The 12 Dogs of Christmas (2005) - full transcript
A girl who uses dogs to teach people about the true meaning of Christmas during the Depression.
[ SLOW CHRISTMAS MEDLEY PLAYS ]
[ DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE ]
HI, MR. LAWSON.
I'M COLLECTING TODAY.
[ CHANGE RATTLES ]
CAN'T AFFORD IT NO MORE, EM.
TAKE US OFF YOUR LIST.
[ BELL RINGING ]
♪ ...ALL IS BRIGHT ♪
♪ ROUND YON VIRGIN... ♪
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
DAD.
[ CHANGE RATTLES ]
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
[ SIGHS ]
WHY DO I HAVE TO GO?
I WANT TO STAY WITH YOU!
COME ON, EM.
IT'S ONLY FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
I'M GONNA COME AND GET YOU
BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
COME ON, NOW.
YOU'RE --
YOU'RE TOUGHER THAN THAT.
YOU ARE GONNA LIKE
YOUR AUNT DELORES.
SHE CAN'T WAIT
TO SEE YOU.
DO YOU PROMISE
YOU'LL COME AND GET ME?
OH, BY CHRISTMAS.
PROMISE?
I WILL.
CROSS YOUR HEART
AND HOPE TO DIE?
I PROMISE,
CROSS MY HEART.
CROSS MY HEART.
[ BARKING ]
HI, THERE.
PUPPIES FOR ME?
JUST KEEP COMING,
MRS. STEVENS.
NINE MORE DOGS
FOR THAT ORPHANAGE OF YOURS.
YEAH, ALL ADDRESSED TO
THE DOG LADY OF DOVERVILLE.
GUESS THAT WOULD BE YOU.
OKAY, LET'S SEE --
"DOG LADY," "DOG LADY,"
"DOG LADY,"
[ GASPS ] HI!
WE GOT A POODLE HERE. YES.
I'LL TAKE THESE GUYS.
GOOD BOY.
[ BARKING ]
JUST SET IT IN THERE.
THANK YOU.
JUST PUT THOSE
OVER HERE.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
[ BARKING AND WHINING ]
OH! HI, SWEETHEART, YES.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU
A NICE HOME.
OKAY. CAN YOU GET
THE POODLE, PLEASE?
HERE, LET ME HELP.
I DON'T NEED NO HELP
FROM A GIRL.
OBVIOUSLY YOU DO.
NO. STOP.
STOP!
JUST LEAVE IT.
[ BARKS ]
LEAVE IT!
I GOT IT!
L-LEAVE IT!
OHH!
GIRLS ARE WORTHLESS!
OH! COME HERE, BOY.
COME ON.
MAX!
HMM.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER, REVS ]
[ WHIMPERS ]
THE DOGS WILL GO.
THAT'S WHAT I PROMISED.
THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO.
IT WAS AFTER
THE UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT...
[ WHISPERING ]
...THAT THIS TOWN ROSE UP
AND DID WHAT HAD TO BE DONE.
"CITY ORDINANCE 109,
SECTION 2,
"DECEMBER 1906 --
"FORTHWITH, IT SHALL
BE UNLAWFUL
FOR A DOG TO RESIDE, BARK,
BREED, OR FOUL --"
THANK YOU,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THAT LAW, MY FRIENDS, CREATED BY
YOUR REVERED PREDECESSORS,
ONCE DEFINED THIS TOWN.
AND SO IT SHALL AGAIN.
TO THAT END,
I HAVE DULY APPOINTED
MR. NORMAN DOYLE
DOGCATCHER OF DOVERVILLE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I AM PROUD TO SAY
THAT NORMAN IS MY BROTHER.
[ LAUGHS ]
THANK YOU, NOBEL.
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
UH, ON MY HONOR,
I WILL DO MY BEST
TO DO IN THE DOGS OF --
I MEAN, TO DO, UH, MY DUTY
BY THE DOGS OF DOVERVILLE.
AND I PROMISE TO MAKE
MY BROTHER NOBLE PROUD OF ME.
[ CAT MEOWS ]
[ LAUGHS ]
OLD SCRATCH HERE CAN SMELL
A DOG A MILE AWAY.
AND AS FOR ME, WELL,
Y'ALL KNOW I HATE DOGS.
I HATE 'EM, SO...
[ LAUGHS ]
RRRR!
[ DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE ]
[ GASPING ]
[ PANTING ]
HERE, BOY.
C-COME HERE.
COME HERE, MAX.
IT'S OKAY.
COME HERE.
HERE, BOY.
HERE, BOY.
YEAH, GOOD JOB.
GOOD JOB, MAX.
[ GASPING ]
COME ON, COME ON, MAX.
COME ON.
GET IN!
MIKE, GET IN!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, LADY?
GIVE ME THAT DOG!
COME ON, MELVIN!
THEY'RE GETTING AWAY!
GO! GO!
FASTER, MOM! FASTER!
HURRY!
THEY'RE CATCHING UP!
GO! GO!
AAH! AAH!
[ LAUGHS ]
GOODBYE, DOGCATCHER.
OH! WE'LL GET 'EM
NEXT TIME, SCRATCH.
[ MEOWS ]
[ CROW CAWING ]
I'M EMMA.
ARE YOU AUNT DELORES?
WHATEVER YOU'RE PEDDLING,
I'M NOT INTERESTED.
NOW GET ON OUT OF HERE.
MY DAD WROTE YOU
THAT I WAS COMING.
WHO'S YOUR DAD?
YOU'RE DOUGLAS O'CONNOR'S
GIRL?
THAT RAT!
I AM NOT YOUR AUNT,
AND I AM NOT THE DUMB DORA
HE TAKES ME FOR!
DID HE SEND YOU HERE?
HE WROTE YOU A LETTER.
WELL, I NEVER GOT IT.
AND YOU CAN JUST GO RIGHT BACK
AND TELL YOUR DEAR DADDY
THAT YOUR AUNT DELORES
IS DEAD AND BURIED.
COME ON.
AND BURNED!
COME ON.
AND SPRINKLED OVER THE OCEAN
AS FAR AS HE IS CONCERNED.
NOW SIT BACK.
WHERE YOU FROM,
SWEETHEART?
PITTSBURGH...
THE GRAVE OF THE WORLD.
WELL, YOU CAN'T EXPECT
THE CHILD
TO FIND HER WAY BACK
TO PITTSBURGH.
MY DAD'S COMING BY CHRISTMAS.
HE'S COMING HERE?
WELL, GO WAIT FOR HIM
SOMEPLACE ELSE.
OH!
DELORES,
FOR GOODNESS' SAKES!
YOU COME BACK HERE, CHILD.
OKAY.
BUT LOOK, YOU NEED TO GET
SOMETHING REAL STRAIGHT --
I AM NOT YOUR AUNT,
AND I DID NOT GET A LETTER.
YOUR GOOD-FOR-NOTHING FATHER
AND I MAY HAVE...
BEEN, WELL...NEVER MIND.
BUT DON'T YOU THINK
FOR ONE MINUTE
YOU AND ME ARE FAMILY.
OH! SUCH A RAT!
DON'T TALK ABOUT MY DAD
LIKE THAT.
[ LAUGHING ]
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO WASH
THAT SMART MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP?
OH, HER BARK'S A LOT WORSE
THAN HER BITE.
YOU KNOW,
I BET YOU'RE HUNGRY.
YOU CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF.
YOU FIX YOUR OWN FOOD.
ANH-ANH. UNH.
DELORES,
FOR GOODNESS' SAKE.
OHH!
I AM GOING TO KEEP TRACK,
YOU KNOW.
AND WHAT'S MORE,
I EXPECT YOU TO GET A JOB
AND PAY YOUR OWN WAY.
I'M SURE HE DIDN'T
GIVE YOU ANY MONEY.
HE COULD IF HE WANTED.
GIRLS DON'T GET JOBS,
DELORES.
OF COURSE THEY DO.
WE VOTE, WE WORK,
WE TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES.
IT'S CERTAINLY BETTER SHE LEARNS
TO LOOK AFTER HERSELF
BEFORE SHE FINDS OUT
THE HARD WAY
YOU SURE CAN'T TRUST A MAN
TO DO IT.
I'VE HAD A JOB BEFORE.
IN FACT, YOU CANNOT
TRUST A MAN, PERIOD.
WHAT ABOUT THAT LOVELY WOMAN
WITH ALL THE ORPHAN DOGS?
I'M SURE SHE COULD USE
SOME HELP.
DOGS DON'T LIKE ME MUCH.
OH, COURSE THEY DO!
DOGS LIKE EVERYBODY.
RUFF! RUFF! RUFF!
RI-YI!
[ DOG BARKS ]
A HAM SANDWICH.
UM, THE SCHOOL IS RIGHT ON
THE MAIN ROAD,
AND DO NOT BE LATE, OR
MISS WALSH WILL KEEP YOU AFTER.
AND "AFTER" IS WHEN YOU
NEED TO GET A JOB.
[ SIGHS ]
[ DOGS WHIMPERING ]
AH! GOTCHA!
YOU -- AHH!
OH! OH!
[ DOG WHIMPERS ]
HOLD STILL, NOW.
HOLD STILL.
OH! OH!
YOU'RE HURTING ME.
Come on, puppy.
Come on, puppy, come on.
Come on, puppy.
Come on, puppy.
Come on.
Come on.
WHERE ARE YOU?
COME ON.
HUH?
COME ON, YOU LITTLE MUTT.
HUH?
[ DOG BARKS ]
OH!
MELVIN!
WHOA! MELVIN!
MELVIN!
[ ENGINE STOPS ]
[ GASPS ]
[ GASPING ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
OH! AAH!
YOU STUPID --
DON'T WORRY.
AAH!
FORWARD.
AAAAH!
CLOSER! CLOSER!
RIGHT THERE!
MOVE IT!
MOVE IT, MELVIN!
MELVIN!
ALMOST THERE.
YOU SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL.
[ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]
TARDINESS
WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
SHOULDERS BACK,
BOTTOM UNDER.
IS THAT YOUR LITTLE DOG?
DOGS ARE NOT ALLOWED
IN SCHOOL.
[ DOG WHIMPERING ]
IT'S AN OLD WIVES' TALE
THAT DOGS ARE GOOD FOR GIRLS.
DON'T YOU EVER BRING THAT DOG
INTO THIS SCHOOL AGAIN.
AM I MAKING MYSELF
PERFECTLY CLEAR?
[ WHIMPERING ]
[ BARKS ]
I'LL COME BACK FOR YOU,
I PROMISE.
YOU'LL BE OKAY.
[ WHIMPERING ]
♪ THE ELEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS,
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ ELEVEN PIPERS PIPING,
TEN LORDS A-LEAPING ♪
♪ NINE LADIES DANCING,
EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING ♪
♪ SEVEN SWANS A-SWIMMING,
SIX GEESE A-LAYING ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RINGS ♪
GOOD.
♪ FOUR CALLING BIRDS,
THREE -- ♪
[ MUSIC STOPS ]
[ STUDENTS MURMURING ]
CLASS, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU
TO MEET EMMA...
O'CONNOR.
EMMA O'CONNOR.
EMMA O'CONNOR.
AND WHERE ARE YOU FROM,
EMMA O'CONNOR?
PITTS--
[ MURMURING CONTINUES ]
I LIVE IN NEW YORK.
GREATEST CITY
IN THE WORLD.
WELL, WELCOME
TO DOVERVILLE, EMMA.
THIS IS JUST PERFECT BECAUSE
WE'VE LOOKING, LOOKING, LOOKING
FOR A PARTRIDGE
IN A PEAR TREE.
I DON'T SING.
OF COURSE YOU DO.
EVERYONE SINGS.
ANYWAY, I WON'T BE HERE
THAT LONG.
MY DAD --
MY DAD AND MY MOM ARE COMING TO
GET ME BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
MY DAD SAID I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO
GO TO SCHOOL IF I DON'T WANT TO.
AN INSOLENT ATTITUDE
LIKE THAT
CAN ONLY GET A LITTLE GIRL
IN TROUBLE.
[ PIANO KEYS SOUND ]
DO YOU HAVE --
OH!
[ BLOWS ]
OH!
[ BLOWING ]
UH...
OOH! OH!
UH, REHEARSAL'S, UH, OVER.
WHOO-HOO.
IS THIS WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?
LOOK, YOU CANNOT LEAVE A PUPPY
IN A DARK BOX.
I COULD HEAR HIM CRYING --
HE WAS CRYING --
FROM ALL THE WAY IN FRONT.
WELL,
THEY TOOK HIS MOTHER.
THE NEW DOGCATCHER?
THAT'S AWFUL.
WHAT WILL THEY DO
WITH HER?
NOBODY KNOWS.
THEY JUST DISAPPEAR.
HE PROBABLY THINKS
YOU'RE HIS MOM NOW,
EXCEPT A MOM WOULD NEVER LEAVE
YOU IN A DARK BOX
AND JUST GO AWAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
MAYBE WHAT I DO
IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
OHH!
YOU'VE NEVER HAD A DOG,
HAVE YOU?
MAYBE I HAVE
AND MAYBE I HAVEN'T.
NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE DOGS
IN NEW YORK.
DO YOU THINK YOU KNOW
EVERYTHING?
YOU CAN ONLY HAVE A DOG IN
NEW YORK IF YOU'RE VERY RICH.
OH, YEAH?
WELL, I HAVE TWO DOGS.
WELL, IF YOUR PARENTS
ARE SO RICH,
WHY'D THEY SEND YOU OUT HERE
WITH DELORES SNIVELY?
LOOK, DO YOU WANT TO BRING HIM
OVER TO MY PLACE?
WE'LL GET HIM SOMETHING
TO EAT.
WE HAVE LOTS OF DOGS.
IF YOU'LL STOP BLABBING
ABOUT MY PARENTS.
[ SCHOOL BELL RINGS ]
OKAY.
UM, THIS IS A GIRL.
SHE HAS A DOG, SO...
WELL, SHE'S COME
TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
HERE, PUPPIES.
HELLO, SAMSON.
HI, DOGGIE.
GOOD DOG.
SUCH A GOOD PUPPY.
COME HERE, YehTeh.
OOH, YehTeh.
COME HERE, YehTeh.
THIS IS MAX.
Hi, Max.
HOW YOU DOING?
ARE YOU GOING TO
COME OUT, BOY?
OKAY, GOOD BOY.
GOTTA EAT, MAX.
COME ON.
COME ON.
HE WON'T COME OUT.
HOW COME?
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE
HE'S SO SAD.
COME ON, I'LL SHOW YOU
THE REST OF THE DOGS.
YES, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OH, WELL, NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW
WHO HE BELONGS TO.
SO, WHAT YOU GONNA
CALL HIM?
I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, HE'S GOT TO HAVE
A NAME.
DOUGLAS O'CONNOR.
YOU CAN'T NAME A DOG
"DOUGLAS O'CONNOR."
WHY NOT?
DOUGLAS O'CONNOR --
IT'S JUST NOT A DOG'S NAME.
YEAH, WELL, WHAT ABOUT
YehTeh?
THAT'S
A PERFECT DOG'S NAME.
MY MOM SAYS IT'S FRAUGHT
WITH MEANING.
[ LAUGHS ]
SEE? LOOK AT HER FUR.
IT'S LIKE SNOW.
AND LOOK AT HER FACE.
YOU CAN'T SEE HER FACE.
OF COURSE! THAT'S WHY
HER NAME'S YehTeh.
IT'S THE NAME OF
THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN.
[ SCOFFS ] WELL...
YehTeh's A GIRL.
THERE'S A GIRL
ABOMINABLE SNOW-- SNOWLADIES.
LOOK, DOUGLAS O'CONNOR'S
THE DUMBEST NAME
I'VE EVER HEARD.
WHAT ABOUT "M"
FOR EMMA?
HE'S NOT MY DOG ANYWAY.
HEY, YOU WANT US
TO TAKE CARE OF HIM
UNTIL WE CAN FIND OUT
WHO HIS MAMA IS?
YEAH.
OKAY. COME ON.
LET ME TAKE YOU HOME.
ALL SET, SWEETHEART?
UH-OH.
[ LAUGHS ]
OH, WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE
YOU GOT SOMEONE TO LOOK AFTER.
YOUR AUNT DELORES
LIKE DOGS?
SHE LOVES DOGS.
[ FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS ]
DID YOU GET A JOB?
Emma: NO.
YOU BETTER BE GETTING A JOB
AND PAYING YOUR FAIR SHARE
OR YOU'LL BE GOING HUNGRY
AND LIVING IN THE WOODS!
YOU HEAR ME?
[ FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS ]
[ WHIMPERING, SNIFFING ]
LOOK, HONEY,
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT --
I KNOW A FELLOW WHO WILL
GIVE YOU A JOB IF I ASK HIM.
HE, UH, YOU KNOW, WORSHIPS
THE GROUND I WALK ON.
[ LAUGHS ]
POOR SOUL.
WHAT DOES YOUR BOYFRIEND DO?
[ SIGHS ]
HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND.
HE JUST THINKS HE'S SOME
BIG HOTSHOT NOW
'CAUSE HE WAS PROMOTED FROM
GARBAGE TO ANIMAL CONTROL.
YOU'RE GONNA GET ME A JOB
WITH THE DOGCATCHER?
JUST UNTIL
YOUR DAD SHOWS UP.
[ DOG WHIMPERS ]
I AM TRYING TO HELP YOU.
WHINING DOES NOT MAKE
TROUBLES ANY BETTER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET ME
A JOB, AUNT DELORES.
I CAN'T BELIEVE HE TOLD YOU
TO CALL ME THAT!
DON'T BOTHER THE DOGCATCHER.
I'LL GET A JOB.
I WILL.
[ SIGHS ]
[ DOG YIPS ]
IS THAT HOW YOU ALWAYS
WEAR YOUR HAIR, HONEY?
OH.
[ FOOTSTEPS FADING ]
COACH CULLIMORE
WAS KIND ENOUGH
TO TAKE OVER
THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM.
MRS. CLANCY HAD HER BABY,
AS YOU KNOW.
OH, AND BE SURE, MR. CULLIMORE,
THAT EMMA O'CONNOR,
WHO IS FROM PITTSBURGH
AND NOT FROM NEW YORK,
NOR IS SHE GOING HOME
ANYTIME SOON,
I NOW UNDERSTAND,
WILL BE THE PARTRIDGE
IN THE PEAR TREE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT
YOUR AUNT DELORES
HAS TROUBLE WITH
THE TRUTH AS WELL --
A GENETIC TENDENCY,
NO DOUBT.
