I dont want to talk about it right now. I dont want to have anything to do with this limerick slam, and i dont want to hear another limerick as long as i live ah, alright, hector. What is the deal with you and limericks . It was seven years ago. In this very room. In the days when the limerick slam was held in the diner. It was the Second Annual limerick slam. He started to sneeze and lost his cream cheese. And my opponent was manny spamboni. And never did finish his bagel. Ding ding that limerick is valid alright, manny thats my little boy. But as good as manny was i was better. I was the returning champion and about to win, again. Good luck, hector. Hector. This is for the championship. Make up a limerick about the beach. I started my limerick beautifully. I once took a trip to the ocean. But then, i started hearing this awful sound, like a bug but i didnt see one anywhere. buzzing it completely distracted me, i couldnt Pay Attention to my limerick. buzzing the sound distracted me so much that i said the weirdest thing. I am a Chicken Pot Pie. Huh . Eheh thats not valid we have a limerick slam champ, manny spamboni woo applause better luck next year, hector, youll certainly need it. laughing youre a Chicken Pot Pie. Hey look, i was distracted. Oh come on, hector, why have you not taken manny on since then . Yeah, you never give up. I didnt give up, ok, you know im just not that into limericks, ok, theyre not my thing. phone beeping a message. From manny. There once was a poet named jess whose limericks did not impress. She didnt have hector to come and protect her because hector was just such a mess. cackling ok, thats it. Jess, are you ready to become the next limerick slam champion . I am good, lets do this thing. Alright yeah its time for electric sound off im your host, hector ruiz. cheers lets spin the wheel what sound are we playing with today . Short i, the i sound. Lets plug in i to see it in action. I as in big lid. Or ill inchworm. Or a pigs ship. Is sit a short i word . All yes is site a short i word . All no thats right. It has an i, but its a long i not a short i. And now, i need two volunteers to go head to head with the i sound. Ill do it. Ill do it. Well, come on up cheering lets see some words make a sentence using these words. The person who uses the most words with the i sound wins. But be careful, weve hidden some long i words on the wall too. Ready . Both ready work on your sentences while we hear a word from our sponsor. Zip. Zip. Zip. I, Francine Carruthers am the best zipperzipper around. For only 300, ill zip you into your coat, zip you into your shoes. Experience what its like to be zipped by a true zipperzipper. Times up lets see what sentences you made. Well, my sentence is a kitten in mittens is sitting on a twig. Look at that kitten, in mittens, is, sitting, twig six i words. You have your work cut out for you, danny. No problem my sentence is a twig on a mitten is behind the nice kitten. You got twig, mitten is, and kitten thats four points. But nice and behind have the i sound, not the i sound. That means. Jessica wins cheering what didin . A big blimp wow ill see you next time on electric sound off beat boxing laughter we kicked it. Quickly. laughter im special agent jack bowser. Chew on this im stuck, this thing is about to blow, but i cant crack the code to get out. Help me read this. Flick, the famous goldfish had chicken flavored gum explosions ok, so the most important thing about a limerick is that it has its very own structure. Structure, what do you mean . Im talking about the way that its built. Like. Ok, see that building over there . It has its own structure it has the foundation, the walls, the roof. A limerick has its own structure as well. So, how do you build one . Ah, check it out ill show you. Ok. Im standing here by a brick wall a great place to throw a word ball. Im teaching you how to limerick now and i hope you remember it all. You see, this the rhyme structure, the first two lines end in a rhyme wall and ball. Hmm, and the next two lines end in a rhyme how and now. Exactly, and the last line ends in a rhyme with the first two. All rhymes with wall and ball. Exactly, thats the limerick structure thats how its built. I can do that, step aside. Ok. Im a Limerick Queen im only 13. I know how to rhyme each and every time. See what i mean eheh that is invalid. I got the rhyme structure right. Yes, you got the rhyme structure right, but the rhythm was off. Oh, shock, whats up, man . A beat please. beat boxing ok, now listen to the rhythm without the words. Oh, i get it i can do that. There once was a Limerick Queen, a