Lights Out Transcripts

Emily Elizabeth: "Lights Out."
[On July 1985, it's a real scorcher on Birdwell Island in Emily Elizabeth's yard]
Clifford: [Panting because it's sizzling hot outside and it was so nasty outside for a heat index inside the tree] Ahh... [So Clifford dreamed for Antarctica with penguins. The penguin splashed with ice cubes, during Emily Elizabeth's regular clothes on. Deep breath] Ahh...
Emily Elizabeth (she wears a hat, blue/white swimsuit, her green flower towel and green/blue sandals): Clifford! Clifford! Clifford! 
Clifford: Woof! Woof! 
Emily Elizabeth: [Giggles] Are you trying to keep cool, boy? [Clifford Whines] How'd you like to go cool down at the beach?
Clifford: Woof! [As he licked in Emily Elizabeth's hair, so she riding with Clifford to the beach]
Emily Elizabeth: Clifford, let's go to the beach!
Clifford: Woof!
 Violet Bleakman (she was doing the laundry in the pop-time wire): Oh... Ah... Oh...dear... Horace, wouldn'’t it be easier just to use the electric dryer?
Horace Bleakman (in shorts): When I was a boy, we didn't have an electric dryer. The sun is the best clothes dryer there is.
Mrs. Bleakman: Oh, I suppose you're right, dear. With all this heat, our clothes will be dry in no time.
Mr. Bleakman: And we won't be using any unnecessary electricity.
Mrs. Bleakman: Oh! And the wet clothes will keep us nice and cool.
Jetta (she wears sleevless yellow shirt, her pink shorts and sandals): Ahh...that cold air feels good. [Inside the refrigerator for unnecessary wasting electricity]
Mrs. Handover (O.S.): Jetta, I hope you'’re not standing in front of that open refrigerator again.
Jetta: Oh, no, mom. It's closed.
Mrs. Hanover (O.S.): Good. Keeping that door open wastes a lot of energy, you know.
Jetta: Right. Remember that, Mac.
Mrs. Hanover: Would you please keep an eye on Cosmo for a few minutes, dear? I have some things to do upstairs.
Jetta: Sure, mom.
Mrs. Handover: Just shout, if you need me. Come on, Cosmo, let's go find a way to cool us down.
Cosmo: Cosmo hot.
Weatherman: It's a real scorcher today-- One of the hottest days in Birdwell Island's history. [Vac wears his headphones with radio on and he gets on the computer] The mayor is asking everyone to do their best to conserve energy. [Charley & Mary played video games in his white t-shirt, navy shorts, socks and tennis shoes. Jetta used the blender for making lemonade, pop-tarts on toaster, popcorn maker to make popcorn in a bowl and the fan] And that means everyone needs to think about only using electrical items that are absolutely necessary. That means take it easy on the kitchen appliances-- The toaster... Blenders... Fans...
Jetta: Ok, Cosmo. Almost time for Silly Fairy Tales to start.
Cosmo: Yah! Hooray! Cosmo watch silly fairy tales.
Weatherman: Again, the mayor has asked that we avoid using any unnecessary energy...
Jetta: Here come the Silly Fairy Tales, Cosmo.
Cosmo: Yay! Cosmo watch Silly Fairy Tales!
Weatherman: And now it's time for... Silly Fairy Tales!
Cosmo: Silly Fairy Tales! Silly Fairy Tales!
[Now, the power went out to shut the TV off and fan as Mac whimpers as cackling minivan lion icon]
Jetta: That's weird.
Vaz: (the computer shut down): Hey!
Charley (They clicked the video games but it shuts down): What's going on?
[Horns honking without street lights]
Emily Elizabeth: Oh, no, Clifford. The traffic lights aren't working.
[Murmuring]
Mrs. Bleakman: Oh, my goodness! All the power on the island has gone out.
Mr. Bleakman: That's what happens when too many people Use too much electricity at the same time.
Emily Elizabeth: Hello, Mr. And Mrs. Bleakman.
Mrs. Bleakman: Hello, Emily Elizabeth.
Emily Elizabeth: Clifford, we were on our way to the beach when the lights stopped working.
Mr. Bleakman: Looks like you two weren't the only ones headed for the beach. [Cleo & Mrs. Diller is putting sunscreen on on top of the car]
Mrs. Bleakman: Well, Mrs. Diller is making the best of things. But everyone else looks so unhappy.
Emily Elizabeth: Uh-huh. I hope the traffic lights come back on soon.
Mr. Bleakman: When I was a boy, we didn’t have traffic lights, and we got to the beach just fine. Back then there were traffic police with signs. The green sign meant you could cross. The red sign meant you had to stop.
Emily Elizabeth: That's great! 
Mrs. Bleakman: Well, maybe we could help out by doing something like that today, Horace.
Mr. Bleakman: Hmm, maybe. Of course, we'd need a red sign and a green sign, and they'd need to be really big so everyone could see '’em. 
Mrs. Bleakman: Hmm, a really big red sign. I wonder where we could find that.
