1 00:05:17,416 --> 00:05:20,317 Will you stop your daydreaming, Tommy Stubbins? 2 00:05:20,385 --> 00:05:22,876 - Hello, Matt. - Come and help me select a suitable dinner... 3 00:05:22,954 --> 00:05:25,445 - for me clients here. - Can I push the barrow? 4 00:05:25,524 --> 00:05:28,425 Well, it's not gonna push itself now, is it? 5 00:05:28,493 --> 00:05:30,984 It's against my religion to do anything violent till the end of the day. 6 00:05:31,062 --> 00:05:32,996 God bless all Irishmen. 7 00:05:33,064 --> 00:05:35,726 You know what I was thinking, Matt? 8 00:05:35,801 --> 00:05:37,735 - No, what was that? Not for you, me darling. 9 00:05:37,803 --> 00:05:40,567 It'll make your fur fall out. 10 00:05:40,639 --> 00:05:43,233 I was thinking that if you sold your fish barrow, 11 00:05:43,308 --> 00:05:45,242 and I sold my grandfather's watch, 12 00:05:45,310 --> 00:05:47,244 we could buy a boat and go to China. 13 00:05:47,312 --> 00:05:50,907 Oh. Oh, you're the middle and two ends of a fine fellow, Tom. 14 00:05:50,982 --> 00:05:54,008 It's a beautiful proposition, but don't you see the problem? 15 00:05:54,085 --> 00:05:57,213 - What's that? - Well, do you speak Chinese? 16 00:05:57,289 --> 00:06:00,884 - No. - Then, if you sell your grandfather's watch, 17 00:06:00,959 --> 00:06:02,950 and we go to China, 18 00:06:03,028 --> 00:06:05,394 how are you goin' to tell the time? 19 00:06:05,464 --> 00:06:09,298 - I never thought of that. - Ah, well, you see, you have to plan ahead. 20 00:06:09,367 --> 00:06:11,301 It's very important. 21 00:06:11,369 --> 00:06:14,304 I mean, the whole secret of my success with the fish barrow... 22 00:06:14,372 --> 00:06:16,602 was years of planning ahead. 23 00:06:16,675 --> 00:06:18,609 Thank you, Charlie. 24 00:06:18,677 --> 00:06:22,340 May the 17 holy men of Donnybrook reward you in heaven. 25 00:06:22,414 --> 00:06:24,575 I'd sooner you rewarded me down here. 26 00:06:24,649 --> 00:06:27,413 - Who's this then? - Wild duck off the marshes. 27 00:06:27,486 --> 00:06:30,751 - Is that a fact? - Flew straight into the mast, cross-eyed fool. 28 00:06:30,822 --> 00:06:33,620 Can you imagine that now? He was probably under the influence. 29 00:06:33,692 --> 00:06:36,160 He looks Irish to me. 30 00:06:36,228 --> 00:06:38,992 Don't worry. I'll fix him up. 31 00:06:39,064 --> 00:06:40,998 Bring him back. That's my dinner. 32 00:06:41,066 --> 00:06:43,000 Now don't ask me to do that, Charlie. 33 00:06:43,068 --> 00:06:45,002 As Secretary for the Preservation of Irish Ducks, 34 00:06:45,070 --> 00:06:47,937 it's more than me job is worth. 35 00:06:50,542 --> 00:06:52,942 You never told me you were secretary of Irish ducks. 36 00:06:53,011 --> 00:06:55,138 Oh, well, now I don't talk about it much. 37 00:06:55,213 --> 00:06:58,182 - I'm a very modest fella. - What are we going to do with it then? 38 00:06:58,250 --> 00:07:00,184 Well, now, as soon as I finish me deliveries, 39 00:07:00,252 --> 00:07:02,117 we'll take him over to John Dolittle. 40 00:07:02,187 --> 00:07:04,121 - Here. - Who's John Dolittle? 41 00:07:04,189 --> 00:07:06,180 Eat hearty, me lovelies. 42 00:07:06,258 --> 00:07:09,727 - And heaven bless all Catholic pussycats. - Who is John Dolittle? 43 00:07:09,860 --> 00:07:14,229 John Dolittle is the greatest animal doctor in the world today... 44 00:07:14,298 --> 00:07:16,732 and a close personal friend of Matthew Mugg. 45 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:18,734 He lives right here in Puddleby, he does. 46 00:07:18,802 --> 00:07:21,396 - Out on the Oxenthorpe Road. - What does he do? 47 00:07:21,472 --> 00:07:26,102 He's a genius. That's what he does. He can talk to animals. 48 00:07:26,176 --> 00:07:28,440 - Talk to them? - Speaks their language, he does. 49 00:07:28,512 --> 00:07:30,446 Just like you and me's chatting now. 50 00:07:30,514 --> 00:07:33,540 He'll have a word with that little fellow in wild duck talk... 51 00:07:33,617 --> 00:07:35,551 and put him straight in no time. 52 00:07:35,619 --> 00:07:37,553 Oh, the darlin' man. 53 00:07:37,621 --> 00:07:41,387 He'd think nothin' of travelin' halfway round the world to cure a sick sparrow. 54 00:07:41,458 --> 00:07:44,518 Only last week, he went all the way to Africa. 55 00:07:44,595 --> 00:07:47,496 Ask me why. 56 00:07:47,564 --> 00:07:50,658 - Why? - Why? I'll tell you. 57 00:07:50,734 --> 00:07:53,760 To look after a crocodile with toothache. 58 00:07:53,837 --> 00:07:56,897 He's altogether a marvelous man. 59 00:07:59,243 --> 00:08:01,939 And he understands the Irish. 60 00:08:02,012 --> 00:08:04,947 And any man who understands the Irish 61 00:08:05,015 --> 00:08:09,179 Can't be reckoned altogether bad 62 00:08:09,253 --> 00:08:11,278 The same way that the lunatic 63 00:08:11,355 --> 00:08:13,414 Whose patron saint is Patrick 64 00:08:13,490 --> 00:08:17,256 Can't be reckoned altogether mad 65 00:08:19,229 --> 00:08:21,163 The doctor's very smart 66 00:08:21,231 --> 00:08:23,165 He's an Irishman at heart 67 00:08:23,233 --> 00:08:25,963 His favorite color Sure it must be green 68 00:08:27,037 --> 00:08:28,971 And also he's a man 69 00:08:29,039 --> 00:08:30,973 Who'll blarney when he can 70 00:08:31,041 --> 00:08:34,807 Let me explain the sort of thing I mean 71 00:08:34,878 --> 00:08:38,541 My friend the doctor says the moon is made of apple pie 72 00:08:38,615 --> 00:08:42,517 And once a month it's eaten by the sun 73 00:08:42,586 --> 00:08:44,520 And that is why up in the sky 74 00:08:44,588 --> 00:08:46,579 You'll find as every month goes by 75 00:08:46,657 --> 00:08:50,115 Somebody in the sky is making another one 76 00:08:50,194 --> 00:08:53,960 My friend the doctor says the sun is made of cheddar cheese 77 00:08:54,031 --> 00:08:57,762 The doctor even knows the reason why 78 00:08:57,835 --> 00:08:59,769 The facts are these Try if you please 79 00:08:59,837 --> 00:09:01,828 Pretending you're a lonely cheese 80 00:09:01,905 --> 00:09:04,135 Wouldn't you want to try finding an apple pie 81 00:09:04,208 --> 00:09:06,142 Of course you would. 82 00:09:06,210 --> 00:09:09,873 Maybe what the doctor tells me 83 00:09:09,947 --> 00:09:12,711 Isn't altogether true 84 00:09:12,783 --> 00:09:16,947 But I love every tale he tells me 85 00:09:17,020 --> 00:09:20,387 I don't know any better ones Do you? 86 00:09:20,457 --> 00:09:24,621 My friend the doctor says the world is full of fantasy 87 00:09:24,695 --> 00:09:28,096 And who are you and I to disagree 88 00:09:28,165 --> 00:09:30,190 Let's hope and pray that is the way 89 00:09:30,267 --> 00:09:32,201 The life we love will always stay 90 00:09:32,269 --> 00:09:35,568 For my friend the doctor 91 00:09:35,639 --> 00:09:38,972 And me 92 00:09:56,627 --> 00:09:58,595 La, la, la, la 93 00:10:00,397 --> 00:10:03,389 Here, Tom, catch! 94 00:10:06,003 --> 00:10:09,666 My friend the doctor says the stars are made of lemon drops 95 00:10:09,740 --> 00:10:13,198 The bigger ones are lollipops and ice Come on! 96 00:10:13,277 --> 00:10:15,211 The clouds have shops up on the top 97 00:10:15,279 --> 00:10:17,213 That sells you sweets and soda pop 98 00:10:17,281 --> 00:10:19,215 What do they call the place 99 00:10:19,283 --> 00:10:21,217 - Isn't it paradise 100 00:10:31,895 --> 00:10:36,491 My friend the doctor says that every time it starts to rain 101 00:10:36,566 --> 00:10:40,332 And people run indoors again in swarms 102 00:10:40,404 --> 00:10:42,338 If you remain out in the rain 103 00:10:42,406 --> 00:10:44,431 You'll think you're drinking pink champagne 104 00:10:44,508 --> 00:10:47,909 And you'll spend your life praying for thunderstorms 105 00:10:47,978 --> 00:10:52,472 Maybe what the doctor tells me 106 00:10:52,549 --> 00:10:55,575 Isn't altogether true 107 00:10:55,652 --> 00:10:59,645 But I love every tale he tells me 108 00:10:59,723 --> 00:11:03,318 I don't know any better ones Do you? 109 00:11:03,393 --> 00:11:07,124 My friend the doctor says the world is full of fantasy 110 00:11:07,197 --> 00:11:10,758 And who are you and I to disagree 111 00:11:10,834 --> 00:11:12,768 Let's hope and pray that is the way 112 00:11:12,836 --> 00:11:17,330 The life we love will always stay for my friend the doctor 113 00:11:17,407 --> 00:11:22,344 My friend the doctor and me 114 00:11:24,514 --> 00:11:27,381 What was that? 115 00:11:27,451 --> 00:11:31,478 - Ah, now, that's just some of his pets. - Pets? 116 00:11:43,166 --> 00:11:46,260 Polynesia, me lovely little darling. 117 00:11:46,336 --> 00:11:48,270 Give us a kiss then. Here. 118 00:11:50,340 --> 00:11:52,467 And, Chee-Chee, how are you, me old rascal? 119 00:11:52,542 --> 00:11:57,138 I'd like you to meet one of me dearest friends. Master Thomas Stubbins. 120 00:11:57,214 --> 00:11:59,148 Tom, this is Miss Polynesia. 121 00:11:59,216 --> 00:12:02,049 How do you do, Master Stubbins? 122 00:12:02,119 --> 00:12:04,553 How do you do, Miss Polynesia? 123 00:12:04,621 --> 00:12:08,113 You wanna watch out for her, Tom. She's 199 years old. 124 00:12:08,191 --> 00:12:11,354 She can remember every single word that's been spoken to her... 125 00:12:11,428 --> 00:12:14,886 since the execution of Charles I in 1648. 126 00:12:14,965 --> 00:12:19,402 - Isn't that right, Polynesia? - No, Matthew, 'twas 1649. 127 00:12:21,705 --> 00:12:23,639 'Twas a Tuesday. 128 00:12:23,707 --> 00:12:26,141 Oh, yeah, right. You see what I mean? 129 00:12:26,209 --> 00:12:28,200 And this is Chee-Chee. 130 00:12:28,278 --> 00:12:30,212 - How do you do, Chee-Chee? 131 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:32,339 - Where's the good doctor? - He's working in the library. 132 00:12:32,416 --> 00:12:34,407 Show them in, Chee-Chee. 133 00:12:38,955 --> 00:12:41,355 I know he's in there. 134 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:38,614 Good heavens, Matthew. 135 00:13:38,682 --> 00:13:41,776 Oh, I'm terrible sorry. I must have frightened them out of their lives. 136 00:13:41,852 --> 00:13:43,786 Matthew, you're soaking wet. 137 00:13:43,854 --> 00:13:46,254 You're a little on the damp side yourself, sir. 138 00:13:46,323 --> 00:13:48,257 Oh, it's these fish languages. 139 00:13:48,325 --> 00:13:51,055 They really only work underwater. 140 00:13:51,128 --> 00:13:53,119 It's fascinating. 141 00:13:53,196 --> 00:13:57,326 The basic system is mouth movements and bubble signals. 142 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,334 At the moment, I can only make big bubbles, 143 00:13:59,402 --> 00:14:01,267 and they keep telling me I'm shouting. 144 00:14:01,338 --> 00:14:03,272 Beggin' me ignorance, sir, 145 00:14:03,340 --> 00:14:06,798 but what can you hope to get out of a conversation with a goldfish? 146 00:14:06,877 --> 00:14:08,811 Matthew, I'll show you. 147 00:14:13,016 --> 00:14:16,713 The legendary great pink sea snail. 148 00:14:16,786 --> 00:14:19,220 For hundreds of years, sailors have claimed that they've seen it. 149 00:14:19,289 --> 00:14:22,554 Oh, poor devils. It's that rotten stock they drink. 150 00:14:24,194 --> 00:14:27,288 But, uh, what has this got to do with goldfish? 151 00:14:27,364 --> 00:14:29,764 I don't believe it's legendary. I believe it actually exists. 152 00:14:29,833 --> 00:14:31,767 What's that got to do with goldfish? 153 00:14:31,835 --> 00:14:33,769 Well, I'm planning a voyage to find it. 154 00:14:33,837 --> 00:14:35,771 That is, if I can get enough money together. 155 00:14:35,839 --> 00:14:37,898 Oh, may the saints reward you, sir. 156 00:14:37,974 --> 00:14:39,908 But, uh, what's that got to do with the... 157 00:14:39,976 --> 00:14:42,809 Well, if I find it, Matthew, I'm going to want to talk to it. 158 00:14:42,879 --> 00:14:45,507 Therefore, I have to acquire a knowledge of ancient shellfish, 159 00:14:45,582 --> 00:14:47,550 which is extremely complicated. 160 00:14:47,617 --> 00:14:49,642 So, I'm starting with basic fish languages, 161 00:14:49,719 --> 00:14:52,449 like halibut, mackerel and goldfish. 162 00:14:52,522 --> 00:14:56,219 Ah, there, you see? I knew it had something to do with goldfish. 163 00:14:58,094 --> 00:15:00,756 Now, about your last voyage, Doctor. 164 00:15:00,830 --> 00:15:03,890 Did, uh, did you find the crocodile with a toothache? 165 00:15:03,967 --> 00:15:07,198 Crocodile? Oh, yes, in the Congo, yes. 166 00:15:07,270 --> 00:15:09,397 I got back on Saturday. 167 00:15:09,472 --> 00:15:13,932 - Look. - Isn't that a beauty now? 168 00:15:14,010 --> 00:15:15,978 Make a marvelous bottle opener. 169 00:15:16,046 --> 00:15:18,606 Look at that, Tom. Oh, forgive me, Doctor. 170 00:15:18,682 --> 00:15:22,641 - This is me ol' pal, Tommy Stubbins. - How do you do, sir? 171 00:15:22,719 --> 00:15:25,882 - He's brought a patient for you. - It's a duck, sir. 172 00:15:25,956 --> 00:15:28,686 - It's a drake. 173 00:15:28,758 --> 00:15:30,692 You're sopping wet too. 174 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,955 - Yes, sir, it's raining. 175 00:15:37,133 --> 00:15:39,067 He's hurt his wing, sir. 176 00:15:39,135 --> 00:15:41,069 - Yes, so he's been telling me. 177 00:15:41,137 --> 00:15:43,935 Oh, quack, quack. Oh, poor chap, yes. 178 00:15:44,007 --> 00:15:45,941 Sorry. 179 00:15:46,009 --> 00:15:49,968 Quack, quack. 180 00:15:50,046 --> 00:15:52,514 He had a row with his wife and wasn't looking where he was going. 181 00:15:52,582 --> 00:15:54,516 He told you all that? 182 00:15:54,584 --> 00:15:56,711 They're very neurotic creatures. 183 00:15:58,822 --> 00:16:00,756 You'll be all right by the morning. 184 00:16:02,692 --> 00:16:05,490 Yes, I'll get word to your wife. 185 00:16:05,562 --> 00:16:07,621 Quack, quack, quack. 186 00:16:10,033 --> 00:16:12,194 Now, while our friend's convalescing, 187 00:16:12,269 --> 00:16:14,328 I'll try and find you something dry to wear. 188 00:16:14,404 --> 00:16:16,395 Then, we all can have some food together. 189 00:16:16,473 --> 00:16:19,169 - Polynesia, two more for dinner. - Yes, Doctor. 190 00:16:19,242 --> 00:16:22,143 Oh, and, Matthew, hold on to that crocodile's tooth. 191 00:16:22,212 --> 00:16:24,407 Must be a bottle somewhere you can open with it. 192 00:16:53,610 --> 00:16:56,738 Gub-Gub. 193 00:16:56,813 --> 00:16:59,373 Will you please stop making that infernal noise? 194 00:16:59,449 --> 00:17:01,474 A few pork sausages and a bit of bacon. 195 00:17:01,551 --> 00:17:05,419 The way you're carrying on, you'd think we were cooking your entire family. 196 00:17:05,488 --> 00:17:07,922 Chee-Chee, make him behave. 197 00:17:12,262 --> 00:17:16,255 But you can hardly blame him for being a bit upset, Doctor. 198 00:17:16,333 --> 00:17:20,133 I'd be upset meself if you started frying Irishmen. 199 00:17:20,203 --> 00:17:22,228 You know the problem as well as I do, Matthew. 200 00:17:22,305 --> 00:17:25,331 I've nearly 600 mouths to feed, including the mice. 201 00:17:25,408 --> 00:17:27,569 - Six hundred! - Yes. So if the butcher... 202 00:17:27,644 --> 00:17:29,703 gives me a string of sausages now and then, I take it, 203 00:17:29,779 --> 00:17:32,009 whether it upsets Gub-Gub or not. 204 00:17:32,082 --> 00:17:34,141 Anyway, he eats more than any of us. 205 00:17:34,217 --> 00:17:36,151 Sure you won't be having anything? 206 00:17:36,219 --> 00:17:38,744 - Quite sure. Thank you, Matthew. - Aren't you hungry, Doctor? 207 00:17:38,822 --> 00:17:40,756 Yes, but I follow a very special diet, Stubbins. 208 00:17:40,824 --> 00:17:44,487 - It's highly nutritious and very good. - Oh, I see. 209 00:17:44,561 --> 00:17:47,689 The doctor's in rather an awkward position, you see, Tom. 210 00:17:47,764 --> 00:17:49,732 - Aren't you, Doctor? - What do you mean, Matt? 211 00:17:49,799 --> 00:17:53,200 You understand, Stubbins, he means meat. 212 00:17:53,269 --> 00:17:56,102 It upsets the animals if I, uh... 213 00:17:56,172 --> 00:17:58,504 - Oh, of course. - So I don't. 214 00:17:58,575 --> 00:18:03,410 As a matter of principle, one should always try to avoid eating one's friends. 215 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,911 The day that I became a veterinarian 216 00:18:06,983 --> 00:18:10,180 I had a sudden overwhelming wish 217 00:18:10,253 --> 00:18:13,154 To be a pure and simple vegetarian 218 00:18:13,223 --> 00:18:16,249 And give up eating all that meat and fish 219 00:18:16,326 --> 00:18:19,989 - I think that's marvelous. - Meat is very unhealthy for you. 220 00:18:20,063 --> 00:18:23,430 So now I live on healthy food instead 221 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:26,401 Like apple cores and parsnip juice 222 00:18:26,469 --> 00:18:29,233 And chunks of plain brown bread 223 00:18:31,508 --> 00:18:33,601 All right, all right. I'm coming. 224 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:41,176 When I see my fellowman consuming sirloin steak 225 00:18:41,251 --> 00:18:45,415 And I find myself enjoying tea and Dundee cake 226 00:18:45,488 --> 00:18:49,151 There is really only one conclusion I can make 227 00:18:49,225 --> 00:18:52,353 I'm a devoted vegetarian 228 00:18:52,429 --> 00:18:54,363 No, no, no, no, you've had yours. 