01x05 - Prince Wednesday Finds a Way to Play / Finding a Way to Play on Backwards Day

[bunniefuu]

- Hi, neighbour! Wanna play
in the block corner

at school with me?
And then we're going

to Miss Elaina's house
for Backwards Day.

I'm so glad you're coming too.
I'll be right backwards--

I mean back.

♪♪ It's a beautiful day
in the neighbourhood ♪

♪ A beautiful day
for a neighbour ♪

♪ Would you be mine? ♪
♪ Could you be mine? ♪

♪ Won't you be my neighbour? ♪

- ♪ It's Daniel Tiger's
Neighborhood♪

♪ A land of make-believe ♪

♪ Won't you ride
along with me? ♪

- ♪ Ride along ♪

- ♪ It's Daniel Tiger's
Neighborhood♪

♪ So much to do,
so much to see ♪

♪ Won't you ride
along with me? ♪

- ♪ Ride along ♪

- ♪ I've got lots of friends
for you to meet ♪

♪ In this land of make-believe ♪

♪ A friendly face
on every street

♪ Just waiting to greet you ♪
♪ It's a beautiful day
in the neighbourhood ♪

♪ A beautiful day
for a neighbour ♪

♪ In Daniel Tiger's
Neighborhood!♪♪

[Trolley dings.]

- Thanks, Trolley!
[Trolley dings.]

Hi, neighbour!
It's me, Daniel Tiger.

Today I'm going to school!

Want to come to school with me?

Grr-ific!

Come on, Dad,
we don't want to be late!

- [laughing]: OK, OK.
- Yay!

School time!
Backpack in my cubby,

- OK, my favourite fuzzy guy,

I'm headed off to work.

- Ugga-mugga.
- Ugga-mugga.

- Good morning, Daniel.
Good morning, Mr. Tiger.

- Hello, Teacher Harriet.

- Hi, Teacher Harriet.
My neighbour is here too!

- Hi, neighbour. I'm so glad
you're at school today.

- Thanks!
- Daniel, why don't you go

and play in the play corner
with your friends?

- Grr-ific!

Hi, Katerina. Can I help?

- Meow, meow, yes!
- Cool!

- Put that brick over there.
- OK!

[Daniel humming]

- Can you please pass me
that block?

- Got it!
[Katerina laughing]

- Thank you! Doo-doo-dee-doo,
la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la...

We need another block.
Let's put that over here.

Oh. Up there.

There.
- Hmm... What are we building?

- This is a wall
to my house.

See?
- Ooh, so cool!

- Meow, meow, thank you!
[Katerina laughing]

Now that we are done, want
to play House? I'll be Mommy!

- OK! I'll be the daddy tiger!
- See my baby, meow, meow?

- Hi, little baby.
I'm your daddy tiger.

I can make breakfast!
- OK!

- Grr-ific!

Hey, do you like
strawberry pancakes?

- My favourite,
meow, meow!

- Roar!

Roar! I'm a dinosaur!

- Watch out,
Prince Wednesday!

- STOMP! STOMP! STOMP!

I want to play!
I'll be the dinosaur!

- There is no dinosaur
in House!

- Why not? Roar!

- Because you'd wake
the baby.

Waa! Oh, it's OK, baby.

Shh. Baby, go to sleep!

- Oh, OK.

[Katerina humming and shushing]

- Breakfast is ready!

Mmm! Strawberry pancakes!

- And milk for the baby.

It's time to eat, baby.

- Strawberry pancakes? And milk?

I want to play! Roar!

- Hey!
- Dinosaur!

The baby is eating
right now!

- Oh, but I want
to play House too!

- Hmm, do you want
to be the brother?

- No.
- Do you want to be the grandpa?

- No.
- Do you want
to be the babysitter?

- No. I want to be the dinosaur!
Roar!

- Uh-oh!

- No noisy dinosaurs
around the baby.

She needs to go to sleep now.
[Wednesday sighs.]

- Sad dino. Roar!

- How's playing House going?

Do I hear a sad roar?

- Sad dinosaur. Sad roar.

- Why are you a sad dinosaur,
Prince Wednesday?

