0:00:02 > 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!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:15 > 0:00:20# If we could learn to work and play And get along with each other
0:00:20 > 0:00:23# You've gotta listen to your heart
0:00:23 > 0:00:27# Listen to the beat Listen to 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 > 0:00:38# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
0:00:38 > 0:00:43# Oh, 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- # If we could learn to work and play And get along with each other...- Hey!
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- # What a wonderful kind of day!- Hey!
0:00:56 > 0:00:59- # A wonderful kind of day!- Hey! #
0:00:59 > 0:01:02'Hey! DW!'
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- Hey!- Whoa!
0:01:06 > 0:01:12If I were to have my own personal Arthur Read Book Of World Records,
0:01:12 > 0:01:15everything in it would be really cool.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Francine would be in there because...
0:01:19 > 0:01:23she plays the drums louder than anyone.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30'Buster tells more jokes than anyone.'
0:01:30 > 0:01:36There was a cannibal who wouldn't eat clowns cos they tasted funny.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41Brain has the record for saying things that I don't understand.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45I protest. Your unqualified pronouncement
0:01:45 > 0:01:51- is dealing with a segment of subjective reality.- Whoosh!
0:01:52 > 0:01:58DW holds the record for watching the most reruns of Mary Moo Cow.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Mom, Arthur's bothering me!
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Arthur, come here for a moment. >
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Uh-oh.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09I also hold the world record
0:02:09 > 0:02:13for getting Arthur into trouble the most times.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24This is the book of incredible world records.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28I think we could break a world record.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Wow! We'd go down in history.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36- What kind of record are you suggesting?- It could be anything.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38The tallest man in the world.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43- CHEERING - 'He was eight feet, 11 inches.'
0:02:46 > 0:02:52There's the record for the smallest person in the world.
0:02:52 > 0:02:57Just put it down there, please, and keep your thumb out of the soup.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01The guy with a beard over 17 feet long.
0:03:01 > 0:03:0417 feet? Hmm...
0:03:16 > 0:03:21A few years ago, a guy tried to walk backwards all around the world.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Backwards? Wow!
0:03:24 > 0:03:27ACCORDION MUSIC
0:03:37 > 0:03:43Thomas Edison has the record for the most inventions. Over 1,000.
0:03:43 > 0:03:49Over 1,000? I won't break Edison's record sitting here. Better get busy.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Anyway, if we all work together,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55we could break a world record.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58I'm going to break a record on my own.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03I want my name in that book, too. Just think of the fame and glamour.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07I'm going to break the record for not talking.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09For NOT talking? You?
0:04:09 > 0:04:16I might talk a lot, but I can stop any time I want. Even long enough...
0:04:16 > 0:04:18I always wanted a soccer record.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22I'll kick the ball in the air the most times.
0:04:22 > 0:04:28- I'll practise.- I think it'd take me too long to grow the longest beard.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30I could walk backwards.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33See you. I'm going backwards.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36This is going to be an easy record to break.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44I'll have to break a record on my own.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50Look, Pal. 79 cards down. Only 12,000 more to break the record.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57That's Arthur Read. He made Arthur Heights,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00the eighth wonder of the world.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Noooooooooooo!
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Oops.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Sorry.
0:05:14 > 0:05:21DW, you're not allowed in my room. I'm doing something very important.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26I don't want to go in your room. I have better things to do.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Nadine is setting the world record for hiccups. So there!
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- <- Noooooo!
0:05:34 > 0:05:38- Aren't you glad you don't have a brother?- Hic!
0:05:38 > 0:05:42108. 109.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47If I keep kicking this ball, I could break a world record today.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51You're good. You haven't talked in two hours. 111. 112.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56- Ugh!- Hey, watch where you're going! I spoke!
0:05:56 > 0:06:02- I have to start over.- Sorry. I'm still getting used to the mirrors.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Is it OK to cross now?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09BINKY MOANS
0:06:09 > 0:06:12What are you making?
