Kindly Old Geppetto runs a local toy shop, fashioning toys of all kind. One night, a fairy hears Geppetto wishing that the puppet he is crafting were real. The fairy makes the puppet come to life. At this realization, Geppetto is happy: now, he won't be poor any more. In no time, he's made a deal with a local TV station to put Pinocchio on TV. But the little puppet only wants to do a brave deed and be a real boy. It seems that his dream will be lost until he proclaims the bravest deed of all: he'll do the show without cue cards. However, this turns him into a real boy, and the show now has no "hook."