(GEORGE EXCLAIMS)
(GIGGLES)
Hmm.
(EXCLAIMS)
Hmm?
NARRATOR: December is an exciting month.
Because you know one day you'll wake up and it'll be Christmas morning.
(EXCLAIMS)
(LAUGHING)
George didn't want the Man with the Yellow Hat
to miss even one second of Christmas!
(SNORING)
(GEORGE GIBBERING)
(TED GRUNTS)
(CHATTERING)
George, my spleen.
(CHATTERING)
(SIGHS) Thank you.
And I'm afraid it's still not Christmas yet, buddy.
(GROANS)
Remember, we talked about this yesterday,
(CHATTERING)
And the day before
and every morning at 5:00 a.m. Since Thanksgiving?
(SIGHS)
(GIGGLES)
See, today is the 14th.
So how many days are there until the 25th?
(EXCLAIMS)
No, it's more than one.
(CHATTERING)
There.
That's Christmas.
(EXCLAIMS)
This is today.
All these other days come before Christmas.
(SIGHS)
I know.
NARRATOR: For an impatient monkey,
anything more than one day seemed like a million.
(SIGHS) Those days will go by fast.
Yeah, you'll see.
Every day will be fun.
(SNOW GLOBE CHIMING)
(SINGING) Before the big day gets here
There's so much to get done
I think you're gonna find out
Getting there is half the fun
Christmas preparations
You can see them all around
People getting ready
Almost everywhere in town
Are you ready for Christmas Day to come?
Sing it with me or if you're a monkey, hum
(GEORGE HUMMING)
(EXCLAIMS)
Christmas in the lobby
Always organized and neat
One and all are welcome
Don't forget to watch your feet
(GEORGE EXCLAIMS)
Christmas time means winter winds
Snow clouds fill the sky
And if I had the chance, I think
I'd spend it in Hawaii
Are you ready for Christmas Day to come?
Sing it with me or if you're a monkey, hum
A feast of seven fishes
Stop it!
First make five and then add two
Gnocchi, no!
It's a Christmas Eve tradition
Hey, get off that, you!
(BARKING)
Chasing after Charkie
Every day all through the year
But when it's close to Christmas
We always end up here
Are you ready for Christmas Day to come?
Sing it with me or if you're a monkey, hum
WOMAN: Merry Christmas! MAN: Time to go shopping!
MAN: Bye, everybody. WOMAN: Merry Christmas.
MAN: George! WOMAN: Merry Christmas!
(GEORGE EXCLAIMS)
Hey, Betsy. Hey, Steve.
Are you looking for Christmas gift ideas?
Well, we were chasing Charkie and sort of got distracted.
(GEORGE GIBBERING)
(SIGHS)
(CHATTERING)
(LAUGHING)
I'm going to add that big xylophone to my Christmas list.
Betsy, you shouldn't put anything on that list you don't really want.
But I do really want it.
I'm writing a song on my xylophone, but it only has 15 keys.
More keys means more notes to choose, right?
(CHATTERING)
Betsy's list is long.
Mine is gonna break the record for shortest Christmas list ever.
My whole list is just four letters. B- l-K-E. Bike.
(BARKING)
(GASPS) Charkie, stay!
We gotta go, bye! Charkie!
Speaking of Christmas lists, don't you need me to write yours for you?
(GRUNTS)
Have you even decided what you want?
Uh-uh.
(CHUCKLES) You see how much preparing we still have to do?
(GEORGE HOOTING)
NARRATOR: George spent the rest of the day working hard on his Christmas list.
Uh-uh.
(EXCLAIMS)
(CHATTERING)
Everybody knows a rhinoceros is the perfect Christmas present,
but walking one would be a lot of work.
Uh-uh.
(CHATTERING)
(GASPS)
Then, all at once, George knew exactly what to put on his list.
(CHUCKLES)
(GIBBERING)
(EXCLAIMS) Oh, that's a good one.
George, you ready to make your Christmas list?
(EXCLAIMS)
(LAUGHS)
Well, show me what you want in the catalog and I'll write your list for you.
