01x07 - The Skeleckian Hiccups

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01x07 - The Skeleckian Hiccups

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- Interesting move, jessica,

But you'll have to do better

Than that if you want to b*at

Me in today's tournament.

Mm.

Ah!

- O-ok. Thank you, danny.

Do you mind?

- Oh, I'm sorry, hector.

Did I distract you?

- Yes. I'm trying

To concentrate. Ahem.

- Hector, you're about to

Get clobbered by your little

Sister in this game.

How does that feel?

- That feels fine, danny,

Because I'm helping her warm

Up so she can clobber

You later today

In the tournament, ok?

Ok, jess. Make your move.

-

I'm so gonna take your

Queen with my knight.

- Why did you just

Reveal your move?

You totally just gave it away.

- I didn't mean to

Let you know that.

It just came out

When I hiccupped.

- You hiccupped, and then you

Revealed your move, did you?

- Yeah.

- What a fascinating

Development.

Now if you'll excuse me.

- Whoa. What's this?

- It's one of danny rebus'

Rebuses.

"Get"and then--what's that?

- It's an old-time well,

You know, like,

With water in it.

- Of course. So

"Get well soon."

- Then a rope minus "k"?

- No, no, no. It's not a rope.

It's a knot minus the "k."

So "get well soon. Not."

What's that all about?

- It doesn't matter.

It's danny being danny.

Come on. It's your move.

-

Ah. Look at that hat

On that lady.

She looks like a lamp.

- Well, I never!

- Oh, no. A very

Beautiful lamp that

Anyone would be happy to

Have in their living room.

Uh, I'm so sorry.

- Ohh!

- What are you doing?

- I don't know.

Every time I hiccup, I

Reveal my private thoughts.

What's happening to me?

Hey, you guys!

-

Oh, oh, oh, come on, yeah!

Feel the power!

Feel the power!

Feel the power!

Yo! And plug it in!

It's electric

Electric company!

Electric company!

Electric company!

Electric company!

-

Yo, yo, yo, yo!

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!

- Oh, feel the power!

- Feel the power!

- Yo! And plug it in!

-

Plug it in, everybody!

-

Electric company!

Electric company!

Electric company!

-

Electric company!

- Keep going.

Almost done.

More seconds.

This is a great remedy

For the hiccups.

- Come on. Can this really

Get rid of the hiccups?

- That's what I use

To get rid of them.

Works like magic.

Of course, I've never had the

Kind of hiccups that made me

Reveal my private thoughts.

And stop. That's a minute.

- Hey, lisa. I think

Your remedy worked.

- Told you. Works every time.

-

Lisa's remedies

Are so useless.

- Sorry. Just trying to help.

- Oh, sorry. I'm sorry.

I never meant to say that.

- Oh. You know, I wouldn't

Want all my private thoughts

Revealed either.

- I'm a wreck. The tournament

Starts in hours.

What am I gonna do?

- Is there a doctor

In the house?

- I am not a doctor!

- I know that you're not a

Doctor, mr. Bamboosnirklet.

I need a doctor.

Is there a doctor

In the house?

- I am still not a doctor.

-

Oh, really?

I thought in the last

Seconds you went to medical

School, became a doctor,

And came back.

- Wow. That was kind

Of mean, sis.

- Oh, I'm sorry,

Mr. Bamboosnirklet.

- Even though I'm not a

Doctor, I can still try

To make a diagnosis.

- You mean, you could tell

Me what's wrong with me?

- Yes.

- Ok. What's your diagnosis?

- My diagnosis is that

You have the hiccups.

-

Of course I have the hiccups.

Why don't you tell me

Something I don't know?

Oh, I'm sorry,

Mr. Bamboosnirklet.

I just don't know why I

Get so cranky.

- It's because you have

The skeleckian hiccups.

- Skeleckian hiccups?

- When you hiccup, do you

Reveal what you're thinking?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yes, yes.

- That's very common

On my planet.