229 00:18:58,201 --> 00:19:02,365 When my host at dinner offers succulent roast beef 230 00:19:02,439 --> 00:19:06,341 Proudly I refuse it People stare in disbelief 231 00:19:06,409 --> 00:19:09,936 Lost in admiration as I nibble on a leaf 232 00:19:10,013 --> 00:19:13,608 A very noted vegetarian 233 00:19:13,683 --> 00:19:17,619 I wouldn't even eat horseradish, in case I upset the horses. 234 00:19:17,687 --> 00:19:21,487 I stay away from deviled ham on principle 235 00:19:21,558 --> 00:19:25,187 I wouldn't eat roast duckling if I could 236 00:19:25,261 --> 00:19:28,958 Willpower has made me invincible 237 00:19:29,032 --> 00:19:32,126 My word Those sausages look good 238 00:19:36,539 --> 00:19:39,372 Where's my dinner gone? 239 00:19:39,442 --> 00:19:41,433 They've done it again. 240 00:19:41,511 --> 00:19:44,844 Come on. Own up. Who's got it this time? Who's got my dinner? 241 00:19:46,649 --> 00:19:48,947 It's bad enough to have to eat this muck in the first place. 242 00:19:49,018 --> 00:19:51,145 Just 'cause I eat this instead of eating them, 243 00:19:51,221 --> 00:19:53,155 they think they can take advantage of me. 244 00:19:53,223 --> 00:19:55,157 You've no idea what I put up with on their account. 245 00:19:55,225 --> 00:19:59,127 I eat every flowering shrub there is except for gorse 246 00:19:59,195 --> 00:20:03,097 Sometimes I get luxuries like beetroot leaves, of course 247 00:20:03,166 --> 00:20:07,159 My life's much the same as that of any English horse 248 00:20:07,237 --> 00:20:11,139 Why should I be a vegetarian 249 00:20:11,207 --> 00:20:14,904 Turnip pie and peanuts That's the sort of filth I eat 250 00:20:14,978 --> 00:20:18,607 Any sort of rubbish that is wholesome and discreet 251 00:20:18,681 --> 00:20:22,173 Why don't I admit that my hypocrisy's complete 252 00:20:22,252 --> 00:20:25,585 If I should live to be a centenarian 253 00:20:25,655 --> 00:20:29,352 Become our most adored humanitarian 254 00:20:29,425 --> 00:20:32,656 I'll never make a decent vegetarian 255 00:20:32,729 --> 00:20:34,663 I'm a cheat, I love meat 256 00:20:34,731 --> 00:20:36,665 I'm a cheat, yes, I am 257 00:20:36,733 --> 00:20:38,894 I love red-blooded juicy chunks of meat 258 00:20:38,968 --> 00:20:40,902 Legs of lamb, sides of beef 259 00:20:40,970 --> 00:20:43,564 And chops and steaks and veal and pork, of course 260 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,006 - My favorite meal 261 00:20:47,977 --> 00:20:52,880 And then I hear poor Gub-Gub squeal 262 00:20:52,949 --> 00:20:56,749 Oh, me, oh, my 263 00:20:56,819 --> 00:21:00,118 A reluctant but sincere 264 00:21:00,189 --> 00:21:03,181 Vegetarian 265 00:21:03,259 --> 00:21:05,523 Am I 266 00:21:07,730 --> 00:21:11,257 So, you see, Stubbins, being an animal doctor has its problems. 267 00:21:11,334 --> 00:21:13,928 For one thing, you don't get paid anything, at least not in money. 268 00:21:14,003 --> 00:21:16,233 You get bones or nuts or worms... 269 00:21:16,306 --> 00:21:19,298 or whatever the particular animal's currency happens to be. 270 00:21:19,375 --> 00:21:22,742 And secondly, most of the animals who come here as patients like it so much, 271 00:21:22,812 --> 00:21:24,780 they stay here permanently. 272 00:21:24,847 --> 00:21:27,782 It's hardly what you'd call a profit-making enterprise. 273 00:21:27,850 --> 00:21:29,943 But who looks after the animals? 274 00:21:30,019 --> 00:21:31,953 They look after themselves, for the most part. 275 00:21:32,021 --> 00:21:34,581 Animals are much better at that than human beings. 276 00:21:34,657 --> 00:21:36,591 And how did you become a veteran? 277 00:21:36,659 --> 00:21:39,457 No, Stubbins, the word is "veterinarian." 278 00:21:39,529 --> 00:21:42,020 But say "animal doctor." It's less pretentious. 279 00:21:42,098 --> 00:21:44,362 It all happened rather suddenly, actually. 280 00:21:44,434 --> 00:21:46,925 My entire life changed in one day, didn't it, Matthew? 281 00:21:50,773 --> 00:21:53,708 It was my sister, Sarah, who started it all. 282 00:21:53,776 --> 00:21:55,710 Sarah. 283 00:22:11,661 --> 00:22:13,595 Oh! 284 00:22:17,333 --> 00:22:21,099 Did you know that an ant has more intelligence than a hippopotamus? 285 00:22:21,170 --> 00:22:23,502 And that a grasshopper... in relation to his size... 286 00:22:23,573 --> 00:22:27,270 has more power in his hind legs than a kangaroo? 287 00:22:27,343 --> 00:22:29,334 Absolutely fascinating. 288 00:22:29,412 --> 00:22:33,212 There's no doubt about it. Animals are much more interesting than people. 289 00:22:33,282 --> 00:22:37,150 Good heavens, Sarah. What on Earth are you doing down there? 290 00:22:38,721 --> 00:22:41,884 There are pigeons in the linen cupboard. 291 00:22:41,958 --> 00:22:44,893 - Oh, yes, I thought it would be warmer for them. - You knew? 292 00:22:44,961 --> 00:22:47,862 Yes, I put them there. It gets so terribly chilly on the roof at night. 293 00:22:47,930 --> 00:22:50,728 And two tortoises in the guest room. 294 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,360 That's where they are. I wondered where they got to. 295 00:22:53,436 --> 00:22:56,428 - And white mice in your chest of drawers. - That's right. 296 00:22:56,506 --> 00:22:59,498 And the grass snakes are in the roll top desk under the envelopes. 297 00:22:59,575 --> 00:23:01,509 Grass snakes? 298 00:23:01,577 --> 00:23:04,171 John Dolittle, if those animals aren't out of this house by tonight... 299 00:23:04,247 --> 00:23:07,375 Oh, dear! 300 00:23:07,450 --> 00:23:11,511 Nine o'clock precisely. 301 00:23:11,587 --> 00:23:13,521 That will be Lady Petherington. 302 00:23:13,589 --> 00:23:15,523 I wonder what she's found wrong with herself today. 303 00:23:15,591 --> 00:23:17,525 All right, Sarah. Show her in, please. 304 00:23:19,395 --> 00:23:22,796 I mean it, John. I shall leave. 305 00:23:22,865 --> 00:23:27,029 Those animals, they're destroying your practice. 306 00:23:27,103 --> 00:23:29,537 You won't have a decent patient left soon. 307 00:23:29,605 --> 00:23:31,539 Not unless you answer the door. 308 00:23:31,607 --> 00:23:36,306 I don't understand the things that go on around this house with those animals. 309 00:23:36,379 --> 00:23:39,075 And we'll probably never see the vicar's wife again... 310 00:23:39,148 --> 00:23:42,174 after giving her that glass of milk with a frog in it. 311 00:23:44,253 --> 00:23:47,222 I really don't know what you expect me to do. 312 00:23:50,026 --> 00:23:51,960 Oh, good morning, Lady Petherington. 313 00:23:52,028 --> 00:23:53,962 Are we feeling better today? 314 00:23:54,030 --> 00:23:58,967 We're no better for being left to freeze to death on Doctor's front doorsteps. 315 00:23:59,035 --> 00:24:01,128 Oh. 316 00:24:01,204 --> 00:24:05,834 Dr. Dolittle, oh, it's my nerves. 317 00:24:05,908 --> 00:24:08,570 You must do something for them instantly. 318 00:24:08,644 --> 00:24:10,839 Oh, you'll never guess what happened. 319 00:24:10,913 --> 00:24:13,347 It's quite the worst experience of my life. 320 00:24:13,416 --> 00:24:15,350 Uh, won't you come in, Lady Petherington? 321 00:24:15,418 --> 00:24:17,784 I was giving this dinner party last night... 322 00:24:17,854 --> 00:24:19,981 up at the Grange for the Duke of St. Albans. 323 00:24:20,056 --> 00:24:25,050 Fifty guests. The most embarrassing moment of my entire life. 324 00:24:25,128 --> 00:24:27,596 A mouse ran across the table. 325 00:24:27,663 --> 00:24:29,893 Oh, I thought I'd die. 326 00:24:29,966 --> 00:24:33,902 I may still. Can you imagine? A mouse. 327 00:24:33,970 --> 00:24:36,438 Do you know who was there, hmm? 328 00:24:36,506 --> 00:24:38,440 Well, of course, everybody. 329 00:24:38,508 --> 00:24:40,567 The humiliation. 330 00:24:40,643 --> 00:24:43,669 Crown Prince Angelicus of Brandenberg. 331 00:24:43,746 --> 00:24:47,079 He's so well-bred, he doesn't even know what a mouse is. 332 00:24:47,150 --> 00:24:49,584 Fainted dead away. 333 00:24:49,652 --> 00:24:51,677 I haven't slept all night. 334 00:24:51,754 --> 00:24:54,018 Of course, I discharged my entire staff, 335 00:24:54,090 --> 00:24:56,024 especially the gardeners. 336 00:24:56,092 --> 00:24:59,084 I'll be struck from the social directory. 337 00:24:59,162 --> 00:25:01,790 A mouse. Hmph. 338 00:25:07,436 --> 00:25:11,236 - Vicar, what a surprise! - Bless me. 339 00:25:11,307 --> 00:25:13,832 How is your frog? I mean, your wife. 340 00:25:13,910 --> 00:25:17,402 Oh, the less said about her the better. I mean, that incident. 341 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:22,383 Most unfor... for... for... fortunate. 342 00:25:22,451 --> 00:25:24,976 Bless me. 343 00:25:25,054 --> 00:25:27,284 Miss Dolittle, it's my hay fever. 344 00:25:27,356 --> 00:25:30,086 The Bishop of Glastonbury is attending my sermon this evening, 345 00:25:30,159 --> 00:25:32,559 - and it's most important, you understand. - Of course. 346 00:25:32,628 --> 00:25:34,926 - But my hay... hay... 347 00:25:37,099 --> 00:25:39,624 Oh! Oh! Oh! 348 00:25:39,702 --> 00:25:41,897 But... But... Oh! 349 00:25:49,946 --> 00:25:53,006 - Oh! - Sir Rupert, I'm so sorry! 350 00:25:53,082 --> 00:25:55,016 Where in the heavens does that woman think she's going? 351 00:25:55,084 --> 00:25:58,212 - Get out of my way, Vicar! 352 00:25:58,287 --> 00:26:00,221 Oh! 353 00:26:03,259 --> 00:26:05,420 Ow! 354 00:26:05,494 --> 00:26:08,691 Oh! 355 00:26:08,764 --> 00:26:10,732 Oh! 356 00:26:14,837 --> 00:26:16,896 Ow! 357 00:26:19,642 --> 00:26:23,806 Oh, let me out of this madhouse! 358 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,440 - Oh! Oh! - Sir Rupert, I'm so sorry! 359 00:26:29,518 --> 00:26:33,420 Ow! 360 00:26:50,139 --> 00:26:52,073 John! 361 00:26:52,141 --> 00:26:54,575 Yes, Sarah? 362 00:26:54,644 --> 00:26:58,546 I shall give you just five minutes to make up your mind. 363 00:26:58,614 --> 00:27:02,015 Either you get rid of every hideous bird, beast and reptile... 364 00:27:02,084 --> 00:27:04,848 in this ridiculous menagerie immediately, 365 00:27:04,921 --> 00:27:07,515 - or I am leaving... today! - But... 366 00:27:07,590 --> 00:27:11,788 - Five minutes. - Sarah, I can't just... 367 00:27:11,861 --> 00:27:13,795 Oh, yes, you can just. 368 00:27:18,968 --> 00:27:21,061 I don't think five minutes is very long. 369 00:27:33,616 --> 00:27:35,550 Anybody home? 370 00:27:35,618 --> 00:27:37,552 Oh, come in, Matthew. 371 00:27:39,355 --> 00:27:42,119 Well, l-I didn't know you was having a party. 372 00:27:46,862 --> 00:27:49,626 What are we celebrating? 373 00:27:49,699 --> 00:27:54,033 You know, Matthew, today I made a great discovery. 374 00:27:54,103 --> 00:27:58,699 Oh? What was that then? 375 00:27:58,774 --> 00:28:00,901 I'm a terrible doctor. 376 00:28:00,977 --> 00:28:03,946 I'm probably the worst doctor in the world. 377 00:28:04,013 --> 00:28:07,642 Good for you. I like a man who knows his worth. 378 00:28:07,717 --> 00:28:12,416 I have absolutely no interest in the health and welfare of my patients. 379 00:28:12,488 --> 00:28:14,854 I can't begin to communicate with them. 380 00:28:14,924 --> 00:28:16,983 I don't even want to communicate with them. 381 00:28:17,059 --> 00:28:20,859 I've come to the conclusion that, with the possible exception of yourself, 382 00:28:20,930 --> 00:28:24,058 I have nothing in common with the human race. 383 00:28:24,133 --> 00:28:27,102 You know, the trouble with you, John Dolittle, 384 00:28:27,169 --> 00:28:29,831 is you prefer animals to people. 385 00:28:29,905 --> 00:28:33,306 But animals are so much more fun than people. 386 00:28:33,376 --> 00:28:36,140 Then be an animal doctor. 387 00:28:40,316 --> 00:28:43,911 - What was that? - I said, "Be an animal doctor." 388 00:28:43,986 --> 00:28:46,546 Animal doctor? 389 00:28:46,622 --> 00:28:49,853 You know more about animals than anybody I've ever met. 390 00:28:49,925 --> 00:28:53,656 I could get every sick animal within miles to come to you. 391 00:28:53,729 --> 00:28:56,562 Aye, so could I. 392 00:28:56,632 --> 00:28:58,725 At least all the dogs and cats. 393 00:28:58,801 --> 00:29:02,430 All the rich ones, that is. The Pekes and the poodles. 394 00:29:02,505 --> 00:29:04,564 I could slip a little something into their meat. 395 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,235 Shh, Matthew. What do you mean? 396 00:29:08,310 --> 00:29:12,269 I mean, there isn't one good animal doctor in the west of England. 397 00:29:12,348 --> 00:29:14,748 Farmer Green's cow was saying only the other day... 398 00:29:14,817 --> 00:29:19,379 she just will not have another calf until she gets a decent doctor. 399 00:29:19,455 --> 00:29:21,616 You mean, you spoke to her? 400 00:29:21,690 --> 00:29:23,624 At the Animals' Welfare League. 401 00:29:23,692 --> 00:29:26,286 We meet every Wednesday. She's chair-cow. 402 00:29:26,362 --> 00:29:30,458 You mean, animals actually talk to one another? 403 00:29:30,533 --> 00:29:33,400 Well, of course, we can. Do you think we're all dumb? 404 00:29:33,469 --> 00:29:36,961 L... No, no. I knew parrots could talk. 405 00:29:37,039 --> 00:29:40,475 Parrots are the finest linguists in the animal kingdom. 406 00:29:40,543 --> 00:29:44,707 I speak over 2,000 languages, including dodo and unicorn. 407 00:29:44,780 --> 00:29:48,580 - Unicorn? - I have a classical education. 408 00:29:48,651 --> 00:29:52,451 Polynesia, could I learn to talk to animals? 409 00:29:52,521 --> 00:29:55,752 I don't see why not. You're quite intelligent. 410 00:29:55,825 --> 00:29:57,759 Oh, thank you. 411 00:29:59,662 --> 00:30:01,960 If I succeeded, I could become... 412 00:30:02,031 --> 00:30:05,000 the greatest animal doctor in the world. 413 00:30:05,067 --> 00:30:08,093 Oh, no question. Mind you, it isn't easy. 414 00:30:08,170 --> 00:30:10,138 I'm the only parrot in the world... 415 00:30:10,206 --> 00:30:13,698 who actually understands what she's talking about. 416 00:30:13,776 --> 00:30:16,301 Well, if you can do it, I don't see why I shouldn't. 417 00:30:16,378 --> 00:30:18,369 I like your attitude. 418 00:30:18,447 --> 00:30:20,950 Why have I never thought of this before? 419 00:30:21,083 --> 00:30:24,382 Polynesia, I want you to teach me everything you know. 420 00:30:24,453 --> 00:30:26,819 What, 2,000 languages? 421 00:30:26,889 --> 00:30:29,289 Certainly. We'll start at 8:00 tomorrow morning. 422 00:30:29,358 --> 00:30:31,792 But it took me over a hundred years. 423 00:30:31,860 --> 00:30:34,693 Then we'll start at 7:00. There's not a moment to lose. 424 00:30:34,763 --> 00:30:37,254 Matthew, think what it would mean... 425 00:30:37,333 --> 00:30:40,131 If I could talk to the animals 426 00:30:40,202 --> 00:30:44,696 Just imagine it Chatting to a chimp in chimpanzee 427 00:30:44,773 --> 00:30:48,539 Imagine talking to a tiger Chatting to a cheetah 428 00:30:48,610 --> 00:30:53,206 What a neat achievement that would be 429 00:30:53,282 --> 00:30:55,546 If we could talk to the animals 430 00:30:55,617 --> 00:30:57,551 Learn their languages 431 00:30:57,619 --> 00:31:00,213 Maybe take an animal degree 432 00:31:00,289 --> 00:31:04,487 I'd study elephant and eagle buffalo and beagle 433 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,586 Alligator, guinea pig and flea 434 00:31:07,663 --> 00:31:11,258 I would converse in polar bear and python 435 00:31:11,333 --> 00:31:14,860 And I would curse in fluent kangaroo 436 00:31:14,937 --> 00:31:18,395 If people asked me Can you speak rhinoceros 437 00:31:18,474 --> 00:31:21,068 I'd say, of course-eros Can't you 438 00:31:28,817 --> 00:31:33,083 If I conferred with our furry friends 439 00:31:33,155 --> 00:31:37,558 Man-to-animal Think of the amazing repartee 440 00:31:37,626 --> 00:31:40,117 If I could walk with the animals 441 00:31:40,195 --> 00:31:42,129 Talk with the animals 442 00:31:42,197 --> 00:31:45,223 Grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals 443 00:31:47,836 --> 00:31:50,805 And they could talk to me 444 00:31:52,975 --> 00:31:55,773 If I consulted with quadrupeds 445 00:31:55,844 --> 00:31:57,778 Think what fun we'd have 446 00:31:57,846 --> 00:32:00,474 Asking over crocodiles for tea 447 00:32:00,549 --> 00:32:02,983 Or maybe lunch with two or three lions 448 00:32:03,052 --> 00:32:04,986 Walruses or sea lions 449 00:32:05,054 --> 00:32:07,716 What a lovely place the world would be 450 00:32:26,575 --> 00:32:30,807 If I spoke slang to orangutans 451 00:32:30,879 --> 00:32:35,782 The advantages any fool on Earth could plainly see 452 00:32:35,851 --> 00:32:38,149 Discussing Eastern art and dramas 453 00:32:38,220 --> 00:32:40,450 With intellectual llamas 454 00:32:40,522 --> 00:32:43,616 That's a big step forward You'll agree 455 00:32:43,692 --> 00:32:47,287 I'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle 456 00:32:47,362 --> 00:32:50,957 My Pekingese would be extremely good 457 00:32:51,033 --> 00:32:54,491 If I were asked to sing in hippopotamus 458 00:32:54,570 --> 00:32:58,529 I'd say, why not-amus and would 459 00:32:58,607 --> 00:33:01,269 If I could parley with pachyderms 460 00:33:01,343 --> 00:33:05,871 It's a fairy tale worthy of Hans Andersen or Grimm 461 00:33:05,948 --> 00:33:08,382 A man who walks with the animals 462 00:33:08,450 --> 00:33:10,384 Talks with the animals 463 00:33:10,452 --> 00:33:14,013 Grunts and squeaks and squawks with the animals 464 00:33:14,089 --> 00:33:16,455 This is the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me, Polynesia. 