- Alright.
- Ice cream, ice cream,
ice cream, ice cream!
- Amy!
Quiet time.
- I want ice cream and a chocolate pony!
(groans)
- Man, Annie's sister sure is a handful.
- C'mon, he's beyond the perimeter.
That's a lot of distance to cover, folks.
He takes the shot oh!
- Alright, alright, I
get it, next basket wins.
- I need a balloon!
- Ugh, don't you just hate babysitting?
- Heh, I did, until I invented
this device to keep my
brother quiet, try it.
- Balloon, balloon, balloo--
(electronic sizzle)
- Freeze.
(cackles maniacally)
- Oh, this is fantastic, how
long does she stay frozen?
- Not long, it's just temporary.
She'll be back to normal
in a couple of seconds.
But, I'm working on a
setting that lasts forever.
- Oh, permanent?
- And butterscotch pudding and a cat--
(electronic sizzle)
- Well, why settle for temporary
when this can be permanent?
- Do do that, I haven't
tested the permanent setting!
- I just wanna try it, come on!
- I'm open.
- Hey, I'm open, I'm open, I'm open.
- Whoops.
- Keith, are, are you frozen?
Nod your head if you're frozen!
- How's he gonna nod
his head if he's frozen?
- Oh yeah good point.
- Look what you did, I can't
unfreeze him he's permanently frozen.
- Oh, you say that like it's a bad thing.
- Ooooh, if my mother finds
out I'mma be in trouble.
- So don't tell her.
- I cannot lie to my mother.
- Come on let's get out of here.
- Hey.
(snaps)
Snap out of it, come on.
(indistinguishable talking)
- He's trying to say something.
(indistinguishable talking)
- What did he say?
- He said, hey you guys!
- Jessica?
- Yeah?
- We're all here.
- Oh.
- Let's go to the diner.
(suspenseful electronic music)
Ooooh, oh, come on yeah
Feel the power, feel the
power, feel the power
Yo' and throw your hands, it's
Electric, Electric Company
Electric, electric company,
Electric, Electric Company
Yo', yo', yo', the power
we've perfected is electric
And connected so you sit at that
Record and expect to be respected
Just turn it on and you will see
That you belong in the Company
Feel the power, feel the
power, yo' and plug it in
Everybody
Electric Company
Electric Company, Electric Company
(electronic beeping and whirring)
- Okay come on, okay now watch
his head, watch his head.
- [Everyone] Oh!
- You were right, that
probably is gonna bruise.
- Yeah, yep okay put him
up against this stool,
come on, and straighten
him out, there we go, okay.
- Okay think, did anyone see anything?
- Hang on.
(electric crackling)
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, there's
Annie and Manny holding a remote.
- So Annie Scrambler did this,
with the help of one of Manny's gadgets?
- Okay so how do we unfreeze Keith?
- Let's do some research,
thanks Jacques, okay what's
a good keyword for someone
that can't move, uh, frozen?
- Try immobile.
- Good, okay, I'm gonna look up
how to help an immobile person.
- Oh, click on that link.
(electronic ding)
- If you're looking to un-freeze someone
who's become immobile, you have-
(electronic zap)
Sorry about that, alright-
(electronic zap)
Posting this so that others
won't have to go through-
(electronic zap)
Because being repeatedly
rendered immobile-
(electronic zap)
Really-
(electronic zap)
Frustrating.
(electronic zap)
Okay, to undo it-
(electronic zap)
You just have to do the last thing you-
(electronic zap)
- Hi everybody.
- Temp code, what's a temp code?
- It's temp, it's short for
temporary, a temporary code,
that means that it changes,
it can be anything.
- Annie, I know you just
scrambled that message.
- Just can't help myself.
- Well just know I'm gonna
have to unscramble it.
- That's what you think.
(clicking and whooshing)
- That's the only word
I can make, competed.
