05x05 - The Claymation Problem/The Grumpy Judge Problem

[bunniefuu]

♪♪♪

- One, two! A one,
two, three, four!

♪♪♪

♪ Peg plus Cat ♪
(Cat sort of scats.)

♪ Peg plus Cat ♪
(Cat scats again.)

- ♪ One two three
- Yeah c'mon let's go ♪

- ♪ Four five six
- Hey what do you know ♪

- ♪ Seven eight nine
- Whoa! What comes next? ♪

- Uh, ten?
- Ten!

- You're the best!
- Yeah!

- ♪ We are two
Na na na na na ♪

♪ Me plus you
Na na na na na ♪

♪ We're Peg plus... ♪
- Cat!

- ♪ Peg plus... ♪
- Cat!

- ♪ Peg plus... ♪
- Cat!

- ♪ Peg plus... ♪
- Cat!

(chuckles)

- The Claymation Problem?

Huh! Try carrying around
this camera all day,

then talk to me about problems.

How about the Back Problem?

How about the Hernia Problem?

Ha ha, forget about it.

- Hey, everybody! I'm Richard,

and I've come from outer space
to TAKE OVER THE PLANET EARTH!

(dramatic music)
Just kidding!

I actually came
to make a music video

with my best friends,
Peg and Cat!

I planned out all these
really cool dance moves

so it would be
the best music video EVER!

But then I thought:
What if the dancers

couldn't do the moves
just right?!

It would be the worst
music video ever!

I had a BIG PROBLEM!
(dramatic music)

- He had a problem, all right!

- A tad too worried
about everything.

- So I decided to use something
I can totally control,

shape and mold: Clay!

- Cool!
- Very cool!

Cool, slash
what is it?

- It's the set
for my music video!

I'm gonna make it
using claymation!

- Claymation means
everything in the video

is made out of clay.
- Even me?!

- All three of us will be clay.

So will the twenty set pieces.

And the twenty props.

- Anyone call
for a cameraman?

- Me! Mac's gonna
sh**t the movie.

He's the best in the business!
- That's a fact.

- The business of cooking.
He's a chef.

- Yes I am!
- He's not much of a cameraman.

- No I ain't.
- But he does own a camera--

- Yes I do.
- ...and willing to help us out.

- I'm an enthusiast.
- But his time

is extremely limited.
- Yes it is.

- So we should get started.
- Yes we should.

- But first I have
to count the set pieces

to make sure
there are exactly !

- Oh ho ho, sheesh!
- , , ,

, , , ,

, , -- Wait!

- Why'd you stop, Richard?
- I should save my voice

for directing. To make
the film really great,

I'll have to yell a lot.

- Oh good!
- Don't worry, Richard,

Cat and I can do
the rest of the counting!

- But I can't count past

You know I'm sensitive
about that!

- Aw, Cat. Counting from
to is totally easy!

It's just like
counting from to ,

but with a that stands
for ten in front.

- All I heard was:
"It's totally easy!"

And then a bunch of hard stuff.

- Look. is just

and more! And

is and more!

- Hey! That's a neat trick!

- And after , the in front

changes to a , and you get !

- Let's get counting!
♪ Eleven ♪

- ♪ That's ten, plus one more!
- Twelve ♪

- ♪ What Abe Lincoln
called a 'score ♪

- ♪ Thirteen
- That's ten plus three ♪

- ♪ Fourteen
- Look! Food that's free ♪

- ♪ Fifteen! Sixteen ♪
- Hey, where's Mac?

- ♪ That table there
- Little snack ♪

- ♪ Seventeen, eighteen
nineteen, then ♪

- ♪ Change the to a
- And that makes twen-- ♪

- Ahem! ♪ "ty" ♪
- We've got objects

and clay dancers!
It's all just right!

- Yeah... pretty much...

Cat! I noticed
something wrong

with the set pieces.
- And the dancers!

- How do we tell Richard?
He's so sensitive!

