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Soon. 1 1 7 repack WGBH TV Boston. Oh. And. You. Presentation of zoom is made possible in part by a grant from General Foods corporation and by this station and by other public television stations the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Ford Foundation. Oh. Yeah. Right. You're. With.
Me. By. The end. Of the of. The year. What are you most afraid of.
Something I never saw. The world. A big horror movie and it's dreams was like. A. Dark. Crack in. My case. Sharks. Poisonous snakes. I don't know. Like. Animals making a lot of noise in the dark. Sometimes afraid to die. Good thanks. Sometimes I think it's really good but sometimes. If you go. Wandering over Border Street in the china. That. When I'm working. Here's some letters you tell us what you were afraid of you know. The. Path field of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. It's called the hearts of the night. Dark of the night comes to me in many ways.
The stairs leading to the basement. Lead to a dungeon of fear. The dark swirls around me. The things that are down there turn into ghostly faces and names. Everything's terrifying. I walk around the dungeon and pretty soon I fall deeper and deeper into a pit. The vines and leaves and roots grab at my feet and hands. I struggled to get free. And then. I find myself. In my bed lying and looking at the ceiling. Here's what I'm thinking of Lexington. Yes. Do you know the scariest thing of my life is actually Ray I'm going to get you small. Oh. I have one from Jerry Lee of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. She stands deers home. I'm afraid to get you fired. And the world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier. His punches hurt
like the cold. I can't blame you. And. I love you like crazy reason. Oh here's a letter from well his name is a mention but he's from Dee Moore in Iowa. He says. Do you assume you know what I'll really be scared of and zoom goes off the year that the AP just received us you know that I love. This is why. Eric Brown of Lexington Massachusetts. He says I'm not scared of anything. Research. Has a lot of coverage. Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. Hi I'm Rick Berman and I made the clay animated titles for this program.
Oh. To make the clay ready to be animated it has to be soft enough so you can move it around so you often need it around. Roll it and really work it before it's ready and when you make the clay films you have to would do it very slowly like. First you put a piece of clay down and put it in the shape you want or part of the shape and then click off a frame or two and then go back to it. And make it more into the shape of what you want. And then you go back and click of a few more frames and that way it'll look like it is forming by itself instead of you forming it and you keep on shaping it and clicking of frames and it takes a lot more time than it
looks like because you're going back and forth between camera and clay. The reason why I like making clay films is because at the end when you see the films it really looks nice and sort of rewards you for all the work you've done and put into it and that's really why I like making these films. All right. That's not one I would choose. Then he messages in time you got to stick it on me. Thank you. That's it.
You know it really all you know like oh oh let me see this. I hate you we hate you. Thank you. So you know and I'm like wow I guess there's one for my dame. Why put a little more name which I don't even know. All right for you down the wing. Oh that's all that's good and two for my lady and my master. Yeah. That was what I was like. You know 100 times OK. OK. Fun. Oh oh oh. Oh yes yes this is a challenge. I mean this is a challenge. I'm not.
OK. 60s 60s these Trixie's 60s sees a big seas take place. But these only make space. If someone there is he's going to pick up chicks. Yeah I know I don't know. No known living like that. Like. So 70s. Ah I have it. If you are my baby. Oh yes oh yes. It was all right but. You can come back. One day even if
you don't tell. Me damn. You Sergeant. Yeah. I turned one of my one on one to one someone chooses I did for me. I see it. 1 2 3. 0. 0 0 0. 0 you got it. How many. That's it easy. Easy. Ninety.
Nine days. No. Run business with me.
But. I. Just said hi kids. I told him that there was a kid. Here is. He's 15. Thanks for talking to me. Best wishes 73.
I'll write to you. This has probably gotten.
This these two puppets in here were sent in by Robin Strong's Jersey City New Jersey. He she writes she writes. She writes these are paperback couplets and maybe they can be used for something and they are very easy to make. And this one this one worker copy here is sent in by Stephanie Bruno Houston Texas. Well. Here we are again. Thank you. Second part of our drama. Yes you are again. I think I get it let you see this guy dog lover. Like. A man. Why did.
This. Let us what's. What's that thing coming. From behind you. This is a little. Bit. What do you. Know. What's. Wrong. And this secret dome. Oh. Thank.