Cullimore: OKAY, LET'S SEE THAT
PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
OKAY, WE HAVE OUR PARTRIDGE
IN THE PEAR TREE.
AND, UM, TURTLEDOVES,
RIGHT?
WHO ARE THE FRENCH HENS?
RIGHT. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S, UH,
LET'S TRY IT.
WHEW.
[ Bass voice ]
♪ UH, UH, UH ♪
[ High-pitched voice ]
♪ UH, I'M NOT VERY... ♪
[ Off-key ]
♪ UN, UN, UN ♪
COACH.
COACH, OKAY, UM...
THAT'S GREAT!
DO YOU PLAY?
NO, BUT MY MOM, SHE'S
MAKING ME TAKE LESSONS.
SHE PLAYS REALLY WELL.
DO YOU THINK SHE'D BE WILLING
TO COME AND PLAY FOR US?
WELL, NOT IF I ASK HER.
I'VE DELIVERED PAPERS
BEFORE.
WELL, WE'VE NEVER REALLY HAD
A PAPER BOY -- GIRL -- BEFORE.
I USUALLY TAKE THEM
AROUND MYSELF.
I REALLY NEED THIS JOB.
I'M SORRY.
THERE'S REALLY NOTHING HERE.
WILL YOU PLEASE
LET ME BY?
HEY, I HEAR YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR A JOB.
THERE AIN'T NO SUCH THING
AS A JOB FOR KIDS,
ESPECIALLY FOR GIRLS.
SHUT UP.
HEY, YOU TRY OLD JAKE?
THERE'S THIS OLD GUY
DOWN BY THE RIVER.
HE ALWAYS HAS CHORES
FOR US KIDS.
REALLY?
YEAH!
JUST FOLLOW THE RIVER
TO THE OLD BRIDGE.
IT'LL BE RIGHT THERE.
THANK YOU.
IT'S A WAYS,
BUT IT'S WORTH IT.
YEAH, IF YOU LIKE
BEING EATEN BY DOGS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ DOGS GROWLING ]
[ BARKING ]
[ SHOUTS ]
THESE SIGNS AIN'T
BIG ENOUGH FOR YOU?
JUST BECAUSE
I SAVED YOUR HIDE
DON'T MEAN I WON'T LET
THE DOGS EAT YOU.
I'M LOOKING FOR A JOB...
SIR.
YOU MUST NOT BE
FROM AROUND HERE.
NO, SIR.
I CAN WORK EVERY DAY
AFTER SCHOOL.
THOSE BULLY BOYS --
THEY SEND YOU OUT HERE?
YES, SIR.
AGH! THEY NEED TO BE
THRASHED.
THEY'RE A BUNCH OF HOODLUMS.
I CAN WORK SATURDAYS, TOO,
IF YOU WANT.
I AIN'T USED TO HAVING
KIDS WORKING HERE.
I HATE KIDS, MOSTLY.
SO DO THE DOGS...
USUALLY.
I...I LOVE DOGS.
THEY LOVE THE SCRAPS.
IT MAKES THEM THINK
THEY'RE PEOPLE.
[ CHUCKLES ]
HOW YOU GET WAY OUT HERE?
WALKED.
[ LAUGHS ]
[ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]
AH, GO AWAY.
[ BARKS ]
[ CLICKING ]
[ CRASH ]
[ FAINT BARKING ]
[ BARKING ]
[ SIGHS ]
[ BARKS ]
[ BARKING ]
[ GASPS ]
HE WAS JUST LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING TO EAT.
[ GASPING ]
I'M SORRY.
I'LL CLEAN IT UP.
DO NOT...TOUCH...ANYTHING.
Y-YOU GO STRAIGHT
TO YOUR ROOM.
AND TAKE THAT --
IS THAT A DOG? --
DOG WITH YOU.
AND TOMORROW I AM GOING TO
FIND YOU ANOTHER PLACE TO LIVE.
[ DOG WHIMPERING ]
A DO-- A DOG?
OH!
I...DON'T...KNOW...
WHAT'S...HAPPENING TO ME.
[ SIGH ]
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
UH, WHO IS IT?
HO-HO-HO!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MWAH, MWAH, MWAH.
MWAH?
MISTLETOE, SEE?
MISTLETOE.
OH.
[ LAUGHS NERVOUSLY ]
OH.
WELL, UH, KNOW ANYONE
AROUND HERE
WHO MIGHT BE WILLING TO GIVE
A NEWLY PROMOTED CITY OFFICIAL
A CUP OF COFFEE?
[ LAUGHS ]
CUP OF COFFEE?
OHH!
OH, WELL, UH,
A-ANY OTHER MORNING, NORMAN,
BUT I-I'VE GOT MABEL COMING OVER
IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES,
AND I'VE GOT TO
GET CURLERS --
I JUST WANT A CUP OF COFFEE,
NOT THE WHOLE DARN POT,
IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
WELL, I --
[ YOWLS ]
OUCH.
HUH.
SHE SMELLS A DOG.
YOU GOT A DOG?
A DOG?
A DOG.
DOG.
DOG!
OH, DOG!
NO, NO, OF COURSE NOT.
WHY WOULD I HAVE A DOG?
WELL, SHE SURE SMELLS
A DOG.
A-A DOG?
A D-DOG?
[ SCRATCH YOWLS ]
UH, H-HOW ABOUT A CUP
OF COFFEE, NORMAN?
THERE'S NO TIME FOR COFFEE.
THERE'S A DOG IN THIS HOUSE.
NO, UH, WAIT, NORMAN.
UH, WAIT, NORMAN.
UH, UH...
HOW ABOUT A HAIRCUT
AND A SHAVE
BEFORE THAT COFFEE,
NORMAN?
[ Loudly ] TAKE YOUR MIND
OFF CATCHING DOGS.
[ LAUGHS NERVOUSLY ]
HAIRCUT AND A SHAVE
OR A HAIRCUT AND A SHAVE?
WELL, I MEAN
A HAIRCUT AND A SHAVE, NORMAN.
[ LAUGHS ]
HAIRCUT AND A SHAVE.
SCAT, CAT.
[ SCRATCH YOWLS ]
WELL!
UH, NORMAN.
[ LAUGHS ] THIS IS A SIDE OF YOU
I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, DELORES.
OH!
OOH-HOO-HOO.
WHOO!
OH!
[ LAUGHS ]
SUDDENLY SHY.
[ LAUGHS ]
SLIPPING INTO SOMETHING
MORE COMFORTABLE?
[ LAUGHS ]
DELORES?
DELORES?
[ YOWLS ]
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
OW!
[ YOWLS ]
THIS CAT -- HER NOSE
IS NEVER WRONG.
THERE IS DEFINITELY
A DOG IN HERE!
UH, IT'S JUST MAN HAIR,
HONEY.
WHEN IT'S WET, IT ALWAYS
SMELLS LIKE DOGS.
AGHH!
Cathy: SO, YOUR AUNT DELORES
DOESN'T REALLY LIKE DOGS?
NO, AUNT DELORES
LIKES DOGS FINE.
IT'S JUST SINCE SHE'S NOT
FEELING TOO WELL,
I WAS HOPING HE COULD STAY
WITH YOU FOR A WHILE.
WELL, OF COURSE HE CAN.
BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU?
IF YOUR AUNT'S NOT
FEELING WELL,
IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA
IF YOU STAYED WITH US AS WELL.
YEAH.
I MEAN,
IF YOU WANT ME TO.
OF COURSE.
[ HORN HONKS ]
[ DOGS BARKING ]
AH, MRS. STEVENS.
I NEVER DID THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT
DURING MY CAMPAIGN.
THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T
VOTE FOR YOU, MR. DOYLE.
IT'S MAYOR DOYLE NOW,
MRS. STEVENS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
AND, UH, TO WHAT DO WE OWE
THE HONOR, YOUR HONOR?
OH, WELL, I CAN APPRECIATE
THAT LIVING OUT OF TOWN
ALL THESE YEARS HAS DEPRIVED YOU
OF ANY REAL SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
BUT YOU ARE NO LONGER
IN THE COUNTRY, MRS. STEVENS.
OUR TOWN IS GROWING,
YOU MIGHT SAY,
AND, WELL, YOU ARE NOW
INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
SO LET'S JUST CALL OUR LITTLE
VISIT YOUR OFFICIAL WELCOME.
[ LAUGHS ]
WELL, THANK YOU.
OH, THAT MEANS, OF COURSE,
THE DOGS WILL HAVE TO GO.
IT TAKES MORE THAN MOVING A SIGN
TO CHANGE A TOWN, MR. DOYLE.
THE DOGS ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE
AND NEITHER AM I.
THE DOGS WILL GO,
MRS. STEVENS.
AND FOR THEIR SAKE,
I HOPE YOU'RE NOT
AS FOOLISH AS YOU SOUND.
[ CROW CAWS ]
[ SIGHS ]
HOW CAN YOU BE OUT?
IT WAS JUST DELIVERED LAST WEEK.
WELL, I'M NOT EXACTLY STOCKING
KIBBLES FOR DOGS ANYMORE.
I'M DISAPPOINTED IN YOU,
RALPH.
I AM.
I'M SORRY.
ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO THROW AWAY.
I CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE.
BUT YOU'VE ALWAYS
GIVEN ME YOUR TRIMS!
AH, TIMES BEING
WHAT THEY ARE,
I-I JUST DON'T WANT
ANY TROUBLE.
NO TROUBLE.
YOU CAN CALL IT A DONATION.
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER
HE'S PROMISED YOU, JOHN,
I HOPE IT'S WORTH IT.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
[ GRUNTS ]
HEY, YehTeh.
COME ON, HURRY.
COME ON, LET'S GO.
OH! ALL RIGHT,
WE'RE SO LATE.
BYE, PUP.
WE'RE ALWAYS LATE.
HEY, MOM.
[ BARKING ]
UNTIL MRS. CLANCY COMES BACK,
YOU WILL BE LEARNING SPELLING
FROM ME.
MIRANDA, YOUR WORD
IS "DISCIPLINE."
DISCIPLINE.
D-I-S-C-P-L-I-N-E.
THE BRANCH OF LEARNING,
TRAINING, OR EXPERIENCE.
PUNISHMENT OR CONTROL
GAINED BY OBEDIENCE.
GOOD.
VERY GOOD.
EMMA.
EMMA O'CONNOR.
YOUR WORD IS "PREVARICATION."
PREVARICATION.
[ BARKING ]
P-R-E-V-A--
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ GASPS ]
GIVE ME THAT DOG.
COME, COME, COME, COME.
OUT, OUT.
BACK TO YOUR SCHOOLWORK!
[ LAUGHS ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
PREVARICATION.
P-R-E-V-A--
IT'S A DEVIATION
FROM THE TRUTH.
[ GRUNTS ]
DID YOU BRING THAT DOG
TO SCHOOL?
WHAT DOG?
COME ON, COME ON.
IN, IN, IN.
Hide.
What?
I'll make him
follow me.
Be careful.
[ MEOWS ]
COME ON, OLD SCRATCH.
LET'S GO FIND US
A D-O-G.
[ YOWLS ]
AAH!
[ YOWLS ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
COME ON, SCRATCH.
OKAY.
YOU'RE CAUSING ME
A LOT OF TROUBLE,
BUT YOU'RE NOT GETTING
OUT OF THIS ONE.
WHERE ARE YOU?
WHERE ARE YOU?
[ YOWLS ]
UH-HUH.
YOU WOULDN'T BE HIDING
FROM ME, WOULD YOU?
I'LL FIND YOU,
YOU LITTLE BRAT.
[ SCRATCH YOWLS ]
COME ON.
[ BANG ]
[ YIPS ]
[ YIPPING ]
[ LAUGHS MENACINGLY ]
LOOK WHAT I HAVE, PUPPY.
COME AND GET HER.
HUH?
COME AND GET HER.
YEAH.
GOTCHA!
[ DOG BARKING ]
Mike: EMMA.
GET ME DOWN.
HOW'D YOU GET
UP THERE?
GET ME DOWN.
HELP ME.
UH, EXCUSE ME.
CAN YOU, UH, TELL ME WHERE
209 OLD RIVER ROAD IS?
UH, WHO YOU
LOOKING FOR?
MIKE STEVENS.
I'M DENTON CULLIMORE
FROM THE SCHOOL.
ACTUALLY, I'M LOOKING
FOR HIS MOTHER --
THE DOG LADY.
THE DOG LADY.
UM, NOW, WHY WOULD
A RESPECTABLE TEACHER --
WELL, I'M -- I'M ALSO
THE COACH.
WHY WOULD THE COACH WANT TO
MEET THAT CRAZY WOMAN?
SO IT'S TRUE
WHAT THEY SAY, THEN?
OH, MUCH WORSE,
I'M AFRAID.
REALLY?
MM-HMM.
DO YOU KNOW HER?
UM...MUCH BETTER THAN
I'D LIKE TO, ACTUALLY.
YEAH, I'VE HEARD AROUND TOWN
SHE'S A LITTLE, YOU KNOW...
[ LAUGHS ] BUT I'M REALLY
DESPERATE TO MEET HER,
SO, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME
WHERE SHE LIVES?
IF YOU'RE DESPERATE --
YOU JUST MISSED IT.
IT'S RIGHT THERE.
OH.
THANKS.
OH, THE DOGS -- ARE THEY, UM,
ARE THEY FRIENDLY?
VICIOUS...MOSTLY.
OKAY.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ SNICKERS ]
HI. I JUST CAME
TO GET MY STUFF.
YOU ARE MAKING A MESS --
MUD.
OH, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT,
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
WITH MRS. STEVENS.
LOOK, SWEETIE,
I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT THAT,
AND, WELL --
CAN YOU STILL GET ME
THAT JOB WITH THE DOGCATCHER?
YOU CERTAINLY DON'T
HAVE TO PAY ME
IF YOU'RE STAYING
WITH MRS. STEVENS.
I NEED THAT JOB.
PLEASE?
YOU OBVIOUSLY GOT
MORE OF YOUR MOTHER.
WELL...OKAY.
IF I ASK HIM,
HE WILL GIVE YOU THE JOB.
THANK YOU.
YOU ARE WELCOME.
YOU STILL HAVE MUD
ON YOUR SHOES.
[ DOG BARKING ]
HELLO!
ANYBODY?
[ VEHICLE APPROACHES ]
HEY.
YOU'RE...
CATHY STEVENS.
OH, THE CRAZY DOG LADY.
[ WHISTLES ]
I'M SO SORRY.
REALLY, I DIDN'T MEAN THAT.
YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST TO THINK
I LOST MY MARBLES.
HOWEVER, YOU ARE THE FIRST
TO BE DESPERATE TO MEET ME.
WELL, THEY PUT ME IN CHARGE OF
DOING THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM,
AND I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT MUSIC.
AND YOU WANT ME
TO PLAY THE PIANO.
YOU KNEW THAT?
MIKE -- HE MENTIONED IT,
BUT I'M JUST SORRY TO SAY
I CAN'T.
THIS IS A LOT MORE
THAN I BARGAINED FOR.
CAN YOU GIVE ME A HAND?
OH, YEAH.
THANKS.
OOPS.
UP.
HI, PUPPIES.
YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY AMAZING
WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE.
I MEAN, IT'S ADMIRABLE,
TRULY.
WHAT AM I DOING?
IT'S GETTING HARD
TO KEEP UP.
HUNGRY ORPHANS OUTNUMBER
DONATIONS BY A WIDE MARGIN.
I CAN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF EVEN
ONE OF THEM GOING HUNGRY.
I JUST WORRY I CAN'T FINISH
WHAT I STARTED.
YOU NEED HELP.
[ SCOFFS ] WELL, IN THIS TOWN,
NOT LIKELY.
I'LL MAKE A DEAL
WITH YOU.
YOU COME PLAY PIANO
FOR THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM,
AND ME AND THE KIDS WILL HELP
YOU FIND FOOD FOR THE DOGS
AND -- AND FEED THEM.
[ LAUGHS ]
AND HOW WILL YOU DO THAT?
I DON'T KNOW.
UH, HAIL MARY PASS
IN THE END ZONE?
UH...
UM...WE NEED A MIRACLE,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
LOOK, YOU OBVIOUSLY
NEED HELP.
WE CERTAINLY NEED YOU.
LET ME THINK ABOUT IT,
OKAY?
OKAY.
[ LAUGHS ]
OKAY, PUPPIES,
I'VE GOT YOU.
YOU'RE OKAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT THAT AWFUL DOGCATCHER.
PHEW!
[ DOGS BARKING ]
YehTeh, hi.
How are you doing, girl?
How are you doing?
Hey. Hi.
I TOLD DELORES THAT HIRING
A GIRL WOULD BE STUPID.
BUT THEN I DISCOVERED
THAT THE GIRL
WAS THE DOG-LOVIN'
TROUBLEMAKING GIRL.
AND I THOUGHT,
"WELL, THAT WOULD BE GOOD
"TO HAVE HER
RIGHT HERE WITH ME
SO I COULD KEEP
MY EYE ON HER."
NOW, YOU REMEMBER THAT,
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,
YOU'RE NO BETTER
THAN ANOTHER STRAY DOG.
ALL RIGHT?
GET BACK TO WORK.
[ BARKS ]
STUPID MUTT.
OKAY, UH, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT
THE TEN LORDS A-LEAPING --
THAT'S YOU -- NEED TO KIND OF
DO AN END AROUND
AND CURL OVER
THE NINE LADIES DANCING --
THAT'S YOU.
SO GO AHEAD AND...
H-HOLD ON A SECOND.
OKAY.
COME DOWN THIS WAY.
YOU GIRLS, YOU GOT
TO KEEP YOUR HEADS DOWN.
NO TACKLING, OKAY?
ALL RIGHT, NOW, WE'RE GONNA
TAKE IT AGAIN
FROM THE TENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS.
READY? ONE, TWO, THREE.
[ CHILDREN SING INDISTINCTLY ]
♪ ON THE TENTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS, MY...
OH, YOU GUYS...
AH...H-HOLD ON.
[ PIANO MUSIC PLAYS ]
♪ EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING ♪
♪ SEVEN SWANS A-SWIMMING,
SIX GEESE A-LAYING ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RINGS ♪
♪ G♪ FOUR CALLING BIRDS ♪
♪ THREE FRENCH HENS ♪
♪ TWO TURTLE DOVES ♪
♪ AND A PARTRIDGE
IN A PEAR TREE ♪
[ LAUGHS ]
Cullimore: THAT WAS GREAT!
NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE'VE BEEN
SAVED BY MIKEY'S MOM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MRS. STEVENS.
Did you find Yehteh.
