♪♪ 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" ♪
♪♪ Hello! Hello to you!
Oh, I'm so glad that you're
Here. I like it a lot.
It's just not as much fun to be
Here when you're not!
Come--this way!
Today, we are going to make
Something that has never been
Made before.
Oh, yes, we are going to make a
One-of-a-kind invention.
I'm calling this invention
The door-a-matic!
When it's done, the door-a-matic
Will...open the door!
Now, we'll have to work hard.
But it will all be worth it.
And to build such a wonderful
Thing, I will need lots of help.
Come out, little cat "a!"
♪♪ Little cat "a" at your
Service!
♪♪ And, of course, little cat
"Z!"
♪♪ Zee zee zee!
♪♪ And nothing could be built,
Of course, without little cat
"B!"
♪♪ That's right, cat.
"Build" begins with "b" and
That's me!
♪♪ Right! Come this way, all
Of you!
♪♪ What is it we're building,
Cat?
♪♪ I'm calling it the
Door-a-matic.
♪♪ Ohh. What exactly does
A door-a-matic do?
♪♪ The door-a-matic will...
Open "that" door!
♪♪ [Gasp]
♪♪ Great!
♪♪ Zooba zoo!
♪♪ Now, let me show you what
I've built so far.
I've built so far. Watch this!
Watch this!
[Cheering]
♪♪ I like it, cat.
♪♪ That's a very fun thing
You've built, cat!
♪♪ Ah, it doesn't really open
The door, though, cat.
♪♪ Exactly! And that's why I
Need your help, little cats.
What can I add on to this so
That it will open that door?
♪♪ Hmm. That's a good question,
Cat.
♪♪ Yeah. Cat, this question
Calls for some serious thinking.
♪♪ Yes, cats, yes!
Let's all think together.
♪ Figure it out,
Figure it out
Solving a puzzle
Is what it's about,
Finding an answer is tricky
No doubt, but half of the fun
Is to figure it out ♪
How do you go about thinking?
♪ Some people lie on a cozy
Couch and start with a nap,
Some people think with their
Heads inside of a thinking cap,
Some people sit on
The edge of their bed,
Balancing bottles of milk
On their head,
They look up and down and all
About,
And that's how they
Figure it out,
Figure it out, figure it out
Solving a puzzle
Is what it's about
Finding an answer
Is tricky no doubt,
But half of the fun
Is to figure it out,
Some people scat-- ♪
♪♪ ♪ Zippity zappity zoppity
Zing! Zoppity zing! ♪
♪♪ ♪ Some people start to
Unravel a riddle
By playing with string,
Some people hop for an hour or
While tooting a melody
On a kazoo,
They look up and down
And all about
And that's how they
Figure it out,
Figure it out, figure it out,
Solving a puzzle
Is what it's about,
Finding an answer
Is tricky no doubt,
But half of the fun
Is to figure it out! ♪
♪♪ [All laughing]
♪♪ Wow! Whoa!
Unh. What is all this stuff,
Cat?
♪♪ Ah, terrence mcbird.
How good to see you!
Of course!
You must help us, my fine birdy
Friend! You must help us think!
♪♪ Think? About what?
♪♪ Why, about how to build a
Door-a-matic!
♪♪ Yes, bird!
♪♪ Help us solve our problem!
♪♪ Zirdy zirdy zirdy zoo!
♪♪ But I've never heard of a
Door-a-matic before.
♪♪ Of course, you haven't.
It's a brand new invention--
We're building it today!
♪♪ Ahh.
Just what does this door-a-matic
Do?
♪♪ When it's finished, the
Door-a-matic will...
Open that door!
♪♪ Aha!
And, uh, what have you
Built so far?
♪♪ Well, we only have the
Beginning.
This is the bellows that makes
The wind that sails that little
Boat over to here which breaks
This balloon!
♪♪ Ha ha ha! Unh!
Cat, this will never work.
It will never be able to open
That door.
♪♪ Yes, it will, bird.
When we are done, the
Door-a-matic will...
Open that door in a new and
Exciting way!
[Fanfare plays]
♪♪ A story!
[Boing!]
♪♪ "If it's inventions you like,
You really must know
Of matthew katroom--
A boy on the go."
We must see this!
[Boing!]
♪♪ Let's crank up the
Wubbulascope and take a look
Wubbulascope and take a look at the map.
At the map.
Matthew katroom lives in
Seussville which is right...
There!
Let's have a look through the
Wubbulascope.
Wubbulascope. [Honk!]
[Honk!]
[Boing!]
♪♪ There's matthew katroom,
Out walking along,
Exploring the park
And singing a song.
But there on the path
He sees a fine stick
And picking it up,
Discovers a trick.
