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02x11 - Episode 21 & 22

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Vegetable Soup". Aired: September 22, 1975 – December 14, 1978.*
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02x11 - Episode 21 & 22

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[Music] come on enjoy

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get

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

to Chun the kite maker mr. Han doesn't know anything about Chun the sail make

that but he thinks he knows someone who does we've named our new school after him well there's nothing here on your

chun-li but don't give up Jimmy your

father's with Chun Bo Fung and that old kite maker knows as much about old Chinatown as anyone around I bet he can

help you find your sail maker gee thanks a lot Wow let's go see cheung wah-fung can you take us there

sure I don't no way come on great maybe we'll all get lucky now

there another one finished you made that look so easy mr. Chun well I had a lot

of practice it must be more than just the coincidence that your name is Chun

buffoon Chun of the enchanted wind my father was very much involved with the

wind he was a sail maker long ago how long exactly have you been making these

fantastic kites I guess you could say all my life it's been with me since I

was a little boy it's a dying art now

but it's such a thrill to select your own piece of split bamboo wood to cut

shave sand and shape it to your own design there's a fine balance and feel

you get to know when you do it yourself when you fit the wood and stretch the

string and lock it in place the kite is almost alive oh it lacks is the right

covering the weight and color of the paper to give it its own uniqueness its

personality what about the tales some need little or no tales depending on how

we add the lead string others require large ones what kind and how much tale

they eventually have determines the final personality whether it's a preening peacock or unassuming but

steady workhorse it also determines how stable it is doesn't it how well it

handles in the air it's the ultimate test of one's craftsmanship to see it fly as it's designed to let's go give it

a test do you still test them in Central Park yes I do it's still the best place I know of lots

of open space lots of shifting breezes might as well see if this one is worth

its weight in gold is that what the golden moon stands for I know you've

always put them on your kites sort of but not really come

let's go test them

goodness Henri Chinatown

the emblem represents a real gold medallion you would need quite a few

clues and a good bit of luck to track down the medallion and the person who has it even I don't have any

of the real clues I do know that a diary and a map existed at one time if someone

were lucky enough to find those

[Music] come on the kite shop is this way follow

us you guys okay you know it's a funny thing about this diary it's giving us

just barely enough clues to keep going it's really the people we meet by Jimmy Julian hatch what helped us the most

yeah we should I've met some nice people but back there doc oh look at that

statue who is it that Confucius yosakoi philosopher and a teacher from a long

time ago these are some wonderful things one of my favorite is wisdom mr. no men

and virtue is to love me [Music]

I wonder why that map and diary might be why is that emblem on some of your kites

if it's something to be kept secret that emblem the medallion is something that

has meant a great deal to me ever since I was a boy it was then that I first saw

the medallion how did you come to see him my father was proud to have kept it

for a time holding it for the man to whom it was originally and trusted and

you don't know who has it now no I don't I could guess and I'm pretty sure it

must still be in worthy hands but who knows it certainly would be nice to know

where it is for sure wow what a story one thing is certain there have been bad

people who tried to steal it in the past if word of its existence got out again

I'm sure some villain would try to steal

this is it look at that emblem it's the medallion he paints this

our office best kites hey maybe Jambo Tsonga kite maker and Chumlee the

sailmaker are related

nobody home that means that they have gone too far but don't worry I know a

fascist kite say weren't those two guys

the same two funny-looking creeps we saw in that small park I think it goes right

I know it is them we're being followed let's get out of here

[Music] next time the medallion kite

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what do you want to know

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this is a sand painting it's an art invented by an American Indian tribe

hundreds of years ago these kids have a

special interest in learning about the art and lives of Indians because they are Native American Indians too

[Music] sure they go to school watch TV play

baseball and do all of the other things that kids do but they also take pride in

learning some of the ways of their Indian culture who are Indians the name

Indian comes from India that's where the European explorers

thought they were going when they sailed west their Maps didn't even show an

American continent when they hit land they mistook it for India and call the

people Indians but the people of America had their own names not one overall name

like Indians but separate names for each group or tribe names like Mi'kmaq which

means salt water people and hoping which means the peaceful people or Cheyenne

which means simply the people there are more than 500 different tribes just in

North America ok my name name is Nelson hopper and I'm from the clarity Cuomo

tribe my tribe is me walk with Sanyo

actually that really says it all right there belonging to a tribe is like belonging

