A Day at the Beach

## Stats

**A Day at the Beach** is the fourth episode of the series *George and Martha* that aired on April 2, 1999. It's sister episode is *The Snoop*.

## Summary

Martha rushes to George's house, ready to frolic at the beach. George is dressed up in big lifeguard shorts, saying that he volunteered to be a lifeguard at the beach. Martha reminds him that being a lifeguard isn't as fun, and it requires strictness and readiness and hard work, but George says that saving lives is more important than having fun. He tells Martha to put on sunscreen as it's sunny out, but Martha wants to get as much rays as possible and refuses. George doesn't take any chances and cakes a lot of sunscreen all over his body.

The two arrive at the beach where all kinds of fun is happening. While George settles into his lifeguard seat, Martha runs along with her surfboard and gets into the waves, along with three other penguins. Suddenly, as George sits, a baby walrus begins wailing as his foot is stuck in his bucket, and his parents don't seem to notice him. George has no choice but to get out of his seat and help him. But when he reaches for his bucket the walrus just walks farther and farther from him. George swipes the bucket fast and the walrus slaps him on the nose with his shovel, getting a laugh from the beach people.

George climbs back up to his lifeguard chair, which has a bit of trouble supporting George's weight. He sees Martha surfing with the penguins, and he begins getting bored, that he has trouble staying awake. However, he gets up for good after a frisbee almost flies towards him. The baby walrus begins crying again as his inflatable shark flies away, so George is on the job once again. He dashes to the water and tries to get it, but it keeps slipping away from his hand. He hops on it and it deflates, but he is able to recover it and give it back to the walrus who is still upset because it is now flat. Using "mouth to mouth resuscitation", George blows it up again and he gets a hug from the walrus, and appraise from the beach animals. Until, they see Martha riding a huge wave. George is alarmed, so he runs to save Martha, although his journey there is slippery as he keeps tripping. Martha however, didn't need rescuing. George announces that everyone is to get out of the water, and nobody can go in for the rest of the day. Martha criticizes his strictness, as everyone was just trying to have fun.

George and Martha then relax at home. Martha is completely red from the sun, so she vows that will be the last time she goes to the beach without sunscreen. George also vows that will be the last time he volunteers to be a lifeguard, then puts sunscreen on Martha's arm. She wants to go back to the beach, but her sunburn is still not recovered, though the two decide to go in the water in their bathtub. Martha allows George to read her diary, saying that he's not snooping as he has permission to do so. George hesitantly reads the good entries about himself, but Martha gets embarrassed when he starts reading about an entry of a handsome butcher with a "Hollywood smile". When the episode goes to black, she is heard hitting George with the book.