Arthur -03x08 - Popular Girls; Buster's Growing Grudge
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00:00Every day when you're walking down the street, everybody that you meet has an original point
00:10of view.
00:11And I say, hey, what a wonderful kind of day, if you could learn to work and play and get
00:20along with each other.
00:22You got to listen to your heart, listen to the beat, listen to the rhythm, rhythm of
00:28the street.
00:29Open up your eyes, open up your ears, get together and make things better by working
00:34together.
00:35It's a simple message and it comes from the heart.
00:39Oh, believe in yourself, for that's the place to start.
00:44And I say, hey, what a wonderful kind of day, if you could learn to work and play and get
00:52along with each other.
00:54Hey, what a wonderful kind of day.
00:56Hey, what a wonderful kind of day.
00:59Hey!
01:00Hey, T.W.!
01:03Hey!
01:04Whoa!
01:09During spring vacation, we get a week off from school and we go to the community center
01:14for day camp.
01:16We do lots of fun new stuff.
01:18Our group did Shakespeare.
01:20Macbeth finds the witches in their lair.
01:23Macbeth, you're scared.
01:25Witches, you're scary.
01:27Bubble, bubble, toilet trouble.
01:33Buster's group collected cool ancient things.
01:35A look at antiquities.
01:40Whoa!
01:46Whoa!
01:50Whoa!
01:52Brunello was in the group that did clay sculpture.
02:04How did I end up in this group?
02:06And wait until you see what my group is doing next.
02:11Oh, no, not that.
02:16Popular girls.
02:22Music
02:47You're really going to make musical instruments out of all this?
02:50Sue Ellen says it'll be easy.
02:52Our group will have the best project of everyone.
02:54Thanks, Dad.
03:00What's that sound, Arthur?
03:02All the stuff our group needs to make musical instruments.
03:05You're lucky to be in a good group.
03:07At least Sue Ellen likes to do cool stuff.
03:09Buster and I want to make a futuristic suit of armor for our next project.
03:13But Muffy and Jenna want to weave baskets.
03:16Whoa!
03:20Wait till I show you how to make these instruments.
03:24I think it might be good if maybe we read a poem while we play the instruments.
03:28And no one would hear the poem over the music.
03:31Oh, I guess you're right.
03:33Okay, here's the stuff for my dad.
03:37I've made my own home versions of each of these.
03:40It's really easy.
03:50Hey, this isn't my stuff.
03:52These are Catherine's.
03:54We must have taken each other's backpacks.
03:56What's this?
03:58Popular girl?
04:02This is a teenage girls' magazine.
04:05They have all sorts of strange and mysterious articles.
04:08Get a prom date in 12 days or less.
04:11What's a prom?
04:15Are you reading Popular Girl?
04:17Not me.
04:18I can't wait till I'm old enough to know what they're talking about
04:21so I can do everything they say.
04:23Then I'll be just like that model.
04:26Hey, is that popular science?
04:29Oh, never mind.
04:31Look, here's a quiz.
04:32How likable are you?
04:34Let's take it. I bet these tests are really scientific.
04:38We don't need some dopey test to tell us if people like us.
04:41Come on, guys.
04:44Question one.
04:45If you were a sandwich, your friends would be
04:47A. Potato chips
04:48B. Diet soda
04:50C. The plate
04:51D. Hungry
04:52A!
04:53If we end up eating our friends, do we fail the test?
04:58Your idea of fun is
05:00A. Going to a big party
05:01B. Going shopping
05:03C. Going to the library
05:04D. Going to the kitchen
05:06I like these tests.
05:08Question twenty-
05:09Whoa!
05:13Well, that's the end of that.
05:18That test was weird.
05:20Who thinks of their friends as potato chips?
05:22It was written for teenagers.
05:24They think differently.
05:25It's kind of scary.
05:27Sometimes I look at Catherine and her friends
05:29and think about being their age.
05:31I can't fall asleep for hours.
05:38What are you doing?
05:39Whoa!
05:40I kind of wanted to see how likable I am.
05:43Aren't you curious?
05:45No.
05:46Well, maybe a little.
05:49Seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven.
05:52I scored twelve.
05:54If you scored less than twenty,
05:56you are too quiet.
05:58Nobody can like you because nobody knows you're there.
06:02It's my worst nightmare.
06:06Binky, Buster, Muffy.
06:08Where is Fern?
06:09She's been absent for four days.
06:11Here I am.
06:13I'm going to have to call her parents.
06:18This is so depressing.
06:21The solution?
06:22Be strong.
06:23Say what's on your mind
06:25whether anyone wants to hear you or not.
06:28My turn.
06:29I scored one hundred and twenty-five.
06:32If you scored over a hundred-
06:34You scored way over a hundred.
06:36You were too good to be true.
06:38You frighten people with your excellence.
