02x20 - Cat's Play

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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02x20 - Cat's Play

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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" ♪

♪♪ Ah, it's you...hello!

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.

Today, we are playing some

Little cat games. Heh heh heh.

♪♪ Hat ziz a zoo! Zee he.

Za zi zoo!

♪♪ Ah, ha ha yes. "Peek-a-boo."

One of my favorite little cat

Games. Ah ha ha.

♪♪ Let's show the cat our game,

Ok? Let's get ready and show

Him our game.

♪♪ And what have we here?

♪♪ Oh, watch this, cat.

Ready everybody?

♪♪ Ready!

♪♪ Oh, yeah!

♪♪ Set!

♪♪ All together now!

♪♪ ♪ Little cat, little cat

Touch your hat,

Take your tail

And shake it like that! ♪

♪♪ Ah, ha ha. Very nice. May i?

♪♪ Oh, of course.

All together now!

♪♪ ♪ Little cat, little cat

Touch your hat,

Take your tail

And shake it like that! ♪

♪♪ Uh, cat, would you play some

Little cat games with us?

♪♪ Why, little cat, I would be

Honored.

♪ Just give us a ball

Or give us some string,

Give us a call

If fun's your thing,

We'll play "capture the flag"

Or put on a skit.

We could play tag

You could be it!

We are cats at play,

We have fun so many ways,

We could keep this up all day

Hey, hey, we're cats at play!

I've been waiting all week

To play "peekaboo,"

Then let's play "hide and seek"

And I'll sneak up on you,

"Red rover" is fun,

Puzzles are tough,

Choose any one

'Cause we love all this stuff,

We are cats at play,

And we never play halfway,

Every day's a holiday,

Hey, hey, we're cats at play,

We are cats at play,

We have fun so many ways,

And we'll keep this up all day,

Hey, hey, we're cats at play! ♪

♪♪ Little cats, there is one

More game that I would like to

Play.

♪♪ Whoo!

♪♪ Hey, what is it, cat?

♪♪ I would like to play...

"Pirates!"

♪♪ [All imitating pirates]

♪♪ How do we play?

♪♪ Um, cat, where are we going

To get pirates?

♪♪ This is the good part--

We will pretend to "be" the

Pirates.

♪♪ Ooh!

♪♪ I like where you're going

With this, cat.

♪♪ Ah, we pretend like we're

Pirates!

♪♪ Whoa.

♪♪ Ooh, let me try.

[Clears throat]

♪ Yo-ho-ho!

♪♪ Ha ha. Very good.

♪♪ Aye, captain!

♪♪ Zarrgh-gh-gh.

♪♪ Ah ha ha.

[Fanfare]

♪♪ Stop everything!

There's a story coming in,

Little cats.

♪♪ ♪ Da da de...

♪♪ This is a happy little song.

It sounds like the voice

Of sarah hall small.

Let's go find out what sarah is

So happy about.

After the story, we'll play...

♪♪ "Pirates!"

To the wubbulascope!

♪♪ Whoo-hoo!

♪♪ "A," here.

♪♪ "B."

♪♪ "C."

♪♪ "P."

♪♪ "S."

♪♪ Zzzzzzzzz.

♪♪ Let's crank up the

♪♪ Let's crank up the wubbulascope.

Wubbulascope.

We'll look through the

We'll look through the wubbulascope and find our story!

Wubbulascope and find our story!

♪♪ ♪ Da da de...

♪♪ This is the house of sarah

Hall small, the tiniest

Seussville citizen of all.

What is it that sarah is happy

About? Let's watch and find out.

♪♪ Oh, ho ho. I love that song

You're singing, sarah.

♪♪ Thanks, grandma.

I made it up myself.

♪♪ Oh, I love when you make up

Songs.

♪♪ Thanks. And I love it when

"You" make cookies.

♪♪ Oh.

♪♪ Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy!

Do you think they're done yet?

Hmm?

♪♪ Well, I think we're gonna

Have to wait a few minutes.

♪♪ Oh, ok. Oh! Hey, grandma,

Can I try on your apron?

