Il était une fois... la vie (1987–1988): Season 1, Episode 25 - Réparations et transformation - full transcript
Is life, is life, that's life
Sing the song of life
Every heartbeat's a miracle
Feel the rhythm growing
Day by day as we go
Look inside, your body's humming
There are million drums that are drumming
Fill your lungs, get ready
Celebrating the joy, that's life
Is life, is life, that's life
Is life, is life, that's life
REPAIRS AND TRANSFORMATIONS
You look tired, my boy.
I think you've overdone it today.
Yes, Mom. We ran in the woods.
There were lots of birds.
On the way back, a man let us
pick some apples from his tree.
And this morning at school,
teacher told us all about the sea
and about big fishes.
And...
Thankfully you're young.
You'll be fine tomorrow.
-Night, Mum.
-Sweet dreams, Peter.
-Hello!
-Hello!
-Any messages, Speedy?
-Nothing.
He is fast asleep.
Nothing from the outside,
we can have a rest.
That’s all he thinks about.
But the brain cells are always on duty.
Right, Maestro?
Even when you're fast asleep,
your memory is working, sifting through
piles of information.
Birds go to the right!
Birds can fly, right?
Birds always have wings.
And apples should be round.
And red!
Some apples are green.
Over there.
Red apples, that's in order!
Red blood? Fine!
Then we've got green apples
and green blood. What?
That's just not on.
l wonder what idiot placed this here,
of all things?
Come on!
Apples may be green,
or red, but blood is red!
Come with me and we'll find you a spot.
Birds can fly, that’s good.
Birds can be blue, okay!
Birds have nests, quite correct.
Birds have pin feathers, yes.
Birds have pen-feathers! What?
I have never heard of pen-feathers.
You have been misfiled, son.
That's not a bird feather, but a pen.
I'll place you with pens.
You’ve got nothing to
do with birds, really.
-Chief, ink stains, right?
-Mm-hm!
Don’t forget,
ink is also black.
School is boring.
What do you say, chief?
l haven't the faintest idea.
We have to check.
Wait for verification.
-Chalk is white.
-Chalk breaks and chalk can write!
This sifting and sorting take forever.
Why don’t we have some
fun in the meantime?
-What game shall we play?
-Why don’t we make up a dream?
We've got everything we need here.
-Uh, what's a dream?
-Well...
We mix up all kinds of
memories, higgledy-piggledy.
It's a fantasy, you see.
We can do things that are
impossible in real life.
You'll see how fun it is!
Let's see...we've got an apple, a bird,
a tree and a forest.
Is that enough to make a dream?
It's plenty! But we can do a lot better
by adding some old memories.
What do you say, fellows?
Hooray! Hooray!
-Let's do it, a dream!
Wait for me!
Hey, look at this I'm flying!
Nothing remarkable about that.
I am always flying.
Yes. I suppose you are so.
Of course.
l bet the kids at school would like to
come flying with us!
Please, can they come too?
Of course! Of course! No problem.
But, Mr. Bird, what about school?
Just watch, you'll be amazed!
Where did the school go?
Hey friends, school's over.
Why don’t you all come flying with me?
But children can’t fly!
And why is that?
Yes, why is that?
Wait for me! Wait for me!
Ready! Let's go!
Wait for me!
Come down this instant.
This is completely impossible!
Children simply cannot flight!
They can't!
But, they can! And so can teachers!
Oh, my lord and master.
Our incomparable chief of cells,
Duke of Nervedom.
Will you accept this crown,
and rule over the faithful subjects as
supreme monarch?
Huh?
Dear Maestro. Please wake up
right away-the dream's over.
What's going on?
Now, what on Earth going on here?
Why did you wake me up?
The dream is over, Maestro,
but he's gone back to sleep.
Well, that's all right.
There was no need to wake me up.
I was busy.
The brain should get back to sorting out
all the information,
and we might even dream again!
I'm talking about Peter,
of course, not myself.
He has the advantage of youth.
Sleeping is so easy for young people,
whereas with an old fellow like me...
has trouble finding sleep...
I've got a cloud here, but I've forgotten
where we’re supposed to put it.
And where on Earth can
l put a lightning bolt?
You could file it under heat,
light, or electricity.
This thing flies, but it's no bird.
It's like a mouse with wings.
Lookout, lookout. Here comes the wise old
owl.
Make way for me. I am an apple tree!
l am the big bad wolf.
Mum! I am frightened!
Peter!
Mum, I was alone in the wood.
It was dark and there were
thunder and lightning,
and then this big bat started to
chase me, it was horrible!
l tried to run away, but it chased me all
over the wood, and then it grabbed me!
