- Today's weather--thunder.
- Yeah.
- For my next trick,
I, calvero the great,
Will attempt something no
Magician has ever done before.
Why? Because they're not me.
Ha ha ha!
- I bet he's gonna pull a hat
Out of a rabbit.
What about you?
- Sometimes I can't believe
We're related.
- For the first time ever
On a public stage,
I, calvero the great--
No, the greatest--
Will transform myself
To a reptile, perhaps a lizard.
No, a snake...
A harmless, nonvenomous snake.
My apprentice marlon...
Will then read the spell
And reverse the transformation
And change me,
Calvero the greatest,
Back into the supremely
Awesome dude before you...
Without messing up
My flowing mane.
Hold up the book.
Just rember to change me back.
- All right.
- Slamma jamma ramma...
Hot tea and cake...
Transform this magician
Into a snake.
- Uh...
Hey, did anyone see a magic book
That was sitting here?
It was really big.
It said, "calvero's magic
Transformation book"
On the cover.
I was just holding it like this.
No? Nobody?
- Whoa, hey, guys, check it out.
- Well, that's a picture
Of a can, so, "can you..."
- "Cat"plus c-h is "catch."
- "Can you catch me?"
- "Can you catch me?"
What is that supposed to mean?
- It means someone has got
Your magic book.
- And only one person would
Leave a message like this--
Danny rebus.
- Danny rebus.
- Oh, no.
If calvero isn't turned back
Into himself within an hour,
He'll stay a snake forever.
Oh, this is gonna look terrible
On my resume.
- Don't worry, marlon.
With our knowledge
And your experience,
We'll figure this out.
- I have no experience.
- Hey, you guys!
-
Oh
Oh, come on, yeah
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
-
Yo, the power we perfected
Is electrically connected
So use it as directed
And expect to be respected
-
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
Feel the power,
Feel the power
Feel the power, yo,
And plug it in
Electric company
Electric company, yeah
Electric company
Electric company
- Boss, I am so, so, so,
So "not enough sos
In the universe"sorry
I lost your book,
But I will make this right
If it's the last thing I do,
I promise you.
By the way, can I have
Thursday afternoon off?
It's my half-birthday.
- Is he ok in there?
- Sure.
It's just like a snake's
Natural habitat.
Cover doesn't touch.
Show them, hector.
- I looked this up on-line.
A milk snake lives
On a forest floor.
See? He's got a lot
Of hiding places and water.
- Yeah, but no tv. That's harsh.
- Calvero is not
Gonna like that.
He lives for cooking shows.
- Hector, this note just came
For you marked "urgent."
I think it might
Have something to do
With your little friend there.
He's not venomous, is he?
- No. He's not poisonous at all.
In fact,
He's completely harmless.
- It's from danny.
- Ok. "Little as a..."
- Bean.
- "Little as a bean...
Striped and blob"?
- Try "green."
- That's it.
"Little as a bean
Striped and green."
- Yeah. That's it. Uh-oh.
- Oh, no! My sister
Just turned into a lizard.
My mom is gonna k*ll me.
Danny...
- Danny must have the book.
- Do you know how
To reverse this, marlon?
- I don't know the spells very
Well without the magic book,
But I'll try.
Magical matter, dance and swirl.
Turn this lizard back into
A lovely young lady.
Oh!
- Look at these scales.
This is a disaster.
Marlon, how long do I have
To change myself back?
- An hour.
- I only have an hour?
- Calvero only has minutes.
- Well, we need to find
This book fast.
- But where?
- Maybe the answer
Is in the next message.
- We haven't gotten that yet.
- You sure about that?
- Another message from danny.
"Meet me at the..."
- Ok. That's a top.
- "Of the..."
- "Steps.""Meet me
At the top of the steps."
- Ok. The magic book
Has got to be there.
-
Rrr!
Whoosh...pshh!
- Trap.
- Trap.
- He's got a point.
This might be another one
Of danny rebus' traps.
- Well, that's a chance
I'm willing to take.
- I'm gonna take calvero
Back to his apartment.
Maybe there's another copy
Of the magic book.
