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Clifford Grows Up / Jetta's Sweater

Episode Number: 46    Season Num: 2    First Aired: Tuesday May 28, 2002    Prod Code: 206a/205a
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"Clifford Grows Up"

This one opens with Emily Elizabeth finished reading a story to Clifford. Clifford then circles three times, like most dogs, before going to bed. Emily Elizabeth remembers how things were when he tried to go to bed back when they lived in the city. She decides to tell him just one more story. So we go back in time, to a night when Clifford was outside the apartment in which the Howards lived, trying to sleep. But there wasn't enough room for him and he simply couldn't get comfortable. So the neighbors all helped out by giving him blankets and a large stuffed teddy bear. With all of these, Clifford was able to go to sleep. Emily Elizabeth then recalls taking Clifford for a walk. During the walk, she and Clifford met up with a Little League baseball team. They were impressed with his huge size and invited him to catch some balls. And Clifford did, everything that was hit at him. Emily Elizabeth recalls that they played at that ballpark all summer. But eventually, dogfood started to pile up around their apartment and Emily Elizabeth's parents realized that living in the city just wasn't working for Clifford. Emily Elizabeth suggested that he could sleep in the ballpark, but actually, they had a different idea: moving to Birdwell Island. And so, they did.

#20602
"Jetta's Sweater"

Jetta's showing Emily Elizabeth some of her nice new sweaters. She piles a bunch on Emily Elizabeth, but Emily Elizabeth is attracted to one that Jetta didn't even show her: a pink one with yellow flower designs. Jetta says that Emily Elizabeth can have it if she wants, since it's not her style. So Emily Elizabeth gladly takes it for her own. Then, Jetta's Mom tells her that her Grandma Ethel is coming on the ferry. It would be nice if Jetta could wear the sweater that Grandma Ethel gave her. Jetta realizes something: that's the sweater she just gave Emily Elizabeth! So she concocts a series of half-baked plans to get the sweater back from Emily Elizabeth, but Clifford keeps foiling them, unawaredly. Finally, Jetta meets her Grandma Ethel at the dock, with Emily Elizabeth wearing the sweater. Emily Elizabeth, being a fast thinker, puts two and two together and tells Jetta's Grandmother Ethel that Jetta let her borrow the sweater because she liked it so much. Later on, Emily Elizabeth tells Jetta that she should have just told her what was wrong, instead of trying to trick her.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Barry Hawkins, Cynthia Petrovic, Charles Visser, Cynthia Harrison, Brooks Wachtel, Shawna Gallego
Director: John Over
Star: John Ritter (Clifford),  Ulysses Cuadra (Vaz),  Cree Summer (Cleo),  Kath Soucie (Jetta Handover),  Grey DeLisle (Emily Elizabeth Howard),  Kel Mitchell (T-Bone),  Gary Leroi Gray (Charley (Credited as Gary Gray)),  Alyson Court (Emily Elizabeth (Original Non-PBS Video Series Only))
Recurring Role: T.C. Carson (Samuel),  Cam Clarke (Machiavelli and Mr. Mark Howard)
Guest Star: Edie McClurg (Grandma Ethel),  Erika Alexander (Neighbor Lady),  Marcelo Tubert (Husband)

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Clifford executive producer and creator/developer Deborah Forte stated that PBS/Scholastic received a lot of positive mail about "Clifford Grows Up" and that it was one of two episodes which led to the spinoff Clifford's Puppy Days. (edit)
"Clifford Grows Up" significantly expands the backstory of the time Clifford spent on the mainland before moving to Birdwell Island, and is somewhat contradictory of the events of "Little Clifford," in which the Howards simply just packed up and moved when Clifford got too big to fit in the apartment in which they lived. (edit)
Barry Hawkins is credited as Barry "Baz" Hawkins. (edit)
Clifford's Big Idea: Sharing (edit)
Speckle Story: Speckle and the Whole Team (edit)

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Jetta: Well, I guess it's time for Plan "C." (edit)
Charley: That's two nice things in one day. What's going on?
Jetta: Nothing. I just thought you might like some ice cream. (edit)
Jetta: That didn't work, Mac. I guess it's time for Plan "B." (edit)
Jetta: Good job, Mac. You're the best catcher in town. It helps that I'm the best thrower. (edit)
Emily Elizabeth: I love you very much, but you're too big to fit in my room. You're too big to fit in the building. (edit)

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