The Buster Report Arthur

# Every day when you're walkin' down the street

# Everybody that you meet

# Has an original point of view

-# And I say, hey!

-Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day We can learn to work and play

# And get along with each other

# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat

# Listen to the rhythm The rhythm of the street

# Open up your eyes! Open up your ears!

# Get together and make things better by working together

# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart

# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start

-# And I say, hey!

-Hey!

-What a wonderful kind of day

# We can learn to work and play And get along with each other

# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #

Hey, DW.

-Hey!

-Whoa!

Oof!

History is full of great people.

Heroes and inventors, but I keep thinking about Herodotus.

They say he's the father of history.

And that is the Pythagorean theorem.

OK, now we'll sit around for an hour, then lunch.

Why are we going to just sit around?

Well, Herodotus, because we have nothing to study.

Why don't we study history?

History?

Yeah, you know, all the things that happened in the past.

Battles, kings, how cities were founded.

All that cool stuff.

Hmm, not a bad idea.

Class, get out your history tablets.

THEY GROAN

Actually, Mr Ratburnus, they haven't been written yet,

but I'll go write the first one.

That boy is going to get an alpha plus.

Why couldn't it be Herodotus - the father of comic books?

Arthur, eyes on your history book, please.

ARTHUR SIGHS

Thanks, Herodotus.

I believe your next assignment is one you'll find admirable.

I want everyone to do an oral report on someone you admire.

Find out more about them and then tell us why you admire them.

Dibs on Bionic Bunny.

How can Mr Ratburn say that Bionic Bunny isn't real?

He's on TV! TV is realer than anything.

I'm doing Pal. He's loyal, he's friendly,

he always wags his tail when I come home.

I admire that.

Pal! I should have thought of that.

Your karate teacher?

Aw, that's perfect. I should have thought of that.

I have one that's even better. I'm doing a fireman.

Only she's not a man, she's a lady.

Aw, I wanted to do a fireman who wasn't a man, but was a lady.

I've got them all beat.

-Guaranteed A.

-ALL: Who? Who?

Mr Ratburn.

ALL: Wow!

Aw, why didn't I think of Ratburn?

I have the best person of all.

He's really funny and he's outgoing and...

Aw, you're killing me.

This is the person I should be doing the report on. Who is it?

You.

Aw, I wanted to do a... Wait. Did you say...me?

A report about me! Can you believe it?

I'm going to make sure George's report is the coolest one of all.

What about your report? Have you decided who you're going to do?

Ah, that's just homework. This is important.

Hey, George, ready to get started?

Well, I have a few things I need to do...

What are you talking about? This is homework.

What's more important than homework?

Come on. No time to lose. I have lots to show you.

WHIRRING

Now I want to show you something really exciting.

See! My own sandwich.

It's called The Buster. Ah!

My reports going to be so great.

I talked to Betsy today. Did you know that she helped

put out the fire at the pet store?

The kittens!

This should be all of them.

Oops, one more.

Oh, and Horace.

HORACE COUGHS

Oh, thank you, fireperson Betsy.

That's amazing.

I was talking to my karate teacher and he told me about this time

when he was at the bank...

-How about you, George? Find anything interesting about Buster?

-Sure.

Lot's of stuff. Just you wait,

this report's going to be better than any of them.

This report's going to be worse that any of them.

I haven't stopped a robbery or saved a hamster from a fire.

I haven't done anything impressive at all.

I don't even know why George chose me.

Lots of reasons.

Name one.

Er...

See!

Pal distracted me.

Er, let me think. You're funny,

'you tell great jokes.'

Jokes! That's it. Thanks, Arthur.

-"What do sea monsters eat?"

-That's right. All you have to say.

Then I say, "Fish and ships." Get it?

"What do sea monsters eat?" "Fish and ships."

-OK?

-Erm, I don't think so.

Why, what's the matter?

I don't want to sound like I don't know about sea monsters.