- (loudly): Tell Richard what?

- Tell me what?
Is something wrong?

Did everybody suddenly
decide they hate me,

like at Adventure Camp?
(Starts whimpering.)

- No, no! In fact,
we love how you look so...

tall, in the claymation.
- Y... yeah!

You're as tall
as a tree! And so am I!

And so is that, uh... juice box.

- Wait a minute,
you guys are right!

Everything's the
exact same height!

- Hey, you know,
that kinda rhymes!

- It happens when I'm
stressed sometimes.

I made everything
the same height!

But in real life,
some people are taller,

some are shorter.
And my video's

gotta be just like real life!

I've gotta start all over!

- And I gotta go soon.
- And my cameraman's

about to leave!
I've got a REALLY BIG--

- I just mean
go to the bathroom.

- Oh. Still

I've got a REALLY BIG PROBLEM!

I need you guys
to fix my film

and help me make
everything the right size.

Can you be my
height consultants?

- Yeah, why not?
- Sure, Richard!

♪♪ Everybody's taller
than someone ♪

- ♪ And shorter than
someone too ♪

- ♪ I'm taller than Cat
I didn't know that ♪

- ♪ And I am taller than you ♪
- I knew that!

- ♪ The same is true
for objects ♪

♪ Like mailboxes and trees ♪

- ♪ These are taller
than those are ♪

- ♪ And those are
shorter than these ♪

- Yeah!
- ♪ Taller, shorter ♪

- ♪ If you wanna
make it look right ♪

♪ When you're modeling a model ♪

♪ What'll help you out a lot'll
be comparing things by height ♪

- Easy for you to say.
- ♪ Taller, shorter ♪

- I think I sort of see!
- (all): Woohoo!

- ♪ The key to doing projects
using realistic objects ♪

♪ Is objectivity ♪

- What?
- That was a mouthful!

- Well, objectivity
means seeing things

as they really are.
So I'm just saying

you should make things the right
height compared to each other!

- Well just say that then.
- Well, I...

I liked it.

- Hey, guys.
- Ramone!

What are you doing here?
- Just Ra-moseying
around the block.

- Can you help with my
claymation music video?

- I'll do what I can!

- ♪ Ramone is taller than I am ♪

- He's even taller than Peg!

- ♪ He's the tallest one
- Shorter than none ♪

- ♪ At least 'til I lost a leg ♪

(chuckles)
- Kinda disturbing.

- It's actually not that funny.
- Yeah...

- Let's fix that.
- ♪ (all): Taller, shorter ♪

- ♪ If you want to make it
look right ♪

♪ Just add a little clay
- Or take a little clay away ♪

- ♪ Until you reach
the perfect height ♪

- ♪ (all): Taller, shorter ♪

- This looks great to me!

- ♪ The key to doing projects
using realistic objects ♪

♪ Is objectivity ♪

Everybody!

(All mumble the words.)

♪ Is objectivity ♪

- I think you were right
about that line.

- Eh. Who's to say

- This looks great, guys!

But why is that stop sign
getting shorter?

What are you
guys doing?!

- Uh. Taking your clay.
- We're making

our own Claymation
movie, see?

An independent film
called Ladybug.

- I thought we had agreed
to call it Worm?

- I'm not getting into this
with you right now!

- But I need that clay
for my stop sign!

Stop! Stop!

- It's ok, Richard,
we can add some clay

and make the
stop sign taller.

- We're all out of clay!

I can't make my film if
the heights aren't perfect!

Everything must be perfect
in a Richard Production!

I'M TOTALLY
FREAKING OUT!!

(whistle blow)

You're right, Cat.
I've gotta calm down.

I'll be in my trailer.
I don't have a trailer!

- Wait a minute, Richard.
If we can't make

the stop sign taller...
- Yeah?

- Let's just make everything
else shorter to match it!

- Great idea, Peg! That way,

all of the objects will be
the right height

compared to each other!
- And that'll look perfect!

