Original subtitles

(THEME SONG PLAYING)

Whoo!

(CHUCKLES)

(GASPS)

(EXCLAIMING)

NARRATOR: It's no mystery that Halloween is here,

when the autumn weather is cool

and the last leaves are falling.

(GEORGE CHITTERING)

(GRUNTS)

Leaves get a little extra monkey aid

at The Man with the Yellow Hat's house.

(LAUGHING)

It's nice of you to help Jumpy get food for winter, George,

but, ow.

(CHATTERS)

-(CRACKING) -Huh?

(SCREAMS)

(GASPS) Oh!

(CHUCKLES)

Would you help me rake the leaves?

(AGREES EXCITEDLY)

Thank you.

Whee!

(RINGING BELL) Halloween's here!

You boys hang onto your hats!

Huh? (CHATTERS)

You, too, Mrs. Renkins.

Hang on to your hat.

Ah! George you're never going to forget your first country Halloween,

carving pumpkins, costume contests,

spooky stories, like the Legend of No Noggin.

Ah!

(LAUGHING)

And jumping in leaf piles.

You know, I already raked these leaves twice.

(CHATTERS)

Right. Three times.

Whew! I'm tired.

Uh, maybe I should rake alone

so we don't keep doing it till Christmas.

Oh!

Hmm. You can help me by...

Ah.

By picking us a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch all by yourself!

Here you go.

(GASPS)

(CHATTERS)

Bye!

While you're gone, I'll rake the leaves.

Again!

Oh, my back.

Aha!

(EXCLAIMS IN DELIGHT)

(CHATTERS)

Welcome to Renkins' Pumpkins.

I'm their peppy helper.

Peppy help improves pumpkin-picking plenty.

Uh-uh!

Huh?

Huh? Hey!

Don't worry. The bunnies didn't escape.

See?

There's Fuzzy, Whitey, Browny,

Spotty, Black Ears, Cottontail,

and Herbert Nenninger.

(LAUGHING)

Ah!

Need expert help picking a proper pleasing pumpkin?

I'm a peppy professional proper pleasing pumpkin picking helper!

Phew!

Uh-uh. Uh-uh. (CHATTERS)

NARRATOR: George was going to pick his pumpkin all by himself.

Hmm.

(GASPS)

NARRATOR: He saw the one he wanted.

Ooh. Aha!

Sorry, that one's not for sale.

That's Mr. Renkins' entry for the Halloween Giant Pumpkin Contest.

Oh!

Pick any other pumpkin.

And if you need peppy expert help picking a proper...

Uh-uh. (CHATTERS)

NARRATOR: Picking a perfect pumpkin

wasn't as simple as George expected.

Phew!

-Boo! -(SCREAMS)

(CHUCKLES)

Oh! (CHUCKLES)

Hiya, George!

A good boo is a big part of Halloween.

And I'm the best boo-er this side of the lake.

Ah!

(SCREAMS)

That wasn't a boo.

Oh!

That was a "Ah!"

I'll show you how an expert boos a boo.

Try and find me!

There's nothing more fun than a Halloween boo

When the unexpected sneaks up on you

It's fun for the boo-er and the boo-ee too

'Cause when you least expect it

-Boo! -(GASPS)

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

And when you go to a party on Halloween night

All your friends dress up and everything's all right

But there's something missing

So, here's what you do

Jump out around the corner and yell

-Boo! -(GASPS)

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Ooh, ooh, ooh

On Halloween

Halloween

You never knew that you could have so much fun

And you just might scream

Just might scream

-Boo! -(BOTH SCREAM)

It's spooky funny all wrapped up in one

Ooh

Peppy experts pick a pack of perfect pleasing pumpkins.

Please pick a peppy expert helper, pumpkin pickers.

-Boo! -(BOTH CHUCKLE)

If I boo with you, will you boo with me?

'Cause when friends boo together

It's twice as scary

So, let's let it rip at the count of three

Get ready

One, two, three

-BOTH: Boo! -(GASPS)

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

By George, I think he's got it.

(CHUCKLES)

Halloween's almost here.

You guys hang on to your hats.

(CHATTERS INQUISITIVELY)

Uh, people just say that to be Halloween-y.

It's not about wearing hats.

Yes, it is.

Don't you know why people say that?

You never heard of the Legend of No Noggin?

Uh-uh.

