03x27 - The Long Rotten Summer/The Case of the Shattered Vase

[bunniefuu]

MAN:
♪ Martha was an average dog

♪ She went... and... and...
(barking, growls)

♪ When she ate
some alphabet soup ♪

♪ Then what happened
was bizarre... ♪

On the way to Martha's stomach,
the letters lost their way.

They traveled to her brain,
and now...

♪ She's got a lot to say

♪ Now she speaks...

How now, brown cow?

♪ Martha speaks

♪ Yeah, she speaks
and speaks and speaks ♪

♪ And speaks and speaks...

What's a caboose?

When are we eating again?

♪ Martha speaks...

Hey, Joe, what do you know?

My name's not Joe.

♪ She's not always right, but
still that Martha speaks... ♪

Hi, there.

♪ She's got the voice,
she's ready to shout ♪

♪ Martha will tell you
what it's all about ♪

♪ Sometimes wrong,
but seldom in doubt ♪

♪ Martha will tell you
what it's all about ♪

♪ That dog's unique...

Testing, one, two.

♪ Hear her speak

♪ Martha speaks and speaks
and speaks and speaks and... ♪

♪ Communicates, enumerates,
elucidates, exaggerates ♪

♪ Indicates and explicates

♪ Bloviates and overstates
and... ♪

(panting)

♪ Hyperventilates!

♪ Martha-- to reiterate--
Martha speaks. ♪

Hi!
Is it time for
the show yet?

Just a minute.

We have to do the
introduction first.

And here it is...
enjoy!

See you at the end!

We still have
time to fill.

Today's show is filled
with words like "second,"

"minute," "hour"--

Eternal? Is "eternal"
one of the words?

Yes!
(yawns)

It should be, because this
is starting to feel eternal.

Some other words include
"infinite," "transpired,"

"occurred"...

Let me guess--
is "endless" one of the words?

Right again!

So listen for all
the time words

and my rude dog and I will see
you at the end of the show.

(Skits barks)

Go ahead and pitch.

She just did.

It is officially too dark
to keep playing.

One of the best things
about summer

is playing till you can't see
the ball anymore.

The first three weeks of this
summer have been perfect.

(gasps)

It's been three
weeks already?

No!

What's wrong?

Last summer went by too fast,
don't you remember?

HELEN:
Are you still

writing that list?

No, I'm done.

I now have a list of
all the great things

I'll do this summer.

It would be fun
to do all this

if school didn't
start tomorrow.

Tomorrow? No!

You spent the whole summer
working on that list.

I will never let
this happen again!

Next summer I will make
every minute count!

So what? Haven't you been
making every minute count?

I forgot.

But summer will not get away
from me, starting tomorrow.

Huh, what's he
going to do?

I guess we'll
find out tomorrow.

(barks)

Hey, TD, want
to go to the park?

No, I want to go
to school.

You never want
to go to school.

You've said,

"When you're in school,
every minute feels eternal."

What's eternal?

"Eternal" means
it lasts forever.

So if a minute feels eternal,
it feels like it will never end,

like it will last
for an eternity.

And that's exactly why
I want to go there now.

Remember how the last day
of school felt?

It was like time
almost stopped.

(in slowed-down voice):
Let's review our multiplication
tables.

Whoa!

Does that really happen?

Does each minute really
last forever in school?

Sometimes it
feels like that.

So if it feels like it,

and we spend the
summer in school,

summer will feel eternal.

Let's go!

So you don't want
an eternal summer?

I want to play
outside in the sun.

I'd like to see
time stand still,

but the janitor won't let
dogs in school.

He won't be there.

He's on summer vacation.

Come on,
Martha.

I don't know when
I'll be back, Helen,

since every minute
will last forever.

I'll see you both
in a half hour.

That's all you'll
be able to stand.

I'm so excited about
being allowed in school.

(humming)

He's riding the infinite
imaginary wave

no surfer has ever conquered.

TD & JANITOR:
What are you doing here?

Shouldn't you be on vacation?

Hey, we're talking
at the same time.

Stop.

You stop first.

Okay.

Now.

I'll leave.

I know you don't allow
dogs in here.

You can stay.

A few dog hairs can't hurt

since I let the squirrels
party here all summer.

(squeaking)

JANITOR:
They sure love
air conditioning.

