03x13 - Game Shows People Play

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music playing]

Boy, Dinah,
this English homework is really hard.

You wouldn't wanna do it for me would you?

-[Dinah meows]
-I didn't think so.

Well, I guess that leaves just me.

Let's see. "Correct the adverb
in the following sentence.

Heidi spoke quiet in the library."

Well, "spoke" is the verb in the sentence,
so the adverb should tell how Heidi spoke.

I know there's that sign in the library
that says "Quiet please,"

so it should be correct to say,
"Heidi spoke quiet in the library."

[sighs] But somehow
that doesn't sound right.

-What do you think, Dinah?
-[Dinah meows]

Oops. You probably think I should be quiet
since you're trying to rest.

Well, I know just the place to go
so you can have a little peace and quiet.

[theme music playing]

♪ Hold on to your seat
Let's go for a ride ♪

♪ Now that we're here
On the other side ♪

♪ Use your imagination
And you'll understand ♪

♪ It's an adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Every day it's something new ♪

♪ With music, rhyme and a dance or two ♪

♪ It's a curious place ♪
With a wonderful crew ♪

♪ And you're never quite sure
What they will do ♪

♪ Use your imagination
You'll understand ♪

♪ It's an adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventure in Wonderland ♪

[mellow music playing]

Oh, Alice. Help me out here.
I'm doing a crossword puzzle

and I need a five-letter word
that means "perfect."

Let me think.

-I've got it.
-Wait. So do I.

A five-letter word
that means the same as "perfect"

is, of course, "queen." [chuckles]

That was the word
you were gonna say, wasn't it?

Well, actually,
I was going to say "ideal,"

but, hey, if "queen" fits, use it.

[Rabbit] Mail call! Mail call!

Oh.

Ooh.

[chuckling]

Uh... Queen.

Oh.

-Queen.
-Thank you, Rabbit.

Queen.

-Oh.
-The queen or current resident.

Oh, look. A letter from the duchess.

Why... Oh, the nerve!

-What's the matter?
-The duchess corrected my grammar.

[gasps]

Oh, dear. I know how much

that dear, sweet, little old lady
hates to be corrected.

Not my grandma, my grammar.

Just look.
Duchie took the last letter I sent her

and returned it to me
with red pencil marks all over it.

[gasps]

How dare she! No one corrects the queen.

♪ If I make a mistake
Like call a river a lake ♪

♪ If I make a date and end up late ♪

♪ Then lips are sealed
And nothing is revealed ♪

♪ And no one corrects the queen ♪

♪ If I sing off-key ♪

♪ You just let it be ♪

♪ If I trip and fall
You don't notice at all ♪

♪ Because everyone knows
To be on their toes ♪

♪ And no one corrects the queen ♪

♪ I'm singing the song
Without being mean ♪

♪ But whatever is wrong
No one corrects the queen ♪

♪ Never, never, never, no, never ♪

♪ If you witness an act
That shouldn't be seen ♪

♪ Just remember the fact
No one corrects the queen ♪

♪ I'm never wrong and I'm always right ♪

♪ Just go along and don't lose sight ♪

♪ You just bow down
It's plain to see ♪

♪ I wear the crown honestly ♪

♪ No one corrects the queen ♪

And look. Not only did Duchie red-pencil
my letter, she wrote this across the page:

[Alice] "Better brush up
on your adverbs, Twinkletoes."

I do not need to brush up on my adverbs.
I write all my adverbs correct.

Uh...

"Correctly."

Whatever. The point is,
I never make a mistake with adverbs

because when I write, I write slow.

Uh...

-"Slowly."
-Oh, whatever.

Even if I did make a tiny mistake
with an adverb,

I'd catch it
because I reread all my letters careful.

"Carefully."

Rabbit!

-Are you correcting me?
-[gasps]

Me? Correct you? Oh, no, no.
Perish the thought, Your Majesty.

No, I'm simply pointing out,
for Alice's sake,

something which you,
of course, already know. [chuckles]

Uh...

That most adverbs end with L-Y.

