03x15 - Feeling Sheepish, Ruff?

[bunniefuu]

Okay, so let's see...

challenges for the next three shows are taken care of.

We did the dishes,

watered the plants.

Wow, talk about organized. We rule!

High paw.

Hey, look,

Chet's even learning how to file.

Um, sort of.

Any last items?

Uh, let's see...

Oh, yeah, no biggie,

but I got this letter from my sister Roxy Ruffman.

She's going on vacation for a couple of weeks

and wants me to watch her sheep.

[doorbell ringing]Oh, relax, Blossom.

One little lambi-kins. It'll be fun.

We'll keep it outside. She'll keep the grass trimmed.

[bleating]

Oh, she sounds so cute.

Hello, little... [screaming]

[Ruff yelling]

I don't get it! The letter says "watch my sheep"!

The word "sheep" can mean one or a whole bunch?

Well, whose idea for a word was that?

The bathroom-- good thinking, Blossom.

Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!

[panting][bleating]

Okay, we need to barricade the door.

The hundred bags of kitty litter

you keep stored in the bathroom closet? Okay.

It's only until Roxy comes back.

It's not like we're trapped in this bathroom for months.

Although she didn't exactly say when she was coming back.

RUFF: ♪ Life was missing its mystique ♪

♪ My squeaky toys had lost their squeak ♪

And then, out of the blue, I saw the phone and bam!

My destiny was calling me.

[instrumental jazz playing]

♪ Pitched my vision for a show

♪ They loved it, thought I was a pro ♪

♪ They got my contract back to find ♪

♪ To their alarm, a dog had signed ♪

♪ FETCH! ♪Oh, I like that name.

♪ With Ruff Ruffman ♪

♪ I didn't wait to renovate

♪ Found six contestants, all were great ♪

♪ And now I'm on the road to fame ♪

♪ I've got a game show and its name is ♪

♪ FETCH! ♪

It's very catchy.

♪ With Ruff Ruffman ♪

It rolls off the tongue.

Wait, stop.♪ With Ruff Ruffman. ♪

Somebody want to tell me why we got cats singing?

Funding And here come the contestants now.

She sold gift wrap at her school.

That's a tough gig, let me tell ya.

Her first word was "cookie."

I guessing her second word was "milk."

He once ate the lining of a cow's stomach.

Okay...

He knows how to cook crepes,

and I'm sending my order in now to...

He was once chased by a giant chicken.

There's one behind you!

Bawk! I'm kidding.

She bites her nails when she's nervous.

Have you tried rawhide? They're delicious.

Let's get an update on the scores.

Nobody's moved.

DJ in sixth place with points.

Noel in fifth place with points.

Harsha in fourth place with an even , points.

Sammy in third place with , points.

Jay in second with , points.

And Sam still in first with , points.

Hello, and welcome to another wild and wooly episode of FETCH!

Ugh, did I say wooly? I didn't mean that.

ALL: Why are you in the bathroom?

No big deal. I'm sure this has happened to you.

You agree to watch your sister's sheep, thinking

she meant one sheep, instead of sheep.

And now you're trapped

and have to host a reality game show

from your bathroom by broadcasting

from the FETCH Micro.

That's the mini computer you keep in your bathroom

for such emergencies, am I right?

It could happen to anyone?[all disagreeing]

I don't think it's ever happened to me.

Okay, I'm going to be proactive.

And you know what that means?

Go to it.Challenge number one.

This is David.

He might be able to get me out of this mess,

and he's waiting for Noel and DJ.

I'm counting on you guys.

Your instructions are in the mailbox,

so go FETCH!

Good luck.See you later.

Okay...

Challenge number two.

I'm putting on a brave face here.

I think the sheep busted the plumbing

and somehow flipped on the switch to the heat lamp.

We're not getting a lot of water in here.

There's kitty litter everywhere.

It's dry.

This lamp's really hot.

How are we going to survive?

It's like a desert in here.

All right, I am counting on

Sam and Harsha.

You're going to the desert in Bluff, Utah.

BOTH: Oh!

This is Kristen.

She'll be your wildlife guide.

She's going to show you how animals survive in the desert--

so I can survive in this bathroom.

