01x16 - Don't Put the Kart Before the Sea Lion

[bunniefuu]

♪ I love the way that my earsare flapping on the open road. ♪

Oh, hi. I'm Ruff Ruffman.

They say you can't teach
an old dog new tricks,

but you can help them
get their driver's license

with the new Driver Simulation
Program for Dogs.

[ simulator voice]:
You're drifting off the road.

It really works.

[ simulator]:
No, really,
you're off the road.

And it's so easy.

I don't know why more dogs
aren't driving.

Watch out for the cow.

I was thinking of buying
a cute little sports coupe.

Moo!

Did I just hear a...?
[ screams]

How'd I get in the middle
of a farm?

Uh, I'll be with you
in a moment.

China shop approaching.

[ screams]

Ooh, that wasn't good.

Oh, yeah, I'm gonna get points
off for that one.

Public aquarium ahead.

Okay, don't panic, Ruff!

Alert! Sea lion t*nk!

Get back on the road!
Get back on the...

Arf, arf, arf!

Negative , points.

Bad dog. Bad dog.

RUFF:
♪ Life was missing
its mystique ♪

♪ My squeaky toys
had lost their squeak. ♪

And then, out of the blue,
I saw the phone and bam!

My destiny was calling me.

[instrumental jazz playing]

♪ Pitched my vision for a show

♪ They loved it,
thought I was a pro ♪

♪ They got my contract
back to find ♪

♪ To their alarm,
a dog had signed ♪

♪ FETCH!♪Oh, I like that name.

♪ With Ruff Ruffman♪

♪ I didn't wait to renovate

♪ Found six contestants,
all were great ♪

♪ And now I'm on
the road to fame ♪

♪ I've got a game show
and its name is... ♪

♪ FETCH!♪

It's very catchy.

♪ With Ruff Ruffman♪

It rolls off the tongue.

Wait, stop.♪ With Ruff Ruffman.♪

Somebody want to tell me
why we got cats singing?

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ANNOUNCER: And here come
the contestants now.

Clogs, mules, pumps.

She's gotta have 'em
if they're shoes-- Julia!

Her pet mouse had ten babies.

That means mice belong
to Anna!

On the dance floor you'll see
her doing The Robot-- Taylor!

Ah, begorra, 'tis a fine Irishaccent he can do-- Brian.

In Jack and The Beanstalk,he once played....

no, not the beanstalk-- Jack.
Khalil!

He has songs mastered
on his guitar-- Noah!

Let's get an update
on the scores.

All Fetchers are over
a thousand points,

but Julia has slipped
to sixth place with , ,

Taylor out of the cellar
with , ,

Noah in fourth with , ,

Anna has slipped to third
with , ,

Brian all the way up
to second with ,

and Khalil back in first
with , points.

Hello, and welcome to Fetch!,
the new reality

game show where an old dog
teaches you new tricks.

Not that I'm old.

It's just an expression.

Right.

Two challenges today.

One of them-- I kid you not--

Lion taming.

[ all exclaim]

The other challenge...

let's just say

it's a turbocharged
high-speed thrill ride.

[ kids exclaim]

Challenge number one:

Ballou and Guthrie,

big guys
and close friends of mine,

so they'll be on their
best behavior, I hope.

Taylor, everything you need
to know is in the mailbox,

so go fetch.

Watch the fingers and toes.

I'll try.

All right, now then,

challenge number two:

Julia, you are going
to an international speedway.

Go fetch.

Whoa!
Bye, Julia.
See you later.

Now then, as determined by the
Fetch , Brian, Noah,

Anna and Khalil have stayed
behind in the studio this week

but they'll be eligible
to win points

during the Half-Time Quiz Show.

And don't worry, guys,

all the contestants
will have competed

for the same number of points

by the time the grand prize
is awarded.

Wait a minute. Excuse me.

Note to self:
figure out grand prize.

Come on, Ruff!

BRIAN:
We are getting close.
Come on, Ruff.

This is too close.

Yeah, we are getting down
to the wire there.

For the two kids out on the
challenges, up to points

are at stake
in the Triumph Tally.

So let's catch up with Taylor
in challenge number one.

Do you know where Guthrie
and Ballou are?

They're over there.

Let's see. Whoa. What is this?

Whoa.

"Sea lion training."

Do you know where Guthrie
or Ballou might be?

They're right here.

Everybody up.

There's Ballou and Guthrie.

