The Adventures of Paddington Bear (1997–2013): Season 1, Episode 8 - Episode #1.8 - full transcript

♪ LEFT PERU AND SAILED
TO ENGLAND ALONE ♪

♪ THERE HE MET THE BROWNS

♪ AND THEY TOOK HIM HOME

♪ NOW A NEW LIFE HAS BEGUN

♪ HE'S WINDSOR GARDENS'
FAVORITE SON ♪

♪ CAUSE HE ALWAYS DOES HIS
BEST TO HELP EVERYONE ♪

♪ WHEN A PROBLEM APPEARS

♪ HE NEVER MISSES A BEAT

♪ AND ALWAYS FINDS A WAY
TO LAND ON HIS FEET ♪

♪ HE HAS HIS VERY OWN
UNIQUE POINT OF VIEW ♪

♪ LOOKS AT EVERYTHING
AS IF IT'S BRAND-NEW ♪



♪ HE IS FRIENDLY AND POLITE

♪ AND HE TRIES TO
DO THINGS RIGHT ♪

♪ BUT HE GETS IN STICKY MESSES

♪ JUST THE SAME

♪ HE'S CURIOUS AND
SPEAKS HIS MIND ♪

♪ BUT TROUBLE'S NEVER
FAR BEHIND ♪

♪ IT'S PADDINGTON BEAR
HE'S ONE OF A KIND ♪♪

-I'M PADDINGTON BEAR!

-I WAS NOT HAVING A
PARTICULARLY GOOD DAY,
AUNT LUCY.

IT WAS Mr. BROWN'S BIRTHDAY,
AND I'D SPENT ALL THE MORNING

TRYING TO THINK WHAT
TO GET HIM AS A PRESENT.

[SIGH]
SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST
NOT EASY TO BUY THINGS FOR,

AND IT WAS TOO LATE
TO MAKE ANYTHING.

BESIDES, I WANTED IT
TO BE SOMETHING SPECIAL.



AND NOT ONLY SPECIAL,
BUT CHEAP AS WELL.

- I'M MARILYN MAID.
AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR

AN INEXPENSIVE, UNUSUAL
WAY TO DELIGHT SOMEONE

ON A SPECIAL OCCASION,

THEN MARILYN'S MADE
IN HEAVEN GIFT-O-GRAMS
IS THE PLACE FOR YOU.

- GIFT-O-GRAMS...
I'M ON MY WAY, Mrs. MAID!

I HAD FOUND A SOLUTION
TO MY PROBLEM,

EVEN IF I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT A GIFT-O-GRAM WAS.

- YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
A GIFT-O-GRAM IS?

WHY! A GIFT-O-GRAM CAN BE
ANYTHING YOU WANT IT TO BE.

NOW WHAT'S THE OCCASION?

- IT'S Mr. BROWN'S BIRTHDAY,
AND I'VE RUN OUT OF IDEAS.

- AH! THEN YOU'VE COME
TO THE RIGHT PLACE.

I TAKE IT Mr. BROWN
IS SOMEONE SPECIAL?

- VERY, Mrs. MAID.
- NOW LET'S SEE.

WHAT KIND OF GIFT-O-GRAM DO YOU
THINK Mr. BROWN WOULD LIKE?

♪ BALLOON-O-GRAM JOKE-O-GRAM
OR SINGING TELEGRAM ♪

♪ A GIFT-O-GRAM'S A SPECIAL WAY
TO SEND A MESSAGE TO A FRIEND ♪

♪ BALLOON-O-GRAMS ARE FUNNY
AND HARD TO IGNORE ♪

♪ PEOPLE BURST WITH LAUGHTER
AS THEY FLOAT RIGHT
THROUGH THE DOOR ♪

♪ JOKE-O-GRAMS ARE MEANT
TO MAKE YOU HAVE
A LAUGHING FIT ♪

♪ WITHOUT A SENSE OF HUMOUR
THEY MIGHT DO THE OPPOSITE ♪

♪ TO SEND A SINGING TELEGRAM
YOU SURELY CAN'T GO WRONG ♪

♪ IT'S GREAT TO GET A MESSAGE
DELIVERED IN A SONG ♪

♪ BALLOON-O-GRAM JOKE-O-GRAM
OR SINGING TELEGRAM ♪

♪ A GIFT-O-GRAM'S A SPECIAL WAY
TO SEND A MESSAGE TO A FRIEND ♪

♪ USE YOUR IMAGINATION

♪ AND SEND ONE TO A FRIEND ♪

- AND THE BALLOON-O-GRAM,
THE JOKE-O-GRAM,

THE FLAMENCO-O-GRAM AND
ONE SINGING TELEGRAM.