Also, there are
no teachers here,

so the D-O-G can't
learn anything.

Because if dogs knew too much,

(whispering):
pretty soon people
would be waiting on them

and cleaning up
their mess.

People already do that.

(gasping):
Then I'm too late.

Oh, I tried.

(sobbing):
I'm only one man.

MARTHA:
Are you spending
summer here

to enjoy the
eternal minutes?

No, I'm here to ride the
infinite imaginary wave.

Because "infinite" means
the wave never ends.

I can surf forever.

Huh, I don't see any
infinite wave.

An infinite imaginary wave.

The wave isn't real, it's in my
imagination, and it's infinite.

Cool, huh?

Is it okay if we sit
in an empty classroom

for the rest of the summer?

Sure.
Want to know why?

No.

(ticking)

(Skits barks)

ALICE:
You two sat in school
for hours

and hours and hours
on a summer day?

It felt like the longest day
of my life.

Isn't that great?

Sure.
Great.

So, Martha, did the minutes
feel eternal in school?

I don't know.
I fell asleep.

You're giving up,
right?

We're all playing
baseball tomorrow?

No. I'm going
to school.

You know you're not going to do
this for the rest of the summer.

Am too.

Are not.

You can't sit in school
every day for a whole summer.

I can too.

HELEN:
You can't.

Can too!

You're going to give up
really soon,

so why not give up now
and just have fun?

I'll never
give up.

You'll see.

I won't come out
till school starts.

You can't come
out then.

When school starts,
you'll have to go to school.

Oh, right.

Then my summer will be
truly endless--

that means it
will have no end--

because summer and school
will be the same thing!

Ha!

Did that make
sense to you?

It doesn't matter
what he says.

Trust me,
he's going to give up.

TD:
I will not!

(yawns)

You know what
a moment is?

A moment is a very
small bit of time.

That was a moment.

Another moment.

Moment.

Moment.

Another one.

I've had enough moments.

This day already
feels eternal.

That means
it's working!

No, that means I'm bored
and the day feels like

it will never end.

Bye, TD.

I'll see you on the
outside when you quit!

I'm never quitting!

I'll stay forever... or
something that feels like it.

Whoa!

Easy, Skits!

Easy!

TD said he was
staying there forever.

That might be true if forever
meant only one day.

But forever means...
forever, till the end of time.

TD probably won't
last one more day.

If those guys think
I'll give up,

they don't know me very well.

Moment.

Moment.

Moment and a half.

Half moment.

(kids laughing)

I don't think we needed
that extra kite for TD.

It doesn't look like
he's coming out today.

Maybe you were
wrong, Helen.

There's no way he can
last another day.

He must be totally
bored in there.

I bet Helen, Alice and Martha
are laughing and having fun.

Well, I can have fun in here
all by myself.

(makes popping sounds to tune of
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star")

(sighs)

Marco!

Marco.

It's just not the
same without TD.

No one's buying
any lemonade.

We usually go
through two pitchers.

That's because TD always drinks
it before anyone can buy it.

Eww!

I never noticed bugs landing
in the lemonade before.

That's because TD
always drinks it.

(sighs):
Jump rope just isn't
the same without TD.

Hey, I know!

If we tied one end to the tree,
one of us could jump.

Great idea!

We need
a longer rope.

Or a thinner tree...

BOTH:
Or TD.

(frustrated sigh)

To play baseball,
you need to have

at least three players
who have hands.

How do we know TD is really
at school every day?

Maybe he's fooling us.

I thought that, too, so I went
over there and got proof.

HELEN:
How long did
you take video?

ALICE:
A few hours.

HELEN:
It's too boring.
Hit fast-forward.

That is fast-forward.

This isn't like
TD at all.

Well, he's doing it.

I think this is changing
him, maybe forever.

Hey, TD, want to play

accidentally frozen
sandwich hockey?

No, thanks.

Think I'll just sit here
and scratch my nose.

This is almost too much fun.

(shudders)

TD is going to be ruined

and there's nothing
we can do about it.

Poor TD.

Why don't you just tell TD
that you're worried about him?

Because we told him he'd quit
and he said he wouldn't.

So he'll think it's a trick
to get him to come out,

just to prove we were right.

(girls sighing)

ALICE:
Poor TD.

(sighs)

Once again, it's all up
to the dog.

