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Script 1 Dalm
Script 1 Dalm
Pongo was a handsome Dalmatian. He owns Roger Radcliff, a nice young bachelor musician
who was gentle, obedient and unusually intelligent. In fact, Pongo thinks at times he is almost
canine. They live in a nice little house near regents Park in London, but it has become very
lonely for both of them.
My story begins in London, not so very long ago. Yet so much has happened
since then, that it seems like an eternity. At that time I lived with my pet in a
bachelor flat just off Regents Park. It was a beautiful spring day, a tedious time of
the year for bachelors. Oh
sorts. Ha-ha. No, no, I
that
a bachelor
s Pongo. As far as I
was all nonsense. It was downright dull sighs It was plain to see that
he
of all
s intelligent enough as humans so. And I think you could say, Roger is a
rather handsome animal in his way. I could see no reason why my pet didn t
deserve an attractive mate, but al least I was determinated to do my best. Of
course, dogs are a pretty poor judge of human beauty, but I had a rough idea of
what to look for He s looking out from the window spotting the candidates We
see an Afghan Hmm! Unusual breed chuckles Very unusual. Hmm! Oh, surely
not. Well now, what have we here? Hmm. Well, a little too short coupled.
Nope! I say! Well, I do say! Now there s a fancy breed. Hmm. Perhaps a little
too fancy. Yes, much too fancy. Oh! Too old. Too young. It was a problem, a real
problem. Well, now that s a bit more like it! It s a Dalmatian The most
beautiful creature on four legs! Now if only the girl
too! It was almost too good to be true. I d never find another pair like that, not if
I looked for a hundred years. Ah, they re heading for the park. A perfect
meeting place
if I can only arrange it. Uh-oh, but Roger never stopped work
til after 5:00. That could be too late He changes the time and barks attracting
Roger
s attention .
Looking the clock After 5:00 already. Fancy that. All right Pongo, all right boy.
Roger Pongo s barking and yipping Pongo boy! Take it easy! What
Pongo boy, slow down.
I was afraid we d missed them. Perhaps they passed on by the park. Then
suddenly
Pongo
Roger
mon! Let
s seated .
For a while it seemed to work. At least they had seen one another. Things were
going along first-rate. But for some strange reason they left!
Roger C
Pongo But I wasn t giving up. I was determinated that somehow they just had to meet.
Roger Oh!
Anita Ohhh!
Roger I beg your pardon. Please, excuse me.
Anita I must say, what on earth!
Roger Oh dear!
Anita Oh really! Good heavens!
Roger Oooh!
Anita
Roger
Ahh! Ahh! Perdita tries to stop them and she breaks Anita s dress. The pair end
up toppling into a pond Oh, oh. Oh my new spring suit and my new hat!
Ah, ah
know what
m so sorry. He
m so sorry. I don t
Anita Oh, never mind! Never mind! Please, just go away. You
Please? Oh! she takes her handkerchief that is wet .
ve done enough.
s wet too
Anita Oh! they laugh. For the very first time Perdita looks to Pongo
In a few weeks there was a double wedding for Pongo and Perdita, Roger and Anita, and the
dogs settled down to a life of pleasant domesticity with their happy pets.
Priest
Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour and keep her in sickness and in health;
and forsaking all others keep thee only unto her so long as ye both shall live?
Roger I will.
For the first six months or so we lived in a small house near the park, a modest
little place but just right for two couples who were just starting out. In the window
Pongo
we see Perdita and Pongo resting. She sighs happily Perdita, darling, are you all
right?
Perdita
chuckles Oh, of course, dear. After all, dogs were having puppies long before our
time.
He chuckles happily Oh, that
Pongo She s such a kind understanding soul. You know, at times she seems almost
canine.
Anita Roger, dear, tea time! Tea time!
Roger
it
s her. It
Oh, must be Cruella, your dearly devoted old schoolmate, Cruella de Vil. That
it! Cruella de Vil Cruella de Vil if she doesn't scare you no evil thing will
Miserable as usual. Perfectly wretched! Where are they? Where are they? For
heaven sakes, where are they?
The puppies! in loud rude voice The puppies! Not time for games. Where are the
little brutes?
Anita Oh, it
Cruella chuckles Anita, you re such a wit. Here, dog, here. Here dog Pongo growls
Anita Cruella, isn t that a new fur coat?
Cruella
Oh, my only true love, darling. I live for furs. I worship furs! Aaaah . After all,
is there a woman in all this wretched world who doesn t?
