- [Child Announcer] Lead support for this program has been provided by the William Penn Foundation with additional support from The Estate of Charles Graves, The State of Delaware, and Viewers Like You.

(upbeat playful music) ♪ At the start of the day, the sun says hello ♪ ♪ It's shining my way, it's saying let's go ♪ ♪ It's so nice to hear the button go ding ♪ ♪ Who could it be, my heart starts to sing ♪ ♪ Albie's elevator ♪ (upbeat playful music) ♪ Albie's elevator ♪ (upbeat playful music) ♪ Albie's elevator ♪ ♪ Oh yeah ♪ (playful upbeat music) ♪ Each floor has a friend ♪ ♪ Each floor has a neighbor ♪ ♪ And where do we meet ♪ ♪ On Albie's elevator ♪ ♪ Albie's elevator ♪ (upbeat playful music) ♪ Albie's elevator ♪ (upbeat playful music) ♪ Albie's elevator ♪ ♪ Oh yeah ♪ (upbeat playful music) ♪ Albie's Ele-vator ♪ (light playful music) (elevator dings) - On the tram, mm-hm, mm-hm, next.

Mm-hm.

And uh...

I think you're the exact same height.

(giggling) Mm-hm.

Glad I could help!

Oh, hi!

Welcome to my all sizes welcome elevator!

It's just about time to get ready for the day!

Tibitz!

- Yippity skippity dippity do.

- Elevator buttons, ready?

- [Tibitz] Elevator buttons are colorful, shiny, and activated.

Ready!

- Snack stash, ready?

- Weeee!

- Oh, oh oh, oh!

- Snacks have been scored.

(murmuring) Ready!

- Pep talk ready?

- Pep talk, you can do big things.

- I can do big things!

I'm ready for the day!

Oh, thanks for restocking our snacks, Huggie.

Did you find anything good?

(Huggie murmurs) - (gasps) And what is this?

- Pepperoni Sams!

- Ah yes, Pepperoni Sams.

They're little crackers that taste just like pepperoni!

A marvel!

- Pfft, why now just eat a pepperoni!

Or a cracker!

- I suppose I could counter with, why not just eat a Pepperoni Sam?

- Good point.

Okay, I'll try it.

(magical music) (Albie crunches) (mystical music) Whoa!

Pepperoni Sam!

This is the most delicious thing ever!

- Pepperoni Sam!

- Huggie, do you have any more?

(panting) (Hugging hums) (creatures murmuring) (upbeat rock music) ♪ I like pepperoni ♪ (upbeat rock music) ♪ I like crackers too ♪ (upbeat rock music) ♪ When you combine them both ♪ (upbeat rock music) ♪ I don't know what to do ♪ ♪ I'm too busy munching pepperoni crackers ♪ ♪ I'm too busy throwing round all the wrappers ♪ ♪ Why don't you like these pepperoni cracker wrappers ♪ ♪ Littering Albie's elevator ♪ (upbeat rock music) ♪ Crispy crunchy crunch ♪ (upbeat rock music) ♪ I like to munch and munch ♪ (upbeat rock music) ♪ No, I am not done ♪ (upbeat rock music) ♪ Please don't yoke my yum ♪ ♪ I'm too busy munching pepperoni crackers ♪ ♪ I'm too busy throwing round all the wrappers ♪ ♪ Why do you like these pepperoni cracker wrappers ♪ ♪ Littering Albie's elevator ♪ (upbeat rock music) ♪ We like eating snacks ♪ (upbeat rock music) ♪ We throw out our trash ♪ (clapping) (creature whimpers) (upbeat playful music) - Hey, Albie!

What do you think of this new pillow for the-- (wrapper crunches) Whoa.

Albie, what is on the floor?

- Uh, your feet?

(Albie laughs) Is that a trick question?

- No!

I mean, these wrappers.

- Oh yeah.

Rosie, you have to try these Pepperoni Sams.

They're like eating a pepperoni and a cracker!

But without the hassle.

- I mean, sounds great, but we can't just have all these wrappers all over the floor.

- Oh, I'm in love with a new snack, Rosie.

