01x06 - The Hopping Hen

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♪ Hey, wow... ♪

♪ Here's how ♪

♪ Come and read ♪

♪ Between the lions ♪

Chorus: ♪ come on ♪

♪ Come in ♪

♪ Begin ♪

♪ The world awaits ♪

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♪ Between the covers of a book ♪

♪ It's time to look between the lions ♪

♪ Behold the tales beyond the tails ♪

Chorus: ♪ behind the door ♪

♪ Become, explore ♪

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( Clucking )

Shh!

( Stops clucking )

( Clucking )

Quiet, please!

( Mouthing silently )

( Clucking )

( Cries out )

Oh, this is it!

Uh-oh.

Okay.

What seems to be the problem here, ma'am?

I am a patient woman.

I am an animal lover.

But I draw the lion...

The line

At chickens jumping on my book.

Oh, we're sorry, mrs. Lady, and...

( Whispering ): by the way

She's a h... En

A h... Opping h... En.

I just learned about hs.

Mmm.

Okay, party's over.

( Clucking excitedly )

Pardon me.

Sorry, sorry.

Shoo, shoo, shoo!

Excuse me.

Shoo, shoo, shoo!

( Hen squawks one last time )

( Clucking )

Hey, come back here.

Hey, hey!

Whoa, whoa!

Look out!

Whoa!

( Grunts )

There.

Oh, sorry, darling.

Well, these finally arrived from the printer.

Cleo, my dear, the signs are here!

Hey, that rhymed!

Wonderful.

Let's see what we've got in here, shall we?

Oh, goody, goody!

What kind of signs, dad?

Oh, signs to hang up all over the library

That tell everybody the "rules."

Got it!

Oh, broke a claw.

Oh...

Here we go.

Hmm...

( Beeps )

Executing interruption program.

There is a plumbing emergency in the basement.

Please stop all other functions

And come quick!

There's water all over the place!

Right behind you, click.

Oh! Got to get a wrench.

Well, lionel, I think you're ready

To handle this job.

Now, look, you take all the signs

And put them wherever you think they should go.

Me?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, lionel.

You can read good, and I'll help you.

Thanks, kids.

I know you can do it.

( Chuckles )

( Water gushes loudly )

Cleo: theo...!

Oh, I'm coming!

( Squealing )

Okay, let's see what we got in here.

There's lots of signs.

Hmm...

"Bare feet

"Allowed

"In the c...

Computer room."

Wow!

Hey, read the next one.

Read the next one!

Oh, okay, let's see.

Oh, here's a good one.

"Monkeys

"On the

S... Tair railing."

Monkeys on the stair railing?

What a weird rule!

Wow! Yeah.

Let's see here.

Okay, okay, whoa, whoa.

"H... Opping

"Hen

Here."

( Clucking )

Oh, no, no, no... No, no, not yet.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Hmm!

Hmm!

"Eating and wh-wh-whistling

At the same time."

Ah!

( Giggling ): what else?

"Breaking...

"Bricks...

Permitted"?

Breaking bricks is permitted in the library?

( Gasps )

I guess so.

It says right here.

Hmm...

What?

"Hopping... Hen... Here."

( Clucking )

Oh, no, no-- no, no, no, no, no.

Not yet.

Not here, not now.

Thank you.

Uh-oh.

"Sss... a*...

"O... Ph-ph-phone

Playing."

Saxophone playing?

Oh, leona, these can't be right.

Why not?

( Panting )

How's it going, kids?

Got to find another mop.

Mom, are you sure you want me

To put up these signs?

Of course.

We know you'll do a great job.

Theo ( gurgling ): cleo...!

Oh, coming!

Whoa!

Well, if that's what they want me to do

Then that's what I'll do.

Look, more of these!

Hey, I can read that.

I can read that!

"Hopping hen here."

( Clucks once )

Okay, I guess we're ready for you now.

( Clucking )

I'll go put up these signs.

Come on, henny, come on!

Oh, you're going to have so many places to hop.

( Walter and clay whooping and shouting )

Barnaby: stop it! Stop it!

Stop it, stop it, stop it!

Sorry, buster.

Just doing what the sign says.

"Fun..."

"Here!"

Yeah, "fun here."

( Pigeons continue whooping )

Bah. Humbug.

( Clucking )

( Fluttering tongue )

Oh!

H-h...

H-h...

H-h...

