[♪♪♪] ♪ 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: "“Harper's Quick Change"”
GRANDMA JEAN: One potato, two potato,
three potato, four!
ALMA: Arf! Arf!
SAFINA: Double click, and...
[gasp] Ooh! Looks good!
GRANDMA JEAN: You've got it, honey!
HARPER: [giggles]
ALMA: Check me out,
I'm a jumping dog!
Ruff! Ruff! Ruff! Ruff!
ALMA: Oops!
You're up, Rafia!
RAFIA: Meow! Purrrr!
Guess what I am!?
HARPER: A cat! [giggles]
My turn, please.
HARPER: Beep-Bop-Boop! [giggles]
[robot voice] I am pre-ten-ding to be
a jum-ping ro-bot!
KIDS: [giggles]
GRANDMA JEAN: How about
a short jump break, gals?
ALMA: Okay! RAFIA: Uh-huh! HARPER: Okay!
HARPER: Wanna see my robot dance?
RAFIA: Sure! ALMA: Okay!
HARPER: My dad taught it to me.
It goes like this,
HARPER: [robot voice] Beep-bop-boop!
Beep-beep-boop-boop-bop!
ALMA: [robot voice] Break it down!
KIDS: [giggles]
RAFIA: [robot voice] World's... greatest... robot... dancer.
KIDS: [giggles]
SAFINA: Yes!
Finally finished.
RAFIA: Finished what, Safina?
SAFINA: Oh, a video I've been working on.
[keyboard clicks]
I think it turned out seriously awesome.
Come see.
ALMA: Uh-huh! RAFIA: Totally!
HARPER: You wanna see it too, Grandma?
GRANDMA JEAN: Sure!
SAFINA: Here it is!
[♪♪♪] [Bangla pop music]
[♪♪♪]
RAFIA: So cool! HARPER: I love it!
ALMA: It's way way way amazing!
GRANDMA JEAN: [chuckle]
So creative, Safina!
HARPER: Can we watch it again?
ALMA: Can we? Please!
SAFINA: Okay,
How about I text it to Ms. Jean,
so you can watch it
as many times as you want?
GRANDMA JEAN: Sure!
HARPER: Yes, please!
[notification ping]
GRANDMA JEAN: I got it!
Thank you, thank you!
SAFINA: No prob.
C'mon, Rafia. Time to go.
RAFIA: Can I stay and play some more?
GRANDMA JEAN: Well,
she's welcome to stay and play with us.
I'll bring her home.
RAFIA: Please?
SAFINA: Mmm, okay,
thank you!
GRANDMA JEAN: Welcome!
Anytime.
RAFIA: Thanks, Safina. Bye!
GRANDMA JEAN: Okay, girls!
Let's watch it again.
[♪♪♪]
GRANDMA JEAN: Rafia,
your sister is so clever!
RAFIA: Seriously!
She just threw the blanket up
and, poof!
Changed into her salwar kameez!
HARPER: You know who would love it?
My dad.
Ooh!
What if I made a video like that of me
and send it to my dad!
ALMA: Sa-weet idea, Harper!
RAFIA: Totally! We can help!
GRANDMA JEAN: You know what?
You can use my phone to make it!
HARPER: Thanks, Grandma!
I already know what costume
I want to change into.
ALMA/RAFIA: Wow!
HARPER: Tada!
Isn't my robot costume amazing?
My dad helped me make this.
RAFIA: Whoa! Nice!
HARPER: Thanks!
ALMA: [robot voice] Let's make a video for your dad.
Beep-beep-beep!
HARPER/RAFIA: [giggles]
HARPER: So... how do we start?
ALMA: We gotchu, Harper.
We've made lots of videos before.
RAFIA: Uh-huh. First,
we get everything ready to record.
HARPER: Got my robot costume
and my Grandma's phone!
ALMA: And we can use this blanket.
ALMA: Do you remember what to do?
HARPER: So, I throw the blanket up
and change into my costume,
right?
RAFIA: Yep. That's what my sister did.
HARPER: Got it!
ALMA: Okay and...
action!
HARPER: Ah!
ALMA: Cut!
ALMA: Hmm,
maybe you should practice
putting on the costume
beforewe make the video?
RAFIA: Yeah,
I can time you so you get faster.
HARPER: Good idea.
HARPER: Okay.
RAFIA: Ready, set... GO!
RAFIA: Three.. HARPER: Ah! [struggles]
RAFIA: Four... HARPER: Oof!
Five...
Six...
Seven...
Eight..
