Episode 7 All Over the Place

Hop in, as your CBBC pals whisk you around the USA

on a crazy road trip!

-Cel is amazed!

-We were just there.

-Barney gets inventive.

-The Henchbecker Coffee Pipe.

Johnny raves like only he can.

-And Naomi goes for a paddle.

-This is rubbish. I don't know what to do.

# All over the place!

# All over the place!

# North, south, east, west, on our quest

# Me and my mates all over the place!

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

# Whatever we do is strange but true!

# All over the place!

# All over the place!

# Bet you didn't know this stuff's all over the States

# But it turns up all over the place! #

So, the first stop is Virginia,

which was the first US state to grow peanuts!

Tell you what, Ed, this is going to be brilliant.

One of the oldest tourist attractions in the whole of America.

-Right here in Virginia.

-Yeah, can't wait to see it.

I don't know what it is, but I can't wait to see it.

Wonder where it is.

Whoa! This must be it. That bridge is massive!

That's going to look nice when it's finished.

Must have some cowboy builders building it.

Muppets! It's all natural.

That's why it's called the Natural Bridge.

Native American Indians are said to have discovered it first

and it's now one of the USA's top tourist spots.

Ed and Richard, you have 39 seconds to find out as much as you

can about the Natural Bridge.

Richard, you've got Wes, who's a tour guide.

Ed, you've got Mary-Kate, who works in the Indian village.

Whoever finds out the most facts in 39 seconds is the winner.

Three, two, one, go!

Ed, go!

-What's that called?

-That's the Natural Bridge.

-How high is it?

-215 feet.

-How long is it?

-About 40 feet.

-When was it made?

-Over a million years.

-What kind of rock is it made of?

-Limestone.

-Why was it made?

-Because water came through here.

-What's that river called?

-The Cedar Creek.

-How many people do you get here each year?

-About 200,000.

-Where do you work here?

-In the Indian Village.

-Why was it called Natural Bridge?

-Cos it's all natural.

-Why is there an Indian village?

-Because the Monacans discovered the bridge.

-Can I take a piece home with me?

-Yes.

-What's that over there?

-A mink.

-What is it?

-It's a little weasel.

-It's amazing! I've never seen one of them.

-Really?

-Yes.

-OK.

-Can I buy one in the gift shop?

-No.

BUZZER Ohhh!

It's a shame I can't buy one in the gift shop,

cos those mink look lovely. Hello!

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

Ed!

Yes!

Hooray!

-You won this one, just about.

-Ah, yes, the smell of victory.

And I found out loads about mink as well. I saw a mink.

-A what?

-You should look more excited. A mink.

Don't know what a mink is.

Let me help you out there, Richard. Mink are often mistaken for

otters but are much smaller, with fluffier tails and smaller snouts.

Awwww!

Ed, once upon a time there was a king of England called

King George III, and he actually sold this bridge for 20 shillings.

-You know how much 20 shillings is?

-About a pound, isn't it?

-You're not meant to know, I'm giving you a fact.

-But it's a fact I know!

-20 shillings is a pound.

-Oh, well done.

It wasn't a lot of money, even back in those days.

For a bridge as beautiful as that.

It's the Monacan tribe,

the Native Americans that used to live here,

they thought that bridge was created

when an enemy tribe was chasing them and it helped them get away.

-It just appeared.

-Yeah. We should go and check out their village.

-Which way is it?

-Don't know.

It's this way.

Honestly, how do you guys find your way out of the house in the morning!

This is what a Native American village would have

looked like 300 years ago.

-So where are we, Ed?

-Oh, this is the Native American village.

-And what's that?

-Um... That's a wigwam?

-A what?

-No, a tepee. It's a tepee.

-No, it's a giant wig for giants.

-There's a squirrel there, Ed.

There is a squirrel, yeah. There's another squirrel there,

that paid a very high price for eating those nuts, by the look of it.

-Do you get loads of them here?

-I don't know.

You ask too many questions. I know nothing about this place.

-We'd better find someone who does.

-OK.

So, Mary-Kate, thanks for inviting us into your... What is this, exactly?

This is a women's work area.

Thank you for inviting us into your women's work area.

-No problem!

-So what would they do in here?

This was a place where ladies would come in

and get out of the sun or rain and would still be able to

work on things, like making pottery and weaving baskets, sewing,

and also making dolls, like that. Those are made from corn husks.

I think this is a character from Toy Story. I think I recognise it.

You could also have corn cob darts,

like what we have in the basket over there.

What's that over there?

