- One thousand,
One thousand.
Come on, come on.
.
- And now my plan begins.
On your way, my minion.
- Yes, master.
- One thousand.
- Todd, what's up?
- I'm waiting for a meteorite.
- A meteorite?
- Yes.
- You're waiting for a rock
To fall from outer space.
- Yes.
- Todd, todd, todd,
Let me explain
Something to you
About meteorites.
- Ah.
- These rocks float around
In outer space
For billions of years.
Nobody can predict when
One will fall to earth
Or where it will land.
There's no way to
Guess ahead of time.
You could wait a million
Years before a meteorite falls
In this exact spot.
- Uh, could you step
Back for a second?
- Um, sure.
- Thank you.
-
- A meteorite!
That is the most astonishing
Thing I have ever seen.
- Yeah. That's pretty amazing.
How did you predict
That was gonna happen?
- It is not all
That astonishing.
I am from the planet skelecki.
I can predict when
Meteorites are going to fall.
- Fair enough.
So what are you
Gonna do with it?
- Well, this meteorite
Is made from
Really strong skeleckian
Space metal.
We use it to make our most
Powerful skeleckian machinery.
- Your spaceships?
- No. Bestandenfingals.
- Bestennenfingals?
- Bestandenfingals,
Skeleckian
For washing machines.
We have very powerful
Washing machines.
- Huh.
- We like clean socks.
- Who doesn't?
- Hey, down here.
- Oh, hey.
- Check it out. It's
A little robot.
- Are you lost, little guy?
- Looks like it has a message.
"Sherew eht kocr?"
I do not speak robot.
- It's not a robot language.
It's just mixed up.
See, uh, the first and
Last letter of every word
Are swapped.
It really says...
"Where's the rock?"
- Where's the rock?!
- Hey, you guuuys!
-
Oh, oh, oh, come on, yeah!
Feel the power!
Feel the power!
Feel the power!
Yo! And plug it in!
It's electric
Electric company!
Electric company!
Electric company!
Electric company!
-
Yo, yo, yo, yo!
The power we perfected
Is electrically connected
So use it as directed
And expect to be respected
-
Just turn it on
And you will see
That you belong
In the company!
Feel the power!
- Oh, feel the power!
- Feel the power!
- Yo! And plug it in!
-
Plug it in, everybody!
-
Electric company!
Electric company!
Electric company!
-
Electric company!
- My family is counting on
Me to get that meteorite.
We cannot power our new
Washing machine without it,
And sockfest starts tonight.
- Sockfest?
- My favorite skeleckian
Celebration.
My family cannot go to
Sockfest with dirty socks.
Think of the shame.
- You can use my
Washing machine.
- Thank you, but if skeleckian
Sweat touches soap and water,
It makes a smell worse
Than , rotten eggs.
Yeah. Learned that
One the hard way.
- If we want to get back that
Meteorite, we have to figure
Out who sent that little,
Mean robot.
- I'll never tell,
I'll never tell.
- Ohh!
- Drat! You guys are good.
- Why would manny spamboni
Need a meteorite?
All he cares about are
His gadgets and gizmos.
- Yeah. He lives for
Those crazy inventions.
- The kind of inventions
That use electricity?
Oh, dear.
- What? - What? - Skeleckian
Meteorites
Are really good
At conducting electricity.
- You mean, like how a cord
Conducts electricity from
An electrical outlet
Into a television?
- Yes, but a television
Cord can only
Conduct a small amount
Of electricity.
A skeleckian meteorite can
Conduct as much electricity
As a lightning bolt.
- Lightning?
- Enough electricity
To power a lot of tvs.
Only a very powerful
Gadget would need that kind
Of electricity.
- Hey. Does anyone notice
Anything strange about that
Lemonade fountain?
- Are you thinking about
Lemonade at a time like this?
- No. Kind of.
Just look.
- That's weird.
"Lemonade ountain."
Fountain's missing its "f".
I'll take care of that.
What happened to my "f"?
- I don't know.
That was weird.
Try another letter.
- "M"for mountain?
- Well, the "m"worked,
But I'm not
Quite sure what a
Lemonade mountain is.
- Hey, guys. Look at
The lost and found box.
- "Lost and ound"?
There aren't any fs anywhere.
This is astonishing.
- That's it. Manny must be
Using the meteorite to conduct
Enough electricity to
Power some sort of
Letter-stealing gadget.
