Josie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space (1972-1974): Season 1, Episode 12 - The Forward Backward People of Xarock - full transcript

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[theme music]

♪ Josie in outer space ♪

♪ Pussycats are all in place ♪

♪ Blasting off on another chase ♪

♪ Mars, stars, the Milky Way ♪

♪ When they're groovin'
who can say ♪

♪ Buckle up your seatbelts ♪

♪ They could be in orbit
in the stars ♪

♪ On a spooky planet
maybe Mars ♪

♪ There's no way of knowing ♪

♪ When they're grooving'
way above the atmosphere ♪



♪ Trying to get back to here ♪

♪ They're blasting off now ♪

♪ Josie's on a rocket ride ♪

♪ Pussycats all by her side ♪

♪ Bleep Bleep is
the kooky guide ♪

♪ Come along and dig the chase ♪

♪ With the Pussycats
in outer space ♪

♪ The Pussycats
in outer space ♪

♪ Yeah ♪♪

[instrumental music]

I wonder how long we've
been out here in space

trying to find our
way back to Earth.

Oh, I know exactly how long.

I've been marking down
every day in this notebook.



How long has it been, Melody?

You'll have to ask Bleep now.
He's the only one who knows.

He got hungry and ate
January through August.

bleep bleep bleep

He says March was tough,
but July was the tastiest.

Look. Planetoid off the
starboard bow. Down there.

Out of the way!
Let me look.

'Well, it's not Earth.
That's for sure.'

- But how can you tell?
- No freeways.

[laughing]

bleep bleep bleep

(Valerie) 'Uh-oh. Trouble.'

Something's going to happen.

[rumbling]

Whatever it is, it's happening.

- Yikes!
- Oh, my goodness!

Hold on!

- Help! Help!
- Stop whining.

You sound like a flat tire.

meow meow

(Alexandra) 'You too, Sebastian.'

[all shouting]

(Valerie) Hang on! Oops!

(Alexander)
We're going backward.

Everything's going backward.

[beeping]

I've reversed the viewerscope.

Now, we'll see where
we're going back to.

[eerie music]

Something is pulling us
back to that planetoid.

(Alan) 'Hang on!'

Get ready for an
emergency landing.

- Put on more power, Alan.
- Look out for that big rock.

Keep it straight, Alan!

Golly. Backseat drivers
in a spaceship.

[giggling]

[crash]

Man! What a wild landing.

[whirring]

Wow. Now, we're
floating on air, backward.

- Hold on.
- Yeah.

Don't let me go.
Please, please!

I'm a poor helpless
little Earth creature.

[sobbing]

So Josie thinks she can just

float away with Alan, huh?

Well, I'll show her.

meo-o-ow

There go our instruments.

Well, it's a nice,
smooth ride anyhow.

I'd like to know
where we're going.

Well, we'd better get
there in a hurry.

I despise long trips without
proper accommodations.

[crackling]

[clicking]

[laughing]

Everything comes to Tyran.
Everything.

[crackling]

[dramatic music]

[crackling]

[thud]

[laughing]

Yes, everything comes to Tyran.

[Tyran laughing]

Hey, what goes on here?

Take them to the tower.

Not so fast there, buster.

You can't put us
in some dingy tower.

My hair gets all damp and soggy.

meow

What do you want from us?

Now, I'll use the power
plant in your craft

to increase the energy of
my own powerful weapon.

[laughing]

Then I can reach out
for more and more.

Take them to the tower!

This man has gotta be bananas.

[thud]

Hey, somebody turned
off that weirdo

backward forward gadget.
Nobody's floating away.

I guess it floated away too.

[giggling]

Uh-oh.

[buzzing]

Oh, boy.
There she goes again.

Somebody's coming.
Let's split.

bleep bleep bleep

[instrumental music]

[beeping]

Yikes! W-what is that
spooky looking thing?

(Melody) 'It's about halfway
between a whatsis and a thingamabob.'

That weirdo machine is
taking our spaceship apart.

We've got to stop them.

We do, and they'll take us apart.

We have to find the
other kids and just hope

we can get back in time
to save the ship.

[music continues]

Who or what is this creep Tyran?

And what's that all-powerful
weapon he was yelling about?

I'll bet it has something to
do with how we got here.

That oddball force that
was yanking us around.

You see, Zod, the power
in the spaceship we've just captured

will make me the most
powerful force in space.

But we do not have a
craft large enough

to carry a weapon that size.

Here is the answer.

My smaller, portable reversotron.

'Watch.'

[crackling]

Hey, gang, come here
and look at this.

Wow! What is it?

[crackling]

[boing]

Wowie.
A backward buzzard.