Oh, harrumph!

And when did you become
such an expert on adverbs?

Me? An expert? Oh. [laughs]

You flatter me, Your Majesty.
I'm not an expert. I--

Oh, you were being sarcastic
back when you said--

Well, every evening,
I watch my favorite TV game show,

Name That Adverb.

I've never even heard of that show.
When did you start watching it?

Since they added the cutest
little co-hostess, Vanna White Rabbit.

[sighs] The way she turned those adverbs
around really gets my foot thumping.

Oh.

Oh, harrumph!

Wait a minute. I'll bet
the duchess watches that show too.

That's why she feels
she can correct your grammar.

You're right. Rabbit, get me the phone.

I know just how to show that smarty-pants
that I know a thing about adverbs.

[dialing]

-[woman over phone] Hello.
-Hello. Is this Name That Adverb?

Well, this is the queen

and I want you to put me
on your show. That's an order.

Uh, Your Majesty.

Are you sure it's wise
to go on Name That Adverb

with all of Wonderland watching?

Why shouldn't I?

As I told you, I know my adverbs,
and I can rattle them off easy.

"Easily."

[mystical music playing]

Ahem.

This is not my tan turnover time.

Come back in five minutes, please.

I will not come back in five minutes.
I need to talk to you now.

Oh, it's you, Your Majesty.
I had no idea it was you.

How may I help you?

It's not like an emergency or anything.

I mean, I'm not here to get help with my
adverbs, if that's what you're thinking.

If there's one thing a queen knows,
it's her adverbs.

Mmm. I think
you should listen to this story.

"Once, there was a sheep named Shirley,

who lived with her sisters
in a big pasture.

Shirley was always bored.

'Our flock, never goes anywhere,'
she complained.

[sighs]

Then, one day,
Shirley saw an ad in the paper.

The famous rock group Uriah Sheep
was giving a concert on a nearby farm.

'Let's go,' Shirley said to her sisters.

Off they went, ready to have
a wild and woolly time.

'Wait!' Shirley sister's said.

'Shouldn't we bring a map?'
'No,' said Shirley.

'I can find the way.'

[engine revving]

So they left home.

They drove.

And drove.

And drove.
Shirley's sisters were getting worried.

'Shouldn't we stop to ask directions?'
they wondered.

But Shirley refused to admit
that she was a little lost sheep.

And finally, the car ran out of gas.

[tires screech]

Shirley felt sheepish.
Not only had they missed the concert...

but Little Bo Peep charged them
a lot of money

to find them and bring them home."

So you see, Your Majesty,

you shouldn't be afraid to ask for help
if you don't know something.

Huh. Caterpillar, you're absolutely right.
So here's the scoop.

I'm going to be on that game show
Name That Adverb tonight.

And between you and me and the mushrooms,
I don't know an adverb from my elbow.

Really? Well, I know everything
there is to know about adverbs.

-Great. So you'll coach me for the show?
-No.

No? Why not?

Because I'll be competing against you.
I'm the current champion.

Oh.

Now, if you'll excuse me,
I have to work on my tan.

After all, when I'm on TV, I want
to have a little color in my cheeks.

Oh, harrumph!

[muttering]

[upbeat music playing]

Dee, I still don't see
how all this exercise

will help me win big on Name That Adverb.

It's simple, Dum.

You're not gonna win a million
if you don't feel like a million.

[hip-hop music playing]

♪ The benefits of exercise
Are easily seen ♪

♪ In a spirit that is strong
And a body that is lean ♪

♪ If you wanna look best
To others and yourself ♪

♪ Give a bit of every day
To your good health ♪

♪ You'll feel like
A million or maybe two ♪

♪ It's a personal fortune just for you ♪

♪ The regiment of winners
The path to success ♪

♪ A strong and healthy Tweedle
Always does his best ♪

♪ Ha! Get ready, Dum ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

♪ The benefits of exercise
Are easily seen ♪

♪ In a spirit that is strong
And body that is lean ♪

[whistle blows]

♪ You'll feel like a million
Or maybe two ♪

♪ It's a personal fortune just for you ♪

♪ The regimen of winners
The path to success ♪

♪ A strong and healthy Tweedle
Always does his best ♪

♪ Go ahead ♪

Now it's back to the training tapes.

