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I don't know about you, | 0:00:04 | 0:00:06 | |
but to me there's something a bit funny about tortoises. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
The way even the teenagers are wrinkly. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:11 | |
I bet that leads to some awkward moments. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
"Oh, Brian, I love you so much. How old are you?" | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
"I'm 17. How old are you, Janet?" | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
"I'm 86." "Goodness me. You're old enough to be my grandmother." | 0:00:19 | 0:00:23 | |
"Yeah, actually, Brian, | 0:00:23 | 0:00:24 | |
-"I -AM -your grandmother." | 0:00:24 | 0:00:26 | |
But the story I want to tell you, | 0:00:26 | 0:00:28 | |
although it does involve tortoises, it doesn't begin with a tortoise. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:32 | |
It begins with a man called Mr Hoppy. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
'Mr Hoppy, the hero of our story, | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
'lived in a nice flat in an apartment block in London. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:43 | |
'There are three things you should know about Mr Hoppy. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
'He's kind... | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
'he's shy... | 0:00:48 | 0:00:50 | |
'and most importantly - he's not that guy in the hat.' | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
Oh, are you OK, Mr Mavrokoukoudopolous? | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
'He's the man in the lift.' | 0:00:56 | 0:00:58 | |
No rush, Mr Mavrokoukoudopolous. I'm holding the door. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:02 | |
-Take your ti... -Whoa! | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
Ah! | 0:01:06 | 0:01:07 | |
You care for a crisp, Mr Pringle? | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
Ah, yes. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
Lovely. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:28 | |
'And don't worry if he doesn't look the flashiest of fellows. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
'I've learnt that very often in life, | 0:01:31 | 0:01:33 | |
'it's the quiet, unassuming ones | 0:01:33 | 0:01:34 | |
'who turn out to be the most interesting.' | 0:01:34 | 0:01:37 | |
HE SIGHS | 0:01:48 | 0:01:49 | |
I'll have to fix that. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
MUSIC FROM STEREO: A Kiss To Build A Dream On by Louis Armstrong | 0:01:56 | 0:02:01 | |
HE TURNS VOLUME UP | 0:02:01 | 0:02:02 | |
HE SINGS ALONG: # Give me a kiss to build a dream on... # | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
'I think we can safely say Mr Hoppy lives alone. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
'Either that or his family are very small eaters | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
'and all having a sleep at the moment.' | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
Bom bom bom... | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
'No. He lives alone.' | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
# Give me a kiss before you leave me... # | 0:02:25 | 0:02:29 | |
'But don't worry, | 0:02:29 | 0:02:30 | |
'this isn't going to be one of those stories where a lonely bloke | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
'wanders around a flat for two hours | 0:02:33 | 0:02:34 | |
'and then dies alone of a horrible disease. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
'It's going to be full of passion and surprises - | 0:02:37 | 0:02:42 | |
'as indeed is our Mr Hoppy.' | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
MUSIC CONTINUES | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
Raspberry Cream, meet Wisley Vanilla. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
# Oh, give me your lips for just a moment | 0:03:28 | 0:03:33 | |
# And my imagination | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
# Will make that moment live | 0:03:36 | 0:03:39 | |
# Oh, give me what you alone can give | 0:03:39 | 0:03:43 | |
# A kiss to build a dream on. # | 0:03:43 | 0:03:50 | |
The truth is there were two loves in Mr Hoppy's life. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:54 | |
One was his flowers | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
and the other was a secret love he kept all to himself. | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
And like so many secrets, | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
it was the most important thing of all about him. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
Because Mr Hoppy was in love... | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
with the girl downstairs. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:09 | |
WOMAN: Good morning, Mr Hoppy. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
Ah. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:17 | |
Mrs Silver. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:22 | |
Hello. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:23 | |
Hello. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:27 | |
By the way, our story is mainly concerned with this - | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
the second love. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:35 | |
If you want to find out about the flowers, watch Gardeners' World. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
I mean, I like plants as much as the next bloke, but this is very much | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
not a "will or won't the dahlias blossom before the frost kicks in?" | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
type of thing. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
Oh, wait, I think that's mine. Hey! | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
Hey! | 0:04:49 | 0:04:50 | |
Another absolutely gorgeous morning. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:57 | |
Yes. Gorgeous. Absolutely. | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
Another one of them. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:01 | |
The sort of weather that makes me want to just | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
take off all my clothes and dive naked into the nearest lake. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:07 | |
Don't you think, Mr Hoppy? | 0:05:07 | 0:05:08 | |
-Mr Hoppy? -Yes. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:12 | |
Yes, yes. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
Perfect weather for jumping into lakes | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
wearing very little. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:19 | |
'Sadly, Mr Hoppy was so shy, | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
'he couldn't even ask Mrs Silver round for a cup of tea...' | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
let alone dive stark naked into a lake with her. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
But he loved her. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
And he remembered the precise moment he'd fallen in love. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:36 | |
'Which happened to be the first moment he ever met her - | 0:05:36 | 0:05:40 | |
'five years ago.' | 0:05:40 | 0:05:41 | |
Hold that lift! | 0:05:43 | 0:05:44 | |
Oh, thank you so much, you darling man. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
Oh, they won't be long. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
-What floor are you? -Four. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
Oh, isn't that lucky? I'm moving in on three, below you. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
I hope you're not one of those rowdy types, | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
keeping me up all night with your hip-hop stylings. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
No. But my name is Mr Hoppy, in fact. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
Hoppy. Oh, what a gorgeous name! | 0:06:04 | 0:06:08 | |
And do I detect a little American accent there? | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
Well, yes, I am an American. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:12 | |
Oh, how divine. Oh, you're a gorgeous bunch. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:15 | |
From Cary Grant to Paul Newman, | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
I can't keep my hands off the lot of you! | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
Oh, I'm Mrs Silver. Lavinia. Facebook status - widowed. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:24 | |
Ah. My Facebook status is "I'm not in the Facebook". | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
No. Too busy living, I expect. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:29 | |
Oh, come in, boys. We've held the lift. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:31 | |
Come in. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:34 | |
Would it be easier if I maybe took the next one, | 0:06:36 | 0:06:38 | |
give you a little more room? | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
No, no, it's just getting cosy! | 0:06:40 | 0:06:42 | |
Wonderfully quiet lift. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:49 | |
-That's very good news. -Yes. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:51 | |
I don't think anyone's actually pushed a button yet. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
Oh! | 0:06:56 | 0:06:57 | |
I'm such a silly sausage sometimes. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
Ooh! SHE CHUCKLES | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
You're four. I'm three. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
Perhaps I should press two and one as well and give us | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
more time to get to know each other. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
'He never forgot that first brief encounter' | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
and every time he met her from then on | 0:07:13 | 0:07:15 | |
just made him love her even more. Summer. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:19 | |
ELEVATOR BELL DINGS | 0:07:19 | 0:07:20 | |
Don't you just love it when summer finally comes? | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
Autumn. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:31 | |
Oh. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:32 | |
Always such a relief when summer's over. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
Mm. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
'Winter.' | 0:07:39 | 0:07:40 | |
