- Potato salad, hummus platter, guacamole, fruit salad.

Mm Mm Mm.

I consider this one of the world's greatest inventions.

Potluck.

(upbeat music begins) ♪ Wimee creates all the day through ♪ ♪ And you can do it too ♪ ♪ Think of words and of rhymes ♪ ♪ And make Wimages ♪ ♪ Please do ♪ ♪ A-Doo doo bah boo doyo ♪ ♪ A-Doo da da yoo buh-oo ♪ - [Child] It's time for Wimee's Words.

(children cheering) - Pum pum bu-rum pa-rum bum Hi friends.

I'm so glad you're here.

Oh man.

We've got a great show.

It's always a great show.

Hey, Miss Stephanie's backstage right now.

I've got a question for her.

Hi, Miss Stephanie.

- Hi Wimee.

- Got a question.

- Okay.

- What is something that you, it's like one of your favorite meals that someone else makes?

- Ooh - What do you think?

- So I do most of the cooking, in our family - But when you go and travel or go to friends or family.

Maybe at a holiday gathering.

Is there anything that you look forward to?

Like, oh I hope so and so makes this or at anywhere in the community?

- Yeah well, my sister makes a really good delicious lentil pea soup, and I really like that.

- Lentil pea soup.

I would love to try that.

Thanks Miss Stephanie.

Ho-ho, same question.

Brody's with us today.

Hey, Bro...

Wait a minute.

Oh, Brody's cookbook.

Brody are you there?

Brody.

Oh, there you... You're up buddy.

- Hi Wimee.

- What recipes you got there?

- Well, these are my secret recipes.

So you'd have to come to one of my potlucks to find out what they are.

- Oh, I'll do it.

I would love to.

I'll plan on it.

Okay.

So question, what is one of your favorite meals that someone else makes maybe?

'Cause you got recipes in there, but a different recipe.

Any favorites?

- I think it's my grandpa's pancakes.

- Pancakes.

Oh, do you like maple syrup or what do you put on it?

- Yeah, I put maple syrup up on it.

- Good stuff.

Good stuff.

Thanks Brody.

We'll see you in a bit.

Okay.

Friends.

Let's let's get rolling into the song here.

Okay, share with us something that is one of your favorite things that you, we've been talking about other things you like but what is something that you would bring to a potluck?

For example, potato salad.

I like to eat, eat, eat potato salad.

I like to eat, eat, eat potato salad.

I like to eat, eat, eat potato salad.

I love this song.

It's it's apples and bananas.

Then it gets all silly with the pronunciations.

Oh, it's a silly song.

Today though we're going to put all kinds of different foods in here.

Let's go to Brody.

Brody, what's something you, maybe it's from your secret recipe, what would you bring to a potluck?

- My grandma's mashed potatoes - Mashed potatoes.

I like to eat, eat, eat Brody's grandma's mashed potatoes.

I actually haven't had 'em so I'm pretending right now.

I like to eat, eat, eat Brody's grandma's mash potatoes.

Oh, I could change the words.

Instead of saying I to eat.

I'll just say, I'd like to eat.

Why did I think of that before?

Oh, I'd like to eat, eat, eat Andrea's pie.

I'd like to eat... Is it strawberry?

Is it blueberry?

I need more details.

I want to know more details to that pie.

I like to eat, eat, eat lots of squash.

I to eat, eat, eat spinach salad.

I'd like to eat, eat, eat fruit salad.

I'd like to eat, eat, eat grandpas pancakes.

I'd like to eat, eat, eat lots of turkey.

Oh man, so many great ideas.

Friends, let's go see what Moby's going to share with us today.

(upbeat music) - I was just reading that a potluck is a meal with guests.

But each guest brings a part of the meal for the other guests to share.

So to chance or luck, what will be in each pot because each guest decides what they would like to make.

Yeah, at mealtime everyone gets to try all the foods that everyone has brought along.

Ha ha.

I hope someone decides to make a dessert.

