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The Old Man & The Sea Duck Transcript

Written: 08/25/2015
Updated: 10/26/2021

Act I

Scene I

(Nightfall at the entrance of the Cliff Guns. Pan down as it is beginning to get lighter and lighter as the SeaDuck flies into the entrance of Cape Suzette. Cut to the cockpit with Baloo flying and eating. Kit is in his seat using a pencil and ruler and caculating with his map. Baloo examines a hamburger without pickles.)

Baloo Von Bruinwald XIII: I don't believe it. No pickle?

Kit Cloudkicker: You want pickles?! We're in one. That stop at Louie's made us late. Rebecca's gonna be mad.

Baloo: Well, in that case, here. (Shows off a taco hotdog to Kit while he scratches his head.) Nothing worse than getting chewed out on an empty stomach.

Kit: Hey, wait a minute. Baloo, turn to one-four-o degrees, quick! (Baloo steers while eating according to Kit's commands.) It's a shortcut. The map says it's a pass. The Mar..Mir...M-i-r-k-l... (Baloo is drinking from a container of soda and he gags and spits out liquid in the process.)

Baloo: Mirkle Pass! (Disney Captions has it as Mirkl Pass even though the original adaption of this from the comics has it as Mirkle Pass which is what was in the original Libby Hinson script.)

Kit: Yeah. Why is it called that?

Baloo: 'Cause if you make it, it's a miracle. You know how many guys have cracked up in here?

Kit: Ah, Poppa Bear; nobody's as good as you. You've forgotten more than most pilots ever learned.

Baloo: Yeah, but one slip in here and adios, muchachos.

Kit: And if we're late getting Rebecca's cargo back, aidos eardrums.

Baloo: Eh-heh. You got a point. Okay, hang onto your fries. (Baloo takes the flight stick and steers the SeaDuck through Mirkle Pass.)

Kit: Watch it! (Baloo struggles through the pass.)

Baloo: No room to turn around. Maybe we can climb out of this! (Disney Captions forgot "of this".)

Kit: Baloo! (Baloo gasps and pushes the stick down to go through. The entire meal Baloo was holding flies into the air; including Kit's navigational equipment.)

Baloo: YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (The SeaDuck starts bouncing off the stone walls.) Pass the ketchup, Kit! This may be out last meal! (The SeaDuck flies through and has stopped bouncing off the wall; for the moment.)

Kit: (Panting.) See? That wasn't so bad.

Baloo: If you like that, you're going to love this! (The whole area becomes foggy. Baloo tries to fly the SeaDuck through the fog; but bounces into another stone wall.) Hold it together, baby. Poppa Bear will get you home. (The SeaDuck's rear section crashes into a rocky ledge underneath and gets busted.) Controls are out! I can't hold her! (The SeaDuck screwdrives down as both Baloo and Kit scream. The SeaDuck crashes into the stone walls multiple times. Baloo manages to get the SeaDuck level with the flight stick. Inside the cockpit, a bunch of gauges and a clock wired to side the of SeaDuck on the wall next to the pilot's seat starts to rumble. The SeaDuck hits the water and the entire gauges breaks off and whacks Baloo in the head full bore knocking Baloo completely out. The SeaDuck lands on the water and comes to a complete stop. Kit looks and notices Baloo is completely out.)

Kit: Baloo? Baloo?! (Kit unbuckles his seatbelt and goes over to console as Baloo has a large bruise on the left side of his head.) Come on, Poppa Bear! Wake up! (Kit looks around and then down to notice the hotdog Baloo wanted to give him. He picks it up and puts it under Baloo's nose. Baloo wakes up almost instantly.)

Baloo: Double mustard and hold the onions. (Kit embraces Baloo.)

Kit: Baloo. You're all right! (Baloo takes the hotdog and eats it.)

Scene II

(Outside the SeaDuck on the water in the middle of the passageway to Cape Suzette. A shadow Kit and Baloo are on top of the rooftops rowing the SeaDuck due east.)

Kit: (Grunts.) At least you're in better shape than your baby.