Tell us! It's Halloween.

So, the spookier, the better.

Okay.

If you think you can take it.

But you better sit down.

This will take some telling.

BOTH: Ooh!

Look over there.

BILL: You see that old lonesome tree down by the creek?

They call that Old Lonesome Tree.

Hmm.

Long ago near that very spot

Herbert Nenninger had a farm.

Huh?

(SNIFFING)

No, not the bunny, the man I named him after.

So, on his farm...

You named him after a man?

Uh... (SIGHS) I thought everyone knew

I named him after my great-great-uncle.

-Nuh-uh. -Uh-uh, uh-uh.

Anyway...

Herbert Nenninger,

the guy not the bunny,

had a farm.

And on his farm, he had a scarecrow.

Everybody called it No Noggin.

(DRAMATICALLY) Because it had no head.

All year long it was like any other scarecrow.

But every Halloween night,

No Noggin kicked people's hats off!

Even many years later, after the farm was gone,

No Noggin returned to that spot every Halloween night

just to kick people's hats.

And that's why people say, "Hang on to your hats" at Halloween.

Because No Noggin always returns Halloween night

and it wants to kick your hat.

-Boo! -(BOTH GASP)

(CHUCKLES) I guess you're too little

to hear about scary stuff like hats.

Nuh-uh!

We're not scared of anything. Right, George?

Uh-uh!

Okay!

Boo!

(BOTH GASP)

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

(CHUCKLES) So, hang on to your hats!

Ah!

Look, George, the tree by the creek.

That's where No Noggin shows up.

-Ooh. -That story was pretty spooky.

And weird, huh?

(CHATTERS)

NARRATOR: "Weird" was right.

Why would a scarecrow want to kick hats?

And why didn't it have a head?

Did it lose it?

Did it never have one?

How could a monkey get answers?

(EXCLAIMS EXCITEDLY)

Ah!

Why are you running?

No Noggin won't be here till Halloween night!

Leaves are all bagged.

Find a good pumpkin?

Uh-huh!

Um...

George, what's up?

(CHATTERS)

NARRATOR: George needed to know. why no head?

Why kick hats?

And why on Halloween night?

Did Bill tell you about No Noggin?

Uh-huh.

And No Noggin is bothering you?

Uh-huh.

(MUTTERS IN CONFUSION)

You want to know why it has no head and kicks hats?

(AGREES EXCITEDLY)

(CHUCKLES) Oh, well.

There are no answers to your questions, George.

Huh?

(CHATTERS DEJECTEDLY)

It can't be explained because it's just a legend.

It's not real.

(MUTTERS IN CONFUSION)

For one thing, no one has ever seen No Noggin.

And there are other reasons.

Come on, I'll show you.

(AGREES ENTHUSIASTICALLY)

They say No Noggin stood in a field beside Old Lonesome Tree.

But how could it kick hats off people on the road from back here?

Hmm.

I've walked past this tree many a Halloween and never lost a hat.

(CHUCKLES) And who could resist this hat, hmm?

Ah! (CHUCKLES)

It's just a story, George. Don't worry about it.

Concentrate on Halloween games,

costumes, contests!

Hmm.

Hey, you want to go watch them set up the Boo Festival in town?

(MUTTERS IN AGREEMENT)

NARRATOR: George was disappointed.

He really wanted the legend to be true.

(MUTTERS IN DISAPPOINTMENT)

Ooh!

Let's see.

That's where we'll bob for apples.

That's Pin the Bat in the Cave.

Ha!

There's the Giant Pumpkin Contest.

Ooh!

Ah! (CHUCKLES)

MYH: Oh, that's the haunted house.

The Quints are running it this year.

Right, Mrs. Quint?

Oh, it's not just a haunted house.

(EERILY) It's the Haunted House of Very Scary Fish!

(GASPS)

For nervous types,

next door we have the Regular House of Perfectly Normal Fish.

(GIGGLES)

Hi, guys!

Don't forget to enter our contest.

Prizes for the best Halloween costume.

(EXCLAIMS EXCITEDLY)

Oh!

NARRATOR: George got so excited, he forgot he couldn't read.

Ada, is that really the prize?

Uh-huh. First prize is a Kurtzberg 8-28 Electric Leaf Suckopater.

(MYH GASPS)

Oh, I always wanted a Kurtzberg 828 Recharging Electric Leaf Suck-o-pater.

