0:00:02 > 0:00:04Get ready as your CBBC chums take you on the ultimate
0:00:04 > 0:00:05stateside road trip.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08Michelle finds herself in a jam with the police.
0:00:08 > 0:00:13Richard hits rock bottom. Cel feels a wee bit deli-cate.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17And Johny gets watermelon all over his face!
0:00:19 > 0:00:22# All over the place
0:00:22 > 0:00:25# All over the place
0:00:25 > 0:00:28# North, south, east, west On a bizarre quest
0:00:28 > 0:00:30# Me and my mates All over the place
0:00:30 > 0:00:33# It's true what you've heard Everything is absurd
0:00:33 > 0:00:35# Whatever we do is strange but true!
0:00:35 > 0:00:37# All over the place
0:00:38 > 0:00:40# 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 > 0:00:47# But it turns up all over the place! #
0:00:48 > 0:00:50First stop is Michigan, where you're never more than nine
0:00:50 > 0:00:54kilometres from a lake, a stream or, apparently, a doughnut.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59- Oh, where's the action?- Don't know. Oh, watch your feet!
0:00:59 > 0:01:01That looks like a dodgy doughnut to me.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- Now here's something I never thought I'd say, Ed.- What's that?
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Follow that doughnut!
0:01:07 > 0:01:11- Stop!- Wait!- Stop in the name of All Over The Place!- Wait!
0:01:11 > 0:01:12DOUGHNUT GIGGLES
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Oh!
0:01:19 > 0:01:21DOUGHNUT GIGGLES
0:01:28 > 0:01:32- Oh...- Would you mind telling me what you're doing?
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Erm, would you believe us if we said we were chasing a doughnut?
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Yes, I would. Come on with me.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41I "dough-nut" believe you guys got away with that!
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Dough-nut, did you see what I did there? Nevermind.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47You're in the Cops and Doughnuts Bakery, in Clare, Michigan,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49which sells around 30 different types of doughnut.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52But this isn't just any old doughnut shop. Oh, no.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57The owners specialise in serving and protecting.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Cops and Doughnuts was an idea of ours
0:02:00 > 0:02:03when this 100-year-old bakery was about to close.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05We, as a police department, decided to band together
0:02:05 > 0:02:06and buy it and keep it open.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Why do cops love doughnuts?
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Cops love doughnuts because years and years ago, bakeries were the
0:02:11 > 0:02:14only things that will open all night long, so they had a place to go.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18- Would you like try and make some doughnuts?- Yes.- Would you?- Yeah.
0:02:18 > 0:02:19We'll let you give it a try,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22but you can't make a mistake because if you do, we could have a problem.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- Why's that, we might get arrested? - That's very possible.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- Wow, stakes are high.- Come on with me, I'll take you to the back.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31OK, guys. First, we're going to pin this out with a rolling pin.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36- Does it double up as a truncheon? - Yes.- Oh, I like this one.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39Now push down hard.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42The cops make all different shapes and sizes of doughnut,
0:02:42 > 0:02:44not just the traditional round ones.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- So, how many of these do you do a day?- About 250 dozen everyday.
0:02:48 > 0:02:54I'm just trying to do the maths. 250 times 12 is.. a lot of doughnuts!
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- That'll be 3,000, Ed. - It's 2,500! Sorry, I just did it.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- I just did the maths. - No, it's still 3,000, Ed.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04OK, so now we're going to fry the doughnuts that we made earlier.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07We're going to put them in this cradle and float them
0:03:07 > 0:03:08right in the grease.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Both sides are fried in oil that's almost twice as hot as boiling
0:03:12 > 0:03:13water. Ouch!
0:03:13 > 0:03:16When they're the same colour on each side, take them
0:03:16 > 0:03:20out of the fryer and put them on the draining board and let them drain.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22They look a bit boring compared to the others.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Well, what we need to do now is take them up front and decorate them.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29- Here's your doughnuts, guys. Please don't make a mess.- OK.- OK.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- Right, let's get filling and frosting.- OK.- Waaay!
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Feels really weird. Agrh!
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Oh, dear, I've got a bit carried away.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Everyone likes, everyone likes extra filling, don't they?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Oh, no, we need some blue stuff.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43Oh, yes, definitely.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Oops.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- It's harder than I thought it would be.- Put some on these.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Now, should I tell the cops that a crime against doughnuts
0:03:53 > 0:03:56is in progress, right under their noses?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Erm, do you think this is going to pass the test?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Yeah, I reckon they're going to love them.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07- OK, you two, I understand that we're done.- Yes, what do you think?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10MUSIC: "The Murder" by Bernard Herrmann
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- Is this what you did?- We thought we'd be very generous with the filling.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14- Yeah.- Yes, you were.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I told you that if they weren't acceptable,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18that you're going to have to go downtown.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- Yeah, you were joking, though, obviously.- I was not joking.
