ZOOM, Series I; 332

Zoom number 332, WGBH-TV Boston. 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. We're gonna zoom, zoom, zoom, ah, zoom Come on and zoom, zoom, ah, zoom Everybody's doing it. Everybody's pooping it. Everybody's having a ball. Yeah, so won't you 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 is made possible by grants from McDonald's Corporation and McDonald's Restaurants Fund,

and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. May I have your order? Yes, I'll have a big banana split with lots of whipped cream and chocolate sauce, five scoops of ice cream, and don't forget the nuts. Would you like a cherry? Don't be silly. I'm on a diet. It's time to roll out the barrel. Here's a barrel sent in by Linda Scherer of Cologne, New Jersey. Dearsome, see if you can do this. Stand on one foot and close your eyes. Now harp in a circle while saying, Butterflies flutter by. How long can you do it? It's hard. And to find out what's inside today.

Butterflies flutter by, butterflies flutter by, butterflies flutter by. Don't fall or anything, then, you know? Two at a time, are you ready? The championship. Ready? Go. Butterflies flutter by, butterflies flutter by, butterflies flutter by, butterfly flutter by, butterfly flutter by. Hey, you're not saying it! Butter. Butterflies! Butterfly! Butterflies! Butterfly! Butterflies! Butterflies! Come on, lot! Where's the wolf? I'll try it again. Ask for you guys, I'll go third enough. I'll go after you guys. Slightly a time. Butterflies nearby! Butterflies nearby! Butterflies! I'll do with you, Sean. No, wait! Sean. Rolle! Butterflies Flutterby, butterflies Flutterby, butterflies Flutterby!

Butterflies Flutterby, butterflyinfl… Wait, wait wait. Everybody do it, everybody do it! Ready, go. One. Two. One, two, three four. Butterflies Flutterby, butterflies Flutterby. Butterflies Flutterby Butterflies Flutterby, butterflies Flutterby. Butterflies Flutterby. Bon encontrar room! What do you think about the rating system for movies? Some movies kids can say, but some they can't. We had a rap about it. I don't like the rating system at all. I don't like this. Girl, you don't get nothing to do, right? It's like it's on a Saturday night, right? You don't have anything to do.

It's not too late. And you want to go to a movie. They won't let you in without your parents. Yeah, but I think the movie, like The Exorcist, like, you know, they wouldn't even be shown. They shouldn't even be shown. Like, half the people... America would get a better sleep if they didn't show The Exorcist. I think that's disgusting. Disgusting. Everybody think that, you know... That's one movie I don't think it should see. Yeah, I know. I think it'd be rated X. I mean, lots of characters. Like, some movies there, you know, if you get the money, they'll let you in. The whole world is made up of violence, so why don't you just put down the real things? That's what people like to see. You know, they say they hate the war and everything. When they go to movies and they see a war, like World War II, or Patton, or something like that, they love it. Generations have changed, because, like, violence is the thing. It's the in thing. And people, when they fight, they don't consider how someone, like, they get stabbed or something. They don't consider how that person feels. They just want to see it. Yeah. They say you can't go to a movie with sex in it because there's something that parents don't want them to see.

People do. It's all going to be dirty. No, and some parents would. People underestimate kids. Like, they think, well. Everything that has sex in it. and they don't want their kids my mother thought i didn't know like my mother thought i didn't know stuff so i said something oh i go i don't know i made a remark my mother goes to my sister she knows Do-a-zoom-doo, do-a-zoom-doo, do-a-zoom-doo, do-a-zoom-doo. You can use many different kinds of woods when you make snowshoes.

We use ash because it's one of the strongest woods and it's fairly easy to bend. It takes two people to hold a toe in the heel or else it'll fly apart and the cross braces will come out and you have to do it all over again. You're a bust. Here, do you want me to come? Yeah. I'll put it together in a little bit. When you start the webbing, you have to concentrate really hard

on getting the knots right and tight, because if they're not tight, then the webbing might sag, and the webbing is what holds you up on the snow. Mine's finally beginning to look like a snowshoe webbing. Sometimes if you do it well, it comes out looking like a ready-made tennis racket. In each snowshoe, there's over 100 feet of twine, so when you're doing the webbing, it feels like you keep on pulling and pulling forever. The tail cords and the heel cords have to be very strong because they take most of the weight of your foot and they support you. You're about finished?