Baloo: What baby? (Baloo's head is bandaged.)

Kit: The SeaDuck of course. (Baloo ponders this over.)

Baloo: Funny name for a plane. Hey! I guess it's sort of "quacked" up! Ahahaha! (Kit is not amused.)

Kit: Rebecca isn't gonna think it's so funny.

Baloo: Rebecca. Reebecca. Now where have I heard that name before? (Kit's reaction is of shock and concern.)

Scene III

(Nightfall at the docks of Higher For Hire. WildCat is standing there while Rebecca is pacing around.)

Rebecca Cunningham: Where could those two be? (A steam whistle blows.)

WildCat Puma: Could be there. (WildCat points to the entrance to the habour of Cape Suzette. A large tugboat filled with rice is towing the SeaDuck at the back as it approaches the docks.)

Scene IV

(At the dock with the SeaDuck next to the dock. The navigator's door opens and Kit comes out as Rebecca runs over.)

Rebecca: Where have you been and where's Baloo and what did he do to the SeaDuck? Enter it into a demolition derby? You look awful! Where's my cargo? (Baloo pops up.)

Baloo: Whoa, lady! (Rebecca anger changes to concern.)

Rebecca: Oh, Baloo, you're hurt! We gotta get you in bed! Kit, get some aspirin, bandages. Boil some water. Call a doctor. (Kit walks over to WildCat.)

WildCat: Are you okay?

Kit: Uh, yeah. (Kit and WildCat walk towards the office.)

WildCat: Is he okay?

Kit: I'm not...sure. (Rebecca is helping Baloo towards the office.)

Scene V

(Morning arises as Kit and WildCat are at the tailsection of the SeaDuck. Kit finds a mallet in WildCat's toolbox and throws it up to him. WildCat beats out on the dent on the tailwing section of the SeaDuck.)

WildCat: Now little ducky, this is only gonna hurt for a second. (Baloo comes out of the office yawning as Kit notices him and comes over.)

Kit: Morning, Poppa Bear! How's the head?

Baloo: (Yawns.) Fine, kid. Oh, man; what a dream. I...(Baloo sees the SeaDuck.) That plane. It was in my dream. But it was all banged up!

Kit: Looks great, eh? Thanks to WildCat. Uh, you wanna check her out? (Kit and Baloo head to the side door and walk in the back.)

Baloo: Nice. (Baloo is about to leave, but Kit stops him.)

Kit: Ah, don't you wanna check out the cockpit? Well, it's all fixed up too.

Baloo: Sure. (Baloo and Kit walk into the cockpit. Baloo is giddy that he jumps into the navigational seat.) Hey! This is neat.

Kit: Ah, that's my seat, Baloo.

Baloo: Oh, sure. (Baloo gets up and sits down on the pilot's seat while Kit sits down in his seat. Kit buckles his seatbelt as Baloo is cosplaying a pilot. He twists the controls a bit. Outside, WildCat notices that the tailfin has swung to the left.)

WildCat: {WildCat has his rear end in the air.} I'm sorry. Uncle WildCat hit you too hard? {Baloo turns the stick to the right which allows the tail fin to smack WildCat hard into the water.} I said I'm sorry! (A large splash is heard as Kit looks out the window and notices WildCat is in the water trying to get onto the docks again. Kit turns around and chuckles.)

Kit: Ah, well; shall we...ah...start her up? (Baloo puts his feet on the flight stick.)

Baloo: Go for it, kid.

Kit: (Looking concern about this; but is surprised.) Me? Gee, thanks Baloo! (Kit starts the engines by flipping switches among other things.) Okay, magnetos on. Set mixer. Throttle to here, and...(The props are turned on. Baloo is impressed with Kit's work.)

Baloo: Hey, that looks like fun. Magnets on, mix up your set, trotters to here. (Baloo starts messing with the throttle, mixer and megnetos causing the props to rotate backwards in reverse and turning the windshield wipers on.)

