
Something Different
Season 21 Episode 15 | 28m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Everybody Rocks! Learn how the bass plays its part in a song.
Everybody Rocks! Learn how the bass plays its part in a song. Gnomes find a home in a Beth Jean Daydream. Peggy and Zarg share a lesson in respecting others.
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Something Different
Season 21 Episode 15 | 28m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Everybody Rocks! Learn how the bass plays its part in a song. Gnomes find a home in a Beth Jean Daydream. Peggy and Zarg share a lesson in respecting others.
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THE NEXT EPISODE OF THE "FRIDAY ZONE" IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN.
I'M NOT KIDDING.
>> HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
LET'S SEE IF YOU HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE.
♪ >> WE'RE FLOATING!
THIS IS CRAZY!
>> HOW THE HECK IS SOAP GONNA STOP THE CORONAVIRUS?
>> SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE NEXT EPISODE OF THE "FRIDAY ZONE," RIGHT NOW!
>> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR THE "FRIDAY ZONE" IS PROVIDED BY: ♪ FRIDAY ♪ ♪ THE WEEK IS DONE, AND IT'S TIME FOR FUN ♪ ♪ THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE ♪ ♪ IN THE "FRIDAY ZONE" ♪ ♪ SO MUCH TO SEE, WHO WILL WE MEET ♪ ♪ IT ALL HAPPENS MAGICALLY ♪ ♪ IN THE "FRIDAY ZONE" ♪ ♪ OPEN YOUR EYES, THERE'S A SURPRISE ♪ ♪ YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT ADVENTURE MIGHT ARISE ♪ ♪ THE "FRIDAY ZONE" ♪ ♪ "FRIDAY ZONE" ♪ ♪ "FRIDAY ZONE" ♪ ♪ FRIDAY ♪ >> WELCOME TO THE "FRIDAY ZONE," EVERYONE!
I'M CASSIA.
>> AND I'M ETHAN.
WE'RE IN FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY, CASS.
>> YEAH!
DR.
COOL WILL TELL US THE HISTORY OF BUBBLE GUM AND BETH JEAN FINDS A HOME FOR GNOMES.
>> AND A FRIEND WILL STOP BY TO DROP A BEAT ON A BASS.
>> BUT FIRST MR. COOKIE JAR ON THE "FRIDAY ZONE" PLAYLIST!
♪ ♪ IN THE "FRIDAY ZONE" ♪ ♪ FRIDAY ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I WOKE UP THIS MORNING ♪ ♪ SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT ♪ ♪ I FELT A DRAFT ON MY RIGHT BIG TOE ♪ ♪ IT MUST HAVE BEEN CHILLY ALL NIGHT ♪ ♪ I WAS SLEEPING IN MY DREAM ♪ ♪ WHEN MY FOOT SLIPPED DOWN AND WOKE ME UP ♪ ♪ NOW MY FOOT BE ICE COLD ♪ ♪ I WAS LIKE, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE ♪ ♪ MY FIRST FENG SHUI ♪ ♪ LOOKY HERE