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02x08 - Listening Is Loving

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Gerbert". Aired: May 1, 1988 – December 25, 1991.*
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A friendly, loveable puppet named Gerbert teaches children about making right choices and learn different lessons about life.

02x08 - Listening Is Loving

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hello friend I'm so glad to see you

today before we start I just want to

show you this needle postard our friends

din it's from the country called England

Home of te and

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[Applause]

stay tuned Herbert will be right

back I just got to say I want to spend

my day with you you are my best friend I

want to share the things you

do baby you make me smile little o o wow

I just want to spend my day with you

I just want to spend my day with

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you my mom was there and then my dad and

my cousin all the way from Idaho and

then my

sister oh GL Melissa I'm listening okay

anyway there I was in front of everybody

when

I are you

listening yep hey look Rory I'm made a

secret tunnel cert you're not listening

okay now I really am there I was in

front of the whole sixth grade class

when oh gerbert I'm really excited about

this and I feel like you're not really

listening and it hurts my

feelings I'm sorry Melissa okay start

all over and this time I'll r listen

okay thanks GT the other day at school

Melissa

Melissa I got to go gerbert oh well

Melissa I'm sorry I really was going to

listen this time I know see you later

bye

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bye boy

it's art time with Benny

brush hello kids welcome once again to

Art time it's your favorite paintbrush

in the whole world me Benny brush hey

remember the last time your mom said

would you please quit being so wild and

Rowdy in the house and you just couldn't

settle down cuz you're having so much

fun well next time just say okay Mom

I'll settle down now just get my

Crayolas in my paint and I'll be an

artist I'll draw well what if you don't

know what to

draw I have an idea contour line art

it's easy and it's fun if feel just pry

I say that a lot you know start by

drawing a real tiny triangle as small as

you can get it on your paper and then

draw another one on the outside of it

but draw it

bigger watch this if I can do it you can

do it okay let's draw another one now

keep on drawing triangles on the outside

of each other bigger and bigger and

bigger leave the little bit of space

between them and if you're an artist

like me you can do it just try it I know

you can do it look

here oh

yeah and then if you want want to you

can come back in with colors and paint

in the spaces first we'll use

red paint that whoop we're getting a

little messy here a little bit of red

you paint that space in and then we're

going to use let's use yellow next pain

that next stripe in yellow I love yellow

and then our next color is going to be

let's use green green in the next space

and last of all let's use red again for

the middle ain't that pretty I think you

can do that if you'll just try it hey

got to go this is your favorite

paintbrush signing out

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Benny I made my safy poster about being

careful when you cross the

street hi my name is gerbert I'm glad to

be your friend would you like to make me

happy would you like to see me grin then

listen very closely to what I'm about to

say before you walk into the street be

sure to look both ways why should you

look both ways well I'll gladly tell you

why so you don't get hurt by a car that

Races

by accidents sometimes happen to people

just like you so always look both ways

please and you'll be grinning

[Applause]

too thank you gerbert that was a

wonderful presentation and now that

everyone has presented their safety

posters it is time for our fun judges to

choose the

[Applause]

winners and now I like you to meet our

volunteer judges boys and girls I like

you to meet Mrs Holmes she is the truck

and field coach for our fifth and sixth

grade girls Mrs Holmes thank you for

helping us

[Applause]

today and I like you to meet a former

student of Bonham Elementary Phil Al

Phil Alpha is a famous singer and we are

delighted that he has taken time to be

with us today Mr Alpha thank you very

much for helping

[Applause]

us and I like you to welcome Mr Craver

our school principal to our class once

again Mr Craver thank you for helping us

[Applause]

now we will give our judges a few

minutes to make their final

decisions and now boys and girls our

judges have made their

decision boys and girls all the posters

were wonderful before we announced the

the winners I'd like Mr alfha to tell

you what the winners will receive

Phill wow Mr cver our third fries vable

reive this beautiful pencil pin and

eraser pocket pouch ideal for the

safekeeping of those ever important

pencil pins and erasers pen yes he could

even make a wonderful home for a plastic

Turtle why you'll never have to lose a

pencil again with this pencil and Pen

pouch by Pennsylvania

products and our s Prize winner will

receive this yummy

lunchbox ideal for storing breakfast

lunches dinners suppers meals snacks and

Jess you can even make a wonderful home

for a plastic turtle by totem

lunches and our first Prize winner will

receive this durable

backpack ideal for storing school books

notebooks and guarantee to get looks and

yes it could even make a wonderful home

for a plastic Turtle well you'll carry

your stuff in style with this durable

backpack by backpack attack and

Associates

[Applause]

thank you

Phill and now I will announce the winner

the third place winner is Jeffy

congratulations and our second place

winner is Wendy

congratulations and our first place

winner is ger

congratulations oh I can't wait to tell

all my friends this great oh boy oh

boy hey you know what there's a verse in

the Bible and it says the righteous man

sings and

rejoices in the Lord all and again I say

to

the again I

say again I

say again I

say the Lord and again I say okay I know

I'll start it you follow rejoice in the

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Lord rejoice in the lord always again