Kit: NO! That reverses the props! (The SeaDuck backs up and crashes into the docks causing WildCat to force himself into the habour water again. Kit resets the throttle.) Baloo?! What are you doing?

Baloo: I don't know.

Kit: What do you mean, you don't know? You're a pilot!

Baloo: Ah, go on! I've never flown a plan in my life.

Kit: What?! (Rebecca comes to the side window not happy at all.)

Rebecca: What's going on in there? Is Baloo all right? (Baloo comes to the window.)

Baloo: Just fine. But the kid here is trying to tell me that I'm a pilo...(Kit covers his mouth and forces him away from the window.)

Kit: Sorry, Miss Cunningham. Bad aerodynamics in the fraculator. It's okay now. Well, WildCat; would you get in here, please? (Motions to WildCat with his teeth. Disney Captions missed the "in the fraculator" part.) Baloo, of course you are a pilot. (Gasps.) Oh, no. The crash. The bump on your head. You must have... amnesia. (WildCat comes in.)

Rebecca: (Outside.) Guys! We've got cargo to ship.

Baloo: She's a nice lady.

Kit: She's also your boss. If you don't fly this plane, she'll fire you.

Baloo: How can I be fired for not doning something that I don't know how to do? (Baloo walks over to the cockpit as WildCat and Kit stand there stunned. Baloo continues to cosplay as a pilot at the pilot's seat.)

Scene VI

(Cut to the docks with Rebecca checking her watch and growing impatient. The engines start up and begin to roar.)

Rebecca: Eh! It's about time. (Kit waves from the window of the SeaDuck as the plane takes off. Head to the cockpit as WildCat is under Baloo as WildCat is steering the plane.)

Kit: Baloo, just watch what WildCat does and see if it brings back any memories, okay?

Baloo: (Looks disgusted and scared.) Do I have to watch him crash? (Kit turns around and panics.)

Kit: WildCat, pull up! (WildCat pulls up on the stick and the SeaDuck hyperboles over a badly detailed brown dragger ship. The SeaDuck flies awkwardly as Rebecca is not happy seeing this.)

Rebecca: Oh, Baloo. Stop showing off. (The SeaDuck flies past a plane and heads to the small gap inbetween the harbour and the ocean.)

Kit: Okay, Baloo; we're safe now. Any memories coming back to you? (Baloo is covering his eyes.)

Baloo: Yeah, this reminds me of the night we didn't pay the electric bill!

Kit: Just watch what WildCat does. You'll remember.

WildCat: (Shows off the controls on the control panel.) It's simple. You got your elevator trim here, rudders here. And see, all these gizmos do different things. Okay. But don't touch these guys. And here's your altitude. Here's your RPMs and ABCs and RIPs. You try it, okay? (Disney Captions missed about half of this promo.)

Baloo: Okay. (Baloo grabs the flight stick and the SeaDuck takes a nosedive.)

Kit: WHOOOAAAAAA! (WildCat is amused by this as Baloo does a hyperbole and bounces off the water before coming back up.)

WildCat: (Baloo looks absolutely frightened.) Hey, that was pretty good! But maybe you should save aerobatics till lesson two. Okay? (Looks at the hard camera.) Or maybe lesson ten.

Scene VII

(Over the mountains and a barren area as there are storm clouds filled with thunder and lighting as the SeaDuck is flying in the area.)

WildCat: "Thunderstroms are dangerous to aeroplanes. In the event you encounter one, you should fly around it." (WildCat is reading the flight manual as Baloo is flying and Kit is sitting looking worried. Rain starts falling outside. ) Hey! We'll get out of this. I've seen you do it a hundred times.

Baloo: How many times have you done it?

WildCat: Counting this time...ah...one. Once. (WildCat does a count on his fingers. The right prop of the SeaDuck gets nailed by a thunderbolt and starts to make the SeaDuck sway. The SeaDuck screwdrive dives down towards the ground. Baloo panics in the cockpit.)

Baloo: Oh-oh. What do we do now?

WildCat: I think we crash. (Checking the gauges as the SeaDuck nosedives with smoke towards the ground. Baloo is screaming. Kit is back with three green parachute bags and throws one to WildCat and one to Baloo.)

