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01x14 - Just Wild About Harry's Workshop

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Shining Time Station". Aired: January 29, 1989 – November 20, 1995.*
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A local named Horace Schemer, simply referred to as Schemer, runs the station's arcade and serves as the series' comic relief.

01x14 - Just Wild About Harry's Workshop

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which mother

we talk story

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to a shiny

Station

come true

waiting there

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he's a doer he's a dreamer he's

absolutely schemer and he's me he's the

beautiful me me me me me me me me me me

me

hi are you addressing me ah YouTube come

on inside I need some design ideas now

what do you think I should put here the

rotating hotdog wheel or the char-broil

stood chicken grill you're not supposed

to be in here this is my grandpa's

workshop well not for long my friend

oh oh hi schemer what are you doing here

you happen to be speaking to the future

owner and operator of a full-service

snack bar of leisure foods coming soon

to a train station near you

Oh what are you talking about coming

we're right here this is from

headquarters

does this mean that the railroad is

letting you open the snack bar here in

Harry's workshop well they were thinking

about it if they like my report though

boom snap our time we'll see about that

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hello and this is Stacy Jones at shining

time station yes may I please speak to

mr. JB King Esquire good for you Stacy

tell them Harry's workshop stays just as

it is

hello mr. King no no I do not think it's

a dandy idea

no no shining time station does not need

a snack bar well I know other stations

have them but business is fine and

besides other stations don't have hairy

copper he is the heart and soul of this

place yes and and we need him and he

needs his workshop oh that's all I have

to say for now thank you goodbye

Wow Stacy that was your boss isn't your

fire well I don't care because well

because sometimes you just have to stand

up for what you believe in like standing

up for grandpa's workshop every time you

look like you're all dressed up to go

butterfly hunting I am of course a

butterfly to me is about the size of an

evil to you so after I catch one we just

play a few games of cards and then I let

it go there's something to matter well I

wonder if I should call mr. King back

and explain myself better I should say

not let him think about it you don't

want to explain yourself to well you

know because if people know exactly what

you mean then it's easy for them to

disagree with you but if they aren't

sure what you mean then they can never

be quite sure whether they disagree or

not you know it reminds me of when my

friend Doug first arrived on the island

of sodor

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do you know what asked Percy what

grunted Gordon do you know what silly

said Gordon of course I don't know what

if you don't tell me what-what is Sir

Topham Hatt says that the work in the

yard is too heavy for me he's getting a

bigger engine to help me rubbish said

James any engine could do it if you work

more and chatted less this yard would be

a sweeter a better and a happier place

Percy went off to fetch some coaches

stupid old signal he thought he was

remembering the time misunderstood a

signal and God backwards instead of

forwards no one listens to me now they

think I'm a silly little engine and

order me about I'll show them I'll show

them but he didn't know how

by the end of the afternoon he felt

tired and you brought some coaches to

the station hello Percy

said Sir Topham Hatt you look tired yes

sir I am sir I don't know if I'm

standing on my dome or my wheels you

look the right way up to me

laughs Sir Topham Hatt cheer up the new

engine is bigger than you and can

probably do the work alone would you

like to help build my new harbor Thomas

and Toby will help oh yes sir thank you

sir

the new engine arrived what's your name

asked Sir Topham Hatt Montagu sir but

I'm usually called duck they say I

wattle I don't really sir but I like

duck better than Montague good duck it

shall be here Percy show doc round the

two engines went off together soon they

were very busy James Gordon and Henry

watched up quietly doing his work

he seems a simple sort of engine we'll

have some fun and order him about smoke

billowed everywhere Percy was cross duck

took no notice they'll get tired of it

soon do they tell you to do things Percy

yes they do answered Percy right said

tuck will soon stop that nonsense you

whispered something we'll do it later

Sir Topham Hatt was looking forward to

hot buttered toast for tea at home

suddenly had an extraordinary noise

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father he said and hurried to the yard

