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Now we'd like to present to you a very, very dear friend of mine. I do mean a very, very dear friend of mine, one of my young friends. This young lady is just 10 years old. we're speaking of Terry Carrington, fabulous percussionist drummer. How about a big hand for Terry? My grandfather used to play drums in the 30s and the 40s. And my father played saxophone. When I was five years old, I asked my dad if I could play the saxophone, and he couldn't believe it when I just started to play riffs and everything. And then when my two front teeth fell out when I was seven years old, I could no longer play saxophone, so I played my grandfather's old drum set, and I just never stopped. When I was born, my father wanted me to be a boy so I could carry on the tradition of

playing jazz, but when he found out I was a girl and still carried the tradition, he was even happier. Right now, drumming is a really pretty important part of my life. I like Keith, not just as a drum teacher, but also as a friend. but when it comes down to a drum lesson he's really hard some people think it looks really easy to play drums because when you look at it you say oh that's easy but if you try it it's not so easy try the nine stroke again just relax a little bit more and then we're going to try and play the piece together remember what I said about the word can't there's no such word not with your talent this time do the swing with a rim shot

on two and four, sock symbol on two and four, okay? Eddie's a friend of mine and I'm just starting to teach him to play the rums. Remember to keep your arms up there and not to go like this. Pretend that there's a brick wall back here and you can't move them back and forth. One, two, three, four! You have to have a lot of coordination to play the rums. Because both feet and both hands are moving at different times. Give me more straight eighth notes here like really easement instead of breaking it up and syncopating it quite as much as you're doing.

Even though I think my lessons are too much work, I'm still, I'm still glad that I'm taking them, because I was like, it really sucks. I think you're gonna be all right tonight. All right, I just want you to relax. Just think about your phrasing. And keeping my eye on clock, too. And other than that, just go ahead and swing your heart out. Terry, it's so good to see you again. You know, I haven't seen you since Wichita. You still look the same. Oh, and you too. I got your postcard from France when he was playing the French Riviera. You got it? Clock Terry is one of the best jazz musicians I know of. Hey, it's so beautiful that we're here together for this thing tonight. This is fantastic. And he's taught me a lot about jazz So why don't we play that tonight? Oh, that should be beautiful. I think we're gonna have a packed house

I think that it's gonna be a big sellout and only because you're here When I'm out there playing, I don't think about anything except the music. Music is like talking in a way because you can express your moods and your emotions within in your soul. Thank you.

As a drummer, I've come a long way, but I still have a long way to go. Welcome to Zoom Views and Weather, where your point of view is important.

And now today's stories. Ron? Thank you, Chris. Wendy Putnam writes from Cleveland, Ohio, Dear Zoom. My mom and I got caught in a tornado on July 4th, about six years ago. We sat down to watch the fireworks near Lake Erie when it started to rain and got very windy. Everybody started to run for shelter because huge branches were flying through the air, and there was a lot of lightning. It seemed like it lasted for hours, but it was over in a few minutes. Finally, mom and I got home safely. It was a long time ago, but it was the scariest thing that ever happened to me, and I'll never forget it. Karen? Thank you, Ron. David Wartick from Encino, California, has this to say. When I'm alone at night, I get scared of the shadows and creepy noises in the house. When I try to go to sleep, I feel really weird, like someone's out to get me.

I know I'm safe, but I worry anyway. Does that ever happen to you? Back to you, Chris. Thank you, reporters. We asked other Zoom viewers whether they were ever afraid and when, Lavelle. And now, here's today's weather. When I'm nervous, when I'm shy. When people come up to me and say, give me this, give me that. Usually when I'm alone at night. When I've seen a scary story, seen a scary movie. usually at night like just when it starts to get dark and it's cloudy out i get scared when i'm doing something dangerous when i see shadows like on the curtains and i think that they're monsters or something when i hear something that i can't see one of them vicious dogs i guess lightning if you don't want to face something that's today's zoom views and weather let's hear from you. Write Zoom, Box 350, Boston, Mass., 02134. And don't forget your self-addressed

stamped envelope. How many envelopes? Send us two. A big one for Zoom. And a small one for you. Put your name on the small one. Your house and your street. And your city and state. Hey, that's neat. But where's the stamp? You almost forgot. That's very important. Yeah, The bigger one's easy. You know what to do. Stuff everything in it. And then rush it to... To whom? To Zoom. C-O-O-M. Plus 3-5-0. Plus 6-0-2-1-3-4. Send it to Zoom! Paul Falcone of Lexington, Massachusetts won an award for his film, The Cosmic Crystal. Paul really likes science fiction and fantasy, so he made a film like some of the scary shows

we watch. We're going to watch part of The Cosmic Crystal and then talk about it. What was that? Let's go. Grab him!

