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01x02 - Does it Bite?

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.

01x02 - Does it Bite?

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[Music]

reach for the speed

reach for the whistle go where the rail

may run

reach for the words

reach for the story

follow the rainbow sun

to a shining time station

where dreams can come true

waiting there for you

[Music]

impossible ridiculous and foolishness

this new train schedule is tommy rot

baldydash and cuckoo

there isn't a train on earth that can go

from point pokey to cloggyville in 11

seconds

it's 14 miles and look here from

doodletown to turley in 18 hours well

it's impossible why i can walk from

doodletown to turley in 15 minutes and

i'm only 18 inches tall

i'll just have to write the correct

times in here

what are you doing

stop that

those are the new train schedules from

the railroad company i am the only one

who can change those schedules well it

may be new but it's not a train schedule

give me that pencil never you can't get

from buttertown to chubby corners in

four seconds

what did you say

what

four seconds

what ah

you are miss stacy jones

yes uh could you please direct me to the

station master

i am the station master may i help you

you're the state

oh

well uh miss station master

well this certainly is a lovely train

station you have here yes so very lovely

indeed

but enough about you

do you see those machines over there

they are all mine

the railroad

has given me a long lease

for the entire arcade

starting today

and

i'm thinking about putting in some more

machines

some big new noisy expensive huge heavy

machines

yes i have some big plans

very

big plans uh yes and

have you noticed the new schedules

that i had printed up

you had those schedules printed up why

those schedules are all wrong and if the

schedules are wrong the passengers will

miss their trains i know so what who

cares it's fantastic

they miss their train so they have

nothing to do therefore consequently so

they go to my arcade and spend their

money in my machines oh

oh

you really are a schemer aren't you well

that's what they call me the schemer and

the pleasure is all mine uh yes well mr

scheme please please schemer my friends

call me schemer well schemer these

schedules are worthless

they are worse than worthless they are

misleading now what have you done with

the real schedule take it easy take a

deep breath

just an idea

it will hardly ever happen again

what a way to run a railroad

[Music]

mr conductor

[Music]

can i help you sir

what's that a silly face

you want to go someplace silly

no no

sounds like silly uh billy crilly dilly

billy

dilly lick

okay you gotta take the train to shemp

and change at spotsville your uh train

will arrive in about a half an

[Music]

you know our little friend who lives in

the wall mr conductor i owe him an

apology i blamed him for changing the

schedules and he was only trying to

correct them will you help me find him

sure great

here

what are you doing in there

uh

i was looking for mr conductor you want

to find a conductor's son you're way

down on the platform there aren't any

conductors in here and certainly not in

my drawer

was there something else no no i was

just leaving

there's a door

be careful now

hi matt where you going i was looking

for someone come on and visit my

grandpa's workshop maybe we can help him

fix something

i don't think he wants me in his

workshop

oh you're afraid i'm not

well come on let's go see him then i

think i'll look for mr conductor instead

who's mr conductor he's the little guy

who lives in the wall

oh yeah

what is it like a goblin or an animal or

something no he's a guy come on help me

find him a guy

a little guy

uh no thanks you can go look for him

now who's afraid i'm not afraid i'm not

afraid of anything you are too and not

besides you're afraid to visit my

grandma yeah and you're afraid to be mr

conductor

there he is come on

matthew matt matthew hi

mr conductor's been telling me all about

train schedules on the island of sodor

did he tell you about thomas or gordon

no what about thomas or gordon ah let me

see

[Music]

you're absolutely right i keep it to

remind myself that one day the railroad

will give me a gold watch for all my

years in service

that's what you get when you've been

around as long as i have

but i always know what time it is how

how

i just look at that big clock over there

i have some time i'll tell you a story

about henry the big green engine

but i must warn you it's a very sad

story

[Music]

once an engine attached to a train was

afraid of a few drops of rain

it went into a tunnel and squeaked

through its funnel and wouldn't come out

again

[Music]

the engine's name is henry his driver

and fireman argued with him but he would

not move

[Music]

the rain will spoil my lovely green

paint and red stripes he said

the conductor blew his whistle till he

had no more breath and waved his flag

till his arms ate but henry still stayed

in the tunnel and blew steam at him

i'm not going to spoil my lovely green

paint and red stripes for you

then along came sir topham hatt a man in

charge of all the engines on the island

of sodor

[Music]

