Martha Speaks
This animated series is designed to enrich the vocabulary of 4- to 7-year-olds. It is based on the classic books by Susan Meddaugh that have charmed and captivated millions of children. Each episode uses Martha's unique linguistic abilities and the hilarious consequences to engage kids and help build their vocabulary skills.
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Skits and Mr. Scruffles/Brave Truman (#302H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Martha's Millions - When Carolina reads about a dog inheriting millions, she's appalled. What could a dog do with all that money? Martha discovers that it isn't who spends it, but how you spend it, that matters most. Vocabulary: (E) inherit(s)(ed)(ing)(ance), wealthy, greedy, generous, fortune (I) will, buy, spend, stingy, give(ing). < br />* Carolina's Gifted - Everyone is excited for Carolina's birthday, everyone, that is, except Carolina. She still hasn't used her gift certificate from last year's birthday, and it is going to expire... tonight! She and Helen rush to the store to pick out the perfect gift. What will it be? Vocabulary: (E) gift certificate, expire, purchase, splurge, redeem, squirrel away (I) save, cash, pay/paid, pick.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Kids: Sat, May 25, 2013 -- 1:30am
- KQED Kids: Sat, May 25, 2013 -- 7:00am
- KQED Kids: Wed, May 29, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Wed, May 29, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
Raiders of the Lost Art/Martha Says It with Flowers (#116H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Raiders of the Lost Art - After TD passes in the wrong drawing in art class (a caricature of his art teacher instead of a perfectly good drawing of the back of Chuck Smith's head), he panics. With Truman and Martha keeping an eye out for the janitor, Helen and TD sneak into the school after hours to switch the drawings. But will they get caught, or worse still, eaten by a desert mountain snow wolf?
* Martha Says It with Flowers - Martha always seems to do the wrong thing around Grandma Lucille. To prove that she's really considerate, she decides to do something really special for Grandma's birthday. But finding the perfect present for a human is a lot harder than it looks.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Kids: Sat, May 25, 2013 -- 9:30am
- KQED Kids: Sun, May 26, 2013 -- 7:00am
- KQED Kids: Thu, May 30, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Thu, May 30, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
Martha's Market/Bye Bye Burger Boy (#404H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
Martha's Market - Martha pitches in to run Tio Jorge's market when everyone else is busy. Will Martha and her canine coworkers be able to satisfy their customers' needs? Or is a staff of dogs in a store full of food a recipe for trouble? Vocabulary: (E) market, stock, inventory, display, order. Bye Bye Burger Boy - Burger Boy, the gang's favorite childhood restaurant, is going out of business. Can Martha and Friends' advertising campaign save their local eatery? Or are they doomed because of competition from the newest burgerchain in town, Big Burgertorium? VocabularY: (E) business, customer, commercial, advertistement, market(ing).
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Kids: Sat, May 25, 2013 -- 2:00pm
Martha Doesn't Speak Monkey!/Martha and Truman Get Lost (#117H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Martha Doesn't Speak Monkey! - Professor Monkey is coming to town to promote his craft books with co-author Beppo. But his directions to the bookstore end up under Bob the dog's fiercely guarded porch. Can Martha help Professor Monkey find the bookstore before Beppo turns in her banana suit?
* Martha and Truman Get Lost - Truman needs Martha to help him find something he lost at Dog Head Lake. The only problem is he won't tell Martha what they're looking for because he's too embarrassed. After getting lost deep in the forest and coming face-to-face with his fears, Truman learns a valuable lesson about himself and his . . . whatsit.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Kids: Sun, May 26, 2013 -- 9:30am
- KQED Kids: Sun, May 26, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sun, May 26, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Mon, May 27, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Mon, May 27, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Fri, May 31, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Fri, May 31, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
The Martha Show, Part 1 & 2 (#301H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* The Martha Show, Part 1 - Martha has been offered a chance to host a children's TV show with her friends! The gang tries to agree on the perfect kid's show (1st of two parts).Vocabulary: (E) genre(s), drama(tic)(s), educational, merchandise, style, comed(y)(ies)(ic) (I) co-star, medical, program(s), watch, script.
* The Martha Show, Part 2 - Having your own kid's show is more complicated than Martha expected. Our talking dog comes up with a whale of a show. But is her new partner - or TV - ready for it? Vocabulary: (E)pilot, imaginative, suspense, depict(ing)(ion)(ed) (I) duo, viewers, children('s), pirate(s), whale.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Kids: Mon, May 27, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Mon, May 27, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sat, Jun 1, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
Martha Speaks Martha Gets Spooked/Martha Changes Her Luck (#119H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Martha Gets Spooked - Is someone fixing up the haunted house? If not, who ordered those flowers? Was it the ghost of Mrs. Parkington's Great-Aunt Martha? Whoever or whatever it was, Martha has to go in there to protect Helen, before it's too late!