Kit: Put them on, quick! We gotta jump!

Baloo: Out of a plane?! (Kit and WildCat put on the parachutes and run out to the back as Baloo is panicking. Baloo puts on his parachute bag and heads to the back as Kit and WildCat open up the side door. The plane sways just enough to force Kit and WildCat out of the plane and they free fall screaming in shadow. The door locks shut as Baloo sways inside the plane. Cut to Kit and WildCat opening their parachutes. Cut to Baloo shoulder tackling the door; but it will not open.) KIT! WILDCAT! (Cut to outside with Kit and WildCat falling slowly.)

Kit: Baloo! Baloo, get out! Baloo! (The SeaDuck spirals down past them.)

End of Act I At 8:57

Act II

Scene I

(Somehow the SeaDuck has already leveled off and is flying in midair in the thunderstorm despite tailspinning downwards in the last scene. Baloo is in the back banging on the door.)

Baloo: Let me out of here! Eh, help! UGH! Somebody, help! (Baloo tries to pull on the door and then hear's a male voice on the radio.)

Old Man: Need some help up there? (Baloo runs into the cockpit and puts on the headset.)

Baloo: Hello? HELP! (The storm has officially past on now.) I'm caught in a storm!

Old Man: What storm? (Baloo looks around and apparently; it's nighttime and the right prop has repaired itself. An indication that Baloo is in fact dreaming.) So, what are you waiting for, son? Bring her down. (Baloo looks out the windows and finds darkness all about.)

Baloo: Where? (Then all of a sudden, spotlights are littered two at a time at the window. Baloo takes the transmitter and fiddles with it.) B-b-b-b-but I can't fly!

Old Man: Horselips! Anybody can fly. Just take the controls and do what I say. (Baloo gulps and takes the controls.) Now, pull back on the wheel, and turn her a little to the left. (Baloo does what he is told and the plane sways to the left towards the lights.) Good. Now, bank her back the other way, nice and easy. (Baloo is whimpering as he tries to get the SeaDuck level.)

Baloo: Oh, no.

Old Man: You're doing fine, son. (Baloo is shaking.) Ease the throttle back. (Baloo grabs the throttle and is so timid that he barely pushes it back a little bit.) A little bit more. (Baloo pushes it back a little more.) Half mile out, looking good. Pull back the wheel a bit. Now, get her nose up. (The SeaDuck goes up as the light head straight for Baloo.)

Baloo: I'm gonna crash! (Painicking.)

Old Man: You can't crash as long as you're flying. And son, you're flying fine. Now, pull the nose up. (Baloo pulls the nose up.) A little more. Ease the throttle back. (Baloo pushes the throttle down to the lowest position as the SeaDuck begins to land on the airstrip in lights.) Ten feet. Five. Okay, pull all the way back and cut the engine! (The SeaDuck finally lands and comes to a complete stop as the engine cuts out and the props stop rotating. Baloo is in the cockpit with his head down panting. Baloo gets up and takes the transmitter.)

Baloo: Hello? (Baloo gulps.) Mister? (No response. Baloo takes off the headset and goes to the side door, fiddling with the lock. Then the door just opens by itself with shining lights coming out.) Hello? (Baloo jumps down onto the landing strip.) Mister? (Out comes a shadow figure and then an old beige cougar with a white mustache, pilot goggles, bomber jacket, blue scarf like ascot, blue pants and a stick being used as a cane.)

Joe McGee: You can call me Joe. (Joe walks over to the tailsection of the SeaDuck and then to the right wing. He pokes at the platoon and the platoon breaks off. Baloo is surprised as Joe walks towards him.) Well, can't say that was the best landing I ever saw. (He pokes at the left prop and it springs out.) But any landing at all would be a miracle...considering.

Baloo: Considering what?

Joe: Considering that in another thirty seconds, your good engine would have conked out and you would have crashed.

Baloo: OHHHHHHHHH! (Baloo spins around and faints.)

