Arthur's Birthday/Francine Frensky Superstar ‹ Series 1

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

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