Yodelling in Switzerland All Over the Place

I'm hitting the high notes, the low notes,

and the odd bum note.

But I promise you, it's yodel-ightful!

So keep watching!

I need ear plugs!

Luckily I can drown out your singing with some top European adventures.

Naomi gets in a flap...

Chris travels back in time...

Now, that really is cutting edge!

..Michelle blows her own trumpet...

Sam and Mark aren't as super as they think...

Ooooooh(!)

Iain finds a frightening doll...

And Johny gets a job as an...

Old sea captain or something.

# All over the place

# All over the place

# North, south, east, west On a bizarre quest

# Me and my mates, all over the place!

# It's true what you've heard, everything is absurd

# Whatever we do is strange but true!

# All over the place

# All over the place

# There's stuff to do in Europe that is totally ace

-# And it turns up...

-# ..all over the place! #

Did you know the world record

for eating Brussels sprouts in a minute is 31?!

What a gas!

-Oh, come on, Johny, you look good!

-Seriously?

Cos I feel like I look like an old sea captain or something.

Not just any old sea captain, Captain Haddock,

the most famous sea captain ever.

If I'm Captain Haddock, why aren't you dressed up?

I am dressed up.

I'm Tintin, the budding reporter.

I've just got a slightly less elaborate costume.

If you say so.

But why are we dressed up as comic book characters anyway?

Because we're at the Belgian Comic Strip Center!

This place is full of over 50,000 comics.

What a doodle-tastic museum!

If you spent 15 minutes reading each one,

it'd take a whopping 521 days to get through them all.

That's almost two years!

Wow, that's a lot of comics.

Who could guide us through this comic book maze?

I'm Willem!

Wow, what a comic hero entrance!

Why do Belgians love comic books so much?

We have three official languages

and this makes it very complicated to communicate.

So we rather prefer images than text and words to communicate.

So when did the first Belgian comic strip start?

The first comic hero in Belgium is still one of the most famous,

it's Tintin. He started in 1929.

-Do you know Tintin?

-Oh, yes, I know him!

Is he the most famous Belgian comic character?

I think that the Smurfs are even more popular.

The Americans made an amazing cartoon of them.

By the way, every comic character has its own catchphrase.

So what is our characters' catchphrases, then?

Johny, do you know nothing?

You're Captain Haddock so yours is...

And I'm Tintin so mine is...

OK, Mr Know-It-All. Name some other famous comic book catchphrases.

Not so fast!

It's game time!

Willem will give you the names

of three famous Belgian comic characters

and you need to find them.

When you do, he'll tell you their catchphrases.

Find all three and you'll win a treat.

OK, the first comic character I want you to find is Marsupilami.

OK. Come on, Snowy!

Oh, I forgot, he's in quarantine.

Is this Marsupilami?

Correct. And his catchphrase is "Houbar!"

James shot to comic fame in 1952

and he has his own TV show and computer game.

The next one is Gaston Lagaffe.

Is this Gaston Lagaffe?

Correct! And his catchphrase is "M'enfin."

Gaston Lagaffe's a household name in Belgium and France

but he's never been translated into English.

The final one is the Smurfs.

Nice cactus, mate!

Here's one! A Smurf!

Correct, and the Smurfs' catchphrase is "Have a Smurfy day!"

The Smurfs are older than they look.

They've been around since 1958

when they first appeared in a Belgian comic.

Since then, they've become so popular

they've made two Hollywood movies.

Well done, chaps.

You've won a comic drawing lesson with resident doodler Dennis.

What's the difference between the American

and European style of drawing comic books?

American.

European.

If we are going to draw, which style would you like to do?

-How about a mix of both?

-Good idea!

-Have you thought of a character?

-Yes, I've got something in mind.

You?

Yeah, I've got something up my sleeve.

Let's get to work, then.

Hey, let's see what you've done.

Behold Tutu Man,

the man with the magical tutu,

who can...fight crime!

-That is so lame.

-What do you mean, lame?!

Let's see yours, then.

I've got Captain Rubber Ring and his sidekick Armband Boy.

