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01x02 - Episode 3 & 4

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Vegetable Soup". Aired: September 22, 1975 – December 14, 1978.*
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01x02 - Episode 3 & 4

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[Music]

and now today's adventure of outerscope

one sh**ting through space all systems

are go on I'll just go one and now for the countdown oh boy eight seven six

what a game five [Music]

to [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

I need help to get control you get it

door closes Harry I love Willy Cynthia shut off that fuel

system we're flying for heaven's sake Oh No where's Henry what happened it's

as if we stopped so peaceful Henry your

elbow is in my stomach sorry Edgar what happened where are we here

Henry fix the glasses so you can see there now you're safe we're all safe oh

I don't know about that look at the window it's earth Henry you mean we're

in outer space really gosh I didn't know yeast could do that looks like we've

invented a rocket engine and didn't even know it well I hope it keeps working I wouldn't want

to fall from up here oh wow

good heavens it's the moon not only the moon Sofia but the Dark Side of the Moon

and that means we're heading away from Sarah [Music]

[Music]

gee Willie don't you think we should turn around and go home oh you're right hit me and excitement I

forgot all about staring boy am I glad we built this stereo device oh we're

falling I can't stand it it's like when falling at home but guys

so fast I can't breathe why don't we crash into something you should play faster whoops whoa I have

control I can steer good heaven it's

gotten awfully strange outside almost like we've fallen into a different universe well it sure is a beautiful one

[Music]

hey watch me steer

[Music]

[Applause] [Music]

uh-oh what's that up ahead

what is some strange clouds I can't say turn around where we will crash into

something I can't [Music]

[Applause]

[Music] [Applause] [Music]

to be continued next time crash-landing

[Music]

hi my name is Sonia Cordero I'm a professional jockey when I became

interested in horses supposed to be about three year old as far as I remember my father and my grandfather I

know my parent and my father and my mother part they was involved in racing so I've been living with horses and

interested in horses when I was a little kid you have to know to become a good

rider because more you love what you're doing better job you did all my life are

being in loves racing and I love to be a jockey as long as I can ride and if I ever have to quit that the time

will come I would like to be a trainer or owner it required a lot of hard work

you got to work in the morning you got to work in the afternoon and sometimes you have to work at night

[Music] well in order to be a good jockey I guess it takes a lot of determination

and a lot of hard work and just try to get as far as that you can get on your

profession to become a good jockey I will advise a young girl or a young guy

but he has to keep his way down and he have to really be interesting on being a

jockey and put his maximum tongue to it

the greatest moment in my career I have to say was winning the hundred Kentucky Derby last year I think that's the

greatest thing that could happen to any jockey in the world yeah you have to go

to school when you start to be a jockey we call in school going in the stable

area and work with the horses and learn everything about racing before you ever call me Jackie

well the site is very important to become a good writer because you will get down on the horse

much better than a tall guy you have to get real low in horse to cut the wind when he's running and as lawyer you can

get on the horse a faster he can run with the coal of the jack is where bring

by the owners every owner have his different colors and depending on for

Warren are you riding a race that depending on the color you were in a race we asked Jackie compete with each

other every day but we got along pretty good after the race is over it is no

discrimination in racing I don't believe so I believe we have Jackie from all over the country from friends England

and Porto Rico Panama Mexico all kind of countries and we get along good and I

believe fast growing you got the ability it is not any discrimination against riders just whatever you can do on the

horse that's why they come [Music]

I usually talk to horses I think to them

to relax them and talk to them when you want them to slow down and scream and

then when you want them to go faster [Applause] when the jacket fell off the horse and

if the horse came first he's not entitled to the winner he's automatic disqualified because he's

supposed to come to the wire with the jacket the only way you can win a race is finished with the horse not slowing

you on top of the horse even you fell after wire then you win it but you have to go by the wire with the horse I guess

