02x34 - Goodnight, Robot

[bunniefuu]

- Okay, so here are your five words.

Inspire.

To inspire people is to encourage them

to make or do things.

Signature.

Your signature is your name written down

in your own special way.

Petition.

A petition is a letter that people sign

to get what they want.

Verify.

Verify means to prove something's true.

Preserve.

Preserve means to keep

something the way it is

and protect it.

Alright, so now we have inspire,

signature, petition, verify, and preserve.

Watch out for them in today's show.

(comical music)

- And the next room of our tour

is the famous little green room

from JT Bookbinder's story Goodnight Robot

about the night--

- The night Sarah Stark's bedroom

turned into a spaceship.

- That's right.

Maybe you should be the tour guide.

(laughing)

- We know all about Goodnight Robot.

My sister here used to make me read it

to her every night

before she went to sleep.

It's weird that I've lived

in this neighborhood my entire life

and I've never been here before.

- I know, this is the house

that made JT Bookbinder

want to write Goodnight Robot.

This is the little green

room that inspired him.

- Oh, is this his signature?

- That's right.

He wrote his name right there.

- It's so cool to see how

he turned all the things

in here into characters in his book.

- Yes, you're right.

These are all the things

that inspired Mr. Bookbinder

to write the book.

- Check it out, Jess.

That old radiator's what

inspired him to make the robot.

- Oh, and that's the radio that turns

into the controls for the spaceship.

- Yes, Mr. Bookbinder had

an amazing imagination

for the (sniffling) future.

- Um, are you okay?

- I'm fine.

Where were we?

Ah yes, Mr. Bookbinder

kept all these rooms

as they were when he was a child

so that people could be

inspired for many years to come.

(blowing)

- Maybe we should come back another time.

- No, no, I'm happy that you're here.

See, happy Steve.

- Steve, you don't look so happy.

- I'm sorry, I just found out that they're

going to tear down the Bookbinder house.

- Why would they tear down

such an inspiring place?

- Because somebody wants to build a hotel.

- [Jess] Who?

- The Antigone Carruthers Corporation.

- Antigone Carruthers?

- That's Francine's mom.

- Yeah, Steve, put your hankie away.

We're not gonna let them

tear this place down.

Hey you guys!

Come on now

Feel the power, feel the

power, feel the power

Yo and plug it in

It's electric, Electric Company

The connected Electric Company

It's electric, Electric Company

The connected Electric Company

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, feel the power

Feel the power

Yo and plug it in

Plug it in

Everybody

Yo and plug it in

Electric Company

Electric Company

Electric Company, Electric Company

- Goodnight Robot, oh, I love this book.

I cannot believe they're

gonna tear down the house

that inspired it.

- Antigone Carruthers Company website

says that she wants to

build some fancy hotel there

named The Francine.

- What?

- They're gonna call it The Francine?

- Okay, we have to protect

the Bookbinder house

so we can have it forever.

- Yeah, yeah, we need to

preserve it, you know,

keep it exactly how it's always been.

- But how do we preserve the house

if Francine's mom wants to tear it down?

- We'll have to go and try to talk to her.

- [Jess] There she is.

- Ms. Carruthers?

- The Electric Company.

- Electricians, what do they want with us?

- [Francine] Just pretend

like you don't hear them.

Maybe they'll go away.

- Ms. Carruthers?

Could we talk to you about

the Bookbinder house?

- The Bookbinder house?

Don't you mean the future

home of The Francine?

- That's right, Electric Company.

My mother is building me a hotel.

So now if you don't mind, we

have very important mother

daughter planning to attend to.

- Well that's actually what

we want to talk to you about.

- Ms. Carruthers, you may not know this

but this is the house where JT Bookbinder

wrote his famous book, Goodnight Robot.

- Goodnight Robot?

- Aren't you all a little

old for children's books?

- Yes, of course.

I am much too grown up.

