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CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY HOME BOX OFFICE, INC.
[DOG BARKING]
MIKE MULLIGAN HAD A STEAM SHOVEL,
A BEAUTIFUL RED STEAM SHOVEL.
HER NAME WAS MARY ANNE.
HI, MIKE!
[TOOT!]
MIKE MULLIGAN WAS VERY PROUD OF MARY ANNE.
HE SAID THAT SHE COULD DIG AS MUCH IN A DAY
AS 1OO MEN COULD DIG IN A WEEK.
HE WASN'T SURE THIS WAS TRUE.
WHEN PEOPLE STOPPED AND WATCHED THEM,
MIKE MULLIGAN AND MARY ANNE USED TO DIG
A LITTLE FASTER AND A LITTLE BETTER.
THE MORE PEOPLE STOPPED, THE FASTER AND BETTER THEY DUG.
THEY WOULD KEEP 37 TRUCKS BUSY,
TAKING AWAY THE DIRT THEY HAD DUG.
♪ THERE'S NOTHING LIKE WORKIN' TOGETHER ♪
♪ IT'S SO MUCH FUN TO BE ONE OF TWO ♪
♪ 'CAUSE TWO HEADS ARE ALWAYS BETTER ♪
♪ PUT THEM TOGETHER, AND YOU GET SOMETHING NEW ♪
♪ IF THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT WE CAN COUNT ON ♪
♪ YOU KNOW IT'S GOT TO BE YOU AND ME ♪
♪ AND WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER ♪
♪ WE'RE AS STRONG AS WE CAN BE ♪
♪ WORKIN' TOGETHER ♪
♪ WE'LL BE FRIENDS FOREVER ♪
♪ AND WHEREVER THERE IS WORK TO DO ♪
♪ THINGS WILL WORK OUT FINE FOR ME AND YOU ♪
♪ WE'VE BEEN A LOT OF PLACES ♪
♪ WE WORKED A THOUSAND TOWNS BEFORE ♪
♪ AND I GUESS IT SHOWS ON OUR FACES ♪
♪ WE'LL BE TOGETHER FOR A THOUSAND MORE ♪
♪ WE'LL NEVER, EVER BE LONELY ♪
♪ WE'RE THE BEST TEAM THAT THERE COULD BE ♪
♪ AND WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER ♪
♪ EVERYTHING COMES EASILY ♪
♪ WORKIN' TOGETHER ♪
♪ WE'LL BE FRIENDS FOREVER ♪
♪ AND WHEREVER THERE IS WORK TO DO ♪
♪ THINGS WILL WORK OUT FINE FOR ME AND YOU ♪
♪ WORKIN' TOGETHER ♪
♪ WE'LL BE FRIENDS FOREVER ♪
♪ WHAT WE'VE GOT IS NOTHING NEW ♪
♪ WE'RE TWO OLD PARTNERS TRIED AND TRUE ♪
♪ SO WHEREVER THERE IS WORK TO DO ♪
♪ THINGS WILL WORK OUT FINE FOR ME AND YOU ♪
YAY! YAY!
YAY! YAY!
MIKE MULLIGAN AND MARY ANNE
HAD BEEN DIGGING TOGETHER FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
HE TOOK SUCH GOOD CARE OF MARY ANNE,
SHE NEVER GREW OLD.
IT WAS MIKE MULLIGAN, MARY ANNE, AND SOME OTHERS
WHO DUG THE CANALS FOR THE BOATS TO SAIL THROUGH.
THEY ALSO CUT THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS
SO THE TRAINS COULD GO THROUGH.
MIKE MULLIGAN, MARY ANNE, AND SOME OTHERS
LOWERED HILLS AND STRAIGHTENED CURVES
TO MAKE THE LONG HIGHWAYS FOR AUTOMOBILES.
[HONK! HONK!]
MIKE MULLIGAN, MARY ANNE, AND SOME OTHERS
SMOOTHED OUT THE GROUND
TO MAKE LANDING FIELDS FOR THE AIRPLANES.
