Captain Star6:30's briefing time!
Sorry, Cap'n. We've been at the water docks.
Captain Star
You know the scrap yard dealers are looking for useless tugs, don't you? Now, next time you're late; I'll ask them what they offer for a couple of switchers. Understand?!
Captain Star
Ten Cents, O.J's engine's playing up. He's at the fire station picking up your barge.
Captain Star
Now if he's alright, join the others waiting for schooners and trampers getting clearance from quarantine.
Captain Star
One for you, Sunshine: Bring in the tramper, Nantucket.
Captain Star
No wisecracks, just get moving!
He wouldn't really sell us for scrap, would he…?
Ten Cents Not unless we were late every day. I hope not, anyway…
Aw no, Ten Cents, what happened?
Well, don't gawp! Go and get the emergency services, fast as you can!
Captain Star
[narrating] Burke and Blair had a second go at me. Hah, they never give up.
Captain Star
What?!
About O.J….. That ancient engine of his is finished and so is he. Isn't he, Mr. Burke?
We don't sit around our breakers' yard watching our staff turn old boats into scrap. do we, Mr. Blair?
Always on the lookout for who's next to go. That's our business, and O.J.'s top of our list…
Captain Star
Broken down again?!
He put on max speed, Cap'n, to save me from quarantine!
My engine's only good for scrap, Captain, we all know that.
Captain Star
You're right there. And I'm afraid, O.J., for you it means- …What's that about quarantine, Ten Cents?
Well if it hadn't been for O.J., I could've been in quarantine, now. Out of action for forty days!
Aye, he saved Ten Cents, Cap'n, it's true.
Captain Star
Yes, don't. You'll have me in tears…
But honestly, Captain, you've gotta believe us, we're only reporting the facts!
Captain Star
Very commendable, but it's one side of the facts, isn't it?
Ahoy, Captain Star, sir! Can we again offer our services?
We happened to see the subject of our previous visit being towed in.
Old O.J., in a worse state than ever, wouldn't you say, Mr. Blair?
Finished, you could say. For a quick sale, let's say; 150?
That's not for O.J.?! Captain, you can't sell him!
Captain Star
I'm not going to, he's not for sale, now go!
Ah well, if that's your attitude, you fork out for engine and refit!
Captain Star
Ten Cents, tow O.J. to Lucky's Yard. New engine, complete refit!
Yes sir, Captain Star, sir! Yeah, right, at once, sir!
Thanks, Captain! I'll see you never regret it.
Captain Star
Sunshine, he doesn't need your help. We've got to make money to pay for this! Now, er… get on with your garbage collecting, right away!
Er-Yes, Captain Star, sir! At once, sir!
(Toots) Hey! Hey! Nantucket, I left you with your Quarantine flags up! Where are they, eh? Eh? You're breaking the law, you're under arrest. Get those flags up again and fast!
What's this? I didn't know he was quarantined, officer! No flags were flying at all, as you just saw!
Well that's your bad luck, Zorran. Whether you knew or not makes no difference. You're infected!
But I'm innocent! I'm completely innocent, I-
Get quarantine flags up, right now, Zorran!
You're a real villain, Dirtbucket, know that?
NNantucket
I wanted to get into port, didn't I?!
Yeah, and now I might get microbonic plague.
Mr. Burke, I think there might be some spots on Zorran…
I think you're right, Mr. Blair. We'll come back and check for rust later… [The Scrap Dealers Both laugh Maliciously!]
Captain Star
[narrating] Ten Cents would have been in quarantine if it haven't been for O.J. and O.J. would have been scrapped if it haven't been for Ten Cents. As for Zorran (short chuckle), he saw out his full term.
Captain Star
[narrating] There were times (believe it or not) when the Star Tugs and Z-Stacks took on a big job together. One of those times I remember was when timber and tanning bark had to be brought down from the saw mills up river. And this year, it was especially important that we worked together. But Zug was making heavy going of towing an old hulk on its last journey.
Hey, Zug! Zorran's going mad waiting for you! Where you been?
Captain Zero told me to deliver this old rustbucket to the breaker's yard.
You'll see Zorran at Mittsville before you get there. He's not gonna' like it…
I'm only carrying out orders! Zorran can't blame me!
