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Curious George

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For more than 75 years, generations of young children have been charmed by the literary adventures of Curious George. Based on the best-selling Curious George books by Margret and H. A. Rey, the daily series expands George's world to include a host of colorful new characters and original locales, while maintaining the charm of the beloved books. Each half-hour episode includes two animated stories, followed by short live-action pieces showing real kids who are investigating the ideas that George introduces in his stories. The series aims to inspire kids to explore science, math and engineering in the world around them.

Episodes:

• Monkey Hoedown/Curious George Clowns Around

  Monkey Hoedown - The Man with the Yellow Hat can't wait to join the Uptown Bluegrass Band for a good old-fashioned country hoedown. When George accidentally ruins the Man's guitar while trying to clean it, George and Allie decide to make a new guitar! With a shoestring, rubber band, fishing wire, and yoyo, George creates the world's first monkey birdhouse bandolin! Curious George Clowns Around - George and the Man with the Yellow Hat are excited to visit the Clown College for Pepe El Loco's Big Show. While the Man tries to find a parking spot, George is mistaken for a messenger clown and is tasked with picking up parts for a top-secret gadget for Pepe. While navigating his way through the building, will George figure out a way to keep track of what floor he's on in time to make it to Pepe's big show?

  Next Airing:	Wed, Sep 11th, 2024 at 1:30 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Monkey Hill/Ready, Set, Flamin-Go!

  Next Airing:	Thu, Sep 12th, 2024 at 1:30 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• George of the Desert/The Texture Game

  Next Airing:	Fri, Sep 13th, 2024 at 1:30 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• Shipwrecked with Hundley/Chasing Rainbows

  Shipwrecked With Hundley - George and the Man with the Yellow Hat join Hundley and the Doorman for a ride on their neat and orderly sailboat -- much to Hundley's dismay. A cracked boom forces them to land on a remote island to make repairs. But when George thoughtfully returns the anchor to the boat, he and Hundley drift into the open sea! Working as a team, they're able to navigate the sailboat back to land, but the Man and the Doorman are nowhere to be found. Are George and Hundley stuck on this island forever, or are those familiar looking rocks, trees, and birds the key to finding their friends? Chasing Rainbows - It's Steve and Betsy's first time in the country and who better to give them a guided tour of the forest than George? When a light rain casts a stunning rainbow in the sky, George decides to track down the end of the rainbow to see if there really is a pot of gold. Betsy and Charkie follow, leaving Steve behind trying to take pictures of the wildlife. Where did George and Betsy go? Bill rescues Steve from an encounter with a moose. They seek the Man with the Yellow Hat's assistance locate George and Betsy. But can the Man's "pot of gold" lead the travelers back to the treasure of a safe home?

  Next Airing:	Mon, Sep 16th, 2024 at 1:30 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Mush!/Puppets in the Park

  Next Airing:	Tue, Sep 17th, 2024 at 1:30 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• Gnocchi The Critic/George Cleans Up

  Gnocchi The Critic -Chef Pisghetti is crushed. Gnocchi usually approves every dish the Chef makes, but for some reason Gnocchi hasn't eaten anything for days. Thinking his food is no good, the Chef decides to stop cooking and close the restaurant! Not wanting to lose his favorite ravioli, George follows Gnocchi to find out why she stopped liking the Chef's food. George carefully observes her cat behavior, but all she does is take naps, roll in the dirt and sneeze an awful lot. Wait...! The Man with the Yellow Hat begins sneezing due to his flower allergies. It's the same sneeze Gnocchi made throughout the day! Can George diagnose Gnocchi in time to save Chef P's restaurant? George Cleans Up - George made a mess of the living room. An upright vacuum is hard for a little monkey to control, so the Man with the Yellow Hat gets George a monkey-sized vacuum. George is amazed with his new "toy" and sucks up everything in sight...including some rare stamps the Man is supposed to deliver to Mr. Stamp! Inspired by a superhero on TV, George dons a cape and embarks on a citywide "cleaning" spree, using his little vacuum to suck up everything from bird food to dog biscuits to a winning lottery ticket. Will George figure out how to empty the bag when it gets full? Will the town view George as a Superhero Vacuum Monkey or a Super Villain?

