♪♪
-♪ Here comes Donkey Hodie ♪
-Hee-haw! -♪ Donkey Hodie ♪
-♪ Loves adventure, she loves surprise ♪
♪ When there's a problem, she tries and tries ♪
-♪ Let's go, Donkey Hodie ♪
-♪ If she fails, she'll bounce right back ♪
♪ Come on, Duck Duck, give a quack ♪
-Kee-kee! Quack! -♪ Donkey Hodie ♪
-♪ Plays with Bob Dog, they have a ball ♪
♪ It's fun for them, it's fun for all ♪
-Bow-wow! -♪ Donkey Hodie ♪
-♪ Just for fun, she'll take a trip ♪
♪ With Purple Panda in a spaceship ♪
-Hey-o! -♪ Donkey Hodie ♪
-♪ Hee and a haw and a haw and a hee ♪
♪ Someplace Else is the place to be ♪
♪ With our pal Donkey Hodie ♪
-Hee-haw!
♪♪
[ Clock ticking ]
♪♪
[ Alarm ringing ]
-Ah, good morning, alarm clock.
Thanks for the wake-up call.
[ Whack! ] Ow!
Oh! Oh, my toe.
Okay, ow.
Ooh. Oh. Oh.
No problem, because today is gonna be
an awesome, extra-fun, very good day.
I am pumped.
Aah! [ Thud, alarm ringing ]
Oh, yowch.
[ Alarm shuts off ]
That's okay. It's just a bumpy start, that's all.
Today is still gonna be a great day.
I can feel it.
♪♪
Panda! -Hi!
[ Chuckles ]
Ahh.
-Panda, I have great news. -Yeah? Ah?
-Today is gonna be an awesome,
extra-fun, very good day.
-Oh, you know what, Donkey?
I had a hunch it might be,
so I wore my bow tie.
-[ Gasps ]
-I like to feel fancy.
[ Tie squeaking ]
-Today for the awesome, extra-fun, very good day,
we're gonna have our number-one most favorite breakfast.
-Crunch Doodles! -Crunch Doodles!
-And it's special because we're eating Crunch Doodles together.
-Yeah, Crunch Doodles and friend doodles!
That's all I need for a great day.
-Oh, an awesome, extra-fun, very good day.
-Yeah, and it all starts with a healthy Crunch Doodle breakfast.
-Doo-doo-doo-doo! -Doo-doo-doo-doo!
-Good thing I got a brand-new box of Crunch Doodles.
-Yeah. Let's eat them.
Uh, where are the bowls?
-Well, they're right over here!
[ Both gasp ]
Uh...
Today is not an awesome,
extra-fun, very good day.
Today is officially bad.
Grr!
[ Grunting ]
[ Sighs ]
-Um, hey, Donkey?
Uh, are you mad?
-Yes, but -- but not at you.
I'm -- I'm mad at today!
Oh, I'm mad and sad and grumpy.
Ugh! -[ Sighs ]
I'm sorry you're having a bad day, Donkey.
But I think I know what might cheer you up.
[ Zip! Zoop! ]
♪♪
Huh?
-[ Sighs ]
[ Zip! Zoop! ]
Hiya, Donkey.
[ Chortling ]
[ Honking ]
[ Chortles ]
-[ Sighs ]
-[ Sighs ]
[ Zip! Zoop! ]
Ah? Ah, ah...
Whoa!
Ta-da!
Eh? Did it work? Are you cheered up?
-No.
-[ Scoffs ] Really?
This trick never fails.
♪♪
-Oh. Well, maybe we could read a book together.
That might make me feel better.
♪♪
How about --
-The one with the bugs? -The one with the bugs?
Perfect.
♪♪
[ Book thuds ] Ow!
Oh! Oh, oh, oh! -Donkey, are you okay?
-Ah, ah, ah!
No!
No, I am not okay!
Today was supposed to be an awesome, extra-fun,
very good day, but things keep going wrong.
Then when I try to make things better, I make them worse.
[ Laughs wildly ]
I quit today.
I, Donkey Hodie, am going back to bed.
♪♪
-[ Sighs ]
-Hey, buddy.
-Panda, you're still here?
Even though I'm un-cheer-up-able?
-Oh, yeah, of course, Donkey.
