The Lion King 1 1/22004

Timon:
[singing along to opening of "The Lion King"] What's on the menu? It could be ceviche. Stinky-oo. It's Pumbaa.

Pumbaa:
I gotta tell you, Timon. That song always gets me right here.

Timon:
Yeah, Pumbaa? Well, enough of that.

[fast-forwards film with his remote]

Pumbaa:
Uhh, Timon, what are you doin'?

Timon:
I'm fast-forwarding to the part where we come in.

Pumbaa:
But you can't go out of order!

Timon:
Au contraire, my porcine pal. I've got the remote!

Pumbaa:
But everyone's gonna get confused!

[picks up his own remote and rewinds film]

Pumbaa:
We gotta go back to the beginning of the story.

Timon:
[fast-forwarding] We're not *in* the beginning of the story!

Pumbaa:
[rewinding] Yes, we were! The whole time.

Timon:
[fast-forwarding] Ah! Yeah, but *they* don't know that.

Pumbaa:
[rewinding] Then why don't we tell them *our* story?

[Film stops during the hyena attack; Timon and Pumbaa are spooked]

Timon:
Hey! I've got an idea. Why don't we tell 'em *our* story?

Pumbaa:
Oh! I like the sound of that.

Timon:
A little backstage tour. Take 'em behind the scenes for a revealing and intimate look at the story within the story!

Pumbaa:
'Cause what *they* don't know is how we really *were* there, even though they didn't *know* we were there, y'know?

Timon:
Couldn't have said it better myself!

[Clicks his remote; film starts to rewind]

Pumbaa:
So, does this mean we're going back to the beginning?

[Clicks the remote; film plays the opening "Circle of Life" chant, but continues to rewind]

Timon:
Oh, no, Pumbaa. No. We're going way back to *before* the beginning.