04x04 - Queen for a Day

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this one hour 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 also provided by the corporation for public broadcasting and the financial support

of viewers like you reach for the speed

reach for the whistle go [Music]

station where dreams can come true

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sure evening bentley i'd like to have a word with my grandmother please check lisa

i shall be several cars ahead sir should you need me thank you bensley that will be all

grandmother my compartment is rather stuffy

could i sleep here tonight thank you grandmother i know it's not right to complain

but i'm a little bit bored or perhaps i should say

i'm lonely grandmother do you ever wish that you

were just a normal person with an ordinary life and ordinary friends and

well grandmother

goodnight [Music]

now what she's in there you're ready with the jewels remember and we are gonna steal them i know that wow

we simply uncouple that car and the rest of the train speeds away which leaves us here alone with the

jewels

i don't know why i'm always the one that has to do all the real work around here

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too late now look what you've done what i done it was your idea hey at least i got an idea

p brain look at it it's getting away

[Music] my lords ladies and gentlemen good day

at you all oh how very extraordinary

not at all what we have come to expect oh well we should simply have to carry on

[Music] oh

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oh what a morning what a day just look at those clouds those trees

those flowers just look at the queen

the queen

[Applause] good morning mitch good morning ginny so how was your trip well you know what

i always say stacy doodlehaven's a nice place to visit but i wouldn't want to live there

where's felix i saw the bus outside i got cows to milk be with you in a minute

ladies prices prices prices big talent show at

shining time station for the benefit of the dog and cat hospital

i hope you've both been rehearsing your act for the talent show why bother

i mean now why bother rehearsing when uh yours truly is gonna win the talent contest anyway huh

get a load of this partners schemer thinks he's going to win the talent show well he probably could if he had any

talent i think maybe we could win the talent show i bet we

could i bet we could hey what do you think dede uh dede

excuse me what don't you think maybe we could win the talent show

please my dear tito you are disturbing me i happen to be reading a terribly

exciting mystery story it's called the case of the stolen stones

[Music] my lords ladies and gentlemen good day

to you all we are pleased to be here thank you

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it's nice to meet you hey and we you yeah me too

it jumped you're welcome i'm sure ew how very nice

hey lady what's with the pink get up

we are pleased to meet you we what do you mean by we

hey listen if you think you're going to win the talent contest or dressed like that forget about it scheme is going to

win ew how terribly interesting yes i am may i help you ma'am ew we sincerely

hope sale our train seems to have departed without us yes a train did just leave were you going to snarlyville

snowyville there won't be another train to snarleyville until tomorrow you're not from around here are you dear

listen why don't you go home with jenny and have a nice cup of tea

home with me oh god jenny poor thing doesn't have any place to go

t oh t that would be most pleasant we do thank you for your kind invitation

well i do have some chores to do at the farm i suppose she could help me with them

right this way ladies move it move it cows need milking moving

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okay let's rehearse do you have your script no and anyways i don't feel like

being in this play it's so dumb fine we'll do it ourselves okay cara i'm the princess you're the wicked queen

princess i exile thee from this fair land so long as i hold this

scepter in my hand skepter what's a scepter

scepter it's pronounced scepter it's sort of a fancy stick me that royals hold in their

hand sometimes hello hi my name is mike

um mickey yes mickey how do you do hi mickey i'm kara and this is becky hi

i'm kit i wonder if you'd mind telling me where we are i mean where i am

well the shining time station's right back there oh i see you're from england right yes i am from

london actually well there seems to have been some sort of mix-up about the train well if you

need a place to hang out you can use our clubhouse a real clubhouse that sounds brilliant

come on i'll show you where it is [Applause] [Music]

hey i lost bag er er

hey like schemer i always say you can't say schemer without the er the er er

second [Music] maybe this is my bag maybe i left my bag here

i mean i just better take it around and see what's inside it because maybe

it's a bag full of nickels

oh great great a bag full of jewels

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i mean i can't imagine uh my bag got full of jewels but might try to imagine it's reality

i love you [Music]

i'll fight that man you don't know where he's been what is all the barking about schemer

are you teasing mitch's sweet little dog no i'm not teasing the sweet little dog i just have to go in the crown and get

some jewels i mean i have to go into town

and get some tools so if you ladies in canine will part on walk

they have to be going

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hey stacy stacy this is our friend mickey mickey this is stacy jones hello mickey i'm very pleased to meet you miss

