(old-time piano music)
(groaning)
- Please tell the Duchess
we've arrived, love.
Off with you, then.
(fast-paced piano music)
All right, she's gone.
- [Mugsy] Hey
boss, free bananas.
- Stop thinking about
your stomach, Mugsy.
We've got a job to do.
Now don't forget, when
I dance with the Duchess
you sneak upstairs and nab
that fancy pearl necklace.
Got it?
- Got it.
- Hey, chowderhead, you can't
just through your banana peels
on the floor.
This is a classy joint.
(fabric ripping)
Now look what you
did, my pants ripped.
Good thing I always travel
with a needle and thread.
Now sew up my pants.
You do know how to sew?
- I sew so-so.
- So, sew.
- Duchess?
- Duchess.
- Baron.
- Oh Duchess my dear,
you are a vision.
May I have the next dance?
- Dear, dear me, it's as if I--
(laughing)
Sorry, what's the line?
- Really?
She doesn't know her lines.
How could I work like this.
- Danny, Danny,
okay lights, please.
Everyone take five,
Lise you okay?
- Yeah, I just you
know, I'm sorry.
I just got--
- Trouble with your
lines, Duchess?
- Leave me alone, Annie.
You know, I just
heard Della laughing
and it kind of threw me.
- Oh I understand if you're
a little nervous, Lisa.
- Thanks, Annie.
- Of course, if one
little person throws you
then what's gonna
happen on opening night
when we do the whole play?
Performing in front
of a sold out crowd,
every single seat filled
with people staring,
waiting, judging.
- Really?
All the seats are sold?
- All of them.
- Annie, can you give
us a minute, please?
Okay hey, come over here.
Are you okay?
- Uh, Hector?
- Uh-huh?
- I shouldn't play this part.
- What are you talking about?
What's the matter, it's okay.
You messed up one line,
that's fine it happens.
- No, no, no you're better
off without me, really.
- [Hector] Lisa.
- Lisa.
- Lisa.
Can I get a spotlight.
Hey, you guys!
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, 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,
feel the power
Feel the power,
yo and plug it in
Plug it in, everybody
Electric Company,
Electric Company
Electric Company,
Electric Company
- I'm sorry Hector, I'm so
nervous about performing
in front of a crowd.
- I still don't know what
you're nervous about.
You've been really, really,
really great in rehearsal.
You've been brilliant.
- When there's no audience.
But when I think of all
those people watching me,
my mind just goes blank.
- Don't you remember
your lines by heart?
Didn't you memorize them?
- Yeah, I memorized
them weeks ago.
- You can't let a few
jitters get in the way
of your performance.
- Is there anything
we can do to help you?
- Hire a new actress?
- That's a great idea.
Who could we get?
- Can it, Annie, all right?
- Lisa come on, I cast you
in this part because you
are perfect for it.
- Hey, I have an idea.
As stage manager, I have the
script with me backstage.
- Yeah?
- So if at any point
Lisa forgets her lines
I can just, show them to you.
- You mean feed me the
lines as I perform?
- Yeah, that way you don't
have to worry about memorizing.
They'll be right there
when you need them.
- All right, sounds
like a plan to me.
Come on let's go,
the show must go on.
- Judging.
- The show must go on.
(vocal warm-ups)
- Well hello there, Danny.
I was just stopping
by to talk to you
about your performance.
- My performance, what about it?
- How it's brilliant, for one.
- Well, I wouldn't
say brilliant?
- No, huh.
- Well it's more than brilliant.
I'm the smartest
and the most gifted.
I mean, pretty much a genius.
- A true genius who deserves
to be taken seriously.
Too bad you won't be.
- What's that supposed to mean?
- Oh, if Lisa forgets
to say her lines
that means you never
get to say yours.
Lines you've worked so hard
to memorize, to master.
She will ruin your
brilliant performance.
- You have a point.
- Oh, I have more than
a point, Sir Danny.
I have a plan.
(upbeat instrumental music)
- Hey, yo short i.
- Me?
- Come on, raise your fist up.
Come on, raise your fist up.
Come on, raise your fist up.
Come on, raise your fist.
It's time for y'all to
put your fist in the sky
and we're gonna list all
the different reasons why.
Short i, still, the letter
that will bring you a smile
and help you get your fill.
'Cause without out that,
we never could win,
we'd simply have a w, n.
And that wouldn't get us
to the finish line, friend.
- Oh, to the finish
line, friend.
- Come up, raise your fist up.
Come on, raise your fists.
Come on, raise you fist up,
come on, raise your fist.
- Raise your fist real fast.