Again, Dee? I've watched
every single Name That Adverb show

that's been on air for the last year.

Now you'll watch them a second time

because some of those adverbs
may turn up again.

[TV screen beeping]

[crowd on TV] Name That Adverb!

Yeah, you see?

-Oh, hi, Your Majesty.
-[TV clicks off]

Dum's gonna be a contestant
on Name That Adverb,

so he's studying some old shows.

You're going to be on the show?

Yes, and you have to know your adverbs
if you hope to beat the Caterpillar.

Wait a minute.

Uh, isn't there also
a third contestant you have to beat?

Well, yes,
but from watching these old shows,

the third one's always some potato head
they put on for laughs.

-"Potato head." Now that's funny.
-[both laughing]

That's royal potato head to you, bub.

-[both] Oh.
-Oh!

[mutters]

Normally, Hatter,
I wouldn't dream of coming to you

with this kind of problem,
but, frankly, I'm desperate.

Oh, Your Majesty, you're just saying that.

Look, I'm having trouble
getting my adverbs.

Oh, sheesh. You and everybody else.

My adverbs have been
on backorder for weeks.

Now, verbs...

are much easier to get.

I ordered these on Monday
and they were delivered Wednesday.

Hatter, what are you talking about?

How hard it is to get adverbs.
You have to know--

No. When I said
I'm having trouble getting adverbs,

I meant,
I'm having trouble understanding them.

How they work in a sentence.

Oh! Well, I'd love to help you with that,
but as I said...

...I've only got verbs.

[chuckles] Oh.

Take this one for example, "talk."

Your typical action verb.

But without an adverb,
you can't talk loudly or softly or slowly.

You can just talk.

Yes, siree. Without adverbs,
it's just the poor old verb...

sitting out there all by itself.

And let me tell you,
that can get mighty lonely.

[country music playing]

Well, here's the story of the lonely verb.

♪ The old Verb ♪

♪ Is sitting by himself ♪

♪ Hey, but here's Lonely
His adverb friend ♪

♪ Riding his pony around the bend ♪

♪ Well, Lonely just might
Be only lonely by himself ♪

♪ You see? ♪

♪ But Lonely and Verb together
They keep each other company ♪

Oh, howdy. How are you doing, Lonely?

Uh, Lonely, he's not much
of a talker. Ahem.

♪ Well, way back when ♪

♪ Old Verb
He rode the range ♪

♪ Jauntily, happily, even doubly ♪

♪ But times change and now today ♪

♪ Well, it's not the end ♪

♪ Because Old Verb has learned
To make Lonely his lonely adverb friend ♪

And that's the story of the lonely verb.

The adverbs are here!

The adverbs are--

[giggling]

Oh, and look, they sent all our favorites,
the adverbs with the suffix L-Y.

"Nicely."

Oh!

"Honestly."

Ooh.

"Strangely."

"Carefully."

Do all adverbs end in L-Y?

No, not all of them. Just most of them.

It's really very simple, Your Majesty.
Most verbs are action words.

The things you do,
like sit, bite, jump, swim.

And an adverb is a how word.

Howard? Who's Howard?

Some guy I knew in school.
He was terrible in grammar.

Oh, yeah, I remember him.

Now, take the verb "walk."

Without an adverb,
you can only walk one way.

[humming]

-But after a while, that gets boring.
-Boring.

But a good adverb used intelligently,
judiciously and prudently

can allow you to walk... quickly.

[chuckles]

Proudly.

Hey. How are you doing? Nice to see you.

Or even goofily.

[Hatter thuds]

Not to mention clumsily.

How true that is.

So you see, Your Majesty,
action verbs tell you what you're doing,

and adverbs tell you how you're doing it.

Great. With a little help
from the suffix L-Y,

I'll show that duchess a thing or two.

Listen, Duchie.