jones oh you guys go to the clubhouse we have to try on our costumes and practice wait a

minute aren't you forgetting something that mess you left in billy's workshop

oh yeah we sort of forgot to clean up boy what a day fairy tales and chores

are we actually going to do chores with the servant's mind what

no of course we'll do the chores what fun fun okay bando mine it's time to practice

for the talent show oh me and tex got a hankering to play a song for that boy from england that's right rex the one

with the accent did you say england this mystery i'm reading just happens to happen in

england a mere coincidence i think not

i think it's a mystery that we're not playing yet come on

[Applause]

to all you brisk young fellows who have a mind to roam

all in some foreign country a long way from home

all in some foreign country along with me to go

and we'll settle on the banks of the lovely ohio

who set along the banks of the lovely ohio

come all you pretty fair mates spin us some yarn

to make us some nice clothing to keep ourselves warm

for you connect and sow my loves what we do reap and more

when we settle on the banks of the lovely ohio

when we settle on the banks of the lovely ohio

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there are fishes in the river just fitted for our use

this tall and lofty sugar cane that will give to us its juice

there's every kind of game my boys also the buck and doe

when we settle on the bikes of the lovely

[Applause] on ohio banks of the lovely ohio

we'll settle on the banks of the lovely ohio

we'll [Music]

hey mickey i'm going to the clubhouse are you coming or not the clubhouse oh yes quite i mean sure thing

excuse me ladies

excuse me ladies he's so polite

should we ask him to be in our play he'd be a perfect prince i don't know i wonder what a real prince would be

like hi mr conductor hello cara hi becky

mr conductor have you ever met a real prince not exactly at least not yet

but thomas has lots of experience with crowned heads he's even met the queen

no yes

gordon the big engine and thomas the tank engine puffed buffer to buffer back home it had been a busy day

first thomas had teased gordon about the time that the big engine had slid into a ditch

then thomas fell down a mine and gordon came to his rescue remember thomas called gordon grandly

united we stand together we fall you help me and i'll help you

i'll remember replied thomas but i hope sir topham hatt forgives us soon

suddenly they noticed something as the two engines whistled into the sheds everywhere they looked they saw paint

pots and painters bust my buffers said thomas what's happening shh whispered percy sir topham hatt's

going to tell us now ladies and gentlemen and engines

i am honored to inform you that her majesty the queen herself is coming here to visit us

now on with the preparations the engines wondered who would pull the royal train

i'm too old to pull important trains said edward i'm in disgrace side gordon

he'll choose me of course posted james you snorted henry you can't climb hills

he will ask me to pull the train and i'll have a new coat of paint

then the rain came [Music]

henry's driver and fireman covered up their cab to keep dry a painter was on the ladder above the

line henry's smoke blew high into the air the painter couldn't see

both he and the paint pot fell all over henry [Music]

poor henry well you're not a pretty picture sneered the painter

sir topham hatt spoke next you look like an iced cake henry that won't do for the

royal train i must make other arrangements [Music]

gordon and thomas were waiting for him please please sir one at a time replied sir topham hatt yes gordon may thomas

have his branch line again hmm

i think you are both sorry and deserve a treat edward will go in front to clear the line thomas will look after the

coaches and gordon will pull the train [Music]

the great day came all the engines worked hard bringing people to the town

thomas sorted out their coaches in the yard

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me [Music] edward steamed in

the queen is here then gordon whistled as he approached

the station everyone knew that sound the queen's train glided into the

station gordon was spotless and his brash shone brightly

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sir topham hatt stood to attention welcome ma'am the queen thanked him for a splendid run

and asked to see all the engines [Music] whistle toby and percy shh pissed henry

and james but toby and percy didn't care three cheers for the queen

whistled the engines when it was time to leave the queen

spoke specially to thomas who fetched her coaches then to edward

and finally to gordon who took her away no engines ever felt prouder than those

on sir topham hatt's railway [Music]

wow i'd love to meet the queen someday me too not like there's a chance she'd

ever come here oh you never know stranger things have already happened around here and most assuredly will

again

all right speed it up oh she couldn't have gotten too far yeah royally tires easily

