Arthur -02x15 Grandma Thora Appreciation Day & Fern's Slumber Party
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00:00Every day when you're walking down the street,
00:05Everybody that you meet has an original point of view.
00:11And I say, hey, what a wonderful kind of day
00:16If you could learn to work and play
00:19And get along with each other.
00:22You've got to listen to your heart, listen to the beat,
00:25Listen to the rhythm, rhythm of the street.
00:28Open up your eyes, open up your ears,
00:30Get together and make things better by working together.
00:34It's a simple message and it comes from the heart.
00:39Believe in yourself, for that's the place to start.
00:43And I say, hey, what a wonderful kind of day
00:48If you could learn to work and play
00:51And get along with each other.
00:54What a wonderful kind of day, hey!
00:57What a wonderful kind of day, hey!
01:00Hey, D.W.!
01:03Hey!
01:09Last night, D.W. and I slept over at Grandma Thoris
01:12and learned some terrible things.
01:15After supper, how about if we play Parcheesi?
01:19Thank you, Grandma, but we would prefer to watch TV.
01:22Well, you know, I don't have cable,
01:25but I do get public television clear as a bell.
01:32Then it got worse.
01:34I'm afraid I don't have many goodies.
01:37My doctor's getting very strict with me.
01:40Here we are, no salt, low-fat potato chips.
01:45And if that wasn't bad enough...
01:49What? What?
01:51It's teeth! Grandma's teeth!
01:54We didn't get much sleep that night.
01:57It's been so nice having you here.
02:00I get lonely without you sometimes.
02:06Grandma Thoris must be the saddest person in the world.
02:09No cable, no taste potato chips,
02:12and she has to keep her teeth in a glass.
02:15And she gets so lonely without me.
02:19Arthur, we have to do something.
02:26Grandma Thoris Appreciation Day
02:32Isn't that a good idea?
02:34A surprise party for Grandma Thoris.
02:37But what's the occasion?
02:39The kids are upset because Grandma seems a little sad.
02:42You know, it's actually a great idea.
02:45Sort of a Grandma Thoris Appreciation Day.
02:48I like it.
02:50We could invite all her friends.
02:52And decorate the house with balloons and streamers,
02:54make it look really festive.
02:56Wait! It was our idea,
02:58and we wanted to do it all by ourselves.
03:04Planning a party is a lot of work, you know.
03:07How hard can it be? You invite people, and they come.
03:11Let's keep this small.
03:13Just Grandma Thoris' closest friends, okay?
03:15That's no fun.
03:17Can't we do stuff like rent an elephant or a zebra?
03:19No elephants, D.W.
03:21Just a nice, small, quiet party.
03:24Are you listening, Arthur?
03:26Yeah, Mom. A nice, small, quiet...
03:28Party?
03:29A party? Where? Can I come?
03:31You're having a party?
03:33No!
03:35I was only asking Mrs. McGrady.
03:37It's a party for my grandmother, and you can't come!
03:42I mean, you wouldn't want to come, right?
03:45It's a party for old people.
03:47If you don't want to invite us,
03:49or include us with your older friends,
03:51that's okay. We understand.
03:53Aww.
03:55Oh, all right. You can come.
03:57Just don't tell anyone else.
03:59Yeah!
04:01Party! Party! Party!
04:03Party! Party! Party!
04:06We're ruined.
04:08We've only been planning for one day,
04:10and already we're ruined.
04:12Maybe they'll forget.
04:14And anyway, it's only...
04:1625 people.
04:18Mom won't freak!
04:20Arthur! D.W.!
04:22You're so quiet. What are you up to?
04:24We're writing our lists.
04:26Of everything we need to do to make the party perfect.
04:29Sounds very responsible.
04:31Remember, let me know if you need any help.
04:33We won't!
04:35Thanks for not telling.
04:37We're in this together, Arthur.
04:39If you go down the drain, I have to go with you.
04:41Well, at least we got the first thing done in our list.
04:44And tomorrow we can buy the food.
04:48I'm not sure I like you shopping without me.
04:51Mom, we want to do everything by...
04:53Yourselves. I know.
