The Joke's on Schemer is the seventeenth episode of the third season and overall the fifty-eighth episode of Shining Time Station.
Plot
It is the day before Schemer's favorite holiday, April Fool's Day, and the kids know it. They dread Schemer's pranks, so they decide to play a trick on him. They tear a page off Stacy's calendar so that it reads April 1st. Schemer walks in and sees this, exclaiming that everyone is going to be out to get him. So he rigs up a bunch of pranks, including whoopee cushions, chattering teeth, and lining the entrance to the arcade with glue. However, everyone thinks that Schemer is even weirder than usual and it just so happens that Mr. King is coming so Schemer can renew his arcade lease. It would have worked out, but Schemer regarded the whole thing as a big joke and shredded the lease. Soon, Schemer discovers the kids' prank, just as some movers start packing up the arcade machines. Stacy tells the kids to talk to J.B. King about this!
Cast and Characters
Main Cast
- George Carlin as Mr. Conductor
- Didi Conn as Stacy Jones
- 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
- William Colgate as Moving Man
- Myra Fried as Passenger #1
- Barbara Hamilton as Ginny Johnson
- Mart Hulswit as J.B. King
- Aurelio Padrón as Felix Perez
Mentioned Characters
Thomas Story
Jukebox Band Segment Song
Cartoons and Songs
- Laugh and a Half
- Cartoons used in the song:
- Merrie Melodies - Hamateur Night (1939)
- Merrie Melodies - Prest-O Change-O (1939)
- Gulliver's Travels (1939)
- Merrie Melodies - Wackiki Wabbit (1943)
- Noveltoons - The Stupidstitious Cat (1947)
- Noveltoons - The Wee Men (1947)
Trivia
- In the Nick Jr. version, the song Laugh and a Half and the scene where Schemer tried using his buzzer are edited out.
- In the Fox Family version:
- When the kids decide to trick Schemer was shortened.
- The scene where Schemer puts the glue down outside his arcade was cut out.
- The scene where the kids tell Mr. Conductor what they did to trick Schemer was shortened.
- When Schemer thinks Ginny has "fake" tomatoes and tries to use his buzzer was cut out.
- The Jukebox Band song, This Ol' Man was cut out.
- When Mr. Conductor is chased by the chattering teeth, some notes from the Jaws theme can be heard.
Goofs
- Becky says that Gordon's conductor was to blame for causing the mix-up at the station in "Wrong Road", but it was actually his new fireman who thought the lady's green floppy hat was the flag.
#01 Becky Makes a Wish | #10 Schemer Goes Camping | #19 Mysterious Stranger |
#02 Schemer's Alone | #11 Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin | #20 Dan's Big Race |
#03 Bully for Mr. Conductor | #12 Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station | #21 Mr. Conductor Gets Left Out |
#04 Stacy Cleans Up | #13 Mr. Conductor's Fourth of July | #22 Mr. Conductor's Big Sleepwalk |
#05 Schemer's Robot | #14 Stacy Forgets Her Name | #23 The Mayor Runs for Re-Election |
#06 Billy Saves the Day | #15 Schemer's Special Club | #24 Stacy Says No |
#07 Billy's Party | #16 Mr. Conductor's Movie | #25 How the Station Got Its Name |
#08 Fortune Teller Schemer | #17 The Joke's on Schemer | |
#09 Billy's Runaway Train | #18 Dance Crazy | |