Get together and make things better by working together its a simple message and it comes from the heart believe in yourself for thats the place to start and i say hey hey what a wonderful kind of day if we could learn to work and play and get along with each other. Hey what a wonderful kind of day hey what a wonderful kind of day. Hey arthur hey, d. W. Hey whoa crash um. clears throat you might want to think about. Shh i want to do it myself okay, okay. Sometimes i dont think d. W. Really appreciates how easy her life is because of me. I mean, she can always come to me for great advice. Do not fear mosquitoes. If you blow gently on them, they will go away. blows ow more gently next time. Now i shall tell you how to tie your shoes with your mind. I constantly encourage her. Trust me, d. W. You can do this. Thats it, youre doing it youre rollerskating d. W. Screams, crashes uh, that was great. Now well work on stopping. And when she gets to kindergarten, everyone will respect her because shes arthur reads sister. Hey, isnt that arthurs sister . All welcome, arthurs sister best of all, i teach her things, like checkers. D. W. king me loud clang yelps tadah thank you, thank you the great francine will now accept your applause. Ah, yes, the first morning of circus camp. I remember it well. Wait till youre on the trapeze, 15 feet off the ground. Its harder than flipping cereal into your mouth. You may have been good at circus camp, catherine, but im going to rule. Well just see about that. Yes, we will. Mr. Frensky hey, laverne i think we may have two circus stars in this family. Got to run catherine good luck, squirt. Say hi to boris for me. Whoa binky this sure beats band camp. Man greetings, young apprentices. I am boris tumbler trapeze artist, ringleader and more importantly your camp counselor. Arthur read . Here. Binky barnes . Thats me. And frensky . Are you related to catherine frensky . Shes my sister. This is an honor. Catherine was one of my best pupils, a real natural. Okay, lets join the rest of the kids on our first stop tumbling. Follow the feet. Lets begin with what you already know. How about a basic cartwheel . Frensky, show them how its done. Ow ii think my hand slipped. Happens to all of us. All right, everyone, on the mat. Whoohoo hey, ive never even done one of those before. Oof laughs nervously just got to get the right momentum. If arthur can do it. Aah now, i know back flips look scary but youll be in this harness and ill be spotting you. Lets have a volunteer. Frensky, how about you . Um, okay. Now just reach back and bring your legs over. Ow francine sorry thats okay. Just keep your legs together next time. Take fiveminute break while your counselor gets an ice pack. Hey, squirt, i found some circus stuff for you. These gloves are great for the trapeze. Oh, and remember this adorable top from my tightrope routine . crowd cheering francine yay, catherine did you see that . Shes amazing whistling no, thanks i dont want your sweaty old clothes. I thought you could use something to bring you luck. I dont need luck. Im great at circus camp. Youre better than me at horseback riding but you wont win this, too. You cant win at circus, francine. Its not a competition. Whatever. Need a hand . moans thanks. I was practicing for hours last night and my arms feel like jelly but i think ive finally nailed tumbling. Okay, kids, whos ready to perform on the flying trapeze . Kids me me me me trapeze . what happened to somersaults and cartwheels . Youll love trapeze, frensky. It was your sisters best routine. Francine why does everyone expect me to be like catherine . I dont even look like her. Sure you do. What . i do not youre right youre shorter. But other than that. Well, at least i dont sound like her. Do i . Maybe just a little, but in a good way. Just hold on to the bar and swing across. Natatcha will catch you. Whoa. screams nice try francine. Mr. Frensky hey, franky, how was camp . angrily terrific. I cant wait to see you in the final performance. We got the invitation today. Um, actually, dad, the performance wont be a big thing this year. You dont have to come. Of course were coming. We wouldnt miss it for the world. So, what do you think youll do . The tightrope, like catherine . No, i will not do the tightrope or the trapeze or back flips or anything else that catherine did slams door quietly catherine, catherine catherine, catherine. yawns might as well just call myself catherine ii. Thats what everyone wants. dramatic music plays announcer you loved catherine, the greatest action hero ever known and now, from the producers of catherine. Its catherine ii francine yes, its catherine ii shes kind of back and shes almost as great as the first one. Almost. Sort of. alarm blares if you loved catherine youll probably at least like catherine ii. I