Cyberchase
Parks and Recreation: Act 2
Clip: Season 10 Episode 4 | 7m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
Kids in glamorous Gollywood have no safe place to play.
Kids in glamorous Gollywood have no safe place to play. They discover an empty lot that can be converted to a park, but Hacker wants the lot for his new Gollywood Tower. When the CyberSquad learns Hacker is planning to use the tower to corrupt Motherboard's hard drive, they go up against him at a city council hearing.
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Cyberchase
Parks and Recreation: Act 2
Clip: Season 10 Episode 4 | 7m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
Kids in glamorous Gollywood have no safe place to play. They discover an empty lot that can be converted to a park, but Hacker wants the lot for his new Gollywood Tower. When the CyberSquad learns Hacker is planning to use the tower to corrupt Motherboard's hard drive, they go up against him at a city council hearing.
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So, you all know each other?
Unfortunately.
Hacker: We go way back, Your Honor.
Such adorable little children.
Then you want a tower on the lot, too?
No!
No, sir.
We want the lot to be made into a park for all us kids in Gollywood.
A park?
That doesn'’’t sound very fabulous to me, darling.
But it is fabulous, for kids.
Jackie: Besides, isn'’’t it up to the city to provide parks that are safe and close enough for kids to walk to?
So we can run around and stay healthy.
Isn'’’t there already a park in Gollywood?
Hacker: There is!
According to my research, it'’’s a very nice park indeed.
But it'’’s way on the other side of town.
Even better.
Digit: If it'’’s so perfect, why don'’’t you build your tower there?
Mayor: Enough!
We'’’ll have a final hearing this afternoon.
Come back with facts and a persuasive argument for how your plan will benefit the most folks of Gollywood.
Till then... [Mumbles] Aha!
A little Gollywood glitz might be in order.
Dustin Cheezer, megastar, you'’’re about to meet Thee Hacker, an even mega-er star.
Jackie: You heard the Mayor.
To get the space we want, we need facts.
Fine!
I'’’ve got plenty of facts right here.
Here'’’s the one park we saw.
Swings for the little kids and a small field for soccer.
Digit: But we had to take two buses to get there.
Inez: Fact-- that park is too far away for Dez and the kids who live near him to get to easily.
What about the space downtown?
Matt: Lots of office buildings.
Dez: And no kids!
Fact--no kids live around there.
Uh, we don'’’t know that for sure, Dez.
Maybe we just didn'’’t see any when we were there.
OK, maybe so.
What about the other space we saw?
Matt: The space we like.
Inez: The space Hacker wants.
Dez: Fact--a lot of my friends live around there.
Digit: Fact-- a park needs kids, and kids need a park.
Jackie: That'’’s it, guys--kids!
What do you mean?
We think that this is the best place to put a new park because more kids live close by, right?
Right.
But we can'’’t just say what we think.
We have to prove it'’’s true, so we need to-- Find out how many kids live near the three spaces!
♪ Honey, sweetie, ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Honey bunny, woo woo ♪ ♪ You know I love you ♪ ♪ I love you ♪ [Cheering and applause] Oof!
Hey, dude!
Autograph?
Oh.
I'’’ve got a great gig for you-- a special appearance before the Gollywood Mayor and Council!
I'’’m all ears.
I'’’m building a broadcast tower that will send your performances to every site in cyberspace at exactly the same time.
A Cheezer explosion, if you will.
Cool!
Can I sing at this council gig?
Smile and enjoy the people enjoying the Me-zer?
Anything to win over the City Council.
Two more kids.
Cool.
I'’’m really happy you kids are doing this survey.
We'’’re trying to convince the city council to build a new park.
Would it help to get other families to attend the hearing?
Yeah, for sure!
They need to know how much people care.
We'’’ll spread the word!
[Children laugh] [Whistles] Ha ha ha ha!
And finally, the two kids who live across from the space Hacker wants for his tower.
And we want for our park.
Dez: Wow!
There are even more kids in Gollywood than I thought, and that'’’s a fact.
I hate to say this, but it'’’s also a mess!
Who can read that?
Inez: Didge is right.
We'’’re not going to win any points with an argument like this.
But it shows all the information we collected.
How else can we-- Dez: Wait!
I have sticky dots.
Each dot could stand for one kid, like this.
Jackie: Good idea, Dez.
Aw, but by the time we'’’re through, the map will be covered with dots.
Wait a minute!
What if just one dot is equal to 10 kids?
Didge, you'’’re a genius!
I am?
Of course I am.
And it'’’s a good thing I have another map!
Hacker: Sit still!
Uh, why am I dressed up like this, boss?
It'’’s part of my stellar strategy to dazzle the City Council with impressive experts speaking in favor of my tower.
I already have Dustin Cheezer.
My bunnies love his music!
And now I have you, Professor of Towerology.
Me?
But I don'’’t know anything about toe-ology.
Of course you don'’’t.
Read this.
Sit up straight and...action!
"Distinguished Mayor and Council..." Jackie: OK, all dots in place.
So what'’’s the story?
Two dots at the park means there are 20 kids around there.
Jackie: Check out the downtown space.
More kids than we thought.
Digit: Four dots!
Must be all those apartment buildings.
And four dots equals 10, 20, 30, 40 kids!
Wow, that'’’s a lot.
Inez: But not as many as here, the space we like.
These 12 dots are equal to 120 kids!
No contest, right?
For sure, the space we like has more kids living around it than the other two.
And that is definitely a fact.
Matt: OK, all good.
We have strong numbers, but what else can we say to make our case?
Inez: We can say that having a park where kids can play is a healthy thing.
Jackie: Right.
We can talk about how running and playing for 60 minutes a day is good for you.
Dez: Yeah!
My doctor could be our expert.
She knows all about that.
And we can ask Deeno and Mrs. Giff to talk.
They live here, so they should get their say, too.
Left!
Left!
Not so far!
Back to the right!
Right!
I'’’m tryin'’’!
Right, you dunce bucket!
There you go, boss.
Easy peasy.
Buzz: How come we'’’re takin'’’ the tower to the lot now?
They haven'’’t even had the hearing yet.
Because my argument is foolproof.
Thee Hacker will prevail!
Now go!
And drive carefully!
Not to worry, boss!
No!
Aah...
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