MIKE MULLIGAN, MARY ANNE, AND SOME OTHERS
DUG THE DEEP HOLES FOR THE CELLARS
OF THE TALL SKYSCRAPERS IN THE BIG CITIES.
THEN ALONG CAME THE NEW GASOLINE SHOVELS,
THE NEW ELECTRIC SHOVELS,
AND THE NEW DIESEL SHOVELS
AND TOOK THE JOBS AWAY FROM THE STEAM SHOVELS.
THE OTHER STEAM SHOVELS WERE SOLD FOR JUNK
OR LEFT IN GRAVEL PITS.
MIKE LOVED MARY ANNE.
HE COULDN'T DO THAT TO HER.
SHE COULD STILL DIG AS MUCH IN A DAY
AS 1OO MEN COULD DIG IN A WEEK.
HE THOUGHT SHE COULD. HE WASN'T SURE.
THE NEW GAS SHOVELS, ELECTRIC SHOVELS,
AND DIESEL MOTOR SHOVELS HAD ALL THE JOBS.
NO ONE WANTED MIKE MULLIGAN AND MARY ANNE ANYMORE.
HA HA HA! HA HA HA!
♪ NO STEAM SHOVELS WANTED! ♪
♪ NO STEAM SHOVELS WANTED! ♪
♪ YOU'VE GOT TROUBLE ♪
♪ NO STEAM SHOVELS WANTED! ♪
♪ I RUN ON GAS ♪
♪ I'M VERY, VERY FAST ♪
♪ GIVE ME SOME ELECTRICITY ♪
♪ AND YOU'LL SEE HOW GOOD I CAN BE ♪
♪ I GOT A DIESEL ENGINE ♪
♪ AND, HONEY, WE FORGOT TO MENTION ♪
♪ WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOUR JOB AWAY ♪
THE JOB IS MINE. MOVE OUT OF THE WAY.
I'M SORRY. WE DON'T NEED STEAM.
♪ NO STEAM SHOVELS WANTED! ♪
♪ NO STEAM SHOVELS WANTED! ♪
♪ YOU'VE GOT TROUBLE ♪
♪ NO STEAM SHOVELS WANTED! ♪
♪ WE LOOK SO FINE ♪
♪ WE'RE WORKIN' ALL THE TIME ♪
♪ FACE IT, HONEY, WE'RE BETTER THAN YOU ♪
♪ THERE'S NOT A THING THAT YOU CAN DO ♪
♪ OOH, MY MOTOR'S RUNNIN' ♪
♪ GIRL, YOU'VE BEEN DONE IN ♪
♪ WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOUR JOB AWAY ♪
DON'T YOU KNOW--
I TELL YOU--
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR--
NO STEAM, HONEY.
♪ NO STEAM SHOVELS WANTED! ♪
♪ OOH, YEAH ♪
♪ NO STEAM SHOVELS WANTED! ♪
♪ NO, NO ♪
♪ NO STEAM SHOVELS WANTED! ♪
♪ AH, YEAH ♪
♪ NO STEAM SHOVELS WANTED! ♪
MIKE MULLIGAN AND MARY ANNE WERE VERY SAD.
[TOOT!]
♪ WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? ♪
♪ NO ONE SEEMS TO WANT US ANYMORE ♪
♪ OOH OOH OOH OOH ♪
♪ WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? ♪
♪ NO ONE SEEMS TO WANT US ANYMORE ♪
♪ IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY ♪
♪ YOU COULD HEAR THE PEOPLE SAY ♪
♪ THAT WE COULD MOVE A MOUNTAIN ♪
♪ OR ANYTHING IN OUR WAY ♪
♪ BUT NOW THAT'S JUST A DREAM ♪
♪ 'CAUSE IF YOU RUN ON STEAM ♪
♪ NO ONE WANTS YOU ANYMORE ♪
[TOOT!]
