A SUPER YOU EPISODE
BY
BOB FLICKER
1988
INTRODUCTION
Could you imagine
how it would be
if you (Shout Your Name)
were on TV?
There would be lights, camera, action
and away you would go!
and you (Shout Your Name)
would be star of the show!
There would be many adventures
and you would always come through
because of the fact…
you would be…SUPER-YOU!
Now, no one would guess
the super things that you did
since you’d be disguised
as just a regular kid
How all of your friends
would be surprised if they knew
that their TV hero
was really YOU!
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Today's TV adventure begins...
High on a mountain
where a great castle stood,
lived a kindly old scientist
who wished to do good.
And down in the valley
was a town without cheer
for the people who lived there
trembled in fear.
They thought the scientist
was doing them harm
for their crops had all failed
on each farmer’sfarm.
But they didn’t know him
and that was ashame.
It wasn’t his fault!
He wasn’t to blame!
While up in the castle
the scientist knew
they needed his help;
an invention would do!
So, in his laboratory,
by a candle light’s glow,
he invented a potion
that made all things grow.
He knew he should test it
before it was sent;
so, into his kitchen
with the potion he went.
In front of the stove
stood his wife (he called Pam).
She was cooking his favorite—
some strawberry jam.
“Ah ha!” he thought,
“I shall test it on that!”
So, he poured a few drops
right into the vat.
Well—it started to bubble
and it started to grow.
Over the top of the vat
It began to flow!
Down the side of the stove
and over the floor;
there was so much jam
it flowed out of the door!
That strawberry jam
became a river of glop.
The scientist was helpless.
He couldn’t make it stop.
It reached the edge of the mountain
and then, it went down.
If it couldn’t be stopped
all the people would drown!
Just then—he remembered
what he could do.
He ran to his phone
and phoned—SUPER-YOU!
You were reading a book
and quite all alone
when you heard the BEEP—BEEP
on your belt-buckle-phone.
The message was urgent
and full of dispair.
That frightened, old scientist
begged SUPER-YOU to rush there!
There wasn’t much time
to do your good deed.
So, you raced to your room
with all of your speed!
Then—looking about
you knew what to do!
You stepped into your closet
and stepped out—SUPER-YOU!
With a leap and bound
you sprang into the air!
With speed that was super
you soon would be there.
At last you could see
the castle and moat.
On an ocean of jam
they appeared to float.
Then, you saw the scientist!
It had to be him!
He’d slipped into the jam
and was trying to swim.
He started to sink!
You had no time to lose
if you were to save him
from that strawberry ooze.
From out of the sky
you dove like a flash
and pulled him right out
with a plop and a splash.
But—t’was that river of jam,
that was oozing down,
that you had to stop
before it covered the town!
So, you flew down the mountain
and stood in front of the flood.
Would your super strength be enough
to stop that strawberry mud?
And then it came at you!
It was sticky and sweet!
It oozed all around you
and between your two feet.
(We must interrupt our story
for a commercial or two
and then back to our adventure
with our star—SUPER-YOU).
Your super strength didn’t help!
(That was not hard to explain.)
It wasn’t strength that you needed.
You needed your brain!
So, you thought super thoughts
and thought up a notion
how to save the town’s people
with some of that potion!
Then, back to the castle,
you flew with your plan,
where you found the poor scientist.
(What a worried old man.)
He gave you the potion.
Into the kitchen you sped
where you found what you wanted,
a loaf of baked bread.
You doused it with potion
and it started to rise.
It grew and it grew
to a monstrous size.
With super strength, you picked it
up into the air
and flew down the mountain
with no time to spare.
Between two high hills
that big bread you did cram!
And what you created
was a dam for the jam.
Thus, the people were saved
by a huge loaf of bread.
When they wanted to thank you,
you said, “Thank him instead.”
And so, the old scientist
was hailed and was cheered.
And from the mayor of the town
a proclamation appeared:
“Our crops have all failed
and there is no meat to carve.
But—with the bread and the jam
we will not have to starve.
We owe it all to our friend
from the castle above,
wrongly blamed for our troubles
but we now offer love.
With a smile on your face
you flew back to your house
and crept into your room
as still as mouse.
And no one discovered
what you just did
and that you are not
just an ordinary kid.
Tune in next time
to our show—SUPER-YOU!
But—before we sign off,
just a commercial or two.)
THE END