- All right.
So here are your five words.
Relative.
A relative is someone
in your family.
Ancestor.
An ancestor is a relative
from a long time ago.
Discover.
To discover is to
find out something
for the first time.
Discovery.
A discovery is the
thing you discover.
Traitor.
A traitor is someone who
decides to help the enemy.
Okay, so we have
relative, ancestor,
discover, discovery,
and traitor.
Watch out for them
in today's show.
(peaceful music)
- Oh, hello Lisa.
- Hello, Annie.
- Hey, do you think
you could help me?
What's a word for a person
who helps out the bad guys
instead of helping
out her own friends?
- Traitor.
- Oh yeah, traitor.
That's the word, thanks.
Oh, I needed that
for my article.
The article that I'm writing
for the newspaper.
- Okay.
(dramatic music)
(suspenseful music)
- Oh, what's that you say?
What article?
- I didn't say that.
- I'm really glad
that you asked.
I'm writing an
article about a person
who lived over
years ago during
the Revolutionary w*r.
- Shh!
- Really?
- Yeah.
- Annie, that's great.
You know, I think
it's really important
that people know about
the Revolutionary w*r
because that's when the
United States fought
to become our own country.
Do you know, there would
be no United States
without the Revolutionary w*r?
Also, did you know
that the good guys,
us, fought against
the British Red Coats,
the bad guys, right here
in this neighborhood.
- Yeah, yeah, whatever
Lisa Heffenbacher.
My article is going to be about
this person.
Perhaps the worst traitor
in the Revolutionary w*r,
Cordelia Heffenbacher.
Heffenbacher?
That's my name.
- Shh!
- And that picture
looks just like me.
- Oh, oh do you not
know about your ancestor
Cordelia Heffenbacher?
Yeah, she was your
great, great, great,
great, great, great, great,
great, great, great aunt.
And I really hate to be the
one to have to tell you this,
Lisa, but she was a traitor.
Yeah, she helped
out the bad guys,
the British Red Coats,
instead of her own friends.
- My ancestor was a traitor?
- Yep, and now thanks to me,
everyone's gonna know about it.
Smile.
(camera shuttering)
- Hey!
- Shh!
- You guys.
(upbeat music)
Oh, come on yeah
Feel the power
Feel the power
Feel the power,
yo, and plug it in
It's electric,
Electric Company
Get connected,
Electric Company
It's electric,
Electric Company
Get connected,
Electric Company
Yo, the power we perfected
is electrically connected
So use it as directed and
it's meant to be respected
Just turn it on
and you will see
That you belong
in the company
Feel the power,
feel the power
Come on, feel the power
Feel the power,
yo, and plug it in
Plug it in
Feel the power,
feel the power
Everybody
Feel the power,
yo, and plug it in
Electric Company
Electric Company
Electric Company
It's Electric Company
- Lisa, I never knew you had
an ancestor who was a traitor.
- Well that's just it,
I never knew either.
None of my relatives
have ever mentioned
the name Cordelia Heffenbacher.
- Well maybe it's another
family with the same name.
- Yeah, but she
looks just like me.
You know, as soon
as we get inside,
we'll check the family tree
we have hanging in
the living room.
It lists my aunts and
my uncles, my cousins.
You know, my relatives.
But it also lists my relatives
that lived a long time ago.
- Your ancestors.
- Exactly.
Hi, Mom!
How's it going?
- Hi, fine.
- What's up, Mrs. H?
- Hi, Mrs. Heffenbacher.
- Hey guys.
- Okay, here it is.
The Heffenbacher Family Tree.
There's me, Lisa and
my mom, Caroline.
And all our ancestors who
lived a long time ago.
See, I was right.
She's not here.
There is no Cordelia
Heffenbacher.
- Did you say
Cordelia Heffenbacher?
- Mom?
- Ah, I was afraid
this day would come.
- What are you talking about?
- Oh, Lisa, come sit
next to me for a minute.
- Okay.
- There's something
I have to show you.
(sighing)
- Cordelia Heffenbacher!
She is our ancestor.
- Yes, but we never
talk about her
because she was a traitor.
- So she did help the Red Coats?
- Yes.
- Did she spy for them?
- Oh, worse than that.
She made them doughnuts.
- No!
How do you know?
(dramatic music)
Traitor!
- Cordelia Heffenbacher
lived not far from here
more than years ago
during the Revolutionary w*r.
- When we were fighting
the British Red Coats.
- Cordelia was a wonderful baker
and loved by everyone
but one day she just
disappeared and then
a few days later
a Red Coat was captured
and when they looked
into his bag they
discovered, oh.