Scene II

(Outside a city (Zambizi Flats according to the script which is not named on television.) in the middle of nowhere as Kit is standing on a dusty road holding his parachute.)

Kit: Look! A town. (WildCat is struggling with his parachute over him. Kit runs over to him.)

WildCat: Where? (Kit pulls off the parachute from WildCat.)

Kit: Maybe we can hire a car or truck or something. We gotta find Baloo. What if he didn't bail out? What if he crashed? What if he's...? (Kit pushes WildCat towards town sounding more and more panicky.)

Scene III

(Inside a hanger as Baloo is sleeping in a cot bed as there is a muffin and mug of coffee on the footstool beside him. Baloo is snoring heavily. He turns to his side as the coffee vapors overwhelm Baloo's nose and he coughs. Baloo wakes up and sits on the side of the cot.)

Baloo: What? (Baloo looks around as there are a number of airplanes and a desk like office.) Hello? (Baloo looks around and then eats the muffin and drinks the coffee on the footstool. He walks over to the opposite side to another desk and a bulletin board containing pictures of old Joe MacGee with his plane, his girlfriend and his collegues.) That old guy was a flying ace? (Baloo notices a large medal with four circles shaped like a cross with a red ribbon with the words "Legion Of Valor".) "Legion of Valor": Joe McGee. (Baloo suddenly hear hammering in the distance. Baloo walks out of the hanger and notices that he's in the desert surrounded by mountains with a few planes and a landing strip.) Man! (More hammering as Baloo looks around to see a small house and then notices Joe on the right engine of the SeaDuck.)

Joe: Morning, son. Honey of a plane you got here. (Joe is using a mallet to bang on the right engine.) What they aren't coming up with these days. (Joe grabs his cane and walks down a wooden ladder behind the left side.) Well, other than your radio's shot; she's all ready to take off.

Baloo: T-t-t-t-take off?

Joe: Oh, I know what you are thinking. These cliffs are too high to climb over. Well, you're right. Only way out is through there. (Joe pushes Baloo over to the entrance which is a nearly caved in cave with just a large shaped airplane hole. ) Caved in years ago. Just keep your eyes peeled, your flaps down and you'll be fine. Well, clear skies. (Joe walks off waving at him. Baloo panics.)

Baloo: Wait! Mr. McGee, I...Joe. Joe! Hey, wait a minute! (Baloo runs over to Joe.) Ah, listen. Thanks for saving my life last night, but you, you got a phone here? I gotta call home, ring a taxi, catch a bus. I...

Joe: Sorry, no phone. Only way out is to fly out.

Baloo: I can't. I mean, I used to, but I got a bump on the head and I forgot how to fly. (Baloo covers his eyes and looks scared.)

Joe: Son, you landed in the right place. Welcome to Joe's Flying School. Course, since you used to fly, you need my refresher course. (Baloo and Joe walk into the hanger.)

Baloo: But...

Joe: Once a flyboy, always a flyboy, I say.

Baloo: But...

Scene IV

(Cut to Baloo in a mechnical bull, only it's like an airplane. Baloo is inside with the flight stick in hand whimpering. The device is shaking as Joe is back the thing with a clipboard. There are mattresses scattered on the ground.)

Joe: Stick back. Nose up. Now, bank left. (The plane sways as Baloo screams and the plane goes out of control.) No Baloo, your other left! (Baloo gets thrown out of the plane and lands on a white mattress.)

Baloo: That's it! I'm walking out of here. (Baloo takes off the pilot's cap and throws it down. Baloo is about to leave.)

Joe: It's twenty miles of sagebrush and rattlesnakes to the nearest town. (Baloo stops, turns around and grumbles in an angry fashion.)

Baloo: Out in the middle of nowhere... (He grabs the pilot's hat, puts it on and climbs back into the airplane. Joe pushes the lever and we're off again.)

Joe: Okay, bank left. That's the way! (Joe checks off on his clipboard.)

Scene V

(Cut to Baloo in a small plane on the stick; being brought down by a pulley attached by a metal rod.)

