Drop, Loose, Change

**Drop, Loose, Change** is the 18th episode of the second season in the series *A Little Curious,* and the 42nd episode to be produced. It aired on May 1, 2000 and is the final episode of the series to be aired. It focuses on the subjects of the words drop, loose, and change.

## Segments

### So Quiet You Can Hear a Pin Drop (CGI)

Bob and his pals are talking really loudly, much to the dismay of Doris who's trying to get sleep. When they exit, Doris admires how quiet it is, and is so quiet you can hear a pin drop, and a pin falls and drops on the floor.

### Don't Drop It (CGI)

Doris gives Plush an egg to deliver to Mop, who is making egg drop soup. As he walks, he steps on a roller skate which causes him to fly in the air, and then he slides down the slide but quickly catches the egg. When he reaches Mop's house, Little Cup trips and spills himself, and so he slides to the floor and spins. Mop takes the egg, but then she slides it on the table and drops it. Mop asks for another and tells him not to drop it, which makes Plush look at the camera.

### A Little Reality

Some kids have an egg and spoon race with some dropping and messy results.

### Loose Pants (Cel)

Plush knocks on Doris wanting to go outside, but Doris, who is napping, tells him she'll walk him in a minute and to "keep his pants on", an idiom that Plush takes literally. He puts on a large, saggy pair of pants and then walks up to Doris, who wakes up and lets him out, ultimately falling down on his loose pants.

### A Little Reality

In this segment, some kids try out some clothes that are too loose, big and baggy.

### Song: Plush (CGI)

The Plush song "The Plush Dance" is played.

### The Big Drop (Cel)

Doris is at a desk announcing a "heavyweight lifting contest" where weightlifters lift large weights. Plush is first in the contest, and after struggling, he manages to lift it up, even keeping it idle in the air as he spits on his paws. However, he ends up dropping it and it breaks a hole in the stage.

### Presto Change-O (CGI)

Bob and Little Cup are on stage for a magic trick, which Bob will turn Cup into a wild animal. He fears that he's going to change, but Bob explains that it's just a trick. He hops into the box and Plush comes out, then Little Cup comes out of Bob's hat saying he didn't "change-o" and stayed the "same-o".

### A Little Reality

Several girls go into a tent at the beach and change into bathing suits.

### Song: Little Cup (Cel)

The Little Cup song "What's Up, Little Cup?" is played.

### Drip Drop (CGI)

In a kitchen sink, Little Cup catches the many water drops falling from the faucet as Bob moves it around.

### A Little Reality

In this segment which takes place in a greenhouse, water coming from sprinklers above shower the flowers.

### A Loose Screw (Cel)

A screw on Doris' knocker is loose, which means she can't tell any knock-knock jokes. Bob calls out for a handyman, and Plush shows up with a toolbox. He uses a screw and tightens it up, but it's too tight for Doris, so Plush uses oil to make it just right again. Doris tells a knock-knock joke, which is "orange you glad we can tell knock-knock jokes again?" and Bob giggles.

### Song: Doris (CGI)

The Doris song "Swing Doris Swing" is played.

### Loosen Up (CGI)

Mr. String is going to take a dance lesson from Mop, and the first thing he has to do is loosen up. She grabs a noodle box and shakes out a couple, and the noodles come to life and dance around with the two while Mop sings.

### A Little Reality

Mop sings a shortened version of "Do the Noodle" while kids dance in the grass.

### Loose Laces (CGI)

At the park, Mrs. Shoe informs Lacey that her laces are loose, but Lacey says that the shoes at school all wear their laces down, and loose laces are cool. Mrs. Shoe says she could trip, and she ends up tripping. Lacey eventually ties her laces and comments on how cool tied laces actually are.

### Change Your Mind (CGI)

Mr. String is at the table ready to eat some hot cereal, but then he worries that if he eats hot cereal on a hot day, his bow tie will wilt like a lettuce leaf, then a rabbit would come biting it and he didn't have any salad dressing. So he changes his mind and goes to eat some cold cereal instead, but then he worries his teeth would chatter like a chipmunk and have to store nuts in a tree for winter. He changes his mind again, but then can't make up whether he wants hot or cold cereal. He then sees Plush with a muffin and decides to go with a banana muffin, but then he wants a carrot muffin. He keeps changing into both a banana and a carrot while Plush eats the muffin.

### How Times Change (Cel)

Pad and Pencil sing about how the times change during their relationship, and that the technology they used to communicate with got even better.

## Trivia

* According to HBO, this is actually the final episode aired, not *A Little Curious About Life* which is listed as episode 37.
	+ Of course, this was the final episode to be produced before *A Little Curious About Life*.