Pongo | 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� that�s my pet, Roger. Roger Radcliff, a musician of sorts. Ha-ha. No, no, I�m the one with spots. My name�s Pongo. As far as I could see the old notion that �a bachelor�s life was so glamorous and carefree� was all nonsense. It was downright dull sighs It was plain to see that my old pet needed someone. If it were left up to Roger, we�d be bachelors forever. He was married to his work, writing songs. Songs about romance� of all things, something he knew absolutely nothing about Roger�s playing piano Oh, he�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� Well! She�s very lovely 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 . |
Roger | Looking the clock After 5:00 already. Fancy that. All right Pongo, all right boy. Pongo�s barking and yipping Pongo boy! Take it easy! What�s all the hurry? Pongo boy, slow down. |
Pongo | I was afraid we�d missed them. Perhaps they passed on by the park. Then suddenly� I spotted them. It was a perfect situation if I planned it right. I couldn�t depend on Roger. I knew what he�d do. He�d settle on the grass, puff his pipe and that would be it. No, it was all up to me. Well as they pass, Anita and Perdita take notice of them At first I had no particular plan just anything to attract attention. You know stir things up a bit He takes off Roger�s hat . |
Roger | Pongo, you silly old thing! C�mon! Let�s have it, boy. Pongo! yipping Pongo! He leaves the hat on the bench where Anita�s seated . |
Pongo | 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�mon, you old renegade. We�re going home. |
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 | 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! |
Roger | Ah, ah� I�m terribly sorry. Please, let me help you I�m so sorry. I don�t know what�s come over him. I�m so sorry. He�s never acted this way before. |
Anita | Oh, never mind! Never mind! Please, just go away. You�ve done enough. Please? Oh! she takes her handkerchief that is wet . |
Roger | Oh, I say. Here, take mine it�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. |
Pongo | 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 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. |
Pongo | He chuckles happily Oh, that�s Nanny, a wonderful cook and housekeeper. She�s such a kind understanding soul. You know, at times she seems almost canine. |
Anita | Roger, dear, tea time! Tea time! |
Roger | Still playing piano Be down in a minute. Ta-tum-ti-ta-tum whistling Do you like my new song. |
Anita | Ta-tum-ti-ta-tum. Such clever lyrics. |
Roger | Ho ho! Chuckles Melody first, my dear. And then the lyrics, hm? car horn |
Perdita | Oh, Pongo� it�s her. It�s that devil woman A car stops in front of the house |
Roger | Oh, must be Cruella, your dearly devoted old schoolmate, Cruella de Vil. That�s it! Cruella de Vil Cruella de Vil if she doesn't scare you no evil thing will |
Anita | Oh Roger To see her is to take a sudden chill |
Anita | Oh |
Cruella | |
Cruella she's like a spider waiting for the... kill | |
Anita | Roger, she'll hear you Look out for Cruella de Vil |
Anita | Let her in, Nanny. |
Cruella | Anita, darling! |
Anita | How are you? |
Cruella | Miserable as usual. Perfectly wretched! Where are they? Where are they? For heaven sakes, where are they? |
Anita | Who, Cruella? |
Cruella | The puppies! in loud rude voice The puppies! Not time for games. Where are the little brutes? |
Anita | Oh, it�ll be al least three weeks. No rushing these things, you know. |
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�d like a nice fur but there are many other things� |
Cruella | Sweet, simple Anita chuckles I know, I know! This horrid little house is your 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� such a perfectly beautiful coats. |
Anita | Won�t you have some tea? |
Cruella | I�ve got to run. Let me know when the puppies arrive. You will, won�t you dear? |
Anita | Yes Cruella. |
Cruella | Don�t forget, it�s a promise. See you in three weeks. Cheerio, cheerio darling she slams the door |
Anita | Oooh! |
Roger | At first you think Cruella is a devil but after time has worn away the shock you come to realize you've seen her kind of eyes |
watching you | |
from underneath a rock | |
Anita | You're no help this vampire bat this inhuman beast she ought to be locked up and never released the world was such a wholesome place until Cruella Cruella de Vil |