- What did they find, Mom?
- Doughnuts.
One of Cordelia's doughnuts.
I'm sorry.
- I don't believe it.
There is no way that a
Heffenbacher could be a traitor.
And we're gonna prove it.
- Yeah!
But how exactly do
we expect to do that?
- I don't know.
- Well, one of our relatives,
your Aunt Mildred,
lives in the same house
that Cordelia grew up in.
Maybe she can tell you
more about Cordelia.
- That's how.
I can't believe my
ancestor lived here
over years ago.
Wow.
(knocking)
Hi, Aunt Mildred.
- Lisa?
Oh, please, please come in.
I've been expecting you.
- Thank you.
- One day when I
was a little girl
I discovered this trunk.
I haven't opened it in years.
If anything could help
you find out the truth
about Cordelia Heffenbacher,
I bet it's in here.
- Property of
Cordelia Heffenbacher.
Aunt Mildred, this
is a great discovery.
Oh, what an amazing
thing to find.
(relaxing music)
(upbeat music)
- The wait is over.
Wait
That's the sound of
A sitting in a word
The wait is over
That's the sound of
A sitting in a word
Wa-A-Ait.
Wait just a second
while I try to maintain
The sound that is bouncing
through my big o' brain
The kind of crazy
thing you can't contain
Like the steam
powered engine
Of a locomotive train
I wish I could throw
it down the drain
But the A-I sound is
even in the refrain
That's the sound of
A sitting in a word
The wait is over
That's the sound of
A sitting in a word
Wa-A-Ait
(upbeat music)
- This is something
that people do
when they're grumpy.
All right, first I'll
look for what I know
and I know that this
C makes a Kuh sound
because it comes before an O.
So Kuh, um, com, comp,
comp, comp, el, compel,
and then here's that
A-I which I know
makes the A sound
so it's complain.
Complain.
Oh, complain.
Who's complaining?
I'm not.
(upbeat music)
(ticking)
- Waiting!
Waiting!
Waiting.
(chopping)
A!
Boing.
Pain.
Pain.
(chopping)
A.
Trait.
Trait.
(chopping)
(grunting)
Strain.
Strain.
Strain.
Rain.
(thunder rolling)
Rain?
Rain.
(upbeat music)
- Cordelia Heffenbacher
sure liked to read.
- She was a
Heffenbacher, all right.
- How's it going?
- Oh, we're still looking.
- You know, this is
gonna take a while.
Why don't I get you
kids some snacks?
- We'll help.
Come on, B.
- Okay.
Hi Cordelia Heffenbacher
You're my great,
great, great, great
Great, great aunt
Looking at your picture I
don't think you are a traitor
Somewhere back in history
I think there is a mystery
I wish that I could
solve it but I can't
Oh, if only you were here
Here with me today
What secrets
could you tell me
I know
I'll close my eyes
And imagine whatever
you would say
Hello, Lisa Heffenbacher
You're my great,
great, great, great
Great grand niece
Yes, there is a mystery
Somewhere in my history
I'm sorry not
to be more clear
It's rather like
a puzzle, dear
All you have to do is
find the missing piece
There are two
things that you know
One, I was a cook
Two, when
something's missing
You always seem to find it
in the last place you look
Oh Cordelia Heffenbacher
Lady in the frame
Please clear my name
I'll try my best
Do your best
To solve this mystery
To solve the mystery
Before it's too late
Before it's too late
That would be
great, great, great
Great, great, great, great
Great, great, great, great
Great.
- Milk and cookies?
- [Lisa] Huh?
- Do you want some
milk and cookies?
- Oh, no thanks.
- Hey, check this out.
- [Lisa] What?
- I think it's Cordelia's diary.
If there's more to
discover about her story
I bet it's in here.
- Wow.
January , .
Today I ate turnip
soup for dinner.
It was delicious.
- What's a turnip anyway?
- It's a vegetable
that grows underground.
Here's a picture.
Okay, June , .
Today I ate turnips
and potatoes.
Didn't care much
for the potatoes
but oh, those turnips.
I tried something new today.
Smoky turnip stew.
Here's a recipe.
Peel turnips then
take love and like
turnips from the oven.
Skin from six turnips
and cut them into small pieces.
Smoky turnip no potato stew.
Peel turnips and
August , .
And the best part of
the meal tonight--
- Turnips.
Turnips.
Every page is about turnips.
She wrote a poem about a turnip.
She dreamed that
she was a turnip.
Guys, if I hear the word
turnip one more time,
I'm going to lose it.
- Oh, Hector.
We have to keep reading.
I'm sure something will turn up.
All right, that was an accident.
