Lazlo, Numbuh 3 & Clarence/Transcript

This is an episode transcript for [./https://bigidea.fandom.com/wiki/Rack,_Shack_and_Benny_(episode) Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego].

Opening Ground Segment/Story: Act I
''[Fade in. Lazlo standing all alone on the ground.]''

Lazlo: Hi, kids! And welcome to HappyTales! I'm Lazlo. Uh, I'm Lazlo! (calls out) Hey Clarence!

Clarence (Off-screen): Just a minute! (Crashing sound is heard.)

Lazlo: Are you okay?

Clarence (Off-screen): ''I'll be right there! Whoa! Excuse me!'' (Shows up with an oven mitt on his head.)

Lazlo: Uh, Clarence?

Clarence: Yeah, Lazlo?

Lazlo: Over here, Clarence.

Clarence: Oh. Yeah?

Lazlo: Have you been cooking?

Clarence: What? Ohhhh, you noticed my new hat!

Lazlo: Your hat?

Clarence: Yeah, isn't it the coolest?

Lazlo: Um, Clarence, you've got an oven mitt on your head.

Clarence: Oh, yes, they're all the rage. Simply everyone is wearing them.

Lazlo: Really?

Clarence: Well, all the cool people anyway.

Lazlo: Yeah, but you can't see where you're going! Isn't that a little dangerous?

Clarence: Fashion has its price.

Lazlo: Clarence, you almost fell into a toaster back there.

Clarence: Oh, Lazlo, Lazlo, Lazlo! Don't you read HappyBeat magazine? This is the look! Without this oven mitt on my head, I just wouldn't be cool.

Lazlo: I see. Hey! That reminds me of a letter we just got from Dexter Wilmington of Tuscaloosa, Alabama!

Clarence: Oh, you don't say.

Lazlo: I do. Now Dexter says that sometimes when he's at his friend Billy's house, Billy wants to watch this TV show that Dexter's not supposed to watch. Now Dexter knows that it's a bad show, but Billy says if he doesn't watch it, it means he's not cool. What should he do?

Clarence: Oh, what an idiot! You know, Lazlo...

Lazlo: Over here, Clarence.

Clarence: You know, Bob, I think we need Qwerty for this one. I'll be right back. (Hops off)

Lazlo: Um, Larry, watch out for the... (Clarence falls into the...) Sink.

Clarence: Ouch!

Lazlo: Are you okay?

Clarence: They didn't mention this in "HappyBeat" magazine.

Lazlo: Heh. You know, Dexter, while I try to get Clarence out of the sink, I want you to listen to a story about three friends named Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego who were in a principal just like yours.

[The scene dissolves into place]

Clyde: That's right, those weren't their real names. No. Their real names were uh, let me see if I can get this right. Uh, Shadrach, Meschach, and uh Abednego. Of course no one would remember those, so we took to calling them Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego. Anyways, they came with a bunch of other boys and girls as Mr. Mackey sent them to work at his chocolate factory. Oh, and Mr. Mackey? We'll get back to that later. Who am I? Why, I'm Clyde! Anything that goes in and out of Mackey's chocolate's gotta come by me! Well, speaking of which, it's almost 8 o' clock! The time for the morning milk delivery! (A carrot named Laura flies by in a flying tanker truck) Here comes Bubbles now! Oh, she's my favorite.

(Truck stops at the gate as a song starts)

Bubbles: Good morning, Clyde, how are you? I hope you're feeling fine. I'd like to stay and talk, but it's almost 8 o' clock, and I haven't got the time!

Clyde: See you later!

Bubbles: Because we work real hard at the chocolate factory! We start at 8, and we don't get lunch till 3! I've got to drive a truck, to make a buck, so I can send it home to my family.

(As she parks her truck, she's greeted by a gourd known as Beast Boy.)

Beast Boy: Well now, you are in trouble! Your time card is a wreck! It's almost 2 past 8. I'll tell Mr Mackey that you're late, and he'll take it from your check!

Bubbles: Yes, Mr. Beast Boy.

Beast Boy: (enters the factory) Oh yes, we work real hard at the chocolate factory!

Toad: Excuse me, Mr. Beast Boy, but I've got an injury.

Beast Boy: Now get back on the line! You'll be just fine! With all this work to do we've got no time for sympathy!