465 00:33:16,525 --> 00:33:18,459 I can't wait to start. 466 00:33:23,665 --> 00:33:26,429 Just the very thing. 467 00:33:26,502 --> 00:33:28,436 For instance, Polynesia, how would I say... 468 00:33:28,504 --> 00:33:30,438 "good morning" to our friend there? 469 00:33:30,506 --> 00:33:32,440 In pig talk, I mean. 470 00:33:32,508 --> 00:33:34,874 That's simple. 471 00:33:37,613 --> 00:33:39,843 - Was that it? - Why, yes. 472 00:33:39,915 --> 00:33:43,510 It's remarkable. What was all the leg-shaking business? 473 00:33:43,585 --> 00:33:45,576 That's part of "good morning." 474 00:33:45,654 --> 00:33:48,987 Most animal languages are a mixture of sounds and movements. 475 00:33:49,057 --> 00:33:51,321 A short snort means "good." 476 00:33:51,393 --> 00:33:53,486 Shaking the leg means "morning." 477 00:33:53,562 --> 00:33:56,224 And you... And you just put the two together? 478 00:33:56,298 --> 00:33:58,994 That's right. 479 00:34:11,613 --> 00:34:13,547 Didn't answer me. 480 00:34:13,615 --> 00:34:17,051 No, that's your right leg. That means "good night." 481 00:34:17,119 --> 00:34:20,577 Oh. 482 00:34:23,959 --> 00:34:26,154 She answered. Did you see that? She answered. 483 00:34:26,228 --> 00:34:28,753 All I went was... 484 00:34:28,830 --> 00:34:32,027 Did it again. 485 00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:34,830 Good heavens. I speak pig. 486 00:34:34,903 --> 00:34:36,837 Where are we going? 487 00:34:36,905 --> 00:34:39,738 I want to say good morning to every animal in Puddleby. 488 00:35:25,887 --> 00:35:28,720 It's incredible. It's impossible. 489 00:35:28,790 --> 00:35:33,693 But it's true. A man can talk to the animals 490 00:35:33,762 --> 00:35:38,062 It's a miracle In a year from now I guarantee 491 00:35:38,133 --> 00:35:40,158 I'll be the marvel of the mammals 492 00:35:40,235 --> 00:35:42,169 Playing chess with camels 493 00:35:42,237 --> 00:35:44,432 No more just a boring old M.D. 494 00:35:44,506 --> 00:35:48,237 I'll study every living creature's language 495 00:35:48,310 --> 00:35:51,575 So I can speak to all of them on sight 496 00:35:51,647 --> 00:35:54,946 If friends say Can he talk in crab or pelican 497 00:35:55,017 --> 00:35:57,815 You'll say, like helican and you'll be right 498 00:35:57,886 --> 00:36:01,117 And if you just stop to think a bit 499 00:36:01,189 --> 00:36:05,182 There's no doubt of it I shall win a place in history 500 00:36:05,260 --> 00:36:08,286 For I can walk with the animals 501 00:36:08,363 --> 00:36:10,297 Talk with the animals 502 00:36:10,365 --> 00:36:14,324 Grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals 503 00:36:20,842 --> 00:36:23,538 And they can squeak and squawk 504 00:36:23,612 --> 00:36:25,842 And speak and talk 505 00:36:25,914 --> 00:36:27,848 To me 506 00:36:38,427 --> 00:36:41,521 Needless to say, Stubbins, I've neither seen nor spoken... 507 00:36:41,596 --> 00:36:44,121 to dear sister, Sarah, from that day to this. 508 00:36:44,199 --> 00:36:48,363 But I do have the consolation of being able to speak 498 animal languages. 509 00:36:48,437 --> 00:36:51,270 Any one of which is more fun than talking to Sarah. 510 00:36:51,340 --> 00:36:53,274 Four hundred and ninety-eight? 511 00:36:53,342 --> 00:36:55,572 With goldfish, it will be 499. 512 00:36:55,644 --> 00:36:57,874 When you get to 500, Doctor, we ought to have a party. 513 00:36:57,946 --> 00:36:59,880 We must. 514 00:36:59,948 --> 00:37:04,112 You'll need more than languages before we can search for the great pink sea snail. 515 00:37:04,186 --> 00:37:06,416 Voyages cost money, you know. 516 00:37:06,488 --> 00:37:08,422 Mm, quite. 517 00:37:08,490 --> 00:37:10,424 Now, gentlemen, if you'll forgive me, 518 00:37:10,492 --> 00:37:12,460 animals are earlier risers than human beings, 519 00:37:12,527 --> 00:37:14,961 and I've got to be up at 5:30 to open the clinic. 520 00:37:17,032 --> 00:37:18,966 Good heavens. You can't go home in that. 521 00:37:19,034 --> 00:37:22,026 Matthew, you can make up a bed here, if you don't mind Gub-Gub snoring. 522 00:37:22,104 --> 00:37:25,301 Stubbins can sleep on the sofa in the library. 523 00:37:25,374 --> 00:37:28,707 Polynesia will go over to your house and tell your parents you're all right. 524 00:37:28,777 --> 00:37:30,711 Good night. 525 00:37:30,779 --> 00:37:33,111 - Good night. - Good night. 526 00:37:34,182 --> 00:37:36,116 He's a genius. 527 00:38:07,949 --> 00:38:09,883 Uh-hum. 528 00:38:16,158 --> 00:38:18,092 I think you're next. 529 00:38:29,037 --> 00:38:30,971 What did you tell her? 530 00:38:31,039 --> 00:38:34,304 To take two of these pills three times a day after meals. 531 00:38:38,113 --> 00:38:41,605 Polynesia, remember that lady owes us a gallon of milk. 532 00:38:41,683 --> 00:38:44,379 - All right, Doctor. - Now, what next? 533 00:38:44,453 --> 00:38:46,614 This mouse. He has a bent tail. 534 00:38:46,688 --> 00:38:49,384 Oh, it's you again. 535 00:38:52,294 --> 00:38:54,319 Well, that's the third time this week. 536 00:38:55,564 --> 00:38:57,498 What's that machine? 537 00:38:57,566 --> 00:39:01,024 It's a whisker and tail straightener. My own invention. 538 00:39:01,102 --> 00:39:04,731 These field mice are always getting caught in General Bellowes' pantry... 539 00:39:04,806 --> 00:39:06,740 up at the Grange. 540 00:39:06,808 --> 00:39:10,209 Being a military man, he has a regular defense system of mousetraps, 541 00:39:10,278 --> 00:39:13,111 and they're all having very narrow escapes, like this one. 542 00:39:15,617 --> 00:39:18,177 There we are. That should do it. Good as new. 543 00:39:19,688 --> 00:39:21,952 There. 544 00:39:25,093 --> 00:39:28,494 But, uh, keep away from General Bellowes' pantry. 545 00:39:28,563 --> 00:39:31,623 Next. 546 00:39:31,700 --> 00:39:35,568 Good morning, Sheila. On the desk, please, Stubbins. 547 00:39:35,637 --> 00:39:37,571 Yes, sir. 548 00:39:54,122 --> 00:39:56,682 - Oh, I see. - What's the matter? 549 00:39:56,758 --> 00:39:58,885 Apparently one of her children have got flat feet. 550 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:02,726 This one? Yes. Very dangerous in hunting season. 551 00:40:02,797 --> 00:40:06,460 Can't run fast enough. I'll work out some form of exercise. 552 00:40:08,937 --> 00:40:11,735 Bum-bum. Bum-bum. 553 00:40:11,806 --> 00:40:13,774 Bum-bum. Something like that. 554 00:40:13,842 --> 00:40:16,970 Anyhow, we'd better see our other patients first. 555 00:40:17,045 --> 00:40:19,070 I can get on with this later. 556 00:40:22,617 --> 00:40:24,551 Good boy, Jip. 557 00:40:26,621 --> 00:40:28,555 Uh-oh. 558 00:40:34,029 --> 00:40:36,020 Ah, Toggle. 559 00:40:41,570 --> 00:40:44,300 Oh, yes, of course. 560 00:40:44,372 --> 00:40:47,170 Toggle's getting a bit shortsighted in his old age. 561 00:40:49,711 --> 00:40:53,477 There now. We'll just, uh, test these. 562 00:41:01,790 --> 00:41:04,816 Now, I'm sure this will be better than the last time. 563 00:41:25,914 --> 00:41:29,281 Good Lord. That's excellent. 564 00:41:29,351 --> 00:41:31,911 Polynesia, remember Toggle owes me a free ride... 565 00:41:31,987 --> 00:41:34,080 next time I have to go to Plymouth or Penzance. 566 00:41:34,155 --> 00:41:36,089 Yes, Doctor. 567 00:41:36,157 --> 00:41:39,320 What the devil! Emma, I'll murder him if I lay my hands on him! 568 00:41:39,394 --> 00:41:41,828 - That's Bellowes' voice. - Damn it! What's the matter? 569 00:41:41,896 --> 00:41:44,421 Out of my way! Out of my way! 570 00:41:44,499 --> 00:41:47,059 Get out of my way! Get out of my way! 571 00:41:49,004 --> 00:41:51,268 There he is. We've caught him red-handed. 572 00:41:51,339 --> 00:41:53,273 - Emma, you're a witness. - A witness to what? 573 00:41:53,341 --> 00:41:55,275 The most flagrant display of organized animal stealing... 574 00:41:55,343 --> 00:41:57,277 in the history of Puddleby crime. 575 00:41:57,345 --> 00:42:02,044 Organized? I beg... I am a doctor, sir. 576 00:42:02,117 --> 00:42:06,850 You are a horse thief, sir. That is my plow horse. 577 00:42:06,921 --> 00:42:08,855 It's no good your trying to disguise him. 578 00:42:08,923 --> 00:42:11,414 He's wearing glasses because he's shortsighted. 579 00:42:11,493 --> 00:42:14,155 I'd recognize him anywhere. 580 00:42:14,229 --> 00:42:17,960 Take them off. At once, sir. 581 00:42:18,033 --> 00:42:21,764 Shortsighted. That won't sound very convincing in front of the magistrate. 582 00:42:21,836 --> 00:42:23,997 - Magistrate? - I'm prosecuting, 583 00:42:24,072 --> 00:42:26,302 and I don't fancy your chances in court. 584 00:42:26,374 --> 00:42:29,502 I'm the magistrate, and if I weren't late for my foxhunt, 585 00:42:29,577 --> 00:42:32,842 I'd report you for cruelty to animals. 586 00:42:38,420 --> 00:42:40,354 Don't you dare lay a finger on her. 587 00:42:40,422 --> 00:42:42,356 - She's one of my patients. - One of your what? 588 00:42:42,424 --> 00:42:45,222 She's been chased by your wretched foxhounds three times in two weeks. 589 00:42:45,293 --> 00:42:47,158 You've already murdered her husband. 590 00:42:47,228 --> 00:42:50,527 If anything happened to her, these babies are going to be orphans. 591 00:42:50,598 --> 00:42:52,725 It's all right, Sheila. I won't let him hurt you. 592 00:42:52,801 --> 00:42:55,565 I've never heard... Sheila? 593 00:42:55,637 --> 00:42:58,367 Just the sight of you is enough to give her a heart attack. 594 00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,704 Look at her. She's a complete nervous wreck. 595 00:43:00,775 --> 00:43:03,335 She'll be more than that by the time I'm finished with her! 596 00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:06,947 - You'll never catch her. - Tallyho! 597 00:43:14,422 --> 00:43:17,755 There are times when the English are rather tiresome. 598 00:43:22,197 --> 00:43:25,758 Bellowes, no! 599 00:43:25,834 --> 00:43:29,702 Out of my way! 600 00:43:31,172 --> 00:43:34,471 - Out of my way! Out of my way! - Oh, well. 601 00:43:38,513 --> 00:43:40,447 "Never catch her," eh? 602 00:43:40,515 --> 00:43:43,416 What do you think this is? 603 00:43:44,686 --> 00:43:47,450 My horse! 604 00:44:00,468 --> 00:44:02,959 - Where did they come from? - North America. 605 00:44:03,037 --> 00:44:05,505 We formed an Anglo-American Fox Protection Society. 606 00:44:05,573 --> 00:44:07,507 Purely volunteer, of course. 607 00:44:12,981 --> 00:44:15,108 Fox Protection Society? 608 00:44:15,183 --> 00:44:18,209 Yes. During the hunting season, a skunk will always run with a fox. 609 00:44:18,286 --> 00:44:20,345 The idea is to put the hounds off the scent. 610 00:44:20,421 --> 00:44:22,355 I never dreamt it would work so well. 611 00:44:22,423 --> 00:44:25,119 - How dare you! - I beg your pardon? 612 00:44:25,193 --> 00:44:27,127 - General Bellowes... - He certainly does. 613 00:44:27,195 --> 00:44:29,629 - Is my uncle. - I'm sorry. 614 00:44:29,697 --> 00:44:31,995 - Is that an apology? - I'm sorry he's your uncle. 615 00:44:32,066 --> 00:44:34,000 And I'm sorry I'm his niece. 616 00:44:34,068 --> 00:44:36,161 - It must be terrible. - What do you mean? 617 00:44:36,237 --> 00:44:38,171 Having a name like Bellowes. 618 00:44:38,239 --> 00:44:41,640 - My name is Emma Fairfax. - Oh, that's a bit better. 619 00:44:41,709 --> 00:44:45,145 What I meant was that if I were his nephew instead of his niece... 620 00:44:45,213 --> 00:44:47,841 If you were his nephew, you'd hardly be called Emma Fairfax. 621 00:44:47,916 --> 00:44:50,441 - If I were a man... - Fred Fairfax? 622 00:44:50,518 --> 00:44:52,611 I have never in my entire experience... 623 00:44:52,687 --> 00:44:56,282 known anyone treat people as appallingly as you do. 624 00:44:56,357 --> 00:44:58,689 I don't treat people, madam. I treat animals. 625 00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:00,694 You treat people like animals too. 626 00:45:00,762 --> 00:45:02,992 And I have nothing but contempt for people whose idea of pleasure... 627 00:45:03,064 --> 00:45:06,465 is to take a defenseless animal and make a social event out of a ritual killing. 628 00:45:06,534 --> 00:45:09,230 - That's it, John Dolittle. You tell her. - Matthew, I am telling her. 629 00:45:09,304 --> 00:45:11,272 - You make it sound... - Furthermore... 630 00:45:11,339 --> 00:45:14,706 - Don't keep interrupting me! - I'm sorry. What did you wish to say? 631 00:45:14,776 --> 00:45:16,835 Oh, I've forgotten! 632 00:45:16,911 --> 00:45:18,970 Very well. Furthermore, I would deem it a favor if in the future... 633 00:45:19,047 --> 00:45:20,981 you and your bloodthirsty relatives... 634 00:45:21,049 --> 00:45:22,983 would avoid coming here and upsetting the animals. 635 00:45:23,051 --> 00:45:26,350 In any case, I find it hard to believe that a grown man... 636 00:45:26,421 --> 00:45:30,221 can waste his entire life playing with animals in the first place. 637 00:45:30,291 --> 00:45:32,350 And I, madam, find it equally hard to believe... 638 00:45:32,427 --> 00:45:35,658 that a grown woman could spend her entire life doing absolutely nothing. 639 00:45:40,568 --> 00:45:43,401 You got to admit that for someone called Fred, 640 00:45:43,471 --> 00:45:45,841 she's a fair-looking fellow. 641 00:45:52,948 --> 00:45:55,382 If I were a man 642 00:45:55,450 --> 00:45:58,283 I'd scratch his eyes out 643 00:45:58,353 --> 00:46:01,117 I'd tear his hair out by the roots 644 00:46:01,189 --> 00:46:04,181 And kick his shins in with my boots 645 00:46:04,259 --> 00:46:07,592 And I would bite his hand as only I can 646 00:46:07,662 --> 00:46:11,689 If only I could be a man 647 00:46:13,501 --> 00:46:16,527 A great man would not hesitate 648 00:46:16,605 --> 00:46:19,540 To put Dr. Dolittle to death 649 00:46:19,608 --> 00:46:22,372 Attila the Hun To name only one 650 00:46:22,444 --> 00:46:26,437 Would chuckle at his dying breath 651 00:46:28,250 --> 00:46:31,617 It seems a man can be as rude as he likes 652 00:46:31,686 --> 00:46:34,086 Crude as he likes Lewd as he likes too 653 00:46:37,692 --> 00:46:41,287 But a girl must be discreet as she can 654 00:46:41,363 --> 00:46:46,266 Sweet as she can Neat as she can too 655 00:46:54,809 --> 00:46:57,300 But that's not the life 656 00:46:57,379 --> 00:47:00,007 That I want to lead 657 00:47:00,081 --> 00:47:04,950 Normal and formal as homespun tweed 658 00:47:05,020 --> 00:47:09,320 I need the freedom to go 659 00:47:09,391 --> 00:47:11,882 Where I please 660 00:47:13,128 --> 00:47:15,255 But where 661 00:47:15,330 --> 00:47:17,321 Do I please 662 00:47:17,399 --> 00:47:20,596 I don't know 663 00:47:20,669 --> 00:47:24,469 That's the trouble 664 00:47:24,539 --> 00:47:30,444 I don't know 665 00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:37,978 Here I stand at the crossroads of life 666 00:47:38,053 --> 00:47:40,521 Childhood behind me 667 00:47:40,588 --> 00:47:43,523 The future to come 668 00:47:45,694 --> 00:47:48,686 And alone 669 00:47:52,334 --> 00:47:58,671 Nothing planned at the crossroads of life 670 00:47:58,740 --> 00:48:01,004 But life will find me 671 00:48:01,076 --> 00:48:04,068 More grateful than some 672 00:48:06,815 --> 00:48:11,252 It has known 673 00:48:13,154 --> 00:48:16,021 Grateful to see 674 00:48:16,091 --> 00:48:21,119 All the wonderful things I see 675 00:48:21,196 --> 00:48:23,892 Grateful to be 676 00:48:23,965 --> 00:48:29,403 What life expects me to be 677 00:48:31,106 --> 00:48:37,477 So I stand at the crossroads of life 678 00:48:37,545 --> 00:48:39,979 This way or that way 679 00:48:40,048 --> 00:48:44,280 Well, which shall I go 680 00:48:47,389 --> 00:48:51,621 Towards the left or the right 681 00:48:51,693 --> 00:48:55,789 Towards the day or the night 682 00:48:55,864 --> 00:49:02,167 Towards the dark or the light 683 00:49:02,237 --> 00:49:07,732 Only my heart can know 684 00:49:08,810 --> 00:49:14,248 Only my heart 685 00:49:15,750 --> 00:49:22,349 Can know 686 00:49:39,841 --> 00:49:43,902 - What is it? - Ha. I don't know, Doctor. It just arrived for ya. 687 00:49:43,978 --> 00:49:46,446 - It's making funny noises. 688 00:49:46,514 --> 00:49:49,449 - Extraordinary-looking thing. - It's from Tibet. 689 00:49:49,517 --> 00:49:51,883 It's probably that pink sea snail you was lookin' for. 690 00:49:51,953 --> 00:49:53,921 No, it's not big enough for that. 691 00:49:53,988 --> 00:49:55,922 What do you suppose it is? 692 00:49:55,990 --> 00:49:57,924 Well, we could always open it and find out. 693 00:49:57,992 --> 00:49:59,926 Oh, yes. What a good idea. 694 00:50:03,565 --> 00:50:06,500 Ah. Oh, look, it's a llama. 695 00:50:06,568 --> 00:50:08,502 Come on, boy. Come on, boy. 696 00:50:08,570 --> 00:50:13,030 I think he's nervous. Open up the other end and give him a push, Matthew. 697 00:50:14,442 --> 00:50:17,843 Here. 698 00:50:17,912 --> 00:50:20,676 There's another one at this end. There's two of them. 699 00:50:20,748 --> 00:50:23,945 Two llamas? How thoughtful of somebody. People are awfully nice. 700 00:50:24,018 --> 00:50:26,714 - What are you going to do with them? - We could make ourselves... 701 00:50:26,788 --> 00:50:28,949 a couple of nice overcoats for a start. 702 00:50:29,023 --> 00:50:31,992 Come on, boy. Come on, boy. 703 00:50:32,060 --> 00:50:34,221 This way, lad. Come on. Come on. 704 00:50:34,295 --> 00:50:37,628 That's a good fella. 