0:00:02 > 0:00:05Fancy a wicked whistle-stop tour of the USA with your CBBC mates?
0:00:05 > 0:00:09Ed and Iain discover a giant Hoover, Naomi gets laughed at by a dolphin,
0:00:09 > 0:00:15Michelle makes sparks fly, and Richard turns into a chicken.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17CLUCKING
0:00:19 > 0:00:21# All over the place
0:00:22 > 0:00:24# All over the place
0:00:25 > 0:00:27# North, south, east, west On a bizarre quest
0:00:27 > 0:00:29# Me and my mates, all over the place!
0:00:29 > 0:00:32# It's true what you've heard, everything is absurd
0:00:32 > 0:00:35# Whatever we do is strange but true!
0:00:35 > 0:00:36# All over the place
0:00:37 > 0:00:39# All over the place
0:00:40 > 0:00:43# Bet you didn't know this stuff's all over the States
0:00:43 > 0:00:46- # But it turns up... - # ..all over the place! #
0:00:47 > 0:00:49There are 50 states in America
0:00:49 > 0:00:52and we're starting in the one known as the Sunshine State.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53Florida.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAKING
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Wow, you have been practising. That was really good. Do some more.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05SQUEAKING AND SCREECHING
0:01:07 > 0:01:10- Think I need a bit more practice. - Don't worry, Ed.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13We are all about to get a lesson in dolphin-speak
0:01:13 > 0:01:16at Grassy Keys Dolphin Research Center in Florida.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Here they study how dolphins communicate with us and each other.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23I think this one is saying, "Give me a fish."
0:01:27 > 0:01:30And they communicate in a very unusual way.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33SQUEAKING AND WHISTLING
0:01:33 > 0:01:34- Hear that whistle?- Yeah.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37That's what they do when they're talking to each other.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38They use different whistles,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41and clicking sounds or their echolocation or sonar.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43That sounds like this.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45CLICKING
0:01:46 > 0:01:47It's vibrating.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAL
0:01:49 > 0:01:51It's so loud.!
0:01:51 > 0:01:54All that sound came out of her blowhole?
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Everything is coming out of their blowhole. I will show you.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59SHE SQUEAKS
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Do you want to try that?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Ed Petrie on the dolphin.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06I have just been laughed at by a dolphin.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Why don't you laugh at her and see what happens?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10HE LAUGHS
0:02:10 > 0:02:12DOLPHIN MIMICS LAUGH
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- I know. We're having a blast. - Nice toothy grin there, Missus.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24They use their blowholes to make some very naughty noises indeed.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26RASPBERRY
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Have you been eating beans?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32ED AND DOLPHIN BLOW RASPBERRIES
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- It sounds much ruder when she does it.- Excellent raspberry!
0:02:36 > 0:02:39It's like floating whoopee cushion.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Just because they're in the water it sounds wet as well,
0:02:42 > 0:02:44which is really gross.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48We are going to ask Merina to dive. Put your right hand out like this.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51This is what we call stationing. That tells Merina to look at you.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52See how she is doing that.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55I will count you guys down - one, two, three.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59On "three", make a big circle in the air. All right. One, two, three.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- Go, Tursi!- Go!
0:03:05 > 0:03:06Whoa!
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- Woo-hoo!- You guys are going to ask Merina
0:03:10 > 0:03:13to show off how fast she can swim.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15You are going to do that station again
0:03:15 > 0:03:19and then on three you're going to point like this and say, "Speed."
0:03:19 > 0:03:21One, two, three.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22BOTH: Speed!
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Watch when she comes around.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAL
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Whoa!
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- Really good. Well done. - Better surfer than me.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44That's five times faster than the average human can swim.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Now that we have both Tursi and Merina here, how would
0:03:46 > 0:03:49you like to have them give you a tour of our lagoon?
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Yes.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Put your hands out like this
0:03:53 > 0:03:56and you are going to hold on right at the front of their dorsal fin.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- Just like that. Perfect. Are you ready to try?- Yes.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Here they come. Hold out those hands.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12WHISTLE BLOWS
0:04:12 > 0:04:17- Whoa!- How was it?- They went so fast my trunks came down!