Uh-uh.
No?
But if you don't, how will I know what to put on your list?
(EXCLAIMS)
Is that it?
Uh-huh.
You did it all by yourself?
Uh-huh!
Wow. I'm impressed you did it alone.
(CHATTERING)
And this is something I know you would like?
Uh-huh.
Have I seen it?
(CHUCKLES)
NARRATOR: Of course the Man with the Yellow Hat had seen it.
(CHATTERING)
(EXCLAIMS) You want me to write my list?
Uh-huh.
You want to give me a present?
(GIBBERING)
Why don't you make me something? Surprise me.
(GIBBERING)
This is what you really want?
I mean, besides what Santa brings.
(SIGHS)
NARRATOR: Was there something wrong with the list?
Don't worry.
Now that I have your list, I'll make sure you get what you want.
(GIBBERING)
(SIGHS)
NARRATOR: Making a present was going to be fun.
But how would George figure out how to make it?
First, he could draw it.
But what was it?
This was going to take a lot of thought.
(EXCLAIMS)
George woke up the same way he did every day since Thanksgiving.
(GIBBERING)
Except now he had a chart to let him know it wasn't Christmas yet.
(SIGHS)
Christmas was still far away,
but George could use that time
to think of a perfect present for the Man with the Yellow Hat.
George! Ready for today's preparations?
We are going to get a Christmas tree.
(CHATTERING)
NARRATOR: There'd be plenty of time to think of a present later.
Decorating the tree neatly was Hundley's favorite Christmas preparation.
(ELEVATOR DINGS)
(CHUCKLES)
And here came the absolute opposite of an organized tree,
George.
Good morning. Tree's looking good.
A man can accomplish anything when he's got a plan and a Dachshund.
Wow.
(BARKS)
Come on, George. The early monkey catches the tree.
(SQUIRREL CHATTERING)
(EXCLAIMS)
All right, George, pick any tree you like.
Welcome to Mrs. Renkins' Prize-Winning Christmas Tree Farm.
(CHATTERING)
(LAUGHING)
You know, there's a proper way to pick out a Christmas tree.
I laid it out in charts and graphs.
I insist customers read every page or I won't sell them a tree.
(GEORGE GIBBERING)
(EXCLAIMS) You're a kid who knows a lot.
What does this look like to you?
(EXCLAIMS) I'm good at puzzles. It's not a puzzle.
It's what George wants for Christmas, and I have to figure it out.
I guess it is kind of a puzzle.
(SQUIRREL CHATTERING)
(CHATTERING)
NARRATOR: George figured he could see more trees if he was up high.
I don't know what that is.
Maybe it's a city kid thing.
Oh, boy.
(GASPS)
NARRATOR: George spotted the perfect tree.
(CHATTERING)
George, you don't climb Christmas trees!
Proper climbing trees are your oak, your maple, your spruce...
Climb down very carefully!
(EXCLAIMS)
(TREES CREAKING)
(EXCLAIMING)
Wow. Oh, no.
(GRUNTS)
(GIGGLES)
(SCREAMS)
(CHUCKLES)
(SIGHS) I'm sorry, Bill, I...
I'm going to have to research the proper way to display trees.
I don't think that's supposed to happen.
(CHATTERING)
That one?
Sure.
(GROANING) Here you go.
(SQUIRREL CHATTERING)
(CHATTERING)
(GRUNTS) Can you pull my chair off there?
(BOTH GRUNTING)
Yeah, there you go. Yeah. It's stuck.
Should we pick another tree?
Uh-uh.
(GIBBERING)
NARRATOR: This was the one.
No other tree would do.
Not every Christmas tree comes with a free chair.
Thanks, Bill!
Merry Christmas!
NARRATOR: George thought Christmas preparations were pretty exciting so far.
(SQUIRREL TITTERING)
(EXCLAIMS)
Hundley didn't like the look of this.
(WHINING)
Whoa. Let me guide you. This way.
Okay. Keep coming. TED: Great, George.
You're doing great. A little higher.
