- Okay.
Here are your five words.
Shrink.
When you shrink something,
you make it smaller.
Shrank.
If you make something
smaller, you shrank it.
Measure.
When you want to figure
out the size of something,
you measure it.
Inch.
An inch is a specific length.
It's shorter than your thumb!
Height.
Height is how tall
someone or something is.
So, we have shrink, shrank,
measure, inch and height.
Watch out for them
in today's show.
(energetic rock music)
- Yeah! Touchdown!
- Oh! Oh!
- Oh! Oh!
- Annie Scrambler has her
little word scrambling power.
- Big whoop.
Danny Rebus makes his
adorable rebus puzzle!
Oh and Francine has
a word ball power.
Ooh!
- Ooh.
- Now, I finally have
a superpower of my own!
(evil laugh)
- Isn't that really a gadget?
- Quiet!
Nobody asked you.
Now, my power is ready to test.
The Skrinkanator is on
and synced to this watch so I
can shrink that water bottle
to any height that I choose
so that you can use it.
Let me measure you.
- How tall should
my water bottle be?
- I choose one inch tall.
(dramatic music)
(beeping)
Now activating shrink power.
- , , , again, again!
Hut, hut, hut!
- [Jessica] Marcus!
Marcus!
- Wait!
Wait!
Who threw that?
Oh no!
Oh!
Let's get out of here!
- Manny!
- Manny!
- Hey, you guys!
- Hey, you guys!
(happy hip-hop music)
(b*at boxing)
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 we use is as directed
and expect to be respected
Just turn it on
and you will see
That you belong
in the Company
Feel the power
Ooh feel the power
Feel the power,
yo and plug it in
Plug it in
Everybody
Yo and plug it in
Electric Company
Electric Company
Electric Company
Electric Company
- Hey, Dax. What's up?
Dax?
Dax?
- Dax, are you okay?
- Dax, what's with the toy car?
- Dax, why don't
you just talk to us?
- Yes, nice idea.
I should have
considered it myself
but I'm too nervous feeling.
Do you mind if I sit?
- You are sitting.
- Then I'd like to stand!
This is Mrs. Helen
Feller Pelterhart's car!
- That's a real car?
- Yes, but Manny shrank it
from it's normal size to this.
- How did he shrink it?
- I think I better sit down.
Manny Spamboni said he
wanted to borrow the
Skeleckian Shrinkanator
for a science project.
Well, I love science projects!
So, I believed him.
- Ouch.
- The Shrinkanator is meant
to be used for science,
like if you wanted to shrink
yourself to go into an anthill
or so what it's like to
sleep on a pastrami sandwich.
But who knows what
else Manny shrank!
Trucks!
Other cars!
Other trucks.
Those trucks with cars on them!
- Dax!
Chill man.
We're gonna find Manny.
- And then we're gonna enter
the reversal code into the
Shrinkanator and everything
will go back to normal.
- I'll call Jess and Marcus.
Hey, you guys!
- It's Keith.
- Why did he call "hey,
you guys," if we called
"hey, you guys?"
- We're probably just too small.
They probably can't hear us.
I mean, we've been
walking for a half hour
and we've only gotten from
to the seesaw to the slide.
- Boy, this way is going
to take us ten years
to get back to the diner.
- Oh!
I'll just call.
Duh!
- Duh.
We're saved!
(pressing buttons)
- Your call cannot be
completed as dialed.
Your phone is too small.
Please hang up and call again
on a normal sized
phone or try texting.
For some reason, that
works on tiny phones.
- Of course texting works.
(phone ringing)
- Whoa!
Tiny text.
"Hey, guys! Manny Shrank us.
Come meet us at the
playground." Smiley face.
Okay! Dax, come on. Let's...
Dax?
- Dax?
- Dax?
- Let's go!
- Hey! Let me know if
you run into trouble.
- Alright.
(fast paced music)
- Oh yeah!
I'm definitely taller than you.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hold on, hold on.
You think you're taller than me?
- Oh yeah!
- Like, now?
Or when we're our normal height?
- Anytime.
- Okay, we've got
to settle this.
