I Like to Laugh Me Too!

# Come on and get on down to the city

# Where the trains all clatter through

# Hey! Look at that driver driving

-# I want to ride that train of blue

-Me too

# I'm looking way up high to the windows

# Take a peek for an inside view

# All these people busy working

# I want to see what they all do

# Come on, let's weave around the market

# Do you hear the hullabaloo?

# Everybody's busy selling

-# I wanna buy me something new

-Me too

# Look through the arches under the station

# Down where the pigeons perch and coo

# Take a taxi ride to the river

# I wanna drive down the avenue

# Hey, look at those buses gleaming

# They look so clean and spanking new

# All lined up to drive around the city

-# Let me ting that bell

-Ding, ding!

# Going to ride on round to the school stop

# Where the children hurry through

# Sit down, the teacher's teaching

-# I'd love to learn a thing or two

-Me too

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea. #

Eight o'clock.

# Riverseafingal, that's for me

# Come on and get on down to the city

-# Where the ferryboat sails are blue

-Sails are blue

# Time to call on Granny Murray

# She'd love to say hello to you... #

Hello, honey pie! Come away in and see who's at home today.

# Granny Murray's house has two at home to play

# Granny Murray's house is home too! #

Who's here today? Well, we've got Brandon and we've got Adil.

But don't just sit there, my darlings. Come on, let's get busy!

-PARP!

-Oh! Who did that?

Brandon!

Was it a whoopee cushion?

Well, we've got Brandon and we've got Adil,

but someone's missing today.

Not any more! Who's coming home to Granny Murray? Who's coming down?

Oh! It's Lisa with Tina.

Hello, there!

Tina! Oh!

Oh, dear!

Go and see, Lisa.

Oh, gosh, I am already shaking like a jelly today.

Oh, why's that?

Well, Mickey John told his head teacher that I'm a brilliant actor,

so his head teacher has asked me to go along to the school

to do a special performance as the Washing Wizard.

That's brilliant! I love those stories.

Guys, why don't you dress Claude up as the Washing Wizard?

Oh! And we can have a wee seat and a chat and you can stop your worrying.

Oh, the Washing Wizard always makes me giggle.

Yes, cos he loves washing up.

Now, how does the speech go? Um, niminy-piminy, niminy-piminy...

It's from The Washing Wizard And The Blocked-Up Sink.

Where...where are my trusty rubber ducks?

Ducks?!

I mean gloves!

Where are my trusty rubber gloves?

The vacuum, it is all block-ed up!

-Are you sure you mean the vacuum?

-Ssh! Trying to remember lines.

Where are my trusty rubber gloves?

The sink, it is all block-ed up, just like...

just like...

my nose!

Oh, no, that's not right!

Oh! "The sink is blocked up just like my nose"!

-That's very funny.

-Granny Murray!

I'm meant to be showing what a good actor I am, not being a funny clown.

Oh, everybody likes a good laugh. Talking of which, look at Claude.

-Oh!

-Hello.

-Oh, Claude, you make a wonderful Washing Wizard.

Well done, everyone.

Oh, is that for me, Lis'?

Oh, the washing up glove. Maybe this will help me remember my lines

for the Washing Wizard speech.

Bye-bye, darling.

-Bye-bye.

-Come on, then, Tina.

Now, remember, everybody likes a good laugh.

-Thank you, Granny Murray. See you later.

-Bye-bye.

-We'll be thinking of you.

-Me too.

Now, will you keep a wee eye on Tina? Make sure she gets to work.

I'd better hurry. Could you tell me the fastest way to get to my work?

TOOT! Thank you.

# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry

# I need, need, need, need, need to speed to work

# I'll take a, take a ticket on a subway

# I'll be, be, be, be, be, be there quite quick.

# Hurry, hurry, hurry through the tunnels

# Clatter, clatter, clatter underground

# Whining, whining, whining drives the speed up

# Squeaking, squeaking, squeaking slows us down.

# Clatter, clatter, clatter

# Squeaking, squeaking, squeaking to our stop.

# I'm in, in, in, in, in, in, I'm in a hurry

# I need, need, need, need, need to speed to work! #

Phew! Well, what now?

Of course! I have to get ready for work.