(ding)
- Okay the kid in the video said that
for Keith to be back to normal, he has
to do the last thing that he competed in.
- Oh, Keith what was the last thing
you competed in before you were frozen?
- What was the last game you played?
(indistinguishable talking)
- Oh, he ran in place
with fans and bologna.
(indistinguishable talking)
- Oh, he ran in a race
with Manny Spamboni.
- Oh, that makes so much more sense.
- So we have to find Manny, okay
Jess, you keep an eye on Keith.
(electronic music whirring and beeping)
What time is it
It's time to have some fun
What time is it
It's time to have some fun
Fuh uh uh uh uh un
Fuh uh uh uh uh un
The time is right to
have some fun 'cause
The short u sound has just begun
If you want that walk to pick up speed
Then bust out the uh and watch it run
When you munch on lunch
and you need a treat
The uh's got your
back with a sticky bun
If you just can't wait
to jump from your seat
Then unleash the uh and have some fun
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
What time is it
Time to have some fun
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
You know I'm a fan of having some fun
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
(electronic whirring and beeping)
- Cupcake, cupcake!
Cupcake.
(chopping noise)
(grunting)
Crust, crust.
(chopping)
Ding!
Cut, cut, cut, cut!
Grumble, grumble, grumble, grumble.
(crashing metal noise)
(radar beeping noise)
Submarine, submarine, submarine.
(electronic whirring and beeping)
- Duh.
- Ud.
- Dud.
- Tuh.
- Ub.
- Tub.
- Cuh.
- Ut.
- Cut.
- Hey let's make the short u a long u.
- Okay.
- Cuh.
- Ute.
- Cute.
- Tuh.
- Ube.
- Tube.
- Duh.
- Ude.
- Dude.
(electronic whirring and beeping)
(doorbell)
- Hi Mrs. Puse, I'm raising
money for my school.
- I could use a ruler, not the kind
of ruler who rules a
country, the inch kind.
- I'm all out, how about a musician?
(electric guitar)
- I can't have loud music in the house.
- What about your very own log flume ride?
- I always wanted my own flume.
(electronic whirring and beeping)
- So what's happened so far?
- I made a gadget that
makes people immobile.
- You mean they can't move?
- Yeah my gadget can make
everything like frozen, like this.
- Cool.
- Yay, basketball.
- Zap.
- I'm immobile, hey you guys.
- Keith's immobile.
- You mean like this?
- Exactly.
- So is it temporary, will it wear off,
or is it permanent, will it last forever?
- If we cooperate, I bet
we can figure this out.
- How do we cooperate?
- We work together.
- Check the internet.
- This kid is going to
tell us how to help Keith.
- Yeah look he's holding up
a sign to tell us what to do.
- Completed, I'll steal the letter l
to make the word competed, yoink.
- He has to compete in the last
thing he did before he got frozen.
- So we have to make him compete again.
To the playground.
(electronic whirring and beeping)
- Hello Manny.
- Hello Hector.
- Alright, enough is enough, where's
the gadget that you used to freeze Keith.
- I don't know what you're talkin' about.
(laughs)
- Come on Manny, I can prove
that you and Annie Scrambler
pointed some gadget at him
and that's what froze him.
- And if you don't help
we're gonna tell your mother.
- I didn't do it, it was Annie Scrambler.
- We don't care who did it, just undo it.
- I can't.
- Okay, Manny, we found a video online
that said we could reverse
Keith's immobility.
- Really?
- Really, and all he has to do is compete
in the last thing he did
which was a race with you.
- Okay let's race again.
- You're gonna cooperate?
- Just don't tell my mother.
- Well meet you in the park
in minutes, let's go.
- On your marks, get set, go!
- Okay work together, we have
to go at the same speed, cooperate.
- I'm trying to cooperate,
but I can't go that fast.
- Go faster!
- Slow down, slow down.
- Woohoo!
- Keith are you still frozen?
- Mmhmm.
