SUPER WHY!
The Prince and the Pauper
Season 1 Episode 52 | 25m 10sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Whyatt and Princess Pea see their idea to switch places play out in a classic fairytale.
Whyatt thinks his house is too loud while Princess Pea believes her home is too quiet! Would the friends be better off if they switched places? To look for a solution, Super Why and his friends encounter two friends just as they are about to switch houses: a prince on the farm and a pauper in a castle. Where will everyone be happiest?
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SUPER WHY!
The Prince and the Pauper
Season 1 Episode 52 | 25m 10sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Whyatt thinks his house is too loud while Princess Pea believes her home is too quiet! Would the friends be better off if they switched places? To look for a solution, Super Why and his friends encounter two friends just as they are about to switch houses: a prince on the farm and a pauper in a castle. Where will everyone be happiest?
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♪ ♪ WHO ANSWERS THE CALL FOR FRIENDS IN NEED?
♪ ♪ SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ HE'S THE GUY HE'S SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ WHO'S GOT THE POWER THE POWER TO READ?
♪ ♪ WHO LOOKS INTO BOOKS FOR THE ANSWERS WE NEED?
♪ ♪ SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ AND THE SUPER READERS WE'RE GONNA FLY ♪ ♪ COME ALONG ♪ ♪ WITH THE SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ ADVENTURE WAITS WHEN YOU'RE WITH SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ SUPER WHY AND THE SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ SUPER WHY AND THE SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ ADVENTURE WAITS WHEN YOU'RE WITH SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ YEAH!
SUPER WHY ♪ [ ♪music♪ ] [♪ music ♪] HI!
SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
IT'S ME, WHYATT.
WELCOME TO STORYBROOK VILLAGE, WHERE ALL OUR FAIRY-TALE FRIENDS LIVE!
[ Cellphone ♪♪♪ ] MMMM!
IT'S DINNER TIME AT MY HOUSE.
COME ON!
[ ♪♪♪ ] HI, RED!
HI, WHYATT!
[ ♪♪♪ ] [ Guitar ♪♪♪ ] Joy: [ Babbling ] MOM, DAD, GUESS WHAT HAPPENED AT SCHOOL TODAY?
[ Timer bell chimes ] JUST A MINUTE, WHYATT.
JACK... CAN YOU PLEASE PUT YOUR GUITAR AWAY?
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO TAKE IT UPSTAIRS.
[ Clattering ] OH, SORRY.
I-I'LL CLEAN THAT UP.
ANYWAY, GUESS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AT SCHOOL TODAY?
JUST A MINUTE, WHYATT.
JOY!
PLEASE, [ Utensil clattering ] DON'T THROW YOUR BROCCOLI.
[ Sigh ] NOW CAN I TELL MY STORY?
AS I WAS SAYING... [ Sigh ] YUCK!
UGH!
JOY!
PLEASE DON'T THROW FOOD.
[ Babbling ] HEY, JOY.
JOY, WHERE DID JACK GO?
WHERE...?
AARGHH!
IT'S NO USE!
Jack: PEEK-A-BOO!
IT'S SO LOUD IN HERE, I CAN'T EVEN TELL MY STORY!
MOM, DAD, I'M DONE WITH DINNER.
CAN I GO OVER TO PRINCESS PEA'S CASTLE?
SURE, WHYATT, GO AHEAD.
[ ♪♪♪ ] ...AND THEN EVERYONE LAUGHED AND LAUGHED!
THE END.
[ Laughing ] [ Laughter ] WHAT A FUNNY STORY, SWEET PEA.
AHHH, LISTEN TO THAT.
IT'S JUST... QUIET.
EXACTLY.
[ Chuckle ] I'M NOT SURE I LIKE IT SO QUIET.
[ Doorbell chiming ] COME IN!
HELLO!
[ Gasp ] WELL, HELLO, WHYATT.
WHYATT!
I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE!
DO YOU HEAR THAT?
HMMM... NO.
EXACTLY!
MY HOUSE IS TOO QUIET!
WELL, MY HOUSE IS TOO LOUD.
NO ONE WILL LISTEN TO ME, AND JOY'S BABY FOOD LANDED ON MY HEAD!
[ Laughing ] THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN.
WELL, IT WASN'T.
I'D BE HAPPIER AT YOUR HOUSE, WHERE IT'S QUIET.