(upbeat instrumental music)
(beatboxing)
Stick, stick, stick, stick
Pick up the stick
Stock, stack, nickel
Nickel, nickel, neck, peck
Pack, pack
Pick, pick, pick, pick, pick
Pink, pink, pink, pink
Link, link, link, link
music, music
Music, music
(laughing)
- Music, man.
(dinging)
(upbeat instrumental music)
- W
- ith
- With.
- Wh
- ich
- Which
- W
- indow
- Window
- W
- iggle
- Wiggle
- W
- ish
- Wish
- Make a wish.
What'd you wish for?
- I can't tell you.
- Oh.
- It won't come true, then.
(upbeat instrumental music)
- Second grade, I took a test.
The next day Mrs. Cornbender
hands back my test
and do you know what was on it?
The word, "jymnasium"
and a big red x.
So I said, Mrs. Cornbender,
what is wrong with this word?
Do you know what she said?
She said, oh well
Danny, jymnasium's
not spelled with a j,
it's spelled with a g.
I said, (laughing) a g?
But a g makes a guh sound,
like in good, or big,
or alligator.
But this word
should be gymnasium.
And do you know what she said?
Well sometimes Danny,
g can make a juh sound,
usually when it comes
before an e, or an i, or a y
in words like page,
or ginger, or energy.
I actually kind of
like Mrs. Cornbender.
(upbeat instrumental music)
- So what's happened so far?
- I've giving a
great performance.
It's so great it's brilliant.
- I'm more than
brilliant, I'm a genius.
- We're both geniuses.
- So am I, wait what's my line?
(groans)
- Cut, hey, you guys.
- I can't remember my lines,
how will I perform in this play?
- I have a really great idea.
Actually, it's better than
great, it's a brilliant idea.
I can help you from off-stage.
- You're a genius, with
your help I can perform.
- We'll see about it.
Oh, Danny.
(upbeat instrumental music)
(fabric ripping)
- Now look what you
did, my pants ripped.
Good thing I always travel
with a needle and thread.
Now, sew up my pants.
(laughing)
You do know how to sew?
- [Mugsy] I sew so-so.
- [Danny] So, sew.
- Duchess?
- Duchess.
- Baron, ooh.
- Duchess, my dear,
you are a vision.
May I have the next dance?
- Dear me, it's as
if, it's as if, as if,
as if, if,
as if I had two felt teef.
I mean, two left feet.
- Here, let us help
you up, my dear.
- Oh what a gentleman,
Baron you are,
you are tar food ink?
- I beg your pardon.
- I mean rat kin fodo.
- All right, that's enough.
- I mean, oh far too kind.
The line is far too kind.
- It's too late,
the scene is ruined.
- Lights, please.
Thank you, Fernando.
- Look at her, she is a mess.
- He's right, I am.
- But I thought Jess was
feeding you the lines
from off-stage.
I was, but I don't understand.
- She's obviously such a
nervous wreck she can't even
read the lines
Jessica's giving to her.
- As an artist, I simply can't
work under these conditions.
Look, if Lisa can't
memorize her lines I suggest
we find somebody else who can.
- Like who?
- Oh, that's impossible.
The person would have
to know all the lines.
- You know all the lines.
- True, but the person would
have to fit the costume.
- You fit the costume.
- True, but the person would
have to be a brilliant actress,
a genius really, and
very, very pretty.
Danny.
- Oh right, I guess
you're sort of like that.
I'd like to nominate
Annie Scrambler.
- But what about Lisa?
- Ah, she can play my role,
the role of the wordless maid.
I say we switch.
- You mean, play the maid.
- That part doesn't
have any lines.
- Well there's nothing
for her to memorize
and there's nothing
for her to ruin.
I refuse to let little
Miss Forgets Her Lines
make a fool out of
a genius like me.
If she doesn't quit, I will.
- Quit, Danny you can quit,
you're the leading man.
If you quit now we might as
well call off the whole show.
- Call it off, but
Hector you've been dying
to direct this play.
- We have an audience coming.
- [Jess] We're
just gonna give up?
- Guys, it doesn't take a
genius to figure this out.
You give the Annie the
part of the Duchess.
- Give Annie the part?
I don't know, Lisa, are
you sure about that?
- I think it's a great idea.
Yes.
(upbeat instrumental music)
It's a wonderful sound,
it's a wonderful letter
It allows me to get some
gum when you're gone
Visiting goblin
down the street
I love my bug that
I captured in a mug
Right next to
that wonderful jug
Yeah, I'm feeling so gentle
No way, that's not
the way to say it
I believe it's gentle
Oh gentle sounds like
a huge, gem, giraffe
Giant energy, your
favorite dance in your gym
Oh I love the soft
g, or the hard g
It's all g to me
(upbeat instrumental music)
- I love to try to do this
and sing at the same time
I see two g's in there
and there is no e, i, or y
coming after either of them.
