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01x61 - Pistachio: The Little Boy That Woodn’t | Father's Day Special

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "VeggieTales". Aired: December 21, 1993 – present.*
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Series stars Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber leading a variety of fruit and vegetable characters as they retell stories from the Bible and parody pop culture while also teaching life lessons according to a biblical world view.

01x61 - Pistachio: The Little Boy That Woodn’t | Father's Day Special

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[Music]

[Music] gelato

just because i talk to toys doesn't make me lonely besides i've got ducks

and his assistant cricket i am not a cricket his assistant named cricket i am

a caterpillar well that is only half true kind and honest gelato was never

married so he had no children he could call his own i call this one that's not a child oh his three beloved

brothers were mysteriously lost at sea while delivering meatballs to the small island of boyardee

so gelato poured all of his loneliness and love into the toys he carved for the

joy of others one of the toys a wooden duck was so realistic a family of motherless

ducklings followed it home gelato loved the ducks like they were his own children oh how he loved to

teach them and oh how they loved to listen he taught them about right and wrong

responsibility honesty and monopoly greg is fascinated with real

cricket was glad gelato was happier even though ducks made him nervous they eat

caterpillars well good thing you're a cricket i have got to change my name

and so the ducklings listened closely as gelato taught them everything they needed to know

look at little liliana as her mother shows her how to gather breakfast from a

chicken or make milkshakes from a cow even steven's struggling

a mother and a father know the ways to live life right so listen little

children and your days will turn up right [Music]

now

perfect now barbershop [Music]

[Applause]

[Music] and then you [Music]

listen little ducklings and your life will turn out right

how's the woodworking business oh i love the smell hate the splinters you can say

that again hate the splinters say you wouldn't need a nice piece of wood would

you would i but i can't so i won't i've only got five pennies right now we don't

spend money we don't have right ducklings oh it's your lucky day gelato

this very special piece is yours absolutely free huh nothing's free

parcheesi true except this piece of wood wow [Music]

must be mexican jumping wood it's pistachio wood from a pistachio tree very special

[Music] well at least you could let me pay you a little something parcheesi

no need to pay it's all yours [Music]

something smells fishy no it smells like pistachios hooray a

bonus piece of wood for a bonus toy come little ducklings daddy's gonna carve you

a brother he's a bad idea written all over it really must be tiny writing

Good Night

[Music] good night little ones bruce let's hope that bee guard helps your snoring

gary it's not polite worms in bed goodnight greg

sweet dreams little ones prepare yourself for a long night cricket

all throughout the night gelato poured his love into this new and very special

wood carving [Music]

and

[Music]

just winked at me

[Music] you're not the boss of me i don't have to listen to anybody i can do whatever i

want whenever i want you're not like the other toys are you never heard of toys i will call you

pistachio after the work from which you were made nobody made me i'm out of here

well hold your horses pistachio you're a part of the family now i'm your father

gelato never heard of a father why a father is the one who'll teach you how to live how to be happy i don't need any

lessons i can find happiness without anybody's help oh pistachio you need to

listen to those who love you the most your parents why should i listen to my parents i want what's best for me

because you are too young to know what is best for you pistachio trust me i was a boy once too tomorrow we'll take a

field trip for your first lesson in life but for now we must sleep well okay

i guess we can try it your way for now that's my log huh boy good night

cricket i am a caterpillar good night pistachio

you will see gelato is a good father he has learned great things from his own father and you will learn those things

from him if you will listen well if i don't i'm not hanging around a bunch of

ducks a team what it's not a bunch of ducks it is a team of ducks like a

gaggle of geese or a herd of cattle never hurt cattle oh i've got a bad feeling about this

[Music]

