juice in it.
- Uh-uh.

Mom said
she poured the same amount

from juice boxes that
were exactly the same.

- I'm sure there's
more in this one.

- And I'm sure there isn't.

- You can't both be right.

- Who's right?
kids: Cat!

- I say there's
more juice in this glass.

- And I know Mom poured
the same amount of juice

in both glasses.

- So, who's right?
- Hmm...

Well, I don't know that,

but I do know where we can go
to resolve this disagreement.

- Where?
- On a fact-finding mission!

It's in Point-o-view,

where changing your mind
is a fun thing to do.

- But which one of us
is gonna change our mind?

both: You!
[laughter]

- Your mother will
not mind at all if you do.

- Let's go!

Mom!

Can we go to Point-o-view
with the Cat in the Hat?

Nick needs to have
his mind changed.

- Or maybe Sally needs to have
her mind changed...[laughs]

- Well,
it's always a good idea

to see another point of view.

- We can go!
We can go!

- I know!
I know!

- To the Thinga-ma-jigger.

Buckle up.

[horn honks]

[playful music]

[whirs, clicks]

Flip the Jigger-ma-whizzer!

[boing]

[exciting music]



Isn't this fun?

both: Whoo-hoo!

- ♪ Here we go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪

♪ The Thinga-ma-jigger
is up and away ♪

both: ♪ Go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪

♪ We're flying
with the Cat in the Hat today ♪

[rousing music]



- So Cat, how is this place

going to change our minds
about who's right?

- What you see with your eyes
and you think must be true,

could be quite a surprise
when you're in Point-o-view.

- Whoa,
those flowers are so pretty!

[laughs]
They're butterflies.

- It's all about

what you think you see
and what you really see.

[doorbell rings]
Aha!

Why, this must be the message
I've been expecting.

[mumbling]

Yes!
[laughs]

We've arrived just in time for
the Fun Fact-finding Festival!

It's like a scavenger hunt,
but you're finding facts.

- Where do we start?

- At the starting point,
of course.

This way.

[upbeat music]

Aha!

This must be
the starting point.

[gasps] And here's our first
fun fact-finding mission.

Your mission is to look at
these two sticks in the middle

and tell me which one
is longer.

- That's easy.
- Easy peasy.

- Even I can
figure this one out.

- That one is longer.

- Yep, that's right.

- So you both agree
it's longer?

- Yeah.
Right, Nick?

- It is longer, isn't it, Cat?

- Hmm, well, there must be
some way to know for sure.

- Hmm...
[gasps]

I know!
We could measure both sticks.

- You mean, get evidence?

- If getting evidence means
measuring both sticks,

I guess you could do it.

- Getting evidence is what
fun fact-finding is all about.

Lucky for you,

I brought my handy dandy
candy stripe measure.

- Okay, let's check it out.

This stick is one,
two, three, four--

four stripes long.

- Now we'll measure
the other stick--

the longer one.

This stick is one,
two, three,

four stripes long--what?

- It's exactly the same length?

- But if they're the same,
why does one look longer?

- Hmm...[gasps]

Maybe 'cause they are
not exactly the same.

- You're right!

The arrows on this one point
away from the middle stick.

And the arrows on this one
point towards the middle stick.

- Do you think that
makes it look like

one is longer and
one is shorter?

- That must be it.

- So now that you've found the
facts and you have evidence,

have you both
changed your minds?

- Uh-huh.

We thought
one stick was longer,

but now we know it wasn't.

- Aha!

Thinking and knowing
are two different things.

Let's see what surprises
our next fun fact brings.

This way!

Whoop--this way!



For this
fun fact-finding task,

you each have to look at the
two orange dots in the center

and tell me
which one is bigger!

...And which one is smaller.

- This looks too easy, Cat.

- Yeah.

The orange dot in this one
is definitely bigger.

- Right,
and this one is smaller.

- So you both agree that
this dot is bigger?

- Yes, but just to prove it,
let's measure.

Bring that dot over here, Nick.

- Huh?
They're the same size!

- That's impossible.

- I knew there was a catch,

but what was it?

- There's something different
about these two pictures.

- The gray dots in
this picture are all big.

- And the gray dots in
this picture are all small.

- So maybe the
small dots in this picture

make the orange dot
look bigger,

and the big dots
in this picture

make the orange dot
look smaller.

- Another fun fact
you were able to find.

And now that you know,

have you both
changed your mind?