0:06:12 > 0:06:17I'm making the world's largest popsicle stick bridge. I feel sick.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20I must have eaten 25 popsicles.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25My mom once made a lampshade out of 400 popsicle sticks.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Must have a stomach made of steel.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34- No, she bought her popsicle sticks. - I ate those popsicles for nothing?
0:06:34 > 0:06:38You could make the biggest popsicle stick bridge
0:06:38 > 0:06:43- AND get the record for eating the most popsicles.- Ugh!
0:06:43 > 0:06:46And for being the most sick.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Hic!
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Hic!
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- Ew!- Gross!
0:06:56 > 0:07:01- I'm just practising. - Practising eating bugs?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Somebody ate 60 in under a minute.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Find some other records to break.
0:07:06 > 0:07:12- It's really boring kicking a ball by myself.- I can't give up talking.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14I have too much to say.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Well, a guy had 100 bees in his mouth for ten seconds.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24- Too dangerous.- Blew 90 bubbles with a tarantula in his mouth.- Too weird.
0:07:24 > 0:07:31- Another guy got into a bathtub with 40 rattlesnakes.- They're disgusting.
0:07:31 > 0:07:37- Aren't there glamorous records?- A woman had fingernails 22 feet long.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39That sounds interesting.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Mumsy, can you turn off my light?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Oh, never mind.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51Fingernails grow at the rate of three inches a year.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54It might take you 30 years.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58It'd be fun with nail polish. But I can't wait that long.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03Hey, here's a record. We could try and make the world's largest pizza.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- We could do it in a few days.- OK.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11- Can I have a drink, too?- No, don't! - You just don't want to share.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18Mom! Arthur's trying to trick me into eating bugs!
0:08:19 > 0:08:23It's an automatic, flying lawn sprinkler.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Sorry. I haven't worked out all the bugs yet.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37It'll take 1,000 years to beat Edison's record.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41We could make the world's largest pizza.
0:08:41 > 0:08:47- We'd need your help.- Cooking the world's largest pizza is a good idea.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Yes!
0:08:49 > 0:08:55500 pounds of flour, 100 pounds of cheese, 25 gallons of tomato sauce.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00Muffy, you get donations. The ingredients are going to cost money.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05- Right. I'll start with Dad.- You two make the rack to cook the pizza on.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10Francine, get permission to use the soccer field for cooking the pizza.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15My dad will get barbecue coals. Buster, your mom's a reporter.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- Contact newspapers and TV stations. - Will do.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32My Muffin's making her mark,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36constructing the world's largest pizza.
0:09:50 > 0:09:56With all the ingredients we have, everything's ready to go tomorrow.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- It might go wrong.- I'll help.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Me and Nadine are breaking a record.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04What kind of record?
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- Hic! Hic!- Nadine!
0:10:09 > 0:10:15I'm so proud of you. With each day, you're closer to breaking the record.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Hic!
0:10:22 > 0:10:27- My arms are going to fall off. I'm tired.- We still have so much to do.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32- I think this is impossible. - We'll take a rest break.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35But we're an hour behind schedule.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40- I'm exhausted.- Back in a little while.- Buster should be here soon.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45- He can take your place. - I think I'll take five, too.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47This is terrible.
0:10:47 > 0:10:53We'll get into the Book of Records as the biggest flop in history.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01Arthur Read! He was responsible for that giant pizza fiasco,
0:11:01 > 0:11:05one of the most embarrassing moments in history.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10- This is the dumbest idea I ever had. I should...- Here comes Buster.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14He's brought the whole town.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Francine and Muffy are back. Great.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36The biggest pizza in the world
0:11:36 > 0:11:41- is now ready to eat. - CHEERING
0:11:50 > 0:11:55Thanks to you all, Elwood City has made the biggest pizza in the world.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59How far do I have to walk to get the record?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I think it was 8,000 miles.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Oh. Well, I'm going to need lots of carbs.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Er...Buster?
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- Oh, no! Did I just walk forward? - Yeah.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Oh, well, I guess I'll start over.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21And how long is it to break the world hiccupping record?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24A man had the hiccups for 60 years.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28Nadine won't be happy to hear that.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40People have always tried to conquer darkness.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Things got better as the years went along.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Torches were a little better.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57But not as good as - behold - the gas lamp.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00ALL GASP, WIND HOWLS
0:13:01 > 0:13:04The gas lamp wasn't perfect, either.