♪♪♪

- We did it! Everything's
the right height again!

- And so...

- ♪ (all): Problem solved
The problem is solved ♪

♪ We solved the problem ♪
- So everything is perfect!

- Problem solved!

- Now that the set's just right,

I can bring on the props!

Twenty clay baseballs!

What do you think?
- That's exactly what it needed!

- How can you make a film
without twenty baseballs?!

- That's my one problem with
Wizard of Oz. No baseballs!

- Excuse me, Mr. director!

We wonder if we could join your
film, please. We brought models.

- Well, sure! But what
happened to YOUR movie?

- We couldn't agree on a title.
- Or get funding.

- There were also
problems with the ending.

- And the middle.
- How was the beginning?

- Really good!
- Aw, nice beginning.

- Anyway, before we get started,

I just want to say a few words.

Cat, could you...?
(Click! And music)

Making this film
has taught me

that working with
a team can be--

Turn it up a little.
- I can hardly hear
a difference.

- It's just as loud as before.
- That's what he said, Herschel.

You need to
listen to people.

- I learned that working with
a team can be even better

than working alone.
Thank you.

Now let's make this film!

Lights! Camera! Mac?

(toilet flushing)
- I'm back!

- Action!

- Hey, Cat.
- Hey, Peg.

- So there's baseballs
hidden all over the place.

Our T-ball team
could really use them.

- But some of them are way high
up and hard to reach.

And I'm feeling
really small and soft.

- I'm feeling like
this little squishy lump.

- Why even bother to try?
- I know.

- It's the Richard Production!

- Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa!
(rapping): Hold on you two!

You got more power
than you even know you do!

OK, so check this out
Lend me your ears and eyes

You got potential, it's
essential that you realize!

- We gotta take some...
- (both): Risks!

- We gotta go for it!
- You'll surprise yourselves

And have a lot to...
(all): Show for it!
- If we just sit back

we'll never, ever, ever see...
- Oh no!

- ...The boundaries
of our super cool ability!

- Wee!
- Let's go crazy!

- ♪ So stop kvetching ♪
- No kvetching!

- ♪ Start stretching ♪
- We're stretching!

- Don't sit there feeling
puny as an elf!

- Are those kinds of comments
really necessary?

- I'm preaching, start reaching!
- We're reaching!

- ♪ Ha! You gotta
stretch yourself! ♪

- Yeah! I could reach so far
and it feels so good!

- I can stretch myself in ways
I never knew I could!

- I'm goin' way beyond
where I could ever go!

- This really blows my mind!
I'm like beside myself! Whoa!

- If you had never reached,
you would have never known.

- I would've sat there like
a lump, But now we've--
- (both): Totally grown!

- You shocked yourself because
you dared to really go for it!

- (Peg and Cat): Look what
we got to show for it!

- Whu whu whu whu whu whu whu,
, , , , , , , , , ,

, , , , , , , ,

, , yo!

- When we-- When we--
When we face problems,

yeah, stretching is involved! We
go so far in all directions...

- 'til the problem gets solved!
- I didn't know that I could

make a video with clay,
but I stretched myself

and got a Masterpiece! Yay!
- So stop kvetching!

- Don't be lazy!
- Start stretching!
- Go crazy!

- Don't sit there like
a bug upon a shelf!
- Upon a shelf!

- I'm preaching! Start reaching!
- Keep preaching! We're
reaching!

- ♪ You got to
stretch yourself ♪

♪ You got to stretch yourself ♪
- Richard's awesome!

- That clay ukulele
sounds pretty good!

- Well, the thing
with clay ukuleles

is they never,
ever go sharp.

- Really!
- Yep. But,

if you're not careful,
they can sometimes go...

...flat!
(chuckles)

- Live from the tree, it's...

- (together): Amazing People!

- Today on Amazing People,
I am going to show

the Amazing Peg a clip that will
make her FREAK OUT, I bet.

