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01x09 - Stryker's Good Deed

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Follyfoot". Aired: 28 June 1971 – 15 September 1973.*
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Originally inspired by Monica Dickens' 1963 novel Cobbler's Dream (republished in 1995 as New Arrival at Follyfoot); she later wrote four further books in conjunction with the series—Follyfoot in 1971, Dora at Follyfoot in 1972, The Horses of Follyfoot in 1975, and Stranger at Follyfoot in 1976.

01x09 - Stryker's Good Deed

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grow

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what happened it's the old rag and boom

fella it must have been take new or

something

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here what about his horse you are

can't leave it here

don't look at me

ought to do something

i know what i'd do with the horse

i'll sh**t it sh**t it

and take it down to the knackers yard

and have it done in

doing what's good i must say it's a bag

of bones no hey you mustn't sh**t him

what's your name son he's not a bag of

bones what's your name chip

his name's chip

what's the matter with him

do you know where he lives who

the boy that just run off

search me

okay

i'll take the horse

uh what you gonna do with it why do you

want it no not me

right i'll take it then

i've got an idea

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there you are marty nearly finished

where's ron this morning he's supposed

to be doing this

you know what slugger calls him the late

ron striker

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i don't know what's the matter with

sultan this morning you're all behind

him this morning what have you been up

to we're nearly finished there's

something wrong with sultan where was

the manor wouldn't touch his feet this

morning well don't put him inside give

him a run in the middle okay can you

take martial yeah

come on

when can i ride dancer well not at the

moment but not until i've scooted him a

little

he's much too full of beans at the

moment steady

easy easy please flaming the way he came

out through that door i thought he was

full of dynamite

whoa whoa whoa you see

if she once got the bit between her

teeth you'd never be able to hold him

now look nobody nobody at all must ride

her at the moment do you understand whoa

steady steady

is that the last of it

the last of it he says the last of it

that'll be the day when we've run out of

this

now i want her saddled up whoa whoa

steady look she's much too frisky

where's ron

i'm not sure

oh i see

late again

steady

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hey

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what's all that about them

hey what'd you do that for

we'll never get home at this rate

you want a proper breakfast don't you

talk about the blind leading the blind

come on

what do you think of sultan

can't tell

he's not himself that's for sure he's

sickening for something

he should be in his store with a blanket

uh

tackle up tight not joking

well the colonel said that tonight yeah

he didn't have to groom him this morning

he still knows

so do i

so now you know everything about horses

no i don't

just because you're losing the argument

have a horse now me too

here horsey oh just wait

look

where else did he get that from

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the colonel sees that you'll be furious

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too late

striker

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you stupid idiot leading a horse on that

infernal thing

come here and see me

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tell you what john john

horses are always trouble meow mate

always

come on

his name's ron striker

ron striker is it

yeah well we know all about him

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this is where he was he was here

yeah well he's not here now is he sonny

he's taking john john up to folly

it's a terrible place they touch your

horses

that's where you'll be

whoa

oh there's still still there stand still

and get back stop forget

it said there you great fruit just

because your name's darth i don't need

to do island fling

so the colonel gave you telling off him

did he

why did you do it then why bring the

horse back

horrible looking brute

i always thought you said that horse was

work on four legs

yeah but i've got this plan see

it's like um

well it's sort of uh

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a good deed

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well i can do a good deed if i want to

can i oh good deed he says good deed you

joined the boy scouts or sonny

thing is mate i need your help oh yeah i

thought there'd be a catch in it

somewhere

look do you remember that young williams

kid jep

oh you came here with his mother about a

horse that's him yeah

yeah well uh i sort of scared him off

once see i'm not surprised you

frightened me all the time do you want

to hear my planner don't yes oh yeah

yeah yeah i'm fascinated right well i

scared him off see yeah i told him we

tortured our horses

that was only a joke anyhow he believed

me when he sees me this morning he runs

a mile doesn't he

you don't know where he lives do you

chip me

no

no

cause you see i was thinking he could

look after john john

oh no not here but down at simkin's yard

just till the old geezer comes out of

hospital well he loves horses he'd be

ever so pleased

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so you uh you like the idea do you yeah

where do i fit into it oh well

i was hoping you could just nip down to

wherever jip lives and tell him

me yeah

i'll just snip over i'll do your actual

nipping yeah

what are you gonna do

nothing i told you you won't talk to me

oh marvelous i'm glad you like it oh

yeah yeah it's marvelous not only do you

get a nice happy warm feeling doing a

good deed you also get a nice happy warm

feeling knowing that you're not gonna

bother about your horse yourself

no

no you're right son it is no it's your

good deed you do it

not me mate

i think it's a rotten idea i thought you

like chip i do

but he doesn't know the first thing

about horses

if yes me your idea stinks oh all right

my pardon me for breathing

you won't go

slugger won't go i can't go how am i

supposed to do a good deed if no one

will help me

better ask the colonel aren't you

the colonel

come in

oh it's you you want to see me

yes colonel

and i want to see you

now what's this nonsense i hear from the

police that you told young jib willens

that we were cruel to our horses it was

only a joke

so you did say it

you know i can scarcely credit it even

from you

you're a lazy shiftless idol workshop

young layabout you know that yes colonel

and why i put up with you i don't know

no colonel

any more of this nonsense and you're out

do you understand yes

now

what do you want to see me about

it don't matter

course i will run be glad to oh that's

smashing dora tar and to find you at

williams when i find him ask him if he

wants to look after john john for a

couple of weeks down at simkin's yard

okay great

time dora he'll make it up to him see a

good deed

look

it's john john she's escaped hey

hey quit you get out

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come back here

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dancer you damn fool i said no one was

