Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964 TV Movie)

Carl Banas: Head Elf, Spotted Elephant, Other Toys

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• Head Elf : [Entering the workshop room where Hermey is practicing his dental skills; angrily]  Why weren't you at elf practice?

  Hermey : [pauses his work]  Just fixing these dolls' teeth.

  Head Elf : Just fixing...? Now listen: we have dolls that cry, talk, walk, blink and run a temperature. We don't need any chewing dolls!

  Hermey : But I just thought I'd find a way to - to fit in.

  Head Elf : You'll *never* fit in! Now you come to elf practice, learn how to wiggle your ears, chuckle warmly, go "hee-hee" and "ho-ho", and important stuff like that. A dentist! Good grief!

  [slams door] 

• Head Elf : Hermey! Aren't you finished painting that yet? There's a pile-up a mile wide behind you! What's eatin' ya, boy?

  Hermey : Not happy with my work, I guess.

  Head Elf : What?

  Hermey : [sadly]  I just don't like to make toys.

  Head Elf : Oh, well, if that's all... What? You don't like to make toys?

  Hermey : [sadly again]  Nnno.

  Head Elf : [to the other elves]  Hermey doesn't like to make toys!

  Elves : [whispering to each other, then chorusing to Hermey in unison]  Hermey doesn't like to make toys. Hermey doesn't like to make toys. Hermey doesn't like to make toys. Shame on you!

  Head Elf : Do you mind telling me what you do want to do?

  Hermey : Well, sir, someday, I'd like to be a... a dentist.

  Head Elf : A - dentist?

  Hermey : Well, we need one up here. I've been studying. It's fascinating; you've no idea. Molars and bicuspids and incisors...

  Head Elf : [interuppts]  Now listen, you: you're an elf, and elves make toys.

  [shoving the dentistry book away and shoving the cart that Hermey was painting back to him] 

  Head Elf : Now, get to work!

  [whistle blows] 

  Head Elf : [to the other elves]  Ten minute break!

  [Hermey smiles eagerly and starts to leave, but the head elf jumps him] 

  Head Elf : Not for you! Finish the job, or you're fired!

• Head Elf : [extending his hand to Hermey, then Hermey shakes it]  All right, you can open a dentist office, next week, after Christmas.

  Hermey : Come here, open your mouth.

  Head Elf : [groaning as he opens his mouth]  Ah...

  Hermey : Oh, dear! I'd better set an appointment up for you a week from Tuesday, 4:30 sharp!

• Head Elf : All up for elf practice!

  Santa Claus : Well, let's get this over with. I have to go down and look over the new deer.

  Head Elf : [in a different voice]  Okay, Santa.

  [to the elves] 

  Head Elf : Now let's try out the new elf song I wrote. And remember, it's for Santa.

  [starts conducting] 

  Head Elf : And a one-a, and a two-a, and a three-a!

• Head Elf : [after "We Are Santa's Elves"]  That sounded terrible; the tenor section was weak!

  Elf : Wasn't our fault, boss; Hermey didn't show up.

  Head Elf : [Angry]  What?

• Spotted Elephant : How would you like to be a spotted elephant?

  Train with Square Wheels : Or a choo-choo with square wheels on your caboose?

  Water Pistol : [shooting jelly toward Hermey]  Or a water pistol that shoots jelly?

  Spotted Elephant , Train with Square Wheels , Water Pistol : We're all misfits!