01x23 - Bark to the Future

[bunniefuu]

What's the story, Wishbone?What's

this you're dreaming of?Such a

big imagination on

such a little pup.

What's the story, Wishbone?Do you

think it's worth a look?It

kind of seems familiar, like a

story from a book.

Shake a leg now, Wishbone. Let's

wag another tail

Sniffing out adventure With

Wishbone on the trail Come on,

Wishbone

What's the story, Wishbone?

What's the story, Wishbone?

What's the story, Wishbone?

What's the story, Wishbone?

This is the problem of time.

I'm hungry now, but snack time is

later. So, why can't later be

now?Snack time, Wishbone. Oh, perfect

timing. There's just one other

problem. The snack's not here.

I've got to travel to the kitchen for my

snack. So let's see. It's about



and I travel at a rate of two dog steps

per second. So it takes me 10

seconds to get to my snack.

Uh, the distance. I'll go for ginger

snaps. Oh, boy.

Hey, Ellen, I traveled 10 whole seconds

to get here. How about a few extra snaps?

No, Wishbone. You know the rules. 3

snaps a day, one box a week.

This box is supposed to last a week. Hold

on a second. Let's see now. Three

snaps a day and seven days in a week.

That's three snaps times 7, which

equals 21 snaps.

And there are 22 snaps in each box.

HmmWhat's happening to that extra snap?

Ellen. And to think I trusted you.

Come on. I was strong. Hey, Miss Sally.

Hey, guys, how was school today?Fine.

Somehow I'm not convinced. What's up?

The math test. We got him back

today. Can I see him?

C-minus.

Joe, I know that you're working very

hard, but if you don't make a B on your

report card, I can't let you try out for

basketball.

Come on, Joe, you can do that. I mean, we

still have two big tests before report

cards. I know, but I never have enough

time to finish Mr. Delgado's tests.

They're too hard. Why don't you use a

calculator?I don't have one.

Well, here, you can have mine. I've got

another one at home. Thanks,

David. No problem. That'll speed things

up on tests. Besides, Mr. Delgado says we

should get used to using them. It's

required in high school. Really?Yeah.

Hold on, Joe. You and I have already

discussed this. A calculator is not going

to solve all of your problems. It's just

a tool. Yeah, I mean, I have a

calculator, but I still have trouble with

fractions and percentages. I know, I know

Look, this one has a special button for

percent. Welcome to the future, Joe.

Thanks, David. Thanks a lot.

Can this little machine really send Joe

into the future?Can it really

solve all of his problems?

Only time will tell.

In 1895, H.G. Wells sent

readers into the future with the science

fiction classic The Time Machine.

The hero of our story is a man who will

defy convention. He is a man

who will use technology to redefine

travel. He's quite brilliant.

And of course, good looking. The hero

is the time traveler.

This talk of time travel is absurd.

But why?Scientific people know very

well that time is only a kind

of space. Please allow me.

Gentlemen, we are in perfect agreement

about movement within the three accepted

dimensions of space. I can move

forward, I can move backward. I

can move left. I can move right.

I can move up, and I can

move down. Yes, of course.

You can move about in all directions of

space, but you cannot move about in

time. Au contraire, my friend.

Since I began this silly demonstration,

we've traveled at least 30 seconds.

But you have no control over such

movements. We shall

see.

Thank you, gentlemen. So long. Farewell.

Auf Wiedersehen and good night.

Do come again.

So they laugh at the time traveller.

They think time travel is absurd, do they?

Well, clearly they have not

seen my time machine.

All systems ready. Destination unknown.

Arrival time unknown. In case of

emergency, keep your hands and arms

inside the vehicle and blast

off!

United States declares w*r. The

first of his race.

Ask not what your country thinks.

I have a dream to be! Your

first meeting with the American press...

...is off of

discovery.

Okay, this right

is out!

Oh, my.

Eight zero two seven zero one.

Have I really traveled to the year



Oh, ohh hello there. Allow me to

introduce myself. You must be anxious to

know who I am. I come from the year



I was just telling these people where I

come from. I come. Thank you very

much, but I imagine you'd like to know

who I am. Hmm

These people certainly aren't curious.

Strange. What was that?

I suppose I expected the people of the

future to be more curious. I certainly

didn't expect a nation of giggling

florists.

Maybe it's something in the water they

drink. Such

splendour,

such decay,

such indolence.



Then I reduce that fraction to the lowest

terms and the answer is 7 twentieths.

So if percentages confuse you,

just treat them like fractions.

Excellent, Nathaniel. Thank you. Good.