Mm.

Have you ever been to a potluck?

What food would you bring to a potluck?

And I just love, they have the little signs on there that says what's in it.

That's really thoughtful if you add what's in it.

Yeah.

Oh, look at that.

Rice, broccoli.

(upbeat music) - That is so, that is so cool.

Okay friends, it's time for today's 1, 2, Three Sentence Story.

Let's read a story in three sentences.

In the first sentence, I set the scene.

In the second sentence, there is a problem.

(Wimee sobbing) But don't worry friends, in the third sentence there is a solution.

So in the first sentence let's see where things begin.

Tell us a person place or thing.

Also known as nouns.

We'll establish things at the start.

But then the problem and the, like I said, the solution.

Hey Brody, any word at all?

Any word at all?

I don't know yet till right now what word are you thinking of?

- A lizard.

- Lizard.

A lizard.

Got it, thanks Brody.

Okay, our story has got something to do with a lizard.

Okay.

Let me think about it.

My friend, Bob, the lizard and I got together for breakfast this fine morning.

Ha-ha-ha-ha.

Yeah.

What do you think of that?

You know Bob and I we're just hanging out and going to have some breakfast.

But oh no friends, there's is a problem.

Boo-boo boo-boo.

Friends share with us a word that will inspire the problem for... Oh, Grace says cow.

Thanks grace.

I like it.

Okay.

Let's see here.

Back to the start.

My friend, Bob, the Lizard and I sat down this morning to have some breakfast.

Suddenly I realized, oh no I forgot to invite Henrietta the cow.

Oh no.

I had talked about it earlier but I forgot to let Henrietta know.

This is a problem.

I feel sad.

I know that... Ha-ha-ha-ha.

Moo.

Yeah, that's what Henrietta, probably when she calls back she might let me know.

Oh, I'm so glad that you're visiting on the show.

Thanks friends.

Come back anytime.

Keep coming back.

I love it.

Okay.

So we've got this little, you know maybe I'm thinking this through even more.

I like this, 'cause it's a potluck, right?

We need more than just Bob the lizard and Henrietta the cow.

We gotta invite everybody.

So the problem is I forgot to invite a wolf and a cow and the whole neighborhood.

I forgot to send out the invitations.

Wimage Board look at this.

We've got the lizard.

We've got Henrietta the cow.

We're going to have breakfast potluck.

We gotta let everybody know.

So how do we solve this problem?

How do we communicate to everybody that there's a potluck?

Boat.

The solution friends it's got to do with a boat.

I love it.

I love it.

Okay.

Okay, okay.

Let's see.

Haha, look at that.

I love it.

We got a big, oh this is like stone soup.

Okay, okay.

I'll stay focused on the story.

Okay.

Let me see.

Here we go.

My friend, Bob, the lizard and I were getting together to have breakfast.

I realized, oh no, I got to invite Henrietta the cow, the wolfs, the, all the neighbors, all the friends.

I decided to hop right away on my flying boat.

And I flew around the neighborhood and picked everybody up for potluck.

I think it got, it got rescheduled to call it brunch.

'Cause we got delayed a little bit.

So breakfast became brunch.

Ooh, octopus indeed.

Everybody's invited.

So Wimage Board we'll check back with you to see all the friends that are invited to the brunch potluck.

Woo woo.

Oh look, there's the octopus.

Ha-ha-ha.

Bye Wimage Board.

Oh, turtles.

Yes, indeed.

We'll see the Wimage Board and see all our friends later on at the potluck brunch.

Guess what friends?

It's time for today's Language Explorers.

(whimsical music) - Potluck in Spanish is banquete.

Banquete.

- In French potluck is repas partage.

Repas partage.

- In Swahili potluck is gawanya chakula pamoja.

Gawanya chakula pamoja.

- In ASL or American Sign Language potluck is signed potluck.

Just like this, potluck - In German potluck is mahlzeit.

Mahlzeit.

- Potluck in Haitian creole is potluck.

