0:00:02 > 0:00:07# Every day you walk down the street Everybody that you meet
0:00:07 > 0:00:11# Has an original point of view
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:00:13 > 0:00:18# What a wonderful kind of day We can learn to work and play
0:00:18 > 0:00:21# And get along with each other
0:00:21 > 0:00:26# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat
0:00:26 > 0:00:28# Listen to the rhythm of the street
0:00:28 > 0:00:33# Get together and make things better By working together
0:00:33 > 0:00:37# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
0:00:37 > 0:00:43# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start
0:00:43 > 0:00:48- # And I say, hey!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:48 > 0:00:53# We can learn to work and play And get along with each other
0:00:53 > 0:00:59# What a wonderful kind of day - hey! What a wonderful kind of day - HEY! #
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- Hey, DW!- Hey...
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- You think you can do it, Arthur? - I've GOT to, Francine!
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Are you sure it'll be done in time?
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Muffy, why don't you check the mail?
0:01:38 > 0:01:40OK! Maybe there's something for me.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Muffy's coming!
0:01:46 > 0:01:51Oh, no! If Muffy catches me, my entire birthday will be ruined!
0:01:54 > 0:01:56- Woof!- Hi!
0:01:59 > 0:02:01What are you playing?
0:02:01 > 0:02:07I'm not playing. I'm writing invitations to my birthday party.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10How do you spell "party"?
0:02:10 > 0:02:13P-A-R-T-Y. Why?
0:02:13 > 0:02:16I'm making invitations to MY party.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19You birthday's not for six months.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24Yeah. But I'm going to invite EVERYONE...and I write slow.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33PAL BARKS Give me that, you little scamp!
0:02:33 > 0:02:37- My invitations are all written. - Look at that dog.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40He's eating a towel.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Your dog can't tell towels from food.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Come on, boy. I can't wait.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49How many days left? One...
0:02:49 > 0:02:54two...three... Four more days until my birthday!
0:02:54 > 0:02:59It would be easier to teach him to use a calculator than to count!
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Ready to go buy party supplies?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Yeah!
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Wowww!
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Double wowww!
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Uh?
0:03:21 > 0:03:26- How do you get square balloons? - Blow square breaths!
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Oh.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- Get these pretty plates, Arthur! - No way!
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I'm getting THESE!
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Blah!
0:03:58 > 0:04:00KATE GURGLES
0:04:04 > 0:04:08What kind of birthday cake should I bake?
0:04:08 > 0:04:09Chocolate!
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Doo-dee-da-da-dee-bee...
0:04:12 > 0:04:15See? Kate agrees with me about the plates!
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Have a good day at school, honey.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Don't forget your invitations.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25I hope everybody can come to my party.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Buster, can you come to my party?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Are you kidding? Of course!
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- Binky Barnes...- Me?!
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- Yeah. And Francine.- Oh, boy! We can play spin-the-bottle!
0:04:45 > 0:04:47It's not too late to un-invite her!
0:04:47 > 0:04:49No.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54I'll recycle that day, so there'll be no bottles in the house.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57BOTH: Will you come to my party?
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Sure. When is it?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Saturday afternoon. I can't wait!
0:05:03 > 0:05:04GASPS
0:05:04 > 0:05:09THIS Saturday? That's when I'm having MY party!
0:05:09 > 0:05:12I would have handed out my invites earlier,
0:05:12 > 0:05:17- but the printer was late. - Can't you change it to another day?
0:05:17 > 0:05:22No! The rock band and Pickles the clown have been booked for months!
0:05:22 > 0:05:27You've got Pickles? He did my cousin's wedding. He's a genius!
0:05:27 > 0:05:32- ALL: Oooooh! Pickles!! - I can't change my party either.
0:05:32 > 0:05:38- My relatives are coming from Ohio! - ALL: Ooooh! Ohio(!)
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Well!
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Everybody will just have to choose.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51What are you thinking about? About whose party to go to.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56What are YOU thinking about? Where's Ohio?!
0:05:58 > 0:06:01As boys, we have to stick together!
