Mr. Silly (Cartoon)/Transcript

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(The episode begins in Nonsenseland. The camera pans to the left showing the trees with red leaves and bizarre houses)

Narrator: Mr. Silly lives in Nonsenseland, which is a very funny place to live.

Bird (offscreen): (tweeting)

(The camera pans past a house that looks like a square teapot)

Narrator: You see, in Nonsenseland, everything is as silly as it can be.

Bird (offscreen): (tweeting)

(The camera pans past a house that looked like a shoe, another tree with red leaves, and a house that looked like an open tin can)

Narrator: In Nonsenseland, the trees are red! And the grass is blue!

Bird (offscreen): (tweeting)

(The camera pans past a house that looks like a snail)

Narrator: Isn't that silly? In Nonsenseland,

(The camera cuts to a brown dog with white spots walking to the left side of the screen. The dog is wearing a baseball cap)

Narrator: Dogs wear hats.

(The brown dog walks out of the frame. A second brown dog walks into the frame to the right of the screen. The dog is wearing a winter hat and is incredibly long. After the second dog walks out of the frame. The camera zooms in on the background and fades to a bird's nest where the mother bird is feeding her chicks)

Narrator: And do you know how birds fly in Nonsenseland? No.

(The mother bird starts flapping her wings)

Narrator: They don't fly forwards!

(The mother bird flies off backwards)

Narrator: It really is a very silly place indeed.

(The camera starts panning to the left)

Narrator: Which, of course, is why Mr. Silly lives there.

(The camera continues panning to the left)

Narrator: Mr. Silly, in fact, lives in quite the silliest looking house you've ever seen in your whole life.

(The camera continues panning to the left until Mr. Silly's house is in the center of the frame)

Narrator: Have you ever seen a sillier-looking house than this?

(The camera stops moving to the left and starts zooming in towards the front door of Mr. Silly's house. As the camera moves in closer, the door opens upwards like a garage door and the camera moves into the doorway until the screen is black. Then, the scene transitions to inside Mr. Silly's house to show some of the wacky, nonsensical features it has. The first one is a sink where the faucets are over the counter instead of the sink itself. Next, the camera shows a fish tank where two fishes, one male and one female, swimming above the water. Finally, the camera cuts over to the mantle above the fire place to show a nonsensical clock where the hands are spinning around rapidly. The numbers are (from where the twelve goes and going clockwise) six, eleven, eight, two, nine, seven, ten, five, twelve, three, one, and four. The big hand soon stops at the six while the little hand stops at the eleven, which is one o'clock in normal time. The clock chimes and the camera zooms out to reveal the fireplace is upside down. The wood and fire are at the top and the smoke goes down to the bottom)

Narrator: Now,

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator: This particular story,

(The camera cuts to a large, gold trophy in front of a set of curtains. The trophy sparkles)

Narrator: Is all about the Nonsense Cup.

(The camera zooms out from the Nonsense Cup)

Narrator: You see, in Nonsenseland each year, they hold a competition. And the cup is awarded,

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator: To whoever has the silliest idea of the year. And Mr. Silly had never won the cup.

(The scene cuts to Mr. Silly asleep in bed. The camera zooms in towards Mr. Silly)

Mr. Silly (overlap): (snoring)

Narrator (overlap): Each night, lying in his bed,

(Mr. Silly smiles as he sleeps)

Mr. Silly (overlap): (snoring)

Narrator (overlap): He dreamed about winning it.

(The scene cuts outside to show only the waxing crescent moon up in the dark night sky)

Narrator: In order to win the Nonsense Cup, Mr. Silly realized,

(The screen fades to daytime outside Mr. Silly's house and the sun rises up into the sky to the left of Mr. Silly's house)

Narrator: That he would have to think up something remarkably silly.

(The camera cuts to Mr. Silly sitting down at the breakfast table about to eat his breakfast)

Narrator: He pondered over the problem,

(Mr. Silly licks his lips in anticipation)

Narrator: One morning at breakfast.

(The camera zooms out to reveal on the table a cup of coffee on a saucer, two slices of white bread on another saucer, a boiled egg in an egg cup, and a jar of marmalade with a spoon in it)

Narrator: Incidentally, you may be interested to know,

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator: What Mr. Silly was having for breakfast.

(The camera cuts over to the cup of coffee)

Narrator: He was having a cup of coffee,

(Mr. Silly plops a spoonful of marmalade into the coffee cup and stirs the spoon around)

Narrator: Into which he put a spoonful of marmalade.

(The camera cuts over to the saucer with one slice of white bread on it. Mr. Silly pours cornflakes onto the slice of bread and then puts the other slice of white bread on top)

Narrator: After that,

(The camera zooms in on the sandwich)

Narrator: He had a cornflake sandwich.

(The camera cuts over to the boiled egg in the egg cup)

Narrator: And to finish, he had a boiled egg.

(The camera zooms out from the boiled egg)

Narrator: But being Mr. Silly, he...he ate the shell as well!