I found them both.
ARE THEY OKAY?
SHE DIDN'T LOOK SO GOOD.
WHAT? WE GOT TO GET HER
OUT OF THERE.
EMMA AND MIKE. COME ON,
YOU'RE HOLDING UP THE GAME.
You got to get her
out of there, fast.
I WILL.
PROMISE?
PROMISE.
Children: ♪ FOUR CALLING BIRDS,
THREE FRENCH HENS ♪
♪ TWO TURTLE DOVES ♪
♪ AND A PEAR HEAD
IN A SISSY TREE ♪
LEAVE HER ALONE!
SAYS WHO?
SAYS ME.
COME ON, YOU GUYS.
KNOCK IT OFF.
I SAID, "KNOCK IT OFF"!
[ CHILDREN SHOUTING ]
STOP IT!
STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!
SHAME ON ALL OF YOU.
TO THE OFFICE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
ALL OF YOU
WILL GET CALLS FROM ME.
LET'S GO.
SEE, I TOLD YOU THE PIANO WOULD
MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
LOOK, HE'S GONNA BE FINE.
IT'S REALLY NICE OF YOU
TO HELP US OUT LIKE THIS.
THANKS.
OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.
ANYTHING TO FEED THE DOGS.
YOU GOT THAT HAIL MARY
ALL WORKED OUT?
[ INDISTINCT TALKING,
DOGS BARKING ]
ALL RIGHT, KIDS,
LISTEN UP.
KIDS. KIDS!
[ WHISTLE BLOWS ]
[Chuckling] ALL RIGHT,
SETTLE DOWN.
I GOT YOUR MATH ASSIGNMENT,
SO LISTEN UP.
REMEMBER HOW TO DO
STORY PROBLEMS? RIGHT?
YOU HAVE A BASKET WITH TEN
APPLES IN IT, YOU TAKE TWO OUT.
HOW MANY HAVE YOU GOT?
EIGHT.
EIGHT. RIGHT.
NOW JUST THINK "DOGS."
HOW MANY HAVE WE GOT, MIKEY?
OKAY, SO WE GOT
FOUR COCKER SPANIELS,
TEN DALMATIANS,
AND SIX CHIHUAHUAS.
UH-UH...
NO, SEVEN CHIHUAHUAS.
FIVE RETRIEVERS
AND SEVEN BOXERS,
SANTA'S REINDEER DOGS,
FIVE BASSET HOUNDS,
TWO BLACK LABS,
AND NINE LAB PUPPIES.
AND MAX.
ONE POODLE IN A DOGHOUSE.
YOU HAVE TO COUNT
YehTeh AND THE PUPPY
BECAUSE EMMA'S GONNA
GET 'EM BACK.
SO, ALL RIGHT, HOW MANY KIDS,
HOW MANY DOGS,
AND HOW MANY MEALS
FOR EACH OF US?
THERE ARE 28 PUPILS,
PLUS COACH CULLIMORE
AND MISS STEVENS.
THERE ARE 51 DOGS.
BUT YOU CAN'T COUNT
YOUR DOG OR THE PUPPY
UNTIL EMMA
ACTUALLY BRINGS THEM BACK.
IT'S NOT ALGEBRA.
EACH DOG EATS TWICE A DAY,
SO THAT MEANS EACH OF US MUST
PROVIDE 3 6/10 MEALS PER DAY.
DO YOU GUYS EVER DO
BACON GREASE DRIVES AROUND HERE?
UM...
WE USED TO GO HOUSE TO HOUSE
COLLECTING BACON GREASE,
ONCE A WEEK, TO SELL,
AND MAKE SOAP.
DOGS CAN'T LIVE
OFF BACON GREASE.
NO...BUT THEY LOVE
TABLE SCRAPS.
MAKES THEM THINK THEY'RE PEOPLE.
LOOK, THE SIGN SAYS THAT THERE'S
887 PEOPLE LIVING IN DOVERVILLE.
IF HALF THAT MANY
GIVE US SCRAPS, THAT'S --
444, ROUNDED UP.
THAT'S OPTIMISTIC.
BUT EVEN HALF THAT MANY.
223.
WELL, SCRAPS ARE
THROWN OUT ANYWAY.
WE USED TO GET A LOT
OF BACON GREASE.
THAT IS ONLY 7 1/2 HOUSES
PER PERSON PER WEEK.
HOW CAN YOU VISIT
HALF A HOUSE?
Cullimore: SO WHO WANTS
TO JOIN THE TEAM.
I DO!
I DO!
I DO!
MIKEY, I'LL PUT
YOU FIRST, OKAY?
[ VEHICLE APPROACHES ]
STAY BACK,
STAY BACK.
Cathy:
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
MERRY CHRISTMAS, DOG LOVERS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
STAY BACK.
A LITTLE EXTRA TIME,
MRS. STEVENS,
IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON.
[ CHUCKLES ]
AH...BUT, UH,
I CAN ASSURE YOU --
THOSE DOGS ARE STILL HERE
ON CHRISTMAS DAY, THEY ARE MINE.
ALL RIGHT, THERE WE ARE.
WHERE ARE YOU, BABY SWEETHEART?
YOU'RE LATE FOR WORK.
COME ON.
Cathy: WHOA, WAIT.
COME ON. GET GOING.
MELVIN!
GET IN THERE.
It's okay. Trust me.
She's going to get YehTeh.
NOT ON TOP.
THAT'S MY SEAT.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ CHEERING ]
YEAH!
[ DOGS WHIMPERING ]
[ SIGHS ]
YOU TRYING TO SPREAD DISEASE --
KILL US ALL?
NOW, YOU DO NOT TOUCH
A DOG WITH YOUR BARE HAND!
I TOLD YOU THAT.
IT'S DISGUSTING!
OH.
ALL RIGHT,
COME ON OUT HERE.
COME ON, YOU.
COME ON, COME ON.
COME ON, COME ON.
HEY, THOSE CAGES AIN'T GONNA
CLEAN THEMSELVES, GIRL.
COME ON!
[ DOG WHIMPERS ]
SHUT UP.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKIN' AT?
COME ON.
GET HIM IN THE CAGE.
[ GRUNTING ]
[ SCREECHES ]
[ GASPS ]
[ MEOWING ]
[ SIGHS ]
[ DOGS WHIMPERING, BARKING ]
HEY! I TOLD YOU TO KEEP
THEM DOGS FROM YAPPIN'!
SHUT 'EM UP!
HEY!
HEY, BAD THINGS HAPPEN
TO BAD LITTLE GIRLS.
YOU HEAR ME?
BAD THINGS.
YOU GETTING UP TO MISCHIEF?
SHUT UP!
SHUT UP, ALL YOU DOGS!
HEY, YOU KNOW DELORES
ISN'T GONNA LIKE IT
IF I SEND YOU HOME FIRED
WITHOUT GETTING PAID.
WHERE ARE YOU?
OH HO HO.
YOU HAVE GONE AND DONE IT NOW,
YOU LITTLE BABY SWEETHEART.
YOU AND THAT DIRTY LITTLE MUTT
ARE IN A MESS OF TROUBLE.
MELVIN...
[ DOGS BARKING ]
OKAY, ELEVEN PIPERS PIPING...
[Weakly]
♪ ELEVEN PIPERS PIPING ♪
[ MUSIC PLAYS DISSONANTLY ]
YEP, YEP.
BRING 'EM UP.
♪ TEN LORDS A-LEAPING ♪
♪ NINE LADIES DANCING ♪
♪ EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING ♪
♪ SEVEN SWANS A-SWIMMING ♪
YEP, BRING 'EM UP.
♪ SIX GEESE A-LAYING ♪
OKAY. PICK UP THE RINGS.
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RINGS ♪
GET THE RING.
PICK IT UP. YEAH
OKAY. NO.
♪ FOUR CALLING BIRDS ♪
♪ THREE FRENCH HENS ♪
♪ TWO TURTLE DOVES ♪
NO, JUST...
♪ AND A PARTRIDGE
IN A PEAR TREE ♪
[ SIGHS ]
ALL RIGHT, WHAT HAPPENED TO
OUR PARTRIDGE IN THE PEAR TREE?
SORRY WE'RE LATE.
SOMETHING CAME UP THAT WAS
REALLY WORTH BEING LATE OVER.
HEY, WHERE'S EMMA?
SHE DIDN'T COME TO SCHOOL?
MR. DOYLE?
MR. DOYLE?
MR. DOYLE, LET ME OUT.
PLEASE.
YOU SEE, SIR, THE REASON OF
WHY WE'RE COLLECTING SCRAPS
IS BECAUSE
THE NUMBER OF CALORIES
SUFFICIENT FOR THE AVERAGE
CANINE CREATURE IS
1,230.
SIR, SIR.
[ WHISPERING ]
♪ ANGELS WE HAVE... ♪
[ Cockney accent ]
IT'S CHRISTMAS.
OUR DOGS ARE VERY 'UNGRY.
THEY'RE GOOD LITTLE FELLAS,
THEY ARE.
SO IN THE KINDNESS
OF YOUR 'EART,
C-COULD YOU SPARE
A LITTLE SOMETHING LEFT OVER
FROM YOUR LOVELY DINNER?
Children: ♪ GLO-O-O-O-O-O-RIA ♪
♪ IN EXCELSIS DEO ♪
♪ GLO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-RIA ♪
♪ IN EXCELSIS DE-E-E-O ♪
CATHY STEVENS.
UH...THE DOG LADY.
OH, YES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE
A HAIR APPOINTMENT?
NO. NO, NO, NO.
NO, THANK YOU.
ACTUALLY, I'M CALLING BECAUSE --
IS EMMA THERE WITH YOU?
UH, NO. SHE'S NOT HERE.
I haven't seen her since
she went to work last night.
AND...
Well...
UH, LOOK, UM...
YOU DON'T WORRY, HONEY.
I have a pretty good idea
where she is, okay?
OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THANK YOU.
[ SIGHS ]
[ DOGS BARKING ]
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
SO SORE ABOUT, DELORES.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO TEACH THE
LITTLE BUGGER A LESSON IS ALL.
YOU SAID YOURSELF THAT SHE WAS
A PAIN IN THE KEISTER.
WHERE IS SHE, NORMAN?
AROUND THE CORNER.
A CAGE?!
WELL...
DID THEY HURT YOU?
I GAVE HER SOME WATER.
OH, OPEN IT NOW, NORMAN.
ALL RIGHT.
PUTTING HER IN A CAGE.
COME ON.
COME ON, SCAT.
SKEDOODLE.
SHE LET
THE DOGS OUT.
THEY WERE BARKING
ALL NIGHT.
OW.
COME ON, HONEY, HUH?
I TOLD YOU IT WAS A STUPID IDEA
TO GIVE A GIRL A JOB LIKE THIS.
I'M NOT LISTENING
TO YOU, NORMAN.
OH, COME ON,
BABY SWEETHEART, HUH?
TURN THAT FROWN
UPSIDE DOWN, HUH?
I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
ALL RIGHT,
NOW, THAT IS ENOUGH!
I KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
OH, YEAH, YOU WANT A FAVOR,
AND THEN IT'S ALL SWEET TALK
AND PERFUME AND "OOH LA LA."
ALL THE TIME
THIS RAGAMUFFIN KID
IS MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU
THAN I AM.
WELL, YOU ARE FIRED.
AND THAT DUMB MUTT STAYS HERE.
NO!
OW! OW.
COME ON.
WE'RE THROUGH, DELORES!
FINE!
I REALLY MEAN IT!
WONDERFUL!
WE ARE THROUGH!
DELORES?
YOU DOGS ARE
IN A LOT OF TROUBLE!
THANKS FOR GETTING ME
OUT OF THERE, AUNT DELORES.
DO NOT CALL ME THAT.
I COULD CRACK
YOUR DADDY'S SKULL.
IT'S NOT HIS FAULT.
HE DIDN'T MEAN FOR ME
TO BE SO MUCH TROUBLE.
TROUBLE? TROUBLE?
YOU ARE RUINING MY LIFE.
[ GRUNTING ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
YOUR DADDY'S LETTER
FINALLY GOT HERE.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR MOTHER?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR DADDY
TOLD YOU ABOUT ME...
ABOUT US.
BUT...WELL...
A LONG TIME AGO,
I KNEW YOUR DADDY REAL WELL.
AND ALL I CAN SAY IS
YOU JUST BETTER NOT
GO DEPENDING ON WHAT HE SAYS.
BECAUSE EVEN WHEN
HE MAKES A PROMISE,
IT'S NOT SOMETHING
YOU CAN TRUST.
I'M JUST SAYING HE IS NOT LIKELY
TO BE HERE BY CHRISTMAS.
OR EVER, FOR THAT MATTER.
NOW, GET IN.
YOU SURE THIS IS
WHAT YOU WANT?
CAN'T STAY WITH YOU.
NOT WITH HIM COMING AROUND.
OKAY.
OH, I-I BROUGHT YOU
A FEW THINGS.
IF YOU EVER WANTED
TO COME BY...
I'D LOVE TO DO SOMETHING
WITH THAT HAIR, OKAY?
OKAY.
WHERE IS SHE?
WHERE'S YehTeh?
SHE WASN'T THERE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I-I THOUGHT
YOU SAID YOU SAW HER.
I-I DID SEE HER.
SHE WASN'T
THERE ANYMORE.
I FOUND THIS.
BUT -- BUT WHERE IS SHE NOW?
NO, YOU -- YOU SAID
SHE WAS THERE.
WHY DIDN'T YOU LET HER OUT?
I DID SEE HER,
BUT I COULDN'T LET HER OUT.
[Crying] YOU LIED TO ME.
NO, I DIDN'T LIE.
YES, YOU DID.
I DIDN'T.
D-DID THEY KILL HER?
NO, NO!
YOU LET THEM KILL HER!
I COULDN'T --
DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
I WANTED TO,
BUT I COULDN'T.
NO, YOU LIED TO ME, EMMA.
I DIDN'T LIE TO YOU.
YES, YOU DID!
YOU NEVER TELL THE TRUTH!
YOU SAID YOU'RE FROM NEW YORK,
AND YOU'RE NOT.
AND YOU SAID YOU HAD A DOG,
AND YOU DON'T.
AND I BET YOUR FATHER'S
NOT COMING FOR YOU, EITHER!
YOU'RE PROBABLY
JUST A RUNAWAY GIRL
THAT DOESN'T EVEN
HAVE A FATHER!
[ DOOR OPENS, SLAMS ]
[ DOGS WHIMPERING ]
COME ON, MELVIN.
YEAH, LET'S GET HER
AROUND THIS WAY.
GO ON. [ GRUNTS ]
GET IN THERE.
YOU'RE NEXT.
COME ON.
[ GROANS ]
THIS DOG STINKS.
ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
[ GRUNTS ]
COME ON.
[ GRUNTS ]
HELP ME, MELVIN, WOULD YA?
GET IN THERE, YA MUTT.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
ALL RIGHT.
[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
[ SHOUTING, CHEERING ]
[ DOGS SNARLING, BARKING ]
[ DOG WHIMPERS ]
I'LL TAKE HIM!
I'LL TAKE HIM!
...FOOD ON THE TABLE
FOR MY KIDS!
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT,
ALL RIGHT!
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
HEY!
GIVE ME THAT DOG.
Man: GET OUT OF HERE!
WHAT?
GIVE ME THAT DOG!
[ LAUGHTER ]
THE GIRL'S GOT THE DOG!
DON'T WORRY!
I'LL GET HER!
STOP IT!
GET BACK HERE!
HEY, STOP!
HEY, HEY, HEY!
[ ENGINE STALLS ]
[ ENGINE SPUTTERS ]
AAH!
I HATE THAT GIRL!
GOOD MORNING, PUPPIES.
GOOD MORNING.
HI, SWEETHEART.
GOOD MORNING.
HI, SWEETHEART.
HOW ARE WE?
YES, DID WE HAVE A GOOD NIGHT?
DID WE HAVE A GOOD NIGHT?
HOW ARE MY PUPPIES?
HOW ARE MY PUP--
Mike! Mike!
Mike! Shh.
YehTeh! [ LAUGHS ]
HEY, YehTeh!
WHAT'S GOING ON?
HEY, YehTeh!
HI, THERE.
PUT YOU THROUGH A LOT, HUH?
[ LAUGHS ]
Cullimore: YOU'RE SURE THE MAN
GETTING THE MONEY WAS MR. DOYLE?
THE DOGCATCHER.
IT WAS.
EMMA, YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT
TO BE ANGRY, BUT --
IT'S -- IT'S JUST
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
THAT YOU TELL US
THE TRUTH, EMMA.
ALL OF IT.
I...PREVARICATED
ABOUT SOME STUFF.
IT'S ONE OF
OUR VOCABULARY WORDS.
IT MEANS "TELLING LIES."
I'VE NEVER HAD A DOG.
MIKEY WAS RIGHT.
MY DAD DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A JOB.
MY MOM DIED THREE YEARS AGO.
MY DAD SAID HE WAS COMING
TO GET ME BY CHRISTMAS,
BUT AUNT DELORES SAID
THAT HE NEVER KEEPS A PROMISE.
I-I LIED ABOUT
A LOT OF STUFF, I GUESS.
I KNOW IT WAS WRONG.
I GUESS I JUST DIDN'T WANT
ANYBODY TO THINK THAT I WAS...
BUT WHAT I SAID ABOUT LAST NIGHT
WAS THE TRUTH.
I PROMISE.
[ "THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"
PLAYS ]
COME ON, TRY IT.
♪ AND A PARTRIDGE
IN A PEAR TREE ♪
♪ AND A PARTRIDGE
IN A PEAR TREE ♪
SEE? THAT WAS GOOD.
YOU CAN TOO SING.
[ SIGHS ] HOW COME YOU DIDN'T
JUST SAY THAT YOUR MOM DIED?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IF I DON'T
SAY IT, THEN IT WON'T BE TRUE.
MY DAD DIED WHEN I WAS TWO.
THAT'S HIM.
HE WAS A HERO.
YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?
NO.
THAT'S SAD.
MOM SAYS IF YOU HAVE FAITH
AND YOU THINK GOOD THOUGHTS,
GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
EVEN MIRACLES.
YOUR MOM SAYS
A LOT OF STUFF.
GETTING YehTeh BACK
WAS A MIRACLE.
HOW DO YOU KNOW
IF SOMETHING'S A MIRACLE
OR JUST SOMETHING
THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED ANYWAY?
YOU JUST KNOW.
I BET YOU STILL BELIEVE
IN SANTA CLAUS.
