02x08 - Daniel Plays Ball / O Builds a Tower

[bunniefuu]

- Hi, neighbor! I'm learning
to play ball. Want to come

to the park with me and play?

And then we're going
to build blocks with O the Owl.

There's so many things to play.
We should start... right now!

Be right back!

♪ It's a beautiful day
in the neighborhood ♪

♪ A beautiful day
for a neighbor ♪

♪ Would you be mine?
Could you be mine? ♪

♪ Won't you be my neighbor?

- ♪ It's Daniel Tiger's
Neighborhood♪

♪ A land of make-believe

♪ Won't you ride
along with me? ♪

- ♪ Ride along

- ♪ It's Daniel Tiger's
Neighborhood♪

♪ So much to do,
so much to see ♪

♪ Won't you ride
along with me? ♪

- ♪ Ride along

- ♪ I've got lots of friends
for you to meet ♪

♪ In this land of make-believe

♪ A friendly face
on every street ♪

♪ Just waiting to greet you
♪ It's a beautiful day
in the neighborhood ♪

♪ A beautiful day
for a neighbor ♪

♪ In Daniel Tiger's
Neighborhood♪

[laughing]
- Your turn!

- OK!

- Whoops! Hup! Oops!

Oops!

Hi, neighbor! I'm at the park
with my friends.

- Hiya, toots!
- A rrroyal hello!

- I've been working
on my hopping.

Want to see?
OK, here goes. Whoops!

One! Two! Three!

Three whole hops!
That's so many!

Whoops!

Let's go show my friends.
Come on!

[Elaina laughing]

- Guess what?
- What?

- I did three whole...
h-h-h...hops!

- Ho-ho-ho!
- That's great, toots!

- That's rrroyally great,
Little D!

- Thanks, Prince Tuesday!

And I think I can do it
again too. Want to see?

- OK
- Sure.
- Sure, OK.

- OK, count my hops! Ready?

One... two.. three...

four... five!

Five hops!
That's even more
hops than before!

- Five hippity-hoppity hops!
- Love it, toots!

- Ha! Ha! Ha!
That's awesome, Little D!

It's like they tell us
at baseball practice:

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

- ♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

It's true! The more I hop,
the better I get!

I remember when I could
only do ONE hop!

And now... hop, hop,
hippity-hoppity-hop!

- ♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

Great job, Little D!

I also got better
at throwing a ball.

Watch!
- Wow!

You throw really high!

- Really, REALLY high!

- Rrroyally high!

Wow! You are a great baseball
player, Prince Tuesday!

- Thanks, Little D!
- Aw, thank you!

- I love it, toots!
- That's my brother!

- Wouldn't it be fun to be
a great baseball player?

Hey, do you want
to make believe with me?

Let's make believe... that
I'm a GREAT baseball player!

♪ I'm a star baseball player
that everyone knows ♪

♪ I run all the bases,
watch as I go! ♪

♪ I'm a star baseball player
with my mitt and my hat! ♪

♪ The crowd goes wild
when I'm up to bat! ♪

♪ So I'll run, run, run
all the bases ♪

♪ And wave
to the smiling faces! ♪

♪ I can catch and throw
really far ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm a famous
baseball star! ♪

Wasn't that grr-ific?
- Hey, everyone!

Watch this trick!

- Wow!
- Cool!
- Cool trick!

- Ah, thank you very much!
Well, that trick took
a lot of practice.

I had to try it again and again,
but then... I got better!

- I want to play ball too!
- OK, let's all play ball!

- Yeah!
- I have a boomer-ific idea!

Let's play animal ball!

- OK!
- Yeah!
- Yeah, yeah!

Wait, what's animal ball?

- I just made it up.
But I'll tell you how to play.

First, let's stand
in a circle.

OK, now we throw the ball
to each other.

But before you throw the ball,
say the name of an animal.

Then we all make
the animal sound.

- Animal ball!
Grr-ific!

Hey! You can make
the animal sounds too!

- Ready?
A dog says...