0:13:04 > 0:13:10- In the 19th century, along came Thomas Edison.- I came up with this.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12It may work.
0:13:13 > 0:13:20- I knew this lamp would light. Needs a snappy name.- The light bulb?
0:13:20 > 0:13:25- No time to chat. Things to invent. - The light bulb changed things.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Dark rooms could be lit.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33Whole cities could be lit. No-one ever has to be afraid of the dark.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38Right? Agh! Someone turn on the lights!
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Yee-hah!
0:13:46 > 0:13:51Today's question to consider - is there any credence to the expression,
0:13:51 > 0:13:55- "Blind as a bat"? Arthur? - Er...no?
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Correct.
0:13:58 > 0:14:04There has never been a recorded case of a bat that cannot see.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Thank you, Alan. As we continue with our cave study,
0:14:08 > 0:14:11we will learn more about bats.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16- Now, a reminder. Your cave replicas are due tomorrow.- Aagh!
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Also, I have a special announcement.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24At the end of the week we'll go on a field trip to Palisades Park
0:14:24 > 0:14:27to explore the Clark Caves.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Yeah! All right!
0:14:29 > 0:14:33I've never actually been spelunking.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35I want to go lunking, too.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39It sounds better than exploring some lame cave.
0:14:39 > 0:14:45Spelunking means cave exploration. Should be an intriguing experience.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Yeuch! It sounds disgusting.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53- Now, Muffy...- It could be a little creepy. The bats...
0:14:53 > 0:14:58Arthur, are you afraid of some little flying rodents?
0:14:58 > 0:15:01No.
0:15:01 > 0:15:06Settle down. The more we study caves, the less frightening they will seem.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Do some additional reading for tonight.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Pages 156 to 175.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16ALL GRUMBLE, BELL RINGS
0:15:16 > 0:15:22Remember, class, I want to see your best work on the cave replicas.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26A cave? It sounds a little creepy.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30- That's what I said. - Creepy? It's just a hole in a hill.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33What are you, Arthur? A scaredy-cat?
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Well, there are those bats.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- I don't like bats. - Dripping stalactites.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43And big, hairy spiders.
0:15:43 > 0:15:49- It could be scary.- Arthur's scared of caves! Arthur's scared of caves!
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Scaredy-cat! Scaredy-cat! You're...
0:15:52 > 0:15:58Enough, DW! When I was a kid, I was scared of my grandparents' cellar.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00'That was really creepy.'
0:16:00 > 0:16:04SQUEAKING
0:16:04 > 0:16:06'I had this trick.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10'I'd whistle a familiar and comforting tune.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16'It worked every time.'
0:16:16 > 0:16:22- You never told me.- Now I've nothing to fear. DW is protecting me.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27- May I be excused? I have homework. - Aren't you scared to walk up
0:16:27 > 0:16:30those spooky stairs all alone?
0:16:32 > 0:16:35SPOOKY WAILING
0:16:37 > 0:16:39DW, cut it out!
0:16:39 > 0:16:43You are scared!
0:16:43 > 0:16:47You are really, really scared!
0:16:47 > 0:16:51No, I am really, really annoyed.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54I'm a big, scary bat!
0:16:54 > 0:17:00I'm going to get you! Woooo! I'm going to get you, Arthur Read!
0:17:00 > 0:17:05- Out! Now!- Admit it, Arthur. You're a scaredy-cat.
0:17:10 > 0:17:16- Did "wittle" Arthur have a scary nightmare?- Cut it out, Francine.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Class, let's see the cave replicas.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Nice bats.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Oh, very realistic moss, Muffy.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Though the jacuzzi may be a bit much.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Mmm. Ingenious use of cheese spread.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44Very nice, but I don't think there are usually chickens in caves.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Hmm. Very impressive.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53To view my cave, we need to turn off the lights.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55You sure?