06:41Tone it down.
06:43You are good at everything, Sue Ellen.
06:55Yeah!
06:57Oh, what's the point?
06:59I'll never be as good as Sue Ellen.
07:02I'm frightened by her excellence.
07:05I might as well stick my tongue in a drawer
07:07and never blow again.
07:13But I don't get it.
07:14We have friends.
07:15Why do they like us?
07:17Well, this magazine is for teenagers
07:20so it must be predicting the future.
07:22Our future.
07:24We have to change now
07:26or we'll be friendless for the rest of our lives.
07:29This morning we focus on karate.
07:31Let's have a demonstration from our expert, Sue Ellen.
07:35Expert? Me?
07:37I'm only average.
07:39Or less.
07:40Buster, step on up.
07:42Me? Against her?
07:44Well, okay.
07:51I flipped Sue Ellen.
07:53Wow! I flipped Sue Ellen.
07:55I must be good.
07:57See? It's working.
07:59If he can do that, I can do that.
08:06Ugh!
08:08This victory feels hollow.
08:11But don't you feel good about yourself?
08:13You weren't even trying.
08:16Sigh.
08:18Try me!
08:20Huh?
08:21Hi-ya!
08:22Ha! Ha! Ya!
08:23Ooh! Wah!
08:24Oh!
08:27You flipped Sue Ellen.
08:29But Vern flipped you.
08:31It feels like the world's turned upside down.
08:34It's working.
08:35Everyone's staring at us.
08:37That means we're likable.
08:39I hope you're right.
08:40I'm sore all over.
08:48Hmm.
08:49There's Sue Ellen. She'll know.
08:51Our group is weaving a futuristic, non-rippable fabric.
08:55You were in Belgium.
08:56Do you know any reliable looming techniques?
08:58Well, what I saw was...
09:00Ahem!
09:01Oh, um, no.
09:03Any ideas you have will be much better than mine.
09:07Silver!
09:08Please!
09:09Go with red.
09:12What's with them?
09:13You heard Sue Ellen.
09:14Our ideas are best.
09:15So do what I said.
09:19Sue Ellen?
09:20Weren't you going to show us how to make idiot phones?
09:22Idiophones.
09:24I mean, that's what I thought the word was.
09:27I'm probably wrong.
09:30Ahem.
09:35Is this right?
09:36Uh, yes.
09:38Excellent.
09:43Ow!
09:44Okay, Potato Chips.
09:46I've decided I'm reading a poem.
09:48You can accompany me.
09:50Wait.
09:51When did we decide that?
09:53You didn't.
09:54I did.
09:55This group needs leadership, so I'm taking charge.
09:57This group doesn't need a leader.
09:59Right, Sue Ellen?
10:00Well, um...
10:02Sue Ellen and I have already agreed that she has no opinion on this.
10:05If you want to boss people around, find your own group.
10:09This used to be fun.
10:12Do you think I was strong enough?
10:14Oh, yes.
10:15They definitely know you're there now.
10:18This is working out well, isn't it?
10:22Who does that fern think she is, anyway?
10:25Ah!
10:26Get this stuff off me.
10:28This is all Sue Ellen's fault.
10:30We asked for a little help, and she sabotaged us.
10:36Pinky, move!
10:38We have to finish our Trojan horse.
10:40Why did she do it?
10:41Why?
10:42I don't understand.
10:44Sue Ellen wasn't making fun of you.
10:47Get up and help.
10:48She faked the fall.
10:50She doesn't even think I'm worth flipping anymore.
10:53Aww.
11:00We're so good at being likable.
11:02Everyone hates us.
11:04We followed what it said.
11:06How come we're not like this?
11:07You mean you did all this because of that stupid magazine?
11:11It said we weren't likable.
11:13Did you answer that your friends were diet soda?
11:16That might have thrown off your score.
11:18That magazine is just goofy.
11:20So you don't think I'm too quiet?
11:22And I'm too good to be true?
11:24No!
11:27Now will you please come in so we can do our project right?
11:43Huh?
11:44What?
11:48Let's finish this horse.
11:53How can we split this up?
11:55It won't cut.
11:56Success!
12:01Greeks rule and Trojans drool.
12:07I can't believe we acted so dumb.
12:10I like being good at what I do.
12:12And I can't stand telling people what to do.
12:15How could anyone take a silly test like that seriously?
12:20If you scored over 200...
12:23Oh, I have a lot of work to do.
12:26According to this, I don't give out enough homework.
12:36Coffee cans.
12:41Boxes.
12:44Bottle caps.
12:46Pie plates.
12:49Milk cottons.
12:52Nails and wood.
12:56We're making musical instruments in our classroom.
12:59Out of normal, everyday things.
13:02You can make a musical instrument anytime you want to.
13:16Awesome.
13:22Gonna have a nice jam section here.
