Sesame Street
Bert's Sign Painting Challenge
Season 45 Episode 20 | 25m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
A sign painter needs an assistant, but Bert can't get the job until he passes a test.
The painter Vincent Van Stop is looking for a new assistant on Sesame Street to help him paint his famous signs and Bert would like the job. To prove himself, Bert will have to take Vincent Van Stop's Painting Challenge!
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Sesame Street
Bert's Sign Painting Challenge
Season 45 Episode 20 | 25m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
The painter Vincent Van Stop is looking for a new assistant on Sesame Street to help him paint his famous signs and Bert would like the job. To prove himself, Bert will have to take Vincent Van Stop's Painting Challenge!
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- HI.
I'M MURRAY FROM SESAME STREET, AND I'M LOOKING FOR THE WORD ON THE STREET.
WHAT'S THE WORD ON THE STREET?
- "ARTIST."
- WHAT IS AN ARTIST?
- AN ARTIST IS A PERSON THAT CREATES ART.
- WHAT KIND OF ARTISTS ARE THERE?
- A PAINTER.
- THERE ARE SCULPTORS.
- MUSICIAN.
- A DANCER.
- AN ACTOR.
- AN ACTOR, TOO.
KEEP LISTENING FOR THE WORD "ARTIST" TODAY ON "SESAME STREET."
"ARTIST."
THAT'S THE WORD ON THE STREET.
WHO'S THAT SUPPOSED TO BE?
- HEE HEE HEE!
- HA HA HA!
-♫CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET?♫ ♫CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET?♫ ♫SUNNY DAY♫ ♫SWEEPING THE CLOUDS AWAY♫ ♫ON MY WAY♫ ♫TO WHERE THE AIR IS SWEET♫ ♫CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET♫ ♫HOW TO GET TO SESAME STREET?♫ ♫CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET?♫ ♫COME AND PLAY♫ ♫EVERYTHING'S A-OK♫ ♫FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS THERE♫ ♫THAT'S WHERE WE MEET♫ ♫CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET♫ ♫HOW TO GET TO SESAME STREET?♫ ♫CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET TO SESAME STREET?♫ [LAUGHTER] - ALL RIGHT, BERT.
HERE IS YOUR BOWL OF PLAIN OATMEAL.
- OH, BOY, OH, BOY, THIS LOOKS SO PERFECT, I'M GONNA TAKE A PICTURE OF IT AND SHARE IT ON INSTANT OATMEAL-A-GRAM.
HA HA HA!
- THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA, BERT.
OH, HEY, HEY!
HELLO.
YOU SURPRISED ME.
WELCOME TO SESAME STREET.
HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
- IT IS ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE ME.
- I WAS TALKING TO THEM.
- HUH?
AH, I DID NOT SEE YOU THERE.
PLEASE INTRODUCE ME, KIND SIR.
- UM, I WOULD IF I KNEW WHO YOU WERE.
- EGADS, YOU DON'T KNOW WHO I AM?
- UH, SHOULD I?
- I HAPPEN TO BE THE GREAT PAINTER VINCENT VAN-- - WAIT A MINUTE.
ARE YOU ABOUT TO TELL ME YOU'RE VINCENT VAN GOGH?
- TSK TSK TSK.
DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.
- I DIDN'T THINK SO.
- I AM VINCENT VAN STOP.
- VINCENT VAN STOP?
- YEAH.
- VINCENT VAN STOP?
TAKE A PICTURE!
TAKE A PICTURE, CHRIS.
HERE.
- OK. - SEE?
HE KNOWS ME.
- WHO DOESN'T?
- THIS GUY.
- CHRIS, VINCENT VAN STOP HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST PAINTERS IN THE WORLD.
- REALLY?
WELL THEN, WHAT DO YOU PAINT, WHAT-- LANDSCAPES, PORTRAITS, OOH, BOWLS OF FRUIT?
- HA HA HA!
DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH, GOOD SIR.
