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14x15 - Seeing - Beethoven's Hear!

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Barney & Friends". Aired: April 6, 1992 – November 2, 2010.*
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Features Barney, a purple anthropomorphic Tyrannosaurus rex who conveys educational messages through songs and small dance routines with a friendly, huggable and optimistic attitude.

14x15 - Seeing - Beethoven's Hear!

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(upbeat music)

♪ Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination

♪ And when he's tall

♪ He's what we call a dinosaur sensation

♪ Barney and friends are here for you

♪ to sing and dance and play games, too,

♪ Barney comes to play with us

♪ Whenever we may need him

♪ Barney can be your friend too

♪ If you just make-believe him!

(exciting music)

(boing)

(exciting music)

(gentle music)

- Oh, this is fun!

- [Lucas] Faster, Barney!

- [Sophie] Yeah, this is fun!

- Round you go! (laughs)

- Hi, Barney!

- Well, hello, BJ!

I was just taking Lucas and Sophie

for a little spin!

- So I see!

Uh.

Oh!

- There, is that enough?

- Yeah, thanks

- Barney!

- Oh, sure.

- Woah.

It's enough for me!

- Oh, are you okay, BJ?

- Yeah, (laughs) just a little seasick

(Barney laughs)

from what I was seein'.

(Barney chuckles)

Speaking of seeing, I wonder what your

sister is looking for.

- Where is it? It's not here!

Oh.

And not here!

Oh, and it's not here.

Oh.

- Hi, Baby Bop.

- Hey, sissy!

- Oh, hi, Barney, hi everybody.

- (laughs) what are you doing?

- I'm playing hide and seek!

- Oh, cool!

But uh, who are you playing with?

- Why, I'm playing with the elephant!

- The elephant?

- Uh huh.

Last time she looked for me, so now

it's my turn to look for her!

(chimes)

- Oh!

Well, I'm very glad you're taking turns!

- Whoa. - And that's --

- Hang on! (laughs)

You must be seeing things, sissy!

There aren't any elephants around here.

Elephants are great big with huge feet

and flapping ears and they make a big sound like

(trumpeting)

- Whoa!

(laughing)

- That's what an elephant sounds like!

And they use their long noses to make sound.

Only they're not called noses

on elephants, heh, they're called trunks!

- [Barney] Right!

(ding)

- Hi, everybody!

- Hi, Riff!

- Oh, that was a tee-riffic elephant sound you made!

- (laughs) You sure fooled me!

- [Riff] Oh!

- I'm playing hide and seek with an elephant right now!

- Tippity top!

Oh, can I play, too?

- Uh-huh! - Cool!

- But I'm telling ya, there aren't

any elephants hiding here!

Barney, please tell 'em what a real elephant is like!

(elephant trumpeting)

- (laughs) All right, BJ!

Since you said please.

- Listen, guys.

♪ The elephant

♪ Elephant

♪ The elephant

♪ Elephant

♪ She's big and friendly

♪ Elephant

♪ Wrinkled and gray

♪Elephant

♪ And with her great big feet

♪ better get out of the way

♪ of the elephant

♪ Elephant

♪The ground, it shakes

♪ Elephant

♪ Every time she walks

♪ Elephant

♪ And she sounds like a trumpet whenever she talks

♪ The elephant

♪Elephant

- [All] ♪ Every sound in the jungle

♪ the elephant hears with her floppy, king-sized

♪ elephant ears

♪ Got a trunk for a nose

♪ as long as house

(exciting music)

♪ The elephant

♪ Elephant

♪ The Elephant

♪ Elephant

(exciting music)

♪ The elephant

♪ Elephant

♪ The elephant

♪ Elephant

(exciting music)

(elephant trumpets)

- Whoa!

- Thanks, Barney!

Thanks, guys!

- Bye-bye!

- Bye! - See you later!

- You were good little elephants!

- They were pretend elephants, sissy, not real ones!

- I know, B.J., but I saw a real elephant

with my own two eyes!

- Aye, aye, aye!

- Eyes are very important!

They let us see the world around us

in all its beautiful colors!

- Like bright purple flowers!

(dings)

- (laughs) Oh, right!

And we can also see shapes!

(electronic humming)

- Oh, like the hopscotch square.

- Uh huh!

And, our eyes also let us see how things move.

