ZOOM, Series I; 307

Zoom number 307, 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. Everybody's doing it. Everybody's proving it. Everybody's having a ball. Yeah. So won't you zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. Come on and zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. My name's Danny.

I'm Edith. I'm Mike. I'm Donna. I'm Timmy. My name's Lauren. I'm Neil. 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-a-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. Come on and Zoom, Zoom. Come on and Zoom. Come on and Zoom, 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. It's time to roll out the barrel. Here's a barrel sent in by Pam Ceylon of Mandona, Illinois. Take a balloon and tie it around your waist and try to break it by sitting on it. No fear using your hands. Good luck. And to find out what's inside today. I can't stop Because I hate the noise when they pop When they pop So do I Oh, they're going to pop, I forgot I think I'll Eat it Oh, save it Hold on, you guys, wait until We'll go on your market set and go

Come on No, that's not fair Let's do it one at a time, okay? Yeah. It's all over. Pop goes the weasel. Pop goes the balloon. Come on, here we go. Come on, Danny. Come on. Is he six? Yeah. See, four? Yeah. As a matter of fact, did you know that the heaviest cat was 42 pounds and it was eight years old? What did it say? Mio! The radio said it might rain today, Mary. It better not rain on the feast. Oh, can I buy a slush? I'm Mary DeGrandis.

I live in the North End in Boston. I'm Italian-American, and so are most of the people who live here. Later today, there's going to be a festival we call it a feast, and I'm going to be an angel in the feast. Hi, Mary. You're going to be a good angel today, Mary. Make sure to take off fast. Uncle, uncle. Want a little? Yeah. Just a little. A lot. That's not enough. Our family really likes to get together. And on feast days, we're extra close. The feast is a family tradition. When my mother was a little girl, she was an angel, too. My uncle Jimmy teaches Italian, which is good, because I don't speak Italian very well. How are you making up, Mary? Have you been rehearsing? Yeah. You know, Mary, the only thing you do wrong is you don't pronounce your answer. Don't give the real Italian all. Say that.

Le porte. Le porte. Virginella. Virginella. You'd better be as good as your mother was. She was fantastic. Just one more time. Ave. again chayla is up and i got it right okay i want to hear good this time one again it's almost 10 mary one of the nicest parts of the day is that you see old friends again everyone comes back to the north end for the feast i think the winds go the other way it does open your mouth

the way that the feast started back in sicily was that some fisherman found this statue in the water It's a real honor for the men to be able to carry the statue through the streets. Thank you. My great-grandfather wrote this speech years and years ago.

It's supposed to bring good luck to the fishermen of the North End. It's really hard to be the angel, but I feel proud and I love doing it. Because I feel it brings all of us and we're not that closer together It's all over

Yeah, Z2? Yeah. As a matter of fact, did you know that the Hope Sapphire is the largest sapphire in the world? Hey, wait a minute. Isn't that the Hope Diamond? I think you're right. You want to try something? Here's a song I like called Bro Constrictor, and I tell it to all the other Zoomers. Try singing along with us as we sing it. We'll put the words on the screen just in case you don't know them. I'm going to sing the first part and after I say oh no everything after oh no you have to say after so I'll say I say oh no then you say oh no then everything after that okay got it? got it good ready? wait till I say oh no oh no I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor

and I don't like it very much Ready? Oh no oh no He swallowed my toe oh Limit oh gee oh gee he's up to my knee he's up to my knee oh fiddle oh fiddle he swallowed my middle swallow my middle oh heck ohFX he's up to my neck he's up to my neck oh dread oh dread He swallowed my gulp Gulp He swallowed my gulp One more time One? One. One. One. Three. I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor And I don't like it very much Oh no, oh no Swallowed my toe, swallowed my toe Oh gee, oh gee He's up to my knee, he's up to my knee Oh fiddle, oh fiddle Swallowed my middle, swallowed my middle Oh heck, oh heck It's up to my neck, it's up to my neck Old Dread, Old Dread

He swallowed my... Oh He swallowed my... Throw eye rubens ...*** vos Your touch I will scar me I will Maurice And save audio Your touch My feathers ранs And now back to Zoom. Thank you. Thank you.

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Yeah, Z-6? Yeah. As a matter of fact, did you know that the average person blinks his eyes 25 times a minute and each blink takes one-fifth of a second? Yeah, I know. Each week at this time, Zoom invites you to try it at home. I'm going to show you how to make a paper boat, and then I'm going to tell you a story about it. But first, here's how to make the paper boat. All right, let's go.

Thank you. and there's your paper boat and now for the story once upon a time there was a boat sailing along a rough and rugged shoreline and this being a very boring trip someone fell asleep in the wheelhouse and there was nobody steering the boat and so our boat smashed into some rough and rugged rocks and the bow was torn off and this being very springy

wood it bounced back in the water and hit some more rough and rugged rocks and the stern was torn off by now the boat was sinking fast and everyone was jumping off and the rock that fell on the wheelhouse and crushed it flat didn't help any and when the authorities came by in the morning to investigate the damage all they found was the captain's shirt Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, oh, it's all over, it's all over, it's all over, okay, sit down, there it is, oh, it bounced, ready, no, all right, go, sit there, ah, up, up, up, now hold Hold still, hold still, hold still, hold still, move to your left. That's it, now sit.

