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A magical leprechaun takes on the form of a talking scarecrow and helps two kids save their farm from a hoard of demons, lead by an evil witch and her spineless warlock husband.
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00:00Crows?
00:04Oh, that's rich!
00:08Look, everybody! I'm a scarecrow!
00:12Please, Mr. O'Lantern, you're frightening Colleen and the animals.
00:18And this is me chapeau, I suppose.
00:22Billy, don't!
00:24Oh, you cheeky little...
00:26Oh, don't hurt him, Mr. O'Lantern!
00:30Reichen Bass presents Festival of Family Classics.
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01:10The exciting adventures of an elfish Will-O'-The-Wisp, Jack-O-Lantern.
01:14The exciting adventures of an elfish Will-O'-The-Wisp, Jack-O-Lantern.
01:20Supreme of the whole family!
01:26Grandpop!
01:36Ah, children, just the sight of you makes me feel 50 years younger.
01:41Tell us the story, please, Grandpop.
01:43Story? Now, what story might that be?
01:47You know, the story about Jack.
01:50Jack-O-Lantern!
01:51Over there on your windowsill.
01:53Well, I guess Jack would never forgive me
01:56If I put off telling his story.
01:58Over here, children.
02:00Over here!
02:01Let's see now.
02:02A long, long time ago
02:04When your great-aunt Colleen and I were tots just like you two,
02:08Our father brought us up from the city to live right here on this very farm.
02:16We were very poor and things didn't go well from the beginning.
02:21Ah, there's my father now.
02:23Poor man trying to coax a meager crop from the stingy soil.
02:28Do you see him?
02:29Yes. Yes, I can see him.
02:31And there's my sister, Colleen, with Lulu the cow.
02:35We'd have gone without milk if it hadn't been for Lulu.
02:40There I am with Swayback, the old gray mare who did the heavy work around the farm.
02:46And that's Billy, our pet goat.
02:48He didn't do much of anything but cause trouble.
02:56We're all finished, Father.
02:58I've had it for the day, too.
03:00I don't know where all this hard work is getting us.
03:02We slave all day putting the fields to rights then wake up the next morning to find the soil hard as a rock from frost or scorched by brush fire.
03:12What crops there are picked to pieces by those mangy crows.
03:16But it can't be the crows, Father.
03:18They've stayed away ever since Michael made the scarecrow.
03:21Then it must be ghosties and goblins because every farmer in the area has the same problem.
03:27Maybe we need a better scarecrow.
03:29What we need, Michael, is some kind of miracle.
03:32Michael, what are we going to do?
03:35I still say if we had a better scarecrow, it would help.
03:39Look at that poor thing.
03:41How could he ever scare anybody?
03:43He doesn't even have a head on his shoulders.
03:45But how?
03:46I've got it.
03:47That pumpkin you brought in from the field the other day, where is it?
03:50In the kitchen.
03:51Go get it and meet me in the barn.
03:59Now what are those kids up to?
04:01Beats me.
04:02But it must be something important.
04:06Billy, you come away from there.
04:08Can't you see the kids are busy?
04:11All I want is a little taste.
04:14Little taste my hoof.
04:15You need anything you can lift.
04:17All I had for lunch was two rusty tin cans.
04:21Times are tough all over.
04:23Now get out of Colleen's way and be quiet.
04:26They expect you to do a day's work on two crummy tin cans.
04:30There.
04:32It's finished.
04:33Michael, it's just beautiful.
04:36It's supposed to be scary.
04:39Oh, well, it's that too.
04:42Who's the blatherskite been chopping holes in me pumpkin and letting in the draft fit to give a buddy a case of the vapors?
04:52Oh, my God.
04:53My, my.
04:54Fancy that.
04:55It talks.
04:57The old talking pumpkin trick, eh?
05:00Is there no one here with the common decency to answer a simple question?
05:05Who's been cutting up me pumpkin shell?
05:08Don't be afraid, Colleen.
05:10Michael.
05:11Colleen.
05:12What beautiful names yous have.
05:14Takes me right back to the old sod, the very sound of them.
05:18I cut the holes in your shell, Mr. Pumpkin.
05:20I'm sure I'm a leprechaun, not a pumpkin.
05:23A leprechaun.
05:24Leprechaun.
05:25That I am.
05:26I just changed meself into a pumpkin seed to hibernate for the winter.
05:30And a fine rest I was having.
