The Moe Show

- Season 4

(2017)

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter D for drawing - tuhi. Time to explore. Moe visits an art studio where some kids are getting creative, doing some drawing using felts, crayons and colour pencils. Moe decides to give it a try and with the help of the art teacher creates a masterpiece of his own.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter D for darts - kopere. Fern likes the sound of darts, so she heads up to the attic and meets Jason Fa'afoi who reckons he can teach her a thing or two. Together they craft a dart board out of felt and some sticky darts - and it's game on.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter D for ducks - rakiraki. Time for an episode of The Gilbert Show. Gilbert presents his definitive 'Gilbert's Guide' to ducks and Moe guesses 'What's in the Box' for today. It's a quacker of an episode.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter D for donkeys - kaihe. Frank's got this one covered. He has a Frank discussion with some friends, and fairly sure he now knows what donkeys actually are, he decides to check them out properly. It's a hee-haw-larious time.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter D for dance - kanikani. Moe and Fern love to dance. But Gilbert insists there's only one place to dance - so the team hit the D-floor to cut some shapes and have a geometrically good time.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter P for pottery - matapaia. Time to explore. Moe visits a pottery studio where some kids are busy sculpting clay animals. Moe learns a little bit about pottery technique and creates a clay version of his favourite cuddly bear - Teddy.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter P for puppets - keretao. Fern is pretty excited about that idea, so she heads up to the attic where she finds Laura Daniel, who knows a thing or two about making puppets. The two of them put some old socks and gloves to good use and make their very own puppet pals.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter P for pianos - piana. Gilbert's got this covered with a musically minded episode of The Gilbert Show. We're treated to a very informative 'Gilbert's Guide' to pianos, and Moe makes his best guesses for 'What's in the Box?'.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter P for post - mera. Frank reckons he knows a thing or two about the post - or at least he can find out with a Frank discussion. Once that's taken care of, it's off to the mail sorting centre to see how our post is sorted and sent to the right address.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter P for pets - mokai. Fern and Gilbert can't come to an agreement on which makes the best pet - dogs or cats - so there's only one way to settle things, and that's with a rap battle. Cats, dogs, fish and birds all make pretty great pets - but Moe recommends having a teddy bear too.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter M for magic - makutu. Fern wants to learn about magic. She heads up to the attic and meets Jarred Fell - a magician, just who Fern needs. With Jarred's help, Fern pulls off an excellent trick of her own. Maaaaagic.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter M for moon - marama. Time to switch on for another episode of The Gilbert Show. Gilbert's got all the lunar-related facts covered in Gilbert's Guide and gives out his clues for 'What's in the Box?

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter M for memory - mahara. Frank knows all about memory, he's got a perfect memory. At least he thinks so, as he launches into a song about - well, he can't really remember.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter M for maze - panga huanui. Time to explore. Moe visits a maze and meets some kids who are navigating their way through. Moe learns that finding your way through a maze is a bit tricky but getting lost is part of the fun. An a-maze-ing time is had by all.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter M for monkeys - makimaki. Frank decides this calls for a Frank discussion and after hearing all about monkeys, decides he should meet some for himself. It's a whole lot of monkey business.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter B for birthday - huritau. Frank has a lovely song to sing that his mum used to sing to him on his birthday - Another Year of You.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter B for baboons - touwhero. Baboons sound bamboozling to Frank so he has a Frank discussion with some friends to find out more. With his newfound knowledge he decides to check out a troop of baboons for himself.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter B for butterflies - purerehua. Time to tune in to The Gilbert Show. Gilbert presents the fascinating facts of the life cycle of a butterfly in Gilbert's Guide, and see if you can guess along with Moe for 'What's in the Box?'.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter B for bubbles - mirumiru. Fern wants to take this one. She heads up to the attic and finds Nanogirl who is keen to do some bubbly experiments. Using Nanogirl's secret recipe they make some bubble mixture and have fun seeing what kinds of bubbles they can make.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter B for bowling - maita. Time to explore. Moe visits a bowling alley where he meets a group of kids who are tenpin bowling. Moe learns a bit about how the game works and gives it a go himself - turns out bowling is right up Moe's alley.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter C for capybara - kapipara. Frank's ready to take this one on, but first up he needs to have a Frank Discussion to find out what capybara actually are. Once that's all cleared up, he's off to meet some capybara for real.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter C for cooking - tao. Time to explore. Moe visits the Lucky Taco HQ where everyone is busy preparing a taco feast. Moe lends a hand with the cooking too, and soon everyone's enjoying a taco fiesta.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter C for camels - kamera. Time for The Gilbert Show. Gilbert gets us clued up on camels with 'Gilbert's Guide' and Moe tries to guess What's in the Box?

