Tenders And Turntables Transcript

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 * Here's the full transcript to Tenders and Turntables.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Sir Topham Hatt (does not speak)
 * Annie and Clarabel (do not speak)
 * Bertie (cameo)

Ringo Starr US version

 * Ringo Starr: Henry and Gordon were lonely when Thomas left the yard to run his branch line. They missed him very much. They had more work to do and had to fetch some more coaches. The big engines thought they were too important to fetch coaches. James grumbled too.
 * Henry: We get no rest, we get no rest!
 * Ringo Starr: They all complained. But the coaches only laughed.
 * Coaches: You're lazy and slack, you're lazy and slack!
 * Ringo Starr: They answered. All together, the engines were causing Sir Topham Hatt a great deal of trouble. The big stations both ends on the line each have a turntable. Sir Topham Hatt had made them so that the tender engines can be turned round because it is dangerous for them to go fast and backwards. Little tank engines like Thomas don't need turntables. They can go just as well backwards as forwards. But to hear Gordon talk, he would've thought that Sir Topham Hatt had given him a tender just to show how important he was.
 * Gordon: You don't understand, little Thomas. We Tender Engines have a position to keep up. It doesn't matter where you go, but we are important, and for Sir Topham Hatt to make us shunt freight cars, fetch coaches and go on some of those dirty sidings it's, it's, well, it's not the proper thing.
 * Ringo Starr: Thomas chuckled and went off with Annie and Clarabel.
 * Gordon: Disgraceful!
 * Ringo Starr: Gordon hissed as he ran backwards to the turntable. The turntable was in the windy place close to the sea, and he was not on it just right, he put amount of balance and made a difficult to turn. Today, Gordon was in the bad temper, and the wind was blowing fiercely. His driver tried to make him stop in the right place but Gordon wasn't trying. The fireman tried to turn the handle, but Gordon's weight and the strong wind prevented him.
 * Driver: It's no good.
 * Ringo Starr: They said at last.
 * Driver: Your big tender upsets the balance. If you're a little tank engine, you be all right. Now you have to pull the next train backwards.
 * Boys: Look!
 * Ringo Starr: Called some boys.
 * Boys: There's a new tank engine! Oh, it's only Gordon, back to front.
 * Thomas: Hello!
 * Ringo Starr: Called Thomas.
 * Thomas: Playing tank engines? Sensible engine. Take my advice, scrap your tender and have a nice bunker.
 * Ringo Starr: Gordon said nothing. Even James laughed when he saw him.
 * Gordon: Take care.
 * Ringo Starr: Hissed Gordon.
 * Gordon: You might stick too.
 * James: No fear.
 * Ringo Starr: Chuckled James.
 * James: I'm not so fat as you. I mustn't stick.
 * Ringo Starr: Thought James. He stopped on just the right place to balance the table. It could now swing easily. Gordon arrived and time to see everything. James turned much too easily. The wind puffed him round like a top. He couldn't stop!
 * (James spins faster and faster until he slows down, and as the turntable stops, he is all green and dizzy)
 * Gordon: Well, well!
 * Ringo Starr: Said Gordon.
 * Gordon: Are you playing roundabouts?
 * Ringo Starr: Poor James feeling quite giddy rolled off to the shed without a word. That night, the three engines had an indignation meeting.
 * Gordon: It's shameful to treat tender engines like this. Gordon has to go backwards and people think he's a tank engine, James spins like a top and everyone laughs at us. And added to that, Sir Topham Hatt makes us all shunt in dirty sidings. Ugh! Listen.
 * Ringo Starr: Said Gordon. He whispered something to the others.
 * Gordon: We'll do it tomorrow. Sir Topham Hatt will look silly.
 * Ringo Starr: The engines had decided to go on strike.

George Carlin version

 * George Carlin: Henry and Gordon were lonely when Thomas left the yard to run his branch line. They missed him very much. They had more work to do and had to fetch some more coaches. The big engines thought they were too important to fetch coaches. James grumbled too.
 * Henry: We get no rest, we get no rest!
 * George Carlin: They all complained. But the coaches only laughed.
 * Coaches: You're lazy and slack, you're lazy and slack!
 * George Carlin: They answered. All together, the engines were causing Sir Topham Hatt a great deal of trouble. The big stations both ends on the line each have a turntable. Sir Topham Hatt had made them so that the tender engines can be turned round because it is dangerous for them to go fast and backwards. Little tank engines like Thomas don't need turntables. They can go just as well backwards as forwards. But to hear Gordon talk, he would've thought that Sir Topham Hatt had given him a tender just to show how important he was.
 * Gordon: You don't understand, little Thomas. We Tender Engines have a position to keep up. It doesn't matter where you go, but we are important, and for Sir Topham Hatt to make us shunt freight cars, fetch coaches and go on some of those dirty sidings it's, it's, well, it's not the proper thing.
 * George Carlin: Thomas chuckled and went off with Annie and Clarabel.
 * Gordon: Disgraceful!
 * George Carlin: Gordon hissed as he ran backwards to the turntable. The turntable was in the windy place close to the sea, and he was not on it just right, he put amount of balance and made a difficult to turn. Today, Gordon was in the bad temper, and the wind was blowing fiercely. His driver tried to make him stop in the right place but Gordon wasn't trying. The fireman tried to turn the handle, but Gordon's weight and the strong wind prevented him.
 * Driver: It's no good.
 * George Carlin: They said at last.
 * Driver: Your big tender upsets the balance. If you're a little tank engine, you be all right. Now you have to pull the next train backwards.
 * Boys: Look!
 * George Carlin: Called some boys.
 * Boys: There's a new tank engine! Oh, it's only Gordon, back to front.
 * Thomas: Hello!
 * George Carlin: Called Thomas.
 * Thomas: Playing tank engines? Sensible engine. Take my advice, scrap your tender and have a nice bunker.
 * George Carlin: Gordon said nothing. Even James laughed when he saw him.
 * Gordon: Take care.
 * George Carlin: Hissed Gordon.
 * Gordon: You might stick too.
 * James: No fear.
 * George Carlin: Chuckled James.
 * James: I'm not so fat as you. I mustn't stick.
 * George Carlin: Thought James. He stopped on just the right place to balance the table. It could now swing easily. Gordon arrived and time to see everything. James turned much too easily. The wind puffed him round like a top. He couldn't stop!
 * (James spins faster and faster until he slows down, and as the turntable stops, he is all green and dizzy)
 * Gordon: Well, well!
 * George Carlin: Said Gordon.
 * Gordon: Are you playing roundabouts?
 * George Carlin: Poor James feeling quite giddy rolled off to the shed without a word. That night, the three engines had an indignation meeting.
 * Gordon: It's shameful to treat tender engines like this. Gordon has to go backwards and people think he's a tank engine, James spins like a top and everyone laughs at us. And added to that, Sir Topham Hatt makes us all shunt in dirty sidings. Ugh! Listen.
 * George Carlin: Said Gordon. He whispered something to the others.
 * Gordon: We'll do it tomorrow. Sir Topham Hatt will look silly.
 * George Carlin: The engines had decided to go on strike.