How We Became the Little Einsteins: The True Story/Transcript

June: Art by... John Singer Sargent.

Annie: And...

["New World Symphony" plays]

Leo: Music by Antonín Dvořák.

Leo: Hello. I'm Leo. And this is my younger sister Annie,

[Annie waves and smiling]

Leo: And my friends Quincy and June.

[Quincy and June wave]

Leo: This is my room. And this is my photo album, where I keep all my pictures. Even my baby pictures. Do you wanna see my baby pictures?

[He shows the pictures]

Annie: Aw, Leo. You were a cute baby.

Quincy: Hey, Check on your rocket on your baby mobile! Cool!

Leo: Yeah, I love that rocket. He zipped around and around while the mobile play his rocket song.

Mobile: ♪We're on our way, the mission of the day♪

♪''Starts when we say Rocket. Rocket!♪''

Annie: Wait a minute. I've seen that baby mobile before.

[Closet clattering]

Annie: I've found it!

June: Way to go Annie!

Leo: Yes, my mobile!

June: But look. Rocket is missing.

Leo: I wonder where he went.

Quincy: Maybe he flew off somewhere.

June: I've got an idea. follow me.

[Music playing]

June: That flying song made Rocket fly around and around. Wind up the baby mobile, Leo. Maybe the song will make Rocket fly back to us.

[Winding]

Mobile: ♪We're on our way, the mission of the day♪

''♪Starts when we say Rocket. Rocket!♪''

Leo: The baby mobile is too quiet.

Annie: I can help! Leo, wind it up again.

[Winding]

Annie and Mobile: ♪We're on our way, the mission of the day♪

''♪Starts when we say Rocket. Rocket!♪''

Leo: Hey, that was good singing, Annie.

Annie: I love to sing.

Leo: Come on. Let's help Annie call to Rocket. When we say "Rocket", you say "Rocket". Okay, here we go.

[Winding]

All: ♪We're on our way, the mission of the day♪

''♪Starts when we say Rocket. Rocket!♪''

♪We'll fly up high zooming through the sky♪

''♪All aboard on Rocket. Rocket!♪''

Quincy: I don't think Rocket heard us.

Leo: Let's try it again, only a lot louder. Can you sing a lot louder? A lot a lot? Okay, Great. Leo: When we say "Rocket", you say "Rocket".

[Winding]

All: ♪We're on our way, the mission of the day♪

''♪Starts when we say Rocket. Rocket!♪''

♪We'll fly up high zooming through the sky♪

''♪All aboard on Rocket. Rocket!♪''

[Rocket jingling]

Leo: I hear him. Do you see Rocket? Where?

All: Rocket!

Leo: He came back!

Annie: It's him!

June: Here he comes!

Quincy: I can not believe it!

Leo: Hi, Rocket. It's me, Leo. Wow. Rocket, you've gotten so big.

[Rocket jingling]

Leo: He's saying we've gotten big, too.

All: ''♪La, la, la. La, la, la. Rocket has come home.♪''

Leo: Thank you for helping me call for Rocket. It worked!

Quincy: Uh, guys? I just though of a big problem. Rocket is too big to stay in Leo's room now.

Leo: Whoa, you're right. We need a place for Rocket to stay.

Annie: We need a rocket house.

Leo: Where do you think we can find a house big enough for Rocket? Good idea. Don't worry Rocket. We'll find you a home, I promise.

[Rocket jingling]

June: That's right. it's our mission.

Annie: A mission? What's a mission?

June: It's when you have a really important job to help someone.

All: Ooh, A mission.

[Door opens]

[Rocket jingling]

Leo: Look. Rocket wants us to come on board. He 's going to let us fly him. Do you want to fly on Rocket? Great, let's go, To Rocket!

All: ♪We've got a mission!♪ Wow.

Quincy: Rocket is so Cool.

(Rocket Dings)

Leo: He's saying thank you.

Annie: Rocket has toys!

Leo: Snacks!

June: Art supplies!

Quincy: Musical Instruments! A drum, a violin, a flute, and a trumpet!

(Trumpet Playing)

Quincy: Rocket's got everything.

Leo: Come on, Quincy. We have a mission. We have to blast off.

[Seats rising]

All: Wow.

Leo: Awesome.

June: Pop-up seats!

Annie: I love it!

Quincy: All right.

Leo: Buckle your seat belt!

Annie Quincy and June: Seat belts buckled!

Leo: Prepare for blast off. We're going to need a lot of power to blast off. I wonder how we give Rocket power.

(Rocket Dings)

[Rocket drumming]

Quincy: Hey, feel that beat? It's like Rocket is drumming.

Leo: You're right. I feel it. Maybe Rocket gets his power from the beat of the music. Pat, pat, pat, pat.

(Rocket Dings)

Leo: It's working. June is patting. Quincy's patting. Annie's patting.

