1 00:01:41,352 --> 00:01:44,397 NARRATOR: If you were asked to choose the most fabulous character 2 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,233 in English literature, who would it be? 3 00:01:51,696 --> 00:01:53,614 Robin Hood? 4 00:01:54,156 --> 00:01:56,325 King Arthur? 5 00:01:56,409 --> 00:01:58,327 Becky Sharp? Sherlock Holmes? 6 00:01:58,411 --> 00:02:00,121 Oliver Twist, perhaps? 7 00:02:01,163 --> 00:02:03,541 Any one of them would be an excellent choice. 8 00:02:03,624 --> 00:02:09,046 Still, for the most fabulous character of all, I would nominate a toad. 9 00:02:09,839 --> 00:02:14,802 J. Thaddeus Toad. Esquire. Have you never met him? 10 00:02:14,885 --> 00:02:19,140 You'll find his story in this delightful book, The Wind In The Willows. 11 00:02:19,223 --> 00:02:21,976 Toad, you might say, was the one disturbing element. 12 00:02:22,226 --> 00:02:25,479 Incurable adventurer. Mad, reckless, tried everything. 13 00:02:25,563 --> 00:02:29,525 Positive mania for fads, and he never counted the cost. 14 00:02:30,985 --> 00:02:33,446 Had a host of fair-weather friends, of course, 15 00:02:33,529 --> 00:02:36,782 but there were only three who had his best interests at heart. 16 00:02:38,826 --> 00:02:41,203 One was a badger. 17 00:02:41,287 --> 00:02:43,122 MacBadger. 18 00:02:44,081 --> 00:02:49,170 Then there was a water rat. Bit stuffy, perhaps, but really a fine fellow. 19 00:02:49,253 --> 00:02:53,049 And a mole. Gentle creature, kind and sympathetic. 20 00:02:56,135 --> 00:03:00,097 They all made their homes in a quaint little community along the riverbank. 21 00:03:00,181 --> 00:03:03,392 Now, on that particular day, Mole was in a hurry because... 22 00:03:04,101 --> 00:03:05,478 (CHIMING) 23 00:03:05,561 --> 00:03:09,357 Oh, yes, because he was late for tea. A regrettable habit. 24 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,859 Rat had more or less learned to put up with it. 25 00:03:11,942 --> 00:03:15,029 As usual, "Sorry, Rat," says Mole. "Quite all right," says Rat. 26 00:03:15,112 --> 00:03:17,156 "Two lumps?" "If you please," says Mole. 27 00:03:17,323 --> 00:03:20,034 Just as they were getting comfortably settled... 28 00:03:20,659 --> 00:03:22,119 (KNOCKING) 29 00:03:25,956 --> 00:03:29,001 - Special delivery, Mr. Rat. - Thank you, postman. 30 00:03:29,794 --> 00:03:32,338 How's everything on the river today, sir? 31 00:03:32,421 --> 00:03:35,341 Dashed quiet, as usual. Thank you. 32 00:03:37,134 --> 00:03:38,886 Mole. Listen to this. 33 00:03:39,011 --> 00:03:41,097 (RAT READING) 34 00:03:48,312 --> 00:03:50,731 Rat was certain Toad was making trouble again. 35 00:03:50,815 --> 00:03:56,028 The answer to that lay just around the bend at Toad Hall, 36 00:03:56,112 --> 00:03:59,782 the ancestral home of J. Thaddeus himself. 37 00:03:59,865 --> 00:04:02,701 This impressive structure, by the way, was by all odds 38 00:04:02,785 --> 00:04:04,912 the finest home on the river. 39 00:04:04,995 --> 00:04:07,415 The animals were tremendously proud of it. 40 00:04:07,498 --> 00:04:11,961 They felt it gave the whole community an air of respectability. 41 00:04:13,170 --> 00:04:16,590 To lose Toad Hall was, of course, unthinkable. 42 00:04:16,674 --> 00:04:19,718 Yet it was no secret that Toad's costly follies 43 00:04:19,802 --> 00:04:22,012 had brought him to the brink of bankruptcy. 44 00:04:22,096 --> 00:04:24,515 As a last resort, MacBadger volunteered 45 00:04:24,598 --> 00:04:27,184 to take over and put Toad's house in order. 46 00:04:27,351 --> 00:04:29,019 (GROANING) 47 00:04:29,311 --> 00:04:31,313 - Smashed fence. - (THUDDING) 48 00:04:31,397 --> 00:04:32,690 12 guineas. 49 00:04:32,773 --> 00:04:34,233 (THUDDING CONTINUES) 50 00:04:37,403 --> 00:04:39,697 Damaged lamppost. 51 00:04:39,780 --> 00:04:42,032 - £4.6s. - (THUDDING) 52 00:04:43,367 --> 00:04:45,286 (THUDDING CONTINUES) 53 00:04:48,622 --> 00:04:51,333 Destruction o' hen house. 54 00:04:51,417 --> 00:04:53,252 Um... Ach! 55 00:04:54,086 --> 00:04:57,047 How can a man figure out all this with all this hubbub? 56 00:05:00,342 --> 00:05:01,427 (ANGRY SHOUTING) 57 00:05:01,510 --> 00:05:04,638 - I will not be put off! - Pay my bill! 58 00:05:06,557 --> 00:05:10,478 Silence! You'll get your money in due course. 59 00:05:10,561 --> 00:05:12,605 Now go along with you. 60 00:05:12,688 --> 00:05:14,690 I'll pay no more today. 61 00:05:18,777 --> 00:05:23,407 Why did I ever assume the responsibility of looking after... 62 00:05:25,034 --> 00:05:26,035 Ach. 63 00:05:26,368 --> 00:05:28,329 Didn't I tell you... 64 00:05:28,412 --> 00:05:30,164 Ah. 65 00:05:30,623 --> 00:05:33,709 It's you, Rat. And Mole, too. 66 00:05:33,792 --> 00:05:35,878 Thank goodness, lads. 67 00:05:35,961 --> 00:05:37,963 You've come at last. 68 00:05:39,757 --> 00:05:42,843 NARRATOR: Poor MacBadger. He'd reached the end of his rope. 69 00:05:42,927 --> 00:05:47,765 - For as he said himself... - I'm practically a nervous wreck. 70 00:05:47,890 --> 00:05:50,935 I say, MacBadger, what seems to be the trouble? 71 00:05:51,101 --> 00:05:53,938 Summat's got to be done about Toad! 72 00:05:54,104 --> 00:05:56,774 This time he's going too far. 73 00:05:56,857 --> 00:05:59,527 - But he promised us. - Promises? 74 00:05:59,610 --> 00:06:03,364 What good are his promises when these wild manias take him? 75 00:06:03,447 --> 00:06:06,867 Now, look. You're his closest friends. 76 00:06:06,951 --> 00:06:08,369 - Are you not? - Yes. 77 00:06:08,452 --> 00:06:10,788 - Very dear friends. - Then, lads, 78 00:06:11,038 --> 00:06:13,541 you've got to find Toad and stop him. 79 00:06:13,624 --> 00:06:16,710 - What's he doing? - He's got a new mania. 80 00:06:16,961 --> 00:06:23,384 He's rampaging about the county in a canary-yellow gypsy cart. 81 00:06:23,634 --> 00:06:27,429 With a horse named Cyril. 82 00:06:28,597 --> 00:06:29,974 TOAD: Tally-ho! 83 00:06:31,308 --> 00:06:33,352 (SINGING) Are we on our way to Nottingham 84 00:06:33,435 --> 00:06:35,187 Brittingham or Buckingham? 85 00:06:35,271 --> 00:06:38,649 Or any hammy hamlet by the sea? No! 86 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:42,444 Are we on our way to Devonshire Lancashire or Worcestershire? 87 00:06:42,528 --> 00:06:45,322 I'm not so sure We'll have to wait and see 88 00:06:45,447 --> 00:06:49,743 Are we on our way to Dover Or flowing merrily over 89 00:06:49,910 --> 00:06:52,454 The jolly old road that goes to Plymouth Ho? 90 00:06:52,538 --> 00:06:53,581 No! 91 00:06:53,664 --> 00:06:56,959 We're merrily, merrily, merrily merrily, merrily on our way 92 00:06:57,042 --> 00:07:00,421 To nowhere in particular 93 00:07:00,546 --> 00:07:04,174 We're merrily, merrily, merrily merrily, merrily on our way 94 00:07:04,341 --> 00:07:08,095 Though the roads are perpendicular 95 00:07:08,304 --> 00:07:12,057 - We're always in a hurry - We have no time to stall 96 00:07:12,182 --> 00:07:15,352 We've got to be there, got to be there Here we come to call 97 00:07:17,187 --> 00:07:20,566 We're merrily, merrily, merrily merrily, merrily on our way 98 00:07:20,649 --> 00:07:24,778 And we may be going to Devonshire to Lancashire, to Worcestershire 99 00:07:24,862 --> 00:07:26,614 We're not so sure but what do we care? 100 00:07:26,697 --> 00:07:29,533 We're only sure we've got to be there 101 00:07:30,034 --> 00:07:35,998 We're merrily on our way to nowhere at all 102 00:07:41,545 --> 00:07:45,799 Hello, you fellows. You're the very animals I was coming to see. 103 00:07:45,883 --> 00:07:49,637 Come along. Hop up here. We'll go for a jolly ride. 104 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,681 TOAD: The open road. The dusty highway. 