Achoo is the sixth episode of the second season and overall the twenty-seventh episode of Shining Time Station.
Plot
Dan, Kara and Becky set up a table of glasses of water to hear different musical scales, after giving a demonstration, Mr. Conductor arrives sniffling a lot as he speaks. After he tells a story for them, he begins to sneeze, the others advise him to rest but he takes their concern lightly thinking his magic could just cure him of his cold. To make matters worse, he's planning on visiting the South Pole, to visit some penguin friends! Unaware his magic is spreading as he sneezes, Mr. Conductor leaves as the children discover some of his magic spread to their cups of water which first cause Billy and Stacy to have each others' voice, and a second sip makes Billy meow like a cat, and Stacy bark like a dog. This leads the kids to try to bring Mr. Conductor back to fix things.
Mr. Conductor's magic continues to cause chaos to the station, as Schemer falls for a talking balloon who compliments his hair and J.B. King's voice changes to a little girl's voice once he drinks some of the tainted water, much to Schemer's amusement. The kids feel the only way to bring back Mr. Conductor is to play his favorite song on the Jukebox which goes as planned until towards the end of the song as The Jukebox Band begin to increase speed causing the Jukebox to shake. Mr. Conductor returns looking and sounding worse than ever as he fixes everything in the station. Mr. Conductor learns that he should have taken their concerns to heart as he is sicker than earlier. Mr. Conductor explains that he simply wanted to spend some time with some of his small-sized friends, like the penguins of the South Pole. The children look after him by making him a bed from a shoe box. Later, Schemer sees the shoe box thinking it's a present only to find it's empty, minus a doll-sized scarf and pair of earmuffs. Mr Conductor is now in better health after good well earned rest.
Cast and Characters
Main Cast
- George Carlin as Mr. Conductor
- Didi Conn as Stacy Jones
- Tom Jackson as Billy Twofeathers
- Erica Luttrell as Kara Cupper
- Ari Magder as Dan Jones
- Danielle Marcot as Becky
- Brian O'Connor as Schemer
The Flexitoon Puppeteers
- Jonathan Freeman as Tito Swing
- Olga Felgemacher-Marin as DiDi
- Craig Marin as Rex
- Peter Baird as Grace Bass
- Kenny Miele as Grace Bass
- Alan Semok as Tex
Guest Starring
- Mart Hulswit as J.B. King
- Marium Carvell as the Passenger
Thomas Stories
Jukebox Band Segment Song
Songs and Cartoons
- The Story of Lil' Sneezer
- Jack Frost (1934)
- Woody Woodpecker: Pantry Panic (1941)
- Summertime (1935)
- Disney: The Winged Scourge (1943)
- Song: Caring
Trivia
- In the Fox Family Version:
- The scene where the Jukebox Band thought the kids were calling out Tito's name was cut out.
- The Story of Lil' Sneezer was cut out.
- Billy's line after Mr. Conductor said he could just make his cold go away with his magic was shortened.
- The scene with J.B. King was cut out.
- The scene where the kids thought Mr. Conductor turned into a penguin was cut out.
- The song, Caring was cut out.
- A scene of the station clock after Mr. Conductor falls asleep was cut out.
- When Mr. Conductor first appears, he is a bit bigger than usual.
- The talking balloon bears a small resemblance to Cecille, the shape-shifting clay ball from Sesame Street.
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| #01 Scare Dares | #10 Washout | #19 Jingle, Jingle, Jingle |
| #02 Oh, What a Tangled Web | #11 Crackpot | #20 All's Fair |
| #03 The Magic is Believing | #12 Yabba, Yabba, Yabba | |
| #04 Win, Lose or Draw | #13 Nickel in a Pickle | |
| #05 Sweet and Sour | #14 Stop the Press | |
| #06 Achoo | #15 He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not | |
| #07 A Dog's Life | #16 Double Trouble | |
| #08 Field Day | #17 Is Anybody There? | |
| #09 Wrong Track | #18 Do I Hear | |