0:04:17 > 0:04:22- Please don't look.- I hope you didn't see the top of my bum then.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25These dolphins are really smarty-pants.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Whistling, diving, laughing - next you'll be telling me
0:04:28 > 0:04:31they can even paint designs on T-shirts.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34You are not trying to make us look stupid, are you?
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- Dolphins really can paint T-shirts? - Yes, believe it or not they can.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41They do it with their own very unique style.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43We're going to put this paintbrush right here.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Go ahead and hold that shirt out over the water.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53Good. She's painting your hand too. There is some purple.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Are you ready to paint some purple?
0:04:57 > 0:05:01I wonder what he's painting. Check it out.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06- Nobody else has got a T shirt like this.- Get going.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08He's painted my hand there.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12This is a dolphin with a message for the world.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19Another one? This side. Wow.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25I'm going to call it Shark Attack. I'm calling it Shark Attack.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26What do you think?
0:05:27 > 0:05:31You like that. OK. That's what teamwork is all about.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Ed has a lovely new friend. That won't last.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48- Need water. Must get water. I need water.- Stop being overdramatic.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- You finished your water about two minutes ago.- Have you got any water?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54If you want some of my water, just ask for it.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- That's grand. Thanks, mate. I feel much better now.- That's all right.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06Plenty more where that came from. Thanks to this. Whoa!
0:06:06 > 0:06:07The Hoover Dam.
0:06:07 > 0:06:13Big thumbs up indeed, boys, because this is the amazing Hoover Dam which
0:06:13 > 0:06:16you will be surprised to hear has nothing to do with vacuum cleaners.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19It is a massive wall that holds back the Colorado River.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22The water that has been collected is known as Lake Mead.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28It lies between two states, Arizona and Nevada.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31It supplies water and power to the surrounding area.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33"Water" achievement.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37'Ed and Iain, you have 47 seconds to find out as much as you can
0:06:37 > 0:06:39'about the Hoover Dam.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42'Ed, you have Charlie. Iain, you have Reid.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44'They are both Hoover Dam tour guides.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48'Whoever finds out the most facts is the winner. Three, two, one, go.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50- Wait, hang on.- What?
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Does that not mean one of us has to go to the bottom of the dam?
0:06:53 > 0:06:58Oh yeah. Who brought you to America?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00I can take the lift. It's fine.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- How are you?- Good. - Why are we wearing helmets?
0:07:04 > 0:07:08It's dangerous here. You might hurt yourself if you don't have them.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11The water level seems quite low. Are you running out of water?
0:07:11 > 0:07:12- No.- Good.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14How far down are we in the Hoover Dam?
0:07:14 > 0:07:15We are about 500 feet down.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- When did they start building it? - 1931.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- What is this thing here? - That is the dam itself.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23660 feet of concrete going straight back to the waters of Lake Mead.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27How much water do people get to drink from it? How many people...?
0:07:27 > 0:07:3090 per cent of the Vegas Valley's water is out of Lake Mead
0:07:30 > 0:07:32and is almost 2,000,000 people in the Vegas Valley.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- Can you swim in the dam?- No.- Why not? - You don't want to do that.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38That's where all that water comes out - really turbulent.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- How much electricity per person is produced from this dam?- Don't know.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- What is the electricity used for? - To power the homes around here.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Each generator can power about 65,000 homes.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49- KLAXON - We found out a bit, didn't we?
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Yes, we did.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55- 'And the person who found out the most facts is... Iain.- Yes!
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- Argh!- Yes! Whoo!
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Tell you what, mate.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Don't worry. We can still have a look around inside the dam.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08- Oh yes. So in a way we are both winners.- I'm the winner. Come on.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11This is the generator room.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14The water from Lake Mead flows through the generators
0:08:14 > 0:08:16and creates electricity.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21Each generator weighs 1,814,378 kilograms.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- There are 17 generators in the Hoover Dam.- Wicked.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Each generator generates enough power to power 65,000 homes.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37How do you know all this stuff?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39I'm just one of those very intelligent people that
0:08:39 > 0:08:41naturally absorbs facts.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- Also, each generator...- Hang on. I've got a question for you.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46- Fire away. - What's he doing here?
