01x07 & 01x08 - Mystery of the Helpful Hero/Diner Disaster

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[light music]

- [Narrator] "Mystery Of The Helpful Hero."

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- Ms. Cleghorn, what is all this?

- A donation.

Possibly the greatest donation this library has ever seen.

- This is a lot of books.

- And magazines and records.

- One of my favorites.

Where'd this all come from?

- Hey, look at this.

Help your community.

Help yourself.

- They didn't sign it.

How can I possibly thank them for this great donation?

- Maybe there's another clue in here.

- Not sure this is going to help us.

Wait, we should investigate.

Come on.

[school bell rings]

- This mystery felt different.

- Yeah.

The dancing detective didn't get to be hero this time.

- He had to solve the mystery in disguise.

- He still solved the mystery.

He's still a hero.

- Yeah, but since it was a secret,

nobody knew it was him.

He didn't get any credit for saving the day.

- Yeah.

- Do heroes help others and do heroic things

just to be thanked or get credit?

I have a challenge.

I think each of you should volunteer

somewhere in the community this weekend.

- Volunteer?

- You know,

when people give their time to make the community better,

like picking up trash at the creek,

or helping wash the trucks at the fire station.

- So, like working.

- Why do you guys like solving mysteries so much?

- Because people need our help

and it's fun,

and it feels good when we solve a case.

- Exactly.

Volunteering isn't that much different.

It's fun and it feels good to know

that you have a role in making your community a great place,

whether or not you get the credit.

It's part of being a good community member.

- I don't get it.

Mysteries are usually fun.

This one sounds boring.

- I mean, how do we volunteer quickly?

Who needs help the most?

- There, at the Community Center Food Bank.

We can each grab something from home to donate.

- That shouldn't take long.

- Then, onto a weekend mystery.

[upbeat music]

[cabinet door squeaks]

[bike bell chimes]

[birds chirping]

- What's going on, Kathy?

I've never seen this center so busy.

- Only the biggest donation the food bank has ever received.

You should've seen the first pile.

- The first pile?

- We brought some donations too.

- Thanks.

You can just put it with the rest.

- You know who made the donations?

- That's the weird thing,

they left this note.

No name.

- Help your community.

Help yourself.

- That's the same as the library.

You think the same person made the donation?

- Who is it?

- So, the same person made the donations

at the library and the food bank?

- We don't know that as a fact,

but the evidence does point that way.

- Evidence like the ink on both cards.

They're both red and runny.

- Yeah, and both donations were made last night,

and neither left their name.

- But the donations are big, like really big.

- And both were made on opposite sides of town.

- Sounds like a pretty big job for just one person.

- Not if they have a car.

- G'day mates!

- Geez, Spencer, have you been here the whole time?

- Yeah, waiting for my cousin to pick me up

once he gets off of work.

- What's on your shirt?

- Rock 'n Roll Forever.

I can make you one if you want.

But for a price.

- Maybe you shouldn't use such runny red ink next time.

- Runny.

- Red.

- Ink.

[fast music]

♪ Uh oh let's go

♪ Let's go

♪ Uh oh let's go

- Where'd he go?

♪ Uh oh let's go

- Spill the beans, Spencer.

- He'll be at the animal shelter this afternoon.

That's all I know.

- That was easy.

[light music]

[dogs barking]

- I brought my night time reading light for note taking

and Marta brought her...

- Surveillance microphone.

- Mike?

- It wouldn't be a proper stake out without steak.

- And stake out is S-T-A-K-E

and steak the food is S-T-E-A-K,

so it's different.

- The animal shelter was one of the places

I read we can volunteer,

and it does look like fun.

[dogs barking]

[classical music]

- Who ate my jerky?

- Your jerky?

It was for the team.

- Do you hear that?

- The jerky.

They smell the jerky.

[classical music continues]

- Hi!

[car door closes]

[engine starts]

- We missed him,

'cause you are so precious.

- So, you'll really use all of that?

- Oh, you bet.

With a donation of this size,

we could feed twice as many dogs.

We are so grateful.