Anita | They kiss Oh Roger, you are an idiot! They laugh |
In the kitchen. | |
Pongo | Perdy? |
Perdita | That�s witch! That devil woman. She wants our puppies. That�s all she�s after. |
Pongo | Oh, don�t worry, Perdy. They�re on to her. Nothing�s going to happen to our puppies. |
Perdita | 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� thirteen!. No, no, no fourteen, ohhh, fifteen! |
Roger | Fifteen? |
Nanny | And the mother�s doing fine, love. Oh, you lucky thing, you. |
Roger | Fifteen puppies? Why, Pongo boy, That�s marvellous! It�s fabulous! Why, you old rascal! |
Nanny | She enters sobbing with something in her hands Fourteen. Just fourteen. We lost one. Oh, poor little thing. |
Roger | Oh, pongo. It�s just one of those things. And yet? And yet I wonder� he tries 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�s just as good as new. |
Anita | Can you imagine, Roger, fifteen puppies! Suddenly a sinister shadow appears in the door and a wellknown voice ask |
Cruella | Fifteen! Fifteen puppies! How marvellous! How marvellous, how perfectly� she sees the puppy Ugh! The devil take it! They�re mongrels� no spots! No spots at all! What a horrid little white rat! Ugh! |
Nanny | They�re not mongrels! They�ll get their spots. Just wait and see. |
Anita | That�s right. They�ll have their spots in a few weeks. |
Cruella | Oh, well, in that case I�ll take them all. The whole litter. Just name your price, dear |
Anita | I�m afraid we can�t give them up. Poor Perdita. She�d be heartbroken. |
Cruella | 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. |
Cruella | Chuckling Yes, I know! I know! Roger�s� Roger�s songs! laughing Enough 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�s--- final! Pongo nods his head |
Cruella | Shouts Why, you horrid man! You� you� Al right, keep the little beasts for all I care. Do as you like with them. Dorwn them! But I warn you, Anita. I�m through with all of you! I�ll get even. Just wait. You�ll be sorry, you fools! You, you idiots! she slams the door |
Anita | embracing Roger Oh Roger! You were magnificent, darling! |
Nanny | Oh he was a bloomin� hero, ma�am. Indeed he was. A bloomin� hero! |
Pongo | he runs to tell Perdita the good news Perdy? Perdy darling? Perdy, we�re keeping the puppies every single one of them. My ol� pet Roger, he told that 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. |
Puppies | C�mon, Thunderbolt. C�mon, Thunderbolt Go get him, Thunder After him, boy He�ll get that dirty ol� horse thief Old Thunderbolt�s the greatest dog in the whole world. He�s even better than Dad. No dog�s better than Dad Pongo smiles proudly What�s he going to do, Dad? |
Pongo | Shhh, shhh. Let�s just wait and see, eh? |
Puppy | Look at him run, the old coward. |
Patch | That old Dirty Dawson! The yellow-livered old skunk! I�d like to tear his gizzard out. |
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�ll get that yellow-livered---- oh, well, he�ll get him, all right. |
Puppies | Lucky, Lucky, get down. We can�t see. Mother, make him get down. |
Perdita | C�mon, Lucky. Down, dear. |
Puppy | Missed him. Missed him by a mile. |
Rolly | I�m hungry, mother. I�m hungry. |
Perdita | Now Rolly, you�ve just had your dinner. |
Rolly | But I am just the same I�m so hungry I could eat� a whole elephant. |
Puppies | Shh! There he is, behind that rock! gunshot Oh dear, he shot poor Thunder |
Patch | He missed him! Ol� Thunder�s pretending� I think, see? What did I tell you? That�s one of his tricks. |
Puppy | Lucky, get down. |
TV | Ha-ha-ha! Lucky whimpers and yipps |
Rolly | I�m hungry mother, I really am. |
TV | Don�t miss next week�s exciting episode. Who will triumph? |
Patch | Ol� Thunder always wins! |
TV | � and speaking of champions, friends, Kanine Krunchies is the champion of all dog biscuits. Kanine krunchies Can�t be beat They make each meal A special treat Happy dogs are those Who eat nutritions Kanine Krunchies |
Pongo | Uh, Perdy, we better get these little nippers off to bed if we�re going for a w-a-l-k. |
Puppies | We want to go, mother. Can we mother? We never get to go. |
Perdita | Come along children. Bed time. |
Patch | But we�re not a yawn bit sleepy. We want to go for a walk in the park. |
Puppy | Dad, can we? |
Pongo | Better do as your mother says. One, two, three, four, five, six� seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen� |