♪ OOH OOH OOH OOH ♪
♪ WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? ♪
♪ NO ONE SEEMS TO WANT US ANYMORE ♪
♪ THEY'D COME FROM MILES AROUND ♪
♪ TO WATCH US DIG INTO THE GROUND ♪
♪ AND EVERYBODY KNEW ♪
♪ WE WERE THE BEST THAT COULD BE FOUND ♪
♪ BUT NOW WE'VE BEEN TOLD ♪
♪ THAT WE'RE GETTING OLD ♪
♪ AND NO ONE WANTS US ANYMORE ♪
♪ WHERE IS IT WRITTEN ♪
♪ THAT THINGS CAN'T STAY THE SAME? ♪
♪ THE FIX IS IN ♪
♪ WE'LL NEVER WIN IF WE CAN'T GET IN THE GAME ♪
♪ IT WASN'T ALL THAT LONG AGO ♪
♪ THEY CHEERED FOR ME AND YOU ♪
♪ BUT THEY SAY THAT THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW ♪
♪ AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ♪
♪ I KNOW THAT TIME GOES ON ♪
♪ THE YEARS JUST MOVE ALONG ♪
♪ I GUESS WE'VE BEEN FORGOTTEN NOW ♪
♪ THE GOOD OLD DAYS ARE GONE ♪
♪ BUT THE THINGS WE DID BACK THEN ♪
♪ WE COULD DO AGAIN ♪
♪ BUT NO ONE WANTS US ♪
♪ NO ONE NEEDS US ♪
♪ NO ONE WANTS US ♪
♪ ANYMORE ♪
♪ OOH OOH OOH OOH ♪
♪ WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? ♪
♪ NO ONE WANTS US ♪
♪ ANYMORE ♪
THEN ONE DAY MIKE READ
THAT POPPERVILLE WAS BUILDING A NEW TOWN HALL.
WE'LL DIG THE CELLAR OF THAT TOWN HALL.
AND OFF THEY STARTED.
THEY LEFT THE RAILROADS AND HIGHWAYS
AND THE BIG CITIES,
WHERE NO ONE WANTED THEM ANYMORE,
AND WENT AWAY OUT IN THE COUNTRY.
THEY CRAWLED ALONG SLOWLY
UP AND DOWN THE HILLS
TILL THEY CAME TO THE LITTLE TOWN OF POPPERVILLE.
WHEN THEY GOT THERE,
THE SELECTMEN WERE DECIDING
WHO SHOULD DIG THE CELLAR FOR THE TOWN HALL.
MIKE MULLIGAN SPOKE TO HENRY B. SWAP.
I HEARD YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A TOWN HALL.
WE'LL DIG THE CELLAR IN JUST ONE DAY.
WHAT? DIG A CELLAR IN A DAY? HUMPH!
IT WOULD TAKE 1OO MEN A WEEK
TO DIG THE CELLAR FOR OUR TOWN HALL.
MARY ANNE CAN DIG AS MUCH IN A DAY
AS 1OO MEN CAN DIG IN A WEEK.
HE WASN'T SURE THIS WAS TRUE.
IF WE CAN'T DO IT, YOU WON'T PAY.
HENRY B. SWAP THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A WAY
TO GET THE CELLAR DUG FOR NOTHING.
HE SMILED IN A MEAN WAY
AND GAVE THE JOB TO MIKE MULLIGAN AND MARY ANNE.
THEY STARTED IN EARLY THE NEXT MORNING
AT SUNRISE.
SOON A LITTLE BOY CAME ALONG.
WILL YOU FINISH BY SUNDOWN?
SURE. IF YOU STAY AND WATCH US.
WE WORK FASTER WHEN SOMEONE WATCHES.
SO THE LITTLE BOY STAYED TO WATCH.
THEN MRS. McGILLICUDDY, HENRY B. SWAP,
AND THE TOWN CONSTABLE
CAME AND STAYED TO WATCH.
MIKE MULLIGAN AND MARY ANNE
DUG A LITTLE FASTER AND A LITTLE BETTER.
THIS GAVE THE LITTLE BOY A GOOD IDEA.
HE RAN OFF AND TOLD THE POSTMAN,
THE TELEGRAPH BOY,
THE MILKMAN,
THE DOCTOR,
AND THE FARMER AND HIS FAMILY,
AND THEY ALL STOPPED AND STAYED TO WATCH.
THAT MADE MIKE MULLIGAN AND MARY ANNE
DIG A LITTLE FASTER AND A LITTLE BETTER.
