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02x08 - Episode 15 & 16

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Vegetable Soup". Aired: September 22, 1975 – December 14, 1978.*
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02x08 - Episode 15 & 16

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[Laughter] [Applause]

[Music]

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get [Music]

[Music]

and now today's adventure of outer scope - at the circus aboard the Peking

julienne has been telling Eleanor Edgar and Cynthia's about the sailmaker Chung Lee the man who kept the medallion for

sailor bill myself he thanked me nonetheless and asked that if I saw me

before he did - please tell him sailor bill was looking for taylor bill i take

it as one of the two men who went overboard that's right Julian it's his medal we're looking for and there's something of

value that he left with Chung Lee the sail maker was naturally the medallion of course but how will we find this man

Charlie he probably died long ago well maybe so but sail making is a fine craft

passed on from father to child it just still might be eternally the sail maker in Chinatown looks like that's our next

move Julien looks like it Cynthia try to town here we come [Music]

boy are we in trouble talk about a needle in a haystack now what uh excuse me

we're looking for the family of a sailmaker named Charlie who lived here 65 years ago stairmaker 65 years ago

good luck jack [Music]

[Applause] [Music] cheerily this circus is great it sure is

but I can hardly wait for the Caray has to come back yeah maybe they'll have some more info on the medallion right oh

no you can stay on until I've been show up again it's been nice having you

around how do you like the circus love you oh it's great fun which reminds me is it time already you've gotta be host

another number you people rehearsal laughs that's the only way to improve an act see you later

but the work is fun - isn't it sure is Willie that's what it's all about good

player nice yeah sure we couldn't have picked a

better place to wait for the grass where'd you come from here there and

everywhere I lose myself and find myself all along the way I'll bet you're a

magician pressed on the great at your service pleased to meet you mr. presto just

plain trust oh please okay presto I'm Willy this is Henry

pleased to meet you young sir and now we'll change a black cane into a red one

what [Music]

a black tank in the pocket a little wolf

food does I seem to gee that was great

you're the funniest magician I've ever seen you're great judges of talent my fine

young friends but where's that hey you're not with the circus are you not

at all I'm on my way from here to there I saw this troupe along the road and stopped

in for a quick visit more or less to see how my fellow performers and road

travelers are doing where is that cake [Music]

look unbelievable Wow how did you

[Music] hey where'd it go

I don't know I can't seem to find it the

chicken looks like it's gone for good no I know okay then try your pockets

Henry [Laughter]

let's check Willie's pockets I knew it

where's our map you mean this piece of paper watch this

[Music]

don't worry I'll get it back no map just

this chicken again I know it's only a trick but please bring it back right

away it's very important maybe my white handkerchief will help [Applause]

[Music]

I must have forgotten the formula I hope that piece of paper wasn't too important that's just it it was very important

[Music] next time presto and now for the big job

hunt

vomit Long John spoilsport long johns foil sport is my name sabotaging the job

aren't you smart game all of you out there who are playing along will soon be

singing a very sad song so here we go my fine feathered friend you'll see a lot

of my rottenness before this show ends and yeah and now for the host of our

show sue Taylor [Applause]

kids welcome to the big job hunt our competing teams today will be from the

woodland middle school [Applause]

and the McNulty school

[Applause] now let's pick our contestants and get

underway hey don't you want to know how I feel today

okay max how are you not bad not bad at

all what no complaints I don't believe it there must be a reason there is I looked

in spoil sports dressing room a few minutes ago haha he's not there he's disappeared

don't get your hopes too high long johns never missed a show he'll show up no he

won't I can feel it in my tubes he's gone for good that junk heap max is such a fool

I'll turn it into my helpless tool let him think I've gone away my surprise

attack will win the day ya know come on max let's get to work

here first from the Woodlawn middle school I have the name Jacky Negri brave

ray Larkins Karen Lansing

[Applause]

and now for the McNulty school Joey floor endo Tracy pepper

Ruth Zakarian

we're glad to have you with us now while each of you tell me your name and what you would like to do when you go up

