Cyberchase
Snow Day to Be Exact: Act 1
Clip: Season 1 Episode 4 | 8m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Hacker steals the powerful sunisphere from Solaria.
Hacker steals the powerful sunisphere from Solaria, causing the cyberworld's sunny vacation paradise to be covered in snow! In a fun-filled chase across the snowy terrain, the kids discover the power and speed of estimation in order to recover the glowing orb from Buzz and Delete before the temperature reaches zero and the site freezes over forever.
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Cyberchase
Snow Day to Be Exact: Act 1
Clip: Season 1 Episode 4 | 8m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Hacker steals the powerful sunisphere from Solaria, causing the cyberworld's sunny vacation paradise to be covered in snow! In a fun-filled chase across the snowy terrain, the kids discover the power and speed of estimation in order to recover the glowing orb from Buzz and Delete before the temperature reaches zero and the site freezes over forever.
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♪ 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!
♪ <Tour Guide> WELCOME TO SOLARIA!
CYBERWORLD'S NUMBER ONE HOT SPOT FOR FUN IN THE SUN!
THIS VACATION PARADISE IS 100% TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED BY THE FAMOUS, ONE-OF-A-KIND SUNISPHERE!
(LAUGHTER) AND, THANKS TO DR. MARBLES' INVENTION OF ORBTION REABSORBTION - THE BALL NEVER GETS HOT.
<The Tourists> (APPLAUDS!)
<Tour Guide> YEAH!
NO!
HA HA, I KNOW!
<Buzz> POWER INDUCER'S ALMOST FIXED, BOSS.
YOU'LL BE CABLE-READY IN A SEC.
<Delete> I WANNA FIX IT!
LET ME!
<Buzz> GIMME THAT THING BEFORE YOU BREAK IT!
<Delete> NO WAY, BUZZ!
I'M DOIN' IT!
LISTEN, YOU TIN-DOMED GOOFBALLS!
I DON'T CARE WHO FIXES IT!
JUST GET ME CHARGED UP!
<Delete> NO PROBLEM, BOSS!
HEH HEH.
<Hacker> YOU HAREBRAINED HUBCAPS!
I OUGHT TO...
YEOW!!!
SORRY, BOSS.
<Buzz> BAD HAIR DAY, BOSS?
<Hacker> IT'S FRIED, YOU FOOL!
WHAT I NEED IS A NEW POWER SOURCE.
SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RECHARGED.
SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST FOREVER.
SOMETHING LIKE... (GASP) THAT!
I WANT THAT GOLDEN SPHERE - AND I WANT IT NOW!
<Buzz> PUSH!
NOT ME - THE BALL!
<Hacker> WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG?!
DO I HAVE TO COME DOWN THERE AND DO IT MYSELF?!
<Buzz> OH, OH.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BOSS HAS TO DO THINGS HIMSELF.
PUSH!
OOPS.
OOPS.
<Tour Guide> SO, FOLKS, THANKS TO THE AMAZING SUNISPHERE, YOUR VACATION IN SOLARIA IS GUARANTEED TO BE A HOT AND SUNNY ONE.
BON APPETITE.
(LAUGHTER) OH, THAT'S ODD.
THE SUNISPHERE MUST BE DISLODGED!
IT'S GETTING COLDER!
IF I DON'T FIX IT, WE'RE DOOMED!
(MANIACAL LAUGHTER) <Inez> TWENTY-NINE, THIRTY, THIRTY ONE, THIRTY-TWO...
(MEOW!)
<Inez> (GASP!)
GATITO, NO!
NOW I HAVE TO START COUNTING ALL OVER AGAIN.
OK, YOU WANT TO HELP?
ACCORDING TO THIS RECIPE, I NEED 200 JELLY BEANS - 4 FOR EACH COOKIE.
SO WE NEED TO COUNT THEM OUT BEFORE WE START COOKING.
GOT IT?
OKAY.
START COUNTING.
ONE...TWO... <Motherboard> INEZ, INEZ...HACK ATTACK!
MOTHERBOARD!
WHERE?
SOLARIA.
YOU'RE GOING IN.
WHAT ABOUT MATT AND JACKIE?
<Motherboard> THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY.
<Inez> BRING ME THROUGH, MOTHERBOARD!
WHOAAA-AAAAAA-AAAAAA!
<Motherboard> YOU MAY NEED THESE.
<Inez> WHOA!
A WINTER WONDERLAND!
<Matt> HEADS UP!
<Jackie> COMIN' THROUGH!
<Inez> HI, GUYS!
<Matt> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SO MUCH SNOW?!
COOL, HUH?
<Inez> COOL - BUT WEIRD.
SINCE SOLAR MEANS SUN - A SITE CALLED SOLARIA SHOULD BE SUNNY.
<Motherboard> USED TO BE.
TILL BUZZ AND DELETE STOLE THE SUNISPHERE, THEIR SOURCE OF HEAT AND LIGHT.
YOU MUST RETURN IT ... TO MOUNTAINTOP... BEFORE... BEFORE... <Matt> BEFORE WHAT??!
<Motherboard> BEFORE SOLARIA FREEZES...
SOLID.
<Inez> WHAT HAPPENS THEN?
THE ENTIRE SITE CRASHES.
HACKER GETS UNLIMITED POWER.