0:17:55 > 0:18:01To get the full impact of the glow-in-the-dark stalactites
0:18:01 > 0:18:03requires total darkness.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06ALL GASP
0:18:06 > 0:18:11Cave formations consist of calcium carbonate deposits.
0:18:11 > 0:18:17I designed these bats from pictures my dad took in the Carlsbad Caverns.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Disgusting! Bats give you rabies.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Not true. Most bats are harmless.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27OK, let's get those lights back on.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Arthur... Don't worry, baby.
0:18:30 > 0:18:35We'll turn on the lights real soon. LAUGHING
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Ah... Francine, it's perfectly natural
0:18:42 > 0:18:46if the thought of going into a cave is frightening.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51- Help! Help! Arthur!- Oh! - Help, Arthur!
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Help!
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Grrrrrr! Scared?
0:18:57 > 0:19:02- Er...no.- Woooo!- Let me guess. You're supposed to be a bat, right?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Oh, stop faking it.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10You're scared out of your underwear from all this caves and bats stuff.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15- Wooooooooooooo!- Good night, DW. Nice try.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26We're going to get you! Wait up, Arthur!
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Wait for us!
0:19:29 > 0:19:32We're coming to get you!
0:19:32 > 0:19:37- Scared?- OK, stay calm. It's only DW and Francine.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42Arthur's a scaredy-cat who's afraid of the dark.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45You'll never get out of here!
0:19:45 > 0:19:49We're going to get you!
0:19:49 > 0:19:53- All hope is lost! - I have to get out of here.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Oh, no!
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Arthur? Arthur? Arthur?
0:20:00 > 0:20:04Time to get up. Today's your field trip.
0:20:04 > 0:20:09We're about to go into a beautiful and very old cave.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11We think it started forming
0:20:11 > 0:20:16over ten million years ago. The cave is over five miles.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20At its deepest, it's 1,500 feet down.
0:20:20 > 0:20:25We are just visitors in this cave. The bats and fungi live there.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Take nothing but pictures.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31OK, group A, come with me.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38- So, you going to chicken out? - No, I'm not.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45There's some of our winged friends.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48OK, let's explore.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- Creeped out yet?- No, I'm fine.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- Agh!- It's OK, Muffy.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18We're going to walk single-file through a narrow tunnel.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Hold the person in front.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26There's nothing to worry about. At the end of the tunnel
0:21:26 > 0:21:28is an area we call Bat Basement.
0:21:28 > 0:21:33This place could REALLY drive you batty.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37- NERVOUS LAUGH <- Agh!
0:21:37 > 0:21:42- Look at all those bats! - Agh! Oh, no, no, no!
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Please, no screaming. You'll wake the bats.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50FRANCINE AND RATBURN PANIC
0:21:53 > 0:21:59Please, calm down. Take some deep breaths. Follow me out of the cave.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Can't we walk any faster?
0:22:04 > 0:22:09It's so dark. And there were all these bats. Hundreds of them.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Bats are harmless. They don't touch humans.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Don't vampire ones suck animals' blood?
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Well, yes. But these aren't vampire bats.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Maybe one of them is. How do you know?
0:22:25 > 0:22:30I know. Trust me. Keep walking. We'll be out of here in no time.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39Whenever I'm afraid, I whistle a familiar and comforting tune.
0:22:39 > 0:22:45- I have an idea. Maybe it would be helpful if we whistled.- You think?
0:22:45 > 0:22:50WHISTLING: "Row, Row, Row The Boat"
0:22:50 > 0:22:53ALL JOIN IN
0:23:03 > 0:23:08Pardon me for that upsetting and unexpected panic attack.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Thank you for helping us so calmly.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Arthur, your whistling really helped.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17You were so scared, Francine.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20You should have seen your face!
0:23:20 > 0:23:24- You were a mess.- I wasn't so scared.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Yeah, right(!) Check this out.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Watch out! A bat! Agh! Get it away!
0:23:36 > 0:23:38I'm going to get you, Binky!
0:23:38 > 0:23:44You'll be sorry you ever took those pictures! Stop it! You're history!
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