01x17 - Relaxin' with Ruff

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01x17 - Relaxin' with Ruff

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Om...

Oh, hi. I'm turning over
a new leaf.

I'm a calmer Ruff Ruffman.

Scented candles, wind chimes
and I've installed a pond

stocked with koi...
uh, fish, thingy.

Oh, and that's my bowl of mud
for my post-yoga facial.

[ tooting]Ooh, my sushi train!

Uh-oh, the Henry Hotline.

Oh! I wonder
what the boss wants.

Nope, nope,
answering the hotline

just stresses me out.

Whatever he wants,
it can probably wait.

Om...

Ah! Well, maybe I'll just tell
him to call back after...

[ grunting]

[ yelling]

Mud! I can't see.

[ screams]

Hello. Pizza Shack?

No, I didn't order a large pie
with pepperoni and...

Oh, meatballs? Really?

Oh, all right,
well, send it over.

Man, this relaxation thing's
harder than I thought.

♪ 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?

Funding for Fetch with Ruff
Ruffman has been provided by

The National Science Foundation

where discovers begin

Dedicated to strengthening
America's future

through education.

ANNOUNCER: And here comes
the contestants now

She collects rubber ducks.

It's... Who else? It's Taylor.

He can do a - grind,a kick flip and a pop shove it

on his skateboard-- Noah!

His favorite article
of clothing: pants! Khalil!

She's harvested , tomatoes

and three cucumbers-- Anna.

She usedto raise monarch butterflies,

but they fluttered away-- Julia!

He estimates he has over onemillion freckles-- Brian!

Let's get an update
on the scores.

Noah is in sixth place
with , points,

Julia in fifth: , ,

Taylor moving on up:
, points in fourth,

Anna still in third with , ,

Brian in second with , ,

and Khalil in first
with , points.

Hello,

and welcome to FETCH!
with Ruff Ruffman...

What's up with the...?

...a new reality game show
where today the contestants--

that is you--

will find your inner Zen,
your inner calm,

your inner rhythm.

You will become one with nature.

Om...

What are you doing?

What is up with that?

I'm doing a little meditation.
Hang on.

[ chanting]

I love cats.

What?

I almost believe that.

Anyway, namaste,Fetchers.

Namaste.

Namaste.
What exactly does that mean?

According to the dictionary,

Namastemeans "Hello"

in Sanskrit.

That's in
the dictionary.

So you guys excited
for a new show?

Yeah.

I don't want you to get
too excited, though,

because today

we are going to be chill.

We are learning

about relaxation,

things that keep us calm.

That is the theme
of today's show,

except for a couple of parts
in the show,

it's going to get
a little nutty.

You know, one or two parts,
a little crazy.

You guys just relax.

Ah!
Very nice.

You're putting
Julia to sleep.

Julia, wake up.Wake up.

Don't get that relaxed.

So, guys, today's challenge,

we have a six-person challenge.

You're all going out today.

Sweet.
Awesome.

Your challenge begins
by a serene pond

with the serene Tara,

who will be introducing you
to the sun itself.

It's awesome. Bring sunglasses.

[ all laugh]

You're going to find the details

of your challenge
in the mailbox.

You know where to go.Let's go, guys.

Go fetch.

Let's get out of here.See you later, Ruff.

See you, guys.

See you later. Have fun.

See you when you get back,

nice and relaxed.

So what's at stake
for the Fetchers?

Uh, nothing really,

except points
in the Triumph Tally.

So let's catch up
with those crazy kids now.

Are you Tara?

I am Tara.

Ruff told me that you guys do
a lot of challenges.

Oh, that's an understatement.

When you're
practicing yoga,

you're challenging your mind

to stretch out a little bit,
not just your body.

So if you're not comfortable
crossing your legs,

you can sit on your knees.

This is called the Hero Pose.

Yes, the Hero Pose.

And one of the things
we're going to do

is find our heart rate.

Your heart rate
is the number of times

your heart beats each minute.

So you can use your right wrist,
finding your pulse.