- Look out!
Giants!
(Jessica and Marcus scream)
- Keith!
- Keith!
- Dax!
- Dax!
(tiny voices screaming)
- They can't hear us!
- I've got an idea!
Okay.
, , .
Hut, hut, hut!
(drum roll)
- Keith! Tiny message!
(funky rock music)
- "We're next to the slide."
- Yes!
(laughs)
- Not cool.
- No.
- I'm sorry, guys.
This is very serious.
- I must measure.
Marcus's height is one inch.
Jessica's height, one inch!
- Ha! Told you you're
not taller than me.
- Well, in regular life I am!
- Guys, not now. We
have to find Manny.
Besides, I'm taller
than both of you.
- What!
- What!
- Ooh!
- Ooh!
- Alright, let's go.
- Who will find Manny?
- Good question.
- What will he shrink next?
- Good question.
- Who will stop him?
What will they say?
What will he do? Who
will he do it to?
Who? What? What? Who?
Sorry. I love asking
those questions.
- Then you'll really love this!
- [Boy] This week on
Questions We Won't Answer.
Molly wonders who
invented bedtimes,
And what is the best way
to paint a dog's toenails.
Meanwhile, Will is now wondering
what are rainbows made of,
and who will finally answer
one of these questions.
Tune in tonight
when none of these
questions will be answered.
- Do you have a little brother?
Does he have a favorite game
he loves to make you play?
My brother's favorite
game is called Who Is It
and What Do You Want?
It's kind of a weird game.
It goes like this,
he knocks at my door
and I say, "Who is it?"
He says, "Rawr, monster!"
Now I say, "What do
you want monster?"
He says, "To eat you for
breakfast with bacon!"
Then I say, "Go away monster."
So he leaves.
Then he knocks again
and I say, "Who is it?"
And he says, "Alien."
And I say, "What
do you want, alien?
He says, "To take you back
to my planet made of bacon."
My brother loves
anything with bacon.
Then I say, "Go away, alien."
So this time I knock.
He says "Who is it?"
I say, "Me." He says, "Me who?"
I say, "Me your brother!"
He says, "What do
you want, brother?"
I say, "I want to
play something else."
And then we play
my favorite game,
Who Can Stay Quiet the Longest.
He never wins that one.
(intense fast music)
- Hello there.
I'm a TV reporter
and there are two
very important tools I use
whenever I'm reporting.
No, I'm not talking about
this microphone or this tie,
or this hat, or this mustache,
or even this rubber chicken.
No, my two most important tools
are the words who and what.
These two amazing words
will tell me everything
I need to know about someone.
Check it out!
What is your name?
(tiny voice)
Zingo?
Really?
That's very original.
Who gave you that name?
(tiny voice)
Your mom and dad?
They're clowns? Got it.
And what do you do for fun?
(tiny voice)
You make pancakes for
your friends underwater?
Who eats pancakes underwater?
(tiny voice)
Cowboys when they're
scuba diving? Of course!
- [Cowboy] Yee-haw!
What do you do when you're
not making pancakes?
(tiny voice)
You wrestle alligators
and ride a bicycle?
At the same time?
That's so impressive!
With the help of who and what,
I know that your name is Zingo,
you have clowns for parents,
you make pancakes for
scuba diving cowboys,
and you enjoy alligator
wrestling while
riding your bicycle.
That wasn't your average story,
but then again I'm not
your average reporter.
(water splashing)
- Get out of here!
(water splashing)
- [Narrator] So,
what's happened so far?
I'm going to shrink things,
so that they're
only one inch tall.
An inch?
Yeah! An inch is
a specific length.
It's this big.
- [Voices] Inch,
inch, inch, inch!
- [Narrator] Now shrink!
Uh-oh
Ah! Manny shrank us!
We're like one inch tall.
- [Voices] Inch,
inch, inch, inch!
- [Narrator] An
inch? Hey, you guys!
Manny is shrinking
things! Look at this car.
It used to be a normal height.
- [Voice] Shrink!
- [Narrator] Now it's
a much shorter height!
It's only an inch tall.