HARPER: [out of breath] Done!
RAFIA: Eight seconds!
It's your best time so far!
HARPER: [robot voice] Thank you.
KIDS: [giggles]
HARPER: I'm ready to make the video now.
ALMA: Ready?
HARPER: Uh-huh!
ALMA: And...
action!
HARPER: Ugh!
I'm still not fast enough.
Maybe your sister had help?
ALMA: Ooh, like a friend?
RAFIA: I'm a friend! I'll do it!
RAFIA: Harper,
you throw the blanket up
and I'll hand you the costume.
ALMA: Great idea, Rafia.
ALMA: Action!
RAFIA/HARPER: [struggles]
RAFIA: Nope.
That didn't work.
RAFIA/HARPER: [struggling] ALMA: Got it?
HARPER: Not yet...
RAFIA: Can you move your arm like -
RAFIA: Ahh! HARPER: Whooa!!
ALMA: Whoa!
RAFIA: Oops... Sorry.
HARPER: Beep-boop
A little help?
RAFIA: [effort]
HARPER: [muffled] Yikes.
Rafia? Alma?
I can't see!
ALMA: Cut!!
KIDS: [sighs]
ALMA: This isn't working!
HARPER: Maybe Safina's faster '‘cause she's older?
RAFIA: Nah.
I think she just has more
practice making videos.
HARPER: I just wanted to make a fun video for my dad.
Why is this so hard?
ALMA: Harper looks frustrated.
I am too.
Why doesn't our video look like Safina's?
I gotta think about this...
SAFINA: Here it is!
ALMA: Safina's video was ah-may-zing.
And we thought it would be so easy to make.
But it's not...
ALMA: Nothing we tried worked.
HARPER: Whoa!!
ALMA: Are we doing something wrong?
RAFIA: [effort]
ALMA: Or are we missing something?
Hmm...
ALMA: Wait a minute...
Safina was using her phone
AND her laptop.
ALMA: Maybe there's more to making the video
than we thought...
ALMA: I know what to do.
ALMA: Harper! Rafia!
I know how to make our
video look like Safina's.
HARPER: How?!
ALMA: We need to ask
Safina for help!
C'mon!
GRANDMA JEAN: C'mon, gals!
RAFIA: Hi, Ma!
GRANDMA JEAN: Hi, Fatima!
SAFINA: Hey, friends!
ALMA: Safina! We need your help!
HARPER: We wanted to make a video
like yours to send to my dad.
RAFIA: And we've been trying all day.
But we can't get ours to look like yours.
ALMA: Did you make it on your
laptop or your phone?
SAFINA: Both!
I used my phone to record the video
and my laptop to put it together.
ALMA: Wait..
put what together?
Safina, what do you mean?
SAFINA: I know
it looks like I did everything at the same time,
but I actually recorded the video in two parts.
ALMA: Can you show us?
SAFINA: Absolutely!
[rubbing tape]
SAFINA: Harper,
please stand right here.
SAFINA: Now when I say "“Go,"”
throw the blanket up and let it fall.
Okay?
HARPER: Okay, Safina.
SAFINA: Alma,
press record, please.
ALMA: On it.
ALMA: Recording!
SAFINA: Now, Harper...
Go!
SAFINA: And...cut.
Done with part one.
RAFIA: But what about the robot costume?
SAFINA: Yup! That's part two.
GRANDMA JEAN: This is so exciting!
Like a real movie!
SAFINA: When I say, '‘Go''
you're gonna do the exact same thing
you did last time.
HARPER: Got it!
SAFINA: Okay, Rafia,
start recording.
SAFINA: And Harper... Go!
HARPER: [robot voice] Beep-bop-boop!
Beep-bop-boop-boop-bop!
SAFINA: Cut! Awesome.
SAFINA: Now it's time to edit.
HARPER: Edit? What's that?
SAFINA: That means we're going to put the
two parts together
using this.
SAFINA: Can you please email me those videos,
Ms. Jean?
GRANDMA JEAN: Sure thing!
GRANDMA JEAN: There ya go!
[notification ping] SAFINA: Got '‘em. Thanks.
Ok, check this out.
[mouse clicking]
HARPER: What's that, Safina?
SAFINA: It's an editing program.
It lets me put the videos together.
Watch this.
SAFINA: First part goes here...
Second part goes here..
RAFIA: Whoa! ALMA: Oooh...
HARPER: Then what do you do?
SAFINA: First,
I shorten this video at the end.
Then, I shorten this video at the start.