I REO REO I

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say again I

Sayo in the Lord and again I say okay

I'll follow

you in the and again I say

rejo

in and again I say

rejoice again I

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say again I say

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the again

I oh it's so good to give praise to the

Lord isn't

it you feel good

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too markza and

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Clark

do

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you

hey don't go away G to right

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back Mr Kaiser Mr Kaiser today at our

school we had the safety poster contest

mine was about Street safety and guess

what Mr Kaiser I won this backpack did

you say Street yes sir oh I knew I

forgot something William Street's going

to be here in a few minutes and and I

don't have his order ready I'm sorry

gerbert but but thank you for telling me

about your new bicycle backpack uh oh uh

a backpack of

course

hello do I look like a man who's about

to celebrate his 10th wedding

anniversary I guess so nice backpack her

guess what Mr street today at our school

we had a safety poster contest and guess

what I won flowers nope Yes again I

forgot to buy flowers I'm sorry Gerber

what do you win I won an anniversary

card I didn't win an anniversary card

I'm forgetting everything gber I'm sorry

I'm running way

behind doesn't anybody want to listen to

me you're just a person I was looking

for gerbert I am yep I want to know

something about that backpack you do

yeah I want to know how many boxes of

cookies I can fit in I don't have any

money for cookies but I would like to

tell you about my backpack I was trying

to tell m Mr Street just a second ago Mr

Street was here yeah he's always buys a

box of cookies for see you later

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gerbert oh r no one really listened to

me today when I tried to tell them about

my

backpack I'm a mommy said that they

probably were interested but they just

had too many things of their own to

think about

mommy's probably right but still he

doesn't feel very

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good sometimes I

feel

nobody

cars to hear what I want to

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share it hurts so

bad I feel so

sad needing someone to be

there when special

things happen to

me I need a friend who will be

me eager to

hear sharing my dear

showing that they care for

me when someone

listens my heart

Smiles my eyes start

glistening it makes me feel

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worthwhile when someone Miss

they really

listen

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iile be quick to

hear and slow to

speak a simple truth for the me

help me to

give so I can

live life like it was meant to

be when someone

listens my heart

Smiles my eyes start

glist it makes me feel worthwh

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when someone

listens they really

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listen SM

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don't go away You're will be right

back and guess what I won Rory this

brand new backpack

taada come

in hi gerbert hi

Ashley I'm not here to sell you cookies

I'm here to a apologize for the way I

acted today you were trying to talk to

me and I wasn't listening I'm sorry

gerbert will you forgive me sure Ashley

I forgive you thank you now what were

you trying to tell me today um it's

about this backpack today at school

excuse me Ashley come

in hi Mr Street hi gerbert hi Ashley I'm

sorry to interrupt I just came over to

apolog olog to you gerbert you too I

guess it is me too I really felt badly

of the way I treated you this afternoon

gerbert I completely forgot anyone else

I'm sorry I forgive you Mr Street I'd

love to tell you both about my backpack

today in my school we had a safety

poster

contest I know I should have put a

revolving door in come

in well you've got quite a proud uh

could I interrupt for just one second

please sure but I bet I can guess what

you're here for oh you're here to

apologize right how did you know that's

why we're here

too oh gerbert I guess you couldn't get

any of us to listen to you today I'm so

sorry that must be very frustrating yes

sir it was well

gerbert I'd like a another chance to

listen well we had a safety poster

contest at school today and they gave

away prizes and I won first prize that's

great yeah I won this brand new backpack

oh that's

terrific nice back did you see this

beautiful that's terrific thank you Mr

gler time for kidbits come on pumpkin

Let's go ask Mommy

Mommy

Mommy

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Mommy yooo

Mommy

Mommy

Mommy Mommy Yes

dear may we please be SK from the

table I wonder if Mrs Kaiser and Melissa

are through with the lesson Melissa Mrs

Kaiser's teaching her how to crochet may

I visit with her for a minute Mr Kaiser

I think I know how I made her feel

yesterday and I need to tell her I'm

sorry certainly the best time to set

things right the moment you notice

you've done something wrong I'll get her

for you thank you Mr

gazer

Melissa so be good tell Melissa I'm

sorry hi gerbert hi

Melissa um Melissa I want to apologize

for not listening to you the other day

now I think I know how it feels when no

one's listening it hurts thanks gerbert

you know what I'd like a second chance

to listen well maybe I could come over

tomorrow after school I could tell you

then I'd like that very much me

too Mrs Kaiser is probably waiting for

me I better go back in

I'll see you tomorrow gerbert thanks for

apologizing bye

bye see you

tomorrow when

some my heart

Smiles my eyes start

glistening it makes me feel worthwhile

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when someone

listens they really

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listen

I

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smile see you later alligator

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you like me and I like you that's what

will friends go

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wow what a neat letter I just love it

when people write me letters you can too

here's how

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