(upbeat music) (cow mooing) Who's hungry for heat?

Step right up and get a heaping helping of Chili Chuck's special recipe.

Oh, how hot is it?

Son, this'll fry your fork and char your chompers.

I think I need something a little more digestible.

Free fire extinguisher with every order.

Couldn't we just get some Kid Stew?

Kid Stew?

Does that have a kick to it?

Kid Stew is a show, by kids, about kids and for kids.

It's about books and art and creativity and fun.

Sounds as hot as a jalapeno.

Sorry, I ain't got no Kid Stew.

Well that's cool, Well that's cool, 'cause we do.

'cause we do.

(upbeat music) ♪ Go, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ There's a world for me and you ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ A lot of things to see and do ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Everyday is something new ♪ ♪ It's Kid Stew, it's Kid Stew ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Come laugh and learn, enjoy the view ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Jump right in, enjoy the crew ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ It's Kid Stew ♪ ♪ It's Kid Stew ♪ (electricity crackles) [Announcer] Funding for Kid Stew is provided in part by the Cornelia T Bailey Foundation and Michele and Howard Kessler.

♪ Kid Stew ♪ (calm music) Okay, okay, welcome to Singles Mingle for Mythical Creatures, I'm Cyclops your host, so let's get right to it, anybody have any dating issues?

Well, I got hair made out of poisonous snakes.

That's a total pain Medusa, I bet that makes it hard to meet people.

Ya think?

(goat bleating) Yeah?

Well, try to get a prom date when you're half boy, half (goat bleating) goat.

I know, you Satyrs don't have it easy either.

(low growling) I'm the Abominable Snowman, and no one ever gets close to me.

Well, you are abominable.

What does that even mean?

Look it up, abominable, it means disgusting or very unpleasant.

Great, let me add that to my online profile.

(cow mooing) Unicorn, how about you?

Any problems?

Not at all, I love everybody and everybody loves me.

Wait, I don't get it, you're a horse with a horn sticking out of your head.

Why is that not a deal breaker?

I don't know, I just always try to be kind and make people happy.

Oh, give it a rest.

Hold it, I think Unicorn might be onto something.

What if we focus less on our looks and just try to be nice to people?

Oh, yeah right, like that'll work.

Cyclops is right, I think you're all beautiful.

Even if I have hooves?

Even if I'm abominable?

Even with the snakes?

Of course, it's how you treat people that matters.

Okay, then we're all agreed.

From now on we worry less about our own problems and focus more on others, all in favor say aye.

Eye?

I see what you did there Cyclops.

(goat bleating) What do you guys say?

[Group] Aye.

I just love it when everybody gets along.

(goat bleating) (low growling) [Group] If we can do it, you can too.

♪ I'm at a payphone ♪ Hey Madison, what's up?

What's up is that I'm up to my neck in school projects, look, I need a calendar to keep everything straight.

Sounds like you need a little break, like maybe for a little time travel?

I don't have time, really.

Sure you do, come on.

Okay, but let's make this quick.

♪ Yeah, I'm a payphone tryin' to call home ♪ ♪ All of my change I spent on you ♪ ♪ I'm at a payphone ♪ And we're off.

(calm music) Well, this one's not gonna fit, it's two cubits short.

What did I tell you?

Measure twice, cut once.

No wonder this project is taking a thousand years.

And who might you be?

Hi there, I'm Madison.

And I'm Milena, and this is Stonehenge.

Come again?

Stonehenge, one of the most famous structures in human history.

Yeah?

Well, right now it's just a pile of rocks.

So I'm dying to know, why this pattern?

What's the significance?

Well, we live by the seasons, we're setting these stones so that the light passes through them exactly on the longest and shortest days of the year.

The summer equinox and the winter equinox.

Right, what she said.

Maybe you could just, use a calendar.

A what?

A calendar, see?

Every day and season clearly marked.

You kidding me right now?

All this time, all we needed was a piece of paper?

What are we gonna do with this massive, half-finished structure?

Leave it, leave it just as it is, give people a little mystery to figure out.

