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02x11 - Hello, Maggie

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.

02x11 - Hello, Maggie

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the puzzle place is made possible by a

major Grant from The Corporation for

Public

Broadcasting and by the annual financial

support of viewers Like

You by using our creative energies and

working together we can all make the

world a little brighter Edison

International and the Edison

International family of companies seers

support for the puzzle place is just one

of the many sides of

Sears the puzzle place is supported by

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IBM I know

something that I want to

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share I know

somewhere let me take you there

come along with me to find it it's

everywhere let's get going don't want to

be too

late got a

feeling things will work out

great come on

everybody let's

Cate place the puzzle place we're going

to the puzzle place Sizzle and nuzzle

are a Double Tree and the peace Poli are

on the be the puzzle place the puzzle

place we're going to the puzzle place

and if you're a kid you've got the

king let's get going to the puzle puzle

the pule the puzzle place we're going to

the puzzle place

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wow now the puzzle place looks

absolutely and completely clean

hi KiKi hey Kiki yo Kiki I finished

cleaning up the game room and the living

room and the greenhouse she whiz this

place looks great yeah so uh when does

Magdalena get here well not until later

today Benny but thanks everybody for

helping me clean up a you're welcome no

problem well you know that Magdalen is

my favorite cousin from Mexico and I

want everything to be perfect when she

gets here and it will be cuz we can't

wait to meet her yeah but you know wait

a minute Magdalene is from Mexico right

does she speak

English well only a little little she

she mainly speaks

Spanish but but Kiki we don't speak

Spanish we only speak English so so how

will we be able to be friends with

her I'm my lingal sky I speak English

and Spanish so I can tell you everything

my he says and I can tell her everything

you say plus remember Skye I've been

studying Spanish at school so I'll be

able to talk to her mhm so you call her

Maggie yeah that's her nickname oh let

me show you something we're going to eat

it later on oh yum yummy it's called ful

it's fresh Mexican sweet bread M and I

always have it with chocol

that that's milk chocolate chocolate

milk oh chocolate milk chocolate milk

yum I love chocolate milk I forgot the

meal guys oh no I have to go to the

store and right away and get some milk

okay go to the store kiky kiky wait wait

what if Maggie comes and you're not here

why why she'll start speaking in Spanish

and and we won't know what she's saying

yeah and she won't know what we're

saying yeah yeah what are we going to do

SK

will you please relax I'll be here and I

can speak Spanish He Julie and anyway

M's not coming for a long time I'll be

back in to Jiffy bye bye by G I hope

it's a short

Jiffy

n what is it Sizzle let's go B

not today Sizzle looky what I've

got it's a little

house wonder

what wow look at the lovely wallpaper

NZ NZ I don't think you should stick

your head in there something might

happen you're right sizzle I could get

some ideas on how to decorate my dog

house oh boy oh boy oh

boy boy look at the spacious

bedroom Sizzle you should see this

kitchen I wonder if there's anything in

the fridge nle that's a doll's house you

don't fit you're too big

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I do so fit you do not do so do not do

not do not do

not Sizzle what I can prove to you that

I fit in this dollhouse just you

watch just get my leg over

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here I did it Sizzle I told you I could

fit in this dollhous honey I'm

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home

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uhoh go ahead okay okay all right you

can put it there you put it there thank

you Ben I'm working on it you can put it

there I'm working I'm

working pukas

hi uh Sky don't me hi sky sky turn

around please I am trying

to uh

Maggie oh boy um Ben it's Maggie um

she's here mhm no mhm Maggie hi I'm Ben

and this is Skye hi Ben and

Skye oh boy oh Maggie I I am so glad

that you speak English I mean Kiki said

you didn't but I thought you must speak

some yeah right and uh Kiki not here but

she said she wouldn't be here so soon

and she said you wouldn't be here so

soon and I'm sorry

um Sky what did she say I have no idea

Maggie only speaks Spanish hi and we

only speak English which means we're in

big trouble then trouble oh what are we

going to hey I got it you got it let's

sit down ah sitting down yes sit down

this is brilliant come on back here

Magie we have a Lely seat for you it's

really yeah this is

good you all comfy that's good relax

that's nice Kik where is Kiki I don't

know

Julie what you guys I'm busy trying to

get ready for

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mag

Julie oh this is going to be great I'm

finally getting a chance to use my

Spanish we haven't been able to talk

with Maggie at all I feel terrible me

too have no fear guys my Spanish is

here okay here comes my Spanish okay

mhm hola

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Magdalena what did you just say boy it's

great to speak another language I said

hi well what did Maggie say I have no

idea she used words I didn't know oh man

this is terrible well Julie don't stop

now say something else yeah yeah okay no

problem

Maggie Grand

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well well well what did she say I said

the horse is very big and why didn't you

say welcome to the puzzle place because

I was absent the day we learned how to

meet people in Spanish but I was there

for the lesson about life on the

farm that means the cow isleep sleeping

ooh sleeping cow oh Maggie must be more

confused than ever Julie Farm Julie why

didn't you tell us you only spoke

farming

Spanish um I I am sorry that I am I do

not speak

English that's okay Maggie I'm the one

who's sorry

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by the way

n how are you going to get out of

there why the way I got in of course

Sizzle only backwards okay I think let

me uh SI Sizzle Sizzle you can stop

playing with my tail now cuz I'm ready

to get out of here oh okay if I have

to thank you now then if I just have to

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wiggle uh maybe if I I wiggle just back

out the same

way I got in

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here

Sizzle I'm

stuck does that mean I can keep playing

with your tail no

oh

hey here I'll try

again I don't only speak farming

Spanish El

elepante Tom un

B I hope that means it's good to meet

you no it means the elephant is taking a

bath it's from a lesson about a day at

the zoo oh I wish I were at the

zoo I feel bad I I want to talk to

Maggie because I want to be friends with

her but how can we be friends if she

doesn't understand me oh Sky hey maybe

we're just not trying hard enough yeah

let me try hey Maggie Maggie would you

like something to

eat

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food I don't think she understood you

then we really need some help Julie come

on come on Maggie

okay come on this way

oh this is so

frustrating I feel bad for Maggie but I

don't know what to say I

I we need to figure out a way to talk to

Maggie if only we didn't need to use

words yeah that's a good idea Julie hey

weebus show us something on speaking

without words

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a

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[Applause]