(GRUNTS) Careful. All right, just to your left.
(SIGHS)
NARRATOR: George was gone. The tree was safe.
Hundley needed a rest.
Keep following my voice.
(EXCLAIMS)
NARRATOR: Having no hands, there was only one thing Hundley could do.
(GROWLING)
(GRUNTS)
Okay, it's starting to feel heavy.
(EXCLAIMS)
Let me give you a hand.
(GRUNTING) I got it.
(WHIMPERING)
(CHATTERING)
What's that?
(GROWLING)
(EXCLAIMS)
Hundley! Yikes!
(SIGHS) Here, boy.
(EXCLAIMS)
Oh, no.
I'm sorry. We'll help you clean up.
Thanks, but we can handle it.
We're a great team.
Oh, okay.
(GRUNTS)
(EXCLAIMS) It's perfect.
(CHATTERING)
Except for you know what.
Hey, maybe I could cut it out.
NARRATOR: George didn't want to risk hurting the perfect tree.
(EXCLAIMS) I get it.
We can be a great team just like those lobby guys, right?
(EXCLAIMS)
Let's decorate!
NARRATOR: Imagining the tree all decorated made George think about
how much the Man with the Yellow Hat would like his present.
Thank you, George.
(GASPS)
NARRATOR: But he still had no idea what that present would be.
(SIGHS)
You deserve a gift that says more
than "Here's what I found at the grocery store"
It has to be nice and fit under the tree
But what in the world could it be?
You might like a car that has wings
A convertible with a spare tire that sings
But there's no such thing
What's a monkey to do
To find something as special as you?
You might like a pier that can fly
So every day you could catch fish from the sky
But there's no such thing
What's a monkey to do
To find something as special as you?
Maybe you'd like everything that is yellow
You seem like a nice yellow thing kind of fellow
No, it has to be nice and fit under the tree
But what in the world could it be?
So how about a comfortable chair
That rubs your feet and then cuts your hair?
Or how about some self-dancing pants
Oh, yeah
That when you zip them up they make you dance
Maybe I'll get you a magical spread
That fixes you breakfast in bed
No, it has to be nice and fit under the tree
But what in the world could it be?
So what should I get?
And what should I do?
To find something as special as you
When you wake up, George, we'll be one day closer to Christmas.
(CHATTERING)
NARRATOR: In the morning, George went to see Betsy and Steve.
(BARKING)
(GEORGE EXCLAIMS)
George is here.
Hi, George.
(GIBBERING)
What present am I giving Aunt Margret?
She loves Christmas songs,
so I want to write one for her and sing it at the pageant next week.
(EXCLAIMS)
But anything I think of is already in another song.
This is what older brothers are for. I've solved your problem.
(SINGING) Hang things on the walls like holly
We got Christmas stuff hung on our walls!
(CHUCKLES)
(SIGHS) That's just Deck the Halls.
Oh, yeah.
Maybe every Christmas song has already been written.
Thanks.
(BARKING)
NARRATOR: Being a nonmusical monkey, George couldn't write a song.
He needed other ideas.
Hey, Giorgio!
This is a Famous Chef Pisghetti Winter Tomato Snowman Surprise.
You know who likes those?
(MEWING)
(CHATTERING)
(EXCLAIMS) She likes any food.
I mean your friend, the Yellow Cappello Fellow.
(EXCLAIMS)
NARRATOR: This was it. The perfect gift for the Man with the Yellow Hat!
(GEORGE EXCLAIMS)
(EXCLAIMS)
Turns out, tomatoes can be squishy.
(EXCLAIMS)
(GROANS)
Tomatoes need to be round to look like a snowman.
So the squished ones had to be refilled.
(EXCLAIMS)
I always thought I understood everything George wanted.
Made any of your famous Tomato Snowmen yet?
(LAUGHING) Have I made? Of course! You want that one?
Oh, you bet. Thanks.
(MEWING)
Well, okay. But you get just one taste, okay?
(PURRING)
(EXCLAIMS) She's a pretty girl, yes, yes.
Wow. You two really communicate.
