Fraggle Rock (1983–1987): Season 2, Episode 15 - Manny's Land of Carpets - full transcript

[upbeat music playing]

I Dance your cares away ♪

I Worry's for another day

I Let the music play }

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Work your cares away

I Dancing's for another day

I Let the Fraggles play

We're Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober, Red!

“Whoopee!
Wowee!

Ooh, a Fraggle!



[chuckles] Look, Ma. I got a Fraggle!

Argh!

Whoopee!

I Dance your cares away ♪

I Worry's for another day

I Let the music play }

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

Down in Fraggle Rock.

[Doc] Come on, Sprocket, up and at ‘em.

I want you to witness the first test
of my revolutionary new radio.

It's an entirely new kind of radio,
Sprocket.

So simple and cheap.
Anyone could build it.

I want everyone in the world to have one.



[yawns]

Oh, I know what you're thinking, Sprocket.

"Why does the world need another radio?"

Because this is not an ordinary radio,
that's why.

[sighs]
-It's designed to pick up signals

from the other side of the world.

[grunts]
-That's right.

And the parts only cost me $4
at the local hardware store.

Come on, now.
It's time for the first test.

[static crackling]

I think I hear a foreign language.

[man on radio] Hey, hey, hey,
friends and neighbors,

it's gala super-save weekend
down here at Manny's Land of Carpets.

All the rugs you can carry for $27.99.

Manny's Land of Carpets
will not be undersold.

That's the local radio station
down the road.

It must be blocking the signals
from the other side of the world.

Ned Shimmelfinney said this would happen.

I guess I better go and talk to them.

Radios are a great hobby
of Shimmelfinney's.

He thinks he's a world authority.

Ha! What a joke!

[door closes]

[static crackling]
[whimpering]

It's postcard time in the big cave.

What is that?

I better go tell the others about this.

[Boober] You see that area
near the collar? It's still a bit damp.

Boy, you sure have good eyes, Boober.
I never would've picked that out.

Alifetime of patient observation,
Wembley.

Oh.

You know, sometimes, I can see a face
in the fold of that sheet.

-Faces in the sheets?
-Mmm-hmm.

-I see them all the time.
Wow.

It's all part of the magic and mystery
of laundry watching.

Mmm. Boy, this sure is neat. [chuckles]
-Hey, you guys!

I just saw something incredible.
You gotta--

-So did we.
-Yeah.

The cuff on this shirt
dried before the collar.

And I saw faces
in the folds of the sheets.

What are you talking about?

Boober's teaching me
how to watch laundry dry,

and it's really neat. [chuckles]

Grab a seat. The drama of drying
has scarcely begun.

Wait a minute. I'm trying to tell you guys
something very important.

What's happened, Gobo?

Well, there's this box blocking the hole
to Outer Space.

A box? What kind of box?

A shiny, black box.

Why, I go up to the hole almost every day,
and I've never seen this thing before.

I mean, how did it get there?

Wait a minute.

You don't suppose
that this has something to do

-with that postcard.
gasps]

What postcard?

-Uh...
What postcard?

Oh, yes, this one.

It was in the pocket of that vest
you asked me to wash.

Um, I didn't think you'd mind
if I read it by mistake.

Oh, gee, I haven't
even read that one myself.

What does it say?

Well. "Dear Nephew Gobo..."

[Matt] Sometimes, I wish all you Fraggles

could come out here and share the wonders
of Outer Space with me.

Today, for example,

[found some of the smallest
of the silly creatures

preparing for a very special ritual.

Excuse me, excuse me. Whoa!

They took me to a secret place
to meet their magic friend.

And there he was, sitting on a throne.

The wish-granting creature.

According to my little friends,

this jolly old fellow
came out of hiding once a year

to make secret dreams come true.

When my tum came, I said...

Would you mind arranging
for Gobo and his friends to come up here?

It would be wonderful
if they could see Outer Space.

Thank you.

He wasn't sure he could do that.

But he did say
he would send you a present.

