0:00:02 > 0:00:03Hold on tight, as we take
0:00:03 > 0:00:05a hair-raising ride around the US of A!
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Johny shows us his moonwalk.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Iain goes bananas!
0:00:09 > 0:00:10I'm talking to a banana!
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Richard has a smashing time in New York.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16- GLASS SMASHES - And Ed and Cel get their hands dirty.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18I'm going through cow poo!
0:00:20 > 0:00:22# All over the place!
0:00:23 > 0:00:24# All over the place!
0:00:25 > 0:00:27# North, south, east, west This is our quest!
0:00:27 > 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 > 0:00:39# All over the place
0:00:41 > 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! #
0:00:46 > 0:00:50First stop is Arizona, nicknamed the Grand Canyon State,
0:00:50 > 0:00:52after a rather famous hole in the ground.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54But the boys are off to see another large dent.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Ed - you said you had something really special to show me today,
0:00:57 > 0:01:01- and I can't wait - what is it? - It's...a hole in the ground!
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Oh, wh...
0:01:02 > 0:01:07- What?- A hole in the ground. Don't worry, it is special - and big.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09How bit are we talking? What could you fit inside it?
0:01:09 > 0:01:13A baguette? A basketball?
0:01:13 > 0:01:16A blow-up...turtle?
0:01:16 > 0:01:18TURTLE SQUEAKS AND DEFLATES
0:01:18 > 0:01:19First, it's much bigger than that.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21And where are you getting all these props from?
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Don't worry about that. Anyway, just how big is it?
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Er, well, I think it's 1.2 kilometres across.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- Wow, that's...that's bigger than... - Your mouth?
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- Very funny. - Johny, don't measure your mouth...
0:01:33 > 0:01:35No, do... Oh, that's just embarrassing.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Anyway, welcome to Meteor Crater,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41scientifically known as Barringer Meteorite Crater,
0:01:41 > 0:01:43because a scientist called Daniel Barringer
0:01:43 > 0:01:46was the first to prove that this enormous hole
0:01:46 > 0:01:48was formed around 50,000 years ago
0:01:48 > 0:01:51by a meteor 45 metres across,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54which smashed into the earth from outer space.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56This means that the meteor was about
0:01:56 > 0:01:58the size of an Olympic swimming pool,
0:01:58 > 0:02:03and the crater it left behind is the length of 12 football pitches!
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Pretty massive!
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Ed and Johny - you have 33 seconds
0:02:08 > 0:02:11to find out as much as you can about Meteor Crater!
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Ed - you have Chris, who knows
0:02:13 > 0:02:16everything about this hole in the ground.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Johny - you have Robyn, who knows all about how the crater was formed.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Whoever finds out the most facts is the winner.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26Three, two, one...go!
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- Hello, Robyn.- Hello.- How old is the crater?- 50,000 years old.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- Where is the meteor, did someone steal it?- No.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- It disintegrated on impact. - How big was the meteor?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37- It was 150ft across. - What was it made out of?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- Iron, nickel.- Really?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- Is there any meteor pieces left?- Yes.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44How do you know someone didn't just dig the hole to fool you?
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Erm...scientists have proven by finding
0:02:47 > 0:02:49pieces of quartz in the bottom of the crater.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Did people laugh at Barringer? Did they say, "You made it up?"
0:02:53 > 0:02:54- Yes.- Yes, they did.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- Where did the meteor come from?! - Er, the asteroid belt.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- How deep is the crater? - It's 550ft deep.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- What stops meteors falling...? - KLAXON SOUNDS
0:03:02 > 0:03:05And the person who found out the most facts is...
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- Johny!- Yes! Yes!
0:03:08 > 0:03:11- Oh!- It's the crater king, and he defeats the meteor minion!
0:03:11 > 0:03:1540 years ago, NASA trained astronauts at the crater.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Some of these astronauts would end up doing the moonwalk -
0:03:18 > 0:03:20actually walking on the moon, that is -
0:03:20 > 0:03:23but they're not the only ones interested in the crater.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Famous physic professors are fascinated by it, too.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32And now on BBC...
0:03:34 > 0:03:37I'm Professor Brian Cox.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40And I'M Professor Brian Cox, too.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43We're here to check out this...amazing hole
0:03:43 > 0:03:48that's been left on the face of Planet Earth.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51When NASA astronauts, who would one day...
