0:00:02 > 0:00:04Fancy travelling around the USA with your CBBC mates?
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Cel walks like an Egyptian.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Johny goes on a grand adventure.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13That is the most spectacular thing I have ever seen.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Michelle gets pre-hysterical,
0:00:15 > 0:00:16and Naomi has a mashing time.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21CAR HORN HONKS
0:00:21 > 0:00:22# All over the place!
0:00:22 > 0:00:24# All over the place!
0:00:25 > 0:00:26# North, south, east, west
0:00:26 > 0:00:28# All of us on a quest
0:00:28 > 0:00:30# Me and my mates all over the place
0:00:30 > 0:00:32# It's true what you've heard
0:00:32 > 0:00:33# 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!
0:00:37 > 0:00:39# All over the place!
0:00:40 > 0:00:43# Bet you didn't know there's stuff all over the States
0:00:43 > 0:00:46# But it turns up all over the place! #
0:00:47 > 0:00:51Let's kick off in Arizona, the US state which has one of the biggest
0:00:51 > 0:00:56holes in the world. It's so big you could fit 47 trillion camels in it!
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Check out that view. For once, even Ed and Johny are speechless!
0:01:00 > 0:01:05This is not any old canyon, it's the granddaddy of them all.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08This is the Grand Canyon.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10# Oh, heaven
0:01:10 > 0:01:11# Oh, heaven
0:01:11 > 0:01:15# I wait with good intentions... #
0:01:15 > 0:01:17It's 446 kilometres long,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21which is the length of 4,460 football pitches!
0:01:21 > 0:01:23I don't fancy dribbling the ball that far.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- BOOMING VOICE: - Wake up, Ed and Johny!
0:01:28 > 0:01:31You have 32 seconds to find out as much as you can
0:01:31 > 0:01:34about the Grand Canyon!
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Ed, you've got Addie, who's a park ranger.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Johny, you've got Max, a canyon tourist guide.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Whoever finds out the most facts is the winner
0:01:43 > 0:01:48and gets the trip of a lifetime! Three, two, one, go!
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- Max, how many mules have you got? - 134.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52How old is the Grand Canyon?
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- Grand Canyon, oldest rock is 1.8 billion years.- That's quite old!
0:01:55 > 0:01:57What's the difference between a mule and a horse?
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Dad's a donkey, Mum's a horse is how you get a mule.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- How long is it?- 277 miles.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Why is the Grand Canyon red?
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Because that's the type of stone that's in it, coconino sandstone.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- Can you see it from space? - You indeed can see it from space.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- How long does it take you to grow your moustache?- About three days.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15- How many people visit a year? - Five million visitors.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17What's the best thing about working at the canyon?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Working here? Free food.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20KLAXON
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Ah! Oh, thank you, Max. I think we did pretty well there. Put it there.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Whoo!
0:02:24 > 0:02:28And the person who found out the most facts is...
0:02:29 > 0:02:30..Johny!
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Yes! Yes.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35# Trip of a lifetime coming this way! #
0:02:35 > 0:02:37I've come all the way from the other side of the world!
0:02:37 > 0:02:41It's the Grand Canyon! I wanted the trip of a lifetime!
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Aw. Listen.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- I'll see what I can do.- Really?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47I wouldn't have done that.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- Yes!- Yay! To the chopper!
0:02:52 > 0:02:57- Do you feel sick?- Yeah.- Don't worry, I've got these.- Oh, great, OK.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Here we go, Johny! We're in the air.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Hang on, boys! This really is going to be an amazing ride!
0:03:06 > 0:03:08That's really weird. It feels like we're just floating.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12We are floating, Johny, we're in a helicopter.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14ED AND JOHNY: Whoa!
0:03:14 > 0:03:15THEY LAUGH
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- You know, it's nearly two kilometres deep, the Grand Canyon.- Two ki...
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Oh, don't tell me that now, just as we're about to go off the edge!
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- Johny, we're about to go off the edge!- Oh, wow. Wow, wow, wow, wow!
0:03:29 > 0:03:31BOTH: Whoa!
0:03:34 > 0:03:37I don't think my voice has ever reached that high before.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39That's the highest it's been since you were 11 years old!
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Yes, definitely.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43That's the Colorado River down there.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46The Colorado River has helped to create this massive gorge
0:03:46 > 0:03:50over just a few years. Well, five million years to be exact!
