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- SLANGMAN'S WORLD introduces children ages 2-6 to the world of foreign languages and cultures in an environment of music, puppetry, animation, and magic. It's "Dr. Seuss meets Sesame Street" where Slangman (Burke), a high-energy unpredictable wizard and wordsmith, invites a studio audience of children into his enchanted multicultural world where each Muppet-like character serves a specific function to help children broaden their language skills and their view of the world. It's Mr. Rogers with a foreign-language twist.
- Wordy and Slangman jump into the fishbowl to join the School of Fish for their French lesson. Unfortunately, Miss Crabby is boring the class to sleep with her lecture. Slangman to the rescue! With a magical gesture, Slangman enters the chalkboard and sings "Maison." By the time he's done, Wordy and the fish have learned six new words in French!
- Wordy flies into Slangman's Cross-Cultural Kitchen, upset that he overslept and missed breakfast. That's no problem for Slangman, Chef Stacoupé, Mel Tingpot, and the rest of the kitchen characters. They can make anything, and they can make it "Pronto!"
- Slangman calls his cousin Pierre to help Wordy with his French lesson. Wordy is magically transported to France, where Pierre and Wordy sing "Bonjour" while wandering through the streets of Paris.
- On the eve of the Chinese New Year, Wordy finds Slangman and the chopsticks Mee and Yu sweeping out the house to prepare for the new year. Slangman sings "Chinese New Year" about the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac. By the end of the song, day has turned into night, and fireworks light the sky in celebration of the new year.
- When Slangman is hanging pictures, Wordy asks him why. Slangman replies that the pictures represent things that make him happy. A photograph of Slangman in Italy comes to life and informs them that "happy" is "felice" in Italian. Slangman sends Wordy to an imaginary Venice made of ice cream and chocolate, where they sing about items that make Slangman "Felice."
- Slangman finds Wordy looking for a toy, and breaking all his other toys in the process. With the help of a magic storybook and the song "Kaputt," Slangman teaches Wordy the importance of taking care of his toys... and a few new words in German.
- In order to sing a song about the seasons, Slangman and Wordy load up the piano in the Music Room with all sorts of seasonal items such as trees, lemonade, sunshine, snow, and hot apple cider. Then Slangman magically summons a friend from Japan to help them sing, "Seasons."
- While Slangman and Wordy are taking a morning stroll through Slangman's Farm, they encounter Slangrooster, who is preparing for the morning crow. Slangman and the farm's international roosters sing "On Slangman's Farm," and show Wordy that animals speak different languages, just like people!
- When Wordy goes looking for Slangman, he finds his friend shrunk down and inside a broken Korean clock! Slangman asks Wordy to help him fix the 12 different gears, and together they sing "The Counting Song"!
- When Slangman tucks Wordy into bed for the night, he says goodnight in Arabic. Wordy asks for a bedtime story, and Slangman continues the Arabic theme. He sings "Umniah," the story of a young boy in Egypt who finds a magic lamp and makes three wishes... But it's the genie's wish that ultimately brings the boy happiness.
- Slangman and Gizma are repairing a letter when Wordy arrives. Crash smashes into the house with the word of the day and everyone sings "Guten Tag." (German)
- When Crash arrives with the word of the day, Slangman, Wordy, and Gizma sing "Cane," a song about how Wordy's pet Cloudy is just like a dog.
- Slangman and Gizma are repairing a letter when Wordy arrives. Crash smashes into the house with the word of the day, and everyone sings "Chocho."
- Slangman and Gizma return from putting more solar panels on the house. Crash arrives bringing the word of the day, and everyone sings "Hae" about the power of sun.
- Wordy finds Slangman and Gizma practicing yoga. Crash arrives with the word of the day, and everyone sings "Merci."
- Wordy arrives while Gizma and Slangman attempt to catch some buzzing letter Bs. Crash smashes into the house soon after with the word of the day. Everyone sings about "Otlichno," the Russian word for "Great."
- Wordy tries to warn Gizma that Crash is flying towards the house, but she has her headphones on and can't hear him. Slangman gives them a quick lesson about saying "please," and when Crash arrives with the word of the day, they all sing "Por Favor."
- Gizma stops Wordy from hitting Blue Cat with a paper airplane when Slangman arrives. Crash brings the word of the day, and everyone sings "Quttah" -- the Arabic word for cat.
- Wordy finds Slangman and Gizma staring out the window, waiting for the first star of the night to appear. When Crash arrives with the word of the day, they all sing "Sitara."
- While Gizma waits by the window for Crash, Wordy sneaks in and attacks her with paper airplanes. When Crash arrives with the word of the day, everyone sings "Yi Er San."