  Next Airing:	Wed, Sep 18th, 2024 at 1:30 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• The Sounds of George/Better Butterflying

  Next Airing:	Thu, Sep 19th, 2024 at 1:30 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• Dolphin with the Yellow Hat/Dog's Day Off

  Next Airing:	Fri, Sep 20th, 2024 at 1:30 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• George's Backwards Flight Plan/Curious George, Hog Trainer

  George's Backwards Flight Plan - Help! Professor Wiseman is set to launch B.I.R.D., her bird migration tracking device, at sunset, but the remote control isn't functioning properly. Up is down. Left is right. Off is on. Can George and Marco master the tricky remote control in time or will this B.I.R.D. be flying North for the winter? Curious George, Hog Trainer - George and Allie are determined to help Howie the Hog win a blue ribbon at the state fair, but the portly pig doesn't like to train for the competition. Once they figure out how to keep Howie clean, George and Allie use their creativity to find ways to keep Howie motivated and cool while exercising. Will Howie be in hog heaven this year and win the blue ribbon?

  Next Airing:	Mon, Sep 23rd, 2024 at 1:30 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Plastics!/Hide and Go Sheep

  Next Airing:	Tue, Sep 24th, 2024 at 1:30 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• Curious George Goes for 100/Fearless George

  Curious George Goes for 100 - It's Lake Wannasink Lake's 100th anniversary and George is in charge of the main attraction - the town's 100-year-old-flag with 10 stripes and 100 stars. When the stripes accidentally blow away, George runs around the countryside to retrieve them. Can George reassemble the flag in time for the big unveiling? Fearless George - "Fearless George" and his comrades (aka Steve and Betsy) are playing a make-believe adventure with George's toys. But putting away toys only to set them up again the next day really eats into play time. Is there a way to store the toys without destroying the set? Sounds like a job for "Fearless George!"

  Next Airing:	Wed, Sep 25th, 2024 at 1:30 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Mule Feathers/George Serves It Up

  Next Airing:	Thu, Sep 26th, 2024 at 1:30 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• Monkey Parade/George & Allie's Pet Hotel

  Next Airing:	Fri, Sep 27th, 2024 at 1:30 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• Big, Bad Hundley/George's Simple Siphon

  Big, Bad Hundley - When Hundley notices a big dog named Goliath helping the Doorman in the lobby, he wishes he were taller. George and Marco try to help the dachshund by giving him stilts, platform shoes, and even a fun house mirror to makes Hundley look big. But nothing cheers Hundley up until he figures out that good things come in all sizes! George's Simple Siphon - On the first hot day of summer, George, Bill and Allie decide to take a dip in Bill's pool only to discover that the pool is filled with algae! Even oars, rubber boots, pots, pans, and yellow rain hats won't empty the green water. Hot and tired, George gets a refreshing idea while sipping lemonade from his super long straw. Simple siphon to the rescue!

  Next Airing:	Mon, Sep 30th, 2024 at 1:30 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Antonio The Avocado/Curious Clouds

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• A Pig, A Pup, and a Monkey/Y'orchid-Ing Me?