Huh?

It's the most powerful leaf vacuum in the world.

If we had that, I... I could have raked the lawn 20 more times today

without getting a sore back!

Oh!

(GASPS)

(EXCLAIMS IN AWE)

(WHOOPS)

NARRATOR: George was going to make the best costume and win that prize.

For him and The Man.

(EXCLAIMS EXCITEDLY)

(GASPS)

(CHUCKLES)

Ah.

Whoo!

Nice head, Mr. Quint.

Is that your Halloween costume?

Oh, this ain't the whole thing. (CHUCKLES)

I'm still working on my body.

Hope I win.

Always did want a Kurtzberg 828 Recharging Electric Leaf Suck-o-pater.

Oh, me, too!

But if your body is as creepy as your head,

you are going to win for sure.

NARRATOR: Winning this contest might not be so easy.

Hmm.

NARRATOR: George needed some good costume ideas.

Maybe he would find some at the Boo Festival.

I can't wait till the sun goes down tonight

We're all gonna meet at the streetlight

Yeah, tonight

Ah!

Ah!

There's so many friends I want to see

I keep wondering what we're all gonna be

What are we gonna be?

(CHUCKLES)

Three hundred sixty-five days a year

And this is number one

'Cause it's time to get your costume on

Grab your hat and bring it along

It's Halloween today

We'll keep going till our feet get sore

We're gonna knock on every door

It's Halloween today

Oh!

NARRATOR: Shark-beating ideas don't come easy.

Ooh! Aha!

NARRATOR: But that might be one!

Ah!

(EXCLAIMS EXCITEDLY)

(EXCLAIMS)

(GASPS) George, be care...

I gotcha!

Sorry, Mr. Delgado.

Where did George go?

(GEORGE MUTTERS)

(CHATTERS CHEERILY)

(CHUCKLES) This is my Halloween costume.

It won't fit a little monkey.

Oh!

Hey, you guys!

The Renkins want all storeowners to get a pleasing pumpkin present!

Thanks there, William.

Hey, George.

The No Noggin legend wasn't too scary for a city kid, was it?

Uh-uh.

(CHUCKLES) He's fine. I explained it wasn't real.

Of course it's real.

Yeah, of course!

(EXCLAIMS IN SURPRISE)

I've even got a photo of No Noggin.

Somewhere in my antiques storeroom.

Cool!

-(WHOOPS) -What?

My great-granddad put it back here

with the rest of the Herbert Nenninger things.

So as not to scare folks.

I never come in here

as I'm allergic to, uh...

Terror. (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

I need your help finding it.

It's somewhere back here.

(EXCLAIMS IN AWE)

NARRATOR: George thought if they could find a photo,

the No Noggin mystery could be solved.

(MUTTERS IN CONFUSION)

(ACCORDION PLAYING)

Uh, careful, George, these might be valuable antiques.

DELGADO: Not to me.

Folks think it would attract No Noggin.

Would you want him hanging around your home?

Uh-uh, uh-uh.

Ah!

Ah!

Here's what we are looking for.

That's Herb on his farm.

And see, by Old Lonesome Tree,

that's No Noggin.

Wait, that scarecrow's got a noggin,

so he can't be No Noggin.

Or he'd be called just Noggin.

Huh?

(CHATTERS INQUIRINGLY)

Yeah, and where's the creek?

No Noggin's tree is by the creek,

so that must not be No Noggin's tree,

which means that scarecrow is not No Noggin.

Oh!

So, the legend is only a story.

Oh!

Thanks for loaning George the photo album, Mr. Delgado.

You're welcome.

Now, don't forget to hang on to your hat...

I mean...

See you on Halloween.

Without No Noggin, it just won't be the same.

I guess folks don't need to hang on to their hats

and run past Old Lonesome Tree

ever again.

Now what are we gonna yell?

"It's Halloween! Your hat's perfectly safe!"

No fun there.

(MUTTERS IN AGREEMENT)

(ALL SIGH)

NARRATOR: George hoped there'd be a costume idea in this old photo album.

But he couldn't stop thinking about how sad his friends were

that there was no more No Noggin.

Ow!

I shrunk my favorite sweater. Aw!

Huh?

(GRUNTS)

NARRATOR: Wait, what if there was a No Noggin?

Better than a shark.

For Halloween, George would be No Noggin.