All dressed and ready to go.

-How did the Washing Wizard speech go?

-Morning, Tina!

-Hi.

-Hi, Louie, hi, Chuck.

-Can you do us a favour?

-Of course.

We want to sing this funny new song Flaherty's Motor Car on the ferry.

It will have everyone in fits, but we need props to make funny sounds,

-so could we look through your theatre props?

-Sure!

-They're over there. I've got to rehearse my speech.

-Thanks. Come on.

TOOTING, RATTLING AND SQUEAKING

Ssh!

"So," the Washing Wizard spouted...

I...I...

Sorry, Tina! All done.

-We'll pop back later and pick everything up.

-Bye!

-Bye!

-Bye!

Phew! Peace at last.

I wonder if you're having a noisy time, Lisa.

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal Riverseafingal by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal Riverseafingal, that's for me. #

-Are you ready to have a good laugh?

-ALL: Yes.

-OK.

-TOOT-TOOT!

-Hello!

My name is Honker the incredible honking dog.

Oh, I think I am very, very hungry! Oh, children,

what can I eat?

Oh! A cabbage! Do I like cabbages?

No!

No! I don't like cabbages. Very stinky.

-TOOT-TOOT!

-What's this? A banana!

-Do I like this?

-No!

-No?

-Und zis? Sausages! Do I like sausages?

-Yes!

Num-num-num...

-TOOT-TOOT!

-You were right, children.

-Well done. I love my sausages! Bye-bye.

-Bye!

Oh! Was that good fun?

-Yes!

-Lisa, I hope your mum's having as much fun at work as we are here.

Are you having fun, Mummy?

-Hi, Tina. All right?

-Oh, hello, Rudi.

Yes, I was just practising my Washing Wizard performance.

I won't keep you. I just wanted to borrow that massive banana prop

-to attract customers at the market.

-Oh, yes. I'll take a look for it.

Thanks.

Hmm. Where was I? Oh, yes.

I am the Washing Wizard, and I need to ring my special magic bells...

Hey, magic bells, eh? You should ting a bell when you say that. Ting!

Yeah, that's...really good, Rudi. Oh, yes! And...and...

-I must pull out that plug...

-A good sound for pulling out a plug is POP!

-There you go, Mr Sound Effects.

-Thanks, Tina. Glad I could help.

Bye. Right now, it's time for some hard graft.

Time to hit those city streets.

# City roads are waiting

# The traffic lights are changing

# Police cars are cruising

# The trucks keep a-trucking

# And the city roads are waiting for me to take a drive

# In my pretty pink taxi... #

Taxi!

# People wave me down in my pretty pink taxi

# Get into the back and just relax for the ride

# Pretty pink taxi She's going for a dri-ive

# Look in the mirror Shift that gear

# Pull out to the busy lane My pink taxi takes the strain

# The radio calls up a taxi fare Who am I gonna meet?

TOOT-TOOT!

# Looking for a job in my pretty pink taxi, o-oh!

# Cruising in the city In my pretty pink taxi, yeah

# Drive, drive, drive

# In my pretty pink taxi

# Ride, ride, ride

# Where you wanna go... #

Taxi!

# Cos I need to take a drive In my pretty pink taxi

# People wave me down And they'll ask for a ride. #

Two o'clock...and I'm starving! Where's my lunch box?

-Nearly show time, Tina!

-Yep - let's rock and roll!

-Are you here for your equipment?

-Yes, Tina. How about a lift to the ferry?

OK. Start loading up.

BOTH: # Flaherty had a motor car that always made a din

# His mother said, "That noisy thing! Go chuck it in the bin!"

# Flaherty said, "No, Mother, love..." #

'I wonder what Lisa's doing right now.'

JANGLY MUSIC

Oh, my goodness!

You're noisier than the ferry boat band!

I've got a special surprise for you.

We're going to see Lisa's mum perform the Washing Wizard.

Mummy will be really pleased.

I miss you, Mummy.

# Oh, Flaherty had a motor car It always made a din... #

Lisa would love that song.

-Hi, Tina. All set for your performance at school?

-Sort of.

-If I can remember my lines.

-What about a sneak preview?

-Oh, OK.