(Pan down to an assembly line showing chocolate muffins being made. As a robotic arm with a Mickey Mouse-esque glove puts cups on the muffin, we're introduced to Rack, Shack and Benny (played by Numbuh 3, Lazlo and Clarence.)

Abednego: We used to be so happy.

Shadrach: We used to laugh and run.

Meshack: Now there's no time to play, cause we've gotta work all day, And it isn't very fun!

Shadrach: I'm Shadrach!

Meshack: I'm Meshack!

Abednego: I'm Abednego!

Together: We work here in the plant! We'd like to take a break. For goodness sake, But Mr. Mackey says-

Beast Boy: You can't! Ha!

(We see robotic arms putting chocolate chips on the muffin.)

Shadrach, Meshack, Abednego and all co-workers: We all need a vacation! Our schedule is severe! We're getting very tired, But stopping gets us fired, So we'll have to stay right here! Because we work real hard at the chocolate factory, We start at 8 and we don't get lunch til 3. We work the whole week through to make a buck or two, so we can send them home to our families. (During this part, a misshapen chocolate bunny is pushed down a slide and into a furnace.) Someday they'll come and join us, We live in harmony, We hope the day is near, until then you'll find us here at the Nezzer Chocolate Factory!

[A chocolate muffin box falls down to Clyde's counter at the entrance.]

Clyde: The Mackey chocolate chip muffin. Everyday they make 14,638 little fellows. Give or take to you. Oh yeah, Mr. Mackey. Nebby K. Nezzer. I bet you call it Mr. Mackey. Now Mr. Mackey's not a bad man, he just gets confused sometimes. Why, his chocolate bunnies are selling so well, I think he's got a little big for his britches. And that's saying something, so his britches will break out to start out with. What's all this have to do with Rack, Shack & Benny? Well, their trouble starts when Mr. Nezzer makes a little announcement.

(Everyone is working well, when suddenly... A bell rings like a school bell as a huge tv screen shows up and turns on)

Mr. Mackey: Attention, little people. I have announcement. This morning, Mr. Mackey shipped its two millionth chocolate bunny! (Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego smile upon hearing this. Cut to Mr. Mackey's office.) To celebrate this momentous occasion, for the next 30 minutes, everyone can eat as many bunnies they want. Bon appétit!

Beast Boy: Hey, boss. That's awfully nice so you've given away all those muffins.

Mr. Mackey: Oh if I could just see to look on their faces right now.

''[Bubbles starts eating chocolate chip muffins, as do the rest of the employees. During this, bits and pieces of chocolate fly everywhere. Cut to Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego, eating the chocolate bunnies when Meshack decides he's had enough.]''

Meshack: Hey guys, I don't think we should eat any more muffin.

Shadrach: Um, what do you mean? Mr. Mackey says that we could eat as many as we want.

Meshack: Well, don't you remember what our parents taught us? We shouldn't eat very much candy because it's not very good for us.

Shadrach: Meshack, our parents aren't here now. We're on our own. Besides, everybody else is doing it.

Meshack: Shadrach, Abednego, listen to me. I know our parents aren't here right now. But when I think of a song, my mom used to sing to me a long time ago.

(Camera zooms out on Baby Numbuh 3 in a crib.)

Genki: Think of me everyday. Hold tight to what I say, and I'll be close to you even from far away. Know that wherever you are, it is never too far. If you think of me, I'll be with you.

(Fade back to present day.)

Meshack: (singing) Know that wherever you are, it is never too far. If you think of me, I'll be with you. (Talking) You see, even though our parents aren't here right now to help us do what's right, if we remember what they taught us, it's kinda like they are here.

Shadrach: (sniffles) Okay, no more muffins. I'm doing it for my mom.

Abednego: (spits) me too.

''[As Meshack looks at the clock, all of the workers and Bubbles are almost done eating chocolate chip muffins, since it's almost 12:00. All of the workers and Bubbles are now sick. The clock rings at 12]''

Mr. Mackey: Well, that about does it. What do you say we pop in and let them show their appreciation?

Beast Boy: Oh yeah. They're really gonna appreciate you, boss.

(Mr. Mackey opens the doors.)

Mr. Mackey: (opens doors) Hello. Hmm. I don't feel very appreciated.

Beast Boy: Hey, look. They're lying on the floor. Like they're sick or something.

Mr. Mackey: Hmm? You mean I let them eat my bunnies, and in return they all want to play hooky?!