Uh, you don't always need to be happy
for me to like spending time with you.
-Thanks, Panda.
You're a true-blue purple pal.
-I'm always here to help, Donkey.
-Well, I think I just need to be sad right now.
-That's okay.
I can help with that, too.
♪♪
Hi! [ Chuckles ]
You know, not to brag or anything,
but I have some very soft shoulders.
You can lean on them if you want.
-Oh.
-[ Chuckles ]
-Oh, yeah.
Oh, that is <span> good.
Do you use conditioner? -Every day.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Both breathe deeply ]
[ Gasps ] Donkey!
Your alarm clock was on the floor!
I don't want you to step on this.
That would make anyone grumpy.
-Oh, that's how today started.
I hopped out of bed, turned off the alarm clock,
and knocked it onto my little hoof.
-[ Gasps ] The left one?
-Mm-hmm.
-Oh, but that's your favorite hoof!
-I know!
I've been kind of grumpy since this morning.
-That's a long time to be grumpy.
-Too long.
I'm tired of being grumpy.
There's got to be something I can do to cheer myself up.
Think, Donkey Hodie. Think.
-Okay, while you think, I'll hide the clock.
That way, you won't see it
and remember all the things that went wrong today.
Uh...
Don't look.
I said don't look!
-No, no, no. Panda, you gave me an idea.
You're right. Looking at the clock makes me feel grumpy.
-Yeah. [ Gasps ]
Hey, Donkey. What's that?
-What? -Uh, oh, nothing.
Uh, y-you were saying?
-Hmm. If looking at the clock makes me grumpy
because it reminds me of my bad day,
what if I looked at some things that remind me of a happy day?
-Donkey Hodie, that's a great idea.
Hey, maybe we can put some things in a box.
-Yeah! We can call it, um,
[Gasps] the Happy Stuff Box.
We just need a box.
-Right. Mm...
[ Gasps ] Oh!
Found one!
-Perfect.
I, Donkey Hodie, will cheer myself up.
-Let's get started.
♪♪
-Hmm.
Uh...
Ooh! [ Grunts ]
Hey. Hey, Panda!
-Huh?
-You remember this?
-[ Gasps ] Do I?
Eh -- Uh, do <span> I?
-The Ungrowdenia flower.
-[ Gasps ] Oh, yeah!
-It's so beautiful.
-Yeah, sure is.
Oh, hey! Do you see that?
-Hmm? [ Gasps ]
-They really are flower friends.
That was a pretty special day. -Yeah.
It definitely makes me happy when I remember it,
so I'm putting this seed packet in the Happy Stuff Box for sure.
-Okay, let's see. What else?
What else?
Oh! Oh, no.
-Oh!
Panda, look!
-[ Gasps ] Oh, yeah.
We used that shovel
the day we helped King Friday build his sand castle.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-Okay, royal sand castle builders,
let's see how we did.
-Ooh. -Ooh.
-[ Chuckles ]
That was such a great day. -Mm-hmm.
-Even though it took me like forever
to get the sand out of my fur.
[ Chuckles ]
Hmm, let's see.
Oh! Hey, Donkey, how about this?
-Oh, yeah. It's the flag
from the day we tried to climb Mount Really High Up.
-Oh, wow.
I didn't realize that we hiked this far.
-Me, either.
Hey, let's put our flag here
so we can mark how far we got on our very first try.
-I think the Happy Stuff Box is working.
-Hey, yeah! I cheered myself up.
I'm in a way better mood now.
-Yeah, me, too! And I wasn't even in a bad mood,
so now I'm like super happy.
-This Happy Stuff Box might be
one of the best ideas we've ever had.
-Hey-o!
-Ha!
