04x03 - The RuffMeal Needs More Roughage

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Ruff Meal commercial, take .

♪ Are you feeling hungry for lunch? ♪

♪ Then Ruff's got a hunch what you're wanting ♪

♪ One little nibble will show

♪ Your old kibble will have to go ♪

♪ So, order your Ruff Meal today ♪

♪ It comes with a handle 'cause it's heavy ♪

♪ The Ruff Meal's the best in the world ♪

♪ The Ruff Meal's great, it's really great ♪

♪ So, buy the Ruff Meal! Yeah!

That commercial was gold, solid gold!

Well, okay, it did seem to be missing a little pop.

You know, a little zing.

[playing kazoo]Chet, sorry, buddy.

Your kazoo just isn't cutting it.

The problem is the Ruff Meal itself?!

But Blossom, look at all the exciting packaging!

In fact, I think I'll have a Ruff Meal right now.

Just as soon as I can get through this wrapper

and this one. [grunting]

Okay, where's the food?

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.

Uh, Chet, probably♪ With Ruff Ruffman. ♪

should've stuck with the bicycle.

Funding for FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman has been proitRUFF: And here come the contestants now!

She said I was good at mimicking people.

Wait a minute. That was her mimicking me!

Bethany!

He might be embarrassed to hug his parents in public,

but would he be embarrassed to mime on national television?

Isaac!

His favorite juice: grapefruit!

Sterling!

She says she blushes a lot when she feels self-conscious.

Liza!

His favorite dessert is ice cream sundaes!

Brian!

She tried to train her neighbor's cats.

It didn't go well!

Are we surprised?

Talia!

Let's get an update on the scores.

Tied for fourth with points is Brian and Sterling.

Bethany in third place with points.

Liza and Talia tied for second with points.

And Isaac in first with points.

Hello, FETCHers!

ALL: Hey!

Well, today's episode is definitely going to be

"lunch-errific!"LIZA: "Lunch-errific"?

Three of you are gonna help launch

my new lunch in a box.

It is called... are you ready for it?

Yeah. Yeah.

The Ruff Meal!

[Ruff humming]

Magnificent, Ruff.

In fact, lucky contestants,

it's nothing less than Challenge #!

[cheering]

Isaac, Sterling, and Talia,

over to your left is a big box of Ruff Meals

that t*nk put in the red wagon early this morning.

Now, don't worry; the packaging ensures

the Ruff Meal! can last years without spoilage.

This is Rolando.

He's a master chef at the renowned

Johnson and Wales cooking school.

Your job, contestants, will be to record all the huge

compliments Rolando makes about the Ruff Meal

because then I can use those comments

in my advertising.

Your instructions are in the mailbox.

So, go fetch!

All right.Bye, guys!

I hope it fits through the doghouse.

Careful with that. Careful!BETHANY: See ya!

Now, then, FETCHers, getting master chefs

excited about the Ruff Meal is only one challenge.

Who else do we need to get excited?

The entire population of America!

Yeah! Yeah!

And thus...

Challenge #!

Bethany, my Ruff Meal commercial

is nothing without a good jingle.

Everything you need to know is in that mailbox.

So, go fetch!

LIZA: Yeah, Bethany!

I'm going alone today... What's this?

What the...That is a very important stick.

Do not lose it. Uh, trust me,

you'll find out when you get there!

Is she gone? [giggling]

Bethany doesn't know this.

But she's gonna be working on the Ruff Meal jingle

with Keith Lockhart, the conductor of the Boston Pops!

Whoo-hoo!

And as determined by the FETCH ,

Brian and Liza have stayed behind in the studio today,

but they'll be eligible to win points

during the Half-time Quiz Show.

And for Brian and Liza, not only will they receive

free Ruff Meals,

but with every Ruff Meal,

the FETCH! Fairness Guarantee, which states:

All the contestants will have competed

for the same number of points by the grand finale.

So, for the four contestants out on the challenges,

up to points are at stake in the Triumph Tally!

