Dot's Entertainment/Transcript

Lotta: There. Our mecha-puppy is complete.

Dot: Impressive, if we weren't actually building a Teeny Tesla Intercontinental Communication Radio.

Audrey: Oh, heh heh. Right. eh, he wasn't housebroken anyway.

Dot: Once completed, this radio will allow us to talk to Harvey Streets all over the world, from France's Rue de Harvé to Germany's Harvenkinderstrasse!

Audrey: yeah. forget humans, let's call aliens!

Lotta: ooh, the internet can't do that! what do you think aliens are like?

Dot: probably a bunch of space cadets.

(rimshot)

(Audrey and Lotta laugh uncontrollably)

Lotta: Dot, that's the funniest joke you've ever told!

Dot: (confused) Funnier than when I made 3.14 pies on pi day?

(Audrey and Dot continue laughing. Dot scans them with her Laugh-O-Meter.)

Dot: Your laughs are 45% heartier. and they make me feel 99,999 repeating percent amazing!

(The camera moves into Dot's mind)

Dot: woah, what are you? where am I?

Laughin: Ha-ha-hoo! I'm Laughin, the laugh griffin. and you're in the silly side of your brain where everything is boo-boo-boop-ba-doop!

Dot: that's delightful, but nonsensical.

Laughin: Exactly. that's how we do on the silly side. Ha-ha-hoo!

Dot: wow, this place is incredible! why have I never been here before?

Inner Dot: because you belong over here, on the serious side of your brain. hello, Laughelsworth.

Laughin: Inner Dot, ha-ha-hoo.

Inner Dot: we all had a good laugh, now time to get back to your serious pursuits. They're color-coded and alphabetized. \

(Dot slides off Laughin)

Laughin: or ignore her and keep your joke train choo-chooing.

(Laughin flies up and the balloons pop all over her as she laughs as Dot hears fireworks whistling and exploding from the balloons)

Laughin: but you can only choo-choose one.

(Dot takes a glance at Inner Dot, then back to Laughin)

Laughin: (doing a tumble) Ha-ha-hoo!

(Dot smiles and it moves outside of her head to the Harvey Girls HQ)

Dot: Ladies, what if we kept this joke train choo-chooing?

Audrey: my answer to every train-related question is yes, but what about the radio? we made some real progress while you were talking to yourself.

Dot: we can fix that later. Time for us to take this act on the road! or more accurately, the street!

(The screen transitions to Gerald, Tiny, and Bobby meditating. Tiny falls over.)

Dot: Gentlemen, oh no no, go silly. (exhales) Guys, do you like to laugh?

Tiny: hmm.

Bobby: hmm? hmm.

Audrey: hey, let's call some aliens!

Lotta: what do you think aliens are like?

Dot: probably a bunch of space cadets.

(rimshot)

(Gerald, Bobby, and Tiny stay silent for a few seconds but then start laughing)

Gerald: ah, humor.

(Dot does the same joke with Lucretia and Frufru.)

Dot: probably a bunch of space cadets.

(rimshot)

(Frufru and Lucretia start laughing)

Frufru: laughing creates wrinkles, but for that joke, I'll risk it.

(Dot does the same joke with The Bow.)

Dot: bunch of space cadets!

(rimshot)

(The Bow laughs and uses her bow to wipe her tears.)

Dot: space cadets!

(The camera moves back into Dot's mind)

Dot: (singing) Space cadets!

(Dot does the same joke in the bloogie boys' tree house.)

Dot: space cadets!

(The Bloogie Boys stay silent. Pinkeye and Fredo blink.)

Dot: why aren't you guys laughing?

Pinkeye: oh, it's just you already told us that one. It was funny the first five times, but...

(Dot grows wide-eyed. the camera moves back into her head as we see Laughin falling down with Dot on her back.)

(Laughin wails and Dot screams)

Dot: What's going on?

Laughin: Forgot to mention. I'm fueled by laughter. without fresh ha-ha-hoos, I'm just a regular griffin.

Dot: wouldn't a regular griffin also be able to fly?

Laughin: silly side, remember? Anyway, get some laughs quick or we'll crash! Ha-ha-hoo!

(The camera moves out of Dot's head as she lunges toward Pinkeye.)

Dot: (hoarsely) I NEED YOU TO LAUGH AT ME!

Pinkeye: ha?

Lotta: Hey! nothing's funnier than forcing someone to laugh, but you know what works better? coming up with new jokes.

Audrey: unless you want to resort to tickling but that's the cheater's way.

(Dot holds a feather up to Pinkeye's face, but then moves it away and groans as she walks away)

(Back in the Harvey Girls HQ, Dot is researching on her tablet.)

Dot: search for "recently discovered the rush of being funny and need new jokes or I will never be funny again!"

