Cyberchase
Shari Spotter and the Cosmic Crumpets
Season 3 Episode 11 | 27mVideo has Audio Description
Shari Spotter, star student of Frogsnorts School of Sorcerers, is in trouble!
Shari Spotter, star student of Frogsnorts Sorcerers Academy, is in trouble! Entrusted with baking the all-powerful Cosmic Crumpets for the annual Sorcerers Ball, she burns the magical treats and must concoct a new batch. But she is stymied because the recipe contains strange, top-heavy fractions. Digit and the kids must help Shari sort out the confusion of the mixed numbers.
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Cyberchase
Shari Spotter and the Cosmic Crumpets
Season 3 Episode 11 | 27mVideo has Audio Description
Shari Spotter, star student of Frogsnorts Sorcerers Academy, is in trouble! Entrusted with baking the all-powerful Cosmic Crumpets for the annual Sorcerers Ball, she burns the magical treats and must concoct a new batch. But she is stymied because the recipe contains strange, top-heavy fractions. Digit and the kids must help Shari sort out the confusion of the mixed numbers.
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Boy, voice-over: OK, there's this really bad dude named Hacker.
THE Hacker, to you.
Boy, voice-over: Whatever.
He wants to take over the cyberworld from Motherboard.
[Gasp] The 3 kids are sucked into Cyberspace, and they use brainpower to help save everybody.
Jackie: OK, here's the plan.
Boy, voice-over: So they travel all over and run into all these weird creatures and have all these awesome adventures.
It's totally up to them to save Cyberspace.
Can 3 cool kids and a wacky bird outsmart The Hacker?
Never.
There's only one way to find out: tune in to "Cyberchase"!
♪ CYBERCHASE!
♪ WE'RE MOVIN' WE'RE BEATIN' HACKER AT HIS GAME ♪ DON'T TELL ME THAT HE'S TRYING TO HACK THE MOTHERBOARD ♪ WE'LL GET HIM EVERY TIME ♪ COSMIC WORLDS, FREAKY PLACES THAT WE'VE SEEN ♪ WE GOT THE POWER OF ONE TWO THREE FOUR!
♪ RUNNIN' IN A CYBERCHASE WE'LL MEET HIM FACE TO FACE ♪ WE'LL STICK TOGETHER, ALL THE TIME!
♪ ADVENTURES IN CYBERSPACE ♪ THE CHASE IS ON!
JUST WAIT AND C-Y-B-E-R- CHASE!
HACKER, DELETE & BUZZ: ♪ BOOLA SCHOOLA, SCHOOLA BOOLA!
♪ ♪ WE'RE FROM FROGSNORTS!
NO ONE'S COOL-A!
♪ ♪ MAGIC AND SPORTS, WE'RE THE RULE-A.
♪ ♪ SCHOOLA BOOLA, BOOLA SCHOOLA!
♪ GEE, OUR OWN BOSS GOING TO FROGSNORTS!
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?
I'M SO PROUD!
I'D BE EVEN PROUDER IF I KNEW WHAT FROGSNORTS WAS?
HACKER: FROGSNORTS IS THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL FOR SORCERERS.
ONCE I RECEIVE MY DIPLOMA, I'LL BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE SORCERERS BALL, AND STEAL ALL THE MAGIC ENERGY IN CYBERSPACE!
MY ACCEPTANCE LETTER SHOULD BE HERE ANY DAY NOW.
UH, IT'S HERE!
OH JOY!
OH RAPTURE!
OH NO!
I'VE BEEN TURNED DOWN!
REJECTED!
IT'S A MISTAKE.
IT MUST BE!
THE GREAT HACKER REBUFFED?!
DODIE: NO MISTAKES.
THEM'S THE BREAKS.
BUT, BUT SURELY I CAN REAPPLY?
SORRY, JOE.
ANSWER'S NO.
NO?!
YOU MEAN, NOT EVER?!
DON'T BE SORE.
THAT'S THE SCORE.
QUOTH THE DODO.
NEVERMORE!
WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT, YOU DIM-WITTED DODO!
SHARI: PROFESSOR STUMBLESNORE?
I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND.
YOU WANT ME TO BABYSIT CRUMPETS?
BABYSIT?!
NO!
"MIND."
YOU, SHARI SPOTTER, ARE CHOSEN TO MIND THIS YEAR'S COSMIC CRUMPETS!
