ZOOM, Series I; 233

Zoom number 233, WGBH-TV, Boston. 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. Everybody's doing it, everybody's doing it, everybody's doing it, everybody's having a ball, yeah. So we just zoom, zoom, zoom-a-zoom, come on and zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom, come on and zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom. I'm Edith.

I'm Luis. I'm Laurie. My name's Danny. I'm Bernadette. I'm Lea. My name's Neil. Who are you? What do you do? How are you? Let's hear from you. We need you. We're gonna zoom, zoom, zooma, zoom. Come on and zooma, zooma, zooma, zoom. Come on, give it a try We're gonna show you just why We're gonna teach you to fly Hi, come on and zoom Come on and zoom, zoom Come on and zoom, zoom Come on and zoom, come on and zoom, zoom

Come on and zoom, come on and zoom Kathy Starr of Waco, Nebraska, sent us a game called Blubbity Blub, and here's how to play. One person is it, and he says either Blub or Blubbity Blub Blub to another person. If he says Blub, the person shouldn't say anything. If he says Blubbity Blub Blub, the other person must answer Blub before the person who is it finishes saying Blubbity Blub Blub Blub. Anyway, it's fun. Blub! What? Blub. Blub, blub, blub, blub. Blub. Don't wait, Danny. Danny, come on. I can't. I can't. Who else has to? Blub, blub, blub, blub. Bluby, blub, blub. Blub. Blub.

Blub. I didn't say it. No, you're out. Oh, you didn't say it. Didn't say it. Yes, you're out. She said blub, blub, blub. I said blub. Blub, blub, blub. That's two. Blub, blub, blub. Blub. Two of them. You're out, Louis. No, I'm not out. He said it, I said it, I said it. Okay, come on. All right, I'm still in, right? I'm still in the middle. How many I got? Two? Yeah. So do I. Blub, blub, blub, blub. Blub, blub, blub. Oh, that's it, Edith, Edith's out. No, it's just an issue. Well, yeah. Well, I'm getting people out of nothing. Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Ah! I said it all the time. You win? Yeah. Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Ah, yeah, honey! I didn't say nothing.

Okay, I'm sorry. You're so shocked. No, you're wrong. Oh, you make me laugh. No, because, see, I... I'll get you better there. Blub! Oh, shucks it. Bluby, blub, blub, blub! Bluby, blub, blub! Bluby, blub, blub! I got you! You're out! I got you! You're out! You lie down, Louie. Bluby, blub, blub, blub! Blub. I got you. I got you round. Blub. Blub. Good. Ah, that's no, that's not the second. You up? Blub. Blub. That's it, y'all. You lie down. You lie down. You're in the middle still. Don't, don't, don't. Blub. I'm out. You're on! You're on! Come on, Bernie. Let's do it again. I'm not one, all right? You want to try?

go go go go go she did it she did it she did it you're right no no no oh yeah too late you're out Here's a doodle scented by Denise Frazier of Stoughton, Massachusetts. Can you guess what this is? What is it? It's a plopped daisy. Julie Grote of Winona, Minnesota, sent us the recipe for Crunchy Devil Sandwich. What you need is brown bread, cream cheese, devil tam, crunched peanuts, and apple jelly. Take about two spoonfuls of devil tam and two spoonfuls of cream cheese.

Mix that together, then add some crunched peanuts, then take some slices of brown bread, I already sliced mine and spread one with apple jelly. And one with your mixture. And put it together.

and there's your crunchy devil sandwich here's a doodle sent in by christine williams of rosslyn mass can you guess what this is What is it? It's a cat blowing up a balloon. Here's a story sent in by Meg Hennelly of Bella Rose, New York. Why Snails Carry Their Shells. Once upon a time, there was a snail named George. Every day he walked five miles to work and five miles back. He thought and thought of a way to get to work without having to walk five miles back and forth. I could take a bus, but no, there are no buses in the forest.

I better ask Sam the snake. Knock, knock, Sam came to the door. Sam, do you know how I can get to work from my house without walking five miles there and back? I have no idea, said Sam. Ask Oli the owl, but Oli the owl couldn't help either. Better ask Eddie the elf, said Jess Oli. Knock, knock, Eddie came out. Do you know how I can get from my house to work without walking five miles there and back? Asked George. Why, you don't have to walk. You have a strong back, don't you? Yes, said George. Well, then you can carry your shell on your back. Then you'll never leave your house. Gee, said George. I never thought of that. Bye, and thanks a lot. And now all snails carry their shells on their backs and never leave their home. The end.

