Inside the United Animals Coalition on the planet Genus, Harman sits at the desk, with other mammals surrounding him. Animpatient Grebb paced up and down the floor. He was wondering what was taking so long for Dogstar to come back to give Grebb and his fellow council members news about whether or not Harley Keener had been captured or not. The waiting was killing him inside.
"I can't stand this waiting! Why hasn't Dogstar sent news? "We've got something better than news!" Bucky called out.
Bucky shows up, with the Deadeye disguise repaired to its own magnificent perfection- in hand. Blinky follows; then Bruiser, with the Toad who had framed Deadeye; and behind them are, in order, Dogstar, Deadeye, Lannelle, Harley, Emily and Red Jack. " HERE'S your pirate - a TOAD in disguise!" Bucky exclaimed to Grebb. Grebb stood partially in front of Harman. Grebb was feeling quite agitated... but oddly enough, so is Harman...
"You caught them?" Harman asked Bucky.
"I... I don't believe it - you've made this up to save your friend!" Grebb said in disbelief.
"Oh indeed not, sir - this android, Blinky, has a recording of the entire capture!" Commander Dogstar said to Grebb. Bucky pulled out a disk; with a hard facial expression directed toward Grebb and Harman. "And this is proof of a traitor on the Council, a paid informer for the Toads!" Bucky explained to the council.
Grebb backs away, as if frightened the accusation is directed at him. Sneakily, behind him, Harman rises and edged away from his desk.
"Why are you looking at ME?!" Grebb asked.
"He's making a break for it! Get him!" Bucky exclaimed.
Bruiser charges forward, toward Harman. Grebb nearly passed out with fright. Bruiser grabs Harman... but the head pulls open only to reveal a small, fast, slick-skinned light blue-green newt! "You'll never catch me!" the newt inside the robotic walrus suit taunted Bruiser.
"A newt? Our Chairman was a NEWT?!" Grebb said in utter disbelief. He couldn't believe that the chairman of the United Animal Coalition was a newt in disguise the whole time. Bucky and Harley try to grab the very swift Izaak, but they slip right off his slippery skin.
"Can't get hold of him..." Bucky grunted.
"He's too slippery!" Harley said. RedJack had Harley's boomerang and tried throwing it at the newt. He winds up, takes careful aim and throws it with a hard snap. Izaak runs full-tilt toward a door with nothing to stop him... but the boomerang hits him behind the knees. He tumbles head over heels, hits a wall and is knocked out cold. Red Jack's face lights up as Lannelle puts her arms through his.
"Ye were magnificent - I'm so proud 'a ye!" Lanelle said to Red Jack
"Why thank ye, me sweet... Deadeye was right, this boomerang IS useful..." Red Jack said to Lanelle. Harley is surprised at Lannelle's sudden switch from slightly antagonist to being heart warming.
"Keep it." Harley said to Red Jack. "I think you'll master that thing better than I ever could."
"Gee, Deadeye... I guess you've lost your girl..." Harley said to the four armed duck.
"Arrr, she wuz never mine, Harley me boy - an' I've nae got th'time fer A lass in me life ANYWAY!" Deadeye responded. Harley then walked over to the fake Walrus robot that was once United Animal Coalition Chairman Harman and proceeded to sing his own parody of the main chorus of the Beatles song: I Am The Walrus.
"You're not the Egg man. You're not the Egg man. You're not the Walrus! Goo Goo G'Joob!" Harley sang to the fake Harman robot.
Grebb was totally abashed by Bucky's heroic actions and the fact that he had misjudged Bucky's potential of getting the treaty between the United Animal Coalition and the Corsair Canards signed.
"Captain O'Hare, this is very hard for me to say, but... I've been wrong. Wrong about you AND the Corsair Canards... and I wish to publicly apologize to all of you for being stubborn, narrow-minded and unfair..." Grebb apologized to Bucky.
"It takes guts to apologize, Grebb... maybe you're not so bad after all..." Bucky said while giving Grebb a friendly slap on the back. Lannelle and Red Jack are blissfully arm-in-arm-in-arm-in-arm-in-arm. He has retrieved his boomerang.