705 00:50:37,699 --> 00:50:41,328 I don't believe it. It can't be. 706 00:50:43,037 --> 00:50:45,562 - It is! It is! - What? What? What? 707 00:50:49,043 --> 00:50:50,977 It's a pushmi-pullyu. 708 00:50:51,045 --> 00:50:53,946 - Look. - Holy O'Reilly. Forgive me. 709 00:50:54,015 --> 00:50:55,949 I'll never touch another drop. 710 00:50:56,017 --> 00:50:58,110 Stubbins, pat the other end. They're very timid. 711 00:50:58,186 --> 00:51:00,984 This is without doubt the first one that's ever been captured. 712 00:51:01,055 --> 00:51:03,819 If I had a head at each end, I'd take a bit of catchin' too. 713 00:51:09,097 --> 00:51:11,725 - What's he saying, Doctor? - It's rather difficult to understand. 714 00:51:11,799 --> 00:51:14,393 It's a camel dialect with rather a thick accent. 715 00:51:17,338 --> 00:51:21,331 - A message? Oh, a message for me. - Is this it? 716 00:51:21,409 --> 00:51:23,900 Ah, yes, it's from Long Arrow. I should have guessed. 717 00:51:23,978 --> 00:51:25,912 Who's he when he's at home? 718 00:51:25,980 --> 00:51:28,278 The greatest naturalist in the world and a very old friend. 719 00:51:28,349 --> 00:51:30,408 - He's a Red Indian gentleman. - With a name like Long Arrow, 720 00:51:30,485 --> 00:51:32,419 I didn't think he was Irish. 721 00:51:32,487 --> 00:51:34,421 - What's all them drawings, Doctor? - Picture writing. 722 00:51:34,489 --> 00:51:36,423 It's the only way we can communicate. 723 00:51:36,491 --> 00:51:39,483 You see, this means the pushmi-pullyu is a gift. 724 00:51:39,561 --> 00:51:42,724 The open hand, you see? For me. That's me. 725 00:51:42,797 --> 00:51:45,561 From his friend, Long Arrow. 726 00:51:45,633 --> 00:51:47,658 To make money to take a ship... 727 00:51:47,735 --> 00:51:50,795 to search for great pink sea snail. 728 00:51:50,872 --> 00:51:54,364 Signed Long Arrow. 729 00:51:54,442 --> 00:51:56,376 Oh, that's marvelous. 730 00:51:56,444 --> 00:52:00,141 But tell me, Doctor, how do you make money with a pushmi-pullyu? 731 00:52:00,215 --> 00:52:04,083 I thought it was obvious. Stubbins, what would you do if you had two heads? 732 00:52:04,152 --> 00:52:06,746 - I'd join a circus, sir. - Exactly. 733 00:52:11,659 --> 00:52:13,923 Excuse me. I'm looking for the proprietor. 734 00:52:13,995 --> 00:52:15,929 You've found him. Albert Blossom. 735 00:52:15,997 --> 00:52:19,228 - Splendid. How do you do? My name's Dolittle. - I'm not interested. 736 00:52:19,300 --> 00:52:22,565 - I thought you might like to see a rather unusual... - No, I wouldn't. 737 00:52:22,637 --> 00:52:24,867 It's probably something you haven't seen before. 738 00:52:24,939 --> 00:52:26,998 I've seen everything before. 739 00:52:27,075 --> 00:52:30,067 - Then you aren't interested? - That's right. I'm not interested. 740 00:52:30,144 --> 00:52:32,078 Come along, Matthew. 741 00:52:34,182 --> 00:52:38,551 - Sorry to have troubled you. Good day. - Good day. 742 00:52:42,090 --> 00:52:44,854 - It's a trick. - No, it's no trick. 743 00:52:44,926 --> 00:52:48,862 Why... But... I've never seen anything like it. 744 00:52:48,930 --> 00:52:51,694 - Neither has anybody else. - Hey, whoa! I say, come here! Just a minute. 745 00:52:51,766 --> 00:52:56,169 Hey, hey! I mean, l-I've never seen anything like it. 746 00:52:56,237 --> 00:52:58,762 I mean, I've seen the world I've been around 747 00:52:58,840 --> 00:53:01,308 I can tell you stories that would quite astound you 748 00:53:01,376 --> 00:53:03,310 I'm not a fool I went to school 749 00:53:03,378 --> 00:53:05,312 I've been from Liverpool to Istanbul 750 00:53:05,380 --> 00:53:07,940 Istanbul, I'm no fool 751 00:53:08,016 --> 00:53:11,713 And anyone will tell you that I'm sharper than a knife 752 00:53:11,786 --> 00:53:15,119 But I've never seen anything like it in my life 753 00:53:15,189 --> 00:53:17,123 - It's a pushmi-pullyu. - Is it? 754 00:53:17,191 --> 00:53:20,820 Well, I've never seen anything like it I've never seen anything like it 755 00:53:20,895 --> 00:53:23,762 I've never seen anything like it in my life 756 00:53:23,831 --> 00:53:27,631 - It's the rarest animal on Earth. - It certainly is! 757 00:53:27,702 --> 00:53:29,636 Hey, hold up a moment. Hey! 758 00:53:29,704 --> 00:53:32,070 I mean, I know the game I've seen them all 759 00:53:32,140 --> 00:53:34,301 I could tell you stories that would quite enthrall you 760 00:53:34,375 --> 00:53:36,400 I know me job Pleasin' the mob 761 00:53:36,477 --> 00:53:38,741 I give 'em what they want for just two bob 762 00:53:38,813 --> 00:53:40,872 Just two bob Well, that's my job 763 00:53:40,948 --> 00:53:45,442 But this is so fantastic I can't wait to tell the wife 764 00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:48,353 Gertie, you've never seen anything like it in your life 765 00:53:48,423 --> 00:53:50,357 Come on out! 766 00:53:50,425 --> 00:53:54,088 You've never seen anything like it I've never seen anything like it 767 00:53:54,162 --> 00:53:57,461 You've never seen anything like it in your life 768 00:53:57,532 --> 00:54:00,626 It's a bicranium, madam. 769 00:54:00,702 --> 00:54:04,900 Arthur! Charlie! Joe! 770 00:54:04,972 --> 00:54:06,906 Come and have a look at this! 771 00:54:06,974 --> 00:54:09,442 Beverly, get Joe! 772 00:54:14,215 --> 00:54:18,481 I thought I'd seen every wonder in the world 773 00:54:18,553 --> 00:54:22,683 I've seen the Colosseum in Rome and the Acropolis 774 00:54:22,757 --> 00:54:27,387 I've made the biggest blunder in the world 775 00:54:27,462 --> 00:54:32,297 'Cause I've never seen anything quite like this 776 00:54:32,367 --> 00:54:34,858 Now look what you've done! You've frightened him! 777 00:54:34,936 --> 00:54:36,995 Hey, come back! Come back! 778 00:54:43,978 --> 00:54:46,139 I'm down to earth I'll tell you straight 779 00:54:46,214 --> 00:54:48,307 I could tell you stories that would fascinate you 780 00:54:48,383 --> 00:54:50,317 I know the trade I know the tricks 781 00:54:50,385 --> 00:54:52,353 I once bought an elephant for two pound six 782 00:54:52,420 --> 00:54:54,513 Two pound six Taught it tricks 783 00:54:54,589 --> 00:54:58,889 But for your pushmi-pullyu I'd pay three pounds 784 00:54:58,960 --> 00:55:01,724 Four pounds! 785 00:55:01,796 --> 00:55:03,730 Five! 786 00:55:03,798 --> 00:55:07,825 'Cause I've never seen anything like it that's alive 787 00:55:07,902 --> 00:55:10,928 I tell you what. I'd even pay for it in cash. 788 00:55:11,005 --> 00:55:14,441 Five? That wasn't exactly what we had in mind. 789 00:55:14,509 --> 00:55:18,707 Because, you see, pushmi-pullyus are remarkable creatures 790 00:55:18,780 --> 00:55:21,340 Of all God's animals they're the cleverest 791 00:55:21,416 --> 00:55:24,874 They develop these remarkable features running up and down Mount Everest 792 00:55:24,952 --> 00:55:27,682 - No! - Yes! Absolutely true. 793 00:55:27,755 --> 00:55:30,417 Runnin' up and down Mount Everest? 794 00:55:30,491 --> 00:55:32,584 Exactly. You see... 795 00:55:32,660 --> 00:55:36,187 Running up and down the mountain gives them very nimble feet 796 00:55:36,264 --> 00:55:38,698 Put them on the right rope They could walk a tightrope 797 00:55:38,766 --> 00:55:40,734 That should give the audience a rare old treat 798 00:55:40,802 --> 00:55:44,294 And this extreme agility begets a rare ability 799 00:55:44,372 --> 00:55:47,899 Shared only with the mountain goats of France 800 00:55:47,975 --> 00:55:51,968 The pushmi-pullyu loves to dance 801 00:56:27,515 --> 00:56:30,746 I'll give you anything you want. 802 00:56:30,818 --> 00:56:33,309 - The terms are quite simple. - Anything you want! 803 00:56:33,387 --> 00:56:35,321 - Four-week engagement. - Right! 804 00:56:35,389 --> 00:56:37,516 - Share all profits equally. - Right. 805 00:56:37,592 --> 00:56:39,890 Two performances a day. 806 00:56:39,961 --> 00:56:43,192 Oh, uh, no, uh, four performances a day. 807 00:56:43,264 --> 00:56:45,198 Just a minute. 808 00:56:51,506 --> 00:56:53,940 We have a problem. 809 00:56:57,678 --> 00:56:59,771 Well, what do they want? 810 00:56:59,847 --> 00:57:02,748 Three shows a day. 811 00:57:02,817 --> 00:57:05,047 And four on Saturday? 812 00:57:07,522 --> 00:57:09,717 They agree. 813 00:57:09,790 --> 00:57:11,348 Done! 814 00:57:33,014 --> 00:57:35,608 La, la-la, la 815 00:57:35,683 --> 00:57:37,378 La, la, la, la, la 816 00:57:52,633 --> 00:57:55,830 - My dear Dolittle! - Oh, I'm awfully sorry. 817 00:58:21,295 --> 00:58:23,763 You've never seen anything like it! 818 00:58:23,831 --> 00:58:25,765 I've never seen anything like it. 819 00:58:33,307 --> 00:58:36,401 Dolittle, me. 820 00:58:39,313 --> 00:58:40,644 Thank you. 821 00:58:53,894 --> 00:58:55,828 - Me. - No, Dolittle. 822 00:59:50,317 --> 00:59:53,150 I mean, you're not a fool 823 00:59:53,220 --> 00:59:55,711 Neither am I 824 00:59:55,790 --> 01:00:00,955 I could tell you stories that would stultify you 825 01:00:01,028 --> 01:00:05,328 Open your eyes What do you see 826 01:00:05,399 --> 01:00:10,735 This thing's a miracle for you and me 827 01:00:10,805 --> 01:00:14,002 Guarantee 828 01:00:14,075 --> 01:00:17,010 I agree 829 01:00:17,078 --> 01:00:21,606 Within a meager month I've seen my wildest dreams come true 830 01:00:21,682 --> 01:00:25,812 'Cause I've never seen anything like it nor have you 831 01:00:25,886 --> 01:00:30,258 Oh, I've never seen anything like it Never seen anything like it 832 01:00:30,391 --> 01:00:32,256 I've never seen anything like it 833 01:00:32,326 --> 01:00:36,695 In all my 834 01:00:36,764 --> 01:00:38,857 Life 835 01:00:48,309 --> 01:00:51,176 What's the matter with you, Sophie? 836 01:00:51,245 --> 01:00:54,976 Come on, Sophie. Catch it. 837 01:00:55,049 --> 01:00:58,985 Try again, Sophie. 838 01:01:02,323 --> 01:01:04,655 Come on, Sophie. 839 01:01:04,725 --> 01:01:07,023 - That's yours. - Oh, thanks. 840 01:01:07,094 --> 01:01:10,427 Right, well, I'm off to the bank. 841 01:01:10,498 --> 01:01:14,764 Ah, here we are now. "Seals are notoriously sentimental creatures. 842 01:01:14,835 --> 01:01:17,963 Prolonged separation from those they love can result... 843 01:01:18,039 --> 01:01:20,974 in complete lack of interest in their usual activities." 844 01:01:21,042 --> 01:01:23,977 That would explain why Sophie keeps dropping things in her act. 845 01:01:24,045 --> 01:01:27,481 It isn't like her. I'm sure she's pining for some reason. 846 01:01:27,548 --> 01:01:30,711 I must go and have a chat with her. This fellow obviously knows what he's talking about. 847 01:01:30,785 --> 01:01:34,551 - Who wrote the book, Doctor? - Uh, oh, I did. 848 01:01:34,622 --> 01:01:36,681 - Hmm. - Just a moment! 849 01:01:36,757 --> 01:01:38,850 I have something to say to you, 850 01:01:38,926 --> 01:01:42,020 - Mr. Dolittle. - Doctor. 851 01:01:42,096 --> 01:01:44,121 Doctor? 852 01:01:44,198 --> 01:01:49,135 I've heard of some hypocrites in my time, but you are contemptible! 853 01:01:49,203 --> 01:01:53,435 All that sanctimonious claptrap about protecting defenseless creatures, 854 01:01:53,507 --> 01:01:57,443 and here you are an animal trainer in a cheap circus! 855 01:01:57,511 --> 01:02:00,002 Exhibiting freaks! 856 01:02:03,985 --> 01:02:06,146 Come, lad. Why don't you go and make some cocoa? 857 01:02:06,220 --> 01:02:10,554 - I don't want any cocoa, do you? - I'd love some, lad. Yes. Off you go. 858 01:02:10,625 --> 01:02:12,559 Hello, Fred. 859 01:02:12,627 --> 01:02:15,960 He is... He's very rude. 860 01:02:16,030 --> 01:02:20,364 Who, the doctor? Oh, no, not at all. He's a darlin' man. 861 01:02:20,434 --> 01:02:23,062 Did you hear what he said about my uncle? 862 01:02:23,137 --> 01:02:28,040 Oh, that, yeah, well, he's a darlin' man, but he's very rude. 863 01:02:28,109 --> 01:02:32,876 Of course, I wouldn't mind so much except everything he said was true. 864 01:02:32,947 --> 01:02:36,280 You should never believe anybody who goes around tellin' the truth. 865 01:02:36,350 --> 01:02:38,318 They're not to be trusted. 866 01:02:38,386 --> 01:02:43,915 Ya have to do it both ends. Otherwise it gets jealous. 867 01:02:43,991 --> 01:02:47,654 He was too ashamed to say anything just now, of course. 868 01:02:47,728 --> 01:02:50,788 - Too nice. - Nice? 869 01:02:50,865 --> 01:02:53,993 He's the kindest man on God's Earth, Fred. 870 01:02:54,068 --> 01:02:58,198 He understands animals better than you and me will ever understand anythin'. 871 01:02:58,272 --> 01:03:01,503 Well, I certainly don't understand him. 872 01:03:01,575 --> 01:03:05,443 Ah, sure, now. He's one of the beautiful people. 873 01:03:05,513 --> 01:03:08,880 And I'm sure now he's one of the horrible people. 874 01:03:08,949 --> 01:03:11,144 You're wrong, sweetheart. 875 01:03:11,352 --> 01:03:14,480 I can't explain what it is that he is 876 01:03:14,555 --> 01:03:19,219 But he is what he is for a very good reason 877 01:03:19,293 --> 01:03:22,785 I can't explain why he does what he does 878 01:03:22,863 --> 01:03:27,391 But he does what he does 'cause his heart is pure 879 01:03:27,468 --> 01:03:30,232 Of that much 880 01:03:30,304 --> 01:03:33,603 I am sure 881 01:03:33,674 --> 01:03:37,610 I'm sure as I told young Tom the other day 882 01:03:37,678 --> 01:03:41,045 He lives in a world of fantasy 883 01:03:41,115 --> 01:03:45,984 And that is a world I plan to see, fantasy 884 01:03:47,154 --> 01:03:51,454 Can't you see 885 01:03:51,525 --> 01:03:56,292 The world is full of beautiful things 886 01:03:56,364 --> 01:04:00,300 Butterfly wings Fairy tale kings 887 01:04:00,368 --> 01:04:04,031 And each new day undoubtedly brings 888 01:04:04,105 --> 01:04:07,973 Still more beautiful things 889 01:04:10,211 --> 01:04:14,147 The world abounds with many delights 890 01:04:14,215 --> 01:04:17,707 Magical sights Fanciful flights 891 01:04:17,785 --> 01:04:21,687 And those who dream on beautiful nights 892 01:04:21,756 --> 01:04:25,089 Dream of beautiful things 893 01:04:27,228 --> 01:04:30,994 Beautiful days for sunshine lazin' 894 01:04:31,065 --> 01:04:34,626 Beautiful skies and shores 895 01:04:34,702 --> 01:04:38,604 Beautiful days when I can gaze 896 01:04:38,672 --> 01:04:41,505 In beautiful eyes 897 01:04:41,575 --> 01:04:44,840 Like yours 898 01:05:14,341 --> 01:05:19,870 Our lives tick by like a pendulum swings 899 01:05:19,947 --> 01:05:23,906 Poor little things Puppets on strings 900 01:05:23,984 --> 01:05:26,316 But life is full 901 01:05:26,387 --> 01:05:31,188 Of beautiful things 902 01:05:31,258 --> 01:05:33,783 Beautiful people 903 01:05:33,861 --> 01:05:36,591 Too 904 01:05:36,664 --> 01:05:41,533 Beautiful people 905 01:05:41,602 --> 01:05:44,264 Like 906 01:05:44,338 --> 01:05:55,146 You 907 01:06:02,323 --> 01:06:05,986 I see. I see. 908 01:06:09,063 --> 01:06:11,827 I'm sorry. Hmm. 909 01:06:11,899 --> 01:06:14,197 Ah, cocoa. Come in, gentlemen. 910 01:06:14,268 --> 01:06:17,066 You know Sophie, don't you? Oh, yes, of course you do. 911 01:06:17,137 --> 01:06:19,469 It seems we have a problem on our hands. 912 01:06:19,540 --> 01:06:21,974 Sophie's just been telling me how much she misses her husband. 913 01:06:22,042 --> 01:06:25,239 That's why she couldn't concentrate on her performance, just as I thought. 914 01:06:25,312 --> 01:06:28,406 - Where is her husband? - The North Pole. That's the problem. 915 01:06:28,482 --> 01:06:31,280 They were on their way there when Sophie was captured. 916 01:06:31,352 --> 01:06:35,083 If she doesn't get back to him, she feels she's going to go completely to pieces. 917 01:06:35,155 --> 01:06:37,851 What do you want us to do? Go to the North Pole? 918 01:06:37,925 --> 01:06:40,393 Unfortunately, there isn't time, but it's very pleasant up there. 919 01:06:40,461 --> 01:06:42,656 But the North Pole hasn't been discovered yet. 920 01:06:42,730 --> 01:06:46,723 Not officially. I'd never say anything about it. I promised the polar bears I wouldn't. 921 01:06:46,800 --> 01:06:48,995 Anyway, that's beside the point. 922 01:06:49,069 --> 01:06:52,004 What we've got to do is to get Sophie back to her husband. 923 01:06:52,072 --> 01:06:54,734 Now, if I could get her to the Bristol Channel, 924 01:06:54,808 --> 01:06:57,106 she could swim it in about a week. 925 01:06:57,177 --> 01:07:02,706 You go along there, around that bit, then straight on and then slightly to the left. 926 01:07:02,783 --> 01:07:07,015 Oh, that's great, but how does she get to the Bristol Channel? 927 01:07:07,087 --> 01:07:11,820 - Well, she'd have to escape. - Escape? A seal? 928 01:07:11,892 --> 01:07:15,885 I can hardly go to Blossom and say she wanted to go to the North Pole to see her husband. 929 01:07:15,963 --> 01:07:17,954 He wouldn't believe a word. 930 01:07:18,032 --> 01:07:20,466 - You know something? - What? 931 01:07:20,534 --> 01:07:24,334 - She's gonna have to escape. - Tonight. 932 01:08:37,378 --> 01:08:40,313 Shh. Shh. 933 01:09:27,561 --> 01:09:32,692 - Is everything all right, sir? - It's my grandmother. She's not very well. 934 01:09:32,766 --> 01:09:35,200 I'm taking her to Bristol. 935 01:09:36,837 --> 01:09:39,601 - Can you smell fish? - Fish? 936 01:09:39,673 --> 01:09:44,269 It's Granny. She's on a special diet. 937 01:09:44,344 --> 01:09:46,812 Very wise, sir. 938 01:10:43,070 --> 01:10:46,369 Are you all right, dear? Enjoying the trip? 939 01:10:46,440 --> 01:10:49,136 Oh, that's good. 940 01:11:05,192 --> 01:11:08,127 Whoa! Whoa! 941 01:11:10,764 --> 01:11:12,732 What's the delay? What's going on there? 