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter C for colour - tae. Gilbert decides this is a good time to give Fern a little present - a pink car. Because pink is a girl's colour, right? Fern wonders why boys get all the colours, but after a bit of singing she decides it's up to her to choose all the colours she wants - even a little bit of pink too.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter C for corks - puru. Fern's going to take this one - she heads upstairs to find Dai Henwood, who thinks they could do something fun with corks. Together they make some snazzy little cork boats to race - it's a corker.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter S for spiders - pungawerewere. Fern would love to learn all about spiders, so she's off to the attic where she finds Brian Lawton hanging out with a friend - an Australian huntsman spider. Brian teaches Fern some fun spider facts and Fern even gets to have a hold of her new eight-legged buddy.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter S for surfing - eke ngaru. Moe and Fern think that sounds great, but there's only one type of surfing that Gilbert likes to do - couch surfing. Time for a song - and then, time for a nap.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter S for screen printing - matatuhi papanga. Time for Moe to do some exploring. Moe visits a screen printing factory and designs his very own t-shirt. Then he gets to see how his design is made into a stencil and printed onto a t-shirt - very cool.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter S for stars - whetu. Gilbert's already prepared with a celestial edition of The Gilbert Show. He presents Gilbert's Guide to stars and keeps Moe guessing at What's in the Box?

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter S for shoes - hu. Frank's got this one covered. Just one thing first - he needs to figure out what shoes are, so he gets some friends to help him figure it out with a Frank Discussion. Then it's off to the shoe factory to see how shoes get made.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter R for recycling - hangarua. Frank decides it's time for a Frank Discussion to figure out what this recycling business is all about - then he's off to a glass recycling factory to see old bottles recycled into brand new ones.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter R for rainbow - uenuku. Fern wants to take this one. She heads up to the attic where she finds Nanogirl - who could be better to teach Fern about rainbows? Nanogirl and Fern get stuck into some colourful science to find out how the light from the sun makes a beautiful rainbow.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter R for rope course - papa taura. Moe is ready to explore, so he heads off to check out a rope course. Moe sees some kids tackling the challenges of the rope course and having a great time - looks like fun, so Moe harnesses up and gives it a try for himself.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter R for robot - karetao maitai. Moe knows how to dance like a robot, and he's keen to show Fern and Gilbert how it's done - time to do the Moe-bot.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter R for rain - ua. Gilbert's got this one covered, with another episode of The Gilbert Show. Gilbert gives us the facts on rain with Gilbert's Guide, and keeps Moe guessing at What's in the Box?

