Woolly Woolly

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[Bright music plays]

A CHILD: Whee!

[Opening credits] t.v.o. kids and P.V.P. Media and Normaal Original.

[Child giggling]

[Cheerful, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In a world made of wool, the Woollys, five tightly knitted gnomes, walk behind a hedge. Text reads, “T.V.O.kids Presents, A France-Canada co-production Normaal and P.V.P Media. With the participation of France télévisions, Radio-Canada and Knowledge Kids.”

SINGER: Have you ever seen?

DESCRIPTION: A Woolly with a white beard wearing a red hat pops up from behind the hedge.

THE BEARDED WOOLLY SAYS: What?

SINGER: Playing in the sun?

DESCRIPTION: A white-haired Woolly wearing a red hat pops up with a small Woolly wearing a tall yellow hat.

THE WHITE-HAIRED AND SMALL WOOLLY SAY: Who?

SINGER: Tiny woolly woollys?

DESCRIPTION: A brown-haired Woolly wearing a short red hat pops up with a Woolly wearing a pink bow on a yellow hat.

THE BROWN-HAIRED WOOLLY AND THE PINK BOW-WEARING WOOLLY: Hey!

SINGER: Out there having fun?

DESCRIPTION: A space opens up in the hedge, and all five Woollys appear.

THE FIVE WOOLLYS: Woolly Woolly!!!

[Text reads] “Executive Producer/Creative Consultant Anna Hrachovec. Producers Alexis Lavillat and François Trudel.”

DESCRIPTION: In a forest, the Woollys walk past large trees.

THE SMALL WOOLLY CHEERS: Woo-hoo!

SINGER: Have you met BeeBee?

BEEBEE, THE SMALL WOOLLY: Hey there!

SINGER: Choochoo, Pirouette?

DESCRIPTION: ChooChoo, the brown-haired Woolly, and Pirouette, the Woolly wearing a pink bow, smile and wave.

CHOOCHOO: Hi!

PIROUETTE: Hey!

SINGER: Josie and Willy?

JOSIE, THE WHITE-HAIRED WOOLLY AND WILLY, THE BEARDED WOOLLY: Yoo-hoo!

SINGER: In their lovely tree, they're so full of charm!

[Credits continue] “Executive Producers François Trudel, Marc Dhrami and Vincent Leroux. Line Producer at Normaal, Damien Lévy.Production Director at PVP Media, Nicolas Dalpé.”

DESCRIPTION: The Woollys hike over a snowy mountain, through a desert, and over a rainbow. Willy is surrounded by candy.

WILLY: Like a sweet ball of yarn!

DESCRIPTION: The Woollys and other wool creatures, including Auntie Froggie and the Snowllys, come together in a grassy field with a yellow hill.

EVERYONE: Woolly Woolly!

[Title] “Woolly Woolly.

[Credits continue] Created and directed by Emmanuel Linderer.”

[Laughing]

[Gentle music plays]

DESCRIPTION: A Woolly reads the episode title, "The Specialist."

[Credits continue] “Written by Valerie Nardi and Emmanuel Linderer.” Storyboard by “Clementine Rochet.”

[Children laugh]

DESCRIPTION: On the playroom floor, Marco and Lila kneel in front of a cardboard theatre, with red curtains and Woollys drawn on it in crayon. On the blue wall behind the theatre is a sun, clouds, and a tree made out of clay. Lila spins a rainbow spinning top, but it keeps falling over.

LILA: Oh… What's with this thing?! Why isn't it working?!

MARCO: You used to be so good at that, Lila...

LILA: That's it! I'm done! I'm going to play with something else.

DESCRIPTION: Lila sets the spinning top aside. Marco puts the Woollys in a pile on the floor.

MARCO: Do you want to play Woollys with me? We can choose Pirouette and Beebee, Josie, Willy and Choochoo.

LILA: Okay. And I'll add a Wowiewoo, so our adventure can be more WOO!

DESCRIPTION: Lila takes the cardboard theatre and sets it on top of the pile of Woollys. The red curtains open, transporting the Woollys into Woollywood, an imaginary, whimsical world made entirely of wool. Pirouette places a stack of mushrooms on top of a rock next to a bush, then a tree, then a herd of sheep.

MARCO: It was a beautiful day and Pirouette was setting up for a brand-new stunt…

PIROUTETTE: One mushroom here… Hmm, no! Two mushrooms! Heh! Ah! The mushrampolines… the squishy bushes…

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette runs through the bushes and past the tree.

PIROUETTE: pop-pop-pop… I jump here, I pass through there…

DESCRIPTION: One of the sheep is wandering off. Pirouette picks it up and returns it to the herd.

PIROUETTE: And you, don't move, stay right here. Thanks! Mmm… Something's still missing.

DESCRIPTION: Just then, Beebee pushes a massive, colourful ball towards Pirouette.

BEEBEE: Howdy, Pirouette!

PIROUETTE: Whoa, Beebee! What is that Wowie thingy?

BEEBEE: This is a rolly-bally. My friend Nadege the Woonicorn lent it to me.

PIROUETTE: Wow! It's amazing! Can I try it?

BEEBEE: Yes!