I DON'T PAINT SUCH SILLY THINGS AS NECTARINES AND TANGERINES.
I PAINT IMPORTANT THINGS.
- IMPORTANT THINGS.
- OH, OK. WELL, LIKE WHAT?
- SIGNS.
- SIGNS?
- YEAH, CHRIS.
IN FACT, VINCENT VAN STOP PAINTED ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SIGNS OF ALL TIME.
- LET ME GUESS.
IS IT A STOP SIGN?
- TSK TSK TSK.
NO.
THAT WAS PAUL STOP AND GAUGUIN.
- OH.
- I PAINTED "YIELD."
- A MASTERPIECE.
- YEAH.
I'VE SLOWED DOWN TO LOOK AT THAT LOTS OF TIMES.
- I'M ALSO KNOWN FOR "EXIT"... - BEAUTIFUL.
- "DANGER"... - SUPERB.
- AND "NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO SERVICE."
- AH, BREATHTAKING.
- WHERE DID THEY GO?
ANYWAY, MR. VAN STOP, THAT'S ALL COOL, BUT WHAT BRINGS YOU TO SESAME STREET?
- I AM LOOKING FOR AN ASSISTANT.
- OOH!
OOH!
I'D LIKE TO BE YOUR ASSISTANT.
- INTERESTING, BUT YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE MUCH OF A PAINTER TO ME.
- OH, YEAH?
CHECK THIS OUT.
HA HA HA!
- [GASPS] YOU'RE WEARING AN OFFICIAL VINCENT VAN STOP SMOCK AND HAT.
- MM-HMM.
- THERE'S AN OFFICIAL VINCENT VAN STOP SMOCK?
- AND HAT.
- I BOUGHT IT AT THE VINCENT VAN STOP AND SHOP.
- MAN, HOW HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS GUY?
- IF YOU WANT TO BE MY ASSISTANT, YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE MY PATENTED VINCENT VAN STOP SIGN PAINTING CHALLENGE.
- WHAT'S VINCENT VAN STOP'S SIGN PAINTING CHALLENGE.
- IT'S A TEST TO SEE IF YOU CAN PAINT A SIGN LIKE THE AMAZING VINCENT VAN STOP.
- BUT YOU'RE THE GREATEST SIGN PAINTER IN THE WORLD.
HOW CAN I EVER PAINT A SIGN LIKE YOU?
- WELL, LET ME AND THE VINCENT VAN STOP SINGERS TELL YOU HOW.
- HE'S GOT SINGERS?
-♫IF YOU WANT TO PAINT A SIGN♫ ♫ LIKE VINCENT VAN STOP♫ -♫VINCENT VAN STOP♫ -♫PICK UP SOME VAN STOP PAINTS♫ ♫AT A VINCENT VAN STOP PAINT SHOP♫ -♫THEN SOME VAN STOP BRAND-NAME BRUSHES♫ ♫ THEY COME IN THICK AND EXTRA FINE♫ ♫THEN MOVE THAT BRUSH AND TRY TO PAINT♫ -♫ VINCENT VAN♫ -♫ A VINCENT VAN STOP SIGN♫ -♫VAN STOP♫ - THERE YOU HAVE IT.
PAINT A SIGN LIKE I DO, AND YOU GET THE JOB.
NOW, I'LL GO GET THE VAN STOP SUPPLIES.
YOU GET READY FOR THE TEST.
- OHH... - HA HA HA!
HEY, ISN'T THIS GREAT?
- IF BY GREAT, YOU MEAN TERRIBLE, THEN YES.
- TERRIBLE?
WHY TERRIBLE?
- IT'S A TEST.
- SO?
- SO WHENEVER I TAKE A TEST, MY HEART STARTS RACING, MY STOMACH GETS TIED IN KNOTS, AND MY WHOLE BODY STARTS QUIVERING.
- OOH, BERT.
WHOA.
SOUNDS LIKE TESTS REALLY MAKE YOU NERVOUS.
- NERVOUS?
YES.
