ZOOM, Series I; 426

. . . Thank you. We'll be right back. I'm Tishy. I'm Red. I'm Kate. I'm Norma. I'm Tracy. I'm Tommy. I'm Carmen. I'm David. I'm Andre.

Who are you? What do you do? How are you? Let's hear from you. We need you. So won't you zoom, zoom, zoom-a-zoom. Come on and 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. Come on and zoom. This program is funded by grants from McDonald's Corporation and McDonald's Restaurants Fund and by Public Television Stations, the Ford Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Carmen, can you balance these on the back of your hand? On the back? What do you mean? Like that.

Right there? Yeah, can you? Let's see. We'll do it very steadily. Oh, oh, oh. Hey, you've got to be careful here. Here, here. Hold your fingers up. See if you can... Web your... Make your fingers like that. Don't put it on me. I'm not. Don't worry. Just keep it. You're gonna trip. Here, put your fingers out like that. So, see? Just keep on it. See if you can do it. Can you do it? That's great. Just keep it there. Very good. That's excellent. Hey, Red, I've got a trick for you today. You do? Yeah. That's great. I can see it. Well, you see, there were four jacks, and they asked if they could stay in this castle. Well, well, it turned out that they own the castle, so they had their own separate rooms. Then these queens came along and asked if they could join the jacks. The jacks said, yeah, I guess so. Then these kings came along and asked if they could join the queens and the jacks. Well, they said, we need a little excitement, so that's what they did. Then these aces from, I don't know, asked if they could join the kings, the queens, and the jacks. They said it was pretty crowded,

so they finally gave in and said, yes. So they joined them. It was getting pretty bored, and, you know, no lights in the castle. So they said, let's dance. So that's what they did. You sure this is the trick? Yeah, and so they did the two-step. Now, the two-step is you cut the deck and place the other half on top of it as many times as you want. But, you know, Red, don't overdo it. Okay. After that, the Jacks, the Queens, and the Kings went all back to their rooms. This is kind of funny. I hope you're right. This is a card trick. Now we're back to their rooms. That's very good. That's very good.

is just one thing. Uh, can I kind of give me a hand to this secret? Well, you know, magicians never tell their secrets. And you certainly must know that. That's right. Very good. Okay, Tommy. You balance these on the back of your hand. Yes. Put out your hand. Yeah. All right? Spread your fingers apart. You know, you've got to balance this. How about the other one? You think you can do the other one at the same time? Well, you've got to be careful. Come on, now. What happens if I spill it? Well, you're in trouble, then. I don't know. You better be careful. Just be careful. Good. You know, that's the first person I've ever seen that could ever do that in my life. That is fantastic, Tommy. That is really... Just keep it there, Tom. It's great. My name is Scott Bennett and I have a sister named Ginger Bennett.

We live on sort of a farm in Lakeville, Massachusetts. We have a lot of animals to feed. We got a bull, a steer, 15 geese, a couple of pigs, Five sheep, some cats, five dogs. We feed them every morning around 6.30. My brother Scott and I have an eye disease called macular degeneration. It makes it harder for us to see the way other kids do. One of the things that helped me see better is my ring telescope that I got from the eye clinic in Boston and it helps me like see the animals and at the blackboard helps me and sometimes I watch TV with it. I'm looking at the sheep now and my telescope it magnifies it and it makes it look clearer than it was before so I

can see it better it's fun to look to sometimes the eye problem I have is a blind spot in the middle of my eye so I wouldn't look straight at something like a regular person would I look off to the side because the sides of my eyes are still good it hasn't changed my life that much my mother lets me do the things I want and if I can't do it I just can't do it I really like to play the piano a lot so the people at the eye clinic gave me a music stand to go on top of the piano and I just pull it down and put music on it it makes the notes easier to read because it brings them closer to me when i was in fourth grade i started you know not being able to see the blackboard that well anymore and it just seemed get blurry and blurry

every day didn't happen too fast though sometimes i wish i'd never had it but sometimes I'm glad I have because like well it's funny because you discover newer things and like if you didn't have it you'd just be an ordinary person we go to the eye clinic in Boston and the doctors there give us things to help us see better I got some glasses that helped me read small print. It's sort of like a magnifying glass that makes the print bigger. It's still hard to read even with the glasses. I have to get very close to the page. We also have a tape recorder that makes it easier for us to enjoy books.

Sometimes we just listen to stories that my grandmother tapes for us. Survival with style. Chapter one, looting off the land. Anybody at any moment can find himself thrown upon his own resources for survival. I pledge my head to clear thinking, my heart to great loyalty. Every couple of weeks we go to a 4-H meeting with Mr. Hawk. We have a lot of friends there. My country and my world. You know, the amount of covering here. Wool can hide something. Now we are teaching the two new kids how to get sheep ready for fears and what the judges would be looking for. This is where the high-priced cuts come in, okay? You don't want to get in the judges where you don't look and try and set his legs square. There's a lot to know about raising animals. You have to know how much food to give them, what kind of shelter they need,

how much exercise what shots and medical care they would need now the legs are all right so if they're all right you don't have to move right don't you think they're all right Scott at least the front now you have to keep a look on the back feet too they should be set fairly square what do you think Donna which is the longest animal from this view okay that's number one I guess isn't it Because it was originally back here. Right. Okay. None of my friends have this side problem. It's kind of unusual, but we learn to live with it. Everyone has their own problems. And my friends try to help me a lot, and I try to help them. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. And now, in the fading grandeur of the once-famed Zoom-in, another episode of As the World Zooms.