04:55Okay.
04:57Whoopee!
04:59Don't worry about a thing!
05:04D.W., come on!
05:06Uh-oh.
05:08I forgot my list!
05:10Don't worry. I have mine.
05:12D.W., this is just scribbles.
05:15It is not.
05:17See? It spells candy.
05:19It spells...
05:21Sepixtu.
05:23Oh, Arthur.
05:25I'll read and you buy.
05:28Didn't you get anything besides candy?
05:31It was the only thing D.W. had on her list.
05:34Besides, it was cheap and we need a lot of food.
05:37What do you mean? How many people did you invite?
05:40Oh, I don't know, about...
05:43Oh...
05:45What did you say?
05:47I couldn't help it.
05:49Everyone heard about the party and they all liked Grandma Thor.
05:51I knew he should have done it.
05:53But he didn't listen to me.
05:56He never listens to me.
05:58Why don't you tell him to listen to me?
06:00Boy, are you lucky.
06:02If I were Mom, I'd make you go live in the garage.
06:05What's next?
06:07Think up ways to invite Grandma Thora.
06:09Hmm...
06:15We'll send this right out, D.W.
06:25Let's go.
06:48Let's go.
06:50What does this mean?
06:52That must be for me.
06:54Please go to D.W.'s house for a surprise party.
07:01That is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard.
07:05Only because you didn't think of it.
07:07I think we better just call her on the phone.
07:09Which leaves only one more thing to do.
07:12Decorate.
07:15Here, Arthur.
07:17What is this?
07:19It's a balloon.
07:21Balloons are round, D.W.
07:23They're flat.
07:24It's not my fault.
07:25I have small lungs.
07:27Now I'm going to have to blow up all the balloons.
07:29Plus do all the decorating.
07:31You're not helping at all.
07:33You're not...
07:35How's it going?
07:37Want some help?
07:38Yes.
07:39No, we're doing it by ourselves.
07:41We'll never get this finished by tomorrow.
07:44Yes, we will.
07:45If you'd stop goofing around.
07:47Why, hello, Thora.
07:49How nice to see you.
07:51Grandma.
07:52You'll never believe it.
07:54My car went bust right at the end of your street.
07:58Did you hear that, kids?
08:00Grandma's car broke down and she's coming in the house.
08:04Are you all right, dear?
08:06Fine, just fine.
08:09Is everything okay in there?
08:11Fine, just fine.
08:14If this is a bad time, I can walk home and call my mechanic from there.
08:18No, no problem.
08:20Come on in.
08:22But how come you're staying overnight?
08:24Why don't you go back to your own house?
08:26Because Hank can't fix my car until tomorrow.
08:29And it made sense to just stay put.
08:32But you'll hate it here.
08:33Kate snores.
08:34You'll never get your beauty rest.
08:37And we don't have any extra toothpaste.
08:39And...
08:40Arthur!
08:44D.W.?
08:46Ready.
08:49Ugh.
08:53Remember, we have to be very, very quiet.
08:58Shh.
09:00Whoa.
09:08Shh.
09:09That's it.
09:11That's the last thing on the list.
09:13We can finally go to sleep.
09:15I think you forgot something.
09:18Bake the cake.
09:20Oh, no!
09:21That's a pretty cake.
09:23It's too complicated.
09:24We have to keep it simple.
09:26Like this.
09:27Now what?
09:29We have to read the recipe.
09:31One lub flour.
09:33What's a lub?
09:35Okay, skip that part.
09:37Two sticks of butter.
09:40And one cup of milk.
09:42Ready?
09:43Ready.
09:46Turn it off!
09:48I can't see!
09:52Hi, what brings you here?
09:54Mom?
09:55Dad?
09:56Son?
09:58Help!
10:03Here we are.
10:04One beautiful cake and four delicious cupcakes.
10:09This was fun.
10:10Can we stay up late tomorrow night and make taffy?
10:12No.
10:31It's the darndest thing, Hank.
10:33You'd think they'd been up all night.
10:36That's fine.
10:37I'll wait for you out in the driveway.
10:43Okay, everybody.