Woodlands middle school go first please starting with Jackie I'm Jackie and I agree I like to write in journalism a

reporter and how about you Ray my name is Ray Larkins and I like to draw draw and how about you Kerry

my name is Karen Lansing and I like to ride a skateboard hmm thank you very much now let's hear from the mcnulty

school Ruth my name is Ruth Zakarian and I like to study about the deaf and blind how about you Tracey

my name is Tracey pepper and I'd like to be an architect or something has to do with you know art work and simmer down

and Joey my name's Joey Fleur I know and I'd like to be a doctor or a lawyer doctor or a lawyer thank you very much

now contestants please listen carefully to the rules of the game the object of the game is to guess the mystery job max

will pick the category and the questions questions are worth points at the end of the round the team with the most points

gets a chance to see a clue and name the mystery job now for you kids who are

playing at home I've got a word of warning watch out for Long John spoilsport

he'll be up to his old and dirty tricks heart of his habit of trying to confuse you so watch out now for round one max

pick as a category please get ready teams

the padded area system you're welcome

I'm sure the names of 25 states in the United

States comes from the Native American language all of the following states have names with Native American origins

except a Arizona v New York C Montana or

D Idaho fans off the buzzes yes Karen

that's right the exception was B New York you now have ten Freud see I told

you spoil sports gone something may have happened to him alcohol the missing

persons Bureau are you out of your skull I've never had it so good I'm going to

give that chump the juice and turn him every way but loose my comeback will be

quite a shocker not that max right off his rocker yeah you don't think I should

call the police definitely not I'm going to pick a category the show must go on

the category is this week this question

is worth 10 points in 1964 representative Patsy Mink was the first

Asian woman to be elected to Congress what state did she represent was it a

California B Hawaii C Washington or D New York hands off the buzzer yes Tracy

why [Music]

that's right the answer was B Hawaii she spoke out strongly for young people women and minorities the score is now

McNulty school ten points to Woodlawn middle schools ten points we have a tie [Applause]

okay max and now for some more questions

now panelists I'm going to ask you five true or false question each question is

worth five points the first question is Jesse Owens a black runner won four gold

medals for the United States Olympic team in 1936 hands off the buzzer yes

Karen Falls no I'm sorry the answer is true number two Matthew Henson a black

Explorer was one of the first men to set foot on the North Pole hands off buzzer yes right true

that's right he was with you [Applause]

number three the Carib Indians were the original inhabitants of Puerto Rico yes

Ruth Fox that's right [Applause]

that's right the Taino Indians were the original inhabitants of Puerto Rico number four bore Egan was the Tainos

name for Puerto Rico hands up buzzer yessiree true that's right

[Applause] the fifth question in the last one

meteorologists study the paths of comets through the universe hands-off buzzer

yets Jack true sorry false meteorologist study whether the score is now McNulty

school 20 points to Woodlawn middle schools 55 [Applause]

oh what a peaceful show I just don't understand what could have happened to

him well I say be thankful for small blessings maybe he just argh lead away

here I come with the power max get set

for an electrical shower yeah you know

sue I haven't felt so good in years

I'm glad max it's been a bit on the cantankerous side lately well who wouldn't be with spoil sport

around thank goodness he's gone yeah

okay McNulty school you are ahead with 20 points so you get the first crack at

today's mystery job keep your eyes on Max's eye okay max show us the clue

okay panelists you can confer with your teammates before answering but you have ten seconds to name the mystery job

start the countdown max

[Music] [Applause] [Music]

I'm sorry that is the wrong answer now teams were going to move on to our

second and final round the super bonus question this question is worth 15

points the team that gets this right wins the final chance to name the mystery job okay teams are you ready are

you ready teams yes okay let's have a question max the category is history

thank you this American Indian rose

through the political ranks from the House of Representatives to the Senate to majority leader and finally to Vice

President of the United States his name was a Charles Curtis B James

s Sherman C lyndon b johnson or d harry s truman

hands off the buzzer yes Karen D [Music]

I'm sorry the answer was a Charles Curtis he served with Hoover from 1928

to 1930 - the score is now McNulty

school 20 points to woodlands middle schools 15 points okay McNulty school

this is your last chance to see a clue and guess the mystery job remember if you guess incorrectly Woodlawn middle

school will get the last opportunity to name the mystery job okay max let's see the clue

