01x06 - France

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♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ We're going on a visit ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Come on,
let's go with him ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ What's that, you ask?
What is it? ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Well, no one
wants to miss it ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ We're going on a visit ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Have fun,
let's go with him ♪

♪ New places,
new faces ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

Inspector Gadget here

in the middle
of sherwood forest.

Robin hood should be
swinging by any minute,

unless we're in our
nation's capital,

Washington, D.C.

In which case,

scores of lobbyists will
be swinging by any minute.

Either way, it's
a jungle out there.

Washington, D.C. is the home
of the nation's treasures,

and they're
stacked head high

in all of D.C.'s museums.

The D.C. stands for
District of Columbia,

which is sandwiched between
the states of Virginia

and Maryland.

Right in the center
of Washington

is a castle fit for a king,

but since we don't
have a king,

we made it into a museum.

It's the Smithsonian
Institution,

but it's called the castle,

in case some out-of-work
king comes by to claim it.

Inside are over

including the body
of james smithson.

Boy, will he be surprised
when he finds out.

If you want
to see everything,

you better look fast.

Go, go, Gadget
turbo eyeballs!

Don't blink.

It's easy to see
why the Smithsonian

is also known
as America's attic,

though it's not
at all stuffy

and the ceiling
isn't pointy.

Would you believe
the Smithsonian is made up

of 16 museums?

Would you believe 3 closets?

This is the museum
of natural history,

also known as the national
museum of man.

And here's
one very clean man.

He's called the soap man.

Actually, he's a mummy
from the 1700s.

His body changed
to soap after he died

because he was buried
in very wet ground.

It's a natural
scientific phenomenon.

Either that or he didn't
have time to take a bath.

This is either the world's
biggest grandfather clock

or foucault's pendulum.

Watch this to witness
the earth's rotation.

If it makes you dizzy,
don't blame me.

Blame jean foucault.

It's named after him.

If that brass ball
suspended from the ceiling

always swings across
the same spot

in the center of the circle,

how come it keeps knocking
down the ring of dominoes?

My Gadget computer says

it's because the floor
under the pendulum is moving.

Strange.

I can't feel it moving.

Aha!

I've got it.

The floor isn't moving,

the earth is!

Just think--
these butterflies flew

thousands of miles
just to rest

in the nice drawers

in the Smithsonian
insect collection.

Wait.

That's not a butterfly.

That's my bow tie.

They also have
the bone room

where fossils
include bones

of a 20 million-year-old camel
from nebraska.

This couldn't be him.

I don't see any humps.

Here we are at the museum
of American history.

Look. it's president
teddy bear.

Actually, this teddy bear
is not a president,

but it was named after
president teddy roosevelt.

That's because when
he was on a hunting trip,

he saved a bear cub's life.

Now here's a bright idea.

A light bulb display.

Thomas edison is a part
of American history,

but he changed
the whole world

with his inventions,
like the light bulb.

The on switch
didn't hurt either.

Edison also invented this--

the first phonograph,

which is like
a cd player, only old.

The national air
& space museum

is where you can
learn everything

about flying machines...

Like why they go up.

Back in 1927,

Charles Lindbergh made
the first non-stop

solo flight across
the ocean to Europe

in this plane,
the Spirit of St. Louis.

He flew out
of Long Island, New York,

but the Spirit of New York
isn't much of a name

for a plane,

especially since
donors in St. Louis

paid for the plane.

This plane had
a few problems,

like no front window.

The fuel tank
had to be installed

where the window
should've been

to keep
the plane balanced.

Lindbergh had
to use a periscope

or stick his head out
the side window to see.

He probably kept
his head out the window

just to stay awake.

His flight was 33 hours
and 30 minutes long,

about the same time
it would take you

to get to the airport
in light traffic.

This flying machine
looks like my great uncle

propeller Gadget's
box kite.

It flew like it, too.

You see, back in 1899,

orville and wilbur wright

asked the Smithsonian
for every bit of information

they had on aerodynamics.

Apparently, they found
the information useful

because 4 years later
they decided to fly this thing.

They tossed a coin
to see who would go up.

Wilbur won and crash-landed.

After they fixed it,

orville took his turn

and flew this flyer
into the record books.

It was the first manned
aircraft to raise itself

on its own power
and stay under control.

The flight went 120 feet

and lasted 12 seconds.