- BUT NO OPERA, PLEASE.
- RIGHT. WELL, YOU'VE
CERTAINLY GOT THE WORKS HERE.

AND HOW WILL YOU BE PAYING
FOR THESE GIFT-O-GRAMS?

-WITH THIS.

Mrs. MAID SAID I ONLY
HAD ENOUGH MONEY

TO SING ONE WORD, AND I
DIDN'T THINK "BIRTHDAY"

WOULD MAKE Mr. BROWN
FEEL VERY HAPPY.

I WAS GETTING DESPERATE.
I NEEDED TO FIND A WAY TO PAY

FOR THE GIFT-O-GRAMS.

"URGENT. MODEL NEEDED.
TOP RATES PAID."

-SUPERB! SUCH FORCE!

YOU HAVE CAPTURED THE VERY
ESSENCE OF A BLUE BANANA.

AH! WELCOME TO MY CLASS.
HAVE YOU COME TO ENROLL?

-NO, THANK YOU, I'VE JUST
HAD A MARMALADE SANDWICH.
BUT I DID SEE YOUR SIGN.

-BETWEEN YOU AND ME,
WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE
TIRED OF PAINTING FRUIT.

AND EVERY TIME I TURN MY BACK,
SOMEONE'S EATEN IT.

STUDENTS, PREPARE YOURSELVES
FOR A CHALLENGE!

ANYONE WHO CAN CAPTURE
THOSE WHISKERS IN OIL

WILL HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT.

- CAPTURE MY WHISKERS IN OIL?!
BUT THEY'RE NOT EVEN LOOSE.

-WE SHALL NEED OUR BURNT UMBER,
WITH PERHAPS A TOUCH OF ORANGE
MADDER HERE AND THERE.

- ORANGE MADDER? THAT'S
Mrs. BIRD'S BEST MARMALADE.

- ENOUGH DILLY-DALLYING. IT'S
TIME FOR YOU TO START MODELING.

-I'M VERY GOOD AT MODELING.
I'VE OFTEN HELPED JONATHAN
WITH HIS AEROPLANE MODELS.

- THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN.
I WANT YOU TO POSE.

-YES, OF COURSE. HOW...

- THAT'S IT! THE THINKER!
MARVELOUS!

- BUT I HAVEN'T
THOUGHT OF ANYTHING.

-THEN HOW ABOUT SOMETHING FAMOUS
LIKE THE VENUS DE MILO
IN THE LOUVRE MUSEUM?

EXCEPT, OF COURSE, HER ARMS
HAVE BEEN BROKEN OFF.

-HOW UNFORTUNATE.

THEN THE MUSEUM SHOULD BUY A
NEW ONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
BEFORE ANYONE NOTICES.

- ENOUGH! JUST STAND PERFECTLY
STILL. DO NOT MOVE!

-I SOON REALIZED THAT STANDING
PERFECTLY STILL WAS EASIER
SAID THAN DONE.

-DRAT!

AND I JUST HAD
HIS FOLDS PERFECT.

-MY FOLDS?

STANDING STILL REALLY
BUILDS UP A BEAR'S APPETITE.

-AH!

-I HAD TO POSE ALL AFTERNOON.
AND THEN A FLY BECAME
INTERESTED

IN SOME MARMALADE
ON MY WHISKERS.

-Mr. MARSH!

HOW CAN I PAINT A MASTERPIECE
WHEN YOUR MODEL KEEPS MOVING?

[HE SNEEZES.]

-OH!

- AH!
- STOP!

THIS IS A DISASTER!
YOU'RE WASTING OUR TIME!

HERE IS YOUR SALARY.

- BUT YOUR SIGN SAID
YOU PAY TOP RATES.

-FOR PROFESSIONAL MODELS.

- THINGS HAD NOT
WORKED OUT AT ALL,

AND NO ONE SEEMED TO CARE.

EXCEPT FOR Mr. GRUBER.

- THIS HOT COCOA SHOULD
CHEER YOU UP A BIT.

- BUT THE PERSON I WANT
TO CHEER UP IS Mr. BROWN.