HEY, LOOK, MY MOM SAYS
IF YOU STOP BELIEVING
HE STOPS COMING, OKAY?
SO DID YOU MAKE
A CHRISTMAS WISH, EMMA?
SHE WANTS HER DAD TO COME.
I WISH WE COULD SAVE
THE DOGS.
YOU JUST HAVEN'T
LIVED HERE LONG ENOUGH
TO UNDERSTAND
HOW IT WORKS.
OKAY, BUT I PROMISED TO HELP
SO TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
WELL, THE PROBLEM IS
WHATEVER YOU DO
MIGHT ONLY MAKE IT
MORE DANGEROUS FOR THE DOGS.
WELL, THIS ISN'T
JUST ABOUT THE DOGS.
FOR ME, IT IS ONLY
ABOUT THE DOGS.
LOOK, WHY DON'T YOU GO
TO THE SHERIFF?
[ LAUGHS ] MIGHT AS WELL
GO SEE THE MAYOR.
OKAY, LET'S GO
SEE THE MAYOR.
[ LAUGHS ]
COME ON, THE BEST DEFENSE
IS A GOOD OFFENSE.
THEY'RE BROTHERS.
LOOK, DID WE COME THROUGH
ON THE HAIL MARY OR NOT?
YOU SCORED
THE HAIL MARY.
THE MAYOR?
ON TWO! COME ON!
OH!
SO ONCE I WAS INSIDE,
I GRABBED THE DOG AND RAN OUT.
AND YOU DID ALL THAT
TO SAVE A DOG?
SHE WAS MIKEY'S DOG.
AND I PROMISED HIM.
HMM.
TELL THE MAYOR ABOUT THE MAN
YOU SAW, ABOUT THE MONEY.
NOBEL. FOLKS.
SORRY I'M LATE.
NORMAN.
WELL, WHAT WAS IT YOU SAW,
YOUNG LADY?
IT WAS...PRETTY DARK.
TOO DARK TO SEE
THEIR FACES?
IT WAS NIGHT.
SO YOU REALLY COULDN'T
SEE THE MEN AT ALL.
THE LANTERNS
MADE IT PRETTY BRIGHT.
I COULD SEE THEIR FACES
JUST FINE.
MR. DOYLE, THE DOGCATCHER...
WAS THE MAN
HE GAVE THE MONEY TO.
YOU SAY IT WAS NORMAN?
YES, SIR.
WELL, I CAN ASSURE YOU,
YOUNG LADY,
THAT NONE OF THE SCALAWAGS
YOU SAY YOU SAW
WERE CIVIL SERVANTS
OF THIS TOWN.
AND IT CERTAINLY
WASN'T MY BROTHER.
SHE'S TELLING THE TRUTH,
YOUR HONOR.
WELL, LET US BE HONEST
WITH ONE ANOTHER NOW.
WE ARE AT GREAT ODDS
OVER THE ISSUE OF DOGS.
IT WILL SURPRISE YOU,
MY DEAR MRS. STEVENS,
BUT, PERSONALLY,
I AM NOT AGAINST DOGS.
I AM ONLY FOR THE LAW.
I BECAME MAYOR ON A PROMISE TO
RESTORE THE LAW BANNING DOGS --
A LAW THAT HAS
MADE DOVERVILLE FAMOUS.
THE PRAGMATICS
OF POLITICS, PERHAPS.
BUT UNLESS AND UNTIL
THE TOWN COUNCIL ITSELF
RISES UP
AND CHANGES THE LAW,
I AM BOUND BY DUTY
TO DO MY DUTY.
AND SO IS
MY BROTHER NORMAN.
♪ EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING ♪
♪ SEVEN SWANS A-SWIMMING,
SIX GEESE A-LAYING ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RINGS ♪
♪ FOUR CALLING BIRDS,
THREE FRENCH HENS ♪
♪ TWO TURTLE DOVES ♪
♪ AND A PARTRIDGE
IN A PEAR TREE ♪
[ LAUGHS ]
[Laughing] YES!
THAT'S GREAT!
OKAY, OKAY. NOW THIS IS THE PART
WHERE SANTA CLAUS ENTERS.
WHERE'S MIKEY?
[ "SANTA CLAUS IS COMING
TO TOWN" PLAYS ]
[ CHUCKLES ] WOW.
DID YOU DO THIS?
I KNOW HOW
WE CAN SAVE THE DOGS.
[ LAUGHS ] IN SIX DAYS?
IT'S THE ONLY WAY
WE CAN SAVE THE DOGS.
AND WE'LL BE
REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL
SO WE WON'T
WRECK ANYTHING.
RIGHT? PROMISE.
YEAH, AND I EXPLAINED TO THEM,
OF COURSE,
THAT WE NEED YOUR BLESSING --
YOU ARE ASKING ME
TO BLESS AN OUTRAGEOUS IDEA
THAT VIOLATES THE FUNDAMENTAL
DECRETUMS OF THIS SCHOOL?
I HAVE ALREADY LOOKED
THE OTHER WAY...
IN MY AWFUL SHAME.
WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP.
WE NEEDN'T TAKE
MORE TIME ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN
WERE JUST REALLY EXCITED.
YOU KNOW,
THE DOG THING WAS...
IT'S CHRISTMAS.
YOU'VE NEVER HAD A DOG,
HAVE YOU?
[ "ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD
ON HIGH" PLAYS ]
ARE YOU SURE THAT'S HOW
YOU SPELL "CHIHUAHUA"?
MIKEY.
IS IT WORKING?
WE STILL DON'T HAVE SEVEN
OF ANYTHING.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IT --
TO STOP THEM.
NOT WITH MY DOGS.
I'D LIKE TO PLACE A CALL
TO LUCY STARK AT LIKE MAGAZINE.
HEY, UM, ARE YOU SURE YOU
WANT TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS?
THE BEST DEFENSE
IS A GOOD OFFENSE.
ISN'T THAT WHAT
YOU SAID, MISTER?
TO THE SPIRIT OF THE TOWN,
TO THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MY FRIENDS,
TO ONE AND ALL.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MAYOR, I WOULD BE PLEASED IF YOU
WOULD OPEN MY GIFT TONIGHT.
YEAH, BEFORE CHRISTMAS?
UH...
OPEN IT.
DO IT FOR US.
Man: GO AHEAD, MAYOR.
WELL, ALL RIGHT. HEH.
OH.
[ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY ]
UH...
"HIS HONOR THE MAYOR
"AND THE MEMBERS
OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
"ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND
A HOLIDAY TRIBUTE TO THE TOWN.
SCHOOL ASSEMBLY HALL.
6:00 P.M. ON CHRISTMAS EVE."
TO THE SPIRIT OF THE TOWN
AND THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON.
THE MAYOR AND THE TOWN COUNCIL
CORDIALLY ACCEPT.
HE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU
CHRISTMAS MORNING...
IF YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD BOY.
UH, YES. YES, INDEED.
OH!
[ SIGHS ]
IT'S 6:30 IN THE MORNING.
WHAT IN THE NAME OF HEAVEN
ARE YOU --
I'M SORRY IT'S SO EARLY,
BUT...
FORGET IT.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
OKAY?
WHERE'S YOUR PUP?
IS HE ALL RIGHT?
YEAH, HE'S FINE.
I JUST NEEDED
TO ASK YOU SOMETHING.
I'VE BEEN THINKING
THAT IF YOU, UM --
IF YOU WANTED TO COME BACK --
YOU KNOW, UH, HOME,
HERE WITH ME...
...I'LL BE HAPPY
TO HAVE YOUR DOG.
AND, UM, WELL...
TO HECK WITH THE DOGCATCHER.
OKAY?
OH.
UH...
UM...
I NEED A FAVOR.
ANYTHING YOU WANT, HONEY.
CAN YOU DO DOGS?
UH, DOGS?
IS EVERYONE
OKAY IN HERE?
IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY, IT'S OKAY.
[ "JINGLE BELLS" PLAYS ]
ALL RIGHT, GET ON THE BUS.
I'LL GET THE PUPPY.
YOU GET THE PUPPY, BUT, UH,
SHE'S RIDING WITH ME.
WE'LL JUST BE A MINUTE, OKAY?
COME ON, HONEY.
GOODBYE!
HOW WE DOING THERE, JAKE?
[ LAUGHS ] OH!
I'VE BEEN WAITING
FOR THIS.
LOOKING GOOD.
COME ON. WE GOT TO GET IN THERE.
CAN'T KEEP
THE AUDIENCE WAITING.
THAT'S RIGHT.
STRAIGHT THROUGH.
JUST FOLLOW THE PERSON
IN FRONT OF YOU.
MIKEY, I'VE GOT
SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU.
MOM, WE'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE STARTED ALREADY.
IT'S WORTH ONE MORE MINUTE.
COME ON.
OKAY, UH,
GET 'EM READY, KIDS.
OKAY.
WELL, IT WOULD SEEM
OUR TRIBUTE TO TRADITION
HAS A BECOME A TRIAL
OF OUR PATIENCE.
I THINK WE'VE DONE
OUR CIVIC DUTY.
MERRY CHRISTMAS,
EVERYONE.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
SHE HAS SEVEN PUPPIES.
WHEN A MIRACLE HAPPENS,
YOU JUST KNOW.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MAYOR NOBEL DOYLE.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
HI.
I'M LUCY STARK
WITH LIKE MAGAZINE.
LIKE MAGAZINE?
VERY NICE TO MEET YOU.
YES, WE'RE DOING A FOLLOW-UP
ON THE ORPHAN DOGS STORY.
YOU'RE STILL THE MAYOR,
IS THAT CORRECT?
DULY ELECTED
BY A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY.
CAN WE GET A PICTURE?
OF COURSE.
NOW, WAS IT YOUR IDEA,
MAYOR DOYLE,
TO HAVE THE CHILDREN CELEBRATE
YOUR MOST UNIQUE COMMUNITY
WITH A SPECIAL TRIBUTE?
WELL, I ACTUALLY -- I FELT THAT,
AS NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR --
IT'S SUCH A FABULOUS IDEA.
ANOTHER PICTURE.
WE'RE GOING TO USE THE FOLLOW-UP
AS OUR COVER STORY AS WELL.
YES, WELL, IT WAS
PRETTY MUCH MY IDEA.
NOW, IF YOU'D LIKE
TO WATCH THE SHOW,
IT SHOULD START
AT ANY MINUTE.
[ "THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"
PLAYS ]
Hey!
YOU LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL.
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
THANK YOU, AUNT DELORES.
[ CHUCKLES ]
I-I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU OVER
BY THE CHRISTMAS TREE WINDOW.
NO ONE REALLY KNOWS
WHERE THE SONG
"THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"
CAME FROM.
SOME BELIEVE IT IS
OVER 400 YEARS OLD.
BUT OUR PROGRAM TONIGHT
IS NOT ABOUT
THE TWELVE DAYS
OF CHRISTMAS.
IT IS ABOUT THE BEST GIFT
THAT ANYONE WHO TRULY LOVES
CAN GIVE --
THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP.
FRIENDSHIP IS WHAT MAKES
A TOWN LIKE OURS SO WONDERFUL.
BUT YOU SEE, SOME OF OUR BEST
FRIENDS ARE NOT WELCOMED HERE.
SO WE THOUGHT WE'D GIVE YOU
A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW THEM
AND SEE WHY
WE LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
AND MAYBE YOU'LL EVEN LEARN
TO LOVE THEM TOO.
[ "THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"
PLAYS ]
♪ ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS,
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
GOOD BOY, MAX.
ARE YOU EVER GONNA
COME OUT THE DOGHOUSE?
GOOD BOY.
♪ A POODLE
IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE SECOND DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE
IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
[ LAUGHTER ]
♪ ON THE THIRD DAY OF CHRISTMAS,
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ THREE COCKER SPANIELS ♪
[ LAUGHTER ]
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE FOURTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ FOUR BASSET HOUNDS ♪
ONE...TWO...
THREE...FOUR...
♪ FOUR BASSET HOUNDS ♪
♪ THREE COCKER SPANIELS ♪
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE
IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE FIFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS,
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN, FIVE GOLDEN ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS ♪
♪ FOUR BASSET HOUNDS ♪
♪ THREE COCKER SPANIELS ♪
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE SIXTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS,
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ SIX BOXERS BOXING ♪
AH, YOUSE MUTTS.
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS ♪
♪ FOUR BASSET HOUNDS ♪
♪ THREE COCKER SPANIELS ♪
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE
IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE SEVENTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ SEVEN HUSKIES HOWLING ♪
HEY, YOU DOGS, COME ON!
SHOO, SHOO, SHOO!
GO ON! GO ON!
GO ON!
SHOO, SHOO, SHOO!
[ DOGS BARKING ]
♪ SIX BOXERS BOXING ♪
♪ FIVE... ♪
GET OUT OF THERE!
COME ON, COME ON.
COME ON. YEAH. YEAH!
[ LAUGHS ]
♪ AND A POODLE
IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE EIGHTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ EIGHT SHEEPDOGS SNORING ♪
WELL, ACTUALLY,
THEY'RE ALL ASLEEP.
BUT THEY'RE NOT SNORING,
THEY'RE JUST SLEEPING.
♪ SEVEN HUSKIES HOWLING ♪
♪ SIX BOXERS BOXING ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS ♪
♪ FOUR BASSET HOUNDS ♪
♪ THREE COCKER SPANIELS ♪
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE
IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE NINTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS,
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ NINE CHIHUAHUAS CHOMPING ♪
♪ EIGHT SHEEPDOGS SNORING ♪
♪ SEVEN HUSKIES HOWLING ♪
♪ SIX BOXERS BOXING ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS ♪
♪ FOUR BASSET HOUNDS ♪
♪ THREE COCKER SPANIELS ♪
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
[ CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS ]
♪ ON THE TENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS,
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ TEN DALMATIANS DANCING ♪
♪ NINE CHIHUAHUAS CHOMPING ♪
♪ EIGHT SHEEPDOGS SNORING ♪
♪ SEVEN HUSKIES HOWLING ♪
ALL THE DOGS FOR
THE TWELFTH DAY RAN AWAY.
SHH!
DON'T YOU EVER GET TIRED
OF BEING A STOOGE
FOR DENNY'S STUPID JOKES?
UH...SOMEBODY LET THEM ALL OUT,
BUT IT WASN'T US. HONEST.
♪ AND A POODLE
IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE ELEVENTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ ELEVEN LABS A-LAUGHING ♪
[ DOGS YELPING ]
[ "DECK THE HALLS" PLAYS ]
♪ FA LA LA LA LA,
LA LA LA LA ♪
♪ TEN DALMATIANS DANCING ♪
♪ NINE CHIHUAHUAS CHOMPING ♪
♪ EIGHT SHEEPDOGS SNORING ♪
OH, LOOKING FOR
THE DOGGIES.
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS ♪
♪ FOUR BASSET HOUNDS ♪
♪ THREE COCKER SPANIELS ♪
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE TWELFTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
[ MUSIC STOPS ]
♪ ON THE TWELFTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE
GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ ABSOLUTELY NO DOGGIES ♪
[ LAUGHS ]
♪ ON THE TWELFTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
[ MUSIC STOPS ]
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
WITH THEM?
WELL, I JUST LET THEM OUT
FOR A LITTLE WALK.
[ LAUGHS ]
OW! OW. MMH!
♪ ON THE TWELFTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
[ MUSIC STOPS ]
A CAT!
[ MEOWS ]
All: A CAT?!
[ APPLAUSE ]
TOUCHDOWN.
SURE DIDN'T THINK
THEY'D BRING OUT A CAT.
BRATS!
GIVE ME MY CAT!
GIVE ME MY CAT!
ALL OF YOU!
BAD PEOPLE!
YOU'RE BAD CHILDREN!
DID THEY HURT...YOU?
[ DOGS GROWLING ]
NICE DOGGIES.
[ DOGS SNARLING, BARKING ]
[ CAT SCREECHES ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
THERE'S MONEY ON THE FLOOR.
THE GIRL WAS RIGHT!
YOU CAME.
OF COURSE I CAME.
YOU WERE WONDERFUL.
BUT AUNT DELORES SAID...
I MEAN, I THOUGHT...
YOU REALLY CAME.
CROSS MY HEART.
NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT
THAN A PROMISE, EM.
I LOVE YOU, DAD.
I LOVE YOU, TOO, EMMA.
DOGFIGHTS?
NORMAN, NORMAN.
AND THAT CAT GOES BACK
TO SANITATION WITH YOU!
THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
AS MAYOR OF DOVERVILLE,
IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE
TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU TODAY...
EMMA, IT'D BE BETTER
IF YOU DID THIS.
THE CITY OF DOVERVILLE AND
STEVENS FAMILY DOG ORPHANAGE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU, MRS. STEVENS.
WE THANK YOU, CHILDREN!
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S MY PLEASURE.
DOES HE HAVE A NAME?
HIS NAME'S MIRACLE.
[ MID-TEMPO
RHYTHM & BLUES PLAYS ]
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, OOH, AHH ♪
♪ LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW,
LET IT SNOW ON THE GROUND ♪
♪ WHEN THE WIND IS BLOWING
ALL AROUND ♪
♪ THEN YOU HEAR, YOU CAN HEAR,
YOU WILL HEAR VOICES LOW ♪
♪ SINGING SOFTLY
THROUGH THE FALLING SNOW ♪
♪ LET IT SNOW,
LET IT SNO-O-O-O-O-W ♪
♪ LET ITS MAGIC WHISPER THROUGH
THE TREES ♪
♪ LET IT SNO-O-O-O-O-W ♪
♪ LET IT FALL DOWN
ON YOU AND ME ♪
♪ LET US ALL GIVE THANKS
FOR THE FRIENDS WE HAVE HERE ♪
♪ LET US CELEBRATE
THE COMING YEAR ♪
♪ COME AND GATHER AROUND
THIS CHRISTMAS TREE ♪
♪ AND JOYFUL, JOYFUL
WE WILL BE ♪
♪ LET IT SNOW,
LET IT SNO-O-O-O-O-O-W ♪
♪ NOW WISH UPON
A FALLING DREAM ♪
♪ LET IT SNO-O-O-O-O-W ♪
♪ LET IT FALL DOWN
ON YOU AND ME ♪
♪ LET IT SNO-O-O-O-O-W ♪
♪ LET ITS MAGIC WHISPER THROUGH
THE TREES ♪
♪ LET IT SNO-O-O-O-O-O-W ♪
♪ LET IT FALL DOWN
ON YOU AND ME ♪
♪ LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW,
LET IT ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA-DA, DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA-DA, DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA-DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA-DA, DA DA, AHH ♪
[ DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE ]
HI, MR. LAWSON.
