03x11 - Will They Like the Show? It's a Shoe-In!

[bunniefuu]

Wow, I've got to admit--

Blossom, that is one top-notch ice sculpture.

What can I do to help?

[FETCH! theme plays briefly]

Throw my shoes into a volcano?!

Wait a minute, are you saying you don't love my shoes?

[shoes play FETCH! theme with each step]

But they're my prototype

for the official FETCH! shoe.

The only problem is,

it's just a little hard to take off.

But that's okay, 'cause who'd want

to take off these babies?

Oh, you'll help take them off?

Oh, okay, fine.

Just easy there, I have tiny feet.

Wow, it's really stuck on my...

Waah!

The Amazing Ruffalino?

Yes! It's my old street performer trunk.

Oh, look at all this stuff.

Oh, take me back...

I wowed them across America.

What? You don't think I was that good?

Not only can I walk the dog,

I can walk the dog to the vet,

where he's weighed and then rewarded with a biscuit.

Ready?

Piece of cake.

Oh, no, wait, duck!

Oops.

RUFF: ♪ Life was missing its mystique ♪

♪ My squeaky toys had lost their squeak ♪

And then, out of the blue, I saw the phone and bam!

My destiny was calling me.

[instrumental jazz playing]

♪ Pitched my vision for a show

♪ They loved it, thought I was a pro ♪

♪ They got my contract back to find ♪

♪ To their alarm, a dog had signed ♪

♪ FETCH! ♪Oh, I like that name.

♪ With Ruff Ruffman ♪

♪ I didn't wait to renovate

♪ Found six contestants, all were great ♪

♪ And now I'm on the road to fame ♪

♪ I've got a game show and its name is ♪

♪ FETCH! ♪

It's very catchy.

♪ With Ruff Ruffman ♪

It rolls off the tongue.

Wait, stop.♪ With Ruff Ruffman. ♪

Somebody want to tell me why we got cats singing?

Funding for FETCH! with RUFF: And here come the contestants now.

She loves water slides.

Well, she's certainly making a splash here on FETCH!

She used to be lactose intolerant,

but now she's so tolerant, she could drink a milk shake.

She has eaten an octopus

and she didn't like it, and I don't blame her.

If he could be anyone from history,

it would be guitar legend Jimi Hendrix.

If he could change anything about the world,

he'd reverse global warming.

Al Gore's on line one for...

Don't hang up just yet, Mr. Former Vice President,

'cause we have another global warming avenger named...

Let's get an update on the scores.

Noel in fourth place with points.

DJ in third with points.

We're logjammed in the two spot--

Harsha, Sam and Sammy all with points.

Jay's standing alone in first place with points.

Ah, fabulous season three FETCHers.

Welcome to another exciting episode.

[sneakers playing squeaky version of FETCH! theme]

[kids groaning, grumbling]

What? What? Stop, Ruff.

Guess what's making that beautiful music!

What? What? It's my shoes.

[groaning]

Every time I step,

a note from the theme song plays.

♪ It's awesome.

It's irritating.It's irritating, Ruff.

It's irritating.

Okay, stop now, please.

Please stop.

They look great, right?

They're starting to hurt a little bit.

And I can't really run in them, or walk in them,

and it's amazing how heavy they are.

Oh, man, the heel just broke.

Anyway, we contacted a major shoe company

who agreed to manufacture a special FETCH! athletic shoe.Cool.

And Blossom thinks this prototype I whipped up

is, um... oh, what word did you use, Blossom? I forget.

Oh, that's right, "annoying."

I have to agree with her.

All right.

Well, I guess we've got ourselves

a challenge number one.

All right.

This is Kevin.

He's an athletic shoe designer.

And I'm sending him Sammy and DJ.

Your instructions are in the mailbox,

so go FETCH!...

...me some fine footwear.

Cool.

All right, bye, guys.

Bye, guys.

Now, many fans of FETCH!

have noticed that there is an unexplained gap

in the Ruff Ruffman biography.

A mystery year.

Just what did I do

for that year after graduating

Dogwarts Obedience School?

Well, I'm here to reveal that.

