01x11 - Little Twelvetoes

[bunniefuu]

[narrator] And now, to close our show,
Little Twelvetoes.

[man] Now, if man had been born

with six fingers on each hand,

he'd also have 12 toes,

or so the theory goes.

Well, with 12 digits-- I mean, fingers,

he probably would have
invented two more digits

when he invented his number system.

Then if he'd saved the zero for the end,

he could count and multiply by 12's...

[barking]

...just as easy as you and I do by 10's.

[mooing]

[man] Now, if man had been born
with 6 fingers on each hand,

he'd probably count
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,

dek, el, do.

Dek and el being two entirely new signs

meaning 10 and 11, single digits,

and his 12, do,
would have been written 10.

Get it?

That'd be swell, to multiply by 12.

[man] ♪ Hey, Little Twelvetoes ♪

♪ I hope you're well ♪

♪ Must be some far-flung planet
Where you dwell ♪

♪ If we were together ♪

♪ You could be my cousin ♪

♪ Down here
We call it a dozen ♪

♪ Hey, Little Twelvetoes ♪

[man] Please come back.

Now, if man had been born
with six fingers on each hand,

his children would have them, too.

And when they played hide-and-go-seek,

-they'd count by six's fast.
-[children counting fast]

[man] And when they studied piano,

they'd do six-finger exercises.

And when they went to school,
they'd learn the golden rule

and how to multiply by 12
easily, just put down the 0.

But me, I'd have to learn it the hard way.

Let me see.

♪ 1 times 12 is 12 ♪

♪ 2 times 12 is 24 ♪

♪ 3 times 12 is 36 ♪

♪ 4 times 12 is 48 ♪

♪ 5 times 12 is 60 ♪

♪ 6 times 12 is 72 ♪

♪ 7 times 12 is 84 ♪

♪ 8 times 12 is 96 ♪

♪ 9 times 12 is 108 ♪

♪ 10 times 12 is 120 ♪

11 times 12 is 132,

and 12 times 12 is 144.

♪ Hey, Little Twelvetoes ♪

♪ I hope you're thriving ♪

♪ Some of us 10-toed folks
Are still surviving ♪

♪ If you help me with my 12's ♪

♪ I'll help you
With your 10's ♪

♪ And we could all be friends ♪

♪ Little Twelvetoes ♪

♪ Please come back home ♪