01x19 - The Birthday Moose

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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01x19 - The Birthday Moose

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♪♪ ♪ 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.
[Humming a tune]

[Humming a tune]

You know, this birthday cake

Needs something. Uh--ooh!

Some bubbly fun.

♪♪ Ooh.

♪♪ Wow.

♪♪ Half a cup of cheer.

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ Oh, and some very good wishes

Would go well in here.

♪♪ Oh.

♪♪ I said, "wishes," not fishes.

♪♪ Sorry.

♪♪ Mmm. Now, while we stir

The cake batter, I'll tell all

Of you of a grand birthday place

That's known as katroo.

♪♪ Gesundheit.

♪♪ No, that's "katroo." Only one

Fellow can take you right there.

He appears on your birthday.

Then you fly through the air.

Yes, he is your only way

To katroo, the birthday bird.

♪♪ Birthday bird?

♪♪ Birthday bird?

♪♪ Huh?

♪♪ Yes, he--

♪♪ I wanna know about

The birthday bird! What is it?

♪♪ All right, stop your

Screaming. Quit your shovin'.

Time to put this cake

In the oven.

♪♪ What about the birthday bird?

♪♪ In good time.

First, open the oven.

♪♪ Oh.

♪♪ Raahr!

♪♪ Good grief. Can I have

A hand, please?

♪♪ [Growling]

♪♪ Nice and clean. There we go.

Ooh.

♪♪ Sit! Then stay!

♪♪ That's it. Little left. Good.

Little right. You got it.

♪♪ I got it!

♪♪ Hold it.

♪♪ Huh?

♪♪ Aah!

♪♪ Wh-hoa.

♪♪ Whoa.

♪♪ [Sighs] yes.

♪♪ It's all in the wrist.

♪♪ Mmm, mmm.

♪♪ Ok, now, what about

The birthday bird?

♪♪ Ah, the birthday bird. Well,

This very week, this very day,

The birthday bird is due

To see a certain moose we know,

Who's dreaming of katroo.

♪♪ Ooh.

♪♪ [Snores] katroo.

[Snores] katroo.

♪♪ Mr. Thidwick.

♪♪ [Together] happy birthday!

♪♪ Uhh! It's my birthday.

I'm goin' to katroo.

♪ I'm goin' to katroo,

The birthday bird will soon

Be here to take me to katroo.

♪♪ [Together] is the birthday

Bird really coming?

♪♪ Like the birthday bird says,

Through rain and snow and

Ooblek, too, the birthday bird

Must make it through. Yep.

Nothin' could stop the birthday

Bird from doin' his job.

♪♪ Don't go, birthday bird.

♪♪ I wish I could stay longer,

But I have an appointment with

A moose. So long.

♪♪ So long, birthday bird!

♪♪ I'm going.

♪♪ Ok!

♪♪ Heading off.

♪♪ Bye!

♪♪ Look at me go--ooh.

Ooh hoo hoo hoo!

[Crash]

♪♪ It's the birthday bird!

Hooray!

♪♪ Can I use your phone?

♪♪ Nope. Nothing could keep

The birthday bird from keeping

An appointment.

♪♪ Excuse me.

♪♪ Hmm?

♪♪ I'm looking for a thidwick

The moose.

♪♪ Oh, I'm a thidwick the moose.

♪♪ Mm-hmm. [Blows pitch pipe]

♪♪ ♪ The birthday bird

Sent a word,

Here's what he did say,

"Caught in snow, cannot go,

Won't get there today, hey ♪

Sorry for the inconvenience,

Sir.

♪♪ Not coming?!

That's impossible.

Hey, who are you, anyway?

♪♪ Webley's the name. I'm an

Operative with the k.h.b.a.

♪♪ Oh. What's that?

♪♪ Katroo happy birthday

Associ-i-ation. Humph.

♪♪ This is so sad. Am I the only

One not going to katroo today?

♪♪ No, sir. I've got to deliver

The same message

More times today.

♪♪ More times.

More broken hearts.