- Ok. Let us know
If you find anything.
- Let's hit it.
- All right.
- Ee!
- Ee!
- Ee!
- Ee!
-
I need that ee, ee, ee
- What?
-
Ee, ee, ee
- Huh?
-
To make a step less steep
I need that ee, ee, ee
- What?
-
To turn "met"into "meet"
Yo, salisa, I agree,
We need that ee
Without that sound,
We couldn't even see
Or climb a tree,
Live in a world that is free
We owe it a big thanks,
We should pay it a fee
-
Or maybe we should just
Stop acting cheesy
And say it out loud,
Truly, madly, deeply
We love that sound,
And we'll always keep ee
-
Ee, ee, ee
-
I need that ee, ee, ee
- What?
I need that ee, ee, ee
I need that ee
- Welcome to...
First up is the red team,
The word "bee."
We're be seeing a lot
Of double-e today.
This bee goes, "buzz,"
And there it is--
The word "bee."
The blue team is up next
With "freedom."
This is harder, as double-e
Comes in the middle of the word.
Will they make it? Yes!
"Freedom,"and it feels so good.
Next, "sweeten,"
Like "sweeten the lemonade,"
Another one with double-e
In the middle.
Can they pull it off? Yes!
"Sweeten."
Blue team is back with "sneeze."
Time is running out. Can they?
Ah-ah-choo!
Yes! "Sneeze."
- Hello, josephine.
Are you raising money
For your school?
- Yes, mr. Mcgee.
Would you like to buy a tree?
- Already got one of those.
- How about
Your very own street?
- I love it, but I already live
On my very own street.
- That's pretty much
All I have, mr. Mcgee.
Ah-choo!
- How about if I buy
Your sneeze?
- What? I can sell you
Something normal, like a tree,
But a sneeze
Is just plain weird.
- I'll give you bucks for it.
- Sold.
- You want to meet my aunt?
- Uh-huh.
- Hola. Como estas?
- Today on
The big face faceoff,
It's hector versus annie.
- In this duel,
I will use "eh"sound.
- I'll take the "ee"sound.
- Hmm...
I will make you my pet.
- Eh, eh, eh.
- Ooh, roll over, hector.
Roll over.
- I will use this tree
To climb out of the cage.
- Ee...yay!
- But you've landed in a den.
- A lion!
Oh, lucky for me,
The lion is asleep.
- He'll wake up now that
It's time to be fed.
- Annie, don't underestimate me.
I can always think on my feet.
Oh, ho ho!
Annie, keep your eyes out.
I heard it was bee season.
- I'll get you for this.
- Eh.
- So, what's happened so far?
- We love magic.
- We love magic.
- And now I will transform
Into a snake.
- What's that, boss? - It means I'm changing
Into a snake. Just rember to
Use the spell in the book to change me back.
- Right.
- Transform, transform,
Transform.
- Yay, he transformed
From a human into a snake.
- Oh, no. I can't find the book.
I can't change you back.
- Hey, you guys!
- Look at the little harmless snake.
- Really? He's harmless?
- Yeah. He wouldn't hurt you.
Look. Nice snake.
Nice snake. See?
Harmless. - A note. "This
Is a magic spell that
Will transform me into a reptile.
Aah! I'm a lizard.
- Tough break, sis.
Now that you're a lizard, you're
Part of the reptile family.
As a reptile, you're related
To turtles and iguanas...
- And snakes.
- Aah! I'm half a lizard.
Part of me is a girl,
And part of me is a lizard.
- Excuse me, guys.
We've got to find that book,
Or jessica will be
Part lizard for life.
- Psst, I'm behind this
Mischief, and I'm at the stairs.
- To the stairs!
- Whew, man.
- Come on.
- Where is he? - Wait up. - I
Still don't get why danny
Wanted to meet up at the steps.
- To demonstrate
Who is the top dog.
- Oh.
- Yeah. Well, listen dog boy.
Lizard girl is tired of playing.
- That was
An unfortunate mistake.
It wasn't you, jessica, whom
I wished to turn into a lizard.
It was hector.
- What?
- What?
