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00:00And now, for my next trick, I shall make a word.
00:22Pick a letter, any letter.
00:26T-Tapping T.
00:28Good. First, I'll take this tapping card with the letter T-T-T-T-T-T-T.
00:37Okay, pick another card.
00:41Ah! The A says, ah.
00:48Do you know what sound this letter makes?
00:52That's a letter D. And it says, D-D-D, Daddy-O.
00:56Now put the three letter sounds together.
01:01Hmm. T-A-D-D. T-A-D-D. Tad.
01:08That's my name.
01:10Right. And if...
01:14Excuse me, son.
01:16I hope I'm not calling too early, but I've been up since the quack, quack of dawn.
01:24Frog, your talking dictionaries are a quack, quack, quack, huge success.
01:31D-U-C-K spells duck. Quack.
01:35It's Mr. Wapsley.
01:39Oh, I love these books.
01:43I'm tripling my order and need them double quack.
01:46Delivery by today.
01:48Today?
01:49Glad you agree.
01:52Sorry, Tad. I have to go to work.
01:55How about we sound out more words later?
01:57Sure, Dad.
01:58Bye.
02:08Are you at home right now thinking to yourself,
02:13my dad is the best dad in the whole wide world?
02:16Yes, he is.
02:17Wouldn't you like everyone to know that your dad is the best dad in the whole wide world?
02:22You bet.
02:23Then enter the my dad is the best dad in the whole wide world contest.
02:28Okay.
02:29Just fill out the form in today's newspaper.
02:32And send it in by 6 p.m. this evening.
02:36Tad.
02:38Hmm. I know my letters, but making words is a whole lot harder.
02:44Lily, will you help me with this?
02:56I can figure out most of the words, but for something this important, we'd better get Leap.
03:02Well, when I was learning how to read and write,
03:05Dad took me to the talking word factory
03:07and taught me all about putting letters together to make words.
03:11Yeah, but Dad can't know, because, well, the contest is a surprise.
03:18Leave it to me.
03:26Here it is!
03:28The Talking Words Factory!
03:32Wow. This place is cool.
03:40If we're lucky, we'll run into Professor Quigley.
03:45Looks like I'm the lucky one.
03:48Hi, kids. How are you, kids?
03:50Bye, kids.
03:51Sorry, kids, but I've got to take care of a big order.
03:55You mean the big order for Mr. Webbsley?
03:57The Talking Dickerson at the Book of Words?
04:01No. My big order for lunch.
04:03One monster dog with everything.
04:06Mmm. Looks good.
04:08And, Tad, a dictionary is a book that lists all kinds of words
04:13and explains what each word means.
04:18I have this contest form to fill in about my dad,
04:22but he needs to learn how to put letters together to make words.
04:26Hey, I can help.
04:29In fact, there are some amazing word-making machines
04:32right here at the Talking Words Factory,
04:34all created by an ingenious scientist.
04:38Wow, who is that?
04:40Me!
04:41Professor Quigley!
04:43It's Dad! Hide!
04:48Professor, we need more talking dictionaries for Mr. Webbsley.
04:51And I have to recondinate the Zoplex levels in the basement
04:55or the entire factory will overload.
04:58Can you handle this order by yourself?
05:01Roller, show the medicine.
05:03Thank you, Professor.
05:05I'll check in with you at the end of the day.
05:11Ding, dangling participles.
05:13Triple the order?
05:15Without a crew, I'm like a cement letter in alphabet soup.
05:19Sunk!
05:19Whoa!
05:23Yikes!
05:23Ah!
05:26Professor, if you help Dad learn to make words...
05:29We'll help you make words for the Talking Dictionaries.
05:32Then let's get cracking.
05:35Kids, you'll be building words in no time.
05:39Just take a look.
05:42Building words is easy.
05:44First, you need some very special letters called vowels.
05:47Of course, you already know these special letters, er, vowels.
05:52Can you say the name of each vowel as it appears?
05:55A!
05:56A!
05:56The A says...
05:58A!
05:59E!