Yeah, we got ourselves a calendar now.

Yeah.

Bye guys.

You're welcome.

Well, we just solved another one of man kinds big problems.

We're like Stonehenge, we rock.

Here at Stonehenge, people are still trying to figure out the secrets behind these mysterious rock formations.

My theory, is that kids used to come here to hang out with their friends and to eat ice cream, and that this was the first ever arcade.

(upbeat game music) (energetic music) Of course I'm wearing pants, I don't have to wear pants but I'm wearing pants.

(people laughing) Hello, I'm Nicholas and welcome back to Kid Stew ewwws!

The news show where the truth is always gross.

Our leading story today is from the world of sports, where a Swedish soccer player was given a red card after the referee ruled that the players excessive flatulence was un-sportsman like behavior.

Ewwww!

Maybe cut back on the Swedish meatballs before the match, okay Sven?

And now to a story that kind of makes me squirm, it comes to us from the Narcisse, Snake Dens of Manitoba, Canada, where every year over 35 thousand garden snakes gather for a mating ritual.

Ewwww!

So romantic.

(crowd laughing) Friends, obviously, the world is gross and getting grosser every day, let's bring in our panel of experts to share some gross opinions.

Well, the first thing I want to say is how gross my fellow panelists are, I mean, really, could they be any more revolting?

It takes one to know one, but I find your point-of-view both disgusting and vile.

Blake, you want to weight in here?

I think they're both shameless and reprehensible, and I have the facts to prove it.

Oh really?

You people both have the intellect of a house fly.

I am at a loss at how gross both of your opinions are.

Which is both gross and totally unsanitary.

Maybe I can add inconsequential, antiquated, and completely out of earthly merit.

Total and utter garbage, I mean, pee-yew!

Oh, did I say gross?

Gross is what you two come up with.

Do you want to take this outside?

You couldn't argue yourself out of a wet laundry bag.

I'll take you both on, debate this.

(people gasping) (people laughing) Good discussion, and that's all the time we have for now, until next time, keep it real and keep it gross.

(kids arguing) [Boy] And totally unsanitary.

♪ Tweedlee dee ♪ ♪ Tweedlee tweedlee dee ♪ ♪ Tweedlee tweedlee dee ♪ ♪ Tweedlee tweedlee dee, tweedlee tweedlee dee ♪ I'll have the birthday cake please, thank you.

♪ Tweedlee tweedlee dee, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet ♪ I'll have the superman, thank you.

Aren't you Dorian Cirrone?

Yes, I am.

Didn't you write a book about a missing ice cream shop?

I did.

Huh, in your book "The Big Scoop", didn't an entire ice cream shop go missing?

Well, it didn't really go missing, it was all about the landmarks that the kids were using and the flowers opening and closing at different times of day.

Oh, interesting, do you have some time for more questions?

Sure.

Okay, let's go.

Welcome to the Kid Stew interview.

Thank you.

With all of your books when you're writing, do you have a common theme that you use?

I think the theme is probably that you need to be yourself and you need to live your true self, and not worry about what other people say.

You wrote a book about a ballerina, what were the challenges she faced?

Well, she really has the wrong body type for being a ballerina, which you know, that's a big thing in being a ballerina, as a dancer you know that.

Very important, what would you tell kids that want to be in the arts that don't have a specific body for ballet?

Well, right now, I think, is a good time for that.

You don't have to be tall and thin, if you look at all the background dancers for dancers like J.Lo and Taylor Swift, some of them don't have the same kind of ballerina body that you used to see, so I would say just keep trying and find your place.

You worked as a journalist, what do you think are the challenges that people face in journalism?

Getting to the truth, even as a writer of fiction I include facts in my books and I can't just go to one source and find a fact, I have to then check it several times to make sure it's true.

As a kid, how do we know what's true or not?

You have to do the research, you have to do maybe four or five sources and see which ones mesh together and I think you can often see maybe which ones are way out there and, but I think the more sources that agree with each other and vary sources, not, don't just go to one type of place.

You also wrote a book about a girl that didn't get to go to prom, did you get to go to prom?