And, Blossom, I need to know...

I've grabbed what provisions I could

and sent them off.

Now your big hats are in the wagon,

and your plane tickets and instructions

are in the Studio G mailbox. So go FETCH!

See you in Utah, Ruff.

I threw in the hats 'cause it's really hot.

Bye, guys. Bye.

Bye.

As determined by the FETCH Micro,

Sammy and Jay are staying behind in the studio.

But they'll be eligible to win points

during the Half-Time Quiz Show.You know it.

And even sheep can't prevent us

from providing the FETCH Fairness Guarantee.

All the contestants will have competed

for the same number of points by the Grand Finale.

For the four kids out on the challenges,

up to points are at stake in the Triumph Tally.

So what are we waiting for?

Let's hoof it

to DJ and Noel.

Oh, a nice, relaxing day in the country.

It would be nice if we weren't trapped in this bathroom.

Oh, sheep!

Hello, fellow canine.

[pail rattling]

[bleating]

DAVID: Hi there.

NOEL: Are you David? I am.

RUFF: This is David.

He's a shepherd.

Oh, we need a professional shepherd.

So I've got a little project for you.

Have you ever been around sheep before?

Yep. Yep.

I want you to take

those sheep and put them over in that shed way over there.

And this is called a shepherd's crook.

Now you don't hit them with it.

But if you need to, you can kind of point

the way they should go, all right? Okay.

Remember, the sheep will go opposite the way you go.

NOEL: No, no, be gentle.

DJ: I'm not going to hit them.

RUFF: Easy, guys.

Tiptoe.

No! Don't go that way!

Hi. You're on the clock. Do something.

This is not going well.

You have the same problem I have.

Oh, Blossom, we're going to be here for a while.

SAM: All right, let's go figure this out.

Oh good, they made it.

HARSHA: Anybody named Kristen here?

I'm Kristen.

Ruff sent us here

to learn how to live in the desert.

Oh, good, I can help with that.

He sent me some things, actually.

Full of survival gear. Let's see what we got.

Maybe I should have kept that stuff.

Looks like I'm going to need it, too.

SAM: All right, we got hot water bottle.

Freeze-dried spaghetti with meat sauce.

It looks a lot like a shower curtain.A bunch of straws.

Here's a whistle.

I see you, Sam.

What do you do here?I'm a river guide

here on the San Juan River, which is where we're at today.

Cool. I've always really loved science

and the chance

to talk with people about it,

and I think we have a fantastic day ahead.

Look at that-- there's a river in the desert.

Still looks pretty dry around there, though.

KRISTEN: Welcome to the San Juan River.

We'll spend some time today in the desert.

There are some things that I'm going to show you

about how animals

adapt and live in the desert.

SAM: Oh, cool, that's awesome.

KRISTEN: And we'll take a look around at the kinds of things

that other animals have done.

And we'll see how you might be able to help Ruff out.

Blossom, pay close attention,

because we need to know these things.

DJ: One of us has to probably be on each side to guard them.

So they stay in the same formation

and follow where we want them to go.

You go on that side, I'll go on this side.

They're coming up with a strategy.

Blossom, we need a plan, too.

Okay, DJ, get over there!

Get them! There they go again.

[Noel screaming] Don't get run over.

Hold up. There's some over here.

It's so frustrating.

How do you do it? It's like so hard.

DAVID: The sheep is a hunted animal, so they're scared of things.

You guys are the hunters.

So the sheep think we're hunting them?

DAVID: The sheep are there...

and you want them to go in that shed.

So what's going to happen if we walk at them there?

They're going to run that way.

What could we do?So we might want to sneak up behind them.

That's right, but all of us?

No. So like one of us go right there,

one of us right there and one of us over here.

Aha. They're going to use

some kind of funneling technique.

DAVID: That's good. DJ, you're doing well.

You're turning them, DJ.

That's perfect. The sheep will stay together.

Oh, Blossom, this is starting to look good.

DAVID: That's good, that's good, Noel.

You stay right there, hon.

Look at that-- orderly fashion.

DJ, just don't let them around the corner there.

Wait, wait, wait!

Oh, there they go!

DAVID: Not as easy as it looks, is it?

