[♪♪♪] ♪ Waahoooa yay!
♪ Vamonos!
♪Lo le lo lai, lo lai lai lo le, ♪
♪ it's Alma's Way!
♪ Here she comes,
♪beaming with pride and something to say! ♪
♪ Hear those drums?
♪ Playing Alma's Way.
♪ From the Bronx,
♪ singing a le lo lai, lai lo lei! ♪
♪ Our island songs,
♪ saying Alma's Way!
♪So many questions, so much to explain. ♪
♪ Hoh! ♪ Figure it out as you hop on the train. ♪
♪Hoo!♪ ♪With Mami, Papi, Junior and Abuelo, mi gente. ♪
♪ I'll think it through and share it with you, ♪
♪ come on vente!
♪ There she goes!
♪Learning about her world every day. ♪
♪ The whole world knows,
♪ it's Alma's Way...
♪ Alma's Way!
♪i¡Wepa! ♪
ALMA: "“Alma Town"”
KIDS: [giggles]
JUNIOR: What are we going to do today?
ANDREÉ: Let's make art!
KIDS: [talking over each other]
JUNIOR: I have no idea!
ALMA: We're trying to figure out
the perfect thing to play today.
But it's gotta be...
[gasp]
perfect!
ALMA: Look at all those boxes!
RAFIA: [gasp] KIDS: Wow! Cool!
ALMA: Who wants to play...
Cardboard City!?
KIDS: [cheering]
[♪♪♪] [kids humming happily]
HOWARD: Water tag!!
ALMA/RAFIA: Huh?
HOWARD: [effort]
LUCAS/EDDIE: Ah!
ALMA: Howard, wait!
HOWARD: Huh?
ALMA: [leaps]
LUCAS: Thanks, Alma.
That could have wrecked my concert hall.
ALMA: No biggie.
ALMA: That was a close one.
Hey, everyone...
Maybe we shouldn't play water tag here.
LUCAS: I totally agree.
ALMA: What if we make it a rule?
Because if any wet sponges hit a box,
we'll have a soggy city.
ANDREÉ: Okay.
HOWARD: Wait...
where am I supposed to play water tag?
ALMA: Hmm...
Good question...
I know!
ALMA: Okay, how about we make a new rule?
Water tag is okay over here, away from the boxes.
LUCAS: Fine with me!
RAFIA: Me too!
HARPER/ANDREÉ: Sure.
ALMA: Great.
ALMA: So, whaddya think, Howard?
HOWARD: Umm... Well...
I guess that could be fair.
I'm in!
ANDREÉ: Alma, you're pretty good at this making rules thing.
Maybe you should be Mayor of Cardboard City?
JUNIOR: Um, excuse me, what's a mayor?
ANDREÉ: A Mayor is in charge of a city.
ALMA: It's their job to make it a good place
for everyone to live in.
JUNIOR: Alma could definitely do that.
HARPER: I think people usually vote
for the Mayor, right?
ANDREÉ: So,
who votes for Alma?
KIDS: Uh-huh! Oh yeah!
ALMA: Wow, that's everybody!
HARPER: It's official. You are the mayor!
KIDS: [cheering] Go, Mayor Alma! Woohoo!
JUNIOR: [effort]
Yay!!
ALMA: Junior, What should I do first as Mayor?
JUNIOR: Maybe you should go say hi to everyone.
ALMA: Sa-weet idea!
Hey!
Since you have such great ideas
you can be my Deputy Mayor..
It's like a Mayor's helper.
JUNIOR: Okay!
ALMA: Follow me, Deputy Mayor!
ALMA: Greetings and welcome, Ms. Cooper!
HARPER: Hello, Mayor Alma.
RAFIA: Pass, Howard!
ALMA: Hi! Hope you're have a lovely day.
RAFIA: Thanks, Mayor Alma!
ALMA: Hello, Mr. King!
Ooh.. your fireplace looks nice and cozy.
ANDREÉ: Why thank you, Mayor Alma.
You wanna come in?
JUNIOR/ALMA: Yeah! Sure!
HOWARD: Wait for me, I'm coming too!
JUNIOR: Ooh! Uh...