Anita Oh, I
Sweet, simple Anita chuckles I know, I know! This horrid little house is your
Cruella dreamed castle. Ha, ha, ha! And poor Roger is your bold and fearless Sir
Galahad! Ha ha ha!
Anita Oh Cruella!
Cruella
Then of course you have your little spotted friends. Oh yes, I must say
perfectly beautiful coats.
such a
I ve got to run. Let me know when the puppies arrive. You will, won t you
dear?
Don t forget, it s a promise. See you in three weeks. Cheerio, cheerio darling
she slams the door
Anita Oooh!
At first you think
Cruella is a devil
but after time
Roger has worn away the shock
you come to realize
you've seen
her kind of eyes
watching you
from underneath a rock
You're no help
this vampire bat
this inhuman beast
she ought to be locked up
Anita
and never released
the world was such
a wholesome place until
Cruella
Cruella de Vil
That s witch! That devil woman. She wants our puppies. That
after.
s all she
What does she want with them? She can t possibly love them. Oh Pongo crying
I was so happy at first, but now I--- Oh, I--- I wish we weren t having any.
A raining night. Perdita s going to have her puppies. She s been helped by Anita and
Nanny while Pongo and his pet waits patiently in the next room.
Pongo
Poor Perdita. Of course she had no choice. The puppies arrived right on schedule
one wild and stormy night in October.
Roger Ooh! Steady, boy. He s puffing his pipe and Pongo licks his hand
Nanny The puppies are here! shouting Oh--- the puppies are here!
Roger H-H-How many?
Nanny Eight.
Roger Eight? By George, Pongo! Eight puppies!
Nanny Ten!
Anita Eleven!
Nanny Eleven.
Roger Eleven? Eleven puppies, Pongo boy!
Nanny Wait a minute now, wait a minute
Roger Fifteen?
Nanny And the mother
Roger
s marvellous! It
Nanny
She enters sobbing with something in her hands Fourteen. Just fourteen. We lost
one. Oh, poor little thing.
Oh, pongo. It s just one of those things. And yet? And yet I wonder he tries
Roger to resuscitate him and he does! Look Pongo! Anita! Nanny! Fifteen! We still
have fifteen!
Anita Oh Roger, he s all right! Thank heaven!
Roger See? He
Anita
Can you imagine, Roger, fifteen puppies! Suddenly a sinister shadow appears in
the door and a wellknown voice ask
Fifteen! Fifteen puppies! How marvellous! How marvellous, how perfectly
Cruella sees the puppy Ugh! The devil take it! They re mongrels
at all! What a horrid little white rat! Ugh!
Nanny They re not mongrels! They
Anita That
Cruella
ll take them all. The whole litter. Just name your price,
Anita, don t be ridiculous. You can t afford to keep them. You can scarcely
feed yourselves.
Anita I
m sure we
ll get along.
no spots! No spots
she
Roger
of this nonsense I ll pay you twice what they re worth. I m being more than
generous. Blast this pen. Blast this wretched, wretched pen! she puts ink spots in
Roger and Pongo who are so furious When can the puppies leave their mother?
Two weeks? Three weeks?
Roger Never.
Cruella What?
Roger We re n-n-not selling the puppies. Not a single one. D-do you understand?
Cruella chuckling Anita, is he serious? I really don t know Roger.
Anita Well, Cruella, he--Cruella Surely he must be joking!
Roger
No, no, no. I-I-I-I mean it. You re not getting one. N-n-not one. And that
final! Pongo nods his head
Shouts Why, you horrid man! You
Cruella
you
s---
care. Do as you like with them. Dorwn them! But I warn you, Anita. I
through with all of you! I ll get even. Just wait. You
You, you idiots! she slams the door
hero!
he runs to tell Perdita the good news Perdy? Perdy darling? Perdy, we re
Pongo
devil woman off. He told her off, Perdy. She s gone darling, she s gone for
good.
Perdita Oh Pongo Now she s happy sights Some weeks later our dogs are watching their
favourite TV programm.
C
Puppies
mon, Thunderbolt. C
boy He
Perdita Why, Patch, where did you ever hear such talk? Certainly not from your mother.
Penny Watch out, Thunder!
Patch Don t worry Penny. He
all right.
ll get him,
Puppies Lucky, Lucky, get down. We can t see. Mother, make him get down.
Perdita C
m hungry, mother. I
m hungry.
a whole elephant.