SAFINA: And then I put them together,
like this...
SAFINA: Then I add some music!
And that's it. We're done!
[mouse clicking]
[♪♪♪]
HARPER: [robot voice] Beep-bop-boop!
Beep-bop-boop-boop-bop!
RAFIA: Whoa!
It's just like YOUR video!
GRANDMA JEAN: Incredible!
ALMA: Sa-weet!
HARPER: Ooooh.
My daddy's gonna love it!
SAFINA: I just sent it to you, Ms. Jean.
[notification ping] GRANDMA JEAN: Oh, Yeppers,
there it is.
Would you like the honor of
sending it to your daddy?
HARPER: Yes, please!
HARPER: Sent!
[notification ping]
GRANDMA JEAN: Would you look at that!
Peter already sent you back a video!
PETE: Hi, Harper! It's Daddy.
I loved your video.
And...
PETE: [robot voice] I love my little robot!
Beep-bop-boop!
[blows kiss]
HARPER: [blows kiss]
Thanks, Daddy! [chuckles]
HARPER: We're always pretending
to be robots together.
HARPER: [robot voice] Beep-bop-boop!
KIDS: Beep-beep-bop-boop-boop!
GRANDMA JEAN: [robot voice] Are you robots hungry for a snack?
KIDS:YES! [robot noises]
ALMA: Movie time is fun but...
[robot voice] I like snack time too.
Beep-beep-beep. [giggles]
[♪♪♪]
ALMA: "“All Rapped Up"”
[distant music playing]
ALMA: Sa-weet b*at, right?
ALMA: Who do you think is playing that music?
JUNIOR: I Don't know,
but I like it!
[♪♪♪]
[rap b*at stops]
ALMA: Hey, what happened?
EDDIE: Alma!
I need your help!
ALMA: Eddie, are you okay?
EDDIE: Yeah,
but I've got a music emergency!
JUNIOR: Uh-oh.
That sounds serious.
EDDIE: I need to record my song for music class.
But I can't play and rap at the same time.
I'll show you.
[boop]
[rap b*at playing]
EDDIE:♪ Our neighborhood has everything you like. ♪
♪ You can walk around the block or ride your--♪
[plays wrong notes]♪ Ride your- -Ride your bike-♪
Ugh.
EDDIE: See, I need help.
ALMA: Ohh. Does it go like this?
ALMA:♪ Our neighborhood has everything you like. ♪
♪ You can walk around the block or ride your bike! ♪
EDDIE: That's it, Alma!
So, will you help me?
You rap. I'll play.
ALMA: Sure, count me in!
EDDIE: I knew I could count on you!
[gliss down the keyboard keys]
EDDIE: [rapping] Gracias, Alma.
You got the rap flow!
ALMA: Whatever you need,
my primo-amigo!
ALMA/EDDIE: [giggles]
ALMA: This is gonna be so good!
JUNIOR: Um, excuse me,
I wanna help too!
Can I be the audience cheering for you?
i¡Vaya! Woo-woooo!
EDDIE: Great idea, Junior!
And you can help me press
the record button too.
JUNIOR: Ooh!
EDDIE: Okay,
Let me teach you my song.
JUNIOR: Recording.
Not recording.
Check! All set to record.
EDDIE: Okay, ready?
Let's start.
ALMA: Wait! Let me warm up a little.
ALMA: Me-may-my-oh-moo!
Me-may-my-moh-moo!
Me-may-my-moh-moo!
Me-my-moo.
Mee! Moo!
JUNIOR: Alma...
whatcha doin'?
ALMA: Warming up like Uncle Nestor
does before he performs.
Kids: Me-may-my-moh-moo!
Me-may-my-moh-moo!
Me-may-my-moh-moo!
[pop]
WOMAN: [chuckle]
KIDS: [giggles]
ALMA: [clears throat] i¡Listo, primo!
[rap b*at playing]
EDDIE:♪ Okay, here we go, ya ready to flow? ♪
ALMA:♪ Oh, YEAH! I'm ready.
♪ Let's start this, YO!
EDDIE: Count us in, Junior!
JUNIOR: Five, six, seven, eight, ready, set, GO!
ALMA: ♪ Our neighborhood has everything you like. ♪
♪ You can walk around the block or ride your bike! ♪
ALMA:♪ Trains that ride up in the AIR! ♪
♪ Shops you can go to and style your-- ♪
ANDREÉ: HAIR!
ANDREÉ: Is this a jam session?!
Can I join the circle?
I've got some rhymes!
EDDIE: Yeah, sure!