This is Guthrie
and Ballou.

You can say hi to them.

How ya doing?
Good boys.

This is Guthrie
on our right.

Guthrie is years old.

He weighs almost pounds.

Whoa, that's a lot
of sea lion.

We'll see him later, all right?
Okay, good boy.

I no longer feel insecure
about my weight.

And Ballou is years old
and he weighs pounds,

so he's a bit smaller.

RUFF:
Whoa, he's less than half
the size of Guthrie.

My name's Jenny and I'm a marine
mammal trainer

and that's gonna be
your challenge today.

You're going
to learn how to train

and care for
California sea lions.

That's so cool.
Ruff, you are awesome!

We have a lot
of work to do

so we better
get going, okay?

RUFF:
There's a man with a helmet
and a checkered flag.

What's that all about?

Are you Julia?

I am.

I hear you like
go-karting.
I do.

All right, come on out.Okay.

Welcome to New Hampshire
International Speedway.

I'm Kevin.

You're going to be

my crew chief tonight
for one of my drivers.

Let's go.
I'll show ya.
Awesome.

These things look
so crazy.

These teeny
little go-karts.

Yeah, and they're fast.

JULIA:
So, this is the track?

This is the racetrack.

RUFF:
Now that's the kind of cart
I like to see Julia in--

a nice safe golf cart.

So what do the different
color flags mean?

A green flag means "go,"

and that's how
they usually start the race.

The black and white checkered
flag would be

to finish the race.

We race on the road course.

The road course is . miles.

This turn here is Turn Three.

This is a really technical turn

'cause you have to slow down
a lot.

Now, this turn here,
you don't brake at all.

You go flat out all the way
down this hill.

Okay, I don't like that idea,
not using the brakes.

From what I'm told,
braking is important.

This is our driver Cortney.

You're going to be working
with her today.

So Julia's going to be the
crew chief for Cortney today.

Now, as the crew chief,

Julia has a checklist that must
be filled out.

Now I need to go practice,

so Cortney's going to go over
this list with you

of the things
you need to do today.
Got ya.

Is this yours?

Yes, it is.

This is awesome.

So how long
have you been doing this?

I've been doing this
for four years.

My dad has been racing
for, like, years.

Since I was born, I've been
coming to this track

to watch him race
so it got me into it.

This is the motor.
This is what makes it run.

This is the brake and the gas.

This right here is the gauge.

It will give you miles per hour

and how hot the motor is
and RPMs

and it will give you lap times.

Lap times are the most,
probably important thing

when you're out there

'cause you want to be faster
than everyone else

so lap times is what
lets you know that.

These are the tires, very small.

RUFF:
Everything's very small
on this thing.

We change them every other race.

This is the belt
that drives the kart

and this is what makes it stop.

All right, Julia,
if you're gonna
be my crew chief

you got to take
the checklist.
Okay.

But first you got
to get suited up.

RUFF:
Yeah! Now that
is an awesome outfit!

Nice touch on the slow motion
there, Murray.

This is our fish
prep kitchen.

We need to give you your
special New England Aquarium

trainer shirt and whistle.

All right.
Thank you.

You look like
a regular trainer.

We're just about ready

to make up the fish buckets
for today.

RUFF:
Oh, very nice. I love seafood.

We have Guthrie's name here
and Ballou.

Guthrie gets , calories
every day.

Ballou gets , .

Now doesn't that seem weird

because Guthrie's
so much bigger,

wouldn't we think he eats more?

Well, the difference is that
a calorie is a measure of energy

and when sea lions burn calories

or when we burn calories,
we're burning energy.

Because Ballou is much younger,
he's running, he's jumping,

he's always real busy.TAYLOR:
That makes sense.

And Guthrie,
who's a little older...

Just kind of lays around. Exactly.

So Ballou just burns more
energy than Guthrie.

Now, you and I are probably
around , calories every day.

All of this food we'd have
to eat every single day

to get the same calories
that Guthrie gets.

So what we're going
to make up right now

is Guthrie's first feeding.

Five pounds of herring...
and we need a pound of squid.

RUFF:
Ugh! A pound of squid.Perfect! All right!

RUFF:
Being a trainer isn't
all fun and games, kids.

Sometimes you have
to do the dirty work, too.

When we go inside the exhibit,

we clean the windows
on the inside

because that's where
the sea lions sleep,

and sometimes they
sneeze on the windows.

