Transcript of "Sing!"
A transcript of the "Sing! " episode.
Please note that because the characters talk in very simple sentences, the dialogue isn't grammatically correct and may be hard to understand without visuals.
Scene 1: Yo-tow-ho!
[Oobi and Kako are in the living room with a radio.]
Oobi: Radio. Oobi, Kako, listen.
[The radio plays light orchestral music, followed by a woman singing operatically.]
Oobi and Kako: [imitating the music] Yo-tow-ho, yo-tow-ho! Yo-tow-ho, yo-tow-ho!
Oobi: Oh! Oobi, Kako "yo-tow-ho." You "yo-tow-ho." Ready? You "yo-tow-ho!"
Oobi, Kako, and Voices: [together] Yo-tow-ho, yo-tow-ho! Yo-tow-ho, yo-tow-ho! Yo-tow-ho, yo-tow-ho!
Grampu : [walks in with mail] Oobi, Kako, love singing.
Oobi and Kako: Yo-tow-ho, yo-tow-ho! [both laughing] Ooh.
Oobi and Kako: Mail-yo-ho, mail-yo-ho! Mail-ho, mail-ho!
Grampu: Oh. Mm. Oh, uh, community center.
Oobi and Kako: Community center?
Grampu: Mm-hmm. [pointing to brochure] Basketball team.
Grampu: Um, ooh, painting class.
Grampu: Um, ooh, singing group.
Grampu: Oh, singing group, all ages.
Oobi: Ah. Oobi, Kako, join singing group?
Grampu: Yes! Oobi, Kako, join singing group. Community center.
Oobi and Kako: Singing group! Yo-tow-ho, yo-tow-ho, yo-tow-ho!
Scene 2: Meeting Maestru
[The boys and Grampu arrive at the community center and walk around.]
Grampu: Oobi, Kako? Community center.
Oobi and Kako: Ooh. Oh. [both laugh]
Oobi: Hey, look. Look, oh.
[Maestru plays a light chord on his piano.]
Maestru: Ma, me, mi, mo, mu.
Ray and Mimi : [both off-key] Ma, me, mi, mo, mu-hhh.
Maestru: No, no, no, no, no! Not... [imitating their off-key singing] Mu-hhh. Muuuu ! Like a big cow. Mmmmuuuuu. Muuuuu.
Ray and Mimi: [together] Muuuu! Muuuu!
Maestru: Excelente! Very good. Very good.
Grampu: [clears throat] Hello.
Grampu: Oh, well, hello there, Maestru.
Grampu: Oobi, Kako, join singing group?
Kako: Yes, um, Oobi, Kako, join singing group! [clears throat]
Oobi and Kako: [loudly] Yo-tow-ho-ah!
Maestru: [sarcastically] Charming. [shakes head] Uh, Oobi, Kako, welcome.
Maestru: Uh, Mimi. Uh, Ray.
Ray and Mimi: [hoarsely] Hi.
Grampu: Okay, uh, well, Grampu leave now. Come back... one hour?
Grampu: Bye. Oh, uh, Oobi, Kako, Maestru, listen.
Maestru: [clears throat] Singers! Come.
Scene 3: The performance room
[Maestru brings the kids to the performance room, where he has set up music stands for everyone.]
Maestru: First song, "Row Row Row Boat."
Kako: Oh, "Row Row Row Boat!" Um, um, Kako know!
Maestru: Mm-hmm, very good. "Row Row Row Boat," round.
Maestru: Mm-hmm, round. Maestru point... Ray, Mimi sing. Maestru point... Oobi, Kako sing. Okay?
[Ray nods his head, and his glasses fall down.]
Ray: Ah. Heh. [adjusts glasses]
Maestru: Good. One, two, ready, sing.
Ray and Mimi: ♪ Row, row, row boat gently down stream. Merrily, merrily-- ♪
Oobi and Kako: [at the same time] Yo-tow-ho-oh! Yo-tow-ho-oh!
