♪♪
♪♪ One, two,
a one, two, three, four! ♪
♪ Peg Plus Cat ♪
(Cat humming)
♪ Peg Plus Cat ♪
(Cat humming)
- (kids): ♪ One, two, three
- Yeah, come on, let's go ♪
- (kids): ♪ Four, five, six
- Hey! What do you know? ♪
- (kids): ♪ Seven, eight, nine
- Whoa! What comes next? ♪
- ♪ Uh, ?
- (kids): Ten! ♪
- ♪ You're the best ♪
♪ We are two,
na na na na na na ♪
♪ Me plus you,
na na na na na ♪
♪ We're Peg Plus
- Cat ♪
- ♪ Peg Plus
- Cat ♪
- ♪ Peg Plus
- Cat ♪
- (kids): ♪ Peg Plus Cat! ♪♪
- Woo-hoo!
- "The Perfect Ten Problem!"
- (announcer): From the
entertainment capital
of the world, it's...
The Perfect Ten!
(musical jingle)
And now, for the star
of The Perfect ,
an all-around perfect guy,
Ramone!
(applause and cheering)
(musical jingle)
- Good evening, ladies
and gentleman,
and welcome
to The Perfect Ten,
the show where everyone gets
stars,
so everyone's a winner!
(applause and cheering)
- Ooh! Even me?
- Well, no, not you, Cat.
You're a judge.
But everyone who performs will
be a WINNER!
(applause and cheering)
Now it's time to meet
our other judges.
Sharing the chair with Cat,
heeeeere's Peg!
- Hi, Ramone! I'm a really big
fan of the show,
so I'm super excited
to be here.
- That makes one of us! Awk!
- And here's our other judge
for the evening, the parrot!
- That's right - I'm a parrot
and my name is Parrot. Awk!
How do we play this game anyway?
- I'm so glad you asked!
First, our performers will
sing a song.
- Sing a song?
But I forgot my earplugs.
- Parrot, you'll decide
how many stars you want
to give the performers.
Then Peg and Cat will
give their score.
But remember,
all of the contestants should
get a total of stars -
no more, no less.
That way,
everyone's a winner!
(applause and cheering)
Peg and Cat, that means it's up
to you to make sure everyone
gets a score of .
- But how will we know
how many stars to give them?
- It's too much pressure!
- (both): We've got
a big problem!
- Don't worry, you two.
Adding to is easy. You just
have to count on your fingers.
- Count on my fingers...
- I think he was talking to me,
Cat. You have zero fingers.
That means you have none.
- Ohh!
- And look! Your paws even have
big zeros on them.
- How many fingers
do you have, Peg?
- I've got .
- That's right.
And you can use those fingers
to figure out how many stars
to give the contestants.
And now it's time
to begin The Perfect Ten!
(applause and cheering)
Don't let the size
of our first act fool you.
They may be tiny, but, boy,
can they put on a show!
Introducing... Richard,
Baby Fox, and Littlest Chicken!
(applause)
So, Richard, what do you like
to do in your free time?
- Um... I like to...
(whimpering)
I forget what I like to do,
and now I'm ruining everything!
- And what about you, Baby Fox?
What do you like to do?
(spitting)
Just adorable.
Hi there,
Littlest Chicken.
Do you know all your lines?
- Nope!
- And with that,
you three can take it away!
♪♪♪
(piano)
(clearing his throat)
- ♪♪ I'm not giant, colossal,
or hefty ♪
♪ Not lanky, humongous,
or tall ♪
♪ There's no need to flatter,
the truth of the matter ♪
♪ Is size-wise I am small ♪
♪ Some say I'm the smallest,
but I can't agree ♪
♪ Through my travels I've found
there are others around ♪
♪ Who are even smaller
than me ♪
♪ Presenting small,
smaller, smallest ♪
- Cheep!
- ♪ Small, smaller, smallest ♪
♪ I'm small, you see,
but he's smaller than me ♪
♪ This little chick is
the smallest of the three ♪
♪ There's a lot we could do
for each other ♪
♪ That we never could do
for ourselves ♪
- ♪ Like retrieving a loafer
from under a sofa ♪
- ♪ Or cookies up high
on shelves ♪
♪ There are rides
that we'll never ride on ♪
♪ And movies we'll never see ♪
♪ But whatever the weather,
we'll weather together ♪
♪ Forever we will be ♪
♪ Small, smaller, smallest ♪
- Cheep!