- Maybe this diary
wasn't the discovery
that we were hoping for.
- Wait a second.
Wait, what's this?
There's more to my story
than meets the eye.
If you wanna know the truth,
use the code sorter.
- Code sorter?
Something must be
written in code.
- Yes!
But the other Heffenbacher's
couldn't find it
because they didn't
take the time
to read all the way through.
- It's kind of great that
she wrote something in code.
You would do that.
- Wait a second.
Code sorter could be scrambled.
If you wanna know the truth,
use the secret door.
But where is it?
You know, if we were in a movie,
I would just pull on this
cord and a secret door
would suddenly be revealed.
(laughing)
(door creaking)
There's a secret door
behind me isn't there?
- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah.
(upbeat music)
It's hard
It's soft
The letter C
It's hard
It's soft
The letter C
Called a cab
It came right away
I got my camera out
Took a picture of a star
I got in
We drove fast
And then he stopped
I got out with my coat
And I was standing
on the corner
I was approached
by a centipede
I meant a centipede
He said he had a race
car to take me in
To outer space
So I did and I met
some magical mice
I had to thank them twice
For a certificate
For a brand new
type of cereal
It's hard
It's soft
The letter C
It's hard
It's soft
The letter C
It's hard
It's soft
The letter C
(upbeat music)
(dramatic tone)
- Oh, I don't trust
you, letter C.
I don't trust you one bit.
One minute you're
making a hard cuh sound
like car, crown, clip.
But whenever you get
in front of an I,
an E or a Y,
you totally change.
You start making
a soft su sound.
Like center, city, spicy.
Oh, I'm onto you, letter C.
Onto you.
From this moment on I will
never use hard or soft C again
or my name isn't
Francine Carruthers.
Francine Carruthers.
There's a hard and
soft C in my name.
You know what letter I love?
The letter C.
Best letter in the alphabet.
(upbeat music)
- Wet cement?
I love fresh cement.
You can write stuff
in fresh cement.
Cat, cow, cell, cent.
- What are you doing?
I just poured that cement!
That was going to be my
nice new concrete sidewalk.
You ruined it.
(groaning)
- Concrete man.
(groaning)
(upbeat music)
(beatboxing)
Woo
Oh
Shack I love that b*at
Everything you beatbox
sounds so sweet
But can you see what I see
You're using the sounds
of hard and soft C
Cu, as in cacophony or coal
Cupcake calories
I can't control
Can you call me
before you go
Caw, caw
Is that a canary or a crow
Soft C is also nice
At the end of words
like rice or twice
It sounds like an S
but take my advice
Sometimes you need a
soft C to add that spice
And when the sounds
work together
The circus is in town
They run circles
around this ground
The other letters fall back
This is just for little
hard C soft C practice
(upbeat music)
(eerie music)
- Kind of creepy.
- You're telling me?
- Okay, this is it.
Whatever we discover
in this secret room
will prove that Cordelia
wasn't a traitor.
- [Hector] Hey, check this out.
- [Lisa] Red Coats.
- [Hector] Cordelia's
feeding the British troops.
Just like your mom said.
- It's true.
- Hey guys?
Look at this.
A bunch of old letters.
- Thanks for keeping the
British troops going.
We couldn't b*at that
pesky George Washington
without your
delicious doughnuts.
These are all from
the British General.
- I'm sorry, Lisa.
- My ancestor was a traitor.
I thought she was just like me.
Except for the turnip thing.
- Wait a second.
Look what's written
inside of this box.
- [Lisa] Tomb of Tales.
- That has to be another
scrambled message.
- [All] False bottom?
- There are more
letters in here.
If you found these letters
then you are a
true Heffenbacher.
The truth is in these pages.
(upbeat music)
The British troops
are chasing us.
Only you can distract
them with your
delicious doughnuts
and slow them down.
Cordelia Heffenbacher,
your country needs you,
signed George Washington.
- [All] George Washington?
- The George Washington?
The first president
of our country?
Like, the guy on
the one dollar bill?
That George Washington?
- Yeah, that's the one!
These letters are all
from George Washington!
Cordelia wasn't a traitor.
She helped her country.
Oh, she distracted
the British Red Coats
with her delicious doughnuts.
Cordelia was a doughnut hero.