105 00:07:52,765 --> 00:07:55,601 Come! I'll show you the world. 106 00:07:55,726 --> 00:07:58,687 Travel! Change! Excitement! 107 00:07:58,771 --> 00:08:00,731 Ha, ha, ha! 108 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:01,815 CYRIL: Ahem! 109 00:08:02,941 --> 00:08:03,942 Ahem. 110 00:08:05,569 --> 00:08:07,655 How stupid of me. 111 00:08:07,738 --> 00:08:11,742 I want you fellows to meet my noble steed, Cyril. 112 00:08:13,118 --> 00:08:15,287 That's me. (CLICKS TONGUE) 113 00:08:15,371 --> 00:08:18,040 A bit of a trotter, a bit of a rotter. 114 00:08:18,123 --> 00:08:20,542 How do you do? How do you do? (POSH) How do you do? 115 00:08:23,420 --> 00:08:24,546 How do you do? 116 00:08:26,715 --> 00:08:32,012 I say, guvnor, your friends seem to be a bit on the stuffy side. What? 117 00:08:33,013 --> 00:08:36,183 We want to have a talk with you. 118 00:08:36,266 --> 00:08:38,519 Oh. A visit? 119 00:08:38,686 --> 00:08:41,438 - Splendid. - RAT: This is serious. 120 00:08:41,772 --> 00:08:44,233 You've got to give up that horse and cart. 121 00:08:44,316 --> 00:08:46,276 Give up my... 122 00:08:46,944 --> 00:08:49,446 But my dear Ratty, (CHUCKLES) 123 00:08:49,530 --> 00:08:51,699 this is my career. 124 00:08:51,782 --> 00:08:53,867 - Surely you can't mean... - I do mean it. 125 00:08:53,951 --> 00:08:56,453 You've got to stop this foolishness. 126 00:08:56,662 --> 00:08:57,871 - No. - You must. 127 00:08:57,955 --> 00:09:00,999 - I won't do it. - Your reckless behavior... 128 00:09:01,083 --> 00:09:02,418 I won't. 129 00:09:02,501 --> 00:09:05,713 RAT: You're fast becoming a menace to society. 130 00:09:05,796 --> 00:09:08,841 If you won't think of yourself, think of poor, old MacBadger. 131 00:09:08,924 --> 00:09:11,969 As for that horse, no good can ever come from 132 00:09:12,052 --> 00:09:15,973 gadding about with such a fast and irresponsible beast. 133 00:09:19,351 --> 00:09:21,562 - Get him, Mole. - Come down, Toady. 134 00:09:21,645 --> 00:09:23,647 Stop it. Let me go. 135 00:09:24,857 --> 00:09:26,775 Giddy up, Cyril! 136 00:09:28,444 --> 00:09:31,280 It's no use. You'll never get me to give this up. 137 00:09:31,488 --> 00:09:33,782 Whee! Tally-ho! 138 00:09:34,158 --> 00:09:35,159 Yikes! 139 00:09:35,242 --> 00:09:36,243 (HORN) 140 00:09:37,161 --> 00:09:38,829 (CYRIL WHINNIES) 141 00:09:39,621 --> 00:09:41,248 Hey... 142 00:09:41,623 --> 00:09:42,833 (ENGINE SPLUTTERS) 143 00:09:42,916 --> 00:09:44,001 (HORN) 144 00:09:45,002 --> 00:09:46,003 Gad! 145 00:09:47,504 --> 00:09:50,632 - What is it? - Lumme, Guvnor! 146 00:09:50,841 --> 00:09:54,303 - It's a motor car. - Motor car? 147 00:09:54,511 --> 00:09:56,013 (ENGINE BACKFIRES) 148 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:57,097 (SPLUTTERING) 149 00:09:57,181 --> 00:09:58,515 (CRASHING) 150 00:10:01,393 --> 00:10:02,394 (CAR HORN) 151 00:10:06,648 --> 00:10:07,900 A motor car. 152 00:10:09,151 --> 00:10:10,152 Gad. 153 00:10:10,527 --> 00:10:12,321 What have I been missing? 154 00:10:14,281 --> 00:10:16,074 (IMITATES SOUND OF ENGINE) 155 00:10:23,081 --> 00:10:24,082 Ratty... 156 00:10:24,583 --> 00:10:26,835 It isn't... He hasn't... 157 00:10:26,919 --> 00:10:29,087 It is and he has. 158 00:10:29,254 --> 00:10:31,507 A new mania. Motor mania! 159 00:10:33,091 --> 00:10:36,303 NARRATOR: Mania. That's it. That's what it was. 160 00:10:36,386 --> 00:10:38,096 A positive mania. 161 00:10:38,180 --> 00:10:41,433 No telling where it would end, either. Might linger for months. 162 00:10:41,683 --> 00:10:44,186 And with Toad Hall at stake, 163 00:10:44,686 --> 00:10:47,564 well, Rat and Mole had no choice. 164 00:10:47,648 --> 00:10:49,233 There was only one thing to do. 165 00:10:49,316 --> 00:10:51,819 Lock the poor chap in his chambers and keep him there. 166 00:10:51,902 --> 00:10:54,154 Until the poison worked out of his system. 167 00:10:54,488 --> 00:10:56,532 (TOAD MAKES CAR NOISES) 168 00:11:00,077 --> 00:11:01,829 Hold him, Moley. 169 00:11:02,913 --> 00:11:04,540 (SPLUTTERS) 170 00:11:07,918 --> 00:11:10,796 RAT: That's better. And you can't escape. 171 00:11:10,879 --> 00:11:12,840 There's simply no use trying. 172 00:11:18,220 --> 00:11:20,973 Let me out of here. Open up. 173 00:11:21,056 --> 00:11:26,186 Open up, I tell you. Please! Ratty! Moley! Open the door. 174 00:11:26,270 --> 00:11:30,440 Playing jailer to one's dearest friend wasn't exactly a pleasant situation. 175 00:11:30,524 --> 00:11:34,152 In fact, Moley weakened right at the start and wanted to call it quits. 176 00:11:34,236 --> 00:11:37,781 But Ratty said no, definitely not. This time, they must be firm. 177 00:11:38,031 --> 00:11:39,241 (RATTLING) 178 00:11:40,659 --> 00:11:42,202 (THUDDING) 179 00:11:42,828 --> 00:11:46,248 After all, it wasn't just a matter of saving Toad from himself. 180 00:11:46,331 --> 00:11:50,294 There was MacBadger to consider, and Toad Hall and all that it stood for. 181 00:11:52,963 --> 00:11:56,800 There was only one thing wrong with Ratty's cure for Toad's motor mania. 182 00:11:56,884 --> 00:11:58,844 It didn't work. 183 00:11:58,927 --> 00:12:04,016 You see, Toad was far too clever and at the moment, completely mad. 184 00:12:04,099 --> 00:12:06,143 He was determined to get a motor car. 185 00:12:06,226 --> 00:12:08,979 Even if he had to beg, borrow or... 186 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:11,982 MAN: Toad arrested! 187 00:12:17,321 --> 00:12:19,239 (VERY RAPIDLY) His Majesty's Court of Assizes... 188 00:12:19,323 --> 00:12:22,618 Toad of Toad Hall... 24th August... On the following brief... 189 00:12:22,701 --> 00:12:23,702 (BLUSTERS) 190 00:12:23,785 --> 00:12:25,203 (CLEARS THROAT) 191 00:12:26,121 --> 00:12:27,956 Accuses J. Thaddeus Toad of stealing a motor car... 192 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:30,667 In reckless manner on a high road... 193 00:12:30,751 --> 00:12:34,546 To the endangerment of the subjects of His Majesty... Their life and limbs. 194 00:12:34,630 --> 00:12:38,258 Counsel for the Crown, proceed with the case. 195 00:12:38,342 --> 00:12:42,888 M'Lord, I call as first Crown witnesses 196 00:12:42,971 --> 00:12:46,183 Mr. Rat and Mr. Mole! 197 00:13:01,281 --> 00:13:05,619 Is it true that you had the accused locked in his own house 198 00:13:05,702 --> 00:13:07,829 because he threatened to get a motor car? 199 00:13:09,873 --> 00:13:12,250 Did you or did you not have him locked up? 200 00:13:12,334 --> 00:13:14,753 - We did. - Thank you. That is all. 201 00:13:16,254 --> 00:13:19,883 JUDGE: Next witness. CLERK: Mr. Angus MacBadger! 