OFF YOU GO!
BUT PROFESSOR, WHAT ARE COSMIC CRUMPETS?
NEVER HEARD OF COSMIC CRUMPETS?
WELL, I BAKE THEM MYSELF, ONCE A YEAR, IN MY SECRET LAIR.
RECIPE MUST BE FOLLOWED PRECISELY!
EACH YEAR, MASTER SORCERERS RENEW THEIR POWERS AT THE COSMIC CRUMPET CEREMONY.
A MASTER SORCERER'S EXTRAORDINARY POWER LASTS BUT ONE YEAR.
THE EIGHT IDENTICAL CRUMPETS ENSURE THAT EACH OF THE EIGHT MASTER SORCERERS RECEIVES AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF POWER.
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT!
I'VE MUCH TO DO.
AND YOU MUST GET TO MY LAIR AND MIND THOSE CRUMPETS!
WHATEVER YOU DO, SHARI SPOTTER, DO NOT LET THOSE CRUMPETS BURN!
HACKER: A GREAT VILLAIN LIKE ME SPURNED!
REJECTED!
(SOBBING) SCHOOLA BOOLA, BOOLA...
WAIT!
I'LL GET A DEGREE FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL OF SORCERERS!
AND WITH A DIPLOMA, I CAN STILL GET INTO THE COSMIC CRUMPET CEREMONY, AND STEAL THE MAGIC POWER!
(EVIL LAUGH) AH, YES!
"HEX UNIVERSITY."
"MASTER COURSE IN MAGIC."
PERFECT!
WONDER WHO'S TEACHING IT?
(DOORBELL) CONGRATS, HACKIE!
YOU'RE ENROLLED!
HACKER: WICKED?
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HEAD PROFESSOR OF HEX UNIVERSITY.
OR AS WE LIKE TO CALL IT: VOODOO U.
YOU'RE THE TEACHER?!
NO, THIS WON'T DO!
I NEED A REAL TEACHER.
NOT A WASHED-UP WITCH!
WASHED UP?!
GIVE ME ONE DAY, I GUARANTEE YOU'LL BE ACCEPTED INTO THE COSMIC CRUMPET CEREMONY!
GUARANTEED?
ON ONE CONDITION.
YOU GET INTO THE CEREMONY, I GET AN ENGAGEMENT RING!
THAT'S BLACKMAIL!
NO RINGIE, NO CRUMPET!
FINE!
YOU'VE ONE DAY TO MAKE ME A MASTER SORCERER!
C'MON, CLOCK'S TICKING!
LESSON ONE.
WICKED'S IN CHARGE!
SHARI: I AM SO BORED MINDING THESE CRUMPETS!
I KNOW IT'S AN HONOR, BUT I WISH SOMEONE HAD ASKED IF I- (SNIFFS) DODIE?
SMELL THAT?
I'D SWEAR SOMETHING WAS... (GASPS) BOTH: BURNING!
(COUGHING) SHARI: THE COSMIC CRUMPETS!
RUINED!
I'LL BE EXPELLED!
BUT ALL MY LIFE I DREAMED OF BEING AT FROGSNORTS LIKE MY MOM.
WAIT!
SHE'D NEVER GIVE UP.
AND NEITHER WILL I!
I'LL BAKE ANOTHER BATCH!
DODIE: THAT'S THE SPIRIT!
GOOD FOR YOU!
MAKE MORE CRUMPETS, FRESH AND NEW!
BUT HOW?
I DON'T HAVE THE RECIPE.
I CAN'T ASK STUMBLESNORE OR HE'LL KNOW I BURNT THE FIRST BATCH.
OF COURSE!
I CAN LOOK UP THE RECIPE AT THE CYBRARY!
DELETE: BUT WE DON'T WANNA BE GUINEA PIGS!
WICKED: IT'S HACKIE'S FIRST EXAM.
HE HAS TO LEARN TO CAST A SPELL PROPERLY!
HACKER: OKAY, SORCERY DEGREE, YOU'RE MINE!
BUT, BUT, BE CAREFUL, BOSS.
DELETE: YEAH.
HOKUM POKUM.
WICKED: AH, NO, NO, NO, NO!
HOLD THE WAND THIS WAY!
PLEASE!
I'M A GENIUS.
I CAN CAST A SIMPLE SPELL!