I expected Native Americans to live in big pointy things

covered in animal hides and things.

The Monacans are an Eastern woodland tribe,

which just means that they would stay in wigwams or round houses,

like we have over there.

When they ran out of their natural resources and animals

they're hunting, they have to move to a different place.

But that doesn't happen for several years.

Talking of animals, it's lunchtime. Fancy something to eat?

I could do with a burger.

-What are we doing, Ed?

-We're grinding corn, Richard.

We've just got to do this for two hours and then get some water,

some acorn flour

and some bear fat and we can make some lovely corn cakes.

I don't want corn, I just want a big, greasy burger!

No, it's corn cakes for us, Richard.

Right, I'll just go and see if I can find some squirrel to go with it.

I've had a really interesting afternoon. That thing's amazing.

Yeah, I know. It'll be great when it's finished, though.

Have you been listening this afternoon?

Oh, you're joking, aren't you? No, you're not! You're not!

You're actually not joking! That's unbelievable! You are joking.

You're not, are you? What a waste of time!

Superior, Wisconsin.

I can't believe I lost my mobile. I had it five minutes ago, I swear!

Let me phone your number. We'll probably be able to hear it.

Right, it's ringing.

RINGTONE PLAYS That's my ringtone!

That's definitely it.

RINGTONE CONTINUES

It's definitely getting louder.

RINGTONE PLAYS That's not my phone.

That's a woman playing the accordion.

Yeah, I can, er, I can see that.

Well, Helmi, it's safe to say I've never seen

so many accordions in one place.

Well, we are a large collection.

-There are 1,300 accordions on this floor alone.

-1,300.

That's quite a lot of accordions.

Accordions are hand held musical instruments

which are played by squeezing bellows together

and air through reeds which vibrate and create sound.

The keys are then pressed to produce different notes.

So what's the oldest accordion?

Oh, Michelle, why don't you run through and see if you can find it?

-Sounds like a challenge, Helmi! I'm off.

-What can I find?

-Well, I think you should try to find the smallest.

-Right.

That's not going to be very easy to find, is it, cos it's small.

-I don't think this is very fair, Michelle.

-This isn't...

The accordion is also known as the squeeze box and the one man band.

Right, oldest accordion's probably from the 1800s.

These look pretty old. Dark wood, very fragile. Could be a potential.

The models have small ones, but they're not real.

This one looks beautiful and a real antique. This has got to be the one.

Helmi, I think I've found it!

Is this the one?

I'm afraid not. But I did bring the oldest one.

-How could I have missed that one? So how old's that?

-1820s.

-So annoying.

-Have you found the oldest one?

-I didn't find it, though.

-OK, Helmi, is this the smallest one?

-It is the smallest one.

-Hooray!

Yay! Well done, Ed.

The most expensive accordion in the collection is just under 60,000

which is around £37,000, so clearly the accordion is still in demand!

But I wonder if anyone has tried to give the old squeeze box

a modern day make-over.

-Hey, Mr Henchbecker, sir.

-Security!

-No, no, sir, it's me! It's Dibley.

From marketing? You asked me to design the new accordion, sir.

I have the prototype here.

So, are you going to blow my socks off?

Nope, but we could add that feature if you think it helps, sir.

Figure of speech, son. Right, show me what you got.

The accordion 97.

Eh?

Let me introduce you to the Henchbecker Coffee Pipe!

It's a drinks tube, sir.

Attached to a backpack that contains three litres of the finest quality,

highest-strength Columbian coffee, right?

So a kid drinks the coffee, and while...

Dibley, you can't give a kid three litres of coffee.

You can't give ANYONE three litres of coffee.

Right, sir, so-so-so we just place that there

-and forget about that, sir, because it doesn't matter.

-Take it off!

Yeah, that can go, sir, because we also did some more research, sir.

We found out that when you learn a new musical instrument, it helps

to encourage social development, so we have added online gaming!

-Huh!

-Yeah. You can play a game. It's called Virtual Accordion Legend.

You can play any time you like, online with your friends.

-Which means...

-Which means they wont be concentrating

on playing the instrument.

-Right, sir.

-That's what it means.

-So, we are just going to close that and...

-Get rid of it.

-Get rid of it, sir.

-Take that off.

-That can go.

That's not important. What's important, sir, is,

well, let me explain.

You have bought yourself a brand-new accordion, right? You love it.

-It's the best thing you've ever seen.

-I love it.

And you leave it somewhere but you don't know where you left it.

A GPS chip so you can track your accordion on any computer.