So, let's get on the old monitor

and have some lunch!

Are you Rolando?Hello, yes, I am.

What do we have here?

Some Ruff Meals.We have some Ruff Meals.

ROLANDO: Okay.Courtesy of Ruff Ruffman.

RUFF: Mm-hmm, the Ruff Meal!

It's a big package. Let's open it up.

How's that?Yeah, that works.

Look at how perfectly wrapped they are.

Ruff Meals are awesome!

Turkey, ham...

Turkey, ham...

The Ruff Meal is for the g*ng on the go.

You open it, you eat it, and you throw it away.

What could be better?

Look at that!

Oh, this is like a packaged lunch.

Turkey sandwich, fruit juice...

STERLING AND ISAAC: Cheese and crackers.

TALIA: Strawberry cereal bar.

Oh, hey, a banana.

How many people do you think this meal is for?

One.

Let's look at packaging. What do we have?

Aluminum, right? Plastic.

Paper. Styrofoam peanuts.

Yep, got your Styrofoam peanuts

and your peanut peanuts.

Everything is individually wrappedTin foil...

with plastic or some sort of, uh, material.

Well, it's to protect it.

If you will please notice that, uh, nothing broke.

Do we need all this packaging? No.

No. It's not very healthy for the Earth.

Okay, so, we need to think about that.

[band playing]

There's Keith, the famous conductor!

Trombone.

French horn, trumpet, I know my instruments.

And here comes Bethany.

Bethany!

How are you?!

Welcome to Tanglewood.

You must be Keith?

I am Keith.From the Fourth of July!

That's the one, and I'm a conductor.

Not a conductor--

the conductor of the Boston Pops.

Hello, super awesome!

Your challenge today is to learn how to be a conductor.

Now, what is this?

Um, uh, it's a stick.

That is an official FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman stick, my friend.

You can use it for conducting

or you can carry it around in your mouth.

Uh, Ruff is right. We do use a stick when we're a conductor.

But, uh, this is a slightly fancier stick.

It's called a baton and baton is the French word for "stick."

Baton means stick and I gave her a stick.

Just, you know, it's a little more sticky.

What would happen to an orchestra

if there was no conductor?

The job is like... a lot like two other jobs

you might know more about.

One of them is the coach of a sports team.

You could have really talented athletes all over the field,

but if you don't have one person saying,

"I think this is the play we should run,"

then it's a disaster, right?

The last thing you need is, like, you know,

your French horn player-- he cuts right

and you're throwing left.

Next thing you know, the oboe is the ball back

the other way and scoring a touchdown.

Or a director of a play.

You could have great actors and actresses on the stage,

but if nobody was saying, "This is what this means.

You should be turning and dealing with him,"

looking at it from the outside, then it would...

the play would make no sense.

So, a conductor's kind of like a director.

Quiet on the set, please!

I need more energy from you, Blossom.

And action!

Action!

Banana from... it's from Costa Rica.

Why is it bad if it's from Costa Rica?'Cause it had to be shipped.

Had to ship it.'Cause then they had to ship it all the way here

It takes fossil fuels.which takes gas, which is fossil fuels,

which also emits CO in the air.

We can get some of our fruit from far away,

but we just don't want to get the bulk of our food from far away.

'Cause when we burn fossil fuels,

it contributes to global warming.

Some food, like, has to come from a faraway place, right?

Yeah, because of the climate.

You know, in New England we can't grow citrus fruits.

So, we have to get it from Florida.

And we're gonna plot a map so we can really look at this.

The USA!

Let's grab the raisins.

"California Seedless Raisins"

The raisins are coming from the San Joaquin Valley.

This region produces

about one-third of the produce in America.

Let's see the cheese.

Cheese regions are...

Wisconsin.

Wisconsin, and then Vermont is another one.

Pineapple.

The majority of our pineapple comes from Hawaii.

This one's made in China.