- [Voices] Inch, inch, inch...
- [Narrator] Yeah, we really
don't have time for that.
You guys really are small!
I'll measure you so we
know you're exact height.
Please let me measure you, it
gives me so much pleasure to
see how tall you
are your height.
Oh, I wish that I just
might measure you!
Your height is one inch.
Oh boy.
(hip-hop music)
I love my power
Oh
I love my power
Yeah
I shrink a big tree and
I sniff it like a flower
Like a flower
Cause I finally
have my super power
You think my powers silly
You really
shouldn't knock it
Got a tour bus in my hand
And a hotel in my pocket
Got the baseball stadium
It's the size
of toilet paper
And I keep my gum in mints
And this mini
schools got cheaper
They used to say poor Manny
He'll never get a power
That all changed today,
had this idea in the shower
Love my power
Oh
I love my power
Yeah
With the basket I'll
be dunking for an hour
For an hour
Cause I finally have,
hope I never lose
My super power
- Spamboni!
Hand over the Shrinkanator.
- So we can enter in
the reversal code.
- No, no, no!
Please don't make me give
it back, I love it so much!
- Whining is not gonna help.
Plus it's not even
a real superpower.
- Oh, yes it is!
And you leave me
no other choice!
- No!
- He shrank himself and the
Shrinkanator. I can't find him.
- I'd really like
to measure him.
- He went that way.
- Okay
- Wait, wait.
We can't trust Manny's robot,
he must have gone this way.
- Wait.
Do you have Marcus and Jessica?
- I thought you had them.
- I think I gave them to you.
- Hello!
- Oh!
Oh yeah.
Okay, you go find Manny and
I'll get our tiny friends.
- Think, Manny. Think!
Re
bus.
Rebus!
Danny!
Danny!
Danny!
Danny!
- That's a strange
squeaky little sound.
That almost sounds like someone
is saying "Danny, Danny!"
- Danny!
- Oh. Hey, Manny.
- Danny!
Thank goodness you're here.
- Oh yeah, I just got
through playing some
badminton with Granny Rebus.
Boy!
Can she serve.
There's something
different about you.
Did you get a haircut?
- Danny, I'm one inch tall.
- Oh, yes! That's it!
You're not your normal height.
That's what I was
gonna say next.
Is everything okay?
- Overall I can't complain.
I got a superpower now!
I can shrink stuff
with this watch.
- Well, isn't that
more of a gadget?
- [Dax] Danny! Danny!
- Hide me! They want
to take my superpower.
- No, it's not a power,
but here get in my bag.
- Danny Rebus.
I'm looking for Manny Spamboni.
If you were to measure
him he'd be one inch tall.
- Well, feel free
to search the area.
- Okay, okay.
- It's gonna be okay, buddy.
- I'm sitting in
your smelly sneaker.
- (laughs) I know!
- Any luck, Dax?
- I've searched everywhere.
Keith, my dear friend,
I'm afraid Manny
and the Shrinkanator are gone.
- Gone?
- Gone!
- Did he say gone?
- I did. I said gone and
I'll say it again, gone!
(dramatic music)
- Can I say it too?
- Sure, you've got time.
- Gone.
(dramatic music)
- Whoa, did they say gone?
- Several times, fuzzball.
Where did he go?
When will they find him?
Where will they find him?
Where?
When?
Where?
- Whoa! Chillax.
We'll find out soon enough.
In the meantime,
bird seed?
(audience applauding)
- I'm an actor, which means
that I have to be able
to play all sorts of
different characters.
Take this line,
"Where is the ice cream man
and when will he get here?"
Now, I can perform that line
in hundreds of different ways.
Let's see if you can
guess my character. Ready?
"Where is the ice cream man
and when will he get here?"
(lion roars)
Hm?
I was an ice cream loving
lion tamer named Ned.
Did you get it?
Oh, okay.
Well, here's another one.
"Where is the ice cream man
and when will he get here?"
That time I was a space
alien named Nordle Dorp
who doesn't have ice
cream on his home planet.
Poor thing.
Here's another.
"Where is the ice cream man
and when will get here?"
