Word World
Duck at Bat/You Can Never Have Too Many OOs
Season 2 Episode 8 | 24m 31sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Duck loses his baseball bat. / Duck hunts down the "oo"s to fix a roof before it rains.
Duck loses the letter B to his baseball bat just before the big game is supposed to start. He tries to build other words to hit the ball--MAT, HAT--but soon learns that you need the right letter with the right sound to build the right word. / When the two letter O's in Monkey's roof blow away in the wind, it's up to Duck to hunt down the "oo" sound and fix the roof before it rains.
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Word World
Duck at Bat/You Can Never Have Too Many OOs
Season 2 Episode 8 | 24m 31sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Duck loses the letter B to his baseball bat just before the big game is supposed to start. He tries to build other words to hit the ball--MAT, HAT--but soon learns that you need the right letter with the right sound to build the right word. / When the two letter O's in Monkey's roof blow away in the wind, it's up to Duck to hunt down the "oo" sound and fix the roof before it rains.
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(pants, barks) KID: Word World!
KIDS: Word World!
♪ Welcome to the place where words come alive ♪ KID: Let's build a word.
KIDS: Word World.
KID: Word World.
KIDS: ♪ Jump to the beat ♪ ♪ Clap your hands in the air ♪ KIDS: Let's build a word!
Word World!
KID: Word World.
♪ We've got friends of every size ♪ ♪ Building words before our eyes ♪ ♪ Nothing's better than a letter ♪ ♪ They hold our world together ♪ ♪ With Dog ♪ ♪ And Sheep ♪ ♪ And Duck ♪ ♪ And Pig ♪ ♪ There's always a surprise!
♪ (barks) KIDS: Word World!
(croaks) (whimpers) (giggles) ♪ Welcome to our world ♪ KIDS: Word World!
♪ Word World ♪ KIDS: Word World!
♪ It's a beautiful world ♪ ♪ Word World.
♪ KIDS: Yay!
NARRATOR: It was a glorious, sunny day in Word World.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
You know what we're doing today, don't you?
Don't you?
Don't you?
Don't you?
NARRATOR: I certainly do.
Today, the WordFriends are getting together to play one of their favorite games.
ALL: Baseball!
♪ We're going to play baseball ♪ ♪ We're playing all day ♪ ♪ Baseball ♪ ♪ Grab bases and a ball and that's not all ♪ ♪ Get your glove and a bat, we can't do without that ♪ ♪ We're going to play baseball ♪ ♪ We'll play it all day ♪ ♪ Baseball ♪ ♪ I've got the bases for running around ♪ DUCK: Yeah, Frog!
♪ I've got the baseball so nice and round ♪ ♪ I've got the glove, can't catch without that ♪ ♪ And look out, WordFriends, 'cause I've got the bat.
♪ (sighs, gasps) (gasps) Where's my bat?
Quack, quack.
Uh, oh, um... (mutters) I'm sure it's in my nest somewhere.
Uh, go ahead.
I'll catch up.
Okay.
Don't be too long, now, Duck.
I'll be right there with the bat.
Um, oh, okay.
Now, where's that bat at?
Uh, mmm, oh... aha!
Here are the letters for my bat.
Now, all we have to do is build a word.
♪ It's time to build a word ♪ ♪ Let's build it, let's build it now!
♪ The letter "B" makes the "buh" sound.
And the letters "A" and "T" make the "at" sound.
"Buh," "at."
KIDS: Bat!
♪ Yeah, we just built a word ♪ ♪ We built it, we built it!
♪ Yeah!
(baseball stadium music plays) And you know what I'm going to do with this bat?
I'm going to swing this bat and hit that baseball.
(sputtering) Where'd that "B" go?
I got the letters "A" and "T." They make the "at" sound.
Now, I need the letter "B" for the "buh" sound.
Um... oh.
Got it!
Oops, not it.
Um, hmm... (grunts) Huh?
Unh-uh.
(plays note) Not it.
Where, oh, where is that letter "B"?
Um, excuse me, Duck?
Huh?
It might be easier to find the "B" if you clean up your nest.
Quack, quack.
There's no time, Spider.
Everyone is waiting for me.
Here, this letter "M" will have to do.
But, Duck, you need the letter "B" because "B" makes the "buh" sound in bat.
"Buh," "at."
Oh, what's the difference?
A letter's a letter, quack, quack.
KIDS: Mat!
Uh... quack, quack.
A letter can make a big difference, Duck.
The letter "M" makes the "mmm" sound.
So you've built a mat.
Huh?
A mat?
Quack, quack.
Hitting a ball with a mat is going to be hard.
