VeggieTales: Sumo of the Opera (2004)

[bunniefuu]

[TUBA PLAYING]

If you like
to talk to tomatoes

If a squash
can make you smile

If you like to waltz
with potatoes

Up and down
the produce aisle

BOB: Ahem, excuse me...

Have we got a show for you.

VeggieTales, VeggieTales

VeggieTales, VeggieTales

VeggieTales, VeggieTales

VeggieTales, VeggieTales

Broccoli, celery,
got to be...

VeggieTales!

There's never ever, ever
ever, ever been a show

Like VeggieTales

There's never ever, ever
ever, ever been a show

Like VeggieTales

It's time for
VeggieTa-a-a-a-a-a-a-ales

[ALL GASP]

[TUBA BLARES]
[ALL LAUGH]

Hi, kids, I'm Bob the Tomato.
Welcome to VeggieTales.

Now, Larry won't be with us
today, he's helping out some
kids at a Toy Drive.

He agreed to volunteer
his time to help kids who
normally don't have much.

And I think that's great.

God loves it when
we help others.

Now, Larry thought
you might miss him

so he asked me
to introduce you
to his special friend.

Hello. I am Lutfi. The kindly
teensy weensy cucumber.

Well, hi, Lutfi.
Do you wanna
say hi to the kids?

Oh, yes.

Hello, children. I am friendly
and I am kind
and I am teensyweensy.

BOB: That's right.

And since Larry is away,
you're gonna help
with the show.

Right, Lutfi?
Oh, yes.

Even though
I am teensy weensy,
I can be a great big helper.

Well, let's get started.

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

Uh...

I'm sorry.
Will you excuse me
for a moment?

Cover me, Lutfi.

Um...

BOB: Hello.

[LUTFI VOCALIZING]

Oh, hi, Larry,
I was just talking
about you.

We just started the show.

Here. Well,
let me put you on speaker.

Can you hear me?

LARRY: [OVER PHONE]
Yeah, I hear you.
Who's humming?

It is I, Lutfi, the kindly
teensy weensy cucumber.

LARRY: Oh, hi, Lutfi.

You may be teensy weensy
but you're a great big
helper, aren't you?

Indeed, I am.

Larry, I was just
telling the kids about
your volunteer work.

We're proud of you, buddy.
That's a great thing
you're doing.

God likes it when we...

LARRY: Bob, I'm not doing it.

Uh, not doing what?

LARRY: I'm giving up, Bob.
I'm coming home. This whole
day has been a big mess.

Huh? What happened?

LARRY: / didn't think it
would be this hard.

I got on the 151 bus
and transferred to the 146.

But I forgot to buy a transfer
on the 151,

so the bus driver wanted me
to buy a whole new ticket,

but I ran out of nickels.
Uh...

So he dropped me off,
like, 12 blocks before
I got to the 81 stop,

so I hopped seven blocks,
and got on the subway,

but I was so tired
from hopping

that I fell asleep.

But...
So that's where I am now, Bob.

On a pay phone at the end
of the subway line.

I'm giving up and coming home.

You can't quit now.

Perhaps Lutfi can help.
Not now, Lutfi.

Larry, just think
of all the kids
you can help today.

And remember, you gave your
word. You need to persevere.

Yes, you need to...
Lutfi, let me handle this.

LARRY: What's that?
What's what?

What's "persevere?"

Oh. Well, perseverance
is just a big word that means
to keep on keeping on.

Even when it's hard.

I know that quitting
and coming home
would be easier,

but many things worth doing
take hard work.

Don't you wanna be a finisher?

LARRY: Uh, yeah.
I'm finished riding
on the bus

and I'm finished
hopping around
the whole town.

Lutfi is a great big helper.

Lutfi knows
a story about perseverance.

You do?
Yes.

A teensy weensy story.

Well, look, Larry,
maybe Lutfi's story
will help you out.

I know you can't see,
but try and listen closely.

LARRY: Okay,
but make it snappy. I'm down
to my last three quarters

and it's cold out here.

All right, buddy, hang on.

Once upon
a teensy weensy time...

