• 5 months ago
Episode 1 of the 2nd series of the Australian kids TV series. In this episode (titled I Do, You Do, Who Do?), Bruce is desperate to tell Diana that he is a genie, but she thinks he has come to propose and while holding the opal wishes that this moment will last forever. This has an unfortunate side effect...

There is a notable difference in the 2nd series - there is a different actor in the role of Bruce (now played by Sandy Winton). Monica is also played by a different actress (now Petra Jared), but the rest of the cast are the same, including Alexandra Milman in the title role of Penelope Townes, and Glenn Meldrum as Baz.

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00:00I've served a lot of masters throughout history, now I want to go back home where I can be
00:12free.
00:13Then you come along with the opal in your hand, now your every wish is my command.
00:22Genie, genie from down under, make my wish come true.
00:31Genie, genie from down under, I wish you'd do what I want you to.
00:39Genie from down under.
00:43Dad, we're free!
00:51I rub the opal in my hand, my every wish is your command.
01:03Hello, I'm Penelope Towns. I used to be very happy, I used to have a magic opal and two genies.
01:21Australia!
01:29From England.
01:31You've rubbed the opal in your hand, your every wish is our command.
01:35I wish I could win this game.
01:37But the yummy part was that they were my secret. No one else had the foggiest idea they were magic.
01:52I can do that.
01:54If things needed doing around the house, I'd just wish.
02:00And wishing is very handy around the grounds as well, let me tell you.
02:07I tried out some new looks, and in the cross country race, well, guess who won?
02:17Unfortunately, my genies didn't like living in England.
02:21Australia!
02:23And they dragged me off on magic carpet rides.
02:26Fun, you might think, well, not if you get air sick, and flying carpets don't have sick bags.
02:33Sometimes, they were really quite mean.
02:38But most of the time, I was incredibly happy.
02:51See that? My opal around mummy's neck, and him? He used to be my slave.
02:56Well, genie, but now mummy's every wish is his command.
03:00At least it will be, as soon as Bruce tells her he's a genie.
03:04Poor mummy, she'll be so, so happy, and I'll be...
03:10Hi, Pen.
03:12Are you spying on me? I can't stand it when people creep around spying on people.
03:17Pen, I want to talk to you about you and me.
03:19Why hasn't Bruce told mummy he's a genie, hmm?
03:22Because most masters treat us like slaves.
03:24Really? How awful.
03:27And he wants to be sure your mum just doesn't like him for the magic.
03:31Surely he doesn't think she'd like him for his personality.
03:34He's Australian, he doesn't have a personality.
03:37He's just trying to seduce her, isn't he?
03:39What does that mean?
03:40He's trying to use her.
03:42Nah, he just wants to marry her, and then ask her to set us free.
03:46What?
03:47We'll see about that.
03:51Mummy, mummy, mummy, you must protect yourself from this...
03:54...brutal, cunning, Australian sun.
03:57Perhaps you could take the elbow off so I can do it properly, hmm?
04:00I wish you'd just leave the sunscreen to Bruce.
04:04Huh? Oh.
04:06Don't worry, I'll make sure she's covered all over.
04:08Dad, have you told her yet?
04:10Well, it's not that easy.
04:12Oh, just squeeze the tube.
04:14Just tell her.
04:16I would tell her if people would just leave us alone.
04:18Now, come on, children. Let's leave the grown-ups alone.
04:23And that includes you too, Miss Penelope.
04:27Diana, don't you wish we could go somewhere and be alone?
04:30Mummy, be careful. If you end up alone with him, he could be dangerous.
04:34Thank you, Penelope. I'll have to cope somehow.
04:37You don't know anything about him.
04:39Then if we had some time together, I would get to know him.
04:42What if he leaves you stranded in the desert...
04:44...and you run out of water and buzzards peck out your inside bits?
04:48I wish you'd calm down and take a good look at yourself.
04:53Diana, don't you wish we could go somewhere and be alone...
04:57...in some magic spot?
04:59Oh, yes.
05:01Pen, Pen, I've got something for you.
05:03I picked them myself.
05:05For my new sister.
05:08Ooh, there's romance in the air.
05:11I've got a feeling we'll be hearing a proposal very soon.
05:22You know, Conrad, I've made a solemn vow to myself.
05:26I'm gonna get... Conrad!
05:29He was sleeping.
05:31Conrad, I've made a solemn vow to myself.
05:33I'm gonna get that opal back. It's the last thing I do.
05:37I love it. I deserve it.
05:40I need that opal. It's me. It matches me eyes.
