Tens -- if you count by tens,
it means you count
every tenth number --
, , , .
Hundred -- a hundred is
the same as ten groups of ten.
Batch -- a batch is
the amount of something
that is made at one time.
Collaborate --
when you collaborate,
you work with other people
to get something done.
Leader -- the leader is
the person who's in charge.
So we have Tens, Hundred,
Batch, Collaborate, and Leader.
Watch out for them
in today's show.
You've seen me in the movies...
"The Electric Company"
chickened out.
Luckily, I have a plan.
You've seen me in commercials...
Franscent by Francine.
You've even seen me running
for political office...
I believe we should have
a book club of the readers,
for the readers,
and by the readers.
It's no secret that
I can do anything.
I can even sell a wool coat
on a sizzling hot summer day.
You, buy this.
I'm great at telling
people what to do.
Hey, you kids,
pick up that trash.
As you can see, I'm the perfect
contestant for the next season
of "The Junior Assistant."
So pick me, Mr. The Ronald.
When do I start?
Maybe never.
Benjamin, you won last year's
The Junior Assistant.
Do you think Francine
would do well on my show?
Excellent question, sir.
You and I both know that anyone
who comes on this show
has to be a good leader.
I'm an amazing leader!
I can get anyone to
do whatever I say.
Francine, being a --
being a leader isn't
just about being bossy.
It's about working well with
others to get something done,
collaborating.
I'm fantastic at collaborating!
Even with people you don't like?
Even with the Electric Company?
I can collaborate with anyone,
especially the Electric Company.
Give me a project and
I'll prove it to you.
Okay, Francine, you want me
to believe that The Ronald,
the world's most famous rich guy
who also hosts a reality show,
wants you to work
with me to make --
Make cookies!
Yes, that's what
I want you to believe.
(laughing)
I'm sorry,
that's funny.
Laugh it up, Hector.
Hector, are you and the Electric
Company willing to collaborate
with Francine to make my special
R for Ronald cookies
for my party today?
Good, and you're okay with
Francine being team leader?
Uh-huh.
Excellent.
And by the way, I'll need
all cookies by : .
By : ?
By : , yes sir,
of course!
Great, and if you do a good job,
I'll buy all my cookies
from your diner from now on.
That would be
amazing, thank you.
You're welcome!
Hey, you guys!
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!
Cookie sheets.
Cookies sheets -- right there.
Mixing bowls.
Mixing bowls --
right over there.
Nice, Paul...
Ingredients -- right there.
Okay guys, we have to
make cookies by : .
I do wish we had
a little more help.
Yeah, Keith picked the wrong
week to go to piano camp.
(whistle blowing)
What's with the
standing around, people?
What do you think, cookies
are going to bake themselves?
You're kidding
with these, right?
You don't like it, hike it,
right out of here.
The Ronald said I'm the leader.
Yeah, he also said you have
to collaborate with us.
I am collaborating,
Francine style.
Paul, how's that hairnet
working out for you?
Let's talk cookies.
Great.
Marcus, show us what
cookies look like.
Okay...if this is one cookie,
then this is what
cookies look like.
That's a lot of cookies.
Yeah, but we can do this
if we break it into batches.
Marcus, Jess, you
guys work on that.
I'm going to go
check the oven.
(whistle blowing)
I'm the leader!
You guys work on that.
Hector...check the oven.
Okay, so let's break
the down into tens.
So each batch would
be ten cookies.
Exactly.
, , --
, , , ,
, , !
We get it!
How many batches
do we need?
We need batches,
or tens, or six hundreds.
Okay, Marcus,
we get it.
batches, tens -- do that.
Hold on,
we have a problem.
Our oven only holds
two batches at one time.
It's : , we're never going
to make batches by : .
Oh man!
We're going to
need a bigger oven.
Oh, you people!
It's a good thing
I have connections.
I would not want to
be Hector right now.
Yeah, it's a real bulldog
in a bathtub type situation?
A what in a huh?
Oh, sorry, it's an expression
my friends and I use.
You ever see a
bulldog in a bathtub?
Can't say that I have.
Well, I can say that
you will, right now-ish.
