Editing Pooh's Adventures of Cats Don't Dance/Transcript (section)

==='''''Touring Mammoth Studios/Li'l Ark Angel/Stage 13/Meet Darla Dimple'''''===
(''Cut to: Mammoth Pictures, ext with rolling clouds. The gates open to the studio in all its glory, as actors, actresses, stagehands carrying props, and secretaries shuffle around on the studio lot. Danny takes a fascinated gaze at Mammoth Tower as he catches up with Sawyer.'')

'''Turkey''': Oh I’m tellin’ ya. One more plucking scene and… Pow! Right in the gizzard!

'''Bull''': So aggravatin’ and humiliatin’. I’m outta this picture business.

'''Toto''': There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like… home.

'''Danny''': Guess we’re gonna be the only two cats on the ark. Pretty great huh?

'''Sawyer''': So much for preserving the species. Hey, Kong, how’s the picture coming?!

'''King Kong''': Oooh! Don’t get me started! Ngggh!

'''Danny''': You know the King? Wow.

'''Tour Guide''': And there is the billboard for Darla Dimple’s next movie Li’l Ark Angel to premeire real soon!

(''Danny and Sawyer arrive at Stage 13, where the stagehands are busy preparing to film the movie.'')

'''Stagehand 1''': All right, everybody! We’re ready for Darla’s big ark!

'''Pudge''': Hey Mister! I can help you…. push that cart for you!

'''Tough''' '''Guy''': Hey, get lost, kid.

'''Pudge''': I’m little, but I’m strong! (''bending a straw'')

'''Tough Guy''': (''dropping Pudge'') Hey, get out. These sweets are for Miss Dimple. (walks away)

'''Pudge''': Ok, you don’t have to get mad. (''bumps into Danny'') Oh no I’m busted.

'''Danny''': Hey.

'''Pudge''': Hey your that cat from this morning aren’tcha?

'''Danny''': Yeah what are you doing here?

'''Pudge''': Oh, that ice thing is just my side job. Name’s Peabo Pudgemeyer. But you can call me Pudge. Ooh, time to start. Don’t forget your costume.

(''All the animals pass through the wardrobe room and come out, dressed in their sailor outfits.'')

'''Script Guy''': Script! Script! Script!

'''Danny''': Meow? Is that all? Where’s the rest?

'''Sawyer''': You’re looking at it.

'''Danny''': But, I thought this was a musical. We’re supposed be singing and dancing, aren’t we?

'''Frances''': Oh, for the love of Moby Dick.

'''Sawyer''': Listen, Tiger, this town has rules and around here, cats say "meow".

'''Danny''': Oh, that’s so old hat! I’m sure nobody would mind if I jazz it up a bit.

'''Sawyer''': Ok, learn it the hard way.

'''Danny''': (''clears throat, in a British tone'') Meow. (''switches to a southern tone'') Meow! Dagnabbit, meow! (''switches to Edward G. Robinson'') Meow, see? Yeah, that’s it: Meow, meow. (''Sawyer looks at him with embarrassment, as a bell rings.'')

'''Flanigan''': Quiet on the set, please. (''sniffs'') Quiet! Miss Dimple is ready to begin. Lights! (''The lights turn on.'') Camera! (''Another stagehand runs the camera.'') (''sophisticatedly'') Accctionnn. Cue the elephant.

(''Woolie pokes his head through the Mammoth Pictures canvas.'')

'''Stagehand 2''': Tusk!

'''Stagehand 3''': Tusk!

'''Stagehand 4''': Hair.

'''Stagehand 2''': (''whispered tone'') The hair, the hair! Fix the hair!

'''Stagehand 4''': Oops, sorry.

'''Woolie''': (''trumpets twice'')

Song: Little Boat on the Sea):

'''Darla''': ''♪ Now the people were oh so bad, ♪ That the lord made the rain come down. ♪ And he washed away their bad cities, ♪ and he washed away their bad towns… ♪ That all of the people drowned! ♪''

'''Chorus''': ''♪ Woah….. ♪ Woah…. ♪''

'''Darla''': ''♪ But for the animals it was different ♪ ’though some of them drowned too, ♪ The others were just poor animals, ♪ and they didn’t know what to do, ♪ soooo….. I built a little boat. ♪ As cute as it could be, ♪ Put all the animals two by two, ♪ in my little boat on the sea. ♪''

'''Chorus''': ''♪ Little Boat on the Sea! ♪''

'''Darla''': ''♪ The big cows went… ♪''

'''Female cow''': ''♪ Moo. ♪''

'''Male cow''': ''♪ Moo! ♪''

'''Darla''': ''♪ The piggies went… ♪''

'''Male pig''': ''♪ Oink. ♪''

'''Female pig''': ''♪ Oink-hee. ♪''

'''Darla''': ''♪ And all the little birdies went tweet-tweet-tweet in my little boat on the sea! ♪ The doggies went… ♪''

'''Rick''': ''♪ Woof-woof. ♪''

'''Lola''': ''♪ Bow-wow. ♪''

'''Darla''': ''♪ The kitty-cat went… ♪''

'''Sawyer''': ''♪ Meow. ♪''

'''Danny''': ''♪ Meee-ow! ♪''

'''Darla''': ''♪ The lion went… ♪''

'''Male lion''': ''♪ Roar? ♪''

'''Danny''': ''♪ Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow meow! ♪''

'''Darla''': ''♪ In my little boat on the sea… ♪''

'''Danny''': ''♪ Talking ‘bout the boat on the sea. Meow meow, meow, meow, meow, meow on the sea… ♪''

(''The animal cast, Darla, the stagehands, and Flanigan look at him, surprised.'')

'''Danny''': (''confused'') Meow?