liked the first one, but this just didnt work for me. Yeah, sequels are never as good. Just a sequel, huh . Well see about that. in fake french accent hello, binky, Arthur Francine . What are you wearing . in fake accent i am just trying a Little Something new something, how you say, unique . Now i am not so much like the catherine, nest blah . Maybe, but shes nothing like francine either. Hello, everyone. Im fishface your clowning instructor. Clowning is a delightful and entertaining circus art. But make no mistake its also very serious business. So pay attention. Okay, well start with the unicycle. You with the beret whats your name . clears throat yksnerf. Yksnerf . Theres no yksnerf on the attendance sheet. Theres a frensky. Thats yksnerf spelled backwards. in fake accent uh, it must be how you say . The typo. Sounds reasonable. How about trying the unicycle . Great another thing for me to stink at. Okay, its all a matter of balance. Try pedaling a little. Thats it look youre doing it whoa. fishface stop i cant yelling crash kids laughing sorry. Are you okay . Everything hurts but thats normal. Im getting pretty good at this. Oof poor francine. Only two days until the performance and she still cant do a somersault. I really hope she doesnt embarrass herself. Ladies and gentlemen boys and girls it has been an amazing, exciting few weeks, and now it is time. I give you the elwood city kids circus applause and cheering applause and cheering applause applause and cheering wheres francine . I havent seen her at all. I dont know. The shows almost over. horn honking whoa thunk laughing and cheering arthur oh, no, shes going to try juggling. I cant watch. laughter oof audience laughing applause Arthur Francine that was the funniest thing ever. You were the hit of the show thanks, guys. But i owe it all to this guy. No, no, you were a natural. When francine told me she was ready to take clowning seriously, well. chokes up it just got to me. squeaking theres my girl. Im so proud of you. I, um, was never very good at clowning myself. I think i will take those circus clothes you gave me. That frilly pink shirt could be pretty funny in a clown routine. Its already so ridiculous. It is not that shirt is haute couture. Is that french for dorkylooking . Forget it. Kids and now. Thats my sister and thats my brother. Sean is my older brother. Im sean. Tim is my twin. My name is tim. Theyre both twins. Theyre my brothers. Were siblings. We like gymnastics. Sean we are like francine and catherine because they compete against each other and we compete against each other and do our best. This is our home gym in our garage where we have gymnastics equipment. This is the pommel horse. This is the bar. Sister the beam is something you try to balance on the best as you can. You can make your own beam like this one right here. Its made with wood and carpet. Sean you could also get a beam thats homemade a regular storebought trampoline, and you can use mattresses to help pad. We also do sport acrobatics. Sport acrobatics involves people balancing on each other and moves that are very difficult. Meghan puts her hands on seans knees, she puts her shoulders on his hands. Meghan presses up to a handstand and then does a stag and presses back down. And thats the candlestick. Sean if you dont have equipment, you could climb trees, and thats a lot like gymnastics. And now. humming happily ooh can i see wacky zack, the zombie king . No. Mom, its just a comedy. Binkys mom took him and. Arthur, its rated pg13. Youre not seeing it. But. No. Dont you hate hearing the word no all the time . Since its arbor day can we have class outside . inhales deeply no. Hmm. No. Bitzi no. No no. gasps daddy, how could you . I mean, uh. Not right now, muffin. We dont have the space for a hippo quite yet. bawling sometimes, it seems like no is all i ever hear. D. W. arthur, no arthur hits ground great now i have to make a whole new batch of mud that was one no i wish i had heard. . . . . . . 6 . 6 . 6 . . . 6 . . . 6 . One. Two. Liftoff you beat francine but buster still holds first place. Your turn, george. Buster wait a second. Youll go farther if you straighten your legs and start back here. Oh, uh, thanks. Buster hey, look were tied nice jumping george. school bell ringing well, since you all seem to know the multiplication tables so well, this pop quiz should be a snap. students groan whispering psst, george. Got an extra pencil . Here. Thanks. Aw. Ratburn four minutes left. Ratburn times up. Put your pencils down. George, i cant read this. Its in crayon. Dont you have a pencil . Um, i did, but. You should have asked for one if you needed it. You can retake the quiz after school. Thanks, buddy i owe you one. Is that the last slice . Aw. I missed the Boston Cream Pie last week, too whining oh, its my