I'M COLLECTING TODAY.
[ CHANGE RATTLES ]
CAN'T AFFORD IT NO MORE, EM.
TAKE US OFF YOUR LIST.
[ BELL RINGING ]
♪ ...ALL IS BRIGHT ♪
♪ ROUND YON VIRGIN... ♪
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
DAD.
[ CHANGE RATTLES ]
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
[ SIGHS ]
WHY DO I HAVE TO GO?
I WANT TO STAY WITH YOU!
COME ON, EM.
IT'S ONLY FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
I'M GONNA COME AND GET YOU
BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
COME ON, NOW.
YOU'RE --
YOU'RE TOUGHER THAN THAT.
YOU ARE GONNA LIKE
YOUR AUNT DELORES.
SHE CAN'T WAIT
TO SEE YOU.
DO YOU PROMISE
YOU'LL COME AND GET ME?
OH, BY CHRISTMAS.
PROMISE?
I WILL.
CROSS YOUR HEART
AND HOPE TO DIE?
I PROMISE,
CROSS MY HEART.
CROSS MY HEART.
[ BARKING ]
HI, THERE.
PUPPIES FOR ME?
JUST KEEP COMING,
MRS. STEVENS.
NINE MORE DOGS
FOR THAT ORPHANAGE OF YOURS.
YEAH, ALL ADDRESSED TO
THE DOG LADY OF DOVERVILLE.
GUESS THAT WOULD BE YOU.
OKAY, LET'S SEE --
"DOG LADY," "DOG LADY,"
"DOG LADY,"
[ GASPS ] HI!
WE GOT A POODLE HERE. YES.
I'LL TAKE THESE GUYS.
GOOD BOY.
[ BARKING ]
JUST SET IT IN THERE.
THANK YOU.
JUST PUT THOSE
OVER HERE.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
[ BARKING AND WHINING ]
OH! HI, SWEETHEART, YES.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU
A NICE HOME.
OKAY. CAN YOU GET
THE POODLE, PLEASE?
HERE, LET ME HELP.
I DON'T NEED NO HELP
FROM A GIRL.
OBVIOUSLY YOU DO.
NO. STOP.
STOP!
JUST LEAVE IT.
[ BARKS ]
LEAVE IT!
I GOT IT!
L-LEAVE IT!
OHH!
GIRLS ARE WORTHLESS!
OH! COME HERE, BOY.
COME ON.
MAX!
HMM.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER, REVS ]
[ WHIMPERS ]
THE DOGS WILL GO.
THAT'S WHAT I PROMISED.
THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO.
IT WAS AFTER
THE UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT...
[ WHISPERING ]
...THAT THIS TOWN ROSE UP
AND DID WHAT HAD TO BE DONE.
"CITY ORDINANCE 109,
SECTION 2,
"DECEMBER 1906 --
"FORTHWITH, IT SHALL
BE UNLAWFUL
FOR A DOG TO RESIDE, BARK,
BREED, OR FOUL --"
THANK YOU,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THAT LAW, MY FRIENDS, CREATED BY
YOUR REVERED PREDECESSORS,
ONCE DEFINED THIS TOWN.
AND SO IT SHALL AGAIN.
TO THAT END,
I HAVE DULY APPOINTED
MR. NORMAN DOYLE
DOGCATCHER OF DOVERVILLE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I AM PROUD TO SAY
THAT NORMAN IS MY BROTHER.
[ LAUGHS ]
THANK YOU, NOBEL.
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
UH, ON MY HONOR,
I WILL DO MY BEST
TO DO IN THE DOGS OF --
I MEAN, TO DO, UH, MY DUTY
BY THE DOGS OF DOVERVILLE.
AND I PROMISE TO MAKE
MY BROTHER NOBLE PROUD OF ME.
[ CAT MEOWS ]
[ LAUGHS ]
OLD SCRATCH HERE CAN SMELL
A DOG A MILE AWAY.
AND AS FOR ME, WELL,
Y'ALL KNOW I HATE DOGS.
I HATE 'EM, SO...
[ LAUGHS ]
RRRR!
[ DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE ]
[ GASPING ]
[ PANTING ]
HERE, BOY.
C-COME HERE.
COME HERE, MAX.
IT'S OKAY.
COME HERE.
HERE, BOY.
HERE, BOY.
YEAH, GOOD JOB.
GOOD JOB, MAX.
[ GASPING ]
COME ON, COME ON, MAX.
COME ON.
GET IN!
MIKE, GET IN!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, LADY?
GIVE ME THAT DOG!
COME ON, MELVIN!
THEY'RE GETTING AWAY!
GO! GO!
FASTER, MOM! FASTER!
HURRY!
THEY'RE CATCHING UP!
GO! GO!
AAH! AAH!
[ LAUGHS ]
GOODBYE, DOGCATCHER.
OH! WE'LL GET 'EM
NEXT TIME, SCRATCH.
[ MEOWS ]
[ CROW CAWING ]
I'M EMMA.
ARE YOU AUNT DELORES?
WHATEVER YOU'RE PEDDLING,
I'M NOT INTERESTED.
NOW GET ON OUT OF HERE.
MY DAD WROTE YOU
THAT I WAS COMING.
WHO'S YOUR DAD?
YOU'RE DOUGLAS O'CONNOR'S
GIRL?
THAT RAT!
I AM NOT YOUR AUNT,
AND I AM NOT THE DUMB DORA
HE TAKES ME FOR!
DID HE SEND YOU HERE?
HE WROTE YOU A LETTER.
WELL, I NEVER GOT IT.
AND YOU CAN JUST GO RIGHT BACK
AND TELL YOUR DEAR DADDY
THAT YOUR AUNT DELORES
IS DEAD AND BURIED.
COME ON.
AND BURNED!
COME ON.
AND SPRINKLED OVER THE OCEAN
AS FAR AS HE IS CONCERNED.
NOW SIT BACK.
WHERE YOU FROM,
SWEETHEART?
PITTSBURGH...
THE GRAVE OF THE WORLD.
WELL, YOU CAN'T EXPECT
THE CHILD
TO FIND HER WAY BACK
TO PITTSBURGH.
MY DAD'S COMING BY CHRISTMAS.
HE'S COMING HERE?
WELL, GO WAIT FOR HIM
SOMEPLACE ELSE.
OH!
DELORES,
FOR GOODNESS' SAKES!
YOU COME BACK HERE, CHILD.
OKAY.
BUT LOOK, YOU NEED TO GET
SOMETHING REAL STRAIGHT --
I AM NOT YOUR AUNT,
AND I DID NOT GET A LETTER.
YOUR GOOD-FOR-NOTHING FATHER
AND I MAY HAVE...
BEEN, WELL...NEVER MIND.
BUT DON'T YOU THINK
FOR ONE MINUTE
YOU AND ME ARE FAMILY.
OH! SUCH A RAT!
DON'T TALK ABOUT MY DAD
LIKE THAT.
[ LAUGHING ]
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO WASH
THAT SMART MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP?
OH, HER BARK'S A LOT WORSE
THAN HER BITE.
YOU KNOW,
I BET YOU'RE HUNGRY.
YOU CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF.
YOU FIX YOUR OWN FOOD.
ANH-ANH. UNH.
DELORES,
FOR GOODNESS' SAKE.
OHH!
I AM GOING TO KEEP TRACK,
YOU KNOW.
AND WHAT'S MORE,
I EXPECT YOU TO GET A JOB
AND PAY YOUR OWN WAY.
I'M SURE HE DIDN'T
GIVE YOU ANY MONEY.
HE COULD IF HE WANTED.
GIRLS DON'T GET JOBS,
DELORES.
OF COURSE THEY DO.
WE VOTE, WE WORK,
WE TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES.
IT'S CERTAINLY BETTER SHE LEARNS
TO LOOK AFTER HERSELF
BEFORE SHE FINDS OUT
THE HARD WAY
YOU SURE CAN'T TRUST A MAN
TO DO IT.
I'VE HAD A JOB BEFORE.
IN FACT, YOU CANNOT
TRUST A MAN, PERIOD.
WHAT ABOUT THAT LOVELY WOMAN
WITH ALL THE ORPHAN DOGS?
I'M SURE SHE COULD USE
SOME HELP.
DOGS DON'T LIKE ME MUCH.
OH, COURSE THEY DO!
DOGS LIKE EVERYBODY.
RUFF! RUFF! RUFF!
RI-YI!
[ DOG BARKS ]
A HAM SANDWICH.
UM, THE SCHOOL IS RIGHT ON
THE MAIN ROAD,
AND DO NOT BE LATE, OR
MISS WALSH WILL KEEP YOU AFTER.
AND "AFTER" IS WHEN YOU
NEED TO GET A JOB.
[ SIGHS ]
[ DOGS WHIMPERING ]
AH! GOTCHA!
YOU -- AHH!
OH! OH!
[ DOG WHIMPERS ]
HOLD STILL, NOW.
HOLD STILL.
OH! OH!
YOU'RE HURTING ME.
Come on, puppy.
Come on, puppy, come on.
Come on, puppy.
Come on, puppy.
Come on.
Come on.
WHERE ARE YOU?
COME ON.
HUH?
COME ON, YOU LITTLE MUTT.
HUH?
[ DOG BARKS ]
OH!
MELVIN!
WHOA! MELVIN!
MELVIN!
[ ENGINE STOPS ]
[ GASPS ]
[ GASPING ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
OH! AAH!
YOU STUPID --
DON'T WORRY.
AAH!
FORWARD.
AAAAH!
CLOSER! CLOSER!
RIGHT THERE!
MOVE IT!
MOVE IT, MELVIN!
MELVIN!
ALMOST THERE.
YOU SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL.
[ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]
TARDINESS
WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
SHOULDERS BACK,
BOTTOM UNDER.
IS THAT YOUR LITTLE DOG?
DOGS ARE NOT ALLOWED
IN SCHOOL.
[ DOG WHIMPERING ]
IT'S AN OLD WIVES' TALE
THAT DOGS ARE GOOD FOR GIRLS.
DON'T YOU EVER BRING THAT DOG
INTO THIS SCHOOL AGAIN.
AM I MAKING MYSELF
PERFECTLY CLEAR?
[ WHIMPERING ]
[ BARKS ]
I'LL COME BACK FOR YOU,
I PROMISE.
YOU'LL BE OKAY.
[ WHIMPERING ]
♪ THE ELEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS,
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ ELEVEN PIPERS PIPING,
TEN LORDS A-LEAPING ♪
♪ NINE LADIES DANCING,
EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING ♪
♪ SEVEN SWANS A-SWIMMING,
SIX GEESE A-LAYING ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RINGS ♪
GOOD.
♪ FOUR CALLING BIRDS,
THREE -- ♪
[ MUSIC STOPS ]
[ STUDENTS MURMURING ]
CLASS, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU
TO MEET EMMA...
O'CONNOR.
EMMA O'CONNOR.
EMMA O'CONNOR.
AND WHERE ARE YOU FROM,
EMMA O'CONNOR?
PITTS--
[ MURMURING CONTINUES ]
I LIVE IN NEW YORK.
GREATEST CITY
IN THE WORLD.
WELL, WELCOME
TO DOVERVILLE, EMMA.
THIS IS JUST PERFECT BECAUSE
WE'VE LOOKING, LOOKING, LOOKING
FOR A PARTRIDGE
IN A PEAR TREE.
I DON'T SING.
OF COURSE YOU DO.
EVERYONE SINGS.
ANYWAY, I WON'T BE HERE
THAT LONG.
MY DAD --
MY DAD AND MY MOM ARE COMING TO
GET ME BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
MY DAD SAID I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO
GO TO SCHOOL IF I DON'T WANT TO.
AN INSOLENT ATTITUDE
LIKE THAT
CAN ONLY GET A LITTLE GIRL
IN TROUBLE.
[ PIANO KEYS SOUND ]
DO YOU HAVE --
OH!
[ BLOWS ]
OH!
[ BLOWING ]
UH...
OOH! OH!
UH, REHEARSAL'S, UH, OVER.
WHOO-HOO.
IS THIS WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?
LOOK, YOU CANNOT LEAVE A PUPPY
IN A DARK BOX.
I COULD HEAR HIM CRYING --
HE WAS CRYING --
FROM ALL THE WAY IN FRONT.
WELL,
THEY TOOK HIS MOTHER.
THE NEW DOGCATCHER?
THAT'S AWFUL.
WHAT WILL THEY DO
WITH HER?
NOBODY KNOWS.
THEY JUST DISAPPEAR.
HE PROBABLY THINKS
YOU'RE HIS MOM NOW,
EXCEPT A MOM WOULD NEVER LEAVE
YOU IN A DARK BOX
AND JUST GO AWAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
MAYBE WHAT I DO
IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
OHH!
YOU'VE NEVER HAD A DOG,
HAVE YOU?
MAYBE I HAVE
AND MAYBE I HAVEN'T.
NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE DOGS
IN NEW YORK.
DO YOU THINK YOU KNOW
EVERYTHING?
YOU CAN ONLY HAVE A DOG IN
NEW YORK IF YOU'RE VERY RICH.
OH, YEAH?
WELL, I HAVE TWO DOGS.
WELL, IF YOUR PARENTS
ARE SO RICH,
WHY'D THEY SEND YOU OUT HERE
WITH DELORES SNIVELY?
LOOK, DO YOU WANT TO BRING HIM
OVER TO MY PLACE?
WE'LL GET HIM SOMETHING
TO EAT.
WE HAVE LOTS OF DOGS.
IF YOU'LL STOP BLABBING
ABOUT MY PARENTS.
[ SCHOOL BELL RINGS ]
OKAY.
UM, THIS IS A GIRL.
SHE HAS A DOG, SO...
WELL, SHE'S COME
TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
HERE, PUPPIES.
HELLO, SAMSON.
HI, DOGGIE.
GOOD DOG.
SUCH A GOOD PUPPY.
COME HERE, YehTeh.
OOH, YehTeh.
COME HERE, YehTeh.
THIS IS MAX.
Hi, Max.
HOW YOU DOING?
ARE YOU GOING TO
COME OUT, BOY?
OKAY, GOOD BOY.
GOTTA EAT, MAX.
COME ON.
COME ON.
HE WON'T COME OUT.
HOW COME?
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE
HE'S SO SAD.
COME ON, I'LL SHOW YOU
THE REST OF THE DOGS.
YES, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OH, WELL, NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW
WHO HE BELONGS TO.
SO, WHAT YOU GONNA
CALL HIM?
I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, HE'S GOT TO HAVE
A NAME.
DOUGLAS O'CONNOR.
YOU CAN'T NAME A DOG
"DOUGLAS O'CONNOR."
WHY NOT?
DOUGLAS O'CONNOR --
IT'S JUST NOT A DOG'S NAME.
YEAH, WELL, WHAT ABOUT
YehTeh?
THAT'S
A PERFECT DOG'S NAME.
MY MOM SAYS IT'S FRAUGHT
WITH MEANING.
[ LAUGHS ]
SEE? LOOK AT HER FUR.
IT'S LIKE SNOW.
AND LOOK AT HER FACE.
YOU CAN'T SEE HER FACE.
OF COURSE! THAT'S WHY
HER NAME'S YehTeh.
IT'S THE NAME OF
THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN.
[ SCOFFS ] WELL...
YehTeh's A GIRL.
THERE'S A GIRL
ABOMINABLE SNOW-- SNOWLADIES.
LOOK, DOUGLAS O'CONNOR'S
THE DUMBEST NAME
I'VE EVER HEARD.
WHAT ABOUT "M"
FOR EMMA?
HE'S NOT MY DOG ANYWAY.
HEY, YOU WANT US
TO TAKE CARE OF HIM
UNTIL WE CAN FIND OUT
WHO HIS MAMA IS?
YEAH.
OKAY. COME ON.
LET ME TAKE YOU HOME.
ALL SET, SWEETHEART?
UH-OH.
[ LAUGHS ]
OH, WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE
YOU GOT SOMEONE TO LOOK AFTER.
YOUR AUNT DELORES
LIKE DOGS?
SHE LOVES DOGS.
[ FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS ]
DID YOU GET A JOB?
Emma: NO.
YOU BETTER BE GETTING A JOB
AND PAYING YOUR FAIR SHARE
OR YOU'LL BE GOING HUNGRY
AND LIVING IN THE WOODS!
YOU HEAR ME?
[ FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS ]
[ WHIMPERING, SNIFFING ]
LOOK, HONEY,
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT --
I KNOW A FELLOW WHO WILL
GIVE YOU A JOB IF I ASK HIM.
HE, UH, YOU KNOW, WORSHIPS
THE GROUND I WALK ON.
[ LAUGHS ]
POOR SOUL.
WHAT DOES YOUR BOYFRIEND DO?
[ SIGHS ]
HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND.
HE JUST THINKS HE'S SOME
BIG HOTSHOT NOW
'CAUSE HE WAS PROMOTED FROM
GARBAGE TO ANIMAL CONTROL.
YOU'RE GONNA GET ME A JOB
WITH THE DOGCATCHER?
JUST UNTIL
YOUR DAD SHOWS UP.
[ DOG WHIMPERS ]
I AM TRYING TO HELP YOU.
WHINING DOES NOT MAKE
TROUBLES ANY BETTER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET ME
A JOB, AUNT DELORES.
I CAN'T BELIEVE HE TOLD YOU
TO CALL ME THAT!
DON'T BOTHER THE DOGCATCHER.
I'LL GET A JOB.
I WILL.
[ SIGHS ]
[ DOG YIPS ]
IS THAT HOW YOU ALWAYS
WEAR YOUR HAIR, HONEY?
OH.
[ FOOTSTEPS FADING ]
COACH CULLIMORE
WAS KIND ENOUGH
TO TAKE OVER
THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM.
MRS. CLANCY HAD HER BABY,
AS YOU KNOW.
OH, AND BE SURE, MR. CULLIMORE,
THAT EMMA O'CONNOR,
WHO IS FROM PITTSBURGH
AND NOT FROM NEW YORK,
NOR IS SHE GOING HOME
ANYTIME SOON,
I NOW UNDERSTAND,
WILL BE THE PARTRIDGE
IN THE PEAR TREE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT
YOUR AUNT DELORES
HAS TROUBLE WITH
THE TRUTH AS WELL --
A GENETIC TENDENCY,
NO DOUBT.
Cullimore: OKAY, LET'S SEE THAT
PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
OKAY, WE HAVE OUR PARTRIDGE
IN THE PEAR TREE.
AND, UM, TURTLEDOVES,
RIGHT?
WHO ARE THE FRENCH HENS?