- I don't get it, he competed.
- And once again, Spamboni captures
the gold, no one touches the champion.
- Congratulations Manny you
have beaten a statue in a race.
- Whatever, winning is winning,
anyway he's still frozen.
- I know, maybe he has to
compete with you on his own.
- How's he gonna do that.
(indistinguishable talking)
- Don't worry Keith we'll get you
back to normal, you can rely on us.
- Do you have an idea?
- I've got nothin'.
- Hi Jacques.
- Hi.
- He has to compete all alone?
- Yeah.
- I have an idea.
- Keith this is totally gonna work.
Okay, aim him so he's
facing straight at Jacques.
(indistinguishable talking)
- What?
(indistinguishable talking)
- Shock absorber.
(laughs)
- No, I got you, I'm
sorry, okay we're good.
- Ready?
Set, Go!
(suspenseful music)
(indistinguishable murmur)
- Oh!
- I just don't understand it we did
everything that video told us to do.
- Manny, mom says you're gonna be
late for piano, and you
forgot to walk Buster.
- That's the kid from the video!
- Wait Manny has a brother?
- Manny has a dog?
- Manny takes piano?
- You posted the video?
How'd you know how the remote works?
- You kept on freezing
me, and I was afraid
that you would freeze me permanently.
So I reprogrammed it and posted
the video as a public service.
- You reprogrammed it?
You know you're not supposed to
mess with my gadgets, I'm tellin' Mom.
- Yeah, well you're not
supposed to freeze people.
- Oh yeah?
- Yeah!
- Yeah?
- Yeah!
- Yeah?
- Yeah!
- Boys!
Stop bickering this instant.
- Thank you, now listen we've
followed the instructions
in the video and Keith did the last thing
that he competed in,
but he's still frozen.
- Competed?
No, I said completed.
- Oh of course, competed
becomes completed.
See competed becomes
completed with an l, Annie?
- Yes Lisa?
- Did you scramble the letters
and removed one of them?
- Maybe.
- Okay, Keith, what's the
last thing that you completed?
(indistinguishable talking)
- What did he say?
- You don't wanna know.
He made a three point shot from
beyond the perimeter remember?
- That's such a hard shot, how are
you gonna make that if you're frozen?
- Oh, tough break.
- Tougher break, if he
misses this shot it'll be
permanently permanent, that's
the way I programed it.
- Why'd you program it like that for?
- I don't know, I felt like it.
- Oh, that's a good reason.
- Well you're not the boss of me.
- Oh yeah?
- Yeah!
- Yeah?
- Yeah!
- Yeah?
- Boys, stop it!
(electric music)
- [Narrator] Shhhh, silent e.
(electronic music)
- I'd like to introduce you to the
ninja of the english alphabet, silent e.
(gong sounds)
See that glob, silent e sneaks up on it
and pounces, bam, turning glob into globe.
(laughing)
Silent e doesn't even make a peep,
but it changes the sound of a whole word.
Tub, you're a tube.
Kit, go fly a kite.
Sham, what a shame.
Fat, huh, meet your fate.
Mop, please don't mope.
Mistak, mistak's not a
word, oh, sorry, my mistake.
Hey, all you vowels, I
see you, and you can run,
but you can't hid, I mean hide,
from the baddest ninja in town, silent e.
