0:00:02 > 0:00:07# Every day you walk down the street Everybody that you meet
0:00:07 > 0:00:11# Has an original point of view
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:00:13 > 0:00:18# What a wonderful kind of day We can learn to work and play
0:00:18 > 0:00:20# And get along with each other
0:00:20 > 0:00:24# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat
0:00:24 > 0:00:30# Listen to the rhythm of the street Open your eyes! Open your ears!
0:00:30 > 0:00:34# Get together, make things better By working together
0:00:34 > 0:00:38# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
0:00:38 > 0:00:43# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start
0:00:43 > 0:00:48- # And I say, hey!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:48 > 0:00:53# We can learn to work and play And get along with each other
0:00:53 > 0:00:59# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #
0:00:59 > 0:01:00DW!
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- Hey!- Whoa! Ooh!
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Quickly, Bastings, I feel we may already be too late.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13EVIL LAUGHTER
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Ah, Virgule Watteau, I knew you would find me here.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19And I knew that you knew.
0:01:19 > 0:01:25You see, Baron, Virgule Watteau, she is always one step ahead.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Arrest that kidnapper, Bastings.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Not this time, Watteau,
0:01:29 > 0:01:33not if you want to see your dearest friend alive again.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36One false move and I'll drop him.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38EVIL LAUGHTER
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Atchoo!
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- Oh, no! - Sorry, there must be a cat in here.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Bastings, he dropped him.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48I'll apprehend the Baron, you get to the street.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Look, Virgule Watteau has got he Baron.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58She's done it again! CHEERING
0:01:58 > 0:02:00But at what cost?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04My dearest friend in the world,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08no-one will ever know how I felt about you!
0:02:08 > 0:02:13My little Portilex 360
0:02:13 > 0:02:17with wireless chatback and 157 ring tones.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Speak to me!
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Why?
0:02:34 > 0:02:39Oh, Bamboo, you're the best elephant a little girl could ever have.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41PHONE RINGS
0:02:41 > 0:02:43It's my brother. He's calling from college.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48- Hi, Chip, how's Tallahassee Tech? Did you make captain...?- Shh!
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Sure I can talk, the movie's almost over.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Uhuh. No!
0:02:53 > 0:02:56That's so unfair!
0:02:56 > 0:03:02- Sorry!- You have to tell Daddy - he paid for that badminton court.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I was really glad you invited me to the movies,
0:03:06 > 0:03:10but I wish you'd turned your phone off. I don't even know how it ended.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Huh? Oh, the elephant dies. It's really sad.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16SHE LAUGHS
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- Muffy, what are you looking at? - I'm just texting Bailey.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23But he's right outside.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Oh, I didn't notice.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30"I C U, Bailey."
0:03:30 > 0:03:32SHE LAUGHS
0:03:33 > 0:03:36She was more interested in that phone than me.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40It was infuriating. What's so great about cell phones?
0:03:40 > 0:03:44They make life easier. You don't have to carry change for payphones.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48But people are on them constantly. Just look around you.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50He's using one, so is she.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53And her. And him!
0:03:53 > 0:03:55And all of them!
0:03:55 > 0:03:58They all have little machines plastered to their ears.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03You're right! It's like the phones are controlling them,
0:04:03 > 0:04:08altering their brainwaves and turning them into a species of robot!
0:04:08 > 0:04:10PHONE RINGS Agh!
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Mom, I'm on my way.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16Get off the phone before it turns you into a robot!
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Here, have some carrots.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22You'll never see me with one of those things!
0:04:22 > 0:04:24RINGING
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Now, it's only for emergencies.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Or if I'm running late to pick you up from school.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- Or if I'm away on business and you want to say hello.- Ow!
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Don't use it too much, OK, honey?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Trust me, I won't.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42You don't like it? Did I get the wrong colour?
0:04:42 > 0:04:45They had one with polka dots. I could exchange it.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48No, Mom, it's perfect. Thank you.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Ferny, don't forget the instruction booklet.
0:04:53 > 0:04:58"To engage security function, press star 66."
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Security breach! Step away from the phone!
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Step away from the phone!
0:05:03 > 0:05:06You have the Portilex 360?!
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- I- have the Portilex 360!
0:05:09 > 0:05:13I just got it. The other one I had was so last fall.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Big deal! It's just a phone.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20Fern, the Portilex 360 is not just a phone -
0:05:20 > 0:05:24it's a telecommunications system with ever-exapnding interfaces.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27See - it says so right there.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- What's your ring tone?- Beats me.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32You haven't selected one yet?!
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Here, I'll help you.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36There are 157 of them, you know.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40Menus, options, settings, preferences, tones,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42ring library, folder b, file 43...
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Oh, just choose anything, I really don't ca...!
0:05:45 > 0:05:47GENTLE MUSIC PLAYS
0:05:47 > 0:05:51That's the theme to Mid-afternoon Mystery Theatre,
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- my favourite show! - Pretty cool, huh?
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Scoot over. I'll show you how to operate chatback,
0:05:58 > 0:06:02the instant messaging feature. And you'll love the camera!
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Look, Bastings, a clue.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08It is a feather from the boa of the missing Countess.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Great Scot, Watteau!