Doesn't love matter more than cleaning up wrappers?

- Everyone in the building uses this space, Albie.

We all have to do our best to keep it clean.

It's how we take care of each other, by taking care of our shared spaces.

(Albie crunches) - I have never had more exciting experience than eating a Pepperoni Sam.

The color, like a fiery sunrise.

The holes, like dreams in a starry curtain.

The flavor, enchanting and engaging.

Spicy, yet sweet.

And delightful.

Ah, sorry!

Had a bit of a snack attack.

What were you saying, Rosie?

- The wrapper situation is getting out of hand.

Someone might slip!

(Albie gaps) (intense horror music) - Pepperoni Sam would never do such a thing!

- You never know.

You never know.

You never know.

(echoing) Albie, help!

(thunder claps) - Hang on, Rosie!

I'll save you!

(swirling) (thunder claps) - Albie, I've emerged from my home at the bottom of the ocean to tell you this.

No snack is worth making such a big mess!

- Pepperoni Sam?

- Yes, it is I.

If only you'd cleaned up those wrappers.

- Albie!

- But, but I thought someone else would do it.

- You're the one who was enjoying those sweet, meaty crackers.

You're the one who should clean them up.

It's your responsibility.

(thunder claps) (Albie whimpers) P.S.

I live beneath the ocean.

(swirling) (water splashes) - Pepperoni Sam!

(thunder claps) (Albie screaming) - Albie, Albie, Albie, Albie!

(Albie panting) Albie.

- Rosie, you're right.

Pepperoni Sam is a delicious snack and a wise friend and I've got to take care of this mess!

(Albie screams) Destination dump these wrappers.

Oh.

(Albie giggles) (smack) (upbeat music) - Scowly mode activated, Albie.

(upbeat music) (light orchestral piano) (light music) - [Piano] Calling course flux.

(upbeat music) Location locked on.

- Wonderful watts wafting.

- Wafting.

Wafting.

Wafting.

- Wafting!

- [Piano] Powering down.

Down, down, down, down, down, down.

- [Tibitz] We have arrived.

(elevator dings) - Hey Albie, hey Rosie.

- Hi!

I'm looking to get rid of all these Pepperoni Sam wrappers.

Any chance you want them?

Or know of a large robot bear that eats old snack wrappers?

Heh?

- Hmm, I don't know too many robot bears.

And besides... We're kinda busy right now.

- Oh, yeah, what are you doing?

- We're cleaning up this street and this mural.

(magical music) - Hey Albie.

- Hey Albie!

- A whaaat?!

- A mural.

Art painted directly onto the wall.

(playful music) (film reel ticks) (light upbeat music) (creature murmurs) - [Worker] We're all lending a hand to keep this space lookin' neat.

- But it's not your house.

- Nope, it's just a street in the neighborhood.

Because the art's outside, everyone can enjoy it.

Taking care of this street feels like taking care of our neighbors.

- Ohhh!

Kinda like how picking up my Pepperoni Sam wrappers is a way for me to take care of the elevator since everyone in the building uses it!

- Exactly!

Making a mural is a lot of people coming together to get the job done.

It's a lot of people taking care of their neighborhood.

- That gives me the perfect idea of how to get rid of my Pepperoni Sam wrappers!

- Glad we could inspire you.

Good luck, Albie.

- Thanks, bye!

Hmm... - What are you thinking, Albie?

- I think I'm going to need some paint.

(upbeat playful music) Aha!

And some brushes.

(upbeat playful music) Aha!

And that bag.

(upbeat playful music) - You got it.

(Albie laughs) (upbeat playful music) (playful swirling) - So, I'm going to start by painting a rose for my friend, Rosie.

- Albie, I'm touched.

- And here's a couple of orange stripes because they remind me of Jay's shirt.

- It's a classic shirt.

- And a wheel for Zia's bike, mm!

(Albie laughs) - Why are you drawing these things, Albie?

- Well, I want my painting to show things that my neighbors like, so everyone smiles when they see it, sorta like the mural because my big plan is, oh wait, wet paint.

Huggie, could you help me dry this paint?

