 A stop-motion animated grasshopper named R.B. Bugg works as a reporter who gathers information for live-action news anchorwoman Red Green at TV station WORD. With each report submitted, lessons on grammar and sentence structure are taught as R.B. Bugg edits his writing with Red s help. Each episode includes a segment in which the grasshopper sings "Palabra Jot, Palabra Jot, Write a Little, Write a Lot," to encourage children viewing the show to do their own writing. The end of every show finds R.B. Bugg fallen asleep in front of a TV set on which the U.S. National Anthem plays as the flag is lowered, followed by static as the station goes off the air for the evening.