[plays new track]
ANDREÉ: Yeah!
JUNIOR: Looks like we got a rap circle!
Woot woot!
ANDREÉ:♪ I'm André King,
♪ uh, let me draw your attention. ♪
♪ I-I make more art than a comic-book convention! ♪
ALMA:♪ André King, you make me wanna clap! ♪
[claps hands in rhythm]
EDDIE:♪ Yeah, You draw just as good as you can rap! ♪
ALMA/EDDIE: [chuckle]
ALMA: That was sa-weeet!
Hey! What should we rap about next?
JUNIOR: Oh, that's easy! Dinosaurs!
Wait...
what rhymes with dinosaurs?
ALMA: Chores?
EDDIE: Doors?
ANDREÉ: Floors?
JUNIOR: I got it!
JUNIOR: ♪ There's a dinosaur, ♪
♪ at the front door!
♪ Un-huh-yeah,
♪and he wants help with his dino-chores! ♪
♪ ROAR!
ALMA: Yeah! Woo-hoo! EDDIE: Uh-huh. ANDREÉ: Woo-hoo!
ANDRE: Yeah! [clapping]
ALMA: Is he good or what?
JUNIOR: Oooh!
Should we rap about our favorite things now?
EDDIE: Uhh, I don't know--
ALMA: Yeah! ANDREÉ: Let's do it!
EDDIE: I kinda want to record my song now...
ALMA/ANDRE/JUNIOR: Please!! C'mon, Eddie.
EDDIE: But, if you really want to...
KIDS: Uh-huh!
EDDIE: Okay!
ALMA: Yes! ANDREÉ: Yeah! JUNIOR: Yes!
JUNIOR: Give us a b*at, Eddie!
[b*at starts]
JUNIOR: If you like his drawings,
wait '‘till you hear his rhymes!
Hit it, André!
ANDREÉ:♪ I love to make art everywhere I walk. ♪
♪ That's why I always carry a piece of chalk! ♪
JUNIOR: Now give it up for mi hermana, Alma,
and her favorite thing!
ALMA:♪ Music makes me wanna move my feet. ♪
♪ C'mon, Eddie, keep dropping the b*at. ♪
JUNIOR: Now it's time for my primo-músico!
[switches tracks]
EDDIE:♪ I love the City Seagulls ♪
♪ for this simple reason.
♪ They win in every game, in every town, ♪
♪ and every season.
♪ The Seagulls are the best,
♪ I just gotta say.
♪ Cause my team can hit and they sure can play! ♪♪
ALMA: Go, Eddie! ANDREÉ: Alright! JUNIOR: Yeah!
BECKA: Ooh, fun! Let me try!
EDDIE: Oh, Wow.
More people.
O-kaaay..
BECKA: [rapping]♪ Gardening's my thing as you can see! ♪
BECKA:♪ I like beets, carrots, and um... ♪
♪ kohlrabi!
Kids: [cheer]
ALMA: Hey, let's keep going!
JUNIOR: Yeah! Rap remix! [chuckles]
ALMA: [giggles]
EDDIE: I loved rapping with you all,
but, I'm done.
Okay!
Ready to record, Alma?
ALMA: Oh. Okay.
JUNIOR: You mean..
no more rap circle?
Kids: Please?
EDDIE: Oh, alright...
Kids: Woo-hoo!
ALMA: We'll record after!
JUNIOR : What are we gonna
rap about now?
ANDREÉ: Ooo!
How about our neighborhood!
BECKA: Yeah! Yeah!
And we can dance too!
JUNIOR: A rap-dance-circle!!!
Kids: [cheer]
EDDIE: Rap and dance?
ALMA: Yeah, I'll go first!
A b*at, por favor!
[b*at starts]
JUNIOR: Woo-hoo! BECKA: Woo-hoo! ANDREÉ: Woo!
ALMA:♪ I'm sure you know, ♪
♪ we live in the best place ever, ♪
♪ Ay! I never want to leave, wanna live here forever! ♪
ALMA:♪ Ay, Becka!
♪ Show us your dance moves, ♪
♪checka, checka!♪
BECKA:♪ There's a bodega down the street. ♪
♪With snacks for all of us to eat! ♪
ANDREÉ:♪ We got friends every which way you look, ♪
♪ And my dad is my favorite neighborhood cook. ♪
ALMA: Nice, André JUNIOR: Yeah!
ALMA: I'm good at rapping,
but Eddie Mambo is the best...
[music stops]
JUNIOR: Um, Eddie...
it's your turn.