0:03:51 > 0:03:53walk on the moon...
0:03:53 > 0:03:55..trained here at this
0:03:55 > 0:03:57amazing crater...
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Amazing crater.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02..they had not idea that...one day...
0:04:02 > 0:04:05..I, too, would come here.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06What an honour.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08For them.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12If you look closely up at the night sky, you can see
0:04:12 > 0:04:15where they walked, on that white, discy thing
0:04:15 > 0:04:17we call...the moon.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19But don't look at that.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Look at me.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Amazing.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Hey, Johny!
0:04:26 > 0:04:27I just saw Professor Brian Cox
0:04:27 > 0:04:29filming with his identical twin brother!
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- I didn't realise Brian Cox had a twin brother.- Yeah.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- They're identical in every way. - Really?- Yeah.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Talking of identical, that crater - I think it DOES look like the moon.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I can see why NASA trained their astronauts here,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- when they sent them up in capsules like this.- Just imagine it...
0:04:44 > 0:04:48MUFFLED: That's one small step for Johny P -
0:04:48 > 0:04:51one giant leap for mankind.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Yeah - sounds a bit like Darth Vader.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Thanks.- Think you have to practise a lot harder than that
0:04:57 > 0:04:59if you want to be a decent astronaut.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05MUSIC: "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss
0:05:05 > 0:05:08- MUSIC SLOWS TO A STOP - Stop! Stop, stop, stop!
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- AMERICAN ACCENT:- You're supposed to be on the moon!
0:05:10 > 0:05:12You're 384,000 kilometres from the earth.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14You'd be experiencing weightlessness
0:05:14 > 0:05:17and treading carefully to avoid rocks and craters.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20This is supposed to be a realistic simulation, OK?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22HE MUMBLES WITHOUT OPENING MOUTH
0:05:22 > 0:05:23What?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26AMERICAN ACCENT: I AM being realistic!
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- You're wearing a bum bag! - Well, yeah!
0:05:29 > 0:05:31I'd take my bum bag with me!
0:05:31 > 0:05:33You would not be wearing a bum bag on the moon!
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Yeah, I will. It's...it's got all my things in it.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- What things?- You know, like, a banana, in case I get hungry.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44A totally awesome moon travel guide -
0:05:44 > 0:05:46would be foolish to leave without one of those.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- You don't need...- My house keys - can't leave home without 'em!
0:05:50 > 0:05:54And of course, another banana, just in case I get hungry again.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56When Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon,
0:05:56 > 0:05:59did you see him chomping on a banana? No!!
0:05:59 > 0:06:00Now, get back to the simulation
0:06:00 > 0:06:03and behave exactly as you would do on the moon!
0:06:05 > 0:06:08MUSIC STARTS Agh! Aagh!
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- Agh...!- Now what?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14MUSIC STOPS
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Well, you lifted up my visor so I've run out of air -
0:06:16 > 0:06:18realistic enough for you?
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Now, walk like you're on the moon!
0:06:23 > 0:06:25MUSIC: "Bad" by Michael Jackson
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Not that kind of moonwalk! Agh!
0:06:28 > 0:06:30# Things that you see
0:06:30 > 0:06:33# When you stop for a... #
0:06:33 > 0:06:36TOILET FLUSHES
0:06:40 > 0:06:43'Run, Michelle! Run for your life. Swim or something!
0:06:43 > 0:06:45'Ed, chill out. It's not alive, it's a sculpture,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49'here at the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame
0:06:49 > 0:06:52'in Wisconsin - and that's difficult to say!
0:06:52 > 0:06:55'It's the biggest fibreglass fish in the world!
0:06:55 > 0:06:58'No kidding! I thought we were fish bait there.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01'The sculpture is the size of a double-decker bus
0:07:01 > 0:07:02'and it's part of the pike family.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05'That's off the scale!
0:07:05 > 0:07:06'Sorry.'
0:07:06 > 0:07:09'Muskies eat other fish, ducklings and frogs.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12'The sculpture is so big that it could even swallow
0:07:12 > 0:07:15'an American school bus. Ah, it's a nice view up here.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18'The only thing I'm looking for is the toilet.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20'The big fish sits in a pond,
0:07:20 > 0:07:24'which contains over 333,000 litres of water -
0:07:24 > 0:07:28'which is the same as over 1 million cans of fizzy pop.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31'Agh! I can't talk about water any longer!