See, every time
your heart beats,

it pushes blood
through your body

and you can feel it
as a pulse under your skin.

Another option
is to use your throat.

Does anybody have a watch on?

I've got a watch.

Yes, thank you, Anna.

She has her trusty watch.

Go.

Done.

Khalil, what
was your number?

.
And yours?

?
Yup.

So you can multiply that by four
and that will give you

your heart rate
in a resting position.

Okay, so they counted
their pulse for seconds

and now they multiply that
by four

to get the number of times
their heart b*at in one minute.

Ninety-six.

Mine was .

TARA:
So that's your pulse
in resting position.

So the first thing we're going
to do is something

that all ancient yoga
practitioners did,

which was to honor the sun.

So they created a series
of poses

that's called
the Sun Salutation.

So we'll do the Sun Salutation

and then we'll take
our heart rate again

and see if it's changed.

Yep, your pulse rate
usually goes up

when you're moving around

or when you're nervous
or scared.

Never happens to me, of course.[ meowing]

So you bring your hands together
to form a flame of light.

So we're going to take a deep
breath in

and take a breath out.

We're going to see
if we can start

to increase our heart rate.

Raise your arms up.

Paws up.

Really push your fingers up
and push your toes down.

I don't have any fingers,
but I'm raising.

Fold forward.

Bring your right foot back.

[ grunts]:
There we go.

Bring your right knee down
and then pull your knees up.

All right, knees up.

Ow, my neck hurts.

Pull your elbows way back,
spread your paws out

in the downward-facing
Dog Pose.

And lift your hips up

like you have
a big, long dog tail.

Push your toes straight back

and be a cobra.

Release your arms down,
bring your hand to your neck.

All right, here we go,
pulse-check time.

seconds now.

Okay, so take your number
and multiply it by four.

I got .

So , yeah.

I get .

Wow! Their heart rates
really went up!

They're working hard.

So now that we've gotten
our heart rate up,

we're going to do the Crow Pose.

Bring your hands down
and hop your feet together.

Bring your toes together,
your knees apart

and climb. Whoa!

There goes Anna. Great.

Oh!

Ow!

I did it.

I'm doing it!

Hey, Ruff, what's up?

[ laughs]

We're going to finish
with relaxation--

the Ocean Wave.

Oh, this looks good.

Just take
a deep breath.

We're going
to create a big wave.

And just imagine
that you are at the beach.

Ah, the kids are lowering
their heart rates

by thinking about the beach.

The way that we end yoga
is to go back

to the flame of light.

And the word that we use

is "namaste."

Namaste.

[ phone rings]

Hello.

Hi, there, Anna.Oh, hey, Ruff.

Well, I hope you guys feel
refreshed and relaxed

because now I'm going

to send your pulses racing!

I'm sending you guys
to the amusement park,

and your challenge is to figure
out which ride is the wildest.

The next challenge is to find

the wildest ride
at the amusement park.

What? Are you serious?

Let's go,
let's go!

BRIAN:
Look, a note.
A note from Ruff.

It says, "Welcome, Fetchers.

"Chris, your expert,
is waiting for you at... Pirata.

Go find him." Let's go.

ANNA:
Hey, are you Chris?

I'm Chris.

Yes!
How are you, Chris?

Well, I hear
you guys were treated

to a really relaxing morning.

KIDS:
Yeah.
So you must be

ready to get
your pulses going.

Oh, yeah!

Excellent, because
your next assignment

is to figure out
which ride is the wildest.

And you've got
three rides to test.

The Pirata...

RUFF:
Oh, yeah.

The Corkscrew
roller coaster...

Oh, yeah!

And DaVinci's Dream.

[ Ruff howls]

You're going to be
broken into two teams:

Anna, Taylor and Brian;

and Noah, Julia and Khalil.

All right.

Each team has to design a test
to test wildness

and you have to give me a graph
that shows me your data.

They all look pretty wild to me.

This is going to be tough.

Do you have any ideas
about what makes a ride wild?

