(laughs uncontrollably) - Oh man, oh that's so great.

(laughs) I can't... And then Bobby, Bobby did you see... (laughs) Okay, okay, I just gotta...

Okay, I'm okay.

I'm okay.

(indistinct) - What's going on?

- We're just trying to get ready for the show.

It's about laughter.

(uplifting music) ♪ Wimmee creates all the day, hoo ♪ ♪ And you can do it too ♪ ♪ Think of rights and of wrongs ♪ ♪ Make Wimmee jokes, please do ♪ ♪ Doo doo ba bap ba ya ♪ ♪ A bing ba baddya badoo ♪ - [Child Announcer] It's time for "Wimmee's Words."

(audience cheers and applauds) - Ba dap ba.

Hi Friends, I'm glad you're here.

Hey, Miss Jessica's on the show today.

I've got a question for you, Miss Jessica.

Are you ready?

- I'm ready with Wimmee.

- Who do you like to make laugh?

- Oh, I love to make my mom laugh.

- (laughs) Do you like jokes, or just being silly, or any particular way?

- Oh, we love to be silly, and when she's laughing, then I start laughing, and then we're laughing together.

- I love it, I love it.

We'll see you later on the show soon, Miss Jessica.

Okay, Nikhil, how do you make somebody laugh?

- I like to make my friends laugh, and me and my friends just usually be silly, when we... - You like to make your friends laugh being silly.

I love it, this is gonna be like one of my favorite shows, because that's what we all, we love to be fun and silly, so I love it.

Do you ever play like little, little funny jokes or anything on each other?

- Yeah.

(Wimmee chortles) - Thanks, Nikhil, we'll see you soon on the show.

Okay, friends, who...

Wait, wait, wait, wait, take two.

Share something that makes you laugh.

I kind of combineded those two, combineded?

Oh no, oh no, now I said combinded.

That's not correct grammar.

Combined, I combined my two questions, or prompts.

Here's the thing, share something that makes you laugh for this song.

Ready?

Here we go.

♪ The more we laugh together, together, together ♪ ♪ The more we laugh together, the happier we'll be ♪ ♪ Because jokes make me laugh, and jokes make you laugh ♪ ♪ The more we laugh together, the happier we'll be ♪ Hey, let's go to Nikhil, What's something specific that you laugh from, that makes you laugh?

- Um, jokes.

- Jokes, yeah, perfect, okay.

♪ The more we laugh together, together, together ♪ ♪ The more we laugh together, the happier we'll be ♪ ♪ Because jokes make me laugh, and jokes make you laugh.

♪ ♪ The more we laugh together, the happier we'll be ♪ Kevin, hey Kevin, that was for you.

Thanks, Joe.

♪ The more we laugh together, together, together ♪ ♪ The more we laugh together, the happier we'll be ♪ ♪ Because Kevin makes me laugh, and Kevin makes you laugh ♪ ♪ The more we laugh together, the happier we'll be ♪ ♪ Because my dogs make me laugh ♪ ♪ And your dogs make me laugh ♪ ♪ And my high school friend makes you laugh ♪ ♪ And your high school friend makes you laugh.

♪ ♪ The more we laugh together, the happier we'll be ♪ (laughs) - Good stuff, good stuff.

Thanks friends, let's go find out what Moby... Oh, Brother Teddy.

I love it, I love it.

Let's find out what Moby's gonna say today.

(upbeat music) (laughs) - I'm just reading that you can't tickle yourself.

Go ahead, try it.

You can tickle your feet, under your arms, Poke your ribs, tickle your tummy, anywhere that you're normally ticklish, and it's not going to make you laugh.

Part of what makes us ticklish is that we don't see it coming, but when you try to tickle yourself, your brain knows what you're up to.

Yeah, you can't surprise your brain.

Are you ticklish?

Do you like being tickled?

I'm gonna try to tickle my, yeah, it's not, that doesn't... (upbeat music) - That's a great quote, "You can't surprise your brain."

