Josie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space (1972-1974): Season 1, Episode 7 - The Mini-Man Menace - full transcript

The Pussycats are captured by space-age Lilliputians who look like toy soldiers but have the strength of steel.

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[theme music]

♪ Josie in outer space ♪

♪ Pussycats are all in place ♪

♪ Blasting off on another chase ♪

♪ Mars, stars, 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 groovin' 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]

Boy, I hope we're on our way
back to Earth this time.

So do I, but with our luck

we're headed for the land
of I-don't-know.

Oh, I've been there. It's
right near Philadelphia.

Or is it Minnesota?

Minnesota is the largest city
in the whole state of Indianapolis.



[giggles]

I don't really care
where we're going.

As long as I can be
close to Alan.

What do you think,
Alan, dear? Mm?

I think I'd better change course.

Three degrees to starboard.
There we go.

And here I go!

Alan, you're just about as
romantic as that Gyroscope.

meow meow

bleep bleep bleep

meow

bleep bleep

What's up, fellas?

What are you looking at?

Oh, Molly! Isn't it adorable?

meow meow meow

bleep bleep bleep

What's going on back there?
What's all that racket about?

It's either a little-bitty
spaceship or a big mosquito.

Ha ha ha.

- Sure, Melody.
- Right.

This part of the galaxy is
famous for it's big mosquitoes

and little spaceships.

You're not supposed
to have dreams

until after you fall asleep.

I'm not dreaming.
Come, see for yourself.

'Now it's doing the
cutest tricks.'

Alright, Melody.
I'll take a look.

Where is it, Melody?
I don't see anything.

(Melody) Golly! Where did it go?
It was there a minute ago.

A little, tiny spaceship that
looked like a big mosquito

was out there doing
tricks, right?

Right.
How did you know?

Melody, when people are
floating around in space

for a long time, sometimes
they start seeing things

that aren't really there.
Do you understand?

- Sure.
- Good.

So stick around and see
what kind of tricks

this little spaceship can do.

- Oh, forget it!
- Yoo-hoo!

Where've you been?
Yoo-hoo!

bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep

(Melody) 'Hey, everybody, our
little friend is back.'

Come on, say hello.
Yoo-hoo. Hi, there!

Oh, brother! That Melody
is too much!

Melody, who's flying this
little demon of the skies?

Little pink men with purple
eyes and orange noses?

(Melody) Of course not!

bleep bleep bleep

We're being pulled down
toward that freaky planet.

(Alexandra) 'Probably your little,
freaky friends are dragging us there.'

- 'Huh?'
- 'Oh! we're gonna crash!'

[crash]

(Alexander) 'We're-we're..
We're down.'

[Alexander laughing]

A beautiful landing.

It felt like we
landed on a pillow.

(Valerie) 'Something just
landed on our roof.'

- 'What could it be?'
- 'Well, let's open the hatch.'

- 'And see.'
- 'Hey, what's going on?'

It's a little spaceship.

[dramatic music]

- Who are you, toy soldier?
- I am Mitchko.

Old powerful master
of this planetoid.

'You are all under arrest.'

You look awfully familiar.

Haven't we met some
place before? Ha-ha-ha.

Take them.
They are our prisoners.

If I didn't see this with
my own eyes, I'd never believe it!

bleep bleep bleep

Bleep says he believes it, too.

You little pipsqueaks
must be kidding.

You take us prisoners?
Huh!

You said it, sis! I can
handle a dozen of 'em myself.

Take the arrogant one first!

[chuckles] I can tell you right now.
You better send for the cavalry.

Treat 'em like flies, Alexander.

Right, sis. Shoo, shoo, shoo.

[grunts]

Hey, these little guys
are kinda strong at that.

[grunting]

Did I say kinda strong?
I feel like I'm in a vice.

- Help! Help!
- I better give Alex a hand!

Argh!

Golly! They're like iron.

[laughing] Yes. They are.

Men of iron and completely
under my control.

[grunting]

[purring]

[thud]

Attaboy, Alan!
Now, the other one.

- 'Hey, take it easy!'
- You want him off, don't you?

Yeah, but I wanna stay
in one piece, too.

Go on, Bleep. Make like
a dog, sick him!

bleep bleep bleep

[squeaks]

[grunting]

[thud]

I'm sure glad this ground is soft.

So, there, like my brother said,
you better send for the cavalry

if you expect to take us prisoners.

No one dares defy
the mighty Mitchko.

Ya-hoo-ooh!

[engine revving]

- Oh, my gosh! He did it.
- Did what?

Sent for the cavalry.

Let's split this in on a double.

bleep bleep bleep

You said it, Bleep.
I'm with you.

It's every man for himself.

[zap zap zap]

Capture all of them!