202 00:13:21,301 --> 00:13:23,804 As trustee of the Toad estate, 203 00:13:23,887 --> 00:13:26,890 you knew of the prisoner's mania for motor cars. 204 00:13:27,057 --> 00:13:28,058 Well... 205 00:13:28,183 --> 00:13:31,228 Due to his reckless extravagance, you cut off his allowance. 206 00:13:31,353 --> 00:13:32,479 Well... 207 00:13:32,562 --> 00:13:36,483 Then he was, to the best of your knowledge, without funds. 208 00:13:36,566 --> 00:13:39,486 - Well... - That is all. Thank you. 209 00:13:39,569 --> 00:13:43,907 COUNSEL FOR CROWN: Gentlemen of the jury, the Crown rests. 210 00:13:43,991 --> 00:13:47,703 Counsel for the defense will present his case. 211 00:13:48,245 --> 00:13:49,579 (CLEARS THROAT) 212 00:13:49,955 --> 00:13:52,874 M'lud, with the court's indulgence, 213 00:13:54,251 --> 00:13:57,879 I rise prepared to plead my own defense. 214 00:13:57,963 --> 00:13:59,131 (CLAPPING) 215 00:14:00,924 --> 00:14:01,925 RAT: Moley. 216 00:14:02,009 --> 00:14:03,010 Stop it. 217 00:14:03,719 --> 00:14:05,053 Gentlemen of the jury, 218 00:14:06,304 --> 00:14:11,268 I call as my first witness Cyril Proudbottom. 219 00:14:11,351 --> 00:14:13,061 CLERK: Cyril Proudbottom. 220 00:14:13,145 --> 00:14:14,813 (WHINNYING) 221 00:14:16,231 --> 00:14:20,193 Are you acquainted with the defendant, J. Thaddeus Toad? 222 00:14:20,277 --> 00:14:22,112 Lord, love a duck, yes! 223 00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:25,115 He's one of the jolliest chaps I have ever run across. 224 00:14:25,198 --> 00:14:27,242 And simply tons of money! 225 00:14:27,325 --> 00:14:30,287 Good fellow, eh? Throws it away? 226 00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:33,248 But he wasn't throwing it away that day. 227 00:14:33,331 --> 00:14:37,586 You heard Mr. MacBadger testify that his allowance was cut off. 228 00:14:37,669 --> 00:14:40,630 Then how did he get a motor car? 229 00:14:40,714 --> 00:14:43,216 The only way a gentleman gets anything. 230 00:14:43,300 --> 00:14:47,179 - The honest way. - And what is the honest way? 231 00:14:47,387 --> 00:14:49,973 Ha, ha! I thought you wouldn't know that. 232 00:14:50,140 --> 00:14:51,141 (LAUGHTER) 233 00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:52,768 Your Lordship, I... 234 00:14:53,685 --> 00:14:56,813 The witness may testify in his own words. 235 00:14:56,897 --> 00:15:01,026 Righto, guvnor. Now I'll give you the facts of the case. 236 00:15:01,109 --> 00:15:03,570 For when Toady escaped from his boudoir, 237 00:15:03,653 --> 00:15:07,074 he come heading straight for my place. 238 00:15:07,157 --> 00:15:11,745 Soon we was off down the highway, but hadn't gone far, I confess, 239 00:15:11,828 --> 00:15:15,499 when all of a sudden, with a rush and a roar, 240 00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:19,878 something passed like the London Express. 241 00:15:20,170 --> 00:15:23,590 It was big. It was red. 242 00:15:23,673 --> 00:15:26,259 It was beautiful. 243 00:15:26,343 --> 00:15:28,345 A motor car! 244 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:30,430 A bit of all right. 245 00:15:31,181 --> 00:15:35,519 Toady was transfixed with rapture. 246 00:15:35,602 --> 00:15:38,563 You could tell it was love at first sight. 247 00:15:39,731 --> 00:15:42,192 The motor pulled up to a tavern, 248 00:15:42,275 --> 00:15:44,528 wherein was located a bar. 249 00:15:44,653 --> 00:15:48,115 And we watched while some tough-looking weasels 250 00:15:48,406 --> 00:15:50,992 got out of that lovely red car. 251 00:15:54,371 --> 00:15:59,709 Now, weasels, I know, are deceitful. And not to be trusted at all. 252 00:16:00,710 --> 00:16:03,630 But how could I know they'd stolen that car? 253 00:16:03,713 --> 00:16:06,341 I didn't have no crystal ball. 254 00:16:07,884 --> 00:16:10,262 And the guvnor, he's not one to dally. 255 00:16:10,387 --> 00:16:14,057 He made up his mind like a flash. He says... 256 00:16:14,432 --> 00:16:19,354 "Try it for size, my good Cyril, while I see what they'll take for it cash." 257 00:16:20,522 --> 00:16:23,441 So into the tavern he saunters, 258 00:16:23,525 --> 00:16:27,070 where the barman was back o' the bar. And he said... 259 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:32,909 Cheerio, tavern-keeper, who's the owner of that hot-looking car? 260 00:16:36,705 --> 00:16:40,250 CYRIL: The barman, a codger named Winky, 261 00:16:40,375 --> 00:16:42,836 leaned over the bar and said... 262 00:16:42,919 --> 00:16:44,504 Why? 263 00:16:44,588 --> 00:16:47,549 - CYRIL: The guvnor answered... - That car must be mine. 264 00:16:47,632 --> 00:16:51,428 Whatever the price is, I'll buy. 265 00:16:52,053 --> 00:16:55,223 But Toad found he hadn't no money. 266 00:16:55,307 --> 00:16:57,934 So he promptly offered a trade. 267 00:16:58,768 --> 00:17:03,815 The weasels appeared to be willing. In a moment, the bargain was made. 268 00:17:04,941 --> 00:17:09,196 Then Toady drawed up a paper with almost incredible speed. 269 00:17:09,279 --> 00:17:11,406 And he called on old Winky the barman 270 00:17:11,489 --> 00:17:13,992 to pop over and witness the deed. 271 00:17:16,953 --> 00:17:21,291 Now, the guvnor's not a bit stingy. 272 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:24,294 He never does anything small. 273 00:17:24,628 --> 00:17:28,673 The weasels gave him the red motor car. 274 00:17:28,798 --> 00:17:31,468 And he gave the weasels Toad Hall. 275 00:17:35,430 --> 00:17:36,431 Hmm. 276 00:17:37,098 --> 00:17:43,021 Traded Toad Hall? An estate worth £100,000. 277 00:17:43,855 --> 00:17:45,857 For a motor car! 278 00:17:51,988 --> 00:17:53,949 You expect me to believe that? 279 00:17:54,032 --> 00:17:57,369 I don't expect you to believe anything. 280 00:17:57,452 --> 00:18:00,747 But fortunately, I can produce a witness. 281 00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:03,041 Call Mr. Winky. 282 00:18:03,124 --> 00:18:04,793 CLERK: Mr. Winky. Mr. Winky. 283 00:18:11,341 --> 00:18:12,884 (JUDGE BANGS GAVEL) 284 00:18:14,177 --> 00:18:17,514 M'Lord, gentlemen, 285 00:18:17,597 --> 00:18:23,144 facing you in the witness box is a citizen of substance and standing. 286 00:18:23,853 --> 00:18:28,275 A man of unimpeachable honesty. 287 00:18:28,358 --> 00:18:33,071 Now, Mr. Winky, do you recall an incident 288 00:18:33,154 --> 00:18:37,617 that took place in your establishment last August 12th 289 00:18:37,701 --> 00:18:39,703 that I was a party to? 290 00:18:40,495 --> 00:18:41,955 Oh, yes, sir. 291 00:18:42,038 --> 00:18:44,249 That I do, sir. 292 00:18:44,416 --> 00:18:46,960 Well, then, (CHUCKLES) 293 00:18:47,043 --> 00:18:50,547 just tell the court what actually happened. 294 00:18:50,714 --> 00:18:53,258 Well, guvnor. 295 00:18:53,341 --> 00:18:57,637 You tried to sell me a stolen motor car. 296 00:18:57,762 --> 00:19:01,391 That's a deliberate lie, you monkey-faced little rumpot. 297 00:19:03,143 --> 00:19:06,104 I've been framed. Let me go! 298 00:19:07,439 --> 00:19:09,441 Help! 299 00:19:10,775 --> 00:19:12,861 MAN: Toad guilty! 300 00:19:12,944 --> 00:19:16,114 NARRATOR: News of Toad's disgrace rocked the nation. 