I didn't, when I was younger, you couldn't go to the prom without a date.

Oh.

So, I didn't have a date and neither did my friends, and now you could go--- As a group, yeah.

as a group with your friends, but they didn't do that then, so, good for girl power now.

Yes.

(girl laughing) Thank you for joining us on the Kid Stew interview.

You're welcome.

Back to you guys.

(electricity crackles) (upbeat music) Hi really big brain.

We brought you some fossils.

Wow, there's nothing I like better than a peek into the past, show me what you got.

Well, they're prehistoric all right, but they're not bones, they're coprolites.

Copro-what?

Coprolites, basically fossilized dinosaur, are you ready for this?

Poop.

Oh, gross.

Should I be wearing gloves?

Relax, after 65 millions years the germs are long gone, and coprolites are really useful.

Scientists study them to learn where ancient dinosaurs lived and what they ate for breakfast.

Sorry, still gross.

And when you polish them up, they make nice jewelry.

I'll just shop at the mall, thanks.

Hey, speaking of breakfast, what kind of dinosaur likes pancakes?

Um.

Triceratops, get it?

Got it, nice one rbb.

Well, got to go, what should we do with our dino poop?

Um, I'll add it to my collection of prehistoric treasures.

I'd put it on the bottom shelf.

Hey, I do the jokes around here kid, but that wasn't bad.

(electricity crackles) Hi, and welcome to Kid Stew, who knew?

(upbeat music) If you wanted to get around New York in the 1800's, you rode on a horse-drawn streetcar.

Easy-peasy, that is, as long as your skin was white.

One Sunday in 1854, Elizabeth Jennings Graham got on a street car on her way to church.

The conductor and a policeman threw her off because of her skin color, but did Elizabeth get mad?

Nope, she got even.

She sued that railroad company in court and guess what?

She won.

Thanks to Elizabeth, public transportation in New York was now open to everybody.

A 100 years later, in Alabama, Rosa Parks got arrested for refusing to move to the colored section of a bus.

Her courage made her famous and helped the cause of equal rights all across America, but Elizabeth Jennings Graham did it first, who knew?

(electricity crackles) Hi Armando, what've you got there?

It's the worst.

If it's the worst, then why are you eating it?

No, it's bratwurst, you know, things you eat in football stadiums?

It's German.

So you're telling me, all this time, I've been having German food at football games?

It's a fact, hamburgers?

They're German too.

Ever seen Germany in real life?

I wish.

Why not give it a shot?

Really?

All right.

Start in Berlin, that's the capital.

Here I go.

(energetic music) I'm standing in front of the Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, Germany.

This is the only old entrance that leads you into the historic part of Berlin, Germany.

(energetic music) This is the Bundestag Federal Government building.

This is the Berlin Wall that separated east and west Germany.

This piece of the Berlin Wall was originally placed at the Potsdamer Platz.

Berlin is the capital of Germany and this is the famous pastry, just don't say ich bin ein Berliner, or else you're calling yourself a jellyroll.

Begets, I'm Armando, what's your name?

Hey Armando, my name is Andre, how are you?

Doing really good, and you?

I'm doing very well.

What you reading?

I'm reading a book about Deutschland, which is the pronunciation of Germany in German.

What is your favorite thing about Germany?

Oh man, my favorite thing about Germany, for once we have the (speaking foreign language), where we have a huge gathering for the celebration of King Ludvig's wedding, which is Oktoberfest.

It started as a ceremonial wedding for the King Ludvig, which is the Prince of Bavaria when he was still a prince.

It's a, it's a very big party.

[Armando] Sounds fun.

It is very fun, and we have different dancing competitions as well with it, so it's really, 'cause each town, they compete against each other on the floor.

Like a dance off?

Pretty much like a dance off, yeah.

That's a good way to put it.

A German dance off.

Do you know anybody that can teach me?

Oh, well I can teach you a few things if you'd like me to, yeah, I can teach you some of the (speaking foreign language), would you like to try it?

Why not?

All right, let's do this.

All right, so I'm gonna teach you some of the most basic moves of the Schuhplattler dance.