NOW, ISN'T THIS WONDERFUL ♪ ♪ MY LEFT FOOT COZY ♪ ♪ MY RIGHT EXPOSED ♪ ♪ I HAVE A PINK SOCK ON, COVERED IN WHITE POLKA DOTS ♪ ♪ MY RIGHT FOOT NAKED ♪ ♪ NOW LET ME EXPLAIN ♪ ♪ YOU'VE GOT TO REALIZE ♪ ♪ I LIKE TO LOOK FRESH ♪ ♪ JUST IMAGINE IT ♪ ♪ MAN WITH THE MISSING SOCK ♪ ♪ I JUST CAN'T FIND ♪ ♪ I JUST CAN'T FIND MY POLKA DOTTED PINK SOCK ♪ ♪ I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS ♪ ♪S I JUST CAN'T FIND MY POLKA DOTTED PINK SOCK ♪ ♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪ ♪ YOU CAN FLAUNT THAT EYELET CUFF ♪ ♪ YOU CAN ROCK THAT PASTEL TIE ♪ ♪ ONLY YOU CAN TELL YOURSELF HOW TO PUT COLOR IN YOUR SKY ♪ ♪ ME, I LIKE THAT PINK AND POLKA DOTTED PATTERN IN MY PUPIL ♪ ♪ IT'S THE ICING ON MY ENSEMBLE ♪ ♪ IT'S KIND OF SUPER CRUCIAL ♪ ♪ CRUCIAL ♪ ♪ THE QUEST FOR THE MISSING WHITE POLKA DOTTED PINK SOCK BEGINS ♪ ♪ I'M A THOROUGH INVESTIGATOR ♪ ♪ FLIPPING OVER EVERY PILLOW AND FURNITURE ♪ ♪ EVEN CHECKED IN MY REFRIGERATOR ♪ ♪ I CHECKED UNDER MY BED AND MY COUCH ♪ ♪ AND THE DIRTY LAUNDRY NO PINK SOCK NOT FOUND ♪ ♪ IT MAKES ME SUPERHUMAN ♪ ♪ IT KEEPS MY MOJO MOVING ♪ ♪ IT'S BLOOMING ♪ ♪ ALL THAT FROM A SOCK ♪ ♪ ARE YOU STILL SNOOZING ♪ ♪ LOLOL ♪ ♪ NOW TELL ME WHO IS IN ♪ ♪ WHAT IS NEXT ON THE QUEST FOR THE PINK SOCK ♪ ♪ WHEN DID I LAST TAKE THAT SOCK OFF ♪ ♪ I THINK I WAS AT THE MALL WHEN I WENT SHOP-SHOP ♪ ♪ HOPPING, SLIPPING ON A COUPLE OF SLIM SIX ♪ ♪ MIXINGAND MATCHING PATTERN ♪ ♪ SOMETHING PINK WITH WHITE POLKA DOTS ♪ ♪ A SOCK MAYBE ♪ ♪ #EPICFAIL ♪ ♪ C'EST LA VIE ♪ ♪ I GUESS I GOT TO GO BACK TO THE MALL ♪ ♪ AND MY QUEST DON'T STOP ♪ ♪ RETRACING, RETRACING ♪ ♪ I'M RACING, RACING ♪ ♪ THE CLOCK ♪ ♪ NOW WHAT AM I DOING HERE?
♪ ♪ SO MANY FLY BOTTOMS AND TOPS ♪ ♪ AND I'M ON A MISSION FOR WHAT ♪ ♪ I JUST CAN'T FIND ♪ ♪ I JUST CAN'T FIND MY SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING ♪ ♪ WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR AGAIN ♪ ♪ OH, YES, A SOCK ♪ ♪ I JUST CAN'T FIND MY POLKA DOTTED PINK SOCK ♪ ♪ OH, OH, ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ STILL GAME ♪ ♪ AIN'T MISSING HANGING AT THE MALL ♪ ♪ OH, YEAH ♪ ♪ I'M FEELING RIGHT AT HOME ♪ ♪ TRYING A THOUSAND ITEMS ON ♪ ♪ POCKET SQUARES BE TALKING IN MY FASHIONS ♪ ♪ HOW COULD I NOT SEE THIS COMING FROM MY BILLION HOURS AWAY ♪ ♪ ANSWERING A BUILDING ♪ ♪ EYE CHANDING ♪ ♪ I LOVE THIS PLACE ♪ ♪ NEW FASHION, NEW FASHION ♪ ♪ DISTRACTION, DISTRACTION ♪ ♪ SUDDENLY A POLKA DOT PINK PATTERN CATCHES MY EYE ♪ ♪ IS THAT