I've had sneezes that
lasted longer than that,

but that's where
air travel began.

How did the Smithsonian
get its name?

Well, Fred was taken,

but James Smithson
was an Englishman

dedicated to learning.

He died in 1829
and left a donation

of $500,000
to the u.s. government

to be used
to expand knowledge.

We're back, and, boy,
are my Gadgets tired.

There's something
you don't see every day,

unless you live
at the museum.

It's the grassy area
between the museums

called the mall,

but you can't shop here.

If you think all those
museums made you dizzy,

try riding on this
one-of-a-kind carousel,

and look at those horses.

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if an irate goat
bucks you off

for bad merry-go-round
riding,

you might land
at the hirshhorn museum,

which is also owned
by the Smithsonian.

They've got
famous sculptures here

by famous artists,
such as rodin,

picasso, and calder,

and a lot of not
very famous sculptures

by a lot of not
very famous artists

whose names
we don't even know.

Hey, maybe I should
take credit

for a few of these myself.

In honor of America's
african-American heritage,

there's an entire museum
devoted to collecting

beautiful and unique art
from africa.

It's called the national museum
of african art

and is another part
of the Smithsonian experience.

The Smithsonian might be
the largest museum in town,

but it isn't the only one.

Here at the national museum
of health & medicine

we can see the famous
life mask of abe lincoln--

you know, the guy
on the $5.00 bill.

Guess why the plaster cast
of lincoln's right hand

is bigger than that
of his left hand.

Give up?

At the time, lincoln's
right hand was swollen

from all
the hand shaking he did

during his
presidential campaign.

Luckily, he wasn't
into kissing babies.

He'd have lips like
ping-pong paddles.

In Washington, everyone and
his daughter has a museum...

Even the daughters
of the American revolution.

They have all kinds of old games
in the children's attic

for all the old children.

Wowsers!

Here's a chilling exhibit.

Meet Juanita.

She's a 500-year-old
peruvian mummy

that was discovered
in an ice floe

near a volcano.

Because she's been on ice,

she's perfectly preserved

from her hair right down
to her liver,

though her eyeliner
apparently wasn't perfect.

She was part
of a revolving exhibit

at the national geographic
society explorers hall.

And from personal
experience,

I can tell you
it's a lot easier

to get to the museum
than to an ice floe

by a volcano.

Here's a nice little house,

and when I say little,
I mean little.

It's a dollhouse at the

Washington Dolls' House
& Toy Museum.

Everything is miniature.

This miniature elevator
even runs.

Ever wonder where
the old hero ships

go to retire?

Washington navy yard
& the navy museum

is a retirement home

for some venerable
victorious vessels.

Where the sailors go,
I am not sure.

You can even look
through the periscopes.

You know, my uncle barnacle
Gadget was a periscope

in a very large bathtub
before he was assaulted

by a rabid rubber ducky.

And now an Inspector Gadget
field trip fact.

Those are paddle boats
for everyone to try

at the beautiful tidal basin.

You can peddle
a paddle boat,

or is it paddle
a peddle boat?

Through the puddle.

Either way,
the faster you peddle,

the faster you get
through the puddle...

Unless you forget
to pull up the anchor,

in which case you can just
call it an aerobics class.

Don't peddle too far away

because there's
more fun ahead

with a completely different
kind of adventure

on our next
Inspector Gadget field trip.

Inspector Gadget here swimming
in a sea of skyscrapers,

and I'm not doing
the backstroke.

Look at all those
buses and buildings

and bustling. oh, my.

You don't have
to be a detective

to detect that we must
be in none other

than New York city.

Go, go Gadget field trip!

Located on the edge
of the Atlantic,

New York city is made up
of 5 boroughs:

the Bronx, Brooklyn,
Staten Island, Queens,

and the island of Manhattan.

There are a number
of magnificent monuments

and marvels in New York,

from the hubcaps
on the Chrysler Building

to the bulls
on Wall Street,

from the towering
World Trade Towers

to the bright bulbs
in Times Square.

Among New York city's wonders
are 150 mystifying museums.

Many of the world's
most famous art collections

are right here on
a stretch of 5th Avenue

known as museum mile.

There's the Museum
of Modern Art,

where the walls
are lined with paintings

that look like the chief
could've painted them.

The Metropolitan
Museum of Art

not only has great works
of art in its collection

but over 300,000
baseball cards.