God is with the jockeys we don't get hurt that many time when you win a race

you feel happier than when you lose because you got the owner and the trainer happy and they put and the

public that bet on the horse so I believe everybody likes to win beautiful

attaboy thank my name is rubber head I can draw

on it with lead I'm fine for any line you can have a real good time

rub-a-dub-dub we're making a surprise

party for the ruler so don't let him inch up on us what's that that rubber

head is a pinata a pinata a toy filled

with candy and presents it's popular in the southwest where many Mexican Americans live what do they do with it

at Christmas and Easter they hit it with a stick all the goodies fall out it's

just the thing to have it our party will have a fiesta that's Spanish Julia the

language of 14 million Americans it means party or festival let's make a pinata the first thing to make is paper

mache how do we do that I'll show you the way rip strips of

paper newspapers will do flour and water make a good glue drop in the strips and

with a little luck maybe you can get my arms unstuck sorry rubber head blow up

two balloons one big and one small tie up the ends when you need me

Carl okay Julia very soon first we've got to cover each balloon

with a couple of layers don't be nervous ready Julia at your

service cut a strip of paper shape it like a fan can you glue it in place you

bet I can this feels hard already half two hours passed

now carefully cut a hole in the top don't be frightened Julia I expect a pop

take lots of candy fill it up to here that sounds terrific take the other

balloon glue it into place okay magic markers time to make a face rubber head

Julie you know stuff I think we're finished that's enough what a pinata that's a lot

of pinata hey where you guys been I've been looking all over what's this a

pinata isn't it slick according to custom you

must hit it with a stick what hit it with a stick ladies

compleanno Santi Feliz cumpleanos arty

Feliz cumpleanos dear ruler Feliz cumpleanos aqui

[Music] I'd like to introduce you to some

[Music]

my name is Martin and Nigel is my pet snake I worry about him getting sick

have you ever tried to find a snake doctor it's rice frozen rice what Martin

for heaven's sake I'm sorry mom I forgot to tell you when I put them in the freezer Scott couldn't keep them for me

this week I was like yeah what about me I almost had a heart attack well Nigel's been acting kind of strange

lately he's been hiding in dark corners not really wanting me to touch him that's all we need mice in the freezer

and the six snake upstairs I just may run away from home and you guys can fix your own dinner look at his eyes they

look kind of strange like a feral silver yes they do look strange do you think

he's going blind I don't know mine well you're a doctor don't you know what's wrong with him

well Martin snake probably has sicknesses that are people doctor like me knows absolutely nothing about look

it's too late to do anything for him tonight if he doesn't look better tomorrow perhaps we better take him to a

vet okay all right and maybe I better call Scott to yes and maybe you should call Scott too

you you got some nerve first you break the wheel then you come in here to watch

me repair it that's it right I didn't break any window don't lie to me I'd

seen you it was one of you two guys anyway how did you get in here anyhow

back to the door downstairs don't get snotty with me oh I ought to call a cops

[Music] this is the kid that broke the window

these kids today the nerd and now he waltzes in here all high and mighty I

didn't break any window I just got here what makes you think it was me I'd seen

yeah and you better have a good reason for being here because I am gonna call a cop he's here what's this all about man

now that's all I need you sticking up for him he just broke this window

here he threw a rock from the back guy this is my friend Martin Harris he's a

very good friend of mine he comes here often and I'm sure you've seen him before I wouldn't want you to be

embarrassed in front of all your friends in the police station by accusing the wrong person yeah but he looks like that

that the kid that threw a rock well we can't help that can we you just better make sure your facts just better be cool

let's go after so didn't take it easy we'll just calm down

I bet you he wouldn't have talked like that to me find in white no you wouldn't have even looked like the kid to threw

the rock David look Martin look there's no sense in getting upset over a person

like that buddy just one look at me and started yelling he had nothing better to

do but yeah he didn't even look at you all he saw was a black kid yeah but do I have to answer for all the black kids in

the world no you shouldn't have to but there's always some guy out there that thinks that all blacks cause trouble

just like all snakes but it's easier than using your brain yeah I thought by just going up there and put

you come right in the face yeah and then you wouldn't be using your brain and you've got a pretty good one

no you have to feel sorry for a person like that I mean he hasn't had a new

idea in 30 years I mean forget it Martin you're way ahead of it yeah but it's

also unfair yes it's unfair Sperry unfair and it has to be dealt with but it has to be dealt

with intelligently just like I have to deal with the fact that you haven't told me why you've come here oh I'm worried

about Nigel he's been acting funny he's nervous cranky

it's hiding dark corners he'll in his eyes kind of clouded over with like like

the film over him yeah how'd you know don't worry about it man like he's getting ready to shed and there's no

problem just leave him alone Italy shifts and everything will be fine [Music]

