- Okay, here are
your five words.
Beatbox.
When you beatbox,
you keep a b*at
with sounds from your mouth.
Tempo.
Tempo is how fast or slow
music is played, the b*at!
Double time.
When you take that b*at
and do it twice as fast,
that's double time.
Triple time.
Three times as fast
is triple time.
Half time.
If you the b*at down
and do it half as fast,
that's called half time.
So, we have beatbox,
tempo, double time,
triple time, and half time.
Watch out for them
in today's show.
(beatboxing)
(cheering)
- Nice one, Shock.
- Thanks, guys.
- Hey, you wanna
learn to beatbox?
- [All] Yeah!
It's real easy.
Two words, Jessica?
I wanna see boots and cuts.
Alright, see these words?
Let's repeat them with me.
Boots, cuts.
- [All] Boots, cuts.
Boots, cuts.
boots, cuts.
- Keep going!
Okay now, Jess, take
away the two Os in boots,
and the U in cuts.
Now just say the sounds.
(beatboxing)
- Okay, let's pick up the tempo.
Double time, twice as fast.
(beatboxing)
Okay, triple time!
Three times as fast!
(beatboxing)
(funky music)
- Manny, can you just turn
that down a little bit please?
- Oh!
Thanks for asking, but nah!
(funky music)
Hey, what'd you do that for?
- It's annoying.
- Annoying?!
What about Shock's
(beatboxing) beatbox?!
Why don't you turn him off?
- Shock sounds good.
- Good?!
I could find better
beats in a box of cereal.
- [Robot] Manny,
you are a genius.
- Oh, come on, Manny!
Shock's the best
beatboxer in town!
- Hector, it's cool.
- Ha, I could fresher beats
in three day old salad.
- Okay, how about
you lay off Shock
because you can't find a
better beatboxer anywhere.
- You wanna bet
your power on that?
- Any day of the week.
- Hector!
- Dude, don't worry about it.
That's how much I
believe in my man Shock.
- Hector, please, don't--
- If you could find
a better beatboxer,
I say you bring him around here,
and we can settle this with an
old fashioned beatbox battle.
- Let's make it official.
(laughing)
- Oh, alright.
(yelling)
- See ya later, alligator!
- Hector, did you
just bet your power?
- Don't worry about it!
Shock can b*at anybody,
anytime, anywhere, no sweat!
- I'm sorry, Hector.
I don't compete at beatboxing.
- Yeah, but Shock.
- I'm sorry.
- Yeah, but that's what you're,
no, but,
hey, you guys!
♪ Yo, yo, yo
♪ The power we perfected
is electrically connected ♪
♪ So use it as directed and
expect to be respected ♪
♪ So turn it on
♪ And you will see
♪ That you belong
in the company ♪
♪ The Electric Company
♪ Electric Company
♪ Electric Company
♪ Electric Company
(funky music)
- [Hector] Shock, how much
you don't wanna compete?
You're the best!
- You guys don't understand.
Last time I competed, it
cost me my best friend.
His name was Wiki Wiki Walter.
Wiki Wiki Walter is
the one who taught me
to beatbox in the first place.
- Now say the wiki wiki
words together like this.
(beatboxing)
- [Shock] We both
got pretty good.
(beatboxing)
But one day some kid asked,
"Which one of you is better?"
The question never
crossed our minds,
and I wish it never had.
(beatboxing)
- Shock's the winner!
Shock's the winner,
Shock's the winner.
(ominous music)
- Wiki Wiki Walter
couldn't stand losing.
And from then on, he
didn't wanna be my friend.
(somber music)
And since then, I vowed
to never compete again.
- I'm sorry, man, I didn't know.
If I did, I wouldn't
have opened my big mouth.
- Hector, you
should call it off.
You can't risk losing
your powers to Manny.
- You know what happened.
I pinky swore in
front of everybody.
- And once the pinkies came
out, there's go going back.
- Well, maybe Manny
won't find anybody.
Hmm?