I FEEL VERY NERVOUS.
- OK, OK. WELL, JUST TRY TO KEEP CALM.
I'M SURE YOU'LL DO FINE.
- BUT WHAT IF I DON'T?
I'LL EMBARRASS MYSELF IN FRONT OF THE GREAT VINCENT VAN STOP.
- UM, IS HE THAT BIG A DEAL?
-♫HE'S A BIG DEAL♫ - UH-HUH.
-♫ YES, HE'S THE TOP♫ - OH, YEAH.
-♫HE'S THE GREATEST PAINTER♫ - I AM.
-♫ HE'S VINCENT VAN STOP♫ - EXACTLY.
- I'LL TAKE THAT AS A YES.
- OHH... - OK. WE HAVE ALL YOUR VINCENT VAN STOP SIGN PAINTING SUPPLIES.
LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE READY FOR YOUR BIG TEST.
- THEN LET THE VINCENT VAN STOP SIGN PAINTING CHALLENGE BEGIN.
- OH, I'M NOT READY AT ALL.
- OH, BERT, JUST KEEP CALM, BUDDY.
JUST KEEP CALM.
- NO TALKING TO THE TEST TAKER DURING THE TEST.
- SORRY.
- THE FIRST SIGN I WANT YOU TO PAINT IS "ROAD."
- "ROAD."
THAT'S SPELLED R-O-A-D. OH, I THINK I CAN DO THAT.
- YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.
- 30 SECONDS?
THAT'S NOT VERY MUCH TIME.
WHY ONLY 30 SECONDS?
- VINCENT VAN STOP PAINTS A LOT OF SIGNS.
MY ASSISTANT MUST PAINT QUICKLY.
NOW LET ME JUST TAKE OUT MY VINCENT VAN STOPWATCH.
- VINCENT VAN STOPWATCH?
MAN, THIS GUY KNOWS HOW TO MARKET HIMSELF.
- AND...GO!
- UH, UH, "ROAD," "ROAD."
RIGHT.
"ROAD."
WHAT COLOR DO I EVEN USE?
- YOU CAN DO THIS, BERT.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN DO IT.
- NO TALKING TO THE TEST TAKER!
- SORRY.
FORGOT.
- OOH... - TICK TOCK, TICK TOCK.
TIME IS TICKING AWAY.
- OK, OK.
I'M PAINTING.
I'M PAINTING.
TIME IS ALMOST UP!
- OH, NO.
- AND... - AAH!
- TIME.
- OOH, BERT, COME HERE, BUDDY.
- WELL, LET'S SEE HOW YOU DID.
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO PAINT A "ROAD" SIGN, BUT THIS SIGN SAYS, "POAD."
- "POAD"?
- "POAD"?
- YES.
P-O-A-D.
"POAD."
- HOW DID I MAKE THAT MISTAKE?
- MAY I?
- HUH?
- YEAH.
SEE, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID.
SEE, YOU WROTE THE LETTER "P," WHICH HAS A PPP PPP SOUND, WHEN YOU MEANT TO WRITE THE LETTER "R," WHICH HAS A RRR RRR SOUND.
- OH, I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THAT.
- I'M AFRAID BERT CANNOT BE MY ASSISTANT.
- I CAN'T?
- NO.
YOU SEE, VINCENT VAN STOP NEEDS A FELLOW WHO KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LETTER "P," WHICH MAKES THE PPP PPP PPP SOUND, AND THE LETTER "R," WHICH MAKES THE RRR RRR RRR SOUND.
FARE THEE WELL, SESAME STREET.
- BUT WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
WAIT A MINUTE.
WAIT.
JUST WAIT.
WAIT, WAIT JUST ONE MINUTE.
THIS IS AN EASY MISTAKE.
ANYBODY COULD MAKE IT.
THE LETTER "P" AND THE LETTER "R" ARE SO SIMILAR.
CHECK IT OUT.
