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02:04A guy in a restaurant buys a bowl of stew. He notices that there is a fly in it and says...
02:10Oh waiter. Yes? There is a fly in my soup.
02:18Keep your voice down or everyone will want one.
02:22If you think that was fun, watch this.
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04:10There's a fly in my shoe.
04:15Data scanned into system.
04:17Data scanned into system.
04:22Data scanned into system.
04:31Why, it's so funny, Dad.
04:33Yeah. What are you reading?
04:37The Universal Encyclopedia of Fly Jokes.
04:43Fly jokes?
04:44Oh yes, Leona. This is what I mean when I always say you have to read the classic fly jokes.
04:52Does he always say that?
04:55Hey guys, fly jokes.
05:00Data scanned into system.
05:02Oh, come on, Click. Let's stop working and have a good laugh.
05:05I do not laugh.
05:07Oh, I'm sure you'll laugh at this.
05:11Come on.
05:13All right, here we go.
05:15A guy in a restaurant buys a bowl of soup. He notices that there is a fly in it and says...
05:23Oh, waiter.
05:26Yes?
05:28What is this fly doing in my soup?
05:31Oh, it looks like the backstroke to me.
05:43Oh, Click. Didn't you get it?
05:46Certainly. The waiter misunderstood the question and gave an inappropriate answer.
05:51Yes, but it's funny. You're not laughing.
05:55I told you. I do not laugh.
05:58Oh, you'll laugh at the next one. It's a riot.
06:04A guy in a restaurant buys a bowl of soup. He notices that there is a fly in it and says...
06:11Oh, waiter.
06:14Yes?
06:16There is a fly in my soup.
06:19Keep your voice down or everyone will want one.
06:32Did you get it, Click?
06:34Another misunderstanding, correct?
06:36Well, yes, but doesn't it make you want to at least laugh or chuckle?
06:40I am not programmed for laughter or chuckling.
06:43Oh, let me read one, Dad. I can make Click laugh.
06:46Yeah, maybe it's in my delivery.
06:50A guy in a restaurant buys a bowl of soup. He notices that there is a fly in it and says...
06:56Oh, waiter.
06:59Yes?
07:01What is this fly doing in my soup?
07:04There was no room in the potato salad.
07:07Oh!
07:14Oh!
07:16No room in the potato salad. Who writes this stuff?
07:27Oh, I am ruining your good time. Perhaps I should exit.
07:32Maybe Click just doesn't like fly jokes.
07:35Yes, of course. We all laugh at different things.
07:38Yes, well, if we didn't, we'd only need one joke.
07:42Which one?
07:45Click, we have all kinds of other funny books in the library.
07:48I'm sure we can find one that tickles you.
07:51Yeah, I know some that are a riot. Come on.
07:54Yes, to the humor section.
07:56Onward.
07:58Click, don't you worry. Get ready to laugh, okay?
08:02I cannot get ready to laugh. I am not programmed for laughter.
08:11Shoo! Shoo, fly! Shoo!
08:14Shoo!
08:19Fly.
08:21I.
08:24And now, lovers of the vowels A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y.
08:30The vowels are in the house to sing the Y sound from their hit word, my.
08:38I, I, I, I.
08:41I, I, I, I.
08:44I, I, I, I.
08:47I, I, I, I.
08:50I, I, I, I.
08:53I, I, I, I.
08:56I, I, I, I.
09:01Yeah!
09:07Fr, fr, fr.
09:10I.
09:14Fr, I.
09:16Fry, fry.
09:19Fry.
09:23Fry.
09:25Fry.
09:28Fly.
09:32Slide.
09:36Shine.
09:39And now, Archie's Smarty Pants will read four words without any assistance whatsoever.
09:49Thank you.
09:51May I have a build the excitement drum roll, please?
09:59Thank you.
10:02My.
10:05Shy.
10:08Fly.
10:11Butterfly.
10:13My, shy, fly, and butterfly.
10:17Thank you.
10:21Fly.
10:27Fly.
10:32And now, world-renowned mezzo-soprano, Ms. Denise Graves, will sing the sound of the letter Y in the word, butterfly.
10:43I.
10:50Awesome, though! Wow!
10:53I am so impressed.
10:57Can you believe it?
11:04Five little vowels.
11:07A, E, I, O, U.
11:10When you've got a couple consonants, nothing else will do.
11:16H-A-T, hat.
11:19H-O-T, hot.
11:22L-E-T, let.
11:24L-I-T, lit.
11:25I love all the real lot.
11:27F-O-T, lot.
11:29Oh, and sometimes, why?
11:32Why don't you cry?
11:35You're not a full-time vowel, but don't throw in the towel.
11:38My little sometimes, why?
11:41Five little vowels.
11:44A, E, I, O, U.
11:47When you want to spell pitch, or pot, or pet, they're a dream come true.
11:53Yeah, whether you spell champ.
11:56Or whether you spell chump.
11:59The vowels are so much fun.
12:01F-U-N, fun.
12:02They make me want to jump.
