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01x39 - Willing and Able

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Puzzle Place". Aired: January 16, 1995 – December 4, 1998.*
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Series follows a multi-ethnic group of children (puppets) from different parts of the United States who gather and socialize at a special kids' hangout area known as the Puzzle Place.

01x39 - Willing and Able

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why do you have to clear the clitter so

he can get around oh you'll see oh okay

what is this doing here what's like oh

oh then Kyle Kyle is like amazing well

for starters he's a great dancer wow

cool we'll play some cool Tunes then oh

and can he play basketball wow can you

Palm the ball both hands no mhm hi Ben

hi Sky Hi hey sh**ting Hoops all right

yeah we're getting ready for my friend

Kyle he's visiting today yeah Sky says

that Kyle can play basketball and that

he's a terrific dancer MH hey what kind

of music does he like all

kinds all kinds oh no I'm not so sure

that we have all kinds of music here I

mean I know we have some kinds and we

probably have many kinds but I'm not so

I get it jod I'm going to go check the

music room huh I'll help you Julie take

F bye bye then okay Skye what I'll about

a little one onone you're on

Silver and he

shoots yes score okay my turn you're on

[Music]

Jody see I knew you couldn't do it but

Sizzle I did do it oh G it I put my paws

on the tree I climbed up the tree trunk

I I almost made it to the top of the

tree Sizzle oh what possible reason

could you have for saying that I

couldn't climb that tree s you fell

off from the line at the buzzer and

good shot Jody a thank you oh sky this

is so much fun yeah Co get's here let's

play a game all right guys Jody we Ben

Julie hi we got the boom B and the music

wow perfect hello everyone I'm here

K right oh I can't wait to meet him me

neither me neither Kyer Boya Boya

Boya okay

everybody

introducing Kyle yay hey everybody

anyone up for a

[Music]

game so everybody say hello to my friend

Kyle hi Kyle I won't bite I

promise you must be Julie oh no I'm

Julie that's Jody hi oh and you're in a

wheelchair oh you must be Ben I'm Kyle

and I use a wheelchair oh um gee I'm

sorry Kyle well that's okay I just like

to say I use a wheelchair cuz if I were

just in a wheelchair could I do

something like

[Music]

this y all right good Shob that was

great nice set of wheels Kyle hey thanks

my Treads have super traction you can

really go when you want them to stylish

yet

practical boy using a wheelchair must be

terrific exercise I bet you're really

strong can you show us how it works Kyle

well sure no problem I just put my hands

on the wheels here I let my arms do the

pushing yeah my wheelchair is built to

be safe fast and

flexible my wheelchair is an amazing

[Music]

thing it took me a while to learn how to

use my

wheelchair pushing the wheels is hard

work so your arms really get strong

once you get the hang of it it's easy to

turn and

[Music]

stop sometimes I get tired but I keep on

going that's the best part going

especially going

[Applause]

I love to play tag with my friends can't

catch

me uhoh

uhoh when you want to stop in one place

just put on the brakes

my wheelchair takes me wherever I want

to

go it's a great way to get

around yeah so you know it takes a

little practice but once you learn how

to work a wheelchair you can really move

hey Kyle SK say You're really good with

a basketball and I sure could use some

help on my free throw could you give me

some tips oh I'd love to here let me

help you oh no that's okay Jody I can do

this

myself okay here goes

nothing well that's pretty good jod but

you're pushing it try um popping it a

little and giving it some spin with your

fingers okay pushing it oh yeah you're

right I'm going to pop

it yeah all right okay Jody feed me what

oh

[Music]

sure wow Kyle you're really great hey

thanks Jody but if you think that was

was good you should see some of my

friends

oh and there's the tip and the white

team has the ball now they're trying to

work it

around and number 15 picks up the loose

ball and brings it down court for the

layup yes that was a great

play

nice blue team shoots from the outside

and

misses oh they're really trying for

position

number 14 passes to his teammate who

puts it in off the glass and the fans

love it blue team with the ball

[Music]

now number seven gets the pass at the

top of the key he drives the

lane and puts it in for two points what

a

[Applause]

shot K the white team puts the ball in

play and they bring it up Court

as they come across half court number

seven gets into

position here's a baseline pass and she

throlls it in off the rim oh that was a

great pass across the

[Applause]

lane way to

go wow oh you're going to be as good a

player as they are aren't you oh well

yeah think how great you're going to

feel why you get back on your feet again

Kyle and get uh out of this wheelchair

um um Ben Ben uh can I talk to you for a

sec oh sure hey everybody let's dance

Come On Everybody Let's Dance come on

Julie wow that's really great Ben oh

thanks Kyle hey I'll teach some of these

great moves as soon as you get

better better yeah well I mean uh once

you get out of this

wheelchair um that's not going to happen

Ben well you know I can dance too but

not in the same way you just did but um

you will be able to walk again someday

won't

you

yeah you mean you'll always have to use

a wheelchair

here yep

[Music]

