Operation Dalmatian: The Big Adventure (1997) - full transcript
A flashback adventure about a lady telling her grandson of the day she, as a young teenager, found a Dalmatian, messed up in preparing it for a dog show, and wondering if she can get it ready in time.
[music playing]
-Back again, Justin?
-Can we look at the puppy?
-OK.
-I know where they are.
JUSTIN'S FATHER: Whoa,whoa-- slow down, Justin.
-Which one do you want to see?
JUSTIN: All of them.
-[LAUGHING] OK.
Come here, baby.
Now be careful
how you hold them.
Puppies need to feel safewhen you pick them up.
-OK, you don't like that?
OK.
-You know, there
is one more puppy.
JUSTIN: There is?
-Some film company
used him for a movie,
and then brought
him in here to sell.
-[EXCITEDLY] Oh, yes!
This is the one.
Can I please have this one?
-You know, puppies are
a big responsibility.
Maybe we should wait tillyou're a little older.
-I could take really goodcare of a puppy if I had one.
I'm getting older every day.
[sneezes]
-That sounds like a
nasty sneeze, young man.
-Oh, honey, you've got a fever.
We better get him to grandma'shouse, and get him to bed.
[christmas music playing]
-How's the patient?
-Still awake.
-Waiting for Santa.
-Oh, I just set everything
up in the kitchen.
Maybe I'll tuck him in witha little bedtime story--
help him get to sleep.
-Mom always tells the
best bedtime stories.
-Just don't let him
keep you up all night.
-Oh, I won't.
-Merry Christmas Eve to you two.
-Thanks, mom.
-Merry Christmas.
-Goodnight, Mom.
-Grandma--
-What are you still doing up?
-I can't sleep.
I want it to be morning already.
-You can't rush the
morning, Justin.
It comes on its own
time-- no one else's.
Are you feeling any better?
-Not really.
-Well, let's check yourtemperature one more time.
-What time do you thinkSanta Claus will get here?
-Some time between
now, and morning.
He's probably circlingaround out there, right now,
as far as we know, waiting
for you to go to sleep.
-How does he know that?
-It's not polite to talkwith your mouth full, Justin.
-I know.
-I remember when I had
a fever like this once.
I had to stay home from
school for a whole week.
Here, open up now.
-I wish I could stay
home from school.
But I had to go, and
get sick over Christmas.
-Aw, you're still burning up.
-Are we going to take
pictures tomorrow?
GRANDMA: Of course.
We always take family
pictures at Christmas.
-I don't want anybody
to see me like this.
They're going to
call me lobster boy.
-[GIGGLING] It's just yourbody's way of healing itself,
Justin.
Besides, it's not
all that important
how you look on the outside.
It's what's on the
inside that counts.
I knew someone once who turnedseveral different colors
all in one day.
-You did?
-Uh-huh.
It was just before
your great-grandparents
moved into this
house-- back in 1948.
GRANDMA [VOICEOVER]:
The town was going
through some rough
times back then.
After they closed the mill,and people started moving away,
the city was so
broke, they even had
to close the firehouse
to save money.
There was a beautiful Dalmatianthat kept hanging around
the station hoping that oneday the fireman would return.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
When are they
going to come back, and feed me?
If I have to scrounge
one more scrap of food
from a garbage
can, I'm going to--
Oh, someone's coming.
Well, who's this?
Huh, she obviously doesn'tcome from a very rich family.
But hey, at this point,beggars can't be choosers.
All right, I might have
only one shot at this.
I'd better get into
my best, how much
is that doggy in
the windows pose.
-[GENTLY] Aw, hello.
Good boy.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
OK, here we go.
Adorable doggy looknumber two-- the sad eyes.
-Oh boy, I sure wish Icould take you home with me.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Yes, yes!
-But I can't.
[dalmatian groans]
-Ever since papa lost
his job at the mill
he's been having
a hard enough time
feeding himself, mama, and me.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Well, hey,
I'm not expecting
gourmet dog food here.
Scraps off the table are fine.
Anything is better
than a canned lunch.
-You sure are a
sweet one, though.
I gotta get home for supper.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Supper?
Please don't tease me like this.
-Bye, now.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Sheseemed like such a nice girl.
I wish I had a home.
Oh boy, maybe she's
having second thoughts.
Oh please, oh please,oh, please, oh please, oh
please, take me home with you.
What have I got to lose?
[music playing]
-Hey, it's you.
It's you.
Did you follow me
all the way out here?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
I think there
might still be a chance here.
-Don't you have a home?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:Look, I can do tricks, too.
Watch this.
-Oh, look at you.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Pleasedto make your acquaintance.
-I guess there's
no harm in taking
you home just for one night.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Yes!
-Come on, boy.
I'm right behind you.
Let me see.
What should I name you?
How about Chester?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Chester?
Do I look like a Chester?
That's more of a name fora bulldog than a Dalmatian.
-Maybe not.
What about something
like Sherlock?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Do Ilook like a detective to you?
-Hmm.
I know.
Baskerville!
I'lll call you Baskerville!
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Baskerville?
What kind of name
is that for a dog?
-Here, Baskerville!
Fetch!
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:The things we do for food.
-Good boy, Baskerville.
Good boy.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Like I said,
beggars can't be choosers.
GRANDMA [VOICEOVER]: Timeswere tough for us then.
Your great-grandpa couldn't findany work after they closed down
the mill even though hewent out looking every day.
Mama made a little money everynow, and then, selling clothes.
But it was barely enough tokeep a roof over our heads,
and not much left over for food.
JIM: [sighs] What's
for supper tonight?
-Stew.
-Oh wow, it smells good.
-Any luck today?
-No, afraid not.
-It's OK, Jim.
Tomorrow's another day.
Tomorrow's another day.
GRANDMA [VOICEOVER]: Mamaknew how to make a little go
a long way-- by puttingwhatever we had all together
in a big skillet,
and making stew.
Mama got very good at it.
-Here, taste this.
Tell me what you think.
How is it?
-Perfect.
-OK, Baskerville, you stay
here for now, all right?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Oh,can't I please come in?
Please, please, pretty please?
-I have to wait till
the perfect time
to ask them if I can keep you.
You'll be all right.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
cooking sure smells good.
I can't even remember
the last time
I had a home cooked meal
I could use a snack.
Maybe there's a
trashcan around here.
-Hey mama.
Hey papa.
JULIETTE'S MOTHER: Hi.
-How's my girl?
-Good.
How was school today?
-Oh, fine.
I have a book report
due on Monday.
I have to read the "Hound ofthe Baskervilles" this weekend.
-Well, you ought to haveplenty of time to do that.
Not much going on
except the dog show.
-Mama, would it be all rightif I ate supper outside?
It's really nice out.
-Sure, if that's
what you want to do
as long as it's OK
with your father.
-Go ahead.
But make sure you don'tleave any scraps out there.
I don't want the raccoonsgoing all over the place.
-Thanks, papa.
-Thank you for this food--
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Oh,yes, yes, thank you, thank you.
What?
Where's my plate?
Um--
JULIETTE: Are you hungry?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Who me, hungry?
I'm famished!
Oh, yes.
Yum!
Thank you.
Thank you.
JULIETTE: Mama makes the
best stew, don't she?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Mycompliments to the chef.
This is the best
stew I've ever had.
[yawning] Well,
the accommodations
aren't all that great.
But the food is suregood, and so is Juliette.
I wonder what's for breakfast.
JULIETTE'S MOTHER: Come get youroatmeal before it gets cold.
-You sure know how to
treat a man like a king.
Even a poor man out of work--
-Oh, papa, you'll find a job.
I know you will.
-That's right.
Listen to your daughter.
She's got the right attitude.
Never give up hope-- never.
-Yeah, you're right.
Thank you for this
food, and especially
for my wonderful family.
I don't mean to sound
like I'm complaining,
but in case you haven't
noticed, our cash
situation is
getting kind of low.
I do love my family.
I want to take care of them.
If you happen to have a
spare one laying around,
we could sure use a
miracle some time soon.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
What should I do here?
Should I go pawing at the door?
No, no, that might
seem a little pushy.
I have to remember to keep mygood canine etiquette or-- ooh,
it's back to the
trash can cafe for me.