(EXCLAIMS IN DELIGHT)

And the Kurtzberg 828

Recharging Electric Leaf Suck-o-pater would be The Man's.

And his.

(GIGGLING)

(LAUGHING)

Aw!

Uh!

Aha.

(PANTING)

NARRATOR: George couldn't walk around holding his shirt up.

Aw!

NARRATOR: Being headless wasn't simple.

Ah!

Hmm.

Aha.

(LAUGHING)

Ah!

MYH: George, wash up for lunch.

(SHOUTS ACKNOWLEDGMENT)

NARRATOR: This was so perfect.

George wanted to keep it secret

and make it a huge surprise.

He had to hide it so The Man wouldn't see it.

(GRUNTS)

(CHATTERS)

George was ready for Halloween.

There was nothing else to worry about.

Or so he thought.

(EXCLAIMS)

Ah!

Huh?

(MUTTERS IN CONFUSION)

Hmm.

Uh!

Huh!

It's an old map of Herbert Nenninger's farm.

Huh?

It's right here.

Uh-uh!

(MUTTERS INQUIRINGLY)

-Where is our house? -Uh-huh!

Let's see, if the lake is here

-and the creek is over there... -Uh-huh.

Our house is...

Uh-huh.

Wait...

Huh?

That can't be right.

You guys know this country better than anyone.

What do you think?

Let me see here.

I see what you mean.

It sure looks like it could be the same place.

Hmm.

Now, just a minute.

MR. RENKINS: Look at the tree and the road.

Yup, matches up.

Huh?

That means...

That the very spot our house is on

was once Herbert Nenninger's farm?

(ALL GASPING)

In that case...

Herb's scarecrow wasn't by Old Lonesome Tree at all.

-MR. RENKINS: It was here. -(ALL GASPING)

Ah!

NARRATOR: Could this be the place?

Had anyone seen No Noggin here?

(SQUIRREL CHATTERING)

(EXCLAIMS IN DELIGHT)

(CHATTERS)

NARRATOR: Jumpy was no help.

He ran from everything so fast he wouldn't notice a scarecrow.

(CHATTERS)

I never lost a hat by Old Lonesome Tree.

But I lost two hats and a papier-mâché giraffe head

right here.

Oh!

Whoa.

I lost hats here, too.

(GASPING)

I was seven.

Helmet off my astronaut costume.

Here, exactly here.

Oh!

So, we've been looking at the wrong tree.

No Noggin has been here my whole life.

Oh!

NARRATOR: If The Man with the Yellow Hat believed,

it must be real.

Which meant...

There'd be a ghostly headless hat-kicking scarecrow

right outside George's window.

Oh!

(CHATTERS)

Don't worry. It's not like your house is haunted.

Just your yard.

And only once a year.

Yeah, tomorrow night.

Unless he comes early.

(EXCLAIMS IN FEAR)

(SQUIRREL SQUEALING)

(CREAKING)

(WIND BLOWS)

Uh-uh!

Oh. Whoa.

Making a jack-o'-lantern will help get our minds off of you-know-who or what.

(EXCLAIMS IN DELIGHT)

Don't worry, George, there aren't really...

(THUDDING)

Oh!

Uh-uh!

That was the wind?

Oh!

(CREAKING)

Okay, I don't know what that was.

(CHATTERS IN FEAR)

This is silly, let's just carve our pumpkins and finish decorating.

(EXCLAIMS IN DELIGHT)

(CREAKING NOISE)

I just heard something crazy

Like a squeak from a roller-skating mouse

Or a black bird scratching a blackboard

You can't tell in a kinda sorta haunted house

I guess there ain't no reason to worry

'Cause it just might be Santa Claus

Oops, showing up too early

Bet he's never seen a kinda sorta haunted house

Why are we shaking?

We've never been worried before

But my knees are quaking

So, you check the windows and I'll check the door

I just heard some footsteps

Are they coming from inside or out?

Oh, it's just a cat at the doorstep

You get jumpy in a kinda sorta haunted house

Yeah

Look at that!

Whoo!

Why are we shaking?

We've never been worried before

My knees are quaking

So, you check the windows and I'll check the door

I know there's nothing here to be scared of

So, what's all this fretting about?

I just can't help but thinking

That we're living in a kinda sorta haunted house

I said I just can't help but thinking

That we're living in a kinda sorta nearly almost haunted house

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(BOTH LAUGHING)

We're in our own house.

