01x04 - Paddington And The Stately Home / The Opal of My Eye / Too Much off the Top

[bunniefuu]

♪ Left peru and sailed
to england alone ♪

♪ There he met the browns
and they took him home ♪

♪ Now a new life has begun

♪ He's windsor gardens'
favorite son ♪

♪ 'Cause he always does his best
to help everyone ♪

♪ When a problem appears

♪ He never misses a b*at

♪ And always finds a way
to land on his feet ♪

♪ He has his very own unique
point of view ♪

♪ Looks at everything
as if it's brand-new ♪

♪ He is friendly and polite

♪ And he tries
to do things right ♪

♪ But he gets in sticky messes

♪ Just the same

♪ He's curious
and speaks his mind ♪

♪ But trouble is
never far behind ♪

♪ It's paddington bear
he's one of a kind ♪♪

-I'm paddington bear!

-Dear aunt lucy.

Today, mr. Gruber is taking
judy, jonathan and me

To visit my first stately home.

I don't know what a
stately home is, but it
sounds very important.

So I decided to give my
wellington boots a good shine.

-Come and see, paddington.

Mr. Gruber wants to
show us a brochure.
-Show us a brochure?

But I thought he was going
to show us a stately home.

-And so I am, mr. Brown.

Today, we are going
to luckam house.

Like other stately homes,
it's very expensive to run,

So the owner, lord luckam,
opens it to the public.

There are regular concerts,
a souvenir shop...

And one surprise feature

Which mr. Brown will
particularly enjoy.

- Lord luckam lived
in a very big house.

I hoped jonathan
and judy wouldn't get
lost during the tour.

-Welcome to luckam house!

I am lord luckam,
your host and tour guide.

The tour will start shortly.

Ah, miss brody!
Thank you for coming.

I hope the readers of
the london daily globe

Will enjoy a story
about my stately home.

-I hope so, lord luckam.
I will try and make it as
interesting as possible.

[Paddington is sniffing.]

-So this is the surprise
feature, mr. Gruber?
A restaurant?

- Ah, ah! But not just any
restaurant, mr. Brown.

Their beef wellington is famous.

-What's beef wellington?

- A delicious dish.
Just you wait and see.

I think we'll all have it.
- Pardon me.

Mr. Gruber would like to order
beef wellington for four.

- I'm sorry, sir,
but I'm not a waitress.

I'm a reporter for
the london daily globe.

-Oh! Well, in that case, I
expect they would like to know
about the beef wellington.

Mr. Gruber says
it's very famous.

- Ha! Ha! Ha! I'm sure
they would, sir.

-Oh, look at that!

It's the most beautiful doll
I've ever seen!

-Come on, judy. Let's go!

-Excuse me...
-Right this way!
-How much is this doll?

I would like to buy it
for my friend.

-Sir,

This doll is an antique.

It's worth over 1,000 pounds.

-1,000 Pounds! For a doll?

I know where you could
get a whole shopful of
new ones for that!

-Ha! Ha! Ha!

- Some of these paintings
have been in the family

For over 500 years.

And this is edward,

The 10th lord luckam.

- He looks just like
the 9th lord luckam.

Except his beard is shorter.
[Laughter]

-We luckams have always tried

To look our best.

This way, please.
To the library.

- I had never seen so many
books before in my life!

And I love books!

I'm afraid something's
happened to your wall,

Lord luckam.
-Please! Would you mind
not touching things?

- Did you know there's
a passage here?

- Of course, I did!
It's a secret one.

It leads to the armoury,
which we'll see lat...

- A secret passage to the
armoury! Come along, everyone.

The armoury's next on the tour.

- Yes, but we go to the armoury
by the stairs. This way is not

Part of the tour.

- It should be.
- Oh!

- I must say this tour of
mr. Gruber's is very good value.

[The visitors]: oooh!

-Yes... Well...

This is the armoury.

What are you doing?

- Helping you with your
passageways, lord luckam.

- It's the other arm
that opens it. You see?

And that leads to
the queen's bedroom.

-What a wonderful tour!

-It didn't say anything
about secret passageways
in the brochure.

- Trust paddington to
discover all the fun parts.

[The visitors]: aaah!

-Now, this chamber has
remained virtually unchanged
since queen elizabeth the 1st

Spent a night here while
on a journey to york.