Beast Boy: Wait, boss. Those three students over there. They don't look sick.

Mr. Mackey: Oh? Hmm.

Shadrach: Ahem. Thank you Mr. Mackey for your lovely gift of chocolate.

Abednego: Yeah, thanks.

(Mr. Mackey and Beast Boy walk up to the three.)

Mr. Mackey: Everybody else is lying down, but you three are standing up.

Beast Boy: Actually, boss. I think that guy is Sitting.

Shadrach: I'm standing.

Beast Boy: Sitting!

Shadrach: Look, This is Sitting, And This is Standing! I'm Standing!

Beast Boy: Okay, he's standing.

Mr. Mackey: What are your names, boys.

Shadrach: I'm Shadrach.

Meshack: I'm Meshach.

Abednego: I'm a bumblebee. A bennyboo. I'm Benny.

Mr. Mackey: We can use boys who know how to stand up here at Mackey chocolate. How would you like to be Junior Executives?

Abednego: What does it mean?

Beast Boy: It means you have to wear a bowtie.

Shadrach: Sure, that'll be great!

Mr. Mackey: Alrighty. Beast Boy, get them their ties.

Beast Boy: Right away, boss!

Mr. Mackey: Class, I want to see you in my office first thing in the morning.

Shadrach, Meshack & Abednego: Yes, sir!

Clyde: Well, what do you know. Shadrach, Meshack & Abednego did what they thought was right, even though nobody else was doing it and it paid off. This time anyway, but boy were they in for a surprise when they got to Mr. Mackey's office the next day.

[Cuts to the next morning.]

Mr. Mackey: (opens door) Class, have I got a surprise for you. The other day I was thinking about the Mackey chocolate chip muffin, thinking about how wonderful the muffin is, how beautiful the bunny is, and I thought to myself I thought. Oh, if only all my workers love the bunny as much as I do. I ask myself, why don't they love it as much? Do you know why? (Shadrach gasps) Because it's small, it's just a wee little muffin. What they need is a bunny they can look up to, and I mean way up to. (Lifts a cover off a model of a muffin statue.) This is just a model. The real muffin is 90 feet high. My workers finished it this morning.

Meshack: Wow, that's a big muffin, sir.

Mr. Mackeyr: Mm-hm. Since you're my Junior Executives, I want you to see it first. But this afternoon, everybody meets the new muffin, and it's gonna be a beautiful thing when everybody bows down and sings, The Muffin Song.

Abednego: Um, I don't think I'm familiar with that particular tune. Could you just hum a few bars.

Mr. Mackey: You know, I was hoping you'd ask. The muffin song's are all my employees will show just how much they love the muffin. How nothing is more important than the muffin. How they'd do anything for the muffin. And, it goes something like this.

(The Muffin Song begins)

''The muffin, the muffin. Whoa, I love the muffin. I don't love my soup or my bread just the muffin. The muffin, the muffin, yeah I love the muffin. I gave everything that I had for the muffin. I don't want no heath food when it's time to feed. A big bag o' bunnies is all that I need. I don't want no buddies to come out and play. I'll sit on my sofa and eat muffin all day. I don't want no beans, and I won't eat tofu. This stuff's all for sissies the muffins are cool.''

3 Choir Girls: ''I don't want no pickles, I don't want no honey, I just a plate and a fork and a muffin. I don't want to tell you a joke that is funny, I just want a plate on the fork on the muffin. I don't a tissue when my nose is runny, I just want a plate on the fork on the muffin. I don't want to play on a day that is sunny, I just want a play on the fork on the muffin.''

Mr. Mackey: ''The muffin. The muffin. Whoa I love the muffin. I don't love my soup or my bread just the muffin. The muffin, the muffin. Yeah, I love the muffin. I gave everything that I ha-a-a-d, for the muffin. ''

(The Muffin Song ends)

Mr. Mackey: Well, what do you think?

(The boys are shocked by the song's lyrics.)

Rack: Um, what would happen, say, if someone didn't quite agree with everything in that song, so they didn't, um... didn't sing it? What would happen?

(Mr. Mackey, Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego walk over to a window that shows the factory.)

Mr. Mackey: What's that over there?

Meshack: That's a volcano.

Mr. Mackey: What's it for?

Abednego: Well, that's where the bad muffins go.

Mr. Mackey: Let's just say in my mind, if you don't bow down and sing the song, you're a bad muffin.