But I, D-U-C-K, Duck, can hit that baseball with anything.
Duck?
Duck, let's play ball!
Come on, Duck?
Duck, where are you?
Coming!
Time for me to hit the ball.
Later, Spider.
NARRATOR: All the WordFriends were waiting for Duck at the baseball field so they could finally play ball.
Quack, quack.
Here comes Duck!
♪ I've got the bases for running around ♪ ♪ I've got the baseball so nice and round ♪ ♪ I've got the glove, can't catch without that ♪ ♪ And look out, WordFriends ♪ ♪ 'Cause I've got the mat.
♪ Quack, quack.
Uh, Duck?
Yes, Sheep?
You need a bat.
You can't bat with a mat.
Mat, bat-- what's the difference?
Let's play ball!
(baseball stadium music plays) Um, um... uh...
Okay, I'm ready.
Matter up!
Okay... Quack, quack.
What happened?
Strike one, Duck.
I guess I can't bat with a mat.
Be right back.
With a bat.
NARRATOR: So Duck rushed back to his nest to look for the missing letter "B."
DUCK: Buh-buh-B?
Where are you, letter "B"?
I need you to make my bat.
Come out, come out, wherever you are!
You know, Duck, it might be easier to find the missing letter "B" if you clean up your nest.
No time to clean, Spider.
We're about to start a game.
Oh, I can't find that "B" anywhere.
This letter "H" will have to do.
But, Duck, you need the letter "B," because "B" makes the "buh" sound in bat.
"Buh," "at."
Ah, what's the difference?
A letter's a letter, quack, quack.
KIDS: Hat!
Uh... quack, quack.
You see, Duck, a letter can make a big difference.
The letter "H" makes the "huh" sound.
So you've built a... Come on, Duck!
Duck!
Hitting a ball with a hat is going to be hard.
But I, D-U-C-K, Duck, can hit that baseball with anything.
Time for me to hit that ball.
Later, Spider.
NARRATOR: Back at the baseball field, all the WordFriends were still waiting for Duck, so that they could start their game.
DUCK: I'm coming!
I see him!
(all cheering) Finally!
Finally!
♪ I've got the bases for running around ♪ ♪ I've got the baseball, so nice and round ♪ ♪ I've got the glove, can't catch without that ♪ ♪ And look out, WordFriends ♪ ♪ 'Cause I've got the hat.
♪ Duck!
Duck!
Duck!
What?
You can't bat with a hat.
Watch me.
Um, oh... Hatter up!
Come on, Bear.
Play ball!
Okay.
Here goes.
(grunts) Quack, quack, quack, quack... Oh, my!
Quack!
Oh, dear.
Did I hit it?
Uh, strike two, Duck.
Oh, Duck, you can't hit the baseball with just anything.
Oh, I know, I know.
I really do need a bat.
And to build a bat, I need the letter "B."
It makes the "buh" sound in buh-at, bat.
So why do you keep using other letters instead?
Because my nest is such a mess, I can't find the letter "B."
And it'll take too long to clean up my nest.
It won't if we help you.
You'd do that?
You'd help me?
Of course.
We'd be happy to.
What are WordFriends for, Duck?
Well, then, let's go clean my nest.
Awesome!
Hooray!
NARRATOR: So the WordFriends helped Duck clean up his messy nest.
(laughs): Okay.
Um, okeydokey.
(sighs): That's it.
Everything's put in its place.
Oh, very nice.
Thanks, Spider.
But I couldn't have done it without the help of my WordFriends.
(gasps) The letter "B"!
Oh, hello, letter "B."
We've been looking for you.
Now all we have to do is... ALL: Build a word.
♪ ♪ ♪ It's time to build a word ♪ ♪ Let's build it ♪ ♪ Let's build it now!
♪ KIDS: Bat!
♪ Yeah, we just built a word ♪ ♪ We built it, we built it.
♪ Finally we can play baseball.
Come on!
♪ We're gonna play baseball ♪ ♪ We'll play it all day ♪ ♪ Baseball.
♪ ♪ I've got the bases for running around ♪ ♪ I've got the baseball, so nice and round ♪ ♪ I've got the glove, can't catch without that ♪ ♪ And look out, WordFriends, 'cause I've got the bat.
♪ (cheering) All right!
Hooray!
Oh, yeah, Duck!
Batter up.
Here goes.
Awesome!
Way to go!
(cheering) (barking) Nice hit, Duck.
Couldn't have done it without my b-a-t, buh-at, bat.
NARRATOR: Duck discovered that all it takes to hit a baseball is the right letter to make the right sound to build the right word.
The end.
