ZOOM, Series I; 207

And Presentation of this program is made possible by a grant from General Foods Corporation, by public television stations, and by grants from the Ford Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. So won't you zoom, zoom, zoom-a-zoom I'm on and zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom I'm Laura

I'm Kenny My name's Ann I'm David My name's Nancy I'm Jay Ugh! My name's Tracy. Who are you? What do you do? How are you? Let's hear from you. We need you. We're gonna zoom, zoom, zoom-a-zoom. Come on and zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom. Come on, give it a try We're gonna show you just why We're gonna teach you to fly high I wanna jump, I wanna jump, jump I wanna jump, I wanna jump, jump I wanna jump, I wanna jump, jump

I wanna jump, I wanna jump, jump Pull up the barrel. Here's a Zoom Barrel idea from Danny Dunbar of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. It's a game called Left-Right. Grab your left earlobe with your right hand and your nose with your left hand. Then grab your nose with your right hand and your right earlobe with your left hand at the same time. Then go back to the way you started and try it again. See how fast you can do it. Sure, let's try it. Watch out what's inside today. I don't like this. It looks like you're a deep sea diver. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da. All right, Dave, try it. No, I gotta always be crying. Okay, Jay, see how you end up. Just go fast and see where you end up. Don't think. Go ahead.

Go fast, go fast. Go fast. I'm Laura. I can do it. I think. I can do it. Can you do it? This is crazy. I can do it. I can do it. That's wrong. I grabbed your lips. No, I didn't. Yes, you did. You went... This is on my face somewhere. Go on, Moira. Ken, you can do it. I think I can. I can do it. All right, go ahead. I have somebody who can do this. No, I don't know. No, I don't think I can. Oh, Lord. Good. Why are you... Oh, he's excited. He did, thanks. Uh-oh. There were three ladies on a bus. One said... My today's windy. The second one said... It's not Wednesday. It's Thursday. The third one said... I'm thirsty, too. Let's get off the bus and have a cup of tea. Strawberries.

I want you to the strawberries. Two for a nickel, three for a dime. Think I should buy some? Yes, I think you should. Are they fresh? Fresh, yes, very fresh. All right, I think I will buy some. How much are the bananas? Two for a nickel, three for a dime. Are they fresh? Fresh, yes, very fresh. Do you think I should buy some? Yes, I think you should. I will. Hey, a penny for your thoughts. Two for a nickel, three for a dime.

Very good. Nice weather we're having, isn't it? Fresh, yes, very fresh. I think I should be leaving now. Yes, I think you should. Excuse me, could you tell me where the phone booth is? Two for a nickel, three for a dime. Are you being fresh to me? Fresh, yes, very fresh. You think I should slap you? Yes, I think you should. Do you have a play you've written? If you haven't, why not try? Send it to us. Maybe we'll do it on Zoom. Look at that bunch of cows.

Not bunch, herd. Herd of what? A herd of cows. Of course I've heard of cows. No, a cow herd. What do I kill with a cow herd? I don't have any secrets from a cow, huh? Dear Zoom, writes Tom Stazer of Erie, Pennsylvania. Thank Heaven! For a year I've been trying to figure out Uppy-Dubby. Now I can learn it. I hope your show stays on a long time. It's out of sight. Aqua City was far out. I'm sending along my version of 1986, and it's called Cloud City. And here it is. Cloud City by Tom Staser. In the year 1986, Earth is overpopulated and polluted. With nowhere else to live, scientists had to create Cloud City. Cloud City was built on a platform supported by the anti-gravity systems developed in 1984.

The platform was raised high above the pollution of the cities below. Giant machinery built the city in four weeks. Once the city was built, the workmen had to make the town warm enough and air fresh enough for the people to live in. To heat the icy cold platform, a solar mirror was installed to attract the sun's warmth. An air filtering system was installed beneath the platform so that the air was always clean. And when they were done, they called it Cloud City. and it was such a success that 19 others were built. They communicated by bouncing sound waves off each other mirrors and the main topic was that population was still growing and even Cloud City was becoming crowded. By 1989, the sky was full of Cloud Cities

and still the people grew and once again the scientists were put to work to find another Cloud City. In four weeks, the computer had the answer, and the crew went to work. And in two years, the project was finished, double Earth. And the scientists estimated that in 1,986 years, double Earth will be polluted and overpopulated. But maybe by then, they'll have an answer. I'm Craig Hilliard, I've been lobstering since I was about seven years old. I started going out with my father.

But now I have my own pots, and my own skiff. I have about 35 pots, and at the most I get one or two lobsters in each. They're pretty scarce now, so I feel good if I come in with about 13 or 14 a day. The biggest one I ever got was a six and a half pounder. They're using all redfish for bait. The lobsters must like it because they're crawling pretty good for this time of year. It's illegal to catch lobsters if they're too young.

There wouldn't be any left if we caught all the small ones. I have a gauge to measure how big the lobster is. If it's too short, I throw it back in. Put elastic bands on our lobster's claws to keep them from biting us and the other lobsters. If they bite the other lobsters, it could kill them. Lobstering's a lot of hard work. I knit my own nets and build my own pots. Sometimes I take some of my father's and grandfather's old pots and rebuild them. I also built a whole bunch of new ones for him last winter. He worked real hard last winter. Trouble was, he got so busy on his own, he gave up on hours. Lots of times I go out lopspin' with my grandfather and father, and they're big boy.