♪♪ Well, sorry, but there's only

One birthday bird.

♪♪ Yep. Only one birthday bird.

♪♪ Lots of imitators, but one

Genuine article.

♪♪ Lots of imitators. Uhh.

Oh, wait a minute. I'm getting

An idea.

♪♪ Huh?

♪♪ I'll be the birthday bird.

♪♪ Uh, you can't do that.

♪♪ I could take those other

Folks to katroo.

♪♪ D-d-do you know how hard it

Is to get to katroo? Look at

This map here. Hmm? Eh?

♪♪ Ooh. Looks rough. Good thing

I have a map.

♪♪ But wait! Stop!

[Stammers] ohh.

♪♪ Big-hearted.

♪♪ That's what they call him.

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ That's not what I'd call him.

Ahh.

♪♪ Oops.

♪♪ "Happy birthday, mortox."

♪♪ Sorry, morton. I slipped.

♪♪ Ah, that's ok, pop.

It's the thought that counts.

Ah, pop, I just can't wait till

The birthday bird gets here and

Takes me to katroo.

♪♪ Oh. Hmm.

[Knock on door]

♪♪ [Gasps] he's here.

♪♪ Hello! ♪ I am the birthday

Bird, and I am here to say,

Happy birthday to you

On your very special...

Day ♪

♪♪ Uh, hey. It's the birthday

Bird. Uh, thidwick, what's going

On? Where's the birthday bird?

♪♪ He's stuck in a snowstorm.

I'm filling in.

♪♪ Oh, that's really

Very thoughtful.

You're a good-hearted moose.

♪♪ That's big-hearted, horton.

♪♪ Sorry. Well, don't worry.

I'll play along. Uh, look,

Morton. It's the birthday bird.

♪♪ Um, if you were the birthday

Bird, wouldn't you be giving me

The katroo birthday high sign?

♪♪ Hmm. Uh, right. Right. Right.

One katroo birthday high sign

One katroo birthday high sign coming right up.

Coming right up.

Ta-da! [Gasping]

♪♪ I see you've added some

Improvements, birthday bird.

♪♪ Oh ho.

♪♪ Wow. You really are

The birthday bird.

♪♪ As soon as we find the rest

Of your birthday buddies,

Youngster, it's off to katroo.

♪♪ Hey, birthday bird.

♪♪ A-aren't you gonna fly?

♪♪ Uh, oh. Uh, mmm. You know,

I just flew in from katroo.

♪♪ Oh, yeah. I know what you

Mean. They do get tired,

Don't they?

♪♪ Ohh. Mmm. Hey, wait up for

The birthday bird!

♪♪ Have fun with the birthday

Bird, morton!

♪♪ Uh-huh. Moose doesn't fly.

Hee hee hee. What a bunch

Of baloney. I'll make an example

Of this birthday phony. Oh, yes,

I will. [Laughs]

♪♪ [Sighs]

♪♪ [Together] he's not coming.

♪♪ [Together] happy birthday!

♪♪ He's here!

♪♪ Mr. Knox, it's the birthday

Bird! Ha ha!

♪♪ Yeah, and he brought a moose

With him.

♪♪ No, no, no, no, no, no.

That is not the birthday bird.

That is an elephant bird.

Now, that is the birthday bird.

♪♪ Oh.

♪♪ Hey, mr. Birthday bird,

Why don't you do your secret

Katroovian whirly-durvy,

Topsy-turvy happy birthday

Dance, huh?

♪♪ The secret katroovian

Whirly-durvy, topsy-turvy

Happy birthday dance?

♪♪ [Together] yeah.

♪♪ [Swallows] better stand back.

♪♪ [Swallows] better stand back. ♪♪ Oh. Whoa.

♪♪ Oh. Whoa.

♪♪ Watch out for the--ohh!

Did you see that? Ohh!

♪♪ Whoa!

♪♪ Ohh.

♪♪ Ta-da!

♪♪ [Together] wow!

♪♪ You must be the birthday

Bird. Nobody else could do what

You just did.