Shadrach: You don't mean--?

Mr. Mackey: But I'm sure that won't happen. It's almost time for the ceremony. I'll see you out there.

(The camera moves to the left with Clyde.)

Clyde: Now this is quite the principal. That muffin song was chuck full of stuff they knew was wrong. But if they don't sing it, Mackey says he's gonna throw them in the volcano. Whew, what would you do if you were there. I better hold that thought. The ceremony's starting.

(Camera moves to the dark, and the ceremony.)

Mr. Mackey: Thank you for attending today's festivities. And with great pleasure, I present to you the object of affection, your new best friend, the muffin.

(The giant muffin statue appears.)

Mr. Mackey: Now it's time to bow and sing the muffin song.

(The students bow down. Music plays. Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego remain standing.)

Beast Boy: Hey, boss. Those three students, they don't look like they're bowing.

Mr. Mackey: Hmm, aren't those our new Junior Executives?

Beast Boy: I think so. Maybe they're stuck.

Mr. Mackey: Let's find out.

(He and Beast Boy go over to the three boys on a moving platform.)

Mr. Mackey: I said "It's time to sing the bunny song".

Bubbles: Come on, guys! Sing the song! Everybody's doing it.

Mr. Mackey: Sing the song!

Beast Boy: They ain't singing, boss.

Mr. Mackey: ' SING!!! '

Meshack: Think of me everyday...

Mr. Mackey: Is that the muffin song?

Beast Boy: No, I don't think so.

Bubbles: Are you crazy?! That's the wrong song!

Meshack: ....from far away.

Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego: Know that wherever you are it is never too far. If you think of me, I'll be with you.

Mr. Mackey: Oh, that was beautiful. I'm gonna be singing that song myself. As I throw you into the volcano! Guards, get them! Take them to the volcano!

(Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego watch as three guards approach them. Laura tries to think of a good idea.)

Bubbles: I've got to help them. But how?

(As she keeps thinking, she eyes her flying truck and runs towards it.)

[Fade out.]'"

Clyde: "Shadrach, Meshack & Abednego" will be right back after this short break.

(Bubbly Songs with Clarence begins. The title card shows Clarence wearing Argentinian attire.)

Announcer: And now it's time for "Bubbly Songs with Clarence," the part of the show where Clarence comes out and sings a silly song. Clarence will be performing the traditional Argentinian ballad, "The Dance of the Character", in its original Spanish. Lazlo will translate.

Clarence: No comprendo.

Lazlo: "No comprendo?" I'll show you "no comprendo!"

Numbuh 3: Mom! Dad! Look over here! Get a picture of me next to the cucumber in authentic Argentinian garb!

Numbuh 1: Okay Numbuh 3, but we'd better hurry. I think the dwarves have your mother confused with someone else! (As he says this, three dwarves follow Numbuh 5.) Say "Cheese!"

Clarence and Numbuh 3: Cheese!

Clarence: ¡Adios, amigos!

Announcer: This has been "Bubbly Songs With Clarence". Tune in next time to hear Clarence sing ...


 * Clarence:
 * Lazlo's really angry! 
 * I hope he doesn't catch me!
 * It's so hard to run with this sombrero on my head!

Clyde: And now, back to our story.

[Fade in to Mr. Mackey]

Mr. Mackey: Is everyone comfortable? (​​​​​​(Cut to Shadrach, Meshack, and Abednego tied up.) Good!

Abednego: Shadrach, I can't move my arms!

Shadrach: Uh, Abednego, you already have any arms.

Abednego: Oh.

Mr. Mackey: (singing) I tried to be patient, I tried to be kind. Can you tell me what the trouble is? Am I loosing my mind? Now I didn't ask for much. Just one simple little thing. Didn't ask you to part the waters, I just wanted to hear you sing. I gave you hats, I gave you ties, I let you eat my bunnies! And this is how you repay me? Come on, boys! You think that's funny? Well now at last, your fate is sealed, you're paying for your crime, but to show you the kind of guy I am I'll ask you one more time! (Talking) Will you, or will you not...sing the song?

Shadrach: Well, you see, sir. Our parents taught us to stand up for what we believe in.

Abednego: And God wants us to do what's right.

Meshack: And there's a lot of stuff in that song that's not right.

Shadrach: So, we don't mean to be a bother.

Abednego: We hope you understand.

Meshack: But we cannot sing that song.