Patience, patience-- I don'twant to blow a good thing.
-Are we going to go tothe dog show this weekend?
-Oh, honey, I have too manychores to do this weekend.
-Do you want to go, papa?
-Juliette, I can't.I've got to go find a job.
I've got to put
food on this table.
I was thinking of going backto the canning works today.
-Didn't you go
there two days ago?
-Yeah, but you never knowwhen they need somebody else.
You know, I heard
that Cousin Bob over
in Hooverton--he's
doing pretty good.
-Oh, I'm so glad to here that.
JULIETTE'S FATHER: Seems likehe got $50.00 in seed money,
started selling
hardware supplies
off the back of his truck.
In no time, he had enoughmoney to open his own store.
-Is it all right if I
go to the park today?
-As long as you got
enough time to make sure
your homework's done.
-I'm almost finished
with the book.
-All right.
-Thanks, papa.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Here she comes.
Oh boy, breakfast
in bed-- Mm hmm.
JULIETTE: Morning!
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:Yes, it's a nice morning.
Where's breakfast?
-Good morning!
Did you sleep well?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Well, Iwould've preferred a nice rug
in front of a roaring fireplace.
But compared to the alley
behind the fire house,
I can't complain.
-Look what I brought you.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Is that it?
A biscuit?
No steak, and eggs?
Oh, well, at least the
service isn't so bad.
-Come on, Baskerville.
We're going to go see some
of your friends today.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
I don't have
any friends, except for you.
[music playing]
JULIETTE: Boy,
Baskerville, wouldn't it
be nice to have $250.00?
Then papa could start a businessof his own just like Uncle Bob.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
That would
mean bye-bye biscuits
for breakfast.
YELLOW LAB [VOICEOVER]:
Oh, where's my groomer?
-Excuse me, all dogs haveto be on a leash today.
JULIETTE: Oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't know.
DOG SHOW JUDGE: Oh,
that's all right.
JULIETTE: Come
here, Baskerville.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Ihate wearing these things.
DOG SHOW JUDGE: Oh,
what a beautiful dog.
-Isn't he?
-Yes, what's his name?
JULIETTE: Baskerville.
-Oh, well hello, Baskerville.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:Well, she's got good taste.
DOG SHOW JUDGE: Oh,
what a sweet thing.
Why aren't you over with
the other contestants?
JULIETTE: Doesn't it
cost money to enter?
DOG SHOW JUDGE: Well, yes,but-- oh, I've got an idea.
I'll give you this note.
And you take it over to
Mrs. Hutchins over there
at the entry desk, andshe'll give you a number.
OK?
JULIETTE: Thank you!
-Oh, you're welcome.
-Thank you.
And you better hurry up.
Because the judges are aboutready to make their rounds.
-Oh, thanks.
Come on, Baskerville.
-Good luck!
-Come on.
Thank you!
ANNOUNCER: All contestants,
the preliminary judging
will begin in five minutes.
Please proceed to thejudging area at this time.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: I
don't know anybody here.
YELLOW LAB
[VOICEOVER]: Look what
just fell off the fire truck.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Yikes,is that one dog, or two?
DOG SHOW CONTESTANT:
Can you believe
they're letting
Dalmatians in here?
DOG SHOW CONTESTANT: Smellslike he needs a bath.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Doesn'tseem like I'm too welcome here.
Hey, there's Precious.
I remember her from
the fireman's picnic.
-I am going to start practicingmy swing with the frying pan.
How can I help you?
-Umm, I'd like to enter my dog.
-Well, there's a
$5.00 entry fee.
-Well, the lady over theretold me I should give you this.
-Oh, yes-- well, fill in
your name right there,
and write your pooch's
name right here.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Poochie?
-I'm going to give
you this to hang
next to [GASPING] Baskerville.
-Yeah.
You don't think that's too weirdof a name, or anything, do you?
-No, no.
It's a lovely name, hon.
Enjoy the show.
-Thank you.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
[GRUMBLES] Poochie.
[grunts]
ANNOUNCER: Attention, allcontestants, the first round
of judging for theTaterville Annual Dog Show is
now underway in
the judging area.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: HelloPrecious, long time no see.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Her name's Juliette.
PRECIOUS [VOICEOVER]:
Where'd you find her?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
By the fire station.
PRECIOUS [VOICEOVER]:
Oh, here they come.
If you'll excuse me, I have tolook my best for the judges.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:Who are they to judge us?
I mean, look at them.
They have such funny
looking bodies,
they have to cover
them up with clothes.
PRECIOUS [VOICEOVER]:[giggles] Quiet, Baskerville.
You're making laugh.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: And lookat that handbag she's carrying.
Is that supposed
to be fashionable?
Humans waste so much moneyon dumb things, don't they?
When they could be spendingtheir money on important things
like food for us.
ANNOUNCER: Attention,
all contestants.
The judges have nowdecided the five finalists
in today's first
round of judging.
The five lucky contestants willgo forward to tomorrow's final,
and compete for the
grand prize of $250.00.
GRANDMA [VOICEOVER]: Afterthe judges talked in private
for a while, they
posted the finalists
over by the entry table.
I waited until after
the crowd thinned out.
And then I saw it.
I thought I was seeing things--as if I was having a dream.
But there it was in big, boldlettering-- the number 39.
I felt like Cinderella.
That night, at the
dinner table, I
decided to tell my
parents about finding
Baskerville in front
of the fire house.
Papa said it was good to feelcompassion for stray animals.
He said I could keep him.
-Grandma, I once
asked my mom, and dad
if I could have a puppy.
But they said I have towait until I get old enough.
-And your parents know
what's best for you.
-What did great gradman,
and great grandpa
think about Baskervilledoing good in a dog show?
-No, I didn't even
tell my parents
about his being in the dog show.
-Why not?
-Well, at the time, I thought
they might think badly
of my not paying the entry fee.
-Grandma, weren't you goingto tell me about someone who
turned all sorts of
different colors?
-I was just about
to get to that.
Well, the next day, afterwe got home from church,
I thought it would
be a wise thing
to give Baskerville a bath.
All the other dogs were allso clean, and well-groomed,
we had meet the
competition head on.
-I think you'll find
some soap in the jars
your mom put behind the house.
-Just check, and see
what's in them, first.
-Come on, Baskerville.
We're going to give
you a bath so you look
pretty for the judges
this afternoon.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Oh, no.
I just know it's
going to be cold.
I just know it.
-That's not so bad, is it?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Personally,
I'd rather be chasing rabbits.
-When I get through
with you, Baskerville,
you're going to be theprettiest dog in the show.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
The things
we have to go through tomake it in show business.
-That's a good boy.
This one looks like shampoo.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
[gasps] It's cold!
[groans]
-There we go.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Mmm, ooh, yeah.
That's the spot I've beentrying to scratch all week.
I can't seem to get
my leg up there.
That is nice.
I could get used to this.
Maybe a show dog's life
isn't so bad, after all.
-[SCREAMING] Mama!
-That's permanent fabric dye.
That'll never come out
in a million years.
-It has to come out.
It just has to.
-Oh, honey, it's all right.
I reckon we can love a bluedog just as well as any other.
-You don't understand, papa.
I have to get him back
to the way that he was.
JULIETTE'S FATHER:
Wait, you know,
I heard Professor
Strudelburger used
to work for a big chemicalcompany back east.
-I heard he was a
little touchy, dear.
-Well, he's all right.
I mean, he's a littlestrange, that's for sure.
A couple of months ago,
I worked at his place.
He's got a laboratoryright there at his house.
I bet the professor could finda way to get that blue out.
-Really?
-Yeah.
-I don't think that's
such a good idea, Jim.
I heard the professor
doesn't like visitor.
-Oh, mama.
You know, what people
say, and the way things
are are sometimes
two separate things.
-Keep out.
That means you.
Well, we'll just tell
him papa sent us, right?
Let's go.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Maybewe should heed that warning.
-Over educated human ahead.
Proceed with caution.
Let's go, Baskerville.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Why should we
be worried about an
over educated human?
What's he going to do-- whack usover the head with his diploma?
Juliette, are you
sure about this?
We're awful far from home.
I don't like the looks ofthis, or the smell of it.