They specialise in solving seaside-based crimes.

And you said mine were lame? They look like right idiots.

-Mine's better than yours.

-Mine's clearly better than yours.

-Mine's much better than yours.

-I drew two, you drew one.

Help, help, I'm a woman trapped on a ledge!

A woman trapped on a ledge!

This looks like a job for...

Pink Tutu Man!

Not so fast, Pink Tutu Man, I am Rubber Ring Man.

And I'm his inflatable sidekick, Armband Boy.

This is a job for superheroes, not ballet dancers.

THEY LAUGH

Stop that! That's annoying.

I will have you know that ballet dancing

is one of the most physically demanding activities there is.

-So I am super.

-OK, OK, calm down.

Don't go all Incredible Hulk on us.

Yeah, hey, what do you do,

get angry, turn pink and burst into Swan Lake?!

You might think I am a weakling but during one ballet,

I'll use more energy than I would

if I was playing two entire football matches.

Oooooh(!)

What are your superpowers, then?

Hello, I'm wearing a rubber ring!

-That's because he can't swim.

-Don't tell him that!

The point is I can inflate rubber rings faster than anybody else,

-because I breathe 20,000...

-Times a day?

Oh, yeah, big whoop(!)

You haven't got super breath.

Everybody breathes 20,000 times a day.

-That's it.

-Let's get him!

-Oh, somebody has got hold of my hands!

-Me too!

Oh, no, it's Invisible Girl!

Pesky Invisible Girl!

And she saved the woman from the ledge.

Let's face it, we are pretty useless superheroes.

PHONE RINGS

What's that?

A group of ballet dancers have fallen into the swimming pool

and they can't swim?!

This really does sound like a job for Pink Tutu Man.

-Rubber Ring Man.

-And Armband Boy!

Wait a minute, did they fall in the deep end?

If they did, we'll just play on the slides.

THEY CHEER

The German Grimm brothers published fairy tales

like Cinderella and Snow White over 200 years ago.

Oh, I can't tell you what a relief it is when you're in Berlin,

you've lost your passport and you find one of these, a photo booth.

What?!

Chris, this is supposed to be serious. This is serious!

So is the art of photobombing.

Besides, you want one of those in colour

if you're getting a new passport photo.

And there's plenty of photo booths in Berlin.

20 more, to be precise.

In the days before insta-snap-foto-face-tweet-grams,

photo booths were one of the only ways to get an instant photo.

For years, they were mainly used for passports and stuff,

but now, in Berlin, they're the height of fashion

with hipsters who love old-school, retro technology!

Ed and Chris, you have 52 seconds to find out

as much as you can about the photo booths in Berlin.

Ed, you have Christian,

who knows all about why tourists come to see the photo booths.

Chris, you have Imogen, who is an expert on photography on film.

Whoever finds out the most facts is the winner.

Drei, zwei, eins...Gehen!

Hi, how are you doing? So, how did the photos get on the paper?

Well, the paper has a light-sensitive emulsion

on the surface of it

and when the light hits you and reflects back on to the paper,

inside the photoautomat,

that is the basis of a photograph.

Why has it come back into fashion?

Because it is a selfie, it is a kind of a selfie.

Why do they come out in a strip?

Well, it's based on a, I don't know, camera.

And so they come out on the same size as a film strip.

What do people do with these photos?

They bring them home and show them to Mummy and Daddy.

The guy inside the photo booth, what does he do between customers?

-Does he get bored?

-No, there's no guy inside the machine!

-No man inside the machine!

-It is automatic.

Tell me the strangest thing

you've heard about happening in one of these.

-Oh, 40 people inside.

-40 people?!

You could never fit 40 people inside one of those!

Which is your favourite of all the photo booths?

-My favourite photo is this one, Chris.

-This one here?!

-This one right here.

-BUZZER SOUNDS

And the person who found out the most facts is...

Chris!

-Yes!!!

-What? How?!

I found out loads of facts!

-Well, mine were clearly more interesting.

-Aw-w.

