Bob the Builder, with his trusty toolbelt and sunny yellow hardhat, appears live in this 70-minute extravaganza, filmed before a pulsating audience of preschoolers in London's Wembley Arena. Though it may take home viewers a few minutes to grow accustomed to the live stage format--featuring actors dressed as Bob and Wendy--they'll happily settle in the minute they see the brightly colored crew of can-do machines--Scoop, Lofty, Dizzy, and Roley--glide onstage to the theme song, "Can We Fix It? Yes We Can!" In the spunky storyline, the mayor needs Bob to transform the city's junkyard into a park in time for the big Jamboree. Bob and crew get to work, but not without small glitches and mishaps, always solved with optimism and teamwork. Ten songs are blended into the mix as toe-tappin' diversions. Though home viewers can't experience the streamers and confetti at the show's end, they'll love boppin' with Bob during the appropriately adapted "Mambo No. 5" finale. (Ages 2 to 6) --Lynn Gibson