0:08:48 > 0:08:53- Um...- He's the guy that helps Ed "naturally" absorb facts.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57The Hoover Dam is 221 metres tall from top to bottom.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02At its fullest, Lake Mead
0:09:02 > 0:09:05could hold around 35.5 trillion litres of water.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Fingers crossed the dam does not burst,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10because if it did that would be enough to give
0:09:10 > 0:09:14the whole of the UK a shallow bath in 15 centimetres of water.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18- I can't believe how thick this dam is.- I know.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21It's 200 metres thick at the bottom. It's all concrete.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- And they made it in under five years. - It's incredible.- It's impressive.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27What's more impressive is that you are in the middle of the dam.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Whoa!
0:09:28 > 0:09:35- Hello, Nevada.- Hey, don't forget Arizona.- Yes. And Arizona.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36Great guys.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Do you know what? I really enjoyed Hoover Dam,
0:09:40 > 0:09:42but I could still really do with some water.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- Yeah. Not just to drink.- What? - You are more than a little whiffy.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48You could do with a bath.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50You smell so badly I'm going to go all the way to
0:09:50 > 0:09:53the state of Arizona to get away from your disgusting stench.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55There we go.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- It was me actually.- I didn't want to say anything.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- So how was Arizona?- It was lovely.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05I should go sometime.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07So that's our story of the Hoover Dam.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10I wonder what these expert dam building beavers made of it.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12This TV show sucks.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Yeah. Hoover Dam(!) We beavers have been building dams for centuries.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18We don't go on about it.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21No, and we don't use any of this concrete stuff either.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Us beavers build our dams out of twigs and mud and stones.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27PHONE RINGS
0:10:27 > 0:10:29- That'll be the boss.- I'll get it.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Yo, Beaver Construction.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33HIGH PITCHED VOICE FROM PHONE
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Hey, Boss.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40How is our dam doing? Fine, sir. Finished.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Yes, 100 per cent watertight.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45You can hold back the entire Colorado River with our dam.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48Why do you ask?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50HIGH PITCHED VOICE FROM PHONE
0:10:50 > 0:10:52No problem, sir.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54You can count on our dam, sir.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57What is it?
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Some idiot has opened the Hoover Dam.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- There's a whole lot of water coming our way.- Nice(!)
0:11:03 > 0:11:09- How much water exactly?- 409,000 litres per second. Give or take.- OK.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11And how is our dam actually coming along?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13I got this twig.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15RUMBLING
0:11:15 > 0:11:19- Right, OK, that's good because I got a plan.- What?- Run!
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Argh!
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Where is Ed? He's probably checking out his hair
0:11:33 > 0:11:35in every shop window along the way.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- Don't worry, Michelle. Here I am.- Keep your voice down.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39This place is a hidden gem.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43- We might even get it to ourselves. - I know. The House Of Balls.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45I've got everything covered.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47If any balls comes my way, I'm going to whack them.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50There is nothing to whack. This place is a collection of art -
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- nothing to do with sports.- Why not call it the House Of Art?
0:11:53 > 0:11:54We're going to find that out.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58This is a badly named place. They're making people look stupid.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- Why did you call the House Of Balls? - I carve bowling balls.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17I'm probably the only person you'll meet that carves bowling balls.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Did you start by carving bowling balls
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- and then you moved on from there? - Exactly.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Allen creates his art from lots of recycled items like mirrors,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26dolls heads, toilet brushes,
0:12:26 > 0:12:29and he has even been known to rummage around in skips.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31In their lifetime, the average American will throw
0:12:31 > 0:12:34away 600 times their own body weight in rubbish,
0:12:34 > 0:12:35which would weigh...
0:12:42 > 0:12:45How do you carve into metal, like that thing over there?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47I can show you downstairs.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I have got a plasma cutter and we could make something.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52- Yes, let's do it.- No, I'm not interested in the slightest.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- Let's do it.- I'm joking. Of course I do.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59Plasma cutting is when a gas is combined with electricity
0:12:59 > 0:13:00and blown out of a nozzle at high speed,
0:13:00 > 0:13:04which is powerful enough to cut through steel.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06- It's like sparklers, isn't it? - I know.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09- It's like a sparkler set.- I'm glad I've got my skirt to protect me.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14It can be dangerous so safety clothing must be worn at all times.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16The plasma cutter cuts to the metal because...
