Original subtitles

Sometimes the world looks perfect

Nothing to rearrange

Sometimes you just get a feeling

Like you need some kinda change

No matter what the odds are this time

Nothing's going to stand in my way

This flame in my heart like a long lost friend

Gives every dark street a light at the end

Standing tall

On the wings of my dream

Rise and fall

On the wings of my dream

The rain and thunder

The wind and haze

I'm bound for better days

It's my life and my dream

Nothing's going to stop me now

Bartokomous, I've been looking for you.

Well, congratulations, Mr. Wainwright.

You found me.

No, no. Go ahead.

Bartokomous!

I want to talk to you about the sheep cartoon

you draw for the company newsletter.

You know, "Dimitri's World."

on Dimitri's cheek.

I, I had a brownie while I was drawing.

I never noticed it.

I'm dropping "Kangaroo Cowboy"

from the cartoon page of The Chronicle

and I want to replace it with "Dimitri's World"

and I want you to draw it.

Thank you, Mr. Wainwright.

I promise you, you will never live to regret this.

Yes, well, uh...

You know, you do a pretty good job

drawing this little sheep.

Hey, do you want to see

Well, I... Come on!

Come on! Come over here.

This my secret drawer.

Now, look, this is one of my particular favorite cartoons.

Um, in the, in the first one

Dimitri standing at the street corner

looking across the street at one of them lights

that says "Don't walk" and "Walk."

And then...

And then the really funny part comes

here at the end where we realize

that Dimitri is too short to push the button.

(LAUGHING)

He's just...

He's too short to push the button.

(MUMBLING)

I think we should seek the input

of a good writer to help you with the words.

Now, what we need is a writer with a unique talent.

I'm not sure anyone here at The Chronicle fills the bill.

I could! I could do it, sir! I could be unique!

I... I have a file full of unique articles.

There is no job too big for Larry Appleton.

The Chronicle is my life, sir.

You may be right, Appleton.

I can't picture you having a life away from here.

All right, you've got the job.

Oh, thank you, sir!

I've never let you down in the past.

Well, I have let you down in the past

Appleton. Yes, sir.

Appleton, fill in the bubbles.

Fill in the bubbles, sir?

I want you to help Bartokomous

write his Dimitri cartoon.

If I like it, I'll put Dimitri's World

on the children's page of The Chronicle

a week from Sunday.

I'm writing a cartoon?

Cousin, this the most exciting thing

that ever happened to me.

I'm going to be sharing Dimitri with the world.

And I'm going to be doing it

I am so jazzed!

I am the happiest Mypiot in shoes!

I have to sing! I have to dance! I have to fly!

Balki? Balki? Yes?

Yes, Miss Lydia? Uh, do you have my mail?

Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Lydia.

but don't worry because I can always bring you to your mail.

(LYDIA LAUGHING)

There you go. Oh, thank you.

Oh, well, what excitement?

Well, you see, my, my little cartoon, "Dimitri's World"

is going to be moving from the company newsletter

to The Chronicle and I am going to be drawing it

and Cousin Larry is going to be writing it!

Oh! Oh!

Oh!

Oh, congratulations, Balki. Thank you.

Do you want to see it? Oh, yes!

Whoa!

It's a, it's a little rough

because I haven't shaded it in yet.

Cousin, I'd love to stay here and tickle your brain

for some Dimitri ideas

but, but I got to go deliver this mail.

(LYDIA LAUGHS)

Don't think until I get back.

I know I won't.

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

I'm writing a cartoon!

so, so I can tell her,

"I'm putting words in a sheep's mouth."

You know, I... I'm not gonna stand for it.

I'm just gonna tell Mr. Wainwright I won't do it.

Wait, wait, wait a minute, Larry.

Larry! Dimitri's not just a sheep.

He's a gold mine.

What do you mean, "A gold mine?"

Larry, this cartoon could end up

running in papers all over the country.

Dimitri could be bigger than Garfield!

Just think of the marketing possibilities

of a soft, wooly, cuddly sheep.

Dimitri calendars, lunch boxes,

coffee cups, greeting cards...

Coloring books, posters, breakfast cereal.

that lays the golden egg.

Now, ahem, in this first scene you're supposed to be sad

so, let me see sad.

Hi, Balki. Oh, hi, cousin.

Okay...

Take five, babe.

Ready to get started on Dimitri?