942 01:11:12,800 --> 01:11:16,600 Jack Fitch, the highwayman, has been seen on this road. We have to search all coaches. 943 01:11:16,670 --> 01:11:19,935 Help yourself. You'll find no surprise in here. 944 01:11:39,259 --> 01:11:41,853 All right, driver. 945 01:11:43,764 --> 01:11:45,595 All right, get up. 946 01:11:45,666 --> 01:11:47,930 All right, go on. 947 01:12:33,947 --> 01:12:36,347 Come back here, Nelly! Nelly, come back here! 948 01:12:36,416 --> 01:12:39,476 Where are you going? Where are you going, Nelly? 949 01:12:39,553 --> 01:12:42,078 Come on back! Come back here, I tell ya! 950 01:13:08,048 --> 01:13:12,985 Well, here we are. Sorry it was such an uncomfortable journey, 951 01:13:13,053 --> 01:13:15,988 but it was really the only way. 952 01:13:23,864 --> 01:13:25,991 There, there, there, Sophie. 953 01:13:26,066 --> 01:13:30,469 Don't get upset. I can't bear females who cry. 954 01:13:30,537 --> 01:13:33,529 Shh. Don't look at me like that, Sophie, 955 01:13:33,607 --> 01:13:35,905 or I'll get upset too. 956 01:13:35,976 --> 01:13:40,106 Dear Sophie, you understand so much, don't you? 957 01:13:40,180 --> 01:13:43,081 When I look in your eyes 958 01:13:43,150 --> 01:13:47,484 I see the wisdom of the world in your eyes 959 01:13:47,554 --> 01:13:52,856 I see the sadness of a thousand good-byes 960 01:13:52,926 --> 01:13:56,020 When I look in your eyes Shh, shh. 961 01:13:59,633 --> 01:14:03,000 And it is no surprise 962 01:14:03,070 --> 01:14:07,837 To see the softness of the moon in your eyes 963 01:14:07,908 --> 01:14:12,072 The gentle sparkle of the stars in the skies 964 01:14:12,145 --> 01:14:16,844 When I look in your eyes 965 01:14:23,090 --> 01:14:27,754 In your eyes I see the deepness of the sea 966 01:14:27,828 --> 01:14:30,763 I see the deepness 967 01:14:30,831 --> 01:14:36,326 Of the love, the love I feel you feel for me 968 01:14:43,076 --> 01:14:46,204 Autumn comes, summer dies 969 01:14:46,279 --> 01:14:50,875 I see the passing of the years in your eyes 970 01:14:50,951 --> 01:14:55,081 And when we part, there will be no tears, no good-byes 971 01:14:55,155 --> 01:14:59,785 I'll just look into your eyes 972 01:15:03,897 --> 01:15:07,697 Dear Sophie Those eyes so wise 973 01:15:07,768 --> 01:15:10,601 So warm, so real 974 01:15:12,072 --> 01:15:15,132 Isn't it a pity you're a seal 975 01:15:36,430 --> 01:15:38,591 Well, she's on her way. 976 01:15:38,665 --> 01:15:43,796 - What did you throw her in for? - She wanted to go back to her husband. 977 01:15:48,039 --> 01:15:49,904 No, you don't understand at all. 978 01:15:49,974 --> 01:15:52,738 She wasn't a woman. She was a seal. 979 01:15:52,810 --> 01:15:55,301 - A seal? - Yes. 980 01:15:55,380 --> 01:15:57,905 Dressed in a bonnet and shawl? 981 01:15:57,982 --> 01:16:02,715 That's right. Yes. I'd sort of borrowed it from this lady in the tavern. 982 01:16:02,787 --> 01:16:05,449 The bonnet had a little brown ribbon through... 983 01:16:05,523 --> 01:16:07,684 Never mind about the brown ribbons. 984 01:16:07,759 --> 01:16:10,853 You then took the seal to Bristol in a stagecoach... 985 01:16:10,929 --> 01:16:14,956 and upon arrival promptly threw her over a cliff. 986 01:16:15,033 --> 01:16:16,967 Exactly. 987 01:16:17,035 --> 01:16:19,469 May one ask why? 988 01:16:19,537 --> 01:16:24,372 Uh, certainly. Um, she wanted to go to the North Pole to see her husband. 989 01:16:32,617 --> 01:16:35,245 - Her husband? - Yes. 990 01:16:35,320 --> 01:16:38,380 What makes you think this seal wanted to go to the North Pole? 991 01:16:38,456 --> 01:16:41,653 - Well, she told me. - She told you? 992 01:16:41,726 --> 01:16:44,024 Yes, we discussed it in great detail. 993 01:16:44,095 --> 01:16:47,531 Are you in the habit of talking to animals? 994 01:16:47,598 --> 01:16:50,226 Yes, I am. I do it all the time. 995 01:16:50,301 --> 01:16:54,567 I thought perhaps you did. 996 01:16:56,874 --> 01:17:01,470 With all due respect to Your Worship, I think I detect a note of skepticism in the court. 997 01:17:01,546 --> 01:17:03,844 I would, therefore, like an opportunity... 998 01:17:03,915 --> 01:17:07,009 to prove the point by talking to any animal you care to nominate. 999 01:17:14,726 --> 01:17:18,753 Very well then. My dog Rufus is outside. Bring him in! 1000 01:17:29,440 --> 01:17:34,207 Oh, that's very kind of you. This way, please. 1001 01:17:46,958 --> 01:17:49,426 Oh, thank you very much. 1002 01:17:49,494 --> 01:17:52,691 Yes, Rufus will be only too happy to answer any questions you care to ask. 1003 01:17:58,503 --> 01:18:02,405 Oh, I think we can dispense with that formality. 1004 01:18:02,473 --> 01:18:05,237 Uh, ask him what I had for dinner last night. 1005 01:18:05,309 --> 01:18:09,541 Very well. 1006 01:18:12,116 --> 01:18:14,050 Did he? 1007 01:18:15,620 --> 01:18:17,918 Well, really? Did he? 1008 01:18:17,989 --> 01:18:20,617 Good Lord. Well, well. 1009 01:18:20,691 --> 01:18:22,659 Did he really? 1010 01:18:22,727 --> 01:18:24,661 Well, well, well. 1011 01:18:24,729 --> 01:18:27,061 What did he say? 1012 01:18:27,131 --> 01:18:31,261 I'm grateful that Your Worship acknowledges the fact that the dog was talking. 1013 01:18:33,004 --> 01:18:36,496 For dinner last night, Your Lordship enjoyed the following: 1014 01:18:36,574 --> 01:18:40,601 Two helpings of boiled trout, four helpings of roast pheasant, 1015 01:18:40,678 --> 01:18:43,613 roast potatoes, brussels sprouts and gravy, 1016 01:18:43,681 --> 01:18:47,845 Followed by six large portions of blackberry pie with whipped cream. 1017 01:18:47,919 --> 01:18:52,754 It's not true! I only had five helpings of blackberry pie! 1018 01:18:55,726 --> 01:18:58,786 Your Lordship also drank a great deal of wine and brandy... 1019 01:18:58,863 --> 01:19:03,698 and later in the evening sang noisy songs with your friends about a woman from Swansea... 1020 01:19:03,768 --> 01:19:06,931 That's enough! 1021 01:19:08,406 --> 01:19:10,465 The court is adjourned until tomorrow morning, 1022 01:19:10,541 --> 01:19:15,376 pending inquiries about the bonnet and shawl stolen from the tavern in question. 1023 01:19:19,517 --> 01:19:24,352 Hmm. Thank you. 1024 01:19:35,566 --> 01:19:40,799 Well, by my calculation, the trial will be over by 11:00 tomorrow morning. 1025 01:19:40,872 --> 01:19:43,397 Polynesia, how much did we earn from the circus? 1026 01:19:43,474 --> 01:19:47,570 206 pounds, seven and fourpence, halfpenny. 1027 01:19:47,645 --> 01:19:49,670 Ah, it's more than enough. 1028 01:19:49,747 --> 01:19:52,841 I see no reason why we shouldn't set out to find the pink sea snail right away. 1029 01:19:52,917 --> 01:19:55,147 Matthew, go to the house and pick up my clothes. 1030 01:19:55,219 --> 01:19:57,153 Have the boat ready to sail by 12:00. 1031 01:19:57,221 --> 01:20:00,349 We'll catch the noontide or whatever it's called. 1032 01:20:00,424 --> 01:20:04,224 We haven't got a crew, so we'll have to make due with you and Stubbins and the animals. 1033 01:20:04,295 --> 01:20:06,229 I can come too? 1034 01:20:06,297 --> 01:20:08,424 If your parents say so and you know how to tie a knot. 1035 01:20:08,499 --> 01:20:11,263 Hear that? We're going to help the doctor find the pink sea snail. 1036 01:20:11,335 --> 01:20:15,669 I should wait until you see his boat before you get too excited. 1037 01:20:15,740 --> 01:20:18,538 It isn't by chance it's called the Flounder. 1038 01:20:18,609 --> 01:20:21,373 No sailor in his right mind would touch it. 1039 01:20:21,445 --> 01:20:24,380 I'm not asking a sailor in his right mind. I was asking you. 1040 01:20:25,683 --> 01:20:28,015 What do you say? 1041 01:20:29,720 --> 01:20:32,689 I say that for a man who's about to be hanged for murder... 1042 01:20:32,757 --> 01:20:37,694 to be gettin' ready to go on a pleasure cruise shows a very nice outlook. 1043 01:20:42,533 --> 01:20:47,232 - Fred! - To what do we owe this, uh, pleasure? 1044 01:20:47,305 --> 01:20:49,364 - I've brought dinner. - Dinner? 1045 01:20:49,440 --> 01:20:53,399 - Yes, for Matthew and Tommy. - Oh. 1046 01:20:53,477 --> 01:20:55,536 Set it down there, Hubert. 1047 01:20:55,613 --> 01:21:00,243 Steak and kidney pie and oxtail and roast beef. 1048 01:21:03,087 --> 01:21:05,783 - Would you like some? - Uh, no. 1049 01:21:05,856 --> 01:21:09,917 Oh, come on, Doctor. Ya haven't had a bite all day. 1050 01:21:09,994 --> 01:21:14,124 - No, thank you. - He's a vegetarian. 1051 01:21:14,198 --> 01:21:16,428 Oh, no! 1052 01:21:16,500 --> 01:21:19,697 It, uh, seems a pity to waste it. 1053 01:21:19,770 --> 01:21:22,933 It's all right, Matthew. Um, carry on. 1054 01:21:23,007 --> 01:21:26,340 I'm sorry, Doctor. Come on, Tom. 1055 01:21:27,545 --> 01:21:29,513 Doctor? 1056 01:21:33,050 --> 01:21:36,747 Um, Rufus was right. 1057 01:21:40,791 --> 01:21:44,090 He did have six helpings of blackberry pie. 1058 01:21:45,396 --> 01:21:48,957 Thank you. 1059 01:21:49,033 --> 01:21:51,934 Oh, thank you, Chee-Chee. 1060 01:21:57,842 --> 01:22:01,005 It seems that a bonnet and shawl were, in fact, removed... 1061 01:22:01,078 --> 01:22:03,638 from the tavern in question on the day in question. 1062 01:22:03,714 --> 01:22:08,083 The lady who owns them, for reasons best known to herself, has no wish to prosecute. 1063 01:22:08,152 --> 01:22:11,986 You are, therefore, acquitted of the charge of murder. 1064 01:22:18,429 --> 01:22:21,956 Thank you very much. 1065 01:22:22,033 --> 01:22:24,194 However, 1066 01:22:26,037 --> 01:22:29,029 your performance in this courtroom in the past two days... 1067 01:22:29,106 --> 01:22:32,269 has left little doubt in the minds of my distinguished colleagues and myself... 1068 01:22:32,343 --> 01:22:36,939 that your lunatic activities with animals infringe upon the public safety... 1069 01:22:37,014 --> 01:22:39,847 and are not to be tolerated. 1070 01:22:39,917 --> 01:22:45,048 Happily, Her Majesty's farseeing benevolence provides a sanctuary for sad people like you... 1071 01:22:45,122 --> 01:22:49,718 who think they can talk to animals and want to treat them like human beings. 1072 01:22:49,794 --> 01:22:52,194 Therefore, it is the judgment of this court... 1073 01:22:52,263 --> 01:22:56,359 that you be committed indefinitely to an asylum for the insane. 1074 01:23:03,374 --> 01:23:05,672 Have you anything to say? 1075 01:23:09,080 --> 01:23:12,948 I do not understand the human race 1076 01:23:13,017 --> 01:23:15,850 It has so little love for creatures 1077 01:23:15,920 --> 01:23:18,150 With a different face 1078 01:23:18,222 --> 01:23:23,023 Treating animals like people is no madness or disgrace 1079 01:23:23,094 --> 01:23:27,030 I do not understand the human race 1080 01:23:27,098 --> 01:23:32,365 I wonder why do we treat animals like animals 1081 01:23:32,436 --> 01:23:35,599 Animals treat us so very well 1082 01:23:35,673 --> 01:23:38,972 The devoted way they serve us and protect us when we're nervous 1083 01:23:39,043 --> 01:23:41,477 Oh, they really don't deserve us 1084 01:23:41,545 --> 01:23:44,673 All we give them is hell 1085 01:23:44,749 --> 01:23:47,240 Tell me how else man repays them 1086 01:23:47,318 --> 01:23:49,718 Do we ever think to praise them, no, we don't 1087 01:23:49,787 --> 01:23:52,620 And this dismays them You can tell 1088 01:23:52,690 --> 01:23:56,626 We are riddled with ingratitude We give no love or latitude 1089 01:23:56,694 --> 01:24:01,063 In every way our attitude is well, like animals 1090 01:24:01,132 --> 01:24:06,263 No, no. That's not what I mean. I mean... 1091 01:24:06,337 --> 01:24:09,829 Why do we treat animals like animals 1092 01:24:09,907 --> 01:24:13,104 How can people be so inhumane 1093 01:24:13,177 --> 01:24:15,145 Cows and chickens work to feed us 1094 01:24:15,212 --> 01:24:17,510 Dogs and horses show they need us 1095 01:24:17,581 --> 01:24:22,450 And though cats don't always heed us their affection is plain 1096 01:24:22,520 --> 01:24:25,921 What do we do, we neglect them We do nothing to protect them 1097 01:24:25,990 --> 01:24:29,756 We reject them Don't expect them to complain 1098 01:24:29,827 --> 01:24:33,263 We ignore them or we beat them When we're hungry then we eat them 1099 01:24:33,330 --> 01:24:36,299 It's appalling how we treat them, it's insane 1100 01:24:36,367 --> 01:24:38,858 Like animals 1101 01:24:41,439 --> 01:24:46,035 We humiliate and murder and confine them 1102 01:24:46,110 --> 01:24:49,136 We create their wretched status 1103 01:24:49,213 --> 01:24:53,206 Then we use it to malign them 1104 01:24:53,284 --> 01:24:57,744 I mean, why should we say Treat him like a dog 1105 01:24:57,822 --> 01:25:01,349 Why should we say Working like a horse 1106 01:25:01,425 --> 01:25:03,791 Why should we say Eating like a hog 1107 01:25:03,861 --> 01:25:06,659 When what we mean is Eating like a man 1108 01:25:06,730 --> 01:25:10,393 Don't we, of course 1109 01:25:10,468 --> 01:25:14,996 A man of ill repute is called a weasel or a rat 1110 01:25:15,072 --> 01:25:18,940 A woman you dislike becomes a vixen or a cat 1111 01:25:19,009 --> 01:25:22,740 A family that is blessed with healthy reproductive habits 1112 01:25:22,813 --> 01:25:27,716 Occasions the remark, well, you know them, they breed like rabbits 1113 01:25:27,785 --> 01:25:30,447 He's as stubborn as a mule He's as stupid as an ox 1114 01:25:30,521 --> 01:25:33,547 He's as slimy as a snake He's as crafty as a fox 1115 01:25:34,992 --> 01:25:38,484 Remarks like that really get my goat 1116 01:25:38,562 --> 01:25:43,261 Why don't we say Noble as a frog 1117 01:25:43,334 --> 01:25:46,963 Or why can't we say Wealthy as a hen 1118 01:25:48,806 --> 01:25:51,036 True, we say Devoted as a dog 1119 01:25:51,108 --> 01:25:54,441 What we should say is Chic as a giraffe 1120 01:25:54,512 --> 01:25:58,209 Pretty as a pig, eh That will be the big day, won't it 1121 01:25:58,282 --> 01:26:01,911 But when, but when 1122 01:26:01,986 --> 01:26:07,014 But when, when will we stop treating them like animals 1123 01:26:07,091 --> 01:26:09,582 Is the human race entirely mad 1124 01:26:09,660 --> 01:26:13,926 Women see a baby goatskin or a lambskin or a stoatskin 1125 01:26:13,998 --> 01:26:17,661 And to them it's just a coatskin Oh, it's terribly sad 1126 01:26:19,436 --> 01:26:23,065 When you dress in suede or leather or some fancy fur or feather 1127 01:26:23,140 --> 01:26:25,870 Do you stop and wonder whether for a fad 1128 01:26:25,943 --> 01:26:29,674 You have killed some beast or other 1129 01:26:29,747 --> 01:26:33,478 That you're wearing someone's brother 1130 01:26:33,551 --> 01:26:38,113 Or perhaps it's someone's mother in which you're clad 1131 01:26:38,188 --> 01:26:40,486 Like animals 1132 01:26:40,558 --> 01:26:42,958 Like animals 1133 01:26:43,027 --> 01:26:45,188 Like animals 1134 01:26:50,167 --> 01:26:52,829 Well, it's true 1135 01:26:52,903 --> 01:26:56,805 We do not live in a zoo 1136 01:26:56,874 --> 01:27:00,810 But man is an animal too 1137 01:27:01,979 --> 01:27:04,675 So why can't you 1138 01:27:04,748 --> 01:27:07,046 Like me 1139 01:27:07,117 --> 01:27:10,314 Like animals 1140 01:27:11,755 --> 01:27:13,950 Animals 1141 01:30:04,943 --> 01:30:08,174 Now, the prison faces the road here. 1142 01:30:08,247 --> 01:30:12,775 So what we do is we tie the ropes from the bars of the cell to the elephant, 1143 01:30:12,851 --> 01:30:15,046 and he pulls the whole wall off. 1144 01:30:15,120 --> 01:30:17,384 How can you go on the voyage if the doctor's still in prison? 1145 01:30:17,456 --> 01:30:21,153 We can't. That's why Matthew's got this marvelous plan to get him out. 1146 01:30:21,226 --> 01:30:23,820 Then this second elephant... he's bigger than the first elephant... 1147 01:30:23,896 --> 01:30:27,855 All the doctor has to do is step through the hole in the wall onto his back. 1148 01:30:27,933 --> 01:30:31,369 - You'll never get away with this. - Listen, here's the clever part. 1149 01:30:31,437 --> 01:30:35,669 He slides down the elephant's trunk onto a waitin' rhinoceros and away they go! 1150 01:30:35,741 --> 01:30:38,175 Just the three of you are going off on this boat? 1151 01:30:38,243 --> 01:30:41,007 Oh, no. Chee-Chee, Polynesia and Jip are coming too. 1152 01:30:41,079 --> 01:30:44,048 Then there's these six tigers, you see, to stop anyone followin'. 1153 01:30:44,116 --> 01:30:46,050 To look for a pink sea snail? 1154 01:30:46,118 --> 01:30:48,916 They'll be standing on the other side of the road while I'm settin' off the dynamite. 1155 01:30:48,987 --> 01:30:51,717 - Dynamite? - Oh, sure. 1156 01:30:51,790 --> 01:30:56,625 If we blow up the road, they'll have to go all the way around the town to get to the harbor, 1157 01:30:56,695 --> 01:30:59,562 which gives me time to nip back here... 1158 01:30:59,631 --> 01:31:03,158 and blow up the bridge while you're gettin' on the boat. 1159 01:31:03,235 --> 01:31:07,103 That's the beauty of this whole plan... its simplicity. 1160 01:31:07,172 --> 01:31:10,573 - Are they really going to keep the doctor in prison? - Oh, no, no. 1161 01:31:10,642 --> 01:31:13,509 They're moving him across to the loony bin at 12:00. 