We interrupt our regularly
scheduled programming
for a special Electric
Company SHOUT-OUT
from Prankster Planet!
Today's honorary Electric
Company members are
Patriots, Were
and Tariq.
Nice 'do, dude.
Congratulations!
BOTH:
Thank you.
But wait! We still need you!
Words on Earth
are being reversed!
The stop signs are
turning into pots signs!
It's chaos, it's madness!
It's my reverse-a-balls...
no one can stop me!
BOTH:
We will stop you!
Can The Electric Company
stop Francine
and her reverse-a-balls?
Prankster Planet!
Prankster Planet!
And now back to our regularly
scheduled programming.
So, here are your five words.
Partner.
A partner is someone you're
teamed with in a game.
Sensitive.
If you're sensitive, you feel
things really strongly.
Depend.
When you depend on
someone, you need them.
Loyal.
If you're loyal to someone,
you're always there for them.
Commitment.
A commitment is a
promise you make.
Okay, so we have partner,
sensitive, depend,
loyal, and commitment.
Look out for them
in today's show.
(whistle blows)
Okay!
Listen up, everybody.
As you know, our
rec center is holding
a city-wide ping-pong
tournament this week.
And today, we are going
to determine which of you,
playing together as partners,
is going to represent
us in the tournament!
(cheers)
It's only going to
be you and me, Paul.
We're the best team by far.
We'll see
about that, Danny.
Francine and I have
been practicing.
Practicing.
Long days in sweaty gymnasiums
swinging these mallets.
Paddles.
Paddles.
And now we are ready to
represent the neighborhood
and take home the city
championship trophy.
We'll see about that,
won't we Paul?
Mind if I... serve?
Go right ahead.
(ricochet b*llet sounds)
Ahh!! Now, you have
experienced my secret w*apon,
the old spin and serve.
(ricochet b*llet sounds)
-.
Better luck
next time, fellas.
Oh, looking good.
Keep your eye on the ball.
Good rhythm.
Lisa?
Hey Danny.
I have reason to suspect that
Manny and Francine might be
cheating at ping-pong.
Wouldn't surprise
me if they were.
Aren't you a member of
the Electric Company?
Mm-hmm.
And doesn't everyone in
the neighborhood depend on
the Electric Company
whenever there's trouble?
Yeah, the neighborhood can
always come to us for help.
So, can I depend on
your help?
Yeah, I guess you can.
Aren't there three little words
you should be saying
right about now?
(clears throat)
Hey, you guys!
(b*at-boxing)
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)
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
Feel the power
Feel the power, yo
And plug it in!
Plug it in, everybody!
Electric Company
Electric Company
Electric Company...
Electric Company!
Okay, so let me
get this straight.
You and Paul play together.
You're partners.
You play on the same team, and
you guys want to represent
the neighborhood in the
big citywide tournament?
Correct.
But you think Manny and
Francine are cheating?
Yes, I do.
What makes you think that?
Have you seen them play?
Batter, batter, batter!
Batter, batter, batter!
(screams)
You remember the time
when Manny was playing...
It's that ball!
There is something up with it.
Sounds like Manny
Spamboni invented
some new kind of gadget.
All right.
What are you gonna do?
Danny, shake hands
with your new partner.
Let's go, guys.
Come on Danny.
Grab your bag.
BOTH: Game point.
Oh... tough break, kids.
Coach, I'm pretty sure
Manny and I
have beaten all the challengers.
Don't you just
want to declare us
the official ping-pong partners?
Go home.
Take a well deserved rest.
Slow down there,
ping-pong pal.
There's still
another ten minutes
for you to be challenged.
And we do challenge you.
And who would "we"be?
Danny and me.
Ho ho... fine.
We'll take you on.
This shouldn't take long.
I'll go get Manny.
(Paul growls a question)
Oh, yeah. Paul... sorry.
I'm going to be partners
with Hector because...
Danny, I think you
hurt Paul's feelings.
I guess I did.
Man, it's so easy to
hurt his feelings.
He's really, really sensitive.
He's sensitive?
Yeah. Don't you think?
Hello, Hector.
