The Making of Arthur


 * ''[first lines, as Arthur watches the TV show called Casey Tulips]
 * Casey: One Hollywood's top honors, you've work with some of the best directors in the world. Matt Damon, what drives you?
 * Matt Damon: Well, Casey, I prefer to ride my bike whenever I can. [laughing]
 * ''[the director come in while clearing throat]
 * Matt Damon: This seems like a good opportunity to talk about my new project. It's called postcards from you. I want kids from all over the country to send me one minute videos they make. I'll pick a few, and air them on TV. Is that sound like fun?
 * Arthur: It sure does!
 * Casey: To enter just the Email of us, and we'll send you the guidelines, and you can start filming. Matt Damon, always a pleasure.
 * Matt Damon: Actually, this is the first time I've been on your show, but thank you.
 * Grandma Thora: [turns the TV off] Time for bed.
 * Arthur: Something I made could actually be on TV? Imagine how cool that would be. Oh, I don't have a videocamera.
 * Grandma Thora: You can borrow mine. It's not the latest model, but it works. [gives him a kiss on the head] Sleep tight. [turns the light off]
 * Arthur: I wonder what I should film. [Pal licks him] Hey, maybe I should make it about you!
 * ''[Pal barks]
 * ''[the title card]
 * ''[cut to the people in the classroom]
 * Muffy: [bringing a paper to Arthur] Congratulations! You're all invited to audition to the extras in the video I'm making for Matt Damon. [continues by bringing more paper]
 * Arthur: I'm entering that contest, too! All you have to do is send in a one minute video about something interesting in your life.
 * Muffy: Don't waste your time. My daddy sold a heart in Matt Damon's lawyers assistant. So I'm pretty much guaranteed to live, but you would be fabulous as average kid number two.
 * Brain: [looking for a paper] I wonder what I could film for one minute that would be a scientififc value.
 * [George sneezes]
 * Brain: That's it!
 * ''[George blows a tissue from a kleenex]
 * Buster: I had the perfect subject for my video. [pointing to Arthur] You!
 * Arthur: Why me?
 * Buster: Why not? You're very interesting besides I don't think I could get footage of a real alien in time. What's yours gonna be about, Arthur Read?
 * Arthur: You'll just have to wait and see.
 * ''[cut to the yard while recording]
 * Arthur: Every morning, Pal starts off with a ball of delicious be flavored kibble. That's your cue, D.W.!
 * D.W.: [bringing a lettuce to Pal] La, la, la, la, la! Good morning, Arthur's smelly dog. Even though you've been very, very bad, I'll grand you with breakfast, anyway.
 * Arthur: Cut! Why are you dressed like that? And what's lettuce doing in Pal's bowl?
 * D.W.: I'm the breakfast fairy, and your doggy's too much meat. He should have a salad once in a while.
 * ''[Pal runs back to the house]
 * Arthur: There are not going to be any berries in my movie!
 * D.W.: It's our movie! Mom said I could help, too!
 * Buster: [recording a squirrel] Guys, you're missing a great nature video, the squirrel. Known to scientists, as, uh, is squirrel is squirrel. Listen, miss, tries to make a meal out of the dog's unwanted breakfast.
 * ''[Pal barks at the squirrel, then running away]
 * Buster: He fails. The reed yard is indeed as hustle evironment.
 * D.W.: Now that you're star is off ctaching a case of rabies. Can we please film my idea?
 * ''[cut to the house]
 * D.W.: And now, presenting the lovely Nadine, who for her first trick, were produced a pig out of our hat!
 * ''[Nadine appears, by using a magic wand to tap a hat, then oinking then a pig comes out of a hat]
 * D.W.: Wonderful! Amazing! Oh! Two of clubs! That was the card I was thinking of!
 * Buster: This Nadine's not that for some of the wizard even real. What do you think, Arthur Read? [recording a camera]
 * Arthur: I think we need more ideas.