[kids barking]

- Ruff! Ruff! I got it!
I got it! A cow says...

mooo!
[kids mooing]

Grr!

Hey, I missed the ball.

- Hey, good try, Daniel.

- Yeah, but I wanted
to catch the ball.

- Keep practicing.
You'll get better.

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

- ♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

- Next time, try looking
right at the ball

as it comes to you, OK?
- OK.

- Let's try again. And...

and a duck says...
quack, quack, quack!

[kids quacking]
- Got it!

- A dog says...
ruff, ruff! ruff!

- Here it comes!

Grr! I missed AGAIN.

- That's OK, Daniel.

- How would you feel
if you couldn't catch a ball?

I feel sad.

- Heh, you OK, Little D?
- What's wrong, toots?

- I'm no good at this game.
I can't catch the ball!

- You know what? When I first
started playing baseball,

I couldn't catch the ball
either.

- Really?
- Really! But I kept trying,

and I got better and better.
And you can too!

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

- ♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

But I AM trying!

- You are trying. And you know
what else will help?

- What?
- The hug trick.
- The hug trick?

- Yep. First, you watch
the ball.

Then... give it a biiiiiig hug!
Ooooh-woo!

- Biiig hug!

- Ha! Ha! Ha!
Now I think you're ready.

- Yup, I'm ready
to try again.

- Yay! Throw the ball,
big brother!

- Ready? And a duck says...
quack, quack, quack!

- OK, I'm watching...
I'm watching...

I'm wat-- Wha-- Oops!

Grr! I dropped it!

- Aw, you almost got it, Daniel.
You're so close!

You watched the ball,
and now you just need

to remember to give it
a biiiiiiig hug!

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

- ♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

- OK! I can do it.
I just have to keep trying!

- Ready, set, THROW!

- A cow says... moo!

[kids mooing]
[Elaina laughing]

- Ready, Daniel?
- Almost.

Watch and hug, watch and hug.
I can do this! OK, ready!

- Here it comes.

A dog says... ruff, ruff, ruff!
- I'm watching...

I'm watching... I'm watching...

Biiiiiiig hug! I did it!

I caught the ball!

Oops. I caught the ball!
I caught the ball!

- You did it!
- Go, Daniel!

- Hooray for Daniel!
- Nice work!

- Thanks! I tried, and I tried,

and I caught the ball!

I am so happy!

And you know what I do
when I'm happy? I hop!

Hoppity-hoppity-hop!

- Wow, Daniel Tiger,
you can do so many hops!

- I know! Wanna hop
with me? It's fun!

- Hey! I can't do it!

I tried again,
but I still can't hop!

Hopping is too hard.

- Yeah, hopping is
pretty hard--

like catching
the ball! But...

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

You just need
to practice like me.

- OK, I guess
I can try again.

Will you show me how?
- Sure!

I stand on one foot
like this.

And then I...
hippity-hop!

- Stand on one foot...

and... hippity-hop!

I did it! I hopped!

Whoops! Ha! Ha! Ha!

- Let's do it again.
Ready? Hippity-hop!

- Whoopsie-doo!
- Almost!

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

Let's go again, together.

- [both]: Hop, hop.

- You're doing it,
Miss Elaina!

- Hop! I'm hippity-- Whoa!

It's OK. Keep trying.

- [both]: Hippity-hoppity.

Hop! Hop! Hop!
- One, two, three.

- Hippity, hoppity,
hop, hop, hop!

- Ha! Ha! Ha! Wow!

Look at you two
hippity-hop-hoppers!
[Daniel and Elaina laughing]

- [Daniel and Elaina]: Hippity-
hop, we're hopping together!

- Oops!

- Don't worry, Prince Wednesday.
Just keep practicing!

- ♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

[Elaina laughing]

- ♪ Keep trying
until it works for you ♪

♪ You get better,
ah, yes, it's true ♪

- ♪ Then, what do you know?
You're doing fine! ♪

♪ 'Cause practice makes you
better all the time ♪

- ♪ Try, try, try, try,
try it again! ♪

♪ Try, try, try, try,
try it again! ♪

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

♪ Try, try, try!

