Episode 8 All Over the Place

Join your CBBC buddies as they take you on a wild and wacky tour

around the USA.

Iain invents his own soda pop...

Argh!

Naomi rocks out with Dr Who...

Johny visits London...

and Richard feels the pinch...

You don't want to give him to me!

# North, south, east, west On with the dark quest

# Me and my mates all over the place

# It's true what you've heard Everything is absurd

# Whatever we do, it's safe but true

# All over the place

# All over the place

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

# But this turns up over the place! #

Let's begin the US state that breeds more turkeys than any other,

it's California!

-I could really do with a cool drink.

-Something a bit different.

-But all I've got...

-Is this cucumber...

-And these roses...

-And this chilled can...

-Of bubbly soda water.

-I wonder...

There must be an easier way to do this!

And wouldn't you know it? There is!

Amazingly, you're in exactly the right spot

for some refreshing drinks, Galco's Soda Pop Stop.

..which is what they call soft drinks in the USA.

Not all of them sound delicious. Rhubarb soda?

But I'm sure John who runs Galco's picks them all for a reason.

John, when did you start selling all this soda pop?

About 15 years ago. We needed something else to do,

something different, and soda pop was a good thing to do.

Soda pop sounds great. How many soda pops are you selling at the minute?

-About 550 of them.

-550? Soda pops?

-In one shop?

-In one shop.

-That's not possible.

-You can have a different one every day

for the next year and a half and never taste the same thing twice.

I do hate tasting the same soda pop twice. One of my pet hates!

Yes, it makes me so angry!

There's no chance of that in here, boys.

People in the USA drink just under 50 billion litres of soda per year.

You know, some of those old-fashioned soda flavours

are absolutely disgusting! I think we could do better!

There's over 500 flavours in this store.

We could make our own soda flavour easily.

-Yeah, yeah. Let's find out, shall we?

-Let's do it.

The skin of the lemon adds to the flavour.

A little touch of cucumber, a sprinkle, there it goes.

I'm going to go fusion, fusion foods.

Chocolate ice cream and watermelon.

-It needs sugar!

-Of course! That'll sort it out.

-What was I thinking?

-Soda does have a lot of sugar.

Get on with it. Have that!

You have to get a bit of soda, obviously, to make it...

because you wouldn't be able to drink it that way.

And some strawberries. Don't put the green in, that's disgusting.

What we need is some sort of blender.

A blender? I think you need a bin.

Have a little drink, Ed! Come on!

Every time I smell it, I retch!

A little drink of it, there we go!

That hits the spot!

-It looks all right, actually.

-I feel like I'm on Masterchef!

I got a bit of paper in it!

The fizz has gone to Iain's head!

He's added paper to his soda pop! Clearly, that's never a good idea!

What does Blue even taste like?

Yeah, that's not a flavour, is it?

They must have run out of names! "Just call it Blue!"

"Call it a colour! Come on!"

This is like what I was trying to make!

And look! They've got cucumber as well.

Here, Ed, do you fancy a Kiss?

No, no, no!

Oh!

-That was embarrassing!

-Unbelievable!

You know back when sodas were invented

we'd have been buying these in a chemist's, not a supermarket.

Really? I wonder if any flavours would stand the test of time?

Isn't it amazing, Professor, how a little carbon dioxide

can really give water a whole lot of fizz?

And many people believe that that fizz has incredible healing powers.

Idiots!

But what keeps them coming back is the dazzling array of fine flavours.

You know, if it weren't for fine American pharmacists like us,

people would still be drinking that plain old healthy fizzy water!

Which is why we've got to keep striving to develop new flavours!

Like that new Coca-Cola?

No, not that. That'll never catch on!

We've got to think big.

I'm thinking soda pop on a global scale...

our company branding on posters and billboards,

painted on the side of buses and cows!

Really?

-Well, maybe not buses.

-No.

Just think, if we get this next big flavour right,

we could be offering sponsorship

to the sports and entertainment stars of the future!

And who wants to be sponsored by a soda pop called Coca-Cola?

Or Pepsi? Or Dr Pepper?

I guess you're right, Professor, but they sure do taste swell.

Yeah? Well, they haven't tasted this yet.

Gee whiz! What is it, Professor?

The drink of the future!

With a manly, hearty, invigorating flavour!

What's in it? Sarsaparilla?

Nutmeg and vanilla?

Crushed violets and lime?

Raw eggs, phosphate and celery!

