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05x15 - Birds Are Handy!

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman". Aired: May 29, 2006 - November 4, 2010.*
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A reality game show with animated host Ruff Ruffman features real kids facing real challenges.

05x15 - Birds Are Handy!

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you heard him wailing with the way I'm

making electric Boogaloo Jana with the

world and now the group I'm intent to

knock off your sock with freelancing

with the birdie Wow Roo I can't wait to

buy your new album yeah I will the

Swedish birds they do not make the rock

or the roll American birdies that's what

I'm needing bird recordings yeah do that

and you can dance with Hans in my new

rock video oh and I'll need a manicure

tool yeah a manicure yeah it's all the

rage

I know did you hear that blossom if I

record some birds and get him a manicure

roof said I could dance with Hans he

must mean Hans actors whooping the

famous Swedish disco dancer Hans and me

rock world is never going to be the same

Oh infant and take it I stopped I should

probably have stressed beforehand like

was missing its mystique by squeaky toys

as lost air squeaks and then out of the

blue I saw the phone and bam my destiny

was calling me

fix my vision for a show they loved it

but it was a problem they got my

contract back to fine so their alarm a

dog inside oh I like that name

I didn't wait to renovate found six

contestants oh we're great

and now I'm on the road to fame I've got

a game show entertainment experience and

it was off the tongue it's a fire

extinguisher

here come the contestants ow

he must finish in sixth place make a

play for a large cheese on the debate

team

that means he's good at arguing in two

plays debated win okay ah he's the lead

singer in a rock and roll band in fourth

place

bring up the volume on sing she loves

animals even cat for some reason in

third place heavy

one of his favorite hobbies lying on the

floor for a long time in second place

and Marco

she makes civil sculpture little perfect

canine home my my his birthplace it's

coming oh we're on vacation now I'm with

a Dalmatian you put me in the can of the

can of man yeah yeah what happening here

they're suckers been pretty impressive

huh yeah

it's from my cousin roof roof a new

album tearing down and herring out yeah

oh man I am totally psyched because roof

says if I help them out

I could be a dancer in the next video no

all allottee funny I guess you've seen

some of my move I like this one and this

one

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he's coming over to America to cut his

new album and he needs my help finding

some special backup singers which brings

us to number one whoo as you probably

know who's accused his Rockstar

celebrity to promote environmental

causes how cool roof sings with the

rails went all the way up at number one

his new album's gonna be fun he wants to

record some birdie backup vocals so I

need two fetchers to find some songbirds

in Wyoming learn a massive bird and

record their song your instructions are

in the mailbox your gear is in the wagon

Hemi and J have a face like my young

recording engineer goes in I see the

birdie challenge but what about the

manicure

yes that's next roof okay this is a

sheriff a she helped you with the nails

on the fingers to do this right then you

dance with Hahn yeah you hear that he

said I just dance respond he must be on

extra sh**ting the most famous disco

dancer in Sweden try up Marc you'll be

meeting with Cheryl everything he didn't

know is in that mailbox so go

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hey that's determined by the fetch 3000

Marco and Ruby have stayed behind in the

studio today but they have a chance to

win a whole bucket of points during the

halftime quiz show

and as Ruth would say here we have the

spirited fetch of guaranteed I don't do

it as well as he does attention competed

for the same number of points by the

grand finale so for the four kids out on

the challenges up to 100 points to

return to the triumph tally

so let's check in with Emmy and Jay look

beautiful mountain let's see singing to

the birdies yeah

hey there's ember and Jenny their

research biologists at the Teton science

school Deana and a mountain chickadee

over there they're called Tree Swallows

and then a yellow Warbler down there and

might be a white count they're actually

that's a violet green flower you know

why bird things well I think I have

something to do like communication how

to interact with other birds when we

call they also use it for protecting

their territory so you guys are here to

help us count Birds because we're

collecting data on them to figure out

how to understand what's going on with

the songbird populations population Oh

Thank You blossom that's how many

songbirds live around there for those

birds in the bed that's how we count

them you want to come on and take a look

yeah I think we should check the net

yeah the net it's made of really fine

nylon it's really light a bird would fly

into this and then it doesn't see it and

it gets stuck in one of these pockets

it's just sitting in a pocket there's

ten nets and so every half an hour we

all go to all the nets and check them

and take all the birds out and go back

to the banding station

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so you see how it's sitting in this

