ZOOM, Series I; 302

. . . . . . . . Thank you. 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. We're gonna zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. Come on and zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. Everybody's doing it. Everybody's proving it.

Everybody's having a fall, yeah So won't you zoom, zoom, zoom-a-zoom Come on and zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom My name's Danny I'm Edith I'm Mike I'm Donna I'm Timmy My name's Lauren I'm Neil. We're gonna teach you to fight, hide.

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. Zee one? Yeah, Z6? Yeah. As a matter of fact, did you know that milk is heavier than cream? Holy cow! Here's a riddle sent in by Suzanne Buzzard of San Diego, California. Which will burn longer, the candles on the birthday cake of a boy or the candles on the birthday cake of a girl? Burn longer? Yeah. Both? The girls. That's right, the girls.

I should have said that the first time. Um, I don't know. Get this. No candles burn longer, they all burn shorter. Dear Zoom, can you say this tongue twister? Chippity-choppity, mippity-moppity, snippity-snoppity, bippity-boppity, yippity-yoppity, flippity-floppity, lippity-loppity, dippity-doppity, tippity-toppity, prippity-proppity, skippity-scoppity. And that was sent in by Tark Farr of Oak Park, Illinois. Okay, Tark. Chippity-choppity, mippity-moppity, snippity-snoppity, bippity-boppity, yippity-yoppity, whoopity-floppity, lippity-loppity, dippity-doppity, tippity-toppity, prippity-proppity, skippity-scoppity. Here's sort of a tongue twister sent in by Betsy Tormer of DeKalb, Illinois. And it says, Dear Zoom, I'd like you to try saying supercalifragilisticexpialidocious in abby-dubby language. Oh, no. I tried it, and I can't do it. I'm not the best at talking abby-dubby, but I'm pretty good at it.

Good luck. I'm pretty good at saying it. Can I try it? Okay. Sabba... Sabba... Sabba... Sabba... Sabba... Sabba... Sabba... Sabba... Sabba... I can't do it really fast. I can't. Do it, do it. Double cover. I can't do it. I can't do it. Dippity, no? Dippity, doppity, dippity, toppity. Brippity, brippity, brippity, skippity, scoppity. Sub-o-cubber-fabba-lovis-tub-o-gavis-bubba-yabba-lova-dubba-shavis. Yay! Newell's Taxi. Yes, Mrs. Newcomb. Okay, it'll be a few minutes.

Bye. Grandway Stars. She's, I think she's in the square. Okay. 416, base to Unit 2. Yes, Karen. Mrs. Newcomb on vinyl roll wants a cab to go up to Terry's owners. Okay, this will be my last run before lunch. I'm getting awfully hungry. Okay. I'm Karen Allen, and I'm a taxi dispatcher. And I've been working for the family taxi company now for about three years. gee josh has been busy this morning newell's taxi has been around a long time my great-grandmother newell started it and then when she died my grandfather and great-uncle goody kept the business running for about 20 years the first taxis in the company were horse and buggies and then they went on to model a's and model t's and now they have the regular checker cabs now just my grandmother and great-aunt doris are running it now by themselves

doris really is the backbone of the taxi she starts at about after six in the morning and doesn't stop until the taxi closes which is about 11 30 at night clara danucci she drives in the afternoon under six so long karen i'll be down to millie's if you need me After school, I work three nights a week and sometimes on Saturdays. It gets kind of hard at times when you get down, settle down and do something because the phone rings a lot and it gets pretty annoying after a while. Newell's Taxi, 63 Harding Street, 416 base to who's going up to the mail home. No, Doris. Joan, there's somebody... Other kids at school think it's a really big deal what I'm doing because some of the kids only have babysitting jobs

or mowing the lawn or something like that. But I have a steady job. Joan, just get the one from the gay 90s and take him with you while you get Mrs. Brown. He won't mind the ride. All right. Newel's taxi. Yes, Mr. Kilmer. Okay, be a few minutes. 416, face to Unit 4. Unit 4. After you get Mrs. Claridge, Mr. Kilmer wants a cab to come up to the bank. After you get Mrs. Claridge, Mr. Kilmer wants a cab to come up to the bank. when drivers are working for the taxi on the radio they'll hold the microphone too close to their mouth and so it comes in all garbled and you don't understand what they're saying. But you get used to it. What number was that on?

