Arthur -04x01 - D.W.'s Library Card; Arthur's Big Hit
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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 And I say, hey, what a wonderful kind of day
00:16If you could learn to work and play And get along with each other
00:22You got to listen to your heart, listen to the beat Listen to the rhythm, rhythm of the
00:28street Open up your eyes, open up your ears
00:31Get together and make things better By working together
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
00:49If you could learn to work and play And get along with each other
00:54Hey! What a wonderful kind of day
00:57Hey! What a wonderful kind of day
00:59Hey!
01:00Hey, D.W.!
01:03Hey!
01:09I love the library. There are so many books to read and great things to find out.
01:14But the best thing about the library is...
01:17It's quiet.
01:19Arthur!
01:21Except on days when I have to bring D.W.
01:24What does this word say?
01:26The.
01:27Another great thing about the library is...
01:30I can check out all these books.
01:32Arthur!
01:33What is it now?
01:34What does this word say?
01:36Red.
01:37To take books out of the library, you need a library card.
01:40But it's easy to get one of those.
01:42All you have to do is...
01:43Arthur!
01:44What?
01:45How about this word?
01:47Dog.
01:48The red dog, okay?
01:50What?
01:51And stop being so noisy.
01:52See the sign? It says, no talking.
01:55If I can't read the red dog, how do you expect me to read that sign?
02:00Well, just go pester someone else. I'm busy.
02:04Where was I?
02:06Oh, yeah. All you need to do to get a library card is...
02:09Shh! The sign says, no talking.
02:16D.W.'s Library Card
02:20And he published a rondo in C minor when he was only 15 years old.
02:25D.W.? Stop bugging Binky.
02:27It's time for your puppet show in the kids' section.
02:30I wasn't bugging him.
02:31Binky was reading to me about Chopin, the great romantic composer.
02:35No, I wasn't.
02:36His name was Chopin, and he was a karate master.
02:40You weren't listening.
02:41Sorry if my sister was bothering you.
02:43It's okay.
02:44Little kids should hear about important stuff, like karate.
02:51Ooh! Arthur, look! A book on frogs! Take it out for me?
02:56Hop Along the Frog?
02:58Forget it!
02:59But it's about frogs! Please, please, please, please, please!
03:03I can't take out baby books on my library card.
03:06It could go on my permanent record.
03:12Warning! Reader is a baby! Adult books are off limits!
03:20Sorry, Arthur.
03:22The last book you took out was Hop Along the Frog.
03:26From now on, you can only take out baby books!
03:34Arthur's a baby! Arthur's a baby!
03:37Sorry, D.W. There's just too much at stake.
03:40Yeah? Well, someday I'm going to get my own library card.
03:44Then I'll take out whatever I want.
03:50Hooray!
03:52Thank you. Are there any questions?
03:55When will we be old enough to get our own library cards?
03:59You are old enough, D.W.
04:01I am? I'll take one. No, make that two.
04:04I want more cards than Arthur.
04:08Settle down, children. You can all have one.
04:11You just have to be able to write your full name.
04:14I knew there was a catch.
04:16We can write our names.
04:18But my full name is Dora Winifred Reed.
04:21I hardly ever say it. How can I write it?
04:24You have it easy. Be glad you're not Aloysius Zimmerplotz.
04:28Oh, no. I ran out of room again.
04:33And when I have my own library card, I'm going to get Hop Along the Frog.
04:38And you can't do anything about it.
04:40But you can't read.
04:42Miss Turner didn't say that you had to read to take out books.
04:45You just have to write your full name.
04:47I didn't know that either.
04:48I know. But I'm going to learn.
04:50You'll see.
05:18Dopa Minifred Reapid? Who's that?
05:22I can't do it.
05:26There are too many letters in my name.
05:28Why didn't you name me something simple, like A?
05:32You seem to have Dora Winifred down.
05:35Quick, Dad. More mashed potatoes.
05:41I wrote my name. I wrote my name.
05:44Look out, world. D.W. Reid writes.
05:48Dora Winifred Reid. Dora Winifred Reid.
05:55I bet D.W. messes up her name and doesn't get her library card.
05:59Yeah, she can't even spell D.
06:01I can, too. I've already spelled it a hundred times.