WELL, I'D BE HAPPIER AT YOUR HOUSE, WHERE IT'S LOUD!
I THINK.
[ Sigh ] THIS IS A SUPER BIG PROBLEM.
AND A SUPER BIG PROBLEM NEEDS US, THE SUPER READERS!
WE NEED TO CALL THE REST OF THE SUPER READERS.
CALL THEM WITH ME!
[ Cellphone ♪♪♪ ] SAY, "CALLING ALL SUPER READERS!"
Children: [ In audience ] CALLING ALL SUPER READERS!
[ Remote phone ringing ] TO THE BOOK CLUB!
TO THE BOOK CLUB!
Children: TO THE BOOK CLUB!
COME ON, TO THE BOOK CLUB!
[ ♪♪♪ ] WHYATT HERE.
[ ♪♪♪ ] "P" IS FOR PIG!
[ ♪♪♪ ] RED RIDING HOOD ROLLIN' IN!
[ ♪♪♪ ] PRINCESS PEA AT YOUR SERVICE!
AND YOU, SAY YOUR NAME.
GREAT.
WE'RE ALL HERE.
TOGETHER, WE WILL SOLVE PRINCESS' AND MY PROBLEM.
LET'S GO!
[ ♪♪♪ ] [ Electronic beeps ] WHYATT, PRINCESS PEA, STATE YOUR PROBLEM.
MY HOUSE IS TOO LOUD.
AND MY HOUSE IS TOO QUIET.
WE'RE JUST NOT HAPPY.
THAT'S NOT GOOD.
UH-OH.
WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO.
WHERE WILL WE BE THE HAPPIEST?
GOOD QUESTION.
WHEN WE HAVE A QUESTION, WE LOOK... All: IN A BOOK!
WHICH BOOK SHOULD WE LOOK IN?
PEAS AND CARROTS, CARROTS AND PEAS... BOOK COME OUT, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!
LET'S READ THE TITLE OF THIS BOOK.
WE KNOW WHAT TO DO.
WE NEED TO JUMP INTO THIS BOOK... AND FIND THE ANSWER TO OUR QUESTION.
FIRST, WE LOOK FOR SUPER LETTERS... [ ♪♪♪ ] AND THEN PUT THEM IN OUR SUPER DUPER COMPUTER.
SUPER DUPER COMPUTER, HOW MANY SUPER LETTERS DO WE NEED?
[ Beeping ] OH!
IN THIS STORY, WE NEED FOUR SUPER LETTERS, AND THEN WE'LL GET... [ Triumphant ♪♪♪ ] OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER!
IT'S TIME TO TRANSFORM.
READY?
All: READY!
ARMS IN!
PUT YOUR ARM IN.
[ ♪♪♪ ] Whyatt: SUPER READERS... All: TO THE RESCUE!
[ ♪♪♪ ] ALPHA PIG!
WITH ALPHABET POWER!
[ ♪♪♪ ] WONDER RED!
WITH WORD POWER!
[ ♪♪♪ ] PRINCESS PRESTO WITH SPELLING POWER!
[ ♪♪♪ ] SUPER WHY, WITH THE POWER TO READ!
[ ♪♪♪ ] AND SUPER YOU WITH THE POWER TO HELP!
[ ♪♪♪ ] TOGETHER WE ARE... All: THE SUPER READERS!
WHY-FLYERS!
WE'RE READY TO FLY INTO THIS BOOK!
[ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ TO THE RESCUE!
♪ ♪ IT'S TIME TO FLY WITH THE SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM TO SOLVE ♪ ♪ SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ TO THE RESCUE!
♪ ♪ SUPER READERS ♪ ♪ WORKING TOGETHER WITH POWERS TO READ ♪ ♪ INTO BOOKS WE FLY ♪ ♪ TO FIND THE SUPER STORY ANSWER ♪ ♪ WITH SUPER WHY ♪ ♪ SUPER READERS TO THE RESCUE!
♪ PRESTO!
OH!
WE'RE IN "THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER" BOOK!
UM, WHAT'S A PAUPER?
A PAUPER IS SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF THINGS.
OH.
LET'S READ.
WHY WRITER...
HIGHLIGHT!
READ WITH ME.
HO-HUM.
THIS IS MY QUIET CASTLE.
[ Mooing/crowing ] [ Exasperated sigh ] THIS IS MY VERY LOUD FARM!
I'M NOT HAPPY AT MY CASTLE.