I spent it traveling abroad.

Well, actually, I spent it on Broad Street

in my neighborhood.

And how did I

support myself monetarily?

Jay, Sam,

you're about to find out in challenge number two.

Look for the yo-yos.

Everything you need to know

is in that mailbox, so go FETCH!

All right. All right.

Remember the yo-yos.

The yo-yos.Look for the yo-yos.

Bye, guys.See ya, Ruff.

As determined by the FETCH ,

Noel and Harsha are staying behind in the studio this time.

But they'll be eligible to win points

during the Half-Time Quiz Show.

I also have a FETCH! fairness guarantee.

All the contestants will have competed

for the same number of points by the Grand Finale.

So, for the four kids out on the challenges,

up to points are at stake in the Triumph Tally.

So let's check in on Sammy and DJ.

Hey, are you Kevin?

Yes, I'm Kevin.

Today your challenge is going to be to do my job.

You're going to design some shoes.

RUFF: This is not a basketball challenge.

KEVIN: Some athletic shoes.

I'm not wearing those.

See, we have to do some research.

You have to find out what it is about shoes

that make them athletic or not.

RUFF: Come on now, DJ,

this is a scientific experiment

where you need to wear women's footwear.

My feet can't even fit in these little...

How does this go?

RUFF: That looks like a pump.

But does it feel like a sneaker?

DJ: I can't play basketball with these.

So you see, they work just fine, right?

No, they don't.

This is at a slant...Uh-huh.

and with DJ's shoes, they're perfectly flat.

This is like...Slippery.

With my sneakers...Grippy.

Let's try maybe

no shoes at all

and do this track.

RUFF: Hey, they're barefooty.

I wish I was barefooty.

[grunting]

I guess it works okay, huh?It's awesome.

But you need shoes to protect your feet and legs

when you're running.

One more challenge, all right?

We're going to check out the qualities of these shoes

in water.

Uh, why is there a pool filled with swamp water?

Climb in.

Oh, no. Oh, the poor dolphin slippers-- Blech!

KEVIN: Now imagine having to use those shoes

to do a lot of other things.

They should be fine-- they're dolphin shoes.

This is not going to work.No?

Oh, that's disgusting!

All right, let's do it.Let's find the yo-yos.

Find the yo-yos.

All right, here we go. This looks like it might be it.

We found the yo-yos, Ruff. Oh, this is taking me back.

Look at that-- double yo-yos.

I can do that, you know.

I mean, I haven't done it in a long time.

I probably can't do it right now.

JAY & SAM: Yeah! But back in the day,

that's how I brought home the bacon.

[Jay and Sam whooping] Wow.

Do we have a Sam and a Jay in the audience?

You do, you do!

I'm John and that's Rebecca.

Nice to meet you guys.Hi, Rebecca.

So, you guys, can you help us out on our grand finale?

Of course.Okay, excellent.

Oh, apparently you need safety goggles for this one.

Ah, the unicycle.

Unicycle--

"uni" meaning one,

and "cycle" meaning... cycle.

JOHN: All right, here we go, big bow.

Oh, I miss the applause!

And I miss people saying, "Whoo!"

JOHN: We are the Yo-Yo People. That's Sam and Jay.

And you guys are going

to do a street show here tonight at : p.m.

These guys are going to come up with a show between then and now.

Come back and check it out.It'll be awesome.

One day to wow the audience

with a live performance.

Let's do this.

Let's go back to Sammy and DJ.

Come on in to the materials library.

Now Sammy and DJ are going to design shoes

that their fellow FETCHers can wear on challenges.

I wanted to explain to you

a little bit about how we go about designing shoes.

Because there is a process that we follow.

So the first thing we do...

is we define the problem.

Uh, my sneakers have some problems. [grunts]

So, after we get that problem defined, we start

coming up with ideas. We do brainstorming.

And then we need to test to make sure that it works.

RUFF: "Test Material."

Might have forgotten that step on these babies.

That explains why I can't get 'em off!

KEVIN: Do you know what a prototype is?

That's like a model, right?

It's something that gives you,

like, a sense of what your final design's going to look like.