- I bet it WON'T
make me freak out.

- Roll it, Mac!

- When the farmer sees
chickens

out of the coop, he'll be mad!

He'll be sad! I'll feel bad!

I AM TOTALLY FREAKING OUT!!

- So Peg, when
you freak out,

you look pretty
silly, right?

- I had no idea
WHAT I looked like!

I AM TOTALLY FREAKING IN!!

- Huh?
- I freak out because I care!

And then, I calm down
and solve the problem.

I'm proud of my freak outs.
- I lose the bet.

I never win anything!
- Cat is...

- TOTALLY FREAKING OUT!

- Amazing things happen on...

- (together): Amazing people!

♪♪♪

- One, two! A one,
two, three, four!

♪♪♪

♪ Peg plus Cat ♪
(Cat sort of scats.)

♪ Peg plus Cat ♪
(Cat scats again.)

- ♪ One two three
- Yeah, c'mon let's go ♪

- ♪ Four five six
- Hey what do you know? ♪

- ♪ Seven eight nine
- Whoa! What comes next? ♪
- Uh, ten?

- Ten!
- ♪ You're the best ♪

- ♪ We are two Na na na na na ♪

♪ Me plus you Na na na na na ♪

- ♪ We're Peg plus... ♪
- Cat!

- ♪ Peg plus... ♪
- Cat!

- ♪ Peg plus... ♪
- Cat!

- ♪ Peg plus Cat! ♪
(chuckles)

- ♪ The Grumpy... ♪

- ♪ Judge...
- Puh-roblem! ♪ Wee!

♪♪♪

- (MC): From the entertainment
capital of the world,

it's... The Perfect Ten!

And now,

for the star of The Perfect ,

an all-around perfect guy:

Ramone!
(applause)

♪♪♪

- Good evening,
ladies and gentleman!

Welcome to The Perfect Ten!

The show where everyone
gets stars,

so everyone's a winner!
(music and applause)

Today's judges are...

Roxanne!
- Oh Ramone,

I am so excited to be here!

- Ah! Roxanne's out there!
- Sh!

- And our other judge:
the Grumpy Grouchy Bear.

(groaning)
- Our contestants are

back stage waiting to perform.

The Mermaid, the Arch Villain
and Peg and Cat!

- I can't dance
with Roxanne watching.

She's so smart
and cool and perfect!

- (laughing): Oh Cat,
you'll be great!

- The rules for
The Perfect Ten are,

after a performer
sings, each judge

awards a certain number of
stars. The total number of stars

has to add up to a perfect ten,

so no one's feelings
get hurt. Got it?

- Oh yes!
- Grrr!

- Today's songs
are all about attributes.

Things like color,
shape, or size

that you can use
to describe something.

First up: the Mermaid!

♪♪♪

- ♪♪ Gold and pointy ♪

♪ Gold and pointy ♪

♪ Two attributes
so thrilling to behold ♪

♪ This pyramid you see
so golden and pointy ♪

♪ Will never disappoint me ♪

♪ Pointy and gold! ♪

- Ooh la la!
- Grrr!

- ♪ A golden ring makes me
sing: La la la la! ♪

♪ A pointy cap makes me clap ♪
(She claps her hands.)

♪ But when it's gold
and pointy too ♪

♪ I scabbuh dabbuh babble
Bah bah bih buh buh buh boo ♪

♪ 'Cause I love ♪

♪ Gold and pointy ♪

♪ Gold and pointy ♪

♪ All other attributes
just leave me cold ♪

♪ Oh but gold and pointy ♪

♪ Were I queen
you could anoint me ♪

♪ In Pointy and... ♪

♪ Gold ♪♪
(applause)

- That song certainly
makes its point-y!

Let's see if our judges think it
was good as gold! Roxanne?

- You adore your
golden pointy pyramid.

And I too love
the solid shapes,

so I give you eight!