(CHANTING) HOKUM POKUM, WATCH ME CHANGE 'EM!
PIGGLY WIGGLY, REARRANGE-EM!
(SQUEAKY VOICE) SO, HOW'D I DO?
HUH, HUH?
I THINK WE NEED A REVIEW.
MATT: GOTTA GET THIS DVD BACK TO MS. FILESHARE OR I'LL HAVE TO PAY A FINE.
MATT AND SHARI: OW!
HEY!
WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?!
HEY, YOURSELF!
IF YOU WEREN'T... OH, SORRY.
YOU OKAY?
OKAY?
(SNIFFLES) MY LIFE IS OVER.
IS THAT OKAY?!
(SNIFFLING) I, I BURNT SOME VERY IMPORTANT CRUMPETS.
SO.
THAT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYONE!
HANKY?
THANKS.
I'M MATT, BY THE WAY.
SHARI, SHARI SPOTTER.
I GO TO FROGSNORTS, A SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR SORCERERS.
COOL!
LOOK, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO CHAT.
I NEED TO BAKE ANOTHER BATCH OF CRUMPETS OR I'M IN BIG, BIG TROUBLE!
CAN I HELP?
SURE.
HERE'S THE RECIPE.
MATT:(READING) TWO CACKLEFRUIT, 1/3 CUP GOBLIN TOE NAILS, 3/4'S CUP OF DRAGON DROOL.
YUCK!
WHAT KIND OF CRUMPETS ARE THESE?
MAGIC CRUMPETS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS RECIPE IS FOR FOUR CRUMPETS AND I NEED EIGHT!
NO PROBLEM.
JUST MAKE A DOUBLE BATCH.
LOOK, THE RECIPE CALLS FOR TWO CACKLEFRUIT, RIGHT?
TWO PLUS TWO IS FOUR.
SO YOU NEED FOUR CACKLEFRUIT INSTEAD OF TWO.
YES, I KNOW.
AND THE 1/3 CUP OF GOBLIN TOE NAILS DOUBLED IS... MATT: 1/3 + 1/3 IS 2/3'S.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DOUBLE 3/4'S OF A CUP OF DRAGON DROOL, HUH?
MATT: 3/4'S AND 3/4'S IS 6/4'S.
WHOA!
THAT'S MY PROBLEM.
HOW CAN YOU HAVE A FRACTION THAT'S BIGGER ON THE TOP THAN IT IS ON THE BOTTOM?
I DON'T GET IT.
YOU THINK MAYBE IT'S A MISTAKE?
MATTHEW, YOU CAN'T HAVE MISTAKES IN MAGIC.
IT'S DANGEROUS!
OH MY, I HAVE TO GET BACK TO FROGSNORTS BEFORE ANYONE NOTICES I'M MISSING!
I'M DONE FOR!
WAIT!
WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT.
YOU MEAN, YOU'LL COME HELP ME WITH THE RECIPE?
(UNEASILY) WELL, SURE.
BUT CAN MY FRIENDS INEZ AND JACKIE COME, TOO?
THEY'D KILL ME IF I WENT TO FROGSNORTS WITHOUT THEM.
AND I'M SURE THEY'D REALLY LIKE TO MEET YOU.
INEZ?
JACKIE?
YOUR GIRLFRIENDS?
NO!
I MEAN, YES, THEY'RE GIRLS AND THEY'RE MY FRIENDS, BUT NOT MY GIRLFRIENDS.
INEZ & JACKIE: EWW AND DOUBLE EWW!
WHO COULD POSSIBLY EAT THIS STUFF?
MATT: GUYS, YOU DON'T REALLY EAT IT.
IT GIVES THE MASTER SORCERERS THEIR POWER.
AND UNLESS WE MAKE EIGHT NEW CRUMPETS FROM THIS CONCOCTION FAST, THE MASTERS WILL BE POWERLESS, AND I'LL BE EXPELLED FROM FROGSNORTS!
BUT THIS RECIPE IS FOR FOUR CRUMPETS NOT EIGHT!
DODIE: DON'T BE TROUBLED.
EACH INGREDIENT JUST GETS DOUBLED.
DIGIT: AUCK!
TWO CACKLEFRUIT PLUS TWO CACKLEFRUIT IS FOUR CACLKEFRUIT.
YIKES!
I GOT 'EM.
OH, ISN'T MATTHEW JUST SUPER?