So they must make
the guh sounds.
Guh-ar- garguh- garg,
gargle, oh let's push
that g and l together.
Gargle, then I see that the
i-n-g, which I know is ing,
gargling, gargling look.
I'll do it right now.
(gargling)
(upbeat instrumental music)
When you see a g in a
word before e, i, or y
You make a sound like a j
And that's a soft g
Like page, gym, or giant
That's a soft g,
that's a soft g
When you see a g in a
word before e, i, or y
You make a sound like
a j, and that's soft g
Oh that's a soft g
(upbeat instrumental music)
- G-g-g-g
- Good morning.
- G-g-g
- Get you some breakfast.
- G-g-g-g
- Gettysburg Address,
galloping ghost, goat cheese.
(sneezes)
- G-g-g
- Gem, you have a
precious gem to give me.
- G-g-g
- Genius, you think I'm a genius
- G-g-g, gee whiz,
next time warn somebody
when you're going to sneeze.
- G-g-g, get ready. (sneezes)
(upbeat instrumental music)
- Hey, I'm Mark
Ecko, I'm an artist.
I've always had a ton of energy.
As a kid I couldn't
even sit still.
I drew and painted on
everything, and I still do.
Energy, energy, energy,
it's like a ball but
bouncing around inside of me
from my head to my toes.
The only way to get it
out is to get it out.
It's a spark that makes me go.
Where do you put your energy?
(upbeat instrumental music)
- Hello and welcome to
Skelectapiece Theater.
I am your host Della
Troataragnaherrickenfricken
and I proudly present
you the Electric Players
production of The
World is My Oyster.
Here we are backstage with
one of the stars of the play,
Miss Annie Scrambler.
Say hello, Annie.
- Excuse me?
- Say hello Annie.
- Exactly who am
I saying hello to?
- I happened to catch
you guys rehearsing
and I thought I'd share the
play with all the Skelekians
back home.
- Oh, you mean your whole
planet will be watching this?
- They're watching now on an
intergalactic closed circuit.
I am broadcasting the show live.
- Live?
- Everybody freeze.
Nobody move a muscle
until I find my monocle.
- Exactly how many Skelekians
are we talking about?
- I don't know, a billion?
- Really?
- No, just kidding.
- (laughing) Hysterical,
so it's not a billion?
- No, it's million, tops.
- (laughing) It was in
my pocket the whole time.
(laughing)
Now I can act.
Carry on.
- million eyes
will be watching?
- Well figure two
ears per Skelekian,
that's more like million.
- All right, places
everybody, places.
- Better grab a seat,
catch you after the show.
Knock 'em dead.
- I'm okay, I'm good, I'm good.
Nobody panic, it's
gonna be fine.
Annie, get it together,
just get it together.
You can do this.
(clapping and cheering)
(sighing)
- Please tell the Duchess
we've arrived, love.
Off with you, then.
(lively piano music)
- You don't look so good.
- Della's broadcasting
the show live
to million
Skelekians as we speak.
A sold out crowd is
one thing, but this,
what if everyone on that
planet thinks I stink?
- You've got a few people on
this planet that think so.
You can't think
about that right now.
- But it's all I
can think about.
If I knew it was this
much pressure I never
would have scrambled the
lines Jessica gave you.
- Scramble the lines?
Wait a second.
- Shh.
- Duchess?
- Duchess.
- You scrambled my lines.
I will deal with you later.
This is your big
entrance, don't blow it.
- I'm not making any kind
of entrance, not now.
- Duchess?
- (clearing throat)
I said Duchess.
- Annie, if you don't
go out there right now
you will ruin the show.
- It's your part, you do it.
- No.
- You do it.
- No.
- You do it.
- No.
- You do it.
- Duchess?
- Duchess.
(anticipatory guitar music)
I've got a bad
case of stagefright
I'm doubting myself and
I just don't feel right
Letting everyone down,
helpless I stare at the ground
With nothing to say,
why's this happening today
If I could only break free
Oh, of what is bothering me
Everybody's watching me and
I don't wanna let them down
Oh no, oh no
But I can do something,
I've gotta do something
To turn this
situation around
I gotta follow through,
see it through to the end
Follow through, be
there for my friends
I can still do my part
'cause I know in my heart
If I can do the best that I
can do I'll follow through
See it through to the end
Follow, follow through,
I'll follow through
- Duchess.
