:00:28. > :00:33.Coming up: The science behind a laugh and why the more you do it,
:00:33. > :00:37.the better you feel. When you do it at somebody, they copy you, it's a
:00:37. > :00:47.weird thing but it's amazing. From Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom
:00:47. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:06.will be baking a difference for Hello. Hello. How you doing? A busy
:01:06. > :01:09.show today but it's not as busy as our showbiz pooch down here. That
:01:09. > :01:13.is the right term for Barney theing to. Sometimes we have to remind him
:01:13. > :01:19.that he's dog. This one's been on the front cover of magazine, hangs
:01:19. > :01:23.out in restaurants and has even been known to stay in hotels. This
:01:23. > :01:27.week, has been no different. Legally Blonde, the film, they
:01:27. > :01:35.turned it into a musical. That went on tour. When the show came to
:01:35. > :01:40.Manchester, Barney went along to say hello.
:01:40. > :01:48.Barney is one very important dog. He's on the go from the moment he
:01:48. > :01:57.arrives at work and doesn't stop all day.
:01:57. > :02:04.He always likes to make sure he looks his best on TV.
:02:04. > :02:08.Let's face it, he is the King of the studio. But it's not just
:02:08. > :02:13.showbiz circles Barney moves in. He likes to get out and meet other
:02:13. > :02:20.working dogs. Today, Barney is out and about in
:02:20. > :02:25.Manchester. He's on his way to see a dog with a rather interesting job.
:02:25. > :02:30.This is Breezy. Her handler is Hayley. Breezy is a chihuahua jack
:02:30. > :02:40.Russell cross and how cute, even if a little noisy. She's no strange
:02:40. > :02:41.
:02:41. > :02:48.tore the limelight because Breezy is an actor. This is Legally Blonde
:02:48. > :02:55.the musical based on the movie starring Rhys Witherspoon. He is
:02:55. > :02:58.one of two dogs who plays the dog in the show. Barney will join
:02:58. > :03:03.Breezy at the opera house in Manchester to see what it's like to
:03:03. > :03:09.be a dog on stage. First to Breezy's dressing room. It's
:03:09. > :03:14.Hayley's job to look at her every need. So, Barney, this is breezy's
:03:14. > :03:17.dressing room that she shares with Pringle. We have brought along her
:03:17. > :03:23.suitcase, everything that she needs while on tour. Everything of
:03:23. > :03:28.Breezy's has to be pink. She's a diva so she's got a pink lead that
:03:28. > :03:32.sparkles with its bones on. We've always got to have sparkles. Her
:03:32. > :03:39.favourite collar which is her pink one with the sparkly B on it.
:03:39. > :03:46.She's got lots of costumes in here. Her fauf rit one is this one --
:03:46. > :03:53.favourite one just because it glitters. We are off on stage to
:03:53. > :03:58.meet Breezy's co-stars. I'm playing Elle. And I'm Sophie. We are lucky
:03:58. > :04:03.enough to work with the dogs in the show and we'll show you what tricks
:04:03. > :04:13.they can do. This is the first trick and it's complicated so watch
:04:13. > :04:14.
:04:14. > :04:21.carefully. Bruiser. Doesn't have an engagement outfit. She was totally
:04:21. > :04:28.freaking out. She responds to hand signals. Now it's Barney's turn to
:04:28. > :04:33.have a go. Good boy. Where's Elle? You are meant to bark. Now! She's
:04:33. > :04:37.totally freaking out. Now! She's trapped in the old valley mill.
:04:37. > :04:41.Never mind. Sorry, the mill. Come on, good
:04:41. > :04:45.boy... The cast decide to tell us about life in the theatre. Working
:04:45. > :04:49.with the dog is so exciting and lovely for them to kind of know us
:04:49. > :04:53.and go to venues with us. They understand that they're doing the
:04:53. > :04:58.job and we are doing ours and we are all together there as a family.
:04:58. > :05:03.The training process with the dogs was very specific at first when we
:05:03. > :05:06.were in London rehearsing. We would just have sessions getting to know
:05:06. > :05:13.the dogs and them being comfortable with us. Trick two, you have to
:05:13. > :05:19.jump on to the bed and then into the bag. Come on, Barney, you can
:05:19. > :05:23.do it. Nice outfit, mate! Come on, Barney. No, don't think he's quite
:05:23. > :05:28.got the hang of this acting business, has he? The dogs are so
:05:28. > :05:33.spoilt on tour. They get loads of treats and loads of fuss all the
:05:33. > :05:39.time. Obviously, the dogs that are chosen to be Bruiser in the show
:05:39. > :05:44.will have to be very special and hopefully they'll be happy and will
:05:44. > :05:51.be able to do eight shows a week. We get tired, they must get tired.