Rolly | I�m not sleepy. I�m hungry. |
Pongo | � fourteen, Hmmm? |
TV | So do what all The smarts dogs do And you�ll free great |
The whole day through | |
You can be a champion too If you eat Kanine Krunchies Now remember, friends, just send five--- | |
Pongo | turning off the TV Lucky, you little rascal, let�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� I�ve been thinking. |
Jasper | You�ve been thinking? Now look here, I warned you about thinking. I�ve got the knob for this job, so let�s get on with it. Ah, nobody home but the little ol� cook. You just leave her to ol� Jasper. He can handle her real diplomatic-like. |
Horace | Yeah, but I still don�t like it. |
At the home. | |
Nanny | There, here. Now Patch you settle down chuckles Oh dear. Go to sleep now. Close your little eyes. That�s a good little one Door bell Now, who do you suppose? she opens the door . |
Jasper | Good evening ma�am. We�re here to inspect the wiring and the switches. |
Horace | We�re from the gas company. |
Jasper | Electric, electric. |
Horace | Electric company. |
Nanny | Oh, but we didn�t call for any inspection. |
Jasper | Oh, yes ma�am, you see, there�s a new act just been passed in parliament Comes under the heading of defence od the realm act from section 29, very important it�s the law and it�s for your safety, ma�am. |
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�re not coming in here. |
Jasper | Oh, she�s a regular, little Tartar, ain�t she Horace? Ha-ha-ha! |
Nanny | Don�t you dare go up there, you long-legged lummox! Now I mean it! If you� if you don�t get out of this house I�ll call the police, I will. Now be off with you, you big weagel! She�s locked in the cellar |
Jasper | Now, you�ve been and gone and done it. You�ve cut me to the quick, Lady. Why I wouldn�t stay here if you asked me to. Not even for a cup of tea. Whoa! Horace, me lad, I�ve got a sneaky suspicion we�re not welcome here. |
Horace | Pack up we�re leaving. Sharp�s the word and quicks the action. |
Nanny | Let me out! Help! I�ll call the police! Help! |
Jasper | Good night, Ducky. Ta-ta! |
Nanny | Oh those good-for-nothing-hoodlums! Electric company? Hm. They�re nothing but common sneak thieves. I�ll bet they made off with the good silver, why I bet they took every last� Oh! The puppies! They�re gone! Patch? Lucky? Rolly? 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. | |
Cruella | �Dognapping� Can you imagine such a thing? �Fifteen puppies stolen�, they 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�ll settle for half! |
Cruella | Not one schilling �til the job�s done. |
Horace | Jasper! |
Cruella | Understand? |
Horace | Jasper! |
Jasper | But it�s in the blinking papers, pictures and all! |
Cruella | Hang the papers! It�ll be forgotten tomorrow! |
Horace | I don�t like it? |
Jasper | Shut up, you idiot! |
Cruella | What? |
Jasper | Oh no! Not you miss. I mean Horace! |
Cruella | Why, why you imbecile! she phones Anita |
Roger | It�s Scotland Yard. Maybe they found something. Hello Inspector? |
Cruella | Is Anita There? |
Roger | Who? |
Cruella | Anita! |
Roger | It�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 |
Anita | Roger, please! |
Roger | Oh, she�s a shy one! She is� |
Anita | Yes, we�re doing everything possible. |
Cruella | Have you called the police? |
Anita | Yes, we-we called Scotland Yard but I�m afraid--- |
Roger | Where are they? |
Anita | To Roger You idiot! |
Cruella | Anita! |
Anita | Sorry, Cruella, Yes, if there�s any news we�ll let you know. Thank you Cruella. Roger, I admit she�s excentric but she�s not a thief. |
Roger | Well, she�s number one suspect in my book. |
Anita | She�s been investigated by Scotland Yard. What more do you want? |
Roger | Oh, I don�t know darling. I don�t know. |
Anita | Oh, Roger. What�ll we do? What�ll we do? |
Pongo | taking Perdita into his confidence Perdy, I�m afraid it�s all up to us. |
Perdita | Oh, Pongo. Isn�t there any hope? |
Pongo | Well, yes. There�s the twilight bark. |
Perdita | The twilight bark? That�s only a gossip chain. |
Pongo | Darling, it�s the very fastest way to send news. If our puppies are anywhere in the city, the London dogs will know. We�ll send the word tonight, when our pets take us for a walk in the park. |
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�m afraid it�s too cold. |
Pongo | We�ve got to keep trying, Perdy he continues barking and someone answer him Perdy, we�re in luck! It�s the Great Dane at Hampstead. |
