Scenes with Shadow 65
[segment opens on a woman and a dog doing laundry in front of a circus tent]
SShadow
♪ This is the way we wash our clothes ♪
♪ Wash our clothes, wash our clothes ♪
♪ This is the way we wash our clothes so early in the morning ♪
Whew! This is no fun! Let's take these clothes out to the laundromat! [woman nods]
[the two watch the washing machine that shakes]
Now we've got time to learn something else! Hmmm...circus? Oh!
SShadow
♪ This is the way we tame the lion ♪ [lion roars]
♪ Tame the lion, tame the lion ♪ [lion roars again]
♪ This is the way we tame the lion so early in the morning ♪
LLion
You're doing a good job!
SShadow
♪ This is the way we swing a trapeze ♪
♪ Swing a trapeze, swing a trapeze ♪
♪ This is the way we swing a trapeze so early in the morning ♪ [dog makes monkey sounds]
♪ This is the way we get a pie in the face ♪
♪ Pie in the face, pie in the face ♪
♪ This is the way we get a pie in the face so early in the morning ♪
RRingmaster
Okay, you two. Now back to work.
[they sigh and they hum the first verse they sung earlier]
[segment opens on three terrifying pigs]
SShadow
♪ The three little pigs, they flipped their wigs ♪
SShadow
♪ The wolf was at the door ♪
♪ Early the day he had blown away a house of sticks and a house of hay ♪
♪ And now he wanted more ♪
BBBig Bad Wolf
Little pig, little pig, let me come in!
LPLittle Pig
Not by the hair of the chinny-chin-chin!
BBBig Bad Wolf
Then I'll huff and I'll huff and I'll blow your house in!
LPLittle Pig
Tough play, big boy!
[as the Big Bad Wolf tries to blow the brick house down, he coughs and gives up]
SShadow
♪ The house did not move ♪
♪ It was made of brick, but the wolf was clever he had one more trick ♪
♪ He climbed up to the chimney and down did he go ♪
♪ It was a tight squeeze so he moved kind of slow ♪
♪ The pigs heard him coming and they plan a surprise ♪
LPLittle Pig 2
Fill it up! Get more water!
SShadow
♪ He fell into the bathtub ♪ [wolf screams]
♪ And got soap in his eyes ♪ [wolf howls]
LPLittle Pig
You sure are dirty!
LPLittle Pig 3
You're covered in suds!
LPLittle Pig
You're going to bathe...
LPLittle Pig 3
From head to foot!
[the pigs start washing the wolf with brushes]
SShadow
♪ The wolf was all clean ♪
♪ Neatly brushed and combed ♪
♪ He felt much better ♪
BBBig Bad Wolf
Nevermore I huff and puff any homes.
[segments on a black background, the spotlight follows the cat; and turns to us; the spotlight turns away from him and irises on them; Shadow sings it in James Bond style]
KWKitty Wife
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat! Where have you been?
BButler
[French accent] Telephone for Monsieur Cat.
PCPussy Cat
I'll take that. Cat here. Pussy Cat.
QQueen
Hello, Pussy Cat! This is the queen! You've got to come to the palace at once!
PCPussy Cat
I've got to go, kitten. My queen needs me! [he flees]
SShadow
♪ Pussy Cat ♪ [Pussy Cat takes off in a jetpack]
♪ Pussy Cat ♪ [Pussy Cat rides in a motorboat]
♪ Where have you been ♪ [he does the same thing in a map]
♪ He's been to London ♪ [he rides in a hot air balloon]
♪ To see the queen ♪
PCPussy Cat
Ah, the palace! Yes, your Majesty. What can I do for you here?
QQueen
Oh, I'm frightened. There's a mouse under my chair! [screams, sees the mouse underneath the chair]
PCPussy Cat
Never fear, your Majesty! [he captures the mouse] I guess you'd thought you squeak by. [mouse squeaks 10 times]
QQueen
You're welcome, Pussy Cat.
PCPussy Cat
Thanks, your Majesty.
SShadow
♪ No job is too smart for Pussy Cat! ♪
[the title "00CAT" was shown, Kitty Wife enters to meow them]
[segment opens on a tree with some upside down flowers, a woman appears]
SShadow
♪ Little Miss Muffet ♪
SShadow
♪ Sat on a tuffet ♪
MMs. Muffet
What's a tuffet? [cues a stool by two flowers]
SShadow
A short, little stool.
SShadow
♪ Eating her curds and whey ♪
SShadow
It's sort of, like cottage cheese.
SShadow
♪ Along came a spider ♪ [a spider appears, hanging on a spider web]
♪ And sat down beside her ♪ [spider laughs evilly]
♪ And frightened Miss Muffet away ♪ [spider growls]
MMs. Muffet
I'm not afraid of you. [spider growls again] Nope. You're not scary. Want some curds and whey?
