ZOOM, Series I; 217

The. 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. Come on and zoom zoom zooma zoom! You gotta zoom zoom zooma zoom! Everybody's doing it. Everybody's groovin' it. Everybody's having a ball, yeah! So won't you zoom zoom zooma zoom! Come on and zoom zoom zooma zoom! I'm Maura. Charge! I'm Luiz! My name's Ann! I'm David! I'm Bernadette! My name's Jay! I'm Leon! Who are you? What do ya do? How are you?

Let's hear from you! We need you! And gonna zoom zoom zooma zoom! Come on and zoom zoom zooma zoom! Come on give it a try! We're gonna show you just why! We're gonna teach ya to fly! High! Come on and zoom! Come on and Zoom! Come on and Zoom! You know what this is? Nose. Know how to spell it? N-o-s-e. Nope! Know what this is? Your nose. You know how to spell it? I-t. You're right. [slide whistle] It's time to roll out the barrel! Here's a zoom barrel from Alison Breen of Medford, Massachusetts. Try

to say this tongue twister fast 10 times: Six thick thistles... sith... Six thick thistles... sticks. And to find out what's inside today! Six thick... Six thick thistle sticks. Thick... Six thick sissle sticks. Thick... Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick stistle thicks. Six sticks... Thick! ... Six thick thistle sticks. Thick... Six Six thick thistle sticks. Thick sis sixle sis. [laughter] sisisis... [laughter] Six thick thistle stake. Six sticks... Thick... Six stick... dithil stick. Six thick di- dithil stick You got it, Luis! [laughter] Six thi... Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistle sticks. Six stick... this'll fix. Six [laughter]

Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistle sticks. [singing] Six thick st- Six this- Si- Six Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick- Six thick thickle- [laughter] Thickle sticks. Six thick thisckle sticks. Six thix- I can't do it. [laughter] And so here goes Jay. Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thickle sticks [laughter] Oh ho ho! Six thick thistle sticks. Six- Not again. Six thick thistle sticks. Thick six sixle sticks. [laughter] Six- I did it 6 times. Six thick thistle sticks. Thick... Hello.

Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistle sticks. Six sick- thick thistle sticks. Six- Six- Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick- it's all sticks. [laughter] I can't. You know what this is? No. Yea, it's a nose. Know how to spell it? Yeah. How? I-T. How do you know. I'm Darian Small and I have a newspaper route in my neighborhood. [door opens] I've been delivering papers for about a year now.

It's the first job I've ever had. [door closes] [radio sounds] It's good to have a job. It makes me feel a little older and independent, and I have some of my own money. [radio] At the moment I have about 49 papers. [radio] With my paper route, I earn about $9 or $10 a week. I have bought lots of things like a tape recorder for my mother's birthday. But my favorite thing is to bike nearby to deliver newspapers with. It only cost $68 dollars and it saves a lot of time when I deliver. I really like riding around the morning by myself. It's quiet and gives me time to think about

things. [music] Sometimes I even write a poem in my head. The birds, the air, the nice cool breeze. At 5 it seems like everything is alive. The moon is still alive, the birds and spiders too. I am about five, and I'm delivering newspapers too. [music] By the time I go to school with my little brother, I've already worked for three hours, but it doesn't feel like it. Know what this? Course! What is it? I think it's a nose. You know how to

spell it? Certainly! How? N-o-s-e. No! Know what this is? Yeah. Know how to spell it? Yeah. I-t. Alright. Yeah. Certainly. You know that one? [music] [clears throat] Oh waitress? Yeah? I like to see the menu. Here. OK, fella. What's it going to be? I like steak. Well done. with chopped onions. We don't have no steaks. Well then what do you have? Eggs. Scrambled. Well I'll guess I'll have two eggs. Will that be all? Um...