Well, I understand her. Well, just like you understand Giorgio, right?
Yeah.
George, you home? Wait till you see what I got at the...
(SOFTLY CHATTERING)
Making your own ketchup?
(SIGHS) Okay.
Oh, you were trying to make Tomato Snowmen.
That would've been a perfect surprise for me.
(SIGHS)
NARRATOR: Not only did George need a new idea for a present, he had to take an extra bath.
(PHONE RINGING)
Professor Wiseman.
Hi. Do you have time to talk?
Well, I am calculating the exact path
of a giant asteroid's collision with Earth.
Great, yeah, but this is important.
I can't figure out George's Christmas list.
(GASPS)
I told him I'd get him what he wants, but I don't know what it is.
Oh, no.
What makes it worse, he knows what I'd want. Tomato Snowmen.
(LAUGHS) He's so thoughtful and messy.
Bring him to the museum tomorrow.
I'll get him to explain it somehow.
Oh, thanks. Good night.
Wait, wait, wait! A giant asteroid's gonna collide with Earth?
It did, a long time ago.
It may be what caused dinosaurs to become extinct.
Oh, that asteroid.
Right. Good night!
Hi, guys.
Like our decorations?
Uh-huh!
(EXCLAIMS)
That? Why, it's an artificial snow shaker. This controls it.
(EXCLAIMS)
Wow, it's like being at the North Pole.
(HOOTING)
(LAUGHING) Yeah. Here. How will you get him to explain it to you?
I'm a genius. He's a monkey. Watch.
Hey.
That looks like a simple yellow ornament, doesn't it?
Uh-huh.
But if you look close, it's Saturn.
(EXCLAIMS)
Things aren't always what they seem to be.
Like this. It looks like a circle. But I think it's something more.
If only someone could tell me what.
Of course!
I should know all about it.
(GIBBERING)
Monkey one, genius nothing.
NARRATOR: George thought the fake snow looked nice now.
So how much better would it look turned up all the way?
George! George!
(TED EXCLAIMS)
(SIGHING)
(CHUCKLES)
He's sorry.
Sorry?
He revealed a flaw in the system.
George, maybe you should work here helping me.
(CHATTERING)
Boy, wouldn't it be fun to have a snow shaker like this, George?
NARRATOR: That was exactly the kind of hint George was hoping for.
(CHATTERING)
Where are you going?
(SIGHS)
Well, we could try running this through a universal translation program.
Oh, yeah.
I'm sorry if we worked it too hard.
Oh, it's okay. Computers crash.
(SIREN WAILING)
Yeah, I've just never seen one burst into flames like that.
FIRE FIGHTER: (SIGHS) Why don't we get any normal calls?
(GEORGE GIBBERING)
(CHUCKLING)
NARRATOR: This was going to be the perfect surprise.
TED: George.
(GASPS)
Okay, George, bedtime.
(GRUNTS)
(EXCLAIMS)
Snow shaker? For me?
Uh-huh.
(GRUMBLING)
NARRATOR: Finding a perfect gift that a monkey could make wasn't as easy as it sounds.
(EXCLAIMS)
Hi.
I still haven't been able to write a song for Aunt Margret.
The pageant is only a few days away.
Anything I think of is already in a Christmas carol.
(BARKING)
Betsy, I solved your problem.
A Christmas song unlike any other.
(SINGING) Oh, Aunt Margret walked back home
Carrying some cookies
I looked out of my window and
I said lookie lookie
But that's not about Christmas.
They're Christmas cookies.
(CHARKIE BARKING)
I'll keep thinking.
Charkie!
(SIGHS)
NARRATOR: George hoped Betsy would find a song in time.
Christmas preparations kept George and the Man with the Yellow Hat very busy.
George.
(GRUNTS)
(GEORGE HUMMING)
(CHUCKLES) Looking for these, George?
(GIGGLES)
Oh, thank you.
(CHATTERING)
And thank you, too.
NARRATOR: The days were flying by
so fast that George hadn't found time to figure out what to make for his friend.
(SIGHS)
And neither had the Man.