[SALOON MUSIC PLAYING]

[ALL GULPING]

[MOUTHING]

[READING ALOUD]

[EXCLAIMS]

[SALOON MUSIC CONTINUES]

[SAD PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

[MOUTHING]

[READING ALOUD]

Oh, up, up, up!

[DRAMATIC PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

[CLINKING]

[PIANO CREAKING]

[ICE CREAM TRUCK MUSIC]

[SLURPING]

[MOUTHING]

[READING ALOUD]

[CHUCKLES]
It must.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[SLURPING]

[LULLABY MUSIC PLAYING]

[MOUTHING]

[BOTH READING ALOUD]

[MOUTHING]

[BOTH READING ALOUD]

[LULLABY MUSIC PLAYING]

LARRY: Uh...

You guys gonna start
that story?

That was a silent movie.

But powerful.

How's he supposed to know
what happened?
He's on the phone.

Oh, I did not think of that.

Look, Larry, we're gonna
have to try this again.

Hold on for
a couple of minutes,

I'm gonna go grab
another story.

With sound.

LARRY: I'm down
to two quarters, Bob.

BOB: I'm hurrying.
Cover me, Lutfi.

[LUTFI VOCALIZING]

LARRY: And now it's time
for Schoolhouse Polka
with Larry.

The part of the show where
Larry comes out and sings
a school house polka.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

Whether, whether,
whether, whether
Whether you like it or not

Weather, weather,
weather, weather
Weather is cold, warm and hot

Two, two, two, two
Two of my favorite toys

I'm bringing to, to, to, to

A place the first one enjoys
and I like it, too!

h*m*! h*m*!

Where the crews come
cruising down the plane!

h*m*! h*m*!

I need my kneaded
biscuits plain!

I know a pear,
pear, pear, pear

With a pair
of really soft shoes

He wears them to pare,
pare, pare, pare

Bushes that easily bruise

I planted rows, rows, rows,
rows of a horribly bad
smelling rose

Now no one knows, knows,
knows, knows if the scent
will be leaving my nose!

But most likely no

Oh, h*m*! h*m*!

Where the toads
are towed out on the plane!

h*m*! h*m*!

I need my kneaded
biscuits plain!

[ACCORDION PLAYING]

[HEAVY METAL MUSIC PLAYING]

[PANTING]

Whether, whether,
whether, whether,
Whether you like it or not

Weather, weather,
weather, weather,
Weather is cold, warm and hot

NARRATOR: This has been
Schoolhouse Polka with Larry.

Tune in next time
to hear Larry sing...

[SINGING]
What happened
to my preposition?

I took it on an expedition

Put it by the thing
I keep my fish in

Got infected with
a skin condition

NARRATOR: And...

[PANTING]

[SINGING] I'm a pronoun
They're a pronoun

He's a pronoun
She's a pronoun

Wouldn't you like to be
a pronoun too?

NARRATOR: And...

[SINGING]
It was the biggest, bluest
cleanest, brightest

Quickest, newest,
roundest, nicest

Softest, tallest,
toughest, lightest

Smoothest, kindest,
flattest, tightest

Most amazing adjective
I'd ever seen!

[PANTING]
NARRATOR: And...

I'm done.

NARRATOR:
Interjections? Adverbs?

[LARRY SINGING]
Ahh, no

NARRATOR: All righty.

Bob, oh, Bob.

Have you found a story yet?

BOB: Not yet, Lutfi,
just a few more minutes.

Buy me some more time.

Uh...

Oh, I have just the thing.

And now it is time for...

Lutfi's Fanciful Flannelgraph.

The part of the show
where Lutfi comes out

with his fanciful flannelgraph

and teaches
a most important lesson.

Hello, children.

I am Lutfi and this is my
Fanciful Flannelgraph.

[GRUNTS]

By the color of my clothes
and the shamrock in my hand,

I bet you are thinking
it is St. Patrick's Day.

If this is March 17th,
then you are right.

That is because every year
on March 17th,

people everywhere
celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

LUTFI: A long, long time ago,
in a country called England,

a little baby was born.
His name was...

St. Patrick.

LUTFI: Hold on,
you are not old
enough to talk.

And your name
is not yet St. Patrick.

Sorry.

Your name
is Maewyn Succat.

Hurry up
and name me St. Patrick.