- Eight stars from Roxanne!
Grumpy Grouchy Bear,

how many stars would you
like to give Mermaid?

- Grrr.
- Zero?!

But plus is only !

- I didn't
get ten points

because Grumpy Grouchy
Bear gave me zero!

- The Grumpy Grouchy Bear
is really grumpy.

- Grouchy too.
- Names can tell you so much.

- (gasping): He'll give
everybody low scores

and no one will
get a perfect ten!

We've got a REALLY BIG PROBLEM!

- Uh huh. I'm listening.
- That's it, you snack-
loving cat!

I bet some fruit would cheer him
up, so he'll give more stars!

- Excuse me,
Mr. Grumpy Grouchy Bear.

We thought you might
like some fruit.

- Grrr. Grrr!
- Make that two stars

from the Grumpy Grouchy Bear!

- , , , , , ,
, stars...

Plus , more
stars, equals !

- Congratulations, Mermaid!

You got a perfect !

- Thank you! Thank you!

- For our next act, Arch Villain
is here to sing about arches...

- Grrr?
- An arch is a line

that is curved up
in the center. Like this!

- Take it away, Arch!

- ♪♪ Arches are
something I long for ♪♪

♪ They're bendy, curvaceous,
like so ♪ Heh heh!

♪ Other shapes I don't
feel strong for ♪

♪ I wish that they all
would just go ♪

♪ While I find
all arches the cutest ♪

♪ There's a kind that I love
most of all ♪

♪ My favorite
arch attribute is ♪

♪ Tall! Tall! Tall! ♪
Ha ha!

♪ Tall Arches, there's
nothing quite so gorgeous ♪

♪ Tall Arches ♪
Wouldn't you agree?

♪ Purple, green or blue
any hue will do ♪

♪ I don't give a hoot
If it's made of rocks or fruit ♪

♪ Tall Arches There's
nothing so inspiring ♪

♪ Tall Arches
No, nothing can compare ♪

♪ Now you've heard my case
let's put a plan in place ♪

♪ To build and build and build
Arch lovers will be thrilled ♪

♪ Tall arches there and there
Tall arches everywhere! ♪

♪ To cover every nation
one and all ♪

♪ With arches that are ♪

♪ Tall! ♪♪

(chuckles and applause)

- All right!

A song AND a plan to take over
the world with arches.

Let's see what
the judges thought.

- Arch Villain,
I found your act...

um, how do you say?
- (laughing creepily): Creepy?

- Yes! That is the word!

I give you a .

- Uh oh! Roxanne only gave
the Arch Villain stars.

- If he's got , , , , ...

- He needs , , , ,
more stars

to get a perfect . But the
Grumpy Grouchy Bear will never

give a score that high!
- Because he's so grumpy.

And grouchy.
- Maybe more fruit

will cheer him up.
- Grrr. Grrr!

- I think he's
looking for a plum.

- But there aren't
any plums left!

- Whoa!
- Maybe he'd like...

soft and squishy pillows!

- Grrr..?
- Um, is he smiling?

- I think so?
- Grrr!!

- Grumpy Grouchy Bear
gave Arch Villain stars.

plus is...

only . Arch Villain still
needs more stars to get a !

- You mean I didn't win?
(sobbing)

- Why don't you try offering him
one of my balls of yarn?

I never leave home without a few
of these delightful spheres.

- That's so, what a great...
uh...Wow.

- Thanks Roxanne! Can I offer
you some yarn?

- GRRRR!
- Is he clapping?

- I think so.
- Five stars!

- Plus Roxanne's
stars equals...

stars! Arch Villain,
you got a perfect !

- I did it! My plan is complete!
(snickers)

- All right! Now it's
our turn to go.

- Good luck, Cat.
(chuckles)

I will be watching.

- And I'll be
watching you watch!

- Ramone, strike up
the band.

Here we come!
- Grrr!

GRRR!!
- The Grumpy Grouchy Bear

is leaving the show!
- We haven't sung our song yet!