- Oh come on, doesn't

everyone love Goodnight Robot?

- Not me.

- Oh really.

- Nuh-uh.

- You don't love the part when she goes--

- Nuh-uh.

- Yeah, you don't love the

part when she goes robot--

- Nope.

- What about the--

- Nuh-uh.

Okay, you know, lalala, I can't hear you.

- Look, electricians, maybe you should all

follow the example of my daughter

and move away from silly childhood things.

- Well that was unsuccessful.

- What do we do now?

- Okay, if a house has a lot of history

and it's important to the whole community

then the city will save

it, it'll preserve it.

- How do we do that?

- I don't know but I'm gonna

go to city hall and find out.

(upbeat music)

- Next!

- Hi, how are you today?

We are here to save a house that's going

to be torn down.

- You can't preserve a

house unless it's important

to your community.

So next.

- Wait, this house is very important.

- Yeah, that's what they all say.

Next!

- No, wait, wait, hold up, come on.

How can we prove that it's important

to the whole community?

- Well you can go around the neighborhood

and get signatures from all the people

who wanna save the house.

- Oh, like a petition.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, like a petition.

Yeah, the preservation committee

is meeting tomorrow at noon so if you

can get enough signatures

on your petition,

they'll preserve your house.

- No problem, how many

signatures do we need?

- A thousand.

- A thousand?

Wait, by tomorrow?

- Mm-hmm.

- No problem.

- Next!

(upbeat music)

- Ight.

- Ight.

- Bright.

Oh bright, ight, ight

That's bright, ight, ight

It's all right, right, ight

That's tight

Sometimes things just don't look right

We get mixed up, day becomes night

But on the other side of night

Is the dawn's early light

With the light we just

might improve our sight

Think through a problem

You will never lose a fight

Stretch out your brain and

you'll always shine bright

All right, right, ight

That's right, ight, ight

Oh, that's tight

All right, right, ight

That's right, ight, ight

To shine bright

(upbeat music)

- Tight.

Tight.

Ight, ight, ight!

Tight!

(shattering)

Light.

Light.

Ight, ight, ight, ight, ight, light!

(shattering)

Might.

Might.

Ight, ight, ight, ight, ight, might!

(shattering)

Frighten, frighten, ight, ight, ight!

Frighten!

(screaming)

Bullfight.

Bullfight.

Ight, ight, ight!

Bullfight!

Ight, ight.

Ight!

Ight, ight, ight!

(mooing)

- It turns out that I-G-H-T

makes the same sound

as I-T-E.

How could you do that to me, I-G-H-T?

It's just not polite.

I can fly my kite, my white

kite, without I-G-H-T.

My kite can take flight without I-G-H-T.

Oh man.

You mean my kite can't take

flight without I-G-H-T?

That's not right.

Some things you just can't fight.

- Hello Josephine.

- Hi, Ms. Dwight.

I'm raising money for my school.

Want to buy a light?

- Josephine, your

lighthouse is too bright!

- Well then, how about

your very own knight?

- This knight would frighten Mr. Dwight.

- Oh right.

How about this night?

- I love this night.

I'll take two.

- All right.

(upbeat music)

- [Male] So what's happened so far?

- [Jess] This house inspired

the book Goodnight Robot.

- [Hector] The writer got all of his ideas

from the things in this room.

Look, that radiator inspired

him to create the robot.

- [Jess] This house is inspiring.

- [Francine] This house

is getting torn down.

- [Both] Hey you guys!

- [Hector] We have to

preserve this house, save it!

- [Lisa] We can't let them tear it down!

- [Female] Then you need a thousand people

to write their names on this petition.

- [Lisa] I'll give you my signature.

- [Hector] You can have my signature.

- [Lisa] Signature!

- [Hector] I feel inspired

to go get signatures.

Give us the petition

We'll get a thousand names

And then preserve the building

So it always stays the same

(upbeat music)

- [Jess] Thank you.