0:04:21 > 0:04:27- And these are not acceptable so put your hands out in front of you.- Eh?
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- Oh, no.- And you're coming with me.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- No, wait, I've been framed!- You're coming with me.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34It wasn't me!
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Yup, crimes against doughnuts,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38they're the hardest for any cop to swallow.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43As a detective, I'd visited crime scenes before,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46but something told me this one was different.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50I know you've visited crime scenes before, but this one's different.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- OK, let me see the victim.- Brace yourself, boss, this ain't pretty.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00OK, we got ourselves a single doughnut,
0:05:00 > 0:05:05severe bite marks to the lower left-hand side, massive jam loss.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Where's the guy that owns this office?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09It couldn't have been him, boss, he's out of the country.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Must be one of these two other doughnuts.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24I think it was a robbery gone wrong, boss. Look, someone stole the hole.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26You can't steal a hole, you dumb flatfoot.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29There's nothing to steal, that's why they call it a hole.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Which means there can only be one suspect - Sprinkles McGhee.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36I tried to get him to confess, boss, but he ain't talking.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Course he ain't talking, he's a doughnut!
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Listen, Sprinkles, you're not going to get away with this
0:05:40 > 0:05:42because, this time, we've got the evidence.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Your sprinkles are all over that doughnut right there.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48Sorry, boss.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52MUSIC: "Sound Of Da Police" by KRS-One
0:06:03 > 0:06:05You're not going to arrest us for making rubbish doughnuts.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08No, I was just kidding. It's coffee time here.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Somebody had to bring the doughnuts!
0:06:10 > 0:06:12ALL LAUGH
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Luray Caverns, one of America's biggest limestone caves.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39- Are you ready, Richard? - I am, indeed, Ed.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Hang on, where are your stalac-tights?
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Ah, I said I stalag-might wear stalac-tights.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49All stalag-right, you're asking for a stalac-fight, I look ridiculous!
0:06:49 > 0:06:53I'll tell you what, I'll get out of your stalag-sight, will I?
0:06:53 > 0:06:54Ooh!
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Yes, Luray Caverns is the place to come to in Virginia
0:06:58 > 0:07:02if you're into stalactites or stalagmites, even.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06They're a kind of limestone icicle created by dripping water
0:07:06 > 0:07:09and nothing to do with tights.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12What do you mean, "they're nothing to do with tights"?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14That's how you remember them -
0:07:14 > 0:07:17stalactites come down like when you're taking off your tights
0:07:17 > 0:07:20and rising stalagmites might touch the ceiling.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21You think you're so smart.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26You have 35 seconds to find out as much as you can about Luray Caverns.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31- Richard, you've got engineer, Diane.- Rock on.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34And Ed, you've got marketing director, John.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- Rock solid.- Whoever finds out the most facts is the winner.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Three, two, one, go!
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- Right, so where are we? - Luray Caverns in Virginia.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48How long did it take for these formations to be created?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- 400 million years. - How much water do you get?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- Do you have to clean up water here?- Sometimes we do.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- And what sort of rock is this made out of?- Calcite.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- How many lights?- 700.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59How long would it take to use all the air here?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Never, impossible.- What, even if I breathe really fast, like this?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- How many people visit each year? - About 500,000.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Keep breathing. Lots of air.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- Do people live in here? - No.- What about cavemen?
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Not that we know of.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14I'm sure I can use the air up.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- How comes I can't get mobile reception?- Good question.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18ALARM BLARES
0:08:18 > 0:08:19That's a good fact about air.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22I think you were correct about that.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24High five. Bam, thank you very much.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Don't hold your breath, Ed,
0:08:25 > 0:08:29because the person who found out the most facts is Richard.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34Yes! Oh, yes. Do you know what? That's really shocked me.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36You're usually the best at this.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Yeah, I probably shouldn't have spent so much time breathing.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40What?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42CHIMING SOUND
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Is someone having a party?
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Ahh, it's party time.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Busting my moves, you know, on the dancefloor.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- So where is this music coming from? - It's coming from the stalactites.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02This is the world's largest musical instrument -
0:09:02 > 0:09:04The Great Stalacpipe Organ.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05How does it work?