Yeah, that's about as far away as you can get to this country,

so it takes a tremendous amount of fuel to get that.

So it's probably not a very good green product.

Green? Of course my meal isn't green. Look.

Banana: yellow. Sandwich bread: white.

"Green" means good for the environment.

Uh... okay.

ROLANDO: So we want to reduce the packaging and minimize

the energy that it takes to produce the foods.

So we're keeping us healthy

while keeping the environment healthy.

Yeah, like the best of both worlds. Yeah.

Since you're a chef, where do you get all of your, like,

cooking ingredients from?

The foods that I prepare in my fine dining restaurants

are focused on local fresh ingredients

because they're at the peak of freshness

and they always taste better.

Local fresh ingredients are good for the environment

and they taste better.

Well, my Ruff Meals taste good.

Sort of.

All musicians in the orchestra interpret the music,

so eventually somebody has to say,

"I think this is how fast fast is in this piece.

I think this is how slow this is." And that's my job.

[playing "Stars and Stripes Forever"]

None of them were looking at you. [laughs]

How did they know what you were doing?

Well, let me, let me, uh, let me tell you how

how important it is that they look at me. Ready?

Everybody close your eyes.

[laughs]

RUFF: What? Hey, I don't hear anything.

Wait a minute. They're not playing.

Wow, they really need a conductor.

Without him, they wouldn't even know when to start.

What musicians do is they use what's called "peripheral vision."

You know how you can see your hand over here?

They have to watch the music.

See how many notes they have to play in this piece?

They look at the music and they look over the top of their stand

and they see the gestures.

And it's my job to make the gestures clear enough

so they don't have to take their eyes off the music

and look at me like that.

Okay, I'm using my peripheral vision

to avoid walking into the Barcalounger.

I... Whoa! Chet! Oh-oh!

Oh, man, I didn't see ya.

Hold the baton in your right hand.

Keep your arm nice and relaxed.

Okay, now I'm gonna ask you

to imagine kind of a funny thing.

An invisible table right here.

Now, your baton rests on top of that

until it's ready to go.

Now you might ask, "How do they know how to start

at exactly the same time?"

It takes this amount of time to go to the top,

and the same amount of time to go back.

So when it comes to the top and starts to turn around,

they say, "Oh, I've got exactly that much time till I play."

Oh, okay. Okay?

If I take the hand away...

[band plays two notes]

Let's have you try this.

Maestro, if you please.

[band plays one note]

RUFF: Bravo! Bravo!

A beautifully conducted note.

[phone rings]

Hello?

Hello, FETCHers. Hello, Chef Rolando.

I bow in your presence.

Well, Ruff, I will not endorse these packaged meals.

You won't? Why not?!

We can produce a meal

for people on less waste

than what we have in these two box lunches.

Oh, you can, can you? people?

Well, I just happen to have kids at the Boys & Girls Club

who are waiting to test out

my new Ruff Meals.

No, no good! Oh, man!

That's not good!

FETCHers, you must make Ruff Meals that create less waste,

use local fresh ingredients and still measure up

to the Ruff Ruffman high standards of deliciousness.

So go fetch a better meal.

We have to make it out of the foods

that he had? 'Cause those are gross.

We could probably find similar foods

that are a lot healthier and a lot more local.

Where would we go to get those foods?

One of those open-air markets where there's, like, tents.

Are you talking about a farmer's market?

I don't know. Yeah?

But before we get our ingredients,

let's find out out how much waste we have here in these boxes.

BOTH: pounds.

It's, like, , yeah.

It's, like, seven pounds per meal.

Huh. Maybe I did overpackage them.

So do you think we can b*at that?

Yeah, I think we can b*at that. Let's go!

And as they go to the farmer's market, we will go to Studio G

where Brian and Liza can earn some points of their own

in the Half-time Quiz Show.

Oh, yeah.

Let's brush up on the rules.

points are available. You have seconds

to answer as many questions as you can.

Ten questions available at five points apiece.

You guys ready?