- Baron.
- Duchess?
- Baron, whoo.
- Duchess, my dear,
you are a vision.
May I have the next dance?
- Dear me, it's as if
I had two left feet.
- [Danny] Here, let us
help you up, my dear.
- Oh what a gentleman.
Baron, you are far too kind.
- Why thank you, now may
I have the next dance?
- Baron, I never dance with
a man with torrid past.
(laughing)
Baron, Baron, Baron.
(upbeat instrumental music)
(tap dancing)
(beatboxing)
- Meet.
- Meeting.
(beatboxing)
- Kick.
- Kicking, kicking.
(beatboxing)
- Twirl.
- Twirling, twirling.
(beatboxing)
- Walk.
- Walking, walking.
(beatboxing)
(upbeat instrumental music)
- What's the game today?
- Um, I don't know.
- Ing, ing, ing, ing.
- What are you doing?
- Doing, good one,
how about swinging?
- Oh that's good, that's
two ings in swinging.
- You are the king of--
- Bring me my crown.
- I'm singing to the king.
- Kiss my ring.
- That's not a ring,
that's a big, bold string.
- Yeah, I'm not
kissing that thing.
- So what are you doing?
- I'm making an ending.
(laughing)
(upbeat instrumental music)
(beatboxing)
- Coming (beatboxing)
coming (beatboxing) coming.
(beatboxing) coming.
(beatboxing) Going
(beatboxing), going,
(beatboxing) going, (beatboxing)
going, (beatboxing), going.
(beatboxing) Coming,
(beatboxing) going.
(beatboxing) Coming, going,
going, going, coming,
coming, coming,
going (beatboxing).
(upbeat instrumental music)
- I'm Special Agent Jack Bowser.
This is just grape,
I mean, great.
This place is about to explode,
but I can't cr*ck the code
to get out.
Help me read this.
Greg was grateful, so he gave
a grape to the giant giraffe.
Greg was grateful, so he gave
a grape to the giant giraffe.
(buzzer buzzes)
(upbeat instrumental music)
- [Narrator] Arthur
Walters was a regular kid.
Then one day, something
astonishing happened.
He was suddenly a genius.
- Mom, something
astonishing happened.
I became really
smart, I'm brilliant.
He thought that the
change would be permanent,
that he would be
brilliant forever.
- How's the formula to save
the world coming along, Arthur?
- Pretty darn well,
Madam President.
- [Narrator] But the
change was only temporary.
- Turns out I'm not
a genius anymore.
- Well this looks brilliant,
but what does it all mean?
- [Narrator] Temporary,
see it while it lasts.
(upbeat instrumental music)
- And of course the highlight
of this winning production
of The World is My Oyster,
was the brilliant performance
of Lisa as the Duchess.
- Okay, okay look you
guys, you made me really,
really proud,
especially you Lisa.
You saved the show.
- Brilliant performance,
what about me?
What about Sir Danny Rebus,
I'm the one who's the genius
around here.
- Oh Danny, they said some
really good things about you.
- Good? I was great.
- They didn't say
anything about me.
- Oh no, they did too.
Oh no they didn't.
- Let me see that.
Ah, (clears throat) yes, Annie
Scrambler was forgettable
as the wordless maid.
- That must hurt.
(screaming)
(upbeat instrumental music)
Wanna know more about me
and the rest of the cast?
Just go online to pbskidsgo.org.
We have behind the
scenes entire episodes
and loads of brand-new
games all the time.
But don't just take
my word for it, go,
check it out for
yourself, go, go.
- Aw, remix.
(beatboxing)
- Come on, yeah.
We got Pete.
- What up?
(beatboxing)
The time is now,
the day is here
The rhythm that you're
feeling, the music in your ear
The charge is electric
And all you've gotta
do is plug it in
Plug it in
Just imagine a world where
everything around you
Every sight and sound will
astound you, surround you
And before you know it
even you have the power
To bring a word to
life, that's right
That's right
That's what we do at
the Electric Company
Inviting all of you to
all the possibilities
Learning to write
and learning to read
We have a good time
while we plant the seed
And once you get it
you have to share it
Discovering your power, you
own it, you wear it proud
And you shout it out loud
Electric Company is in town
- If you don't go
out there right now
you will ruin the show.
- It's your part, you do it.
(laughing)
- Baron, Baron, Baron,
Baron, little Baron,
Vandini, big bun, (laughing)
- [Danny] What,
Vandini, big bun?
- No little one, I was
talking to little one.
- Whoa, that's amazing.
(laughing)
01x20 - The Wordball is My Oyster
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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.