RIGHT. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S, UH,
LET'S TRY IT.
WHEW.
[ Bass voice ]
♪ UH, UH, UH ♪
[ High-pitched voice ]
♪ UH, I'M NOT VERY... ♪
[ Off-key ]
♪ UN, UN, UN ♪
COACH.
COACH, OKAY, UM...
THAT'S GREAT!
DO YOU PLAY?
NO, BUT MY MOM, SHE'S
MAKING ME TAKE LESSONS.
SHE PLAYS REALLY WELL.
DO YOU THINK SHE'D BE WILLING
TO COME AND PLAY FOR US?
WELL, NOT IF I ASK HER.
I'VE DELIVERED PAPERS
BEFORE.
WELL, WE'VE NEVER REALLY HAD
A PAPER BOY -- GIRL -- BEFORE.
I USUALLY TAKE THEM
AROUND MYSELF.
I REALLY NEED THIS JOB.
I'M SORRY.
THERE'S REALLY NOTHING HERE.
WILL YOU PLEASE
LET ME BY?
HEY, I HEAR YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR A JOB.
THERE AIN'T NO SUCH THING
AS A JOB FOR KIDS,
ESPECIALLY FOR GIRLS.
SHUT UP.
HEY, YOU TRY OLD JAKE?
THERE'S THIS OLD GUY
DOWN BY THE RIVER.
HE ALWAYS HAS CHORES
FOR US KIDS.
REALLY?
YEAH!
JUST FOLLOW THE RIVER
TO THE OLD BRIDGE.
IT'LL BE RIGHT THERE.
THANK YOU.
IT'S A WAYS,
BUT IT'S WORTH IT.
YEAH, IF YOU LIKE
BEING EATEN BY DOGS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ DOGS GROWLING ]
[ BARKING ]
[ SHOUTS ]
THESE SIGNS AIN'T
BIG ENOUGH FOR YOU?
JUST BECAUSE
I SAVED YOUR HIDE
DON'T MEAN I WON'T LET
THE DOGS EAT YOU.
I'M LOOKING FOR A JOB...
SIR.
YOU MUST NOT BE
FROM AROUND HERE.
NO, SIR.
I CAN WORK EVERY DAY
AFTER SCHOOL.
THOSE BULLY BOYS --
THEY SEND YOU OUT HERE?
YES, SIR.
AGH! THEY NEED TO BE
THRASHED.
THEY'RE A BUNCH OF HOODLUMS.
I CAN WORK SATURDAYS, TOO,
IF YOU WANT.
I AIN'T USED TO HAVING
KIDS WORKING HERE.
I HATE KIDS, MOSTLY.
SO DO THE DOGS...
USUALLY.
I...I LOVE DOGS.
THEY LOVE THE SCRAPS.
IT MAKES THEM THINK
THEY'RE PEOPLE.
[ CHUCKLES ]
HOW YOU GET WAY OUT HERE?
WALKED.
[ LAUGHS ]
[ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]
AH, GO AWAY.
[ BARKS ]
[ CLICKING ]
[ CRASH ]
[ FAINT BARKING ]
[ BARKING ]
[ SIGHS ]
[ BARKS ]
[ BARKING ]
[ GASPS ]
HE WAS JUST LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING TO EAT.
[ GASPING ]
I'M SORRY.
I'LL CLEAN IT UP.
DO NOT...TOUCH...ANYTHING.
Y-YOU GO STRAIGHT
TO YOUR ROOM.
AND TAKE THAT --
IS THAT A DOG? --
DOG WITH YOU.
AND TOMORROW I AM GOING TO
FIND YOU ANOTHER PLACE TO LIVE.
[ DOG WHIMPERING ]
A DO-- A DOG?
OH!
I...DON'T...KNOW...
WHAT'S...HAPPENING TO ME.
[ SIGH ]
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
UH, WHO IS IT?
HO-HO-HO!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MWAH, MWAH, MWAH.
MWAH?
MISTLETOE, SEE?
MISTLETOE.
OH.
[ LAUGHS NERVOUSLY ]
OH.
WELL, UH, KNOW ANYONE
AROUND HERE
WHO MIGHT BE WILLING TO GIVE
A NEWLY PROMOTED CITY OFFICIAL
A CUP OF COFFEE?
[ LAUGHS ]
CUP OF COFFEE?
OHH!
OH, WELL, UH,
A-ANY OTHER MORNING, NORMAN,
BUT I-I'VE GOT MABEL COMING OVER
IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES,
AND I'VE GOT TO
GET CURLERS --
I JUST WANT A CUP OF COFFEE,
NOT THE WHOLE DARN POT,
IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
WELL, I --
[ YOWLS ]
OUCH.
HUH.
SHE SMELLS A DOG.
YOU GOT A DOG?
A DOG?
A DOG.
DOG.
DOG!
OH, DOG!
NO, NO, OF COURSE NOT.
WHY WOULD I HAVE A DOG?
WELL, SHE SURE SMELLS
A DOG.
A-A DOG?
A D-DOG?
[ SCRATCH YOWLS ]
UH, H-HOW ABOUT A CUP
OF COFFEE, NORMAN?
THERE'S NO TIME FOR COFFEE.
THERE'S A DOG IN THIS HOUSE.
NO, UH, WAIT, NORMAN.
UH, WAIT, NORMAN.
UH, UH...
HOW ABOUT A HAIRCUT
AND A SHAVE
BEFORE THAT COFFEE,
NORMAN?
[ Loudly ] TAKE YOUR MIND
OFF CATCHING DOGS.
[ LAUGHS NERVOUSLY ]
HAIRCUT AND A SHAVE
OR A HAIRCUT AND A SHAVE?
WELL, I MEAN
A HAIRCUT AND A SHAVE, NORMAN.
[ LAUGHS ]
HAIRCUT AND A SHAVE.
SCAT, CAT.
[ SCRATCH YOWLS ]
WELL!
UH, NORMAN.
[ LAUGHS ] THIS IS A SIDE OF YOU
I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, DELORES.
OH!
OOH-HOO-HOO.
WHOO!
OH!
[ LAUGHS ]
SUDDENLY SHY.
[ LAUGHS ]
SLIPPING INTO SOMETHING
MORE COMFORTABLE?
[ LAUGHS ]
DELORES?
DELORES?
[ YOWLS ]
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
OW!
[ YOWLS ]
THIS CAT -- HER NOSE
IS NEVER WRONG.
THERE IS DEFINITELY
A DOG IN HERE!
UH, IT'S JUST MAN HAIR,
HONEY.
WHEN IT'S WET, IT ALWAYS
SMELLS LIKE DOGS.
AGHH!
Cathy: SO, YOUR AUNT DELORES
DOESN'T REALLY LIKE DOGS?
NO, AUNT DELORES
LIKES DOGS FINE.
IT'S JUST SINCE SHE'S NOT
FEELING TOO WELL,
I WAS HOPING HE COULD STAY
WITH YOU FOR A WHILE.
WELL, OF COURSE HE CAN.
BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU?
IF YOUR AUNT'S NOT
FEELING WELL,
IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA
IF YOU STAYED WITH US AS WELL.
YEAH.
I MEAN,
IF YOU WANT ME TO.
OF COURSE.
[ HORN HONKS ]
[ DOGS BARKING ]
AH, MRS. STEVENS.
I NEVER DID THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT
DURING MY CAMPAIGN.
THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T
VOTE FOR YOU, MR. DOYLE.
IT'S MAYOR DOYLE NOW,
MRS. STEVENS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
AND, UH, TO WHAT DO WE OWE
THE HONOR, YOUR HONOR?
OH, WELL, I CAN APPRECIATE
THAT LIVING OUT OF TOWN
ALL THESE YEARS HAS DEPRIVED YOU
OF ANY REAL SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
BUT YOU ARE NO LONGER
IN THE COUNTRY, MRS. STEVENS.
OUR TOWN IS GROWING,
YOU MIGHT SAY,
AND, WELL, YOU ARE NOW
INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
SO LET'S JUST CALL OUR LITTLE
VISIT YOUR OFFICIAL WELCOME.
[ LAUGHS ]
WELL, THANK YOU.
OH, THAT MEANS, OF COURSE,
THE DOGS WILL HAVE TO GO.
IT TAKES MORE THAN MOVING A SIGN
TO CHANGE A TOWN, MR. DOYLE.
THE DOGS ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE
AND NEITHER AM I.
THE DOGS WILL GO,
MRS. STEVENS.
AND FOR THEIR SAKE,
I HOPE YOU'RE NOT
AS FOOLISH AS YOU SOUND.
[ CROW CAWS ]
[ SIGHS ]
HOW CAN YOU BE OUT?
IT WAS JUST DELIVERED LAST WEEK.
WELL, I'M NOT EXACTLY STOCKING
KIBBLES FOR DOGS ANYMORE.
I'M DISAPPOINTED IN YOU,
RALPH.
I AM.
I'M SORRY.
ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO THROW AWAY.
I CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE.
BUT YOU'VE ALWAYS
GIVEN ME YOUR TRIMS!
AH, TIMES BEING
WHAT THEY ARE,
I-I JUST DON'T WANT
ANY TROUBLE.
NO TROUBLE.
YOU CAN CALL IT A DONATION.
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER
HE'S PROMISED YOU, JOHN,
I HOPE IT'S WORTH IT.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
[ GRUNTS ]
HEY, YehTeh.
COME ON, HURRY.
COME ON, LET'S GO.
OH! ALL RIGHT,
WE'RE SO LATE.
BYE, PUP.
WE'RE ALWAYS LATE.
HEY, MOM.
[ BARKING ]
UNTIL MRS. CLANCY COMES BACK,
YOU WILL BE LEARNING SPELLING
FROM ME.
MIRANDA, YOUR WORD
IS "DISCIPLINE."
DISCIPLINE.
D-I-S-C-P-L-I-N-E.
THE BRANCH OF LEARNING,
TRAINING, OR EXPERIENCE.
PUNISHMENT OR CONTROL
GAINED BY OBEDIENCE.
GOOD.
VERY GOOD.
EMMA.
EMMA O'CONNOR.
YOUR WORD IS "PREVARICATION."
PREVARICATION.
[ BARKING ]
P-R-E-V-A--
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ GASPS ]
GIVE ME THAT DOG.
COME, COME, COME, COME.
OUT, OUT.
BACK TO YOUR SCHOOLWORK!
[ LAUGHS ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
PREVARICATION.
P-R-E-V-A--
IT'S A DEVIATION
FROM THE TRUTH.
[ GRUNTS ]
DID YOU BRING THAT DOG
TO SCHOOL?
WHAT DOG?
COME ON, COME ON.
IN, IN, IN.
Hide.
What?
I'll make him
follow me.
Be careful.
[ MEOWS ]
COME ON, OLD SCRATCH.
LET'S GO FIND US
A D-O-G.
[ YOWLS ]
AAH!
[ YOWLS ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
COME ON, SCRATCH.
OKAY.
YOU'RE CAUSING ME
A LOT OF TROUBLE,
BUT YOU'RE NOT GETTING
OUT OF THIS ONE.
WHERE ARE YOU?
WHERE ARE YOU?
[ YOWLS ]
UH-HUH.
YOU WOULDN'T BE HIDING
FROM ME, WOULD YOU?
I'LL FIND YOU,
YOU LITTLE BRAT.
[ SCRATCH YOWLS ]
COME ON.
[ BANG ]
[ YIPS ]
[ YIPPING ]
[ LAUGHS MENACINGLY ]
LOOK WHAT I HAVE, PUPPY.
COME AND GET HER.
HUH?
COME AND GET HER.
YEAH.
GOTCHA!
[ DOG BARKING ]
Mike: EMMA.
GET ME DOWN.
HOW'D YOU GET
UP THERE?
GET ME DOWN.
HELP ME.
UH, EXCUSE ME.
CAN YOU, UH, TELL ME WHERE
209 OLD RIVER ROAD IS?
UH, WHO YOU
LOOKING FOR?
MIKE STEVENS.
I'M DENTON CULLIMORE
FROM THE SCHOOL.
ACTUALLY, I'M LOOKING
FOR HIS MOTHER --
THE DOG LADY.
THE DOG LADY.
UM, NOW, WHY WOULD
A RESPECTABLE TEACHER --
WELL, I'M -- I'M ALSO
THE COACH.
WHY WOULD THE COACH WANT TO
MEET THAT CRAZY WOMAN?
SO IT'S TRUE
WHAT THEY SAY, THEN?
OH, MUCH WORSE,
I'M AFRAID.
REALLY?
MM-HMM.
DO YOU KNOW HER?
UM...MUCH BETTER THAN
I'D LIKE TO, ACTUALLY.
YEAH, I'VE HEARD AROUND TOWN
SHE'S A LITTLE, YOU KNOW...
[ LAUGHS ] BUT I'M REALLY
DESPERATE TO MEET HER,
SO, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME
WHERE SHE LIVES?
IF YOU'RE DESPERATE --
YOU JUST MISSED IT.
IT'S RIGHT THERE.
OH.
THANKS.
OH, THE DOGS -- ARE THEY, UM,
ARE THEY FRIENDLY?
VICIOUS...MOSTLY.
OKAY.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ SNICKERS ]
HI. I JUST CAME
TO GET MY STUFF.
YOU ARE MAKING A MESS --
MUD.
OH, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT,
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
WITH MRS. STEVENS.
LOOK, SWEETIE,
I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT THAT,
AND, WELL --
CAN YOU STILL GET ME
THAT JOB WITH THE DOGCATCHER?
YOU CERTAINLY DON'T
HAVE TO PAY ME
IF YOU'RE STAYING
WITH MRS. STEVENS.
I NEED THAT JOB.
PLEASE?
YOU OBVIOUSLY GOT
MORE OF YOUR MOTHER.
WELL...OKAY.
IF I ASK HIM,
HE WILL GIVE YOU THE JOB.
THANK YOU.
YOU ARE WELCOME.
YOU STILL HAVE MUD
ON YOUR SHOES.
[ DOG BARKING ]
HELLO!
ANYBODY?
[ VEHICLE APPROACHES ]
HEY.
YOU'RE...
CATHY STEVENS.
OH, THE CRAZY DOG LADY.
[ WHISTLES ]
I'M SO SORRY.
REALLY, I DIDN'T MEAN THAT.
YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST TO THINK
I LOST MY MARBLES.
HOWEVER, YOU ARE THE FIRST
TO BE DESPERATE TO MEET ME.
WELL, THEY PUT ME IN CHARGE OF
DOING THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM,
AND I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT MUSIC.
AND YOU WANT ME
TO PLAY THE PIANO.
YOU KNEW THAT?
MIKE -- HE MENTIONED IT,
BUT I'M JUST SORRY TO SAY
I CAN'T.
THIS IS A LOT MORE
THAN I BARGAINED FOR.
CAN YOU GIVE ME A HAND?
OH, YEAH.
THANKS.
OOPS.
UP.
HI, PUPPIES.
YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY AMAZING
WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE.
I MEAN, IT'S ADMIRABLE,
TRULY.
WHAT AM I DOING?
IT'S GETTING HARD
TO KEEP UP.
HUNGRY ORPHANS OUTNUMBER
DONATIONS BY A WIDE MARGIN.
I CAN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF EVEN
ONE OF THEM GOING HUNGRY.
I JUST WORRY I CAN'T FINISH
WHAT I STARTED.
YOU NEED HELP.
[ SCOFFS ] WELL, IN THIS TOWN,
NOT LIKELY.
I'LL MAKE A DEAL
WITH YOU.
YOU COME PLAY PIANO
FOR THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM,
AND ME AND THE KIDS WILL HELP
YOU FIND FOOD FOR THE DOGS
AND -- AND FEED THEM.
[ LAUGHS ]
AND HOW WILL YOU DO THAT?
I DON'T KNOW.
UH, HAIL MARY PASS
IN THE END ZONE?
UH...
UM...WE NEED A MIRACLE,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
LOOK, YOU OBVIOUSLY
NEED HELP.
WE CERTAINLY NEED YOU.
LET ME THINK ABOUT IT,
OKAY?
OKAY.
[ LAUGHS ]
OKAY, PUPPIES,
I'VE GOT YOU.
YOU'RE OKAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT THAT AWFUL DOGCATCHER.
PHEW!
[ DOGS BARKING ]
YehTeh, hi.
How are you doing, girl?
How are you doing?
Hey. Hi.
I TOLD DELORES THAT HIRING
A GIRL WOULD BE STUPID.
BUT THEN I DISCOVERED
THAT THE GIRL
WAS THE DOG-LOVIN'
TROUBLEMAKING GIRL.
AND I THOUGHT,
"WELL, THAT WOULD BE GOOD
"TO HAVE HER
RIGHT HERE WITH ME
SO I COULD KEEP
MY EYE ON HER."
NOW, YOU REMEMBER THAT,
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,
YOU'RE NO BETTER
THAN ANOTHER STRAY DOG.
ALL RIGHT?
GET BACK TO WORK.
[ BARKS ]
STUPID MUTT.
OKAY, UH, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT
THE TEN LORDS A-LEAPING --
THAT'S YOU -- NEED TO KIND OF
DO AN END AROUND
AND CURL OVER
THE NINE LADIES DANCING --
THAT'S YOU.
SO GO AHEAD AND...
H-HOLD ON A SECOND.
OKAY.
COME DOWN THIS WAY.
YOU GIRLS, YOU GOT
TO KEEP YOUR HEADS DOWN.
NO TACKLING, OKAY?
ALL RIGHT, NOW, WE'RE GONNA
TAKE IT AGAIN
FROM THE TENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS.
READY? ONE, TWO, THREE.
[ CHILDREN SING INDISTINCTLY ]
♪ ON THE TENTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS, MY...
OH, YOU GUYS...
AH...H-HOLD ON.
[ PIANO MUSIC PLAYS ]
♪ EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING ♪
♪ SEVEN SWANS A-SWIMMING,
SIX GEESE A-LAYING ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RINGS ♪
♪ G♪ FOUR CALLING BIRDS ♪
♪ THREE FRENCH HENS ♪
♪ TWO TURTLE DOVES ♪
♪ AND A PARTRIDGE
IN A PEAR TREE ♪
[ LAUGHS ]
Cullimore: THAT WAS GREAT!
NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE'VE BEEN
SAVED BY MIKEY'S MOM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MRS. STEVENS.
Did you find Yehteh.
I found them both.
ARE THEY OKAY?
SHE DIDN'T LOOK SO GOOD.
WHAT? WE GOT TO GET HER
OUT OF THERE.
EMMA AND MIKE. COME ON,
YOU'RE HOLDING UP THE GAME.