Yeah. This, for instance, is a prototype.

If you look at it carefully, you see that a lot of the stuff

on it are just kind of something that represents the real thing.

So you have to show it to other people

to sort of get their opinions.

Probably we're going to have

to tweak the design a little bit.

In the end, you're going to show it to lots of people,

and you hope that lots of people like it enough

to buy 'em, right?

Yes, buy them.

I don't see many people buying my shoes.

SAM: I can't wait.

I wonder how many people will actually show up.

I think you'll get a big crowd.

RUFF: I think so, too.

Awesome!

Juggling balls.

They got a Diablo.

Ah, Sam seems to be partial to Diablo.

Let me give them a call.

[phone ringing]

RUFF: Hello! Hey...

Besides props, you guys have some costumes to choose from.

All right. Ruff wants us to use our sense of fashion

to come up with a costume to wow the audience.

Okay.

That's essentially what I meant, yes.

And once you guys are suited up,

you're going to need to do some dancing.

He says we need to bust a move on the dance floor.

Yes. Hey,

don't forget to ask them about stock lines, okay?

All right, Ruff. Bye.

All right, guys, good luck.

We need to find a costume.

All right, let's see what we got over here.

Many, many, many, many choices.

And he wants us to do something like

really, really goofy, like do the hula.

Goofy's good. Oh, I broke my hula skirt.

Cheapest sunglasses known to man.

RUFF: Hey!

Now, one thing to remember, too, is not just fashion,

but functionality.

Think about that, too.

I say suspenders-- Who doesn't love

a good pair of suspenders?

They hold up your pants. That's an important function.

Try some stuff out. And if it works...I think that's good.

Well, Ruff, it looks like we got our costumes.

Hey, guys, this is Christine.

Christine is a senior designer here.

Why don't we write down what we want

the shoe to have in it.

RUFF: Okay, first step is to define the problem.

So, uh, what kind of shoes do they need?

We want it to be comfortable, right?

CHRISTINE: We want style.

We want them to be long lasting.

Remember how those shoes felt when they got water in them?

RUFF: They felt wet.

Soggy. Moist, if you will.

Heavy.

Oh, heavy, yeah, that, too.

We want them to be really light.

KEVIN: What else made them difficult to use?

SAMMY: You need to, like, be able to bend it.

Athletic shoes need to be flexible.

SAMMY: Yeah.

Well, these are very flexible.

[gasps]

Well, Ruff said we need to ask you guys about a stock line.

Stock line. Do you know what that is?

JAY: No idea.

I don't know.

Some line that street performers use

over and over again.

What's a good stock line?

"I know it's not much,

but it's more than you can do."

That's a good one.

I've used that one.

You know another one that works?

"I'm cuckoo for mu shu."

No? Okay.

What's next is we're going to have these qualities in mind

and pick what you think will work.

Okay, so now they're going to brainstorm

about which materials will give them the properties

they want in their shoes.

You want the shoe to be durable, what would you pick?

Probably the leather; the leather's probably

the most durable things we have.

We use different materials

because they have different properties.

Plastics and nylons stand up much better

to abrasion and use than a cotton would.

Is there such a thing as, like, sneaker materials shrinking?

Natural materials like cotton would probably shrink.

And there's another reason why we would use specific materials,

because we don't want them to shrink after they're made.

I think my shoes shrunk because they don't come off and, um,

I can't feel my feet... Oy!

So you can see these different meshes here

are very breathable.

This one, for instance-- I can breathe through it.

Oh, you're supposed to breathe through your shoes.

[inhaling]

[coughs]

I think I'm getting dizzy.

It's a breathable material,

so your foot wouldn't sweat so much in it.

Oh, I see what you're saying.

I took that way too literally.

REBECCA: We're going to quickly go over the setup

of a street-performing show.

This is educational for me, too.

You know, in case this show doesn't work out

and I need to go back on the street.

I love public television and viewers like you.

Have I mentioned that this week?

So, the first thing you need to do is draw your crowd.

So that's called the "crowd build."

Yep, you need a crowd.

This is showbiz, baby.

So then you get into just your tricks of your show.

Uh-huh!