Spin, height.

How many times you
get twirled in the air.

Speed.

Speed.

Motion-sickness factor.

Well, sickness is kind of

a cool idea,
although I don't know

if we want to graph that.

But it's a really
cool thing because

it's your body reacting
to the forces on the ride.

You've learned that you can
affect your pulse rate,

right?
Yeah.

But the ride might be able
to affect it even more.

We could, like,
do our pulse

before we get on
and after we get on

and see how
much it changes.That's very cool.

How about some other
of those ideas?

What can you actually measure?

Miles per hour.

Do you know how to measure that?

You could find out how long the
roller coaster is and then see

how long it takes the roller
coaster to go that many feet.

How about, kind
of, you know,

those rides that
throw you all around?

You could put, like,
water in a cup or something

and see how much is left
after the ride's over.

See how many, like,
milliliters are gone

and how many inches
from the cup are gone.

You could do five lines and
then measure it one to five,

like how much
water it lost.

So in your two teams,

what you have to come up with
is one test each

that we can use
for all of the rides.

And I've got a whole bunch
of materials here--

boxes, funnels, confetti,

streamers, some timers.

So why don't you break
into your two teams

and come up with some ideas?

Okay.
Okay.
Okay.

We should measure
heart rate.
Yeah.

RUFF:
Okay, so they're going
to measure heart rate.

They think the wildest ride
is the one that will increase

their heart rate the most.[ meows]

Stopwatch?
Do we have
a stopwatch?

Oh, sweet.

All right,
there is.

First, let's measure
each of your pulses now,

before you're all nervous.

Find your pulse.

We do seconds.

RUFF:
All right, now time

for a quick
-second pulse check.

.
Okay.

So the resting pulse
is beats per minute.

So now what we can do is we
can make a graph that shows

resting pulse, pulse after
Pirata, pulse after Corkscrew

and pulse
after DaVinci's Dream.

It was ,
right?
Yeah.

So, when are you going
to measure your pulse?

We should do it, like,
as soon as, like, right after...

Okay, so
as soon as you can

when the ride ends.

I think bumpiness is...
Yeah,

bumpiness would
probably be the best.

This team is going
to measure bumpiness.

How do you want
to measure it?

We could do
the water idea.

Yeah, I think your
idea, like you said,

with the cup
and the water.

Here's a cup.

If worse comes to worse, we can
use this instead of water.

The thing about confetti is we
can clean it up when we're done.

...box or
something.
That's true.
Tape this cup down here

and then pour like
a little amount of confetti

and we could even just
like, close the lid.

First we should
probably mark the cup up.

So now what we just
got to do is tape

the meter
right into here.

And then when we're
first going onto the ride,

we'll fill up the confetti
to this mark right here.

Very good, and you've got
a line up at the top

that all of the confetti can go
to between the rides.

So you have the same amount
of confetti on each ride.

All right, their test
is about ready.

TAYLOR:
I'm not going up.
I'll write down the data.

You guys can
yell it to me.

Taylor, want to make, like, a
chart or something we can use?

Sure. Ah, Taylor has decided

that she will hold the graph

and do all
the measurements.

That's a very smooth way
of getting out

of going on all those
rides, Taylor. Nicely done.

You're going on
the Pirata, right?

And the Corkscrew, DaVinci's...DaVinci's Dream.

So I'm going to put one
through ten on this side

and then I'm going to draw a bar
to whatever reading we have.

Sounds great.

Do you want to name
our contraption?
Yes.

Something to do with Ruff,
because we love him so much.

Oh, Taylor!

The RCC. The Ruff
Confetti Contraption.

"How Ruff is your ride?"

So, Brian, you think
we should test it?

Yeah, we should.

Ladies and gentlemen,
fasten your seat belt.

This ride's going to be wild.

ANNA:
I'm glad I'm not
on that ride.

Stop!

That was extreme.

Let's see.

And...
BRIAN:
All of it's gone.

The cup is empty!

That was a rate- ride.

And now the first ride,
the Pirata.

