(grunting in effort) - Oh, man.

Why is it always so hard to open a jar of pickles?

Hey, Siblee, can you help me out?

- Oh, I could try.

But what if you ask Moby?

- Okay.

Hey Moby, can you help me out with this?

- Oh, um, I could try, but what if you asked Mr. Grumphrey?

- Hey, Mr. Grumphrey, are you here?

- Hello?

- Oh yeah.

Can you help me open this?

- I, I don't care for pickles.

I could try, but what if you ask Siblee?

Aye, aye, aye.

Hey, friends!

I guess we'll just get to doing our show about pickles.

(Wimee's World intro music plays) - [Child] It's time for Wimee's Words!

(cheering) - Okay.

I'll keep trying, but- Hey friends, I'm glad you're here!

(Wimee laughs) All right, so I got a couple questions to ask.

I'm gonna ask Joe.

Oh, Joe just said, hi.

You see what my brain did?

Hi, Joe.

(Wimee laughs) I'm gonna ask you though.

I'm gonna ask you too.

Do you like pickles and... Jim!

Hey, ScribbleJim, how do you feel about pickles?

- I love pickles.

I think that a pickle is an excellent addition to pretty much any sandwich.

Just makes the sandwich that much better.

Like actually the amount of pickles you put on makes the sandwich that much better.

Even if you put on one pickle it like makes the pickle that much greater by like 10.

Even if it's just one pickle.

- I guess you like pickles.

Thanks, Jim.

We'll see you later on the show.

Hey Nikhil, I'm wondering, how do you feel about pickle?

- I don't like pickles but I like cucumbers and those are sort of like pickles.

- You're totally right.

The cucumber gets pickled.

In fact, that's kind of interesting.

A pickle, right?

These started as cucumbers and then they got pickled.

Then now we call them pickles.

Yeah.

That's cool.

You like going to the source.

(Wimee laughs) You don't need that pickling process in the way, right?

Is what you're saying?

- Mm-hmm.

- I love it.

Thanks, Nikhil.

We'll see you later on the show.

Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Let us know.

Oh, robot!

Ha ha!

Yeah.

I like pickles by the way.

I didn't answer the, our own question.

I like pickles.

All right.

Friends, share with me something like pickles, for example, that comes in a jar.

Now I guess not all pickles come in a jar.

That's, I should clarify that.

But you know, they get pickled here in this jar.

Here we go, the song, ha ha!

♪ Pickles, pickles in a jar.

♪ ♪ How I wonder what you are.

♪ ♪ You are something that we buy.

♪ ♪ Sometimes I just wonder why ♪ ♪ Pickles, pickles in a jar.

♪ ♪ How I wonder what you are.

♪ (Wimee laughing) Oh, hi!

Okay, so...

I like, I sometimes like pickles- Yeah!

They can be sour!

Totally.

Let's see.

Let's go to... Hey, Nikhil, what is something that comes in jar?

- Peanut butter.

- Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, great!

♪ Peanut butter in a jar.

♪ ♪ How I wonder what you are.

♪ ♪ You are something that we buy, ♪ ♪ Sometimes I just wonder why, ♪ ♪ Peanut butter in a jar.

♪ ♪ How I wonder what you are.

♪ Or jam!

Oh, any flavor...

I'm gonna go with raspberry.

♪ Raspberry jam in a jar.

♪ ♪ How I wonder what you are.

♪ ♪ You are something that we buy.

♪ ♪ Sometimes I just wonder why.

♪ ♪ Raspberry jam in a jar, ♪ ♪ How I wonder what you are.

♪ Oh, friends!

That's fun.

I'm still gonna keep trying to open this.

Let's go find out what Moby's got to say today.

(upbeat music) - I just learned that pickles are actually cucumbers.

Yep.

Yeah, so they're a vegetable and they're good for you.

Pickling a cucumber keeps it from spoiling so you can keep them around longer to eat.

Yeah.

The first pickles were made by soaking cucumbers in brine or salty water.

Today different spices are used to make different flavors.

Mm.

Some pickles are sour.

Some are sweet.

Some are even sweet and sour.

I'm getting hungry.

Do you like pickles?

(upbeat music) - Okay, sorry.

Okay, friends.

It's time for today's... ♪ 1, 2, 3 sentence story.

♪ Let's write a story, friends!

In the first sentence, we set the scene.

In the second sentence, there is a problem.

But don't worry, friends!

But in the third sentence, there is a solution.