PIROUETTE: I'm gonna roll the rolly-bally all the way to that boulder.

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette points to a boulder in the distance. Pirouette climbs onto the ball and runs on top of it.

[Circus music]

DESCRIPTION: She spins out of control and knocks over some mushrooms.

[Screaming]

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette falls off the ball and brushes herself off.

PIROUETTE: Eh! No problem! We don't always get things right the first try!

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette re-stacks the mushrooms onto the rock and gets back on the ball. Beebee tries to help her, but she falls off again.

PIROUETTE: Oh! Woah! Eh…

DESCRIPTION: Beebee climbs onto the ball.

PIROUETTE: Well, Beebee, if I can't do it, I'm not sure you'll be able to...

[Circus music]

DESCRIPTION: Beebee perfectly runs on top of the ball, all the way around trees, sheep, and back to Pirouette.

BEEBEE: Hey! Haha! This is really fun! Haha!

PIROUETTE: Okay, my turn now. I'm trying again!

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette falls off the ball and into a tree.

PIROUETTE: I… I don't get it!

DESCRIPTION: Beebee hops onto the ball and runs around the field.

BEEBEE: Hop! Haha! Don't worry, Pirouette. You'll get the hang of it. Haha! Yeah! Look, Pirouette, I can go both ways! Like this.... and... like this!

PIROUETTE: Maybe I'm not the stunt specialist I thought I was… Well, if I'm no longer a stunt specialist, I'll have to become a specialist at something else. But what?

DESCRIPTION: Later that day, Gramma Josie is baking pies. She walks around the treehouse, holding a tall stack of steaming hot pies.

[Gramma Josie whistles]

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie places the pies onto a table and tastes the last one.

GRAMMA JOSIE: Haha! Strawberry, apricot, lemon, apple, berry, prune and… Raspberry! Oh, the Woonicorns are going to love my pies!

PIROUETTE: Hello, Gramma Josie!

GRAMMA JOSIE: Hello, my sweet Pirouette!

PIROUETTE: Um… I'm looking for a new specialty!

GRAMMA JOSIE: Oh?!

PIROUETTE: Um… Do you have any ideas for me?

GRAMMA JOSIE: Well… You could become a… Let me see… Oh! A sandwich specialist! You just need to take two slices of bread and put whatever you like in between them. Like this!

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie leads Pirouette over to a table. She demonstrates making a sandwich.

PIROUETTE: Woah!

GRAMMA JOSIE: Have a try! I'll be right back.

[Pirouette squeals]

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie walks back to her pies and speaks to Claudine, the treehouse.

GRAMMA JOSIE: My dear Claudine, I need a refreshing breeze to cool down my pies, please and thank you.

DESCRIPTION: Claudine gently breathes on the pies.

[Blowing]

GRAMMA JOSIE: Oh! Haha!

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie walks back to the sandwich table and stacks of sandwich ingredients, almost as tall as Claudine! Pirouette stirs a large cauldron that sits over a fireplace.

GRAMMA JOSIE: Oh! My, you've made a really... big sandwich!

PIROUETTE: Yes! I decided I was going to be a giant sandwich specialist!

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette quickly puts together a tall sandwich.

GRAMMA JOSIE: This is very impressive, but how are we supposed to… bite into it?

PIROUETTE: Mmm… You're right… Oh! Maybe we could use a ladder! I'll go borrow one from Grandpa Willy!

DESCRIPTION: Inside his garden, Grampa Willy is planting seeds.

GRAMPA WILLY: One tomato seed to make a tasty soup… One pumpkin seed to make a tasty pie… One lettuce seed to make a tasty… Oh, salad!

PIROUETTE: Hi, Grandpa Willy. I need a tall ladder, please and thank you!

GRAMPA WILLY: A ladder, you say? Um… Where could it be… Oh, please hold this while I look.

DESCRIPTION: Grampa Willy hands Pirouette a bowl of seeds.

PIROUETTE: Oh, what is this?

GRAMPA WILLY: Those are seeds that I'm planting. Wait here, dear. I'll be right back.

[Pirouette squeals]

DESCRIPTION: In his shed, Grampa Willy looks for a ladder.

GRAMPA WILLY: Sweet sassy seed, where in the wool is that ladder? Ha-Ha! Found you!

DESCRIPTION: As Grampa Willy pulls down his ladder, everything crashes to the ground.

[Crashing]

GRAMPA WILLY: Oh… I really need to organize my shed…

DESCRIPTION: Grampa Willy picks up his ladder and accidentally catches a knitting basket on the end as he leaves the shed. He walks back out to the garden to find huge piles of dirt all over the place! Pirouette stands on top of a mound of dirt. Grampa Willy drops the ladder in surprise.

GRAMPA WILLY: Pirouette! I found the… Oh! But… What in the wool happened here?!

PIROUETTE: I planted all of your seeds!

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette catches the ladder and smiles.’

GRAMPA WILLY: But… Where are my pumpkins? My tomatoes? My lettuce!

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette stands on top of the ladder and gestures all over the garden.

PIROUETTE: Well… I planted a couple of tomatoes and lettuce seeds here. And I put a couple of pumpkins seeds there. And in the middle, um… I just mixed a bunch together! Thanks for the ladder.