I better let Juliette know.
-What is it, Baskerville?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:The sign-- read the sign.
-Come on, we gotta get
you back to normal,
so we can go to the
finals this afternoon.
What are you-- a scaredy cat?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Scaredy cat?
That's a blow to a dog's ego.
-Come on.DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Oh.
This is pretty creepy.
JULIETTE: Knock
at your own risk.
If no one answers,
try the doorbell.
But you may be sorry.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:It's not so bad being blue.
I can get used to this.
Really, it's OK.
Juliette, please, let's go home.
[foghorn]DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Yikes!
-Whatever you're selling,
I don't want any.
-Wait!
Doctor Strudelburger,
we need your help.
My father said you
were the only one
in the world who could help us.
-Somebody said
something nice about me?
-Yes, my father.
He worked on your yard
a couple months ago.
And by the looks
of it, you might
want to call him
again sometime soon.
-Oh, yes, John Jenkins.
-Jim Jenkins.
-No, I'm afraid not.
I'm Professor Strudelburger.
-No, I know that.
My father's Jim Jenkins.
-You seem to be very
confident about that.
-He's my father.
-Well, of course he is.
-And you are?
-His daughter, Juliette Jenkins.
-Well, I'm glad you got
that settled, Julianna.
-Juliette.
[screams]
-Oh, I'm sorry.
I was working in the
lab when you rang.
What's the problem?
-It's my dog.
-Dog?
Dog?
I don't see any-- Is
it an imaginary dog?
-Oh, no,no.
He's quite real.
[whistles] Baskerville,
come here, boy.
Don't worry, the
professor won't bite.
-Unless you're a ham
sandwich, and then
you better run for your life.
-I could go for a hamsandwich myself, right now.
-Where'd you get a blue dog?
I'd like a blue dog like that.
I'd love to have a dog.
But I hate the
colors they come in--
beige, black, brown, boring!
[clears throat]
-Listen, Doctor Strudelburger.
Baskerville's the
reason I came to you.
You see, I was
giving him a bath--
-Baskerville-- what a
creative name for a dog.
Why do people name their animalsRover, Spot, [singing] Fido?
[baskerville barks]
-Baskerville, hush!
-You see, he agrees with me.
-Listen, Doctor Strudelburger.
The reason I came
to you is because I
don't want him to
be blue anymore.
-What's wrong with blue?
I like blue.
He looks good in blue.
Look at the sky.
It's blue.
Do you want to change
its colors too?
Well, it'd be easy
to make it brown.
Is that what you want to do?
-No, I don't want
to make him brown.
I want to make him white
with black spots the way
he's supposed to be.
And I need to do
it really quickly.
Because he's a finalist inthe dog show this afternoon.
-Hmm, yes, I see.
Well, it's going to
take some serious
molecular reconfiguration.
A dog's fur is constructedfrom dead cells
pushing up through the pores.
By using this powder-- whichis a distillation of apple
blossoms, and rutabaga
bark-- when activated
by the photo voltaic charge--better known as sunlight--
the inverse magnetic pullon the cranium oblongata
will cause phasing of
the polarities, which
will extricate the
unwanted pigmentation
from the follicles.
[popping sound] Ouch!
Did you follow me?
-Didn't understand
a word you said.
-Neither did I. But what's itmatter, so long as it works,
right?
-Right.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: As longas I come out of this alive.
Isn't that even being
considered here?
-When the prismatized lightinteracts with the solution,
it's bye-bye blues.
Oh, oh, I hope this works.
Get a hold of
yourself, Strudelbaker.
-Burger!
-Burger-- Strudelburger!
You've got to have
a positive attitude.
Negative attitudes
never get you anywhere.
In the words of our
late, great president,
we have nothing to
fear, but-- but, uh--
-Fear itself!
-Right!
-Yes!
Yes!
Yes!
Yes!
-Oh my gosh!
What have you done to him?
-Oh, well-- Uh, theoretically,
it should have worked,
but hey, nobody bats a thousand.
-Now they're using me
for batting practice.
-You've ruined him.
-Well, look on the bright side--at least I got rid of the blue.
-But you made him green.
That's even worse than blue.
-Who says green is
any worse than blue?
-People are going to
think he's from Mars.
-What's wrong with Mars?
It's a nice red planet.
And I'd like to meet theguy who started that rumor
about people from
Mars being green.
Do you have any
friends from Mars?
-Not that I know of.
-Well, there!
Why couldn't people
from Mars be purple?
-Right now, I really don't carewhat color the people from Mars
are.
I just care about my dog.
You can't have a green
Dalmatian in a dog show
any more than you
can have a blue one.
Oh, Baskerville,
I still love you,
even though you look likeyou just went swimming
in a big bowl of split pea soup.
Now matter what color you are,you're always beautiful to me.
-Oh, you know, I canmake a killing with this.
Being able to change
the color of animal fur
with a few little adjustments,I can turn rabbit fur into mink.
I'll be seeing green
all the way to the bank.
-Well, I hope you enjoyall your money, professor.
Because I wanted
Baskerville to at least
have a chance at winning
that prize money.
So my father could
start his own business,
and not have to come homeevery day looking so sad.
Come on, Baskerville.
Let's leave the
professor alone, so he
can work on his
money-making inventions,
instead of helping
people like us.
-Wait, Rulietta.
Don't go.
Strulietta, come back.
Trulietta, wait, please.
[groans] Oh, I'm so sorry.
You, and Buster-- you come backinside, and I'll find a way,
if it's the last thing I do.
[boing] Oil of Locksbird
Gooseberry bush--
-Oil of what?
-Locksbird Gooseberry bush.
Let's see.
Lilac, Lily, too far, too far.
Ah, here we are!
Locksbird Gooseberry!
A rare plant in the gingerfamily that grows wild in semi
arid forest regions
of North America.
Used by the Bannocki,
and other tribes
to restore Buffalo
hides, and animal
firs to their
original coloration.
-That's what we need!
-Merely rub the root of
the Locksbird Gooseberry
bush on the affected
fir, and it will return
to its original color
in 15 to 20 minutes.
-Where do we get thisLocksbird Gooseberry stuff?
-As previously mentioned, theLocksbird is extremely rare.
And according to legend,
can be found only
by a qualified Native
American medicine man.
-Oh, Baskerville, I knew thiswas all too good to be true.
My horse, and carriage justturned back into a pumpkin.
A great big, bright greenfour-legged pumpkin.
-Hey, hey, what's
with the sad face?
-The dog show finals are
in less than five hours.
My sweet little plumb facehere doesn't have a chance
in a million years ofwinning-- except for maybe
in some dog show on Mars.
-Oh, it's a cinch.
All we do is boil up
some Lockbird roots,
and rub it all over
Biscuitville here.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Biscuitville?
-And, voila!
No more green around the collar.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Isthere a memory problem here?
That's the second timehe's mispronounced my name.
-But I thought you said
only an Indian medicine
man could find it.
-So?
-So what do we do-- lookone up in the yellow pages?
[laughs]
JULIETTE: So how far awaydoes this medicine man lives?
-Oh, as a crow flies,
I'd say 120 miles.
JULIETTE: [HYSTERICALLY]But Professor Strudelburger,
we'll never make it in time.
That's way too far of a drive.
PROFESSOR: Who said
anything about driving?
GRANDMA [VOICEOVER]: Even ifDoctor Strudelburger was taking
me on a wild Gooseberry chase,with less than two hours
before the dog show finals,what did I have to lose?
JULIETTE: I've never
flown in a plane before.
PROFESSOR: I love having abird's eye view of the world.
It puts everything in
a proper perspective.
JULIETTE: It's beautiful.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: So thisis how it looks to the birds.
No wonder they're
always chirping.
I'll be chirping too
if I could travel
like this in a snap of my paw.
PROFESSOR: There's
his place down there.
-I don't see any tepees.
-This particular medicineman doesn't live in a tepee.
He lives in a cave.
[chanting]
-Hi ya!
[grunts]
-It is I. Lawrence
T. Strudelburger III.
[screams]
-You do what?
-I am but a lowly inventor--
a slime mold on the food
chain of the
Industrial Revolution.