The Art Museum

so gelato took his ducklings and pistachio to the art museum where he would use the paintings to teach a very

important lesson [Music] just pictures boring

you'll see pistachio there's nothing like art to help you find your way hey

aye what's up gelato which way to the sheep paintings down into the left past

the prodigal gary you should have gone before we left

home

now here's what i really wanted to show you sheep never heard his sheep

it's a flock of sheep you're thinking of cattle it was the shepherd's job to take care of 100 sheep

one sheep ran away and got lost even though there were still 99 more the shepherd left the 99 to go off into a

storm in search of that one lost sheep why would he do that well because he was

a good shepherd and he loved all the sheep he didn't want to lose a single one

why did the little sheep run away nobody knows maybe a wolf dressed like she talked him

into it maybe he thought he could find something more fun than following his shepherd maybe he thought he knew best

by the time the shepherd found him he was cold and miserable he knew he should have listened to the shepherd some

children act the same way they foolishly think they know best that they don't need to listen to their parents not me

i'm no fool no sorry nicely put cricket you should sit on my mouth and finish all my stories

[Music]

[Applause] [Music]

say say what i'll bet this painting you love so much is in one of those art books and

they're only five cents i'd be happy to go buy it for you can i have five cents how can i wow that's

great that you've taken an interest in art so soon but five cents is all the money i have but it's filled with

artwork that we could take home i thought you wanted your children to learn i want to learn all i can

hey don't look at me i cannot even lift a penny

so gelato gave pistachio his five pennies to buy the book but made him promise to go straight there and then

come right back oh i promise the moment he lies

strange happened to pistachio's nose but we'll get to that later hmm

growing boy okay now who can tell me the population of luxembourg

oh close greg but you forgot the suburbs [Music]

[Music] i'll do some impressions but there would be boring lessons like the ones that you

get from yours [Music]

[Applause] so come see my talents [Music]

[Applause] [Music] [Applause]

[Music]

amazing a puppet with no strings if you were in the show i'd be rich

picture people paying golden coins to watch this little boy as he sings for them and dances as the worst

[Music]

[Music] look at what you brought us

[Music]

get away from me [Music]

whoa those are the biggest pennies i've ever seen wait get back here you're coming with us

no i'm not get him alfredo [Music]

[Applause] oh i wonder who these belong to what

seems to be the problem little log i'm not a log i'm a toy ah could have fooled

me i am confetti the fox and i am purina the cat you don't look like a cat

no why so glum jump oh i probably shouldn't say you already started saying all you

have to do is finish huh what are you hiding behind your back um

my father gelato was teaching me a lesson and gave me five pennies to buy a book but instead of a book i bought a

ticket to a puppet show where this scary guy was singing and chasing me weird and we found some quotes where i

found these i don't know who they are why they're

yours of course huh finders keepers this lesson-teaching father of yours will be

so proud that you have turned five pennies into five golden coins but i

didn't hush child you're ruining the moment okay everybody remember that they've got

feathers so that's a yes where'd pistachio run off to are you coming pistachio coming father all right then

let's head out

The Waterfront Carnival

it takes a clever boy to turn pennies into gold coins clever enough for our

opportunity opportunity what would you say if i told you there was a way to

turn your five golden coins into hundreds well i was really supposed to

buy a book with this so me and the ducks could learn more about art oh ducks know

everything there is to know about art that's a fact indeed and what's the purpose of an education other than to

teach you how to go out into the world and make money and here's your opportunity the

waterfront carnival you'll be such fun and won't your father

be impressed when you show him you are such a clever boy all right

let's do it wow this is way better than art and here

we are one gold coin to play calling all clever children win win win at the wheel of

moolah what's more more money than you could possibly count

i don't know how to count oh see how honest i am how does it work simple you give me a

gold coin and spin the wheel wherever it stops you multiply your money that many times wow so the worst that could happen

to get my gold coin back [Music] that's not really your thing is it

feel away come on big ten [Music]

zero whoops that almost never happens oh you lose

looks like this one's mine ooze that wasn't supposed to happen ah i'm sure

you'll win it back in the next game really of course why would we scare you wrong

one of my ducklings is missing you mean pistachio pistachio

what happened to pistachio i have no idea but it is not that bad you still

have got three other dumplings caterpillar remember the painting of the lost sheep like any good shepherd i love

all my children the same that means you and pistachio too i won't rest until we're all home no

matter what

better make that corndog to go

You Cant Give Up

so gelato went off in search of his little lost duckling wooden boy while something entirely less

noble was going on at the carnival [Music]

two in a row again i give up i think it's probably best to

just go home wait you still have three gold coins

you're on your own you can't give up

there's three more coins there's better luck

if you return to your father empty handed

you'll only disappoint and then be

reprompted you must

[Applause] [Music]