It's almost here. What can I do?
WISEMAN: Why not follow George?
Maybe he'll go somewhere that'll give you the answer.
That's it. You are a genius!
That's actually my job description.
TED: Yes, it is!
Thanks. Good night.
(SIGHS)
NARRATOR: The next morning, George decided that he'd do nothing until Christmas
but work on the Man's present. Whatever it was.
George, I have a lot of places to go today, so I'll see you at dinner.
(EXCLAIMS)
NARRATOR: Maybe he'd go somewhere that'd give George an idea for a present.
(CHUCKLES)
I bet he went into Dulson's to look at toys.
My problems are solved.
(SIGHS)
(CHATTERING)
(EXCLAIMS)
(WHIRRING)
(SCREAMS)
George, don't climb up there.
(EXCLAIMS) Now he knows I'm here.
(GASPS)
Uh-oh.
Well, hi.
What a coincidence. That we're both in the same store.
I mean, what're the odds?
(CHATTERING)
I guess I'll get going now. See you.
Okay.
Goodbye!
NARRATOR: So, George and the Man with the Yellow Hat spent the rest of the day
following each other.
TED: I followed that monkey all day
and all I found out was he's really hard to follow.
Well, you gave it a good try.
Not good enough.
(SIGHS) I must be the worst monkey parent ever.
(GROANS)
NARRATOR: After following the Man all day,
George was back where he started,
and tomorrow was Christmas Eve.
Come on, George. We don't want to be late for the Christmas pageant.
(CHATTERING)
(EXCLAIMS)
Okay, everyone, first up is Betsy, who will sing her new song.
Where is Betsy?
(CHATTERING)
I'm over here.
But I won't be singing tonight.
I couldn't think of anything new to write a Christmas song about.
I got a song.
(SINGING) Do fish know when it is Christmas
Do fish know when it is Christmas
Or are they confused
We'll just start with Jingle Bells then.
(CHATTERING)
I wanted to surprise Aunt Margret,
but everything has been done.
Just look around. Bells, snow, Santa.
Hmm.
NARRATOR: Betsy was right.
(LAUGHS)
Or was she?
(GIBBERING)
You?
I've never heard a song about Christmas and monkeys, have you?
Uh-uh.
(LAUGHS) Thank you!
Nothing solves a problem like a little monkey.
Okay, places, everyone.
(GASPS) I can't write that fast.
(SINGING) Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh
Hey! Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh
WOMAN: Four calling birds
MAN: Three French hens
WOMAN: Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
ALL: And a partridge in a pear tree
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
Thank you. Thank you.
Well, that was our last song.
We want to thank you all so much for coming.
We hope you have a Merry Christmas.
Where is Betsy? And be sure to pick up the flyer for...
(GROANS)
Well, I guess my song will have to save the day.
BETSY: No, wait! Hold it!
(CHATTERING)
Will you pass out these copies for me?
Hold on, everybody. We have one more song.
(SINGING) My Aunt Margret said she knew
Every Christmas carol
Songs of holly, Santa, snow
And reindeer by the barrel
So I set out to find some unsung Christmas thing
So for her sake we would have
a brand new carol to sing
Christmas monkey, Christmas monkey
No one's sung about Christmas monkey
Christmas monkey's got no song
It's been that way for much too long
Monkeys run and monkeys climb
Monkeys love Christmas time
Just ask George, the hairy one here
He's got spirit and monkety cheer
ALL: He's got spirit and monkety cheer
Don't you think it's time
I mean it's like a crime
It seems so very, very wrong
A Christmas monkey needs a song
Charkie!
Christmas monkey, Christmas monkey
No one's sung about Christmas monkey
Christmas monkey's got no song
It's been that way for much too long
Monkeys run and monkeys climb
Monkeys love Christmas time
Just ask George, the hairy one here
He's got spirit and monkety cheer
Don't you think it's time
I mean it's like a crime
It seems so very, very wrong
A Christmas monkey needs a song
Harps are plunky
Skunks are skunky
Donuts dunky
An elephant's trunky
But there's only one thing monkey
Guess what that is
Oh! Oh!