to a very big family it is an important connection no matter where an Indian may

live Native Americans from different tribes it can be as different as say a

Swede and an Italian long before the

explorers came the American Indians had found many different ways to live in

some areas the people lived in tent like houses called teepees which were easily

moved to follow the best hunting other tribes planted crops and built more

permanent houses like the Southwest Indians whose pueblos may have been the first apartment houses

fishing was a main source of food for the Northwest Coast tribes they built sturdy lodges from giant redwood trees

and there were many other ways of life for the first Americans [Music]

but things have changed since those days just as the settlers don't live in log

cabins or prairie huts anymore many Indians no longer live in lodges or teepees Native Americans are part of

modern America this Indian man is an architect this Native American woman is

a doctor there are American Indian construction workers researchers

computer programmers and so on but the

older ways do not just disappear almost

all of these Native Americans feel a deep loyalty to the lives of Indians used to do

[Music]

for many years American Indians were told to be like the white men to adopt

those ways but the Indian ways are just as beautiful and valuable and just as

important for the young people to learn Matthew why don't you pick a leaf

California Indians would just sniff the bay leaf to clear their sinuses or cure their headaches these kids are learning

about another part of their Native American culture the old ways were rich

in knowledge about animals and plants American Indians were the first to grow

tomatoes corn and many other crops now raised all over the world many of the

plants they use for curing illness are being rediscovered by modern medicine

[Music] Native Americans lived in harmony with

nature taking only as much as they needed there was little waste no

pollution for at least twenty five thousand years the native Indian tribes

were careful guardians of the American continent let's hope that those who've come after

you can do as well [Music]

to tell a story it's the retelling time the most widely

celebrated holiday throughout the world is New Year in Japan eating a specially

prepared rice cake marks the passing of a year and brings good luck for the

coming year it is an old and joyous tradition that is shared by many Japanese Americans there is a legend

that tells an elderly man and his wife who were too poor to share in this tradition the day after tomorrow is New

Year's and we have no rice cake to celebrate it

I can buy some tomorrow but first I must sell my hats in the village

[Music] hats straw hats for sale hats the next

day the poor hat maker tried to sell his hats in the village but the villagers

did not hear him they were busy preparing for the holiday no one paid

him any attention no one bought his hats and so he left the village to return

home on his way home he saw six statues

standing by the side of the road you must be cold standing here in the wind

my hats will comfort you they will keep your heads warm and sheltered from the

snow [Music]

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welcome home as someone bought your hats

and then he told her how he had taken pity on the statues

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music] look a rice cake

the statues have returned your kindness they have given us a rice cake for New

Year's thank you thank you and so the

old couple celebrated a Happy New Year

I'd like to introduce you to some

[Music]

weren't you right didn't you run Jiji

[Music] boogeyman fear can you tell anyone

everyone has one no matter what the name each one is

do the same [Music] Gigi

away you Elaine what we don't understand [Music]

Jiji [Laughter] [Music] GGG

[Music]

my name is Mary Jo I went across the river yesterday with my cousins Laurie

and Cindy weren't supposed to so we lied and said we didn't but we saw

a strange man and Laurie really got scared [Music]

my hair let go let me go wait girls the way you did Laurie what

is it what's wrong what's going on in here [Music]

so c*ck near door car here c*ck

pitch near don't let him get me the tgu boogeyman I wanted to die but

Cindy it's all right Laurie Aniela you Neela Lori didn't want me to

touch her it's all my fault

Laurie didn't mean it she was having a nightmare it's okay we'll talk about it

tomorrow go back to sleep now

good night good night

good night Cindy good night it's all my

fault so my father

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police we had to call the police as soon as we found Cindy missing can you think

of any place she might be what does she found the river what if he got her who

are you talking about that man the GT whoo-hoo boogey man that's what Laurie was dreaming by last night was she

talking about a real person Mary Jo you better tell us all you can why did Cindy run away it all started

because of the way a car horn honking George we talked about GT's and hoo-hoos and decided they are the same thing

remember grandpa Dan yesterday when we took out canoes we decided to explore

[Music]

[Music] the man you saw is a deaf mute he can't hear or speak

you probably scared him as much as he scared you Cindy well I was born wrong

to Pine Ridge hey we're going home too we're not staying here we're going back

to the Mesa I think you're now moving puzzling spirits oh that again dude

Laurie come on that man still scares me

I wish grandpa had hand invite him to our party don't be silly besides we had to make it up to him

somehow I know but it's gonna be hard to shake his hand like grandpa says we have to I'm sorry I

guess it was my fault I started to run away from you hello I I'm sorry it was

me and Mary Jo's fault too

[Music] my brother says he's sorry if he frightened you

[Music]

and he's glad he's not a chichi whoo-hoo [Laughter]