Roger | Pongo, quiet, boy! Do you want to stir up the whole neighbourhood? Come on, Pongo. |
Anita | Perdy! Come on. |
Roger | Let�s go! Pongo, you old idiot! Pongo continues barking and howling Come on, now, we�re going home! |
Terrier | What is it, Danny? Who�s on the telegraph? |
Great Dane | It�s Pongo. Regents Park. It�s an all-dog alert. |
Terrier | What�s it all about? Tell me, Danny, tell me! Tell me! |
Great Dane | Wait a minute, wait a minute. Well now, hmm, that is something. |
Terrier | What Danny? What�s something? |
Great Dane | Fifteen Dalmatian puppies. Stolen! |
Terrier | Have they called the police? Scotland Yard? |
Great Dane | The humans tried everything. Now it�s up to us dogs and the twilight bark. |
Terrier | I�ll sound the alert! yipping |
Great Dane | Woof! Woof! howling |
Terrier | Ahhh barks From the Great Dane, to a terrier, to a Scottie, to an Afghan to a barge dog of no discernable bloodlines but much intelligence, the alert pass |
Prissy�s pet | Prissy, come in here! |
Coco�s pet | Coco! Be quiet now! |
All the city is in alert. All the London�s dogs bark the word. | |
Man | Aw, shut up! Quiet! Will you be quiet? |
Countryside. Barking continues. | |
Lucy | Towser, what�s going on? What is it? What�s all the gossip? |
Towser | �Taint no gossip, Lucy. It be all the way from London. |
Lucy | You don�t say! |
Towser | Fifteen puppies stolen! |
Lucy | There�s no puppies around here, not since Nellie�s last little and they all are grown. |
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�ll bark all night if I have to. Ahem. barks |
Captain | Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Sounds like old Towser. It�s an alert. Sergeant! Sergeant Tibs! I say Sergeant! neighing |
Tibs | Oh, yes Captain! |
Captain | Barking signal. It�s an alert. Report to the Colonel at once. |
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 the idea of barking in at this hour�s night? |
Tibs | But Colonel� |
Colonel | Hold on, Sergeant. You hear that? Sounds like an alert. |
Tibs | Yes, colonel. |
Colonel | We�d better look into it. Come along, on the double. |
Tibs | Yes sir, righto sir. |
Captain | It�s old Towser down at Withermarsh, sir. |
Colonel | By Jove, yes! So it is. Well, I�ll see what he wants. Ahem! Woof, woof, woof! Woof, woof, woof! |
Towser | It be the Colonel! The old boy himself. He wants the message. |
Lucy | You�d better make it loud or he�ll never get it. Towser barks the message |
Colonel | One long howl, two short. One yip and a woof. |
Tibs | Two yips sir. |
Captain | What�s the word, Colonel? |
Colonel | It�s from London. |
Tibs | It must be important. |
Colonel | 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. |
Colonel | Fifteen, of course, fifteen barking continues Yes� dot, spot� spotted puddings, poodles. No, puddles! |
Captain | Puddles, sir? |
Colonel | Fifteen spotted puddles stolen? Oh, balderdash! |
Tibs | Better double-check it, Colonel. |
Colonel | Oh, yes. I suppose I�d better. Woof, woof, woof. Two woofs, one yip and a woof. |
Tibs | It sounds like puppies. |
Colonel | Of course, puppies. |
Tibs | I just remembered. Two nights past, I heard puppy barking at Hell Hall. |
Colonel | You mean the old De Vil place? Nonsense, Tibs! No one�s lived there for years. |
Captain | Hold on! There�s smike coming from the chimney! |
Colonel | By Jove! That�s strange� strange indeed. Ahem. Well, I suppose we�d better investigate. I�ll send word for ol� Towser to stand by. Roof! Roo-roo-roof! |
Towser | Please, stand� by. |
Lucy | What�s he mean by that? |
Towser | I don�t know. Oh� maybe the ol� boy�s found something! |
Lucy | Oh, I do hope so. |
Hell Hall | |
Colonel | They say the ol� place is haunted or bewitched or some such fiddle faddle. |
Tibs | Fiddle faddle and rot, sir. |
Colonel | 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. |
Tibs | Yes sir. Right away sir he crawls through an open window and finds himself in a room full of Dalmatian puppies Psst. Rover! Spotty! |
Puppy | Hum. What? |
Tibs | Are you one of the fifteen stolen puppies? |
Puppy | We�re not stolen. We�re bought and paid for. There�s 99 of us all together. |
Tibs | Ninety nine! |
Puppy | How �bout that bunch of little ones? They have names and collars. They�re not from the pet shops. |
Tibs | Fifteen of �em. |
Puppy | We never counted them. They�re over there by the TV. |
Tibs | I�s better count �em. |