That's right. The busiest part of the day is around 4 to 6. That's the time we get a lot of calls and there's just not enough taxis to go around. Yes, Mrs. Marlin. Okay, and where are you? Okay, Doris knows where that is. Okay, bye-bye. 416, base to Unit 2. Yes, Karen? Doris, can you pick up Mrs. Marlin? She has to be at the vet's by 5 to pick up her poodle. Oh, I just died to eat my lunch. I haven't had a thing to eat since 6.30 this morning. Uh, 416 Space Unit 4. Yes, Karen? Uh, Clara, you want to pick up Mrs. Moreland? She has to be at the vet's by 5 to pick up her poodle. I cannot do it. I have to pick up my phone. Newell's Taxi.

Yes, Mrs. Moreland? Yes, I know you're in a hurry, but we're kind of tight now. Doris, are you still there? Yes, Karen. Uh, hey, Doris, would you mind picking up Mrs. Moreland? I heard it all on the radio. I'll go get her. Okay, hey, thanks a lot, Zara's. A lot of people think that taxi dispatching is really a big deal, but to me, it's just all a part of being in the family. Z7? Yeah, Z1? Yeah. As a matter of fact, did you know that there's a fish called a whale and it catches and eats birds? Holy Bertsy! You bet. Okay, you ready? On your mark, get set, go!

Go, Timmy, go! Go, Timmy! What's it about winning? I don't know. It's how you play the game. We had a lot of fun playing a game sent to him by Dory Halpern of New York, New York. And all you need is two cardboard boxes and a bunch of old clothes. It's a costume race. Come on, Donnie! Come on, hurry up, pick it up! Put everything in. Come on, Donna. And... Put everything in! No! No, I'm lying! I just got you there! No, back in the box. Gotta put it in the box. Put it in. Put it on, put it on, put it on! Edith, hurry up! Just tuck it in, tuck it in your pants! That's it, that's it, that's it! Put it in, tuck it in! Edith, hurry, put it on the shirt! Come on, put it on! Put it on the cape, hurry up, Edith! Oh, come on! Oh, come on! Hurry up! Edith, tie it on, tie it on!

Tie it on, tie it on! Oh, come on! Yeah! Yeah! Take it off! Take it off! Take it off! Take it off! All right, all right! You had to put everything in the box. Okay. Put everything in the box. Hurry up! Take on the shirt! Put everything in the box. I'm just nervous. Oh, come on! I know. Don't be nervous like me. Keep calm. No, no, no! Keep going! Go, go, go! Go, Lauren, go! Oh! Put everything on! Put everything on! Come on! That's it! I can't get it on! All right, now. Okay now, put the shirt on, put the shirt on! That's it, that's it, that's it! They're catching up, they're catching up! That's it, that's it, that's it! Oh, that's it! Oh, that's it! Oh, yeah, put it on! Go, go, go! Go, go, go, go! Push it on, push it on! Oh, shit! Danny, doesn't matter! Danny, come on, please! Danny, come on, Danny! Come on, dude! Uh-oh! Danny's catching his arm. There, Danny, come on! Ta-da! Oh, my God!

Oh, my God! Go, go, go, go, go! Daddy, Daddy, she's in the lead. It's a shoes off. Daddy! Daddy! Hey! They win! And here's the prize. Each week at this time, soon invites you to try it at home. This is called tracing art. And let's see what we have here. A what's that called? Oh, that's a potato masher. Can you tell me that when I asked? Spatula. Cookie cutters. Spoon. Spoon. Spoon driver. Here, you take. You take one of these objects, and then you take a crane or something, and you trace around it. Then, after you've traced around it, you can put something over it.

Then, when you're all done, you color it in. Do you want this? Nope. I want this. Let's see. Anybody want a screwdriver? Anybody want this? Yep. Yep. It's like a person.

One, two, three, four, four. One, two, three, four, five. And then there's two of the stripes. I think I'll do one more shape. There, one. You can use the design, the inside design from this. Why don't you try tracing things at home and send us your tracing art?

C-3? Yeah, C-5? Yeah. As a matter of fact, did you know that corn grows the fastest on warm nights? That's corny! Here's a letter from Judy Starr of Woodmere, New York Dear Zoom, hi I wrote you several months ago And asked for the stained glass cookie recipes And wanted to thank you and tell you I made them with some kids We had a fantastic time playing with the dough cracking candies and making people, planes, and little animals. Since you shared this interesting form of art with my friends and me, I thought you would be interested in a craft I make. It's taking apples and sculpting them into faces

and letting the sun dry them out. Then we form bodies out of scraps of fabrics. All this makes an apple doll. Thank you, Judy. Paul Janani knows how to make apple dolls, too. Thank you. Thank you. Now I'll just let this apple head age and get some character.

