(upbeat music)
- Hey there Keith,
what have you got?
- It's my egg.
I saw the ad for
it in my comic book
and I sent away
for it in the mail.
See?
- Oh.
Hatch a Skeleckian Flube Egg.
Oh cool, is that it's cage?
- Not a cage, a biosphere.
- Oh, there's a whole sealed
off environment in there?
- Yeah, it has everything
from the flube's
natural surroundings
that it needs to live.
- Cool, oh yeah.
It comes with Skeleckian water,
Skeleckian air, Skeleckian soil,
it even has Skeleckian
plants growing in there.
- Yeah, that way once
the flube egg hatches,
it'll have everything
from it's environment.
- Wow.
- The flube egg is supposed
to hatch any day now.
So I'm carrying around
the biosphere with me
so I don't miss it.
- Hey there little guy.
Wow, this thing is really cold.
- Really?
Something's wrong.
- Is it supposed to be a
certain temperature in there?
- Yeah, it can't get
too hot or too cold
or the egg won't hatch.
So I need to keep my
eye on the thermometer.
- What's the temperature?
- It says degrees but
it's supposed to be .
- Well can you raise
the temperature?
- Yeah with this remote.
(beeping)
- Now the thermometer
says it's degrees.
Seems like the
remote isn't working.
- Oh no, the temperature
drops below degrees
and the flube will die.
- We are not gonna
let that happen.
- [Both] Hey you guys!
(upbeat music)
Oh, come on now
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
it's meant to be respected
Just turn it on
And you will see
That you belong
in the company
Feel the power,
feel the power
Oh feel the power
Feel the power,
yo, and plug it in
Feel the power
Feel the power
Everybody, yo,
and plug it in
Electric Company
Electric Company
Electric Company
It's Electric Company
- Okay, guys.
I got the help line.
- Oh, okay, put it on speaker.
- [Operator] You've
reached the Skeleckian
Biosphere Help Line.
If you need assistance with
the Skeleckian Biosphere
stay on the line.
An operator will be
with you in days.
- days?
- [Operator] That's right.
days after we return from our
Spangerdankenpuddin Vacation.
- What's Spangerdankenpuddin?
- It's a day Skeleckian
rubber band festival.
- days?
They must really like
their rubber bands.
- Irrelevant.
We need to fix
this biosphere now.
- Well, shouldn't that
thing have a thermostat
so you control the heat?
- This remote is supposed
to control the thermostat
inside the biosphere but right
now it's not really working.
- So how do we fix
the thermometer?
I mean thermostat.
You know, I always
get thermometer and
thermostat confused.
- Well a thermometer tells
what the temperature is.
And a thermostat is what you use
to change the temperature.
- Right, right.
- Okay, look.
We have the instructions.
Why don't we just open up
the biosphere and fix it?
- No, no, no!
See, if you open
up the biosphere
then you'll let all
the Skeleckian air out
and destroy the environment
and then the flube will die.
- Yeah, it's kind of like
emptying all of the water
out of a fish t*nk.
- Exactly.
We need to protect
its environment.
The only problem is that
there's no way to get
into the biosphere to
change the thermostat.
(dramatic music)
- I'll go get the
Shrinkinator .
It's the portable
Shrinkinator .
- No, no, I know this machine.
This is the Skeleckian
shrinking machine, right?
- Yep.
- So you think that this machine
can shrink Keith small enough
to get him inside the biosphere?
- Trust me.
This can make him very small.
- Like, tiny?
- Smaller than that.
- Like itsy-bitsy?
- Smaller than that.
- Okay, let's just
go with minuscule.
Come on, let's go.
- Keith, are you
sure you know how
to fix a thermostat?
- Well, if I follow
the instructions
how hard can it be?
- Okay.
(whirring)
- Whoa, I'm minuscule.
(funky music)
(birds chirping)
Hi, I'm Keith.
Don't worry, I'm gonna
fix the thermostat
so you can hatch.
Okay, buddy?
Whoa.
This must be the control panel.
Okay, this is gonna be
harder than I thought.
Connect the blue wire to the,
where's the rest of the page?
G-R?
Connect the blue wire to the gr?
That doesn't make sense.
Gr starts a lot of words.
(alarm sounding)
Uh-oh.
- Do you think he fixed it?
- Well, according
to the thermometer,
it's getting colder in there.
- Look, a tiny word ball.
- Yeah, yeah.
It's minuscule.
Here, let's enlarge it.
- The instructions
are missing a page.
Oh, we gotta get
Keith some help.
(laughing)
- Okay, I hate to say it,
but we need someone who's
really good with electronics.
- Manny Spamboni?
Oh, you have gotta be kidding!