1162 01:31:13,579 --> 01:31:15,513 - Today? - Aye. 1163 01:31:15,581 --> 01:31:18,345 I've also an idea. You get the boat ready. 1164 01:31:18,417 --> 01:31:21,716 Leave the doctor to me. We sail at 12:00. Avast now. 1165 01:31:21,787 --> 01:31:25,223 Aye, aye, sir. 1166 01:31:25,290 --> 01:31:29,886 We're a fine bunch, takin' orders from a parrot. 1167 01:31:38,770 --> 01:31:44,106 Matthew, how did you enjoy the food I brought you in the prison the other night? 1168 01:31:44,176 --> 01:31:46,974 'Twas the best meal I ever had in me life. 1169 01:31:47,045 --> 01:31:50,378 They say that prison food is terrible. I won't hear a word against it. 1170 01:31:50,449 --> 01:31:52,383 I was thinking. 1171 01:31:52,451 --> 01:31:56,820 Wouldn't it be nice if you were to have those kind of meals on your voyage? 1172 01:31:56,889 --> 01:31:58,823 Oh, true now. It would be marvelous. 1173 01:31:58,891 --> 01:32:03,624 The only way we could do that is if you was to... 1174 01:32:03,695 --> 01:32:06,664 If we was to, uh... 1175 01:32:09,902 --> 01:32:12,871 Ah! 1176 01:32:16,141 --> 01:32:18,735 I'll tell you one thing, Fred. 1177 01:32:18,810 --> 01:32:21,608 I only hope there's no stowaways on that boat. 1178 01:32:21,680 --> 01:32:26,413 Because if there was, I wouldn't know where to look for them. 1179 01:32:26,485 --> 01:32:31,752 Anyway, once we're out at sea with an escaped convict, there's no turnin' back. 1180 01:32:31,823 --> 01:32:34,291 Oh, Matthew! 1181 01:32:34,359 --> 01:32:36,827 I love you! 1182 01:32:45,871 --> 01:32:48,465 Who would have thought that one little kiss 1183 01:32:48,540 --> 01:32:53,477 Soft and sweet from the lips of a lovely girl 1184 01:32:53,545 --> 01:32:58,312 Would to change my life 1185 01:32:58,383 --> 01:33:02,615 But by my life 1186 01:33:02,688 --> 01:33:07,318 It will 1187 01:33:08,894 --> 01:33:14,355 After today nothing will be the same again 1188 01:33:14,433 --> 01:33:20,065 After today I'll make my claim to fame and then 1189 01:33:20,138 --> 01:33:23,437 The grass will be greener 1190 01:33:23,508 --> 01:33:26,341 And the air will be cleaner 1191 01:33:26,411 --> 01:33:29,676 And my life be serener 1192 01:33:29,748 --> 01:33:32,945 Than heaven knows when 1193 01:33:33,018 --> 01:33:35,987 Heaven knows when 1194 01:33:36,054 --> 01:33:41,492 After today I shall have bid my fears good-bye 1195 01:33:41,560 --> 01:33:45,860 After today I shall have no more tears 1196 01:33:45,931 --> 01:33:48,092 To cry 1197 01:33:48,166 --> 01:33:53,866 I'll learn to live with laughter to stay 1198 01:33:53,939 --> 01:33:56,806 After 1199 01:33:56,875 --> 01:33:59,343 Today 1200 01:34:01,546 --> 01:34:06,848 After today nothing will be the way it was 1201 01:34:06,918 --> 01:34:12,220 After today I'll say Oh, what a day it was 1202 01:34:12,290 --> 01:34:15,054 My heart will be lighter 1203 01:34:15,127 --> 01:34:17,857 And my smile will be brighter 1204 01:34:17,929 --> 01:34:20,921 And I'll be twice the fighter 1205 01:34:20,999 --> 01:34:24,162 That ever I was 1206 01:34:24,236 --> 01:34:27,034 Clever because 1207 01:34:27,105 --> 01:34:32,543 After today I shall have bid my fears farewell 1208 01:34:32,611 --> 01:34:36,570 After today I shall have no more tears 1209 01:34:36,648 --> 01:34:38,707 To quell 1210 01:34:38,784 --> 01:34:42,584 I'll learn to live with laughter 1211 01:34:42,654 --> 01:34:44,645 To stay 1212 01:34:44,723 --> 01:34:49,057 After the tears comes the laughter 1213 01:34:49,127 --> 01:34:57,296 After today 1214 01:35:58,230 --> 01:36:01,028 Chee-Chee. 1215 01:36:09,040 --> 01:36:13,374 Run! Run! 1216 01:36:13,445 --> 01:36:14,969 Stop! 1217 01:36:15,046 --> 01:36:18,914 Don't follow the doctor! 1218 01:36:18,984 --> 01:36:23,182 Don't obey! Don't obey! 1219 01:36:23,255 --> 01:36:27,089 Right! 1220 01:36:32,964 --> 01:36:37,401 Come on! This way! Don't sit down! 1221 01:36:37,469 --> 01:36:40,165 - Get up! - After them! 1222 01:36:40,238 --> 01:36:42,331 Go after him! 1223 01:36:42,407 --> 01:36:46,343 This way. Come on. After him. This way. 1224 01:36:46,411 --> 01:36:50,370 - This way! No, this way! - Ta-ta. 1225 01:36:50,448 --> 01:36:53,679 - Stop them! - Stop them! Stop them! 1226 01:37:23,348 --> 01:37:26,215 It's all right, Doctor. You can come out now. 1227 01:37:26,284 --> 01:37:29,583 - There's not a policeman in sight. - Oh, thank you, Matthew. 1228 01:37:29,654 --> 01:37:33,488 Makes a very good little reading room, this. I must use it more often. 1229 01:37:35,393 --> 01:37:38,328 Now, let's see where we are. 1230 01:37:44,669 --> 01:37:47,467 Ah, I see. 1231 01:37:47,539 --> 01:37:51,134 He says there's a faint smell of garlic coming from the southeast. 1232 01:37:51,209 --> 01:37:55,805 - What does that mean? - It means we're about ten miles off the coast of France. 1233 01:37:55,881 --> 01:37:59,817 I've got about the best navigational system on the high seas today. 1234 01:37:59,885 --> 01:38:02,376 Jip's got this incredible sense of smell, 1235 01:38:02,454 --> 01:38:05,617 and Polynesia gets marvelous weather reports from the passing birds and fishes. 1236 01:38:05,690 --> 01:38:09,217 - Everything all right at the house? - Yes, Doctor. 1237 01:38:09,294 --> 01:38:13,230 Good. Keep an eye on everything and don't bump into anything like Ireland. 1238 01:38:13,298 --> 01:38:15,232 Aye, aye, Doctor. 1239 01:38:15,300 --> 01:38:17,427 - A very well organized escape. Thank you. - Don't mention it. 1240 01:38:17,502 --> 01:38:19,766 I doubt if there's a ship afloat with flowers like these. 1241 01:38:19,838 --> 01:38:22,238 Look at these geraniums. Absolutely glorious. 1242 01:38:22,307 --> 01:38:25,037 Have you seen my azaleas on the starboard side? 1243 01:38:25,110 --> 01:38:28,477 - No, sir, I can't say as I have. - They're doing wonderfully. 1244 01:38:28,546 --> 01:38:31,640 How are you enjoying life on the rolling deep? 1245 01:38:31,716 --> 01:38:35,311 If the good Lord meant us to take to water, He'd have given us flippers. 1246 01:38:37,389 --> 01:38:39,949 No, Stubbins, move your mouth about more. 1247 01:38:40,025 --> 01:38:43,483 You must reread my essay on basic chimpanzee, page one. 1248 01:38:43,561 --> 01:38:47,429 I must cut these roses back. There's so much to do on a ship. 1249 01:38:47,499 --> 01:38:50,935 What a marvelous smell, Matthew. 1250 01:38:51,002 --> 01:38:53,800 What have you been cooking? I'm absolutely starving. 1251 01:38:53,872 --> 01:38:56,670 Will this do? 1252 01:39:03,281 --> 01:39:06,182 Do come on while it's still hot. 1253 01:39:12,991 --> 01:39:15,186 What are you doing here? 1254 01:39:15,260 --> 01:39:19,424 I thought someone capable ought to look after Tommy on the voyage. 1255 01:39:19,497 --> 01:39:22,398 Stubbins is perfectly capable of looking after himself. 1256 01:39:22,467 --> 01:39:25,561 I must turn the ship around and go straight back to Puddleby... 1257 01:39:25,637 --> 01:39:28,731 uh, well, immediately after lunch. 1258 01:39:31,142 --> 01:39:35,977 They'll, uh... They'll put ya inside if you go back, Doctor. 1259 01:39:36,047 --> 01:39:38,538 Oh, yes, that is a point. 1260 01:39:38,616 --> 01:39:41,278 What are we going to do with her if she stays? 1261 01:39:41,353 --> 01:39:43,480 You make me sound like a stray cat. 1262 01:39:43,555 --> 01:39:45,420 A cat would be most welcome. 1263 01:39:47,692 --> 01:39:50,354 Don't worry. It's vegetarian. 1264 01:39:50,428 --> 01:39:53,625 - It's delicious. - It's marvelous. 1265 01:39:55,700 --> 01:39:57,827 Mmm. What is it? 1266 01:39:57,902 --> 01:40:01,303 - Algue marine en croute. - Oh, yes. 1267 01:40:01,373 --> 01:40:04,137 - What's that in English? - Seaweed pie. 1268 01:40:05,677 --> 01:40:07,838 Mmm! It's really rather good. 1269 01:40:12,050 --> 01:40:16,077 - Well, where are we going? - To hunt for the great pink sea snail. 1270 01:40:16,154 --> 01:40:18,145 And where do you expect to find it? 1271 01:40:18,223 --> 01:40:20,589 I haven't the faintest idea. 1272 01:40:20,658 --> 01:40:23,923 But as one place is as good as another, it's high time we decided. 1273 01:40:23,995 --> 01:40:27,522 - Otherwise, when we get there, we won't know we've arrived. - Good thinking. 1274 01:40:27,599 --> 01:40:31,831 - Thank you. - Are your voyages always as well planned as this? 1275 01:40:31,903 --> 01:40:36,363 When possible. Unfortunately, one doesn't always have time to go into minute details. 1276 01:40:36,441 --> 01:40:39,342 - Such as knowing where you're going? - That sort of thing. 1277 01:40:39,411 --> 01:40:42,278 But then how do you decide? 1278 01:40:42,347 --> 01:40:45,646 We play a little game I invented. 1279 01:40:45,717 --> 01:40:49,517 One of us opens the atlas at random, sticks a pin in the open page. 1280 01:40:49,587 --> 01:40:51,612 Wherever it lands, that's where we go. 1281 01:40:51,689 --> 01:40:54,214 - You can't be serious. - I'm very serious. 1282 01:40:54,292 --> 01:40:58,228 That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of. 1283 01:40:58,296 --> 01:41:01,231 You could end up in all sorts of terrible places. 1284 01:41:01,299 --> 01:41:03,233 That's absolutely true. 1285 01:41:03,301 --> 01:41:06,429 I remember going to the Sahara Desert four times in succession... 1286 01:41:06,504 --> 01:41:10,440 before I realized Chee-Chee had stuck down all the other pages of the atlas with jam. 1287 01:41:10,508 --> 01:41:12,669 Marvelous trips. Lots of sand. 1288 01:41:12,744 --> 01:41:15,542 But that is exactly what I mean. 1289 01:41:15,613 --> 01:41:19,750 It's all right now. I cleaned all the jam off. Little bit there. 1290 01:41:21,718 --> 01:41:27,281 How you can sit there and say what you're saying I just don't know. 1291 01:41:27,357 --> 01:41:32,989 I must admit the Sahara is one place I'm praying we just won't go. 1292 01:41:34,264 --> 01:41:38,200 You know, that's absolutely typical of a woman. 1293 01:41:38,268 --> 01:41:43,934 There are so many fabulous faraway places to see 1294 01:41:44,007 --> 01:41:46,407 She makes one seaweed pie and goes mad. 1295 01:41:46,476 --> 01:41:51,072 Such as Mexico, Sweden Hawaii, Japan and Capri 1296 01:41:51,148 --> 01:41:52,877 Who does she think she is? 1297 01:41:52,949 --> 01:41:56,817 There's so many exciting and wonderful places 1298 01:41:56,887 --> 01:42:00,084 Much more inviting than desert oases 1299 01:42:00,157 --> 01:42:03,126 Pleasant as home is it isn't what Rome is 1300 01:42:03,193 --> 01:42:06,026 So why stay there 1301 01:42:06,096 --> 01:42:10,726 When there are so many fabulous faraway places to see 1302 01:42:10,801 --> 01:42:13,269 As though the seaweed pie was all that marvelous. 1303 01:42:13,336 --> 01:42:15,736 Why should Spain and Tahiti and Rio 1304 01:42:15,806 --> 01:42:19,799 - Just be only names to you and me - Is there any more? 1305 01:42:19,876 --> 01:42:23,710 I feel certain there are people we'd be glad to know there 1306 01:42:23,780 --> 01:42:27,113 So tell me why don't we get up and go there 1307 01:42:27,184 --> 01:42:33,589 Go to those fabulous places where we long to be 1308 01:42:33,657 --> 01:42:37,320 Go to Bangkok and Hong Kong and Paris and Venice 1309 01:42:37,394 --> 01:42:40,659 Tokyo and Cairo and Lisbon and London 1310 01:42:40,730 --> 01:42:44,723 Wonderful, fabulous places 1311 01:42:44,801 --> 01:42:49,261 We're longing to see 1312 01:42:54,344 --> 01:42:57,177 When I think of the warm Caribbean 1313 01:42:57,247 --> 01:43:01,081 I see a new world for you and me 1314 01:43:01,151 --> 01:43:04,746 I'd give anything just to have one single day there 1315 01:43:04,821 --> 01:43:07,881 Once we get there I know that we'll stay there 1316 01:43:07,958 --> 01:43:13,362 Stay in those fabulous places where we long to be 1317 01:43:13,430 --> 01:43:15,523 - Such as Siam - Sienna 1318 01:43:15,599 --> 01:43:17,567 - Vienna - Verona 1319 01:43:17,634 --> 01:43:19,568 - Java, Jamaica - Jamaica, Bombay 1320 01:43:19,636 --> 01:43:22,764 - Barcelona - Ole! 1321 01:43:22,839 --> 01:43:24,773 - Ole! Ole! Ole! - El toro! 1322 01:43:24,841 --> 01:43:27,332 - Ha, ha! - Ole! Ole! Ole! 1323 01:43:30,413 --> 01:43:33,746 Show me those fabulous places 1324 01:43:33,817 --> 01:43:37,014 I'm longing to see 1325 01:43:37,087 --> 01:43:41,114 My dear Miss Fairfax, you seem to have entirely missed the point. 1326 01:43:41,191 --> 01:43:44,786 I'm aware there are fabulous places wherever we sail 1327 01:43:44,861 --> 01:43:46,829 - Will we see them? - We will. 1328 01:43:46,897 --> 01:43:51,027 But the point of the journey is science and finding the snail 1329 01:43:51,101 --> 01:43:53,729 An incomparable thrill 1330 01:43:53,803 --> 01:43:56,567 We shall question the sharks off the coast of Tobago 1331 01:43:56,640 --> 01:43:59,131 Interview swamp life in Tierra del Fuego 1332 01:43:59,209 --> 01:44:04,841 - That sounds horrendous - No, no, it's tremendous and well worthwhile 1333 01:44:04,915 --> 01:44:08,817 We'll make detailed inquiries of every crustacean we meet 1334 01:44:08,885 --> 01:44:11,376 - Crustacean? - Shellfish, they're sweet 1335 01:44:11,454 --> 01:44:13,888 We will sail to the ends of the earth 1336 01:44:13,957 --> 01:44:17,358 Till our search for the snail is quite complete 1337 01:44:17,427 --> 01:44:20,726 We'll interrogate beetles and bugs in Nigeria 1338 01:44:20,797 --> 01:44:23,561 And if we have to spend weeks in Siberia 1339 01:44:23,633 --> 01:44:26,830 Eighty below but a place that we all ought to see 1340 01:44:26,903 --> 01:44:29,736 But I haven't brought the right clothes for Siberia 1341 01:44:29,806 --> 01:44:32,707 Those are the fabulous places you'll visit with me 1342 01:44:32,776 --> 01:44:34,744 Sounds as if we're in for a good time. 1343 01:44:34,811 --> 01:44:38,178 Well, Siberia is one place you'll never see me go 1344 01:44:38,248 --> 01:44:40,910 Stick in the pin Where the pins goes, then we go 1345 01:44:40,984 --> 01:44:43,748 - Ireland! - Romania! - No, Ruritania! 1346 01:44:43,820 --> 01:44:46,618 We'll chase that sea snail from here to Tasmania 1347 01:44:46,690 --> 01:44:49,955 Show me those fabulous places 1348 01:44:50,026 --> 01:44:52,796 I'm longing to 1349 01:44:52,796 --> 01:44:53,854 I'm longing to 1350 01:44:53,930 --> 01:44:58,492 See 1351 01:45:01,971 --> 01:45:04,906 It doesn't count. You landed in the sea. 1352 01:45:04,974 --> 01:45:07,738 No, she hasn't. Look. There. 1353 01:45:11,547 --> 01:45:14,516 Well, that doesn't look very interesting. 1354 01:45:14,584 --> 01:45:18,748 - What is it? - "Sea Star Island. 1355 01:45:18,821 --> 01:45:21,346 Last reported position." 1356 01:45:21,424 --> 01:45:25,861 Last reported position? What can that mean? 1357 01:45:25,928 --> 01:45:31,389 The Sea Star Island. That's faintly familiar. Yes, yes, yes, yes. 1358 01:45:31,467 --> 01:45:34,698 "Seashore, sea slug, sea snail. 1359 01:45:34,771 --> 01:45:37,569 Sea Star Island." 1360 01:45:37,640 --> 01:45:41,167 It's that floating island. It moves all over the world like a ship. 1361 01:45:41,244 --> 01:45:43,178 It's a freak of nature. 1362 01:45:43,246 --> 01:45:48,183 This time of year it's sometimes sighted off the coast of Africa. 1363 01:45:48,251 --> 01:45:53,018 How terribly exciting. I think you have chosen rather well. 1364 01:45:53,089 --> 01:45:55,580 I don't think it's exciting at all. 1365 01:45:55,658 --> 01:45:59,253 Couldn't we go to... Couldn't we go to Monte Carlo? 1366 01:45:59,328 --> 01:46:04,265 Miss Fairfax, this is a serious zoogeographical expedition. 1367 01:46:04,333 --> 01:46:07,200 It's not a pleasure cruise for your personal benefit. 1368 01:46:07,270 --> 01:46:10,831 I promise to ask for no special privileges. 1369 01:46:10,907 --> 01:46:13,375 I promise to grant none. A ship is no place for a woman. 1370 01:46:13,443 --> 01:46:16,776 The simple answer then is to treat me like a man. 1371 01:46:16,846 --> 01:46:18,837 I intend to. 1372 01:46:29,392 --> 01:46:31,792 Well, good-bye. 1373 01:48:31,147 --> 01:48:34,344 Twelve. 1374 01:48:34,417 --> 01:48:38,183 Uh-huh. How is the score, Stubbins? And the arithmetic? 1375 01:48:38,254 --> 01:48:40,188 You're winning, sir, I think. 1376 01:48:42,825 --> 01:48:46,420 Ah, well, that's the first sure sign we've been at sea too long. 1377 01:48:46,495 --> 01:48:49,020 Polynesia spoke to some swallows. 1378 01:48:49,098 --> 01:48:52,499 They said there's a terrific storm up ahead. Isn't that marvelous? 1379 01:48:52,568 --> 01:48:56,026 No, it isn't. Can't we drive round it? 1380 01:48:56,105 --> 01:48:59,802 I shouldn't think so. The latest long-range fish forecast wasn't too encouraging. 1381 01:48:59,875 --> 01:49:02,105 Jip said he could smell thunder. 1382 01:49:02,178 --> 01:49:05,079 - I didn't know thunder had a smell. - It does if you're a dog. 1383 01:49:05,147 --> 01:49:09,243 Uh, 82. Mind you, Jip does tend to exaggerate. 1384 01:49:09,318 --> 01:49:14,017 If you ask me, bein' at sea is very much the same as bein' in prison, 1385 01:49:14,090 --> 01:49:17,651 except at sea ya stand a better chance of drownin'. 1386 01:49:17,727 --> 01:49:21,185 That reminds me. One of the ship's rats came to see me this afternoon. 1387 01:49:21,263 --> 01:49:24,790 Said he had a distinct tingle in his tail, a sure sign the ship was going down. 1388 01:49:24,867 --> 01:49:28,826 So his lot are preparing to leave, according to rat tradition. 