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Trying something new here on the blog. Here's a transcript of an episode of Stanley, which is Forgotten Disney. Savannah Speeders aired circa 2001 on Playhouse Disney and was paired with the episode Tyrannosaurus Wrecks
Dennis, reading the title: Savannah-Speeders!
Stanley: Oh, a present? What is it!? (Shakes box) A panther? A gorilla? A cheetah? (Sniffs box) Is it mommy?! Is it!?
Mrs Griff: Open it and find out.
Stanley: (Rips open the wrapping paper, reveling a blue shoe box. He opens it and holds up yellow sneakers with a dark brown stripe going down the side.) Savannah-Speeders! Cool!
Mrs Griff: (Hugs Stanley) I thought you could use new sneakers. (Stands up) And you've wanted Savannah-Speeders ever since we saw that TV commercial, remember?
Stanley: Of course I do!
Flash Back
Three kids on TV are passing a red ball to each other. A kid with orange hair runs past them twice, super fast.
Blond Kid: What was that?
Brown haired Kid: Who was that?
Orange Haired Kid: (Stops in front of them) It's me! And my Savannah-Speeder Sneakers! (Close up on his shoe) (The kid then transformers into a cheetah and runs around the other kids.)
Narrator: It's Savannah-Speeders! Speedy sneakers for cheetah children! (Voice gets faster) Savannah-Speeders will not actually make children as fast as cheetahs, children will not morph into cheetahs, and no cheetahs were harmed during the making of this commercial.
Present Day
Stanley: (Has the Savannah-Speeders on) These are great! I'll be as fast as cheetah!
Mrs Griff: Slow down, speedy. Savannah-Speeders are
good for running, but they won't make you as fast as a cheetah.
Stanley: But I saw it on TV!
Mrs Griff: A lot of what you see on TV is make believe, honey. It was fun seeing that boy run like a cheetah, but that was just pretend. Okay?
Stanley: Sure! (Runs out of room) I'm gonna go chase cheetahs! Thanks mom! (Stanley runs upstairs to his room)
Stanley: (On the bed kicking his feet in the air) Look at me, I'm cheetah boy!
Elsie: (Hops off chair) The cheetah is a relative of mine, you know.
Stanley: (Stops kicking feet) Really?
Elsie: We're all part of the same cat family, just like a lion and a tiger. (Jumps onto bed next to Stanley.) But the cheetah is faster than us all.
Stanley: The cheetah is the fastest land animal in the
world, Elsie! And with my Savannah-Speeders, so am I! I can't wait to win the hundred yard dash at school tomorrow!
Harry, excited: A hundred yards? Like a hundred backyards?
Stanley: Not that kind of yard. Ms Diaz says that a yard is a measurement that's about as long as I am tall. A hundred yards is really far, but with my Savannah-Speeders, it'll be a cinch!
Dennis: Say Stanley, do you know how fast a cheetah can run?
Stanley: Lets find out! (Hops off the bed and grabs The Great Big Book of Everything)
Dennis: (Winces before looking at Elsie and Harry in an annoyed confusion.) What? No song?
Elsie: If we sang it every time, then it wouldn't be a surprise. (Grins)
Dennis: Yes, that's true....
Stanley: Hmm... Cheetah starts with a
ch sound. And
ch is a sound you make when you put C and H together. That means cheetah starts with the letter C! (Fingers down the tabs on The Great Big Book of Everything) A, B, C (Opens the book to the cheetah page and points to a picture of cheetahs on the plain.) That looks like Africa! We've been there before!
Dennis: Very good Stanley! That's the African Savannah, just south of the Sahara desert, where many cheetahs live. Care to see them?
Stanley: You bet! (Grabs Dennis and stands in front of The Great Big Book of Everything) Lets go! (Jumps into book)
The sun shines brightly as Stanley stands under a tree in the Savannah, holding Dennis close. Some brush is pushed away to show them.
Stanley: Hey! Where are all the cheetahs!? Uh, hello!? Anybody home?
Two cheetahs come out from behind a bush and sit next to each other.
Stanley: Wow! They look like twins!
Dennis: (Takes out a pair of binoculars and looks at the cheetahs.) At first glance, all cheetahs look alike, but look again. Can you spot the difference between these cheetahs? (Hands binoculars to Stanley)
Stanley looks at the tails of the cheetahs. One tail has larger spots and fewer of them, and the other has smaller spots and more of them.
Stanley: Yeah! One tail has lots of small black spots, and the other has a few big ones!
