Fernlets by Fern

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04# Every day you're walking down the street

0:00:04 > 0:00:06# Everybody that you meet

0:00:06 > 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 > 0:00:24# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat

0:00:24 > 0:00:30# Listen to the rhythm of the street Open up your eyes! Open up your ears!

0:00:30 > 0:00:34# Get together, make things better By working together

0:00:34 > 0:00:38# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart

0:00:38 > 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 > 0:01:02Hey, DW!

0:01:02 > 0:01:04- Hey!- Whoa!

0:01:04 > 0:01:06THUD!

0:01:14 > 0:01:16THEY SCREAM

0:01:21 > 0:01:26- That was amazing!- Nothing's better than riding this roller coaster.

0:01:26 > 0:01:27Oh, yeah?

0:01:27 > 0:01:31How about riding it and getting paid for it?

0:01:31 > 0:01:34- She has a point. - Yeah, that would be better.

0:01:34 > 0:01:38Great! I'm entering a photo contest and want some exciting shots.

0:01:38 > 0:01:40So look excited!

0:01:41 > 0:01:43THEY SCREAM

0:01:43 > 0:01:46More energy! Look like you're thrilled!

0:01:49 > 0:01:51Come on, people. Work it! Work it.

0:01:55 > 0:01:57HE YAWNS

0:02:03 > 0:02:05I can taste breakfast.

0:02:05 > 0:02:09Do you ever find that something fun is less fun when you HAVE to do it?

0:02:09 > 0:02:12You call that excited?

0:02:12 > 0:02:16You look like you're getting your teeth pulled. Let's do it again.

0:02:16 > 0:02:18I want to see you having fun!

0:02:20 > 0:02:21THEY GROAN

0:02:29 > 0:02:32"Happy Mother's Day, Mother." "Mother, have a happy day."

0:02:32 > 0:02:34"Happy mother, happy day."

0:02:34 > 0:02:37I think I like this one.

0:02:38 > 0:02:42"I love you more than Boston cream pie

0:02:42 > 0:02:48"because...because I spell love M-O-M-M-Y."

0:02:51 > 0:02:52- Oh!- Oh!

0:02:52 > 0:02:54Oh!

0:02:54 > 0:02:56Watch where you're going!

0:02:56 > 0:02:58Sorry.

0:03:00 > 0:03:02No expense was spared to show you

0:03:02 > 0:03:05that Mother's Day isn't about money.

0:03:05 > 0:03:07It's about what money can buy.

0:03:07 > 0:03:10You wrote me a poem!

0:03:10 > 0:03:12SHE CLEARS THROAT

0:03:12 > 0:03:13"Mother, oh, Mom,

0:03:13 > 0:03:16"you are my mummy.

0:03:16 > 0:03:20"I love you more than deep-fried salami.

0:03:20 > 0:03:22"I love you more than Boston cream pie

0:03:22 > 0:03:27"because I spell love M-O-M-M-Y."

0:03:27 > 0:03:29Muffy,

0:03:29 > 0:03:30I love it!

0:03:30 > 0:03:34Oh! Uh, great.

0:03:34 > 0:03:36But why does it say, "Love Fern"?

0:03:36 > 0:03:38SHE GIGGLES NERVOUSLY

0:03:39 > 0:03:42I explained how we got our cards mixed up.

0:03:42 > 0:03:44My mom was a little disappointed.

0:03:44 > 0:03:49Luckily I realised I had the wrong card before I gave it to my mom.

0:03:49 > 0:03:50I have it if you want it.

0:03:50 > 0:03:53I can't give that card to my mother now.

0:03:53 > 0:03:57Not since she read yours. Do you always make your own cards?

0:03:57 > 0:04:00Yup. My family calls them fernlets.

0:04:00 > 0:04:03I've already started on my Father's Day one.

0:04:03 > 0:04:06I'm sure my dad would love a mufflet.

0:04:06 > 0:04:07But I'm not a poet.

0:04:07 > 0:04:11Hey! Oh, why don't we make a card together?

0:04:11 > 0:04:15You write a fernlet and I'll put my painting on the cover.

0:04:15 > 0:04:18That is really good.

0:04:18 > 0:04:19OK.

0:04:19 > 0:04:21You've got a deal.

0:04:43 > 0:04:45Ta-da!

0:04:45 > 0:04:48Wow! It looks so professional.

0:04:48 > 0:04:51My dad's going to love this.

0:04:51 > 0:04:53So is mine. Thanks, guys.

0:04:53 > 0:04:55Huh? How did Arthur...?

0:04:58 > 0:05:01- Hey, could I buy a Father's Day card, too?- Buy?

0:05:01 > 0:05:03What's he talking about?

0:05:03 > 0:05:07I thought why should we be the only ones with such great cards?