:05:51. > :05:55.That sounds like a lot of hard work, Barney, you just lie there, look
:05:55. > :06:01.cute and stick to telly. You shouldn't give up your day job just
:06:01. > :06:06.yet. But he can do some tricks. High five! Yeah! There you go. That
:06:06. > :06:11.bag he was meant to get into. was tiny. And pink and for a
:06:11. > :06:14.chihuahua. He's a big dog. Here we have a suitcase. You can redeem
:06:14. > :06:17.yourself, Barney, if you go down and at least look like you are
:06:17. > :06:26.going to get into it. Prove to the nation that you can do it, OK. Look,
:06:26. > :06:34.Barney, come on. Let's get the drum roll. Here it is. Just chuck him in.
:06:34. > :06:40.His head's in it. Doesn't that count? He gave it a go. He's a star
:06:40. > :06:46.of our show. Let's move on from dogs and theatre for a moment.
:06:46. > :06:50.are you doing?! What are you doing? Can you see how you are laughing.
:06:50. > :06:55.It's a technique I learned at a laughter yoga workshop. Laughter is
:06:55. > :07:00.food for your health. It's true. Watch this, it will all make sense.
:07:00. > :07:05.Where are you off now... How much do you love to laugh? This
:07:05. > :07:09.much? Or this much? Laughing feels great. But have you ever wondered
:07:09. > :07:13.why? Well, I'm going behind the giggles to find out what really
:07:13. > :07:19.happens when we laugh. OK, now it's time for the serious bit. This is
:07:19. > :07:23.where the science comes in. We are about to go inside the human body.
:07:23. > :07:29.My human body to be precise. We are going to find out what happens to
:07:29. > :07:38.us when we laugh. Consultant ear nose and throat surgeon Iain is
:07:38. > :07:42.about to give me an endoscopy, it involves putting the scope up my
:07:42. > :07:47.nose. It's to examine problems with voice or swallowing. Today we are
:07:47. > :07:55.using it to see what a laugh looks at inside. Not something you should
:07:55. > :08:01.try at home. Looks hairy. That will be my nostril hair. The
:08:01. > :08:05.camera is going down my throat into my larin ex, also known as the
:08:05. > :08:14.voice box. It contains muscles which vie brait to make sounds like
:08:15. > :08:21.talking, singing and laughing. -- vibrate. The lower the note, the
:08:21. > :08:28.more vibration. This might look like an alien, but it's my vocal
:08:28. > :08:32.cords in action. As you can see on the monitor, if you give us a
:08:32. > :08:34.laugh... That's pretty amazing. can see when you are laughing that
:08:34. > :08:40.the cords are opening and closing like they're clapping for each
:08:40. > :08:44.other and that gives you the rhythmic laughing sound that we
:08:44. > :08:49.know. There you have it from, not from the horse's mouth but from
:08:49. > :08:54.inside MY mouth. That is what happens when you laugh. So why is
:08:54. > :08:59.laughing good for us? The theory is the act of laughing releases
:08:59. > :09:04.natural chemicals endorphins. Endorphins are a kind of happy
:09:04. > :09:09.hormone produced in the brain by a gland. They're released into the
:09:09. > :09:13.blood stream where they help your body cope with pain or stress, so
:09:13. > :09:17.endorphins make you feel good. As well as laughing, all kinds of
:09:17. > :09:24.things can get the endorphins flowing, everything from exercise
:09:24. > :09:28.to roller coaster rides and extreme thrills. These happy hormones sound
:09:28. > :09:34.amazing. Wouldn't it be great if you could have some whatever you
:09:34. > :09:38.wanted. Apparently, you can! Cathy runs laughter yoga workshops
:09:38. > :09:45.for children. She believes you can exercise your laugh whenever you
:09:45. > :09:49.want and even fake laughing counts. What We do some special laughing
:09:49. > :09:54.exercises designed to get people laughing, to create endorphins, get
:09:54. > :09:58.more oxygen in their body and to exercise their muscles. I'm going
:09:58. > :10:06.to help Cathy run her next laughter class, but first, she's going to
:10:06. > :10:09.show me 2 ropes -- me the ropes. The laughing hand shake.