"Ho Harley, I can't thank ye enough fer this wondrous contraption you call the boomerang! Why don't'cha come with us an' become a full-fledged pirate?" Red Jack offered Harley.
"Me? Really? You mean I could join you guys? Gee, I don't know." Harley said to Red Jack nervously, unsure of whether or not he wanted to join Red Jack and Lanelle as a full-fledged pirate.
"Aye! Come sail with us from one end 'a the Aniverse t'another, leadin' a bold pirate's life!" Lanelle offered Harley.
"Do what ye like, Harley, but remember this... I gave up the pirate's life by choice t'serve wit'Bucky an' make the Aniverse a safer place." Deadeye reminded Harley
Harley then took a moment to consider Red Jack's proposal of him joining his pirate crew to sail the Aniverse with them. On the one hand, it would be kind of exciting for a human like Harley Keener to become a Corsair Canard pirate in outer space. After all, he was a huge fan of pirate characters from pop culture like Patchy the Pirate from SpongeBob SquarePants, Captain Hook from Peter Pan along with the pirates of Neverland and the pirates from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. But at the same time, Harley felt that if he did join Red Jack and Lanelle in being a pirate, that would mean that he would be leaving his little sister Emily behind with Bucky O'Hare's crew aboard the Righteous Indignation. If Harley went to join the Corsair Canards, who would be the engineer of the Righteous Indignation? Who would be there to teach Bucky O'Hare and his crew aspects of pop culture from his Earth? Harley decided that it was a good idea to reject Red Jack and Lanelle's offer to join their crew. He didn't want to abandon his duty working as an engineer of the Righteous Indignation to become a pirate.
"Thanks for the offer, but I would like to politely reject your offer of becoming a pirate. If I were to join you guys, who would become the engineer of the Righteous Indignation? I want to be there for my team. I appreciate the offer of becoming a pirate, but I don't want to just drop everything and leave my sister and my friends behind to become a pirate. Don't get me wrong, it would be nice to become a pirate like you, Lanelle and Deadeye, but I'd much rather be there for Bucky O'Hare and his crew than to just abandon him to become a pirate." Harley said to Red Jack.
"I respect your decision, Harley. Oh and by the way, that was a brave thing you did back there to save your sister's life from her allergic reaction by injecting that thing into her." Red Jack said to Harley.
"Thanks! Nobody messes with my sister and gets away with it. The next time I encounter Al Negator, I'm going to send a one eyed, one horned flying Purple People Eater on him." Harley said.
"What's a Purple People Eater?" Bucky asked.
"It's the name of my favorite novelty song." Harley explained to the green hare. "I'll be happy to play the song for you once we go on board the Righteous Indignation." Harley Keener along with Bucky O'Hare, Jenny, Deadeye, Bruiser, Blinky and Emily all boarded the Righteous Indignation and flew away from the Stellar Swan. Once they were all aboard the Righteous Indignation, Bucky declared that he wanted to croak some toads. Harley suggested that he introduce Bucky O'Hare and his crew to the various pieces of musical pop culture that people listened to on Earth instead.
"Attention all hands - it's time to croak some Toads!" Bucky O'Hare triumphantly declared.
"How about we take a break from croaking roads to introduce you to the various pieces of music that the people of Earth like listening to?" Harley suggested to the green hare.
"What kind of music does your people of the planet Earth like to listen to?" Bucky asked Harley.
"The people of Earth like to listen to all kinds of music, especially genres like rock and pop music. Care to listen to some of the rock and pop songs Earth has to offer?" Harley asked Bucky.
"Sure. I would love to hear the type of music the people of your planet like listening to." Bucky said. "If I may ask, what was that Purple People Eater creature you said you were going to send Al Negator the next time you see him?"
