0:00:01 > 0:00:04# Every day when you're walking down the street
0:00:04 > 0:00:06# Everybody that you meet
0:00:06 > 0:00:11# Has an original point of view
0:00:11 > 0:00:15# And I say, "Hey! What a wonderful kind of day!"
0:00:15 > 0:00:19# If we can learn to work and play
0:00:19 > 0:00:22# And get along with each other
0:00:22 > 0:00:24# You've got to listen to your heart, listen to the beat
0:00:24 > 0:00:27# Listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30# Open up your eyes, open up your ears
0:00:30 > 0:00:34# Get together and make things better by working together
0:00:34 > 0:00:39# It's a simple message, and it comes from the heart
0:00:39 > 0:00:41- # Believe in yourself - Believe in yourself
0:00:41 > 0:00:43# That's the place to start
0:00:43 > 0:00:48# And I say, "Hey! What a wonderful kind of day!"
0:00:48 > 0:00:51# We can learn to work and play
0:00:51 > 0:00:53- # And get along with each other... - Hey!
0:00:53 > 0:00:55# What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:55 > 0:00:59# Hey! What a wonderful kind of day, hey! #
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Hey! DW!
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- Hey!- Whoaaaa!
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Oh! Ah!
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Too bad this isn't TV.
0:01:13 > 0:01:19- Why?- So I could change channels. This day is so boring.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Think of something to do, Buster.
0:01:23 > 0:01:29- Buster?- I bet that rat's doing something cool without us.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34ALL: Buster? Where are you? Buster! Buster!
0:01:34 > 0:01:39Buster! Where are you? Where are you? Hello?
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Oh, my gosh!
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Look. Francine found something.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Is he doing what I think he's doing?
0:01:51 > 0:01:55- We should call the nurse. - Calm down.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00- It may not be homework. - No, it's not homework.
0:02:00 > 0:02:07It's a contest in TV Schedule for the Andy And Company Show...
0:02:07 > 0:02:09The time! It's starting!
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Yeee-ha!
0:02:18 > 0:02:23- Ha-ha-ha! - Mom!
0:02:23 > 0:02:27Why does he always call for his mother?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- She's like a slave.- Ssh! TV.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Do these animals eat bugs for lunch?
0:02:34 > 0:02:40How does a mouse have a pet dog? Wouldn't the dog eat him?
0:02:40 > 0:02:46Andy's not a mouse. He's a...something. I forget.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49TV: Write a story about friends,
0:02:49 > 0:02:54and we'll announce the winner's name on our show!
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Wow! That is so cool!
0:02:58 > 0:03:03- What story did you write, Buster? - It's about us!
0:03:03 > 0:03:06ALL: Come on, tell us the story!
0:03:06 > 0:03:11It's called The Day The Earth Was Saved.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Hello! Hello, up there!
0:03:14 > 0:03:18- Hey! - You're not waiting for aliens again?
0:03:18 > 0:03:23- They've got to come sometime. - I'm out of here!
0:03:25 > 0:03:30Arthur! They're here! I told you! Aliens! Over here!
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Land here! Hurry!
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- SPLAT! - Ow!
0:03:35 > 0:03:38You squished Buster! Come out!
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Hey! Let go!
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Hey! You're not going to eat me!
0:03:54 > 0:03:56BEEP! BEEP!
0:03:56 > 0:04:01Aaaah! Ow! What the...?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04You were too high in fat!
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Evil aliens are still healthy!
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- ALL: The Earth is saved!- Ohhhhhh...
0:04:12 > 0:04:14What happened? Ouch!
0:04:16 > 0:04:18The End.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22What? I'm high in fat?
0:04:22 > 0:04:27- I want to write one! - You've got till tomorrow.
0:04:27 > 0:04:33- You think aliens wouldn't eat me? - I'm going to write one too.
0:04:33 > 0:04:39- We can read them tomorrow. - I'm as edible as anybody.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43I mean... I'm writing one too!
0:04:46 > 0:04:52That was a cool story, Arthur. Want to be our friend?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Yeah!
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Mum!
0:05:11 > 0:05:15They might let me write for the show.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19You'd have to win. Read your story.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24Gladly. "My Life As A TV Show by Muffy Crosswire."
0:05:25 > 0:05:28DISCO MUSIC PLAYS
0:05:28 > 0:05:33And now, the new fall fashions!
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Hey, look! It's the fifth Teletubby!
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- Heh-heh!- Heh-heh!- Yeah!
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Heh-heh! Heh-heh!
0:05:47 > 0:05:50CROWD: Wow!
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Wow! Look at that!