Then there's
the Guggenheim Museum,

where the building
itself is considered

a work of art.

This spectacular museum
is mainly lit

by mother nature,

who beams down
through an enormous window

in the ceiling
called a skylight.

Guess they ran out
of roofing material.

Another unique feature
of the Guggenheim

is the continuous
circular ramp.

Visitors start at the top

and let gravity be
their tour guide.

Go, go Gadget
roller skates!

Whoa!

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the New York city fire museum
may be on the small side,

but its big red doors
are busting open

with old fire engines
and firemen,

which causes quite
a stir on the sidewalk,

and there are also exhibits
about a fireman's best friend--

the dalmatian.

He leads a dandy dog's life.

Wonder if he wears
a fire-retardant flea collar.

[dog barks]

let's move on to big museums
with big exhibits.

Where does
a 65 million-year-old,

of tyrannosaurus rex sit?

Anywhere he wants.

Actually, he's here
at the oversized

American Museum
of Natural History.

Naturally.

How about a big museum
for little people?

To get to the oldest children's
museum in the world

we have to cross the beautiful
Brooklyn bridge.

When the Brooklyn bridge
was completed in 1883,

it was the longest suspension
bridge in the world,

but we won't keep
you in suspense.

Go, go Gadget mobile!

Kids of all ages enter
the Brooklyn children's museum

through a people-size
sewer tube.

So, hold your nose
and jump on in.

Personally, I think
this place should be called

the would-you-believe
museum.

Would you believe
that's a shoe?

How about that one?

Would you
believe that bowl

is made out
of a vegetable?

Would you believe
that plate came from a cow?

Wowsers!

Time for another
field trip quiz.

In 1673,

the city of New York
changed its name.

Was it called...

We'll find out
when we return.

Welcome back.
Inspector Gadget here

reporting to you from what
is now known as New York city,

but in 1673,
for about a year,

it was called...

"b."

New orange.

It was a juicy name, but
it couldn't handle the squeeze.

This ferry will take us past

the famous statue
of liberty

and to the ellis island
American immigration museum.

From 1892-1954,

this big brick building served
as an immigration station.

What is an immigrant?

It has been estimated that
in its 62 years in operation

at least 17 million people
from other countries

sought entrance
into the United States

through this little building.

Today about one half
of the American population

has an ancestor who came
through ellis island.

My great-great uncle gagetta
was one of them.

In 1906,

my great-great uncle arrived
in New York harbor

after an exhausting

His first sight
of it came

in the form of the big,
green french lady,

also known as the statue
of liberty.

She's the tall one
with the book under her arm.

Would you believe
this lady is green

because she's
made of copper?

Actually, when she
arrived from france

on june 17, 1885,

in 214 packing crates,

her skin was the color
of a shiny penny,

but after more than

her copper skin oxidized
and turned green.

But uncle gagetta
went right past

the statue of liberty
and ended up here

at ellis island,

where he underwent
a quick medical check-up.

Say, "ahh."

Medical examiners would
give the group a once-over,

keeping an eye out
for contagious diseases.

The healthy were sent
to a huge room

called the registry room,

where they waited
for a legal inspection.

It was in this very room
during registration

that the names
of many immigrants

were mistakenly changed
by officials

who couldn't
pronounce or spell

the foreign names.

If there were
an "x" right here,

it would mark the spot
where my family name

was shortened from gagetta
simply to Gadget.

The names of many
of these people

have been recorded
on a scrolling silver wall

called the wall of honor.

At the wall,
visitors like me

can come at look
for the names

of their family members.

Wowsers!

Look at all the "gs."

Gaffa, gaffney,

gagas, gagetta.

Walking the streets
of New York city

is like walking around
a giant museum

turned inside out.

Not only are there



and 9 scenic landmarks
in New York,

but there's art
on the buildings,

science on the sidewalks,

and history
everywhere you turn.

For example,

did you know that New York

was the first capital
of the United States

and that George Washington
was sworn in

as the nation's
first president

right here in 1789?

Art, culture,
and history

are such a deep part
of the city

that you can find it
in the streets.

At New York unearthed,

you can investigate
actual artifacts

under the asphalt,

some of which are
over 200 years old.

Not only is New York
the city that never sleeps,

it's a museum
that never closes,

but it can close up
now if it wants

because we're done.

Until next time,
from the big banana...

Uh, the big apple...

Go, go Gadget field trip!

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