IT'S TOO QUIET.
AND MY FARM IS TOO LOUD.
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER AREN'T HAPPY IN THEIR HOUSES, JUST LIKE YOU AND ME, WHYATT.
AND THAT, SUPER READERS, IS WHY WE ARE IN THIS BOOK!
NONE OF US ARE HAPPY IN OUR HOUSES!
WE SHOULD GO TALK TO THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER!
LET'S ROLL!
[ ♪♪♪ ] PRINCE, PAUPER, WE'RE THE SUPER READERS AND WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
SUPER READERS, WE HAVE A STUPENDOUS IDEA!
SINCE WE'RE NOT HAPPY WHERE WE LIVE NOW, WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH HOUSES!
YEAH!
I'M GOING TO LIVE AT THE CASTLE!
AND I'M GOING TO LIVE AT THE FARM.
HERE, PAUPER.
AT THE CASTLE, YOU MUST WEAR THIS ROYAL CROWN.
OH, WOW!
AND, UH, ON THE FARM, YOU MUST WEAR THIS... FARMER'S HAT.
VERY WELL.
WELL, I'M OFF TO THE CASTLE.
WOO-HOO!
AND I'M OFF TO THE FARM!
COME ON, SUPER READERS!
TO THE FARM!
[ ♪♪♪ ] [ Rooster crowing ] OH, HOW LOVELY TO BE A PAUPER ON A FARM.
[ Tummy growling ] OH-H, I'M HUNGRY.
[ Sigh ] OH, ROYAL HELPER... [ Clapping ] BRING ME MY BREAKFAST.
UH...
UH, PRINCE?
I THINK, ON THE FARM, YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR OWN BREAKFAST...
YOURSELF.
[ Gasp ] MYSELF?
THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS!
HOW DO I DO THAT?
[ Mooing ] [ ♪♪♪ ] ALPHA PIG TO THE RESCUE!
WITH MY AMAZING ALPHABET TOOLS, I CAN HELP THE PRINCE GET WHAT HE WANTS FOR BREAKFAST!
COME ON!
HO-HO!
OKAY, LET'S SEE.
WE NEED BREAKFAST FOODS.
[ ♪♪♪ ] WHAT LETTER IS THIS?
Children: "O"!
"O"!
WHAT WORD BEGINS WITH THE LETTER "O"?
Children: THERE!
Alpha Pig: "O" FOR ORANGES!
OH!
ORANGES FOR ORANGE JUICE!
[ Chuckling ] I GET IT!
UGH!
[ Chuckling ] OW!
[ Groaning ] [ Sheepish chuckle ] GOT AN ORANGE.
OH!
[ Giggle ] OKAY.
[ ♪♪♪ ] WHAT LETTER IS THIS?
Children: "C"!
"C".
WHAT WORD BEGINS WITH THE LETTER "C"?
Children: THERE!
Alpha Pig: THERE'S THE "C"!
"C" FOR "COW"!
HUH?
[ Mooing ] [ Gasp ] WHAT CAN WE GET FROM A COW FOR BREAKFAST?
OH, MILK!
OKAY... WOW...
THIS IS...
HARDER THAN IT LOOKS... [ Effort grunt ] YOU CAN DO IT, PRINCE!
WHAT LETTER IS THIS?
Children: "H"!
"H"!
WHAT WORD BEGINS WITH THE LETTER "H"?
Children: THERE!
Alpha Pig: THERE'S THE "H"!
"H" FOR "HEN"!
[ Clucking ] WHAT COULD I GET FROM A HEN FOR BREAKFAST?
[ Clucking ] OH!
LOOK AT THAT!
AN EGG!
LICKETY LETTERS!
WE FOUND WHAT WE NEED FOR THE PRINCE'S BREAKFAST!
LET'S GIVE OURSELVES A BIG THUMBS UP.
LET'S GO BACK SO YOU CAN EAT.
GOOD IDEA.
[ ♪♪♪ ] OKAY, MAKING BREAKFAST.
[ Sigh ] HERE GOES.
OH-H-H. OH... OH... [ Clattering/crashing ] OH!
[ Sigh ] I WAS MUCH HAPPIER AT THE CASTLE WHEN MY BREAKFAST WAS SERVED TO ME.
THANK YOU.
HEY, DO YOU THINK THE PAUPER IS ENJOYING HIMSELF OVER THERE?
