Bleep!

The Arthur Podcast - GBH & PBS Kids

D.W. tries to uncover the mystery of a forbidden word after hearing it in a store, leading to a humorous experiment involving her friends and family. The episode explores childhood curiosity and the consequences of swearing.

Key takeaways

• Swearing upsets people, even if not literally dangerous.
• Curiosity can lead to mischievous but harmless actions.
• Parents use 'zombie' as a playful metaphor for strong reactions.

Transcript preview

From your friends at PBS Kids Support for this podcast and the following message for parents comes from Ikea. As a parent you child proof everything well almost everything you may not have thought about one thing and that's securing your dressers and chests to the wall it helps avoid dangerous tip-over accidents secure it from Ikea working to create safer homes together. Hey everyone, Arthur Reed here, with a question for you podcast listeners. You know how sometimes you hear stuff you don't want to hear? Like what people say when the bases are loaded and you strike out? Not to. Or something your mom might say. Put that ice cream back in the freezer, young man. In order not to hear those things, wouldn't it be great if there is a machine that could bleep them out? I mean, there is a bleeper for TV shows and podcasts. Though that bleeper is for words you're not supposed to say. Like the word D. W. heard in a gift shop a few days ago. a pretty glass bird? It is. Mom would love that. I'm gonna get her for her birthday. How about for my birthday? You'd break it in two seconds, D. W. Here, hold the mic while I go by the bird. Okay. But hurry up, because waiting for you is boring. I told you to watch your language, young man. I say what I want. It's a free country. Ooh, this kid's fighting with his mom. That's not boring. That's interesting. I'm warning you Liam. Stop with the sass! I'm warning you Liam. Stop with the sa- Okay you're grounded. You can forget about that concert. What? You can't do that? I can. And I have. Well that's just... Arthur! Stop pulling my sleeve, what? Okay, so this kid said a word and it made his mom drop a plate on the ground. What was the word? It sounded like, wait, you'd better put down your shopping bag. I don't want you to drop mom's bird. I'm not gonna drop the bird. At least go stand on the grass, so if you do drop it, it won't smash into a zillion pieces. I don't So the word was, wait, does anyone else have something that might fall and break? We're alone on the street, D. W. Come on, I want to go home. Okay, so the word was, um, d. W. You dropped the bag. I told you. Is the bird broken? No, you,