♪♪ Nobody else would do what you

Just did.

♪♪ Mm-mmm.

♪♪ We'll just pick up one more

Of your buddies. Then it's off

To katroo.

♪♪ [Together] we're goin'

To katroo!

♪♪ Ha ha!

♪♪ Let's go!

♪♪ Yippee! Hoo hey!

♪♪ I need a drink of water.

♪♪ They're hilarious.

♪♪ I wonder where we could find

Fiona phish.

♪♪ I'd try looking in the lake

If I were you.

♪♪ Who said that?

♪♪ I--i did, darling.

Fiona phish.

♪♪ [Gasps] mmm.

♪♪ Birthday bird, how good

To see you again, darling.

♪♪ You recognize me?

♪♪ Well, actually, darling,

I can't recognize anything

Without my glasses.

♪♪ Good. I--i mean, good to see

You again.

♪♪ I remember you did your

Wonderful birthday swan dive.

Oh, how I enjoyed your grace and

Elegance. You finished with a

One-and-a-half gainer, quadruple

Back flip in the tuck position

With a double somersault,

Blindfolded.

♪♪ Whoa.

♪♪ I suppose you want me to do

It again for you now?

♪♪ Ah, heavens, no.

Takes forever.

♪♪ Yes, it does.

♪♪ Well, birthday bird,

Let's get on with it.

♪♪ You must have known

The birthday bird for a really

Long time.

♪♪ Indeed.

♪♪ What's it like to have

So many birthdays?

♪♪ Well, it makes you treat each

Day like a new adventure,

Every person you meet like a new

World to explore.

♪♪ Yeah. That's how I feel, too.

♪♪ B-b--hmm.

♪♪ It's off to katroo!

♪♪ This moose is gonna be sorry

He ever had a birthday. Heh heh

Heh. Wait till the birthday bird

Hears about this.

♪♪ Rain and--and snow and

Ooblek, too. The birthday bird

Must make it through. Ohh!

[Spits] just once, I'd like

To get my hands on the guys who

Wrote that. [Groans]

♪♪ ♪ We're goin' to katroo,

We're goin' to katroo,

The birthday bird will take us,

Take us to katroo

♪♪ He'll bring us to

The sounding-off place

♪♪ We can give a yell!

♪♪ And the birthday flower

Jungle is a lovely sight

To smell

♪♪ The flowers smell

Like licorice

♪♪ And cheese

♪♪ And apple strudel

♪♪ Now the birthday bird

Will please us with his famous

Birthday yodel

♪♪ Yodel oodle adle edle,

Odle doodle daiddle, ohh

♪♪ We're goin' to katroo,

We're goin' to katroo,

The birthday bird is here

This year to take us to katroo

♪♪ We're goin' to katroo

♪♪ Oh, what a thing to do

♪♪ We'll celebrate

♪♪ And stay up late

♪♪ We're goin' to katroo

♪♪ We may even play

The pal-alace,

An amazing sight to see ♪

♪♪ Whahh!

♪♪ ♪ With rooms galore

♪♪ To be exact, ,.

♪♪ ♪ We'll greet our fans

And gladly sign

Each humble autograph

♪♪ Now the birthday bird

Will please us

With his happy birthday laugh ♪

♪♪ [Laughs] hmm?

♪♪ ♪ We're goin' to katroo,

We're goin' to katroo,

The birthday bird is here

This year to take us to katroo,

We're goin' to katroo

♪♪ Oh, what a thing to do

♪♪ We'll stay up late

And celebrate

♪♪ We're goin' to katroo,

We're goin' to katroo,

We're goin' to katroo ♪

♪♪ Turning over here.

♪♪ Wonderful! Yes!

♪♪ We're goin' to katroo!

♪♪ Wonderful.

♪♪ [Growling]

♪♪ Th-this isn't katroo, is it?

♪♪ No.

♪♪ Well, according to this map,

All we have to do is cross this

Desert of the annoying greebles.

♪♪ Let's do it quickly, before

This water starts to boil.