Where are my trusty rubber gloves?

# Go put them in the bin! #

That's fantastic!

-Really funny!

-It's not meant to be funny!

Anyway, then it goes...

My gloves are down the plug hole # They're music to my ears! #

That's the funniest thing I've heard in years!

The children will really laugh. See you at school, Tina. Really funny!

Funny? My acting's funny?!

I've spent all day trying to learn the Washing Wizard performance

and I can't remember a thing.

Everybody just keeps laughing at me.

Why can't I get it right?

Where did all the time go?

At eight o'clock I dropped Lisa at Granny Murray's.

The children dressed Claude as the Washing Wizard.

I told Granny Murray that Mickey John wanted me to do a performance

as the Washing Wizard.

But I couldn't remember the words.

At nine o'clock, I got to the garage.

I was trying to remember the Washing Wizard when the ferry band called.

They wanted to find some props to make funny sounds for a new song.

At eleven o'clock, I was trying to practise my performance again.

Then Rudi popped in and kept making daft noises for my performance,

but I just got more muddled.

At two o'clock, I got back to the garage

and the band came to pick up their equipment. We loaded it in the taxi

and I drove them to the ferry terminal.

They kept singing their funny song. It was very catchy.

At three o'clock I got back to the garage

and Mickey John called by to see if my performance was ready.

I started to act it for him,

but I got muddled up. I kept thinking of the ferry boat band's song.

Now, remember,

everybody likes a good laugh.

I get it now!

Everyone likes a good laugh.

I've been too...too serious!

Right. Let's get ready to...to...

to sing...

to sing a funny song about a car!

First thing - funny car. It's a race against time!

# I've got to do it I've got to do it

# I've got to beat the clock before the chime

# I've got to sort it, sort it I've got to do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'm going to beat that bong

# I'm going to finish this job before you finish that so-o-o-ong

# Do we think she's going to do it, the job that needs to be done?

# Will she know how to fix it?

# Will she finish what she has begun?

# She will get there in the end because she knows what to do...

-# I've got to do it

-She's going to do it

# I'm going to beat the clock before the chime

-# I'm going to sort it

-Sort it

# I'll do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'm going to beat that bong

# I'm going to finish the job Before I finish the so-o-o-ong... #

Boys and girls, he-ere's Tina!

# Oh-h...

# Flaherty had a motor car It always made a din

# His mother said, "That noisy thing! Go and chuck it in the bin!"

# But Flaherty said, "No, Mother, love, that car to me is dear

# "And every sound and parp it makes Is music to my ears!" #

Parp, parp!

-# Oh-h, Flaherty took his motor car To tour around the world... #

-Parp!

# And people stopped and listened As the engine clinked and whirled

# And now his car is famous And his mother never moans

# Its parps and clunks and whistles Are as famous as the Stones! #

Hurrah! More!

Oh, if only Lisa could see me now.

Tina!

Look who's here, Lisa!

-Hello, Lisa!

-Hi, Mummy.

-Hello.

-Say thanks to Granny Murray.

-Thank you, Granny Murray.

And thanks from me too, Granny Murray.

I remembered what you said - everyone likes a good laugh.

-And you had a good giggle. It saved the day.

-Oh, is that so?

Come on. You'll want to get home.

-Looking forward to next time.

-Me too.

Lisa, let's talk about our time away...

And I suppose you'll want me to tell you all about my time too!

# Well, there was...hugging, squishing, walking, pushing

# Dancing, dusting, sharing, choosing

# Talking, cooking, drying, cleaning

# Saving, binning, laughing, joking

# Losing things and rushing round

# Dressing up and sitting down. #

But what was really special about today?

Well...

Claude was dressed as the Washing Wizard,

because that's who Tina was going to be at a school performance,

but she couldn't remember her lines.

A bit later I did a puppet show for Lisa and the children.

We had such a good laugh - honk-honk!

After lunch, we had a music session and I told the children a secret -

we were going to watch Tina's special performance at the school.

And Tina changed her mind about doing the Washing Wizard.

Instead, she sang a really funny song about a motor car.

I hope you enjoyed yourself.

Me too! Bye-bye, honey pie!

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal Riverseafingal by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal Riverseafingal, that's for me... #