Trombone Trouble ZingZillas

Zak!

Tang!

Panzee!

Drum!

-# Welcome to the band

-ZingZillas

-# Let me show you round

-ZingZillas

-# Each one lends a hand

-ZingZillas

# Making that ZingZilla sound

-# What's that in the glade?

-ZingZillas

-# Who's that playing now?

-ZingZillas

-# Sending out the waves

-ZingZillas

# Making that ZingZilla sound

# We'll be practising

# For The Big Zing

# Until the time to rock

# Countdown with the coconut clock

-# Now you've met the band

-ZingZillas

# Now you've seen around

-# Join us, lend a hand

-ZingZillas

# Making that ZingZilla sound. #

# La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

# Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

# La... # Oh.

Let's see if we can play something different on The Big Zing today.

OK, like a new sort of sound.

SOARING BASS

And how's this for a wild new sound, too?

DISTORTED BASS

Well, it's loud.

TROMBONE PLAYS IN DISTANCE

Oh, now that's a cool new sound!

It's coming from the glades.

-Get Tang and Drum and check it out.

-Yeah.

HE PLAYS TROMBONE

Oh, it's brilliant!

It's such a...a...

An oomphy sound.

A shiny instrument.

It's a brass instrument, Drum.

Right.

And that instrument is called a trombone, Zac.

Cor. I like the slidey bit, the way it goes

up and down. I'd like to play the trombone.

Well, if you're lucky the trombonist might let you have a go.

You never know. Wait below, Zac, and I'll go and ask him.

Oh, can I come too?

Sure thing, Pansee.

-We'll catch you later.

-Bye-bye, Zac.

Do you think the trombonist will really let me borrow his instrument?

I hope so. That slidey sound will be great for The Big Zing.

Good news for you, Zac.

Look.

Whoa!

A trombone!

Now take good care of it and make sure

you return it in time for The Big Zing.

Don't worry, DJ, I'll look after it.

Catch you later.

I'll have to try it out first.

Go on, then, Zac. Just be careful.

HE PLAYS DISSONANT NOTE

That's not right.

Can I have a go?

SHE PLAYS A DISSONANT NOTE

-It's hard.

-Let me have another go.

HE PLAYS IN TUNE

Oh, right. I did it! Listen.

HE PLAYS IN TUNE

Yay! You did it! Let me have another go.

-Please.

-In a minute. I just want to play the trombone a little louder.

-Oh!

-Oh!

-You've broken it.

-WE broke it, you mean.

Oh, what are we going to do?

I don't know. DJ's not going to like this.

This is a problem.

This is not just a problem.

A broken trombone is a disaster.

# Disaster

# Disaster

# Disaster! #

Don't worry, we've got time to sort out the problem

-before The Big Zing.

-Not much time, Zac.

Now come on, Tang and Drum will be wondering where we are.

Hey, Zac. Did DJ get the trombone for you?

-Yes.

-Oh, great!

We have to get back and practise the song.

I have lots of ideas for The Big Zing.

Listen to this tune.

HE HUMS A TUNE

Where's the trombine?

Well, you see, we...

We had to give it back.

The trombonist wanted to er... polish it.

It already looked pretty shiny to me.

Well, he said the trombone wasn't shiny enough,

so he's going to polish the trombone so it's really, really shiny

and bring it along later.

Yes. It's very important to look after your instrument.

Let's go, then.

We should tell them we broke the trombone.

No, no, we don't need to.

I'll come back and fix it later.

Where did you put the trombone?

Somewhere safe.

-In a bush.

-In a bush?!

Shhhhhh!

-Come on!

-Ha!

Here comes coconut number one!

Three more coconuts to go before The Big Zing.

Hello. What's The Big Zing going to be today?

Zac got a trombone.

Ohhh.

Yes, it was a sound big and brassy.

HE HUMS A TUNE

Hello. I hear you've got a trombone to play.

-Where is it?

-Er, it's just, um, we, er, well, up...

-We broke it!

-Panzee!

Oh, that's not very good.

You should tell DJ Loose.

We should tell everyone what happened.

Er, we won't have to tell DJ or anyone

if I fix the trombone, which I'm going to do soon.

The trombone will be fine. See you later.

Do you know

how to fix a trombone, Panzee?

I don't, Mr Granite, but I do hope Zac does.

SHE SIGHS

# What is this music that I found?

# It makes a brassy kind of sound

# Shout it from the treetops, sing it in the glade

# Dance with the music???

# Slipping and a-sliding, play that trombone... #

This is where you play the trombone, Zac.

So, Zac,

when's the trombone player going to come back with the trombone?

Trombone? Huh?

You know, the instrument with the big slidey bit

you've just been singing about.

Oh, yes. I wonder where the trombonist is.

He's been polishing the trombone for a long time now.

It's going to be very shiny.

Er, yes. Do we have to have a trombone in The Big Zing?

-Yes!

-Yes! I thought you really wanted to play it.

-I do.

-Zac, we should just tell them.

Tell us what?

Tell you that the trombonist said

he might need extra help with polishing

and he probably does need help. That's why he's taking so long.

-We should go and help him. Come on, Panzee.

-Oh, but...

Zac...

What are they talking about?

Yapple not know.

Something funny here.

Extra help with the polishing?

That's another fib.

Only a little one.

Look, we've got to get the trombone mended in time for The Big Zing.

-Let's take it to Todd.

-Oh. Does Todd know about trombones?

Todd fixes stuff.

-How hard can it be?

-Oh.

Do those two ZingZillas

seriously think that Todd will fix the trombone?

I hope he can, Granite. Here comes coconut number two!

Only two more coconuts to go before The Big Zing.

Come on, Todd, get fixing.

-Hello.

