Dr. Wonder's Workshop
33 Episodes
Dr. Wonder's Workshop teaches kids about faith in a unique way. The show's cast is hearing-impaired, so dialogue is in American Sign Language with English voice-over. Dr. Leward Wonder runs the workshop named for him, where he and his colleagues teach the importance of developing values through stories and characters.
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24:48Episode 4
Always Be Honest
Episode 4
Paul has a problem. Every time she turns on the water at the sink in her lab it sprays her in the face. She asks around to find someone to fix the plumbing. Billy claims he can do it. But his solution is silly and doesn't work. It's obvious he knows nothing about plumbing but lied about it becaus...
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24:24Episode 6
Be Fair with One Another
Episode 6
Billy is really excited about entering a model boat in a boat building competition. When he learns that Pops had built an award winning boat for last year's contest, borrows Pops' boat and enters it in the competition. The boat wins first prize, but Paula and Lisa help Billy understand that enter...
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Trust God
Episode 44
Lisa has a new desk. She asks Billy to put it together for him. Billy is happy to do it, but he doesn't think he needs to follow the designer's directions, so he tosses them aside. Later Lisa comes back to see how Billy's doing, but the desk is an absolute mess. Lisa explains why Billy should alw...
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23:52Episode 36
Sharing Can Be Fun
Episode 36
Dr. Wonder presents a new piece of equipment for the lab - a video camera. Edwin explains that the equipment is very expensive and the lab can't afford for each person to have one so they will all need to share this one. But Billy wants to use it all the time. This causes a problem in the lab and...
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24:49Episode 34
Respect Others
Episode 34
Personal items are disappearing from the lab. Tools or equipment vanish from various workbenches. Later some of these are returned but wind up in a different place. Dr. Wonder investigates and finds that Billy is borrowing things without the permission of the owner. Paula sprays Billy with a form...
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23:33Episode 32
Obedience is Important
Episode 32
Pops and Dr Wonder are working on a surprise -- a new soft drink for the Finger Food Café. Dr. Wonder tells the staff not to go into his office until the project is finished. But one night Lisa goes into his office to straighten it up. She is so thirsty she drinks a green liquid sitting in a beak...
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24:34Episode 18
Care for Others
Episode 18
One of Dr. Wonder's old friends is a magician. Dr. Wonder invites to perform his act for the staff just before he leaves on a trip. He cannot take his pet rabbit with him so he asks the staff to take care of the rabbit while he is away. But moments after he leaves for the airport, the rabbit has ...
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25:30Episode 21
Don't Hold on to Anger
Episode 21
Billy is working on a project and it blows up over and over again. Finally in disgust he looses his temper and smashes several things. Dr. Wonder teaches Billy about anger and helps him to understand how to channel his anger in positive ways. Billy learns how to control his anger and make it work...
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23:31Episode 460
You Are Precious
Episode 460
Story: Paula's husband and children come in to have lunch with her. Paula's mother has sent them a CD with some pictures of Paula when she was a little girl. The family enjoys looking at the pictures together, but they notice Paula sometimes looks sad. When the children ask why, she explains that...
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Work Hard
Episode 450
It’s inventory time and no one wants to do it, so Paula, Miguel and Dr. Wonder play around all day. But in the end Lisa insists they must get back to work and work all night, if needed, until everything has been counted. They all realize that working hard and getting the job done right in the fir...
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28:52Episode 420
To Be Fair About It
Episode 420
It all starts when Lisa makes a cup of cocoa from a packet in the break room. She doesn't know that it's Paula's and that it's the last one. So when Paula comes looking for some chocolate, there isn't any cocoa. But she does find a chocolate cake in the fridge with Lisa's name on it. Paula decide...
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28:52Episode 410
Think of Others
Episode 410
Lisa has been saving up money in the company budget to replace her office chair with a fancy new one. But Edwin shows her how the old accounting software is no longer dependable. Carlo's calls from the Finger Food Cafe with an emergency request for help with his broken freezer, but when Dr. Wonde...