* Martha Changes Her Luck - Uh-oh. Martha walked under a ladder-and broke a mirror-so now she thinks she's jinxed. And she's worried her bad luck is rubbing off on everybody else. Helen tries to explain that all the accidents are just coincidence, but things just keep getting worse.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Mon, May 27, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Mon, May 27, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Tue, May 28, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Tue, May 28, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sat, Jun 1, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sat, Jun 1, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sun, Jun 2, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sun, Jun 2, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Thu, Jun 6, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
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Best In Show/Truman on the Ball (#118H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Best in Show - Carolina decides to enter Francois in the dog show, and Helen just can't help herself. She has to enter Martha, too, so she can show Carolina who the true champion really is. A little competition between cousins isn't a bad thing, or is it?
* Truman on the Ball - Why does Truman want to become a hobo and/or join the circus? Is he actually trying to run away? Maybe it has something to do with tomorrow's softball game, and the fact that Truman can't actually catch the ball. Can Martha and Alice help?
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Kids: Tue, May 28, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Tue, May 28, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
Martha Runs The Store, Part 1 & Part 2 (#120H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Martha Runs the Store, Part 1 - Skits and Martha are feeling desperate while they wait in the broiling sun for Helen to finish shopping. Fed up, Skits decides to follow the cool air into the store, and Martha has to follow to get him out. What are they going to do now that they're stuck in the bathroom and the store is about to close?
* Martha Runs the Store, Part 2 - Helen can't find Martha and Skits anywhere. Little does she know, they're trapped inside the darkened department store, trying to find the exit . . . when they aren't distracted by the comfy beds, overflowing garbage cans, and automatic tennis-ball shooter. Will they find their way out before it's time to blow out Mom's birthday candles?
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Tue, May 28, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Tue, May 28, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Wed, May 29, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
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- KQED Kids: Sun, Jun 2, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
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- KQED Kids: Sun, Jun 2, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Mon, Jun 3, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
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- KQED Kids: Fri, Jun 7, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Fri, Jun 7, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
Martha's Millions/Carolina's Gifted (#303H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Martha's Millions - When Carolina reads about a dog inheriting millions, she's appalled. What could a dog do with all that money? Martha discovers that it isn't who spends it, but how you spend it, that matters most. Vocabulary: (E) inherit(s)(ed)(ing)(ance), wealthy, greedy, generous, fortune (I) will, buy, spend, stingy, give(ing). < br />* Carolina's Gifted - Everyone is excited for Carolina's birthday, everyone, that is, except Carolina. She still hasn't used her gift certificate from last year's birthday, and it is going to expire... tonight! She and Helen rush to the store to pick out the perfect gift.What will it be? Vocabulary: (E) gift certificate, expire, purchase, splurge, redeem, squirrel away (I) save, cash, pay/paid, pick.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Wed, May 29, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Wed, May 29, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Thu, May 30, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Thu, May 30, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Mon, Jun 3, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Mon, Jun 3, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sat, Jun 8, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
Itchy Martha/Martha and the Thief of Hearts (#121H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Itchy Martha - Martha can't keep her paws away from her itchy ear mites. Until they're gone, she has to wear a cone on her head to keep her from scratching. Martha hates the cone; it gets in the way and makes everything sound weird. Worse than that, it terrifies Jake. Will Martha have to live in the cellar until she gets better?
* Martha and the Thief of Hearts - The gang decides to make homemade valentines for each other. But when everybody's art supplies begin disappearing, their affectionate mood begins to fade. Can Martha solve the mystery of the stolen supplies?
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Thu, May 30, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Thu, May 30, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Fri, May 31, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
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- KQED Kids: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
There Goes The Neighborhood/I Scream (#122H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* There Goes the Neighborhood - Martha can't believe that Helen and Alice are making such a fuss about a kitten. Everyone knows kittens are not to be tolerated. But could this kitten be different?
* Ice Scream - Alice is shocked to discover that Truman has never actually tried ice cream. Alice thinks deciding you won't like ice cream without trying it is, well, prejudiced! Can Helen and TD find a compromise that satisfies Alice but doesn't force Truman to give in to peer pressure?
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Fri, May 31, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Fri, May 31, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sat, Jun 1, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sat, Jun 1, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Wed, Jun 5, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Wed, Jun 5, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
Nurse Martha/Td Gets The Scoop (#123H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Nurse Martha - Being able to translate animal speech sure comes in handy when Martha gets a job as the vet's assistant. But when Mrs. Clusky's niece brings her puppy to the vet - and he speaks nothing but incomprehensible puppy talk - Martha's going to need more than her linguistic skills to figure out what's wrong.
* TD Gets the Scoop - Carolina is starting a newspaper, the Carolina Town Crier, and she needs some crack reporters to track down the news. TD turns investigative reporter, until he becomes the headline himself. Martha thinks she's uncovered a real scoop, but Carolina disagrees, no bones about it.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Mon, Jun 3, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Mon, Jun 3, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
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- KQED Kids: Sat, Jun 8, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
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- KQED Kids: Sun, Jun 9, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sun, Jun 9, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Thu, Jun 13, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Thu, Jun 13, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
Truman's Mad/Dog for a Day (#304H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Truman's Mad When Truman sends away for a science kit, he dreams about all the new inventions he will create. But can reality really live up to his big dreams? Vocabulary: (E) explore, theory, analyz(e) (ing), outcome, effect (I) note(s), lab, kit, finding(s), magnet(ism) (s).