- Ho ho! Don't you rember?
Two weeks ago at the deli,
You tripped and spilled
Milk on my shoes.
- That was an accident.
I apologized.
- Still, I had to wipe my shoes
With a damp paper towel
And wait nearly an hour
For them to dry,
And when they did,
They were crusty,
So with that in mind...
- The book!
- "Reptile spirits,
Hear my spell.
Send this fellow
Back to his shell."
- Oh, wow.
- Wow, danny is a turtle.
- Oh!
- Yeah. Come on.
- Oh, the spell
Must only transform
The person who recites it.
Oh, wow.
- Hey, but where's the book?
- Where did it go?
- Well, I know
Who doesn't have it.
- Ok. Between the turtle
And the snake
And jessica
With all these scales,
We've got more reptiles
Than the bronx zoo.
- I'm only half-reptile.
- Which half?
- You do not want to test me
Right now, bro.
- I think the book disappeared
When he recited that spell.
- Wait. Remember
Back at the diner?
- Just like a snake's
Natural habitat.
- Yeah, but no tv. That's harsh.
Do I really sound like that?
- Oh, yeah. I get it.
So, when I feel
Like disappearing,
I go back to my
Natural habitat--my bedroom.
So, the book probably just
Went back to its habitat.
- Where does the book live?
- Calvero's apartment.
- Mm, genius.
- Oh. It's from marlon.
He says that we need to go to
Calvero's apartment right now.
- All right. Let's go because
These scales are getting itchy.
- Let's go. Come on.
- You are getting sleepy,
Sleepy.
Ok. Now meet my friend
Bossy "r."
Whenever you come
Before the letter "r,"
You will change your sound.
"A,"you make the "a"sound,
Like in "cat,"
But "r"will change you
To "ar,"like in "car."
"E,"you make the "eh"sound,
Like in "hen,"
But "r"will change you to "er,"
Like in "her."
"I,"you make the "ih"sound,
Like in "sit,"
But "r"will change you to "ir,"
Like in "sir."
"O,"you make the "ah"sound,
Like in "spot,"
But "r"will change you to "or,"
Like in "sport,"
And you, "u,"--
Yes, you, "u"--
You make the "uh"sound,
Like in "fun,"
But "r"will change you to "ur,"
Like in "fur."
Everybody got that? Ok.
Now, when I snap my fingers,
Whenever you come before an "r,"
You will change your sound
Forever and ever,
No backsies, no kidding.
Ok, "r."Now you can boss
All the vowels around.
- Uh, uh, uh, uh...
Bbb, bbb, bbb...
St.
"Bust."Bust.
- Rrr.
- Hhwt! Rrr.
"Burst."Burst.
Phht!
Kkhh!
Eh, eh, eh, eh...
Jjj, jjj, jjj...
Mm.
"Gem."Gem.
- Rrr.
- Hhwt! Rrr.
"Germ."Germ.
Phht!
-
- She's so bossy.
-
I never met a vowel
That didn't like my swing
Is it because I'm so sassy
The way I do my thing?
I like to shake things up
I like a sound
That's new
I ain't satisfied
With changing "a"
I want "e,""i,""o,"
And "u"
That's why I'm bossy
-
Oh, yeah, she's bossy "r,"
You better do what she says
-
Yes, and I'm a star
-
Little miss bossy "r,"
Her way is the only way
Wah-oop, bossy "r"
She's got a brand-new sound
Little miss bossy "r,"
She'll turn your lives around
-
Let me introduce
My background singers
Each one has a gift
But they all sound
So much better with me
Ha ha! You catch my drift?
Without me there
To make them pretty
They would just be lost
A consonant like me
To show those poor vowels
Who's the boss
That's right, I'm bossy
-
Standing in the back,
I'm on the short-a track
But next to bossy "r,"my
Sound changes from "a"to "ar"
So, now when I sing my part
I sho'nuff sound smart
In my car, it's an art
- Come on, "o."
-
Ah, it's simple,
Yes, sirree
I like my sound a lot
Till bossy gets a hold of me
And I change
Right in the spot
I got a score
Of sounds galore
I had to run
And tell my neighbor
That this "o"has got
A brand-new flavor
- You see how I change the sound
From "cat"to "cart"
Or from "pat"to "part"?