LUTFI: Shh.

Sorry.

LUTFI: Maewyn Succat grew up
as a normal little boy.

Can I talk now?
Yes.

Maewyn Succat.
I'm a normal boy.

A normal boy with
a strange name.

LUTFI: Maewyn went to school.

He played.

He went to church.

[CHURCH BELLS TOLLING]

No soccer ba*ls in church.

LUTFI: And he was kidnapped
by pirates.

[PIRATES CLAMORING]

Wait, that's not normal.

If you were too normal,
you would not have a holiday
named after you.

Good point.

[PIRATES CLAMORING]

LUTFI: The pirates took Maewyn
to a country called Ireland.

There he was sold as a sl*ve
and his name was changed.

sl*ve bad.
Name change good.

[COIN CLINKS, SPLASHES]

Hi. I'd like
to request St. Patrick.

LUTFI: Not yet.

He was now called...

Pig Boy,
feed the pigs, Pig Boy.

Maewyn Succat
has a rather nice ring to it.

LUTFI: Now, this was
the land of the Druids.

And the people there spoke
a different language.

But we'll make believe
everyone spoke English.

Like Star Trek.

Even the pigs?

No, not the pigs.
Okay.

[PIGS SNORTING]

LUTFI: The Druids also
did not know about God.

They practiced a religion
known as paganism.

Paganism?
Yes.

Instead of praying to God,
pagans prayed
to things like...

Twigs.

Almighty Twig,
you are powerful
and twig-like.

And pond scum.

Almighty Pond Scum,
you are powerful and scummy.

And they painted with
all the colors of the rain...

And so it was that Pig Boy
Maewyn Succat went about
serving his master.

Mopping his floors,

feeding his pigs,
[PIG SNORTING]

and learning his language.

Pig.

[STUTTERS] Pig.

LUTFI: Now, Maewyn was
very far from home
and very lonely.

He remembered what he had
learned in church about
God loving him

and always being with him.

So Maewyn began praying
and talking to God.

He prayed before bed time.

He prayed when he worked.

He prayed when he ate.

[SNORTS]

In fact,
he prayed all the time.

Why, in no time at all,
he was praying over


That's a lot but it's cool.

Would you like
to pray to me twig?

No, I'm good.

LUTFI: Maewyn grew
very close to God.

And God took care of him
and kept him safe.

And one day, after Maewyn had
been in Ireland for six years,

God told him it
was time to go.

All right.

Later, pigs.

[INDISTINCT BLABBERING]

Maewyn walked
and walked and walked...

[SNORTS]

Two hundred miles
before reaching the sea.

[SEAGULLS SQUAWKING]

Good day, Captain.
My name is Maewyn Succat.

I was captured
six years ago by pirates
and sold into sl*very.

Since then, I've been
feeding pigs and praying


Can I have a lift?
All right then.

[SNORTING]

[STRAINING]

LUTFI: The ship sailed
for three days
before reaching the coast.

Then they set off on foot
to the nearest town.

But their directions
were a little off.

After 28 days of walking,
their supplies had run out.

The men were starving.

Are you starving?
I'm starving.

I'm starving, too.

We're all going to die if we
don't get something to eat.

See, Maewyn, you said
you pray 100 times a day,

how about praying
for some food?

Yeah, Maewyn.
Offer one up.
Come on, now.

Oh, all right.

[PRAYING SOFTLY]

Amen.

[SNORTS]

Oh, that's
miraculously delicious.

Uh, you know, Maewyn,
you really got
something going there.

Thanks a lot.

Don't thank me, Captain.
Thank God.

All right, then.

Thank you, God.

SAILORS: Thank you, Lord.

LUTFI: Now back home,
the years passed by

and Maewyn continued
to grow closer to God.

And one night, he had a dream.

We beg of your holy oath that
you should come and work
again among us.

LUTFI: Maewyn dreamed
that the people of Ireland

were calling him back to come
and tell them about God.

Well, but, you mind
if I finish school first?

I'm doing quite well.

Ah, no, no, take your time.
No rush.

All right, then.

LUTFI: So Maewyn
got his education,
and because of his hard work,

and great love for God,
he became a bishop.

Which meant he had a lot
of responsibilities
in the church.