What a business. Brett has picked Louie's after me two hours late. You mean I've been waiting two hours already for my breakfast? Mr. Williams, I'm so hungry. Take it easy, Maxie. Maybe I could fix you something. Oh, that's all right. I'm not that hungry. I think I'll wait for Bertha. Hi, guys. Why do you have skates? My stomach. I'm waiting for your breaking bacon and eggs. You're so hungry. Why, why, why, why, why, why? Why did you skate to her? It took you two hours. No, it didn't. I'm a great skater. Bonnie thinks I should be a skating waitress. Skating waitress, huh? Then why are you late? Because Professor Vondankov hasn't fixed my alarm clock yet. That's why I've been late twice this week. Three times. Okay, three times. Until the professor scroll. Did I hear someone mention my name?

Is the elevator broken again? Professor, have you fixed my alarm clock? I'm not sure. You're not sure? Well, I took something apart a few days ago, and I had some trouble putting it back together again. My clock, Professor. Bertha! We know I've been in my hotel. I have a business to run. And if you're late one more time, I'll have to reconsider your position in my hotel. Mr. Williams, does that mean you're going to fire her? It's up to Bertha. Can this be true? Is the manager of the zoo man about to show his royal waitress the door? Hey, cut it out, Willia. This is the end of the episode. Phew, what can we do? Bertha, if you don't find your alarm clock, you're gonna be in big trouble. And I'll be in trouble if I don't fix the elevator. Mr. Williams is such a... Hey, what's this?

That, Professor, is my alarm clock. No kidding. Sure, I recognize it. Hey, Bertha, your alarm clock's working again. Great! Hey, Mr. Williams, you can't fire me now. Now I remember. I was trying to teach Lucas how to fix alarm clocks. Lucas? Lucas? Sure. Dogs are smart, and he fixed it in a jiffy. Right, Lucas? Tom, boy, stop it. Lucas! He's proud, because he fixed your clock, Bertha. Thanks, Lucas. Lucas! Lucas, get down from the table. Lucas! Lucas! Lucas, get down, Lucas, come on! Lucas! Oh, whoa! Maybe I can get you one! What are you gonna do? Don't worry! Lucas can fix it! Come on, Lucas! Come on, Lucas! Come on, Lucas! Come on, you can do it! Come on, you can do it, just like last time. Well, folks,

you've always heard of time flying, and now you've seen it. But things are still ticking along at the old Zoom Inn. And we hope all you nice people will be with us for the next alarming episode of As the World Zooms. Hey, did you ever think that you could make a jump rope out of bread bags? Well, he can, and I'll show you how to do it. All that you need to do is save up 24 bread bags and some scissors and some tape. What you do is you cut off the ends of the bread bags so they have a hole. And the reason why you do this is because when you braid the bread bags together, they won't get up, you know, bunch up like balloons. After you do that, you tape, you overlap the bags, then you tape them. You keep on taping and taping and taping until you have eight in a row, and you have to have three rows of eights. And it should look like this.

Oh, no. This. And you gotta have a friend when you have to braid it. Hey, Tishy. What are you doing? See, your friend holds the top part, and you start braiding tightly as you can. You keep braiding till you get to the end, And when you get at the end, you got to tape, so you have to tape the top parts so you can make a handle. And at the end, it should look like this. Come on, let's try it, Tish. What jumpers? Oh, should I sing? All right, I'll do it. All right, I'll do it. All right, I'll do it. Bubble gum, bubble gum in a dish. How many pieces do you wish? I know you won't believe me, waitress, but this is a genuine talking dog.

That's right, mister, I don't believe you. And if that sorry-looking creature can talk, I'll give you both a free meal. You will? Well, come on, boys, say something. like what's the top of this building called roof oh come off it i'll ask him one okay what's the greatest baseball player that ever lived roof wise guy you guys are going back out in that street that dog can't talk well i can't win them all maybe i should have said mickey mantle So, Norman, Kate, Andre, I would like you to meet Sally Heckman and Rowdy. Hi, Rowdy. Hi, Rowdy. Hi, Sally. Hi, Sally. Hi, Sal. Zoom made a guest film about Sally, and we're all going to watch it together. Let's watch. Say six, five, four, three. Don't say five, four, three, two, two. That's how we start talking. Today my family and I had a sled dog race and we raced Siberian Husky, but many people

run hounds, mutts, Alaskan huskies, Eskimo dogs, Samoyeds, any kind of dog that will run is fine to run. They run them. The sled that we use for racing is made out of light wood so that the dogs can pull it really fast. The lines are made out of colorful polyethylene so that if you get in the tangle you can find your own lines and get out of This is where I stand, and we need rubber so we don't fall off. And this is the brake, just in case you have to stop. It takes a really unique art to ride a sled, like if you're going around a corner, and you have to learn how to take the corners with the sled, and you have to also learn how to control your dogs while you're riding the sled. I've been racing since I was five years old, and now I'm racing three dogs. My father races seven.