They're getting closer.

Everybody behind that tree
up ahead and keep low.

[zapping]

[vroom]

Listen, gang. We're sitting
ducks as long as we're on foot.

But what can we do?

This ground is almost like snow.

And too bad we don't
have some skis.

You've given me an idea, Josie.

See the robot driving
that mini snow mobile

or what ever they call that thing?

- 'Yeah.'
- 'Make sure he sees you.'

And I'll snare him as he
comes toward us, I hope.

- Ready, girls?
- 'Okay, Alan. All set!'

(together) Na-nana-na-na.

Ah-ha!

[whirring]

[thud]

[clang clang clang]

[clang clang clang]

Alan, look! we stopped his...

- What should we call it?
- Okay, girls.

It's not much.
But we haven't any choice.

- But it beats walking.
- It simply does.

This stuff may not be snow.
But it ought to fool those robots.

- Right, Bleep?
- Bleep bleep bleep

But the mighty Mitchko is not
so easily tricked as his robots.

Surrender to me peacefully

'and there will be no need
for any unpleasantness.'

Surrender? We Pussycats don't
know what the word means.

Do we know what it means, Bleep?

Then allow me to acquaint you
with the word 'capture.'

Ready! Aim! Fire!

[Mitchko laughs]

[zapping]

Who ever thought we'd
wind up as balls of yarn?

bleep bleep bleep

We should have stayed with
the others, dum-dum.

You never had one good
idea in your life.

Oh, yeah, what about
these special

snow shoes I rigged up?

Snow shoes made out of
tennis racquets. Big deal!

Well, somebody likes
my ideas, anyway.

'Lucky for him, I brought
Ping pong paddles along, too.'

- Hang on, gals.
- This is almost fun!

They're closing in
on us, Alan.

Hang on tight.
I'll duck into that canyon.

- Here they come, sis.
- Huh!

What's eating you all of a sudden?

You saw them, at
a time like this

Josie has the nerve
to ask Alan

to take her and Valerie
snow-skiing.

O-oh!

Alan, we just passed
Alex and Alexandra.

'Better turn back
before we lose them.'

Okay. Hold on tight!

Uh-oh.

Still trying to escape me, eh?

[swoosh swoosh]

'Ah-ha! One is
attempting to escape.'

Show him that we are invincible.

[zap zap]

Alan, run, run!

Alan, you're our only hope.

Oh, poor Alan!

[Mitchko laughing]

And so, my young friends.

When my men brought your
spaceship to my planetoid

I knew then that you
had provided me

with a perfect way
to conquer Earth.

Conquer Earth? What kind
of dumb talk is that?

You outer space Tiny Tim.

Your ship is so huge,
it can easily carry

my entire army of robots
with their equipment.

Then I shall overcome
all earthlings

as I have overcome all of you.

'My plan cannot possibly fail.
It cannot fail.'

You've gotta be out of
your mini head.

Quiet, troublemaker. I have
plans for you. All of you.

'You shall be put to work'

'helping me prepare
for my invasion.'

Take them to the quarters at once!

This is like a toy country.

With toys like them, I'd just
as soon skip Christmas.

And how are my guests today?

I trust that things are
reasonably comfortable?

Considering the
circumstances, that is.

If you dig being in jail.
We're having a ball.

Yeah, it's a million laughs.

I shall have many
questions for you.

- 'What are these?'
- 'Oh, groovy!'

(Melody) 'You brought
us our instruments.'

Instruments? They are not
weapons of some sort?

We make music on them.

Music? What is music?

Well, you see Mr. Mitchko,
music is like.. I mean.. Sort of..

[snap snap snap]

Never mind the
explanation, Melody.

Um, Mr. Mitchko, if you let
us have those instruments

we'll demonstrate.

Well, hmm. Guards, open.

Better get back.

♪ La la la La la la la ♪

♪ Ba ba ba ba ba ba ♪

♪ Ba ba ba ba ba ba ♪

♪ Ba ba ba ba
do we're in trouble ♪

♪ Yeah, it's true we passed ♪

♪ Everywhere, it's all around us ♪

♪ And we know.. ♪♪

[metal clanking]

[thud thud]

Oh, enough! Enough!

Gosh, didn't you like it,
Mr. Mitchko?

It was one of our best numbers.

Like it? That is one
of the first things

I shall abolish when
I take over Earth.

Back to work, the spaceship
must be prepared

and ready to fly soon.

And no more of that-that music.

[instrumental music]

I wonder if there's a union
for slave laborers.

The thing that bugs me is that
we're actually helping Mitchko

get ready to invade
our own Earth.

Did we have a choice?

You are a strange looking robot.

I'm no robot, you
metallic ding-dong!

I'm a person.