05:44We never think about ourselves at Vonmeister Tours.
05:47We're only here to serve you.
05:49The members of the big, bigger and biggest person social club.
05:53And we can promise you some big sights.
05:56We're talking big skies and big country.
05:59Small bus.
06:13It must be hard for Baz, not having his mother around.
06:17Oh, it all happened a long time ago.
06:20A few thousand years, so...
06:23I'm sort of used to it now.
06:28It's so reassuring talking to another single parent.
06:32Yeah, I know what you mean.
06:34So, um...
06:37How do you feel about slavery?
06:41Um...
06:44I think it's terrible.
06:46Terrible?
06:48Good.
06:50A single parent has to make so many decisions.
06:53Oh, yeah. So, uh...
06:55How do you feel about having absolute power?
06:58I... I find it very uncomfortable.
07:02Good.
07:07Good.
07:11I can visualise heaven, that opal.
07:14I'm gonna use all of my wit and my charm...
07:18and my animal magnetism to make that happen.
07:21I knew there'd be a snag somewhere along the line.
07:24You better believe it.
07:30Donnie!
07:32Yeah?
07:34Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
07:44Donnie! Ha-ha-ha-ha!
07:46Donnie!
07:51Howdy-doody, Donnie!
07:53Oh, I love that Mona Lisa smile.
07:55How about you and me get some grub tonight, eh?
07:58What do you say?
08:00I wish he'd leave us now.
08:05Uh, I'll be... I'll be leaving you now.
08:08Yeah, we'll talk later, when the two of us can be alone together.
08:11That'll be great. So I'll be in touch.
08:13I'll speak to you soon, all right?
08:15Have no worries.
08:20If Bruce asks Mummy to marry him, I'll tell her it's him or me.
08:24She'll have to choose. Good plan, eh?
08:26Nah.
08:28Oh, you're right.
08:31I've got a much better plan.
08:35Mummy! Where have you been?
08:37What have you been doing? I've been worried sick.
08:40Do you know what time it is?
08:42We've just been... Mummy!
08:44Is it possible for us to have a little chat?
08:46You know, daughter to mother.
08:48Lovely.
08:52Did Penelope seem polite to you, mate?
08:57She's up to something.
09:00I feel as if you prefer Bruce to me.
09:03Oh, we're growing apart.
09:06Oh, you've become so distant, and you're always wearing the opal.
09:11Not that I care. I'm just being honest.
09:13Oh, but, Penelope, the opal's been such a good lunch, aren't it?
09:17And you are getting so obsessed with it.
09:22Penelope, um...
09:24Um...
09:27She's being nice, friendly and polite.
09:33And she is definitely up to something.
09:36Definitely.
09:39But I don't care, mate.
09:41Next time I'm alone with Diana, I'm just going to tell her I'm a genie.
09:44Good on you, Dad.
09:49Mummy, I just need a sign.
09:51Something to show me you won't forget me when you're married.
09:55I understand, darling.
09:57I'm sure we can work something out.
10:00Oi!
10:02Keep going! Keep going!
10:04Penelope, push!
10:06Push him! Push him!
10:09Push him!
10:17Hey, Daddy! Daddy!
10:20I want to talk to you about our dinner arrangement for tonight.
10:23Might have to be later.
10:25Oh.
10:29She's hot for me, mate.
10:32Dad, they're coming.
10:36I'm sorry about being such a pain.
10:38Mummy's explained how she feels about you.
10:40And if she's happy, I'm happy.
10:43Since when?
10:45Will I see you later for lunch?
10:47Thank you. I'd love to.
10:54OK. What's going on?
10:57I just want Mummy to be happy.
10:59You're up to something.
11:01Me? Don't be silly.
11:06She's up to something?
11:08Maybe she's just excited that I'm going to be her brother.
11:11Yeah, mate, that could be it.
11:15Mummy!
11:17Try this. It's called Irresistible.
11:20It always works for me.
11:22I wish I was irresistible.
11:25Hmm?
11:27Oh!
11:29Oh!
11:45Hi.
11:47Baz, we might leave the lovebirds alone.
11:50They've got things to discuss.
11:53Hi.
11:55Hi.
12:01Go on. Get into it, guys. Get into it!
12:07Love a barbie, don't you?
12:11You know, I like these people.
12:13I like them a lot.
12:15Because they're really comfortable with who they are?
12:17No, because they offer to cook their own lunch.
12:27Diana.
12:29Now that we're alone...
12:32Hey!
12:34I was rather hoping it'd be tea for two.
12:37So was I.
