BELL RINGS
# Here come the Numtums They're furry and they're fun
# Here come the Numtums Let's start with number one
# Bendy go!
# Dar Dar!
# Champer!
# Gladdy!
# Little Sandy!
# Flinders!
# Humpty Do!
# Coogee!
# Hobart!
# Nimbin!
# One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
# Nine, ten!
# The Numtums! #
And then a hop, skip, step, teeth and tails, jazz paws!
Got that?
Hop, skip, step - whoa!
I think so.
# Yo, heave ho. #
The bells.
The bells!
Who ordered the bells?
That would be me.
Dong!
I feel a show coming on!
Oh, goody, goody gumnuts!
It's time for some bell-ringing, Hobart-style.
Any song requests?
Oh, oh! The Super Numtum theme song.
OK. Especially for Humpty Do, for the first time ever,
the Super Numtum theme tune played on hand bells!
# Su-per Num-tum, Su-per Num-tum BELLS CLANG RANDOMLY
# At the speed of light! #
Stop! Oh, I beg you to stop!
The last time I heard anything that bad was, uh...
No, I have never heard anything that bad.
I don't know what's wrong. I'm playing the right notes.
- But not in the right order. - Ah, I see.
Why don't you put the bells in size order,
- starting with the biggest? - Great idea!
So the biggest bell needs to go here.
Ah-ha-ha! Perfect!
- Thanks, Larry! - Happy to help.
Well, see you later. I'm a busy, busy bird!
What are you doing?
Hobart is going to play the Super Numtum song especially for me!
You see, the bells are in size order, with the biggest,
lowest-sounding one here,
and the smallest, highest-sounding one here.
Very clever.
And now, for the second time, the Super Numtum theme song
played on hand bells, by me.
# Su-per Num... BELLS CLANG
# Tum
# Su-per Num-tum
HE SINGS TUNELESSLY # At the speed of light! #
What?
Erm, I'm not sure it's quite right yet.
It's a bit...slow.
What do you mean?
- You need to move faster. - Oh, do you think so?
Oh, yes. That would definitely sort it out.
And I know just the Numpup to help you.
- You do? - I do.
It's you, isn't it?
- At your service. - Oh, boy!
Wa-ah!
- See? It's really easy to go faster... - Wah!
..when you're wearing roller skates.
Yodelo-ho-ho-ho!
And now, for the third time - ooh, ah! - on hand bells...
Super Num... Whoa!
I don't think roller skates are the way to go.
Don't worry. I think I can help you.
Oh, boy.
This yoga pose is called the Pouncing Poodle.
It'll help you to play the bells using your whole body.
It does this by connecting each part of your body to a bell.
You just have to think of that part of your body to ring the bell.
Think hard, and when you truly feel that you are a Pouncing Poodle,
please begin.
OK. I'm now the Pouncing Poodle.
The Super Numtum theme song, on hand bells, for the fourth time.
BELLS CLANG RANDOMLY # Super Numtum Super Numtum
# At the speed of light! #
- Oh, ow! Ooh, ow-ow-ow! - Good.
Good.
- I think I was more like a Clanging Collie than a Pouncing Poodle. - Hm.
By my calculations, it's science time.
Is everything all right back there?
Everything's just great!
I bring you the Ding Dong Bell-O-Matic.
For all your bell-ringing needs.
Ooh! Go on.
You sit in comfort here, and pull the lever here,
and that rings the bell here.
Here we go.
The Super Numtum theme song, on hand bells, for the fifth time.
BELLS CLANG RANDOMLY # Super Numtum, Super Numtum
# At the speed of light!
# Super Numtum, Super Numtum
# Is dynamite! #
- Aagh, aagh! - Hobart! Oh, no!
I don't think there's any way for me to play the hand bells.
I'll ask Larry to send them back now.
Did someone say the Larry word?
I need to return my hand bells, please. It's no good.
Either I get them in the wrong order or I'm not fast enough,
or it all just goes wrong.
It's nearly time for Super Numtum.
Why don't you come and watch with us?
It always cheers me up.
OK, I'll give it a go.
# He's dynamite
# Super Numtum! #
Now for my new plan to take over the world.
I pretend to be in trouble - tick!
Not-so-Super Numtum arrives - tick!
Then my naughty friends take over - tick!
And here they are!
This one will distract not-so-Super Numtum.
This one will tickle him, so he cannot do anything.
This one will pick him up.
This one will carry him to the cell.
And this one will lock him up.
And when not-so-Super Numtum is out of the way,
I will take over the world!
The end!
Mwah-ha-ha!
Oh, help! Help!
Koala in distress!
Someone needs my help?
Oh, it's you, Fluffy McTuffy.
Straight into my trap. Mwah-ha-ha-ha!
And mwah-ha-ha-ha some more!
First, I distract him with number one,
the butterfly.
Hang on. That's not right.
Then I tickle him with number two, the tickler.
Gah! Why doesn't this thing work?
Oh, I'll do it all myself!
Look. Tickle-tickle?
Oops!
Here, let me help.
Oh, no!
First, number one.
Oh, look! A butterfly.
Second, number two.
Hee-hee-hee!
Third, number three.
Oof!
Fourth, number four.
Hey!
Fifth, number five.
My own koala-bots being used against me! Bah!
You really should learn your numbers, Fluffy McTuffy!
Popsadoodles.
ALL: Yay!
Fluffy McTuffy had the same problem as you, Hobart.
That's right!
When she tried to do everything herself, she couldn't.
But Super Numtum got each of the five koala-bots
to do one thing each.
And when he told them each what to do, in the right order...
Success!
But where am I going to get koala-bots?
Wait a minute!
I've got something even better than koala-bots!
Larry!
# Yo, heave ho. #
Oh, Larry!
Let me guess. You want the bells back after all.
Oh, thanks, Larry.
- You're a star. - Oh, I am?
I really am!
OK. We've got eight Numtums and eight bells.
When I call out your number and point, play your bell. Let's try.
One, two, three, four, five, THEY RING THEIR BELLS
six, seven, eight. THEY RING THEIR BELLS
Numtum!
Perfect! Right, let's try a wee bit faster.
One, two, three, four, five, six, THEY RING THEIR BELLS
seven, eight. Ha-ha!
Now together we can play all the notes I need.
And if you can tell them to play the notes in that order,
you can tell them to play the notes in any order you like.
- That's right! - We can play the whole song by ringing just one bell each!
Exactly.
And this time, I won't call out the numbers,
I'll just point with this special stick
to tell each Numtum when they need to ring their bell,
like this.
Numtum-num!
That's very clever.
It's called conducting.
Just another one of my many talents.
And now the Super Numtum theme song on hand bells again!
THEY PLAY THE SUPER NUMTUM THEME SONG
# Super Numtum
# At the speed of light!
# Super Numtum
# He's dynamite!
# Super Numtum! #
ALL: Yay!
Now, THAT's how you play the hand bells.
ALL: Yeah! Hurray!