02x09 - The Cat In The Hat Gets A Package

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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02x09 - The Cat In The Hat Gets A Package

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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" ♪

[Doorbell rings]

♪♪ Whew. Oh.

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!

[Doorbell rings]

♪♪ Oh, coming!

Today, I'm waiting for a very

Special package to arrive.

Yes! It's the doorbell!

Perhaps it's my package.

Let's go see. Coming!

Coming!

Whoa!

Hmm.

Ahh. Hmm.

Now I wonder what this could be?

♪♪ I'm mr. Fox!

♪♪ I'm mr. Knox!

♪♪ And we are proud to bring

You...

This box! Ta-da.

♪♪ You've brought me the package

I've been waiting for!

Come on out of there and bring

That box.

Oh, I just love getting

Packages!

♪♪ And we just love bringing

Them to you!

♪♪ May we set this down

Somewhere?

♪♪ Ah, yes--right here on this

Table.

♪♪ Oh. Ahh.

♪♪ Thank you, thank you.

Mmm. I'm so happy it's here.

♪♪ Well, aren't you gonna open

It?

♪♪ Oh, no. Not yet.

There's a couple of things I

Like to do before I open a

Box.

[Calyspo music plays]

♪ When I get a package

Here's my rule number one--

I never unwrap it right away

'Cause I'd be missing half of

The fun,

I like to wiggle it, jiggle it,

Take my time ♪

♪♪ ♪ His time is what he likes

To take ♪

♪♪ ♪ So when fox and knox

They bring me a box--

I like to give it a shake

Shake the box! ♪

♪♪ ♪ Shake the box!

♪♪ ♪ Shake the box!

♪♪ ♪ Shake, shake, shake the

Box! ♪

♪♪ ♪ Rattle it around

Listen for a sound

Then I can hear if it ticks or

Tocks!

I like to play with it ♪

♪♪ ♪ Play with it!

♪♪ ♪ Spend half the day

With it! ♪

♪♪ ♪ I like to shake the box!

♪♪ ♪ Shake the box,

Shake that box,

Shake the box,

Oh, yeah, shake the box,

Rattle it around

Listen for a sound,

Then I can hear if it ticks or

Tocks, I like to twiddle it

And tap it ♪

♪♪ ♪ Why don't you just unwrap

It?! ♪

♪♪ ♪ I like to shake the box!

[Music ends]

[Music ends] ♪♪ goodbye everybody!

♪♪ Goodbye everybody!

♪♪ Goodbye everybody! ♪♪ Zeh zuh zah zebo.

♪♪ Zeh zuh zah zebo.

♪♪ Ha, heh, hah.

♪♪ [Squawk]

♪♪ Aha! That sounds like

The bird I need!

Oh, bird, I want to show you

Something.

♪♪ What? What do you want to

Show me, cat?

♪♪ Heh, heh. I've received a

Package.

♪♪ Oh, how nice for you.

Well, I'll just move along and

Leave you to enjoy "your"

Package. Hmph. Good day, cat.

♪♪ But--but wait, bird!

I need you to help me open the

Package.

♪♪ Me? Help you open the

Package? Well, ahem, I guess

I could help you do that.

[Fanfare plays]

♪♪ Oh, good!

There's a story coming in!

[Boing!]

♪♪ It's a stamp from seussville.

Hmm...a stamp...

Now where do you find stamps?

I know, at the post office!

This means there's a story

Happening at the post office.

Let's go to the wubbulascope!

♪♪ Aw. What about the package?

♪♪ Have no fear, bird. We'll

Open it after the story!

We'll find our story in

We'll find our story in seussville. Let's go!

Seussville. Let's go!

I love travelling through the

Wubbulascope!

[Honk!]

[Honk!] [Boing!]

[Boing!]

♪♪ Sarah hall small has a

Package to send. But there's

A line she must wait on,

And she's at the end.

♪♪ But--but, mom...oh.

♪♪ Sarah's bored, and she's sure

That it's getting quite late.

♪♪ But this box is for grandma,

So I just have to wait!

Hey! Come on!

I've gotta send this present to

My grandma!

♪♪ Sarah!

♪♪ Sorry, mom.

♪♪ Yes, she is bored. But just

Then, as quick as a wink,

Sarah looks at her package,

And then starts to think!

♪♪ Where will it go?

What will it do? And what would

It be like if I mailed

Myself, too [gasp]

Hello, I'd like to be sent first

Class to my grandmother's house,

Please.

♪♪ Okie, dokie.

♪♪ [Humming]

Ahh.

[Humming] bye!