That's not it. Sit, I'll go. There. Yeah, now go like this. Oh, that's it, you got it, you got it. Lie down, lie down. Put the string down some more. No! Oh, wait, now lie on your back, lie on your back. Put the string down some more, the string's too high. On your back, okay, hold it, all right. Yeah, you have it. No! No! Sit! Sit! Let her go! And come on in the last city! Let's go! You got it! The jump on a little light. Like this! Yeah, like that! Go like up and down! Dear Zoom, I'm a girl and I like to play baseball, but the boys won't let me play they say they do not want an outmaker on their team but i play pretty good in all the games i've played i made seven homers 12 triples six doubles and 16 outs i have a mitt a hat a ball and a shirt sent in by jenny rybold of glen head new york that's good

They should let her play anyways. Yes, go. No, if she's standing there. Holy Bobby Riggs. Here's a good one. Dear Zoom, I wrote this poem in school and I thought you might like it. The other day, when I went to the park, there were many rides to see. But I took the ride that most interested me. It gurgled, it giggled, it jerked and it wiggled, and it started off with a roar. I don't think I'll go to the park again or take that ride anymore. And that was sent in by Julia Mueller of Monroe, New York. She probably didn't have one back today. The missing necklace sent in by Phoebe Moore of Alpine, Alabama. One day, Mrs. Pig wanted her friends to come to a picnic lunch. And she sent each one an invitation. She made sandwiches and Kool-Aid, which she put in the thermos to keep it cold. Then Mrs. Pig put on her purple dress and her marshmallow necklace.

Soon, everyone arrived. There were three turtles, a chipmunk, a sheep, and a cat. All in their finest clothes. I like your hats, Mrs. Pig told her friends. And we like your necklace, they told her. Mrs. Pig and her guests had lunch in the yard. And when lunch was over, the sheep looked at Mrs. Pig and gasped. Your necklace is missing. The chipmunk said, I am a detective, and I will find your necklace. Then he turned to the cat and asked, What were you doing when the necklace was taken? I was eating a peach, said the cat. I didn't take the necklace. And what about you turtles? What were you doing when the necklace was taken? We were eating sandwiches. We didn't take the necklace, replied the turtles. The chipmunk turned to the sheep and asked, What were you doing when the necklace was taken? I was eating a radish, said the sheep. Finally, the chipmunk turned to Mrs. Pig

and asked, what were you doing when the necklace was taken? I was eating marshmallows. Oops. I ate my own necklace for lunch. One more. Dear Zoom, my name is Melanie, and kids often say, who's he? I like to be named Michael or Daniel, even if they are boys' names. Also, I have a nickname. I've been called Turkey ever since one Wednesday morning in art when I drew a turkey. Do you have any nicknames? That was sent in by Melanie Fishman of Valley Stream, New York. Last year in our school, the second-to-oldest class my sister was in. All the girls had nicknames. They all had weird nicknames. I have one nickname, I know I'm ashamed of. Uh, Michael, Michael, what is that? Oh, Michael. C-4?

Yeah, C-3? Yeah. As a matter of fact, did you know that 1,500 ladybugs weigh about an ounce? Wow! If all of Boston were inhabited by ladybugs instead of people, you could carry them all in a 50-pound box. and move them to New Haven. Ladies and gentlemen, the main event. Ding! Come on. Come on. AJCHOO!!! Pzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz-zzzzx Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight

Come out tonight, come out tonight Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight Dance by the light on the moon Oh, won't you, won't you, won't you, won't you come out tonight Come out tonight, come out tonight Oh, watcha, watcha, watcha, watcha come out tonight and dance by the light of the moon Wichita boys were coming out tonight coming out tonight, coming out tonight Wichita boy were coming out tonight and dance by the light of the moon Oh, watcha, watcha, watcha, watcha come out tonight and dance by the light of the moon You betcha, betcha, betcha were coming out tonight and dance by the light of the moon As I was lumbering down the street Down the street, down the street A real pretty gal, a chance to meet She was spared to see I asked her, could we have a talk Have a talk, have a talk Her feet covered up the whole sidewalk She stood close by me But stop gals and you're coming out tonight Coming out tonight, coming out tonight You can't dance, you can't dance, you're coming out tonight Dance by the light of the moon

I asked her, could we have a dance Have a dance, have a dance I thought that he might like to just shake the foot with me I said that I'd be very glad, very glad, very glad I tried it out the best I had and shook the foot with her West Coast girls and they're coming out tonight Coming out tonight, coming out tonight Go make it, make it, make it, make it, try it out tonight Dance, play, and have some boom I danced with a boy with a hole in his stockin'

And his knees kept a knockin' And his toes kept a rockin' I danced with a boy with a hole in his stockin' We dance by The Light of the Moon. She danced with the boy with the hole in the socket. His feet kept and knock it. His toes kept and knock it. I danced with the boy with the hole in the socket. We dancefor The Light of the Moon. Buffaloes, gals, you're coming out tonight. Coming out tonight, coming out tonight. You dance, dance, dance, dance. Coming out tonight, dance for The Light of the Moon. Woodshop, gals, you're coming out tonight. Coming out tonight, coming out tonight. You dance, dance, dance, you're coming out tonight. Dance by The Light of the Moon. Dance by The Light of the Moon. To dance by the light of the moon As a matter of fact, did you know That there's a town in Texas called Donna? That the English name for truck is Lori? When people pray, they sometimes kneel? There's a kind of hay called Timothy? That the instrument that's picking up our voices is a mic? That there was a horrible hurricane called Edith? That there was a song written about a boy named Danny?

As a matter of fact, did you know that we needed matter of facts? 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.