0:05:52 > 0:05:58I knew this would happen. Time to switch to Plan B.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03- What's Plan B?- Stink bomb! - That's totally you!
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- You'd do that. - I can be jealous.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Kids believe things. After that,
0:06:09 > 0:06:16instead of solving their problems, they might use an evil robot.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19What kid has an evil robot?
0:06:19 > 0:06:23- HE WHISTLES - What's your story, Brain?
0:06:23 > 0:06:28It's exciting, with no bad messages.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32It starts with me in my laboratory.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36My formula grows hair on anything.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40I discovered it while inventing cherry soda.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42ALL: Urgh!
0:06:44 > 0:06:46It works on anything!
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Why would you want hairy carrots?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54To go with hairy fish! ALL: Urgh!
0:06:57 > 0:07:02Most scientific discoveries are not appreciated.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06Hey, Brains. Is this your invention?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Yes. It's a useful new deodorant.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Great. I ran here and I stink.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16No, stop!
0:07:16 > 0:07:22Brains, I hate to tell you, but this smells awful.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Hey! Nice couch.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Aaaaaah!
0:07:27 > 0:07:33Arthur's so embarrassed he hides in the woods.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- Ow! - There, he meets Bigfoot.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Hair growth formula?
0:07:42 > 0:07:46See? That entertains AND educates.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49You're right! That's great!
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Er... What did I just learn again?
0:07:52 > 0:07:58It shows how legends start. They're based on reality.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Francine and I have a story.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07I thought of the idea and Binky did the research!
0:08:07 > 0:08:10"The Amazing Bite!"
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Grrrr! Grrrr!
0:08:15 > 0:08:20Our story has Arthur facing Hulk Hogan.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25- Grrr! Grrr! Grrr!- Grrr!- Aaaah!
0:08:25 > 0:08:30- Aaaaaaaah!- Yeah!
0:08:30 > 0:08:36And now, Arthur will face John L Sullivan, Floyd Patterson,
0:08:36 > 0:08:40Barney Ross and United Press International!
0:08:40 > 0:08:43United Press International?
0:08:43 > 0:08:49I copied it from under the picture. I was on cruise control.
0:08:49 > 0:08:56- He fights a cameraman who gets into the ring to get a picture?- Good!
0:08:56 > 0:09:00It's bad to show hitting on a kids' show.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03And to show hair growth formula.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08My story has conflict and drama, but no hitting.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13It takes place ten years from now, when I'm 18.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Arthur, you seem troubled. What is it?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- The usual thing.- The sister?
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- The sister.- Uh-huh.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29I'm busy, so last week, DW got my car
0:09:29 > 0:09:32while I got the new house.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37- Uh-huh.- She arrives. I say, "Where's my car?"
0:09:37 > 0:09:43Your car was blah. I traded it in for something nicer.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Aaaaaaaah!
0:09:47 > 0:09:49So, what do you think?
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- Francine? - Huh? Oh, it was OK.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Mine was much better, of course.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Mine was the most dramatic. THEY ALL ARGUE
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Wait! Wait!
0:10:10 > 0:10:15We don't have to choose the best. The TV will!
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Oh... TV... It knows everything!
0:10:21 > 0:10:24One, two, three, go!
0:10:25 > 0:10:28When will we find out who won?
0:10:35 > 0:10:39TV: To announce our contest winner...
0:10:39 > 0:10:45- Here's Andy!- At last! - He'd better pronounce my name right.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47And the winner is...
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Holly Holland! THEY ALL GASP
0:10:51 > 0:10:56- She's not one of us. - She must be related to someone.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00My idea is better than Holly Holland's.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- What was hers?- It doesn't matter.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06My idea is better than hers.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11- What was your idea? - I don't know. It was too long ago.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Uhhh.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19- What do we do? - Call Holly Holland? She has ideas.
0:11:19 > 0:11:25- I know. Let's come up with more stories.- Without a contest?
0:11:25 > 0:11:31- Remember how much fun we had? - Yes. Who cares who won?
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Let's write about things that happened to us.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40- But nothing's ever happened to us. - What?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43When Mr Ratburn was a monster?
0:11:43 > 0:11:48- Or when I moved away? - Or when I taught Arthur baseball?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Thanks to all who sent in ideas.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58And to the kids who gave us today's stories.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Jared DeLillo, New Jersey.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06Kira Carrie, New York. Daniel Hansen, Pennsylvania.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Corey Baldwin of Michigan.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13And Lauren Boulangia of Wisconsin.
0:12:13 > 0:12:21- And Holly Holland of Oklahoma thought up the contest. - But my story was best.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26- You didn't even write it. - It was the performance!
