ZOOM, Series I; 330

Zoom, show number 330, 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-a-zoom Come on and zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom Everybody's doing it, everybody's booming it Everybody's having a ball, yeah So won't you zoom, zoom, zoom-a-zoom Come on and zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom

I'm Mike My name's Rose I'm Hector I'm Donna I'm Timmy My name's Sean I'm Dee 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 Come on, give it a try We're gonna show you just why We're gonna teach you to fly Come on and zoom, come on and zoom, zoom Come on and zoom, zoom zoom is made possible by grants from mcdonald's corporation and mcdonald's restaurants fund

and the corporation for public broadcasting lots of kids write in and ask to see their favorite parts of zoom again this week we're going to show some of the most popular segments so on with the show It's time to roll up the barrel. Here's a Zoom barrel sent in by Kathleen Inson of Federal Way, Washington. Have a peanut rolling race. First, you need to set up a starting line and a finish line. Then each person gets a peanut and kneels down at the starting line with his hands behind his back. At the signal go, everyone rolls the peanut with his nose. the first person who whose peanuts finished the cross the finish line is the winner good luck hurry up okay you guys ready no don't eat it louie louie don't eat it move down laurie

okay move down wait a minute you push by your nose i think you better put your hair behind On your mark... No. Get set, go. Ouch, I just cracked it on my nose. Oh, look at Leon's. And Louise is the winner. I know. ¶¶

If you're happy and you know it, shake your hands. My name is Wendy Garcia. I live in Little Havana. Little Havana is in Miami, Florida. Everyone in my school speaks English and Spanish. La La Si es que tienes la asensión No me prestes atención Si es que tienes muchas ganas de cantar La La Okay, vamos a hacer aquella otra canción tan linda In Little Havana, most of the stories are run by Cubans My mother has a beautiful color in Little Havana

It is called La Peluqueria. I like to go after school to work at the beauty pub. Oye, Hilda, ¿puedes traer unos churros y un guarapo, por favor? Wendy, ¿tú crees que puedas ir a mi hijita allá al lado y traje unos churros y guarapos a ella? Coge el dinero. Guarapo grande, ¿oíste? Gracias. Papi. Papi. Papi. ¿Qué tal mi vida? ¿Cómo andas? ¿Eh? ¿Vienes al colegio? My father has a restaurant in Little Havana, and the name is El Coladito. Most of the Cuban peoples grow there.

And in the restaurant, they make all kinds of food. I have a brother, and his name is Aristico. He helped my father to make the shoes and the coats and everything. I was born in Miami.

Everyone else in my family was born in Cuba, and my family moved to Miami about 10 years ago. I feel part Cuba and part American, and I like it that way. Lots of kids wrote in and asked how I did at the beginning of the show.

Well, when my father was young, he went to visit Mongolia, and he met some friends who taught him how to do... So now I'm going to teach you how to do it. Ready? Here I go. Okay? Bye! The Line, sent in by Cheryl Jacobs of Newton, Mass. Long ago, in a far-off place, there lived a line. He lived all alone and enjoyed himself during the day by twisting himself into words and reading himself, or pretending to be a garbage can and fooling pedestrians. One day, when the line heard of a nearby hopsicord concert, he went for a walk to see it. Whenever he passed someone, they mistook him for a Boy Scout. Harold, what is that thing? Don't be alarmed, Millicent. It's only a passing Boy Scout. With a tail? Hmm, shall we go? By mistake, the line walked into a monster show where they were having an ugly monster contest.

There were white monsters, black monsters, polka-dotted ones, round ones, flying monsters, and even a two-headed monster. They each proudly said that all the others were pretty and that they were the only truly ugly ones. The lion crouched in a corner. Suddenly the monsters saw him. They gathered around and stared at him. He was very embarrassed. One said, You're ugly too. You sure are. Said another. Then they started to whisper. Finally they all went over to see him and said, You win first prize. And they hugged him. Monsters don't kiss. The lion thanked them all. He was so happy. He had so many new friends. And then he went home. The end. Strawberries.

I want you 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. Hmm. 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. Will somebody please send us a play? In case you didn't get it, I'll do it again. Now watch very carefully, because I'm going to do it more slowly.

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And don't forget to send a self-addressed stamped envelope so we can send you a Zoom card. I showed the Zoomers how to play a game called Egyptian writing. See if you can figure out the rules as we play it. What do you want to do? Mm-hmm. Pot. Oh, wow, that was the one I had. All right. All right. That's to David. Okay. Mm-hmm. All right. All right, this is a hard one. It's a hard one.

Mm-hmm. I think I got that. Yeah? I don't know. It's a hard one. No, I didn't. No, I didn't. Dog. Right. That was design. Design, right? That's what I do now. Now, should I do my word? I don't know. Remember, this can be more than one thing. It doesn't only have to be what it is. I bet you he knows... I bet you he's... I think I know what he's probably saying. Oh! No. Hey, that could be two words. Yeah. It could be met, but I think she was, you're out. She was thinking of met. Yeah, she was thinking of met. M for mug, E drives as T, met. Well, you're out. You're out. Oh, wow.