Annie:Hehe!

Leo: But we need more power! Put your hands on your lap and pat with us. Pat pat pat pat pat pat pat pat. Faster! (Rapidly) Pat pat pat pat pat pat pat pat.

[Rocket whirring]

Leo: Now raise your arms as high as you can and say blast off!

All: Blast off!

Annie: Hold on tight cause here we go!

All: Whoa!

Annie: We're flying!

''♪La, la, la. La, la, la. Rocket needs a home.♪''

All: ''♪La, la, la. La, la, la. Rocket needs a home.♪''

Leo: Let's go find Rocket a home. So many buttons.

(Low Note Sound)

Leo: That button sounds very low. Wonder what it does.

(Low Note Sound)

June: We're going down!

Leo: Oops!

Annie: Oh, no!

Quincy: Look out!

Leo: Yikes!

Quincy: Uh, Leo, We're flying too low.

Leo: I'm on it.

(High Note Sound)

Leo: Now, that's sounds high!

All: Whoa!

Leo: Here we go! Up and away.

Quincy: Whoa, Now we're flying high.

June: We're flying above the clouds.

Annie: Whoo-hoo. This is fun!

Quincy: We're flying in circles.

Leo: Everyone, hold on tight.

Annie: I'm getting dizzy.

June: Leo, do something.

Leo: Sorry, team. I think it's going to take a little practice to learn how to fly Rocket.

Hang on.

Annie Quincy and June: (Screaming)

Annie: Whoa!

Leo: There. Phew.

June: What's this button do?

Leo: Only one way to find out.

[Mid note sound]

[Monitor turning on]

June: Accelerando.

Leo: Here we go.

All: WHOOOOOAAAA!!!!

Annie: Leo, We're going faster and faster!

Leo: Hang on to your seat it's an accelerando!

Annie Quincy And June: Yay!

Quincy: Go, go, go. Whoa.

Leo: We're zooming so fast, we're zooming around the world.

Quincy: There goes the leaning tower of Pisa.

June: That means we flew all the way to Italy.

Annie: Here we go.

(All Cheering)

Quincy: There's Hagia Sophia.

June: That mean we flew all the way to Istanbul, Turkey.

All: Wow.

Quincy: There's Mount Everest.

June: That means we flew all the way to Nepal.

Leo: Yeah, but it also mean we have to fly a lot higher so we can fly over the mountain.

(Screams)

June: Leo, do something. Make Rocket fly higher!

Leo: I don't know which button to push. Let's listen carefully. Let's listen to hear which button sounds high. The blue button...

[High note plays]

Leo: Or the red button?

[Low note plays]

Leo: The blue button...

[High note plays]

Leo: Or the red button?

[Low note plays]

Leo: Which button sounds high? Leo: The blue button, right. The blue button plays the high notes.

[High note plays]

June: Rocket's flying higher.

Quincy: But we need to fly higher than that! (Screams)

Leo: Which button sounds higher? Leo: The yellow button...

[Low note plays]

Leo: Or the green button?

[High note plays]

Leo: The green button, right. That's the high note.

[High note plays]

Leo: Up and away! Whoa.

All: Phew.

Leo: Here we go.

Annie: Whee, this is great.

All: Whoa.

June: Look, now we're flying over a city whose streets are made of water.

Quincy: These are canals.

June: That means we flew all the way to Venice Italy.

Leo: Ooh. Wow. Whoa.

Quincy: Leo, we're flying right toward the bridge, (Screams)

Leo: We have to go under it. Which button sounds low? The orange button...

[Low note plays]

Leo: Or the purple button?

[High note plays]

Leo: The orange button...

[Low note plays]

Leo: Or the purple button?

[High note plays]

Leo: The orange button, right. That sounds low.

[Low note plays]

Leo: Here we go.

Annie: Whoo-hoo, this is fun.

All: Whew

Leo: Everyone, hold on tight.

Annie: Yeah.

All: Up, up, Rocket.

Leo: Hey, we got the hang of it. We learned how to fly. Way to go, team!

Quincy: Whoo hoo!

Annie: Yay! Rocket, now we can complete our mission and find you a home.

[Rocket jingling "New World Symphony"]

Annie: Rocket is singing. He's singing the song about finding a home.

Leo: Sing it, Annie!

Annie: Let's sing with Rocket!

''♪La, la, la. La, la, la. Rocket needs a home.♪''

All: ''♪La, la, la. La, la la. We will find a home.♪''

Leo: Don't you worry, Rocket. We're not giving up until we find you a place to stay. We're never going to be apart again.

Quincy: Whoa.

June: What was that?

Leo: Listen, here comes a storm. This could get a little rough.

June: Turbulence!

Leo: Everybody's seat belts buckled?

Annie Quincy and June: Yes.

Leo: Hang on tight.