- Like our friends.

Oh, they're moving a lot!

(laughing)

- Oh, but sometimes, our eyes need some help

seeing things, which is why use

(piano sliding)

these!

(chimes)

- Oh, wow!

(all shouting)

- Check it out!

For us.

- A magnifying glass makes small things look big!

- Very big-gity big!

(Barney chuckles)

- Oh, and binoculars and telescopes help you

see things that are far away!

- Oh, like my elephant!

(chimes)

- Let's look for her right now!

- Sissy, there's no elephant!

- Hey!

Wait a minute.

(instrumental music)

(Barney chuckles)

- Did you see something, Riff?

- No, I heard something.

And it sounded like this:

prrr, prrr, prrr, prrr.

(cooing)

Listen!

- I hear it, too!

[Riff] And now I see it!

It's a bird!

I see what color it is, what shape it is,

and it's moving!

- Let me see.

Oh!

Oh, I see it, too!

- Oh, boy! - I see the birdie!

- Oh!

- Oh, come on, let's meet the birdie!

- Okay!

(bright music)

♪ Once I saw a little bird

♪ hop, hop, hop, hop

♪ So I cried little bird

♪ won't you stop, stop, stop

♪ I was going to the window

♪ to say how do you do

♪ But he shook his little tail and far away he flew

(Barney exclaims)

- Let's all do what Baby Bop does.

Hop and flap your arms like a birdie!

Come on!

Here we go!

♪ Once I saw a little bird

♪ hop, hop, hop, hop

♪ So I cried little bird

♪ won't you stop, stop, stop

♪ I was going to the window

♪ to say how do you do

♪ But he shook his little tail and far away he flew

(Barney exclaims)

(bright music)

(humming)

(Barney laughs)

- Hey!

Hey!

Little bitty birdie, do you know where

my great big elephant is hiding?

- Oh, not again!

- [Barney] (laughs) There it goes!

- Oh! - Bye-bye!

- Bye-bye, birdie!

- Maybe she wanted you to look in the toolshed!

Maybe the birdie wants you to look in here!

(trumpeting)

- Whoa!

(all laughing)

- Riff, warn me before you do that again!

- Okie-dokie, B.

- Let me look.

(soft music)

Nope, no elephant in there.

We'll just have to keep hide-and-seek-ing

- Oh, tippity top!

- Okay, come on guys!

- Okay.

- Oh, I'm sure they'll see lots

of fun things around the park!

Of course, looking around your neighborhood can be fun, too!

What do you see where you live?

(bright music)

♪ I'm looking 'round my neighborhood

♪ and what do I see

♪ Some houses and cars, and kids like me

♪ I see buildings made of brick

♪ others made of wood

♪ I see people helping people in my neighborhood

(Instrumental music)

♪ There's the school, and the tree,

♪ I can see the post office and the library

♪ Oh, boy

♪ I'm in luck

♪ I can even see a shiny red fire truck

(Instrumental music)

♪ Oh, I'm looking 'round my neighborhood

♪ and what do I see

♪ Some houses and cars and kids like me

♪ I see people and their pets

♪ and it makes me feel good

♪ To know that I'm part of my neighborhood

(Instrumental music)

♪ There's the school and a tree

♪ I can see the post office and the library

♪ Oh, boy

♪ I'm in luck

♪ I can even see a shiny red fire truck

- I like your red car!

(soft music)

- Now do you see, sissy?

We've looked everywhere and there

wasn't a single elephant in the park.

- You're right, B.J.

- I am?

I mean, I am.

- Uh huh.

The elephant must be hiding in here.

- What?

(Barney laughs)

- Yeah!

Let's lookity-look in here!

- Oh, here we go again.

- Well, as long as you're looking for things,

let's play a game where we try to find shapes!

- Especially elephant shapes!

(groans)

- Well, all right, Baby Bop.

What shapes do you see?

(bright music)

- Elephant shapes?

- Oh, I'll look in here.

♪ Can you find a shape like this

♪ And tell me what its name is

♪ Here's another one

♪ Here's another one

♪ Here's another one

♪ And these are all called circles

- [Barney] Good job, everyone!

- [All] Thanks!