I tread upon your tribal
lands to humbly beseech
your medicinal wisdom inlocating a specimen you known
as Locheedie Wah Doo, which
in pale face vernacular
is known as Locksbird
Gooseberry bush.
-Get off your knees, you sorryunderbelly of a garter snake.
-Ah, Hawitt Dog, it's
good to see you, again.
-You too, Strudey.
-Strudey?
-Yeah.
Hawitt Dog, this is Pauliette.
-Juliette!
-Oh, yes, I'm sorry.
I've got to remember that.
What light through
yonder window breaks?
Tis the East, and Julie--Julie, Julie, Julietta!
Ah-ha!
Uh, Hawitt Dog, Juliette.
This is Hawitt Dog.
A [inaudible] world, certified,
bonafide, and otherwise
all-around qualified NativeAmerican medicine man.
-At Your service.
-How do you to know each other?
-We went to Harvard together.
-Yeah, he's got a degree
in chemical engineering.
-With a minor in basket weaving.
JULIETTE: So if you
have all that education,
how come you're
living in a cave?
-I tried the
industrialized life.
And personally, I like itout here better-- that is,
what's left of it.
-Well, I invent things.
That's what I do.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
He doesn't
look like a Harvard
grad to me. [barks]
Oh, why's he looking
at me like that?
MEDICINE MAN [VOICEOVER]:What happened to do, Fido?
Been frolicking in the
algae pools lately?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
I can't believe this.
MEDICINE MAN [VOICEOVER]:What's the problem?
Don't tell me you've
never heard of a human
who could speak dog-lepathy.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: To beperfectly honest with you,
no I haven't.
-What is this-- a staredown match, or something?
-Hawitt Dog can communicate
with various animals.
For all we know,
they're discussing
the stock market right now.
MEDICINE MAN [VOICEOVER]:So watch your thoughts, pup.
I don't want to hear any wisecrack thinking out of you.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
I promise,
I'll be on my very
best thought behavior.
MEDICINE MAN[VOICEOVER]: You do that.
-I didn't catch his name.
Was it Wit Dog?
Is that it?
Wit Dog?
-HA-WITT Dog.
HA-WITT.
-HA-WITT?
Is that it?
-Actually, it's a nicknamethe professor made up for me.
-His tribal name is quite long.
-Well, not as long as DoctorLawrence T. Strudelburger III.
-Well, actually, it is.
Hawitt Dog is really apronunciation for the letters
HWTDOG, which stands for hewho tap dances on gofers.
-I like it.
-She likes it.
-I think it's a very nice name.
But I don't think
the gofers probably
appreciate it too much.
-Hey, you can't
please everybody.
So Hawitt Dog?
-Yes, Strudey?
-What about the wild
Gooseberry bush?
-Ah, the Locheedie Wah Doo.
-Yahoo!
Where do we find some?
-I don't know if today is such agood day for Locheedie Wah Doo.
-Please, Mr. Hawitt
Dog-- he, who tap dances
on gofers-- whatever
your initials are.
We have to find
that wild Gooseberry
bush Lock Dee Doodle Doo.
And we have to find it fast.
Cause if we don't, Baskervillewill never get back
to his original color
in time for the finals.
And my parents,
and I will never,
ever have another
chance like this
to dig ourselves out of poverty.
-She would make a
good lawyer, this one.
-Either that, or an auctioneer.
So come on, Hawitt Dog.
Are you going to
be a party pooper?
Or are you going to help thisyoung lady procure that plans
she needs to make
everything right again?
-Oh, that's right, Strudey.
Lay a guilt trip on
your old college pal.
Make me out to be the badguy after you made him green,
and then only after
you had made him blue.
-How does he know that?
-He's a medicine man.
He's psychic.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
I'll vouch for that.
-How do you think I find
the Locheedie Wah Doo?
By tramping around in the woodsall day, and looking for it?
The rarest plant in the world?
JULIETTE: Please?
-She said the magic word.
-I have to first
go into a trance
before I find it, or
procure it, as you say.
[chanting]
-What's he saying?
-Heck if I know.
I don't mean the theBannocki tongue. [chanting]
All right, here's the deal.
Locheedie Wah Doo.
grows where the tree
reaches with its hands
towards the necks of
far away travelers.
-What the heck is
that supposed to mean?
-I don't know.
That's what it
translates into English.
There are no footnoteswith psychic revelations.
Sorry I couldn't
be of much help.
[chanting]
JULIETTE: Doesn't look likethere's much hope, does it?
PROFESSOR: You must nevergive up hope, Pointsietta.
JULIETTE: Juliette!
PROFESSOR: Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I think I have a
problem with names.
JULIETTE: I'll say.
PROFESSOR: Yeah, I
never have a problem
with advancedmathematical calculations,
numeric tables,
things like that.
But when it comes
to simple names,
I'm working on it,
though, Juliette.
JULIETTE: There's
hope for you, yet!
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Maybeif somebody makes him a cue
card with everybody's
name on it.
[gasps]
JULIETTE: Are you
seeing what I'm seeing?
PROFESSOR: What are you seeing?
JULIETTE: Trees reaching theirhands towards the necks--
PROFESSOR: Of far
away travelers.
-[LOUDLY] Doctor Strudelburger,this is the place!
-Take a look around.
It's got to be here somewhere.
-All right.
Wait, wait, what
am I looking for?
I don't know what it looks like.
-Broad, green semi-triangularleaves-- wild gooseberries
don't come out
until late summer,
so you've got to
look for-- there!
-Where?
-There!
PROFESSOR: We won't
know for 15 minutes
whether this is
going to work or not.
-Well, we haven't got that long.
The dog show finals
are any minute now.
PROFESSOR: Well, we
better hop to it.
[gasps of frustration] Oh!
Oh, no!
You're not going to
do this to us, again!
Not when we're on the
very verge of victory!
JULIETTE: Doctor Strudelburger,we can't wait any longer!
We've got to run!
Come on, Baskerville!
PROFESSOR: Godspeed, Juliette!
GRANDMA [VOICEOVER]: Never inall my born days had I ever
seen a dog run as fast asBaskerville did that day.
There was no way I
could keep up with him.
JULIETTE: Baskerville, wait!
I can't run that fast!
ANNOUNCER: And the winner
of the Second Annual
Taterville Dog Show
is Baskerville!
GRANDMA [VOICEOVER]: When Ifirst go up to the winner's
circle, I didn't
recognize Baskerville.
Because instead of
the Locheedie Wah Doo
making him normal again, itturned him a shade of red.
The judges thought he was therarest breed of dog they'd ever
seen, and awarded
him the blue ribbon.
It didn't turn out
anything like the way
I had hoped, and expected.
But when all was said, anddone, as it turned out,
everything worked out betterthan I could have ever
imagined-- even in
my wildest dreams.
You should have seen
the look on mama
and papa's faces when Ibrought home the prize money.
It was like all their prayershad been answered that day-- as
if all of their
dreams had come true.
They used it to open a
new restaurant in town
called Mama's Home Stew.
After word got around abouthow good Mama's stew was,
people started
driving in from all
over the county to eat there.
It was a roaring success.
And papa would even make homedeliveries of mama's stew
in the pickup truck.
Papa never sold
that old pick up.
Because he said he neverwanted to forget that no matter
how tough times tend to get,there's always the possibility
of a miracle happening
just around the corner.
Eventually, they made enoughmoney to buy this house.
But I'll tell you
something, Justin.
And don't you ever forget this.
We had as much love in thatlittle old shack by the creek
as we do in this house.
That's what's important--not how big the house is,
but how big are the
hearts inside it.
-Did Baskerville stay red therest of his life, grandma?
-No.
As it turned out, Hawitt
Dog's Locheedie Wah Doo
actually did work.
It just took a while, isall-- about a week, I think.
-Maybe you should findsome Locheedoodle for me.
GRANDMA: [laughs]
No, I just think
a good night's sleep isthe best medicine for you.
Goodnight, Justin.
-I love you, Grandma.
GRANDMA: I love you too, dear.
-Grandma?
-Try to get to
sleep, or Santa might
not get a chance to drop by.
He's got a lot of deliveriesto make tonight, you know?
[christmas music]
JUSTIN: I can't believe it!
-What is it, Justin?
-Look what Santa brought me!