So the thing is, one, two, three, four, five and six.

Oh, so it's like a swimming.

Yes.

So you gotta swim around, okay?

All right.

So it's one, two, three, four, five, six.

(upbeat music) So now that you have this, would you like to do it with a whole group of the dance?

Then you can learn?

I think so, yeah, let's do this.

[Andre] You down to do it?

[Armando] I think so.

[Andre] All right, so let's do this, let's get the kids ready.

(music) That was awesome.

How do you commonly say good-bye in German?

Well, the most common way to say good-bye is auf wiedersehen.

Well, auf wiedersehen from Berlin, now back to you guys.

[Group] Kid Stew!

(electricity crackles) (dramatic music) Hello, and welcome to Kid Stew classics, hear that?

It's one of the most powerful pieces of music ever composed by Richard Wagner.

As a boy in Germany, young Richard showed no musical aptitude at all.

His parents wouldn't even give him a piano lesson, not too promising, but Wagner made up for it later to become one of the most influential composers of all time.

You see, it doesn't matter how you start off in life as long as you finish big, and that's how it's done.

(electricity crackles) ♪ Oh help me ♪ Oh, Dr. Palmer, I need emergency consult stat.

Certainly Dr. Ortiz, what seems to be the problem?

Steel yourself doctor, this isn't pretty.

Hi docs.

Ugh, I've encountered this condition before, but this is the worst case I've ever seen.

Tell me, Mr...Bizby, about how many texts you send a day.

Couple hundred, easy.

I gotta stay connected with my peeps, my bros, my buds, my bff's.

At what cost man?

Doctor, I think we have our diagnosis.

Pollux inflamitis.

Exactly, emoji thumb.

What do I need doc?

An x-ray, transfusions, transplants?

I'm writing you a library card.

A what?

Read one book a week, come and see me in a month.

A book?

A week?

That's crazy.

What are the side effects?

Well, your vocabulary may increase, you might have more to talk about, and you could become a more interesting person.

You think you can handle that Mr. Bizby?

(electricity crackles) Welcome to the Kid Stew kitchen, I'm Luke.

And I'm Josiah.

And today we're gonna be making a healthy turkey sandwich.

Lean meats have tons of great protein, without all the fat.

I'm more of a chicken patty guy.

(upbeat music) Okay, so first off, we're gonna start with whole-wheat bread, and some oven-roasted turkey.

I'm gonna start with a delicious hamburger bun.

You know those things are full of white, bleached flour right?

So it's good for my teeth?

Uh, no, nah, not really.

Now I'm gonna add some of my favorite veggies, lettuce and tomatoes.

Uh, what is that?

It's my protein.

You know that's full of unsaturated fats and heavy bread crumbs?

What?

It's a sandwich.

Okay.

Now I'm going add some French Dijon mustard.

I like ketchup.

Perfect.

And liquid gold.

Yes.

Bon appétit.

Are you gonna eat that whole thing?

Yes, the pain goes away after awhile.

Uh, remember to look for lean meats for a satisfying meal, see you next time, here in the kitchen.

(upbeat music) I love folk tales, and this one takes place in the Caribbean jungle, which makes it even cooler.

It's called "The Jumbies" by Tracey Baptiste, as you can probably tell from the cover.

It's a little spooky, it's about mysterious creatures who hide out in the jungle called the Jumbies.

Are they imaginary or are they real?

Wait, did you hear something?

Anyway, the hero named Corinne meets a beautiful girl, but let's just say she's not what she seems.

Before long, Corinne realizes that she needs an ancient magic to save her island, pretty exciting.

Okay, I definitely heard something, I'm out of here.

(electricity crackles) (car racing) I am 10 and I started racing, I think about, when I was five.

First time I ever got in a car, I thought I was super fast, I was going like, 10 miles an hour.

It's a huge difference to what I do today.

The fastest I've ever gone in a racing car is about 90 miles per hour.

(energetic music) ♪ Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go ♪ ♪ Here he comes, here comes speed racer ♪ Max right now is fighting for the national championship, we're on his first year in that age group.