Count Laugh-ula: this is Count Laugh-ula and I vant to make you laugh! ho ho ho ho ha ha! Learn your comedy basics from a vampire-themed kid comedian! the first thing you need is a snappy catchphrase like, "I vant to make you laugh!" ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Dot: hmm, how about.... (snaps fingers) "just jokin'!" Yeah, I could see myself shamelessly repeating that.

Count Laugh-ula: now you vant to master all 472 forms of comedy!

Lotta: you study. I've been working on my alien hellos. (squeaky voice) hellooooooo!

Audrey: bugga! bugga! that's alien for "Hello back!"

Count Laugh-ula: first up, prop comedy! make a silly thing and tell a joke about it! (points to his fangs) eh? eh?

(Dot nods in agreement.)

(Later, Dot is wearing a wig made of gum while being watched by Lucretia, Frufru, and The Bow while standing on a box.)

Dot: I made this wig for chewing gum in, so the gum gets stuck in your wig and not your hair. I call it "gummy hairs!" (snaps fingers) just jokin'!

(The Bow, Lucretia and Frufru start laughing)

Count Laugh-ula: next up, improv comedy. Make up random stuff on the spot.

(Dot walks up in front of Gerald, Lucretia, Frufru, and a green shirted boy.)

Dot: I need some suggestions. Can I get a job and a way to travel?

Lucretia: uh, Bus driver and bus!

Dot: here I am, on the bus to my job driving a different bus! (snaps fingers) just jokin'!

(Gerald, Lucretia, Frufru, and the green shirted boy laugh really hard)

Lucretia: there's no way she didn't write that ahead of time.

Count Laugh-ula: observational comedy! this one starts with, "did you ever notice..."

(on Harvey Street, Melvin, Fredo, Frufru, Tiny, Pinkeye, Lucretia and The Bow are watching Dot stand in front of her house.)

Dot: did you ever notice how it seems like none of us have parents? (silence for a few seconds) (snaps fingers) just jokin'!

(The kids start laughing)

Pinkeye: Oh, whew. I was worried.

(The kids continue laughing)

Melvin: yeah!

(Dot closes her eyes and opens them, showing Laughin in both of them.)

Laughin: ha-ha-hoo!

(The kids keep laughing as they walk away from Dot)

Audrey: great set!

Lotta: think you got some time now for our mecha-puppy radio? after all, Count Laugh-ula's rule 56 is, (imitating Count Laugh-ula's voice while wiggling her fingers) "alvays leave them vanting more!"

(the camera moves back into Dot's head. it shows Dot riding on Laughin until she stops at a hole in a cloud.)

Dot: time to get back to our radio. You can drop me off at Inner Dot's door.

Laughin: Ha-ha-hooey! that's your best one yet! remember what I said. you can only choo-choose one side and you cho-chose silly!

Dot: Yes, but to be fair, you are silly. I assumed your rules would be flexible.

Laughin: nope, comedy without rules is lazy. besides, aren't you having fun?

Dot: the most I've ever had without a clear metric of success.

Laughin: then stay on the silly side for good! let Señorita Serious worry about all that filing.

Inner Dot: joke's on you. Filing relaxes me.

(Inner Dot controls files with her hands)

Dot: I too enjoy filing, but I really enjoy getting laughs.

Laughin: great!

(Laughin flies down to Inner Dot's space and shuts the door, which she covers up in rainbow tape.)

Dot: will she be okay in there?

Laughin: she's a thinker, I bet she's got snacks. Now, I could really go for some ha-ha-hoos.

(the camera moves out of Dot's head as she stares blankly while Audrey is about to poke her.)

(Dot smacks Audrey's hand out of her face)

Dot: Sorry, but the joke choo-choo never sleeps. I need to work on new material to reach a broader audience, like Harvey Avenue.

(Dot grabs her tablet and walks away)

Dot: joke note, is there a laugh in how boys talk like this and girls talk like this?

Lotta: Guess we can finish the radio ourselves. I mean, if Dot can become a comedy legend in a day, it shouldn't take us too long to become super science people.

Audrey: (nodding in agreement) mm-hmm.

(Back in the HQ, Audrey and Lotta have finished the radio)

Lotta: there!

(the red button springs off)

Lotta: and it's not even a puppy this time!

(Audrey pushes in the red button)

Lotta: never figured out where to put these,

Audrey: oh, I know where those go. (tosses them aside) Merp!

(Audrey and Lotta turn on the radio. a loud tone sounds and they cover their ears. a bunch of dogs outside the HQ hear it and wake up.)

Audrey: Alien voices are really annoying!

(the dogs bark outside the HQ)

Lotta: Alien voices are also dogs?

