I mean, i cant believe this, she hasnt been to any of the meetings. I know. Hey, hector. Whats up, guys . Wheres jessica . Ah, shes in bed, shes got the flu. Lets just meet without her; whats up . Well, francine is running for Book Club President. Really . I didnt even know she was in book club. Shes not. She just wants to be president so she can boss people around. And she thinks she can beat me in the election. Whats your Campaign Plan . What are you going to do to get people to vote for you . Ah, well, i made this flyer. Vote for lisa its a good start, but we can do more. We need a campaign slogan, you know, something that tells the voters that you would make a good leader. I mean, really lisa, you were born to lead. Ok, well. Um. When i am president of the book club, things will change. Ill invite authors for weekly talks, and i will read tons of books, new and old, so i can choose the best books for the club, because i love to read. Oh, wait. Um, i just got an email from francine. Ha Francine Carruthers knows books; she has read every book her teacher has ever assigned for homework, twice. Oh, i didnt see you there, i was reading. Francine knows the only problem with books is that they smell like boring old paper. If francine becomes president , she will personally spray every Book Club Book with perfume. Youre welcome. Hi lisa, is that book youre reading scented . No. Of course not. Im Francine Carruthers and i approved this message. Lisa thinks reading should smell bad . That does not even make any sense. I thought this might happen. Francine is going negative, shes saying bad things about lisa so that she can win the election. Voters arent really going to fall for her negative ads, are they . Well, lets see. This website keeps tracks of the election polls. Yeah, they ask people who they are going to vote for, francine or lisa. Well, according to the polls half the people are planning to vote for you and half the people are planning to vote for francine. Were tied . For now, thats just because we havent started to campaign yet, you know, tell the people why they should vote for you. Well fight her lies with your True Campaign message. Well go on the web, well send emails, well get your message out on the street. Once people hear your ideas, everyone will want to vote for you. Yeah and will get the truth out there. Todays show brought to you by n and n blends. My name is jahresse and were going to find words that have the letter n in it. Whats this . Nnnnn. Oh look, i found a penny. Were walking through a narrow crack. A lot ofreen grass and green leaves. Mother natures grass. Whats this . Skinny twig. Tennis. Dandelion. No riding bikes on the pathway. I wish i had an ice cream cone. This is my grandma, this is my grandpa, and i just ran into them on the corner. 110 street and lenox avenue playground. Vanilla tastes like peanut butter. Ohh, sweet pineapple. Whats happening right now . Im standing and spinning. Im spinning even faster and faster. This is a fantastic swing. Its time for electric sound off im your host, hector ruiz. Lets spin the wheel what letters are we playing with today . N blends lets plug them in and see them in action. An n blend is when n puts its sound together with another consonant, like nt in giant tent. Or, nk in honking trunk; or nd in hand band. And now, i need two volunteers to go head to head with n blends. Ill do it. Ill do it well, come on up lets see some words. Make a sentence using these words; the person who uses the most words with n blends wins. But be careful, weve included some words where n works alone. Ready . Both ready. Work on your sentences while we hear a word from our sponsor. Francine have you ever wanted to write a secret message . Well, you need my special blend of invisible ink. No one can read my ink. Watch this. Look at that. Do you see any ink . That proves it works. Only 15. For 15 more, i will sell you this invisible pen francine times up lets see what sentences youve made. My sentence is, the grunting king put sand by the stand. Look at that grunting, king, sand, and stand four n blend words. You have your work cut out for you, annie. No problem. My sentence is, the king likes to stand in the sand. Youve got king, stand, and sand thats three points but in is not an n blend. The n in the word in is working alone. That means marcus wins what do i win . Sand yelling see you next time on electric sound off some people try and fool you so let me try to school you on what you should and shouldnt believe you cant be sure of what you see and hear sometimes things are not as they appear you have to be smart you have to be clear cause looks they can deceive you have to look a little harder dig a little deeper get the whos, the whats the wheres and the whys you have to answer all the questions question all the answers to separate the truth from the lies the truth is often twisted and liars are assisted but talking just a little too loud and heres another thing they do they repeat a lie til it seems true and at that point its up to you to stand up to the crowd you have to look a little harder dig a little deeper get the whos, the whats the wheres and the whys you have to answer all the questions question all the answers to separate the truth from the lies laughter im Lisa Heffenbacher and i approved this message. Your Campaign Video is a hit, youve already got tons of comments on your campaign vlog. I do . Yep. Oh, thats awesome you know, people really seem to like my ideas for the book club. No kidding, check out the new polls. Huh . Wow, there you go, you just moved ahead. Looks like the voters are tired of francines negative ads. I guess they just want a Book Club President that knows good books. Im behind in the polls . Fiddlesticks. Now listen, carl, every good president needs a good Vice President to help her run things. Vice president . Yes and im going to choose you you just have to do me this one little favor. When i become president , i will do more than just spray perfume on books. Were going to have parties where we dress up as favorite characters from books, and im even going to ask members to choose the books that we read. I think its about time that we had a book club of the readers, for the readers, and by the readers. If you cant beat them, copy them. I think ive emailed every voter in the universe. Yeah, and i shook every hand in the neighborhood. Oh guys, thank you so much for campaigning for me, i could never do this alone. Im worried about francine shes been quiet. Too quiet. phone ringing uhoh, i wouldnt speak too soon. Guess who just got an email from francine . You want a Book Club President who has a plan for the future; i am going to ask the members of the book club to choose the books. I believe we should have a book club of the readers, for the readers, and by the readers. Thats my line. Francine has a plan for the book club. What does lisa have . Im Francine