♪ IF THEY SAY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE ♪
♪ TELL THEM IT JUST TAKES LONGER ♪
♪ 'CAUSE NO ONE BUT YOU ♪
♪ KNOWS WHAT YOU CAN DO ♪
♪ AND BELIEVING IT MAKES YOU STRONGER ♪
♪ A CELLAR IN A DAY ♪
♪ A CELLAR IN A DAY ♪
♪ EVEN IF IT CAN'T BE DONE ♪
♪ DO IT ANYWAY ♪
THEY FINISHED THE FIRST CORNER, NEAT AND SQUARE,
BUT THE SUN WAS GETTING HIGHER.
[DING! DING! DING!]
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED.
THEY HAD SEEN THE SMOKE AND THOUGHT THERE WAS A FIRE.
STAY TO WATCH.
♪ IT ALWAYS HELPS WHEN THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE ♪
♪ STANDING THERE BESIDE YOU ♪
♪ IF YOU FORGET YOUR WAY ♪
♪ IT'LL BE OK ♪
♪ 'CAUSE YOU GOT A FRIEND TO REMIND YOU ♪
♪ YOU CAN DIG A CELLAR IN A DAY ♪
♪ A CELLAR IN A DAY ♪
♪ EVEN IF IT CAN'T BE DONE ♪
♪ DO IT ANYWAY ♪
SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STAYED TO WATCH
MIKE MULLIGAN AND MARY ANNE.
WHEN THEY HEARD THE FIRE ENGINE,
THE SCHOOLCHILDREN COULDN'T CONCENTRATE.
THE TEACHER CALLED RECESS,
AND EVERYONE CAME OUT TO WATCH.
THEY FINISHED THE SECOND CORNER, NEAT AND SQUARE,
BUT THE SUN WAS HIGH IN THE SKY.
♪ IF THINGS GET TOUGH AND YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH ♪
♪ AND YOU JUST FEEL LIKE CRYING ♪
♪ DON'T GIVE IN, AND YOU'LL ALWAYS WIN ♪
♪ 'CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING TO LOSE BY TRYING ♪
♪ YOU CAN DIG A CELLAR IN A DAY ♪
♪ A CELLAR IN A DAY ♪
♪ EVEN IF IT CAN'T BE DONE ♪
♪ DO IT ANYWAY ♪
THE OPERATOR CALLED UP THE NEXT TOWNS
OF BANGERVILLE AND BOPPERVILLE
AND KIPPERVILLE AND KOPPERVILLE
AND TOLD THEM WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN POPPERVILLE.
EVERYONE CAME TO SEE
IF MIKE MULLIGAN COULD DIG THE CELLAR IN ONE DAY.
THEY WERE ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH,
AND THE SUN WAS BEGINNING TO SET.
♪ WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF TIME AND WAY BEHIND ♪
♪ AND THE SUN IS DISAPPEARING ♪
♪ KEEP DIGGING AWAY AND YOU'LL MAKE IT SOMEDAY ♪
♪ AND THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE THERE CHEERING ♪
♪ YOU CAN DIG A CELLAR IN A DAY ♪
♪ A CELLAR IN A DAY ♪
♪ SO IF YOU'RE SCARED, DON'T TRY TO RUN ♪
♪ DO YOUR BEST AND HAVE SOME FUN ♪
♪ SO EVEN IF IT CAN'T BE DONE ♪
♪ DO IT ANYWAY ♪
THEY FINISHED THE THIRD CORNER, NEAT AND SQUARE.
♪ DO IT ANYWAY ♪
NEVER HAD MIKE MULLIGAN AND MARY ANNE
HAD SO MANY PEOPLE WATCHING.
♪ DO IT ANYWAY ♪
NEVER HAD THEY DUG SO FAST.
♪ DO IT ANYWAY ♪
NEVER HAD THE SUN SET SO FAST.
♪ DO IT ANYWAY ♪
HURRY, MIKE MULLIGAN, HURRY.
THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE TIME.
DIRT WAS FLYING EVERYWHERE.