Hi, Martha.

So, are you having a
fun, endless summer?

Endless, yeah, but I'm so bored
I once forgot to exhale.

That was weird.

Why don't you come out and play?

They said I'd quit,
I said I wouldn't.

So I can't quit, ever.

MARTHA:
He wants to quit,

but he won't because
you said he would.

What can we do?

I actually
have an idea.

The girls need you, TD.

They can't play baseball
without a catcher.

I can't, Martha.

I want this summer
to go slow.

But you're sad.

Is that what you want:
a long, rotten summer?

You're right!

But they want me to quit
to prove I was wrong.

They want you to quit because
it's making them sad, too.

Really?

You're right, Martha.

That's a great excuse...

I mean, reason,
to get out of here.

There's still
half a summer left.

What are we waiting for?

Strike two.

Marco.

Polo.

Marco!

Polo!

(kids laughing)

Hey, I have the greatest idea
for what we can do tomorrow!

You mean after school?

Because tomorrow's
the first day of school.

Already?

We've done nothing but play
endlessly for a month.

It didn't feel
like a month.

See you next summer.

(squirrels squeaking)

Hey! First day of school
tomorrow.

No dogs allowed!

I don't have
to go to school.

For dogs, summer is endless.

I could have an
endless summer.

All I have to do is figure
out how to become a dog.

Here we go again.

Ha! We interrupt this show
for the word "interrupt."

Please interrupt whatever
you're doing.

(loud crunch)

TD:
Hey, Martha.

Not much going on.

That's because you're
supposed to interrupt

what you're doing.

Okay, glad to.

What does "interrupt" mean?

It means to stop
something-- like chewing.

Can I swallow?

No, because we're
interrupting everything

that everyone is doing.

Why?

I... yee...
I forgot.

Okay, everyone may resume
what you were doing.

What does "resume" mean?

Uh... not today.

Ask your parents or look
in the dictionary.

Oh, why was I
interrupting everyone?

I must have had some
really good reason.

Why are you watching TV
with your eyes covered?

We're watching att*ck
of the Glooey Goo Monster.

It's too scary to look at.

Then why don't you turn it off?

It's great!

Ah!

Ugh.

Now I'm going to have
nightmares.

(thunder)

(snoring)

Martha.

Martha, Martha, Martha!

Wha... huh... what?

Are you asleep?

Is this a trick question?

I heard something.

Just a second ago.

I'm pretty sure that Glooey Goo
from the Modus Dimension

is under my bed.

I knew we shouldn't
have watched that movie.

Twice.

I'll look under the bed
and prove you're safe.

Don't!

If you got gooed, I could
never forgive myself.

I won't get gooed,
because there is no such thing

as Glooey Goo.

I'll look.

But first,
I'll feel around.

(something squishing,
Helen screams)

It's there! I felt it!

How did they fight it
in the movie?

Helen...

I remember. We need
three tons of dry ice

and a large, rotating
space station.

Helen, calm down.

There is no
Glooey Goo under...

I just felt it, Martha.

First I heard that sound,
then I felt it.

Ears and hands don't lie.

(chuckling):
Oh, don't they?

Let me tell you a story.

Now?

Yes.

It's the story of
a girl named Helen

and her dog Martha.

MARTHA:
One dark night,
Helen's Mom came home

and got an unpleasant surprise.

(gasps)

My vase!

¿Qué pasó?

What happened?
How did it break?

We don't know.

No one was in the room
when it happened.

What?

It's true.

We all heard a crash.

A second later,
the lights went out.

That's right.

And when I turned them
back on, it was like this.

Well, vases don't break
themselves.

One of you must have been
in this room when it fell.

Not me.

I wasn't.

Me neither.

As spokes-dog
for the canines,

I must report we
were in the hall.

(barks)

Maybe an elephant did it.

Elephants like peanuts,

and there's an empty jar
of peanut butter.

Uh, never mind.

This is a mystery.

How can we resolve it?

Please don't touch the evidence
until the mystery is solved.

It's important to review
the events as they happened.

Review?

"Review" means you go over
something again.

That's right.

I want to hear the events
in the exact sequence

in which they occurred.

So...

Comencemos.

Let's start with you, honey.

Uh... me?

Well, it all started

when I was opening
the peanut butter.

I wanted to make a sandwich,
and the jar was brand new.