12:39There you go, pal. Three's a crowd.
12:41OK, mate. See you around.
12:43See you then.
12:45I've got you this special dry-to-rain for my petal.
12:48A symbol of my affection for you.
12:50Thanks, mate.
12:52Hey, what's going on?
12:54Come on, Mr Moisture, I'll throw these out for you.
12:56What about a bit of a private rendezvous later, then?
12:58Sorry, mate, you're not my type.
13:00Ow!
13:02That's more than I can say for you, Mr Moisture.
13:05Now ask her.
13:08Diana.
13:12I'd like to propose.
13:15Marriage?
13:17A toast.
13:20To the woman...
13:22I want to marry.
13:24..who is the most irresistible master I've ever had.
13:30And you're simply...
13:32The one I want to marry now!
13:38Oh!
13:40Hello, Mummy.
13:42Hi, Diana.
13:44Do you think it's possible we could have some time alone together,
13:47just the two of us, in isolation,
13:49without anybody else or any interruptions
13:52for longer than two seconds?
13:54Oh!
14:08Diana's still trying to find some time alone with me.
14:10Them flowers worked a treat.
14:12Yeah?
14:14So you cooked their lunch, darling?
14:16They cooked it for themselves.
14:18Great. Where's mine?
14:20It's gone.
14:22Where's mine gone?
14:24Well, they ate it. They ate it all.
14:26They had four days' worth of rations in one sitting.
14:28There's nothing left.
14:30It was amazing to watch.
14:32What am I going to eat?
14:34I'm starving.
14:36My stomach thinks my throat's been cut.
14:52Tell me when to press play.
14:56Look, I want to ask you something.
14:58But before I ask you something,
15:00I need to tell you something.
15:06You see, I'm a man with a past.
15:08A very long past.
15:102,000 years, at least.
15:18You see, I'm not like other men.
15:20I'm not like other women, either.
15:24Look, it's simple, really.
15:26I'm a genie.
15:30I'll get it.
15:32Get away, fast. I've got it.
15:34No, no, no.
15:40What are you doing?
15:46Music's the food of love,
15:48so we thought...
15:50I thought...
15:54The way to a man's heart
15:56is through his stomach.
15:58Did somebody mention food?
16:04We should all just go.
16:06Now.
16:18Here we go.
16:24Here we go.
16:26Ah, here he is.
16:28Any luck?
16:30I begged them for any scraps they might have,
16:32but they're even worse off than we are.
16:34People are really hurting out there.
16:36No, no, no, no.
16:38No need to panic.
16:40No need to panic at all.
16:42Because you are lucky enough
16:44to have among you
16:46a bush tiger man.
16:48When do we get to meet him?
16:50It's me.
16:52I am the so-called
16:54genius of the bush.
16:56That's how I manage to survive
16:58off the land
17:00and maintain my perfect height
17:02for weight ratio.
17:08I've never told anyone this before.
17:10Well,
17:12that is
17:14someone I'm in love with.
17:16But I have to tell you, Diana.
17:20You see, I'm a man.
17:24But I'm also a...
17:28Come on.
17:32Say it, Dad.
17:34A genie.
17:38And your every wish is my command.
17:40I wish this moment could go on and on
17:42and on forever.
17:46Forever.
17:48Forever.
17:50Forever.
17:52Forever.
17:54Forever.
17:56Forever.
17:58Oh, my lady.
18:00Oh, my lady.
18:02All the excitement and anticipation
18:04must have been too much.
18:06Oh, it sent her over the edge.
18:08Maybe I should move the open from around her neck.
18:10No, no, no, no.
18:12No, let Mozzie do it.
18:14No, I will.
18:16Leave her leadership alone for a moment.
18:18Good thinking, Mozzie.
18:22Back off. Get out of it. Don't you touch it.
18:24Well done, darling.
18:26Oh, look at that.
18:28Oh, the land.
18:30It's like a mother.
18:32We suckle at her breast.
18:34Well, anymore where that came from.
18:36Okay.
18:38Let's go for it.
18:42All right, do you want to try
18:44them little chocolate balls?
18:46The little sticky ones, they're great.
18:48What are they? Rabbit food.
18:56All you had to do was ask her to marry you.
18:58Simple. A child could do it, couldn't you, Bess?
19:00I wouldn't want to marry you, Mum. She's too old for me.
19:02What do you mean?
19:04Australians, no idea.
19:06Do I have to do everything myself?
19:08No, I'll ask her.
19:10Well, you can't now.
19:12She's a raving imbecile thanks to you.