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- THEY ALL ARGUE - See you later!
0:12:31 > 0:12:37You're wondering what causes night and day. Very simple.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42During the day, we see the sun in the sky.
0:12:42 > 0:12:48That's because the part of the earth we're on faces the sun.
0:12:48 > 0:12:53But the earth rotates so we move away from it.
0:12:53 > 0:12:59And it gets dark, as the other side of the earth faces the sun.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Brains, what are you doing?
0:13:02 > 0:13:08- Explaining day and night. - Why? They don't understand.
0:13:08 > 0:13:14They're smarter than you think. Want to hear about gravity?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Goooo! Arf! Arf!
0:13:20 > 0:13:24- Arthur!- Sssh!
0:13:24 > 0:13:29TV: Another Crazy For Dinosaurs! - Arthur!
0:13:29 > 0:13:34- Dad! DW's about to bother us! - I didn't say anything.
0:13:34 > 0:13:41I know you. You'll be asking, "What's that? What's happening?"
0:13:41 > 0:13:44No, DW. It's a show for school.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47What's that? What's happening?
0:13:51 > 0:13:56- Muffy lost her mother's P-E-N. - Her what?
0:13:56 > 0:14:01- If you spell stuff, I can't understand.- That's why we do it.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Awww.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- Buster's mom will drive us. - What movie?
0:14:09 > 0:14:155,000 Explosions And A Supernova. It's about science.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- Can I go?- You wouldn't understand. - Would so!
0:14:19 > 0:14:25- Not going to school doesn't make me less smart than you.- It does!
0:14:25 > 0:14:31It's not fair. I'm smart but people treat me like Kate!
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Hi, Alan!
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- Who do you mean?- Me. I'm Alan.
0:14:36 > 0:14:42- Oh! Right.- Alan, did you always know you were smart?
0:14:42 > 0:14:49- We've got 50 math problems to do. Don't bug us.- It's OK. I'm done.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54Ill keep her busy. DW, let's play a game.
0:14:56 > 0:15:02- Let's have fun watching Nova. - You think that's fun?
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Arthur won't let me. He thinks I'm dumb.
0:15:06 > 0:15:15TV: On Nova, a mystery...
0:15:15 > 0:15:20I thought science was just people thinking.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Oh, science is all action.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27People dare people to prove theories.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31They experiment to prove they're right!
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Being right is so cool.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48It's magnetised. It always points north.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52- That's how you make a compass. - Wow!
0:15:52 > 0:15:56That tells the time by where the sun is.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00- Exactly.- I've finally finished!
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Wow, Arthur. It took you...
0:16:04 > 0:16:08..more than a half-hour longer than Alan!
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Play with Kate. Brain's playing with me.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17Actually, I've got to go home. See you. Bye!
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- I hope you didn't bother the Brain. - Hah.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Have you seen? Kate throws her food.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33But she tries to eat her ball. Fascinating.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38Brain and I were doing homework, but DW bothered him.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43- DW! - Arthur is incorrect. I'll prove it.
0:16:43 > 0:16:49I'll call Alan. Dad, can I have a little more H2O?
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- What?- The formula for water.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55I know! I didn't know you did!
0:16:55 > 0:16:58H2O! That's very impressive, DW.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02She heard me say it. She's like a parrot.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05No. I'm as smart as you!
0:17:06 > 0:17:11Can I go to the Exploratorium with Brain on Sunday?
0:17:11 > 0:17:16Oh! That's where you see how things work! Can I go?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19They don't like little kids.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24Prove it. They'd love to have a smart kid like me.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Make him take me!
0:17:27 > 0:17:33- She can't go. Mom! Dad! - Well, it might be boring for you.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36I'm too smart to get mad.
0:17:36 > 0:17:42My theory is, someday you'll beg to go to the Explo-rorium with me.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Wow. I thought she'd get all mad.
0:17:50 > 0:17:56- Maybe you underestimate your sister. - Ha, ha! Good one, Dad.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- What are you guys doing? - We're in line.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Oh. In line for what?
0:18:05 > 0:18:10This way to fill your brains with... Excuse me.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Ticket?- I don't have one.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Sorry! Ticket holders only.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Wow! Cool! Unbelievable! >
0:18:18 > 0:18:21What's going on back there?
0:18:21 > 0:18:25All right. How much is a ticket?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28For kids under seven, 50 cents.
0:18:28 > 0:18:33For brothers over seven... Five bucks!
0:18:33 > 0:18:37What? No way am I giving you five bucks!