[Applause]

remember you can talk it over with your teammates before answering but you have ten seconds to name the mystery job

start the countdown max yes fireman

[Applause] that's right the mystery job was the fireman and congratulations McNulty

school you have just won the big job hunt

[Applause] this was a great game made even better

by spoil sports absence hey I'm feeling

weird this you'll feel right down to

your feet yeah revenge is sweet my ways and please

don't let this be the end

max are you all right oh I think so I

don't know what came over me I feel so weak I hope you're not coming down with

anything spoil sports back I might have

known it I guess it was too good to last doesn't look like he's in any shape to

cause any trouble at least for a while now max let's take a film on Captain

Ricardo Ortiz a professional fireman firefighting is very dangerous work and

it takes a lot of teamwork and precise judgment let's take a look at it

every morning at 8 o'clock we perform our physical fitness exercise it's

important that we keep our bodies in top physical shape and condition due to our dangerous occupational stress there in

firefighting operations the dinner-hour is a comradeship friendship while

reading we discussed various subjects among one another one of the important facts and firefighters is teamwork we

laugh together we live together and we have a lot of fun

and we see with a fire line we respond to a call it's going through my mind is

the safety and rescue of people that might be involved in this emergency or the fire and also the safety of your

subordinates members under your command don't get anyone hurt and don't get one any k*lled this is fire station 49 which

is located in Los Angeles City Harbor is unique from the standpoint that it is a station core during the fire boat and a

fire engine company when the fire boat receives a fire alarm Fela stop whatever

they're doing and it takes it on prospering less than 90 seconds to fire

up the engines put on their safety equipment untie the boat and get underway out the full house

one of the unique advantages of a fireboard is the fact that the fireball from coming alongside a ship that's in

distress or on fire and we can board it with equipment we can throw water onto

the boat or we can pump through hose lines and we'll go down into the ship and actually fight the fire one of the

most important thing they wanted me to become a firefighter with was security for myself and my family also a

challenge so the most exciting moment of my life was being appointed to this

department as a firefighter since that day I've always been happy so w*r time

here in the big job hunt and our grand prize the max trophy goes to the McNulty

school [Applause]

to our fine runners-up our consolation prize the minimax trophy

[Applause] thanks for being with us and we'll see

you all right here next time on the big job hunt

[Applause]

[Music]

[Music]

we're gonna make pecan pie that's a classic southern desert would you put

the pecans on the wax paper okay I make him look like a trail a narrow trail of

them did you know that one-time pecans used to be wild and free they've been

used a lot by Native Americans your Native American aren't you Stephanie yeah they taught the Europeans how to

use all the wild berries and all the things from the land use the rolling pin

and it'll crush them now Jared we're going to use three eggs

I want to beat them not help the girls

how they look they're sort of soft break them up shall we break them like this

that's fine we're gonna need 1/4 of a cup of sugar okay

now I'm gonna put the pecans in and pour cup of corn syrup which is it sort of

like molasses if you love red molasses yeah yeah it's a good sweetener we used

to down south a lot would you put in a teaspoon vanilla flavor it sort of a

pinch of salt haven't you we're gonna do a dash of salt just a little bit that's enough and I'm going to get the pie

crust okay now this is a store-bought pride class okay you want to pour it in

yeah do you want to put some whole pecans on top it's really quite handy

it's - candy okay I'm gonna put enough

that's the only thing you have to be careful is the heart of it should be at 350 now we want to whip up the cream

oh look at this good look good we got

the first piece I do okay looks yummy down here mm-hmm dish out the would you

it's a good idea here this is good

that's good that's your sweetie there isn't well we cook the food and it came

out fine you can try it yours out when you got the time who's working in the kitchen there's a lot of fun and when

you're finished you can eat what you've done [Music]

[Music]

to make a vegetable vegetable soup

[Music]

[Laughter]

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

[Music] and now today's adventure of outer scope

- presto presto the magician appeared in

a puff of smoke and did tricks for Willy and Henry but now he's made their map disappear and he can't get it back don't

worry don't matter

just this chicken again I know it's only a trick but please bring it back right

away it's very important maybe my wife handkerchiefs will help [Applause]

[Music]

I must have forgotten the formula I hope that piece of paper wasn't too important that's just it it was very important

it's one of a kind is it then we just have to find it we're in another part of

the circuit take my hand we'll find it

that's nothing here let me have them wow

that sure looks hard how do you do it practice that's right it's simple for a

magician you're a surprisingly good juggler yes yes at the moment I can

probably call myself a magician at all what do you mean you lost their map have

you seen our map no check your pocket check your pockets check your pockets check our pockets check your pockets

check our pockets no map no map no no no Matt no map somebody around here has

that map what we really need is a good magician you're a magician presto you mean I was

a magician Oh

[Music] partly intrusion but may I join you for lunch but of course

[Music]

delicious simply delicious by the way have you seen a secret treasure map no

catch them dessert No thank you I've got

to watch my weight gee presto if you

could eat fire you should be able to find them Mac hey what's going on over there