(meanwhile, outside of Duncan Boba and Bil-boba Baggins, a group of kids see a stage with Lucretia on top of it)

Lucretia: Dot, Dot, Dot! let's hear it!

Kids: Dot! Dot! Dot! Dot! Dot! Dot! Dot! Dot!

(Lucretia walks backstage and sees Dot with a guitar)

Lucretia: there, crowd's all primed for anyone named Dot! ready to kick off your ten-block comedy tour?

Dot: (groans) I don't know. I, I wanted to add a parody song to my set, but all I have is, 🎵 my fart, farts your fart... 🎵

(Lucretia laughs)

Dot: (sighs) that's the ha-ha-hoo I needed. Let me tell ya, chasing laughs is serious business. what I wouldn't give for a science break with my Harvey Girls. Uh, not that you're my...

Lucretia: I'm aware of the limits of our relationship.

(Dot comes out on stage)

Dot: hey, Harvey Avenue, are you ready to...

(the high pitched tone squeals over Dot's concert.)

Dot: dog call?

Penny: wait, you didn't say "just jokin'."

Dot: I am in no way just jokin'. that is a Teeny Tesla Intercontinental Communication Radio set to the exact frequency to attract canines!

(the kids chuckle. Dot looks to her right and gasps.)

(the dog run toward Dot's stage. the kids scream and run away.)

(Dot puts on her hair-shaped helmet and hops on her skateboard.)

Dot: Excuse me, late for a board meeting! just jokin'!

Lucretia: (chuckles) Wow, she is always on!

(Penny and a dark skinned girl nod in agreement.)

(Dot follows the dogs through the middle of the road.)

Dot: I have to get to HQ and turn off that transmitter and finish my set before the crowd cools off!

(The camera moves back into Dot's head, where Dot is riding on Laughin.)

Dot: My friends are in trouble! take me to Inner Dot!

Laughin: why? I have just the thing!

(Laughin takes a whoopee cushion and squeezes it, making a fart noise.)

Dot: No! this is serious!

Laughin: yeah, and this is seriously funny! ha ha ha ha!

(Dot leaps off Laughin and busts through Inner Dot's door.)

Dot: serious me! I need you!

Inner Dot: look who has come crawling back.

Dot: You can gloat later. I need your help.

Inner Dot: fine. but for our gloating appointment. mmm, four o' clock work for you?

Dot: mmm-hmm.

(Inner Dot closes her book. the camera pans back to Harvey Street where Dot and still after the dogs.)

Dot: I need something to slow them down. got it!

(Dot grabs her gummy hair and tosses big wads of it towards the ground, where the dogs step in it. the dogs are stuck while Dot moves on.)

Dot: talk about a sticky situation.

(rimshot)

Dot: wow, I am always on.

(Dot rushes into the HQ and tosses her skateboard and helmet.)

Dot: you built a mecha-puppy radio! I am very impressed, but turn it off!

Audrey: ugh! we're trying! but no matter how many times I smash it against the wall, it keeps going.

(Audrey tosses the radio against the wall and it lands below her feet)

Audrey: ah, see?

(Dot walks over and picks up the radio)

Dot: So you're saying this is serious.

(Dot opens the radio's compartment up. Audrey shivers next to Lotta as Dot pulls out the wires.)

(Meanwhile, the dogs break free from the gum and continue following the sound.)

Dot: if we swap these wires, the polarity will reverse and turn this into a puppy sleep aid!

(Dot switching the wires around just as the dogs are outside the HQ. Dot pushes the wires in and the humming slows down.)

(Outside, the dogs come to a stop and fall asleep.)

(Audrey, Dot and Lotta all sigh in relief)

Lotta: thanks for saving us. sorry we tried to build an alien radio without you.

Dot: no, I'm sorry I ran off chasing ha-ha-hoos. also, to be clear, there is no such thing as an alien radio. (sigh) I know that because I'm the serious one, not the silly one.

Lotta: but, can't you be serious and silly? I know I am.

Audrey: uh, yeah! you can totally be sill-rious. like when you told your space cadet joke. the first time, you weren't trying to be anything. you were just being Dot, Harvey Street's true Rena-sauce woman!

Dot: thank you! and it's pronounced "Renaissance".

(Audrey, Dot and Lotta hug each other.)

Dot: Maybe you're right. I can be two things at once.

(Back in Dot's head, Inner Dot and Laughin are together.)

Inner Dot: sorry for hogging Dot all these years.

Laughin: sorry for getting Dot hooked on ha-ha-hoos. truce?

(Inner Dot reaches out her hands and Laughin shakes it, causing her to get buzzed.)

Laughin: wah!

(Inner Dot reveals that she has a joy buzzer on her hand.)

Inner Dot: just jokin'!

(Laughin and Inner Dot laugh together as the episode ends)