I DON'T SUPPOSE HE'S EVER
HAD A GIFT-O-GRAM BEFORE,
BUT I CAN'T AFFORD IT.

OH! I JUST NEVER SEEM TO
HAVE ENOUGH POCKET MONEY.

- Mr. BROWN, I HAVE AN IDEA.
[DOORBELL]

[HE SINGS OUT OF TUNE]:
♪ FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

♪ FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

♪ FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

♪ WHICH NOBODY CAN DENY

♪ WHICH NOBODY CAN DENY

♪ WHICH NOBODY CAN DENY

♪ FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW
WHICH NOBODY CAN DENY ♪♪

- BRAVO!
- GOOD OLD PADDINGTON!

- WHAT A SURPRISE! A SINGING
TELEGRAM. HOW ORIGINAL!

- I COULD DO AN
ENCORE IF YOU LIKE.
- NO! I... I MEAN...

THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY,
PADDINGTON... UH, THANK YOU.

WHAT AN UNUSUAL
BIRTHDAY PRESENT.

- I HAD DONE IT, AUNT LUCY!
ALL BY MYSELF.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT WAS MY TURN FOR A SURPRISE.

- GOODNIGHT, PADDINGTON.
- GOODNIGHT, PADDINGTON.

- GOODNIGHT. AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY
AGAIN, Mr. BROWN.

-THANK YOU, PADDINGTON.
OH, AND BY THE WAY,
I'VE BEEN THINKING.

THE PRICE OF BUNS IS GOING
UP ALL THE TIME SO...

I'VE DECIDED TO RAISE
YOUR WEEKLY POCKET MONEY.

-YOU HAVE? OH...

[YAWNING]
THANK YOU SO MUCH, Mr. BROWN.

THAT'S... THAT'S... I...

[SNORING]

-HENRY, YOU'RE RIGHT!

AS LONG AS PADDINGTON'S
BEEN LIVING WITH US,

WE'VE NEVER GIVEN HIM A
RAISE IN HIS POCKET MONEY.
WHAT MADE YOU THINK OF IT?

- A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME.
[HOOTING]

WELL, MAYBE NOT SO LITTLE.

THAT WISE OLD OWL Mr.
GRUBER GAVE ME A CALL.

-I WAS HELPING Mr. GRUBER
TYPE UP THE LATEST CHAPTER
OF HIS BOOK,

THE WORLD AND ITS WONDERS,

THOUGH IT'S A BIT
DIFFICULT WITH PAWS.

[SNIFFLING]

WHERE'S THE "W" AGAIN,
Mr. GRUBER?

- RIGHT NEXT TO THE "Q"... "Q"...
ATCHOO!

-THANK YOU, Mr. GRUBER.

Mr. GRUBER AND I WERE JUST BACK
FROM CANADA AND THE WINTER
CARNIVAL IN QUEBEC CITY.

IN FEBRUARY, THERE ARE
CARNIVALS ALL OVER THE WORLD:

VENISE, RIO DE JANEIRO,
NEW ORLEANS.

AND IF QUEBEC'S CARNIVAL
ISN'T THE OLDEST,

IT MUST BE ONE OF THE COLDEST.

- ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE WARM
ENOUGH, Mr. BROWN?

- WELL, YOU SAID WE WERE
GOING TO AN ICE PALACE.

- YES. LET ME JUST
CHECK THIS MAP AND...

-OH! IT'S BEAUTIFUL!

-QUI ETES-VOUS?

-AH! OH!

-JE SUIS BONHOMME.

I'M AMBASSADOR OF
THE WINTER CARNIVAL.

AND THIS PALACE IS MY HOME!

- I'M SORRY I DIDN'T KNOCK
BEFORE I CAME IN.

I'M PADDINGTON BROWN,
FROM DARKEST PERU AND 32,
WINDSOR GARDENS, LONDON.

- I'M SO HAPPY TO WELCOME
MY 1st VISITOR,

ESPECIALLY ONE ALL THE WAY
FROM LONDON AND DARKEST PERU.

COME. IT IS TIME TO OFFICIALLY
OPEN THE CARNAVAL!

BIENVENUE, TOUT LE MONDE!

MY FRIEND PADDINGTON AND
I DECLARE THE QUEBEC
WINTER CARNIVAL

OPEN! [LOUD CHEERS]

- WHY, Mr. BROWN,
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

- TO Mr. BONHOMME'S HOUSE.
- THIS WILL BE WONDERFUL FOR
THE WORLD AND ITS WONDERS!