It will be my pleasure to crush
you in a game of ping-pong.
Let's do this.
(b*llet ricochets)
Bam!
How do you like it, Hector?
That is quite a serve,
but hold on.
I think there's something funny
about this ball.
Funny about that ball?
There's nothing funny
about that ball.
The ball is so not funny.
It's actually so funny,
I'm gonna just draw
a smiley face on it.
Danny: Say good-bye to your
tricked out
ping-pong ball, Manny.
Look at that. How about
we use this ball instead?
Hector: Good.
Serve it up, Manny.
All right.
(nervous chuckle)
Not in my house!
(screams)
This is all you, me.
Touchdown! Touchdown!
That was close.
Mine.
Hi-ya!
(whistle)
Well kids, it's finally settled.
Hector and Danny will
represent the neighborhood
in the big tournament!
(cheers and applause)
Congratulations guys.
Hector, I hope you're
prepared to take
this tournament very seriously.
I can do it.
Danny, let me do it.
I'll take it really seriously.
Danny...
I'm your friend.
(laughing hysterically)
Really? You tried to cheat me
out of my place
in the tournament.
That's not being a friend.
A friend is someone who is
loyal, someone like Hector.
We are friends, right Hector?
Yeah, Danny.
Come on, man.
I'm gonna go do some
work for school,
but I'll catch you
later, champion.
I'll call you later, partner.
All right!
(laughs)
Bye, Francine.
Today's show brought to you by
gr, (grrrr).
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.
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.
I'm special agent Jack Bowzer.
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.
Greg was grateful, so he gave
a grape to the giant giraffe.
(expl*si*n) Whoo-hoo!!
Yo yo!
-- What's up Hector?
-- 'S'up?
Don't tell me you and Danny
are going to practice
ping-pong again.
Hey! Whoa, whoa!
I made a commitment, a promise,
and I'm going to keep it.
And you guys know how Danny is,
how he takes winning
so seriously.
Yeah, and you don't?
Okay, you got me.
You're having a good time
with Danny, aren't you?
Oh, come on. Admit it.
Okay.
I know that some people
think Danny's annoying,
but I think he's
a really good guy,
and I like being his friend.
Hector!
You won't believe what
your partner made.
(laughs) Okay.
It's me, Hector apostrophe s...
Hector's p plus painting...
No, art... partner.
Hector's partner.
(laughs)
I've also got one for you.
Danny's partner.
Yeah. That's you.
Thanks, Danny.
Oh, and I talked to Miss Feezel
and she said that we can
practice whenever we want.
Nice!
Come on, let's go.
Bye y'all!
Have a good time.
Oh, that's a
wicked serve, Danny.
I'm glad you're on my side.
I'll show ya how to do it.
You just cut down on
the ball at an angle.
Like this?
Try it again.
Now you're getting it!
Thank you, Danny.
I like that one.
You just stick with
your friend, Danny Rebus.
I know, man. All right, buddy.
Let me try that again.
(phone beeps)
Oh, excuse me.
Hmm, a video message.
Oh, Danny.
If you only knew what was being
said about you behind your back.
Just listen to what your "loyal"
friend Hector had to say
about you only a
few short hours ago.
I know that some people think
Danny is a really good guy,
but I think Danny is annoying.
Some loyal friend, eh, Danny?
There he is.
Sorry to be so annoying, Hector.
What? Danny,
I don't understand.
Danny. Danny!
Danny, please.
Don't you Danny, Danny, don't
you Danny, Danny please.
Danny's got you wise
and doesn't like
what Danny sees.
There's something
going on here.
There's something
out of whack.
You say something
to my face,
and something else
behind my back.
You made Danny Rebus sad,
you made Danny Rebus blue.
Why do you do these
things to Danny?
What did Danny do to you?
Remember kindergarten.
You spilled my cup of juice.
You said it was an accident.
Yeah, that was some excuse!
And then we got to
the first grade,
you stepped
right on my heel.
I was there!
You didn't say I'm sorry.
How do you think
that made me feel?
Danny, Danny!
You made Danny Rebus sad.
You made Danny Rebus blue.
Why do you do these
things to Danny?