Last year, he won the National Championship in micro, which is the eight to 11 year-old age group, and once we're at that level, at a national level, we're just out there to win the championship, and do as good as we can, Max's fastest three laps on his last session where exactly the same, 53.15, all three laps.

So that's what we're really working to strive for is the consistency of being able to do that every single lap.

♪ Go speed racer, go speed racer ♪ ♪ Go speed racer, go ♪ I like math and it can help me in racing 'cause you need to know the measurements of the wheels, if not, you're gonna get DQ'd for not regulated wheels.

Engineering's an important part of racing because you need somebody to work on your car.

You can't just have one car and if it doesn't work for you, it's like under-steering or over-steering, you're gonna have to deal with it if you have no engineers, but you have engineers to fix that problem.

One thing I've learned in school is you should never give up on anything.

♪ Go speed racer, go speed racer, go ♪ [Carlos] Cool thing about the kids is like all of them are really spot-on on with the being meticulous about how to drive and what to do about the driving and all that, so it's really, it's really cool how intelligent they are.

♪ Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go ♪ In the future I'd like to be in Formula One because if the cars are very fast and very technical tracks, hard to drive, and you have to be the best of the best to win.

♪ Go speed racer, go, go speed racer ♪ ♪ Go speed racer, go ♪ ♪ Go speed racer, go ♪ ♪ Go, go, go, go, go, go ♪ I'm Max Garcia and I race go-karts.

♪ Go, go, here he comes, here comes speed racer ♪ (electricity crackles) Hi, and welcome to Kid Stew classics.

Today we're gonna talk about, drum roll please, (loud drumming) Gene Krupa, possibly the greatest drummer who ever drummed.

Gene was the ninth of nine kids in a Catholic family, and his parents wanted him to become a priest, but he heard a different calling.

Gene Krupa took drums out of the background and made them a lead instrument in orchestras and bands.

Every drummer in the world owes a debt to Gene Krupa and his sound, including me.

(electricity crackles) ♪ How do I know my youth is all spent ♪ ♪ My get up and go, has got up and went ♪ Hey, how's your hip?

Eh, my lip?

Your hip!

How is your hip?

Oh, I think I need a procedure.

And maybe a new hearing aid.

Eh?

Right Satine?

(loud snoring) Satine!

Huh?

What?

Remember when we used to be so energetic?

Running around doing music videos?

Now all I want to do is sleep.

What's wrong with you guys?

It's like your get up and go, got up and went.

Come on, we can't give up yet.

(upbeat music) ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Don't think about it ♪ ♪ Just move your body ♪ ♪ Listen to the music sing oh, ey, oh ♪ ♪ Just move those left feet ♪ ♪ Go ahead, get crazy ♪ ♪ Anyone can do it, sing oh, ey, oh ♪ ♪ Show the world you've got that fire, fire ♪ ♪ Feel the rhythm getting louder ♪ ♪ Show the room what you can do ♪ ♪ Prove to them you got the moves ♪ ♪ I don't know about you ♪ ♪ But I feel better when I'm dancing, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Better when I'm dancing, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ And we can do this together ♪ ♪ I bet you feel better when you're dancing, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ But I feel better when I'm dancing, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Better when I'm dancing, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ And we can do this together ♪ ♪ I bet you feel better when you're dancing, yeah, yeah ♪ (upbeat non-lyrical vocalization) ♪ I feel better when I'm dancing ♪ ♪ Feel better when I'm dancing ♪ ♪ Hey, feel better when I'm, yeah, yeah ♪ (electricity crackles) Well, that's all for this episode.

Come back next time and feel the heat, [Group] On Kid Stew.

(electricity crackles) Yeah, well, try to get a prom date, date, date, mate.

It's a little spooky, wait, did I say that already?

Every drummer in the world owes a debt to Gene Krupa and his sound, including me.

(electricity crackles) (upbeat music) (electricity crackles) [Announcer] Funding for Kid Stew is provided in part by the Cornelia T Bailey Foundation and Michele and Howard Kessler.

(upbeat music) (calm music)