0:03:50 > 0:03:53There are two emotions I'm feeling now.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57One is exhilaration and the other is absolute terror.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59I know this is a stupid thing to say,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02because we're at the Grand Canyon, but it's so big!
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- Bigger than I thought it would be.- It's grander.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10They should call it the Really, Really, Really, Grand Canyon.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14That is the most spectacular thing I have ever seen.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19The rocks in the canyon are older than the oldest known dinosaurs!
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- Here comes the helipad.- We made it!
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- Never got to use this. - Just a minute.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33RETCHING
0:04:34 > 0:04:39That was incredible. I love the Grand Canyon! I love it here.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42I want to work here. I want to be a park ranger. Nothing can stop me.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Me too, me too. I love the hats, I love the badges.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47We could definitely rock those uniforms.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50I wonder what you'd have to do to be one?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Well, who better to ask than Addie, our park ranger?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56How do we become park rangers?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Well, to be a park ranger, you do have to go to college.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Four-year degree, lots of research about the rocks, plants, animals...
0:05:02 > 0:05:05I'm going to stop you there, Addie. That sounds great, but have you got
0:05:05 > 0:05:08- anything that's less like hard work? - Yeah, we are quite lazy.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Our rangers here at the Grand Canyon would love it
0:05:10 > 0:05:13if you would participate in part of our junior ranger programme,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16which is Grand Canyon bingo.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17I think the junior ranger programme
0:05:17 > 0:05:19is going to be too difficult for these two!
0:05:19 > 0:05:22They've got to find different items on this bingo card.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23Pinecone.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Bingo!
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Tracks!
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Bingo!
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Yep, there you are.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Bingo!
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Yes, pine tree.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Bingo!
0:05:33 > 0:05:37I've only gone and found a fossil. That's 270 million years old, that.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Bingo!
0:05:42 > 0:05:43"Draw your own."
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Yep. I think that's...perfect, actually.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Ed Petrie. Bingo!
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Are you any relation of, er... Oh, never mind.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Bingo! So how did we do, Addie?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Well, Ed, you did win the bingo.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04- Hooray!- Oh, man!- Oh, I knew I'd be the best ranger.- Yeah, whatever.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08But, for taking part, we have special badges for each of you.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Best at not seeing the California Condor.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15For Johny, best at avoiding wildlife. For Ed again,
0:06:15 > 0:06:17best at avoiding the poisonous reptiles.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- Yeah, not a scratch on me.- And, for Johny, the best bingo yell.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- I think you've earned it.- Bingoooo!
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Well, Cel, today we're going back in time.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39You see, the future me has invented a time machine
0:06:39 > 0:06:40and we're going to go back to Ancient Egypt.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43In fact, the future me might pop along in a moment, say hello.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- Yeah, you do talk some nonsense. - Oh, really?
0:06:45 > 0:06:47We're stepping into the time machine now actually. Oh, here we go.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Oh, no. Oh, we're travelling, Cel! Boom!
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Ooh. Look where we are.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Although Ed's fashion sense is very, very dated,
0:06:56 > 0:07:00he can't actually time travel just yet, and this isn't Ancient Egypt.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02It's Wadsworth, Illinois.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09But this pyramid is a family home.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12It was built in 1977 by Jim and Linda Onan.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16It's six storeys tall and used to be covered in 24-carat gold.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20It even has a three-pyramid garage and, obviously,
0:07:20 > 0:07:24a 19-metre-high statue of a pharaoh in its grounds. Pharaoh enough!
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Rocco, I think this is the strangest house I've ever seen.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- Do you actually live here in this pyramid?- I used to.- Oh, right.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31- Who lives here now, then? - My parents.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- What was it like growing up in a pyramid?- Normal.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37I spent my whole life around pyramids.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- It's your house that's weird. - That's true.- Well...yes.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- You haven't seen my house. - You don't have pyramids?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- No, I don't live in a pyramid, no. - See, that's weird.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47It hasn't caught on over that side of the pond yet.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50See, the thing is, it's great standing out here and everything,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53but I was kind of hoping we might be able to have a little peek inside?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- You want to go inside?- Yeah. - All right.- Yes!
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Yay. He had to think about it.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59If you're going to build a house
0:07:59 > 0:08:02shaped like a pyramid, why not model it on the biggest and best,
0:08:02 > 0:08:04the great Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt?