[ Gasp ] LET'S GO TO THE CASTLE AND ASK HIM!
AND BE SURE TO LOOK OUT FOR SUPER LETTERS ALONG THE WAY!
TO THE CASTLE!
SEE YOU SOON!
[ ♪♪♪ ] [ Cluck ] [ ♪♪♪ ] YOU SEE A SUPER LETTER?
WHICH LETTER DID YOU FIND?
Children: "E"!
"E"!
WE NEED TO PUT IT IN... OUR SUPER DUPER... COMPUTER!
THREE MORE SUPER LETTERS AND THEN WE'LL GET OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER!
RIGHT ON, READERS!
[ ♪♪♪ ] HI, PAUPER!
HOW DO YOU LIKE THE CASTLE?
[ Sigh ] WELL, I'M SO HUNGRY, BUT I CAN'T GET MY OWN BREAKFAST.
HERE, I HAVE TO WAIT.
FINALLY!
BREAKFAST!
OH, WOW, GOODNESS!
MMMMM!
HUH... HEY!
I'M SORRY, SIR, BUT IN THIS CASTLE YOU MUSTN'T EAT UNTIL EVERYONE HAS BEEN SEATED.
PLEASE PUT THE COVERS BACK ON THE FOOD.
QUICKLY!
A-A-ALL RIGHT, I'LL PUT THEM BACK.
WHOOPS!
HEH...
I'LL FIX IT.
OH, NO, NO, NO, NO... AARRGHH!
[ Frustrated groan ] LOOK WHAT A MESS I MADE!
H-HOW WILL I CLEAN IT ALL UP?
[ ♪♪♪ ] CUE THE SPARKLES!
CUE THE MUSIC!
PRINCESS PRESTO TO THE RESCUE!
WITH MY MAGIC SPELLING WAND, I CAN SPELL THE WORD "CLEAN" TO CLEAN UP THIS MESS.
WANDS UP!
SPELL WITH ME.
WHAT LETTER MAKES THE SOUND, "CUH-CUH-CUH"?
Children: "C"!
"C"!
"K" CAN ALSO MAKE THIS SOUND, BUT THE WORD "CLEAN" NEEDS A "C".
WRITE A "C" WITH ME.
WHOO!
[ Giggle ] NOW, WHAT LETTER MAKES THE SOUND "L-L-L"?
Children: "L"!
"L"!
WRITE AN "L" WITH ME!
OH, LOVELY "L"!
[ Laughing ] THE NEXT TWO LETTERS MAKE THE SOUND "EEE" IN "CLEAN".
IT'S THE LETTERS "E" AND "A".
[ Giggle ] LET'S WRITE AN "E".
NOW, LET'S WRITE AN "A".
FINALLY, WHAT LETTER MAKES THE SOUND "N-N-N"?
Children: "N"!
"N"!
WRITE AN "N" WITH ME.
PRESTO!
SPECTACULAR SPELLING!
WE SPELLED THE WORD "CLEAN" TO CLEAN THE TABLE!
LET'S TAKE A BOW.
[ ♪♪♪ ] YOU FOUND A SUPER LETTER?
WHAT LETTER DID YOU FIND?
Children: "O"!
"O"!
WE NEED TO PUT IT IN OUR SUPER DUPER... COMPUTER!
TWO MORE SUPER LETTERS, AND THEN WE'LL GET OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER!
WAY TO GO, SUPER READERS!
WHOA-HO!
FINALLY, BREAKFAST!
LET'S EAT!
LET'S EAT!
LE-E-ET'S EAT!
MM-MM-MM... [ Munching/slurping ] HA-HA...
BOY, IT'S, UH... HEH, IT'S PRETTY QUIET IN HERE.
HEY!
HOW ABOUT SOME BREAKFAST MUSIC?
♪ ON THE FARM WE LIKE TO SING ♪ ♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪ ♪ AND ON THE FARM WE EAT SOME EGGS ♪ ♪ E-I-E-I... ♪ [ Quietly ] OHH.
[ Uneasy chuckle ] I GUESS NO ONE WANTS TO SING.
UM, SUPER READERS, THE CASTLE ISN'T MAKING ME AS HAPPY AS I THOUGHT.
[ Phone ringing ] OH!
[ Farm fracas ] PAUPER, THIS FARM IS SO LOUD!
I THINK I'D BE HAPPIER AT MY CASTLE.
WELL, THE CASTLE IS SO QUIET.
