♪ Every day, when you're walking down the street ♪ ♪ Everybody that you meet has an original point of view ♪ (laughing) ♪ And I say, hey ♪ Hey.

♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ If we could learn to work and play ♪ ♪ And get along with each other ♪ ♪ You got to listen to your heart, listen to the beat ♪ ♪ Listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street ♪ ♪ Open up your eyes, open up your ears ♪ ♪ Get together and make things better by working together ♪ ♪ It's a simple message, and it comes from the heart ♪ ♪ Believe in yourself ♪ ♪ Believe in yourself ♪ ♪ For that's the place to start ♪ ♪ Place to start ♪ ♪ And I say, hey ♪ Hey.

Hey.

♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ If we can learn to work and play ♪ ♪ And get along with each other ♪ Hey.

♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪ Hey.

♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪ Hey.

ARTHUR (on TV): Hey, D.W. Hey.

Whoa.

(loud thud) (letters shattering) BUSTER: Elwood City-- a place where any crazy thing can happen, and usually does.

Something was in the air that night... (sniffing) as tantalizing as a fresh-baked cherry pie cooling on Grandma's windowsill.

(sirens blaring) A crazy stew was brewing, the ingredients boiling in a pressure cooker like a can of soda ready to explode.

All this talk about food was making me hungry.

I grabbed an apple... (door squeaks) And then she walked in.

(gasps) You've got to help me.

(laughing evilly) My Supercoolossal Slushcupatron will give you a bionic brain freeze.

ANNOUNCER: New!

New!

New!

From Rabid Dog Extreme.

The Radically Rabid Big Boss Bar.

So full of super-energizing goodness, your mouth might just explode!

A million sparkles in every bite.

You'll flip for the spark.

Rabid Dog!

(dog growling) We have just witnessed greatness.

Don't you want to watch the rest of the cartoon?

Got.

To.

Have.

It.

27, 28, 29... Oh, yeah!

Sweet, sweet candy bars, mine, all mine.

Aw, I'm too late!

Aha!

"A million sparkles in every bite."

I wonder what would happen if I swallowed it whole.

Oh, it looks so good.

I gotta have it.

But it's the last one.

So good.

Last one.

Maybe I'll save it for lunch.

(laughing) MRS. MacGRADY: Tofu stew with organic veggies and the merest whisper of ground cardamom.

Enjoy!

I'm more interested in dessert.

May I see it?

"Azoshintetratarticmonoxide acid, "concentrated monopazomidetetradioxide substitute, Tri-Enzomated Zorn Jelly?"

What's that?

Beats me, and I know food.

Be wary of ingredients you've never heard of and can't pronounce.

You're better off with this.

Fresh off the tree and on the house.

Oh.

Well, maybe I'll try to find out what it is.

It's probably harmless.

BINKY: Sorry, but I can't help you out.

Come on, Binky.

I'll pay you back.

George, I'm not a charity.

I need to take care of my paying customers.

FERN: More sparkles, if you please!

Thanks.

Later.

BUSTER: I was getting a funny feeling about this candy.

Sure, kids are sweet for sweets, but something about this bar wasn't on the up and up.

Spill it, Sugar.

What's the beef?

I said, mixing my food metaphors.

They're spreading lies about me.

Horrible lies.

Bum rap, huh?

Who's spreading lies, Cupcake?

The Candy Man.

He knows the truth, but he won't say.

BUSTER: Whoever this Candy Man was, I bet he had answers, and I had questions.

Plenty of them.

I'm on the case, Sweetheart.

What are you looking at, fruit snack?

(dog barking) (tires squealing, engine revving) (horn honks) BUSTER: The slippery sucker got away clean, and all I was left with... (sputtering) was a soggy fedora.

(kids all talking excitedly) More sparkles!

More sparkles!

(squealing with delight) It's all there.

I swear.

It better be.

Mmm.

Yay!

It contains an impressive array of chemicals.

Most of the Periodic Table of Elements is included here.

Even some of the radioactive ones.

(Fern squealing and giggling) That would explain some things.

Look.

Oxylavamonotrine.

That's a coloring agent.

It's made out of bugs.

Could you repeat that?

I thought you said "bugs."

I did say "bugs."

That blood red color comes from boiled female cochineal insects.