301 00:19:16,698 --> 00:19:19,034 Seems the court was determined to make an example of him. 302 00:19:19,117 --> 00:19:22,954 Of course, Toad's friends tried to help him, but they were blocked. 303 00:19:23,788 --> 00:19:27,083 They must have reopened the case at least a dozen times. 304 00:19:27,167 --> 00:19:30,670 Appealed to this court, that court, any court. 305 00:19:30,754 --> 00:19:32,630 But the decision stood. 306 00:19:32,714 --> 00:19:36,593 The case of J. Thaddeus Toad was closed. 307 00:19:40,430 --> 00:19:43,641 (SINGING) Merry, merry Christmastime 308 00:19:43,725 --> 00:19:47,562 Bind every heart with happiness... 309 00:19:49,522 --> 00:19:53,818 NARRATOR: Yes, once again it was a white Christmas. 310 00:19:53,902 --> 00:19:55,862 And once again, the melodies of Yuletide 311 00:19:55,945 --> 00:19:58,448 hung sweet upon the winter's air. 312 00:19:58,531 --> 00:20:01,534 Hearts were gay and spirits high. 313 00:20:01,618 --> 00:20:04,204 Indeed, in all the city, there was but one spot 314 00:20:04,287 --> 00:20:06,915 untouched by the warmth of Christmas cheer. 315 00:20:07,457 --> 00:20:11,544 The tower. Grim monument to despair. 316 00:20:11,628 --> 00:20:14,547 Cold, cruel, forbidding. 317 00:20:14,631 --> 00:20:16,758 And unfortunately, the abode of Toad 318 00:20:16,841 --> 00:20:18,927 for a good many Christmases yet to come. 319 00:20:21,179 --> 00:20:25,392 Poor Toad. Alone with the memories of his wasted life. 320 00:20:25,475 --> 00:20:28,228 What a fool he'd been. 321 00:20:28,311 --> 00:20:32,565 With many a pang, he recalled the kindly face of Angus MacBadger, 322 00:20:32,649 --> 00:20:35,193 and his sage advice so often scorned. 323 00:20:36,319 --> 00:20:40,824 A tear for Moley, too, for his loyalty, his sympathy, his understanding. 324 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:47,247 And Toad wept for Rat, and all those little lectures so often laughed at. 325 00:20:52,794 --> 00:20:57,715 Yes, within the dark confines of his miserable cell, 326 00:20:57,799 --> 00:20:59,968 a new Toad was born. 327 00:21:00,051 --> 00:21:03,471 A reformed Toad. A repentant Toad. 328 00:21:04,514 --> 00:21:07,392 In a flood of remorse, he vowed once and for all 329 00:21:07,475 --> 00:21:10,603 to forsake the follies of the primrose path. 330 00:21:10,687 --> 00:21:15,567 Never, never again would he give way to those mad, foolish manias 331 00:21:15,650 --> 00:21:18,027 that had brought him to this sorry end. 332 00:21:25,910 --> 00:21:28,538 Being as it's Christmas, you're allowed a visitor. 333 00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:31,374 - Your grandma's here. - Grandma? 334 00:21:31,875 --> 00:21:34,461 (HIGH-PITCHED) A merry Christmas, sonny. 335 00:21:34,544 --> 00:21:37,547 Granny wouldn't forget her little Toady boy. 336 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,050 - Cyril! - Shh! 337 00:21:41,509 --> 00:21:42,677 (CREAKING) 338 00:21:43,178 --> 00:21:44,971 Oh. (SOBS) 339 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:47,307 Cyril. (SOBS) 340 00:21:50,226 --> 00:21:52,729 Look, Christmas gift. 341 00:21:54,522 --> 00:21:57,942 - (STUTTERS) What is it? - Don't you get it? 342 00:21:58,026 --> 00:21:59,861 A disguise. 343 00:21:59,944 --> 00:22:05,617 Now, all you've got to do is put on this natty little costume and... 344 00:22:05,700 --> 00:22:10,246 NARRATOR: Alas, for good intentions, Toad was incurable. 345 00:22:10,330 --> 00:22:14,083 One whispered word and all his high resolve 346 00:22:14,209 --> 00:22:18,421 vanished in the mad whirl of this new adventure, this new mania. 347 00:22:18,630 --> 00:22:20,131 Escape! 348 00:22:22,175 --> 00:22:24,219 - Toad's escaped! - (SIRENS) 349 00:22:27,013 --> 00:22:28,806 (SIRENS CONTINUE) 350 00:22:43,112 --> 00:22:45,365 - (TOAD GASPS) - (FRENZIED BARKING) 351 00:22:48,159 --> 00:22:49,994 (SIRENS CONTINUE TO BLARE) 352 00:23:02,048 --> 00:23:04,050 MAN: Halt! 353 00:23:07,428 --> 00:23:11,683 - Oh, good evening, ma'am. - Good evening to you, Officer. 354 00:23:12,392 --> 00:23:14,936 (SINGING) We're merrily, merrily, merrily merrily... 355 00:23:15,019 --> 00:23:16,020 (CLANKING) 356 00:23:16,980 --> 00:23:18,982 Begging your pardon, milady... 357 00:23:20,316 --> 00:23:22,026 - Hey! - (THUDDING) 358 00:23:28,950 --> 00:23:30,827 POLICEMAN: You fellows over there, you see him? 359 00:23:39,502 --> 00:23:42,463 NARRATOR: Gad! What perfectly ripping luck. 360 00:23:42,547 --> 00:23:46,676 Trap Toad, would they? Aha! Never! 361 00:23:48,177 --> 00:23:49,429 MAN: There he goes. 362 00:23:49,512 --> 00:23:50,513 - POLICEMAN: Where? - Over there! 363 00:23:55,893 --> 00:23:57,270 (WHISTLE) 364 00:24:30,053 --> 00:24:31,554 Bang, bang, bang. 365 00:24:45,234 --> 00:24:48,571 NARRATOR: Blockheads, let them scour the countryside. 366 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:53,409 Once more, J. Thaddeus Toad had the last laugh. 367 00:25:24,273 --> 00:25:27,068 That same Christmas Eve, along the riverbank, 368 00:25:27,151 --> 00:25:30,196 the name of Toad was banned from conversation, 369 00:25:30,279 --> 00:25:34,701 lest the memory of his disgrace becloud the merriment of the season. 370 00:25:34,784 --> 00:25:39,038 And yet there was one home at least in which two loyal hearts 371 00:25:39,122 --> 00:25:41,958 still held the warmth of Christian charity. 372 00:25:43,876 --> 00:25:48,214 Bless this good food we are about to enjoy. 373 00:25:48,297 --> 00:25:50,633 Bless us, every one. 374 00:25:52,343 --> 00:25:55,596 And bless poor Toad. 375 00:25:56,472 --> 00:26:00,977 And may he get time off for good behavior. 376 00:26:01,978 --> 00:26:03,479 (WHISTLING) 377 00:26:08,776 --> 00:26:11,612 Why, it's a poor old lady. 378 00:26:11,696 --> 00:26:13,698 Let's take her over by the fire. 379 00:26:15,533 --> 00:26:16,534 Ow! 380 00:26:18,202 --> 00:26:19,203 Toad! 381 00:26:19,328 --> 00:26:21,789 What are you doing here? 382 00:26:21,873 --> 00:26:27,462 - I was just... - Well, this is a merry Christmas. 383 00:26:27,545 --> 00:26:32,717 - But aren't you afraid of the police? - Afraid of the police? 384 00:26:32,925 --> 00:26:34,343 (LAUGHS) 385 00:26:34,677 --> 00:26:37,513 I, Toad, afraid of the police? 386 00:26:38,848 --> 00:26:42,018 - MALE: Open up! Open up, I say! - The police! 387 00:26:44,145 --> 00:26:46,564 Hide me. 388 00:26:46,647 --> 00:26:52,820 Sorry, but you owe a debt to society and you've got to pay. 389 00:26:53,362 --> 00:26:55,531 Let them in. 390 00:26:58,534 --> 00:26:59,911 - (KNOCKING) - But, Ratty... 391 00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:03,206 - Don't you think, maybe... - Open the door. 392 00:27:07,919 --> 00:27:09,629 RAT: MacBadger. 393 00:27:10,213 --> 00:27:11,756 (PANTS) Aye, lads. 394 00:27:12,006 --> 00:27:16,844 I've just made a very important discovery. 395 00:27:17,220 --> 00:27:20,306 Toad Hall is ablaze with lights. 396 00:27:21,557 --> 00:27:25,853 And in possession of a pack of weasels. 397 00:27:25,937 --> 00:27:30,900 And the leader of the gang is none other than Mr... 398 00:27:31,692 --> 00:27:33,402 WEASELS: Winky! 