02x08 - The Cat In The Hat's First First Day

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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02x08 - The Cat In The Hat's First First Day

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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" ♪

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♪♪ Hello! Hello to you!

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!

Come--this way!

You must see what my good

Friend, terrence mcbird, is

Doing today.

Today, my friend terrence is

Going to fly from this spot all

The way up to the tip top branch

Of this tree.

♪♪ To go where no bird has gone

Before.

♪♪ And you are going to perch on

That top branch.

♪♪ That's right, cat!

Ok, here we go!

♪♪ You, bird, are flying to the

Top branch for the very first

Top branch for the very first time!

Time!

♪♪ Ah...

♪♪ What's wrong, bird?

What happened?

Did you get a cramp in your

Wing?

♪♪ No.

♪♪ Eh, did you sprain your beak?

♪♪ No.

♪♪ Do you have a tummy ache?

♪♪ No!

The problem is...

I'm sc-sc-scared.

♪♪ Aw...

♪♪ I'm scared of doing things

For the first time, cat!

♪♪ Aw, you are?

♪♪ Um-hmm.

♪♪ Uh, but why, bird?

I love doing things for the

First time.

♪♪ You do?

♪♪ Sure.

♪ There is nothing I like more,

Than doing things I've

Never done before ♪

♪♪ Yeah, but you're the cat in

The hat!

♪♪ ♪ 'Cause I know how much fun

They're gonna bring ♪

♪♪ I don't know cat, i--i'm

Still scared, you know?

♪♪ ♪ And if I get a little

Scared,

Here's the way I like to

Stay prepared,

I say to myself, well, there's

A first time for everything! ♪

♪♪ ♪ There's a first time

For wearing a hat ♪

♪♪ ♪ That's the first time

I've ever done that ♪

♪♪ ♪ There's a first time

For playing with string ♪

♪♪ ♪ There's a first time for

Everything! ♪

♪♪ ♪ Think of what you'll have

In store,

All the places you'll explore

♪♪ ♪ When you take the sky and

Spread your wing ♪

♪♪ Wee! Yeah!

♪♪ ♪ Think about how good you'll

Feel,

And suddenly it's no big deal ♪

♪♪ ♪ To say to yourself

There's a first time for

Everything! ♪

♪♪ ♪ There's a first time

For jumping 'round the house,

There's a first time for dancing

With a mouse,

There's a first time

To listen to me sing ♪

♪♪ ♪ La

♪♪ ♪ There's a first time

For everything!

There's a first time

For everything!

♪♪ Woohoo!

♪♪ Yowzer!

♪♪ You know, you're right, cat.

Doing things for the first time

Is fun.

I'm going to fly to the top of

That tree! [Exhales]

♪♪ Good for you, bird.

♪♪ Ok, here we go.

♪♪ There you go!

♪♪ On my mark, get set...

♪♪ Go!

♪♪ No. No. No go.

No go, no go, no go.

♪♪ What is it?

♪♪ I'm still afraid I won't make

It.

♪♪ There's nothing wrong with

That, bird.

It often takes many, many tries

To get a new thing right.

[Trumpet plays]

♪♪ Hey, cat, it's a story.

Oh boy, I wouldn't want to miss

A story.

♪♪ Uh, but, ok.

"At the seussville home

Of sarah hall-small

A first will happen

That's important to all."

Let's go find this story!

♪♪ Whew.

♪♪ Let's crank up the

Wubbulascope and take a look

Wubbulascope and take a look at the map.

At the map.

Now, sarah hall-small lives in

Seussville which is right...

Seussville which is right... Here!

Here!

Let's have a look through the

Let's have a look through the wubbulascope.

Wubbulascope.

[Boing!]

♪♪ Why, there's sarah hall-small

In her very best sweater.

And here's sarah's mom

Who is coming to get her.

♪♪ Come on, sarah.

Ooh! Here, let me button your

Sweater for you, honey.

♪♪ Before her mom can really get

To it, sarah says...

♪♪ I think I can do it.

♪♪ Are you sure you don't need

Any help?

♪♪ Got it! Ta da!

I did it!

I buttoned my own sweater for

The very first time!

♪♪ That's great, sarah.

I'm so proud of you.

♪♪ Ah, thanks, mom.

Wow. I think I like doing things

For the very first time.

Ha ha!

♪♪ Now sarah's mind begins to

Race, thinking of all the firsts

She could face.

♪♪ I can hardly wait...

