12x02 - Daniel's Obstacle Course / Daniel Plays in a Gentle Way

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood". Aired: September 3, 2012 – present.*
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12x02 - Daniel's Obstacle Course / Daniel Plays in a Gentle Way

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- Hi, neighbor!

Today, Margaret and I are

playing on an obstacle course!

And then, I'm playing
like a slow turtle

with my friends.

I'll be right back.

♪ It's a beautiful day
in the neighborhood ♪

♪ A beautiful day
for a neighbor ♪

♪ Would you be mine,
could you be mine, ♪

♪ Won't you be my neighbor? ♪

♪♪

- ♪ It's Daniel Tiger's
Neighborhood, ♪

♪ A land of Make-Believe ♪

♪ Won't you
ride along with me? ♪

- ♪ Ride along ♪

- ♪ It's Daniel Tiger's
Neighborhood, ♪

♪ So much to do,
so much to see ♪

♪ Won't you ride along with me?
- Ride along ♪

- ♪ I've got lots of friends
for you to meet ♪

♪ In this land of Make-Believe,
a friendly face ♪

♪ On every street
just waiting to greet you ♪

♪ It's a beautiful day
in the neighborhood, ♪

♪ A beautiful day
for a neighbor, ♪

♪ In Daniel Tiger's
Neighborhood! ♪

(piano music)

- Hi, neighbor! Come inside.

I have something grr-ific
to show you!

It's... an...

obstacle course!

I made it with Dad!

- Hi there!

- Here's what you do.
Come on, Margaret!

- Dan Dan!

- We have to go
through the tunnel.

(Daniel laughing)
(Margaret babbling)

It's so dark in here.

- Ooh!

- Now, we go
across the blocks...

I mean the tall bridge.

Whoa... whoa...

We're really high
in the sky, Margaret!

Be careful!
(Daniel laughing)

(babbling)

We did it!

Now, we jump over this...

um... this lake!

(Margaret laughing)

(Daniel laughing)

It looks like Margaret's
swimming in the lake!

(Margaret babbling)

Come on, Margaret.

Let's go around these big...

basket... mountains.

These big basket mountains!

(piano music)

Come on, Margaret.

Whoa they're big!

(Margaret laughing)

And now, we jump

into the fluffy,
soft pillow clouds!

- Yay!
(Daniel laughing)

- Aww! You like

my obstacle course,
don't you, Margaret?

(Margaret giggling)

Let's do it again, OK?

This time, we'll go faster!

- Dan Dan!
- Come on, Margaret.

Go through the dark tunnel.

There you go.

Now, let's get across the bridge
quick, quick, quick!

(Margaret babbling)

Margaret,
you've got to go faster!

Hurry!
- Oof!

(whimpering)

- Look! It's your favorite part,

the lake! Swim, swim, swim!

Swim faster, Margaret!

Go around the mountains!

Huh?

Let's go, Margaret!
I'll help you!

Come on!

Almost done!

Almost... almost...

Faster, Margaret!

Ooh!
(crying)

Sorry, Margaret!

- Oh, oh, oh.
It's OK, Margaret.

Daddy's here to help.

- Sorry you fell, Margaret...

but don't worry,
we can go again!

Come on!
(crying)

Why doesn't Margaret
want to play?

- I think you were playing a
little too rough with Margaret,

and she didn't like it.
- But... Margaret liked

my obstacle course, Dad!

- Oh, I know, Daniel.
She loves what you made.

But when you play with Margaret,

you need to be gentle
because she's smaller than you.

♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

- ♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

Gentle.

Do you know how to play
in a gentle way?

- Like this...

soft and slow...

nice and gentle.

Can you slowly rock Tigey
in a gentle way too?

- Like this, right, Dad?

Gentle, gentle, gentle.

- Yeah. That's right, Daniel.

- Gentle Tigey.

Gentle Tigey.

Tigey likes to play gentle!

♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

I'm sorry I was
too rough, Margaret.

Can I give you a hug?

A gentle one?
- Dan Dan!

- Oh.

Can we play
on my obstacle course again?

- Do you think you can
play in a gentle way?

- I think so.

You wanna play, Margaret?
- Dan Dan!

- I think that means yes!

Come on, Margaret.
(Margaret giggling)

Let's go!
(Margaret cooing)

Through the tunnel...

(Margaret giggling)

There you go Margaret.

Gentle. OK.

Now, across the bridge...

nice and slow...

(Margaret babbling)

I got you, Margaret.

Go nice and slow...

Gentle...

gentle, gentle...

(Margaret laughing)

(Daniel laughing)

(Margaret babbling)

Keep on going!