Oh, you'll get it.
This is so much fun.
-
Oh, it was set,
We weren't a hit
You can bet we didn't fit
Our hands were tied,
But still, we tried
To make the best of it
Then bossy came around
And changed our sounds
And put us on the mike
Now when we're next to her
"E"and "i"
Sound just alike, yeah
- "E"and "i"make
Two different sounds
Till I come around.
I change the "i"sound
From "fist"to "first"
And the "e"
From "gem"to "germ,"you see?
-
Pardon if I blush
But I can't help but gush
'Cause I'm so thrilled
With bossy
That I swear
I might just bust
- Or burst. - Changes "uh"
To "ur"so "bun"
Can become "burn"
Yes, with that "r,"
I'm happy
That I always get my turn
-
Ooh, I'm bossy
-
Oh, yeah, she's bossy "r,"
You better do what she says
-
Yes, and I'm a star
-
Little miss bossy "r,"
Her way is the only way
Wah-oop, bossy "r"
She's got a brand-new sound
Little miss bossy "r"
-
I'll turn your lives around
Yeah
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
Whoa, whoa, who's got danny?
- I thought hector had him.
- Not me.
- Ohh, there he goes.
I'll go get him
And catch up with you.
- All right. Let's go.
- Ok.
- Hurry up.
There's no time to lose.
- Where's the book?
- It's in here, but there's
A slight problem.
- How slight?
- Well, see, the book is locked
Under this super strong
Unbreakable glass case,
And, believe me, I've tried,
And then there's this riddle.
- "In case of emergency,
Do not break the glass.
"Just find the right key,
And you may pass.
But if you wish to make a try,
You must look behind the eye."
- That's it. The key must be
Behind one of these eyes.
- Oh, of course.
You know, you guys
Are really clever.
- It says, "ode to calvero."
What is this?
- Looks like a poem,
But it sure isn't a key.
- Wait a minute. This could be
The words to a song.
There's this kind of key...
And there's this kind of key.
-
Calvero, calvero
- Where's that music
Coming from?
Oh, that music goes
With these words.
If someone sings this song,
Then that's got to be the key.
- Oh, let me sing it.
I'll get you
Out of this pickle, boss.
Just you wait.
He's the best magician
There's no competition
When it comes to feats
Of wonder
Cue the lightning,
Sound the thunder
See within his eyes the power
To open up the skies
Oh, the power he possesses
Not to mention
How he dresses
And his hair
So long and straight
So beautiful
He's calvero the great
Yes
Greatest of all time!
Every spell he casts, sublime.
Soon, all the world
Will know calvero
La
- Ohh...
- Thank goodness.
Break the spell.
- I have to do calvero first.
- All right.
-
- "Slamma jamma ramma,
Coffee and bran...
Transform this snake
Back to a man."
- Phew!
- Oh, calvero,
Are you all right?
- Wow, what a trip.
How's the hair?
- Oh, perfect.
- Excuse me. Some of us
Are still half-reptiles here.
- Right.
Magical matter, dance and swirl.
Turn this lizard back to a girl.
Yay, I'm me again.
Good thing, too, because I was
Getting hungry for flies.
- Oh, thank you. Um, it's lisa.
She said that she got danny
And that we need to meet her
At the diner.
- We better hurry up.
- Yeah. Let's go.
-
Now, once upon a time,
Not long ago
When people read books
And lived life slow
There was a bossy letter
By the name of "r"
And anywhere she went,
Vowels acted bizarre
She was sitting in the park
With her friend letter "a"
And when it got dark,
This is what she'd say
"I think you need
A brand-new start
"You sound different in "cat"
Than you do in "cart"
"When we stick together,
We can go so far
As you go from "a"to "ar"
Letter "a"turned
And said, "I see
"Wouldn't you rather be
With your friend letter "e"?
