02x17 - Is Anybody There?

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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

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[Applause]

once again for those of you just getting

your old radios to work today the

popular and successful local businessman

schemer will host his own radio program

right here on this station so be sure to

tune in for schemers splendiferous

phantasmagorical radio extravaganza for

a listening experience you'll never

forget this is w-o-w-o-w

well

you on the radio

yes

it's something i've dreamed about my

entire life

say uh you don't think the name is too

flashy do you yes

difference gamer stuff no no no listen

to it listen to it schemers

splendiferous phantasmagorical

radio extravaganza

that uh name came from

right up here

stacy i heard on the radio that

schemer's got a

radio show but how are you gonna do the

radio show and runner arcade well uh

quite simply i'm gonna be broadcasting

from

the arcade you're gonna broadcast the

radio show from here

you're catching on billy my man you're

catching on

and who's supposed to be on this radio

show of yours well uh

mostly me

being my charming lovable self

oh and uh and my friends of course too

yes uh my friends in fact billy i think

that you would make a fabulous radio

guest no no no no i won't talk to

anybody i can't see schemer hey

how about me schema i can play my

harmonica on the radio and everyone

would hear me i've got a new camera i

can get photography lessons i can do

jumping jacks jumping jacks now there's

a concept i like for a radio show yes

i'll tell you what kids you can do

whatever you want to do as long as you

talk about the splendiferous schemer is

this show supposed to help anybody else

hey

who am i nobody

it helps me billy schemer

now schemer there's more to being on a

radio than showing off and talking about

yourself about because people love to

listen to the radio because it keeps

them company and when they listen to

music and stories on the radio it can

conjure up all sorts of images in their

minds

miss john

why don't you just leave it to the

experts okay

because between my radio savvy know-how

my friends in the entertainment business

and the music from the jukebox i am sure

the schemers splendiferous

phantasmagorical radio extravaganza

is going to be a success

charmaine that's uh

showbiz talk for later baby

hear that we're going to be on schema's

radio show

like wow

i'm gonna write a song for me to sing

what do you think rex well i think we

ought to get some new hats for the radio

show so we are at our handsomeness yeah

and you know what g*ng i hear that

there's some money and playing on the

radio

big

money big money

i know it's an advertisement for your

radio show schemer but that poster

doesn't belong on the side of my train

come on billy think how great it would

look schemer is splendiferous

fantasmagorical radio extravaganza my

brain's not that long

come on bill it's gotta be on something

big

billy schemer

last call for passengers on the bus to

town

bus hey felix

are you the guy i want to talk to

tell me it's not true schemer has a

radio show oh it's true all right it's a

super duper fan dangled something or

other it's made him very popular with

the kids oh yeah

but he should be doing his radio show

from a radio station

and people

shouldn't rush into things that they're

not prepared for i know what you mean

the same thing just happened to thomas

really he was a fish out of water you

might say

[Applause]

when thomas puffed along his branch line

he always looked forward to something

special

the sight of the river

as he rumbled over the bridge he would

see people fishing

thomas often wanted to stay and watch

but his driver said no what would sir

topham hatt say if we were late

every time he met another engine he

would say i want to fish

but they all had the same answer engines

don't go

fishing silly stick in the muds thought

thomas one day he stopped as usual to

take in water at the station by the

river out of order bother said thomas

i'm thirsty

never mind said his driver we'll get

some water from the river

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they found a bucket and some rope and

went to the bridge

then the driver let the bucket down to

the water the bucket was old and had

five holes so they had to fill it pull

it up and empty it into thomas's tank as

quickly as they could several times over

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[Laughter]

they finished at last

that's good that's good puff thomas and

annie and clarabel ran happily behind

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suddenly thomas began to feel a pain in

his boiler

steam began to hiss from his safety

valve in an alarming way

there's too much steam said his driver

oh dear groan thomas i'm going to burst

i'm going to burst

they damped down his fire and struggled

on

i've got such a pain i've got such a

pain thomas hissed

[Music]

they stopped just outside the last

station

uncoupled annie and clarabel and ran

thomas who was still hissing fit to

burst on a siding right out of the way

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then while the conductor telephoned for

an engine inspector the driver found

notices in large letters which he hung

on thomas in front and behind

danger

keep away

soon the inspector and sir topham hatt

arrived cheer up thomas they said we'll

soon put you right

the driver told them what had happened

so the feed pipe is blocked said the

inspector i'll just look in the tanks

he climbed up and peered in then he came

down

excuse me sir please look in the tank

and tell me what you see certainly

inspector replied sir topham hatt he

clambered up looked in and nearly fell

off in surprise

inspector he whispered can you see

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fish gracious goodness me how did the

fish get there driver

we must have fished them from the river

with our bucket replied thomas's driver

well thomas so you and your driver have

been fishing but fish don't suit you we

must get them out

they all took turns at fishing in

thomas's tank while sir topham hatt

looked on and told them how to do it

when they had caught all the fish they

had a lovely picnic supper of fish and

chips

that was good said sir topham hatt

but fish don't suit you thomas so you

mustn't do it again

no sir i won't said thomas sadly engines

don't go fishing it's too uncomfortable

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i have a feeling that schemer's in for