WHAT WERE YOUR IMPRESSIONS
OF THE ICE PALACE, Mr. BROWN?

-VERY ICY... AND VERY HARD.

-SPEAKING OF WHICH, PADDINGTON,
YOU MUST ENTER THE ICE
SCULPTURE CONTEST.

WELL, I'M OFF. I HAVE
A PARADE TO LEAD.

-HUM...

-MAKING A SCULPTURE OUT
OF ICE WAS A LOT HARDER
THAN I'D THOUGHT.

AND WELL,

I'M AFRAID Mr. GRUBER
WASN'T THE BEST MODEL.

- I DON'T KNOW... HOW MUCH
LONGER... I CAN KEEP THIS UP.

-OH, Mr. GRUBER, I'M SO SORRY.

-AH...

- PADDINGTON, MAY I GIVE YOU
A PETIT WORD OF ADVICE:

SCULPT SOMETHING
YOU KNOW AND LOVE.

- CAREFUL. IT'S GETTING STICKIER
BECAUSE OF THE COLD.

- IT CAN'T BE TOO STICKY WHEN IT
COMES TO MARMALADE, Mr. GRUBER.

[MUMBLING]

- HURRY, Mr. BROWN,
THE JUDGES ARE COMING.

- TROP PETIT. TOO SMALL.
- TROP PETIT. TOO SMALL.

-THERE, THERE, Mr. BROWN.

I THINK YOUR SCULPTURE
IS LOVELY.

- SOMETHING IS MISSING.
- SOMETHING'S MISSING.

-SOMETHING WAS MISSING.

-OH, MAIS REGARDEZ. LOOK!

- MAIS C'EST MAGNIFIQUE!
- 1st PRIZE!

- AND WHAT IS THE TITLE
OF YOUR MASTERPIECE?

-UH... MAN CONTEMPLATING A...

- MARMALADE SANDWICH! [LAUGHTER]

- 1st PRIZE! THIS WILL
BE A WONDERFUL SHOT.

-MERCI. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY NAME IS BERNARD.
AND YOU ARE...?

- PADDINGTON BROWN.
"BEAR-NARD"...

THAT'S A NICE NAME.

- WELL, PADDINGTON,
YOU AND I MAKE A GREAT TEAM.

- TEAMWORK. THAT'S LIKE
ME AND Mr. GRUBER.

I GET INTO TROUBLE, UH...
ADVENTURES AND...

-I WRITE ABOUT THEM FOR MY BOOK.

- SAY, HOW WOULD YOU
TWO LIKE TO HELP ME

IN THE CANOE RACE? OOH!

- STILL TRYING TO MAKE
UP A TEAM, HEY, BERNARD?

YOU MUST BE GETTING DESPERATE.
HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!

- DESPERATE? I WONDER
WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT.

-THAT SYLVAIN! HE IS SO RUDE!

JUST BECAUSE HIS TEAM
HAS WON THE CANOE RACE
FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.

- 10 YEARS! THAT'S
TOO MUCH FOR ANYONE.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE LENDING
A PAW, Mr. BROWN?

-WHY NOT, Mr. GRUBER?

I SOON FOUND OUT WHY NOT.

THA... THAT'S WHERE
WE'RE GOING CANOEING?

WHAT ABOUT ALL THE ICE?
-THAT'S WHY WE NEED YOU
AT THE FRONT OF THE CANOE:

TO DIRECT US AROUND
THE ICE FLOES.

- AND THESE WET SUITS ARE IN
CASE WE FALL IN THE WATER.

- I THINK I WOULD SOONER HAVE
A DRY SUIT AND STAY ON LAND.

-SO, YOUNG BEAR, WANT TO MAKE
THE RACE A LITTLE MORE...
INTERESTING?

- I THINK THIS IS QUITE
INTERESTING ENOUGH, THANK YOU.

-NO, NO. I MEAN, SHALL WE MAKE
A LITTLE BET ON WHO
WILL WIN THE RACE?

-WHY, YES. I WILL MAKE A BET.

I BET ONE POT OF Mrs. BIRD'S
FINEST MARMALADE FOR... HUM...

- FOR ONE JUG OF QUEBEC'S
FINEST MAPLE SYRUP!

- THE RACE WAS SUDDENLY
VERY SERIOUS.

- A VOS MARQUES... PRETS?
[GUNSHOT]

-THIS WAY! THAT WAY!