0:13:21 > 0:13:23I am first. I have cheated a tiny bit.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27I have put my drawings on the metal. That should help. Let's get cracking.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41I think I'm getting the hang of it. It's coming together.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44I just need to keep my hand steady. I keep shaking.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Well done. High five.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54Right, time to show Michelle who the real artist is.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- Let's give it a shot.- You want to see this? I've drawn this.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58All right.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Oh dear, it's gone wrong already.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Oh no. Why is it not working?
0:14:16 > 0:14:17It's not very good, is it?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19- Can I help you with it?- No.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23- And the winner is... Michelle.- Yes! Woo-hoo!
0:14:23 > 0:14:24CRASH
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Do my victory dance!
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Oh dear, Ed. Not to worry. Your creation will fit in nicely with
0:14:29 > 0:14:32some of the other unusual-looking items in the collection.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35I am not sure the necklace makes it look more appealing.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38It is the perfect birthday present if you hate your little sister.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43- Please don't get me this on my birthday.- I rather like it actually.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Although sometimes I get rather confused by art.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Haunting.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59It's exquisite. An exquisite exhibit.
0:14:59 > 0:15:04But to be explicit, what is it? This exhibit that's so exquisite?
0:15:04 > 0:15:09- Sorry, what are we talking about again?- I have no idea.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11But look at the lines, the contours,
0:15:11 > 0:15:16the once-proud mop plunged into a pool of despair.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Despair? Really? It looks like chunder to me.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- I was distracted by this piece... - Yes, I can see why.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25..which surely reminds us that in Britain
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- we use 13 billion drinks cans per year.- 13 billion.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33If you were to put those drinks cans side-by-side, it's enough to
0:15:33 > 0:15:35reach the moon three times.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38I know. I've tried it. I haven't tried it.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44And to think we only recycle 11 percent of our rubbish.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- It's all so, so... Oh!- Ooh!
0:15:48 > 0:15:52- Oh!- Ooh! - This piece is a triumph.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Almost like a cave painting in its simplicity.
0:15:54 > 0:16:00Yes, arms outstretched, as if the subject has a bursting, a longing,
0:16:00 > 0:16:02a desperate need to empty its...
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- Soul?- I was good to say bladder.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- Do you mind if I look at this exhibit more closely?- If you must.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Now that is rubbish.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30'Have you heard the phrase, "Money makes the world go round?"'
0:16:30 > 0:16:32- 'I sure have.'- 'Well I think something's gone wrong here.'
0:16:32 > 0:16:36'Well I think it looks a million dollars...because it is!
0:16:36 > 0:16:39'Welcome to the Money Museum in Chicago.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43'That is 1 million in one-dollar notes stuck inside a plastic cube.'
0:16:43 > 0:16:46'That's over £600,000.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49'Too much money to fit into a piggy bank, I suppose.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53'Here, ask me how I am doing today.'
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- 'OK. How are you today?'- 'I'm great.'
0:16:56 > 0:16:59'In fact I would say that I am feeling a million dollars!'
0:16:59 > 0:17:01'But if you had a million dollars
0:17:01 > 0:17:03'rather than just feeling a million dollars
0:17:03 > 0:17:06'and you spent one dollar a second every day for 12 days,
0:17:06 > 0:17:08'guess what you would have left?'
0:17:08 > 0:17:09'Nothing. Nothing at all.
0:17:09 > 0:17:14'Not even a single cent, or if you are in the UK, not a single penny.'
0:17:14 > 0:17:17'The thing is, I really need to spend a penny,
0:17:17 > 0:17:18'so if I didn't have any...'
0:17:18 > 0:17:21'You can spend that type of penny in the loo down the hall.
0:17:21 > 0:17:22'Woo-hoo!'
0:17:22 > 0:17:25'I wonder what I would buy if I had a million dollars.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30If I had a million dollars I would buy a rocket ship, go to space,
0:17:30 > 0:17:37and I would see an alien with one leg, with kissy lips,
0:17:37 > 0:17:42the moon what's purple,
0:17:42 > 0:17:46the world shaped like an 88...