Wouldn't that be terrific?

"Love to all, your Uncle Traveling Matt."

Wow.
Wow.

-A wish-granting creature.
-Yes!

Do you think
that's where this box is from?

Ooh!
“Who else? Come on. Let's go get it.

-Yeah.
-Now, now, wait, uh...

I might miss something.

Uh, those socks, for instance.

They're red now, but when they dry,
they turn this beautiful soft pink.

Aw, but you gotta come.
It might take three of us to carry it.

[Wembley] Yeah.
-Carry it? Wait, whoa!

[snoring]

-[Doc] Shimmelfinney says I'm dreaming.
[gasping]

He says that radio
will never pick up signals

from the other side of the world.

Well, have I got news
for Ned Shimmelfinney.

[whining]

Maybe now it's had a chance to warm up,
we'll hear something interesting.

[man on radio] It's all-you-can-eat day
at Bubba's Burger Bam.

Hamburgers, cheeseburgers,
bacon burgers, king, queen burgers.

So, get on down here
to Bubba's Burger Barn.

What's wrong with that? Oh, I give up!

I need a walk down by the seashore
to clear my thinking.

I'm more interested in world communication
than Bubba's Burger Barn.

[static crackling]

[panting]

There itis.

I've never seen anything like that.

Be careful, Gobo. It might be a trap.

Oh, don't be silly, Boober.
Why, there's nothing to be afraid--

[static crackling]
[gasps]

[Boober] What is that noise?

Look at the beautiful red light.

Wembley, Wembley, don't! Stay back.

-Ooh!
-[Boober shuddering]

Aw, Boober, take it easy.

This thing is a present
from the wish-granting creature.

[shuddering] But what is it?

I don't know, but...

I'm gonna find out.

[Boober and Wembley shivering]

[static crackling]

Listen to that.

It sounds like some kind of secret code.

[straining]

Oh, it's too heavy for me.
Come on, lend a hand.

[babbling]

What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna take it down to the Rock.
What else?

Well, couldn't we talk this over?

Aw, never mind him, Wembley.
Come on, take the other side.

[stammers]

[Gobo] Come on, Boober. I don't know
what you're so worried about.

This is a great day
in the history of Fraggle Rock.

Yeah.
-I don't like the noise it makes,

I don't like how cold and shiny it feels.

-It doesn't belong here.
[Wembley straining]

-Okay, Boober, you take charge.
[panting]

Now what?

[babbling]

We'll get Red and Mokey.

-Yeah, we'll let the group decide.
-Yeah.

Okay, okay. Okay, go ahead and get them.
I'l stand here and guard.

[qulping]

Wish I knew what this thing was.

[static stops]
[gasps]

I wonder what this is.

-Hey, it turns.
[static crackling]

[music playing]
-I hear music.

[man on radio] Manny's Land of Carpets
is having an all-day extravaganza.

Manny's got everything you want.

Manny's got everything you need.
Manny wants you-

Me?

Yes, you, to get down here
to Manny's Land of Carpets right now.

Your happiness is guaranteed at Manny's.

[Boober] There itis.

Hey, come on, you guys.

-[Red and Mokey gasping]
-[Boober] No, stay back!

-[Red] Oh, wow!
-[Gobo] Shh! Quiet.

[Wembley] It's this black, shiny box.

Aw, he's gone.

What? Who's gone?

I've just had the most amazing
experience in my whole life.

What?

I turned this thing and I heard
the wish-granting creature's voice.

[gasps] Whoa!

And he invited me
to Manny's Land of Carpets.

[all] Oh, wow!

“Incredible!
-Yeah.

What's Manny's Land of Carpets?

It's, it's... Well, it's this place
where they guarantee your happiness.

“Whoa!
-Doozling ditzies!

-That's my kind of place.
-Yeah.

That thing is spooky.

[shudders] I vote we throw it
down a crevasse.

Do you mean to tell me that

the wish-granting creature
is inside there?

I don't know. He might be.

Boy, he'd have to be really tiny.