There are bugs in this?

What about this... Tri-Enzomated Zorn Jelly?

Is that made from bugs, too?

I don't know.

I've never heard of it.

But whatever it is, there's a whole lot of it in there.

See?

You can tell because it's one of the first ingredients listed, which means there's more of it than the ones listed below it.

This egghead stuff was too much for me.

It was going to take some old-fashioned detective work to crack this case.

The Candy Man was a wash, but I figured I might pick up a clue if I followed the dame.

We ended up in the seedy section of town, a nasty neighborhood where th e worst ingredients hung out.

Suddenly, the Candy Man slithered out of the shadows.

What was she doing with these creeps?

I'd have to dig deeper to find the answers.

(snoring) Okay, let's see what the Rabid Dog homepage has on... "Tri-Enzomated Zorn Jelly."

(dog barking and growling) (raucous music; wheels whirring loudly) Shh!

(noise stops) Okay, let's see: "Candy: An Important Part of Every Meal."

Ah.

"Ingredients."

(gasps) The type is so small.

Ah, here we go.

"Tri-Enzomated Zorn Jelly."

Huh?

What happened?

Weird.

(kids groaning) (both groaning) I feel hot and dizzy.

Is somebody spinning the library?

BUSTER: This candy bar was starting to smell rotten, no matter what a pretty package they put her in.

It was time for me to have a heart-to-heart with Little Miss Sweetness.

BUSTER: Everywhere you go, you leave a trail of misery.

Can I help it if people like me?

I was born delicious.

You're mixed up with a bad crowd, and I want to know why.

What do you want me to say?

That I'm sweet and pure like Suzie Applecheeks there?

Well, I'm not.

I'm exciting and unique and... and... complicated.

(sobbing) I'll say.

Here.

I hate to see candy cry.

Wow!

You are delicious!

Told you.

Want some more?

I felt myself getting sucked in.

There was only one person left I could turn to.

A "Big Boss Bar"?

Buster, you don't want to eat this.

Yes, Mom, I do.

At least I think I do.

I just want all the facts first.

Well, you've come to the right place.

Want to take a tour with me of Rabid Dog corporate headquarters?

You can do that?

I've got a few favors I can call in.

(phone dialing) (dog growling) ANNOUNCER: Ev ery Rabid Dog product is made with the finest ingredients.

Our Tri-Enzomated Zorn Jelly comes from pure zorn extract.

Each TEZJ molecule is lovingly cr afted by over 100 scientists.

But what is it?

It's our special ingredient.

I'd tell you, but then it wouldn't be a secret.

(clears her throat) Bitzi Baxter from the Elwood City Times.

Thank you for meeting us, Mr....?

Just call me Supreme Dog.

We're very informal here.

Well, if it's all right, Mr. Supreme Dog, my son has a few questions about your Big Boss Bar.

Like why they're so darn tasty?

No.

Like why my friends can't stop eating them.

Oh, that's easy.

I'll show you.

When you bite into a Big Boss Bar, molecules of Tri-Enzomated Zorn Jelly attach themselves to parts of your brain and make you happy.

But when the little molecules die, your brain gets sad until you eat some more.

Are you saying these candy bars are... addictive?

Certainly not.

I'm saying they're delicious.

Whatever you're saying, I don't want this anymore.

Here.

You eat it.

Oh, no, no, thanks.

I just had one.

No, you didn't.

You'd still be sparkling.

Or jumping.

Easy, little feller.

Just put the bar down.

Take a bite.

It's your product.

No, keep it away from me!

Keep it away from me!

"We are sorry to inform you "that Supreme Dog has had to take a personal day.

The interview is over."

I think I know what tomorrow's headline is going to be: "Candy Company Cons Kids."

BUSTER: The ace reporter had a new story and I had lost my sweet tooth.

(chatter on police radio) Sorry, kiddo, but I'm gonna cut you loose.

I thought you were my friend, but you're just like all the others.

You made me feel like a million bucks, baby, but now I know that was the Tri-Enzomated Zorn Jelly talking.

And the polytartaric diglycemade.

(sobbing) BINKY: Big Boss Bars!

Two for a quarter!

Ever since this newspaper article came out, no one's buying.