H-h...

Good, good.

( Fluttering tongue )

En. En.

En?

Yeah-- en, en.

En.

H...

H...

En.

En.

Hen.

Hen. Hen.

Hen!

Hen?

Hen, hen!

( Clucking )

( Kissing )

Hen.

Hen, hen.

( Chuckles )

Announcer: and now, lovers of the vowels "a," "e," "i," "o," "u"

And sometimes "y"

The vowelles are in the house

Singing the short "e" sound

From their sensational hit word, "men."

( Music begins )

( Singing repeated short "e" sound to soul tune )

( Song ends; cheering and applause )

All right, let's find out who's who.

Here!

Who's here?

Yes.

What?

Here.

Who are you?

No, I'm what.

You're who?

No, I'm who.

Where?

Here!

Where are you?

Yes.

What?

That's me.

You're who?

No, I'm what-- he's who.

Where?

I'm where, he's what.

And I'm who.

Oh, why me?!

No, why me-- I'm why.

All right.

So you're why...

Mm-hmm.

Yep.

You're who...

Yeah.

You're where...

And you're what.

All: right.

Fine.

Now, when...

Here!

( Feet squeal )

What?

No, I'm what.

( Groans )

( All laughing )

( Crowd cheering )

Gawain: excellent!

Gawain here once again at blending fields

Where two brave knights in armor

Will charge together at high speed and make a word.

Competing today, we have sir "w"...

And on your right, sir "et."

Blend on, dudes.

( Crowd cheering )

"Wet"! Excellent!

That's gawain's word for today

And this is gawain saying, "you bet."

I'll see you next time on...

It's magic time with the great smar... Tini!

Hey, thank you, cute little announcer bunny.

I am the great smartini!

( Applause )

( Glass smashing )

And I'm his marmy--

Remarkable smarmy marmy smartini.

Thank you, thank you.

And now, i, the great smartini, will perform

My amazing, trouser-defying short "e"-- eh-- trick.

Marmy!

May I have four words

That have the short "e"-- eh-- sound in them, please?

Here, sonny boy.

The words "red"...

Whoo!

"Vested"...

Ah!

"Ten"...

Uh-huh.

"Hens."

Oh, thank you, remarkable marmy.

I will now put the words into my magic smartypants.

I will say a magic word and do a magic dance.

Ebrecadebra.

( Hip-hop b*at playing )

♪ Ooh, ah, I dance in smartypants ♪

♪ Yeah, ooh, ah ♪

♪ I dance in smartypants, smartypants. ♪

( Grunts )

( Applause )

Let's see what we've got.

( Gasps )

Will you look at that?!

Man in audience: look at what?

Oh, ho there!

Ooh! Hey!

Oh, hey!

Ten red-vested hens!

( Applause )

Thank you!

Let's hear it for my smartypants!

Hooray for your smartypants!

Me and my magic smartypants!

It's a great day for a parade here on van ness street

And for young monica maxwell.

Her band has won the award for best dressed.

( Gasps )

But wait a minute.

What's this?

Oh, no!

It's the evil "un" people.

Heavens to betsy!

They're putting an "un" in front of the word "dressed."

Monica's impeccably dressed band

Is now ( gasps ) undressed!

But despair not, little monica.

The heroic "re" people are here.

Hoorah!

Monica and her band are redressed.

Bless you, "re" people.

Well, this is

The last sign.

"Hopping hen here."

( Clucks )

( Clears his throat )

Thank you.

I don't think it should be here.

Click: lionel, leona!

I have been scanning very unusual visual data

All over the library.

Please shut down all other functions and...

Oh, forget it!

Just come quick!

( Clucking )

( People laughing and chatting )

Wow! Will you look at that?

Yeah.

I guess everybody read the sign.

"Bare feet allowed in the computer room."

( Laughing )

This is great.

Leona: hey! Hey! Hey!

What's everybody doing in here?

( Kids blowing cr*cker crumbs )

Can't you read the sign?

"Eating and whistling at the same time."

( Giggles )

Come on, grab a cr*cker.

It's the greatest.

I love this place.

This place is, like, wild.

Come on, let's go check out the rest of the library.

Leona: ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh...

( Clucking )

( Playing out of tune )

( Plays bluesy tune )

( Duck talking gibberish )

( Laughs )

Whee!

Whoa!

Whoo!

( Clucking )

Yeah.