Now before tomorrow's test, I

want you to review the problem solving

steps we covered this week. Mr.

Delgado, can we use a calculator during

the test?Yes, Joe. You can bring your

calculator to check your work. Just be

careful. The calculator is only a tool.

It's not a problem solver. You are the

problem solver. Many students use

their calculators as an excuse to stop

thinking, and they become indolent.

What does indolent mean?Indolent means

lazy, Amanda. When students let

calculators do all their work,They become

indolent, and their minds shrink.

Your mind can shrink?Well,

your mind is like a muscle, Samantha. You

need to challenge it, otherwise it

weakens. Blue Jays and the--

Hello. Earth to Joe. Come in,

Joe. Hey, how much time can you spend

doing nothing in front of a talking box?

Easy Whisper, this is my favorite show.

Hey, Joe, I was just going through some

old magazines and... Joe, you've been

laying there for over an hour. Don't you

have a math test tomorrow?I'm ready. Are

you sure?Well, ever since I got that

calculator, the problems have been

easier. Okay. And

you're a lot less fun. Come on, buddy, if

you've got so much free time, spend it on

something useful, like the little dog.

All right, Miss Boone.

Oh, that must be the pizza I ordered out

for us. Let me get that. Do me a

favor, pay him and give him a 15% tip.

Pizza! Pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza,

pizza. Hi. Hi

Pepper peats under 30 minutes.

Extra cheese and sausage?Oh, yeah. Yeah,

that's right. How much is it?

It's $10 even. Hold on one

sec.

OK, $10. So that's

$10 plus tip.

What's 15%?Come on,

buddy. A dog could figure this one out.



Under 30 minutes. No, I know that. I

meant $15. Yeah.

Joe, that calculator was supposed to take

you forward, but you, my friend. are

moving backward.

How advanced are the people of the future?

When the time traveler meets a new

friend, he makes some startling

discoveries. So, no

one ever gets sick.

And there are never any wars?

Fascinating. But what about work?

Does anyone ever spend any time working?

I see. What is your

name?

What are you called?

Who are you?I am

Weena. You are

man. I'm convinced

it's something in the water. Please

show me your country. Come.

Oh my, this is your

library.

The Collected Works of William

Shakespeare.

Tomorrow and tomorrow and

tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from

day-to-day, to the last syllable

recorded time. And all our

yesterdays have lighted fools

the way to dusty death.

Dusty Dip. Weena, how

can you laugh?Don't these books mean

anything to you?Don't you read?

Read?What is read?

But Weena, reading is fundamental.

Is fun?Fundamental.

Weena, I'm beginning to feel like I've

built the time machine in vain.

Gads! Zooks! The time machine! It's

gone! Gads who?

There's someone in there with my machine.

Weena, what's wrong?More

locks! More locks?

So the time machine had been captured.

Captured by a people more alien, more

menacing than the harmless pink people.

And the time traveler seemed helpless.

Word problems?That's right.

Word problems. Just think each one

through. It's just like regular math,

once you think it out.

Think it through. Okay, I

can do this.

Problem, Joe?I don't have my

calculator. Joe, relax.

Just use paper and pencil. You know this

stuff's solid.

Oh, boy. This is not good.

It must be bad. I'm sorry, Mom.

Oh, it's official. It's bad. I know you

are. I know you are, Joe.

Holy cow. This isn't bad. It's a

disaster.

Joe, I don't want you to miss basketball

tryouts, but I have to be honest. It's

not looking real good. Well,

I've still got one more test before the

report cards. And I'm

sure I could pull my average up. If only

I had my calculator. Jo, you should

be able to do the work without the

calculator.

I'll tell you what, if you really want

another one, I think I know how you can

earn the money. Well, how?

Wanda's having a yard sale on Saturday,

and I'm sure she'd pay you to help her

out. All day.

Jo, trust me, it'll be worth your

time.

It's $1.79. OK, so it's $1.79, and

you've given me $2.00

andFour cents.

So that's gonna be... Joe, give

him a quarter. That's 25 cents

in change. A quarter, that's right.

There you go. Thanks for filling in as

cashier today, Joe. No problem. Business

should be brisk, so be prepared. I'm

paying you 10% of the sales. 10%?

Uh-oh, here we go again. Oh, sorry,

there's no calculator. Oh,

use this. No, it's all right.

I'm fine. No, it's all

right. I'm fine. Famous last words.

Hello, sir. You want to buy all of this?

Yeah, that's right, young man. Now,

listen, I don't have much time, so I'm

gonna walk you through this. This jacket

is 10% off. This tie,



this pant is marked down by 55%. Now this

paperweight by a third. Now these

sunglasses by... Three quarters.