05:59The E says...
06:02E!
06:03I!
06:05The I says...
06:07E!
06:09O!
06:11The O says...
06:13Oh!
06:15O!
06:16You!
06:17The U says...
06:20O!
06:23Excellent!
06:24Vowels are the glue that makes letters stick together.
06:28And that, my boy, is the secret to making words.
06:31You see, kids, when the vowels first come into the factory, they're just like the other letters.
06:38But then we turn them into special sticky letters with the Sticky-Ico-Rama.
06:45We're A-I-U.
06:48We're the vowels.
06:49We're the glue.
06:50To stick the words together.
06:52We're very sticky letters.
06:54Honey waterfall.
06:56We're A-I-U.
06:59We're the vowels.
07:00We're the glue to stick the words together.
07:03Peanut butter spread.
07:05We're A-I-U.
07:08We're the glue to stick the words together.
07:12We're very sticky letters.
07:14Blasto bubble gum.
07:16We're A-I-U.
07:18We're the vowels.
07:20We're the glue to stick the words together.
07:23Movie theater floor soda spray.
07:25We're very sticky, very icky, sticky, icky letters.
07:30Nice and gooey.
07:38Movie theater floor soda spray.
07:41Kids, meet the word Bammer 100.
07:45Good old Bammy.
07:47She's been around here a long time.
07:49But I'll tell you something.
07:51She still builds words just as well as ever.
07:53Movie theater floor soda spray.
07:55Switch broke years ago.
08:00Ready, set.
08:02You bet.
08:03We have words to build, Bammy.
08:06Every letter makes a sound.
08:08The sound you need to hear.
08:10First the first sound, then the next.
08:13Until the word is clear.
08:15Yes.
08:16Old Bammy here puts letters together to make words.
08:19Great.
08:20Could you help me out with this?
08:22I need just the right words for the contest.
08:25Let's see.
08:27Number one, fill in the blank.
08:29My dad is a cool blank.
08:32Hmm.
08:33My dad is a cool cat.
08:37He sure is.
08:38Let's build the word cat.
08:41It sounds like one sound,
08:42but it's really three sounds all working together.
08:45The starting sound, the middle sound, and the ending sound.
08:49Ted, do you remember the sounds of these letters?
09:00That's it, Ted.
09:01Now, a bit faster.
09:07Let's see if it works.
09:09Order up.
09:10One.
09:12C.
09:15Yep, that's the starting sound in C-A-T.
09:25That's right, Ted.
09:26Then we have the middle sound.
09:28Order up.
09:29One A.
09:35Wooga wooga.
09:37Ah!
09:38Works every time.
09:39And now, the ending sound in C-A-T.
09:47That's right, Ted.
09:49Order up, Bammie.
09:50One T.
09:56Let's watch what happens when Bammie bams them together.
10:00C-C-C-C-A-T.
10:09C-A-T.
10:09C-A-T.
10:11C-A-T.
10:12Cat.
10:13That's cat.
10:15Hey, I made a word.
10:18C-A-T.
10:21Thanks, Professor.
10:22That's just the right word.
10:24And we're going to build just the right words for Websley's talking dictionaries.
10:29For Ted, here's a pat.
10:31He built the word cat.
10:33And cat rhymes with hat.
10:36And what do you think of that?
10:40Cat, pat, hat.
10:41That gives me an idea.
10:44Bammie, we're going to make all the words that end with at.
10:48Like cat.
10:49Please make a batch of at endings and send them down to whammy, Bammie.
10:54Whatever you say, they're coming your way.
11:01At.
11:03Hat.
11:04Hat.
11:05Hat.
11:07Hat.
11:08Hat.
11:09Hat.
11:10Come on, follow me.
11:12We're going to build all kinds of words.
11:19Kids, make the word whammer 3,000.
11:26I call them whammy for short.
11:29Wow.
11:30I bet this thing really cranks them out.
11:33Yeah.
11:35Hey, look.
11:36Here come the apps.
11:38At.
11:40At.
11:41At.