(gong sounds)
(electronic music)
(bell rings)
Let me tell you bout a friend of mine
Goes around changin'
words all the time
But he's kinda sneaky, yes siree
C'mon, I make a plan, he flies a plane
I hold a can, he carries a cane
Cook with a pan, now he's out
Of the game lookin'
through my window pane
Silent e, oh how it changes everything
Silent e, it's elementary
Silent e, it's simple
c'mon try with me
Cap
Cape
At
Ate
You got it
Yeah
Wooo, silent e turns slop to slope
It gives a little hop a lot of hope
It shapes a little glob into a globe
You see, aha, he can
change a bit to bite
A strip to stripe
A grip to gripe, a shin to shine
Well I don't mind let it
spin around in my spine
Silent e, oh what a great discovery
Silent e, it's elementary
Silent e, oh who knew
how much fun it'd be
Hop
Hope
Shin
Shine
Now you got it sing along everybody
Silent e
When you follow the vowel
it changes the sound
Silent e
Silent e is everywhere, you got it now
Silent e
It's simple c'mon sing with me
Now I'm gonna give you a word
And you just add the silent e
Now when I say mad and you
add the e, what do you get
We get made
Now when I say slim and you
add the e, what do you get
We get slime
And when I say not and you
add the e, what do you get
We get note
Silent e, silent e, silent e
(laughing and cheering)
- Great job, great job.
(bell rings)
(electronic music)
- Alright Keith so you really
have to make this shot.
(laughing)
- He's stiff as a board, you couldn't get
that ball in from there
in a million years.
- Okay well don't worry Annie
because he's gonna make the shot.
- You really think so?
- Sure we think so Keith, right Jess?
- Uh, yeah, sure, piece of cake.
- Alright come on guys, let's give
Keith some confidence here.
Try to make that basket,
you're standing at
The three point line,
you feel like a statue
Fear's coming at you, take a
deep breath, you'll be fine
You really think so
It doesn't look great
He's gotta unfreeze
before it's too late
Or he'll be frozen
in a permanent state
How we gonna help him concentrate
Your friends will all support you
Gonna do whatever is necessary
Nothin' we won't resort to
To make this problem temporary
Don't you worry Keith you
know we're all on the case
Lift up his arms
Hey look they're snappin'
right back into place
If we give him the ball and
put him in the right spot
With the right amount of
tension, I think we've got a shot
We'll make him like a human catapult
With the perfect aim
for the right result
Straighten him out, let him take aim
Come on Keith, you know you got game
Help me pull his arms back
That looks good to me
How's the aim
Looks pretty good
This is it, one, two, three
Oh, oh, oh, oh, dare we ask
it, did Keith make that basket
Swish, we got our wish
The problem ends
And it's all because of my friends
(laughing and cheering)
- What a shot.
- I can't believe it.
- He got lucky.
- Nope, I got friends.
- Okay, everybody happy?
- Maddy, Sammy.
- Ma?
- You were supposed to
be home an hour ago.
What have you been doing?
- Manny used his freezing
gadget on a person.
- How many times do I have to tell you?
You are not allowed to use
your gadgets on human beings.
- It was an accident.
- Was it an accident
when you used it on me?
- Did you use that thing on your brother?
- He wanted me to.
- I did not.
- Did too.
- Did not.
- Did too.
- Stop it, you are in trouble.
- But Mommy.
- We'll talk about this when we get home.
Oh and Annie.
- Oh yes Mrs. Spamboni?
- Your mother asked me to tell
you to get home right away.
She needs you to babysit your sister.
- Well I'd like to say I'm
sorry for all the trouble
that I've caused, I'd like to, but I can't
because I thought it was really funny.
(laughing)
- Oh well.
(cheering and laughing)
(electronic music)
Do, do, silent e's a ninja
Silent e is a ninja,
silent e is a ninja
Silent e is a ninja, I
didn't notice when he came
I cannot accept any praise or blame
I was home pushin' my mop like a dope
Next thing you know
and I started to mope
I'm at the end of my
rope, I was hoppin' mad
But he turned my hop into hope
And then he made his escape, but not
Before he turned my cap into a cape
And now I look totally
insane, I had a plan
To capture my man he
turned my plan into a plane
Silent e is a ninja,
silent e is a ninja
The silent e he will get
ya', silent e is a ninja
Where'd he go, where'd he go,
where'd he go, where'd he go
Where'd he go, he's a ninja
(electronic music)
Oh, let me tell you about
my love of the silent e
Oh, oh, oh, oh, e, e, e, e, e
Sometimes I have a plan, and when
I add an e it becomes plane
And I can take that
plane, and fly away
Even to a hurricane, oh, oh
And then I land in the middle
of a jungle and I get to
Watch a beautiful, handsome
ape go swingin' by on a vine
Unfortunately I don't
have a dime to give it
But that's okay, 'cause I get back
On the plane and I just
rode on, and fly away
Silent e, silent e, it works for me
Silent e, silent e,
silent e, it works for me
(electronic music)
- Let's sound this out,
sss, uh, suh, n, sun.
