Talis and the Thousand Tasks

Johnny Yin Yang needs a costume in order to celebrate the year of the Dragon at his Chinese restaurant, so Mordy decides to help him find one. He steals an alligator from the zoo and dresses it up! Unfortunately the animal gets away from him and spreads panic throughout the town... Who better to slay the dragon than Talis, an aspirant knight from the Middle Ages?

At the races, able squire Talis persuades Pat to put her money on a horse called Percival. The horse wins, but Talis inadvertently knocks out both Percival and his jockey! To uphold the honour of Lady Pat, Talis, astride Gumbo, takes the place of the indisposed horse and rider. But he soon finds out that a modern day race meeting is quite different from a medieval tournament!

To the children's great displeasure, their favourite play space is about to be turned into an office block. They desperately start a petition, hoping to alert the public to this injustice. Talis, however, sees things very differently. For him it's a question of driving the invaders out of the children's kingdom!

The Fields have to visit their cantankerous Aunt Agatha. Only Gwinny manages to get out of it by pretending to be sick. Talis stays at home to keep an eye on her. Unfortunately, while the family is on the train, Aunt Agatha arrives at the Field's house. Talis, whose task is to protect Gwinny, takes Aunt Agatha for a brigand and refuses to let her in! A confrontation is inevitable...

Pat, accompanied by Talis, auditions for a TV game show. But it's Talis who gets chosen! A Medieval knight in a television studio ­ it promises to be quite a show!

The children are rehearsing "Romeo and Juliet" at the Silver Palace theatre. Unfortunately, a film version of the play is due to be broadcast on television the night of their show! This time, it really will be a tragedy! The theatre will be empty! But for Talis, no battle is ever lost until it's over. His tactic: to destroy the station's broadcasting satellite with his catapult!