duck and Percy tomley sat on the

switches outside the shed refusing to

let the engines in Gordon James and

Henry were furious stop that noise

bellowed Sir Topham Hatt they won't let

us in his Gordon duck explain this

behavior beg pardon sir but I'm a great

western engine we do our work without

fuss but beggin your pardon sir Percy

and I would be glad if you would inform

these our engines that we only take

orders from you quiet call Sir Topham

Hatt Percy and duck I am pleased with

your work today but not with your

behavior tonight you have caused the

disturbance Gordon Henry and James

snigger as for you

thundered Sir Topham Hatt you've been

worse you made the disturbance doc is

quite right this is my railway and I

give the orders

the Percy went away duck was left to

manage alone he did so easily there's

just one more thing mr. conductor

honestly how that stories anything to do

with what you said about not explain

yourself to well exactly and now excuse

me I have an appointment in a field of

wildflowers near lucky late

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afternoon you know that Silva comments

running Bevin if you did 30 years ago

and throttles working smooth got a

picture of when she was new right here

workshop what's this that's the problem

see schemer got permission from the

railroad so uh well to make a proposal

to sort of well to turn your workshop

into something else what kind of

something else

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sometimes my ears play tricks on me

it's Stacey's a snack bar customer

waiting for another train Oh fantastic

listen uh hey I don't know about you but

the making sure you some entertainment

right about now huh

hey how about some music I do believe

that we have a jukebox right around here

right back schemer we cannot close down

Harry's workshop number one he helps me

to keep running the station properly

number two he helps all the passengers

and number three he makes wonderful

things gadgets for me toys for the kids

George Jones don't get serious

today's railroads do not run on songs

gadgets and stories they run on

cheeseburgers and scrambled eggs oh yes

really they also run on equipment and

what about all the repairs that Harry

does around this station this place

wouldn't last a week without Harry's

help

Oh miss Jones you could run this place

by yourself with one hand tied behind

your back am i teaching you how to

manage the joint listen all of these

dropping a nickel is that you

that's it out

but what do you suppose she means by

eight uh excuse me it means I'm the

manager here and I want you out okay I

can take a hint

Miss Jones is it my fault the human

beings need food to survive

well is it excuse me don't this work

good I still say Stacie's right but

sometimes a nice bowl of chili is just

what a buddy leaves it elated huh that's

pure poetry Tex well thank you

guys want chili so do I best run they're

waiting for us to play a one A two A

three

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number

Oh what is that

yonder coming coming

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come in come you know

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in a comment

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ghetto

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to freedom it will carry on

to freedom freedom carry

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Sabrina freedom

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get on

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and states why schemer doing this I know

he's a bully oh I don't think so Tonya I

know I got angry with him before but

schemers not really a bully a bully is

someone who pushes around people who are

we

well he does so many silly things

skippers problem is is that he doesn't

really know how to get along and work

with other people so he doesn't move to

be a book that's right he doesn't mean

to be a bully here I think he'd like to

be our friend

what goes around always comes around huh

it sounds like a riddle not really take

a look in the picture machine

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right

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respond something nice that you are for

your own in somebody else's

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bullies are losers at

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fish chasing my nose all day was quite

tough right

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cuz he's sure what's more scary

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excuse me everyone I have work to do I

talked to my lawyers and they said the

only person who's allowed to boss me

around are the people at the main office

suddenly schemer you amaze me i amaze

myself

and Harry just to show you if there's no

hard feelings there you suit yourself

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it's your machine this is a major

malfunction for me happy guy no way no

way hey Harry - job fine suit yourself

I'll find somebody else Harry you're not

gonna like me for saying this but I

think you should fix the machine

that's not funny stays well well maybe

if you fix the machine then schemer

might might give me back some of his

already supposed to be mine

there it's fixed you can tell because

you laughed

nothing was funny I don't blame him no

one wants to be told they're not useful

no one wants to be replaced Percy went

through the same thing when he met

Harold I'll tell you about it by the way

never beat a golden wanted butterfly in

a game of cards they get angry Percy

worked hard at the new Harbor the work

the needed stone for their building

Toby helped at some times the loads of

stone were too heavy and Percy had to

fix them for himself sometimes you'd see

Thomas well done Percy Sir Topham Hatt

is very pleased with us

an airfield was close by Percy heard the

earthing zooming overhead all day the

noisiest of all was a helicopter stupid

thing said Percy why can't it go and

buzz somewhere else

one day Percy stopped the airfield hello

said Percy who are you I am Harold said

the helicopter who are you I'm Percy

what really great arms you've got there

nice arms said Harold I can hover like a

bird don't you wish you could hover

certainly not I like my rails thank you

I think Rama is the slow said Harold

they're not much use and quite out of

date the world is all buzzed the way

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Percy found Toby at the quarry