- Well, he is good
with electronics.
- Yeah, he's also really
good at causing trouble.
- Well can you think
of a better solution?
- Something tells me this
is gonna be a bad idea.
- I don't think Keith
needs to see this.
(upbeat music)
- What's the game?
- I don't know.
- Fl, as in flat.
- Flatten your stomachs.
(inhaling)
Uh, actually I'm flabby.
(laughing)
- Fly.
I'm flying.
- Ooh, you are
flapping, flap, flap.
- Flapjacks.
Flapjacks.
- Oh, fling.
I'm flinging flapjacks.
- Oh, flavorful.
- Ooh, flavor, flavor, flavor.
- Flavorfull.
- Flavor flapjacks.
(muffled speech)
- Yummy flavor.
- Flavor.
(upbeat music)
- Fl.
(beatboxing)
Fl, fl, fl, ip
Flip
Flip
Flip
Fl, fl, op
Flop
Flop
Fl, in, flate
Inflate
In-fl-ate
Inflate
Inflate
Inflate
(upbeat music)
(dramatic music)
- You know what sound I love?
Fr.
F-R.
(giggling)
You know what
sound I don't love?
Fl.
F-L.
Go away, fl.
Oh, hello you sweet little fr.
(giggling)
I love fr.
With fr, it's always Friday
and I'm first in
line for frankfurters
and french fries.
(buzzing)
Fl's back.
Fl's a flop.
What does fl give us?
Fleas?
I hate fleas.
Flat, I hate getting a
flat on my bicycle tire.
Flowers.
Well I don't mind flowers.
All right, fl.
We can be friends.
Don't expect me to change
my name to Flancine.
(upbeat music)
What time is it
It's time to have some fun
What time is it
It's time to have some fun
Fu, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh
Fu, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh
The time is right
To have some fun
'Cause the short U sound
Has just begun
If you want that
walk to pick up speed
Then bust out the uh
And watch it run
When you munch on lunch
And you need a treat
The uh's got your
back with a sticky bun
If you just can't wait
to jump from your seat
Then unleash the
uh and have some fu
Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-un.
Fu, uh-uh, uh-un
What time is it
Time to have some fun
Uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh
You know I'm a fan
of having some fun
Uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-un
- [Announcer] Today on
The Big Face Face Off,
it's Jessica versus Francine.
- In this duel, I
will use the uh sound.
- I will use the
uh sound as well.
- Too much sun.
I have an umbrella.
- I will build a hut
to shut out the sun.
- I will cut a hole in your hut.
- I will climb onto
the hump of this camel
and we will run to
a tub of icy water.
Ah, and the water is
cool as a cucumber.
- Oh yeah?
I will jump into my own
tub of icy cold water.
(slurping)
This is not my lucky day.
(upbeat music)
(somber music)
- Okay.
Are we sure we wanna
ask Manny for help?
- We have no choice.
We're desperate.
- You're telling me.
(funky music)
- I didn't do it.
- Didn't do what?
- Aren't you here about that
smell in your locker at school?
- What smell in my locker?
- Nevermind.
- Manny Spamboni if you--
- Okay.
Just forget about that
for a second, okay?
Manny, Manny.
We need a favor.
- A favor?
(laughing)
Oh, you were being serious?
- Forget it.
I knew that Manny wouldn't help
save Keith's pet flube.
- A pet?
- Yeah, I mean,
Manny doesn't know
what it feels like
to have something
small and defenseless.
Something that depends
on you for comfort
and warmth.
(uplifting music)
- Says you, Hector!
It's probably not expected
I'm not usually effected
By the feeling so connected
to a little bitty thing
But I have emotions
even if I don't show 'em
Don't assume that
it's always the same
I know how to care
about something
And someone be the
closest kind of friend
You can rely and depend on
And even though you
don't think it's true
Even a guy like me
knows a thing or two
About love
Oh love
When you call I'm there
Need a hand, I'm there
Need a coat, have mine
It's all flowers
and sunshine
Taking a walk in the park
Riding on my bike
'till it's dark
Sharing and caring
Laughing together
No matter which way
the wind may blow
You know real love
The kind that makes
you wanna celebrate
You know, hey,
drop the confetti
Oh love
Oh love
Like ice cream and cake
And making a smooshie face
And that's not all
I'm not done, wait
Love, oh love
When you call, I'm there
Need a hand, I care
Ain't nothing that
compares to love
I don't think this
is gonna work.
- Sure, it will.
Okay, so I'll shrink
you down with this
and then after you
fix the thermostat
we'll zap you right
back out again.
- And back to my normal size?
- Of course.
Do you really think we'd
leave you minuscule forever?