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Oh! Wow! Look at that! >
0:18:41 > 0:18:44DW!
0:18:44 > 0:18:49I have 73 cents, a ring that goes "Whooo!",
0:18:49 > 0:18:55a sticker of a horse that got torn and a sour ball of Buster's.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58OK!
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Welcome to my Explain-a-rorium!
0:19:05 > 0:19:09The world's mysteries proved with science!
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Who can tell me how to make water?
0:19:12 > 0:19:15My hand's higher! No, mine!
0:19:15 > 0:19:18DW: Timmy?
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- Yes? - My hand's higher!
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Fine. But how do we make water?
0:19:24 > 0:19:28I don't know. But my hand was higher.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31The formula for water is H2O.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34The O means oxygen. That's air!
0:19:34 > 0:19:37This bucket is full of air.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41The H stands for hose. So, I turn on the hose,
0:19:41 > 0:19:45combine H with O and make water.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47ALL: Wow!
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- That's wrong!- Prove it.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54There's water in the hose. That's it!
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Water in the hose! Ha, ha!
0:19:56 > 0:20:01You haven't proven your theory. I have water.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06Who should we believe? THEY ALL LAUGH
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Where does hair come from?
0:20:08 > 0:20:13Your head is filled with miles of hair.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Once it all grows out, you go bald.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22- That's not how hair works. - Then how does it work?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Er... You know. Er...
0:20:24 > 0:20:31It hurts more to fall on your knees than your behind. Bones feel.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Your behind doesn't. No bones.
0:20:34 > 0:20:41Why snakes have no feet. A gazillion years ago, snakes had feet.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46But they ran so fast from dinosaurs, they fell off.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49No two snowflakes are alike.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54The guy at the factory can't do it properly.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59Rather than just fire him, we get crazy snowflakes.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Why is the sky blue?
0:21:01 > 0:21:09Because dirt took brown, grass green, bananas yellow and apples red!
0:21:09 > 0:21:15DW, the sky is blue because air particles reflect blue light.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20- Prove it.- Well... You prove yours.
0:21:20 > 0:21:27Is dirt brown? Grass green? Bananas yellow? Is the sky blue?
0:21:27 > 0:21:31- She's right again!- Awwww!
0:21:31 > 0:21:37Wind is made by trees blowing. They're going "Whsssh!"
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Aaaah!
0:21:39 > 0:21:46You have to tell her she can't make stuff up and call it...science?
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Look out! That tree's blowing on you.
0:21:52 > 0:21:59- This is terrible. Tiny kids believe what she says.- This is great.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04The ocean's made by sand moving so fast it liquefies.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Buster! She's making it up.
0:22:07 > 0:22:13Some of it sounds right. I fall on my behind and feel nothing!
0:22:13 > 0:22:17The sun runs out of gas, and it's night.
0:22:17 > 0:22:23- No, it's the earth's rotation. - DW: Prove it.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27I can't prove it. But other people have.
0:22:27 > 0:22:33- It's in books! - You can't prove it. You're wrong.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38We can prove she's wrong at the Exploratorium!
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Mom! Can DW go to the Exploratorium?
0:22:42 > 0:22:48- You want to take DW with you? - Yes! Please! She has to go!
0:22:53 > 0:22:56PUFF!
0:22:58 > 0:23:00CLICK! CLICK!
0:23:02 > 0:23:04CRACKLE!
0:23:17 > 0:23:19BUBBLE! BUBBLE!
0:23:23 > 0:23:28Now do you see how stuff works and how you were wrong?
0:23:28 > 0:23:31I only had one experiment.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34I said you'd beg to take me here!
0:23:34 > 0:23:37And my experiment
0:23:37 > 0:23:41- proved I'm smarter than you.- Really?
0:23:41 > 0:23:44She may be smarter than we think.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48A smart DW? Ohhhhh!
0:23:48 > 0:23:52I don't know if the world is ready.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58# And I say, "Hey! What a wonderful kind of day!"
0:23:58 > 0:24:00# If we can learn to work and play
0:24:00 > 0:24:04# And get along with each other
0:24:04 > 0:24:07# You've got to listen to your heart, listen to the beat
0:24:07 > 0:24:10# Listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street
0:24:10 > 0:24:15# It's a simple message, and it comes from the heart
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- # Believe in yourself - Believe in yourself
0:24:18 > 0:24:20# For that's the place to start
0:24:20 > 0:24:25# And I say, "Hey! What a wonderful kind of day!"
0:24:25 > 0:24:28# If we can learn to work and play... #
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Subtitles by Yasmeen Khan, ITFC, for BBC Subtitling - 2001