Lee talks to actor and singer Lilli Cooper (star of the new Story PIrates bedtime show ‘Sleep Squad’) about growing up in a family of performers and her professional journey, including her role as Sandy Cheeks in Spongebob Squarepants: The Broadway Musical.
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Illustration by Camila Franklin
Baby With A Mustache founds a start-up. Featuring two new stories: “If Dogs Are Janitors,” a song about a lucky pup (Larry Owens) working his dream job, written by Shea, a 9 year old from Illinois, and “Zombies Ate My Homework!!!!!!” a multi-platform tale about the academic tastes of the undead, written by an 11 year old from California named Paxton.
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HI A AM BOB THE JANITOR OF WOLFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND YES I AM A DOG YOU MIGHT ASK HOW DID YOU GET A JOB AT A HUMAN SCHOOL BY HUMAN PRINCIPAL? A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME THIS AND I ALWAYS ANSWER THE SAME WAY WOOF ROOF GRRR WOOF OF COUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND ME BECAUSE AGIAN I AM A DOG. THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS I USED MY PUPPY EYES AND THAT SAME DAY I WON CUTEST PUPPY OF THE YEAR. I ONLY WORK IN THE CAFETERIA AND EAT ALL THE SCRAPS ONE THE FOOR SO I GET A FREE LUNCH SO THAT GOOD FOR ME. EVEN BETER I PLAY WITH THE KIDS. MY MASTER SHEA GO'S TO WOLFSIDE SO I HAVE A BED NEXT TO HER DESK. ITS ALL A DOG COULD DREAM OF IF YOU CAN HEAR ME YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE A DOCTOR. THE END!
The Story Pirates help Meryl the Mermaid (Rachel Dratch) in her quest to win the 65th Annual Mermaid Tail Competition. Featuring two new stories: “Undercover Birthday,” a song about a classified celebration for a super secret spy (Will Swenson), written by Isaiah, a 9 year old from Ohio, and “Trapped in a Basketball,” a story about a kid who learns the hard way just how the ball bounces, written by a 9 year old from Pennsylvania named Ethan.
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A spy is having a birthday and his mom says it should be undercover. At first he thinks it will be fun. But when he discovers that nobody shows up he decides that he doesn’t want to have an undercover birthday. He tells his mom that nobody is showing up and that he doesn’t want to have an undercover birthday. It all works out in the end and he says it’s his best birthday ever. The spy is named Zack.
Hey Dad! Can I go play basketball with Mike and Connor? Sure. Mike and Connor let’s go play basketball! OK Mike and Connor said at the same time. I want to be on my own team, Luke said. So me and Connor are on a team? Mike said. Yes, Luke said. Let’s do this! Connor said. Hey Mike, Luke said. I am going to trick you on this sick move. Wait, you are lay-upping? Mike asked. And I’m not going to be able to block you. I made it! Luke said. Wait, I’m falling! Luke said. I feel like I’m disappearing! Ahhhh!! What? I’m in a basketball! Luke said. I feel so small. Mike! Connor! Can you hear me? Oh no! Mike is picking up the basketball! Luke said. Ow! I hit my head! Luke said. Well let’s find a way out of here, he said. Hey maybe if I try rolling the ball from the inside it will hit something sharp and break! Here it goes! Luke screamed, Ow! ow! Ow! Well that didn’t work…Oh my god Mike is picking up the basketball! Now he’s going somewhere with it, Luke said. It feels like my head is spinning. I think we will just put the basketball in the garage, Connor said. Ok, Mike said. Where are they taking me? Luke asked himself. Mike! Mike’s mom yelled. What? Mike said.Do you want to come to your basketball game or play video games? Mike’s mom asked. I am bringing the basketball for the game, Mike said. Ok, Mike’s mom said. Mike is picking the basketball up and I am inside it, Luke said to himself. I think he is putting me in the car! Luke said. Mom I am going to play the game ok, Mike asked? Sure. Mike’s mom said. Oh no! I think Mike brought me to his basketball game, because I hear a big crowd! Luke said. Someone is definitely using the basketball that I am in for the game, Luke said to himself. The game is starting, and I am getting dribbled and now I’m flying through the air! Ow! I just hit something hard! I think it was the backboard. And now I think I hit the ground. I scored! Mike shouted. That means I scored, Luke said from inside the basketball. Well, that was a great game! Mike said. But the basketball felt weird, Mike said. Yeah it did! Connor said. Where is Luke? He was supposed to at the game, Mike said. Well, the last thing I saw of Luke was that he hit the basketball really hard and disappeared. Maybe he got trapped inside the basketball, he joked. There’s no way that happened, Connor said. How could something like that ever happen? Mike asked. Wait, let’s just check to make sure we are not crazy. Let’s go cut it open, Connor said. No!! Mike screamed. Then what do we do?? Connor asked. We just cut the top open, Mke said. Sooooo kind of like my plan? Connor said. Well kind of, Mike said. I am going to cut it open, Mike said. Hey Luke, are you in there? Connor asked, feeling a little silly. Wait what? Luke said. Connor? Mike? Luke said. Luke! We got you! I’m pulling you out, Connor said. Yes! I’m safe! Luke said. Mike and Connor asked, How did this happen? I’ll tell you all about it, Luke said. Maybe over a game of basketball, he said with a wink.THE END
In this special bonus episode, DJ Squirm-A-Lot provides the soundtrack to your Thanksgiving feast, featuring some of our favorite songs and deep cuts from the podcast.