♪ It's okay to be mad, it's okay to feel sad ♪
♪ It's okay to have days that are just going bad ♪
-♪ But when you want to cheer yourself up, just know ♪
-♪ You can ♪ -♪ You can ♪
-♪ You can change your mood ♪
-♪ Cheer up, cheer up ♪ -♪ Cheer up, cheer up ♪
-♪ Have a new attitude ♪
-♪ Get up, get up ♪ -♪ Get up, get up ♪
♪ You can dance, you can sing, you can play ♪
♪ You can decide ♪
-♪ To have an awesome, extra-fun, very good day ♪
-♪ Look around and you'll see things that make you happy ♪
-♪ Reminders of days filled with laughter and glee ♪
-♪ So if you want to pick yourself up, just know ♪
-♪ You can ♪ -♪ You can ♪
-♪ You can change your mood ♪
-♪ Cheer up, cheer up ♪ -♪ Cheer up, cheer up ♪
-♪ Have a new attitude ♪
-♪ Get up, get up ♪ -♪ Get up, get up ♪
♪ You can dance, you can sing, you can play ♪
♪ You can decide ♪
♪ To have an awesome, extra-fun, very good day ♪
♪ Yeah, it's an awesome, extra-fun, very good day ♪
♪ Today's an awesome, extra-fun, very good day ♪
[ Both sigh ]
[ Both laugh ]
-Oh, there's just one more thing
we need to put in the Happy Stuff Box.
-There is? -Mm-hmm.
A picture of the two of us. -[ Gasps ]
-That'll help us remember that a bad day can become a good day.
Like today.
♪♪
-You know, today really is an awesome, extra-fun,
very good day.
I knew it would be.
-[ Chuckles ] -Thanks, Panda.
-You're welcome, Donkey. [ Both chuckle ]
[ Sighs ] This box sure makes me happy.
-Yeah, me, too.
[ Both sigh ]
-See any birds yet, Panda?
-Uh, nope. You?
-Nope.
-How can we bird-watch if there aren't any birds?
-[ Gasps ] Hee-haw! Panda, look!
-I don't see anything.
-Not up there.
Down here.
-[ Gasps ] A polka-dot rock.
-No, it's not a rock, Panda.
It's an egg.
-Well, that's the biggest egg I've ever seen.
Do you think that's a dinosaur egg, Donkey?
-It's a Yodel Bird egg!
-How do you know?
-Are you forgetting that I'm president
of the Yodel Bird Fan Club?
[ Clears throat ]
♪ Yodel-odel-ee, yodel-odel-lub ♪
♪ It's the Yodel Bird Fan Club ♪
-Of course not, President Hodie.
[ Both chuckle ]
-I know all about Yodel Bird eggs.
This is a Yodel Bird egg, alright.
-But where's the mama Yodel Bird?
-She must be around here somewhere.
Mama Yodel Birds never leave their eggs.
I don't see her.
-Me either.
-Maybe the egg rolled out of the nest.
Yodel Bird eggs are really rolly-polly.
I bet the mama Yodel Bird is looking for the egg right now.
-Oh, I hope she gets here soon.
I don't want anything to happen to the egg.
-Don't worry.
I, Donkey Hodie, will take care of the egg
until the mama bird finds it.
Want to help?
-I've never taken care of a Yodel Bird egg before, Donkey.
Have you?
-No, but we can do it.
We just need to keep it warm and -- and read it
Yodel Bird stories... -Yeah?
-...and sing it Yodel Bird songs.
-[ Humming ] Oh, hey there.
-Hi. -Grampy, look what we found.
-Ooh, hey.
Is that a Yodel Bird egg? -Yeah, yeah.
We're taking care of it until the mama Yodel Bird comes back.
-Mm, well, taking care of a Yodel Bird egg
is a big responsibility.
-Yes, it is, Grampy, and I know exactly what to do.
-Yeah, Donkey's the president of the Yodel Bird Fan Club.
-♪ Yodel-odel-ee, yodel-odel-lub ♪
♪ It's the Yodel Bird Fan Club ♪
-[ Chuckles ] I know you're the president,
my little Donker-oo.
-We just need to keep the egg warm
and read it Yodel Bird stories and sing it Yodel Bird songs.
-And don't forget, you have to keep it safe.
-Oh, uh, right. -Mm-hmm.
Well, I'm sure you can do it, but if you need help,
I'm just a hee-haw away.
Bye-bye. -Thanks, Grampy.
-Thank you, Grampy. -Bye.
Okay, so we need to keep the egg warm.
Hmm.
When I'm cold, I put on a sweater.
Maybe we could put a sweater on the egg.
-But I don't have a sweater. -Hmm, me either.
-We'd better call for help. -Uh, well, hold on, Panda.
-Help! Help!
-You called?
-Yeah, um, we don't know how to keep the egg warm.