BOTH: Yeah.

Then let the quiz begin.

They had way too much, like, Styrofoam and stuff,

and then they also, um...

Oh, they're from different stuff, so...

so it emits CO.

Correct.

Because it emits CO in the air when you bring it over

from ships and planes and such.

Yes, yes, yes.

Um, being a, um, director on stage and being a, uh...

Skip. Skip.

Okay.

California. They were seedless California raisins.

Yes!

pounds.

Yes!

Stick!

Good.

.

Yes!

The farmer's market.

Right.

French.

The French horn, yes. Oh, we are out of time.

[both groan]

And the FETCH says eight out of ten.

KIDS: Yes!

points.

Okay, let's go over the one you got wrong.

You got director of a play,

and we were looking for "sports coach."

Oh, I knew it!

So, will Bethany get a handle on conducting

or is she ready to pass the baton?

Let's find out.

All right.

Music is divided into regular intervals of time

that we call bars or measures, okay?

Now, a march is in two.

There are two beats in every one of those measures.

Why is a march in two?

Because we have two feet?

Yes! You're about the first person

who's ever gotten that question right the first time.

What if you have four feet?

Say, Chet, do you even have feet?

One, two, one, two.

So we need to come up with two different directions

for our beats in each bar

so they always know which one is the first b*at

and which one is the second b*at.

'Cause when I'm conducting in two,

you'll see here's my first b*at,

and then it kind of skips out to the side.

And my second b*at hits the table again.

Your first b*at goes this way,

and your second b*at goes that way.

[playing "Stars and Stripes Forever"]

Oh, she's doing it! Bethany is conducting!

[tempo increases]

Wait a minute.

Bethany, Bethany, What?

well, you got a lot of stuff right,

but you know, it's a hard thing

to learn how to do in an hour.

Okay, uh, Bethany needs a little practice.

All right, now I'll give it a whirl.

And I need practice, too.

ROLANDO: So here we are at the farmer's market.

We need to see what we have first

before we come up with a menu. That's the best way to do it.

One thing that we always keep in mind

when we're producing a local fresh menu

is that we want to keep it simple

and let the flavors and the ingredients speak for themselves.

Two students from the Green Collaborative.

Hi, guys. How you doing?

Catherine and Stacy. And they're here to help.

Hey, guys, look what Ruff gave us.

It's some reusable bags for the produce at the market.

And some money to buy lunch with.

A little green so we can go green.

[chuckles]

All right, here we have the bread.

Some lettuces. You guys have any ideas for these for the menu?

Maybe some sandwiches with lettuce.

So how long ago was this stuff picked?

We picked 'em earlier today, this morning.

Nice fresh local ingredients, right? Excellent.

We grow our garlic on our farm.

It's about miles away.

We actually make six different varieties of pesto with our garlic.

We could use some on bread, right?

Yeah, bread.Like a sandwich.

None of this stuff is packaged.

Yeah, there's no packaging, right.

These are natural products

and it's very, very healthy for you.

RUFF: Ah, look at that.

That guy's selling chocolate from his bike.

Like a chococycle.

This is a bicycle, and that's how you transport all this?

This is how I came from my factory.That's a bicycle?

I didn't even see it.

It's like really good for the environment

'cause instead of using a car, you, like, ride a bike,

so it doesn't emit fossil fuels and stuff.

RUFF: Cool bike. Too bad dogs can't eat chocolate.

What do you guys think about a menu?

You have any ideas?

Yes, the menu. Ooh, can we have that candy

that fizzles in your mouth... now?

Could we make like a pesto sandwich?

'Cause it's really fast. Just spread the pesto on.

We're gonna start out with a soup, all right?

We're gonna make the soup out of berries.

RUFF: Wait a minute. Berry soup?

And then we're gonna finish it off with a sandwich

made with a pesto mayonnaise,

beautiful sliced heirloom tomatoes,

and a fresh mozzarella cheese.

Oh, you have me at mozzarella.