Don’t be upset, my darling,
it was only a bad dream!
A lot of mixed-up memories, that's all.
But Mum, it seemed so real!
l could hear the noises it made, and the
sound of its wings beating
how could it be a dream?
Your body keeps working,
while you are asleep.
The heart keeps on pumping blood
around the body,
to bring food to the cells, to regenerate,
and thoughts collected are sorted,
sometimes in the wrong order.
Which can cause nightmares.
It's a good thing we don’t dream every
night, Mum.
But we do dream every night, my darling.
We just forget them, that’s all.
Nobody knows exactly how dreams work,
Peter, but they help to keep us healthy.
Go back to sleep.
Only sweet dreams from now on.
I am going to complain to the referee,
somebody's switched to a harder ball
l should point out, that the brain
needs oxygen, even at night.
So, your oxygen bubble left to feed it.
And in exchange, you got used air,
carbon dioxide.
It's heavy, all right.
What shall I do with it, Professor?
It might not be a bad idea to
take it along to the lungs,
and exchange it for a bubble of oxygen.
Professor Globus, you told
us about the body when it sleeps.
It goes on using oxygen, even though
it sleeps. We don't think of it enough.
Ok! That’s the last one I need
for a full load of oxygen.
The mitochondria need some energy.
Hey! You with the yoyo! Is this
Mitochondrium Plant Number 227?
Hey, are you listening?
Hey! I'm looking for Mitochondrium plant
No. 227.
That’s quite right.
Sorry, I can't stick around.
This oxygen is needed urgently.
It's about time!
Some of us take our jobs
seriously, you know!
What about the sugars?
What are they up to?
What am I supposed to do without sugar!
l am expected to produce miracles! I am
supposed to keep this furnace going.
Here is the sugar!
-Hey?
-Hey! did you see that?
-What's going on, Maestro?
-Just routine repairs,
and maintenance.
Even while the body's asleep?
Are the parts wearing out?
Parts are always wearing out!
The whole body needs
to be repaired constantly.
The best time to make repairs is
when the body is asleep.
Hey! Stop!
No more deliveries, the furnace
is out of order!
Well, I am sorry but I've got my orders.
What am I supposed to do now?
Take your loads to another plant.
We have got to repair the furnace.
See it's out of order.
What can I do? Just look at it!
This door's had it. We'll have to fit a
new one I am afraid.
Come and look over here chief,
there's a crack in the wall, it's bad.
We need lots of protein to fix that.
You'd better order some.
Come on. Hurry up, hurry up!
Hey, over there!
Why haven't you finished
mending my furnace yet?
Now that your silly game is over
how about mending my furnace?
The tap doesn't work anymore.
Then we'll fix it, or get a new one.
Nothing lasts forever.
Ok, ok...
This water pipe's completely bunged up.
Everything gets bunged up
if you give it enough time.
It works! It's as good as new!
Oh no! Not quite as good as new, Peter.
I want you to remember that.
Even though you repair things
they're bound to wear out
completely in the end.
Look at that! They have become
discombobulated!
What's happening?
-You landed on my head!
-Stop shoving, you!
Look at that!
The protein assembly lines!
It looks out of service....
The transmission chain has broken down,
This is a disaster.
We will just have to wake him!
All right, I'll do it!
Maestro! Maestro!
We've got a big problem
on our hands, Maestro!
The ribosome assembly lines
have broken down.
And the RNA codes are getting scrambled.
Tell us what to do, Maestro.
The human body is like a house.
It has to be built, first of all,
then it has to be maintained.
But parts can wear out and
they have to be replaced.
What's next then?
Well, we repair and renovate!
The body has an amazing capacity
for renewing and healing itself.
With limits too. So, let's get to work!
The RNA instructions for protein
assembling are scrambled.
Get some repair enzymes down there,
right away and clear up the mess.
Get going. It's urgent!
l don’t think we will ever get this
straightened out.
Come on! I have got the plans,
let's get to work!
Separate C and G, Right!
Good!
Now, we can put the C over here, okay?
Which gives us ACCGU
That's ok, it's what it says on the plan!
We need some glue over here!
l refuse to sit next to him, he is
horrid! Bye!
Hey! you can't put him in there,
he's not a C!
-The C ran away.
-But it has to be a C!
If you make a mistake with the message,
it could be bad.
No time to worry about that,
look at the work piling up!
It's fine, it's alright. It's all fine.
That's not right, at all.
But it’s not my fault.
How can you say that when
you stuck them together?
You're the one who cut them.
Please stop arguing and fix it!