"It's a creature from a novelty song called The Purple People Eater by this guy named Sheb Woolley that was released in the late 1950s." Harley explained to Bucky before going down the ladder to the engineering bay to his bedroom to introduce Bucky O'Hare some of the vinyl records that he had collected over the years. He entered his bedroom and proceeded to sift through his vinyl record collection he kept in a cardboard box in his closet. He sifted through various 12 in vinyl LP albums and 45 rpm singles until he found what he was looking for. He pulled out some vinyl record singles of various oldies that he couldn't wait to show Bucky O'Hare and his crew.
The 45 rpm singles that he pulled out were some of Elvis Presley's most famous songs like: You're the Devil in Disguise, Jailhouse Rock, A Little Less Conversation, Slicin' Sand and Hound Dog, along with some Ritchie Valens songs and Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley. Luckily, Harley had a portable vinyl record player that he liked to carry around with him. Harley couldn't wait to show Bucky some of the music that the people of his earth liked to listen to. He tucked the vinyl records under his left arm while he carried his portable vinyl record player in his other hand. He proceeded to climb up the ladder of the Righteous Indignation to the pilot's cabin to where Emily, Jenny and Bucky were at. He set the vinyl records and his portable record player down on the ground and he showed one of the vinyl records to Bucky O'Hare.
"This is what you call a Vinyl Record. There are two types of vinyl records: a 45 rpm record that his two sides and is called a single and the 12' in LP vinyl record called an album." Harley explained to Bucky O'Hare and Jenny. He handed Bucky one of the vinyl record singles. The green hare examined it carefully in his hand. It was a RCA Victor labeled record that read: Jailhouse Rock. Elvis Presley. C/W Treat Me Nice B Side on the cover. He saw a handsome looking man with slicked back black hair with a guitar strapped around his torso wearing a red shirt on the cover. The rabbit took the cover off and took out a black circular disc out of the sleeve.
He looked at the A Side of the record which was Jailhouse Rock as well as the B Side of the record which had the song Treat Me Nice. Bucky found the record to be fascinating. This was the first time he had ever seen a vinyl record.
"The record you're holding in your hands right now is what's called a 45 rpm vinyl record single. There are two sides to every vinyl record single and album: an A Side and an B Side." Harley explained that the green space rabbit.
"How does this vinyl record thing work?" Bucky asked Harley.
"Allow me to show you how it works." Harley said to Bucky before setting up his portable record player. Bucky got up from his seat and walked over to where Harley was setting up the record player. While Harley was setting up the record player, Bucky and Deadeye proceeded to look over at a few other vinyl records that Harley had neatly stacked up against the wall of the ship. He picked up a few of the records from the stack and looked at them. One of them was a Bobby Darin single while another was the Beatles album Magical Mystery Tour (1967). The emerald rabbit looked at the song list of Magical Mystery Tour. Some of the songs listed on the album intrigued Bucky like Strawberry Fields Forever, The Fool on the Hill and Magical Mystery Tour, while the other song titles perplexed him like I Am The Walrus, Blue Jay Way and Your Mother Should Know.
Your Mother Should Know about what? Bucky thought. What a strange name for a song by a band called the Beatles. What is I Am The Walrus? Is the song about what it's like to be a walrus? I would love to go to Strawberry Fields, though I wouldn't want to meet the fool on the hill.
Harley soon finished setting up his record player. He plugged it into a nearby outlet. After he set up the record player, he took a look at where Bucky was standing at. He saw that the green hare was looking at the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour album. He stood next to Bucky.
"I see you're interested in my favorite Beatles albums." Harley said to Bucky.
"Who are the Beatles exactly and why are they embarking in a magical mystery tour through strawberry fields and fools on a hill?" Bucky asked Harley. Harley was a bit surprised that the green hare had never heard of the Beatles. Harley decided to tell Bucky and Jenny about the Beatles and their Magical Mystery Tour album.
"The Beatles are an English rock band that was extremely popular during the 1960s. The Beatles consisted of John Lennon as the lead singer, Paul McCartney as the co lead singer and guitarist, George Harrison on lead guitar and lastly Ringo Starr on drums." Harley explained to Bucky and Jenny.
"Ringo Starr? What kind of name is that?" Jenny asked Harley.
