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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 | 0:00:09 | |
-# 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 | 0:00:20 | |
# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat | 0:00:20 | 0:00:25 | |
# Listen to the rhythm of the street Open your eyes! Open your ears! | 0:00:25 | 0:00:30 | |
# Get together, make things better By working together | 0:00:30 | 0:00:34 | |
# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart | 0:00:34 | 0:00:39 | |
# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start | 0:00:39 | 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 | 0:00:54 | |
# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! # | 0:00:54 | 0:00:59 | |
-Hey, DW! -Hey... | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
Who wrote Frankenstein? It was Mary Shelley, at age 19. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:14 | |
How did this young girl create the most famous monster in the world? | 0:01:14 | 0:01:19 | |
She was on vacation with her friends in the Swiss Alps. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:24 | |
They decided on a contest to see who could tell the scariest story. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
And now the ghost, too weak to haunt | 0:01:28 | 0:01:32 | |
Once more shall fade, as is his wont. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
The end. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
Your turn, Mary. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
I am by birth a Genovese. My family is one of the most distinguished... | 0:01:45 | 0:01:50 | |
'Out of this friendly competition, a masterpiece of horror was born.' | 0:01:50 | 0:01:55 | |
..He was borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance. | 0:01:55 | 0:02:00 | |
Well, that's Frankenstein. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
I know it needs work, guys, but what do you think? Guys?! | 0:02:02 | 0:02:07 | |
If Mary Shelley can scare the world with her brilliant story, | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
-then maybe -I -can do it too. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
How can it rain for three straight days? | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
-We're trapped inside with nothing to do. -I know something we can do. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:32 | |
-Let's see who can tell the scariest story. -Ooh, I love scary stories. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:37 | |
Really scary stories! | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
Yeah, no baby stuff. It has to be as scary as you can make it. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:44 | |
OK, OK. I've got a really good one. There was this vampire... | 0:02:44 | 0:02:49 | |
No, wait! It was a giant, radioactive lizard. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:54 | |
No, wait! It was a giant, radioactive, VAMPIRE lizard! | 0:02:54 | 0:02:59 | |
And he was really, really scary. The end! | 0:02:59 | 0:03:03 | |
That wasn't scary, Buster! It wasn't even a story! | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
I'll give you a scary story. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
There was this girl and she went to this dance. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:14 | |
Her dress and accessories were perfect. She danced and danced. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:19 | |
It made her thirsty. She went for punch, | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
but the clumsy oaf in front of her tripped over his cheap shoes. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:26 | |
His punch spilt all over her dress, and the stain would never come out. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:32 | |
-Was that supposed to be scary? -Fine! Your turn, Arthur - scare me. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:37 | |
OK. You asked for it. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
There was this kid. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
On his birthday, he got a hideous and mysterious pair of underwear. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:48 | |
He buried them in his underwear drawer, and that was that. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:52 | |
The next day, he was forced to go to the board and do long division. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:56 | |
Suddenly, his pants fell down... and there it was - | 0:03:56 | 0:04:01 | |
the mysterious underwear, the underwear he had never put on, | 0:04:01 | 0:04:06 | |
the underwear he thought he had buried for ever! | 0:04:06 | 0:04:10 | |
EVIL LAUGHTER | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
Oh! Arthur, you've got to get over your underwear obsession! | 0:04:15 | 0:04:21 | |
You split your pants months ago. It's over! Move on! | 0:04:21 | 0:04:25 | |
I guess it's my turn now. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
My story is true. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
It happened to my uncle. He's the one who saw the...Thing. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:36 | |
The...Thing?! | 0:04:36 | 0:04:38 | |
-My uncle's an entomologist. -A what? | 0:04:38 | 0:04:41 | |
A person who studies insects - bugs, beetles, that sort of thing. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:46 | |