[laughter]

- Yes.
- I have.

- [mumbling]

Ah, one more
fun fact to find.

- Let's go!

- This looks like
the next one, Cat.

What do we do?

- For this
fun fact-finding mission,

you have to find
which door is the tallest

and which is the shortest.

- The door closest to us
looks like the biggest to me.

And the one that's farthest
looks like the smallest.

- But now we know
we can't trust our eyes.

- There's only one way
to know for sure.

- Get evidence by measuring!

- All those doors?
You're gonna need help.

- When all kinds of measuring
needs to be done,

it's time to rely on
Thing Two and Thing One.

[whistles]

- Whoo-hoo!
- Whee-hee-hee-hee!

both: Hello!
- Why, hello, Things!

We need you to
measure all these doors

and find out
which one is the tallest

and which is the shortest.

You can use my handy dandy
candy stripe measure.

both: Ooh!

[measure crackles]

[grunts]

- Hmm.

It's not handy
or dandy anymore.

- We need something else
to measure with.

- But what?

Thanks to the Things,

we don't have the
measurer anymore.

both:
[guilty chattering]

- But we do have the Things.

both: Huh?
- [gasps]

Both Things are
the same height.

- That's totally true,
so what can you do?

- We can measure the doors
using the Things.

- Thing One, go stand
in front of the closest door.

- Uh-huh.

♪ Doo, doo-doo,
doo-doo, doo-doo ♪

- Thing One is as tall
as the first door.

- Thing Two, you go stand
in front of the last door.

- Mm-hmm!
♪ Doo, doo-doo...

- He'll be way taller
than that door.

Huh?

- He's the same height
as the door!

- And look--Thing Two looks
a lot shorter than Thing One.

- Thing Two!
Did you shrink?

- Wha?

Uh-uh!

- We better check again

and make sure
they're the same height.

- Come back so we can
measure you again.

both: ♪ Doo, doo-doo,
doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo ♪

- Hmm, they're exactly
the same height.

But the door down there
is way smaller.

- This doesn't make any sense.

- Maybe we have to
look at this a different way.

- A different way?
What's that, you say?

- Thanks.
Can you go back to the doors?

- Uh-huh!

- I wonder if the doors
would look different

if we go over here
in front of the houses.

[gasps]
That's amazing!

- What do you see?
Explain it to me.

- From here,
we can see that

all the doors are
exactly the same height.

- So?

- So I guess the last door
just looked smaller

because it was farther away.

- And what final fun fact
did you find?

- I think
things can look different

depending on where
you're standing.

- Ah, you've discovered the
secret behind Point-o-view.

You must look from all sides
before knowing what's true.

- So there are lots of
different ways to get evidence,

and you can't really know
what's true till you've got it.

- You answered
all the questions.

How clever of you two.

- So what's next, Cat?

[doorbell rings]

- [gasps]
- Awesome!

- Hey, what's going on?
I wanna see.

Yay!
It's the Thinga-ma-jigger.

- Okay, so now tell me.

Who was right?
Which glass has more juice?

- We don't know yet.
- What?

We went through
all that fact-finding,

and you still don't know
which one of you was right?

- We won't know till
we get all the evidence.

- I've got two measuring cups
exactly the same.

- Okay, let's pour the juice.

- Now we'll measure.

- They do have exactly
the same amount of juice.

- [laughs]

So I guess this one
looks like it had more juice

because the glass
is taller and thinner.

- And this glass
is short and wide.

- So now you both know facts
can help change your mind.

Just imagine how many more
fun facts you will find!

[glasses clink]

[laughter]

- What's up, you two?

- Look,
there's a monkey in the tree.

Do you see it?

- I see it,
but it doesn't make any sense.

- Maybe you just
think you see it.

- How can I think
I see something I know I see?

- Well, sometimes it helps
to get another point of view.

- How do we do that?

- ♪ Take a closer look
before you make up your mind ♪

♪ Take a closer look
and see what you find ♪

♪ Look at it
from where you are ♪

♪ Look at it
from near and far ♪

♪ Look at it from every side

It's only then can you decide!

- Wait a second,
where did the monkey go?

- It couldn't just disappear,
could it?

- I don't know.
What do we do now?

- ♪ Take a closer look
before you make up your mind ♪

♪ Take a closer look,
my friends ♪

♪ And see what you find

♪ You could find that
what you thought ♪

♪ May be true or may be not

♪ You can only really know

♪ After you've
looked closer though ♪

- This is where the monkey was
but all I see is the tree.