10:44Find a place to hide.
10:45Laura should be here any minute.
10:47You did tell Grandma to come at two o'clock, right?
10:50Oh, no!
10:53She's not answering.
10:55I can't believe we forgot to wait Grandma to her own surprise party.
10:59Why didn't you put it on your list?
11:01I forgot.
11:02Why didn't you put it on yours?
11:04I can't remember.
11:06I'm sure it's in the kitchen.
11:08I forgot.
11:09Why didn't you put it on yours?
11:11I can't write.
11:12You know that.
11:13Kids, there's only one thing to do.
11:16Party!
11:22It's a good thing there was pizza in the freezer.
11:26Almost ready.
11:27Oh, Thora, thank goodness.
11:28Could you take this tray and...
11:30Thora!
11:31Grandma!
11:32Grandma, you came!
11:34I was worried about you.
11:36You were all so tired and acting so strangely.
11:40What's going on?
11:42Uh, nothing.
11:43Just stay there.
11:46Grandma, could you come here a minute?
11:50Surprise!
11:54But why?
11:55It's not my birthday.
11:57We know.
11:58But we wanted to give you a party so you wouldn't be sad.
12:01Sad?
12:02I'm not sad.
12:03Why should I be?
12:04But we thought you were sad.
12:06We made this whole party so you wouldn't be sad.
12:10Oh, that's right, D.W.
12:13I was a little sad.
12:15But now, after this party,
12:17I'm the happiest grandmother in the world!
12:21All right!
12:23Let's go.
12:33And now, a word from us kids!
12:36We're going to have a surprise party.
12:38We're going to have a surprise party for Mrs. Armstrong
12:42because we really like her.
12:46We're decorating.
12:54Some kids made popcorn.
12:59It smells good, too.
13:05Some kids made invitations.
13:10An invitation for me?
13:12To decorate the cake.
13:17It says surprise.
13:24Ooh.
13:26I'm making a banner for the surprise party.
13:39We're almost ready for a surprise.
13:41One, two, three.
13:43Surprise!
13:46Surprise!
13:49Oh, my goodness.
13:52I smell food.
13:59Very good.
14:09Surprise!
14:12And now, back to Arthur.
14:18Now that you are all gathered here,
14:20I can reveal the name of...
14:23Oh. Um, hello.
14:25Uh, I don't really have anything to say.
14:28Um...
14:29Well, hello. Nice to see you.
14:31Have you introduced the show yet, Fern?
14:33No.
14:34Well, speak up, sweetie.
14:36Tell everyone what it's about.
14:37Now, when Arthur does it, he looks right into the camera.
14:40Watch me. Just like this.
14:45The last scene is so...
14:47Mom, don't give it away.
14:49But just go to the title card.
14:51Uh, maybe that swimming one.
14:56Fern's Slumber Party.
14:58Hi.
15:03Open house time, huh?
15:05Nice borders.
15:06You're really creative, Mrs. Walters.
15:08Thanks, Hank.
15:09Fern is very creative, too.
15:11What do you like to do, Fern?
15:13Sing? Draw? Sculpt?
15:15Read.
15:17One hundred copies, please.
15:20Look, Fern.
15:21Corky's Computer Chorale is sponsoring a children's computer workshop.
15:25We should sign you up.
15:27Why? Dad taught me about computers.
15:29Exactly. You'd know more than anyone else.
15:32You could teach everyone.
15:36I have just invented artificial intelligence.
15:40A thinking, talking computer.
15:43I will recite a poem of my own composition,
15:46entitled O-1-1-1-O-1.
15:51Ahem.
15:52O-1-1-1-O-1
15:55O-O-1-1-1-1
15:58O-O-O-O-O
16:001-1-O-O-1-1
16:04Yes!
16:12Um, this is my, um...
16:15Computer. Her computer.
16:17I began life as a chip off the old block.
16:20My parents were clones of one of those expensive systems,
16:23so we got no respect.
16:27But seriously, folks.
16:29No worse display space.
16:31No dual-page ads in PC Magazine.
16:33No respect.
16:36Just like an inventor, I know.
16:38Ha ha ha ha.