- But, you don't want to know who made the donation,

so you can thank them?

- I think they know we're thankful.

Just making sure the dogs get this stuff

is how we thank them.

- What's the matter?

- I think we missed Principal Platt's point.

We spent all day trying to find the helpful hero

when our case wasn't helping our community.

We should've been more like the helpful hero.

- Yeah, but we don't have the kind of money

to give away lots of stuff.

What were we supposed to do?

- Like Principal Platt said,

giving your time to help,

like Kathy sorting the food at the food bank.

- It's Sunday!

My abuela's Ladies Auxiliary Group

always organizes the donations

to their clothing closet on Sundays.

We could go help.

- What's a clothing closet?

- It's a place where people who can't afford new clothing

can go and find what they need for free.

- Let's do this.

- Do you hear that?

- I heard that sound at the animal shelter.

- The helpful hero.

- Is helpful hero a sandwich?

- Hey!

Wait.

Who are you?

- What's up little investigators?

- Stock Boy Sam?

- Nobody's going to believe us.

You must be the nicest guy in town.

You're going to be famous.

- Why do you always leave these notes?

- It's a calling card.

- Why don't you ever sign them?

- You don't want to be found out.

You like it being a secret.

- Help your community.

Help yourself.

- When I was your age,

my mom lost her job.

People like your grandma really helped us out

til she found one.

Thanking me,

it's just time and money

that you could put towards helping folks who really need it.

It's not about being famous or even thanked.

- What do we do now?

- We don't tell anyone.

- But we solved the mystery.

- We did, but just like Sam,

we don't need the credit for solving the mystery.

It's already enough for us

to know that we figured it out.

And maybe the way to thank Sam,

is to be more like him,

and to find a way to volunteer

in our community,

when we aren't solving cases of course.

There are lots of ways to help.

I don't know yet what I'm going to do,

but it's going to be great.

[car engine stalls] [car engine starts]

[upbeat music]

- [Narrator] Part of being a good detective

is being a good citizen,

and good citizens volunteer to improve their community.

♪ We can all be a good citizen

♪ Helping neighbors and helping the environment ♪

♪ Participate, cooperate, working together ♪

♪ 'Cause when you volunteer

♪ That makes it even better

♪ You can plant a tree

♪ Or help by donating

♪ Taking opportunities to serve those in need ♪

♪ You can improve your community by volunteering ♪

♪ Volunteering

♪ Everybody has a role where you live ♪

♪ But no matter what you do

♪ You can always give

♪ Firefighters, painters, plumbers ♪

♪ Farmers, bus drivers, and riders ♪

♪ Being a good citizen can take you higher ♪

♪ You can plant a tree

♪ Or help by donating

♪ Taking opportunities to serve those in need ♪

♪ You can improve your community by volunteering ♪

♪ Volunteering

♪ Dance

♪ Dance

♪ Dance

[bright music]

- Diner Disaster. Oof.

[lively music] [people chattering]

[lively music continues]

[people chattering] [utensils clinking]

- You need anything else?

[lively music continues]

[Chuck exhales]

- Okay, let's get started.

As you all well know, tonight is no ordinary night.

It is County Fair Friday and the house is already packed.

[playful music] [hands smack]

All right, I want to thank my nephew, Michael,

for stepping in behind the counter.

[playful music continues] [Petey applauds]

The Friday Night Special, it is the Rodeo Burger. Okay?

We expect to sell a whole lot of them.

Finally, I got a call today

saying that we should probably be expecting to see

a restaurant critic from the biggest paper in the state.

Good review. Ooh. It could mean big business.

[containers clatter]

Oh. [chuckles]

Sorry. My bad. [chuckles]

I'm all nervy. I'm, I'm fine, I'm fine.

The critic's just got me all tied up in knots.

You know what?

Just do your best, I reckon.

A lot on the line.

[playful music continues]

All right, that's it.

Hey, thank you again for helping out.

Whew. I cannot believe how nervous I am.

As nervous as I was my first Fair night.

I wasn't much bigger than you.

- You worked here as a kid too?