We have nothing to worry about, right?

(MUTTERS UNCERTAINLY)

NARRATOR: George wasn't so sure.

With No Noggin right outside his house, anything could happen.

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

(BOTH EXCLAIMING)

(BOTH SCREAMING)

(PANTING)

Did I scare you?

Yes, yes, you did.

That's not what you came to ask, I hope.

No.

I was brushing my teeth and heard the good news.

No Noggin lives, and with you.

Oh!

You have nothing to worry about.

I'll be watching your house.

Imagine seeing a hatting with my own eyes, just like the legend says.

(LAUGHING)

(EXCLAIMING WITH BRAVADO)

Yeah, well, uh, thanks for stopping by, Bill. See you tomorrow.

(LAUGHING) Boo yourself.

I know you're there. Waiting to pounce.

-Yeah. -(SCREAMING)

Just brushing my teeth. See?

(BILL EXCLAIMING)

Okay, what do you say we put the candle in the pumpkin?

(WIND BLOWS)

Huh?

Uh-uh!

Hmm, the address is ours, George.

That's odd.

(CHATTERS)

It's a very old letter from Hypatia.

(CHATTERS)

Looks like she is Herbert Nenninger's daughter.

It says that the farm's new owner asked her if it was haunted

and she answered,

"I will tell you all I know."

(GASPS)

(LAUGHING) The hair on the back of my neck stood up.

-Are you ready? -(EXCLAIMS IN DELIGHT)

I know. I'm as curious as you are.

Uh-uh!

Well, almost as curious.

Here we go.

(EXCLAIMS IN DELIGHT)

(READING) "Long ago, my father made a scarecrow from his old clothes.

MYH: "His hat fit its pumpkin head perfectly.

"Daddy was proud when people stopped to admire it.

"And the scarecrow felt proud and happy too.

"Until Halloween morning.

"When its head was gone.

"Daddy chased the culprit but couldn't catch up.

"He promised a fresh head for the scarecrow to wear its hat on.

"But no other pumpkin was a perfect fit for the hat.

"And Daddy wouldn't give it a head that wasn't perfect.

"By that night, they say the scarecrow became so frustrated at being headless

"it didn't like anyone else to wear a hat.

"Since then,

"it has returned every Halloween night,

"the night it lost its head,

"to kick people's hats.

"And it will continue until it gets a new head.

"I cannot prove this story is true,

"but that is how I heard it."

Wow! Unbelievable.

Huh.

NARRATOR: No Noggin kicks hats because he doesn't have a head.

Maybe No Noggin would stop kicking hats

if George could find him a new head.

(EXCLAIMS IN DELIGHT)

Oh, you wanna find No Noggin a new head so it will go away.

Uh-huh!

Good idea, buddy.

Oh, but we don't know what size pumpkin would be just right for the hat.

Oh!

Uh-uh!

(CHATTERS)

That's right. No Noggin had its pumpkin head in the photo.

We can check the head size.

-Hmm. -Uh.

George, where is the photo?

(CHATTERS)

Oh!

Oh, boy! George, what are you doing?

(MUTTERS IN DISGUST)

Oh, too bad, buddy.

That was a good idea.

Oh!

Aha!

NARRATOR: George could get his own photo of No Noggin.

(CHATTERS)

Its hat would tell him exactly what size his head should be.

George hoped this would be a good spot for a picture.

But the tree seemed too far away.

Ow!

MYH: George?

-Did you see a weird flash of light? -(CHATTERS)

(CHATTERS)

It's a picture of you, George.

Ah? Oh!

(SIGHS) Go to sleep.

Hmm.

(GRUNTS)

What did you put in here?

No Noggin!

(EXCLAIMS IN FEAR)

You can scare me, but that won't stop me.

Get out of our house.

(CHATTERS)

NARRATOR: This was the bravest thing George had ever seen.

Fighting a scary legend right in their house.

Oh! Ah!

He was missing his chance for a photo of No Noggin.

Amazingly

No Noggin looked exactly like George's costume.

(GRUNTS)

Oh, no!

(GRUNTS)

Uh-uh!

Huh?

Aha!

(GASPS)

(CHATTERS)

-(CHATTERS) -What?

Where did it? Where did it go?

(CHATTERS)

That's all it was?