- Mrs. Bird will be pleased to
see she made the bed afterwards.

- Queen elizabeth
d*ed 400 years ago.

- I hope they've changed
the sheets.

- Right this way,
ladies and gentlemen.

There's much more to see.

What's wrong?

- Can't we take the
secret passageway?

-Which secret passageway?

- I'm sure there's one
here... Somewhere.

- This isn't part
of the tour either.

In a few minutes, we'll be
presenting a musical concert

For your entertainment.

Afterwards, dinner
will be served.

- The quartet is going to
play my favorite: mozart!

[Soft classical music]

[Snoring]

- The music was putting
everyone to sleep.

I needed a nap too
after all the walking,

But I decided to find
a more comfortable place.

No wonder queen elizabeth
only spent one night here.

The bed's not very comfortable.

- Time to clean
the queen's bedroom.

-Oh my! Look at the crumbs.

Someone's been eating
in the queen's bed.

We must tell lord luckam
about this.

- And he's not having a good day.
I've heard there won't be

Any beef wellington.
- No beef wellington!

Mr. Gruber will be disappointed.
I must do something.

- Well, it's just as well...
[He's chewing with difficulty.]

You didn't order the beef
wellington tonight, mr. Brown.

It's very... Chewy.

-I demand to see lord luckam!

This beef wellington is
as tough as old boots.
-Old boots!

Why, I'll have you know
those were my best wellingtons.

-Your wellingtons?

[They're all gasping.]

-Yes, well...

I think I'm feeling a bit full.

-Beef wellington...

Made from wellington boots!

This is a disaster!

Miss brody, please don't
report this to your readers.

We shall be ruined!

- Ha! Ha! Ha! Oh! I think our
readers will be very amused

By the story of this
young bear's recipe
for "boot" wellington...

And our wonderful tour.
I think luckam house
is a marvelous place!

-You do? How wonderful!

A little bit of publicity is
just what the old estate needs.

Everyone is invited next weekend
for a free gala dinner.

I will personally prepare
the beef wellington with
my own bearnaise sauce.

I hope you will be
the guest of honor.

- I've never been a guest of
honor before, lord luckam.

But if you don't mind,
I think I'll go without
the "bear's nose" sauce.

Aunt lucy would be most upset.

- Since australia is on
the underside of the world,

You might expect everything
there to be upside down.

Surprisingly,
this is not the case.

It's too bad, because that
would have filled a whole
chapter of mr. Gruber's book:

The world and its wonders.

-Mr. Brown,

I'd like you to meet an old
friend of mine, jim atkins.

- Pleased to meet you,
mr. Atkins.

-Likewise, mate.

Welcome to coober pedy, the opal
mining capital of the world.

- It doesn't look
like much of a capital.

- Ah! But there's more to this
town than meets the eye.
- Where?

- Underground.
- Oh! Do you have
an underground too?

-Ha! Ha! Ha! Not exactly.

-I was soon to see

Just what kind of underground
coober pedy had.

- Now, this is what
I would call down under!

- These tunnels used
to be opal mines.

Then people started
moving down here to get
out of the desert heat.

- This is just the sort of
thing I need for my book.
- Ah!

What are these?
- Those are opals.

95% Of the world's precious
opals come from this area.

-Look at that one!

- That's the andamooka queen, one
of the biggest opals ever found.

-It would make a nice
present for my aunt lucy.
How much is it?

-Probably about 50,000.

-50,000!

-Ah, careful now, mr. Brown.

- I had no idea opals
were so valuable.

The people who mine them
must be very rich.

- Some of them are. Like the
fella who sold me my claim.

He's the one who found
the andamooka queen.

But I haven't found
anything yet.

- We went to the hotel
to check in,

And like everything
else in coober pedy,
it was underground.

-The truth is,

If I don't find any opals
soon, I'm going to have
to pack it in and leave.

-Don't worry, jim.

Tomorrow, we'll visit your claim

And we'll help you find
the biggest opals ever.

You can count on
mr. Brown and me.

-That night, I couldn't sleep.

I kept thinking about all
the opals just lying in the
ground, waiting to be found.

I decided to practice
my opal mining technique.

Mr. Atkins said that the whole
town used to be old mines.

I was hoping someone
had missed a few spots.

[Loud noises]

-Ah!

Hey! What do you
think you're doing?

- Looking for opals.
You haven't seen any, have you?