-Hello? Can you hear me?
[screaming]

[static crackling]
[all gasp]

Gee, maybe that means he heard you.

Yeah!

[stuttering] There's something
inside there that's listening to us?

This is like a nightmare.

Oh, no, no, no, Boober.

Why, this isn't a nightmare.
It's a dream come true.

Yes. Interspecies communication.

It's even better than drying laundry.

Hey, come on, somebody help me carry this
up to the Great Hall.

Everybody's got to see this.

Oh, no.

Hey, hey, hey.
What's all the excitement about?

A box arrived from Outer Space.

[gasps]
-Come see.

[all exclaiming]

And when I turned this thing here,
I heard a voice.

The voice of the wish-granting creature.

And what did the voice
of the wish-granting creature say?

Well, he invited me
to Manny's Land of Carpets.

[music playing]
[all gasping]

1 ..In the world

Quiet.

[man on radio] That was Tammy Shrunk,
singing "The Happiest Place in the World."

And, folks, Manny's Land of Carpets

is the happiest place in the world
all day today.

-We're just waiting for you down here.
[sniffing]

[gasps]
-It's cold down at the seashore,

and I forgot my coat.

Manny's Land of Carpets.

Bubba's Burger Barn.

I just hate the thought

of innocent people
on the other side of the world

listening to that... that nonsense.

I mean, what would they think of us?

I think this is terrible
and hideous and awful.

[man on radio] Manny's Land of Carpets
is the biggest and the best.

1 promise that if you come on out here,
you will not be disappointed

because your happiness
is guaranteed at Manny's.

That thing does not belong here.

What are you talking about?
This is a present from Outer Space.

There is nothing in Outer Space
except silly creatures and, uh, germs.

Well, maybe the excitement
is too much for you, Boober.

You might be safer back in your own room
watching laundry dry.

What a splendid idea. [scoffs]

Now what?

You heard it with your own ears.

The wish-granting creature invited me
to Manny's Land of Carpets.

Wow.
Hey, wait a minute. He invited all of us.

[all] Yeah!

You all want to come with me?

-Of course we do.
[all] Yeah.

That's right, Gobo.
You lead, and we'll follow.

[all] Yeah!

By the way, what's it like
in the Land of Carpets?

Well, you heard him.
It doesn't matter what you're looking for,

your happiness is guaranteed at Manny's.

All we gotta do is follow the road.

[cheering]

If you're looking for a place?

7 Where the clouds don't show their face I

I And the things you used fo chase
Are all bestowed

I If you're fivin' for the day

I When your worries fall away ♪

7 And the trouble of the day all explode

I If you're dreamin' of a view

I Where the sky is always blue ♪

I And your wishes all come true
By the load ♪

I And if you're fongin' for a land ©

I Where the games are really grand }

I want everybody's hand to show me so }

-} Follow the road ♪
-} Follow the road ♪

I Bring your friends and your relations

I They got special celebrations }

I They are kickin' up sensations

I I've been told

-} Follow the road ♪
-} Follow the road ♪

7 Get your gifts and party favors

I They got food in 40 flavors

I And a magic kind of gadget
Made of gold?

-} Follow the road ♪
-} Follow the road ♪

I They got branches you can hang on ♪

I They got drums that you can bang on

I They got castles, they got candy }

I They got Doozer sticks and brandy

I They got ice cream cones with zippers

♪ They got deep-sea divin' flippers

I They got moss that you can sink in

I And a brain that does your thinkin'
Ala mode §

-} Follow the road ♪
-} Follow the road ♪

[all chanting] Manny's Land of Carpets!

There'll be lots of time for partying
when we get to Manny's.

Let's get our stuff packed
and get on the road.

[static crackling]
Wait a minute. 1 think I hear something.

Hey, hey, what are you--
Large Marvin, don't touch that.

You might break it.

[man on radio] It's all-you-can-eat day
at Bubba's Burger Bam.

-All you can eat?
-So get on down.

