Woolly Bear (Pongo and Friends episode)

Woolly Bear is the twenty-fifth episode of the second season of Pongo the Dalmatian and Friends, and the fifty-first episode overall. It is a parody of the Thomas and Friends episode of the same name.

Cast

 * Pongo (from 101 Dalmatians) as Thomas
 * Piglet (from Winnie the Pooh) as Percy
 * Friar Tuck (from Robin Hood) as Toby (does not speak)
 * Abigail (from The Aristocats) as Annie (cameo)
 * Amelia (from The Aristocats) as Clarabel (cameo)
 * Alan-a-Dale (from Robin Hood) as Jem Cole (cameo)
 * Mickey Mouse (from Mickey Mouse) as Sir Topham Hatt (mentioned)
 * Everyone else as Themselves

Transcript
Narrator: "In summer, the gangers cut the long grass along the road, raking it up for heaps to dry in the sun.

At this time of year, Piglet stops where they have been cutting. The men give them to the pirates, and he takes them to the station.

Friar Tuck then takes them to the hills for the farmers to feed their stock."

Piglet: "Wheesh!"

Narrator: "Piglet gave a ghostly whistle."

Piglet: "Don't be frightened, Pongo!"

Narrator: "He laughed."

Piglet: "It's only me!"

Pongo: "Your ugly fizz is enough to frighten anyone!"

Narrator: "Said Pongo."

Pongo: "You're like..."

Piglet: "Ugly, indeed! I'm..."

Pongo: "A pink caterpillar with magenta stripes!"

Narrator: "Continued Pongo firmly."

Pongo: "You crawl like one, too."

Piglet: "I don't!"

Pongo: "Who's been late every afternoon this week?"

Piglet: "It's the hay!"

Pongo: "I can't help that."

Narrator: "Said Pongo."

Pongo: "Time's time, and Mickey Mouse relies on me to keep it! I can't if you crawl about in the hay till' all hours!"

Piglet: "'Pink caterpillar' indeed!"

Narrator: "Fumed Piglet. He set off to collect some hay to take to the harbor."

Piglet: "Everyone says I'm handsome, or at least nearly everyone. Anyway, my stripes ares better than Pongo's spots. Pongo says I'm always late."

Narrator: "He grumbled."

Piglet: "I'm never late, or at least only a few minutes. What's that to Pongo? He can always catch up time further on."

Narrator: "All the same, he and his driver decided to start home early.

Then came trouble."

(CRASH!)

"A crate of treacle was upset all over Piglet.

Piglet was cross.

He was still sticky when he puffed away.

The wind was blowing fiercely."

Piglet's Driver: "Look at that!"

Narrator: "Exclaimed the driver.

The wind caught the piled hay, tossing it up and over the road. The line climbed here."

Piglet's Driver: "Take a run at it, Piglet!"

Narrator: "His driver replied.

Piglet gathered speed. but the hay made the road slippery, and his feet wouldn't grip. Time after time, he stalled with spinning feet and had to wait till' the path ahead was cleared before he could start again.

Everyone was waiting. Pongo seethed impatiently."

Pongo: "Ten minutes late! I warned him! Passengers will complain, and Mickey Mouse..."

(Piglet whistles)

Narrator: "Then, they all saw Piglet. They laughed and shouted."

(Passengers laugh)

Piglet: "Sorry I'm late!"

Narrator: "Piglet panted."

Pongo: "Look what's crawled out of the hay!"

Narrator: "Teased Pongo."

Piglet: "What's wrong?"

Narrator: "Asked Piglet."

Pongo: "Talk about hairy caterpillars!"

Narrator: "Puffed Pongo."

Pongo: "It's worth being late to have seen you."

Narrator: "When Piglet came home, his driver showed him what he looked like in a mirror."

Piglet: "Oh, d-d-d-dear! No wonder they all laughed. I'm just like a woolly bear! Please clean me before Friar Tuck comes."

Narrator: "But it was no good. Pongo told Friar Tuck all about it.

Instead of talking about sensible things like 'playing ghosts', Pongo and Friar Tuck made jokes about woolly bear caterpillars, and other creatures which crawl about in hay. They laughed a lot, but Piglet thought they were being really silly indeed."