There's lots of things I want to

Do for the very first time.

Like...

Go down a big slide for the very

First time.

♪♪ Now be careful, sarah!

♪♪ I will, mom.

My first time going down this

Slide.

♪♪ Good luck, sarah!

♪♪ Best of luck!

♪♪ I'm comin' down!

Wee!

Ow!

[Gasps]

Oh, mom!

♪♪ Congratulations, sarah!

♪♪ Thanks, mom!

♪♪ Excuse me, little girl.

But was that the first time

You came down that slide?

♪♪ Yes, yes it was! Ha-ha!

♪♪ Wow! Then we must celebrate.

Here--have a nut.

♪♪ Oh, thanks.

This is a big day for me.

I could do that someday.

I just know I could climb

To the top of a mountain.

Unh. I just know I can.

Unh. I just know I can. [Grunting]

[Grunting]

I can do this.

I can make it!

I can make it! [Grunting continues]

[Grunting continues]

I made it! Yes!

♪♪ Bah. I've never seen you

Around here before.

♪♪ That's because this is the

First time I've ever climbed to

The top of this mountain.

I'm very proud.

I did it!

♪♪ Do you need help buttoning

Your coat?

♪♪ No, mom.

♪♪ The top of a mountain,

Yes, that's pretty far.

But what if she went

To some faraway star?

Wow! Maybe, just maybe, one day

I could be an astronaut.

And I could...

Go into outer space to some

Go into outer space to some faraway planet!

Faraway planet!

Wha-hooy!

Wow!

I've never been to the planet

Firstula before.

♪♪ No one has.

You are the first person to come

To the planet firstula.

♪♪ That is a big deal!

♪♪ Indeed. Allow me to welcome

You with the planet firstula

Handshake. Firstula, firstula,

Glad you're here!

Let's give a great big

Firstula cheer! La.

♪♪ [Gasp] hooray!

♪♪ You like that?

♪♪ Yeah, I love that cheer! La!

Oh, look, mom.

♪♪ Oh, you buttoned your coat,

Too! That's another big first

For you.

♪♪ Oh, that's nothing.

Wait till you see all the other

Stuff I'm going to do.

♪♪ Yes, sarah has lots

Of first times in store.

She'll do many things

She has not done before.

Ah, what an excellent first for

Sarah-hall small!

Let's see if terrence is ready

To fly to the top of his tree.

♪♪ Ok, cat, I'm almost

Ready to fly to the top of the

Tree for the first time.

But I'm still a little nervous.

Hmm.

♪♪ Do you think it might help

Having more cats cheer you on?

♪♪ W-w-w-w-well, yes.

Yes, I do cat, that, that's

Exactly what I need.

♪♪ Then cheering little cats you

Shall have!

Come out "a" and "b"

And little cat "c!"

♪♪ Little cat "a" at your

Service!

♪♪ Little cat "b" is just behind

"A!"

♪♪ Hiya, cat!

♪♪ Little cats, terrence needs

Us to cheer him on.

♪♪ Oh, boy! Yeah!

♪♪ Let's go!

♪♪ Thank you, cat.

I feel certain this will help.

♪♪ Yay, terrence!

♪♪ Thank you little cats.

Ok, cat, here I go!

♪♪ Go, terrence!

Yeah, terrence!

♪♪ Ah ah ah ah ah, oh oh oh

Ohh.

♪♪ Ooh.

♪♪ Oh...

♪♪ Oh, that was good, terrence.

♪♪ Ugh, ugh, no, it wasn't, cat.

I didn't make it.

I'll never make it.

♪♪ You almost did make it.

You just need to, uh, flap your

Wings harder.

♪♪ Yeah, and bend your knees

More on the take-off.

♪♪ And remember to point your

Beak straight up.

♪♪ And--and raise your tail

Feathers more on the next try.

♪♪ Right. Uh, gotcha.

Uh, uh, next time.

[Trumpet plays]

♪♪ Another story!

And when we come back from this

Story, bird, you are going to

Make it to that top branch.

♪♪ Aww, thank you, cat.

I am going to make it. Hmph!

♪♪ Hmm. "Head to the jungle

At a very fast pace,

Morton is sleeping at

His pal junior's place!"

Morton the elephant bird's first

Sleepover!

Now, that is a very big first.

Let's have a look.

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ [Cheering] ♪♪ hmm...let's see...

♪♪ Hmm...let's see...

Morton lives with his father

Horton in the jungle of nool,

Which is right...here!