♪ Can you find a shape like this

♪ and tell me what its name is

♪ Here's another one

♪ Here's another one

♪ Here's another one

♪ And these are all called squares

- [Barney] Oh, you're very good at this! (laughs)

♪ Can you find a shape like this

♪ and tell me what its name is

♪ Here's another one

♪ Here's another one

♪ Here's another one

♪ And these are all called triangles

- [Barney] (laughs) Oh, that's right!

♪ Can you find a shape like this

♪ and tell me what its name is

♪ Here's another one

♪ Here's another one

♪ Here's another one

♪ And these are all called stars

- [Barney] (laughs) Oh, great!

Duh duh duh duh duh duh, oh!

♪ Can you find a shape like this

♪ And tell me what its name is

♪ Here's another one

♪ Here's another one

♪ Here's another one

♪ And these are all called hearts

(instrumental music)

(cheering)

- Oh, you used your eyes to find lots of colors and shapes!

- And no elephants!

- Yeah.

- That's because elephants are good at hide-and-seek!

Oh!

- Barney, I keep telling her there aren't any el--

(elephant trumpeting)

Whoa!

Riff, I have asked you not to do that.

- It wasn't me, Beej!

- No, I think it came from outside.

- Outside?

(all chattering)

- Oh boy, oh boy!

- I know what it is!

- Let's go see!

- [B.J] Come on Barney!

- There you are!

- Whoa.

- You know, you are very good at hiding, little lady.

(laughs)

- Well, bye-bye, elephant!

See you later!

(sighs)

- I can't believe my eyes!

- I can't believe mine, either.

- But you can always believe me!

(trumpeting)

- Whoa!

- Guess you're right, sissy.

- I'm glad we finally saw your elephant friend, Baby Bop.

(all talking at the same time)

- Me too!

- It's fun to see all our friends in the park.

And we're always happy to see a friend like you.

♪ I'm so happy

♪ you're the one

♪ that's here today

♪ Having fun

♪ Wherever we go

♪ whatever we do

♪ it's better with a friend like you

♪ Everything's better with a friend

♪ Everything's better with a friend like you

♪ Playing, pretending, pretending, whatever we do

♪ It's better with a friend like you

(laughter)

♪ Everything's better with a friend

♪ Everything's better with a friend like you

♪ Playing, pretending, pretending, whatever we do

♪ It's better with a friend like you

♪ Playing, pretending, pretending, whatever we do

♪ It's better with a friend like you

- Oh, bye-bye! - Bye!

- See you later!

- Bye-bye!

(piano sliding)

(upbeat music)

- Now here's something that'll tickle your funny bone!

(chimes)

- What do you use to write to your pet hog?

- [Children] What?

- A pig pen!

(laughter)

(piano sliding)

- What do you call a skeleton that doesn't want to work?

- I don't know, what?

- Lazy bones!

(children laughing)

(piano sliding)

(upbeat music)

- If you liked that, you're gonna love this!

(elecronic humming)

(funky music)

♪ Monkeys are cool

♪ monkeys are neat

♪ They look like they have

♪ hands on their feet

♪ Gorillas, baboons, and chimpanzees

♪ They walk on the ground

♪ and they swing in the trees

♪ Throw rocks back and forth and monkey around

♪ I love it when they make that funny monkey sound

All right!

- [Kid] Rock like a monkey!

♪ Or a chimpanzee

- Walk like a gorilla

♪ Or a baboon swinging in a tree

♪ Rock like a monkey

♪ Make a funny monkey sound

♪ It's so much fun when we monkey around

♪ They like to eat to eat lettuce

♪ They like bamboo

♪ They might even eat a banana or two

♪ You just don't know what you might see

♪ They even like to eat

♪ the leaves off a tree

♪ Now it's monkey see, and monkey do,

♪ Everybody's rocking away

♪ and so can you

- [Kids] Rock like a monkey!

♪ Or a chimpanzee

(monkey chattering)

- [Child] Walk like a gorilla.

♪ Or a baboon swinging in a tree

♪ One, two, three

- [Kids] Rock like a monkey

♪ Make a funny monkey sound

♪ It's so much fun when we monkey around

- ooh ooh ahh ahh ahh.

(piano sliding)

(gentle music)

- Hi, Barney!

- Hi there Riff!

Hi, Tyler.

Hi Francy! - Hi Barney!

(chiming)

- Have you seen what I brought to the park today? (laughs)

- Oh, wowzer!