I call it Eggophosphocelery!

Sure is catchy, professor!

It's a great name.

PHHRT!

Er...favourite song?

-Party Rock!

-Oh, yeah.

Don't know why I asked that one, actually.

Er...favourite...movie?

School Of Rock.

OK. Favourite collection in Spring Green, Wisconsin?

The House of the Rock!

And that's it over there.

Technically, it's not on the rock, though, it's sticking out the rock!

That's just a bit of it. The rest of it is on the other side on the rock!

Well, in that case, let's rock!

Aaargh!

So, Matt, this collection started 67 years ago,

and you'll be pleased to hear

I don't think you look old enough to have started it yourself.

No, I didn't. It was actually started by Alex Jordan

and he started building the house in 1945

and opened it to the public in 1960.

OK, so there's loads of things, really unusual stuff in the house.

We want you in 20 seconds to tell us as many of them as you can!

-Ready?

-I'm ready.

-Three, two, one, go!

All right, there's a lot of things, there's a lot of stained glass.

We have a million-piece circus collection.

We have the world's largest carousel with 20,000 lights on it.

Old streets of yesterday with a lot of different collections.

We have the Heritage of Sea building with a 200ft-long sea creature.

We've a lot of model ship displays.

There's horse carriages and cars, we have a lot of flowers...

Stop!

-Very good! And that's just a tiny little bit of it all?

-It is.

It's actually a complex of 17 buildings

that houses all kinds of different collections from across the world.

Wow!

Alex Jordan used to camp here,

and when his tent got blown away,

he decided to build something more stable.

And that's why there's a house on an 18m rock.

He then spent the rest of his life collecting all this amazing stuff,

including the world's largest carousel.

Have you noticed how American carousels go anticlockwise

but British ones go in a clockwise direction?

No...no, I hadn't. I obviously haven't studied it

-as extensively as you have!

-Oh!

"Hello! I'm Naomi Wilkinson

"and I know about the rotation of carousels on a worldwide basis!

"I'm going to study it at university!"

I just read it on the wall over there, like you!

The most popular room goes on for ever...

at least that's what it looks like.

The Infinity Room is the only one of its kind in the world.

Here we have the famous Infinity Room.

Wow! It looks like it goes on for ever.

Yeah, just one long thin room, hanging in space.

-I know someone who's long and thin and hangs around in space.

-Who?

Exactly!

TARDIS NOISES

-What on earth...?

-Ah, earth, excellent, I like earth!

Wonderful views! Good afternoon, I'm the Doctor.

Dr...who?

Precisely. You must be my new assistant. Congratulations.

Lost the last one in a wormhole.

-Must have been a huge worm.

-No, no, she was quite human.

Now, have you seen any despicably evil invisible aliens?

How could I SEE invisible aliens?

No further questions. Aliens to find. Geronimo!

Actually, let's not go that way. It seems to go on for ever.

Must be some sort of wibbly-wobbly rift in the space-time continuum.

Actually, it's an optical illusion. It's 66.4 metres long.

Oh, right.

-Did you receive an interstellar data transmission from the TARDIS?

-No.

I read the brochure.

Oh, I knew that.

Ah, there you are!

Strange, I can't seem to get a reading for my sonic screwdriver.

What's a sonic screwdriver?

This is...not a sonic screwdriver.

I really must get a separate box for my normal screwdrivers.

Still, at least I can tighten a few things in the...

-Street of Yesterday?

-Well, I think it's a little older than yesterday!

No, that's what it's called.

It's a complete replica of a 19th-century village.

Replica? You really do have a lot to learn about time travel.

An ingenious replica, so good that it even nearly fooled me!

Excuse me, Doctor, you have my brochure!

-Excuse me!

-The invisible aliens have taken control of the instruments!

Quick! Cover your ears so they can't use their evil music

to control your mind!

It's the world's greatest collection of automated music machines.

I can't hear you, I've covered my ears!

Quick! Close your eyes so they can't suck them out with their tentacles!

MUSIC: "Gangham Style" by PSY

Aargh!

Here we are, Ceall! You, me and a few hundred tourists

visiting Chicago's biggest outdoor loo.

Ed, that's not a toilet, it's a work of art called Cloud Gate.

Locals here in Chicago call this sculpture the Bean.

It reminds me of a baked bean.

Looks more like jelly bean.

Or a coffee bean.

They made it using 168 stainless steel plates welded together

and then polished until you can't see the seams.

