Oobi: Chopsticks!

A transcript of "Chopsticks!", an episode of Oobi.

Script
(Fade in; Oobi is seen coloring in a coloring book; he puts his crayon down and looks at the viewer) Oobi: Oh, hi. Dinnertime soon. (He looks at his coloring book) Grampu: *offscreen* Oobi! Dinner! Oobi: Dinnertime now! (He exits to the left; cut to the kitchen; Grampu inhales) Grampu: Dinnerti-... (Oobi enters from the right) Oh. (He and Oobi chuckle) Grampu: Call Uma. Oobi: Oh. Okay. (He moves over to the right) Oobi: Uma! Uma! (He scratches his head and looks at the viewer) Oobi: Hmm. Oh, Oobi call Uma. You call Uma. Ready? You call Uma. (He inhales) Oobi: (in tandem with the viewers) Uma! Uma! Girl: Dinnertime, Uma! (Uma runs in from the right and knocks Oobi over) Uma: Uma here! Oobi? (Grampu laughs; Oobi gets up from the floor) Uma: Oobi? Oobi: Oobi here. Grampu: Oobi. Uma. Dinnertime. Oobi: Dinnertime. Uma: Um... Oobi: Din... Din... Um, Grampu? Grampu: Hmm? Uma: Dinner? Grampu: Oh, heh-heh, tonight eat out. (Oobi and Uma gasp excitedly) Oobi and Uma: Eat out? Oobi: Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! Yay! Yay! Uma: Yaaaaaaaay! Grampu: Chinese food. Oobi: Chinese food? Yay! Uma: Uh, Ch... Chi... Chinese food? Grampu: Uh-huh. Food, Chinese style. Oobi: Yummy. Uma: Oh. Okay. Chinese food! Yaaaaaaay! (Oobi and Grampu laugh) Uma: Uma dress up. (She goes off to the right) Grampu: Wh... huh? Uma: *offscreen* Uma dress up. Uma get purse. Uma look pretty. (Two hands slide up and pull apart, wiping to the Chinese restaurant; Uma, Oobi, and Grampu are seen entering) Uma: Oh. (Grampu sighs contently) Grampu: Chinese restaurant. (Uma looks and points at the paper lanterns) Uma: Ooh. Lights. Oobi: Paper. Uma: Paper? Oobi: Mm-hmm. Uma: Oh. Nice. (Grampu stops and gasps) Grampu: Uma. Oobi. Listen. (They go silent for a few moments; Chinese music plays throughout) Grampu: Chinese music. Uma: Chinese music? Hmm... Different. Uma like. (Oobi looks at a jaded statue) Oobi: Grampu. Grampu. Green horses. Grampu: Oh, horses. Jade. (Uma and Oobi look at him) Grampu: Uh, green stone. Oobi and Uma: Ooh, jade. Grampu: Chinese restaurant. Lovely. (He goes off to the right) Oobi and Uma: Chinese restaurant. Lovely. (They go off to the right; Uma hums;, Grampu sighs contently; Nick, the waiter, walks toward them and bows) Nick: Welcome. Uma: Welcome. Nick: Nick. Grampu: Oh, uh, Grampu. Oobi: Oobi. Uma: Uma. Mm, Uma purse. Nick: Oh, beautiful. Dinner? Grampu: Dinner. Uma: Mm-hmm. Nick: Follow Nick. (He moves over to a table; Grampu, Oobi, and Uma follow him) Uma: Ooh. Nick: Nick bring menu. (He walks to the left) Grampu: Thank you. Uma: Oh, snacks? Grampu: Oh. (He points at the crackers) Chinese crackers. Uma: Ooh. Oobi: Uma. Uma: Hmm? (Oobi points at the sauce in the plate) Oobi: Duck sauce. Grampu: Mm. Uma: Duck sauce? Oobi: Mm-hmm. (Uma straightens her fingers out and places her thumb underneath them, giving off the appearance of a duck's bill)'' Uma: Quack-quack? (Oobi and Grampu laugh) Oobi: No. Duck sauce sweet. Uma: Ooh. Hmm. (She scratches her head) Grampu: Try, Uma. Uma: Huh? Oh. Oh. (She picks up a Chinese cracker and dips it in the duck sauce; she eats the cracker) Uma: Mmm... tasty good. Sweet like Uma. (Oobi and Grampu laugh; Nick walks toward the table with a menu in his hand and sets it down) Nick: Menu. Grampu: Oh. Um. Menu. (Zoom in to the menu; Grampu points at the egg roll, shrimp, and dumpling one by one, starting at the bottom) Grampu: Chinese food. Choose. Egg roll. Shrimp. Dumpling. (Zoom out to the table) Uma: Dumpling? Grampu: Uh, uh, uh... inside meat, vegetable. Uma: Oh. Oobi: Dumplings yummy. Uma: Really. Grampu: Grampu have shrimp. Nick: Ah, shrimp. Grampu: Oobi? Oobi: Oh, Oobi order egg roll. Nick: Ah, egg roll. Uma: Dumplings, please.