♪♪ Uh, we just walk paces,

Cross a little blue line,

And then we're there.

♪♪ Oh.

♪♪ Well.

♪♪ ...

♪♪ [Together] , , ...

, , --

♪♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

♪♪ I'm sure glad it wasn't

Paces.

♪♪ That's a pretty big little

Blue line.

♪♪ Sure is.

♪♪ It looks smaller on the map.

Greeble: boil. Boil. Boil.

Ha ha.

♪♪ Hey, look, everybody.

It's katroo.

♪♪ Terrific, birthday bird.

♪♪ Huzzah, birthday bird.

♪♪ Get us there, birthday bird.

♪♪ Hey, let's fly.

♪♪ Fly?

♪♪ Fly us there, birthday bird.

♪♪ Never make it.

♪♪ Never.

♪♪ Never make it. Heh heh.

♪♪ Huh?

♪♪ Uh, yeah. Uh, um, uh, wind

Velocity good. Visibility a-ok.

Runway clear. Uh...

♪♪ Ready for us to climb on,

Birthday bird?

♪♪ Climb on?!

♪♪ You heard him. Let's go.

♪♪ Aha. Unauthorized acceptance

Of passengers. Things couldn't

Possibly get worse for that

Moose. Right. [Laughs] ohh!

My fingers.

♪♪ [Clamoring]

♪♪ [Clamoring] ♪♪ ohh. Uh-oh.

♪♪ Ohh. Uh-oh.

♪♪ Is thidwick ok?

♪♪ Well, yea--

♪♪ Or did he fall off the cliff?

♪♪ Well, I think it--

♪♪ And most importantly,

Is the cake done?

♪♪ Well, I set my timer.

Any second now, should be done.

[Ding]

♪♪ Done! Done! Yo! It's done!

♪♪ I think it's done.

♪♪ Yay!

♪♪ Listen, while we put the

Icing on the cake, let's see if

Thidwick is still out on a limb.

Mmm.

♪♪ You having trouble,

Birthday bird?

♪♪ Uh, I think the wind shifted.

♪♪ Oh, I hate it when

That happens.

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ You think you could give

The old birthday bird

A hand, please?

♪♪ You got it. Look, you get

One side. I'll get the other.

♪♪ No, you get one side.

I'll get the other.

♪♪ Would you please...

♪♪ Hurry, please.

♪♪ , ...

♪♪ Oh ho ho ho!

♪♪ Look what you did! You pulled

The birthday bird's

Feathers off!

♪♪ Me? W--you scalped him.

♪♪ Huh? Yah!

♪♪ Whoo hoo hooee!

♪♪ [Together] the birthday bird!

♪♪ Hang on, birthday bird.

We got you. Ready? , --Yah!

♪♪ Oolp! [Gasping]

♪♪ Uncle thidwick? Is that you?

♪♪ I'm afraid it is, morton.

♪♪ Where are my glasses?

Oh, what's going on?

♪♪ You're not the birthday bird.

♪♪ He's not? Well, he did

The dance.

♪♪ Yeah, but--

♪♪ You're right. I'm not

The birthday bird. I'm only

Thidwick, the big-hearted moose.

♪♪ Well, you're a fake.

♪♪ You're a phony.

♪♪ You are a fraud.

♪♪ And I'm a failure. I really

Thought I could take you

To katroo. Look. I even have

A map and everything.

♪♪ [Blows]

♪♪ Ohh. Ahh.

♪♪ Heh heh. Heh heh heh.

♪♪ You mean you had

A map, darling.

♪♪ If you're just a fake

Birthday bird...

♪♪ Then where's the real

Birthday bird?

♪♪ [Together] yeah.

♪♪ [Together] yeah. ♪♪ [Sighs] I wish I knew.

♪♪ [Sighs] I wish I knew.

♪♪ Ahoy there. Ahoy there,

Ragamuffin. [Gasps] is that you,

Birthday bird?

♪♪ Yes.