- Because I want to play House,
but Katerina said dinosaurs
cannot play House.

- Why not?

- Because noisy dinosaurs will
wake the baby.

- Do you want to play together?
- [Daniel and Wednesday]: Yes.

- Sure. I like playing
with Prince Wednesday.

- Well, then,
I think you need to...

♪ Find a way to play together! ♪

- ♪ We'll find a way
to play together ♪

- Yes, Prince Wednesday,
you want to be a dinosaur.

- Yes!

Roar!

- But noisy dinosaurs will
wake the baby!

- So, you need to...

♪ Find a way to play together ♪
- Hmm.

How about if I'm
a quiet dinosaur?

- A quiet dinosaur wouldn't
wake the baby. OK!

- Roar!
- Waa!

- I mean, roar, roar.

- Hee-hee-hee!
- Listen.

You made the baby laugh!
- The baby thinks

you're a funny dinosaur!
[Katerina laughing]

- Funny dinosaur, would you like
some strawberry pancakes?

- Roar-ity, roar! Roar!

Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom!

Roar!

Dinosaur done!

- Isn't our little house sweet,
meow, meow?

- I like our little house.

But I also like a castle!

Do you want to make believe
with me?

Let's make believe...

that our house is a castle!

- ♪♪ Welcome, welcome,
welcome, welcome! ♪

♪ Welcome to your castle,
where you're a royal king! ♪

♪ You can play
all through the day and
sometimes you will sing! ♪

- ♪ La, la, la, la, la, la! ♪

- ♪ You'll eat at a fancy table
with lots of fancy food! ♪

♪ You'll dance the dance of
a royal king when you're
in a dance-y mood! ♪

- Woo! Yeah!

- ♪ You'll love to play
all through the day ♪

♪ In your royal castle! ♪♪

- Wasn't that grr-ific!?

- Go to sleep now.

Sleep time.

- Roar! Let's play
dinosaur fetch! Watch!

[Daniel gasps.]
- Careful, little dino!

- Whoa.
[Katerina gasps.]

- Meow, meow!
- Uh-oh.

- Meow, meow. You knocked down
the wall to our house!

- I'm sorry.
I was just playing fetch.

I didn't mean to knock down
your house. Roar.

- Meow, meow. We can't
play House without a house.

Meow, meow, sad.
- Grr.

- But... I still want us
to play.

Maybe I can find a way
to play

so we can still play
together.

- Meow, meow.
- Yes, find a way
to play together!

- What if I was a...
builder dinosaur?

I could build you a new wall
for your house!

- Meow, meow, really?
- Royally really!

- I could help too, meow, meow!
I'll be builder Mommy!

- Me too!
I'll be builder Daddy!

- Now first we need
green blocks.

- Will you help too?

Grr-ific! Do you see
a green block?

- Here's a green block!

This block will be great
for building.

[Katerina and Daniel laughing]

- And now we need
a blue block!

- Can you find
a blue block?

Yes! Here's a blue block!

And now we need a red block!

Can you find a red block?

There it is! Grr-ific!

- Thank you. Thank you.

- Oh, meow, meow, pretty!

[Daniel humming]

- ♪ La, la, la, la ♪

[Wednesday humming]

- I'll put them up high
with my long dinosaur neck!

All done! Roar!

- Yeah! Do you like the new wall
for our house?

I think it's tiger-tastic!

- Meow, meow,
soooo pretty!

This house is even better now,
meow, meow!

- It's like a castle!

- Royally glad you like it!
Royally great! Oops!

[all laughing]

- Waa!
- Oh, Mommy's coming!

Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.
Even the baby likes it!

- Yeah!
- Yay!

- Great work, everyone.
You each found a way to play...

- [all]: Together!

