ZOOM, Series I; 322

The 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. I'm Mike My name's Rose I'm Hector I'm Donna I'm Timmy My name's Sean I'm Dean 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 Zoom is made possible by grants from McDonald's Corporation and McDonald's Restaurants Fund and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Will somebody please send us a play?

Yeah! It's time to roll out the barrel. Here's a Zoom barrel sent in by Tammy Foster of Grapevine, Texas. Dear Zoom, here's a hard trick for your barrel. Stand in the middle of the floor, hold your left leg with your right hand, and then put your left hand around the back of your head and touch your nose. Now stand on the tippy toes of your right leg and turn around without hopping. Can you do it? Good luck. And to find out what's inside today. Just go like this and hold your left leg and turn around. Danny, you don't wake up out. It's kind of weird. A bunch of kids walking on the street. Whoa. Stop. Wait. They say stand on your tippy toes, right? So you stand on your tippy toes. I don't think it's possible.

I just see who can stay in that position hopping the longest. Yeah, come on, let's go. Here goes Shawn. I'm after you guys. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25, 26, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 32, 33, 34, 39, 64, 39, 34, 41, 42... 55, 56, 57, 57, 58, 57, 58, 58, 58, 58, 58, 58, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 76, 79, 86, 77, 78, 79, 88, 82, 83, 44, 58, 62, 64, 65, 66, 78, 88, 88, 88. If all the cows and lizards were one thing, what a lovely co-wizard that would be.

Here's a letter sent in by Carolyn A. of New York, New York. And she writes, Dear Zoom, I noticed that you always say to get a Zoom card, send us a self-addressed stamped envelope. Well, I don't think some kids understand what that is. So why don't you explain what you mean? Okay. Okay, say this is your letter address to Zoom. Before you seal it up, take another envelope, put your name, your address, and a stamp on it, put it in with your letter, and send the whole works to Zoom, so we can send you a Zoom card. I'd like some ice cream. Sure, and what kind of ice cream would you like? I didn't say my ice cream.

Yes, you did. You said I'd like some ice cream. We have all kinds of ice cream. And what kind would you like? Forget it. I'd like some of your ice cream. Sure. And what kind of rice cream would you like? I didn't say rice cream. Yes, you did. You said I'd like some of your ice cream. We have all kinds of ice cream. And what kind would you like? That's all right. You're okay. Yes? Do you have any apple ice cream? I'm sorry. I have mice cream and rice cream, but I'm all out of apple ice cream. We didn't say apple anyways. We said ice cream. Dice cream? My name is Chris Brashear, and I started playing piano when I was in second grade, and I had to play scales all the time.

I had to learn them, though, because you need them to learn how to play the harder stuff, like Bach and Beethoven. Bach is like a really scaly type guy because he doesn't go all these chords, he just moves around all the time. Beethoven doesn't go too fast like Bach. And then one night I was watching TV and Max Marath was on the Boston Pops playing Scott Joplin music and I thought it real good, so I got into ragtime, too. And here's one of Joplin's pieces. Joplin was born in Texarkana, Texas, and later in his life, he moved to Sedalia, Missouri.

He's been forgotten, but in the last few years, he's become known again, and his songs are being played more, and people are beginning to enjoy it again. I learned to play Joplin by the first week, I just used the music and then I've got it and then about the next week I have it memorized and then I just gave my hands their head. Before you play any song you have to be patient with yourself, I mean you just can't run right through it, I mean you gotta stick with it. You can't be too hard on yourself because you get too frustrated and you just leave it and then you'll never learn it. Jacqueline's pieces are pretty tricky because they have a long reach and my hands aren't big enough yet. So I just cut off the cord so I can play them. But when I get older, my hands will grow and I won't have to cut off the cord anymore and I can play it like it's written. Nobody can make music like Joplin

Because he has music all of his own And nobody can just compare to him He's king of ragtime One of Joplin's most famous pieces was Maple Leaf Rag I didn't think I could play it But everybody wanted me to So I just got the book and learned it Thank you. And when I just get to feeling like playing, I just enjoy myself, you know. If something's gone bad with me, you know, like I'm not feeling very good, well, it kind of, you could say, cools me down or something.

I don't like to perform because I just like to play for my own pleasure. When I play by myself, you know, I can just, you know, make all the mistakes I want. I mean, I always correct them, but I can make them, and I won't feel bad. I'm going to be a farmer when I grow up, and I'm going to keep on playing Joplin because I like him a whole bunch. He's just a fantastic composer. That's all there is to it. If all frogs and mice were one thing, what a lovely mug that would be. A few weeks ago, we did some food color art. All you need is some paper towels and some food coloring. Lots of kids have sent in food color art of their own. Look!

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

A poem sent in by Janine and John Montegusco of Parkland, New Jersey, and it's called Winter. I went outside, and what do you know? I saw the ground covered with snow. We made an igloo, nice and tall. Then it collapsed, and now it's small. I rolled down a hill and hit a tree. I hit it so hard, I hurt my knee.