This is so much my favourite time of year. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:44 | |
Spring. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:48 | |
Oh. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
Spring at last! | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
Doing something special tonight, Mrs Silver? | 0:08:01 | 0:08:03 | |
Us midwives are going out for a good old knees-up. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:07 | |
Funny when you think of it - when we spent our entire careers | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
extracting babies from women lying with their knees up. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
Oh... I... I didn't know you were a midwife. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:17 | |
Retired. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:19 | |
I just thought if I can't have kids myself, | 0:08:19 | 0:08:21 | |
I might as well just help others to have them. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
How wonderful. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:26 | |
Well, perhaps you could come with me, Mr Hoppy? | 0:08:26 | 0:08:28 | |
-You could waltz me off my feet. -Oh, no. I... I... | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
-I'm not a dancer. -Nonsense. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
There's no such thing as "not a dancer" - | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
just a person who's never found the right girl to dance with. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:40 | |
You're American, for heaven's sake - the land that brought us | 0:08:40 | 0:08:45 | |
Fred Astaire and John Travolta and... | 0:08:45 | 0:08:47 | |
that naughty little Justin Timberlake. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
I know you can dance. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:51 | |
-No, no, I can't. -Can! | 0:08:51 | 0:08:53 | |
No, I can't. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
Can! | 0:08:55 | 0:08:56 | |
No, I really can't. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
You bloody well can! | 0:08:58 | 0:09:00 | |
SHE HUMS HAPPILY | 0:09:00 | 0:09:02 | |
'He loved her and longed for her to love him back | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
'but there really were a lot of problems. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
'For one thing, unlike Mr Hoppy, Mrs Silver didn't live alone. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:15 | |
'Well, she did for a while, but then she did something about it.' | 0:09:15 | 0:09:20 | |
DOORBELL RINGS | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
Ooh, ooh, ooh! | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
Oh! Well, hooray! | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
This is honestly the most exciting moment of my life. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:37 | |
Come in. Come in! | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
'She just went and got herself a new chap.' | 0:09:39 | 0:09:41 | |
A chap called Alfie. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
Well...you are more gorgeous than I could possibly have dreamed. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:50 | |
Oh, my darling. What heaven. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:59 | |
We're going to have such a wonderful life together. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
'From then on, Mrs Silver dedicated all her love | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
'and attention to her wrinkly companion. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
'And although he wasn't the world's greatest conversationalist, | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
'she did quite enough talking for the both of them.' | 0:10:16 | 0:10:19 | |
Look, Alfie, that's me on my wedding day. | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
I'm not so sure about that dress any longer. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:26 | |
Rather too much bust, I think you'll agree. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
SHE CHUCKLES | 0:10:29 | 0:10:30 | |
Oh, and that chap there - that's my husband. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
Look how tall he is. 6'3". | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
I only came up to his chest hair. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
I never once saw the top of his head. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
More a giant than a man. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:47 | |
A wonderful posture. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
He was a perfect English gent... | 0:10:51 | 0:10:55 | |
and a prize-winning dancer. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:57 | |
Oh, he was so, so kind. | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
The things we were going to do. And the... | 0:11:01 | 0:11:03 | |
places we were going to go and the... | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
..life we were going to lead. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:10 | |
Oh, that's enough of me gabbing on. You must be exhausted. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:28 | |
Time for your nap, my gorgeous. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
I love you so much. I really do. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:40 | |
Even your little stubby legs. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:43 | |
SHE CHUCKLES | 0:11:43 | 0:11:45 | |
Our love will last a lifetime, Alfie. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
Sweet dreams. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:53 | |
'Oh, how Mr Hoppy wished she was saying those words to him.' | 0:11:53 | 0:11:57 | |
Not the ones about the little stubby legs, obviously, | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
but the others, about love. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
His life was now terribly complicated - | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
head over heels in love with a woman whose only interest in life | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
was a small tortoise. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:10 | |
If only he could find the words to convince her of his love. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:13 | |
If only I'd been paying attention. I think I'm on the wrong bus. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:18 | |
That's the problem with stories. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:20 | |
You get swept up in them, you lose track. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:22 | |
Does he get anywhere? Does she fall in love with him? | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
You're going to have to wait, I'm afraid. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:27 | |
PASSENGERS GROAN | 0:12:27 | 0:12:28 | |
Mr Hoppy knew he had to say something. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:30 | |
He had to tell her how he felt. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:33 | |
Hello. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:36 | |
Again. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:39 | |
Isn't this perfect? | 0:12:39 | 0:12:42 | |
Grab joy while you can, I say. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
Oh... | 0:12:45 | 0:12:46 | |
You're right, completely right. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
And I was...just thinking... | 0:12:48 | 0:12:54 | |
wondering, uh... | 0:12:54 | 0:12:56 | |
whether... | 0:12:56 | 0:12:58 | |
And the thing of it is, we've been neighbours for years. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:02 | |
You live alone and I live alone... | 0:13:02 | 0:13:04 | |
JAZZ PLAYS THROUGH HEADPHONES | 0:13:04 | 0:13:05 | |
I just wondered whether... | 0:13:05 | 0:13:08 | |
..you know... | 0:13:09 | 0:13:11 | |
Oh, no, you're... | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
You're right, best, best leave things as they are. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
On the contrary, | 0:13:25 | 0:13:26 | |
I think you've got a very good point. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
It's high time we got to know each other. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:32 | |
How about dinner tonight? | 0:13:32 | 0:13:34 | |
-That's very kind of... -Excellent. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:36 | |
I'll pop round about six. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:38 | |
Open-neck shirt, possibly, give you a glimpse of the old tan, eh? | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
HE CHUCKLES | 0:13:43 | 0:13:44 | |
Yummy. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:51 | |
So, Hoppy, it's wonderful to have a chance to really, | 0:13:51 | 0:13:56 | |
really get to know you. | 0:13:56 | 0:13:58 | |
Find out about the man behind the mask, as it were. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:00 | |
Yes, well, I... | 0:14:00 | 0:14:01 | |
It's so easy, in life, to pass people in the lift | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
and never really get to grips with who they are, where they come from. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:07 | |
-That's so true. -So, tell me everything - | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
where you were born, where you grew up, what job you did, | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
love, life, back problems - the whole caboodle. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:17 | |
-Well, start at the beginning. -Well... -Born? | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
Well, yes, I was born... | 0:14:20 | 0:14:21 | |
Never match my story, I suspect. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:23 | |
I was born in the back of a Volkswagen Beetle | 0:14:23 | 0:14:26 | |
on Waterloo Bridge. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:27 | |
-Oh. -Dad went over a speed bump and out I plopped. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
Well, that's his story anyway. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:33 | |
-Oh, well, I-I-I... -It was downhill from there, really. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:35 | |
Dad was in sausages, we moved to Germany. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:37 | |
I spent from two until eight | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
feasting on frankfurters und bratwurst, | 0:14:39 | 0:14:43 | |
and then sent straight back here to boarding school. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:47 | |
You board? | 0:14:47 | 0:14:48 | |