THE SMOKE AND STEAM WERE SO THICK
THAT THE PEOPLE COULD HARDLY SEE ANYTHING.
BUT LISTEN. BING! ***! CRASH! SLAM!
LOUDER AND LOUDER. FASTER AND FASTER.
THEN SUDDENLY IT WAS QUIET.
SLOWLY THE DIRT SETTLED DOWN.
THE SMOKE AND STEAM CLEARED AWAY.
AND THERE WAS THE CELLAR ALL FINISHED.
FOUR CORNERS, NEAT AND SQUARE.
FOUR WALLS STRAIGHT DOWN.
AND MIKE MULLIGAN AND MARY ANNE AT THE BOTTOM.
THE SUN WAS JUST SETTING BEHIND THE HILL.
HOORAY FOR MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL!
HE DUG A CELLAR IN ONE DAY!
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET OUT?
HOW WILL HE GET HIS STEAM SHOVEL OUT?
HENRY B. SWAP DIDN'T ANSWER,
BUT HE SMILED IN A MEAN WAY.
HOW WILL THEY GET OUT?
HI, MIKE MULLIGAN!
HOW WILL YOU GET YOUR STEAM SHOVEL OUT?
MIKE MULLIGAN LOOKED AT THE FOUR SQUARE WALLS,
AND HE SAID...
WE'VE DUG SO FAST AND WELL
THAT WE'VE FORGOTTEN TO LEAVE A WAY OUT.
NOTHING LIKE THIS HAD EVER HAPPENED TO THEM,
AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
NOTHING LIKE THIS HAD EVER HAPPENED IN POPPERVILLE.
EVERYBODY HAD A DIFFERENT IDEA.
EVERYBODY THOUGHT HIS IDEA WAS THE BEST.
THEY TALKED AND ARGUED AND FOUGHT
TILL THEY WERE WORN-OUT,
AND STILL NO ONE KNEW
HOW TO GET MIKE MULLIGAN AND MARY ANNE OUT.
THE JOB ISN'T FINISHED
BECAUSE MARY ANNE ISN'T OUT OF THE CELLAR.
SO MIKE MULLIGAN WON'T GET PAID.
HE SMILED AGAIN IN A MEAN WAY.
NOW, THE LITTLE BOY,
WHO HAD BEEN KEEPING VERY QUIET,
HAD ANOTHER GOOD IDEA.
BUILD THE TOWN HALL ABOVE MARY ANNE.
LET HER BE THE FURNACE FOR THE NEW TOWN HALL.
LET MIKE MULLIGAN BE THE JANITOR.
THEN WE COULD PAY MIKE MULLIGAN
FOR DIGGING THE CELLAR IN JUST ONE DAY.
WHY NOT?
WHY NOT?
WHY NOT?
WHY NOT?
HMM. WHY NOT?
SAID HENRY B. SWAP
AND SMILED IN A WAY THAT WASN'T SO MEAN.
THEY CLIMBED DOWN INTO THE CELLAR
TO ASK MIKE MULLIGAN AND MARY ANNE.
WHY NOT?
SO IT WAS DECIDED, AND EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY.
THEY BUILT THE NEW TOWN HALL
RIGHT OVER MIKE MULLIGAN AND MARY ANNE.
IT WAS FINISHED BEFORE WINTER.
EVERY DAY, THE LITTLE BOY GOES OVER TO SEE THEM.
MRS. McGILLICUDDY TAKES THEM HOT APPLE PIES.
HENRY B. SWAP SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME IN THE CELLAR
LISTENING TO STORIES THAT MIKE MULLIGAN TELLS
AND SMILING IN A WAY THAT ISN'T MEAN AT ALL.
WHEN YOU GO TO POPPERVILLE,
VISIT THE CELLAR OF THE NEW TOWN HALL.
THERE THEY'LL BE--
MIKE MULLIGAN IN HIS ROCKING CHAIR
AND MARY ANNE BESIDE HIM,
WARMING UP THE MEETINGS IN THE NEW TOWN HALL.
♪ SOMEONE WANTS US ♪
♪ SOMEONE NEEDS US ♪
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