Latest / Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big Adventures / Hercules and the Heroes | Greek Mythology Retold | Stories for Kids

Transcript

Hercules and the Heroes | Greek Mythology Retold | Stories for Kids · Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big Adventures

• 0:00
  Jonathan: Hello, Dork Squad.
• 0:01
  Jonathan: I'm Jonathan Cormur, and you're listening to Dorktales Storytime, the podcast for kids and their pop culture loving grown-ups.
• 0:08
  Jonathan: And this is one of our anything is possible lore stories.
• 0:12
  Jonathan: Inspired by our listeners, TJW and Elizabeth S.
• 0:21
  Theme Song: It's a beautiful day for a story, adventure, and glory, new friends and old ones too.
• 0:28
  Theme Song: It's an excellent day to get swept away in a tale, so let us regale you!
• 0:40
  BABS: Good afternoon, creatures and cryptids! Welcome to Mythic Mania at Legend Lake.
• 0:48
  BABS: You know me, you love me.
• 0:53
  BABS: I'm your Banshee MC, Barbara Shriek.
• 0:57
  BABS: But you can just call me Babs.
• 1:00
  BABS: Thank you, thank you.
• 1:05
  BABS: As always, I'm here to scream out a scene of one of our most legendary legend lake events, Mythic Mania! Our annual Battle of the Bands! That's right, the best of the best will be playing at the Amphitheatre tonight! But only one band name will be written into the saga of Song Scroll.
• 1:30
  BABS: An honour most honourable here in Legend Lake.
• 1:35
  BABS: Stick around, folks, so ye can be the first to hear these epic tunes.
• 1:41
  BABS: Ah I can't wait to rock and roll!
• 1:52
  Redge: All right, everyone, let's rehearse your song for Mythic Mania, shall we? Cy the eye Cyclops?
• 1:59
  Redge: I see you've tuned up your bass Uh All warmed up, Calliope
• 2:11
  Calliope: La la la la la la la.
• 2:13
  Calliope: It is I, Calliope the Muse, ready to serenade
• 2:19
  Redge: Magnificent! Uh Hermes, how are you feeling on lead guitar and backup vocals?
• 2:25
  Hermes: And it is I, Hermes the Herald, ready to rock and roll!
• 2:31
  Redge: Ooh, perfect, and I love your wing sandals.
• 2:34
  Redge: Looking snazzy.
• 2:37
  Hermes: Hey, thanks!
• 2:39
  Redge: Okay, we've got Pan on the pan pipes, of course.
• 2:43
  Redge: And uh Hercules on the drums.
• 2:45
  Redge: Are you ready, Herc?
• 2:47
  Hercules: Um yeah, I I think.
• 2:49
  Hercules: Uh I mean yes.
• 2:51
  Redge: Perfect! Herc and the heroes are all accounted for.
• 2:55
  Redge: Hercules, would you like to count everyone in?
• 2:58
  Redge: Seeing as Herc and the Heroes is your band.
• 3:03
  Hercules: Um maybe you should do it this time.
• 3:06
  Redge: Oh, well, okay.
• 3:08
  Redge: I did volunteer to be your director of spectacle after all.
• 3:13
  Redge: I solemnly swore to make Herc and the Heroes sparkle in the amphitheater tonight.
• 3:21
  Hercules: Uh yeah, absolutely.
• 3:25
  Redge: So, on my count, a five, a six, a five, six, seven.
• 3:30
  Hercules: Wait!
• 3:31
  Redge: Oh what is it, Hercules?
• 3:34
  Hercules: I just realized uh I I can't practice right now.
• 3:39
  Hermes: Here we go again!
• 3:41
  Redge: Oh, why ever not?
• 3:43
  Hercules: Uh I forgot I promised to walk Cerberus.
• 3:46
  Redge: The three-headed dog?
• 3:47
  Redge: Can't somebody else walk Cerberus?
• 3:50
  Hercules: Everyone knows I'm the only one strong enough to walk him all the way around the lake.
• 3:55
  Hermes: Ah, but can't you do it later, Herc?
• 3:57
  Hermes: We've gotta practice this song at least once or twice.
• 4:00
  Hercules: If I don't walk Cerberus before the show, he'll be whining over the music all night.
• 4:06
  Redge: Oh, well, that makes sense.
• 4:08
  Redge: I guess we can practice after you're done.
• 4:10
  Redge: Uh, but hurry back quickly.
• 4:12
  Hercules: Uh yeah, uh of course, yeah.
• 4:15
  Hercules: It won't take long.
