Tag? BRAKES SQUEAL
Isn't it time for...?
HE GASPS Duggee!
ALL: Duggee!
Duggee!
Woof!
Duggee!
THEY LAUGH
ALL: Hey Duggee!
Hello, Squirrels.
I wonder what Duggee has planned for you today.
THEY LAUGH
THUMP!
Ow!
ALL: Huh? Oooh.
Are you all right, Tag?
Aw, my knee! Is it sore?
A little.
Medicine! We need medicine!
My mum always says laughter is the best medicine.
Is it? That's what my mum says.
ALL: Wow! Let's make Tag laugh!
Er... But how?
A-woof-woof!
Well, Duggee does have his...
..Comedy Badge!
He can help you make Tag laugh!
THEY CHEER
A-woof woof-woof, woof woof-woof.
You see, Squirrels, comedy is a delicate
and complex practice that covers a wide variety of tastes and genres,
all of which have a shared purpose -
to turn a frown upside down! Ha-ha.
SILENCE
Oh. A-woof-woof-woof.
Yes. Let's start at the beginning.
It's believed one of the first recorded jokes
originated in Ancient Egypt.
Squeak-squeak squeak-squeak. Squeak?
Squeak-squeak-squeak.
MOUSE LAUGHS
SILENCE
Oh. A-woof-woof-woof.
From Ancient Egypt, comedy developed through various forms,
such as pictures...
MOUSE LAUGHS
..words...
MOUSE LAUGHS
..stage... HONK-HONK!
THEY LAUGH
..and of course, cinema,
where one of the great silent comedians was Stanley Squeak.
Here's a clip from one of his classic silly shorts.
MICE LAUGH/DUGGEE LAUGHS
Huh?
I thought comedy was supposed to be funny?
A-woof...
You're right, Duggee. Different people find different things funny.
Well, I know what I find funny - Dr Pluto's Fun Facts!
ALL: Huh?
It's a book where Dr Pluto tells you fun facts about the world.
Did you know it's impossible for anyone to lick their own elbow?
This is fun! But I'm not laughing.
Yes, Roly, sometimes something might be fun, but not necessarily funny.
Busy Bears are funny!
What are Busy Bears? Only my favourite show!
Knock knock. Who is it?
It's me. It can't be me. Why?
Because I'm me.
No, you're you. I'm you?
Then who's me?
Me. THEY LAUGH
ROLY SNIGGERS
Oh!
I know what's funny! My cousin Eric.
On holiday, Eric and I went for a swim.
WATER!
But the water only came up to Eric's knees!
Ha-ha!
You see, Eric's really tall.
Oh. Don't you think my joke's funny, Tag?
That's not a joke, Happy,
that's just something that happened!
I know a joke!
What do you get when you cross an elephant with a potato?
Mashed potato!
LAUGHING: Get it?
Uh...no.
Elephant.
Potato.
Mashed potato!
Do elephants like potatoes?
No. My mum won't even have them in the house.
Not even chips?!
It's not about... She doesn't like those either. That's not the...
Chips aren't potatoes!
She doesn't like them roasted... Yes, they are, Roly! ..Boiled...
They're the wrong shape! ..fried...
But that's... ..sauteed...
That's not the point!
Ohh! Nothing's making Tag laugh.
What's funny?
ALL: What's funny, Duggee?!
Huh. Oh!
HONKY-TONK PIANO PLAYS
BOING!
SQUEAK!
Huh?
CLANG!
Ohh!
BOING!
DING! DING! DING!
CRASH! Moo?!
BOING!
BOING-BOING-BOING!
SPLAT!
SQUIRRELS LAUGH
That's just like me! I fall over all the time.
Is your knee better now, Tag? Huh?
Oh, yeah, it's fine.
THEY LAUGH
Ah, looks like a good dose of physical comedy
did the trick, Duggee.
A-wooo...
SPED-UP PIANO PLAYS
SQUEAK!
CLANG!
DING! DING! DING!
THEY LAUGH
Well done, Squirrels!
You've earned your Comedy Badge!
THEY CHEER
HORN BEEPS
Ah, and here are your parents.
Just time for one more thing.
SQUIRRELS: Duggee hug!
Aww. Duggee hug.
THEY LAUGH
ALL: We got our...Comedy Badges!
Aww.
Bye-bye, everybody.
Well, that was fun, wasn't it, Duggee?
A-woo... SPED-UP PIANO PLAYS
Oh, not again, Duggee! CRASH!
FAN BLOWS
BOING!
SQUEAK!
BONG!
TOOT!
THUMP!
Hey Duggee!