- Ohh. I'll never have
Clean socks again.
- Don't worry
About it, todd.
We'll get back that meteorite.
- We'll take care
Of manny spamboni.
- But how will we find him?
- What, do I have
Food in my teeth?
- You tell your family that
You'll all have clean socks
In time for sockfest.
- Ow.
- It goes
-
Ou, ou, ou
-
What?
-
Ou, ou, ou
It goes ou
Ok, it goes ou
Announce it
With your mouth
It makes the
World go round
- Ou, ou,
Ou
- What?
It goes
-
Ou, ou, ou
- It goes
-
Ou, ou, ou
-
What?
It goes
-
Ou
- It goes
-
Ou, ou, ou
- What?
-
Ou, ou, ou
- It goes
-
Ou, ou, ou
-
What?
It goes
-
Ou
- O-u?
- It's ou, as in go around.
- Go around? I'll try.
Bad idea.
Now we're stuck in mud.
- Watch out.
- Watch out for what?
- That cloud.
- I can't see.
- Uh-oh. Big mouth.
- Big mouth?
It is a big mouth.
- Stop talking and
Just go around.
- Ok. Ahh, ahh, ahh.
- I'm proud of you.
- Thank you, bob.
-
-
- Gr.
- Ound.
- Fff.
- Ound.
- Bbb.
- Ounce.
- Ah.
- Round.
- Mmm.
- Outh.
I am mouth.
- Now you're scaring me.
- Pbbb chh!
- So what's happened so far?
-
- Whhho pchh.
- Look. The meteorite!
- Yoink!
- The meteorite is gone.
Hey, you guys!
- On my planet, meteorites
Conduct electricity.
- So what do you need
This electricity for?
- To power my skeleckian
Washing machine
And wash my socks.
- We use electricity to
Give power to our
Machines, too.
- Yes. Electricity is what
You need to turn on a lamp.
- Or make toast.
- I predict toast will pop up.
Bing.
- Wait, everyone.
"Lemonade ountain"?
Where are the fs?
-
Duh duh
- No fs! That's awful!
- I predict that manny
Spamboni has something
To do with this.
- Follow that robot!
-
- Come to papi.
That's right. My wittle,
Wittle baby, come on, come on.
Ahh.
-
- What have they done to you?
- It's a trap.
- Where's the
Meteorite, manny?
- Meteorite?
You mean, this meteorite?
- We know you're using that
Meteorite for some
Letter-stealing gadget.
- Letter-stealing gadget?
Ha ha ha!
You don't know the half of it.
- Is that a--
- A word ball!
Yes, lisa, it is.
This meteorite has given me
Enough power to create word
Balls just like you, but
If you thought that was
Astonishing, watch this.
Manny is the champ because
With this meteorite I can now
Conduct enough electricity
To power my invention.
- What invention?
- My invention that can
Delete any letter I choose.
Hmm. Maybe I'll
Delete one right now.
- Ok. Take it easy, manny.
Don't do anything crazy.
- Which letter will you miss
The most--"l"for lisa
Or "a"for your perfect
Straight "a"report cards?
- Report cards?
We got our report
Cards yesterday.
- Um, i, uh--i was
Just using report
Cards as an example.
I certainly wasn't using it
As a clue for my reasons--
- You got an "f"on
Your report card.
- Drat!
- That's why you
Stole all the fs.
- All right. I--i
Failed wood shop.
- Wood shop?
You got an "f"in wood shop?
- Ohh!
Spamboni!
- Never mind why I got
A "f"in wood shop!
And just for that, ector,
I'm taking all
Of the hs, too.
- "Air salon"?
- "Pet sop"?
- "Ot amburgers"?
- Ha ha ha!
Looks like I've finally
Found a way to b*at
The electric company.
Mwa ha ha ha!
- Ha ha ha ha!
- Aah ha ha ha!
- Ha ha ha ha!
- Aah ha ha ha!
- Second grade, I took a test.
The next day, mrs. Cornbinder
Hands back my test, and do you
Know what was on it?
The word "jymnasium"and
A big red "x,"
And so I said, "mrs.
Cornbinder, what is wrong
With this word?"
And do you know what she said?
She said, "oh, well, danny,
Jymnasium's not
"Spelled with j.
It's spelled with g."
I said, "ha ha! A g?
But a g makes a ggg sound like
In good or big or alligator.
This word should
Be gggymnasium."
And do you know what she said?