Well, much as I would like to hang around here

soaking up the ambience of this photo booth,

it's a black and white one and that's no good for me.

I need colour photos for my passport photo. Come on!

Oh! Can you see anyone waiting for their photos?

No, it's just us.

That's a bit weird.

-Yeah, there's no such thing as a perfect passport photo.

-Exactly!

Oh, come on, guys!

It's your chance to show the world how photogenic you are.

Ed and Chris, get to your photo booths.

'Hello, your passport photo should show you facing forward,

'looking at the camera.'

'Your passport photo should contain no other people or objects.'

'Your lovely face must not be obscured.'

'Your pretty eyes should not be covered by hair or sunglasses.'

Is this thing working?

'And...make sure your seat is functioning properly!'

I don't think they're gonna give you a new passport with that photo, Ed!

Hooray! Well done, Chris.

Anyway, at least it's easier now

than it was for the early photographers.

Yeah, I suppose so.

Say cheese!

Cheese!

A bit longer.

Cheeeese.

Yeah, that's great,

but you need to say it for ten seconds.

Cheeeeeee...

No, no, no, ten seconds?

That's ages.

Not really. The first photograph took eight hours,

so just count yourself lucky

we've got one of these cutting-edge, state-of-the-art bad boy cameras.

This one can take a photo in just ten seconds!

Mwah!

So, say cheese.

Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese...

Three, two, one. Great!

That's it.

There you go, all done.

Finally, thank you...

-Where is my lovely red hair?

-It's black and white, isn't it?

Colour photography is not going to be invented for another 56 years.

And why is it printed on this glass plate?

That's what the picture goes on to, glass.

Next you'll ask me to digitally remove the bags under your eyes,

or the spot on the end of your nose!

How does that work?

Well, I don't know, do I? It's the 1850s.

It'll be 130 years before that's possible.

Look, I'll see you later.

CRASH!

Now, that really is cutting edge.

Croatia would fit inside the UK over four times.

Though I don't think the Croatians would be too happy if we moved it.

# It might seem crazy what you're about to see

# In Cigoc houses don't have chimneys

# This might be hard to get into your head

# But they've got a stork nests up there instead

# And they are flappy

# Flap along if you spot a stork up on a roof

# That's where they make their nests

# I swear that is the truth

# You can bring a telescope if you want a better view

# And see up real close just what storks get up to

# There are stork nests as far as I can see

# Man and nature living in harmony

# 200 have made this their home

# They outnumber the humans 2-1

# And they are flappy

# Flap along if you spot a stork up on a roof

# That's where they make their nests

# I swear that is the truth

# They spend the summer here, they turn up in the spring

# Then they fly to Africa, it's what's called migrating

# They don't make bird sounds, so to speak

# Communicate by rattling their beaks

# A symbol of luck from the ancient Greeks

# But maybe not if you're a chimney sweep

# Depending on how high they fly

# Locals can tell if it will rain or shine

# They live in pairs and protect their eggs

# Like me, they've got lovely long legs

# Flap along if you spot a stork up on a roof

# That's where they make their nests

# I swear that is the truth

# You've got to say that Cigoc is certainly picturesque

# If I was a stork myself, it's where I'd build my nest. #

Shame I'm not.

HE YELLS

Dormice are a delicacy in some regions of Italy.

Mmm...urgh!

Oh, Janet, my lovely antique doll that I have had since I was a baby,

I have always wanted to show you Rome

and its beautiful winding streets.

Oh, don't look at those scary dolls, you sensitive thing!

Ah!

Got her.

Iain, you saved her!

Oh, come here, Janet, give us a hug!

POING!

That didn't sound too healthy.

Oh, no, I've broken her arm.

Is there a doll doctor in the house? I mean...street!

There's one in there.

-You've saved her again!

-Come with me.

If your doll needs fixing, then Federico is the man to see.

This place might look a little scary,

but people all over the world come here for dolly first aid.

And with doll parts from the 1850s through to 1960s,

Ed's broken Janet might just make it.

Can you help Janet?