In about four days, it'll look like this. This head looks like a Chinese Mandarin to me, so I'll see what I can find in the way of a costume. Well, first, I need some hair. Here's an old vacuum collar, some mink. Oh, here's some monkey fur. Now I have to get something for the main part of his costume. Now I'll find something for his sleeve. Oh, this will make them look nice. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. If you'd like tips on how to make an Applehead doll, write Zoom.

And please remember to send us an envelope with your name, address, and a stamp and we'll send you a Zoom card. Z5? Yeah. Z2? Yeah. As a matter of fact, did you know that the longest day of the year is June 21st or 22nd? What's the shortest? December 21st or 22nd. Hmm. Judy Anderson of Hubertus, Wisconsin, writes, Dear Zoom, the funniest thing I ever saw was in the fifth grade. A boy fell from his desk because he fell asleep. When he hit the floor, he woke up. He thought it was funny, too. What's the funniest thing that ever happened to you? Look, if you have to ask a question or something, and you have to say, and you say, you have to be serious. Okay, I'm serious. I'm going to show it last. I remember when I went to this talent show, right?

And these three ladies went up and started singing a song. And one of the ladies was so funny, I couldn't help but laugh. And I tried to control myself, but she's going, hey, hey. She's not going to sound so professional. She was having such a good time. And I'm going, hey, hey. That's nice. Oh, I remember I got a bicycle when I was, I just turned seven and a half. And I didn't put on the training wheels. I didn't know how to ride a bicycle. So I got into the bicycle, and all of a sudden there was this huge, long hill that went way down. I was on my bicycle, and all of a sudden, you see, my friends decided to play a little trick. I was testing it out, and they gave the bicycle a little shove, and I went, down this hill, and I was like this. I couldn't pedal or anything because the pedal was moving so fast. I was like this. I just kept on hanging like this, and the bicycle stopped. And finally I begged into this little friend.

What happened to the bike? Nothing. Too strong bike. Well, me and my friend, she's always over at my house every day. And like once, when she was over with my other friend, you know how you put all these crackers together and eat them? She's the first one to whistle. And we drank juice right after that. At the same time, two at the same time. And we were laughing, and all of it was coming out of everything. It was coming out of this side, and this side, and this side. And my friend was laughing. It was all over the table, all over the floors. One time, I had that same kind of contest that Laurie did. And a friend of mine came over. And we were trying to eat all the crackers we could, you know, see who can say the first thing to try to pronounce. It's Seven Silver Swans Swam Silently Seaward. Oh, my God. After you eat a bunch of crackers, and my throat got pretty dry,

and so I took a drink of water, and I still had all these crackers in my mouth with a drink of water. And my brother yells, Look, that's hard work! And I go, Look, that's hard work! Look, that's hard work, yeah. Little things with crackers all over his face. What's the funniest thing that ever happened to you? Right? Zoom C-O-O-M, Fox 3-5-0, Boston Best, 0-2-1-3-4, Center to Zoom! When John Henry was a little baby No bigger than the palm of your hand He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel

He said, son's gonna be a steel-driving man Son's gonna be a steel-driving man Well, John Henry, he had a little woman And her name, well, it was Pollyann When John Henry, he got sick and he couldn't go to work But Pollyann, she drove steel like a man Pollyann drove steel like a man Well, the captain, he says to John Henry Come and bring me a steam drill round We'll take that steam drill out on the job Gonna warp that steel on down this land I'm gonna walk that steel right on down John Henry says to his captain Come and send me a twelve-part hammer round A twelve-part hammer with a four-foot handle And I'll beat your steam drill down, yes ma'am

I'll beat your steam drill right on down Well, John Henry says to his captain A man ain't nothing but a man But before I lay that stainless steel gun I'm going to die with a hammer in my hand I'm going to die with a hammer in my hand Well, John Henry went down to the railroad With a 12-pound hammer at his side John Henry beat that steam drill 14 inches down Then he laid down his hammer and he died He laid his hammer down and he died Well, they took John Henry to the graveyard And they buried him in the sand But every time a locomotive comes a-whirlby They say there, oh, there lies a steel-driving man

There lies a steel-driving man Thank you. 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 Eden? That there was a song written about a boy named Danny? As a matter of fact, did you know that we need a matter of facts?

come on give it a try we're gonna show you just why we're gonna teach you to fight 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.