Postman Patladdin Part 1 - "Arabian Nights"/A Dark Night

Transcript

 * (TongueSpeakingFool Productions Logo appear)
 * TongueSpeakingFool Productions presents
 * Postman Patladdin
 * Charlie Brown/Peddler (singing): Oh I come from a land, From a faraway place, Where the caravan camels roam, Where they cut off your ear, Where it's flat and immense, If they don't like your face, And the heat is intense, It's barbaric, but hey--it's home! When the wind's at your back, And the sun's from the west, And the sand in the glass is right, Come on down, Stop on by Hop a carpet and fly To another Arabian night, Arabian nights, Like Arabian days, More often than not Are hotter than hot In a lot of good ways Arabian nights, 'Neath Arabian moons, A fool off his guard Could fall and fall hard Out there on the dunes. (now speaks) Ah, Salaam and good evening to you worthy friend. Please, please, come closer-- (Camera zooms in hitting duckula in face) Too close, a little too close. (Camera zooms back out to Cut) There. Welcome to Agrabah.  City of mystery, of enchantment, and the finest merchandise this side of the river Jordan, on sale today, come on down! Heh, heh. Look at this! Yes! Combination hookah and coffee maker--also makes Julienne fries.  Will not break (taps it on table), will not--(it falls apart)--it broke. Ooohhh! Look at this! Pulls out Tupperware) I have never seen one of these intact before. This is the famous Dead Sea Tupperware. Listen. (Pries it open, makes raspberry sound.) Ah, still good. (Camera begins to pan to right. Duckula hurries to catch it.) Wait, don't go! (Stop pan.) I can see that you're only interested in the exceptionally rare.  I think then, you would be most rewarded to consider...this. (Duckula pulls the Magic Lamp out from his sleeve.) Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts. (Another pan, this one slower to left. Again, Duckula rushes to catch up.) This is no ordinary lamp! It once changed the course of a young man's life. A young man who liked this lamp was more than what he seemed. A diamond in the rough. Perhaps you would like to hear the tale? (Duckula pours shiny sand from the lamp into his hand.) It begins on a dark night (Duckula throws sand into the sky, where it forms a starry nightscape.), where a dark man waits, with a dark purpose.
 * (Camera tilts down to find Diesel 10 sitting on his horse and Thomas on his shoulder. Black Bellamy comes riding up to the pair.)
 * Diesel 10/Jafar: You...are late.
 * Black Bellamy/Gazeem: A thousand apologies, O patient one.
 * Diesel 10/Jafar: You have it, then?
 * Black Bellamy/Gazeem: I had to slit a few throats to get it. (Pulls out half of the medallion. Greenback reaches out for it, but Katnip yanks it back.) Ah, ah, ahhh! The treasure! (Thomas squawks as he flies by and grabs the medallion.) Ouch!
 * Diesel 10/Jafar: Trust me, my pungent friend. You'll get what's coming to you.
 * Thomas the Tank Engine/Iago: What's coming to you! Awk!
 * (Diesel 10 pulls out the second half of the medallion. He connects them, and the insect medallion begins to glow. Finally, it flies out of Diesel 10's sharp claw, scaring the horses, and is off towards the dunes.)
 * Diesel 10/Jafar: Quickly, follow the trail! Faster!
 * (All ride off, following the glowing speck of light, until it reaches a large dune.  It separates into two and the halves plunge into the dune.  All that remains are two glowing points of light on the dune. But then the dune begins to rise up, transforming into a giant lion's head, with the glowing points serving as the eyes.)
 * Diesel 10/Jafar: At last, after all my years of searching, the cave of wonders!
 * Thomas the Tank Engine/Iago: Awk! Cave of wonders!
 * Black Bellamy/Gazeem: By Allah!
 * Diesel 10 Greenback/Jafar: Now, remember! Bring me the lamp. The rest of the treasure is yours, but the lamp is mine!
 * (Black Bellamy starts to approach the lion's mouth, which forms the entrance to the cave.  He chuckles as he goes.)
 * Thomas the Tank Engine/Iago: Awk, the lamp! Awk, the lamp! (Now that Thomas and Diesel 10 are alone, Thomas opens up in normal English.) Jeez, where'd ya dig this bozo up?
 * (Diesel 10 puts his finger to his lips and shushes him. Black Bellamy reaches the cave, but is blown away by the roar of the cave's speaking.)
 * Cave: Who disturbs my slumber?
 * Black Bellamy: It is I, Black Bellamy, a humble thief.
 * Cave: Know this. Only one may enter here. One whose worth lies far within. A diamond in the rough.
 * (Black Bellamy turns to Diesel 10 with a questioning look.)
 * Diesel 10/Jafar: What are you waiting for? Go on!
 * (Black Bellamy hesitates, then moves one foot inside the cave. With great apprehension, he plants his foot down.  Nothing happens. Relieved, he begins his trek again. Then another roar comes. He turns back, but the lion's mouth slams shut and the dune collapses back to normal. All that are left are Diesel 10, Thomas, and the two separated halves of the medallion.)
 * Diesel 10/Jafar: Nooooo!
 * Cave: Seek thee out, the diamond in the rough.
 * (Thomas unburied himself from the sand, coughing as he does so.)
 * Thomas The Tank Engine/Iago: I can't believe it. I just don't believe it. We're never gonna get a hold of that stupid lamp! Just forget it. Look at this. Look at this. I'm so ticked off that I'm molting!
 * (He flies up to Diesel 10's shoulder.)
 * Diesel 10/Jafar: Patience, Iago. Patience. Black Bellamy was obviously less than worthy.
 * Thomas The Tank Engine/Iago: (Extremely sarcastically) Oh, there's a big surprise. That's an incred--I think I'm gonna have a heart attack and die from not surprise! What're we gonna do? We got a big problem here,a big prob-
 * (Diesel 10 pinches his beak shut.)
 * Diesel 10/Jafar: Yes, we do. Only one may enter. I must find this one, this...diamond in the rough.