- [Daniel]: Grr!
[laughing]

- ♪♪ When we want to play
in our own special way ♪

♪ We sometimes forget
about our friends ♪

♪ If we want to play House ♪
- ♪ Be a dinosaur ♪
- ♪ Or a mouse ♪

- ♪ Together is the best way
to pretend ♪

♪ Find a way to play together ♪

♪ And find a way to share
with each other ♪

♪ Playing is great ♪

- ♪ Playing together is
so much better ♪

- ♪ Find a way to play
together ♪

- ♪ Each one us brings
our own special gifts ♪

♪ That makes us who we are ♪

- ♪ And when we play together
the time we spend is better ♪

- ♪ And more exciting by far ♪

- ♪ Find a way to play
together ♪

♪ And find a way to care
for each other ♪

♪ Playing is great ♪

- ♪ Playing together is
even better! ♪

- ♪ Find a way to play
together ♪

- OK, family,

I think we should take the baby
on a trip somewhere!

- Royally great idea!

- Yeah! Where should we go?

- Um... Oh, want to go
to the grocery store?

- No.
- Hmm, to the park?

- No.
- I know.

We could take the baby
to the zoo to see the dinosaur!

- Roar! The dinosaur likes
that idea!

- Come on, Daniel,
come on, little baby,

let's go see a dinosaur
at the zoo.

He's very friendly.
Right, dinosaur?

- Roar-ity, roar! Roar!

- Want to pet the cutie
sweetie dinosaur?

[Wednesday laughing]
- Roar! That tickles!

- A ticklish dinosaur?
Who ever heard of that?

- Me!

[all laughing]
- Grr!

I'm glad Katerina and Prince
Wednesday found a way
to play together.

I like playing with them!
And I like playing with you too!

Ugga-mugga!

- ♪♪ Each one of us brings
our own special gifts ♪

♪ That makes us who we are ♪

- ♪ And when we play together,
the time we spend is better ♪

- ♪ And more exciting by far ♪

- ♪ Find a way to play
together ♪

♪ And find a way to share
with each other ♪

♪ Playing is great ♪

- ♪ Playing together is
so much better ♪

- ♪ Find a way to play
together ♪

- You lose!
- And you win!

Scratch! You lose!

Scratch! You win!

- Oh!
- Tower!

- Oopsies!

A little help.

Oh! A little work
for a little help.

- Hmm.

- Tyler, can you put this
back in the bin?

- ♪ Find a way to play
together ♪

- ♪ And find a way to share
with each other ♪

- How does this go
through there?

- ♪ Playing is great ♪

- ♪ Playing together is
so much better ♪

- ♪ Find a way to play
together ♪♪

[Trolley dings.]
- Hi, neighbour!

It's me, Daniel Tiger.
- Hoo-hoo!

And me, O the Owl, hoo-hoo!
[Daniel laughs.]

- We're at Miss Elaina's house
to play.

Thanks, Trolley!
[Trolley dings.]

Hello!
- Hiya, tootses!

[Daniel and Elaina laughing]
- Miss Elaina? Is that hoo?

- It's me! But I'm...

BACKWARDS!

[Daniel and Elaina laughing]
- Hello.

Now I'm Backwards Daniel!

- Hello, Backwards Daniel!
Helloooo, O!

- Uh, um...
hi, Miss Elaina.

I'm forwards, but...

you're very backwards.

- I know!
[She laughs.]

Even my dress is on...
- [Daniel and Elaina]:
Backwards!

- Yeah, that's so cool!

- Come inside so we can play!
But let's go...

- [Daniel and Elaina]:
Backwards!

- OK!

- Hoo-hoo,
please be careful.

- Da, da, da...
- Be careful.

[Daniel and Elaina laughing]

- I decided that today
is... Backwards Day!

- Yeah!
[Elaina laughing]

Whoa!

Da, da, da, da!

- Miss Elaina is so funny,
isn't she? Ha! Ha!

- See? I even made a game
we can play!

- Goodie! I love games!

- A backwards game!
- Yeah!

- Hoo-hoo. Oh, dear.

I'm not sure I like
backwards games.

- OK, try and find all
the backwards things in my room.

- N-n-n-no, thank you,
no, thank you.

- Hmm... Backwards things?

What do you see
that's backwards?

I see a backwards... train!
[train whistle]

- Backwards train?
Oh, my!

I don't like
a backwards train.

- Um... I see backwards...

You look too.
Backwards...