Just about finished this last knot. There, I'm finally finished. Good. This stuff doesn't get all over your clothes too. Really glop it on and it's soaking. It looks a lot better after it's finished. Really got to put a lot on to keep it stiff. Oldener tubes and leather scraps are good to make bindings with. It seems like there's endless amounts of knots in the snowshoe. You have to have a toe strap and heel loop which holds your boot onto the snowshoe. I'm just about ready. Hope for the best. I will.

When you start snowshoeing, it's kind of hard at first because you put one shoe on top of the other and trip and fall into the snow. Your feet are so wide and so long, it's hard to walk with them at first. You have to get used to it. Lots of kids have written in and said we ought to place your rates. The rules are simple. Everyone writes down a word on a piece of paper. You put all the words into a hat, and then you have to act out the one you pick. See if you can guess the words before we do. Oh, I cut myself. Hi, we cut myself. This is cute.

How many syllables? Six syllables. I go low. I wonder who's that is. Popcorn. Arm. Wrist. Shirt. Small. Small shirt. Small shirt. Is it one word? anti-disestablishment two words you gotta tell us how many words there's four syllables four words well put this one down short small little tiny little what what's the rest what word is that What is that? Sleeve. Sleeve. Shirt. Sleeve. What is that? Material. Red. Red. Red, red. Little red. Little red riding hood. Oh, this is going to be fun. Third syllable.

Three words. Three... Third... Three vowels. Three syllables. Three syllables. One syllable. The second syllable. A B. Ten words! E, F, F, H, I, J, J. A, B, C, D. Ten. Sounds like ten. Pen. Pen? Pencil! Pennsylvania! Pen! What do you say, Michael? Penguin! You! you pen sounds like pen it's pen all right um what's what what does the first syllable sound like turn turn turn pin turn a pen turn turn a pen sounds like turn a pen turn a pen turn a pen Turpenta? Turpentine.

Turpentine. You got it! You got it! Turpentine! Hold on, turpentine, I'll kill him! Buttermilk is good for you, but very few people like it. But here's a recipe that will make buttermilk taste good. What you need is about a glass of buttermilk, some ice cream, half a glass of orange juice, and two tablespoons of brown sugar. What you do is you take your cup of buttermilk and pour it into a mixer bowl. And you take about half a glass of ice cream, about a scoop maybe. and put it in with your buttermilk.

Half a glass, maybe. Then you take half a glass of orange juice and you pour it in with your buttermilk and your ice cream. Then you take two tablespoons of brown sugar and you add it with the rest. Okay. Then you stir it with a bead until it's smooth, then you pour it into a glass, it's the same glass. Then you drink it. It's better than the buttermilk. my name is steven so i live in chinatown san francisco i moved from hong kong about four

years ago when we first came here we didn't know nothing we didn't know any friends and my mom wanted us to go back us where we felt lonely and just like stranger then we met this friend and now we got a lot of friends here every morning I have to meet the bus to go to school First, I didn't know I speak English, and people said it's easy to learn, and we didn't believe it. I want to use the word clear in there, and I can add on a sound, like L-Y. I say speak clearly, right?

Everybody say that little kids learn English faster than adults. They taught me about a year to learn. Yeah. I say, read it. A child spoke timidly. I wonder what this thing is for. You sure? Yeah. Pascal is a friend of mine. He's French, and I help him with his English. Put a tiny bit of bread in it. Which one do you think? Thank you, sir. When I come home from English school, I go to this Chinese school called Nam Keo. A lot of kids from Chinatown go to Chinese school. In Chinese school I learned spelling, writing, reading.

My mom want me to go to Chinese school because my mom doesn't know how to speak English. She didn't want me to forget Chinese. Eddie is my neighbor, and he's my best friend, too. One day I was playing in the park, and he asked me, do I want to play tight? And I said, OK. And then we made friends.