Mr. Mackey: I understand, boys.

Abednego: You do?

Mr. Mackey: Oh yes. I understand that you're bad muffins!!!

(A red light flashes as a bell rings. The pusher pushes the students down the slide to the firey volcano, but suddenly...)

Mr. Mackey: Hmm?

(Bubbles has caught them in her truck.)

Bubbles: Sorry sir! Can't let you cook my buddies!

Mr. Nezzer: Guards, get them!

(Two guards get on their muffin-shaped motorcycles.)

Bubbles: Hang on, guys!

(Bubbles flies her truck into a ventilation tunnel as the two guards follow her. One of the guards crashes and falls into a vat of chocolate chips. Cuts to the tunnel where Bubbles is in her flying truck while the guard chases them.)

Bubbles: Which way do I go?

Shadrach: Go up, go up! Or down.

(Laura goes down and the guard follows. The guard sees Bubbles has stopped at the opening and tries to stop too, but he's going too fast. Instead he comes out of the ventilation and falls into the vat of chocolate. Mr. Mackey is shown to be rather annoyed.)

Shadrach: Way to go!

Bubbles: Let's get out of here!

(Her flying truck goes back up.)

Shadrach: I knew this is the way.

Bubbles: I don't think this is the way.

Shadrach: This ain't the way.

Bubbles: I see light!

Shadrach: Go left, go left!

(They drive out of the ventilation tunnel only to end up back where they started.)

Bubbles: Uh oh.

Mr. Mackey: You're back! Now, if I'm not mistaken, that truck belongs to me. Beast Boy?

(Beast Boypushes a button and two robotic hands grab Bubbles' flying truck.)

Mr. Mackey: Oh, but look. My truck seems to be full of garbage. Beast Boy, is there anything you can do about that?

Beast Boy: Hey, no problem, boss.

(As the hands rotate the truck, the students look down at the fiery volcano as it opens up. Bubbles gets out of the truck.)

Meshack: Remember how our parents said that God was always watching out for us?

Shadrach: Yeah?

Meshack: I sure hope they were right.

(The truck stops tilting.)

Mr. Mackey: Huh? Beast Boy?

Beast Boy: It wasn't me, boss.

(Bubblus has unplugged the machine.)

Bubbles: I said, NOBODY bakes my friends!

(The students smile, but suddenly the nail holding the truck door shut starts to bend.)

Mr. Mackey: Listen here, young lady. If you don't plug that back in, you're gonna be in BIG trouble!

(The nail breaks, the door opens, and the students fall out of the truck.)

(Bubbles gasps as the flames in the volcano rage.)

Mr. Mackey: (laughing evilly) Nobody's ever gonna stand up to me again! Hmm.

(Suddenly, the lights in the factory go out. Mr. Mackey turns to see a heavenly glow coming out of the furnace. He and Bubbles watch in surprise. Beast Boy peeks through a window.)

Beast Boy: Hey boss, how many guys did you throw into the volcano?

Mr. Mackey: Uh, three?

Beast Boy: Well, it looks like four guys in there now and one of them's real shiny. One more thing, boss. They ain't burnin' up.

Mr. Mackey: Shadrach! Meshack! Abednego! Come out of there!

(The door opens as Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego step out, completely unharmed, thanks to God.)

Mr. Mackey: The lord has saved you from the fiery volcano. Oh I was wrong to try to make you do things you weren't supposed to do. What was I thinking? I must have forgot everything my mommy taught me. Do you ever accept my apology?

Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego: We accept it.

Mr. Mackey: Oh, thanks. Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?

Meshack: Well, you could sing one of our songs.

Mr. Mackey: How's it go?

Meshack: You know. I was hoping you'd ask.

(Stand Up starts.)

Meshack: My mommy always taught me to do what was right. To wash behind my ears and try to be polite. You see she loves me so.

Mr. Mackey: That's beautiful.

Meshack: It's why to she tells me what I need to know.

Mr. Mackey: I have a lot of respect for that woman.

Meshack: But sometimes when I'm playin' with a buddy or two, they're doing things I know I'm not supposed to do.

Mr. Mackey: Do you go along? Even though the things they do were wrong?

Meshack: Mmm-mm. I remember stand!

Class: Stand up, stand up!

Meshack: For what you believe in, believe in, believe in God.

Class: He's the one to back you up.

Meshack: Will stand with you.