THAT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN "THIS WAY".

THIS IS LIKE BOATING
AND TOBOGGANING.

AAAH!

-Mr. BROWN!

-HA! HA! HA!

THE WINNER: PADDINGTON'S TEAM!
BY A NOSE.

- WHAT A TEAM! PADDINGTON,
YOU WERE BRILLIANT!

[CHEERS]

-THIS WILL BE A WONDERFUL SHOT
FOR THE WORLD AND ITS WO...
WO... WHOA!

-TEAMWORK REALLY DOES COUNT,
THOUGH IT'S TOO BAD Mr. GRUBER
CAUGHT THAT NASTY COLD

WHEN HE FELL IN THE
ST. LAWRENCE RIVER.

-READY, Mr. BROWN?

-READY, Mr. GRUBER.

I WON THE MAPLE SYRUP.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT,

IT'S EVEN STICKIER
THAN MARMALADE.
-OH!

[DOORBELL]

[HE SINGS OUT OF TUNE]:
♪ HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING

♪ GLORY TO THE NEW-BORN KING

♪ PEACE ON EARTH

[THE DOG GROWLS.]
♪ AND MERCY MILD JOYFUL ALL

♪ YE NATIONS RISE ♪

OH DEAR. DEAR AUNT LUCY.

YESTERDAY, JUDY AND JONATHAN
AND I DECIDED TO GO AROUND
SINGING CAROLS

TO COLLECT MONEY FOR THE
CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS
PARTY AT THE HOSPITAL.

-THIS IS TERRIBLE!

ALL I'VE COLLECTED IS... THIS.

PERHAPS I SHOULD JOIN
FORCES WITH YOU AGAIN.

[BOTH]: NO! - OH...

- WHAT WE MEAN IS, YOUR LUCK IS
BOUND TO IMPROVE, PADDINGTON.

WE CAN VISIT MORE HOUSES
AND COLLECT MORE MONEY
IF WE GO SEPARATELY.

-THEN I'LL TRY THIS ONE.

-GOOD LUCK! AND REMEMBER TO
SIGNAL WITH YOUR FLASHLIGHT
IF YOU GET INTO TROUBLE.

- AS IF I WOULD GET
INTO ANY TROUBLE!

WITH ALL THE NOISE, I
DIDN'T THINK THE PEOPLE
WOULD HEAR MY SINGING,

SO I DECIDED TO KNOCK.

-THANK GOODNESS YOU'VE COME!

♪ HARK THE HERALD... ♪
- OH!

- I WAS BEGINNING TO
GET QUITE WORRIED.

I'M Mrs. SMITH-CHOLMLEY.
[YELLING]: YOU CALL THIS A
KITCHEN?! IT IS MORE LIKE...

-HA! HA! HA!

- I'M PADDINGTON BROWN.
[BROKEN DISHES]

- HAVE YOU DONE MUCH WAITING?
- OH NO. I'VE ONLY JUST GOT HERE.

- I MEAN, HAVE YOU HAD ANY
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WAITING?

- WELL... I HAD TO WAIT
FOR THE BUS THE OTHER DAY.

-THESE PANS ARE DISGRACEFUL!
WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO
CHOP MY VEGETABLES?!

- HA! HA! HA! I SUPPOSE YOU'LL
HAVE TO DO. COME ALONG.

HERE'S YOUR 10 POUNDS.

- 10 POUNDS?!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Mrs. SMITH-CHOLMLEY HAD BEEN
SO GENEROUS, I DECIDED TO
SING EXTRA LOUDLY FOR HER.

[HE CLEARS HIS THROAT.]
♪ HARK THE HERALD

♪ ANGELS SING GLORY TO... ♪
- STOP! PLEASE. IN HERE.

-AH, AH!
-AAAH!
-YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT LAST!

OFF WITH YOUR COAT...

AND OUT WITH YOUR ARMS.

QUICK! QUICK!

GET CRACKING WITH YOUR
MULLIGATAWNIES!
-MY WHAT?

-MULLIGATAWNY SOUP!

- WHAT A DELIGHTFUL IDEA,
HAVING A BEAR FOR A WAITER.

- YES. IT MAKES A NICE
CHANGE, DOESN'T IT?

- THE CHEF, VLADIMIR,
WAS THE STRANGEST MAN.

-QUICK! QUICK!
-BUT HE DIDN'T SEEM
THE KIND OF PERSON

YOU COULD ARGUE WITH.
- HERE. LET US HELP YOU.