MATTHEW?
MATTHEW'S BEEN SUCH A HELP.
YOU'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HIM AS A FRIEND!
I'M SO GLAD WE MET, TOO.
PROMISE TO SHOW ME HOW YOU DO YOUR HAIR?
OH.
OKAY.
SUPER!
OKAY, SO MAYBE SHE'S NOT SO BAD.
OKAY.
THE NEXT INGREDIENT IS 1/3 CUP GOBLIN'S TOE NAILS.
MATT 1/3 PLUS 1/3 EQUALS 2/3'S!
DIGIT: 2/3'S CUP OF GOBLIN'S TOE NAILS, COMIN' AT YOU!
LAST INGREDIENT: 3/4'S CUP OF DRAGON DROOL.
AND 3/4'SDOUBLED IS... 6/4'S.
YIKES!
WHAT KIND OF FRACTION IS THAT?
THE NUMBER ON TOP IS LARGER THAN THE NUMBER ON THE BOTTOM!
THAT'S MY PROBLEM.
THAT FRACTION IS TOP HEAVY!
HOW CAN A FRACTION LOOK LIKE THAT?!
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT 3/4'S OF A CUP OF DRAGON DROOL LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S JUST THREE 1/4 CUPS.
LIKE THIS.
INEZ: SO, 6/4'S MUST BE SIX 1/4 CUPS!
DIGIT, GIVE ME SIX 1/4 CUPS OF DRAGON DROOL!
WISH I COULD HELP YOU, BUT THERE IS NO DRAGON DROOL!
JACKIE: I'VE NEVER COLLECTED DRAGON DROOL BEFORE.
SHARI: IT'S REALLY QUITE SIMPLE.
YOU SURE ABOUT THIS, SHARI?
ABSOLUTELY!
I'VE DONE IT A NUMBER OF TIMES.
NO, I MEAN... SURE ABOUT HIM!
SHARI: DANFORTH?
HE'S A BABY.
BARELY WAKES UP ONCE A WEEK!
(WHISPERING) WHAT IF TODAY'S THE DAY?
JAX, USE YOUR 1/4 CUP MEASURE AND- AND GET NEXT TO THAT DRAGON'S MOUTH SIX TIMES?
I DON'T THINK SO!
OKAY, OKAY.
LET'S TRY ANOTHER WAY.
HERE ARE SIX 1/4 CUPS.
1/4, 2/4'S, 3/4'S, 4/4'S.
WAIT!
ISN'T 4/4'S THE SAME AS ONE WHOLE CUP?
MATT: 6/4 CUPS IS ONE WHOLE CUP WITH TWO 1/4 CUPS LEFT OVER.
DIGIT, YOU'RE A GENIUS!
INEZ: SO, 6/4 CUPS IS THE SAME AS ONE WHOLE CUP AND TWO 1/4 CUPS!
TOO BAD WE DON'T HAVE A FULL ONE CUP MEASURE TO GO ALONG WITH THIS 1/4 MEASURE.
THEN WE'D ONLY HAVE TO GET NEAR DANFORTH THREE TIMES!
IT'S YOUR LUCKY DAY, EARTHLIES!
A ONE CUP MEASURE!
HERE'S THE FIRST TIME!
ONE WHOLE CUP OF DRAGON DROOL!
YOU'RE UP, JAX.
OH, MAN.
EWW!
EWW!
AND DOUBLE EW!
THERE.
YECH!
1/4 CUP MORE!
I'LL GET THE LAST 1/4!
MATT: COOL!
ONE WHOLE CUP FROM DIDGE, PLUS 1/4 CUP FROM JAX, PLUS 1/4 CUP FROM INEZ, EQUALS 6/4'S!
WE DID IT!
OH, MATTHEW, YOU'RE SO BRILLIANT.
OH, BROTHER!
JACKIE: (GASPS) UH-OH.
(SNORTS) LOOK WHO WOKE UP!
ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT DANFORTH WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT.
IT'S HIS MOM!
RUN!
HACKER:(HEAVY SIGH) TOIL AND TROUBLE, EGGS AND HAM, CAULDRON BUBBLE, A SORCERER I AM.
WICKED: NO, NO, NO.
COME ON, HACKIE.
ENUNCIATE.
GIVE IT SOME OOMPH.