"That was his stage name he used while playing the Beatles. His real name is Sir Richard Starkey." Harley explained to the female feline. "Anyways, the Beatles were insanely popular, to the point where Lennon made the comment of saying that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ, which caused some controversy. The Beatles formed in 1960 and broke up in 1970."
"Why did they break up?" Bucky asked Harley.
"Several contributing factors. First, they were getting tired of touring and so they stopped touring for a while to focus on their albums. Then John Lennon got engaged to Yoko Ono and it caused tension within the group. I could go on but the point is, those were some of reasons why the Beatles broke up." Harley explained. "They have released several successful albums including the likes of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Revolver, Yellow Submarine, Magical Mystery Tour and my personal favorite, The White Album."
"Wow!" Bucky said. "Sounds like the Beatles were pretty popular. Now that I learned a bit about them, I'd like to hear some of their music."
"Thought you'd never asked, Bucky." Harley said before putting the vinyl Beatles album onto the turntable. He powered it on, put the needle on the record as it began to spin. A few seconds later, the opening notes of the song Magical Mystery Tour blared. Bucky was intrigued by how the vinyl record spun on the needle on the turntable. He couldn't believe how crisp and warm the sound was. He immediately liked John Lennon's vocals on the song. It made him feel as if he was on a magical mystery tour with the Beatles that was waiting to take him away. He listened to some of the other songs of the album including Hello, Goodbye, Strawberry Fields Forever, I Am The Walrus and Baby You're a Rich Man. Both Bucky and Jenny loved each of the Beatles songs that Harley played.
"So, do you like the Beatles now that you and Jenny listened to one of their albums?" Harley asked Bucky and Jenny after the album stopped playing. He stopped the record in the middle of Penny Lane.
"Me and Jenny both love them!" Bucky said enthusiastically to Harley. "That album was spectacular! I really felt as if I was flying, going on a magical mystery tour waiting to take me away, going to Strawberry Fields were nothing is real, saying hello and goodbye, and meeting the fool on the hill. Though there were a few songs on there that didn't really make a whole lot of sense to me. I couldn't really follow the walrus song and I don't really understand the meaning behind Your Mother Should Know? Your Mother Should know about what, exactly?" Bucky said, praising the album while pointing out some of the songs on there that he couldn't quite understand.
"Actually, the Magical Mystery Tour album is the soundtrack to the obscure TV movie the Beatles starred in by the same name. Not that many people know that album was based on a TV movie of the same name. The album came out in 1967." Harley explained.
"I can see why the Beatles were so popular back when they were around. That John Lennon guy has a terrific singing voice! I wish I could meet him in real life. I'd like to tell him how phenomenal his singing voice is on the album!" Bucky exclaimed enthusiastically.
"Well, unfortunately, your dream of meeting John Lennon in person will never come to fruition, as he was shot and killed by an obsessed fan named Mark David Chapman in December 1980." Harley sadly explained. Bucky couldn't believe it when he found out that he could never meet John Lennon anymore and couldn't tell him about how amazing his singing was when he was with the Beatles.
"Sorry to hear that. Who would want to get rid of someone who sang as good as he did?" Jenny said.
"Yeah, it's sad that Lennon got assassinated. Everyone loved him." Harley said. "Now that you got a taste of the Beatles, how about you listen to some Elvis Presley, otherwise known as the King of Rock and Roll."
"Why was he referred to as the king of rock and roll for?" Bucky asked.
"You're about to find out why they call Elvis Presley the King of Rock and roll!" Harley replied. He put the Beatles album away and put on some 45 rpm Elvis Presley single records like Jailhouse Rock, A Little Less Conversation, Slicin' Sand and Hound Dog while Harley and Emily tried their best to replicate the signature dance moves that Elvis Presley was famous for. Bucky O'Hare and Jenny both loved the music of Elvis Presley as much as they had with the Beatles. This was the green rabbit and Aldebarian's first taste of what music was like on the planet Earth. They liked it so much Bucky and Jenny seriously wished they would've known about the Beatles and Elvis Presley a lot sooner.