0:06:02 > 0:06:06The rabbit's right! I agree.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10- We go to Arthur's party. - What about the girls?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Ah, who needs girls?!
0:06:14 > 0:06:19Who needs boys?! Anyone who doesn't come to MY party
0:06:19 > 0:06:21can't be my friend any more.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26- It won't be fun without the boys! - Are you my friend or not?
0:06:26 > 0:06:28WHISTLE
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Come here, kids!
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Let's choose sides for tug o' war!
0:06:34 > 0:06:39Muffy, you're one captain. Buster, you're the other.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- Choose your first player. - This team looks good to me.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Fine!
0:06:46 > 0:06:47OK.
0:06:47 > 0:06:53The team that pulls the other team over this line, wins!
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Who needs boys? ..Pull!
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Who needs boys? ..Pull!
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Who needs girls? ..Pull!
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Who needs girls? ..Pull!
0:07:26 > 0:07:29I guess NOBODY wins.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34ALL CHATTER
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Everybody's really starting to hate each other.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43This is just terrible, Arthur. What's a party without boys?
0:07:47 > 0:07:51I wish you could come to my party.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55I promised Muffy. How can I go to both?
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Wait a minute! I have an idea!
0:08:00 > 0:08:03That's a great idea!
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Ssshh! But we have to keep it secret.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Let ME write them.
0:08:12 > 0:08:18- It has to look like Muffy's writing. - OK. Do one for ALL the girls.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22I'll write the note to Muffy myself.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26That's a very good plan.
0:08:26 > 0:08:31- I wish I'D thought of it.- Francine and I will deliver them tomorrow.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38OK!
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- All that's left is...- Muffy!
0:08:53 > 0:08:58- You think you can do it, Arthur? - I've got to, Francine!
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Duck!
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Quack!
0:09:07 > 0:09:13Are you sure this is going to be done in time for my big party?
0:09:13 > 0:09:19- Muffy, why don't you check the mail? - OK! Maybe I got more presents.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Muffy's coming!
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Mommy! I got a note from Arthur!
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Let's go!
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Mission accomplished!
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Just in time for your favourite! With maple syrup...
0:09:54 > 0:09:57all the way from Ohio!
0:09:57 > 0:10:01- Happy birthday! Guess what it is!- Eh...
0:10:01 > 0:10:05- It's a chemistry set! - Oh. ..Thanks(!)
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Time for birthday kisses!
0:10:12 > 0:10:17- And eight birthday hugs! - And a pinch to grow an inch!
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- DOORBELL - Mum!
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Happy birthday!
0:10:25 > 0:10:30Hey! What's SHE doing here? And here comes Francine.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34FRANCINE GIGGLES
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Am I at the right place?
0:10:37 > 0:10:43- Yeah. Come in!- It's a surprise for Muffy.- It's a surprise for ALL of us.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45DONG!
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Hide! Muffy will be here any minute!
0:10:48 > 0:10:53- What did you say in the note? - "I have a special present for you.
0:10:53 > 0:10:59- "It's so big, I can't carry it by myself. Come to my house at noon." - DOORBELL
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Sssh!
0:11:02 > 0:11:07- I'm here for my present.- SURPRISE!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
0:11:07 > 0:11:10I told you your present was too big to carry.
0:11:10 > 0:11:16What's a birthday party without ALL of your friends?!
0:11:32 > 0:11:36DAD: I'd better help you out.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52We should do this EVERY year!
0:11:52 > 0:11:58- Thank you, everybody.- Next year, we'll do it at YOUR house.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03Time to open your presents. I picked this out especially for you.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08- You have to promise me you'll use it right away.- Sure. I can't wait.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13It's a spin-the-bottle game! BOYS GASP
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Here.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Woof!
0:12:21 > 0:12:23LAUGHTER
0:12:32 > 0:12:35PIANO MUSIC PLAYING
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Every time we audition for a class play,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Francine gets the toughest role.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48Once, Buster was George Washington and she was the cherry tree.
0:12:48 > 0:12:54She was Sir Isaac Newton discovering gravity.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Eureka!
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Owww!