(funky music)
(beatboxing)
- No!
I said speed up the tempo!
- Huh, tempo?
- The speed of the
b*at, I want it faster.
- How am I supposed
to know that?
- I said triple time, that
means three times as fast.
(beatboxing)
(groaning)
Next!
(groaning)
I've been at this all day.
I'm never gonna find
someone good enough.
(light music)
- Yo, is this (beatboxing)
auditions are?
(funky music)
- Here, fellas.
(funky music)
(groaning)
A video message from Manny.
- Hello, Hector!
There's something I'd
like to share with you
and your sorry excuse
for a beatboxer.
My secret w*apon.
(beatboxing)
- Hey, Shock!
It's your old pal,
Wiki Wiki Walter.
And I've waited a
long time for this.
Ever since the day you b*at me,
all I've done is eat, sleep,
and breathe beatboxing.
And now I'm ready.
Ready to become number
(beatboxing) one.
(beatboxing)
- Say adios to
your power, Hector!
(laughing)
- What?
- Yeah boy!
(intense music)
- Man, he's good.
- He means business.
- So, maybe I should just
give Manny my power now.
- No, Hector.
I got you on this.
- Wait, are you sure?
- I don't really wanna compete.
But if Wiki Wiki
Walter can still hold
a grudge after all this time,
I think we need to settle this.
Once and for all.
(cheering)
- That's awesome.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
(excited yelling)
(beatboxing)
(laughing)
- Ooh, how exciting!
I like beatboxing almost
as much as barkboxing.
- Eh, barkboxing?
- You've never head me barkbox?
(barkboxing)
- Well done!
- I told you I was
multi-talented.
You know, I even directed
a dog food commercial once.
And it's coming up.
(funky music)
- [Narrator] The
Importanator
helps you figure out what's
important in a sentence.
Amy can juggle balls,
but time can juggle balls
and tigers on a tightrope!
What's important?
Capital letters, I
know what that means.
People, Amy and Tim.
Bold, tigers!
Tim juggles tigers.
Italics, on a tightrope!
Whoa!
Get your Importanator
today!
- [Girl] Be good,
I'll be back soon.
(light music)
- [Group] Pets Home Alone.
- I feel silly, why are
we dressed like dogs?
- For the Woof Woof Crunchy
Yummy Dog Food contest!
If I direct the best commercial,
we win a year's
supply of dog food.
- But I eat cat food.
- You'll get used to it.
Here's the script.
And action!
- All dog food is good.
- But this dog food is the best.
- Cut, cut, cut!
Donnie, the word
"this" is in italics.
- Oh, italics!
So?
- That means you have to stress
that word when you read it.
Really make it
stand out, action!
- All dog food is good.
- But this dog food is the best!
- Cut!
Donnie, nice job
stressing the italics,
but you don't have to
stress the word that much.
Let's try this one
more time, okay?
- Alright, fuzzball.
(belching)
- Action.
- All dog food is good.
- But this dog food is the best.
- No more dog food, I'm a cat!
I'm a cat, I'm a cat!
(munching)
(funky music)
- Hey, y'all!
Look what I can do!
(cow mooing)
♪ I can raise a letter
♪ To the sky
♪ It's bigger and better
♪ Texas-Sized
♪ I can stretch a letter
♪ Make it raise
♪ When it's time to
♪ Capitalize
Take a look at this sentence.
♪ Armadillos adore
♪ Austin in August
Look at all those lowercase As!
(screaming)
Time to capitalize
what's important.
♪ If it's a start
of a sentence ♪
♪ Raise up armadillos
♪ If it's a place or a person
- Howdy.
- I have an uncle in Austin.
♪ If it's a day of the week
♪ Or a month in a year
♪ Raise up August
♪ That's three
capital As, y'all ♪
♪ Now it's clear
♪ I can raise a letter
♪ To the sky
♪ It's bigger and better
♪ Texas-Sized
♪ I can stretch a letter
♪ Make it rise
♪ When it's time to
♪ Capitalize
♪ Yeah
(funky music)
- [Boy] So what's
happened so far?
