Music plays.

A blue slate appears. Tumbleweed pops on the screen, he’s a brown hamster.
The screen reads "Tumbleweed presents."

Tumbleweed says TUMBLEWEED
PRESENTS...

The title changes to "Tumbleweed Tales."

Tumbleweed says TUMBLETOWN TALES!

The last S turns into a green dollar sign as he says CHA-CHING!

The show opens as Tumbleweed and his friends chat on the sidewalk.

Someone asks AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED?

Tumbleweed says SO, I SAID,
"SUNTAN LOTION, LADY, I'M
COVERED IN FUR!"

They laugh and comment
OH, THAT'S CRAZY!
OH MY GOD, THAT'S CRAZY!

Tumbleweed says OH, TIME TO GO, I
BETTER GO.
IT'S BACK!

He munches on a seed and chokes.

A brown guinea pig says HEY, CHEW YOUR FOOD, MAN!

Twiggy says HEY, TUMBLEWEED, DO YOU WANT
TO SEE THE NEW PLOPPY MOVIE?

Tumbleweed says I DON'T KNOW,
GUYS, I'M KIND OF BROKE.

Sea captain, a white hamster, says AW, COME ON, FUZZY FIZZ!

Tumbleweed says I'LL SEE WHAT I
CAN DO.
I GOTTA GO TO WORK THOUGH.

Twiggy says SEE YA, TUMBLEWEED.

Sea captain says HEY, YOU WANNA GO BACK TO
WORK?

Twiggy says NO...

He answers ME NEITHER!
NUM, NUM, NUM.
[Music playing]

Meanwhile at the Tumbletown Gazette, Tumbleweed walks into the chief’s office and says CHIEF, CAN I GET
PAID TODAY INSTEAD OF FRIDAY?
I NEED MONEY NOW.

She answers TUMBLEWEED, YOU ASK ME THAT
EVERY WEEK!
WHY DO YOU KEEP RUNNING OUT OF
MONEY?

Tumbleweed says 'CAUSE I LIKE
STUFF.

She says HMMM.

Tumbleweed says AND STUFF COSTS
MONEY.

She says HMMM.

Tumbleweed says DON'T JUDGE ME!

She says HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
DO.
I WILL PAY YOU IN ADVANCE...

Tumbleweed says YAY!

She adds BUT...

Tumbleweed says OH, HERE WE GO.

She says I WANT YOU TO TRACK ALL OF
YOUR EXPENSES.

Tumbleweed says HUH!?

She says EVERY TIME YOU BUY SOMETHING,
WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU BOUGHT AND
HOW MUCH IT COSTS.

Tumbleweed says OKAY, BUT WHY?

She laughs and says OH, YOU WILL SEE.

They both laugh.

She says JUST GO PLEASE.

Tumbleweed says OKAY, BYE BYE.

Now he drives his car and sings TRACKING DOWN
MY EXPENSES
WE'RE GONNA BUY SOME THINGS
I'M GONNA WRITE IT DOWN
I GOTTA TRACK IT
TRACK IT

The Car honks.

At Sal’s fruit stand, Sal asks UH-HUH?

Tumbleweed says AND LET'S SEE,
TWO SEED CAKES.

Sal says MHM.

Tumbleweed says AND A MIXED SEED
SALAD, PLEASE.

He says UH-HUH.
LET'S SEE, THAT WILL BE 40 dollars,
TUMBLEWEED.

Tumbleweed says 40 dollars!?

He says WELL, YEAH, WELL, YES.

Tumbleweed says OH, OKAY, I'LL
WRITE IT DOWN.

He writes down food.

He says TELL YOU WHAT, I THROW IN
PEACH COBBLER FOR FREE.

Tumbleweed says AH, NO, THAT'S
OKAY, LATER.

He says IT'S FOR FREE!

Tumbleweed says NO, LATER.

He says PEACH COBBLER!

Tumbleweed says NO, LATER.

He yells PEACH COBBLER!

Tumbleweed says NO, LATER.
[Music playing]

He screams PEACH COBBLER!!

Tumbleweed says LATER!!
[Music playing]

Later in his castle
Tumbleweed says NOTE TO SELF,
WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING I BUY.