0:07:31 > 0:07:34'Seriously, Ed, stop carping on with the fish puns!
0:07:34 > 0:07:36'Ed? Ed?!
0:07:36 > 0:07:38'I suppose I'll let him off the hook.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41'I wonder what it would be like to be a fish...'
0:07:42 > 0:07:45If I were a fish and I went to an amusement park,
0:07:45 > 0:07:47there would be a massive sea urchin
0:07:47 > 0:07:51and you would go on the spikes, and you would come off
0:07:51 > 0:07:53and you would feel, like, all dizzy, like...
0:07:53 > 0:07:57It would be a castle which would be made of jellyfish,
0:07:57 > 0:08:01and if you bounced on the jellyfish, it would go boing, boing!
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I would wrestle different types of sea creatures
0:08:03 > 0:08:06by bouncing on their tummies till they barfed up.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Ugh! Bugh! Bugh!
0:08:08 > 0:08:11FISH GIGGLES, CROWD CHEERS
0:08:19 > 0:08:21So, where are we going today, Iain?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24We're off to see a man what collects everything you need to know
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- about the world's most popular fruit.- Oh!
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- Does he collect apples?- Come on, Ed.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31It's the fourth most eaten food in the world!
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- Er, tomato collection? - If I was to say to you, "Ed -
0:08:34 > 0:08:36"you're driving me..."
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- ..to the grape collection?- Bananas!
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- You're driving me bananas!- Right, right. Banana collection, yes.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44I wonder what the ap-peel is.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Very good! Ap-peel. I like it, yes.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03So, Fred, looking at all these bananas, the first thing
0:09:03 > 0:09:06that comes into my head is, how does this start?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Well, it happened by a man named Ken Bannister,
0:09:08 > 0:09:12and he always had rolls of those stickers that you see on bananas.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16He was giving them to people, who started calling him the Banana Man,
0:09:16 > 0:09:18and then started giving him banana-related items,
0:09:18 > 0:09:20and he decided to open up a museum.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- So, you bought it off someone else? - Yes, I did.- That's cheating.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- Surely!- Wow!- Ha-ha!
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Have you added anything to the collection?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Well, I have been captured by the draw of the banana,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34and I have added about 1,500 more items.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Fred, have you ever as a joke just left a banana skin
0:09:37 > 0:09:40lying around, someone falls over and it's funny?
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- Actually, I might just test that on you guys!- Don't do that,
0:09:43 > 0:09:46because we could really... Agh!
0:09:46 > 0:09:49# Going bananas, and I feel like my poor little mind... #
0:09:49 > 0:09:53A banana tree is not actually a tree - it's a giant herb.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55That said, I don't think I fancy
0:09:55 > 0:09:58putting bananas in my pasta, thank you very much!
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Bananas can float on water - pretty handy to know,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05if you're ever stranded on a desert island
0:10:05 > 0:10:07and need to build a raft.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13With all this talk about bananas, I think I'm going bananas!
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Hey, I wonder if a banana ever feels like this?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21AMERICAN ACCENT: So, what seems to be the problem,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23other than I'm talking to a banana?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25It's my wife. She left me.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27So, bananas split?
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Did you scream?
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Banana split? Of course I-scream...
0:10:32 > 0:10:34and cherries...and hundreds and thousands.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37And chocolate sauce if I've been a really good boy.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40So you're lonely. You not got any friends?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42I used to have a whole bunch - they dropped me in,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- now I'm bruised.- 'Scuse me.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47- Is this going to be all banana jokes?- Why?
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Nothin'. I just, er, want to peel back the layers.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Think about all the good things about being you.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59British people eat 5 billion bananas a year!
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Hey, that's my relatives you're talking about!
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Or - you can peel a banana from bottom to top,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06get rid of all that nasty stringy stuff, gets stuck in my teeth.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08My wife goes crazy.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12That nasty stringy stuff gets nutrients all over my body!
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Snap out of it, man - you're full of it!
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Full of vitamin B6, I mean -
0:11:16 > 0:11:20produces serotonin, a natural chemical known to cause happiness.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24- You're full of happiness, man! - Hey, you know what?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28You're right! I haven't felt this good in ages!
0:11:28 > 0:11:30I... Agh!
0:11:30 > 0:11:32My wife! With my best friend!
0:11:34 > 0:11:37I always knew he was a smoothie!