favorite chummily hi, george. Uh, hi. Um, i, um. Dont suppose youd want. Oh, no, george really i couldnt. Are you sure . Yeah, sure. I really like. sadly pears in syrup. Thanks, buddy youre the best this isnt my coat. Buster no, its mine. I thought we could trade. Trade . Go ahead, try it on. Its real nylon. Its too big. No, thats the way its supposed to be. How does this look . Pretty good. It makes everyone look good. Thats why i like it so much. Me, too. I think theres some candy in one of those pockets. Help yourself. Ew grumbling then wacky zack comes over to this kids house. His parents dont know hes a zombie. So the kid hides him in the bathroom, but then his dad goes to take a shower. Aah growling roaring inhales deeply arthur chuckling anyway, its a really funny movie. Um, i havent actually seen it but binky told me about it. Hey, george, do you have the time . angrily no what is it with you people . get your own watch fine, forget it. Wait. Arthur, im sorry george and now busters wearing my jacket, too. I never wanted to trade in the first place. So why did you agree . You could have said no. I dont know i just didnt. You cant keep on saying yes to buster. What if he wants your shoes next time . George youre right i have to do something. But im really bad at saying no. What if i lose my nerve . Maybe you could practice with someone. George okay, so youre buster and you have to try to get the juice from me. Got it . George as wally but i cant do buster cant i be someone else . I do a mean pinocchio. No. Well, at least give me ears. I need my props sniffing ew did you wash these . Were starting, wally. Okay. clears throat hey, george, can i have that box of juice in your hand . No, you cant. What . after all weve been through i cant have one measly box of juice . I thought we were friends i trusted you, george i treated you like my own flesh and blood weeping why, george, why . Okay, okay you can have the juice pineapple . Yuck i hate pineapple hey, that was fun what do you want me to take from you next . I think ill practice alone. And i really like you, buster. Its just that sometimes i feel like youre taking advantage of me, and, well, it makes me kind of mad. tape stops, then rewinds stops rewinding george on tape testing. Testing. meekly hi, buster. I want to talk to you about something. Oh, i sound so whiny. Buster hey, george what are you doing . Um. Nothing. Nice tape recorder. Can i see . Baxter day oh, its baxter day. Haha this is pretty cool. Could i borrow it sometime . Buster. sure, take it. Right now . Okay, thanks. Hey, you want to go to muffys . She just got virtual goose version 29. 2. No, thanks. Its hopeless, wally. Ill probably wind up giving buster everything i own. Thanks, buddy youre the best the kid with the ears told me to give you the bill. Everything . What about me . I guess hell probably take you, too. Hi, mr. Molina. Want your rain gutters cleaned for five dollars . kisses fivedollar bill flies buzzing slurping ice cream hey, wheres wally . I thought you had him now. Huh . I dont know. Oh, well, hell turn up. George as wally hey and i thought d. W. Was bad buster downstairs hi, mrs. Nordgren. Is george home . George hes here did he see us . I dont know. Buster thanks, mrs. Nordgren. George as wally hes got the backpack hes coming for me well go out the window i dont think thats such a great idea. Its a long way down. Buster george . George as wally go away theres no one here buster aw, come on, george. Please open up. I just want to talk to you. Here. Try not to lose him. I dont want your dummy. I came to give you your stuff back. Heres your jacket, the pencil i borrowed the other day and your tape recorder. Press play. Buster on tape hi, george. Im sorry i kind of made you lend me all this stuff. I didnt mean to. If i knew how it made you feel i wouldnt have done it. Anyway, thanks for being a good friend. Funky rabbit gasps funky rabbit funky rabbit yeah im a funky rabrabbit. tape stops chuckles nervously thought i recorded over that part. You heard me on the tape . Yeah. Anyway no hard feelings . Oh, and could i ask a favor . Wwhat is it . Next time, if somethings bothering you could you just tell me . Itll save us both a lot of time. Sure. You still want to go to muffys . Yeah okay, ill meet you downstairs. Hes not such a bad guy. Now that hes brought your jacket back can i borrow it . No. How about the tape recorder . Uhuh. The pencil . I could use something to clean my ears. Good night, wally. Hi, everyone, its me, buster. We always have something to dance about in elwood city, but you wont believe all the cool dances people are doing all around the country. On my trip with my dad i see people rock, stomp, twirl, pop and boogie to the beat. Im filming all the groovy fun and sending it back to my friends in elwood city