You have the

Skeleckian hiccups.

- So how do we

Get rid of them?

- You have to see a doctor.

- Well, do you have

The name of a good

Skeleckian doctor?

- Yes!

- What--what's the name?

- Dr. Pinklepurpy

Goozibindanansky.

- Wh-where's his office?

- Actually, he works

Out of a garden.

-

Oh, for crying

Out loud, I need

A doctor, not a gardner.

Oh, I'm so sorry again.

I just don't know.

- I totally understand.

Skeleckian doctors

Don't work in offices.

They work in gardens.

- Gardens?

- Yes, because most skeleckian

Medicine is herbal.

- Herbal. Oh, so you mean most

Skeleckian medicine is made

Out of plants.

- Yeah. We call them

Herbal remedies.

Sometimes, we take the leaves,

We put them in hot water,

And we make herbal tea.

- Oh, I love tea.

- So I have to drink some tea?

- Well, with the hiccup

Remedy, you actually

Eat the leaves.

- And how do they taste?

- Uh--heh--well,

Uh, they're not bad.

- Ok. So how do we

Find the doctor?

- Uh, east th street.

- Ok. Come on,

Jess. I'll take you.

Thank you.

- Sure.

- Something really

Weird just happened.

I saw danny rebus outside,

And he said, "I'm going to

"b*at jessica in the first

Round of the tournament.

Ha ha ha!"

You know, like he always does.

- Danny rebus

Doesn't scare me.

I'm toast.

Help!

- Sss, sss, sss.

- Sss, sss.

- Sss, sss.

-

So let's go

-

That's one sound to "s"

Sitting in a word

Yes, oh, yes,

That's one sound to "s"

Sitting in a word

Yes, oh, yes - seems

Kind of silly

That this little sound

Is anywhere we look

See, it's all around

Sometimes at the start

And also in the middle

You'll even find it

At the end of riddles

If you sit in a seat

Then you definitely

Have found it

When you soak in the sun

Then it's all around

If you ask me a question

You're just getting warm

That slippery "s"takes

All sorts of forms

In a sandwich, on a snake

Even under the stairs

Simply put, it is something

That you see everywhere

-

That's one sound to "s"

Sitting in a word

Yes, oh, yes, that's

One sound to "s"

Sitting in a word

- "S"?

- Yes, as in start.

- Yeah. Let's start this race.

- Oh, dear. Look out

For the smoke.

-

Thanks, pal.

- Oh, drat.

- What?

- Spikes.

- Spikes? Now we have a flat.

- Yes, and we're losing speed.

Fortunately, we have a spare.

- Spare tire? Brilliant.

- Thanks. Hey, we just won.

- Sweet.

-

- Ha ha ha!

Yeah.

- Hop on the seesaw with

Me so we can seesaw.

Why?

- Hoo hoo hoo!

I just can't believe...

Ha ha ha!

Seesaw, seesaw, seesaw,

Seesaw, seesaaw!

- Today on "the big

Face face off"it's

Lisa versus manny.

- In this duel, I'll use

The zzz sound of "s".

- And I will take the

Sss sound of "s".

- You have to b*at me at

One of my own games.

Try this laser.

- I will stop it

With a sunflower.

- You'll never

Tolerate my music.

- I've been waiting to

Wear my earmuffs.

Watch out for the quicksand!

- Throw me a rope.

- I didn't hear what you said.

- Please.

- I don't have a rope,

But I have this stinky sock.

- I lose.

- So what's happened so far?

- Time for the

Chess tournament.

- It's my move.

And now I'll reveal my

Thoughts so that everyone

Knows what I'm thinking. - Did you just

Reveal your private thoughts? I'll

Make a diagnosis, tell you what's wrong.

You're in trouble.

- Hey, you guys!

- This remedy is great.

It's gonna make your

Hiccups go away.

- I love this remedy.

No more hiccups.

- This remedy rocks.

-

This remedy is ridiculous!

- Oh, no!

