0:00:02 > 0:00:04# Every day when you're walkin' down the street
0:00:04 > 0:00:07# Everybody that you meet
0:00:07 > 0:00:10# Has an original point of view
0:00:10 > 0:00:12# And I say, hey! Hey!
0:00:12 > 0:00:17# What a wonderful kind of day If we can learn to work and play
0:00:17 > 0:00:21# And get along with each other
0:00:21 > 0:00:23# You got to listen to your heart Listen to the beat
0:00:23 > 0:00:26# Listen to the rhythm The rhythm of the street
0:00:26 > 0:00:28# Open up your eyes! Open up your ears!
0:00:28 > 0:00:32# Get together and make things better by working together
0:00:32 > 0:00:37# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
0:00:37 > 0:00:41# Oh, believe in yourself For that's the place to start
0:00:41 > 0:00:46# And I say, hey! Hey! What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:46 > 0:00:51# Where we can learn to work and play and get along with each other
0:00:51 > 0:00:56# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Hey, DW!
0:01:00 > 0:01:01- Hey!- Whoa!
0:01:01 > 0:01:02CRASH
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Hi. Today, I want to introduce you to a new friend of mine. Her name is...
0:01:09 > 0:01:13Hey! Ladonna Compson here. Nice to meet you.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Today's show has everything in it - adventures, jokes, alligators,
0:01:16 > 0:01:20- dinosaurs, tigers...- Wait a minute, there are no tigers in this show.
0:01:20 > 0:01:26- Oh, yeah? What do you call this? Rarr!- A hand puppet?
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Well, OK, you've got me there.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30But there is the world's smartest,
0:01:30 > 0:01:34most handsome white rat named General Higgins. See?
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Come to think of it, there aren't any dinosaurs in this story either.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Are so. Want to pinky bet?
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- Winner gets to wrap up the show. - You're on!
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- See you at the end of the show. - Don't count on it.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47CRUNCH
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Ow! How did you get such strong pinkies?
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Coming! Bye, Oaksey. You're the best tree in the whole yard.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Sorry, I carved a nail into ya!
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Goodbye, rusty rake. Goodbye, mossy rock.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Goodbye, tree that looks like a scarecrow.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Goodbye, gopher hole.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16I get to sit by the window and so does Rapty,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19and you have to help me practise my harmonica, cos Daddy said so.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Hello, 16-hour drive.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51They live right down the block and we want them to like us,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54so you'd better let me do the talking.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Hi, I'm DW, your four houses down the block neighbour.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Pleased to meet you.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10- Do you have a little sister? - I'm Ladonna. Nice to meet you, too.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14No younger sisters, but there's Bud, he's about your age.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Bud, get down here, we've got company.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21- Hi, I'm Arthur. Welcome to the neighbourhood.- Thanks. Is it a cake?
0:03:21 > 0:03:24I love cake. My favourite cake is King cake.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26It's got cinnamon and icing and a little baby inside.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Not a real one, of course, a plastic one.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Once, my brother, Gussie, bit into a slice and chipped a molar on it!
0:03:32 > 0:03:36Cross my heart. But I've never seen King cake outside Louisiana.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39It's a pie. Rhubarb, I think. My dad made it.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40LADONNA SNIFFS
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Smells amazing.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48Hey, Mom! Someone named Arthur and DW just brought us a rhubarb pie.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51What's rhubarb, anyway? A root? A berry? A tuber?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53I'm sure I'll like it, whatever it is.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57My daddy says I'm a garbage disposal with legs. I eat everything.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Except beets, I can't stand beets. If I even look at a beet,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03my stomach starts jumping like a toad on a pogo stick.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Want to come in and have some sweet tea? Madison, make some sweet tea!
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Well, are you going to come in? Or we could go outside.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12I love exploring in the woods.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Are there any woods to explore around here?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Huh? Oh, yeah, plenty of them.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20But we were on our way to my grandma's. Maybe later?
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Oh, OK. Sure.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Well, don't be a stranger, four houses down neighbours.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Thanks for the pie.
0:04:28 > 0:04:29LADONNA YELPS
0:04:29 > 0:04:32You talked too much and scared 'em away, didn't you?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34What? No, I didn't.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Did so. I was spying right over there
0:04:36 > 0:04:38and your mouth didn't stop moving once.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41You shouldn't spy. It's against the law.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46Well, it was Rapty's idea, so it's only half my fault. Bad dinosaur.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- You're going to jail. - Anyway, they seem nice.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53I hope they did like me. We're going to need some new friends here.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Don't worry about me. Everyone likes me,
0:04:56 > 0:05:00because I'm cute, funny and can make good animal noises.
0:05:00 > 0:05:06But you might want to try and be just a little less Ladonna-ish.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Just until they get used to ya.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09SHE SIGHS
0:05:09 > 0:05:13I'd like you to meet your new classmate - Ladonna Compson.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16CLASS CHATTERS
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Hey! Over here. I saved you a seat.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23BELL RINGS
0:05:23 > 0:05:27- You have a really cool accent. Where are you from?- Louisiana.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- Ladonna, is that short for something?- Nope.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Do you play basketball?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34We could really use someone your height on our team.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38- I'm not very good.- Do you like Dark Bunny?- I haven't met him yet.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43- Is he in our class?- He's a superhero on TV.- Oh, we don't have a TV.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44BUSTER SPLUTTERS
0:05:46 > 0:05:47Well, we did have one once.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- But we gave it away to the alligator sanctuary.- Alligator sanctuary?
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Yeah, it's where they rescue alligators
0:05:53 > 0:05:55and other lizards that have been abandoned.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59My brother was working there and there was this 'gator named Penny
0:05:59 > 0:06:02and she was kind of grumpy and no-one could figure out why.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04But TV really calmed her down, so my daddy...
