Felix wears a blue hoodie over a striped shirt in front of a building with text that reads, tvokids presents.

Felix asks, IS THERE A DOCTOR
IN THE HOUSE?

In a window of the building, Annie wears a pink dress.

Annie says, YES AND HE'S A MOUSE.

In a window above Annie, Dr. Cheddar wears a stethoscope. He waves.

A narrator says, YOU’LL FEEL BETTER WITH DR. CHEDDAR.

Text on the building reads, Dr. Cheddar.

[Bright music plays]

[Dr. Cheddar humming]

In his office, Dr. Cheddar wears headphones. He cleans his desk.

[Ringing]

[Muffled, upbeat music plays]

Dr. Cheddar glances at his tablet computer.

He says, OH, OH, HELLO.
I'M GETTING A CALL
ON MY COMPUTER
AND I COULDN'T HEAR IT
BECAUSE OF MY HEADPHONES.

[Ringing]

Dr. Cheddar laughs, HA, HA, HA!
LET ME JUST…

Dr. Cheddar pulls off his headphones and puts down his cleaning cloth.

Dr. Cheddar loudly says, OH, THAT'S BETTER.
AH….

Dr. Cheddar lowers his voice and says, WAS I YELLING?

[Ringing]

Dr. Cheddar says, I'M SO SORRY.

He answers a call on his tablet computer.

He says, DR. CHEDDAR HERE TO
HELP YOU FEEL BETTER.

Felix says, HI, DR. C.

[Dr. Cheddar gasping]

Dr. Cheddar says, IT'S FELIX.
HELLO, FELIX!

He waves to Felix through their video call. Felix stands behind a table with a painting. Behind him by the couch, Annie stands behind a stereo.

Felix says, HEY DR. C!
GUESS WHAT I DID TODAY?

Dr. Cheddar says, WELL, I HAVE NO IDEA.

Felix says, WELL, IT ALL STARTED
AFTER I WOKE UP.
FIRST I WENT TO THE BATHROOM
AND THEN AFTER I WAS FINISHED…

Annie plays loud music on the stereo. She dances to the music while Felix continues his story.

[Cheerful music plays]

Felix speaks quietly over the music.

He continues, …I WASHED MY HANDS
AND I MADE SURE I
WAS REALLY CLEAN,
'CAUSE I WAS EXCITED
CAUSE WE WERE GONNA HAVE –

Dr. Cheddar speaks loudly over Felix.

He says, I'M SORRY, FELIX, I CAN'T
HEAR WORD YOU'RE SAYING
OVER THAT LOUD MUSIC.

Felix says, HEY ANNIE, CAN YOU
TURN DOWN YOUR MUSIC?

[Loud cheerful music continues]

Annie says, WHAT?

Felix shouts, I SAID, CAN YOU
TURN DOWN YOUR MUSIC?

Annie turns off her music

[Felix sighing]

Felix says, I'M TRYING TO TALK
TO DR. CHEDDAR
BUT HE CAN'T HEAR A WORD I'M
SAYING 'CAUSE IT'S TOO LOUD.

Annie says, THIS IS HOW I LIKE
TO LISTEN TO MY MUSIC.

Felix asks, CAN YOU PLAY IT IN
A DIFFERENT ROOM THEN?

Annie says, WHY SHOULD I MOVE?
MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO TALK TO DR.
CHEDDAR IN A DIFFERENT ROOM.
HMM?

Dr. Cheddar asks, IS THERE A WAY YOU
CAN BOTH SHARE THE ROOM
WHILE STILL RESPECTING
EACH OTHER'S SPACE?

Felix says, YEAH, WE COULD
TRY SWITCHING SPOTS.

Annie says, OKAY, YOU COME BACK
HERE AND I'LL GO UP THERE.

Dr. Cheddar says, UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT
THIS IS GOING TO...

Felix stands behind the stereo. Annie stands behind the table.

Felix asks, READY?

Annie says, YEP.

Felix nods and plays Annie’s loud music. Annie dances to the music.

[Cheerful music plays]

Felix says, SO ANYWAY, DR. CHEDDAR,
I'D LIKE TO HAVE A PANCAKE
IN THE MORNING ON SATURDAY.

Dr. Cheddar loudly says, I'M SORRY, FELIX, I
STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU!

Felix’s story sounds muffled.

Dr. Cheddar says, ESPECIALLY FROM ALL
THE WAY BACK THERE.

Felix says, I WISH THERE WAS A WAY
THAT ANNIE COULD LISTEN
TO HER MUSIC WITHOUT
ME HEARING IT.

Annie says, IF ONLY IT COULD GO INTO
MY EARS AND NOT YOUR EARS.

Dr. Cheddar says, I MIGHT HAVE A WAY.
DO YOU HAVE A PAIR
OF THESE, HMM?

He holds up his headphones.

Annie says, HMM, I THINK SO.

She nods.

Dr. Cheddar says, WONDERFUL.
NOW ATTACH THEM TO YOUR STEREO
AND LET'S SEE HOW THEY SOUND.

Annie wears a pair of headphones. She plays her music.

[Quiet, cheerful music plays]

[Annie gasping]

Annie says, IT'S WORKING!
I CAN HEAR THE MUSIC!

Felix says, AND I CAN'T HEAR ANY MUSIC!

[Felix laughing]

Annie dances by the stereo.

Dr. Cheddar says, I'M SO HAPPY THAT I
COULD MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER
ABOUT SHARING THE SAME SPACE.

Felix says, YEP.
SO ANYWAY, AFTER I WOKE UP…

[Soft music plays]

Felix, Dr. Cheddar and Annie watch fireworks go off in the sky at night.

They say, WOAH!

Dr. Cheddar says, WOW, LOVELY.

Ontario Creates. tvokids. Canada Media Fund. Canada, The Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit. ACTRA.

Production Executive, TVOkids Agustin Guevara.

Created and Produced by Frank Meschkuleit and Dina Meschkuleit.

Copyright 2023 Dr. Cheddar Productions Inc.