[Daniel gasps.]
...toys!

[Daniel and Elaina laughing]
- Backwards toys? Oh, my, my!

- OK! What else do you see
that's backwards?

- I see a backwards...
monkey!

[monkey chattering]

- A backwards monkey?

Oh, me, oh, my,
oh, me, oh, my!

- Backwards can be
sooo much fun!

Different is so much fun!
Ooh-ooh-ah-ah!

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
- Maybe.

Ooh-ooh-ah-ah!

[Daniel laughing]
- Ooh-ooh-ah-ah!

Heyyy... that gives me
an idea!

Let's make believe

that we are backwards
and upside down!

♪♪ Hooray, hooray,
it's Backwards Day! ♪

♪ On our backwards trolley,
on our backwards track ♪

♪ If you ride along with me
then we can take a trip back ♪

Here we go!

♪ I can slide forward
like everyone ♪

♪ But backwards sliding is
just such much more fun! ♪

Whoa!

♪ Upside down tea parties are
as silly as can be ♪

♪ Who would like to have
some upside-down tea with me? ♪

♪ Hooray, hooray,
it's Backwards Day! ♪

♪ Hooray! ♪♪

Wasn't that grr-ific!?

- [Elaina]: Ooh-ooh...

Oops!

- Things work better
when they're forwards.

- Well, today is
Backwards Day,

and it's time for us
to put on a... show!

- Hoo-hoo!
- Grr-ific! I love doing a show!

- Hoo-hoo! I love
doing a show too!

- A...

backwards show!

- A backwards show?
Oh, no.

- A backwards show!
- Yeah!

- No!
- Hmm?

Miss Elaina, I want
to be in a show, but...

I DO NOT want
to be backwards!

- But everything in a backwards
show has to be backwards.

- B-but I do not want
to be backwards!

I just don't like it.
I don't like it.

- Playing backwards can be
so much fun, O!

- Forwards please!

- Heyyy, what's going on
in here?

- A lot is going on
in here.

- Daddy, I want us to put on
a backwards show!

- And O does not want
to be backwards!

- Hoo, hoo-hoo, no.

I do not want to be backwards
in the show. Thank you.

- What about you, Daniel?

Are you OK with playing
backwards?

- Uh-huh. I like
being backwards too.

But I don't want O
to be upset.

Grr.
- Me neither.

- Hmm... This is
a tough problem.

Are you sure you want
to play together?

- I love playing with O!
- Hoo-hoo, yes!

I want to be in the show!
- Well, then,

if you want to play together...

then there is only one thing
you can do.

- Hmm, yup,
only one thing you can do.
- You're going to have to...

- ♪ Find a way to play
together ♪

- ♪ Find a way
to play together ♪

- ♪ Find a way to play
together ♪

- But how? My way
to play is... backwards!

- And my way of playing is...
forwards!

- [O and Elaina]: How can we
play together?

[all laughing]

- Yeah, how can they play
together?

- Miss Elaina, what are you
going to do in the show?

- I'm going to dance
backwards,

like this! Ha-ooh-ooh-ah,
da-da-da-da, boom-chicka-boom,

da-da-da, dancing backwards,
dancing backwards,

da-na-na-na-na-na-na!
- Yeah!

- Mm-hmm.

And, Daniel, what are you going
to do in the show?

- Hmm, I'm going to dance
like a chicken backwards,

like this!
Bak-bak-bak!

[others laughing]
Bak-bak-bak-ba-kak!

- Bak-bak-bak-bak-bak!
[all laughing]

OK, so you have
backwards dancing in the show,

so what could O do in the show?
- Hmm.

- Hmm.

- Hmm.

Music!
- What do you mean?

- I could play music
in the show!

[Elaina gasps.]
- Backwards music?

- No. Forwards music--
my way to play. Hm, hm!

- Hmm. OK. And my way to play
is... backwards dancing!

- ♪ Find a way to play
together ♪

- We'll dance!
- And I will make music!

- Bum-bum-bum!

- And we will play...

- [all]: Together!

- Whoa!
[all laughing]

- Boomerang Toomerang!
That's what I call...