Maestru: Stop, stop, stop! No, no, no, no, no . Oobi, Kako, Maestru point... Oobi, Kako sing "Row Row Row Boat." Okay?
Maestru: [sighs sharply] One, two, ready, sing.
Ray and Mimi: ♪ Row, row, row boat gently down stream. Merrily, merrily-- ♪
Oobi and Kako: ♪ Row, row, row boat gently down stream. Yo-tow-ho-oh! Yo-tow-ho-oh! ♪
Maestru: Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! Stop, stop. No excelente. No very good.
Maestru: Singing group, break. Oobi, Kako, Maestru...talk.
Scene 4: Break time
Maestru: Singing group, everyone, same song, always.
Maestru: No. "Row Row Row Boat." No yo-tow-ho.
Maestru: No "but." Kako, Oobi, singing group, same song, always. Now, listen. Ray! Mimi!
Ray and Mimi: Yes, Maestru?
Maestru: Sing "Row Row Row Boat." Ready?
[They nod their heads. Mimi flips her hair over her face.]
Mimi: Oh. [spits and fixes hair]
Maestru: Good. One, two, ready, sing.
Ray: ♪ Row, row, row boat gently down stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, life but dream. ♪
Mimi: ♪ Row, row, row boat gently down stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, life but dream. ♪
Maestru: Very good. See? Sing round, beautiful.
Maestru: Oobi, Kako, practice, okay?
Maestru: One, two, ready, sing.
Oobi: ♪ Row, row, row boat gently down stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, life but dream. ♪
Kako: ♪ Row, row, row boat gently down stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, life but dream. ♪
Scene 5: Interview #1
[They continue to practice as the scene switches to an interview segment.]
Uma : Grace sing with Uma?
Uma: Yeah? Sing loud with Uma?
Uma: La-la-la. [laughing] La-la-la.
Grace: [softly] La-la-la.
Uma and Grace: ♪ La-la-la-la. La-la-la-la. La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la... la-la la-la-la-la-la-la. ♪
Scene 6: Interview #2
Azha: [holding up her own Oobi puppet] Hi.
Kako: Can Baby sing song? How about Itsy Bitsy Spider?
Kako and Azha: [both] Itsy bitsy spider went up waterspout.
Kako and Azha: Down came rain, washed spider out. Out came sun, dried up all rain. Itsy bitsy spider up spout again.
Azha: [as Baby] Thank you.
Kako and Azha: Thank you, thank you.
Scene 7: Singing a round
[The scene cuts back to Oobi and Kako, still practicing.]
Oobi and Kako: [x2] ♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life but dream. ♪
Maestru: Very good! Now, everyone, sing together. Ready? One, two, ready, sing.
Ray and Mimi: ♪ Row, row, row boat gently down stream. ♪
Oobi and Kako: [swaying] ♪ Row, row, row boat gently down stream. ♪
Maestru: Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! Oobi sway. Kako sway.
Maestru: No, sway good. Sway very good!
Maestru: Everyone, sing! Sway! Like Oobi, Kako.
Maestru: One, two, ready, go.
Ray and Mimi: ♪ Row, row, row boat gently down stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life but dream. ♪
Oobi and Kako: ♪ Row, row, row boat gently down stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life but dream. ♪
[Grampu returns as the kids sing.]
Maestru: Excelente! Bravo!
Grampu: Lovely, lovely! Oh, uh, Grampu, Maestru clap?
Maestru: Ah, yes, clap! For singers.
Grampu and Maestru: [clapping]
Grampu: Heh heh! Good. Oh, uh, Grampu, Maestru clap. You clap. Ready? You clap.
Voice #1: [boy] Yay, whoo-hoo!
Voice #2: [girl] I'm clapping, whoo-hoo!
Voice #1: [boy] I'm clapping.
Grampu: [chuckling] You clap good.
Maestru: Oobi, Kako, singing group, singers!
Oobi and Kako: Ooh, singing group, singers!
Grampu: Oh, Grampu proud.
Oobi: Yeah. Oobi, you, friends! Bye.
Voice #1: [girl] Bye-bye, Oobi. Bye.
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