Just be sure you're tuned in
to the show tonight

because I wouldn't want you
to miss a single minute

or a single adverb.

Gosh. I've never known anyone
who's been on a game show before.

I'm going to enjoy this.

So am I, especially the part
where I cream the competition. [laughs]

And show the duchess that I know
more about adverbs than she does.

Your Majesty, do you really think
you should brag like that?

Why shouldn't I? Adverbs are my life.

She has studied very hard, Mr. Cat.

Yes. Still, with all
of Wonderland watching,

won't you be under a lot of pressure?

Ha!

"Pressure" is my middle name.

Huh?

Okay, so it's "Eunice."

But the point is,
I know so much about adverbs now,

I'll win easy.

Uh, don't you mean "easily"?

[laughing]

-[game show music playing]
-[audience cheering]

[announcer] Please welcome our first
contestant, the five-time returning champ,

the Caterpillar!

[cheering continues]

And now, entering our studio is
a Tweedle from Wonderland,

Tweedledum!

And our final contestant,
a member of royalty,

Her Majesty the Red Queen!

And all three will do
their best not to play badly

as they compete
for one million wobucks on...

-Name That Adverb!
-[audience] Name That Adverb!

[announcer] And now,
here's your host, Pat Sajak.

Hey. Thank you, everybody.
Thank you very much and welcome.

And now let's bring out
the lovely Vanna White Rabbit.

[applause]

[Pat] Oh.

Nice outfit, Vanna.

Let's get on with the game.

[game show music playing]

Gee, Mr. Dee,
who do you think's going to win?

Oh, my brother's a cinch
because he had a good coach.

What do you think, Mr. Rabbit?

I think I'm in love.

Players, get ready to hit your buzzers.
Here's your first sentence.

Marie didn't want to scrape her knee,
so she skated how?

Careful.

Carefully.

Rutabaga.

-[bell dings]
-Rutabaga.

-[buzzer sounds]
-Wait, I mean--

-[bell dings]
-Carefully.

Marie skated carefully.

That's right, Caterpillar.
Congratulations.

Uh, oh, Your Majesty,
just a word of advice.

Before you hit the buzzer,
might wanna wait till you know the answer.

Oh, harrumph! I knew the answer.
I just got nervous.

Yeah, of course. That's what they all say.

Gosh, Mr. Rabbit. Do you think Her Majesty
will calm down enough to win?

Mr. Rabbit?

Oh, look! Vanna's looking right at me.

[applause]

[Dee] She's not looking at you.

She's looking at her cue card
so she knows what to say next.

Oh! She doesn't say anything at all.
She just turns the adverbs around.

[chuckling]

"Don't knock it.
It's harder than it looks."

Okay, you advocates of accurate adverbs,
here's your next sentence.

Lloyd was in a hurry,
so he did his chores how?

Quick.

Quickly.

Kumquat.

-[bell dings]
-Quickly.

Lloyd did his chores quickly.

That's absolutely right. Say, you're
not so dumb after all, Dum.

Your Majesty, again, before, when I told
you to wait before hitting your buzzer,

I didn't mean wait
till someone else buzzes.

I knew that. I pressed my buzzer on time.
It just didn't work.

That's funny. Mine worked fine.

Oh, it did, did it? Then I'll use yours.

If you take my buzzer,
then you'll have two and I'll have none.

-So, what's your point?
-It's time to recap the score.

So far, the Caterpillar and Tweedledum
are tied with one adverb each.

And the queen? Well, Her Majesty
has one big fat goose egg.

[chuckling]

All right. Ready on buzzers, players.
Next sentence coming up.

Shari studied for her spelling test
because she didn't want to do how?

Poor.

Poorly.

-Seltzer.
-[bell dings]

Poorly. Shari didn't want to do poorly.

That's right. You did it again.

That tears it! I can't get
an adverb in edgewise on this show.

Caterpillar, lay down your buzzer!

Pat, can she do that?

Of course I can do it. I'm the queen.

[imitating her] I can do it.
I'm the queen.

Okay, Pat.