Good luck, guys.
Don't get sick, Brian.

Welcome to the pirate ship.

There's absolutely no standing
while the ride's

in motion.
Enjoy your ride.

Brian, hold on
to that thing!

Wait. That guy's
sitting on the edge.

[ whooping ]

Oh, that's part of the ride.

[ laughs]:
Oh, right.

Now it gets
a little nerve-wracking.

Oh, look at that thing go.

Whoo!

Oh!

Oh, yeah.

Okay!

Oh, man.Oh, my
goodness.

Ruff, I'm getting sick
just looking at them.

Yeah, you're getting sick,
I'm getting sick

and I'm in the studio.

Ride is over.
seconds, check the pulse.

Twenty-one.

Let's see
how much confetti came out.

It's at three.

The confetti's at three.

ANNA:
Yup, it's definitely three.

TAYLOR:
So it's three?

One, two, three.

So it'd go right here.

All right, so,
you guys, my pulse

for seconds was about .

Okay, they've decided to use
Khalil's pulse for their chart.

Eighty-four?!

Wait a minute. Khalil's heart
rate is even lower.

I think that ride bored him.

Now it's time for the Corkscrew.

TAYLOR:
Guys, it may be
the last time we speak

and I just want you guys to know
that I love you all dearly.

JULIA:
Have fun!

TAYLOR:
I love you, okay?

BRIAN:
I just want to say
one thing, Ruff.

I love you...!

I love you, too!
[ shrieks]

Upside down, baby!

Upside down, Ruff!

[ Ruff shrieking]

Whoo!

BRIAN:
That was awesome, Ruff.

KHALIL:
Noah, are you ready?

One, two, three, go.

Now they're
checking their pulses.

Oh, my gosh.

I'm going to check
my pulse, too.

What did you get?

I got .So did I.

Julia, I got .

It's a six.
Whoa.
Six!

Taylor, it
was at six.

Six? Okay, so one, two,
three, four, five, six.

So you guys
both have ?
Yeah.

heartbeats in seconds

equals heartbeats
in a minute. Wow.

JULIA:
So you went
from to .

And now to DaVinci's Dream.

[ kids whoop and shriek]

Brian has the RCC.

Ooh, you guys are so high up.

[ whooping]

Look at them going around.

Ruff!

Ruff!

Oh, pulse, Noah.

Wow. Okay, seconds.

Twenty-seven.

Hey, Ruff, that was cool.

So, what did you guys
get for a pulse?

Twenty-seven.

Ooh, hey. beats per minute.

That's pretty good.

Oh, it's a one.

It's a one. Wow,
it didn't move a lot.

See, so one
is right here.

Now it's time for the
contestants left behind

to earn some points
of their own

in the Half-Time Quiz Show.

Oh, yeah, everybody's
out on the challenge.

Well, I guess I could take
the Half-Time Quiz myself,

while I practice some relaxing.

Okay. Question one.

How did you come up with such
a great grand prize, Ruff?

Oh, well, I, uh...

[ gasps]:
Oh, no!

Dohh! I forgot
about the grand prize-- again!

Oh, now how am I
ever going to relax?

Don't panic.

Come on, remember?

Calm... breathe...

[ panting]

Okay, here's what we'll do.

We'll ignore it.

Ha-ha! Great!

Back to the challenge.

Okay, so. Hey.

What's up, Chris?

What did you find?

This is
the Pirata ride.

This is the
Corkscrew ride.

And this is
DaVinci's Dream ride.
Yeah.

And we have the confetti
levels right here.

And we figured out that
Corkscrew is, like, the most...

turbulent or whatever
we want to call it.

DaVinci's dream was
the least, and Pirata

was right in
the middle.
Why do you think

that DaVinci's
Dream was the least?

The only tip they had
was like really, really slight

so the cup wouldn't notice.

And the Corkscrew
was just crazy.

I mean, like,
it flipped upside down.

It went everywhere.

And the Pirata, it was,
like, right in the middle.