0:17:49 > 0:17:53..and lots and lots of yellow aliens.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14# Let's go
0:18:14 > 0:18:18# Walking warily down the street in an Arizona town
0:18:18 > 0:18:22- # Don't shoot, we're not real cowboys - Johny, keep your voice down
0:18:22 > 0:18:24# It's not the Wild West here these days
0:18:24 > 0:18:27# those dangerous times are gone
0:18:27 > 0:18:31# People now visit Tombstone to learn about what went on
0:18:35 > 0:18:40# Back in the 1870s it was a silver mining town
0:18:40 > 0:18:44# Cowboys came to seek their fortune from miles and miles around
0:18:44 > 0:18:47# Had a reputation as a violent place
0:18:47 > 0:18:49# You could often hear a gun battle
0:18:49 > 0:18:53# I was a cowboy way back then I'd have stuck to herding cattle
0:18:55 > 0:18:57# Under the desert sky
0:18:59 > 0:19:01# This Town's too tough to die
0:19:01 > 0:19:06# The most famous shootout of all time was in 1881
0:19:06 > 0:19:10# It only lasted 30 seconds but its legend still lives on
0:19:10 > 0:19:14# The gunfight at the OK Corral - here's an interesting fact you know
0:19:14 > 0:19:16# It actually took place in a vacant lot
0:19:16 > 0:19:18# By a photography studio
0:19:18 > 0:19:23# Wyatt Earp and his brothers along with Doc Holliday
0:19:23 > 0:19:28# Took some lawless cowboys on that fateful October day
0:19:28 > 0:19:32# Cleaning up the Tombstone streets they saw as a must
0:19:32 > 0:19:34# And the lawmen shot the cowboys dead
0:19:34 > 0:19:36# Three of them bit the dust
0:19:38 > 0:19:40# It's quite a grisly past
0:19:43 > 0:19:45# But this place is a blast... #
0:19:45 > 0:19:46GUNSHOTS
0:19:46 > 0:19:48What was that? What was that?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Don't panic. It's just the re-enactment.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53They put them on for the tourists. I hope.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01# Boot Hill cemetery is the resting place
0:20:01 > 0:20:03# For this notorious band of brothers
0:20:03 > 0:20:05# And judging by the number of tombstones
0:20:05 > 0:20:07# A couple of hundred others
0:20:07 > 0:20:09# It's called Boot Hill cos many victims
0:20:09 > 0:20:12# Were buried with their boots on
0:20:12 > 0:20:14# Being a cowboy was a dangerous game... #
0:20:14 > 0:20:16So why have we got these cowboy suits on?
0:20:17 > 0:20:20I think I'd feel a lot safer dressed as a sheriff.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24# A real frontier town
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- # Two times it's burnt down
0:20:31 > 0:20:33# America's Wild West. #
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Cowboy, you're under arrest!
0:20:48 > 0:20:53- Cock a doodle do do!- Ed? - Cock a doodle do! What's up?
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- What are you up to?- Nothing.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00CLUCKING FROM HEADPHONES
0:21:00 > 0:21:06- It hasn't got anything to do with that, has it?- No.- Yes it is.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Ed's practising for a cluck-off competition, which is an event
0:21:10 > 0:21:12where people pretend to be chickens.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Think it sounds weird? Well, you ain't seen nothing yet.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17It's part of...
0:21:29 > 0:21:33And there's not many of them around here!
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Just people who love chick-chick-chickens.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37ED CLUCKS
0:21:37 > 0:21:40You've got stop the rehearsals. It's driving me insane.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- I'm really looking forward to the cluck-off.- Right(!)
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- There are other chicken sports events here as well.- Yes, like what?
0:21:47 > 0:21:51- I don't know. - Who said chickens can't fly?
0:21:53 > 0:21:58One of the other events is the rubber chicken chuck. Don't worry.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- MC:- 'I'm sure they practise this in England also.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07- Oh!- Not that far.- Oh!
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Oops! "Fowl!"
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Have I just killed someone? No. I think I am all right. OK.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15It's the technique. I was watching the others.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19- There's more ridiculous chicken sports to come.- Yes, let's do it.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Apart from competing in crazy chicken events...
0:22:24 > 0:22:28- I've found the perfect competition for us.- Yes? What's that?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- Best chicken legs. - I love chicken legs.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33I wouldn't get your knife and fork out yet.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36It might not be the chicken legs you're thinking of.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Why did the chicken cross the road?
0:22:38 > 0:22:41To get to the chicken leg competition of course.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Ed and Richard have no experience of this.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49They will just have to "wing it."