0:09:05 > 0:09:09The way it works is you press a key, the electronic impulse is sent
0:09:09 > 0:09:12out through the wires up to something called a solenoid.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14The solenoid has a rubber tipped mallet
0:09:14 > 0:09:18and it gently taps on the stalactite, causing the crystals within it
0:09:18 > 0:09:21to vibrate and that's what produces the noise.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24It's funny you got an organ here, because this looks like a cathedral.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- This actually is the Cathedral. - Oh, it's called the Cathedral?
0:09:26 > 0:09:31- It is called the Cathedral. - So that's the Angel's Wing.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34That's the Fallen Stalactite, fell down in an earthquake.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36How did they find names for all these?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38I mean, I had trouble naming my dog.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41It's all down to two guys named Benton Stebbins and Horace Hovey.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43They named loads of these rocks in the 19th century.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- Who are they?- Don't know much about them, actually.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Although, I expect Horace Hovey was an extremely dashing
0:09:48 > 0:09:49and handsome man.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Right this way, Mr Hovey, sir. You know what?
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I can't believe we've got a genuine cave expert,
0:09:58 > 0:09:59right in our humble cavern.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Humble?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Why, these are some of the finest mineral formations I've ever seen.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08- Take this one, for example. What's it called?- That one?
0:10:08 > 0:10:09It doesn't have a name.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Well, you've got to name these things, son.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Something that reflects the general character
0:10:14 > 0:10:15and appearance of each formation.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20- OK, what about Badly Cut Fringe? - Erm...
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Dead Octopus Convention.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24The Giant's Bogey.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Or you could call it the Saracen's Tent,
0:10:28 > 0:10:32after the tents used by the Saracen people in the Arabian desert.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33OK.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35So what about that one?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37A flowstone formation.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40This occurs when water runs down the cave walls,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42forming calcite deposits.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46It cries out for a name that's poetic, whimsical. Something like...
0:10:46 > 0:10:52Earwax Explosion! The Giant's Earwax! The Giant's Bogey!
0:10:52 > 0:10:58Or, how about Titania's Veil? After the lace veil worn
0:10:58 > 0:11:01by the fairy queen in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05Oh, you're good at this. I mean, you've pretty much named them all.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09- Sorry if I haven't been much help. - Well, maybe not today.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12But, rest assured, Mr Benton, if I ever find a formation that
0:11:12 > 0:11:16looks like a giant's bogey, I'll definitely let you name it.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Ed, what's the time?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Nearly closing time. We should get out of here.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23You know what? I wouldn't like to be down here with the lights off.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Argh!
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Eddie, welcome to Hollywood. The home of the movies.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Yeah, I need to make a move-ie. I've drunk a lot of water today.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46- The sign was built in 1923. - I need a wee?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49No, 1923.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51The sign originally said Hollywoodland
0:11:51 > 0:11:54and it used to advertise a posh housing development.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57The sign used to be lit up with massive, flashing light bulbs
0:11:57 > 0:11:59and was only expected to last one year.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Must have been a big electricity bill.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04In 1949, they got rid of the "Land" part
0:12:04 > 0:12:06and it's been just Hollywood ever since.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09I feel like I've been needing a wee since 1949.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13Eh, eh, eh, each letter is almost 14 metres high.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15That's the height of three double-decker buses.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18This is one of the most famous landmarks in the world
0:12:18 > 0:12:22and Hollywood is where loads of great movies are made.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23I'm bursting!
0:12:23 > 0:12:26No, Ed, I've never heard of that film.
0:12:26 > 0:12:27Hooray for Hollywood!
0:12:27 > 0:12:32I wonder what it would be like to be a Hollywood movie star?
0:12:32 > 0:12:34If I were a Hollywood movie star,
0:12:34 > 0:12:40then I'd have my own factory named after me.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45I'd have a massive limo and I'd get my designer to make me
0:12:45 > 0:12:47an outfit that blends in with bushes
0:12:47 > 0:12:50so the paparazzi couldn't take pictures of me.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56I would have a red carpet that I would take everywhere.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00Even to the corner shop. Or even to the toilet.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Well, you're going to love this place.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16- And I made sure they gave you an extra special welcome.- Ah!
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- You organised that?- I did, indeed.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22That's what I like about you, you're so thoughtful.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26I told them what to write, too.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Ed's in for a lot more surprises inside and outside,
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Ella's Deli because...
