Team Hamster! & Ruff Ruffman
Plushie on Ice!
10/15/2017 | 3m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Can Ruff discover the right amount of force to push his plushie back to safety?
Grandma’s plushie is stuck in the middle of an icy penguin enclosure at the zoo. Ruff can’t walk onto the ice to get it, but can he use something to send the plushie to the edge? Cue the frozen herring! Can Ruff figure out the right amount force to put behind his push, or will the plushie’s new home remain at the zoo?
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Team Hamster! & Ruff Ruffman
Plushie on Ice!
10/15/2017 | 3m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Grandma’s plushie is stuck in the middle of an icy penguin enclosure at the zoo. Ruff can’t walk onto the ice to get it, but can he use something to send the plushie to the edge? Cue the frozen herring! Can Ruff figure out the right amount force to put behind his push, or will the plushie’s new home remain at the zoo?
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The Ruff Ruffman Show!
With Blossom and Chet.
Yeah!
♪ ♪ PLUSHIE: I love you, Grandma.
(penguin caws) Okay, viewers, here's the deal.
It's my Grandma's birthday today, and that action to the max-tion plushie is supposed to be her birthday present.
(penguin cawing) Uh, can you get out of the way, please?
Thank you.
How did the plushie get in the middle of a penguin enclosure at the zoo?
Anyway, I shall now venture onto this ice rink to rescue it from these, uh... birds.
Blossom, stand by.
Now I'll just... (screaming) Blossom, this ice... too slippery-- whoa, whoa whoa-- to walk on!
Blossom!
(screaming) How am I going to get my plushie back?
Yoo-hoo, Blossom?
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What a perfect slide onto the ice, and pow, it's hit the other team's stone, knocking it away.
RUFF: Blossom, you know I don't like Cat Channel videos.
Oh, you think they hold the answer to my plushie problem?
Hmm, you're saying that instead of moving an object on your own, you can use a second object to push the first object out of the way.
So I can stay on the edge of the rink and knock the plushie to the other side with another object.
Well, okay, but what can I use to push the plushie?
Bingo!
Frozen herring.
He winds back, and now a gentle slide of the fish.
And... that did not work.
What's happening here, Blossom?
I hit the plushie, but it barely moved.
So you think I need to slide the fish harder so it'll hit the plushie harder and give it a bigger push?
Okay, here it goes.
Chet, give this one a little drama.
(drum roll) (cymbal crash) Uh, the plushie's back to where it was before I slid the fish.
Blossom, what's the deal?
You think I slid the fish with too much force?
Okay, so that means I slid it too hard, and it gave the plushie too big of a push.
Okay, Chet, this time I need to slide the fish harder than the first time, but softer than the second time.
Here goes.
Yes!
We did it!
My herring knocked the plushie with just enough force to push it all the way to the edge, but not too much force for it to slide and bounce back.
Come on, Chet!
All we have to do now is go to the other side, and... (penguin cawing) Hey!
Ruffie, my birthday party's about to begin.
I'll be over in a minute, Grandma.
PLUSHIE: (garbled) I love you, Grandma.
Uh, better make that two minutes.
Oh!
Quick, Chet!
Follow that truck full of kibble!
♪ The Ruff Ruffman Show.
♪ Yeah!

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