(pants, barks) KID: Word World!
KIDS: Word World!
♪ Welcome to the place where words come alive ♪ KID: Let's build a word.
KIDS: Word World.
KID: Word World.
KIDS: ♪ Jump to the beat ♪ ♪ Clap your hands in the air ♪ KIDS: Let's build a word!
Word World!
KID: Word World.
♪ We've got friends of every size ♪ ♪ Building words before our eyes ♪ ♪ Nothing's better than a letter ♪ ♪ They hold our world together ♪ ♪ With Dog ♪ ♪ And Sheep ♪ ♪ And Duck ♪ ♪ And Pig ♪ ♪ There's always a surprise!
♪ (barks) KIDS: Word World!
(croaks) (whimpers) (giggles) ♪ Welcome to our world ♪ KIDS: Word World!
♪ Word World ♪ KIDS: Word World!
♪ It's a beautiful world ♪ ♪ Word World.
♪ KIDS: Yay!
NARRATOR: On a breezy day in Word World, Duck was flying through the jungle to play at Monkey's house.
♪ Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do.
♪ NARRATOR: When suddenly, the wind started to blow very hard.
Oh!
Quack, quack.
Toodle-oo.
Oh!
Finally, Monkey's house.
Phew.
Hi, Monkey.
Quack, quack.
Sure is windy today.
Yeah.
A rainstorm is coming this way.
(wind whistling) Huh?
Wow, that sure is a big rain cloud.
Well, we can always play inside your house where it's warm and dry.
Oh, no!
My r-r-roof!
The wind-- it's blowing off your...
BOTH: Roof!
What are we going to do, Duck?
Now we're going to get all wet.
Don't worry, Monkey, we can fix it.
We still have the "R" for the "ruh" sound and the "F" for the "fuh" sound.
But where are the two letter "O's" for the "oo" sound?
(gasps) They're blowing away!
We can't make a r-r-roof without the "oo" sound.
Oh, don't worry, Monkey.
I'll get that "oo" so we can fix your roof.
Good luck, Duck.
(chattering) Come back here, you "oo."
I need you to fix the roof.
NARRATOR: Duck did his best to catch the "oo."
Hey, who turned out the lights?
Whoa!
NARRATOR: But with the wind blowing so hard, he couldn't even fly.
DUCK: Oh!
Phew.
All right, where'd that "oo" go?
Wh-Whoa, whoa, whoa!
NARRATOR: Meanwhile, Kangaroo was loading up her train with letters.
♪ Doodly-dee-doo-dee-doo.
♪ There, that ought to do it.
(wind whistling) Didgeridoo, it sure is windy all of a sudden.
DUCK: Oh!
Incoming!
Huh?
Kangaroo!
Duck?
Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
Gotcha.
Well, good day, Duck.
Kangaroo, did you see an "oo" fly this way?
An "oo"?
Do you mean two letter "O"s?
Yes.
I need two letter "O"s to make the "oo" sound to fix Monkey's roof before it rains.
Quack, quack.
No worries, Duck.
I can get you an "oo" for Monkey's roof.
You can?
Hmm, let me see here.
Aha.
Here you go, Duck.
The letter "O" and the letter "O."
Put them together and they make the "oo" sound.
You have your own "oo"?
Oh, yeah, "oo"s are my specialty.
I am a kangaroo, after all.
I even have an "oo" in my tail.
Listen-- kangaroo.
Cool.
I like to keep lots of "oo"s around, Duck.
It's like I always say.
♪ You can never have too many "oo"s ♪ ♪ Doodly-oo, doodly-oo ♪ ♪ Two letter "O"s they make the sound of "oo" ♪ ♪ Doodly-oo, doodly-oo ♪ ♪ 'Cause if you have yourself an "oo," you can build a roof ♪ ♪ You can never have too many "oo"s ♪ ♪ Doodly-oo, doodly-oo, doodly-oo, ooh!
♪ Thanks for the "oo," Kangaroo.
(wind whistling) Oh, but it's still too windy for me to fly.
How am I going to get this "oo" to Monkey way far away in the jungle?
Oh... We'll take it to him in my train.
Hop on in.
Huh?
(gasps) Ready, Duck?
Ready.
(whistle blows) NARRATOR: So, with Kangaroo's help, Duck was on his way to bring Monkey the "oo," so they could fix his roof.
This is so cool.
(rumbling) Uh... quack, quack.
What happened?
Don't know.
Let me have a look see.
What is it?
It seems the drive rod has come unhooked from the fix bolt on the power wheel.
The who-sy has done what-sy on the where-sy?
It's broken.