- ♪ Small, smaller, smallest ♪
♪ I'm small, you see,
but he's smaller than me ♪
♪ This little chick is
the smallest of the three ♪♪
(cheering and applause)
- What a performance!
Now let's see what
our judges think. Parrot?
- I don't like
that it hurt my ears.
I like that it's over.
Five stars.
- Five stars?
But we really want
to get stars.
- No one should be unhappy
on The Perfect Ten
We've got a problem!
Unless...
Peg and Cat can give them
enough stars to equal .
Peg and Cat?
- I really liked their song!
- So catchy!
- Now, let's see.
Parrot gave the group one, two,
three, four, five stars.
So to figure out how many stars
make , we just need to count
these other fingers!
- Oooh, I'll help!
One, two, three,
four, five.
- So we need to give
the group...
- (Peg and Cat): Five stars!
(applause and cheering)
- Our first group received
five stars, and five more stars,
so altogether they have
stars!
(applause and cheering)
- They liked us.
They really liked us!
- Hooray!
(Baby Fox laughing)
- And now for our next act,
the pirates!
(applause and cheering)
♪♪♪
- ♪♪ If you're aboard
a pirate boat ♪
- ♪ You're a-sailing
- You're afloat ♪
- ♪ And you're headin'
for the sandy shore ♪
- ♪ There's a number
that's the best ♪
- ♪ It's better than the rest ♪
- ♪ And that's the number four ♪
- ♪ When you're
in a pirate group ♪
- ♪ A pirate g*ng
- A pirate troupe ♪
- ♪ Four pirates is
the perfect size ♪
♪ With four in your crew ♪
- ♪ You're never down
- You're never blue ♪
- ♪ 'Cause you're
with the other guys ♪
- ♪ We're four, four, four
jolly pirates ♪
♪ Four jolly pirates are we ♪
♪ We're four, four, four
jolly pirates ♪
♪ Four jolly pirates are we
- Especially me ♪
- ♪ No, I'm the jolliest pirate!
- You've never seen a jollier
pirate than me! ♪
- ♪ I am so jolly! ♪♪
- All right! Now, let's see
if you made our judges jolly.
Parrot, what did you think
of the pirates?
- How can they be jolly
without their parrot?
I give them... one star.
- (all): One star?!
- Peg and Cat, it's up to you
to make it to !
- Then let's count, and fast!
- I'll put down one finger,
because Parrot gave the pirates
one star.
That leaves...
- One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight, nine.
- Pirates, we really enjoyed
your song,
so we're going
to give you...
- (Peg and Cat): Nine stars!
(applause and cheering)
- All right, pirates,
you've received one star
and nine stars, so altogether
you've got a score of...
stars!
- (pirates): Yoo-hoo! Jeepers!
Loved it! Alrighty, Ramoney!
- Another perfect !
And now for
our final performance,
joining us straight
from the pig sty,
heeeeeere's the pig!
(applause and cheering)
Before he performs, let's watch
this short video about
his awesome career.
The pig's favorite pastimes
include sitting,
staring, and waiting.
- (audience): Ooooh.
- The pig also enjoys gazing.
- (audience): Ahhhh.
- He could be
best described as lazy,
idle, inattentive, and lifeless.
- (audience): Whoa!
- But lucky for us,
he perks up when he sings.
Take it away, Pig!
(opera singing)
- ♪ IIIIIIIII ♪
♪ Looooooooove ♪
♪ Triangllllllllllles! ♪
- A powerful performance!
Parrot, what do you think?
- I LOVED it!
I give the pig stars!
- Parrot gave the pig
stars!
But we still need
to give OUR score!
And if we give Pig
even one more star,
he'll have !
- Because + = .
- But if the pig gets more stars
than us, we'd feel...
- So sad!
- So bad!
- So mad!
- Down in the pirate dumps!
- Peg and Cat,
you gotta do something!
We don't want to lose.
- Please.
- Our contestants look
like they're about to cry!
(crying)
This is something we've never
seen on The Perfect Ten.
Looks like we have a...
- (Ramone and Peg:): REALLY
BIG PROBLEM!
- If we don't
figure out a way for the pig
to end up with stars,
the show will be ruined!
They'll have to call it
The Imperfect Ten, which is
really not a very catchy title.
