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Sam and Friends Book*Fade in to Allistair Cookie's library, where he is seen looking over the call sheets for tonight's performance.*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Oh, yah-yah-yah, that good, that very good... hmm? *Looks up* Oh, 'scuse me, ha-ha, this Allistair Cookie, and me welcome you to Monsterpiece Theater; tonight, me very excited to bring to you tonight wonderful little sit-chu-way-shun comedy, that really kick off in right direction! *Whispers to camera* You understand wordplay later... *Aloud* And now, join me now in enjoying "Over the Hedge"...
*Fade into a forrest in the middle of a nasty rainstorm; thunder is rumbling, lightning is flashing, and a trio of creatures run through the grass. A gopher muppet, an iquana muppet, and a blue jay muppet scurry through the grass*
GOPHER: We need to get out of this rain, we're soaking!
BLUE JAY: I know... eh... hold on, it's around here somewhere...
IQUANA: I think we're lost.
GOPHER: We can't be lost, we must have come through this forrest dozens of times!
BLUE JAY: *Off to the side* I found it, guys!
*The blue jay hops over to a large tree trunk with a big button in the middle of it; with its beak, it presses the button, and after a series of loud, mechanical sounds are heard, the branches and leaves of the tree spread open*
GOPHER and IQUANA: Hooray! We're saved!
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: *ADR* Oh, no-no-no-no, no-no-no-no-no-no-no!
*Cut to Allistair Cookie's library*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Me so sorry, that not "Over the Hedge", no, that... *Looks at call sheet* "Under the Umbrella Tree"... scheduled for performance next week... me sorry, uh... and now, "Over the Hedge"...
*Fade in to a castle, where a large mirror stands in a large chambre, as the wicked witch walks up*
WITCH: Alright now... mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?
MIRROR: *No reaction*
WITCH: *Confused* Uh... mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?
MIRROR: *Still no reaction*
WITCH: Eh, mirror, what's the matter kid, you got some streaks or somethin'?
*A young, feminine face magically appears within the mirror*
FACE: You have reached the Magic Mirror, he can't come to the mirror right now, as he is on strike.
WITCH: On strike? What for?
FACE: He is sick of being denied a raise time and time again, after all these years of having to respond to "who's the fairest of them all" day in and day out.
WITCH: Well now listen here, I never said this was a glamorous profession, I think his salary is fair enough, and if he doesn't like it then tough cookies!
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: *ADR* NO! NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO!
*Cut to Allistair Cookie's library*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Oh, me VERY sorry, that not "Over the Hedge" either, that... *Looks at call sheet* that "Through the Looking Glass*... show that sold out two years ago... oh, this so embarrassing... and now, "Over the Hedge"...
*Fade in to a creepy-looking hotel hallway, the only thing that stands out about the hallway is one door that's painted a bright green color; pumpkin AM appearing as a businessman, and lavendar AM appearing as a businesswoman slowly approach the door*
BUSINESSWOMAN: Ar-are you SURE this is the only room the manager had left?
BUSINESSMAN: I'm afraid so, honey...
BUSINESSWOMAN: Johnny! We can't go in there! You know what happens when people enter that room... they check in, but they never check out!
BUSINESSMAN: You've been watching too many scary movies lately, there's absolutely nothing wrong with this room!
VOICE FROM BEHIND DOOR: That's what you think, buddy.
*There's a brief pause, before the couple begin screaming*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: *ADR* STOP! ! !
*Cut to Allistair Cookie's library*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Oh, me getting too old for this job! Me sorry, that not "Over the Hedge" either, that... *Looks at call sheet* "Behind the Green Door", which we save for Halloween... oh, me sorry, we out of time, so no look like we see "Over the Hedge" after all, so this Allistair Cookie saying...
*Just then, a raccoon and a turtle muppet run in*
RACCOON: Hey, what's the big idea?
TURTLE: Yeah Mac, we were all set for the show, and now ya waste yer time talking about trees and mirrors and doors, and we're not gonna do our show?
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Hey, me no have control of the program, me just the host! *Show them watch* And me sorry, but we out of time for "Over the Hedge".
RACCOON: Oh yeah? WE'LL show YOU OVER the hedge!
*The raccoon and the turtle grab Cookie, and start pulling him off camera*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Hey, where you taking me?
*Cut to a lush meadow, with a large hedge in the middle of it; the raccoon and turtle stand on one side of the hedge holding onto Cookie*
RACCOON and TURTLE: ONE!
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: NO-NO-NO-NO!
RACCOON and TURTLE: TWO!
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Me not built for physical ac-tiv-ity!
RACCOON and TURTLE: THREE!