Mr. Bleakman: I wonder.
Clifford: [Whines] Woof!
[Mr. Bleakman blows a whistle to help Clifford of a stop and go paws]
Emily Elizabeth: Great job, Clifford! You make a perfect traffic light.
Vaz: Hi, Emily Elizabeth.
Emily Elizabeth: Hi, vaz.
Vaz: Clifford's doing a great job as a traffic light. But I can't wait for the power to come back on.
Emily Elizabeth: How come?
Vaz: I was right in the middle of learning about the rain forest, when my computer shut down.
Mr. Bleakman: When I was a boy, we didn't have computers to teach us things. We read books.
Mrs. Bleakman: Maybe you should check the library, Vaz. I'’ll bet it's full of rain forest books.
Vaz: Great idea! I'll go find out.
Cosmo: Silly Fairy Tales! Silly fairy tales! [Cries because the power shut down with a minivan scary lion laughing icon]
Jetta: Mom! What are we supposed to do?!
Mrs. Handover: Well, I'’d say this is a perfect time to take a walk to the beach.
Jetta: A walk?
[Mr. Bleakman blows whistle as helping him on a street light. Cosmo wails]
Mr. Bleakman: Aw, what's wrong, Cosmo?
Cosmo: I want silly fairy tales.
Jetta: Cosmo wants to watch his favorite tv show, but the power is out.
Mr. Bleakman: When I was a boy, we didn’t have tv to entertain us.
Jetta: Ahh! No tv?
Cosmo: No silly fairy tales?
Jetta: That's so sad, Mr. Bleakman. You must have been sobored all the time.
Mr. Bleakman: Nope. We entertained ourselves. We put on shows and sang songs.
Mrs. Handover: Oh, that sounds wonderful.
Jetta: Yeah! I could put on a show for Cosmo. I'm sure he'd love to see me act, wouldn't you, Cosmo? [Cosmo babbles and bubbling saliva] Heh heh heh. He's just teething. Come on, mom. Let's take Cosmo down to the beach, and mac and I will do a show for him. [Mac Whines]
Mrs. Handover: Ok, dear. Sounds like fun.
Emily Elizabeth (as she puts on a water hose on his wading pool): Drink up, Clifford. You deserve it.
Mrs. Handover (sitting in a patio with him): Clifford did a wonderful job helping with all those cars. But I'm sure Sheriff Lewis can take care of things now.
Emily Elizabeth (Clifford drinks his water with a hose and a wading pool): Hi, Charley. Hi, Mary.
[Clifford shivers as everybody chuckling for a cool down on July 1985, still be a laughing lion icon while the powers out]
Chaley: Well, that’s one way to stay cool today.
Emily Elizabeth: What are you guys doing?
Mary: We were playing a video game, but you can't do that without electricity.
Emily Elizabeth: You know, when Mr. Bleakman was a boy, they didn'’t have video games. Right, mr. Bleakman?
Mr. Bleakman: Uh, well, yes, that's true.
Mary: What did you do for fun, Mr. Bleakman?
Mr. Bleakman: Well, we played cards... and sometimes we played board games.
Charley: That sounds like fun.
Mary: Want to come to the beach and play cards with us, Mr. Bleakman?
Charley: You, too, Mrs. Bleakman. Come on, Emily.
Mrs. Bleakman: Well, sure!
Emily Elizabeth: That sounds great!
Mr. Bleakman: Heh heh. So what are we waiting for? Let's go!
[At night, everybody is going to the beach, Vaz reads book with flashlight on. The Bleakmans played cards]
Jetta (back to regular clothes): Ready for another story, Cosmo?
Cosmo: Yes! More story. More, more story. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Jetta: Once upon a time, there was a very smart, very pretty, very sweet girl Who went to visit her grandmother. [She opens his mouth and pooches stink] Oh, why, grandma, what big yellow teeth and smelly breath you have. But... [Sniffing] I've got just the thing to take care of that. [She wants to get her toothbrush out of the wonder words basket, Mac Whimpers. Cosmo laughing. Mark plays the guitar, and then the power comes back on]
Sheriff Lewis: Hello, everyone. The power is now back on. You can all go home! [Overlapping remarks and takes the laughing and growling minivan lion away] Well, look at that, T-Bone. Looks like no onereally wants to go home.
Mr. Bleakman: Oh, we're all gonna go home... Just long enough to turn off all unnecessary electricity-wasting items. Then we'’re all coming back down here to spend an electricity-free evening together.
Sheriff Lewis: That sounds like a great idea, Mr. Bleakman. I believe I'll come back and join you myself.
Emily Elizabeth: You know, when Mr. Bleakman was a boy, people used to love just hanging out at the beach with their good friends and family. And I guess some things never change. [Clifford barking as she gives him a hug in the ending with her summer clothes and flipped back to pages of Emily Elizabeth wears long sleeve pink/black school blouse with black buttons, black skirt, pink/black socks and black school shoes]
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