Then you're going to do the hat line,

which is very important in street performing.

We'd like to mention we are professional street performers.

So at the end of the show,

we will be passing our hat for your tips and donations.

So shall we get started?

All right, crowd build.

Since you're working outdoors,

there isn't a natural stage, so you can make it yourself.

So what you want is an edge of people all in the front row,

so that's what you're trying to do with the crowd build

is to create that edge.

Do you guys have any skills like dancing?

You said you can juggle?

Ah, Jay's going to try some juggling.

Pretty good. Two-thirds of the way there, Jay.

And the Diablo... Uh, wow, the string broke.

All right, we'll need to work on that one.

The great thing about street performing

is that it's okay to mess up.

It's totally okay to mess up.

I mess up all the time,

but you guys stay with me, right?

Don't touch that remote!

REBECCA: Now remember what Ruff said, too.

You guys gotta bust a move.

Break it down. Oh, Sam's doing the Robot.

I didn't know he had that in his repertoire.

Very nice.

We are here in Studio G with Noel and Harsha,

who are ready to earn some points

during the Half-Time Quiz Show.

Let's go over the rules:

points are available.

You work together as a team.

You have seconds to answer as many questions as you can.

Ten questions available at five points apiece.

Are you ladies ready?

Yes!

Then let the quiz begin.

BOTH: The heel's slanted and it slides.

Yes!

BOTH: No shoes. No shoes.

Excellent.

BOTH: Prototype.

Yes!

Um...Define, define the problems!

Yes!

True or false:

False.

Correct.

Besides comfort and style...

Flexibility, durability and, um...

Lightweight. Lightweight. Breathes. Lightweight.

Yes!

Um, how it looks and...

...and how easily you can move in it. Yeah.

I'm going to give you that one.

BOTH: Because it shrinks.

Why else?

Um, because it's not durable.

Yes!

Pass.

Pass. Pass.

Other than yo-yos, name two props

that the street performers use in their performance.

BOTH: Hula hoops and unicycles.

Correct.

[bell dinging]And we are out of time.

Let's go over the one that you passed.

What's the definition of a stock line?

That is...

Get it?

Kind of like is that all the points a dog can give?

Mmm, no?

Nine out of ten, points.

Congratulations to the both of you.

So, will DJ and Sammy's design fly

or will they be told to go away?

Or in other words: "shoe fly."

Shoe? No? You want another one?

All right, let's find out.

So now is time to start designing your shoe.

Here are some templates for you to draw on.

Think about what the properties of the materials are

and start designing your shoe.

All right, cool.

Hmm, let's see.

Sometimes when you're picking materials, you know,

you find a material that you really like

and you really want to use it.

What do you think about this fabric?

But you have to find a compromise

between something that looks really good

and something that performs very well.

DJ: But this type of fabric isn't really as durable

in the spots that you want.

SAMMY: Let's do leather all up here.

CHRISTINE: That's a great idea.

Very cool. So I think, now, we're ready

to go down and see if these materials will pass tests.

RUFF: Tick-tock, tick-tock, guys.

It's getting close to show time.

Are you pumped?

It's show time.

Are you feeling the show buzz?

I can feel the show buzz. I can feel it!

I know you guys gonna bust a move.

[phone ringing]Phone call... Bust a move...

Let me call these fine entertainers.

Hello?

RUFF: Nice hat there, Sam.

Oh, hey, Ruff.

Hey, can I talk to John for just, like, two seconds?

Okay. Thanks, buddy.

Ruff, what is happening?

I've got to make one change to the show.

A change to the show?

RUFF: Yes. All right.

Need to put a dog in the show.

A dog?

Right, right, right. Need a dog.

See ya, Ruff.

What? What are you looking at?

Here's the deal, you guys.

You got to do a trick with a dog.

Ruff, I got to say, you're being a little bit greedy.

I mean, we have plenty of "walk-the-dogs" in our skit.

Okay.

And, really, a live dog...?

Come on, Jay, you're a street performer.

You got to be flexible.

And what's a bigger crowd-pleaser than a dog?

You can do it.

You can do it. All right.