♪♪ Bye. Have a nice time at

Grandma's.

♪♪ Thanks.

That would be fun!

♪♪ Sarah thinks grinning.

♪♪ But when traveling by mail

♪♪ But when traveling by mail that is just the beginning!

That is just the beginning!

♪♪ [Grunting]

Well, well, well.

♪♪ Hi!

♪♪ Hee, hee. There ya go!

♪♪ Thanks.

♪♪ Hang on.

♪♪ She might ride in the back

Of an old mail truck.

♪♪ Bye!

♪♪ Which is the best thing to

Ride through the hills of

Hurruck!

♪♪ This is great, ha, ha, ha.

Yeah. Woah!

♪♪ Then she could take a boat

Across the sea of kutree,

Where the bouncing...

♪♪ Woo!

♪♪ And blowing...

♪♪ Yipee!

♪♪ Would make her say...

♪♪ Whee!

I'm on my way, grandma!

♪♪ And then, sarah thinks,

What would it be like,

If after the boat

She travelled by bike?

♪♪ [Gasp] hey! That's it, up

Ahead. It's grandma's house!

Turn here!

♪♪ Hang on.

♪♪ Woah!

♪♪ Yeah, you see that up there?

♪♪ Yes, the trip would be long,

Then sarah thinks with a smile.

♪♪ When I got there

It would all be worthwhile!

♪♪ Oh, my I must say this is the

Best package I've ever gotten.

♪♪ Oh, thanks grandma.

And--and I brought you stuff,

Grandma. Look cookies.

♪♪ Oh, don't those look

Delicious!

♪♪ I made them myself.

♪♪ Ooh. Oh, and what a lovely

Pot holder!

Thank you, sarah.

♪♪ Sure thing, grandma.

And look--i made you a picture!

♪♪ It's beautiful...

I'll put it right here on the

Refrigerator.

♪♪ [Gasp] wow! The refrigerator.

Ahh!

♪♪ There. And whenever I look at

It I'll think of you.

♪♪ And cookies?

♪♪ That's right--you and

Cookies. Let's have some.

♪♪ [Gasp] I was hoping you'd say

That!

♪♪ Yes, sarah's thoughts are

So nice, she is having such fun,

That she didn't even know that

Her waiting was done!

♪♪ Little girl. Little girl,

Can I help you?

♪♪ Huh? Oh, yes, I'd like to

Send this to my grandma please.

♪♪ Of course. Have a nice day.

♪♪ Oh, I'm having a great day!

♪ Doo bee do bee bop

♪♪ Goodbye, sarah!

[Boing!]

[Boing!] [Honk!]

[Honk!]

♪♪ Did you like the trip that

Sarah made up all by herself?

Hah. I did. Making up your own

Story is a great thing to do.

♪♪ Cat! You said we would open

That package. Do you want my

Help or not?

♪♪ Oh, yes! Yes, of course.

Sorry, coming bird!

♪♪ Cat! Let's open the package!

♪♪ All right, bird.

But, something is missing,

Though.

♪♪ What?

♪♪ There's you, there's me,

There's the package.

What could possibly be missing?

♪♪ Opening a package should be a

Big event. It should be a party!

♪♪ Cat, I think we should just

Open the--

♪♪ We need some little cats to

Help us celebrate! I need

Little cats "a," "b," "p," and

"Z!"

♪♪ Little cat "a" at your

Service!

♪♪ Little cat "b" with little

Cat "p!"

♪♪ How's it going?

♪♪ Zee zee zabammy!

♪♪ Wonderful little cats "a,"

"B," "p," and "z!"

♪♪ Yeah, wonderful.

♪♪ So, what's up, cat?

♪♪ I have a package to open.

♪♪ Ooh!

♪♪ ♪ I like to shake the box,

Shake the box,

Shake that box ♪

♪♪ ♪ Shake the box

♪♪ ♪ Oh, yeah. Shake the box,

Rattle it around

Listen for a sound

Then I can hear if it ticks or

Tocks, I like to twiddle it

And tap it.

♪♪ ♪ Why don't you just unwrap

It? ♪

♪♪ ♪ I like to shake the box!

♪♪ Hey! Well, cat, now that you

Have the little cats here,

It looks like you won't be

Needing me, so I'll

Just move along.

♪♪ No, but bird, I need you

Especially.

[Knocking]

♪♪ What's that knocking?

♪♪ Oh, ah cat, the knocking

Sound seems to be coming from

Over there!

♪♪ Oh, I must investigate!

♪♪ Hey, cat, where are you

Going?