Joe: Okay, nose up! You're too low. Pull up! Pull up! (Baloo screams as he panics. The plane bangs into a large amount of haystacks. Joe sighs as he wheels the pulley to back the plane up back to the original starting point. Baloo coughs and spits out hay.) I know you got a pilot in you son. I just don't know where you're hiding him. (Baloo is placed back at the starting line which is a large slanted power pole.) Okay, nose up! Little more! ( Baloo manages to pull the nose up and the plane lands on top of the haystacks with ease.) Yeah! (Joe is praying as he takes his green pencil and checks off the clipboard.)

Scene VI

(Cut to a side cliff with a large winged plane with Baloo and Joe in their seats.)

Baloo: Are-are you sure I'm ready for this? (Joe checks his clipboard.)

Joe: Well, you've passed all the basics. Time for the real thing. (He winks at the hard camera and then pulls the lever as the plane let's go and goes into a nosedive. The plane levels off and flies around the mountain area.) Okay, Baloo; she's all yours. (Baloo is screaming out loud as he pulls on the stick and flies it to the right away from the mountains. Joe is sitting in the back checking all down on his clipboard.) Nice turn. Now show me a roll. (Baloo twists the stick right and does a barrel roll.) Outstanding! Let's see a loop. (Baloo does a loop-de-loop as Joe checks more on his clipboard.) Perfect! (Baloo is scared and gulping.)

Baloo: Now what do I do?

Joe: Try having some fun. Loosen up. You're supposed to be having a good time. Look around you Baloo. Up here; you're free as a bird. The skies are yours. You've remembered how to fly, but you forgotten what flying's all about. (Baloo is confused and then suddenly he gets a flashback to inside the cockpit with Baloo and Kit in the cockpit cheering. Baloo and Kit shake hands.)

Baloo: Whoa-HAHA! Whoo-ho!

Kit: All right! We did it, Poppa Bear! (We see outside as the SeaDuck was dodging Air Pirates. Kit is laughing as they make it to Higher For Hire and fly past WildCat who waves at him. We see the SeaDuck spiralling in the air.) WAHOO! (Then the same thing happens in the clouds with the long winged plane Baloo is flying as the flashback is over.)

Baloo: WAHOO! I remember! (Baloo and Joe laugh it up as Baloo lands the plane on the landing strip.) How'd I do, coach?

Joe: Now that's what I call flying! Son, you graduated. You're ready to solo. (Joe jumps out of the plane.)

Baloo: S-s-s-s-solo?

Joe: Sure. How else are you gonna fly out of here? (Baloo jumps out of the plane.)

Baloo: I thought you might come along, just in case I...

Joe: Nah. (Shakes his head.) I got way too much work to do. (Joe walks off stage left as Baloo looks at the SeaDuck. Then the shadows of storm cloud engulf the sun as we zoom in on Baloo's eyes. Baloo is flashing back to that stormy day in the SeaDuck during the thunderstorm.)

Kit: Watch it! Look out! UGGHHH!

Baloo: No time to turn it around! Hold it together, baby! YAHHHHHHHHHHH! (He flashbacks to the SeaDuck screwdriving down towards the ground in the thunderstorm.)

End of Act II At 15:38

Act III

Scene I

(Sky shot of Joe's Flight School and then a zoom in towards the SeaDuck as Baloo starts the engines. The wind whips around as Joe has trouble seeing.)

Joe: Clear skies, son. (Baloo is in the cockpit, saluting Joe. Baloo turns the SeaDuck around and gives it throttle. He tries to put on a brave face, but the closer he gets to the cave; he screams and turns around the SeaDuck as it comes to a complete stop. Joe goes over to the SeaDuck.) Forget something?

Baloo: Well, uh, the weather...uh...looks a little rough. (Joe looks up at the clouds and it looks all right.)

Joe: Yeah, real terrifying.

Baloo: Ah, I mean; it's gonna get bad any minute. My trick knee never lies.

Joe: Right. Trick knee.