You know what this means?

Dogs. They're called Border Collies,

because they come from borders of Scotland and England.

The basic thing a dog does is,

it runs after a... you know, animal, right?

But my dogs don't do that.

My dogs go out around them.

And that's called herding.

Herding.

What kind of direction could I give the dog

to make it go on one side or the other of the sheep?

Around?How about clockwise? You ever heard of that?

Clockwise, yeah.

We say the word "come by," that's clockwise--

and "away to me," for counterclockwise.

They sound like silly words, but those are Scottish.

What kind of animals live in this area?

KRISTEN: There are beaver on this river.

There are a lot of different birds.

Lizards live in this area?

Yeah. You want to use binoculars.

You can see a blue heron standing.

I see it.

How do the animals here take the heat?

They've probably, obviously, adapted to it.

Yes, obviously, they adapted to it.

Uh, what does she mean, "adapted to it"?

Look it up in the FETCHmicro? All right.

Uh, okay, "adapt."

Okay, so animals that live in the desert have adapted to it

being hot and dry.

But it says it takes years! I don't have years!

I am in a bathroom!

I actually have a laser that will tell you

what the temperature is.

Wow! A laser thermometer.

Now we can figure out how to keep cool.

If we're out in the desert, and we're trying to stay cool,

what might we do that would make a difference

in the temperature?

RUFF: Bring an air conditioner?

Drink water? Yeah.

Let's see. About .

RUFF: Okay, so Sam measured

the temperature of his hand: degrees.

Oh, water really cooled them off.

Blossom, it might just come to this.

Let's get started on our hike.

So we should look to see if there are any animals.

It's really shady.

Let's see. Right here, it's about .

RUFF: ?!

Whoa, what do you think that could be?

KRISTEN: There's lots of rodents that like to have holes like that.

So let's put it in there. And that's .

So that's a pretty big decrease.

So, Ruff, that's a good way you could make a tunnel.

Okay, I'll try to get through the tiles with this toothbrush.

Any other ideas?

There's a hole in the tree, and it's degrees.

Ruff, you could go into a tree.

RUFF: What tree?

There's no trees in this bathroom.

Hey, look at that.

The llama is a guard animal.

RUFF: What's up, choppers?

If a dog comes and tries to hurt my sheep,

the llama will go after him.

Ruff, this is really, really cool.

RUFF: Uh, Blossom and I are starving.

Scary.

[whimpering]

Ruff, I fed a llama.

Come on. Feed a dog!

And a cat.

[squeaks] All right, and a mouse.

Well, we're gonna come in and show you now

how to herd the sheep with the dogs.

These are my border collies.

This is Joy. Down!

I'm gonna let you work these dogs.

Lay down!

That's Sue.

This one here is Bess.

That girl over there is Rose.

And then this dog over his is Britt.

That's Nelly, and Nelly has puppies.

Do they make good pets?

They really do make good pets if they have a job to do.

But they don't make good pets if you're just gonna put them

in a house by themself because they're working dogs.

Look at how they're all down on the ground ready to work.

But you notice, they're in the relaxed mode.

RUFF: Very relaxed.

Now if I blow one whistle,

they're suddenly gonna be ten hup,

and they're gonna go get those sheep.

Okay, Chet, I need you to herd the sheep.

Ten hup!

Okay, there he goes.

And he's running... right past the sheep. Great.

Look at these cactus.

Can anything eat those?

Bighorn sheep sometimes eat the cactus. Wait a minute.

More sheep? No more sheep!

Why do you think they would want to eat them?

'Cause of the water.

You're exactly right.

Oh, there's water in the cactus.

There's a cactus on the windowsill!

We're saved!

Here, you eat it.

I wonder why Ruff gave us this suitcase.

Look at that up there.

Whoa! What is that?

I guess this is a human habitat.

Exactly. This is a late Pueblo-Period dwelling

Are these walls protecting them from anything?

Yeah. What kinds of things do you think humans might be worried about?

Predators, maybe? Animals? Right.

Things that might not be a thr*at to them physically

but could get there...

They want to protect them and keep them out.

RUFF: Oh, there's a little lizard.

So lizards protect themselves, also.