Potluck.

(whimsical music) - Hungry, hungry.

Okay friends, guess what?

Oh man, I am so excited for today's next segment.

This next part of the show, my friends Vivian and wait a minute.

Bee-bee bee-beep bee-dee bee-beep.

Bee-dee bee-dee beep.

I'm checking the back... Bee-dee bee-dee beep beep beep.

Yes, they are cooking up some food.

They are getting ready to sing.

Oh my goodness.

I love it.

It's time for hanging out with my friends, Vivian and Queenie.

(upbeat music) - Hi.

- Hi.

- Hi Wimee.

- Hi Wimee.

- Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

I'm Vivian.

- And I'm Queenie, it's my birthday.

- And welcome to our potluck party.

- Party.

Ooh, what is this?

- Oh, this is hot pot.

- Can I touch it?

- Oh, don't touch it.

It's hot.

- Oops, I shouldn't have touched it.

- Yeah, and this is (Vivian speaking Chinese).

(Queenie speaking Chinese) - Means hot pot in Chinese.

- Yes, and we also have (speaking Chinese).

(Queenie speaking Chinese) - Means pepper in Chinese.

- Yes.

And we also have tomato, potato, cabbage and oh there's a fish over here.

- [Both] Oh.

- Oh wait, I see carrots.

- Oh yeah.

We have carrots too.

Oh, look at that, that's Lamington cake from Chloe, thank you Chloe.

- I want to taste it.

- Ooh, yes.

Let's try it later.

Yeah.

- Yeah.

And Chloe to told me that the cake is from Australia.

- Oh that's far away.

- Very far.

And what about this one?

- Oh, I know that, that's Schnitzel, Mozart's favorite.

Mozart's favorite from Vienna.

- Yeah.

- Oh must be good.

- Yummy.

- Yummy.

Oh, what's that?

- This is chakalaka.

- Chakalaka from Leslie, right?

- Yeah.

- Oh, Leslie told us this is from South Africa.

Thank you Leslie.

- Thank you Leslie.

- Thank you.

And look at this huge hamburger.

Wow.

- It's like a Big Mac.

- Uh huh.

And this is from Justin.

- Thank you Justin.

- Thank you Justin.

See everybody bring us stuff and then we going to try food and from different places.

- Yeah.

- And we have, we got a chance to share the stories and the cultures and so fun.

- Yeah, and we could do everything we want.

- Yep.

- And it's just really fun.

- It is.

So we should sing a song for them.

Which way should we sing?

- Let's think.

Oh, I want to sing Fang Fang's Potluck Party.

- Let's do it.

- [Both] Fang Fang's Potluck Party.

(upbeat music) ♪ Welcome to my best friend Fang Fang's potluck party.

♪ ♪ Each guest will bring a dish ♪ ♪ From his family ♪ ♪ I'm thinking to bring something spicy ♪ ♪ My favorite Chinese food ♪ ♪ Hotpot yummy ♪ ♪ Justin's burger that's from a secret recipe ♪ ♪ Mozart's favorite schnitzel from Sophie ♪ ♪ (indistinct) and chakalaka from Leslie ♪ ♪ Australian lamington cake from Chloe ♪ ♪ Yummy ♪ ♪ I love Fang Fang's Potluck party ♪ ♪ All the dishes are so tasty ♪ ♪ We laugh we dance ♪ ♪ We are happy ♪ ♪ Life is a bowl of cherries ♪ ♪ I love Fang Fang's Potluck party ♪ ♪ The dinner is all about sharing ♪ ♪ Listening to each other's stories ♪ ♪ Food brings us together ♪ ♪ And makes good memories ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ - I love pizza.

- I love apple.

- I love spaghetti.

- I love everything.

- [Queenie] Me too.

- [Both] Yeah.

