King Otis and the Kingdom of Goode: A Tale of Difference [2002 VHS] (Australia)

Bob Cleghorn

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01:29Champion of the Sports Day! Hooray! Well done, Woody! We have to trick Alfred! Are you talking about me? No, Alfred!

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02:10I think the ball is my favourite toy, thought Spot.

02:15Ba-dum-ba-dum, ba-dum-ba-dum, ba-dum-ba-dum, ba-dum-ba-dum.

02:18It keeps wiggling.

02:19Ba-dum-ba-dum, ba-dum-ba-dum, ba-dum-ba-dum.

02:21Don't stop wiggling.

02:22Ba-dum-ba-dum, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.

02:25Woo!

02:26Ah, what great wigglers! Give yourselves a big clap everyone!

02:29ABC!

02:32Bringing you the best in children's video

02:39In a place far away, over a mountain range,

03:08is a land of high tales, the kingdom of good.

03:15Here, fish swim like elk, lions fly through the trees,

03:20as we learn of life's values through lessons and deeds.

03:25My name is King Otis, and I rule this fair land.

03:42Along with Queen Mabel, here together we stand.

03:47Now today, my fine children, if I might say so myself,

03:53I'll tell you a story that I think will quite help,

03:58about minding your manners, and all in between,

04:03and bettering oneself, which is all that we need.

04:08Hey, look at Peanut. He's got a friend with dots all over him.

04:14Are they painted on? No, I don't think so. His name is Dennis.

04:19Well, I think he looks, I don't know, weird, like an alien.

04:23No, he looks like a mushroom.

04:26Kids.

04:27No, like a clown.

04:29Silence, please.

04:31Today's story, it seems, will be about Lolly Bird.

04:34A tale of tolerance that perhaps you've not heard.

04:49In the north-central part of the Kingdom of Good,

04:53was a place called Elevil.

05:07Elevil was inhabited by the Elves.

05:12Elevil was inhabited by Green Elephants.

05:24And in charge of these Green Elephants,

05:27was the largest of Elephants,

05:30the Great Green Alfred.

05:35The Green Elephants of Elevil,

05:38lived in this part of the Kingdom for many years,

05:43and had developed a series of games,

05:48which they played each day,

05:51and each night,

05:53and each night,

05:55and each night,

05:57and each night,

05:59and each night,

06:02Which they played each day.

06:09Their favorite activity was a game called

06:12dunk.

06:14The Elephants took large boulders

06:17and carried them across to the river

06:20and watched them

06:23splash.

06:26The Elephant with the biggest splash

06:28was declared the winner.

06:31I won! I won!" said one elephant then.

06:37My splash was the biggest.

06:39Hey, let me go again.

06:43But this was as close to the river as these green elephants ever came.

06:49For these green elephants were afraid of the water.

06:54Why?

06:57In the river swam schools of malligators,

07:06which had very sharp teeth and seemed always hungry.

07:13Malligators, malligators, their teeth are so sharp.

07:16Malligators, malligators, they're scary like sharks.

07:20My teeth aren't that sharp.

07:25I tell you, I look nothing like a shark.

07:28I don't know what they're talking about, Beauty.

07:32The elephants of Eleville were all exactly the same color green.

07:39They looked almost identical.

07:44There was one elephant, however, who was different from the others.

07:49Sure, she had a long trunk and floppy ears,

07:54but she was blue, not green.

08:01Not only that, her legs were skinny, almost like a bird's.

08:08So instead of trouncing through the forest,

08:12she would more skip, hop, and bounce.

08:21Her name was Lolly Bird.

08:27While no green elephant ever came out

08:31and made fun of Lolly Bird's blue color or her bird legs,

08:36they often made her feel unwelcome.

08:40Lolly Bird was the only green elephant in Eleville.

08:44She was the only green elephant in all of Eleville.

08:48She was the only green elephant in all of Eleville.

08:52They often made her feel unwelcome.

08:55Lolly Bird wanted to tell the green elephants

08:58that except for her color and her bird legs,

09:01they really had a lot in common.

09:04But whenever she tried to speak with the others,

09:08they just laughed and moved away.

09:12The green elephants had never seen an elephant like Lolly Bird before.

09:18And her blue color and bird-like legs made them uncomfortable.

09:26One of the green elephants, Elvin, told the others,

09:31Why should we play with someone who's blue?

09:35She won't know what to say. She won't know what to do.

09:40So when Lolly Bird asked,

09:42Could I join? Could I play?

09:49The others shook their trunks, no.