[splash]

[boing]

[splash]

Oh, man.

I've never seen
anything like it.

I wish I never had
seen anything like it.

[crackling]

And that is merely
a small demonstration

of what this portable
reversotron can do.

- Astounding.
- Yes.

Imagine what it will do
when it has the added power

from the Earth's spacecraft.

Yup, you can bet that thing

is kooky old Tyran's
all-powerful weapon.

Okay. So we know.
What do we do next?

We've gotta find a
way outta here

and put a little reverse
action in Tyran's reversal plans.

It would help if the other
kids could find us.

[dramatic music]

Hurry up, Alexander.

The other kids must be in
that spooky space castle.

I'm allergic to
s-spooky s-space castles.

More strangers from the
spaceship are approaching.

[beeping]

[crackling]

Oh, look at the pretty lights.

Do you think they have
Fourth of July up here too?

Run for cover.

[crackling]

[boing]

Yikes, I'm breaking
the law...of gravity!

Oh, that Alexander.

Always up in the
air about something.

[laughing]

How does he do that?

[boing]

Melody.

Whee! This is groovy.

[crackling]

[screaming] Whoa!

[crackling]

[crash]

Uh-oh.

[crackling]

Ha ha ha. I fooled ya,
I fooled ya. Ha ha ha.

[boing]
Yikes!

[crackling]

'Whoa!'

[crash]

Help!

Gee, Alexander.
What a neat tree house.

Hey, Melody!

[crackling]

They always say I can't keep
my feet on the ground.

[Melody laughing]

(Valerie) Next time we land,
everybody lie flat.

[boing]

Oh! It's g-g-got me.

No!

[pew]

[thud]

Get down, Alex!

If we crawl along the ground

we can stay under the rays and
get to the space castle.

- D-d-do we have to?
- We have to.

So they think they can escape.

After them!

Bring them to me!

[whirring]

Hide behind those rocks.
Hurry up!

[instrumental music]

Holy smokes.
There are the other kids.

'Hey, Alex! Val! Melody!'

- 'Get out of sight!'
- Was I hearing things?

Or was that Alan yelling to us?

I'm not sure, but for now,
let's just lay low.

Right. Those silly rays
can't touch us here.

I hope.

[crackling]

(Alexander) 'Oh, don't look now'

'but they just blasted your hopes.'

(Melody) Hey, that's neat.

Look, instant wall. Ha ha.

Hey. Hey! Who swiped
our protection?

(Valerie) Uh-oh. Those guards
spotted us and they're headed this way.

Well, bye-bye, freedom.

Golly! Am I glad to see you kids.

It's too bad they
caught you but at least

they've got us all together.

Yes. I just love togetherness.

[giggling]

Hey, tell us, what's going on

in this mysterious place?

Well, some far-out
character named Tyran

has a ray machine
that makes everything

go backward and upside down.

Well, everybody says
that's natural for me.

[laughing]

That joker Tyran thinks he's
gonna take our spaceship apart

so he can use our power plant.

'Isn't that a laugh?'

I've got news for you,
sister dear.

He's already doing it
and nobody's laughing.

Oh, great.

Now, we've gotta get
outta here and stop him.

Sure. But how?

bleep bleep bleep

Bleep bleep.

bleep bleep bleep

Thank you very much, Bleep.

Bleep thinks we oughta climb
through that hole in the roof.

(Valerie) 'It looks
awfully small.'

(Alan) 'We can move a
couple of those rocks.'

'It might be big enough.'

Sure, sure. But the
guards would hear us.

Not if played a good
loud rock number.

You play it, Josie.

It might be loud,
but it won't be good.

No quarrelling now.
Come on, let's get started.

[instrumental music]

♪ Love love love ♪

♪ You need love ♪

♪ Love ♪

♪ You need love ♪

Okay, I'm here. Now what?

Try to make that opening larger.

It'll ruin my fingernails.

Oh, but alright.

Next to Sebastian,
you have the sharpest claws

sister dear.

♪ That doesn't need love ♪

♪ Someone to hold her close ♪

♪ To whisper in her ear ♪

♪ Someone to take the blame ♪

[coughing]

♪ She needs love ♪

(Alan) Ixnay otgay.

♪ You can't deny it ♪

♪ Love love No no no ♪

[creak]

♪ Not once you've tried it ♪

♪ Love love ♪

♪ Love makes the
world go round ♪

♪ And keeps the clock
ticking on the wall ♪

♪ Without love the
planet would stop ♪

♪ And the world would
just be a ball ♪

♪ You need love ♪

♪ Love ♪

♪ You need love ♪

There. That should be
big enough to get through.