• 4:17
  Calliope: Uh, that's what he always says.
• 4:25
  Hercules: Uh here, here boy, here boy.
• 4:27
  Hercules: Gentle, gentle, whoa!
• 4:31
  Redge: O h dear, he's run off fast.
• 4:35
  Hercules: Slow down, boy.
• 4:38
  Redge: Should we go after them?
• 4:41
  Hercules: I've got him! I've got him.
• 4:44
  Pan: I think he's got him.
• 4:46
  Redge: Hercules! Are you okay?
• 4:49
  Hercules: No, I'm fine.
• 4:52
  Redge: Look out! Cerberus is running straight for the amphitheater stage! He's going to knock over the set! Are you sure you don't need any help?
• 5:04
  Hercules: I got it! I know just what to do
• 5:10
  Redge: Is he grabbing the disco ball from the stage?
• 5:13
  Hermes: It does look like it, yeah.
• 5:15
  Redge: Hercules, what are you going to do with that disco ball?
• 5:19
  Hercules: Alright, Cerberus.
• 5:20
  Hercules: Are you ready, boy?
• 5:22
  Hercules: And fetch!
• 5:33
  Redge: Aww Sweet puppy playing fetch.
• 5:37
  Hermes: Well done, Herc.
• 5:39
  Hercules: S ometimes Cerberus just needs a little distraction.
• 5:43
  Hercules: He'll run around and tire himself out now.
• 5:46
  Redge: Excellent! That means we can practice.
• 5:49
  Hermes: Great! I want to make sure to run the chorus a few times.
• 5:52
  BABS: Oh Hercules! A minute of your time.
• 5:56
  BABS: The Hydras are all arguing about how to get their keyboards plugged in.
• 6:01
  BABS: They just have to perform in a lake.
• 6:04
  BABS: They refuse to come out.
• 6:05
  BABS: You know, being a big multi-headed lake-drilling beast and all.
• 6:10
  BABS: Anyways, we're building a whole stage in the lake now.
• 6:13
  BABS: Can you carry the platform into the water?
• 6:16
  Redge: Oh, I'm sorry, Babs, but we were just about to practi
• 6:19
  Hercules: Oh, I can't leave the hydras hanging.
• 6:21
  Hercules: Of course I can carry the platforms.
• 6:24
  BABS: Tanks, Herc!
• 6:27
  Hydra Heads: Hi, Herc.
• 6:28
  Hydra Heads: Hi, Herc.
• 6:28
  Hydra Heads: What's up, Herr?
• 6:29
  Hydra Heads: Hi.
• 6:29
  Hydra Heads: Hi.
• 6:30
  Hydra Heads: Hi, Herc.
• 6:31
  Hercules: Hello, Hydra.
• 6:32
  Hercules: Let me just lift this.
• 6:34
  Hercules: Up
• 6:36
  Redge: Uh Hercules, are you sure you can carry that on your own?
• 6:41
  Hercules: No problem.
• 6:42
  Hercules: Just gotta push through the water here.
• 6:46
  Hercules: Oh, uh okay.
• 6:52
  Hercules: Just moving back over.
• 6:54
  Hydra Heads: Uh no, no, the lights won't reach.
• 6:57
  Hercules: Okay.
• 6:58
  Hercules: Even for a strong guy, this platform is getting a bit heavy.
• 7:04
  Hydra Heads: Put it in the middle.
• 7:06
  Hydra Heads: No!
• 7:08
  Hercules: I got it! I got it! I got it! We'll just grab two other platforms on top of this one.
• 7:16
  Pan: Eh, are you sure you don't need help?
• 7:18
  Speaker 2: I got it! I didn't earn a gold medal in the boulder toss event at the Legend Lake Olympiad for nothing.
• 7:25
  Speaker 2: Graceful toss.
• 7:27
  Speaker 2: Stylish Toss.
• 7:34
  Speaker 2: And Epic Toss!
• 7:43
  Bandmates: Yeah! Woo! Yeah! Woohoo!
• 7:50
  Hercules: Whew, there.
• 7:52
  Hercules: Now we have three platforms.
• 7:54
  Hercules: One on the right, one on the left, and one in the center.
• 7:58
  Hydra Heads: Ah, thanks, Herc! Well done, job.
• 8:01
  Hydra Heads: Thank you so much!
• 8:03
  Redge: That was very impressive, Hercules.
• 8:06
  Hercules: Thanks.
• 8:07
  Hercules: I'm just glad the Hydras can play in the concert now.
• 8:11
  Pan: So can we practice now?