You got to get her
out of there, fast.
I WILL.
PROMISE?
PROMISE.
Children: ♪ FOUR CALLING BIRDS,
THREE FRENCH HENS ♪
♪ TWO TURTLE DOVES ♪
♪ AND A PEAR HEAD
IN A SISSY TREE ♪
LEAVE HER ALONE!
SAYS WHO?
SAYS ME.
COME ON, YOU GUYS.
KNOCK IT OFF.
I SAID, "KNOCK IT OFF"!
[ CHILDREN SHOUTING ]
STOP IT!
STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!
SHAME ON ALL OF YOU.
TO THE OFFICE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
ALL OF YOU
WILL GET CALLS FROM ME.
LET'S GO.
SEE, I TOLD YOU THE PIANO WOULD
MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
LOOK, HE'S GONNA BE FINE.
IT'S REALLY NICE OF YOU
TO HELP US OUT LIKE THIS.
THANKS.
OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.
ANYTHING TO FEED THE DOGS.
YOU GOT THAT HAIL MARY
ALL WORKED OUT?
[ INDISTINCT TALKING,
DOGS BARKING ]
ALL RIGHT, KIDS,
LISTEN UP.
KIDS. KIDS!
[ WHISTLE BLOWS ]
[Chuckling] ALL RIGHT,
SETTLE DOWN.
I GOT YOUR MATH ASSIGNMENT,
SO LISTEN UP.
REMEMBER HOW TO DO
STORY PROBLEMS? RIGHT?
YOU HAVE A BASKET WITH TEN
APPLES IN IT, YOU TAKE TWO OUT.
HOW MANY HAVE YOU GOT?
EIGHT.
EIGHT. RIGHT.
NOW JUST THINK "DOGS."
HOW MANY HAVE WE GOT, MIKEY?
OKAY, SO WE GOT
FOUR COCKER SPANIELS,
TEN DALMATIANS,
AND SIX CHIHUAHUAS.
UH-UH...
NO, SEVEN CHIHUAHUAS.
FIVE RETRIEVERS
AND SEVEN BOXERS,
SANTA'S REINDEER DOGS,
FIVE BASSET HOUNDS,
TWO BLACK LABS,
AND NINE LAB PUPPIES.
AND MAX.
ONE POODLE IN A DOGHOUSE.
YOU HAVE TO COUNT
YehTeh AND THE PUPPY
BECAUSE EMMA'S GONNA
GET 'EM BACK.
SO, ALL RIGHT, HOW MANY KIDS,
HOW MANY DOGS,
AND HOW MANY MEALS
FOR EACH OF US?
THERE ARE 28 PUPILS,
PLUS COACH CULLIMORE
AND MISS STEVENS.
THERE ARE 51 DOGS.
BUT YOU CAN'T COUNT
YOUR DOG OR THE PUPPY
UNTIL EMMA
ACTUALLY BRINGS THEM BACK.
IT'S NOT ALGEBRA.
EACH DOG EATS TWICE A DAY,
SO THAT MEANS EACH OF US MUST
PROVIDE 3 6/10 MEALS PER DAY.
DO YOU GUYS EVER DO
BACON GREASE DRIVES AROUND HERE?
UM...
WE USED TO GO HOUSE TO HOUSE
COLLECTING BACON GREASE,
ONCE A WEEK, TO SELL,
AND MAKE SOAP.
DOGS CAN'T LIVE
OFF BACON GREASE.
NO...BUT THEY LOVE
TABLE SCRAPS.
MAKES THEM THINK THEY'RE PEOPLE.
LOOK, THE SIGN SAYS THAT THERE'S
887 PEOPLE LIVING IN DOVERVILLE.
IF HALF THAT MANY
GIVE US SCRAPS, THAT'S --
444, ROUNDED UP.
THAT'S OPTIMISTIC.
BUT EVEN HALF THAT MANY.
223.
WELL, SCRAPS ARE
THROWN OUT ANYWAY.
WE USED TO GET A LOT
OF BACON GREASE.
THAT IS ONLY 7 1/2 HOUSES
PER PERSON PER WEEK.
HOW CAN YOU VISIT
HALF A HOUSE?
Cullimore: SO WHO WANTS
TO JOIN THE TEAM.
I DO!
I DO!
I DO!
MIKEY, I'LL PUT
YOU FIRST, OKAY?
[ VEHICLE APPROACHES ]
STAY BACK,
STAY BACK.
Cathy:
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
MERRY CHRISTMAS, DOG LOVERS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
STAY BACK.
A LITTLE EXTRA TIME,
MRS. STEVENS,
IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON.
[ CHUCKLES ]
AH...BUT, UH,
I CAN ASSURE YOU --
THOSE DOGS ARE STILL HERE
ON CHRISTMAS DAY, THEY ARE MINE.
ALL RIGHT, THERE WE ARE.
WHERE ARE YOU, BABY SWEETHEART?
YOU'RE LATE FOR WORK.
COME ON.
Cathy: WHOA, WAIT.
COME ON. GET GOING.
MELVIN!
GET IN THERE.
It's okay. Trust me.
She's going to get YehTeh.
NOT ON TOP.
THAT'S MY SEAT.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ CHEERING ]
YEAH!
[ DOGS WHIMPERING ]
[ SIGHS ]
YOU TRYING TO SPREAD DISEASE --
KILL US ALL?
NOW, YOU DO NOT TOUCH
A DOG WITH YOUR BARE HAND!
I TOLD YOU THAT.
IT'S DISGUSTING!
OH.
ALL RIGHT,
COME ON OUT HERE.
COME ON, YOU.
COME ON, COME ON.
COME ON, COME ON.
HEY, THOSE CAGES AIN'T GONNA
CLEAN THEMSELVES, GIRL.
COME ON!
[ DOG WHIMPERS ]
SHUT UP.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKIN' AT?
COME ON.
GET HIM IN THE CAGE.
[ GRUNTING ]
[ SCREECHES ]
[ GASPS ]
[ MEOWING ]
[ SIGHS ]
[ DOGS WHIMPERING, BARKING ]
HEY! I TOLD YOU TO KEEP
THEM DOGS FROM YAPPIN'!
SHUT 'EM UP!
HEY!
HEY, BAD THINGS HAPPEN
TO BAD LITTLE GIRLS.
YOU HEAR ME?
BAD THINGS.
YOU GETTING UP TO MISCHIEF?
SHUT UP!
SHUT UP, ALL YOU DOGS!
HEY, YOU KNOW DELORES
ISN'T GONNA LIKE IT
IF I SEND YOU HOME FIRED
WITHOUT GETTING PAID.
WHERE ARE YOU?
OH HO HO.
YOU HAVE GONE AND DONE IT NOW,
YOU LITTLE BABY SWEETHEART.
YOU AND THAT DIRTY LITTLE MUTT
ARE IN A MESS OF TROUBLE.
MELVIN...
[ DOGS BARKING ]
OKAY, ELEVEN PIPERS PIPING...
[Weakly]
♪ ELEVEN PIPERS PIPING ♪
[ MUSIC PLAYS DISSONANTLY ]
YEP, YEP.
BRING 'EM UP.
♪ TEN LORDS A-LEAPING ♪
♪ NINE LADIES DANCING ♪
♪ EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING ♪
♪ SEVEN SWANS A-SWIMMING ♪
YEP, BRING 'EM UP.
♪ SIX GEESE A-LAYING ♪
OKAY. PICK UP THE RINGS.
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RINGS ♪
GET THE RING.
PICK IT UP. YEAH
OKAY. NO.
♪ FOUR CALLING BIRDS ♪
♪ THREE FRENCH HENS ♪
♪ TWO TURTLE DOVES ♪
NO, JUST...
♪ AND A PARTRIDGE
IN A PEAR TREE ♪
[ SIGHS ]
ALL RIGHT, WHAT HAPPENED TO
OUR PARTRIDGE IN THE PEAR TREE?
SORRY WE'RE LATE.
SOMETHING CAME UP THAT WAS
REALLY WORTH BEING LATE OVER.
HEY, WHERE'S EMMA?
SHE DIDN'T COME TO SCHOOL?
MR. DOYLE?
MR. DOYLE?
MR. DOYLE, LET ME OUT.
PLEASE.
YOU SEE, SIR, THE REASON OF
WHY WE'RE COLLECTING SCRAPS
IS BECAUSE
THE NUMBER OF CALORIES
SUFFICIENT FOR THE AVERAGE
CANINE CREATURE IS
1,230.
SIR, SIR.
[ WHISPERING ]
♪ ANGELS WE HAVE... ♪
[ Cockney accent ]
IT'S CHRISTMAS.
OUR DOGS ARE VERY 'UNGRY.
THEY'RE GOOD LITTLE FELLAS,
THEY ARE.
SO IN THE KINDNESS
OF YOUR 'EART,
C-COULD YOU SPARE
A LITTLE SOMETHING LEFT OVER
FROM YOUR LOVELY DINNER?
Children: ♪ GLO-O-O-O-O-O-RIA ♪
♪ IN EXCELSIS DEO ♪
♪ GLO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-RIA ♪
♪ IN EXCELSIS DE-E-E-O ♪
CATHY STEVENS.
UH...THE DOG LADY.
OH, YES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE
A HAIR APPOINTMENT?
NO. NO, NO, NO.
NO, THANK YOU.
ACTUALLY, I'M CALLING BECAUSE --
IS EMMA THERE WITH YOU?
UH, NO. SHE'S NOT HERE.
I haven't seen her since
she went to work last night.
AND...
Well...
UH, LOOK, UM...
YOU DON'T WORRY, HONEY.
I have a pretty good idea
where she is, okay?
OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THANK YOU.
[ SIGHS ]
[ DOGS BARKING ]
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
SO SORE ABOUT, DELORES.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO TEACH THE
LITTLE BUGGER A LESSON IS ALL.
YOU SAID YOURSELF THAT SHE WAS
A PAIN IN THE KEISTER.
WHERE IS SHE, NORMAN?
AROUND THE CORNER.
A CAGE?!
WELL...
DID THEY HURT YOU?
I GAVE HER SOME WATER.
OH, OPEN IT NOW, NORMAN.
ALL RIGHT.
PUTTING HER IN A CAGE.
COME ON.
COME ON, SCAT.
SKEDOODLE.
SHE LET
THE DOGS OUT.
THEY WERE BARKING
ALL NIGHT.
OW.
COME ON, HONEY, HUH?
I TOLD YOU IT WAS A STUPID IDEA
TO GIVE A GIRL A JOB LIKE THIS.
I'M NOT LISTENING
TO YOU, NORMAN.
OH, COME ON,
BABY SWEETHEART, HUH?
TURN THAT FROWN
UPSIDE DOWN, HUH?
I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
ALL RIGHT,
NOW, THAT IS ENOUGH!
I KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
OH, YEAH, YOU WANT A FAVOR,
AND THEN IT'S ALL SWEET TALK
AND PERFUME AND "OOH LA LA."
ALL THE TIME
THIS RAGAMUFFIN KID
IS MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU
THAN I AM.
WELL, YOU ARE FIRED.
AND THAT DUMB MUTT STAYS HERE.
NO!
OW! OW.
COME ON.
WE'RE THROUGH, DELORES!
FINE!
I REALLY MEAN IT!
WONDERFUL!
WE ARE THROUGH!
DELORES?
YOU DOGS ARE
IN A LOT OF TROUBLE!
THANKS FOR GETTING ME
OUT OF THERE, AUNT DELORES.
DO NOT CALL ME THAT.
I COULD CRACK
YOUR DADDY'S SKULL.
IT'S NOT HIS FAULT.
HE DIDN'T MEAN FOR ME
TO BE SO MUCH TROUBLE.
TROUBLE? TROUBLE?
YOU ARE RUINING MY LIFE.
[ GRUNTING ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
YOUR DADDY'S LETTER
FINALLY GOT HERE.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR MOTHER?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR DADDY
TOLD YOU ABOUT ME...
ABOUT US.
BUT...WELL...
A LONG TIME AGO,
I KNEW YOUR DADDY REAL WELL.
AND ALL I CAN SAY IS
YOU JUST BETTER NOT
GO DEPENDING ON WHAT HE SAYS.
BECAUSE EVEN WHEN
HE MAKES A PROMISE,
IT'S NOT SOMETHING
YOU CAN TRUST.
I'M JUST SAYING HE IS NOT LIKELY
TO BE HERE BY CHRISTMAS.
OR EVER, FOR THAT MATTER.
NOW, GET IN.
YOU SURE THIS IS
WHAT YOU WANT?
CAN'T STAY WITH YOU.
NOT WITH HIM COMING AROUND.
OKAY.
OH, I-I BROUGHT YOU
A FEW THINGS.
IF YOU EVER WANTED
TO COME BY...
I'D LOVE TO DO SOMETHING
WITH THAT HAIR, OKAY?
OKAY.
WHERE IS SHE?
WHERE'S YehTeh?
SHE WASN'T THERE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I-I THOUGHT
YOU SAID YOU SAW HER.
I-I DID SEE HER.
SHE WASN'T
THERE ANYMORE.
I FOUND THIS.
BUT -- BUT WHERE IS SHE NOW?
NO, YOU -- YOU SAID
SHE WAS THERE.
WHY DIDN'T YOU LET HER OUT?
I DID SEE HER,
BUT I COULDN'T LET HER OUT.
[Crying] YOU LIED TO ME.
NO, I DIDN'T LIE.
YES, YOU DID.
I DIDN'T.
D-DID THEY KILL HER?
NO, NO!
YOU LET THEM KILL HER!
I COULDN'T --
DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
I WANTED TO,
BUT I COULDN'T.
NO, YOU LIED TO ME, EMMA.
I DIDN'T LIE TO YOU.
YES, YOU DID!
YOU NEVER TELL THE TRUTH!
YOU SAID YOU'RE FROM NEW YORK,
AND YOU'RE NOT.
AND YOU SAID YOU HAD A DOG,
AND YOU DON'T.
AND I BET YOUR FATHER'S
NOT COMING FOR YOU, EITHER!
YOU'RE PROBABLY
JUST A RUNAWAY GIRL
THAT DOESN'T EVEN
HAVE A FATHER!
[ DOOR OPENS, SLAMS ]
[ DOGS WHIMPERING ]
COME ON, MELVIN.
YEAH, LET'S GET HER
AROUND THIS WAY.
GO ON. [ GRUNTS ]
GET IN THERE.
YOU'RE NEXT.
COME ON.
[ GROANS ]
THIS DOG STINKS.
ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
[ GRUNTS ]
COME ON.
[ GRUNTS ]
HELP ME, MELVIN, WOULD YA?
GET IN THERE, YA MUTT.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
ALL RIGHT.
[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
[ SHOUTING, CHEERING ]
[ DOGS SNARLING, BARKING ]
[ DOG WHIMPERS ]
I'LL TAKE HIM!
I'LL TAKE HIM!
...FOOD ON THE TABLE
FOR MY KIDS!
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT,
ALL RIGHT!
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
HEY!
GIVE ME THAT DOG.
Man: GET OUT OF HERE!
WHAT?
GIVE ME THAT DOG!
[ LAUGHTER ]
THE GIRL'S GOT THE DOG!
DON'T WORRY!
I'LL GET HER!
STOP IT!
GET BACK HERE!
HEY, STOP!
HEY, HEY, HEY!
[ ENGINE STALLS ]
[ ENGINE SPUTTERS ]
AAH!
I HATE THAT GIRL!
GOOD MORNING, PUPPIES.
GOOD MORNING.
HI, SWEETHEART.
GOOD MORNING.
HI, SWEETHEART.
HOW ARE WE?
YES, DID WE HAVE A GOOD NIGHT?
DID WE HAVE A GOOD NIGHT?
HOW ARE MY PUPPIES?
HOW ARE MY PUP--
Mike! Mike!
Mike! Shh.
YehTeh! [ LAUGHS ]
HEY, YehTeh!
WHAT'S GOING ON?
HEY, YehTeh!
HI, THERE.
PUT YOU THROUGH A LOT, HUH?
[ LAUGHS ]
Cullimore: YOU'RE SURE THE MAN
GETTING THE MONEY WAS MR. DOYLE?
THE DOGCATCHER.
IT WAS.
EMMA, YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT
TO BE ANGRY, BUT --
IT'S -- IT'S JUST
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
THAT YOU TELL US
THE TRUTH, EMMA.
ALL OF IT.
I...PREVARICATED
ABOUT SOME STUFF.
IT'S ONE OF
OUR VOCABULARY WORDS.
IT MEANS "TELLING LIES."
I'VE NEVER HAD A DOG.
MIKEY WAS RIGHT.
MY DAD DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A JOB.
MY MOM DIED THREE YEARS AGO.
MY DAD SAID HE WAS COMING
TO GET ME BY CHRISTMAS,
BUT AUNT DELORES SAID
THAT HE NEVER KEEPS A PROMISE.
I-I LIED ABOUT
A LOT OF STUFF, I GUESS.
I KNOW IT WAS WRONG.
I GUESS I JUST DIDN'T WANT
ANYBODY TO THINK THAT I WAS...
BUT WHAT I SAID ABOUT LAST NIGHT
WAS THE TRUTH.
I PROMISE.
[ "THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"
PLAYS ]
COME ON, TRY IT.
♪ AND A PARTRIDGE
IN A PEAR TREE ♪
♪ AND A PARTRIDGE
IN A PEAR TREE ♪
SEE? THAT WAS GOOD.
YOU CAN TOO SING.
[ SIGHS ] HOW COME YOU DIDN'T
JUST SAY THAT YOUR MOM DIED?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IF I DON'T
SAY IT, THEN IT WON'T BE TRUE.
MY DAD DIED WHEN I WAS TWO.
THAT'S HIM.
HE WAS A HERO.
YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?
NO.
THAT'S SAD.
MOM SAYS IF YOU HAVE FAITH
AND YOU THINK GOOD THOUGHTS,
GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
EVEN MIRACLES.
YOUR MOM SAYS
A LOT OF STUFF.
GETTING YehTeh BACK
WAS A MIRACLE.
HOW DO YOU KNOW
IF SOMETHING'S A MIRACLE
OR JUST SOMETHING
THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED ANYWAY?
YOU JUST KNOW.
I BET YOU STILL BELIEVE
IN SANTA CLAUS.
HEY, LOOK, MY MOM SAYS
IF YOU STOP BELIEVING
HE STOPS COMING, OKAY?
SO DID YOU MAKE
A CHRISTMAS WISH, EMMA?
SHE WANTS HER DAD TO COME.
I WISH WE COULD SAVE
THE DOGS.
