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The Cat in the Hat and Linda
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The setup
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The premise
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Rain has the siblings stuck indoors, so they recite a rhyme to conjure a playmate and a very shaggy Cat in the Hat bounds in with his usual patter. Their mother recognises him at once, and the reunion turns into an awkward, teary catch-up that the children cannot follow. Bound to stay because the kids imagined him, the Cat fumbles through juggling and cut-out tricks while the mother and he trade charged glances. When the daughter's dancing makes him wonder whether she is his, a Thing 2 in a blue wig storms in as Linda's husband and tells the visitor to get out, leaving the Cat to leave in rhyme.
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Highly quotable.
I literally can't leave because they imagined me.
I don't have to say a rhyme to make him come home.
Met? Wow, that's what we call it now?
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:00
Linda
Why are you sitting filled with dismay? You should go out and enjoy this fine day.
- 00:06
It's been raining, dear mother, as long as we've known. We are bored, sweet dear mother, bored to the bone. I want someone to play with, someone who's fun. Perhaps if we imagine, we'll find the one.
- 00:21
The Cat in the Hat
Hello, little kitties. A rat-a-tat-tat. If you haven't put it together, I'm the cat in the hat.
- 00:29
Linda
Cat, what are you doing here?
- 00:32
The Cat in the Hat
Linda. my god Oh, my God. You look good.
- 00:40
Mommy, what's going on? You know the cat guy?
- 00:43
Linda
Yes. No, I met him before.
- 00:47
The Cat in the Hat
Met? Wow, that's what we call it now?
- 00:50
Linda
Okay. I think maybe you should leave.
- 00:53
No, Mr. Cat. We don't want you to go. Can you please stay and put on a fun show?
- 00:58
The Cat in the Hat
Show? Uh, yeah. Yeah, sure, a show. I always appear when children are so sad, so tell me, young kiddies, where is your dad? Like, does he live here? Is he still in the kitchen?
- 01:12
Linda
You know what? He's at work. He's reliable. I don't have to say a rhyme to make him come home.
- 01:19
Do some tricks.
- 01:22
The Cat in the Hat
What, you want tricks? Yeah, yeah, sure. You like juggling?
- 01:27
Yeah!
- 01:28
The Cat in the Hat
Oh, all right. I can juggle with this. I can juggle with a fish. I could juggle this dish. I could... You can cut me out of this picture.
- 01:38
Well, that makes sense, but it's hard to see.
- 01:42
Linda
Yeah, and maybe it'd be better if you just go.
- 01:45
No! You can't leave.
- 01:47
The Cat in the Hat
Oh, they're right. I literally can't leave because they imagined me.
- 01:50
Linda
Great! That... Well, great. So, okay, well, here we are.
- 01:53
The Cat in the Hat
No, no, look, look, look. I didn't plan on this. I mean, look, you got an eyelash.
- 01:58
Linda
You're just trying to touch my face.
- 02:01
The Cat in the Hat
Yeah, maybe I am.
- 02:03
Linda
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. This is just really hard for me. Oh, hey. Seeing you, I mean...
- 02:10
The Cat in the Hat
No, no, it's hard for me too. Here, here, take this. Take this. Whoa! Yeah. Here. Here. Here. Here. Here.
- 02:21
Hey. Yes.
- 02:22
Daughter
You Mr. Cat, you want to see me dance?
- 02:30
The Cat in the Hat
Uh, sure. Yeah, of course. Hey, look at that. Yeah, that's great. It's great. It's a great, great dance.
- 02:39
The Cat in the Hat
She gets it from you. Wait, Is she my daughter?
- 02:50
Jonathing
Hi-dee-ho, my wife and children! Cat.
- 02:56
The Cat in the Hat
Wow, um... Heh. Uh, what are you doing here?
- 03:00
Jonathing
Anything, too. Actually, I go by Jonathan now. Cat was just on his way out.
- 03:05
The Cat in the Hat
Oh, good. Good. That's good.
- 03:10
Jonathing
She picked me, Cal.
- 03:12
The Cat in the Hat
I'll go. I'll go. I'll go. I'm sorry. I'll go. But oh, the places she let me go.
- 03:23
Jonathing
You get out! of here, Jack!
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