-No, I haven't seen any!

And if you don't stop digging
holes in my wall this instant,

I'll have to call the manager!

- So I didn't get rich
on my first try,

But at least I knew
my pick was working.

Tomorrow, I hope to find
an andamooka queen of my own.

-Let's see. Hard hats,

Buckets, picks.
I think that's everything.

Let's go!

-Wait! I forgot

The most important thing.
- What's that?

- An emergency
marmalade sandwich.

-Don't worry, mr. Brown.

We'll stop for lunch.

-You know, the fella who
used to work this claim
was fond of marmalade too.

He used to eat it all
the time. After he found
the andamooka queen,

He bought himself a
whole marmalade factory.

- Really? I hope he left
a few jars behind.

-Now, everybody stay close.

It's like a maze down
here, and I wouldn't want

Anyone to get lost.
- Don't worry, mr. Atkins.

Bears are good at mazes.

Whoa... Whoa!

[He's sniffing.]

You know something?

I really think I smell
marmalade. Do you?

Mr. Atkins? Mr. Gruber?

Anybody?

[The echo is answering back.]

Yes! Yes! Hello! Hello!

Here I am! Here I am!

Well, I guess whoever it was

Was playing games,
so I decided to do the
only thing I could do:

Follow the smell of marmalade.

- Well, this is the last
bit of my claim to explore.

I've been everywhere else and
the walls are solid granite.

No way through that.

- Oh no! We seem to
have lost mr. Brown.

[He's whistling.]

- I actually started
liking the game...

[He's sniffing.] Ah, ah!

I knew there was marmalade
around here somewhere.

But there wasn't much left.

And what was didn't look
very good. Then suddenly,

I realized that this might
be the very spot where the
andamooka queen was found.

I decided to start digging.

Oh!

The walls were very hard.
And since I couldn't reach

The ceiling, I decided to have
a go at the floor instead.

Now, that's more like it.

[Loud noises]

- That noise...
It must be mr. Brown!

But where is it coming from?

- Digging in the floor was easy,
and I had found something.

-I think he's this way.

-I think he's that way. Oh!

Mr. Brown?

-Paddington?

- Mr. Brown?
- Paddington?

-That's funny...

Mr. Gruber and mr. Atkins
sound very close.

Whoops!

- Jump!
- Oh!

Mr. Brown!

Are you all right?
- Yes. I'm fine, thank you.

- Digging in the ceiling.
I never thought of that.

-You mean the floor.

But I'm afraid I didn't find
any opals. I only found that
big piece of coal.

-This isn't coal!

This is black opal!

The rarest kind!

Do you realize what this means?

You did it! You found my strike!

Ha! Ha! Ha!

-Well done, mr. Brown.

This will make a fine
chapter in my book.

- What happened? Did
you find any more?
- Oh yes.

We found quite a few smaller
black opals that day.

Mr. Atkins wanted to give me
a share of the strike,

But I said it should go to
mr. Gruber, to help pay for all
the trips we've taken together.

- Oh! But then, you don't
have a souvenir of your trip.

-Oh yes, I do.

I think I may take up mining.

- Oh!
- Oh!

-Do you think mr. Brown
will mind if I have a go
in the garden?

- Thank you for lending a
hand in the shop, mr. Brown.

-You're welcome, mr. Gruber.

-My antiques are very popular
with american tourists over here
for their holidays.

And dealers come to buy up
as much stock as possible.

- Perhaps they'd help
with the lifting.

-Oh, oh!

-Phew! Thank you, mr. Gruber.

-You know, it's good
to have someone with
a knowledge of antiques

To help me out during
the busy season.

A bear with an eye for a bargain
is worth his weight in gold.

I don't need to tell you
it's a rare early spode.

- One with a chip in it too.
- Hmm...

I haven't had time to mend it.
I've been so busy.

- May I do it for you,
mr. Gruber?

Bears are good
at mending things.

-Uh... Oh, all right.

That sounds like
a very good idea.

-Goodbye, mr. Gruber.

- I know you'll be
careful with my jug.

Most certainly if you ever
decide to go into business,

I'm sure you'll
be a big success.

- I'd like to go into
business like mr. Gruber.

The problem is, how to start?

Aunt lucy says nothing
beats practical experience.

Good morning!

I've come for...
- Good morning, sir.