Carruthers, and i approved this message. Thats my Campaign Plan, she just copied it. Because the only thing francine knows how to do is be negative. And that wont work, right hector . Actually, francine just pulled ahead in the polls. What . You mean shes going to win by tricking people . You know, i am starting to feel really negative about this election. Hey, come on, shes not going to win this election. Why dont you challenge her to a debate where both of you can answer questions about books, and the people voting in the election can decide who will make a better president for the book club. Hes right. The only way that youre going to show voters youll be a better president than francine is if you have a debate. Huh. Maybe i will. beat boxing thumbs up to you. Good job. Oh, youre great. You were really good. Youre fantastic. Youre the best. Youre awesome thanks, i know. Yeah, i guess you do. Lisa, did you come to drop out of the election . No, im not dropping out of anything, francine. Im here to challenge you to a debate. A debate . Uhhuh. About books . Uhhuh. No problem, i read every book ever assigned to me for homework, twice oh, thats nice. The thing is, this debate is going to be about all books, not just the ones you read in school. All books . coughing i think i have a cold coming on. Oh, francine, are you afraid to debate me . No. No, i am not afraid, its just that. We cant have a debate because we need someone who knows a lot about debates to lead it. Im sorry, did Somebody Just say, debate . Oh, samantha bee, i love you oh thank you youre so great on the daily show. She can lead the debate. Ok. No, i meant someone who has a lot of experience leading a debate. Oh, i actually have a lot of experience, i work on a fake new shows, you know. I meant someone in a suit. Oh, just give me a second. Wow you are amazing. I know, tell me about it, right . Guess youre out of excuses, francine. Ok fine, well have a debate its fine. Its fine so what if ive only read books assigned to me for homework . I can still win this. I just have to find lisas weakness. Im really worried about this debate. Why are you worried . Lisa will do fine. Unless. Unless what . Unless, they ask her abolittle women. Ive never relittle woman ; whats it about . Ill tell you all about it. Ok, when samantha bee asks for questions from the audience, i want you to ask about the book. Little women. Little women. Why . Trust me. Mr. Vice president. Hello, and welcome to the neighborhood Book Club President ial debates. Im samantha bee; were going to start the debate by taking some questions from our audience. Oh, you in the front. How do you feel about the book little women . Little women , one of my favorites. Lets turn the question over to francine. Thanks samantha. Little women is my absolute favorite books; ive read it over 100 times. I guess what i love most about little womis that its called little wom,n but its actually about. Ninjas. Im sorry, what did you just say . Little women is the story of a plucky group of tiny heroic lady ninjas who band together to defend mount rushmore. They may be tiny, samantha, but i think theyre lady ninjas we can all look up to. Excuse me, there are no tiny lady ninjas in little women. Nice try, lisa. Samantha, you may just want to go ahead and declare me the winner of this debate. Actually, shes right; there are no tiny lady ninjas little women , so. Of course there are, who else do you think fights off the attacking army of miniature zombie cats . Little women also has no zombie cats. No zombie cats, either . Im afraid not. Lisa, would you like to take this question . Samantha, i would. Oh ok, good. You know, i think what i love most about little womis that even though it was written over 100 years ago, i feel like the march sisters are like me. Are the Election Results in yet . Oh, i cant watch. What are you worried about . You won that debate and now youre going to win this election. Shes about to announce the winner thank you for that report on the global economy. Now, turning our attention to more pressing news, the Neighborhood Book Club election. Well, it was a tightly contested race, but now that the votes are in, were prepared to declare Lisa Heffenbacher the winner over Francine Carruthers. Congratulations, lisa. Yeah you did it, madam president. You ran an excellent campaign. Thanks, well, i never could have won without you guys campaigning for me. To lisa, whos going to run a book club thats of the readers, for the readers, and by the readers. Im Lisa Heffenbacher, and i approved that message. All right, Electric Company, you may not be liars, but you are going to be losers. On prankster planet, no one can stop me. Will you even dare to try, Electric Company . laughing prankster planet prankster planet the reverseaballs reversing all the words on earth so its jessica and marcus to the rescue francine has eight machines you must stop them all to save the world from the reverseaballs prankster planet prankster planet hello, loyal fans. Francine Francine Francine oh, stop. Stop. Lets take a look at three examples of my reverseaballs on earth. Reverseaball one. A poll shows how people are thinking of voting in an election. Reverseaball two. Heres another thing they do they repeat a lie til it seems true reverseaball three. We cant have a debate. Brilliant lets check on the progress of our little heroes, jessica and marcus, as they try to stop my reverseaballs. Ah there. Marcus, dont get too close. Why not . yelling thats why. yelling well, its not looking good for the Electric Company. So, why dont i make it worse . Hey, its survey time the survey question is what should i use to stop the Electric Company . Time to vote you can vote for an army of aardvarks, a pond of pudding, or my superduper secret stunning surprise. Im going to show the results of this survey using a circle graph circle graphs are swell its time to. Vote vote vote and now the part where we have the results of the survey. Time what did you vote for . This section of the circle graph shows that ten of you voted for an army of aardvarks; this section shows that ten voted for a pond of pudding; and this section shows that 20 voted for my superduper secret stunning surprise my superduper secret stunning surprise is the biggest section, it wins the results of this survey show that the superduper secret stunning surprise to stop jessica and marcus. Time guess who . laughing marcus, please tell me that was your stomach . No. Boy, francine really likes herself. Oh, we have to get down from here we have to stop the reverseaball machine. Thanks. Yeehaw i need to wrangle me a reverseaball machine now, its personal. On to the lever. Time for my prankster planet prankster rules emergency button good luck stopping the reverseaballs now. laughing both hey you guys go to pbskidsgo. Org and stop the reverseaballs. 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