SSpider
Sure. Spiders love curds and whey! [Miss Muffet feeds him with a spoon] Whoa! Yum yum yum yum!
[segment opens on a room with pie]
SShadow
♪ Little Jack Horner ♪
SShadow
♪ Sat in a corner ♪
It's the corner. That's big.
SShadow
♪ Eating his pudding pie ♪ [Jack eats something with a spoon]
♪ He put in his thumb and pulled out a plumb and said ♪
Boy, am I good or what? You ever tried to stick a plumb on his thumb?
[segment opens at a girl with a ladybug in her hand]
SShadow
♪ Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home ♪
♪ Your house is on fire ♪
LMLadybug Mom
My house is on fire? Come on, kids! Let's get in the truck!
[the fire truck accelerates, the background starts panning]
LMLadybug Mom
Get out of the way! We're coming through! [fire truck parks in] Help me hook up the hose, kids!
LBLadybug Boy
Okay Ma. [plugs the hose in fire hydrant]
[the three ladybugs all put the fire out, flames sink deeper]
LMLadybug Mom
What happened?
SShadow
Your house was struck by lightning bugs.
[shows two green lightning bugs in front of the house]
LMLadybug Mom
It's a good thing we live next to the fire plugs! Mm-hmm!
[segment opens on a blank background, a dog walks by]
SShadow
♪ There was a little girl ♪
I'm not a little girl! I'm a dog! [a grown woman appears]
GGGrown Girl
No. I'm the little girl.
SShadow
♪ Who had a little curl ♪ [a curl springs]
♪ Right in the middle of her forehead ♪ [a curl springs again]
♪ When she was good ♪ [the camera pans backwards, revealing to be she's holding the guitar]
GGGrown Girl
I'm practicing my guitar lessons.
SShadow
♪ She was very, very good ♪
GGGrown Girl
When I'm good, I'm good. [a curl springs once again]
SShadow
♪ But when she was mad... ♪ [stops singing] she was horrid!
GGGrown Girl
But I'm good at rock and roll!
[reveals to be a rock and roll concert]
GGGrown Girl
No, I like my curl. It makes me look cool.
[segment opens on a blank background]
SShadow
♪ Girls and boys ♪
SShadow
♪ Come out to play ♪
SShadow
♪ The moon doth shine as bright as day ♪ [the children look up at the Moon]
♪ Come with a whoop ♪ [boy whoops at the tree]
♪ Come with a call ♪
SShadow
♪ Come with goodwill or not at all ♪
SShadow
♪ You find the milk ♪
SShadow
♪ I'll find the flour ♪
CChef
It's organic flour!
SShadow
♪ And we'll have pudding in half an hour ♪
[segment opens on a blank background]
SShadow
♪ Wear you a hat ♪
ALAbraham Lincoln
I like the hat.
SShadow
♪ Or wear you a crown ♪
KGKing George
Like a crown?
SShadow
♪ All that goes up ♪ [Abraham Lincoln jumps in mid-air]
♪ Must come down ♪ [he falls down]
KGKing George
I got some springs that might work! [he jumps up with springs on his feet]
ALAbraham Lincoln
Huh, oh; I have that pogo here. [he jumps on a pogo stick, but jumps too hard and falls back down]
SShadow
♪ So wear you a hat or wear you a crown ♪
♪ All that goes up must come down ♪ [stops singing] Unless of course, you're in outer space!
[This gave the men an idea; the shot reveals to be floating in zero gravity by the Moon]
AAstronaut
[seeing Abraham Lincoln and King George in outer space] Uh, Houston? We got men with hats here!
[segment opens on a jungle]
SShadow
♪ A man in the wilderness ♪ [man screams like George of the Jungle and gets stuck]
TTarzan
[notices the vine doesn't move] Uh-oh!
SShadow
♪ Asked doth me ♪
TTarzan
How many strawberries grown in sea?
WWoman
Hmmm... [thinks herself riding on an elephant with a cat]
SShadow
♪ How many strawberries grown in the sea? ♪
♪ I answered him as I thought good: Oh as many herrings that swim in the wood ♪
TTarzan
What's that got to do with strawberries?
HHerring
Last one is a rotten egg!
SSeal
Yeah, man! Surf's up!
[segment opens on a cave]
SShadow
♪ In a canyon ♪ [wolf howls]
♪ Excavating for a mine ♪
MMiner
How am I doing this? [grunts]
SShadow
♪ Lived a miner, 49er ♪
SShadow
♪ And her daughter Clementine ♪
CClementine
I'm Clementine. Hi, Pop!
