Magic World of Whiselphasoon, The

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You Well now I am going to tell you a story It's the kind of story that people say could never happen in this world and just this once they are right Because it happened in the magic world of Whistle for Soon You see in Whistle for Soon there was a boy named Leander Now Leander had wonderful ideas because he knew just how to treat his imagination to keep it happy In fact he and his imagination were the best of friends Because of this Leander could do all sorts of things for his neighbors He helped them when they wanted an idea or when they had a difficult problem And when they felt like hearing an exciting story Leander could always make one up One of their favorites was called the Magic Question In the skies over Whistle for Soon there lives a whimsical woman Night after night she gathers stones to make imaginations Since no two stones are alike each imagination will be different from any other At sunrise the woman performs her special task First she breaks stones into dream crystals Then she whispers the magic question What is a Badooca? What is a Badooca? What is a Badooca? It is that magic question you see which causes imaginations to wonder and think and grow And that is how imaginations are born From then on it is only we who can keep them going Soon every citizen of Whistle for Soon had heard of the boy and his marvelous imagination Unfortunately it was not long before the wicked, crooked, horrid, hated king heard of them too The king had no imagination whatsoever or so he thought And, I am sorry to have to tell you this, the king immediately called out the royal kidnappers They were very pleased to have a job Help! Hey you, hey leave me alone Hey quit that Help, help, help, help, oh no, help, help, help, help It was not long before Leander found himself standing before the king Stop it Now see here, you are a mere child and I am the king You have an imagination and I have none But you have no power and I have some, so there I want you to bring me a marvelous idea each day at dawn Now take the boy away, I have no use for him till sunrise Leander spent that night in the dungeon listening to the terrible snores of the gods He did not feel like himself at all In fact, he was even too frightened to talk to his imagination At sunrise he was taken to the king's royal chamber Stop it Now see here, you are a mere child and I am the king You have an imagination and I have none But you have no power and I have some Now, now, tell me your marvelous idea I'm waiting, I'm waiting, I'm waiting, waiting, waiting We're tired of all this waiting Yes, yes, where is your marvelous idea? I don't have one, this has never happened to me before You've spoiled my whole day and I'm not even out of bed yet Where are my royal advisors? Hey, most royal, rhinus Most royal, rhinus Whatever is wrong, we'll fix it We'll mix it? Be here at sunrise tomorrow, be here with a plan A plan to make this boy's imagination work The advisors mumboed and jumboed all day and all night long Mumbo, mumbo, jumbo, jumbo, mumbo, mumbo, jumbo Stop that noise When the sunrise finally came, they handed Leander a proclamation Read this to your imagination and mean it Mean this to your imagination and read it We mean it But, but I don't want to Read it Yes, sirs Hear ye, hear ye You are my imagination and I am your master Make a marvelous idea right now or even faster or else Leander didn't mean it, but even so he had said it And his imagination became frightened You and your shriveling ideas, you've made things worse Do something else, do something else Mumbo, jumbo, mumbo, jumbo, mumbo, jumbo Hear ye, hear ye I am just a boy and you are my master Give me an idea and I'll be your slave forever after This time Leander's imagination began to grow, yes, began to grow And as it grew it took on the most outrageous shapes First they were only strange shapes But the strange shapes became alarming shapes And the alarming shapes became frightening And the frightening shapes became horrifying But Leander could stand it no more Stop it! Stop it! And I mean it! You dunderheads, get out of my sight! And by tomorrow think of a way to get rid of this child I'm sick of the whole affair Well, naturally Leander was once again carted off to the dungeon But this time things seemed entirely different to him This time when he was left alone he wasn't frightened For he was tired of being frightened and tired of reading the proclamations of others He knew now that only he could get his imagination working So he simply asked it for help as he had always done Stop it! By the time it was morning and Leander stood before the king He did indeed have an idea It seemed to be an absurd idea really An altogether ridiculous and impractical idea And yet...

Here's the rascal, your majesty Do you wish to hear how your advisors have planned to get rid of him? Yes, yes, I do But first he's got to have a last chance I may be mean, but I do believe in last chances Do you have anything to say for yourself, child? Yes, there is just one thing I'd like to ask you, your highness Ask me? Ask me? Ask me? Did you say ask me? Very well, ask me Quite boldly then, Leander looked the king in the eye and asked The magic question What is a badoucal? Oh, that is ridiculous Don't be silly The king's not interested in such nonsense But the king did not sneer Instead he thought very, very hard indeed A badoucal, a badoucal What is a badoucal? Hmm...

Well, it must be purple and very large With several legs and just one arm Oh, no, no, no, no, it must be speckled like a frog With wings and things to get around It smiles and sings from sun to sun Oh, no, it's made from teeth and lips and tongue Or made of moon Or made of waves Oh, my goodness, this is fun It could be made of anything, anything I imagine Excuse me, your highness Did you say anything you imagine? I did, I did, I do I do have an imagination Oh, thank you, thank you, my boy How can I ever show you my appreciation? Well, your highness, you could just let your imagination help you to be a kind king Oh, I will, I will I promise I'll be the nicest, happiest king imaginable And so it was that the king learned how to use his imagination It was not long before, indeed, he did become the nicest, happiest, kindest king imaginable The advisors, too, became good and happy fellows And spent their time planning wonderful parties and festivals for the citizens of Whistlefasoon The royal kidnappers became the royal clowns The funniest and best -loved clowns in the kingdom Or made of moon Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha And Leander, well, Leander remained the king's good friend And everyone's favorite storyteller Until he was an old, old man Thus the story ends happily and all questions are answered All except for one, that is What is a bedoukel? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ho, ho, ho Ha, ha, ha, ha, ho, ho Ha.

Ha..ha Ya -ha, ya -ha, yada, yada I'm going to get you.

I'm going to get you.

Identifier

F.2016-01-0146

Date Of Production

1975

Abstract

In The Magic World of Whiselphasoon, a boy named Leander uses his imagination to supply the townspeople with stories, ideas and solutions to problems. When the malevolent and literal-minded King demands the use of Leander's imagination for himself, Leander must show the King how to awaken his own (dormant) imagination — and how to use it for good. In this children's film, Somersaulter-Moats and Somersaulter use cut-out animation techniques and brightly colored imagery to tell a story about the triumph of imagination over obstacles and compacency.

Run Time

0:12:43

Format

16mm

Extent

500 feet

Color

Sound

Optical

Reel/Tape Number

1/1

Has Been Digitized?

Yes

Language Of Materials

English

Element

Genre

Children's

Form

Animations

Subject

Children's Films
Magic
Creativity
Imagination

Related Collections

Somersaulter-Moats and Somersaulter Collection

Distributor

Pajon Arts

Main Credits

Somersaulter, JP (is producer)

Somersaulter Moats, Lillian (is producer)

Somersaulter, JP (is director)

Somersaulter Moats, Lillian (is director)

Somersaulter-Moats and Somersaulter (is production company)

Pajon Arts (is production company)

Additional Credits

Somersaulter Moats, Lillian (is writer)

Somersaulter, JP (is writer)

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