Walter and clay: ♪ boogie down ♪

♪ Hey! ♪

♪ Boogie down. ♪

Walter: great rules!

Clay: yeah, love the rules.

♪ Boogie down. ♪

I think I know what mom and dad had in mind

With all these signs.

Like, this is so cool.

You know, it sort of seems like the rules are...

There are no rules!

It certainly does seem that way.

It certainly does.

Hello, library!

Do you want to have some fun?

( Cheering )

Do you want to do a song?

( Cheering )

Well, let's do it.

( Rock music begins playing )

♪ Monkeys on the railings ♪

♪ Hopping hen here ♪

♪ I never felt so free before... ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ Can't you read the signs? ♪

♪ Yeah, anything goes ♪

♪ So make a mess and slam the door... ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ If you feel like yellin' ♪

♪ Go right ahead ♪

♪ And please swing on the chandelier... ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ Pelicans are welcome to jump on the bed ♪

♪ You're really gonna like it here! ♪

♪ Brand-new rules ♪

♪ Anything's fine ♪

♪ The party is proceedin' ♪

♪ 'Cause we're readin' the signs ♪

♪ And nothin' is forbidden ♪

♪ Yeah, everything's cool ♪

♪ No, we're not kiddin'... ♪

( Strong drum b*at )

♪ Got some brand-new rules! ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ Bye-bye to peace and quiet ♪

♪ Old laws and regulations ♪

♪ I wonder just how far it's gonna go ♪

♪ Bye-bye to gravity ♪

♪ Bye-bye, civilization ♪

♪ Bye-bye to being nice or goin' slow ♪

♪ Yo! Brand-new rules! ♪

♪ Anything's fine ♪

♪ The party is proceedin' ♪

♪ 'Cause we're readin' the signs ♪

♪ And nothin' is forbidden ♪

♪ Yeah, everything's cool ♪

♪ No, we're not kiddin'... ♪

( Strong drum b*at )

♪ Got some brand-new rules! ♪

( Wild cheering and applause )

( Partying continuing )

Lionel: oh, yeah, party over here.

Oh, yeah.

What is going on here?!

Dad!

Oh, yeah, these signs were

Like, the best idea ever.

But wait a minute.

"Saxophone playing"?

Theo: "breaking bricks"?

See?

See?

Oh... Oh, the printer forgot the nos.

I've got mine.

No.

The printer forgot to put the word "no"

On all the signs.

It should be "no saxophone playing."

"No breaking bricks."

That's okay, I'm trying to quit anyway.

Yo, I got a package here.

Must have fallen off the truck.

Hmm?

It's from the printer.

What could it...

Both: oh! It's the nos!

Hurry, let's go put them up.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Leona: I'm coming, too.

You know, I knew there was something wrong

With those signs.

This is a really interesting library.

Oh, yeah.

( Whistling )

Come on... Come on.

Don't be shy, "y."

( Making "y" sound )

( Makes "y" sound )

( Makes "y" sound )

( Makes "y" sound )

Ell.

Ell.

( Makes "y" sound )

Ell.

Yell.

( "Y" yells )

Yell.

( Applause )

( Applause )

( Laughing ): yes! Yes! Yes!

Yes, what, dr. Nitwit?

Nitwhite-- that's dr. Nitwhite!

Sorry-- yes, dr. Nitwhite?

I have just discovered the only three-letter word

In the entire english language

With the ( makes short "e" sound )

In the middle.

"Yes."

Dr. Nitwhite, I can safely say

That this is your most amazing discovery... Yet.

It's my most amazing discovery...

"Yet"?

Yes... Yet.

Oh, dear.

Oh, me.

Y-e... Yet.

( Whines ): oh... Go away and let me think.

Let you think?

You bet, dr. Nitwit.

That's nitwhite!

( Squealing ): no, no, don't hurt me.

Come back here.

Announcer: and now, lovers of the vowels

"A," "e," "i," "o," "u" and sometimes "y"

Tap your feet as martha reader and the vowelles

Sing their fantastic hit about the short "e" sound.