Those chimes play a tippity-top tune.

- (laughs) yes, even the wind is helping make music today.

(bird singing)

- (laughs) Yeah, and so is that bird!

(chiming)

- (laughs) and that cicada!

(Barney chuckles)

- Oh, Riff, you hear music in everything!

- (laughs) Yeah, Barney, 'cause music is everywhere.

♪ Di ba da boom, big di, ba da boom, ba dooby doo ow

♪ Dah dah dah

♪ Music's always inside my head

♪ Yes, all day long, 'till I go to bed

♪ I hear the wind though the trees

♪ The buzzing of the bees

♪ The rumble of a tree

♪ The pitter patter of the rain

♪ Can you hear it

(instrumental music)

♪ I hear music everywhere

♪ Wowzer

♪ Everybody can you hear it

♪ Sha pop pow

♪ It's a sound that fills the air

♪ Yes, I hear music everywhere

♪ If you listen you'll hear the sound

♪ The sound of music is all around

♪ I hear the birds sing a song

♪ In the daylight

♪ And the frogs and the crickets

♪ play the rhythm of the night

♪ Can you hear it

♪ Listen up

♪ I hear music everywhere

♪ Wowzer

♪ Everybody, can you hear it

♪ Sha pop pow

♪ It's a sound that fills the air

♪ Yes, I hear music everywhere

(Cheering)

- Oh, uh, Barney?

- [Barney] Uh huh?

- Who's that over there?

- Oh, that's Dana.

Would you like to meet her, Riff?

- Yeah, sure, I guess.

- She babysits for us sometimes.

- She's nice.

- Let's go say hi!

- Okay.

(pattering)

(easy music)

- Hi, Dana.

Oh, she can't hear us right now.

- Hi Barney!

Hi, Tyler and Tracy.

I was just fixing my hearing A*DS.

- Hi there. - Hi, Dana.

- Dana, I'd like you to meet Riff.

- Hi, Riff.

- Oh, hi. (laughs)

Um, why do you w*r hearing A*DS?

- Because without them, I'm not able to hear very well.

- [Riff] Oh.

- Dana can hear a lot better with her hearing A*DS.

- Yeah!

And I'm so glad, 'cause I like to play

the piano, and I like to sing.

- Well, I have an idea!

Would you like to sing the song

that Dana taught you the other day?

- Yeah! - Let's sing it!

- Okay!

- Would you please sing with us, Barney?

- I'd be happy to!

♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star

♪ How I wonder what you are

♪ Up above the world so high

♪ Like a diamond in the sky

♪ Twinkle, twinkle little star

♪ How I wonder what you are

- Uh, Barney, what are you guys doing?

- We're using sign language.

And that's one way of talking with people who can't hear.

♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star

♪ How I wonder what you are

♪ Up above the world so high

♪ Like a diamond in the sky

♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star

♪ How I wonder what you are

(Barney chuckles)

- Oh!

- Good job!

- That was great!

- Yeah, thanks!

- Barney, if I couldn't hear, would I still like music?

- Well, there was once a very famous man

who couldn't hear, and he loved music!

- Oh, who was that?

- Oh, his name was Beethoven.

Come on!

Let's go find out more about him.

- Yeah!

(all talking)

(gentle music)

- Ludwig van Beethoven was a composer.

- What's a composer?

- Well, you know how an author is someone who writes books?

- Mm-hm.

- Well, a composer is someone who writes music.

- Oh.

- Right.

But instead of using ABCs, they use notes, like this.

(piano music)

(chimes)

Even though Beethoven couldn't hear,

he wrote beautiful music.

- (laughs) Hey Barney, how could he write

and play music if he couldn't hear it?

- Well, let's use our imaginations and ask Mr. Beethoven.

(chiming)

(gentle music)

(dinging)

(gentle music)

- Good afternoon, Barney!

- Well hi there, Mr. Beethoven!

- Whoa!

(clacking)

- Tippity-top!

- Is so good to see you!

- You too.

- Can you please write down the names of your friends?

- Well, certainly.

(instrumental music)

- Thank you.

Mr. Beethoven can speak, but he can't hear us,

so I'll write down your names,

and he can read them.

- Oh. Okay.

(mumbling)

- There you go.

- Aha!