0:13:45 > 0:13:49- Where's Ella? Where is she?- Ella isn't here any more. This is Ken.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51This is the owner of the deli now.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53I've got to say, I've never been anywhere like this before.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- How long did it take to get all this? - Well, it's been 37 years.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02Little by little time, in the months when we are slower,
0:14:02 > 0:14:03we create some different things
0:14:03 > 0:14:06and over all these years it's evolved into what you see.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- What's the dessert menu like?- The dessert menu is pretty extensive.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12We have, maybe, 12 pages of every concoction imaginable.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- Maybe we should have a look around first.- Build up an appetite.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16And then we will come back.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Ella's Deli opened here in 1976 and has many of these animated,
0:14:20 > 0:14:25mechanical creations or, as they can also be called, animatronics.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Different versions of animatronics
0:14:27 > 0:14:28were used in the movies to create monsters
0:14:28 > 0:14:31and other creatures long before computers were around.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34I think the scariest things that you can see in this deli today,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37though, go by the names of Ed and Cel.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Took me a while to work it out, but I've got it.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43Inside that monkey costume is a highly trained mouse.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Ed, come here. Look, I'm on the telly.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Oh, yeah.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52There's nothing exciting about that.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- I mean, we're always on the telly. - You're on the telly. Wave.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59- I know, but I'm on the telly.- So am I, on this one.- We are on this one.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01I'm on this one.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I've got a brain freeze just thinking about it.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14There's time to kill while you drink this,
0:15:14 > 0:15:16so you've got this to play with.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Magnetic pen.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- Whay!- Got something going on here. - I know, I know.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Sorry.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Take it easy, boys, or you'll banana split your sides!
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Erm, can we cancel the second one?
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- Look away!- Look away!
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- Cut to the sketch! - Cut to the sketch! Face that way!
0:15:49 > 0:15:53- Excuse me, do I order my food here? - Hey, honey, give me what you've got.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00I meant tell me what you want to eat.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Oh, sorry, I haven't been to a diner before.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05I do know that you are open long hours, you serve cheap food
0:16:05 > 0:16:09and you've got nicknames, or diner lingo, for the food, though.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10I think I can do this.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14I would like two poached eggs with cheese and bacon and toast,
0:16:14 > 0:16:19a burger with salad and fries and some pancakes with syrup, please.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Yo, Angel, eggs up plus b and b, a BLT high
0:16:22 > 0:16:23and dry with the first lady on the side
0:16:23 > 0:16:27and the Atlanta special 55 and don't forget the yum yum.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31No, I don't think I want eggs up with b and b, BLT high
0:16:31 > 0:16:33and dry with a first lady on the side,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Atlanta special 55 and don't forget the yum yum.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38I think I ordered a couple of dead eyes with
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Jack Benny on a raft, burn one, take it through the garden and
0:16:41 > 0:16:44pin a rose on it with fries plus a stack of blowout patches
0:16:44 > 0:16:47and don't forget the Vermont, you dumb soup jockey.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48OK, so that's...
0:16:48 > 0:16:51BOTH: A couple of dead eyes with Jack Benny on a raft, burn one,
0:16:51 > 0:16:55take it through the garden and pin a rose on it, with fries plus a stack
0:16:55 > 0:16:59of blowout patches and don't forget the Vermont, you dumb soup jockey.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- And to finish?- Hit me with a cherry pie.- Are you sure?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Hit me with a cherry pie and extra whip.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21We're here at a theme park that celebrates the life of massive
0:17:21 > 0:17:23North American folk hero, Paul Bunyan.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28- Now, you're probably thinking, who is Paul Bunyan?- Well, I certainly am.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31And why has he got his own theme park, Paul Bunyan Land?
0:17:31 > 0:17:36- Again, you read my mind.- Well, there is just one way to explain all this.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- Is it through the medium of popular song, Mary?- Yes, it is.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44- Who writes this stuff?- Not us, Paul. Not us. Cue the song.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56# This theme park in the Minnesota town of Brainerd
0:17:56 > 0:17:59# Is devoted to someone of whom we've not heard
0:17:59 > 0:18:03# This enormous statue is the very man
0:18:03 > 0:18:07# He's called Bunyan and this is Paul Bunyan Land
0:18:07 > 0:18:11# Who is he and what is he supposed to do-oo-oo?