Do you know what you've just done?
You've released wild genes!
Wild genes did you say? What do they do?
Wild genes? Could this be serious?
Yes. They'll mix up the message!
Wild genes! This could be disastrous.
That's just what I was afraid of Maestro.
You took the words straight
out of my mouth.
It's too late already.
We must hope that it won’t be too bad.
It was to be expected.
As we repair and replace them,
some parts of the body go wild.
And the result is...
Well, here we are, me mateys, and we're
all set for some fun!
Follow me!
Well I never! Pirate proteins!
We can deal with those pirate proteins by
producing enzymes to control them.
But we'd better be quick about it before
they affect the nervous system.
I am going to deliver these
neurotransmitters as soon as possible,
to avoid any transmission delay.
Everything's under control again.
Do you know what astonishes me?
The speedy reaction of the body!
No sooner had the body made a mistake by
producing harmful proteins,
than it corrected it, with an enzyme.
Isn't that extraordinary!
Right?
Right, it's fantastic!
When you consider how swiftly the organism
repairs itself.
How many machines are capable of
repairing themselves?
Now, let's run down our checklist,
shall we?
Mitochondria, okay.
Assembling chain, okay.
Circulation, okay
-Heart, okay! All systems go.
-Everything's back to normal, Maestro!
That's exactly what I was expecting!
We’ve seen how quickly,
a young organism can repair its mistakes.
But things are different with older
people.
Why is that, Maestro?
Because the cells get worn out. You can't
go on repairing them indefinitely,
they age up.
Each cell wears out, and so
does the whole body.
Normal wear and tear takes its toll,
mistakes made by those
who abuse their bodies,
and then there is damage resulting from
the body’s own mistakes.
And then there's the never-ending battle
against alien invaders,
which is very tiring for the organism.
And, in the long run, it's the entire
construction, the whole body
becomes more difficult to maintain
and takes longer to repair.
Then one day, alas, it wears out
completely.
Why Maestro?
Here!
Hey Grandpa, are you coming
to play soccer with us?
Oh, no, Peter. I am long past the age
of playing football.
It’s a pity, but there it is.
Grandpa, why is there an age for playing
football, and an age to stop?
Peter, you've got all the time you need to
find out the answer to that question.
Take a road to wonder
Where the whys and the wherefores hide
Join us and discover
Celebrating the joy, that's life
Is life, is life, that's life
Sing the song of life
Every heartbeat's a miracle
Feel the rhythm growing
Day by day as we go
Look inside, your body's humming
There are million drums that are drumming
Fill your lungs, get ready
Celebrating the joy, that's life
Is life, is life, that's life
Is life, is life, that's life
REPAIRS AND TRANSFORMATIONS
You look tired, my boy.
I think you've overdone it today.
Yes, Mom. We ran in the woods.
There were lots of birds.
On the way back, a man let us
pick some apples from his tree.
And this morning at school,
teacher told us all about the sea
and about big fishes.
And...
Thankfully you're young.
You'll be fine tomorrow.
-Night, Mum.
-Sweet dreams, Peter.
-Hello!
-Hello!
-Any messages, Speedy?
-Nothing.
He is fast asleep.
Nothing from the outside,
we can have a rest.
That’s all he thinks about.
But the brain cells are always on duty.
Right, Maestro?
Even when you're fast asleep,
your memory is working, sifting through
piles of information.
Birds go to the right!
Birds can fly, right?
Birds always have wings.
And apples should be round.
And red!
Some apples are green.
Over there.
Red apples, that's in order!
Red blood? Fine!
Then we've got green apples
and green blood. What?
That's just not on.
l wonder what idiot placed this here,
of all things?
Come on!
Apples may be green,
or red, but blood is red!
Come with me and we'll find you a spot.
Birds can fly, that’s good.
Birds can be blue, okay!
Birds have nests, quite correct.
Birds have pin feathers, yes.
Birds have pen-feathers! What?
I have never heard of pen-feathers.
You have been misfiled, son.
That's not a bird feather, but a pen.
I'll place you with pens.
You’ve got nothing to
do with birds, really.
-Chief, ink stains, right?
-Mm-hm!
Don’t forget,
ink is also black.
School is boring.
What do you say, chief?
l haven't the faintest idea.
We have to check.
Wait for verification.
-Chalk is white.
-Chalk breaks and chalk can write!
This sifting and sorting take forever.
Why don’t we have some
fun in the meantime?
-What game shall we play?
-Why don’t we make up a dream?
We've got everything we need here.
-Uh, what's a dream?
-Well...
We mix up all kinds of
memories, higgledy-piggledy.