05:32Till yous come hacking away at me boudoir with your carving knife.
05:36Gosh, Mr.
05:37Uh, Mr.
05:38Jack.
05:39Jack O'Lantern is the name of the Donegal O'Lanterns I'll have yous know.
05:43I'm sorry about your pumpkin shell, Mr. O'Lantern.
05:46We were just trying to make a head for our scarecrow.
05:49A head for your...
05:50Now why on earth would you want to do a thing like that for us?
05:53To scare away the crows who ruin the farms every night.
05:56Crows, is it?
05:59Crows?
06:01Oh, that's rich.
06:05Look everybody, I'm a scarecrow.
06:07Please, Mr. O'Lantern, you're frightening Colleen and the animals.
06:15And this is me chapeau, I suppose.
06:18Billy, don't.
06:20Oh, you cheeky little...
06:22Oh, don't hurt him, Mr. O'Lantern.
06:24Of course I won't hurt him, lad.
06:26Wouldn't hurt to teach a little beggar some respect for his elders, though.
06:30But why did you carry on so when I told you about the crows?
06:33Tisn't the crows that be freezing the earth and scorching your crops.
06:37And tisn't the crows that be eating your corn and rhubarb every night.
06:41Then who?
06:42Tis the ghosts.
06:43The ghouls and goblins.
06:45And herself, Zelda the witch.
06:47Along with her jellyfish of a husband, Sir Archibald, the warlock.
06:51Ghosts?
06:52G-g-goblins?
06:53Sure, and they want to drive all you farmers away from here,
06:56so they can have the land for themselves.
06:58What are we going to do?
07:00Don't you worry your pretty little head, lass.
07:02Old Jack will take care of the demons for you.
07:05You're talking to a leprechaun.
07:07And all us leprechauns have a pot of gold.
07:09You have?
07:10Right here in me pumpkin shell.
07:12And with me pot of gold, I've got more magical powers
07:15than the whole flock of spookies put together.
07:18Gosh.
07:19Tell you what we'll do.
07:20You two run off and get some sleep while I stand guard in the fields.
07:24Then sneak out and meet me at midnight.
07:27Okay, Mr. O'Lantern.
07:28Well, don't be so formal, lad. Call me Jack.
07:31Now, Scoot.
07:32Anything you say, Jack.
07:34Come on, Colleen.
07:36Sure, and there's going to be a fine brouhaha before this night's over.
07:41I didn't see it.
07:43I didn't hear it.
07:44It never happened.
07:45It was just a bad dream.
07:47Sure.
07:48That's what it was.
07:49A dream.
07:50How come all three of us had the same dream?
07:53You and your big mouth.
07:55Neither Colleen nor I slept a bit that night.
08:02We just lay there in our bed shivering with excitement.
08:06And a few minutes before the witching hour,
08:09we quietly sneaked out to meet our new friend Jack O'Lantern.
08:13And heaven knows what else.
08:22Ah, there you are, young'uns.
08:23And just in time, I might add,
08:25the fireworks should start pretty soon now.
08:27Fireworks?
08:28Oh, yes.
08:29Zelda and her bunch like to make a big entrance.
08:32I'm surprised you never heard them before.
08:34They make enough racket to wake the dead.
08:37But wait.
08:38Do you hear it?
08:39Hear what?
08:40The wind, lad.
08:41The wind.
08:42Don't you hear it?
08:43Beginnin' to moan, kind of weird-like.
08:45That means they're on their way.
08:48Zelda and her pack of blackards will be upon us any minute now.
08:51Now, now, little ones, there's nothing to be feared of.
08:54So long as I got me pot of gold, no harm can come to you.
08:59Poor Jack O'Lantern will best them at every turn.
09:01Just you watch.
09:03Look.
09:04There they come now.
09:13Oh, really, Zelda, darling, must you cackle like that?
09:16It's hardly ladylike.
09:17How many times do I have to tell you, stupid?
09:20Witches aren't supposed to be ladylike.
09:24Oh, dear, every night the same old noise.
09:29Can't we spend a nice quiet evening at home once in a while?
09:32You're the one who said we should acquire a nice piece of land
09:35for when we reach retirement age.
09:38But, I mean, this is so undignified.
09:40Here they come.
09:41But what are they going to do?
09:43Well, they usually start the proceedings off with a rain of hailstones.