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• Blowin' in the Wind/George's Noisy New Neighbor

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• Count On George to Deliver/The Baby Elephant

  George loves being pulled around in his wagon on a sunny morning. Today especially, when he comes upon Vickie and Vinnie selling Sprouts Bars! How can he decide which delicious bars to buy - Banana Nut Chippers or Oatmeal Delights? One of each, of course! George wants to help his friends and volunteers do the most important job - deliver the boxes that were already sold. George needs to deliver a total of 10 boxes: 2 boxes of Oatmeal Delights to the Renkins, 5 boxes of Banana Chippers to Bill, and 2 boxes of Banana Chippers and 1 box of Oatmeal Delights to the Quints. With his wagon loaded and list at the ready, George completes the job for two happy customers, Mrs. Renkins and Bill. But when George gets to the Quints, he discovers that he's missing a box of Oatmeal Delights! Did he miscount the boxes? Did Jumpy steal them? Will George be able to solve the mystery of the missing box, and salvage his dream of being the best delivery person ever?? / George loves sightseeing, especially when there are animals involved. And today is extra special. George is visiting an elephant sanctuary in Kenya, where the Man with the Yellow Hat worked long ago with two of his oldest friends - Ciku the caretaker and an elephant named Ishanga! Soon, a helicopter lands with a sad orphaned baby elephant, whom they name Toto. Eager to cheer up Toto, George looks after him and learns all about elephants - how they sleep, what they drink, how they have long memories and strong family ties, and even how they play! But when George goes to fetch Toto some cane juice with mint, Toto wanders off and gets stuck in a mud pit! After pushing and pulling Toto with no success, George realizes that this just might be a job for a bigger elephant. Can Ishanga show Toto the way out and become his new family?

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2023 to 9/30/2024

• Delivery Monkey/Another Mystery Package

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Dj George/Curious George Paints The Desert

  DJ George - It's George's lucky day when the Man with the Yellow Hat wins tickets to a Bonnie Smooth concert over the radio. But at the radio station, George's luck turns when he accidentally locks himself into the DJ booth just as Bonnie Smooth herself is scheduled to call in for an interview. Can a DJ teach a monkey how to operate a radio station through a sound proof window in time for the big call? Curious George Paints the Desert - While visiting the Quints during their desert vacation, George is thrilled when his new Native American friend makes a colorful sand painting of the happy monkey. But a jackrabbit runs through the painting, ruining the work of art and making George not so happy. George decides to make his own painting to replace the ruined one, but when he doesn't have the correct color of sand, he turns to food to help dye it the right color.

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Doctor Monkey/Curious George The Architect

  Doctor Monkey - When George accompanies The Man with the Yellow Hat to Dr. Baker's office for his annual check-up, he discovers that a stethoscope is a pretty handy thing to have around when you're trying to solve a puzzle involving a mysterious sound. Curious George the Architect - Mr. Glass is building a new skyscraper in the neighborhood, and George and Gnocchi think that his construction site is more fun than a playground. George learns how bulldozers, cement mixers and jackhammers work, and why it's not a good idea to let a monkey operate them.

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Flower Monkey/The Great Golden Egg Hunt

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Fun Ball Talley/Red Sky at Night, Monkey's Delight

  Dulson's Toy Store is having a contest! The person who comes closest to guessing how many Super Mega Fun-Balls are in the rocket shaped dispenser wins the entire container of balls -- and the rocket, too! Steve, Betsy, and George come up with their own unique estimating methods. When soccer balls, grapes, and marbles fail George's Fun-Ball Size Relation Test, George realizes that the perfect size specimens are in the Man with the Yellow Hat's golf ball bucket! Will George and Betsy find the right answer, or will super confident Steve's formula triumph? Red Sky At Night, Monkey's Delight - George is tired of his fun always being ruined by the weather! Inspired by the Man with the Yellow Hat's painting of a beautiful sunset, George starts a weather journal by drawing pictures of the sky. But predicting the weather isn't as easy as it seems. When George's picnic is ruined by rain, and he stays indoors on a beautiful sunny day, he decides to study wind patterns, too. When the city's weather st

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• George and the Guide Dog/Whatever Floats Your Boat

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• George and the Sleepy Sheep/Gummy Monkey

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• George Fixes Betsy's Wagon/Curious George Takes A Drive

  George Fixes Betsy's Wagon - George and Steve borrow Betsy's wagon to pick up a package, but on the way they lose a wheel. To replace the wheel, they experiment with a piece of wood, some roller skates, and baby carriage wheels. Can they find some way to keep that wagon rolling? And what's in that giant package anyhow? Curious George Takes a Dive - George makes friends with a turtle down at Lake Wanasink Lake but worries that because the turtle has no thumbs, it's going to get a lot of water up its nose when it goes into the lake. The solution is to bring the turtle home and keep it in the bathtub. But the turtle is just not happy in the bathtub and when George brings home fish and weeds and frogs from the lake to keep it company, The Man with the Yellow Hat isn't very happy either.

