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01x11 - High Winds

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Tugs". Aired: 4 April – 27 June 1989.*
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Set in the Roaring Twenties, the series focuses on the adventures of two anthropomorphized tugboat fleets, the Star Fleet and the Z-Stacks, who compete against each other in the fictional Bigg City Port: "the biggest harbour in the world".

01x11 - High Winds

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the tugboat for its size is the most

powerful craft to

flat and the star tugs are the power

behind the docks and waterways that make

up the big city

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Port this is T s

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sometimes a real bad character sailed

into Big City Port but on the day I'm

remembering no one suspected trouble we

were worrying about the high winds

coming tug work would be difficult hey

10 s a great Dawn eh yeah don't be

fooled by appearance you sunshine you

know what Captain star says red sky at

night Sailor's Delight red sky in the

morning sailor warning oh is it's bad

weather coming then yeah strong winds on

the way it'll be here soon

get a move on you two the storm flags

are out I we know you we're just saying

well then get on with it Hercules is

already out answering a Mayday when you

deliver that oil bring in scuttlebut

Pete he's tring in the bay all I sir

yeah we're off now there'll be some

extra jobs to Baton down for the storm

hits the

harbor come on Sunshine no time for Day

Dreaming now

it come morning

Ze let's good about it light winds

underway yeah it's going to be a lot of

work to do today oh hey what's going on

he cut right AC cross us yeah he would

just when we're in arry come on boy come

on hey look how Melly he's torn yeah

four he likes to show he's as strong as

any Z Stacks tug oh look look he's

losing

one hey you think you think we better

tell him yet he hasn't seen it I suppose

we should o Ze I'm fast it's my right

away you'll have to wait you've lost one

of your barges it's going a drift you

have me young oh yeah don't worry I'll

hold it till you secure it don't

interfere I can manage can't suit

yourself just offering to be helpful

that's all we don't need anything St

talks us to offer do it your own way

then wait hold it for me will

you uh thanks

Johnny cuber had dropped anchor waiting

till he wasn't seen nobody inide that's

what I like time to slip in cler to port

and uh make my business Pals at Johnny

cubert's idea of a business power was

like himself a

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gangster oh hi there help

to Customs inspection you are within

Port limits I'm coming aboard hey watch

out what you

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doing sorry mate the wind must have

blind me off

course zeed was out as he'd been told

looking for ships or Steamers even

fishing boats that might need a toe

anything that might please captains

zero ah Johnny CU oh dear well well well

Captain Zero's little siy Hello Johnny I

mean Mr cuber good I nice to see you

listen uh do something for me do uh slip

me into the harbor so I'm not breaking

the LW eh I'll see you all right I love

too s honesty would no if no butt sbody

I need a toe right now the wind's making

me angry upsetting me plans sorry s but

but you say captain Zero's giving me

your orders listen to me kid zero owes

me H understand I don't get funny or

you'll be in deep trouble and I do mean

deep the gangster told zeed to to him to

the old docks that hadn't been used for

years where he'd arranged to meet his

criminal

friends I don't like it here and it's

out of bounds to shiping CH bad I need

call right away and be quick about it or

I'll break your stti you mean Stealers

did I say steal just get it when

nobody's looking yes sir rise away

sir and don't try anything fancy or you

find yourself at the bottom of the hab

with cement on your

h* zebede was now in a terrible

situation Johnny Cubo would sink him if

he didn't help him and because of

something that happened years ago

between those two he knew Captain zero

would sink him if he did so he couldn't

go and tell the captain could he while

zebedy was trying to work this out he

saw the two star switchers out in the

bay struggling with Scuttle butt

Pete

on come on y good start of or you won't

get me home before the storm breaks but

can hold you do it out Bast do better

than that you got to I can't the wind's

too strong what AM we going to do if

only I could fix one more

line Y Ze give us s Sor he can't stop

and paron JS to I just hold him steady

while I get another ler ball that's all

why should I well cuz we're in trouble

that's why and you always want the all

right just this once but don't tell

Captain

zero oh that's it thanks e that's just

what went here not a weird Scott but me

I know never gossip never that'll be the

day if Captain zero knows I help statos

I'm lost we're all

square yeah

thanks checking all the time that no one

was watching him Z kept a lookout for

Cole for Johnny cuber Cole if I can just

slip one badge away that'll keep Johnny

quiet worry about C hereo

later that's all I thought I was the

only one stuck with cold deliverers

today I wonder what he's up

to I think I'd better check with Captain

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star I brought your C Mr cuber yeah okay