0:18:11 > 0:18:15# Well, the way he's dressed should give us a clue-oo-oo
0:18:15 > 0:18:18# A lumberjack shirt and a lumberjack hat. #
0:18:18 > 0:18:20I've no idea.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21A lumberjack?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23I'd never have got that
0:18:23 > 0:18:26BOTH: # He's a giant American folk hero
0:18:26 > 0:18:30# We're not actually certain who he is, though
0:18:30 > 0:18:34# If we want to find out it's the place to go
0:18:34 > 0:18:36# So let's go-o-o
0:18:36 > 0:18:39# Let's go to Paul Bunyan Land. #
0:18:42 > 0:18:45# Every American has heard of Paul Bunyan
0:18:45 > 0:18:50# And make the blue ox his animal companion
0:18:50 > 0:18:53# There's Sport the reversible dog Poor pup
0:18:53 > 0:18:58# I don't think he knows which way is up
0:18:58 > 0:19:01# Everything about Bunyan is bigger and better
0:19:01 > 0:19:05# From his giant pocket watch to posting a letter
0:19:05 > 0:19:08# The tall tales of Paul and his pals are rife
0:19:08 > 0:19:13# This is the first time I've heard of him in my entire life
0:19:13 > 0:19:16BOTH: # He's an enormous, mythical lumberjack
0:19:16 > 0:19:20# He accomplishes feats with his trusty axe
0:19:20 > 0:19:24# Any other questions feel free to ask
0:19:24 > 0:19:28# When you go-o-o you go to Paul Bunyan Land! #
0:19:31 > 0:19:35# No-one is really sure if there was a real Paul
0:19:35 > 0:19:37# Is he just mythical?
0:19:37 > 0:19:39# Did he exist at all?
0:19:39 > 0:19:43# Some say he was dreamed up as an ad campaign
0:19:43 > 0:19:47# Either way at least we now know his name
0:19:47 > 0:19:51BOTH: # He's a storybook hero from olden days
0:19:51 > 0:19:55# Known the entire breadth of the USA
0:19:55 > 0:19:58# Though the first that we heard of him was today
0:19:58 > 0:20:02# Now we kno-o-ow all about Paul Bunyan and
0:20:04 > 0:20:07# It's thanks to Paul Bunyan Land. #
0:20:19 > 0:20:24Hey, Ed, I am loving this watermelon thump event.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Hi-ya! Hi-ya!
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Ed, look over there.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Oh, that is how you check if a watermelon is ripe.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37You don't actually thump it. I feel a bit silly now.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I better take this karate jacket off.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42I was going to take these off anyway.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45This is the Luling Watermelon Thump in Texas
0:20:45 > 0:20:47and it has been going 15 years,
0:20:47 > 0:20:49which is almost as old as Ed's jokes.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Luling goes watermelon daft for three whole days
0:20:52 > 0:20:55as a way of celebrating the watermelon harvest.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Bonkers.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01The watermelon is a sort of cool young cousin
0:21:01 > 0:21:04of the cucumber and pumpkin because it is actually a vegetable
0:21:04 > 0:21:06but no one's got the heart to tell it.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Today, you pipsqueaks are going to take part in
0:21:09 > 0:21:11the World Championship Seed-spitting Contest
0:21:11 > 0:21:14so get to know the star of the show a bit better.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17That's it. Big smiles for the watermelon.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20So, this is the watermelon eating competition.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24We have got to see who can eat their humongous slice in the fastest time.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Look at the size of this thing.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29That is going to take me literally all day.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- On your marks.- Come on, Petrie. - Get set. Go.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Come on, you two, put your back into it. I mean, your teeth.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39I mean, you face. Get the juice up your nostrils. Go for it.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42What? Someone has already finished their watermelon?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45But Ed and Johny have barely made a dent in theirs.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46I can't do it.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50If I never eat another watermelon again, it will be too soon.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Pathetic. Come on, guys.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59That's nearly the weight of three Lady Gagas.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02- Look, everybody else has gone. - But we are still here.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06- I think we are going to be here all night.- I give up. I give up.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09They are declaring a winner over there, right.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- The winner out of us two has to be you.- Yeah, definitely. Look at that.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Right, Johny, time to meet some proper champions, I think.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Do you want to finish that?
0:22:19 > 0:22:23By weight, watermelon is the most consumed melon in the USA.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25No wonder, after that challenge.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Right, Johny, this is where the real champions hang out.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29It looks like it, Ed. All I can see is a really big melon.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32No, seriously. These are top-quality melons.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35People pay hundreds and thousands of dollars for these. Big bucks.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38I got him back there for 12 and a half.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41The most that has ever been paid for a champion watermelon
0:22:41 > 0:22:45in Luling was 22,500,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48which is £13,936.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50That's a serious amount of pocket money
0:22:50 > 0:22:56and brings a slight tear to my eye. After all, watermelon is 92% water.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00- So, whatever you do, make sure you don't have an itch up there.- 2,250.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01- Was that you?- Oh, no.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04I think Johny might have accidentally bid on a melon.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07You're all right, someone's bid up now. Oh, no, I just did that!