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Oww! Oww! Oww!
0:13:01 > 0:13:03OWWWWWW!
0:13:09 > 0:13:14And then there was the play that explained the orchestra.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16I am the mighty cymbal!
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Oww-oww-owowowowowowow!
0:13:19 > 0:13:22I guess she's gotten used to it.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Francine.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Oww!
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Aaaagh!
0:13:36 > 0:13:39What better way to start the day
0:13:39 > 0:13:42than with 100 exciting math problems?
0:13:46 > 0:13:52All right, class. Next, it's our turn to put on a play. Any ideas?
0:13:52 > 0:13:57- Sue Ellen? - I don't wanna do some GIRLS' play!
0:13:57 > 0:14:01How about a spooky story? With thunder and lightning...
0:14:04 > 0:14:09..and a massive monster made of mucus who gets his arms pulled off!
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Oh, no!
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Don't worry. They grow back...being mucus.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23Imaginative, but a bit too... complicated for us, Sue Ellen.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28Let's simulate space travel. I can make rocket fuel.
0:14:28 > 0:14:34Again, too complicated. How about the story of inventor Thomas Edison?
0:14:34 > 0:14:40- Did he invent stuff that would hit me?- No. Can you name his inventions?
0:14:42 > 0:14:47- The Dewey Decimal System? - No. That was DEWEY!
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Oh. I thought that was his middle name.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54Thomas Alva Edison invented the phonograph.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59The record player...?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02It was before CDs.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06- It played music with a needle. - Is that a joke?
0:15:06 > 0:15:12No! I think this play will be very educational for everyone.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20Could you give Francine a good part in the play? She's never had one.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23I'll certainly consider it.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30Francine would be good... if she didn't get hit in the face.
0:15:30 > 0:15:35I realise I'm the obvious Edison, but might I suggest Francine?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39You want Francine to get a good part.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Uh...yeah.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44He's so smart, it's scary!
0:15:44 > 0:15:47I was the wall in Humpty Dumpty.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50I was Plymouth Rock on Thanksgiving.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I hope there's a wall in this play!
0:15:53 > 0:15:58Buster, since you have so much energy,
0:15:58 > 0:16:02- you'll be the first lightbulb. - I'm also very bright!
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Arthur, you're the first phonograph.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- Binky, you're a locomotive.- Ye-es!
0:16:08 > 0:16:11For the part of Thomas Edison,
0:16:11 > 0:16:15- Francine. - SHOUTS OF CONGRATULATIONS
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I...I'm a star?!
0:16:17 > 0:16:23I won't let the class down. I'm gonna give 110% to this part!
0:16:26 > 0:16:29The Thomas Edison section, please?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32In "Biographies," he doesn't have his own section.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37What does a man have to do to be considered important?!
0:16:39 > 0:16:45- What are those?- Can you believe these are the only books on Edison?
0:16:45 > 0:16:50- Yeah! - Wanna come to the Sugar Bowl?
0:16:50 > 0:16:54I have no time for ice cream and childish smalltalk!
0:16:54 > 0:16:58- What's with HER?- Beats me!
0:17:08 > 0:17:12- I'm trying to read Shakespeare! - Sorry, Catherine.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17But if I'm to play Edison, I need experience with electric lights.
0:17:17 > 0:17:22Why not study photographs? He invented those!
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Good idea. I will. As soon as I'm done here.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28MOTHER!!
0:17:30 > 0:17:35Film is pulled past the shutter... Don't open it! You'll expose the...
0:17:35 > 0:17:37film!
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Hey, Francine! Francine!
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Wanna go to the mall or hang out or something?
0:17:49 > 0:17:55- No. But you're welcome to study incandescent filaments.- How boring!
0:17:55 > 0:18:00We're talking about the mall! Stuff to buy, clothes to try on...
0:18:00 > 0:18:03My inventions are not boring! Without lights...
0:18:03 > 0:18:09you'd have to shop in the dark! ..Sorry - I guess you already do!
0:18:10 > 0:18:15- That was mean!- She insulted incadescent filaments first!