It'll take me years to unload this junk.

BUSTER: Don't worry.

With the amount of chemicals in them, they'll stick around for centuries.

I sunk plenty into this scam, and now I'm eating it.

It beats eating those.

You said a mouthful, Buster.

A big, sparkling mouthful.

(clears his throat) Good morning.

Today's show is all about stress.

What is stress?

Stress is when you feel a lot of pressure to... (fans whirring) Buster!

Sorry.

I thought you needed cooling off.

You looked sweaty.

Um, anyway, stress is, um... a feeling you get, like when you're facing a really big... Bear?

I was going to say "test."

You're not being very helpful.

Okay, but if I were you, I'd be more stressed about a bear than a test.

(screaming) (panting) (growling) Whew!

That was close.

Anyway, we all get stressed out sometimes, but there are different ways to deal with... (screaming) (D.W. laughing) D.W.!

When did you learn how to fly a helicopter?

Is that what this is?

I thought it was a ride.

I want my quarter back!

Don't touch anything!

(signal beeping) Oopsie.

You think this is stressful?

Wait till you see the show.

(kids screaming) (giant chicken squawks) BUSTER: Are we learning about sweat today?

Because if we are, I came prepared.

(sniffing) No, Buster.

S.W.E.A.T.

is an acronym for the "Stoddard-Wilkins Elementary Aptitude Test," a standardized test you'll all be taking.

What's it on?

Will we be graded?

MR. RATBURN: Calm down.

It's nothing to worry about.

But the format may be unfamiliar, so I have some practice tests to help you prepare at home.

ARTHUR: "If Sarah has seven apples and she gives Sadie five of them..." Why is Sarah giving apples away?

It doesn't say.

"Then Sarah gets another apple from Sam..." Now she's taking apples from Sam?

I don't trust this Sarah.

She's up to something.

It's just a math problem.

That's probably what Sarah told Sadie.

I bet those apples are rotten.

SUE ELLEN: I just took one of the multiple-choice vocabulary tests.

It wasn't so bad.

ARTHUR: Um, did you read the instructions?

Yeah, I glanced at them.

Why?

Because it says you're supposed to use a Number 2 pencil and not to make any extra marks on the test.

See?

I don't have any Number 2 pencils.

Take one of mine.

Yuck!

It's so ordinary!

I prefer the dusky soulfulness of a 4B.

What happens if I use one of those?

BINKY (as pirate): Then ye have to take it again.

And that's if you're lucky!

They might just fail ye.

Aye, I've seen brave third graders cry like preschoolers when faced with the S.W.E.A.T.

A fear comes o'er them that swallows 'em whole!

Why are you talking like that?

Don't ye know it's International Talk Like A Pirate Day?

Argh!

Practice all ye like.

But when the real test is before ye, then you'll feel the jaws of fear tightening all around you.

(chuckles) (coughs) (door opens and closes) Okay, students, you may open your test booklets now.

(leaf blower starts up) Dad!

Could you do that later?

I'm trying to take a test!

Now you may open your... MARY MOO COW (on TV): ♪ Three, three, three is fun ♪ ♪ It's more than one or two... ♪ ARTHUR: D.W., you have to turn that off.

I'm trying to study.

But it's my TV time.

Mom!

Arthur's not respecting my rights!

Fine.

♪ ...four is snappy, the song won't leave your head ♪ ♪ Five, five, five is sweet, it's when I get off work... ♪ Mom, D.W.'s making too much noise and I'm trying to... (blender whirring loudly) (sighs) Okay, you may now... (drips pinging into dish) (alarm clock beeping) (alarm stops) Well, this is it, S.W.E.A.T.

Day.

(yipping) Sorry, Dots.

You can't come with me.

(whimpers) "Why not?"

Because you're not a Number 2 pencil.

Now, where did I put that one Arthur gave me?

(gasps) I can't find it!

(panting) Arthur!

I lost the Number 2 pencil you gave me!

Do you have another one?

No, but I just passed a few back there.

Watch out for the erasers.

(rumbling) (chanting loudly): Two!

Two!

Two!

Two!

Two!

Two!

Two!

Two!

Two!

Two!

Two!

Two!

(yelling) (gasps) BUSTER: Okay, Sarah gives Sadie five apples.