TOIL AND TROUBLE, EGGS AND HAM, CAULDRON BUBBLE, A SORCERER I AM!
(SPLAT) BY GEORGE, I THINK HE'S GOT IT!
TIME FOR YOUR WRITTEN EXAM!
DODIE: THE SORCERERS ARE WAITIN', THE CRUMPETS ARE COOKIN' DIGIT: THE TIMER IS CLICKIN', HEY, NO FAIR LOOKIN'!
GOOD ONE, DIDGE!
INEZ: JUST DON'T LET THOSE CRUMPETS BURN, OKAY?
HEY!
I JUST FIGURED OUT SOMETHING REALLY COOL ABOUT TOP HEAVY FRACTIONS!
I'M RECORDING WHAT WE DID SO I WON'T MAKE A MISTAKE NEXT TIME, AND I FOUND OUT YOU CAN WRITE THEM TWO DIFFERENT WAYS!
6/4'S AND 1 AND 2/4'S ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO SHOW THE VERY SAME AMOUNT.
(OVEN TIMER RINGS) EIGHT COSMIC CRUMPETS.
WELL, HOW DID I DO?
FAILURE?!
THE GREAT HACKER FAILED?!
OUT OF A HUNDRED, YOU GOT SIX.
IMPOSSIBLE!
WHAT ABOUT EXTRA CREDIT FOR ATTENDANCE?
I ADDED THAT.
OTHERWISE YOUR GRADE WOULD BE TWO.
BUT I HAVE TO PASS!
I CAN'T GET INTO THE CEREMONY WITHOUT A DIPLOMA!
UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT BETRAY THE CODE OF MAGIC.
NOT EVEN FOR THE MAN I LOVE.
BUT, I'LL MAKE YOU MY QUEEN!
WICKED: OKAY, HACKIE HONEY, YOU WIN!
WICKED: CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST MASTER SORCERER AND THE FUTURE GROOM TO THE GAL WITH THE BROOM!
STUMBLESNORE: AHH, EXCELLENT, SPOTTER.
MUCH NICER THAN THE BATCH I MIXED UP THIS MORNING!
SHARI: YOU KNEW I BURNT THE FIRST BATCH?
OH, EXPECTED YOU WOULD.
BURNT QUITE A FEW IN MY DAY.
NO HARM, YOU DID ADMIRABLY!
NOW, HOW WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO ATTEND THE COSMIC CRUMPET CEREMONY?
BUT I THOUGHT ONLY SORCERERS IN TRAINING WERE INVITED!
HMM.
TRUE.
WING WHAM ALLEH KAH ZITE, BE HONORARY SORCERERS JUST FOR TONIGHT!
HEY, DO WE GET MAGIC WANDS, TOO?
I ALWAYS WANTED A MAGIC WAND.
DON'T PUSH IT.
HACKER: WE NEED TO GET RID OF SORCERER ABERNATHY, SO I CAN TAKE HIS PLACE!
WICKED: LEAVE IT TO ME.
ABERNATHY?
IS THAT YOU?
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE THE LAST CONVENTION!
YOU DON'T CALL, YOU DON'T WRITE.
ABERNATHY: UH.
SORRY?
I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE- DON'T TELL ME YOU'VE FORGOTTEN?
THE SORCERER'S SOIREE IN PENSACOLA?
DANCING LA MACARENA 'TIL DAWN?
(UNCERTAIN) OF COURSE.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
ABERNATHY: WHOA!
ERGO FERGO FI, TURNUM INTO FIREFLY!
ALL RIGHT, BIG E. IT'S SHOWTIME!
MATT: WHAT'S STUMBLESNORE CHECKING FOR?
IT'S PART OF THE CEREMONY.
EACH SORCERER MUST PROVE HE'S A MASTER OF MAGIC, WITH A DEGREE IN THE MYSTIC ARTS!
(PUZZLED) ABERNATHY?
DO MY EYES DECEIVE ME?
YOU SEEM...
DIFFERENT!
YOUR EYES ARE FINE.
ABERNATHY COULDN'T FIND A KENNEL FOR HIS THREE-HEADED DOG, SO HE COULDN'T MAKE IT.
HE ASKED ME TO COME INSTEAD.
BUT ONLY CERTIFIED SORCERERS MAY- READ IT AND WEEP!
HMM.
YES.
THIS IS INDEED A BONA FIDE DEGREE.
