The Talking Eggs (1993) - full transcript
(Latin music)
(marimba music)
(inspirational music)
- It came suddenly
and without warning.
The great ice storm that
turned the city into
a fairy land of light.
(police car siren)
The next morning even
the poorest
neighborhood sparkled.
Three-foot icicles clung like
stalactites to street lamps
and telephone poles.
Trees shimmered as if
strung with diamonds.
And the air was ablaze
with colliding rainbows.
Since neither snow
nor ice had been seen
in the city for years,
the day seemed
destined to be special.
(upbeat music)
- Oh my.
Wade, get up.
- Is it time for school already?
- No but you gotta
see something!
- Look, ice swords!
They're hanging everywhere.
I can' wait to get
my hands on one.
- Don't you wish it could
stay like this all winter?
It's so beautiful.
Nothing seems the
way it really is.
(upbeat music)
- I'm gonna be home
late today mama.
I'm gonna go sword
fighting after school!
Oh oh, I didn't
know it was full!
- Wade!
Selena look at your blouse,
that stain will never come out.
Why can't you be more careful!
- Mama, can I go walking
with the other girls today?
It's so beautiful out.
- I'm sorry Selena, but
you know I count on you
to help with the house work.
The beds need to be made,
there's the laundry,
the ironing, the vacuuming.
And I'm gonna work
late tonight so be sure
to get supper started.
But honey, no more
of your pea soup.
Promise?
- Yes mama.
(dramatic music)
(kids yelling)
- Go Wade go!
- Go the distance man!
- Ha ha ha!
- Nice one man.
- Real cool.
- Ow!
(kids laughing)
- Oh!
- Oh excuse me.
- Ha ha ha!
(kids laughing)
- Oh, lordy.
What a mess.
And now I've hurt you.
- Don't worry, I'm ok.
How are you?
Here, let me help you up.
- Come on Wade, let's
get out of here!
- There now, are you ok?
- Oh my, you're a
strong little girl.
And a very good one too.
Thank you child.
- Oh I'm sorry, it
was an accident.
Do you live very far from here?
Maybe I should carry
these home for you.
- Oh why bless you girl.
And I'd be very grateful to you.
No, it's not very far.
- Selena, where are you going!
Mama will be mad at you.
- I'll be home soon.
- Forget her Wade, let's go.
(upbeat music)
- [Voiceover] At the bridge,
the old woman stopped
and pointed to a stairwell
that led to the tracks below.
- Down there?
But, but it must be hard
for you climbing these
steps all the time.
- Oh, I manage most of the time.
But today, I admit
it's a problem.
- You live here?
- Yes child.
- But,
- You never know what
sort of place might turn
out to be home, do you?
The main thing is
to make it as clean
and as cozy as you can.
(piano music)
Come in to my parlor.
- Oh but inside it's
so nice and roomy.
Not at all what I expected.
It's like no place
I've ever seen.
- And why should it be?
If you go around
thinking everything
is the way you think it is,
well ma'am, (laughs),
you're gonna
be in for a lot of surprises!
Oh my poor Tater.
Look here, I brought
us some nice bones
for our supper.
Course I wouldn't have
made it home at all
if it weren't for
this nice little girl.
Selena, isn't that what
the boy called you?
- Yes that's right.
- Let's see, we'll
need some salt,
some rosemary,
and Tabasco.
Yes lots of Tabasco!
- Poor woman.
She has nothing to eat
but those bare bones.
- You've been so
nice to me Selena.
Please stay for supper.
- Oh thank you but I really
ought to be getting home.
- You'll be home early enough,
supper will be ready in no time.
- Well I suppose I
- Good, now that that's settled,
I'm gonna rest my feet a bit.
Selena when that
pot starts to boil,
would you throw in
those old bones?
Soon we'll have us a nice stew.
- [Voiceover] The old woman
caught the look of disbelief
on Selena's face and knew
what she was thinking.
"How could bones without
a scrap of meat on them
make a nice stew?"
- At home, I always make supper.
Well almost always.
(country music)
- Yuck.
(coughs)
- Selena, what have you
put in this pea soup?
There must be a half
pound of pepper in it.