I am TOTALLY FREAKING OUT!
(Cat blows a whistle.)
- Cat's right. I should count
backwards from five
to calm down.
Five... four...
three... two... one.
- No ideas?
- Nothing.
- Too bad we can't count
on my fingers.
- You genius Cat, that's it!
Your paws have zeros on them.
If we give the Pig zero stars,
then his score will still be !
- You paws rock. Mwah!
- OK, Ramone,
we give the pig...
- (both): Zero stars!
- Pig, we really liked
your song,
but you already have stars,
so you don't need any more
to get to .
(applause and cheering)
- All right,
let's check the board.
Pig, you got stars
and zero stars, which equals...
stars!
That means everyone's a winner
on The Perfect Ten!
- (all): We win! We win!
- Because we knew
about adding to ,
all of the performers won!
- Math really saved
this game show!
- Take it away, you two.
- ♪ Problem solved
- The problem is solved ♪
♪ We solved the problem
- So everything is awesome ♪
- ♪ Problem solved ♪
- So, Peg and Cat,
what have you learned
tonight on The Perfect Ten?
- I learned that my paws are
really helpful.
- And I learned that there are
lots of combinations
that add up to !
- Arr!
- ♪ Five and five,
one and nine ♪
♪ When they're side by side
they make just fine ♪
- ♪ So many combinations work
time and time again ♪
- Count up on your fingers,
find your way to ♪
♪ Count up on your fingers
- Find your way ♪
♪ To ♪♪
- And that's our show.
Thank you for joining us
on The Perfect Ten!
- Awk! That show stunk.
- Those pirates really loved
being in a group of four.
But I'm totally happy
with our group of two.
- So am I.
- ♪ We are two ♪
- ♪ Na na na na na
- Me plus you ♪
- ♪ Na na na na na ♪
- Awk! I'll give you
stars to stop singing.
- We got !
- Perfect!
(They laugh.)
(They sigh.)
- ♪ We're splashing
in the- Mm?
- ♪♪ One, two,
a one, two, three, four! ♪
♪ Peg Plus Cat ♪
(Cat humming)
♪ Peg Plus Cat ♪
(Cat humming)
- (kids): ♪ One, two, three
- Yeah, come on, let's go ♪
- (kids): ♪ Four, five, six
- Hey! What do you know? ♪
- (kids): ♪ Seven, eight, nine
- Whoa! What comes next? ♪
- ♪ Uh, ?
- (kids): Ten! ♪
- ♪ You're the best ♪
♪ We are two,
na na na na na na ♪
♪ Me plus you,
na na na na na ♪
♪ We're Peg Plus
- Cat ♪
- ♪ Peg Plus
- Cat ♪
- ♪ Peg Plus
- Cat ♪
- (kids): ♪ Peg Plus Cat! ♪♪
(both laughing)
- "The Long Line Problem."
(He sighs.)
Why does there always have to be
a problem?
- Space - it never gets old!
Even though technically
it's the oldest thing ever.
Hi! I'm Peg, this is Cat,
and we're back
on our FAVORITE purple planet,
the Purple Planet!
And we're here with our bestest
space creature buddy, Richard...
- Hello, children of Earth!
- ...for a Purple Planet
play date!
Richard's got the coolest toys
in the galaxy!
- Oh, you.
- What should we play with
first, Richard?
The iSky?
The Auto Twist?
- Aloha.
- Or the tractor ray?
- Huh, what does it do?
Oh. Hi.
- Actually, guys, I don't want
to play with toys;
I want to buy one!
The newest yellow gadget!
At the Yellow Store!
- The what?
- At the where?
- The Yellow Store.
They sell yellow gadgets,
like these.
- Cool! What do
the gadgets do?
- I have no idea.
But today, they're selling
the newest yellow gadget...
(fanfare)
...and I want to be
first in line to buy it.
- What's the big deal
about being first in line?
- What's the big deal
about being first in line?!
♪♪♪
♪♪ Whether being served
at breakfast ♪
♪ Or picked
for tractor-ball ♪
♪ Whenever there's an order,
I'm always last of all ♪
♪ So forgive me
if I shed a tear ♪
♪ Or appear to whine ♪
(whining)
♪ But my greatest dream
is to be first in liiiine ♪♪
- Aw! Richard,
that's so... sad.