Well, not so fast, Balki.

decide on a basic concept for the cartoon.

I've given this a lot of thought

and I think it would be good for the first cartoon

the first time we see Dimitri, what is he doing?

He is helping out with chores.

I like him for that. Don't you?

Balki, that's sweet.

Oh, thank you, cousin.

But sweet stinks.

But, cousin, uh...

Dimitri is a... Is a sweet

kind, cuddly little sheep.

Balki, today's kids

don't want sweet, kind, and cuddly.

See, see, what today's kids want

is a, is a sheep that's gonna be doing everything

they want to do but can't.

skip school!

They, they want a rebellious, mischievous sheep.

They want a four-legged Bart Simpson.

Then why don't they just put two more legs on Bart

and leave Dimitri alone.

Okay, Balki, you don't understand.

No, no, cousin, I understand. You don't get it.

I get it. No, you don't get it.

You know what? I get it! I get it!

You're gonna get it!

Balki, we have to take Dimitri

and, and mold him and shape him

into something that kids want to see.

Cousin, listen to me, Mr. Wainwright wants to see

the little kind, sweet, cuddly Dimitri

that he saw in the company newsletter.

And if we are not going to give him that

then I wash my face of the whole thing.

Okay. Okay.

You're out.

I'll have to do it myself.

Oh...

This is rich!

(SARCASTIC LAUGHTER)

You think you can do it yourself?

(MOCKING LAUGHTER)

Yes.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

How hard can it be to draw a sheep?

How hard can it be to draw a sheep?

The greatest painters who ever lived,

Rembrandt, Picasso

Earl Scheib...

None of them ever even attempted a sheep.

Balki, I can draw a sheep and I don't need you.

Oh, is that so, Mr. I-Can-Do-It-Myself?

Well then, I quit.

Good. Who needs ya?

Oh, and I already have the first cartoon.

Dimitri is gonna show a bunch of kids

how to sneak into the movies for free!

(LAUGHING)

Hey, Dimitri, did you miss me?

I wasn't aware they moved the recycling bin down here.

(WHISTLING)

Cousin, you know what?

That's, that's really

Of a shoe.

Would, um, would this be the cartoon

where Dimitri dreams he's a penny loafer?

Appleton, Bartokomous.

How's the Dimitri cartoon coming?

Well, Mr. Wainwright,

Well, it's coming along amazingly well, Mr. Wainwright.

You know, I have to admit it.

This little sheep really makes me laugh.

(SARCASTIC LAUGHTER)

Well, if it's coming along that well, why wait till next week?

I'll put it in the paper this Sunday.

Have it on my desk first thing in the morning.

Yes, sir.

Balki, did you hear that?

We, we have to have it finished and on Mr. Wainwright's desk

first thing tomorrow morning.

I'm sorry, cousin, I...

I don't quite understand.

Mr. Wainwright says Dimitri has to be done by tomorrow morning.

Oh, no, no, that part I understand.

What I don't quite have a grasp on

is why you are using the word "We?"

Okay, okay.

Mmm, I admit I may have

overestimated my ability to draw Dimitri.

Okay, okay, I admit it.

I can't do it. I can't draw Dimitri.

You have to do it. You have to draw Dimitri.

Balki, help me.

Help me, please. Help me.

Help me, help me.

Cousin, I would love to... (IMITATES LARRY) help you...

(NORMAL VOICE) But as you may recall

you and I just don't see ear to ear

on how Dimitri should be presented.

Um, you see, I really see him

as a sweet, kind, cuddly little sheep.

Okay, okay, you know, you know,

I, I may have taken the idea

of changing Dimitri just a little too far

but I can admit when I'm wrong.

Now, I'd be willing to cut back a bit.

You know, all right, tell you what, tell you what.

We'll give Dimitri tough exterior

but a heart of gold.

Huh?

I love it! I love it!

I love it! Ooh, ooh, ooh, yes!

I love the idea.

Yes! Yes!

(NERVOUS CHUCKLING) Yeah.

(MUMBLING)

There's his eyes!

Okay, you know what?

I'll tell you something, Balki

I have had it.

I mean, what is it with you

and, and your obsession with this ridiculous toy?

Cousin, listen. Dimitri is not a ridiculous toy.

(SIGHS)

There was a real Dimitri.

A sheep that I had on Mypos

and he wasn't just any little sheep, you know?