THIS IS THE LETTER "P." IT HAS A STRAIGHT LINE AND A CURVE RIGHT THERE, OK, THAT LITTLE BUMP, BUT THIS-- EH, CHECK IT OUT-- IS THE LETTER "R." GOT A STRAIGHT LINE, A BUMP HERE, AND THEN A LITTLE LINE OFF THE BUMP.
- HMM, THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR.
OK.
HE CAN TRY AGAIN.
LET THE TEST CONTINUE.
- OK. SEE, THIS IS THE LETTER "P." IT HAS NO LITTLE LINE.
THIS IS THE LETTER "R." IT HAS A LITTLE LINE, OK?
- YEAH.
- "P"--NO LINE.
- NO LINE.
- "R"--LINE.
- LINE.
- "P." - "P." - "R." - "R." - NO MORE TALKING TO THE TEST TAKER!
- NOT TALKING.
- LET VINCENT VAN STOP'S SIGN PAINTING CHALLENGE CONTINUE.
- OH, I'M SO NERVOUS.
- THE NEXT SIGN I WANT YOU TO PAINT IS A "RESTROOM" SIGN.
YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.
GO.
- UH, "RESTROOM."
"RESTROOM."
OH, I'M NOT SURE I CAN DO THIS IN 30 SECONDS.
- REMEMBER THE DIFFERENCE, BERT.
REMEMBER THE-- - NO TALKING!
- NO TALKING.
FORGOT.
- OH...UH...OH...
UH...OH, NO.
- TIME IS ALMOST UP.
- YAAH!
- AAH!
OH!
- TIME!
- OH, BERT, COME HERE, BUDDY.
- LET US SEE HOW YOU DID.
I ASKED YOU TO PAINT A "RESTROOM" SIGN, AND YOU PAINTED "PESTPOOM."
- "PESTPOOM"?
- "PESTPOOM"?
- SORRY, MY PETITE FRIEND, BUT I'M AFRAID YOU HAVE FAILED VINCENT VAN STOP'S SIGN PAINTING CHALLENGE.
FARE THEE WELL, SESAME STREET.
- WAIT!
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
WAIT.
WAIT A MINUTE.
HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.
- YES?
- BERT JUST CONFUSED THE LETTER "R" AND THE LETTER "P" AGAIN.
- I DID?
- HE DID?
- YEAH.
YEAH, YEAH.
BERT MADE THE LETTER "P" WITH THE STRAIGHT LINE DOWN AND THEN THE BUMP HERE.
THE LETTER "R" ONLY NEEDS A LITTLE LINE RIGHT THERE.
PAINT THE LITTLE LINES, BERT.
- OH, RIGHT.
- HA HA!
YOU SEE?
NOW THE LETTER Ps ARE LETTER Rs.
- INGENIOUS, AND NOW IT SAYS, "RESTROOM."
- YEAH.
SO WHAT DO YOU SAY?
CAN BERT BE YOUR ASSISTANT NOW?
- NO.
- WHY NOT?
- I NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN GET THE SIGN RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
I NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LETTER "P" AND THE LETTER "R." - BUT BERT CAN DO THAT, CAN'T YOU, BERT?
- WELL, NORMALLY, I CAN, YEAH, BUT-- - ALL RIGHT.
IF YOU THINK YOU CAN GET IT RIGHT, THEN I SHALL GIVE YOU 1 MORE CHANCE.
WE SHALL CONTINUE THE TEST!
- OH, BUT WHEN I TAKE A TEST, I GET TOO NERVOUS.
OH, CHRIS, IT'S NO USE.
I'LL NEVER GET IT RIGHT.
WHAT AM I GONNA DO?
- BERT, BERT, IF YOU'RE FEELING NERVOUS AND YOU'RE NOT SURE WHICH LETTER IS WHICH, JUST REMEMBER TO CALM YOURSELF DOWN BY BREATHING, OK?
ALL RIGHT.
JUST-- [INHALES] AH...ALL RIGHT?
AND THEN JUST TALK TO YOURSELF.