:10:09. > :10:17.THEY LAUGH Now, something that isn't really
:10:17. > :10:22.there. But it's still funny. And finally, my favourite, the
:10:22. > :10:29.motorbike. Third time. Still nothing. But the fourth time is
:10:29. > :10:35.going to work. Wooooo... And you're off! I've got my techniques and now
:10:35. > :10:38.it's time to test them out on a real laughter class. Let me get one
:10:38. > :10:47.volunteer for this. You are the smiliest person ever, you can go
:10:47. > :10:52.first. We are going to shake hands. OK. OK. Uh-oh. That's more like it!
:10:52. > :10:56.OK, give me your other hand. Remember, even pretend laughing
:10:56. > :11:03.gets the endorphins going because it uses the same mullsles and has
:11:03. > :11:13.the same physical effect on the body. I have got the funniest thing
:11:13. > :11:17.
:11:17. > :11:21.I've never seen so many happy hormones! If you laugh and do it at
:11:21. > :11:25.somebody, they copy you, it's a weird but amazing thing. What's
:11:25. > :11:28.really strange about this is that it's exhausting. This next one, we
:11:28. > :11:33.are going to have a bit of fun, ride our bikes around the hall,
:11:33. > :11:43.carefully hofbg because we don't have helmets. When it starts, it's
:11:43. > :11:46.
:11:46. > :11:50.going to go ha-ha -- carefully of course. The motorbikes are a hit.
:11:50. > :11:55.But I think my endorphins need a rest. One of the wheels fell off.
:11:55. > :12:00.So I think it's fair to say we've learned that laughter can make us
:12:00. > :12:04.feel good. But can it help us when we are not feeling well?
:12:04. > :12:09.Well, I've come to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital where they are
:12:09. > :12:13.convinced it can. Children here are enkrgeed to laugh,
:12:13. > :12:20.it's those endorphins again! -- encouraged to laugh. The hospital
:12:20. > :12:25.has its own laughing specialists, but not the medical kind. Meet Dr
:12:25. > :12:31.Faffy. Hello! Hello. Julie is a clown doctor and for one day only
:12:31. > :12:37.she has an Assistant. Call me Dr Fluffy. We are in business. Let's
:12:37. > :12:45.do it. Dr Faffy is one of a team of clown doctors who visit the wards
:12:45. > :12:49.three times a week, 156 times a year. You are officially a clown.
:12:49. > :12:53.Hello... You happy with that so far? Brilliant, OK. We can try that
:12:53. > :13:03.again. The theory goes, make 'em laugh and the endorphins will kick
:13:03. > :13:03.
:13:03. > :13:07.in, a kind of natural medicine. Abracadabra... Of course you can
:13:07. > :13:11.press my nose. There you have it. Is laughter the best medicine? I
:13:11. > :13:20.think so. Did you have some fun today? Yes. Are you going to look
:13:20. > :13:23.after Eric for us? Yes. It's working, keep going! That's it,
:13:23. > :13:28.nearly there. That made me laugh. You being
:13:28. > :13:32.chased out. Did the camera down the nose hurt? No, not at all, it
:13:32. > :13:35.tickled. It was fascinating, like a Doctor Who bad guy. Hope you
:13:35. > :13:40.weren't eating your tea while that was on. It was gross but
:13:40. > :13:44.fascinating. Yes. Take a look here. These are what's known as mascots,
:13:44. > :13:48.which you will find at most sporting events. If you go to the
:13:48. > :13:53.football or the rugby, you have probably seen these guys in action
:13:53. > :13:58.and know how funny they can be. Ronnie the rhino. They come in all
:13:58. > :14:02.shapes and sizes, the mascots, but it's not just at football and rugby,
:14:02. > :14:10.big events have them, especially the Olympics. The first Olympic
:14:10. > :14:14.mascot was introduced in 1968, a skier called Schuss. For London
:14:14. > :14:18.2012, we have two brand-new mascots and they are with us in the studio
:14:18. > :14:21.now. It's Wenlock and mannedville. I can't call them he or she pause
:14:21. > :14:25.we just call them it, they are not specific animal but they have lots
:14:25. > :14:29.of cool features. If you have a look at Wenlock's eye, that
:14:29. > :14:34.actually doubles as a camera, so as Wenlock goes around the country, it
:14:34. > :14:38.can record the experiences and things it sees. Also on the top of
:14:38. > :14:42.his head is a taxi light there, based on a London taxi and you can
:14:42. > :14:48.see the three bumps on its head actually symbolising the stadium
:14:48. > :14:51.roof and the podiums, bronze, silver and gold.