♪♪ Why certainly, sarah. It

Might be a little big for you.

♪♪ No, it's not. Look, grandma,

I'm super-sarah!

♪ Boop-de-doop-de-doo

♪♪ Oh, then I must be

The grandmother of a superhero!

♪♪ When there's trouble in

Seussville, it's super-sarah to

The rescue!

♪ Boop-de-doop-de-doo

Hmm...

♪♪ Help!

♪♪ Ah, someone needs help.

Super-sarah to the rescue!

♪ Boop-de-doop-de-doo

♪♪ Help! My kitty!

Up there, help!

♪♪ Meow.

♪♪ Puffy, be careful.

♪♪ Meow.

♪♪ [Gasp] hang on, puffy!

♪♪ Aah!

♪♪ Aah! ♪♪ No!

♪♪ No!

♪♪ Gotcha!

♪♪ Yay for super-sarah!

Puffy! Puffy! Ahh.

♪♪ Here is your kitten.

♪♪ Thank you, super-sarah.

♪♪ No problem, young felix.

And away!

♪ Boop-de-doop-de-doo

♪♪ Bye-bye!

♪♪ Meanwhile, in another part of

Seussville...

♪♪ Egh! It's hopeless.

I can't get past this tree.

I need help.

[Wind blowing]

[Wind blowing] ♪♪ [gasp]

♪♪ [Gasp]

♪♪ Did you say you need help,

Mr. Mailman?

♪♪ Super-sarah!

♪♪ Mm-hmm!

♪♪ Thank goodness. I need to

Get through to deliver the mail.

But this tree's in my way.

♪♪ I will get it.

♪♪ I will get it. [Grunting]

[Grunting]

♪♪ Ugh!

♪♪ Wow! I knew you could do it.

Thanks, super-sarah.

♪♪ Just doing my job, sir.

And away!

♪ Boop-de-doop-de-doo

♪♪ Bye-bye.

♪♪ You know, I am getting a

Little hungry. I'm hungry, too.

Cookies would be good.

Yeah, cookies.

♪♪ Sarah! Ahh. The cookies are

Done! Hmm?

♪♪ Oh, grandma, those cookies

Look super!

♪♪ Well, they're for a

Super-sarah, ah ha ha.

♪ Boop-de-doop-de-doo

♪ Boop-de-doop-de-doo hmm--hmm!

Hmm--hmm!

♪♪ What a wonderful story!

And now it's time to get back to

Playing...

♪♪ "Pirates!"

♪♪ Hey, I know, cat, I know!

Let's pretend we're on this

Island. And we're looking for

Buried pirate treasure.

♪♪ Yeah-yeah, and we have to

Look "really" hard.

♪♪ Because somebody hid it!

♪♪ And we don't know where!

♪♪ Ha ha.

♪♪ Zarrgh zarrgh.

♪♪ Aye, aye, mateys.

Let's look for treasure!

Follow me!

♪♪ ♪ Come on, ye pirates,

Gather 'round,

There's pirate treasure

To be found! ♪

♪♪ ♪ We'll find gold and jewels

And maybe some cookies ♪

♪♪ ♪ Doing things the pirate way

With pirate songs

And pirate hats,

Yo, ho, ho!

And a barrel of cats!

Yo ho ho!

And a barrel of cats!

♪♪ Ah, yo-hoo!

Let's look in here. [Sniffing]

♪♪ Arg, I smell treasure!

♪♪ Excuse me?

♪♪ Ahoy, matey!

♪♪ Ahoy, matey?

What are you saying?

♪♪ It's pirate talk, bird.

The little cats and I are

Pirates.

♪♪ Arg.

♪♪ Pirates?

Hmph! I don't see any

Pirates. I see cats in hats,

Whiskers, tails.

Furry faces, pointy ears.

And beady little eyes.

♪♪ Zazzii, uh.

♪♪ Bird, we're pretending to be

Pirates.

♪♪ Arg!

♪♪ Oh, eh heh heh. I see.

This is one of those little cat

Games. A pretending game.

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ Exactly.

Why don't you join us?

You can pretend to be a pirate,

Too!