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• George Makes Pizza/Ladybugs!

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• George's Dark Day/Leaf Raker

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• Guest Monkey/Charkie Goes to School

  Guest Monkey - George is almost as excited as Allie on her first day of school, but is ecstatic when she invites him to school the next day as a special guest monkey! He soon learns, though, that kindergarten has a lot of special rules that he's not used to - like not climbing on the furniture or standing in the sand table. Will George get extra credit for trying to follow the rules, or will his effort create one big mess? Charkie Goes to School - Charkie's building has a new rule - all dogs must have a good-behavior diploma from obedience school. After seeing Charkie struggle with the obstacle course, George recruits the academy's top alumni, Hundley, to help prepare Charkie for the final exam. Can George and Hundley figure out a way to get Charkie to cross the finish line amid all the distractions?

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Leaky Faucet/George Loves A Parade

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• Locked Out/Bark Suit!

  When winter is forecasted to come early this year, George and Allie worry that their upcoming fall camping trip may be canceled. So they try to stall winter's arrival by reattaching leaves to the trees to fool the seasons into not changing. When snow falls anyway, George and Allie are devastated -- their trip is ruined! But The Man with the Yellow Hat takes them camping in the snowy forest anyway and they see many new amazing sights, including a deer, rabbit, fox and giant mystery footprints made by ... an abominable snowman?! When George makes a trail for the snowman to find their campsite, the trio is in for a big snowy surprise indeed. / Excited for his first trip to the Botanical Gardens, George tries to grow fruits and vegetables in his bedroom. The Man with the Yellow Hat explains that where George is going is not that kind of garden, it's where exotic flowers and unusual plants grow! When George arrives, what he sees is beyond his wildest expectations -- a plant that looks like brains, flowers that smell like lemons and .... big green giraffes and lions!? The Topiary Garden, where big leafy bushes are shaped into animals, inspires George to spruce up his home shrubbery and make his own. But which shapes should George create? And will Jumpy stand still long enough for George to trim a squirrel-shaped bush? When George's creatures end up in unexpected shapes, he and Mrs. Renkins brainstorm a solution to make George's Topiary Garden come to life.

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2023 to 9/30/2024

• Monkey Clean, Monkey Do/A River Runs Through It

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Raisins!/A Bedtime Story for Compass

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• The Elephant Upstairs/Being Hundley

  The Elephant Upstairs -George hears a loud thumping sound coming from the ceiling of their apartment and becomes convinced that the new upstairs neighbor has an elephant for a pet. When The Man with the Yellow Hat points out how unlikely that is, George decides to investigate further and comes to the conclusion that if it's not an elephant, it must be a Galapagos Turtle who eats a lot of crackers, likes to wrap presents, and use a juicer. When they finally pay their new neighbor a visit, the real story is even more interesting than George's theory. Being Hundley - George gets tired of being a monkey because monkeys have to clean their room, brush their teeth, and go to bed early. So he experiments with being a cat and a pigeon but decides that the best of all is to be a dog like Hundley. Hundley is not at all happy with this plan but doesn't manage to convince George that there's room for only one lobby dog at this apartment building. It takes an elevator getting stuck between floors to help George realize being a monkey can be pretty useful in a pinch.