(laughing)
(upbeat music)
There's two ways
to see everything
My grandma used to say
And that rule
applies to what
I'm singing here today
I'm talking about
the letter C
Come follow if you will
I learned this as a shorty
And it still
gives me a thrill
Now when that C is hard
It sounds just like a K
Make me wanna go
Kuh, kuh, kuh, kuh
Kuh, kuh, kuh, kuh
Now when that C is soft
It sound just like an S
Sss, sss, sss, sss, sss
Sss, sss, sss, sss, sss
You can't miss
There's two ways to say C
And it's always fine with me
There's two ways to say C
And either way is cool
There's two ways to say
Now if a C comes
before an E, I or Y
That is when
you know to give
The softer C a try
Say nice
Nice, yeah
Or peace
Peace, yeah
Bicycle, motorcycle
Listen to me
Now when that C comes
before an L, R or T
You'll probably wanna use
The harder
sounding kind of C
Say clap
Clap, yeah
Or crab
Crab, whoa
Subject
Whoa, whoa
Come on and sing with me
There's two ways to say C
And it's always fine with me
There's two ways to say C
And either way is cool
There's two ways to say
(upbeat music)
- Hi, Josephine.
Raising money for your school?
- Yes, Mr. Creepy.
Would you like to buy a crab?
- I don't mean to be crabby
but I already have a crab.
- How about a crocodile?
- I have three crocodiles.
- You have everything!
Oh.
- I'll buy your scream.
- My scream?
That's crazy.
- Here's five dollars.
- One scream, sold.
- Ow.
(upbeat music)
- Cur.
- Ab.
- Crab.
- Cur.
- Ayon.
- Crayon.
- Cur.
- Eep.
- Creep.
- Cur.
- Ate.
- Crate.
- Cur.
- Eature.
- Creature.
- Oh.
- Come on.
You know I'm cute.
- Creepy.
(upbeat music)
- Sup.
I'm Marc Echo.
(upbeat music)
To be creative, I'll use
what's right in front of me.
Maybe it's a pen.
It could be a spray can.
As long as it feels
right and does the job.
I create art every single day.
To me, being creative means
taking what I'm thinking
from here and what
I feel from here
and bringing it out with these.
There's no right way.
There's no wrong way.
As long as you do it your way.
(upbeat music)
- I'm special agent Jack Bowser.
I'm in a scoop of trouble
at the ice cream
sprinkles factory.
It's about to explode.
And I can't cr*ck
the code to get out.
Help me read this.
The crab, crabby cab driver
came to Spain for
celery ice cream.
The crabby cab
driver came to Spain
for celery ice cream.
(upbeat music)
- It's here.
It's just in.
The big article.
I'm famous.
Read it and weep
Electric Company.
- Doughnut Hero, the
Cordelia Heffenbacher Story
by Lisa Heffenbacher.
- All right, Lisa.
- What?
That's not right.
This was supposed
to be my article.
- Well, sorry Annie.
Your article wasn't true.
This is the real story.
- Ew, who cares about true?
I just wanna be famous
and make you look bad.
Is that too much to ask for?
- [Group] Yes.
(laughing)
- Man, Amy is not happy.
- Well, I'm happy.
And to complete the celebration,
Shack, da-da-dah.
- Yes.
- Cordelia's famous
Red Coat doughnuts.
- All right.
These doughnuts taste
really different.
What's the flavor?
- [Both] Turnips.
(laughing)
- Hey, you guys.
Go online to pbskidsgo.org
and play tons of
games to win points
for your favorite member
of the Electric Company.
Only you can help us
b*at the Pranksters
so hurry up, the race is on.
(beeping)
(beatboxing)
(laughing)
(beatboxing)
Yeah
The time is now
The day is here
The rhythm that
you're feeling
The music in your ear
The charge is electric
And all you gotta
do is plug it in
Plug it in
Just imagine a world where
Everything around you
Every sight and sound
will astound you
Surround you where
before you know it
Even you have the
power to bring
A word to life, that's right
That's right
'Cause that's what we do
We're the Electric Company
Inviting all of you to
all the possibilities
Learning to write
and learning to read
We have a good time
while we plant the seeds
If we're to get it
You have to share it
Discovering your power
You own it, you
wear it proud
And you shout it out loud
Electric Company is in town
Oh
Yeah.
(applauding)
Electric Company
(laughing)
(coughing)
- It's poisonous
flash I tell you!
- Yes!
(laughing)
- Good work, guys.
- We couldn't b*at that
pesky George Washington
without your
delicious doughnuts?
Bless you.
(laughing)
She was a doughnut hero!
02x40 - Revolutionary Doughnuts
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A comedy series that teaches basic phonetic and grammar concepts using live-action sketches, cartoons, songs, and Spider-Man episodes now known as Sesame Workshop.
A comedy series that teaches basic phonetic and grammar concepts using live-action sketches, cartoons, songs, and Spider-Man episodes now known as Sesame Workshop.