Puppies Shh! There he is, behind that rock! gunshot Oh dear, he shot poor Thunder
Patch
He missed him! Ol
That
Thunder
s pretending
Uh, Perdy, we better get these little nippers off to bed if we re going for a w-a-lk.
Better do as your mother says. One, two, three, four, five, six
seven, eight,
m not sleepy. I
m hungry.
fourteen, Hmmm?
ll free great
s go.
Pongo and Perdita take Roger and Anita for their customary walk in the park. But there is car
from where two men spy them. One tall and skinny and one short fat.
Jasper
There they go, Horace, me lad, out for their evening constitutional. A lovely pair
of turtledoves. Around the corner and off to the park.
Horace Yeah, I don t like it, Jasper. One more pinch and they ll throw the keys away.
Jasper Oh, come off it, Horace. We re getting plenty of boodle.
Horace Yes, but
ve been thinking.
You ve been thinking? Now look here, I warned you about thinking. I
Jasper the knob for this job, so let
ve got
Nanny Well, I don t care what Parliament realm or whatever it says. You re not
coming in here, not with the mister and missus gone.
Jasper
Now, come off it, Ducky. We got no time to palaver. We got a job to do. Excuse
me! They enter by the force
Nanny
What s the matter with you two? You got cloth ears? I say you
in here.
re not coming
Jasper Oh, she s a regular, little Tartar, ain t she Horace? Ha-ha-ha!
Don t you dare go up there, you long-legged lummox! Now I mean it! If you
Nanny if you don t get out of this house I
Jasper Why I wouldn t stay here if you asked me to. Not even for a cup of tea. Whoa!
Horace, me lad, I
Ah! They took the puppies! Oh whatever will I do? Those scoundrels! They
stole the puppies! Coming out the house Police! Help! The puppies! Police!
Somebody help me! Help! Help! Help!
Cruella s home. She s reading the papers.
Dognapping
Cruella are darling little things. Anita . Ha-ha-ha and her bashful Beethoven! Ha ha
ha! Pipe and all! Ha ha ha ha! Oh Roger you are a fool! Ha ha ha ha phone
ringing Hello? Jasper! Jasper, you idiot! How dare you call here?
Jasper We don t want no more of this year. We want our boodle!
Horace We
s done.
Horace Jasper!
Cruella Understand?
Horace Jasper!
Jasper But it
ll be forgotten tomorrow!
s for you.
Anita Hello?
Cruella Anita, darling!
Anita Oh Cruella!
Cruella What a dreadful thing. I just saw the papers. I couldn t believe it!
Anita Yes Cruella. It was quite a shock.
Roger
What is what she want? Is she calling to confess. The Radcliffs, Pongo and
Perdita are desolated by the loss. Roger is sure that Cruella is behind it
m afraid---
s not a thief.
ll we do? What
ll we do?
m afraid it
s all up to us.
s the very fastest way to send news. If our puppies are anywhere in
In the park, Pongo barks as loud as he can. He does to north, south, east and west.
Perdita There s no one out tonight. I
Pongo
We
m afraid it
s too cold.
ve got to keep trying, Perdy he continues barking and someone answer him
Perdy, we re in luck! It
Roger
Pongo, quiet, boy! Do you want to stir up the whole neighbourhood? Come on,
Pongo.
Let
s go! Pongo, you old idiot! Pongo continues barking and howling Come on,
s on the telegraph?
Terrier What
s an all-dog alert.
Great
Wait a minute, wait a minute. Well now, hmm, that is something.
Dane
Terrier What Danny? What
s something?
Great
Fifteen Dalmatian puppies. Stolen!
Dane
Terrier Have they called the police? Scotland Yard?
Great
The humans tried everything. Now it
Dane
Terrier I
Great
Woof! Woof! howling
Dane
Terrier
Prissy
s
Prissy, come in here!
pet
Coco
Towser Well, then we d best send the word along. It be up to me to reach the Colonel!
He be the only one in barking range.
Lucy You ll never reach him at this hour.
Towser Well I can try! I
Tibs Yes, righto, sir. Right away sir! Colonel? I say, Colonel! Colonel sir? Colonel?
Colonel What? Who goes there?
Tibs Sergeant Tibs reporting, sir.
Colonel Tibs? Tibs? Oh, yes, Sergeant Tibs!
Tibs Colonel, sir.
Colonel Look here, Tibs. What
s night?
Towser It be the Colonel! The old boy himself. He wants the message.
Lucy You d better make it loud or he
Colonel One long howl, two short. One yip and a woof.
Tibs Two yips sir.
Captain What
Colonel It
s from London.