399 00:27:34,737 --> 00:27:36,322 WEASEL: Hip, hip... 400 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:38,908 Hooray! 401 00:27:40,243 --> 00:27:46,040 And so, you see, he did trade Toad Hall for the motor car. 402 00:27:46,123 --> 00:27:50,753 Then Toad was innocent all the time. 403 00:27:50,837 --> 00:27:56,092 Aye, lads, and if he were only here, right now... 404 00:27:58,219 --> 00:28:00,012 - Toad! - Angus. 405 00:28:02,473 --> 00:28:04,767 Sorry, Toad, I misjudged you. 406 00:28:05,852 --> 00:28:10,314 I hope someday you'll find it in your heart... 407 00:28:10,398 --> 00:28:12,608 Tut-tut, not another word. 408 00:28:12,942 --> 00:28:16,571 To err is human, to forgive... 409 00:28:16,696 --> 00:28:19,866 Thaddeus, not so fast. 410 00:28:20,283 --> 00:28:23,536 You're still guilty in the eyes of the law. 411 00:28:23,619 --> 00:28:28,666 To prove your innocence, we've got to get that paper away from Winky. 412 00:28:29,959 --> 00:28:32,169 Now, I have a plan. 413 00:28:32,879 --> 00:28:35,089 We'll sneak in through the secret tunnel. 414 00:28:36,132 --> 00:28:37,550 NARRATOR: It was an excellent plan, 415 00:28:37,633 --> 00:28:40,887 cunningly contrived, but extremely dangerous. 416 00:28:41,512 --> 00:28:44,307 It would work only if each did his part. 417 00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:45,892 There was no margin for error. 418 00:28:45,975 --> 00:28:47,810 The odds against them were tremendous. 419 00:28:47,894 --> 00:28:49,896 But the stakes were high. 420 00:28:57,111 --> 00:29:00,156 Now steady's the word. 421 00:29:00,531 --> 00:29:05,703 One false move and four lives hang in the balance. 422 00:29:09,665 --> 00:29:12,251 Careful, lads. There's a guard. 423 00:29:14,003 --> 00:29:16,672 - I'll pop him off. - Stop! 424 00:29:19,383 --> 00:29:21,385 Who goes there? 425 00:29:23,262 --> 00:29:27,266 NARRATOR: Phew! That was a close one. 426 00:29:27,350 --> 00:29:30,311 Trust Toad to start things off on the wrong foot. 427 00:29:30,394 --> 00:29:33,147 Well, no turning back now. 428 00:29:33,230 --> 00:29:35,274 Nothing for it but to push on. 429 00:29:35,358 --> 00:29:38,945 What new and greater perils lay ahead no one could say. 430 00:29:39,028 --> 00:29:43,699 For with Toad already getting out of hand, anything could happen. 431 00:29:47,078 --> 00:29:48,454 (WHIRRING) 432 00:29:49,413 --> 00:29:51,082 (DOOR CREAKS) 433 00:29:53,334 --> 00:29:54,627 (SNORING) 434 00:29:58,756 --> 00:30:02,009 MOLE: Oh, look. They're all asleep. 435 00:30:02,093 --> 00:30:06,764 MacBADGER: Lads, they're drunk. They've been hitting the bottle. 436 00:30:06,847 --> 00:30:09,308 - But where's Winky? - RAT: There he is. 437 00:30:09,392 --> 00:30:12,728 MacBADGER: Shh. He's got the paper on him. 438 00:30:13,229 --> 00:30:15,856 (WHISPERS) We'll have to climb up on the balcony. 439 00:30:52,768 --> 00:30:54,270 (SNORES) 440 00:31:19,712 --> 00:31:20,713 (GULPS) 441 00:32:00,503 --> 00:32:02,338 The paper. It's gone. 442 00:32:03,964 --> 00:32:04,965 Oi. 443 00:32:05,174 --> 00:32:07,426 Get 'em. 444 00:32:21,398 --> 00:32:23,067 I beg your pardon. 445 00:32:49,051 --> 00:32:51,303 Moley! Moley! 446 00:32:52,138 --> 00:32:54,265 Over here. 447 00:33:02,398 --> 00:33:03,816 WINKY: After it. 448 00:33:23,794 --> 00:33:26,755 (LAUGHING) Just one more. 449 00:33:26,839 --> 00:33:28,424 There he is. Get him. 450 00:33:54,950 --> 00:33:56,243 Where's Moley? 451 00:34:24,688 --> 00:34:28,025 Well, laddies, we saved our skins. 452 00:34:28,108 --> 00:34:30,110 But we did not get the deed. 453 00:34:30,486 --> 00:34:31,612 TOAD: Ahem! 454 00:34:33,822 --> 00:34:38,118 - Well done, Thaddeus. - ALL: Hip, hip, hooray! 455 00:34:40,704 --> 00:34:43,249 NARRATOR: And so it was a happy ending after all. 456 00:34:43,332 --> 00:34:46,085 Toad's friends were dreadfully proud of him. 457 00:34:46,168 --> 00:34:50,589 And why not? He was a new toad now, completely reformed, 458 00:34:50,673 --> 00:34:53,842 through with gypsy carts and motor cars forever. 459 00:34:53,926 --> 00:34:58,180 And so, on this happiest of New Years, a toast was in order. 460 00:34:58,347 --> 00:35:03,352 To the New Year! And to the new Toad. 461 00:35:03,894 --> 00:35:05,145 (CRASHING) 462 00:35:05,229 --> 00:35:06,563 (WHIRRING) 463 00:35:06,647 --> 00:35:09,024 TOAD: Hello, you fellows. 464 00:35:11,110 --> 00:35:13,988 Come, I'll show you the world. 465 00:35:14,154 --> 00:35:17,324 Travel! Change! Excitement! 466 00:35:17,866 --> 00:35:19,451 (TOAD LAUGHS) 467 00:35:20,369 --> 00:35:23,122 And that was the fabulous Thaddeus Toad. 468 00:35:23,205 --> 00:35:27,334 But let's weigh our judgment carefully, we moles and rats and badgers. 469 00:35:27,418 --> 00:35:29,920 Really, now, don't we envy him a bit? 470 00:35:30,462 --> 00:35:32,631 (CHUCKLES) I know I do. 471 00:35:32,715 --> 00:35:34,800 So when we speak of fabulous characters, 472 00:35:34,883 --> 00:35:37,094 the most fabulous of all will always be, 473 00:35:37,177 --> 00:35:40,848 to me at least, the master of Toad Hall. 474 00:35:45,185 --> 00:35:48,939 (NARRATOR LAUGHS) Oh, yes. That J. Thadd was quite a lad. 475 00:35:49,023 --> 00:35:50,816 Speaking of fabulous characters, 476 00:35:50,899 --> 00:35:53,610 England has produced a bumper crop of them. 477 00:35:53,694 --> 00:35:55,195 But don't forget over here in the Colonies 478 00:35:55,279 --> 00:35:58,157 we've come up with a few of our own. 479 00:35:58,240 --> 00:36:00,743 How about Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill and Johnny Appleseed, 480 00:36:00,826 --> 00:36:03,746 Black Bart, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone? 481 00:36:03,829 --> 00:36:06,540 And, of course, the one and only Ichabod Crane. 482 00:36:07,750 --> 00:36:10,586 Old Ichy, if you recall, was the country schoolmaster, 483 00:36:10,669 --> 00:36:12,921 dreamed up by Washington Irving. 484 00:36:13,589 --> 00:36:16,759 He had a way with a yarn, did Mr. Irving. 485 00:36:22,139 --> 00:36:25,184 If we could but journey back to that remote period in American history, 486 00:36:25,267 --> 00:36:28,812 when the city of Manhattan was but a market town, 487 00:36:28,896 --> 00:36:31,940 we would discover in the bosom of one of those spacious coves, 488 00:36:32,024 --> 00:36:34,651 which indent the shores of the Hudson, 489 00:36:34,735 --> 00:36:36,779 the little village of Tarrytown. 490 00:36:37,654 --> 00:36:41,742 And just beyond, nestled deep in the low, rolling hills, 491 00:36:41,825 --> 00:36:43,494 a sequestered glen. 492 00:36:45,162 --> 00:36:49,958 It's a quiet, peaceful place and yet somehow foreboding. 493 00:36:50,626 --> 00:36:55,464 For it abounds in haunted spots, twilight tales and local superstitions. 494 00:36:56,548 --> 00:37:00,386 The best-known story concerns a certain itinerant schoolmaster 495 00:37:00,469 --> 00:37:02,763 who once frequented these parts. 496 00:37:03,764 --> 00:37:07,684 Indeed, some say his melancholy spirit still haunts the vicinity. 497 00:37:09,228 --> 00:37:13,315 The worthy pedagogue was described as a most unusual man. 498 00:37:13,399 --> 00:37:17,778 To see him striding along, one might mistake him for some scarecrow 499 00:37:17,861 --> 00:37:19,863 eloped from a cornfield. 