Is that all? Well it's like this, miss: All day long, people been saying nasty things about me. They were also doing bad things to me. If it's not too much, can you give me a kind word? Yeah, yeah, sure. Oh, waitress? Yeah? Haven't you forgotten something? Like what? My kind word! Oh, yeah. Don't eat the eggs. Zoom will resume after this important message. Hubbi, Frubiends! [speaking ubbi dubbi] [speaking ubbi dubbi] [speaking ubbi dubbi]

[speaking ubbi dubbi] [speaking ubbi dubbi] [speaking ubbi dubbi] And now back to zoom! [singing] Doom doom doom doazoom do doazoom do doazoom do Here's an idea sent in by Cheryl Pickett of Markham, Illinois. It's how to make paper balloons. If you- for this you should have a square piece of paper. But if you don't, just fold this corner about two inches from the top. Make sure the edges are straight. Then, cut off the extra piece here. So now it's a triangular shape.

Then you open it up, and you fold this corner up here. And it's another triangular shape. When you open up it-, you should find a cross in the middle. Now you take the two sides and you bring them in together. Like this. So now it should look like this. Now, you bring the edges up to the top. And do the same on the other side. So now it's a diamond shape. Now you take the sides and you fold them into

the center. And do it the same the other side. So it should look like this. On one end, there are some loose flaps. You insert it in the side that you just folded in. And do the same on the other side. So now it should look like this. Then you just hold the bottoms so when you blow it up [blowing] It's a paper balloon. You know what this is?

Your nose. Know how to spell it? I-t. [laughs] [blows raspberry] That's like saying: Mississippi is a very hard word to spell. M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i. Do you know how to spell it? No. Oh? It? [laughter] Told you I could do it! Do you want to see me spell Mississippi with one eye? M-i- -s-s-i- -s-s-i-p-p-i! [music] I'm a junior instructor. I've been sailing for my third year now and I started when a friend told me about the club, and how it only cost a dollar for the whole summer. I signed up for my membership and I had to take a swimming test. Paul's a beginning sailor and the first thing I want to teach her is how the boat feels. Is this your first time out?

Yeah. Well, the first thing we do is put down the center board. It stabilizes the boat. It keeps it from moving sideways. This is a rudder. You put this in the back of the book here, on its track. Alright, you steer it from this here, which is called the tiller. And this is a tiller extension. You feed this end of the sail through the boom, down the track. At first when you step into a boat, I think it's pretty confusing because of all the lines and rudders and the battons and sails. But once you get used to it, it was pretty easy. What do I do? Ok, I'll take it. When you think about sailing, you really don't think about sailing in the middle of a city, but in Boston you can. The Charles river

goes right through the city and empties out into Boston Harbor. [harp jazz playing] I actually tell them when they first go out about the wind directions, and I teach them how you sail in the wind directions. And then, I try to teach them how to do various maneuvers in the boat. Never bear off too much. Sailing in the Charles River is sometimes tricky because the tall buildings. What happens is the wind hits the building and it affects the wind. [harp jazz playing] There's a lot of traffic on the Charles. Sometimes it's like the highways in Boston.

I like sailing because the racing is really great competition. It's hard to race in light wind because you really have to use a little windy air to its best advantage. I wish more kids would sail because it's really a great thing to do and it's a lot of fun. ["Pop goes the Weasel" plays] I showed the Zoomers how to play a game called Egyptian writing. See if you can

figure out the rules as we play it! Yes. Mmhm. Oh, wow. That was the one I had. All right. All right. Lost to David! [cough] OK. All right. [claps 5 times] Rug? Alright. This is a hard one. Mmhm. I think I meant that. [claps 4 times] Mmhm. Dog. Right. That was hard! Design

That's what I did. K. Do my word. I don't know. [claps 2 times] This could be more than one thing. Doesn't only has to be- I think I know what he's probably... Oh, no. Hey, it could be two words. Yeah it could you know. But I think she was- That's not all. Yea, she was thinking M for mug, E, T. You're up. That was kind of dumb. There several things it could have been. Let's see... All right. [pats leg] [pounds fist 6 times]. That's easy.

Oh. Yes. Oh, I get it, I think. This of all the meanings for this. K, hold it. Could be [inaudible] 23. I think... Ok, and then? Oh! Spy! Spying. See how she helps- 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 is A, two E, three I, and so on. Now point to another object for the end letter of the word. My word is "sad".