I wanna put that on a t-shirt or something.

"Can't surprise your brain."

(laughs) Well friends, it's time for today's one, two, three sentence story.

Let's write a story in three sentences.

In the first sentence, we set the scene.

In the second sentence, there is a problem, bum bum bum.

But don't worry friends, because in the third sentence there is a solution.

Let's go to Nikhil for the first noun, a person, place or thing, a word to start with the first sentence.

Nikhil, any word at all.

- The word could be construction.

- Oh, construction.

That's a cool word, I love it.

Construction, okay.

The story begins...

I'm gonna, like, it's gonna be on a construction... We are building something on a construction site.

Okay.

I was busy at work on the construction site, working to build a house.

(laughs) This sounds pretty straightforward.

I wonder if this is gonna be a silly story (laughs), or who knows, it might be a serious kind of story.

It doesn't have to be a funny story just because our show's about laughter.

Let's see, we're on the construction site, and there's a problem.

No (groans).

By the way, I'm pretty sure it's gonna be a silly story.

(laughs) Okay, so, let's see, what could it be?

Any word at all that inspires the problem, trying to build a house, on the construction site.

I'm gonna go to Miss Jessica.

Any ideas for a word?

- Ooh, uh, rain.

- Rain.

Oh no, that's bad news for construction, indeed.

(laughs) Okay, okay, here we go.

Whew, all right, I was on the construction site, working hard building a house.

But it began to rain, and it was melting the house away.

(groans) No.

How do we solve this problem, friends?

We need to build the house.

We got the basement getting built, the foundation, and it's coming together.

The rain, ho-ho, look at these ideas.

Sandhill Crane recommends Teddy.

Grace is thinking of a lion.

Addie suggests two cheetahs.

Ho-ho, all kinds of ideas.

Okay, I love it.

Let's finish up our story, solving the problem, here we go.

I was busy working on the construction site, working to build the house.

Out of nowhere, the rain came through and started to melt the house.

I quickly called upon the lion-cheetah...

I wanna give him a superhero name, like the Super Cheetah, Super Cheetah-Lion team.

Yes, Super Cheetah-Lion team, jumped up up in the air, caught the raindrops one by one, and kept us dry.

Go cheetah, go cheetah, go keep us dry.

(makes whooshing noise) It's a good thing there's super powers, Super Cheetah-Lion team.

(laughs) Thanks, Wimex Board.

Great job.

We'll check back with you later to see if more adventures unfold in today's whimage.

All right, friends, it's time for "Language Explorers".

(happy mandolin music) - Laughter in Spanish is risa.

Risa.

But when you laugh really loud, then it's carcajadas.

Carcajadas.

- In French, laughter is rire.

Rire.

- In Swahili, laughter is kicheko.

Kicheko.

- [Interpreter] In ASL, or American Sign Language, laughter is signed like this, Laughter.

- In German, laughter is Lachen.

Lachen.

- Laughter in Haitian Creole is ri, Ri.

- Bam bap bam, I love it.

Laughter, you know, laughter is like the universal language.

Right?

That's how you say the word laughter in other languages, but we all understand laughter without even needing words.

I love it.

Well, friends, it's time for our power up with Miss Jessica.

♪ Power up with Miss Jessica.

♪ - (laughs) Hi, everyone.

I'm Miss Jessica.

And today, we are going to power up our hearts, and our minds, by learning three ways how laughter is awesome.

A-reason a-number a-one, laughter is awesome because when you laugh, it helps relieve stress and tension in your body.

Now, the next time you're feeling overwhelmed (sighs), or super stressed out (cries out), try find a way to laugh in those feelings, and you can feel it all melting away.

Actually, let's be tense together, and then laugh it off.

All right, take your hands, make two fists, and make 'em really tight.

Good, good.

Now, take your shoulders and plop them up to your ears, like this, really tense, you're squeezing everything.

Good job.

This isn't very comfortable, but that's why we're being tense.

Now, take your face and scrunch it.

(Miss Jessica and Wimmee make straining noises) Good job.

