A Very Dull Birthday The Furchester Hotel

BELL RINGS

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# Welcome to The Furchester Hotel

# Your room is ready for you

# Just need to get the bed

# The lamp, the desk, the rug, the sink

# A pillow for your head

# The hotel's run by monsters Our staff's beyond compare

# We've got the kind of service you won't find anywhere

-# So welcome

-To The Furchester

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# Welcome...

ELMO GIGGLES

# To The Furchester

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-# Dining style

-So genteel

# Cookie come with every meal

# La-la-la la-la-la la-la-la-la

-# Here's your keys

-So check right in

-Let your furry stay begin

# Welcome to The Furchester Hotel. #

Right, just remember, everyone, this is a surprise birthday party,

so don't tell Mr Dull.

OK, Phoebe. Animal remember.

Right. Let's see if we've got everything.

Er, party hats.

-Ooh, er, check!

-Party games.

Check.

And party guests.

Check out?!

You can't check out.

You'll miss the...(surprise party).

But I need to get to work.

Oh, that can wait, Mr Bigwig.

I'll just check you back in,

and re-welcome you with furry arms.

-So, that's a check on party guests.

-Yes.

-Party horns?

-Er, check.

Oh, wait. You said party horns?

Oh, me thought you said party cookies!

No, I said party horns.

Oh, right, well, me go get those. But first,

um-num-num-num-num!

-Oh, boy. This party going to be great.

-Yeah!

-Bye, Cookie.

-Next, singing birthday cake.

# Hello. #

Oh, check. This is going to be so much fun.

# So, who is the birthday boy? #

-Shh!

-Shh?

That's a funny name. Takes all sorts, I suppose.

Very well.

# Happy birthday to Shh

# Happy birthday to Shh Happy birthday, dear... #

No! Shh as in "be quiet".

Oh! That totally makes more sense.

See, we're throwing a surprise birthday party for Mr Harvey P Dull,

Mrs Singing Birthday Cake.

-And we're keeping it a secret.

-Keeping what a secret?

Oh, Mr Harvey P Dull's surprise birthday party.

THEY ALL GASP

So, that whole secret thing, that was, what, more like a guideline?

-Yeeeah. Sorry, everybody.

-Oh, that's all right, Elmo.

You're just excited.

Oh, Elmo IS excited!

Harvey P Dull's birthday party is going to be so much fun!

Fun?

I've never had a birthday party.

And I don't think I'd like one at all.

No. No, thank you.

-But we've invited all these people.

-And we've got party hats.

And they've booked a top-quality singing birthday cake...

who'll need to be paid, whatever happens.

Oh, no. Mr Harvey P Dull doesn't want a party?

This is a big problem!

It's a catastrophe!

# It's more than just a slip-up or a mess-up or a mishap

# A Furchester catastrophe

# We need to fix it fast-trophe

# And put it in the past-trophe

# This simply cannot last-trophe

# A Furchester catastrophe

# The problem is so vast-trophe

# We're really flabbergastrophed

# Let's ding the bell for blastrophe

# Catastrophe, catastrophe What a catastrophe

# Catastrophe, catastrophe I want it in the past-trophe

# It's a catastro...what a disastro...it's a catastrophe. #

OK, everyone. Let's not panic yet. What was it Harvey said?

He said, "Fun?"

No, no, after that.

"I've never had a birthday party."

Right. So, maybe he doesn't really know much about them.

What if we show him how great they are?

So that he'll change his mind about having one?

Everyone loves parties.

You're a marvel, Fergus!

Mwah!

OK, Mr Dull, we're going to show you how much fun parties are.

-Yeah, baby.

-Oh, well,

can't I learn how much fun they are by sitting and reading a book?

Sorry, Mr Harvey P Dull,

but Elmo and Phoebe don't have any books about birthday parties.

Well, can I at least sit in my chair?

Oh, of course.

Sure.

You know, the best thing about a surprise party is that

it starts with a surprise.

Like...

-Surprise!

-ALL CHEER AND LAUGH

Party time! Oh, party time, party time!

Party time!

-HE GROANS

-No.

I do not like surprises.

Surprise!

Oh, Elmo, let's show Mr Harvey P Dull

all the other party stuff we've got planned.

Oh, yeah! Mr Harvey, you are going to love it.

DANCE MUSIC PLAYS

We've got party music for you, Mr Dull.

What's the matter, Mr Harvey P Dull? Don't you like party dancing?

Well, not really, Elmo. It's hard to read while I'm jiggling around.

Don't worry. Well, let's try party games next.

Oh, you'll love party games, Mr Dull.

# Fun, fun, party games Fun, party, whoop, whoop... #

And that's how you play Pin The Tail On The Donkey, got it?

Well, yes. I wear this blindfold

and I try to put the tail on the donkey's bottom.

Exactly! It's going to be so much fun.

-OK, Mr Dull, here we go.

-Spinning? Why am I spinning?

Because spinning makes everything more fun!

One, two, three, go!

HARVEY MUTTERS IN CONFUSION Whooah! Whoooo!

THE OTHERS LAUGH EXCITEDLY

Ahhh! Ha-ha!

HE LAUGHS SLYLY

DRAMATIC MUSIC

I've pinned the tail on my chair!

I don't think Mr Dull likes this game.

-When Elmo and Phoebe play, it's lots of fun.

-Yeah.

But... But my chair...

How about you try some delicious party food, Mr Dull?

Yeah.

THEY YELP

-Aaaarrgghh!

-SQUELCH!

Oh, boy.

HE MUTTERS AWKWARDLY

HE WHISTLES NONCHALANTLY

My favourite book!

Ohh. I've cleaned it twice and it's still sticky.

Elmo and Phoebe are really sorry, Mr Harvey P Dull.

And my favourite chair has a tail on it.

I don't think I want to find out any more about parties.

We've got so much more to show you.

-Yeah.

-No.

I've had enough.

I'm going to my room

and I'm not coming out until my birthday is over.

Oh, dear,

the whole point of having a party was to make Mr Harvey P Dull happy.

And now we've made him unhappy.

And it's his birthday!

Oh, this is a problem.

What are we going to do?

-Let's put our furry heads together and think.

-Ah!

-ALL:

-Thiiiiink!

-Anyone?

-No, I've got nothing yet.

Boy, thinking about things that will make Harvey P Dull happy is hard.

All he wants to do is sit and read his book.

Yeah.

Fuzzawubba! That gives me a monster idea, Mum!

-I know how to make Mr Harvey P Dull happy!

-Ooh!

I said I don't like parties.

-Oh, I think you'll like this one.

-Yeah.

OK, there you go.

ALL: Happy birthday!

-I... I...

-We tried throwing you a party

with all the things WE really like.

But what Elmo and Phoebe should have done

is thought about what Mr Harvey P Dull likes.

So now you can sit in your favourite chair

with your favourite book all day.

-And we'll make sure no-one bothers you.

-Yeah.

We might ask if you want a cup of tea.

If you don't mind.

Well, maybe I do like parties after all.

This is just what I wanted.

Oh, thank you. Thank you so much.

ALL LAUGH

This is the best birthday ever.

Well done, everyone.

Problem solved.

Me home. And me got the party horns!

-Oh, no!

-HE TOOTS

Oh, Cookie!

Sorry!

DING! DING! DING!

# We've had such fun together

# It's been a monster day

# The Furchester is furrier when you come to stay

# So don't check out Don't check out

# Please, please, please Please don't go

-# Don't check out

-Don't check out

# No, no, no, no, no, no, no Please, please don't check out! #

THEY CHEER

# Farewell from The Furchester Hotel! #