11:42At.
11:43At.
11:45At.
11:45At.
11:47At.
11:48At.
11:49Great.
11:50They're here.
11:51Now we're going to build lots of words using the same ending.
11:55Huh?
11:56Well, Tad, lots of words sound the same at the end because they're built the same at the end.
12:03Let's take cat.
12:04What word sounds like cat?
12:07Bat.
12:09Cat and bat.
12:12Can you hear it?
12:15At.
12:17At.
12:18At.
12:18At.
12:21Cat.
12:23At.
12:24Bat.
12:25They both end in...
12:27At.
12:28And that's that.
12:30Word builder 3000 ready to run.
12:33Building words is lots of fun.
12:36Bami will send us whichever word endings we need.
12:40The at's will arrive first.
12:42Now watch this, kids.
12:45Let's see.
12:46We've done bat, cat, aha!
12:50Order up one letter F, Wemmy.
13:03Bring down the at, Wemmy.
13:05At.
13:07At.
13:07At.
13:08At.
13:08At.
13:08At.
13:10At.
13:10Fat.
13:11He's got it.
13:13Fat.
13:14Ahem.
13:15Uh, well, now what if we use H to start the word?
13:19Order up letter H, Wemmy.
13:22Whenever you say, letter H is on the way.
13:33Release another at-whammy.
13:38At.
13:41At.
13:42Hat.
13:43Great, Tad. That's hat.
13:46I can make words.
13:48How about a letter M?
13:49What sound does it make?
13:52Order up a letter M, whammy.
14:05At.
14:09At.
14:10Matt.
14:12That's Matt.
14:15Great, Tad.
14:17I can read.
14:19Yes, you can.
14:21And we've built lots of great words.
14:25C-A-T-Cat.
14:28What a perfect word for Mr. Webbsley's dictionary.
14:33Be brave.
14:34You're off to become part of a talking dictionary.
14:38What's wrong, Professor?
14:40I miss my cat.
14:42Meow.
14:43Meow.
14:43Meow.
14:44Meow.
14:45Meow.
14:46Meow.
14:50First you take the start.
14:52C-A-T-Cat.
14:52Then you add the end.
14:54At.
14:55C-A-T-Cat.
14:56Now you've got a word.
14:59First you take the C, then you add the A. Put them all together.
15:07Now you've got cat.
15:09First you take the B, then you add the A. Put them all together.
15:16Now you've got bat.
15:19First you take the F, then you add the A. Put them all together.
15:26Now you've got bat.
15:28First you take the A. Then you add the A. Put them all together. Now you've got A.
15:38First you take the Z. Then you add the A. Put them all together. Now you've got Zat.
15:49Hold it! Hold it! Zat's not a word.
15:53Zat. Can't you see? I used an at and that made Zat.
15:59Zat's not okay.
16:01Not okay? Why, I say?
16:04Some letters make at words and others do not.
16:07And only real words make it into the dictionary.
16:10That's right, Leep. That's how we build words for the dictionary. And we're just getting started.
16:17Building words is fun. And I need some more words for my form. What's the next one, Lily?
16:26My dad is the best dad I've ever blanked.
16:32Met. Met!
16:35Correct! Hey, let's build et words. We'll start with the word met.
16:41Whammy, send me an M, please.
16:44An M for you. And you. And you.
16:58Whammy, order up E letters and T letters.
17:02Order up E and T. Here they come. Look and see.
17:07What does the E say? Eh? What does the E say? Eh?
17:25E, T, T, T, T.
17:30M, E, T, Met.
17:35See how useful these words are? And if we order up a J whammy?
17:41Hey, hey, hey, letter J.
17:44J, J.
17:46J.
17:48Eh?
17:49T, T, T, T.
17:51J, Eh, T.
17:53J, Eh, T.
17:54J, Eh, T.
17:55J, Et.
17:56Jut!
17:57Exactly!
17:58Jut sounds like pet.
18:00Try it with the letter P.
18:03P.
18:04Cool!
18:08E, Pet!