Pants and a shirt?

(CHATTERS)

And a hat?

(CHATTERS)

NARRATOR: George didn't get a photo of No Noggin.

But he captured The Man with the Yellow Pajamas in action.

Oh!

NARRATOR: So brave.

Which proved George's costume was great, even when no one was in it.

(LAUGHING)

Aha!

NARRATOR: And it gave him an idea to make it even better than great.

(CHATTERS)

In the morning, George brought his costume plan to Mrs. Renkins.

Hmm.

Sure, George, I've got the tools to do this.

(CHATTERS)

I'll leave it on your back step later.

(CHATTERS)

NARRATOR: George then told Allie about his picture-taking plan,

hoping to get her help.

You want a picture of No Noggin so you can figure out his head size

and then get him a new pumpkin head?

(MUTTERS IN AGREEMENT)

Oh!

Well, (LAUGHING) that's a great idea.

Let's do it.

But the pumpkin patch closes at sundown.

You better get some pumpkins so you'll have some to choose from.

Uh-huh!

Oh, and we meet here at sunset

because that's when No Noggin first comes out.

(CHATTERS)

NARRATOR: Then he and The Man with the Yellow Hat went picking noggins.

Oh, how about this one, George?

(CHATTERS)

That one, too?

(CHATTERS)

Well, how many do you want, George?

(CHATTERS)

Oh, you want all of them.

Uh-huh! Uh-huh!

Well, we can't afford to buy 'em all, George.

Oh!

You say you wanna buy them all?

(LAUGHING) Well, yeah. But we don't have the money.

Well, if you can solve my problem,

I'll give them to you free.

(EXCLAIMS IN DELIGHT)

Well, what's your problem?

(SIGHS) Every year I enter the giant pumpkin contest.

And every year I come in second place.

First prize always goes to Gourds Gregory,

my arch pumpkin nemesis.

Oh, I think you'll win this year.

That looks like a 1-tonner.

Uh, that's my problem.

(GROANING) See, I can't move it.

I can't win if I can't get her to town for the contest.

Sorry, a 1-ton pumpkin can't be moved by two guys and a monkey.

NARRATOR: George thought they had to move it.

It was the only way they could get pumpkins for No Noggin.

(CHATTERS)

You wanna go fishing?

Now?

(CHATTERS)

Huh.

Hey, remember George's kite fell in the silo, and he dove in after it?

Aha!

MYH: You took a winch and pulley, lowered me in,

and I pulled George up.

George thinks we might lift this pumpkin the same way.

Aha!

(GIGGLING)

(GRUNTS)

Good job.

(CHATTERS)

(GRUNTS)

(EXCLAIMS IN DELIGHT)

(LAUGHING)

(CHATTERS)

(LAUGHING) Great.

Two guys and a monkey can move a 1-ton pumpkin.

If you have the right monkey.

I wanna deliver your reward right away.

-Really? -You bet.

Bill, we're making a delivery.

(EXCLAIMS ENTHUSIASTICALLY)

Ah!

NARRATOR: There was every size of pumpkin here.

When George got his photo of No Noggin,

he could easily pick the right size head.

Thanks, Mr. Renkins.

(CHATTERS)

Gotcha.

(GIGGLES)

Now, let's haul your pumpkin to town

so you can win the blue ribbon.

You sure you don't want to come?

(CHATTERS)

BOTH: Bye!

NARRATOR: Now that George had all the pumpkins he needed

it was time to find the perfect place to take a picture of No Noggin.

(CLANGING)

Ow! My truck's old rear end won't make it.

(ENGINE STOPS)

(GROANS)

We better get the pumpkin out so I can have the truck towed.

Now how do we move it?

We could roll it down the hill.

But I'm afraid we couldn't stop it.

Let's, uh... Let's see what they have in town.

Well, if it isn't Gourds Gregory.

Huh, no pumpkin this year, Renkins?

You kidding? It just crushed my truck.

Can I borrow the skid loader?

Sure, after we bring all those in.

-(HORNS HONKING) -MR. RENKINS: Oh.

I hope my pumpkin's safe.

Oh, what could possibly bother a 1-ton pumpkin?

Ooh.

NARRATOR: This was the best No Noggin view of all.

(EXCLAIMS IN DELIGHT)

-ALLIE: Hey, George! -(GASPS)

(GIGGLES)

What do think I am? I'm a spider!