• 8:15
  Calliope: I need to warm up those high notes on the verses.
• 8:19
  Redge: Oh, yes, let's go ahead and Sorry.
• 8:25
  Redge: That's my acorn phone.
• 8:27
  Redge: Uh one moment.
• 8:28
  Redge: Hello?
• 8:29
  Redge: Oh hi, Jonathan! It's my best friend Jonathan.
• 8:34
  Redge: He's going to bring some of the surprises I have set up for the spectacle.
• 8:39
  Redge: How's it going?
• 8:41
  Redge: Oh what?
• 8:43
  Redge: Oh no!
• 8:45
  Hercules: Uh, what's wrong, Redge?
• 8:48
  Redge: No, that's all right, Jonathan.
• 8:49
  Redge: I'm glad you called.
• 8:51
  Redge: I will see you at the concert soon.
• 8:53
  Redge: The golden deer has run away again.
• 8:59
  Hermes: Uh golden deer?
• 9:00
  Hermes: That sounds familiar.
• 9:03
  Hercules: Are you talking about Artemis' precious golden deer companion?
• 9:08
  Redge: Oh yes.
• 9:08
  Redge: We asked if the deer could come and prance across the back of the stage during your song, since
• 9:14
  Hercules: uh it leaves a golden trail of light behind it.
• 9:17
  Redge: Exactly! But the deer is so fast, it slipped away again.
• 9:22
  Redge: This is the third time.
• 9:25
  Hercules: I know exactly what to do.
• 9:27
  Hercules: I've caught the deer before, after all.
• 9:30
  Hercules: The only one in Legend Lake who has.
• 9:33
  Redge: Oh, that's okay, Hercules.
• 9:35
  Redge: Herc and the heroes need to practice.
• 9:37
  Redge: We will just scratch the deer performance and
• 9:40
  Hercules: Nonsense! All I need to do is go to the west side of the lake.
• 9:45
  Redge: But that's far.
• 9:46
  Redge: But I'm fast.
• 9:47
  Redge: And it's simple from there.
• 9:50
  Redge: I just need to climb up the small hill, grab some of Legend Lake's dandelions.
• 9:55
  Redge: They're the deer's favorite.
• 9:57
  Redge: Then run back down the hill, spread the petals to lure the golden deer to us.
• 10:02
  Redge: Then I will sit and wait for one, uh maybe two hours, until the golden deer appears at the edge of the woods eating the petals.
• 10:10
  Redge: Now this is where the plan really begins.
• 10:15
  Hermes: Hey, Herc!
• 10:16
  Pan: That sounds uh complicated.
• 10:19
  Calliope: Are you sure
• 10:21
  Redge: you don't need help?
• 10:23
  Hercules: I got it.
• 10:25
  Redge: But Hercules, I
• 10:27
  Hercules: I know I'll be able to catch this fast little guy.
• 10:29
  Hercules: Me and this golden deer, we go way back.
• 10:33
  Redge: Hercules?
• 10:34
  Hercules: H e's fast, but I'm faster, and I always remember someone's favorite snack.
• 10:39
  Hercules: The last time, my good pal Artemis needed
• 10:42
  Redge: Hercules.
• 10:43
  Redge: You've been avoiding practice all afternoon, and we're mere hours away from the show now.
• 10:50
  Calliope: I need to warm up my voice.
• 10:53
  Pan: I need to play these pipes.
• 10:55
  Hermes: And I need to practice my guitar riffs! And Cy Well, cy's doing fine.
• 11:03
  Redge: Hercules, what's going on?
• 11:06
  Hercules: I I
• 11:09
  Redge: I t's okay, Hercules.
• 11:10
  Redge: You can tell us.
• 11:12
  Hermes: Yeah, tell us.
• 11:14
  Hercules: I keep breaking the drums.
• 11:17
  Hermes: What do you mean?
• 11:19
  Calliope: Oh dear.
• 11:20
  Pan: That's kind of rock and roll.
• 11:22
  Hercules: Not if I can't even get through our song once.
• 11:25
  Hercules: I think I'm too strong.
• 11:28
  Hercules: Every time I try to rock out, I just break everything, and I can't play at all.
• 11:33
  Redge: Oh dear.
• 11:34
  Redge: But I'm sure we can help you with this.
• 11:37
  Redge: Why didn't you tell us?
• 11:39
  Hercules: Ask for help?
• 11:41
  Hercules: Me?
• 11:41
  Hercules: I'm strong enough to walk Cerberus and carry a stage for the Hydras and catch the golden deer.