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ Oh, no, no, no.

I am a bird.

And that is all I need to be.

Hmph.

♪♪ But it's fun to be a

Pirate, terrence.

Don't you think?

♪♪ ♪ Come on, ye pirates,

Gather 'round,

There's pirate treasure

To be found ♪

♪♪ ♪ Mark the spot

With an "x" or an "a!" ♪

♪♪ ♪ Doing things the pirate

Way,

With pirate songs

And pirate hats,

Yo ho ho!

And a barrel of cats!

Yo ho ho!

And a barrel of cats! ♪

♪♪ Cat, I have to admit it.

I like your pirate song.

♪♪ Aw, come on, bird.

Join our band of pirates.

♪♪ Arg, arg.

♪♪ Yeah, maybe--maybe I'll just

Go along, you know, for for a

Little while.

♪♪ Ah, yes, bird, of course.

♪♪ We're looking for treasure.

♪♪ Well, you're not going to

Find it in my tree. Eh, heh.

♪♪ Yo-ho-ho! No treasure here.

♪♪ Arg, let's keep goin'.

♪♪ Arg!

♪♪ ♪ Come on, ye pirates,

Gather 'round,

There's pirate treasure

To be found! ♪

♪♪We'll dig it up and then...

♪♪ Um, we'll bury it again!

♪♪ ♪Doing things the pirate way

With pirate songs

And pirate hats,

Yo ho ho!

And a barrel of cats!

Yo ho ho!

And a barrel of cats!

♪♪ Oh, ho ho ho.

♪♪ Ohh, wait a minute, mateys.

♪♪ Hmm?

♪♪ I think we've found

Something...

Ugh!

♪♪ Treasure! Arg!

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ Ok, so--so now what?

♪♪ Oh, oh, uh, I don't know yet.

Pirates, we have found the

Treasure!

Now what do we do?

♪♪ Uh, we take it!

♪♪ To our super secret hiding

Place!

♪♪ Yeah!

♪♪ And we have to go there now

On our pirate ship!

♪♪ Arg!

♪♪ On our pirate ship. Ha ha.

♪♪ Oh, cat, this is so exciting.

♪♪ Aye, bird, that it be.

[Fanfare]

♪♪ Another story!

Hmm.

"A small kangaroo,

Junior by name,

Will soon play his own

Kind of wishing game."

This sounds like something we

Should see!

To the wubbulascope!

♪♪ Arg! Arg!

♪♪ Let's crank up the

♪♪ Let's crank up the wubbulascope!

Wubbulascope!

Let's see. We'll find junior in

The jungle of nool, which is

Right here! Come on!

Right here! Come on! Let's go find our story.

Let's go find our story.

♪♪ Junior!

♪♪ Oh, here comes morton.

Ah-ha.

♪♪ Ah.

♪♪ Hiya, morton.

♪♪ Hey.

♪♪ Nice landing.

♪♪ Hey, thanks.

It must be great to have wings.

♪♪ Yeah, I like it.

♪♪ I wish there was something

Great about me too.

♪♪ Huh, what do you mean?

♪♪ Well, I mean, look at me,

Morton. I'm just plain,

Old junior kangaroo.

♪♪ Yeah, but, I kinda like it--

♪♪ I know!

What if I had a super,

Extra-long tail?

Wouldn't that be great, morton!

No kangaroo has that.

♪♪ Yeah, that's true.

♪♪ What if my tail were as long

As, oh, this, uh, eh, this vine?

♪♪ Um, you'd have a pretty long

Tail.

♪♪ Morton, I'm gonna try out

This tail idea. Here take this

Vine and tie it on my tail.

♪♪ But...but... Ok.

♪♪ See, I'll just pretend that

This vine is my new super extra

Long tail and see how I like it!

How's it look back there?

♪♪ Well, uh...

Um...

Uh... Great!

♪♪ Ah, ah, morton, I can see it

Now.

♪♪ So junior wishes for a tail

So long that he'd need to be

Followed around.

By a line of professional

Tail-holding helpers to keep it

From dragging the ground!