0:11:37 > 0:11:39MACHINE WHIRRS Nah, nah, nah.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Now - he is a smoothie.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46Feel any better?
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Top banana!
0:12:03 > 0:12:05# We're here in Wisconsin
0:12:06 > 0:12:09# In a place they call the Dells
0:12:10 > 0:12:13# To check out the White House
0:12:13 > 0:12:16# Where the US President dwells
0:12:17 > 0:12:19# Hang on just a minute
0:12:20 > 0:12:22# What did you just say?
0:12:23 > 0:12:26# The White House is in Washington DC
0:12:26 > 0:12:29# Roughly a thousand miles that way!
0:12:30 > 0:12:33# This is a scale replica
0:12:33 > 0:12:36# Like nothing you've ever seen
0:12:36 > 0:12:39# They've turned the concept on its head
0:12:39 > 0:12:43# Ooh! I see what you mean!
0:12:43 > 0:12:46# They built this White House upside down
0:12:46 > 0:12:50# As a tourist a-ttrac-tion
0:12:50 > 0:12:53# If inversion is your thing
0:12:53 > 0:12:57# You're guaranteed sa-tis-fac-tion!
0:13:00 > 0:13:02# It looks mighty impressive
0:13:03 > 0:13:05# Like it's fallen from the sky
0:13:07 > 0:13:09# Whoever parked their care here
0:13:10 > 0:13:12# Is in for a surprise
0:13:13 > 0:13:15# Even when you're inside
0:13:16 > 0:13:18# It's topsy-turvy, too
0:13:20 > 0:13:22# The furniture's stuck way up there
0:13:22 > 0:13:25# Hope they used a decent glue!
0:13:26 > 0:13:29# The floor becomes the ceiling
0:13:29 > 0:13:32# And the ceiling becomes the floor
0:13:33 > 0:13:36# Though despite being upside down
0:13:36 > 0:13:39# The walls remain the walls
0:13:39 > 0:13:42# They built this White House upside down
0:13:42 > 0:13:46# A presidential home from home
0:13:46 > 0:13:49# If the furniture falls off... #
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Don't worry, it's all made from lightweight foam.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55# This is the Oval Office
0:13:56 > 0:13:58# The President's workplace
0:14:00 > 0:14:02# That's George Washington up there
0:14:02 > 0:14:05# First leader of the USA!
0:14:06 > 0:14:08# He never lived at the White House
0:14:08 > 0:14:11# He lived at Mount Vernon instead
0:14:12 > 0:14:15# He wouldn't have liked it here that much
0:14:15 > 0:14:18# Gives you a Rush of blood to the head!
0:14:19 > 0:14:22# They built this White House upside down
0:14:22 > 0:14:26# The reason's not entirely clear
0:14:26 > 0:14:29# Just one thing we'd like to ask
0:14:29 > 0:14:33# What's this T-Rex doing here?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35# They built this White House upside down
0:14:35 > 0:14:39# A stranger place we've not found
0:14:39 > 0:14:42# But we're the other side of the world... #
0:14:43 > 0:14:45So, for you at home, it's the right way round!
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Yeah - doesn't quite work like that, Ed.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01New York City, New York!
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Ed, what time is this train going to arrive?
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Don't worry, Richard, they come along every 15 minutes.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I'm going to show you the whole of New York, have patience.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17SNORING
0:15:18 > 0:15:20LOUD SNORING
0:15:20 > 0:15:21Neeaatcho!
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Seriously, Ed, it's been like three hours, I ain't seen no trains.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31No people. I think we've been led up the garden path, mate.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Now he comes to mention it, this looks a bit like a garden path!
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Erm, Ed, I think we might have a problem, mate.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47You certainly do, boys.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50This is the High Line Public Park in Manhattan's West Side
0:15:50 > 0:15:54in New York city. The park was actually a freight train line
0:15:54 > 0:15:59from 1934 until 1980. It runs through 23 blocks of the city
0:15:59 > 0:16:02and it's 2,333 metres long.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06That's the same length as 101 train carriages!
0:16:06 > 0:16:10Ha ha! Oh, isn't it brilliant here? It's just wonderful.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Yes, it's just a shame about this burst water pipe. Really spoils it.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16What are you going on about, Ed? This is a water feature!
0:16:16 > 0:16:17It's beautiful, I love it.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22The park opened in June 2009
0:16:22 > 0:16:25and attracts over two million people per year!