0:22:49 > 0:22:53People come from all over the USA to take part in the competition.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54The rules are simple.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56All you have to do is flash those knobbly knees
0:22:56 > 0:22:58and make like a chicken.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- MC:- How about right here?
0:23:00 > 0:23:04The winner is the person who gets the biggest cheer from the audience.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06CHEERING
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- MC:- And last, but not least.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10# Nice legs, shame about the face. #
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Who's going to get the chicken crown
0:23:12 > 0:23:15and who's going to be left feeling like a nugget?
0:23:15 > 0:23:19Fingers crossed you win. I'd be so proud of you if you did.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Honestly, I'd laugh all day.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28- MC:- We've got first place right here. - He has won!- First place!
0:23:28 > 0:23:31- First place! I knew it!- Amazing. It's a personal "breast."
0:23:31 > 0:23:34He's reached the "beak" of his career.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36He's got America's best chicken legs.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39My name is Ed and I have come all the way from England to show
0:23:39 > 0:23:41you my disgusting legs.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45How do you feel? You have just won the chicken leg competition.
0:23:45 > 0:23:46This is the proudest moment of my life.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48I think my entire life has been
0:23:48 > 0:23:51building up to this and if my little brother is watching -
0:23:51 > 0:23:54you may have teased me for having skinny legs all my life,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56but look at me now.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Yes, your legs do look "fowl,"
0:23:57 > 0:24:00but this is chicken feed
0:24:00 > 0:24:02compared to the cluck-off itself.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05The cluck-off has four rules.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07You must be heard by the whole audience,
0:24:07 > 0:24:11you have to sound like a chicken, act like a chicken,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14and your clucking must last for at least 15 seconds.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Time to get some nuggets of wisdom from a former top clucker.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25What tips could you give us for doing a really good cluck?
0:24:25 > 0:24:28First, be the bird, and then you have got to put on the bird,
0:24:28 > 0:24:30into your body, feel the bird, feel the wings...
0:24:30 > 0:24:34- I feel it.... - Then suck in deep and then...
0:24:34 > 0:24:38HE CLUCKS
0:24:40 > 0:24:42THEY ALL CLUCK
0:24:42 > 0:24:44You are rock solid. You guys are rock stars.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49He is the most chicken-like man I have ever met in my life.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51It was an honour to meet him.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55CLUCKING
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Cluckers have flown in from near and far to compete
0:24:58 > 0:25:01including last year's champ Joel.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03HE CLUCKS
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Shake them tail feathers.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09HE CLUCKS
0:25:09 > 0:25:12CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:25:12 > 0:25:16- That was astounding. - What was that all about? That was...
0:25:16 > 0:25:21You didn't understand that? He sounded exactly like a cockerel.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24And there's some hens in the yard too.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27APPLAUSE
0:25:28 > 0:25:31I think Lyle has a competitor in his midst.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Heck. Our Lyle ain't going to chicken out.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36He can't be serious.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Oh, but yes he is.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42HE CLUCKS
0:25:42 > 0:25:44He is chickening right out.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47APPLAUSE
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- A true professional. - He is at the top of his game.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Now they have seen how the seasoned chickens do it,
0:25:54 > 0:25:58it is Ed and Richard's big chance.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01HE CLUCKS
0:26:12 > 0:26:15CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:26:15 > 0:26:19- I'm really nervous.- He's so nervous. - I'm going to pass out.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23HE CLUCKS
0:26:37 > 0:26:40CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- It was all right, man.- I thought you sounded more like a seagull.- Wicked.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48See, my chicken impression is pretty good.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Yes, but unfortunately it wasn't quite good enough.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54After a tense final cluck the overall winner
0:26:54 > 0:26:57and ruler of the roost is Joel.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00But we still need to judge who is top of the pecking
0:27:00 > 0:27:03order in the all-over-the-place cluck-off.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Ed or Richard?
0:27:04 > 0:27:06CHEERING
0:27:11 > 0:27:13It was a brilliant competition,
0:27:13 > 0:27:17but the audience has spoken and there can be only one winner.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22- Richard, congratulations.- Yes! Thank you very much. Cheers.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25- Did I become the bird? - You were the bird.- I became it.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28- You became it, you lived it, you breathed it.- I don't care.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31You might have your trophy. I've got this.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40- Are you going to eat that?- No, I might have eggs for tea though.
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