That was kind of tough because there were several things you could have done. Oh, okay. Leon, let's see. What? All right. Oh, that's easy. I don't get that. Oh. Do it again? Oh, I got it, I think. Do it again. Think of all the meanings for this. Okay, hold it. Could be square. It's only three. Okay, fine. I think, I think, what is it? Two. Okay, and then? I think it is. Spy. Scrap. You see how she held the paper? You see how she held the paper? This one's going to scrap. A-E-I-O-U-Y. In case you didn't get it, here's how the game goes. First, you pick a three-letter word.

Then you point to an object that begins with the first letter of your word. Now, clap a different number of times for each vowel. One A, two E, three I, and so on. Now, point to another object for the end letter of your word. My word is sad. Shoulders S, one A, T, tongue. Try it at home. Just in case you still haven't gotten it, I'll do it really slowly for you. Now watch. See? All you have to do is put your elbows together, swing your arms around, and there. Now try it with me. Now let's do it fast. Try this at home, and you'll get it. like i don't know if i'd like to be a father i don't know if i would because like it's fun to

like if you have a father if that if you have a son you can take him out to the ball game and you know and a lot of fathers don't get to do that i know like but like they they can be nice to the kids it i don't know if i'd like to be a father but like i like how my father treats us Like, if he gets mad at us, he first talks and then yells. And then screams. And then throws you off. No. My father, right, he always speaks Spanish to me. And the only time I know, you know, when he's nice and happy, when he talks English to me. He does. You know, like, you know, he's real mad. He talks Spanish. And, you know, when he's happy and nothing's going wrong, He talks English. I don't know why the only reason why why my mother gets mad at me is because she loves me, you know Like if I do something wrong, you know, and she knows it's wrong Oh, I'm gonna hurt myself by doing something. It's helping you grow up, right? Well, yeah, yeah

My father doesn't get mad at me that much, but Sometimes he can get mad, you know, and We do something wrong. Well, yeah, and my mother, you know Sometimes I think it's better without a father in some cases because, like, even when my mother and father lived together, like, he used to always work late, and we never used to see him anyway, so even then we used to get used to it. But, like, a lot of fathers, if they work late and, like you said, you know, sometimes they go on business trips and things like that, you know, like, you learn to live with it even for a short time. So, you know, if your father is divorced, it just seems like the whole thing over again, but just longer. it's all right of about because i don't have my father father it's all right because you see i have another friend and he's he's like god father you know takes care of me when my mother's out and he's very nice because he takes me out a lot of places my father you know he's

he's a really nice father but and i love him a lot but he has his bad points like you know he doesn't understand us sometimes and now that he's now that he's divorced he doesn't understand us more because well i could never live without a father i don't know well like you get used to it because well when your mother takes care of you and um if she's a good mother and um you know you always have your friends to play with a lot of my friends their fathers It isn't, you know, it isn't the end of the world. I come to town the other night I hear the noise and I see the sight

The watchman, he wasn't running around Crying, old gentler's a come to town So get out of the way, old gentler He's too late to get his supper Supper's over and breaks his little can Old Dan Tucker's standing there looking Old Dan Tucker was a mighty man He washed his face in a frying pan He combed his head with a wacko meal And died with a toothache in his hair So get out of the way, Old Dan Tucker He's too late to get his supper Supper's over and breaks his little can Old Dan Tucker's standing there looking Oh, Miss Tucker, she went out one day to ride with a din in a wine for a sleigh. The sleigh was broke, the horse was blind, and, oh, Miss Tucker, she got left behind. So get out of the way for old Dan Tucker. He's too late to get his supper. Supper's over, that's just cooking.

Old Dan Tucker, stand there looking. Old Dan and me, we did fall out And what do you reckon is it all about? To try it on my corn And I kick them in the chins And that's just the way this row begins So get out of the way, Old Dan Tucker I'm too late to get my supper Supper's over and breakfast's all cooking Old Dan Tucker's standing in the care Old Dan Tucker's backing down And swinging the ladies all around First to the right and then to the left And then to the gal, he loves the best Looking out the way, old Dan Tucker You're too late to get your supper Supper's over and breakfast is over again All Dan Tucker's dead, they're looking Woo! Woo! Old Dan began an early life To play the vento and the fife

He'd play the children all to sleep Then into his bunk he would creep So get out of the way for Old Antikar. He's too late to get his supper, supper's over in breakfast again. But Old Antikar stand out looking, Out of the way for Old Antikar. He's too late to get his supper, supper's over in breakfast again. Old Antikar stand out looking, out of the way for Old Antikar. He's too late to get his supper, supper's over in breakfast again. Old Antikar stand out looking, Out of the way for Old Antikar. He's too late to get his supper, Supper's over, breakfast again Oh, dinner's dinner again Well, that's the show. Why don't you write and tell us what you'd like to see again on Zoom? I gotta go. Close the door, will ya? Hey, other door. Oh, yeah, don't forget to close the door.

I gotta run. Close the door. Hey, remember the door, please. Please, don't forget to close the door. D.I.E., close the door! 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.