- THANK YOU. IT'S A BIT
DIFFICULT WITH PAWS.

- SPEAKING OF PAWS, YOU'VE GOT
ONE OF YOURS IN MY SOUP!

- OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
IT ISN'T VERY HOT.

-UH?

- WAITER, WHAT IS THIS
FLY DOING IN MY SOUP?

- ARE YOU SURE IT'S A FLY? IT
LOOKS MORE LIKE SOME OF MY FUR.

- THIS HAS NEVER, NEVER HAPPENED
TO I, VLADIMIR, BEFORE.

I SHALL BRING YOU ANOTHER
BOWL OF SOUP, MADAM.

- IT'S ALL RIGHT, VLADIMIR.
SHE CAN HAVE MINE.

-GRRR!

-DO PLEASE BEGIN.

-PHEW!

[HE'S WHISTLING HIS TUNE.]

-AHEM! AHEM!

-NO! NO! NO MORE!

I, VLADIMIR,

WHO HAVE COOKED FOR THE
CROWNED HEADS OF EUROPE,

I, VLADIMIR, AM REDUCED TO THIS.

WAITING! WAITING!

ALL THE TIME, I AM KEPT WAITING.

MY SOUP, IT IS COLD!

MY BEAUTIFUL STEAK,
IT IS RUINED!

IT IS UP TO YOU NOW.

IN THE SAUCEPANS, YOU WILL
FIND THE VEGETABLES.

YOU MAY SERVE EVERYTHING
AS YOU SEE FIT.

I, VLADIMIR, NO LONGER CARE.
GOOD NIGHT!

- I WANTED TO DO MY BEST
FOR Mrs. SMITH-CHOLMLEY.

AFTER ALL, SHE HAD
GIVEN ME 10 POUNDS.

OOPS!

[SHE GIGGLES.]

[EFFORTS]

THERE'S BAKED ALASKA
FOR DESSERT.

I WANT IT TO BE A SPECIAL
SURPRISE FOR MY GUESTS.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING
WRONG WITH IT,

I SHALL INSIST ON
GETTING MY MONEY BACK.

- I COULDN'T LOSE THE MONEY FOR
THE CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY.

VLADIMIR HADN'T TOLD ME
WHERE THE DESSERT WAS,

AND I COULDN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE.

AND I COULDN'T FIND
THE RECIPE EITHER.

AH, AH!

I COULDN'T IMAGINE WHY
Mrs. SMITH-CHOLMLEY WANTED
TO SURPRISE HER GUESTS

WITH THIS DISH,
BUT IT WAS HER PARTY.

- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
DESSERT IS SERVED.

TADAM!

[ALL]: AAH!

-AH! WHAT IS THAT?!

- BAKED ELASTIC,
JUST AS YOU ORDERED.

-BAKED... ELASTIC...

- THIS SEEMED TO ME TO BE A
GOOD TIME TO SIGNAL FOR HELP.

- IT CAN'T BE!
- I THINK I'LL PASS.

-BAKED ELASTIC!
-WHAT A FUNNY BEAR!
[LAUGHTER]

[LAUGHTER]

- HA! HA! HA! DO YOU ACTUALLY
MEAN YOU BAKED ELASTIC BANDS?

- HE DIDN'T REALIZE
IT WAS BAKED ALASKA.

- AND THAT'S WHEN HE SIGNALED
TO US WITH HIS FLASHLIGHT.

- LUCKILY, I'VE HELPED Mrs. BIRD
MAKE BAKED ALASKA LOTS OF TIMES.

-BUT NOT WITH MARMALADE.

- HMM... BAKED ALASKA
WITH MARMALADE.

I DON'T SUPPOSE WE'VE GOT ANY
SPARE ICE CREAM ON HAND...
OR MARMALADE?

[THE KIDS]: HOORAY!

-Mrs. SMITH-CHOLMLEY
LIKED OUR BAKED ALASKA
A LA MARMALADE SO MUCH

SHE GAVE ME AN EXTRA 5 POUNDS
FOR THE CHILDREN'S
CHRISTMAS PARTY.

YOU MIGHT WANT
TO TRY THE RECIPE.

SO FIRST, YOU TAKE ONE
LARGE POT OF MARMALADE...

-HA! HA! HA! FUNNY HOW ALL
OF PADDINGTON'S RECIPES
START THE SAME WAY.