Now we're tense, we're really, really tense.

Now make a big, big laugh.

(Miss Jessica and Wimmee laugh out loud) (Miss Jessica and Wimmee sigh) I'm feeling better already.

- Me too.

- And that's the power of laughter, you can't laugh with your shoulders here, because your shoulders start going like this, and they start relaxing.

You can't laugh with your face like this, because your face just naturally starts doing this, and it starts relaxing.

(sighs) It's wonderful.

Reason number two why laughter is awesome is because laughter is naturally healing.

There's actually a saying that goes like this, "Laughter is good like a medicine."

And that just means, that when you laugh, your immune cells are activated, and they go around fighting disease in your body, one laugh at a time.

Ha ha ha ha ha.

(laughs) Reason number three why laughter is awesome is because it's uniquely yours.

There is no one in the entire world who has your laugh.

It's kind of like your fingerprint, or like a snowflake.

It's all yours, which is amazing.

And it's a great reminder that you are amazing.

Well, everyone, we just powered up our hearts and our minds by learning three ways how laughter is awesome.

Thank you so much for joining me, I'll see you next time.

Bye.

♪ Power up with Miss Jessica ♪ (Miss Jessica and Wimmee laugh) - Miss Jessica, I love it.

And I gotta say, your laugh, that's the awesome laugh.

I love how we've all got a unique laugh.

(laughs) That's my laugh.

What's your laugh, friends?

I'm gonna listen.

I can't actually hear.

It's just, you know... (chortles) Okay, okay, I gotta stay focused.

Okay, friends, speaking of laughing, oh, perfect timing, it's time for "Laughing with Siblee".

(children cheer) - Why do I tell jokes?

- [Wimmee] I don't know, why do you tell jokes?

- Because they're funny.

(laughs wildly) Oh my goodness.

That joke wasn't technically funny, but that's what we're about.

(children cheer) - It wasn't really a joke, Siblee.

(laughs) But I think it's funny, because that... (chortles) Okay, okay.

Okay, friends.

Oh man, okay, I'm just laughing.

We gotta take a deep breath.

Ready?

Breathe in (inhales), hold it, and let it out (exhales).

It's time for today's "Slowing Down".

(calming music) Ha, that was awesome.

Friends, that's our friend, Danny.

That smile was so wonderful, wasn't it?

Ho ha, the laughter was like just (makes exploding noise) exploding right out of him.

We love your laugh, Danny.

Ha ha, okay, let's see.

It's time for "Check Out This Book".

(beat box music) - Hi Wimmee, hi friends.

I'm Miss Sienna with Ventura County Library, and I'm so happy to be back.

I can't wait to tell you about "My Lucky Day".

This book is written and illustrated by Keiko Kasza, and published by Penguin Young Readers Group.

The week's theme is laughter, and this book always makes me laugh.

It's about a surprise meeting between a hungry fox and a sly swine, which is another word for pig.

Can this innocent pig out-fox the fox?

Read "My Lucky Day" to find out.

This book is full of humorous twists that turn an otherwise simple story into something unexpected and fun.

So stop by your local library to check out this book.

Bye, friends.

(beat box music) (book shuts close) - I wonder, will that sly fox get out-foxed?

I gotta go find that book.

Friends, we're gonna play a game.

A game.

Play long with this at home.

It's called the alphabet game.

♪ A-B-C-D-E-F-G ♪ ♪ H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P ♪ ♪ Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z ♪ ♪ A-B-C-D-E-F-G ♪ ♪ H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P ♪ ♪ Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z ♪ - (sings) Bam bada bam bam ba.

All right, friends, Miss Jessica.

Nikhil, friends at home, let's throw up the letters in the air.

(various objects make noise) Oh, there they are.

Okay, I'll start this off, then it'll go to Miss Jessica, then down to Nikhil, and back around.

B, I'm gonna say B for basketball.

- Nice.

G for girl.

- T for turtle.

- Oh, nice, turtle.

L for lasagna.

