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. Candy surrounds Willy.

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 "Whoa Wind."

[Credits continue] “Written by Emma Kassirer.” Storyboard by “Ryan Chang Lam.”

[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. Marco and Lila play with wooden blocks and marbles.

[Wind blows outside]

DESCRIPTION: The blocks and marbles fall over.

MARCO: Whoa! The wind is really, really windy!

LILA: Oh, come on! There's nothing to be scared of.

MARCO: Hmm!

LILA: Maybe we should play with the Woollys a bit before bed, to help get your mind off the wind!

MARCO: I guess…

DESCRIPTION: Lila and Marco move away the blocks and marbles, and put the Woollys in a pile.

LILA: We'll need Choochoo, Beebee and Josie...

MARCO: And we can also add a Wowiewoo, so that their adventure can be a little 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. At night, a knitted green landscape features a collection of sleeping trees.

LILA: Choochoo was having a sleepover at his very best friend Beebee's house… On a windy night…

[Wind blowing]

DESCRIPTION: Inside the treehouse, Beebee and Choochoo are tucked into a walnut bed. They set their hats onto the mushroom tables.

CHOOCHOO: Good night, Beebee.

BEEBEE: Sleep tight, Choochoo.

[Wind blowing]

DESCRIPTION: Choochoo sits up with a start and takes off his eye mask. He looks around the room with his brow furrowed.

CHOOCHOO: Ah! What was that?

BEEBEE: Don't worry, Choochoo, it's just the wind blowing through Claudine's branches.

CHOOCHOO: Oh!

[Choochoo yawning]

DESCRIPTION: Choochoo lies back down.

[Claudine, the treehouse creaks]

DESCRIPTION: Choochoo sits back up.

CHOOCHOO: And... That?

[Beebee yawning]

BEEBEE: It's Claudine again. She creaks sometimes.

CHOOCHOO: Oh...

[Deep whistling]

DESCRIPTION: Both Choochoo and Beebee sit up and look around.

CHOOCHOO: What was that?!

BEEBEE: Never heard that sound before. Maybe it's a ghost… Good night, Choochoo!

DESCRIPTION: Beebee lies back down and falls asleep. Choochoo lies down and stares at the ceiling with his eyes wide open. The sun rises.

[Cock-a-doodle-doo]

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie is knitting outside as Beebee and Choochoo walk up to her. Choochoo’s shoulders are slumped.

BEEBEE: Good morning, Gramma!

GRAMMA JOSIE: Good morning, Beebee. Good morning, Choochoo. Did you sleep well?

[Choochoo yawning]

CHOOCHOO: No, Gramma Josie… The wind kept me awake all night...

GRAMMA JOSIE: Say, you love plants and flowers, don't you, Choochoo?

CHOOCHOO: Mmm?

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie picks a massive, pink dandelion.

GRAMMA JOSIE: Well, did you know that a lot of plants need wind to help spread their seeds and make more plants?

CHOOCHOO: Mmm…

GRAMMA JOSIE: Now, make a wish!

[Wind blowing]

DESCRIPTION: The wind blows off all the dandelion’s pink seeds. The seeds all stick to Choochoo!

CHOOCHOO: I wish there was no such thing as wind.

GRAMMA JOSIE: Birds and butterflies also need wind to help them fly!

CHOOCHOO: I am not a bird. Or a butterfly. And the wind is still not my friend!

[Deep whistling]

CHOOCHOO: Ah! Oh no! That noise! It is back!

[Wind blowing]

[Deep whistling]

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie walks around the treehouse and looks up at Claudine’s green nose.

GRAMMA JOSIE: Beebee, my boy? Will you bring me my rake, please?

BEEBEE: Sure, Gramma!

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie tickles Claudine’s nose with the rake. Claudine sneezes out a white-and-pink conch shell! The shell lands on Beebee’s head.

[Claudine sneezing]

BEEBEE: Ah! What is this Wowie thingy?

GRAMMA JOSIE: This conch reminds me of the Merry Pirates. They decorate their beach houses with these, you know.

CLAUDINE: It must have blown in from the sea during last night's storm.