YOU ♪ ♪ SWEET SOCK OF MINE ♪ ♪ COULD THIS BE MY PINK BABY ♪ ♪ I TRY NOT TO FREAK AS I LEAP BETWEEN OLD LADIES ♪ ♪ I'M LIKEE OH, WOW, EVERYTHING FOR THIS MOMENT ♪ ♪ REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO LIT ♪ ♪ SUDDENLY, IT'S ON SLO-MO, EMOTIONS LIKE A YO-YO ♪ ♪ HANG ON TIGHT, IT'S A NO GO ♪ ♪ AIN'T NO CHERRY ON TOP ♪ ♪ NOT A SOCK IN SIGHT ♪ ♪ I THOUGHT YOU HIT IT ♪ ♪ THE UNIVERSE HAD LED ME TO NO SOCK INSTEAD A LITTLE GIRL ♪ ♪ WHY ♪ ♪ AND SO RIGHT THERE THIS GIRL TURNS AROUND AND GIVES ME A SUPER LONG STARE ♪ ♪ FACE PER PLEXED AND SHE SAYS, A BOY WITH LONG HAIR ♪ ♪ I STILL CAN'T FIND ♪ ♪ I STILL CAN'T FIND MY POLKA DOTTED PINK SOCK ♪ ♪ WHEN WILL I EVER FIND IT ♪ ♪ I STILL CAN'T FIND, STILL CAN'T FIND ♪ ♪ MY POLKA DOTTED PINK SOCK ♪ ♪ I YOU CAN FLAUNT THAT EYELET CUFF ♪ ♪ ONLY YOU CAN TELL YOU HOW YOU PUT COLOR IN YOUR SINUS I LIKE THAT PINK AND POLKA DOTTED PATTERN IN MY PUPIL ♪ ♪ IT'S THE ICING ON MY ENSEMBLE ♪ ♪ IT'S KIND OF SUPER CRUCIAL ♪ ♪ CRUCIAL, CRUCIAL, CRUCIAL ♪ >> BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH, HOW MUCH PIECES DO YOU WISH?
THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
HELLO AGAIN, EVERYBODY.
DR. LEO COOL.
AH.
GOOD OLD BUBBLE GUM.
DO YOU LIKE IT?
DO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S A HALF A BILLION DOLLARS INDUSTRY?
NOW, THAT'S SOMETHING NO CHEW OVER.
TODAY -- TO CHEW OVER.
TODAY, I WILL TALK ALL ABOUT BUBBLE GUM.
SO WELCOME TO DR.
COOL'S FUN SCHOOL!
♪ >> DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUBBLE GUM AND CHEWING GUM?
BUBBLE GUM IS MOSTLY MADE OUT OF STARCHES AND POLYMERS, WHILE CHEWING GUM IS MADE OUT OF CHICKLE WHICH COMES FROM THE SAP OF A TROPICAL TREE.
THIS SUBSTANCE HAS BEEN USED FOR CENTURIES IN MEXICO, GUATEMALA AND BELIZE.
OKAY.
NOW BACK TO BUBBLE GUM.
BACK IN THE 1920s, A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF WALTER DEEMER, WHO WORKED AS AN ACCOUNTANT, HE LIKED TO EXPERIMENT IN THEIR LAB AND ONE DAY HE ACCIDENT SALLEY CREATED BUBBLE -- ACCIDENTALLY CREATED BUBBLE GUM.
WHAT A HAPPY, HAPPY ACCIDENT?
WHY IS BUBBLE GUM PINK?
BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONLY COLOR THAT WALTER HAD LAYING AROUND.
THEY WENT TO A STORE IN PHILADELPHIA TO SEE IN THE BUBBLE GUM WOULD SELL.
GUESS WHAT, IT WAS ALL SOLD OUT IN ONE AFTERNOON, AND THE REST IS BUBBLE GUM HISTORY.
IT COMES IN ALL KINDS OF SHAPES AND FLAVORS SUCH AS STICKS AND FLAKES AND NUGGETS AND BALLS AND POWDERS AND PASTES.