Come on, buddy. Don't freeze up on me.

You can do this. You just need some

tools. OK, so this

jacket's 10%. That's

right. 10% off the ticketed

price. Look, I'm really in a

rush. Actually, I am, too. Yes,

ma'am. Of course. OK, so this

jacket's 10% off. We're clear on that.

ThatNow take the pencil and paper. Let's

go, kid. I don't have time.

Excuse me. I'm really in a rush, so could

you please hurry with this gentleman?Yes,

ma'am. Everything's under control. Joe,

you've got the tools. They're right under

your nose. Now use them.

We know we need tools to save the time

machine from the Warlocks. I've come to

the future ill-equipped. Perhaps there.

Please take me to that palace of green

porcelain.

Let's try in here.

So this is the

progress of humanity.

Weena, what's wrong?He's no

dog. Hang on. There's

nothing to be afraid of, Weena. Except

Morlocks. Be very afraid of Morlocks!

Please, guys, please,

don't kick a dog when he's down. What?See?

I'm down.

What's happened to the Morlocks?

Morlocks no like light. The

Morlocks are terrified of light. That

gives me an idea. Matches

and camphor, the recipe for light.

We've found our tools.

Come along, Weena.

Ten percent?What's the problem?

There's no problem.

Ten percent. That's...

Let's see now. This should do the trick.

Joe. That's a

fraction?



my boy! Are we okay here, Joe?

Yeah, I'm just taking the 10th of the

total before I subtract. Oh, well, that's

great. But let me show you a little

trick. Now, this jacket is

$25. Just move the decimal .1

space to the left and voila, you

got your 10%. So 10% of $25 is



like this that make me proud. Look, look,

I hate to interrupt math class, but no

problem, Sir. Your jacket's 2250.

Now the tie is 30% off,

so that's 3/10 down, which

makes it keep moving, Joe. You're on your

way.

With the light of a torch to protect

them, the time traveler and Weena race

through the night to recover the time

machine.

We're tired. Please, Weena, we

must continue. The light may not last.

Run!

Rise, sun! Rise! We need

light!

The doors are open and my time machine

lies within. This may be a

trap, but I must be bold.

Farewell, Weena. Please

wait.

Goodbye, nice man. Thank you for your

kindness, Weena. I won't forget you or

the future. More locks or no,

I'm going home.

$218.70. That

matches the day's total. Great work, Joe.

I think we may have an accountant in the

family. I'll say. You should have seen

him with that pencil and paper. He's a

human calculator. He had a little help.

How'd you make out, Joe?I promised

him 10%. Joe?$21.87. How did you figure

that out so fast?

Easy. It's 1/10 of the sales.

Excuse me. Well, I'm very impressed with

you, Joe, but that's no surprise.

Thanks, Mom. You were right about the

calculator. It's useful

after you learn the math. Now I'll know

what I'm doing. And,

uh, speaking of calculators... Hey,

Joe, lose something?My calculator.

Where'd that come from?Don't ask me.

Between you and me, I had it hidden the

whole time. The kid needed to learn the

hard way. Yeah, well, now that you have

it back, you can start studying. You've

still got one more test. Okay.

Once again, Joe's got his machine.

Where will it take him this time?

The time traveler returned home, only to

vanish once again into the future.

He's gone. All that he left was a strange

white flower to witness that even when

mind and strength had gone, gratitude and

a mutual tenderness still lived on in the

heart of mankind. We

can only wonder, will he ever

return?

Please, Ellen, I want some more. Here you

go, Wishbone. Yes. Three snaps.

Hi, Mom. Hi, Wishbone. Hey, guys. Hey,

Miss Halbert. How'd it go, Joe?

A-. Oh, congratulations. Oh,

that's so great. That gives him a B on

his report card. I knew you could do it.

Piece of cake. Oh, yeah, I stopped at the

grocery store to pick up Wishbone's

ginger snaps. Oh, thank you. But this

time I checked the unit price.

Unit price?



That's four times as many snaps at only

two times the price. It's a lot more

economical. Good thinking, Joe. Great

thinking, Joe. See, 88 snaps

divided by seven. It's, let's see, it's



four despair for Ellen. And I mean it,

just four. Ellen, just four.

A glittering metallic framework. That's

almost all H.G. Wells wrote to describe

the time machine. It's a description that

left a lot to the imagination of our art

department. With the time machine, well,

what is it?What does it look like?What

should it look like?You don't need a

machine to travel to exciting places.

After all, who needs horsepower when

you've got brainpower?Books can take you

anywhere, so open one up to start your

journey.