RUFF:
That's just not attractive.

Hey, Ruff, I think I'd like
to take this up professionally.

Professional Seal Lion
Snot Squeegeer.

Right. Check to see
what the health plan is first.

Blow your whistle.

[ whistle blows]

JENNY:
We train our animals to help
keep the animals interested.

They don't have the same
challenges here at the aquarium

that they would in the wild.

There's a lot going on
in the ocean

that's going to keep them
physically fit

and mentally stimulated,
so we try

to re-create that here.

Instead of calling what
the sea lions do "tricks,"

we call them "behaviors."

There are some things that
are called innate behaviors.

Those are things that
the animals are born with.

Like instinct?Exactly that.

Like, if you feed
Guthrie a fish,

it's an innate behavior

for him to eat it.

Avoiding predators.

Knowing how to swim.

Those are innate behaviors.

Now, there are other behaviors
that are learned,

and those are acquired
by watching other animals

and experience or practices.

So that's why we learn
stuff from our parents?

Exactly right.

So innate behaviors
you're born with,

and learned behaviors
you're taught.

JENNY:
Those might include

how to interact with
each other socially,

where to catch the right fish.

Those are all things

that sea lions learn
from each other.

You know, I was trained once.

Yes, I learned the phone number

to a Chinese restaurant
down the street.

Mmm! Delicious!

[ blows whistle]

JENNY:
Good boy, Ballou.

Now, the best thing,

when you're trying
to teach somebody,

is to use positive
reinforcement.

It means, when they
do something right,

you give them something
that they want?

Exactly. Just
hold your hand out

to Ballou and, when
he touches it,

I blow the whistle,

and then we give him
some fish.

What the whistle does
is it tells Ballou yes.

Exactly then, you did
exactly what I was looking for.

So, pretty much,
it bridges the time

from the end of the behavior
to when he gets his fish.

Now that you understand
the concept,

we're going to train Ballou

to jump up high, okay?

Okay. So, when the sea lion
hears the whistle,

he knows he's doing
something right,

and he gets a fish.

What a sweet deal.

That's it.
I'm becoming a sea lion.

RUFF:
Okay, here we go. Checklist.
First, register for the race.

Okay, so how about
we check the tires?

Now they're checking the tires
for air pressure.

You do not want
to get on a racetrack

with a flat tire.

Tires are good.

This is the belt.
You just have to make sure

that it's not too loose
or too tight.

The next thing we have
to do is the safety check.

Here's the safety inspector.

And it looks
like it's good to go.

And, of course, fuel.

It looks like
cherry soda.

Okay, Cortney, so now
all we have to do

before we practice
is weigh the kart.

The kart has to fall
under a certain weight limit.

If the kart is too heavy,
then it cannot race.

I'm having a wardrobe
malfunction.

Ruff, you could have gotten me
a suit that fits.

Then you, you know,
you could be a little taller.

How do you know
how much you and
the car weigh together

if you're not in it?

'Cause this whole thing
right here is a scale.

Weigh-in at .

CORTNEY:
Thank you.

All right, we're back here
in Studio G

with Anna, Noah,
Brian and Khalil.

All right, g*ng,
it's time for you guys

to earn some points of your own
in the Half-Time Quiz Show.

All right, let's go.Yeah.

Are you ready?I am ready.

Excellent. Then let
the Half-Time Quiz begin...

now!

Excellent!

Six?

He's younger, so he's more
active and needs more energy.

Oh, oh. Uh...
Sea Lion Snot Squeegee...

Professional
Squeegee...

Correct!

Reinforcement...
Say it. Say it.

Reinforcement...

What kind of reinforcement?
We'll come back to it.

Correct!

Every six months?

No!

Correct!

Speed and how hot
the motor is.

Correct!

Correct!

And we are out of time.

Let's see how we did.

Checking the Fetch ...

Nice job, guys.

All right, let's go over
the questions you did not get.

Question two:

I knew it! I knew it.

But seven out of ten
is very good.

Nice job, guys.

And, with that, we move back

to our challenges.

Let's check back in with Taylor

in
the Amazing Sea Lion Challenge.

Okay, so Taylor is going
to train Ballou

to jump up high.

He did it.
One fish for you, Ballou.

You want to blow your whistle

right when he's touching it,
okay?

She has to time it. Boom![ whistle blows]

Blows the whistle
at the same time

that he touches the target.Excellent.