-Wait, wait. What about a blanket?
A blanket always keeps me warm.
-Mm-hmm. Good thinking, Donkey.
Looks like you don't need my help after all.
-Thanks anyways, Grampy.
-Bye-bye.
-Bye. -Bye.
-I've got a blanket in my spaceship.
There you go, little egg.
Ah, nice and warm.
-I have the Yodel Bird storybook.
It's called "The Yodel Bird Egg."
-Ooh, I think the little egg's gonna like that story.
-Mm-hmm. -[ Chuckles ]
-"Once upon a time, there was a little Yodel Bird egg --"
-Bow-wow! Is that a ball?
[ Gasps ] Ball, ball, ball, ball!
-No, Bob Dog! Stay! -Oh, I'm sorry.
Is this your <span> ball, Donkey?
-It's not a ball, Bob Dog.
It's a Yodel Bird egg, and you have to be careful.
-Oh, okay, yeah, you know, I could've sworn
that this was a ball. -Mm.
-You know, I have one at home that looks just like it.
I think I'll go play with it.
Bye-bye. -Bye, Bob.
-Bye.
-Whew! -[ Sighs ]
Okay, that was a close call.
Now, how do we keep this egg safe?
-Think, Donkey Hodie. Think.
What would keep the egg safe?
Too bad we don't have a big egg carton.
[ Snickers ]
-Uh, maybe we'd better ask for help.
-Oh, but we don't need -- -Grampy!
Could you help us?!
-Hey, there. How can I help?
-Okay, well, you can tell us how to keep the egg safe.
-Hm. -Bob Dog thought
the egg was a ball.
-Luckily, we stopped him,
but we need something to put around the egg.
-Hmm. -Hmm. [ Gasps ]
Like a rope. -Hey, that could work.
Guess you don't need my help after all.
-Mm, we just need a rope.
I figured it out myself.
-Well, keep up the good work.
-Oh, I have a rope in my spaceship.
-Ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball-ball!
Whoa, wait a minute. That's an egg, right?
-Right. -Sorry. See ya.
-[ Gasps ] -The rope worked.
-Okay. Now, let's try that story again.
-Yeah.
-"Once upon a Yodel --"
-Watch out below!
I'm coming in for a landing. -[ Gasps ]
Oh, no, no, no, no! -Oh, no! Be careful!
-Whoa, whoa, whoa. -Oh, Duck Duck,
you just missed. -Yes, I know.
I was aiming for that big tree over there.
I'm getting better at landing every day.
[ Chuckles ] Yeah.
Yeah, but you almost landed on the Yodel Bird egg.
-Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't see it.
-You didn't see it? -Nope, nope.
I couldn't see it from way up in the sky.
I promise I'll be more careful next time.
Bye-bye. [ Humming ]
-[ Gasps ] Next time?
What if she lands on <span> the egg next time?
Okay, we've got to ask for help.
Grampy!
-Hey, there. What's going on?
-Okay, Duck Duck almost just landed on the egg.
How do we keep things from falling on it?
-[ Gasps ] Wait. Wait, wait, wait.
Okay, I use an umbrella to keep rain off my head, right?
So what if we use a big umbrella over the egg to protect it?
-Mm, well, that ought to do it.
Let me guess. You don't need my help.
-Sorry, Grampy.
-It's okay. No problem.
-We promise we won't ask for help until we really need it.
-Alrighty. Bye-bye.
-"And the little Yodel Egg lived yodel-y ever after.
The end."
-Whoa.
I did not see that one coming.
-[ Sighs ] I sure wish the mama Yodel Bird would come back.
I don't see her. Do you? -Nope.
-Mm, well, I'm sure she'll find the egg soon.
Hey, hey, maybe -- maybe we can sing a song while we're waiting.
Yodel Bird eggs love being sung to.
-Oh, yeah? -Mm-hmm.
-Well, what kind of music do they like?
-Hmm.
How about this?
♪ Yodel-lay-hee-hoo, yodel-lay-hee-hoo ♪
♪ That's the Yodel Bird song ♪
♪ Yodel-lay-hee-hoo, yodel-lay-hee-hoo ♪
♪ And you can yodel along ♪
♪ It's not a cock-a-doodle-doo ♪
♪ It's not a tweet, it's not a moo ♪
♪ It's yodel-odel-lay-hee, yodel-odel-lay-hee ♪
♪ Yodel-odel-lay-hee-hoo ♪ Come on!