(wind rustles) (Huggie whimpers) Perfect!

My plan is to put this bag in the corner so people can put their trash in it.

- A community trash bag!

- And now, for phase two.

Putting that trash bag to use!

Huggie!

- Huh?

(Huggie whimpers) - Time me.

(Huggie shouts) (clock ticks) (upbeat rock music) ♪ I like cleaning up by trashing all my cracker wrappers ♪ ♪ It makes the house I live in oh so sparkling pretty ♪ ♪ It's just like when I clean up my own garbage ♪ ♪ When I'm walking around my city ♪ ♪ I'm too busy munching pepperoni crackers ♪ ♪ I'm too busy throwing round all the wrappers ♪ ♪ Why don't you like these pepperoni cracker wrappers ♪ ♪ Littering Albie's elevator ♪ - Respecting your neighbors makes life truly delicious.

- Ain't that the truth, Pepperoni Sam?

(bell dings) (upbeat rock music) ♪ We like eating snacks ♪ (upbeat rock music) ♪ And we throw out out trash ♪ (clapping) (playful music) (Albie pants) (Huggie murmers) (clock ticks) (Huggie shouts) - Two minutes?

Ah, that has to be a record!

- This space looks much better.

Thanks, Albie.

- Oh, all that cleaning sure did make me hungry.

(light rock music) (creatures murmuring) (Albie laughs) How do you do it, Huggie?

(Albie giggles) - Ugh!

That is a very pungent pepperoni smell.

- Isn't it perfect?

♪ I'm too busy ♪ ♪ Munching pepperoni crackers ♪ - Albie, I don't know it - you should be eating so many of these.

- I really like them though, Rosie.

- I know but you've, you've had a lot of them likely.

- I only had about - one percent of my daily value.

It's time to up the game!

- Yeah, no, I can't do this.

(upbeat rock music) ♪ We throw out our trash ♪ (playful music) (elevator dings) (upbeat music) - Pick it up, up, up, and over, over, over.

Now back up, up, up and then down just a smidge.

- Are those real directions or are you just singing?

- Looks perfect, Frank!

(Albie laughs) Oh, hi there!

Welcome to my special occasion snazzified elevator!

Frank's just helping me get ready for the day.

- Speaking of getting ready.

- Let's get this elevator ready!

Elevator buttons ready?

- [Tibitz] Elevator buttons are colorful, shiny, and activated.

Ready!

- Moon mission ready?

- [Tibitz] Moon mission is prepared for lift-off.

Ready!

(creatures murmur) - Pep talk ready?

- Pep talk.

Shine bright, you special star.

- I'm shining, Tibitz!

Ah, ah, ah.

(twinkling music) - You certainly are, Albie.

(Albie laughs) - Hate to take away from all this shining but you think you can give me a hand with this tape?

- Of course, Frank.

(Albie hums) - There we go.

(Albie grunts) (Frank shouts) (swirling music) - Got it!

- (sighs) Much better, thank you.

- I'm so excited for the party today!

(Frank laughs) - Oh, it's truly one of my favorite days.

Thanks for letting us celebrate in the elevator this year.

- Are you kidding?

I can't wait!

There's going to be neighbors!

There's going to be food!

There's going to be... (crickets chirp) uh, other things?

- Oh, Albie, there's gonna be so much more than neighbors and food.

'Cause today, today is the toast.

(light magical music) - The toast.

- The toast, a time when neighbors come together and make toasts.

- When someone says kind words about a person or thing.

- And eat toast.

- Traditionally, bread that has been warmed.

- And just remember how lucky we are to know each other.

It's a feast of warmed breads, a feast of compliments.

- Compliments are kind words.

- Oh, I could cry right now just thinking about it.

- Because you're sad?

- No, sometimes it's just nice to let people know how much you love them.

- And it's nice to eat warm bread.

Mm-hm.

- Mm, absolutely.

Speaking of.

I need to go and get my own toasts and bring them back to the party.

I'll see ya soon, Albie.

- See ya soon, Frank!

(light music) Tibitz, have you ever given a toast?

- Why, certainly Albie.

I can give one right now.