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette picks up the ladder and the knitting basket.

PIROUETTE: Oh! Choochoo's knitting bag! He was looking for it everywhere! I'll take it to him right away! See you ladder! Haha!

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette takes the ladder and the knitting bag and leaves. Grampa Willy sits down and stares at his messy garden. Later that day, Choochoo is trying on clothes out of his closet.

CHOOCHOO: Too short. Too tight. Too small.

PIROUETTE: Choochoo! I found your knitting bag!

CHOOCHOO: Oh, thank you, Pirouette, I was looking everywhere for it!

PIROUETTE: What's all this?

CHOOCHOO: My clothes that are too small. I need to unknit them all so that I can reknit them into clothes that fit me. But I like them all so much that I just cannot bring myself to do it...

PIROUETTE: Unknit them?

[Pirouette squeals]

PIROUETTE: I can help with that!

CHOOCHOO: Ooh-lala, I cannot watch! Please tell me when you are done, Pirouette.

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette takes two knitting needles and tears into the clothes. Suddenly, a huge pile of yarn surrounds Choochoo.

PIROUETTE: I'm done!

CHOOCHOO: Already?! Ooh lala! Thank you, Pirouette, but the wool needed to be sorted into balls! Now it is all mixed up!

PIROUETTE: Mmm, sorry, Choochoo! I'm an unknitting specialist, not a wool sorting specialist...

CHOOCHOO: That is all right, I will get Bally to help. He's an expert at sorting wool.

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette picks up a blue-and-yellow helmet off the shelf.

PIROUETTE: Hey! That's my old helmet!

CHOOCHOO: Yes… It is too small for you, so I was going to ask if I could unknit it as well.

PIROUETTE: Uh… no! It might still be useful for someone. See you, Choochoo!

DESCRIPTION: Later that day, Pirouette returns to the field of sheep and her obstacle course.

PIROUETTE: Okay!

[Sheep bleating]

PIROUETTE: I'm gonna give this to Beebee, cause he's a super stunt specialist now…

DESCRIPTION: Suddenly, Beebee rolls past Pirouette on his ball. He bounces in circles and scares the sheep!

BEEBEE: Careful, Pirouette! Whoa! I'm stuck on the ball and I can't get it to stop!

[Beebee pants and screams]

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette puts on her helmet, jumps off the mushrooms, and soars through the sky! Her helmet falls off just before she lands on the ball. Pirouette steadies the ball, and Beebee hops off.

PIROUETTE: Easy, little ball, easy… Whoa!

BEEBEE: Thank you, Pirouette! It's way too bouncy! I'm out of here!

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette is standing balanced on the ball.

PIROUETTE: Hey, if I go easy… Oh... with a little bit of finesse…

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette steps back and forth gently, until she is spinning around the whole field on the ball.

[Pirouette squealing]

PIROUETTE: Finally, I can tell everyone I'm back to being the supreme, super stunt specialist! Woohoo!

DESCRIPTION: In his bedroom, Choochoo looks glumly at his wrinkled pile of clothing.

CHOOCHOO: My new clothes are very nice. But they are so wrinkled because of the jumbled wool…

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette rolls the ball over the clothes and presses them flat.

PIROUETTE: Here comes the flattening express!

CHOOCHOO: Ooh lala, thank you, Pirouette!

DESCRIPTION: Grampa Willy stands in his garden, holding a rake. He looks around at the massive piles of unearthed dirt.

GRAMPA WILLY: Sweet tiny rake! It'll take me forever to flatten all this soil!

PIROUETTE: I'll help, Grampa Willy!

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette flattens the dirt with her ball.

GRAMPA WILLY: Hoho! Thank you, Pirouette!

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie stares up at the super-tall sandwich Pirouette made.

GRAMMA JOSIE: And just look, Claudine. Even with a ladder, I don't know how we're going to eat it...

PIROUETTE: You won't need a ladder, Gramma Josie!

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette rolls her ball over the sandwich, flattening it.

GRAMMA JOSIE: Oh! Bravo, Pirouette!

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette rolls all over the grass and around Claudine.

LILA: Pirouette had taken her time and become a rolly-bally specialist.

PIROUETTE: Woohoo! Haha!

DESCRIPTION: The red curtains close on the cardboard theatre. In the playroom, Lila and Marco clean up all the toys.

LILA: Okay, easy… I'm trying one last time…

DESCRIPTION: Lila spins the top, and it spins.

MARCO: You did it, Lila!

LILA: Yep! Being a top spinning specialist takes finesse!

[Laugh]

[End credits] Original Music by Tim Rideout. Original Voice Director Thor Bishopric. With the voices of Sonja Ball, Josie. Lucinda Davis, BeeBee. Terrence Scammel, Willy. Jodie Resther, ChooChoo. Dalal Sabra, Pirouette. Simon Peacock, Snowllys. Gaëlle Serra, Lila. Viggo Hanvelt, Marco. Theme song performed by Gaëlle Serra, Lila. Copyright Normaal, P.V.P. Media, V.I. Incorporated, 2024.