John before you go inside there's something I have to tell you that I don't want Martin to know about well

well keeping secrets from Martin now huh but this is something that upset him terribly it's about Nigel he's dead dead yes I

found him in the sunroom among the flowers all dried out let's Don't Tell Martin right away maybe

we could get him another ball replace our John does it have to be a snake this time couldn't we get him a different

kind of pet maybe after a while Martin would forget about Nigel okay we'll see

come on let's go on inside see Hey look

no dad I found Nigel down

what are youcome staring in impossible what do you mean impossible Roger loss

brand-new skin Martin is that another boy Martin I didn't want to tell you

this but I found Nigel in here he's dead Oh Oh mom you're silly that's only your

skin isn't she silly yeah actually I think she's cute I'm not gonna hang

around for this come on let's get out of here today we're making a Mexican

American

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

treat whether they're from Mexico or 18th Street another nice thing about avocados is the wonderful thing you can

do with putting water then put it in the dark and after some days you'll see it

start to grow then take flowers of

different colors bursar different colors for the people different colors well

here are some colors red green purple

yellow do people come in all of these colors yeah

seems to be some confusion here well let's see this is Kathy her parents are

American Indians members of a group that was once thought to have red skin but is

her skin really red this is David his

great-grandparents were born in China some say Asian people have yellow skin but is David skin really yellow no and

this is Tracey her parents are afro-american she is a

black but her color is dark brown are we different colors are we really different

shades of the same color we don't know

okay now if your skin has ever peeled after bad scrape or burn you know that

the top layers have practically no color at all but spread about in the lower

layers of everybody's skin our tiny grains of dark brown coloring material

called melanin melon means dark or black

melanin is the name of a dark brown coloring material in everyone's skin

pretend for a minute that this coffee is like the melanin in your skin

[Music]

when looked at from a distance the tiny grains of brown melanin appears to make

skin and even brown or tan color if you have only scattered grains of melanin

your scan looks very light a medium amount of melanin makes a medium brown

skin tone and if you have a lot of melanin your skin is very dark brown and

all the shades in between are made up the same way but why does some people's

skin look pink okay yes there are some other things that affect skin color and they are

shared by dark and light skin people of life first have you ever noticed that on

your knuckles and under your fingernails and other places where your skin is stretched and thin it looks pink in the

same way people who have thin skin all over their body may have dark brown tan

or light skin with a pink or reddish tint and of course skin can change color

in the Sun turn red when you blush or turn pale when you're sick but these

changes don't last and none of these has as much to do with skin color as melanin

melanin is the most important coloring material and people in every part of the

world have it so do people come in all different colors now no they come in

different shades of the same color and more than that all people have the same

kind of brain and heart and eyes we can all love and

and because of that we are very special indeed [Music]

guess what Mary Frances because of the energy crisis school may be closed

tomorrow I'll be tickled pink wouldn't you tickle yes pink No

[Music]

[Music]

[Laughter]

[Music]

and now today's adventure of outerscope one crash landing

hi I'm Willie me and my friends are inside a spaceship out of scope one we

built it ourselves in oh there were we surprised when we found ourselves flying through space and now it looks like

we're gonna crash [Music] [Applause]

what is some strange clouds I can't say turn around really will crash into

something I can't [Music]

[Applause]

[Music] [Applause] [Music]

[Music] something is everybody ok I'm ok Willie

I'm all right me too well I'm so upset I'll never recover my poor nose hey

Cynthia where's Betty look there she is here Betty calm down everything's ok now

here she comes come on Betty oh my poor Betty and I

thought I was upset I wanna go home we all like to go home Henry but first we

better go out and check the damages I'll go Willie you stay with the ship just in case

[Applause] [Music] gee it's really strange out there it

doesn't look like anything I've ever seen before it I don't like no trees or grass or

anything only ladders bare rocks not even a speck of color

hey Willie it looks like the ship is stuck I guess the big rock Oh No okay Egger we're coming out oh boy

it'll be like a moonwalk I can't wait to explore wait a minute what are you

tasting really smell bread stale bread what for is to make a trail oh just like

the Hansel Gretel story breadcrumbs to find her way back to the ship

good idea Willie I'd hate to get lost out there

Wow it's really hot and steaming ready

Bush this place looks so empty there's

no sign of people yeah who would want to live here anyway push boy it sure is stuck maybe I can

find something that'll help won't budge

Hey look what I found what what is it what is it violet that's

the funny suit looking pants I ever saw it's so made out of tiles black and white tiles let's follow it but maybe it

will lead us into danger that's true it might well we've got to try it don't worry I'll go first and protect

you I want to go first and it's my right

I found the pad but I'm stronger Ellen er I can defend us better if there's trouble stopping you guys who says it's

gonna be trouble anyway [Music]