I've found a seam.

Oh, no, sorry, it's a hair.

Ooh, look at the mess you've made!

It's a good job they wipe it down with liquid detergent twice a day.

I think I need to check how clean the toilets are.

I really need to go!

What would you do if your reflections came to life?

If my reflection came to life it would be really thin

so we could fit under people's doors

and into people's pockets to get sweets

and cartwheel on to roofs without anybody seeing us.

LAUGHTER

If my reflection came to life and was still in the mirror

and it would pull me in and I would go to chocolate land,

swim the in the chocolate rivers all day,

climb the chocolate mountain

and go on the chocolate train journey.

LAUGHTER

So, Ed, you know how you've got a real love of lighthouses...

I certainly do, Michelle.

That's why I subscribe to lovelylighthouses.com

and let me tell you it's money well spent.

Well, there's actually one just around the corner.

Michelle, Michelle, Michelle!

We are walking next to Lake Superior in Minnesota and lakes don't have...

..lighthouses...

It seems your knowledge of lighthouses isn't that superior!

Let's see if we can shine some light on the situation!

Yeah...only if you stop doing those lighthouse puns.

Come on!

This is the Split Rock Lighthouse on the shores of Lake Superior.

It contains enough water, about 11 quadrillion litres,

to cover all of North and South America in 30cm of water!

A nice bath for all Americans!

Ed and Michelle!

You have 36 seconds to find out as much as you can

about the Split Rock Lighthouse!

Ed, you've got Vi who knows about the history of the lighthouse.

Michelle, you've got Alex

who knows about the structure of the lighthouse.

Whoever finds out the most facts is the winner!

Three, two, one, go!

Why is there a lighthouse by a lake?

To guide the ships into the north of Lake Superior.

-How many stairs does it have?

-32.

-How tall is it?

-It is...16 metres high.

-How many people could you fit in the lighthouse at any one time?

-25.

-When was it built?

-102 years ago, 1910.

-Have you ever thought of customising it and painting it bright pink?

-No.

-How big is Lake Superior, how wide it it?

-Oh, here we go again!

-That's cheating!

-No!

-That's not allowed.

-How deep is Lake Superior?

-I need that!

-No, it's cheating!

-Have you ever stayed in it overnight?

-No.

-Can I stay in it overnight?

-No.

-Is it really a rocket that's going to blast off into space?

-No!

HOOTER

I can't believe that!

No-one's ever cheated before! You should be ashamed of yourself!

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

Ed!

Hey!

I thought I was going to lose because Vi was cheating!

The lighthouse has eight sides

and it topped with a bright steel lantern which was first lit in 1910.

The lens which is like an enormous magnifying bulb

is turned by the same sort of cogs and springs

you'll find in an old grandfather clock, but much, much bigger.

Imagine winding that up every day!

It wouldn't be easy living in a lighthouse.

It's be really tricky getting to sleep at night as well

with all the light and the foghorn going!

Split Rock Lighthouse!

I'm so lucky I got this job as a lighthouse keeper.

You get all this nice peace and quiet at last!

Just me and nobody...

Howdy! Old John, head keeper here.

The old folks call me Old Yapper cos I just keep on yapping!

-Yap, yap, yap all day long. Yap, yap, yap...

-Wait a minute!

-I thought I was supposed to be here alone.

-We are alone.

-Just me, you and 120,000 visitors a year.

-How many?

-GRRR! Aargh! It's a...

-Bear!

Lots of bears around here.

And not just bears...falcons...

-wolves...

-HOWLING

..and you better watch out for the odd moose.

Not that kind of mousse!

-MOOSE CALL

-That kind of moose!

Thankfully the light keeps them away most of the time.

This is...this is crazy! I need some sleep.

FOGHORN

Don't worry about the foghorn. You soon get used to that.

I told him to look out for the mousse!

-Welcome to the fog signal building.

-The fog signal building?

-Thank you.

So, exactly what is a foghorn, then?

It's a loud horn that warns the ships

when they're getting too close to the rocky shoreline.

What was more important for saving lives, the lighthouse or foghorn?

Actually the fog signal building is more important than the lighthouse.

If it was foggy or stormy, you might not be able to see the light anyway,

but you could always hear the foghorn.

Do you ever let one off for fun?

-Yes, would you like to hear it?

-Yeah!

OK. Right here.

-Ready?

-Yeah.

-Here we go!