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The Story Pirates try out a new, complicated board game. Featuring two new stories: “Funny Animals,” a story about going to the circus that is also about NOT going to the circus, written by Corinne, an 8 year old from Ohio, and “The Pancake Heist,” the tale of a team of squirrels trying to pull of the greatest score of their careers, written by a 10 year old from Pennsylvania named Fiona.
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Once upon a time there was a girl named Betsy. Betsy was eating her snack and said, "I miss the circus. Can we go there soon?" "Sure!" said her Mom. "Me and Dad already planned to go next week." Betsy grinned. "I can't wait!" she said. They all hopped in the car and drove away. When they got there she took her Dad's hand and skipped to the door. But when they got there a sign said "Circus closed. Sorry for the inconvenience." "Oh, no!" yelled Betsy. "We will think of something else to do." said Mom. So they thought and thought until Mom said, "I hear there is a pet show today. " So they all hopped in the car and drove to the pet show. They saw lots of different pets there. Some could do tricks but all of them were funny. It was a great show. The End
One day Sean squirrel was hopping along the fence looking for some juicy tomatoes when he stopped dead in his tracks. He spotted something better than tomatoes, it was a plate full of golden fluffy pancakes on the humans outdoor table.There were big ones, little ones, some with chocolate chips, blueberries or bananas. He scampered over to his squirrel friends, who were hanging out at the new bird feeder arguing what the point of it was and how to get the most fun out of it. This is what happened every time the humans put up a new “squirrel proof” bird feeder. Sean eagerly explained what he saw on the table. When he finished, Steve said, ¨This sounds too good to be true, are you sure there were no booby traps?¨ “ I’m 100 % sure!” Sean replied “Come on Sean lets go get us some pancakes!” Cried Steve, as he and Sean marched toward the table. “ Hold up! You think you're doing this without us¨ protested Sammy. Sean and Steve spun around and looked at Sammy and reluctantly returned back to the other squirrels. “ Wait almost for got we need a distraction!” exclaimed Sean. “ Errrrr.” sputtered Steve, but he was too late. He wished Sean didn’t say anything.“ We’ve got that covered.” said Sarah hugging grumpy looking Sammy. “There better be no streamers.” grumbled Sammy, who wanted to be part of the heist not the distraction. “ How about a soap opera?” suggested Sean, “ We know that's worked in the past.” “ Ok.” agreed Sarah. “ I’ll go get the bubbles”. said Sammy as she slumped toward the garage. “ I must get my voaclcords ready…. la-la-la-la-la” sang Sarah. Sammy came back heaving a half gallon of bubbles.“That should be enough.¨ said Sammy wiping sweat from her face “ Okay, time to put this plan into action.¨ said Sean, “Squirrels on three¨. ¨1,2,3 SQUIRRELS¨ they hollered in unison. Something they didn’t realise was that the humans weren’t home. So when the humans found two squirrels having a bubble party in their gutters they just laughed. As for the pancakes, when they saw the squirrels running along the fence holding the pancakes in their mouth they all burst into fits of laughter.
Mother Porpoise (Alison Pill) revives her rivalry with Meghan. Featuring two new stories, “My Mouth Ran Away,” a story about a rebellious mouth by Eleanor, an 11 year old from Japan, and “The Zinc Sink With The Kink In The Link Problem,” a rhyming tale about the weird solution to a weird problem, written by two brothers from Illinois named Bennet and Cillian.
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Once, my mouth ran away. Yep, it did. When that happened I was, well freaked out. Well, I was reading and well it ran away. I do not know how but it did. I was just reading a book about the body, on the page about the mouth. And it ran away. It felt weird. Like I couldn't talk, but it was the worse feeling. I dropped my book and ran after it, and guess where it hid? The lipstick shop. I ran there and found my mouth putting on LIPSTICK. I sneaked up on it and put my mouth on.How? I do not know but I did. I am not lying, Mom. I am so very serios
The End!
"“Oh no!” “my zinc sink has a kink in its link! Oh well, I hope I can fix it. I'm going to watch TV to pass the time,” “You will see the answer to today's problem on THE GAME SHOW THAT'S A GAME SHOW!”After this commercial break.”*KKKKKGGGHHHH*“Do you want to get your zinc sink fixed? maybe it has a kink in the link of the sink?”“yes! how did you know?” “then come to the zinc sink with a kink in the link fixers, call 804-718-0614, for us to fix your kinky linked zinc sinks”“Hey, that's a good idea! I’ll call them!”“RingRingrRingRingRingRing,”“Hi, I have a zinc sink that has a kink in its link needing fixed.”“OK that would be 1 Gazillion dollars.”“OK, I’ll pay them when they get the sink fixed.”“We'll send them over soon, bye."“Ding,Dong.” “Wow, that was fast!”“Hello,we’re here To fix your zinc sink with a kink in it’s link”“Ok, right this way, The sink sink with a kink in its link is down the hall into the right” “Okay, thanks. We will be there right away. You can just sit back, relax, and eat nachos on the couch. we will do the rest.”“But I don't have nachos! and that means I have to help you. I don't even know how to! And it's going to be boring and hard!”“Relax, giving people free nachos is part of our customer service application! Also, we give people free couches if they don't have a couch. Do you have a couch? “yes I do.” “Okay, here’s your nachos! We’ll get to work.”Lots of bangs and clangs and for some reason, meows, later.“Don't worry. We have really bad news,You Zinc sink with a kink in its link cannot be fixed. But, you can get a new one for 3 gazillion dollars.”“OK, Sold!”Lots more bangs and clangs and for some reason, meows and growls later,“OK,The new one is installed.”“ Great! Here’s your 3 gazillion dollars.” “Bye!” 1 hour later, “Wait!, I gave him four gazillion dollars!” “Sploosh,” “And the sink is broken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” The end!