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hey

maybe there are other ways we can talk

with

Maggie yeah you know what Julie what we

can use our hands yeah and our eyes and

our faces yeah and we can make

motions let me try um Maggie see would

you like something to

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drink see Julie

gracias she said see H that means yes

see I'll go get some juice see me too

okay Maggie would you like to play tic

tac

toe tick cabin um tick uh tic tac toe um

oh oh let me show you over here over

here uhhuh

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you you can go

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first okay uh it's my turn see I'll put

an X um right

there okay your turn gracias Ben

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okay

ah H in order for me to block I'll put

an X um right

there okay your

turn ah good move okay um you blocked me

so I have to put an X um right uh here

your

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turn hey Maggie you won congratulations

gracias gracias graas gracias Maggie

gracias Ben gracias

Maggie okay drink time we have lemon and

apple and cherry and grape Magie would

you like to choose

first w h that must mean grape in

English it's

grape

grape yeah that's great here Ben would

you like one I the Apple

okay m

delicious

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delici Julie some on

Sky uh don't is the sky where is Skye

hey where is Skye well uh I think he's

up there in the greenhouse

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this is terrible I'm afraid to say

anything at all to Maggie I just feel so

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embarrassed hey hey have you ever had to

talk to someone who didn't speak your

language well how'd you do

it if I wanted to say something I would

act it out my sister knows how to speak

like other languages and I tell her to

come over to see see if he she can speak

this language to tell him I'd make a

sign so they would know what I'm saying

I would use my hands to communicate to

the other person not exactly sign

language but like I me you like that

kind of

stuff well if those kids found a way to

do it then maybe I can figure something

out too I don't uh uh-oh this guy huh

hola hi Maggie I guess you're wondering

why I came up here huh well you see the

oh yeah you can't understand what I'm

saying can

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you yeah and I can't understand you

either that's why I couldn't stay

downstairs it made me too sad see I want

to be friends with you but if you speak

Spanish and I speak English I I I don't

see how it's

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possible so I could be your

friend but I'm not

sure where to begin

that's a seed

oh and it needs lots of things to grow

like

soil but it still has a long way to

go yes

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water and lots of

sunshine and love

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friendship is like a

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garden it will grow day by

day you and me do could be friends

Amigos though at first we didn't know

what to

say

sam learning together we can grow

tiarra

see look at all of the words we

know

water Aqua Sunshine Soul it's

great I'll teach you in

English

friendship is like a

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garden it will grow

day by

day you and

me could be friends Amigos though at

first we didn't know though at first we

didn't know though at first we didn't

know what to

say Amigos

friends friends Amigos

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and push

Sizzle oh watch the nose watch the no

Sizzle oh please push push Sizzle

push oh no I can't push anymore I'm too

tired but Sizzle if I don't get out of

here I'm going to I'm going to be a

house dog

forever

Sizzle

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Sizzle oh yeah help help help I help

help is on the

way run like the wind itself go

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Sizzle H let me see I could put it here

or there or Sizzle stop pushing me I'll

play with you later as soon as I finish

the game I could put it there I'll put

it here to block oh now Julie you're

blocked

a

huh wait a minute I won Julie I won

yay Sizzle stop pulling me Ben Ben I I

think she wants you to go downstairs why

what's wrong hey maybe nuzzle in trouble

is that it Julie you go get the others

I'll go downstairs come on Sizzle let's

go hey

everybody and and Maggie over here this

red flower see that it's called a

geranium geranium geranium geranium

andos haros no no no noos

they sound kind of alike

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gerani Sky come on come on need us in

the basement come on let's go hurry uh

Magie oh boy what do I say um uh of

course

bominos bomo let's

go I don't know NZ I've tried everything

I need more help oh great hi everybody

well I tried everything I could think of

but I can't get him out I need your

help what did Maggie say um uh I think

she said do not stand up at

home does that make sense

oh

no

um

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ARA ar ar see Kasa Kasa Kasa house house

up oh lift the house up is that it Magie

house up see yeah yeah we haven't tried

that okay everyone grab a corner of the

house we'll lift it up

okay be careful your fingers okay now

shake it shake

it sh

nice job nice job

sky Hey everybody what's up the

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exitement but how did you understand

each other that was no problem we found

out that if you don't know another

person's language you can still talk to

them with motions and signs that's right

Ben and you can also learn their

language one word at a time especially

if you start with something you both

know like flowers or Tic Tac Toe or

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farming and I got the milk and

everything is ready at the kitchen so

come on let's go right go yeah come what

are you waiting for yum

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the puzzle place is a co-production of

KCET Los Angeles and lanet media New

York thanks for watching the puzzle

place

today the puzzle place is supported by

IBM seers support for the puzzle place

is just one of the many sides of

Sears by using our creative energies and

working together we can all make the

world a little brighter Edison

International and the Edison

International family of companies the

puzzle place is made possible by a major

Grant from The Corporation for Public

Broadcasting and by annual financial

support from viewers like

you this is

[Applause]