You. Good evening. Each week at this time zoom brings you a story your play sent in by one of our viewers. This week in Istanbul more of Newton Massachusetts has sent in a gripping exciting story called riddles riddles by Donna Moore. The next letter is called True it is true it's not voids to create 3000. Hello this is the bar woman's residence. Hi John. How would you like to hear a riddle said Gladys. Well OK but just for a few minutes said Mr. Wood who has gray hair and don't know her name said Gladys who replied Miss Jewett you said Gladys me. Oh well now I'll give you a riddle. Who is Grace blackish white hair.
Oh so good as you and I don't have blackish boy to share goodbye and that's for a fact. And she hung up. This is a very confusing story but for such dramatical emotions slippery could not fail to bring it to you that night as Miss Truett and John were going to bed. Ha said John in a rather mean voice. Yes said Miss Truett. Oh Joan. I just got the phone bill and it's four hundred ninety one dollars. Explain why you were on the phone. Why. Said John. Well Gladys was on the phone too. She said who is Gladys. He said Gladys Travers the lady with the grace blackish whitish hair she said. Well you just tell her to stay off la phone. So John what does love me. She asked. It means in French he said. But you really wish she said. So said he.
You may be confused as to why Miss Should is living with Mr. John guardians. But they are legally married before Mr. Behrens went to bed. He called Gladys and called 9 9 5 3 1 2 6 1. Hello Felix Travis here who's speaking. Hello Phoenix this is John Barry Jones. Let me speak to Gladys. Yeah Gladys here. Hello Gladys. Give me four hundred ninety one dollars. Well I'll try. But why said Gladys. Because you're a grayish blackish whitish haired lady Good bye he said. And then he went and put on his doggie pajamas. If you do happen to notice the resemblance between myself and one of the characters you can't really be helped.
The next morning John went to the Travis house. Let's hand over the money. Felix was Gladys's husband. I have the 400 and whatever money here I have it in good health said Felix Felix. This is. The next morning John went to the Travis house. Hi Felix. Hand over the money. Felix was lattices husband. I have the 400 and whatever money here I have it in good health said Felix Felix. This is money from monopoly. So John of course it is said Felix this is some kind of a joke. So John you know it is a riddle said Felix. The next day they gave real money to the phone company and the whole thing was cleared up in the end. If you have a play or story that you have written. I would like to see on
television. Please send it to him too soon. Box 3 5 0 0 0 Boston MA. 0 2 1 3 4. Thank you. I tell you is it true. My dear how I got here all here I wanted to ask. You that time is that you. Can't tell me I died I picked it up I think yeah I know. These are vital to that you cannot touch and you cannot have the ball twice. He didn't have a you know how to tie it so I want you I want to what is there you know I think that I know
he's out. I'm out. I'm in here. Hey you know I'm right now trying to pick up that pick up to. You I do yes. OK. Yes.
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Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. See that was a zoom doodle sent in by Wally Collins of Springfield Massachusetts. If you have a zoom doodle you'd like to share with us send it into zoom. I don't really know. Me. Who was there. That.
Was thought of little bass lorissa letter and she said I think you should shade the songs about who was presented by like say wake up in the middle for a night. Because it's become pretty boring. My sister and I thought up what each section could be sung by different person. So here it is. You guys better rags a group of the best Astrid and it will decay. Cue the music. Right but you got to Boob it throughout the house when you bring things out. This neat idea that's really cool for this time of year. It may be a merry game was out. Then. Can't go wrong. I'm just real nice to me and I didn't really want. One of the things you think we can you know. How about something like a neighbor would know. Your name your address your stamp been your and hopeful story Sunday and then you come to me and I just don't let it drop. Yes but it's no good not me by
Boston. It's a lot to lose. Can. You just. Answer. I am. Presentation of zoom was made possible in part by a grant from General Foods corporation and by this station and by other public television stations. I want to.
Series
ZOOM, Series I
Episode Number
117
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
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Series Description
"ZOOM is a children's show comprised of weekly half-hour episodes which showed what youngsters do and think. Seven ZOOMers hosted each episdoe, and the cast changed over run of series. ZOOM premiered locally as ""Summer-Do"" in 1970, and premiered nationally in January 1972. ZOOMers played games, told jokes, riddles (called Fannee Doolees) and stories and did crafts projects...and invited ideas from their audience. The result was an avalanche of ZOOMmail - in the first season, over 200,000 letters. Additionally, the Ubbi Dubbi language was invented by ZOOM."
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Zoom - Program # 117 - 3/30/78 Dubbed from 2 Master.
Genres
Children’s
Media type
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Duration
00:29:00
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Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
Production Unit: Children's Programming (STS)
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Format: Betacam
Generation: Master
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APA: ZOOM, Series I; 117. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-29p2nsh4