Go out there and build a crowd.

And while you're building a crowd,

we're going to build a shoe.

It's time to test the materials for our sneakers.

Okay, this is the materials testing lab, you guys.

This fellow here is David.

And these are the materials, Dave,

that these two picked out to be tested.

DAVE: This machine simulates what will happen

as you walk around in your shoes.

With this test, you can get the same damage in minutes

that would normally take months.

DAVE: This is going to go for approximately

to minutes.

All right, so that's going to run there.

Cool!

It's like a turntable for sneaker testing.

[beat-boxing, scratching]

♪ Testing!

All right, guys, this here is going to determine

whether or not the material is

going to be strong enough to withhold wear and tear

or if it's just going to rip right through.

What we're going to do is mount it here on this machine...

And you want to look at these numbers here.

Anything four and five, we really don't want to use.

The higher the number, the better off you are.

Here we go. Now this one's a piece of cake.

Leather is very durable. Go, go, go, go!

DAVE: Seven is good.That's it?

It made it to eight. Eight is good.

If it looks stronger, it doesn't necessarily mean that it is.

Now let's look and see

what this other material here does for you.

SAMMY: It's working-- ten, oh!

DJ: It went into !

Is good? is very good.

Yes! is very good.

Sounds like your abrasion's all done.Yeah.

Let's see how that went.

SAMMY: Oh, no. What happened?

This one here actually did pretty good.

You've got a little bit of wear.

That one looks pretty good.

This one here, I wouldn't be too concerned.

This would probably pass for an overlay end.

So it may not look too good, but it's holding up.

SAM: All right, you guys seem pretty nice.

All right, the show's about to start!

Ooh, I can fell the tension.

I get a little nauseous.

Shoe buffer.

It's the buffing-the-shoe- with-the-yo-yo trick.

Oh! That's a classic. The shoe buffer.

Notice how they have their crowd gathered.

Ah, there's Sam's favorite, the Diablo.

Looks good. Up in the air.

Oh, he caught it! Oh, that's funny.

That's a dollar.

That's at least a dollar from everybody.

Oh, they're going to be rich!

Oh! I spoke too soon!

JAY: All right, the Diablo, everyone! The Diablo.

Oh, my...

Has anyone here ever seen a man

juggle three clubs at the same time?

I have, I have!

Raise your hand if you've seen this.

Me, me, me, me!

Oh, you all have? You've all seen this?

Then we don't need to do it.

[laughs] He doesn't need to do it.

I'm going to use that line.

Do the trick.What are you talking about?

Did you see that?

Sam just hit Jay with a pool noodle.

That's not... Oh, it's part of the act.

Why are we fighting? We're friends.

We shouldn't be fighting.

We should be dancing.We should be dancing.

Cue the music.

Bring it home, boys.

Oh, nice use of the foam.

Good, good, good. Feels good.

I like it.

Oh, Sam lost his hat and he keeps going!

Bust a move! Bust a move!

Oh, break dancing!

Get those kids some cardboard.

Oh, the moonwalk!

Whoo! Whoo!

And everybody's clapping.

Wait a second.Wait a second. Do we have a guest?

Oh, they found a dog.

Oh, wait a minute. I know him. That's Muffin.

We're going to see if this dog will jump through our arms.

Through the hoop, Muffin.

There you go!

Bam! Another hoop!

They have fulfilled the canine requirement of the challenge.

We want to thank all you guys for coming down.

And now, the very important part.

It's fine, you know, take out your wallet,

take cents out of the wallet and it's fine.

Just throw the wallet in the hat.

[laughing]

Throw your wallet in.

That's a good joke.

And a good idea, actually.

Thanks a lot. Oh, man, he's almost got a full hat!

Bring it home, boys.

I think there's only one thing we can do with the money...

Yes.

...and that's chow down on some ice cream.

Yes!

I think that's what we should do.

Ruff, I'll get you some mu shu pork ice cream.

I know that's what you want.

They have mu shu pork ice cream?

See you back at Studio G. Really? I didn't know that.

Wait a minute. I think he's pulling my leg.

This is the model shop.

Hey, guys, we got your final drawings back.