06:05It's time to get in line.
06:08What if the chibbles are right? What if I forget my own name?
06:11My name! What is my name? I forgot it! I forgot my name!
06:15Good luck, D.W.
06:17Oh, yeah. D.W.
06:20But what does that stand for? I can't remember.
06:30Very nice. Dora Winifred Reid. Here's your card.
06:36Look, Arthur. You didn't think I could do it, but I did it.
06:41And now I can take out any book I want.
06:44Now I know what true power feels like.
06:52Hey, where's Hop Along the Frog? It was here just a couple of days ago.
06:56It's probably back on the shelves. Ask for it at the front desk.
07:01Sorry. That book was just checked out. It should be back a week from today.
07:06A whole week? I can't wait that long.
07:09It could come back before then, but Saturday is when it's due.
07:12Come on, D.W.
07:15Okay.
07:18Is it back yet?
07:20Nope.
07:22How about now?
07:24Uh-uh.
07:30Nope. It's not in yet.
07:40Not yet, D.W.
07:47Not yet, D.W.
07:52What if Saturday never comes? What if we go right from Friday to Sunday?
07:57Are there leap weeks like leap years, Arthur?
08:00Relax. It's only 12 hours away. Now let me sleep.
08:06Wake up, Arthur. Tomorrow's today and today is yesterday.
08:10Huh?
08:11It's Saturday.
08:13But it's 6.30. The library isn't even open yet.
08:17I know, but we have to be the first ones there. Here's your cereal.
08:23But it has to be here. You said Hop Along the Frog was due today.
08:28But it might be late.
08:30Late? Call the police.
08:32Why don't you just take out some other baby book?
08:34I want Hop Along the Frog, and it's not a baby book.
08:39Well, I'm not going to spend my whole Saturday here.
08:42Fine. Go home. I'll just tell Mommy that you left me here all alone.
08:53Huh?
08:54Huh?
08:55Arthur, look. Somebody's returning a big book. This might be it.
09:00The name's Dora Winifred Reed. Is that a book on frogs?
09:03Uh, no. It's Chippy the Choo Choo.
09:06Oh, it'll never come.
09:10Hi, D.W.
09:13You had the book. I should have known.
09:16Ah, you heard it. It's all wrinkly.
09:19It was like that when they took it out. It's an old book.
09:22We would never hurt a library book.
09:25If you do, they'll take away your library card forever.
09:29Really?
09:32Here you go. Take good care of it.
09:35Or else.
09:40I've been waiting so long for this moment.
09:49What have I done?
09:51You can never have another library card again.
09:58But I worked so hard for that card.
10:01More books for us. More books for us.
10:05I told you you'd never have a library card. I told you.
10:12It's not fair. It's not fair.
10:17I know you're just going to bug me all night to read you that book.
10:21So, let's get it over with now.
10:23No. I mean, you've done enough for me already, Arthur.
10:27Maybe later.
10:28Huh?
10:38Mm-hmm. I knew it. You forgot what today is.
10:41No, I didn't. It's Saturday.
10:44You're supposed to return your library book today.
10:46It's today? I thought it would never come.
11:00Why are you wearing oven mitts?
11:02To keep the book safe.
11:04It's a book, D.W. It's not going to explode.
11:07How was it anyway?
11:08I don't know. I never opened it.
11:11I was afraid I'd lose my library card.
11:14Why would you lose your library card?
11:16Because the Tibbles said if you hurt a book, they take away your library card forever.
11:21And look at it, Arthur. It's an old book. It could fall apart any minute.
11:26I'll open it if you're so worried.
11:31Hey, I took this book out.
11:34See, that's my name. You used to have to write your name here whenever you took a book out.
11:39This is the very first book I ever took out of the library.
11:42My first book! My first book!
11:45You took out a baby book?
11:47It isn't a baby book. I love this book. It's great for little kids.
11:51Here, listen to this.
11:53Hopped along the frog, hopped onto a log, and the log started floating away.
11:59The end.
12:02What's wrong, D.W.? It was a happy story. Didn't you like it?
12:06I loved it. I'm just sad I had to return it now.
12:11Yeah, but you can take it right out again. It's called Renewing a Book.
12:15I can?