[Music]

[Laughter] why don't you make a new friend make a

new friend make a new friend today why don't you make it

making new friends today when Ozias my

name is Blanca Parga I am 11 years old I live in Los Angeles California it has

always been great to speak two languages I've been teaching the children in my neighborhood to read and write and speak

Spanish every afternoon my students come over to my house and we have a Spanish

lesson to help my students learn to speak Spanish I will say the sentences we are studying then we will all repeat

it together here's an example of how I teach them we have a garden we grow red

roses nosotros tenemos una Irene nosotros cruelty vamos Flores Rojas we

like to study the kind of words we use every day for example the postman brings us

letters el cartero lost I practice after Spanish lessons we

have an arts and crafts lesson today I'm showing the class how to make a hoe stereos or eyes of God they are Mexican

folk toys we fastened two sticks together and leave the colored yarn around them like this we hang them in

the house or wear them around our necks I like to make a horse of yours because it is a Mexican custom and Mexico is my

roots our school has been so much fun that we meet almost every day but every once in a while would close the post and

have a great game of football instead buenos dias [Music]

to tell y'all about a very special food right that's right rice is a treasure

from millions it's nourished for that eating pleasure in Japan and China it's a sacred get an adult convert to go and

when I'm cooking honey I use the water

to make your hands good and quick then sprinkle salt on your hand

don't forget scoop out some rice and move your hands don't get discouraged if

it looks like even the hey that's one

way to do it but they're really not through if you want to you can do some

simple vegetables if you wish dip them in soy sauce or maybe leave them please put your rice ba*ls you know what I mean

so now you're finished you're ready to eat young maid for yourself sister

it's delicious why don't you make a new

friend make a new friend make a new friend today

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to make a vegetable vegetable soup

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[Music] come on along enjoy

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get [Music]

and now today's adventure of outer scope to the medallion kite chun the kite

maker tells mr wang about the medallion on his kite while bob and robin tracked

down the kids

this is it look at that emblem it's the medallion it paints this emblem our

office best kites hey maybe Chan bolphunga kite maker and

Chumlee the sailmaker are related miracle

[Music] nobody home that means that they have

gone too far but don't worry I know why flies the sky [Music]

[Music] say weren't those two guys the same two

funny-looking creeps we saw in that small park I think I guess right I know

it is them we're being followed let's get out of here [Music]

[Music]

I don't know but I think we lost him again well what now robber oh please I

told you don't call me Rob a rule you either call me Robin okay I mean why am i saddled with just a

fool who thinks it's a clown know anything while you're thinking I suggest

we head over to Central Park try to pick up the kids trail there

[Music]

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you mark the spot right dad yes I did but not put the remains of lunch boy is

that sloppy wait a minute say fellas the trade containers just

over there would be nice yeah okay thank you okay

we'll clean our stuff up okay it would look a lot nicer without all this trash around you know for most people that

just takes a small reminder and the litter would have really been noticeable here the volunteer cleanup crews have

just been through this section of the park [Music]

we've got two trees Papa well one is just a little gift from us to the city itself well you know the old Mexican

same cui series yes there it's better to give them to receive

wanna sell be alone that's okay but you might as well come on over and learn how to plant a tree great are no way

I forgot how big this pot really is we'll never find them yes we will cuz we

know what to look for right Jimmy right there are many kinds of today but just

look for a kite with the medallion on it let's go [Music]

I'm gonna check over there

[Music]

[Music]

that's it let's go find out who's at the other end of that kite

[Music] Willie come quick what's up Henry what

is it look I'm that kite it's the medallion you are you're right let's go right now

whoever's fine at night right we'll be right back okay see you later

come on Henry we're getting close [Music]

next time together again at last and now

for the big job hunt at 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

suit tailored [Applause]

hi kids welcome to the big job hunt our contestants today will be from the

Giffen school [Applause]

and from the Schuyler School [Applause]

hi max how are things going I'm doing pretty good pretty good pretty good

what I said I'm fine fine fine max why

are you repeating yourself I'm not repeating myself you didn't then but you

did before I don't know what you're talking about you must be hearing things max you were

repeating but let's not argue it's time to pick today's contestants first from

Giffen school we have Denise Fisher [Music] [Applause]

pinions [Music]