- [Girl] Show us how
to beatbox, Shock.
- [Shock] Okay, say this.
Boots, cuts.
You have to keep a steady tempo.
The tempo is how
fast or slow you go.
You could have a slow tempo.
(beatboxing)
Or you can have a fast tempo.
(beatboxing)
- [Manny] I can find a
better beatboxer than Shock.
- I bet my power you can't.
- Deal.
- [Shock] Sorry,
I won't compete.
- [Hector] Oh no, hey, you guys!
- [Manny] To b*at
shock, I need someone
who is good with tempo.
Not only can Shock
keep a steady tempo,
he can also beatbox
in double time.
(beatboxing)
That means he can
beatbox twice as fast.
Even worse, he can
beatbox in triple time.
Which means he can beatbox
three times as fast!
- [Wiki Wiki Walter]
I can do that,
I can beatbox at any tempo.
- Hector's power will be mine.
(funky music)
I know this is just
a practice match,
but don't go easy
on him, no mercy.
I need to see what
this kid is made of.
- [Robot] Understood.
- Okay, this is just
an exhibition match.
Keep it clean.
Let's boogie!
(beatboxing)
- Stay down!
- You okay?
Remember, when you get
in the ring with Shock,
you get in his face
and stare him down.
- I got it.
- That power's as good as mine.
(funky music)
(beatboxing)
- You're sounding good, champ,
but right now, just
good isn't good enough.
Okay, you gotta be lean,
you gotta be mean,
you gotta be hungry,
you gotta be able to eat
lightning and spit thunder!
I think right now it's
time to kick up the tempo.
Give me double time!
(beatboxing)
Triple time!
(beatboxing)
Half time!
(beatboxing)
(laughing)
You see, you see,
'cause I was trying
to trip you up there but
you slowed it right down
to half time, and
why is that Shock?
Why is that?
Because you're a machine, Shock.
You're a well-oiled
beatbox machine.
So, right now I think it's
time that we take up the tempo!
Give me triple time!
(beatboxing)
Bring it home, big boy!
(beatboxing)
Ooh, yeah!
Yeah, I think we're
ready to do this.
(funky rock music)
- Wiki Wiki Walter.
(beatboxing)
Been a long time.
- Alright everyone,
we've got two of the best
human beatboxers in the
neighborhood going head to head.
But to judge the event, we've
got the best on the planet.
Let's hear it for the
original human beatbox,
Doug E. Fresh!
(cheering and applause)
- Round number one
is about sound.
We're gonna start
with Wiki Wiki Walter
to get down, hit it!
(beatboxing)
Now, in the first round,
we're gonna add a sound.
Something like this, come on!
(beatboxing)
Now, Walt's gonna pass
it to Shock, come on!
(beatboxing)
Now, Shock's gonna add
another sound, come on!
(beatboxing)
Now they add sound on sound!
And whoever messes
up, loses the round.
Come on!
(beatboxing)
As we add another
sound, Shock, hit it!
(beatboxing)
(sighing)
Great round, but you
missed one sound.
Round one goes to
Wiki Wiki Walter.
(cheering and applause)
- Hey, don't worry
about them, man.
It's not over til it's over.
Come on.
- You'll get 'em next
round, big fella!
- I'm batty for Shock!
What does that mean?
Oh, how sweet.
It means you love him?
The pictures help.
- You could say that
again or just watch this.
(funky music)
- [Narrator] If you
thought ketchup and mustard
were a great team,
meet pictures and words.
Take a look at this picture.
You see some guy and some
chicken, oh, and some ninjas!
But who are they, why
are they fighting?
Well, according to the
words, that guy is Eduardo,
the chicken's name is Dante,
and they are world-traveling,
ninja-fighting team.
Pictures and words,
the coolest team since
ketchup and mustard.
- A little tip for you.
Pictures are your friends.
Let me explain.