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28:58Episode 390
Tell The Truth
Episode 390
Paula makes a powerful truth serum and wants to test it out on Dr. Wonder. But the truth serum bottle gets mixed up with the NOT truth serum bottle and Dr. Wonder can't stop lying!
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28:52Episode 380
Stop Gossip
Episode 380
Before Lisa arrives for work, Paula tells everyone a funny (but embarrassing) story that happened to Lisa over the weekend. When Lisa arrives, everyone laughs and teases her about it. Lisa is angry at Paula for telling the story. She decides to get back at Paula by telling an embarrassing story s...
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29:02Episode 370
Spiritual Fruit
Episode 370
Billy invents a cactus bush that grows beautiful apples, but they taste terrible! In the meantime, Lisa asks Doc how we develop the "fruits of the spirit." When Billy shows up with his cactus, Doc answers both questions: a cactus can't produce tasty apples in poor soil. And if we want to produce ...
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28:52Episode 350
Share the Gift
Episode 350
Doc, Miguel and Pops are working on a big new electronics project together. Lisa and Edwin are busy, too, working on contracts and marketing for the project. The only person not involved is Paula, because the project doesn't have any chemistry in it. Paula feels left out, working alone in her lab...
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08:09Episode 290
Let Your Light Shine
Episode 290
There is a terrible thunderstorm and all the lights go out in the lab. While Lisa and Dr. Wonder go to try to repair the problem, Billy decides he can make his way around the lab in the dark. So Paula turns off her flashlight and let's Billy grope around in the dark. He trips over things and brea...
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23:27Episode 280
Keep Your Promises
Episode 280
Dr. Wonder promised to take his daughter to an afternoon baseball game. But Billy accidentally spills hot coffee on Lisa's back and Dr Wonder has to take her to the emergency room. When his daughter arrives at lab he's not there. She's upset that he broke his promise. On the way back home, she st...
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28:55Episode 1000
Keep Your Eyes Open
Episode 1000
Edwin, the new accountant, wants to change the way the team reports expenses. Lisa and Paula are nervous about the changes, but Dr. Wonder encourages them to keep an open mind and give the new system a try. Soon they all agree the new system is easier and better than the old one.
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29:02Episode 260
Keep Your Balance
Episode 260
Business is good at DWW and Dr. Wonder promotes Lisa to office manager. But she becomes overwhelmed with the work load. Billy convinces her that her life is out of balance. He urges her to talk to Dr. Wonder about hiring a new accountant to take some of that pressure off her. Dr. Wonder agrees an...
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I'm Sorry
Episode 250
Miguel and Pops haven't worked together all day. Paula has noticed and asks Miguel what's wrong. Miguel explains that they've had a disagreement, but that Miguel apologized, so he's not sure what the problem is anymore. We use flashbacks to see Miguel, Paula, Lisa, and Edwin apologizing in differ...
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28:59Episode 24
Giving and Accepting Praise
Episode 24
Lisa feels Edwin doesn't get enough praise. So the team make an effort to praise him. but Edwin doesn't really know how to accept praise. He brushes them off and that, in turn, makes his friends feel badly. Dr. Wonder helps him understand that the others MEAN it when they praise him. He starts to...
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28:51Episode 220
Face Your Problems
Episode 220
Plot 1: Lisa needs Edwin to get a doctor's physical for the Insurance company. He's been with DWW for a while now and still hasn't gotten it done. He's putting it off because he hates the hassle of going to the doctor. Plot 2: Miguel is supposed to be working on a project and he has to borrow Dr....
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28:52Episode 200
Celebrate You
Episode 200
Lisa feels she isn’t making much of a difference at the lab, so Dr. Wonder sends Lisa into the Hologram Room to show her what Dr. Wonder's Workshop would be like if she'd never come to work there. What she learns is that, without her ideas and her unique gifts, the lab would have become a huge, d...