(sniffing)

But then...

(trumpeting)

I heard a distant trumpet.

I figured I'd accidentally

left the radio on too loud
upstairs.

So I went to turn it off.

I hadn't gotten very far

when I heard a crash come
from the kitchen.

(crash)

A second later,
the lights went out.

To find out what had happened,

I went back toward
the kitchen.

(grunts)

But somehow I ran into a wall.

A moment later,
the lights came on.

And there was no wall there!

I walked into the kitchen...

(gasps)

Only to find the vase broken
and the peanut butter eaten.

It all happened
in an instant.

(barks)

No, Skits.

What did Skits say?

He wanted to know
if you meant "instant"

like just-add-water instant.

Like instant oatmeal.

Well, in a way, sure.

An instant is a very short time.

Like a second or a moment.

It all sounds very strange.

A wall?

Mm-hmm, well, I think I know

what happened
in that instant.

Truman and I were playing catch
in the living room.

I accidentally threw the ball
over Truman's head.

An instant later,
there was a big crash!

(crash)

Then the lights went out.

In the dark,
someone brushed past me

carrying a big banana leaf.

There are no big banana leaves
in this house.

You saw a banana leaf?

Well, it felt
like a banana leaf.

Then I came in here
and switched on the lights

and I saw the vase like this.

So, clearly the ball bounced
into the kitchen

and knocked the vase over.

No, that's not the way
it transpired.

Transpired?

Aren't there any small words
when you solve a mystery?

What does "transpired" mean?

When you tell how
something transpired,

you explain how it happened.

And what transpired tonight
was this...

I followed the bouncing ball
into the kitchen.

I saw the dogs were in there,

doing something
up on the table.

Ooh, ooh!

They threw the ball!

They want us to play!
(barks)

Skits! Bring it back!

(barking)

(crash)

TRUMAN:
A second later, there was
a crash from the kitchen.

And the lights went out.

In the dark, someone
came out of the kitchen

carrying a palm tree.

Huh?

¿Un árbol?

Someone was carrying a tree?

Either that or it was
a walking tree.

But I felt a tree.

Huh.

It sounds like the dogs

might have had something
to do with this.

Us?

What were you doing
up on the table?

Nothing.

MARTHA:
Skits and I walked
in innocently

and smelled a jar
of open peanut butter,

nearly empty.

DAD:
But that was a brand new jar.

MARTHA:
Not when we got there.

Skits and I checked to see

if we could save you
time washing

by licking the jar clean.

Then the ball came in
and we decided to go play.

Skits! Bring it back!

(crash)

MARTHA:
Then there was a
crash.

As everyone agrees, the lights
went out a second later.

I saw something come
out of the kitchen.

There was a rope hanging
from the back of it.

I pulled on the rope,

but I couldn't hold it back.

It slipped from my teeth
and got away.

Now you've heard everything.

I still don't understand
how this could occur.

Huh?

When she says she doesn't know
how this occurred,

she means she doesn't know
what happened.

Revisemos esto.

Let's review.

Danny.

You heard a sound like a trumpet
and left the room.

You heard a crash.

The lights went out.

You came back, but hit a wall
in the dark.

That's right.

Helen, you threw a ball
into this room.

You heard a crash
and saw the lights go out.

Yes.

Then I felt the banana leaf.

Hmm...

Truman, you chased the dogs
into the hallway,

and felt... a tree?

That was my perception.

It was dark, though.

And you, Martha and Skits.

You claim you were nowhere near
the scene of the accident,

but you felt a rope.

I know it sounds crazy,
but that's what occurred.

Based on what all of you say
you saw and heard,

it's impossible to figure out
what occurred tonight.

Maybe we just need to review
the events again.

Before we do
any more reviewing,

can we clean up
this mess?

Okay, let's clean up.

Skits and I are going to review
the events in our minds

while we go and sit
on the nice, soft couch.

(Skits sniffing)

(barks)

Yes, I do smell
peanut butter.

Whoa, Skits, maybe you
don't want to open that.

We don't know what makes
a bulge like that occur.

(trumpeting)

Jeffy?

(trumpets weakly)

(barks)
Shh!

(whispering):
What are you doing
in our closet?

(sniffs,
then barks)

Jeffy, is that...
peanut butter?

