Mr. Lazy (Cartoon)/Transcript

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UK Dub

Unknown People (offscreen): (snoring)

(The episode begins with the camera zooming in on a town)

Unknown People (overlap and offscreen): (snoring)

Narrator (overlap): Mr. Lazy lives in Sleepyland.

(The scene transitions to the shopping center of Sleepyland and the camera zooms in on the shops)

Unknown People (overlap and offscreen): (snoring)

Narrator (overlap): Which is a very lazy and sleepy like place

(The scene transitions to show some of the houses and buildings in Sleepyland and the camera zooms in on some of the buildings)

Unknown People (offscreen): (snoring)

(The scene transitions to show some of townhouses in Sleepyland and the camera pans to the left of the screen)

Unknown People (offscreen): (snoring)

(The camera cuts over to a big yellow bird flying in the air towards the right of the screen. The camera starts zooming in on the bird but the bird ends up flying out of the frame slightly downwards)

Narrator: The birds in Sleepyland fly so slowly, that they sometimes fall out of the sky.

(The scene transitions to a field where trees are bent down on an angle. The camera pans towards the right of the screen)

Narrator: The grass takes so long to grow, it only needs cutting once a year.

(The scene transitions to a bunch of lazy looking flowers and trees in a Sleepyland field. The sun is in the background slowly rising into the sky)

Narrator: Even the trees are lazy looking and sleepy like.

(The sun becomes anthropomorphic, grows arms and a mouth, and starts stretching)

Narrator: And do you know what time...

Sun: (yawns)

Narrator: ...everybody gets up in Sleepyland?

(The sun stops stretching and returns to its nonanthropomorphic form. The camera zooms in towards the sun)

Narrator: The answer is, they don't get up in the morning...

(The sun becomes anthropomorphic again, grows arms and a mouth, and starts stretching. The camera stops zooming in)

Sun: (yawns)

(The sun stops stretching and returns to its nonanthropomorphic form)

Narrator: ...they get up in the afternoon.

(The sun becomes anthropomorphic again, grows arms and a mouth, and starts stretching)

Sun: (yawns)

(The camera cuts to show a Sleepyland clock on a fireplace mantle. Instead of 12 numbers on the clock, there are 4. The 1 is where the 12 goes, the 2 is where the 3 goes, the 3 is where the 6 goes, and the 4 is where the nine goes. The clock is heard ticking and the hands of the clock are as follows. The minute hand is between the 1 and 2, and the hour hand is between the 2 and 3. The camera zooms in on the clock)

Narrator: And, incidentally, this is what a Sleepyland clock looks like.

(The clock continues to tick and the camera stops zooming in)

Narrator: Everything takes...

(The minute hand moves slightly onto the 2)

Narrator: ..so long to do...

(The minute hand moves fully onto the 2)

Narrator: ...there's only...

(The minute hand starts to bend as it moves between the 2 and 3)

Narrator: ...time...

(The minute hand bends further and touches the hour hand that lies between the 2 and 3)

Narrator: ...for four hours a day!

(The clock ticks a few more times before the camera cuts into Mr. Lazy's bedroom. Mr. Lazy is asleep in his bed)

Mr. Lazy: (snoring)

Narrator (overlap): Anyway, this story starts with Mr. Lazy being fast asleep...

Mr. Lazy (overlap): (snoring)

(The camera starts zooming out)

Narrator (overlap): ...in bed. In Sleepyland, they call that..

Mr. Lazy (overlap): (snoring)

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator (overlap): ...being "slow asleep." He spends rather a lot of time in bed. It's his favourite place to be.

Mr. Lazy (overlap): (snoring)

(The camera cuts to Mr. Lazy (while still sleeping) facing the camera. Mr. Lazy wakes up)

Narrator: He opened his eyes...

(Mr. Lazy starts stretching in his bed)

Narrator (while yawning): ...yawned...

Mr. Lazy: (yawns)

Narrator (while yawning): ...yawned again. (sighs)

(Mr. Lazy falls back asleep. The camera cuts to show Mr. Lazy asleep in his bed from the side)

Narrator (overlap): And went back to sleep.

Mr. Lazy (overlap): (snoring)

(The camera cuts to Mr. Lazy (while still sleeping) facing the camera. Mr. Lazy wakes up)

Narrator: Later, Mr. Lazy opened his eyes again...

(Mr. Lazy starts stretching in his bed)

Narrator (while yawning): ...yawned...