* Dog for a Day - TD thinks dogs have it easy - no school, no homework, no schedule - but Martha begs to differ. When the two decide to switch roles for a day, they discover that life can be surprisingly tough in someone else's shoes (or tail). Vocabulary: (E) hypothesis, experiment, conclusion, compare(d), result(s) (I) human, canine, science, easy, hard(er).
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- KQED Plus: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Wed, Jun 5, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Wed, Jun 5, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sun, Jun 9, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
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- KQED Kids: Sun, Jun 9, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Mon, Jun 10, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Mon, Jun 10, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Fri, Jun 14, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Fri, Jun 14, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
Alice Twinkle Toes/Martha Fails The Course (#124H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Alice Twinkle Toes - Alice is a talented athlete, but grace is not her middle name. After she sees a performance of the ballet, she secretly wishes she could take ballet lessons. But how can she ever admit she's interested when she knows her brother Ronald will tease her mercilessly?
* Martha Fails the Course - After she sees a dog agility course on TV, Martha decides being an agility dog is just the thing for her. But when she tries out a course that Mrs. Clusky built for Francois, her agility dream becomes a nightmare. Now Martha won't even walk in public. How can Helen and Alice get Martha back on her feet?
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- KQED Plus: Wed, Jun 5, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Wed, Jun 5, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Thu, Jun 6, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
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- KQED Kids: Mon, Jun 10, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
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- KQED Kids: Sat, Jun 15, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
Alice Covers Up/Carolina Picks A Lily (#305H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Alice Covers Up - It's a pool party! Everyone is going, including Alice... until she becomes involved in a strange cover-up. Vocabulary: (E) (self)confiden(t)(ce), complexion, timid, outgoing, bashful (I) color, sort, brand, fair/fair-skinned, dye.
* Carolina Picks a Lily - Carolina adopts a new puppy, and she's so excited. It matches her purse! But when the gang points out the pup won't stay pocketbook-sized for long (check out those paws!), she regrets her impulsive adoption. Will they be able to find a home for Lily? Vocabulary: (E) shallow, temperament, vicious, impulsive, foster, hypoallergenic (I) sweet, type, breed, kind, nasty.
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- KQED Plus: Thu, Jun 6, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Thu, Jun 6, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Fri, Jun 7, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Fri, Jun 7, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Tue, Jun 11, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Tue, Jun 11, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
Martha Sings/Td Makes The Band (#125H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Martha Sings - Martha wakes up singing and not just because she's happy. She can't stop! Helen and Martha visit the vet, some musicians, and an opera singer, trying to discover the source of her musical malady to no avail. Will Martha ever be able to talk without a tempo again?
* TD Makes the Band - Everybody's singing about Shecky the Sea Lion and it's driving TD nuts! He could write a better song than that, and that's just what he's going to do! He recruits the gang to join his band and then sets out to write a hit song. - about Belgium? Inspiration strikes, but what will they do for an encore?
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Fri, Jun 7, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Fri, Jun 7, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sat, Jun 8, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sat, Jun 8, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Wed, Jun 12, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Wed, Jun 12, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
The Opera Contest/Maestro Martha (#306H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* The Opera Contest - An opera contest! Sounds boring! But before you know it, the kids have cooked up their own ideas of what an opera should be. Vocabulary: (E) opera, soprano, bass, quartet, accomplish (I) scene, rhyme, costume, stage, prop(s).
* Maestro Martha - Bad guys Pablum and Weaselgraft have a plan to turn a charity concert into a heist by using the power of music. Very strange music. Can Martha turn down the volume on their evil scheming before it's too late? Vocabulary: (E) orchestra, symphony, conduct(or)(ing), percussion, composition (I) trumpet, string, maestro, gong, usher.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Mon, Jun 10, 2013 -- 5:00pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Mon, Jun 10, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Tue, Jun 11, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
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- KQED Kids: Sat, Jun 15, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sat, Jun 15, 2013 -- 7:30pm email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sun, Jun 16, 2013 -- 1:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Sun, Jun 16, 2013 -- 7:00am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Thu, Jun 20, 2013 -- 9:30am email reminder
- KQED Kids: Thu, Jun 20, 2013 -- 2:00pm email reminder
Skits under the Weather/Martha the Weather Dog (#126H) Duration: 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
* Skits under the Weather - Martha and Skits hate the sound of thunder. One day Skits gets fed up and tries to outrun the storm, but soon discovers that all roads somehow lead back home.
* Martha the Weather Dog - Windy McCloud, Wagstaff City's meteorologist, wants Martha to be her weather dog. Martha's thrilled that she'll be able to change the weather to suit Helen and her friends, until she finds out she's not going to make the weather, she's going to predict it. But all her predictions are way off. What should she tell Windy?







