Editing The Ballad of Buster Baxter/Transcript

'''[[Art Garfunkel]]''': (sings) This is the story 'bout the face on the cake / It belongs to [[Buster Baxter ]]/ Baby boy bunny Buster Baxter was born eight years ago / At first, all he did was cry and eat / And eat, and eat, and grow / Eat and grow, that's all he did / He met [[Arthur Read|Arthur]], they became friends / It was an historic day! / They always had lots of fun / They liked to read and play, hey! / [[Arthur's Faraway Friend|Then one day]], Buster found out he was gonna go 

'''Arthur''': Goodbye! 

'''Buster''': Goodbye, Arthur! 

'''Art Garfunkel''': Gonna [[Buster's Trip|go bye-bye]] / He went around the world a couple of times / We thought he left [[Arthur (TV series)|the show]] / Buster Baxter went away, then he came back / Buster Baxter, this is what he found. 

'''Buster''': It looks just like I never left!

(Intertitle)

'''[[Francine Frensky|Francine]]: (voice-over) The Ballad of Buster Baxter.'''

'''Buster''': Hey!

(We now return to the story. Arthur and Buster are eating a Buster cake [[David Read|Arthur’s dad]] baked)

'''Buster''': Mmm, great cake. I'm the only kid I know who got to eat his own face.

'''Arthur''': That's exactly what I said!

'''Buster''': Ah, sure feels good to be back. I was afraid things would have changed around here while I was gone.

''([[Alan Powers|The Brain]] enters the room)''

'''The Brain''': Hey Buster! Glad you're back. I brought the scoreboard, Arthur.

'''Buster''': Huh?

'''Arthur''': (to Buster) While you were gone, we started a checker championship. Best of 5000 games! So far, it's a tie.

'''The Brain''': We were scheduled to finish today.

'''Arthur''': Oh, I forgot.

'''Buster''': Go ahead. I'll watch. There's only... ''(reads board) ''seventy games left.

'''Arthur''': But you just came home. There must be a way we can all play.

'''Art Garfunkel''': Arthur didn't wanna leave Buster out, of that he can be proud! / But when you're playing checkers / Three's a crowd.

'''Arthur''': You can't move that black piece. That's my black piece.

'''Buster''': No, it's my black piece.

'''Arthur''': No, ''(points to a black piece) ''that one is mine, ''(points to an identical piece)'' and this one is yours. You're jumping your own piece with my piece. It's easy: Brain is red, and his pieces go this way. I'm black, and I go that way. Buster, you have some red pieces and some black, a penny, a stamp, and the ''Monopoly'' shoe, and you go across the board that way.

'''Brain''': Wait, that's- Ugh, my brain hurts.

'''Buster''': Maybe I should just watch.

'''Arthur''': Thanks, Buster. It's only because this is for the championship.

'''Buster''': It's okay. It's just nice to be back with my friends again.

''(pause)''