Has this ever happened to you?
You're reading your favorite
book about a boy wizard.
You turn the page and
nothing makes sense!
Go back and check
your understanding.
On the last page, the boy wizard
had just finished breakfast,
but now he's fighting a spider?
Oh, the pages were stuck
together and you missed
the part where the spider
magically appeared.
So the next time you're
confused in a story,
go back and check
your understanding.
This message has been brought
to you by the Association
for Understanding,
and viewers like you.
Be good, I'll be back soon.
(choking)
Please don't make
me take a bath.
All right, fuzzballs,
let's read the instructions
on the shampoo bottle.
Step one -- pour shampoo.
Step two -- scrub.
Woo-hoo!
Look what I got -- a sudstache.
Sudsball fight.
Next step!
Oh, step four -- repeat
until suds are gone.
Guess we start at
step one again.
Pour, scrub, repeat,
pour, scrub, repeat.
Yo, shouldn't you be
getting the suds off of me?
You're right.
Maybe we messed up
the instructions.
Well, go back and
read them again.
I think I see
the problem.
Oh, we skipped step three --
rinse with water.
Oops.
A dog would have checked to
make sure she understood.
All right, let's
rinse this pooch.
There, squeaky clean!
Ah...sweet revenge.
You are not going to believe
what just happened to me. Man!
I'm a camera guy.
You know, the guy
who films the news.
But tonight, tonight -- so I was
eating a hamburger with extra
ketchup when my boss ran in
screaming, "The news anchor
and the sports reporter
are stuck in traffic!"--
and told me that I had
to do their jobs.
I was so nervous, I dropped
my burger, and a bunch
of the words on my cards
got covered in ketchup.
Next thing I knew,
we were on the air.
First up, the news.
Good evening.
The what House?
It's where the President lives.
The White House!
That makes sense.
But then I had to do sports.
Mets...runs...It's baseball!
So I did pretty great.
But there was only one problem.
There was nobody around to
do my job, the cameraman.
So all people saw was
the top of my head!
So what's happened so far?
Help me bake cookies so I
can be on The Junior Assistant.
Help you?
That's right,
cookies by : .
Hey, you guys!
cookies is so many,
we have to move fast.
Hold on, is too
many to bake at once.
We have to make
them in batches.
Batches?
A batch is a group
of something.
By making our cookies
in batches,
we break them up
into smaller groups.
Fine, we'll bake
them in batches.
Now everybody get to work!
Wait!
We have to decide how many
cookies are in each batch.
How about we make
our cookies in tens?
Each batch will have ten
cookies, and we need ,
so that means we need
to make batches.
Our oven only holds
two batches at a time.
It's a good thing I'm here.
Four ovens, four ovens -- we can
make eight batches at a time,
getting us into The Ronald's
very own kitchen
was really smart.
I've got to give
you props, Francine.
That's another reason why
everyone in the country will
want my autograph when they
see me on The Junior Assistant.
Francine, you're not
really going to be on
The Junior Assistant
unless you actually help us.
I am helping!
I'm being a leader!
Mix, people, mix faster!
It's okay, relax, relax.
Is this how you collaborate,
Ms. Carruthers,
by blowing
your whistle?
No...
I'm...stirring this.
Hand it over, hairball!
Gorillas, such animals.
Oh...
Look at what you've done, Paul!
You're off the job!
That's The Ronald's
catch phrase, not yours!
Gorilla, keep
that hairnet on.
Mr. Ruiz, I would strongly
advise against smiling,
because it looks to me like you
haven't baked a single cookie.
Well, no, but we're almost
done mixing the dough.
The Ronald isn't
asking for excuses,
he's asking for cookies.
If he doesn't have
of them by : ,
then you can say au revior
to your dreams of becoming
The Junior Assistant, Francine.
Quick, someone
take a picture.
Francine is actually
collaborating.
, , , ,
, , , , .
batches of ten.
tens is also !
Oh yeah!
All right, all right! Guys,
we've already made cookies.
That's it?
We still have
more cookies to make?
That's also tens.
Enough with the tens!
This is a disaster!
We have to find a way to...
I'm a genius.
We'll put two sets
of ten on each sheet.