- WHAT AM I GOING TO SAY TO MYSELF?
- WELL, YOU CAN SAY, "THE LETTER "P" HAS NO LINES.
THE LETTER "R" HAS A LINE."
- "P"--NO LINE.
"R"--LINE.
- RIGHT.
EXACTLY.
SO JUST REMEMBER TO BREATHE... - MM-HMM.
- AND THEN JUST TALK TO YOURSELF.
- NO MORE TALKING TO THE TEST TAKER!
- SORRY.
- LET'S CONTINUE VINCENT VAN STOP'S SIGN PAINTING CHALLENGE.
THE LAST SIGN YOU MUST PAINT IS... - OH, PLEASE DON'T LET THERE BE ANY Rs.
- "RANDY'S RUSSIAN RESTAURANT."
- OH, NO!
- OOH, THAT'S A LOT OF Rs.
- QUIET, PLEASE.
- SORRY.
QUIET.
- AND...GO.
- "RANDY'S RUSSIAN RESTAURANT."
OK.
I CAN DO THIS.
I CAN DO THIS.
I CAN DO THIS.
I CAN DO THIS.
YES.
YES.
I CAN DO THIS.
"PANDY'S PUSSIAN PESTAUPANT"?
OH, WHAT DO I DO?
WHAT DO I DO?
- BERT, BERT, JUST REMEMBER, BERT-- - NO TALKING!
- RIGHT.
SHH SHH.
OOH!
HEE HEE HEE!
- OH, THIS IS NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD.
- AHEM.
- WHAT?
YOU WANT ME TO BREATHE... - HEE HEE!
AHEM.
- AND TALK?
OH, RIGHT.
BREATHE... [INHALES] AND TALK TO MYSELF.
WHAT DO I SAY TO MYSELF AGAIN?
OH, YEAH.
Ps HAVE NO LITTLE LINE.
Rs HAVE A LITTLE LINE.
WELL, I WANT Rs, NOT Ps.
I NEED THOSE LITTLE LINES, YEAH, AND-- - AND... - AHH... - STOP.
LET US TAKE A LOOK-SEE.
IT SAYS... "RANDY'S RUSSIAN RESTAURANT."
- HA HA HA!
ALL THE Rs ARE RIGHT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
- DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?
- IT MEANS THAT BERT IS NOW YOUR NEW ASSISTANT?
- NO.
- NO?
- NO?
- BERT AND CHRIS... - HUH?
- BOTH GET TO BE MY ASSISTANTS.
- WAIT.
HUH?
- I SAW YOUR SIGNS.
YOU ARE A NATURAL.
- OH, BOY, WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER, CHRIS.
HA HA HA!
- BUT WAIT A SECOND.
- YOU NEED A VINCENT VAN STOP HAT.
- BUT--WHAT?
COME ON.
- NICE.
- NOW LET'S GO TO THE VINCENT VAN STOP STUDIO.
ON VINCENT VAN STOP STREET.
- BUT I ALREADY HAVE A JOB.
- COME ON.
WE'LL TAKE THE VINCENT VAN STOP VAN.
- OH, BOY, OH, BOY.
- ALAN!
ALAN!
I'M GONNA BE A WHILE!
- GREETINGS.
I AM THE COUNT.
- AND I'M ABBY.
- AND I'M TERRY, AND WE'RE HERE TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE WORD "ARTIST."
- MM-HMM.
DID YOU KNOW AN ARTIST IS SOMEONE WHO CREATES ART?
- IT'S TRUE, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF ARTISTS.
- WHY DON'T YOU SHOW EVERYONE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ARTISTS, AND I WILL COUNT THEM?
- THAT IS A GREAT IDEA, COUNT.
- BUT WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET DIFFERENT KINDS OF ARTISTS?
- YOU'RE GONNA BE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ARTISTS, TERRY.
- WHAT?
- ARTIST.
- WHOA!
I'M A PAINTER.
- THAT IS 1 KIND OF ARTIST.
- HA HA!
ARTIST.