Nice fishing. What a fish, a big one. Yeah, I hope I can get one that big. You could beat me in chess. No, I'm so lousy at it. How do you want to get this, that kind over there, or this kind? Any kind. Get this kind. Yeah, this kind. This is better than me. Where are you? One pound. Yeah, one pound. OK. Let's cast it way out there. OK. Woo-wee. Oh, you're a lot farther than mine. Isn't it weird?

My brother don't even tell me where to go fishing. Maybe he has a secret place. Yeah, he must be. And he won't tell me. Why don't you ask him? He won't tell me. Beg him, man. Maybe it's from Hong Kong, that big boat. I like to go back to Hong Kong and visit there because my mom's Chinese and I'm a Chinese. But I like living here too. Thank you. I think.

Got it? Well, get it. All right. Now. Now, something tells me. Oops. It's not going to work out. No, it isn't. Okay, here's a letter sent in by Allison Piron of Dinebotton, New Hampshire. She writes, Dear Sir, here's a funny joke I know. This is, oh, you're going to read this. A movie director who was writing a letter to an animal dealer wasn't sure about the plural of mongoose. He tried it this way. Dear Sir, please send me two mongooses. That didn't look right, so we threw the sheet in the wastebasket and started all over again this way. Dear Sir, please send me two mongoose. That seemed even worse than the first try. The director sat and studied over his problem a bit and then got it figured out on a fresh piece of paper He wrote dear sir, please send me a mongoose while you're at it. Send me another one, too

Wait now let's approach it the scientific way No Now, wait. That's not going to work. No, it's not. Here is a tongue twister sent in by Ann Schwartz of Dubweck, Iowa. And she writes, Dear Zoomers, try and say free throw ten times fast, but you can't do it. Free throw, right? Free throw, free throw. I can't do it. Free-throw, free-throw, free-throw, free-throw, free-throw, free-throw, free-throw, free-throw, free-throw, free-throw, free-throw, free-throw.

Is it possible? I don't know. It probably is. Um... Keep still. Yes, ma'am. Come up some. All right. Ooh! We still have the same way! I don't think it's possible. Here's a letter sent in by James Fortin of Fitchburg, Mass. She writes, Dear Zoom, I would like to know how much time it takes you to put on your make-up before you start Zoom. We don't put on make-up! I wouldn't put on make-up! Okay. Okay. Just stay this way, stay this way, because I'm trying so hard, right? I don't like this. I don't like it. Now, get up. Oh, wow. Wait, wait, wait. Hold it, hold it. When we get a push on each other's back. Oh, yeah. Good idea.

Okay. Ready? At the count of three. One, two, three. all right you may notice in the next number well that I'll be limping around a little bit what happened was when we rehearsed the number I fell off one of the risers so I have to go to the hospital and they put a cast on my leg but I came back and did the number anyways There's a little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine There's a little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine There's a little light of mine Well, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine Yes, Lord The light that shines is the light of love It lights the darkness from above

It shines on me and it shines on you Shows what the power of love can do I'm gonna shine my light both far and near I'm gonna shine my light both bright and clear Where there's a dark corner in this land I'm gonna let my little light shine There's a little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine There's a little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine There's a little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine Let it shine Let it shine Yes, Lord Let it shine Yes, Lord Let it shine Yes, Lord Woke up this morning with my mind Stayed on freedom Oh well I woke up this morning with my mind Stayed on freedom

I woke up this morning with my mind Stayed on freedom Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah Oh well I walk, walk, walk, walk Walk, walk, walk a while Well, I walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk a while Well, I walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk Walk on by, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah Well, I woke up this morning with my mind Stayed on free, I Well, I woke up this morning with my mind Stayed on freedom Well, I woke up this morning with my mind Stayed on freedom Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah Walk, walk, walk, walk

Just a little out of mind I'm gonna let it shine Just a little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine Just a little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, let it shine Let it shine, hallelujah Why don't you sit down and write something for us to do on Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, everybody, Zoom. We're gonna Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, Zoom. Come on, Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, Zoom. Come on, give it a try. Zoom is made possible by grants from McDonald's Corporation and McDonald's Restaurants Fund

and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 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.