I'D BE HAPPIER AT MY FARM.
LET'S SWITCH BACK!
BUT WE CAN'T SWITCH BACK!
LOOK AT OUR STORY!
WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET BACK TO OUR HOUSES?
SUPER WHY TO THE RESCUE!
WITH THE POWER TO READ, I CAN CHANGE THIS STORY AND SAVE THE DAY!
WHY WRITER, HIGHLIGHT!
SUPER READERS, WE NEED TO SWITCH THE WORDS "CASTLE" AND "FARM" SO THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER CAN GET BACK TO THEIR HOUSES.
FIRST, WHICH IS THE WORD "CASTLE"?
IT STARTS WITH A "C".
Children: THERE!
THERE!
LET'S ZAP IT.
Z-Z-ZAP!
NOW WHICH IS THE WORD "FARM"?
IT STARTS WITH AN "F".
Children: THERE!
SUPER DUPER!
LET'S ZAP THE WORD "FARM".
Z-Z-ZAP!
NOW, WHY WRITER, SWITCH WORDS!
LET'S READ.
[ ♪♪♪ ] I'M BACK AT MY FARM!
WOO-HOO!
HA-HA-HA!
I'M BACK AT MY CASTLE!
SUPER JOB, SUPER READERS!
WE HELPED THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER GET BACK HOME!
[ Mooing/clucking ] I'M BACK!
I MISSED YOU NOISY ANIMALS SO-O MUCH!
AND I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HOME IN MY QUIET CASTLE.
[ Deep sigh ] [ Gasp ] ROYAL HELPER!
I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU!
[ ♪♪♪ ] YOU SEE SUPER LETTERS?
WHICH ONES?
Children: "M"!
"H"!
"M"!
"H"!
LET'S PUT THEM IN OUR SUPER DUPER... COMPUTER!
WE FOUND ALL OF OUR SUPER LETTERS!
NOW WE CAN GET OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER!
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP, SUPER READERS!
Various: GOODBYE, PRINCE!
SEE YOU, PRINCE!
BYE-BYE!
AND THANKS, SUPER READERS!
YOU'RE WELCOME!
WHY-FLYERS!
BACK TO THE BOOK CLUB!
[ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ WE FOUND THE SUPER STORY ANSWER ♪ ♪ WITH SUPER WHY ♪ [ ♪♪♪ ] [ Electronic beeps ] SUPER DUPER COMPUTER, GIVE US OUR SUPER STORY ANSWER!
[ Beeping ] READ THE LETTERS WITH ME.
[ Gasp ] THE SUPER STORY ANSWER IS... [ Triumphant ♪♪♪ ] BUT... WHY?
Red: BECAUSE THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER REALIZED THEY WERE HAPPIEST IN THEIR OWN HOMES.
SO OUR QUESTION IS, "WHERE WILL PRINCESS PEA AND I BE HAPPIEST?"
AND THE ANSWER IS... All: HOME!
LET'S GO... LET'S GO...
Both: HOME!
MOM!
DAD!
I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HOME!
DO YOU WANT TO HEAR A STORY I JUST READ?
YES, DEAR, WE'D LOVE TO.
[ Guitar ♪♪♪ ] HI, EVERYBODY!
HEY, WE'RE ABOUT TO SING AN AFTER- DINNER SONG.
COOL!
♪ FEE, THIS IS OUR FAMILY ♪ ♪ FI, WHY IS THE MIDDLE GUY ♪ ♪ FO, WE HAVE FUN YOU KNOW ♪ ♪ FI ME OH MY ♪ HIP, HIP, HOORAY!
THE SUPER READERS SAVE THE DAY!
[ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ HIP, HIP, HOORAY ♪ ♪ HOORAY!
♪ ♪ THE SUPER READERS SAVE THE DAY ♪ ♪ WE CHANGED THE STORY ♪ ♪ WE SOLVED THE PROBLEM ♪ ♪ WE WORKED TOGETHER SO HIP, HIP, HOORAY!
♪ ♪ HIP, HIP, HOORAY ♪ ♪ HOORAY!
♪ ♪ THE SUPER READERS SAVE THE DAY ♪ ♪ HIP, HIP, HOORAY ♪ ♪ HOORAY!
♪ ♪ THE SUPER READERS SAVE THE DAY!
♪ [ ♪♪♪ ] [ ♪♪♪ ]
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