KIDS: [struggling to move] HOWARD: Excuse me..
JUNIOR: Uh..
I can't movein here!
[boxes ripping] ALMA /ANDREÉ: [gasp]
[box rips] HOWARD: [gasp]
Ah.. sorry!
ANDREÉ: Oh no!
My house is starting to rip!
ALMA: Everyone, out!
ANDREÉ: Go, go, go!
LUCAS: Is everything okay?
EDDIE: Yeah, what happened?
ALMA: Hmm...
I think we need another rule.
No more than two kids in a box at a time.
ANDREÉ: Sounds good to me.
HOWARD: But, hold on.
Tons of kids could fit in my castle!
EDDIE: Yeah, on my dance floor too.
I want to give dance lessons to lots of kids at the same time.
HOWARD: Your rule isn't fair, Alma.
KIDS: Nuh-uh. Yeah...
JUNIOR: Alma's the Mayor.
We all voted, remember?
ALMA: And rules are rules.
EDDIE: Fine, I guess.
HOWARD: Ugh.
[ball kick]
RAFIA: Watch out!
LUCAS: Whoa! EDDIE: [gasp]
ALMA/JUNIOR/HARPER: [gasp]
HARPER: Oh, no! My sign!
RAFIA: Sorry, Harper!
HARPER: Aww, it's okay.
I'll fix it.
JUNIOR: Um, Mayor Alma.
I think we need another new rule.
ALMA: Mmhmm.
ALMA: New rule. No ball playing allowed in Cardboard City!
RAFIA: Aww, seriously?!
ALMA: Sorry, Rafia.
Gotta keep everyone and everything safe.
RAFIA: Ugh. Fine.
HARPER: Thanks, Alma.
You're the best Mayor Cardboard City has ever had.
ALMA: I'm the only mayor this city has ever had.
HARPER: I know.
EDDIE: Lucas, watch out!
Alma, help!
Ants!!
JUNIOR: Do something, Mayor Alma!
ALMA: No worries. I gotcha, Lucas.
Here, use this.
LUCAS: Whew, thanks!
ALMA: I got this.
ALMA: New rule.
No snacks allowed!
LUCAS: Wait, did you say no snacks?
ALMA: Yup.
HOWARD: At all?
Not even crackers, or grapes, or granola bars?!
JUNIOR: That's what Mayor Alma said!
So that's the rule!
ALMA: No more snacks: no more ants.
ANDREÉ: But what if we get hungry?
HARPER: Yeah, that's not very fair.
ALMA: Whoa..
what happened?
No one likes my new rules.
JUNIOR: Um, Mayor Alma,
they don't look very happy.
KIDS: [sighs] RAFIA: Seriously...
ALMA: Fine. My new rule is.. uh..
no rules!
HOWARD: That's what I'm talking about!
KIDS: Oh yeah!
ALMA: Am I good or what?
[kick]
LUCAS: [gasp]
Oof-
[splat]
EDDIE: [gasp]
LUCAS: [gasp]
LUCAS/HARPER: Ants!!
KIDS: [laughing]
ANDREÉ: [gasp] My house!
KIDS: [laughing]
JUNIOR: [effort]
JUNIOR: Ahh!
KIDS: Oof-
HOWARD: Whoa.
ALMA: [gasp]
[water trickling] KIDS: [gasp]
KIDS: MAYOR ALMA!!
HOWARD: Cardboard City is falling apart!
RAFIA: What do we do, Alma?
ANDREÉ: Yeah, what's the plan?
ALMA: Uhh.. I'm the Mayor!
I've got to do something, but people don't like my rules.
So I don't know what to do anymore.
[sigh]
I gotta think about this..
ALMA: No more than two kids in a box at a time.
EDDIE: Oh.. HOWARD: [sigh]
ALMA: No ball playing allowed in Cardboard City!
RAFIA: Aw..
ALMA: No snacks allowed.
KIDS: Seriously?!
ALMA: None of my rules made everyone happy.
So, I got rid of the rules.
LUCAS: [gasp]
Woah-!
KIDS: [laughing]
ANDREÉ: [gasp] My house!