- I need a diagnosis.

Someone tell me what's wrong!

- It's the skeleckian hiccups!

- Oh, no! Hiccups from

Another planet!

- And now for the remedy.

Head to the garden and

Eat some special leaves.

-

The diagnosis is in

We've got to help jess

-

She'll munch

On some leaves

-

And then win at chess

-

Yum

-

- Hello?

- Anyone here?

- Hello, hello?

Is there a doctor

In the garden?

- I'm a doctor in the garden.

Love these.

They're good for your kidneys.

Breathe in deeply, ok?

Now breathe

Out slowly, ok?

-

Where do you keep that thing,

In the freezer?

Oh, I'm sorry, doctor.

I meant no disrespect.

It's the hiccups.

- Oh, believe me.

I'm used to people revealing

Their private thoughts.

Now say, "ooh."

- Ooh?

- Yes. Ooh. I know on your

Planet you say, "ahh."

- Yeah.

- Do you know on the planet

Flinka they say, "eee"?

- Really?

- Yes. And on the planet

Ongledorf, they say, "hecken

Flecken la la whoo, whoo,

Whoo, whoo, whoo!"

-

Yeah. You're kooky.

Oh, I'm sorry.

- It's true. I am kooky.

Love these!

They're good for my nose.

Now say, "ooh."

- Ooh.

- I am ready to

Make my diagnosis.

- Is it

The skeleckian hiccups?

- It is the

Skeleckian hiccups!

- Can you help her, doctor?

- Yes. I can give her a

Remedy to relieve her hiccups.

Come with me.

- Hmm.

- Here we are.

Now eat two leaves every

Day for a week, or else

They'll come back.

- Do they taste good?

- No. They taste terrible.

Now eat them.

Eat them.

Yes.

- Eww! They're awful.

- Swallow them.

You will be relieved of the

Hiccups in exactly two hours.

Here's a week's supply.

- The tournament starts in an

Hour, and I have to play my

First round with the hiccups.

- Against danny rebus.

- Danny rebus?

He's a patient of mine.

He had the skeleckian

Hiccups last week.

- Wait, wait, wait.

Danny knew all along

About the hiccups?

- And he knows how long

The remedy takes to work.

Of course!

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Check this out.

- That's pretty cool!

- Thanks, man.

You see that he went to the

Tournament director and had it

Arranged to play you first.

- Very sneaky.

Now he'll b*at me

In the first round,

And he'll brag about it

For the rest of the year.

- Thank you, doctor.

- Don't mention it.

Ah, the glitter tree.

I love it!

Good for my hair.

Weeks ago, I was

Completely bald.

Come.

-

You can recognize "m"

'Cause it looks

Like two mountains

"M"

I'm a mammal

I like to read

Many things

Like maps and mail

And several magazines

I like to learn

About places

A million miles away

And in my mind

I can still hear

My mother say

Motivation

And imagination

Make for a lovely time

Mmm

"M"

Mmm

Mmm

Mmm, my friend

The letter "m"

- Old school

- Right

About now

- Old school

- Come

On! New school

- You want the old school

And the new

School on the dance floor

- Uh-huh,

Uh-huh

- Old school

-

This right here

Is called the slide

- Old school,

Hey - welcome

To my city

- Slide

-

Hey!