we will pull you out said sir topham

hatt but henry only blew steam at him

everyone pulled except sir topham hatt

because

he said my doctor has forbidden me to

pull

but still henry stayed in the tunnel

and they tried pushing from the other

end

sir topham hatt said one two three

push

but he didn't help

my doctor has forbidden me to push he

said

they pushed and pushed and pushed but

still henry stayed in the tunnel

at last thomas came along

the conductor waved his red flag and

stopped him

everyone argued with henry

look it has stopped raining they said

yes but it will begin again soon said

henry and what would become of my green

paint with red stripes then

[Music]

thomas pushed and puffed and pushed as

hard as ever he could

but still henry stayed in the tunnel

eventually even sir topham hatt gave up

we shall take away your rails he said

and leave you here until you're ready to

come out of the tunnel

[Music]

they took up the old rails and built a

wall in front of henry

so that other engines wouldn't bump into

him

[Music]

all henry could do was to watch the

trains rushing through the other tunnel

he was very sad because he thought no

one would ever see his lovely green

paint with red stripes again

as time went on edward and gordon would

often pass by

edward would say

hello

and gordon would say poop poop served

you right

poor henry had no steam to answer his

fire had gone out

sutton dirt from the tunnel had spoiled

his lovely green paint and red stripes

anyway

how long do you think henry will stay in

the tunnel before he overcomes his fear

of the rain and then decides to journey

out again

hello there

do you ever wear green with red stripes

sometimes what's gonna happen does henry

ever get out of the tunnel

whoops at the risk of being terribly

late the story of henry must

unfortunately wait i promise completing

at our very next meeting so shake and

we'll make it a date

no i mean shake

[Music]

oh

boy imagine being frightened of a few

drops of rain or if you get wet you can

just dry up again

i guess everyone is afraid of something

sometimes like the dark yeah big scary

dog yeah nightmares

but you know the best thing to do when

you're afraid is to talk to someone you

know about it

oh there's the male train from pelican

falls i'll be right back

let's go save the picture machine

there's flying saucers in there they're

not scary ones look

every time you're in an unfamiliar

situation

surrounded by strangers and you don't

know what to do

[Music]

so don't be afraid

just be yourself don't be afraid to

reach on out you've got to be courageous

[Music]

to speak your mind don't be afraid just

let go

you'll find it's advantageous

to let your feelings

[Music]

[Music]

and if they make you feel a little blue

[Music]

they just made me a little scared of you

so don't be afraid

just be yourself don't be afraid

[Music]

oh children

hello uh what are your names uh i'm

tanya matt matt and tanya well those are

lovely names for people that have them

schemer

now why aren't you children putting your

money inside my lovely machines

i don't have any more money

no money

hey then what are you doing hanging

around here come on get out of here out

get a job earn a living grow up come on

get some hard-earned cash get out of

here out

[Music]

since there is no one around here

unfortunately i'll have to spend my own

nickel

envoyage mr jefferson

there it is like sound again

and i am

exhausted

another nickel baby hey i'm keeping this

one i keep all the nickels for my

private collection

hey what is going on here

where is my song who's yelling to us

like that red i think it's the fella who

owns this joint text

thank you rex you're welcome tex

whoa

whoa

i'm getting seasick

i am going to get my nickel back give

him back his nickel no

i found it it's mine

hey

there's like a very spooky dude looking

in down here and i am not totally

thrilled

lucky he can't see us

[Music]

hello

mr conductor are you in there

mad

could you please take this to harry for

me

what's the matter something wrong

no well well yes

how are you doesn't want me in his

workshop oh well you tell him that i

sent you it'll be okay

[Music]