There is a solution!

Okay, okay.

Friends share with us a noun, a person place or thing.

Let's go to Nikhil for today's very first word.

Any word at all, Nikhil.

What word are you thinking of?

- Cookie.

- Oh, cookie, fun.

Thanks, Nikhil.

Okay, the first word is cookie.

Who took the cookie from the cookie jar.

That's right.

I just thought of that song.

That's a fun song.

Okay.

Cookie, the story be ooh- I actually, maybe I'll connect that, cookie in a jar.

Okay.

Ooh, I got it.

Okay.

Here's the start of the story.

I was going for a walk and I took along my favorite cookie jar.

I's taking a whole jar of cookies.

Maybe I share them with the neighborhood.

Ah, I love it.

Okay.

I got a jar full of cookies and I'm just out having a nice walk, but oh no, the problem.

All right, Wimee friends out there.

Do you have an idea for a word that will cause today's problem?

Hmm, let's see here.

Let's, ooh, jam.

Jam is the problem.

I got it, okay.

I was going out for a walk and I took along my cookie jar.

I wanted to give all the cookies away but jam got stuck in the jar.

(Wimee laughs) I'm not sure why, but somehow the jam got stuck in the jar and made it so we couldn't get any of the cookies out of the jar.

We were in a jam.

We were stuck in a pickle.

(Wimee laughing) Oh man.

(Laughing more) Sorry, friends.

I, I was just having, that was really, I'm sorry.

Okay.

Stay focused, friends.

Stay focused me.

How do we solve this problem?

The cookies are stuck in the jar.

There's a jam.

Cause like all over the top of the jar- A cat!

(Wimee laughs) A cat to the solution!

From the top, I was going out for a walk and I took along my cookie jar.

I wanted to share all the cookies, but the lid was covered in jam and they were stuck.

Out on the porch, I was next to a lovely cat.

Came by, licked up all the jam and freed the cookies.

(Wimee laughing) The cat rescued us, and then cookies for all!

Thanks, Wimage board.

We're gonna check back with you later to see what else you add to the picture.

Today's illustration, stuck in a jam, stuck in a pickle.

I got a lot of stuff to work with there.

Well friends, it's time for today's language explorers.

Let's see if I can open this thing now.

(upbeat string music) - Pickle in Spanish is "pepino encurtido" because we don't have a word for pickle only, because the process.

In Spanish, you have to make sure that you tell that it's a pickle cucumber "pepino encurtido".

- In French, pickle is "cornichon".

Cornichon.

- In Swahili, pickle is "tango chumvi".

Tango chumvi.

- In ASL or American Sign Language, pickle is signed "pickle".

- In German, pickle is "Essiggurke".

Essiggurke.

- Pickle in Haitian Creole is "pickle".

The same word.

Pickle.

- All right, well friends.

Guess what time it is?!

It is, right now, it is Jim Time!

(upbeat rock intro) - I got the same problem as you Wimee, I'm trying to open my pickle jar and I can't get it opened yet.

Why are pickle jars always so hard to open?

- I don't know.

I'm gonna keep trying it.

You gonna keep trying?

- Yeah.

I'm gonna keep trying.

- Yeah.

Okay.

- We gotta get him open so Nikhil can have a pickle later.

- Oh wait, wait, that's just silly, Jim.

I don't know...think he's gonna appreciate that.

- Wait a minute, hold on.

Nikhil, are we gonna be able to get you to try a pickle?

- No.

- Okay.

No.

Okay.

I just wanted to check, all right.

- I like that firm stance.

- That's okay.

You know what, as I like to say, we all like different things and that's okay.

- Yeah.

- Right.

- Yeah.

- All right, so speaking of liking different things, I thought we could go to the imaginary grocery store today.

And you know, the thing that I love about the imaginary grocery store is that they have anything you can think of.

There's nothing they don't have.

And bonus today.

We're gonna let you get two things, any two things you want.

So right now, tell us any two things you want from the grocery store.

You can get either one.

No one's gonna say no.

And you can get anything you want.

All right.

So Wimee, what would you get?

If you could go and get any two things from the grocery store, what would you get?

- I'm gonna go like our story with pickles and jam.

- All right.

Pickles and jam.

I like it.

All right, here we go.

♪ We're going to the grocery store, ♪ ♪ With all our friends.

♪ ♪ And when we're there, ♪ ♪ We're gonna get some pickles and some jam.