12:18Arthur's going to read it to me every single day. Twice a day.
12:22Once in the morning and once at night.
12:24And then I'm going to renew it again and again and again and again and again.
12:29What have I done?
12:37Presenting the main event, the champion, Arthur Reed!
12:50I've been waiting for this fight for years. There's no way I can lose.
12:55And the challenger, Dora Winifred Reed!
13:06What?
13:28This doesn't help. I can't read.
13:31Get ready to fight!
13:37Arthur!
13:39Two D.W.s?
13:41No, not two D.W.s. There's only one of me.
13:49We figured you'd rather fight someone your own size.
13:54You know, you're right. I would love to fight someone my own size.
13:58You wait here. I'll go find someone.
14:00Come back and fight!
14:07Arthur's Big Hit!
14:14What kind of game is that?
14:16It's not a game. It's a scale model of the Bell X-1 rocket plane.
14:20The plane that broke the sound barrier.
14:22The sound barrier must be pretty hard because this plane is all smashed up.
14:27It's not smashed. I'm going to build it.
14:29Stop touching everything. You'll mix up the pieces.
14:32I've never heard of toys that come already broken.
14:36I'm going. Never say I don't go when you want me to go because I'm going.
14:40Like that. The minute you want me to go, I'm on my way out of here. No waiting.
14:44Go already!
14:45And if you say please, I go even faster because when there's...
14:56Is that the same broken plane you were fixing yesterday?
14:59Don't do that! I need to concentrate.
15:02That's a pretty color.
15:06Bye!
15:09I've been working on the plane all week. It's hard, but I'm almost done.
15:14D.W., don't touch that! The paint isn't dry!
15:18Eww! Mommy, Arthur made my hands orange!
15:23I never thought about it before, but being an only child is nice.
15:30It's the best thing I ever made!
15:34Arthur Reed, you win the Blue Ribbon.
15:47This calls for a celebration snack.
15:55Did I hear you say cookies?
16:00Good boy!
16:04D.W. Reed to Headquarters. Sound barrier broken. What's my next mission, General?
16:12There's a good breeze today, General!
16:18Arthur Reed, winner of 5,000 Blue Ribbons, requesting landing coordinates.
16:30Arthur, you made that plane all wrong! It doesn't fly at all!
16:35No, D.W. I made it exactly ri...
16:38What?!
16:41Ahh!
16:50Ahh!
16:56If it could break the sound barrier, falling out of a window shouldn't be able to break it!
17:01I told you not to touch it!
17:03You built it all wrong! Did you even read the directions?
17:07It didn't fly for one second! It's not my fault if you made a plane that can't fly!
17:12I told you not to touch it!
17:19Ahh!
17:23Arthur Timothy Reed, come here!
17:26Uh-oh! Middle name!
17:31Are they going to have to amputate my arm?
17:35No, honey. It's amputate, not amputake.
17:38They're going to amputate!
17:40No, I'm in charge and I'm putting ice on it.
17:43Ahh!
17:44What's wrong?
17:46That's cold!
17:48Apologize to your sister.
17:50No way! She should apologize to me! I worked all week on this! I told her a million times not to touch it!
17:57You're bad!
17:59Arthur, this means no TV for a week!
18:03What? That is so unfair! You don't even care what she did to me!
18:08We'll deal with what she did. But what you did is wrong, too.
18:15So I missed Bionic Bunny last night and I can't watch TV all week. Can you believe that?
18:20No, I don't believe it. You hit your sister? That's terrible.
18:25Oh, come on! Like you never hit anybody.
18:28Nope.
18:29Did you hear that? Arthur hit his sister. I, for one, am shocked.
18:35How could you be shocked about someone hitting someone?
18:38Why not?
18:40You're Binky Barnes. You always...
18:43You know, I can't remember the last time you hit anybody.
18:47Well, what do you mean?
18:50Here's the bell. Don't want to be late.
18:54So when was it, Bink?
18:56Binky does not have to remind us of his past glorious fights.
19:00That's right.
19:01That he is afraid of no one is a well-established factoid.
19:04That's right.
19:05And he can prove it easily by socking the very next kid who turns that corner.
19:10That's right.
19:11What?
19:13Go ahead, Binky. Sock him.
19:15Maybe I don't feel like it.