what faster faster yeah

[Music] well it seems we've been dealt a pair of knaves to go with our queen

wow this is so utterly brilliant yeah it's pretty cool kit since i missed my train and there

won't be another until tomorrow i wonder if i might spend the night here sure but you think you'll be alright i

mean oh you're all alone oh absolutely no worries okay then see you in the morning mickey see you

kid and thanks

there's nothing to be afraid of not really [Music]

what's this then what's a clever thing all aboard

what happened to our train the little man where's my grandmother aren't you a little bit nervous out here

at night by yourself well don't be it's perfectly safe

what was that

[Music]

and so my loyal subjects it is i

king schema

hi jimmy isn't it a beautiful day well flip me like a flapjack what's so

beautiful about it what's happening with your guest oh you mean her royal highness that's what

i call her at least that's what she told me to call her i tell you stacy she's got me jumping like a jackrabbit at her

every beckon call oh

what wow she likes it go on play up to her

hey jimmy have you inquired about our portmanteau or what now glastonburg go carry all our grip

she's always asking about some suitcase she didn't leave it around here anywhere did she i haven't seen it

miss jones what in the caboose is going on here stand up straight bust your posture yes sir yes mr king oh

may i introduce the superintendent of our railroad mr j.b king esquire

oh mr king we like the sound of that name

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welcome to shining time my people here are treating you well i

trust we are accustomed to more elegant accommodation

and we were anticipating with great pleasure a tour of the

vicinity may i offer you my humble services as an

escort and to a guide we are pleased to accept

may we inquire as to which line of the family you are descended

well on my father's side we're pelican falls kings man perhaps you've heard of us

uh are you by any chance related to the uh queens of brown town very fine old

family [Music]

hi mickey good morning all it's an absolutely fabulous day outside i think

we should all go out and enjoy it sorry we can't go we have to rehearse for the talent show i thought this play was too

babyish for you aren't you my mind so what oh of course well carry on

maybe you kids can rehearse your act while you're doing something else like fishing yes

well i guess so fishing what a brilliant idea okay go get your fishing rods in belly's workshop i'll meet you outside

and the villains are breaking into the tower of london hey

there high top oh tito don't do that i was just reading a very scary part now go away

sorry kiddo but i see another nickel has arrived it's show time

come on [Music]

oh [Music] you do

me wrong to cast me out discourteously

[Music] when i have loved you

so long delighting in your company

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green sleeves was my heart [Music]

[Laughter] asleep

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parsley sage rosemary and thyme remember me too the one who lives there

she once was a true love of mine

will you find me an acre of land parsley sage rosemary and thyme

between the seafoam and the sea sand for she once was a true love of mine

green sleeves was my daylight green sleeves was my heart of gold green

sleeves and who

but my lady green's

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goodbye jewel nice suitcase pally oh i said i like your suitcase

oh thank you very much it is nice isn't it just hand it over matt huh what it is see we're um detectives private eyes and

we're on the trail of some hot rocks stolen jewelry diamonds pearls stuff

like that we're after a lady with an english accent she stole them see she's what we call um the perp i've seen

her around no i have not i don't know who the english perps can't help you there no can do no just kidding

get away with you are you all right what can i help you gentlemen

good day ma'am uh we're detectives uh yeah yeah private eyes and i was wondering your friend or idea has uh

something that belongs to us and well well we'd like it back schemer

bad men bad men oh do you have something to prove that your

real detective's a badge some identification something like that uh identification a badge huh

what it is see them we don't have to tell you who we are because we are undercover

oh well this is my station and unless you can prove that you're real

detectives no no no no like you said see we're under the covers oh well i suggest

that you leave gonna make us leave huh what you

that's right now this happens to be my station i am the station manager and i'm not gonna

ask you one more time to leave this station oh we'll be back

pal we'll be back here we'll be back pal we'll be back run run run you little

chickens run out you would be jonesy what was that all about what's an english perp

no no no no a schemer burp excuse me miss jones oh excuse me miss

george excuse me [Music]

so what are you gonna do now biff i mean about the guy with a funny hair and a bag of wood i'll pipe down well

yeah i'm thinking can't go back to that train station

i do not want to mess with that lady with the baseball bat cause that means we can't go to the talent show

what talent show at the train station that they had a big sign up there for it i love darwin shows the pallet show huh

whoa whoa wait a minute yeah yeah yeah i think i'm getting an idea

yeah it just might work [Laughter]