Mr. Lazy: (yawns)

Narrator (while yawning): ...yawned again. (sighs)

(Mr. Lazy falls back asleep. The camera cuts to show Mr. Lazy asleep in his bed from the side)

Mr. Lazy (overlap): (snoring)

Narrator (overlap): (sighs) And went back to sleep again.

Mr. Lazy: (snoring)

(The scene transitions to the kitchen of Yawn Cottage)

Narrator: Much later, Mr. Lazy got up and...

(Mr. Lazy walks into the kitchen to the left)

Narrator: ...went to make his breakfast. We say, ooh...

(Mr. Lazy stops walking)

Narrator: ...we say "breakfast", although really, it was teatime.

(The scene transitions to a close-up of Mr. Lazy's teapot)

Narrator: He put the kettle on to make some tea.

(The camera zooms out to show Mr. Lazy putting the kettle on the stove)

Narrator: Kettles take two hours to boil in Sleepyland.

(The camera cuts over to a slice of toast in the toaster)

Narrator: Then he toasted a slice of bread. Bread takes three hours to go brown,

(The camera zooms in on the slice of bread)

Narrator: In Sleepyland.

(The camera stops zooming in)

Narrator: Toast never gets burnt there.

(The camera cuts outside of Yawn Cottage and zooms out from two flowers growing outside the house to reveal Mr. Lazy sitting in a lawn chair)

Narrator: While he was waiting for his kettle to boil and his bread to toast...

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator: ...Mr. Lazy went into the garden of Yawn Cottage, which is where he lived. He sat down on a chair...

(The camera zooms in towards Mr. Lazy)

Narrator: ...and you can probably guess what happened next.

(The camera stops zooming in)

Narrator: That's right.

(Mr. Lazy starts stretching in the chair and begins to yawn)

Narrator (while yawning): He yawned.

Mr. Lazy: (yawns)

Narrator (while yawning): Yawned again. (sighs)

(Mr. Lazy falls asleep in his chair)

Narrator: (sighs) And went to sleep.

Bird (offscreen): (chirping)

(The screen fades to black for a moment before cutting to a close up of Mr. Lazy's opened eyes)

Narrator: Suddenly,

(The camera zooms out to show a startled Mr. Lazy fully in the frame)

Narrator: He woke with a jump.

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator: Which is something that doesn't happen very often to Mr. Lazy. And the reason he woke with a jump was because of the noise!

Mr. Bustle and Mr. Busy (offscreen): Wake up!

Narrator: Said the noise.

Mr. Bustle and Mr. Busy (offscreen): WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!

(The camera cuts over to two man standing on the garden path. One man is tall, skinny, and is wearing a brown suit, black tie, black shoes, and a black bowler hat. The other man is short, stout, and is wearing a blue suit, red tie, brown shoes, and a black bowler hat)

Narrator: There were two men standing in front of him!

(The camera cuts over to the short, stout man)

Mr. Busy: I'm Mr. Busy.

Narrator: Said one of the men.

(The camera pans over to the tall, skinny man)

Mr. Bustle: And I'm Mr. Bustle.

Narrator: Said the other.

...

Narrator: He got it all completely wrong...

(The camera zooms in towards Mr. Lazy)

Narrator: ...even in such a daze.

(The camera stops zooming in)

Narrator: Then, Bustle and Busy set Mr. Lazy to work.

...

(The camera cuts back outside to Mr. Bustle and Mr. Busy)

Mr. Bustle and Mr. Busy: Now...

Narrator: They said when he finished.

Mr. Bustle and Mr. Busy: ...it's time for a walk.

...

(Mr. Lazy sits down in his lawn chair)

Narrator: Mr. Lazy groaned a deep groan...

(The camera zooms out from Mr. Lazy)

Narrator: ...and closed his eyes.

(The camera cuts over to Mr. Bustle as he prepares to blow a whistle)

...

(The camera cuts back to Mr. Lazy, who is now smiling)

Narrator: Mr. Lazy heaved a sigh of relief.

(The scene transitions to the kitchen of Yawn Cottage)

...

Mr. Bustle and Mr. Busy (in the dream): Wake up, Mr. Lazy! Wake up, wake up, wake up!

(The scene transitions back to reality as Mr. Lazy is shown asleep in at the kitchen table)

Mr. Lazy: (snoring)

(The camera zooms in on Mr. Lazy as he continues to sleep)

Mr. Lazy: (snoring)

(The episode ends here)