♪♪ Ah. Well, don't worry about

A thing, love. I'll have you out

Of there in a jiffy. I admire

Your gumption, you plucky

Little flyboy.

♪♪ Thanks.

♪♪ All right. This may tickle.

♪♪ And that's when I decided

To take us all to katroo.

I'm sorry. I'm a sorry excuse

For a moose.

♪♪ Sorry. Yeah, sorry.

♪♪ Heh heh heh heh.

♪♪ Aww. Now I'll never get

To katroo.

♪♪ Well, at least you can see it

From here, huh?

♪♪ Yep. That's katroo.

♪♪ But I'm afraid the only way

To get there is to fly.

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ Wait a second. I'm going

To katroo.

♪♪ [Together] huh?

♪♪ Oh, well, uh, I can fly,

And it's my birthday. I'm going.

♪♪ I suppose one of us

Should have a happy birthday.

♪♪ Yeah, yeah. Sure.

♪♪ Go on, little elepha--

Little birdie--uh,

Little whatever you are.

♪♪ See ya.

♪♪ Have a good time, morton.

♪♪ Can you believe this?

Pretending to be

The birthday bird?

♪♪ Look at us. We have

No birthday cake, no candles,

No presents, no ice cream,

No entertainment.

♪♪ No entertainment? Ha!

♪ Duh duh, duh dunh, duh duh,

I'm mr. Knox ♪

♪♪ I'm miserable.

♪♪ Miserable. Ha.

♪♪ Heh heh heh heh. Miserable.

Heh heh heh.

♪♪ ♪ I'm goin' to katroo,

Goin' to katroo,

I stay up late and celebrate,

I'm cel--celebrate and

Cele--celebrate... ♪

Oh, I ju--[sighs]

♪♪ [Sobs] I'm such a failure.

♪♪ Oh, yeah.

♪♪ Failure. Failure. Heh heh.

♪♪ I'm a mess of a moose.

♪♪ Big mess. Mess.

♪♪ Yes. Look at him.

Look at him. Heh heh.

♪♪ You know, I bet morton's

Probably arriving at his katroo

Party right about now.

♪♪ Happy birthday!

♪♪ Huh?

♪♪ Hey, what are you doing

Back here already?

♪♪ Shouldn't you be having

A birthday bash in katroo?

♪♪ Oh. Well, I was just about

There, but, uh, I just

Had to come back to you guys.

♪♪ You mean you missed out

On katroo?

♪♪ Well, I just started thinkin'

About uncle thidwick.

♪♪ Hunh. And how he ruined

Our birthday.

♪♪ No, how he tried to take us

To katroo. Ms. Phish...

♪♪ Hmm.

♪♪ You told me that each day is

Like a new adventure,

Like today.

♪♪ Oh. Today certainly took

The cake.

♪♪ Uh-huh.

♪♪ Yes.

♪♪ And, mr. Fox, mr. Knox, how

Did you feel when you thought

You were going to katroo?

♪♪ [Together] terrific.

♪♪ But we didn't get to katroo.

♪♪ No.

♪♪ So what? We had an adventure.

♪♪ We sang new songs.

♪♪ We saw new places.

♪♪ We made new friends.

♪♪ And it's all thanks

To uncle thidwick.

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ He risked life and limb

To give us a happy birthday.

♪♪ Let's go find that

Dear moose.

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ Let's go.

♪♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

♪♪ Hey. Heh heh heh heh.

♪♪ A mess of a moose.

♪♪ I know. I know.

♪♪ Messy moose.

♪♪ I know. I know.

♪♪ You're a big-hearted moose.

♪♪ I know. I--morton. Ohh.

What are you doing here?

♪♪ I couldn't go to katroo,

Not without you.

♪♪ But it's your birthday.

♪♪ Yeah, and I wanted to be with

My birthday buddies.

♪♪ Yeah. Pals stick together.

♪♪ That's right.

♪♪ And dare I say your birthday

Buddies didn't treat you

Very well, thidwick.

♪♪ But I'm a fake and a failure.