Wade, don't take another
mouth full or you'll be sick.
- Poor child.
You do all you're
asked to and more.
The best way you can.
And where's the appreciation?
How's our supper coming along?
Can you give the pot a stir?
- [Voiceover] Selena
did as she was asked.
To her surprise the
most delicious fragrance
filled the air.
She couldn't believe it.
There really was a stew cooking,
though all she could
see was water and bones.
- It smells wonderful.
- Mmm that it does.
- [Voiceover] Selena
and the old woman
were soon sharing a feast.
Though where it came
from was hard to say.
- Shall we have
some dinner music?
- Oh yes.
(calypso music)
- * Things aren't what they seem
* Life is sometimes like a dream
* Sing, dance, join the band
* And take a hand
* Don't be surprised to find
* You're no longer blue
* When the music starts to play
* Hope comes shining
through, yeah
* Oh
* You gotta dance with me yeah
* Yeah you gotta sing
you gotta sing, oh
* Yeah you gotta
dance with me yeah
* Don't be surprised to
find, you're a different you
* When your eyes
believe your heart
* Wishes can come true
* Things aren't what they seem
* Magic lurks in everything
* You got to sing you got to
dance you got to join the band
* You gotta take a hand
* Don't be surprised to learn
that everything can change
* That's what makes
this life of ours
* That's what makes
this life of ours
* That's what makes
this life of ours
* So wonderful and strange
- [Voiceover] That afternoon
Selena talked and talked,
pouring forth her problems.
Before the old woman,
she opened up like a
flower to the light.
- Selena,
it's time you figured
out what you want
your future to look like.
You won't always
be keeping house
for your mother and brother.
You've got to start
making plans now.
You can transform yourself,
be anything you want to be.
It takes work and determination,
but you can do it.
(audience cheering)
- Oh it's late.
I have to be getting home.
- I know.
But before you go, I'd like you
to have something
to remember me by.
Tell you what,
go to the little
fridge in the back.
There's some eggs in there.
Some will be crying,
"take me take me".
Others will be crying,
"don't take me."
Help yourself to
those that want to go.
(eggs yelling)
- [Voiceover] There was a
great clamor among the eggs.
Selena was careful to remove
only those that begged to go.
Not wishing to be greedy,
she took only three.
(fire crackling)
It was a chill twilight.
Everywhere things seemed
to be encased in glass.
The temperature had
dropped and ice shapes
now glittered, ghost like.
- Mama will have a fit
if supper's not ready.
I know, I'll make an
omelet with these eggs.
Still have to hurry though.
(upbeat music)
(car horn)
(eggs yelling)
Oh, they're goes the omelet.
What's this?
The egg is changing
into something else.
It's the pot that
played music for us.
This one is changing too.
(inspirational music)
(cranking sound)
And what will you become?
Ha ha, it's me dancing.
Perhaps the old woman is right.
Things can change.
- [Voiceover] That evening,
Selena told about her visit
to the old woman's house,
and showed her family
the surprise gifts.
(piano music)
- These are neat.
(cranking sound)
- These diamonds are real.
If we sold this broach,
we could buy a house of our own.
- Mama, I don't want to sell it.
- Of course we have to sell it.
How else are we going to
pay for your new glasses.
And there's 100 other
things we could use.
Selena, you've got
to ask that old lady
for more of those chatty eggs.
- Mama, I don't think
I could go back and
ask her for more presents.
- Oh Selena, why are you such
a difficult child.
(crying)
- Real cool.
- I didn't...
- Mama, are you alright?
- Wade,
what am I supposed to do?
Here this could
be our one chance
to get on top of things.
- I'll do it for you mama.
- You will?
(upbeat music)
- [Voiceover] The
next day after school,
Wade went to the bridge that
overlooked the railroad tracks.
(upbeat music)
- Wade are you home?
- Selena?
Your brother's not here.
He's gone to get us
those talking eggs.
(knocking)
(dramatic music)
- Hello, is anyone home?
(dramatic music)
- Can I help you?
- I'm Wade, Selena's brother.
- Oh.
- What a weird looking house.
(dog growling)
- Ha ha, ugly old dog.
I'm starving.
