01x01 - Going Ape

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monkeys

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one

she's with me

is this your place we'll dump our bags

then i'll show you around the place you

can meet my dad

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g'day good day tim

she you girl you should be home tim your

mother will be looking for you

you is girl who wants to know oh this is

tim

he lives here too oh yeah are you tim

is she hey

hear that maybe one of the lions is out

oh

you think so could be i'll get him

what a weirdo that's tim come on

okay it's good hardly touched a thing

this morning

i thought it wouldn't hurt for the dog

to take a look at him

yeah sure he doesn't snap out of it we

might have to do a blood test

i'll keep a good eye okay julie

hello nick good day

dad's not in the surgery oh he's around

the zoo somewhere there's a lot to do

this afternoon

and it looks like there is a gym to add

to his troubles ted

um i'm sorry well i'll keep an eye out

for dad

see you dad

oh that's the chimp's name that's a bit

off isn't it giving them names

well they're just like people well maybe

you should be calling a real doctor well

dad is a real doctor

a vet he'll have to head right again

he's the best

oh look that's hobby he's been with me

not

there there

come on let's get out of here eh what's

he doing a blowpipe

robin i don't think we should be here

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shhh

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um

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d*ck

um do you know i missed him we saw

uh this is robin

robin my dad

oh um hi dr mitchell

hi

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hi you owe me i had to clean out the

whole nursery by myself

i've been tied up so have i cleaning

cages

susie i've got troubles of my own okay

i'll do it all next time right right but

i'll still make a note of it in the

diary

so there'll be no misunderstanding

want a ride nick

no thanks something's bugging you

yeah woman travels him

who's the unlucky girl robin someone

i'm afraid i'll let the team down a

little in front of her

but she's ancient she's got to be every

day at 15.

at least

i mean when a guy brings a friend home

well he shouldn't really have to

introduce her to

i don't know why don't we start from the

top let's do the thing right ask her to

dinner one night

and you'll be giving the elephant an

enema but it's up to you

anyone home oh hello mr bennett cut in

hi

g'day sirs hi oh i could smell

all this over at my place it smelled

terrific what took you so long

i tried to get hold of you at the

surgery all afternoon

yeah i was uh i was tied up bogged down

actually

got a bit of a job for you tomorrow yeah

a party of international zoo people all

top brass they want to see over the

place

that's your department you're the boss

i'm going to need help

spencer got wind of it and he's invited

himself along well

tell him he can't come well for the days

when life was so

simple my love when someone like spencer

has you firmly gripped by the purse

string

which is negativity that worries me so

you better be there but the spirit of

the party

okay thanks mr bennett

right oh mitch suits will be the order

of the day

suits you're going to be wearing a suit

looks like it i will ask robin to come

to dinner

oh mitch is julia university tomorrow is

she with us

here uh you can talk into joining us

me she's your assistant

look forget it you came here to learn

the zoo business didn't you

if mr spencer with his anti-diluvian

philosophies on the keeping of wild

animals is to be my mentor

i'd rather remain blissfully ignorant

thank you

lesson one lesson one no money no zoo

now let me get funds from the government

gate takings friends of the zoo and

request mr spencer

manages his late father's very large

bequest we need his money and he comes

with it

i can't stand the man my attitude based

on many long years of experience

is that wild animals should be kept in

their face and that place is behind

good solid concrete and strong steel

basque now

now absolutely the

where the hell's mitch oh he's done it

again

and he promised me well he was wearing

his suit

what's the matter with him

we don't know it just started with him

being off his foot

when did you first notice the jaundice

just before i rang him

let's get him into the eighth house i'll

take a closer look

okay

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what do you think well it doesn't look

good harry now i'm not going to be sure

until i've done the blood test but it'll

have to be taken down to surgery

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my point exactly gentlemen any animal no

matter how primitive its mental process

could get itself out of there

but surely boats are the modern trend mr

spencer i remember once excuse me mr

spencer

ladies and gentlemen i wonder if we

could move around the back to the ape

house

i've arranged for the chimps to be put

in their cages so that you can take a

closer look at the moat

go after you mr spencer yes

thank you very much no no please

are you coming mr spencer

i'm thoroughly convinced these animals

can get across this moat

and one of these days i'm going to prove

it

no time like the present

let him out in a few minutes

let me out let me house

someone let me house

oh don't go away

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he just went crazy he got his hand

through the cage somehow

like you went wearing your good suit

they don't realize you are only trying

to help them

spencer seems to be giving ken and julie

a tough time as usual

spanish spencer

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harry

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uh

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where's spencer what do you mean

i don't know truly uh

well

ah mr spencer we were just looking for

you

yes mr spencer we missed you yes well i

was

detained ladies and gentlemen

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oh that's right we have a guest