Here come the pillow clouds.

(Margaret giggling)
(Daniel grunting)

These pillow clouds
are so soft and fluffy!

Hey...

do you want
to make-believe with me?

(Margaret giggling)

Let's make-believe
that we're playing

on a super soft obstacle course
made of clouds!

(tinkling music)

♪ Leaping through the sky ♪

♪ With the world far below ♪

♪ So fluffy and white ♪

♪ Through the clouds we row ♪

♪ Margaret does
the back stroke ♪

♪ While I do my log roll ♪

♪ Bouncing through the clouds,
my sister and I ♪

♪ So fluffy and white ♪

♪ And when we get tired,
we'll cozy up tight ♪

♪ And watch the other clouds ♪

♪ Fly by ♪

(tinkling music)

Wasn't that grr-ific?!
(Margaret giggling)

You want to do it
again Margaret?!

OK. Here I come!

Keep going, Margaret!

Yay, Margaret!
You're doing great!

You can do it, Margaret!

GO, MARGARET, GO!
(Margaret murmuring)

GO, MARGARET, GO!
(Margaret crying)

Margaret! What's wrong?

Margaret, why are you
covering your ears?

Why do you think Margaret
is covering her ears?

She thinks I'm being too loud?

♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

It's OK, Margaret.

I'm sorry I was so loud.

Do you want to keep playing?

This time, I'll be gentle

and talk quietly.
(Margaret babbling)

Let's go!

(Margaret babbling)

♪♪

GRRR...
(gasping)

I mean... grr-ific, Margaret.

Wee!
(Margaret babbling)

- Ing! Ing!
- Ding! Ding!

Good idea, Margaret.

Trolley can give you

a ride through
the obstacle course, Tigey!

First stop, the tunnel!

Ding! Ding!
- Ing! Ing!

- Ding! Ding!
- Ing! Ing!

Yeah! Ah.

- Do you want a turn
with Trolley, Margaret?

- Ing! Ing!
- Um... OK...

There you go, but...

- Ing! Ing!
- ...be gentle with Trolley.

(gasping)
Are you OK?

Margaret... you're not
being gentle!

You're being
too rough, Margaret!

(Margaret babbling)
Margaret! Too rough!

- It's OK, Daniel. I've got it.

- She wasn't being gentle!

- Hmm. I think Margaret needs
some help being gentle.

We can show her. Gentle...

See? Gentle.

- Yes... Trolley
likes that, Margaret.

- Yeah. Much more gentle.

- Thanks, Margaret.
- Yeah!

(Margaret babbling)

(Daniel laughing)

♪♪

- ♪ Play nice with Dad's models
to keep them from breaking ♪

♪ Touch them gently,
no throwing or flipping ♪

♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

♪♪

♪ Play calmly when you are
with your family ♪

♪ Babies like
to play nice and gently ♪

♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

♪ You don't need to play rough ♪

♪ You can play in a gentle way ♪

♪ You don't need to play loud ♪

♪ You can play in a quiet way ♪

♪ Gently rock back and forth
a dolly ♪

♪ Use gentle hands
when you pet a puppy ♪

♪ Sometimes you need to play
in a gentle way ♪

♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a quiet way ♪

Do you want to try too, Dad?
- Ing! Ing!

- That sounds grr-ific.
Here we go!

- Ing! Ing!
(Daniel laughing)

- Do you know
how to play in a gentle way?

I like playing in a gentle way
with Margaret.

And here is a soft

and gentle ugga mugga for you.

Ugga mugga!

Let's go see some neighbors.

This is Maggie

and her dog Guinness.

They love to play together.

(upbeat instrumental music)

Guinness gets so excited
when he plays.

♪♪

♪♪

When they get home,

Maggie helps
take care of Guinness.

Maggie's very careful
when she pours water

for Guinness.

When Maggie is calm and gentle,

so is Guinness.

What a nice dog!

Bye Maggie! Bye Guinness!

That was so much fun.

(Daniel making burbling sounds)

Slow swimming,

slow swimming, slow swimming.

- (Prince Wednesday): Whoa!

- Hi, neighbor. I'm at school!

And I'm pretending to be...

a slow turtle,
swimming in the sea.

Come swim with me!

Slow Turtle!

Let's swim to Teacher Harriet.

Slow Swimming, slow Swimming.

Hi Teacher Harriet.
Hi Miss Elaina.

- Hi.
- I'm a slow turtle.

(all giggling)

Oh... Look at this green box!

It kind of looks like...

Teacher Harriet,

can I use this box to be
my turtle shell, please?