Matthew katroom is about to find
That an everyday stick
Can be one of a kind!
♪♪ Yeah!
♪♪ When he waves it around
And gives it a flick it quickly
Becomes a whoosh-a-ma-stick.
Becomes a whoosh-a-ma-stick. ♪♪ Ah! Ah! Cool!
♪♪ Ah! Ah! Cool!
♪♪ Ah! Ah! Cool! Mmm. Nizzle nuts.
Mmm. Nizzle nuts.
Mmm. Nizzle nuts. [Grunting]
[Grunting]
[Grunting] oh, it just won't budge.
Oh, it just won't budge.
Oh, it just won't budge. I know!
I know!
♪♪ When matt finds himself in
Need of a budger...
The stick is a nifty
Nizzle-nut nudger.
Nizzle-nut nudger. ♪♪ Ahh!
♪♪ Ahh!
Thank you, nizzle-nut nudger.
Ha--whoa!
[Humming]
[Gasp]
♪♪ When he sees a fence of
Numerous pickets, the stick is
A perfect ticky-tack wicket.
♪♪ [Playing notes]
♪♪ [Playing notes] nice!
Nice!
[Laughing]
[Laughing] yay!
Yay!
[Breathing hard]
♪♪ [Crying]
♪♪ Huh?
♪♪ Fliver! Fliver!
♪♪ Aww...
Hey, it's a baby fliver bird.
What's wrong, little bird?
♪♪ I've fallen from my nest,
And I can't get back up.
♪♪ Hold on, junior.
I'll be right down to get you
Just as soon as your brothers
And sisters hatch.
♪♪ [Crying]
♪♪ Don't worry, ma'am.
I'll take care of it.
Here, little bird, grab onto the
End of this stick.
♪♪ Okay.
♪♪ And when the fliver bird
Is tossed from his nest
As a fliver deliverer
The stick is the best.
♪♪ Oh! Oh, I am so glad you're
Back.
♪♪ Me too, mommy.
♪♪ Thank you, young man.
♪♪ Your welcome.
Good work, fliver deliverer.
♪♪ But when he gets back home
Matthew's surprised
That to others his stick
Is not yet highly prized.
♪♪ Hey, dad. Look what I found.
♪♪ A stick?
♪♪ Oh, no, no, it's much more
Than just a stick.
It's a whoosh-a-ma-stick,
A nizzle-nut nudger, and a
Ticky-tack wicket, and a fliver
Deliverer!
♪♪ It is?
♪♪ Mmm. Not only that, we can
Use it to play binkleball.
♪♪ Hah, hah. But matthew,
To play binkleball,
You need a binkleball bat.
♪♪ And I've got one right here!
Come on...
Play ball!
Okay, dad, pepper it in there.
♪♪ A game of binkleball's
Always fun.
Matthew's stick bats the round
Matthew's stick bats the round binkleball for a run!
Binkleball for a run!
♪♪ I got it! I got it!
I thought I had it.
♪♪ Wow! Nice hit, matthew.
♪♪ Thanks, dad.
♪♪ You're right.
That's a great binkleball bat.
♪♪ Now we say good-bye
To our good friend matt playing
Ball with his dad and his new
Binklebat.
Yes, a simple stick can be
A stick times --a stick,
To be sure, yet much, much more.
♪♪ Hey, cat, we've found a way
To use a stick in the
Door-a-matic! Come see. Come on.
We found sticks--
♪♪ And a string--
♪♪ Zoot!
♪♪ Yeah, and a boot. Yeah.
And see we found this mouse!
♪♪ Oh, yeah. I'm the mouse for
The job, you betcha.
Definitely, definitely the mouse
For the job.
♪♪ Zow zow zall!
♪♪ And this ball.
♪♪ This is wonderful, little
Cats! This is just what a
Door-a-matic should be!
Now how does it work?
♪♪ We'll show you!
Why don't you start it up, cat?
Ha!
Ha! ♪♪ All right now. And...
♪♪ All right now. And...
♪♪ Yay!
♪♪ Yes! Yes!
That was truly amazing.
♪♪ [Mumbling]
♪♪ I think we're really close.
♪♪ [Indistinct conversations]
♪♪ Ahem. Ahem.
♪♪ Ahh...ahh.
♪♪ [Gasp]
Uh-oh.
♪♪ Cat, is this some kind of
Game you are playing?
Perhaps you could call this game
"Hit-the-bird-in-the-beak-with-
The-ball"?
♪♪ No, no, no, bird, no!
I'm terribly sorry.
We're just building the
Door-a-matic, which will...
Open the door!
♪♪ Well, the door doesn't look
Open to me.