0:16:25 > 0:16:26# Park life...
0:16:26 > 0:16:28# Park life... #
0:16:28 > 0:16:32- Er, no diving! This is the shallow end.- Oh, sorry, sir!
0:16:32 > 0:16:34# I just came to say hello! #
0:16:38 > 0:16:40This wasn't the only idea about what to do with this
0:16:40 > 0:16:42- old railway line, you know. - Yeah?- Yeah.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Some people wanted a giant roller coaster running down it,
0:16:45 > 0:16:46some wanted a giant swimming pool.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49One person suggested having a giant cow on railway tracks,
0:16:49 > 0:16:52running up and down, cos this was the meat-packing district.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54In the end, New York decided on a new park.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58- I think they made the right choice. It's nice.- It is nice.- It's nice.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01# Imma let you try to convince me to. Hello... #
0:17:01 > 0:17:04I tell you what, Ed, we're definitely living the high life!
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- This is brilliant! It's like being on holiday.- I know!
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Who'd have thought the street was so far below us?
0:17:10 > 0:17:11CAR HORN TOOTS
0:17:11 > 0:17:13..Apart from the sound of all the traffic.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- DRILLING - ..And the building work.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17- AEROPLANE ROARS. - ..And the planes.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21Don't drop off yet, Richard! You're this week's contestant
0:17:21 > 0:17:25on The One Dollar Drop Gameshow! (Not live).
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Hello and welcome to The One Dollar Drop (not live),
0:17:29 > 0:17:32where if you get the questions wrong, the prizes of your dreams
0:17:32 > 0:17:35drop away in front of your very eyes.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Today I'm joined by Richard from London. Hello, Richard.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- All right, mate?- Richard, remember, we're not live,
0:17:40 > 0:17:44so don't say anything rude or naughty, like poo or bum.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Question one, Richard. You're playing for this gentleman's watch.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Look at that, Richard, do you like that?
0:17:50 > 0:17:51- Yeah. Can I feel it?- No.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52Question one.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57How many park and recreation areas are there in New York City?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Is it A, 17?
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Is it B, 170, Richard?
0:18:01 > 0:18:06Or are there C, 1,700, Richard?
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- I'm going to go with B, 170. - Oh, Richard, no!
0:18:10 > 0:18:14That's wrong, I'm afraid. No, the correct answer is 1,700.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- That's a lot, isn't it? - Yes.- That's a lot!
0:18:16 > 0:18:20- Are you ready for the drop now? - Yeah, I'm ready for the drop.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21METALLIC CLATTER
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Question two, Richard.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26And you're playing for this, I "heart" New York t-shirt.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- Look at that. Do you "heart" New York, Richard?- I do.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31- Do you "heart" it? - I "heart" New York, yeah!
0:18:31 > 0:18:34You'd better get this right, or I'll have to drop this.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- OK.- How much did it cost to restore the High Line?
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Was it A, 50 million dollars?
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Was it B, 155 million dollars?
0:18:44 > 0:18:49Or was it C, 555 million dollars, Richard?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51I'm going to go with 550 million dollars.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55You're wrong, Richard! He's wrong! It was 155, it was B!
0:18:55 > 0:18:57I'm going to have to drop the t-shirt. All right.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00SHATTERING
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Question three, Richard! Question three.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06And you're playing for this priceless snowglobe.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09How high does the High Line stand off the ground?
0:19:09 > 0:19:13- Is it 1.9 centimetres? Not very high, is it?- No, it's not.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- It is B, 1.9 metres? That's a bit higher.- Yeah, yeah.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22Or is it C, a whopping 9.1 metres? What do you think, Richard?
0:19:22 > 0:19:26- I think I'm going to go with B. - That's wrong, Richard! It's wrong!
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- Oh, Richard, you are awful at this game.- I know, I know.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Or, as the Americans say, "awful".
0:19:33 > 0:19:34GLASS SHATTERS
0:19:34 > 0:19:38But don't worry, Richard. We will pay for your bus fare home.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Oh, that's all right.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41GARBLED SPEECH
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Oh, no, I've just been told we won't.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46SHATTERING
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54Ed versus Cel. In the Main Event.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- Ed, do you like chips? - Love chips.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Is that why we're in Wisconsin?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- Something to do with chips? - It might be.- No, all right, OK.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Are we investigating silicon chips?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07The invention that makes technology so tiny and small?
