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04x02 - Second Chances

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Shining Time Station". Aired: January 29, 1989 – November 20, 1995.*
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A local named Horace Schemer, simply referred to as Schemer, runs the station's arcade and serves as the series' comic relief.

04x02 - Second Chances

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time stay tuned shining time station is next funding for this program was also

provided by The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the financial support of viewers like [Music]

[Music] you story Follow The Rainbow

sun to a shin station

[Music]

dreams hi Billy hi Stacy Oh Billy slow down now Kain won't

be here for another 10 minutes oh I know Stacy but I got to get everything ready I mean it's not every day that my nephew

comes to visit how old is he oh he's about 12 last time I saw him he was about old this big did I tell you about

his father Yes I'm sorry well ever since his father died Kit's been getting into

you know trouble and run away from home that sort of thing and this is sort of a second chance this visit you know I'm

sure he's going to enjoy seeing his uncle so what else is in the bag well

I got a a puzzle and your basic ET a sketch and abouty ball oh don't you

think he's a little too all for that oh no this stuff is Ageless I mean it's a paddle ball and fuzzy dice I mean we are

going to have a great time don't forget the marbles right

marbles thanks Mr C anytime nobody wants to lose their

marbles Billy maybe kit would enjoy playing some baseball while he's

here yeah I I suppose we could do that speaking of which there's our

[Music] team no autograph please no autograph

please no autographs please you really won Miss Jones it is

impossible for us to lose what with the uh the genius of my coaching mind now

asky get your champ of a coach some food sure Uncle I mean yes sir champ coach

sir yeah dismissed a little schemy I remember him when he was just a chip off the old

schemer this is so wonderful I'm want to get us all a treat to celebrate not so fast they still have to

beat one more team one more team one more team bring them on we'll wipe the

field with them are you kidding me we are so good right now we could beat ourselves now who is this uh this this chump of a

team that we are going to defeat the snarly Ville slashers

the stnn slashers the snille take it easyer

take it easy they're just a team they're not any better than you well yes true do yes yes yes of

course they're not any better than me of course they're not what am I thinking of course we're going to beat them we're

going to go running around scored so many runs we're going to get dizzy that's what we're going to do you know what we're going to do you're going to

[Music] what Luke Luke SL Bolt the big big big

coach of H slashers you know what we're going to do we're going to find ourselves a bench right over here what

we're going to do good bench and then we're going to stay on this bench in a little tiny ball rolled up until

Halloween goodbye what's the matter with you nothing's the matter with me you're not

afraid of him are you schemer the town's honor is writing on this you're just as

good as they are of course I'm just as good as they are exactly and you tell him that I will come on no no pleas I

don't want have I what do you want easy Sledge B easy please schemer has

something to say to you and you better listen go ahead and tell him

schemer tell me what [Music] [Applause] [Music]

what slugo but what' he say what's the matter with him schemer what's the

matter with [Music] you it's like my uncle's frozen solid

don't just lean there do something hey I got a pond at my farm why don't we Haul

him over throw them in and th them out oh that's a good idea Jen Okay C

[Music]

everybody next stop shining Time [Music]

Station next stop shining Time

Station

[Music]

shining Time Station this way out

please don't you worry we'll be

back excuse

me kid kid is that you it's me it's me it's your uncle

Billy well you'll look at you boy you have done some serious growing here let

me take your bag I've got it by no I can help you I said I've got

it uh sure look I want you to meet somebody Stacy Stacy this is my nephew

kit he came in here all the way from the big city this is Stacy she's the station