What will it be today? Haircut?
Shampoo? Those whiskers

Could do with a bit of a trim.

- Trim my whiskers?
- Tell you what, sir.

Seeing trade's a bit slack
this morning, I can give
you a thorough going over.

♪ A haircut's important
and that's a fact ♪

♪ Not something you keep
hidden under your hat ♪

♪ Afraid of the barber
and don't know why ♪

♪ Like the dentist or a doctor
he's a really nice guy ♪

♪ He'll clip snip dip

♪ And whip zip drip in a flip

♪ You've got a lot try a knot
time to strut a new haircut ♪

♪ Bobcut brushcut
bangs and more ♪

♪ Pageboy ponytail pompadour ♪

♪ Swirls and curls
they're all amazing ♪

♪ So many styles it's
simply hair-raising ♪

♪ The barber's there to show
hair dont's and hair do's ♪

♪ It doesn't really matter
what style you choose ♪

♪ 'Cause it's hair today
and gone tomorrow ♪

♪ Hair today and
gone tomorrow ♪♪

-So, what will it be?

- I'd rather not have a haircut,
thank you very much.

I've come about
the... Oops! Job.

- You're not a very
good advertisement.

It's a tough business
learning to cut.

- I don't like the sound of that.
But I do want to learn.

- Oh, you'll learn all right!
You'll be on your feet all day,

Sweeping and running errands
and having to talk about
the weather all the time.

-I do enjoy a challenge.

And just think: with
an assistant, you'd be
able to put your feet up.

- Hmm... I can only
afford to pay you...

Uh... 5 Pounds?

- That's more than mr. Brown
gives me for bun money.
- Done then.

Mind you, it's only on a
trial basis while I go
next door for a tea break.

- Thank you very much, mr. Sloop.
You can count on me.

- You can start by giving
the shop a going over.

Only mind the scissors.
Don't go nicking your paws!

Don't want bear's blood
all over the place.

It'll give the shop a bad name.

Who knows? If it works out,
I might even let you

Have a go with the clippers.

- If only aunt lucy
could see me now.

I was sure to enjoy working
in mr. Sloop's shop.

There was so much to do!

And so much to learn!

[He's sneezing.]

-Hello!

- Hello?
- Hey, charley!

What's a guy gotta do to get
some service around here?

- I'm not charley. I'm paddington
brown. You need mr. Sloop.

- I need a haircut.
Just a little off the sides

And nothing off the top.
Okay, buddy?

- Charley! Buddy! I wish
he'd make up his mind.

-Hey!

Ooh!

Is this a barber shop
or isn't it?

- That's right.
- Then make it snappy.

Get me one of them relaxing
hot towels while you're at it,

So I can unwind.

I've been on my feet for a week
now. I'm busy buying up...

Oh!

- Excuse me. Are you
all right in there?

-Yes...

Just a little off
the sides, charley.

-Oh!

I think I should have asked
for my 5 pounds in advance.

Mr. Sloop must have

A bottle of something
to put things right...

Just the thing:

Dr. Spooner's quick action
magic hair restorer.

- Say, are you just about done?
What's taking so long?

- It doesn't seem to
be working very fast.

What was I going to do?

You can't b*at marmalade
for sticking to things.

Especially hair!

Hmm...

- What do you think
you're doing?!

I've only been gone
a few minutes.

You're fired! - Aaah!

What happened to my hair?

Do you work here?

- Not anymore. This is
mr. Sloop's barbershop.

- Say, sloop. What kind of
place are you running here?

-I-i-i do apologize, sir.

Good help is so hard to find.

-I only came in for a trim.

- I'm terribly sorry. I...
- Hey!

Hold it right there, charley!

What's that you got?

- Look out! That's
mr. Gruber's spode.

- Imagine! Finding a genuine
piece of spode in a barbershop!

I've searched through
practically every antique
shop in town,

Hoping to strike it lucky.

- You must have missed
mr. Gruber's shop then.

He's got lots more
where that one came from.

- Mr. Sloop, what's say I pay
this young bear's wage?

He's been quite a help...

Despite my new haircut!

Nice doing business
with you, mr. Gruber.

Ah! They're gonna love
this stuff back home.

You keep that little
fella around. He's got
a good head for business.

- I think it's time for
some cocoa, mr. Gruber.

Being in business
is thirsty work.

- Certainly, mr. Brown.
I'd say you've earned it.