Melody Time (1948)
Dennis Day: Narrator, Johnny Appleseed, Johnny Appleseed's Angel
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[Johnny sits under a tree with his eyes closed and a smile on his face. The angel appears]
Johnny Appleseed's Angel : Boy, for sleepin' you take the cake. Come on, get up.
[He whistles. Johnny jumps out of his body]
Johnny Appleseed's Angel : We got a longsome trip to make.
[Johnny reaches for his bag, absentmindedly failing to notice his own corpse]
Johnny Appleseed : Why, Mr. Angel, how d'ya do?
Johnny Appleseed's Angel : I'm fine. And how be you?
Johnny Appleseed : I'm fine. Just feelin... what!
[Johnny turns and sees his body, still under the tree]
Johnny Appleseed : Who's that, sleepin' in the evening dusk?
Johnny Appleseed's Angel : Why, that's just your husk, John. Your mortal husk.
Johnny Appleseed : My husk? You mean to say I'm... I'm passed away?
[He removes his tin pot hat, and then throws it to the ground]
Johnny Appleseed : Dagnabit, Angel, I just can't go!
[He sits down on the tin pot]
Johnny Appleseed : Got crops to harvest, seeds to sow!
[He folds his arms petulantly]
Johnny Appleseed's Angel : Now, now, now, hold on, boy.
[He turns Johnny around. Johnny petulantly turns back around the other way]
Johnny Appleseed's Angel : Down here on Earth, your work is through. But yonder... well, we need you, Johnny. Yep, we sure do.
[Johnny plugs his ears]
Johnny Appleseed's Angel : You think we have most all we please. But we ain't.
[He removes one of Johnny's hands]
Johnny Appleseed's Angel : We're kinda short on apple trees.
[Johnny perks up and smiles]
Johnny Appleseed : Well I swan. I didn't know.