• 11:52
  Hercules: I can set up the lights, lift the backdrops, and hold up the amphitheater columns while they're getting repaired.
• 11:59
  Hercules: I'm I'm used to helping.
• 12:03
  Hercules: Not asking for help.
• 12:05
  Hercules: I'm sorry I'm letting you down.
• 12:08
  Hermes: You're not letting us down, Herc!
• 12:11
  Redge: Of course not.
• 12:12
  Redge: Everybody needs some help sometimes.
• 12:14
  Redge: Even the strongest among us.
• 12:17
  Calliope: I've asked for help learning how to hit the high notes.
• 12:20
  Pan: I've had great teachers instruct me so I can get better at playing the pipes.
• 12:25
  Hermes: And I'm super awesome! Ah, just kidding.
• 12:30
  Hermes: Of course I've asked for help.
• 12:32
  Hermes: I've always struggled with bar chords.
• 12:35
  Hercules: Well, what are we going to do?
• 12:36
  Hercules: I can't play these drums.
• 12:38
  Hercules: Every time I hit them, I break them apart.
• 12:41
  Hercules: I'm not so used to being subtle.
• 12:45
  Redge: As your director of spectacle, I will not rest until the spectacle sparkles.
• 12:52
  Redge: And that includes your drums.
• 12:54
  Redge: Let's brainstorm people!
• 12:57
  Pan: We should call Hephaestus.
• 12:59
  Redge: The legend Lake Blacksmith, craftsman, and metal expert?
• 13:04
  Hermes: Maybe he can make you sturdier drums.
• 13:07
  Redge: Oh, and I have a good friend, Frank Rubbish.
• 13:10
  Redge: He's a great drummer.
• 13:12
  Redge: I can call him up and get some of his tips.
• 13:15
  Hercules: That would be amazing.
• 13:18
  Calliope: And maybe we can look through Cerberus's pile of sticks.
• 13:22
  Redge: Oh wait! Oh yes! Brilliant! He might have some sticks that we can shape up a bit.
• 13:29
  Redge: Carve into sticks that might fit your drumming style better.
• 13:33
  Hercules: That's so true.
• 13:35
  Redge: You see, I knew we'd be able to get you drumming in no time.
• 13:39
  Hercules: Thanks, everyone! I guess it's not so bad to ask for help after all.
• 13:45
  Redge: No one needs to face challenges alone.
• 13:48
  Hercules: Alright, Herc and the heroes, let s rock!
• 14:00
  BABS: Good evening, creatures and cryptos! Welcome to Mythic Mania at Legend Lake.
• 14:08
  BABS: I'm your Ban shee MC, Barb ra Shriek.
• 14:17
  BABS: But like always, you can just call me Babs.
• 14:22
  BABS: I hope you're ready to whoop and holler, because we've got some legendary legends of legend lake ready to melt your faces off.
• 14:33
  BABS: Don't worry, it's just an expression.
• 14:39
  BABS: This is Mythic Mania.
• 14:42
  BABS: First up, let's hear it for Herc and the Heroes.
• 14:49
  Hercules: Five, six, seven, eight.
• 14:58
  BABS: Look at these heroes shred.
• 15:05
  Redge: All right, the director of Spectacle is here and ready to go.
• 15:09
  Redge: Cue the golden fireworks! Yes! Now, launch the sun chariot! It should streak across the sky from left to right.
• 15:17
  Redge: Yes, yes, perfect! That looks marvelous! Oh, the big finale is coming up! Cue the confetti volcano! Whee! Spectacle achieved!
• 15:44
  BABS: Well, well, well, Herc and the Heroes gave a heroic performance indeed! Their names will surely be written in the Saga of Song Scroll tonight.
• 15:54
  BABS: Let's hear it from them one more time! Now, tune in for more Mythic Mania!
• 16:11
  Jonathan: This has been a Jon in Character production.
• 16:14
  Jonathan: This story was written by Molly Murphy and performed by Jonathan Cormur.
• 16:18
  Jonathan: Sound recording and production by Jermaine Hamilton at Pacific Grove Soundworks.
• 16:23
  Jonathan: Reach out to us on Instagram or email us at DorkTalestorytime at gmail.com.
• 16:30
  Jonathan: Find links in the show notes or go to dorktalesstorytime.com.
• 16:34
  Jonathan: Now, go be the hero of your own story, and we'll see you next once upon a time.
• 16:47
  Theme Song: So gather your squad the centers.
• 16:56
  Theme Song: And hit the trails of the wonderful wacky wild world.