- Thanks a lot, man.

- Okay, so we've got signatures.

We only need more.

- Yeah.

Hi, help us save the Bookbinder house?

- Sure.

- [Both] Thank you.

- I cannot believe the Electric Company

is trying to stop us from

building The Francine.

This is my mother's gift for me.

For me, for me.

I have got to stop them.

Francine style.

- I've gotten over a

hundred signatures already.

If we keep this up we'll definitely

save the Bookbinder house.

- Oh, hold on.

Oh.

I just got another commercial

sent from Francine.

- That's never a good sign.

- Announcing the newest hotel

from the Antigone Carruthers

Corporation, The Francine.

Coming to this neighborhood

as soon as we can tear

down the Bookbinder house.

- You're looking at the future home

of utter elegance and luxury.

- Named after me.

- Yes.

A fantastic example, a hotel

of your wildest dreams.

- Called The Francine.

Who needs another quaint

little house in town

Our plan is to bulldoze this

(mumbling) to the ground

And build the greatest hotel in history

And we'll call it

The Francine, The Francine

Picture this, first thing we plan to do

is to level out this lawn.

- Goodbye tree.

- Build a nice wide driveway

to park those stretch limos on.

- That sounds lovely.

- We'll kindly usher that

happy little squirrel

down the street into the park.

- Get going.

Our security is airtight,

thieves and squirrels alike

Will shudder when our guard dogs bark

Puppies!

Next thing we will do

is to expand this porch

And make it times the size

But of course

To fit a hundred bellhops

who'll be ready to assist you

The moment that your bags arrive

And to top it all of,

the final missing piece

The sight for the world to see

I'm so excited

At the very front, there

will be a magnificent foot

Golden statue of me

The Francine, the Francine

- The most incredible hotel the world

has ever seen will be--

The Francine, the Francine

- Who would want a snooty hotel

instead of preserving

the Bookbinder house?

- What's up, guys?

- Hey!

- Look how many signatures I've got.

- Jess, that's great.

How'd you do that?

- People just started coming up to me.

I guess they saw some

commercial for The Francine

and it convinced them to help

save the Bookbinder house.

- Looks like Francine's

little commercial backfired.

- I don't understand!

Why didn't my commercial work?

- Oh, how many signatures do you have?

- I'll give them signatures.

Fake signatures.

- Oh, .

Oh no, hey, .

This petition keeps filling up so fast,

I can't even keep track.

- Nice.

Well let's go.

- Alright.

- Next.

- Coming in, I'm coming

in, signatures.

Count them, they are all there.

- I have to verify the signatures.

I have to check to make sure

that each single signature

is from a real person in the neighborhood.

- Oh sure, go ahead, check the signatures.

Verify the signatures.

But believe me, there are no fake names

on that petition because we

got every signature ourselves

from people in our neighborhood.

- [Female] Really.

- Mm-hmm.

- So you live in the

neighborhood with Mr. Nobody?

- What?

Can I see that?

- [Female] Uh-huh.

- Oh there it is, Mr. Nobody.

Ivana Million Dollars.

Ms. Fake Namerstein.

This petition never left my hands.

I don't understand how these fake names

could've gotten on here.

- [Both] Francine.

- Oh.

Well now she's just playing dirty.

And once we verify these signatures

and cut out all the fake names,

we'll have nowhere near signatures.

- Well we have until noon.

We can still save the Bookbinder house.

- How?

- I think it's time for a read in.

- A read in?

- You'll see.

(upbeat music)

- [Female] Sh, silent E.