Hamburgers, bacon burgers,
cheese and queen and king burgers.

Excuse me.
Hey, what are you doing? Don't touch that.

The wish-granting creature invited me
to Bubba's Burger Bam.

It-- Bubba's what?

Burger Bam.

What's a burger bam?

Who cares? All I know is
they give you all you can eat.

Let's go.

Ah, you're talking crazy, Large Marvin.

Well, you heard him, didn't you?

Why, yes.
Bubba Burger Bam.

Yes. All you can eat.

[all chanting] All you can eat.

Hey, everybody, the wish-granting creature
gave this thing to me.

And until he tells me otherwise,
we're headed for Manny's Land of Carpets.

Oh, that's the spirit, Gobo.
You lead, we'l follow.

Wait, what's so great
about Manny's Land of Carpets?

Yeah?

The wish-granting creature
made that perfectly clear, Red.

He said our happiness is guaranteed
at Manny's Land of Carpets.

Do you know what that means?

That means all you can eat,
plus a whole bunch of other great stuff.

And since I need this box to lead us,
where we're going,

I don't want anybody messing with it.

Is that clear, Large Marvin?

Oh, he doesn't know
what he's talking about.

-Bubba's Burger Barn is way better.
-Yeah.

[chanting] Bubba's Burger Barn!

[chanting] Manny's Land of Carpets!

-Bubba's Burger Barn!
Manny's Land of Carpets!

[chanting continues]

Quiet. Quiet, everybody. Quiet down.

What's the matter with you? [exhales]

That box up there
is taking over your minds.

What minds?

[all laughing]

Look at you.
You're huddled around a cold, shiny box,

listening to a silly creature
who... who talks too fast.

He talks fast ‘cause
he's incredibly intelligent.

-Mmm-hmm.
-Face it, Boober.

-This thing is big magic.
-Yeah.

[static crackling]

[woman on radio]
Tired of whites that aren't white enough?

Colors that aren't bright enough?

Come again?

1am Sally Spotless,

and I know how to get your clothes
perfectly clean.

Excuse me. You do?

At Sally Spotless Cleaners,

we care about clean laundry
as much as you do.

She was talking about laundry.

Sally Spotless, laundry fit for a king.

Who was that?

That was Sally Spotless, a kindred spirit.

She appreciates clean laundry
as much as I do.

Now, wait a minute.

I thought you said Outer Space
was full of germ-laden silly creatures.

[all] Yeah.
But you heard Sally.

"Laundry fit for a king"?
It sounds perfect.

-When do we leave?
Where are we going?

Uh, uh... 'm not sure.

Ooh, let's vote on it.

Allin favor of Bubba's Burger Bam,
say, "Aye."

Aye!

[chanting] Bubba's Burger Barn!

[chanting] Manny's Land of Carpets!

[chanting] Sally Spotless Cleaners!

[all chanting]
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

[shouting] Wait a minute!

I'm confused.

First, the wish-granting creature

told me to come
to Manny's Land of Carpets,

then he asked Large Marvin
to come to Bubba's Burger Barn.

And then he turned into Sally Spotless
and invited Boober someplace else.

It sounds to me like
he's trying to split us up.

[gasps]

You're the one
who's trying to split us up, Gobo.

We know where we want to go. Right?
-[all] Right!

-Bubba's Burger Barn!
Yeah.

“Manny's Land of Carpets!
-Sally Spotless! Laundry fit for a king!

-Bubba's Burger Barn!
-Sally Spotless!

-Laundry fit for a king!
-Public debate. I love it!

Sally Spotless! Laundry fit for a king!

-Sally Spotless! Laundry fit for a king!
-Bubba's Burger Barn!

Okay, enough already!

I need some time to think.

Bubba's Burger Barn! Bubba's Burger Barn!

This is ridiculous.

How am I supposed to know
which way to lead them?

I can't blame them
for being confused, though.

It's 0... confusing.

All you can eat,
guaranteed happiness, spotless laundry.

Oh, why does the wish-granting creature

promise so many things
in so many different voices?