- Oh.

- Hold that juice box in the air.

You too, Huggie pepper.

(Huggie shouts) To my friends, Albie and Huggie, who are always kind and helpful and a lot of fun to be around.

I love you both very much.

Cheers.

And now, you say cheers back.

- Cheers!

- Cheers!

- And then, you can lightly tap your juice boxes together and say it again.

- Cheers!

- Cheers!

- [Tibitz] That's the spirit.

- Awe, that was fun!

And, and, I have the best toast!

Food version, to share with everyone!

It's wheat bread with strawberry jam.

A classic, mmm.

(Albie hums) (elevator dings) Oh, the first guest.

(gasps) - Good toast to you, Albie.

- Good toast to you, Jay.

- I'm so excited to share my toast.

(Albie squeals) - Is it more wheat toast with strawberry jam?

- Not quite.

- Grape jelly.

- Nope!

- Orange marmalade.

- Can I just show you?

- Yes!

- Ta-da!

- Ohhh.

- It's smashed avocado on sourdough bread with just a hint of lemon and a dash of salt.

- Huh?

- It's my favorite kind of toast!

It's what I like to eat for breakfast and now I get to share it with my friends.

- So green.

- Mm-hm, vibrant.

- Ugggh.

(swirling music) (elevator dings) - Good toast to you, Albie.

- Good toast to you, Rosie.

- Good toast to you, Rosie!

- Is that a tray of toast, Rosie?

- You know it.

- Oh, and is it green by any chance?

- Nope!

- Oh, thank goodness.

- It's orange!

- Whaaat?

- It's toasted slices of sweet potato topped with goat cheese and a little drizzle of honey.

- [Tibitz] How gourmet.

- Thanks, Tibitz.

Some of our neighbors are allergic or can't eat bread, so I figure this is a toast everyone can enjoy.

- But!

It's a potato!

- Yes.

- Not bread.

- Correct.

- And there's no jam whatsoever?

- Are you all right, Albie?

- This isn't exactly what I was picturing.

(Albie groans) (light music) (elevator dings) - Do do do doooo!

- Good toast to you, Zia!

- Good toast to you, Zia.

- Toast good Zia to you.

- Have I got a toast for all of you!

- Oh, please tell me there's jam!

- Oh yeah!

- Oof, phew!

- If you consider cheese sauce a jam!

Warm pretzels with an ooey gooey cheese sauce to dunk em in.

(Zia laughs) - Woo, tasty!

- I know, I know.

- What is happening?

I think I'm going to need to visit a toast professional to show Rosie and Jay and Zia what real toast is!

(Albie sighs) (drums rolling) Destination toast pro!

(smack) - Albie.

- Where are we going?

- I'm here too!

- Stally mode activated, Albie!

(upbeat music) - [Piano] Powering up, powering on.

(upbeat music) Calling course fluxing.

(upbeat music) Location locked on.

(upbeat music) - Party streamers syncing at 100 percent.

- Streamers, streamers, - Streamers, streamers, - streamers, streamers.

- streamers, streamers.

- [Piano] Powering down, down, down, down, down.

- [Tibitz] We have arrived.

- Hey Albie!

Hey everyone!

- Hi Kiki!

I'm so glad you're here.

- Wait a second.

Is today the toast?

- Yes!

- Good toast to you all.

- [Group] Good toast to you, Kiki!

- Speaking of toast, you're a chef, right Kiki?

Can you set the record straight?

What counts as toast?

- Well, I think toast is technically bread that's warmed.

- Sooo... wheat bread with strawberry jam, right?

- Right but, some of your friends might like other types of toast.

- Like sourdough.

- Or warm, soft, pretzel bread.

- My toast is actually made out of yarn.

(magical music) (gasps) - Huh?

Kiki, you can't eat yarn!

- I know you can't eat yarn, but I'm using yarn to crochet my favorite type of toast.

Portuguese sweet bread.

(light music) So, I take yarn, which is like a line.

And then, just like drawing, I use the yarn to draw an object, but you can touch this drawing.

So, in order to make toast or Portuguese sweet bread, in this case, I chose yarns that were golden brown and made me hungry just looking at them.