♪♪ We're still working on it,
Bird. You see, that is the
Bellows that made the wind that
Sailed the boat that popped the
Balloon...
♪♪ That surprised the mouse that
Pulled the string...
♪♪ That dropped the boot that
Kicked the ball...
♪♪ Right into my beak.
♪♪ Zoops!
♪♪ But one day, bird, this
Door-a-matic will...
♪♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, I
Know--open the door!
Listen, cat, this new invention
Will never work.
♪♪ But--but...
♪♪ Have no fear, little cats.
We will build our door-a-matic.
And it will...
♪♪ Open the door?
♪♪ Definitely!
♪♪ But we must keep at it.
We must not give up.
We must keep thinking!
♪ Figure it out, figure it out,
Solving a puzzle
Is what it's about,
Finding an answer
Is tricky no doubt
But half of the fun
Is to figure it out,
Figure it out, figure it out,
Solving a puzzle
Is what it's about
Finding an answer is tricky
No doubt
But half of the fun
Is to figure it out ♪
♪♪ Ahh. Now, little cats,
What can this boot kick the
Ball into?
♪♪ Not terrence's beak.
♪♪ Zoops!
♪♪ Cat, oh cat, can the boot
Kick the ball into a bucket?
♪♪ Yes--great idea!
[Fanfare plays]
♪♪ Another story?!
[Boing!]
♪♪ "Great buildings are rising
In wubbulous land, built by
Junior and made out of sand."
Buildings made out of sand?
Buildings made out of sand? I think we should see this!
I think we should see this!
Let's see...junior lives with
His mother jane in the jungle of
Nool, which is right...there!
Let's take a trip
On a wubbulous breeze,
To find young junior
To find young junior near his house in the trees.
Near his house in the trees.
[Boing!]
♪♪ He's having some fun
Building by hand a wonderful
Castle made out of sand.
♪♪ This is the biggest and best
Castle ever! Wait till I show
It to mom.
♪♪ Junior? Junior,
It's time to come in.
♪♪ Mom, mom, mom--look at this
Castle I built.
♪♪ Well...
Oh. What a nice toy you
Made for yourself.
♪♪ Mom, it's much more than just
"A nice toy." Just look at it!
I mean check out the drawbridge
And the big front door, complete
With a little sand guy in front.
♪♪ A "sand guy?"
♪♪ You know, the guy who takes
Care of the castle.
And check out the tall
Towers, from where you can look
Out over the entire sandbox!
♪♪ Very nice.
♪♪ Is it cool or what?
And I made it all with my own
Hands.
♪♪ That's fine, junior.
But now I want you to use those
Hands of yours to come
Inside and clean your room.
♪♪ Okay.
Oh, mom just doesn't see how
Cool this castle is.
It's so great. I wish I was
Small enough to live in it--just
For a little while.
♪♪ And junior starts to dream
As he sits in the shade
About the day he could spend
In the castle he made.
♪♪ It's so much better from down
Here.
Ahh...whoa!
Ohh...whoa...
Whoa! This door came out so
Good!
♪♪ Yes?
♪♪ Whoa. It's the sand guy!
You came out good, too.
♪♪ I beg your pardon?
What is your business here?
♪♪ Hey, it's me. Junior.
The kangaroo?
I made you and the door and
Drawbridge and the castle.
♪♪ Oh, I'm so sorry, sir.
I didn't recognize you.
You're usually much...bigger.
♪♪ Oh yeah, I know.
But I just had to see what it
Would be like to live here.
♪♪ Oh, excellent!
May I say, sir, you did a
Fine job of making me.
♪♪ Oh, no big deal.
A bunch of sand, a little
Water...
♪♪ Indeed. Begging your pardon,
Sir, I would prefer it if you
Called me sanderson.
♪♪ Well, then come on,
Sanderson, let's go see the rest
Of the castle! Heh heh!
♪♪ Thank you, sir.
[Muttering]
Wow! I had no idea how big
I made this place. It's huge!
♪♪ Mmm. Exactly, sir, that's why
I took the liberty of bringing
You your...skateboard.
♪♪ Ah cool!
♪♪ Ah cool! Yeah! [Laughing]
Yeah! [Laughing]
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Yah! Ha ha ha!
♪♪ Oh, well done, sir.
♪♪ Thanks, sanderson!
Ahh.
Unh!
Whoo!
♪♪ On the tall castle tower
Junior would stand and see to
The borders of his wondrous
Sand-land.
♪♪ Oh, what a view!
I can see all the way to the
Edge of my sandbox!
♪♪ But then from the tower
Junior would see
A quivering, shivering
Miserable sand flea.
♪♪ Bleah, uh?
♪♪ Hey! Hey, over there!
Mr. Sand flea!