"Thank you, Sarah!

"I don't know why you're giving me these apples, but I don't care, because I'm a pig."

Then Sam flies in with another apple.

(making engine noise) Activating Apple Defense System!

Take that, you rotten fruit monger!

Would you stop playing with those silly dolls?

Sam isn't a doll.

He's an action figure.

Aw, you've hurt his feelings.

Oh, great!

You guys are here.

Take these.

I'm giving everyone I know Number 2 pencils.

That way you can give me one if I forget to bring mine.

Hey, guys.

What's going on?

Pencils!

Take pencils!

Why won't you all just be quiet?

It's like you want me to fail.

Fail what?

BUSTER: The S.W.E.A.T.

test, of course.

Aren't you nervous about it?

Why should I be?

It's just reviewing stuff we already know.

But what if we forget what we already know?

SUE ELLEN: Yeah.

Binky said the fear could swallow us whole.

You're getting yourselves worked up over nothing.

Just relax.

Easy for you to say.

Yeah, you never get anxious about tests.

That's not true.

There's one test that makes me very anxious.

A blood test.

(laughs) Get it?

Brain, this isn't a laughing matter.

Here.

Don't you dare forget it.

Orange, Buster?

Is this a word problem?

The answer is D-- all of the above.

ARTHUR: George, would you knock it off?

You're eating those mashed potatoes so noisily!

Can't you see I'm trying to study?

Nigel, I think this S.W.E.A.T.

test has given some of your students a nasty case of the jitters.

Might I suggest something?

Who here gets butterflies in the belly right before a big game?

For me, it's when I play the keyboard in front of an audience.

Anybody else get the willies before performing?

(in pirate voice): Aye!

Once me palms were so sweaty, I dropped me clarinet on me big toe.

And I've got the scar to prove it!

Binky, International Talk Like a Pirate Day is over.

(disappointed): Okay.

The point is we all feel stressed sometimes.

Here's one way I like to deal with it.

Everyone lie on your backs.

You, too, Alan.

All right, but I think this is all rather unnecessary.

Follow your breath, in and out.

Be aware of your toes.

Are they tense at all?

Wiggle them a little.

Now move up to your ankles and your calves.

Feel all that tension in your head just melt away.

You can open your eyes now.

Wow!

I feel great.

Me too.

Wait.

I still have some tension in my ear.

Ah... now it's gone.

Now whenever those heebie-jeebies start playing paddywhack with your nerves, ( someone snoring) you just... (snoring) Huh?

What did I miss?

Just the whole relaxation class.

Oh.

Well, I napped instead.

Same thing, right?

Seventeen... eighteen... nineteen... twenty.

Still got a half an hour before school.

Just enough time for another practice test.

Huh!

Well, that was a cinch.

And now I'll just check the answers in the back.

One is "A"... check.

Two is "C"... check.

Three is also "C"...

Wait.

That can't be right.

Okay, one wrong.

That's not so bad.

Four is... "D"?

And five is... "B"?

How is that possible?

(gasps) I skipped a question!

Oh, why won't you erase?

"B" always puts up a fight.

Give it some muscle.

Ooh, yeah, right there.

That's where it itches.

(paper tears) (Brain gasps) It worked, Stoddard.

He fell right into our trap.

By Jove, we've failed another one!

High five, Wills!

(alarm clock rings) (gasps) Brain, are you okay?

Me?

Sure I'm okay.

Why wouldn't I be okay?

Just because I skipped a practice test question doesn't mean I'll skip one now, right?

Oh, no!

Where's my pencil?

I don't have a pencil!

Here.

I brought extras.

Mr. Ratburn?

Could we just wait a minute or two?

Brain, look at me.

Take a deep breath.

(inhales and exhales) Feel your toes.

Say: "Relax, little toes."

Okay, relaxing phalanges.

BUSTER: Feel all that stress leaving your body.

Now the stress is walking out of the classroom and out of the school.

Maybe it'll stop by The Sugar Bowl.

(Mr. Ratburn clears his throat) Okay, you can open your eyes now.

Better?

Thanks, guys.

I couldn't have asked for better relaxation tutors.

Okay, students, you may start your test now.

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♪ What a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ Hey!

What a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ Hey!

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