something a little worse than a

stomachache

ah

schemer salutations

it is indeed i

and the most fortunate and highly

prioritized event has come to the top of

my agenda which is the very reason i'm

here today at this very moment to speak

with you mr mayor can you keep it brief

i'm kind of a busy man today here it is

tomorrow's my wife's birthday and seeing

how you're on the radio show here i

thought you could wish her a happy

birthday for me on your radio show can

do mr mayor can do

her name is twyleen and her birthday is

tomorrow uh-huh right

don't you have to write any of this now

mr mayor when something comes in here it

stays in here

i can't remember a thing i have to write

everything everything down on these

little pieces of paper you know this is

great thunder i'm supposed to be at the

school cafeteria the dedication of a new

menu item twiline's tuna melt it's

dedicated to my good wife mrs flopdinger

it's a dish that's soft inside and crisp

around the edges

hi mayor flop dinger

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bye mayor flop dinger

oh daisy we've decided to do a puppet

show on schemer's radio show oh well

that's a very interesting idea kids but

how are people going to see your puppet

show on the radio

but how can we tell a story if we can't

show anybody anything oh you can show

with words

you can't see where it is oh yes you can

dan come on sit down

let's use our imaginations and make up a

word story

about going to the beach okay

all right i'll start the story and when

i point to you whoever i point to will

continue okay

okay so

it was a hot

sticky steamy summer day and we decided

to go to the beach

um

i know

we drove to the beach

uh in a convertible

um

there's a bottle washed up on shore

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how about a green glass bottle with a

note inside it uh-huh

what does it say

um

it says

this coupon good for uh free hot dogs at

the beach oh okay

good then see how much fun telling a

word story can be

you can create pictures in your mind

with words it's it's almost like being

there

it's almost just like listening to the

radio huh

oh boy i've got lots of ideas now yeah

me too

just a minute what's that huh

somebody turn off the switch

[Music]

oh thank you i was getting so dizzy

what were you doing mr conductor well i

felt like going to a carnival today then

i found this merry-go-round right here

but i couldn't get it to stop oh

this isn't a merry-go-round it's a

record player it is it is so it is how

would you like to see this record

how can you see a record well it's easy

first you need a needle

then you need a magic button i watch the

heart of lights

how could i help if

tears starting

goodbye to tender nights

beside the silvery sea

but you were

[Applause]

i think i'll go down to the yacht club

for a little sale on the dance floor

a five a six a seven an eight

five

four

three

two

and i'm on the air with a curl in my

hair

hello everybody i'm your favorite dj

personality schemer

hey thank you very much for those

applause thank you very much for those

applause i've tried this schemer's

splendiferous fantastic oral core radio

extravaganza coming to you on radio www

wow

wow

wow wow brought to you by the generosity

of schemers arcade yay

listen to them applaud but right now

kids it's time to hear some of your

favorite music that's some of my

favorite music do you know how it works

we put a nickel in

and the music comes out

i said we put a nickel in that's my

second nickel i don't want to do any

more and the music comes out

i certainly took some come on play some

music 15 20 25 30. no t don't know no

way didi if we're gonna be famous

singers on that cat's radio show he's

gotta pay us a lot more than our

nicholas song oh come on play play

oh please sorry about that folks we seem

to be experiencing a techno difficulty

but it's an awful good thing that

schemer brought along some of his own

favorite hot wax let's hear a little bit

of that wax right now hold on we got a

phone call hello that hello this is

schemer's fantastic spherical miracle

you know the name of the show just say

what you want to say hello can i talk up

can't hear you hello

[Applause]

hello yes you gotta hold on the air

please hold on one second please we'll

write with you thank you very much hold

on all right the name of this record is

uh let's find out the name of this

record the new rick is k*lling my neck

let's just play the rec and see what it

has to say oh another phone call hello

you're on the air of the schemers

playing test you know the name of the

show just

hello you're on the air got a hold on

one second what did you say you wanted

oh the name of the record let's find out

i'll tell you why don't you tell the

folks out there what the name of the

record is take a look for yourself

all right thank you very much for

calling see you again next time on

schemer's fantastic spherical jericho

you know the name of the show thank you

very much goodbye

hello what's radio wow wow wow okay can

i help you with something my birthday

announcement think heaven all right the

name the date thank you very much all

right thank you get a birthday

announcement coming at you and the name

of the person's record is i mean the

name of the father from the name of the

banana

be quiet

what's the name of the guy what's the

name of the guys

his name is skipping that's either his

last name what's his last name

his name is skippy record i don't even

know what kind of name what kind of name

is he could be reckon

what kind of name is

i'm trying to do a radio show

what do you want i'm ready schemer

what do you want what i do i let you put

your posture on my bus you said i could

come on your show and do my sitting on

the bertha right

and now i've seen from

[Applause]