-♪ Yodel-lay-hee-hoo, yodel-lay-hee-hoo ♪
♪ That's the Yodel Bird song ♪
♪ Yodel-lay-hee-hoo yodel-lay-hee-hoo ♪
♪ And you can yodel along ♪
-♪ It's not a cock-a-doodle-do ♪
-♪ It's not a tweet, it's not a moo ♪
-♪ It's yodel-odel-lay-hee, yodel-odel-lay-hee ♪
♪ Yodel-odel-lay-hee-hoo ♪
♪ Yodel-odel-lay-hee, yodel-odel-lay-hee ♪
♪ Yodel-odel-lay-hee-hoo ♪
-[ Chuckles ] [ Both gasp ]
Oh, no! -Oh, no!
-The Yodel Bird egg is rolling away.
We have to stop it.
[ Both panting ]
♪♪
♪♪
[ Both panting ]
-Do -- Do you think we should ask for help, Donkey?
-Not yet.
I'm sure we can catch the egg ourselves. [ Sighs ]
-Oh! -Aah!
[ Both panting ]
♪♪
-I can't believe we lost the egg.
-Hey, there. How's it going?
Uh, wait a minute. Where's the egg?
-It rolled away, Grampy.
-Yeah, we tried to catch it.
-But we lost it.
I guess we should have asked for help.
-Hmm, well, you know, sometimes it's hard to know
when to ask for help.
-Yeah. I kept asking too soon.
-And now I asked too late.
How do you know when's the right time to ask?
-When you start feeling upset or frustrated
and you feel like you can't do something by yourself,
that's a good time to ask for help.
-I definitely feel upset.
-Me, too. And frustrated.
And I definitely don't know what to do.
[ Gasps ] So I guess now's <span> the right time.
Can you please help us find the Yodel egg, Grampy?
-Of course I can.
Uh, have you tried calling "yodel-egg-hee-hoo?"
That's the Yodel egg call.
-What? I didn't know that.
How do you <span> know that?
-Well, I used to be president of the Yodel Bird Fan Club
when I was your age.
♪ Yodel-odel-ee, yodel-odel-lub ♪
♪ That's the Yodel Bird Fan Club ♪
-Hee-hawesome!
Let's try it. -Yeah.
-Yodel-egg-hee-hoo! -Yodel-egg-hee-hoo!
-Yodel-egg-hee-hoo! -Yodel-egg-hee-hoo!
-Yodel-egg-hee-hoo! -Yodel-egg-hee-hoo!
-[ Gasps ]
-Hey-o! We did it. The Yodel egg came back.
-Good thing we asked for help at just the right time.
-Yeah. -Thanks, Grampy.
-Aww. -Yodel-egg-hee-hoo!
Yodel-egg-hee-hoo! -[ Gasps ]
And there's the mama Yodel Bird!
-Yodel-egg-hee-hoo! -Yodel-egg-hee-hoo!
-Oh, my egg, my egg!
I've been looking all over for you.
I was sitting on my egg,
and I got up to stretch my wings for a minute,
and that's when my darling Yodel egg rolled out of the nest.
I'm so glad I found you.
[ Egg cracking ] [ Gasps ]
Ooh. -And just in time.
-[ Gasps ] Just in time for what?
♪♪
Ohh. [ Chuckles ]
-A little, baby Yodel Bird.
-Yo-del-lay-hee-hoo.
-Yodel-lay-hee-hoo!
-Yo-del-lay-hee-hoo!
-Thank you for taking care of my little Yodel Bird.
-You're yodel welcome.
-Yo-del-lay-hee-hoo!
-Yodel-lay-hee-hoo!
-Yodel-lay-hee-hoo! -Yodel-lay-hee-hoo!
-Yodel-lay, yodel-lay, yodel-lay!
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
01x18 - Donkey's Bad Day/Yodel Bird Egg
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In the land of Someplace Else, just north of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Donkey Hodie and her friends go throughout their day while solving different problems along the way.
In the land of Someplace Else, just north of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Donkey Hodie and her friends go throughout their day while solving different problems along the way.