Pride Lands

http://www.lionking.org/~sichi/document/humor/tiger.txt писал(а):This is a transcript of "The Tiger Prince," from Animaniacs episode
#74. Some notes:

-This is a dead-on parody of "Circle of Life" sequence at the begining
of The Lion King.
-Most of the cinematography is copied shot for shot.
-The music, in traditional parody style, is almost-but-not-quite
exactly like the movie.
-Same thing with the depiction of Pride Rock.
-This text may be freely distributed.
-The Lion King is (c) Disney, Animaniacs is (c) Warner Brothers. (And
never the twain shall meet.)

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African chanting.

[The sun rises over the African savanah. Animal herds seen from high
overhead, overtaken by flocks of birds. Song begins:]

Ever since we could think for ourselves,
we wondered what will happen to us.

[Zebras and ants]

Cause it can't be foretold,
what the future will hold,

[Elephants come stomping over the hill]

if you'll get rich,
or get hit by a bus.

[Long shot of herds moving past mountain. In the foreground, enter
Yakko Warner as Rafiki, swinging down from his tree. Really fast pan
past herds, suddenly angling up to reveal Pride Rock.]

The surprises in life
keep us on our toes.

[Yakko grabs his stick and heads for Pride Rock, walking monkey-style.
He walks through an narrow aisle of animals. The rhinos bow as he
passes.]

Like a sock in the jaw,
like a punch in the nose.

[Yakko climbs Pride Rock. Halfway, he looks down at how far it is,
then continues wearily. He climbs up over the edge. At the top are Mr.
and Mrs. Tiger, with their cute adorable cub.]

They keep us dancing.
They mix it up.

[Yakko picks up the tiger cub. They all smile. High overheard shot of
Yakko walking out onto ledge, with animals below. Yakko lifts the cub
into the air. Dramatic long shot with clouds parting and sunbeam on
the ledge.]

The surprises,
the surprises in life.

[Close-up of the cub. It squirms and slips out of Yakko's hands,
plummeting with a surprised yelp. Yakko looks down. Big end-of-song
bass drum whump. Silence. Close-up on Yakko.]

Yakko: "Ooooh. I thought they were supposed to land on their feet."

[Fade out.]

(Transcription by)
Sam Simpson <sfsimpsn@ix.netcom.com>
Irving, Texas