13:45Music!
14:12And now, back to Harper.
14:16Everybody's gotten really upset by something at least once.
14:20Like the time D.W. lost her blankie.
14:23Or when D.W. lost her CD at Crazy Bus.
14:26Or when D.W. lost her snowball.
14:32Okay, maybe D.W. is upset more than most people.
14:35Bad example.
14:37A good example is Francine.
14:39That time she hit a high fly with three men on base.
14:42It looked like a grand slam, and she'd won the game for us.
14:45Then the wind shifted.
14:49Yay!
14:50She was really upset.
14:51I can't believe this!
14:53And then there was the time the brain got so excited about the space probe headed for Saturn.
14:58Is something wrong, brain?
15:00I just found out the probe won't get to Saturn for seven years.
15:04How can I stand waiting seven years to see photos of Saturn?
15:09But I know one person who's always happy.
15:12He's never been upset for more than three seconds.
15:15Buster Baxter.
15:17The happiest, jolliest, most fun...
15:21What's wrong?
15:23What is it?
15:24Buster!
15:26Buster's Growing Grudge
15:34If I don't get free, I won't be able to deliver Aunt Bob's medicine in time!
15:39Buster, did you write your report before watching TV?
15:42Yeah, almost.
15:44Well, actually, no.
15:46You know our homework policy.
15:48Okay.
15:50Aw, how did he get out?
15:53So how'd Bionic Bunny get free?
15:55I missed the show. I was working on my history report.
15:58Mine's kind of weak.
16:00I did it sort of fast after Bionic Bunny, but I came up with a great joke for it.
16:05For your history report?
16:06Yeah.
16:07On TV, this ad said that the difference between a successful speech and a failure is to start with a joke.
16:13I wish I had a couple of guys to try it out on.
16:15Binky, can I try a joke on you?
16:17Sure. I like to laugh as much as the next guy.
16:20Oh, dear. Oh, my.
16:23Okay, the guy after the next guy.
16:25Ready?
16:27What did King Tut say when he got scared?
16:30I want my mummy!
16:36You made that up?
16:38Good one.
16:39This is going to be my best report ever.
16:42Guaranteed A.
16:44Want me to write a joke for your report?
16:46No, thanks.
16:47Are you sure? I could help you get an A, too.
16:51Christopher Columbus got lost but did something great anyway.
16:55That's why he's my favorite historical figure.
16:59I'm next. Wish me luck.
17:01Oh, you know what King Tut said when the Sphinx scared him?
17:06I want my mummy!
17:10He told my joke. I can't believe it.
17:14He told my joke.
17:18Quiet, please. Mr. Baxter, please step up and read your report.
17:22It was mine. My joke. He told my joke.
17:34Uh, my report is about King Tut.
17:38Hey, what do you call two banana peels?
17:40A banana slipper.
17:43If you want to go skating tomorrow, my sister will take us.
17:46He told my joke. That was mine. I made it up and everything.
17:51I think he shouldn't have done that.
17:53He was wrong to do it. So, want to go skating tomorrow?
17:56He told my joke.
17:59You're going to have to work a little harder next time.
18:03Oh!
18:06No matter how fancy you make a D, it's still a D.
18:10D for disaster. D for deadly. D for Binky told my joke.
18:17That joke was the difference between a successful report and a flop, just like the TV said.
18:23I win again. Are you paying attention?
18:27It was my joke.
18:30Binky's report was about Columbus.
18:33Who ends a Columbus report with a joke about King Tut?
18:38Binky does. Now, shh!
18:43You know what I just found out? Ratburn gave Binky a B+.
18:48I want my mommy!
18:51Mommy!
18:57I was going to give you an F, but that joke? You deserve a higher grade.
19:03My joke got him that B+.
19:08Great shot, Buster!
19:10Aren't you happy you won the game for us?
19:12Binky told my joke.
19:14Why do you keep telling us? Why don't you talk to Binky about it?
19:18You think I won't? Just watch me.
19:21Hey, Binky!
19:27Did you tell him?
19:28Have you ever noticed how large he is?
19:30I'll never get payback for that joke.
19:36I feel better already. Now he'll know how it feels to be embarrassed.
19:42What's wrong?
19:44Everyone's laughing.
19:46Just like when he told the joke.
19:48Everyone thinks Binky's funny.
19:50So what if people think Binky's funny?
19:53Binky doesn't care about funny.
19:55It's me who cares about funny.
19:57It's me who memorizes joke books and practices making faces in the mirror.
20:04I have to work at it.
20:06You know how long I worked on that King Tut joke?
20:09A lot longer than you worked on your report.
20:11Yeah, but Binky...
20:13Haven't you noticed that anything he does seems kind of...
20:18funny?
20:19You're spending way too much time thinking about Binky.
20:23It won't matter after the talent show tomorrow.