19:18You better feel like it or you're out of the club.
19:21I can't be out of the club. It's my club. I founded it.
19:26If you wanted everything your own way, you shouldn't have let anyone else join.
19:30The next time you see that kid, you sock him.
19:34The next time I see Arthur, I have to hit him.
19:38Oh, what can I do?
19:40Hey, what if I never see him?
19:45Arthur, why didn't you just apologize?
19:48Come on. She wrecked my plane.
19:50Why can't anybody see my side of this?
19:53Because you're wrong.
19:55Hey, Binky, did you hear that Arthur hit his little sister?
19:58I haven't seen Arthur. As far as I know, Arthur isn't even here.
20:02Binky's so upset about what Arthur did that he won't even look at him.
20:07When the day and night are of equal length, it's called the equinox.
20:15You sock that kid yet?
20:17Haven't seen him.
20:19I am so smart.
20:25Hey, is Arthur in there?
20:29Yeah.
20:30I'll just eat outside then.
20:33Binky won't even eat near Arthur.
20:35That's awful. We should bring them together. Arthur will thank us.
20:40Binky's out here somewhere.
20:44I'll get it.
20:46Thanks.
20:49Binky? What are you doing?
20:52Avoiding Arthur. If I don't see him, I don't have to hit him.
20:56Oh. Why would you want to hit Arthur?
21:00I don't. That's why I don't want to see him.
21:03Hmm.
21:05Boys.
21:08Is Arthur in there? No?
21:11Oh, thank you. Thank you so much.
21:18She broke my plane.
21:20But she's just a little girl.
21:22Saying D.W. is just a little girl is like saying a tornado is just a little wind.
21:28Hey, Arthur. Over here.
21:30Shh.
21:32I thought someone called.
21:35I thought someone called my name.
21:41I made it through one whole day.
21:44Now only the rest of my life to go.
21:50So I never saw that glasses kid again. Probably never will.
21:54Hey, Binky. You dropped your pen when you ran out of school.
21:58Kind of sideways at the end of the day.
22:00Here's the chance you've been waiting for.
22:02Show her, Binky. Pop him one.
22:11Okay, you're right. He will hit anybody.
22:14All right, Binky. You're still in the club.
22:17Binky? Where are you going? Hey, Binky.
22:23And the next thing I knew I was on the ground.
22:26It hurt and it was embarrassing.
22:28Well, maybe that's how D.W. felt when you punched her.
22:32Maybe. But what's that got to do with this?
22:35Binky Barnes is huge.
22:40Yeah, I guess I get it.
22:43I'm sorry I hit you.
22:45And I'm sorry I broke your plane.
22:47But what kind of a stupid plane doesn't fly?
22:51A model plane.
22:53Well, I didn't know. I'm just a child. Give me a break.
22:59Arthur, hey. I feel rotten. I want to apologize.
23:04I just want to thank you.
23:06You what?
23:08Everybody told me I was wrong and I didn't get it.
23:10But you made me understand how bad I made D.W. feel.
23:14Well, you're welcome.
23:16But I wouldn't try to help you learn some boring lesson.
23:19It was an accident.
23:21It's the kid who got hit by Binky and lived.
23:23You deserve to be in our club, kid.
23:25There is no club.
23:27I founded it and I'm de-founding it.
23:30Any club that makes you do something you don't want to do is dumb.
23:34Anybody want to make something of it?
23:36Um, no.
23:38Come on, Arthur. Let's go get a soda.
23:42Oh, man. Now we've got no club.
23:45You guys want to come with us?
23:48How about we form a new club with no dumb hitting and stuff?
23:52And if anybody breaks that rule, I'll clubber them.
23:58And I say, hey!
24:00What a wonderful kind of day
24:02If we could learn to work and play
24:05And get along with each other
24:08You got to listen to your heart
24:10Listen to the beat
24:12Listen to the rhythm
24:13Rhythm of the street
24:15It's a simple message
24:17And it comes from the heart
24:20Oh, believe in yourself
24:22For that's the place to start
24:25And I say, hey!
24:27What a wonderful kind of day
24:29If we could learn to work and play
24:32And get along with each other
24:35What a wonderful kind of day
24:37What a wonderful kind of day