0:08:04 > 0:08:07That's what they did with this one, though it is a bit smaller.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11I was just thinking, how cool would it be to live in this pyramid?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Yeah, it does look pretty cool.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Shall we walk like Egyptians and have a gander?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- Yeah, can I bring me staff? - You can bring your staff.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20# Walk like an Egyptian... #
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Ed?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- Ed!- Raaarrrgghh!- Ahhhhh!
0:08:40 > 0:08:42I'll get you back for that.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44# Walk like an Egyptian... #
0:08:44 > 0:08:45You know what, Ed?
0:08:45 > 0:08:48I feel like Howard Carter going into the tomb for the first time.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50I feel like Angelina Jolie.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Reminds me of a joke. How do you ring an Ancient Egyptian doorbell?
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Just toot and come in. Get it? Toot and come in! No?
0:09:04 > 0:09:05I've been to one of these in Egypt
0:09:05 > 0:09:07and the walls are actually this colourful.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10The one I went to didn't have a mummy, though.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15Little bit too spooky for me. Think I'll leave that one. Cel?
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Wuuuuurrrrrrgggghhhhhh!
0:09:20 > 0:09:24Uuuuuuurrrggggghhh...
0:09:24 > 0:09:26You finished?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Yeah, I'll tell YOUR mummy if you do that again.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31CEL MIMICS ED
0:09:31 > 0:09:33I know Ancient Egyptians didn't live in pyramids
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- but I think it would have been pretty cool.- Yeah, imagine that.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Heading home after a hard day ruling the country,
0:09:37 > 0:09:41parking up your chariot and sitting down to watch Pharoahnation Street.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43No, that's a bit silly, Cel.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Everybody knows they'd be watching NileEnders.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I wonder what Ancient Egyptians actually did
0:09:48 > 0:09:50to keep themselves amused.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52I am pooped.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56I feel like we've been building pyramids since 2584 BC.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- We have, my Pharaoh. - Oh. Well, that makes sense.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Right, I've finished work now
0:10:02 > 0:10:05and I don't want to hear another word about pyramids.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- TV:- And now on BBC Pyramid we take a look at the pyramids
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- in this week's edition of Pyramids. - ED GROANS
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Right, slave. What do the other pharaohs do to relax?
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Some of them like to play the board game Dogs and Jackals.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Dogs and Jackals? No, I'm more of a cat man. What else?
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- Some like to eat fruit all day. - Fruit gives me a funny tummy.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Come on, what else can I do to relax?!
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Some like to dress up their slaves.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Dress them up? Like what?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- Pharaohs.- They dress their slaves up like pharaohs?
0:10:36 > 0:10:41- Doesn't sound very relaxing. Are you sure?- Definitely.- Oh, OK.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Put that crown on.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47Great.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51They also give their slave a bag of gold and the keys to their chariot.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55Really? Well, if that's what it takes to relax then so be it.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Well, you enjoy relaxing, Pharaoh.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05RAPID FOOTSTEPS DOOR SLAMS
0:11:05 > 0:11:07RAPID FOOTSTEPS
0:11:07 > 0:11:08I still don't feel very relaxed.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10RAPID FOOTSTEPS DOOR SLAMS
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- HORSE NEIGHS - Oi!
0:11:14 > 0:11:16I'll mummify you when I get my hands on you!
0:11:21 > 0:11:25Worst slave ever. Unbelievable! I guess I'll just listen to the radio.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- That'll calm me down a bit. - RADIO:- This is Pyramid FM.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32I'm DJ Pyramid and this track is Pyramid by The Pyramids.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35# Pyramid, Pyramid... # HE ROARS
0:11:35 > 0:11:39- # It's a pyramid - Pyramid, Pyramid... #
0:11:44 > 0:11:46TOILET FLUSHES
0:11:50 > 0:11:54- OK, Ed. Prepare to be amazed. - Amazed by what?- By this.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57The Empire State Building in the heart of New York City.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- I'll just visit the little boys room first.- No time, mate.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05You can go up the top. There are 73 elevators in this building.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Although it's probably not a good time to mention
0:12:07 > 0:12:13- there are 103 floors.- What?!- Would you have rather taken 1,872 steps?
0:12:15 > 0:12:18I am one step away from having an accident!
0:12:18 > 0:12:21It took one year and 45 days to build
0:12:21 > 0:12:26and cost over 41 million in total. That's just under £26.5 million.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29I will pay double that amount if you find me a loo!
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Now, that is a view, Ed.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35You are currently standing 381 metres off the ground.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38That's the same height as 200 Tinie Tempahs.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41You might see my not-so-tiny temper in a minute!