Yes. I ll get the rest of it. Ahem! Woof, woof, woof! distant barking sounds like
a number. Three fives is thirteen
Tibs That
s fifteen, sir.
dot, spot
spotted puddings,
By Jove! That
investigate. I
by.
s he mean by that?
maybe the ol
Just the same, Sergeant, use extreme caution. No telling what hocus pocus you
might run into. Well, blast it all, Tibs. On the double, man. On the double.
Yes sir. Right away sir he crawls through an open window and finds himself in a
room full of Dalmatian puppies Psst. Rover! Spotty!
s 99 of us all together.
How bout that bunch of little ones? They have names and collars. They
from the pet shops.
Tibs Fifteen of
re not
em.
s better count
em.
Hey, look Horace! Watch me pot. His Lordship smack on the conk. Ha ha ha ha.
How s that for callin
em eh? Ha ha ha ha!
All right! Guzzle the whole works. I hope it gives you colly wobbles, that
d get
s
Tibs
Hey, get down, you little runt! And stay down Patch faces him Go on, get out of
here or I ll black your other peeper.
Where was I? Nine
s fifteen!
Jasper cat! all the puppies barking and yipping Ha ha ha! Ho ho ho! How
tabby cat stew? Or a cat Cassarole? Ha ha ha a la mode!
d you like a
London. The twilight bark is working and soon the Pongos know the good news.
Perdita What is it Pongo? What is it?
Pongo It
Primrose Hill.
mon.
Great
Dane Woof! Woof! Pongos, you
Pongo What
Good luck Pongo! If you lose your way contact the barking chain. They ll be
Great
standing by! Pongo and Perdy continue running during the whole night. It
Dane
doesn t matter the rain, or the snow
Captain Any news Colonel?
Colonel
No. Not a blast thing. They re lost or captured, or something or other. Who
knows what.
it
m sorry Mr. Simpkin. The answer is no, no, no. Six down, four to go.
Cruella I
TV
We ll settle for half a dozen! We can t wait! The police are everywhere. I
want the job done tonight!
Any way you like. Poison them, drown them, bash them in the head. You got any
chloroform?
ee-ther
Jasper Eye-ther.
Cruella I don t care how you kill the beasts, but do it
and do it now!
Jasper Aw, please, miss. Have pity. Can we see the rest of the show first?
Horace We want to see
Cruella
What
ll
s my crime?
ll be back in the morning and the job better be done or
we
s over.
Shhh. There s a hole in the wall, there by the door. C mon shake a leg. Psst.
Kids, follow me.
s old Meathead.
Now for our last contestant, this evening meet Mr. Percival Fauncewater. Mr.
Percival Fauncewater if the panel fails to guess your unusual crime in ten
TV questions you will receive two weeks vacation at a seaside resort all expenses
paid. That is after you ve paid your debt to society. Now, who will take the first
question? Inspector?
TV
Could your crime be classified as larceny? A theft burglary?
(Inspector)
Tibs Straighten out! Form a queue
Mr. Fauncewater is a burglar by trade but in this case his crime was not a
TV burglary. I m sorry, the answer is no Jasper and Horace laugh One down, nine
to go. Miss Birdwell?
TV (Mrs. If your crime wasn t robbery did you
Birdwell) of a violent nature, that is
m sorry, the answer is no. Two down eight to go. Mrs. Simpkins?
s go.
TV (Mrs.
All right then. Could it be a violation of a city ordinance?
Simpkins)
TV
eh no.
m terribly sorry I
Horace Ain
m afraid we
Would it be possible for Mr. Fauncewater to come back next week? Then we
TV could finish out little game. Good night audience. See you next week at this same
time on What s my crime?
Jasper
Ah, oh well. C
s go on with it I
ll pop
Hey Horace! Look! They re gone. They flew the coop. Right out through this
hole. Here, grab a torch. We
Jasper your uncle
ll run
They discover the puppies climbing stairs up There they go, Horace,
Jasper
Bob s
em off.
Shut up! Take a squint in there. I ll check these other two rooms whistling Here
puppies! Come on out! Come on wherever you are They go out from under the
bed Horace! Oh! It
off. Head
em
Double-crossin
em.
Horace There s gratitude for you. It ain t fair Jasper.
Jasper Horace! There they go!
Colonel Sergeant? I say Sergeant!
Tibs Sorry. No time to explain. Busy sir.
Jasper
ll close in on
ring around
the rosy .
Crossroads.