- That would be kind
of funny, though.
Like a mini minuscule Manny
Spamboni running around?
- Hey!
- Hector?
- Okay, we would never do that.
- And you're gonna take care of
my little robot, too, right?
- Sure.
- Okay, well, I guess
I'll tell Keith.
(peaceful music)
- Help is coming.
Excellent.
Maybe they found a
Skeleckian repair man.
Maybe they found another
instruction manual.
Or maybe they found--
(laughing)
Oh no.
Oh brother.
(upbeat music)
- D.
- Ud.
- Dud.
- T.
- Ub.
- Tub.
- C.
- Ut.
- Cut.
- Aye, let's make
the short U a long U.
- Okay.
- C.
- Ute.
- Cute.
- T.
- Oob.
- Tube.
- D.
- Ood.
- Dude.
(upbeat music)
- Hi, Mrs. Pews.
I'm raising money for my school.
- I could use a ruler.
Not the kind of ruler
who rules a country.
The inch kind.
- I'm all out.
How about a musician?
- I can't have loud
music in the house.
- What about your very
own log flume ride?
- I always wanted my own flume.
(yelling)
(upbeat music)
(bell ringing)
Let me tell you about
a friend of mine
Goes around changing
words all the time
But he's kind of
sneaky, yes sirree
Come on
I make the plan,
he flies a plane
I hold a can, he
carries a cane
Cook with a pan,
now he's at it again
Looking through
my window pane
Silent E
Oh how it changes everything
Silent E
It's elementary
Silent E
It's simple, come
on, try with me
Cap, cape
At, ate
You got it
Yeah
Silent E turns slop to slope
It gives a little
hop a lot of hope
It shapes a little
glob into a globe
You see
An E can change
a bit to bite
A strip to stripe,
a grip to gripe
a shin to shine
Well I don't mind
Let it spin
right up my spine
Silent E
Oh, what a great discovery
Silent E
It's elementary
Silent E
Oh who knew how
much fun it'd be
Hop
Hope
Shin
Shine
Now you gotta sing
along, everybody
Silent E
When it follows the vowel
It changes the sound
Silent E
Silent E is everywhere
You got it now
Silent E
It's simple, come
on, sing with me
Now I'm gonna
give you a word
And you just
add the silent E
Now when I seem mad
and you add the E
What do you get
We get made
Now when I say slim
and you add the E
What do you get
We get slime
And when I say not
and you add the E
What do you get
We get note
Silent E
Silent E
Silent E
(laughing)
- [Man] Great job, great job.
(upbeat music)
- Well, Keith?
Nice to see you, too.
- Look, Manny.
Whatever prank you have planned,
just save it.
I need to fix this
thermostat now.
- I'm not here to
pull a prank, Keith.
I'm here to help.
Let me at the control panel.
- Now the instructions say--
- Instructions?
(laughing)
Who needs instructions?
I can do this blindfolded.
- What are you doing?
You're gonna make the
temperature colder.
- So what, this is how I work.
Listen, if you wanna
make an omelet,
you gotta break a few,
poor choice of words.
- If the temperature
drops below degrees
then the flube egg will die.
- Really?
You didn't tell me that.
- Why don't you just
go sit someplace.
I'll fix the thermostat myself.
- Fine.
I don't need this.
I'll have you know I could be
at a Spangerdankenpuddin
celebration right now.
I've been saving my
rubber bands for weeks.
Hi, egg.
I'm Manny.
I came here to help you
but some people
don't think I can be
trusted with important stuff.
You trust me, right egg?
Oh, you're cold.
- All right, Manny.
Where do you think I
should put the blue wire?
- I thought you didn't
trust me to help you.
- For some reason I trust
you to help that egg.
- All right, let's get to work.
- All right.
So the instructions
said to connect
the blue wire to the gr.
What's the rest of that word?
Green wire, gray wire?
- Grid, how about grid?
- Good idea, grid.
We did it!
We did it!
- We saved the egg!
(cheering)
- Something's moving inside.
Egg, are you okay, egg?
- It's hatching.
(dramatic music)
- Wow.
- Whoa.
(cracking)
(dramatic music)
(giggling)
- I thought the egg,
when it came out,
would look less--
- Less like an egg?
- Yeah.
(chirping)
Ow, he's hitting me.
Why are you hitting me?
I thought I helped you.
- It said in the manual that
that's the head butt of love.
It's the flube version of a hug.
- Headbutt of love, eh?
(chirping)
- I guess your job here is done.
Are you ready to go?
- Hold on a sec.
Now I'm ready.