♪♪ Over there, terrence, yeah.

♪♪ It doesn't sound like a cat.

♪♪ Perhaps in here!

♪♪ Hey, cat, I'm sleeping here.

♪♪ Ump. Sorry, little cat "s."

[Fanfare plays]

♪♪ Aha! I knew it!

[Boing!]

♪♪ Aah!

♪♪ A story is happening.

Heh, heh, heh, hmm.

Listen to this.

"In the jungle of nool

In sunny daylight,

A basket of goodies

Is carried by flight."

Hmm.

Terrence, I promise we will open

That box.

That box. Ah, the wubbulascope.

Ah, the wubbulascope.

Okay, the jungle of nool is

Right there!

Let's hurry, let's scurry,

Let's fly through the air!

To the jungle of nool

We're just about there!

In the jungle of nool,

On a warm pleasant day,

A delivery bird

Is flapping away.

He carries a basket

With a cake on this day,

But it's gotten too heavy

To carry this way.

♪♪ Ugh. I'm pooped.

♪♪ Okay, morton, I'm ready for

Ya. Throw me that nerdleball.

Come on, come on. I can get it.

I can get it! Come on.

♪♪ Here it comes, junior.

Wow! Nice return, junior.

♪♪ [Breathing hard] I'm pooped.

Cannot...flap.

[Cough] aah!

♪♪ Ahh!

Nice fall!

♪♪ Are you okay, mr. Delivery

Bird, sir?

♪♪ Oh, I'll be fine.

[Cough] I'm just all flapped out

From carrying this slooberry

Cake. Unh...

♪♪ Slooberry cake?

With nuts on top. [Inhales]

♪♪ That was some tough landing.

♪♪ Slooberry cake.

♪♪ This slooberry cake is for

Squeaky mcsquirrel.

It's his birthday.

♪♪ A slooberry cake.

♪♪ Easy junior.

♪♪ Sorry about that.

♪♪ Squeaky's one lucky birthday

Squirrel.

♪♪ Unfortunately, I'm too pooped

To fly anymore. I'm afraid...

I can't deliver this cake to

Squeaky.

♪♪ Hey, if squeaky's not going

To get it, then maybe we can eat

It!

♪♪ Hey, junior! That doesn't

Belong to us!

♪♪ Uh, sorry, morton.

♪♪ Mr. Delivery bird, if squeaky

Doesn't get his slooberry cake,

His birthday will be ruined.

♪♪ I know. It's just terrible,

Terrible. But I just can't

Flap anymore.

Who else can deliver it?

♪♪ I can.

♪♪ You?

♪♪ I've got wings. I can fly!

♪♪ That would be great.

But, are you sure?

It's a long way.

♪♪ Sure, I'm sure.

Now where does he live?

♪♪ On the other side of the

Jungle.

♪♪ Well, it is far...

But I'm going to do it.

My name is morton

The elephant-bird,

I get the job done,

I don't break my word. Yep.

♪♪ Morton, I hope you thought

This through.

I don't think it's a good idea.

Yeah, we can still split the

Cake, you know.

♪♪ Wait!

♪♪ Huh?

♪♪ Good luck, kid!

♪♪ Thank you.

♪♪ Take care. Fly safe.

You can do it. You're the best!

♪♪ See ya.

♪♪ Bye!

♪♪ Ohh!

♪♪ He's my best friend.

♪♪ So morton takes flight

In clear sunny skies.

But soon a thick fog

Is clouding his eyes.

♪♪ Unh. Oh, this fog is awful.

I can barely see in front of me.

♪♪ The fog is so thick

That morton can't see

That right in his path

Is a big jungle tree.

♪♪ Is that a tree I see in front

Of--

Yes.

♪♪ Co-co-nut. Co-co-nut.

Co-co-nut.

Ooh.

♪♪ Ow. What happened?

This delivery thing isn't easy.

Maybe I should just go home.

♪♪ [Whickershams chanting "yummy

Cake"]

♪♪ What? Oh, no.

I've got to save squeaky's

Birthday cake. Hey! Stand back!

This cake is for squeaky

Mcsquirrel, and I'm going to

Deliver it.

♪♪ Why?

♪♪ Uh, because my name is morton

The elephant-bird,

I get the job done,

I don't break my word.

♪♪ [Grunting]

♪♪ So once again morton

Soars up in the sky.

But this time a wind

Makes it risky to fly.

♪♪ Oh no, I've lost the cake!

I've got to save the cake!

[Boing!]

[Whoop!]

[Spring!]

[Spring!]

♪♪ Yargh!

[Boing!]

