Gerald McBoing Boing

[Music] how now brown cow yes howdy-do our name is McCoy we've traveled far with Gerald our little boy we brought him to you professor Joy's hoping you can do something for our boys voice although he is smart got a good little head he doesn't talk words he goes boiling boiling instead I have a reputation pupils come to me from all over the nation I taught Francis the talking mule of whom you have earned taught him to speak and say the most difficult word say something Francis the rains in Spain will come a game if I can teach Francis and a talking dog this will be as easy as falling off a log young man the words come out from deep inside now open your mouth we applied [Music] why didn't you tell me the professor said your boy doesn't speak words he goes boy boy boy boy instead what can you suggest that we do private lessons daily at 2:00 for weeks you have mouthed the words to perfection now we'll say them alone but watch your inflection the professor's reputation hung by a thread if you feel now he'd be professionally dead nothing he thought obscene right [Music] then the answer came in a flash of light the parents listened and gave their permission shocking news broke in the late edition the world's top speech specialists gave up whoop drop their research and came in a group now gentlemen I proceed to make Gerald talk I shall accomplish this scientifically by Jacques then quicker than you can pick a kangaroo's pouch his normal reaction will be to say the word ouch now Gerald look hard at these words but first sit down and relax then quickly he slipped under Gerald the sharpest of tacks the speech specialists were disgusted wouldn't listen at all poor professor Joyce he had never felt so small so Gerald's parents were resigned to their sad fate their boy would never be able to communicate though his parents were completely resigned Gerald couldn't wipe the pathetic prof out of his mind it was he who had caused the professor's downfall could he cheer him up with a friendly phone call [Music] [Music] I think Gerald's larynx is in upside-down and that's the reason he makes no human sound his strange contraption scrambles every overseas call til you've no conception of what it means at all but when fleed back in Reverse incredibly whatever was said comes out quite legibly operator get me Paris France Willie I know this will work you wait and see Paris get me gerald McCloy USA what do you say [Music] congratulations professor Joyce for developing Gerald's voice we're sorry about our little fuss because now you want us now the McCoys are all happy they're home for they can converse with their son by phone they are grateful for the marvels of science namely the phone company's unscrambling appliance their little boy no longer just bows [Music] now Gerald is able to say [Music]