Come on, Sebastian, Bleep.
You two first.

♪ Love love ♪

♪ Can you show me anyone ♪

(Alan) 'Ready girls?
It's your turn.'

Everybody out.

Hurry, Alex,
I hear the guard coming.

[creak]

Quick, Alex.
Through the hole.

(alien #1) 'They've escaped.'

[dramatic music]

(Alan) 'Hey, look up ahead.
The tunnel divides.'

Tyran, the prisoners
have escaped.

They're in the tunnels.

So they think they are free.

Now, they will learn that
my ray works everywhere.

[laughing]

[crackling]

[instrumental music]

[boing]

[boing boing]

[beeping]

[crackling]

[crackling]

[beeping]

[crackling]

[Bleep shouting]

[boing boing boing]

[music continues]

[crackling]

[crash]

Look up ahead.
Maybe it's a way out.

[screech]

[creak]

Look. They caught the other kids.

You and your friends will learn

that trying to escape is useless.

[laughing]

We'll see who gets the
last laugh, Mr. Tyran.

[instrumental music]

Unhook a few plugs here,
wreck their Wheatstone bridge

a wire loosened here,
a wrong resistor, and whammo.

Lock them up. This time
they will not get away!

Come on, girls. Let's make
our own chain reaction.

- Ah!
- Ah!

Over here, kids.
This way, quick.

Should we leave without
saying goodbye?

(Josie) 'Melody, come on.'

[laughing]

You can't escape.
You are trapped here.

- Uh! The door is closing.
- Let's get out of here.

Hurry, Alan!

[crash]

The fools.

Again they attempt the impossible.

Ah!

[crackling]

S-someone has tampered
with the machine.

Which way is out?

Let's see if that corridor

leads to the outside.

[instrumental music]

Hurry. We gotta get to the
spaceship before they spot us.

[crackling]

[beeping]

(Alexander) Oh, no.
Now we can't get away.

Our spaceship is in
a thousand pieces.

Gee, how do you count so fast?

I only got up to three.

There is no chance to get
it back together in time.

Oh, yeah, that power-hungry Tyran

will be here any minute now.

If we could only make that
mechanical mechanic

work backward.

Ooh. Look what's bouncing this way.

Mad machine!
Mad machine!

Hit the deck!

[crackling]

[beeping]

Let's surrender.
We're goners, we're goners!

[Alexander crying]

Oh, stop clucking, chicken.

[rumbling]

Uh-oh. Tyran hit his own machine.

It's coming to life.

'A-and look!'

[crackling]

'Good old Tyran has reversed it.'

Gee, wouldn't that be
a handy little gadget

to have around the house?

[giggling]

It's almost back together.
Get ready gang.

- I'm ready, I'm ready!
- Come on!

[crackling]

He'll be here before
we can blast off.

(Alan) 'If one of those rays
hits the machine, it'll reverse it'

'and take our spaceship apart again.'

You know something?
I think we got trouble.

We have to stop him.

And maybe I know how.

This red jacket should make a
good bullfighter's cape.

Hey there, Tyran!

Ha ha.

Come on, Tyran.
Come on.

Toro! Ah, Toro!

Way to go!
Guacamole!

[all cheering]

[beeping]

[crackling]

Here, Tyran, come and get me.

[beeping]

Ya-a-ah!

[crash]

Guards, get me out of here.

Guards!

Four, three, two, one

blastoff!

[whoosh]

[coughing]

Let's hope Tyran has
learned his lesson

and gives up his evil plans.

Forget him. Let's make
our plans to get to Earth.

Okay. Our next step.

How do we get back to Earth?

Well, any suggestions?

Let's make a left turn
at that next light.

(Alexandra) 'That's Venus, dum-dum.'

(Alan) 'If we turn left there,
we'll wind up on the sun.'

(Alexander) 'Any other hot ideas?'

[Alexander laughing]

Yeah, think, gang.

We need to be sure
of our destination.

At least we can be sure
there is lots of space

between here and there.

[laughing]

And there's lots of space

between your ears too, Melody.

Oh, thank you, Alexandra.

I don't see why people
don't think you're sweet.

(Alexander) 'Would you like to borrow
my glasses and take a better look?'

[all laughing]

Ressync: Kilo

[theme music]

♪ They're blasting off now ♪

♪ Josie's on a rocket ride ♪

♪ Pussycats all by her side ♪

♪ Bleep Bleep is
the kooky guide ♪

♪ Come along and dig the chase ♪

♪ With the Pussycats
in outer space ♪

♪ The Pussycats
in outer space ♪

♪ Yeah ♪♪