12:04J-U-M-P, jump.
12:06Oh, and sometimes, why?
12:09Why don't you try?
12:12You're not the same as the rest, but don't get depressed.
12:15My little sometimes, why?
12:18My sometimes, why?
12:21And sometimes, why?
12:24My sometimes, why?
12:26My sometimes, why?
12:31Snow.
12:34Ink.
12:35Flying.
12:37Flying.
12:40And now, fun with Chicken Jane.
12:43Yay, Chicken Jane and the Big Fine Duck.
12:49Look, look, see, see, coming down the lane.
12:53Here comes Scott, here comes Dot, here comes Chicken Jane.
12:59Look, Dot, look.
13:01See the mucky mud puddle.
13:03Yes, Scott, yes.
13:05See the mucky mud puddle.
13:12Look, Scott, look.
13:14See the big flying duck.
13:20See Chicken Jane, right.
13:22D-U-C-K.
13:25D-U-C-K.
13:27D-U-C-K.
13:29Duck.
13:30See the word duck.
13:34Duck, Scott, duck.
13:40Look, Dot, look.
13:42See Chicken Jane.
13:44She is mucky and muddy.
13:46We are not mucky and muddy.
13:51Thank you, Chicken Jane.
13:58Look, look, see, see, going up the lane.
14:02There goes Scott, there goes Dot, there goes Chicken Jane.
14:12Oh, quick, quick, you're gonna laugh this time.
14:15I just knew it.
14:17Oh, thank you, Leona.
14:19I have never laughed before.
14:21I tremble with anticipation.
14:25Good evening.
14:28Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
14:33Welcome to the human section.
14:42Great crowd, great crowd.
14:44Hey, where do you monkeys come from?
14:49Trees.
14:50Oh, so you must be the branch manager.
14:58Try the bananas, I'm here all week.
15:00Okay, okay, settle down, settle down.
15:02Put your paws and wings together
15:04for the comedy stylings of Dr. Nidwit.
15:07That's Nidwhite.
15:09Nidwhite and Watson.
15:12Yay!
15:17Thank you, thank you.
15:20Say, Dr. Nidwhite,
15:22what's the tallest building in the city?
15:25I don't know, Watson.
15:27What is the tallest building in the city?
15:29Oh, the library.
15:33No, it's not.
15:35Oh, yes, it is.
15:36Because it has the most stories.
15:42Yay!
15:47Don't you get it, Quip?
15:49Certainly.
15:50It is a play on the two meanings of the word stories.
15:53One, a tale,
15:55and two, the adjacent subdivisions of a building.
15:58Keep going, keep going.
16:02Dr. Nidwhite,
16:04what slimy has red eyes
16:07and 19 hairy legs?
16:10I have absolutely no idea.
16:13Neither do I,
16:15but there's one crawling on your neck.
16:18Get it off, get it off, get it off.
16:21I'm a villain.
16:23I'm a villain.
16:24It's a joke, it's a joke, calm down.
16:30I knew that.
16:32Interesting joke.
16:35She's not laughing.
16:37Okay.
16:41How was I, Watson?
16:43Really, Dr. Nidwhite.
16:44That's Nidwhite.
16:47Right.
16:48Now those hilarious comedy stylings,
16:51two of the funniest parents I have ever known,
16:54Theo and Cleo.
17:02Oh, Cleo.
17:03Yes, Theo.
17:06Right there.
17:08What is the best way to pounce on a unique animal?
17:13Unique upon it.
17:18Unique upon it.
17:21Perhaps I should leave.
17:23No, no, don't leave.
17:24Quick, you'll get the next one.
17:26You're the next one.
17:28Right.
17:29Yeah, yeah.
17:30Oh, Cleo.
17:31Yes, Theo.
17:32What?
17:34Oh, right.
17:36What fur do you get from an angry rhinoceros?
17:40As fur away as you can get.
17:49Huh?
17:50Huh?
17:51Yuck.
17:52I am laughing?
17:54Huh?
17:55Huh?
17:56Oh, you're not really laughing, are you?
18:01A pointing device cannot lie.
18:04No, I am not laughing.
18:08Boo-hoo.
18:10Boo-hoo.
18:12We didn't make her laugh.
18:14We made her cry.
18:18And now, lovers of the vowels A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y.
18:24The vowels are true and tried with the Y sound from their big hit word, cry.
18:55I.
18:58And now it's time for...
19:00Gawain's Word.
19:04Excellent.
19:05Gawain here once again at Blending Field where two brave knights in armor will charge together at high speed and make a word.
19:13Competing today we have Sir Chris.
19:16Chris.
19:17And besides, Sir I.
19:20I.
19:22Blend on, dudes.
19:24Chris.
19:25I.
19:26Chris.
19:27I.
19:28Chris.
19:29I.
19:30Chris.
19:31I.
19:35Cry.
19:36Excellent.
19:37That's Gawain's Word for today.
19:39And this is Gawain saying try not to cry because we'll see you next time on Gawain's Word.