:14:51. > :14:56.On Wenlock's wrist he has friendship bands, the colours of
:14:56. > :14:59.the Olympic rings, so he's a colourful character. Mannedville,
:14:59. > :15:03.some designs there which tell you all about the Olympics and the
:15:03. > :15:07.events. There's a personal best timer on the wrist there and that
:15:07. > :15:10.ensures that he's always smashing his personal best, which is cool.
:15:10. > :15:15.The head represents the three Crescents from the Paralympics logo
:15:15. > :15:20.on the top. On the right hip, there's the logo there with bursts
:15:20. > :15:22.of energy radiating from it. The outer skin is a blue colour,
:15:22. > :15:27.reflecting mannedville's determination. You can see the
:15:27. > :15:31.mascots at the London 2012 Olympics. The next big sporting event is the
:15:31. > :15:36.2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. At the moment, they don't have a
:15:36. > :15:42.mascot and so, they want you to get in touch and design it for them. Go
:15:42. > :15:46.and get a pen and paper. If you are not sure how to design a
:15:46. > :15:50.mascot, you are in luck. Watch this. We are familiar with mascots at
:15:50. > :15:52.sporting events. What makes a great mascot? Here is a man whose job it
:15:52. > :15:56.is to design and make them every day.
:15:57. > :16:00.Hi, I'm Simon, the creative director here at Frenzy, this is my
:16:00. > :16:05.office. This is where the design process starts. With a simple piece
:16:05. > :16:09.of paper and a pencil sketch. We take the sketch, turn it into
:16:09. > :16:14.artwork which I do on the computer. When we have decided what it will
:16:14. > :16:17.look like at a small scale, we take it through to the pattern-making
:16:17. > :16:21.and sewing department where we put it together full size. We make the
:16:21. > :16:25.patterns for the costumes here and put them all together. After we've
:16:25. > :16:31.put the patterns together and sown the costume, the next stage is to
:16:31. > :16:35.think about the head. Remember the clay cat, what we do is, we scan
:16:35. > :16:40.that into the computer and scale that up and we use this computer
:16:41. > :16:44.and some software to cut out the shapes that we use to make the head.
:16:44. > :16:53.So now you have seen the stages about how we put a costume together,
:16:54. > :16:58.I can show you the finished product. There's lots of things to consider
:16:58. > :17:03.when designing a costume. It has to look fantastic, larger than life,
:17:03. > :17:07.very, very bright, really, really nice engaging eyes, quite often
:17:07. > :17:12.really big eyes makes something look really friendly. Another thing
:17:12. > :17:16.is consider is the colours you use. Sometimes too many colours can look
:17:16. > :17:20.too busy and make sure your mascot has a great big smile.
:17:21. > :17:25.What a cool job to be the mascot and the designer. I was once at a
:17:25. > :17:33.football match and the nose got pulled off a fox. What's not good.
:17:33. > :17:35.How did he smell - terrible. Everyone's turned the tellies off.
:17:35. > :17:39.If Glasgow have been given the unique chance to design their
:17:39. > :17:43.mascot for them. The winner will see their design turned into a
:17:43. > :17:47.reality and will be invited to the opening ceremony in Glasgow in July
:17:47. > :17:50.20 1 and those events are spectacular. You will even get to
:17:50. > :17:54.take three members of your friends or family. There are some rules to
:17:55. > :18:01.this. The first is, don't stick to stereotypes, so probably not best
:18:01. > :18:11.to send in a picture of the Loch Ness monster or somebody lie
:18:11. > :18:15.
:18:15. > :18:18.playing the bagpipes. Some things You have to create it yourself,
:18:18. > :18:23.don't use a computer. You have to use the official colours, red,
:18:23. > :18:28.yellow, green or blue, you don't need to use all of them, but one of
:18:28. > :18:38.the colours has to be in there. Once you are happy, just get in
:18:38. > :18:52.
:18:52. > :18:56.Just because it's post, you don't have to go all BBC News reader!
:18:56. > :19:01.That's my proper BBC voice that, sorry. You have until 2nd December
:19:01. > :19:04.to get your designs in. Get it sent over to us. Let's talk celebrity
:19:04. > :19:11.and baking. Loads of people have helped us out with the appeal.