- Oh, of course!

Here, let me help you.

There you go, Daniel-turtle.

- Whoa! I like my shell!

Thanks!
- Wow!

You really look
like a turtle now!

- Uh-huh! Ok, I've gotta go back

to my slow swimming.

Bye!
- Bye, Daniel!

- Glub, glub, glubbedy glub.

(Prince Wednesday laughing)

- Royally cool box, Daniel!
Why is it on your back?

- I'm a slow turtle,

swimming in the sea!

(Daniel giggling)

- You are? OK.

Well... I'm a

silly... clownfish!

- Blub, blub, boop-she-blub!
- That's funny!

- I'm the silliest clownfish
in the sea!

Follow me!
- OK...

- Blub, blub, blub!
- Glub, glubbedy glub, glub.

- Blub, blub, blub.
- What are you playing,

meow meow?
- I'm a silly, fast clownfish!

- And I'm a slow
swimming turtle.

- Ooh, I want to play!

I'm a... a...

squiggly wiggly octopus!

Wiggle, meow meow!
Wiggle, wiggle!

- Blub, blub, blub,
blub, blub, blub, blub.

Swim, swim!

- Glubbedy glub.
- Blub, blub, blub.

- Wiggle!
- Blub, blub, blub!

- Glubbedy glub!
- Octopus wants to wiggle

with her turtle
and fishy friends, meow meow!

Wiggle!

Wiggle, wiggle!
- Hey...

Woah. I don't like that.

- Faster, octopus, faster!

Blub, blub, blub.
- Wiggle!

Wiggle! Wiggle!
- Blub, blub, blub, blub, blub!

- Um...

- Wiggle!

Wiggle! Wiggle!
- Blub, blub, blub!

- Let's slow down
this wiggling for a minute

and talk with our friends.

Daniel, do you like this game?

- No, I don't.

- Oh! Sorry.

- You don't?

- No. I didn't like
wiggling so fast.

- But Daniel,
that's how the game goes.

We were playing
squiggly wiggly octopus!

- I want to be
a slow turtle today,

not wiggly fast.

- I thought it was fun!

- Not everyone likes to play
the same way all the time.

Sometimes, you might
want to play fast...

but right now, Daniel wants

to play slowly and gently.

♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

- ♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

- Aww. Sorry, Daniel.

I thought we were having fun.

I didn't know
you wanted me to be gentle.

- Yeah, me neither.

- It's OK.
- I wonder if you can think

of a way to be gentle,

and be a wiggly octopus...

- Can we play gently
like this, meow meow?

Wiggle...

wiggle...

slow and gentle.

- Wiggle, wiggle,

slow and gentle.

- Better, meow meow?

- Yes. Thanks, Katerina.

- You're welcome.

- Well, I want to octopus wiggle
fast, fast, fast, please!

- OK! Hold on tight!

- Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
so fast!

- Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
so fast! Wiggle, wiggle!

Wiggle, wiggle!
- ♪ Wiggle, wiggle ♪

♪ Slow and gentle
Wiggle, wiggle ♪

♪ Slow and gentle ♪

I like being a slow turtle.

Do you like
playing slow sometimes?

Hey... do you

want to make-believe with me?

Let's make-believe

that we're really slow turtles.

(tinkling music)

♪ I don't want to play fast ♪

♪ I just want to go slow ♪

♪ Sometimes, that is
the best speed to go! ♪

♪ Slow... ♪

♪ It's the way to go ♪

♪ I don't want to move quickly
- Oh, no ♪

- ♪ I just want to go slow! ♪

♪ It's fun to take my time ♪

♪ Oh, don't you know! ♪

♪ Slow... ♪

♪ I love to play ♪

♪ Slow ♪

(tinkling music)

Wasn't that grr-ific?

- (Teacher Harriet): Outside
time is over, everyone.

Please come inside.
- On my way, meow meow!

- Be right there!
- Coming!

- OK, everyone.

It's time to do
our classroom jobs.

- OK!
- Yeah!
- OK.

- Hmm... What job
do I have today?

Hmm... Ooh, I'm bunny helper!

Tigertastic!

I love to take care

of our little,
soft bunny, Snowball!

- Ooh! I'm bunny helper, too!

We get to take care
of Snowball together!

- I'm so excited!
- Me too!

Hop, hop, hop!

- Hop, hop, hop!
- Hop, hop, hop!

Snowball here we come!

- Hoppity hop! Hop, hop, hop!
- Hop!

- Hop, hop!
- Hop, hop, hop! Hop, hop!