-You must have been really,
really good this year.
-I've been the best!
-Say cheese.
[music playing]
-Back again, Justin?
-Can we look at the puppy?
-OK.
-I know where they are.
JUSTIN'S FATHER: Whoa,whoa-- slow down, Justin.
-Which one do you want to see?
JUSTIN: All of them.
-[LAUGHING] OK.
Come here, baby.
Now be careful
how you hold them.
Puppies need to feel safewhen you pick them up.
-OK, you don't like that?
OK.
-You know, there
is one more puppy.
JUSTIN: There is?
-Some film company
used him for a movie,
and then brought
him in here to sell.
-[EXCITEDLY] Oh, yes!
This is the one.
Can I please have this one?
-You know, puppies are
a big responsibility.
Maybe we should wait tillyou're a little older.
-I could take really goodcare of a puppy if I had one.
I'm getting older every day.
[sneezes]
-That sounds like a
nasty sneeze, young man.
-Oh, honey, you've got a fever.
We better get him to grandma'shouse, and get him to bed.
[christmas music playing]
-How's the patient?
-Still awake.
-Waiting for Santa.
-Oh, I just set everything
up in the kitchen.
Maybe I'll tuck him in witha little bedtime story--
help him get to sleep.
-Mom always tells the
best bedtime stories.
-Just don't let him
keep you up all night.
-Oh, I won't.
-Merry Christmas Eve to you two.
-Thanks, mom.
-Merry Christmas.
-Goodnight, Mom.
-Grandma--
-What are you still doing up?
-I can't sleep.
I want it to be morning already.
-You can't rush the
morning, Justin.
It comes on its own
time-- no one else's.
Are you feeling any better?
-Not really.
-Well, let's check yourtemperature one more time.
-What time do you thinkSanta Claus will get here?
-Some time between
now, and morning.
He's probably circlingaround out there, right now,
as far as we know, waiting
for you to go to sleep.
-How does he know that?
-It's not polite to talkwith your mouth full, Justin.
-I know.
-I remember when I had
a fever like this once.
I had to stay home from
school for a whole week.
Here, open up now.
-I wish I could stay
home from school.
But I had to go, and
get sick over Christmas.
-Aw, you're still burning up.
-Are we going to take
pictures tomorrow?
GRANDMA: Of course.
We always take family
pictures at Christmas.
-I don't want anybody
to see me like this.
They're going to
call me lobster boy.
-[GIGGLING] It's just yourbody's way of healing itself,
Justin.
Besides, it's not
all that important
how you look on the outside.
It's what's on the
inside that counts.
I knew someone once who turnedseveral different colors
all in one day.
-You did?
-Uh-huh.
It was just before
your great-grandparents
moved into this
house-- back in 1948.
GRANDMA [VOICEOVER]:
The town was going
through some rough
times back then.
After they closed the mill,and people started moving away,
the city was so
broke, they even had
to close the firehouse
to save money.
There was a beautiful Dalmatianthat kept hanging around
the station hoping that oneday the fireman would return.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
When are they
going to come back, and feed me?
If I have to scrounge
one more scrap of food
from a garbage
can, I'm going to--
Oh, someone's coming.
Well, who's this?
Huh, she obviously doesn'tcome from a very rich family.
But hey, at this point,beggars can't be choosers.
All right, I might have
only one shot at this.
I'd better get into
my best, how much
is that doggy in
the windows pose.
-[GENTLY] Aw, hello.
Good boy.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
OK, here we go.
Adorable doggy looknumber two-- the sad eyes.
-Oh boy, I sure wish Icould take you home with me.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Yes, yes!
-But I can't.
[dalmatian groans]
-Ever since papa lost
his job at the mill
he's been having
a hard enough time
feeding himself, mama, and me.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Well, hey,
I'm not expecting
gourmet dog food here.
Scraps off the table are fine.
Anything is better
than a canned lunch.
-You sure are a
sweet one, though.
I gotta get home for supper.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Supper?
Please don't tease me like this.
-Bye, now.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Sheseemed like such a nice girl.
I wish I had a home.
Oh boy, maybe she's
having second thoughts.
Oh please, oh please,oh, please, oh please, oh
please, take me home with you.
What have I got to lose?
[music playing]
-Hey, it's you.
It's you.
Did you follow me
all the way out here?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
I think there
might still be a chance here.
-Don't you have a home?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:Look, I can do tricks, too.
Watch this.
-Oh, look at you.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Pleasedto make your acquaintance.
-I guess there's
no harm in taking
you home just for one night.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Yes!
-Come on, boy.
I'm right behind you.
Let me see.
What should I name you?
How about Chester?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Chester?
Do I look like a Chester?
That's more of a name fora bulldog than a Dalmatian.
-Maybe not.
What about something
like Sherlock?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Do Ilook like a detective to you?
-Hmm.
I know.
Baskerville!
I'lll call you Baskerville!
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Baskerville?
What kind of name
is that for a dog?
-Here, Baskerville!
Fetch!
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:The things we do for food.
-Good boy, Baskerville.
Good boy.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Like I said,
beggars can't be choosers.
GRANDMA [VOICEOVER]: Timeswere tough for us then.
Your great-grandpa couldn't findany work after they closed down
the mill even though hewent out looking every day.
Mama made a little money everynow, and then, selling clothes.
But it was barely enough tokeep a roof over our heads,
and not much left over for food.
JIM: [sighs] What's
for supper tonight?
-Stew.
-Oh wow, it smells good.
-Any luck today?
-No, afraid not.
-It's OK, Jim.
Tomorrow's another day.
Tomorrow's another day.
GRANDMA [VOICEOVER]: Mamaknew how to make a little go
a long way-- by puttingwhatever we had all together
in a big skillet,
and making stew.
Mama got very good at it.
-Here, taste this.
Tell me what you think.
How is it?
-Perfect.
-OK, Baskerville, you stay
here for now, all right?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Oh,can't I please come in?
Please, please, pretty please?
-I have to wait till
the perfect time
to ask them if I can keep you.
You'll be all right.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
cooking sure smells good.
I can't even remember
the last time
I had a home cooked meal
I could use a snack.
Maybe there's a
trashcan around here.
-Hey mama.
Hey papa.
JULIETTE'S MOTHER: Hi.
-How's my girl?
-Good.
How was school today?
-Oh, fine.
I have a book report
due on Monday.
I have to read the "Hound ofthe Baskervilles" this weekend.
-Well, you ought to haveplenty of time to do that.
Not much going on
except the dog show.
-Mama, would it be all rightif I ate supper outside?
It's really nice out.
-Sure, if that's
what you want to do
as long as it's OK
with your father.
-Go ahead.
But make sure you don'tleave any scraps out there.
I don't want the raccoonsgoing all over the place.
-Thanks, papa.
-Thank you for this food--
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Oh,yes, yes, thank you, thank you.
What?
Where's my plate?
Um--
JULIETTE: Are you hungry?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Who me, hungry?
I'm famished!
Oh, yes.
Yum!
Thank you.
Thank you.
JULIETTE: Mama makes the
best stew, don't she?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Mycompliments to the chef.
This is the best
stew I've ever had.
[yawning] Well,
the accommodations
aren't all that great.
But the food is suregood, and so is Juliette.
I wonder what's for breakfast.
JULIETTE'S MOTHER: Come get youroatmeal before it gets cold.
-You sure know how to
treat a man like a king.
Even a poor man out of work--
-Oh, papa, you'll find a job.
I know you will.
-That's right.
Listen to your daughter.
She's got the right attitude.
Never give up hope-- never.
-Yeah, you're right.
Thank you for this
food, and especially
for my wonderful family.
I don't mean to sound
like I'm complaining,
but in case you haven't
noticed, our cash
situation is
getting kind of low.
I do love my family.
I want to take care of them.
If you happen to have a
spare one laying around,
we could sure use a
miracle some time soon.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
What should I do here?
Should I go pawing at the door?
No, no, that might
seem a little pushy.
I have to remember to keep mygood canine etiquette or-- ooh,
it's back to the
trash can cafe for me.
Patience, patience-- I don'twant to blow a good thing.
-Are we going to go tothe dog show this weekend?
-Oh, honey, I have too manychores to do this weekend.
