Episode 22: Darla Jacobs' First Day

**Darla Jacobs' First Day** (alternatively titled **Darla and Tell**) is the twenty-second episode of *Wubbzy's Fun* from season 4.

## Characters Present

* Wubbzy
* Maddie Fretz
* Darla Jacobs (debut)
* Cat
* Kermit the Frog
* Hoots
* Megan Mouse
* Horse
* Butterfly
* Turquoise
* Horace
* Boris (debut)

### Picture Frame

* Paprika
* Cinnamon
* Baby Bear
* Baby Baby Bear
* Monkeys
* Gingerbread Boy
* Gingerbread Girl
* Opposite Sisters

## Summary

Maddie's younger sister, Darla Jacobs, is coming over to have Show and Tell with Wubbzy and their friends.

## Recap

Maddie welcomes us in, saying that we're having show and tell today. He's trying to figure out what he could show at show and tell. He considers his stuffed anteater, Horace and his guitar. Just then, we get a phone call. It's Maddie's sister, Darla Jacobs. Darla is coming over to the Wubbzy's Fun house and show and tell is one of his favorite things. In this episode, we have fun doing show and tell with the various characters and getting ready for Darla to come over. Cat shows us that she has a soft, yellow feather that she's going to show at show and tell. Maddie finds a picture of Darla that he's been working and decides that we can show it to Darla during show and tell. She drew the picture in the park and wants us to help her finish it. She adds in a picture of himself reading a book and then realizes that Darla is barefoot. So we select some appropriate shoes for being in the park - sneakers. We find Wubbzy, who has a book about his turtle Turquoise that he wants to show during Show and Tell. He sneezes and the book falls apart. We help her to put the book back together by putting the pages in order. In the beginning of the book, Wubbzy puts food in Turquoise's dish. Next, Turquoise eats the food. In the final page, Turquoise is finished and her dish is empty. Next, we find Megan Mouse, who made a book about brushing her teeth. We help out once again to get the pages in the correct order. Finally, we add something else to the picture of Darla, a slide.

* Question: What does Darla want to show at show and tell?
* Clues:
	+ 1. Feet
	+ 2. A Feather
	+ 3. A Sound (Quack)
* Answer: A duck
* This episode was part one in the primetime special, "Darla Jacobs' Scrapbook".
* This is the first episode and/or mention with Darla Jacobs, who is Maddie Fretz's younger sister.
* This is the first appearance of Darla Jacobs.
* Darla and Maddie take turns singing the "So Long Song" at the end of this episode.
* This episode marks the last time Maddie sings the "Play Wubbzy's Fun" song all by herself, last time she sits in the Thinking Chair for Thinking Time, and the last time she opens the door to greet the viewers.
* Beginning with this episode, the lyrics "my gerbil, Wubbzy" in The So Long Song is changed to "our friend, Wubbzy".
	+ Starting with Can You Help?, Darla Jacobs will repeat the last line twice.
* Darla Jacobs receives an "Introducing" credit in all three episodes of the Darla introduction.
* Pictures of Baby Bear, Baby Baby Bear, Monkey, Big Brother Monkey, Gingerbread Boy, Gingerbread Girl, Paprika, Cinnamon, Opposite Sisters, Joe and Steve were on the yellow picture frame.
* There was no skidoo in this episode.
* This episode and the rest of the Darla introduction episodes are available on the DVD Get to Know Darla!. Also available as the first of two episodes on the video Meet Darla!.
* Darla Jacobs receives an "Introducing" credit in all three episodes of the Darla introduction arc.
* In the Mailtime Segment, Kermit participates in show-and-tell by showing Maddie his letter.
* The beginning of the episode is just like D.J. Comes Over, but this time, it is Darla Jacobs who comes over to the Wubbzy's Fun house, instead of D.J.
* This is the second episode to have a feather being a clue. The first was "What Is Wubbzy Afraid Of?".
* This is the third and last episode where Maddie finds a clue that Cat was holding (in this case her feather).
	+ The first was from What Does Blue Want to Build? and Inventions, in these cases, a flashlight and Maddie's Notebook. The only difference this time around is it was the second, unlike the other two episodes where he found the first clue.
* When Maddie says *Hi* to Darla, her voice sounds like early Season 1.
* This is the second time Wubbzy sneezes. The first time was What Time Is It for Wubbzy?.
* The alternate title for this episode is "Joe and Tell".
	+ The Comcast/Xfinity airing/ Nick Jr. Schedule calls it this title.
* This is the first episode where the ringing sound of the telephone is mistaken for something else (in this case, Steve's guitar), followed by Wubbzy's First Holiday.
* In addition to Maddie and Darla singing The So Long Song, their stuffed animals, Horace (Steve) and Boris (Joe) has been in the song in this episode.
* This is the third time the phone was sitting on the floor, the first is Pool Party, the second is Wubbzy's Big Musical.
* This is a David B. Levy episode, and the order was recycled from Let's Plant. This episode also bids farewell for the first time to one of the common appearances: the mirrored reflection of Mailbox's 1st action. It will still appear in the proper position until The Alphabet Train. He will debut a 2nd action in Season 5.
* Courtney Taylor Burness is credited as Courtney Burness.
* When Maddie is on the phone with Darla, nothing is coming from Darla's end of the phone.