That tells them they did good.

There's another one!Excellent.

He's really got the idea.

See? Once he learns to touch
the target, he'll go anywhere.

RUFF:
Taylor started out getting
Ballou to touch the target

when it was low,
and now she's making him

jump higher and higher
for his reward.

[ whistle blows]Excellent. That's great!

You know, that's one
of the hardest things

to teach trainers.

He was so close to the target,

but you waited
until he touched it

to blow your whistle.
That's excellent.

One more time,
Ballou.

Hold it steady.
Hold it steady.

Come on, Ballou.[ whistle blows]

Way to use
positive reinforcement, Taylor!

She's getting the sea lion
to do what she wants

by rewarding him
with yummy fish.

Now you can help me tell Ballou
that the session is over

by crossing your hands
in front of your body.

That means they're done,
and he swims away.

Remember how you were
scraping the snot this morning?

Yes.
We also collect the snot.

And we do that
so the biologist

can look at it
under the microscope.

Wait a minute. You not only
clean the snot, you collect it?

What we're going to do
is try to collect that sample.

Okay?Okay.

Are you ready? Blow.

I'm sorry. Did he just
blow his nose into a dish?

Good boy! I don't know
if that's a good enough sample.

Do you want to try again?Why not?

Blow.

You can't get a Kleenex?
Little tissue? Something?

So I think I've about had enough
of these dead fish.

Got any live fish around
the aquarium I can look at?

That's a live fish?

That looks
like a swimming rock.

Look at the skull
on that thing.

What's this?

Oh, it's so cool!

Ruff, you're so awesome!

Ha-ha! Can I deliver a message
or can I deliver a message?

Now, I would have gone in
the t*nk myself.

However, not a big fan
of the shark.

You want to lift this up,
push it right inside,

and the socket fits right
on the starter nut inside.

Then you just push this button,
and it'll turn the motor over.

MAN:
Go ahead and say it.

Ready to start.

[ engine starting]

Oh, man! Can you feel that?

It's making my fur stand up.

That was loud.

What? What?

I'm proud, too! Oh, yeah!

You hear that?
That is the sound of speed.

And off goes Cortney!

There goes Cortney.

Next time she comes by,

you want to hit
the button again

so we can get
her laptime.

And now it's time for Julia
to record Cortney's laptime.

A lap is once around the track.

So Cortney will go
around the track once

and Julia will time her.

One .

A minute . That's good.

She's going good.

I believe my laptime
for a large fruit smoothie

is point eight seconds.

Done.

RUFF:
Oho, did you catch
the detailing?

That's one of the best times
I've ever gotten.

Really?
Yeah.

Well, let's hope you
do as well in the race.

So, you look pretty good
on this go-kart, Ruff.

How did it feel to go
miles per hour?

First of all,
I look good on any vehicle.

Second of all,
it felt awesome.

Ooh! Ooh!
The sea lion show is starting.

And Taylor's running the show.

Okay. I'm a little
nervous though.

Don't be nervous, Taylor.
Don't be nervous.

You've already done this.

Taylor, who's from
the show Fetch...

Free promo! Free promo!

How many people there just heard
the name of my show? A million.

[ blowing whistle]

Hey! Good wave.

[ deep sea lion cry]

Got him to say something.

I don't know what he said

All right, buddy, you can
come right over here.

Can you do that
for Louie?

Attaboy!

Now they're dancing.

Man, even a sea lion
has better moves than me.

I'll show you
his flipper stand.

Good boy!

You ready?

All right, let's do it.

All right, this is what Taylor
practiced earlier.

She's using the whistle
and the target.

Now, you don't blow the whistle

until they hit the target.

She's doing very well.

Good.

Okay, we're gonna do

one more approximation.

Good.

Okay, now, stand right up.

That was very good.

Here comes Ballou.

He did this earlier.

Oh, one sh*t!

Great target technique.

Nicely done, Taylor.

Ah, smooches, too.

Ah, take a bow.
Take a bow, gentlemen.

Have some fish.

Take the rest of the day off,
you did great.

The check's in the mail.
Call me.

Come on up.

Come here, Ballou.

One more bonus fish.

And waves the arms in front
of the body and we're all set.

Bye! Wave to the crowd!

Bye!

She did a great job
with this challenge.

She's just a certified trainer.

And, Jenny, you are
a certified awesome

sea lion Taylor trainer.