- Wait, Sally, look closely
at those branches and leaves.

- Oh, now I see it!

The leaves and branches
make it look like

there's a monkey in there.

- You were right, Fish.

We needed to
take a closer look.

- ♪ Take a closer look
before you make up your mind ♪

♪ Take a closer look,
my friends ♪

♪ And see what you find

♪ Get up close,
that's the key ♪

♪ Find out what
there is to see ♪

♪ You've got to take a closer,
got to take a closer ♪

♪ Got to take a closer look

kids: Take a closer look.

[rousing music]



- There...[sighs]

Finished!
Look, Sally.

It's me and you
walking on a cloud.

- [laughs]

I don't think we can
walk on clouds, Nick.

- Have you ever tried?

- No,
because clouds are too high up.

- Then you don't really know
that you can't.

- Hmm, but if you
haven't tried either,

then you don't really know
that you can.

- If you don't know that
you can,

and you don't know that
you can't,

then we don't know
if you can or you can't.

Oh, brother.

- There's gotta be a way
we can know for sure.

- What do you wanna
know for sure?

kids: [laugh]

- Cat,
what are you doing upside down?

- Upside down?

Oh...
[laughs]

That's better.

Now what do you wanna
know for sure?

- If we can walk on clouds.

- Or if we can't.

- Well, Cat,
is it "yes" or is it "no"?

- Walking on clouds--

I don't know.

But I do know a way
for us to know more.

- How?

- By hiking to the top
of Mount Know-more.

It's very high!

- If we climb Mount Know-more
to see real clouds up close,

we'll know for sure.

- And find out for yourself
is fun, fun, fun!

Your mother won't mind at all
if you do.

- Mom,
can I go up Mount Know-more

with Nick and
the Cat in the Hat

to know more about clouds?

- It's good to know more
about everything.

Have fun!

- We can go!
We can go!

- I know!
I know!

To the Thinga-ma-jigger.

Buckle up.

[horn honks]

[playful music]

[whirs, clicks]

Flip the Jigger-ma-whizzer!

[boing]

[exciting music]



Isn't this fun?

both: Whoo-hoo!

- ♪ Here we go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪

♪ The Thinga-ma-jigger
is up and away ♪

both: ♪ Go, go, go,
go on an adventure ♪

♪ We're flying
with the Cat in the Hat today ♪

[gentle music]



- When your head's
in the clouds,

and you wanna know more,

Mount Know-more is the summit
you have to explore.

- Cool.

We get to be
real mountain climbers.

- And there's no better
mountain to climb

than Mount Know-more.

kids: Wow.

- This is amazing!

- That looks pretty high.

But why do they call it
Mount Know-more?

- Well, the higher you climb,
the more you know.

- Then let's get going so
we can know more about clouds.

Uh, which way?

- Trying things out
and asking questions

is what Mount Know-more
is all about.

- Well,
let's try this one and see.

[mud sloshes]
Eww!

This trail is kinda squishy.

My foot sinked right into it.

- Then we don't wanna
take that trail.

- Good call.

It's like marshmallow goo--

not hard enough to walk on.

- Let's try this trail.
It looks okay.

[firm thudding]

- It looks good and solid.

- Hiking up this path
is the way to go.

- See?
You already know more.

[laughs]

- Wow.
- Incredible!

- This magnificent place
is called Look-out-below.

- Now, that's a view!

- Things look so clear up here
on Mount Know-more.

- And the more you see,
the more you know.

- What I know is that we're
even closer to the clouds.

- Maybe we'll find out that
clouds are like cotton candy.

- If clouds are like
cotton candy,

then they can't hold us up.

- Why?

- Remember the time
I sat on my cotton candy

and it squished flat?

[laughter]
- Yeah.

That was one sticky mess.

- Cotton candy's too fluffy
and soft to hold us up.

- I never thought of that.

Now I hope clouds aren't
like cotton candy at all.

- But they still might be.

- There's only one way
to find out.

- Get all the way up and
find out for ourselves.

- Let's go!

Welcome to Lake Liquidity.
Isn't it beautiful?

- Yeah, but how are
we gonna get across?

- And we know
we can't walk on water, right?

[rock plops]

- We'd sink to the bottom
like that stone.

- If only
we had something solid

that we could walk on
over the water.

- Like a bridge or something?

- Well, I must have something.

