Ice Cream Soup
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| “Ice Cream Soup” | |
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| Pee-wee's Playhouse episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Written by | Max Robert Paul Reubens John Paragon George McGrath Michael Varhol |
| Directed by | Stephen R. Johnson |
| Production no. | 101 |
| Original airdate | September 13, 1986 |
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When Pee-wee's friends come over for a swim in the pool, Pee-wee makes a giant bowl of ice cream soup for the whole gang! It gave very little introduction to the characters and showed very little plot development.
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[edit] Plot
[edit] I Love My Toys
Pee-wee decides to play with his toys. He goes over to a toy shelf on the wall behind. He pushes a button on the wall and the shelf rises. He and the audience watch an array of very odd toys move around, such as an octopus-headed dog and a doll with a Frankenstein head. Pee-wee comments that as much as he loves his toys, he's not going to marry them.
Pee-wee then goes over to his robot, Conky 2000. He unplugs him from the wall and flips a switch on him, bringing him to life. Conky says that he's ready to assist Pee-wee. Pee-wee says good morning. Then Magic Screen wheels over and asks Pee-wee what the secret word of the day is. Pee-wee then asks Conky that same question. A slip of paper comes out of Conky's midsection. Pee-wee takes the slip and rips it off. Then he shows it to the audience. The secret word is: DOOR. Pee-wee asks the audience what it is they do whenever they hear the secret word. Everyone says, "Scream!" Pee-wee says that that's right and that whenever anyone says the secret word for the rest of the day, they should scream real loud. He tries it out on Magic Screen: "Hey, Magic Screen! What's that red thing over there?" "What a silly question, Pee-wee," the screen replies. "It's the door." Everyone screams. Then Mr. Window points out that someone is at the red-padded entrance. Pee-wee says, "Oh, you mean the door?" Everyone screams again.
[edit] The Playhouse Gang
Sure enough, the doorbell rings and through the door comes The Playhouse Gang. Elvis and Cher have a new friend with them. Her name is Opal. Pee-wee greets them. They ask if they can look into the mousehole at the back of the Playhouse. Pee-wee asks if they can give him anything. Elvis promptly offers a piece of foil. Pee-wee eagerly takes the foil and adds it onto his enormous foil ball. Pee-wee then gives them the okay to go look into the mousehole. The kids promptly do so. They look into the hole and look in on the Dinosaur family inside.
Inside, the dinosaurs are at the kitchen table. Mrs. Dinosaur puts an egg on the plate that is in front of both Brother and Sister Dinosaur. Brother Dinosaur spears the egg on his beak. Brother and Sister fight over the egg. Sister grabs it and swallows it whole. Mr. Dinosaur roars, causing Brother and Sister to fall on the floor. He then waves to The Playhouse Gang.
[edit] Captain Carl In a Storm
The Playhouse Gang then head out to check out the Playhouse swimming pool. They race out the front door, almost knocking over Cowboy Curtis as he enters the Playhouse. He shows off some of his lasso tricks to Pee-wee for his amusement. Suddenly, a snoop alarm goes off and Curtis offers to lasso the intruder for Pee-wee. He's got a hold of the intruder by the rope and with Pee-wee's help brings in the culprit. It's Mrs. Steve. Pee-wee promptly starts accusing her of snooping, which she immediately denies; she says she was only passing by his door. Naturally, everyone screams. Mrs. Steve doesn't understand that she just said the secret word and decides to head out to the pool. Pee-wee's fish makes some comments about her (FISH 1: "There's something fishy about that woman." FISH 2: "Yeah, she's a whale of a gal!"). Cowboy Curtis decides to head out to the pool as well.
The Picturephone rings and Pee-wee answers it. It's Captain Carl. He's lost in a storm out at sea. He could die out there without help. So Pee-wee promptly summons Conky, Magic Screen and Globey to help. They all help out in their own ways. They locate Carl's position off the coast of the Sandwich Islands. They tell Pee-wee to tell Carl to make a right, which he does. Sure enough, the sky clears up and Carl thanks them for their help and comes upon the Sandwich Islands.
[edit] Funtime Driving
Pee-wee gets tickled by Chairry. Then Magic Screen asks Pee-wee what time it is. "Um... IT'S FUNTIME!! IT'S FUNTIME!!" he replies, laughing and jumping around excitedly. "That's right, Pee-wee, it's time to play with me!" the screen says with delight. Pee-wee jumps into the screen and throws his dots and they form a car with no wheels. Magic Screen adds on the wheels, Pee-wee jumps into the car, and full speed ahead! After this driving adventure (of which he has no experience!), he leaps out and lands on Chairry. Miss Yvonne says she's been looking everywhere for him, with no introduction of who she is to the viewing audience. She then asks him if she likes her new hairdo. He then says it looks great, and comments, "You really are the most beautiful woman in Puppetland!" She smiles and blushes, saying, "Awww, thank you, Pee-wee."
[edit] The Puppetland Band
[edit] The King of Cartoons
[edit] Snack Time: Ice Cream Soup
PeeWee puts chocolate cake in vanilla ice cream and calls it "Ice Cream Soup."
[edit] See You Next Week
[edit] Trivia
- The Sandwich Islands are acutally the original names for the Hawaiian Islands.
- All of the visitors that appear a few times each season all appear in this episode, even Captain Carl who is only seen on the picture phone (except for Reba the Mail Lady).
- "Ice Cream Soup" was released on video in 1988 and again in 1996 and on DVD in 2004.
- The Salesman tells Pee-wee that he's "going door to door to make you this incredible offer," yet no one screams. All Pee-wee says is "Ahhhh! Salesman!"