What did Danny do to you?
You say Danny,
he's so sensitive.
Well, that's how
Danny's made.
Danny gets the blues
whenever Danny is betrayed.
But Danny, he's loyal,
on that you can depend.
But you just lost
the privilege of
having Danny for a friend.
You made Danny Rebus sad,
you made Danny Rebus blue.
Why do you do these
things to Danny?
What did Danny ever, ever,
ever, ever do to you?
Today's show brought
to you by L.
Oh, sometimes you
can be so quiet.
This is my sister.
What's your name?
We are going to have a scavenger
hunt for the most L's.
L.
L.
Let's go!
Globe.
The Gulf of Mexico.
I found Love.
Owl. Hoo hoo hoo!
Dismissal here, here,
here, here and here.
Big L, small l.
Purple.
Light, like, walk.
Now, Faith's coming
to write more words
while I think of some.
Lollipop.
Two L's, like my name.
My desk is very full.
Pencil sharpener.
Rulers.
A rubber band ball.
These are some plants.
Shelf.
Twelve.
It looks like a mini-palm tree.
It's my favorite, too.
This is our celebration corner.
Binoculars.
Telescope, you're
out of this world.
Seal of approval.
Lower level.
L. Elevator.
Right now, there's only
one person talking,
so in the background,
it is silent.
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
It's time for
Electric Soundoff.
I'm your host, Hector Ruiz.
Let's spin the wheel.
What letters are we
playing with today?
Let's plug these in
and see them in action.
L makes the 'l' sound as in
elk or elf, or elm or mold.
Is wolf an L word?
Yes!
Is half an L word?
Uh.. No?
Check it out.
Half does have an L.
Sometimes the L is silent,
like in half or chalk
or calm or could.
And now I need two volunteers to
go head to head with letter L.
I'll do it.
I'll do it.
Well, come on up!
Let's see some words!
Make a sentence
using these words.
The person who uses the most
words with L wins, but remember,
sometimes L doesn't
make a sound at all.
Ready?
BOTH: Ready!
Work on your sentences while we
hear a word from our sponsor.
I can read your palm.
I can look at your palm
and tell you your future.
You're going to be rich!
You're going to be famous!
You're going to pay me $.
for this palm reading.
See?
Right every time.
Time's up.
Let's see what
sentences you made.
Well, my sentence is:
Look at that!
Golfing and calf,
talking and beanstalk.
Four L words!
You have your work cut
out for you, Marcus.
No problem.
My sentence is:
You've got golfing calf,
talking, salmon and beanstalk.
That's five L words!
That means Marcus wins.
(cheers)
What do I win?
Half a glass of milk.
Mmmm, milk.
Ahhh!!!!!
I'll see you next time on
Electric Soundoff.
The tournament will
begin in a few minutes.
First of all, we would like to
welcome all of you from all over
the city to our annual doubles
ping-pong tournament!
(applause)
The rules are simple.
Here are the
tournament brackets.
If your team wins, you move
on to the next round.
If you lose, your
team is eliminated.
So long.
Sayonara.
Better luck next time.
Eliminated is what
we don't want.
What we do want is a
pair of giant trophies.
Will the first groups please
gather at the tables?
Come on, gather gather!
(whistle blows)
Let's do this.
Danny, I need to talk to you.
Oh, I thought I was too
annoying to talk to.
Danny, I never said that.
You said I was annoying.
That's what you said.
I didn't say that.
Hold on.
Francine left out some
of what Hector said,
but I know exactly what he said.
Listen to this, Danny.
I know that some people
think Danny is annoying,
but he's a really good guy,
and I like being his friend.
I can explain.
Give me that
T-shirt, Francine.
We can't switch now.
Our name is on the board.
Miss Feezel?
Go right ahead.
Good-bye, Carruthers.
Hello, Ruiz.
Ready partner?
Ready, partner.
(ding!)
(applause)
Yeah!
Oh, yeah!
All right!
Let's go.
Oh!
All right, Danny.
It's me and you against
Paul and Jane.
Who's Jane?
Oh, Jane.
It's time to play.
(clears throat)
Jane is really good.