AAGH! | 0:04:46 | 0:04:47 | |
That's not the scary part! | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
Anyway, he's a scientist. Stuff like that doesn't bother him. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:54 | |
But there was this one time... | 0:04:54 | 0:04:57 | |
One night, as a graduate student, | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
my uncle was working late in the lab with one of his professors. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:05 | |
It was raining heavily. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
They were unpacking specimens from an expedition to the Congo. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:11 | |
Some of the insects were large. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
-How large? -My uncle recalled a beetle with two-foot long pincers - | 0:05:14 | 0:05:19 | |
-the Congolese pincer pod. -Yee-oo! | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
Anyway, it was late, and the professor decided to go home. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
He had no umbrella, | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
so he looked around for one somebody might have left behind. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
My uncle kept working. He started to open the last crate, | 0:05:33 | 0:05:38 | |
and was surprised to find that it was already open. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
-"That's odd," he remarked. -Weird! | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
Just then, the old professor called out that he had found an umbrella. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:50 | |
It was a plain umbrella, with a long, wooden handle. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:55 | |
The only distinguishing mark was a green emerald on the handle - | 0:05:55 | 0:06:00 | |
a large, round jewel that caught the light and glinted. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:05 | |
It looked almost as if it had blinked, like some kind of eye. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:09 | |
My uncle walked the old professor to the door | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
so he could lock up after him. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
The professor stepped out into the rain and opened the umbrella. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:20 | |
There was a high-pitched buzzing, then a rattle of scales and wings. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:26 | |
My uncle could see this was no umbrella. It was some kind of a... | 0:06:26 | 0:06:31 | |
-Thing? -He saw with horror | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
that the wings were lined with hundreds of writhing stingers. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:38 | |
It folded the stinging wings over the old professor, | 0:06:38 | 0:06:42 | |
and my uncle heard something like a satisfied slurp, | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
then, with a bloodcurdling shriek, the Thing flew off into the night. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:51 | |
The professor was never seen again. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
BELL RINGS Aagh! | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
I just couldn't sleep - couldn't get that story out of my head. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:05 | |
I know. I closed my eyes and all I could see were writhing stingers. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:10 | |
I kept hearing the satisfied slurp. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:15 | |
And the bloodcurdling shriek... | 0:07:15 | 0:07:17 | |
-Hey! Isn't it beautiful today? -Why did you tell us about the Thing? | 0:07:17 | 0:07:22 | |
Yeah! I was so happy before! | 0:07:22 | 0:07:24 | |
How does your uncle sleep at night? | 0:07:24 | 0:07:27 | |
Muffy, I don't have an uncle and there is no Thing! | 0:07:27 | 0:07:32 | |
I made it up! You guys know that! | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
-You said it was true. Were you lying? -No. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:38 | |
Saying that it all really happened was just part of the story. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:43 | |
It's a common storytelling device. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:45 | |
-By the way, Mary Shelley used it too. -But those details - | 0:07:45 | 0:07:50 | |
the lab and the rain and the insects - you made it sound so real! | 0:07:50 | 0:07:54 | |
Yeah, well, that's what a good storyteller does. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
It's not real, so get over it. | 0:07:57 | 0:08:00 | |
-I can still hear the bloodcurdling shriek. -And that satisfied slurp. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:05 | |
And those writhing stingers - who could forget about those? | 0:08:05 | 0:08:09 | |
-Come on! It's just stuff I made up. -You know what's really scary, Fern? | 0:08:09 | 0:08:14 | |
-Your brain! I mean, how could you think up a story like that? -Easily! | 0:08:14 | 0:08:18 | |
And I could think up even scarier ones if I tried. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:23 | |
Listen to this! It was a dark and stormy night... | 0:08:23 | 0:08:27 | |
-Aah! -Let's get out of here! | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