-No, no... -Got used to it, though. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:51 | |
Made a wonderful friend, Isherwood. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:54 | |
Huge feet... | 0:14:54 | 0:14:56 | |
tiny ears. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:57 | |
Are you done? | 0:14:57 | 0:14:58 | |
So there I was, assistant manager. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:02 | |
Only 23. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:03 | |
Still allergic to cats, unfortunately, but... | 0:15:03 | 0:15:07 | |
"You must be joking, Giles," I said, and walked straight out, | 0:15:07 | 0:15:11 | |
still in full Wonder Woman costume... | 0:15:11 | 0:15:13 | |
A whole octopus! | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
HE CACKLES | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
But that's enough about me - what about you? | 0:15:19 | 0:15:23 | |
BELLS TOLL | 0:15:23 | 0:15:24 | |
-Well, we may have to do me next time. -Nonsense. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:28 | |
What brought you to England? The full story. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:31 | |
OK. Ah. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:33 | |
My parents brought me here when I was ten... | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
-No, you're right. -Unfortunately... -It's too late. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
Let's do same time next month. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:44 | |
It's all about you. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:45 | |
But don't let me forget to tell you about the Alsatian | 0:15:48 | 0:15:52 | |
and my corduroy trousers. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:53 | |
HE CHUCKLES | 0:15:53 | 0:15:54 | |
Well. That's the way it goes, I guess. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
'Mr Hoppy went to bed that night feeling terribly alone. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:12 | |
'Knowing in his bones that he always would be alone. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:17 | |
'No Mrs Silver for him.' | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
Ow! | 0:16:20 | 0:16:21 | |
'He couldn't help but wonder, | 0:16:21 | 0:16:23 | |
'is this all there is? | 0:16:23 | 0:16:25 | |
'Old age is scary and all downhill.' | 0:16:25 | 0:16:30 | |
HE COUGHS | 0:16:30 | 0:16:31 | |
But the very next morning, a conversation occurred | 0:16:44 | 0:16:48 | |
that changed Mr Hoppy's life. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:51 | |
Good morning, Mrs Silver. Alfie's looking well this morning. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:55 | |
Likes his food. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:56 | |
Yes. Well, we both live in hope. | 0:16:56 | 0:17:00 | |
Oh. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
What are you both hoping for? | 0:17:03 | 0:17:05 | |
Well, obviously, that he'll grow a little faster. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:08 | |
Every month I weigh him on the kitchen scales, | 0:17:08 | 0:17:10 | |
he never puts on an ounce. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:11 | |
Well, no, I believe tortoises come in different sizes. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
There's nothing wrong with Alfie being one of the small ones. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:17 | |
Oh, don't be silly. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:19 | |
Just think how miserable it must make him to feel so titchy. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:23 | |
Mm. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:24 | |
We've been stuck on 13oz since the day he arrived. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:29 | |
Didn't you want to be taller when you were growing up? | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
I guess I did. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:35 | |
Yes. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
When... | 0:17:37 | 0:17:38 | |
When I was a kid, I used to wear thick socks to bed. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
-What, to make yourself grow taller? -Right. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
I actually read that "The warmer your feet, | 0:17:46 | 0:17:48 | |
"the deeper you sleep, the more you grow." | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
-SHE CHUCKLES -But sadly, all I got was... | 0:17:51 | 0:17:54 | |
stinky feet. | 0:17:54 | 0:17:55 | |
Oh, no... Well, I was tiny too. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
Oh. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:02 | |
And then when I was 11, a boy in my class told me | 0:18:02 | 0:18:04 | |
that kissing made you grow taller. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:06 | |
-No! -Yes. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
So I paid him sixpence every day to kiss me. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:10 | |
Well, you have to hand it to him. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:14 | |
And I did hand it to him. On a plate. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
Every morning at break. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:19 | |
-Mind you, it did make me -FEEL -taller. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:24 | |
A kiss does that, don't you think, Mr Hoppy? | 0:18:24 | 0:18:27 | |
I believe it does. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
Oh, no. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
Size is very important. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:36 | |
And Alfie's just at the beginning of his size journey. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:40 | |
'That was the seed that planted the idea.' | 0:18:47 | 0:18:50 | |
And the next day, it got a proper, full-scale watering. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:54 | |
Alfie any bigger today, Mrs S? | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
Not a jot. | 0:18:57 | 0:18:58 | |
But I am knitting him some little socks, just in case. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
But I'm not giving up. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:05 | |
One day, I'll find the right food, and the right exercise regime, | 0:19:05 | 0:19:09 | |
and the right vitamin supplement, | 0:19:09 | 0:19:11 | |
probably something to do with fish oil. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
Then at last we'll both be happy, won't we, darling? | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
So, you don't think you'll ever be totally happy until he grows? | 0:19:16 | 0:19:22 | |
I'm afraid not, Mr Hoppy. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:24 | |
Come on, pipsqueak, finish your strawberry. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:28 | |
'And that night, the seed that had been watered blossomed. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
'And in Mr Hoppy's brain flowered a plan to make Mrs Silver happy. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:36 | |
'And he thought if he could make her happy then maybe, just maybe, | 0:19:36 | 0:19:40 | |
'he might be worthy of winning her heart.' | 0:19:40 | 0:19:43 | |
HE MUMBLES | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
Esio Trot. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:56 | |
HE SIGHS | 0:20:19 | 0:20:20 | |
HE CLEARS HIS THROAT | 0:20:35 | 0:20:37 | |
Mrs Silver. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:41 | |
Oh, yes? | 0:20:41 | 0:20:42 | |
I think I may just be able to help with the | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
Alfie-being-disappointedly-tiny | 0:20:44 | 0:20:46 | |
month-after-month thing. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:48 | |
Oh, Mr Hoppy. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:50 | |
If only you could, I would love you for the rest of my days. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:52 | |
Oh. That'd be very nice. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:56 | |
The thing is, last night, I suddenly remembered a conversation | 0:20:56 | 0:21:01 | |
I once had with a friend at the airline | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
who'd been a pilot in North Africa | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
and he told me a conversation that he once had with a Bedouin tribesman | 0:21:05 | 0:21:10 | |
who told him an extraordinary tortoise-size-related secret. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:16 | |
-Really? -Yes. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
Oh, tell me! I beg you, Mr Hoppy. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
Mrs Silver... | 0:21:21 | 0:21:22 | |
..I am going to lower this... | 0:21:25 | 0:21:30 | |
this piece of paper. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:32 | |
And, by the way, you were right. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:37 | |
Alfie can get bigger. But... | 0:21:37 | 0:21:39 | |
you must read this. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
How exciting! What is it? | 0:21:41 | 0:21:44 | |
It's a Bedouin tortoise chant. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
Oh, good lord. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:48 | |
"Esio Trot, Esio Trot... | 0:21:51 | 0:21:57 | |
"teg reggib reggib..." | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
Oh, I'm sorry, Mr Hoppy, | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
I don't understand. Is this in another language? | 0:22:03 | 0:22:06 | |
Yes and no. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:07 | |
Now, according to the Bedouin... | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
..tortoises are very backwards creatures. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
So, therefore it's logical that they would only understand words | 0:22:15 | 0:22:19 | |
that are spoken backwards, you see. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:21 | |
Oh, I see. So "Esio Trot" is "tortoise" backwards. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:25 | |
-Yes. -Oh! Oh, yes. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:27 | |
"Esio Trot, Esio Trot..." Yes. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
"Emoc no, Esio Trot. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:34 | |
"Worg pu... | 0:22:34 | 0:22:36 | |
HE MOUTHS "..ffup pu, toohs pu." | 0:22:36 | 0:22:39 | |
There's a lot of "pu's" in it. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:41 | |
Yes. Yes. Yes. Pu is a very powerful word in any language. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:45 | |
Are you having me on, Mr Hoppy? Is this serious? | 0:22:45 | 0:22:49 | |