Mm, dumplings.

Excellent.

[laughs]

Thank you.

Bye.

Grampu, Grampu.

Hmm?

Pictures.

Ooh.

Huh?

China?

Oh, yeah, China.

Big city.

[together] Mm.

Oh.

Peking Opera.

Singer.

Nice.

Wow.

Ooh.

Great Wall.

Whoa, long.

Ooh, little girl purse. Little girl purse.

Uma purse.

Oh, yeah. Uma purse.

China cool.

Purse, Uma.

Nick family from China.

Oh.

Nick Chinese?

No. Nick Chinese American.

Oh, Chinese American.

Uma little American.

[laughter]

Dinner served.

Oh, dinner.

[sniffs] Dumplings.

Egg roll.

Shrimp.

Share.

Mmm.

Fork? Chopsticks?

Chopsticks, please.

Oh, uh, chopsticks?

For eating.

Oh.

Hmm.

Huh?

Ooh.

For--for eating? How?

Chopsticks. Watch.

Oh.

Grampu chopsticks good.

Hard way.

Oobi turn.

[laughter]

Oobi chopsticks good.

Easy way.

Mmh, mmh.

Uma turn.

Uma hard way.

Uma?

Ooh.

[laughs] Oh.

Uma easy way.

Mm-mm. Uma hard way.

Okay.

Uma practice.

[Uma] Mm-hmm, Uma practice.

Mm... Mm.

Hmm-mm.

[straining]

Hmm-mm.

Oh, ooh.

Uma okay?

Chopsticks hard.

[all sigh]

Vivian use chopsticks.

Show Kako.

Squeeze sticks.

Lift food.

Lift food into mouth.

[munching]

[laughs]

Aah.

Chopsticks.

Good eats.

Right?

[straining]

Hmm,

chopsticks hard.

Hmm...

Uma idea.

'Scuse me.

Uma?

Nick.

Uma.

Dumplings?

Hmm-mm, jellyfish.

Ugh, jellyfish.Mm-hmm.

Uma purse.

Mm-hmm.

Uma?

Nick help Uma chopsticks?

Nick help.

Oh.

Grampu help too?

What?

[whispering]

Oh, Grampu help.

[clears throat]

Chopsticks. Mm-hmm.

Open, squeeze, lift.

[munching]

Jellyfish.

Mmm. Lovely.

Open, squeeze, lift.

Uma try.

Ugh.

Okay. [clears throat]

Open.

[together] Squeeze. Lift.

[laughing]

Mmm.

Uma good.

Tasty good?

Tasty good.

Uma chopsticks. Uma chopsticks!

Excellent, Uma.

Thank you, Nick.

Mwah!

Uma dinner?

Oh, Uma dinner.

[laughing]

[shudders]

Oobi, Oobi, Uma chopsticks.

Uma learn.

Good, Uma.

Whoa. Ooh.

For Uma.

Oh. For Uma?

Umbrella?

Beautiful.

Oh, thank you, Nick.

Welcome.

Nice.

Uma, fortune cookie.

Fortune cookie?

Uh-huh.

Inside cookie, paper.

Fortune.

Uma fortune. Uma fortune.

[laughing]

Grampu?

Hmm?

Read? Oh. Oh.

"You chopsticks expert."

Oh?

Uma, Uma chopsticks expert?

Oh, thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, cookies.

Oobi, you friends. Bye.

[kid] Bye, Oobi.