19:14She can't even get out of her own bed.
19:16What are we going to do about that?
19:20Look, Peggy, I'll talk to her soon
19:22to get some final lines of it.
19:28Forever. Forever.
19:30Forever. Forever.
19:32Forever. Forever.
19:34Forever. Forever.
19:36Forever.
19:38Forever. Forever.
19:40Forever. Forever.
19:42Forever.
19:44I didn't know you weren't feeling well.
19:46I hope it's not my fault.
19:48I have this effect on women.
19:50They want me. They can't have me.
19:52They pine.
19:54Forever. Forever.
19:56Forever.
19:58Forever.
20:00Forever.
20:02Forever.
20:04Nice.
20:06Forever.
20:08Forever.
20:10Forever.
20:12Forever.
20:14Forever.
20:16Sorry, Dale.
20:18Forever.
20:20Forever.
20:22Forever.
20:24You rubbed the opening in your head.
20:26She was after me. She was chasing me.
20:28She's desperate. I mean, I can see how
20:30you'd be jealous and everything,
20:32but what can I say? She just loves me.
20:34I bet you wish this had never happened.
20:36I wish for heaps of things, pal.
20:38I wish them fat, ungrateful tourists were happy.
20:40That's the sort of fella I am. Always thinking of the next bloke.
20:42Don't you sometimes wish you could
20:44go back in time? Of course I do.
20:46But I'd be a monkey's uncle
20:48before I waste my time on wishful thinking.
20:50A monkey's uncle?
20:52Well, a wish is a wish, mate. You ready?
20:54We'll just go back in time.
21:24No bananas. No food.
21:26Nothing.
21:32Where is everyone?
21:34They walked out on us.
21:36One of them said he could smell food about 200 miles that direction.
21:42I hope they don't want a refund.
21:44Nah, they seem pretty happy.
21:46What?
21:54I've never told anyone this before.
21:56Well, that is
21:58someone I'm in love with.
22:02But I have to tell you, Diana.
22:04So you're dead?
22:06I'm a genie.
22:08And your every wish is my command.
22:10So I could wish that this moment
22:12would last forever? No!
22:14Well, yeah.
22:16Yeah, you could wish for that,
22:18but, um, don't.
22:20I wouldn't waste a wish on that.
22:22Not when we have the whole
22:24of our lives together.
22:26I always knew there was something special
22:28and different about you.
22:30Maybe that's why I love you.
22:32What'd I say?
22:34There's something special about you.
22:36Maybe that's why I love you.
22:38So...
22:40will you marry me?
22:42Of course.
22:50Good afternoon, Dad.
22:52Congratulations, Mummy.
22:54Here you are, darling.
22:56I told you it was lucky.
22:58Oh, thank you, Mummy.
23:00I nearly forgot all about that.
23:02Uh-oh. What are you doing?
23:04Penelope's been feeling very vulnerable.
23:06Vulnerable?
23:08So I told her I'd give the opal back
23:10to you. Very vulnerable.
23:12It's been so lucky for me.
23:14And now I don't need it anymore.
23:16Yes, you do, and I do too.
23:18This climate's so harsh on Mummy's skin.
23:20I just wish we were back in England.
23:24Go there, Uncle.
23:26I'm not a monkey.
23:28It's not in public.
23:30Hey, would you blow stuff to go on a tour of the outback?
23:32We get all sorts. All sorts of people come up there.
23:34They'd love it. You'd love it. Well, I can tell you'd love it.
23:36The last time we had a bag of fat slobs, hey?
23:38Do you recognise us?
23:40We're the fat slobs.
23:42The weight just drained off us
23:44when we were walking through the scrub.
23:46We've never been so happy.
23:48When I made that comment about fat slobs,
23:50I didn't mean it in a negative sort of way.
23:52Would you like a banana?
23:58It's so good to be home in England.
24:00I'm sorry, Bruce,
24:02but it's all over between you and Mummy.
24:04She's forgotten everything.
24:08Hello, Bruce.
24:10I've been thinking about
24:12having a picnic by a river.
24:14Oh, really?
24:16Well, I know a few magic spots.
24:18I'm sure you do.
24:26You just can't beat
24:28that first spark of love.
24:30I'm really lucky to have had it more than once.
24:34We're the same woman.
24:36I thought you said
24:38your mum's happiness was more important
24:40than anything else in the whole world.
24:42And I meant every word of it, Baz.
24:44You see, when I'm not happy,
24:46my mother's not happy either.
24:48So I have to keep myself happy
24:50for Mummy's sake.

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