It's a fantasy, you see.
We can do things that are
impossible in real life.
You'll see how fun it is!
Let's see...we've got an apple, a bird,
a tree and a forest.
Is that enough to make a dream?
It's plenty! But we can do a lot better
by adding some old memories.
What do you say, fellows?
Hooray! Hooray!
-Let's do it, a dream!
Wait for me!
Hey, look at this I'm flying!
Nothing remarkable about that.
I am always flying.
Yes. I suppose you are so.
Of course.
l bet the kids at school would like to
come flying with us!
Please, can they come too?
Of course! Of course! No problem.
But, Mr. Bird, what about school?
Just watch, you'll be amazed!
Where did the school go?
Hey friends, school's over.
Why don’t you all come flying with me?
But children can’t fly!
And why is that?
Yes, why is that?
Wait for me! Wait for me!
Ready! Let's go!
Wait for me!
Come down this instant.
This is completely impossible!
Children simply cannot flight!
They can't!
But, they can! And so can teachers!
Oh, my lord and master.
Our incomparable chief of cells,
Duke of Nervedom.
Will you accept this crown,
and rule over the faithful subjects as
supreme monarch?
Huh?
Dear Maestro. Please wake up
right away-the dream's over.
What's going on?
Now, what on Earth going on here?
Why did you wake me up?
The dream is over, Maestro,
but he's gone back to sleep.
Well, that's all right.
There was no need to wake me up.
I was busy.
The brain should get back to sorting out
all the information,
and we might even dream again!
I'm talking about Peter,
of course, not myself.
He has the advantage of youth.
Sleeping is so easy for young people,
whereas with an old fellow like me...
has trouble finding sleep...
I've got a cloud here, but I've forgotten
where we’re supposed to put it.
And where on Earth can
l put a lightning bolt?
You could file it under heat,
light, or electricity.
This thing flies, but it's no bird.
It's like a mouse with wings.
Lookout, lookout. Here comes the wise old
owl.
Make way for me. I am an apple tree!
l am the big bad wolf.
Mum! I am frightened!
Peter!
Mum, I was alone in the wood.
It was dark and there were
thunder and lightning,
and then this big bat started to
chase me, it was horrible!
l tried to run away, but it chased me all
over the wood, and then it grabbed me!
Don’t be upset, my darling,
it was only a bad dream!
A lot of mixed-up memories, that's all.
But Mum, it seemed so real!
l could hear the noises it made, and the
sound of its wings beating
how could it be a dream?
Your body keeps working,
while you are asleep.
The heart keeps on pumping blood
around the body,
to bring food to the cells, to regenerate,
and thoughts collected are sorted,
sometimes in the wrong order.
Which can cause nightmares.
It's a good thing we don’t dream every
night, Mum.
But we do dream every night, my darling.
We just forget them, that’s all.
Nobody knows exactly how dreams work,
Peter, but they help to keep us healthy.
Go back to sleep.
Only sweet dreams from now on.
I am going to complain to the referee,
somebody's switched to a harder ball
l should point out, that the brain
needs oxygen, even at night.
So, your oxygen bubble left to feed it.
And in exchange, you got used air,
carbon dioxide.
It's heavy, all right.
What shall I do with it, Professor?
It might not be a bad idea to
take it along to the lungs,
and exchange it for a bubble of oxygen.
Professor Globus, you told
us about the body when it sleeps.
It goes on using oxygen, even though
it sleeps. We don't think of it enough.
Ok! That’s the last one I need
for a full load of oxygen.
The mitochondria need some energy.
Hey! You with the yoyo! Is this
Mitochondrium Plant Number 227?
Hey, are you listening?
Hey! I'm looking for Mitochondrium plant
No. 227.
That’s quite right.
Sorry, I can't stick around.
This oxygen is needed urgently.
It's about time!
Some of us take our jobs
seriously, you know!
What about the sugars?
What are they up to?
What am I supposed to do without sugar!
l am expected to produce miracles! I am
supposed to keep this furnace going.
Here is the sugar!
-Hey?
-Hey! did you see that?
-What's going on, Maestro?
-Just routine repairs,
and maintenance.
Even while the body's asleep?
Are the parts wearing out?
Parts are always wearing out!
The whole body needs
to be repaired constantly.
The best time to make repairs is
when the body is asleep.
Hey! Stop!
No more deliveries, the furnace
is out of order!
Well, I am sorry but I've got my orders.
What am I supposed to do now?
Take your loads to another plant.
We have got to repair the furnace.
See it's out of order.
What can I do? Just look at it!