20:26I'll show him. He'll be sorry he stole my joke.
20:38Thank you, Sue Ellen, for that demonstration of pumpkin kicking.
20:43And now, the comedy stylings of Buster Baxter.
20:47At least while he's telling jokes, Buster won't be talking about Binky.
20:51I think he's gotten over it.
20:54Hi, everyone. There's a kid in my class named Binky Barnes.
20:58Oh, no!
21:00Nobody has a bad thing to say about Binky because they don't want to get pounded.
21:04Binky wrote a history report about Columbus.
21:07Columbus. That's Italian for, boy, am I lost.
21:11I wrote a report about King Tut.
21:13And I wrote a good King Tut joke to open my report with.
21:17But Binky told my King Tut joke in his Columbus report.
21:21Everybody laughed. But you know what the real punchline was?
21:25He told my joke that I wrote, and I got a D!
21:32I don't get it.
21:33I think it's a pun.
21:35Well, it wasn't very punny.
21:41And the winner is George!
21:46I can't believe I didn't win.
21:49Win? You didn't tell a single joke.
21:52That was the comedy of truth. All the greats do it.
21:56I should have just told jokes. This is all Binky's fault.
22:01I don't think Buster's ever going to stop holding this grudge against Binky.
22:06Wow, our first day of college, Buster. Isn't it exciting?
22:10Binky's not here, is he?
22:12He told my joke. It was a good joke.
22:17Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States.
22:22Binky told my joke.
22:24It was in Mr. Ratburn's third grade class.
22:27Class?
22:31Dear.
22:33If I make this shot, it's the best game of my life.
22:41He told my joke. It was a good King Tut joke.
22:53Buster, you can't stay mad at Binky forever.
22:56It doesn't do any good.
22:57Yes, it does.
22:59If I keep it up, I'll make sure Binky gets a D and is totally miserable all the time.
23:04That's exactly what's happening to you.
23:07Don't you see how holding a grudge is only hurting you?
23:10You've been mad since Binky told the joke.
23:12Arthur, I know what you're trying to say.
23:14You do?
23:15You're saying the only way I could be happy is if Binky never told that joke in the first place.
23:20Yeah, and it's too late for that.
23:22So to stop him, I must travel back through time and change the past.
23:27What?
23:28I need a time machine, or a rocket that can travel faster than light speed around the sun.
23:33You can't change the past, Buster.
23:35Oh, I can't, can't I?
23:40You can't change the past, Buster.
23:42Oh, rats.
23:45I understand how you feel, Buster.
23:47I was mad when I didn't get a green ice cream cake for my fourth birthday.
23:51Yeah, and I'm still mad about it.
23:53And I'm going to stay mad until I get it.
23:55That's silly.
23:56Staying mad all the time won't get you what you want.
23:58But you think it'll get you what you want?
24:00It's just that after all the work I did on that report, Binky ruined it.
24:05Buster, you hardly did any work at all.
24:08Your whole report was about eggnog.
24:11That's not my fault.
24:12They put it right next to Egypt in the encyclopedia.
24:16I guess it was my fault.
24:18I deserve a D.
24:19Binky, hey!
24:23I just wanted to tell you I'm not mad anymore.
24:25You were mad?
24:26Yeah, about you stealing my joke.
24:29What joke?
24:30What does King Tut say when he gets scared?
24:33I want my mummy.
24:36That's funny.
24:37I think I've heard it before, though.
24:39You heard it when you stole it from me and told the class.
24:43When somebody tells you a joke, you're supposed to tell it to someone else, right?
24:48But I made it up for my report.
24:50And then you used it without asking.
24:52That's like stealing.
24:54Well, I didn't mean to steal it.
24:57Here's, um, seventy-seventy-three cents and a sticker of a cool car and a button.
25:05That's all I have. Sorry.
25:08What did he say?
25:09He gave me seventy-three cents, a sticker of a cool car and a button for my joke.
25:15I got paid for writing a joke.
25:18I'm a professional!
25:20Yoo-hoo!
25:22With your being naturally funny and me making up good jokes, I bet we could really go places.
25:28Like my own TV show?
25:30Sure. You and me and Arthur.
25:33Us, maybe. But I don't think Arthur would want to watch him on TV.
25:44What a wonderful kind of day
25:46If we could learn to work and play
25:49And get along with each other
25:52You got to listen to your heart
25:54Listen to the beat
25:55Listen to the rhythm
25:57The rhythm of the street
25:59It's a simple message
26:01And it comes from the heart
26:04Believe in yourself
26:06For that's the place to start
26:08Start and I say hey!
26:10Hey!
26:11What a wonderful kind of day
26:13If we could learn to work and play
26:15And get along with each other
26:18Hey!
26:19What a wonderful kind of day
26:20Hey!
26:21What a wonderful kind of day
26:23Hey!