Alfredo's Brother

**Alfredo's Brother** is the first segment of the second episode of *Puppet People*. In this episode, Alfredo's brother visits. The episode premiered on December 19, 2022 on Waycross PBS.

## Characters

* Sally
* Megan
* Alfredo
* Alfredo's brother (*debut*)
* Handy
* Drummer Dog
* Jacob

## Gong Gag

A series of blankets fall down, revealing nothing. The gong and drum base are next to each other, because Megan and Drummer Dog have started a band.

## Plot

Sally runs into a wall while staring at her phone. She gets a call from Megan. A tapestry is lowered as she answers it. Megan has something really important to tell Sally, and it turns out she was actually right behind her, startling Sally. But just before she can tell Sally the big news, Alfredo's twin brother enters. Megan was going to say that Alfredo's twin brother was coming. Thinking it's Alfredo, Sally and Megan are shocked by how "different" Alfredo looks. His mustache is smaller than Alfredo's. The real Alfredo shows up, correcting his brother after he says that his mustache "changed" Sally and Megan are shocked upon seeing two Alfredo's, and they go elsewhere. Alfredo's brother wonders why he doesn't have legs, to which Alfredo responds that they're puppets. This makes his brother freak out and run all over the place before bumping into Alfredo. They look themselves in the eyes and recognize each other and dance a celebratory dance. Alfredo has brought maracas and plays them as mariachi music plays all through the night. The rest of the gang are tired from not getting sleep because of all the music. The next morning, Sally and Megan vent about how they hate the loud music, until it suddenly stops. They are relieved, but then a loud explosion occurs. The explosions are coming from Alfredo and his brother, they are exploding their maracas. Sally talks about how they wouldn't be able to use those maracas after the explosions, but then Jacob comes in with new maracas. Sally finally snaps, telling Alfredo that his brother needs to get out of the room. Megan comments that his brother is annoying. Alfredo brushes this off, saying that anyone can be annoying, then asks what makes his brother annoying. Megan gets nervous and gives Sally the job of explaining it. Just as Sally starts to explain it, emotional music, Thank-You-Note Writing music from *The Tonight Show*, plays. Alfredo has already figured out what they are trying to say at this point and is offended, and makes the decision to pack his things and move in with his brother.

Sally and Megan try to get Alfredo to stay. Sally wants the Thank You Note Writing music this time, but it is nowhere to be heard. She runs to Drummer Dog, who has the job of playing the music. Drummer Dog forgot about it, and was daydreaming. He plays the music as Sally finally tells Alfredo what she should have told him a long time ago. Alfredo agrees, but his brother already left with all of his stuff. They run after the car in the sunset *Looney-Tunes* ending style.

## Trivia

* This is the first appearance of Alfredo's brother.
* This is the first episode to be archived from a pilot, and the oldest pilot to be used as an episode.
	+ This is noticeable because of the different tapestry and no logo on the drum base.
* This episode was clearly filmed in December. There are Christmas decorations in the background.
* This is the shortest episode of Puppet People.
* This is the first episode to have a character's name in the title.