S'NO TIME... S'NO TIME... <Matt> S'NO TIME TO WHAT?
<Inez> S'NO TIME TO LOSE, IF YOU ASK ME.
WE'VE GOT TO FIND THAT SUNISPHERE!
<Jackie> FINE.
EXCEPT WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
<Tour Guide> DANGER!
DANGER!
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
I DON'T HAVE SNOW TIRES ON THIS THING!
I TRIED, OH I TRIED, BUT I'VE FAILED... <Jackie> DON'T WORRY, MOTHERBOARD SENT US HERE TO HELP.
SHE DID??
<Matt> WHAT CAN WE DO?
IF WE CAN FIND THE SUNISPHERE, THERE'S STILL TIME TO PUT IT BACK WHERE IT BELONGS.
WE HAVE UNTIL THE TEMPERATURE REACHES HERE.
AND THEN...
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT!
<Inez> WE KNOW.
BYE-BYE SOLARIA!
<Matt> BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE SUNISPHERE LOOKS LIKE BEFORE WE CAN FIND IT.
(CHUCKLE) MY GUESS - IT'S A BIG YELLOW BALL!
LOOK!
<Inez> IT'S BUZZ AND DELETE!
<Tour Guide> AND THEY'VE GOT THE SUNISPHERE!
<Buzz> AH, I HATE WALKIN' IN THE SNOW!
<Jackie> QUICK!
GIVE US A RIDE UP THE MOUNTAIN!
<Tour Guide> OH, IF ONLY I COULD.
THIS TRAM ISN'T MADE FOR GOING UPHILL IN THE SNOW.
YOU COULD WALK FASTER THAN I CAN DRIVE!
<Matt> THERE'S GOT TO BE A FASTER WAY UP THERE.
WE'LL NEVER CATCH THEM IF WE HAVE TO WALK.
HEY!
THE SKI LIFT!
<Inez> BUT IT'S WAY TOO HIGH TO REACH!
<Matt> NOT EVEN CLOSE!
<Inez> MAYBE IF WE PILE STUFF UP ON THE ROOF AND STAND ON IT - WE CAN REACH IT.
<Jackie> HOW MUCH STUFF DO WE NEED?
<Inez> GOOD QUESTION.
LET'S MEASURE HOW FAR IT IS FROM THE TOP OF MATT'S HEAD TO THE SKI LIFT.
ANYONE HAVE A LONG RULER?
<Tour Guide> LIFEPRESERVER...SNORKLE...FINS .. SUNTAN LOTION - NUMBER 25, OF COURSE.
(CHUCKLE) UH... NO RULER!
<Matt> WHOA, WHOA, TIME OUT!
WE DON'T HAVE TO MEASURE THE DISTANCE EXACTLY - WE CAN JUST ESTIMATE HOW FAR IT IS!
ESTIMATE!??
AS IN GUESS?
WHAT IF WE'RE WRONG?
THE FUTURE OF THIS ENTIRE CYBERSITE IS AT STAKE - AND YOU WANT TO ESTIMATE??!
<Jackie> ESTIMATE JUST MEANS GETTING A NUMBER THAT'S CLOSE - RATHER THAN EXACT.
IS THAT SO BAD?
<Matt> LOOK, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO MEASURE EXACTLY - SO CLOSE ENOUGH WILL JUST HAVE TO BE GOOD ENOUGH.
WHAT MATTERS IS THAT WE REACH THE LIFT!
<Inez> I STILL SAY BEING EXACT WOULD BE BETTER!
<Jackie> HM, LET'S SEE.
IT LOOKS LIKE MY THUMB MATCHES MATT'S HEIGHT, SO FROM THE TOP OF HIS HEAD WE MEASURE ONE MORE MATT, TWO MORE MATT'S AND WE'RE THERE!
WE NEED TO BOOST HIM UP TWO MORE MATT'S.
THAT SHOULD BE CLOSE ENOUGH.
<Tour Guide> IF WE TURN THIS PICNIC BOX ON END - IT'S ALMOST AS TALL AS MATT.
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
<Matt> TOSS 'EM UP!
<Tour Guide> HERE YOU GO!
BON APPETITE.
(CHUCKLE) OH, I JUST LOVE TO SAY THAT.
<Matt> HEY, TAXI!
<Jackie> OUR ESTIMATE WORKED!
LET'S GO!
COME ON!
WE GOTTA CATCH 'EM.
<Hacker> PUT THE BALL IN THE BASKET AND LET'S SAY GOODBYE TO SOLARIA!
WE'VE WREAKED ENOUGH HAVOC HERE TO FEEL GOOD ALL DAY!
<Buzz> OKAY, HAND ME THAT THING.
<Delete> HERE YA G- AY!
GED YER FOOD OUDDA MY MOUD!
<Buzz> YOU GET YOUR TONGUE OFFA MY FOOT!
OH OH...IT'S FROZEN!
WE FORGOT.
THE BOSS SAID NEVER STICK OUR TONGUES TO METAL IN THE WINTER.
<Delete> UNLESS HE DELLS US DO.
<Hacker> AND NOW I'M TELLING YOU TO QUIT LOLLYGAGGING AND GIVE ME THAT SUNISPHERE!
<Inez> COME ON!
COME ON!
WE'RE GOING MAKE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT...
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