RRattlesnake
♪ Oh my darling Clementine ♪
MMeerkats
♪ You were lost and gone forever ♪
MMiner
♪ Dreadful sorry Clementine ♪
CClementine
Pa, I'm just on my way to school. I'll email you.
MMiner
What's email? [they wave together] Bye-bye, Clementine! [truck drives off] We'll miss you!
[segment opens on a man in a hot air balloon with the Moon and two trees]
SShadow
♪ His trip to the Moon ♪
CClown
Ah, what a lovely moon!
SShadow
♪ Started too soon ♪
CClown
Not soon enough if you ask me!
SShadow
♪ He had an itch ♪
CClown
[scratches his surface] Oh yeah, that's the spot.
SShadow
♪ And hit the switch ♪
CClown
[he pushed the lever with his elbow] Uh-oh! I think I'm in deep trouble!
SShadow
♪ And released the balloon ♪
CClown
[the balloon flies] Whoa, I'm on my way now! [carnival music plays] Whoa! [hits some bumps] Hittin' a little turbulence here! Whoa! Well, that's one small step for... [an alien appears] Oh, drat! There's somebody already here!
AAlien
Hello. Welcome to the Moon. Would you like some cheese?
[segment opens on a silhouette-shaped tree]
SShadow
♪ A day in the life of a dog ♪
[barks] It's the dog days!
SShadow
♪ Up with the Sun ♪ [The sun appears with a face] ♪ The dog doth run ♪ [dog runs past the tree] ♪ Fast asleep at seven ♪ [dog takes a nap with a flower and blades of grass] ♪ Then out to play ♪ [dog plays catch with the ball] ♪ And a place to lay ♪ [dog takes another nap] ♪ And at noon/meal time, he's in heaven ♪
MMan
Here, boy! [the dog feeds dog food, then the dog burps and continues eating]
SShadow
♪ And sleep the afternoon ♪
SShadow
♪ Sunset come soon ♪
SShadow
♪ All night howl at the moon ♪ [the dog pretends to be a wolf] ♪ Oh a day in the life of a dog ♪
Quiet. I'm trying to get my beauty sleep. [the dog howls]
[fairy dust opens on a picture of a castle with some trees, a woman in a princess hat walks by]
SShadow
♪ There once was a princess who played with a ball of gold ♪
♪ It fell into the well ♪ [ball lands in the well]
♪ Been deep and so cold ♪
PPrincess
What am I to do? I love my gold ball.
FPFrog Prince
I can help! Although, I'm so small!
SShadow
♪ The frog went into the water with a mighty leap ♪
♪ And swam into the bottom so very deep ♪
♪ He found the ball and brought it to the top ♪
♪ The princess was overjoyed, she almost could pop ♪
PPrincess
O Dear Frog, I grant you any wish.
FPFrog Prince
Let me be your friend. Let me eat from your dish.
PPrincess
[disgusted] This I cannot do!
SShadow
♪ Off she ran back to the castle ♪
FPFrog Prince
I have to go after her. What a hassle! [he sneaks up on her but answers the door]
KKing
Huh, who can that be?
FPFrog Prince
Aha! It is me! The Frog Prince come for his wish! For helping your daughter, I want one little kiss.
PPrincess
Oh, go away. Get out of my sight!
KKing
Now daughter, you must do what is right. A promise you made! Is this true?
PPrincess
Yes, but what am I to do?
KKing
You must give this frog his reward. Keeping a promise is not so very hard.
PPrincess
You don't have to kiss him.
SShadow
♪ As soon as her lips touched his ♪
[cues up a silhouette table with the vase and the flowerpot, the background spins like a wheel]
SShadow
♪ The room spun around with a bang and a whiz ♪ And before anybody knew ♪ There on the table sat not one frog but two ♪
FPFrog Princess
Now that I see you more eye-to-eye, you're kind of cute and that's no lie!
FPFrog Prince
You're a knockout!
[segment opens on a silhouette girl with a picture of a sheep]
SShadow
♪ Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow ♪
♪ And everywhere Mary went, the lamb was sure to go ♪
MMary
[to lamb, focusing her rules] Stay. Stay. Stay.
[as Mary starts to wander off, after a split second; the lamb flees]
[cues up the lamb following Mary driving race cars over the mountains, trees and hills]
[cues up the lamb following Mary while skiing down a large snow hill]
[cues up the lamb following Mary while underwater wearing scuba-diving masks]
SShadow
♪ It followed her to school one day which was against the rules ♪
TTeacher
That's against the rules!
SShadow
♪ It made the children laugh and play to see the lamb at school ♪
BBoy
Wow! That lamb sure is a good reader!
MMary
You're my best friend!