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Keep your hands down. Keep your hands down.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Now, 37 and a half. 37 and a half.
0:23:13 > 0:23:19- 4,000.- 4,000?- For a melon? - Sold at 4,250 right there.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24James here bought two melons today. Is that right, James?
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- That's correct. - Why did you buy them?
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Well, it's kind of a tradition here in Luling.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30This is to help the watermelon growers
0:23:30 > 0:23:32and keep the tradition alive of growing.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35I was thinking of getting into watermelon growing.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37You know, if I grew a good enough watermelon would you give me
0:23:37 > 0:23:39a few grand for it, do you think?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Well, if you had a big enough one
0:23:41 > 0:23:44and you got into the competition here, I possibly would.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Now you know almost everything there is to know about watermelon,
0:23:49 > 0:23:53it's time for you two to get your juices flowing for Luling's
0:23:53 > 0:23:56big event - the seed-spitting competition.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Let's get some spit tips from a former champion.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02A big technique that a lot of the champions years is to
0:24:02 > 0:24:04roll their tongue.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07If you roll your tongue, it makes almost a cannon out of your tongue
0:24:07 > 0:24:09and you can fire the seed out.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11How many sort of feet do you think we should be able to try to get?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13- What's a good distance? - For a beginner,
0:24:13 > 0:24:16if you can go over 25 feet then you're doing pretty good.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18You're doing pretty good.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23The moment of truth has come.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27Who is going to be seeded in this competition
0:24:27 > 0:24:31and who is going to be chewed up and spat right out?
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Each competitor has two goes at spitting a seed
0:24:39 > 0:24:41but the furthest seed is the one that counts.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Come on, Sally Ann.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46And it has to land within the white area of the spit-way.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49I'm getting a little bit nervous now. There's a lot of people watching.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53I want to do some good championship spitting. Are you a bit nervous?
0:24:53 > 0:24:56I always get nervous at these things. It's so stupid.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58I'm spitting seeds.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Right, here we go.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02This is the one time in my life I can spit in public
0:25:02 > 0:25:03and not get in trouble for it.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Bring it on, Seed Petrie.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10I love watermelon seed-spitting!
0:25:10 > 0:25:13CHEERING
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Right, let's pick the right seed.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17I know he really does.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24CHEERING
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- That's our best spit of the day, right.- Yes! Best spit of the day.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35Amazing. Ed is spitting like a real champion. Perfect technique.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- Real consistent. - Consistency.- Very good.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45- That's the best spit of the day so far?- Well, of yours.- Oh.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47It was only Ed's best spit of the day.
0:25:47 > 0:25:5038 feet, three inches. What do you think about that?
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Well, I know absolutely nothing about this sport but I'm delighted.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59So, Ed's best spit was 11.66 metres,
0:25:59 > 0:26:01which is the same a six and a half Will.i.ams.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Did you hear that, Johny? The pressure is on now.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08The thing about me, I'm a big game player. Pressure doesn't get to me.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Honestly, I'm not playing this up for the camera.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17It's completely ridiculous but I'm really nervous.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Go, Johny, go, go, go.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22OK, let's do this.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Seed Petrie, Johny Pips is about to take you down.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Now, you saw that split from Team Ed, from Ed.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33How do you feel about that?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35He pulled that one out of the bag. I didn't think he was going to do
0:26:35 > 0:26:39very well and he did really well so the pressure is on now.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Not that one, Johny. Not that one.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50Let's hear it for Johny.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52The pips are down, Johny,
0:26:52 > 0:26:56but you are literally only spitting distance away from glory.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Oh, and he has put everything into that.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Not as good as Ed. Not as good as Ed.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04You know what, you can do it. I've got faith in you. Come on, Johny.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06He is on my side. Thank you, guys.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14This is it, Johny. Spit like the wind.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Oh, disqualified.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24I gave it my best shot. What can you do?
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Johny's best spit was 7.72 metres,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32which is just over four Will.i.ams.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35So, the winner of the Luling Watermelon Thump
0:27:35 > 0:27:37World Championship Seed-spitting Contest
0:27:37 > 0:27:39is Ed.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Proof that disgusting table manners can pay off.
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