Can you think of a way that they might do that?

Hire a bodyguard? Well, they blend in with their surroundings.

Camouflage?

KRISTEN: Camouflage. Exactly.

Ah, some animals use camouflage to hide from predators.

That's good to know.

I have a challenge for you.

See if there's anything in that suitcase

that might help camouflage yourself,

and we'll play

hide-and-seek and see if you can't be found.

This color kind of goes...

RUFF: Wow, that's got all the same colors as the desert.

Blossom, what do we have in here for camouflage?

No-no! Not the fluffy towels.

Those are for guests.

..., . Ready or not, here I come.

They're gonna be somewhere green and brown.

Oh, Harsha's sticking out like a

sore thumb in pink and blue,

but I don't see Sam anywhere.

Whoo, they're really hard to find.

The only reason I saw you was 'cause of your hair.

Ah, blended right in.

Okay, from one-hard-to-find-FETCHer to two

not-so-hard-to-find.

Sammy and Jay, ready to earn

some points of your own during the Half-Time Quiz Show?

Yeah!

Let's do this.

points are available.

You have seconds to answer as many questions as you can.

Ten questions available at five points apiece.

Okay.

Are you ready?

Yeah! Yeah!

Go!

Desert. Desert.

Yes.

Hot water pack, gloves and...

And the camouflage thing.

The drape-cape thing.

Not specific enough. We'll come back if we have time.

Make a hole, like a tunnel, in the ground.

Yes.

A laser.

A laser. Yes.

For the water that the cactus...

Yes!

They camouflage themselves.

Yes!

Um, herd a sheep by going like, "Whoa, this way."

Waving it. Not hitting them.

They go like this: that way, like... Pointing.

Yes! Yes!

Yes!

Llamas.

Llamas!

By me?

BOTH: Away from me.

No, no!

Time's up. FETCH Micro, let's see

what we have for the point total.

points!

Yeah!

That's good.

Let's go over the questions you did not get right.

Could have said...

Oh, it was a shower curtain.

Also the one you missed was...

Clockwise is a long word so we say the word "come by."

Oh! Come by.

So then, what's happened with DJ and Noel's sheep?

Are they on the lam? Let's find out.

How many commands do you think these dogs know?

Uh, like, ?

.

But you only need to know four.

Come by.Which is what?

Come by is clockwise.

Yep.

Away to me is counter-clockwise.

Good. Okay, now what else would be useful?

Come back.

Something else. "Stop" or "down."

Now one more. Nell, walk up!

These dogs work with their eyes.

They look at sheep.

Britt, walk up.

They move them with their eyes,

and they can influence where they go by looking at it.

Look at how she's down on her front feet.

She's moving them with her eyes.

Can you see that?

Chet, you got that? You need to use

your eyes. Wait a minute.

Where are your eyes?

I want you to take Brittany.

Tell her to go get the sheep.

Come on, Britt. Come by.

Britt, come by.

Okay, they're practicing the commands.

There goes Britt.

And there goes Chet! Go, Chet, go!

Okay, this is looking good.

He's running really fast.

And now, he's, he's on top of the sheep.

Ah, oh, ooh, man, okay, this isn't going well.

Britt, come by.

[sheep bleating]

Look at that.

DAVID: See how she's bringing them right back to you?

Look at that. Was that a little easier than chasing them?

Ruff, this is really fun. The dogs actually listen.

What? What? I'm sorry. What'd you say, DJ?

Not all of them are coming.

By, Joy.

Joy, away to me.

RUFF: Wow, this is organization

at a level I am not accustomed to around here.

DAVID: Go back.

DJ: Britt, walk up.

DAVID: That was great.

If you want the dogs to speed up,

then you say the command "faster."

NOEL: Faster.

No, no.

Away, away! [screams]

Nelly, now!

Wow, what a jump!

In the tub.

Okay, the dogs are ready for a break.

Two, two, hup!

Okay, in the tub. Got it.

Uh, now what do I do?

KRISTEN: We're entering the canyon.

We could see bighorn sheep.

The most likely thing that you'll notice is movement.

They have a white spot on their butt.

SAMMY: I see, I see it!

There's two! Wow!