0:18:15 > 0:18:21If there's any problems, I can redesign your costumes.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- What's that?- I'm a lightbulb.
0:18:24 > 0:18:29- You're an incandescent lamp. I meant THESE.- Those are air holes.
0:18:29 > 0:18:35If it had air holes, it wouldn't work! Don't you know anything?
0:18:35 > 0:18:41- But...- Are you tying to ruin this play? No air holes!- OK!
0:18:42 > 0:18:47In 1879, when the first lightbulb was invented... ..Francine?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- You're wrong, Mr Ratburn. - GASPS
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Edison invented the incandescent lamp.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59- It wasn't called the lightbulb till much later. OK?- She's doomed!
0:18:59 > 0:19:05- You're right, Francine. My mistake. - Also, it's time for rehearsal.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13- No! No! No! No! No! No! - What's the problem, Francine?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Sue Ellen's film has no sprocket holes.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22How could it work without sprocket holes?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Let's go have the Brain fix that.
0:19:25 > 0:19:31- Francine...- Why aren't you wearing your bell?- It makes everything echo.
0:19:31 > 0:19:37Do it right... or I'll UNINVENT you and you won't be in my play at all!
0:19:37 > 0:19:43This is our own fault. We asked Ratburn to give her a good part.
0:19:43 > 0:19:49- She acts like it's HER show. - Muffy, couldn't you speak to her?
0:19:49 > 0:19:52I could... but I'm NOT speaking to her!
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Francine insulted her clothes.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- I could pound her.- No.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01That's OK. I'll talk to her.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Make it quick. Dress rehearsal tomorrow.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Then our parents will be here tomorrow night!
0:20:08 > 0:20:12It's Arthur again. He says it's important.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16It can't be as important as what I'm doing.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23It needs air holes, Francine.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Hmmm!
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Ah-ha!
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Hmmm! ..No. It's perfect.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36I...can't...breathe.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Everyone feels you're treating them badly.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Don't bother me. I'm preparing.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49You can't do this! They're really mad at you.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53They're jealous because they don't have my talents.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58That's it! I'm gonna teach her!
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Me, too! Me, three!
0:21:06 > 0:21:12Welcome to our play about Thomas Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park!
0:21:12 > 0:21:15MENLO Park, not MENTAL Park!
0:21:17 > 0:21:22It's 1877, and here is my new invention, the phonograph.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25We don't believe it!
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Prepare to be amazed!
0:21:29 > 0:21:34All operators are busy. Please hang up and dial again.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37You're a phonograph! Play music!
0:21:38 > 0:21:41If you are calling from a touchtone phone,
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- press 1 now. - LAUGHTER
0:21:48 > 0:21:511879, and here is my incandescent lamp.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Brighter than any candle!
0:21:54 > 0:21:58- We don't believe it! - Prepare to be amazed!
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Huh?
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Now, how could THAT have happened?!
0:22:12 > 0:22:17It's time to use my kinetoscope to film The Great Train Robbery!
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Chuga-chuga-choo-choo!
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Chuga-chuga-choo-choo!
0:22:28 > 0:22:32Stick 'em up! You're not robbing THIS train!
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Put 'em up!
0:22:40 > 0:22:42FRANCINE SOBS
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Looks like we had a few "technical difficulties."
0:22:54 > 0:22:59- Can we fix them before tonight's show?- That's up to Francine!
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Me?! You ruined my show!
0:23:02 > 0:23:06It's not just YOUR show. We worked hard too!
0:23:06 > 0:23:12- The show belongs to ALL of us. - I guess I was a LITTLE self-centred.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17OK! But we COULD do a good show together...
0:23:17 > 0:23:21IF anybody would want to do anything with me any more.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22Well?
0:23:22 > 0:23:24YEAH!!
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Let's do it, Francine!
0:23:38 > 0:23:40APPLAUSE
0:23:40 > 0:23:44It took all of us to make this play.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47I couldn't have done it alone.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50But THEY couldn't have done it without ME!
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Subtitles by Janice Hamilton BBC Scotland, 2001
0:23:57 > 0:24:00E-mail us at subtitling@bbc.co.