Mrs Silver, I have never been more serious in my life. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:53 | |
Well...I suppose it could be true. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:57 | |
The world's full of wonders. | 0:22:57 | 0:22:58 | |
I once heard that a cockroach can live for two weeks without a head. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:02 | |
-Is that right? -Well, apparently. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:04 | |
And bats always turn left | 0:23:04 | 0:23:06 | |
-when they leave the cave. -Yes, I heard that. | 0:23:06 | 0:23:08 | |
And dolphins understand French. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:10 | |
-Really? -So, I suppose this could work. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:14 | |
What this is really saying is "Tortoise, tortoise, | 0:23:14 | 0:23:19 | |
"get bigger, bigger." | 0:23:19 | 0:23:21 | |
Er... | 0:23:21 | 0:23:22 | |
"Grow up, puff up, shoot up" - | 0:23:22 | 0:23:25 | |
not what they mean these days. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:26 | |
Oh, that's a relief. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:28 | |
"Spring up", "blow up"... | 0:23:28 | 0:23:31 | |
Again, not the violent version. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:33 | |
"Swell up." | 0:23:33 | 0:23:34 | |
Um, er... | 0:23:34 | 0:23:36 | |
-BOTH: -"Gorge, guzzle, stuff, gulp. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:42 | |
"Put on fat, tortoise, put on fat. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
"Get on! Get on! | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
"Gobble food." | 0:23:47 | 0:23:49 | |
That's it. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:50 | |
SHE GASPS | 0:23:50 | 0:23:52 | |
And if my memory serves me correct, | 0:23:52 | 0:23:54 | |
my friend told me that all you have to do is pick up little Alfie | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
right up to your face and say it three times a day, | 0:23:57 | 0:23:59 | |
morning, noon and night. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:01 | |
-And if you do it... -What time at night? | 0:24:01 | 0:24:03 | |
Before dinner. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:05 | |
-And if you do it properly... -His dinner or my dinner? | 0:24:05 | 0:24:08 | |
-Does it matter? -Well, you tell me. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:10 | |
-You're the one with all the inside Bedouin knowledge. -Yes. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:14 | |
Quite right. Before your dinner. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:16 | |
And I'm betting that by the end of the month, | 0:24:16 | 0:24:20 | |
he'll be twice the size he is now. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:22 | |
And that's a conservative estimate, Mrs Silver. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
Well, goodness. I can't believe it. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:29 | |
But if it works, oh, Mr H, | 0:24:29 | 0:24:32 | |
I'll never be able to thank you enough. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
You'll be the marvellous man who made all my dreams come true. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:39 | |
Well, wouldn't that be wonderful? | 0:24:39 | 0:24:41 | |
"Esio Trot, Esio Trot..." | 0:24:44 | 0:24:46 | |
'Suddenly, for the first time ever, | 0:24:46 | 0:24:50 | |
'the happiness of two human beings rested entirely | 0:24:50 | 0:24:54 | |
'on the possibility of a small tortoise becoming a big tortoise.' | 0:24:54 | 0:24:59 | |
Which, of course, was a very serious issue indeed | 0:24:59 | 0:25:03 | |
because what Mr Hoppy had devised here was no simple thing. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
It was, and I won't mince my words here, | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
the greatest and most complicated plan in the long and noble history | 0:25:09 | 0:25:14 | |
of tortoise-based tale-telling. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:16 | |
I have 16 tortoises for sale. From small to large to enormous. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:25 | |
Each one comes with its own certificate, | 0:25:25 | 0:25:28 | |
and you should know I do not sell any animal without first | 0:25:28 | 0:25:32 | |
assuring myself that it's going to a good, caring home. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:36 | |
-How many do you want? -I'll take all 16. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:40 | |
I'll bag 'em up. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:41 | |
I don't really need the enormous ones... | 0:25:41 | 0:25:43 | |
I'll chuck 'em in for free anyway. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:45 | |
All the big money is in guinea pigs these days. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:49 | |
-I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. -That's all right. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:26 | |
-I don't actually have any tortoises. -OK. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:43 | |
But I've got a lovely iguana out back. You want to see it? | 0:26:43 | 0:26:46 | |
It's tempting, but no. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:48 | |
Or I've got a weasel going very cheap-cheap cheap-cheap. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
I just need tortoises. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:52 | |
I've got a snake - I could chop it in half | 0:26:52 | 0:26:54 | |
-and put a seashell on its back. -It's lovely meeting you. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:57 | |
Or I could shave a hedgehog. No-one would ever know. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:01 | |
I've done it before. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:02 | |
That's probably enough. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:34 | |
Oh, no! Go back. | 0:27:37 | 0:27:40 | |
Go back. Go back. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:42 | |
I really must fix that. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
FROM OUTSIDE: '"Esio Trot, Esio Trot,' | 0:27:46 | 0:27:50 | |
"teg reggib, reggib. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:52 | |
"Worg pu, ffup pu, toohs pu, | 0:27:54 | 0:27:59 | |
"gnirps pu, wolb pu..." | 0:27:59 | 0:28:03 | |
Well, thank goodness I'm not asking you to sip up anything. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:07 | |
All right, darling, | 0:28:09 | 0:28:11 | |
I'm just popping out to get you some delicious cabbage. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:14 | |
I'll be back in half an hour. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:22 | |
Action time. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:39 | |
OK. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:45 | |
No - too heavy. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:48 | |
Too light. | 0:28:52 | 0:28:53 | |
Just perfect. 2oz more than Alfie. | 0:28:57 | 0:29:00 | |
You, sir, are the chosen one. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:05 | |
No! Or you're going back to the pet shop. | 0:29:14 | 0:29:17 | |
Stay there. | 0:29:17 | 0:29:18 | |
OK, team... | 0:29:26 | 0:29:28 | |
..this is it. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:31 | |
You can do this. | 0:29:50 | 0:29:52 | |
You can do this. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:53 | |
You can't do this. | 0:29:56 | 0:29:57 | |
I can't do this. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:00 | |
(Hang in there, Alfie 2.) | 0:30:06 | 0:30:07 | |
HE SIGHS | 0:30:11 | 0:30:13 | |
HE BREATHES NERVOUSLY | 0:30:19 | 0:30:21 | |
CREAKING | 0:30:30 | 0:30:32 | |
Ah! | 0:30:51 | 0:30:52 | |
HE GROANS | 0:30:57 | 0:30:59 | |
HE SCREAMS | 0:31:01 | 0:31:02 | |
Good afternoon. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:09 | |
Sorry to bother you. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:12 | |
My name is Mr Hoppy and I... | 0:31:15 | 0:31:18 | |
I live a couple of floors up. | 0:31:18 | 0:31:21 | |
Mummy says I mustn't talk to strangers. | 0:31:21 | 0:31:23 | |
No. Quite right. Well done, Mum. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:26 | |
Are you about to offer me sweets and then kidnap me? | 0:31:26 | 0:31:29 | |
No, I'm not. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:31 | |
That's a relief. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:33 | |
But, as I said, I do... | 0:31:33 | 0:31:37 | |
actually live in this building. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:40 | |
I've never seen you. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:42 | |
Well... | 0:31:42 | 0:31:43 | |
..I sort of keep myself to myself. | 0:31:44 | 0:31:46 | |
Weirdos always do. | 0:31:46 | 0:31:48 | |
Well, be that as it may, do you think you could be a good boy | 0:31:48 | 0:31:53 | |
and get your mummy to help me onto your balcony? | 0:31:53 | 0:31:57 | |
Why would I do that? That would be a crazy thing to do. | 0:31:57 | 0:32:00 | |
Mummy, Mummy, come and look. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:08 | |
No, Philip. I will not come and look. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:10 | |
-A nasty dwarf is -NOT -trying to climb onto our balcony. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:13 | |
-But, Mummy! -No more scary movies for you, young man. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:17 | |
-Mummy! -Philip, darling, I'm doing dinner. | 0:32:20 | 0:32:23 | |
So Mr Hoppy decided to abandon Plan A - the ladder. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:27 | |
But, happily, he knew the fundamental rule of life was that | 0:32:27 | 0:32:30 | |
if Plan A fails, Plan B will usually succeed. | 0:32:30 | 0:32:33 | |
And if Plan B doesn't add up, then Plan C always works every time. | 0:32:33 | 0:32:38 | |
The only tiny problem was he didn't have a Plan B... | 0:32:38 | 0:32:41 | |
..or a Plan C. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:44 | |
'So, where did this leave Mr Hoppy? | 0:32:47 | 0:32:49 | |
'Was he out for the count? Done for? Doomed? | 0:32:53 | 0:32:57 | |
'Was he going to give up? Admit defeat?' | 0:32:57 | 0:33:00 | |
Wait a minute. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:09 | |
Of course he wasn't! | 0:33:09 | 0:33:11 | |
This is Mr Hoppy we're talking about. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:13 | |
The Hopster! The Hippity Hop Meister! | 0:33:13 | 0:33:16 | |
He had a plan - Plan D. | 0:33:19 | 0:33:21 | |
Let's go. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:23 | |
ELEVATOR BELL DINGS | 0:34:28 | 0:34:29 | |
-Oh! -Oh! Hello, Mr Hoppy. | 0:34:29 | 0:34:32 | |
Hello. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:33 | |
Good lord. What have you got there? | 0:34:33 | 0:34:36 | |