Puppy | Watch out for the Baduns. |
Tibs | Baduns? |
Puppy | Those two blokes, Horace and Jasper. They�re mean ones, they are. |
Jasper | 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! |
Tibs | whispering One, two, three, four, five, six... |
Horace | Hey Jasper! Give us a swig. Just a short one. |
Jasper | Now Horace, this hogwash ain�t fit for a bloke like yourself. Besides you�d get crumbs in it, you cabbage head! |
Horace | All right! Guzzle the whole works. I hope it gives you colly wobbles, that�s what Rolly eats his sandwich Hey Jasper, did you� |
Tibs | Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, elen� |
Horace | 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. |
Tibs | Where was I? Nine� three more. Twelve and one, two, three. That�s fifteen! They�re the ones! |
Jasper | Taking Tibs as a bottle Blimey! What the� Horace, look what we git! A tabby cat! all the puppies barking and yipping Ha ha ha! Ho ho ho! How�d you like a tabby cat stew? Or a cat Cassarole? Ha ha ha a la mode! |
London. The twilight bark is working and soon the Pongos know the good news. | |
Perdita | What is it Pongo? What is it? |
Pongo | It�s the Great Dane. He has news for us. He�ll meet us at Primrose Hill. |
Perdita | How�ll we get out? |
Pongo | The back bedroom window. It�s always open a wee bit. C�mon. |
Primrose Hill. | |
Great Dane | Woof! Woof! Pongos, you�ve made it. Good. |
Pongo | What�s the word? What�s the news? |
Perdita | Have they found our puppies? |
Great Dane | They�ve been located somewhere north of here in Suffolk. |
Perdita | Oh, thank heaven! |
Great Dane | Can you leave tonight? |
Pongo | Oh yes, of course. |
Perdita | We can leave right away. |
Great Dane | Good. I�ll go along as far as Caruden Road and give you instructions. When you reach Withermarsh contact old Towser. He�ll direct you to the Colonel and the Colonel will take you to your puppies at the De Vil place. |
Perdita | De Vil? |
Pongo | The De Vil place? |
Perdita | Oh Pongo, it was her! |
Great Dane | Oh, someone you know? |
Pongo | Precisely, there�s no time to explain they run |
Perdita | I hope we�re not too late. |
Great Dane | Good luck Pongo! If you lose your way contact the barking chain. They�ll be standing by! Pongo and Perdy continue running during the whole night. It 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. |
Tibs | Colonel, here comes a car. |
Colonel | Oh, come now, Tibs. Don�t be ridiculous. They wouldn�t be driving. |
Tibs | Yes, I know sir but it�s heading for Hell Hall. It� it�s stopping at the gate! |
Colonel | It is? Well, blast it all! Better see what�s up. On the double man. On the double! |
Tibs | Yes sir! |
Colonel | Take over, Captain. |
Captain | Righto, sir. |
Hell Hall. Cruella�s arrived. | |
TV | I�m sorry Mr. Simpkin. The answer is no, no, no. Six down, four to go. |
Cruella | I�ve got no time to argue. It�s got to be done tonight. |
TV | � it must be a yes or no question, Inspector? |
Cruella | Do you understand? Tonight! |
Horace | But they ain�t big enough. |
Jasper | You couldn�t get half a dozen coats out of the whole caboodle. |
Tibs | Coats! Dog-skin coats? |
Cruella | We�ll settle for half a dozen! We can�t wait! The police are everywhere. I want the job done tonight! |
Horace | How�re we gonna do it? |
Cruella | Any way you like. Poison them, drown them, bash them in the head. You got any chloroform? |
Jasper | Not a drop. |
Horace | And no ether �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 �What�s my crime?� |
Cruella | Now, listen, you idiots! I�ll be back in the morning and the job better be done or I�ll� I�ll call the police! Do you understand? |
Horace | I think she means it. |
Jasper | Ah� we�ll get on with it as soon as the show�s over. |
TV | �will you please sign in, sir? |
Tibs | whispering Hey kids, you�d better get out of here if you want to save your skin. |
Puppy | But how? |
Tibs | Shhh. There�s a hole in the wall, there by the door. C�mon shake a leg. Psst. Kids, follow me. |
Horace | Hey Jasper, look! Ha ha ha ha! It�s old Meathead. |
Jasper | Yeah, what do you know�. Old Meathead Fauncewater? |
Tibs | C�mon, don�t crowd. One at a time. One at a time! |
TV | 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 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 (Inspector) | Could your crime be classified as larceny? A theft burglary? |
Tibs | Straighten out! Form a queue� along the wall. Snap it up. |