- ♪ When you're playing with
friends and there's
something new ♪

♪ Just keep on trying
is what you should do ♪

- ♪ 'Cause you'll get better
when you try ♪

♪ Practice makes you better
all the time ♪

- ♪ Try, try, try, try,
try it again ♪

♪ Try, try, try, try,
try it again ♪

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

♪ Try, try, try

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

♪ Try, try, try
- Woo-hoo!
- Yeah!

- I have
a boomer-ific idea!

I like hopping,
and I like animals,

so... let's play
HOPPING animal ball!

A dog says...
ruff, ruff, ruff!

[all barking]

- Hop! Hop!

A rooster says...
cock-a-doodle-do!

- [Elaina]: Cock-a-doodle-do!
- [Tuesday]: Cock-a-doodle-do!

- Big hug!

I caught it!

Ah. I kept trying,

and my hopping
AND catching got better.

What are you trying
to get better at?

You know, if you keep trying,
you'll get better too!

Ugga... mugga! Ha! Ha!

- [Friday]: ♪ Keep trying
until it works for you ♪

♪ You get better,
ah, yes, it's true ♪

- [Tuesday]: ♪ Then, what do you
know? You're doing fine! ♪

- [Katerina]: Hi, neighbor!
Today, our friends are
playing animal ball.

- And so the way we play
animal ball is I'm going

to hold the ball and I'm going
to throw it to one
of my friends.

You'll make a noise, and then
I'll make a noise. Ready?

- Oink!

- [kids]: Oink!

- Roar!
- [kids]: Roar!

- Pfffft!
- [kids]: Pfffft!

- ♪ Try, try, try, try,
try it again ♪

♪ Try, try, try, try,
try it again ♪

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

♪ Try, try, try

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

♪ Try, try, try
- [Katerina]: Uh-oh! Sometimes

it's hard to catch the ball.
- ♪ Try, try, try, try,
try it again ♪

♪ Try, try, try, try,
try it again ♪

- [Katerina]: That's OK.
Just try it again. Good job!

- [Daniel]: ♪ When you're
playing with friends and
there's something new ♪

♪ Just keep on trying
is what you should do ♪

- [Katerina]: ♪ 'Cause you'll
get better when you try ♪

♪ Practice makes you better
all the time ♪

- Hi, neighbor!
I'm getting ready for school.

Do you go to school?

See, this is my school.
I drew it.

- OK, Daniel, let's get ready
for school!
- Mmkay.

I'm ready to go
to school!

- School? I'm ready to go
to work, or...

am I going to school
and you're going to work?

- [laughing]: No!
I'm going to school,

and YOU'RE going
to work!

- Ohhh, that's right. It's
a little cold outside today,
so let's put on your coat,

OK?
- OK. Can I do the buttons, Dad?

- Of course.

- Ugh!

Oh, I can't

button it!
- Here, let me show you

a little trick. Peek-a-boo!
You see my fingers?

Now pull the button through
the hole. Pull it through.

- Oh!
- All right, now you try.

Remember: "Peek-a-boo,
pull it through."

- OK, I'll try!

- Peek-a-boo, pull it...

Peek-a-boo... pull it. Grr!

Dad, this isn't working!

- I know it's upsetting
when you can't get it.

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

If you keep trying
to button your coat,

you'll get better
and better.

- ♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

OK, I'll try again.

Peek-a-boo... pull it through.

[He sighs.]

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

Peek-a-boo, pull it through.
[He gasps.]

I did it! I did it!

- Look at that.
You kept trying,
and you did it!

- Mom, we're going!
- Bye! Muah!

- [Daniel and Mom]: Ugga-mugga.
- [Dad and Mom]: Ugga-mugga.

- [Mom]: Buh-bye!
- Bye, Mom! Hi, Trolley!

We're going to school,
and I buttoned my coat
all by myself!