That would have been a much better idea than the siren.

I'm just going to go ahead and pull that...

-SIREN WAILS

-Aargh! Aargh!

Sorry, sir. Stop!

Aargh! Aargh!

Sorry, that never usually happens. You hate it, don't you, sir?

Well, I wouldn't go that far.

With a few minor adjustments, I think we could be onto something.

Yeah, we take that off, for a start. We know that don't work.

We don't need that.

Don't need that wire. I actually hate that.

And, well, you know that a stupid idea.

-And it will be much cheaper to produce.

-I agree, sir.

-There. Good work.

-Thank you, sir.

I would like to give you a promotion.

But we are small-scale accordion manufacturer

and that would mean giving you my job.

-So get out.

-Yes, sir.

-Watch the chair there, sir.

-Watch yourself on the way out.

-Thank you, sir.

-Clever kid. Clever kid.

-Ed, what is this place?

-The petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.

Petrified? Doesn't look that scared to me.

Not that sort of petrified.

What other sort of petrified is there, Petrie?

Well, let me explain to you using the medium of dance music.

We shall begin.

# Petrified

# Let us take you on a journey back in time

# Cos this place is going to blow your mind

# Blow your mind

# Better all prepare yourselves for a big shock

# Cos this forest, well, it's made from rock

# Made from rock

# Would you please explain the science to me if you could?

# Basically, quartz replaced organic matter in the wood

# So these are

# All dried up, all dried up All dried up and petrified

# All dried up, all dried up All dried up and petrified

# Used to be living things Years ago they all died

# All dried up, all dried up All dried up and petrified

# Back in the Triassic period don't know you?

# That's 200 million years ago

# Years ago

# The trees became buried beneath the river bed

# They then became Became fossils instead

# Fossils instead

# Over time the Earth's crust moved and eroded away

# And what's left are the relics of those ancient days

# And they are

# All dried up, all dried up All dried up and petrified

# All dried up, all dried up All dried up and petrified

-# Used to be living things

-Dinosaurs, plants and reptiles

# All dried up, all dried up All dried up and petrified

# In the desert layers of rock are colourfully arranged

# They tell of past environments How the climate has changed

# The petroglyphs are real proof that humans were here too

# Simple drawings carved in rock

# Ooh, that one looks like you

# Petrified

# All dried up, all dried up All dried up and petrified

# All dried up, all dried up All dried up and petrified

# Here in Arizona Present and the past collide

# All dried up, all dried up All dried up and petrified. #

Morning, Colonel.

Morning.

Ah, another warm sunny day here on Richardson's farm

here in Spring Grove, Illinois. And I am feeling ripe.

-I thought I smelt something. Ah, isn't it amazing?

-It sure is.

Hey, whoa! What are you doing?

-You can't beat a fresh bout of corn on the cob.

-Sweet.

This is a maze made out of corn and it's biggest in the world.

It is the size of 22 football pitches put together

but it only took Farmer George eight hours to sow all the seeds.

By the way, corn can grow up to 25cm a week.

That is 100cm in a month.

I could go on and on and on but that would be corny.

I don't understand it, Cel, it defies all reason.

-There is only one explanation. Aliens made this maze.

-Aliens?

-No, I disagree.

-I know what it was.

It was a plague of artistic locusts and they ate all the corn.

-Artistic locusts don't exist.

-That is true.

-You're going to have to ask him.

-Oh, not voice-over man.

-You're going to have to. Just tell us.

-He is such a know-all.

And you're such a know-nothing.

I do know that a farmer called George has been

building mazes here for years.

He gets a local artist to design them,

uses a tractor and a sat nav and also that this year's design

is celebrating 100 years of the American Girl Scouts.

So there.

Right, you pair of overgrown toddlers,

I challenge you to play Corn On The Job.

You have a map of the maze and somewhere out there are three

questions that will get you through the maze as quickly as possible.

So, let's get on with it before it is your bedtime.

-Yes.

-Ah, yes.

-First prize is a pumpkin.

That is what I have dreamed of.

Oh, wow, something I have never wanted and don't know how to cook.

Question one.

-Go.

-OK. The corn here was planted in A, March or B, May.

-March.

-No, you see, March here is going to be quite cold.

They have really cold winters.

This could be a long game.

-March. May.

-No, May.

-May.

-May.

Correct.

Yes! Get me that pumpkin.

Question two. What is corned beef made of?

Yeah, corn.

Oh, come on.

-Beef.

-Beef.

Correct. Finally.

-Yes!

-Yes!