09:48But I've handled that old trick many the time in the past
09:51with me trusty horn a plenty.
09:53They're in for a treat.
09:54Now, watch closely.
09:56Zelda to demons!
09:58Zelda to demons!
09:59Let's hit them with a barrage of hailstones.
10:01We'll have them running for the hills in no time.
10:04Oh, dear.
10:05Oh, dear.
10:06Come on, Zelda, you old baggage.
10:10Let's get on with the Donnybrook.
10:12Hailstones away!
10:14So yous have finally got things going, have you?
10:21High time, I'd say.
10:33Not a bad try, you ugly heathens.
10:36Just ain't seen nothing yet.
10:44What's this?
10:49Our own hailstorm backfiring on us?
10:53I sense foul play afoot.
10:56I should say so.
10:57Some cads ruined my topper.
11:00I smell a rat here.
11:02Oh, I do hope so.
11:03I'm famished.
11:06Oh, Jack, you were wonderful.
11:09It's not over with yet.
11:11They'll be back.
11:12Herself is no pushover.
11:13I say, Zelda darling, this is most unusual.
11:17You're right, Archie.
11:19I'm going down to have a look.
11:21Look.
11:22Here she comes.
11:23That's herself, all right.
11:25The old biddy is coming down, breeding fire.
11:33A brush fire.
11:34Quick, form a bucket brigade.
11:36Now, now, lad.
11:37I told you I had the situation well in hand.
11:39You see this little bit of powder?
11:41It's called Instant Tropical Storm.
11:43All you do is add water and...
11:53Oh, Jack, you're terrific.
11:55Of course I am, darling.
11:57Ain't I been telling you that all along?
11:59Of all the double-dealing dirty tricks.
12:03A tropical storm.
12:05Something amiss, my love.
12:07You bet it is.
12:08And I think I know who's behind it.
12:11Zelda 2 demons died in formation.
12:15Jack, they're frosting the soil.
12:28No crop could ever come up through that.
12:30Now, when will the two of you ever become believers in old Jack?
12:34Oh, sorry, young'uns.
12:35I forgot you were just mortals.
12:36Now, as I was saying, there's nothing these beasties can do that Jack-O-Lantern can't undo.
12:50All I need to do is place a call to the North Pole, order a dash of the midnight sun...
13:02And puff!
13:03Not only is the frost gone, but the fields have been watered.
13:07The midnight sun from the North Pole.
13:10Jack, you're the greatest.
13:12True, true, true.
13:15Let's face it, my dear.
13:16There's someone down there with magic more powerful than ours.
13:19You bet there is.
13:21And I know who.
13:22He's pulled that midnight sun bit on me before.
13:26Jack-O-Lantern.
13:28Jack-O-Lantern.
13:30Well, that just about wraps things up as far as I'm concerned.
13:34Shall we offer home?
13:36Not on your broomstick, bird brain.
13:38Jack-O-Lantern's had the best of us for the last time.
13:41Now, I've found his Achilles heel.
13:45His what?
13:46His weak spot.
13:48Those two kids down there.
13:50He's obviously fond of them.
13:53Oh, please, Zelda.
13:54Let's don't get children involved in all this business.
13:57They always manage to botch things up so.
14:00Not this time, they won't.
14:02Once we grab those kids, we'll have Jack-O-Lantern in our power.
14:11Oh, dear, I sometimes wonder if this is the same sweet girl I married 1,600 years ago.
14:20The rest of you will follow me.
14:22We'll dive on that scarecrow in formation.
14:25That's where Jack-O-Lantern is hiding out.
14:28And while we keep him busy, Archie will grab the kids.
14:32Me?
14:33Surely you jest, Zelda.
14:35Me capture two children.
14:37You know how I loathe the little monsters.
14:40Oh, stop whining, you worm.
14:42Do as you're told.
14:43Demons!
14:44Attack!
14:45Just as I feared, here they come again.
14:51You two hide yourself behind that haystack, whilst I give them what for.
14:55Be careful, Jack.
15:15Oh, boy, did you see that.
15:29Michael, I'm scared.
15:31What's to be scared about?
15:33Nobody can hurt us, not with Jack-O-Lantern on our side.
15:36Help!
15:37Oh!
15:38Help, Jack!
15:39Put me down!
15:40Help!
15:41Let go of me!
15:42Oh, I say, do stop making such a fuss.
15:45I'm not enjoying this any more than you are.
