Plot

Today, Caillou takes over as the host, and the contestants are Boris, Elmo's mother, and Cookie Monster's father. Who will get grounded, and who will get ungrounded?

Just as Boris is about to introduce himself to the audience, Caillou appears on stage and discusses how there has been a change of plans. He says that for the day, all of the contestants will be parents instead of their children, Boris will be one of the contestants, and that he will host the show by himself. Just then, Caillou announces the contestants, who are Boris, Elmo's mother, and Cookie Monster's father. Just after that, the first question begins. The first question is: Do cats typically have ears? Cookie Monster's father buzzes in and answers "The cookie", which is incorrect, so he is grounded for fifty years. Boris buzzes in and answers "Yes", which is correct, so he is ungrounded for fifty years. Just then, the second question begins. The second question is: How do you spell "dog"? Cookie Monster's father buzzes in and answers "C-O-O-K-I-E", which is incorrect, so he is grounded for ten years. Elmo's mother buzzes in and answers "D-O-G", which is correct, so she is ungrounded for ten years. The third question then begins. The third question is: What is Captain Crunch's first name? Cookie Monster's father buzzes in and answers "Oatmeal", which is incorrect, so he is grounded for one hundred years. Elmo's mother buzzes in and answers "John", which is also incorrect, so she is grounded for one hundred years. Boris refuses to answer the question, so time runs out, and Caillou reveals the correct answer: Horatio. The fourth question then begins. The fourth question is: Who founded Taco Bell? Cookie Monster's father buzzes in and answers "Glenn Bell", which is correct, so he is ungrounded for one hundred years. He then decides to go on a commercial break. After the commercial break ends, the fifth question begins. The fifth question is: Why the actual **** is there a BTS meal at McDonald's now? Cookie Monster's father buzzes in and answers "Because humanity has failed as a race", which is correct, so he is ungrounded for five hundred years. After his points are inducted, the sixth question begins. The sixth question is: What was the first flavor of Lifesaver? Cookie Monster's father buzzes in and answers "Cookie", which is incorrect, so he is grounded for twenty-five years. Boris buzzes in and answers "Pineapple", which is incorrect, so he is grounded for twenty-five years. Elmo's mother buzzes in and answers "Peppermint", which is correct, so she is ungrounded for twenty-five years. Then the seventh question begins. The seventh question is: How many states are there in the USA? Elmo's mother buzzes in and answers "50", which is correct, so she is ungrounded for one hundred years. Then the eighth question begins. The eighth question is: What is the best TV show ever made? Cookie Monster's father buzzes in and answers "Caillou", which is correct, so he is ungrounded for ten thousand years, but before Caillou can induct his points, Boris tells Cookie Monster's father that he is being a suck-up for the host, to which he replies that he just wants to win the game, even if it means lying to the host about which TV show is the best. His points are then inducted, and Caillou decides to initiate a commercial break. After the commercial break ends, the ninth question begins. The ninth question is: How many times did I blink today? Cookie Monster's father buzzes in and answers "0", which is incorrect, so he is grounded for two hundred years. Neither Boris nor Elmo's mother bothers to answer the question, so time runs out, and Caillou reveals the correct answer: 6,923. He decides to punish all of the contestants for not guessing correctly, so he sets all of their scores to intense negative numbers. Boris states that this action is completely unfair, but Caillou argues that he is wrong because he did this before, but then Boris points out that the difference is that he is an adult and Caillou is a child, so he does not need a reason to ground children, but Caillou needs a reason to ground adults. Elmo's mother suggests grounding Caillou, but Caillou refuses to be grounded because he is the host. Just then, the contestants all combine their grounding powers so they can ground Caillou, regardless of whether or not he is the host, and they ground him for 9365872653828675432 (nine quintillion three hundred sixty-five quadrillion eight hundred seventy-two trillion six hundred fifty-three billion eight hundred twenty-eight million six hundred seventy-five thousand four hundred thirty-two) years. Caillou, accepting defeat, walks off the stage, and Boris returns to his role as the show host, resets everyone's scores to how they were before Caillou set them to intense negative numbers, and asks the tenth and final question. The final question is: Breathe and you instantly get this question right. While neither Elmo's mother nor Cookie Monster's father buzzes in, they both get the question right for breathing, so they are both ungrounded for one hundred thousand years. The show ends with everybody ungrounded.