TV | Mr. Fauncewater is a burglar by trade but in this case his crime was not a burglary. I�m sorry, the answer is no Jasper and Horace laugh One down, nine to go. Miss Birdwell? |
TV (Mrs. Birdwell) | If your crime wasn�t robbery did you� oh dear, what I mean is, do something of a violent nature, that is� |
TV | Come, Miss Birdwell we�re running short of time. |
TV (Mrs. Birdwell) | Oh yes, of course. So sorry. Did you do someone in? |
Tibs | Oh. |
TV | I�m sorry, the answer is no. Two down eight to go. Mrs. Simpkins? |
Tibs | to Lucky Psst. Hey kid, let�s go. |
TV (Mrs. Simpkins) | All right then. Could it be a violation of a city ordinance? |
TV | � eh no. |
Horace | Hey get out of the way, you little runt! |
TV | Three down, seven to go. Inspector? |
TV (Inspector) | Very confusing, I must say. Surely this crime could� |
TV (Buzzer) | I�m terribly sorry I�m afraid we�ve run out of time. |
Horace | Ain�t that always the way! |
TV | Would it be possible for Mr. Fauncewater to come back next week? Then we 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�mon Horace. Let�s go on with it I�ll pop�em on the head, you do the skinnin� |
Horace | Oh no, you don�t Jasper! I�ll pop �em off and you do the skinnin� |
Jasper | Hey Horace! Look! They�re gone. They flew the coop. Right out through this hole. Here, grab a torch. We�ll run �em down before you can say �Bob�s your uncle� They discover the puppies climbing stairs up There they go, Horace, up the stairs whistling Here puppies, here puppies! C�mon now. Don�t go hiding from ol� uncle Jasper, he-he. I ain�t gonna hurt you. |
Horace | I thought we was gonna pop �em off. |
Jasper | 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�s the mangy tabby cat. He�s the ringleader! Head �em off. Head �em--- You bungling blockhead! |
Tibs | Back here! Back here! Shhh. Here they come. |
Jasper | Double-crossin� little twerps, pullin� a snitch on us! After we took care of �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 | Shut the door, Horace. We�ll close in on �em. Enough of this �ring around the rosy�. |
Crossroads. | |
Perdita | Oh Pongo, I�m afraid we�re lost. |
Pongo | It can�t be far barks |
Colonel | By Jove! It can�t be the Pongos barks answering Grr. howls |
Pongo | It�s the Colonel. C�mon this way. Colonel? Are you the Colonel? |
Colonel | At Hell Hall�s gates Oh, Pingo! Uh-uh Pongo? |
Perdita | Our puppies, are they all right? |
Colonel | No time to explain. There�s trouble. A big hullabaloo. Come along! Follow me! |
Jasper | 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 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� oh! You clumsy clod! |
Horace | I�ll knock the spots off you. Let go! Let go! |
Colonel | Well, by George! |
Jasper | You mangry mongrel! I�ll knock your blinkin� block off Pongo bites him Aww! |
Colonel | Blast �em Tibs. Give �em what for. |
Tibs | No, no, Colonel! Retreat, retreat! He lead the puppies out through the open window |
Colonel | Yes, oh yes of course. Retreat! Retreat on the double! |
Horace | Help, Jasper! Get me out of here! |
Jasper | Hey Horace, they�re fighting dirty. |
Horace | Oh, oh, oh! He falls over the fire Oh, oh, oh. Jasper! |
Jasper | Horace! |
Pongo | C�mon Perdy. Let�s go. |
Jasper | I�ll skin every one of them spotted hyenas if it�s the last thing I do. |
Puppies | Dad! Mother! 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? |
Perdita | What would she want with so many? |
Puppy | She�s gonna make coats out of us. |
Perdita | She couldn�t they�re shocked |
Tibs | That�s right. Dog-skins coats. |
Colonel | Oh, dog-skins coats! Come on, Tibs! |
Tibs | But it�s true, sir. |
Patch | Horace and Jasper, were gonna pop us off and� skin us! |
Perdita | She�s a devil! A witch! What�ll we do? |
Pongo | We have to get back to London, somehow. |
Patch | What about the others? What�ll they do? |
Pongo | Perdy, we�ll take them home with us� al of them. Our pets would never turn them out. |
Captain | Colonel, sir, lights on the road. It�s a truck headin� this way. |
Tibs | It�s the Baduns, Horace and Jasper. They�re following our tracks. |
Colonel | Well, we�ve got �em outnumbered, tibs. When I give the signal we�ll attack. |
Tibs | Colonel, sir. I�m afraid that would be disastrous. |
Colonel | Ahem! Oh, think so? |
Pongo | He�s right. We�d better run for it. |
Tibs | Out the back, across the pasture. |