500 00:37:20,656 --> 00:37:24,159 He was tall, but exceedingly lank. 501 00:37:24,827 --> 00:37:29,873 His head was small and flat on top with a long, snipe nose 502 00:37:30,541 --> 00:37:34,670 so that it looked like a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck. 503 00:37:34,753 --> 00:37:36,839 All together, he was such an apparition 504 00:37:37,005 --> 00:37:39,883 as is seldom to be seen in broad daylight. 505 00:37:46,723 --> 00:37:48,934 It was late one drowsy autumn afternoon 506 00:37:49,017 --> 00:37:51,311 when this strange figure first approached 507 00:37:51,395 --> 00:37:54,481 the tranquil little village of Sleepy Hollow. 508 00:37:56,525 --> 00:37:58,235 As usual, there had gathered at 509 00:37:58,318 --> 00:38:00,821 the Olde Schnooker and Schnapps Shoppe 510 00:38:00,946 --> 00:38:04,241 a group of rustic lads known as the Sleepy Hollow Boys. 511 00:38:05,033 --> 00:38:06,160 MAN: Yahoo! 512 00:38:06,243 --> 00:38:07,870 (DOGS BARK EXCITEDLY) 513 00:38:09,872 --> 00:38:12,624 Their self-appointed leader, one Brom Bones, 514 00:38:12,708 --> 00:38:17,254 was a burly, roistering blade always ready for a fight. Or a frolic. 515 00:38:24,052 --> 00:38:28,474 And though Brom was much given to madcap pranks, practical jokes, 516 00:38:28,557 --> 00:38:31,185 there was no malice in his mischief. 517 00:38:31,268 --> 00:38:34,605 Indeed, with his waggish humor and prodigious strength, 518 00:38:34,688 --> 00:38:37,858 Brom Bones was quite the hero of all the country round. 519 00:38:43,697 --> 00:38:45,115 (HORSE WHINNIES) 520 00:38:58,295 --> 00:39:02,508 Odds bodkins! Gadzooks! 521 00:39:02,591 --> 00:39:05,594 Look at that old spook of spirits. 522 00:39:11,892 --> 00:39:15,020 (SINGING) Who's that coming down the street? 523 00:39:15,103 --> 00:39:17,814 Are they shovels or are they feet? 524 00:39:18,482 --> 00:39:21,485 - Lean and lanky - Skin and bones 525 00:39:21,610 --> 00:39:25,197 With clothes a scarecrow would hate to own 526 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,033 Yet he has a certain air 527 00:39:28,116 --> 00:39:31,036 Debonair and devil-may-care 528 00:39:31,119 --> 00:39:34,456 - It's the new schoolmaster - What's his name? 529 00:39:34,623 --> 00:39:36,124 Ichabod 530 00:39:36,291 --> 00:39:37,793 Ichabod Crane 531 00:39:38,043 --> 00:39:39,461 Ichabod 532 00:39:39,545 --> 00:39:42,256 - What a name - Kind of odd 533 00:39:42,339 --> 00:39:44,466 But nice just the same 534 00:39:44,883 --> 00:39:47,469 Funny pan, funny frame 535 00:39:47,636 --> 00:39:49,805 Ichabod, Ichabod Crane 536 00:39:50,847 --> 00:39:53,892 Ichabod may be quaint 537 00:39:54,184 --> 00:39:57,479 May be odd and maybe he ain't 538 00:39:57,646 --> 00:40:00,524 Anyway, there's no complaint 539 00:40:00,607 --> 00:40:03,819 From Ichabod, Ichabod Crane 540 00:40:04,528 --> 00:40:07,322 Though the arrival of the pedagogue 541 00:40:07,406 --> 00:40:09,783 Gave rise to mixed emotions 542 00:40:09,866 --> 00:40:13,245 The townspeople agreed they'd never seen anyone 543 00:40:13,328 --> 00:40:16,790 Like Ichabod, Ichabod Crane 544 00:40:21,587 --> 00:40:24,339 The schoolroom became Ichabod's empire, 545 00:40:24,423 --> 00:40:29,094 over which with lordly dignity, he held absolute sway. 546 00:40:33,599 --> 00:40:36,268 Truth to say, Ichabod was a conscientious man. 547 00:40:36,351 --> 00:40:38,186 He bore in my mind the maxim, 548 00:40:38,854 --> 00:40:41,857 "Spare the rod and spoil the child." 549 00:40:42,190 --> 00:40:46,862 Still, he was careful to administer justice with discrimination. 550 00:40:47,863 --> 00:40:51,450 For it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils. 551 00:40:51,533 --> 00:40:55,871 Especially if their mothers happened to be good cooks. 552 00:41:04,546 --> 00:41:07,841 (SINGING) Who's the town's ladies' man? 553 00:41:08,050 --> 00:41:10,802 Gets around like nobody can 554 00:41:10,886 --> 00:41:13,972 Has to be none other than 555 00:41:14,056 --> 00:41:17,225 Ichabod, Ichabod Crane 556 00:41:21,313 --> 00:41:23,398 Thus, as time went by, 557 00:41:23,482 --> 00:41:27,653 it may be seen that the pedagogue got on tolerably enough. 558 00:41:27,736 --> 00:41:32,282 Moreover, Ichabod found diverse ways to increase his slender income. 559 00:41:32,366 --> 00:41:34,826 And at the same time, 560 00:41:34,910 --> 00:41:38,872 awaken the cultural interests of the sleepy little village. 561 00:41:39,915 --> 00:41:42,751 (WOMEN HOLDING HIGH NOTE) 562 00:41:49,758 --> 00:41:51,718 (SINGING IN HARMONY) 563 00:41:51,802 --> 00:41:55,097 (SINGING NOTES) 564 00:42:02,979 --> 00:42:04,314 (ALL SIGHING) 565 00:42:20,372 --> 00:42:21,915 (DOG HOWLING) 566 00:42:24,543 --> 00:42:25,919 (ALL GASPING) 567 00:42:26,545 --> 00:42:28,130 (SIGHING) 568 00:42:32,134 --> 00:42:35,345 (SINGING) Mi, mi, mi, mi, mi, mi, mi, mi, mi 569 00:42:36,471 --> 00:42:38,807 NARRATOR: It was inevitable such a man as Ichabod 570 00:42:38,974 --> 00:42:40,767 would become an object of ridicule 571 00:42:40,934 --> 00:42:43,061 to Brom Bones and his gang. 572 00:42:43,186 --> 00:42:46,773 And yet to Ichabod, these were small matters. 573 00:42:46,857 --> 00:42:49,693 The schoolmaster possessed a remarkable equanimity 574 00:42:49,776 --> 00:42:51,778 which remained quite undisturbed 575 00:42:51,862 --> 00:42:57,242 until that fateful day his path was crossed by a woman. 576 00:42:58,952 --> 00:43:01,413 A certain woman. 577 00:43:01,496 --> 00:43:05,041 Katrina van Tassel, daughter and only child of old Baltus van Tassel, 578 00:43:05,125 --> 00:43:07,836 the richest farmer in the county. 579 00:43:08,211 --> 00:43:11,757 She was a blooming lass, plump as a partridge. 580 00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:16,011 Ripe, melting and rosy-cheeked. 581 00:43:28,607 --> 00:43:34,362 (SINGING) Once you have met that little coquette, Katrina 582 00:43:34,446 --> 00:43:39,534 You won't forget Katrina 583 00:43:40,035 --> 00:43:45,874 But nobody yet has ever upset Katrina 584 00:43:45,957 --> 00:43:51,338 That cute coquette, Katrina 585 00:43:52,047 --> 00:43:57,719 You can do more with Margaret or Helena 586 00:43:57,803 --> 00:44:03,183 Or Ann or Angelina 587 00:44:03,266 --> 00:44:09,731 But Katrina will kiss and run To her a romance is fun 588 00:44:09,815 --> 00:44:14,903 With always another one to start 589 00:44:16,071 --> 00:44:21,827 Yet when you've met that little coquette, Katrina 590 00:44:21,910 --> 00:44:27,582 You've lost your heart 591 00:44:39,261 --> 00:44:40,846 (CHILDREN SHOUTING) 592 00:44:46,184 --> 00:44:47,394 There was no doubt 593 00:44:47,477 --> 00:44:50,772 the fair Katrina was the richest prize in the countryside. 594 00:44:51,940 --> 00:44:54,776 And the schoolmaster, being an ambitious man, 595 00:44:54,860 --> 00:44:56,695 at once began to fill his mind 596 00:44:56,778 --> 00:45:00,323 with many sugared thoughts and hopeful suppositions. 597 00:45:02,701 --> 00:45:05,871 ICHABOD: (THINKING) Ah, Katrina, my love. 598 00:45:06,454 --> 00:45:08,915 Who can resist your grace? 