0:06:10 > 0:06:15Here, put it in my clue pouch and we'll show it to Inspector Clapp.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17There is no need, mon ami,
0:06:17 > 0:06:22Virgule Watteau will photograph it with her Portilex 360!
0:06:22 > 0:06:24- Her what?- Voila!
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Is not the image clear and the colours lifelike?
0:06:28 > 0:06:31You can't have a cell phone - it's supposed to be the 1930s.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36Ah, but Virgule Watteau, she is always one step ahead.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Ah! I think I lost it!
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Let's see...
0:06:39 > 0:06:44- menus, options, gallery... - Your moustache, Watteau.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49- Thanks.- Now, let's see, would it be in recent photos or image library?
0:06:50 > 0:06:54# I never thought it could be true
0:06:54 > 0:06:57# That I'd be so fond of you
0:06:57 > 0:07:02# I'm flesh and blood and you're just a piece of plastic
0:07:03 > 0:07:07# But when I hear you start to ring
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- # Something in me wants to sing! # - Shh!
0:07:10 > 0:07:16# And with you in my hand I feel fantastic
0:07:18 > 0:07:22# You're my purple friend
0:07:22 > 0:07:26# My special purple friend
0:07:26 > 0:07:30# And together there is nothing we can't do
0:07:30 > 0:07:34- # Text a buddy!- Go online! - Snap a photo!- Check the time!
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- # Write a sonnet!- I'll get on it! - Oh, this feeling's unexpected
0:07:38 > 0:07:41# But now we're so connected
0:07:41 > 0:07:44# My little purple friend
0:07:44 > 0:07:49# And me! #
0:07:49 > 0:07:51MOBILE RING TONE
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Hey, Muffy.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55No!
0:07:55 > 0:07:57She broke up with him?!
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Is Chip upset?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01What was Lexie thinking?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04I thought he was seeing Lexie.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Oh, Biff's seeing Lexie.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- SHE LAUGHS - How'd they get a cow in the library?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- Ferny!- Hold on.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17I have three houses to show so I may be home late tonight.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19But your father's making dinner. Bye, Sweetie.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22How'd they get it out?
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- SHE LAUGHS - That Biff!
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Uhuh. Yeah.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32That's terrible.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35I know. So now my toenails are strawberry surprise
0:08:35 > 0:08:38and my fingernails are ravishing red.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40It's a complete disaster.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Here, I'll send you a picture.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46FERN LAUGHS
0:08:46 > 0:08:49I don't know. Maybe turkey on wholewheat.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51I'm in a turkey mood today.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Looks like the machines have taken control of Fern.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Soon they'll have enslaved the entire planet.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Not me though - I've got my foil ears.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08So although the cotton gin was a leap in technology,
0:09:08 > 0:09:11it also increased the demand for inexpensive labour.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14If we turn to chapter...
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Phone, please. You can have it back after school.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21- But...- You know the rules, Fern.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Hmm. How do I turn this off?
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Security breach! Step away from the phone!
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Step away from the phone!
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Come on, come on, come on!
0:09:40 > 0:09:43BELL RINGS Woo-hoo! All right!
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- Man, we've got another test tomorrow.- Come on!
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Can I please have my phone back now, Mr Ratburn?
0:09:50 > 0:09:52It's in here somewhere.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Buster's homework excuses. Extra red pens.
0:09:56 > 0:10:01Plato's Republic. Ah! Wait, no, that's my electric razor.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Fern, I just heard the most amazing news.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10- You'll never guess what happened to my brother now that...- Hello!
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Muffy, are you there?
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Battery is at 10%. Recharge your Portilex now.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21Battery is at 7%. Please, recharge your Portilex now.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Battery is at 5%. Recharge your Portilex immediately!
0:10:25 > 0:10:284%. 3%. Recharge!
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Recharge! 2%.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Oof!
0:10:32 > 0:10:35MOBILE PHONE BATTERY DIES Ah!
0:10:40 > 0:10:44No-ooo-ooo!
0:10:44 > 0:10:46It's all my fault.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49I wasn't looking where I was going.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51I'm really sorry.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54We're not upset about the phone. We're just glad you're OK.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Why were you running away?
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Because the battery was dying and I was expecting a call from Muffy.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04We got you the phone so we could call you and you could call us.
0:11:04 > 0:11:10I know, but we became cell phone friends.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12I guess I sort of got carried away.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Our suspect was four feet and six inches.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- And he had a limp.- A limp.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24By Jove, Watteau, how can you tell?
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Notice, Bastings, the impression of the right foot is deeper.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30But what is this?
0:11:30 > 0:11:33A - how do you say? - lollipop stick.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Fern, there you are.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38I've been trying to reach you since Friday.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Why haven't you been answering your phone?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Oh, I'm sorry, Muffy, I haven't checked my messages.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46What is that?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48My new phone.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53The old one broke. I decided to use my phone only for emergencies,
0:11:53 > 0:11:55so it's probably best you didn't call me on it.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Don't worry, I wouldn't call that thing if you paid me.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01I thought so.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07Oh, I almost forgot to tell you the big news. Chip's coming home.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10We're having dinner on Sunday and you're invited.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13You see, Bastings,
0:12:13 > 0:12:18sometimes it is the little grey cells, not the cell phones,
0:12:18 > 0:12:20which make the connection.