Master hi kid very nice to meet you welcome to shining Time Station I know

it's not as exciting as where you're from but we hope you like it here now there might be a few things that you

find a little strange but um don't let it throw you what sort of things uh

Little Things listen kit I have some chores to do but uh when I get back why don't we

uh why don't we have some dinner sure whatever you want and I almost

forgot these are some toys for you to play with uh while you

wait

hey put that stuff back just looking what's the big deal

who are these sorry

jeez what's his problem I guess when you live in a big city you don't let people

look at your stuff

you're a kid huh yeah my name is Becky hi hi how long are you going to stay here a couple weeks I

guess hello oh hi Mr Conductor let me guess Billy's nephew is not your new

best friend don't go too much by First Impressions people can surprise

you well why do you say we put our minds on something else you mean a story oh

it's better than one story it's a story about a story wait I'll go get back yeah there

are a lot of places you should definitely see I can show you around if you like supposed to wait for

myug Becky Mr conductor's going to tell us a story come on no thank you cara

can't you see K and I are having a normal mature conversation come on I'll show you

around the station okay Becky is acting all stuck up well then

it's just us three [Music]

okay so they really forgot about Grand Pluff that's sad yeah everyone forgot

how much they loved him well the story of grand puff isn't over yet and the story of someone else who has also been

forgotten is about to begin like who if I told you who he was he wouldn't be

forgotten and you'll never know who he is until you find him oh dear me I almost forgot I have an

engagement with some very tiny very important people now don't forget to remind me to tell you the rest of the

story bye bye let's go see if they thought out

schemer what was

that [Music]

sh it's spooky spooky probably trying to steal

[Music]

something would somebody answer that it might be the door answer the door Rex

well why don't you text would somebody please answer the

door fine I'll do it then it's always de

this and de that FY I say I am beginning to feel like

[Music] Cinder hi guys it's me Mr

scene it's Mr Conductor Mr Conductor you'd best answer the door Dee yeah

before Mr Conductor thinks you don't like him why Mr Conductor how nice of you to

visit me in my loneliness won't you come in and don't forget to oh duck hey Mr C

you are a tall one aren't you hey there Mr C how's the weather up there you have

a bed big enough or do you you have to sleep with your feet out the window Tex Rex Mr Conductor didn't come

here to talk about how tall he is just how tall are you oh about a

pencil and a half in my stocking feet oh I wish I were a pencil and a

half oh I think that is just a perfect height my yes just perfect I say we all

Chow Down on dinner jukebox style oh well now we got nice here well uh this

is quite uh cozy tell me do you have to worry about

a cats chasing you it's funny you should mention that a cat was chasing me just

last week oh man what did you do the only thing I could do I started barking

like a dog and scared the C away well that's using your hand it does Impressions too yeah my what a hero that

girl's got it bad yeah and that ain't good it's great huh while she's all

lovey-dovey with Mr C I can eat her

toast what's the matter party's over partner yeah we got to go rust CL a song

the music calls cool dudes may you come back can you how about

tomorrow oh that would be

lovely wow who's that guy I've seen him before his name is Max but everyone

calls him ukie no one ever talks to him how come he's like always by himself

everyone's afraid of him some people say he comes out at night and he sneaks around with a big Club looking for

trouble do you believe that me oh no of course not but that's what everyone else

says wind

blow wind [Music] blow hang your head on

the wind

[Music] blow you

pleas Throw your [Music]

arms give my heart [Music]

Throw your arms Round We my

[Music] heart Ros love

sunsh [Music]

[Music]

Ang

[Music] valley wind

blow [Music]

H Hey kid hey Stacy yes have you seen kit yeah

he was just here talking to Becky a he didn't even open

him what is he doing in there I don't know but let's get out of here no wait

he's watching television kid being around the railroad tracks is dangerous we shouldn't even be

here especially at night you think this is dangerous you

see where me and my mom live can't even go out at night he's not going anywhere so what

else do you do around here for fun fun you think this is fun baseball is fun

this is boring you play B for you're a girl so I can probably throw better than

you can you cannot I can too you see that box

car you see the next one let me see H the next one I bet you

can't you bet I can't I bet you

can't my uncle's going to k*ll me let's get out of here I'm not going to run away we got to go I can't get in trouble

again come on come

[Music]

on Hey kid yeah you come here

[Music] you want to make some money yeah sure I love making money I love talking about