(The camera stops zooming out. Mr. Silly eats the boiled egg and shell with a loud crunch, leaving the egg cup behind. The camera then cuts back to Mr. Silly sitting at the table)

Narrator: Now isn't that a silly breakfast? Anyway,

(The camera zooms in towards Mr. Silly)

Narrator: This particular breakfast time, Mr. Silly,

(The camera stops zooming in)

Narrator: Was thinking,

(A white thought bubble starts growing to the upper left of Mr. Silly)

Narrator: How to win that cup.

(The thought bubble stops growing and a lightbulb shining bright appears in it)

Narrator: He remembered, two years ago,

(The scene cuts to a man with black hair and a stringy mustache sitting in a car that is supposedly going over a lot of bumps in the road)

Narrator: When MR. Foolish won the cup. Mr. Foolish,w ho was a friend of Mr. Silly's, had won the cup by inventing a car. It was a normal car,

(The car is heard making noise and the camera starts zooming out)

Narrator: Apart from one thing.

(The camera zooms out to reveal that the car has square tires and the bumps were actually the square tires driving on the road. The camera stops zooming out once the car is in full view and the camera follows the car)

Narrator: Isn't that silly?

(The camera cuts back to Mr. Silly sitting at the breakfast table. The thought bubble with a lightbulb inside it appears again)

Narrator: Mr. Silly thought,

(The thought bubble with a lightbulb inside it disappears then appears again)

Narrator: And thought,

(The camera cuts back over to Mr. Silly's cup of coffee)

Narrator: He even had another cup of coffee.

(Mr. Silly plops a spoonful of marmalade into the coffee and stirs the spoon around)

Narrator: With, with marmalade. That didn't help either. So,

(The camera cuts outside of Mr. Silly's house)

Narrator: He decided to take a walk.

(Mr. Silly is shown walking in the woods to the right of the screen. Mr. Silly's hat bobs up and down as he walks. The camera follows Mr. Silly for a while before it stops and Mr. Silly walks out of the frame. The scene then transitions to a different part of the woods)

Narrator: On his walk, Mr. Silly met a chicken.

(A chicken walks into the frame towards the right. The chicken is wearing wellington boots and carrying an umbrella)

Narrator: Wearing wellington boots and carrying...an umbrella.

(The chicken stops walking when it reaches the center of the frame)

Mr. Silly (offscreen): Wouldn't it be silly if you didn't wear wellington boots and carried an umbrella?

(The chicken nods in agreement)

Narrator: He said to the chicken.

Nonsenseland Chicken: Meow.

(The chicken walks away to the right)

Narrator: Said the chicken. Because the animals in Nonsenseland don't make the same noises they do in your country.

(The chicken walks out of the frame)

Narrator: It was in the middle,

(The camera cuts to a different part of the woods and Mr. Silly walks into the frame towards the right)

Narrator: Of Mr. Silly's walk that he had his idea.

(Mr. Silly stops walking and a thought bubble grows next to Mr. Silly's hat)

Narrator: It was a beautifully, silly idea!

(The thought bubble stops growing and a light bulb flashes inside it then shines bright)

Narrator: Quite the silliest idea he'd ever had!

(The light bulb disappears and the thought bubble shrinks into nothingness. Mr. Silly starts walking to the right again as fast as he could with the camera following him)

Narrator: He hurried into town, and bought himself,

(The camera cuts to a pot of green paint swinging left and right with some paint spilling out)

Narrator: A pot of paint,

(The camera cuts to a paintbrush where its bristles are swinging back and forth)

Narrator: And a paintbrush.

(The camera cuts to Mr. Silly (carrying the pot of green paint in his right hand and the paintbrush in his left) walking to the left with the camera following him. The camera briefly zooms in towards Mr. Silly before fading to black. The scene cuts to a large crowd of Nonsenseland civilians gathered in front of a stage in the middle of the city square. All of them are shown bobbing up and down in anticipation. Clapping is heard from the crowd)

Crowd (overlap): (incoherent talking)

Narrator (overlap): A huge crowd assembled in the city square,

(The camera zooms in towards the stage)

Crowd (overlap): (incoherent talking)

Narrator (overlap): To see who was going to win the cup.

(The camera moves in closer to the stage. The King of Nonsenseland walks onto the stage towards the right and stops in the middle)

Crowd (overlap): (incoherent talking)

Narrator (overlap): The King of Nonsenseland mounted the specially built platform.

(The camera zooms in towards towards the King of Nonsenseland)

King of Nonsenseland: One of the silliest ideas of the year,

(The camera cuts to a farmer wearing a brown hat and a gray jacket who was also on the stage)

King of Nonsenseland (offscreen): Is by Mr. Muddle, the farmer.

(The camera zooms out to reveal Mr. Muddle holding a square red apple in his right hand)

King of Nonsenseland (offscreen): He has managed to grow, of all things, a sq...

(The camera stops zooming out)

King of Nonsenseland (offscreen): A sq...(laughs)

(Mr. Muddle takes a bite out of the square apple)

King of Nonsenseland (offscreen): (laughs) Excuse me. (stammers)

(The camera zooms in on the square apple, which now has a bite taken out of it)

King of Nonsenseland (offscreen): A square apple!