Is very nice to meet you, Dana,

Riff,

(Riff laughs)

Tyler,

and Tray-Z.

- Nice to meet you too. - Oh, likewise.

- Now, I believe you were wondering

how it is that I can write music,

even though I cannot hear.

Is this true?

- Mm-hm.

- Try this.

Think of your most favorite song.

("Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" instrumental)

Can you hear it?

In your head.

- Yeah.

(Riff laughs)

- That is how it is with my music.

I hear it in my head.

And feel it in my heart.

I imagine what the music sounds like.

- Oh.

- Would you like to hear Mr. Beethoven play the piano?

- Yeah! - Oh, yeah!

- But we don't have a piano.

- I think I can fix that.

- Whoa!

(chimes)

- Cool! - Whoa, look at that!

- Beautiful!

- Well thank you.

- (gasps) Shall I play for you?

- Oh, yes, yes, yes! - Yes, please.

- Come on, everyone.

- Oh, I can't wait! - I'm so excited!

- Here is the music which I wrote.

- Oh!

(playing piano)

(laughter)

(playing piano)

- [Barney] Yay!

(playing piano)

Very nice.

- Thank you!

(playing piano)

- [B.J.] (laughing) Oh, Tyler.

(laughing)

(piano playing)

- Oh, tee-riffic!

(clapping)

- Wahoo!

- Mr. Beethoven can't hear us!

- I'll get his attention.

Keep clapping.

- [B.J.] Oh, okay. (laughs)

(clapping)

- Beethoven.

- Yay!

(clapping)

- Oh, thank you!

Thank you, I'm so pleased you enjoyed my music.

(piano playing)

- You like the piano, child.

- Oh, yes sir.

- Would you like to play a song with me, Dana?

- Oh, yes sir!

- Oh, a super de duper idea!

- What shall we play?

- May I look through the sheet music?

- Oh!

(instrumental music)

(rustling)

- How about this one?

- One of my favorites.

(Barney chuckles)

("Itsy Bitsy Spider" instrumental)

- Wowzer! (laughs)

That was tippity-top!

- Oh, it sure was.

- Shall we play it through once more?

(piano playing)

- Yes, sir!

- Oh, and this time, we can sing along!

- Yes!

- Come on!

♪ The itsy-bitsy spider

♪ went up the water spout

♪ Down came the rain

♪ And washed the spider out

♪ Out came the sun

♪ And dried up all the rain

♪ And the itsy-bitsy spider

♪ went up the spout again

(piano playing)

- Oh, that was great! - Oh, my!

- Dana, that was magnificent!

- Thank you!

- Thank you so much for inviting me to play.

It's been a great pleasure meeting you all.

But, I must be off.

- Okay. - Aw.

(Barney chuckles)

- Goodbye everyone.

- Bye!

- Thanks, Mr. Beethoven.

- Thank you all.

I hope you will continue to enjoy

my music for many years to come.

- Thanks. - We definitely will.

- Bye!

- Bye-bye!

Well, Riff, you were wondering if you'd

like music if you couldn't hear.

What do you think now?

- Well, you know, I think I would, Barney.

Because even if I couldn't hear it with my ears,

I know I could feel it in my heart.

- Like Mr. Beethoven?

- Yeah!

- It's always fun to listen to music.

- (laughs) And to play it!

- Right.

But the best way to enjoy music

is to share it with the people we love.

♪ I love you

♪ you love me

♪ We're a happy family

♪ With a great big hug

♪ And a kiss from me to you

♪ Won't you say you love me too

(instrumental music)

♪ I love you, you love me

♪ We're best friends like friends should be

♪ With a great big hug

♪ And a kiss from me to you,

♪ Won't you say you love me too

(Barney laughs)

- [Riff] Aw.

Well it was so cool meeting Mr. Beethoven. (laughs)

- Yeah! - Thanks, Barney.

All right.

Later, skater.

- Okay, bye Riff.

- Bye. - Bye, Riff.

- See ya.

- And we'd better go, too.

- Yeah. - All right.

Come on guys.

Bye, Barney.

- Bye!

- I'll see you soon.

- That was so

(tapping)

awesome!

(gentle music)

(bright music)

(chimes)

(piano sliding)

(exciting music)

- [Barney] For more games, music, stories,

and fun, visit me, Barney, at pbskids dot org.

(instrumental music)