Let's take a trip

On a wubbulous breeze

To find young morton

In a house in the trees.

In a house in the trees. [Honk!]

[Honk!]

[Boing!]

♪♪ There's morton packing--

That's him, all right--

Getting ready to leave

For his first overnight.

♪♪ So, are you all packed?

♪♪ Well, I've got my hairbrush,

My toothbrush, my tail comb, my

Wing-duster, and my

Trunk-scratcher. And...

My tufty bear.

♪♪ Wow. It looks like you're

All ready to go.

♪♪ That's right. This is my

First overnight at my best

Friend's house!

[Trumpets]

Let's go, dad!

Let's go, dad! ♪♪ Ok!

♪♪ Ok!

♪♪ Let's go to juniors!

♪♪ Mm-hmm.

♪♪ And so the two set out

At the end of the day

To the kangaroos' house

Not so far away.

♪♪ This way.

♪♪ This way. ♪♪ Ok.

♪♪ Ok.

♪♪ Heya, morton.

♪♪ Um, hiya, junior.

I'll be there in a minute.

♪♪ Ok.

♪♪ Ok, morton, I'll see you

Tomorrow!

♪♪ Uh, right, dad.

See you tomorrow. Uh dad...

♪♪ Hmm?

♪♪ I know it's not time to go to

Bed, but can we say goodnight

Like we always do?

♪♪ Of course, son.

Ahh.

♪♪ Goodnight.

♪♪ Sleep tight. Dream of

Elephant birds in flight.

♪♪ Brr-brr-brr!

♪♪ Ok, dad. See ya tomorrow.

♪♪ Have a great time!

♪♪ Yeah, I'll have a great

Time...i hope. Uh, uh dad?

♪♪ Yeah?

♪♪ Well, what if I don't want to

Spend the whole night?

Would you get mad if I wanted to

Come home before tomorrow?

♪♪ Of course not, morton.

If you want to come home, I'll

Be happy to come and get you,

Ok?

♪♪ Ok, dad!

Uh, you better go now.

♪♪ Oh, bye.

♪♪ Hello morton, come on in!

♪♪ Ok!

Wo-ow! Ha ha!

♪♪ You're it!

♪♪ Hey, let's play something

Different.

♪♪ Ok, oh, watch this! Wa-ha!

Woohoo! Ooh! Aha! Ooh-ee! Ohee.

♪♪ Wow!

Kangaroo beds are sure bouncy.

♪♪ Yeah, just like kangaroos.

♪♪ [Both laughing]

♪♪ It's bedtime, boys.

It's time to get in the bed, not

Just on it.

♪♪ Yes, mother.

♪♪ Time to stop bouncing.

Ah.

Now, get ready for sleep.

♪♪ Oh-ho ho, wait a minute.

I have to get something.

♪♪ Hey, morton what's that?

♪♪ It's my tufty bear.

I always sleep with him.

♪♪ What a nice tufty bear,

Morton. I'm glad you brought him

Along.

♪♪ Thanks.

♪♪ Yeah, he's ok.

♪♪ Now, are you ready for your

Bedtime story?

♪♪ Yeah!

♪♪ For tonight's bedtime story,

I'll be reading from

"Mathematics made easy."

♪♪ Goody!

♪♪ [Clears throat] "+=.

+=..."

♪♪ Oh!

♪♪ "+=."

♪♪ Ahh!

♪♪ "The end."

♪♪ Oh! What a great story, mom.

I love it when those eights

Add up.

♪♪ I've never heard a bedtime

Story like that, junior.

But, but I liked it, I really

Liked it!

♪♪ Tomorrow we'll read about

What happens to .

Now it's time for your lullaby.

♪♪ Yay!

♪♪ ♪ Go to sleep little ones

Get your recommended rest,

So you'll grow

Big and strong

Hours is the best,

Healthy bones, shiny teeth,

A more productive day,

In the morn when you rise

You'll eat oat bran and hay ♪

Sleep tight, junior.

And morton, sweet dreams.

♪♪ Night.

♪♪ That's the first time I

Ever heard a lullaby like that.

♪♪ Didn't you love it?

♪♪ Yeah. But, well, I'm still

Kind of...well...awake.

Ah, oh...

What am I going to do?

I'm still wide awake!

Uh.

♪♪ But the night grows ever more

Dark and deep

And the young elephant bird

Cannot get to sleep.

♪♪ I wish I could get to sleep.