She said, "well, sometimes,
Danny, g can make a jjj sound,
Usually when it comes before
An e or an I or a y in words
Like page or
Ginger or energy."
I actually kind of
Liked mrs. Cornbinder.
-
When you see
A "g"in a word
Before "e,""y,"or "i"
You make a
Sound like a "j"
And that's a soft "g"
Like page
Gym, or giant
Oh, that's a soft "g"
That's a soft "g"
That's a soft "g"
That's a soft "g"
And when you see
A "g"in a word
Before "e,""y,"or "i"
You make a
Sound like a "j"
And that's a soft "g"
Oh, that's a soft "g"
- Gachoo!
You have a precious
Gem to give me?
You think I'm a genius!
- Next time, warn somebody
When you're going to sneeze.
- Gachoo!
-
-
Get down
Get up and go
Because guess
Who's in town
It's me, the hard "g"
I'm no slouch
But everyone agrees
I am a grumpy grouch
Afraid of no vowel
I grit my teeth, I scowl
You better be afraid of
My gargantuan growl
-
Gee, somebody
Needs to breathe
Gentlemen, there's
No need to be mean
It's me, my name
Is soft "g"
And I generously
Rock the mic gently
I'm not giant bully
I am gentler than him
But don't test me
Because I've been
To the gymnasi-em
Oops, I mean, gymansi-um
-
Get out of our face
Or we'll chew
You like gum
-
But when we
Work together
As in garbage or gauge
-
You better be on guard
When we take the stage
-
Together it's magic
-
I guess I agree
-
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
-
Pick up a letter
And let it slide
Pick up another one
And drop it on the side
That's the way you do
The slide and drop
Slide and drop
Slide and drop,
Do the slide and drop
-
Pick up a letter
And let it slide
Pick up another one
And drop it inside
That's the way you do
The slide and drop
Hey, slide and drop
Hey, slide and drop,
Do the slide and drop
-
Chillin' with
Your friends
Play a little ball
Shopping with your folks
Over at the mall
-
Hey, slide and drop,
Slide and drop
Slide and drop,
Slide and drop
Slide the two ls
Now you're on the path
Drop a t-h,
You get bath or math
Hey, slide and drop,
Slide and drop
Everybody can slide and drop
-
It's really easy
To try out
You pick the word,
Now you see how
-
You can slide and drop
Slide and drop,
Slide and drop
It makes the world
Turn around
Way up in the sky
Look up at the stars
Slide the s and t,
Drop a c, that's car
Hey, slide and drop,
Slide and drop
Slide and drop,
Slide and drop
-
Now you're on the ride
Words everywhere
And it don't stop,
Yup, even in your chair
You can slide and drop,
Slide and drop
Slide and drop
-
Aw, pick up a letter
And let it slide
Pick up another one
And drop it inside
That's the way you do
The slide and drop
Hey, slide and drop
Hey, slide and drop
Do the slide and drop
- All right, manny.
You know, if you're so
Confident that you're
Better than us,
Then give us a chance to win
Back the meteorite.
- Ho ho ho!
You want a challenge?
All right. I'll give you
A sentence with a certain
Sound missing.
If at the end of seconds
You can figure out what that
Sound is, I'll give you back
Your friend's meteorite.
- And all the
Letters you stole?
- And all the letters
I stole, too.
- And if we can't?
- And if you can't, then I
Get to keep the meteorite,
And every time hector and
Keith want to use the letter
"H"to spell their names,
They have to smell
My dirty gym socks.
- Ugh!
- I've been keeping these bad
Boys under my bed with some
Bana peels, my sister's
Dirty diaper, and a block
Of moldy cheese.
Do you accept the
Challenge or not?
- We accept.
- All right. The sentence
Is "enjoy smell my
Socks and cry."
I predict the electric
Company won't do so well.
- Ha ha ha ha!
-
Mwa ha ha ha ha
-
Mwa ha ha ha ha
-
Mwa ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha
I'll tell you what,
I'm splitting a gut
I am a genius, and
It's thrilling me
- Thrilling
Me - I'm
One of a kind
I'm a mastermind
Of supervillainy
- Villainy -
I'm so
Sly and tricky
It's causing me delight
-
His fingers are so sticky
That they stole
A meteorite
Ha ha ha
-
You won't get it back
Unless you guess my game
And if you fail to foil
My little program
You must smell my socks
And I do predict
It will make you sick
On account of
All the toe jam
Can you defeat
The master plan
Of spamboni man?