♪ A true friend is who shares the last cookie ♪ ♪ We stick together like homemade spaghetti ♪ ♪ Celebrate everyone's culture as a family ♪ ♪ It's Fang Fang party ♪ ♪ Where everyone is included ♪ ♪ I love Fang Fang's potluck party ♪ ♪ All the dishes are so tasty ♪ ♪ We laugh we dance we are happy ♪ ♪ Life is a bowl of cherries ♪ ♪ I love Fang Fang's potluck party ♪ ♪ The dinner is all about sharing ♪ ♪ Listening to each other's stories ♪ ♪ Food brings us together ♪ ♪ Makes good memories ♪ - Yeah!

- So fun.

Best friends, welcome to our potluck party.

We're waiting for you.

- Yeah, come soon.

- Bye.

- Bye.

- So great.

Oh man, that was so cool.

I'm going be singing that song all day.

Okay friends, whew.

It's time for today's laughing with Siblee.

(cheering) - What smells best at a potluck?

- [Cartoon Wimee] Hmm um, I don't know.

- Your nose.

Hahahaha.

(kids cheering) - Yeah, that's true.

That's true.

Friends.

I want you to take a deep breath.

Breathe in with me.

(breathing in) Hold it.

Let it lose.

It's time for slowing down.

(relaxing guitar music) Oh man.

The food on this episode, the flavors I'm wondering about.

Friends, we love books.

It's time for today's check out this book.

(upbeat music) - Hi Donna.

How are you?

- Hi Wimee.

I'm excited to be here.

It's a lot of fun.

- Oh man.

We like food and, and hanging out.

- Oh, I love food.

- You're down in Los Angeles, right?

Los Angeles Public Library.

- That's correct.

Los Angeles Public Library.

Yes.

- What book do you have for us today?

- Well, today we have a wonderful book called Dumpling Day by, by Meera Sriram.

Illustrated by Inez de Antunano.

Recipes by Laurel P. Jackson and published by Barefoot Books.

Do you like dumplings?

Do you know that people all over the world make dumplings that come in many different shapes and sizes and flavors?

Well in dumpling day, 10 families are preparing for a big neighborhood dumpling potluck.

Ooh, doesn't that sound wonderful?

Yummy, right?

And these families are each from a different country.

So they make, they're making the dumpings from their countries of origin.

So let's see what we have.

We have samosa from India, apple dumplings the United States.

Fufu and peanut stew from Nigeria.

Tamales from Mexico.

Actually, that's what my family would always make.

Tamales, love those.

- Tamales.

- Yes.

And a raviolis from Italy and all many and many others.

And, and so they all share these wonderful treats at their big neighborhood potluck.

Full with all different dumplings.

And thanks to 10 delicious recipes, you too can get in on the fun.

And you can make your own dumplings.

All these different wonderful recipes.

Yummy.

And share it with your friends and your family.

Isn't that exciting?

- I love it.

So they have the recipes for all of the 10 different-- - All 10, all 10 different... Yeah, we have, let's see, I said some of them.

There's Wolgok from China, Gyoza from Japan.

All kinds of 10 different dumplings from 10 different countries.

- It looks so good.

Well Donna-- - Yes.

- Thank you so much for... Oh, oh, a book called Wiggles Yummy Yummy, Wimee.

(both laughing) - That sounds good.

- Wiggles Yummy Yummy.

That does sound good.

Well, thank you so much, Donna.

- You're welcome.

- I'm so glad you were here to share with us that book.

- Thank you.

- All right, so friends, we're going play a game.

Are you ready to play a game?

We call the game number crunching (upbeat music) ♪ One two three four five six seven ♪ ♪ Eight nine ten ♪ - Miss Stephanie, Brody.

You know the rules.

Should we just get right into it?

- Let's do it.

- Okay, friends at home play along.

I'm thinking of a number between one and 10.

Miss Stephanie, what do you think it is?

- Is it three?

- Nope.

Higher.

- Ugh, five?

- You got it.

Ding.

Ding, ding, ding.

Haha Brody's turn.

- Wow.

- Okay, I'm thinking of a number through one and 10.

- Um, 10.

- Lower.