Oh, er... | 0:34:36 | 0:34:37 | |
It looks like a huge fishing rod for catching jellyfish or something. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:41 | |
Yes, it is a huge fishing rod for catching jellyfish. | 0:34:41 | 0:34:45 | |
What on Earth do you want that for? | 0:34:45 | 0:34:48 | |
Well, that's a very good question. But, er... | 0:34:48 | 0:34:51 | |
the answer's pretty simple. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:53 | |
All my life I wanted to catch a jellyfish. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:58 | |
I got bitten by one... | 0:34:58 | 0:35:00 | |
and I wanted to seek my revenge, | 0:35:00 | 0:35:02 | |
so I thought the time had come to get a huge fishing rod | 0:35:02 | 0:35:07 | |
and do just that - catch a...huge jellyfish. | 0:35:07 | 0:35:12 | |
Well! What a thing! CHUCKLES | 0:35:12 | 0:35:15 | |
Yes. | 0:35:15 | 0:35:17 | |
Well... | 0:35:17 | 0:35:18 | |
-LIFT PINGS -So, you're... | 0:35:21 | 0:35:24 | |
You're looking... | 0:35:24 | 0:35:26 | |
very nice, Mrs Silver. Where are you off to? | 0:35:26 | 0:35:29 | |
A dance marathon, at the community centre. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:31 | |
For charity. You know? | 0:35:31 | 0:35:34 | |
Chi-Chi-Chi! | 0:35:34 | 0:35:35 | |
We're hoping for a lot of sponsors. | 0:35:35 | 0:35:38 | |
Well...it's for charity. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:43 | |
Oh... | 0:35:43 | 0:35:45 | |
Oh, maybe I could be a sponsor too. | 0:35:45 | 0:35:47 | |
-Well, that would be wonderful! -Yes, why not? | 0:35:47 | 0:35:50 | |
Put me, erm...down for a pound. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:53 | |
A pound? Oh! | 0:35:53 | 0:35:55 | |
Right, lovely. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:56 | |
Er... No, that's...very kind. | 0:35:57 | 0:35:59 | |
By which I mean... | 0:36:00 | 0:36:03 | |
a pound a minute, of course. | 0:36:03 | 0:36:05 | |
-A pound a minute?! -Yes. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:09 | |
-That's incredible! -Is it? | 0:36:09 | 0:36:11 | |
-Oh, yes. Most people sponsor by the hour. -They do? | 0:36:11 | 0:36:14 | |
Well, yes, because it's a marathon. I mean, a pound a minute?! | 0:36:14 | 0:36:19 | |
That's marvellous! | 0:36:19 | 0:36:20 | |
-A marathon. -Oh, it's really inspired me. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:23 | |
-Oh. -Ooh! A pound a minute? -Yes. | 0:36:23 | 0:36:26 | |
-Well... Well, come and watch. You'll have a marvellous time. -Yes. | 0:36:26 | 0:36:30 | |
JAZZY MUSIC PLAYS | 0:36:31 | 0:36:33 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:36:50 | 0:36:52 | |
MUSIC CONTINUES | 0:36:54 | 0:36:56 | |
-Do you want to stop now, Mrs Silver? -How long have I done? | 0:37:03 | 0:37:06 | |
Erm... Four hours and fifty minutes. | 0:37:06 | 0:37:09 | |
-How many minutes is that in total? -Erm... -£290. -290 minutes. | 0:37:09 | 0:37:14 | |
Oh, yes. I think it's time for me last waltz. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:17 | |
Oh! | 0:37:17 | 0:37:19 | |
Would anyone care to partner me? | 0:37:19 | 0:37:21 | |
Someone... | 0:37:21 | 0:37:23 | |
Anyone... | 0:37:23 | 0:37:26 | |
Someone? | 0:37:26 | 0:37:28 | |
Come on... | 0:37:28 | 0:37:29 | |
Thanks. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:39 | |
Mr Pringle! | 0:37:39 | 0:37:41 | |
Oh! | 0:37:41 | 0:37:42 | |
Well, before we start, I'd like to thank the man who sponsored me | 0:37:42 | 0:37:46 | |
a pound a minute... For every minute of my marathon. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:50 | |
He used to be quite well off. Now he's the poorest man I know. | 0:37:50 | 0:37:54 | |
LAUGHTER Mr Hoppy. | 0:37:54 | 0:37:56 | |
-APPLAUSE -Bravo! | 0:37:56 | 0:37:58 | |
CHEERS AND APPLAUSE | 0:37:58 | 0:38:00 | |
BAND BEGINS TO PLAY | 0:38:00 | 0:38:02 | |
-Thank you so much. -Oh, not at all. Don't mention it. | 0:38:19 | 0:38:23 | |
-The charity must mean a lot to you. -Er... Oh, yes. Absolutely. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:27 | |
Very close to my heart. | 0:38:27 | 0:38:29 | |
Oh, really? | 0:38:29 | 0:38:31 | |
My grandfather was in a wheelchair. | 0:38:31 | 0:38:33 | |
Thank you so much. Training guide dogs is such an important cause. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:38 | |
He'd had a terrible fall. | 0:38:41 | 0:38:43 | |
Being blind. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:45 | |
I'll just go get the money. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:47 | |
-SIGHS -The price of love. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:19 | |
# Chi-Chi-Chi | 0:39:22 | 0:39:25 | |
# Di-di, di-di-di... # | 0:39:28 | 0:39:30 | |
OK, Alfie. | 0:39:54 | 0:39:56 | |
You're about to go for the ride of your life. | 0:39:56 | 0:39:59 | |
Well, well. We meet at last. | 0:40:37 | 0:40:40 | |
Both in love with the same girl. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:43 | |
Yes, we are. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:44 | |
You want to know something, young man? | 0:40:45 | 0:40:48 | |
If I could have been anyone in the history of the world, | 0:40:48 | 0:40:51 | |
I wouldn't have been Julius Caesar or Leonardo Da Vinci, | 0:40:51 | 0:40:55 | |
not even the great Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. No. | 0:40:55 | 0:40:59 | |
You know what I would have been? | 0:40:59 | 0:41:00 | |
I would have been you. | 0:41:02 | 0:41:03 | |
Cos you're a lucky guy. | 0:41:05 | 0:41:07 | |
OK, this is it. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:17 | |
I hope you're not shy, Alfie. | 0:41:17 | 0:41:20 | |
If you are, this is going to be a traumatic point. See? | 0:41:20 | 0:41:23 | |
It's just like the first day of school. | 0:41:23 | 0:41:25 | |
Over there's the tough gang. Probably smoking. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:28 | |
And right over there, the jocks going for gold. | 0:41:28 | 0:41:32 | |
Never opened a book in their lives. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:34 | |
And here's the ones whose parents should really be worried. | 0:41:34 | 0:41:37 | |
Don't look. | 0:41:37 | 0:41:38 | |
Good luck, Alfie. | 0:41:40 | 0:41:43 | |
Life part two starts here. | 0:41:43 | 0:41:44 | |
Here you go. | 0:41:46 | 0:41:47 | |
Here you go. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:50 | |
Make some friends. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:53 | |
As for you, Alfie 2, give my love to the most delightful, | 0:41:55 | 0:41:59 | |
exotic woman in the world. | 0:41:59 | 0:42:01 | |
Hm-hm. | 0:42:38 | 0:42:39 | |
FRONT DOOR OPENS | 0:42:47 | 0:42:48 | |
'Hello, my darling! | 0:42:48 | 0:42:50 | |
Where's my lovely boy? Have you missed me?' | 0:42:50 | 0:42:54 | |
Oh... | 0:42:58 | 0:42:59 | |
Oh, my goodness! | 0:43:00 | 0:43:01 | |
That's very strange! | 0:43:03 | 0:43:06 | |
-Everything all right, Mrs Silver? -No... | 0:43:06 | 0:43:09 | |
Something very odd has happened. | 0:43:09 | 0:43:12 | |
-Very odd? -Yes. | 0:43:12 | 0:43:15 | |
This isn't my Alfie. | 0:43:15 | 0:43:17 | |
Not your Alfie? | 0:43:18 | 0:43:20 | |
Not at all. | 0:43:20 | 0:43:21 | |
-Are you sure? -Well, of course I'm sure! | 0:43:25 | 0:43:28 | |
Oh, OK. OK... | 0:43:28 | 0:43:30 | |
Oh, God! Er... | 0:43:31 | 0:43:34 | |
Mrs Silver, I... I... I have a huge conf... | 0:43:34 | 0:43:37 | |
Usually his morning feed lasts him all day, but I've come back and... | 0:43:37 | 0:43:41 | |
And it's all gone. He's eaten the lot. | 0:43:41 | 0:43:44 | |
Well, that's not like my Alfie at all! | 0:43:44 | 0:43:47 | |
Oh... | 0:43:49 | 0:43:50 | |
-Oh, my gorgeous goodness! -Hm. | 0:43:50 | 0:43:53 | |
-It's working! -Mm. | 0:43:53 | 0:43:55 | |
-Your spell's doubled his appetite! -Mm-hm. | 0:43:55 | 0:43:58 | |
Mr Hoppy! Oh! This is very, very exciting! | 0:43:58 | 0:44:02 | |
-HE SIGHS -Isn't it ever! | 0:44:02 | 0:44:04 | |
Oh! | 0:44:04 | 0:44:05 | |
-WHISPERING: -Alfie! | 0:44:07 | 0:44:09 | |
She didn't notice a thing. | 0:44:09 | 0:44:11 | |
I'm quite a happy Hoppy! | 0:44:12 | 0:44:14 | |
I'm..quite...a...happy...Hoppy! | 0:44:16 | 0:44:19 | |
Yes, I am! | 0:44:19 | 0:44:21 | |
Happy Hoppy! Yes, yes, yes! | 0:44:21 | 0:44:24 | |
Alfie! We did it! | 0:44:24 | 0:44:26 | |
Spot of tea? Come on! | 0:44:29 | 0:44:32 | |
Mr Hoppy's secret plan was a cunning one. See, | 0:44:32 | 0:44:36 | |
If a creature grows slowly enough, you'll never notice it grows at all. | 0:44:36 | 0:44:40 | |
Be a very different story if it happened all at once. | 0:44:40 | 0:44:43 | |
Let's say you had a small puppy. | 0:44:43 | 0:44:45 | |
You drop it off at school in the morning | 0:44:45 | 0:44:48 | |
and pat its little head goodbye. | 0:44:48 | 0:44:50 | |
-Bye. -Bye-bye. | 0:44:50 | 0:44:52 | |
Then you come back in the afternoon... | 0:44:55 | 0:44:58 | |
-Argh! Mummy! -Down boy! Sit! | 0:44:58 | 0:45:01 | |
DOG BARKS | 0:45:01 | 0:45:03 | |
Not nice. But do it gradually and you get away with growing. | 0:45:03 | 0:45:08 | |
-Dad, you're late! -I'm sorry, | 0:45:08 | 0:45:09 | |
Roberta. I caught the wrong bus. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:11 | |
I was telling them about Mr Hoppy. I got carried away. | 0:45:11 | 0:45:15 | |
Where have you got to? Have you got to the death scene yet? | 0:45:15 | 0:45:18 | |
Sorry! | 0:45:19 | 0:45:21 | |
So, Mr Hoppy had completed his first tortoise swap. | 0:45:21 | 0:45:24 | |
Now all he had to do was keep swapping every couple of days | 0:45:24 | 0:45:27 | |
until Alfie doubled in size, whilst living with 100 tortoises. | 0:45:27 | 0:45:31 | |
# Hello, Dolly | 0:45:31 | 0:45:34 | |
# This is Louis, Dolly | 0:45:34 | 0:45:37 | |
# It's so nice to have you back where you belong | 0:45:37 | 0:45:41 | |
# You're lookin' swell, Dolly | 0:45:43 | 0:45:46 | |
# I can tell, Dolly | 0:45:46 | 0:45:49 | |
# You're still glowin' | 0:45:49 | 0:45:51 | |
# You're still crowin' | 0:45:51 | 0:45:52 | |
# You're still goin' strong | 0:45:52 | 0:45:55 | |
# I feel the room swayin' | 0:45:55 | 0:45:59 | |
# While the band's playin' | 0:45:59 | 0:46:02 | |
# One of our old favourite songs from way back when | 0:46:02 | 0:46:06 | |
# So | 0:46:06 | 0:46:09 | |
# Take her wrap, fellas | 0:46:09 | 0:46:12 | |
# Find her an empty lap, fellas | 0:46:12 | 0:46:15 | |
# Dolly, you'll never go away again... # | 0:46:15 | 0:46:18 | |
I should have done this weeks ago. Bernard, Harvey, Bob... | 0:46:18 | 0:46:24 | |
Hello there, Prince Philip. | 0:46:24 | 0:46:25 | |
Spartacus... | 0:46:28 | 0:46:30 | |
No, you're Spartacus. | 0:46:30 | 0:46:32 | |
No... | 0:46:32 | 0:46:34 | |
Ah! You're Spartacus. | 0:46:34 | 0:46:36 | |
You are my Satchmo. | 0:46:38 | 0:46:40 | |
Tup no taf, Esio Trot. Tup no taf. | 0:46:40 | 0:46:43 | |
Hello, Dolly. How'd you get in here? It's all guys. | 0:46:45 | 0:46:49 | |