♪♪ Oh!

♪♪ Whoa!

♪♪ Whoa!

♪♪ Ahh!

♪♪ Guys, I don't think

This tail holding up thing is

Working out so well.

♪♪ Tsk tsk tsk.

♪♪ [All groaning]

♪♪ Sorry, junior.

♪♪ Uh, it's ok, guys. Uh,

I'll manage my own tail from now

On. Thanks.

♪♪ Ok, see ya later, junior.

♪♪ Thank you very much.

Appreciate it. Thank you.

Thanks.

♪♪ Hmm?

♪♪ You can go now.

♪♪ Ah ya ya. Goobye.

♪♪ [Sigh] it's so hard to find

♪♪ [Sigh] it's so hard to find good help these days.

Good help these days.

[Thud]

♪♪ Hmm?

♪♪ Whoa! Uh!

♪♪ Oops.

♪♪ Oh, oh. Brr. Hey you,

That's my tail, give it back!

Come on. Give it up.

Hey, get back here!

Hey, what are you--

Whoa. Hello!

Hey hey hey!

♪♪ Heh heh heh.

♪♪ Mmm, I'm having a bad tail

Day.

Eh, eh, um, actually,

Morton, I don't think this

Super, extra long tail is such a

Great idea after all.

Um, can you help me out of this?

♪♪ Ah, sure, pal.

Thanks man, come on.

I'm still just plain, old junior

Kangaroo.

♪♪ But, I kinda like you as

Plain, old junior kangaroo.

♪♪ Oh, I know! Forget the tail!

What if I had antlers on my

Head? No kangaroo has that.

Ah, that'd be great, huh,

Morton?

♪♪ Well, junior, you mean you

Wanna try some pretend antlers

On your head?

♪♪ Yeah! Ah, ha.

♪♪ Ok.

♪♪ Ah ha.

♪♪ Eh, hey junior.

How about a tree branch for

Antlers?

♪♪ Oh, it's perfect.

Oh, put it on! Put it on! Put it

On! Ah ha ha.

How's it look?

♪♪ Uh, uh, well...

I've definitely never seen a

Kangaroo with antlers before.

♪♪ Ah, this is it morton. It's

Like wearing a crown on my head!

I can see it now.

♪♪ What if his wish came true?

♪♪ Come on! He's over here!

♪♪ Why, people would come from

Far and near to see such a

Kangaroo!

♪♪ Look, he's the famous

Kangaroo with antlers!

♪♪ Yep, that's me, folks. Ah ha.

♪♪ Ooh.

♪♪ Uh, I just wanna say that

It's a real pleasure to see you

In person. Um, huh, um, huh.

♪♪ Thanks.

♪♪ And I could just look at

Those antlers all day.

♪♪ Ooh.

♪♪ Ok, well, I'm just gonna

Take a little break now.

♪♪ Hey, hey, where you going?

♪♪ Uh, it gets a little

Boring just sitting up there on

That throne all day.

♪♪ Hey, you can't leave yet!

I didn't get your autograph!

♪♪ Oh, hang on, son! I want to

Take your picture!

♪♪ And I just can't get enough

Of those antlers! Come back!

♪♪ Oh there he is.

Yeah. Right in that tree!

♪♪ Uh oh, uh, oh.

♪♪ [Indistinct]

♪♪ Must hop. Must hop.

Must hop. Must hop. Must hop.

Uh, oh. Um, morton.

I think I need some help here.

♪♪ Oh, ok.

♪♪ Could you untie me?

♪♪ Yep.

♪♪ Ah. Oh, thanks pal. Ah ha.

Well, morton, now that I

Tried it out, i--i don't think

I want antlers after all.

I think I'm better without 'em.

♪♪ Junior, I think you're right.

♪♪ You know what I decided,

Morton?

♪♪ What?

♪♪ I kinda like just being plain

Old junior kangaroo.

♪♪ Now junior is happy just

Being himself.

He tried other things but they

Just wouldn't do.

He likes being plain old junior

Kangaroo.

It's great to discover the you

That is you.

Ah, I liked junior's story!

