Waiting for Snow/Transcript

Introduction

Ladonna stands in front of a blue background wearing winter clothes.

Ladonna: Blizzards are fun!

Arthur: (whispers in her ear)

Ladonna: Oh. After a blizzard is fun. Apparently, during a blizzard it's not fun because it's all blizzard-y.

Ladonna walks up to a snow fort.

Ladonna: But after a blizzard, there's enough snow to build not just a snow fort... A city of igloos appears. ...but an entire snow town, with snow buildings and snow cars and snow buses!

Arthur gets out of a bus made of ice.

Arthur: (whispers:) Actually, there isn't any snow buildings or snow.

Ladonna: Never mind. Scratch that. The snow city disappears. But after a big blizzard, there's enough snow to build the tallest snowman in the world!

A forest appears, along with a snowman bigger than the Eiffel Tower. Arthur taps her on the back.

Arthur: (whispers:) You can't actually make the tallest snowman in a blizzard.

Ladonna: Never mind. Scratch that too. The background disappears. I don't really know what happens after a blizzard because I've never been in one. But in summary, blizzards are awesome!

Arthur: (whispers in her ear)

Ladonna looks at the camera and shrugs.

Title Card: Ladonna screams on her front porch

Arthur and Buster get on their bikes in front of the Read house.

Arthur: I'm so glad it's finally warm enough to ride our bikes again.

Buster: Me too! Let's go! Whoo-hoo! After a few yards, their bikes get stuck in snow. That didn't last long.

Arthur: Ohh... When is this old snow going to melt? It's disgusting!

Ladonna: (squeals)

Arthur: What's that sound?

Buster: It's a pterodactyl! Run!

They try to ride away, but the wheels spin in the snow. Ladonna runs up to them.

Ladonna: Have you heard the news? It's so exciting!

Buster: You built a robotic Buster to do all my chores?

Ladonna: No! The weatherman says there's gonna be a huge blizzard tomorrow! I'm finally going to get to see my first really big snow! And I'm going to the store to buy skis and a toboggan and a snow shovel! (squeals)

She runs away. Arthur and Buster cover their ears.

***

That evening, the lights go out in the Compson house. It snows gently.

The next morning, Ladonna opens the blinds and sees the snow falling.

Ladonna: (sqeals)

Bud comes in covering his ears.

Bud: Stop making that sound!

***

Ladonna walks outside in her winter clothes carrying skis. Most of the snow has already melted.

Ladonna: (sqeals) What? Nice? Sunny? Happy birds? Noooo!

Bud pulls a toboggan over the grass.

Bud: I guess the snow stopped. But there's a little new snow left. Enough to make a snowball to splat you with. (snickers)

He makes a snowball from a bit of snow on the ground. D.W. comes by on a tricycle.

D.W.: Greetings, Bud. What you doing?

Bud: (quietly:) Even better. Oh, nothing much! Just, uh... splatting you with a snowball! Yah!

The snowball falls apart before it reaches D.W.

D.W.: Amateur. She gets off the tricycle. You've got to pack the snow tight and round the snowball off with each new layer. She makes a snowball. See?

Bud: Wow! Will you teach me your ways?

D.W.: Yes, young one. But you must promise me one thing - don't get too attached to your snowball and end up saving it in your freezer.

Bud: What? Save it? In a freezer? No way! Who would do that?

D.W. looks embarassed and raises her hand.

Bud: Oh! Sorry, oh wise one. I won't save it. I'm gonna splat someone with it. He accidentally squishes his snowball. But not you anymore.

D.W.: Snow on tree branches is the best kind for snowballs. Let's continue your training in the park.

They leave. Ladonna sadly sits on the front steps. Buster and Arthur come by on their bikes.

Buster: Hi, Ladonna! Isn't it a beautiful day?

Ladonna: Don't rub it in.

Arthur: The weatherman said the big storm went around us but it snowed a little.

Buster holds up a tiny snowman.

Buster: Yeah! We can still make a snowman. Look!

The snowman melts in his hand.

Ladonna: Is it supposed to snow again soon?

Arthur: The weatherman said this was probably the last snow of the season.