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- Calm down, Ed.- Argh!
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Oh, man, that left me high and dry then.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51I wonder what it would be like to live in the clouds.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55If I lived in the clouds it would be like lying on candy floss -
0:12:55 > 0:12:58soft, cuddly like a giant teddy bear.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05I would jump about because it would be squidgy and bouncy.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12It would be easy to do assault courses because you can turn clouds
0:13:12 > 0:13:15into shapes and loops and balancing things
0:13:15 > 0:13:19and it would be really fun.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Where are we? We've been walking for hours.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35We are somewhere in Wisconsin and we've only been walking five minutes.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Really? It feels more like... Argh!
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- Less talking and more walking is required, Petrie!- My toe!
0:13:43 > 0:13:45What's this doing lying around in the woods?
0:13:45 > 0:13:47It's probably come from over there.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52- Don't worry. They are made of metal. - Oh, yeah.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54I wasn't really scared.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Takes more than that to scare Ed Petrie.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58- DINOSAUR ROARS Argh!- Argh!
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Works every time.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16This is like a film set. Clyde, what is this place?
0:14:17 > 0:14:22- This is Jurustic Park. - So, what's that?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Well, you know Jurassic Park,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27people that came from the Jurassic era.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32These came out of the Iron Age. This is Jurustic Park.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Jurustic Park is about the same size as a football pitch
0:14:34 > 0:14:37and it attracts 15,000 visitors each year.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Clyde created the structures from old farming machinery
0:14:40 > 0:14:44and if you touch some of them, they actually move. Go on, I dare you!
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Let this be a lesson to you, viewers.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50This is what too many fizzy drinks do to you.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53I was getting a bit thirsty myself. I might take this.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- I think it's been there for six months.- Maybe not!
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Be careful, guys, I wouldn't fancy being around
0:14:59 > 0:15:03if these things were actually alive like a film or something.
0:15:04 > 0:15:09'Ed Petrie and Michelle Ackerley star in the biggest, scariest
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- 'dinosaur movie of all time.' - Jurustic Park!
0:15:12 > 0:15:16I'm not going in there. There's dinosaurs.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Yeah, but they sell ice cream.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20Last one in is a loser!
0:15:22 > 0:15:26- Argh!- Argh!
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Meet the biggest egos ever known.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31You want us to do more screening?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33No, darling. I'm on the phone to my agent.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35We're classically trained actors.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Fine, you're the director.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Argh!
0:15:39 > 0:15:41It's an adventure...
0:15:46 > 0:15:50It's been 65 million years in the making.
0:15:50 > 0:15:56Actually, it took 19 years to build this but still quite a long time.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57Argh!
0:16:00 > 0:16:01- Listen.... - < Prrffft!
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- They're trumping.- Pfffrrt!
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Some scientists believe dinosaurs trumped
0:16:06 > 0:16:09so much they actually caused climate change.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12No wonder they became ex-stinked!
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Ex-STINKED. They stink.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Pfffttt!
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Argh!
0:16:22 > 0:16:26We're done for, Laura. I just want to tell you that I...
0:16:28 > 0:16:29- I...- Yes?
0:16:30 > 0:16:34I heard the heaviest dinosaur was the Brachiosaurus,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36as heavy as 17 elephants.
0:16:36 > 0:16:41- That's not very romantic. - No, but it is informative.
0:16:45 > 0:16:51Jurustic Park. Probably not coming to a cinema near you.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52BELCH!
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Urgh, that's disgusting!
0:16:55 > 0:16:59It may have stinky Ed breath but does it have his brains?
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Hello, and welcome to my brand-new Jurassic quiz show.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Are you smarter than a 230 million-year-old?
0:17:08 > 0:17:13The aim of the game is to prove you're smarter than a dinosaur.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16I'm giving you some scenarios and if the way you would deal
0:17:16 > 0:17:19with them is better than a dinosaur's, you win points.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23It's the best-of-three.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Let's take the first bite out of the question.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34What would you do if you had an upset stomach? A dicky tummy.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39I would probably have a lie down and maybe eat a tub of ice cream
0:17:39 > 0:17:43- to soothe it. - That answer is ridiculous.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Prosauropods and sauropods would swallow stones
0:17:46 > 0:17:48to grind up the food inside their stomachs,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51which we can all agree is much more practical.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53No points for you.
0:17:55 > 0:18:00How would you react from an attack by a predator?