on my very own video postcards. Theyre postcards from buster. Visit us online at pbskidsgo. Org. You can find arthur books and lots of other books, too at your local library. Captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org and everybody that you meet has an original point of view. And i say hey hey what a wonderful kind of day if we could learn to work and play and get along with each other hey what a wonderful kind of day hey arthur with captioning is provided by. [ female announcer ] fun for everyone makes a family strong. Chuck e. Cheeses proudly supports pbs kids. And by a ready to Learn Television cooperative agreement from the u. S. Department of education through the public broadcasting service. Every week. Thats me martha speaks is proof positive. Do we love llamas, people . Theres nothing like a talking dog. Hello voices wobbling you guys are really irritating. Does irritating mean fun . On your mark, go martha speaks on pbs kids. Wow barking honks martha speaks is funded in part by. Kiddie Academy Child Care learning centers. Proud supporter of pbs kids. Providing educationally focused child care preparing children for school and for life. Kiddie academy. For public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from man martha was an average dog she went. And. And. barking, growls when she ate some alphabet soup then what happened was bizarre. On the way to marthas stomach the letters lost their way. They traveled to her brain and now. Shes got a lot to say now she speaks. How now, brown cow . Martha speaks yeah, she speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks. Whats a caboose . When are we eating again . Martha speaks. Hey, joe, what do you know . My names not joe. Shes not always right, but still that martha speaks. Hi, there. Shes got the voice sheready to shout martha will tell you what its all about sometimes wrong but seldom in doubt martha will tell you what its all about that dogs unique. Testing, one, two. Hear her speak martha speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks and. Communicates, enumerates, elucidates, exaggerates indicates and explicates bloviates and overstates and. panting hyperventilates martha to reiterate martha speaks. Todays show is full of grueling activities like hiking and foraging in nature. Helen you guys, its a nice day. What are you doing inside . Trying to fit todays words in one sentence. Well have a seminar with an astrophysicist. Telescope, identify. There were a couple words just hanging out at the end there. You just need inspiration. Mr. Director . Background number 201g, please. Can you put the stars in . Wow cool watch for all the words about nature and stars and well see you at the end of the show. Whats more relaxing than just staring at the sky . I like it when you have a week off from school like this. Guys, did you forget . Neil Degrasse Tyson is at the library in ten minutes neil who . Hes an astrophysicist. Astrophysicist thats a longhair breed. Why is a dog at the library . Im curious. Lets go hes not a dog. An astrophysicist is a scientist who studies stars, space and everything in the whole universe. Hes the director of the Hayden Planetarium which is the greatest place on earth that doesnt sell hot dogs. We signed up for his weeklong seminar, remember . Lets go barks nobody but skits followed me and hes the only one whos not signed up for the seminar. I dont remember signing up for any seminar. Whats a seminar . A seminar is a small class about a special topic led by an expert. This is a seminar on space led by neil Degrasse Tyson whos an expert on space. Count me out. I dont want to do anything more grueling than looking at the sky. Thats exactly what well be doing. Astrophysics involves lots of observing the sky. I can do that. Tyson welcome. In this seminar, were going to observe and experience the universe. Im neil degr. Neil Degrasse Tyson whoohoo come on, everybody, stand up thats not necessary. But if i do something great, feel free. Ooh ooh question we havent even begun, but okay. I was very upset with scientists when you wouldnt allow pluto to be called a planet anymore. But sometimes the truth hurts. Its part of growing up. Thank you for helping me see that. That wasnt a question but it sounds familiar. Wait a minute. Youre truman, the guy who sends me a long email every day at 3 37. I got one yesterday that must have been 500 lines long. Sounds like you didnt get the whole thing. Ill resend it. Im going to be a scientist. I would like to go to the moon. And id like to see you go, too. Im a fan of space exploration. You can start the seminar now. Thank you. There are 100,000 times more stars in the universe than words ever uttered by every human who has ever lived. All week, well have activities where youll observe the world and ask qu