Do You Speak George?/Transcript

Do You Speak George?

Introduction

Arthur sticks his head out of a large heap of hay (later revealed to be a hay cart).

Arthur: (spits hay out of his mouth) Hey, Buster, where'd you go? Huh?    One of Buster’s ears comes out of the hay like a periscope. Then Buster’s whole head appears.

Buster: Here I am.     A foot sticks out of the hay.

Buster: Hh!  Is that my foot? Wow, I'm really flexible!

Francine: from out of the hay:    Pull me up!     Arthur and Buster pull Francine out.   Thanks. Is everybody here?     Fern appears, followed by Binky, Brain and Muffy.

Arthur: Yeah!   Sue Ellen appears.

Arthur: Isn't it great when we do things together as a group? Like when we had that huge snowball fight at the tree house.     

Flashback: The kids throw snowballs near the treehouse.

Buster: Go on, take that!       He and Arthur jump behind a snowdrift. A snowball hits Arthur.

Arthur: Ah!

Buster: (laughs)      A snowball hits him.    Oh!     Binky is hiding nearby.

Binky: (laughs)    He is about to throw another snowball when he is buried by snow falling from a tree.

Flashback: The kids stand on top of Moose Mountain.

Francine: Or that time we all climbed Moose Mountain.

Muffy: Okay, hold it. Don't move!     She has put a camera with self-timer on a rock. The kids all pose. Buster gives Muffy bunny ears.

Muffy: I saw that!

Fantasy: The kids ride a duck shaped rubber raft down a river.

Buster: How about the time we all went river rafting in that giant rubber duck?

Kids: (whoop and scream)

The fantasy ends.

Arthur: A giant rubber duck? That never happened.

Buster: Oh, yeah. That was a dream. But in it, we all had a great time!

The hay cart starts moving.

Arthur: Whoa! Here we go again!    

Kids: (cheer)    George comes running after the cart.

George: Wait! Wait up! You left without me! Again.      He turns around sadly.

Title Card. Slot Machine: George

Arthur and Buster are playing marbles during recess. It is Buster’s turn.

Buster: The trick is to use your thumb. You get more power that way.

Arthur: Would you shoot already! The bell's going to ring any second!    Buster shoots to hard. The marble flies past Arthur.    Whoa!    The marble lands next to a bench where Francine and Muffy are playing cards. Francine gives the marble to Muffy who hides it.

Francine: Shh!

Francine+Muffy: (giggle)      Arthur and Buster walk over.

Buster: Hey, did you guys see a marble?

Francine: Arblemoola? Utwhoola arblemoola?     [Marble? What Marble?]

Muffy: (giggles)

Arthur: What did you say?

Francine: Sorry, I forgot. You don't speak Oola.

Buster: What's Oola? Did I miss something in class? Are we going to have a test on it?

Muffy: Oola is our secret language. Catherine taught it to Francine and Francine taught it to me.    The school bell rings.

Buster: Cool! Teach it to us!

Francine: I can’t.  If I taught it to you, then it wouldn't really be a secret language, would it?  

Muffy: Eyeboola!     [Bye!]

Francine+Muffy: (laugh)     The girls leave.

Arthur: Who wants to learn a secret language anyway?

Buster: Yeah. Especially one with a name like Oola. It sounds like baby-talk. If we had a language, it would be much better.

Arthur: It would, wouldn't it?   Buster nods.

Alan Powers: [in his math language] 10, 22, 13, 16!

Arthur Read: [in Arster-Bruthur] Yehi, shitta yim giba!

Francine Frensky: [in Oola] Ivegoola emoola ymoola allboola!

Arthur Read: [in Arster-Bruthur] Tihwa?

Francine Frensky: [in Oola] Athwoola?

Francine Frensky: [in Oola] Etloola ogoola!

Arthur Read: [in Arster-Bruthur] Itspo! Itspo!

Buster Baxter: [in Arthur-Bruthur] iFrancne! Liya ffo!

Muffy Crosswire: [in Oola] Ivegoola ackboola rouboola allboola!

George: Stop!!!! She just wants the ball.