The Contest/Prove It Arthur

# Every day when you're walking down the street

# Everybody that you meet

# Has an original point of view

# And I say, "Hey! What a wonderful kind of day!"

# If we can learn to work and play

# And get along with each other

# You've got to 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

-Believe in yourself

# That's the place to start

# And I say, "Hey! What a wonderful kind of day!"

# We can learn to work and play

-# And get along with each other...

-Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day

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

Hey! DW!

-Hey!

-Whoaaaa!

Oh! Ah!

Too bad this isn't TV.

-Why?

-So I could change channels. This day is so boring.

Think of something to do, Buster.

-Buster?

-I bet that rat's doing something cool without us.

ALL: Buster? Where are you? Buster! Buster!

Buster! Where are you? Where are you? Hello?

Oh, my gosh!

Look. Francine found something.

Is he doing what I think he's doing?

-We should call the nurse.

-Calm down.

-It may not be homework.

-No, it's not homework.

It's a contest in TV Schedule for the Andy And Company Show...

The time! It's starting!

Yeee-ha!

- Ha-ha-ha! - Mom!

Why does he always call for his mother?

-She's like a slave.

-Ssh! TV.

Do these animals eat bugs for lunch?

How does a mouse have a pet dog? Wouldn't the dog eat him?

Andy's not a mouse. He's a...something. I forget.

TV: Write a story about friends,

and we'll announce the winner's name on our show!

Wow! That is so cool!

-What story did you write, Buster?

-It's about us!

ALL: Come on, tell us the story!

It's called The Day The Earth Was Saved.

Hello! Hello, up there!

-Hey!

-You're not waiting for aliens again?

-They've got to come sometime.

-I'm out of here!

Arthur! They're here! I told you! Aliens! Over here!

Land here! Hurry!

-SPLAT!

-Ow!

You squished Buster! Come out!

Hey! Let go!

Hey! You're not going to eat me!

BEEP! BEEP!

Aaaah! Ow! What the...?

You were too high in fat!

Evil aliens are still healthy!

-ALL: The Earth is saved!

-Ohhhhhh...

What happened? Ouch!

The End.

What? I'm high in fat?

-I want to write one!

-You've got till tomorrow.

-You think aliens wouldn't eat me?

-I'm going to write one too.

-We can read them tomorrow.

-I'm as edible as anybody.

I mean... I'm writing one too!

That was a cool story, Arthur. Want to be our friend?

Yeah!

Mum!

They might let me write for the show.

You'd have to win. Read your story.

Gladly. "My Life As A TV Show by Muffy Crosswire."

DISCO MUSIC PLAYS

And now, the new fall fashions!

Hey, look! It's the fifth Teletubby!

-Heh-heh!

-Heh-heh!

-Yeah!

Heh-heh! Heh-heh!

CROWD: Wow!

Wow! Look at that!

I knew this would happen. Time to switch to Plan B.

-What's Plan B?

-Stink bomb!

-That's totally you!

-You'd do that.

-I can be jealous.

Kids believe things. After that,

instead of solving their problems, they might use an evil robot.

What kid has an evil robot?

-HE WHISTLES

-What's your story, Brain?

It's exciting, with no bad messages.

It starts with me in my laboratory.

My formula grows hair on anything.

I discovered it while inventing cherry soda.

ALL: Urgh!

It works on anything!

Why would you want hairy carrots?

To go with hairy fish! ALL: Urgh!

Most scientific discoveries are not appreciated.

Hey, Brains. Is this your invention?

Yes. It's a useful new deodorant.

Great. I ran here and I stink.

No, stop!

Brains, I hate to tell you, but this smells awful.

Hey! Nice couch.

Aaaaaah!

Arthur's so embarrassed he hides in the woods.

-Ow!

-There, he meets Bigfoot.

Hair growth formula?

See? That entertains AND educates.

You're right! That's great!

Er... What did I just learn again?

It shows how legends start. They're based on reality.

Francine and I have a story.

I thought of the idea and Binky did the research!

"The Amazing Bite!"

Grrrr! Grrrr!

Our story has Arthur facing Hulk Hogan.

-Grrr! Grrr! Grrr!

-Grrr!

-Aaaah!

-Aaaaaaaah!

-Yeah!