18:10Write again.
18:11Pet.
18:12P, Et.
18:13Jet.
18:14J, Et.
18:15Same ending sound. Different first letter.
18:18What else rhymes with pet?
18:20Get, Set, Let.
18:23First you take the G, G.
18:26Then you add the Et.
18:28Put them all together.
18:31Now you've got Get.
18:33First you take the S's.
18:35Then you add the Et.
18:38Put them all together.
18:40Now you've got Set.
18:42First you take the L, M.
18:45Then you add the Et.
18:47Put them all together.
18:50Now you've got Let.
18:53Good job, Tad.
18:55What a great machine, Professor.
18:57Of course.
18:58And there's yet another wonderful thing about the word whammer.
19:01It's terrific for cracking nuts.
19:08Need salt.
19:09What other words do you think you need, Tad?
19:12Um, something about Dad's heart.
19:15My Dad's heart is very blank.
19:20Big.
19:21Big, Big, Big.
19:23Let's build some words that end with Ig.
19:26Just sound one out and tell Whammy what letters you want.
19:30Okay.
19:31Big.
19:32B, B, B, B.
19:34B.
19:35B.
19:36I.
19:38G, G.
19:40Order up letter B.
19:43Whammy!
19:44B, B, B, B.
19:46B, B, B, B.
19:49B, B, B, B, B, B.
19:50B, B, B, B, B.
19:53B, B, B, B, B, B, B.
19:57B, B, B, B, B, B.
20:00B, B, B, B, B, B, B, B, B.
20:02Now let's add an Ig ending.
20:04B, Ig.
20:06You are right. See the light?
20:14Way to go, Tad. You're almost finished.
20:18Better hurry. I'll tell you why. Mr. Webbsley is dropping by.
20:27Uh-oh.
20:30Hopping homonyms.
20:36Woo-wee. Kids, please keep making words. Leap, you're in charge. Lily, help Tad with his application.
20:50Uh-oh. Now what are we going to do?
20:55I'll tell you what we're going to do. We're going to build more words. Professor Quigley's counting on us.
21:01There are words to build, dictionaries to fill, and we're the ones for the job.
21:07Ready to build, sir.
21:09Okay. Let's see. What rhymes with big?
21:14Pig.
21:15Big pig.
21:17Uh, whammy?
21:20Order up. One P and another Ig, please.
21:24A letter P is coming through, and a new Ig will follow, too.
21:29Oh.
21:31Ig.
21:32Gah.
21:32P.
21:34Ig.
21:35Ig.
21:36Pig.
21:37P.
21:37Ig.
21:39G.
21:39Pig. You did it, Tad.
21:41Bye-bye, piggy.
21:43Oink.
21:44Oink.
21:44Oink.
21:46Uh, what should we do next?
21:49Should we build more pigs?
21:51If there's one guy who's at the top, then that guy must be my blank.
21:58Top? Hop? Mop? Pop! Pop is right. Order up, please.
22:05P.
22:07O.
22:08O.
22:10P.
22:11Order up. P. O. P.
22:14Here they come. Look and see.
22:16P.
22:18P.
22:18P.
22:19O.
22:20P.
22:22Pop.
22:23Pop is correct.
22:25You did it, Tad.
22:26Right here.
22:29P.
22:30O.
22:31P.
22:32Pop.
22:34Wow, look at all the words.
22:36Wait until Professor quickly sees what we've done.
22:39But I think we can do more.
22:41Come on.
22:42Super speed, now proceed.
22:44Oops.
22:44Oh, no.
22:51Double oops.
22:52Uh-oh.
22:55Warning, warning, super speed.
22:57Words are coming.
22:58All you need...
23:05Mm-hmm.
23:07In.
23:08P.
23:09In.
23:10In.
23:11In.
23:12In.
23:13In.
23:15Ten.
23:16W.
23:16In.
23:17Wind.
23:18Lame and linguistics.
23:20J-et.
23:22Jet.
23:23J-ug.
23:25Jog.
23:25R-og.