[Sneezing]

DESCRIPTION: Claudine sneezes again, and as the wind blows through the conch shell, it makes a deep whistling noise.

[Deep whistling]

[Choochoo screaming]

DESCRIPTION: Choochoo screams and runs away. He hides in Gramma Josie’s knitting project, a long, red tube piled into a basket. Gramma Josie takes the end of the tube and holds it up to Claudine.

GRAMMA JOSIE: And I know just what I'll use it for. Claudine, dear, will you blow right here, please?

CLAUDINE: Oh? Well… Of course, Josie!

DESCRIPTION: Claudine takes some deep breaths and begins to blow up the red tube.

[Blowing]

DESCRIPTION: The tube expands and forms into a sphere.

[Blowing]

DESCRIPTION: The red balloon floats above the grass, carrying a basket underneath it. Choochoo’s head pops out of the basket.

BEEBEE: Ah! A hot air balloon!

GRAMMA JOSIE: Exactly! And that new Wowie thingy will make a perfect anchor to keep it from blowing away.

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie ties a string around the conch shell and attaches it to the hot air balloon. She buries the conch shell in the ground.

GRAMMA JOSIE: Now, would you like to visit my basket?

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie, Choochoo, and Beebee stand inside the hot air balloon basket. They stand shoulder to shoulder, and only their heads poke out the top.

BEEBEE: Yay!

GRAMMA JOSIE: This is my tiny kitchen to bake delicious cookies on my trips! Hihi! And this is my bed. Try lying on it, you'll see how comfortable it is!

DESCRIPTION: Inside the hot air balloon basket is a magically large room. With a bed, a kitchenette, and pictures on the walls. Choochoo lies down on the bed and immediately falls asleep.

CHOOCHOO: Ooh-lala, this bed is really comforta...

[Choochoo snoring]

[Gramma Josie yawning]

GRAMMA JOSIE: What a good idea. Let's all have a little nap.

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie and Beebee lie down in bed. The three Woollys fall asleep. The wind picks up and blows the hot air balloon into the sky.

[Snoring]

[Wind blowing]

DESCRIPTION: The wind blows through the conch shell, which is now dangling from the hot air balloon.

[Deep whistling]

DESCRIPTION: Choochoo wakes with a start.

CHOOCHOO: Ah! Not that sound again! Ooh-lala! Ooh-lala! We are in the sky!

GRAMMA JOSIE: Oh! Choochoo. I think you're dreaming. We can't be in the sky!

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie and Beebee look outside.

GRAMMA JOSIE/ BEEBEE: WOAH! WE ARE IN THE SKY!

GRAMMA JOSIE: Choochoo, try touching the clouds! They're so fluffy. You'll love it!

CHOOCHOO: I don't want to be here: too much wind. I do not want…

DESCRIPTION: A cloud flies into Choochoo’s face. He relaxes and cuddles into it.

CHOOCHOO: Ooh-lala! The view of Woollywood is very beautiful from up here.

DESCRIPTION: The Woollys fly over rolling green hills. Just then, the hot air balloon gets caught in a sleeping cloud.

[The cloud snoring]

GRAMMA JOSIE: Huh?! Mister Cloud? Woo-hoo! Mister Cloud! It looks like we're stuck!

[The cloud snoring]

BEEBEE: Hey, Gramma! I know!

DESCRIPTION: Just as the hot air balloon flies into Woonicorn territory, Beebee pulls up the conch shell anchor and blows into it.

[Breathing]

[Deep whistling]

DESCRIPTION: Two Woonicorns, Nadege and Virginia, fly up to the hot air balloon.

NADEGE: Uh, excuse us...

BEEBEE: HUH?

NADEGE: We heard a totally amazing sound. Was that you?

BEEBEE: Oh! You mean this?

[Breathing]

[Deep whistling]

VIRGINIA: Awesome! That's so it! AMAZING!

DESCRIPTION: Just then, the sleeping cloud wakes up.

MR. CLOUD: Huh? Huh? What's going on here?! Hey, I'm off course! Eh... Woonicorns, please dislodge this whimsical Woolly balloon.

VIRGINIA: You got it!

MR. CLOUD: Thank you!

DESCRIPTION: Nadege and Virginia push the hot air balloon off Mr. Cloud.

BEEBEE: Look, Choochoo, we're free! And we can ask the Woonicorns to pull us back home!

CHOOCHOO: I am not sure they will hear you...

VIRGINIA: Wow, you're so amazingly fluffy!

NADEGE: Totally!

DESCRIPTION: The hot air balloon flies out of Woonicorn territory and into the snowy land of the Snowllys. Two Snowllys stand atop a tall mountain and throw snowballs at a target. The first Snowlly has a red scarf, and the second has a green scarf.

RED SNOWLLY: Uh-oh… It's boring when there's no one to throw the snowballs to...

GREEN SNOWLLY: Look! Eh! A hot air balloon!

RED SNOWLLY: With Woollys in it! Eh!

GREEN SNOWLLY: They must be hot up there. Let's send up some snowballs to cool them down. Eh!

DESCRIPTION: The two Snowllys begin to throw snowballs at the hot air balloon.

CHOOCHOO: Ooh-lala! Snowballs!

GRAMMA JOSIE: Haha! Look, children! The Snowllys are helping to get us back on course!

DESCRIPTION: The Snowlly’s snowballs push the hot air balloon back towards where it came. All of their snowballs fall back onto the Snowlly’s heads.

THE SNOWLLY’S: Eh! Uh-oh. OH NO!

DESCRIPTION: Later, by the treehouses, Pirouette sets down a mushroom. Grampa Willy carries a ladder over.

PIROUETTE: I assure you, Grampa Willy! This mushroom is much better than a ladder for picking apples! Try it!

DESCRIPTION: The hot air balloon floats through the sky.

GRAMMA JOSIE: Look, Choochoo! We're almost home!

BEEBEE: We can ask Grampa and Pirouette to help us land. I'll blow the thingy!

DESCRIPTION: Beebee blows into the conch and makes a deep whistling sound. At the same time, Grampa Willy jumps on the mushroom.

[Deep whistling]

PIROUETTE: Woah! That was awesome! I want to try too!

GRAMMA JOSIE: Eh... Try again, my Beebee. They didn’t hear us.

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette jumps on the mushroom as Beebee blows into the conch again.

[Deep whistling]

PIROUETTE: Haha! This mushroom's music is awesome!

DESCRIPTION: Grampa Willy looks up into the sky and sees the hot air balloon.

GRAMPA WILLY: Huh? Josie! Beebee! Choochoo! What are you three doing up there? It's much too windy today! Throw us a rope!

DESCRIPTION: Beebee drops the conch anchor down, and Pirouette and Grampa Willy start to pull down the hot air balloon.

[Pirouette and Grampa Willy grunting]

GRAMMA JOSIE: See? Home already! That wasn't so bad, eh? Willy! Try screwing that anchor in the ground, will you?

CHOOCHOO: That is enough adventure for one day!

[Wind blowing]

DESCRIPTION: Willy sticks the conch into the ground. As the wind passes by, it moves the flowers and plants and runs a breeze through the shell. Everyone closes their eyes and listens to the music the wind makes.

[Chiming]

BEEBEE: What a beautiful melody! I wanna play some more music!

DESCRIPTION: Beebee hops out of the hot air balloon and takes the conch shell out of the ground. Choochoo and Gramma Josie start to fly away.

GRAMMA JOSIE: NO, BEEBEE!

GRAMPA WILLY: Sweet balloon! Ah!

DESCRIPTION: As Beebee holds onto the shell, he flies into the sky.

BEEBEE: Haha! Yeah!

CHOOCHOO: Ooh-lala

GRAMMA JOSIE: Don't worry, children, we'll be back in no time!

The red curtains close on the cardboard theatre. In the playroom, Lila and Marco drop bells beside the Woollys.

LILA: Hey, let's make wind chimes tomorrow to hang outside our window?

MARCO: That way, every time the wind blows, it'll play beautiful music! Houuu...

[Chiming]

[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.