( Soul music playing )

♪ When you see an "e" ♪

♪ Eh, eh ♪

♪ Dreamy vowel "e" ♪

♪ Eh, eh ♪

♪ And it's standing, by chance ♪

♪ Eh, eh ♪

♪ Between two consonants ♪

♪ Eh, eh ♪

♪ Then you say that "e," eh, eh, eh ♪

♪ You say that "e," eh, eh, eh ♪

♪ You say that "e," eh, eh, eh ♪

♪ You say that "e," eh, eh, eh ♪

♪ Yes, "e" in between "b" and "d" ♪

♪ Is always in bed, bed, bed ♪

♪ Eh, eh ♪

♪ And "e" in between "f" and "d" ♪

♪ Just has to be fed, fed, fed ♪

♪ So when you see an "e" ♪

♪ Eh, eh ♪

♪ Dreamy vowel "e" ♪

♪ Eh, eh ♪

♪ And it's standing by chance ♪

♪ Eh, eh ♪

♪ Between two consonants ♪

♪ Eh, eh ♪

♪ Then you say that "e," eh, eh, eh ♪

♪ You say that "e," eh, eh, eh ♪

♪ You say that "e," eh, eh, eh ♪

♪ You say that "e," eh... ♪

( Cheering and applause )

Flying off the shelf once again

It's the continuing

Daring and dangling adventures of cliff hanger!

Today's adventure, number 2,345

"Cliff hanger and the bed."

Chorus ( singing ):

We find cliff hanger where we left him last

Hanging from a cliff.

( Branch breaking )

Suddenly below him

Cliff sees two movers carrying a large "ed."

Deftly, cliff delves into his backpack

And extracts his trusty survival manual.

Using his expert decoding skills

Cliff begins to read.

"Earache," "easel"...

Here it is: "ed."

"When you see an 'ed,' find the letter 'b.'

Then drop it."

"Ed"... "Bed."

Has intrepid cliff hanger made his escape at last?

( Boing )

Uh-oh!

Chorus: ♪ and that's why he's called cliff hanger! ♪

( Branch breaking )

( Music with fast-paced b*at playing )

Sloppy pop: ♪ ten, nine, eighth street ♪

♪ Seven, six, fifth street ♪

♪ Four, three, two, one ♪

♪ Signs! ♪

♪ Street signs ♪

♪ You see 'em everywhere ♪

♪ "Exit" ♪

♪ Hey, look at that one there ♪

♪ "Don't walk" ♪

♪ And when the light turns green ♪

♪ "Walk"-- do you see what I mean? ♪

♪ The signs are all around ♪

♪ Tell what you need to know... ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ They're "one way" to get to where you want to go ♪

♪ You can read the signs. ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ "Playground"-- that's where my friends all meet ♪

♪ "Pizza"-- when you want something to eat ♪

♪ "Danger"-- that's when you better look out ♪

♪ "Stop!" I know what it's about. ♪

♪ The signs are all around ♪

♪ Tell what you need to know ♪

♪ They're "one way" to get to where you want to go ♪

♪ You can read the signs. ♪

♪ "Ice cream"... ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ "School"... ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ "Wet paint" ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ "Pool!" ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ The signs are all around ♪

♪ Tell what you need to know ♪

♪ They're "one way" to get to where you want to go ♪

♪ You can read the signs... ♪

♪ You can read the signs... ♪

♪ You can read the signs. ♪

Cleo: no hopping hen here.

( Clucks dismayingly )

Sorry.

Shake a leg, feet.

Yeah, shuffle off to buffalo.

"No bare feet allowed in the computer room."

Got it?

Sorry about that.

Cleo: "no eating and whistling at the same time."

( Clucking )

Theo: "no hopping hen here."

Cleo: "no saxophone playing."

And... "No hopping hen here."

Well, that's it.

We're all done.

Leona: no, no, no

We're not all done.

The last "hopping hen here" sign is missing a "no."

Hmm?

No, that "hopping hen here" sign isn't missing a "no."

Yes, it is.

No, I mean, one "hopping hen here" sign

Isn't supposed to have a "no."

The library welcomes all bouncing poultry.

Indeed, we do.

Here you go, darlin'.

Thank you, dad.

Now... Where should we put this?

Hmm... Let's see...

Maybe we could...

No, let's see...

How about...

Oh, yeah, that's right.

( Hen hopping and clucking outside )

( Snickering ): now the sign says "no fun here."

Oh, "no fun"?

"No fun here?

Phooey!

That's just too bad.

♪ Every party has a pooper ♪

♪ That's why I invited me ♪

♪ Party pooper, party pooper. ♪

( Evil laughter )

( Sighs )

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