- WHOA!
LOOK AT ME.
I'M A SCULPTOR.
- THAT IS 2, 2 KINDS OF ARTISTS.
- WELL, YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET.
ARTIST.
- I'M A VIOLINIST!
- THAT IS 3 DIFFERENT KINDS OF ARTISTS.
- ARTIST.
- I'M A DANCER!
- 4 KINDS OF ARTISTS.
- HA HA HA!
ARTIST.
- OH, IS A MIME AN ARTIST?
- OH, YEAH.
- THEN THAT IS 5, 5 WONDERFUL KINDS OF ARTISTS.
- ARTIST.
- ARTIST.
HEY, MIMES DON'T TALK.
OH.
RIGHT.
- HA HA HA!
ARTIST.
- ARTIST.
-♫JUMP UP, GET DOWN♫ ♫COME DANCE WITH ELMO♫ ♫WE'RE MOVING OUR BODY TO THE ABCs♫ ♫DANCE NEARBY♫ ♫WH-O-O-O-O-O-OA♫ ♫DANCE FAR AWAY NOW♫ ♫CLAP YOUR HANDS TO THE LETTER OF THE DAY♫ ♫CLAP, CLAP♫ ♫WHAT'S THE LETTER?
CLAP, CLAP♫ ♫WHAT'S THE LETTER?
CLAP, CLAP, CLAP, CLAP♫ -♫WHAT'S THE LETTER?♫ ♫WHAT'S THE LETTER?
WHAT'S THE LETTER?♫ ♫ WHAT'S THE LETTER?
WHAT'S THE LETTER?♫ -♫THE LETTER OF THE DAY IS..."R"♫ -♫ CLAP, CLAP, IT'S THE LETTER OF THE DAY♫ ♫ CLAP, CLAP, IT'S THE LETTER OF THE DAY♫ ♫ CLAP, CLAP, IT'S THE LETTER, IT'S THE LETTER♫ ♫ IT'S THE LETTER OF THE DAY♫ ♫ IT'S THE LETTER OF THE DAY♫ ♫ CLAP, CLAP, IT'S THE LETTER OF THE DAY♫ ♫ CLAP, CLAP, DAY, DAY♫ - EVERYONE IS AN ARTIST, EVEN THIS GUY AND HER AND THEM AND, HEY, YOU, TOO, AND ALL YOU NEED IS A BRUSH, SOME PAINT, AND A LITTLE IMAGINATION.
HA!
YOU COULD SWIRL THE PAINT ALL THE WAY AROUND.
YOU COULD PAINT SOMETHING YOU SEE EVERY DAY OR JUST MAKE SOMETHING UP.
HA HA!
YOU COULD GET YOUR FINGERS ALL IN THERE, GET KIND OF MESSY, OR YOU COULD ASK FOR SOME HELP, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS, WELL, TO HAVE FUN BECAUSE CREATING ART CAN MAKE YOU FEEL HAPPY.
-♫IT'S TIME TO GET UP♫ ♫AND STOMP YOUR FEET♫ ♫TO THIS GREAT FOOT-STOMPING TRANSYLVANIAN BEAT♫ ♫START NICE AND SLOW♫ -♫1, 2♫ -♫THEN SPEED UP MORE♫ -♫1, 2, 3, 4♫ -♫THEN STOMP AWAY♫ ♫BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT♫ ♫THE NUMBER OF THE DAY♫ -♫SO WHAT'S THE NUMBER?
STOMP, STOMP♫ ♫WHAT'S THE NUMBER?
STOMP, STOMP♫ ♫WHAT IS THE NUMBER?♫ -♫THE NUMBER OF THE DAY♫ -♫UH-HUH♫ -♫REALLY HOPS AND KICKS♫ ♫THE NUMBER OF THE DAY IS...♫ ♫6♫ -♫SO THAT'S THE NUMBER, STOMP, STOMP♫ ♫YES, THAT'S THE NUMBER, STOMP, STOMP♫ ♫THAT'S THE NUMBER, STOMP♫ ♫THE NUMBER OF THE DAY♫ ♫THAT'S THE NUMBER, STOMP, STOMP♫ ♫THAT'S THE NUMBER OF THE DAY♫ 6!
