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01x08 - Lights, Camera, Too Much Action

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Big Bad Beetleborgs". Aired: September 7, 1996 – March 2, 1998.*
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Set in the fictional town of Charterville, three "typical average kids" — Andrew "Drew" McCormick and his younger sister Josephine "Jo" McCormick, and their best friend Roland Williams — enter the supposedly haunted Hillhurst Mansion after accepting a dare from rich snobs Van and Trip.

01x08 - Lights, Camera, Too Much Action

Post by bunniefuu »

hey I want you guys to know you're doing

a great job Hey Dad how come we're doing

all the work and you're just sitting

there son this is called supervising it

takes years of

experience I just decided what I want to

be when I grow

up okay guys it's 10:00 shark let's open

the doors okay

come on in we've got the new issue of

beetle here's a

tip new Beetleborgs PE I already have

the new issue my dad gets him straight

from the printing

plant then what are you doing

here just playing a little game of

Lumberjack yeah

[Music]

Timber oops

could you guys be more immature why yes

I think we can here all right looks like

it's Timber time

[Music]

again hey this one's gled

[Music]

down guess you got lucky this

time

I thought your kids were going to help

with the store while I took my karate

lessons just look at you just sitting

around while my son works his fingers to

the Bone n it's not what you think well

now here's something that might hold

their interest it says they're going to

be making a movie right here in charter

a movie

awesome it says you're going to be

auditioning people to act as extras mhm

it'll be extra large when I dazzle with

my magic hey stick with van and me we're

practically Stars already babe right the

only way you'll get into a movie is to

buy a ticket not exactly our dad already

smooth away for the filming

permits yeah now the director owes them

big we're going to be

Stars yeah Dumb and

Dumbest don't worry babe we'll still do

lunch not if I lose it first first we'll

be outside signing autograss if anyone

needs us ciao uhhuh we're expecting the

set yeah maybe it'll be a martial arts

movie then we'll see who's the

[Music]

star well that's shoe

business where's that new power feed can

it installed yet yeah almost how long

[Music]

now W this is Mega cool Mega this is way

past mega this is totally Nitro cool

what do you think this movie is about I

say we find

[Music]

out uh excuse me

what oh I suppose you never had a bad

hair day uh we were just wondering what

the movie's about what's a mug like this

I got to spell it out for you it's a

monster flick monster flick

[Music]

okay hey man was that your new

girlfriend yeah I see you don't stand a

ghost of a

chance very funny no no

no I said the scene needed did a big

puddle not poodle ah ah send the dog

home send the dog

home all right what do we

got it's two tracks

home too ranch

style Too

Tall too green don't they have one scary

house in this whole town well there is

this one but we had some problems when

we went to photograph it and I really

holding out on me adway give me this

thing

here let's run down cobwebs bad paint

job it's perfect what is this place it's

called Hillhurst but I I really don't no

butts about it you tell me who to pack

up we're going to Hull House Hillhurst

whatever we'll fix it and

post this is bad news big time they

can't sh**t the Hillhurst what if they

[Music]

F he h Huh

[Music]

that's right they're sh**ting movie at

Hil Mansion so I say we give this horror

movie people something real to be

horrified about I'll show them bad is so

evil they'll run screaming all the way

back to Hollywood don't flatter yourself

noxic you're not that scary oh yeah well

I got news for you you aren't exactly a

Tower of

Terror

old

[Music]

Faith stop this infantile Behavior get

the you know no more terrorizing for any

of you summon another of our dark Forces

to do your dirty work

now how many times must I tell you

forces of evil do not whine now go to

your tomb and summon another

now who is it going to be huh hey why

not glops with issue number eight oh oh

I got it I got it hey remember that cool

dude called greis whatever let's get it

over

with a

movie here yep tons of equipment tons of

people which equals tons of trouble what

are we going to

[Music]

do do the only thing we can do at a time

like

this reard

[Music]

frankly my dear I don't give a

flab go ahead flab my

[Music]

day out of

sight

fly I'll get you flly and your little

dog

too F monkeys fly

run flabby

Run

Okay H Vista

flabby we've seen stars go we've seen

stars come but your performance gets

three

of i' like the thing FL Academy you like

me you really really like

me flabber get serious I'm ready for my

closeup now Mr de flab this could mean

real trouble we better get out there and

try to stall

them live long and

[Music]