Here's a book written, illustrated, and even printed by Catherine Ann Swigert. John and the Rabbits, a story by Catherine Ann Swigert. The Attic Press, Wobbin, Massachusetts, 1972. Once upon a time there was a boy. His name was John. He lived on a farm with his parents in the edge of a big forest. John had no brothers or sisters and he was very lonely. One day he decided to go into the forest to see if he could catch a pet. So after he finished his chores, he set up. Writing sort of runs in my family. Both my mother and father write, and I just started writing ideas and stories, too, instead of just thinking them. After I'd written John and the Rabbits, I decided to print the story and make it into a book. We have a printing press in our attic, and that's where I did it.

You have to pick the letters one by one, and every word has to be spaced just right so it will look centered on the page you're going to print. You can't be tired or in a bad mood when you're working at the press. It's slow work and you really have to be patient. Printing the book took about 20 times as long as it did to write it, but it's nice to see a story you wrote yourself as a real book. When I started printing,

I was glad I hadn't written a very long story because each page had to be printed one at a time. Now is the time. He jumped out from behind the tree. He was about to catch the rabbit when he stumbled over a root and banged his head on a rock and became unconscious. It was a few hours later when he woke up. He looked around him in astonishment. He was no longer in the middle of the woods but in a little... The story is almost like a dream that John had, or maybe I had. He goes into the woods to try to catch a rabbit for a pet, but he ends up being taken care of by a rabbit family in their underground den. The ideas for the illustrations came pretty much from the story. I cut them on the linoleum blocks, which fit right into the press for printing. Printing a page in the press is the hardest thing for me.

You really have to put all your strength into it. I'm getting strong enough now that I can get a pretty even impression on the page. Sometimes the page turns out a little crooked, so it's a good idea to check and see what you've gotten. I really like the way the book turned out. It sort of makes the story special, being a book. So I guess it was worth the work. I'm not so sure I want to put everything I write. Maybe just the special things I want to last for a while. When lunchtime came, John went back to Mother Rabbit's hole and had lunch and started for home. Mother Rabbit called, visit us often. I will, called John. He was halfway home when he remembered his pet. I won't need a pet now, he thought, because I have Mother Rabbit and her children. When he got home, he asked his mother, guess where I've been. His mother said, I can't imagine where. So John told her all of his adventures. But she only smiled and said,

you have a wonderful imagination. John laughed. He knew it was true. The end. Good job. Did you like the story? Good. Here's a doodle sent in by Chris Sullivan, a self-bossed mask. Can you guess what it is? What is it? It's a butterfly jumping rope. It's time to roll out the barrel. Here's an idea for the barrel sent in by the Lynn Golden of Chicago, Illinois. You will need a rubber ball to do the stunt.

First, lie down on the floor and put your hands behind your back. Now have someone place the ball between your feet. Now, with your feet, try to drop the ball into your hands. Once you have done this, try to get up on your feet while you're still holding the ball and hands behind your back. Good luck. And to find out what's inside today... Hold your... Put your feet back down on the ground. No, no, no. Put your feet down. Put your feet down on the ground. Now she lifts her up, right? And then drop it in her hands. Yeah. Now try to stand up. Try to stand up with the ball behind me. Stand up! She did it. Yay! Sorry, you can do it. Edith, you put it... Just the next person drops. Oh, here. Okay. Waffle Stompers. She's got it.

Now stand up. Let her have some room. It's easy. Safe? Yes. Oh. Okay. Close your legs. Close your legs. Okay. Close your legs. Wait. Let me put it. Put your hands on your hands. Ready? You got it? Now stand up. Move away. Move away, you guys. Give me some help. Come on, Leon. Move away, sonny. Use your elbow. Get up. Come on, Leon. Oh, look how you do it. Oh! Oh, come on, Leon! Let me see that. Here's a Doodle Center by Barbara Davis of Welch West Virginia. Can you guess what it is? What is it? It's a bowling ball with training wheels. Um, here's a joke sent in by Judy Cardner of Cranberry, New Jersey.

Teacher, John, where's your homework? It's not here. John, I turned it into an airplane and somebody hijacked it. Ah! All right. Here's a poem sent in by Joan Pilch of Salem, New Hampshire, and it's called The English War. Verbals are running through my brain. Noun hooks me with a cane. Infinitive phrases jump me. Oh, please, will someone help me? Punctuation spooks me until I scream with fear. All of this seems so very, very queer. Gerunds are a new and different scare. I try to get them out of my hair. Predicate nouns, participles, and verbs, too. I guess I live in a language zoo. Oh, wow. Dear Zoo, my name is Tom Ryan. I like to draw mixed-up art. I call it that because what it is, mixed-up art. And he lives in Marlington, New Jersey. And here's Tommy's mixed-up art.