I say Toby that Harold that stuck-up

whirlybird thing says I'm slow and

out-of-date just let him wait I'll show

him he collected his freight cars and

started off still fuming soon they heard

a familiar buzzing he whispered his

driver there's Harold he's not far ahead

let's raise him yes let's send Percy

Percy pounded along the cars screamed

and swayed well I'll be a ding-dong-dang

said the driver there was Harold the

race was on

dalek Percy he'll you're gaining Percy

had never been allowed to run fast

before she was having the time of his

life hurry hurry hurry

he panted to the cars we don't want to

we don't want to they grumbled it was no

use

Percy was rocketing along with flying

wheels and Harold was high and alongside

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a fireman shoveled for dear life well

done Percy shouted the driver we're

gaining we're going ahead oh good boy

good boy

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a distant signal warned them that the

harbour Wharf is near PPP brakes -

doctor please driver carefully check the

trains headlong speed

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they rolled under the main line and

halted on the wharf

oh dear groan Percy I'm sure we've lost

the fireman scrambled to the cab roof

we've won we won he shouted Harold's

still hovering he's looking for a place

to land listen boys the fireman called

here's a song for Percy said Harold

helicopter to our Percy you are slow

your railway is out to date - not what

you know but Percy with the stone cars

to the trip in record time and we beat

the helicopter on our old friends bye

Percy

loved it oh thank you he said he liked

the last line best of all and was a very

happy engine it's nice that person I

became friends but not while schemer

wants that workshop

Harry's like me a traveling man and the

funny thing is the more we travel the

more we like to know that there's one

special place somewhere that's all ours

a place that we can really call home

oh-oh here comes you-know-who time for

me to strum EVOO can you believe some

Joker warranted progeny dollars an hour

plus parts to fix my machine hey why so

go on oh let's schemer take over your

workshop and yes he can be greedy

insulting and very insensitive are you

talking about you so my job is to make

sure that the station runs properly and

that means the whole station so I have

to figure out a way for us all to work

well together you know I do not have to

take this I'm gonna call headquarters

that won't be necessary PC Flanagan

chief roving inspector for the Indian

Valley Railroad I've been observing

you're stationed here I must say I found

it all very interesting him the name is

schemer a vending magnate extraordinaire

cafe proprietor par excellence

mr. schemer I like your jukebox that

claw machine is a classic and you have

some ambitious ideas about opening a

cafe now let me see that letter from

headquarters thank you darlin boy what

that letter is hereby rescinded that

means it's no longer any good and you're

mr. Cooper yes in my opinion mr. Cooper

the Indian Valley Railroad is lucky to

have a man like you on its payroll our

apologies your workshop is sure for as

long as you want it thank you that's all

I wanted to hear

as for you mr. steamer like I said you

have a lot of ambitious ideas and that's

fine but you need a bit more modesty and

a lot more sense

get over here schemer why what well how

do you expect me to fix your machine if

my tools are locked up behind this door

oh you know Harry I think that I learned

a little something from this uh

misunderstanding that we met I really

don't think that we need a snack bar

around here what we need is a guy who

can fix arcade machines yeah and I mean

that thank you mr. Flanagan for what we

would have done without Harry in his

workshop you can thank yourself miss Jo

the things you've been saying make a lot

of sense it's good you held your ground

and stood up for what you believe

reach both speed reach both where Sun go

where the rel-nei run

each more the words reach both starring

- a shining

Station

where dreams

waiting there for me so far to travel so

much to learn

friends by your side hopes to hold on to

do know so far you go

to his shining time station

where dreams can come

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you

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