Bedknobs and Broomsticks
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They appear in London, in an alley, as it turns out that Professor Emelius Browne is a humbug, doing magicians tricks in the streets, never realizing that the magic he has been sending to Miss Price is actually working. Now he sings as he does various tricks. He declines to give her the last spell, and so she changes him into a rabbit for a few seconds. He is amazed but delighted to have met a real witch, able to use his spells which don't work for him. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwwRsgQEr5k&feature=related Part 5]. | They appear in London, in an alley, as it turns out that Professor Emelius Browne is a humbug, doing magicians tricks in the streets, never realizing that the magic he has been sending to Miss Price is actually working. Now he sings as he does various tricks. He declines to give her the last spell, and so she changes him into a rabbit for a few seconds. He is amazed but delighted to have met a real witch, able to use his spells which don't work for him. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwwRsgQEr5k&feature=related Part 5]. | ||
| − | They then all go, on the bed, to "his townhouse", which really belongs to someone else | + | They then all go, on the bed, to "his townhouse", which really belongs to someone else who has temporarily abandoned it because there is an un-exploded shell in the front yard. Here they have dinner and Paul finds the cartoon-book ''The Isle of Naboombu''. The Professor tries to convince Miss Price to join him on the theatrical stage. He sings again, while she hunts around trying to find that "old book" from which he got the spells he sent her. Professor Brown acts so flippant, singing and dancing her about, that she again turns him into a white rabbit. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrVbNYnkcbU&feature=related Part 6]. |
| − | They finally find the book and it's titled ''The Spells of Astoroth''. But the end of the book is missing! Now to find the missing half of the book they go to Portobello Road where all the vendors of | + | They finally find the book and it's titled ''The Spells of Astoroth''. But the end of the book, which she thinks has her missing spell of '''substitury locomotion''' is missing! Now to find the missing half of the book they go to Portobello Road where all the '''vendors of rare treasures''' are, including booksellers. While she hunts around the vendors for the book, the Professor sings and plays piano, and there's a great deal of dancing about by various people. Mostly quite silly. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWw_6XG1OOE&feature=related Part 7]. |
| − | There's a bunch more dancing about. The vendors all close up shop and then the sinister-looking | + | There's a bunch more dancing about. The vendors all close-up shop and then the sinister-looking fellow pulls a knife on our group. They are ordered to go see "The Bookman". He, it turns out, has the other half of the book, but when they exchange their halves they discover the magical spell is not actually '''in''' the book. But the book tells that the spell is on a magical '''Star of Astoroth''' which is missing. Astoroth it turns out kept animals, which eventually rebelled against him, took a ship and sailed to the Isle of Naboombu, evidently taking the star-medallion with them. The Bookman threatens Paul to try to get him to give-up this book, but instead they all escape on the traveling bed. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNSyicS-xgk&feature=related Part 8]. |
Now our party arrives on the Isle of Naboombu. Or rather they plunge into the lagoon next to it. For this part of the movie, everything except them is now rendered as cartoon. Now underwater, but able to breathe it anyway, they meet a talking cartoon-fish. Now we get another song from the Professor. And a lot of antics from cartoon sea-creatures. And then Miss Price and the Professor dance together again, and win a trophy. A big hook comes down, grabs the bed and pulls the whole group to the surface. The fisherman turns out to be a talking cartoon-bear. They insist that they have to see the King, who turns out to be a cartoon-lion in a very bad temper. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2BrvZN2z9E&feature=related Part 9]. | Now our party arrives on the Isle of Naboombu. Or rather they plunge into the lagoon next to it. For this part of the movie, everything except them is now rendered as cartoon. Now underwater, but able to breathe it anyway, they meet a talking cartoon-fish. Now we get another song from the Professor. And a lot of antics from cartoon sea-creatures. And then Miss Price and the Professor dance together again, and win a trophy. A big hook comes down, grabs the bed and pulls the whole group to the surface. The fisherman turns out to be a talking cartoon-bear. They insist that they have to see the King, who turns out to be a cartoon-lion in a very bad temper. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2BrvZN2z9E&feature=related Part 9]. | ||
The King is royally upset because the soccer match cannot take place that day, because there is no referee. Professor Brown volunteers. As they talk, he notices that the star medallion is on a ribbon around this king's neck. Then begins a rather one-sided soccer match one team being composed of nasty, aggressive, toothy animals, and the other side, being meek, gentle animals. As the game proceeds, we learn that the lack of referees is because of the physical abuse they take from both sides. (The medics are cartoon vultures.) The ball is punctured and goes flying off. The Lion very upset, lets out a roar which knocks all the other players into the goal, the ball floats down and he blows it into the goal as well. So his side wins 1 to nothing. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS1WGujDEIY&feature=related Part 10]. | The King is royally upset because the soccer match cannot take place that day, because there is no referee. Professor Brown volunteers. As they talk, he notices that the star medallion is on a ribbon around this king's neck. Then begins a rather one-sided soccer match one team being composed of nasty, aggressive, toothy animals, and the other side, being meek, gentle animals. As the game proceeds, we learn that the lack of referees is because of the physical abuse they take from both sides. (The medics are cartoon vultures.) The ball is punctured and goes flying off. The Lion very upset, lets out a roar which knocks all the other players into the goal, the ball floats down and he blows it into the goal as well. So his side wins 1 to nothing. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS1WGujDEIY&feature=related Part 10]. | ||
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| + | While the Professor is helping the King on with his robe, the Professor pulls a switch exchanging his referee's whistle for the King's medallion star, which he hands behind his back to Miss Price. Our group then hurries back to the bed, while the Lion just realizes that the star is missing. He rushes after them, but Miss Price turns him into a white rabbit. They then return to her country home, where she experiments with the spell by casting it on the Professor's empty shoes. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRssvnIQOlI&feature=related Part 11]. | ||