Shoulders "s", [clap] 1 "a", "T" tongue. Try it at home! You know what this is this? Yeah, our nose. Know how to spell it? N-o-s-e. No. Know what this is? A nose! Know how to spell it? Yeah. N-o-s-e. You know what this is? A nose! Know how to spell it? N-o-s-e You know how to spell it? I-t. You got it. Listen to me. You know how to spell it? I got you, I get you. Yeah. Oh, you... [laughs] Where did you learn that? I asked a question. Where did you learn? [laughing]

Sally the Salamander and Norman the newt. By Ernesto Boaz of Bronx, New York. Once there were two masses of eggs just laid by a female newt and a female Salamander. The salamanders did not like the newts, and they always had wars. The eggs developed very slowly. It took about a month for them to develop. Finally they hatched and one girl salamander started to play tag with a boy newt. the salamander's name was Sally. She really liked him. The Newt's name was Norman. He really liked her. A few years passed and they both grew little tiny legs. Now they could climb right onto the land and really have fun. They could play hide and seek beyond the trees. A few more years passed and they decided they wanted to get married. So Norman asked his father who was king of all the newts. "Dad, can I get married with Sally the salamander?" "What?" After Norman asked, his father fell into a rage. When

Sally asked her father who was king of all the newts, "Well can I, Pop?" "No, they are our worst enemies!" Sally's father would not even consider the marriage since they couldn't get married by asking, they decided to elope. They made plans for one night after all the pond animals would be asleep. "Come on! Let's go now!" And on their way they went. About a year later Norman's father was swimming. He cited four salamanders playing with four newts and he said to himself, "Hmmm, these must be the children of my son Norman and his wife." "Why should newts fight so much with salamanders? If those children can live peacefully together, then so can we!" And from that time on, the newts and the salamanders never fought again. The end. [jazz music plays] [singing] Mr. Froggy went to Portland he did right. Mmmmm.

Mr. Froggy went to Portland he did right, with a jar of peanut butter by his side. Mmhmm. He road on down to Missy Mouse's door. Mmhmm. Mmhmm. He road on down to Missy Mouse's door where he had been many times before. Mmhmm. Mmhmm. Mmhmm. Mmhmm. Oh, Missy Missy Mouse, are you within? Mmhmm. Mmhmm. Oh, Missy Missy Mouse, are you within? Yes, kind sir, I sit and spin. Mmhmm. Mmhmm. He took Missy Mouse upon his knee. Mmhmm. Mmhmm. He took Missy Mouse upon his knee. Said "Missy Missy Mouse, will you marry me?" Mmhmm. Mmhmm. Mmhmm. Mmhmm. Without my Uncle Rat's consent Mm-mmm. Mm-mmm. Without my Uncle Rat's consent I wouldn't marry the President. Mm-mmm. Mm-mmm. Mr. Rat left and shook his rat side. Mm-mmm. Mm-mmm. Mr. Rat left and shook his rat side. To think be a bride. Mm-mmm. Mm-mmm. [dance break]. The owl did hoot.

The birds they say. Hoo-hoo. Hoo-hoo. The owl did hoot. The birds they say. into the woods the music play. Hoo-hoo. Hoo-hoo. Oh, where will the wedding breakfast be? Mmhmm. Mmhmm. Oh, where will the wedding breakfast be? Away down yonder in a hollow tree. Mmhmm. Mmhmm. Oh, what will the wedding breakfast be? Mmhmm. Mmhmm. Oh, what will the wedding breakfast be? Banannas and a cabbage and a buck-eye tree. There's a whole jar of peanut butter on the shelf. There's a whole jar of peanut butter on the shelf. You want any more you can sing it yourself. Yum yum. Yum yum yum yum. Yum yum. Yum yum yum yum.

[drum roll] [flute playing] You got an idea sittin' on the shelf. Send it to Zoom! Send it to Zoom! A story or a riddle that no one can guess. Or something for the fellas that will show success. Well you write it all down with your name and address. Cause you still gotta send it to Zoom! Who? Why Zoom Z double O-M. Box 350, Boston, Mass, 02134. Send it to Zoom! 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, 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 zoom! Presentation of this program was made possible in part by a grant from General Foods corporation.

And by public television stations. [PBS stinger] [PBS stinger] [silence]