[Happy music plays]

Text reads, “TVOkids and ABC presents Big Words. Small Stories. An animated bus drives past a grassy hill.

Children say, BIG WORDS. SMALL STORIES.

A boy with spiky pink hair wears a green and black sweater, grey shorts, and yellow flippers on his feet. Crat, an orange cat, stares at him.

A child says, FUNNY BUSINESS.

Text reads, “Funny Business. Written by Melanie Sano.”

[Tropical music plays]

Cris, a boy with brown hair, asks, ONE
MORE SWIM PLEASE, AUNT DELILAH?

Aunt Delilah wears her red hair pulled away from her face. She wears a yellow headband and pink shirt. She carries a green and yellow handbag.

Delilah says, I NEED TO PRACTICE
FOR MY NEW PLAY. SUCH IS THE
LIFE OF AN ACTOR!

[Crat groans]

Crat groans, I'M SO HOT
MY WHISKERS WILL MELT!

Cris asks, WHISKERS CAN'T MELT,
CAN THEY?

Cat groans, I'LL FIND OUT SOON
IF WE DON'T COOL DOWN!

Cris and Crat notice food truck.

[Gasps]

Cris and Crat say, FROZEN YOGHURT!
CAN WE GET SOME?

Delilah says, OF COURSE! AND
I CAN PRACTICE MY
CATCH-ME-IF-YOU-CAN-CAN DANCE!
RACE YOU!

[Playful music plays]

A man with brown hair and a beard wears a yellow shirt. He stands behind the serving counter in the food truck.

The server says, WELCOME TO
SWIRLY DRIP! CAN I TAKE
YOUR ORDER?

Delilah says, HI, AL!
I'D LIKE A SWIRLY RASPBERRY
CONE WITH EXTRA
SWIRLIES, PLEASE!

Cris says, AND I'LL HAVE
CHUGGA CHEWY COCONUT!

Al, the server, says, COMING RIGHT UP!

Al gives Cris and Delilah their cones.

Al says, HERE YA GO! AND FOR YOU?

Crat says, I'D LIKE A SWIRLY
RASPBERRY CONE TOO. NO, WAIT!
A CHUGGA CHEWY COCONUT!
I MEAN, SWIRLY STRAWBERRY!
NO, NO! A SWIRLY CHUGGANUT
COCOCHEWY!

A frozen yoghurt cone falls out of Al’s hand and lands on Cris’s head.

Cris says, UGH!

[Dripping]

Al says, SORRY. THESE CONES
SHOULD HAVE HANDLES!

Al picks up the cones and wipes Cris’s now pink hair.

Al says, OH! NOW IT'S WORSE!
YOUR HAIR'S ALL PINK AND SPIKY!

Cris says, PINK, SPIKY FRO
YO HAIR?! I MUST LOOK SO...
SO... ..RIDICULOUS!

[Music trumpets]

Creatures with one antenna leap into the air.

They shout, RIDICULOUS!

A woman with grey hair and transparent wings flies over the word “Ridiculous.”

[Chiming, upbeat music plays]

The winged woman says, RIDICULOUS
MEANS SOMETHING STRANGE AND
FUNNY THAT MAKES YOU LAUGH.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THE PINK FROZEN
YOGHURT IN CRIS'S HAIR!

[She giggles]

Cris says, PLEASE!
YOU'VE GOTTA HELP ME!
HOW CAN I LOOK LESS RIDICULOUS?

The winged woman gives Cris two wigs. One with blonde hair and a purple bow. The other with black hair.

She syas, OOH, WHY NOT TRY ONE
OF THESE? BUT DON'T WEAR
BOTH WIGS AT ONCE. THEN YOU
REALLY WILL LOOK RIDICULOUS!

WELL, I'M OFF TO RE-CURL MY HAIR.
THIS HEAT MAKES IT DROOPIER THAN
CRAT'S WHISKERS! TOODALOO-HOO!

Cris grumbles, THESE WIGS ARE
ALMOST AS RIDICULOUS AS MY HAIR!

[Sigh]

Cris says, LET'S JUST GO HOME.

Crat says, OKAY.

[Upbeat music plays]

Two antenna creatures pick up the wigs and follow Cris, Crat, and Delilah. Delilah skips.

Delilah says, YOU KNOW, YOUR HAIR
REMINDS ME OF THE TIME I PLAYED
A PINK JIGGLY JELLYFISH ON STAGE!

Cris asks, CAN'T YOU WALK ANY FASTER?

Crat suggests, UM, MAYBE YOU
SHOULD WALK A LITTLE SLOWER?
WATCH OUT!

Cris trips over a red skateboard and stumbles into a mud puddle.

[Splash]

Cris shouts, WHOA!
OH NO! MY SHOES! OH!

Delilah says, GOOD THING I HAVE
YOUR FLIPPERS FROM SWIMMING.

Cris walks clumsily on a sidewalk as he wears orange flippers on his feet.

[Sighs, upbeat music plays]

Cris says, NOW I LOOK EVEN
MORE RIDICULOUS!

Text reads, “Ridiculous.”

[Quiet giggling]

[Groaning]

Crat says, OH! CAN WE CLIMB
THE JUNGLE GYM?

Delilah sasy, CAN YOU, INDEED?!
I SUPPOSE YOU COULD HAVE
A FIVE-MINUTE ROMP.

Cris says, NO WAY!
SOMEONE MIGHT SEE ME UP
THERE! WE NEED TO GO HOME.

Crat says, BOOTING UP CRAT PAWS!

Crat runs past Cris and knocks him over. Crat stops and looks back at Cris.

Crat says, HUH?

Cris says, MY SHORTS!

Delilah says, OH, THEY'RE NOT
TOO BAD.

Crat says, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
THE BACK!

Delilah says, OH DEAR. YOU'LL
HAVE TO CHANGE INTO MY OLD
BEACH PANTS.

Cris grumbles, UGH! RIDICULOUS!

[Giggling, playful music plays]

The antenna creature with the black-haired wig and a second antenna creature see the blonde-haired wig moving.

Second antenna creature, AHHHH!

The wig lifts and a chipmunk blows a raspberry at the fleeing creatures.

[Raspberry]

[Squeaking, gasp]

A man with grey hair and glasses throws a rubber chicken to a boy with curly brown hair.

The grey-haired man asks, IS THAT
YOU, CRIS? HOO! YOU LOOK...

Cris says, RIDICULOUS, I KNOW.
I'M GOING INSIDE TO CHANGE.

TOO BAD. THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST
CLOWN COSTUMES I'VE EVER SEEN!

Cris says, HEY! I DO LOOK LIKE A CLOWN!

[Giggling, squeaking]

The curly-haired boy says, CLOWN, CWIS!

Crat says, AND BARTHOLOMEW LOVES

Cris says, IT! IF I LOOK LIKE A CLOWN,
MAYBE I SHOULD ACT LIKE ONE TOO!

[Upbeat music plays]

Cris bounces left and right while holding the rubber chicken.

[Laughing, clapping]

Cris says, BEING RIDICULOUS IS FUN!

Delilah says, CRIS! YOUR OUTFIT
IS PERFECT FOR MY NEW PLAY,
'ZIPPY TIME CIRCUS CHICKENS'.

AND SO IS YOUR RIDICULOUS DANCE.
I MUST COPY IT!

Everyone dances with Cris.

[Laughing, squeaking]

End credits roll.

[Upbeat music plays]

“Produced in Association with TVOkids.

Executive Producer TVOkids: Marney Malabar.
Production Executive TVOkids: Kirsten Hurd.

Produced with the Assistance of The Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Executive Producer ABC: Jan Stradling.