zeby I'll put in a good word for you

with zero no please don't do that Mr

Cuba how me as bad boxes it is I mean

mean he wouldn't like you helping me hey

that it no I don't mean he sent me out

to um you know the wind class in trouble

and you can go mate long as you're back

here and night okay no worries whatever

you saying no worries Mr the

K hey big man I've just heard from Su SE

plane the Hercules has got the princess

Ellice in toone s serious yeah D is to

see not another of your disasters

Warrior not me

honest I was joking come on we'll tell

all G then go out and bring her in yeah

anything to help the Princess

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Alice out the Esty zebede was trying yet

again to carry out Captain Zero's

orders help F who's that help out here

oh ghost

guard it wasn't his lucky day Ze had

enough on his deck as it was but he

couldn't ignore someone in

trouble never thought I'd be glad to see

you

Ze what oh dear how's a coast guard get

in this mess John Johnny Cuba push me

into the rocks my engine's dead I need a

toe Johnny who don't play dumb with me I

hear zero and Johnny are good bunnies oh

not anymore C so you do know him hey oh

yeah oh no no no I just come out here to

see if a ship might need a toe you know

with these wins and that'ss ah Salvage

is what you're after well you'll get

something if you get me into Port I'm

sure yeah you need repairs take it to

L's yard

hi Ze big ma what here good day to you

coar nothing serious I hope chasing a

crook and Salvage by a crook that's all

you'll survive it my guess is you've

taken that gangster somewhere zebedy

come on own up where all I did was bring

him in past to Har I said I had to let

him go cuz I worked you where he went

after that I don't know I have a good

mind to run you in for questioning you

until Captain zero hears about it he

won't like it you know that I do I do

some sometimes I get for rescuing

you what are you doing here you're

supposed to be out there answering

distress

calls I'll tell you where you've been

you've been helping those star switches

you creep I'd to be a goody goody star

tag would

you trouble hey I haven't finished yet

Ze come back here I the stars are

docking Princess Alice that should be

worth watching in this

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wind docking a ler can be a hazardous

business for tugs especially with cross

currents and the danger of this high

wind usually the ler can assist but the

Princess Alice couldn't do much due to

the damage to a Rudder with all their

expertise and experience the star tug

team were finding a very difficult to

keep under their control what's

happening back there come on Stars this

is not responding Hercules the

W I can't much

longer

everybody we need another TG just one

more and do it sorry I out I'm needed in

case a fire come on Lads hold it look

out I'm in trouble come on somebody

we're losing it will we cross between

ship and keyside this is too you

switches 7 oh thanks Justus time your

life

sa I your some she's under control

again got her o oh hey

thanks see all love my boiler for this

all thank you Ze thank you Ze thanks

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is everybody going soft in the head or

something the idiot Zoran couldn't

understand zeed the Zeds were out to

beat the Stars not to help them beat the

Zen

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Stacks hello Mr cuber here well well

well it's sebie back again keep doing as

Johnny cuber tells you and you'll come

to now H you with me yes Mr K the wind's

right there's a few other little things

I want you to do for me before we go now

listen this is what oh teul hello what's

going on here oh yes sey and where are

you taking our friend the well-known

Johnny Cuba eh oh well I yeah um what's

it to you st we know you Johnny Cuba up

to no good we'll hand him over to the

authorities zebede they may like to have

a word with him now you're down wait a

minute the gangster tried to back out

but collided with Zeb you will not

anywhere just to make sure zebede rammed

into Johnny cuber trapping him against

the key sign well done zebedy myar come

on let's take him in I'll break your

stack for this one they can't hold

Johnny cuber the authorities did hold

Johnny cuber and gave official thanks to

zebedy and

Hercules as 10 cents and sunshine set

out on their last job of the day the

wind dropped completely hey you think

that storm never happened eh it's a

lovely evening now bud yeah a look who's

here the Z sax hero hi zey

congratulations yeah not bad was it now

you were great the captain Zero's over

the moon now Johnny cuber can't get at

him yeah thanks for helping us we

Scuttle but PE just forget about that we

Captain zero wouldn't be pleased to hear

about

that yeah no need

we won't tell don't you worry K you'd

better not I've had enough troubles

today well see you fellas eh oh uh zey

if you ever think of leaving the Zed

Stacks what you crazy today was today

okay oh yeah well just a thought yeah

well you think too much after that day

things continued much as they were but

zebedy showed that everyone must have a

good streak in them somewhere H even Zed

St

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