Hey that noise Oh easy Cynthia it looks

like a mouse but but what but it seems to be talking I go here I go there

cleaning cleaning everywhere hey I'm gonna catch it Henry come back over hill

over Dale at cleaning dirt I never failed are you ok Henry

yeah I'm okay but that was no mouth Cynthia it was a slippery bar soap oh

come on Henry that's ridiculous this is

good this isn't good at all we can't be sure they may be friendly

they certainly don't look friendly

[Music]

to be continued next time the march to

the throne story

it's the returning time

[Music]

ah that's big dog and that's the little dog here's a song about my mother used

to sing to me when I was about your age

[Music]

and when I don't always such chunks

always great parents oh wow ways friends oh hey I tell you

what come on doggies let's go for a walk

[Music]

don't know what they call tedo pauses I grew up in this country stand over here

so I used to saying rain rain go away but when my grandmother was a little

girl in Japan she used to make these little dolls and hang them up on the eaves of her house and she'd sing teru

teru bozu teru bozu teru teru bozu teru bozu make tomorrow a bright sunny day

like the day I dreamed of so long long ago if you make it sunny I'll give you a

silver bell

teru teru bozu teru bozu teru teru bozu

teru bozu ash the tankini still couldn't eat suka

no you ah

[Music] Suzu

[Music] hey kids I don't think it's working look

it's raining [Laughter]

[Music]

Zuzu [Music]

[Music] who you want to be when you grow up

do you want to be thing to take one

hello my name is John Wong and I work in the movie industry my job is being

assistant to the cameraman we're making a movie today about a race car driver once you come on along and watch us work

now that I've already cleaned and inspected the camera body I can mount the lens this camera can hold three

lenses at one time next I attach the matte box it works like a sunshade protecting the

lens from bright sun rays which can sometimes damage the picture well the

cameras ready to be fastened down the tripod

[Music] [Applause]

that's Ricardo he's our director later you'll meet the rest of our film crew

next I mount the film magazine onto the camera I lock it down then carefully

thread the film into the proper places making sure not to bend or tear the film in any way I connect the power cord and

we're ready for action

here I'm making sure that the camera is running at his proper speed of 24 frames

per second cameras ready

that's John he's our cameraman and the person I worked directly with it's my

job to assist him to make sure that the camera is always clean and in top working condition

I don't know while the director is setting off the next shot I mark the slate this will be scene 8 take 2 well

it looks like we're ready to begin filming

he ate cake too

you ready yeah

okay [Music]

[Applause] [Music] [Applause]

in this scene that is my job that keeps a race car in perfect focus as it moves towards us this is when the cameraman

and I really must work together as a team [Music]

almost as if we were one person

[Music] [Applause] [Music]

come on so long I hope you've enjoyed your day watching a film core at work sigh Jen I know again

[Applause] I don't

to introduce you [Music]

my name is Martin you don't have to be afraid of my pet snake Nigel he never

bites I didn't go today Martin Oh went

really fine I thought Nigel get scared run in the classroom with kids but he didn't he

acted really cool really kept his wits did mr. Moorehead make a speech about

the snakes today no he did the funny thing was he said that I probably knew more about snakes he did so he let me

give the speech yeah Martin made a speech see you later Martin okay I'll

see you later DJ Clue yeah well sounds like you would have started a science class today

yeah I guess you could say that but there was one kid that really didn't like it Oh Pat he said that Nigel was just

another way for me to show off you know I some people can be jealous and you have a very special kind of pet hello

mrs. Harris this is an emergency I'm really frantic this is mrs. Barrington Pat's mother you

know he's in your Martin's class well anyway you must tell me quickly what's the best antidote for snakebite what

snakebite you must be an expert in this thing your son has a snake doesn't he yes he does but my pact and I I'm

holding you fully responsible one taking him to the doctor but I want to know what to do in the meantime well I'm

sorry but I don't know what to tell you and Martin's not here are you sure it was my son snake he never lets him loose

Pat tells me it happened on the way home from school there are two small holes in his hand

and they're turning blue I can't talk to you anymore but I am holding you fully responsible

well now it's really happening the thing I've always been afraid of one of Martin's classmates was bitten by Nigel

bitten by boy I really don't think that's likely maybe

they're just trying to give their black neighbors a tough time did she sound white what John sometimes you find prejudice

in some of the strangest places why would the boy make up a story like that his mother was frantic hello is

this doctor writes the service oh this is mrs. Barrington when you have them call seven five five three oh one nine

as soon as possible it's an emergency snake bite bet we could sue them maybe I

should call the emergency room at the hospital they'd know what to do how do you feel honey I feel funny that's all I

don't want to go a hospital too weak mrs. Harris was no help at all and

Martin isn't home unreliable completely unreliable

we should make them get rid of that dumb snake ax there's if you're too weak I

should call an ambulance no just give me a whiskey that's what

the Cowboys always do how we look at those tooth marks

it's getting kind of dark outside [Music]

yes mom Scott it's getting kind of dark outside and I think it's around

dinnertime and if you want to have some pizza with me and welcome to it but you better call your mother first oh and