'Fraidy cats! | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
BUSTER WHISTLES | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
-Hi, Buster! -Aagh! -Relax! | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
-I wanted to remind you about the library book sale. -Can't hear you! | 0:08:40 | 0:08:45 | |
-Hey, Arthur, will you help me with this? -Wh-what's in there? | 0:08:45 | 0:08:50 | |
-Oh, Arthur, it's just... -No! Keep your scary stories to yourself. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:57 | |
Scare Your Pants Off books are always hot items at the book sale. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:01 | |
Are you sure you want to part with these, Fern? | 0:09:01 | 0:09:05 | |
Yeah. Since I read Frankenstein, I found them all kind of tame. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:10 | |
Wait till I plug in these lights - a touch of glitz for the book sale! | 0:09:10 | 0:09:14 | |
Be right back. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:16 | |
Welcome to the totally unscary book sale! | 0:09:16 | 0:09:20 | |
Here, everybody - garlic. Prunella said it would protect us. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:24 | |
-What's with the garlic? -Begone, Queen of Darkness! | 0:09:24 | 0:09:28 | |
-Your powers mean nothing here! -I am NOT the Queen of Darkness... | 0:09:28 | 0:09:33 | |
ALL SCREAM | 0:09:33 | 0:09:36 | |
Um, what caused this blackout, do you think? | 0:09:36 | 0:09:40 | |
I blew a circuit when I plugged in the fancy-schmanzy sign. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:44 | |
Hi! We've got lots of Scare Your Pants Off books today. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:50 | |
-Everybody likes a good scare. -Not everybody. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:54 | |
Well, if you don't want scary, we've got plenty of options here today. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:59 | |
Captain Underpants And The Wrath Of The Wicked Wedgie Woman! | 0:09:59 | 0:10:04 | |
-So funny! I loved it! -How about this one? It's a real tearjerker. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:09 | |
-Old Yeller. -It's so sad. I cried and cried. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:14 | |
Me too. A good writer can make you feel anything. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:18 | |
You're right. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:20 | |
Arthur, I'm not ready to go! | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
-Guys, I'm not the Queen of Darkness and I can prove it. -Yeah, right(!) | 0:10:23 | 0:10:28 | |
My story was scary, but I can make it unscary. Just listen. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:33 | |
-No way! -The umbrella doesn't HAVE to turn into the Thing! | 0:10:33 | 0:10:38 | |
-I can make it into anything you like. -It's a trick. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:42 | |
No, listen. I could make it turn into something wonderful, like... | 0:10:42 | 0:10:47 | |
-like a dragon. -Dragons are scary! | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
Not this one! When the old professor opens the umbrella, | 0:10:50 | 0:10:54 | |
it transforms into a golden dragon! | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
Golden is good! Platinum is better! | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
OK! It's a platinum dragon! | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 | |
And it knows the way to a secret cave full of, you know, treasures - | 0:11:02 | 0:11:07 | |
-jewels and really great, um... -Accessories! And shoes! | 0:11:07 | 0:11:12 | |
Lots of shoes! | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
Shoes?! I don't get it. | 0:11:15 | 0:11:17 | |
-Or maybe the umbrella turns into something else, like... -Like? | 0:11:17 | 0:11:22 | |
An alien? | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
..But a nice one! | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
-Does it always have to be aliens? -No. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:32 | |
The umbrella can have superpowers. Hold on to it and you can... | 0:11:32 | 0:11:37 | |
-Fly? -Fly! And rid the world of evil-doers! | 0:11:37 | 0:11:41 | |
Stop! Stop it, all of you! You're ruining the Thing! | 0:11:41 | 0:11:46 | |
DW, what are you talking about? You don't even know what the Thing is. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:50 | |
I have ears! For two days now, the Thing is all you've talked about. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:55 | |
The slurp, the shriek, the stingers! | 0:11:55 | 0:11:57 | |
-I want them back in! -But it's too scary, DW! | 0:11:57 | 0:12:01 | |
-It could be scarier. I had a couple of ideas. -Oh, yeah? Like what? | 0:12:01 | 0:12:07 | |
The big horrible Thing should break up into a lot of horrible Things. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:12 | |
I like the platinum dragon. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
You mean, like lots of spiders or scorpions running around? | 0:12:14 | 0:12:19 | |
That kind of thing? That's good! | 0:12:19 | 0:12:21 | |
BOTH: We can't hear you! Can't hear you... | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
The little horrible things are really bloodthirsty... | 0:12:24 | 0:12:29 | |
Subtitles by Judith Russell BBC Broadcast 2004 | 0:12:31 | 0:12:35 | |
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