0:05:07 > 0:05:09I gave you credit. See?

0:05:09 > 0:05:14"Muffern Cards featuring fernlets by Fern."

0:05:14 > 0:05:16"Dear old Dad.

0:05:16 > 0:05:17"Dad, old dear.

0:05:17 > 0:05:20"I love you more than cold root beer,

0:05:20 > 0:05:22"or chocolate bars so chocolatey.

0:05:22 > 0:05:25"I love you, Dad, my D-A-D."

0:05:25 > 0:05:26HE SNIFFS

0:05:26 > 0:05:29- That's really beautiful.- 1, please.

0:05:36 > 0:05:39- What's this?- 20 cents. Your cut.

0:05:39 > 0:05:43I get more as I cover printing, advertising, distribution...

0:05:43 > 0:05:47- I don't care about the money. I just...- May I put in an order?

0:05:47 > 0:05:49I just love those little poems.

0:05:49 > 0:05:53What kind of Muffern Cards with fernlets by Fern would you like?

0:05:53 > 0:05:56A Father's Day card, and two birthday cards.

0:05:56 > 0:06:00- Do you do birthday cards? - Well, Fern, do we?

0:06:00 > 0:06:04Um, well, I guess so.

0:06:04 > 0:06:06Great! I'll put your order in right away.

0:06:14 > 0:06:16PHONE RINGS

0:06:16 > 0:06:18Hello?

0:06:18 > 0:06:20Hi, Fern. Muffy. Great news.

0:06:20 > 0:06:23We have tons of new orders. Write this down.

0:06:23 > 0:06:27We need fernlets for a Bar Mitzvah, a get-well card,

0:06:27 > 0:06:31a "sorry I accidentally shaved your hamster" card...

0:06:31 > 0:06:32SHE GROANS

0:06:34 > 0:06:36SHE YAWNS

0:06:36 > 0:06:37Smile!

0:06:37 > 0:06:39CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

0:06:39 > 0:06:42There she is - the queen of greeting cards.

0:06:42 > 0:06:45Fern, this is for the Frensky Star.

0:06:45 > 0:06:49What's it like to be Ellwood's greatest greeting-card poet?

0:06:49 > 0:06:51Greeting-card poet?

0:06:51 > 0:06:55Do you find some occasions harder to write for,

0:06:55 > 0:06:57or is every one the same?

0:07:06 > 0:07:10Good morning, Fern. Do you know what time it is?

0:07:10 > 0:07:13Time to make the fernlets?

0:07:13 > 0:07:14Correct!

0:07:14 > 0:07:17Start the Poetron 6,000!

0:07:17 > 0:07:19WHISTLE BLOWS

0:07:19 > 0:07:22All right. We need a Groundhog Day fernlet,

0:07:22 > 0:07:26a summer solstice fernlet, a casual Friday fernlet.

0:07:26 > 0:07:29Wait! I wrote Grounddog by accident.

0:07:29 > 0:07:32Solstice. Solstice. What rhymes with solstice?

0:07:32 > 0:07:36A Bastille Day fernlet. A Cinco de Mayo fernlet.

0:07:36 > 0:07:38Faster! Faster!

0:07:38 > 0:07:42- I can't keep up!- Valentine's Day. Labour Day. Halloween. Mother's Day.

0:07:45 > 0:07:47I am not a machine.

0:07:48 > 0:07:5125, 30, 35, 40...

0:07:51 > 0:07:52Hi, Fern!

0:07:52 > 0:07:55Guess what. Muffern Cards are doing so well,

0:07:55 > 0:07:59- I'm giving you a raise.- Here.

0:07:59 > 0:08:00My latest fernlet.

0:08:00 > 0:08:02Ooh! Goodie.

0:08:02 > 0:08:04What's this?

0:08:04 > 0:08:07A haiku. You know - the Japanese poetry form.

0:08:07 > 0:08:11Five syllables in the first line, seven in the second,

0:08:11 > 0:08:12and five in the last.

0:08:12 > 0:08:16- It's...- Fresh, right?

0:08:16 > 0:08:19I was going to say weird.

0:08:19 > 0:08:22Muffy, I'm not just a greeting-card poet, you know.

0:08:22 > 0:08:25I want to explore new artistic forms.

0:08:25 > 0:08:28All right. Let's test it out.

0:08:28 > 0:08:31Brain, how would you feel if you got this card?

0:08:31 > 0:08:33"Dear best friend,

0:08:33 > 0:08:36"someone left your cake out in the rain.

0:08:36 > 0:08:38"Smile, it's your birthday."

0:08:38 > 0:08:40- That's sad.- No, it isn't.

0:08:40 > 0:08:43It means even a wet cake can't ruin a birthday

0:08:43 > 0:08:46because it's about love, not cake!