Oh, now we'll never get Monkey's roof fixed before it rains.
Quack, quack.
No worries, Duck.
We can fix it.
We just need a tool.
And there's an "oo" in the word "tool."
Catch!
Coo-oo-ool!
Okay, first, a letter "T" for the "tuh" sound.
Then two letter "O"s for the "oo" sound.
And then, a letter "L" for the "uhl" sound.
Tuh-oo-uhl.
KIDS: Tool!
(bolt squeaking) There.
That ought to do it.
Come on, Duck.
We better get going.
(whistle blowing) Boy, Kangaroo, it's a good thing you have all those extra "oo"s!
Well, it's like I always say.
♪ You can never have too many "oo"s ♪ ♪ Doodely-oo, doodely-oo ♪ All right!
♪ Two letter "O"s, they make the sound of "oo" ♪ ♪ Doodely-oo, doodely-oo ♪ ♪ 'Cause if you have yourself an "oo" ♪ ♪ You can build a tool ♪ ♪ You can never have too many "oo"s ♪ ♪ Doodely-oo, doodely-oo, doodely-oo ♪ ♪ Ooh!
♪ (laughing) (rumbling) Quack, quack.
Quack, quack.
Why did we stop?
Because it's the end of the track, Duck.
What are we going to do?
What are we going to do?
How are we going to get to Monkey's house?
Looks like we'll have to walk from here.
Walk?
Quack, quack.
But if we walk, we'll never get there in time to fix Monkey's roof.
No worries, Duck.
We'll get there in time.
All we have to do is build you some boots.
Boots?
Yeah.
Special boots that will make you go really fast.
And guess what?
What?
They're built with an "oo."
Whoo and hoo!
Okay.
So, that's a letter "B" for the "buh" sound.
And two letter "O"s for the "oo" sound.
And a letter "T" for the "tuh" sound.
And a letter "S" for the "ss" sound.
Buh-oo-tuh-ss.
KIDS: Boots!
Yahoo!
Boots!
And not just any boots.
Kangaroo boots.
Whoa!
Look at me!
I'm bouncing like a kangaroo!
We'll get to Monkey's house in no time.
Ready, Duck?
Ready!
♪ You can never have too many "oo"s ♪ ♪ Doodely-oo, doodely-o ♪ All right!
♪ Two letter "O"s, they make the sound of "oo" ♪ ♪ Doodely-oo, doodely-oo ♪ ♪ 'Cause if you have an "oo" or two ♪ ♪ You can build some boots ♪ ♪ You can never have too many "oo"s ♪ ♪ Doodely-oo, doodely-oo, doodely-oo.
♪ DUCK: Don't worry, Monkey!
We're coming!
Duck!
Kangaroo-oo-oo!
Hi, Monkey.
We brought the "oo"s to fix your roof.
(hooting) Super.
They're right in... Hey!
Where'd those "oo"s go?
Oh, no!
There's no more "oo"s!
No worries, Duck.
I've got an extra "oo" right up here.
Ooh!
Kangaroo, you're a jumping genius.
Well, Duck, remember what I always say.
You can never have too many "oo"s. Yep, you're right.
♪ You can never have too many "oo"s ♪ ♪ Doodely-oo, doodely-oo ♪ ♪ Two letter "O"s, they make the sound of "oo" ♪ ♪ Doodely-oo, doodely-oo ♪ ♪ 'Cause if you have yourself an "oo" ♪ ♪ You can build a roof ♪ ♪ You can never have too many "oo"s ♪ ♪ Doodely-oo, doodely-oo, doodely-oo ♪ ♪ Ooh!
♪ (thunder rumbling) Oh!
The rain is coming.
(gasping) Hurry!
We have to... ALL: Build a word!
♪ ♪ ♪ It's time to build a word ♪ ♪ Let's build it, let's build it now!
♪ "Ruh."
That's the letter "R." "Oo."
That's the two "O"s.
"Fff."
That's the letter "F." Ruh-oo-fff.
KIDS: Roof!
♪ Yeah, we just built a word ♪ ♪ We built it, we built it!
♪ Huh?
Ooh.
Everybody inside.
It's starting to rain.
Okay, Monkey.
Then we'll be dry.
Thanks.
Ah, it sure is nice and dry under here.
Thanks to you two-oo-oo.
You're welcome, Monkey.
Okay, Monkey.
What game do you want to play?
Oh, how about "Duck, Duck, Goose"?
Oh, my favorite game!
(laughing) NARRATOR: The three WordFriends played and played as it rained and rained, but they stayed nice and dry, thanks to Monkey's new roo-oo-oof.
The end.
♪♪
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