We better get going. They'll be starting after us soon. Hey, wait a minute. Okay, you can take off your disguise now. What are you talking about? I'm just an innocent bystander. Are you joking?

No, I suppose not. What shall I do with you? Well, you could start off by telling me what's going on. Why is everybody fighting over that thing? Quite simple. It's what you Earthlings would call the ultimate weapon, the cosmic crystal. One of those Viridians stole it from our agent. And I took it back, as you know. And they'll be coming after it again. Come on, run! Wait. We'll be right back. This will only paralyze them for a while.

Oh, is that what it does? Jump! I think the movie was good, but, um, like, they say that that would be scaring little kids, and I don't think, if I was five years old or something, I don't think that'd really scare me. I think I'd get excited, you know, and just, I'd just be, I wouldn't get scared, because that that's not really scary to me scary is like um witchcraft and devils and all kinds of these things but i i like the movie it was part of it at least it was like fantasy it was really good but also in the movie like i mean they did like if you were five years old you know you kind

of think of as a martian as ooh the girl who's next door and um and then all this so they don't really know like like so like to them it probably it might be scary like people coming from another planet and stuff like that when i in my dreams like when i was little i used to have bad dreams and i used to tell my mother and um she said well if you have bad dreams come in and tell her about it but i'd wake up in the middle of the night and i'd scare you i scared to move i scared to go to my mother's bed but i was scared to stay in my own way because i thought somebody was going to get me I was watching a movie and it was really scary I've seen it before and then right after I get into my bed right before my father goes and goes to sleep I say shut off my light and I'm there and about an hour later it's 11 o'clock it finishes at 11 an hour later I'm screaming at 12 o'clock I mean I was 11 years old and I ran over my mother's own bed after I see a movie it's really I don't want to go back to my room because usually it's at night when you see one and then I always have to have somebody to go in my room to turn on my light and everything.

And then I'm afraid that I have dreams, but then when my mother tells me what were your dreams and everything, if they were really scary, I don't feel like telling her, you know, because you might feel dumb telling her, you know. Television stations should be more careful about what they put on because a lot of kids, I'm not sure, but I think that a lot of kids try to copy them and they can really get themselves hurt and they should be more careful and think of it as a kid's point of view. like, oh, if so-and-so lives through this, then I can. And then he goes, jumps off a tree or something. Drop a rock on him. Yeah. And boldly down the road. There's one movie I saw about pickpocketing and how to pickpocket and this and that. And so my girlfriend tried it on her father and got a $20 bill out. And then her father says, you know, that's all he had in his pocket right then and there. and so he went to a store you know get a get some things and he opened his wallet he says I got no money what happened and she said oh dad I'll let you $20 bill

I mean you know nothing to worry about like a hundred I mean like 90 out of a hundred is mostly violence on TV like you never see really good movies all you see is people either killing each other or hitting each other like for my age now that i'd like i'd probably like to see him but for something really small i mean like they'll take it probably pretty hard like from tv i get ideas a dumb cat sat on a dumb rat the dumb rat said don't do that why not said the cat let's have a You're too fast, said the rat. Go scat. You little brat, said the cat. I'll make you flat. Oh, drat, said the rat. Where's my belt? Watch your hat.

Splat. I like everything. Almost. I like to drink and ice cream float. I like to ride in Grandma's boat. I like to play in the sand. I like walking hand in hand with a friend or mother or even Eric, my little brother. I like camping by the side of a river, but I don't like eating my spinach or liver. Is it worth waiting for If we live till 84 All we ever get is bananas Every day we say a prayer Isn't anybody there Till we get the same old bananas Coconut milk, more coconut milk And it sure doesn't taste like ice cream

But there's nothing to stop us from closing our eyes And dreaming this especially nice dream Food, glorious food Hot doggies and mustard While we're in the mood Marshmallows and custard How about the potato chips? Don't ask silly questions And burgers and chocolate chips In digestion Food glorious food Popcorn, cotton candy Stop swallowed or chewed Pizza is a dandy

What is it that makes me sigh? What makes my tongue stutter? Club sandwiches six feet high Peanut butter Food glorious food Eat right through the menu Just loosen your belt Two inches of menu Work up a new appetite In this interlude Of food, once again food Marvellous food, glorious food Tomato chip please. Skin digestion.

Don't think about getting fat when you're in the moon. For food, wonderful food, marvelous food, magical food, glorious food. And don't forget your self-addressed stamped envelope. We need you, so won't you zoom, zoom, zoom, ah, zoom, come on and zoom, ah, zoom, ah, zoom, ah, zoom, I'm gonna give it a try, we're gonna reach for the sky, so you can help us to fly, hey!

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