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Well, I would probably want to sit down over a cup of tea
0:18:04 > 0:18:07and try and talk it through and resolve things.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10If you'd said you'd evolve 15 horns like a Kosmoceratops
0:18:10 > 0:18:13you'd have won a point but you didn't, so you don't!
0:18:13 > 0:18:18Unfortunately for you, the game is over and you can't claw it back.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22- What?- Talking of claws, if I were you, I would run away.- Why?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25You've become first prize for that dinosaur.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26Argh!
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Join me next week, if I'm still alive,
0:18:28 > 0:18:31for more brain-straining battles.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34I don't know why I'm running away.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Cavemen and dinosaurs didn't even live on the earth at the same time!
0:18:46 > 0:18:51Last year, 89,470 couples in love decided to get
0:18:51 > 0:18:54married in one of these 35 wedding chapels.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Ed has asked me to be his best man and organise his wedding.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01I've never seen him so happy.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- I'm so happy.- See?
0:19:04 > 0:19:07I'm so happy I want to get married right here, right now.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Wasn't that a stroke of luck?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16# It's a beautiful day The sun is high
0:19:16 > 0:19:19# In the blue blue blue Las Vegas sky
0:19:19 > 0:19:23# And I have decided I want to get wed
0:19:25 > 0:19:26# Well, you're in luck, mate
0:19:26 > 0:19:29# Don't know if you've heard
0:19:29 > 0:19:31# We're in the marriage capital of the world
0:19:31 > 0:19:38# You could easily be Mr and Mrs E-e-e-e-d
0:19:38 > 0:19:41# Getting married in Vegas isn't very hard
0:19:41 > 0:19:44# See this little chapel on the boulevard
0:19:44 > 0:19:48# Thousands come every year to say, I do
0:19:48 > 0:19:51# You could be all done and dusted in a minute or two
0:19:51 > 0:19:54# Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh
0:19:54 > 0:19:57# I'll have the wedding of my dreams
0:19:57 > 0:19:59# Did you know-oh-oh-oh-oh
0:20:00 > 0:20:04# The weddings here are themes
0:20:04 > 0:20:07# You can dress as Elvis Use his massive car
0:20:07 > 0:20:10# I could go Hawaiian in this coconut bra
0:20:10 > 0:20:15# How about a vampire? Or try intergalactic
0:20:17 > 0:20:19# There's Egyptian costumes and gangster suits
0:20:19 > 0:20:23# I never knew getting married could be such a hoot
0:20:23 > 0:20:25# Ooh, I like this Grim Reaper
0:20:25 > 0:20:28# That's a little drastic
0:20:30 > 0:20:33# With a choice of chapels What could be finer?
0:20:33 > 0:20:36# Getting hitched in a gazebo or a '50s diner
0:20:36 > 0:20:39# My darling bride-to-be is sure to go wow
0:20:39 > 0:20:42# When Dracula reads out the wedding vows
0:20:42 > 0:20:45# Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
0:20:45 > 0:20:48# Can't wait to tie the knot
0:20:48 > 0:20:51# Mind you, ooh, ooh, ooh
0:20:52 > 0:20:55# Is this the biggest size you've got?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58# I'll need something old Something new
0:20:58 > 0:21:01# Something borrowed Something blue
0:21:01 > 0:21:04# Well, your jokes are old and your haircut's new
0:21:04 > 0:21:07# And you can borrow my socks and will this do?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10# Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
0:21:10 > 0:21:14# Come on let's do this thing
0:21:14 > 0:21:19# Have you-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh remembered the ring?
0:21:21 > 0:21:23# Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh
0:21:23 > 0:21:27# It's gonna be the best day of my life
0:21:27 > 0:21:29# Although-oh-oh-oh-oh
0:21:29 > 0:21:33# Just need to find somebody to be my wife! #
0:21:49 > 0:21:53So, why are we dressed as potatoes eating potato-based snacks?
0:21:53 > 0:21:57I feel like the vegetable equivalent of a cannibal.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02- Because we are in Barnesville, Minnesota.- Oh, that explains it then.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05I'm being sarcastic, obviously.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08(MUFFLED) ..at the potato festival.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- You shouldn't talk with your mouth full.- Oh, yeah, sorry.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Barnesville is famous for its Potato Festival. The town has been
0:22:16 > 0:22:20going potato mad for two days every year for 74 years.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24The potato fest started as a potato picking contest for men, which
0:22:24 > 0:22:25was far too MASH-O!