Oh, no.
Okay, dude, I think we're
about to get clobbered.
Danny: You can depend on that.
Maybe we should
stay down here.
How long?
About points.
Winners!
(applause)
Who knew gorillas were
so good at ping-pong?
I know.
Yeah, who knew gorillas
were so good at ping-pong?
(laughter)
Hey, Hector.
Why don't you come over
here and sit with me?
Why don't you come
over here and sit over here?
No, sit here.
Okay.
Boy, those gorillas,
they were good, right?
Remember that?
I do.
That's funny.
So I was thinking after
this, we could go bowling.
Bowling?
Oh, my God.
We were just talking
about that, Danny.
Actually, I was thinking
it could kind of be
a partner thing.
Well, Danny we're friends,
and they're my friends.
So why don't we just
all hang out together?
Yeah.
Well, but I thought
we were best friends.
Danny, listen.
I have a lot of friends,
and you're one of them,
and they're some of them.
But I'm the kind
of person who is
loyal and true and
has a best friend.
Danny, wait.
Come on, Danny.
Stick around. Hang out.
No, with me, it's
all or nothing.
That's the Danny Rebus way.
Oh, man, he's so sensitive.
I know.
It has got to be tough
to be Danny Rebus.
To Danny.
ALL: To Danny!
Do you know what,
Electric Company?
I don't even like ping-pong.
I can win in other ways.
(laughing)
On Prankster Planet,
no one can stop me.
Would you even dare to try,
Electric Company?
(evil laugh)
Prankster Planet!
Prankster Planet!
The Reverse-a-ball's
reversing all the words
on Earth, so it's Jessica
and Marcus to the rescue
Francine has eight machines
You must stop them all
To save the world from
the Reverse-a-balls!
Prankster Planet!
Prankster Planet!
Meanwhile, in
Francine's studio.
Hello, loyal fans.
Francine! Francine! Francine.
Stop, stop.
Let's take a look at
three examples of my
reverse-a-balls on Earth.
Reverse-a-ball .
This shouldn't take long.
I'll go get Manny.
Reverse-a-ball .
-- What's up, Hector?
-- 'S'up?
Reverse-a-ball .
(applause)
Brilliant!
Let's check on the progress
of our little "heroes,"
Jessica and Marcus, as they try
to stop my reverse-a-balls.
(laughs)
Oh, there must be some way
around these things.
Marcus?
Hey, up here.
Marcus, this is no time
for playing around. (screams)
Well, it's not looking good
for the Electric Company.
So, why don't I make it worse?
Hey!
It's survey time.
The survey question is:
Time to vote!
You can vote for thorny vines,
frozen pizza,
or squishy sponges.
I'm going to show the
results of the survey,
using a circle graph.
I love a circle graph!
It's time to --
Vote, vote,
vote, vote!
Now the part where we have
the results of the survey.
Time!
What did you vote for?
This section of the
circle graph shows that
eight of you voted
for thorny vines.
This section shows that
voted for frozen pizza,
and this section shows that
voted for squishy sponges.
The biggest section
is frozen pizza!
So, that one wins.
It's watch Marcus walk
across frozen pizza time!
Francine: Pizza's ready.
Pizza!
Marcus, it's frozen.
Ow!
Care to join me?
I think we deserved a .
Francine: Very graceful, Marty.
There's the lever!
Time for my Prankster Planet
Prankster Rules
emergency button!
Good luck stopping the
reverse-a-balls now.
BOTH: Hey, you guys!
Go to pbskidsgo.org and stop
the reverse-a-balls!
The Electric Company and the
people of Earth need you!
We interrupt our regularly
scheduled programming for
a special Electric Company
SHOUT-OUT
from Prankster Planet.
Today's honorary Electric
Company members are
Teja, Peach
and Braden.
Congratulations!
BOTH:
Thank you.
You can be an honorary member
of The Electric Company, too.
Go online and stop Francine's
reverse-a-balls!
Danny, I don't understand.
Danny... Danny.
Let's do it.
Oh...
Want to know more about me
and the rest of the cast?
Just go online to pbskidsgo.org.
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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.