- The song, or my dream?
- Just... both.
- It's a toss-up
which is more sad.
- But you're
one of my best friends,
and we're gonna help you
make your dream come true.
Get ready to be
first in line!
- Really? You guys are the best!
(He gasps.)
But wait! All this time we've
been standing around talking,
I may have missed my chance
to be first in line!
This is a BIG PROBLEM!
(Richard crying)
- All aboard the Space Bus!
Next stop,
the Yellow Store.
- Come on!
If we take this bus,
maybe we can make it
to the Yellow Store
in time!
- Now arrivin'
at the Yellow Store.
- We're here!
- And that means
you can still be
first in line! And sooo...
♪ Problem solved
- The problem is solved ♪
- ♪ We solved the problem,
problem-- ♪
- Wait a minute.
where's everybody going?
- To get in line -
at the Yellow Store.
- What?
WHAT?!
Oh, no! I'm at the back
of the line!
This is a REALLY BIG
PROBLEM!
♪♪♪
♪♪ We haven't even started ♪
♪ And already I'm the last ♪
♪ I'm used to losing quickly ♪
♪ But golly, that was fast ♪
♪ Maybe I should just give up ♪
♪ Maybe it's a sign ♪
♪ But I wish I could've been
the first in liiiiiine ♪♪
- Richard, you give up
too quickly.
We're gonna do whatever we can
to get you to the very front
of the line!
- Oh, Peg! Oh, Cat!
Oh, Peg plus Cat!
Thank you!
Here, I want you
to take these old yellow gadgets
as my way of saying thanks!
- Thanks, Richard.
- Yellowy!
- Hi, everyone!
- Ramone! What are you
doing here?
- I'm the manager
at the Yellow Store.
It's my job to make sure
everyone in line gets
a new yellow gadget.
- (line): Hooray!
- So I have to enforce
a strict rule.
- (line): Aww.
- Anyone who steps out of line,
for any reason,
must go all the way
to the back.
And everyone
who was behind them
moves up. OK?
- (line): OK.
Wow, everybody's talking
at the same time. Weird, right?
- Very.
- Don't vorry, Ramone,
I vill keep an eye on ze line.
- Dude, didn't you just
step out of line?
- I keep vun foot in,
like ze hokey pokey!
- Thanks, Beethoven. Also,
please recycle your old
yellow gadgets in this bin.
See you soon!
- (Big Mouth): Hmm? Ahh.
- Richard, you can
still be first
if everyone in front of us steps
out of line.
- But the line is so long!
- Yeah. I wonder how long
it is.
Wait, you figured it out,
you brilliant line-making Cat!
We need to make
a number line!
A number line is when you put
all the numbers on a line so
you can see 'em in order.
- Like this?
- Exactly!
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine,
, , , , , , ,
, , , !
- Ooh, ooh, Ramone!
Vee haf a problem!
- Sorry, Peg,
you stepped out of line,
so you'll have to go
to the back.
- Oh! So I was
in th place,
but now I have to move
back to th.
- Right. And since Cat was
behind you, he moves up one.
- Hot diggity!
- Oh!
It's boring
waiting in line.
- Not as boring
as the bellyachin' yer makin'.
- Or the time it's takin'
fer you to be makin'
yer bellyachin'.
- Or my bellyachin'
at the time it's takin'
fer me to be makin' this bacon.
- Put it on a cr*cker! Awk!
- Hey, Pirates, if you want
something to do,
try counting the line
with ordinal numbers.
So instead of one, two, three,
say, "First, second, third."
- OK,
I'll start!
First, second, third, fourth.
- (pirates): Fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth!
Ninth, th, th, th,
th, th, th, th,
th, th, th, th.
- Ramone! We haf
another emergency!
- You five counted all the way
to the back of the line!
Great job! But you might as well
stay there now.
- Agh, we stepped out of line!
- (pirates): Arr!
- Look, Richard,
we moved up five spaces!
- Which puts me all the way
up to... th place!
Oh, happy day!
- Bleh! Not for us.
- Yeah. We, like, had
the exact, like, spots we,
like, like... liked.
- We were th, th,
and th in line.
It totally matched our ages.
- So, we want to be
where you are,
and you want to be
where we are.
What do you say?
Wanna do some swapsies?
- Swapsies?
- Like, SWAPSY swapsies?
- Is that allowed?