Baloo: Yeah, so, uh, maybe I'll try it later. Okay, Joe? (Joe walks off.)

Joe: Oh sure, son. Later.

Scene II

(We go in the desert (and it might be the same one near Boomstone.) as the sun is shining. The wind is gusting as we cut to Kit on his airfoil in midair with his foot lassoed around his ankle. The rope is attached to the back of a jeep driven by WildCat. Kit's airfoil is carmel color as he is using the binoculars.)

WildCat: (Motioning to Kit.) We're gonna have to head back for more gas pretty soon. See anything yet?

Kit: Not a trace! (The jeep bounces off a hill and drives away.)

Scene III

(Back to Joe's Flight School as we pan over to the landing strip with the SeaDuck on the strip with a wooden ladder on the navigator's side of the plane.)

Joe: Come on, flyboy. Time to soar with the eagles. (We hear a loud sneeze inside the main office hanger.) Now, what's his excuse? (We head into the hanger as Baloo is in bed shaking pepper and using onions to tear up and sneeze. Joe walks in and Baloo throws everything under the bed. Joe walks towards the cot and clearly sees the onion and pepper shaker (white pepper it seems) roll towards him clear as day. Joe is not exactly thrilled but clicks his tongue and decides to play along.) Son, you look awful.

Baloo: Ah, I think I got triple high altitude pneumonia...(He takes out a hanky and blows his nose and then coughs.) or worse.

Joe: Gee, that's terrible. Well, no flying for you. (Joe pats Baloo on the back and then just walks out.) I got some work to do. Need anything, just holler.

Baloo: Thanks. (Snifles.) Whew!

Scene IV

(Baloo is in bed asleep after nodding off in the previous scene. Pan over to outside the hanger and cut to the left wing as Joe McGee pushes over two cans of paint on a ladder to simulate that he fell off the ladder since he's screaming in fake pain. Joe has the look of meaness on his face as Baloo wakes up in an instant. Baloo runs out of the hanger and then stops right in front of Joe.)

Baloo: Joe! What happened?! (Joe sells his left leg and he's holding it, groaning in fake pain.)

Joe: I fell off the ladder! Busted my leg in a million pieces! (Baloo grabs him like he would a child.) Don't touch me. Fly to town, bring Doc Goober. (Disney Captions and fans alike had it as Doc Cooper; but Joe in the audio seems to say Doc Goober. The official script has it as Doc Cooper, by the way. Baloo drops Joe and he lands on the ground.) Due north, twenty miles! (Joe nearly faints.)

Baloo: F-f-f-fly?

Joe: Hurry, son. Or I'm a goner. (He faints away as Baloo panics and gasps.)

Baloo: Oh, what am I going to do? (Baloo whimpers and runs around in a disorganized fashion. Baloo runs over to the SeaDuck and gets inside the cockpit. He starts the engines and they begin to roar. Baloo takes off and bounces off the landing strip a bit; but manages to fly into the cave, do barrel rolls and fly out of the cave with little debris as possible. Cut back to Joe getting up and no longer selling the injury. He grabs his cane and walks over.)

Joe: That's the way, son! YAHOO! (The SeaDuck flies over the flight school.) Yip! Yip! Yip! (Joe looks right and smiles.)

Scene V

(Back in the desert as WildCat is still driving the jeep while Kit is surfing in the sky on his airfoil and the rope attached to his ankle. He almost get thrown into a cactus for good measure.)

Kit: (binoculars on.) Where could he be? (Kit looks up and notices the SeaDuck coming straight at him.) YIKES! Baloo! (The SeaDuck whizes by Kit and Kit is forced to drop down almost losing his eye in the process. Cut to the SeaDuck landing in a small town. While it wasn't mentioned by name in either the television version or the comic book adaption of this episode; the town does have a name in the hardcover children's book version: Zambizi Flats. This was present in the original script as well. The jeep even had a license plate number in the hardcover version: 711211. There is even a church nearby as the SeaDuck goes wild. Cut to the door containing a Red Cross symbol style window. Baloo flings open the door and is in a panic.)