And could help many people.

It also meant
that he got a new name.

Patrick.

St. Patrick?

Uh, the saint part
comes a little bit later.

All right, then.

And Patrick made his way
back to Ireland.

Back to the place where he
had been taken by pirates

and sold as a sl*ve
many years before.

Back he went to tell
the people about God.

[INAUDIBLE]

So you see,
God is like a shamrock.

ALL: Oh, Great Shamrock.
You are powerful.

No, no, no.

This is simply a metaphor.

ALL: Oh, Great Metaphor.

No, no, no, no, no.

God is like a shamrock because
he is three persons in one.

He is God the Father,
God the Son,
and God the Holy Ghost.

One God, three persons.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

So are there any ways
that God is, say, like a twig?

No. None that come to mind.

Oh, all right, just asking.

LUTFI: And so it was that,
through Patrick, the people
of Ireland turned to God.

And God blessed Patrick
as Patrick blessed the people
of Ireland.

He lived a good long life
among the people
he loved so much,

and had been called to serve.

On March 17th in the year 460,
Patrick died at the age of 73.

And his name was changed
one last time,
this time to St. Patrick.

And that is why every year
on March 17th, people all over
wear a little green,

the color of Ireland,
and celebrate
St. Patrick's Day.

A great man who loved Ireland
and who loved God.

The end.

All righty,
I found the film.

Larry, are you still
with us, buddy?

LARRY: Yeah, I'm still here.
But did you hear that
story about St. Patrick?

That was really cool.

BOB: Uh, no,


But I did find the story
about perseverance.

It took a little
to find some, no?

Oh, that is a good one.

LARRY: One quarter, Bob.
That's all I got.

All right, buddy, hang on.

Roll film.

[ORIENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]

[ALL SINGING] If you want
to know who we are

We are wrestlers of Japan

On many a mat and ring

For many a sumo fan

Behold the sumo
champion wrestler

A massive gourd and holder
of the title

Many have tried,
but none have beaten him

A fact that
is particularly vital

Defer! Defer!

To the sumo
champion wrestler

Defer! Defer!

To the champion,
to the champion

To the champion
sumo wrestler

[SHUDDERING]

[LAUGHING]

Champion-san, Champion-san,

Jim Gourdly for ESN,
the Emperor's Sports Network.

Apollo Gourd, you have
a championship match coming up

to celebrate
the year of the scallion.

Would you care to comment
on your opponent, Potato?

[GRUNTS]

Yes, I've got
a haiku for Potato.

[CLEARS THROAT]

No way Potato will stay
on the match and linger

when I give him
a belly ringer.

I don't think that's
actually a haiku.
Not even close. Tell him.

I'm not gonna tell him.

You tell him.
I'm not gonna tell him.

Hey, who's the clown climbing
into the ring with Potato?

I pity the clown!

[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY] Uh...

Hey, Po, look.

I'm a spring roll.

[LAUGHING]

A spring roll.

JIM: Wait, that's no clown.
It's his sparring partner.

The Italian Scallion.

Italian Scallion?
He's a cucumber.

How did he get a name
like Italian Scallion?

You never heard how
that got started?

Story goes he was raised by
an onion family
known as the Scallions.

Hey.

He never realized he was
different and grew up thinking
he was a scallion.

VEGGIE: Uh, that doesn't
make sense.

Sure, it does. Plus scallion
only rhymes
with like five words

and Italian is the catchiest.

No, I mean the silk screen.

The silk screen is
a theatrical device
used to make exposition

more visually interesting.

It's avant garde.

[LAUGHING] The spoon!
That's good.

That was funny.
MIKEY: Quit laughing, Po.

You're supposed to be
sparring with that joker.

Hey, Mikey,
have any recycling today?

Yeah, help yourself.
SCALLION: Po, look.

Look at that jibber jabber.
That's funny.

[POTATO LAUGHING]

[LAUGHS]

[CRASHING]

Oh, my aching back.

Might as well
call Workmen's Comp.

It's thrown out again.

Now that's a haiku.

Haiku, three unrhymed lines
of five, seven,
and five syllables.

Haiku.

What are you doing, Scallion?
You're supposed
to help Po train.