- Lower.

- Eight.

- Lower.

- Six.

- Lower.

- Four.

- Lower.

- What?

Ugh, I'm going to go with the bottom, one.

Oh, I got it.

- Woo.

- I got it, I got it.

Okay.

I'm thinking of number between one and 10.

- Two.

- Lower.

- One.

- You got it.

Ding-d-ding ding ding.

Hahaha, we did it.

Thanks friends.

Thanks for playing at home.

Number Crunching.

Ooh are important with recipes.

You've got to keep track of all the ingredients.

And speaking of that, it's time for a segment we call Baking with Cailynn.

(gentle music) (alarm ringing) - Hi Wimee, hi friends.

Since today's my birthday, I'm going be baking a special treat.

Do you know what it is?

I'm going to be baking cookies!

As you see I have all of my ingredients laid out right here.

I'm going to be naming them right now.

I have half a cup of granulated sugar, three fourths a cup of packed brown sugar, one teaspoon of salt, half a cup of unsalted, melted butter, one egg, one teaspoon of vanilla extract.

One and one fourth cups of all purpose flour, one and a half teaspoons of baking powder, four ounces of milk, and one cup of chocolate chips.

So before we start mixing, we have to melt the butter.

You should probably put it to 30 seconds.

(time ticking) Now this our melted butter.

Now let's mixed up all of our ingredients.

(gentle music) Now we add the chocolate chips.

(gentle music) Now it's time to put them in oven.

You might need some parental help for this part.

(gentle music) Smells so delicious.

(kids cheering) These are so delicious.

Hope that you can make this fun recipe with your parents.

Back to you Wimee.

(alarm ringing) - Oh, dessert cookies.

Oh man, right Cailynn.

And it's your birthday.

Oh, and Queenie's birthday.

I'm thinking...

Right?

Right.

Great way to celebrate.

In fact, it's going to flow right back to the Wimage Board.

Let's bring in the Wimage Board and see.

'Cause this potluck brunch party, I think we're celebrating... Oh it, oh, it even says happy birthday Cailynn and Queenie.

Oh man.

The whale's invited the frog, octopus, cows, birds.

Oh, there's pancakes.

Grandpas pancakes are flying in down below.

Fruit salad, oh man.

Great job, Wimage Board.

Ha ha.

It's your birthday Cailynn and Queenie.

Ha ha happy birthday to you both.

Okay, friends.

Oh man, this episode has got so much good stuff.

It's time to play, Find it Fast.

(upbeat speedy music) Friends at home, find something that starts with P. Like, as in potluck.

Can you find a pot or a pan?

And can you find something lucky?

A potluck?

Ha ha.

Let's go to Brody.

What'd you find?

- Well I found a pot.

- Wow.

- And I have a lucky penny, which starts with P. - Oh it does.

- This is a pot and lucky.

- Ha ha ha, I love it.

Miss Stephanie, what have you found?

- Well, what starts with P, that I found in this room is a protector, a plug projector.

Can you see that?

- Oh, yeah there's two Ps.

Plug and protector.

- It goes in your outlet.

Your outlet plug protector.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

- That's all I got.

- Okay, I like it Miss Stephanie.

Thanks so much.

Friends at home, let us know if you found anything.

Ooh.

I'm wondering if Donna over in Los Angeles Public Library, have you found anything?

- Well, let's see, I found a pot.

- Yeah.

- I found a pen.

- Oh nice.

- And I found a lucky penny.

- You got 'em all.

That's great.

Oh, pencil that starts with P. And it might be a lucky pencil.

It might be the pencil that you write an amazing poem with.

Friends, thanks for playing Find it Fast.

Well, friends we're ready for the dance party.

Are you ready to dance with us?

Woo hoo, let's dance everybody.

Dance at home.

Dance along.

Woohoo.

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Thanks Brody.

Thanks Miss Stephanie.

Woohoo.

Thanks Donna.

Yeah, dance party.

Dance along.

Freeze.

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