Buster: Warm sunny days ahead!

Ladonna: (sighs) That's awful. Just awful.

She goes inside.

Arthur: We have to cheer her up, Buster.

Buster: How? We can't make it snow.

Arthur: No, we can't, but there might be someone who can.

***

Brain has set up a small rocket in front of the Powers' home. Arthur and Buster watch him, while Mrs. Bowers knocks icicles off the roof with a broom.

Brain: The rocket will achieve an altitude above dew point then release the H2O in its fuselage as a mist, which will come back to Earth as a fine ice-based precipitate.

Buster: Uh-huh. Right. Totally. I don't get it.

Brain: Rocket go boom - make snow.

Buster: Got it!

Arthur: I knew you could do it, Brain!

Brain: All right, everyone, stand back! Let's light this candle.

The boys stand a few yards away from the rocket. Brain holds a remote control.

Brain: Three, Two, One, Blast-off!

The boys and Mrs. Powers watch the rocket rise. Brain looks at a stop watch.

Brain: Dew-point threshold crossed! H20 emission – now! Parachute opening, and we're a go for snow in five, four, three, two, one.

A couple of snowflakes fall. Brain catches one with his tongue.

Arthur: It's snowing!

Arthur+Buster: (You did it! Whoo-hoo!)

Arthur: Yeah!

Brain: Now, to create a blizzard, I need to make 3,597 more rockets, which will take until July 9th...

Arthur+Buster: (gasp)

Brain: ...of next year.

Arthur+Buster: Aw...

Arthur: Time for plan B. He starts leaving. I really hoped it wouldn't come to this.

***

Muffy sits at the Crosswire dining table and dips a shrimp in sauce. Arthur and Buster sit opposite her.

Muffy: So, Arthur, you have a business proposition? Shrimp?

Buster: Yes, please. I'll save some for later too.

He takes several shrimps and stuffs some in his pants pocket. Muffy rolls her eyes.

Arthur: Uh, as you know, Muffy, Ladonna just moved here, so she hasn't played in a lot of snow, and it's getting sunny again. So we were hoping maybe you could somehow... make it snow?

Buster: Rich people can do that, right?

Muffy: Actually, yes. Arthur and Buster highfive. I know a place that sells snow machines. But they cost 763 dollars.

Arthur+Buster: (gulp)

Muffy: Cash or cheque?

Arthur+Buster: (gulp)

***

Bud makes a snowball on the playground while D.W. watches.

Bud: Like this?

D.W.: Good. Very good. But remember, snowballs don't last forever, especially if you have a brother. Because he might take it and lie about it for the rest of his life.

Bud: (gasps)

D.W.: I mean, uh, carry on.

***

Arthur and Buster walk down a street downtown.

Arthur: I'm running out of ideas, Buster.

Buster: That's better than me. I've never had any... (Gasp) Wait! Remember the straight-to-video hit movie 'Bionic Bunny Versus the Snowmen from Mars'?

Arthur: Of course. Who could forget the classic line, "Take me to your freezer."

Buster: You know what the special effects team used for snow in that movie?

Arthur+Buster: Soap suds!

***

Arthur and Buster lead a blindfolded Ladonna to the playground where they created a large pile of soap bubbles. Ladonna is wearing snowshoes.

Ladonna: So they blindfolded me and spun me around and I walked right out the front door! But I still pinned the tail on the donkey, because our neighbors had a real donkey. Thankfully it wasn't a pin, it was...

Arthur+Buster: Ta-da!

They take off the blind-fold.

Ladonna: Why is the park covered in soap suds?

Arthur: It's not soap, it's snow. Come play in it.

Buster: It's big snow fun time!

Arthur+Buster: Whoa!

They both slip on suds and fall down.

Buster: This is rare extra-slippery snow.

Ladonna: That's because it's soap!

Arthur builds a “snowman” out of suds and carries it to Ladonna.

Arthur: Look, you can build a snowman!

The “snowman” collapses.

Ladonna: You mean a "sudsman".

Buster: Snowball fight!

Ladonna: (laughs)

Buster: Snowball... fight.

The sudsball sticks to his mitten.