19:47Yey, ho, ho, ho.
19:50Fly, fly.
19:54Watson.
19:55Come quick and bring your pad and pencil.
19:58Yes, Dr. Knitweight?
20:00That's knit white.
20:02Yes, sorry.
20:04Bring the stone but I, Dr. Alexander Graham Knitwhite,
20:08to just discover the only word in the English language
20:11that has the letter Y, I found at the end, fly, fly.
20:22My, oh my.
20:26Oh, why, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
20:32Oh, my, why, why?
20:34Why?
20:36Oh, don't cry, it was a nice try, Dr. Nitwit.
20:42White, white, white.
20:46It's okay, it's all right.
20:54Fly, fly, fly.
20:57Y, y, y, y, y, y, y, y.
21:00I fly, fly, fly.
21:08♪♪
21:11["Fly Me to the Moon"]
21:14Woke up this mornin', wonderin' why, why can sometimes sound like yeah, and sometimes ee-haw-hi-oh-my-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i
21:45Yes, E and I
21:51Well, the Y in lucky sounds like ee
21:54The Y in sky says I
21:56The Y in yellow sounds like yeah
21:59Won't someone tell me why, oh why
22:04I'm troubled by that oh why
22:08It brings me grief
22:10Y has got three different sounds
22:15Yes, E and I
22:21Well, Y is the E in monkey
22:24Y is the Y in yes
22:26The Y, it sounds like I and cry
22:29It's hard for me to get, oh why
22:34You trouble me, letter Y
22:38Why you wanna do that to me?
22:41Y has got three different sounds
22:45Yes, E and I
22:49The three sounds of Y
22:53Y, you're Y, I feel yucky
22:57Yeah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
23:06L-I, fly
23:11Fly
23:15Shy
23:17W-Y
23:24Alright, let's find out who's who
23:26Who's here? Yes. What? Here. Who are you? No, I'm what? You're who? No, I'm who? Where? Here. Where are you? Yes. What? That's me. You're who? No, I'm what? He's who? Where? I'm where. He's what? And I'm who? Why me? No, why me? I'm why.
23:49All right. So you're why, you're who, you're where, and you're what? Right. Fine. Now, when... Here. What? No, I'm what?
24:03Ooh!
24:09One.
24:11Ten.
24:15Ten.
24:18Ten!
24:19Ten!
24:20Greetings! Salutations! Hola! Hello! Hi! Hee hee hee hee!
24:39Heath the Thesaurus here with ten diminutive, small, short, itty-bitty, little, tiny words that pop up in just about anything you want to read or write. Hee hee hee!
24:56A, the, is, that, you, of, in, and, it, too. Ten small words good to learn by sight. A, the, is, that, you, of, in, and, it, too. They're ten small words hard to read and write.
25:23Golly gee, here's the, and two. Mercy me, here's a, and you. Is a winner anyone could love. Hey! You'll have to that, and and. It's a hitch, and is, is grand, and there's no word I'm fonder of than of.
25:45Let me tell you now. A, the, is, that, you, of, in, and, it, too. Read these words every chance you can. Ooh! A, the, is, that, you, of, in, and, it, too. Ten small words and I'm their biggest fan. Ten small words and I'm their biggest fan.
26:13Yeah! Hee hee hee!
26:17I, fly.
26:23Oh, Boo! Boo!
26:26Oh, Boo! Oh, Boo!
26:29Oh, Quick, I'm sorry we couldn't make you laugh.
26:33Oh, it is not your fault, Leona. My programming is defective.
26:40Boo!
26:42Oh, she swallowed a fly.
26:45Oh, beep, glug, glug.
26:48Quick, are you okay?
26:51Look, the fly is in her monitor.
26:54Oh, what is that fly doing in my monitor?
26:57It is a bug in my program.
27:00A bug in my program?
27:05Hey, she's laughing. She's really laughing.
27:15I made a joke and it is my own joke. Oh, oh, wait. I have another one.
27:22What is that fly doing in my monitor?
27:25Shhh. All the computers will want to try one.
27:29Yeah, I've never heard these jokes before.
27:33That mouse is a kind of genius.
27:39Oh, wait. What is that fly doing in my monitor?
27:44There is no more room on my hard drive.
27:49It's not that funny.
27:51Cliff thinks it is.
27:53Mom, you're right. Everybody laughs at different stuff.
27:58Indeed they do.
28:00Hey, why is that fly in my monitor?
28:03I guess my screensaver is a little spotty.
28:14I got a million of them.
28:20Hey, Walter. What's that fly doing on Buster's...
28:26Head?
28:27Yeah, head.
28:29All right. Stop with the fly jokes.
28:33Buster, it's not a joke. There's a fly on your...
28:37Head!
28:39Yeah, your head.
28:41Get off!
28:42Excuse me, fly. It's my head.
28:45And I do not want you to sit on it.
28:48Shoo!
28:49Shoo!
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29:14Be a designated reader.
29:16Okay, Mom.
29:18Do your designated reader thing.
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