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter W for weta. Fern's got this one. She's off to the attic to join Brian Lawton and his little buddy Anna the tree weta. Fern learns some fascinating weta facts and even gets to pet-a weta - or hold one, anyway.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter W for wallabies - warapi. Frank's got this covered, but first he needs to figure out what wallabies are, so this calls for a Frank Discussion. With that info, it seems like a good idea to check out some wallabies for himself.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter W for whales - tohora. Gilbert has a whale-y great episode of The Gilbert Show today - all the best whale facts are covered in Gilbert's Guide and Moe takes some guesses at What's in the Box? All in all it's a whale of a time.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter W for woodwork - mahi rakau. Sounds like something for Moe to explore. Moe visits a workshop where some kids are doing woodwork projects. Moe learns a bit about the tools they use and helps some of the kids make their very own checker boards out of wood.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter W for washing - horoi. Fern decides this is a good opportunity to let Moe know that he could be in need of a wash - time to hit da tub, VIB-style. We got bubbles up in here.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter T for time - taima. You know what time it is - time for Moe and Fern to drop some sweet raps, and Time to Tell the Time.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter T for tortoises - honuwhenua. Frank decides to have a Frank discussion to figure out what tortoises actually are. With that information, it's time for a slow and steady visit to some Galapagos tortoises to see them for himself. It's tort-ally awesome.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter T for tissues - rauangiangi. Moe and Gilbert aren't so keen on this one, so Fern heads up to the attic to see what she can learn about tissues. Fern meets Jared Fell who shows her a pretty amazing magic trick using tissues and a balloon, with a little help from some static electricity.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter T for tongues - arero. Gilbert's got this one covered, with a tongue-tastic episode of The Gilbert Show. First it's Gilbert's Guide to tongues, and Moe takes his very best guess at What's in the Box.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter T for theme park - papa rehia. Sounds like something for Moe to explore. Moe visits Rainbow's End theme park and meets some kids who are having a great time on all the rides there. Moe learns that some of the rides are a bit scary but they're all lots of fun and he even decides to take a ride on a roller-coaster.

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Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter A for aeroplanes - waka rererangi. Fern wants to do something with aeroplanes. So she's off to the attic where she meets Jeremy Corbett, who tells Fern they can make their very own aeroplane. Jeremy shows Fern how to make a paper dart and even change up the design to make it fly further. Aerodynamically awesome.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter A for alphabet - arapu. Fern knows the alphabet. The others aren't so sure, but Fern has a song to help teach them so they won't forget the alphabet.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter A for alpacas - arapaka. Frank decides it's time for a Frank Discussion so Frank can find out what alpacas actually are - once that's cleared up, it's time for Frank to check out some alpacas for himself.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter A for aeroplanes - waka rererangi. Fern wants to do something with aeroplanes. So she's off to the attic where she meets Jeremy Corbett, who tells Fern they can make their very own aeroplane. Jeremy shows Fern how to make a paper dart and even change up the design to make it fly further. Aerodynamically awesome.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter N for netball - poitarawhiti. Time to explore. Moe visits an indoor netball court and sees a game in action - looks like fun so after learning a little bit about how the game works and practising a few passes, Moe's on the court and ready to join the team.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter N for noses - ihu. Gilbert's come prepared with a nosey edition of The Gilbert Show. He's sniffed out the best nose facts for Gilbert's Guide and has Moe guessing at What's in the Box?

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter N for numbers - tau. Gilbert's great with numbers. He's an expert at counting. He can count all the way - to four. And he's ready to show everyone with an 80's style song. It's a jazzy little number - you can count on it.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter N for noise - turituri. Fern wants to learn all about noise so she heads up to the attic to find Anna Coddington. Anna's made a lot of noise in her time, so she gives Fern the low-down on how we hear noise and sound - and of course Fern take the opportunity to get noisy.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter N for neon lights - puurama haukura. Frank decides it's time for a Frank Discussion to figure out what neon lights actually are. Once he's got that sorted, it's off to the neon light factory to see how a neon light is made - it's all very illuminating.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter F for frogs - poraka. Fern would love to learn about frogs. So she hops to it, up to the attic where she meets Sharyn Casey who reckons she can help. Sharyn knows make an origami frog out of paper, so she and Fern get folding and make their very own, jumpy little frog.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter F for framing - taitapa. Frank's got this one covered. At least he will, after a little Frank Discussion with his friends. Then it's time for Frank to see for himself how this framing business works, with a visit to the frame factory.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter F for feet - waewae. Gilbert is ready to step up for this one. First up it's a brand new Gilbert's Guide all about feet, and Moe takes some guesses at What's in the Box? It's toe-tally awesome.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter F for fire station - whare tinei ahi. Moe is ready to explore. So it's off to Papatoetoe Fire Station, where Moe gets the tour from one of the firefighters and even gets to sit in the firetruck.

Moe, Fern and Gilbert are ready to learn. Moe pulls the cord for the letter machine and today it's the letter F for friends - hoa. Moe's friend Jason has a song about friends - and Moe, Fern, Frank and Gilbert all join in too.