♪ ♪ Pickles and jam, pickles and jam ♪ ♪ Pickles and jam, pickles and jam.

♪ ♪ When we're there, ♪ ♪ We're going to get some pickles and some jam.

♪ ♪ Pickles and jam, pickles and jam, ♪ ♪ Pickles and jam, pickles and jam, ♪ ♪ When we're there, ♪ ♪ We're going get some pickles and some jam.

♪ That sounds good.

Like maybe you could get a jar of pickles that come and jam and just pickles and jam.

It just sounds good together.

- That could be a thing!

- Yeah, I don't know if it was taste good together, but it it sounds good together.

- I think it'll be good.

We'll just call it "pickle jam".

- It's your pickle jam.

All right.

How about we ask Nikhil?

Nikhil, we know you don't, I know you don't like pickles, so we won't get you pickles, but what are two things you would like to get from the grocery store?

- Maybe pizza and ravioli.

- Pizza and ravioli.

Nice, all right.

Those would go good together I think too.

All right, here we go.

♪ Pizza and ravioli, pizza and ravioli, ♪ ♪ Pizza and ravioli, pizza and ravioli.

♪ ♪ When we're there, ♪ ♪ we're going to get some pizza and some ravioli.

♪ ♪ Pizza and ravioli, pizza and ravioli, ♪ ♪ Pizza and ravioli, pizza and ravioli.

♪ ♪ When we're there ♪ ♪ We're going to get some pizza and some ravioli.

♪ ♪ We're going to the grocery store with all our friends.

♪ ♪ And when we're there ♪ ♪ We're going to get some muffins and crackers, ♪ ♪ Muffins and crackers, muffins and crackers, ♪ ♪ Muffins and crackers, muffins and crackers.

♪ ♪ When we're there, ♪ ♪ We're going to get some muffins and some crackers, ♪ ♪ Muffins and crackers, muffins and crackers, ♪ ♪ Muffins and crackers, muffins and crackers.

♪ ♪ When we're there, ♪ ♪ We're going to get some muffins and some crackers.

♪ And we're getting milk and ice cream!

♪ We're going to the grocery store with all our friends.

♪ ♪ And when we're there ♪ ♪ We're gonna get some milk and some ice cream.

♪ True story.

This past Sunday night, I went to the grocery store.

I said, you know what we really need?

Milk and ice cream.

I went to the grocery store and I only bought milk and ice cream.

That's kind of eerie.

Here we go!

- That's so cool!

- ♪ Milk and ice cream, milk and ice cream, ♪ ♪ Milk and ice cream, milk and ice cream.

♪ ♪ When we're there, ♪ ♪ We're gonna get some milk and some ice cream ♪ ♪ Milk and ice cream, milk and ice cream, ♪ ♪ Milk and ice cream, milk and ice cream.

♪ ♪ When we're there, ♪ ♪ We're gonna get some milk and some ice cream.

♪ Yeah.

Those are two staples in our house for sure (Wimee and Jim talking) - That was a good trip.

All these things go together pretty well actually, if you think about it.

- Yeah, there were some pretty good combos we came up with, I'd say.

- Well, the combos individually and then the whole collective of it all.

If we get all those things.

- Right.

We had a pretty good list.

Yeah.

Right.

The jam could go on the muffins.

Yeah.

We had all kinds of good stuff.

- I love it, Jim.

- Right.

Well, I hope you got your pickle jar open.

I'm gonna keep working on mine too.

Maybe by the end of the show we'll actually be eating pickles.

That would be great.

- Sounds good.

Don't give up.

- Right.

All right.

I won't.

- Yeah.

I'm thinking about if I have any tools around here too.

Maybe, you know, sometimes you get those little grip things that you can just be like... Alright, alright, all right, friends.

It's time to find out what joke Siblee's got for us today.

(children cheering) - What is the easiest way to open a pickle jar?

- [Wimee] I don't know.

- Ask someone else to do it!

(Siblee laughing) (children cheering) - That is kind of close to home today with this.

I've been trying to ask for help.

Okay, friends.

Let's take a deep breath.

Ooh, let's check this out.

Blueberry oatmeal muffins and chocolate cookies!

Sounds delightful.

Let's take a deep breath.

Ready?

Breathe in.

Hold it.

1, 2, 3, 4.

Let it loose.

It's time for slowing down.

(soft guitar music) Take another deep breath.

Breathe in.

Hold it 1, 2, 3, 4.

Let it loose.