23:27R-rug.
23:28R-r-ig.
23:29Ring.
23:31Ig.
23:32Thing.
23:33An.
23:34Fan.
23:35Mm-hmm.
23:36An.
23:37Fan.
23:37The machine has gone mad.
23:43Mad!
23:44Mad!
23:45Mad!
23:46Mad!
23:47Mad!
23:50Mad!
23:51Mad!
23:53Whoa!
23:55Cool!
24:00T-ad.
24:03Spells Tad.
24:05Good one, Tad.
24:07Hey, more words for the dictionaries.
24:19Thanks, kids.
24:22This is fun.
24:24Fun, fun.
24:26Fun's a great word, and one I need for the talking dictionaries.
24:30That's a word I can use, too.
24:33Good.
24:34Let's build it.
24:35Whammy, I need F, F, N, U, and N, N.
24:43Ordering letters F, U, N.
24:46Here they come.
24:47Are you ready, then?
24:53Uh.
24:56On.
24:58Fun!
24:58It says, my dad is always lots of fun.
25:08F, U, N, fun.
25:11Order up, Whammy.
25:13All the words we need ending with un, like in fun.
25:17Is the hopper loaded with uns?
25:20Ordering words that end with un.
25:22Fun, I will get you, everyone.
25:25R, U, N, run.
25:30B, U, N, bun.
25:34Un, sun.
25:37With all these words, we'll be done with the talking dictionaries in a flash.
25:42Hey, professor, I need one more word for this form, but it won't fit.
25:48Why not?
25:49What word do you need, my boy?
25:51We can make any word here.
25:53Well, for this question.
25:55My dad is the blank dad in the whole wide world.
26:00I want to write best, but I can't figure out...
26:03Best, best, best, why, my boy, do you know what you need?
26:09You need to put two letters in the place of one.
26:14Exactly, but...
26:15To blend letters together, we get to go to my very favorite part of the factory.
26:20Now hang on.
26:34Yes, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you.
26:37Kids, welcome to the sound slide.
26:40This is where letters are blended together into even more sound,
26:45so we can make even more words.
26:50What do you mean, professor?
26:52Well, Ted, let's say you were making the word stop.
26:56Stop rhymes with what?
26:58Pop.
27:04Pop.
27:05Stop.
27:06Pop.
27:08Stop.
27:09P.
27:10Op.
27:11St.
27:12Op.
27:14St.
27:14Op.
27:15So we need st and op.
27:18Right.
27:19Watch this.
27:20Look, there's Lily with a slithering letter S.
27:24It just says...
27:25Ssss.
27:28And Leap with a tapping letter T.
27:30It just says...
27:32T.
27:33T.
27:33T.
27:33T.
27:33T.
27:33T.
27:34T.
27:34T.
27:34T.
27:34T.
27:35Listen to what happens when we put those two letters together.
27:38T.
27:39T.
27:39T.
27:39T.
27:39T.
27:39T.
27:40T.
27:40T.
27:41T.
27:41T.
27:42T.
27:42T.
27:43T.
27:43T.
27:44T.
27:44T.
27:45T.
27:46T.
27:46T.
27:47T.
27:47T.
27:48T.
27:48T.
27:49T.
27:49T.
27:50T.
27:50T.
27:51T.
27:51T.
27:52T.
27:52T.
27:53T.
27:53T.
27:54T.
27:54T.
27:55T.
27:55T.
27:56T.
27:56T.
27:57T.
27:57T.
27:58T.
27:58T.
27:59T.
27:59T.
28:00T.
28:00T.
28:01T.
28:01T.
28:02T.
28:02T.
28:03T.
28:03T.
28:04T.
28:05T.
28:05Now the two letters, S and T, are a beautiful blend.
28:09You can still hear their two sounds.
28:11Listen.
28:12Great.
28:14Now let's take them back to Whammy.
28:21Whammy, let me have one of those ops, please.
28:25About to drop.
28:26Here's your op.
28:27Okay, Tad. Sound it out.
28:37Stop. Stop.