YOU MAY TAKE YOUR PLACE WITH THE OTHER MASTER SORCERERS.
BUZZ: IT WON'T BE LONG NOW, DEEDEE.
GET READY TO LOWER THE MIRROR!
STUMBLESNORE: UNCOVER YOUR HEADS, JOIN HANDS WITHIN!
LET THE CEREMONY BEGIN!
KIDS & DIGIT: HACKER!
WE GOTTA STOP THE CEREMONY!
WE CAN'T!
NO ONE'S ALLOWED TO SPEAK ONCE THE CEREMONY BEGINS!
STUMBLESNORE: POWER OF THE CRUMPETS MUST BE SHARED OR FOR CHAOS BE PREPARED!
MAGIC FORCES HEED MY WORD, LET THIS YEAR'S POWERS BE CONFERRED!
BUZZ: LOWER THE MIRROR, DEEDEE.
WHAT'S THAT UP THERE?
DELETE: NOW, BUZZY!
POINT THE REFLECTORS AT THE BOSS.
MATT: OH, NO!
HACKER'S SUCKING UP ALL THE POWER!
HACKER: YEE-HAWW!
(EVIL LAUGHTER) TIME FLIES, TICK TOCK.
HELLO CARROT, GOODBYE CLOCK!
(EVIL LAUGHTER) PROFESSOR?
PROFESSOR, WE HAVE TO STOP HACKER OR HE'LL DESTROY FROGSNORTS.
PLEASE TELL US HOW!
POWER OF THE CRUMPETS MUST BE SHARED OR FOR CHAOS BE PREPARED!
WE KNOW THAT PART!
CHAOS IS ALREADY HERE!
UNITED, THE POWER IS GREATER THAN ONE!
JACKIE: BUT HACKER'S GOT ALL THE POWER!
MATT: NOT ALL OF IT.
THERE'S STILL SOME COSMIC CRUMPET PIECES LEFT!
I WONDER... WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DIVIDE WHAT'S LEFT OF THE CRUMPETS AMONG THE SEVEN SORCERERS?
SHARI: PROFESSOR, WOULD THAT MAKE THE SORCERERS STRONGER THAN HACKER?
ONLY IF DIVISION IS EQUALLY DONE, THEN UNITED THAT POWER IS GREATER THAN ONE!
WE HAVE A CHANCE!
WE'VE GOT TO DIVIDE THE UNBURNED PIECES EQUALLY AMONG THE SEVEN SORCERERS!
WICKED: OH, WOULD YOU LOOK AT MY HACKIE?
SO POWERFUL!
SO MASTERFUL!
SO...WHY IS HE LOOKING AT US LIKE THAT?!
BUZZ, DELETE, YOU'RE MUCH TOO LAZY.
BETTER OFF, BEING A DAISY!
(GASPS) MY HACKIE-POO IS OUT OF CONTROL!
STOP WITH THE SPELLS, HONEY.
IT'S ME, YOUR BELOVED WICKED!
A HANK OF HAIR, A SINGLE BONE.
FOR THE LAST TIME, I WORK ALONE!
HAS ANYONE SEEN MY BROOM?
MATT: LET'S SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT TO WORK WITH.
THAT BIG PIECE LOOKS LIKE A WHOLE CRUMPET WITH 1/4 MISSING, WHICH MAKES IT 3/4'S OF A CRUMPET.
AND EACH OF THOSE OTHER PIECES IS ONE 1/2 OF A CRUMPET.
AND TWO HALVES MAKE A WHOLE.
SO WE'VE GOT ONE AND 3/4'S CRUMPETS!
TO SHARE EQUALLY SEVEN WAYS!
HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT?
I'VE GOT IT!
REMEMBER HOW I FOUND OUT YOU CAN WRITE FRACTIONS TWO DIFFERENT WAYS?
WELL, LET'S TURN ONE AND 3/4'S INTO A TOP-HEAVY FRACTION.
LET'S TRY IT!
OKAY, THE ONE IS JUST THE SAME AS 4/4'S.
MATT: AND 4/4'S PLUS 3/4'S IS 7/4'S!
INEZ: THAT'S SEVEN PIECES FOR SEVEN SORCERERS.
THEY EACH GET A 1/4 PIECE.
AND HERE THEY ARE.
ONE... TWO... THREE... FOUR... FIVE... SIX...