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- No.- Wood chips? That people put in their gardens to keep weed...- No.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14No, OK. You've thrown me a curveball here, haven't you?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Oh, you're getting warmer! Sssst!
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Chocolate chip cookies!
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Well, I wouldn't say...
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Ha, you nearly had me, there. Come on, hand one over.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- If you insist!- I do insist. I love them.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28- Haah!- Thank you very much.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34This isn't a chocolate chip cookie, is it? Is it?
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Oh, there's no fooling you, is there, Ed? This, dear viewer,
0:20:36 > 0:20:40is a "cow chip" or as we call it, a "cowpat", which, let's face it,
0:20:40 > 0:20:42is cow poo!
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Yes, welcome to the Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49It's been running since 1975.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Cow chips were used by the early settlers
0:20:51 > 0:20:55in the Great Plains of the USA to cook and heat their homes.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58However, it seems strange that they didn't think to throw them
0:20:58 > 0:21:02until the 1970s! Anyone fancy chucking a poo?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Marietta, why are you people throwing cow poo round?
0:21:05 > 0:21:08If I did that sort of thing at home, I'd get in really big trouble!
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Well, it's a tradition here in South Prairie.
0:21:10 > 0:21:1338 years now we've been throwing this dung!
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Wow! So how do you make these? Do these come out of real cows?
0:21:15 > 0:21:17They really come out of real cows.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- See the grass and everything growing in it?- Yeah, sure can!
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- I think you need to hold it.- Yeah, go on, Ed. Give it a smell!
0:21:23 > 0:21:24SNIFFS
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Not that bad. It doesn't really smell of anything.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30There is really no smell to it. It's kind of gone back to nature.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33So you have a special team of people going out, finding poo?
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Yes. About a month before our event, we go and pick up poo.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39So if we're going to go head to head, throwing poo around,
0:21:39 > 0:21:41where can we find ourselves some cow chips?
0:21:41 > 0:21:44We've got this Trojan Cow. He's the magic ticket.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- I like the sound of him.- Yeah. The Quest for the Trojan Cow!
0:21:47 > 0:21:51- The Quest for Poo! - Thank you, Marietta!- Bye!
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Around 800 people take part in the competition each year
0:21:55 > 0:21:58to see who can throw the poo the furthest.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02The winner is crowned Wisconsin Cow Chip Throw Champion!
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Oh, the glory! Now, where is that Trojan Cow?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08The quest for the Trojan Cow's not going very well.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11I thought it would be quite noticeable. Obviously, it isn't.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13I cannot see it anywhere. It must be tiny.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16You guys are "udderly" useless. It's behind you!
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Traditionally, the Trojan Cow parades the street,
0:22:19 > 0:22:22poo-ing chips out of its rear end! A bit like this...
0:22:22 > 0:22:23MOOING
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Look at this! It's the biggest pooper-scoops ever!
0:22:26 > 0:22:30- Give me my pooper-scoop! - Let's do this parade!
0:22:30 > 0:22:34- Cel, catch! Catch! - I am!- Catch, Cel!- Throw it!- Wheeeey!
0:22:34 > 0:22:36- Nice one!- Goal!
0:22:38 > 0:22:40THEY SNIGGER AND RETCH
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Imagine being the person whose job it is to throw poo
0:22:46 > 0:22:49- out of the back of a giant cow! - I think that'd be a fun job!
0:22:49 > 0:22:52I think that should be our aim. We should try to work our way up there.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53The funny thing is,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56everyone's just watching as if it's completely normal.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Just, "Oh, there's a bit of poo just flown over my head."
0:22:58 > 0:22:59"Oh, bit of poo."
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Giant cow just pooing everywhere.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Ed! Watch it!
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Whoa!
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I warned you!
0:23:09 > 0:23:11I just got hit by a flying poo.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Go, Ed, go, Ed, go, Ed, go!
0:23:14 > 0:23:17You two stop mucking about and get some tips from an expert.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20This is Russ. Not only did he design that incredible Trojan cow...
0:23:20 > 0:23:23..and not only is he a chip official...
0:23:23 > 0:23:25..but he knows how to throw cow dung.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Most of them go this way. Just like this.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31A bit like throwing a boomerang. I just hope that doesn't come back.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35OK, boys, if you're going to do well in this poo-nament,
0:23:35 > 0:23:39you'd better get some practice in. Cel, you're up first.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43Oh, it's a big long smelly one! It's high, isn't it?