- Yep.

- Is that how you figured out

what you're going to do when you grew up?

I can't imagine what I'm going to do when I'm a grown up.

- Oh. No, I didn't like the diner at first.

I went out and tried a few different jobs

before I came back here

and decided I wanted to run this place.

You are going to find your way,

but for now, let's sell some burgers.

All right, go get 'em.

[Petey grunting]

- Petey!

[Petey thuds]

Petey,

you all right?

Come on. Come on. Come on.

Shake it off.

Good job. Good job.

All right, let's get this cleaned up.

Let's get rolling.

[lively music]

All right. Heads up. Heads up. Heads up.

All right.

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- Mike!

- Mike, over here.

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[light suspenseful music]

- Wow, this place is packed.

- Yeah, we're always packed on fair nights.

[loud crashing in background]

[Chuck yelling]

But what's worse is there's a food critic coming tonight.

and not knowing who it is,

Uncle Chuck is a nervous wreck.

- So if we found out who it is,

Uncle Chuck wouldn't be so nervous?

- That would be huge.

How do we even do that?

- I bet we can figure out

who isn't the food critic.

- I'm not sure.

I mean, I don't think the critic would be in uniform.

They'll probably be wearing regular clothes.

- I bet they're older.

The people at the newspapers are old, right?

- That sure is a lot of people.

- I think you're going to have to investigate, Mike.

- You're going to be talking to everybody anyway

to get their order,

so get them to talk about their job.

- Surely someone will give away

that they write for the paper.

[clock ticking]

[lively music]

- You think he's got this?

- What can I get you to drink?

- Sweet tea, no ice.

- Just a water, hold the ice and add a lemon.

- Limeade kombucha.

- What is your job?

- Me? I'm the police chief.

I am in charge of the police department.

We work hard to keep this community safe for everyone.

What's with all the questions?

You going to be a detective someday?

- I'm a city planner.

I get to help make our city better.

Like where to put new parks,

or if a busy road needs a crosswalk to make it safer.

- How'd you get into that stuff?

- Hmm.

My favorite video game as a kid

was building these great cities,

and now I do it in real life.

- You know what I do.

I grow the vegetables your uncle

and other people cook with.

Actually here celebrating.

Some of my vegetables are up for first place in the fair.

What's this all for anyway?

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- Three rodeo burgers, one with extra onions.

- Three bronco buck, one make it a crybaby, got it.

[spatula scraping]

[sauces squirting]

[bowls thud]

- Two jumbo dogs, add rodeo sauce.

- Two big old dogies with that specialness.

[upbeat music]

[papers rustling]

- Just a side salad. Add rodeo sauce.

- One leafy green. Give them that ranch rodeo.

[Mike sighs]

[sauce squishing]

[sauce squirting]

[sauce squishes]

[soft pats]

- You're telling me this guy plans all the sets

for the local theater group.

That's an actual job?

Cool.

- But we're still no closer

to discovering who the critic is.

[Mike sighs]

- I'll never finish on my own.

[gentle music]

- You know,

every cook has to have his sous chef.

[upbeat music]

- Mm.

What?

- Come on.

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music continues]

[people chattering]

[bell rings]

[upbeat music continues]

- Thank you.

[upbeat music continues]

- So what do you do in town?

- A lot of folks assume being a mechanic is hard.

I'll say any job is as fun as you make it.

I just love being a guy that keeps our school buses rolling.

[skates thud] - That's so cool.

Do they let you skate in the garage?

- You bet.

I had the hardest time sitting still

when I was a kid,

so I just knew I had to find something

to keep myself up moving about.

And not to mention,

I can get around those school buses twice as fast.

Keep the change.

- Thanks. [roller skates thud]

- My favorite invention has to be the McGraw Mega Mixer.

When I was your age,

I was always taking things apart

and trying to put them back together. [chuckles]

Didn't always work, but, but when it did,

it felt so great.

It made me want to get better,

to learn more about how things work.

- So why work at the hardware store?

Why not just get a job fixing things?

- But I do.