- ♪ Find a way to play
together ♪

- High fives all around!

- Backwards high five please!

[Elaina's dad laughing]

[Elaina laughing]
- [O]: Oh, dear.

- OK, O, here are my bongo drums
for you to play music on.

- Thanks! Hoo-hoo.

- Cool!

- Excellent!
Bongo drums! Yes!

[Elaina laughing]

- Presenting...

The Backwards Show!

Starring me!

Backwards Miss Elaina!

- And me!
Backwards Daniel Tiger!

[O clears his throat.]
- And me,

forwards O the Owl.

I will play the music.

- Boom-chicka, boom-chicka,
boom-boom-boom!

- Bawk-chicka, bawk-chicka,
bawk-bawk-bawk!

- Boom-chicka, boom-chicka,
boom-boom-boom!

- Bawk-chicka, bawk-chicka,
bawk-bawk-bawk!

- Boom, boom, boom,
boom-boom-boom-boom-boom.

[O laughing]

- Whoa!
- Whew!

Owls are excellent drummers.

Hoo-hoo!
[all laughing]

- ♪♪ Our way to play is dancing
backwards today ♪

- ♪ My way to play is
to play music my way ♪

- ♪ And we found a way to play ♪

- ♪ Our backwards dancing goes
great with your forward
strumming ♪

[laughing]
- Wa-hoo!

- ♪ We found a way to play
together ♪

♪ We found a way to play
together ♪

- ♪ If my way to play is
building with blocks ♪

- ♪ And if my way to play is
pretending to be a fox ♪

♪ Ah-wooo! ♪

- ♪ Then we found a way
to play ♪

- ♪ You could build a box
for the fox! ♪

- ♪ We found a way to play
together ♪

- ♪ That's a good way ♪

- ♪ We found a way to play
together ♪

- ♪ That's a great way ♪

- ♪ We found a way to play ♪

- ♪ That's a grr-ific way
to play ♪

- ♪ Together ♪♪

[clapping]

- Wait, wait, wait, wait!

I need to bow...
backwards!

- Me too!

- Forwards for me!
Hoo-hoo!

- Well done!
Bravo!

[kids laughing]

- Thanks for playing with me
today... backwards!

Do you ever want to play
different things from
your friends?

I'm glad we could all find a way
to play together.

Ugga-mugga!

- ♪♪ It's such a good feeling
to play with family
and friends ♪

♪ It's such a happy feeling
when they lend you a hand ♪

♪ You wake up ready to say ♪
- Hi!

- ♪ "I think I'll make
a snappy new day" ♪

♪ It's such a good feeling ♪

♪ A very good feeling,
a feeling you know ♪

- ♪ That I'll be back ♪

♪ When the day is new ♪

♪ And I'll have more ideas
for you ♪

♪ And you'll have things
you'll want to talk about ♪

♪ I will too ♪♪

Because it's you I like.

- You can be
the other big sister,

and, Olivia,
you can be the baby.

- I'll bring the bowl over.
Let's go.

- OK. And I'm the mom
so I get the big spoon.

- Yeah.
- You.

- ♪ We found a way to play
together ♪

- OK, we're all done
with the food. Everybody--

- All right, I don't want
to play with neighbours anymore.

- Let's play something else.

- Go on top.
- You forgot something.

Let's play dogs!
Everybody get a dog!

- Here's one. You can be a bear.

- You be the bear.

- Can we all get our crowns?
- No, I get the pink one.

- This is for me.
- Lana gets this.

- I get this too.
- I want to get this.

- No, these are how you put
your wings on.

- No. Those are yours.

- Olivia, you get this crown.

And I can put it on.

- Here comes Gigi!

[laughing]

- OK, let's put these
back on the couch.

Pretend that...
- That can be Tiana.

- I got a car!
- Let's go, Gigi!

- ♪ We found a way to play
together ♪

- ♪ That's a good way! ♪

- ♪ We found a way to play
together ♪

- ♪ That's a great way! ♪
- ♪ We found a way to play ♪

- ♪ That's a grr-ific way
to play! ♪

- ♪ Together ♪♪

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