*The raccoon and turtle push Cookie into the air, as he goes flying over the hedge*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: *Fast* ThisAllistairCookiesayingbuhbyefromMonsterpieceTheatAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
*Cut back to raccoon and turtle, as they begin chuckling mischeviously, after they hear Cookie hit the ground on the other side; cut to Cookie in a pile of leaves*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Hmm... look like early fall! *Laughs*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Oh, yah-yah-yah, that good, that very good... hmm? *Looks up* Oh, 'scuse me, ha-ha, this Allistair Cookie, and me welcome you to Monsterpiece Theater; tonight, me very excited to bring to you tonight wonderful little sit-chu-way-shun comedy, that really kick off in right direction! *Whispers to camera* You understand wordplay later... *Aloud* And now, join me now in enjoying "Over the Hedge"...
*Fade into a forrest in the middle of a nasty rainstorm; thunder is rumbling, lightning is flashing, and a trio of creatures run through the grass. A gopher muppet, an iquana muppet, and a blue jay muppet scurry through the grass*
GOPHER: We need to get out of this rain, we're soaking!
BLUE JAY: I know... eh... hold on, it's around here somewhere...
IQUANA: I think we're lost.
GOPHER: We can't be lost, we must have come through this forrest dozens of times!
BLUE JAY: *Off to the side* I found it, guys!
*The blue jay hops over to a large tree trunk with a big button in the middle of it; with its beak, it presses the button, and after a series of loud, mechanical sounds are heard, the branches and leaves of the tree spread open*
GOPHER and IQUANA: Hooray! We're saved!
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: *ADR* Oh, no-no-no-no, no-no-no-no-no-no-no!
*Cut to Allistair Cookie's library*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Me so sorry, that not "Over the Hedge", no, that... *Looks at call sheet* "Under the Umbrella Tree"... scheduled for performance next week... me sorry, uh... and now, "Over the Hedge"...
*Fade in to a castle, where a large mirror stands in a large chambre, as the wicked witch walks up*
WITCH: Alright now... mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?
MIRROR: *No reaction*
WITCH: *Confused* Uh... mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?
MIRROR: *Still no reaction*
WITCH: Eh, mirror, what's the matter kid, you got some streaks or somethin'?
*A young, feminine face magically appears within the mirror*
FACE: You have reached the Magic Mirror, he can't come to the mirror right now, as he is on strike.
WITCH: On strike? What for?
FACE: He is sick of being denied a raise time and time again, after all these years of having to respond to "who's the fairest of them all" day in and day out.
WITCH: Well now listen here, I never said this was a glamorous profession, I think his salary is fair enough, and if he doesn't like it then tough cookies!
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: *ADR* NO! NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO!
*Cut to Allistair Cookie's library*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Oh, me VERY sorry, that not "Over the Hedge" either, that... *Looks at call sheet* that "Through the Looking Glass*... show that sold out two years ago... oh, this so embarrassing... and now, "Over the Hedge"...
*Fade in to a creepy-looking hotel hallway, the only thing that stands out about the hallway is one door that's painted a bright green color; pumpkin AM appearing as a businessman, and lavendar AM appearing as a businesswoman slowly approach the door*
BUSINESSWOMAN: Ar-are you SURE this is the only room the manager had left?
BUSINESSMAN: I'm afraid so, honey...
BUSINESSWOMAN: Johnny! We can't go in there! You know what happens when people enter that room... they check in, but they never check out!
BUSINESSMAN: You've been watching too many scary movies lately, there's absolutely nothing wrong with this room!
VOICE FROM BEHIND DOOR: That's what you think, buddy.
*There's a brief pause, before the couple begin screaming*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: *ADR* STOP! ! !
*Cut to Allistair Cookie's library*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Oh, me getting too old for this job! Me sorry, that not "Over the Hedge" either, that... *Looks at call sheet* "Behind the Green Door", which we save for Halloween... oh, me sorry, we out of time, so no look like we see "Over the Hedge" after all, so this Allistair Cookie saying...
*Just then, a raccoon and a turtle muppet run in*
RACCOON: Hey, what's the big idea?
TURTLE: Yeah Mac, we were all set for the show, and now ya waste yer time talking about trees and mirrors and doors, and we're not gonna do our show?
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Hey, me no have control of the program, me just the host! *Show them watch* And me sorry, but we out of time for "Over the Hedge".
RACCOON: Oh yeah? WE'LL show YOU OVER the hedge!
*The raccoon and the turtle grab Cookie, and start pulling him off camera*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Hey, where you taking me?
*Cut to a lush meadow, with a large hedge in the middle of it; the raccoon and turtle stand on one side of the hedge holding onto Cookie*
RACCOON and TURTLE: ONE!
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: NO-NO-NO-NO!
RACCOON and TURTLE: TWO!
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Me not built for physical ac-tiv-ity!
RACCOON and TURTLE: THREE!
*The raccoon and turtle push Cookie into the air, as he goes flying over the hedge*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: *Fast* ThisAllistairCookiesayingbuhbyefromMonsterpieceTheatAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
*Cut back to raccoon and turtle, as they begin chuckling mischeviously, after they hear Cookie hit the ground on the other side; cut to Cookie in a pile of leaves*
ALLISTAIR COOKIE: Hmm... look like early fall! *Laughs*