[Music] yet i shall find a way at last to spell

the lift no to lift the spell which thou has cast those are my lines well when you didn't

come for practice gave the part to mickey we didn't think you cared about the play that's right i don't want to be in your

dopey play i don't even want to see it [Music]

[Music] tito are you sure about this oh cool

attacks once i connect these wires we'll have twice the power we gotta be loud for the talent show

well that's it jim missed his train so much for the talent show who ever heard of a three-man barbershop

quartet uh jim schmim forget about jim fellas

i am the lead singer that you're looking for hey listen we'll do the show tonight

right guys and then we'll go on tour and we will travel all around the world and never come back to this dump again ever what

do you say ah the four of us you die what do you say huh well

if you're that good hello

got some set of pipes on you there friend you're in

hey i knew that was gonna happen i know what's that clinking sound

oh you mean the sound as if uh my mommy had sewn some jewels into my jacket so i could turn them in for a reward

just sounds that way nothing to do with it he's a lot of strangers

goodbye goodbye goodbye

old sneakers

old socks

rotten broccoli

i said rotten broccoli hey i told you to wear one of these yet dope

now rotten broccoli it's so gross well of course it's gross it's

supposed to be gross yeah when the stink bop goes off at that talent show

those jewels are gonna be ours [Laughter]

[Music]

oh hi becky i'm just working out some kinks here being a doll isn't as easy as it looks

believe me i wish i were an action figure mr c can i talk to you about something

i'm all ears i think i'm afraid i hurt someone's feelings

you think that kid's upset about all the attention you've been giving to mickey how do you know that

because something like that happened to some friends of mine on the island of sodor i'll tell you all about it

toby the tram engine was very excited he was wearing a brand new bell that's

shown like gold he was off to the seaside his driver was

explaining everything as they puffed along the line there's a seaside village near here and

every year they have a big parade with a special attraction for all the visitors

[Music] this year toby you're the special

attraction thank you sir said toby but what does a special attraction do

[Music] oh just smiles and blows whistles at everyone replied his driver we're almost

there listen you can hear the seagull soon they reached the little station by

the village but instead of a big welcome there was just one man

he whispered to toby's driver and turned sadly away well if that doesn't take the biscuit

said toby's driver they've run out of room in the parade and don't need a special attraction after all we've got

to go home toby i'm sorry old boy hmm

so am i side toby

[Music] percy was shunting in the yard he didn't expect to see toby

what are you doing back so soon before toby could reply sir topham hatt arrived

leave these cars please percy there's an emergency at the harbor come on percy

said his driver this will be trouble with bull strode who's bullstrode wondered percy

he was still surprised about toby and now he had two puzzles to sort out his driver explained

pull strode is a disagreeable barge he never stops complaining

his driver was right about bullstrode today the barge was more bad tempered than ever

come on come on why aren't you cars where you should be there's no engine and we can only go

where we're put shouted the cars you're in the wrong place not us

when percy arrived bull strode was sulking and the cars were crosser still

our stone is for bullstrode please put us in a sighting so that we

can load him up and be rid of him

[Music]

but the cars were being careless as percy was lining them up they burst

through some buffers [Music]

help help they will but it was too late

[Music]

oh cried bull strong i'm sinking

serves you right giggle the cars you were always barging in and moaning [Music]

it took a very long time to clear the mess

[Music] percy watched as bull strode was towed

to the beach [Music]

there you are said the workman now you can just stay here children can play in you all day and at

long last you'll be useful [Music]

when percy got home he and toby exchanged all their news

well we've both had some seaside surprises today left toby but driver says that i'm a special attraction

anyway and so are you every time we go on our own line

what do you mean ask percy well all we have to do is smile and blow whistles at everyone

i like that story percy and toby were special attractions just by being themselves well everyone is special in

their own special way i guess kid has to learn that he's a special attraction too

hey felix hi there kit need some help

sure grab a brush

you know kit it's a funny thing

i always loved shows the theater

but i hated going on stage it made me

uncomfortable you know what i mean do i ever

that's why i like working backstage directing

setting lights painting sets

[Music] there's a lot more to putting on a play than acting

and i noticed that everybody's happy when they're doing what they do best

look at that tree

you got talent kid i'm glad to have you in the production

team [Music]