Not give him a sprain.
Sorry.

I was just joking around.

[SINGING]
A joking Sumo, I

A lad of quips
and wisecracks

Who throws
his custard pies back

Where whoopee cushions lie

My shenanigans are long

Through every antic ranging

And to your humors changing

I sing my silly song!

I sing my silly

Song

Sit down.

[AIR HISSING]

That's your problem.

You're always joking around.

Look at you.
You said you wanted
to be a sumo.

But the minute it got hard,
you gave up.

You got no guts, kid.

Well, no gut. You're skinny.

You could've had seconds,
even thirds at
the dinner table.

You could've been big.
You never finish anything.

Unless it's a punchline.

Not finish anything?
Name one thing


Yo, Scallion, did you finish
fixing my bike yet?

I need it for my paper route.

Uh... Oh.
You want a list?

POTATO: Ooh, I pity the me.

What do you mean,
Potato is hurt? Who did it?

Uh...

It was an accident.

Champion-san, now who will you
wrestle for the championship,

and the prize
that goes with it?

HADRIAN: Wow.

A tiger bike.

I want the championship,
I don't care about the prize.

[GASPS] I won't have to finish
fixing Hadrian's bike
if I can have that one.

Hey, I'll take it.

You, wrestle Apollo
for the championship?

Wrestle Apollo?
I was talking about the bike.

Hmm,
how about this haiku?

In the year of the Scallion,

how about a bout
with the Italian Scallion?

Closer. The champ's only off
by two syllables.

No, no, no, forget it.

Apollo's way out
of Scallion's league.

Hey, I knocked Potato
out of the ring.

He slipped on a banana peel.

Well, it was my fault anyway.
I owe it to Po.

Tell him I'll take his place.

[PEAS LAUGHING]

What did you say?
He wants to take his place.

Come here. Scallion,
you're a hoot.

That's the funniest joke
I've ever heard.

The Italian Scallion in a ring
with Apollo Gourd because
you want a bike?

That joker won't last
eight seconds in the ring
with Apollo.

PHILIPPE: Oh, you are right,
Jean-Claude.

No, really.
I accept the challenge.

What could be so hard about
staying in the ring
for eight seconds?

I've got jokes
with punch lines
longer than that.

[SINGING]
He's accepted the challenge
from Gourd

Done! Done!

They say he's a quitter
He'd better get fitter

Or Scallion
will surely succumb

Come, come!

So tame
your expressions of glee

On this subject,
we pray you be mum

Mum, mum

You'll find they're not many
Who'll fight for a penny

This bike's worth
a rather large sum

Sum, sum!

A very good bargain indeed

On this subject,
we pray you'll be mum

Mum, mum!

This bike's worth
a rather large sum

Sum, sum

You'll find there
are not many

Not many
Not many

Who'll fight for a penny

It's a very
good bargain indeed

It's a very
good bargain indeed

As you can see a good
bargain indeed

As you can see, a good
doctor you'll need

Yes indeed, yes indeed!

Yes indeed, yes indeed!

Kid, why are you doing this?

I owe it to Po
and I need that bike.

I owe that to Hadrian.

But Apollo is the champ.

No one's ever stayed in
the ring with him longer
than eight seconds.

There's always a first time.

But you only have
two weeks to train.

How do you expect
to stick to it
and see it through to the end?

You could help me.
You could be my trainer.

Me?

Oh. You know, kid,
in a funny kind of way,

you remind me of myself
when I was your age.

Okay, I'll do it,
but you gotta promise
to do everything I say.

No matter how ridiculous
it seems at the time.

You gotta stick with it
and not give up.

Okay, I promise.

Big sweeping circles,
big sweeping circles.

This is training?
I'm mopping the floor.

It's an agility drill.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

Love your recycling,
Joe Mikey.

It teaches the most important
thing any wrestler
should have.

A keen sense of balance.

[SCALLION SCREAMING, CRASHES]

Make that the second most
important thing.

You gotta keep eating, kid.

I told you getting into shape
wasn't gonna be easy.

[POURS DRINK]

Here.

Yuck! I'm supposed
to drink this?

Of course not, they're raw.
Scramble them.