KIDS: [laughing]
JUNIOR: [effort]
Ahh!
ALMA: But having no rules didn't work either...
and I think we need some rules.
ALMA: Hey, everyone...
Maybe we shouldn't play water tag here.
ALMA: How about we make a new rule...
Water tag is okay over here,
away from the boxes.
KIDS: [cheering]
ALMA: Hmmm,
I wonder if some rules are more fair than others?
Oh! I know what to do!
ALMA: Okay, citizens of Cardboard City!
New rules!
KIDS: [complaining] HARPER: Could be good!
EDDIE: What do you mean "“new rules?"”
ALMA: Well, we do need some rules,
even if everyone doesn't love all of them.
KIDS: [grumbling]
ALMA: And as Mayor, I need to make sure they're fair.
JUNIOR: Fair? How?
ALMA: Well, rules have to be made for the best of everyone,
even if every kid doesn't love every rule.
RAFIA: So how are you gonna
make the rules fair?
ALMA: I'll show you.
ALMA: Okay, first, sports and water tag are allowed.
RAFIA/HOWARD: Yes!
LUCAS: But...
ALMA: They can only be played here,
to keep the cardboard safe.
HOWARD: Fine by me.
RAFIA: That's totally fair.
LUCAS: Uh-huh!
ALMA: Follow me!
ALMA: Second rule, the owner of each box
gets to decide how many people can go inside.
KIDS: [agreement]
JUNIOR: Doing great so far, Mayor Alma.
ALMA: One last rule.
Snacks are allowed.
ANDREÉ: Nice. LUCAS: Finally!
ALMA: But...
still no snacks that are sticky and melty,
like popsicles, ice cream or chocolate.
HOWARD: I'm in.
RAFIA/HARPER: Okay!
ALMA: It's fair because if someone wants to have a snack they can.
And, we won't get ants.
LUCAS: I love popsicles...
but I get it.
ANDREÉ: Mayor Alma!
KIDS: Mayor Alma! Mayor Alma! Mayor Alma!
[♪♪♪]
HOWARD: I'm gonna get you!
HARPER: I was right, Alma...
you are the best Mayor Cardboard City has ever had.
ALMA: Thanks!
JUNIOR: Um, excuse me...
Can I have a turn being Mayor?
ALMA: Well, we'll need to take a vote.
Who wants Junior to be our next mayor?
LUCAS: Me!
KIDS: [shouting agreement]
HARPER: Go, Mayor Junior!
JUNIOR: i¡WEPA!
ALMA: Way to go, Mayor Junior.
JUNIOR: Alright, Deputy Mayor Steggie,
if we wanna make any rules, they've gotta be fair, okay?
C'mon, let's go shake some hands!
JUNIOR: I'm Mayor Junior.
Nice to meet you.
HARPER: Nice to meet you, Mayor Junior.
HARPER: [chuckles] Ooh, he's good.
JUNIOR: Welcome to Cardboard City!
ALMA: I have a feeling Cardboard City
has a new, Best Mayor Ever.
RAFIA: Hello, Mayor Junior.
LUCAS: Hey, Mayor Junior.
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
ALMA: "“Alma's Big Help"”
[train rumbles by]
ALMA: Oops.
Hey!
Ugh..
I got this.
Am I good or wha--
whoa!
Hi, Harper!
HARPER: Beep boop beep!
That's pretend robot for, "“I like your hats."”
ALMA: Thanks!
I'm taking them to the Community Center clothing drive.
HARPER: We just came from there!
Now we're heading to the park to...
[in robot voice] play robot.
I have to go.
ALMA: See ya, Harper!
HARPER: [in robot voice] beep boop beep
JUNIOR: Hi. MAMI: Hey!
[old-school hip-hop beats] ♪♪♪
FRANKIE: [rapping] Come on down, show you care
Give us your gently used outerwear!
Boots, socks, shirts or shoes.
Really any kids clothes that you choose!
[chuckles]
ALMA: We've got stuff to donate!
FRANKIE: Yo, that's legit!
FRANKIE: i¡Mil gracias!
JUNIOR: All we did was look through our closet.