16:39Just kidding, Fern.
16:442,000 signatures!
16:47I wish we had three more of you, Doria.
16:49Oh, Fern will be helping soon.
16:51She's a wonderful speaker.
16:53She could charm the fish right out of a fishbowl.
16:57Fern, tell us what you accomplished this week.
17:00Well, I ended global warming,
17:04hatched the hole in the ozone layer,
17:06and yesterday, I discovered a completely natural oil spill cleanser.
17:17She's a wonderful speaker.
17:19She could charm the fish right out of a fishbowl.
17:22Um...
17:24The state of our oceans is, um, very important.
17:28Um...
17:29Not very good.
17:31We need to, um...
17:33Stop polluting our, uh...
17:36Precious, um...
17:38Our most precious resource.
17:41What I mean to say is that, um...
17:44Although...
17:46Although our ocean has an open house...
17:51Well, I hope we'll see you at the open house.
17:54Ready to go, Fern?
18:01They all look different, Mrs. Walters.
18:03Yes, Arthur.
18:04Each cookie is a different famous landmark.
18:06Fern, why don't you pass out the cookies?
18:08I'll do it, Mrs. Walters.
18:10I love to distribute.
18:11Everyone will be given a cookie that suits their personality.
18:14Here, Arthur.
18:15You get the Liberty Belt, because you're cracked.
18:20What a pretty bracelet, Francine.
18:22My mother bought it at a yard sale.
18:24It looks Egyptian.
18:25I think it belonged to Cleopatra.
18:27It says, made in Japan.
18:30That was obviously stamped on there to fool the Romans so they wouldn't steal it.
18:39Here.
18:40This one must be for you.
18:41I don't know what personality it is.
18:44Ah-ha!
18:45These cookies contained an insidious East Boraborian peanut
18:49that turned the eater into a mindless zombie.
18:52Another case solved by the brilliant Fern Watson.
18:56Holmes, it's time to feed the Hound of the Baskervilles.
18:59Where's the can opener?
19:01Honey, what have you wanted to have more than anything in the world?
19:05A detective kit?
19:06Don't be silly.
19:07The one thing you've always wanted to have is...
19:10a slumber party.
19:12Oh.
19:13Hosting a party is just what you need to develop your social skills.
19:17Now put away all that silly detective stuff,
19:19and let's start planning the perfect party.
19:21Okay.
19:22I'll do the invitations.
19:26They're done!
19:28Well, the design is very nice, Fern.
19:30But where is the information?
19:32That is the information.
19:34It's from the Adventure of the Dancing Men.
19:36I've put the date, time, and place in a secret code.
19:39What if the girls can't decode it?
19:41Then they won't come.
19:42And they'll be happy because they don't want to come anyway.
19:45I'm boring.
19:47They know my party will be boring.
19:49Fern, nobody thinks you're boring.
19:54My mom's making me go to Fern's party,
19:56and it's going to be boring.
19:58I might as well just wear my sleeping bag.
20:00I'll be falling asleep so fast.
20:03But I bet Fern's mother makes cookies and cakes
20:05and bite-sized pizzas and hamburgers.
20:07One cannot spend an entire party eating.
20:10Speak for yourself, Muffy.
20:12We just have to make our own party, that's all.
20:15Bring our games and toys.
20:17Fern won't mind.
20:18In fact, I bet she'll be relieved.
20:20We're saving her from being dull.
20:22I can bring my portable trampoline.
20:24I bring my new decathlon Debbie.
20:26She comes with her own discus.
20:28See? This party will be just great.
20:33You know, Mom, you don't need to stick around
20:35when everyone gets here.
20:37I can handle everything.
20:40You take charge, Hostess.
20:42You won't see me until dinner.
20:48I need help with my luggage.
20:54What on earth did you bring, Muffy?
20:56I have to be prepared for all possible weather conditions.
20:59Indoors?
21:03Wow! Look at all that stuff!
21:07I have some ideas for games.
21:11Fern, we brought some games with us.
21:13That way you won't have to worry whether you're entertaining us.
21:16Aren't you relieved?
21:17Oh, well...