Selena said when she came here,
she ate and ate til
she nearly burst.
Can you make me a big meal too?
(dog growls)
Well, how about an omelet then?
I'm sure you got some eggs here.
- No, son, don't.
You'll be...
Don't steal those eggs.
You'll be sorry.
(eggs yelling)
- Yo, who's saying what?
Oh who cares.
I'll just take you
and you and you.
(upbeat music)
- Oh!
(theatrical music)
- Hey what's going on?
What is this stuff?
It's pea soup.
I hate pea soup!
(dramatic music)
That was close.
I almost drowned in that soup.
Oh man.
(dramatic music)
Ah!
Selena!
Watch out!
No, don't hurt her.
She's my sister.
Please, she didn't do any harm.
I stole the old lady's eggs.
I'll give you anything you want,
just don't eat my sister.
- Who's planning to eat her?
- Please, she
didn't do any harm.
I stole the old lady's eggs.
I didn't really want to do it.
It was wrong even though
I did it for mama.
- I don't wanna
eat either of you.
But hand over that egg.
It doesn't belong to you.
- I'll find a way to make it
up to the old lady.
I promise.
(dramatic music)
Whoa!
(upbeat music)
- [Voiceover] That
night, Wade told Selena
about how he had tried
to get more talking eggs.
- That poor old woman Wade.
We have to go back tomorrow
and make sure she's alright.
- How about we take her
some egg salad sandwiches.
- Oh, egg salad huh?
Sounds good.
I'll make it for you.
Wade, you know you shouldn't
be sitting on the bed.
- Ha ha.
- [Voiceover] The next
day, brother and sister
returned to the railroad yard.
But to their great surprise,
there was no sign
of the old woman,
or the strange little house
she had made her home.
- Where did she go?
- I don't know Wade.
- Selena, I'm sorry I
always get you in trouble.
- Wade, I am going
to be a dancer.
- You are?
A dancer?
- I'll show you.
(upbeat music)
- [Voiceover]
Together the children
danced their way home.
(upbeat music)
The ice had melted.
The snow was gone.
There was even a hint of
Spring time in the air.
(upbeat music)
(marimba music)
(inspirational music)
- It came suddenly
and without warning.
The great ice storm that
turned the city into
a fairy land of light.
(police car siren)
The next morning even
the poorest
neighborhood sparkled.
Three-foot icicles clung like
stalactites to street lamps
and telephone poles.
Trees shimmered as if
strung with diamonds.
And the air was ablaze
with colliding rainbows.
Since neither snow
nor ice had been seen
in the city for years,
the day seemed
destined to be special.
(upbeat music)
- Oh my.
Wade, get up.
- Is it time for school already?
- No but you gotta
see something!
- Look, ice swords!
They're hanging everywhere.
I can' wait to get
my hands on one.
- Don't you wish it could
stay like this all winter?
It's so beautiful.
Nothing seems the
way it really is.
(upbeat music)
- I'm gonna be home
late today mama.
I'm gonna go sword
fighting after school!
Oh oh, I didn't
know it was full!
- Wade!
Selena look at your blouse,
that stain will never come out.
Why can't you be more careful!
- Mama, can I go walking
with the other girls today?
It's so beautiful out.
- I'm sorry Selena, but
you know I count on you
to help with the house work.
The beds need to be made,
there's the laundry,
the ironing, the vacuuming.
And I'm gonna work
late tonight so be sure
to get supper started.
But honey, no more
of your pea soup.
Promise?
- Yes mama.
(dramatic music)
(kids yelling)
- Go Wade go!
- Go the distance man!
- Ha ha ha!
- Nice one man.
- Real cool.
- Ow!
(kids laughing)
- Oh!
- Oh excuse me.
- Ha ha ha!
(kids laughing)
- Oh, lordy.
What a mess.
And now I've hurt you.
- Don't worry, I'm ok.
How are you?
Here, let me help you up.
- Come on Wade, let's
get out of here!
- There now, are you ok?
- Oh my, you're a
strong little girl.
And a very good one too.
Thank you child.
- Oh I'm sorry, it
was an accident.
Do you live very far from here?
Maybe I should carry
these home for you.