He was, he was

the finest and the friendliest

and the fluffiest sheep in the flock.

And, uh, one night we were out, uh,

doing our evening jog, and, um...

this ox cart comes barreling out of some side street

and is bearing down on us

and Dimitri, thinking quick

with his itty-bitty little tiny sheep legs

pushes me out of the way and saves my life.

And I... I couldn't do anything for him.

So I took the wool

from the real Dimitri

and I made this little stuffed Dimitri

so that he would always be with me.

You know...

I see Dimitri as sweet, kind, and cuddly.

What do you think?

Well, we can go that way. Thank you, cousin.

we're gonna have to work very hard. Okay.

Now, we'll stay up all night if we have to,

uh, maybe you can do, uh, some kind of, uh, rough drawing

and I'll do an outline.

We'll get it to Mr. Wainwright

and, and ask him if he'll give us

a few extra days to finish it up.

And I'm sure he'll be happy to give us the extra time.

Okay, I'm finished with my part.

You just got to fill in the bubbles.

(SIGHS) Balki.

(SCREAMING)

(GASPING)

Balki, I have been racking my brains trying to figure out

why Wainwright wants to meet us up here.

I don't know why he want to meet us up here.

The last time I was up here

and the time before that I was up here and I lost my mitten.

Oh, my Lord. Balki, that's it.

That's why he wants to meet us up here.

He found my mitten?

No, he's going to fire us!

This is where Wainwright fires people.

He probably likes to put on a little show

in front of everybody.

Appleton, Bartokomous.

I suppose you know why I called you up here?

Yes, sir, we do, sir,

with each and every one of your decisions

and you are one of the great decision makers of our time...

That's enough, Appleton.

I wanted to tell you that everyone loved

the Dimitri cartoon.

I especially like the innocence of "Dimitri's World."

A lot of people would have tried to change him

into a rebellious, mischievous sheep

but not you.

Oh, no, no. Not us, sir.

Not, not us, Mr. Wainwright.

Oh, cousin!

No, no, wait, Balki.

Later, later... Uh, later.

Do you know why I asked you to meet me on this floor?

Well, of course, we do. Don't be ridiculous.

To see the little show that Cousin Larry says

you put on in front of everyone.

I hope it's "Oklahoma."

That's what I love about you, Bartokomous.

You're, you're innocent and kind

and face it, you've got the mind of a child.

And that's why I'm making you the editor

of the Sunday children's page.

Balki's an editor?

He's perfect.

Balki's an editor? Yes, he is.

I'm a predator? You're an editor.

And with a new job

come new responsibilities

and a new office.

What do you think of it?

Oh. Oh.

Mr... Mr. Wainwright, I love it.

I absolutely love it.

This is gonna take some getting used to

but I, I think I can make it work.

(EXCLAIMS)

And if anyone wants to reach me,

I'll... I'll be in the basement...

...with all the other people goin' nowhere.

I'll just get in the elevator,

press B for bottom of the barrel.

You know, Mr. Wainwright,

But... But you'll never know.

you are as blind as a bat.

Oh, as a matter of fact, Appleton,

since the cartoon only runs one day a week

I was going to offer you the job as my new editorial writer.

What vision you have, sir.

And I hope you didn't mind my, my little joke about the...

(SPEAKING GIBBERISH)

I mean we can, we can kid with each other, can't we, sir?

Of course, we can. Oh, yeah. Thank you.

Congratulations on your promotion

and, uh, I hope you like your new office.

Oh. Ooh! Ooh!

And have a nice day, shorty.

(CHUCKLES) Good one, sir.

Cousin, cousin, congratulations

and welcome to the top of the barrel.

Excuse me, Mr. Wainwright, sir.

I couldn't help overhearing.

If Bartokomous is going to be an editor

then who is going to be doing

Oh, Gorpley, I've been aware for quite some time

that Bartokomous has been doing his job

and yours in the mail room.

And I've decided, uh, it's about time

you do your job and his.

Outgoing, I believe.

Ha.

Well, I suppose you think I am, ooh, bitter...

Angry? Well I am!

And let me remind you

I'm gonna miss those helpful little tips

of Mr. Gorpley's.

Well, Balki, we are on our way.

People are finally starting to look at us

as mature, responsible professionals.

Cousin, is it, is it okay now?

Now.

Now we are so happy, we do the Dance of Joy.

(VOCALIZING)