♪♪ ♪ 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
01x19 - The Birthday Moose
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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.