One, two...

FOGHORN BLASTS

-SHOUTING:

-Quite loud!

-Very, very loud!

-Well, thank you for that!

-Cheers!

-Nice chatting to you!

-Bye.

-Thanks for stopping by.

That foghorn was a bit loud.

-Still, I wish I could stay here.

-You've just seen Justin Bieber?

-Say again?

-No, I don't have a pen.

-You can cluck like a hen?

-Thank you!

Eh?

FOGHORN BLASTS

You OK?

Yeah...missing home a bit.

-Oh...homesick, eh?

-Mmm.

-Missing London?

-Well...

-This'll cheer you up.

# Let me show you a little something that'll brighten up your day

# A special bit of London here in the good old USA

# I know you're missing home and you've had a little moan

# Cos you're feeling so far from it

# So where's this bit of London, then?

# You're standing on it

# But we're just standing on a normal bridge in Lake Havasu City

# This ain't no normal bridge, Johny, just listen to this ditty

# I know it sounds unlikely so I ask you quite politely

# Please trust your oldest friend

# This bridge was once in London Town and spanned the mighty Thames

# Welcome to London Bridge in Arizona

# My, oh, my, if you close your eyes

# It's just like being at home-a

# London Bridge ain't falling down

# In fact, it's standing proud

# Here in Lake Havasu where it really draws the crowds

# Back in the 1960s in the London Town of old

# The bridge was deemed unsafe and so it needed to be sold

# A chap called McCulloch thought he'd try his luck

# From across the Atlantic Ocean

# Decided that he'd buy it for a bit of self-promotion

# And each brick was dismantled and it was given a special number

# So when they put it back together they wouldn't make a blunder

# They put it on a boat Luckily it stayed afloat

# Well, that sounds like a doddle

# And then rebuilt it brick by brick

# Like a giant toy-brick model

# Welcome to London Bridge in Arizona

# My, oh, my, I don't think I know another bridge that's changed over

# It cost millions of dollars and took three years to rebuild it

# There wasn't even water here so they dug a hole and filled it

# Amazing to think that beneath these arches the mighty Thames once flowed

# And red London buses used to drive across

-# On the other side of the road!

-TOOT!

# Welcome to London Bridge, the very same

# My, oh, my, I can't believe my eyes

# It's just like London without the rain

# We can have a cheeky Cockney knees-up of our own

# Despite being 5,500 miles from home... #

Not missing London now, I bet?

-But I weren't in the first place.

-What?

I'm from Sheffield, Ed. Why would I be homesick for London?

Yeah...good point.

Richard, why are you crouched behind the bins?

It's not very clamorous behaviour for a television presenter.

Shh! I'm trying to catch a hermit crab.

Catch a hermit crab?

Today on Virginia Beach? That's impossible.

Look, it's not impossible. Anyway, stop giving it all that!

You see, hermit crabs, right, they don't have their own shell.

They move into other shells. Now, this one's lightweight.

This one's perfect, this one's gorgeous!

I think this is going to get me the winner.

But there's no hermit crabs on the beach today, they're at the races.

Oh, no! The races!

That's where we should be! Quick, come on!

Yes, Virginia Beach plays host to THE event in the crab calendar,

the Mid-Atlantic Hermit Crab Challenge.

The hermit crab has no shell and uses empty shells it finds

as its home. 300 racing hermit crabs strap on their go-faster shells

to compete in the Crustacean 500 each year.

And with ten claws each to scuttle around on,

they should be pretty nifty... or should that be nippy?

Aargh! Run, boys!

Ha-ha!

Yeah! I know you were joking. I was playing along.

Now go and look for some real crabs!

Wow! Look at these guys. Are you racing these today?

-Yeah.

-What are their names, then?

That one's Hermy and that one's Toad.

Is there not any danger they might fall out?

No. Their claws hold them in.

-How many have you got in here?

-Five.

-There's five?

-Are they going to be competing in the race?

-Yes!

He's coming at me. Look at that one. Wow! He's got big eyes.

What have you been doing to train your crabs?

-Just letting them run around.

-We've been letting them run and sleep,

-so they're ready for the race.

-Ow!

-So they've got lots of energy?

-Did you just get a little nip?

-Yeah, he pinched me.

You don't get this with gerbils!

OK, boys, time's ticking.

Stop admiring other people's crabs

and see if some nice person will let you borrow theirs for the race!

What have we got here? What's this crab's name?