- Devious!
But I like it.
- Did you hear that, Viv?
They're doing swapsies.
- Is that allowed?
- Let's ask Ramone.
(blowing a whistle)
- Vat? I got a vistle. Ramone!
- Sorry, ladies,
rules are rules.
Gonna have to send you
to the back of the line.
- Not fair!
- Hm! No good deed
goes unpunished.
- Well, Richard,
what do you think?
- Oh, Peg! I'm sixth in line!
That's so close to first,
I can almost smell it!
- What does it smell like?
- Kinda like...
Big Mouth?
- Oh, no! It's Big Mouth!
And he sees all
the little yellow gadgets!
- So? Big Mouth loves things
that are little and yellow.
Oh, right!
We should probably run, then.
(Big Mouth growling)
(people yelling in fear)
- It's Big Mouth!
- I know you're really excited
to get your new yellow gadget,
but you have to wait in line
like everybody else.
The old line is gone, so let's
make a new line, people!
- Second!
- Third!
- Fourth!
- OK, it's almost time
to open the store.
I'll be right back,
everyone.
- Oh, how bittersweet.
I'm in nd place.
I guess I'll never be first...
in anything.
(clearing his throat)
- ♪ Mi may mah moh mooo ♪
- Oh, no! If Richard can't
fulfill his dream
of being first in line,
he's gonna sing again,
and I can't take any more
of Richard's singing today -
no offense, Richard.
I am TOTALLY FREAKING OUT!
(Cat blows a whistle.)
Cat's right.
I should count backwards
from five to calm down.
Five, four, three,
two, one.
Cat, that's it!
We're all carrying
yellow gadgets,
and Big Mouth wants them.
- So?
- So...
Hey, everybody, let's all
recycle our old yellow gadgets!
- Hmm?
(growling happily)
- Oh, Ramone!
(blowing a whistle)
I am such a tattle tale!
- Well, looks like he's got
his hands full.
So, Richard, you're
first in line!
- I... I am? I'm really first?
Yay!
- By knowing ordinal numbers,
we moved Richard
to the front of the line!
- Math can make you first!
- And so...
♪ Problem solved
- The problem is solved ♪
♪ We solved the problem
- So everything is awesome ♪
- ♪ Problem solved ♪
- First gadget goes
to Richard.
- Ramone, what do these new
yellow gadgets do, anyway?
- Oh, that's easy.
Everyone push the button
on your gadget.
- Nice.
♪♪♪
(dance music)
- They turn everything
into... a dance party!
- (all): Oh, so that's
what they do!
- ♪♪ This is no ordinary
ordinal line ♪
♪ The numbers are a-glowin'
- Like a neon sign ♪
- ♪ First and second places
are making funny faces ♪
- ♪ And I'm pretty sure
seven ate nine ♪
- ♪ It's a very extra-ordinary
ordinal line! ♪
(Cat humming)
- ♪ In ze th
and th spots ♪
- ♪ Everything is dotted
- With DayGlo polka dots ♪
- ♪ Fifteenth place and th are
trying to do a swapsy ♪
♪ But both of them have gotten
kinda flopsy ♪
- ♪ This is no ordinary
ordinal line ♪
♪ The th and th places
- Are swinging from a vine ♪
- ♪ I'm just glad
that I was first ♪
- ♪ Vould you like
a bit of wurst? ♪
- I'll pass.
- ♪ I told you everything
would be fine ♪
♪ On this very, very, very
- Interplanetary ♪
- ♪ Extra-ordinary ♪
- ♪ Ordinal liiiiiine ♪♪
(Cat humming)
(toy beeping)
- That Richard -
ho, he has the coolest toys!
- He sure does.
- I could Auto Twist
all day.
- Anybody could -
it does it for you!
- Well, then, I could Auto Twist
and play the uke all day.
- Play the uke? You don't know
how to play the uke!
- I can play the Auto Uke -
it does it for you!
- Hmm.
- Whoa-ho-ho!
(They laugh.)
(They sigh.)
- (Peg): For more Peg...
- (Cat): And Cat!
02x09 - The Perfect Ten Problem/The Long Line Problem
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Peg and her sidekick, Cat, as they encounter unexpected challenges that require arithmetic and problem-solving skills.
Peg and her sidekick, Cat, as they encounter unexpected challenges that require arithmetic and problem-solving skills.