[SIZZLES]

I've never heard of a training
for a sumo match in
a recycling center.

It will give Scallion
a taste of what it's like
to go up against Apollo.

Have you made all the
arrangements for
my victory party?

JEAN-CLAUDE: Oui, champ.

And my post-game
interview with Jim Gourdly?

Oui, champ.

But, but...
But what?

Aren't you going to train
for the wrestling match?

Train? To fight Scallion?

He's a pushover.
I could beat him in my sleep.

[ALL SINGING]
Oh, the training,
he says he'll do none

None, none!

Thinks Scallion's a quitter
He won't get much fitter

In seconds,
the match will be done

Done, done!

Stay tuned, this is just
getting fun

Fun, fun, fun, fun!
Fun, fun, fun, fun!

So much fun!

[PANTING]

[GRUNTING]

What's the matter, kid?
Training is tough.

I wanna show you something.

Who's that clown?

MIKEY: Me.
When I was your age.

They called me Mr. Juicy.

Yeah, I goofed around
like you. I never took
anything seriously.

But I learned you can change.

The key is sticking it out to
the end. Even when it's hard.

That's perseverance.

I learned that working hard
and finishing well can be
very rewarding.

Is that you?

Yep, Alexander the Grape.

Grand Sumo Champion
three years running.

Before my knee injury,
of course.

Look, Scallion.

Sometimes there's
a good reason
to stop and quit.

But not just because
it's too hard.

God asks us
to do lots of things
that are hard.

But they are good things
and they make us
better people.

Most things worth having
take hard work.

Perseverance, Scallion.
Perseverance.

That's the problem, Mikey.
I don't got what it takes.

Maybe that's the reason
I'm always clowning around.

It's the only thing
I'm any good at.

I'm no good at training
or wrestling or finishing.

I'm only good
at making with the jokes.

I... I quit!

Yo, Scallion.
Yo, Hadrian.

Why aren't you training?

I don't know. Look, Hadrian,
about the training...

What's that thing
on your head?

Oh, I made it
for show and tell.

It's a scallion head piece
like you wear.

It felt great to finish it
and show everyone, you know.

No, I don't.

I never finished any
of my show and tell projects.

Was it hard?
Yeah.

But then I figured if
you could stick to something,
so could I.

You figured that?

HADRIAN: Mmm-hmm.

[ALL SINGING]
A sumo can't go wrong

When he keeps on keeping on

Put up a fight
for what is right

Don't quit until you're done

Until that final bell

God loves it when
we finish well

So don't stop

Just keep on keeping on

Just keep on keeping on

VEGGIE: Hey, Scallion.
You quit yet?

Or you gonna wait till you get
in the ring with Apollo?

[SNICKERS]

So what did you want
to tell me
about your training?

That I've gotta
get back to it.

I've gotta keep
my eye on the tiger.

[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

Eye on the tiger!
Eye on the tiger!

Eye on the tiger!
Eye on the tiger!

It's time.

[CROWD CHEERING]

JIM: The match between
Apollo Gourd and
the Italian Scallion is on.

This is Jim Gourdly for ESN,
reminding you
that the first sumo

to toss his opponent
out of the ring, wins.

I'm going to bounce you out.

Go for it.

[BELL DINGS]

JIM: Scallion is in
trouble already.

Apollo is pushing him
around the ring.

Oh-oh.

Here it comes, fans.
Apollo's infamous
belly-ringer.

Right at
the eight-second mark.

Whoa.

JIM: Ladies and gentlemen,
it did not work.

Apollo Gourd's belly-ringer
move didn't work.

This is unbelievable!

The challenger
is still standing.

Eight seconds are past,
and the Italian Scallion
is still in the ring.

SCALLION: Eye on the tiger!
Eye on the tiger!

JIM: I can't believe it.
The Italian Scallion
belly-bumped Apollo.

Now, kid! Mop the floor.

Up the escalator, kid.
Up the escalator!

JIM: Scallion, who was
given absolutely no chance
of lasting eight seconds

is pushing Apollo towards
the edge of the ring.

He's going for the win.

Wait, the champ is back up.

Did I say unbelievable?
That's not big enough.

This is inconceivable.
No, I'm not sure
that's a word.