♪♪ Heh heh heh. Yeah.

♪♪ Yeah, mess--mess of a moose.

♪♪ See?

♪♪ No, he is not. I've had it

With you annoying greebles.

Now hush up!

♪♪ Wow.

♪♪ Ahem.

♪♪ Uncle thidwick, all you ever

Cared about was givin' us

A happy birthday.

♪♪ No one else would have done

What you did.

♪♪ Well, it'll still be our

Birthday for a little while.

Why not have a party?

♪♪ [Together] here?

♪♪ Absolutely.

♪♪ That's the spirit.

♪♪ He's the birthday moose.

♪♪ ♪ Whoa whoa whoa,

Whoa whoa whoa whoa-- ♪

♪♪ Stop the music!

♪♪ Mr. Webley!

♪♪ Uh-huh.

♪♪ Who?!

♪♪ Webley's the name.

I'm with the katroo happy

Birthday associ-i-ation.

♪♪ Really?

♪♪ Look, lady, this moose

Has racked up a list of charges

As long as my arm!

♪♪ So what?

♪♪ [Together] birthday bird!

♪♪ ♪ Yodel, yodel, yodel

Sorry I'm late, everybody.

♪♪ Hi, b.b.

♪♪ Hello, webley.

How's everything going, hmm?

♪♪ Ah, well. How are things

Going? Well, this malfeasant

Moose here, sir, has gone around

All day impersonating you. Oh,

Yes. The book says right here--

♪♪ Oh, put that thing away,

Webley. Birthdays are not about

Rule books.

♪♪ I better write that

Down, sir.

♪♪ Trainee. Heh heh heh.

Thidwick, my friend, your

Imitation of me was imperfectly

Done, but as a real birthday

Moose, you're a-number-one.

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ Huh? Aw, thanks,

Birthday bird.

♪♪ Well, what are we waiting

For? Let's have a party!

[Laughs]

♪♪ Party.

♪♪ Hey, hey. Can't have a party

Without a cake. Heh heh heh.

♪♪ Oh.

♪ Whoa whoa whoa,

Whoa whoa whoa whoa,

Everyone's excited

♪♪ My, my, my, my, my, my word,

Everyone's delighted

♪♪ Whoa whoa whoa,

Whoa whoa whoa whoa,

Everyone's invited

♪♪ We're gonna party

♪♪ We're going to party tonight,

We're gonna party, party,

Party tonight, ooh, yeah

♪♪ We're gonna

P-a-r-t-y tonight,

P-a-r-t-y, all right,

We're gonna party tonight

♪♪ Whoo!

♪♪ We're gonna party tonight

♪♪ Whoa whoa whoa,

Whoa whoa whoa whoa,

Everyone's excited

♪♪ Whoa whoa whoa,

Whoa whoa whoa whoa,

Everyone's invited

♪♪ My, my, my, my, my, my word,

Really quite dramatic

♪♪ We're gonna party!

♪♪ We're gonna party tonight,

We're gonna party, party,

Party tonight, ooh, yeah

♪♪ We're gonna

P-a-r-t-y tonight,

P-a-r-t-y, all right,

We're gonna party tonight

♪♪ Whoo!

♪♪ We're gonna party tonight

♪♪ Time to sing some songs

♪♪ Time to dance some dances

♪♪ Time to take a break

♪♪ Time to take some chances,

Ha ha

♪♪ We're gonna party tonight

♪♪ Party, party

♪♪ We're gonna p-p-p-p-party

Tonight, oh, yeah

♪♪ We're gonna

P-a-r-t-y tonight,

P-a-r-t-y, all right,

We're gonna party tonight

♪♪ Party, party

♪♪ Whoo!

♪♪ We're gonna party tonight ♪

♪♪ You know, birthday bird, it

Started out pretty tough, but I

Think it's turned into the best

Birthday party I've ever had.

♪♪ And we never even got

To katroo.

♪♪ Just wait till next year.

♪♪ Whoo!

♪♪ ♪ We're gonna party tonight
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