Shadrach: When everybody tells you that you gotta be cool, remember what you learned in church and Sunday School just check it out.

Mr. Mackey: Hm-hmm.

Shadrach: The Bible tells us that it's all about.

Mr. Mackey: You know that's right.

Abednego: And if you have a question, go ask your dad. And he can tell you if the thing is good or bad, you'll make their day.

Mr. Mackey: Uh-huh.

Abednego: If you remember what your parents say.

Mr. Mackey: What'd they say?

Shadrach, Meshack & Abednego: They taught us stand.

Class: Stand up, stand up.

Shadrach, Meshack & Abednego: For what you believe in, believe in, believe in God.

Class: He's the one to back you up.

Shadrach, Meshack & Abednego: Will stand with you.

(Zoom to the outside of the factory, which starts to dance as the song reaches the end.)

Meshack: Oh, stand.

Class: Stand up, stand up.

Shadrach, Meshack & Abednego: For what you believe in, believe in, believe in God.

Class: He's the one to back you up.

Shadrach, Meshack & Abednego: Will stand with you.

Meshack: He'll stand with you. Oh yeah.

(Camera fades as the story ends with Clyde.)

(Fades back with Lazlo at the pool.)

Lazlo: Oh, you're back. Well I still haven't been able to get Clarence out of the sink.

Larry: I want to get out, Bob.

Lazlo: But it's time now to talk about what we've learned today.

Larry: (singing) And so what we have learned applies to our lives today and God has a lot to say in His book.

Lazlo: Larry, you know how I feel about that song.

Larry: (singing) You see we know that God's word is for everyone and now that our song is done we'll take a... (Bob turns water on.) Hey! That's cold!

Lazlo: As I was saying "It's time to talk about what we've learned today". Right, Larry?

Larry:I'm wet.

Lazlo: Right. Well, Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego learned that standing up for what they believe in was pretty hard, but it was worth it. When all their friends were doing things that were wrong, Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego remember what their parents had taught them, and that The lord wanted them to do what was right. In the end, The lord was protecting them even in the fiery volcano. What did you learn, Clarence?

Clarence: Well, I learned that doing something that isn't such a good idea, just to be cool, isn't very cool. I put an oven mitt on my head just because HappyBeat Magazine said it will make me cool. Even though, I couldn't see anything. It didn't make me cool. It made me, it made me bump into the toaster and then fall into the sink, and now I can't get out of here. I'm gonna be stuck here forever, and people are gonna set plates on my head and I'm never gonna get to go to the circus or run through the fresh-cut grass or feel the ocean breeze on my hair as I pilot my nimble schooner, Felix off the coast of our family home in Kennebunkport. (gasp) Oh Auntie Em. There's no place like home, there's no place like home. Click, click, click.

Lazlo: Are you finished?

Clarence: Yeah.

Lazlo: Okay Clarence. You see that spoon over there?

Clarence: Uh-huh.

Lazlo: If you stand on that end of it and I jump onto the other end, it'll fling you out of there. Okay?

Clarence: Okay.

Lazlo: This'll just take a second.

Clarence: I'm ready.

Lazlo: Okay, here I come.

(He jumps into the pool, and Clarence gets out while the spoon flies into the air before landing back in the pool.)

Clarence: Oh, that's much better. Thank you, Bob. Bob? Bob?

Lazlo: (offscreen) I'm in here, Larry.

Clarence: Oh there you are. Hey, let's see if Qwerty has a verse for us.

(QWERTY opens the verse)

Clarence: "Stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you". 2nd Thesaloofians. Thesielians. Thesaloppians. Uh, Lazlo.

Lazlo: Thessalonians.

Clarence: Thanks.

Lazlo: Can I get out now?

Clarence: Not yet. 2nd Thessalonians 2:15. That means, remember what your parents teach you, and what you've learned from the Bible. When someone wants you to do something that you know is wrong, stand firm and do what's right. In our story, Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego stood firm when all their friends were doing things they knew were wrong. So Dexter, the next time you go to Billy's house, maybe you can bring one of your favourite videos to watch instead. He might think it's pretty cool! It isn't always easy, but knowing you've done the right thing sure feels good inside. Right, Lazlo?

Lazlo: Yep, that's right, Clarence. I'd like to get out now.

Clarence: Well, that's all the time we have for today. Remember, God made you special and He loves you very much. G'bye.

(End of transcript)