It'll go twice as fast.
Francine, Francine,
please stop, okay.
You need space between
the cookies because
they spread out
when they bake.
I'm a genius!
They're not that bad.
Oh, they are!
They definitely are.
We wasted all that time,
and cookie dough!
Okay, Francine, here's the deal.
You're not being a good leader,
you're not listening
to anybody on your team.
Like Hector!
And me!
And Jess!
And Paul, too.
Which is why I think I should
be the new team leader.
Yeah!
No, you can hold
on to that.
Okay, guys,
let's do this.
It's : , which means
we have two hours to finish
baking these cookies
and decorating them.
Marcus, Francine, help
me clean up this mess.
Jessica, I need you
to find out where
I can get an exercise bike.
Paul, it's time to start
stretching those gorilla legs,
big boy.
Trust me, you'll see.
My, Francine was
not a good leader.
She didn't think about
stuff before she did it,
but Hector, he knows how
to get his think on.
Oh yeah, he gets his
think on everything.
He gets his think
on so many things,
that everything starts
to stink of his think.
I love when Hector
gets his think on.
Well, then you, my fine winged
friend, will love this.
Danny Rebus presents Super Spy!
And that other guy.
What's up?
I'm in enemy headquarters.
Good work, Agent Rebus.
Now get those plans.
Who's that other guy?
Oh, just my tagalong
friend, Hector.
Danny, you said I could
play with your spy watch.
Hector!
Yikes, beware of Chickilla!
Looks like it's part
chicken, part gorilla,
and all weird.
What do we do?
You're going to have
to get your think on.
Get your think on!
How can we distract
the Chickilla?
It's part chicken,
part gorilla?
Well, gorillas
like bananas.
Yes, and chickens
like corn.
Do you have any corn?
Always!
Cornana!
You got the plans!
Way to get your
think on, other guy.
Other guy?
That's the way the
cornana crumbles.
(howling)
(whistling)
Huh?
Don't use all the...
Looks like the last
word is smudged.
Got a pen?
Do I look like
I have a pen?
This will work.
We know the last
word starts with T.
Maybe turkey.
Don't use all the turkey?
We never keep turkey
in the bathroom.
Good point,
let's keep trying.
How about tubas?
Tigers? Tablecloth?
Tangerines?
Not in bathrooms.
Soap.
No, starts with an S.
Toothpaste!
Don't use all the toothpaste!
Typical.
These words tell you
about the time
Of that you can be sure
Get your think on...
Ask yourself what
would make sense
Get your think on...
Think about what
happened when
Get your think on...
If you cannot quite connect
These words will tell you
what you should expect
Since I woke up this morning
Before :
I could not stop from singing
I really had to rock
First, I sang at breakfast
Then I sang this afternoon
Well, I'll sing until
the nighttime
I don't plan on
stopping soon
Get your think on...
Ask yourself what
would make sense
Get your think on...
Think about what
happened when
Get your think on...
If you cannot quite connect
These words will tell you
what you should expect
What in the world
are you doing?
I'm texting Petunia to
tell her what's going on.
Oh well, tell her these
guys still have to make
a bunch of cookies,
and time is running out.
Got it.
And tell her that Hector
just took over as leader.
Oh, and something is happening
with Paul the Gorilla,
and an exercise bike.
Got it.
Maybe I should just call.
All right, we baked
all cookies,
now we have half an hour
to decorate them.
Paul, you'll do the pedaling.
All right, I start by putting
a cookie on the conveyor belt.
And then, I make
the line for the R.
And I finish the R.
And I approve the R and place
the cookie in the box.
Exactly.
This is brilliant!
I'm totally telling
The Ronald it was my idea.
What?
What?
Okay, let's start, people.
I'm going to be the cookie king.
I'm going to be the
next Junior Assistant.
Who's that Junior Assistant
Who is rising to the top
Getting mauled by fans
everywhere she goes
Who's that
cookie-baking wizard
Who's the cream of the crop
Everybody who is
anybody knows
She's superstar material
She's on your box of cereal
I'm Francine,
the Paparazzi's dream
He's super managerial
That's manager material
I'm Hector,
the leader of the team
Nice job!