SEVEN!
QUICK!
GET 'EM IN A CIRCLE!
JACKIE: THIS BETTER WORK!
I'M TOO WEAK, SHARI.
YOU SAY IT.
ME?
HERE COMES HACKER!
HURRY, SHARI!
OKAY, OKAY, I'LL TRY.
MAGIC FORCES, HEED MY WORD.
LET THIS YEAR'S POWERS, BE CONFERRED!
HACKER: AT LAST, THE TIME IS HERE...
KIDS AND DIGIT, DISAPE- (SQUEAKY-VOICED) AHH!
WICKED?
DEAR?
I COULD USE SOME OF YOUR MAGIC RIGHT NOW.
OH, SWEETHEART?
DARLING?
WHERE ARE YOU, PUDDIN'?
OH!
THANK-YOU!
DID I MISS SOMETHING?
MATTHEW, YOU WERE SO BRILLIANT!
(EMBARRASSED) WELL, ACTUALLY, IT WASN'T JUST ME.
WE ALL FIGURED IT OUT TOGETHER.
RIGHT, GUYS?
YEP.
WE'RE A TEAM!
DIGIT: THE CYBERSQUAD!
MATT: YOU TOO, SHARI.
WELL, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US HERE AT FROGSNORTS...
THANK YOU.
DON'T BE SHY, MATT.
DON'T BE SORE.
YOU'RE A CUTIE, TO THE CORE!
ALL: (LAUGHING) STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, IT'S CYBERCHASE FOR REAL.
THANKS FOR COMING.
THE HALLOWEEN BAKE SALE AT SCHOOL IS TOMORROW, AND MOM HAS TO WORK LATE.
NO PROBLEM.
LET'S GET TO WORK.
LOOK'S SIMPLE ENOUGH.
BUT IT ONLY MAKES TWELVE CUP CAKES.
MAYBE WE SHOULD DOUBLE THE RECIPE TO SELL MORE.
GOOD IDEA.
I'LL GET ANOTHER BOWL.
OH, WE DON'T NEED TWO BOWLS.
WE'LL JUST PUT IN TWICE THE INGREDIENTS.
LET'S LOOK AT THE RECIPE.
IF IT CALLS FOR ONE EGG WE'LL PUT IN TWO.
IF IT CALLS FOR ONE CUP OF SUGAR.
WE'LL PUT IN DOUBLE THAT.
SIMPLE.
BUT IT CALLS FOR 2/3'S OF A BAR SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE, AND IF WE DOUBLE 2/3'S WE GET 4/3'S.
THAT'S A WACKY FRACTION.
BIANCA: LET ME SHOW YOU.
THIS IS A WHOLE BAR OF CHOCOLATE.
IF I WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU I WOULD BREAK IT IN HALF.
AND THAT WOULD BE HALF FOR ME AND HALF FOR YOU.
BUT WHAT IF YOUR SISTER WERE HERE?
WE WOULD BREAK IT IN THIRDS.
EVEN SHARES.
BIANCA: RIGHT.
SO HERE BREAK IT IN THIRDS.
OKAY.
IT'S IN THIRDS.
BIANCA: THE ORIGINAL RECIPE CALLS FOR 2/3'S OF A BAR.
BUT WE DOUBLE THAT.
OH!
4/3'S IS THE SAME AS 1 1/3.
BIANCA: BINGO.
WHAT IS SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE ANYWAY?
ITS' HALF SWEET AND HALF SOMETHING ELSE.
♪♪ (DING!)
IN UNISON: THEY'RE READY!
BIANCA: TH IS ONE CAME OUT A LITTLE... LITTLE.
WHAT ABOUT ICING?
OKAY.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SONG?
NOT I SING - ICING.
OH.
FILL IT TO THE TOP WITH ICING.
GREAT IDEA.
♪♪ GIRL: DO YOU WANT A CUP CAKE?
OKAY.
BIANCA: HERE YOU GO.
25 CENTS.
LOTS OF FROSTING.
♪♪ HERE COMES THE PRINCIPAL.
LOOKS LIKE YOUR CUP CAKES WERE A BIG SUCCESS.
LET ME BUY THE LAST ONE.
WHAT DID THE MOTHER GHOST SAY TO THE BABY GHOST?
STOP GOBBLING YOUR FOOD.
(LAUGHTER) ♪ ♪ ♪

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