It's a Christmas monkey, Christmas monkey
Time to sing of the Christmas monkey
Lift your voices loud and strong
This is the Christmas monkey song
Christmas monkey, Christmas monkey
Deck the halls with a Christmas monkey
Lift your voices loud and strong
This is the Christmas monkey song
Lift your voices loud and strong
This is the Christmas monkey song!
(EXCLAIMS) I think you just broke the record
for the most mentions of a monkey in a Christmas carol.
(CHEERING)
Oh, Betsy, it was the perfect gift.
I couldn't have done it without my friend George.
(GIGGLES)
Have a merry Christmas. It's almost here.
(CHATTERING)
NARRATOR: Betsy came up with a great present for Aunt Margret.
There must be something George could think of for the Man!
(EXCLAIMS)
So far, all he'd made were a bunch of pictures.
(GEORGE GIGGLING)
Maybe there was something he could make!
(CHATTERING)
He hoped they had enough wrapping paper.
He was going to need lots.
Meanwhile, the Man with the Yellow Hat had no ideas at all.
Excuse me. Tomorrow is Christmas. This is my last chance.
Can you tell me what this means?
No.
Isn't that a... Oh, no.
I don't know.
I don't know upside down, either.
(CHARKIE BARKING)
Why don't we ever get shown any normal Christmas lists?
I can't tell what that is.
Mmm-mmm. Sorry.
(MEWING)
Gnocchi says she don't know either.
I agree with Hundley.
It doesn't look like anything I've ever seen before.
(SIGHS)
(SIGHS) Tomorrow, I'm going to ruin Christmas for a little monkey.
I said everything would be perfect, and I gave him a chair stuck in a tree.
I don't understand him anymore.
I bet there's someone else who'd understand him better.
I understand her.
You should work here helping me.
We're a great team.
(SNORING)
Well, it's about time.
Hey. What... Where... Am I dreaming?
(SCOFFS) Is it possible to know I'm dreaming in a dream?
What're the rules?
Like I said, it's about time.
I am the Ghost of Time going sideways. You know, like this.
Watch your feet.
What?
(EXCLAIMS)
(TED CHUCKLES)
Where are we going?
(CHUCKLES) I have some things I want you to watch.
Hey, George! Where'd you get the uniform?
He cannot see or hear you.
He can't? Why not?
Because you're here to watch, so shush.
Oh, yeah. Hey, it's me.
(EXCLAIMS) I don't look very happy.
(CHATTERING)
Hi, Monkley.
Monkley? What's going on?
You thought George might be happier with someone else.
(LAUGHS) Now you can see.
(LAUGHS) The lobby looks perfect, as usual.
We're a great team.
A man can accomplish anything with a plan and a monkey.
(CHATTERING)
(EXCLAIMS) You'd like a new bike? No problem.
(CHATTERING)
Oh, with a bell? Look, you got it.
(EXCLAIMS)
Wow, he really understands George.
Uh-uh. Monkley. Monkley.
Well, this is the last box.
The apartment's empty.
So this is goodbye.
Why am I moving?
Do hurry up, Honeyhat. I'm cold.
(SNEEZES)
Who is she?
Your wife.
Oh, no.
(SIGHS) I'll miss Monkley.
I'm so sorry we have to move away because I'm allergic to monkeys.
(SNEEZES)
Allergic to monkeys?
How tragic.
(WHINING)
Sorry, stray dogs are not welcome.
Hundley is a stray?
The doorman did not need a dog, he had a monkey.
We keep this place neat. Dogs are messy.
Monkeys are neat.
(EXCLAIMS)
Well, if George is happy this way, I guess he's better off.
Monkley! What are you doing? Stop!
He's not happy being neat and orderly.
He's still George!
Okay. Next.
You remember Professor Wiseman said George could work here?
Watch.
You called for me, Dr. Brainley?
That's even worse than Monkley.
(CHATTERING)
(GASPS) This is the most important discovery in the history of smarts.
I'll notify the world.
Look at all those awards.