 * ''[cut to Brain, plugging a video camera]
 * Brain: The sneeze is one of the most fascinating responses in the body.
 * ''[the computer shows George sneezing]
 * Brain: Now watch the same image slow down to a quarter of the speed.
 * ''[he shows George sneezing again in slow-motion]
 * Brain: The air coming out of his nose is spewing 100,000 bacteria into the air.
 * Arthur: That's your video?
 * Brain: I was going to have George sneeze multiple times, but he had to work on his own project. Hey, you guys could be my new test subjects!
 * Buster: I have to go wash my pegs!
 * Arthur: Yeah, I'm late for um, something!
 * ''[they both go out the door]
 * Brain: Come on! I knew you and have pepper!
 * ''[cut to the garage]
 * George: Welcome to this old doll house. I'm your host, George Lundgren. So, Ms. Molina, what is it you want to do with this house?
 * ''[the camera zooms to the llama]
 * Vicita: It's too small for ballito. He walks upon put on this side, but it should look like a castle.
 * George: Uh, that could be a little difficult, but, hey, I notice you have rot over here. So what we're gonna do is remove this side, and...
 * Vicita: What are you doing?
 * George: I'm just trying to fix it!
 * Vicita: You're destroying Raulito's house! You must! All better!
 * ''[the camera cuts to the static while turning off, then cut to Sugar Bowl]
 * Buster: [recording Arthur drinking a smoothie] Arthur, sicks the last of his smoothie, trying to come up with a new idea, but his head as empty as his glass.
 * Arthur: Would you cut that out?
 * Buster: Ooh, that was good, but you moved yohr head out of the frame!
 * Arthur: I'm serious! The dead lion for the video was in three days, and I still don't know what to shoot!
 * Buster: [putting the videocamera down] You'll come up with something. Have some mozerella sticks. I haven't filmed you eating yet.
 * Arthur: [picking a mozerella stick] That's it!
 * ''[cut back to the house, recording]
 * Dad: A voilà! That is how you make David Read's lighter than air chocolate souffle.
 * D.W.: Wait! It's not finished! [puts salt on the chocolate souffle, then deflating]
 * Dad: [sighing] Thank you, Sprinkle Fairy.
 * Arthur: Cut! D.W., you ruined the shot! Now we have to start all over!
 * Buster: You can just edit it out.
 * D.W.: Yes, smarty pants. We can just edit it out! What's an edit and how de we get it out?
 * Buster: Editing is where you take all the stuff you filmed and cut it up, so it's fun to watch! Come on. I'll show you.
 * ''[cut to the friends on computer]
 * Buster: First, you have to cut out the boring parts, or anything you don't want people to see. [laughing]
 * ''[clicking the next picture]
 * Buster: Then you add in some background music. You can also add in some cool graphics for your title. Finally, after hours and hours of work, you're done!
 * ''[he puts a CD in the soundtrack, then cutting back outside]
 * Buster: Arthur Read leaves his house with his finished one minute video, all his hopes and dreams are in that envelope.
 * Arthur: Don't you think you have enough footage of me by now?
 * Buster: I never got a shot of you brushing your teeth, but I guess you're right. Goodbye, Arthur, you've been a wonderful subject. [sobbing] I'm really gonna miss you.
 * Arthur: I'm your best friend. I see you every day.
 * Buster: Oh, yeah. Well, good luck.
 * ''[they both walk down the street, then cut to the mailbox, throwing envelopes]
 * Muffy: You included one to Matt's cat filelist, right?
 * Arthur: Hey, Muffy. How did your video go?
 * Muffy: It was exhausting! A special effects took forever!
 * Arthur: You had special effects?
 * Muffy: Of course! How can you do Muffy the umpire's layer without a baseball team of flying vampire's zombies? Is that yours?
 * Arthur: Yeah. It's my Dad making a chocolate souffle.
 * Muffy: A cooking video? Well, there's always table. Ciao!