0:23:43 > 0:23:47That's proper poo-lution. I hope it doesn't come down on someone.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Ed, you're next to scoop your poop. Get chucking.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54He's going for an over-arm, and oh, it's a long one.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57It's not bad, and an underarm Frisbee shot.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Ed, you are the prince of poop!
0:23:59 > 0:24:03Limber up, boys, it's time for the main event. Here are the rules.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Poops must be at least 15cm in diameter.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Each contestant gets two throws. No gloves are allowed,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12but I would recommend washing your hands afterwards.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15And remember, an out-of-bounds throw doesn't count.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17That gets messy for the audience.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19The big problem is everyone's sitting on the line.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21So if you're out of bounds...
0:24:21 > 0:24:22Ah!
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Don't do that to me!
0:24:30 > 0:24:33I tell you something, Ed, a lot more people have turned up than expected.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- I know. - My nerves have just intensified.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38A lot of potential victims to be hit in the head with cow poo.
0:24:38 > 0:24:44- Ed, Ed, Ed, Ed!- You've already done that. Oh, it's actually...!
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Look where that landed!
0:24:47 > 0:24:49I don't want to be the last thing that ever happens to me
0:24:49 > 0:24:51on this earth being hit by a poo.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Yeah, I don't think many people do. Whoa!
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Please don't let me be killed by poo!
0:24:58 > 0:25:02It's not much to ask, is it? I just don't want to be killed by poo!
0:25:02 > 0:25:06Who does, Ed? Killed by a poo? And speaking of poo, happy picking!
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- What am I doing? What am I actually doing?- I'm going through cow poo.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13I'm rifling through cow poos
0:25:13 > 0:25:15like I'm out doing my Saturday morning shopping.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25So there should be plenty for you to choose from, Ed, but make sure
0:25:25 > 0:25:29you pick one of the high-fibre ones, as they're thicker and stronger.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31All the way from Manchester, England,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34please welcome Cel Spellman!
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Come on, Cel, you've been training for this.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Chip this chip into the next county. Be one with the poo.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49He's warming up, he's lining up, and it's in the air and... Oh, no!
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- That's out of bounds. That won't count.- Yes! Here we go.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Second time lucky.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Yeah, lucky not to hit anyone this time, at least.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Oh, it's within the boundary. Not far, though.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Yes!
0:26:02 > 0:26:03Absolutely woeful.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Is that person all right? They're not going to hospital, are they?
0:26:06 > 0:26:08That would be really embarrassing
0:26:08 > 0:26:11if they have to fill out the forms in hospital - what's wrong with you?
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- Oh, I got smashed in the head with a cow pat.- 87.7.- Is that good?
0:26:14 > 0:26:16- Yeah, that's all right.- Yes!
0:26:16 > 0:26:21- 87.7.- Metres?- Feet. - Oh, right. Rubbish.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25We'll see how you do. Although, I think my first throw was better.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26- For comedy value.- Of course.
0:26:26 > 0:26:33Cel throws 87.7 feet, which is the same length as 15.5 Tulisas.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Ed, you're up next.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37- Here we go.- Go on, Ed Petrie!
0:26:37 > 0:26:41It's a very careful run from Ed, a confident throw,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44and he's split his poo in three. Good effort, though.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47We measure the biggest piece.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48That one broke up on entry.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Hopefully, this one won't do the same thing.
0:26:50 > 0:26:55Second go for Petrie on the poo. Here we go, it's a long one.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58And, oh, it's a good one. I can't believe it either, Ed.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Ed, I think you went for the shotgun approach there.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05- You threw about three in one. - Yeah, well, I was hedging my bets.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08So the dung has been flung.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11We're going to have to wait a teensy bit longer to find out the winner.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12Here's Russ with the results.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16So, Ed and Cel, now that you've thrown your chips,
0:27:16 > 0:27:24- I have your results for you. Cel, yours was 87.7 feet.- Pretty good.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Ed, yours was 87.8 feet.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32- Whoa! 0.1!- 0.1! That's ridiculous.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37- So here are your trophies.- Oh, thank you.- And here, Cel, here's yours.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41- Lovely!- You get the chip. - The pooby prize.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45- I feel like a cow-chip champion. - I feel like a shower.
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