599 00:45:08,999 --> 00:45:10,709 Your charm? 600 00:45:10,792 --> 00:45:13,795 And who can resist your father's farm? 601 00:45:15,881 --> 00:45:17,549 Boy, what a set-up. 602 00:45:17,716 --> 00:45:20,927 There's gold in them acres and that ain't hay. 603 00:45:21,636 --> 00:45:23,471 (COINS TINKLING) 604 00:45:24,472 --> 00:45:28,018 Not to mention that lovely green stuff. 605 00:45:28,101 --> 00:45:30,395 Oh-ho-ho-ho, ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo. 606 00:45:32,981 --> 00:45:37,319 Oh, Katrina, my sweet, my treasure. 607 00:45:38,445 --> 00:45:40,572 Treasure. (LAUGHING) 608 00:45:40,655 --> 00:45:45,243 That barn's a gold mine. How I'd love to hit the jackpot. 609 00:45:47,704 --> 00:45:49,873 Dear Katrina, 610 00:45:49,956 --> 00:45:52,417 Papa's only child. 611 00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:54,461 Papa? 612 00:45:54,544 --> 00:46:01,009 The old goat can't take it with him. When he cuts out, that's where I cut in. 613 00:46:01,843 --> 00:46:06,097 Sweet Katrina, poor little rich girl. 614 00:46:06,181 --> 00:46:10,810 Don't worry, Katy. Ichabod will protect you. 615 00:46:11,186 --> 00:46:13,813 Katrina, you've won me. 616 00:46:13,897 --> 00:46:15,774 I surrender. 617 00:46:20,153 --> 00:46:25,992 (WOMEN SINGING) And yet when you've met that little coquette, Katrina 618 00:46:26,076 --> 00:46:27,285 (SPLUTTERS) 619 00:46:27,369 --> 00:46:34,125 You've lost your heart 620 00:46:36,044 --> 00:46:37,587 NARRATOR: Truth to say, every portal 621 00:46:37,671 --> 00:46:39,631 to Katrina's heart was jealously guarded 622 00:46:39,714 --> 00:46:42,467 by a host of rustic admirers. 623 00:46:42,550 --> 00:46:45,762 But Ichabod was confident he would soon ride roughshod 624 00:46:45,845 --> 00:46:48,223 over these simple country bumpkins. 625 00:46:51,226 --> 00:46:54,896 The most formidable obstacle of all, the schoolmaster failed to reckon with. 626 00:46:55,689 --> 00:46:59,025 That was the redoubtable Brom Bones himself. 627 00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:06,866 The ease with which Brom cleared the field of rivals 628 00:47:06,950 --> 00:47:10,537 both piqued and provoked the fair Katrina. 629 00:47:13,999 --> 00:47:18,169 She often wished that some champion would appear and take the field openly 630 00:47:18,253 --> 00:47:19,963 against the boisterous Brom. 631 00:48:04,674 --> 00:48:07,093 Though a wiser man would have shrunk from the competition, 632 00:48:07,177 --> 00:48:08,928 love is blind. 633 00:48:09,012 --> 00:48:15,018 Ichabod was aware only that Dame Fortune was at last at his door. 634 00:48:51,638 --> 00:48:54,724 It's true that Brom liked a joke as well as the next. 635 00:48:54,933 --> 00:48:57,268 But enough was too much. 636 00:50:05,295 --> 00:50:06,754 (SMOOCHING) 637 00:50:12,635 --> 00:50:14,846 It was time to carry the issue to open warfare. 638 00:50:14,929 --> 00:50:16,723 He'd double that schoolmaster up 639 00:50:16,806 --> 00:50:19,642 and lay him on a shelf in his own schoolhouse. 640 00:50:31,279 --> 00:50:35,116 But this, it seemed, was easier said than done. 641 00:50:39,829 --> 00:50:41,206 KATRINA: Yoo-hoo! 642 00:50:50,673 --> 00:50:52,467 (ICHABOD WHISTLING TUNE) 643 00:51:08,149 --> 00:51:10,860 (CHUCKLES) No doubt of it, this was Ichabod's lucky day. 644 00:51:18,576 --> 00:51:22,163 It was evident the schoolmaster was indeed a man of hidden talents. 645 00:51:22,247 --> 00:51:25,083 A rival to be reckoned with. 646 00:51:25,166 --> 00:51:29,545 Still, wars are neither won nor lost at the first encounter. 647 00:51:29,671 --> 00:51:32,924 The high-flying pedagogue might yet be brought to earth. 648 00:51:33,007 --> 00:51:36,761 For Brom Bones was never a man to cry quits. 649 00:51:43,393 --> 00:51:46,938 It was upon the occasion of her father's annual Halloween frolic 650 00:51:47,021 --> 00:51:51,276 that Katrina again chose to stir the embers of the smoldering rivalry. 651 00:51:51,359 --> 00:51:53,319 Thus, one invitation in particular 652 00:51:53,403 --> 00:51:56,155 carried a most personal and provocative summons. 653 00:51:58,032 --> 00:51:59,450 (HUMS) 654 00:52:08,293 --> 00:52:11,587 The worthy schoolmaster was in a transport of joy. 655 00:52:12,130 --> 00:52:14,299 To him, this could mean but one thing. 656 00:52:16,259 --> 00:52:19,012 Ha-ha! Ichy, you sly old dog, you. 657 00:52:19,095 --> 00:52:22,056 What is this strange power you have over women? 658 00:52:22,223 --> 00:52:24,350 Tonight's the night, boy. 659 00:52:24,684 --> 00:52:26,227 (HUMMING) 660 00:52:27,395 --> 00:52:31,524 Just turn on the old charm and the fair Katrina is yours for the asking. 661 00:52:31,607 --> 00:52:33,276 (CONTINUES HUMMING) 662 00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:36,029 (WHISTLING TUNE) 663 00:52:39,282 --> 00:52:40,825 So gaily bedecked, 664 00:52:40,908 --> 00:52:43,745 nobly mounted upon a horse he had borrowed for the occasion, 665 00:52:44,162 --> 00:52:47,248 Ichabod issued forth like a knight-errant of old 666 00:52:47,332 --> 00:52:49,917 to keep a tryst with his lady fair. 667 00:52:50,251 --> 00:52:51,919 (ICHABOD WHISTLES) 668 00:52:56,591 --> 00:52:59,635 In all the countryside there was nothing to equal a merrymaking 669 00:52:59,719 --> 00:53:02,513 at Mynheer van Tassel's farm. 670 00:53:02,597 --> 00:53:06,476 To Ichabod, here was a perfect field for his endeavors. 671 00:53:07,185 --> 00:53:10,313 Now, indeed, would he put his best foot forward. 672 00:53:10,396 --> 00:53:11,981 Beyond all his other talents, 673 00:53:12,106 --> 00:53:15,443 the schoolmaster prided himself upon his dancing. 674 00:53:18,363 --> 00:53:20,656 The unhappy Brom, bested at every turn, 675 00:53:20,782 --> 00:53:23,576 saw himself once more outmatched. 676 00:53:24,369 --> 00:53:29,248 For as he watched the posturing pedagogue, he had to admit that here 677 00:53:29,332 --> 00:53:33,336 was a flawless picture of ease and grace. 678 00:54:18,589 --> 00:54:19,841 (GIGGLING) 679 00:56:09,825 --> 00:56:12,995 There was no doubt that Ichabod was the man of the hour. 680 00:56:13,079 --> 00:56:16,916 Brom knew he must concede his rival still another victory. 681 00:56:16,999 --> 00:56:20,878 And yet there was still a chance his time would come. 682 00:56:20,962 --> 00:56:23,005 For when the hour grew late, 683 00:56:23,089 --> 00:56:25,383 van Tassel always called upon his guests 684 00:56:25,466 --> 00:56:27,969 to tell him ghostly tales of Halloween. 685 00:56:28,219 --> 00:56:33,140 Brom knew there was no more firm and potent believer in spooks and goblins 686 00:56:33,349 --> 00:56:35,810 than Ichabod Crane. 687 00:56:43,401 --> 00:56:46,028 Just gather round and I'll elucidate 688 00:56:46,279 --> 00:56:49,031 on what goes on outside when it gets late. 689 00:56:49,323 --> 00:56:52,326 Round about midnight the ghosts and banshees 690 00:56:52,827 --> 00:56:55,162 get together for their nightly jamboree. 691 00:56:55,496 --> 00:56:58,124 There's things with horns and saucer eyes. 692 00:56:58,541 --> 00:57:01,252 Some with fangs about this size. 693 00:57:01,335 --> 00:57:04,046 - Some are fat. - And some are thin. 694 00:57:04,130 --> 00:57:07,174 And some don't even wear their skin. 695 00:57:07,508 --> 00:57:10,428 I'm telling you, brother, it's a frightful sight. 