(Wimee laughs) That sounds like a good book title, "Let's relax with pickles" or an action movie, "Let's relax with pickles!"

I said it dramatically.

I should have said it.

That was the contrast between the title and the action.

I like this, friends.

I like this.

I like you guys!

I'm so glad we're sharing ideas, working together!

Ah, so friends, it's time for "Check out this book".

(upbeat music) Hey, friends, there's a book called, "The Curious Glimpse of Michigan".

It's written and illustrated by Kevin and Stephanie Kammeraad, illustrated by Ryan Hipp and Kevin Kammeraad, published by EDCO Publishing.

This book is filled with all kinds of information, about goofy, silly things around Michigan, different styles of poems.

And it's set to music.

Oh man, the music takes the poetry further.

For example, when we open up the book, it says here are 15 facts you may not have known.

And there just happens to be something about pickles.

Take it away.

- [Ryan Hipp] ♪ Michigan fact, go sit back, ♪ ♪ Why don't you relax ♪ ♪ While I lay down a rhyme.

♪ ♪ About my favorite snack, ♪ ♪ Michigan has the highest production, ♪ ♪ Of cucumbers that are used for pickling.

♪ ♪ My boy, Peter Piper, picked a pack.

♪ ♪ I'm representing pickle, ♪ ♪ So show respect ♪ ♪ Bread and butters (indistinct) ♪ ♪ Real kosher dill ♪ ♪ Michigan's the home of pickles, for real.

♪ [Miss Stephanie] We're the dill-lee-yo!

- Yes, indeed.

We're the dill-lee-yo, you may know Miss Stephanie from our show.

That's her at the end saying "we're the dill-lee-yo" and Ryan Hipp who illustrated the book, that was him singing.

Oh man, and friends, musicians, whoo!

It's good to hear that song again.

That's fun.

That's silly.

Oh, check out that book at your library.

Listen for the music.

Ha ha!

Fun stuff indeed!

All right, friends.

Ready to play a game?

We're gonna play a game called, "I can find, inside my mind."

(upbeat keyboard music) Alrighty, alrighty, friends.

Jim, Nikhil, are you ready?

- I'm ready.

- We are gonna play, "I can find, inside my mind."

So I'll start us off, Jim, this goes to you.

I can find in my mind something green.

- Let's see, how about an amplifier?

- So that, that could work, Jim, But I, I just...I'm just- - My sweat shirt!

- Yeah.

Yes, yes, indeed.

That's what it was!

(Wimee laughing) - Wait, were you thinking about that pickle there?

- Well, you know, I don't, maybe.

Oh yeah, pickles!

- I can find inside my mind.

Ooh, that's a good rhyme, I'm gonna use it.

Something wiggly.

What do you think, Nikhil?

- Maybe if you like, shake slime then it will still like, wiggle, maybe.

- Ooh, I like it.

(bell chiming) All right.

- Which one you got, Nikhil?

- I can find inside my mind, something staticky.

- Ooh, staticky.

This is a cool one, staticky, like sometimes you're, like a shirt gets staticky and you're like, "Oh, I'm static cling!"

- Yeah.

- That one made me really think, I love it.

- All right, Wimee, you're up.

(Wimee laughing) - Oh yeah!

I was still thinking about static electricity.

Okay, I'm thinking of something that is purple.

- Purple?

Hmm.

How about a plum?

- That's totally it, a plum!

(laughing) - Nice!

All right.

I can find inside my mind, something that is round.

- Maybe a basketball?

- Ooh!

Basketball's round, good.

(bell dings) - (quietly) Basketball.

- Nice!

- Great.

- I can find inside my mind something sour.

- Ooh.

- Sour pickle!

- Yeah.

(Wimee laughing) (bell dings) - Sweet.

And that's so cool, Nikhil, 'cause you're, I love that you went for pickles, even though you're not a fan of pickles.

Cool.

Okay.

Last one.

I can find inside my mind something that is awesome.

- Pickles.

- Yay!

- Yeah!

- Thanks, friends, for playing!

♪ I can find inside my mind.

♪ ♪ I can find inside my mind.

♪ I can- Okay.

Let's see, friends.

It's that time where we go to the Wimage Board for an update to see what's been going on.

Whoa!

Whoa, Michigan cucumbers!

It's like raining cucumbers.

The cat rescued.

(Wimee snort laughing) It's raining cucumbers, pickles.

Or did I say cucumbers?

It depends.

Maybe they get pickled in the raining process?