Annie Quincy And June:(Yelling)

Quincy: I can not believe it! We're getting blown out over the ocean.

Annie: Not good.

Quincy: What do we do?

Leo: Rocket's out of control! He can't feel the beat of the music.

June: We need to make a plan.

[Drums drumming]

Quincy: Whoa, check it out. Drums.

June: They're swimming towards us.

Annie: The drums are coming to help us.

Quincy: Drums can help Rocket fell the beat. Let's drum with them. Come on. Let's help Rocket feel the beat. Put your hand on your lap and drum with me, like this. Drum, drum, drum, drum. Come on. Drum to the beat. Drum, drum, drum, drum. Drum on the beat.

Leo: Rocket feels the beat.

Quincy: Yes!

Annie: We're getting through the storm.

Quincy: Good drumming.

Annie: Thanks Quincy.

Quincy: Thanks drums.

[Drums drumming; instruments playing]

Quincy: Look, there are lots of instruments in the water. Woodwinds, percussions, brass, and strings.

Annie: It's a whole orchestra in the ocean!

Quincy: Thanks, Orchestra Ocean!

Leo: Now we can complete our mission and find a home for Rocket, so we'll never be apart again.

Annie: ''♪La, la, la. La, la, la. Rocket needs a home.♪''

June: It's an igloo.

Leo: Maybe an igloo could make a good home.

Annie: Brr, Too cold.

All: ''♪La, la, la. La, la, la. We will find a home.♪''

June: Yellowstone National park, home of the geysers.

Quincy: Maybe the geysers could make a good home for Rocket.

All: (Screaming)

Annie: Too wet! ''♪La, la, la. La, la, la. Can we find a home?♪''

Leo: Come on!

Quincy: Go, go, go!

Annie: Maybe the barn could make a good home.

[Animal music playing]

Quincy: What's that sound? Oops, I think there's already a lot of animals living there.

Annie: No room in the barns.

All: ''♪La, la, la. La, la, la. We have to find a home.♪''

Annie: Where are we?

Quincy: I don't know, but it sure sounds familiar.

Annie: And cozy.

Leo: Where are we? We're home in our backyard!

Annie: Home, home, We're home!

Leo: Hey, why didn't I think before? We can build a house for rocket right here in our backyard!

Annie, Quincy and June: Huh?!

Leo: Everyone hold on tight.

Quincy: Leo, how are we going to build a house?

Leo: We need some tools to dig with.

Quincy: Wow, look. Rocket's got a bigger digger.

[Drilling]

Quincy: Way to dig, Rocket.

All: Wow.

Quincy: He's digging a tunnel.

June: Amazing.

Leo: We're also going to need something to cut the wood.

June: Rocket got a super blazer laser.

[Laser cutting]

June: Ooh, he has a grab nabber.

All: Build, build, build, build.

June: Fantastic.

Quincy: Wow, look at Rocket go.

June: Leo, It's doesn't look too steady.

Leo: That's because Rocket hasn't hammered it together yet.

Quincy: He'd better start hammering fast. Whoa!

Annie: A hammer whammer!

Leo: Rocket needs our help hammering his house together. Get your hammer ready. Let's hammer with Rocket. Hammer to the beat of the music. Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam.

All: Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam.

June: Wow, look what we built.

Leo: Thank for hammering to the beat of the music. Come on!

[They enter]

All: Ooh.

Quincy: What a cool Rocket room!

Annie: Whoa, look at that slide and the lights and our pictures.

Quincy; We can play here everyday. We make a great team.

Annie: And we're all really smart.

June: We're Little Einsteins!

Annie: And we'll go on lots of missions. Right, Leo?

Leo: Right. Well, Rocket, We're never going to be apart again.

[Rocket jingling]

Leo: You're home, Rocket. You're home.

All: Hooray! ''♪La, la, la. La, la, la. Rocket has come home.♪♪''

[Rocket Jingles]

Leo: Mission Completion!

[Baton jingling] Leo: It's time for...the curtain call!

[Applause]

Leo: Let's clap for our team! Clap with us! Let's clap for Annie! Quincy! June!

Others: Leo!

All: Rocket!

[Rocket jingling]

June: Let's clap for the art! Clap for "Watercolor Paintings of Venice" by John Singer Sargent.

Leo: And now for the moment you've all been waiting for: Let's clap really, really hard for the special music we've heard today!

["New World Symphony" playing]

Leo: "Symphony Number 9 in E Minor: From the New World, Largo" by Antonín Dvořák!

All: Yay, Dvořák!

June: You've helped a lot today.

Quincy: Give yourself a hand. Go on, clap for yourself.

June: Bravo! Bravo!

Annie: Yay for you!

Leo: See you on the next mission!

Quincy: [Playing his trumpet]

All: [Cheering]

Leo, Annie and June: [Laughing]