-Hi, Todd. Can you fix this for us?

Oh. Oh, what happened here?

We were playing with the trombone and...

And now we need you to fix it.

Oh. No problem. Fixing's what I do.

Now, let's see...

Ah...

Ah! Here we are.

Stop!

Can you try something less...hammery?

Oh, erm, oh, er...

Ah!

Er, er, er...

Have you got something less...spannery?

Oh, well, erm...

Ah! I could try this?

Sticky tape?

Is that really the best thing for fixing a broken trombone?

Oh, yes, certainly.

But will it work, Todd?

# Will it work?

# Never fear You've a genius here

-# Will it work?

-Never fear

# I'll amaze you

# Will it work?

# Never fear You've a genius here

# Will it work? Will it work?

# Will it work? #

Ooh, yes, it will!

There! Fixed!

IT MAKES NO SOUND

Ooh. Ooh, well, that's strange.

I'll have another go at fixing the trombone.

Must need one more small adjustment.

-Er, no!

-No, thanks, Todd.

We'd better be going.

Yes, erm, bye, bye, bye!

Ooh, funny. My good ideas normally work very well.

Oops!

This is terrible!

We HAVE to tell DJ Loose.

But he'll be really cross with us.

Well, do you have any better ideas?

No. OK, let's go to the Coconut Hut.

Oh, we're going to be in so much trouble.

I know. But we can't be scaredy-cats.

Come on. A broken trombone means no Big Zing,

and no Big Zing means,

well, there's never been no Big Zing.

Ah-ha-ha! There you are.

Did you work out how to play the trombone?

-Er...

-Oh.

-What's the matter?

Erm, well, we, erm...

We have to tell the truth.

DJ Loose,

Panzee broke the trombone.

What?! You mean YOU did!

Ah, well, OK.

We broke the trombone.

OK, OK, it was mostly my fault.

I'm really sorry. I should have come and told you.

Oh, I'm sorry too.

Oh, and now the trombonist won't have a trombone to play.

We did try to fix it, DJ.

Yes, we took it to Todd.

But that didn't work because he couldn't fix it.

Can a trombone be fixed?

Hmm, let me see.

Ah. Zak, hold this end.

Ooh!

Here you go, Zak.

Amazing! So why didn't we do that?

The trombone's not broken?

No. The slider moves up and down to play different notes. Try it.

Wow!

And if you keep moving it down, eventually it will come off.

It's supposed to do that.

Oh!

I'm so glad the trombonist will have a trombone to play after all.

But you still should've told me what happened.

I know, DJ. We won't do it again, I promise.

You better get to the clubhouse and start practising for the Big Zing.

I think you should take the trombone back with you, DJ,

to keep it safe.

Don't you want to play it later?

I might break it for real.

The trombonist would have nothing to play.

Well, actually, Zak, this is the trombonist's spare instrument.

Spare instrument?

You mean he has two trombones?

Oh, yes. This is his spare trombone.

You didn't think he'd lend you

his only trombone to practise on, did you?

I suppose not. Tang has two guitars.

That's true. Lots of musicians have a spare instrument.

Exactly. So hurry up back to the clubhouse and practise.

-Yay!

-Ha-ha!

Yes, hurry up and practise! The Big Zing isn't far away now.

And here comes coconut number three!

Only one more coconut to go till the Big Zing.

We got the trombone back! Ha-ha-ha!

Why you so long?

Er, well, the thing is, we had a bit of an accident.

Except it turns out we didn't.

Something funny!

You're right, Drum. There is something funny going on.

What going on? Zak?

I think we should tell them, Zak.

OK.

I thought we'd broken the trombone in two.

I'm sorry I didn't tell you,

and for making up the story about the trombone needing a polish.

We were trying to get it fixed.

But we didn't need to, because DJ Loose showed us it wasn't broken.

The trombone's supposed to be in two pieces.

THEY LAUGH

Silly Zak!

It's not funny! We were really worried!

It is kind of funny, if you think about it,

not knowing the trombone is supposed to come apart!

THEY ALL LAUGH

Well you've told us now, so...

ALL: Let's practise!

# Let me introduce this music that I've found

# It makes a brassy kind of sound

# Shout it from the treetops Sing it in the rain

# Dance with the music at home

# Slipping and a-sliding Play that trombone... #

Ah! That's cool as a coconut, Zak!

Ooh, he's not bad on that trombone.

And a good job too,

because... Oh, here comes the last coconut!

ALL: It's time for the Big Zing!

# ZingZillas

# ZingZillas

# ZingZillas. #

It's that time of the day when we like to say,

"It's Big Zing time."

So take it away.

Hello, everybody!

ALL: Hi, everyone!

Get ready for our brassy, shiny trombone song,

with our special guest trombonist, Chris Lowe.

Here we go!

# Let me introduce this music that I've found

# It makes a brassy kind of sound

# Shout it from the treetops Sing it in the rain

# Dance with the music at home

# Slipping and a-sliding Playing the trombone

# Hey! Do the actions In and out with me

# Let's make a trombone melody

# Shout it from the treetops Sing it in the rain

# Dance with the music at home

# Slipping and a-sliding Play the trombone

# Trombone

# Trombone

# Trombone

# Trombone

# Trombone! Trombone! Woo!

# Now I've introduced this music that I've found

# Join in with that brassy kind of sound

# Shout it from the treetops Sing it in the rain

# Dance with the music at home

# Slipping and a-sliding Play the trombone. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

ALL: That was the best Big Zing ever!

Slidiest, brassiest, most tromboney Big Zing!

I'm glad we gave the trombone back in one piece.

In two pieces, you mean!

THEY LAUGH

Night, Todd.

Good night, ZingZillas.

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