flabby who approved this wardrobe why is

the camera truck ready where is my

trailer who are these kids and why are

they staring at me what are you kids and

why are you staring I'm Drew this is

Roland and my sister Joe and and and we

live here here in Hull House no

Hur cousin or no cousin you can be

replaced no here in Char of it yeah and

we know a lot about the house well then

you'll have a fine career in real estate

now run along run along run along um I

think there's something you should know

about Hillhurst what that it's haunted

haunted

boo no that the Plumbing's bad than the

roof links well that changes everything

now doesn't it

no it doesn't I'll tell you kids what

you stay out of my hair and maybe we'll

use you as extras now you'd like that

now wouldn't you Wayne okay kids thanks

for your concern hey why don't you help

yourself to the snack table

[Music]

okay ah reality what fun have a nice day

not

yeah what was in that

donut fabulous look at this place look

at the walls the

dust this staircase is

incredible Dwayne I smell box

office and I smell

[Music]

blood not so fast

B

one monster bito to

[Music]

go let's keep this side Shadow let's

keep this side shadowy people you know

it was the shadows in the Hitchcock

movies that really gave it the suspense

let's put a little dress up Franken

[Music]

beans

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[Laughter]

come on H let's see what we got here

yeah interesting good good possibilities

over here yeah yeah this is good this is

going to cut together just fine I like

this look at

this if things look good in here I think

we're ready to go I think we're ready to

go

hey that's

grass from Issue 102 this movie May

close before it opens

yeah hey hey hey I like

it

yeah yeah I see what you guys are doing

but no no no

no the character there pal I've Seen It

All Before You you and you out okay come

on guys out out out I'm confused don't

me I saw his last picture and it's stunk

the other ones didn't look real at all

but you makeup did a number on you

you're beautiful you're too kind now

listen I want you to stay right on your

mark you're going to be a big star big

star huge oh goody Mama be so

[Music]

proud ready seun around here quiet on

the set quiet on the set let's

go

that was no special effect it's time to

get busy what about the movie crew if we

don't take care of those Jets they won't

be a cre come

on looks like we're going to have to

take a little intermission from this

movie all right game it's

[Music]

showtime

big big Big

B

big time to get

busy come

[Music]

on

[Music]

[Applause]

here they come

[Applause]

[Music]

guys

let's lose these losers ready willing

and

able they're

here come on a little bit

closer you're our

[Music]

history got

[Music]

you

right on free snacks I love

show some movie this is it turns gray as

soon as you look at it yeah well what

did you expect on such a little budget

more

snacks this is almost as bad as you're

acting hey I'm not a bad actor I just

like to act bad whatever it is it tastes

awful

check

[Applause]

please well the reviews are in I guess

we're a

hit hope everything's cool at Hillhurst

only one way to find out let's

book smoke it smoke it smoke

it that's

I'm scar you scary AR I stop it you very

badly no What's My Line cut cut cut

cut I went to film school I'm the only

one who gets to say

that uhoh I think we're at the part of

the movie where crack his wigs out

perfect thanks sweetie listen what I

need from you is more okay more anger

more Menace More Everything gotcha you

just invaded the Earth you want to rule

the world R the world see in your eyes

okay have fun with

you maybe a little over the top but

that's the

idea D DNE get I told the effects I

wanted Green Lasers not red thank

you Green Lasers right

excellent good good

good this is great

stuff are we getting

this keep that camera

[Music]

rolling come on let's

go

perfect beet Wars take

[Music]

d

allow us to introduce ourselves grais

the name's Bor Beetle boore your name is

about to be M and you my friend are

about to be

history this bug's begin to bug me let's

sendon back for heong

k*ll come

on get my

point

[Music]

jokes on you Beetle B singer drill the

mov is over and I'm afraid your part's

been written

[Music]

out now you get my

point

[Music]

[Music]

no that's just no more junk

food poor graus I'll never work in this

town again well I guess the director

will have to find some new Talent hey FL

riic made it into the

spotlight after the day we've had I

trade starom for a pizza and a chocolate

shake well little flab burino some

people were just born to be Stars guess

that' be

me and some people end up being caught

on hicking camera what after the grer

did that scene stealing number the

cameras kept flabby away when you guys

uh

transformed is it possible they caught

our Beetle board transformation on film

do you want to take that that chance

[Music]

no I bet Hitchcock never had days like

these from now on no more Monster movies

are you getting this Wayne No More

monster movies actors revolting missing

crew members film being turned into

confetti confetti get me the writers

tell them I want no more Monster movies

tell them I want a simple story about

kids about kids who yeah that's

it become their favorite superheroes and

save the world that's it I'm brilliant

that's it that's it that's nothing it

must be

exhausted that is the most ridiculous

idea I've ever had kids becoming

superheroes would believe it I don't

know I'm I need some I need some cocoa

where's the phone I'm going to P

[Music]

my