- Oh why bless you girl.
And I'd be very grateful to you.
No, it's not very far.
- Selena, where are you going!
Mama will be mad at you.
- I'll be home soon.
- Forget her Wade, let's go.
(upbeat music)
- [Voiceover] At the bridge,
the old woman stopped
and pointed to a stairwell
that led to the tracks below.
- Down there?
But, but it must be hard
for you climbing these
steps all the time.
- Oh, I manage most of the time.
But today, I admit
it's a problem.
- You live here?
- Yes child.
- But,
- You never know what
sort of place might turn
out to be home, do you?
The main thing is
to make it as clean
and as cozy as you can.
(piano music)
Come in to my parlor.
- Oh but inside it's
so nice and roomy.
Not at all what I expected.
It's like no place
I've ever seen.
- And why should it be?
If you go around
thinking everything
is the way you think it is,
well ma'am, (laughs),
you're gonna
be in for a lot of surprises!
Oh my poor Tater.
Look here, I brought
us some nice bones
for our supper.
Course I wouldn't have
made it home at all
if it weren't for
this nice little girl.
Selena, isn't that what
the boy called you?
- Yes that's right.
- Let's see, we'll
need some salt,
some rosemary,
and Tabasco.
Yes lots of Tabasco!
- Poor woman.
She has nothing to eat
but those bare bones.
- You've been so
nice to me Selena.
Please stay for supper.
- Oh thank you but I really
ought to be getting home.
- You'll be home early enough,
supper will be ready in no time.
- Well I suppose I
- Good, now that that's settled,
I'm gonna rest my feet a bit.
Selena when that
pot starts to boil,
would you throw in
those old bones?
Soon we'll have us a nice stew.
- [Voiceover] The old woman
caught the look of disbelief
on Selena's face and knew
what she was thinking.
"How could bones without
a scrap of meat on them
make a nice stew?"
- At home, I always make supper.
Well almost always.
(country music)
- Yuck.
(coughs)
- Selena, what have you
put in this pea soup?
There must be a half
pound of pepper in it.
Wade, don't take another
mouth full or you'll be sick.
- Poor child.
You do all you're
asked to and more.
The best way you can.
And where's the appreciation?
How's our supper coming along?
Can you give the pot a stir?
- [Voiceover] Selena
did as she was asked.
To her surprise the
most delicious fragrance
filled the air.
She couldn't believe it.
There really was a stew cooking,
though all she could
see was water and bones.
- It smells wonderful.
- Mmm that it does.
- [Voiceover] Selena
and the old woman
were soon sharing a feast.
Though where it came
from was hard to say.
- Shall we have
some dinner music?
- Oh yes.
(calypso music)
- * Things aren't what they seem
* Life is sometimes like a dream
* Sing, dance, join the band
* And take a hand
* Don't be surprised to find
* You're no longer blue
* When the music starts to play
* Hope comes shining
through, yeah
* Oh
* You gotta dance with me yeah
* Yeah you gotta sing
you gotta sing, oh
* Yeah you gotta
dance with me yeah
* Don't be surprised to
find, you're a different you
* When your eyes
believe your heart
* Wishes can come true
* Things aren't what they seem
* Magic lurks in everything
* You got to sing you got to
dance you got to join the band
* You gotta take a hand
* Don't be surprised to learn
that everything can change
* That's what makes
this life of ours
* That's what makes
this life of ours
* That's what makes
this life of ours
* So wonderful and strange
- [Voiceover] That afternoon
Selena talked and talked,
pouring forth her problems.
Before the old woman,
she opened up like a
flower to the light.
- Selena,
it's time you figured
out what you want
your future to look like.
You won't always
be keeping house
for your mother and brother.
You've got to start
making plans now.
You can transform yourself,
be anything you want to be.
It takes work and determination,
but you can do it.
(audience cheering)
- Oh it's late.
I have to be getting home.
- I know.
But before you go, I'd like you
to have something
to remember me by.
Tell you what,
go to the little
fridge in the back.
There's some eggs in there.
Some will be crying,
"take me take me".
Others will be crying,
"don't take me."
Help yourself to
those that want to go.
