My Best Friend

My Best Friend is the first segment of the first episode of Season 1 of Clifford the Big Red Dog.
==Synopsis==
Emily decides that she must find something "special" for Show and Tell. But after an exhaustive search of Birdwell Island for the perfect thing to share, Emily learns that sometimes the best things in life are right under your nose. 
==Characters==
*Clifford (debut)
*Cleo (debut)
*T-Bone (debut)
*Miss Carrington (debut)
*Emily Elizabeth (debut)
*Charley (debut)
*Jetta (debut)
*Mac (debut)
== Plot ==
Clifford, Cleo and T-Bone are having fun at the beach, playing pirates. The game ends when Clifford realizes that it's getting close to the time when school lets out. He wants to go meet Emily Elizabeth. At the school, Ms. Carrington assigns the class a bit of a project. She wants them to come up with something that's special to them to bring to show and tell.
Emily Elizabeth takes this seriously. She gets a metal detector and takes it to the beach, hoping to find a treasure. She gets excited when it starts beeping and has Clifford help her to dig. Buried under the sand, she finds an old anchor. She lifts it up high, thinking everyone in the class will love it. Clifford fantasizes (note: such fantasy seqeunces in this episode and future ones appear in a bone shaped thought bubble) about the class lifting Emily Elizabeth up and chanting "Emily! Emily!" Back in reality, Jetta shows up with her dog Mac. Emily Elizabeth shows her the anchor and says "Yahoo!", and thinking that she'll think it's very cool.
But Jetta comments that it looks just look the one she brought to show-and-tell last year. She doesn't think the class will be too impressed with Emily Elizabeth's anchor after that. Emily Elizabeth decides that they probably won't and so she'll have to look for something else. Jetta calls for Mac to come, as she's leaving. At first, however, Mac won't come. Clifford asks why he's ignoring her and Mac tells Clifford to "watch and learn." After yelling at Mac for a bit longer, Jetta offers Mac a "tummy-yummy" to get him to come. That does the trick (much to Clifford's dismay) and they're out of there.
Emily Elizabeth continues her hunt and finds an old bird nest. That would make a neat treasure, but one of the feathers in the nest tickles Clifford's nose. He sneezes, blowing the nest apart. Emily Elizabeth heads to her Mom and Dad's store, thinking maybe she can find something there. Clifford tries to help too and leaves to go hunt for something. Jetta shows up again and Clifford returns with a pile of bones. Jetta doesn't think anyone's going to be too impressed with a pile of bones.
Emily Elizabeth eventually ends up leaving Clifford in his doghouse while she goes to search for something. But Clifford misses her and Emily Elizabeth starts missing him too. She calls for him and then realizes he's not there and also fantasizes that she sees him. She goes to talk to Charley, who tells her that he's bringing in the same drum he brought the year before for show-and-tell. It doesn't matter what you bring, just as long as it's special to you. So Emily Elizabeth gets an idea. For show-and-tell, she brings Clifford to school. Jetta comments that she "knew" that Emily Elizabeth was going to bring "that big, old dog." But everyone seems to have fun with Clifford, so it all works out well.
Speckle And the Rainy Day
== Gallery ==
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File:Emily Angry in My Best Friend.jpg|Emily becoming angry at Jetta 
== Notes ==
* Sindy McKay wrote this episode, while Alan Smart directed this episode.
* It is the first episode where Emily Elizabeth is angry.
* The part where Clifford digs up a metal treasure twice, Emily Elizabeth is amazed and the object turns out to be an anchor, is also used for the "PBS Kids" promo, both concerning the PBS Kids website and an America Online keyword.
*This episode was the first aired in 2000.
*This is the first Season 1 themes.
*This is the first appearance in Clifford the Big Red Dog: Volume 1 (2000).
*This is the first Emily Elizabeth Announcers in the book. By the series finale, she had made the most Announcers in the book.
*An unused picture, where Clifford is in his dog house and Emily Elizabeth (wearing a chef's hat) is holding a cake in her hands pointing at Clifford, was originally going to be a scene from this episode but it is used as one of the posters for the 2000 series.
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