(GIGGLES)

Hey, did you find the best place to get the picture of No Noggin?

Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

Oh, great! And did you get the pumpkin?

(CHATTERS)

Oh! Wow!

We're sure to find the right head for No Noggin now.

Meet here at sunset?

Uh-huh.

(GIGGLES)

NARRATOR: Now that George had everything in place

he couldn't wait to see the Boo Festival.

Didn't I say you'd never forget

your first Halloween in the country, George?

Too bad it only comes once a year.

(CHATTERS)

There're so many things that we can do

At the street fair Just me and you

So many things to do

Bobbing for apples and taking a hay ride

The ring toss and the smell of pumpkin pie

Give me some of that pie

Whoever thought that there could be a day that is so much fun

'Cause it's time to get your costume on

Grab your hat and bring it along

It's Halloween today

We'll keep going till our feet get sore

We're gonna knock on every door

It's Halloween today

Welcome to the haunted house of very scary fish.

Welcome to the regular house of perfectly normal fish.

It's time to get your costume on

Grab your hat and bring it along

It's Halloween today

(EXCLAIMS IN DELIGHT)

Ooh! Aha!

You haven't gone to get your pumpkin yet?

No, I'm last in line.

I hope I don't miss the contest.

-(GASPS) -NARRATOR: Contest?

George didn't want to miss his contest either.

(CHATTERING)

Huh?

NARRATOR: It was time to put on his costume.

See you later, George.

ALLIE: George!

(EXCLAIMS APPREHENSIVELY)

I couldn't find you.

We have to get in place with the camera.

NARRATOR: His costume would have to wait.

(CHATTERS)

I wish we had a hat.

I'm afraid No Noggin won't even show up unless he has a hat to kick.

Uh-huh.

Or maybe we're too late and we already missed him.

(EXCLAIMS IN FEAR)

(GASPS) A shadow!

It's here!

Take a picture! Take a picture!

(BOTH SCREAM)

(BOTH GASP)

(EXCLAIMS IN FEAR)

-Huh? -Nah, false alarm.

He's got a noggin.

What're you guys doing?

We're getting a photo of No Noggin.

Oh, you'll be famous.

(GASPS) Can I help?

(EXCLAIMS IN AGREEMENT)

By help I didn't mean be the bait.

Shh.

It's more fair if we take turns.

(GASPS) I'm hatted. I'm hatted. I've been hatted.

(SCREAMS)

Follow that hat!

George. (GIGGLES) We got No Noggin trapped in a cave.

(EXCLAIMS IN EXCITEMENT)

What do we do now?

Hmm.

NARRATOR: There comes a time when you have to ask yourself,

"What would The Man with the Yellow Hat do?"

You scare me but that won't stop me.

(EXCLAIMS)

George!

(PANTING)

That was the bravest thing I ever saw a monkey do with a camera.

Aw.

(CHATTERS)

NARRATOR: They expected to see No Noggin.

-(CAMERA BEEPING) -(BOTH GASP)

What they saw was shocking.

Uh, isn't that the squirrel from your yard?

Uh-huh.

Wow.

That's a lot of hats.

(CHATTERS)

(GASPS) There's Bill's hat.

And it's full of acorns.

-(SHRIEKS) -(BOTH SCREAM)

(CHATTERING ANGRILY)

(CHATTERS)

That's exactly what I was thinking.

NARRATOR: It seemed to Jumpy they wanted an explanation.

(SIGHS)

So, he told them the true story of hats and Halloween.

Long ago, Jumpy's great-great-uncle, Maurice Squirrel

lived in a tree next to No Noggin.

(SNIFFING)

(SLURPS)

(MUNCHES NOISILY)

He didn't like the taste of dirt.

(CHATTERING)

(EXCLAIMS IN SURPRISE)

The one day he had an idea for keeping his acorns in a clean place.

(GRUNTS)

(SHRIEKS)

Good idea, but he would need a different hat.

(GROANS)

Luckily, it was Halloween,

when people wore big hats.

They didn't see Maurice.

So, they blamed the scarecrow.

Maurice took new hats every Halloween.

And had clean acorns all winter.

That's how local squirrels have celebrated Halloween ever since.

It was clear to George that the hattings were the work of squirrels.

(EXCLAIMS IN REALIZATION)

Does this mean No Noggin was just squirrels taking hats to store food?

