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A transcript of the "Sign Language!" episode.

Please note that because the characters talk in very simple sentences, the dialogue isn't grammatically correct and may be hard to understand without visuals.

Scene 1: At the park

[Oobi, Kako, and Grampu are at the park. Kako is holding a cup-ball toy, and Grampu is setting up a picnic.]

  • Oobi: [giggling and humming] Oh, hi. Oobi, Kako, Grampu park. Ooh, Oobi, Kako new game.
  • Kako: [mumbling with his mouth full]

[Kako gives the cup-ball toy to Oobi.]

  • Kako: Yeah, new game. Cup-ball.
  • Grampu: Spot lovely.
  • Oobi: Uh, Grampu?
  • Grampu: Hmm?
  • Oobi: Oobi, Kako play?
  • Grampu: Oh, okay. Fun, have!

Scene 2: The cup-ball game

[Oobi and Kako look at their cup-ball toy.]

  • Kako: Hmm.
  • Oobi: Hmm.
  • Kako: New game. Cup-ball. First time.
  • Oobi: Mm. Hmm. Cup-ball. Ball in cup.

[Kako puts the toy down. Without holding the toy, he takes the ball and puts it in the cup easily.]

  • Kako: Easy. Oobi try.
  • Oobi: Oobi try?
  • Kako: Mm-hmm. One, two, three, go!

[Oobi tries to get the ball in the cup while holding the toy, but he has trouble.]

  • Kako: Hmm, hmm.
  • Oobi: Kako try.
  • Kako: [mumbling with his mouth full]
  • Oobi: [mocking him] Kako, easy! One, two, three, go.

[Kako tries, but he can't get the ball in the cup while holding the toy, either.]

  • Kako: New game hard.
  • Oobi: Yeah.

[Suddenly, a girl (Amy) walks up to Oobi and Kako.]

  • Kako: Oh!
  • Oobi: Hi! Oobi.
  • Kako: Kako.

[Amy signs her name in sign language. Oobi and Kako don't understand.]

  • Kako: Uh. Um--
  • Oobi: Oobi.
  • Kako: Kako.

[Amy signs her name in sign language again.]

  • Kako: Huh?

[Amy walks up to the cup-ball toy.]

  • Kako: Oh!
  • Oobi: Cup-ball.
  • Kako: Hard.
  • Amy: [breathes deeply]

[Amy takes the toy. She gets the ball in the cup on her first try.]

  • Oobi and Kako: [both gasp]
  • Kako: Perfecto!
  • Oobi: Cool!
  • Kako: Wow! Oobi try.
  • Oobi: Hmm?
  • Kako: Mm-hmm.

[Oobi tries a few times, but he still can't get the ball in the cup.]

  • Oobi: [groans]

[Amy taps on Oobi. She shows him to breathe deeply and calm himself down.]

  • Amy: [breathes deeply]

[Oobi copies Amy.]

  • Oobi: [breathes deeply]

[Next, Amy demonstrates how to move the ball into the cup. Oobi tries three times, finally succeeding on the third try.]

  • Kako: Wow! Go, Oobi!

[Oobi and Kako do their secret handshake to celebrate.]

  • Oobi and Kako: Whoo! [both laughing]

[Next, Oobi high-fives Amy and does the handshake with her.]

  • Oobi: Whoo!
  • Oobi: Yeah!
  • Kako: Wow!
  • Oobi: Yeah. Oh, uh, Kako try. Yeah.
  • Kako: Oh, okay.

[Kako tries wildly throwing the cup-ball toy around. It doesn't work.]

  • Kako: Grr.

[Amy walks up to Kako.]

  • Kako: Hmm?

[Amy shows Kako the same thing she showed Oobi.]

  • Amy: [breathes deeply]
  • Kako: [breathes deeply]

[Kako tries playing the game calmly. He gets the ball in the cup.]

  • Oobi: [gasps] Yeah!
  • Kako: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Kako high-fives Oobi and Amy.]