Two steps to the left

-

It's electric

- Two steps to

The right

- She's electric

-

Two steps to the front,

That's electric

Now slide

-

Slide

- Two steps to

The back

- It's electric

Hands up, now freeze

-

Feel my electricity, yeah

Slide - toe bone's

Connected

To my foot bone

My foot bone connected

To my ankle bone

My ankle bone connected

To my leg bone

My leg bone connected

To my feet, feet, feet

, , Feel that b*at

, , Tweet tweet tweet

Like a mocking mockingbird,

I repeat

Tweet tweet tweet

-

Dumbing it down,

It ain't for me

I want to know how

Many planets

In the solar system -

- I want to know

How many teeth

In your mouth -

- Yeah, and

What's

+ ? -

-

Then it's before the party's

Done, learn your lessons

You don't want to be

D-dumb-dumb

D-dumb-dumb

Learn your lessons, you don't

Want to be d-dumb-dumb

D-dumb-dumb

Learn your lessons, you don't

Want to be d-dumb-dumb

Two steps to the left

-

It's electric

- Two steps to

The right

- She's electric

- Two steps to

The front

- That's electric

- Now slide

-

Slide

- Two steps to

The back

- It's electric

- Hands up,

Now

Freeze - freeze

-

Feel my electricity, yeah

Slide

Welcome to my city filled

With electricity, yeah

You can be anything

You want to be, yeah

Welcome to my city filled

With electricity, yeah

Where you can be anything

You want to be, yeah

- A doctor

-

Oh oh oh

- A lawyer

-

Oh oh oh

- A rapper

-

Oh oh oh

- A singer

- That's

What I got!

-

An astronaut,

Let's kick it out in space

She want to be an actress

With a pretty face

Or you can be the president

Of the united states

Or you can be like

Jerry wonder and slap

That bass

Two steps to the left

-

It's electric

- Two steps to

The right

- She's electric

- Two steps to

The front

- That's electric

- Now slide

-

Slide

- Two steps to

The back

- It's electric

-

Hands up, now freeze

Feel my electricity, yeah

Slide come on! Welcome

To my city filled

With electricity, yeah

You can be anything

You want to be, yeah

Welcome to my city filled

With electricity, yeah

-

Hey, hey...

-

Slide

Two steps to the left

-

It's electric

- Two steps to

The right

- She's electric

- Two steps to

The front

- That's electric

- Now slide

-

Slide

- Two steps to

The back

- It's electric

-

Hands up, now freeze

Feel my electricity, yeah

Slide...

- Ok. Keep your

Head clear, ok?

- You're gonna be great.

- Yeah. You know what to do?

- Yep. - Ok.

- I hope

This works.

- I have a good

Feeling about it.

- All right.

Good luck, jess.

- Hello, jessica.

- Hello, danny.

- And now we begin the first

Match of the tournament.

- And your last, jessica.

- Smile.

Oh, sorry.

- Each player will have a

Total of one hour on the chess

Clock to make all of

His or her moves.

Jessica, choose.

-

Oh, I was hoping for black.

- Good to know. -

Too bad. I

Was hoping for white.

- Well, which is it?

- You'll never know, will you?

- Was one of

Those hiccups fake?

-

You think you know

What I'm thinking

But you don't

Now do you?

Yeah, I'm looking

Straight at you

And I see right

Through you

You think that

You're so smart

You picked a little trick up

But now I got

You guessing

Which one's the

Real hiccup

So take a guess

You will find

While you're guessing,

You'll be stressing

Because I'm messing

With your mind

Now I'm gonna att*ck

Now I'm gonna fall back

One of them's

The real one

The other is the fake one

You're gonna

Have to guess

So go ahead and take one

I'm going for your queen

Is that what I mean?

I'm coming with my knight

Does that seem right?

You're in a little tizzy

You feel a little dizzy?

I'm trying

To reach you, danny

But your line's

A little busy

You're gonna

Make the move

Is that the way you

Want to play?

I think you may win

But not today

You feeling ok?

Because you look a wreck

Oh, by the way

You're in check

Hey, you took my queen

Oh, that was so mean

But you know what else?

You took the bait

Checkmate

- Jessica, you will

Advance to the next round.

Danny, I'm afraid

You've been eliminated.

- That was not fair at all.

- Danny, after

All you've done?

She b*at you fair and square.

-

I love to win, especially

Against danny,

And for the record, that

Was a real hiccup.

-

I hate losing,

Especially to jessica.

Oh, no!

The skeleckian

Hiccups are back.

I should have finished all

My ringendorfen zalia

Marilus leaves.