- If you stay we'll
sing about fruit...

- Grrr!
- Pillows?

- Grrr!!
- Yarn?

- GRRR!!
- He's walking off the set!

- NOOO!
- Without the second judge,

we can't get our score!

- And that means no perfect ten!

- (together): We are
TOTALLY FREAKING OUT!

(trumpet and whistle)
Cat's right.

- We should count backwards
from five to calm down.

- Five, four,

three, two, one.

- Yep. Still comfy.

- That's it,
you genius Cat!

The plum, the pillow,
and the ball of yarn

are all purple and round.
Those are the attributes

the bear likes!
- Attri-beautiful!

- Don't go yet,
Grumpy Grouchy Bear!

We guarantee
you'll love our song!

- Take it away Peg and Cat!
- Grrr!

- ♪♪ All day
I've been learning ♪

♪ Your taste is so discerning ♪

♪ You don't like every cushion
or all fruits ♪

- Grrr!
- ♪ As a matter of fact ♪

♪ Your passion's more exact ♪

- ♪ So we've mapped out
your favorite attributes ♪

- Grrr!!
- ♪ Purple's the color for you ♪

♪ All other colors bore you ♪

♪ You really long
for something more ♪

- ♪ This backpack and this toy ♪

♪ Won't make you jump for joy ♪

♪ 'Cause there's another trait
we can't ignore ♪

- ♪ Purple and round ♪

- ♪ Purple and round ♪

- ♪ A purple circle
or a sphere will do ♪

- ♪ We've noticed
that you loathe things ♪

♪ If they don't have
both things ♪

- ♪ Gotta be round
and purple too ♪

- Purple and round ♪
A grape!

- ♪ Purple and round ♪
Some tape!

- ♪ Or this purple flower
that I found ♪

- ♪ We think it's terrific ♪

♪ Your taste is so specific ♪

♪ Examples of your
preferences abound ♪

- ♪ You love stuff
that's purple ♪

- ♪ But not only purple ♪

- ♪ It's gotta be
purple and... ♪

- ♪ Roooooooound ♪
- For the record, I'm not purple

or round I'm round-ish
and purplish-blue

♪ So don't mistake me for
a giant plum and eat me ♪♪

(excited grunting)
- The Grumpy Grouchy Bear

gave Peg and Cat...
a Perfect Ten!

- (Peg and Cat): Oh yeah!

(chomping)
- But what's this?

The zero on his card
is purple and round,

so he's eating it!

Now Peg and Cat only have one!

- Do not worry Peg and Cat,

Roxanne loved
your song very much.

Especially Cat's dancing.
- I love you.

- What?
- Nothing!

- Though the Grumpy Grouchy
Bear gave you star,

I am giving you... stars!

- Everyone got
stars,

so everyone's
a winner!

- Because we knew
about attributes

and how to make things
add up to ten,

all of today's contestants
got... a perfect !

- Math really saved
our self-esteem!

- And so...
♪ Problem solved ♪

- ♪ The problem is solved
We solved the problem ♪

- So everything is perfect!
- ♪ Problem solved ♪♪

- That's all for our show!
(applause)

A special thanks to guest judges

Roxanne and the
Grumpy Grouchy Bear!

- ♪ Who - Loves
stuff that's purple? ♪

- ♪ But not only purple ♪

- ♪ It's gotta be
purple and... ♪

♪ Roooooooound!
- Ba dah ba dah ba dah bah ♪♪

Grrr!

- (sighing): It was
so nice of them

to let us keep these pillows.
- Squish squish!

Squishy is
my favorite attribute.

- Mine too!

- Wait a minute! Are you
calling me squishy?

- Uh, yeah!

- (gasping): You're right!

- (laughing): I'm as squishy
as a pillow!

- Squish squish!
(chuckles)

- Please. do not tickle
the pillow!

(fading chuckles)

(theme music)