oh she is a remarkable woman miss jones a remarkable woman she has elegance and

grace and charm and there's something about her that's just positively

regal who are you talking about mr king ah here she comes now

will you allow me to escort you to a suitable place of honor oh thank you we

would be most grateful

i'll tell you stacy i can't take it anymore do this do that certainly your highness yes your highness i tell you

stacy i'm at the end of my leash it must be somebody else's turn to take her but who can i get to

midge darling hi jenny hello stacy

isn't this exciting oh i just know queenie's gonna win a

prize aren't you queenie queenie queenie

queenie queenie midge why doesn't she move in with you

for a while seeing as she gets along so well with your doggie ginny why do they look so familiar

together i feel as if i've seen them before i tell you she's really a perfect

guest no trouble at all if you don't mind bowing and once you get used to backing out of a room

and made mage what in the name of pickles pig feeders

[Music] queen queen

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lady

ladies and gentlemen welcome to our show and now without further to do our first

amazing act [Applause]

so

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wow oh boy [Music]

i will save you my princess and end her wickedness using this magic potion

to put her to sleep [Music]

i have prepared a wonderful drink for you my queen for i am your humble servant

and now for you barbershop quartet fans out there we present the song stylings

of the four comb overs

my queen my queen my queen

my queen kathleen mcsweep you are my crew you are my queen my fair

calling from

[Music]

or something somewhere in between somewhere in

of between like i admit i've never seen since i was six or seventeen have

kathleen kathleen kathleen my queen kathleen mcsween

you are my queen for you i'd brave a brave truck brave sardine a wolverine i'll show you things

but keep it clean you've never seen [Music]

this one's for you [Music]

[Music] my queen my queen

queen [Applause]

[Music] must be the broccoli

hey hey wasn't that bad i love to see you trying to get up here and sing and dance at the same time

ladies and gentlemen please please remain calm please use that exit over there please remain

calm please get your hands on the juice

hey it's you look i found them it's the fruits give me that

yikes hey forget the prince the jewels get the jewels

sounds like a stampede out there now we'll never get to play our song at the end of this book a detective came and

solved the crime where's this fabulous detective when you need it most i am here my dear

tito mr conductor

i knew you'd come and rescue us the case is nearly closed all we need is some

music you heard the man let's go

won't you bring back [Music]

uncle ben used to fill his fountain pen from a plate of mrs murphy's chowder it had ice cream cold cream benzene

gasoline soup beans string beans floating all around sponge cake beef steak mistakes navigate cream puffs ear

muffs many to be [Music]

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won't [Music]

and if they had it where we are you might find an awesome car and a plate of mrs murphy's chowder it had ice cream

cooked green beans gasoline soup beans floating all around sponge cake steak

mist stomach cream puffs ear mess

[Music]

the chowder is fine

[Music]

[Applause] you can pack it [Music]

the plumber died the other day they involved him right away and a bowl of mrs

murphys chowder [Music]

that's my truck [Music]

they're getting away oh maybe we can stop them mr king come with me

mickey it's pretty funny isn't it that crook who grabbed you back there thought you were a real prince becky there's something i've been

meaning to tell you all of you about you i really am

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all [Applause] [Music]

thank right

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all right

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[Music] hmm [Music]

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the smell's all gone you must have really had to air this place out we sure did oh felix i'm so

sorry about your talent show now what's gonna happen to the dog and cat hospital did you have to refund all your money

are you kidding people are paying extra to have their picture taken with a queen

ah she's a great lady once you get to know her and as it turns out she just loves animals

please don't crowd her majesty

our majesty's train has arrived group shot whoop shot everyone gather around her majesty

okay we must go fishing again sometime kit maybe at my place yeah

see you soon cara you're much too nice to be a wicked queen thanks

becky i hope you'll write to me just send a letter to the palace address it to the prince well i'll write to you

if you promise to write me back you can send your letter to becky at shining time oh and becky when you see him will you

please thank your friend mr conductor for all his help you mean you knew all along he wasn't a doll well i knew i

wasn't the only one pretending to be someone else

[Music]

hi goodbye your majesty

[Music] mickey call me mickey

[Music]

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 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 to a shining time station

where dreams can come true your own imagination

waiting there for you

[Music]

this one hour 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 also provided by the corporation for public broadcasting and the financial support of viewers like you

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