"She acts so different
When you're with her
"So instead of "we,"
"We got the way we were"
From "eh"to "er,"
From "a"to "ar"
Then they turned around,
And guess who they saw
"O"the vowel
On a nearby tower
With a round, little face
And an angry scowl
She said, "no, no, "r."
Can't take any more
"I sound so different
Than I did before
"I was "o"for "show,"
Now I sound like "or"
Please go away,
You are such a bore"
- This is when people
Have different ideas
About the same thing.
All right. Let's sound it out.
Start with the ddd.
Ddd...ih...di...
Di...sss...
Dis...a...
Dis...a...grr,
And then it ends
With a double-e,
Which makes the "ee"sound,
So it's dis...a..grr...ee--
Disagree.
You don't disagree
With me, do you?
- What's the game today?
- Uh, I don't know.
- How about gr-growl?
- Growl!
- Growl!
- Gr-grass and grow.
Growing!
- Grab my hand. Come back here.
- Ooh, man, you have
A great grip.
- Hey, look, you guys.
I'm green.
- Hey, look. I'm greasy.
- Oh, hey, look. I'm floating
In a bowl of gravy.
- Gravy? Oh! Groovy gravy.
- Oh, you know it, grandma.
- You guys are great.
- Oh, you're great, too.
- Let's get some grapes.
- You're great.
- I'm special agent jack bowser.
Not only am I stuck
In this cheesy place.
It's about to explode,
And I can't cr*ck the code
To get out.
Help me read this.
- Whoo hoo!
- One touchy reptile
And one dubious policeman,
So different yet so the same.
- Aah! I was minding
My own business
When I saw this horrible
Venomous reptile.
- Venomous?
I'm dubious about that.
Most reptiles are harmless.
Don't worry, little guy.
I'll get to the bottom of this.
- Aw, she hurt my feelings.
- Slow down a little. - Oh,
Wait. You don't like my
Driving? - Don't be so touchy.
- I am not touchy.
- I'm dubious about that.
- "That touchy reptile,"
Rolling into a theater near you.
- Am I too late?
- Not if we hurry.
- "Book of magic, don't be coy.
Transform this turtle
Back to a boy."
-
- Ha ha!
- Uh, thanks, I guess,
Or something.
- Yeah. No problem.
- I'll be back,
Electric company.
Mark my words. Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!
- Fries.
- Yay!
- Oh, you guys got fries?
I'm still gonna get you guys.
- Oh, really? Yeah.
- Oh, right.
Not with that hat on.
- What's wrong with my hat?
What's wrong with my hat?
- It matches the suspenders.
It's nice.
- I had this...
- What's up, guys?
It's hector here
From the electric company.
- Hey!
- We've got a lot of great place
Where we hang out,
But somehow wherever we turn,
We come up against
Some pranksters who always try
To trip us up.
- Hello, jessica.
- When one of us runs
Into a problem...
- Oh, no! No, td! Come back!
- We sound the call...
- Hey...
- You...
- Guys!
- And then we all meet up
At the electric diner.
Keith's dad, mr. Watson,
Owns the electric diner.
- Son, whatever anybody wants,
It's on the house.
- Our friend shock
Works at the diner
And is our own beatbox.
-
- You'd be surprised how often
That comes in handy.
You just never know
Who you're gonna meet
When you're hanging out
At the electric diner,
But it's usually
Quite an awesome bunch.
Keep watching
"The electric company"
To see some
Of your favorite stars.
- Oh, oh, ok.
- My sister just turned
Into a lizard.
My mom is gonna k*ll me.
Danny...
- Danny must have the book.
- Marlon, do you know
How to reverse this? Oh!
- Oh!
- Whoo! Whoo!
- What? Ha ha!
In this super strong
Indestructible--what?
It's locked--i'm so sorry.
- I return back
To my natural habitat.
- Aah! Hee hee hee!
- That was a bee.
01x11 - Abracadabra Ca-Green
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A comedy series that teaches basic phonetic and grammar concepts using live-action sketches, cartoons, songs, and Spider-Man episodes now known as Sesame Workshop.
A comedy series that teaches basic phonetic and grammar concepts using live-action sketches, cartoons, songs, and Spider-Man episodes now known as Sesame Workshop.