Endangered Love, also known as Barbara Manatee, is the tenth Silly Song with Larry. The song was featured in King George and the Ducky.
While watching the television soap opera, "Endangered Love", Larry sings of his love for the main character, a manatee, while dancing with a stuffed manatee doll. Meanwhile, onscreen, the story of lovers Barbara and Bill is told. However, the song is abruptly stopped when Bob interrupts Larry mid-song and suggests that he read a book.
Lyrics
Announcer: And now it's time for Silly Songs with Larry, the part of the show where Larry comes out and sings a silly song. We join Larry as he follows the tragic saga of Barbara Manatee in the daytime drama, Endangered Love.
Larry: Barbara Manatee.
Backup Singers: Manatee, manatee.
Larry: You are the one for me.
Backup Singers: One for me, one for me.
Larry: Sent from up above.
Backup Singers: Up above, up above.
Larry: You are the one I love.
Backup Singers: Barbara, oh Barbara.
Bill: Please don't cry Barbara.
You're a nice manatee.
You've been so good to me.
But I must go into the world and do noble things for the good of all.
And you can't come because you don't speak French. Au revoir!
Barbara: But if you leave, Bill.
Who will take me to the ball?
Who's going to take me to the ball, Bill?
I have a new dress and shoes,
and new manatee lipstick!
Who will take me to the ball?
Larry: I'll take you to the ball, Barbara Manatee!
Barbara: Please don't go.
Bill: I must.
Barbara: Don't go.
Bill: I must.
Barbara: Don't!
Bill: Must!
Barbara: Don't, don't!
Bill: Must, must!
Larry: Barbara Manatee.
Backup Singers: Manatee, manatee.
Larry: You are the one for me.
Backup Singers: One for me, one for me.
Larry: Sent from up above.
Backup Singers: Manatee from heaven.
Larry: You are the one I love.
Barbara Manatee.
Backup Singers: Manatee, manatee.
Larry: I'll be your mon ami.
Backup Singers: Mon ami, mon ami.
Larry: I'll take you to the ball.
Backup Singers: To the ball, to the ball.
Larry: I hope you're not too tall.
Backup Singers: You might have trouble balancing.
Barbara: Bill, I've learned French.
Bill: You have?
Barbara: Mais oui, je sui manatee. See?
Bill: Oui, oui, mon amie.
I always knew you could.
I really hoped you would.
Now can we go into the world and do noble things for the good of all?
Barbara: Yes. But first, Bill.
Will you take me to the ball? Oh, Bill.
Will you take me to the ball?
Bill: I can't dance.
Barbara: You can't?
Bill: No.
Barbara: I must go!
Bill: Please don't go.
Barbara: I must.
Bill: Don't go.
Barbara: I must.
Bill: Don't!
Barbara: Must!
Bill: Don't, don't!
Barbara: Must, must!
Larry: Barbara Manatee.
Backup Singers: Manatee, manatee.
Larry: You are the one--
Bob: Larry, what are you doing?
Larry: Just watching a little TV, Bob.
Bob: Well, maybe you should read a book.
Larry: Yeah. Okay.
Announcer: This has been Silly Songs with Larry. Tune in next time to hear Bill say:
Bill: Barbara! I've learned to dance!
Barbara: Oh, Bill.
Larry: Barbara Manatee.
Backup Singers: Manatee, manatee.
Larry: You are the one for me.
Backup Singers: One for me, one for me.
Larry: Sent from up above.
Backup Singers: Up above, up above.
Larry: You are the one I love.
Backup Singers: Barbara, oh Barbara.
Bill: Please don't cry Barbara.
You're a nice manatee.
You've been so good to me.
But I must go into the world and do noble things for the good of all.
And you can't come because you don't speak French. Au revoir!
Barbara: But if you leave, Bill.
Who will take me to the ball?
Who's going to take me to the ball, Bill?
I have a new dress and shoes,
and new manatee lipstick!
Who will take me to the ball?
Larry: I'll take you to the ball, Barbara Manatee!
Barbara: Please don't go.
Bill: I must.
Barbara: Don't go.
Bill: I must.
Barbara: Don't!
Bill: Must!
Barbara: Don't, don't!
Bill: Must, must!
Larry: Barbara Manatee.
Backup Singers: Manatee, manatee.
Larry: You are the one for me.
Backup Singers: One for me, one for me.
Larry: Sent from up above.
Backup Singers: Manatee from heaven.
Larry: You are the one I love.
Barbara Manatee.
Backup Singers: Manatee, manatee.
Larry: I'll be your mon ami.
Backup Singers: Mon ami, mon ami.
Larry: I'll take you to the ball.
Backup Singers: To the ball, to the ball.
Larry: I hope you're not too tall.
Backup Singers: You might have trouble dancing.
Barbara: Bill, I've learned French.
Bill: You have?
Barbara: Mais oui, je sui manatee. See?
Bill: Oui, oui, mon ami.
I always knew you could.
I really hoped you would.
Now can we go into the world and do noble things for the good of all?
Barbara: Yes. But first, Bill.
Will you take me to the ball? Oh, Bill.
Will you take me to the ball?
Bill: I can't dance.
Barbara: You can't?
Bill: No.
Barbara: I must go!
Bill: Please don't go.
Barbara: I must.
Bill: Don't go.
Barbara: I must.
Bill: Don't!
Barbara: Must!
Bill: Don't, don't!
Barbara: Must, must!
Larry: Barbara Manatee.
Backup Singers: Manatee, manatee.
Larry: You are the one--
Bob: Larry, what are you doing?
Larry: Just watching a little TV, Bob.
Bob: Well, maybe you should read a book.
Larry: Yeah. Okay.
Announcer: This has been Silly Songs with Larry. Tune in next time to hear Bill say:
Bill: Barbara! I've learned to dance!
Barbara: Oh, Bill.
<poem>Fun Facts
Trivia
- According to Mike, the song was going to be about cooking manatees. Even though it has a message at the end saying that it was wrong, Phil Vischer declined the idea.
- This marks the first Silly Song to be done in Maya.
- Roddy Chiong played the violin for the music.
- This marks the second and last appearance of the sink to appear in a Silly Song. The first was in The Hairbrush Song.
- Jackie Ritz joins the cast for VeggieTales in this song.
- This was in tenth place in The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown.
- This, along with Modern Major General, was featured on the TV version of A Snoodle's Tale, as well as some international releases of Dave and the Giant Pickle.
- This Silly Song was animated by both Ron Smith and Tom Danen.
- In some releases, the song ends after Larry says "Yeah, ok".
- When making the song, the company did a lot of Tango research for this.
- This song is featured in The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown, Sing-Alongs: Do the Moo Shoo, Silly Little Thing Called Love, If I Sang A Silly Song..., and the Very Veggie Silly Stories episode, Faithful Friends.
- In the Live Shows, the opening dialogue for the announcer is cut out but the ending dialogue is kept.
Goofs
- The Croatian dub has Bill speak in the Silly Song Announcer's voice when he says, "Barbara! I've learned to dance!"
- Larry has a sock on his couch, despite not having feet.
Inside References
- The picture behind Larry is The Pecking.
- The picture in the round frame is Junior's drawing of his dad that was seen in his room.
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