10:02And this blue-colored elephant had no place to go.

10:19Many times, when she was alone,

10:23she'd make up her own games.

10:27Her favorite game,

10:29which none of the green elephants would be able to play anyway,

10:34was the famous circus act.

10:38Lolly Bird would find an old tree trunk

10:41and try to walk across to the other side

10:44without falling off the log.

10:51She would do this over and over again,

10:55imagining she was at the center stage

10:59of a great traveling circus.

11:03The audience above her, cheering.

11:14Cheering

11:17Cheering

11:20Cheering

11:23Cheering

11:26Cheering

11:29Cheering

11:32Cheering

11:35Cheering

11:39Cheering

11:46One very blue day,

11:48Miss Lolly Bird went walking alone.

11:52She was tired of being laughed at.

11:55Tired of playing by herself,

11:57her blue trunk quivered.

12:00Her teary eyes shone.

12:03When along came a bird,

12:06the most peculiar creature she had ever seen.

12:10It was a very large cow with a beak on its nose.

12:16Who goes there?

12:18Asked Moo, for that was his name.

12:22And Lolly Bird sniffled and sat down in shame.

12:27What's wrong, little one?

12:30I see you are crying.

12:33I'd like to help some if you don't mind my prying.

12:37Miss Lolly Bird studied the owl-like cow.

12:41He was ruffled and older,

12:45and she liked him somehow.

12:48I'm a blue lolly bird in a land of green elephants.

12:52I'd like to make friends, but I can't.

12:54I just can't.

12:56Moo patted her head and said,

13:00Now, now, ahem.

13:03You must know it's not bad that you're different from them.

13:08It wasn't so easy.

13:10Part owl, part cow.

13:13One time I felt just like you do now.

13:18Moo explained to Lolly Bird

13:20how he had grown up looking very different

13:23than everyone else in his village,

13:26and how the other owls laughed at him.

13:30But one day, everything changed.

13:35How did they change?

13:37Lolly Bird asked.

13:39But Moo just smiled and nodded

13:44and looked off into the valley.

13:48Someday they'll realise

13:52that all creatures in the main,

13:55while different in looks,

13:57inside are the same.

14:01When I was a little moo,

14:04I think I was only two.

14:07I was the only owl in town

14:10who in black and white could hoot.

14:13By four I'd grown some more,

14:16those spots they expanded some,

14:19and friends I could count quite easily,

14:22for by then there still were none.

14:27But I knew one day quite soon I would have friends.

14:33I knew, I don't know owl, it was not the end.

14:38Owls would ask me to play,

14:40to fly, dance in the shade.

14:43Those black and white cow spots

14:45would matter less than they did now.

14:50But how did they come to know how nice you are?

14:54Did you have to dream or wish upon the stars?

14:57How did you know that you knew?

15:00Was it just because you're a moo?

15:02It's hard to know the future inside of you.

15:08When I was only two I was quite different.

15:12The only elephant in town, not green but blue.

15:16By four I'd grown some more,

15:19never invited to play ball.

15:21Green elephants, when they saw me,

15:23hid behind a wall.

15:27But I knew one day quite soon I would have friends.

15:32I knew, I don't know owl, it was not the end.

15:37The greens would ask me to play,

15:40to trounce and dance in the shade.

15:42An elephant with blue will matter less than it does now.

15:48I'll tell them inside all creatures are the same

15:51and they'll see I can play all their games.

15:54Of course they will, you can teach them how to play circus.

15:58I'll learn how to play dunk too.

16:00Yes, you will, you will.

16:11Back then it was clear to me,

16:14no one wanted cows with beaks.

16:16Sleeping in their tree I felt quite lonely.

16:20But now all kinds of owls come to play with you.

16:25They don't care if you're spotted,

16:27they like you because you're moo.

16:29So things that today seemed dreadful,

16:33tomorrow can change some things.

16:37Tomorrow can change somehow.

16:41Just believe that it will matter less than it does now,

16:46than it does now.

16:48Just believe that it will matter less than it does now,

16:53than it does now.

17:08Ms. Lolly Bird was already feeling better after talking with Moo.

17:14She thanked the owl-faced cow

17:17and hopped back more hopeful of her future in Ellerville.

17:24But still she wondered,

17:26How will they like me? How will everything change?

17:30Lolly Bird arrived back in Ellerville that afternoon.

17:35But Ellerville was very quiet.

17:41None of the green elephants were playing their games.

17:45There was no laughing,

17:48trouncing or even talking.

17:51No one was talking.