I wish everything wasn't quite

So...different from my house.

I miss dad.

I miss my room.

I-- [gasps]

Oh! Oh--what's that?

I don't like this.

Uh, I don't like this at all.

Uh, hey junior.

I think we have a situation

Here. Junior.

Hello!

Big ugly monster making big

Ugly-scary sounds.

Junior!

♪♪ Aah! What?! What?! What?!

♪♪ That! There!

The big monster!

♪♪ Morton, that's not a monster.

It's just the shadow of the

Truffula trees from outside my

Window.

♪♪ What about that sound?

♪♪ Oh, that's just the wind

Blowing through the biscula

Bushes.

♪♪ [Chuckles] I thought it was a

Monster--but it's not!

♪♪ That's no monster, morton! Ha

Ha!

♪♪ But junior, what if it was a

Monster? What would we do?

♪♪ I know what we'd do--

We'd scare it away!

♪♪ Yeah! Yeah, we'd scare it

Away, you and me -- like this!

Away, you and me -- like this! [Both yelling loudly]

[Both yelling loudly]

♪♪ No monster is going to scare

Us away!

♪♪ Yeah!

♪♪ [Both yelling]

♪♪ [Both yelling] ♪♪ what's going on in here?

♪♪ What's going on in here?

♪♪ Oh, hello, mother.

Junior, you and morton should be

Asleep.

We were asleep, mother, but

Then we woke up. And we had to

Scare away the monster!

♪♪ I--i see.

♪♪ But--but we did, didn't we

Morton?

♪♪ Uh, yeah, junior, we scared

That monster away, you and me!

♪♪ Heh heh. I'm glad to hear it.

Well, junior, do you think you

Could go back to sleep now?

♪♪ Yes, mother.

♪♪ Morton, how about you?

Can you sleep now?

♪♪ Yes. Yes, I can.

♪♪ All right, then. Muah.

Sweet dreams to both of you,

Muah.

And I'll see you both in

The morning.

♪♪ Hey, junior, this is my first

Overnight ever at your house,

And I'm having a great time.

Me, too.

♪♪ Hah!

♪♪ Goodnight, morton.

♪♪ Goodnight, junior.

Oh, wake me up if you see any

Monsters.

♪♪ You got it, morton.

♪♪ Ok.

♪♪ Just for a moment morton

Closes his eyes,

But when he wakes up,

But when he wakes up, he gets a surprise.

He gets a surprise.

♪♪ Ahh. Ahh.

Huh? Wait a second--where am i?

Dad? What is this place?

I--i... Oh, oh yeah.

I'm at junior's...i did it!

I stayed the whole night! Ha!

♪♪ [Yawn] good morning, morton.

♪♪ Good morning, junior.

This is the first morning after

The first night of my first

Sleepover.

♪♪ And now you're going to have

Your first kangaroo breakfast!

Your first kangaroo breakfast! ♪♪ Yay! [Laughing]

♪♪ Yay! [Laughing]

[Honk!]

[Metal squeaks]

♪♪ I'm glad morton's first

Sleepover went so well.

Now, let's see how our friend

Terrence is doing.

Terrence is doing. Hmm.

Hmm.

Are you ready, bird?

♪♪ Why, yes cat, I'm ready to

Give it another try.

♪♪ Did you hear that, little

Cats? Terrence is going to try

It again!

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ Remember--strong wing flaps.

♪♪ Uh, right.

♪♪ And, uh, bend your knees at

Take-off.

♪♪ Got it. Thank you.

♪♪ And point your beak

Straight up.

♪♪ Right-i-o.

Heh heh heh.

Here I go...

Here I go... Heh heh...

Heh heh...

Heh heh... [Breathing heavily]

[Breathing heavily]

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! ♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ [Cheering] ahh!

Ahh!

I'm here!

I flew to the very the top

Branch for the very first time!

I did it!

Ah-ha. I made it to the top!

[Laughing]

Hey down there! I did it!

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ You did it, you did it--

We knew you could!

You flew to the top

Like you said you would.

♪♪ I couldn't have done it

Without the help of all my

Friends. Thank you.

♪♪ Aww... You're welcome!

♪♪ It was worth it.

♪♪ Aww, well done, bird.

♪♪ This has been a great day,

Cat.

♪♪ Yes, it has, my good bird.

Let's all learn today from

Our feathered friend's flight

And keep trying new things

'Til we do them just right.

[Piano playing]

♪♪ ♪ 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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