girl at the age of 13. She learned how to rhyme and keep it in time, and now she knows just what you mean. Ding ding that is a valid limerick. Nice thanks, shock. What are you doing here, man . Its beautiful out. Well, well, well, looks like hector has taught his sister the art of the limerick. It would be a shame if she got. Distracted. buzzing i have a mechanical bug that lives in a little red jug it buzzes around distracting with sound and for that i will give it a hug. cackling you know what i dont like . I dont like silent letters, i find them really annoying. Like when a b comes after an m its dumb, whats the point . I mean, the bs just hanging around there for no reason. I say thumbs down to mb and so, with a stomp i will flip the mb to an mp. Now see, that p is doing something thumps. I can hear that p. Now i can make words like, like stamp. And trample. And bump. Now, ill take the words climb and crumb and comb and put them in the dump oh yeah, im pumped i feel so much better. Thumbs up to you good job. Oh, youre great. You were really good. Youre fantastic. Youre the best. Youre awesome thanks, i know. beat boxing alright, stay focused, dont get distracted and your name could be right up there. Limerick slam champion. Yikes, thats a lot of manny spambonis. Dont worry about it youre ready. Manny, you do your best, you try hard, you play fair. You understand . Of course, mommy i always play fair. And one more thing. Uhhuh . Win. Alright, limerick lovers are you ready for three rollicking rounds of limerick lunacy . cheering alright, you all know the rules. Or maybe you dont. You will each compose three limericks on the spot, i will give you a word and you will rhyme it in your limericks, and your limericks must make sense. Should you fail, you will hear this, eheh alright, let the limerick slam begin cheers and applause we will start with our reigning champ, manny. Make up a limerick using the word poet. bell ringing poet. Im manny, the limerick poet im good and boy, do i know it some want me to make a great big mistake, but sorry, im not gonna blow it. Ding ding thats a valid limerick. cheering and now, the challenger, jessica. Your word is dozen. Dozen. I went to the store with my cousin to pick up 12 donuts a dozen. buzzing we thought we heard flies, but to our surprise, all that was there was a buzzing. Ding ding thats valid. Time out, time out thats a new one. Ok, ill allow it. Come over here what happened . I did hear a buzzing sound and it was really distracting. Buzzing . Yeah, like bzzzz. Ok, ok, go distract everybody for a second i need to check something out. Distract, right . Yeah, yeah. Um, hey, i want to thank everybody for coming out to the ninth annual limerick slam and i want to thank the electric diner for sponsoring us. Bingo. Now, how about seven years ago . Excuse me. Good job, jess. Excuse me, hi. Do you mind if i take jessicas place in this round . Another new one. Lets check with your opponent. Bring it, Chicken Pot Pie alright folks, the slam is on with a tagteam twist. Hector, youre up. Your word is hair. buzzing hair. I just grabbed this thing from the air that was buzzing around by my hair. It might seem weird but it kind of appeared that someone was not playing fair ding ding thats valid. Give me my bug manny, what bug . Well, hes probably referring to the tiny mechanical bug that hes been flying into our ears to distract us. Yeah, that one give it to me. Manny yes, mommy. What did i tell you about playing fair . Um, that i should do that. Were going home but, mommy. No more robotics for a week mommy i guess that means that jessica is the winner no, no, wait, wait. Im sorry, i know i keep doing this. But why dont we have just one more round, fair and square, no bugs, just limericks. What do you say, manny . Can i, mommy . Alright, but give me that bug. And. How about we make this one a team round if thats ok . Why not . I pick jess as my partner. Ok, manny you choose your partner. He chooses me. Lets do this. Alright folks, get ready for the freaky freestyle round. Your limericks can be about anything. We will keep going until someone makes an invalid limerick. Here we go. There once was a sister and a brother. A pair that could rhyme like no other. Our skills are supreme and we work as a team. Now manny gets joined by his mother. I cannot believe that you cheated. Its better than being defeated. Thats not how you play, thats just not the way. I promise that it wont be repeated. Mannys bug caused a major distraction and his mom, well, she had a reaction. She got really mad and she yelled at the lad. Now lets watch their next