The Silent Treatment/Transcript

Buster Baxter: You ever think about all the things we take for granted?

Arthur Read: Like what?

Buster Baxter: Like the little plastic tip of the shoelace! Without this little tip, it'd be really hard to get the lace through the hole.

Arthur Read: Come to think of it, I rarely think about the rest of the shoelace, either.

Binky Barnes: Got it!

(Binky thuds to the ground.)

Arthur Read: Unless it's untied.

Arthur Read: How about the ant? Did you know ants can carry more than twenty times their weight?

Buster Baxter: Ants are amazing!

Arthur Read: I know, and I never noticed that!

Buster Baxter: And what about the good ol' park bench?

Arthur Read: Always there when you need it! And yet, we take it for granted.

Buster Baxter and Arthur Read: (sigh)

George Lundgren: What about noticing me for a change? It's like I'm invisble! What about you guys? Do any of you see me?

(George Lundgren taps the fourth wall's glass to ever desperately get a response from the audience.)

George Lundgren: They forgot I was even there. I could've stayed behind that tree forever.

Wally: Well, there are worse places to live. I come from an oak tree myself, and I'm proud of it.

George Lundgren: No one ever pays attention to me. It's like I don't even exist.

Wally: You exist, George! You're just as real as I am!

George Lundgren: You're not real, Wally.

Wally: (gasp) That's a terrible thing to say! If that's the way you feel, then I'm never saying another word.

George Lundgren: Hey! That's a great idea! I'll stop talking and see if anybody even notices. I hereby vow not to talk to anyone, anymore... except to you.

(George walks away from the bridge to the right side.)

Sue Ellen Armstrong: George, there you are. I was looking all over. I just wanted to say...

(Sue Ellen is surprised by George Lundgren himself walking away solemnly.)

Sue Ellen Armstrong: Guys, we have to do something about George. He was really upset after hide and seek.

Buster Baxter: George was at hide and seek? Huh! I didn't notice.

Sue Ellen Armstrong: Exactly... and it's not the first time we've forgotten about him.

Arthur Read: We could throw him a party!

Binky Barnes: Yeah, it'll be a "George, We Know You're There" party!

Sue Ellen Armstrong: I like it... but, let's not call it that.

Buster Baxter: We could have a big cake that George pops out of!

Arthur Read: We can't do that! Then, George would have to know about, and it should be a surprise, right?

Sue Ellen Armstrong: Definitely! So, nobody say anything to him. Okay, here's what we'll do...

Sue Ellen Armstrong: Look at the cake I baked for George's surprise party!

George Lundgren: Arthur! Sue Ellen! Hi!

Arthur Read: Quick! He can't see the cake! It'll ruin the surprise!

(Sue Ellen and Arthur run away in fear of being found by George Lundgren.)

Buster Baxter: Moose Punch! George's favourite!

Binky Barnes: I'm gonna play a song for George on my clarinet. It's called "A Song For George".

George Lundgren: Buster! Binky! Wait up!

Buster Baxter: It's him! It's nay on the ong-say!

(Binky and Buster run away in fear of being found by George Lundgren.)