[Music]

no need to listen to your dad you know we know

he's on his own i can't give up have you seen him or am i at a lot

he needs a dad to help me make it through and since that's who i am that's what

i'm gonna do you it's true the bookseller told gelato

that she had seen a strange wooden boy headed for the waterfront this troubled

gelato who was afraid pistachio might fall into the sea and float off like driftwood he thanked the woman and was

off [Music]

but even if you run out of your stuff [Music]

good thing there's one game where you can win riches beyond your wildest

dreams but we only have one gold coin left that's all it takes pistachio

one gold coin

[Music]

no need to listen to your dad you know enough

no need to listen to your dad you know enough does not show you and you alone are not

enough

rainbow of fortune that's kind of scary being on your own can be quite scary but

isn't that what you wanted i i thought it was oh well george has probably already

forgotten about you i bet he's got other kids that listen [Music]

how do you play oh simple really you sit in this car and advance up the ramp

every time you answer a question correctly the higher up you go the more you win you can stop whatever you want

and walk away with the money but if you choose to answer a question and get it wrong

well you lose everything

all right

for ten gold coins here is question number one in the story of the lost

sheep how many sheep ran away hey i know this just one

that's correct you were win 10 gold coins but if you continue to the next

question you could win a hundred gold coins 100 gold coins of course you risk

losing the ten do you want question two question two question two

all righty then for a hundred gold coins here is

question number two in the story of the lost sheep why did the shepherd leave

the 99 to go off and search for the one lost sheep i can't believe it i know this one too

because he was a good shepherd and he loved all his sheep

correct you you just won a hundred gold coins

of course question three is worth a thousand a thousand yes yes question three

where did we get these questions he knows them yes i know them because gelato who my

[Music]

he's looking for me he didn't forget about

[Music]

here is question number three how much water would chuck chocolate

chunk wood huh i don't know that nobody knows that

then you shouldn't have risked everything

[Music] no we said why would we scare you wrong

and the answer is five

no hands numbskull

oh i knew i'd find you i can't hear

[Music]

oh

The Blue Fairy

[Music]

gelato oh no

he's gone and it's my fault what is your fault

you're beautiful and you're you're blue

are you the blue fairy it's pronounced blueberry what exactly are you doing

here looking for my dad we were out at sea oh

why were you out at sea at that exact moment pistachio had a choice to make he

knew that telling the truth was the right thing to do but if he did the blueberry would know

that pistachio was the reason gelato was lost so he lied

um my father is a fisherman and we were out catching the largest fish you've

ever seen remember what happened the first time pistachio lied

is that really why your father was out at sea yep that's the whole truth

what's happening what am i gonna do i can't go through like like this i'll be used for a coat rack

how do i get my nose back to normal you must listen to your father pistachio

what how do you know my name gelato loves you and he wants what is

best for you you must learn from his teaching or you will never be happy well if you know so

much about me why don't you just tell me what i should do next you know what you should do listen to your father

tell the truth well i must go a good friend needs my help or what

don't give up hope

[Music]

i know if i can find gelato's workshop maybe that cricket won't know what to do

[Music] this is crazy my nose keeps throwing me

off balance hey what do you do i'm walking here sorry

for crying out loud [Music]

why there cricket i am not a cricket i am a caterpillar silly cricket huh

cricket i am nothing pistachio you are alive i'm looking for gelato me too that

is where i left them all by myself in this big mean caterpillar eating world i don't eat caterpillars good i hear we

are quite tasty who's with the ducklings oh a good friend is helping me out

no i'm a blueberry but i get that all the time no i've never played monopoly but i'll

give it a go what is this story with your smeller my what your nose it looks like a sapling