EDDIE: No, thanks. I'm good.
ALMA: Huh? Really?
EDDIE: Uh-huh, Alma, can we--
ANDREÉ: It's okay, Eddie.
I'll do the b*at.
[beatboxing]
EDDIE: [sighs]
ANDRE: [beatboxing]
EDDIE:♪ The Bronx is our home it's where it's at. ♪
♪ If ya love it here, stomp your feet and clap! ♪
EDDIE:♪ Alma's got raps that are made to impress. ♪
♪ André makes art but he doesn't make a mess. ♪
EDDIE:♪ Becka grows veggies just like the best. ♪
♪ And Junior roars like a dino without any rest! ♪
Kids: Ohhhh!!! EDDIE: ♪ The Bronx is our home,
♪ it's where it's at.
♪ If ya love it here,
♪ stomp your feet and clap! ♪
Kids: [cheering]
ALMA: I told you Eddie Mambo was good,
but I didn't know he was THAT good!
ANDREÉ: Eddie,
You're definitely the best rapper
and dancer on the block!
BECKA: I dunno,
we might need a rap remix re-match!
ANDREÉ: Yup!
JUNIOR: Rematch! Oh yeah!! BECKA: Oh yeah!
JUNIOR: Okay, then André,
give us a b*at!
ANDREÉ: [beatboxes]
ALMA: Huh?
What's up with Eddie?
We just told him that he's the best on the block,
but... he looks really unhappy.
ALMA: I gotta think about this...
JUNIOR: You mean no more rap circle?
Kids: Please?
EDDIE: Oh, alright...
ALMA: Hmm,
Eddie seemed like he was happy to keep doing the rap circle...
but was he?
EDDIE: I loved rapping with you all,
but, I'm done.
Okay! Ready to record, Alma?
ALMA: Ah, Eddie got frustrated!
But why?
EDDIE: That's it, Alma!
So, will you help me?
You rap. I'll play.
ALMA: Sure, count me in!
ALMA Eddie asked me for help.
But I forgot all about it.
ALMA: Ohh...
I know what to do!
ANDREÉ: [still beatboxing]
ALMA: Hold on everybody!
ALMA: Hey, Eddie?
Do you want to record your song now?
EDDIE: Yeah, I mean,
rap circles were fun and all...
but I want to do MY thing now.
ALMA: Sorry I didn't help
when I said I would.
I got too into the rap circle.
EDDIE: It's okay.
ALMA: Let's record your song now.
EDDIE: Thanks, Alma.
JUNIOR: Are you ready
for the rap remix rematch, Eddie?
ALMA: Maybe later. First,
Eddie and I are going to record his new song.
BECKA: Wait? What new song?
EDDIE: Oh.
I wrote something for music class.
BECKA: Really!?
I want to hear it!
ANDREÉ: Yeah, if you wrote it,
it's gotta be amazing!
ALMA: Listo, primo?
EDDIE: Nope. Not yet.
I'mma need a little more help.
JUNIOR: Five, six, seven, eight, ready, set, GO!
[b*at starts]
JUNIOR: Mi gente!
Give it up for a rap by my cousin,
Eddie Mambo!!
ALMA:♪ Our neighborhood has everything you like. ♪
♪ You can walk around the block or ride your bike. ♪
♪ Trains that ride up in the air. ♪
♪ Shops you can go to and style your hair! ♪
♪ So many faces, places, stickball bases... ♪
♪ The Bronx is our home, it's where it's at. ♪
♪ If ya love it here, stomp your feet and clap! ♪
ALL:♪ The Bronx is our home, it's where it's at. ♪
♪ If ya love it here, stomp your feet and clap! ♪
ALMA: Woo! BECKA: Yeah! ANDREÉ: Yeah! JUNIOR: [giggles]
EDDIE: Think we got it!
[b*at ends]
Kids: [cheer]
EDDIE: Thanks, everybody!
If you wanna go back to
doing rap circles, we can.
ALMA: Nah. We want to hear the song!
BECKA: Uh-huh. ANDREÉ: Mm-hmm.
[music starts]
ALMA: It's like I said...
when Eddie Mambo drops the b*at,
all of us want to move our feet.
And that is way, way, waaaaaay, sa-weet!
[♪♪♪] [recorded song plays] [crowd cheers]
♪ So many faces, places, stickball bases... ♪
♪ The Bronx is our home it's where it's at... ♪
[♪♪♪]
01x36 - Harper's Quick Change/All Rapped Up
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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.