ALMA: And we brought all the nice stuff
that doesn't fit us anymore.
No biggie!
FRANKIE: Yes biggie!
MAMI: And now some kids
are gonna get a whole new wardrobe.
Because of what you,
and you did.
FRANKIE: Every little bit helps in a big way.
MAMI: I gotchu, Frankie.
FRANKE: i¡Gracias!
ALMA: Donating our clothes felt so good, right?
JUNIOR: Sure did!
ALMA: Wait a minute...
Wanna help out in a big way? Like Frankie does?
JUNIOR: Yes! I have no idea what you mean
but I am in!
ALMA: Sa-weet!
Let's find someone that needs our help with something big!
DOÑA CARMEN: i¡Hola, mis chiquitos!
ALMA: i¡Hola, Doña Carmen!
JUNIOR: Hi!
DOÑA CARMEN: [kisses]
i¡Ay, qué lindo! Look at all these donations.
DOÑA CARMEN: i¡Mi reyecito!
I'm so proud!
Mwah!
FRANKIE: [embarrassed chuckling] Ah, Ma...
ALMA: Yarn on the loose!
FRANKIE: '‘Eyy, nice catch!
JUNIOR: I got it!
I don't got it...
I got it!
ALMA: I got this one!
JUNIOR: And I got this one!
ALMA/JUNIOR: Oof-
[giggles]
DOÑA CARMEN: i¡Ay, muchísimas gracias, bebitos!
I didn't even see my yarn roll away!
ALMA: Doña Carmen, is there something big
we can do for you?
Like, do your grocery shopping?
ALMA: Oh, and make you dinner!?
JUNIOR: Or get you a brand new car!
ALMA: Yes!
Um, how could we get Doña Carmen a new car?
Does she even have an old car?
JUNIOR: I dunno.
I was just going with it.
DOÑA CARMEN: [chuckles] Oh no.
Ay, i¡gracias, mis cielitos,
but I'm all good. You're sweet to offer.
Adiosito,
adiós!
ALMA: We gotta find someone to help in a big way!
MAMI: I'd like to go to the park in a big way.
JUNIOR: Yeah!
Maybe there's someone in the park who needs our help?
ALMA: Yes!
MAMI: Bye, Frankie.
FRANKIE: Catch ya later!
ALMA: Hi, hello!
ALMA: Gotta problem? We can help!
JUNIOR: Safina! Need some help?
ALMA: Need help?
Need help?
Need any help over there?
ALMA: For real?
No one needs any help with something big?
ALMA: Look, it's Howard!
Maybe he needs our help?
JUNIOR: I dunno...
it just looks like he's reading.
[wing flaps]
ALMA: [gasp] Hold up.
HOWARD: You stay over there.
And I'll stay right here.
Okay, pigeon?
[pigeon coos]
HOWARD: Whoa!
ALMA/JUNIOR: [gasp]
ALMA: Howard, are you okay?
HOWARD: Yeah, but...
HOWARD: I'm just about to find out
who took the missing medallion but...
[pigeon coos] [gasp]
[gasp]
That pigeon's kinda creeping me out.
JUNIOR: Don't worry. We got this.
JUNIOR: Roar!
Stay back, pigeon!
ALMA: Sa-weet idea, Junior!
HOWARD: But what if it comes back with...
[gulp]
friends?
ALMA: We gotchu.
Junior and I will be on Pigeon Patrol,
so you can keep reading.
HOWARD: Phew, thanks!
ALMA /JUNIOR: Roar! Stomp!
Roar! Stomp!
Stomp! Roar!
Stomp! Stomp!
HOWARD: I'm done!
That book was awesome!
Carlotta found the missing medallion in the-
ALMA: Lalalalala! Stop!
I haven't read it yet!
HOWARD: Oops, sorry.
HOWARD: Thanks for keeping the pigeons away. ALMA: Lalala...
I can't hear you!
HOWARD: I said thanks!
ALMA: Oh! No problem.
Now, is there something big we can help you with?
HOWARD: Something big?
ALMA: Yeah, big big.
Like...
we could make you a giant dinosaur scarecrow
to shoo away the pigeons?
