Dougal and the Blue Cat (1970)
Eric Thompson: Narrator, Dougal, Florence, Brian, Zebedee, Dylan, Mr. Rusty, Mr. Machenry, Ermentrude, The Train
Quotes
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Dougal : You're such a pathetic lot, Yah, Sucks, Boo!
Bryan : And the same to you, Blue Bag!
[Laughs]
Ermintrude : Blue Bag!
Bryan : Blue bag! Stinky poo!
Ermintrude : BLUE BA-A-A-AG!
Buxton : Don't you dare mock my prime minister.
Zebedee : Prime minister? Don't make me laugh!
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Buxton : [singing] My friend and I are BLUE! BLUE! OH!
Dougal : We're blue. We're blue. We're blue. We're blue. We're blue. We're blue. We're blue. We're blue. We're blue. We're BLUE!
Buxton : My friend and I. My friend and I are one and only tr-r-ru-u-u-ue!
Dougal : We're true. We're true. We're true.
Buxton : We have a yearning to be EVIL.
Dougal : We maybe bad. We maybe bad. But most of all, WE'RE EVIL!
Buxton : Speaks the truth, a lovely lad, I maybe worst... but HE IS -...
Dougal : Yes, it's true. He's worst. He maybe worst. But he makes me look quite good. GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD! Ole!
[Dougal and Buxton dance in a Waltz]
Buxton : [speaking] Do you come here often?
Dougal : [singing] Yes, he is worst. Yes, he is worst. He makes me look quite good.
Buxton : HEY! Something appears to have become between us.
Dougal : Yes, something has come between us... which makes me look quite... GOOD? GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD! Ole!
[End of Song]
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Dougal : I'm not very fond of torture!
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Dougal : Stay as long as you like, the train leaves at 3.
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Dougal : [to Buxton, after Bryan is presumably thought dead] Ohh, see what you've done, cat?
Buxton : [crying in remorse] Oh yes, yes, it's all my fault! All my fault! I'm evil, I know.
Dougal : You should blush for shame.
Buxton : Oh yes... yes!
[Everyone gasps in surprise, as Buxton magically changes from blue to white]
Buxton : Forgive me, each. I was the victim of a false doctrine. I am now changed. May I be your friend? Your true friend?
Bryan : [shedding tears of joy] Oh, that's so moving... oh, I'm quite overcome! Hey! Hey, we must forgive him, you lot!
Dougal : Snail?
[everybody cheers in relief]
Dougal : Where have you been? You had us all very, very worried!
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Florence : [to herself] Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest one of all? Not that you should care at all. Being fair's not worth a jot. Be content with what you've got. What you've got is quite a lot.
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Dylan : [singing, while Ermintrude and Buxton make a bed for Buxton] In this life, little cat, there are few, pleasures that, give the same lift, and the same gift, as getting into a big soft bed...
Buxton : Oh, oh, that looks very comfy. I shall sleep like a baby, don't bother to wait.
Dylan : [singing] Forgive me, man. If I just say that I would rather it'd me than you in the hay...
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Narrator : Ermintrude was painting.
Ermintrude : [painting blue pictures] Ooh, how beautiful! What a lovely example of my blue period.
[Bryan shows up]
Ermintrude : [to Bryan] Hello, dear creature.
Bryan : Ooh... it's a bit blue, isn't it? What is it?
Ermintrude : It's abstract.
[sings]
Ermintrude : I'm in the mood for blue...
Bryan : Hey, you never told me you could paint.
Ermintrude : Well, you never asked me, dear thing, did you? The muse came upon me like it does, and I felt blue.
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Dougal : [to himself pretending to be a conductor, while riding the train] This is your captain speaking. In four days, we will landing at Watford Junction.
[chuckles, then repeatedly emerges with different regional hats]
Dougal : Or Madrid... or Berlin... or Peking... or Bournemouth.
[chuckles, to the audience]
Dougal : Did you like that? Oh... oh, I'm so talented.
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Dougal : [looking for Zebedee's moustache, to the Scarecrow] Uh, excuse me, sir, is that your moustache?
Scarecrow : Yes, it certainly is, so go away... oh. Oh, why aren't you with the others?
[referring to Dougal's friends]
Scarecrow : They're all captured, you know.
Dougal : Captured?
Scarecrow : Yes, yes, captured. They were all carried off by some dashed soldiery. They were shouting and screaming dreadfully. Not at all British... in fact, I found the whole thing extremely unfresh...
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Dougal : It's going to be tears before bedtime, I know...
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Narrator : [final lines]
[singing]
Narrator : Now the color game is done. Now we know it wasn't true. Now the colors all have won. Now we're anything but blue. No adventure should be in vain. May we all meet together again?
[spoken]
Narrator : How can it matter where you live? Live where you like. There's always there. Magic thoughts can always give. Magic gardens everywhere.
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Mr. Rusty : It's not a day for problems. It's a day for celebration and delight!
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Bryan : Funny the things which upset the railways these days...
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Dougal : Friends, Romans, countrymen...
Florence : I beg your pardon, Dougal?
Dougal : We have a traitor in our midst. It's that blue cat. I saw him go into the old factory and I know in my bones he's hatching some fiendish plot against our beloved garden. Now I don't know what it is, but we have got to be very careful. All of us. NATO must be alerted. The United Nations must be told. The Security Council must be roused! I might even write to the Times, if I can find a stamp...
Bryan : [to Dylan, whispering] He's dotty.
Dylan : Yeah, well, it had to happen, man.
Dougal : Don't just stand there! Unite! Pull yourselves together! We must man the barricades. We must even DOG the barricades. We must prepare for war!
Ermintrude : Well, I'm prepared, dear heart. I've been prepared for years. I was in the Land Army.
Dougal : Yes, well, I'm sure your experience will be invaluable, madam. But be that as it may, we must prepare to defend our garden. We must be on our guard. Has anyone got an anti-cat fence?
[in the background, as Buxton overhears]
Dougal : We have a traitor in our midst! We have a dog in our major - er, what am I saying? I mean, a bull in our china shop!