(chirping)
(upbeat music)
Oh, let me tell
you about my love
Of the silent E
Don't make a sound
Oh, E
Sometimes I have a plan
And when I add an
E it becomes plane
And I can take that plane
And fly away
Even through a hurricane
Uh-Oh, and then I land
in the middle of jungle
And I get to watch a
beautiful handsome ape
Go swinging by on a vine
Unfortunately I
don't have a dime
To give it but that's okay
'Cause I get
back on the plane
And I just rode on
And fly away
Silent E, silent
E, it works for me
Silent E, silent E
Silent E, it works for me
(upbeat music)
- You have to use your
lips to play this.
F-L, oh wait, there's no
E in between that F and L
so it's just Fl.
Fl-uh, fluh.
Wait, see that
silent E at the end?
That silent E means that the U
isn't going to be uh.
It's going to be a
long U sound like ooh.
Starting from the top.
Fl-oo, flute.
Flute.
This is how you play a flute.
You put an O like this
and then you put your
tongue right here
and then you blow out
of your mouth and it.
(spitting)
(blowing flute)
(upbeat music)
Silent E is a ninja
Silent E is a ninja
Silent E is a ninja
Silent E is a ninja
I didn't notice when he came
I cannot accept
any praise or blame
I was home pushing
my mop like a dope
Next thing you know
Then I started to mope
And at the end of my rope
I was hopping
My buddy turned
the hop into hope
And then he made his escape
But not before he turned
my cap into a cape
And now I look
totally insane
I had a plan to
capture my man
He turned my
plan into a plane
Ah, silent E is a ninja
Silent E is a ninja
The silent E,
he will get 'ya
Silent E is a ninja
Where'd he go
Where'd he go
Where'd he go, where'd he go
Where'd he go
Where'd he go
He's a ninja
(beatboxing)
(upbeat music)
- I'm special agent Jack Bowser.
This takes the cake and
it's about to explode.
But I can't cr*ck
the code to get out.
Help me read this.
Da, Dane is a teenage app, ape.
He came to the game
with five cakes.
Dane is a teenage ape.
He came to the game
with five cakes.
(yelling)
(upbeat music)
(rhythmic music)
- Manny, I just
wanted to say thanks
for the way you helped
me in the biosphere.
- Help?
Me, help you?
That's hilarious.
(laughing)
icsnay on the elpay.
You're gonna ruin
my prankster cred.
Shh.
- All right, whatever.
- Pss, Keith.
- What?
- I figure you could shrink it
and make it minuscule so
the flube can play with it.
- A rubber band ball?
- For Spangerdankenpuddin?
He is Skeleckian after all.
- Thanks, Manny.
I mean, thanks for nothing.
- I never thought Manny Spamboni
would come through
like that in a pinch.
Do you think this means
he's gonna stop pulling pranks?
- Manny Spamboni!
Do you wanna explain to me
how this bag of
dirty sweat socks
got inside my locker?
- Mm, maybe it was a gift
from a secret admirer.
(laughing)
- Stop it, oh, stop already!
- I will not count on it.
- Okay, okay, who am I?
(laughing)
(upbeat music)
- Wanna beatbox just like Shock?
Go online to pbskidsgo.org
and you can mix your own beatbox
and share it with your friends.
There are tons of
other cool games
you can play like Music Man
and Jack Bowser.
Better get playing if you
wanna be as good as Shock.
- [Hector] Hey guys,
it's Hector here
from The Electric Company.
You know, the thing I love most
about our neighborhood
is the people.
Folks from all over live here.
In fact, some of our
friends came all the way
from another planet.
- I am from the planet Skelecky.
- [Hector] They're
called Skeleckians.
For the most part,
they're just like us.
Except for a few small things.
- Would you like
to smell my feet?
- Like fresh chocolate
chip cookies.
- You can always spot
Skeleckians by the unique
necklaces they wear.
(gobbling)
But the coolest thing
about the Skeleckians
is all their awesome gadgets.
In fact, one of the Skeleckians,
Dax, has a machine
that can shrink people
down smaller than ants.
You might think it's funny
that we have aliens in our hood
but once you've met some
of our other friends,
you'll see that the
Skeleckians fit right in.
- Whoa, what was that?
- Excuse me.
- [Hector] The Electric
Company is never too far away
so keep tuning in.
(yodeling)
- We need to preserve
its environment.
The only problem
is that in order,
there's no other way
to get to the biosphere
inside of the.
- [Director] Okay,
let's take that.
- What, Keith?
- I will get the.
(blabbering)
Sorry.
- Take your time.
- Sorry.
- [Director] And action.
- So you think that this machine
can shrink Keith
enough small enough
because he's enough of a man
to get inside the biosphere.
01x22 - The Flube Whisperer
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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.