Why don't you ask me?

No-one's doing a report about you.

Come on! Look, I'll give you my dessert. Fudge brownie.

Ah, I'm trying to cut down on the sugar snacks.

What else have you got?

Hey! Baloney sandwich!

SIGHING Deal.

Hey, Buster.

George! Just in time. Better get your pad and pencil ready.

Hey, Arthur, how's that report on Pal going?

-Great! I'm just up to the part where...

-You know,

one thing I've noticed about Pal, he is one lazy dog.

In fact, Pal is so-o-o-o lazy,

the other day I saw him chasing a parked car.

How do you chase a parked car?

You're not writing. Write that down.

"Pal is so lazy..."

Hey, guess what I just found out? Mr Ratburn played in a rock band.

ALL: Wow!

Did you have a question?

Erm, no.

You're sure? You're sure you don't have a question?

Oh, right! A question, right.

BUSTER SIGHS

What was it? Er, oh, right.

Why do sea monsters eat fish and ships?

I hope you guys know that you're ruining the story of my life.

Have you seen Pal chasing parked cars?

Buster said he'd be back soon.

He had to get a few things to help your report.

I'm sure he won't be long.

Come in and have a snack.

Ta-da!

George just left, honey. His mom called.

But...ah, OK.

See you tomorrow.

His mom says he has to stay in and work on his report.

SQUEAKING

And I spent three allowances on all this stuff.

Don't worry, I gave George lots of information for his report.

I even gave him that DVD of pictures of you.

BUSTER CHOKES

Are you OK?

BUSTER GULPS

According to Buster's mom, Buster slept with a blankey

he called his bwankey boo.

LAUGHTER

BUSTER SCREAMS

Oh, no! I can't let George give this report.

BUSTER GASPS

This will be perfect.

George, here, look, I stayed up all night working on it -

your report.

But...I already have my report.

Not like this one, just listen.

"Buster Baxter is well-known as one of the funniest guys in town,

"but there's something you may not know about him."

Hey, how about those sea monsters, huh?

You know what they eat?

Fish and ships!

THEY LAUGH

Someone's robbed the pet shop!

They won't get away with this!

May I?

BUSTER GASPS

BARKING AND CHIRPING

THIEVES GASP

Officer, arrest those thieves.

What do you think? Is that a report, or is that a report!

Erm, thanks, Buster, but I think I'll stick with the one I wrote.

# I'm a sewer rat, sewer rat, sewer rat, sewer rat

# Sewer rat

# I'm a sewer rat... #

MR RATBURN SIGHS

To tell the truth, I thought this report was nothing but an easy A,

but Mr Ratburn turned out to be the kind of guy I really admire.

The end.

Yes, well, thank you, Binky. Let's see, who's next?

George, are you ready?

Yup.

My report is about Buster Baxter.

His mom gave me some pictures of him

in case you don't know what he looks like.

LAUGHTER

There's a lot about Buster Baxter to admire.

He's friendly, he's funny, one time he even solved a mystery when

it turned our Mrs MacGrady cooked the quarters into the brownies.

But did you know that he helps maintain the community garden?

He even donated tomatoes to a soup kitchen.

But the thing I really admire Buster for is that he never complains.

He helps his mom around the house.

He has asthma, but he takes his medication

and never lets it stop him. Oh, and he plays the tuba.

The end.

Is it over?

Excellent report, George.

That's it? But that was all just the normal stuff about me.

What's admirable about that?

I guess you're an admirable guy without even trying.

-I am?

-Who's next? Buster, are you ready?

BUSTER GULPS

Erm...

I see your homework skills are less than admirable.

I know who I'm going to do my report about though.

Someone who's admirable because he's good at

finding the admirable things about people - George.

# Every day when you're walkin' down the street

# Everybody that you meet

# Has an original point of view

-# And I say, hey!

-Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day What a wonderful kind of day

# Hey! #