pocket is he okay he's okay

okay submerged okay our first audition

who are they microphone up to be very

yeah so I heard that birds actually have

really thin necks but because of all the

feathers they look they look bigger

they're very delicate in terms of that

hollow bones and they have a lot of

adaptations that make them able to fly

which is a really important part of

their ecology they're so tied to the

environment that they're what we call an

indicator species so that's one of the

reasons that we count Birds changes in

their numbers actually give us some

insight into what's going on with the

habitat ah indicator species indicate

when there's a change in the environment

can you guys think of some changes that

might affect numbers of birds the

animals that are throwing on them also

loss of habitat what's in the air so I

want one of you guys to carry this back

for me let's go back to the station all

right let's check it on the other

challenge and we can meet Cheryl yeah

well she's a little unusual oh wait what

do you mean unusual hello I'm mark hello

max that would be mark say hi Shirley

I'm pretty sure shreya paralyzed he's

comfortable names eat the through yah I

want you to step up to these

advertisements tell me exactly what you

see uh clothes colors there's somebody

holding a hot dog anything really

important that you see

going with the hot dogs it's the hand I

am a hand model stubbing actually can

you hold these because I'm really not

supposed to hold anything thank you now

you are missing the unsung hero of these

ads

and because a hot dog is just a hot dog

but with a hand it becomes a hand

holding a hot dog ah

today your challenge is to be a hand

model oh yes that's right and it is no

easy task

let me tell you what do you say Mellon

Shelly are you ready for the challenge

yeah yeah they can't handle it handle

get it here you know how to record the

data this is a lot of stuff to record

right here yeah a lot of data and a lot

of birds to count which means they're

using a lot of math in their research

cool we have to decide what speaking to

this before we can put a band on it so

why don't we look look this bird up what

color is that Jill ivory orange details

like brown and white and yet there's a

black round of beacon on oh so it's a

dark-eyed Chuck yeah that was dark-eyed

junco that's a good it's a rock name for

bird see that they're spot on tell me

yeah that's called a brood patch when

birds are sitting on the nest and to

keep something warm if you have your

hand on top of all your clothes is that

really warm or if you had it right on

your belly right on my belly my belly's

both be toasty job I'm too OCD the

females will drop some of those feathers

and get this fluid in there to keep the

babies warm oh so this is a female bird

it is these are the bands that we put on

the bird each bird is going to have an

individual nine digit number already

this bird has bling just like these cool

they measuring the wings yep 77 so this

keeps their wings from hurting

themselves too and we weigh them how

much of that bird way 17.7 grams you

want to hold your hands out flat

that's cool Zack got out off we got a

lot of birds to see today easy to

identify summit of a green head green

purple violet groom swallow 114 hey

we've got our one hundred fourteen

millimeter wait yeah nice one

well that one already has a band I this

bird could have been banded a couple

years ago it's cool that you know that

they can come back exactly we know that

this birds survived it went all the way

somewhere down into Central America and

came back to the same spot from Wyoming

to Central America and back then neat

sapsucker woodpeckers have really long

tongues with sticky stuff on the end of

it the tongue actually wraps around its

brain it can come out really far it

reaches into trees get bugs what the

tongue wraps around its brain long

tongue rock-and-roll hairdo bring it I

like brownie woodpecker is the smallest

woodpecker that's not broken hiring okay

we know how to do this see it is a

MacGillivray barbed wire yes you can

tell because of the eye

Hey very good I was fine right

okay next roof was that a bird it just

came out of your hair yeah yeah a day in

the life of being a handball first my

hands will take a little milk back I

want to try that

hey blossom raise your milk oh okay

Shelly you just want to kind of pump

that for you guys chant it shreya

we need to properly lotion and hydrate

and moisturize our hands for protective

purposes I will need to put my gloves on

Shelly Shelly thank you thank you help

me there okay Kevin oh yes yes good good

and they'll stay like this for the rest

of the day okay so that means no opening

mail no picking up lucky pennies

find on the street I know playing video

games because you can't risk a chip

don't a video game fun even germinator

with two viewers at home can find on

pbskidsgo.org / patch hahaha

now let me see your hands darling let me

see let me see wish I think we have our

work cut out for us

okay everybody let's get out our

manicure camp soaking very important

clean really how you use it can I give

my hand top I'm infantile doing mild I

will tell you when you're done Oh mark

is not into this I'm really important to

push push back the cuticle to kind of

file them down okay that is really

important to moisturize I can't just go