interaction. Lets hope that you did learn your lesson. Yes mommy, i have learned my lesson. Eheh oh what happened . You rhymed lesson with lesson, you cant rhyme one word with the same word thats completely invalid. Which means that jessica and hector win cheering sobbing there, there, manny, next year. sobbing jessica and hector ruiz. Limerick slam champions. Hector, im glad youre back on the limerick scene. I must say, it is nice to be back. Hey hector, do you think i could be in the limerick slam next year . Ah keith, what an excellent question. But please, let me make this suggestion. If youre seeking success take your lessons from jess, cause today, she made quite the impression. Good job. Thank you. Well, look at that the Electric Company might be able to rhyme, but they wont win this time. On prankster planet, no one can stop me. Will you even dare to try, Electric Company . laughing prankster planet prankster planet the reverseaballs reversing all the words on earth, so its jessica and marcus to the rescue francine has eight machines you must stop them all to save the world from the reverseaballs prankster planet prankster planet meanwhile, in francines studio. Hello, loyal fans. All Francine Francine youre too kind. Lets take a look at three examples of my reverseaballs on earth. Reverseaball 1. Valid if something is valid then it means that it counts its right. Reverseaball 2. Lettuce and cheese on sevengrain toast. Reverseaball 3. What did i tell you about playing fair . Um, that i should do that. Brilliant. Lets check on the progress of our Little Heroes jessica and marcus, as they try to stop my reverseaballs. laughing how are you so good at this . My dad was any olympic log hopper, its in my blood. screaming well, its not looking good for the Electric Company. So why dont i make it worse . Hey, its survey time. The survey question is what should i drop on the Electric Company . Time to vote you can vote for chickens, pickles, or pies. Im going to show the results of the survey using a bar graph i love a bar graph. Its time to. All vote vote vote vote and now, the part where we have the results of the survey. Time what did you vote for . This bar shows that ten of you voted for chickens. This bar shows that 17 voted for pickles. This bar shows that 13 voted for pies. Pickles has the tallest bar. Pickles win the results of the survey show that you want me to drop pickles on jessica and marcus. Time its time for a pickle pile this really isnt funny, marcus. Well, ok. Thats kind of funny. I take it back not funny. Pickles. Reverseaballs. How are we going to stop the reverseaballs now . No idea. Marcus, just how hungry are you . chomping sounds mmm. Dont waste it. I didnt count on marty liking pickles that much. burping hey, theres a lever. Time for my prankster planet prankster rules emergency button good luck stopping the reverseaballs now both hey you guys go to pbskidsgo. Org and stop the reverseaballs. The Electric Company and the people of earth need you we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming for a special Electric Company shout out from prankster planet todays honorary Electric Company members are gold53, josleen21, and coollookin luca. Congratulations both thank you. You can be an honorary member of the Electric Company too online and stop francines verseaballs im only 13. Im special agent jack bowser. Im stuck here. What am i, a pepperoni . This whole pie is about to explode and i cant crack the code to get out help me read this. They jumped from a bump to a lumpy stump two brothers. Allright who know a lot about creatures. Tdevils have the strongest jaws of any mammal. And personal hygiene. Yuck watch wild kratts on pbs kids go or anytime at pbs kids go dot org. The Electric Company is brought to you by. Find your voice and share it American Greetings proud sponsor of the Electric Company. Agreement from the u. S. Department of educations ready to learn grant, and viewers like you, thank you. I cannot believe that you cheated. Its better than being defeated. Thats not how you sorry. Mannys mom dropped the mic on the stage. Wish you had your own Electric Company profile . Go online to pbskidsgo. Org and make your very own electric page and fill it with pictures, videos, and songs from the show. Decorate it just the way you want to and share with your friends. Ive got one too, and i cant wait to see what you came up with. Wild kratts is made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Wild kratts hey, were the kratt brothers im martin. And im chris. And were going out on the biggest habitat on earth. The ocean. Looking for