21:19Good!
21:21I win again!
21:22My bracelet's not only ancient, it's lucky!
21:25Can we please play something else?
21:27Well, I thought...
21:29Paddleball contest!
21:32We're not playing something else you'll win, Francine.
21:35I may not win, Sue Ellen.
21:37Nothing in life is certain.
21:38Time to bring out Decathlon Debbie.
21:40I brought Amazonia, Warrior Princess.
21:43She can wrestle Decathlon Debbie.
21:45Decathlon Debbie doesn't wrestle.
21:49I brought a label maker.
21:50What needs identifying?
21:52Well, let's decide on something.
21:58Jen and Muffy should be doing this with us.
22:00It's fun!
22:01I guess they want to do what they want to do.
22:03Hey! You ruined her hair!
22:05She loses the gold medal over this.
22:07You're in big trouble.
22:15This is stupid.
22:16I can play by myself at home.
22:19Dinner will be ready soon.
22:22What's wrong?
22:23Nothing.
22:24What are the girls doing?
22:26Being bored.
22:30My bracelet! It's gone!
22:33Now calm down.
22:34There's a simple solution to this.
22:36Where do you last remember putting it down?
22:39If I knew that, the bracelet wouldn't be lost, would it, Muffy?
22:42Organize a search party.
22:44Did anyone bring walkie-talkies?
22:46Four of them.
22:47Then lost the valuables.
22:48What a disaster.
22:50My beautiful bracelet.
22:51What if it's gone forever?
22:53I think I know where it is.
22:55What? Where is it?
22:57I could tell when the party began.
22:59Strange forces were afoot.
23:02When Francine arrived,
23:03I could see the distinctive piece on her wrist.
23:06Other guests arrived,
23:08hidden motives safely tucked away.
23:12As the clock struck four,
23:14the bracelet had not left its owner's arm.
23:17But then...
23:26That's right!
23:27I took it off.
23:29And I put it...
23:30Now it's gone!
23:32Okay, who took it?
23:34Not me!
23:35I didn't take it!
23:36Please!
23:37All in good time.
23:45Muffy, you took it!
23:47I did not!
23:48Francine, we can't keep going back and forth
23:51because you keep accusing people.
23:53It takes too long.
23:55Sorry.
23:56It's Jenna's turn to play a part in the goings-on.
23:59Jenna, wanna watch a video?
24:04Jenna, you ate my bracelet?
24:06Francine!
24:10Jenna, Mrs. Walters will be mad
24:12if you make a mess in her house.
24:16Stupid fringe.
24:20I don't remember a thunderstorm.
24:23Shh!
24:24How atmospheric!
24:26But as dinner hour approached...
24:31My bracelet!
24:35So we returned to the scene of the events.
24:38The question is,
24:39who took the bracelet,
24:41and where is it now?
24:45It is time to reveal all.
24:51My bracelet!
24:52So how did it end up there?
24:54The key was Prunella's neatness.
24:56When I saw the table was bare,
24:58I realized someone had cleaned it.
25:00And I knew who that someone was.
25:05Oh, Jenna!
25:12Fern, you are so observant.
25:15You're a regular Encyclopedia Brown.
25:18He's a bit of an amateur, actually.
25:20The truly great detective is...
25:23Mr. Holmes.
25:25They were the footprints of a gigantic hound.
25:27They had gone a mile or two
25:29when they passed one of the night shepherds
25:31upon the moorlands.
25:33And they cried to him to know if he had seen them.
25:36I knew this party was a good idea.
25:38And then, as the story goes...
25:41And I say, hey!
25:43What a wonderful kind of day
25:45If you could learn to work and play
25:48And get along with each other
25:51You got to listen to your heart
25:53Listen to the beat
25:54Listen to the rhythm
25:56Rhythm of the street
25:58It's a simple message
26:00And it comes from the heart
26:03Oh, believe in yourself
26:05For that's the place to start
26:08And I say, hey!
26:10What a wonderful kind of day
26:12If we could learn to work and play
26:15And get along with each other
26:18What a wonderful kind of day
26:20What a wonderful kind of day