(bell ringing)

Let me tell you about a friend of mine

Goes around changing

words all the time

But he's kind of sneaky, yes siree

Come on

I make the plan, he flies the plane

I hold the can, he carries a cane

Cook with a pan, now he's at it again

Looking through my window pane

Silent E, oh, how it

changes everything

Silent E, it's elementary

Silent E, it's simple,

come on, try with me

Cap, cape

At, ate

You got it

Yeah

Silent E turns slop to slope

And gives a little hop a lot of hope

It shapes a little glob into a globe

You see

He can change a bit to bite

A strip to stripe

A grip to gripe

A shin to shine, well I don't mind

Let it spin right up my spine

Silent E, oh what a great discovery

Silent E, it's elementary

Silent E, who knew

how much fun it'd be

Hop, hope, shin, shine

Now you got it, sing along everybody

Silent E

When it follows a vowel

it changes the sound

Silent E

Silent E is everywhere, you got it now

Silent E, it's simple,

come on, sing with me

Now I'm gonna give you a word

And you just add the silent E

Now when I say mad and you add the E

What do you get?

We get made

Now when I get slim and you add the E

What do you get?

We get slime

And when I say not and you add the E

What do you get?

We get note

Silent E

Silent E

Silent E

(upbeat music)

(b*at boxing)

Ame, ame

Na na name, na na name

Na na name

Game

Game

Ga ga ga ga game

Ga ga ga game

Sh sh shame

Sh sh shame

Sh sh shame

Fl fl flame, fl fl flame

Fl fl flame, fl fl flame

Fl fl flame

- This is a phrase that you use

when there's almost a tie.

Alright, let's look for what we know.

Well, that's I-G-H-T

and I know that's ight

so t-ight, tight.

Next word, look for what I know.

Well, there's a silent E at the end

so I know the a will say its name, A,

and I know that A-M-E

together makes the ame sound

so it's guh-ame, game.

Tight game, guys.

Hey, that was a really

tight game, you know?

I feel like maybe you should've won

but you didn't, sorry.

(upbeat music)

- Tell me again why I'm

dressed up like a dog?

- Because it's a read-in.

It's where we dress up

like all the characters

in Goodnight Robot and

then we read it out loud

to get attention for our petition.

It's to, you know, tell people

why they should help us

save the Bookbinder house.

- Why do you get to be the robot?

- Because I make this suit look good.

- Hector, this is a great idea.

I've already gotten so

many new signatures.

Plus I've had a lot of strange looks.

- Hey, don't even try to complain

about your costume.

At least you're dressed up as a human.

- Oh.

Does somebody need me to

scratch behind his ears?

Ah!

- Look at them.

They think they're going to win this.

- [Hector] Now are you sure

there are no fake names

on that thing?

- Oh yeah, I'm sure.

I learned my lesson.

This time I'm verifying

every signature as I go.

- Well if she's already verified the names

then she won't notice if I

add some more fake names.

- Alright, let's do this thing.

Goodnight Robot.

Once upon a time, there was

a little girl named Sarah.

- She had a bedroom all to herself.

"That's enough, Robot," Sarah said.

"It's time to go home now.

I want to go home."

- When Sarah opened her

eyes, she was back safe

and sound in her little green room

and her mother sat beside her on the bed.

- What, boy, what is this nonsense?

I've heard from the preservation committee

that some electricians are trying

to keep me from building my hotel.

- Well yeah, we're gonna

give the committee a petition

by noon today to stop you

from tearing down this house.

- Well, it's almost noon.

Where is this silly petition of yours?

- I've gone to every person I can find

and we're still missing one

signature on our petition.

- Oh no.

Isn't there anyone left

who can sign the petition?

- Well it looks like my daughter

will get her hotel after all.

- I'll sign the petition.

- [Group] What?

- Francine, darling.

Mother's confused.

- I love Goodnight Robot, I admit it.

- Oh, yes!

I knew she loved this book.

Who wouldn't love this book?

- After hearing Goodnight Robot read,

it reminded me of when we

used to spend time together.

- Oh Francine.

- Does this mean that you're not

gonna buy the Bookbinder

house and tear it down?

- Don't be ridiculous, robot boy.

I am going to buy the Bookbinder house.

But as you have inspired

me to preserve it,

it is a present to my daughter

so that no one will ever tear it down.

