ZOOM, Series I; 321

Zoom number 321, WGBH-TV, Boston, 9276. Presentation of this program is made possible in part by a grant from General Foods Corporation and by public television stations and a grant from the Ford Foundation. Everybody's doing it, everybody's moving it Everybody's having a ball, yeah So won't you zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom Come on and zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom I'm Mike

My name's Rose I'm Hector I'm Donna I'm Timmy My name's Sean I'm Dean Who are you? What do you do? How are you? Nothing from you We need you So won't you zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom Come on and zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom Zoom is made possible by grants from McDonald's Corporation and McDonald's Restaurants Fund,

and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Lots and lots of you have written in asking to see some of your favorite Zoom segments again. Here are some of them. It's time to roll out the barrel. Okay. Here's a Zoom Barrel idea from Michelle Luce of Lompoc, California, and David Kenny of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Try building a pyramid with six people. Have three on their knees on the floor, then two people on their knees on top of them, and one person standing on the top. Good luck.

And to find out what's inside today. You and you in the middle, because you're lightest. The lightest? No, no, no, you too. Yeah, right, that's right. Aren't you going to get on top? No, I'll keep it. Oh, Abby! Move down, Mara, you're killing my knees. We did it! Yay! Okay, and then you've got to keep it kind of wide. Okay.

Now, let's come down. Bring it down. to even it out okay and it come from the other end back here so and then we can go up Okay, put it down like this. Let's stop when you get there. Looks pretty good.

Look at those wheels. Deasy Street's a really great street to skateboard on because it's wide and you can do lots of tricks on it and it's pretty long but it's not really that long and it's medium steep. Okay, let's start right here. I have a good bunch of friends and we skateboard together and there's me and there's Snoopy and And there's Danny, and there's Turkey, and there's Jay, and there's Jeff. I don't know too many people on Brindisi Street, but once when I was skateboarding down, a lady came out and got mad at me because she said she was asleep. The school won't let you take your skateboard to school

because they have a ramp at school that, you know, even when people run down it, they get hurt, and skateboarding down would be even worse. When you bring her skateboard to school, the teacher will just talk to you, and then she'll send you to the principal, and who knows what the principal will do. On Saturdays, we usually skateboard from 9 until about 11, and then we eat, and then we play football until about 3, and then we skateboard the rest of the day.

The Bridge by Laura McBrayer of Houston, Texas. Oh, well, here goes. One. Two. Hey man, what do you think you're doing here? I'm a reporter and I don't have any more stories to report. I'm gonna jump off this bridge. Would you like to join me? Sure, any time.

Okay, have a seat. okay one two hey wait what do you think you're doing i'm a reporter and i don't have any more stories to report and i'm a panhandler and there's no pans left to handle we're gonna jump off this bridge. Would you like to join us? Sure. Anytime. Have a seat. Ready? One, two, three. Wait just a minute. What do you think you're doing here? I'm a reporter and I don't have any more stories to report. And I'm a pan handler and there's no pans left to handle. And I'm a prize fighter and there's There are not any more prizes left to fight. We're going to jump off this bridge.

Would you like to join us? Why not? Okay. Have a seat. Ready? One, two, three. Hi, guys. What are you doing? I'm a reporter, and I don't have any more stories to report. and i'm a pan handler and there's no pans left to handle and i'm a prize fighter and i don't have any more prizes left to fight i'm a private eye and there are no more privates left to eye we're gonna jump off this bridge would you like to join us well okay obviously everybody ready One, two, three. Stop, stop. Why are you jumping off this bridge? I'm a reporter, and I don't have any more stories to report. And I'm a panhandler, and there's no pans left to handle. And I'm a prize fighter, and there are no more prizes left to fight.

I'm a private eye, and there are no more privates left to eye. And I'm a cloud, and I can't make anybody laugh. Well, I'm just a little girl, and I don't have any more money to buy another lollipop. So can I join you anyway? Sure. Sure. Is everybody ready? Yep. Okay, let's go. One, two, three, four, five! Wow. What a story. If you have a story or play you'd like to see on TV, write some C-double-O-N-F-O-X-3-5-0 Boston, that's O-2-1-3-4 Aqua City by Catherine Arterson of Rehoboth, Massachusetts.

It was 1986. Although man had been fighting pollution for many years, It had finally become so great that he was forced to take refuge beneath the sea. There he built vast and beautiful cities. These underwater, or aqua cities, had huge bubble-shaped domes to keep oxygen in. The air was pumped from the surface through a filter to keep out the pollution. The people inside were colored a glowing aqua blue. To get from house to house, we ride on conveyor belts. And when you're hungry, you can get a three-course meal at the automatic food center with a push of your finger. And at night, when you're sleepy,

you go to bed on soft, rubbery plastic filled with heated water and dyed nice, restful colors. And here's the pitch. TVs are huge screens that cover the wall. And at school, all the books have mini-stereo records inside that give you all the help you need. Less work for the teachers, see? Today's lesson begins on page 33. Telephones are made of clear plastic with small glass screens. Now you can see the person you're talking to. Hello? The playground is high above the houses on a huge platform, and it's the most beautiful part of the city. There's artificial grass all over that people and animals can eat, and there are atomic swings, and nuclear slides,

and little air coffins to fly on, and a glass barrel filled with melted chocolate to drink. Mmm! In the middle of the playground, right under the big globes hanging from the dome, there are glass fountains sparkling with goldfish. And there are museums. And libraries. And art galleries. Aqua cities kept in touch with each other through special devices on the outside of the domes. The sound waves from the code tapper of a city were recorded on tape to be cracked by the people who sent news around the city. The big news of 1986 was that an explosion had cracked another city's filter pipe. People screamed as polluted air and seawater poured into their city. The rescue team set up a drainage system for the broken pipe just in time and pumped out all the water that came through. They evacuated all the people from the city.

Soon, they had the leak under control, but it was a long time before anyone could return to the ruined city. A tiny computer helped scientists solve problems like that, but they hadn't yet solved the problem of pollution itself. By 1986, they still thought they needed a few hundred years more, but in the meantime, Aqua City was a big step forward. Zoom will resume after this important message. And now back to Zoom.

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Then every day we watered it well and washed it carefully. We hope one day that stick won't grow to be a lollipop tree. Ha, ha, ha, oh, oh, oh, what a sight to see. We and a lollipop, lollipop, lollipop, lolly, lolly, lolly, lollipop tree. Then one day we woke to find a very lovely sight

A tree full of lollipops had grown in the middle of the night We sat beneath that wonderful tree and looked up with a grin And when we opened up our mouths, a pop would drop right in. Ha ha ha ha ha, what a place to be. Under a lollipop, lollipop, lollipop, lollipop, lollipop, lollipop, lollipop tree. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, a place to be Under a lollipop, lollipop, lellipop, lellipop, lellipop, lellipop, lellipop tree Winter came and days grew cold, as winter days will do On our tree, our lovely tree

Not one little lollipop grew From every branch an icicle hung The twigs were bare as bones But when we broke the icicles off They turned to ice cream cones Ha ha ha, ho ho ho A weed dancing glee Under the lollipop, lollipop, lollipop Lollipop, lollipop, lollipop, lollipop, lollipop tree Ha, ha, ha, ho, ho, ho, come and dance with me, under a lollipop, lollipop, lollipop,

Come and dance with me Under a LOLLIPOP Lken Come and dance with me Under a LOLLIPOP! LOLLIPOP Lollipop tree. hope you enjoyed the show if you haven't seen your favorite zoom segment yet write to us and

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Presentation of this program was made possible in part by a grant from General Foods Corporation. and by public television stations and a grant from the Ford Foundation.