- Ooh, yum.

C for car.

- (whispers) Nice.

- P for panda.

- Oh, panda ha ha.

S for snake.

- Ss, ooh.

D for drum.

(Wimmee makes sounds of a drum) - B for bird.

- Ooh, nice, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet.

G for goose.

- Ooh, I don't know what sound a goose makes.

(Miss Jessica laughs) (Wimmee honks) T... Oh, that's right, honk.

- I think it's honk.

- T for tea, that you drink.

- Yeah (makes sipping sound).

- L for left.

- Oh ho, nice.

C for... Hmm, we said car earlier, right?

Car...

Camera.

- Ooh.

P for pizza.

- Oh, yep, yep, yep.

- S for sideways.

- Ho-ho, sideways.

I'm gonna go sideways down the driveway.

D for driveway, D for down.

(laughs) Friends, Miss Jessica, Nikhil, friends at home, thanks for playing the alphabet game.

Ha ha, fun, fun, fun.

Guess what?

We've got a friend with us today, a new friend.

It's our new friend, Kareem, it's time for "Kid Chat".

(lively jazzy music) Hi, Kareem.

- Hi.

- Ha ha, welcome to the show.

You love to write, correct?

- Yeah.

- And you won an essay contest with our friends at DFCU.

What did you write about?

- My family.

- (gasps) Your family.

Oh, so I was next gonna ask what inspired it, but I think it was inspired by your, family?

- Yeah.

- Tell us a little bit about something that you enjoy about your family.

- Spending time with them.

- Oh, what are some things you like to do together?

- Play outside.

- Oh, play outside.

(laughs) Do you ever goof around and get silly and laugh?

- We play tag.

- Oh, tag.

Okay, let's play tag on camera.

Ready?

- Yeah.

- I'll go first.

Tag.

- You're it.

- Oh, wait, wait.

Oh, no.

Okay, okay.

Okay, Tag.

- You're it.

- Oh no.

Oh man, you're really fast at this.

Okay, let's bring in Miss Jessica and Nikhil.

Ready?

I'm gonna tag...

I'm gonna tag, Miss Jessica, you're it.

- Oh, okay.

Uh, uh, Nikhil, you're it.

- Um, you're it.

- Oh, you got me, right from below.

Kareem, you're it.

- You're it.

- Oh, man, that's so... (laughs) Wait.

Wait, wait wait.

That's fun... That was it, I got lost.

Jessica, Nikhil, that was fun.

(laughs) So do you like to play tag with your family?

- Yeah.

- That's awesome, Kareem.

Oh, okay, so, I love, I noticed you got a great smile.

What are some things that you like to laugh about, or things that make you laugh?

- Jokes, and when people do funny stuff.

- Oh, funny stuff.

Okay, watch this, ready?

(makes blubbering sound) (laughs) That was great.

Great, okay, you wanna try to make me laugh?

- Yeah.

- Okay, I'm gonna concentrate.

- I will tell you a joke.

- Oh, okay.

- Why was six scared of seven?

- Why was six scared of seven?

I don't know, why was... - Because seven ate nine.

- Oh, no, seven ate nine, look out, look out.

(laughs) Oh, those sneaky numbers (chortles).

Oh man, so that's so cool that you wrote about your family.

Did you write about playing tag or being silly?

Playing outside?

- No.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

What's... Who, tell, let me guess, do you have 54 brothers?

- (giggles) No.

- No, not that many, okay.

Any brothers?

- No brothers.

- Any sisters?

- One sister.

- One sister, any pets?

- I used to have two fish.

- Two fish, ha ha ha.

- Now they're dead.

- Oh, no.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, sometimes, you know what, this is actually...

Thank you for sharing that with me, because it's good to talk about it, right?

And think about how we're feeling, because sometimes we're silly and goofy, and sometimes we might feel, uh-oh, this doesn't feel silly and goofy, right?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- But that's okay, because we keep going, we keep thinking, we keep trying, we keep talking about how we feel.

I appreciate that you shared that with me.