Wow! That looks amazing. Awesome!

There's an RR on the shoe!

What's that stand for, "railroad"?

But the last stage is we have to give these designs over

to the guy that runs the model shop

so we can get prototypes made.

And we're going to send these prototypes back

to Studio G with you, okay?

Great.Thank you.

SAMMY: Thank you so much.

Ruff, we'll see you back at Studio G

with our snazzy shoes.

Snazzy indeed. Bye, guys! Great job!

SAMMY: Thank you!

Back in Studio G with Noel and Harsha.

We have to bring in some special FETCHers.

These two prove they have sole.

They're DJ and Sammy! Hey, welcome back.

What do you think about our custom design-- "RR"?Like 'em?

Wow, look at those fresh fly kicks!

And let's welcome back

two more FETCHers.

In their own words,

they're not only fantabulous,

but they look stupendular in suspenders.

They're Sam and Jay in costume.

Look at the move.

You guys look great.

Well, we still have a few minutes left.

Sam could do some break dancing

or I could give out some points.

ALL: Yeah!

Sam and Jay...

Very good!

...you got a dog to jump through a hoop.

According to the FETCH! rulebook,

a dog trick is worth ten points.

And it was all part of a street performance worthy of the pros.

Another points

for wowing the audience enough

to get some money out of them.

That makes for a grand total of...

ALL: Yes!

Sammy and DJ,

you have the shoe, do you?

We do.

Ooh, they look good,

and they look like they feel good, too.

Certainly durable.

Can someone volunteer their shoe for the last test?

How about mine?RUFF: How light is it?

Well, it's really light.

I mean, it's like a canvas shoe.

DJ, can I use your shoe, please, my friend?

All right, so...

for light weight,

this one's definitely lighter.

Well, then it's definitely a shoe for all-purpose FETCHing!

Whoo!

I am also throwing

another points your way

for playing ball in those high heels.

I can't play basketball with these.

That give you a grand total of...

But is that

all the points a dog can give?

Absolutely not. No.

You guys wouldn't happen

to know what time it is, would you?

ALL: Bonus points!

Ah, yes. Today's five bonus points go to the FETCHer

who break-danced and Diabloed in public and never gave up!

[all groaning]

Sam!

With points,

you're today's daily winner.

Now then, Sam, my man.

I have here two hats filled to the brim with money.

Or not money

so much as pieces of paper I colored green with Magic Marker.

Under one hat,

a stupendular prize.

Under the other, something fairly unfantabulous.

Which hat is it going to be,

A or B?

B-B-B-B-B.

I think I'll go with A.

Well, then, sir,

if you would please sashay your way

to the mailbox

and retrieve your prize.

Sashay. Sashay.

Isn't it supposed to be with, like, a partner?

No, just go get it!

You know, I'm just going to go, okay?

I'm just going to go.

There you go, there you go.

What is it? What is it?

Come on, buddy. Yes!

Clown sneakers

for when you want someone to laugh at your feet.

I'm putting these on right now.Those are awesome.

Wow, I want to see some break dancing

in those clown shoes.

Would you do that for the Ruffster?

I'll see what I can do-- it's going to be hard.

Be careful.

Well, I think we have sneaked our way through

another awesome episode of FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman.

From Studio G, take care, FETCHers.

See you next time.

ALL: Bye, Ruff!

Okay, Blossom, prepare to be amazed.

It's my all-purpose FETCH! shoe

for future FETCH! contestants.

They'll be prepared for any situation.

It's a knee board, a snowboard,

a dogsled, a... Well, where you going?

Fine, I'll see you in the morning.

[grunts]

Okay, these shoes are a little heavy...

[grunts]

...and they won't come off.

Help! Okay, don't panic, Ruff.

Let's see: bagpipes, fingerprint kit... uh, wait.

Hey, what's this red button for?

Pah! Perfect.



[Ruff scatting]

♪ FETCH! ♪

♪ With Ruff Ruffman! ♪

[Ruff scatting]

Oh, whatever.

♪ FETCH! ♪

♪ With Ruff Ruffman! ♪

♪ FETCH! ♪