:19:11. > :19:17.Alesha Dixon, Aaron Craze last week and Gary Lineker. When we found out
:19:17. > :19:21.a cast of harry Potter wanted to help us, how could we resist.
:19:21. > :19:27.a nice man as well. Frbgts wave that at the telly, see what happens.
:19:27. > :19:32.I'm Matthew Lewis and today I'll show you how to make something
:19:32. > :19:37.simple for the Blue Peter bake sale. You can customise these any way you
:19:37. > :19:40.want. Today, we are making want. Today, we are making
:19:40. > :19:46.chocolate chip cookies like this. Before you start, get an adult to
:19:46. > :19:55.pre-heat the oven to about 190 or gas mark 5 and then we need the
:19:55. > :20:03.ingredients. 250g plain flour, half a teaspoon of soda, half a teaspoon
:20:03. > :20:11.of salt, 170g unsalted butter, 200g soft dark brown sugar, then 100g
:20:11. > :20:16.caster sugar, one table spoon of vanilla extract, two eggs a most
:20:16. > :20:23.importantly, 325 grammes of chocolate chips. Let's mix. In the
:20:23. > :20:33.first bowl, the flour goes in. Then the bicarbonate of soda. Plonk that
:20:33. > :20:34.
:20:34. > :20:38.in as well. Then the salt. Sieve that through into the bowl. In this
:20:38. > :20:42.bowl, we are going to take the butter. It's easier if you chop it
:20:43. > :20:48.up into cubes like this. We are going to knock all that into the
:20:48. > :20:56.bowl like so. Keep that all in there. Once that's in, we are going
:20:56. > :21:00.to add the brown sugar here. Pour that in as well. Then, finally, you
:21:01. > :21:07.take the caster sugar, plonk all that in and you want to mix it all
:21:07. > :21:14.up until it goes nice and creamy. Then you can add the eggs and the
:21:14. > :21:19.vanilla extract. Then beat the eggs in until it all gets mixed together.
:21:19. > :21:26.So when your ingredients are mixed together, grab a Greaseed baking
:21:26. > :21:30.tray like so. You are going to grab a small golf ball sized amount and
:21:30. > :21:34.scrunch it up into a ball and place it on to the tray. Now, the
:21:34. > :21:38.important thing is to not flatten the ball because once it's in the
:21:38. > :21:42.oven, it's going to flatten out into the cookie shape that we want.
:21:42. > :21:50.Because of that, it means that you only want to stick about two or
:21:50. > :21:54.three to a tray. Just like so. Finally, once you've got to this
:21:54. > :21:58.stage, you need to get an adult to put them in the oven for you for
:21:58. > :22:03.about 15 minutes, then you will have some perfect cookies. After
:22:03. > :22:05.ten or 15 minutes, they should look something like this. If you want
:22:05. > :22:08.your bake sail to stand out from the crowd, you are going to need to
:22:09. > :22:14.personalise the cookies. While they're warm, you could add some
:22:14. > :22:17.sweets, chocolates or something, so they end up like this. It really is
:22:17. > :22:23.that simple. Hopefully these cookies will be big sellers at the
:22:23. > :22:25.bake sale. So go on, Bake A bake sale. So go on, Bake A
:22:26. > :22:29.Difference for Children In Need! What a nice man. He came into the
:22:29. > :22:32.studio once so thank you for the recipe. If you want to try that at
:22:32. > :22:40.home, you are in luck, because all the details are on the Blue Peter
:22:40. > :22:43.website. Speaking of cookies... Yeah... Cookie. Got one? No, but an
:22:43. > :22:49.impressive picture of cookie, one of the Blue Peter cats. This was
:22:49. > :22:53.sent in by Anna, in East Sussex. What a phenomenal job, real talent
:22:53. > :22:57.there, so thank you for that. one has been sent in by Grace. This
:22:57. > :23:01.is Barney with his tongue sticking out. He does this a lot. What a
:23:01. > :23:07.brilliant shot. He's even looking over his shoulder to look out for
:23:07. > :23:12.his next treat. This one is different. Colourful and arty from
:23:12. > :23:20.Portia in Hertfordshire and it's the eye of a tiger looking through
:23:20. > :23:27.a few leaves there. Thank you. one uses recycling and has been
:23:28. > :23:33.drawn by Hannah who is 11. She's drew an outline but filled it in
:23:33. > :23:43.with bits of paper. Well worthy of a Blue Peter badge. You have got to