Well Kareem, thanks for being a writer.

Thanks for writing about your family.

Thanks to our friends at DFCU for the essay contest.

Hey, will you join us for our "Find it Fast" game in a little bit?

- Okay.

- Yahoo.

Okay, we'll see you in a bit, Kareem.

Ha ha.

Okay, we are gonna go check back on the Wimex board to see what's been happening with our story.

Let's see.

Oh, whoa, the pig, the construction, the raindrops, we're building a big house.

Ha ha ha, look at that.

What did I call him?

The Super, Super Lion-Cheetah, and pig.

And we got, oh, I love the way the cheetah is like, (makes whooshing sound) oh, look at the back flip.

Whishoo, take that, raindrop, pachoo, take that, raindrop.

We're gonna build this house for sure.

Great job, Wimex board, thanks for doing great work.

Okay, it's time to play "Find it Fast".

(intense music) (car speeds) Okay, friends at home, friends with us on the show, look for something that starts with L, for laughter.

Find something loud.

Sometimes when we laugh, it gets kind of loud.

And, what makes you happy, what makes you laugh?

Find something like that.

All right friends, let us know what you find.

Let's see, who wants to share with us?

Nikhil, what have you found?

- Um, I...

So I am using a laptop, and so it's L, - Yeah.

- and it's loud, and it makes me happy.

- Oh, yeah, all the things you can do, research, learn, play games.

It can get loud if you play the music or a movie, and it starts with a ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

Ha ha, let's see, Miss Jessica, what did you find?

- I found something that starts with an L, and it's lipstick.

And, something that makes me happy, doesn't start with an L, but, books.

Books make me very happy.

- Oh, me too, I love that.

Thanks, Miss Jessica.

So great, so good.

Let's see, Let us know, friends at home... Oh, love.

Love starts with L, love makes me happy.

Sometimes love can be loud, because you could say, "I love you."

(laughs) Or you could whisper.

Hey Kareem, what have you found?

- I found a lion.

- It starts with L. Is that something that makes you happy too?

- Yeah.

- Ah, and does the lion ever go, "Roar," that's really loud?

Ding da ding.

- When I'm sleeping.

- When you're sleeping?

Then you gotta be like, "Sh, lion, I'm trying to sleep."

(laughs) That's fun.

Oh man, Miss Jessica, I think you found some more things.

Ooh, learn starts with L, indeed, indeed.

Oh, Miss Jessica, what else did you find?

- I found... - Oh, look at that.

Ding.

(Miss Jessica laughs) Oh man, that's fun.

That could be a puppet.

I think we might need, can we make that a puppet in a future episode, maybe?

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.

Okay, okay.

Okay, well, friends, what a fun show.

Good times, you guys are awesome.

It's been so fun hanging out and working together creating.

Friends, did you know that you can be on the show with us?

That's right.

We wanna invite you to be part of the kid team to be on the show, to share ideas, to be on kid chat, just like Kareem.

I'm so glad we got to meet him today, ho-ho.

Playing with songs, ideas, working together.

Ba dap bap, ba dap ba.

All right, are we ready, friends, for the dance party?

Let's play the music.

Let's get ready to dance.

(rock music starts) Everybody at home, dance with us.

Miss Jessica, Kareem, Nikhil, Let's show some fancy moves.

Oh yeah.

(laughs) Whoa.

Dan da dan da dan dan.

Yeah.

Oh man, look at those moves on Kareem.

(blows) Oh yeah, Nikhil, woo.

Keep up the great work, keep laughing, keep, oh, there's a fast move, I'm gonna try that too.

(makes whipping sound) Wait, I'm gonna get stuck in my desk.

(laughs) Oh, look at that one.

Oh man, I can't keep up with all these great moves.

(laughs and chortles) Thanks, friends, keep moving.

(calm guitar music) - "Wimmee's Words" is brought to you by Acrisure, Consumers Credit Union, Meijer, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

And with additional support from these great partners.

(participants clap) (drum beat music)