03x52 - The Junior Assistant

[bunniefuu]

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!