This door's had it. We'll have to fit a
new one I am afraid.
Come and look over here chief,
there's a crack in the wall, it's bad.
We need lots of protein to fix that.
You'd better order some.
Come on. Hurry up, hurry up!
Hey, over there!
Why haven't you finished
mending my furnace yet?
Now that your silly game is over
how about mending my furnace?
The tap doesn't work anymore.
Then we'll fix it, or get a new one.
Nothing lasts forever.
Ok, ok...
This water pipe's completely bunged up.
Everything gets bunged up
if you give it enough time.
It works! It's as good as new!
Oh no! Not quite as good as new, Peter.
I want you to remember that.
Even though you repair things
they're bound to wear out
completely in the end.
Look at that! They have become
discombobulated!
What's happening?
-You landed on my head!
-Stop shoving, you!
Look at that!
The protein assembly lines!
It looks out of service....
The transmission chain has broken down,
This is a disaster.
We will just have to wake him!
All right, I'll do it!
Maestro! Maestro!
We've got a big problem
on our hands, Maestro!
The ribosome assembly lines
have broken down.
And the RNA codes are getting scrambled.
Tell us what to do, Maestro.
The human body is like a house.
It has to be built, first of all,
then it has to be maintained.
But parts can wear out and
they have to be replaced.
What's next then?
Well, we repair and renovate!
The body has an amazing capacity
for renewing and healing itself.
With limits too. So, let's get to work!
The RNA instructions for protein
assembling are scrambled.
Get some repair enzymes down there,
right away and clear up the mess.
Get going. It's urgent!
l don’t think we will ever get this
straightened out.
Come on! I have got the plans,
let's get to work!
Separate C and G, Right!
Good!
Now, we can put the C over here, okay?
Which gives us ACCGU
That's ok, it's what it says on the plan!
We need some glue over here!
l refuse to sit next to him, he is
horrid! Bye!
Hey! you can't put him in there,
he's not a C!
-The C ran away.
-But it has to be a C!
If you make a mistake with the message,
it could be bad.
No time to worry about that,
look at the work piling up!
It's fine, it's alright. It's all fine.
That's not right, at all.
But it’s not my fault.
How can you say that when
you stuck them together?
You're the one who cut them.
Please stop arguing and fix it!
Do you know what you've just done?
You've released wild genes!
Wild genes did you say? What do they do?
Wild genes? Could this be serious?
Yes. They'll mix up the message!
Wild genes! This could be disastrous.
That's just what I was afraid of Maestro.
You took the words straight
out of my mouth.
It's too late already.
We must hope that it won’t be too bad.
It was to be expected.
As we repair and replace them,
some parts of the body go wild.
And the result is...
Well, here we are, me mateys, and we're
all set for some fun!
Follow me!
Well I never! Pirate proteins!
We can deal with those pirate proteins by
producing enzymes to control them.
But we'd better be quick about it before
they affect the nervous system.
I am going to deliver these
neurotransmitters as soon as possible,
to avoid any transmission delay.
Everything's under control again.
Do you know what astonishes me?
The speedy reaction of the body!
No sooner had the body made a mistake by
producing harmful proteins,
than it corrected it, with an enzyme.
Isn't that extraordinary!
Right?
Right, it's fantastic!
When you consider how swiftly the organism
repairs itself.
How many machines are capable of
repairing themselves?
Now, let's run down our checklist,
shall we?
Mitochondria, okay.
Assembling chain, okay.
Circulation, okay
-Heart, okay! All systems go.
-Everything's back to normal, Maestro!
That's exactly what I was expecting!
We’ve seen how quickly,
a young organism can repair its mistakes.
But things are different with older
people.
Why is that, Maestro?
Because the cells get worn out. You can't
go on repairing them indefinitely,
they age up.
Each cell wears out, and so
does the whole body.
Normal wear and tear takes its toll,
mistakes made by those
who abuse their bodies,
and then there is damage resulting from
the body’s own mistakes.
And then there's the never-ending battle
against alien invaders,
which is very tiring for the organism.
And, in the long run, it's the entire
construction, the whole body
becomes more difficult to maintain
and takes longer to repair.
Then one day, alas, it wears out
completely.
Why Maestro?
Here!
Hey Grandpa, are you coming
to play soccer with us?
Oh, no, Peter. I am long past the age
of playing football.
It’s a pity, but there it is.
Grandpa, why is there an age for playing
football, and an age to stop?
Peter, you've got all the time you need to
find out the answer to that question.
Take a road to wonder
Where the whys and the wherefores hide
Join us and discover
Celebrating the joy, that's life
Is life, is life, that's life