That time I was
the ice cream man's
five year old son, Clark.
Is it weird that Clark calls
his dad ice cream man but
Clark is a weird kid.
Let's see what else.
Oh! The ice cream man
and a note.
"Thanks for asking about me.
To answer your question
I am right next to you
and I am here now."
(audience applauding)
Thanks, ice cream man.
(jazzy rock music)
(Joel snoring)
I woke up this morning
to a terrible fright
My favorite hat was
nowhere in sight
And I need some help
to solve this mystery
You see
My name is Joel
And this here is Benj
He's not only my brother
but he's my best friend
And together with these words
we'll solve this mystery
So help us figure out
Who, what, where,
when, why, how
Who, what, where,
when, why, how
Questions that will help
us solve this mystery
You see
Who was the person that
committed the crime
What them do it, they
must be out of their mind
Where did it happen?
From behind my back
When? I don't know but
I really miss my hat
Why did they do it?
Because they're thieves
How can anyone do this to me
So those are the tools
to solve the crime
Who, what, where,
when, how and why
And that's what you
need to solve a mystery
You see
It's getting kind of close
to the end of the song
So come one everybody, use
those tools to sing along
Who, what, where,
when, why, how
Who, what, where,
when, why, how
- Hey, Joel. Is this your hat?
- Benji!
(circus music)
- [Man] Where's the word?
- Wha...
(squeaky noises)
When.
When!
Wha...
(squeaky noises)
Whale.
Whale!
Wha...
(squeaky noises)
Whirl!
Whirl!
Wha...
(squeaky noises)
Some...
(squeaky noises)
Where.
Somewhere!
Wha...
(squeaky noises)
Wheelbarrow!
Wheelbarrow!
Where's my prize?
Thank you!
- So, they find Manny Spamboni
who uses the Skrinkanator
to shrink himself.
(tiny voice)
Yeah, yeah. That's
what I said, himself.
So anyway, tiny little
Manny finds Danny Rebus
and gets into his gym bag and
boy, does it stink in there!
(tiny voice)
Oh, I don't know.
Probably socks, sneakers,
you know, gym bag stuff.
So, now everybody
is looking for Manny
and nobody can find him,
and I don't know what's
gonna happen next!
(tiny voice)
Okay, yeah, I know. I
love you too, mommy.
Bye-bye.
Wrong number. You
know what I mean?
(slurping)
- [Manny] Hey,
Danny! Where are we?
- We're in the Electric Diner.
- [Manny] What!
You brought me to the
Electric Company's hang out?
They'll find me!
- I always come here
after badminton.
Their smoothies
are so refreshing!
(slurping)
Hey!
Hey, Hector.
- Danny.
- The smoothies
are so refreshing.
- Who are you talking to?
- What, nobody.
There's nobody in my gym bag.
- [Manny] Hey! Who are
you calling a nobody?
- No, Danny! No!
Manny?
- [Manny] Yoink.
(funky rock music)
(phone ringing)
- Hey, Hector.
- Keith! Keith!
Okay, hey man.
Tiny Manny is loose in the diner
and I can't find him.
Yeah. Okay. Hurry up.
- We'll be right
there. Hey, guys--
- I heard the whole thing!
Your phone is very loud.
This is wonderful.
We can find Manny and
enter the reversal code
into the Shrinkanator and
then everything Manny shrink
will go back to normal.
- But, Dax, tell Marcus the
code so he can use his power
and put it on Manny's watch.
- Okay. The code is nine,
nine, nine, nine, nine, nine.
- Okay, alright.
- Nine.
Nine.
Nine.
Nine.
One.
- Nine nines and one one.
Respect.
- Totally.
- Alright.
(funky rock music)
- Friends!
There is a tiny prankster
on the loose in this diner.
His name, Manny Spamboni.
His height, one inch.
- I really should be going.
- You really should be helping.
- I really should helping.
- Okay, guys.
We have to search every
inch of this diner.
Under every napkin,
under every plate.
I need you to search
inside of every coffee cup,
tea cup, water cup,
every paper to-go cup.