Uh, something's wrong here.

All those places can't be perfect.

[echoing] Perfect.

[sighs]

I wish I knew which voice to believe.

[echoing] Believe.

It's so beautiful here.

I... [just can't imagine us all leaving.

The truth is, I think we should stay here.

[echoing] Stay here.

All of a sudden,
I know which voice to listen to.

[all chanting]

Sally!

Bubba!

[Gobo] Quiet!

Well, I've decided.

We're going to Bubba's Burger Bam, right?

No! Sally Spotless Cleaners!

I don't think we should go
to any of those places.

-But the wish-granting creature said--
-Boober.

There isn't just one
wish-granting creature.

There's a whole bunch of voices
in that little box,

and they all promise something different.

[stuttering] I don't care
what anybody says.

I want to go to Bubba's Burger Bam.

-Sally Spotless Cleaners!
Manny's Land of Carpets!

[all shouting and chanting]

Fraggle Rock has everything
that those places have, and it's got more.

It's got us living together
in a place we love.

And never mind the voices in the box.

Listen to the little voice
inside yourself.

Well, the little voice inside me says,

-"Bubba's Burger Bam!"
-Sally Spotless Cleaners!

Sally! Sally!

All right, all right! Have it your way.

[sighs]

We'll all leave Fraggle Rock,
and you can go anyplace you want.

Let's go pack our stuff! Come on.

[all cheering]

But the least you could do
before we go is...

is say good-bye to the... to the things...

-the things we love.
[Fraggle] Hurry up.

[all clamoring]
[Fraggle 2] Wembley!

[sighs]

[sentimental music playing]

I Time to say good-bye to your home §

I Places you've known

I Heart like a stone as you go}

♪ Time to scramble down from the dream ♪

I Mist, rock, and stream

Golden and green, while you grow ♪

I Good-bye, good-bye I

I And every eye is dry

I Leavin, there's no grievin'?

I Just a rainbow in the sky }

I Good-bye, good-bye I

I Good-bye, good-bye I

I Time to say good-bye to our own §

♪ To our only home ♪

I Only place we've known like a glove

I Every dream we dreamed happened here

I Laughter and tears

I Moments and years that we love }

I Good-bye, good-bye I

I And every eye is dry

I Leavin, there's no grievin'?

I Just a rainbow in the sky }

I Good-bye, good-bye I

I Good-bye, good-bye I

I Good-bye, good-bye I

7 Good-bye ♪

[sniffles] What are we gonna do now?

We're gonna take that box
back to Outer Space, where it belongs.

Are you with me?

[all] All right!

[Fraggle] Take it back.

Now, that's what I call leadership.

-[whining]
-You pushed it through there?

-[barking]
Well, get it out.

Okay, we got to be real quiet here.

You guys stay back.
Boober and I'l do the rest.

-Okay, Gobo.
-Good luck.

-{bumps]
-[gasps] Shh!

“Wembley.
-I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

-You mean it's not there?
grunts]

Sprocket, this is ridiculous.

[whining]

Now, don't panic, Boober.

Don't panic.

[muffled grunts]

Okay, okay, Boober, now panic!

Help!

Fraggle!

[gasps]

-Have you got it?
[grunts]

Oh, well, let me have a try.

Oh... Oh, here itis.

Run, Boober, run.

Bye, Sally.

What a silly thing to have done, Sprocket.

This thing didn't belong in there.

I wonder if it really belonged anywhere.

I mean, what would people
on the other side of the world think of us

if they had to listen to this?

[man on radio] ...and orange carpets
and pink carpets and purple carpets.

Everything you want, everything you need.

Get on down to Manny's Land of Carpets.

I bet they'd think
we were pretty silly, eh, Sprocket?

[grunts]

[growls]

[music playing]

[scatting]

I Dance your cares away ♪

I Worry's for another day

I Let the music play }

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Dance your cares away ♪

I Worry's for another day

I Let the music play }

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪

I Down in Fraggle Rock ♪