-
I don't think so
-
Can you defeat
The master plan
Of spamboni man?
-
I don't think so
- Ha ha ha!
Aah ha ha ha!
- Ha ha ha ha!
- Jessica, put up
Those words again.
- Well, it could use
Some punctuation,
But manny said it
Was missing a sound.
- What did you say?
- It was missing a sound.
- That's it! "Missing."
The words make sense, but the
Sentence doesn't because
He took "ing."
We got it!
The sentence is "enjoy
Smelling my socks and crying."
- Drat!
- You may have won this round,
Electric company,
But I will be back.
Mark my words, I will be back.
- Um, manny, you
Forgot to give back
The meteorite and the
Letters you stole.
- Oh. You, uh,
Noticed that, did you?
Ok.
- We'll get them
Next time, manny.
- Well, we got the
Meteorite back.
- Yeah, but there's
One thing left to do.
- Uh, what's that?
- Wash some socks in
The bestandenfingal.
-
"G,"it's a
Wonderful sound
It's a wonderful letter
It allows me to
Get some gum
When you're gone
Visiting the goblin
Down the street
-
Ohh, "g"
-
I love my bug
That I captured in a mug
Right next to that
Wonderful jug
Ooh, yeah, I'm feeling
So ggg-entle
No, wait, that's not
The way you say it
I believe it's jjj-entle
Yeah, oh, like
Gentle sounds
Like a huge gem
A giraffe
Giant energy
And your favorite
Dance in your gym
Oh, I love the soft "g"
-
Jjj
- Or the hard
"G"
- Ggg
-
It's all "g"to me
- This is how I feel when I
Am really sleepy but I have
To get up anyway.
It starts with "gr,"and
Then we have an "o."
Normally, the "o"makes the
"Ah"sound, but when "o"is
Next to "u,"it usually
Makes the "ou"sound.
So we've got grou-ch,
Grouch-eee, grouchy, grouchy.
Yeah. That's how I feel,
Just grouchy.
- Hey. I'm mark ecko.
I'm an artist.
I've always had a
Ton of energy.
As a kid, I couldn't
Even sit still.
I drew and painted on
Everything, and I still do.
It's like a ball bouncing
Around inside of me from my
Head to my toes, and the
Only way to get it out
Is to get it out.
It's the spark
That makes me go.
Where do you put your energy?
- I'm special
Agent jack bowser.
Oh, this is just
Grape--i mean, great.
This place is about to
Explode, but I can't cr*ck
The code to get out.
Help me read this.
Whoo-hoo!
- And so then I won the
Grand prize at the sockfest.
My family has never
Been so proud of me.
- That's great, todd.
- Would you like
To smell my feet?
- Uh...
- Uh...
- It's all right.
- No, no. It is how
We say thank you
On skelecki.
- Uh...
- Ok, ok.
- Oh, yeah.
- Throw them bad boys on up.
- Yes?
- You know what?
That really does smell good.
- Ahh. Like fresh
Chocolate chip cookies.
- I told you it a
Good bestandenfingal.
- No kidding.
From now on, I am washing
My socks at your house.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
- Ahh.
- Ohh!
- Come on, man.
Take that off the table.
- This is how I say thanks.
- Oh, gross!
- Come on. Look at those
Le--look at those calves.
- Eww!
- Put it down!
Put it down!
- What are doing?
Go online now to pbskidsgo.org
And play some
"Electric company"games.
You can win points for all of
Your favorite people or your
Most favorite person,
Me, manny spamboni.
Now go because
The next time I see you,
I better have more points.
-
- Yeah!
-
The time is now,
The day is here
That rhythm
That you're feelin',
The music in your ear
The charge
Is electric
And all you got to do
Is plug it in
P-plug it in
Just imagine a world
Where everything around you
Every sight and sound
Will astound you, surround you
And 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
And once you 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
- Ohh!
- Yeah!
-
- We'll get back
That meteorite.
- We'll take care
Of manny spamboni.
- But where can we find him?
- Ooh, ooh.
- I've got your hair.
- Ha ha!
- But how will we find him?
- I'll never tell.
- Ohh!
- "Property of
Manny spamboni?"
- With this meteorite,
I can now conduct enough
Electricity to power
My invention!
- "Pet sop"?
- Heh heh.
01x08 - Dirty Laundry
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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.