Part of running a hardware store

is helping people learn how to fix things

instead of just throwing them away.

[cheerful music playing]

♪ Must have made a wish on a star ♪

- Okay.

It's okay.

All right?

Well, that's it as far as sauce, there's no more.

It's going to be fine.

Long as nobody else orders a rodeo burger,

it's going to be fine.

- [Waitress] Six more rodeo burgers, extra sauce.

- Yeah, that's right. That's perfect. That's, that's right.

- To be honest, I don't think the critic ever came.

I recognize almost everyone in here tonight.

- And anyone we didn't recognize, we learned about.

Who knew that there was so many different jobs,

even in a small town like this?

- I thought so much of this stuff just happened.

Like I never thought about the person responsible

for picking up our trash.

All I knew is it disappeared once a week.

It just vanished.

- It really does take a lot of people

to keep a town running.

- All that hard work,

who knows if we'll get a good review?

[bell rings]

[gentle music]

That's him.

- Good luck.

- Ooh. [chuckles]

Good job.

Ooh.

- I think this is him.

- What?

- This is the critic.

Rodeo burger and fries.

- No, no, no. We can't do it. I'm out of rodeo sauce.

- This is the night's most important order.

- No dice, Mike.

Not only is the emulsion blender busted,

I'm out of tomatoes and onions,

and I can't make sauce without tomatoes and onions

- Onions and tomatoes. Onions and tomatoes.

- Oh, you got something?

Oh, you got.

I see that, deep there.

You're going to save this day.

That's what I'm talking about.

[Mike and Chuck's hands smack]

That was good.

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music continues]

[Chuck chuckles]

You all really pulling my grits out of the grease

on this one. Yeah!

[tomato squishing]

[mixer whirring]

[organ music]

- [Customer] Hmm.

[gentle suspenseful music]

Hmm.

Hmm.

[gentle suspenseful music continues]

Hmm.

[customer grunts]

Hmm.

Hmm.

Mm. Mm.

- Are you going to give us a good review?

- Review?

- Wait, hey, you are the food critic, right?

- No, I'm the technician

who makes sure all the rides at the fair,

like the Ferris wheel, are working and safe.

You might say my work is revolutionary.

[all groan and sigh]

What a peculiar restaurant.

- Okay.

It's all right. It's all right.

- You did a great job, Mike.

I've never seen this place so busy.

- Yeah, we're really proud of you.

- It's all right.

- Quite the place you have here.

So welcoming.

- Thank you.

- Heard lots of good things.

- [Customer On Video] I would recommend

anyone come to Chuck's.

If you're in Mulberry Springs,

you got to eat at Chuck's.

- Everyone loves the burgers.

I come for the pie.

- Wait, you are the food critic?

But you're not old at all.

[kids chuckle]

- Chuck's Wagon is the best.

Not just the food, but the service is great too.

[Chuck chuckles] - [Chuck] Well.

- I'm giving you a glowing review. Good job.

- Thank you.

[Chuck laughs and screams]

You did it, Mike. You did it. [laughs]

You did it. You're going to be

my secret weapon. - Wait.

- You're going to be running this place in no time.

- Whoa, wait. Uncle Chuck,

I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up.

I learned tonight that there are all kinds of jobs

for all kinds of people,

and lots of chances to do something

that makes you happy and help your community.

- Like being mayor.

- Or the theater set designer.

- Yeah, and I'll just keep learning about all types of jobs.

I'll find one that I love,

just like you love the diner.

- That's right. Yeah, you will. Come on.

We did it. We did it. We did it. We did it.

Yes!

A fire is burning and it needs a five.

Yeah. Yes.

We did it. We did it. We did it.

Let's go.

♪ You're just a doggone diggity doggone diggity dog ♪

♪ You're just a doggone diggity doggone diggity dog ♪

♪ You've been howling at the moon all night long ♪

♪ You're just a doggone diggity doggone diggity dog ♪

♪ A doggone diggity doggone diggity dog ♪

♪ Bow wow

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♪ Bow wow

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[singer howling] [lively music concludes]