ZOOM, Series I; 234

Zoom number 234 WGBH-TV, Boston. 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, zoom-a-zoom.

You gotta zoom, zoom, zoom-a-zoom. Everybody's doing it, everybody's doing it. Everybody's having a ball, yeah. So we do zoom, zoom, zoom-a-zoom. Come on and zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom. I'm Edith. I'm Luis. I'm Larry. My name's Danny. I'm Bernadette. I'm Leah. My name's Neil. Who are you? What do you do? How are you? Let's hear from you, we need you We're gonna zoom, zoom, zoom-a-zoom Come on and 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 high Come on and zoom, come on and zoom-a-zoom Come on and zoom, come on and zoom-a-zoom Come on and zoom, come on and zoom, zoom Come on and zoom, come on and zoom, zoom Here we go. Would you like me to slice a pizza in four pieces or eight pieces? Better make it four. I could never eat eight. It's time to roll out the barrel.

Here's a barrel idea sent in by Sally Station of St. James, Illinois. Each player gets a handkerchief and tucks it into the back of his belt or belt loop so that part of it is hanging out. Then, everyone must hold his right foot in his right hand in back of him. Now, by hopping around, try to snatch the handkerchief from the other players without letting them get yours. See who can snatch the most handkerchiefs. Good luck. How many people here are lefties that are playing this game? Then one of the... Okay, now we try to snitch their handkerchiefs, right? Go. Go, guys. Come on, come on. Come on, Edith. Come on. Come on, Louie. Come on. Yeah. Oh, shit. Oh, you almost got Louie's. Come on. Oh, no. I'm getting out of here.

Get out of here. Get out of here. Get out of here. Get out of here. Get out of here. Oh! Daddy! Hey! Come on, Daddy! Come on, Daddy! Get it, Daddy! Come on, Daddy! Get me, you're a lover! Get it, Daddy! Get it, Daddy! Get it! Oh, hi, Neil. What would you like? I'll have, um, I'll have the soup. Okay. Here you go.

Hey, there are three pennies in this soup. Well, you said you'd stop eating here if there wasn't some change in our meals. Here's a game you can make at home. Make a square and cut it up into pieces. Then see if your friends can put it together. Cynthia Quizay of Medford, Mass, sent us this one. Mr. Look, look. Ta-da! Wait a minute, here. No, it's too big. I know. Out here. No, you take that and go. Like it's supposed to be anyway. No. No! Wait a minute, wait a minute. Yeah, yeah, yeah, look no, let's fix that One second

Yes, I have pancakes, please Okay. Would it be long? No, it'll be round! I'm lucky to be able to blow glass at my age. My father's an art teacher and knows artists and glassblowers, so that's how I get to learn. Every time I make a new thing, it's like taking a walk or finding a new hiding place.

It's like finding a new animal or getting a new pet and having a good friendship with it. I enjoy the scope of glass blowing, it takes a lot of concentration and I like that. I like making things out of the molten glass, like cups or vases, I also like making things

just to look at sometimes I feel like the glass is trying to take shape of its own and I'm just watching it happen toots is an art student who's a friend of mine it's nice to to be able to learn from someone who's just not a teacher, but your friend. I like to do new things with class. I'm proud of the things I can do. I'm lucky to have such good people to work with, the chance to learn to be a craftsman.

I wish more people could. Yes? Um, I'll have a bologna sandwich, please. Yes, ma'am. Is there anything extra you'd like on it? Um, yes. Some ketchup, mustard, bananas, pickles, tomato, lettuce, relish, grapes, apples, peas, pears, pick-a-lily, lemons, and mayonnaise. Is there anything you don't want on your sandwich? Yes. No bologna, please. Oh! Here's a letter sent in by Teresa Gessette of Rotterdam, Mass.

Dear Zoom, I raised a duck. I called him Alfred F. Gessette. You probably won't believe this, but my duck got arrested. The police found him wandering in the street at 3 o'clock in the morning. so they put them in so they put him in the cell so they found the owner in the morning my uncle called us and said is your duck missing my mother sent me out to get him there's a joke sent in by Elaine Bass of Manasasas Virginia two eagles were lazily soaring over the desert when a jet-propelled plane sped by them it did saw a sprouting flame and smoke. As it went out of sight, one of the eagles remarked, that bird was really in a hurry. You'd be in a hurry too, said the other, if your tail was on fire. Let's see if you thought. Here's a limerick sent in by Tyler Asher of Florence Mass. There was a dog named Sam who had a girlfriend, Pam.

They played together, whatever the weather, and they both ate jelly and jam. Okay, here's a riddle sent in by John Brown of Essex Junction, Vermont. Why did the fly fly? Because it was supposed to. Have you seen the fly? You guys give up? Yeah. Oh, okay. He wants some food. Because the spider spider. Spy her. Spy her. Spy her. I wish. sent in by Debbie and Darcy Vance of Marion, Ohio. What does a wish look like? Is it round, square, fat, or tall? What color is it? Is it green, blue, pink, or yellow? Is a wish invisible? Can you see a wish? I wish I knew what a wish was. That's good. The Lonesome TV, sent in by Danny Miller of Chicago, Illinois.