-Blurp.

-Blurp.

Yeah...unusual. And how is Blurp. Is he a fast runner? Does he run a lot?

-Yes.

-He does?

His name is Stripey.

-He used to have a shell with a stripe on it.

-Then he moved out?

-Yeah.

-That's not much good, is it? You'll have to change his name.

-Have you done this before?

-Yeah.

OK. so what's the best kind of crab to go for for the hermit crab races?

-A big one or a small one?

-One of my biggest ones

and one of my smallest ones

-got to the semi-finals, so I don't really know.

-Oh?

-So, yeah.

It's so hard to...

This is an important choice I've got to make today

and I can't decide whether to go big or small.

This is America! I'm going to go big.

Ed has chosen Stripey, who'll now be known as...

..weighing in at not very much.

Favourite food, apples, cheese and meatballs!

Wow! You've actually got quite a nice crab here. What's his name?

You don't want to give him to me cos he might pinch me.

I'm quite scared of them. I'm looking for a champion today.

-Is this a champion crab?

-Yes.

How do we know it's going to be a champion crab? What's his name?

-Spotty.

-Spotty.

So how come Spotty's going to be a champion crab?

We practise at home.

-You practise at home?

-On our kitchen table.

-Yeah?

-And he won a lot of times.

-He won a lot of times?

Ooh, I think he might be the crab for me, then!

Richard has chosen...

who's been renamed...

Fasted speed, not very fast. Special skill, climbing.

-Got my crab!

-So have I!

-My one's going to win, I think.

-No, mine will win.

There was a very careful interview process to find mine,

and I've called him Eugene Bolt.

Wasn't it Usain Bolt?

No...no, I called him Eugene Bolt deliberately

after my Uncle Eugene.

-Yeah.

-Well, mine's going to win. Mine's called the Crab With Swag.

Trust me, this is the champion right here!

He's just chilling in the palm trees, you know,

kicking back, relaxing, getting ready for the race.

This is the tenth year the event has been held,

and anyone can enter.

If you don't have your own pet crab, you can buy one at a local shop.

SHOUTING AND CHEERING

-The small one's going for it.

-Really going for it!

All the crabs start in the middle of the table.

-This is so weird!

-It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen.

Apparently they're very sociable. They don't like being on their own.

Come on, lads, get on with it! Less chat, more training!

MUSIC: "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba

Call yourself a crab, huh, do you?

Well, scientists don't! You're not even a crab!

You don't have your own shell! How do you feel about that?

I'm trying to get him riled up, part of the training.

Faster, move them legs!

WHISTLING

Move! Come on!

Look at your shell! It's cracked, it's got a hole in it...

Oh, you're useless! You're meant to have swag! You've got no swag!

You disgust me!

I love you really.

Climb that hill! Climb that hill! You go! Go on, climb the hill!

That was a good session. Hit the showers!

You're going to do this, man! Open up, it's there for you!

I hope you haven't tired him out too much, Ed,

because it's time for the big race.

Come on! Wake up!

Get your claws out and get your pincers at the ready!

Let battle commence! Good luck, lads!

Oh, an explosive start from Swag!

The new lightweight shell making all the difference,

but Bolt just hasn't got the legs... well, apart from ten!

Come on! Mine's looking a bit sleepy!

Mine's not doing very well either. It's staying in the red spot.

Come on, Eugene, wake up!

Start bolting!

There we go! He's taking off.

Maybe I covered him in too much water, he's slippery.

Oh! Oh!

-Crab With Swag's going!

-Oh, no, no, no!

Eugene's just turned round.

Eugene, what are you doing?

Oh, it looks like Crab With Swag is in the lead!

Can Eugene Bolt claw it back?

Keep going! Go on!

I should never have picked the one with a heavy shell!

-Oh, no! Come on, Swag!

-Yes!

-Yes!

-No! No!

Told you! You put swag on it, it's going to win!

Mine got tired after lunch.

What position did mine come in?

Pretty close to last!

Guys, thank you so much for being with us here in Virginia Beach

-at the Mid-Atlantic Hermit Crab Challenge.

-Thank you.

It was a pleasure to watch you guys work and race.

Now, unfortunately, there can only be one winner of this,

-and it goes to Team Richard.

-Wicked!

-Absolutely!

-Thank you.

-Thank you so much. It was excellent.

And you did a great job, but...

-better luck next time.

-Don't touch me! I'm feeling crabby!

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