Oh some funny kind of clown show I think it's a young mind troupe they tell stories without words now that really is

magic

[Music]

and one two three oh I see they're

making believe it's a dance class good now one of the dances keeps making mistakes

from the top and one there it is there's

the map it's like a treasure map or something I told you this was magic it

sure is or are we glad we found you honey where'd it go here it is no problem just

making sure I would control of my magic hey you're really good can we watch you

practice some more sure if your friend promises not to do any more tricks I'll

try to be good [Music]

Hey

[Music]

[Music] now the other dancers are pretending to

get mad at her [Music]

oh she's rushing by itself

Hey what are they talking while she's still rehearsing that's rude

I'm saying she's having trouble concentrating you know I came home last

night no what time did you get home last night oh don't you know I'm still doing

the piece I'm high I'm tired and I want to get out you know I'm the only person

in the whole show that's right it's hired me and they just right and you stand backstage you talk big they're pretending now stand backstage and talk

they're really mad quit and that's that

gosh what's happening gee this is serious yes

[Music] not such a big loss next time

on with the show and

[Applause]

[Music] the story of the Iroquois Confederacy

northeastern United States you wander

where are you you wander where are you [Music]

I'm over here keep talking so I can follow where your voice is coming from

I'm over here

your boys see you sports it's dark what do you think they are I don't know

we can be anywhere yeah just another forest it might be a

wild animal or something whatever is out there it's coming this way we better hide it's getting closer

[Music]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

you are lost do not be afraid you are in

the land of the h* den no sound e or as the French call us the Iroquois this

central trail that we're walking at one serves as a vast highway that connects

the Six Nations which are called by our people Iroquois Confederacy the

Confederacy is made up of the Seneca Cayuga Onondaga Oneida Mohawk and

Tuscarora nations crossing this trail are many crossroads that connect

throughout the entire region all this belongs to the airport yes and our

trails reached to the North Woods to the eastern ocean with the warm

southern lands and to the big river to the west

[Music]

what year is this we don't count yes we count the changing of the seasons but I

am so old I have stopped counting seasons [Music]

let us rest here awhile by this tree

I have walked this path for many years of my life but this tree is an old

friend you call tree friends this because it is a special tree it may look

like the others with its bark greenery and branches but every time I see a pine

tree it reminds me of the tree of peace a symbol of the Iroquois Confederacy

a long time ago [Music] the Iroquois were separated into many

tribal groups warring amongst themselves then two wise men Kate called the vana

Veda and Hiawatha he called a meeting formed them into a league in order to

keep peace and order and to remind them of this union he planted a tree with

four roots branching north south east and west

so that the Iroquois people like the tree became one large Brotherhood how

large is this Brotherhood at one time there were as many as 25,000 people come

on let's go [Applause] [Music]

as one family we spiritually dwell in a long post and still alive people yes

that we have a systemized form of government with 50 liters we called Roy

Yanis a Roy Jana is a decision maker who is usually men but they are appointed by

the women of the clan men and women have equal roles in our government and women

have the power to remove a man from his position women have voting power in our clan do

you have lawyers well we have appointed speakers which present matters before

the council G the Indians had the first democratic form of government in this

nation yes after the discussion and the votes are counted each one has to come

to the same agreement [Music]

would be great to learn another language down one of your languages yes learning

another's language is a way to understand and other people's culture I know two languages English and Spanish

then perhaps you can teach me Spanish first tell us something in your language in a mohawk language the word for hello

is sago sago no you learn what is my

first Spanish lesson como se llaman and what does that mean it means what is your name my name is

Hiawatha Oh [Music]

[Music]

[Music]

what do you want to know

have you ever wondered why some people think newborn babies are funny-looking

and others think they're beautiful what about a painting or sculpture maybe

you saw something beautiful but all your friend could see was a piece of junk or

what about the first time you saw someone who looked very different from what you're used to what did you think

well if any of this sounds familiar and you'll run into a question that people

have been asking for a long time

what is beauty now most people would

agree that roses are beautiful but what if they were the only kind of flowers it

might be rather boring so it is with

humans without the incredible variety of people in the world without the differences in hair and eyes in dress

and decoration we wouldn't have so many fascinating ideas about what is

beautiful [Music]

beauty can be expressed in the choice of clothes in a special hairstyle in

jewelry and decorations and it could

also be expressed with a smile because all the most wonderful clothing hair and

decorations can only make someone beautiful if they feel it inside

[Music]

when you look for that kind of beauty the inside kind there is no limit to

where you can find it perhaps that's the

real magic of beauty it's always new and fresh because it comes from our own

feelings and emotions mixed with what we hear and see and touch the real magic is

when we each find our own sense of beauty [Music]

to introduce you [Music]