(Clapping is heard from the audience as the camera cuts to the crowd. The King of Nonsenseland is shown standing on the stage)

Narrator: The crowd clapped...

(The camera cuts back to Mr. Muddle holding up the square apple. Clapping is heard from the audience offscreen)

Narrator: As the square apple was held up by Mr. Muddle for everybody to see.

(The camera zooms in on Mr. Muddle's face)

Narrator: He felt sure that he was going to win!

(The camera cuts back to the King of Nonsenseland)

King of Nonsenseland: However...

Narrator: Said the king.

(Mr. Muddle frowns)

Narrator: And Mr. Muddle's face fell.

(The camera cuts back to the King of Nonsenseland)

King of Nonsenseland: We have had an even sillier idea entered by Mrs. Nincompoop.

(The camera cuts to a teapot with the spout curved inwards. The camera zooms out from the teapot)

Narrator: It was a teapot. Quite the silliest looking teapot,

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator: There have ever been!

(Clapping is heard from the audience as the camera cuts to the crowd. The King of Nonsenseland is shown standing on the stage)

Narrator: The crowd broke into thunderous applause.

(The camera cuts back to the King of Nonsenseland)

King of Nonsenseland: I, therefore, have great pleasure,

Narrator: Announced the King.

King of Nonsenseland: In presenting the Nonsense Cup to...

(The camera zooms in closer to the King of Nonsenseland)

Narrator: Just then he looked up, and stopped in astonishment.

(The camera cuts to the green leaves of a tree in the middle of the city square)

Narrator: Now, in the middle of the city square, there is a tree.

(The camera zooms out from the leaves of the tree)

Narrator: Which has always been there, and it was at this tree,

(The camera zooms out to reveal a crowd of people underneath the tree, including Mr. Silly)

Narrator: That the King was looking in astonishment.

(The camera cuts back to the King of Nonsenseland)

King of Nonsenseland: What,

Narrator: He cried.

King of Nonsenseland: Has happened to that tree?!

(The camera cuts to the crowd looking up at the tree with green leaves. Everyone except Mr. Silly is shown looking at the tree. The camera pans to the left)

Narrator: Everybody turned to look.

(The camera starts panning to the right)

Narrator: The tree...

(The camera stops moving upon the tree being shown in the middle of the frame)

Narrator: Had green leaves!

(The camera zooms out to show the tree in its entirety)

Narrator: Bright green leaves! (laughs) Not-not red leaves,

(The camera stops zooming out)

Narrator: Like all the trees in Nonsenseland, but green.

(The camera cuts back over to the crowd)

Narrator: There was a gasp from the crowd.

Crowd: (gasps in shock)

Mr. Silly (offscreen): (chuckles)

(The camera cuts over to Mr. Silly slightly raising his hat to get everyone's attention. Which he succeeds in doing as the crowd is shown looking at him)

Mr. Silly: It was me.

(The crowd smiles at Mr. Silly)

Narrator: Piped up Mr. Silly.

Mr. Silly: I painted all the leaves green last night, when you were all asleep!

(The camera cuts back to the King of Nonsenseland)

King of Nonsenseland: A green tree?!

Narrator: Exclaimed the king.

King of Nonsenseland: Who ever heard of a green tree?!

(The camera cuts back to the crowd and pans to the left)

Crowd: A green tree!?

Narrator: Shouted the crowd.

Crowd: How silly!

Narrator: And they started to applaud wildly.

(Clapping is heard from the crowd)

Crowd: (cheering)

(The camera cuts over to Mr. Silly, standing on the stage)

Narrator: Mr. Silly smiled,

(The camera zooms out to show the King of Nonsenseland raising Mr. Silly's right arm into the air. Both of them are standing next to the Nonsense Cup with Mr. Silly standing to the left and the King of Nonsenseland to the right)

Narrator: Modestly. The King held up his hands.

(The camera stops zooming out)

King of Nonsenseland: I think,

Narrator: He said.

King of Nonsenseland: That this is the silliest idea I have ever heard of. And therefore, I award the Nonsense Cup to Mr....what did you say his name was? To...to Mr. Silly!

(Clapping is heard from the audience as the camera cuts to the crowd. The camera pans to the right)

Narrator: The crowd cheered and cheered.

(The camera cuts over to Mr. Silly holding the Nonsenseland Cup as the crowd applauds offscreen)

Crowd (offscreen): (cheers)

Narrator: Mr. Silly went,

(Mr. Silly blushes as he holds the Nonsenseland Cup)

Narrator: Pink with pride!

(The scene cuts to a bird perched up in the green tree. The applauding stops)

Narrator: And a bird, perched high up in the branches of the silly green tree, looked down.

Nonsenseland Bird: Woof.

Narrator: It said. And flew off.

(The bird starts flapping his wings)

Narrator: Backwards.

(The bird flies away backwards. The episode ends here)