-Get me the butternut.

Oh, yes, look at that. A pumpkin and a butternut squash.

These are two things I had no idea I wanted this morning.

We were just there.

All right. Question three.

Name three different types of food made from corn.

-Sweetcorn.

-That's not made from corn, is it? Popcorn.

Popcorn, yeah, you can have sweet or salted. There's two.

That's the same thing. Popcorn, corn flakes. Need one other thing.

-Bread.

-Bread? Oh, cornbread.

-Yeah.

-Popcorn.

-Sweetcorn.

-No, not sweetcorn. Popcorn, corn flakes.

-And sweetcorn.

-No, and corn bread.

Yes. Yes, at last.

-Yeah!

-Yes.

-I want the watermelon.

-Really? There you go.

-Why did you say that?

-Take the watermelon.

Actually, hang on, hang on, wait a minute.

We've got to walk all the way out of this cornfield with all this

fruit and veg and we don't know what to do with it.

-Let's just leave it here.

-Yeah?

-We can be out of here in about five minutes.

-Indeed. A little stroll.

Oi. You left the map.

Time to get the map out. Cel.

No, no, no. I thought you had the map.

-No, I thought you had the map. No, no.

-You had the map.

-I can see the light. Oh! Oh!

-Oh, freedom.

-Ah!

That was a-maze-ingly good. Get it?

A-maze... Never mind.

-D'oh.

-D'oh.

BOTH: Doughnuts.

'What are you doing?'

'I need 49 to beat the world record for eating doughnuts.'

'And I have to do it in under eight minutes.

'Want to give it a go?'

'Yeah.'

'Whatever you do, don't try this at home.

'We are both very experienced doughnut eaters.'

'Three, two, one, dough!'

'How on earth can anyone eat 49? I only managed, like, four.

'I feel like right dough ball now.'

'Anyway, after all that excitement of a failed world record attempt,

'I have got to go find a toilet.'

'Do you want to know something really impressive?'

'Actually, not right now.'

'We are in the company of a famous Hollywood star.'

'Really? Where?'

'You're standing next to it.

'This big doughnut has been in loads of Hollywood films.

Like Iron Man 2.'

'Hey, do I look like Iron Man?'

'No. You look like a guy posing with a doughnut, who needs the toilet.'

Even superheroes have to go at some point.

'Hey, Ed. Ed? Where did he go?

'He just disappeared. Maybe Ed does have a secret superpower.

'What would you do if you were a superhero for the day?'

If I was a superhero for the day,

I would help old ladies that are getting bags nicked...

Help, my bag's being nicked.

..by giving whoever is doing it a wedgie.

An atomic wedgie.

I would be Aqua Girl.

I would have lasers on my head.

And a talking fish would help me fight undersea crimes.

-OK, what about a ten pin bowling ball?

-No, you know that wouldn't.

-What about a rubber duck?

-That is cheating, Ed.

It is made to do exactly that.

OK, what about a cabbage?

It's a vegetable. It is quite heavy though. No, I think it would.

Oh, controversial. I think it wouldn't.

Hey, what about a massive, massive sandwich

your mum's made you for lunch?

They're quite heavy.

And I am as well after I've eaten one so I'd probably say,

"No, it wouldn't." Shall we tell them what we are talking about?

No. Let's let voice-over man do it.

All this talk of food's made me a bit hungry. Shall we go and get a snack?

I'll do it if you can get me an ice cream.

So, we are talking about floating because

we are at the Anything That Floats Race

in Key Largo, Florida.

This is a great place to float your boat as the Florida Keys

are a chain of 1,700 islands surrounded by the sea.

The race really is about anything that floats.

You must be creative and build your own raft.

You can use wood, empty water bottles or even outdoor furniture

but you can't cheat by using proper boats, canoes or motors.

All rafts in this race have to be powered by human energy.

This is a disgrace.

Someone's left a load of junk lying next to this beautiful key.

No, Ed, these are the materials for us to build a raft.

Oh, someone's left some useful objects next to this beautiful key.

So, shall we try and transform these

into a couple of brilliant rafts then?

-I guess so.

-It's sink...

-..or swim.

Get on with it.

Ah, well, that was very, very simple.

Yeah, I don't know how we pulled it off, really, considering

-we spent most of the time messing around.

-Very straightforward.

I think we have been quite c-raft-y.

C-raft...

Yeah, I got it.

Yeah, I got it too. I wish I hadn't.

Let's go meet Robert, the man who makes this race float.

-Robert, you're the organiser, aren't you?