♪♪ Hey cat, come on! We're

About to set sail on a pirate

Ship.

♪♪ And I have a pirate sword.

Whoosh. Whoosh.

♪♪ And I have a spyglass for

Spying. Ooh!

♪♪ Arg. It's cat "b."

♪♪ Baah!

♪♪ And, and cat, I'm guarding

The treasure.

♪♪ Arg! Arg!

♪♪ Ha ha, good work, little

Cats.

♪♪ Cat, cat! Do you like my hat?

Huh? Huh?

♪♪ Oh.

♪♪ It's a pirate thing.

♪♪ Terrence, I love your hat.

You look just like a pirate.

♪♪ Arg! Arg!

♪♪ Aw, thanks, cat.

I made it myself.

♪♪ Pirates, let's set sail on

The high seas!

♪♪ Aye! Aye!

♪♪ ♪ Come on, ye pirates,

Wave your tails,

Pull the ropes

And hoist the sails! ♪

♪♪ Turn that thing that steers

The boat!

♪♪ ♪ Doing things the pirate

Way, with pirate songs,

And pirate hats,

Yo ho ho!

And a barrel of cats!

Yo ho ho!

And a barrel of cats!

♪♪ Arg! Arg!

♪♪ Uh-oh, cat.

Ah, I see big clouds ahead.

♪♪ Uh, oh.

♪♪ It could be a big storm.

♪♪ Oh, it is a big storm!

And the wind is blowing.

♪♪ It's a terrible storm,

Mateys!

♪♪ There's thunder and

Lightning.

♪♪ And rain and big waves.

[All imitating waves and rain]

♪♪ Stop everything!

I-i don't like this, cat.

The-the-this is scary!

I don't want to be a pirate

Anymore. I quit!

♪♪ But bird, it's pretend.

We just make it up as we go.

If you don't like it, you can

Change it.

♪♪ I can?

♪♪ Of course you can.

You can change the story any

Time. Would you like to

Make up what happens next?

♪♪ Who, ho ho ho!

Yes, cat, I would.

Could I get us out of this

Storm?

♪♪ Yes, bird, you could.

♪♪ Oh, ho. Who ha ha ha.

All right everybody, back to the

Scary part!

♪♪ Whoo.

♪♪ There's a storm. A big storm!

And then, all of sudden, one

Of the pirates falls overboard!

♪♪ Pirate overboard!

Boing! Kaploosh!

Ah, help!

♪♪ [Gasp] but then...

The brave bird dives into the

Water. Ohh!

♪♪ Yay bird!

♪♪ Yay, terrence.

♪♪ Help! Help!

♪♪ I will save you! Oh.

And the bird saves the day!

♪♪ [Cheering]

♪♪ Thanks, matey.

♪♪ Thank you. Thank you.

And now the sun comes out.

And the storm is over.

And we are all happy. And we

Sing.

♪♪ ♪ Come on, ye pirates,

Wave your tails,

Pull the ropes,

And hoist the sails ♪

♪♪ Walk the plank and then walk

Back!

♪♪ ♪ Doing things the pirate

Way, with pirate songs

And pirate hats,

Yo ho ho!

And a barrel of cats!

Yo ho ho!

And a barrel of cats! ♪

♪♪ Arg!

♪♪ And now the pirates sail

Their ship to the super...

♪♪ Secret hiding place.

♪♪ Where they also live...

♪♪ And they have their

Treasure...

♪♪ So they're really happy.

♪♪ And they stay that way...

♪♪ Ze zend!

♪♪ Ah ha ha! Yes, little cat

"Z." The end.

We have now officially played...

♪♪ "Pirates!"

♪♪ Arg!

♪♪ Ah ha ha, yes, and thank you

Little cats for playing with me.

And thank you, bird,

For getting us out of that

Storm.

♪♪ Oh, cat, I'd do it again

Anytime!

♪♪ Ah ha ha.

I'm so glad that you were here

Today to help us play "pirates"

And little cat games and find

New stories.

♪♪ Yeah.

♪♪ Ok, here we go!

I'm going to steer...

[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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