Sun, shhh, sunsh, now
I peek ahead and I see
that there's a silent e at the end,
so I know I'm going to have
to make this i say it's name.
I, so sunshi, n, sunshine, oh makes me
feel warm and happy all
over, I love sunshine.
(electronic music)
- I'm special agent Jack Bowser.
This takes the cake and
it's about to explode.
But I can't crack the code to get out.
Help me read this.
Da, Dane, is a teenage, ah, ape.
He came to the game with five cakes.
Dane is a teenage ape.
He came to the game with five cakes.
Woohoo!
(squishing noise)
(electronic music)
- [Narrator] Arthur
Walters was a regular kid.
Then one day something
astonishing happened.
He was suddenly a genius.
- Mom, something astonishing happened,
I became really smart, I'm brilliant.
- [Narrator] He thought that the change
would be permanent, that he
would be brilliant forever.
- How's the formula to save
the world coming along Arthur?
- Pretty darn well Madame President.
- [Narrator] But the
change was only temporary.
- Turns out I'm not a genius anymore.
- Well this looks brilliant,
but what does it all mean?
- [Narrator] Temporary,
see it while it lasts.
(electronic music)
- I owe you guys big time.
- You would've done the same for us.
- True, if you guys ever get frozen,
you can rely on me to help.
(laughing)
- You know I just wish
that Annie Scrambler would
somehow get paid back for
all the trouble she caused.
- I want a vanilla Popsicle,
and a bracelet and a cloud,
and Mom says you have
to take me to the zoo,
and then I want to go to the
toy store and have a parade.
- Ohhhh.
- [Amy] I want ice cream, I want a zebra,
I want a pony, I want a balloon.
(electronic music)
- Psst, okay so I hear the
Electric Company website
has top secret video clips,
like behind the scenes footage,
deleted scenes, bloopers, definitely stuff
you never see on TV, go to pbskidsgo.org
and if anybody asks you,
you didn't hear it from me.
(beeps)
Aw remix
(laughing)
C'mon, yeah we got Pete
What up
The time is now, the day is here
The rhythm that you're
feelin' the music in your ear
The charge is electric, you know you
Gotta do is plug it in, plug it in
Just imagine a world where
everything around you
Every sight and sound will
astound and surround you
And before you know it,
even you have the power
To bring a word to life that's right
That's right
It's what we do at
the Electric Company
Inviting all of you to
all the possibilities
Learning to write and learning to read
We have a good time
while we plant the seeds
And once you get it,
you have to share it
Discovering your power,
you own it, you wear it
Wow, and you shout it out loud
Electric Company is in town, oh
Electric Company
(electric whirring and beeps)
(indistinguishable talking)
- That sounded really
clear, but what did he say?
- He said, hey you guys!
- Okay, what's a good key word-
(indistinguishable)
(indistinguishable talking)
- He made a shot of a three point
that was beyond the perimeter.
(laughing)
01x09 - He's Not Frozen, He's Immobile
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A comedy series that teaches basic phonetic and grammar concepts using live-action sketches, cartoons, songs, and Spider-Man episodes now known as Sesame Workshop.
A comedy series that teaches basic phonetic and grammar concepts using live-action sketches, cartoons, songs, and Spider-Man episodes now known as Sesame Workshop.