Being Polite

"If you can hop and nod and mop the floor, then good job! If not, then you better watch some fox, frog, octopus, and your mom, perhaps! You get that? Well, that's it for now! I gotta eat my hot pop."

- James Lez Read

'Being Polite' is an episode of Ready, Set Read!, aired in 2020.

Synopsis
Joji teaches Ogot and Cathy how to be polite. Meanwhile, James Lez Read discovers all the fun words with the letter O.

Plot
Joji, Cathy, and Ogot are seen playing 'Clap Your Hands', but with new activities for them to play with. But before Joji can move on, Cathy tries to get his attention. Joji mentions how she is not being polite, which is when people care for others' feelings. She then apologizes and tells him to play another game, which was what he was about to say.

Joji's new game is called 'Hi, Hello', where the words 'hi' and 'hello' alternate whether or not someone is picked. After explaining it to everyone, he does the game faster, often pointing at the screen. Other examples of being polite are shown.

Joji then tells a story about a girl named Cora. She politely greets the schoolguard, the principal, and her parents. Both Ogot and Cathy enjoyed the story. But to prevent interruptting one another, he recommends that they should say 'excuse me'. We then are shown two scenarios; one polite and one not, and Joji asks the audience to differentiate what is the polite thing to do.

We see James Lez Read on his regular island. He gives clues about his letter for today, which looks like a circle: the letter O. He also informs others how to pronounce the 'o' sound, by opening your mouth widely. He then starts rapping, and tells a story about Bob and his dog, both of which feature the letter O.

After his segment, Joji asks the animals what their favorite parts in the episode were. They then greet the audience a bidding farewell.

Transcript
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Cast
Seth Regen Montgomery Dungca as Joji Ogot Cathy Marj Nene

Trivia

 * This is the first on-screen appearance of Ogot and Cathy.
 * The board in this episode is the same in Sentence and Phrase.
 * Marj and Nene do not appear in this episode.
 * Coincidentally, both they both appear in Sentence and Phrase.

Errors

 * When Cathy interrupts Joji, she sits on a couch, which did not appear before.
 * If you look very closely, the background (Joji's house) slowly zooms in (check 1:05).