1389 01:49:28,904 --> 01:49:30,895 He highly recommended we should do the same. 1390 01:49:30,973 --> 01:49:32,497 There's nowhere we can go. 1391 01:49:32,575 --> 01:49:36,534 - Exactly. That's what I told the rat. - Two. 1392 01:49:40,883 --> 01:49:45,149 - What was that? - A bit of lightning. That's all. 1393 01:49:45,221 --> 01:49:48,156 When you finish clearing up, you better batten down the hatches and stay below. 1394 01:49:48,224 --> 01:49:51,091 Women are always scared stiff of storms. 1395 01:49:51,160 --> 01:49:55,221 Well, I'm not. I'm a man, remember? 1396 01:50:05,341 --> 01:50:08,572 I dread to think what this is going to do to my azaleas. 1397 01:50:27,363 --> 01:50:29,456 August 10. 1398 01:50:29,532 --> 01:50:33,559 Signs of inclement weather. 1399 01:50:36,105 --> 01:50:40,201 Crew's morale remains high. 1400 01:50:57,193 --> 01:51:00,026 Steady as she goes. 1401 01:52:03,559 --> 01:52:07,188 Thank you. Thank you very much, indeed. 1402 01:52:09,665 --> 01:52:13,533 - Any sign of her, Polynesia? - Not yet. 1403 01:52:21,977 --> 01:52:25,344 Ah, good morning, Stubbins. Beautiful day. 1404 01:52:25,414 --> 01:52:29,009 Yes, sir, good morning. What happened to the ship? 1405 01:52:29,084 --> 01:52:34,021 Very good question. If we ever find enough bits, we'll put them together and find out. 1406 01:52:36,458 --> 01:52:41,122 Come on, Matthew. Rise and shine. 1407 01:52:41,197 --> 01:52:45,930 I told ya Flounder was a terrible name for a boat. 1408 01:52:46,001 --> 01:52:48,970 Nonsense. The flounder's a most reliable little fish. 1409 01:52:49,038 --> 01:52:51,199 It's survived the sea for thousands of years. 1410 01:52:51,273 --> 01:52:53,707 Aye, below the surface. 1411 01:52:53,776 --> 01:52:56,267 Anyway, we're all safe. That's the main thing. 1412 01:52:56,345 --> 01:53:00,509 - At least, we will be as soon as we find Miss Fairfax. - Poor Fred. 1413 01:53:00,583 --> 01:53:04,019 I said all along a ship was no place for a woman. 1414 01:53:04,086 --> 01:53:07,351 Heaven knows I did my best to make the voyage pleasant for her. 1415 01:53:07,423 --> 01:53:09,755 You can't spend your life running after a woman, 1416 01:53:09,825 --> 01:53:13,158 waiting on her hand and foot when there's important work to be done. 1417 01:53:13,229 --> 01:53:16,096 I think under the circumstances I treated her very well. 1418 01:53:17,499 --> 01:53:20,798 Probably too well. 1419 01:53:20,870 --> 01:53:23,100 Spoiled her, in fact. 1420 01:53:23,172 --> 01:53:25,572 And I tied her very securely to that raft. 1421 01:53:27,343 --> 01:53:30,938 I hope she's all right. That's all. 1422 01:53:33,616 --> 01:53:38,451 - We'll make a full-scale search as soon as we get ashore. - Ashore? 1423 01:53:38,520 --> 01:53:41,512 Sea Star Island. That's where we're going, isn't it? 1424 01:53:41,590 --> 01:53:45,082 Apart from the fact that we're shipwrecked, that we have no means of gettin' there, 1425 01:53:45,160 --> 01:53:47,424 and that we don't know where it is anyway, yes. 1426 01:53:47,496 --> 01:53:50,021 You mustn't worry about things like that, Matthew. 1427 01:53:50,099 --> 01:53:54,729 By my calculations, we were sort of coming down in this direction like this, 1428 01:53:54,803 --> 01:53:58,432 and the floating island was sort of coming down in that direction like that. 1429 01:53:58,507 --> 01:54:01,965 Then we sort of somehow or other sort of more or less meet... 1430 01:54:02,044 --> 01:54:04,342 somewhere round about here. 1431 01:54:05,414 --> 01:54:07,405 Is that a fact? 1432 01:54:07,483 --> 01:54:10,577 Ah! There it is now. 1433 01:54:17,059 --> 01:54:21,257 Well, shall we go ashore? 1434 01:54:27,136 --> 01:54:29,127 Giddyap. 1435 01:54:41,150 --> 01:54:44,278 I must remember to get meself one of those. 1436 01:55:11,180 --> 01:55:13,705 Hmph. Any sign of Fred? 1437 01:55:13,782 --> 01:55:16,717 Not yet. I only hope she caught the island. 1438 01:55:16,785 --> 01:55:19,379 It won't be passing here again for months. 1439 01:55:19,455 --> 01:55:21,980 You and Stubbins search the beaches. I'll go inland. 1440 01:55:22,057 --> 01:55:26,653 - Meet back here in two or three hours. - Yeah. Tommy? 1441 01:55:32,401 --> 01:55:36,428 Polynesia, I want every living creature on this island looking for that girl. 1442 01:55:36,505 --> 01:55:38,439 Yes, Doctor. 1443 01:55:38,507 --> 01:55:41,567 - Every bird that can fly I want airborne until she's found. - Yes, Doctor. 1444 01:55:41,643 --> 01:55:44,373 She can't be at sea. We'd have heard from the fish by now. 1445 01:55:44,446 --> 01:55:47,415 - You sure she'll be all right, Polynesia? - Yes, Doctor. 1446 01:55:47,483 --> 01:55:49,781 She's standing right behind you. 1447 01:55:49,852 --> 01:55:51,786 Good morning. 1448 01:55:51,854 --> 01:55:54,846 Oh, good morning. 1449 01:55:54,923 --> 01:55:59,383 Um, afraid we had a bit of a storm last night. 1450 01:56:01,830 --> 01:56:04,663 Thank you for telling me. 1451 01:56:04,733 --> 01:56:08,362 Pity you got lost. You could have given us a hand getting these ashore. 1452 01:56:08,437 --> 01:56:11,770 I'm sorry. I was fully occupied getting myself ashore. 1453 01:56:11,840 --> 01:56:16,470 No mind. We managed. Some of these books are very heavy though. 1454 01:56:16,545 --> 01:56:19,673 Saved all your books, I see. 1455 01:56:19,748 --> 01:56:23,240 - Yes, most fortunate. - You lost all my dresses. 1456 01:56:23,318 --> 01:56:27,084 Yes, most unfortunate. I saw your trunk floating amongst the wreckage. 1457 01:56:27,156 --> 01:56:29,989 However, the outfit you're wearing this morning... 1458 01:56:30,059 --> 01:56:33,051 is the nicest thing I've seen you in since you left England. 1459 01:56:33,128 --> 01:56:35,460 This is my underwear. 1460 01:56:35,531 --> 01:56:38,466 Oh. Anyway, it suits you. 1461 01:56:38,534 --> 01:56:41,560 I'm terribly glad to see you. 1462 01:56:43,972 --> 01:56:45,906 Are you? 1463 01:56:45,974 --> 01:56:49,876 Uh, well, we got a tremendous lot to do. 1464 01:56:49,945 --> 01:56:53,448 We've got to unload the raft, find food and build whatever it is one has to build. 1465 01:56:53,581 --> 01:56:55,845 - What are you trying to say? - Hmm? 1466 01:56:55,917 --> 01:56:58,181 Why don't you say what you mean? 1467 01:56:58,252 --> 01:57:00,743 What do you mean, say what I mean? 1468 01:57:00,822 --> 01:57:03,313 For a month or more I have listened and dreamed 1469 01:57:03,391 --> 01:57:08,090 While the moon has glistened and a million stars have gleamed 1470 01:57:08,162 --> 01:57:10,960 - Waiting - Waiting? 1471 01:57:11,032 --> 01:57:13,000 - Waiting - What for? 1472 01:57:13,067 --> 01:57:16,332 What for? For a man I know who is clever and kind 1473 01:57:16,404 --> 01:57:21,467 But a man who never ever seems to know his mind 1474 01:57:21,542 --> 01:57:23,601 Waiting 1475 01:57:24,679 --> 01:57:27,648 Waiting 1476 01:57:27,715 --> 01:57:32,084 Waiting for you to say you like me 1477 01:57:32,153 --> 01:57:36,055 Or hate me or miss me or kiss me or something 1478 01:57:36,123 --> 01:57:40,526 But nothing Nothing do you say 1479 01:57:40,595 --> 01:57:43,621 At all 1480 01:57:43,698 --> 01:57:48,761 Little wonder I feel sorely neglected 1481 01:57:48,836 --> 01:57:54,206 Unwanted, rejected and small 1482 01:57:54,275 --> 01:57:59,508 Little more than two feet tall 1483 01:58:01,115 --> 01:58:04,380 Lucky to be here 1484 01:58:04,452 --> 01:58:07,319 At all 1485 01:58:08,556 --> 01:58:10,490 Emma? 1486 01:58:13,728 --> 01:58:16,526 I think I... like you. 1487 01:58:18,099 --> 01:58:21,193 Yes, I think I do. 1488 01:58:22,870 --> 01:58:25,862 I think I like you. 1489 01:58:26,941 --> 01:58:29,432 I'm almost sure that I do 1490 01:58:31,078 --> 01:58:34,241 I think I like the way you look 1491 01:58:34,315 --> 01:58:37,580 The way your eyes reveal your mind 1492 01:58:39,620 --> 01:58:44,148 Like a precious book that's hard to find 1493 01:58:48,629 --> 01:58:53,157 I think I'm learning something strange and new 1494 01:58:54,268 --> 01:58:57,635 But it's well worth learning 1495 01:58:57,705 --> 01:59:01,971 Because I'm learning about you 1496 01:59:02,043 --> 01:59:04,136 Like dawning sunshine 1497 01:59:04,211 --> 01:59:08,375 When a new day is due 1498 01:59:08,449 --> 01:59:11,213 I think I like you 1499 01:59:13,955 --> 01:59:17,584 And I think you like me too 1500 01:59:17,658 --> 01:59:20,126 Do you? 1501 01:59:20,194 --> 01:59:22,162 Do you? 1502 01:59:22,229 --> 01:59:24,163 Do you? 1503 01:59:40,548 --> 01:59:44,279 Good afternoon. Good afternoon. 1504 01:59:56,497 --> 02:00:00,490 Good heavens. I do believe that's a great crested oriental moonbird. 1505 02:00:03,404 --> 02:00:05,668 It's terribly rare. I'm so glad we came. 1506 02:00:16,617 --> 02:00:19,484 Great crested oriental moonbird. 1507 02:00:19,553 --> 02:00:21,953 What a bit of luck. 1508 02:00:32,967 --> 02:00:35,765 Ah, that's better. 1509 02:00:35,836 --> 02:00:39,602 Thank you very much. 1510 02:00:39,674 --> 02:00:41,608 Bye-bye. 1511 02:00:46,981 --> 02:00:49,711 The locals aren't a very friendly lot, are they? 1512 02:00:49,784 --> 02:00:53,015 I bet you anything you like they're going to kill us. 1513 02:00:53,087 --> 02:00:57,717 Whoever said children had beautiful minds had obviously never met you. 1514 02:00:57,792 --> 02:01:01,626 Bein' in prison is much the same as bein' on a boat, 1515 02:01:01,696 --> 02:01:03,823 except in prison there's less chance of drownin'. 1516 02:01:03,898 --> 02:01:05,832 And less chance of our getting back to Puddleby. 1517 02:01:05,900 --> 02:01:08,596 I must have a serious talk to whoever runs this place. 1518 02:01:08,669 --> 02:01:11,331 I promised to get Stubbins home in time to go to school. 1519 02:01:11,405 --> 02:01:15,341 I'm sure if you tell them that we'll be out of here in no time. 1520 02:01:15,409 --> 02:01:20,745 Give me a leg up. I want to see what's going on out there. 1521 02:01:33,527 --> 02:01:36,394 Good heavens. 1522 02:01:36,464 --> 02:01:38,932 All right, Matthew. Down. 1523 02:01:38,999 --> 02:01:42,025 - Why is it so cold? - It's like being back in England. 1524 02:01:42,103 --> 02:01:44,867 There's a bit of frost. That's all. It's quite clear what happened. 1525 02:01:44,939 --> 02:01:48,375 The storm that sank the Flounder must have blown the island off its usual course. 1526 02:01:48,442 --> 02:01:50,376 We're drifting too far north. 1527 02:01:50,444 --> 02:01:53,436 If we don't do something about it, that marvelous vegetation is going to die of frostbite. 1528 02:01:53,514 --> 02:01:55,448 To say nothin' of our dear selves. 1529 02:02:04,458 --> 02:02:07,450 This is obviously the gentleman to talk to. 1530 02:02:09,597 --> 02:02:11,997 Good morning. 1531 02:02:12,066 --> 02:02:16,662 Me Dr. Dolittle. Search for great pink sea snail. 1532 02:02:16,737 --> 02:02:20,400 Small boy late for school. Here very cold. 1533 02:02:20,474 --> 02:02:24,274 They all go home Puddleby, yes? 1534 02:02:27,047 --> 02:02:28,981 What a funny accent. 1535 02:02:29,049 --> 02:02:30,983 Oh, I beg your pardon. 1536 02:02:31,051 --> 02:02:33,576 Actually, that's what I came to see you about. 1537 02:02:41,195 --> 02:02:44,995 My name is William Shakespeare, the Tenth. You may call me Willie. 1538 02:02:45,065 --> 02:02:47,329 Come with me, please. 1539 02:02:56,277 --> 02:02:58,973 Thank you. 1540 02:03:02,950 --> 02:03:05,043 We've had lots of shipwrecks, of course. 1541 02:03:05,119 --> 02:03:09,351 Being a floating island does tend to make us a bit of a danger to shipping. 1542 02:03:09,423 --> 02:03:11,891 We've bumped into lots of things over the years. 1543 02:03:11,959 --> 02:03:15,190 But on the credit side, it enabled us to build a marvelous museum... 1544 02:03:15,262 --> 02:03:20,097 and public library... books and art treasures from all over the place. 1545 02:03:20,167 --> 02:03:23,330 Everybody on the island speaks nine or ten languages. 1546 02:03:23,404 --> 02:03:26,567 We even name our children after our favorite authors. 1547 02:03:26,640 --> 02:03:29,234 That's why my name is William Shakespeare. 1548 02:03:29,310 --> 02:03:31,369 Do forgive this paraphernalia. 1549 02:03:31,445 --> 02:03:35,643 We're rehearsing now The Merchant Of Venice for our Shakespeare drama festival. 1550 02:03:35,716 --> 02:03:39,117 - Do sit down. Milk or lemon? - Milk, please. 1551 02:03:39,186 --> 02:03:41,120 Must be a near perfect civilization. 1552 02:03:41,188 --> 02:03:43,622 Then what are we doin' in prison? 1553 02:03:43,691 --> 02:03:46,524 Purely a precaution, old boy, a sort of quarantine. 1554 02:03:46,594 --> 02:03:49,654 Most of the white men who have come here in the past... 1555 02:03:49,730 --> 02:03:53,131 usually started killing people before they've been introduced. 1556 02:03:53,200 --> 02:03:57,068 - Extraordinary. Help yourself to sugar. - Thank you. 1557 02:03:57,137 --> 02:04:01,267 But they never stay long. They can't stand the peace and quiet. 1558 02:04:01,342 --> 02:04:05,779 I love peace and quiet, but unfortunately we won't be able to stay long either. 1559 02:04:05,846 --> 02:04:08,781 We've got to continue our hunt for the great pink sea snail. 1560 02:04:08,849 --> 02:04:11,511 You haven't by any chance heard of it being in the vicinity? 1561 02:04:11,585 --> 02:04:14,884 At the moment you have a bigger problem than looking for snails. 1562 02:04:14,955 --> 02:04:17,753 According to popular superstition, 1563 02:04:17,825 --> 02:04:22,694 newcomers to the island are responsible for all our misfortunes. 1564 02:04:22,763 --> 02:04:26,699 So the elders of the village are blaming you for this frost. 1565 02:04:26,767 --> 02:04:30,396 I don't know what we can do about that. Perhaps there is something I can think of. 1566 02:04:30,471 --> 02:04:33,269 I do hope so for your sake. 1567 02:04:33,340 --> 02:04:36,798 You see, it's written here in the law book. 1568 02:04:36,877 --> 02:04:40,540 "He who brings sunshine to the coldness of our days... 1569 02:04:40,614 --> 02:04:44,072 shall bask in the splendor of a thousand summers." 1570 02:04:44,151 --> 02:04:46,642 - That's very nice. - Yeah. 1571 02:04:46,720 --> 02:04:49,883 Yes, but it goes on. 1572 02:04:49,957 --> 02:04:53,552 "He who brings winter into the summer of our lives... 1573 02:04:53,627 --> 02:04:56,994 shall die the death of a thousand screams." 1574 02:04:57,064 --> 02:05:00,227 - Oh. - I prefer the first one. 1575 02:05:00,301 --> 02:05:02,462 Yes, so did I. 1576 02:05:02,569 --> 02:05:06,061 The elders are also blaming you for what's happened to the animals. 1577 02:05:06,140 --> 02:05:08,074 What has happened to the animals? 1578 02:05:08,142 --> 02:05:12,408 They've all caught colds. They're coughing and sneezing all over the place. 1579 02:05:12,479 --> 02:05:16,381 I must do something about this immediately. Come along, Polynesia. 1580 02:05:16,450 --> 02:05:18,418 We've got work to do. 1581 02:05:21,655 --> 02:05:23,953 Bless you. 1582 02:05:24,024 --> 02:05:26,117 Gesundheit. 1583 02:05:29,630 --> 02:05:31,928 Ha. 1584 02:05:34,401 --> 02:05:38,337 Here you are, Tommy. Another little baby lion for you to take care of. 1585 02:05:38,405 --> 02:05:40,999 Yes, sir. 1586 02:05:41,075 --> 02:05:43,009 Bless you. 1587 02:05:43,077 --> 02:05:45,671 That inhalant seems to be working very well. 1588 02:05:45,746 --> 02:05:50,649 Bless you. 1589 02:05:50,718 --> 02:05:54,586 I was hoping this mustard bath would work. 1590 02:05:54,655 --> 02:05:58,648 Still very hot. 1591 02:05:59,827 --> 02:06:02,625 How soon will my cough mixture be ready? 1592 02:06:02,696 --> 02:06:06,393 - Five minutes. Smell. - Mmm! 1593 02:06:06,467 --> 02:06:09,334 I'd give it to the baby elephant first, if I were you. 1594 02:06:09,403 --> 02:06:11,769 - Why? - She's got a terrible cold. 1595 02:06:11,839 --> 02:06:14,273 I want to control it before she gives it to the family. 1596 02:06:14,341 --> 02:06:16,901 When a herd of elephants start sneezing, it's like a hurricane. 1597 02:06:16,977 --> 02:06:22,649 Might drive the island even further off course. Thank you very much. 1598 02:06:24,617 --> 02:06:29,554 If we was to point them in the right direction, perhaps they could blow us back on course. 1599 02:06:29,622 --> 02:06:32,557 Pretty good theory, but terribly difficult to organize. 1600 02:06:32,625 --> 02:06:35,526 If elephants could swim, one good shove... 1601 02:06:35,595 --> 02:06:39,463 and we'd be back in a southerly current before we could... 1602 02:06:41,034 --> 02:06:43,298 Why didn't I think of that before? 1603 02:06:43,369 --> 02:06:46,861 - They can swim. - What, elephants? 1604 02:06:46,939 --> 02:06:51,569 No, no, no, Matthew. Tommy, what's as big as an elephant that can swim? 1605 02:06:51,644 --> 02:06:53,942 A whale, sir. 1606 02:06:54,013 --> 02:06:56,675 Exactly. 1607 02:06:56,749 --> 02:07:00,014 Emma, get on with the cough mixture. 1608 02:07:00,086 --> 02:07:02,577 Bless you. 1609 02:07:02,655 --> 02:07:05,419 Now, how do you get in touch with a whale? 1610 02:07:06,726 --> 02:07:09,889 I'll talk to him immediately. 1611 02:07:09,962 --> 02:07:12,556 Splendid. 