♫NOW LET'S STOMP 6 TIMES♫ ♫1, 2, 3♫ ♫4, 5, 6♫ AH AH AH!
[THUNDER] - [LAUGHING] - 1... - 2... - 3... - 4... - 5... - 6!
- HEY, GUYS.
WHAT'S HIDDEN IN THESE ROCKS?
- WE SEE THE NUMBER 6!
- HE OBSERVES.
- OH, BOY.
NO.
OH, NO.
WAAH!
- HE QUESTIONS.
- HUBBA WHA?
- HE INVESTIGATES.
- HMM, WHAT DOES THIS BUTTON DO?
WAAH!
- SUPER GROVER 2.0.
HE SHOWS UP.
- MM!
- IN AN ARTIST'S STUDIO IN FRANCE, A PARISIAN PINEAPPLE IS ABOUT TO PAINT HIS WAY INTO A PERPLEXING PROBLEM.
- I WILL NOW PAINT MY GREATEST MASTERPIECE.
ALL RIGHT, FRUIT.
PILE ON THE PEDESTAL.
AH.
- OK.
WHOOP!
- THERE YOU GO.
WHOOP!
- OH, EXCUSE ME.
- EXCUSE ME.
I'M SEEMING-- - WHOA!
- WHOA!
- OH!
OH, NO.
THE FRUIT WON'T STAY ON THE PEDESTAL.
NOW I CAN'T PAINT MY MASTERPIECE.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
- AAH!
OHH... - [GASPS] SUPER GROVER 2.0, YOU SHOWED UP.
- IT IS WHAT I DO.
SORRY ABOUT THE CEILING.
NOW, WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE TROUBLE?
- I HAVE TRIED TO PAINT A PILE OF FRUIT, BUT THEY CANNOT FIT ON THE PEDESTAL.
- DO NOT WORRY.
I WILL GET TO THE ROOT OF YOUR FRUIT PROBLEM.
STAND BACK AS I UNLEASH MY POWER OF OBSERVATION.
MM!
MM-HMM.
MM-HMM.
I OBSERVE THAT THE TOP OF THIS PEDESTAL IS VERY SMALL.
- THAT IS WHY THE FRUIT DOES NOT FIT.
- SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO YOU MAKE A PILE OF FRUIT STAY ON TOP OF A PEDESTAL?
- THAT'S THE QUESTION, ALL RIGHT.
- AND THE ANSWER IS AS EASY AS APPLE PIE, NO OFFENSE.
NOW STAND BACK AS I UNLEASH THE POWER OF DESIGN.
- OOH!
- OOH!
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- I AM PLANNING OUT HOW THE PEDESTAL CAN FIT THE FRUIT.
I AM DESIGNING.
HMM.
- OH, BUT I WAS GOING TO PAINT ON THAT CANVAS.
- IT IS ALL RIGHT.
I DO NOT MIND SHARING.
NOW, WE HAVE A PEDESTAL.
SO I JUST NEED TO DESIGN SOMETHING TO MAKE THE TOP BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD ALL THE FRUIT, SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
VOILA!
- [GASPS] IS THAT A COW?
- REALISTIC, IS IT NOT?
I AM NATURALLY ARTISTIC.
AH, BE RIGHT BACK.
- OH... - THIS WAY, BESSIE.
THAT'S IT.
LET'S GET YOU ON UP THERE.
- THERE IS A COW IN MY STUDIO.
- OF COURSE THERE IS.
SHE IS PART OF MY DESIGN.
- BUT CAN ALL THE FRUIT PILE ON TOP OF THE COW?
- THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.
IT IS TIME TO UNLEASH THE POWER OF INVESTIGATION.
ALL RIGHT, YOU CUTIE FRUITIES.