[Music]

whoa son what's the big rush i was just

leaving my aunt stacy sent me over with

your book

did you find that conductor you were

looking for

yes sir i'm glad he wasn't in the drawer

here

the thought of a train conducting a draw

makes me nervous

and i'm not the sort of man who gets

nervous

scared

sure

nervous

nah

i had one of the biggest scares of my

life when i was about your age

you see this engine here

i'll never forget the first time she

rumbled into the station

her wheels

looked 10 feet tall

you were scared of a train engine

at first it was

she let off a blast of steam about

scared the pants off me

then

after a while

i got a chance to ride and

she was mighty

and i got to blow the whistle

warning everybody we were

passing through

i was hooked

i knew i'd be a railroad band from that

moment on

why don't you go in and join them

because i was looking for you mr

conductor you promised you'd tell me

what happened to henry the green engine

you promised yes i did didn't i and my

motto is never to disappoint a child

you are a child aren't you

yes

and you are a child too

yes

very well

back to our sad sad story about henry

walled up in the tunnel

[Music]

gordon always pulled the big express

he was proud of being the only engine

strong enough to do so

it was full of important people like sir

topham hatt and gordon was seeing how

fast he could go

hurry hurry he said tickley talk tricky

talk tricky truck said the coaches

in a minute gordon would see the tunnel

where henry stood bricked up and lonely

oh dear thought henry why did i worry

about rain spoiling my lovely coat of

paint i'd like to come out of the tunnel

but henry didn't know how to ask i'm

going to poop poop at henry said gordon

[Music]

he was almost there when

and there was proud gordon going slower

and slower in a cloud of steam

his driver stopped the train

what has happened to me as gordon i feel

so weak

you've burst your safety valve said the

driver you can't pull the train anymore

oh dear said gordon we were going so

nicely too

and look there's henry laughing at me

everyone came to see gordon

said sir topham hatt these big engines

are always causing me trouble

send for another engine at once while

the conductor went to find one they

uncoupled gordon who had enough puff to

slink onto the siding out of the way

edward was the only engine left

i'll come and try he said

[Music]

said gordon that's no use edward can't

push the train

[Music]

kind edwards puffed and pushed and

pushed and puffed but he couldn't move

the heavy coaches

i told you so said gordon why not let

henry try

yes said sir topham hatt i will

will you help pull this train henry he

asked

oh yes said henry

when henry had got up steam he puffed

out he was dirty and covered with

cobwebs

oh i am stiff i am stiff he groaned

have a run to ease your joints and find

a turntable that's a topping hat

[Music]

when henry came back he felt much better

then they coupled him up

said henry so am i pull hard we'll do it

pull hard we'll do it they pop together

[Music]

we've done it together we've done it

together said edward and henry you've

done it hooray you've done it hooray

sang the coaches everyone was excited

sir topham hatt leaned out of the window

to wave at edward and henry but the

train was going so fast that his hat

blew off into a field where a goat ate

it for tea

[Music]

they never stopped till they came to the

station at the end of the line

the passengers all said thank you and

sir topham hatt promised henry a new

coat of paint

on their way home edward and henry help

gordon back to the shed

all three engines are now great friends

henry doesn't mind the rain now he knows

that the best way to keep his paint nice

is not to run into tunnels but to ask

his driver to rub him down when the

day's work is over

are you two becoming great friends

good now you can get each other out of a

jam when you need to

oh time to be traveling again bye

i want my money back

so

i'm going to take this machine apart

piece by piece

then i will get my nickel back

look man will you give him back his

nickel so he'll finally leave us alone

no all right baby goodbye my almost mint

condition nickel till we meet again

[Music]

at least i got my nickel back

this place is very strange

my own machine's trying to swipe my own

money you know

i am not so sure i want to bring my big

noisy new expensive heavy machines in

here oh because i'm not so sure that

this place is good enough for them

i mean my own machines will not even

play for me

oh hi you're back

your train to dilly lick will be here

any minute now it's right on time

according to schedule

i think i'm getting out of here

everybody this place is crazy

wow look at the

[Music]

this calls for something special let's

make music toe tapping finger snapping

happy time music a one a two a three

[Music]

camp town ladies sing this song

a camptown racetrack five miles long

come down there with my hat

[Music]

gone to run all day

i bet my money on the bobtail nag

somebody bet on the bay

[Music]

oh

mula cow come

[Music]

don't like the railroad car to

all day i bet my money on the bob's

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

oh boy this has been quite a day

nah honey how about you helping me post

this new schedule

[Music]

reach for the speed

reach for the whistle go where the rail

may run

reach for the words reach for the story

follow the rainbow sun

[Music]

to a shining tide station

where dreams can come true

waiting there for you

so much to see

so far to travel so much to learn to

know

friends by your side

hopes to hold on to who knows how far

you'll go

to a shining time station

where dreams can come true

your own

imagination

waiting there for you

[Music]

you