They definitely use camouflage.

Camouflage? What are they hiding from?

Wolves and mountain lions?! All right, challenge is over.

Why do you think those animals would be hanging out

closer to the river?

Basically, all they need

for survival besides a shelter,

which they probably could find shelter, is the river.

Looks like there's lots of plants along the river

for them to eat.

And plenty of water, too! I want water!

KRISTEN: For a long time nobody saw any bighorn here,

so they've been watching the population.

That's why he's wearing that collar

so they can keep track of him.

HARSHA: They have special kind of feet

to walk in this terrain?

KRISTEN: They do. 'Cause if you look at these cliffs,

you think about how hard it must be for them

to go up and down, right?

Yeah. Yeah.

If you were trying to go up and down these cliffs

all the time, what might be helpful?

Feet that aren't very smooth to, like, slip off the rocks?

Rougher feet?

RUFF: Gotta be able to get around in the desert.

SAM: They have hooves, so their hooves probably help them.

They also... seem very stable when they walk.

HARSHA: I'm, like, guessing four legs...

four legs gives you more balance, right?That's, like,

why humans can't rock-climb without using their hands.

Blossom, I think I've got an idea how to get out of here.

Let me just call them on Kristin's walkie-talkie.

[beeping]What is that? What is that?

KRISTIN: Hello?

Is it on speaker?

I'm trying to climb

out of this bathroom.

I'll hurt my feet if I jump out,

and I have no traction on this kitty litter.

Okay, just put on those boots from the suitcase

and test them out on the rocks.Like a bighorn?

Like a bighorn, yes.Okay. Okay.

GUS: Okay, kids, our final challenge

is for you to use these dogs to put

the sheep in the shed, all right? Yeah.

Okay, they're gonna take what they've learned

and get the sheep to the shed.

Remember, don't yell at them,

and only one dog at a time.

All right? Go ahead.NOEL: Um...

Joy. Walk up, walk up.Joy.

Walk up.

[bleating]DJ: Walk up.

RUFF: Okay, we are gathering all the sheep.

They're in a nice, tight herd.

NOEL: Oh, no, no, wait. What way is that way?

That's counterclockwise.

So that's away from me, right?

Brit, walk up, walk up.

Hey, she's walking up.

DJ: Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Brit, Brit!

GUS: If the sheep are moving the way you want,

then don't command again.

They're moving...

NOEL: Come, come.

Good girl, good girl.

NOEL: Brit, walk up.

GUS: They're coming.Walk up.

This is good, Blossom, I hope.

Brit! Brit!

Come by, come by, come by, come by.

GUS: Yeah. Good.Brit, come by.

GUS: Put them in the shed.

[bleating]

RALPH: All right, now, give the sheep a chance to react.

That's a lot of sheep-- what, are you gonna

stack 'em on top of each other?

Go inside-- there's cable TV and s'mores!

Yes! Awesome!

NOEL: We got them in, Ruff, we got them in!

Good job, guys.

Well, I'm not surprised.

Once again a dog saves the day.

Now, what do you have to say to Ruff, huh?

Ruff, we couldn't do it by ourselves,

but help from your canine friends and ours.

See you back at Studio G, Ruff.

Bye, Gus.Bye. Thank you.

Herd those FETCHers back to Studio G.

I've got some shepherding to do.

Come by, Blossom.

Okay.

KRISTIN: Ruff said he wants you to become like bighorn, right?

They're testing those boots on the rocks so they can walk like a bighorn.

Do you want to try standing on some rocks and...Sure.

climbing to another one and see how they work out?Yeah.

KRISTIN: Bighorns can get a foothold

on two inches of rock, and they can jump feet from there.

RUFF: feet?!

Hurts in the heels sometimes.Yeah.

Hate to tell you, there's more to being a bighorn than...

figuring out how to take care of your feet.

KRISTIN: Bighorn sheep can hold up to ten percent

of their body weight in water.

RUFF: Oh. They could store a lot of water.

Just like a cactus.

KRISTIN: These sheep come down

from way up high on the cliffs and drink water, and then

go back up high without being by the water all the time.

That way they don't have to get here every single day.

If we were really gonna be a bighorn,

you'd need to be carrying some water.