(trumpets weakly)

If you ate the peanut butter,
do you know who broke the vase?

(trumpets weakly)

You can't tell us

because people aren't allowed
to know

the animals can leave the zoo
whenever they want?

(trumpets)

(barks)

Hey, Skits is right.

We're not people.
We're dogs.

You can tell us.

(trumpets excitedly)

Shh!

MARTHA:
Jeffy began to tell
what really happened.

He left the zoo
for a nice stroll.

He didn't even realize he was
hungry until he smelled it.

(sniffing)

(trumpeting loudly)

MARTHA:
No elephant can resist
peanut butter.

(trumpeting)

(trumpets in frustration)

Jeffy couldn't reach
the peanut butter,

even for one little taste.

He knew he couldn't fit
in the door.

Or could he?

(trumpets)

Vegetable oil makes things
very slippery.

But then he heard
someone coming.

(barks)

TRUMAN:
Skits!

MARTHA:
Jeffy knew he had to get
out of there

before anyone else came
into the kitchen.

He needed to hide.

Jeffy went
into the living room,

where Dad bounced
off his side.

Helen didn't touch a leaf;
it was Jeffy's ear.

Truman didn't touch a tree;
it was Jeffy's trunk.

I wasn't biting a rope.

Sorry, Jeff.

So that's the story.

MARTHA (continuing):
Everyone thought they knew
what they'd felt,

but they didn't notice
the elephant in the room.

Well, one thing's for sure.

What's that?

That story was so silly,

you made me forget
to be afraid.

(laughs)

Great.

Still, what did it have
to do with the Glooey Goo?

Ah. Glad you asked.

I told you that story
so you'd see

that things are not always
what you perceive them to be.

Like what's under the bed?

Yuh-huh.

I didn't touch Glooey Goo.

It was only peanut butter.

Exactly.

Hey, is that the missing
peanut butter jar

that Dad was looking for?

You ate it?

Well...

(sighs)

In a way, yeah.

You are going to tell him
the truth, right?

Of course.

I was just practicing admitting
my guilt to you first--

in a colorful way.

Maybe too colorful.

Why did you add a broken vase?

Oh, well...

Martha!

I had a bad day.

(sighs)

We'll deal with it tomorrow.

Together.

Thanks, Helen.

MARTHA:
Helen?

Would you like to hear
a story

about a chewed-up shoe?

HELEN:
Martha!

Hey! Check out this song.

♪ Riding to the top
of the hill ♪

♪ My friends said, "You can't"

♪ "Hey, you bet I will"

♪ My pedals and chains spun
endlessly round and around ♪

♪ Well, it was endless

♪ "Endless" means a long time

♪ And when I made it,
that endless hill was mine. ♪

♪ Now it's time
to head on down ♪

♪ Everything's a blur,
wheels spinning around ♪

♪ It was over in a flash
as I blew right by my friends ♪

♪ It was instant

♪ "Instant" means it was fast

♪ I really wish I could
have made that moment last. ♪

Did you catch all the words
that have to do with time?

Here are a few of them.

Then my summer will
be truly endless.

That means it will
have no end.

When you tell how
something transpired,

you explain how it happened.

Because "infinite" means
the wave never ends.

I can surf forever.

Well, that's our show.

It's over? Already?

See you tomorrow.

That wasn't a half-hour.

No way!

Sorry, Martha.

That went way too fast.

♪ Who's that dog? ♪

♪ Who's
that dog? ♪

♪ Dog, d-d-dog, d-dog. ♪

That dog is Bert.

We're at Children's Hospital
Boston.

He's not a doctor.

Bert is a volunteer with the
volunteer services department,

the Pawprints program.

BOY:
"My name is Bert.

I love to walk on the beach
and go swimming."

Bert is in the hospital because
he's a friend.

MAN:
I think that it makes them feel
for a little bit

like they're not
in the hospital

and they can take their mind
off things.

Bye, Bert.

MAN:
He enjoys coming to see the kids
because he gets to be petted

by a lot of children.

That's the spot he likes--
look at his leg.

(laughs)

Bye, Bert!

♪ Hey, ho! Bert, go!

BOY:
"I also enjoy treats."

MAN:
He gets to have
little doggie treats

when we get back to the office.

♪ He's that dog... ♪
♪ Dog, d-d-dog, d-dog. ♪

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