0:22:25 > 0:22:27They knew they would be ROASTED
0:22:27 > 0:22:31if women couldn't CHIP in, so new events were added
0:22:31 > 0:22:34and today the potato fest has 50 different potato-based
0:22:34 > 0:22:37competitions including potato wrestling.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- I can't wait to see Ed and Naomi mash it up.- I just love a parade.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Yes, I feel like a spud celebrity.
0:22:44 > 0:22:50Hello. Morning. Something to strike fear into the heart of every potato.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00See what it tastes like, Naomi.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- Not very nice.- Needs ketchup?
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Just in case the chip pan catches fire.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10Hope it doesn't. The only other adult dressed as a potato.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Yes, potato sack, potato anything. Anything goes here.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19What's it all about, the Barnesville Potato Festival?
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Barnesville is the potato capital of the world,
0:23:22 > 0:23:23as far as I'm concerned.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26And the event that we celebrate,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29the last weekend in August, is all about potatoes.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33You can eat them, smash them, throw them, cook them, you name it.
0:23:33 > 0:23:34Wrestle in them.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Potato wrestling was introduced to the festival in 1999
0:23:37 > 0:23:40and each year a maximum of 12 pairs can take part.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42To create the perfect wrestling match,
0:23:42 > 0:23:47first add 500 kilogram of potato powder, which is the same
0:23:47 > 0:23:51weight as five baby elephants. Next, stir in 280 gallons of water
0:23:51 > 0:23:53and finally mix with feet or body,
0:23:53 > 0:23:57preferably using the technique known as the spud waltz and voila!
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Meet Masher, our local wrestling expert and coach.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07- You are coming underneath here. - Did you put deodorant on?- Nope!
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Fall backwards.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11- You fall backwards. - I fall over.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Then what do I do? I just sit on her?
0:24:16 > 0:24:21As he pushes back, you are going here and throw your body that way.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25This isn't the sort of thing you do in social situations, is it?
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- Those guns are squashing me. That way.- Right there.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34Yay! That was easy.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36How do we win?
0:24:36 > 0:24:41You would have to pin Ed for three seconds, hold him for three seconds.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44I can put you down, easily. Your hair looks ridiculous.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47You're not as good at presenting television as you think you are!
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Welcome to the main event, this is Extreme WWMP.
0:24:52 > 0:24:58Wacky Wrestling In Mashed Potato. Ed Petrie is the Gladi-tator!
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Naomi Wilkinson is Pomme De Terre.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07I don't want to get in there!
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- It stinks.- It really smells.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13What you can't tell at home,
0:25:13 > 0:25:15it stinks of school dinners round here.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24It's quite funny until you realise you're going in.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- It's not funny at all now, is it? - I was standing there going,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29"This is funny. Hang on, that'll be me in five minutes."
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Forget five minutes, Ed. You're up now. Yes, potato fans.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38- It's time for the WWMP Mash Down.- I am the Gladi-tator!
0:25:44 > 0:25:49- Come on, take him down! - Seconds out, round one.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Enormous support from Barnesville potato fans for the plucky
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Brit with a French potato name, Pomme De Terre!
0:25:57 > 0:26:03Oh, she is swooping in. It's a potato smash.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Can she hold the thin guy down? No!
0:26:07 > 0:26:12No, Gladi-tator has pinned her and it's a potato pin down.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16So much fun.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Ed completes the pin down
0:26:18 > 0:26:22and the Gladi-tator takes the points.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Second round and this fight is awesome.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Pomme De Terre matching Gladi-tator oar to oar.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Oh, Pomme has pinned him! Who would have seen that coming?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37She gets the points.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- What's the score?- I think it's tied!
0:26:39 > 0:26:43By some miracle of a match, we have a draw.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46So, this is the decider.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52It's the final round and Gladi-tator fighting back. Look at him go.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53That's a smash!
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- Ed wins.- Ed's the man!
0:27:00 > 0:27:05- The winner by half a point. - The winner, the Gladi-tator!
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Oh, great to see such old-style generosity in defeat
0:27:12 > 0:27:14from Pomme De Terre!
0:27:16 > 0:27:21- I know what I don't want to eat for tea.- Yeah.- Congratulations, Naomi.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26You almost had him in a wedgie but Ed, I declare him the champion.
0:27:26 > 0:27:32- I totally let you win. Well done. Where's he gone?- Why did he run away?
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Argh!
0:27:39 > 0:27:41I still won!
0:27:41 > 0:27:44You've been watching All Over The Place USA.
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