He's understood and he's important.
Now, he's got a perfect life.
(EXCLAIMS)
(CHATTERING)
I guess this is the best life for him.
(LAUGHING) He even gets to climb.
Doctor?
(EXCLAIMS)
Dr. Brainley!
Come down here, put your clothes on, and behave like a famous scientist!
(GROANS)
That's too bad.
Isn't there any way for George to be understood and happy, too?
Let's see.
Watch.
(MEWING)
Gnocchi, don't.
(MEWS)
Thank you, Sonny. What would I do without you?
(CHATTERING)
Wow, he's really good at that!
(GIBBERING)
Hey, hey.
(CHATTERING)
Perfecto!
And your recipe, Sonny,
it's so easy to understand.
(SIGHS)
(CHATTERING)
Let's go for a walk.
(LAUGHS) Look how happy he is.
(SINGING) Jingling all the way to the place
Oh, what fun it is to have A smiley monkey face
(CHATTERING)
You saved this for last because it's the perfect life for George, right?
I was kind of hoping it would turn out that his best life was with me.
What makes you so sure it's not?
(CHARKIE BARKING)
(EXCLAIMS)
CHEF PISGHETTl: Break time over, Sonny.
We have to get ready for the dinner crowd.
(SIGHS)
(GROANS) Poor little monkey.
Wait just a second.
The list.
The window.
Hey. That's what he wants!
But this is just a dream.
Is the real window the same?
(EXCLAIMS) You'll have to check that for yourself when you wake up.
How do I wake up? It's almost Christmas! I have to wake up!
(GROANS) Have to wake up. I have to wake up. I have to...
I'm awake. I gotta check that window.
(SHIVERING)
I should've put a coat on.
The shapes, they are the toys!
The helicopter. The train. The drum.
I figured it out!
(LAUGHING) I understand my monkey!
I'm the one who understands him best!
(GRUNTS)
Merry Christmas, everybody!
I understand my monkey!
Oh, I forgot to get the presents.
No!
We're closed.
Have a Merry Christmas.
But I only need a few things! Look!
Sorry. But I'm spending Christmas with my sister
and if I don't close at 7:00, I'll miss my train.
No!
It's not 7:00 yet. My watch is always right.
And look at the clock on the wall.
Hey, you're right. My watch is fast.
Come on in. We're open for another 10 minutes.
Thank you for this and for things you don't even know about.
Go. Time waits for no one.
NARRATOR: The countdown to Christmas is exciting
because you know one day you'll wake up
and it'll be Christmas morning.
(SNORING)
(EXCLAIMING)
(CHATTERING)
(GRUNTING)
(CHATTERING)
Yes, George. Now, it's Christmas.
(EXCLAIMING)
Okay, I'm coming.
Aren't we going to the tree?
(CHATTERING)
For me? Is this my present?
Uh-huh.
(EXCLAIMS) A roll of wrapping paper. Thank you. I can use it.
(GIGGLING)
(LAUGHS) Wow! Oh, that's terrific!
Whoa! All our Christmas preparations.
Uh-huh.
(CHATTERING)
Yeah, that's us.
Wow, look at that. Renkins' tree farm.
The snow machine.
(GEORGE GIGGLES)
Tomato Snowmen.
Poor Hundley.
A rhinoceros?
A flying car! Wouldn't that be neat?
Betsy's song.
Wow, we sure had a lot of fun this month.
(CHATTERING)
This part?
(CHATTERING)
You and me and the chair in the tree. That's your favorite part?
(EXCLAIMS)
(TED SIGHS)
(GIBBERING)
Okay. You ready to open the presents that are under the tree?
(CHATTERING)
(EXCLAIMS)
(EXCLAIMING)
(CAROLERS SINGING) Christmas with a monkey
Time for all my favorite things
Songs of squashed tomatoes
And the joy a monkey brings
Get the mop and vacuum
Put a chair up in your tree
So if you are a monkey
Just invite my friends and me
Are you ready for Christmas Day to come?
Sing it with me or if you're a monkey, hum
Give me a hum