What is a person?

We're all persons.

Our leader Mitchko
is a person, I think.

But, he is not so strange
looking as you.

Thanks a bunch.

How long have you been a robot?

What do you mean?

She means, how old are you?

Yeah, how many birthday
cakes have you had?

And do you have candles?
Or oil lamps on?

Mitchko does not permit
us to know such things.

We are programmed
only to remember

'what he wishes
us to remember.'

Val, you suppose we can
somehow reprogram this robot

into helping us escape?

- It's worth a try.
- I have an idea.

[clears throat] Uh, Mr. robot,
you think we're strange looking, don't you?

Yes, very.

We mean no disrespect, sir

but we find you rather
different, too.

Do you mind if we examine
you a bit more closely?

(Robot) 'Not at all.'

Wow. This isn't going to be easy.

Let's take a look, Val.

(Val) 'I'll try to
figure it out. Hm.'

'It looks to me, if we turn
a couple of these valves'

'and reverse the memory intake'

'we might create a
personality adjustment.'

(Alan) 'Mr. Robot,
how do you feel now?'

Wonderful.

You are handsome creatures.

You must be new here.
Welcome.

(Melody) How neat. Mr. Robot
has turned human.

[mwah]

Almost.

Back to work. Do you not realize
that time is of the essence?

Work, I say!

I slave for you no
longer, Mitchko.

And that goes for
my friends, too.

A rebellion among my robots?

I can't believe it.

'You're somehow responsible for
this, and you shall pay.'

'And pay very dearly.'

I'd say it's time to
leave, and leave fast.

If not sooner.

Come on, everybody.

But we don't know the way out.

Follow me.

Robots, there are
traitors among us.

After them at once.

I hope he knows what he's doing.

Of course he knows.

Alan helped to reprogram him.

Wee, this is fun. We used to
play this when we were kids.

bleep bleep bleep

(Melody) 'Right, it's called
Follow The Leader. Ha-ha.'

Come back here, traitors.

- Follow me.
- Oh!

Alex, don't be chicken, let go.

[thud, thud]

Don't let them get away.
Hurry, hurry!

[boom]

[grunts] You stupid robots!

[vehicle whirring]

bleep bleep bleep bleep

Yeah, hurry. The robots
are gaining on us.

[Alexander laughing] Oh,
goodie, goodie, goodie, goodie.

We're in the clear.

[laughs]

(Alan) Not quite.

- We're at the end of the line.
- Look!

They've got their rope bazookas
aimed right at us.

bleep bleep bleep bleep

Oh, yeah. We're in a trap.

[Mitchko laughing]

(Mitchko) 'Now, I have
you surrounded.'

What are we gonna do?

Don't worry, do as I say.

[laughs] Everybody, now hear this.

Ready? And hear this.

'Aim...and this.'

'Fire!'

[zapping]

bleep bleep bleep bleep

It's okay. They sure got themselves
tied up for a while.

Yeah, I don't think Mr. Mitchko
will be available either.

[laughs]

Yeah, he sure gonna be
busy untying knots.

And don't forget, we owe
a debt of gratitude

to the latest member of
the human race, Mr. Robot.

It was nothing, besides,
what are friends for?

Well, the outside of
the ship looks okay.

Yeah, but look inside.
It's empty!

Oh, no!

Mitchko sure did a job on it.

Trying to make as much
room as possible

for his invasion forces.

Does that mean we're
stranded here with Mitchko.

- And his mini men?
- 'Not at all.'

Since you were kind enough
to reprogram my personality

I have done the same for
many of my friends.

- Look.
- 'Well, how about that?'

[instrumental music]

What happened to Mitchko?

It's not like him to
give in so easily.

With so many of us
robots reprogrammed

in a more, uh, human manner

he can no longer
control us as he did.

We may even let him stay
on as our leader.

Thank you. I may as well.

As long as I can never achieve
my original invasion plans.

You wouldn't have liked it
there anyway, Mr. Mitchko.

Remember what I told
you about the smog

and pollution and stuff?

Thanks a lot.

Well, thanks a million
for programming

our navigational computer
toward Earth.

With your help, I'm sure
we'll make it back.

[spaceship whirring]

There it is. Earth.

We're actually headed
back toward Earth.

Robots or not, they sure know
their outer space navigation.

Now, we pull the re-entry stabilizer.

No, Valerie. They said to use
the push lever at this point.

- Pull.
- Push.

Now, wait a minute, let's
review the whole thing.

(Alexandra) I know exactly what
I'm doing. Right on target.

I say push.

[keyboard clacking]

Pull!

(all) Yeah, Alexandra. Pull.

(Melody) 'Yeah, Alexandra, pull!'

(Alexander) 'Yeah!'

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 ♪