Oh, that's beautiful. It's mixed-up art, but it looks good. Okay, here's one sent in by Diane Muller Hay of Hong Kong, China. Why study? The more we study, the more we know. The more we know, the more we forget. The more we forget, the less we know. The less we know, the less we forget. The less we forget, the less we know. So, why study? Here's a doodle sent in by Holly Melamont of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Can you guess what this is? What is it? It's a spider who just got a permanent. Doo-wa-zoom-doo, doo-wa-zoom-doo.

This is one of our favorite places. It's a really good place to go fishing with your hands. You gotta get the hang of grabbing them because they're all slimy and the first couple of times you're probably going to get poked a little by the fins on their back and then after a while you really get going and you'll probably catch a lot and you wouldn't get poked as much and then really it's fast too you got to be quick this won't get them Hey, we got three!

I got two. I got one. Put me up before I leave. Can we get away? Let's go get the car. Yeah, let's get a watch out. Well, after you catch all the fish that you need, you first look for good, light gray clay. You gotta be careful when you're digging the clay with a knife. You gotta have it pointed down and out so you don't hurt someone. Then just get a pretty big bucket full of it. If you had a long shirt, then you'd use that to put the clay in. After you dig the clay up, it's going to be pretty hard,

so you're going to have to get water on it and squish it around with your hands or use a rock to pound it down. Here's some grass. Should be enough. Once it's all smooth, it'll be kind of a little watery, so you need to add some grass to it. After you start a pretty good fire, you wait a while until it burns down so it's mostly just hot coals. Then you move it over a little. And then you take the fish and the clay and you move them where the fire was on the hot ground. Then you move the fire back with some sticks, back on top of it. And then you just wait around 15 to 20 minutes.

After you have all the coals brushed off the fish, you should take a stick and you poke the clay and see if it's hard, like rock sort of, then you know it's done. And then you push them aside onto cool ground, so when you try to cut it open, you open yourself. After it's cooled off, you can sometimes see where the outline of the fish is, and then And then you cut around it and then you take the top off. Hope this fish comes out okay. Hope it tastes good too. You can have the first bite. Okay. It's really fun to stay out alone like with a friend or a brother or something and do it all yourself like living out in the wild, sort of like a caveman. and doing the things yourself and then see what you come up with. Here's a doodle sent in by Lynn Brown of Tacoma, Washington.

Can you guess what this is? What is it? It's a frog who swallowed a brick whole. We want to be happy, but we won't be happy till we make you happy. To be-do-be-do-be-do-be-do, realize when they were living, when you on earth given, why can't we give some to you? Be-do, be-do, be-do, be-do When skies are gray and you say you are blue Be-do, be will set the sun shining through Be-do, be-do, be We want to be happy But we won't be happy

Till we make you happy too Be-do, be We want to be happy But we won't be happy Till we make you happy too Be-do, be-do, be-do, be-do Life's really worth living When you are mirth-given, why can't we give some to you? Be-do-be-do, be-do-be-do. When skies are gray and you say you are blue, we will send the sun shining doobie-doo. We want to be happy, but we won't be happy till we make you happy, too. Be-do-be-do, be-do-be-do, be-do-be-do. Till we make you happy, too. Zoom or re-zoom after this important message. Chut, chut, chut, chut, chut.

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Will Wobble Make Mabake U Hat, hada, P Wobble, wobble Mabake, mabake Yaboo, yaboo, hobba-bobby, hobba-poundy, Fanny Dooley likes hobbie-dobbie. We want to be happy, but we won't be happy till we make you happy too. Life's really worth living when you are worth giving, why can't we give some to you? Waste guns are gray and you say you are blue, we'll send the sun shining through. We want to be happy, but we won't be happy till we make you happy too. Till we make you happy Till we make you happy Till we make you happy You got an idea sitting on the shelf?

Send it to Zoom! Send it to Zoom! A promo play that you wrote yourself? Send it to Zoom! A story or a riddle that no one can get. Or something for the bell that's a sure success. Well, you write it all down with your name and address. Because I still got a sentence in Zoom. Who? Why Zoom, C-double-O-M, Fox-tree-five-o, Boston, Max, O-2-1-3-4, Sentence to Zoom! 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 Come on and zoom, come on and zoom, zoom Come on and zoom, come on and zoom, zoom Come on and zoom, come on and zoom, zoom Come on and zoom, come on and zoom Presentation of this program was made possible in part

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