-Hey, guys.

-How you doing?

-How is the air.

-Everything looks great.

The air is perfect. I think it is a great day for the event.

It is going to be a lot of fun.

What is the point of the Anything That Floats Race?

Well, you know, it's to take anything,

anything that will float and see how fast you go.

See the fastest person to go through the race. That's the winner.

Is this home-made raft building a really popular pastime

-here in the States?

-It's becoming very popular pastime.

Obviously, you will see today, it's very interesting no matter what,

-it will be a great time.

-Any top tips for us?

-Paddle fast and stay light.

-Stay light?

There's not much I can do about that.

Unless I go to the toilet. Right now.

-Maybe we should check out the competition?

-Yeah, let's do that.

Thanks, Robert.

There Anything That Floats Race has been going for four years

and 23 rafts are taking part this year.

-The Jamaicans are off.

-There they go.

There is four of them and it floats.

I like the pirates because they threw booty at us.

-Treasure, Ah-har.

-Ah-har!

Come on, piracy. Come on panda, polar bear...

I'm not sure you should be cheering pirates on.

-They're essentially criminals.

-Oh, yeah. Come on panda/polar bears.

How are you feeling about this then?

I've got a feeling I'm going to be probably more like him.

And less like them.

Me too.

Oh, dear. This is determination for you, right here.

He is continuing even though his raft is upside down.

So, what you have to do is paddle up to the red buoy and back,

which is a distance of 400m.

That's the same as eight Olympic swimming pools.

Time to get your feet wet. And maybe the rest of you too,

depending on how well these home-made rafts hold up.

Wish me luck.

Naomi, you're first. Paddle at the ready.

-RACE ANNOUNCER:

-Three...

Watch and learn, Petrie.

..two, one.

How do I do it? Side to side? Oh, no, that's not going to work.

She's representing the BBC.

It looks like Naomi's going at -1 miles an hour.

This is rubbish. I don't know what to do.

-Come on!

-And he is off.

-Eat my wake!

Now it is Ed's turn.

Competitors race one at a time to avoid any collisions.

Although you do have to be moving to collide with someone.

It's not as easy as it looks.

I don't know what I'm doing.

I was never very good at this sort of thing.

You know, there is every chance they might not ever finish.

I wonder what we will do then.

Hang on, what is this? Man overboard.

Is Ed swimming for the shore? Is he giving up?

Ed's in the water! Ed is in the water!

Maybe this is Ed's annual bath.

Naomi is out in front and Ed...

What is Ed doing?

Team Ed is out there and he is just swimming.

Swimming with it. The absolute cheat.

Are there sharks in here?

I didn't think about that.

I can't believe he's caught up with me. I'm so annoyed.

Can you give me a push?

Ssh. Don't tell him.

Quick, give me a push, give me a push.

Just because you think Ed's not playing fair

doesn't mean you can too, Naomi.

So, Naomi's being pushed along and Ed's catching up

by pushing his raft. I give up.

-You're not floating.

-I am floating.

I got to the red buoy and then Ed cheated

and then he suddenly started making great speed.

If he'd have stuck to the rules

and paddled his raft like ordinary people, he'd be way behind me.

Could you tow me so I can try and beat Ed, please?

Brilliant, thank you. As long as we beat him to the red buoy.

You might need to let me go just near him so he doesn't see.

As far as cheating goes, Naomi, this is right up there.

What do you mean cheating?

Hang on a minute! Oi, that's cheating.

-What? I don't know what you're talking about.

-Oi!

You can't get in the water and swim.

Here he comes. I told you you were going to get wet.

There you go.

Keep pumping. There you go, Ed.

Team Naomi and Team Ed seem to be neck and neck.

Amazingly there's still nothing between them right at the end.

But who's going to pass the finish line first?

Ed, Ed, Ed, Ed, Ed, Ed!

Naomi wins by a catfish whisker.

The question is can she get away with it?

Totally cheated. Sorry.

Hey, guys. Well, you know it was close.

It was very close but, Naomi,

while you might have crossed the finish line first,

the winner actually was Ed. So there you go.

God bless the Florida Floater and all who sink in her.

Now, I do have another award for Naomi though because,

as you know, Ed, Naomi started quite a bit earlier than you did

but only at the end was it close.

I don't know if you noticed or not cos you were working

so hard to get across the finish line but Naomi did win an award.

And she won the Most Rules Broken award.

Yeah! That is brilliant.

-My proudest moment.

-You should be ashamed of yourself.

-I should be.

But I'm not.

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