it's the mayor's birthday today

oh my birthday is my wife that's his

wife's birthday it's his wife's birthday

her hair her name is tuna melt and she's

crispy on the outside and nice and soft

on the inside that's her name anybody

not forgetting my name is twyleen hello

flying deer it's me twily yes your

husband if we don't start to play we'll

never get on the radio oh

okay

lights out

let's go

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can you give me a shine

can you afford

to

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read a magazine

keep it rolling

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[Laughter]

dreamers

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time station stacy jones speaking

yes yes he's here uh please just hold

one moment okay

schemer

steven there's something wrong with your

radio show hold up quietly

yes hello hello this is schemer's

phantasmagorical metaphysical hello

yes yes it's a schemer

[Laughter]

yes

i understand

[Music]

show's been canceled

radio show

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[Applause]

don't tell me i missed the radio show hi

mr conductor and boy did you ever where

have you been all this time i was

dancing the night away with a very

pretty senorita

did something go wrong

only everything can you tell we're all

sad and disappointed well cheer up i'm

sure it can't be as bad as what happened

to percy

[Applause]

it was a cold winter's morning on the

island of sodor the wind was bitter and

the ground hard with frost thomas and

percy were cold and crossed all i want

is a warm boiler huff thomas firelighter

knows that he's late he's not late

replied percy this weather woke us up

early gusts of wind swirled round the

shed tossing flakes of snow toward

thomas then they swooshed around percy

too

why don't we talk about something else

shivered percy yes replied thomas like

how silly we'll look when our funnels

turn into icicles that's not funny maybe

we'll stop feeling cold if we talk about

warm things

like sunshine and steam

and firelighters muttered thomas

scarves continued percy

scarves laugh thomas that's what you

need percy a woolly scarf round your

funnel

thomas was only teasing but percy

thought happily about scarves until the

fire lighter came

sir topham hatt was enjoying hot

porridge for breakfast he was looking

forward to taking important visitors on

a tour of the railway and had pressed

his special trousers

i shall put them in my trunk sir topham

hatt said to his wife and change into

them just before the photographs are

taken then he set off to catch his train

percy was now working hard his fire was

burning nicely and he had plenty of

steam but he still thought about scarves

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he saw them everywhere he went

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my funnel's cold my funnel's cold he

puffed i want a scarf i want a scarf

rubbish percy said henry

engines don't wear scarves engines with

proper funnels do replied percy you've

only got a small one

before henry could answer percy puffed

away

henry snorted he was looking forward to

pulling the special train

it was time for the photographs everyone

was excited

sir topham hatt was waiting on the

platform for his trousers

they were in a trunk amongst a big load

of baggage the porters were taking the

baggage trolley across the line they

were walking backwards to see that

nothing fell off

percy was still being cheeky his driver

always shut off steam just outside the

station

percy wanted to surprise the coaches by

coming in as quietly as he could

but the porters didn't hear him either

percy gave them such a fright that boxes

and bags burst everywhere

[Music]

oh

grown person

[Music]

sticky streams of jam trickled down

percy's face

a top hat hung on his lamp iron

worst of all a pair of trousers coiled

lovingly around his funnel

everyone was very angry sir topham hatt

seized the top hat mine he said percy

look at this

yes sir i am sir

my best trousers too yes sir please sir

we must pay the passengers for their

spoiled clothes and my trousers are

ruined i hope this will teach you not to

play tricks with the coaches

percy went off to the yard he felt very

silly on the way he met james

hello percy so you found a scarf eh but

legs go in trousers not funnels and he

puffed away to tell henry the news

that evening thomas and percy were

resting in the shed percy's driver had

taken away the trousers and given percy

a good rub down

firelighters promised to come early

tomorrow said thomas

henry arrived he'd enjoyed taking the

visitors around and now felt sorry for

percy too

driver says the weather will be warmer

tomorrow you won't need a scarf percy

certainly not replied percy engines

don't need scarves engines need warm

boilers everyone knows that

percy is a little bit like schemer they

both wanted something but when they got

it they found out it wasn't the thing

for them after all

speaking of which here comes the wrong

thing for me

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hi kids

hi schemer

we're really

sorry okay

don't worry about it do you mean you're

not mad at us

yeah

but we helped track your radio show

well

not really it was really my fault

i just wasn't prepared enough i guess i

guess i just wasn't meant to be a radio

star

you can say that again carol

that's okay

don't say it again but

it's okay you know schemer is still the

best in the arcade business

no one can top you there

yeah

yeah she's a

she's a pretty good arcade

are you kidding me do you know how many

kids waste their time and money in that

arcade locks

and it's all thanks to you

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schemer the phone

oh yeah it is

so go answer it

just go get it

come on

hello

oh hello mommy

yes oh

well thank you

okay

bye mommy

bye

bye

how's my mommy

she said that she enjoyed listening to

the show but she would have liked it

more if she could have seen it

yes

the schemer tv show the schemer tv show

what do you think no one wanted to look

at this hey we're on there with schemer

it's the skipper's tv journal

steven's tv show we're on the air with

the schemers tv show and this is your

host

[Music]

[Applause]

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 time 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

[Music]

to a shining time station

where dreams can come true

your own

imagination

waiting there for you