Avery Pinkett and from Skyler school Margaret Oh left

honey West

Eric done we're glad to have you with us now will

each of you tell us your names and what you would like to do when you grow up starting with gif in school Avery my

name is avery Pinkett and I would like to be a minister a minister and what about you Mia my name is MIA Timmons I

like to be a model and you Denise my name is Denise Bishop and I'd like to be an art teacher thank you very much now

let's hear from Skylar School Margaret my name is Margaret and I like to be a technician Connie

my name is Connie West I like to be a writer or actress and derek i my name is

eric tarr I like to be a puppet maker thank you very much I wonder where spoil

sport is he hasn't been around today he's probably off somewhere just

planning some devilment I worry when I don't see him him him you did it again

max did what what what I didn't didn't didn't let's settle this right now

Audio man could you play back the tape on max please sure sue yes I didn't didn't didn't

spoil sport must be using one of those terrible gadgets of his again I'm sure

you're right max he's really a bad egg Kronos he will be okay but he needs to

rest today but I must go and do the show I have to torment max my fall those are

my orders and that's that now Kronos go and get my head 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

categories 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 to guess the mystery job now for you kids who are playing at home I've got a word of

warning watch out for a Long John spoil sport he'll be up to his old and dirty

tricks party this habit of trying to confuse you so watch out yeah it's time for our

first question let's have a category max the category

is potluck this question is worth 10

points which word is originally from the Native American language is it a branch

B pumpkin C soccer or D lariat yes

Connie Larry [Music] [Applause]

I think that was the wrong answer the answer is pumpkin it is a word from one

of the 18 language families of Native Americans so Schuyler school I think you got that

answer wrong why no it was then max why did you go off I didn't yes you did max

did me kids its spoil sport I know it I

think so too but on the other hand something could be wrong with your circuits no way I just

had a check-up yesterday I'm an a1 shape that settles it it's spoilsport maybe

the engineers can block out his signal well we've been trying but no luck so far well keep at it

we can't let spoilsport get away with this I'm innocent for once and yet those

clowns don't know that they're all wet they worry so much about big bad me that

the truth of their problem they cannot see ya max

despite spoil sport do you think you can continue the show of course I can can-can you're a real trouper max the

score is now zero to zero let's see what we can do on this next question let's pick the category max are you ready team

yes

the category of science thanks a lot

white white white white this question is worth 10 points a person who studies the

Earth's surface its changes and its contents is a chemist B geologist C

physicist or D psychologist

that's right the answer is be a geologist you now have 10 points ok max

and now for some more questions now

panelist I'm going to ask you five true or false questions it's question is worth five points the first question is

the Figueroa brothers of Puerto Rico are famous musicians I'm sorry the answer is

true they perform classical music number two huit is the most popular staple food

throughout the world that's correct the answers true number three Hattie

McDaniel was the first black to win an Academy Award for her part in Gone with the Wind

Jeff Avery falls no I'm sorry the answer is true number four during and after her years

is First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt played an important role in national and international affairs as well as civil

rights that's correct the answer is true

[Applause] at number five our last question ecology

is the study of bacterial infections

that's right ecology to study ecology is

the study of environmental relationships the score is now five to twenty in favor

of Skyler Skyler you are ahead with

fifteen 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 ready ready ready let's see it okay panelists remember you

have ten seconds to name the mystery job but you can discuss it with your teammates before answering ten nine

eight seven six five four three two

[Music]

that's right the job is a medical doctor congratulations Skyler you just won the

big job hunt

now let's meet and talk with dr. Lucy r*fle who is completing her residency in

Denver Colorado

my name is Lucy r*fle I am a Sioux Indian from rosebud South Dakota I am

studying pediatrics and medicine in Denver Colorado I knew that I liked

science I knew that I liked taking care of people probably about the time I was

around eight or nine years old but that's the time when everybody keeps telling you that oh you don't want to be

a doctor why don't you be a nurse why don't you be a lab technician or something like that doc being a doctor

is too difficult and I just kind of stuck with it in the morning rounds are

generally held in every Hospital the purpose of these rounds is to see if

there are any problems that have occurred over the night this is Raul he

was admitted to the hospital because he was not eating well during the time in

the hospital he has learned how to drink juices how to eat foods and is gaining

weight day-by-day five ten bed one is Tanya Harris this meeting is where the

doctors and nurses and social workers get together and discuss problems that a

child may be having and try to come up with some solution for it this is

newborn Center USA at Denver Children's Hospital in Denver Colorado it is a

place where very small babies are brought to be taken care of until they

are able to live and breathe and eat on their own the wires that you see

attached to the baby are actually attached to a machine that measures the

baby's heartbeat and measures how fast the baby's breathing these are things

that are very important in monitoring how the baby is doing it's

hard work being a doctor it's long hours frequently I'm up all night as I was

last night but it's still a lot of fun it's an enjoyable work it's rewarding

work it's the kind of thing that you can do and feel like you're doing something even though you spend a lot of time