There may be some things here in the suitcase that could help you

carry water, drink water,

and wear the shoes like the bighorn sheep.

Mouse pads here.

Oh, this. The sponge.

Pretty rough.

I'll try a few mouse pads.

We'll need tape.

RUFF: Oh, they're taping a scouring sponge thingy

to the bottom of the boot so it'll grip better.

Now they're adding a mouse pad to make it cushiony

so it won't hurt Sam's feet.

It doesn't hurt that much.

Ah, sponges!

Now, that is a good idea.

I think what we should do is, tie these, like, to my shoulder.

You could put straps in them.

We're going to turn him into a bighorn sheep.

Let me see this. Check this out, Ruff. Here we go.

Hey-hey!

Sam's doing it! I'm a-drinkin',

and I'm a-jumpin'.

He's a bighorn sheep!

I am Sam,

the half man, half bighorn sheep!

Good job!Thank you.

I don't know about you, but I want to take a friend.

See you later.See you back in Studio G.

Yeah, see you guys back here.

Oh, look, it's working! I'm climbing!

Oh!

Just like a bighorn sheep!

Although I'm having second thoughts

about jumping out this window there, Blossom.

Uh, maybe we could just herd them from here.

Whew! 'Kay, need our FETCHers back, so let's go.

DJ and Noel,All right.

don't be sheepish.

Get back in here!

NOEL: Hey, guys!

How was it?

It was fun.

Mary may have had a little lamb,

but Sam and Harsha had

bighorn sheep!

Welcome back, guys!

Hey, you brought the hats back. Good, they're a rental.

Okay, this bathroom's not getting any bigger.

So what are we waiting for? Let's rack up some points!

[cheers]

Sam and Harsha,

you learned how animals have adapted

to life in the desert-- how to keep cool, how to hide,

how to move around.

Now, I can't adapt myself,

but I can give you points!

Nice, guys![whooping]

DJ and Noel,

now, I know how hard it is to get these sheep moving.

For shipping your sheep back to the shed,

points!

And...

I'm tacking on some more points because those llamas look like

they couldn't be trusted, but you were

brave enough to feed them anyway.

points!

For a grand total of...

points!

[whooping] Cool! Wow!

But is that all the points

an extremely hot dog can give?

ALL: No!

What time is it?

ALL: Bonus points!

Today's ten points go

to the FETCHer who first figured out which direction

the sheep would run with each command, which means...

DJ...

[clapping]

...with points,

you're today's daily winner!

Nice!

Now, then, DJ,

I have here two big horns.

They're not sheep, they're a French horn and a foghorn.

They were all I could find in the bathroom.

Don't ask me why I keep these things here.

Beneath one horn, an excellent prize.

Beneath the other, well, as sheep would say,

[bleating]: "It's baaaad."

So which horn is it going to be, "A" or "B"?

What do you all think?OTHERS: "B."

I have to go with "B."

"B," it is.

DJ, you will find your prize in the mailbox.

Go, DJ!

Awesome!What is it?

It's a shepherd's staff!

You should see if the bonnet fits.

Oh, that is just too precious.

SAM: Beautiful!

All right!

[sighs]: From the bathroom,

Ruff Ruffman, Blossom and Chet

saying take care.

ALL: Bye!

Uh, DJ, why don't you shepherd the FETCHers out of here.

DJ: Okay. Come by, come by!

[others bleating]

[bleating continues]

I can't take any more of this, Blossom.

Just put on my gravestone: "Done in by sheep, plural."

What?

Hey, it's quiet.

Wh-What do you mean, the sheep are floating out?

You got rid of all the sheep!

Nicely done, Chet! Ha!

Ah, I wonder what the plural of "moose" is.

"Moose" is the plural of "moose"?

Ooh, uh, my cousin the Canadian Mountie

wanted me to watch his moose-- I-I hope it's not too late

[many moose bellowing]to cancel.

Oh, no! I'll get more kitty litter.



[Ruff scatting]

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♪ With Ruff Ruffman! ♪

[Ruff scatting]

♪ FETCH! ♪

♪ With Ruff Ruffman! ♪

♪ FETCH! ♪