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- Boy, I am so excited.

A chance to actually talk to my all-time scientific idol,

Professor Sigmund Katzen Dusseldorferberg.

Who's taking calls on that radio talk show.

Oh, I just hope I don't wind up getting the (hiccups).

Getting the (hiccups).

Oh darn, whenever I get nervous I sometimes wind up

getting (hiccups) the (hiccups), the (hiccups).

Those!

- Hi Harry, what's up?

- I've seem to have gotten (hiccups) a chance of (hiccups).

- Oh, those.

Well, you know what they say about curing the hiccups.

- No, (hiccups) what?

(screaming)

What the heck did you do that for?

- Well, that's what they say about curing the hiccups.

There's nothing like a good shock.

And hey, it seems to have actually worked.

(hiccups)

- You were (hiccups) saying.

- Plan B time.

- Well, you know what they say about curing the hiccups?

- No, what?

(shouting)

- We've already tried that.

- Oh, sorry.

- No problem.

- You may have already tried it,

but this time thanks me.

- It seems to have actually worked!

- Yay!

- (hiccuping) You were saying.

♪ I've got the hiccups in the morning ♪

♪ I've got the hiccups still at night ♪

♪ Here comes another ♪

♪ And yet another ♪

♪ Tell me how to stop this blight ♪

♪ Why do I hiccup in the morning ♪

♪ Why do I hiccup still at night ♪

♪ Don't know what caused it ♪

♪ Wish I could stop it ♪

♪ Hiccups giving me a fright ♪

♪ I try to hold my breath forever ♪

♪ I try to wash the hiccups down ♪

♪ I even try to scare myself ♪

♪ To stop that hiccup sound ♪

♪ Oh no, here it comes again ♪

- Plan C time.

- Something tells me we're going

to be going through a good chunk of the alphabet

before we're through.

- Okay, Plan F.

Hold your breath.

(inhales)

(hiccups)

- Okay, Plan J.

Distract the hiccuper from hiccuping

by having them perform a complex activity.

- I feel ridiculous.

- All that matters is results, Gummy.

Kala, why are you and I standing on our heads too?

- Standing on your head can stop hiccuping.

- But we're not hiccuping.

- Exactly my point.

- I think there's a minor flaw in your logic

since Gummy's the one who's been hiccuping.

- And in case you haven't noticed,

he's suddenly not.

(hiccups)

Hiccuping either.

I tell you, Granny Peters,

Harry and I are at our wit's end.

Every attempt, no matter how brilliant, has failed.

- Have you tried hypnotism?

- Hypnotism's just a parlor trick.

- It doesn't work.

(clock ticking)

- You do not have hiccups.

You do not have hiccups.

- I do not have hiccups.

I do not (hiccups) have hiccups.

- Like I was saying, Granny Peters,

hypnotism just doesn't work.

- Well, I think it (hiccups) does.

(hiccuping) At least sometimes.

- Okay, we're at plan W and still no solution in sight.

We've tried shocks, we've tried holding our breath,

we tried actions, distractions, and even hypnotism.

What do you think, Granny Peters?

- Well, I --

- Then again, it just dawned on me.

We haven't tried.

(hiccuping)

- That was plan X.

We're running out of alphabet.

- Those hics are driving me crazy.

We've got to find a solution.

What do you think, Granny Peters?

- Well, I --

- Wait, I've got another great idea!

- Oh, another one?

- We still haven't tried.

Okay, the perfect way to cure you-know-whats

is with a good old fashioned tongue twister.

Now Gummy, say this after me,

Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.

(hiccuping)

- Unless they've invented a new alphabet,

we've only got two more chances left.

- We can do it.

Those hics will not emerge victorious.

You still haven't told us what you think, Granny Peters.

- I actually can't think of anything.

Other than of course,

you know what they say about curing the.

(hiccups)

Ups.

(shouting)

- [Both] We already tried that.

- Oh, sorry.

- Yeah, we already tried it, but it didn't work.

(hiccups)

- Are you sure?

- Well sure, I'm sure.

Because every time we tried before,

the one with the hiccups still wound up having the hiccups.

- [All] It worked!

- On second thought, maybe that yay

was the tiniest bit premature.

Still, I guess there's some small comfort

in knowing things can't get much worse.

(hiccups)

(hiccuping)

- Why is the phrase total disaster

suddenly springing to mind?

- Actually Harry, you might be wrong.

- You know a phrase that means something worse

than total disaster?

- No, I mean maybe we're just looking

at this whole hiccups thing wrong.

Maybe it might be so bad.

Just listen.

(upbeat music)

(hiccuping)