always bed nuzman dogs just kep clim

trees

period cats on the other hand can do

just about

anything anything uh H in that case

Sizzle I challenge you to bury a bone

what you think I can't bury a bone you

got it you just dig a hole and drop it

in big deal oh the

naivity SI I'll prove it to the

yard to the yard

hey Ben oh hi Kyle do you mind my asking

what's bothering you oh I don't know I

just um well I guess that

uh well I feel sorry for

what for you I feel sorry that that you

have to use a

wheelchair whoa you make it sound bad

isn't

it sometimes it is but look people who

use wheelchairs have lives that aren't

so different from everybody else's

really

mhm people who use wheelchairs take

trains to where they want to

go shop in their favorite

stores and work in all kinds of places

and at many different kinds of

jobs a lot of us love

sports like

bowling pingpong

[Music]

bike

riding and even

[Music]

tennis this wheelchair has a

[Music]

motor it's great for getting around the

city

and especially hiking on a

[Music]

hill see people who use wheelchairs swim

and Ski and guess what what when I'm 16

I'll even be able to drive a car me too

yeah

yeah yeah we do most of the things

everyone enjoys we just do them sitting

down you know Kyle I never realized how

many things people who use wheelchairs

can

do I'm sorry I guess I just didn't

understand well a lot of people mean

well but they still say things that hurt

my feelings yeah but doesn't that bug

you sure it does it bugs a lot of

kids sometimes people stare at me

because I use a wheelchair and that

bothers me sometimes kids make fun of me

cousin I'm in a wheelchair and it makes

me feel sad and I Cry Sometimes if they

just come up to me and start pushing me

when I don't want them to that's very

impolite people shouldn't keep asking

why I use my wheelchair I would like to

be treated like anyone

else uh Kyle

mhm I kind of feel bad why well remember

before when I asked you when you were

going to get better yeah well I feel bad

about that hey don't sweat it really mhm

a thanks Kyle you're a real pal it's

just that I've never met someone who

uses a wheelchair before you have now

yeah hey is there any kind of stuff I

can do to make it easier for you to get

around hey there are lots of ways to

make getting around in a wheelchair

easier and fun

some Vans have a special lift to help

you get in and

out it's like an

[Music]

elevator this park was designed for all

kids see the table has a bench just on

one side so someone using a wheelchair

can roll up and play too

ramps are a lot better than stairs so

ramps make getting in and out of

buildings easy and

fun

[Music]

woohoo check it out this play area has

ramps too so everyone can use it

[Music]

Dess I'm caling down

[Music]

restrooms that have wide doorways let

someone using a wheelchair go right in

[Music]

a handle like this one makes turning on

the water a lot easier and look the

mirror is tilted so you can see

yourself just remember be considerate

and let everyone know how important

these ideas

are all that stuff is important but

mainly Ben just must treat me the way

you would treat someone who can

walk hey even though I can't walk I'm

still the same as

you yeah you know Kyle you're right

friends friends yeah yeah all right now

I know why sky is so happy to have you

as a friend thanks Ben I'm glad you're

my friend yeah I'm glad you're mine Ben

yeah thanks

so I couldn't bury a bone now you know

how I felt when I couldn't climb that

tree yeah so where does that leave us

now up a tree without a

[Music]

bone

hey hey N N I got an idea see this bone

yeah yeah well if I take the bone and I

put it here in this

suitcase

yeah that's kind of exactly just like

burying it huh Sizzle wait that's so

that's so

intelligent that way the the bone stays

in there and and you're doing just what

I'm doing when I bury a bone yeah only

I'm doing it differently that's right so

look and and

furthermore if I want to climb a tree I

could just use this ladder it's it's

just a a different way of doing the same

thing

yeah

fting I got my music and I got my voice

and I'm going to sing now and you have

no

choice I love that song me too

yeah sometimes I feel like it was

written just for me well nobody sings it

like you Julie that's for

sure thank you

sky so Kyle yeah I've got two great

tapes one has this really terrific Samba

beat and oh sorry sorry for what Julie

well see the samba is so catchy and

Dancy and well it might make you feel

bad

see if all of us are up dancing and you

can't well we hold it Julie I can dance

but I do it in my own way see I just put

my hands on the wheels here and start

grooving

along see yeah okay I get it I'm sorry

Kyle hey forget it let's hear that

sambat tape okay you got it yeah and

let's of course you want to hear the

other tape it's of me

singing all right s it

[Music]

is

we and it's so beautiful to see how we

do all the

same get the rebound off the rim dribble

fast dunk it in get set to sh**t a threo

field goal we can score of do them all

in different ways shoting Hoops we're

really on

[Music]

our we all the same

we

[Music]

all

and

[Music]

beautiful do all

[Music]

the dancing F daning turning round and

round we go learning all the steps that

the others know the Z be is such a

Groove wow you're really on the Move

come on everybody let the good times

[Music]

[Music]

roll all the

is we all can do a different

and it's

so to see how we do all the

[Music]

same all right Kyle welcome Kyle my

[Music]

buddy oh we just enjoying that great new

episode of the puzzle place I hope you

were enjoying it too here on wmht this

morning um kids if your parents or

whoever is watching you this morning is

nearby if you could bring them over to

the television we have a great or a very

important message for them coming to

your station May

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