Baloo: Doctor, doctor. HELP! (Baloo is tugging on the arm of a turtle furry with glasses and a blue tie carrying a first aid kit. The Red Cross symbol is still there even in the Toon Disney and DVD versions as the symbol is copyrighted by the Red Cross.)

Doc Cooper: Wait! What...what...wha..what is this?!

Baloo: This is an emergency! (Baloo carries him to the SeaDuck. Cut to Kit and WildCat in the jeep together with very fake parallax scrolling as they make it to Zambizi Flats. The SeaDuck engines have already started and the SeaDuck is taking off. )

Kit: Baloo! Hey, wait a minute! (Kit jumps into the somehow opened side door of the SeaDuck next to the jeep. WildCat crawls in as well and we never see the jeep again. Kit and WildCat go into the cockpit.) Hah. What's going on? Where've you been?

WildCat: I thought he couldn't fly.

Kit: He couldn't. He can't. Baloo, you're flying. But wait, how? (Kit jumps into his seat and puts on his seatbelt.)

Baloo: I'll explain later, Kit. (WildCat sits in the back right next to Doc and they look at each other. The SeaDuck finally officially takes off in a boom.)

Scene VI

(Shot of Joe's Flight School and it looks more worn and torn than it was before Baloo left. The SeaDuck lands and Baloo and Kit both get out on the pilot's side door. Baloo and Kit run for a while and then stop in shock.)

Kit: What's wrong, Baloo? (The place looks like a ghost flight school now.)

Baloo: Joe? Joe! (Baloo panics and runs around looking for Joe; but he's not around anywhere.)

Doc: What is this all about? Have you got an injured man here or not?

Baloo: (Hopping like crazy.) Yeah, yeah! I left him right here! Joe! Hey, Mr. McGee! (Doc looks into the hard camera stunned.)

Doc: Joe McGee?! (Baloo runs into the hanger which is rusted out and the only thing left is the bulletin board and desk on the side. The whole place was ransacked it seems as Kit walks in.)

Kit: Baloo? Are you okay?

Baloo: Yeah, I'm fine! We gotta find Joe! (Baloo runs out of the hanger to Doc.)

Doc: You won't find him here, son. Nobody's used this field in years. Not since the landslide nearly blocked the entrance.

Baloo: (Shakes his head in shock.) But I left him not half an hour ago. I... (Baloo heads into the hanger and notices Joe's cane propped against the desk.) Look, here's his cane. (Doc comes into the hanger.)

Doc: Joe wrecked his leg saving a crew from a burning plane. (Flashback to a large G.I. Joe style airplane with the left wing in flames as spotlights flash from below. We then cut to a pig in a police like uniform standing on a box on a landing strip as we see Joe about twenty years younger. ) That bum leg grounded him for life. (Disney Captions called it "That one leg". Joe salutes the officer as he salutes back and then three humans (!!!) come in snapping photographs.) That's when he opened this flight school. (More flashbulbs as we go white inside the hanger.) That's when he opened this flight school. (We pan over to the bulletin board with worn pictures and spider webs.) They say he trained the best. Some say, he was the best. (There is another Red Cross in the back.)

Baloo: What do you mean, "was"?

Doc: Son, Joe McGee passed away twenty years ago. (Baloo looks at the bulletin board and notices a picture of Joe with someone near a plane. He pulls the picture out; and looks at it. He is in tears as he puts the picture in his pocket.)

Baloo: Thanks, Joe.

Scene VII

(Cut to outside the landing strip as the SeaDuck takes off and goes through the cave perfectly this time and heads into the sky. We fly for a while and then head inside the cockpit. Kit points to the picture on the control panel.)

Kit: Who's that, Baloo? A... friend of yours? (We see the photograph of Baloo and Joe McGee together in front of the SeaDuck.)

Baloo: More than a friend, Kit. More like a guardian angel. (We see the SeaDuck flying away from the storm towards the sunset.)

Joe: Look around you Baloo. You're free as a bird. The skies are yours.

End of Episode At 21:37

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