For The Birds is the fourth episode of Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales and the seventy-fourth episode of Shining Time Station.
Plot
A wind storm had destroyed the Early Birds' nest and Mr. Conductor wonders what to do about it. He gets an idea to stage a benefit concert at the park, but realizes that one of the birds, Skylark, is stuck up, just like Sir Handel. Then, he calls her and talks about the concert, but she hangs up. Mr. Conductor then says that call that he made was just pretend and hopes that Brown the Owl will perform. However, Brown sleeps all day like most owls do, so he can't make it. He tries to get Cuckoo the bird, but he's cheeky like Thomas. The only option left is Blue Jay, but everyone knows that he is a bully in the neighborhood. He eventually accepts the request and all the birds that originally declined the invitation show up after all and perform, making the benefit concert a success.
Thomas Stories
Song
- Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover (shortened)
Characters
Trivia
- The still used for the opening shot is from the Family Special, Once Upon a Time, as the "Founders Day Celebration" banner can be seen on the window to the middle right.
- Mrs. Early Bird is a robin, as previously mentioned in Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin.
- When Mr. Conductor is thinking of others who could help he mentions Old Brown the Owl's "Who" song by saying "That who song of his is always a hit. We'll call it The Who: Live in Concert!" This is a reference to the famous rock band The Who.
- Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover has a short ditty added before the actual song starts making it the only time this happens as the released version does not have this.
#01 Missing Whistles | #02 Wildlife | #03 Wish You Were Here |
#04 For the Birds | #05 Splish, Splash, Splosh | #06 Paint the Town Red |