- ♪ We're off to school today
to learn and play ♪

♪ Won't you ride
along with me? ♪
- ♪ Ride along

- ♪ Won't you ride
along with me? ♪

- Here we are at school.

Let's go inside.
[Trolley dings.]

Goodbye, Trolley!
- Bye, Trolley!

[Daniel humming]

- Good morning, Daniel!
- Hi, Teacher Harriet!

- Good morning Mr. Tiger.
- Good morning!

- Look! My neighbor came
to school too!

- Hi, neighbor!

[Daniel humming]

- Bye, Daniel. Ugga-mugga.
- Ugga-mugga! Bye, Dad.

- Hoo-hoo, coming through!
Hi, Daniel!

- What's O doing?
Let's go see!

- Hoo-hoo!
- Wow, O.

That's a lot of blocks.

- I need all the blocks
in the classroom,

because I'm building
the tallest tower in the world!

- [both]: Tallest tower
in the world!
- Hoo-hoo!

[Both laugh.]
I'm ready to build! Hoo-hoo!

- Great!

- One block here...
another one here...

this one here... there...

another one here...
- Hey, O!

Here's another block,
a blue one.

- Blue, like my feathers!
That's my favorite!

- What's your
favorite color?

I like red.

- Hoo! This is nifty-galifty!

[O gasps.]
The tower!

Oh, no, no, no!
[O gasps.]

Hoo, no!
- Oh, no! O,

are you OK?
- Hoo, I guess so.

- You can build your tower
again. I'll help you

and hand you blocks.
- OK.

Building again, building,

building the tallest tower
in the world.

- Your tower is
so tall already.

It's as tall as my tummy!
Ha! Ha! Ha!

- Yeah! Now it's as tall
as my beak!

Another one here...

there... and another one here.

[O laughs.]

The red one on top...

Hoo-hoo! Whoa!

Ah! Hoo, it fell down again!

Hoo, no!
- What happened?

What's the matter?

- My tower keeps falling!

Hoo-hoo!
- Oh, dear.

You feel like you can't get
those blocks to stay up,
and that is frustrating.

But can you try
and rebuild the tower?

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

- ♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

But I already tried,
and it didn't work.

- Sometimes you have to keep
trying before you get better.

How can we find out more
about building tall
block towers?

- There's a book for that!
Hoo-hoo! My book says

that big blocks on the bottom
of the tower will
make it strong.

Hoo-hoo, what about these?

- Those look pretty bigto me!

- OK, I'll try it!

- [both]: Tallest tower
in the world!

- Hoo-hoo!

- I wonder what it would be like
to build for real.

Hey, that gives me an idea.

Do you want to make believe
with me? Let's make believe

that we're construction workers
making a real building!

- ♪ I'm a bulldozer,
I make a loud sound ♪

♪ I'm great for pushing dirt
and gravel around ♪

- ♪ We all build, build, build,
build, BUILD! ♪

- ♪ I'm a crane, I move things
way up high, ♪

♪ I move them way up
into the sky! ♪

- ♪ We all build, build, build,
build, BUILD! ♪

♪ Build, build, build, build,
BUILD! YEAH! ♪

- Wasn't that grr-ific?

We did such a good job.

- Nifty-galifty! Wah!

Oh, feathers!
I just can't do this!

I'm gonna stop.
- Uh-oh.

O is getting upset.
Do you ever feel like stopping?

I think O should
keep trying.

- Don't stop now O.
It might take a few tries,

but you'll get it.
Remember:

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

- ♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

- But what if I DON'T
get better?

- I think you can do this, O.

Let's look at the tower picture
in your book again.

What do you notice
about these blocks?

- They're not falling down.

- That's true,
but how are they stacked?

- They are lying down sideways.

Hoo-hoo! So maybe I should try
building with the blocks

lying down sideways.

- [Daniel and Harriet]: Try it!
- OK, I'll keep trying.

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

- ♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

- This one here...
- Here you go!

- ...another one here. Hoo-hoo!