(upbeat music)

Oh

Let me tell you about

my love of the silent E

Oh, oh, oh, E, E, E

Sometimes I have a plan

When I add an E, it becomes plane

And I can take that plane and fly away

Even to a hurricane

Oh, oh, and I land in the middle

Of jungle and I get out

Watch the beautiful handsome ape

Go swinging by on a vine

Unfortunately I don't

have a dime to give it

But that's okay 'cause to get back

On the plane that I just rode on

And fly away

Silent E, it works for me

Silent E, silent E

Silent E it works for me

(upbeat music)

- N.

- Ot.

- [Both] Not.

- R.

- Ip.

- [Both] Rip.

- C.

- Ap.

- [Both] Cap.

- Hey, I wanna add a silent E.

- Okay.

- C.

- Ape.

- [Both] Cape.

- R.

- Ipe.

- [Both] Ripe.

- N.

- Ote.

- [Both] Note.

- Good call.

(upbeat music)

Silent E is a ninja

Silent E is a ninja

Silent E is a ninja

Silent E is a ninja

I didn't notice when he came

I cannot accept any praise or blame

I was home pushing my mop like a dope

Next thing you know

And I started to mope

I'm at the end of my rope

I was hopping mad but he

turned my hop into hope

And then he made his escape

But not before he turned

my cap into a cape

And now I look totally insane

I had a plan to catch him

But man, he turned

my plan into a plane

Silent E is a ninja

Silent E is a ninja

That silent E, he will get ya

Silent E is a ninja

Where'd he go, where'd

he go, w-where'd he go?

Where'd he go, where'd

he go, where'd he go

He's a ninja

(upbeat music)

- I'm Special Agent Jack Bowser.

This takes the cake.

And it's about to explode.

But I can't cr*ck the code to get out.

Help me read this.

Dan, Dane, is a teenage ap, ape.

He came to the game with five cakes.

Dane is a teenage ape.

He came to the game with five cakes.

Woo hoo!

(upbeat music)

- Not only did we save

the Bookbinder house

but it's more popular than ever.

Antigone Carruthers is even

sending over tour groups

from her other hotel, the Antigone.

Come on by and discover it for yourself.

- That's great news.

I don't think I've ever

seen Steve so happy.

- I never thought I'd say this

but I'm glad everything

worked out for Francine too.

- Yeah.

- "It seems like you had quite a dream,"

Sarah's mother said, "But it's time

to say goodnight, sweetheart."

Sarah looked over at the

radiator and whispered--

- Goodnight, robot.

(upbeat music)

I just found out how you

can see videos, pictures,

and super secret information

about your favorite person ever, me!

Also, anyone else in the Electric Company

but more importantly, me.

So go online to pbskidsgo.org.

- [Hector] Hey guys, it's Hector here

from the Electric Company.

You know, the thing I love

most about our neighborhood

is the people.

Folks from all over live here.

In fact, some of our

friends came all the way

from another planet.

- I am from the Planet Skelecki.

- [Hector] They're called Skeleckians.

For the most part they're just like us

except for a few small things.

- Would you like to smell my feet?

- Like fresh chocolate chip cookies.

- [Hector] You can always spot Skeleckians

by the unique necklaces they wear.

But the coolest thing

about the Skeleckians

is all their awesome gadgets.

In fact, one of the Skeleckians, Dax,

has a machine that can shrink people down

smaller than ants.

You might think it's funny

that we have aliens in our hood

but once you've met some

of our other friends,

you'll see that the

Skeleckians fit right in.

- What was that?

- Excuse me.

- [Hector] The Electric

Company is never too far away

so keep tuning in.

- The preservation committee.

The preservation committee.

(laughing)

- It's a book in.

- Going to buy it as a

present to my daughter

so that it will never ever ...

The greatest hotel in

history and we'll call it

The Francine, the Francine

- Good riddance.