oh it's a long story not as long as that hunker's sticking out of your face

cricket gelato is lost and it's all my fault [Music]

why are you smiling gelato would be very pleased what

why because you are doing what he said i told you to take responsibility for

your mistakes that means you listened he would be so proud of you right now

where are you taking us now percy or see hello

look at that a flying cricket and a boy made out of wood

that's enough time in the sun deer [Music]

we are floating we are singing this couldn't get any worse

deja vu just isn't strong enough

Pistachios Lost Fish

where are we we are inside a big fish and we're still alive oh you can stay

alive inside a fish for two or three days trust me i know help me look for some angels

wait i hear something it sounds like music

that does not sound like angel music it sounds italian

we should have listened to what mama told us when it was bedtime she'd cuddle and

hold us and say boys please remember your poor uncle clark

never take me post

look a little like gelato yeah let's say more brando or de niro

wait a second we have found gelato's long-lost

[Music]

and so he discovered this that's so infernal great fish that love meatballs

are us so nocturnal but we didn't listen for pride up for spite we set out a

rowan

[Music] a fish ate us home

it makes me miss my father even more don't you get me crying

so children please listen to your dads and mamas as they tuck you in in your

footy pajamas their wisdom will save you from trouble

no question or waking up beside a fishy's intestine we're sorry mama

everyday and [Music]

[Music] to see [Music]

who said my name father pistachio father pistachio

[Music]

cricket your nose oh damn i spent the five cents and i

went i tried to win more money then i lost and i almost drowned it then i cried and i was crashed because there

was no horsey until i got eaten by this fish

all true i am so so so so sorry

it's okay pistachio who's with the ducklings they're in good hands

oh the park place with a hotel that's fifteen hundred dollars please

Pistachios Lost Food

i prayed that i would find you again someday so did i hey we're starving let's eat oh

i almost forgot pistachio cricket these are my brothers hobby stayed alive all these years that

is fish it swallowed a delivery boat filled with meatballs he loves eating italian

including us it's not so bad really while we try to get home we ate when we sing and sing

and eat you know what i'm saying i bet you do i bet you know what i'm saying and we got loads of oil for the lamps

keeps the mood lighting going you know hmm we gotta do something about that nose

that's why i always say never leave home without your tools i have never heard you say that i always say it's starting

now [Music]

oh we got plenty of food hey guys we're out of food [Music]

we're gonna die [Applause]

oh pistachio i'm so sorry i wanted so much more for your life than this i

wanted zoo trips and juggling lessons hey we could always eat the castor oil

what are you nuts castor oil makes you throw up forget about it at that moment pistachio had an idea

that could save them all hey everybody if we could open and dump all these barrels of castor oil then

maybe the fish will throw up quick roll all the barrels down here where my father's tools are

wait the crow's nest if we drop the barrels from that height they'll break and splash all over his stomach i don't know

i think the barrels are too strong to break pistachio dad i know wood

i am wood yes but i made you trust me

it was the moment of truth pistachio had to choose between what he thought was

best and what his father knew was best okay dad he chose wisely and he listened

here we go [Music]

so

hey it's not working i really thought it would work and now we got no food and just a little

oil in the lamb oh oh great see that now we're in the dark

[Music] wow someone's really hungry was that

your stomach espresso that was not my stomach hi dorito

hey it wasn't me wait could there be here we go

somebody pick up the cricket i thought you were a caterpillar whatever for me

that was disgusting i smell like linguine with clam sauce

and meatballs good thinking pistachio you're a great listener thanks dad

well now what do we do we are in the middle of the ocean still got your tools always let's build

a raft we can use the canvas for a sale just tell me what to do dad i promise

i'll listen closely look at this guy hey what a bright boy

so instead of pistachio getting his own way he got something even better he

became part of a real family and it was all because he listened to his father

whoa dad i love it it's from the museum gift shop happy birthday pistachio

and so gelato pistachio all his brother ducklings and cricket caterpillar

you are my hero live happily ever after

a mother and a father know the ways to live life right so listen you

days must turn up right so listen little children and your life

will turn out [Applause] [Music]