PILE ON THE COW.
- OK. HA HA!
- OK. - UH!
UH-UH.
- OH.
- OH!
WAAH!
- WHOA!
- WAAH!
- NO, NO, NO.
THE COW DESIGN IS NOT WORKING.
- I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT.
THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM ON THE COW.
- WELL, I OBSERVE THAT THE COW'S BACK CURVES DOWN.
- SO?
- SO WE JUST ROLL RIGHT OFF.
- YEAH.
- OH, I SEE.
WELL, BACK TO THE FARM FOR YOU, BESSIE.
- MOO.
- YEP.
- OH, I WILL NEVER PAINT MY MASTERPIECE.
- DO NOT DESPAIR, MY PERTURBED PINEAPPLE.
A SUPERHERO NEVER GIVES UP.
I JUST NEED TO DESIGN SOMETHING THAT'S BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD ALL OF THE FRUIT, BUT DOES NOT CURVE DOWN SO THE FRUIT WILL NOT ROLL OFF, SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
- OH, A SURFBOARD?
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET A SURFBOARD?
- IN MY UTILITY SOCK, OF COURSE.
- HMM?
- JUST A SEC.
AHA.
- YOU CARRY THAT IN YOUR SOCK?
- YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MAY NEED TO HANG 10.
NOW, LET US TRY IT OUT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS NICE AND BIG AND FLAT.
YOU SEE, IT DOES NOT CURVE DOWN.
ALL RIGHT, YOU PROBLEMATIC PRODUCE.
PILE ON THE SURFBOARD.
- OK.
HERE I GO HERE.
- ALL RIGHT.
YOU GOT IT, BOSS.
- WHOOP!
OK. OOH, FEELS GOOD.
- PARDON ME.
PARDON.
- WHOA.
OH... NO.
NO, NO.
- THIS IS-- - AAH!
- OOH!
- OH, I WILL NEVER GET TO PAINT MY MASTERPIECE.
- WELL, YOU COULD ALWAYS JUST BECOME A COLLECTOR.
- RRGH!
- YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE JUST NEED SOMETHING THAT CURVES UP ON THE SIDES.
- SOMETHING THAT CURVES UP?
WHAT, ARE YOU BANANAS?
- NO.
HE'S THE BANANA.
I'M A PEAR.
- YEAH.
I KNOW THAT.
- HEY, YEAH.
SOMETHING THAT'S BIG AND CURVES UP ON THE SIDES MAY HOLD ALL OF US FRUIT INTO PLACE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
DO YOU MIND IF WE UNLEASH MY POWER OF DESIGN?
- EH, BE MY GUEST.
- ALL RIGHT.
- IN THE MEANTIME, I'LL JUST GO GET A SNACK.
YEAH.
- THERE.
SEE?
I DESIGNED A BOWL ON TOP OF THE PEDESTAL.
- AH.
- OH.
- WHO WANTS SOME POPCORN?
- HEY, IT'S A BOWL.
IT'S BIG, AND IT CURVES UP ON BOTH SIDES JUST LIKE THE DESIGN.
- HMM?
- GREAT JOB, SUPER GROVER.
- OH, THANKS.
WHAT DID I DO?
- THIS WAY.
- OH, I SEE.
WELL, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, FRUIT?
PILE IN.
- OOH!
OOH!
- HO HO!
- HA HA!
HA HA HA!
- AH, HA HA!
YES!
YES!
- GOOD JOB, TEAM.
- OH, NOW I CAN FINALLY PAINT MY MASTERPIECE.
- I SHALL CALL IT "BOWL OF FRUIT," EH?
OH, BUT IT NEEDS SOMETHING ELSE.
OOH!
HA HA HA!
- AND SO SUPER GROVER LEARNED THAT INVESTIGATING HELPS US FIND THE BEST DESIGN TO SOLVE A PROBLEM.
- HA HA!
A PLUM.
HA HA HA!
- WHAT WE DO FOR ART.
- STAY STILL!
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