1612 02:07:12,632 --> 02:07:17,069 Good morning. Marvelous, if the giraffe doesn't mind. 1613 02:07:17,136 --> 02:07:21,038 Extremely kind of you. I do appreciate it. 1614 02:07:23,676 --> 02:07:25,041 Bless you. 1615 02:07:25,111 --> 02:07:28,740 You'll explain? Good. 1616 02:07:40,593 --> 02:07:42,754 Here he comes. 1617 02:07:42,829 --> 02:07:48,165 It was very decent of that turtle to put us in touch with him. 1618 02:07:48,234 --> 02:07:50,395 My word! He's a big fellow. 1619 02:07:52,071 --> 02:07:56,838 Now, if he gave a shove below us, that should just about do the trick. 1620 02:08:14,827 --> 02:08:17,261 Good morning. 1621 02:08:20,066 --> 02:08:25,527 One... shove... here. 1622 02:08:30,276 --> 02:08:33,905 We really must learn to speak a few words of whale. 1623 02:08:33,980 --> 02:08:37,040 Apparently they're very nice, but nobody ever talks to them. 1624 02:09:00,907 --> 02:09:02,841 Look! 1625 02:09:07,413 --> 02:09:09,574 Why is it doing that? 1626 02:09:09,649 --> 02:09:12,140 The island is bound to roll a bit after that shove. 1627 02:09:12,218 --> 02:09:14,209 It set that balancing rock in motion. 1628 02:09:19,492 --> 02:09:23,656 - It'll soon calm down. - That would be highly desirable. 1629 02:09:23,729 --> 02:09:26,960 It says here in the law book, 1630 02:09:27,033 --> 02:09:30,764 "He who causes the great rock to fall into the hot mountain... 1631 02:09:30,837 --> 02:09:34,705 shall die the death of 10,000 screams." 1632 02:09:44,217 --> 02:09:49,245 - Uh, how many screams did you say? - 10,000. 1633 02:09:49,322 --> 02:09:53,850 I shouldn't have thought it was worth more than five. 1634 02:10:04,704 --> 02:10:08,834 - I cannot tell you how upset I am about this. - You're upset? 1635 02:10:08,908 --> 02:10:10,842 We realize it isn't your fault. 1636 02:10:10,910 --> 02:10:15,244 I've been through the law book from cover to cover. There is nothing I can do. 1637 02:10:15,314 --> 02:10:20,217 - This is the tradition. - Oh, well, we hate to break a tradition. 1638 02:10:34,700 --> 02:10:39,228 I once heard a story about a tribe that burned people alive, then et them for dinner. 1639 02:10:39,305 --> 02:10:41,899 I bet that's what they're going to do to us. 1640 02:10:41,974 --> 02:10:46,673 Will you please put a curb on your lurid imagination? 1641 02:10:46,746 --> 02:10:48,941 I'm sorry about this, Emma. 1642 02:10:49,015 --> 02:10:51,677 It hasn't been very relaxing the last few days, has it? 1643 02:12:01,721 --> 02:12:05,384 I think we've bumped into something. 1644 02:12:19,505 --> 02:12:21,166 Stop! 1645 02:12:23,442 --> 02:12:25,603 Release them! 1646 02:12:28,414 --> 02:12:30,939 Holy Pat. What did we do now? 1647 02:12:32,485 --> 02:12:36,581 We've collided with the mainland. The two pieces fit perfectly. 1648 02:12:36,655 --> 02:12:38,816 - How extraordinary. - Not really. 1649 02:12:38,891 --> 02:12:41,416 The oldest legend of the island has always maintained... 1650 02:12:41,494 --> 02:12:45,396 that we are a bit of Africa that has been missing for 5,000 years. 1651 02:12:45,464 --> 02:12:47,591 Is there a reward for finding it? 1652 02:12:47,666 --> 02:12:50,931 Oh, indeed, yes. 1653 02:12:51,003 --> 02:12:54,530 "He who brings back the lost island from the sea... 1654 02:12:54,607 --> 02:12:58,236 shall live as a god for a thousand moons." 1655 02:12:58,310 --> 02:13:00,870 Thank you. Thank you. 1656 02:13:00,946 --> 02:13:04,541 That's very pleasant, but if you will excuse me, I must get back to the hospital, 1657 02:13:04,617 --> 02:13:08,917 in case the elephant sneezes and blows all the other patients away. 1658 02:13:08,988 --> 02:13:12,389 What will you do when the animals are all well again? 1659 02:13:12,458 --> 02:13:17,896 I have one great ambition. I came to find a great pink sea snail. I intend to find it. 1660 02:13:17,963 --> 02:13:20,591 The great pink sea snail is more than mythical. 1661 02:13:20,666 --> 02:13:22,600 I always thought that, too, Willie. 1662 02:13:27,273 --> 02:13:29,366 No, no. You can see the animals as they come out. 1663 02:13:29,442 --> 02:13:31,376 - Guard the gate, Matthew. - Oh! 1664 02:13:31,444 --> 02:13:35,540 Come on. Come on. 1665 02:13:35,614 --> 02:13:40,381 - Why does he have the animals in there? - All right, all right. 1666 02:13:40,453 --> 02:13:43,286 I'll tell ya. 1667 02:13:43,355 --> 02:13:48,554 Behind these gates is the most wonderful place in all the world. 1668 02:13:48,627 --> 02:13:51,323 - Can we see it? - Can we see it? 1669 02:13:51,397 --> 02:13:53,331 - Shh! - Shh! 1670 02:14:18,357 --> 02:14:22,817 This is the world of Dr. Dolittle 1671 02:14:22,895 --> 02:14:26,956 The wonderful world of Dr. Dolittle 1672 02:14:27,032 --> 02:14:31,025 Where crocodiles talk and elephants sing 1673 02:14:31,103 --> 02:14:35,233 And animals do most any old thing 1674 02:14:35,307 --> 02:14:39,209 Where polar bears wear top hats 1675 02:14:39,278 --> 02:14:42,213 And leopards with spots wear spats 1676 02:14:42,281 --> 02:14:47,446 Well, that's life in the world of Dr. Dolittle 1677 02:14:47,520 --> 02:14:51,616 Doves start to coo when they see Dolittle 1678 02:14:51,690 --> 02:14:55,717 He has a profound philosophy 1679 02:14:55,794 --> 02:14:59,423 If animals can be friends says he 1680 02:14:59,498 --> 02:15:05,061 Well, then why can't we 1681 02:15:05,137 --> 02:15:08,766 Matthew, open the gate. 1682 02:15:15,414 --> 02:15:18,906 Come on, baby. Up! 1683 02:15:21,153 --> 02:15:23,451 See they're all right, Matthew. 1684 02:15:25,824 --> 02:15:30,454 Say how do you do to the world of Dr. Dolittle 1685 02:15:30,529 --> 02:15:34,295 Say how do you do to the world of Dr. Dolittle 1686 02:15:34,366 --> 02:15:37,392 Life is a zoo to Dr. Dolittle 1687 02:15:37,469 --> 02:15:40,597 Life is a zoo to Dr. Dolittle 1688 02:15:40,673 --> 02:15:44,302 Where antelopes lope 1689 02:15:44,376 --> 02:15:48,813 - And ostriches fan - And ostriches fan 1690 02:15:48,881 --> 02:15:53,079 And kangaroos do what kangaroos can 1691 02:15:53,152 --> 02:15:57,054 To make the hyenas laugh 1692 02:15:57,122 --> 02:16:00,091 As long as a long giraffe 1693 02:16:04,363 --> 02:16:09,426 Every calf starts to moo when they see Dolittle 1694 02:16:09,501 --> 02:16:13,494 Even the few who used to moo little 1695 02:16:13,572 --> 02:16:17,736 For all of the birds and beasts agree 1696 02:16:17,810 --> 02:16:21,246 He has a profound philosophy 1697 02:16:21,313 --> 02:16:26,012 And so why can't 1698 02:16:26,085 --> 02:16:29,248 We. 1699 02:16:29,321 --> 02:16:33,519 All of the birds and beasts agree 1700 02:16:33,592 --> 02:16:37,494 He has a profound philosophy 1701 02:16:37,563 --> 02:16:42,694 And so why can't we 1702 02:16:42,768 --> 02:16:47,535 Do little things to help them 1703 02:16:47,606 --> 02:16:49,631 Why 1704 02:16:49,708 --> 02:16:51,767 Can't 1705 02:16:51,844 --> 02:16:54,745 We 1706 02:16:54,813 --> 02:16:56,804 Oh. 1707 02:16:59,118 --> 02:17:01,712 Well, thank goodness they only had head colds. 1708 02:17:01,787 --> 02:17:05,917 Think how terrible it would have been if they'd had sore throats. 1709 02:17:05,991 --> 02:17:08,391 Our last two patients. Well done, Emma. 1710 02:17:15,968 --> 02:17:19,199 Well, not a sniffle left on the island. 1711 02:17:23,909 --> 02:17:28,073 Interesting noise. Can't be. 1712 02:17:28,147 --> 02:17:32,880 You mean, the great pink sea snail... 1713 02:17:32,951 --> 02:17:38,480 Precisely, and by the sound of it, he seems to have caught a chill too. 1714 02:18:07,252 --> 02:18:11,416 So sorry. 1715 02:18:11,490 --> 02:18:14,516 I've never seen anything like it. 1716 02:18:14,593 --> 02:18:18,552 - Yes, I see. Well, just a minute. Amazing! - What is? 1717 02:18:18,630 --> 02:18:22,566 We've been searching for weeks for the great snail. He's been with us all the time. 1718 02:18:22,634 --> 02:18:25,262 Lives in an underground cave and moves about with the island. 1719 02:18:25,337 --> 02:18:28,773 I was quite right. He's got a shocking cold. I told him I was a doctor, 1720 02:18:28,841 --> 02:18:31,969 and if he'd come on the beach, I'd mix him a batch of my special tonic. 1721 02:18:32,044 --> 02:18:35,241 It'll need to be rather large, won't it? 1722 02:18:44,656 --> 02:18:47,124 What's that? 1723 02:18:47,192 --> 02:18:49,888 - What is it? - He's purring. 1724 02:18:53,732 --> 02:18:58,999 Thrilled with his medicine. Feels much more relaxed, almost like a new snail. 1725 02:18:59,071 --> 02:19:02,040 - Wanted to know if there's anything he can do for us. - Is there? 1726 02:19:02,107 --> 02:19:05,599 Yes, he can take you all safely back to Puddleby. 1727 02:19:07,146 --> 02:19:10,479 Oh, well. Well, that's a bit of an imposition. 1728 02:19:10,549 --> 02:19:14,315 Puddleby's a long way away. All you did was give him a little medicine. 1729 02:19:14,386 --> 02:19:18,254 He's 2,000 years old. He's lonely. It'll be company for him. 1730 02:19:18,323 --> 02:19:21,656 He'd been planning to visit his cousin in Scotland for 300 years and put it off. 1731 02:19:21,727 --> 02:19:23,661 Be a great opportunity for him. 1732 02:19:23,729 --> 02:19:26,323 - His cousin in Scotland? - You've heard of the Loch Ness monster? 1733 02:19:26,398 --> 02:19:28,332 - Yes. - Well, it's a cousin. 1734 02:19:28,400 --> 02:19:30,960 - Good heavens. - Travel under the sea? 1735 02:19:31,036 --> 02:19:34,335 But it's bad enough on top. We'd all drown, Doctor. 1736 02:19:34,406 --> 02:19:36,931 No, the shell is completely watertight. 1737 02:19:37,009 --> 02:19:39,273 It'll be like traveling in a big pink bubble. 1738 02:19:39,344 --> 02:19:44,281 Yes, he says he can get you back to Puddleby by two weeks from Tuesday. 1739 02:19:59,198 --> 02:20:02,634 This must be the only snail in the world with four bedrooms. 1740 02:20:02,701 --> 02:20:04,635 Oh, and, Polynesia, 1741 02:20:04,703 --> 02:20:10,073 don't forget to remind the snail to surface twice a day for his cough mixture. 1742 02:20:10,142 --> 02:20:13,270 It will fix up his cold, and stretch your legs and get some sea air. 1743 02:20:13,345 --> 02:20:15,643 - Yes, Doctor. - Oh, good. 1744 02:20:15,714 --> 02:20:18,444 I'd hate to miss my turn on deck. 1745 02:20:18,517 --> 02:20:22,510 And, Chee-Chee, don't eat all the bananas. Leave some for the others. 1746 02:20:22,588 --> 02:20:27,355 Shh, shh. Don't be sad. 1747 02:20:27,426 --> 02:20:29,360 That's all, sir. 1748 02:20:29,428 --> 02:20:32,192 Good-bye, Stubbins. Go up to the house whenever you like. 1749 02:20:32,264 --> 02:20:36,098 Yes, sir. And, Doctor, come home soon, sir. 1750 02:20:37,469 --> 02:20:39,403 Well... 1751 02:20:46,078 --> 02:20:51,345 Well, I'll, uh... I'll send your other high hat back from Puddleby, Doctor. 1752 02:20:51,416 --> 02:20:54,385 The snail can bring it back with him. 1753 02:20:54,453 --> 02:20:56,887 Yours is looking a little grubby now. 1754 02:20:56,955 --> 02:20:59,753 You'll probably find it a bit difficult to get one here. 1755 02:20:59,825 --> 02:21:02,919 Yes, uh, probably. 1756 02:21:04,096 --> 02:21:06,257 Well, thank you, Matthew. 1757 02:21:07,332 --> 02:21:09,493 Well, uh, good-bye. 1758 02:21:09,568 --> 02:21:11,763 Bye. 1759 02:21:14,540 --> 02:21:17,338 Uh, give my love to everyone at home, 1760 02:21:17,410 --> 02:21:20,277 to Gub-Gub and Dab-Dab and everyone. 1761 02:21:20,346 --> 02:21:22,837 Good-bye, John Dolittle. 1762 02:21:23,916 --> 02:21:26,350 Take care! 1763 02:21:31,123 --> 02:21:35,787 Well, Tom, I still wish he was comin' with us. 1764 02:21:35,861 --> 02:21:40,127 I've never driven one of these things before. 1765 02:21:49,708 --> 02:21:52,575 Sure you won't change your mind and come with us? 1766 02:21:52,645 --> 02:21:57,742 I can't, Emma. Your uncle will put me away the moment I set foot in Puddleby. 1767 02:21:57,817 --> 02:21:59,808 But you have to come back one day. 1768 02:21:59,885 --> 02:22:03,446 I hope so. A lot of animals depend on me. 1769 02:22:03,522 --> 02:22:06,582 One or two people too. 1770 02:22:09,395 --> 02:22:14,059 Puddleby's going to seem very dull after all this excitement. 1771 02:22:14,133 --> 02:22:16,761 I mean, what are you going to do here? 1772 02:22:16,836 --> 02:22:20,328 I think I'll start planning my next voyage. 1773 02:22:20,406 --> 02:22:23,466 Where are you going this time? The moon? 1774 02:22:23,542 --> 02:22:26,534 - Very probably, yes. - You're not serious. 1775 02:22:26,612 --> 02:22:28,671 - Oh, yes. - How? 1776 02:22:28,747 --> 02:22:32,046 On the giant lunar moth. Magnificent creature. 1777 02:22:32,117 --> 02:22:34,051 Flies backwards and forwards between the earth and the moon. 1778 02:22:34,119 --> 02:22:36,713 When it reaches one, it's attracted by the light of the other and flies back again. 1779 02:22:36,789 --> 02:22:38,723 Willie tells me there's one on the island. 1780 02:22:38,791 --> 02:22:41,589 My idea is to build some sort of saddle arrangement, 1781 02:22:41,660 --> 02:22:44,356 - very secure, so I don't fall off halfway. - Can I come? 1782 02:22:45,931 --> 02:22:47,865 Hmm? 1783 02:22:47,933 --> 02:22:50,458 Can I come with you? 1784 02:22:52,271 --> 02:22:55,832 Emma, I'm afraid... 1785 02:22:55,908 --> 02:22:59,901 I'm not very good with people. 1786 02:22:59,979 --> 02:23:04,609 L... I'm all right with animals, but people... 1787 02:23:04,683 --> 02:23:07,880 I'm not very good with. 1788 02:23:07,953 --> 02:23:10,581 I never have been. I don't know why. 1789 02:23:18,230 --> 02:23:20,824 I'll write to you. 1790 02:23:20,900 --> 02:23:26,236 I'll organize an air postal service with the seagulls. 1791 02:23:32,745 --> 02:23:34,713 I'll miss you, John Dolittle. 1792 02:24:59,865 --> 02:25:03,392 Well, I'll tell you one thing, Tom. 1793 02:25:03,469 --> 02:25:07,269 If we ever drown in this thing, it'll be in a flood of tears. 1794 02:25:39,505 --> 02:25:42,770 Sophie. What are you doing here? 1795 02:25:47,913 --> 02:25:52,850 No. Oh, how do you do, sir? 1796 02:25:52,918 --> 02:25:56,183 Really? Good Lord. 1797 02:25:56,255 --> 02:26:00,385 Sophie, that's marvelous news. Thank you very much, indeed. 1798 02:26:05,397 --> 02:26:07,661 Good-bye, Sophie. Thank you. Thank you! 1799 02:26:10,469 --> 02:26:15,634 "Good night, sweet Prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." 1800 02:26:15,708 --> 02:26:18,871 Willie! Willie! Wonderful news. 1801 02:26:18,944 --> 02:26:22,141 Sophie, the seal, and her husband have come to tell me... 1802 02:26:22,214 --> 02:26:24,409 all the animals in England are on strike. 1803 02:26:24,483 --> 02:26:26,883 They refuse to do any work until I'm reprieved. 1804 02:26:26,952 --> 02:26:30,444 - You can go home? - Yes. The local magistrate is begging me to go back. 1805 02:26:30,522 --> 02:26:32,854 The whole country's paralyzed without the animals. 1806 02:26:32,925 --> 02:26:35,894 - Congratulations. - Thank you very much. 1807 02:26:35,961 --> 02:26:39,590 I think that tree is about the right size. 1808 02:26:39,665 --> 02:26:43,032 It's a 60-foot overall wingspan. 1809 02:26:43,102 --> 02:26:47,129 - But you've missed the snail. - I've got a better idea. I'm going to fly home. 1810 02:26:47,206 --> 02:26:50,937 Can you imagine their faces when they see me on the quayside waiting for them in Puddleby? 1811 02:26:51,009 --> 02:26:55,139 - Fly home? - Since you say there's one on the island, on the lunar moth. 1812 02:26:55,214 --> 02:26:58,650 - Help me make a model so I can gauge where to put the saddle. - Certainly. 1813 02:26:58,717 --> 02:27:01,447 I've got to allow for a very steep rate of climb. 1814 02:27:01,520 --> 02:27:05,149 Now, you see, you'll be the wings. 1815 02:27:05,224 --> 02:27:08,216 All of you. That's it. 1816 02:27:08,293 --> 02:27:10,955 Just sit down inside those lines I've just drawn. 1817 02:27:11,029 --> 02:27:13,964 Everybody. That's the idea. 1818 02:27:14,032 --> 02:27:18,162 Good. Yes, I think it's going to work splendidly. 1819 02:27:18,237 --> 02:27:22,469 As soon as I've built this saddle, we'll go and have a chat with the lunar moth. 1820 02:27:22,541 --> 02:27:26,102 I only hope he understands common house moth. That's all I speak. 1821 02:27:26,178 --> 02:27:29,079 Then as soon as the moon comes up, we'll be off to Puddleby. 1822 02:27:29,148 --> 02:27:31,116 Wonderful night for flying. 1823 02:27:31,183 --> 02:27:34,152 By my calculations I should be home in time for breakfast. 1824 02:27:38,624 --> 02:27:40,592 The stars are made of lemon drops 1825 02:27:40,659 --> 02:27:44,459 The bigger ones are lollipops and ice 1826 02:27:44,530 --> 02:27:46,521 The clouds have shops up on the tops 1827 02:27:46,598 --> 02:27:48,691 That sell you sweets and soda pops 1828 02:27:48,767 --> 02:27:52,703 What do they call the place Isn't it paradise 1829 02:27:52,771 --> 02:27:56,639 Maybe what the doctor tells me 1830 02:27:56,708 --> 02:28:00,439 Isn't altogether true 1831 02:28:00,512 --> 02:28:04,710 But I know every tale he tells me 1832 02:28:04,783 --> 02:28:08,583 I don't know any better ones Do you 1833 02:28:08,654 --> 02:28:12,647 My friend the doctor says the world is full of fantasy 1834 02:28:12,724 --> 02:28:16,125 And who are you and I to disagree 1835 02:28:16,195 --> 02:28:18,561 Let's hope and pray that is the way 1836 02:28:18,630 --> 02:28:20,825 The life we love will always stay 1837 02:28:20,899 --> 02:28:24,164 For my friend the doctor 1838 02:28:24,236 --> 02:28:28,866 And me