- You're doing great, O!
- Hoo-hoo-hoo!

- Meow-meow,
I like your tower, O.

- Thanks! I only have
four blocks left!
- Tallest tower

in the world! Again!

[Katerina laughs.]

[O gasps.]
- The tower!

I can't look.

- Look, O, you did it!

- Hoo-hoo! I did do it!

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

I did get better!
- Tiger-tastic!
- Meow-meow!

[Daniel gasps.]

- [whispering]: Tiger-tastic.
- [whispering]: Meow-meow.

- [Daniel and O]: Phew!
- Hoo-hoo!

- See that, O?
You kept trying
and you did it!

Now don't you
feel proud?

- I do! Hoo-hoo!

- I'm going to take a picture.
Stand next to your tower, O!

- Ta-da!

- All right, everyone,

grab your coats. It's time
to go outside to play!

- Yeah! Woo-hoo!
- Meow-meow!
- Hoo-hoo!

[Daniel humming]

- Oh, no. I can't do up
my buttons, meow-meow.

- Look at this trick,
Katerina.

Peek-a-boo,
pull it through!

- Oh, hmm. Peek-a-boo,
pull it through.

I can't do it,
meow-meow!

- ♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

- I'll keep trying.

♪ When you can't do
something new ♪

♪ Keep trying and trying
till it works for you ♪

♪ Before you know it,
I think you'll find ♪

♪ Practice makes you better
all the time ♪

- ♪ Try, try, try, try,
try it again ♪

♪ Try, try, try, try,
try it again ♪

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

♪ Try, try, try

- ♪ When you're trying
to do a brand new thing ♪

♪ Don't give up
if it's not working ♪

♪ It'll get easier
every time you try ♪

♪ Practice makes you better
all the time ♪

- ♪ Try, try, try, try,
try it again ♪

♪ Try, try, try, try,
try it again ♪

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

♪ Try, try, try

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

♪ Try, try, try

- Peek a boo,
pull it through.

Look! I did it!
I buttoned my coat!

It took me tries
but I did it!

- Yeah!

[Katerina laughs.]

- You're a good friend,
Daniel Tiger.

[Katerina laughs.]

- Have you ever tried
to button your own coat?

Or build a tall, tall tower?

How did you feel
when you were trying?

It's hard, but if you keep
trying, you will get better!

Ugga-mugga!

- ♪ It's such a good feeling
to play with family
and friends ♪

♪ It's such a happy feeling
when they lend you a hand ♪

♪ You wake up ready to say
- Hi!

- ♪ "I think I'll make
a snappy new day" ♪

♪ It's such a good feeling

♪ A very good feeling,
a feeling you know ♪

- ♪ That I'll be back

♪ When the day is new

♪ And I'll have more ideas
for you ♪

♪ And you'll have things
you'll want to talk about ♪

♪ I will too

Because it's you I like.

Hi, neighbor!

There are so many new things
to try to do.

- ♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

- OK, can you dig a hole there?
Use both hands, there you go.

So put that under there.

- I can do it.
- OK.

- ♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

♪ Try, try, try

- [Daniel]: ♪ When you're trying
to do a brand new thing ♪

♪ Don't give up
if it's not working ♪

♪ It'll get easier
every time you try ♪

♪ Practice makes you better
all the time ♪

- ♪ Try, try, try, try,
try it again ♪

♪ Try, try, try, try,
try it again ♪

♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

- [Daniel]: But keep trying
and you'll get better.

- Shall I help you peel it,
or do you think you can do it?

- I think I can peel it
from here.

- Very good.

- ♪ Keep trying,
you'll get better ♪

♪ Try, try, try

- [Daniel]: ♪ When you're trying
to do a brand new thing ♪

♪ Don't give up
if it's not working ♪

Wow! Look at that kite fly!

- ♪ Try, try, try, try,
try it again! ♪

- [Daniel]: I have a hard time
zipping up my sweater too!

Good job, Victoria!

Good job, Will!

Good job, Isaac!

Keep trying,
and you'll get better.