Perdita Oh Pongo, I
m afraid we re lost.
s the Colonel. C
Ah ha ha ha. Now we ve got em Horace. They ve run out the room In that
moment the Pongos arrive as two snarling furies crash through the window and
Jasper hurl themselves at the men to save the puppies What have we got here? A couple
of spotted hyenas? C mon Horace. Give em what for. I m right behind you,
lad. Uh
Horace I
em Tibs. Give
em what for.
No, no, Colonel! Retreat, retreat! He lead the puppies out through the open
window
s go.
Dad! Mother!
Puppies I missed you mommy!
Here we are mommy!
Perdita Oh, my darlings . My darlings.
Lucky How d you find us?
Pongo Ha-ha. Lucky! Patch! Pepper!
Puppies Oh daddy!
Pongo And Rolly, you rascal!
Rolly Did you bring me anything to eat?
Pongo Ha ha! Everybody here? All fifteen?
Patch Twice that many Dad. Now there s 99 of us!
Pongo What
Nine--- ninety nine! Oh, where did they all come from?
re shocked
s true, sir.
skin us!
ll we do?
Perdy, we
them out.
ll they do?
s a truck headin
this way.
ll attack.
s right sir
routine.
ll knock your
blinckin
Horace They ain
block off!
t here.
em out.
ll burn
ll
Horace Jasper, I
ve been thinking.
re giving up.
OH no, you don t! We ll find the mongrels if it takes till next Christmas.
Now get going and watch your driving! Do you wanna get nabbed by the police?
Lucky I m tried and I m hungry and my tail s froze and my nose is froze and my
ears are froze. And my toes are froze.
Collie Barking Pongo! Pongo! Pongo! Oh we d just about lost hope. We have shelter
for you at the dairy barn across the road.
Pongo
Oh thank goodness. Perdy! Perdy! This way Perdy! The dairy barn across the
road.
Perdita C
mon kids.
Pongo It
s not far. C
ve been captured.
Cows How did you make it all this way? And in such dreadful weather.
With all those little ones.
Rolly I
Puppies I
Perdita I
m hungry mother. I
m hungry.
s fresh
Perdita Oh!
Rolly Where is it?
Puppy Where is the milk?
Cow Come and get it, kids. It
Perdita
s on the house.
This way children. Around this way. Now, don t crowd. You ll have to take
turns. Rolly wait your turn dear.
Cow Don t worry kids. There s plenty for all. Oooh! The little darlings.
Collie Pongo, a few scraps I saved for you and the missus.
Pongo Oh, thank you.
Collie It
Quite all right, quite all right. Get some rest and don t worry I
watch.
ll be standing
Jasper Blimey! It
mon children.
s Cruella!
ll be Labradors!
s an idea!
This
I
ll be fun.
Pongo That
I m ready!
Puppies Me too!
How s this Dad?
Pongo Wait! That s enough. Not too many at a time. Uh-oh. Rolly, hold on. You
only half done.
re
mad lady.
m so afraid.
black
sarcastically Say now, Horace. That s just what they did. Dogs is always
painting themselves black! You idiot!
Pongo Well, so far so good. C mon, Perdy. Better get on your makeup. I ll go ahead
with the next bunch.
Cruella Jasper! Horace! Well?
Jasper Be reasonable, miss.
to eat.
Cruella They re somewhere in this village, and we re going to find them. Now get
going!
Pongo Do you think they ve seen us?
Labrador No, but we re running out of time.
Man Try
er again, mate.
mon Horace.
s impossible!
Cruella!
Cruella drives like the maniac she is, trying to force the furniture van off the road. The efforts
of the Baduns to help her succeed only in creating a huge smash-up between their truck and
her car.
Driver Hey, lady! What in thunder are you trying to do? Crazy woman driver!
Perdita Pongo! Look!
Horace Jasper!
Jasper Ain
t nothin
to it. I
Roger Yes, I know. I still can t believe . That Pongo and Perdita would run away.
Here s a bit of Christmas cheer for you. If there s anything to be cheerful
Nanny about sobbing Oh those dear little things. Sometimes, at night, I can hear them
barking, but it always turns out I
s Pongo!
s a miracle!
s forty seven!
Roger That
s sixty five!
s see, that
Anita One hundred and one? Where did they all come from?
Roger Oh Pongo, you old rascal!
Anita What will we do with them?
Roger We
ll keep
em.
ll have a plantation
a Dalmatian
s truly an inspiration.
ll be a sensation!
ll have a Dalmatian plantation. A Dalmatian plantation, I say.