money and I love spending money and I'm money and money andone knock it off I'll give you a nickel for every

ball you Dro during a game you want me to cheat for money type down kid you

want the whole town to hear okay listen to me Jimmy Dolan is

sick today so I need you to play Left Field okay you understand that you know how to play Left Field

you do all right let me explain the game to you wait wait wait don't go away don't hey hey don't don't go away hey

nobody work G you never work in this town again yeah heyer how about letting

Billy's nephew play with that new kid no new kids are always trouble but uh well considering the

circumstances uh all right I'll give him a look hey kit hey kit come on you can play see go

bad kid I'll be rooting for you okay you didn't tell anyone about last

night did you no I still think we shouldn't have run away running is easy when you don't get caught all right

kid show me what you

[Music]

got

[Music]

[Music] hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey let me

see that back well there's no holes in it hey I

think you want go back to little little little little little league or maybe take up golf the ball doesn't move in golf no I don't think

K I know I stink you had a lot of power in that swing besides it's just a

practice and baseball is hard baseball's boring you just think that now here look I have to ask you a question

um somebody threw a rock through the window of the signal house do you know anything about that

no I think you do look you can Pi whatever you want I got to Kid K

[Music]

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wait

[Music]

he

[Music]

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I don't know where he went I looked everywhere for

him oh Mr Conductor everyone is looking for kid could you help find him all

right where should we look right there oh kid honey where have you been your

uncle has been so worried about you what for I can take care of myself Mr two

feathers I think I'll let you handle this I'd like to have a word with you in

the

workshop

I know about the broken window I know it was an accident but you lied to me I didn't want you to get

angry and send me away I'm not

angry I'm sorry

look I'm a little new at this myself but we have to have some

rules okay if you have a problem I want you to

come to me with your problem and you have to tell me the

truth deal

deal

oh um I came to fix the window I

broke got a heck of an arm kid did you say something I said you got a heck of an arm don't mind the voice it's Rusty I

don't talk to people much then why are you talking to me I thought you were to hear what I have to

say can I ask you a question sure what do you have about with TV sets

with the sound turned off the sound doesn't tell me anything then how do you know what's going on I watch their faces

their faces when I look at a B's face I know what he's feeling I can tell if he

believes in himself I know if he's going to hit the ball a strike out television doesn't talk about feelings and faces

those voices have no passion yeah put this bat over there and then finish the window

Max owski Most Valuable Player I knew it I knew it when you hit that storm last

night you're a professional ball player that is so cool was kid was a ball

player how long did you play baseball did you play any other sports did you know anyone famous I'm met you like

who there was one I remember I was about your age when I met him hold on I waited

6 hours outside this hotel just to meet him when I came out signed this for me

said might improve my game you made it sound like this there

was magic in this baseball yeah kid maybe some of that magic will rub off on

you Kim Thor who is he ask your father he'll tell you I can't my Father's Day

[Music] sorry to hear that what the B get

to back so I'm telling you to bring it back sure I want to Wi it stand for me okay

swing I want the weight on the right leg elbows in chin up okay keep the B up

okay

swing

vandalism can you imagine that right in our own backyard you know I can't

understand why anyone would def face public property what happened somebody spray

painted all over the baseball scoreboard are you sure this is a new low for our

Valley who would do such an awful thing hey

Cey have you seen Billy oh uh yes kid he's waiting for you at

the Ballpark thank

you oh look who's back we better hurry up and talk real fast Good Cookies P

lemonade more cookies thank you m good I'll say I made them really

good that's our

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[Music] toling the butk Sho F Sho FES in the

butk Sho F Sho FES in thek SHO f Skip Skip Skip

[Music]

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Skip when I

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down [Music]