And then in the cookies, we're passing them out around the neighborhood.

And the highest production of cucumbers that are used for pickling are from Michigan.

Look at that.

All the happy cats.

And everyone's gonna come out pretty soon and catch a pickle.

Ah, thanks, Wimage Board.

That's fun.

I love it.

Did you know, friends?

There's a lot of recipes that you could do with pickles.

You could put it on things.

You can put it in recipes.

I don't know.

I don't know what you think about this one, but check out this.

This is a little part of Wimee's dreams.

I love to dream.

Check this out.

- [Narrator] Wimee sat down, looked around the room and began to wonder.

He imagined making spaghetti pickle pie for a friend who was sad.

- Potatoes, got them!

Mayonnaise, marshmallows, tomato, corn.

Hmm.

What's next?

Ooh, there they are!

Pickles!

Okay.

Now, I just need to find the noodles.

I just know this will be so delicious!

All right, friends.

We are going to play a game.

We call, "Find it First".

(zooming rock music) - [Wimee] All right, all right.

Find something that starts with P, like pickle.

Find something green, like a pickle.

Hey, are all pickles green?

I'll have to research that.

Find something crunchy, like a pickle.

What could it be?

Let's see what starts with P, potato, penguin.

What's something green?

Let's see.

Jim, ScribbleJim, what did you you find?

- Well, I actually found, I got my pickle jar open.

- Oh, you did?

Great job.

- So I have a pickle.

It starts with P, it's green, and it is crunchy.

Although, let's see if we can get it to crunch here.

Ready?

Here we go.

(pickle crunching) Can you hear the crunchy?

- Super crunchy.

- That's pretty good.

I got the trifecta.

I'm curious to see what Nikhil comes up with, 'cause I know he usually has a trifecta, too.

It's probably a pickle.

(Wimee chuckling) - [Wimee] I want, but I don't know.

He might wanna stay away from pickles, we'll see.

Friends, what can you find?

Nikhil, let's go to you and see what have you found?

- So I have a crouton and I colored it green.

It's crunchy.

It's green.

- Yeah.

- And I say it's quite perfect in the situation.

- It's a perfect crunchy crouton.

Man, that's awesome, Nikhil.

Your man Jim, he totally got it.

Oh, look at that, that's so cool!

Oh, the apple blossom.

Oh, man, they form- Oh, I gotta learn some- You guys are teaching me cool things.

Oh man.

P starts with P...

Wait, I said P starts with- (Wimee chuckles) Pie, oh my.

Oh my, pie!

Leaf.

A leaf is green.

Rice Krispies are crunchy.

Hey, can we go back to that last comment?

I wanna process that a little bit more.

Yeah.

Popples, starts with P and the apple blossom is green and a carrot is crunchy.

I love it.

(Wimee laughing) I love it, friends.

Thanks for helping find things and create and explore.

Am I gonna- Beets?

Nice, I like that.

Am I gonna be able to- I don't, I haven't figured this out yet.

I think...Moby!

(Wimee mumbling) Alright.

Yeah.

Ooh, ooh!

Beets could go in the spaghetti pickle pie, right?

Beet spaghetti pie.

Ooh, makes me wanna make it a song.

♪ Beet spaghetti pie.

♪ ♪ Beet spaghetti pie.

♪ Oh, hey Jim, could you lay down a beat?

Just kind of like a (Wimee blowing beat) Ready?

(Jim picks up the beat) ♪ Oh, beet spaghetti pie.

♪ ♪ Oh my, oh my, ♪ ♪ I love beet spaghetti pie.

♪ ♪ Oh, why?

♪ ♪ I love it because it's filled with beets- ♪ (Jim loses beat) Oh man.

Okay, that's okay.

That was a good rough, first draft.

- It's hard to sync it all up together.

You know what I mean?

- Hear ya.

- It was good though.

- I hear ya.

- I think it was pretty good.

- We got that on tape, right?

So we can go back to it and revisit it.

- Yeah, we'll revisit that one for sure.

- Beet spaghetti pie.

Beet spagh- Well, Jim, thanks for running the show.

Nikhil, friends at home, thanks for being you!

Let's get into our dance party!

We had a great pickle show.

I gotta figure out if I can get this open.

Whew.

I'll get it.

I'll get it.

Pickle, dance party.

- [Narrator] Wimee's Words is brought to you by Acrisure, Consumer's Credit Union, Meijer, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

And with additional support from these great partners.

(mellow drum beat)