Ha! Don't you believe it!
Captain Star
[narrating] An alligator tug called Billy Shoepack worked up river, delivering essentials like gasoline, ropes, fuses and dynamite from Mittsville to the logging camps. Why an alligator tug? Well, you can see, he's just as low in the water. And in Billy's case; just as dangerous.
Ah, look who's here! It's Shoepack, the alligator tug!
Hey, Star Tugs! Don't you wish you carried something more exciting than wood?
No thanks. Just get that stuff away from here, you're welcome to it.
Dynamite's exciting stuff! Makes lovely big bangs! Fairly harmless if you know how to handle it, like I do.
You're not unloading next to us, are you?
Afraid so, O.J.. Don't worry, if it goes up, we all go up! [laughing]
No, it's safe. Only joking.
I wouldn't try that little fella on a tramper that size, it might crush him! [cackling]
Oi! Zorran? Where's the salvage team? We can't do this on our own! Oi, come back here!
I'll do the best I can, Ten Cents.
Huh? Oh, yeah, of course. Come on, Little Ditcher, you can do it…
Captain Star
[narrating] Ten Cents suspected that Zorran had only pretended to alert the salvage crew. He wanted to keep the Stars trapped up river.
I hope we're far enough away?!
3… 2… 1… FIRE!
[The Fuse burns down, but there's no explosion.]
(Disappointed) ….What's happened?
Probably the fuse got damp, that's all. One volunteer to go and see!
What do you mean, one volunteer?
While I fix another fuse wire.
That, so you say, is you.
Right, Leave it to me. None of you move.
Anyone going to move? I'm not gonna' move.
Captain Star
[narrating] They began to wonder how it was that Billy Shoepack hadn't blown himself up before this.
I was dead right. Hmm, just a wet fuse.
Or was it never fixed properly?
No problem, it will go this time; sky high!
Sky high is too high by far…
Ooh, You got a problem there, Zorran.
Hey, Zug! Zug! Doesn't Zorran look funny, eh? Stuck up on those rocks!
Well, er- I suppose that er- heh… heh heh… (Zug desperately tries not to laugh, but can't help himself)
Stop laughing! Stop laughing, it's not funny!
Well, we think it is! Don't we, Zug?
Alright, joke's over. Back and pick up our barges. Problem solved.
Thanks to me, you didn't believe I'm an expert, did you?
Well, there was an element of luck, I suspect, but I must say, I am quite impressed.
Well, I can't play any more games with you. I've got real work to do.
Captain Star
[narrating] For once in his life, Shoepack had done a great job.
Never mind him. What about me?!
In trouble, Zorran? Looks like you got crushed instead of Little Ditcher!
Captain Star
[narrating] [Chuckles] The only thing Zorran succeeded in doing that day, was trapping himself instead of the Star Tugs!
[hears creaking and objects crashing down from the old warehouse] Hello? Hello? Who's that out there?! Ooh! [races off] I'm getting home fast! Fog or no fog! [Big Mac stops and sees the White Fleet silently sail by] Oh, tugs! Thanks goodness for... [A ghostly choir plays as the White Fleet pass by Big Mac] Who's that? Who’s that ahead of me tonight? Can’t hear their engines, that’s funny… The ghost fleet! That Scuttlebutt Pete talked about! Ghosts! No! [Big Mac cries out in fear as the White Fleet disappear into the fog]
Captain Star
[narrating] It was too much for Big Mac. Forgetting safety he charged into the fog and made his way through the dark shapes of moored boats and trampers. Trying to make sure, the ghost tugs weren’t following him.
Captain Star
[narrating] He was soon back at the Star Dock….
Slow down! You know better than to travel in fog at that rate of knots!
You alright? You look as if you've seen a ghost.
I…. I, Well, I saw something…. I… er… No, I can't tell you, you'll only… laugh.
Oh, come on, we weren't even serious.
Well… I have seen ghosts!
Ghosts! You know Scuttlebutt's story about those tugs that sank in the Great Storm of 1912?
[jokingly] And they come back to get you….
Oh, Big Mac… You're not taking Scuttlebutt's story for real, are you?
Aye, well I'm not going out there again 'til the fog lifts.
Ha, Well I never thought I'd hear that from a harbour tug!