-TRANSLATION:

-Sure, let's do it. Let's do it.

-Oh, that made me feel better.

-He definitely can.

So what is this place? A sort of hospital for dolls?

Yes, it's a hospital for dolls

but we do also repair ceramics and chinaware.

Those ones in the window don't look very healthy.

No, they are not healthy.

We can't repair them, but we let them stay with us.

Oh, no, Janet's going to end up like them!

No. We'll repair her.

He knows what he's doing, man. Don't worry!

This is just like an episode of Casualty.

CASUALTY THEME MUSIC PLAYS

Status check, Dr Stirling?

Resting heart rate is absolutely normal.

What about her temperature?

-Not got one. She's a doll.

-Good, good.

-Oh, dear, look at this arm. It's come clean off.

-Prognosis?

Limbus danglius.

It's the worst case of dangly arm syndrome I've ever seen.

-We're going to have to operate.

-What tools do you need?

Scalpel, retractor?

Elastico.

Oh, he's just going to fix it with some elastic.

BEEPING

Absolutely ground-breaking techniques.

The old joining the arms together with elastic trick.

We should have thought of that.

Some of the best doll mending I've seen in my entire career.

-As good as new!

-Wow.

Well, that was the longest half hour of my entire life.

LONG BEEP

Wait! Her heart rate's dropping!

Quick, mouth-to-mouth!

-BEEPING STOPS

-It's my watch - the battery's low.

Oh.

Well, that was embarrassing.

Speaking of which, welcome to...

Let's meet our contestant, Mr Iain.

Hello. Pleasure to meet you.

I'm going to ask you questions about famous dollies

and you have to answer them.

Let's get embarrassing!

Behold...Barbie.

She's the most successful selling doll ever made.

But what is Barbie's favourite colour?

Pink. It is pink. 100% pink. Pink, pink, pink.

You are 100% wrong, Iain, it is not.

If you said a shade of pink called PMS 219

then you would have been right.

But you didn't, so you're wrong!

Barbie's been dating Ken for over 40 years.

And dolls have been found dating back to between 2,000 and 3,000 BC.

Bet they look a bit old.

Ah, Mr Potato Head, my old nem-sis.

Nemesis.

Sorry, I don't speak Italian.

The first Mr Potato Head's body really was a spud.

But where would I have found his arms, legs and face?

Erm...France?

Oh, that answer's very bad.

They were in fact first found in cereal packets.

Sorry, Iain, you are a loser on...

And you are an embarrassment.

But don't worry, nobody leaves here empty-handed.

I have got some friends together and here they are!

I mean...it is.

Your very own Frankendolly.

SCREAMING

There are places in Switzerland

called Misery, Egg and Apples!

Where on earth is Ed?

Does he not know we've got a main event to take part in?

I know, I'll give him a call.

Of course, no reception in these beautiful Swiss Alps!

-# Yodelay-hee-hoo! #

-Is that... Is that Ed?

-Ed?

-# Yodelay-yodelay-hee... #

It'd Ed! What is he wearing? Something must be wrong.

That is not right. He doesn't look well.

Maybe he has got a fever of something.

Must have been something he's eaten. Dodgy cheese fondue.

Yeah, I need to go and check he's all right. Ed, I am coming!

Ed's actually not ill, he's yodelling.

Or at least trying to.

# Yodelay-hee! #

That's because we're at Jodlerfest!

Yodelling began as a way to communicate over long distances

in mountain regions of Switzerland and Austria.

It uses a combination of vowel sounds, long intervals

and high pitched singing to create a kind of lovely gibberish sing-song!

OFF-PITCH: # Yad-lil-ay-lil-oo. #

I think Ed needs a bit of practice.

Today, Ed and Michelle are joined by over 10,000 yodellers

and later will compete in a yodel-off.

What is going on here today?

There's people walking around with big horns and silly hats on,

waving big flags going, "Yadil-ay-hoo-hoo."

Well, it is the 29th Swiss yodelling festival here in Davos

and it is all about flag-waving, alphorn playing

and yodelling, of course.

-Jodlerfest.