  • Kako: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Whoo, whoo, whoo!
  • Oobi and Kako: [laughing]
  • Oobi: Yeah!

[Amy gives a thumbs-up.]

  • Kako: Wow!
  • Oobi: Oh, um--

[Oobi does a thumbs-up, too.]

  • Kako: Yeah. Good game.
  • Oobi: Good game, yeah.

[Amy waves goodbye.]

  • Kako: Huh? Oh. [sadly] Bye.
  • Oobi: Bye.

[Amy walks away.]

  • Kako: Wow.
  • Oobi: New game.
  • Kako: Ha! Easy.
  • Oobi: Ha! Right.

Scene 3: Back with Grampu

[Grampu is reading a golf magazine. Oobi and Kako walk back up to him.]

  • Oobi and Kako: [laughing]
  • Grampu: Ooh! Uh, new game?
  • Kako: New game cool.
  • Oobi: Oh! New friend cool.
  • Kako: Yeah, yeah.
  • Grampu: New friend?
  • Oobi and Kako: Yeah, uh-huh.
  • Kako: New friend, cup-ball queen.
  • Oobi: Yeah. [laughing]
  • Grampu: Ooh. Ah, lovely. Heh. New friend name?
  • Kako: Uh--
  • Oobi and Kako: [together] Uh.
  • Oobi: Uh, new friend name, um-- Kako, name?
  • Kako: Yes, new friend name, uh-- uh--

[Kako looks around. He spots Amy near a bench with her mom.]

  • Kako: [gasps] There!
  • Grampu: Oh!

[Grampu notices that Amy and her mom are both communicating with sign language.]

  • Grampu: Ah. New friend, deaf.
  • Oobi: Deaf?
  • Grampu: Mm-hmm, deaf. Uh, no hear, no sounds.
  • Oobi: Hmm. Deaf.
  • Kako: Hmm.
  • Oobi: No hear sounds?
  • Grampu: Mm-mm.
  • Oobi: No hear voices? No hear music?
  • Grampu: No, can't.
  • Kako: Oh.

[Oobi watches Amy and her mom. He tries to copy the signs they're making.]

  • Oobi: Huh. Um.
  • Kako: Yeah.
  • Oobi: Uh, Grampu, hands move. Why?
  • Grampu: Oh, uh, sign language. New friend, hands talk. Sign language.
  • Oobi: Sign language?
  • Kako: Sign language.
  • Grampu: [chuckling]
  • Kako: Grampu?
  • Grampu: Hmm?
  • Kako: Kako, Oobi, learn sign language?
  • Grampu: Sure. Um.

[Grampu shows Kako the sign for "hello."]

  • Kako: Oh.
  • Grampu: Hello.
  • Oobi and Kako: Oh.
  • Grampu: Kako try.
  • Kako: Okay, um.

[Kako does the sign for "hello."]

  • Kako: Hello.
  • Grampu: [chuckling] Good! Oobi try.
  • Oobi: Oh, oh. Hello.
  • Kako: Yeah!
  • Grampu: Yes! [laughing]

[Oobi looks at the viewers.]

  • Oobi: Hey!
  • Kako: Oh!
  • Oobi: Oobi sign "hello." You sign "hello."
  • Kako: Mm-hmm.
  • Oobi: Ready? You, sign "hello."
  • Voice #1: Hello.
  • Oobi: Hello.
  • Kako: Yeah.
  • Oobi: Good.
  • Kako: Perfecto. Mwah!
  • Oobi, Kako, and Grampu: [laughing]

Scene 4: Sign language with Amy

[Amy and her mom are counting.]

  • Amy's Mom: One, two, three, four, five.

[Oobi and Kako run up to them.]

  • Oobi and Kako: [giggling]
  • Oobi: Yeah, okay, okay!
  • Oobi and Kako: [both clearing their throats]

[Oobi signs "hello."]