Let it rip.

Armand studied in the library how?

-[bell dings]
-Quietly.

Wanda followed the instructions how?

-[bell dings]
-Thoroughly.

Right, Your Majesty.

Claire waited her turn in line how?

Patiently.

Ragweed.

-[bell dings]
-Patiently.

Yes. Absolutely right.

That means you move on to the bonus round.

Oh, goodie, goodie, goodie!
What's the bonus round?

This is the bonus round?

Me waiting to get dunked in cold water
if I give so much as one wrong answer?

Well, whose chuckleheaded idea was this?

Well, actually, it was mine.

But remember,
you won't get dunked if you'll just

-name that adverb.
-[audience] Name That Adverb!

You have to name all three correctly
in order to win.

So let's get started.

Your Majesty, how would you like
the caterpillar to throw the baseball?

Slow or slowly?

[ticking music playing]

-Slowly.
-That's right.

Hang on to it. Don't throw that ball.

Here's the next one.

How would you like Tweedle Dum
to throw the baseball?

Bad or badly?

-Badly.
-Right again.

Hang on to the ball. Not this time.

Now, here comes the big one, Your Majesty.

Listen closely. If you name that adverb,
you win a million wobucks

and you'll be back
as our returning champion.

If you don't...

you get dunked.

All right. How would you like
Tweedle Dum and the caterpillar

to throw the baseballs?

Soft or softly?

-Soft. No. Softly.
-[buzzer sounds]

We have to go with the first answer.

And since you goofed,
gentlemen, fire away.

No! Softly! Softly!

[alarm wailing]

Oh, I'm sorry, Your Majesty,
but if you get dunked, you lose.

And the caterpillar will return tomorrow
as our champion.

And until then, remember to use
all your adverbs correctly.

[announcer] Some of our contestants
will receive Betty Brand bland rice cakes.

Remember,
if it's Betty Brand, you know it's bland.

If you plan to be in Wonderland
and would like to be a contestant,

please drop us a postcard.

Oh! Vanna. Vanna, you were wonderful.

Tell me. How do you do it?

Sorry. Vanna can't talk to you right now.
There's something with her voice.

[high-pitched] What's the matter
with my voice?

Oh. Oh.

I'm sorry you didn't win, Your Majesty.

No, Alice, I deserve to lose

because anybody who doesn't know
her adverbs is all wet.

[rock music playing]

♪ Do you want to use
That adverb correctly? ♪

♪ We do ♪

♪ Well, you better follow instructions
Exactly ♪

♪ Tell us how to ♪

♪ Add L-Y after the word ♪

♪ And you got yourself
A pretty little adverb ♪

-You ready?
-[all] Ready!

-Set?
-[all] Set!

♪ But say it wrong ♪

♪ And you're all wet ♪

♪ You're all wet ♪

♪ Say it now and say succinctly ♪

[all] ♪ Succinctly ♪

♪ Well, you pronounce
That adverb distinctly ♪

♪ Distinctly ♪

♪ Just add L-Y after the word ♪

♪ And you got yourself
A pretty little adverb ♪

-You ready?
-[all] Ready!

-Set?
-[all] Set!

♪ But if you say it wrong ♪

♪ You're all wet ♪

♪ You're all wet ♪

♪ You're all wet ♪

[mystical music playing]

Well, Dinah, I can do my homework now.

I figured out the right way
to use an adverb. Like this sentence.

"Heidi spoke quiet in the library."

It needs an adverb
to tell how Heidi spoke.

So you take the word "quiet"
and add the suffix L-Y,

making the adverb "quietly."

Don't worry.
I'll be able to play with you soon.

Now that I understand adverbs,
I can do my homework quickly.

[theme music playing]

♪ That's all for now
But we'll see you again ♪

♪ Come back real soon
Now that we're all friends ♪

♪ Where every day is something new ♪

♪ With music, rhyme and a dance or two ♪

♪ Use your imagination
And you'll understand ♪

♪ It's an adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventure in Wonderland ♪

♪ Adventures in Wonderland ♪