If I were you, I'd keep your head in your shell. | 0:46:49 | 0:46:52 | |
Elbbog doof. | 0:46:52 | 0:46:53 | |
Toohs pu, gnirps pu, wolb pu... | 0:46:56 | 0:46:59 | |
Voldemort! Is that you? | 0:47:02 | 0:47:06 | |
What are you doing in there? | 0:47:06 | 0:47:07 | |
# I feel the room swayin'... # | 0:47:10 | 0:47:12 | |
Freddie! What are you doing on your back again? | 0:47:12 | 0:47:15 | |
Come here. | 0:47:15 | 0:47:16 | |
Come on. Stay away from the poop. Be a good boy. | 0:47:17 | 0:47:20 | |
# Golly gee, fellas | 0:47:24 | 0:47:26 | |
# Have a little faith in me, fellas | 0:47:26 | 0:47:30 | |
# Dolly, never go away... # | 0:47:30 | 0:47:33 | |
OK, OK. Good luck, Alfie 9. | 0:47:33 | 0:47:36 | |
# Dolly'll never go away again. # | 0:47:36 | 0:47:39 | |
Hello, my darling. | 0:47:41 | 0:47:43 | |
I don't know who holds the land speed record, | 0:47:43 | 0:47:46 | |
but my bus driver's certainly just broken it. | 0:47:46 | 0:47:48 | |
The death scene. | 0:47:50 | 0:47:52 | |
The death scene. | 0:47:52 | 0:47:53 | |
MRS SILVER CHATTERS INDISTINCTLY | 0:47:53 | 0:47:56 | |
-I so thought he was dead! -I know. -The first time I heard it. | 0:47:56 | 0:48:00 | |
I know. | 0:48:00 | 0:48:02 | |
Alfie! | 0:48:02 | 0:48:03 | |
Alfie? | 0:48:05 | 0:48:06 | |
Alfie? | 0:48:07 | 0:48:09 | |
Alfie? | 0:48:13 | 0:48:15 | |
Mummy, Mummy! A tortoise just fell out of the sky! | 0:48:15 | 0:48:19 | |
Yah! I hear so many things! | 0:48:19 | 0:48:22 | |
So many things... | 0:48:22 | 0:48:24 | |
Alfie? | 0:48:24 | 0:48:26 | |
Oh! Mr Hoppy... | 0:48:27 | 0:48:29 | |
Mr Hoppy? | 0:48:30 | 0:48:32 | |
Yes. | 0:48:32 | 0:48:33 | |
-I'm here. -I don't know what's happened, but...Alfie's gone. | 0:48:33 | 0:48:37 | |
Gone? | 0:48:38 | 0:48:40 | |
I think he's jumped. | 0:48:40 | 0:48:41 | |
Oh, my darling! | 0:48:41 | 0:48:43 | |
Oh, he's always had very powerful legs! | 0:48:43 | 0:48:46 | |
I think he's just bounced himself over the edge! | 0:48:46 | 0:48:49 | |
-Oh! -Oh! I can't bear to look! | 0:48:49 | 0:48:52 | |
Don't! Please, don't! | 0:48:52 | 0:48:54 | |
Maybe he's gone back into the flat. | 0:48:54 | 0:48:57 | |
I don't... Well... | 0:48:57 | 0:48:59 | |
-Yeah, I'll check that first. -OK. -Alfie! | 0:48:59 | 0:49:02 | |
OK, OK, OK... | 0:49:03 | 0:49:06 | |
Put Alfie 8 back on the balcony and then go get Alfie 9. | 0:49:06 | 0:49:11 | |
What's left of him. | 0:49:11 | 0:49:12 | |
I know. I know... | 0:49:12 | 0:49:15 | |
Oh! | 0:49:19 | 0:49:20 | |
Better luck for you, Alfie 8. There you go. | 0:49:41 | 0:49:44 | |
Oh! | 0:50:00 | 0:50:01 | |
Oh, Alfie! | 0:50:01 | 0:50:03 | |
I've looked everywhere! | 0:50:15 | 0:50:18 | |
I... Oh! | 0:50:18 | 0:50:20 | |
Alfie! | 0:50:20 | 0:50:22 | |
There you are! | 0:50:22 | 0:50:23 | |
Oh, my holy aunt! You frightened the living daylights out of me. | 0:50:23 | 0:50:29 | |
Oh! Oh! | 0:50:29 | 0:50:31 | |
Oh, dab, dab Esio Trot. | 0:50:31 | 0:50:34 | |
Oh! | 0:50:34 | 0:50:36 | |
Oh, it's all right, Mr Hoppy. | 0:50:37 | 0:50:39 | |
I've found him. | 0:50:39 | 0:50:41 | |
All's well. | 0:50:41 | 0:50:43 | |
Thank the living Lord! | 0:50:43 | 0:50:45 | |
Evening, Hoppy. | 0:50:45 | 0:50:47 | |
Oh, good evening, Mr Pringle. | 0:50:47 | 0:50:50 | |
And...what a... | 0:50:50 | 0:50:52 | |
-..relaxing evening it is. -Yes, indeed. | 0:50:54 | 0:50:57 | |
-Are you cooking anything special? -No, I don't think so. | 0:51:00 | 0:51:03 | |
Just something out of the fridge... Frozen chicken pie... | 0:51:03 | 0:51:06 | |
Sounds good to me. Love a pie. | 0:51:06 | 0:51:09 | |
Love chicken. | 0:51:09 | 0:51:11 | |
LOVE chicken pie! | 0:51:11 | 0:51:13 | |
-Oh. -You haven't forgotten? | 0:51:13 | 0:51:15 | |
-Forgotten? -Did I hear someone mention chicken pie? | 0:51:17 | 0:51:20 | |
You certainly did, Mrs Silver. | 0:51:20 | 0:51:22 | |
We're having chicken pie, round at Hoppy's tonight. | 0:51:22 | 0:51:25 | |
Join us. | 0:51:25 | 0:51:27 | |
-Oh! Oh, no. I couldn't possibly. -Course you can! | 0:51:27 | 0:51:30 | |
-You don't mind, do you, Hoppy? -Mind, wha... -Excellent! | 0:51:30 | 0:51:32 | |
My motto - two's company, three's a party! | 0:51:32 | 0:51:35 | |
-Are you sure, Mr Hoppy? -No... Yes. Oh, no problem. | 0:51:35 | 0:51:40 | |
It'll be wonderful to have you come around, Mrs Silver. | 0:51:40 | 0:51:43 | |
Oh! Oh! | 0:51:43 | 0:51:46 | |
Oh! | 0:51:47 | 0:51:48 | |
Oh, no. | 0:51:54 | 0:51:56 | |
No! Guys! Guys, I need your help! | 0:51:56 | 0:51:59 | |
-Nngg! -DOORBELL | 0:52:00 | 0:52:02 | |
Oh. | 0:52:06 | 0:52:08 | |
-You look gorgeous, Mrs Silver. -Oh, thank you, Mr Pringle. | 0:52:08 | 0:52:11 | |
-Lawrence, please. -Lavinia. | 0:52:11 | 0:52:14 | |
-DOORBELL -Come on, Hoppy! | 0:52:16 | 0:52:19 | |
Oh, look... | 0:52:19 | 0:52:21 | |
Come in! | 0:52:24 | 0:52:25 | |
Come on in. | 0:52:25 | 0:52:27 | |
-Oh, thank you. -You're welcome. | 0:52:27 | 0:52:29 | |
Oh! What a lovely big room! | 0:52:33 | 0:52:36 | |
-Oh, I love that look you've gone for. -Mm. | 0:52:36 | 0:52:41 | |
-What's it called? -Erm... -Prison cell. | 0:52:41 | 0:52:44 | |
-No, minimalist. Yes, that's it. Oh! It's very stylish! -Thank you. | 0:52:44 | 0:52:48 | |
Can I get you a drink? Er... I have wine and... | 0:52:48 | 0:52:52 | |
-Well, wine. -A glass of white wine would be perfect. | 0:52:53 | 0:52:57 | |
-Er... I... -Although, red's my real favourite. I love lovely red. | 0:52:57 | 0:53:02 | |
So glamorous. | 0:53:02 | 0:53:04 | |
Thank you. | 0:53:04 | 0:53:05 | |
I'm a little short on glasses today. | 0:53:05 | 0:53:08 | |
-Mrs Silver... -Thank you. | 0:53:08 | 0:53:11 | |
And Mr Pringle. I'll have... | 0:53:11 | 0:53:13 | |
..this. | 0:53:14 | 0:53:15 | |
Well... Serve yourselves. | 0:53:18 | 0:53:20 | |
Er... | 0:53:22 | 0:53:23 | |
I have to just get back to the, er... | 0:53:23 | 0:53:27 | |
-Get back to... -Chin-chin! | 0:53:27 | 0:53:29 | |
..cooking. Excuse me. | 0:53:29 | 0:53:32 | |
(Excuse me.) | 0:53:33 | 0:53:35 | |
You're doing great, guys. Just try to keep the noise down. | 0:53:38 | 0:53:42 | |
Easy. | 0:53:42 | 0:53:43 | |
Ah! | 0:53:48 | 0:53:49 | |
Dolly, it's hot. | 0:53:56 | 0:53:58 | |
Potatoes. Got to put them up to high. | 0:53:58 | 0:54:00 | |
Spartacus, sorry, but I really need the fridge now. | 0:54:03 | 0:54:06 | |
-Can I give you a hand in there? -No... | 0:54:13 | 0:54:15 | |
-We're feeling very guilty out here. -No, no. | 0:54:15 | 0:54:18 | |
No, thank you. I... I'm a very private cook. | 0:54:18 | 0:54:21 | |
My recipe's a secret, Mrs Silver. | 0:54:21 | 0:54:23 | |
Oh, and Mr Pringle's very keen to know what vegetable we're having. | 0:54:23 | 0:54:26 | |
Apparently, he enjoyed your carrots enormously last time. | 0:54:26 | 0:54:29 | |
-Yes, tell him it's peas. I hope that's all right. -Oh, peas! | 0:54:29 | 0:54:33 | |
-My favourite! -Peas are about the only vegetable that I... I...really like. | 0:54:33 | 0:54:37 | |
Apart from cabbages, of course. Can't get enough of cabbage. | 0:54:41 | 0:54:45 | |
Hope you don't mind, but I've been tucking in to your nibbles. | 0:54:45 | 0:54:48 | |
-Nibbles? -Mm. Balti mix, is it? | 0:54:49 | 0:54:52 | |
Mm! | 0:54:55 | 0:54:56 | |
Peppery. | 0:54:56 | 0:54:58 | |
Would you like some, Lavinia? | 0:54:58 | 0:55:00 | |
Oh... | 0:55:00 | 0:55:02 | |
-No, thank you. Not one of my favourites. -Oh. | 0:55:02 | 0:55:05 | |
I've got to get the food. | 0:55:06 | 0:55:07 | |
Sorry, Paul. | 0:55:19 | 0:55:20 | |
-A little more? -Oh, thank you. -Here we go! | 0:55:23 | 0:55:26 | |
Fresh out of the oven. One pie for you... | 0:55:26 | 0:55:29 | |
Oh! That looks yummy! | 0:55:29 | 0:55:31 | |
Oh, forgot the garnish. | 0:55:31 | 0:55:32 | |
How did that happen? | 0:55:39 | 0:55:40 | |
Oh, how magnificent! | 0:55:43 | 0:55:47 | |
A pie to die for! | 0:55:47 | 0:55:49 | |
Right, Lavinia. I want to hear all about you. | 0:55:49 | 0:55:53 | |
Every single little thing. | 0:55:53 | 0:55:55 | |
Where were you born? | 0:55:57 | 0:55:59 | |
-I... -I was actually born on the Thames myself. | 0:55:59 | 0:56:02 | |
In the back of a Volkswagen Beetle. | 0:56:02 | 0:56:05 | |
Dad went over a speed bump and out I popped. | 0:56:05 | 0:56:08 | |
So I said, "That's certainly an original use for an octopus!" | 0:56:08 | 0:56:12 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:56:12 | 0:56:15 | |
Good Lord. | 0:56:15 | 0:56:16 | |
But enough about me. I want to know all about you two. | 0:56:16 | 0:56:20 | |
Go on. Favourite films. Ladies first. | 0:56:20 | 0:56:23 | |
-Oh, The Railway Children. Every time. -Oh, yes! | 0:56:23 | 0:56:27 | |
That moment at the end when Jenny Agutter goes to the station... | 0:56:27 | 0:56:30 | |
-And the train comes in... -The smoke clears... -And there he is! | 0:56:30 | 0:56:34 | |
"Daddy, my daddy!" | 0:56:34 | 0:56:35 | |
-Oh! -I never really bothered with that one. | 0:56:37 | 0:56:40 | |
Always try to avoid films with the word "children" in the title. | 0:56:40 | 0:56:44 | |
And "Chihuahua". | 0:56:44 | 0:56:46 | |
My favourite's The Sound Of Music. | 0:56:47 | 0:56:49 | |
-Really? -No! Course not! | 0:56:49 | 0:56:53 | |
Top Gun! That's the ticket! Go, Cruise! | 0:56:53 | 0:56:56 | |
"Son, your ego is writing cheques your body can't cash!" | 0:56:56 | 0:57:01 | |
-Genius! -Oh, you certainly are a character, Lawrence! | 0:57:01 | 0:57:06 | |
Can I help clear? | 0:57:08 | 0:57:09 | |
-Oh, thank you. That's very kind. -Waste not. | 0:57:09 | 0:57:12 | |
Oh! No! Er... | 0:57:16 | 0:57:17 | |
Where are my manners? Er... | 0:57:17 | 0:57:19 | |
-Here, let me. -Oh! Well... | 0:57:19 | 0:57:22 | |
If I can't see your kitchen, | 0:57:22 | 0:57:25 | |
can I take a look at your beautiful balcony? | 0:57:25 | 0:57:28 | |
Certainly. | 0:57:28 | 0:57:30 | |
-It'd be my honour. -Oh. | 0:57:30 | 0:57:31 | |
Oh...goodness! | 0:57:38 | 0:57:41 | |
Who needs to travel the world when you've got sights like this at home? | 0:57:43 | 0:57:47 | |
It's one of the two great passions of my life. | 0:57:47 | 0:57:49 | |
Well, I can certainly see that. | 0:57:49 | 0:57:53 | |
-Look, an avocado plant. -Oh, yes. I grow them myself. From the pips. | 0:57:53 | 0:57:58 | |
That's terribly clever. | 0:57:58 | 0:58:00 | |
-Thank you. -Oh! | 0:58:00 | 0:58:02 | |
Oh, a miniature rose! | 0:58:02 | 0:58:05 | |
Oh! My absolutest favourite! | 0:58:05 | 0:58:08 | |
Well, do tell me, what is the other passion? | 0:58:08 | 0:58:12 | |
Well, er... | 0:58:15 | 0:58:16 | |
Well, Mrs Silver... | 0:58:18 | 0:58:21 | |
-It's something I've never spoken to anyone about. -Well, how exciting! | 0:58:21 | 0:58:25 | |
On my... On my mind... | 0:58:26 | 0:58:28 | |
Er... Every moment of every day, but... | 0:58:29 | 0:58:32 | |
But never once on my lips. | 0:58:34 | 0:58:37 | |
Oh. What could it be? | 0:58:37 | 0:58:39 | |
-It's... -Time for tea, I think. | 0:58:42 | 0:58:45 | |
Shall I bung the kettle on in the kitchen? | 0:58:45 | 0:58:48 | |
No, no. I'd better do it myself. | 0:58:50 | 0:58:52 | |