Just slow, but it did
jump a little bit.

What was this, a six?Yeah.

CHRIS:
You said that it flipped you
upside down.

So, if everything
fell out of the cup,

it would have been
a ten, right?

But then when
it flipped over again,

some of the stuff
that was on the top

went back into the cup.

So maybe if it wasn't
in a box-- right?--

you would have lost it.

If you had to do it again,
would you change anything?

If we had, like,
an unlimited supply of confetti,

and it didn't matter
if we got anything dirty,

I think I would do it
without the box.

Do you have
your results done?

JULIA:
The pirate ship, we got .

It went even lower
than our resting pulse.

CHRIS:
Wow.

JULIA:
When we took it,
it wasn't as intense,

so it was going slow
at that point.

NOAH:
On these, it was intense
till the end.

The Corkscrew was definitely
the wildest ride.

The only ride where we went
upside down.

In DaVinci's Dream, it kind of
just keeps you at one speed.

You get used to it.

I think that
if we could do it again,

I'd go on the Pirata and do it
as soon as it stops going.

CHRIS:
Maybe right when you're
up at the top

at the highest point, yeah.

Definitely,
you guys have shown

that the Corkscrew
roller coaster

raised your pulse the most,

so it must be the wildest ride.

So you've got some
different data here.

But can you come to a conclusion
about what was the wildest ride?

ALL:
Definitely the Corkscrew.

RUFF:
It's the Corkscrew!

We have a clear-cut winner.

[ phone rings]

Hello.

Hey, Brian, it's Ruff.

What's up, Ruff?

Nicely done.

So it looks like the Corkscrew
is the wildest ride.

Definitely. It goes upside down,
confetti everywhere.

Definitely the Corkscrew.

And the wilder the ride,
the higher your pulse.

Now I've got the ultimate
challenge for you.

I'm sending you over
to the Starblaster.

It's a really wild ride.

Just thinking about it is going
to send your pulses soaring.

But this time, you're not going
to be testing the ride.

You're going
to be testing your body.

Now, it's time to use
some of your yoga techniques

to bring your heart rate down.

Chris has got some
Pulse-O-Meters for you to wear

that measure your heart rate.

The team that gets their pulse
below the fastest

gets the most points.

And then, and only then, if you
get your pulses below ,

I'm going to blast you
into the sky!

All right, first team up
is Anna and Noah.

. Dude,
you got to calm down.

You're doing
pretty good.

What they have to do
is lower their heart rate

to below .

How are you doing, Noah?

, , , , ...

Noah, stop shaking your feet.
It might help.

See, Anna, you're all set.

! ! . .

Okay, he's good...

All right, seconds.

Hey, Noah, I'm ready.
I'm under ,

but I don't really want
to ride this thing.

What?!

Let's see if the second team
is a little braver.

You're at .

.

Breathe in, Taylor.
Breathe...

Khalil, she's
at .

Okay, it's taking them longer
than Anna and Noah.

Been about a minute already.

Okay, you're below.
Stay calm.

It's at ... .

Yes!
Yeah!

All right, it took them
two minutes and seconds.

Hey, Julia, do you want
to go on the ride?

Nah. I'm not going to go.

Me neither. Let's go.

Wait. What?
Wait! What?

Oh, Brian and Khalil,
please save the show.

Let's go, guys.

You're at . Ready?

You're at , ,
, ...

Okay. Relaxing.

Come on, guys. It's already
been a couple of minutes here.

Relax.

Come on, Brian.

Calm down.

Eight minutes!
Come on, Brian.

Brian. Come on, Brian.
We're losing points

every second.

, ...
Yes!

There we go. All right.
Finally.

Nine minutes and seconds.

Come on, guys.
Please go for the ride.

Brian, you ready?

Let's ride this thing!

All right, let's go.

They're both going to go. Yes!

And up they go! And down.

See? That wasn't...
now they're going back up!

Okay.That was awesome.

Hope you're enjoying
the amusement park.

Since you guys have been doing
such a great job today,

I've got one more surprise
for you.

