"Ed's Benedict" is a Camp Lazlo episode from season 4. In this episode, Edward is extremely annoyed with campers teasing him with jokes about laying eggs. But when he actually seems to lay one, he grows extremely fond of it.
Plot[]
The Jelly Beans and Samson are bird-watching on top of their cabin, but they keep missing various exotic species that fly by. All they can spot is Dave and Ping Pong playing checkers, and Edward going out to the lake wearing a rubber ring. Raj concludes that Edward is "a duck", which the latter gets annoyed at. "Beaver!" Clam pipes in. Edward insists that he's a platypus, and that "this mammal ain't layin' no eggs." He then goes up to the loons and demonstrates them as "boids": they molt, they have tiny brains, etc. Dave and Ping Pong call Edward a beaver in retaliation. Indignantly shouting " I AM A PLATYPUS!" and then muttering, "some people will never learn", Edward walks away.
The next morning, Chip and Skip got up early. They mutter amongst themselves as to whether they should wake Edward up and tell him what they are seeing. Finally, Chip utters a tentative "Good morning, Edward", and Edward opens one eye, then the other. Edward complains that he slept funny and begins to ask what the two "wise guys" are yapping about when he notices something huge and round right between his legs. Edward falls right off the bed in dreadful surprise. Very frightened, Edward peeks over the bed at the object. "W-wh-wha-what happened last night?" he trembles. "Oh, don't worry", says Skip, "I leave accidents in my bed all the time." "This was no accident!" cries Edward. He puts an ear to the thing. He doesn't know what this is. Nervously, he pulls back the covers and it's... an egg! Convincing himself it's just a nightmare, Edward screams at himself to wake up. But it wasn't a dream at all, and the egg is still there.
Edward goes to see Nurse Leslie about the egg. Leslie gets out a film about platypuses and shows it to him. But before the doctor in the film can explain whether or not platypuses lay eggs, the film breaks.
Determined to forget this ever happened, Edward stuffs the egg into a plant pot and hides it under a plant. Then he goes to the showers like nothing happened. Unfortunately, Nurse Leslie happens to find the egg "that you laid" and announces it over the intercom so that everyone except Lazlo thinks that Edward is "going to be a mommy".
Growing ever more desperate, Edward collects the egg from Nurse Leslie, this time hiding it in a bear cave in the woods. Rid of the egg forever, the platypus starts back towards the camp. On the way, he spots a birds nest and realizes he could be a loving parent. So he retrieves the egg, takes it back to Pinto Cabin and names it after himself.
The next day, Edward starts to enjoy his company with the egg, proudly states he's "expecting" to everyone, and grows ever more paranoid of the danger that could harm it after seeing people eating eggs (well, tofu egg substitute), and throws a massive fit in the mess hall. Looking for 'sanctuary' he climbs up to the bird's nest seen at the beginning of the episode. Everyone comes running to see what the fuss is all about. Edward sobs, "No one understands what it's like to be a mother!"
Just then, the eggs all hatch, including Edward's, and to the platypus' surprise, it's not the same species! The birds' mother comes to collect her chicks and flies away but not before scolding the confused Edward.
Dave and Ping Pong come running and apologize to Edward, they confessed explaining that they put the egg in Edward's bed, and that they wanted to teach him a lesson. The still confused Edward inquires "You mean, I'm not gonna be a mommy?" This leads Slinkman to remark that Edward is "a little unnatural", which results in everyone demanding explanation and having to have the films on each of their species shown to them.
Music[]
( ‣ ) Production music |
( • ) Original music |
( ◦ ) Camp Lazlo music |
Episode[]
• The Long and Dusty Trail (underscore) - Andy Paley [Opening]
‣ Link (D) - Patricia Cory [A Bulbous-Winged Doodler flies by]
‣ Captain Pugwash - Johnny Pearson [A Floxagenus Pabocrustacious flies by]
‣ Go East (B) - Dick Walter [A Dragon Zarconeous flies by]
‣ Seafarer 2 [#98.11] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [They see Dave and Ping Pong]
‣ Bowler Hats - David Farnon [Edward walks by]
‣ Tympup (A) - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [Dave thinks Edward is a beaver]
‣ Did Anybody Spook 2 - Johnny Hawksworth ["I am a platypus!"]
‣ Link (V) - Patricia Cory ["Some people never learn!"]
‣ William Tell Overture - Gioacchino Rossini [Morning]
‣ Curious Cub - Patricia Cory [Edward sleeping]
‣ Shock Stinger [#86.02] - Kevin Hiatt, Charles Blaker [Something under Edward's sheets]
‣ Editor's Falling Over (A) - Dick Walter [Edward collapses]
‣ Hide and Seek - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["What happened last night!?"]
‣ Showtime Fill (C) - Gary Kettel [Edward preparing to uncover the sheets]
‣ House of Horror [#10.05] - William Farran [Edward screams]
‣ String Stabs [#56.03] - John Dwyer, Ronald Mendelsohn [An egg is under the sheets]
‣ Cold Sweat - John Scott [Edward thinks he is in a nightmare]
‣ William Tell Overture - Gioacchino Rossini [Edward thinks he's out of the nightmare]
‣ House of Horror [#10.05] - William Farran ["...EGG!"]