Splendid. | 0:58:52 | 0:58:54 | |
Lavinia... | 0:58:59 | 0:59:01 | |
What a gorgeous name that is. | 0:59:01 | 0:59:03 | |
HE WHISPERS AND SHE CHUCKLES | 0:59:04 | 0:59:06 | |
THEY BOTH LAUGH | 0:59:12 | 0:59:14 | |
What a splendid evening! | 0:59:21 | 0:59:23 | |
Lavinia's a good sort, isn't she? | 0:59:25 | 0:59:27 | |
-Mm. -I'm surprised you haven't made a move on her. | 0:59:27 | 0:59:30 | |
Well, it's funny you should say that because just between us... | 0:59:30 | 0:59:33 | |
Hope it's OK, I pounced while you were out making tea. | 0:59:33 | 0:59:35 | |
Glad to say she leapt at the opportunity. | 0:59:35 | 0:59:38 | |
-Dinner next Tuesday. -Oh. | 0:59:38 | 0:59:40 | |
-That's fast. -Yeah. | 0:59:43 | 0:59:44 | |
I suppose the truth is we're all a little bit lonely | 0:59:44 | 0:59:47 | |
and anything which takes the edge off, it's got to be a good thing. | 0:59:47 | 0:59:50 | |
-Hm. -Sure that's all right with you? | 0:59:50 | 0:59:53 | |
-You seemed to be getting on awfully well during the dinner. -Mm. | 0:59:53 | 0:59:56 | |
-I often hear you chatting away on the balcony. -No... Yes, that's fine. | 0:59:56 | 1:00:00 | |
She's got...to be allowed to go out to dinner with whoever | 1:00:00 | 1:00:05 | |
she wants to go out to dinner with. | 1:00:05 | 1:00:07 | |
Next Tuesday. | 1:00:07 | 1:00:09 | |
Splendid, then! | 1:00:09 | 1:00:11 | |
Who knows? Sparks may fly when Flat 32 meets Flat 43! | 1:00:11 | 1:00:16 | |
Wish me luck. | 1:00:16 | 1:00:17 | |
Is that wedding bells I hear? | 1:00:22 | 1:00:24 | |
Or just a squeak of bedsprings! | 1:00:24 | 1:00:27 | |
Perfectly happy either way, eh, Hoppy? | 1:00:27 | 1:00:30 | |
Yes. | 1:00:30 | 1:00:31 | |
HE HUMS WEDDING MARCH | 1:00:31 | 1:00:33 | |
Good night, Lawrence. | 1:00:34 | 1:00:36 | |
'Mr Hoppy felt dead inside.' | 1:00:43 | 1:00:46 | |
Think of the saddest you've ever felt and then double it. | 1:00:46 | 1:00:49 | |
That was the world of Mr Hoppy's heart that night. | 1:00:49 | 1:00:53 | |
Poor Mr Hoppy. | 1:00:53 | 1:00:55 | |
Losing the love of your life is a terrible feeling. It's an emptiness. | 1:00:55 | 1:01:00 | |
Like the death of a friend. Or a parent. | 1:01:00 | 1:01:04 | |
Or a gerbil. | 1:01:04 | 1:01:05 | |
Or, yes, indeed...a gerbil. | 1:01:06 | 1:01:09 | |
Here's the thing... | 1:01:14 | 1:01:16 | |
You see, little Alfie? | 1:01:16 | 1:01:18 | |
HE SIGHS | 1:01:20 | 1:01:22 | |
However many years we live - and you're a tortoise | 1:01:22 | 1:01:26 | |
so you're in for a lot of them - | 1:01:26 | 1:01:29 | |
there's probably only ten moments that really matter. | 1:01:29 | 1:01:34 | |
Ten key moments that seal your fate. | 1:01:34 | 1:01:36 | |
Where we get the chance to change our lives. | 1:01:38 | 1:01:42 | |
Get the job we always dreamed of. | 1:01:42 | 1:01:45 | |
Get the perfect girl. | 1:01:47 | 1:01:48 | |
Well... | 1:01:51 | 1:01:52 | |
..I've had my share of those moments. | 1:01:54 | 1:01:57 | |
And I've blown every single one of them. | 1:02:02 | 1:02:05 | |
Because the truth is, Alfie... | 1:02:06 | 1:02:10 | |
..your Mr Henry Hoppy just doesn't deserve Mrs Lavinia Silver. | 1:02:12 | 1:02:18 | |
And so, the next morning, Mr Hoppy began returning the tortoises. | 1:02:28 | 1:02:33 | |
The game was up. The dream was over. | 1:02:33 | 1:02:36 | |
First to go was the most important tortoise of all, | 1:02:36 | 1:02:39 | |
the one he picked out at the start, the trophy tortoise. | 1:02:39 | 1:02:43 | |
Exactly double little Alfie's weight. | 1:02:43 | 1:02:45 | |
-I brought you one of my tortoises to sell. -He's a lovely big one! | 1:02:45 | 1:02:50 | |
Yes, he is. 26 ounces, to be exact. | 1:02:50 | 1:02:54 | |
-Can I tempt you with something else to fill the hole in your life? -No. | 1:02:54 | 1:02:58 | |
-Now you say goodbye to the big fella. -No, it's a pretty big hole. | 1:02:58 | 1:03:01 | |
I've got an elephant out back. | 1:03:01 | 1:03:03 | |
Not exactly an elephant. More a very big dog. Same shape ears. | 1:03:03 | 1:03:07 | |
'One down, 99 to go. | 1:03:13 | 1:03:15 | |
'That evening, Mr Hoppy sat on his balcony, certain of one thing. | 1:03:18 | 1:03:23 | |
'That he and Mrs Silver would never be together.' | 1:03:23 | 1:03:25 | |
# Now, it's time to say good night | 1:03:38 | 1:03:43 | |
# Good night | 1:03:43 | 1:03:47 | |
# Sleep tight | 1:03:47 | 1:03:49 | |
# Now, the sun turns out his light | 1:03:50 | 1:03:58 | |
# Good night | 1:03:58 | 1:04:01 | |
# Sleep tight | 1:04:01 | 1:04:04 | |
# Dream sweet dreams | 1:04:04 | 1:04:08 | |
# For me | 1:04:08 | 1:04:10 | |
# Dream sweet dreams | 1:04:12 | 1:04:15 | |
# For you | 1:04:15 | 1:04:17 | |
# Close your eyes | 1:04:20 | 1:04:23 | |
# And I'll close mine | 1:04:23 | 1:04:25 | |
# Good night | 1:04:27 | 1:04:30 | |
# Sleep tight. # | 1:04:30 | 1:04:33 | |
Sit tight, guys. | 1:04:37 | 1:04:38 | |
I want you to know something. | 1:04:41 | 1:04:44 | |
I'm going to fight on till the final whistle and even if I lose, | 1:04:44 | 1:04:49 | |
even if she marries Mr Potato Head Pringle... | 1:04:49 | 1:04:52 | |
..I will always, always want her to be happy. | 1:04:55 | 1:04:59 | |
Sorry. | 1:05:02 | 1:05:04 | |
It turns out I couldn't live without him. | 1:05:04 | 1:05:07 | |
I'm not surprised. He's a laugh a minute, this one. | 1:05:07 | 1:05:10 | |
The times we had... Classic! | 1:05:10 | 1:05:14 | |
Thank you. | 1:05:14 | 1:05:15 | |
'Where's my boy? | 1:05:41 | 1:05:43 | |
'Where's my Alfie?' | 1:05:43 | 1:05:46 | |
Alfie, Alfie! | 1:05:46 | 1:05:47 | |
Alfie... | 1:05:47 | 1:05:49 | |
Oh, my goodness! | 1:05:52 | 1:05:54 | |
Mr Hoppy? | 1:05:54 | 1:05:56 | |
What, Mrs Silver? | 1:05:58 | 1:06:00 | |
Something very extraordinary has happened. | 1:06:00 | 1:06:04 | |
What? | 1:06:04 | 1:06:06 | |
Something very, very extraordinary! | 1:06:06 | 1:06:09 | |
And quite marvellous! | 1:06:09 | 1:06:11 | |
Alfie can't get through his door! He must have got bigger! | 1:06:13 | 1:06:18 | |
She's not very perceptive, is she? I mean, he's double the size! | 1:06:18 | 1:06:21 | |
No, she's not the sharpest arrow in the quiver. | 1:06:21 | 1:06:24 | |
-She's not the cleverest fox in the forest. -No. | 1:06:24 | 1:06:26 | |
-She's not the smartest cookie in the jar. -No, | 1:06:26 | 1:06:28 | |
but she's full of the joys of life, and that's what matters. | 1:06:28 | 1:06:31 | |
-Of course it is. -Hey, you! -Ah! -Ha-ha! | 1:06:31 | 1:06:35 | |
Well, Mrs Silver, | 1:06:35 | 1:06:38 | |
perhaps you should weigh him. | 1:06:38 | 1:06:40 | |
I believe it's been a month | 1:06:40 | 1:06:43 | |
since you started the Esio Trot experiment. | 1:06:43 | 1:06:45 | |
So it is! | 1:06:45 | 1:06:47 | |
Yes, it's exactly a month! Oh! How exciting! | 1:06:47 | 1:06:51 | |
Oh, Mr Hoppy! | 1:07:00 | 1:07:01 | |
Guess how much he weighs! | 1:07:01 | 1:07:03 | |
-(26 ounces). -27 ounces! | 1:07:03 | 1:07:05 | |
(You should check your scale.) | 1:07:05 | 1:07:07 | |
Ooh! | 1:07:07 | 1:07:08 | |
Alfie! | 1:07:08 | 1:07:10 | |
You great big beautiful boy! | 1:07:10 | 1:07:14 | |
Look what clever Mr Hoppy's done for you! | 1:07:14 | 1:07:17 | |
Oh, you did it, Mr Hoppy! | 1:07:17 | 1:07:19 | |
You're my miracle man. | 1:07:21 | 1:07:22 | |
How can I possibly thank you? | 1:07:22 | 1:07:24 | |
Well, Mrs Silver, | 1:07:30 | 1:07:33 | |
do you think I could perhaps pop down to your balcony | 1:07:33 | 1:07:35 | |
and just see for myself how much Alfie has grown? | 1:07:35 | 1:07:40 | |
Well, of course you can. Oh, come down at once! | 1:07:40 | 1:07:43 | |
Oh, my dear man! | 1:07:43 | 1:07:45 | |
Dear man. | 1:07:47 | 1:07:49 | |
HE BREATHS HEAVILY | 1:07:50 | 1:07:53 | |
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. | 1:07:53 | 1:07:57 | |
Thank you, Wallace. Thank you, Usain. | 1:07:57 | 1:07:59 | |
And thank you, most of all... | 1:07:59 | 1:08:01 | |
..little original Alfie. | 1:08:03 | 1:08:06 | |
Key moment. | 1:08:22 | 1:08:24 | |
Where are you? | 1:08:28 | 1:08:29 | |
There you are. | 1:08:29 | 1:08:32 | |
Oh, don't blow this. | 1:08:32 | 1:08:34 | |
Hurray! Come in at once. | 1:09:11 | 1:09:14 | |
-I've just made you a delicious cup of tea. -Oh. | 1:09:14 | 1:09:17 | |
-Er... -Oh! Oh, clever you! | 1:09:17 | 1:09:20 | |
-Thank you. -Oh, my! | 1:09:20 | 1:09:23 | |
-Oh, my goodness! -SHE CHUCKLES | 1:09:26 | 1:09:29 | |
-I'd quite forgotten it was Christmas. -Oh, it isn't. | 1:09:33 | 1:09:36 | |
I just like to get my tree up on the first day of August. | 1:09:36 | 1:09:40 | |
What's the point in getting old if you can't break the rules? | 1:09:40 | 1:09:44 | |
-It's my little piece of paradise in the sky. -Perfect. | 1:09:48 | 1:09:52 | |
Oh, and this is Alfie. | 1:09:52 | 1:09:54 | |
Ha-ha! | 1:09:58 | 1:10:00 | |
-Have you ever held a tortoise before? -Once or twice. | 1:10:04 | 1:10:07 | |
I just don't want to drop him. | 1:10:09 | 1:10:11 | |
Oh! | 1:10:11 | 1:10:14 | |
-Can I ask you a question? -Of course. | 1:10:14 | 1:10:16 | |
Would it be all right if I came up later | 1:10:16 | 1:10:19 | |
and had another look at your balcony? | 1:10:19 | 1:10:22 | |
I think it's one of the Seven Wonders of the World. | 1:10:22 | 1:10:24 | |
Who needs the Hanging Gardens of Babylon | 1:10:24 | 1:10:27 | |
when you've got Mr Hoppy's beautiful balcony in Bethnal Green? | 1:10:27 | 1:10:31 | |
Oh, I'd be delighted. Can I ask you a question too, Mrs Silver? | 1:10:31 | 1:10:34 | |
-Yes, of course. -Will you marry me? | 1:10:34 | 1:10:36 | |
That was very out of the blue. | 1:10:49 | 1:10:51 | |
Yes. It... It... It was. | 1:10:51 | 1:10:53 | |
It's just that I've been meaning to ask you for some time, | 1:10:53 | 1:10:58 | |
since the first time I saw you, in fact, | 1:10:58 | 1:11:00 | |
when it was perfectly clear to me that you are the most...wonderful | 1:11:00 | 1:11:06 | |
and beautiful person in the Western hemisphere. | 1:11:06 | 1:11:10 | |
Probably the Eastern hemisphere too. | 1:11:10 | 1:11:12 | |
I only exclude it because I haven't actually been there. | 1:11:12 | 1:11:15 | |
Well... | 1:11:15 | 1:11:17 | |
Well... | 1:11:18 | 1:11:20 | |
Er... DOORBELL | 1:11:20 | 1:11:22 | |
Oh! | 1:11:22 | 1:11:23 | |
-Oh, I'm sorry. -Oh. -I'd better get that. I won't be a tick. | 1:11:23 | 1:11:27 | |
Ah, Mrs Silver. I was just wondering, | 1:11:35 | 1:11:38 | |
might this little chap belong to you, my dear lady? | 1:11:38 | 1:11:41 | |
Oh, no! Oh, no! My Alfie's much larger than that these days. | 1:11:41 | 1:11:45 | |
He was just coming out of Mr Hoppy's flat and I thought, | 1:11:45 | 1:11:48 | |
but it's Mrs Silver that has the tortoise, isn't it? | 1:11:48 | 1:11:51 | |
Yes, quite. Well... Yes... | 1:11:51 | 1:11:53 | |
Oh, no... | 1:11:53 | 1:11:55 | |
He does look very like Alfie when he was little, | 1:11:55 | 1:11:58 | |
but he can't be darling Alfie. | 1:11:58 | 1:12:00 | |
Cos darling Alfie has doubled his size in the last month. | 1:12:00 | 1:12:04 | |
Hasn't he, Mr Hoppy? | 1:12:04 | 1:12:05 | |