the largest creatures in the world. The whales chris early morning, seas are calm. Martin perfect time for looking for whales whoa were going right into the fog martin its a thick mist. How are we ever gonna find a whale in this . Chris because of the mist, we cant see the whale. So were gonna stop right here and listen for the sound of their spouting. water hissing yeah did you hear that . Theres whales all around us in the mist i think i saw something down there. Whoa fin whales the second largest whale in the world. A fin whale can live to be over 100 years old. Tiny little fin, but a big animal theyre fast. Come up, breathe and then dive again. Some whales can hold their breath for over an hour. But when theyre travelling like this they stay under for only five minutes. Look at all the swirls. Theyve gone down. All right, lets keep movin martin even though whales are the biggest animals on earth they can be the hardest to hang out with. They live in the water often freezing cold water. They swim fast and dive deep. Some whales, like the sperm whale, dive so deep, theyre impossible to follow down there where they hunt giant squid. Imagine if we had whale powers and could join whales wherever they go. And do whatever they do. What if on adventure with the coolest creatures from the oceans to the trees the brothers kratt are going places you never get to see hanging with their creature friends get ready, its the hour were gonna see some animals today with creature power gonna go wild, wild kratts gonna go wild, wild wild kratts gonna go wild, wild kratts gonna go wild, wild, wild cheetah speed and lizard glide falcon flight and lion pride gonna go wild, wild kratts gonna go wild, wild wild kratts gonna go wild, wild kratts gonna go wild, wild wild kratts go wild, wild, wild kratts machinery humming beeping buzzing Navigation Systems online. beeping viewing port activated. All right, lets take this new amphisub for a test drive. Martin whoo hoo yeah chris yeehaw martin whoo hoo chris yeehaw this is an awesome sub. Martin its so maneuverable. And what a view you can see everything going on all around us. And, who knows whats happening down there in the depths. Chris theres the question can this sub go deep enough to find out . Whoa, incoming arrow squid, and theyre feeding on. Little amphipods tiny microscopic animals floating in the water. Whoa. These squid are squishy. And slimy oh, and their suction cups kind of tickle laughing hey, aviva, i love this exploration valve feature. Oh yeah, this amphisub rocks the deep sea. Fantastico. Got one more thing for the sub before you deep dive. Just hang out there until i can finish up this robot arm. Phew wheres my mango juice . Oh, in the fridge. Might as well test the robot arm. Hmph ahh. Guys, this robot arm is gonna be a great addon to the sub. Perfect for deep sea discovery. I like these exploration valves better. I can pet wild squidpets. This is squiddo. Squidtacular. Squidcicle. Martin, are you squidding me . Ha ha, squidding me good one, chris. Theres no way you could come up with names for 1,000 squids. Well see. This little guy is ah he nipped me. Your fangs whoa, check that make it beaks. A squid has a beak like a parrot. Whoa. Aviva, are you sure this sub has what it takes to take on the mystery of the deep sea . I mean really deep sea . Well, thats what im designing it for. Small squid attacks are one thing, but what about bigger ones . Or the water pressure . I know, the deep sea is harder to explore than outer space. Im working on it. We need a sub that can go as deep as a sperm whale and keep up with it. Nobody has ever followed a sperm whale into the deep before i love the challenge. But it might not be something i can crack in a day. Not unless i have some big inspiration. rumbling outside uh, how about this . Sperm whale at 6 00 whoa now thats a huge whale. Uh, no. Thats a huge whale. screaming martin mother sperm whale. Chris and her calf. Martin whoa. Heh, is that big enough inspiration for you, aviva . Might be. It might be whale powers. Lets see, a sperm whale can dive deeper than any other whale. She has flexible ribs that can fold up under intense pressure. And she has a thick layer of fat to keep her warm in the cold, deep waters i can learn a lot from these whales. This is gonna be the best creature power suit yet. loud boomclick whoa, what was that . Its coming from the big mama sperm whales head boomclick crackling okay, its true. Sperm whales are the loudest animal in the world. Chris theyre echolocating on us. Martin yeah, that booming sound. Comes out of her big, bumpy head. Chris bounces off