Well, I gotta get back to
Studio G, so I'll see you there.

See you back
at the studio, Taylor.

Drivers' Meeting!

All right, ladies and gentlemen,

it's going to be
a -minute race.

The checkered flag
will be given over here

in front of the timing tower.

No passing under a yellow flag.

No bumping,
no pushing on the track.

So I'll just time you
while you're out there.

We'll see how you do.

All right, ladies and gentlemen,
go to your karts.

Race safe and race fast.

I'll give you the one minute
to the one minute

soon as I get a clear track.

Have a good race.

I'm gonna, um...

seconds!

Ruff, this race is for you.

Oh, Cortney, thank you.

Three... two... one...

There's the green flag.

Go, karts, go.

Looks like
she's taken the lead,

in the Ruffmobile!

Look at her go!

Julie is timing her lap.

Julia seems impressed.

Wow.

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

Cortney's still in the lead.

And there's the checkered flag
and Cortney came in first.

[ yelling]

Nice job.

You won!

I can't wait

until I'm old enough to try
this. It looks awesome.

Well, I hope we can give you
a lesson some day.

That'd be cool.

Well, Ruff, karting was awesome,

but now it's about time for me
to get back to Studio G.

so I'll see you there.

Julia! Get off the track!

Here they are,

back in Studio G
driving us wild.

It's Julia!

Hi, Julia.

Welcome back, Jules.
How's it going?

It's awesome.

We've got one more Fetcher,
don't we?

The marine mammals'
favorite new friend,

Taylor!

Hi, guys.

All right, you ready

for some points?

Then let's award
some points, shall we?

Julia, you prepped the kart, you
got it ready for its big race.

I was hoping
for a little more oomph

in pushing that kart, Julia.

but, hey, a solid points.

Combined with another points
for a great race.

That brings your total
to... Fetch ...

points.

Taylor.

Your challenge was
to care for and train

my friends, the sea lions.

You cared for them so much
you cleaned up

their snotty rocks even though

they're old enough to know
to use a hanky, guys.

points.

Yeah.
Nice.

Now, as a trainer,
you were a natural.

Your performance
was just awesome.

points.

for a grand total of points!

Is that all the points
a girl can get?

ALL:
No.

What time is it?

Bonus points!

Yes!

And I'm giving
the bonus points today

to the lady...

who let sea lions
give her smooches.

KIDS:
Aww...

So, Taylor, ten bonus points.

five for each sea lion.

Which means...

Taylor is today's daily winner.

And, Taylor, for being
the daily winner,

the daily prize
is waiting for you.

You know the deal.

Your prize is your choice.

You can either
keep it for yourself or give it

to one of your
fellow contestants.

What will you do?

Take it. You're biased.

You know what?
I wasby myself

and I did work pretty hard.

Yes, you did.
But!

My good friend,
Julie,over here also

worked very, very hard.

So I think I'm
going to give it to her.

RUFF AND KIDS:
Aww...

Julia, Taylor has
been generous enough

to give you her prize.

So, if you look to the left,
you'll see a red wagon.

In that red wagon
is a prize for you.

Oh, it's beautiful!

What is it?

Who did this?

It is a sea lion painting.

done by the sea lions
themselves.

Oh, cool.
Oh, you
can tell.

How'd they do it?

Normally when you paint,
you paint with your hands.

The sea lions put
the paintbrush in their mouth

and painted an original,
never-before-seen artwork.

Enjoy it.
Okay.

And thank you, Taylor,
for giving her your prize.

And with that, we've come
to the end of another exciting

episode of
Fetchwith Ruff Ruffman.

Until next time,
take care, Fetchers.

Good-bye, Ruff.

Good-bye, Fetchers.

See you later.

Okay, Ruff, the Department
of Motor Vehicles

will be monitoring this test.

If I get a license today, it'll
be one small step for a dog,

one giant step for dogkind.

Baa!

Where did those sheep come from?

COMPUTER VOICE:
Get back on the road.

I'm trying!

Circus tent approaching.

[ shrieks]:
Clowns! Get out of the way!

Help! Help!

Oh, that looks like a pile of...

Oh, no!

Okay, one last thing.

Not only do I host my own
television show

But I have a
fantastic website too.

Check it out. There are
tons of great games,

the inside scoop on our
contestants,

and lots more.

[ Ruff scatting]

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[ Ruff scatting]

Whatever.

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