I need you to search inside
of every tuna sandwich,
club sandwich, cheese
sandwiches, grilled
cheese sandwiches.
The hold-the-cheese sandwiches
if you ordered a bread
sandwich, please search
inside of that too,
and then consider ordering
a better option next time.
Once you've searched your area,
we will check it
off of the list.
Keith!
- I got nothing.
- Dax.
- There's no one at this table.
- Danny.
- I found one chip.
- Shock.
- Nothing back here.
- Little guys.
- Nothing here.
- Paul.
- Hm?
Uh-uh.
- We've got nothing.
Keith.
- We've searched every inch
of this diner, except for--
- The muffin tray!
- [Hector] Well, well, well.
- Please don't
take my superpower!
- [Group] It's not a superpower!
- Hey, Manny.
How about some coffee
with that muffin?
- It's a Marcus!
(rock music)
- You!
- And some Jessica on the side.
- No!
(Jessica screams)
- Yes!
- Yeah!
- Dax?
- Mrs. Helen Fellen Pelterhart's
car is back to it's normal size!
- [Group] Manny! Danny!
- Fine!
It's not even a real
superpower anyway.
- I hope you
learned your lesson!
It's nice using
inventions from mischiefs.
- Yeah, Manny!
- And you shouldn't
be helping people
using inventions for mischiefs.
- Yeah! Danny...
- Well, I am so
glad that's over.
- Oh, it's not over
yet, my friend.
- inches.
- Okay, now measure me.
- Okay.
inches.
- Ah-ha! I'm two
inches taller than you.
- Hold up, hold up.
Dax.
- Oh, goodness.
- Another chance to measure?
This is gonna be fantastical.
inches.
- Alright!
Oh!
- Alright, come here.
- Respect.
Boom
Prankster Planet
Pow Pow
Prankster Planet
The Word Sucker-Uppernator
is sucking up words
So it's Jessica and
Marcus to the rescue
There are thirteen
buttons to shut it down
But pushing them
all is up to you
On Prankster Planet
Prankster Planer
Pow pow
Prankster Planet
- [Narrator] Meanwhile,
in the scrapyard.
- Quick! How is my
hair and makeup?
Watch out!
It's very easy to
get lost in my eyes.
- You look fine.
Francine Carruthers here
and welcome to another
addition of Theory Busters.
A TV show in which I, the
smart and talented, Francine
prove a theory is not true.
This week's theory,
the Electric Company is smart.
(laughs)
Not true at all.
- What!
- What!
- That's right.
I will bust this theory by
giving them a simple task.
Try and reach the off
button at this height.
- Oh, I'll show you
who's not smart!
- The off button is a mere
inches above their reach,
but it might as
well be miles away.
- Marcus, if the off
button is inches away
all we need to do is
build something that is
inches long so
we can reach it.
I wish we had something
to measure with.
- We can use my thumb!
It's exactly two inches long.
- How do you know that?
- Thumb wrestling.
I know all my thumb stats.
It was a good season this year.
wins, loses.
But MVF most valuable finger.
- Enough thumb talking,
more measuring.
- Two thumbs long.
So, that's four inches.
- Look at them.
They're so confused,
they're just sitting around
playing with trash.
The theory is busted.
The Electric Company is
definitely not smart.
- Okay, we just need
eight more inches.
- My shoes is
exactly eight inches.
I'm also a competitive
foot wrestler,
so I know all my foot stats.
inches!
- [Jessica] Yes!
- Hey, Francine!
Still think we're not smart?
- Yes, I do. (laughs)
- Hey, you guys?
- [Narrator] Go
to pbskidsgo.org,
press that off button.
The Electric Company needs you!
- What if I told you, you
can make your own video?
Go online to pbskidsgo.org
and you can take clips from
the show to make your video,
music video or even
a video about me!
Manny Spamboni.
Now go so I can
watch it! (laughs)
- [Voice] B only.
- B only.
- We've been walking for a
half hour and we only gotten
to the seeslide to
the slide... (laughs)
- You are not your normal...
(laughing)
- Nice!
03x50 - Shrink, Shrank, Shrunk!
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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.