Charlie Brown's All Stars! Page #2

Listen, everybody, I've got great news.

If it's about baseball,

we don't want to hear it.

But this is good news.

If it's from you, charlie Brown,

it's failure news.

No, listen. I've got something

to tell you about the baseball team.

Forget it, Charlie Brown.

We're never gonna play baseball

with you again.

Why don't you leave us alone,

Charlie Brown?

You don't understand.

Mr. Hennessey at the hardware store

is going to give us...

We're through with your team forever.

[CHATTERING]

CHARLIE:
All right, listen, everybody.

What I've been trying to tell you...

...is Mr. Hennessey has agreed

to buy us team uniforms.

We're going to get the chance

to play in a real league.

Uniforms? Who'd want to

waste uniforms on your team?

Mr. Hennessey

has ordered the uniforms...

...and we're even going to have

names on them.

We're gonna play in a real league.

Real uniforms?

- Will we be able to have lace cuffs?

- Will they be drip-dry?

Okay, you blockhead.

If you can deliver the uniforms,

we'll give you one more chance.

[CHATTERING]

Boy, real uniforms, we'll show them.

[PHONE RINGING]

Hello?

Oh, Mr. Hennessey.

Yes, this is Charlie Brown.

They're here? Great.

When can I get them?

Right now? Great, I'll be right down. I'll...

What's that?

Why, yes,

we do have a dog on the team.

Girls? Yes, we do have

a girl or two on the team.

But... But...

Oh, I couldn't do that, Mr. Hennessey...

...they're my team.

I couldn't tell the girls and Snoopy

they couldn't be on the team.

Oh, you mean the league won't accept

the girls or a dog on a team.

But, Mr. Hennessey, they're my friends

and he's my faithful dog.

Well, I understand, Mr. Hennessey.

I know it isn't your fault. Rules are rules.

I guess we'll have to do without

uniforms and being in a real league.

Thanks anyway.

Rats. No uniforms, no real league.

What am I going to do, Linus?

Mr. Hennessey just called,

and we can't have the uniforms...

...unless we get rid of Snoopy

and the girls from our team.

He says there's no place for them

in an organized league.

Oh, brother, Lucy's gonna tear you

limb from limb when you tell her.

She's gonna blow sky high.

They'll never play for you again.

I've got it. I won't say a word

till after the next game.

All we need is one victory

and they'll forget all about the uniforms.

We'll just play and win.

I don't know, charlie Brown.

Perhaps you should just leave town.

No, Linus, I know we can do it.

We can win if we really try.

Good old Charlie Brown,

he never gives up.

I wanna tell you how pleased I am

with the spirit you've been showing.

I like the way you're talking it up

out there. I like to hear lots of chatter.

Don't be so polite, charlie Brown.

Why don't you just

come right out and say...

...you're glad you have

a team of loudmouths?

I've come up with something

that's going to bring us victory.

What about our uniforms?

I've had Linus scout the opposition.

Now we'll know their weaknesses.

Linus, give us the scouting report

on the other team.

I watched this team practice, see?

They were terrible.

Anybody could beat them.

None of their players

could hit the ball out of the infield.

And they have this loudmouthed girl

in center field who can't catch a thing.

They also have some animal

at second base who can't even throw.

Their pitcher is a kind of round-headed

kid who is absolutely no good at all.

- And...

ALL:
You scouted your own team.

Charlie Brown, why don't you give up?

It's a good thing

we're gonna get uniforms.

Otherwise, we wouldn't even play.

All right, all right. Let's start the game.

[COUGHING]

Bleh.

Pigpen, you're impossible.

Can't you do something

about all this dust?

How can you consider putting on

a new uniform over such a dirty figure?

You're absolutely filthy.

Yes, but I have clean thoughts.

Can't you even keep your shoelaces tied?

What do you want me to be,

inconsistent?

I've got to pitch them in there and win.

It's the only thing that will take

their minds off those stupid uniforms.

It's very lonely out here

on the pitcher's mound.

It's hard sometimes

to bear all this responsibility.

But suddenly you seem to realize

that you are not really alone.

Actually,

you are surrounded by loyal teammates.

Come on, you blockhead,

try to get one over the plate.

[BAT HITS BALL]

Oh, well, a man on first.

I'll keep the ball low for a double play.

[BAT HITS BALL]

Greatest double play I've ever seen.

Look at that. Shermy got a hit.

Wow, another hit!

LUCY:
Where did it go?

CHARLIE:
I don't know, I can't see.

I feel it in my bones, today we win.

[BAT HITS BALL]

Boy, what a catch.

The team is really up for this one.

We can't lose.

Linus, they've only scored two runs

in nine innings. We still have a chance.

I want you to go up there

and grit your teeth.

Look at that, Linus got a hit!

Oh, good grief. Out by a blanket.

Lucy, if you grit your teeth

and show real determination...

...you always have a chance.

Let's see you grit your teeth.

Fantastic.

You'll scare their pitcher to death.

Go get a hit.

Get a hit? I can't even see the pitcher.

This bat is no good. It's too light.

That ball they're using is no good either.

How can anyone hit

when the sun is so bright?

- I bat better when it's cloudy.

- Good grief.

All right, Snoopy.

This is the last of the ninth.

We need at least two runs.

I want you to go up there

and get on base.

Ahhhh!

That's it, Snoopy. Grit your teeth.

Look at that, Snoopy got a hit!

We're still in the game!

Look at that, Snoopy stole second!

Snoopy stole third!

ALL:

Slide, Snoopy, slide!

Snoopy stole home.

We're only one run behind.

ALL:

He's a hero.

It just shows what

teeth-gritting determination can do.

Who's our next teeth-gritting hero?

Who's up next?

You are. Grit your teeth, Charlie Brown.

Just do what you told all the others.

Grit your teeth and get a hit.

[TEETH RATTLING]

Good grief.

Ooh, come on, Charlie Brown, hit it.

For once in your life, hit it.

Wouldn't you like just for once

to see Charlie hit the ball?

No, I'm not prepared

to have the world come to an end.

Now I'm gonna grit my teeth

and bear down.

If a person grits his teeth and shows

real determination, he can't fail.

I got a hit, I got a hit!

I finally got a hit!

I got a hit!

You can't say I didn't get a hit.

And now...

And now I'm gonna steal second.

I stole second base!

I'm on my way to being a hero.

If I could steal third, we have a chance.

There's third base.

It's hero time.

ALL:

Slide, Charlie Brown, slide.

Oh, I did it. I stole third base.

I actually stole third base.

I honest-to-goodness stole third base.

We're only one run behind

with the tying run at third.

But we have two outs.

But Charlie Brown is on third,

and our best hitter is coming up.

Say, you don't think charlie Brown

will try to steal home, do you?

Never. Not even Charlie Brown

would do anything that stupid.

I wonder if I should try to steal home.

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