When I was little, I was
obsessed with dinosaurs.
I had dinosaur stuffed animals,
and dinosaur bedsheets,
and I would romp around
my room like a dinosaur
with my cat, named dinosaur.
And, of course, this
was my favorite book.
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs,
Oh So Many Dinosaurs!
Before I could even read,
I would look at the pictures
and learn everything I could.
Like, just from this picture.
I figured out that some
dinosaurs eat plants,
but I still wanted
to learn more.
That's when I started to read.
And I remember I
saw this picture.
And next to it, this sentence.
But what did it say?
The and then that big
word freaked me out.
So, I looked at the picture.
It's a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
T-Tyrannosaurus Rex!
I could read Tyrannosaurus Rex!
Then another tough word.
Sk-skateboard?
No.
Ske-, I looked at the picture.
Bones, it's a skeleton.
That's the word!
The Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton
had more than bones.
Wow, I couldn't believe it!
bones!
I had to tell somebody.
So, I told dinosaur.
And you know what he said?
Meow.
He always says that.
(eerie music)
- [All] Aunt Hildegard!
- Boys, you're
spending too much money
on household supplies.
And I wrote this
report to prove it.
(loud animal calling)
Luckily, I've taken the
most important information
and put into this
handy bar graph.
(crosstalk)
Silence!
The taller the bar, the
more you have spent.
First, shampoo.
As you can see by
this short bar,
you have spent six dollars
on shampoo this winter.
This is (gasping) quite good.
- We rock!
- Friends over peace!
- Silence, on trash bags,
you have spent seven dollars.
This is (gasping) not bad.
(relieved sighing)
But then we get to this
tall bar for toilet paper.
(eerie music)
$ on toilet
paper this winter!
Who is responsible?
- Give me a break,
it's cold out there.
(eerie music)
(funky music)
♪ I'm here rappin' to ya
and the rest of the block ♪
♪ Watchin' Wiki Wiki
Walter try to b*at Shock ♪
♪ Walter won the first round
♪ Could Shock win the rest
♪ Well Manny gets the power
if Shock flunks the test ♪
♪ What's gonna happen,
we'll have to wait and see ♪
♪ Well here's the final words
from my friend the Flea ♪
- Yeah.
(funky music)
- Alright, alright, don't
worry about him Shock, alright?
He's just trying
to stare you down.
- Well, it's working.
(shouting)
- That was Wiki Wiki wonderful.
- All you gotta do is
concentrate like we worked on.
If you stay focused on
the b*at and not him,
he can't trip you up, man.
- Alright?
- Alright.
- Let's do this.
- Let's do this.
(beatboxing)
- Yeah!
- Wonderful, keep
giving him the evil eye.
(funky music)
- Okay, here we go.
Hey y'all, check out this flow.
This round's about speed and
this round's about tempo.
Follow me as we do it like this.
(beatboxing)
Now, join in!
Clap your hands to the tempo.
Clap your hands to the tempo.
(beatboxing)
Okay, we got that tempo now.
Now we're gonna go half time,
double time, triple time.
Shock, come on!
Half time!
(beatboxing)
Back to the tempo.
Wiki Wiki Walt, double time.
(beatboxing)
Back to the tempo.
(beatboxing)
Shock, triple time.
(beatboxing)
That's not quite triple time.
Based on that, Shock,
you are the man
for round two.
Make some noise for Shock!
(cheering and applause)
- You call that beatboxing?
That was Wiki Wiki weak.
(somber music)
- Shock, okay, you got
him against the ropes.
You can win this thing, man!
(funky music)
(laughing)
- Hector, I don't think I
can do this to him again.
- No, no, no, no, no, you
can't stop now, buddy, okay?
My power is on the line.
Alright, I think you
know what you need to do.
Alright, alright?
Yeah.
You got this!
- Yeah, I do.
- Yeah, alright, take it.
Take this, Shock.
- Okay, this is it.
This is called the
freestyle round.
Freestyle is just what it says.