to ride her she'll break her neck

steve try and cut her off but take it

easy and don't excite her

doing on that horse

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now

laura

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knock it off ron

that doctor's been up there a long time

oh she's all right

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hello

what do you want uh i've come to see mr

simpkins

well all right then only be a few

minutes

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hello chip

oh thanks for the comics

there's a change

you're right mr sinkins i'm not bad what

happened i was going towards john john

when all of a sudden i felt faint and

then i just blacked out

they've taken john john up to folly for

they'll never keep john john at folly

foot

no but she's up there now well she find

a way home

she could do it blindfolded do you think

she will

there'll be no stopping at you

she'll be home before they realize she's

gone

probably she's home now

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john john

you found your own way back

come in

i uh

well we were worried about you are you

okay now

you give us a nasty turn for a minute

hey good job you didn't break nothing

arose by any other name

oh something oh wrong they're lovely it

really is your day for good deeds yeah

well they're probably full of earwigs my

good days usually are

i was going to help you in everything

yeah well it was only an idea won it did

you catch jontron

blooming thing now we never

i'm going looking for him in a couple of

minutes

it could be mars away by now certainly

took off as though he knew where he was

going yeah

that way

but what's that way

simpkins yard for a start

so scotland mate if you go far enough

simpkins yard me

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don't make it bad

take a sad song and make it better

hello chip

what are you doing here

mr simpkins let me be here

come for john john

but she doesn't want to go she don't

want to go back to folly fort

you know that's not true

you've seen folly foot and horses like

you there but she came back didn't she

look you never come and see your horse

he's very happy but it's the other one

who i don't like

wrong

you don't have to worry about him he's

all right

but anyhow it's like an old person's

home

what's wrong with that

oh people don't want to move

hey what

oh people

migrant didn't and mr simpkins didn't

nobody wants to leave their own home

don't know about that

would you

hey would you

folly foot's my home

the only one i ever had

come on

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now then

i'll tell

what are you going to say if he gets his

great snout down your orange aid hey go

on hop it

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right to your mum young lady

you haven't written one since you've

been here have you oh slugger

oh slugger she says old slugger horn do

as you told for a chance what do i tell

her

dear mummy i've just been thrown from a

dangerous horse and slag has built me a

beautiful deathbed yeah don't say things

like that that's tempting problems that

is

touch wood before you say

slugger

it's more yourself in it you're feeling

better now

all right

now you think it's something nice to say

to your mum

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hi hi

you okay

hello mate i brought you good deed back

great steve

but uh

what am i supposed to do with it oh same

old stuff feeder

waterer groomer exerciser muck out

change your bedding

usual thing

looks as though john john's your problem

again

i should have left you where you were

mate in a street

work on full legs horses

and you lying like robinson crusoe

you're not much help to me neither

hey

i know what i'll do

i'll see jip

yeah that's it

i'm gonna get him to look after you mate

if it's the last thing i do

hey jay

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jay

go away

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hang about mate

i want to talk to you

what if you done to that a*s

i got this idea for john john

you want to hear it

no look mate it's not like you think

told a copper about you

come off it who you trying to kid that

cop will get you

hey come back

i want you to look after john john

not me you

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i want you to look after him

you stupid earth

what are you doing look you ought to be

walking about you ought to be sitting

down it's colic we should have guessed

colic let me have a look

well he's not sweating has he been

kicking no pouring the ground no trying

to lie down well no

hello

when did you first notice it when he

wouldn't touch his feet well who groomed

him this morning i did well it must have

been once over lightly is that the way

you usually groom your horses i groomed

him okay if you'd groomed him okay you'd

have noticed this bruise look

he's been kicked

look what came about was the worst thing

that you could do

all right put him in the stable now keep

him quiet give him a mash

slip some trickling that ought to make

him eat

go on boy

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you should have asked me oh shut up ron

you're supposed to be looking after john

john in case you'd forgotten player a

tune

that's what jip does down at simkin's

place

hey

chip

yep down at simkin's place

that's right

looking after john john

right

so every time he takes off from here

he's gonna see jip

yep

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take my

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falling in love

with you

like

you did that on purpose

i thought he liked music maybe he does

hey look at him guy look at that they'll

never catch him

straight back to simkin's yard

and jib

perhaps you've done your good deed after

yeah yeah

feeling better sultan my god he is well

feeling better well i told you didn't i

it's me music me playing

trico

what is

down

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is

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easily

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