hello again dad

you smell no love you smell i stink

need i reckon we could have more trouble

yeah

do you think what ted's got could be

contagious

one of the other showing signs beautiful

is looking pretty sick of a sudden

any sign of jaundice no probably

fretting she is his might

they always seem to know first even

before we do look we'll know tomorrow

harry

okay tomorrow i'm gonna start the test

sorry dad never got back to say goodbye

that's

dad must be pretty bad it didn't seem

too bad when i saw it

wild animals are like that it's part of

their survival mechanism

if they allow any sign of weakness to

show other animals prey on them

barbaric aren't they ready

what about tomorrow it's saturday so

roger's pool party his family's just

putting this fabulous new pool

oh sure you wouldn't like to see the

rest of the animals oh

i've seen most of them and besides there

is a bit of a smell about the place

you notice it after a while

you can come to rogers if you like i'll

fix it for you oh

bye give me a ring tomorrow morning

quite barbaric

morning harry martin

how's ted not too good

beautiful soft hair food already she

will be the next to go if i don't do

something about

getting a replacement for the old fella

replacement don't talk like that

ted's not dead yet you can't just wipe

him off just forget about him

you can't

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tumor of the liver putting him down

would be the kindest thing

you're the doctor i've had a look

through this list of surplus animals at

the other zoos

there is nothing suitable to take his

place well let's have a look

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he's not unconscious is he

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no no he's sedated that's all i'll be

back in a minute

sure

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well this is another fine mess you've

got us into

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it's pretty bad friend

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but you knew that didn't you

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there is nothing that i can really do

but we can see you don't suffer

not more than you have to

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i do the best i can for the others

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well you're right there's nothing here

every zoo's got chimps maybe they don't

consider them surplus but they've got

them

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so the trick's going to be to get them

to part with one well how do you do that

make them an offer they can't refuse you

know somebody in the mafia

let's think about it though okay see

what animals there are wick on

what body deer are pretty hard to come

by oh no

that woman she would not even give me

the time of day

i only have five wapatis peter's got a

point

the two of them are in four and we could

give two away in a couple of months time

you'll still have five

mitch's got a point and what happens if

there's a birth problem what kind of vet

do you think i am

look there are at least three places we

know who are short of wapatis

oh offer them a couple of your cats

she's not going to be in it

i didn't say i wouldn't be in it

i just said i don't like the idea every

one of those

wobbity's a top animal we know that

peter

that's why we think another zoo will

jump in the chats

in ten weeks time i'd better be able to

hear the patter of

eight tiny hooves or else there's gonna

be big trouble

thanks that's one i owe it

it's to you amy

we've spoken to five of them and at

least a couple of them prepared to think

about it

look i'm sorry harry ted's dead

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sorry mate

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nobody even cared of course they did

you saw how concerned dad was i saw how

he and harry

are running around looking for a

replacement but they have to do that

to help the others

susie you know when someone dies

everything else just can't stop still

you don't care

i do i liked old tad too

he was a good old bloke

i'm sorry it had to happen yeah

ah good day you were supposed to ring me

i tried

your phone was always busy oh i was

probably talking to roger

but it's all fixed up you're invited too

oh well come on

look i'd like to go but

it's all arranged

ted died oh the monkey he was a chimp

is that why you don't want to come i

just don't feel in the mood for a party

because of some monkey are you in

mourning or something

i don't feel like a party that's all do

you know how much trouble i had in

getting raj to invite you

what am i going to tell him now sorry

robin but

tell him that i couldn't make it i'll

tell him that there was a death in the

family

right you

you tell him that

i'm sorry she blew up at you like that

are beautiful chances of making it

without a mate

i honestly don't know love

i hope she does

dad when mum died

you made it yeah

i was a lot younger than beautiful is

besides i had these two pretty wonderful

kids to help me through

perth yeah well i mean how much to bring

a chip from there oh

about two thousand dollars i told you

the cupboard's bare

however that's the bad news the good

news is that i have a secret weapon

good morning ah bennett mitchell

you know i've been thinking bennett

there should be steps built up out of

that moat

just in case anyone should ever get uh

caught there

but then wouldn't the animals get out

that's a point yes well what did you

want to see me about

oh great news mr spencer our overseas

visitors the other day like dow zoo so

much that we've been invited to host

next year's international zoo directors

conference

that's good it's recognition that we are

one of the top zoos in the world

good lord of course i always knew that

but whether those foreigners could

recognize the fact had me a bit worried

of course the zoo will have to be this

peak for the occasion oh indeed

animal numbers are full strength they

work but we have a slight problem sir

with these yes i heard about the death

now we must have a replacement and there

is one available

in perth earth might as well be on the

moon and cost a fortune to bring it

across

two thousand dollars actually we were

wondering if the spencer bequest might

be able to help us out

two thousand animal numbers must be at

full strength

as you so rightly say mr spencer we're

among the world's top zoos now

yeah mitchell are we sure these will

accept newcomers two thousand dollars

they ought to be delighted

there is

isn't he beautiful his name's ernie

did he really come all the way from

perth sure did

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well that's a problem in one branch of

the family solved what about this branch

any problems

not now nick what about this beautiful

young girl you're trying to forget

what girl

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monkeys

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