Ladonna: (sniffs) Snow does not smell lemony-fresh. Y'all aren't fooling anyone. This is soap.

She blows some bubbles away.

Arthur: Sorry, Ladonna. We were just trying to cheer you up. Are you angry?

Ladonna: No. You're sweet for trying to cheer me up. But I sure do wish it would snow again for real.

Buster: I know what will cheer you up! A pocket shrimp. Here.

He hands her a dirty shrimp from his pocket.

Ladonna: Um... I'm good. Thanks for trying to make me feel better, guys, but I guess I'm not gonna see a lot of snow after all.

She leaves sadly.

Buster: Huh. More for me.

He eats the shrimp.

***

At the other end of the playground, D.W. is still teaching Bud how to make snowballs.

D.W.: Nice work, Bud! What do you think?

Bud holds up a snowball.

Bud: I think it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

D.W.: Uh-oh. Ladonna walks by. Perfect timing. There's your sister! Splat her!

Bud: You mean with Bally?

D.W.: You named it?

Bud: I can't throw Bally. He's perfect. Aren't you, Bally? Yes, you are, my big Bally-wally. He caresses the snowball. I'm gonna save you in my freezer - forever.

D.W.: (sighs)

She shakes her head sadly.

***

Later in the Compsons' living room, Bud dips a cookie in milk and eats it. When his mother tries to open the refrigerator, he tries to stop her. She opens the door and frozen food falls out. She opens the freezer, below the refrigerator, and sees that it is empty except for Bud's snowball. She gives Bud a stern look and he smiles sheepishly.

***

The next morning, as Ladonna opens the blinds, she sees a bird singing on her window sill.

Ladonna: (blows raspberry)

The bird flies away. Ladonna closes the blinds again.

***

Bud rolls duct tape around his snowball and puts it in a desk drawer.

***

Ladonna checks the weather forecast on a laptop which predicts five days of sunshine. She closes the laptop.

***

Bud opens the desk drawer. When he touches the duct tape, it collapses, because the snow has melted away.

Bud: (gasps)

***

Ladonna puts her winter clothes in a box and puts the box in her closet.

***

The next morning, Ladonna opens the door in her nightgown to take in the newspaper. There is snow on the lawn, but she does not notice and closes the door again.

Ladonna: (sighs) She opens the door again and triumphantly raises her arms. (sqeals)

Some snow falls off the roof. The whole lawn is covered with snow.

Bud: Mom, she's making the sound again.

***

Arthur and Buster build a snowman by the treehouse.

Ladonna: (sqeals) Arthur and Buster look alarmed. Ladonna slides by on skis. Look at me! I'm skiing! Whoo-hoo!

She falls on her back. Arthur and Buster bend over her.

Arthur: Are you all right, Ladonna?

Ladonna: I'm great. I skied. Whoo-hoo!

Next to them, D.W. walks up to Bud who is sadly drawing a circle with a “B” in the snow.

D.W.: I was really sorry to hear that Bally puddled, Bud.

Bud: Thanks. I'm just taking it one day at a time. (sniffles)

D.W.: I know what will cheer you up. Here.

She hands him a snowball.

Bud: Nothing can replace Bally.

D.W.: It's not to keep. It's to throw. She takes a few steps back. Go ahead, it'll make you feel better. Splat away!

He throws the snowball at her.

Bud: Hey, That did help!

D.W.: Good, you're healing.

He hits her with three more snowballs.

D.W.: That's a little too much healing. Snowball fight!

They throw snowballs at each other.

Bud+D.W.: (laugh)

Bud: Gotcha.

Ladonna slides down a hill on a toboggan.

Ladonna: Look at me!

Bud: (grunts)

Ladonna: I'm sledding! Whoa! She falls facedown in the snow. Whoo-hoo!

Brain comes.

Brain: Guys, did you hear? They closed school! It's a snow day!

Arthur+Buster: (sqeals)

Brain looks confused.

Ladonna: Hey, You sound like me.

Buster: You can get tired of snow, but you never get tired of snow days!

They all lie on their backs and make snow angels.

Ladonna: (sqeals)

Arthur: (sqeals)

Ladonna: Eeee!