Now, another thing conductors have to show is dynamics.

Dynamics are how loud or soft something is.

Wait a minute. You can increase the volume

while they're even playing!

Let's put together what we've learned so far, okay?

You think you can do this?

So, am I gonna be speeding them up

and slowing them down?

You can do whatever you want. You're the conductor.

One, two, three, up.

[playing "Stars and Stripes Forever"]

Hey, Bethany's actually getting this.

When Bethany's hand goes higher, the band plays louder,

and when it goes lower, they play softer.

Watch, she's maintaining the same tempo.

Get ready to stop. We're almost done.

And we got to end it in one, two, one, two, one, two...

[band stops abruptly]

RUFF: That was awesome.

Yay!

RUFF: You did great, Bethany.

My arms are tired.

It was harder than it looks.

Most things are.

Let me give Keith a call.

[phone rings]Hmm. Just a second.

Hello?

Hi, Keith. It's Ruff.

Ruff, how you doing?

So, what do you think?

Is she ready for the next challenge?

Yeah, I think she's ready.

Okay. I'll see you on stage.

[drumroll]

Ladies and gentlemen,

you are looking at the next guest conductor

of the Boston Pops.

RUFF: Yup, the next guest conductor of the Boston Pops.

Check it out.

Glad I have the appropriate wardrobe.

RUFF: I'm getting nervous. You'll be great.

I need to... I need to sit down.

Okay, we have minutes to produce this meal.

Ruff sent these over. I have hairnets.

Looks like Isaac made it a nose net. Hi, Ruff.

We have aprons. Awesome.

What I want you guys to be mindful of

is that we need to have three piles of waste:

recycled products;

trash that's going to go into the landfill--

the things that we can't recycle;

and we also have just compostable products.

All right, so you're making the soup.

You two are making the sandwiches.

First, we wash our hands. Then we start cooking.

RUFF: Okay, we've got minutes

to make a healthy lunch for kids.

STACY: Black raspberry.

RUFF: Hurry!

Don't spill any of the fruit, guys.

Get it in there, in the blender.

Let's go. Let's go. We have, like, zero time.

This is fresh mozzarella.

I got seven slices out of that one.

RUFF: We have five minutes until we have mouths to feed.

So, FETCHers, hurry!

TALIA: Okay, we have the cheese and tomatoes and bread.

ISAAC: We have a soup!

ROLANDO: That looks beautiful.

RUFF: These are very different from my Ruff Meals.

STACY: Okay, guys, these were made from recycled materials.

[rings]Time's up!

And here we go. Okay.

There are the sandwiches. There's the soup.

Oh, oh, man. There are the kids.

KIDS: Hi, Ruff!

Oh! Hello, beloved fans of my program.

Hi, guys.

We got plates. You're welcome. There you go.

ISAAC: This is a totally organic, healthy fruit soup.

This tastes really good.

It's really good.

Delicious.

Whoo!

This is, like, the best thing ever.

We would bring some back to you, Ruff, but...

they kind of ate it all.

What? No soup for me?

Oh, but can you save me a sandwich at least?

[panting]

Are you ready to do this? Yes.

Okay, I got three things for you to remember, okay?

Number one: keep the rhythm with your body. Mm-hmm.

Number two: make your gestures really clear and consistent.

And number three: have fun.

We'll see you out there, okay? Okay.

That's right. Have fun!

I'm just... I'm just waiting for...

To get a chance to go out on the stage

and I'm actually really excited.

I get to conduct, um, the Boston Pops.

[squeals]

Aah!

This is Bethany.

[applause]

RUFF: Look at them cheering her on. Oh, my.

Bethany is going to conduct.

Blossom, hold my hand.

[playing "Stars and Stripes Forever"]

Wow. Listen to that entire orchestra.

That sounds so good!

[Ruff hums along]

[humming along]

[orchestra stops]

RUFF: Oh! Oh! Bravo! Brava!

Somebody throw her a flower!