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[Music] C oh

Lord CT oh Lord

so you're becoming pretty popular around here yeah it's great here I'm glad I came

really did um did Uki give you this ball

yeah who there this is Jim Thorp ukie said my father um um somebody could tell

me who Jim Thorp was well he was only one of the greatest athletes that ever

lived baseball player mhm played for the Giants but he did more than that he set

Olympic records in throwing and running and jumping and he was an All-American football player

and he was Native American he was Indian like us he belonged to the sack and fox

tribe wow sounds like he could do anything that's the truth um did

Uki give you this ball didn't swipe it if that's what you mean well no I just

thought well maybe he loaned it to you I mean it's Jim [Music]

Thorp

gently stretch my joints like a banjo string as of my imagination or is schamer getting heavier all oh dear it

happened again the worst one yet we're taking schemer home to his mommy maybe

she can th Out Boy I'd like to give that coach Sledge bolt a piece of my mind

come on he's not all that bad what all I can say is we better win the

game I can't carry schemer around forever okay everyone on the count of

three ready one two and

[Music] three be careful

there okay so where's your lydy boyfriend Cara

that's so immature hey Mr Conductor how about the

rest of that story I'm glad to see you haven't forgotten about Duke the engine they called Old grandp puff let me no

let's let Thomas remind you of The Story So

Far Duke was forgotten then they found him and he got a second chance I like that story it's important when you get a

second chance you must try not to waste

it hi guys oh well kid hi kid what's the

matter we need to ask you something Stacy heard that someone spray painted

the score Bo yeah do you know anything about it

no you sure yeah I'm sure why did somebody say I did it no no one said you

did it it's just just what well we had a deal remember yeah I remember and I'm telling you the truth I didn't do

it I know I got in trouble before but this time's different you don't believe me do you

you think I did it kid

what am I doing wrong have you seen the scoreboard oh yes sir we were just talking about it

sir isn't it wonderful wonderful you mean that somebody spray painted the

scoreboard no that was just the first coat they repainted it for the big game it looks brand

new Excuse Me Miss Jones what's going on here

what's going on here sir is that we just made a big [Music]

mistake nobody cares if I'm on the team nobody wants me here you're going to run

away you should talk you're most valuable player in you quit no I didn't

quit I ran away too just like you're doing you're like my uncle you know that

why is everybody always telling me what to do it be different if my father was still alive I'm sure that's to a truth

kid but he isn't you know even after my father died I kept looking for him in

the stands I figured if I could just see him sitting there I'd be able to hit again so that's why you stopped playing

cuz your father died no I stopped because I was afraid I was afraid that I lost my

timing and couldn't hit anymore afraid I'd let my teammates down so instead of trying to work it out I took the easy

way and ran that's different I don't even belong here by the way I brought your ball back

guess magic didn't work for me either what' you expect magic has to come from here first

kid come on give your team a second chance give yourself a second chance

before your chances run out too late I'm leaving it's been nice noise

kid if you think nobody wants you here think again think about your

uncle [Music]

better

[Applause] up

[Applause] [Music]

[Applause] [Music] [Applause]

[Applause] [Music]

[Applause] Z

[Music]

[Music] [Applause] [Music]

see your bag is packed yeah I'm going home I don't want to be around people

who don't believe me no one said they don't believe you you were thinking it what's the

difference so every time someone doesn't believe you you're

going to leave you know what your father would

say you're not my

father no no I'm not your

father but there comes a time when you have to stand and prove yourself and I think you're old enough

to know that [Music] now and you're right I'm not your

[Music] father but I am your

friend come on come on come on come all right guys let's go out we'll get it we'll get it get guys come on

come on hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey what was that about what was swe about I mean what was what about I'm

talking about the fact that the evil coach was just patting you in the back and smiling at you I didn't do

anything hey hey quit looking me like that will you what did you do I didn't do anything what I did do it

wasn't my fault it's his idea see we were going to lose so he gave me Nickles Dro every ball that came near

me what difference does it make we're making nickels uncle Say It Ain't So schemy Say It Ain't So Okay it ain't