Pongo | Thank you, Sergeant, Colonel, Captain. |
Perdita | Bless you all! |
Pongo | How can we ever repay you? |
Colonel | Ahem! Oh no, nothing at all! All in the line of duty. |
Tibs | That�s right sir� routine. |
Captain | Better be off. There they come. |
Perdita | C�mon kids, hurry. |
Tibs | Good luck, Pongos! |
Colonel | And never fear. We�ll hold them off �till the bitter end Captain gives the signal |
Jasper | Now, what�s this? Out of my way you barking haysack or I�ll knock your blinckin� block off! |
Horace | They ain�t here. |
Jasper | They�re hiding in the hay. Give me a match. We�ll burn �em out. |
Tibs | Ready Captain? Aim� fire one. Fire two. |
Jasper | Hey there they go, the little sneaks. C�mon Horace, back to the truck. We�ll head �em off in half a mile in a bridge They gotta be around here, somewhere. |
Horace | Jasper, I�ve been thinking. |
Jasper | Now Horace. |
Horace | What if they went down the froze-up creek� so�s not to leave their tracks? |
Jasper | Oh, Horace, you idiot! Dogs ain�t that smart. |
Pongo | All clear, Perdy. All clear. |
Puppies | We gave �em the slip! Didn�t we dad? |
They didn�t even see us, Patch! | |
Perdita | Shhh children. Children, shh. |
Puppy | My feet are slippery. I wish we could walk on the snow. |
Pongo | No son, we can�t leave tracks. |
Cruella | Well, any sign of them? |
Jasper | Not so much as one blooming footprint. And we�ve been up and down every road in the all county. |
Horace | We are froze stiff. We� re giving up. |
Cruella | 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? |
Pongo | 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 98 Oh Lucky! C�mon Lucky boy! We can�t give up now. |
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�mon, this way. Follow the Collie. |
Cows | Just look Queenie. Have you ever seen so many puppies? Oh aren�t they adorable! Perfectly darling. The poor dears. They�re completely worn out and half frozen |
Perdita | They all here Pongo? |
Pongo | Yes dear. All 99 accounted for. |
Cow | The famous Pongos. We were so worried about you. |
Collie | Been trying to reach you. Afraid you�ve been captured. |
Cows | How did you make it all this way? And in such dreadful weather. |
With all those little ones. | |
Rolly | I�m hungry mother. I�m hungry. |
Puppies | I�m hungry too mother. Mother, we�re hungry. We�re all hungry. |
Perdita | I�m sorry children |
Cow | Do they like warm milk? It�s fresh |
Perdita | Oh! |
Rolly | Where is it? |
Puppy | Where is the milk? |
Cow | Come and get it, kids. It�s on the house. |
Perdita | 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�s not much but it might hold you as far as Dinsford. |
Pongo | Huh? Dinsford? |
Collie | There�s a Labrador there. His pet is a grocer. |
Pongo | yawning Oh I--- I�m terrible sorry. |
Collie | Quite all right, quite all right. Get some rest and don�t worry I�ll be standing watch. |
Perdita | I don�t know what we�d have done if� |
Cows | We�re very honored to be of service. We�re sorry we can�t do more. Anyone who would think of hurting theses dear little puppies Shh! Duchess! They�re so dear. I wish they could stay with us for always. Princess, shhh. Quiet everyone. Let them sleep, the poor things. They�re so exhausted and they have such a long way to go. |
Next morning. They cross a road. A car is approaching. It�s Cruella. | |
Pongo | Hurry kids, hurry! He tries to disguise their tracks |
Cruella | Well now, what have we here? Well� so they thought they could outwit Cruella. Ha ha ha ha! Jasper! Horace! Here�s their tracks heading for the village! |
Jasper | Blimey! It�s them, all right. |
Cruella | Work your way south on the side roads. I�ll take the main road. See you in Dinsford. |
Dinsford. Labrador�s barking and waiting for the Pongos. | |
Labrador | Pongo, I�ve got a ride home for you. |
Pongo | A ride home? Perdy, did you hear that? |
Perdita | For all of us? |
Puppy | You mean, we don�t have to walk any more? |
Labrador | Yes, if we can manage it. We�d better hurry. |
Perdita | We�ve got a ride home! C�mon children. |
Labrador | See the van down the street? It�s going to London as soon as the engine�s repaired and there�s room for all of you. |
Perdita | Pongo! There�s Cruella! |
Pongo | Yes� and Jasper and Horace. |
Perdita | Pongo, how will we get to the van? |
Pongo | I don�t know, Perdy but somehow we�ve got to. |
Lucky | Mother, dad, Patch pushed me in the fireplace. |
Patch | Lucky pushed me first. |