Well, he- He could have seen something…. There could be ghosts! You never know…
Don't be ridiculous. Really…
Captain Star
[narrating] Izzy Gomez (the old tramper) had failed all day to get a cheap tow into port. So, he decided to try and sneak in for Free, with the help of the fog.
[Izzy pulls his anchor, but Zorran pulls alongside him]
Ha ha! You never learn, do you, Izzy? Eh? [Chuckles] Crime doesn't pay, you know!
Don’t know what you talk about.
Slipping into port, on your own, without a tow? Well I hope you run aground! I'll be there; you'll be my salvage!
Hey, I no salvage! Okay. Fifty, most I give you for a tow.
Eh?! Get lost! Not for Five Hundred! You'll be worth more as scrap! [leaves]
Well, I did ask about a tow, and I did not get a tow, so…. [pulls up anchor]
Heh. That Izzy. I'll get him one day! Anyway, with luck, there should be a few distress calls today, eh? Suckers always pay at least double to get 'em out of trouble.
[sneaks into port in the fog] It’s very foggy, but if I see nobody, nobody can see me, Hmm. So I get into port free. It's good! [Izzy sees the White Fleet] Hey! You watch where you're going! ….Why they don't answer? Is funny…. Ay Carumba, is-a Ghosts! Oh, don't take me, I got a tow already, he's on his way, please don't take me! AHHH!!!
Captain Star
[narrating] The Ghost Tugs slid silently into the fog. Zorran was so shaken, he sailed around in a circle and met Izzy again.
Ooof, Ahh! Oh, er, Oh it's you… Heh heh… Not got far, have you?
Amigo, give me a tow, I pay what you want, any price you say!
Er, no Izzy, my old friend, er- I'll tow you in for free, I need some Company getting back to port. Ha ha…
Captain Star
[narrating] O.J. returned from escorting two tramp steamers out to sea. Tired, and still some way from our pier, he decided to take a shortcut through the inlet where old cranes were kept. The fog gave everything a creepy look. Being out for so long in thick fog was playing tricks with him.
[A crane's light flickers on and a crane resembling Big Mickey is seen working in the fog] What's happening? Oh!
[calling through the fog] O.J.!!!
Who's that?! Are those Scuttlebutt’s ghosts? Can’t be. Drat this fog! [O.J. hears Scuttlebutt Pete’s engine working in the fog] What’s that? Sounds like an engine! A crane, working in this stuff? [O.J. jumps as Scuttlebutt Pete's arm suddenly swings out in front of him] Oh, it’s you, Scuttlebutt.
Oi! You stupid tug! You sailed right between us! You scared the daylights out of us altogether!
Thought I was a ghost tug, did ya?
Don't joke about those things!
[Scuttlebutt Pete raises his arm to let O.J. get past him]
Not seeing things, are you? You're beginning to believe those tales you tell.
Cheerio! [stops as the ghost fleet passes before him] Now I'm seeing things…. They're there! That's the ghost tugs! Right before my eyes. Ooooh, I hope they don't see me…
Captain Star
[narrating] Top Hat had been out all day too.
That’s funny. I can't recognize a thing! Not even hear a fog horn. That can't be right. I'll try once more. [Blows his fog horn] No one’s replying! When I get back, I’m certainly going to complain to the port authority… If I ever get there.
[Puffa's loud whistle startles Top Hat as he rushes across the railway bridge with an evening train]
Oh! Ah! What is it?! Ah, no! Ah, it-it's a… What? Oh, I say. The rail bridge, silly me!
[Puffa's train crosses the bridge and Top Hat continues on his way]
I never thought I'd get as jittery as the others, but I am! Oh dear, where am I?! But if I steer between these trampers, I should be in open water, yes. Ah. [2 of the White Fleet tugs cross Top Hat's path] Yeh--! Oh! The ghost fleet! It’s true! Oh! Oh no! They haven’t seen me. No, they've missed me. Oh good. [A 3rd White Fleet tug passes the other White Fleet tugs in the opposite direction] Ohh! Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! What? Oh no. I’m sorry. That’s enough for me. I’m not moving from here until daylight! [Top Hat hides behind the trampers] It’s far too dangerous out there! I’ll dock here for the night. They won’t see me. Miles from home.
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