Somebody. Go on and bow! Oh, I love it!

Great job, Bethany! See you back in Studio G!

We have to weigh the trash,

the waste that we made and we have to compare

to Ruff's meal that he made earlier.

ROLANDO: We're dealing with compostable spoons and bowls and plates,

so that's going to all go in the compost pile.

Wait, what does he mean, "compostable"?

Wait, so those plates can eventually feed plants?

That's pretty cool.

Thanks, Ruff!

No need to thank me. Just keep watching the show.

[laughs]

This is our waste.

STERLING: We got recyclables.

TALIA: I think these are compostables.

ISAAC: And then those are just waste.

Wait a minute. The only stuff that's not recyclable

or compostable are those lids?

That's the only waste they have?

Even though we used paper plates,

which took energy to make, we can put them back

into the environment.Excellent.

Let's weigh our waste.

It's actually about... not even a half an ounce.

Less than half an ounce? For kids?

I had pounds for kids.

You won the challenge.

[cheering]

Good job, FETCHers.

lunches in the bag and you didn't even use bags.

[cheering]

Thank you so much.You're welcome.

See you back at Studio G, Ruff.

Head on back to Studio G.

Nicely done.

Let's welcome back our contestants.

LIZA: Yeah.

These hardworking foodies weren't just noodling around.

They're Talia, Sterling, and Isaac.

LIZA: Hey, guys.

And who just conducted The Pops?

Bethany!

[all greeting]

Oh!

Let me see that baton.

Conduct me.

♪ I think it's time to give out some points ♪

♪ Triumph Tally time.

We start with Talia, Isaac, and Sterling.

Also, none of this has a package.

RUFF: You chose your ingredients thoughtfully,

then created a lunch for

while creating less waste than a Ruff Meal for one.

For your successful efforts in making a sustainable lunch:

points!

Yeah!LIZA: Yeah, guys!

RUFF: Good job!

[playing "Stars and Stripes Forever"]

RUFF: Bethany, not everyone goes out

and conducts the Boston Pops, you know.

RUFF: What was that?You know what they told me?

I am the first kid in history to get to conduct the Boston Pops.

Ever? Ever.

That is awesome.

You deserve to be the first kid conductor

and you know what that means?

points!

Yeah, Bethany.

But is that all the points a dog can give?

ALL: No.

Bethany, would you conduct me into the next sentence?

♪ What time is it?

♪ Bonus points!

RUFF: Yes! Today's five bonus points

go to the contestant who had the game-making idea

for where to buy the lunch ingredients.

What about one of those open-air markets

where there's, like, tents?

Talia![cheering]

You are today's daily winner!

Now, Talia, I have your two identical

new, improved Ruff Meals in biodegradable packaging.

So, which will it be?

Ruff Meal A or Ruff Meal B?

B, B, B! B, B.

Okay, I'll go with B.

Your prize is now in the mailbox.

Go get it!

STERLING: It's an envelope.

"Talia, you have won tickets

to see the Boston Pops Holiday show."

LIZA: Yeah!

Congratulations!Thank you, Ruff.

Well, that is our show.

Until next time, I'm Ruff Ruffman. See ya, FETCHers!

ALL: Bye.

Ooh, it's from the Boston Pops.

"Dear Mr. Ruffman,

We got a batter offer from Hairball,

the new cat grooming show.

That leaves me back with Chet.

Oh, you got a saxophone now?

Okay, well, I've watched Bethany,

so I think I can conduct this thing.

[playing] Uh, wait, Chet.

Follow the baton. Chet!

Oh, well.

♪ Ruff deedly-do be do do da

♪ Let's pack a jing-a-do-da

♪ Sha-ta-lee do be da ba de do

♪ Yeah!



[Ruff scatting]

♪ FETCH! ♪

♪ With Ruff Ruffman! ♪

[Ruff scatting]

Yikes.

♪ FETCH! ♪

♪ With Ruff Ruffman! ♪

♪ FETCH! ♪