Lucky | Did not! |
Patch | Did too! |
Lucky | Did not! |
Patch | Did too! |
Lucky | Did not! |
Perdita | Please, children, don�t quarrel. |
Pongo | Say�.! Perdy I�ve got an idea he rolls in soot |
Perdita | Pongo! What on earth�. |
Pongo | Look, I�m a Labrador! We�ll all roll in soot. We�ll be Labradors! |
Labrador | Say, That�s an idea! |
Pongo | C�mon kids! Roll in the soot! |
Puppies | You mean, you want us to get dirty? Did you hear that, Freckles? Dad wants us to get dirty. Mother, should we? |
Perdita | Do as your father says. |
Puppies | This�ll be fun. I�ll always wanted to get good and dirty. |
Pongo | That�s the stuff. The blacker the better! |
Puppies | I�m ready! Me too! How�s this Dad? |
Pongo | Wait! That�s enough. Not too many at a time. Uh-oh. Rolly, hold on. You�re only half done. |
Labrador | And now stay right with me, kids. |
Puppies | We�re gonna fool the ol� mad lady. |
Perdita | Pongo� I�m so afraid. |
Horace | seeing the �black� dogs Oh Jasper, do you suppose they disguised themselves? |
Jasper | 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. |
Horace | We�re froze to our bones. |
Jasper | We�re been out all night and all day, with nothin� 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. |
Pongo | Hurry Perdy. The van�s about ready to leave. |
Labrador | Better hurry. |
Pongo | I�ll get the rest |
Man | That ought to do. She�ll get you back to London. |
Labrador | Better get aboard, miss. |
Horace | Hey Jasper they try to open the door |
Jasper | C�mon Horace. |
Pongo | Hurry kids! C�mon kids. Run on ahead. |
Puppy | She�s watching us, Dad. |
Pongo | Keep going. Keep going. |
Cruella | It can�t be! It�s impossible! |
Labrador | Run for it! Hey have been discovered |
Cruella | Jasper! Horace! Jasper! There they go� in the van! After them! After them! |
Perdita | Pongo! There she is� 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�ll give him a nudge and shove him in the dirt. |
Pongo | Perdy, watch out! |
Horace | Jasper! |
Jasper | Horace! they crash |
Cruella | You idiots! You fools! sobbing You imbeciles! |
Jasper | Oh, shut up! |
London. Radcliffs home. They are mourning the loss not only the puppies but now also of the two adult Dalmatians. But then there is the sound of barking from without. Pongo, Perdita and 99 puppies burst into the room, and a delighted pair of Radcliffs determine to keep all of them. | |
Radio | You�ve seen her kind of eyes Watchin� you from Underneath a rock Cruella de Vil Cruella de� |
Anita | Roger, after all that�s your first big hit. It�s made more money than we ever dreamed of. |
Roger | Yes, I know. I still can�t believe�. That Pongo and Perdita would run away. |
Nanny | Here�s a bit of Christmas cheer for you. If there�s anything to be cheerful about sobbing Oh those dear little things. Sometimes, at night, I can hear them barking, but it always turns out I�m dreaming they hear real barkings . |
Anita | Roger, what on earth� |
Roger | They�re Labradors! |
Nanny | No, no, they�re covered with soot. Look, here�s Lucky! |
Roger | Pongo boy, is that you? Ph Pongo, Pongo! Ho ho, it�s Pongo! |
Anita | And Perdy, my darling! |
Nanny | And Patch, and Rolly, and Penny and Freckles. They�re all here, the little dears. |
Roger | It�s a miracle! |
Anita | What a wonderful Christmas present! |
Nanny | And look! � there�s a whole lot more! |
Roger | Look Anita, puppies everywhere! |
Anita | There must be 100 of them! |
Nanny | One, two, three and four is seven. Eight, nine continues counting |
Roger | Two, four, six and three is nine plus two is eleven. |
Nanny | Thirty six and eleven that�s forty seven! |
Anita | Fourteen, eighteen Roger! |
Roger | That�s sixty five! |
Nanny | Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen! |
Anita | Wait a minute, wait a minute, six more. |
Roger | Let�s see, that�s 84 and fifteen plus two�. One hundred and one! |
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. |
Anita | In this little house? |
Roger | We�ll buy a big place in the country. We�ll have a plantation� a Dalmatian plantation. |
Anita | Oh, Roger, that�s truly an inspiration. |
Nanny | It�ll be a sensation! |
Roger | We�ll have a Dalmatian plantation. A Dalmatian plantation, I say. We'll have a Dalmatian plantation where our population can roam |
Rolly | I'm hungry mother our whole aggregation will love our plantation home |
Pongo | Woo-woo-woo-woo |
Perdita | oo-oo-oo |