After a long day
of thrilling rides,

several yoga positions,

judging
exciting roller coasters,

it's time to bring it down
and relax again.

I'm getting relaxed just
watching these kids be relaxed.

Thank you guys
so much.

Well, here's a gift.

Thanks a lot, Ruff.

You're the best dog
in the world.

I am the best dog.

And I want to thank you, Anna,
for pointing that out.

Anna, Khalil, Julia, Brian,
Noah, Taylor, get in here!

Hey, hey!

Namaste.

Namaste, Fetchers.

Namaste.

I see you have
some nice gift bags.

Yes, we do.

Got anything
for the old Ruff man?

Ah! Noah, thank you.

That's right. Drop it
right in the mailbox there.

Hey, I just want
you guys to know,

even though you bring me
back stuff from time to time,

I hope you don't think
you can butter me up

with, you know...

[ gasps]:
Oh, my goodness!

Oh, it's a cucumber face peel.

Oh! Chamomile massage oil.

Oh, a back scrubber!

Oh, thanks, guys.
I really appreciate it.

Well, what do you say?
How about some points?

Oh, yeah!

TARA:
Bring your hands together

to form a flame of light.

RUFF:
You guys became one with nature.

Ow! My neck hurts.

Or, if you didn't,

at least you learned
the Downward Dog

and did some awesome headstands.

Oh! Awesome.

Now, I asked you to determine
the wildest ride.

Thanks to your clever
and intrepid testing,

I know now never
to get on that Corkscrew thing.

Awesome!
Great!

Now, were your tests perfect?

No.
Not really.

No. A good, honest answer.

But for...

Nice!
Nice!

And, in the race
to get your pulses below ...

You've got to calm down.

It took you guys almost ten
minutes to get your pulses down.

But you get ten

additional points for being
the only team

to ride the Starblaster.

TAYLOR:
Awesome job, guys.

Which brings our grand total
to... FETCH ?

And that's how it stacks up
this week,

but is that all the points
a dog can give?

ALL:
No!

What time is it?!

ALL:
Bonus points!

Yes. Bonus points
are in the house,

and today's bonus points go to
my favorite moment of the day.

Not only was Brian
collecting data

in the box between his knees,

he kept a running commentary
for the whole ride.

BRIAN:
Go, go, go, go, baby!

Which means

Brian is today's daily winner.

Yeah, Brian!

Now, Brian,
for being the daily winner,

the daily prize
is waiting for you.

You can accept the prize

or have one of your fellow
contestants take it instead.

What do you want to do, Brian?

Take it! Take it!

It's your choice, Brian.I'll go for it.

Go, Brian, go!

Brian,

you don't need to go

to the mailbox for this one.

Let the prize descend!

[ all exclaim]

It's a yoga ball!

Awesome.

So awesome!

That's right! It's a yoga ball.

They're great.
I have one myself.

Let me show you how it's done.

You've just got to roll back...

Ruff, be careful.

[ screams]

ALL:
Ohh!

All right, g*ng.

While I'm down here
waiting for my chiropractor,

I'm going to say good-bye,

and thanks
for another awesome episode.

Bye, Ruff!

Thanks for the yoga ball.

Take care.

See you later, Ruff.

Ah! I'm finally relaxed.

I'm so glad I figured out what
to do about that grand prize.

Oh, wait a minute.

I didn't figure it out at all;
I ignored it!

[ groans]

Yikes! And that's the hotline.

Oh. Henry's going to want
to know what the grand prize is.

Okay, mechanical masseuse,
that's enough.

I... I said that's enough!

Hey!

[ groaning]:
Help!

Get off of me!

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,

and lots more.

It's more fun than
barking at squirels.

[Bark! Bark!]

pbskidsgo.org

[ Ruff scatting]

♪ Fetch!♪

♪ With Ruff Ruffman♪

[ Ruff scatting]

Whatever.

♪ Fetch!♪

♪ With Ruff Ruffman♪

♪ Fetch!♪
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