‣ String Stabs [#56.03] - John Dwyer, Ronald Mendelsohn [The egg is still there]
‣ Proceed with Caution - Dick Walter [Edward will take the egg to Nurse Leslie]
‣ Nick & Nora - John Cacavas [Edward goes to the nurse's office]
‣ Tympup (A) - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [Nurse Leslie gets shocked]
‣ Anybody Home - Jack Trombey [Nurse gets out an educational film]
‣ Shape of Progress - Ivor Slaney, Anthony Lewis [Plays during the educational film]
‣ ? - ? [A chicken couple walking on the beach]
‣ Cosmic Cloud - Trevor Duncan ["...resulting in gads of charges, and imbalance of your microcosmos!"]
‣ Shape of Progress - Ivor Slaney, Anthony Lewis ["Yes! This is science!"]
‣ The Plot Thickens - Dick Walter [Edward gets out]
‣ Burglar Bill [#7.03] - Andrew Hall [Edward in the bathroom]
‣ Comedy Cuts - Johnny Hawksworth [Everyone laughs at Edward]
‣ Link (Z) - Patricia Cory ["Congratulations, Edward!"]
‣ Dinky Doo 4 - Keith Papworth [Edward wants to hide the egg]
‣ Tearjerker [#78] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Edward sees a mother and baby bird]
‣ Drama Link (D) - Hubert Clifford ["The baby!"]
‣ Dramatic Cue (B) - Ronald Hanmer [Edward goes to get the egg back]
‣ Clown's Walk (B) - Otto Sieben [Edward talks to a bear]
‣ ? - ? [Edward flies back to camp]
‣ Lavender's Blue (B) - Richard Harvey, Brian Gulland [The egg is in the bed]
‣ Harp Gliss 1 [#20.04] - Otto Sieben [The next morning]
‣ Flute Link (C) - Richard Myhill [The next morning]
‣ Flute Link (D) - Richard Myhill [Plays at the same moment as "Link (C)"]
‣ Mud Bathing - Otto Sieben, John Charles Fiddy [Edward shows the egg off to everyone (Low-Pitched)]
‣ Come and Get Me - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Edward tries to keep the egg from harm]
‣ House of Horror [#10.05] - William Farran [Everybody eating eggs at the Mess Hall]
‣ Dramatic Love Theme - Finale - Frederick Charrosin [Edward walks out, angrily]
‣ Epic of the South - Larry Hochman [The eggs in the nest hatch]
‣ Funny Walks - Johnny Pearson ["You're not a platypus!"]
‣ Link (W) - Patricia Cory [The mother bird flies away]
‣ Bruce Trail - James Kalamasz, Alain James ["Well, Edward, it is a little unnatural..."]
• The Long and Dusty Trail (v1) - Andy Paley [Opening]
• Shave and a Haircut - Andy Paley [End sting]
End credits scene[]
• The Candy Cane (20's Jazz Version) - Andy Paley [End sting]
Trivia[]
General[]
- As a matter of fact, platypuses do lay eggs; just not male ones. Slinkman's remark could have been about the fact that Edward is male.
- The title is a pun on "Eggs Benedict", a common American breakfast or brunch dish, consisting of two halves of an English muffin, each topped with Canadian bacon, a poached egg, and hollandaise sauce.
- Credits: Edward and Samson are taking their "babies" out for a walk. Samson's is a roll of toilet paper. He and Edward both then kiss their babies and walk away.
- This episode and Gone Fishin' (Sort Of) are the two longest episodes on the series (not including the two-parters Hello Summer, Goodbye Camp, 7 Deadly Sandwiches, and Kamp Kringle).
Quotes[]
- Edward: Oh Scoutmaster Lumpus, did you hear the good news?
- (Lumpus looks over)
- Edward: I'm expecting!
- (Lumpus and Slinkman stare in horror)
- Edward: See you later.
- Lumpus: Slinkman, did you see that?
- Slinkman: Well actually...
- Lumpus: Good, I didn't either.
- Samson: (with binoculars staring up at the sun) Is it bad to stare directly at the sun?
- Clam: (also looking directly at the sun with binoculars and getting his eyes slowly burned) Yes.
- Edward: WHAT AM I GONNA DO?!
- Chip: Aren't you gonna lay another one?
- Skip: We don't have to watch do we?
- Edward: The Ed-man is going to calmly walk over here... he's going to close his eyes... and when he opens them, he's going to wake up from this nightmare. (Edward shuts his eyes tight)
- Skip: Sneaky!
- Edward: WAKE UP, EDWARD!!!
- Edward: (crying) No one understands that is like to be a mother!
- (The egg hatches but the baby inside isn't a platypus)
- Edward: (confused) Edward? You -- Y-you’re not a... Platypus.
- Mother bird: (appears to take his sons home and yells Edward) MASHER!
- Dave and Ping-Pong: EDWARD WE’RE SORRY!!!
- Dave: We put the egg in your bed.
- Ping-Pong: To teach you a lesson.
- Edward: (still confused) You mean. I’m not going to be a mommy!?
Transcript[]
Click here to go on the Transcript of this episode.
Gallery[]
- Click here to go on Ed's Benedict image gallery