Mr. Lazy (Cartoon)/Transcript

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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.

(The camera zooms out to show Mr. Bustle and Mr. Busy in the same frame)

Mr. Bustle: Come along now.

Narrator: Said Mr. Bustle, busily.

(The camera zooms in towards Mr. Busy)

Mr. Busy: We can't have you sleeping all day.

Narrator: Added Mr. Busy.

(The camera stops zooming in)

Narrator: Bustling Mr. Lazy to his feet.

(The camera cuts over to the tired and confused Mr. Lazy)

Mr. Lazy (while yawning): Oh, who are you? Who are you?

(The camera cuts back over to Mr. Busy)

Mr. Busy: We're Bustle and Busy.

(The camera cuts back over to the tired and confused Mr. Lazy)

Mr. Lazy: Oh.

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

Mr. Busy: Come along now. We haven't got all day.

(The camera cuts back over to the tired and confused Mr. Lazy)

Mr. Lazy: But-

(The camera cuts over to Mr. Busy)

Mr. Busy: No time for buts!

Narrator: Said Mr. Busy.

(The camera cuts over to Mr. Bustle)

Mr. Bustle: Or ifs!

(The camera starts to slowly zoom out from Mr. Bustle)

Narrator: Added Mr. Bustle.

Mr. Bustle: There's the wood to chop and the beds to make and the floors to clean and the coal to get and the windows to polish and the plates to wash and the furniture to dust,

(The camera stops zooming out)

Mr. Bustle: And the grass to cut and the hedges to clip and the food to cook!

Mr. Busy: And the clothes to mend!

Narrator: Added Mr. Busy.

(The camera cuts over to an unhappy Mr. Lazy)

Mr. Lazy: Oh dear.

Narrator: Groaned Mr. Lazy in a daze.

Mr. Lazy: The wood to clean and the beds to get floors to cut and the...coal to cook and the windows to make and the plates to mend and the furniture to chop and the...grass to wash and the hedges to... dust and the clothes to clip (fumbles over his words)

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 scene transitions to Mr. Busy chopping some wood)

Narrator: Chopping,

(The camera cuts to Mr. Busy hammering a nail in)

Narrator And making,

(The camera cuts to a pink duster dusting)

Narrator: And cleaning and getting,

(The camera cuts to Mr. Bustle polishing something)

Narrator: And polishing,

(The camera cuts to a washing machine running)

Narrator: And washing,

(The camera cuts to Mr. Bustle wiping something down with a dust rag)

Narrator: And dusting,

(The camera cuts to either Mr. Busy or Mr. Bustle cutting something)

Narrator: And cutting and clipping,

(The camera cuts to a pot boiling on the stove)

Narrator: And cooking,

(The camera cuts to either Mr. Busy or Mr. Bustle sawing something)

Narrator: And mending!

(The camera zooms out to reveal a 3x3 frame showing all the chores in one of nine squares. From left to right on the top row shows the chopping, sawing, and pink duster. From left to right in the middle row shows the washing, cutting, and dusting with the yellow dust rag. And from left to right on the bottom row shows the cooking, polishing, and hammering)

Narrator: Not to mention all the fetching and carrying.

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator: Poor Mr. Lazy.

(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.

(The camera fades to black

Narrator: And off they set

(The camera shows Mr. Lazy walking with Mr. Bustle and Mr. Busy)

Narrator: On the longest walk Mr. Lazy had ever been on!

(The camera zooms out to show Mr. Lazy, Mr. Busy, and Mr. Bustle walking down the road)

Narrator: Mr. Lazy is one of those people who never walks,

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator: When he has a chance of sitting down, and never sits down when he has a chance of lying down! But this day, he had no choice. They made him walk for miles and miles and miles, until he felt that is legs must be worn right down to his body! Poor Mr. Lazy.

(The camera moves in closer to Mr. Lazy but Mr. Busy and Mr. Bustle are still visible. The three of them are still walking. After a moment, the camera pans back out again and the three continue walking. After another moment, the camera cuts back to Yawn Cottage)

Narrator: When they arrived back at Yawn Cottage, Mr. Busy said

(The camera cuts back over to Mr. Busy)

Mr. Busy: Right, now for a run!

(The camera cuts back over to the unhappy Mr. Lazy)

Mr. Lazy: Ohhhh noooooo!

(The camera cuts back over to both Mr. Bustle and Mr. Busy. Mr. Bustle is now wearing a whistle around his neck)

Mr. Bustle: When I blow this whistle,

Narrator: Said Mr. Bustle producing a whistle.

Mr. Bustle: You've got to start running. As fast as you can!

Narrator: Added Busy.

(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. Mr. Bustle is holding the whistle in his right hand)

Narrator: Mr. Bustle put the whistle to his lips.

(The camera zooms in towards Mr. Bustle)

Mr. Bustle: (blows the whistle)

(The camera stops zooming in)

Narrator: Went the whistle.

(The scene transitions to Mr. Lazy running and flailing his arms around)

Narrator: Mr. Lazy, poor Mr. Lazy, started to run! But his legs weren't getting him anywhere!

(Mr. Lazy is still running on the spot before opening his eyes to see where he is and the camera zooms out to reveal that he is still sitting in his chair)

Narrator: He opened his eyes and looked down to see why.

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator: And the reason why his legs weren't getting him anywhere is because he was sitting on a chair in the garden!

(The camera cuts to the landscape of Sleepyland, with its droopy trees and flowers in the fields)

Narrator: And there was no sign of Mr. Busy!

(The camera starts zooming out)

Narrator: Or Mr. Bustle!

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator: It had all been a terrible dream!

(The scene transitions to the kitchen of Yawn Cottage where the kettle Mr. Lazy had put on the stove earlier had started whistling steam from the boiling water)

Narrator: The whistle was the whistling kettle boiling in the kitchen.

(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, zooming out from the kitchen window)

Narrator: And then he went into the kitchen and sat down to have his breakfast.

(The camera stops zooming out once the table is in the frame and Mr. Lazy walks into the frame towards the left to the table)

Narrator: And to think about his dream.

(The scene transitions to Mr. Lazy falling asleep at the kitchen table)

Narrator: But, you know what happened next don't you?

Mr. Lazy: (snoring and mumbling in his sleep)

(The scene transitions briefly to Mr. Lazy's dream where he is dreaming about Mr. Busy and Mr. Bustle once again)

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)