I'll be clear later I'll take you home okay thanks

um um Scott invited me over it Scott one

of your classmates has been bitten by Nigel what yes that's right that's impossible mom impossible well pet

Barrington has two holes in his hand and we're responsible for what happens to that boy mom I just pray he's gonna be

all right he couldn't he couldn't have been BR that's enough he couldn't that

snake has got to go what's the matter

mark Nigel again mm-hmm my mother says she'd

just kid my clasp at her Barrington says that he's been bitten by

Nigel and he has two holes in his hand well you know that's impossible man I

tried to tell my mother but she wouldn't listen okay why don't you call me and let me talk to her all right all right I

think it would be better if we call mrs. Barrington because she's the one we really need darling hello hello mrs.

Barrington this is Scott Richardson from the Museum we met a few days ago at the Harris house yes but mrs. backed and

that's impossible I suspect if you see Fang marks well

okay all right we'll meet you at the doctor's office as soon as we can get there can I have that dress it's good

and if dr. rice doesn't know what to do that snake man from the Newark Museum will know he's probably been bitten a

hundred times well don't be surprised if he says it is a really a snake bite what

on earth makes you say that well Martin's gonna say that the snake didn't really bite me and and they all have to

support his story I mean they have to stick together don't they no I don't think he'd do that would he

oh my goodness I don't see what we have here but tell me what happened

well you see there's this kid named Martin and he carries his snake around in a bag and he dared me to put my hand

in so I did and it bit me what kind of a snake was it a big one a

real big one what would help to know what kind of a snake it was nonetheless we'll have to make a little cut right here that's the snake man a snake man

hello doctor I'm Scott Richardson look both how do you justice bank man look at

that sign yes of course let me assure

everyone now that Pat is in no danger Martin's has a boa constrictor and Boas

have no fangs and no venom they do have teeth as a growth of teeth slightly

slanted towards the back and they very seldom bite as far as the Fang marks I

think Pat better tell us about that well I was working on my train way out and I

wanted to check if there were any staples left in my staple g*n

so I accidentally hurt my hand and

that's when I thought of Martin and Wade been showing off his snake in class

today so I thought like it I'm scared a little what about me what about scaring

me half today I was gonna tell you mom it just happened so fast

maybe I was a little jealous about Martin snake staplegun probably dirty

also I think we'll have to give you a tetanus shot you see how Nigel's teeth

would be slanted backwards yeah no Pat had been bitten by Nigel he wouldn't have had two marks they would have had

quite a few marks I saw only poisonous snakes had the two things and believed

to watch day snot you're staying for dinner you don't have to well that's at least we can do considering the fact that

you've saved our lives again besides you've shown us that we really don't know enough about Nigel I'm sorry we

didn't believe you something that's okay did my buddy here is learning how to deal with people and their suspicions

and fears and we're just gonna have to keep showing them right right I think

[Music]

we're gonna make resilient you need an

to help you out when they're going from

the heat and add the other ingredients [Music]

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peel the paper off [Music]

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what makes people get some tan well almost everybody likes to and can get a

suntan no matter how dark or light their normal skin color is we all get

different amounts of suntan however and some of the show our Sun tans more than others where does the extra color come

from well it comes from the same stuff that gives you your natural color

it's called melanin underneath the surface of your skin a whole lot of tiny

brown dots of melanin give you your color from the time you're born melanin protects your body from the Sun

something like sunglasses protect your eyes if you don't have very many melanin

dots in your skin then you don't have very much protection but if you have a lot of melanin then you have more

protection these first melanin dots soak up some of the sun's rays but after

you're out in the sunlight for a while your body begins to make extra melanin to take care of the emergency this extra

melanin is your suntan and stays with you as long as you get a lot of Sun it

usually goes away in the winter isn't it silly that some people don't like black or brown people to swim with them but

want to get as brown as they can themselves it sure is we're not the same Luthor

my skin is pink yours is brown my hair is curly mine is straight my nose is round mine

is pointed it's funny how we're so

different and still so much the same [Music]