Episode
Curious George: Auctioneer George
Overview
George and Marco are attending their first-ever auction in the city. The Man has to explain to George that in an auction you don't buy the items, you bid on them. And the person with the highest bid at the end wins the item. George has been given a dollar to bid on whatever he wants and he winds up bidding on and winning a pair of red mittens. Unfortunately, George later finds out that the mittens cost $101.00 not $1.00. Without the money to pay for the mittens, he has to re-auction them. Nobody at the auction seems to want the mittens but George remembers that Mr. Glass had his eyes on the same mittens.
Details
- Series
- Curious George
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2011-09-05
- Runtime
- 28 min
Episode context
Auctioneer George is Episode 5 in Season 6 of Curious George. It aired on 2011-09-05. The runtime is 28 min.
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Episode 4: Train of Light
One of George's favorite things to do in the city is visit Mabel's Department Store, because there are so many things to do. One day while The Man With the Yellow Hat is doing his shopping George sees something he never has before, a moving light in the shape of a train, and soon discovers that a lamp with a rotating shade is making it. Fascinated by the light, George decides to make his own moving light for home, but when he stays at the store too long to find out how he winds up locked in after hours. With nothing else to do, George decides to make his own moving light right in the store.
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Episode 1: School of Dance
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