My brother Scott races three the dogs really get excited when I'm harnessing them because they know that I'm gonna be racing them soon This is rowdy, and he's my lead dog I usually have two lead dogs You need a lead dog so that he will take the rest of the team where you want him to go Usually the lead dog has to be really smart Howdy stay This is Wolf, and I put him up at double lead with Rowdy because he's learning how to be a lead dog himself. He's only a puppy. Lead dogs have to be really well trained because if you get into a problem, then they have to stay and do whatever you tell them to. Stay. No. Just stay. This is Tico. She's a wheel dog. wheel dogs are really important because they make up the main part of the team my brother Scott and I always try to beat each other he's a better driver but I have an advantage too

because I can really talk to my dogs and get them up before the race just before the race I get butterflies my butterflies feel more like bats as the race gets closer I imagine everything that's gonna happen like I'm gonna get lost or I'm gonna crack up my sled or something like that when I'm right up to the starting line all my fears just go out the door because I don't know I'm gonna race and I'm gonna get out there and I'm gonna win so although my worries just leave each team starts 60 seconds apart and you're not really racing against each other, you're racing against time. 15 seconds. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and go! Get him, Ronnie!

Let's go! The course we run is about 5 to 6 miles, and if we have a good run, and we usually average about 12 miles an hour. Go get him! When I'm racing, I feel really good because I'm doing it all by myself and nobody helped me. I have these three dogs under my command. I can just say something to my lead dog and he'll do it, hopefully. Straight ahead, come on, attaboy. Come on, Cheek, let's go! There are certain commands that the sled dog driver has to know, like G is for right, R is for left, and straight ahead is for straight ahead. When I'm passing somebody, it really feels good because I know I'm better than them at that particular moment. But the feeling vanishes when they pass me the next moment. I know most of the other kids that are racing,

And when we meet out on the trail, it's kind of funny because they're an entirely different person almost because they're just trying to help their dogs and they don't hardly even know you. Many people think that sled dog racing is just going out there for a free ride, just riding the sled along, but it takes a lot of work. When I go over the finish line and the flag comes down, I feel like I just accomplished something great. When they're reading off the names, telling the times and everything, I get all excited because you think that the next name is going to be yours, and then when it isn't, the next name, the next name, and then it gets up to where there's a trophy

and they still haven't said your name yet. You get all excited and everything. We're at first place at 32.44, Valley Hitchcock. Oh, it's good. Yeah, it's good. See you so far? Be good, Rod. How did you get started in this? Well, when we were in Colorado, my mother and father saw a husky, and they really liked it. So when they came back here, they found that they were in the middle of dog racing country. So they just got started in it, and we have a lot of friends that helped us get started. Say you were five? I was five when I started. Well, see, from the time when you're five to the time when you're ten to twelve, you run one dog on a mile course. and then from the time from it depends on if you can really drive a sled good then you can start when you're 10 for three dogs but if you can't drive a sled

good you can start when you're 12 to race three dogs until you're 16 then you race five dogs uh what is this that's the harness that rowdy wears when he's pulling is this what part is the head this part I'll put it on. Hope he doesn't stop running. Let's all go five, six, five, four, three, two. Oh, please. Oh, please. Sit down. Go for it. This goes... Ready. I'm going to say it like that. Oh, yes, I see. I think he's going to race. Oh, I see. I see. I see. That's pretty cooperative. Yeah. That's what you hook it up to the chain right when I was watching um the film I saw there was a St. Bernard there What was that doing there just for books? Mascot, uh, mascot, yeah, you know Huskies

And the people they come to dog races sometimes they bring their pets and everything which isn't too good because the team And, you know, you're walking with your little pet, Chihuahua, along the trail. And all of a sudden, it's a seven-dog team. How about dessert, you know? Don't we look alike? Yeah, you do have a bad face. No, you don't have to fall in love with it. All right. Now let's wrap up this business and get out of here, all right? Haven't you had enough now? Did you know it takes five sheep to make one wool sweater?

Really? I didn't know sheep could knit. Bad. Terrible, terrible. What did the baby chicks say when their mother laid an orange? Gee, I don't know. What? Look at the orange marmalade. That's just awfully, awfully, awfully, awfully. This is too much. What do you get when you cross a policeman with an elephant? I don't know. But I sure wouldn't argue with it if it gave me a ticket. Neither would I, son. say what did the beaver say to the tree i have no idea it's nice gnawing you Wait a minute.

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