because I know if your lawn mark you're

doing fine buddy have enough be proud be

proud of your head okay

look at that it's night and day laughter

you like it all right hand if you have

perfection at Cindy and Brad you are

going to give each other a manicure on

the other hand oh what a wonderful

bonding experience blossom let's give

each other manicures don't want to

fester it out tremendously beautiful

back delicate flap it down on your hand

and now you can more slashes it done

using Quinta Oh

shreya gets a magazine what about mild

I mean mark this is supposed to stay no

darling it's alright mark won't have a

career giving manicure what about your

manicure blossoms should I do okay wait

where'd your fur go oh well let's go

back to studio G you guys ready for

sorts of your own oh yeah I would

definitely say that good can it's time

for that

I'm Kris Joe okay let's brush up on the

rules 60 seconds to answer as many

questions as you can ten questions

available at five points apiece you guys

ready yeah

let that frisbee since I'm a reason why

birds sing

meaning call okay if a parent has a

brood patch she's been doing what anyone

yes you're both right thank you the

names the hand model expert called ria

de nadie Shirley Shirley bingo Qantas is

indicator species it's all sort of like

how the habitat is doing just excellent

what substances a hand model paid for

hands in milk

yech countess amber and Jenny touch

their bird for something yes taesoo

activity Cheryl says you can't do if

you're a hand bottle no picking up lucky

pennies around right kind of yourself

paper cut

what would cause a paper cut to reason

songbird populations might go down are

one reason treasures and your notes most

hard right what do we got Matt okay next

30 points that's bad alright let's go to

linking this cane to activity Cheryl

says you can't do if you're a hand model

now you did say pick up lucky pennies

was one open mail can't do that play

video games also two reasons population

numbers go down and you said credit

Ferris you could have also said loss of

habitat or poor air quality but hey 30

points that's not terrible you guys take

it 10 out of 10 every show that's not

fun is our Emmy and Jay getting through

their challenge they're winging it that

they're waked it so based on the data

that we collected today what can that

tell you about the the bird populations

are the numbers going up are they going

down are they staying the same you can't

really tell about populations just based

on our data you need to kind of more

data in addition to the data that you

guys collected today we actually have

data that we've been collecting every

summer for the last 18 years we can

develop these long-term population

trends so this is a figure

that we have plotting the data that

we've collected so let's see there's a

year along the bottom and the number of

birds up the side what could you tell us

about this trend looking at how the

points change over time on certain years

it goes down a little bit the population

decreases and it also goes up you grab

these goes up and then it down yeah it

goes up and down a lot but look at this

there are more yellow warblers now than

there were 15 years ago you can tell a

lot from looking at the graph so it

would be tempting to draw really solid

black and white conclusion looking at

these data are looking at any data but

the truth is there's lots of plausible

explanations and as a scientist one of

our jobs is to evaluate all kinds of

hypotheses to figure out what's really

going on and what's really driving the

pattern that we're seeing

so we'll actually add the data that you

guys collected to the final data set for

this year so you'll become a part of

this figure and a part of the picture of

what's going on with songbirds and

chickens Oh their data is going in a

real research study that's awesome

yes once again that's contributing to

science there's another way that we can

look at bird populations

besides banding them and counting them

and that's by looking at their net

they're gonna fight some nests maybe

even see babies Oh cuteness sorrow I

hope you have been practicing your

dancing with Hans well I can't really

practice dancing with Hans until I meet

him me too huh inspector cooping that's

what I'm dancing with right you doing a

boogie with that - Ruby but your dance

like Swedish meatballs don't know no you

dance with your hands hands my paws you

mean these things this is acting with a

grouping oh yeah that's a good one ha ha

clearly I have misunderstood my cousin

there's a difference between Hans and

Hans huh

yeah sorry about Cheryl she's the friend

of rube she's got nice hands oh right

Thank You Barney Ruffman you're welcome

Edna's okay fetchers bit of confusion

here I'm not actually dancing with Hans

I'm dancing with hands yeah you so see

Patti at the hand dancing studio and

learn how to hand dance go but but don't

ruin your manicures okay well next to go

see another extra now this is goodbye

Wow you know I don't know why you're

doing that

that's I guess I'm sorry I don't say say

something I don't know what I was very

awkward gonna be all right yeah sorry

so these are some of the tools that

we're going to use to monitor our nests

cool that's your clipboard Jay I'm going

to give you the nest cards