  • Oobi: Hello.
  • Oobi and Kako: Yeah, okay!
  • Kako: My turn.

[Kako signs "hello."]

  • Kako: Hello.

[Amy signs "hello" back to the boys.]

  • Amy's Mom: Hello.
  • Kako: Yeah.

[Amy signs her name again.]

  • Amy's Mom: Amy.
  • Oobi and Kako: Amy!
  • Oobi: Oh, uh, ahem. Oobi.
  • Amy's Mom: Sign.

[Amy's mom signs Oobi's name.]

  • Amy's Mom: Oobi.
  • Oobi: Sign Oobi?
  • Amy's Mom: Yes! Watch.

[Amy's mom signs Oobi's name again.]

  • Oobi: [gasps]

[Oobi tries signing his name.]

  • Oobi: Oobi?
  • Kako: Yeah, Oobi. [gasps] Kako, Kako!
  • Amy's Mom: Sign.

[Amy's mom signs Kako's name.]

  • Amy's Mom: Kako.
  • Kako: Ooh!

[Kako signs his name.]

  • Kako: Kako.
  • Oobi: Yeah!
  • Kako: Yeah.
  • Oobi: Sign language more!
  • Kako: Yeah!
  • Amy's Mom: More!

[Amy and her mom do the sign for "friend."]

  • Amy's Mom: Friend.
  • Oobi: [gasps] Friend!

[Oobi and Amy do the sign for "friend" together.]

  • Oobi: Oh. Haha, friend!

[Amy signs Oobi's name.]

  • Oobi: Oobi.

[Next, Amy signs Kako's name.]

  • Kako: Kako.

[Amy signs her own name.]

  • Oobi and Kako: [together] Amy.

[Oobi and Amy do the sign for "friend" together again.]

  • Oobi: Friends.
  • Kako: Oh! Oh!

[Kako and Amy do the sign for "friend."]

  • Kako: Friends.
  • Oobi: [laughing] Oobi, Kako, Amy, friends!
  • Kako: Yeah.

[Amy signs Oobi's name again.]

  • Oobi: Oobi.

[Next, Amy signs Kako's name.]

  • Kako: Kako.

[Amy does the sign for "play."]

  • Amy's Mom: Play.
  • Oobi and Kako: Play!
  • Kako: Yeah!
  • Oobi and Kako: Okay.

[Amy taps Oobi, then runs away.]

  • Kako: Huh?
  • Oobi: Um, new sign?
  • Kako: Hmm.
  • Amy's Mom: Oh, no. Amy tag Oobi. Oobi it!
  • Kako: Oh, Oobi it.

[Oobi tries to tag Kako.]

  • Kako: Oobi it! Aaah!
  • Oobi and Kako: [laughing] Aah!

[Oobi, Kako, and Amy keep playing tag.]

Scene 5: Interview

[An interview segment starts. Uma is interviewing a boy named Travis and his deaf mom.]

  • Uma: Hi, Travis. Hi, Mommy.
  • Travis: Hi!
  • Uma: Oh, um, sign language?
  • Travis: Yes.
  • Uma: Uma no speak sign language. Teach Uma?
  • Travis: Okay! Fine.
  • Uma: Oh! Teach what?
  • Travis: Mommy's thinking.
  • Uma: Oh, Uma think too. Hmm.

[Travis's mom does the sign for "fish."]

  • Travis: Fish.
  • Uma: Fish? Mmmm.

[Uma does the sign for "fish."]

  • Uma: Fish? Mmmm. Oh, Uma like fish. More signs?
  • Travis: Mommy's thinking again.

[Travis's mom does the sign for "yellow."]

  • Travis: Yellow.
  • Uma: Yellow? Yellow. Oh, yellow fish! Hmm?

[Uma does the signs for "yellow" and "fish" together.]

  • Uma: Mmmm. Yellow fish! Mmmm. Thank you.