And now, Arthur will face John L Sullivan, Floyd Patterson,

Barney Ross and United Press International!

United Press International?

I copied it from under the picture. I was on cruise control.

-He fights a cameraman who gets into the ring to get a picture?

-Good!

It's bad to show hitting on a kids' show.

And to show hair growth formula.

My story has conflict and drama, but no hitting.

It takes place ten years from now, when I'm 18.

Arthur, you seem troubled. What is it?

-The usual thing.

-The sister?

-The sister.

-Uh-huh.

I'm busy, so last week, DW got my car

while I got the new house.

-Uh-huh.

-She arrives. I say, "Where's my car?"

Your car was blah. I traded it in for something nicer.

Aaaaaaaah!

So, what do you think?

-Francine?

-Huh? Oh, it was OK.

Mine was much better, of course.

Mine was the most dramatic. THEY ALL ARGUE

Wait! Wait!

We don't have to choose the best. The TV will!

Oh... TV... It knows everything!

One, two, three, go!

When will we find out who won?

TV: To announce our contest winner...

-Here's Andy!

-At last!

-He'd better pronounce my name right.

And the winner is...

Holly Holland! THEY ALL GASP

-She's not one of us.

-She must be related to someone.

My idea is better than Holly Holland's.

-What was hers?

-It doesn't matter.

My idea is better than hers.

-What was your idea?

-I don't know. It was too long ago.

Uhhh.

-What do we do?

-Call Holly Holland? She has ideas.

-I know. Let's come up with more stories.

-Without a contest?

-Remember how much fun we had?

-Yes. Who cares who won?

Let's write about things that happened to us.

-But nothing's ever happened to us.

-What?

When Mr Ratburn was a monster?

-Or when I moved away?

-Or when I taught Arthur baseball?

Thanks to all who sent in ideas.

And to the kids who gave us today's stories.

Jared DeLillo, New Jersey.

Kira Carrie, New York. Daniel Hansen, Pennsylvania.

Corey Baldwin of Michigan.

And Lauren Boulangia of Wisconsin.

-And Holly Holland of Oklahoma thought up the contest.

-But my story was best.

-You didn't even write it.

-It was the performance!

-THEY ALL ARGUE

-See you later!

You're wondering what causes night and day. Very simple.

During the day, we see the sun in the sky.

That's because the part of the earth we're on faces the sun.

But the earth rotates so we move away from it.

And it gets dark, as the other side of the earth faces the sun.

Brains, what are you doing?

-Explaining day and night.

-Why? They don't understand.

They're smarter than you think. Want to hear about gravity?

Goooo! Arf! Arf!

-Arthur!

-Sssh!

TV: Another Crazy For Dinosaurs! - Arthur!

-Dad! DW's about to bother us!

-I didn't say anything.

I know you. You'll be asking, "What's that? What's happening?"

No, DW. It's a show for school.

What's that? What's happening?

-Muffy lost her mother's P-E-N.

-Her what?

-If you spell stuff, I can't understand.

-That's why we do it.

Awww.

-Buster's mom will drive us.

-What movie?

5,000 Explosions And A Supernova. It's about science.

-Can I go?

-You wouldn't understand.

-Would so!

-Not going to school doesn't make me less smart than you.

-It does!

It's not fair. I'm smart but people treat me like Kate!

Hi, Alan!

-Who do you mean?

-Me. I'm Alan.

-Oh! Right.

-Alan, did you always know you were smart?

-We've got 50 math problems to do. Don't bug us.

-It's OK. I'm done.

Ill keep her busy. DW, let's play a game.

- Let's have fun watching Nova. - You think that's fun?

Arthur won't let me. He thinks I'm dumb.

TV: On Nova, a mystery...

I thought science was just people thinking.

Oh, science is all action.

People dare people to prove theories.

They experiment to prove they're right!

Being right is so cool.

It's magnetised. It always points north.

- That's how you make a compass. - Wow!

That tells the time by where the sun is.

-Exactly.

-I've finally finished!

Wow, Arthur. It took you...

..more than a half-hour longer than Alan!

Play with Kate. Brain's playing with me.

Actually, I've got to go home. See you. Bye!

-I hope you didn't bother the Brain.

-Hah.

Have you seen? Kate throws her food.

But she tries to eat her ball. Fascinating.

Brain and I were doing homework, but DW bothered him.