It is? Wait, folks, they're
telling me unconceivable
is a word.

For "inconceivable" is not
appropriate in this instance!

[BOTH YELLING IN SLOW MOTION]

[BELL DINGING]

Oh, my!

They both fell out of the ring
at the same time.

It's a tie. It's a tie!

That means Apollo
is still the champ.

But then, no challenger
has ever lasted that long.

VEGGIE: He went longer
than anybody.
He's a winner in my book.


I feel great.

[SINGING]
The feeling of finishing

Is a blossom
that blooms in my heart

As I merrily dance
and I sing

I welcome the hope
that it brings

Of finishing things
that I start

Of finishing things
that he starts

And that's what he means
when he says finishing

Is welcome as flowers
that bloom in the spring

[ALL VOCALIZING]

The flowers that bloom in
the spring

[ALL VOCALIZING]

JIM: Wait, folks.
The story's not over.

Yo, Hadrian.
I got something for you.

The tiger bike?
You win the tiger bike?

Well, no, but they gave me
the bell.
[BELL RINGING]

And finishing is
its own reward.
I feel great.

[RINGING]

Oh, uh, one more thing.

Since I'm gonna be
a finisher from now on...

You put my bike back together.

Yep, it wasn't easy.

Well, it was easier than
wrestling Apollo Gourd
but it still felt great.

Well, Larry,
what did you think?

Are you ready to persevere
and keep on keeping on
to the Toy Drive?

OPERATOR:
If you'd like to make a call,
please hang up and try again.

Larry? Larry?
If you need help, hang up...

Oh, no, he must've run
out of quarters.

I sure hope he...
Hi, Bob.

Larry, you're back?
Yep, here I am.

Well, what about the kids?

I don't know how much
of the story you heard,

but it was...
I pretty much heard
the whole thing.

Ran out of quarters
right near the end.

But I had a great time
with the kids, Bob.

I helped give away toys and we
had sandwiches, took pictures.

You should've seen
the look on their faces.

It was so cool.

When I heard the busy signal,
I thought you'd given up.

Nope, I got right back on the
subway, got off at the 81 bus,

took that to the 49,
grabbed a burrito,
got on the 92,

hopped three more blocks
and I was there.

Wow. Sounds complicated.
But worth it.

What do you say we talk about
what we learned today?

And so what we have learned
applies to our lives today

And God has a lot
to say in his book

[COMPUTER BUZZING]

What happened?

Qwerty, you okay?

Sorry.
Lutfi, what did you do?

Lutfi fits into tiny places.

You k*lled Qwerty.

Oh, no, I did not k*ll him.
I just made him sputter
and smoke.

And there is a difference.

Well, we're gonna have to get
him repaired and we need
averse now.

What are we gonna do?

Lutfi might be teensy weensy,
but he's a great big helper,

who knows his
scripture memory verses.

Memory verses?
Oh, yes.

[LUTFI SINGING]
You see we know that
God's word is for everyone

[HUMMING AND SCRIBBLING]

Take a look.

[LUTFI READING]

Wow! You're one smart
teensy weensy cucumber.

You see, Larry?
God wants us to persevere.
To keep on keeping on.

Even when it's hard.
Right, Bob?
Especially then.

That's when we need to decide
to be a finisher,

when we're trying to do
something we know God
would want us to do,

he cares whether
we finish or not.

God promises that finishing
has its rewards.

ALL: Hiyah!

Well, that's all the time
we have for today, kids.

Remember, God made
you special.

And he loves you very much.

This is wonderful.
So, what are we doing
for our next show?

Bye.
Bye.

Guys?

Guys?

Hellos.

[TRIUMPHANT MUSIC PLAYING]

[SINGING] Behold the sumo
champion wrestler

A massive gourd and holder
of the title

Many have tried, but none
have beaten him

A fact that
is particularly vital

Defer! Defer!

To the sumo
champion wrestler

Defer! Defer!

To the champion,
to the champion

To the champion
sumo wrestler!

A sumo can't go wrong

When he keeps on keeping on

Put up a fight
for what is right

Don't quit until you're done

Until that final bell

God loves it when
we finish well

So don't stop

Just keep on keeping on!

Just keep on keeping on!