doing it this baby is a healthy normal newborn it

is about one day old now and looks like what normal newborns look like doing

normal newborn kinds of things when I put my finger to the baby's mouth he

turns his head and begins to suck on my finger this is what he does when he eats

normally from a bottle or from his mother's breasts my ultimate goal is to

work on the reservation in South Dakota the Rosebud reservation as a doctor and

take care of Indian people good now what

you're gonna find to put in this little boy is rensil Jones he doesn't look very happy in this film but generally he's

very very happy he's very playful he knows all the nurses he knows his way

around the hospital it's almost like his home there it's all done are you better

today good how about that max very good

good good max before we go any further I just want to check something

you won't believe this max gk3 rl2 is loose there I plugged it in for you

should feel better now since your condensers plugged in oh wow I feel so

much better you mean it wasn't long johns fall not this time

it probably was a mistake made when you had your checkup gee I was sure it was spoil sport so was i but this should be

a lesson to both of us max just because we don't like spoil sport or anything we convicted him of something that he

didn't do without any evidence you're right sue I apologize long-john I never

thought I'd see the day when gnats would treat me in a decent way but Kronos let

no one be fooled spoil sports villainy has not cooled yeah yeah it's award time

here on the big job hunt and I'd like to present the max trophy to the Skylar school

[Applause] and to our fine runners-up Griffin

school here's our minimax trophy [Applause]

thanks for being here and we'll see you all right here next time on the big job punch

[Applause] [Music] [Applause]

[Music]

the phone and I'm in the mood to tell y'all about a very special food right

that's right rice is a transfer from millions if nursed for that eating pleasure in Japan and China it's a

sacred grain and they love it in America Africa and Spain mister you're from

Japan yeah I came from Japan four years ago well we're going to make Japanese

rice ba*ls today onion giddy all right Claudia will you get just enough water

to that rim there do you see that RIM and faith I wants to put the salt in

here it doesn't matter

do you know what the water is for I know I don't want is for you to be nervous

right right right is very sticky so you wet your hands so they won't stick on

your hands this is called seaweeds and American people but the Japanese people

call it naughty you like this have you ever tasted their around their eyes tuna

fish today and like it mmm and a little

show you a soy sauce

that's about it I'll go and see if the rice is ready all right okay

hmm seems to be just about right first take your hands and then with the

palms of it together with the other home not too much but just enough to wet it

all right and let's see we'll put this right in the center for all of us okay

put a little salt on there and then rub it on your palm very good very

thoroughly we'll salt down there and no but a little bit on faiths palm a little

bit on meters okay a little bit for Claudia now the trick is that you use

your hands like this see you see your your hands on the

triangle-shaped can I make him into a book cuz I don't know how to make a triangle if you can't do a triangle

don't worry just make it any way that you want to good we have a nice round one oh that's the Japanese pickles we

call it good you look at okay this will flavor your rice now next one I'm gonna

put some kind of fish in there okay it's

a tuna fish in there now this one we're gonna wrap it with a seaweed and here's

the seaweed or on OD as we call it wrap it first on one side and then unto the

other alright let's sprinkle some sesame seed on all of these take a little and

sprinkle it this will make it taste very crunchy and nutty like do you want to taste what

you've made Claudia what kind do you want me to you

said you wanted us with fugiens okay you pick it out thanks what kind are you going to have I

just helped yourself the plain one okay

how does it taste it's good ratio easy

yeah how do you like yours okay it's

okay this is first time for you right and first time for you but you're eating

like a pro 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]

yeah hi Kyra why haven't you been coming to dancing class anymore well some of

the kids were laughing at me and they said that there weren't today black ballerinas and that I would look funny I

know to chew that's crazy your monk works for the most of the older girls besides there's a lot of

black ballerinas just don't pay any attention to them they're probably jealous or something

what would you do if someone tried to make you feel bad for doing something you liked

I'd start doing it or else I'll laugh I would ignore them I told him that I

liked it and just because they didn't like it that shouldn't make fun of me I do it because it's me doing it what

would you do [Music]

[Music]

[Music]

to make a vegetable vegetable soup