Scene 6: Going home

[Back at the park, Oobi, Kako, and Amy are still playing tag.]

  • Oobi and Kako: [laughing]
  • Grampu: Oh, uh, Oobi, Kako home.
  • Kako: [disappointed] Oh.
  • Oobi: Oobi, Kako home.

[Amy does the sign for "one."]

  • Oobi: One more sign!
  • Kako: Ooh!

[Amy does the sign for "goodbye."]

  • Grampu: Oh, goodbye!

[Grampu does the sign, too.]

  • Kako: Goodbye.
  • Grampu: Goodbye!

[Oobi, Kako, and Amy all do the sign for "goodbye." Then, Oobi notices the viewers.]

  • Oobi: [to the viewers] Hey! Oobi, Kako, Amy sign "goodbye." You sign "goodbye." Ready? You, sign "goodbye."
  • Voice #2: Goodbye!
  • Voice #3: Goodbye.
  • Voice #4: Bye.
  • Oobi: Goodbye.
  • Voice #5: Goodbye.
  • Oobi: Ha! Oobi.

[Amy signs Oobi's name.]

  • Oobi: You.

[Kako does the sign for "you."]

  • Oobi: Friends.

[Kako and Amy do the sign for "friend."]

  • Oobi: Goodbye!

[Oobi, Kako, and Amy all do the sign for "goodbye."]

  • Voice #6: Bye-bye, Oobi. Bye!
  • Voice #7: Bye, Oobi.
  • Voices: [laughing]

Navigation

ve Episode transcripts
Season 1 "Slide!" • "Follow the Leader!" • "Pretend Catch!" • "Peekaboo!" • "Tag!" • "Dance!" • "Share Pretzels!" • "Watermelon!" • "Soup!" • "Hot Dog and Ketchup!" • "Empty and Full!" • "Popcorn!" • "Worm!" • "Apple Picking!" • "Pretend Wind!" • "Dig!" • "Hide and Seek!" • "Nature!" • "Music!" • "Guitar!" • "Bongo Drums!" • "Quiet Read!" • "Clap Hands!" • "Painting!" • "Macaroni Jewelry!" • "Paint Shapes!" • "Pinch Pot!" • "Drawing Game!" • "Neighborhood Art!" • "Toothpaste!" • "Wet and Dry!" • "Bubble Bath!" • "Feelings!" • "Cake!" • "Flush!" • "On & Off!" • "Prince Oobi!" • "Bubbles!" • "Tea!" • "Ice Cream!" • "Water Games!" • "Guess!" • "Bird!" • "Cat!" • "Puppy!" • "Animal Cookies!" • "Itsy Bitsy Spider!" • "Toys!"
Season 2 "Camp Out!" • "Uma Swing!" • "Uma Bathroom!" • "Dance Class!" • "Kako's Puppy!" • "Uma's Birthday!" • "Asparagus!" • "Haircut!" • "Grampu Day!" • "Make Pizza!" • "Showtime!" • "Oobi's Car!" • "Garden Day!" • "Piano Lesson!" • "Uma Chicken!" • "Sleepover!" • "Play Ball!" • "Build Fort!" • "Petting Zoo!" • "New Friend!" • "Uma Sick" • "Playdate!" • "Make Art!" • "Rainy Day!" • "Pretend Circus!" • "Make Music!"
Season 3 "Video!" • "Grown-Up!" • "Shopping!" • "Uma Dreams!" • "Chopsticks!" • "Clean Up!" • "Kako Dinner!" • "Sign Language!" • "Halloween!" • "Checkup!" • "Uma Trip!" • "Frieda Friend!" • "Neighborhood!" • "Uma Preschool!" • "Theater!" • "Baby!" • "Chez Oobi!" • "Valentine!" • "Parade!" • "Babysitter!" • "Recital!" • "Dinosaur!" • "Nature Walk!" • "Sing!" • "Fishing!" • "Superheroes!"
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