-Do you want to go, papa?
-Juliette, I can't.I've got to go find a job.
I've got to put
food on this table.
I was thinking of going backto the canning works today.
-Didn't you go
there two days ago?
-Yeah, but you never knowwhen they need somebody else.
You know, I heard
that Cousin Bob over
in Hooverton--he's
doing pretty good.
-Oh, I'm so glad to here that.
JULIETTE'S FATHER: Seems likehe got $50.00 in seed money,
started selling
hardware supplies
off the back of his truck.
In no time, he had enoughmoney to open his own store.
-Is it all right if I
go to the park today?
-As long as you got
enough time to make sure
your homework's done.
-I'm almost finished
with the book.
-All right.
-Thanks, papa.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Here she comes.
Oh boy, breakfast
in bed-- Mm hmm.
JULIETTE: Morning!
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:Yes, it's a nice morning.
Where's breakfast?
-Good morning!
Did you sleep well?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Well, Iwould've preferred a nice rug
in front of a roaring fireplace.
But compared to the alley
behind the fire house,
I can't complain.
-Look what I brought you.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Is that it?
A biscuit?
No steak, and eggs?
Oh, well, at least the
service isn't so bad.
-Come on, Baskerville.
We're going to go see some
of your friends today.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
I don't have
any friends, except for you.
[music playing]
JULIETTE: Boy,
Baskerville, wouldn't it
be nice to have $250.00?
Then papa could start a businessof his own just like Uncle Bob.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
That would
mean bye-bye biscuits
for breakfast.
YELLOW LAB [VOICEOVER]:
Oh, where's my groomer?
-Excuse me, all dogs haveto be on a leash today.
JULIETTE: Oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't know.
DOG SHOW JUDGE: Oh,
that's all right.
JULIETTE: Come
here, Baskerville.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Ihate wearing these things.
DOG SHOW JUDGE: Oh,
what a beautiful dog.
-Isn't he?
-Yes, what's his name?
JULIETTE: Baskerville.
-Oh, well hello, Baskerville.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:Well, she's got good taste.
DOG SHOW JUDGE: Oh,
what a sweet thing.
Why aren't you over with
the other contestants?
JULIETTE: Doesn't it
cost money to enter?
DOG SHOW JUDGE: Well, yes,but-- oh, I've got an idea.
I'll give you this note.
And you take it over to
Mrs. Hutchins over there
at the entry desk, andshe'll give you a number.
OK?
JULIETTE: Thank you!
-Oh, you're welcome.
-Thank you.
And you better hurry up.
Because the judges are aboutready to make their rounds.
-Oh, thanks.
Come on, Baskerville.
-Good luck!
-Come on.
Thank you!
ANNOUNCER: All contestants,
the preliminary judging
will begin in five minutes.
Please proceed to thejudging area at this time.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: I
don't know anybody here.
YELLOW LAB
[VOICEOVER]: Look what
just fell off the fire truck.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Yikes,is that one dog, or two?
DOG SHOW CONTESTANT:
Can you believe
they're letting
Dalmatians in here?
DOG SHOW CONTESTANT: Smellslike he needs a bath.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Doesn'tseem like I'm too welcome here.
Hey, there's Precious.
I remember her from
the fireman's picnic.
-I am going to start practicingmy swing with the frying pan.
How can I help you?
-Umm, I'd like to enter my dog.
-Well, there's a
$5.00 entry fee.
-Well, the lady over theretold me I should give you this.
-Oh, yes-- well, fill in
your name right there,
and write your pooch's
name right here.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Poochie?
-I'm going to give
you this to hang
next to [GASPING] Baskerville.
-Yeah.
You don't think that's too weirdof a name, or anything, do you?
-No, no.
It's a lovely name, hon.
Enjoy the show.
-Thank you.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
[GRUMBLES] Poochie.
[grunts]
ANNOUNCER: Attention, allcontestants, the first round
of judging for theTaterville Annual Dog Show is
now underway in
the judging area.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: HelloPrecious, long time no see.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Her name's Juliette.
PRECIOUS [VOICEOVER]:
Where'd you find her?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
By the fire station.
PRECIOUS [VOICEOVER]:
Oh, here they come.
If you'll excuse me, I have tolook my best for the judges.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:Who are they to judge us?
I mean, look at them.
They have such funny
looking bodies,
they have to cover
them up with clothes.
PRECIOUS [VOICEOVER]:[giggles] Quiet, Baskerville.
You're making laugh.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: And lookat that handbag she's carrying.
Is that supposed
to be fashionable?
Humans waste so much moneyon dumb things, don't they?
When they could be spendingtheir money on important things
like food for us.
ANNOUNCER: Attention,
all contestants.
The judges have nowdecided the five finalists
in today's first
round of judging.
The five lucky contestants willgo forward to tomorrow's final,
and compete for the
grand prize of $250.00.
GRANDMA [VOICEOVER]: Afterthe judges talked in private
for a while, they
posted the finalists
over by the entry table.
I waited until after
the crowd thinned out.
And then I saw it.
I thought I was seeing things--as if I was having a dream.
But there it was in big, boldlettering-- the number 39.
I felt like Cinderella.
That night, at the
dinner table, I
decided to tell my
parents about finding
Baskerville in front
of the fire house.
Papa said it was good to feelcompassion for stray animals.
He said I could keep him.
-Grandma, I once
asked my mom, and dad
if I could have a puppy.
But they said I have towait until I get old enough.
-And your parents know
what's best for you.
-What did great gradman,
and great grandpa
think about Baskervilledoing good in a dog show?
-No, I didn't even
tell my parents
about his being in the dog show.
-Why not?
-Well, at the time, I thought
they might think badly
of my not paying the entry fee.
-Grandma, weren't you goingto tell me about someone who
turned all sorts of
different colors?
-I was just about
to get to that.
Well, the next day, afterwe got home from church,
I thought it would
be a wise thing
to give Baskerville a bath.
All the other dogs were allso clean, and well-groomed,
we had meet the
competition head on.
-I think you'll find
some soap in the jars
your mom put behind the house.
-Just check, and see
what's in them, first.
-Come on, Baskerville.
We're going to give
you a bath so you look
pretty for the judges
this afternoon.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Oh, no.
I just know it's
going to be cold.
I just know it.
-That's not so bad, is it?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Personally,
I'd rather be chasing rabbits.
-When I get through
with you, Baskerville,
you're going to be theprettiest dog in the show.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
The things
we have to go through tomake it in show business.
-That's a good boy.
This one looks like shampoo.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
[gasps] It's cold!
[groans]
-There we go.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Mmm, ooh, yeah.
That's the spot I've beentrying to scratch all week.
I can't seem to get
my leg up there.
That is nice.
I could get used to this.
Maybe a show dog's life
isn't so bad, after all.
-[SCREAMING] Mama!
-That's permanent fabric dye.
That'll never come out
in a million years.
-It has to come out.
It just has to.
-Oh, honey, it's all right.
I reckon we can love a bluedog just as well as any other.
-You don't understand, papa.
I have to get him back
to the way that he was.
JULIETTE'S FATHER:
Wait, you know,
I heard Professor
Strudelburger used
to work for a big chemicalcompany back east.
-I heard he was a
little touchy, dear.
-Well, he's all right.
I mean, he's a littlestrange, that's for sure.
A couple of months ago,
I worked at his place.
He's got a laboratoryright there at his house.
I bet the professor could finda way to get that blue out.
-Really?
-Yeah.
-I don't think that's
such a good idea, Jim.
I heard the professor
doesn't like visitor.
-Oh, mama.
You know, what people
say, and the way things
are are sometimes
two separate things.
-Keep out.
That means you.
Well, we'll just tell
him papa sent us, right?
Let's go.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Maybewe should heed that warning.
-Over educated human ahead.
Proceed with caution.
Let's go, Baskerville.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Why should we
be worried about an
over educated human?
What's he going to do-- whack usover the head with his diploma?
Juliette, are you
sure about this?
We're awful far from home.
I don't like the looks ofthis, or the smell of it.
I better let Juliette know.
-What is it, Baskerville?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:The sign-- read the sign.
-Come on, we gotta get
you back to normal,
so we can go to the
finals this afternoon.