0:06:04 > 0:06:07This is really boring, isn't it?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09ALL: No, go on.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Well, they put the TV right outside Penny's enclosure.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Turned out that she really liked this one soap opera.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- I have something to confess to you. I'm not Sheldon.- You're not?
0:06:20 > 0:06:25I am Shelby, Sheldon's twin. I should have told you sooner, Karen.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27I'm not Karen. I'm Kara.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31PENNY ROARS
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Karen's my undercover name.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Then Penny had all these alligator babies
0:06:37 > 0:06:39and they really like the soap, too.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Though my younger brother, Bud, was upset
0:06:41 > 0:06:44because we didn't have a TV and everyone else did.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46So, he made my daddy take it back.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50But then Madison was home sick one day and there was nothing to watch.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51So she started watching that soap
0:06:51 > 0:06:54and she had it on really loud because her ears were stuffy
0:06:54 > 0:06:58and when it was over, she discovered that she wasn't alone.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00MADISON SHRIEKS
0:07:03 > 0:07:07After that, we gave the TV to the alligator sanctuary for good.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09You had a carnivorous reptile in your house?
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Brain, it was an alligator. Haven't you been listening?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Did you keep him?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17You know, alligator oil is a fabulous moisturiser.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22I believe history follows lunch. Not story time.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27I have an older sister, too. Do you guys have to share a room?
0:07:27 > 0:07:31After school, you and me, the mall, big sale on glitter headbands.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Don't tell anyone,
0:07:32 > 0:07:36but I have a coupon for Greggerson's all-you-can-eat buffet.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39We can have thirds, fourths, they can't stop us!
0:07:40 > 0:07:44But the largest crab I ever caught was as big as a pizza.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Cross my heart.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49And he had a hook instead of a hand, but he could do anything with it,
0:07:49 > 0:07:51even thread a needle.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56BUSTER LAUGHS
0:07:56 > 0:07:59BUSTER SHUDDERS
0:07:59 > 0:08:02And my momma played in that band until she was 25, but got so broke,
0:08:02 > 0:08:06she had to sell her trumpet. But then the soldier bought it back.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09And that was my daddy - Captain Rufus Tucker Compson.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11- Woo-hoo!- Ha-ha-ha!
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Rarr!
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- What was that?- A whale.- Really?
0:08:19 > 0:08:23It sounded like our car just before it died. Listen to this.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25DW CROWS LIKE A ROOSTER
0:08:25 > 0:08:31- That's the best rooster I've ever heard.- Thanks! Keep practising.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32See ya!
0:08:34 > 0:08:38She didn't like my whale. She didn't like my pig sound, either.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Said it was too oinkey. Not like a real pig.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45These things take time, Bud. We've only been here a week,
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- you can't expect to have friends overnight.- Why not?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51You've got friends already. You're not paying them, are you?
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Of course not. They like me because I tell great stories.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00- Well, what happens when you run out of stories?- He-he-he! Me?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Run out of stories?
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Please, the Atlantic Ocean will dry up before that ever happens.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09But Gussie's face was so red and swollen,
0:09:09 > 0:09:11he decided to wear a mask to school.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- That's how he became known as... - The Phantom of the Poison Ivy.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- How did you know that? - You already told us that story.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Well, how about this one?
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Once I heard this mysterious sound coming from somewhere in our walls.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27First, I thought it was a ghost...
0:09:27 > 0:09:30But it turned out a barn owl had made a nest in your chimney.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33You told us that one twice. But I love it.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Especially when the owl lays an egg in Madison's hat.
0:09:36 > 0:09:42- Ha-ha! Hey, did you see Dark Bunny last night?- Oh! Wasn't it amazing?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44I was so surprised by that ending.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47And who knew Bionic Bunny's real name is Sue?!
0:09:54 > 0:09:57And then when that guy turned out to be a mutant. Hey!
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Where are you going? There's still five minutes of recess left.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05Huh? Oh, I just have to get my mittens. Yeah, they're in my locker.
0:10:13 > 0:10:19- Hey, Ladonna. Got any stories for us today?- Erm, no.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24Actually, it's a little crowded here. Why don't you sit over there?
0:10:42 > 0:10:45BUSTER LAUGHS
0:10:45 > 0:10:49- Did I ever tell you about the time we had a bear as a pet?- What?- No.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50You have to tell us.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Once my daddy and I were alone
0:10:52 > 0:10:55on this camping trip around Mount Driskill in Louisiana
0:10:55 > 0:10:58and we came across this ginormous grizzly bear
0:10:58 > 0:11:02who was roaring his lungs out like this - roooar!
0:11:02 > 0:11:06- And we thought we were goners for sure. But then...- Wait!
0:11:06 > 0:11:08There are no grizzly bears in Louisiana.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12The Ursus Arctos Horribilis, or grizzly bear, lives out west
0:11:12 > 0:11:15in places like the Rockies and British Columbia.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Well... I... I... I guess this one just got lost.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Anyway, Madison fed him some, erm, some pizza and...
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- I thought you said it was just you and your dad on the trip?- I did?
0:11:27 > 0:11:31- No, no, she was there too. - Is this story true?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Maybe I fibbed in a few parts,
0:11:34 > 0:11:38- just to make it a little bit more exciting.- Which parts?
0:11:38 > 0:11:42- Well, the part about the bear for one.- What about your other stories?
0:11:42 > 0:11:46- Were they lies, too? - No, they weren't. Cross my heart.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50- I don't believe you. - I bet you don't even have mittens.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55Arthur, I just lied this one time. You believe me, don't you?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57I don't know what to think any more.
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