Oh, God. Oh! Oh! I guess Craig's going to be just like his father. He couldn't stop his father from lobstering, and I guess he's going to be a lobsterman all right. There isn't much he can do about it. I've been lobstering over 10 years now, and I enjoy it. If Craig likes as much as I do, he can go lobstering. I won't discourage him. it's a good healthy living some people think lobsters really hard but i like it i think it's a lot of fun if the lobsters keep holding up i'm gonna lobsters well it's all my life i guess

if you had the power to do anything in the world you wanted to what would you do build the swamp in my own backyard. I'd try to stop the war. Be a famous actress. I'd help other people who weren't, who were very poor. Make myself irresistible. Build a house. Stop all the environmental problems. Unite the world to a world government and solve the world's problem. Make peace on earth. I'd stop the wars and I'd make peace. Stop the war. Make everybody happy. Make I have one from Karen Paunton of White Plains, New York. It's called Animal Extinction.

Bald eagles and tigers, too, are getting extinct. What can we do? Make the hunters drop his gun. Killing animals is no fun You wouldn't like animals if they killed you So now we know what to do Make the hunters drop the gun Because killing animals is no fun That's right, I don't think they should kill animals Because they're not part of nature I have a poem from Patty Kenney Patty Kenney of Geneva, New York Okay, here we go Don't walk in front of me I may not follow. Don't walk in back of me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend. That's good. I have one. From Cheryl Bishop of Chester, Vermont. It says, Everybody says, I look just like my mother.

Everybody says, I'm the image of Aunt Bea. Everybody says, my nose is like my father's, but I want to look like me. That's good. Here's another short story by Frank Kramer, Jr., of Castleton-on-the-Hudson, New York. It's called The Ants. Okay. One night at 12 o'clock, an army of ants were eating some food. I woke up to get a drink of water and saw them. So we had a war. I used my pillow and the ants used the food. The ants were winning because they threw a watermelon and it landed on my head. That's good. We have one. It's from... Here is a, well, it's kind of a story, I guess. From Aaron McAllister of Edwardsville, Illinois. I'm sad, sad, sad. You poor kid.

If my neck was as tall as a giraffe's neck, I would bump my head on the trees. I would be sad, sad, sad. You poor kid again. And if I got a sore throat, it would hurt a long, long way down. And I would be sad, sad, sad again. And if I was walking and my neck touched the trees, the leaves would fall in my eyes. And I would be sad, sad, sad. That's good. Can you do this? It's called elastic jump. Watch very closely, I'll do it again. Have you ever, ever, ever in your long-legged life seen a long-legged sailor with a long-legged

wife? No, I never, never, never in my long-legged life seen a long-legged sailor with a long-legged wife. Have you ever, ever, ever in your bow-legged life seen a bow-legged sailor with a bow-legged wife? No, I never, never, never in my bow-legged life seen a bow-legged sailor with a bow-legged wife. Doom, doom, doom, do-a-zoom-doo, do-a-zoom-doo, do-a-zoom-doo. It's my dumb duck.

ORCHESTRA PLAYS Oops, took his eye. We'll be right back.

What? Thank you. This is Count Dracula.

Busy, busy, busy. Would you like to make a mask of your own? We have a Zoom card with the instructions on it. Now all you have to do to get the Zoom card is you send us a stamp self-addressed envelope, and that's an envelope with a stamp and your name and address on it. And we'll send you a Zoom card. Down, down, baby, down by the roller coaster, sweet, sweet baby, I don't want to let you go. Shimmy, shimmy, cocopa, shimmy, shimmy, pow, shimmy, shimmy, cocopa, shimmy, shimmy, lollipop. Gotcha. Got you. How the Giraffe Got His Long Neck by Amelia C. of Katona, New York. Once upon a time, long, long ago, there lived a giraffe and a skunk. One day they went walking in the jungle and met an ugly, smugly giraffe eater. Then the skunk said, I will save you, and he sprayed the giraffe eater. But the smell was so terrible that the giraffe stretched and stretched his neck so high he could eat the leaves of the tree.

And that's how the giraffe got his long neck. Here's a zoom barrel idea from Sam Van Alstyne of Chatham, New York. He sent in a tongue twister. Here it is. Try saying Tim the Thin Twin Tinsmith as fast as you can. He says bet you can't do it ten times. And to find out what's inside today! Tint

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You know, I have a better idea. Why doesn't Tim get a new job and a new name? Yeah. I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee I'm going to Louisiana, my tulip fort to see Oh Susanna, oh don't you cry for me I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee It rained all night the day I left The weather, it was dry The sun saw high, the rose to death Susanna, don't you cry

Oh, Susanna, oh, don't you cry for me I come from Alabama with my petio on my knee I had a dream the other night when everything was still I thought I saw Susanna coming down the hill A piece of cake was in her mouth, a tear was in her eye Says I am coming from the south, Susanna don't you cry Oh Susanna, oh don't you cry for me I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee Thank you.

I soon will be in New Orleans and then I'll look around And when I find Susanna I'll fall upon the ground But if I do not find her, then I will surely die. And when I'm dead and buried, Susanna, don't you cry.

Oh, Susanna, oh, don't you cry for me. I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee. Oh, Susanna, oh, don't you cry for me. I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee. Oh, Susanna, oh, don't you cry for me. I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee. Say you wake up in the middle of the night. You got an idea that's out of sight. So you jump out of bed, look around your room. You're going to write it all down and send it to Zoom. Or say you just seen something on this show, or someone cool you just got to know. Write it all down, don't make a mess, and don't forget your name and address.

Include a stamp so we can drop you a card, then dip your note in the bucket of lies. David doesn't know what he's talking about. You put it in an envelope without a doubt. Take your typewriter, pencil, or pen. And if you make a mistake, you've got to do it again. Try some C-double-O-N, box 3-5-0. Boston, that's O-2-1-3-4. We're gonna zoom, zoom, zoom-a-zoom. Come on and zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom. Come on, give it a try. Presentation of this program was made possible in part

by a grant from General Foods Corporation and by Public Television Station. Thank you.