- DW! - Arthur is incorrect. I'll prove it.

I'll call Alan. Dad, can I have a little more H2O?

-What?

-The formula for water.

I know! I didn't know you did!

H2O! That's very impressive, DW.

She heard me say it. She's like a parrot.

No. I'm as smart as you!

Can I go to the Exploratorium with Brain on Sunday?

Oh! That's where you see how things work! Can I go?

They don't like little kids.

Prove it. They'd love to have a smart kid like me.

Make him take me!

-She can't go. Mom! Dad!

-Well, it might be boring for you.

I'm too smart to get mad.

My theory is, someday you'll beg to go to the Explo-rorium with me.

Wow. I thought she'd get all mad.

-Maybe you underestimate your sister.

-Ha, ha! Good one, Dad.

-What are you guys doing?

-We're in line.

Oh. In line for what?

This way to fill your brains with... Excuse me.

-Ticket?

-I don't have one.

Sorry! Ticket holders only.

Wow! Cool! Unbelievable! >

What's going on back there?

All right. How much is a ticket?

For kids under seven, 50 cents.

For brothers over seven... Five bucks!

What? No way am I giving you five bucks!

Oh! Wow! Look at that! >

DW!

I have 73 cents, a ring that goes "Whooo!",

a sticker of a horse that got torn and a sour ball of Buster's.

OK!

Welcome to my Explain-a-rorium!

The world's mysteries proved with science!

Who can tell me how to make water?

My hand's higher! No, mine!

DW: Timmy?

- Yes? - My hand's higher!

Fine. But how do we make water?

I don't know. But my hand was higher.

The formula for water is H2O.

The O means oxygen. That's air!

This bucket is full of air.

The H stands for hose. So, I turn on the hose,

combine H with O and make water.

ALL: Wow!

-That's wrong!

-Prove it.

There's water in the hose. That's it!

Water in the hose! Ha, ha!

You haven't proven your theory. I have water.

Who should we believe? THEY ALL LAUGH

Where does hair come from?

Your head is filled with miles of hair.

Once it all grows out, you go bald.

-That's not how hair works.

-Then how does it work?

Er... You know. Er...

It hurts more to fall on your knees than your behind. Bones feel.

Your behind doesn't. No bones.

Why snakes have no feet. A gazillion years ago, snakes had feet.

But they ran so fast from dinosaurs, they fell off.

No two snowflakes are alike.

The guy at the factory can't do it properly.

Rather than just fire him, we get crazy snowflakes.

Why is the sky blue?

Because dirt took brown, grass green, bananas yellow and apples red!

DW, the sky is blue because air particles reflect blue light.

-Prove it.

-Well... You prove yours.

Is dirt brown? Grass green? Bananas yellow? Is the sky blue?

-She's right again!

-Awwww!

Wind is made by trees blowing. They're going "Whsssh!"

Aaaah!

You have to tell her she can't make stuff up and call it...science?

Look out! That tree's blowing on you.

-This is terrible. Tiny kids believe what she says.

-This is great.

The ocean's made by sand moving so fast it liquefies.

Buster! She's making it up.

Some of it sounds right. I fall on my behind and feel nothing!

The sun runs out of gas, and it's night.

- No, it's the earth's rotation. - DW: Prove it.

I can't prove it. But other people have.

- It's in books! - You can't prove it. You're wrong.

We can prove she's wrong at the Exploratorium!

Mom! Can DW go to the Exploratorium?

-You want to take DW with you?

-Yes! Please! She has to go!

PUFF!

CLICK! CLICK!

CRACKLE!

BUBBLE! BUBBLE!

Now do you see how stuff works and how you were wrong?

I only had one experiment.

I said you'd beg to take me here!

And my experiment

-proved I'm smarter than you.

-Really?

She may be smarter than we think.

A smart DW? Ohhhhh!

I don't know if the world is ready.

# And I say, "Hey! What a wonderful kind of day!"

# If we can learn to work and play

# And get along with each other

# You've got to listen to your heart, listen to the beat

# Listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street

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

-# Believe in yourself

-Believe in yourself

# For that's the place to start

# And I say, "Hey! What a wonderful kind of day!"

# If we can learn to work and play... #

Subtitles by Yasmeen Khan, ITFC, for BBC Subtitling - 2001