the GPS this is a mirror now these cards

are from next the volunteers have helped

us find so you guys are going to help

with by going in and checking on these

nests to see what's going on with the

nestlings or with the eggs now the key

tool you guys have are you interesting

it's your global positioning system

units cool these are the coordinates

where the nests are located all right

I'll get straight ahead arrows straight

ahead

now as telling us to go this way look I

messed in crook of weary feet high I

loosely surrounded by absence there's a

yellow Warbler just saw one we are

cooler tea as you are when we're asleep

I've seen em and maybe eggs or there's

the young line or the remnants so we

have a tool with us to help us look and

figure out what's in the nest okay they

use the mirror to look this way they

don't break the birds out there are four

eggs with little browns lot of eggs in

the nest they haven't hatched yet future

rock stars CBS is saying that we got to

go this way that way this way

it's right on that branch I'm gonna get

this permanent thing how'd you budget

your got my bike who should you do

bridge into different decision a lot of

people between visits we're watching the

mom feeder babies whoa yeah wait did you

hear that

oh yeah so I think that's one of the

birds we had earlier so you got some

mother because that one of the food is

long it's the bird song here let's

record it all right you see that convent

they're taking care of you you're

recording the songs beautiful she don't

want to take sorry hi I'm Patti yes I am

ruff Ruffman front desk learn how to

dance with his hands and really I mean a

little something like this

like what oh wait why what is that like

little puppets at the edge of her head

that goes through those really cool

thank you so this is Yvonne hi Bob and

this is the vet I met and they are

professional international hand dance

champions Wow who knew there's even a

competition for this kind of talent are

you ready to learn yeah now notice I

have gloves on that I have cuffed

fingers out of so that my fingers look

like legs they look like legs each with

one enormous go tale front back up down

right March March ah this is so

difficult

now I'm going to teach you a little bit

of disco disco be a handy technique to

have I ever get a chance to dance with

hot sex or trooping to three kids from

just go to the pond knees don't get

definitely a top technique in out and

nice one two three you're going to use

any dance style you want and you can

have a dance-off yes a dance-off we're

starting with spark yeah marky-mark Oh

finger muffin just go finger pumice

now it's shreya third Wow open up your

incoming client finger and Rivera and

Justin Finger Lakes think it's time to

go back and teach ruff the move see you

back at Studio G ruff see you back at

Studio G and one and two and I think I

sprained my pinkie yeah that was not

good okay ah entering the studio now

crayon and flying in right behind them

okay

coolest challenge ever

oh thank you like that thankfully not

such a nicely done

but how nicely that is the question

let's find out with a triumph tally em

eh eh listen it's the third time for

gathering data that's part of an

international 18 year study and finding

tunas using GPS 80 points cuticles allow

growth TRAI and Mark you manicured you

finger dance and you did a good job I

got a hand until ya crazy boy I like the

points and there's no more you can do

Peru better is that true no watch this

Kevin what time is it

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today's five bonus points go to the

fetcher who left his comfort zone and

went to the manicure zone

hey is it mark with 85 points you're

today's daily winner

now mark I have here two identical hand

bottles and each one a bird under one

bird in the hand there's a prize that

sweeter than the song of the sapsucker

under the other well you'll just feel

like a SAP sucker so which will it be

burden and a or burden hand see for

birdie for bird mark you're right the

mailbox okay oh my god

yes M so M a songbird focus you folks at

home we'll see you next time

can they do a little dances we need the

offender's cousin Ross your American

birds they rock the list as a manicure I

get from you yeah

so we feeling today really like a damn

damn to get new videos awesome

I've kept my paws in really good shape

and check be careful near that large

open bucket of butter Oh too bad

good thing your kitty cat isn't ready to

come to Sweden be famous

oh this is awful ah oh YUM well not that

awful Chet get out the ice cream hey you

want to learn more about songbird cities

on science you like to dig a little

deeper kids come year-round to do

educational and research programs do you

want to be a biologist when you grow up

I actually never thought about it but

since I've been doing ice it seems a lot

cooler it is great job to spend all day

outside around something I'm going to

start volunteering it from training work

to you know after the show and stuff and

if you want to dig even deeper

go to CBS KIDS GO org Doodlebops if you

give me the mid up chapter that's half

half me if ever done

okay one last thing not only do I host

my own television show but I have a

fantastic website to check it out

it's more fun than turning round and

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