Free with your style.
Doing whatever you wanna
do, but making it hot.
And now, I wanna ask y'all,
if you like somebody up here,
when you see them
do their thing,
what you gonna do?
(cheering and applause)
If you love somebody,
what you gonna do?
(cheering and applause)
So, now this is it.
Shock, it's on you.
Beatbox time now.
♪ Boots, cuts
♪ Boots, cuts
♪ Boots, cuts
♪ Boots, cuts
- Shock, what's up, man?
♪ Boots, cuts
♪ Boots, cuts
- Wiki Wiki, what are you doing?
♪ Boots, cuts
(beatboxing)
(cheering)
- So, who won, Doug E. Fresh?
- Well, let's find out who won!
Let me ask y'all who won?
Is it my man Shock?
(cheering and applause)
Wiki Wiki Walt?
(cheering and applause)
Both?
(cheering and applause)
Sound like to me, it's a draw.
- It's a draw then nobody won.
- Which means this
still belongs to me.
(funky music)
- No fair, I demand a rematch!
- I think you're gonna have to
take that up with these guys.
- We just wanna beatbox.
(beatboxing)
- Get it on!
(beatboxing)
Alright, y'all, we gonna
get into this right now.
(beatboxing)
♪ Clap your hands
to the beatbox ♪
♪ Clap your hands
to the beatbox ♪
Now when I say
b*at, y'all say box.
- b*at!
- Box!
- b*at!
- Box!
- When I say b*at,
y'all say box.
- b*at!
- Box!
- b*at!
- Box!
♪ Throw your hands in the air
♪ Wave it like this right here
♪ And if you love
the real beatbox ♪
♪ Somebody say oh yeah
- [All] Oh yeah!
- Oh yeah!
- [All] Oh yeah!
- Now somebody, anybody,
everybody, scream!
(screaming)
♪ Go Prankster Planet
♪ Pa-Pow Prankster Planet
♪ The Wordsuckeruppernator's
sucking up words ♪
♪ So it's Jessica and
Marcus to the rescue ♪
♪ There are buttons
to shut it down ♪
♪ But pushing them
all is up to you ♪
♪ Prankster Planet
♪ Pa-Pow Prankster Planet
- [Narrator] Meanwhile,
in the scrapyard,
Manny's tempo bot has Marcus
and Jessica on the run.
(laughing)
(grunting)
- This is better than TV!
I could watch you guys
chase tempo bot all day.
He can go any speed.
Whoops!
Looks like tempo bot needs
to pick up the tempo.
Double time, twice as fast.
(grunting)
- Double time?!
This robot will never defeat me.
- Oh yeah?
Tempo bot, triple time,
three times as fast!
(laughing)
(yelling)
- If only he would spin
his wheels a little longer,
I could catch him.
- I know, I know.
The faster he goes, the longer
his wheels spin in place
before he takes off
again, and wait, Marcus?
I've got an idea.
(light music)
You know, Manny.
I guess your tempo bot is okay.
(spitting)
(laughing)
- At triple time, he can go
three times as fast as you.
- Yeah, but we're slow.
I bet he couldn't go three
times as fast as a cheetah.
- Make that a cheetah
with a jet pack.
- And roller skates!
- Nice touch.
- My tempo bot can
go times faster
than a cheetah with a jet
pack and roller skates.
Ah-ha!
- He has a setting for that?
- No!
Tempo bot, stop!
(groaning)
Why didn't I create
an off button
for my robot carrying
an off button.
(groaning)
Curse you, Electric Company!
- Nice going, Jess!
Now all we have to do
is press the button.
Uh oh.
- [Jess] Way, way,
way down there.
Hey, you guys!
- [Narrator] Go
to pbskidsgo.org.
Press that off button.
The Electric Company needs you.
(groaning)
- What are you 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.
- Keep the split to a minimum.
(laughing)
- I said b*at!
- Box!
(beatboxing)
03x49 - Wiki Wiki Walter
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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.