JUNIOR: Or we could get you...
a brand new car!
For Tallulah.
HOWARD: Uh, no thanks.
I don't wanna carry a giant scarecrow around.
And Tallulah's not old enough to drive.
HOWARD: All I wanted to do was finish my book.
And I did!
Laters!
ALMA: Come on, Junior.
We'll find someone who needs help!
ALMA: Isn't there anyone who needs our help?
JUNIOR: Whoa, what's that?
ALMA: Hey, that's Harper's button from her robot costume.
JUNIOR: Let's find her and give it back!
ALMA: Yeah!
JUNIOR: Look! Another Harper button!
ALMA: And another one!
ALMA: C'mon!
HARPER: Beep, boop, beep.
Bop, bop. Beep, beep.
JUNIOR: Harper, we found your buttons!
HARPER: [gasps]
Oops!
I didn't even know they were missing!
Oh, I would've been really sad if I lost them.
Thank you so much.
ALMA: Oh, it's nothing.
JUNIOR: Is there anything we can help you with?
Something big?
ALMA: Like we could make another robot video
to send to your dad?
JUNIOR: Or we could make you new robot costumes!
ALMA: One for every day of the week!
JUNIOR: Or we could give you a new...
something that's definitely not a car.
HARPER: No, thank you.
I'm just so happy you found my buttons.
I'm going to go tell my grandma.
JUNIOR: [sighs]
All this "not helping" is making me tired...
and hungry.
ALMA: Yeah, me too.
ALMA: Finding something big we can help with
is harder than I thought.
I gotta think about this...
ALMA: Hm, we picked up yarn for Doña Carmen,
and shooed birds for Howard.
ALMA /JUNIOR: Roar! Stomp!
ALMA: And we did find Harper's buttons.
ALMA: But that was just helping in small ways.
DOÑA CARMEN: I didn't even see my yarn roll away!
ALMA: Wait...
We noticed people needed a little help,
and we did something!
HOWARD: Thanks for keeping the pigeons away.
HARPER: Thank you so much.
DOÑA CARMEN: i¡Muchísimas gracias, bebitos!
ALMA: It feels really good to find ways to help people...
ALMA: Even when it's just the little stuff.
And Frankie did say every little bit can help in a big way.
I know what to do!
ALMA: Hey, Junior! I got it!
JUNIOR: What?! What is it?
ALMA/JUNIOR: [gasp]
JUNIOR: Oh, thanks!
ALMA: We can keep helping people in small ways.
JUNIOR: But, what about the big ways?
ALMA: Well, we found little things
that helped people feel good.
JUNIOR: Yeah, like when you caught Steggie just now.
ALMA: See?
Every little bit does help out in a big way!
JUNIOR: Oh, I get it.
So...
no one's getting a brand new car?
ALMA: Nope.
JUNIOR: I'm okay with that.
MAMI: Ready to go, you two?
ALMA: Yup. We've got some little things to do.
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
ALMA/JUNIOR: Whew!
JUNIOR: That was awesome!
ALMA: Right?
It was way, way, way, sa-weet.
ALMA: Yum! i¡Gracias, Mami! JUNIOR: Mmm, piraguas!
MAMI: Ya did good, niños.
You saw people needed help and you helped them.
JUNIOR: It felt really good...
even if no one got a new car.
MAMI: [chuckles]
Junior, if you are ever giving out new cars, sign me up.
ALMA: You know, Mami,
I could help you eat your piragua.
MAMI: Nice try, mija. But I got this.
To the biggest little helpers in the Bronx!
JUNIOR: Cheers! ALMA: i¡Wepa!
ALMA: Who would've thought going small could be so big?!
[slurps]
Ah! Brain freeze!
[giggles]
[♪♪♪]
01x32 - Alma Town/Alma's Big Help
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The show is set in The Bronx, New York and revolves around Alma, a six-year-old Puerto Rican girl, as she ventures out into her Latino neighborhood to demonstrate decision making and social awareness skills.
The show is set in The Bronx, New York and revolves around Alma, a six-year-old Puerto Rican girl, as she ventures out into her Latino neighborhood to demonstrate decision making and social awareness skills.