0:08:46 > 0:08:51I appreciate the subtlety of Japanese poetry as much as the next kid,

0:08:51 > 0:08:53but I like the old fernlets better.

0:08:53 > 0:08:59Graduation is in a couple of weeks. That's a greeting card goldmine.

0:08:59 > 0:09:02Give me something I can sell! Here.

0:09:02 > 0:09:04Have an ice cream on me.

0:09:07 > 0:09:08"Refrigerator

0:09:08 > 0:09:11"cats ride pickle gloves.

0:09:11 > 0:09:13"Happy graduation."

0:09:13 > 0:09:16I can't sell this! I don't even know what it is!

0:09:16 > 0:09:21They're words I cut out from here and there. It's called found verse.

0:09:21 > 0:09:24Well, I think you should lose it.

0:09:24 > 0:09:27But I want to experiment, try different things!

0:09:27 > 0:09:32Fern, different is fine, as long as it's the same.

0:09:32 > 0:09:36- I'm sorry, but you're fired. - You can't fire me!

0:09:36 > 0:09:37We're friends!

0:09:37 > 0:09:41I've got to think of the future of Muffern Cards! Here.

0:09:41 > 0:09:45- It's your share of the business. - Keep your money!

0:09:47 > 0:09:51Silly greeting-card business. What a waste...

0:09:51 > 0:09:52SHE GASPS

0:09:52 > 0:09:56My mother's birthday is tomorrow. I completely forgot!

0:10:07 > 0:10:08Oh!

0:10:15 > 0:10:19Your fernlets are always the best part of my birthday.

0:10:19 > 0:10:21Well, um, I...

0:10:21 > 0:10:24"You've touched my life in so many ways.

0:10:24 > 0:10:27"May you have the happiest of Mother's Days."

0:10:28 > 0:10:30Well, it's very pretty

0:10:30 > 0:10:32and such good quality paper.

0:10:32 > 0:10:36That's the card Muffy got for her mother for Mother's Day.

0:10:36 > 0:10:38It's a plain old store-bought card.

0:10:38 > 0:10:40I don't understand.

0:10:40 > 0:10:42I tried to write you something,

0:10:42 > 0:10:47but I've used up all my inspiration on Muffy's greeting cards.

0:10:47 > 0:10:48SHE SNIFFLES

0:10:48 > 0:10:51- I'll never write another poem! - Course you will.

0:10:51 > 0:10:54You just have to let writing be fun again.

0:10:54 > 0:10:58Can I owe you a card instead of giving you that?

0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Fern, we have to talk.- What's that?

0:11:06 > 0:11:09A Muffinky card, with binklets by Binky.

0:11:09 > 0:11:12So, I guess you found a new writer.

0:11:12 > 0:11:14Yeah. Kind of.

0:11:14 > 0:11:16"Happy graduation.

0:11:16 > 0:11:20"You've worked really hard. And if you know what's good for you,

0:11:20 > 0:11:22"you'll buy this card."

0:11:22 > 0:11:24It's very...direct.

0:11:24 > 0:11:26I haven't sold a single card.

0:11:26 > 0:11:30In fact, I have to pay Binky to stop writing binklets.

0:11:30 > 0:11:33I'm sorry. I never should have fired you.

0:11:33 > 0:11:36I need you back!

0:11:36 > 0:11:39I'll give you a 50-50 split - 60-40!

0:11:39 > 0:11:41With pension and health!

0:11:41 > 0:11:44I told you, I'm done with greeting cards.

0:11:44 > 0:11:46Really? Then what's this?

0:11:46 > 0:11:48Are you working for somebody else?

0:11:48 > 0:11:52That's for my mom. I haven't decided what to write.

0:11:52 > 0:11:54Nice card. Where'd you get it?

0:11:54 > 0:11:57I painted it. You think she'll like it?

0:11:57 > 0:12:00The cover should fit the person.

0:12:00 > 0:12:03This one says, "I'm elegant and classy.

0:12:03 > 0:12:05"Bold, but not flashy."

0:12:05 > 0:12:06Is your mom like that?

0:12:06 > 0:12:08Yes. In fact,

0:12:08 > 0:12:10can I use that?

0:12:10 > 0:12:14Sure. Wait! How about a line of Fernfy Cards?

0:12:14 > 0:12:17You'll do the covers and I'll do the poems.

0:12:17 > 0:12:18SHE GASPS

0:12:18 > 0:12:20Or better yet - T-shirts!

0:12:20 > 0:12:22How about doing some for fun?

0:12:23 > 0:12:24Fun.

0:12:32 > 0:12:36# Every day when you're walking down the street

0:12:36 > 0:12:38# Everybody that you meet

0:12:38 > 0:12:42# Has an original point of view

0:12:42 > 0:12:44- # And I say, hey!- Hey!

0:12:44 > 0:12:49# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #