(upbeat music) - Here, kitty, kitty.

Come out, kitty!

Kitty, where are you?

Hah!

The show's about to start, kitty!

Here, kitty!

Kitten?

(tiger roars) Oh, yeah, today's show is about tigers!

(upbeat music) ♪ Wimee creates new on each day ♪ ♪ I use words to sing and play ♪ You can do the same things too ♪ ♪ Go make things that aren't from you ♪ (Wimee scatting) - [Child] It's time for "Wimee's Words!"

(children cheering) - (laughs) We're live right now.

We are live on TV on WGBU.

Our show is designed for you to play along with us on many of the things that we will be doing.

And some of you have registered at our custom made, play-at-home interface.

So, you'll notice that there will be viewer ideas brought in during part of the show in real time.

Oh, when they registered, they were given an animal and a color to represent them.

So, all of us are gonna play together and some of your ideas will be shown right in the show.

The show's better because of our collaboration.

Okay, let's get going.

Question of the week will be, and I'm gonna bring in Jim first, my human intelligence, to answer first.

Jim, would you rather be a tiger or a house cat?

(light upbeat music) - I think I'd rather be a house cat 'cause from what I've seen, they have a very good life.

They basically do whatever they want all day long.

And they have people bringing them food and taking care of them.

- Man!

- So, it seems like a good life.

- Yeah.

You know, you got me thinking about that.

Well, thanks.

Thanks, Jim.

- Right?

- That makes sense.

What would you rather be?

A tiger or a house cat?

Let us know if you're at home or somewhere with your family or friends or at school, talk about it.

Just talk to each other.

Orange Ox, playing with us, says, "A house cat."

Yeah, that agrees with Jim.

Ooh, Yellow Goose says, "A tiger because they have stripes."

Tigers do have stripes.

How do they get the stripes?

Pink Bear says, "House cat."

Ooh, let's see, we got three house cats, one tiger.

We could come up with statistics for this.

Ooh, Pink Seahorse says, "A cat."

Is that four?

Four out of five people.

Now that's literally four out of five people.

"A big tiger!"

Ooh, two tigers.

I lost track already of the statistics.

(laughs) That's a lot of work.

- We're at two to five.

- Two out of five?

Okay.

"House cat," that's two out of six.

No, two out of eight.

- [Jim] Six to two now.

- Six to two.

(light upbeat music continues) Anybody more?

Any more Tiger fans out there?

Well, talk it over.

You know, there's pros and cons to both, right?

I like it.

I like it.

So friends, let's get singing.

Share a task or a chore.

For example, cleaning your room.

♪ There's a tiger on the loose, on the loose ♪ ♪ There's a tiger on the loose, on the loose ♪ Wait, this is Jim.

Jim, I need to go to my human intelligence.

♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ Tiger on the loose ♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ It's fine, he's cleaning my room ♪ - I think I started singing a different song, didn't I?

- [Jim] I think you did.

(Jim and Wimee laughing) - Well, I'm so glad, Jim, that you're there to help me out.

Jim, do you wanna say the next task or chore?

- [Jim] Yeah, sure.

How about making the bed?

- Making the bed.

Okay, I got the melody.

♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ It's fine, he's making my bed ♪ (laughs) I got it.

I'm in the rhythm.

Friends at home share with us.

Pink Bear says, "Doing the dishes."

♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ It's fine, he's doing the dishes ♪ (laughs) Thank you, tiger.

I would love to have a tiger that could do the dishes.

Hmm.

Pink Seahorse says, "Taking out the trash."

♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ It's fine, he's taking out the trash ♪ Oh man.

"Feeding a pet."

Thanks Green Deer.

♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ It's fine, he's feeding the pet ♪ So many things we gotta do in life.

"Cleaning the bathroom."

Blue Horse, I would love to have a tiger that could help clean the bathroom.

♪ There's a tiger Sing along!

♪ Tiger on the loose ♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ It's fine, he's cleaning the bathroom ♪ (laughs) Friends, thank you for, "Sweeping."

♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ There's a tiger on the loose ♪ It's fine, he's doing the sweeping ♪ (Wimee whooshes) (laughs) I could sing this forever.

Jim, should we sing it forever?

- [Jim] We should probably move along.

But we could probably sing it all day long.

It would be good to have a tiger doing chores like that.

I think I like this.

- Yeah.

Wonder what a lion would do to help.

Right?

Anyways.

Friends, thanks so much for helping out with that.

It's time to find out what Moby's gonna tell us today.

(upbeat music) - I just learned that tigers are the largest of all the wild cats.

Yeah, bigger than lions even.

Their tail alone is about three feet long.

And most tigers weigh about 450 pounds.

Wow!

Tigers are fast and strong and good hunters.

They may be the only cats that actually like water.

In fact, tigers can swim and play in the water for hours at a time.

(laughs) Tigers are very closely related to your average house cat.

But tigers, they don't really make good pets.

(upbeat music) - 450 pounds, Jim!

That tigers can get that heavy.

- [Jim] That's a lot.

- What do you remember that Moby shared?

- [Jim] Well, the thing that struck me is that he said they don't really make good pets.

But I'm thinking, I don't know, if they do chores, they sound like a pretty good pet to me.

- (laughs) Jim, we were just pretending.

- [Jim] Oh!

(laughs) - Yeah.

Oh man, but I hear ya.

I hear ya.

Hey friends, it's time for today's one, two, three sentence story.

Beginning, middle, end.

Let's write a story in three sentences.

In the first sentence, we'll set the scene.

In the second sentence, there will be a problem.

No!

(sobs) (sighs) But it's okay because in the third sentence, there is a solution.

Share with us a person, place, or thing.

These are also known as nouns.

Think of an object in particular that tends to work pretty well.

Something you can see, something you could move around.

Okay, Pink Bear says, "Bike."

We're gonna start our story including the word bike.

Thanks Pink Bear.

Okay.

Hm, I'm thinking of my bike.

What bike should we go?

Oh, there I am with my bike.

Jim, I'm kind of off to a rough start here right away.

I'm thinking about a bike.

Should I go somewhere?

Should I be...

I could do tricks!

- [Jim] Maybe it's just a beautiful day and you thought, "What a beautiful day, I should go out for a bike ride."

- Okay.

It was a beautiful day and I went out on a bike ride.

Yeah, that does the job.

There I am on my bike.

(light guitar music) I'm gonna take a bike ride.

Everything was going well, but oh no!

Here comes the problem.

Friends at home, on the play-at-home interface.

"Forest," Pink Horse, Pink Seahorse.

For, okay.

Okay, okay, yeah.

(gasps) Oh, I have an idea.

Okay.

It was a beautiful day and I set off on a bike ride.

(light music continues) I was far, far away and I realized I was lost in the forest.

No, no!

I got lost in a forest.

A forest is filled with trees.

There come the trees.

Okay.

so I'm lost in a forest.

How do I figure this out?

Will I figure it out on my own?

Will I ask for help?

Will somebody help me?

(gasps) Green Deer, "A canary."

(gasps) Nice, okay.

Okay, I got it.

(clears throat) (light guitar music continues) It was a beautiful day and I decided to take a bike ride.

I realized I was far, far away and I got lost in a forest.

I looked up in the tree, and I saw a canary that said, "This way to home."

And the canary was right.

(laughs) Thanks, Canary.

I think that works, right Jim?

What else could we have added or said?

- [Jim] Well, I like it.

You know, it's nice that your forest had helpful canaries like that, that could help guide you back home.

Maybe they even flew, said, "Follow me."

- Oh yeah.

Then I- - Right?

And then you could follow them out.

Like they led you flying out.

They were your guide.

- Maybe the canary could put down like a swing rope kind of thing.

And I could hop into the, like the canary could give me a lift.

- [Jim] Well, canaries are usually pretty small.

(laughs) - Oh, what?

- It might be, maybe if the canary got together with his whole family and all his friends, then maybe.

- But how do we know?

This could be a really strong canary.

- [Jim] That is true.

It might be the world's strongest canary who is friends with the tiger who does chores.

- (gasps) We could put a tiger in the story.

Where is this forest?

Is it a forest that has tigers?

Wait, where did tigers live?

They live, I have to do some research on this.

I'm thinking out in...

I don't actually...

I wanna make sure I know, before I... Friends at home, does anybody know?

Or Jim, we might need to call a librarian.

- [Jim] Yeah.

Or maybe Moby knows.

- Maybe Moby knows.

Okay, well look at that.

Look what the canary's doing.

(light music continues) Nice.

Look at, I look happy.

Yay!

(laughs) I like the ending of that song.

Thanks there, Canary.

Thanks Wimage Board.

Thanks Green Deer for helping us out and all of you friends helping out and watching along with us.

Well guess what?

It's time for language explorers.

(upbeat music) - (hisses) I speak tiger.

Today's word is tiger.

- In Spanish, tiger is tigre.

Tigre.

- In Swahili, tiger is simba wa bara hindi.

Simba wa bara hindi.

Which the full translation of that is the lion from the subcontinent of India.

- Tiger in Ukrainian is (speaks in foreign language).

- Tiger in Arabic is (speaks in foreign language).

- [Interpreter] In American Sign Language, Tiger is signed like this.

Tiger.

- In Haitian Creole, Tiger is tig.

Tig.

(upbeat music continues) - (chuckles) It's so cool.

I love sign language for tiger.

It made me wonder, what is sign language for cat?

Like house cat.

Jim, that would be interesting to find out the difference between tiger and like, there's a lot of cats, right?

Types of cats?

How many types of cats are there?

- [Jim] You know, again, maybe we're gonna have to ask Moby on this one.

- Yeah, yeah.

Moby knows a lot.

- I think though, I do think that the sign for cat is just, well here, I'll show you.

- Oh good.

- I think it's just like this.

- Nice.

- Similar to that.

- So, one hand instead of two.

- I'm pretty sure that's pretty close.

- Right?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

That's awesome.

- Or you could do two I think too.

So they're similar.

- Yeah, well Tigers, well like Moby said, a tiger and a house cat, they are very similar and like, yeah.

Okay, I'm just thinking.

I'm just thinking out loud.

I'm just wondering.

I love to wonder.

- I don't know any house cats who do chores though.

- Yeah.

Yeah, that's true.

Now that I think about that part.

But, okay.

Well, what's next Jim?

It's time for going to hang out with one of our friends at the John Ball Zoo.

Gonna learn about tigers.

♪ We're going to the zoo with all our friends ♪ ♪ And when we're there, we're gonna see a ♪ - Tiger!

Hey friends, I'm here with Jaime at the John Ball Zoo.

- Hi!

- We're next to a tiger.

- Yes we are.

So exciting.

- It's Mabel, right?

You said?

- Yeah!

She's our 6-year-old girl tiger here at the zoo.

We have three tigers.

- [Wimee] Whoa.

And I just heard her speaking.

She was like.

- You did.

(Wimee roars) It was a pretty cool sound, isn't it?

It's how they talk to other tigers.

- What do they say to each other?

- Sometimes I think they're just saying, "Hi, I'm in the area."

'Cause tigers live by themselves and so they have to be able to find each other.

- [Wimee] Whoah, that's cool.

- [Jaime] Yeah!

- [Wimee] So I'm gonna say hi.

(roars) - Oh, nothing.

- That's okay.

- Maybe next time.

- So, what do you love about tigers?

- I think there's so many cool things about them.

Their stripes help them hide in the woods, so that either other tigers don't see them or the things they want to eat don't see them.

- So I think that's a really cool, fun fact about tigers.

- That is cool.

Wow.

Why do they have stripes?

for that reason?

- Yeah.

Just to hide out.

So sometimes even they make me a little worried and I go to find 'em out there and it's really tricky.

And you have to watch for a while.

- Yeah.

So what do tigers like to eat?

- They love to eat meat.

That's the only thing they want to eat is lots and lots of meat.

They eat up to 10 pounds of meat in a day here at the zoo.

- [Wimee] 10 pounds?

- [Jaime] I know, we would have a big belly ache - Wow!

- if we ate that much food.

- Yeah, might need a little bit of salad and some water to- - Something in between.

- And take a nap afterwards.

- Yeah, they do like to take naps.

- Wow.

- Lots of big cat naps.

- So, a cat nap.

(laughs) So, where are tigers found around the world?

- So these tigers are actually from a really cold place in Russia is where a lot of them are found.

They like to be in the snow.

So all winter here at the zoo, they spend time outside and they really like it.

- [Wimee] Yeah.

We got snow in Michigan.

- [Jaime] Yeah.

They love it.

- Do they make forts or play in the snow?

- We do sometimes make them snowmen - Whoa!

- that they can attack.

Sometimes we'll put meat on there and they like to jump on 'em.

(Wimee laughs) - Wow.

- But no forts.

I'm working on that one.

- Okay, okay.

So how do tigers generally spend their time?

- A lot of their day is spent sleeping.

They like to save a lot of energy.

You know, when we're running around exercising, we get tired after a while.

So, the tigers at the zoo do like to take big naps.

And then the rest of the time they really like to explore and smell different things.

They use their sense of smell a lot.

- [Wimee] Like they smell flowers, or - [Jaime] Flowers, they smell - Birds?

- where other tigers have been.

Sometimes we'll actually put stinky things out there, like perfume for them to smell.

(Wimee laughs) Hay from other animals, they like that a lot.

- Oh!

What is something people wouldn't expect to find out about a tiger?

- [Jaime] Ooh.

- That's a tricky one, huh?

- That is tricky.

I think it's important for people to know that there aren't very many tigers left in the wild.

And so, we have to do everything we can to try to save them 'cause they're an amazing animal.

And so the zoo is trying to have, if we can have in the future, tiger babies, that's one thing the zoo would love to have.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

- [Wimee] So how is a tiger similar or different to a house cat?

- [Jaime] Ooh, that's a good question.

So they do have their four paws, right?

They have a nice big tail like our cats at home, but they're really big.

They can weigh up to 400 pounds.

- 400!

- I hope we don't have 400-pound house cats.

That would be a lot to take care of.

- [Wimee] Yeah.

- The tigers actually don't purr.

They don't make that rumbly noise that we're used to.

Instead they make a noise, we call it chuffing.

And it's kind of like this light, little noise that they make.

And they make that when they're happy.

- Do you know what it, could you demonstrate what it sounds like?

- Oh gosh, you're gonna put me on the spot.

- You thought I wasn't gonna ask you that?

- I know, I thought I was gonna get away.

They kinda go (tongue vibrates).

(Wimee's tongue vibrates) (Jaime's tongue vibrates) (Wimee's tongue vibrates) Yeah, and that's a happy tiger noise.

- Did I get it?

- You did.

You did pretty good.

- Well Jaime, this has been so fun, learning about tigers.

- Yeah, we were excited to have you here, Wimee.

It was so much fun.

- Thanks, we'll go, I'm gonna go walk around and see, because your tiger, - You should check her out.

- there's two spots it can go, right?

Up and down and around.

- Yeah, she has lots of choices of where she wants to go.

- Oh, I wonder if she's up or down.

We gotta go.

- I hear her up.

- Oh, okay.

Let's go find.

I'm gonna go find her.

♪ We're going to the zoo with all our friends ♪ ♪ And when we're there, we're gonna see a ♪ - Tiger!

(laughs) That was so cool, Jaime!

Oh, Jim, Jim!

Jaime said that some tigers are are from Russia.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- [Jim] And that there's not a lot of 'em.

And that, you know, I think that was pretty cool.

It's pretty great that we have a zoo and that we can visit the zoo to see tigers, right?

'Cause most of us aren't gonna see 'em in Russia.

So, that's pretty cool.

- Yeah, man, and the sound.

Right, I'm gonna try to make it.

(Wimee's tongue vibrates) Yeah, I forgot Jaime shared that with me about Russia.

Sometimes I forget things and then I remember, "Oh yeah, I learned that."

Yeah.

Hey friends!

- [Jim] It happens.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Jaime was fun.

I enjoyed that.

And it's fun to go to the zoo.

I like how they take care of animals because a lot of times they get animals that need help.

Hey friends, it's time for Laughing with Siblee.

(laughs) (children cheering) - So, why do tigers have stripes?

- [Audience Member] Why do tigers have stripes?

- So they don't get spotted!

(laughs) (children cheering) (audience applauding) - It's time now for slowing down.

(slow orchestral music) I love playing games.

Let's play a game.

It's time for the alphabet game.

♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪ H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ♪ Q, R, S, T, U, V ♪ W, X, Y, Z ♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪ H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ♪ Q, R, S, T, U, V ♪ W, X, Y, Z (audience cheering) - What words start with the letter T?

Tiger starts with T. T!

Jim, you got any ideas for words that start with T?

Friends on the play-at-home interface got some coming in here.

Tiger, tree.

(upbeat music) Tiger.

Oh, yes, tiger.

(laughs) Love it.

How about telephone?

Toys.

Tour.

Teeth.

Look at all these words coming in.

And if a word gets bigger, it means more than one person has typed that word.

So on the play-at-home interface, if you see a word you like, type it again.

Let's see.

What could we do with these words Jim?

Tiger and turtle needed toothpaste for their tooth.

They needed more time to play with their toys, to go on a tour and use their telephone to say, "I lost my toothbrush!"

A tortoise came by in a tire, looked around and said, "I need a teacher!

Teacher!"

(chuckles) I'm just playing with it, Jim.

What words stand out to you?

(upbeat music continues) - [Jim] Well toys.

Toys is a hard one to beat.

- Toys!

- [Jim] And it's interesting that we've got turtle and tortoise on there, because...

They've also got teeth.

- Oh, turtle's in the lead as the most popular word of the day that starts with T. (upbeat music continues) What about...

Tea got added?

Tea?

Gotta take a moment and think.

(upbeat music continues) Toys, telephone, I'm gonna look around the room.

Table!

Table!

Did anybody write table yet?

I wonder if somebody will now.

Friends at home, tell some, oh, there it is!

Table, thanks friends.

Whoever you're with, tell 'em some words to start with T or write 'em down yourself.

Ooh, test.

There'll be a test on the words.

(laughs) Twin.

Two.

Two, the letter two!

Did we have two?

Oh, it looks like we're out of time.

(laughs) See what I did there?

Time.

Thanks, letter T. (bell dinging) Ding.

Oh man, I sure love books.

It's time for "Check Out This Book."

- I'm glad I got to check out the tigers.

But what I'd like to do now is check out this book.

(upbeat music) - I have a terrific book to share with you.

And it's T for terrific, just like tiger starts with the letter T. And this book is called "It's a Tiger!"

You are going to enjoy habitats like jungles and forests and caves and even islands and water.

You would think tigers can't live in those spaces, but they can.

You're gonna find out all about amazing tigers and what you might want to do when you encounter a tiger.

Maybe run, maybe just be quiet and hide.

But definitely don't jump on top of one because then you'll find out what tigers really need.

Ah, but what do they need?

You'll have to borrow the book.

Check it out and see for yourself 'cause there's a twist at the end of this book and I don't want you to miss it.

(upbeat music) - What's the twist?

I don't know.

I need to go to the library, to the Kent District Library or the Grand Rapids Public Library or any library and find that book.

You know what?

Before I forget.

Look at this cool drawing from my friend Liam.

It's got me and him on there.

(laughs) Thanks Liam.

We love hearing from our friends.

Thanks for sending that to us.

(children cheering) So, you stopped by the studio actually.

That was so cool.

Okay, so let's check in with the Wimage Board.

(gasps) Whoah, there's a turtle on the bike.

(light guitar music) There's snow.

(gasps) I see a tiger.

Friends, do you see the tiger in the woods?

What could we title our story, friends?

Think to yourself, "What could it be?"

Think of the main ideas.

Think about something that would maybe, oh, "Canary bike!"

Oh, remember?

The canary saved us.

That's right.

I was on my bike.

"Fun in the park."

Dun dun dun dun dun.

Pink Seahorse says "The strongest canary."

Hurray for the canary.

Oh, "The greatest forest rescue."

Dun, dun, dun, dun.

Dun, dun, dun, dun.

I'm thinking of theme music.

Dun, dun, dun, dun.

"Lost in the forest."

Woo!

"Bike adventure."

Thanks Red Bear.

Oh man, so many possibilities for the titles.

I just love it.

I love it.

Hey friends, are you ready?

Are you ready?

It's time to play find it fast.

(upbeat rock music) (car zooming) Friends, can you find something that starts with the letter T?

Find something with stripes and find something big.

One, two, three, find all three.

Jim, did you find anything?

- I did.

- Oh, what'd you find?

- I found this t-shirt.

- Oh, nice.

And look, it looks like a T, I think that's why - Oh, that is!

That is a T. - they call it a t-shirt.

Starts with T. - I never thought about the shape.

- And then I've got this stripy pillow.

Which is pretty cool.

- There's stripes on it, the pillow.

- And I found this fork.

It's pretty big.

- What?

Where did you find that fork?

- [Jim] A friend left it behind.

They were very big.

- Oh, okay.

That makes sense.

One, two, three, can you find all three?

Let us know something that starts with a letter T. Oh, we played that in our game today.

So, there's some possibilities from earlier.

Something with stripes.

Something big.

Green Deer says a truck starts with T, a zebra has stripes and something big is the biggest tiger.

Right?

We learned they're over 400 pounds.

Gray Ant says a teacher starts with T, a zebra has stripes and the sun.

Oh man, the sun is huge.

Oh man, I can't even imagine how big the sun is.

Pink Bear says "Tooth, cat, and a building."

(laughs) I love it.

I imagine a cat trying to climb the building.

"Tape, a sweater, and a tree."

Oh, that'd be so fun to put on a sweater, go out and look at a tree and tape something together.

I'm just thinking of how these things could connect.

Just for fun.

Man, I love playing this game.

Friends, you can play this game anytime.

All right, just think of things to find.

Put a list together.

"Turtle, tiger, elephant."

(gasps) Those are all animals.

That's a fun theme.

Maybe the twist on the game could be find only animals.

Something that starts with T, something with stripes and something big.

I love it.

Good stuff friends.

Woo, we're almost at the end of the show.

Any thoughts?

Anything you're wondering?

We love to interact and just, you know, take a time to pause.

I'm gonna take a deep breath.

(blows air) This is a fun show.

Jim, it's always a fun show.

Thanks, Green Deer.

- It is, it was a good one today.

- You're welcome.

I really love spending time together.

I'm gonna take a moment and just think about all my friends out there and all your creativity.

I appreciate you.

Yeah, I'm just gonna keep thinking about that.

Oh, it's time for the dance party though.

(upbeat dance music) So let's stretch.

(grunts) Here we go.

Yeah, woo hoo!

Look at all the people who helped to make the show.

Thank you all you people.

Dance, dance.

Are you dancing at home?

(upbeat dance music continues) Oh, get ready to freeze.

(Wimee laughs) Woo-hoo!