What are you-- a scaredy cat?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Scaredy cat?
That's a blow to a dog's ego.
-Come on.DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Oh.
This is pretty creepy.
JULIETTE: Knock
at your own risk.
If no one answers,
try the doorbell.
But you may be sorry.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:It's not so bad being blue.
I can get used to this.
Really, it's OK.
Juliette, please, let's go home.
[foghorn]DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Yikes!
-Whatever you're selling,
I don't want any.
-Wait!
Doctor Strudelburger,
we need your help.
My father said you
were the only one
in the world who could help us.
-Somebody said
something nice about me?
-Yes, my father.
He worked on your yard
a couple months ago.
And by the looks
of it, you might
want to call him
again sometime soon.
-Oh, yes, John Jenkins.
-Jim Jenkins.
-No, I'm afraid not.
I'm Professor Strudelburger.
-No, I know that.
My father's Jim Jenkins.
-You seem to be very
confident about that.
-He's my father.
-Well, of course he is.
-And you are?
-His daughter, Juliette Jenkins.
-Well, I'm glad you got
that settled, Julianna.
-Juliette.
[screams]
-Oh, I'm sorry.
I was working in the
lab when you rang.
What's the problem?
-It's my dog.
-Dog?
Dog?
I don't see any-- Is
it an imaginary dog?
-Oh, no,no.
He's quite real.
[whistles] Baskerville,
come here, boy.
Don't worry, the
professor won't bite.
-Unless you're a ham
sandwich, and then
you better run for your life.
-I could go for a hamsandwich myself, right now.
-Where'd you get a blue dog?
I'd like a blue dog like that.
I'd love to have a dog.
But I hate the
colors they come in--
beige, black, brown, boring!
[clears throat]
-Listen, Doctor Strudelburger.
Baskerville's the
reason I came to you.
You see, I was
giving him a bath--
-Baskerville-- what a
creative name for a dog.
Why do people name their animalsRover, Spot, [singing] Fido?
[baskerville barks]
-Baskerville, hush!
-You see, he agrees with me.
-Listen, Doctor Strudelburger.
The reason I came
to you is because I
don't want him to
be blue anymore.
-What's wrong with blue?
I like blue.
He looks good in blue.
Look at the sky.
It's blue.
Do you want to change
its colors too?
Well, it'd be easy
to make it brown.
Is that what you want to do?
-No, I don't want
to make him brown.
I want to make him white
with black spots the way
he's supposed to be.
And I need to do
it really quickly.
Because he's a finalist inthe dog show this afternoon.
-Hmm, yes, I see.
Well, it's going to
take some serious
molecular reconfiguration.
A dog's fur is constructedfrom dead cells
pushing up through the pores.
By using this powder-- whichis a distillation of apple
blossoms, and rutabaga
bark-- when activated
by the photo voltaic charge--better known as sunlight--
the inverse magnetic pullon the cranium oblongata
will cause phasing of
the polarities, which
will extricate the
unwanted pigmentation
from the follicles.
[popping sound] Ouch!
Did you follow me?
-Didn't understand
a word you said.
-Neither did I. But what's itmatter, so long as it works,
right?
-Right.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: As longas I come out of this alive.
Isn't that even being
considered here?
-When the prismatized lightinteracts with the solution,
it's bye-bye blues.
Oh, oh, I hope this works.
Get a hold of
yourself, Strudelbaker.
-Burger!
-Burger-- Strudelburger!
You've got to have
a positive attitude.
Negative attitudes
never get you anywhere.
In the words of our
late, great president,
we have nothing to
fear, but-- but, uh--
-Fear itself!
-Right!
-Yes!
Yes!
Yes!
Yes!
-Oh my gosh!
What have you done to him?
-Oh, well-- Uh, theoretically,
it should have worked,
but hey, nobody bats a thousand.
-Now they're using me
for batting practice.
-You've ruined him.
-Well, look on the bright side--at least I got rid of the blue.
-But you made him green.
That's even worse than blue.
-Who says green is
any worse than blue?
-People are going to
think he's from Mars.
-What's wrong with Mars?
It's a nice red planet.
And I'd like to meet theguy who started that rumor
about people from
Mars being green.
Do you have any
friends from Mars?
-Not that I know of.
-Well, there!
Why couldn't people
from Mars be purple?
-Right now, I really don't carewhat color the people from Mars
are.
I just care about my dog.
You can't have a green
Dalmatian in a dog show
any more than you
can have a blue one.
Oh, Baskerville,
I still love you,
even though you look likeyou just went swimming
in a big bowl of split pea soup.
Now matter what color you are,you're always beautiful to me.
-Oh, you know, I canmake a killing with this.
Being able to change
the color of animal fur
with a few little adjustments,I can turn rabbit fur into mink.
I'll be seeing green
all the way to the bank.
-Well, I hope you enjoyall your money, professor.
Because I wanted
Baskerville to at least
have a chance at winning
that prize money.
So my father could
start his own business,
and not have to come homeevery day looking so sad.
Come on, Baskerville.
Let's leave the
professor alone, so he
can work on his
money-making inventions,
instead of helping
people like us.
-Wait, Rulietta.
Don't go.
Strulietta, come back.
Trulietta, wait, please.
[groans] Oh, I'm so sorry.
You, and Buster-- you come backinside, and I'll find a way,
if it's the last thing I do.
[boing] Oil of Locksbird
Gooseberry bush--
-Oil of what?
-Locksbird Gooseberry bush.
Let's see.
Lilac, Lily, too far, too far.
Ah, here we are!
Locksbird Gooseberry!
A rare plant in the gingerfamily that grows wild in semi
arid forest regions
of North America.
Used by the Bannocki,
and other tribes
to restore Buffalo
hides, and animal
firs to their
original coloration.
-That's what we need!
-Merely rub the root of
the Locksbird Gooseberry
bush on the affected
fir, and it will return
to its original color
in 15 to 20 minutes.
-Where do we get thisLocksbird Gooseberry stuff?
-As previously mentioned, theLocksbird is extremely rare.
And according to legend,
can be found only
by a qualified Native
American medicine man.
-Oh, Baskerville, I knew thiswas all too good to be true.
My horse, and carriage justturned back into a pumpkin.
A great big, bright greenfour-legged pumpkin.
-Hey, hey, what's
with the sad face?
-The dog show finals are
in less than five hours.
My sweet little plumb facehere doesn't have a chance
in a million years ofwinning-- except for maybe
in some dog show on Mars.
-Oh, it's a cinch.
All we do is boil up
some Lockbird roots,
and rub it all over
Biscuitville here.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
Biscuitville?
-And, voila!
No more green around the collar.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Isthere a memory problem here?
That's the second timehe's mispronounced my name.
-But I thought you said
only an Indian medicine
man could find it.
-So?
-So what do we do-- lookone up in the yellow pages?
[laughs]
JULIETTE: So how far awaydoes this medicine man lives?
-Oh, as a crow flies,
I'd say 120 miles.
JULIETTE: [HYSTERICALLY]But Professor Strudelburger,
we'll never make it in time.
That's way too far of a drive.
PROFESSOR: Who said
anything about driving?
GRANDMA [VOICEOVER]: Even ifDoctor Strudelburger was taking
me on a wild Gooseberry chase,with less than two hours
before the dog show finals,what did I have to lose?
JULIETTE: I've never
flown in a plane before.
PROFESSOR: I love having abird's eye view of the world.
It puts everything in
a proper perspective.
JULIETTE: It's beautiful.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: So thisis how it looks to the birds.
No wonder they're
always chirping.
I'll be chirping too
if I could travel
like this in a snap of my paw.
PROFESSOR: There's
his place down there.
-I don't see any tepees.
-This particular medicineman doesn't live in a tepee.
He lives in a cave.
[chanting]
-Hi ya!
[grunts]
-It is I. Lawrence
T. Strudelburger III.
[screams]
-You do what?
-I am but a lowly inventor--
a slime mold on the food
chain of the
Industrial Revolution.
I tread upon your tribal
lands to humbly beseech
your medicinal wisdom inlocating a specimen you known
as Locheedie Wah Doo, which
in pale face vernacular
is known as Locksbird
Gooseberry bush.