so all right that's it your bench your bench sit on the bench sit on the bench you're out of the key out of the game you're off the team sit on the on the

bench and face that way you're off the team off I can't believe it he bed steaming

that makes this one player

short what's the plan coach all right it's time to use our secret weapon what's that well uh

it's time to hit home runs I want each of you to go out there and hit a home run keep hitting home runs home runs home runs until we win it's that simple

okay let's go come on let's go none of us have ever hit a home run before that doesn't mean this isn't a

good time to start come on do I have to do everything for you kids let's go let's go let's

go wow this is some game hey

guys uh guys [Music]

there's too much salt of this popcorn okay too much so baby these are

the best seats in the house yeah I'm with Tito I'll take this

popcorn machine any day over a peanut stand you tell him Tex I just did Rex

oh that's it I'm going over to the

candy hi guys sorry I'm late had to help a butterfly friend of mine get his wings

washed did I miss anything not much big guy the scooters

are losing and Diddy was just about to split me leave this lovely popcorn

machine not on your life Buster why I wouldn't dream of

leaving now that Mr Conductor is here here oh

brother I'm looking for kid do you see him anywhere forget it Becky he's not coming yes he is he said he

[Applause]

would it's Becky she's at the plate oh strike

one sorry don't worry oh strike

two hey guys what do you say we help her out you know uh play a song Oh yes and I

bet it would be even better if Mr Conductor counted it down me sure what are we waiting for big

guy what an honor all right let's singing the same key and one and a

two

[Music]

[Music]

[Applause] [Music] [Applause]

win it's a shame

two at [Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

the the team if win it's

[Music] aame at

the at [Music]

the we need a miracle sky is supposed to be up after

Dan are you going to let him bat no no who are you going to use

then genius time it's genius

[Music]

time don't know what the problem is folks somebody threw a switch and we have to stop here well we should be

getting underway in just a moment come on come on take your hands

off me gamer just trying to tuck it in oh I never should have dissed you in the first place mid smooth I'm surprised at

you why you look so childlike but listen just in case

here flip these on will you oh oh beautiful come on they'll never know

come on they'll never know come on I look ridiculous come on you got to do it

for the team bch for the team oh yeah the team oh the B her up you come on wait a

minute she's no little kid you get over there you have a look at I'll handle

this and how old are you little girl it's not ni to ask a little girl

how old she is she's no little girl she's old enough to be my mother okay my

sister may smooth is that you oh I told you it wouldn't work of course it's not

mid smoo it's a it's a little girl a new little girl third grader who just moved into town and her name is uh Rena isn't

she a cute little a cute little kid that's it forfeit they lose we win

do you have another player you heard the man do you have

another player tough luck curly

you hey wait a second nobody but nobody touches my curl and gets away with it oh

yeah why told me about big guys like you right you get out he started

in look schemer if you don't have another player we'll forfeit the game the slashers will

win we

win that play can you ever and guess what you're

up better [Applause]

up I'm so proud of you the way you stood up to that bully oh yeah thanks that was

a pretty brave huh yeah now listen you show them what you really can do and win

this game right okay everybody listen up listen up this is your coach speaking we

got to kid that were really behind him and that uh and then we're a team so come on yeah come on come on come on kid

come on baby kid boy

[Music]

bab okay come on come on can do

it come on K you can do it

[Applause] let me see that

[Music]

ball no all right come on easy easy go go come on one more

stop arm

[Music]

we're counting on you [Music]

[Music]

Kate

[Music]

[Applause]

oh my

[Music] [Applause] [Music]

[Music]

looks like some of that magic rubbed off on you after all

[Music]

reach for the speed reach for the wisdom go

[Music] the

[Music] rainow to a shin

station where Dreams Come waiting

there so see so

toar Friends by your side hopes to hold on to who knows how you

go to a shin station where dreams

come your own imagin waiting there

for this 1hour shining Time Station family

special was made possible in part by an underwriting Grant from Amtrak America's

passenger railroad funding for this program was

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