Look, this lettuce

is for Snowball. It's your
lunchtime, Snowball!

- Over here, Snowball!

It's some yummy lettuce for you!

- Snowball, eat your lettuce!
It's right here!

Why won't Snowball eat?

- I don't know. Here you go.

Eat your lettuce!
- It's pretty loud over here.

Do you need some help?

- We're trying to feed Snowball.
But he won't eat!

- Snowball is a small bunny,

and loud noises scare him.
- Oh no!

I don't want
Snowball to be scared.

♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

I'm sorry
I was too loud, Snowball.

I'll use my quietest voice.

- Good idea, Daniel.

Let's see if it works.

- Here you go, Snowball.

Some yummy lettuce,
just for you.

(soft piano music)

Teacher Harriet, look!

I'm being so soft and gentle...

and Snowball ate the lettuce.

- We didn't mean
to scare you, Snowball.

- Snowball likes it
when you're gentle.

- Snowball must
really like lettuce.

(giggling)

- He makes a funny face
when he eats.

Num, num, num.

- Snowball even eats
in a gentle way!

♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

♪ When you're calm ♪

♪ There are special things
you can do ♪

- ♪ Like pet a bunny
or make art with glue ♪

- ♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

- ♪ Doo doo ♪

- ♪ If you build a block tower
too fast ♪

♪ It can fall
- To the floor ♪

- ♪ But when you're calm,
you can ♪

- ♪ Add more and more ♪

- ♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

- ♪ Doo doo
- The cake could ♪

♪ get all smooshed
- If you run too fast ♪

- ♪ So slow it down ♪

- ♪ And have fun at last ♪

- ♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

- ♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

- Snowball must be so thirsty

after eating all that lettuce.

- We'd better hurry.
One bowl of water,

coming right up.
- Woops!

- Oh no! The water...
it spilled.

- It's everywhere!

- Uh oh.
- Come on, let's clean it up.

There, all clean!

- Now, let's get more water.

- OK, let's bring
Snowball his water...

but gently this time.

♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

- Good idea.

- ♪ Sometimes you need to play ♪

♪ In a gentle way ♪

- Drink your water, Snowball.

We did it!

Sometimes, I like to play slowly

and sometimes,
I like to play fast...

but today,

I needed to be slow
and gentle with Snowball.

How will you play today?

I like playing with you.

Ugga mugga!

- ♪ It's such a good feeling ♪

♪ To play with family
and friends ♪

♪ It's such a happy feeling ♪

♪ When they lend you a hand ♪
(Ding! Ding!)

♪ You wake up ready to say... ♪

- Hi!
- ♪ I think I'll make ♪

♪ A snappy new day! ♪

♪ It's such a good feeling ♪

♪ A very good feeling ♪

♪ A feeling you know ♪

- ♪ That I'll be back ♪

♪ When the day is new ♪

♪ And I'll have
more ideas for you ♪

♪ And you'll have things ♪

♪ You'll want to talk about ♪

♪ I will too ♪

Because it's you I like.

♪♪

♪ It's a beautiful day
in our neighborhood ♪

♪ So much to do,
so much to see ♪

(Margaret babbling)
I think she means...

♪ Won't you
play along with me? ♪

(Daniel laughing)
(Margaret screeching)

Margaret's doing
the Wheels on the Trolley!

Come play with us.

♪ The wheels on the Trolley
go 'round and 'round ♪

- Woun, woun.
- ♪ 'Round and 'round ♪

♪ 'Round and 'round ♪

♪ The wheels on the trolley
go 'round and 'round ♪

♪ All through the town! ♪

- Yay!

'gain! 'gain!
- Again?

My sister goes like this...

when she wants to
do something again.

- 'gain!
- Let's sing again!

♪ The bells on the trolley
go 'ding, ding, ding' ♪

- Ing! Ing!

- ♪ 'Ding, ding, ding!
Ding, ding, ding' ♪

♪ The bells on the trolley
go 'ding, ding, ding' ♪

♪ All through the town! ♪
(Margaret laughing)

(Margaret whimpering)

- Again?!

- 'gain! 'gain!

(Margaret screeching)

- OK, OK. We'll do it again!

♪ The little sisters
on the Trolley say ♪

♪ 'I love you,
I love you, I love you' ♪

♪ The little sisters on the
trolley say, 'I love you' ♪

♪ All through the town! ♪

(both laughing)

Margaret loves to sing and play!

Don't you Margaret?
- Play!

- I wonder if there are any
babies in your neighborhood?

Maybe you can
sing with them too!

- Bye-bye!
- Bye-bye! See you soon!


♪♪

(laughing)
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