-Get off your knees, you sorryunderbelly of a garter snake.
-Ah, Hawitt Dog, it's
good to see you, again.
-You too, Strudey.
-Strudey?
-Yeah.
Hawitt Dog, this is Pauliette.
-Juliette!
-Oh, yes, I'm sorry.
I've got to remember that.
What light through
yonder window breaks?
Tis the East, and Julie--Julie, Julie, Julietta!
Ah-ha!
Uh, Hawitt Dog, Juliette.
This is Hawitt Dog.
A [inaudible] world, certified,
bonafide, and otherwise
all-around qualified NativeAmerican medicine man.
-At Your service.
-How do you to know each other?
-We went to Harvard together.
-Yeah, he's got a degree
in chemical engineering.
-With a minor in basket weaving.
JULIETTE: So if you
have all that education,
how come you're
living in a cave?
-I tried the
industrialized life.
And personally, I like itout here better-- that is,
what's left of it.
-Well, I invent things.
That's what I do.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
He doesn't
look like a Harvard
grad to me. [barks]
Oh, why's he looking
at me like that?
MEDICINE MAN [VOICEOVER]:What happened to do, Fido?
Been frolicking in the
algae pools lately?
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
I can't believe this.
MEDICINE MAN [VOICEOVER]:What's the problem?
Don't tell me you've
never heard of a human
who could speak dog-lepathy.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: To beperfectly honest with you,
no I haven't.
-What is this-- a staredown match, or something?
-Hawitt Dog can communicate
with various animals.
For all we know,
they're discussing
the stock market right now.
MEDICINE MAN [VOICEOVER]:So watch your thoughts, pup.
I don't want to hear any wisecrack thinking out of you.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
I promise,
I'll be on my very
best thought behavior.
MEDICINE MAN[VOICEOVER]: You do that.
-I didn't catch his name.
Was it Wit Dog?
Is that it?
Wit Dog?
-HA-WITT Dog.
HA-WITT.
-HA-WITT?
Is that it?
-Actually, it's a nicknamethe professor made up for me.
-His tribal name is quite long.
-Well, not as long as DoctorLawrence T. Strudelburger III.
-Well, actually, it is.
Hawitt Dog is really apronunciation for the letters
HWTDOG, which stands for hewho tap dances on gofers.
-I like it.
-She likes it.
-I think it's a very nice name.
But I don't think
the gofers probably
appreciate it too much.
-Hey, you can't
please everybody.
So Hawitt Dog?
-Yes, Strudey?
-What about the wild
Gooseberry bush?
-Ah, the Locheedie Wah Doo.
-Yahoo!
Where do we find some?
-I don't know if today is such agood day for Locheedie Wah Doo.
-Please, Mr. Hawitt
Dog-- he, who tap dances
on gofers-- whatever
your initials are.
We have to find
that wild Gooseberry
bush Lock Dee Doodle Doo.
And we have to find it fast.
Cause if we don't, Baskervillewill never get back
to his original color
in time for the finals.
And my parents,
and I will never,
ever have another
chance like this
to dig ourselves out of poverty.
-She would make a
good lawyer, this one.
-Either that, or an auctioneer.
So come on, Hawitt Dog.
Are you going to
be a party pooper?
Or are you going to help thisyoung lady procure that plans
she needs to make
everything right again?
-Oh, that's right, Strudey.
Lay a guilt trip on
your old college pal.
Make me out to be the badguy after you made him green,
and then only after
you had made him blue.
-How does he know that?
-He's a medicine man.
He's psychic.
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]:
I'll vouch for that.
-How do you think I find
the Locheedie Wah Doo?
By tramping around in the woodsall day, and looking for it?
The rarest plant in the world?
JULIETTE: Please?
-She said the magic word.
-I have to first
go into a trance
before I find it, or
procure it, as you say.
[chanting]
-What's he saying?
-Heck if I know.
I don't mean the theBannocki tongue. [chanting]
All right, here's the deal.
Locheedie Wah Doo.
grows where the tree
reaches with its hands
towards the necks of
far away travelers.
-What the heck is
that supposed to mean?
-I don't know.
That's what it
translates into English.
There are no footnoteswith psychic revelations.
Sorry I couldn't
be of much help.
[chanting]
JULIETTE: Doesn't look likethere's much hope, does it?
PROFESSOR: You must nevergive up hope, Pointsietta.
JULIETTE: Juliette!
PROFESSOR: Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I think I have a
problem with names.
JULIETTE: I'll say.
PROFESSOR: Yeah, I
never have a problem
with advancedmathematical calculations,
numeric tables,
things like that.
But when it comes
to simple names,
I'm working on it,
though, Juliette.
JULIETTE: There's
hope for you, yet!
DALMATIAN [VOICEOVER]: Maybeif somebody makes him a cue
card with everybody's
name on it.
[gasps]
JULIETTE: Are you
seeing what I'm seeing?
PROFESSOR: What are you seeing?
JULIETTE: Trees reaching theirhands towards the necks--
PROFESSOR: Of far
away travelers.
-[LOUDLY] Doctor Strudelburger,this is the place!
-Take a look around.
It's got to be here somewhere.
-All right.
Wait, wait, what
am I looking for?
I don't know what it looks like.
-Broad, green semi-triangularleaves-- wild gooseberries
don't come out
until late summer,
so you've got to
look for-- there!
-Where?
-There!
PROFESSOR: We won't
know for 15 minutes
whether this is
going to work or not.
-Well, we haven't got that long.
The dog show finals
are any minute now.
PROFESSOR: Well, we
better hop to it.
[gasps of frustration] Oh!
Oh, no!
You're not going to
do this to us, again!
Not when we're on the
very verge of victory!
JULIETTE: Doctor Strudelburger,we can't wait any longer!
We've got to run!
Come on, Baskerville!
PROFESSOR: Godspeed, Juliette!
GRANDMA [VOICEOVER]: Never inall my born days had I ever
seen a dog run as fast asBaskerville did that day.
There was no way I
could keep up with him.
JULIETTE: Baskerville, wait!
I can't run that fast!
ANNOUNCER: And the winner
of the Second Annual
Taterville Dog Show
is Baskerville!
GRANDMA [VOICEOVER]: When Ifirst go up to the winner's
circle, I didn't
recognize Baskerville.
Because instead of
the Locheedie Wah Doo
making him normal again, itturned him a shade of red.
The judges thought he was therarest breed of dog they'd ever
seen, and awarded
him the blue ribbon.
It didn't turn out
anything like the way
I had hoped, and expected.
But when all was said, anddone, as it turned out,
everything worked out betterthan I could have ever
imagined-- even in
my wildest dreams.
You should have seen
the look on mama
and papa's faces when Ibrought home the prize money.
It was like all their prayershad been answered that day-- as
if all of their
dreams had come true.
They used it to open a
new restaurant in town
called Mama's Home Stew.
After word got around abouthow good Mama's stew was,
people started
driving in from all
over the county to eat there.
It was a roaring success.
And papa would even make homedeliveries of mama's stew
in the pickup truck.
Papa never sold
that old pick up.
Because he said he neverwanted to forget that no matter
how tough times tend to get,there's always the possibility
of a miracle happening
just around the corner.
Eventually, they made enoughmoney to buy this house.
But I'll tell you
something, Justin.
And don't you ever forget this.
We had as much love in thatlittle old shack by the creek
as we do in this house.
That's what's important--not how big the house is,
but how big are the
hearts inside it.
-Did Baskerville stay red therest of his life, grandma?
-No.
As it turned out, Hawitt
Dog's Locheedie Wah Doo
actually did work.
It just took a while, isall-- about a week, I think.
-Maybe you should findsome Locheedoodle for me.
GRANDMA: [laughs]
No, I just think
a good night's sleep isthe best medicine for you.
Goodnight, Justin.
-I love you, Grandma.
GRANDMA: I love you too, dear.
-Grandma?
-Try to get to
sleep, or Santa might
not get a chance to drop by.
He's got a lot of deliveriesto make tonight, you know?
[christmas music]
JUSTIN: I can't believe it!
-What is it, Justin?
-Look what Santa brought me!
-You must have been really,
really good this year.
-I've been the best!
-Say cheese.
[music playing]