Dennis: Right! The markings on a cheetah's tail are special, and can be used to tell them apart.
An imagination bubble forms above Stanley's head of his friends Mimi and Marci
Stanley: Just like Mimi and Marci! They look a lot a like, but you can tell them apart by their hair. Marci has a ponytail, and Mimi wears her hair down!
Imagination bubble fades away. The two cheetahs run around Stanley.
Stanley: Hey! They're fast!
Dennis: Very fast! A cheetah can run up to 65 miles per hour!
Stanley: That's how fast mom and dad drive on the highway!
Stanley's parents are driving a green car through the plains as the cheetahs run past.
Stanley. Look at them go! But who needs a car when you've got Savannah-Speeders!? Come on Dennis, lets travel the world!
Dennis, hanging out of his fish bowl: Whoooa!
Stanley stops in France while French music plays in the background and he wears a purple beret on his head.
Stanley, pointing to the Eiffel Tower: Look Dennis, we're in France!
Stanley runs again and ends up in front of The Sphinx.
Stanley: Look Dennis, we're in Egypt!
Stanley runs again.
Stanley: Look Dennis we're in Chin-
Dennis: Stanley!
Stanley: Yeah, Dennis?
The scene fades reveling Stanley is only running down the sidewalk, pulling Dennis in his purple wagon.
Dennis: Uh, slow down, please....
Stanley slows the wagon down and Dennis smiles.
Stanley: Sorry Dennis.
Dennis: Oh, that's okay. But shouldn't you be getting ready for the big race at school?
Stanley: Oh yeah! I almost forgot!
The scene fades to the track at the school. The students are warming up, and Stanley is holding Lester's feet as he does sit ups. Their teach Ms Diaz blows a whistle to get their attention.
Ms Diaz: All right class, line up and get ready to race! (Holds up megaphone)' On your mark...get ready....
Dennis: Good luck Stanley!
Stanley: Thanks Dennis. Watch this!
Ms Diaz: Go!
The kids start running.
Stanley: Wahoo! Go Speeders, go!
Dennis, holding pom poms: Go Stanley! Go Stanley! Goooooo Stanley!
Stanley: I'm gonna ... (pants) win ..... I'm gonna (pants) .... win .... I'm...getting tired....
Dennis: Uh oh.
Stanley: Feel like I need a ....
Lester takes Stanley's lead, followed soon by the other kids.
Stanley: ... vacation....Come on Savannah-Speeders...work...work...
The other kids cross the finish line before Stanley. Stanley falls to his knees near the end, panting heavily.
Lester: Yay! All right!
Stanley, sitting down and sweating: You're supposed to .... (pants) make me....as fast as....a cheetah... (Falls to the ground.)
Ms Diaz: Are you all right Stanley?
Stanley: I guess...I'm really hot and tired ....
Ms Diaz: I'm not surprised, a hundred yards is pretty far! (Kneels down in front of Stanley) You just overdid it.
Stanley: But...I didn't even finish....
Ms Diaz: (Frowns) Don't worry about that right now Stanley, lets get you some water. You can try again tomorrow, okay?
Stanley, disappointed: Okay ....
Scene fades to Stanley's room at night. Elsie and Harry are laying on Stanley's bed, as he holds the Savannah-Speeders by the laces. My Savannah-Speeders didn't work!
Harry: What were they supposed to do, dude?
Stanley: Make me as a fast as a cheetah! Just like on TV!
Dennis: You started off
very fast, Stanley. I was quite impressed!
Stanley: But I wasn't fast
enough. (Sits on bed) I don't understand, the cheetah boy on TV didn't get tired. He made running fast look so easy. Maybe I don't know how to use these right. (Places the Savannah-Speeders on the nightstand next to Dennis) They could need batteries...
Dennis: Hmm.
Stanley, pressing his finger against the back of the shoe: Maybe they have an on switch. Or maybe I just did something wrong.
Dennis: Or maybe it's not what you did wrong, but what you didn't
know! Maybe we need to learn more about cheetahs and not your Savannah-Speeders!
Stanley, excited: You think?
Dennis: Care for another trip into The Great Big Book of Everything?
Stanley: (Gets off bed) Yeah!
Dennis: Remember, cheetah stars with a-
Harry and Elsie: Surprise!
Dennis: Oh no....
Harry and Elsie: It's the...Great Big Book of Everything, with everything inside! See the world around us, this book's the perfect guide!
Dennis, sarcastically: I do so love surprises...
Harry and Elsie: Stanley wants to win a race (Elsie knocks the Savannah-Speeders onto the floor with her tail), so cheetah in route, he must chaaaaase!