[Music]

I'm Eddie having dinner with my friend Debbie Chang and her family I may be

good at handling my pet boa Nigel but I'm not so great with chopsticks

Eddie if you're gonna hold a pencil you can hold chopsticks that's all taking hold the Mart

I just can't move here watch me Sally Debra I don't think you invited Eddie

over Tina so tempted you don't worry mom she doesn't mean it she's really got a crush on Eddie I do

not won't even stop teasing me don't pay any attention Eddie let me tell you something when Douglas and Debra first

started using chopsticks the meal took forever and there was more food on the table than in the plate

don't worry mr. Chang I'll get the hang of it I just need more practice you have to be around Chinese people more hey

I've got an idea why didn't come to Chinatown last one that's not a bad idea the children are

going to visit their grandmother in New York for sure I'll show you all around Chinatown and you'll love my grandmother

I'm gonna be embarrassed I think don't worry she doesn't mind that have you

ever been to Chinatown Eddie well but I've seen pictures of course it might be fun hey that'd be great

well why don't you ask your mother Douglas know his way around Chinatown very well

must've gotten off the stop too soon I

didn't know Chinatown was so big sure is it's got everything Chinese language

schools TV shows and movies community center public library bags and

theater groups it's like a city inside a city gee Timmy tee shot a way uptown even Molly

[Music]

we've got to go south on Mott Street you know what squeezed out that's why I

never forget my trusty compass which way is more gappas in south we

know that silly [Music]

you live here no I love it but you don't know which myself is sure you're right

come on guys it's at 1:00 for kids

[Music]

hey-h* attack from daddy native Provo Utah hi I'm Karla

she says my grandmother's at the tea house that one this food is different

from the food of your house uh-huh Chinese eat different foods depending on which part of China they're from they

don't always understand each other because they speak different dialects anyone could understand this it tastes

great

[Music]

[Music]

Eddie and his friends on a Chinatown spree mistake on a fire escapes a sight

to see all around the people stop and stare nobody is brave enough to climb up there

[Applause] enough to k*ll me just a harmless ball

constrictor I'll take care of it is there any way we can get up there from your grandmother's house sure follow me

[Music]

you could see what a hero I already

turned out to eat nighty-night so aren't you proud

Eddie manger cousins rested we cry

[Applause] waking brownish or upset about that

snake she never said goodbye so quickly you know now we got the snake down from

you what are we gonna do is it bill I can take it home I doubt it well I can't handle two snakes at my

house my mom just wouldn't understand [Music] excuse me I think that's my ball my

father owns a picture oh good we were trying to get rid of it what take a look

please come with me they found snake it looked like oh hey

this one's empty I've got a bowl of my own he knows everything about Bo's smart

kid thanks kid did I get something

through there souvenir sure thanks how

on earth are we gonna get this thing on the bus [Music]

I'm always a word for something special to make for dessert but your meal comes

fresh so don't eat too fast that's right we're saving the sweet

[Music] [Applause]

[Music]

eight bananas from Jamaica sweet fries from Mexico order linked in rice and are

just some desserts we know [Music] every culture has its own dessert

[Music] because to share them such a tree engine

from Nigeria that pies come from Greece

corn pudding is American Indian sweet pancake is China

and every culture has its own desserts

because their maids share them such a

tree reap dumplings come from Germany

avocado dessert from Brazil the pub game bread don't get you and the

Cheesecake probably will and every culture has its own reserves

[Music]

desserts desserts tonight those

why don't you make a new friend make a new friend bacon

today why don't you make a new makeup

[Music] today hi my name is Kurt Brooks and I'm

8 years old and I live in New York City since I was about four years old I

started to dance and drum with the Mareeba children's dance company after Rama's

finish warming up we practiced for the advanced ethnic class where the dancers

are from 6 to 16 in my practice sessions

we get a chance to play rhythms for many different countries this is the BA kua

it's one of my favorite instruments this is a spiritual dance from the island of

Jamaica and it's called Paco mania this

big frightening dance is done on the island of Trinidad the teaches the

lesson that the biggest man is not always been mad the ballet dance is from

the island of Trinidad and Martinique performances are super exciting because

there is no more stop let's try it again or second chances

everything is for real [Music]

[Music] get [Music]

[Music]

to make a batch the ball the vegetable soup