17:54As Lolly Bird got closer to the village,

17:57she saw elephants almost crying as they walked.

18:07What's wrong?

18:08asked Ms. Lolly Bird to one sad green elephant.

18:13Alfred's sick as a dog,

18:16the green elephant replied.

18:20Lolly Bird walked by Alfred's hut

18:23and heard cries from his wife, Enid,

18:27and moans from Alfred himself.

18:33The green elephant said,

18:35Alfred is sick as a dog,

18:38the green elephant replied.

18:41Alfred cries from his wife, Enid,

18:44and moans from Alfred himself.

18:49Lolly Bird peeked in.

18:54Oh, my tummy!

18:57Alfred cried.

18:58My tummy!

19:02And the great powerful Alfred

19:04was no longer the rich green color of the other elephants in Ellerville.

19:09He was a pale yellow

19:12and his face was more like three or four colors,

19:17pink, blue and yellow

19:20with a very little pale green mixed in.

19:23The river!

19:25Alfred cried.

19:26Oh, the river!

19:30The End

19:38Lolly Bird headed down to the river

19:41where many of the green elephants now gathered.

19:45They were all talking about something very important.

19:50But what could be so important

19:52about the river at a time like this?

19:57Lolly Bird asked another green elephant

20:00why everyone was way out here

20:03when Alfred was so sick back in his hut.

20:08The elephant explained

20:10that on the other side of the river

20:14lay a cure for Alfred

20:18that would make him feel better.

20:20The cure is a berry.

20:24A berry no one can retrieve.

20:28Between us swim maligators.

20:32Teeth no one can believe.

20:37Maligators, maligators, their teeth are so sharp.

20:40Maligators, maligators, they're scary like sharks.

20:45I'm telling you, my teeth are completely dull,

20:49not a sharp one in the whole lot.

20:51I've got five cavities.

20:53I may need a root canal.

20:56None of the elephants, no matter how green,

21:00would cross that blue river with maligators in between.

21:06whistle blows

21:20trumpet plays

21:27Well, my tummy, it's not feeling good.

21:30In fact, it's feeling quite bad.

21:32I ate some cakes and shrimp.

21:34Maybe it's just something like that.

21:36But I know that I'm in trouble.

21:38And I know just what I need.

21:40It's those berries across the river.

21:42But there's something in between.

21:44Oh, those bad old maligators.

21:47They're keeping us from those trees

21:49with the berries that we need

21:51to help Alfred from his knees.

21:53Those bad, bad maligators.

21:55They've got really sharp teeth.

21:57But we've got to cross that river

21:59because there's something that we need, yeah.

22:09Well, my husband, he's all laid up.

22:12He can't get around right now.

22:14It's as though he's at a farm

22:16and he swallowed a big old cow.

22:18His face is turning purple

22:20and his skin's no longer green.

22:22Oh, I pray that we can help him.

22:24It's the worst I've ever seen.

22:26Oh, those bad old maligators.

22:28They're keeping us from those trees

22:30with the berries that we need

22:32to help Alfred from his knees.

22:34Those bad, bad maligators.

22:36They've got really sharp teeth.

22:38But we've got to cross that river

22:40because there's something that we need, yeah.

22:59If only we could find a way

23:02to get to those berries.

23:04We could save the great old Alfred

23:06and fix his big tummy.

23:08If only we could fly.

23:10If only we could speed

23:12across that great big river.

23:14But there's something that's hungry.

23:17Oh, those bad old maligators.

23:20They're keeping us from those trees

23:23with the berries that we need

23:25to help Alfred from his knees.

23:27Those bad, bad maligators.

23:29They've got really sharp teeth.

23:31But we've got to cross that river

23:33because there's something that we need, yeah.

23:36We've got to cross that river

23:38because there's something that we need.

23:40Something that we need.

23:42Oh, yeah.

23:44applause

23:48gulp

23:56I'll go, stated Lollibird.

24:04I'll go!

24:08You can't possibly swim.

24:10They'll eat you like that.

24:12There's a log, replied Lollibird,

24:15reaching both banks.

24:17Your green elephant feet don't fit the plank.

24:20And Lollibird was right.

24:23Every single one of the green elephants

24:25had legs that were too big

24:28and so heavy

24:30that they would break any log to pieces.

24:33But Lollibird's legs were different.

24:36They were skinny and sensitive

24:39and light like a ballerina's.

24:42She could easily walk across that log

24:45and get to the other side of the river.

24:48She can do it!

24:50She can cross it this instant!