Oh, that's nice. I know, Victoria, we crutches. Here's a poem sent in by Laura Conklin of Marblehead Mass. It's called A Cold. Here I sniffle in my bed, I have a cold in my head. Lozenge is here, aspirin there Pills surround me everywhere The sun is shining in the sky While in my bed I must lie I want to get up and dress But my mother says rest That's it We're waiting for the end That's it Vincent Showalter of Princeton, New Jersey writes Dear Zoom I have been watching so many horror movies lately I can't help thinking there's a monster in the closet so I wrote a poem to calm me down it's called there are no the windows are closed the lights are out there are no monsters to worry about there is no snitch with hair on his nose there is no blick with 14 toes there is no slimpy with three heads so why don't

Why don't you just lay down and go to bed? Alright, here's a letter sent in by Pasula Metzer of Vancouver, Washington. And she writes, Dear Zoom, I am very concerned about the energy crisis. People should try to save as much fuel as they can. But it isn't fair to have people saving and having these big buildings with their lights on all night. What do you think? The stores that sell TVs during the day, they have all their TV sets on to show the people. They show how their color is or something like that. And it's stupid because you're just wasting all that energy. And then they're telling you when you're not watching your TV, you don't need a light turning off. And all these big buildings have about 3,000 lights on. I have a letter sent in by Vashti Jackson of Richmond, Virginia. Yeah. And she writes,

Dear Zoom, I have a boa constrictor named Slinky. Slinky is seven feet long and eats mice, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, squirrels, and eggs. Eggs? All my friends think that I'm odd because squirrels aren't supposed to like snakes. I also like frogs, spiders, and all those creepy crawly things. Eats hamsters? I wouldn't buy hamsters for about a snake to eat. If all snakes and woodpeckers were one thing, what a lovely wood snake that would be. this contest was sent in by monsandum of jackson minnesota try this you need four toothpicks two bowls of jello and two players then each player has two toothpicks and you see who can

You can eat up the Jell-O first by using just the toothpicks. Oh, my goodness. You can put your mouth on the bowl and scoop it up with the toothpicks. Good luck. On your mark, get set, go. Ain't that cute? Oh, how lovely. What kind of Jell-O? I can't eat it. Orange. Is it good to me? that's what i'm gonna do wow timmy's going fast i can eat that timmy loves jello it's not that i'm hungry i'm grown hogs eating jello that's nice you can't look at his face you can't see his thing daddy over here get over here Oh, wow. What a joke.

Oh, my other two-pit. Oh, come on. Bon appétit. Oh, wow. She wouldn't make that. What? What happened? Come on. Just only a few more. He just loves yellow so much. Of course he does. Let's go to the bathroom. I'm going to eat him. I'm going to go here. Is that enough for you? Yeah. Yeah, Timmy won. Timmy won. Do a zoom do. Do a zoom do. Do a zoom do. Well, first, Sherry had made a huge design with 32 pieces in it, something like that. And we had to simplify it and everything.

That took a little bit of time. Yeah, I think we ended up with about 21 pieces. Stained glass doesn't splinter like regular glass. But you do have to be careful working with sharp edges. It's slow work and you can't rush. Welcome. When you get all the pieces cut to fit the design, it's good to get an idea of what they will look like

before it's leaded together. First, you put a piece of clear glass over your tracing. Then you draw the outline from the tracing onto the glass. Next, you stick the pieces of stained glass onto the glass with modeling glue. Then you can hold the design up to the light and see if the colors are okay. Next, you're ready to join the pieces together with special strips of lead.

It's very soft, so you have to cut slowly and be careful that it doesn't squish flat. You bind the pieces together with a soldering iron. You have to be careful not to get the iron too hot so it melts the lead strips along with the solder. When one side is finished, you've got to solder the other side so there's no chance of any pieces falling out. Let's find them together.

Yep, just have to solder it together. Sherry and I have tried to figure out how much time we put into building this butterfly. Our closest estimate was about 200 hours. Okay, we are finished. you know what dog no what you're not really a dog why not because you're the only dog in the block that can talk oh I didn't know that I'll try to stop I I think I'll call up Jack.

Yeah, who's this? This is Mark. Hi, Jack. Yeah, what do you want? What would you do if you had a dog that talked? I'd take him to Hollywood. Seriously, Jack. I am serious. You're no help. Hi, Doug. Cock-a-doodle-doo. Get out of here. Here's a goodie sent in by Kathy Swabek of Sacramento, California. And she calls it the Swabek Special. What you need is an apple, some peanut butter, some cinnamon and sugar mixed together, and some American cheese.

What you do is you take the apple and slice it into eight pieces. And you have to cut the seeds out. Next, spread some peanut butter on your slice of apple. After you've done that, sprinkle some cinnamon sugar on it. And last but not least, you wrap your whole apple into a slice of American cheese. And there you have it, the Swabek Special.

I'd eat it, but I don't like cheese. Well Arf, arf Good dog Speak Arf, arf What do you want? Arf, arf Speak Arf, arf What do you want? Can I use a sports pitch after you guys? Oh, yeah, sure Thanks Sina, Sina, Sina, Sina, can you hear the music playing in the village square? Sina, Sina, Sina, Sina, can you hear the music playing in the village square? Sina, Sina, join the celebration, there'll be people here from every nation. Santa, Santa, join the celebration

There'll be people here from every nation Santa, Santa, can you dance a whore on one, two, three, four Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa Can you dance a whore on one, two, three, four Santa, Santa, Santa Thank you. Thank you.

Zayna, Zayna, then you left the horn of one, two, three, four. Zayna, Zayna, Zayna, Zayna, Zayna, Zayna. Then you left the horn of one, two, three, four. Zayna, Zayna, Zayna. I gotta go. Close the door, will ya? Hey, other door. Oh, yeah, don't forget to close the door. I got it wrong. Close the door. Hey, remember the door, please. Don't forget to close the door.

Danny, close the door! We got a zoom, zoom, zoom, a zoom. Come on and zoom, a zoom, a zoom, a zoom. Come on, give it a try. 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. Thank you.