-That sounds good.

So is there any chance we can have a go and get stuck in,

-practise being Swiss?

-Yeah, of course.

Just walk around, talk to people and they will show you how it is done.

Brilliant, let's go then.

Maybe we'll get a go on someone's horn.

Oh, I don't think you could miss them, Ed.

These giant alphorns are around 3.5 metres long.

That's over twice your height.

Originally farmers played these to call the cows from the pastures

and into the barn at milking time.

I bet Ed will be udderly confused!

-This, what is this?

-Alphorn.

That's the horn!

Oh, that's amazing!

The alphorn fits together in two main pieces

and is played by pursing the lips and blowing,

a bit like a giant wooden trumpet.

SHE PLAYS THE HORN

Let's see how Ed gets on.

HE TRIES AND FAILS

Oh, no! This is terrible!

Oh, dear, Ed's gone the same colour as his T-shirt!

Can Michelle do any better?

I think your head is going to explode!

This is really difficult!

-SHE SUCCEEDS

-Ja!

-Oh!

What?! You've done this before!

You haven't done this before, have you?

I've got one of these at home, yeah.

Of course I haven't!

How are you doing that?

Wow - that actually sounds a bit like music! Bravo, Michelle.

I actually think I was pretty good at that.

Don't start blowing your own trumpet too soon, Michelle.

We've still got the yodelling to come,

and I think I am going to be really...

# Yodelay-ya-loo-ya-good Yay-hee-ooo-good. #

OK!

I'll be honest, Ed,

that sounded like someone with a sore stomach.

So before the main event, you need some expert help

and a change into traditional Swiss costume of course.

So, Sissi, what is yodelling, is it singing or speaking?

-TRANSLATION:

-It's singing from the bottom of your heart, darling.

It's from your belly, down-to-earth simple singing.

How do we make our voice go up and down like that?

The HOOO-ooo.

That's sliding between pitches using your throat.

That happens here,

where the vocal cords are.

They touch each other very fast when you do this...

# Yo-OO-oh-OO-oh-OO. #

And higher.

# Yo-OO-oh-OO-oh-AH. #

THEY TRY AND COPY HER

-# HEEEEEEEEEEEE

-# Oh-OOOOO. #

No, guys! Listen to Sissi.

No, always keep it steady. Not like this.

# Yo-OO-oh-OO-oh-OO. #

I was just about to tell Ed to put a cork in it...

but seemingly this helps with the shape of the mouth for yodelling!

The time has come.

Ed and Michelle will have to sing a yodel solo each

with the crowd deciding the winner.

Luckily they will have some help from Sissi

and the local children's yodel choir.

There's still some time for last minute training from the pros.

# Lo-LO-la

# Yo-lo-LOOOOOOOO. #

But I think it's too little too late for Ed!

The crowds are gathering and the children are ready.

Will it be a yo or a no from the Swiss yodelling fans?

Michelle is first up - time for her big solo.

THEY ALL SING TOGETHER

# Yo-lo-LOOO

# Lo-lo-lo-lo

# Yo-lo-lo-looo-LOO

# YO-LO-LOO

# Loo-loo-LOO...

THE OTHERS JOIN IN

She looks relieved.

Ed's looking nervous...

PAUSE IN SINGING

# Yo...

Oops, too soon! This is the part the children sing, Ed.

CHILDREN ALL SING TOGETHER

Will Sissi be impressed with Ed's yodel?

Ready, Eddie?

# Yo-lo-OOO-AH-OH-oo-OH

# AH-OH-OH-oo-OH-ah-OH

# AH-oh-OH...

THE OTHERS JOIN IN Why are you laughing?!

No wonder they're laughing, Ed!

Now it's all down to the crowd to decide the winner.

Clap for Ed.

SMATTERING OF APPLAUSE

Clap for Michelle.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

The winner from All Over the Place

is Michelle!

CHEERING

# YODEL-OODEL-OOO! #

I honestly don't know how that has happened.

Oh, well. Looks like I am the LO-loo-lo-LOO-lo-loser!

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