YOU JUST HAVEN'T
LIVED HERE LONG ENOUGH
TO UNDERSTAND
HOW IT WORKS.
OKAY, BUT I PROMISED TO HELP
SO TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
WELL, THE PROBLEM IS
WHATEVER YOU DO
MIGHT ONLY MAKE IT
MORE DANGEROUS FOR THE DOGS.
WELL, THIS ISN'T
JUST ABOUT THE DOGS.
FOR ME, IT IS ONLY
ABOUT THE DOGS.
LOOK, WHY DON'T YOU GO
TO THE SHERIFF?
[ LAUGHS ] MIGHT AS WELL
GO SEE THE MAYOR.
OKAY, LET'S GO
SEE THE MAYOR.
[ LAUGHS ]
COME ON, THE BEST DEFENSE
IS A GOOD OFFENSE.
THEY'RE BROTHERS.
LOOK, DID WE COME THROUGH
ON THE HAIL MARY OR NOT?
YOU SCORED
THE HAIL MARY.
THE MAYOR?
ON TWO! COME ON!
OH!
SO ONCE I WAS INSIDE,
I GRABBED THE DOG AND RAN OUT.
AND YOU DID ALL THAT
TO SAVE A DOG?
SHE WAS MIKEY'S DOG.
AND I PROMISED HIM.
HMM.
TELL THE MAYOR ABOUT THE MAN
YOU SAW, ABOUT THE MONEY.
NOBEL. FOLKS.
SORRY I'M LATE.
NORMAN.
WELL, WHAT WAS IT YOU SAW,
YOUNG LADY?
IT WAS...PRETTY DARK.
TOO DARK TO SEE
THEIR FACES?
IT WAS NIGHT.
SO YOU REALLY COULDN'T
SEE THE MEN AT ALL.
THE LANTERNS
MADE IT PRETTY BRIGHT.
I COULD SEE THEIR FACES
JUST FINE.
MR. DOYLE, THE DOGCATCHER...
WAS THE MAN
HE GAVE THE MONEY TO.
YOU SAY IT WAS NORMAN?
YES, SIR.
WELL, I CAN ASSURE YOU,
YOUNG LADY,
THAT NONE OF THE SCALAWAGS
YOU SAY YOU SAW
WERE CIVIL SERVANTS
OF THIS TOWN.
AND IT CERTAINLY
WASN'T MY BROTHER.
SHE'S TELLING THE TRUTH,
YOUR HONOR.
WELL, LET US BE HONEST
WITH ONE ANOTHER NOW.
WE ARE AT GREAT ODDS
OVER THE ISSUE OF DOGS.
IT WILL SURPRISE YOU,
MY DEAR MRS. STEVENS,
BUT, PERSONALLY,
I AM NOT AGAINST DOGS.
I AM ONLY FOR THE LAW.
I BECAME MAYOR ON A PROMISE TO
RESTORE THE LAW BANNING DOGS --
A LAW THAT HAS
MADE DOVERVILLE FAMOUS.
THE PRAGMATICS
OF POLITICS, PERHAPS.
BUT UNLESS AND UNTIL
THE TOWN COUNCIL ITSELF
RISES UP
AND CHANGES THE LAW,
I AM BOUND BY DUTY
TO DO MY DUTY.
AND SO IS
MY BROTHER NORMAN.
♪ EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING ♪
♪ SEVEN SWANS A-SWIMMING,
SIX GEESE A-LAYING ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RINGS ♪
♪ FOUR CALLING BIRDS,
THREE FRENCH HENS ♪
♪ TWO TURTLE DOVES ♪
♪ AND A PARTRIDGE
IN A PEAR TREE ♪
[ LAUGHS ]
[Laughing] YES!
THAT'S GREAT!
OKAY, OKAY. NOW THIS IS THE PART
WHERE SANTA CLAUS ENTERS.
WHERE'S MIKEY?
[ "SANTA CLAUS IS COMING
TO TOWN" PLAYS ]
[ CHUCKLES ] WOW.
DID YOU DO THIS?
I KNOW HOW
WE CAN SAVE THE DOGS.
[ LAUGHS ] IN SIX DAYS?
IT'S THE ONLY WAY
WE CAN SAVE THE DOGS.
AND WE'LL BE
REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL
SO WE WON'T
WRECK ANYTHING.
RIGHT? PROMISE.
YEAH, AND I EXPLAINED TO THEM,
OF COURSE,
THAT WE NEED YOUR BLESSING --
YOU ARE ASKING ME
TO BLESS AN OUTRAGEOUS IDEA
THAT VIOLATES THE FUNDAMENTAL
DECRETUMS OF THIS SCHOOL?
I HAVE ALREADY LOOKED
THE OTHER WAY...
IN MY AWFUL SHAME.
WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP.
WE NEEDN'T TAKE
MORE TIME ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN
WERE JUST REALLY EXCITED.
YOU KNOW,
THE DOG THING WAS...
IT'S CHRISTMAS.
YOU'VE NEVER HAD A DOG,
HAVE YOU?
[ "ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD
ON HIGH" PLAYS ]
ARE YOU SURE THAT'S HOW
YOU SPELL "CHIHUAHUA"?
MIKEY.
IS IT WORKING?
WE STILL DON'T HAVE SEVEN
OF ANYTHING.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IT --
TO STOP THEM.
NOT WITH MY DOGS.
I'D LIKE TO PLACE A CALL
TO LUCY STARK AT LIKE MAGAZINE.
HEY, UM, ARE YOU SURE YOU
WANT TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS?
THE BEST DEFENSE
IS A GOOD OFFENSE.
ISN'T THAT WHAT
YOU SAID, MISTER?
TO THE SPIRIT OF THE TOWN,
TO THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MY FRIENDS,
TO ONE AND ALL.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MAYOR, I WOULD BE PLEASED IF YOU
WOULD OPEN MY GIFT TONIGHT.
YEAH, BEFORE CHRISTMAS?
UH...
OPEN IT.
DO IT FOR US.
Man: GO AHEAD, MAYOR.
WELL, ALL RIGHT. HEH.
OH.
[ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY ]
UH...
"HIS HONOR THE MAYOR
"AND THE MEMBERS
OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
"ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND
A HOLIDAY TRIBUTE TO THE TOWN.
SCHOOL ASSEMBLY HALL.
6:00 P.M. ON CHRISTMAS EVE."
TO THE SPIRIT OF THE TOWN
AND THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON.
THE MAYOR AND THE TOWN COUNCIL
CORDIALLY ACCEPT.
HE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU
CHRISTMAS MORNING...
IF YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD BOY.
UH, YES. YES, INDEED.
OH!
[ SIGHS ]
IT'S 6:30 IN THE MORNING.
WHAT IN THE NAME OF HEAVEN
ARE YOU --
I'M SORRY IT'S SO EARLY,
BUT...
FORGET IT.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
OKAY?
WHERE'S YOUR PUP?
IS HE ALL RIGHT?
YEAH, HE'S FINE.
I JUST NEEDED
TO ASK YOU SOMETHING.
I'VE BEEN THINKING
THAT IF YOU, UM --
IF YOU WANTED TO COME BACK --
YOU KNOW, UH, HOME,
HERE WITH ME...
...I'LL BE HAPPY
TO HAVE YOUR DOG.
AND, UM, WELL...
TO HECK WITH THE DOGCATCHER.
OKAY?
OH.
UH...
UM...
I NEED A FAVOR.
ANYTHING YOU WANT, HONEY.
CAN YOU DO DOGS?
UH, DOGS?
IS EVERYONE
OKAY IN HERE?
IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY, IT'S OKAY.
[ "JINGLE BELLS" PLAYS ]
ALL RIGHT, GET ON THE BUS.
I'LL GET THE PUPPY.
YOU GET THE PUPPY, BUT, UH,
SHE'S RIDING WITH ME.
WE'LL JUST BE A MINUTE, OKAY?
COME ON, HONEY.
GOODBYE!
HOW WE DOING THERE, JAKE?
[ LAUGHS ] OH!
I'VE BEEN WAITING
FOR THIS.
LOOKING GOOD.
COME ON. WE GOT TO GET IN THERE.
CAN'T KEEP
THE AUDIENCE WAITING.
THAT'S RIGHT.
STRAIGHT THROUGH.
JUST FOLLOW THE PERSON
IN FRONT OF YOU.
MIKEY, I'VE GOT
SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU.
MOM, WE'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE STARTED ALREADY.
IT'S WORTH ONE MORE MINUTE.
COME ON.
OKAY, UH,
GET 'EM READY, KIDS.
OKAY.
WELL, IT WOULD SEEM
OUR TRIBUTE TO TRADITION
HAS A BECOME A TRIAL
OF OUR PATIENCE.
I THINK WE'VE DONE
OUR CIVIC DUTY.
MERRY CHRISTMAS,
EVERYONE.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
SHE HAS SEVEN PUPPIES.
WHEN A MIRACLE HAPPENS,
YOU JUST KNOW.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MAYOR NOBEL DOYLE.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
HI.
I'M LUCY STARK
WITH LIKE MAGAZINE.
LIKE MAGAZINE?
VERY NICE TO MEET YOU.
YES, WE'RE DOING A FOLLOW-UP
ON THE ORPHAN DOGS STORY.
YOU'RE STILL THE MAYOR,
IS THAT CORRECT?
DULY ELECTED
BY A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY.
CAN WE GET A PICTURE?
OF COURSE.
NOW, WAS IT YOUR IDEA,
MAYOR DOYLE,
TO HAVE THE CHILDREN CELEBRATE
YOUR MOST UNIQUE COMMUNITY
WITH A SPECIAL TRIBUTE?
WELL, I ACTUALLY -- I FELT THAT,
AS NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR --
IT'S SUCH A FABULOUS IDEA.
ANOTHER PICTURE.
WE'RE GOING TO USE THE FOLLOW-UP
AS OUR COVER STORY AS WELL.
YES, WELL, IT WAS
PRETTY MUCH MY IDEA.
NOW, IF YOU'D LIKE
TO WATCH THE SHOW,
IT SHOULD START
AT ANY MINUTE.
[ "THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"
PLAYS ]
Hey!
YOU LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL.
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
THANK YOU, AUNT DELORES.
[ CHUCKLES ]
I-I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU OVER
BY THE CHRISTMAS TREE WINDOW.
NO ONE REALLY KNOWS
WHERE THE SONG
"THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"
CAME FROM.
SOME BELIEVE IT IS
OVER 400 YEARS OLD.
BUT OUR PROGRAM TONIGHT
IS NOT ABOUT
THE TWELVE DAYS
OF CHRISTMAS.
IT IS ABOUT THE BEST GIFT
THAT ANYONE WHO TRULY LOVES
CAN GIVE --
THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP.
FRIENDSHIP IS WHAT MAKES
A TOWN LIKE OURS SO WONDERFUL.
BUT YOU SEE, SOME OF OUR BEST
FRIENDS ARE NOT WELCOMED HERE.
SO WE THOUGHT WE'D GIVE YOU
A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW THEM
AND SEE WHY
WE LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
AND MAYBE YOU'LL EVEN LEARN
TO LOVE THEM TOO.
[ "THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"
PLAYS ]
♪ ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS,
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
GOOD BOY, MAX.
ARE YOU EVER GONNA
COME OUT THE DOGHOUSE?
GOOD BOY.
♪ A POODLE
IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE SECOND DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE
IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
[ LAUGHTER ]
♪ ON THE THIRD DAY OF CHRISTMAS,
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ THREE COCKER SPANIELS ♪
[ LAUGHTER ]
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE FOURTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ FOUR BASSET HOUNDS ♪
ONE...TWO...
THREE...FOUR...
♪ FOUR BASSET HOUNDS ♪
♪ THREE COCKER SPANIELS ♪
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE
IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE FIFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS,
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN, FIVE GOLDEN ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS ♪
♪ FOUR BASSET HOUNDS ♪
♪ THREE COCKER SPANIELS ♪
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE SIXTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS,
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ SIX BOXERS BOXING ♪
AH, YOUSE MUTTS.
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS ♪
♪ FOUR BASSET HOUNDS ♪
♪ THREE COCKER SPANIELS ♪
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE
IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE SEVENTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ SEVEN HUSKIES HOWLING ♪
HEY, YOU DOGS, COME ON!
SHOO, SHOO, SHOO!
GO ON! GO ON!
GO ON!
SHOO, SHOO, SHOO!
[ DOGS BARKING ]
♪ SIX BOXERS BOXING ♪
♪ FIVE... ♪
GET OUT OF THERE!
COME ON, COME ON.
COME ON. YEAH. YEAH!
[ LAUGHS ]
♪ AND A POODLE
IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE EIGHTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ EIGHT SHEEPDOGS SNORING ♪
WELL, ACTUALLY,
THEY'RE ALL ASLEEP.
BUT THEY'RE NOT SNORING,
THEY'RE JUST SLEEPING.
♪ SEVEN HUSKIES HOWLING ♪
♪ SIX BOXERS BOXING ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS ♪
♪ FOUR BASSET HOUNDS ♪
♪ THREE COCKER SPANIELS ♪
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE
IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE NINTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS,
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ NINE CHIHUAHUAS CHOMPING ♪
♪ EIGHT SHEEPDOGS SNORING ♪
♪ SEVEN HUSKIES HOWLING ♪
♪ SIX BOXERS BOXING ♪
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS ♪
♪ FOUR BASSET HOUNDS ♪
♪ THREE COCKER SPANIELS ♪
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
[ CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS ]
♪ ON THE TENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS,
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ TEN DALMATIANS DANCING ♪
♪ NINE CHIHUAHUAS CHOMPING ♪
♪ EIGHT SHEEPDOGS SNORING ♪
♪ SEVEN HUSKIES HOWLING ♪
ALL THE DOGS FOR
THE TWELFTH DAY RAN AWAY.
SHH!
DON'T YOU EVER GET TIRED
OF BEING A STOOGE
FOR DENNY'S STUPID JOKES?
UH...SOMEBODY LET THEM ALL OUT,
BUT IT WASN'T US. HONEST.
♪ AND A POODLE
IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE ELEVENTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ ELEVEN LABS A-LAUGHING ♪
[ DOGS YELPING ]
[ "DECK THE HALLS" PLAYS ]
♪ FA LA LA LA LA,
LA LA LA LA ♪
♪ TEN DALMATIANS DANCING ♪
♪ NINE CHIHUAHUAS CHOMPING ♪
♪ EIGHT SHEEPDOGS SNORING ♪
OH, LOOKING FOR
THE DOGGIES.
♪ FIVE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS ♪
♪ FOUR BASSET HOUNDS ♪
♪ THREE COCKER SPANIELS ♪
♪ TWO SAINT BERNARDS ♪
♪ AND A POODLE IN A DOGHOUSE ♪
♪ ON THE TWELFTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
[ MUSIC STOPS ]
♪ ON THE TWELFTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE
GAVE TO ME ♪
♪ ABSOLUTELY NO DOGGIES ♪
[ LAUGHS ]
♪ ON THE TWELFTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
[ MUSIC STOPS ]
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
WITH THEM?
WELL, I JUST LET THEM OUT
FOR A LITTLE WALK.
[ LAUGHS ]
OW! OW. MMH!
♪ ON THE TWELFTH DAY
OF CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ♪
[ MUSIC STOPS ]
A CAT!
[ MEOWS ]
All: A CAT?!
[ APPLAUSE ]
TOUCHDOWN.
SURE DIDN'T THINK
THEY'D BRING OUT A CAT.
BRATS!
GIVE ME MY CAT!
GIVE ME MY CAT!
ALL OF YOU!
BAD PEOPLE!
YOU'RE BAD CHILDREN!
DID THEY HURT...YOU?
[ DOGS GROWLING ]
NICE DOGGIES.
[ DOGS SNARLING, BARKING ]
[ CAT SCREECHES ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
THERE'S MONEY ON THE FLOOR.
THE GIRL WAS RIGHT!
YOU CAME.
OF COURSE I CAME.
YOU WERE WONDERFUL.
BUT AUNT DELORES SAID...
I MEAN, I THOUGHT...
YOU REALLY CAME.
CROSS MY HEART.
NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT
THAN A PROMISE, EM.
I LOVE YOU, DAD.
I LOVE YOU, TOO, EMMA.
DOGFIGHTS?
NORMAN, NORMAN.
AND THAT CAT GOES BACK
TO SANITATION WITH YOU!
THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
AS MAYOR OF DOVERVILLE,
IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE
TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU TODAY...
EMMA, IT'D BE BETTER
IF YOU DID THIS.
THE CITY OF DOVERVILLE AND
STEVENS FAMILY DOG ORPHANAGE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU, MRS. STEVENS.
WE THANK YOU, CHILDREN!
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S MY PLEASURE.
DOES HE HAVE A NAME?
HIS NAME'S MIRACLE.
[ MID-TEMPO
RHYTHM & BLUES PLAYS ]
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, OOH, AHH ♪
♪ LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW,
LET IT SNOW ON THE GROUND ♪
♪ WHEN THE WIND IS BLOWING
ALL AROUND ♪
♪ THEN YOU HEAR, YOU CAN HEAR,
YOU WILL HEAR VOICES LOW ♪
♪ SINGING SOFTLY
THROUGH THE FALLING SNOW ♪
♪ LET IT SNOW,
LET IT SNO-O-O-O-O-W ♪
♪ LET ITS MAGIC WHISPER THROUGH
THE TREES ♪
♪ LET IT SNO-O-O-O-O-W ♪
♪ LET IT FALL DOWN
ON YOU AND ME ♪
♪ LET US ALL GIVE THANKS
FOR THE FRIENDS WE HAVE HERE ♪
♪ LET US CELEBRATE
THE COMING YEAR ♪
♪ COME AND GATHER AROUND
THIS CHRISTMAS TREE ♪
♪ AND JOYFUL, JOYFUL
WE WILL BE ♪
♪ LET IT SNOW,
LET IT SNO-O-O-O-O-O-W ♪
♪ NOW WISH UPON
A FALLING DREAM ♪
♪ LET IT SNO-O-O-O-O-W ♪
♪ LET IT FALL DOWN
ON YOU AND ME ♪
♪ LET IT SNO-O-O-O-O-W ♪
♪ LET ITS MAGIC WHISPER THROUGH
THE TREES ♪
♪ LET IT SNO-O-O-O-O-O-W ♪
♪ LET IT FALL DOWN
ON YOU AND ME ♪
♪ LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW,
LET IT ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA-DA, DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA-DA, DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA-DA, DA DA ♪
♪ DA-DA, DA DA, AHH ♪