(eggs yelling)
- [Voiceover] There was a
great clamor among the eggs.
Selena was careful to remove
only those that begged to go.
Not wishing to be greedy,
she took only three.
(fire crackling)
It was a chill twilight.
Everywhere things seemed
to be encased in glass.
The temperature had
dropped and ice shapes
now glittered, ghost like.
- Mama will have a fit
if supper's not ready.
I know, I'll make an
omelet with these eggs.
Still have to hurry though.
(upbeat music)
(car horn)
(eggs yelling)
Oh, they're goes the omelet.
What's this?
The egg is changing
into something else.
It's the pot that
played music for us.
This one is changing too.
(inspirational music)
(cranking sound)
And what will you become?
Ha ha, it's me dancing.
Perhaps the old woman is right.
Things can change.
- [Voiceover] That evening,
Selena told about her visit
to the old woman's house,
and showed her family
the surprise gifts.
(piano music)
- These are neat.
(cranking sound)
- These diamonds are real.
If we sold this broach,
we could buy a house of our own.
- Mama, I don't want to sell it.
- Of course we have to sell it.
How else are we going to
pay for your new glasses.
And there's 100 other
things we could use.
Selena, you've got
to ask that old lady
for more of those chatty eggs.
- Mama, I don't think
I could go back and
ask her for more presents.
- Oh Selena, why are you such
a difficult child.
(crying)
- Real cool.
- I didn't...
- Mama, are you alright?
- Wade,
what am I supposed to do?
Here this could
be our one chance
to get on top of things.
- I'll do it for you mama.
- You will?
(upbeat music)
- [Voiceover] The
next day after school,
Wade went to the bridge that
overlooked the railroad tracks.
(upbeat music)
- Wade are you home?
- Selena?
Your brother's not here.
He's gone to get us
those talking eggs.
(knocking)
(dramatic music)
- Hello, is anyone home?
(dramatic music)
- Can I help you?
- I'm Wade, Selena's brother.
- Oh.
- What a weird looking house.
(dog growling)
- Ha ha, ugly old dog.
I'm starving.
Selena said when she came here,
she ate and ate til
she nearly burst.
Can you make me a big meal too?
(dog growls)
Well, how about an omelet then?
I'm sure you got some eggs here.
- No, son, don't.
You'll be...
Don't steal those eggs.
You'll be sorry.
(eggs yelling)
- Yo, who's saying what?
Oh who cares.
I'll just take you
and you and you.
(upbeat music)
- Oh!
(theatrical music)
- Hey what's going on?
What is this stuff?
It's pea soup.
I hate pea soup!
(dramatic music)
That was close.
I almost drowned in that soup.
Oh man.
(dramatic music)
Ah!
Selena!
Watch out!
No, don't hurt her.
She's my sister.
Please, she didn't do any harm.
I stole the old lady's eggs.
I'll give you anything you want,
just don't eat my sister.
- Who's planning to eat her?
- Please, she
didn't do any harm.
I stole the old lady's eggs.
I didn't really want to do it.
It was wrong even though
I did it for mama.
- I don't wanna
eat either of you.
But hand over that egg.
It doesn't belong to you.
- I'll find a way to make it
up to the old lady.
I promise.
(dramatic music)
Whoa!
(upbeat music)
- [Voiceover] That
night, Wade told Selena
about how he had tried
to get more talking eggs.
- That poor old woman Wade.
We have to go back tomorrow
and make sure she's alright.
- How about we take her
some egg salad sandwiches.
- Oh, egg salad huh?
Sounds good.
I'll make it for you.
Wade, you know you shouldn't
be sitting on the bed.
- Ha ha.
- [Voiceover] The next
day, brother and sister
returned to the railroad yard.
But to their great surprise,
there was no sign
of the old woman,
or the strange little house
she had made her home.
- Where did she go?
- I don't know Wade.
- Selena, I'm sorry I
always get you in trouble.
- Wade, I am going
to be a dancer.
- You are?
A dancer?
- I'll show you.
(upbeat music)
- [Voiceover]
Together the children
danced their way home.
(upbeat music)
The ice had melted.
The snow was gone.
There was even a hint of
Spring time in the air.
(upbeat music)