They work like busy bees but
then the credit comes to me
That is not the way
to reach a common goal
Says you!
Without people helping out
What's team leader all about
It's about this whistle
giving me control
We love when Hector hires us
It's cool when
Francine fires us
Because she's
the business queen
I am a real
team leading machine
Joining Hector's staff
Getting Francine's autograph
It's hard to
choose between...
Hector!
And Francine!
How you doing over
there, Francine?
Super.
Great!
Paul, kick it up a notch.
I wish The Ronald
could see us now,
how well we're all
collaborating.
But not now, because
we're not ready.
Yes, yes, yes,
good job, Jess.
Mr. The Ronald!
Hey, guys.
So, do you have my cookies?
Um, yes, we do, but they're not
all decorated with the Rs yet.
Benjamin, did I or did I not
ask them for cookies
with the Rs on them?
You did, you definitely did,
and they definitely
didn't do the Rs.
Anyone care to explain why
I have crumbs on my shoe?
He did it, Marty Farms did it.
Okay, A -- it's Marcus Barnes,
and B -- no, I didn't.
Oh, please.
This from a kid who doesn't
even know his own name.
Excuse me, Mr. The Ronald,
what happened was --
Enough!
Why aren't all the
cookies decorated?
What happened was
Hector is a bad leader!
That's not true.
Quiet!
I thought you were the leader.
I was, but --
Okay...I've made my decision.
Francine, you better find
a different show to be on,
because you're
not coming on mine.
You're off the job!
I'm off the job?
You can't fire me,
because I quit!
I'm no Junior Assistant,
Mr. The Ronald!
I'm The Francine!
I'm in charge.
So, it must have been hard
for you to collaborate
with Francine, huh?
So the fact that you
even made cookies --
Or tens --
Not now, Marcus.
-- is pretty impressive.
Hector, did you take
over as the leader?
Well, I --
He did, he did.
Yep, Hector's the king.
All the time.
Then, why not come be
on my show this season?
What?
Would you do it?
Seriously?
Yeah, come on!
We'd love to have you.
The power we perfected
Is electrically connected
So use it as directed
And expected to be respected
Electric Company...
Hi, I'm Bill Sherman.
I'm the composer
and music director of
"The Electric Company."
(beatboxing)
Would you get
my back?
If you get mine
mine, mine...
The lyricist is someone
who writes the words
that go into the song.
The composer's job,
which is what I do,
is to write the music that
is around the lyrics.
I work with a number of
different lyricists and a number
of different musicians and a
number of different composers to
figure out where in the script
the song should fit, and once
we figure out where that is,
we sort of figure out what
style it needs to be in,
and who's going to sing it.
Some people in the cast
are better rappers,
some are better singers.
Some are both.
And other times in "The Electric
Company,"the songs that
come between the narrative
things are just songs,
like "Two Ways to Say C"
and "Silent E."
We both love music,
all different kinds,
and I play the guitar
and the piano.
Coy plays the drums.
It's really important that
music is in your life,
and you listen to a lot,
and broaden your horizons.
Don't get too focused
on one genre of music.
I can stretch a letter
Make it rise
And no one ever told me I had
a wordball on my -- What?
Just little old
itty-bitty Gilda
Who's that Junior Assistant
Who is rising to the top
"The Electric Company"sort
of gives you the right to
really do whatever you want.
We take a lot of chances,
musically, lyrically.
You get to write rock songs and
hip hop songs and Latin songs
and any kind of songs
you can possibly think of,
and that freedom to do
all that is so much fun.
You're definitely not
constricted by anything, you're
really only constricted by
how much creativity you have.
Here come the animals...
The animals...
The animals
dressed as monsters
I know you like playing games,
and I always try to do my best.
So go to PBSkidsgo.org and
play awesome Electric Company
games and earn points
for your favorite person,
like me, Hector.
I mean, I'm your
favorite, right?
So what are you waiting for?
I'm great at telling
people what to do.
Hey kids!
Pick up that trash.
Kidding with
these, right?
Hey!
(sneezing)
Bless you!
03x52 - The Junior Assistant
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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.