696 00:57:10,511 --> 00:57:12,722 To see what goes on Halloween night. 697 00:57:17,685 --> 00:57:21,105 (SINGING) When the spooks have a midnight jamboree 698 00:57:21,188 --> 00:57:24,025 They break it up with fiendish glee 699 00:57:24,191 --> 00:57:26,777 Ghosts are bad but the one that's cursed 700 00:57:26,861 --> 00:57:30,114 Is the Headless Horseman He's the worst 701 00:57:30,406 --> 00:57:33,284 That's right he's a fright on Halloween night 702 00:57:33,409 --> 00:57:36,787 But when he goes a-joggin' 'cross the land 703 00:57:36,996 --> 00:57:39,957 Holdin' his noggin in his hand 704 00:57:40,041 --> 00:57:42,710 Demons take one look and groan 705 00:57:42,877 --> 00:57:45,963 And hit the road for parts unknown 706 00:57:46,047 --> 00:57:48,633 Beware, take care, he rides alone 707 00:57:48,799 --> 00:57:52,386 And there's no spook like a spook who's spurned 708 00:57:52,678 --> 00:57:55,306 They don't like him and he's really burned 709 00:57:55,389 --> 00:57:58,559 He swears to the longest day he's dead 710 00:57:58,684 --> 00:58:02,229 He'll show them that he can get a head 711 00:58:03,189 --> 00:58:06,776 They say he's tired of his flamin' top 712 00:58:06,859 --> 00:58:09,153 He's got a yen to make a swap 713 00:58:09,362 --> 00:58:12,531 So he rides one night each year 714 00:58:12,865 --> 00:58:15,660 To find a head in the hollow here 715 00:58:15,743 --> 00:58:19,121 Now, he likes them little he likes them big 716 00:58:19,205 --> 00:58:22,208 Parted in the middle or a wig 717 00:58:22,291 --> 00:58:25,169 Black or white or even red 718 00:58:25,252 --> 00:58:27,922 The Headless Horseman needs a head 719 00:58:28,005 --> 00:58:31,175 With a hip-hip and a clippity-clop 720 00:58:31,342 --> 00:58:34,178 He's out lookin' for a top to chop 721 00:58:34,428 --> 00:58:37,181 So don't stop to figure out a plan 722 00:58:37,390 --> 00:58:41,936 You can't reason with a headless man 723 00:58:43,771 --> 00:58:46,857 Now, if you doubt this tale is so 724 00:58:46,941 --> 00:58:49,819 I met that spook just a year ago 725 00:58:49,902 --> 00:58:52,697 No, I didn't stop for a second look 726 00:58:52,780 --> 00:58:55,199 I made for the bridge that spans the brook 727 00:58:55,616 --> 00:58:58,285 For once you cross that bridge my friends 728 00:58:58,869 --> 00:59:01,080 The ghost is through, his power ends 729 00:59:01,288 --> 00:59:04,625 So when you're riding home tonight 730 00:59:05,126 --> 00:59:07,670 Make for the bridge with all your might 731 00:59:07,837 --> 00:59:10,631 He'll be down in the hollow there 732 00:59:10,923 --> 00:59:13,634 He needs your head, look out, beware 733 00:59:13,718 --> 00:59:16,804 With a hip-hip and a clippity-clop 734 00:59:16,887 --> 00:59:19,807 He's out looking for a head to swap 735 00:59:19,890 --> 00:59:22,351 So don't try to figure out a plan 736 00:59:22,601 --> 00:59:28,524 You can't reason with a headless man 737 00:59:35,823 --> 00:59:37,867 NARRATOR: In the very witching hour of night, 738 00:59:37,950 --> 00:59:40,035 Ichabod pursued his travel homeward. 739 00:59:41,078 --> 00:59:42,872 The sky grew darker and darker 740 00:59:42,955 --> 00:59:46,333 as one by one the stars winked out their lights 741 00:59:46,417 --> 00:59:50,254 and driving clouds obscured the moon from sight. 742 00:59:50,337 --> 00:59:54,008 Never had the schoolmaster felt so melancholy. 743 00:59:54,091 --> 00:59:56,927 So utterly alone. 744 00:59:57,011 --> 01:00:01,682 And the nearer he approached the hollow, the more dismal he became. 745 01:00:02,683 --> 01:00:04,518 (ICHABOD WHISTLES) 746 01:00:17,782 --> 01:00:19,533 (WHISTLES) 747 01:00:19,617 --> 01:00:21,202 (WHISTLING ECHOES) 748 01:00:25,748 --> 01:00:27,333 (WIND HOWLS) 749 01:00:29,710 --> 01:00:31,879 (HIGH-PITCHED BIRD CALL) 750 01:00:43,557 --> 01:00:48,103 Once inside the murky glen, Ichabod's anxiety increased one hundredfold. 751 01:00:49,688 --> 01:00:52,983 For now the forest seemed to close in behind him. 752 01:00:53,067 --> 01:00:59,448 Every small detail of Brom's awful story returned to haunt his recollection. 753 01:01:15,548 --> 01:01:16,841 (BIRD CALL) 754 01:01:16,924 --> 01:01:18,926 (HOWLING WIND) 755 01:01:28,853 --> 01:01:30,771 (HOWLING) 756 01:01:33,190 --> 01:01:34,942 (SCREAMS) 757 01:01:48,497 --> 01:01:50,457 (DISTORTED VOICES) 758 01:01:54,879 --> 01:01:56,881 (OWL HOOTS) 759 01:02:02,303 --> 01:02:04,471 (CROAKY VOICE) 760 01:02:10,603 --> 01:02:12,021 (TOAD CROAKS) 761 01:02:24,074 --> 01:02:25,576 (CAWING) 762 01:02:27,494 --> 01:02:28,829 (HOOTING) 763 01:02:29,997 --> 01:02:31,373 (CREAKING) 764 01:02:31,916 --> 01:02:34,126 (NOISING SOUNDING IN UNISON) 765 01:02:37,171 --> 01:02:38,505 (OWL HOOTS) 766 01:02:39,173 --> 01:02:40,507 (FROG CROAKS) 767 01:02:43,677 --> 01:02:45,554 (ICHABOD SCREAMS) 768 01:02:46,972 --> 01:02:48,682 (CROW CAWS) 769 01:02:53,854 --> 01:02:55,356 (SOUND OF HOOVES) 770 01:02:59,693 --> 01:03:01,820 (SOUND OF HOOVES CONTINUES) 771 01:03:18,963 --> 01:03:20,381 (CATTAILS BEATING) 772 01:03:29,098 --> 01:03:30,432 (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) 773 01:03:32,267 --> 01:03:34,019 (LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY) 774 01:03:41,860 --> 01:03:43,862 (MANIACAL LAUGHTER) 775 01:04:00,838 --> 01:04:02,214 (NEARBY CACKLING) 776 01:04:07,511 --> 01:04:08,721 (CACKLES) 777 01:04:24,611 --> 01:04:26,196 (WHINNIES) 778 01:04:33,620 --> 01:04:34,788 (YELLING) 779 01:05:13,869 --> 01:05:14,995 (WHINNIES) 780 01:05:19,625 --> 01:05:21,001 (HORSEMAN CACKLES) 781 01:05:37,184 --> 01:05:39,853 BROM: Once you cross that bridge, my friends, 782 01:05:39,937 --> 01:05:43,023 the ghost is through, his power ends. 783 01:06:00,833 --> 01:06:02,751 (CACKLES) 784 01:06:40,873 --> 01:06:43,375 (CACKLING) 785 01:06:49,131 --> 01:06:52,259 Next morning, Ichabod's hat was found. 786 01:06:53,260 --> 01:06:56,430 And close beside it, a shattered pumpkin. 787 01:06:57,347 --> 01:06:59,975 But there was no trace of the schoolmaster. 788 01:07:01,560 --> 01:07:03,228 (BELL RINGING) 789 01:07:05,230 --> 01:07:08,942 It was shortly thereafter that Brom Bones led the fair Katrina to the altar. 790 01:07:12,029 --> 01:07:14,615 Now, rumors persisted that Ichabod was still alive 791 01:07:14,698 --> 01:07:16,617 and married to a wealthy widow in a distant county. 792 01:07:18,702 --> 01:07:22,706 But, of course, the good Dutch settlers refused to believe such nonsense, 793 01:07:22,789 --> 01:07:26,710 for they knew the schoolmaster had been spirited away 794 01:07:26,793 --> 01:07:28,545 by the Headless Horseman. 795 01:07:28,629 --> 01:07:30,339 (CACKLES) 796 01:07:32,007 --> 01:07:35,052 (SINGING) With a hip-hip and a clippity-clop 797 01:07:35,135 --> 01:07:38,138 He's out looking for a head to swap 798 01:07:38,222 --> 01:07:41,225 But don't try to figure out a plan 799 01:07:41,308 --> 01:07:45,771 You can't reason with a headless man 800 01:07:51,151 --> 01:07:52,736 Man, I'm getting outta here.