Once upon a time, there was a TV set named Tommy. Tommy used to be very happy, and he had a nice home. But no one seemed to want him. Finally, the repair shop threw him out. All the fancy, expensive TVs laughed and sneered at his failure. And Tommy was very lonesome and sad. He started to cry. Then something strange happened. When he went to wipe his eyes, his antenna hit a certain channel on his dials. He started shaking and changing different colors. Everything around him started whizzing and buzzing, and Tommy didn't know where he was. Then, finally, with a bang, he landed on a hilltop. Suddenly, a picture started forming in his enormous mouth. What was it? Zoom, of course! And then children of all kinds, from all over, climbed the mountain to see Tommy and his favorite TV show. And Tommy was the happiest TV set in the whole world.

Here's a doodle sent in by Lori Berger of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Can you guess what this is? Shhh, shhh, shhh, shhh. What is it? I understand. Here we go. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. If you want to make t-shirts like us, write them.

If you want to make t-shirts like us, write them. Box 350, Boston Mass, 02134. Here's a doodle sent in by Linda and Sharon Barr of Whitestone, New York. Can you guess what this is? What is it? It's an idea on a shelf. And now, to test my invention... Okay.

Okay, I think I'll turn it on. For my next invention, I'll be, um, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. Here's a doodle sent in by Keith Knead of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Can you guess what this is? What is it?

It's a broken heart. Dear Zoom, how come people are prejudiced? I think that everyone is equal no matter what, right? But how can we tell this to the other people? Will you help me by having a rap about prejudice? Thank you. Joanne Bancroft of Hawthorne, New York. In their childhood, if they'd never seen someone else like they're Chinese or black or something like that, then they'd really start getting prejudiced with people. I used to be picked on when I was about in first grade or second grade because I was Chinese. Whenever I went to school, this kid, about two years older than I was, he used to chase after me and try to beat me up all the time, you know, and I used to hide every single time. It wasn't really a good school because they all picked on me because I was Chinese. Like, in my school, some kids, like, pick on me because they're white and they just, like, say there's about 300 kids in my school, right?

There's only nine of us there and all the rest are white and so they just come and pick on us because we're the only, like, different color ones there. Like, in China, my mom said that there were some white people and everyone was teasing them. Like, there's this redhead guy and he had freckles and everyone was calling him Red Top or something like that. Red Top. Red Top, you know, redhead. And they go, um, I don't know, they call them a lot of names. Like in China, they call white people names, you know? Like white they call Chinese or black names. That's because, like, maybe there's more Chinese people than there are white. China, they, um, Chinese people live there and they don't see much of white people. Like in white people, you mostly see, like in America, you mostly see white people. That's why they start being appreciative. Another thing is you can't expect everyone to be your friend and everything. I know. That is pretty dumb. But you try. Here's a doodle sent in by Alex Brown of Homewood, Illinois. Can you guess what it is?

It's a caterpillar doing a cartwheel. Well, we could just sit around making music all day long.

As long as we're making music, we know we can do nobody wrong. And who knows, maybe someday we'll come up with a song That makes people want to stop their fussing and spiting Long enough to sing along I, I believe in music I, I believe in love I, I believe in music I believe in love For music is love and love is music If you know what I mean And people who believe in music Are the happiest people I've ever seen So clap your hands, stomp your feet And shake your tambourine

Lift your voices to the sky God loves you when you sing, everybody sing I, I believe in music I, I believe in love All together now I, I believe in music I, I believe in love Music is a universal language and love is a key The brother, sister, rule of man and woman living in harmony So take your brother by the hand and sing along with me Find out what it really means to be young and you agree I, I believe in music I, I believe in love

I, I believe in music I, I believe in love Everybody now Everybody sing Music is a universal language and love is a key. The father's just the hood of men and women, living in harmony. So take your fruit above the hand and sing along with me. Find out what it really means to be young and new and free. I believe in him

I believe in music, I believe in love, I believe in music, I believe in love, 152,265 of you sent in your photos or pictures of yourself to Zoomalon. Well, here is some good news. Zoom will be back again next year. Thank you. I believe in music. I believe in music. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got an idea sitting on the shelf?

Send it to Zoom. Send it to Zoom. A polo play that you wrote yourself. Send it to Zoom. Send it to Zoom. A story or a riddle that no one can get. Or something for the bell that's a sure success. Well, you write it all down with your name and address. Because you still got a sentence in Zoom. Who? Why Zoom? C-double-O-M-box-three-five-oh. Boston, Max. O-two-one-three-four. Send it to Zoom. We're gonna Zoom, Zoom, Zoom-a-Zoom. Come on and zoom ah, zoom ah, zoom ah, zoom Come on, give it a try We're going to show you just five We're going to 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. Thank you.