28:43Stop!
28:51False alarm. Everyone, back to work.
28:57What other blends are there, Professor?
29:04Well, Tad, there are a lot of blends.
29:06You can hear some at the start of a word, like in st-op, or st-ep.
29:13Or the blend can come at the end, like in the word you need, best.
29:17B-E-st. B-E-st. Best.
29:22That's it!
29:23The, E, and the blend, st-t.
29:29Ha-ha! Let me tell you, Tad.
29:33You can use a blend at the start or at the end.
29:36There's really nothing to it.
29:38Let me show you how to do it.
29:41If you take the word top, you can change it into stop with a blend.
29:46St-t. St-t.
29:47Stop. If you take the word fog, you can change it into frog with a blend.
29:53St-t. Ur. Fur. Frog.
29:55If you take the word cap, you can change it into clap with a blend.
29:59C-l. C-l. Clap.
30:02If you take the word vet, you can change it into vest with a blend.
30:06St-t. St-t. Vest.
30:09A blend is your friend, and there's lots and lots of blends.
30:12Try a bl-a-a-nd-blend!
30:21And now that we've built all these words,
30:23they can all be put into Webbsley's dictionaries.
30:26Thanks for all your help, Professor.
30:28I have to get going.
30:30My application is due, and I'm all finished.
30:32Great, Tad.
30:34Allow me to mail it off for you.
30:36Thanks.
30:37Cool invention, Professor.
30:46I think it needs more time.
30:50Well, that's done.
30:52Anything happen up here while I was...
30:54Leap? Lily? Tad?
30:56What are you doing here?
30:57Well, Dad, we...
30:59We wanted to surprise you, but...
31:01Excuse me, Mr. Frog?
31:03Dad of Tad?
31:04Yes, that's me.
31:06May I help you?
31:08Congratulations, Mr. Frog!
31:09You are the grand prize winner of the
31:12My Dad is the Best Dad in the Whole Wide World contest!
31:16Huh?
31:17And to be here to share in your joy,
31:20all the way from your house,
31:21all expenses paid by us,
31:23here is Mrs. Frog!
31:27Oh, darling!
31:29Congratulations!
31:30Congratulations!
31:30Yes, Mr. Frog,
31:35you are the grand prize winner,
31:37and it's all because of this!
31:39A terrific entry form sent in by your son, Tad!
31:44He chose just the right words.
31:46I did fill it in myself.
31:49You're a remarkable young lad, Tad!
31:52He sure is!
31:53What do you say, little brother?
31:54First, I learned my letters.
31:57Every one from A to Z.
32:01Hold it!
32:02What's going on here?
32:04Have you all quack-quack-quacked up?
32:07Where's my big order?
32:09Right here, Mr. Webbsley.
32:11With my special crew of helpers,
32:13it was a snap!
32:14Quack!
32:20D-U-C-K spells duck.
32:24Quack!
32:25Oh, great!
32:27I do love these things!
32:29Quack! Quack! Quack!
32:31Now, Tad, um, you were saying...
32:34First, I learned my letters.
32:37Every one from A to Z.
32:40But when I tried to make some words,
32:42I was mixed up as can be.
32:45Then I asked my brother and my sister what to do.
32:50Professor Quigley showed me.
32:52Now I'll sing it all for you.
32:56Take a vowel that can stick words together,
33:01like an A that says ah.
33:04Add a sound at the beginning and one at the end.
33:09T-A-D makes t-a-d-tad.
33:14I can put a new sound at the beginning.
33:17With a D that says duh, I can make the word dad.
33:22Blend some sounds together like a G-L-G-O-L.
33:26And I'm so glad that my dad is my dad.
33:33I can do it.
33:35I can make my own words.
33:37I can spell out the words I've heard.
33:42It's really not as hard as I thought it would be.
33:46And I learned it all here at the Chalkin' Words Factory.
33:56Oh, yeah.
33:57I can do it.
34:03I can do it.
34:03I can do it.
34:08I can do it.
34:10But I can do it.
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