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-[[Category:Season 3 transcripts]][[Category:Transcripts]][[Category:Unfinished Transcripts]][[Category:A to Z]]{{TitleSort}}''Buster and Sue Ellen throw hoops on the school playground.''
-'''Sue Ellen:''' When my family used to travel a lot, I always fel
-out of place when I came home.
-'''Buster: '''Yeah? That’s exactly how I feel.
-'''Sue Ellen:''' Kids think you’re weird if you accidentally use French words like “C’est la vie”.
-'''Buster: '''I was only in France a week.
-'''Sue Ellen:''' A week? I was only there a day. You must be an expert.
-'''Buster:''' I didn’t learn any words. And I didn’t eat any snails. I watched TV.
-''Flashback: Buster lies on a hotel bed in Paris.''
-'''TV announcer:''' Voici ”Le Lapin Bionique”.
-''Flashback ends.''
-'''Buster: '''They have the same shows, but in French. Hh, you know how Bionic Bunny always says…
-'''Sue Ellen:''' I don’t know much about TV.
-'''Buster: '''Oh.  You wanna play checkers?
-'''Sue Ellen:''' I don’t like checkers.   See ya.    ''She leaves. Buster sadly leaves as well.''
-=== # ===
-''Muffy bangs a gavel for the Kresblain Club meeting. Arthur, Francine, Brain and the Singing Moose are present (The latter sit son the couch eating potato chips. Nobody pays any attention to him).''
-'''Arthur: '''I wish Buster were here.
-'''Francine: '''Why? The things we do aren’t exciting enough for him. He’s changed.
-'''Brain: '''He didn’t even want to write a book with me and Arthur.
-'''Muffy: '''Because it had no snails in it! Face it, we have nothing in common with Buster any more.
-'''Arthur:''' Maybe we do. We’re still his friends. If he likes new stuff, maybe we'd like it too.
-'''Muffy:''' I never thought of that.
-'''Arthur:''' Why don’t we throw a party and watch his travel slides. Then we’ll see what he saw and at least we’ll have that in common.
-'''Francine:''' Yeah!
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-''The kids are having a “Welcome Back Buster” party. Sue Ellen dances Limbo.''
-'''Sue Ellen:''' Wow!     '' Francine is dancing while Arthur stands sadly at the buffet.''
-'''Francine: '''Great idea, Arthur. This is fun.
-'''Arthur:''' Didn't you notice, Francine?
-'''Francine: '''Didn’t I notice what?
-'''Arthur:''' Buster   isn't   here!    ''Everybody stops and looks around. Binky looks under an armchair and finds Pal.''
-'''Binky:''' No.
-'''Muffy:''' Well, that's it. He obviously doesn't want to be our friend.
-'''Brain:''' She must be right. Why else wouldn't he come to the pary?
-''Meanwhile Buster is watching TV looking as if he was about to cry. The Singing Moose stands in the room.''
-'''Singing Moose:''' (cheerful tune:) He's a sad, sad bunny. A sad, sad bunny. / TV isn't funny when you're a sad, sad bunny. Yee-ha!
-'''Buster: '''Hey! That's not very sad music.
-'''SingingMoose:''' (sad tune:) He's a sad, sad bunny. A sad, sad, sad, sad bunny...
-'''Buster: '''(sighs)
-''Meanwhile back at the party.''
-'''Arthur:''' I can't believe he didn't come.
-'''Muffy:''' What did he say when you invited him?
-'''Arthur: '''I didn’t invite him. Francine invited him.
-'''Francine: '''I didn’t invite him. Muffy invited him.
-'''Muffy:''' I thought Brain invited him.     ''Brain turns off the music.''
-'''Brain:''' Weighing the facts using elementary deduction, I conclude that no one invited Buster to this party.
-'''Binky: '''You think that's why he's not here?
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-''Buster opens the door to find his friends waiting outside.''
-''They watch Buster’s travel slides together.''
-'''Singing Moose:''' Buster Baxter and his friends got a brand-new start / It was just like they'd never been apart.
-'''Francine+Arthur: '''(laugh)
-'''Francine:''' That looks so cool!
-'''Arthur: '''Buster. Pass the popcorn!
-'''Buster: '''I thought it was for me.
-'''Francine:''' You ate all that popcorn?!
-'''Buster:''' Ah, I'm glad we're having fun again. I was starting to think aliens had replaced you all with cyborg twins programmed to make me miserable.
-'''Kids: '''He is the same old Buster!     ''Buster smiles.''
-''The Singing Moose stands outside.''
-'''Singing Moose:''' That's how it happened You can see / to Buster and the kids in Elwood City. / Now they know when you're close friends / you can always get back together again.
-''Buster and Arthur run to the window.''
-'''Buster: '''So how long has the singing guy been around?
-'''Arthur:''' What?! I thought he came here with you!
-'''Singing Moose:''' Buster Baxter went away and he came back. /  Buster Baxter...   (hums)    ''He walks away.''
-'''Buster: '''That was weird.
-'''Arthur: '''Yeah.      Mom! There's a singing moose in front of the house!
-'''Singing Moose:''' Buster Baxter.