Uh-huh.

NARRATOR: It wasn't about a scarecrow who was angry at hats,

it was just nuts.

(CHATTERS)

Oh, I can't wait to see people's faces

when they hear there's no such thing as No Noggin.

Ah. Oh.

NARRATOR: Then George remembered the last time there was no No Noggin.

(SOBBING) Without No Noggin, it just won't be the same.

(SIGHS)

NARRATOR: Now George wasn't sure that telling was a good idea.

But would Allie understand?

Now we're gonna be so famous.

Go get your costume and meet me in town.

-Oh! -NARRATOR: His costume?

George almost forgot!

George was relieved.

Mrs. Renkins had delivered the special part of the costume.

(STUTTERING) George? Allie?

Anybody there?

(GASPS) No Noggin!

Gotta get help.

NARRATOR: Why was Bill running away?

(GASPS)

Stay away from me, No Noggin!

(SCREAMS)

(EXCLAIMS)

(SCREAMS)

(SCREAMS)

(SCREAMS)

NARRATOR: George dropped the part that made this the best costume ever.

MR. RENKINS: This is taking longer than I thought.

What is that?

-Wh...whoa! -Bill?

Pumpkins!

No Noggin!

Back up! Back up!

When George gets here, there's gonna be a big surprise for everyone.

Skid loader! Clear the street!

(ALL SCREAMING)

WOMAN: Go! Hurry! Get out of the way!

No Noggin!

(GASPS) No Noggin!

No Noggin is real! Really real, really!

(GASPS)

Oh, that squirrel didn't know what he was talking about.

I wish George was here to see this.

Huh?

I can't control it!

(SCREAMS) Hurry, Mr. Quint.

Phew!

Danger.

(CHATTERS)

Whoa.

Oh, my goodness!

Look at that! First place.

I won?

Yes, for most weight, plus extra points for speed and accuracy.

Well, I'll be.

-(CHEERING) -Good job!

I saw No Noggin run this way.

(GASPS) Who's that?

(CHATTERS HAPPILY)

Cool! That is the best costume ever!

(GIGGLES)

Oh, but you missed No Noggin.

It was here. For real. Really real.

(EXCLAIMS IN SURPRISE)

-(ALL TALKING AT ONCE) -No Noggin was here.

Bill is world-famous all over town

because everyone saw No Noggin chase him.

(EXCLAIMS IN SURPRISE)

It chased me all the way to town leading a pumpkin swarm.

Like this.

Oh!

NARRATOR: George knew exactly who everyone saw chasing Bill.

It wasn't No Noggin.

My heart is still racing. I saw No Noggin with my own eyes.

And you had me convinced there was no such thing.

I was so sad!

(LAUGHS) I haven't had this much fun on Halloween since I was five!

Maybe No Noggin will show up in town next year, and we'll get a better look.

I can't wait a year to find out.

I wish next Halloween was tomorrow.

I guess we would've been wrong to tell that thing we were gonna tell.

We learned a valuable lesson today, George.

Never repeat what you hear from a squirrel.

Hmm.

-Boo! -(GASPS)

(BOTH LAUGH)

Hide.

Hey, everyone!

Look at George's costume.

(ALL EXCLAIM IN AWE)

George! Are you me?

Uh-huh. (GIGGLES)

You could have been any monster or ghoul and you chose me?

I'm truly honored.

(MUTTERS SHYLY)

NARRATOR: George realized he didn't have to win the contest.

He'd made The Man happy.

And that was better than anything.

Is this the best Halloween our town ever saw or what?

(ALL CHEERING)

And now the big moment,

the prize for best costume.

(CHEERING)

(GROWLS)

(MACHINE DINGS)

For realism and perfect detail,

Mr. Quint!

(CHEERING)

And for originality, because, come on,

who else would have thought of this costume?

George!

It's a tie!

-(ALL CHEERING) -Way to go!

(CHEERING)

(CHATTERING EXCITEDLY)

Is that what I look like when I'm happy?

Mmm-hmm.

Here are your Suckopaters.

Wow.

Woo! Ha! Woo-hoo!

-George, don't... -(MACHINE BEEPS)

...turn that on!

(MACHINE WHIRRING)

-George? -Uh-oh.

Turn it off!

(CHATTERING HAPPILY)

George?

MYH: George!