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Toy Monkey/George and Allie's Game Plan

  Toy Monkey - George is ecstatic. Great Aunt Sylvia dropped by with a special present - a toy front loader that's...defective? No problem! Aunt Sylvia and George take the front loader back to the toy factory. But they find a room full of broken toys and no one to fix them. What will they do? With a hand drill, pickles, and a little ingenuity... anything is possible! George and Allie's Game Plan - It's "fair day" at the elementary school and Allie is determined to win the giant stuffed bear. But knocking down all the ducks is not as easy as it looks (or quacks). George builds a practice game at home complete with quacking sounds. Will Allie's practice and perseverance help her win the bear?

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Unbalanced/Curious George Vs. Winter

  Unbalanced - The Amazing Balancing Zucchinis come to town, and George realizes that there's nothing he wants more in life than to be an acrobat. But before he can join the troupe, he needs to learn a lot more about balance and help save an allergic tightrope walker from a very determined cat. Curious George vs. Winter - Winter is closing in and George is miserable...how's he going to survive without all the fun summertime activities he loves? When he decides to ignore the weather and play with his wading pool and his bubbles, he learns some interesting things about freezing and melting.

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Water Ski-Daddle/The Greenhouse Effect

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024

• Wheels on the Bus/Seed Trouble

  Wheels on the Bus - Running late for an important meeting at the Glass Palace, George and the Man with the Yellow Hat decide to take the bus rather than walk. But when George and the Man get off at the wrong stop, the bus leaves with the Man's portfolio still inside! Determined to retrieve the important drawings AND make it to the meeting on time, George jumps in a basket on a bicycle. The Man orders a baffled taxi driver to follow that monkey on the bicycle to catch the bus to get his portfolio! With the clock ticking, will either of them catch up to the bus and arrive at the meeting in time? Seed Trouble - George loves eating at Chef Pisghetti's restaurant! When Chef explains that he can't grow enough vegetables to keep his customers fed, George and the Man with the Yellow Hat offer to start their own garden to help the Chef out. The garden is ready to be planted, when Compass and his pigeon friends eat some of the seeds! George dumps the seeds into one jar to keep them safe... and learns too late that different seeds can't be planted together. Can George figure out how to separate and identify the seeds, and keep Chef Pisghetti in business?

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Wind Symphony/George and Allie's Automated Car Wash

  Wind Symphony - George is an expert at making noise, so Mr. Zoobel asks for his help in creating a one-of-a-kind rooftop Wind Symphony. George and Zoobel listen closely to the different sounds of everyday objects, whether it's banging pots, clinking silverware, or flapping laundry, and find the perfect instruments for a wind-powered orchestra. But as the crowd gathers below, the promised wind isn't arriving and George has to think of a way to save the day. George and Allie's Automated Car Wash - Spish! Spish! Blub blub! George and Allie are so impressed by Sprint Quint's automatic car wash that they decide to build their own...for toy cars! Remembering each stage of the car wash by the sound it makes, George and Allie assemble picnic benches, slippers, car mats, paint rollers and other everyday objects into a one-of-a-kind automatic toy wash. But will it be as successful as the full-sized car wash?

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Your Churn, George/Going Nuts

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

• Zoo Night/Charkie Escapes

  Zoo Night - George is so entranced by the new, adorable baby panda at the zoo that he stays through closing time and is accidentally locked inside. While trying to find the way out, he mistakenly opens a few wrong doors and finds himself surrounded by gorillas, giraffes, meerkats, and penguins! Now George has to use his map of the zoo to put all the animals back in the correct habitats before they wake up the baby panda! Charkie Escapes - Dog sitting Charkie is always a challenge but it's especially difficult today when George really wants to practice his soccer kicks. Every time George comes up with a way of keeping Charkie tied up, Charkie comes up with a way of slipping out of her leash. It takes all of George's problem solving skills to find a way to keep Charkie from running away...until George discovers that she likes playing soccer too.

  Length:	00:28:46
  Usage rights:	10/1/2020 to 9/30/2024

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