Hmm...
[grunts]

Ta-da!

- Cat, you're amazing!

- Hmm, it looks
solid enough to walk on.

- Wait.
Maybe we should check.

- How?

- When testing for solidness
needs to be done,

just whistle real loud
for Thing Two and Thing One.

[whistles]

- Whoo-hoo!
- Whee-hee!

both: [panting, laughing]

[playful music]

Hello!
- Hello, Things.

Would you kindly
test our bridge

to see if it's solid enough
to walk on?

Things: Uh-huh!
[chattering]

- [nervous chattering]

- Aha!
Whoo-hoo!

[excited chattering]

Uh-oh.

- Oh no!
- Thing overboard!

- [chattering]
- [grunting]

Whoo-hoo!

[laughter]

Things: Yay!

- Thanks, Things.

Things: [shy chattering]

- While we know
it's solid enough,

but it's too short to reach
across to the other side.

- You wouldn't happen to have
another bridge in your hat,

do you?

- Another bridge
in this little hat?

Don't be ridiculous...

[laughs]
Of course I do!

- We can cross!
Thank goodness.

- Shall we go?
- Yeah!

- Yeah!
[laughter]

- Ya-hoo!
- Whoo-hoo!

- We're on solid ground again.

- Now that's what I call
bridging a gap.

- Let's go!



- [gasps]
Wow.

We're a lot higher.

We must be getting closer.

Come on!
Let's keep going.

- Right behind you, Nick.

[wind whooshing]
Whoa!

Huh?
Hey, Nick!

Where are you?
- Right here!

- He's this way, Cat.
Wait up, Nick!

- I can't see
through all this fog.

kids: [grunt]
- Oh, here you are.

[laughs]
- Huh.

Where did all this fog
come from?

- Here's a bigger question.

How are we going to
find our way through it?

We can't see a thing.

- Just our luck.

We came all this way
to see clouds up close,

and now we're lost in this fog.

- It's damp too.
It almost feels like rain.

Should we turn back?

- I am not going to
let some silly fog

stop us from knowing more.

If we just stay on this path,

we can walk
right through the fog.

- Yeah, and if we just
go a bit higher up,

we'll reach the clouds.

- That's the spirit.

- Lead the way, Nick!

[anxious music]

kids: [grunt]
- Whoops.

- [laughs]
This way.



- I can see you better now.

We must be
getting out of the fog.

- I think you're right, Sally.

Come on!
We're almost out!

[energetic music]

It's clear again!

We must be getting so close
to those clouds now.

They should be right--huh?

We're at the top,
but where are the clouds?

- Have they blown away?

- [gasps]
Look, Sally!

I think those are
the clouds down there.

- Down there?

How did we miss it
when the clouds

are right beside the mountain?

- Maybe we couldn't see the
clouds when it was foggy

because the fog was the clouds!

- [gasps] You can see the path
right through them!

So when we were
walking through the fog...

[gasps]
We were walking through clouds!

- There's no more
of Know-more to climb.

So do you know more
about clouds now?

- Do we ever!

If walked through the clouds
without bumping into them,

that means they aren't solid.

- And if clouds aren't solid,
then we can't walk on them,

just like we can't
walk on water.

- Let's try one more test.

You're right, Nick.

We would drop through the
clouds like that stone.

[gasps]

Remember how damp
we felt in the fog?

Maybe that's because
fog and clouds

are both made of water.

- Wow, I never thought of that!

- Doesn't it feel great
to know more

at the top of Mount Know-more
than you knew at the bottom?

- You're right about that, Cat.

- Curious minds
lead to answers galore,

and though we know a lot,
we can always know more.

[engine whirring]

- [gasps]
What's that sound?

- That sounds like
the Thinga-ma-jigger.

Things: Hello!

- It is the Thinga-ma-jigger,
come to take us home.

- Whoo-hoo!
- Yay!

Let's go!

- Those clouds still look like
we can walk on them.

- Yeah,
but we know that we can't

because clouds aren't solid.

- Look,
I see an elephant up there.

- An elephant?

If you can't walk on clouds,
how's an elephant going to?

- It's not on the cloud, Fish.

It is the cloud.

- Oh...
[laughs]

I knew that.
I was just testing you.

[laughter]

- Good game, Nick.

Let's see what else
we can find in the clouds.

- Whoa, look, it's a rabbit!

- Look, it's a pony!

- Wow, that one's beautiful!

[upbeat music]

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