-Doubled in size? -Yes. -In a month? -Yes. | 1:12:05 | 1:12:08 | |
-A tortoise? -Yes. | 1:12:08 | 1:12:10 | |
Mr Hoppy gave me this little poem of North African origin and said | 1:12:10 | 1:12:14 | |
if I recited it to Alfie three times a day, he would grow much... | 1:12:14 | 1:12:20 | |
much larger... | 1:12:20 | 1:12:22 | |
A little poem of North African extraction? | 1:12:23 | 1:12:26 | |
Yes. Bedouin, I believe. | 1:12:28 | 1:12:31 | |
Three times a day? | 1:12:31 | 1:12:33 | |
Yes, before meals. | 1:12:33 | 1:12:35 | |
Well, I'm not a biologist. I'm not Charles Darwin! | 1:12:35 | 1:12:40 | |
I'm not David bloody Attenborough, but I suspect Mr Hoppy here | 1:12:40 | 1:12:44 | |
has been playing a little joke on you, my dear Mrs Silver. | 1:12:44 | 1:12:47 | |
Mr... | 1:12:47 | 1:12:49 | |
-Mr Hoppy? -Hoppy! You're a dark horse, aren't you? | 1:12:49 | 1:12:52 | |
Should have kept a sharper eye on you. | 1:12:52 | 1:12:54 | |
Yes... | 1:12:57 | 1:12:59 | |
-Well, I think he might be mine after all. -Oh. | 1:12:59 | 1:13:01 | |
Thank you very much. | 1:13:01 | 1:13:03 | |
-Now, if you'd excuse me for a moment... -Yes, of course. | 1:13:05 | 1:13:08 | |
Don't forget our date on Tuesday. | 1:13:09 | 1:13:12 | |
We'll have lots to talk about. Snakes in the grass, etc... | 1:13:12 | 1:13:15 | |
-I can't wait! -Well, we can discuss that later. | 1:13:15 | 1:13:18 | |
Hoppy... | 1:13:18 | 1:13:20 | |
Good to see you. | 1:13:20 | 1:13:22 | |
Who'd have thought it, eh? Who'd have damn well thought it? | 1:13:22 | 1:13:27 | |
-So... -Yes. | 1:13:34 | 1:13:37 | |
-You've been swapping tortoises. -Yes, I have. A number of little swaps. | 1:13:37 | 1:13:41 | |
-And that's not Alfie. -No, it isn't. | 1:13:43 | 1:13:46 | |
Who is it? | 1:13:46 | 1:13:48 | |
Oh, his name is Tyson. He's quite nice. | 1:13:48 | 1:13:50 | |
And all that...Esio Trot stuff is just nonsense. | 1:13:54 | 1:13:58 | |
I'm afraid so. | 1:13:58 | 1:14:00 | |
SHE SIGHS I feel such a fool. | 1:14:01 | 1:14:04 | |
I never was the brightest bulb in the chandelier. | 1:14:04 | 1:14:07 | |
-Maybe not, but you have many other wonderful qualities... -Ssh! | 1:14:07 | 1:14:11 | |
Not at all the time for that. | 1:14:11 | 1:14:13 | |
OK, I guess I should go now. | 1:14:21 | 1:14:23 | |
Yes, if you would. | 1:14:23 | 1:14:26 | |
Thank you. | 1:14:26 | 1:14:27 | |
# In my solitude | 1:15:07 | 1:15:11 | |
# You haunt me | 1:15:14 | 1:15:19 | |
# With revelries | 1:15:22 | 1:15:25 | |
# Of days gone by | 1:15:27 | 1:15:30 | |
# In my solitude | 1:15:35 | 1:15:38 | |
# You taunt me | 1:15:42 | 1:15:47 | |
# With memories | 1:15:49 | 1:15:53 | |
# That never die | 1:15:55 | 1:15:58 | |
# Yes, I sit in my chair | 1:16:04 | 1:16:07 | |
# I fill with despair | 1:16:08 | 1:16:11 | |
# As no-one could be so sad... # | 1:16:12 | 1:16:16 | |
You're looking absolutely ravishing this evening, Lavinia. | 1:16:16 | 1:16:20 | |
Oh, thank you. | 1:16:20 | 1:16:21 | |
I thought we might just eat in at my place. | 1:16:21 | 1:16:25 | |
Oh. | 1:16:25 | 1:16:27 | |
And then I thought... | 1:16:27 | 1:16:29 | |
why not go to the most expensive restaurant in London? | 1:16:29 | 1:16:33 | |
Oh! | 1:16:33 | 1:16:35 | |
How lovely! | 1:16:35 | 1:16:37 | |
SHE CHUCKLES | 1:16:37 | 1:16:40 | |
# I'm praying | 1:16:41 | 1:16:45 | |
# Dear Lord above | 1:16:48 | 1:16:51 | |
# Oh, yes | 1:16:51 | 1:16:54 | |
# Send back my love... # | 1:16:54 | 1:16:57 | |
Hello, Dolly. Darth. | 1:17:10 | 1:17:12 | |
You guys should be in the pet shop with the others. | 1:17:12 | 1:17:15 | |
Where have you guys been hiding? Huh? | 1:17:15 | 1:17:18 | |
So, that IS the way it goes. | 1:17:20 | 1:17:23 | |
No, you don't just stop loving someone because they don't love you. | 1:17:38 | 1:17:43 | |
# In my solitude | 1:17:55 | 1:17:59 | |
# I'm praying | 1:18:01 | 1:18:06 | |
# Dear Lord above | 1:18:09 | 1:18:12 | |
# Oh, yes | 1:18:12 | 1:18:15 | |
# Send back my love. # | 1:18:15 | 1:18:20 | |
Is that really the end of the story, Daddy? | 1:18:28 | 1:18:31 | |
Yes, buddy. I'm sorry to say it is. | 1:18:31 | 1:18:35 | |
Mr Hoppy doesn't get the girl. | 1:18:35 | 1:18:37 | |
I'm afraid he'll probably spend the rest of his life alone. | 1:18:37 | 1:18:41 | |
Which won't be very long, seeing how old he is. | 1:18:41 | 1:18:45 | |
Which could be for absolutely ages, Roberta, | 1:18:45 | 1:18:47 | |
seeing how long people live these days! | 1:18:47 | 1:18:51 | |
Not the ending you were expecting, I realise that. | 1:18:54 | 1:18:58 | |
But it's still a story worth telling because he gave it a go. | 1:18:58 | 1:19:03 | |
And that's what matters. | 1:19:03 | 1:19:05 | |
Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay. | 1:19:05 | 1:19:08 | |
Love isn't love till you give it away. | 1:19:08 | 1:19:10 | |
-I give him a year. Tops. -Shush! | 1:19:12 | 1:19:14 | |
You saw how he was yesterday, | 1:19:14 | 1:19:17 | |
when he came down to our flat in the afternoon. | 1:19:17 | 1:19:20 | |
Hello. I have a present for you and your brother. | 1:19:22 | 1:19:26 | |
Come in. | 1:19:26 | 1:19:28 | |
Come on in. | 1:19:28 | 1:19:29 | |
No, that's all right. | 1:19:29 | 1:19:31 | |
Philip! | 1:19:31 | 1:19:33 | |
Oh, it's OK, Philip. I have a present for you. | 1:19:33 | 1:19:36 | |
See? This one's name is Darth and that one's name is Dolly. | 1:19:38 | 1:19:43 | |
'He gave us Dolly and little Darth and he was really sad. | 1:19:43 | 1:19:47 | |
'And then you asked him in for a drink | 1:19:51 | 1:19:53 | |
'and he told you and Mum the whole story. | 1:19:53 | 1:19:56 | |
'And now he's leaving.' | 1:20:04 | 1:20:06 | |
-Can't you stop him? -No. | 1:20:06 | 1:20:08 | |
He's made up his mind the deed is done. | 1:20:08 | 1:20:11 | |
Not all stories have happy endings. | 1:20:15 | 1:20:17 | |
DOORBELL | 1:20:31 | 1:20:33 | |
They're early. | 1:20:37 | 1:20:38 | |
Hi... | 1:20:43 | 1:20:44 | |
Mr Hoppy? | 1:20:44 | 1:20:46 | |
-Are you leaving? -Yes, that's right. | 1:20:48 | 1:20:50 | |
I felt it best after the unfortunate incident. | 1:20:50 | 1:20:53 | |
I didn't know. I'm glad I came up, then. | 1:20:53 | 1:20:56 | |
Oh... | 1:20:56 | 1:20:58 | |
One of your plants must have blown over the balcony. | 1:21:01 | 1:21:04 | |
-I thought I should return it. -Oh, yes. | 1:21:04 | 1:21:07 | |
-Thank you. -You're welcome. | 1:21:07 | 1:21:09 | |
Er... I... Er... | 1:21:11 | 1:21:14 | |
May I...just say that... I hope you and Mr Pringle | 1:21:15 | 1:21:21 | |
will be very happy. | 1:21:21 | 1:21:23 | |
Oh, well...that's very kind of you, Mr Hoppy. | 1:21:23 | 1:21:26 | |
But I'm afraid I could never be happy with Mr Pringle. | 1:21:26 | 1:21:29 | |
I know he's a real pal of yours, but he is without doubt | 1:21:29 | 1:21:33 | |
the world's most spectacular arse-paralysing bore. | 1:21:33 | 1:21:36 | |
And his table manners are atrocious. | 1:21:36 | 1:21:38 | |
I only had two prawns in my very overpriced, | 1:21:38 | 1:21:41 | |
under-prawned prawn cocktail. He took both of them. | 1:21:41 | 1:21:43 | |
I'm not saying it was the worst experience of my life, | 1:21:43 | 1:21:47 | |
but I was once mugged in Maida Vale underground station | 1:21:47 | 1:21:49 | |
by a Russian chap with a big knife | 1:21:49 | 1:21:51 | |
and our date was definitely worse than that. | 1:21:51 | 1:21:53 | |
My goodness! | 1:21:54 | 1:21:56 | |
I just have a couple of other things I want to say. | 1:21:58 | 1:22:02 | |
Parish notices, as it were. | 1:22:02 | 1:22:04 | |
Sure. | 1:22:04 | 1:22:06 | |
Er... | 1:22:06 | 1:22:08 | |
First, I think it's only fair to tell you... Well, before you leave... | 1:22:08 | 1:22:13 | |
that, um... | 1:22:13 | 1:22:15 | |
ever since I first squeezed up to you in the lift on my first day, | 1:22:15 | 1:22:20 | |
I've actually had the most frightful crush on you. | 1:22:20 | 1:22:23 | |
-I beg your pardon? -You heard me, Hoppy. | 1:22:24 | 1:22:27 | |
Did you never think it was slightly odd | 1:22:28 | 1:22:30 | |
that we ended up in the lift together quite so often? | 1:22:30 | 1:22:33 | |
DOOR CLOSES | 1:22:37 | 1:22:39 | |
Ooh! | 1:22:44 | 1:22:46 | |
Spring at last! | 1:22:46 | 1:22:48 | |
LIFT PINGS | 1:22:57 | 1:22:59 | |
-Oh! Hello, Mr Hoppy! -Oh... | 1:22:59 | 1:23:02 | |
Oh. | 1:23:10 | 1:23:11 | |
But then you went and tricked me. | 1:23:11 | 1:23:14 | |
I know, and I'm... | 1:23:15 | 1:23:18 | |
Mrs Silver, I'm more sorry than you can possibly imagine. | 1:23:18 | 1:23:22 | |
-It ruined everything. -I know. | 1:23:22 | 1:23:24 | |
But then... | 1:23:26 | 1:23:28 | |
there is an argument that a man who would go to such terrible trouble | 1:23:28 | 1:23:33 | |
to make a woman's dreams come true... | 1:23:33 | 1:23:36 | |
Well...that man might be very exceptional indeed. | 1:23:38 | 1:23:43 | |
So, the final thing I have to say, I think it's the last... | 1:23:46 | 1:23:50 | |
..is that, in short, | 1:23:51 | 1:23:55 | |
the answer to your earlier question, yes. | 1:23:55 | 1:23:57 | |
I will marry you. If you still want me. | 1:23:57 | 1:24:01 | |
Thank you very much for asking. | 1:24:02 | 1:24:04 | |
Oh, Mrs Silver! | 1:24:06 | 1:24:08 | |
Thank you. | 1:24:12 | 1:24:14 | |
Well... | 1:24:14 | 1:24:16 | |
I think we can do better than that, don't you? | 1:24:16 | 1:24:19 | |
How do you feel? | 1:24:35 | 1:24:37 | |
-Taller. -SHE CHUCKLES | 1:24:37 | 1:24:40 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 1:24:42 | 1:24:45 | |
# Just kiss me once and kiss me twice | 1:24:52 | 1:24:54 | |
# Then kiss me once again | 1:24:54 | 1:24:57 | |
# It's been a long, long time | 1:24:57 | 1:25:01 | |
# Haven't felt like this, my dear | 1:25:02 | 1:25:04 | |
# Since can't remember when | 1:25:04 | 1:25:07 | |
# It's been a long, long time | 1:25:07 | 1:25:11 | |
# You'll never know how many dreams | 1:25:11 | 1:25:14 | |
# I've dreamed about you | 1:25:14 | 1:25:17 | |
# Or just how empty they all seemed without you | 1:25:17 | 1:25:21 | |
# So kiss me once, then kiss me twice | 1:25:21 | 1:25:24 | |
# Then kiss me once again | 1:25:24 | 1:25:27 | |
# It's been a long, long time... # | 1:25:27 | 1:25:30 | |
Oh! | 1:25:42 | 1:25:43 | |
My rods! Are they OK? | 1:25:45 | 1:25:47 | |
My rods! | 1:25:48 | 1:25:50 | |
# Yes, kiss me once, kiss me twice | 1:26:12 | 1:26:16 | |
# Kiss me once again | 1:26:16 | 1:26:18 | |
# It's been a long, long, long time | 1:26:18 | 1:26:22 | |
# Haven't felt like this, my dear | 1:26:22 | 1:26:26 | |
# Since can't remember when | 1:26:26 | 1:26:28 | |
# It's been a long, long time | 1:26:28 | 1:26:32 | |
# You'll never know how many dreams | 1:26:32 | 1:26:35 | |
# I dream about you | 1:26:35 | 1:26:37 | |
# Or just how empty they all seemed without you | 1:26:37 | 1:26:42 | |
# So, kiss me once then kiss me twice | 1:26:42 | 1:26:45 | |
# And kiss me once again | 1:26:45 | 1:26:48 | |
# It's been a long, ba-ba-ba-boo time | 1:26:48 | 1:26:51 | |
# Oh, yeah! # | 1:26:51 | 1:26:57 |