He looks at his computer screen and rubs his hands as he says OH, LIKE THE ZEBRA PRINT PHONE
CASE.
PAY THE RENT.
THREE BUCKS FOR A SMOOTHIE.

He writes down all his expenses on pieces of paper.

Now he has ice cream with friends and says BRAAWWW, BRAIN FREEZE!

They laugh.

Later he drives his car and the gas light turns on.

Tumbleweed says HMMM, GAS FOR MY
CAR.
[Music playing]

He fills the tank.

Tumbleweed sees a sign by the road that reads "pants world."

He says PANTS.
MY CAR SMELLS SO FRESH!
[Car honking]

A list reads "Smoothie 3 dollars, suspenders 10 dollars, gas 25 dollars, sunglasses 15 dollars, car wash."

Tumbleweed drives his car and says OFF TO THE
MOVIES!
[Music playing]

Tumbleweed creeps on the red movie carpet and says OH, STICKY FLOOR.

Twiggy sits next to sea captain and says OVER HERE.

Tumbleweed says HEY, GUYS.

Twiggy says UH, YOU OWE US 5 dollars FOR THE
SNACKS.

A guinea pig comments UH, I PAID TO HEAR THE MOVIE,
NOT YOUR BANTER.

Tumbleweed says OH, SORRY.

Chinchilla hops by and says CHINCHILLA!

Later, at the chief’s office, she says IT'S ALRIGHT.
[Music playing]

Tumbleweed says SO, HOW DID I DO?

She says WELL, I ADDED UP ALL OF YOUR
EXPENSES AND I MADE THIS
DELIGHTFUL CHART!
ISN'T IT NICE?

She shows him a bar chart on her screen.

Tumbleweed says WOULD HAVE BEEN
NICE IF YOU WERE TO GIVE ME A
RAISE.
BUT NO, OKAY.

She says NOW, LOOK AT WHERE YOUR MONEY
WENT LAST WEEK.
SOME THINGS YOU BUY ARE
ESSENTIAL LIKE RENT, GROCERIES,
AND GAS.

The chart reads "Budget, Home rent, groceries, gas."

Tumbleweed says RIGHT.

She adds YOU HAVE TO HAVE A ROOF OVER
YOUR HEAD AND OF COURSE, YOU
NEED TO EAT.
BUT LOOK AT HOW MUCH OF YOUR
MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS NON
ESSENTIALS.
THINGS YOU DON'T REALLY NEED.

The chart continues and reads "Restaurants, other, savings zero."

Tumbleweed says BUT I LOVE
RESTAURANTS!
AND OTHER...

She says YOU CAN STILL BUY THE ODD
GIFT AND EAT IN RESTAURANTS, BUT
GIVE YOURSELF A LIMIT.
LIKE THIS.

The columns for restaurants and other expenses crops down and a green bar appears in the savings column.

Tumbleweed says WOW!
THAT SAVED ME 60 dollars!

She says AND YOU CAN PUT THAT AWAY FOR
A RAINY DAY.

Tumbleweed says SO, IF I MAKE A
PLAN FOR THE WAY I SPEND MY
MONEY, I WON'T RUN OUT EVERY
WEEK.

She says MHM.
AND THAT'S CALLED A BUDGET.

Tumbleweed says AND A CAREFULLY
PLANNED BUDGET COMBINED WITH A
PAY RAISE WOULD REALLY HELP ME
MANAGE MY MONEY.

She says COME AGAIN?

Tumbleweed says I WANT A RAISE.

She says NO.

Tumbleweed says OH, COME ON.

She says NO.

Tumbleweed says JUST A SMALL
RAISE.

She says NO.

Tumbleweed says BUT

She says NO.

Tumbleweed says CHIEF, I

She repeats NO.

Tumbleweed says I DO A LOT AROUND
HERE.

She says STILL NO.

Tumbleweed says ALRIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE SO
CHEAP.

She asks WHAT DID YOU SAY?

Tumbleweed says I SAID I DON'T
KNOW WHY YOU'RE SO CHEAP!

She says THAT'S NOT EVEN A SENTENCE!

Tumbleweed says NO, IT MAKES
PERFECT SENSE.

The TVO logo kids appears.