♪♪ Me?
♪♪ Yeah, you!
Why don't you come inside my
Castle?
♪♪ But it's not my castle.
♪♪ Aw, don't worry, my
Friend--my castle is your
Castle.
♪♪ Thanks. I think I will
Come inside.
♪♪ Great--i'll have sanderson
Make us a snack.
♪♪ They'd have a great feast
Of sand-mon and sand-ham
And sand-wiches made
Of sand-berry jam.
♪♪ Another sand-wich, sir?
♪♪ No way. I'm stuffed.
♪♪ Me, too. I couldn't eat
Another granule.
♪♪ Very good.
This is so great, junior.
I love this castle that you
Made.
♪♪ Why don't you live here?
♪♪ Really?
♪♪ Sure. If I need more room,
I'll make another castle
Tomorrow.
♪♪ Aw, thank you, junior.
You're my hero.
♪♪ Oh.
♪♪ Oh, it would be great,
It would be grand
To have someone live
In his castle of sand.
♪♪ Yeah, it sure would.
♪♪ Junior...
I thought I asked you to come
Inside and clean your room.
♪♪ Oh--i'm coming, mom.
I just started thinking about
This castle I made and how great
It would be to be small and live
In it.
♪♪ That's a sweet idea, dear.
But it's only a sand castle--
No one lives in sand castles.
Now be a good kangaroo and come
Inside.
♪♪ [Sigh] oh well.
I guess she's right.
No one lives in sand castles.
♪♪ Hey! You!
Mr. Kangaroo castle builder!
♪♪ Wow.
♪♪ I wanted to thank you for
Building me this nice home.
♪♪ Cool.
♪♪ Junior!
♪♪ I'm coming, mother!
♪♪ There are so many things
You can make with your hand
A statue! A rocket!
A gold music stand!
Yes, there are many things
You can make with your hand--
But junior's most proud
Of his castle of sand.
♪♪ Hey, cat, we've added on to
The door-a-matic!
Come on and see.
♪♪ All right.
♪♪ Come on.
♪♪ Whoa! Yeah!
Look at this!
♪♪ Cat, this will open the door!
♪♪ Yeah, let's give it a whirl!
♪♪ Zabbady zabbady zoom!
♪♪ Wait, just one second, little
Cats. Oh, bird!
♪♪ Hmm? Is it safe to come out?
♪♪ Yes, bird, yes.
♪♪ Well, what is it?
♪♪ The door-a-matic is about
To...
Open this door!
♪♪ No, it won't!
♪♪ No, it won't! ♪♪ Yes, it will! Let me explain.
♪♪ Yes, it will! Let me explain.
This is the bellows that makes
The wind that sails the boat
That pops the balloon...
♪♪ That surprises the mouse that
Pulls the string that drops the
Boot that kicks the ball...
♪♪ That lowers the bucket that
Raises the glove that...
♪♪ Za za zoor! Heh heh!
♪♪ Ha! It'll never work.
♪♪ Ha ha ha!
♪♪ Let's find out! Here we go!
♪♪ Let's find out! Here we go! ♪♪ Oh, boy.
♪♪ Oh, boy.
♪♪ Oh, boy. ♪♪ Aah!
♪♪ Aah!
♪♪ Yes!
♪♪ We did it!
The door-a-matic works! Ha ha
Ha!
♪♪ Wow! That was great!
I've never seen anything like
It! Wow.
You were right, cat, the
Door-a-matic actually works!
♪♪ Thank you, bird!
The little cats and I had a
Great time making it!
♪♪ Cat, may I ask you something?
♪♪ Anything, bird.
♪♪ Well, could i--i mean would
You mind if i--aw, cat, I want
To try the door-a-matic myself!
Oh, please, please.
♪♪ Well, of course, my birdly
Friend!
♪♪ Oh, I know!
I can go on the other side of
The door, and terrence can let
Me out. See ya!
♪♪ Good idea!
♪♪ Yeah.
♪♪ Ha ha ha!
See ya!
[Knocking]
♪♪ Who is it?
♪♪ It's little cat "a."
Will you please open the door?
♪♪ One moment, please.
♪♪ One moment, please. ♪♪ Ohh... [Grunting]
♪♪ Ohh... [Grunting]
♪♪ Ohh... [Grunting] ♪♪ oh! That's me.
♪♪ Oh! That's me.
♪♪ Ha ha!
♪♪ Ha ha! You did it!
You did it, terrence!
♪♪ Again! Again!
♪♪ Again!
Oh, it's fun to make something
New. I'm so glad you were here
To see the door-a-matic actually
Open that door!
[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! ♪
02x12 - The Cat In The Hat Builds A Door-A-Matic
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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.