So, this is what I use to crochet and it's called a crochet hook.

I use this to go through these two loops and continue to build volume on this piece of toast.

(creature laughs) I crochet all kinds of things, including sweaters for my dog, Coconut.

(swirly music) - [Whispering Voiceover] Coconut.

- I love making crocheted versions of the things that I love, whether it's snacks or even my friends.

(gasps) - It's me!

I'm made of yarn!

- People can put a lot of love and care into making food.

I try to take those same details and that same love and care when I'm making something out of yarn.

You know that food holds a lot of memories for people.

- My toast reminds me of a trip to San Francisco with my best friend.

- Awe!

- My brother can't eat bread, so he taught me about sweet potato toast.

- Huh!

- My dad was a pretzel.

Sorry, I meant my dad loves pretzels, duh.

We used to get them after my weekend T-ball games.

- See?

Food is not just food, but it's a memory too.

And celebrations are always better when we all bring something different to the table.

- I guess if everyone brought wheat bread with strawberry jam, it might be too much strawberry!

- Exactly.

- Thanks, Kiki!

- Thanks, Albie.

Happy toasting.

- Happy toasting!

(light music) (swirling music) Uh, sorry I thought your toasts weren't real toasts.

- That's all right, Albie.

- People can have different favorites.

- It's like my pretzel, I mean, it's like my dad always says.

Zia, variety is the spice of life.

- Huh?

- It means life is more fun when you get to try new and different things.

- Oh, hmm.

Rosie?

Could I have a slice of your sweet potato toast?

- Absolutely, Albie!

(Albie crunches) (drums roll) - Whoa!

That is a taste sensation!

- I think so!

- Oh, how about some of that sourdough, Jay?

- Yeah!

And a dash of salt to top it off.

(Albie crunches) Oh, what do ya think?

- Mm, I don't think it's for me, but I'm glad I gave it a shot.

Especially because I know it's special to you.

(elevator dings) - More friends are coming for the toast!

- Oh uh, Huggie, you know what to do!

(Huggie murmurs) (knocking) (Huggie shouts) (creatures murmur) ♪ Let's have a toast ♪ ♪ A toast tonight ♪ ♪ To all our friends around the world, we can unite ♪ ♪ Let's have a sip, mm ♪ ♪ Let's take a bite ♪ ♪ To celebrate our futures oh so bold and bright ♪ (elevator dings) ♪ Come together ♪ ♪ Love and light ♪ ♪ Everybody ♪ ♪ Love and light ♪ (tempo ascending) (clapping to beat) ♪ Let's have a sip ♪ ♪ Let's take a bite ♪ ♪ Celebrate our futures oh so bold and bright ♪ ♪ We gon' come together ♪ ♪ Love and life ♪ ♪ Everybody ♪ ♪ Lovin' life ♪ ♪ Come on people, celebrate life ♪ ♪ Ohhh yeah ♪ ♪ We gon' celebrate life ♪ ♪ Ohhhh ♪ ♪ Mm, let's have a sip ♪ ♪ Ohh, let's take a bite ♪ ♪ Celebrate our futures oh so bold and bright ♪ ♪ We gon' come together ♪ ♪ Lovin' light ♪ ♪ Everybody ♪ ♪ Lovin' life ♪ ♪ We gon' celebrate life ♪ ♪ Ohhh ♪ (clapping) (creatures murmur) (swirling playful music) (people chattering) - If it's all right with everyone, I'd like to be the first to make a toast.

To all my amazing neighbors who introduce me to new things and make my life more delicious.

I'm glad to know you and I love you.

You're my jam!

Get it?

Like strawberry jam!

(laughing) To neighbors!

- [Group] To neighbors!

- Awe, Bon Bon.

Okay, toasting you.

(Albie laughs) Just gonna start licking it.

(light jazzy music) (upbeat playful music) - [Child Announcer] Lead support for this program has been provided by The William Penn Foundation with additional support from The Estate of Charles Graves, The State of Delaware, and Viewers Like You.

(dog barks) (brass instrument plays) (light music)