Stanley: (Opens The Great Big Book of Everything and puts on his shoes.) Africa, here we come! Come on Dennis! (Grabs Dennis' fish bowl and jumps in) Yahoo!
Stanley sits in the Savannah tree with his binoculars and watches as his parents zoom by in the car again, followed close by the two cheetahs from earlier.
Stanley: Hey! The cheetahs are still going at it! (Puts down binoculars) How do they run so fast?
Dennis: That's a good question Stanley! We forgot to find out last time around.
Stanley: Yeah! I was so excited about winning the race, I forgot to ask.
Dennis: It's never too late to ask a question Stanley! Lets look into it! (Pulls down a chart of a cheetah showing how the air gets to it's heart and lungs.) Cheetahs have very large nostrils and lungs. That means they can breathe
very deeply when they run! Much deeper than you, Stanley! They also have very big hearts, which gives them big bursts of energy when they're moving.
The cheetah jumps out of the chart and becomes a real cheetah.
Stanley, startled: Ah! So, you mean without their big hearts and lungs, a cheetah wouldn't be able to run so fast?
Dennis: That's right Stanley!
Stanley: So... My Savannah-Speeders won't ever let me run as fast as a car?
Dennis: I'm afraid, not.
Stanley: I guess I'll never be like a cheetah.
Dennis: There's more to being a cheetah than running as fast as a car, Stanley!
The cheetahs the car pass by.
Dennis: Look!
Stanley grabs his binoculars and sees the cheetahs running with the car, until they pant tiredly and lay down.
Stanley: Hey, why do they look so run down? (Puts down binoculars) Don't their hearts and lungs give them
tons of energy?
Dennis: Yes, but when cheetahs use that energy, they get very hot and tired.
An imagination bubble pops up. Stanley imagines himself running as the temperature on a thermometer rises.
Stanley: Just like I did during the race. I got really hot, remember? (The thermometer bursts)
Dennis: That's because energy creates heat.
The Stanley in the imagination bubble starts sweating.
Dennis: The more you use it, like when you're running, the hotter you get! Sweating is your body's way of cooling you down.
The temperature goes down before the imagination bubble pops
Stanley: But, why did the cheetahs stop running? They were winning the race!
Dennis: Because they used too much energy, too quickly, and now they're tired. They have to rest till they can run like that again.
The cheetahs snuggle together before getting up and running again.
Stanley: I get it! If they didn't run so fast and use their energy all at once, they wouldn't have to stop! They could use a little bit of energy and run slower!
Dennis: Right! Cheetahs, run their fastest for short distances, for long distances they run slower to get where they're going.
Stanley: That way they can get there before needing to rest. (Hops off tree branch) I know! Come on, Dennis! Lets go home and get some rest before tomorrow's race!
Scene cuts to the school field the next day.
Ms Diaz: All right class line up and get ready to race! (Raises megaphone) On your mark....get ready...
Dennis: Good luck Stanley!
Stanley: Thanks Dennis. Watch this!
Ms Diaz: Go!
The children run, with Stanley lagging behind. He hums as he keeps walking.
Stanley: Time to pick up some speed! (Goes a bit faster and passes by the others) Hey Lester! (Stanley crosses the finish line) Yeah!
Ms Diaz: Congratulations Stanley! (Gives Stanley a blue ribbon.)
Lester: All right Stanley!
This kids cheer as Stanley beams proudly.
That night Stanley and his mom place the blue ribbon in The Great Big Book of Everything.
Mrs Griff: So you're Savannah-Speeders made you as fast as a cheetah after all.
Stanley: No mom, you were right. Some things on TV are just make believe. My Savannah-Speeders didn't make me as fast as a cheetah. But they helped me chase down information on cheetahs and that's how I won the race!
Mrs Griff: I'm so proud of you honey! You learned some important things today (Kisses Stanley's forehead.) Now get some sleep, you've had a very speedy day (Leaves room)
Dennis: I'm proud of you too, Stanley, you learned a lot about cheetahs.
Stanley: Yeah! They have really big hearts and lungs!
Dennis: That help them run as fast as a car!
Stanley: But they use a lot of energy, just like me. That's why I started off slow so I could save enough energy for when I needed to win the race!
Dennis: But now, you need to get some rest.
Harry and Elsie are asleep, snoring.
Stanley: Looks like I'm not the only one.
Dennis: You said it.
Stanley, turning off the light: Goodnight Dennis.
Dennis: Good night, Savannah-Speeder boy.
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