25:05Lollibird hopped across the log

25:09as she had done so many times before

25:13and with ease gathered the berries

25:17that would cure the great Alfred.

25:21music

25:38The malligators jumped at her feet,

25:41but she was too quick

25:43and the log was too high.

25:52She returned across the log with the berries

25:56just as easily as she went.

25:59The green elephants cheered and hooted.

26:09If she can walk so easily across that log,

26:12just think of how well she could play dunk,

26:15one green elephant said.

26:17Or play other games,

26:19another elephant said.

26:21We thought because she was blue,

26:23she'd not know what to do.

26:25But I see now we were wrong.

26:27We had not a clue.

26:29I want her on my team,

26:31another agreed.

26:33So do I.

26:35The cheering crowd of green elephants

26:38carried Lollibird and the berries back to Alfred

26:42who was still moaning,

26:45My tummy! Oh, my tummy!

26:49and was even more shades of pink, yellow and blue

26:53than he was before.

26:56Miss Lollibird delivered the berries

26:59to the great Alfred

27:01who ate them slowly, carefully

27:06and thanked Lollibird again and again.

27:15That night, they talked about the great adventure of the day

27:20and about Lollibird,

27:23that blue cousin with bird legs

27:27who so elegantly hopped across that log

27:32and back again,

27:34directly over the vicious malligators.

27:39But where is she now?

27:41asked one of the green elephants.

27:44Where was Lollibird indeed?

27:49Deep in the forest,

27:51Lollibird was skipping along

27:54the happiest she had ever been.

28:00Moo was right after all

28:03and now she went to find him

28:05to tell him what had happened that day.

28:15The next day arrived with a beautiful morning.

28:19The sky a clear lake blue.

28:25Inside Alfred's hut were cries of joy.

28:30I'm better! I'm better!

28:34The berries, they've worked!

28:37My tummy! My tummy!

28:40The berries, they've worked!

28:42My tummy! My tummy!

28:44It no longer hurts!

28:48Lollibird came down from the hill,

28:51arriving from the long journey of visiting Moo.

28:54There she is!

28:56The elephant swooped.

28:58It's Lollibird, the blue elephant!

29:01She's our hero, it's true!

29:04Then Alfred appeared,

29:07smiling at Lollibird and addressing the others.

29:11If not for her legs, so different from ours,

29:16I would surely have perished,

29:19Alfred said to afar.

29:22From then on,

29:24the green elephants and elephant

29:27treated Lollibird differently.

29:29They included her in their game,

29:32talked and played with her.

29:35They realized that not only was she fun to play with,

29:39they liked that she was blue and had bird legs.

29:44It made her unique.

29:47It made her special.

29:51That shade of blue was the most beautiful blue in Eleville.

29:56And those bird legs, well,

29:59they were certainly nothing to laugh at.

30:02They were highly skilled and trained tools

30:06that had saved the great Alfred himself.

30:10And whenever new, different-looking creatures

30:15came to visit Eleville,

30:17they were especially welcome.

30:20Moo, of course, was invited often to dinner,

30:25as were his cousins, friends and acquaintances.

30:29A cat with dog feet,

30:31a fish with antlers,

30:39a brown flea,

30:41and many others.

30:44In fact, they frequently passed through Eleville

30:48at one time or another.

30:52And Lollibird and her green elephant friends

30:57were always there to greet them.

31:06Wow, what a great story.

31:09Were you in it, Dad?

31:11Well, I was busy with the kingdom's annual parade,

31:15but I heard all about it.

31:18Hey, Dennis, I'm sorry I made fun of you.

31:22I actually think the polka dots are, well, you know,

31:25kind of cool.

31:27Thanks.

31:28That's nice of you to apologize, Polk.

31:31Each time our kids bicker, misbehave or just scream,

31:35we'll tell them a tale that turns lessons to dreams.

31:40And now it is time to say our goodnights.

31:44For tomorrow holds more tales of wrongs turned to rights.

31:56But I knew one day quite soon I would have friends.

32:02I knew, I don't know how, it was not the end.

32:07Owls would ask me to play, to fly, donuts in the shade.

32:12Those black and white cow spots would matter less

32:16than they did now.

32:19Back then it was clear to me no one wanted cows with beaks.

32:24Sleeping in their tree I felt quite lonely.

32:28But now all kinds of owls come to play with you.

32:33They don't care if you're spotted.

32:35They like you because you're new.

32:37So things that today seemed dreadful,

32:41tomorrow can change somehow.

32:45Just believe that it will matter less than it does now,

32:50than it does now.

32:54The End

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