15:58And let that be a lesson to yous.
16:00Don't tangle with Jack-O-Lantern, unless yous are prepared to take a shalaka.
16:06Well, if it ain't Miss Death Valley, 1808.
16:10We meet again, Jack-O-Lantern.
16:13And this time, I will be victorious.
16:17Tell that to your bunch of boobies I just sent back.
16:20Oh, I know you've got powerful magic in your pot of gold, you scoundrel.
16:26But I have the ace in the hole.
16:28Both aces, as a matter of fact.
16:31Jack, help!
16:34One more move, O'Lantern, and I'll turn these brats to stone before you can pull any of your tricks.
16:41I'm warning you, Zelda.
16:43If any harm comes to either of them youngsters, you shall not escape the wrath of Jack-O-Lantern.
16:48And that's a fact.
16:49I'll worry about that later.
16:51Right now, I'm giving the orders.
16:53Unless you want two young statues on your hands, you'll come out of that pumpkin shell and leave your pot of gold inside.
17:02Leave me pot of gold? You daft woman. You know I'd never leave it out of me sight.
17:06Either that, or I zap the kids. What's it gonna be?
17:11Ah, right. You win, Zelda.
17:15Ah, ha ha ha! Ah, ha ha ha! Ha ha ha!
17:20Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha!
17:25Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha! I got it! I got his pot of gold!
17:31Pot of gold.
17:32Are you sure?
17:34Of course I'm sure.
17:40Here, you hold this while me and my demons drive these farmers out of here once and for all.
17:47Oh, dear me.
17:51All right, demons.
17:53Follow me.
17:58I don't think she's a very nice lady.
18:01I'm not too crazy about the sissy with the pumpkin, either.
18:05They certainly aren't being very nice to the kids.
18:08Yeah, and that sure gets my goat.
18:10No offense, Billy.
18:11The three of you just stay where you are.
18:13Remember, I've got the magic pot of gold, so there's no use trying anything tricky.
18:17Ah, the spineless toad.
18:19If I could only get me hands on him.
18:24There must be something we can do.
18:28I certainly hope so.
18:29I'll tell you what I'd like to do.
18:32I'd like to butt that warlock through a wall.
18:36Kids, I think I just got me an idea.
18:40What is it, Jack?
18:41Just you watch.
18:43Oh, Archie, me lad.
18:44Would just be so kind as to fetch me lid.
18:47There's an awesome draft in this place.
18:49I suppose so, but no tricks now.
18:53I'm the solo innocence.
18:58Do your stuff, Billy, me boy.
19:00Oh, you thief, Jack-o'-lantern.
19:04This is another one of your ghastly tricks.
19:09That ought to hold you, old chap.
19:10That's really dirty pool.
19:12I dare say Zelda will raise an awful fuss about this.
19:16Would you kindly get a move on, you beastly bovine?
19:19I'm doing the best I can.
19:22Oh, my.
19:24This isn't bad at all.
19:27Now what, Jack?
19:29All I got to do is hop into me pumpkin
19:31and trash them spooky blighters to a fairly well.
19:34Come on.
19:38I've got to see this.
19:50Dad ought to learn you to mess with an old lantern.
19:55And as for you two vipers...
19:57Jack, you did it again.
20:02And was there ever any doubt?
20:04I told you I'd do it, and I'd done it.
20:08Of course, I had a little help.
20:10I'm afraid it was too late, though.
20:15Kids, I'm prepared to make a deal with you.
20:18Now, being as how I'm getting on to 6,000 years old,
20:22it's time I was thinking of me retirement.
20:25Now, in return for a nice, warm, peaceful home
20:29for me and me pumpkin shell,
20:30I could promise you's a bumper crop
20:33by the time the sun is full up.
20:36You could live with us forever.
20:38Done.
20:51And Jack's been with me ever since.
20:54Now, I've got to see if your grandmother needs help in the kitchen.
21:05Gee, that's a terrific story.
21:07Yeah.
21:08I don't believe it, though, do you?
21:10No, I don't think so.
21:12What do you mean you don't believe it?
21:14In my day, we were taught better manners
21:17than to go about accusing our elders of fibbing.
21:20You don't believe it indeed.
21:23Something wrong with kids these days, if you ask me.
21:26Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
21:28Oh, oh, oh, oh.
21:30THE END
22:00THE END
22:30THE END