-

Oh, that reminds me.

It's time.

- Mm-hmm.

- Have fun.

- Yuck.

-

- Mmm.

- You know what I don't like?

I don't like silent letters.

I find them really annoying.

Like, when a "b"

Comes after an "m".

It's dumb.

What's the point?

I mean,

The b's just hanging

Around there for no reason.

I say thumbs down to "mb,"

And so with a stomp, I will

Flip the "mb"to an "mp."

Now, see, that "p"is

Doing something--thumps.

I can--i can hear that "p".

Now I can make words

Like--like--like...

Now I'll take the words...

And put them in the dump.

Oh, yeah

I'm pumped

I feel so much better.

- Oh, man. Here's something my

Little cousin does

When he's mad.

Let's sound it out.

Sss, ttt.

Sssttt.

Stoh. Stoh?

Or is it stah?

Let's keep going and

See what happens.

Next up is "mp."

Mmmppp.

Mmmpppsss.

So it's either

Stohmps or stahmps.

I've never heard of stohmps,

But I've definitely heard

Of stahmps, and that's what

My cousin does when he's mad.

He stomps his feet.

Stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp.

- Hello, josephine.

Are you raising money

For your school?

- Yes, mr. Mump.

Would you like to buy a stump?

- I'd love to, but I

Don't really need a stump.

- How about this champion?

- I don't have room

For a champion.

- I'm stumped.

Do you want to look in here

And find something, mr. Mump?

- Oh.

I'll take this blimp!

- How about another

Blimp for mrs. Mump?

- Lll.

- Amp.

- Ddd.

- Amp.

- Ddd.

- Ump.

- Sssttt.

- Amp.

- Sssttt.

- Ump.

- Hmm.

- Now what do we do?

- I don't know. I'm stumped.

Hee hee hee!

Hmm.

- I'm special

Agent jack bowser.

I'm stuck here.

Ohh.

What am i, a pepperoni?

This whole pie is about to

Explode, and I can't cr*ck

The code to get out.

Help me read this...

Whoo-hoo!

- I mean, you did all right,

You know what I'm saying?

- Checkmate.

- Ha ha!

- Oh, check out what shock and I

Worked out while you guys

Were off at the tournament.

You ready?

- Let's go.

-

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

- Oh, ho! That was awesome!

- Yeah.

- Can you teach me that?

-

You're all kooky.

- Ohh.

- Oh, man. I'm sorry.

- She needs another leaf.

- No.

-

Company, that's

What we are

We represent the life of

The ghetto superstar

Catch me on "electric

Company"with my homies

This is shockwave,

And I'm a refugee

- Wordplay - wordplay,

We could

Do this all day

I like to give a big

Shout out to b.k.

When I say b.k.,

The wordplay is brooklyn

If I say n.j., I'm

Talking about new jersey

Rocking, shocking, going,

Showing, watch this

Rocking, shocking, going,

Showing, cool, and breeze

I love to tease,

Knock an mc to his knees

Rougher, tougher,

Not a bluffer

Money-making, lady taker,

Educated, uninvaded

Radiation, high inflation

Bells ringing,

People singing

On the mike, I'm a wiz

Fast-rapping, feet-tapping,

Hands-clapping

Jokes-a-sapping

Sympathy, harmony, dignity,

As you can see

Million, billion,

To one zillion

Got around two patrillion

People counting this

Superstar

Hold up, let me

Take a breath

Ain't nothing left

- Wyclef crazy.

- Danny rebus was outside,

And he said, "I am going to

b*at lisa in the"--

- Lisa?

- "I am going to b*at lis"--

- Ha ha ha!

She's right here!

- I know you're not a doctor,

Mr. Bamboosnirk--is it

Bamboosnickler or snicklet?

- Snirklet.

- Snirklet.

- Snirklet.

- Action!

- Ahem.

You know what I don't like?

You know what

I don't like?

I don't like si--ha ha ha!

- Starting again.
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