♪♪ Whoa!

♪♪ Yikes.

♪♪ Come to papa!

♪♪ Gotcha! Ha!

I was worried there for a

Minute, but I knew I had to save

This cake for squeaky.

I am morton the elephant-bird,

I get the job done,

I don't break my word.

♪♪ So once more our morton

Is on his way there.

♪♪ It's getting late,

And I'm lost. I need help.

Uh...golly.

What am I gonna do?

Excuse me, yertle the turtle,

Can you help me?

♪♪ That depends.

What have you got in the basket?

♪♪ A slooberry cake.

It's for squeaky mcsquirrel.

Do you know where he lives?

♪♪ Maybe I do, maybe I don't.

Give me one good reason why I

Should tell you.

♪♪ Because you want to be nice?

♪♪ Buzz! Wrong answer.

Let me give you a hint--

Slooberry cake. Hmm. Hmm.

Get my point?

♪♪ You want some of the cake?

♪♪ Bingo!

♪♪ But it's his birthday cake.

♪♪ Let's make a deal.

You give me a little bite of

Cake, and I'll tell you where he

Lives.

♪♪ Gosh, I don't know.

♪♪ You want to know where

Squeaky lives, right?

Just one little bitty bite.

♪♪ Well...

♪♪ Is someone looking for me?

♪♪ Squeaky!

♪♪ Hmm.

Drat!

♪♪ Morton the elephant-bird!

What are you doing here?

♪♪ Hello, squeaky. I came to

Deliver something to you.

♪♪ A slooberry cake!

Aw. This totally makes my day!

Thanks, morton.

♪♪ My pleasure, squeaky.

I'm glad I could help make you

Happy.

♪♪ Oh, I sure am happy.

I, uh, just have one question to

Ask you, morton.

♪♪ Yeah?

♪♪ Will you share the cake with

Me?

♪♪ You bet!

♪♪ Oh good. Come on in morton.

♪♪ You bet!

♪♪ So morton came through,

He did not break his word.

He got the job done,

This elephant-bird.

Heh, heh, heh. Morton certainly

Made that squirrel happy.

♪♪ Yes, and morton kept his

Word...

Unlike "you," cat.

♪♪ What?! What do you mean,

Bird?

♪♪ Well, cat you've been

Promising we were going to open

This package, and we

Haven't!

[Inhales]

Not that I'm getting impatient.

After all, it's "your" silly

Package. Hmph!

♪♪ Bird, this cat will keep his

Word! Heh, heh. We will open

That package right now.

♪♪ Well...cat!

♪♪ Watch closely, little cats.

The bird and I are about to open

This package.

Are you ready, terrence?

♪♪ Yes. Yes, of course!

♪♪ All right, on the count of

, We open the box.

♪♪ All right, all right. Count!

♪♪ ......

[Sneeze]

♪♪ Gesundheit. Keep counting!

♪♪ Thank you. Ah, where was i?

Let's start over.

......are you ready, bird?

♪♪ Yes. Yes, I'm ready. Keep

Counting, cat!

♪♪ !

♪♪ ! ♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ [Cheering]

[Indistinct]

♪♪ Well, bird, it's a toy that a

Bird can enjoy in a birdbath.

♪♪ It is?

♪♪ Yes, bird, allow me to show

You.

♪♪ I told you!

♪♪ You see, it floats in the

Birdbath.

What do think of it, bird?

♪♪ Well, cat, it's quite nice.

Any bird would be very happy to

Sit on this toy and float in his

Birdbath.

♪♪ Aw, but do "you" like it,

Bird?

♪♪ Yes. Yes, cat, I do.

♪♪ Good! Because I got this

Birdbath toy for you!

♪♪ What? Are you saying...

You mean this beautiful birdbath

Toy is for me?

♪♪ Yes, bird, yes!

That's why I needed your help

Opening the package.

♪♪ I don't know what to say.

You shouldn't have.

♪♪ Ahh, but I did.

♪♪ Well, you shouldn't have.

♪♪ But I did.

♪♪ But you shouldn't have!

♪♪ But, bird, I did!

♪♪ Aww, cat, and I'm awfully

Glad that you did.

Thank you.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

I have some floating to do

In my birdbath.

[Crosstalk]

♪♪ Whoa!

I like this, cat. I like it a

Lot.

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ Yes.

Oh, I am so glad that you

Were here today to see us open

This package.

Everything here is more fun to

Do when we it with you!

Heh, heh.

♪♪ That sure does look like fun,

Terrence.

♪♪ Aww, yeah. Aww, yeah.

[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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