AMERICAN KIDS CHEW 100,000 TONS OF THIS STUFF A YEAR.
THAT'S A LOT OF CHEWING!
NOW, IF YOU EVER GET YOUR BUBBLE GUM IN YOUR HAIR, JUST RUB SOME PEANUT BUTTER IN IT TO REMOVE IT.
JUST A QUICK TIP FROM DR.
COOL.
AND I WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON DR.
COOL'S FUN SCHOOL!
♪ >> HI, GUYS.
WELCOME BACK.
WE'RE HERE WITH NATHAN FROM EVERYBODY ROCKS AND WE HAVE A COOL -- WHAT IS THIS?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
>> THIS IS A BASS GUITAR.
>> HMM.
>> IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN A REGULAR GUITAR.
SO I HAVE A REGULAR GUITAR RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S SOME SIMILARITIES AND SOME DIFFERENCES.
A BASS GUITAR HAS LESS STRINGS.
SO IT HAS FOUR STRINGS, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND A REGULAR GUITAR HAS SIX.
ALSO THE MAIN THING ABOUT THE BASS GUITAR IS THAT...
THE NOTES ARE A LITTLE LOWER SOUNDING.
SO IF I PLAY THE LOWEST NOTE ON A GUITAR, REGAR GUITAR AND THEN I PLAY THE LOWEST NOTE ON THE BASS.
YOU CAN HEAR THAT IT'S A LOT LOWER, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE BASS WITH YOU TODAY BECAUSE SOMETIMES, UNFORTUNATELY, THE BASS CAN GET OVERLOOKED.
>> HMM.
>> AND THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.
BECAUSE THE BASS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ANYTHING ELSE IN A BAND.
RIGHT?
SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BASS AND A REGULAR GUITAR, ON A REGULAR GUITAR, WE ARE PLAYING A LOT OF STRINGS AT ONCE, WE CALL THEM CHORDS.
ON THE BASS GUITAR, YOU DON'T PLAY CHORDS, UNLESS YOU ARE IN A BAND CALLED CALLED DINOSAUR JUNIOR.
YOU DON'T PLAY CHORDS.
THE CHORDS ON A BASS SOUNDS STRANGE.
IT SOUNDS MUDDY AND WEIRD.
IT DOESN'T REALLY WORK.
SO WHAT BASS PLAYERS DO, WE PLAY ONE NOTE AT A TIME.
AND THE BASS' FUNCTION IN A GROUP IS THE BASS LINKS THE INSTRUMENTS THAT PLAYS CHORDS LIKE GUITARS AND PIANOS WITH THE DRUM.
SO IT'S CONSIDERED PART OF THE RHYTHM SECTION BUT IT'S ALSO A STRINGED INSTRUMENT, RIGHT?
>> I SEE.
>> SO IT'S KEEPING RHYTHM WITH THE DRUMS.
YOU ALMOST ALWAYS SEE THE BASS PLAYER, BESIDE THE DRUMMER.
BECAUSE THEY WORK TOGETHER ALL THE TIME.
THEY ARE DRIVING THE RHYTHM OF THE SONG.
OKAY?
BUT IT ALSO GETS BURIED A LOT OF TIMES.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY LISTEN TO THE BASS WHEN WE LISTEN TO A SONG.
SO SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU HAVE HEARD THE BASS BEFORE, AND BEST WAY THAT I THINK WE CAN DO THAT IS TO PLAY A LITTLE NAME THAT TUNE.
>> OKAY.
>> HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THIS SONG.
IT GOES -- LET'S SEE... ♪ ♪ ♪ ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST ♪ >> YES.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT SONG?
>> YEAH.
"ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST" BY QUEEN.
>> YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
OR THE WEIRD AL VERSION IS ANOTHER ONE RIDES THE BUS.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
[ LAUGHTER ] SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE HAVE HEARD THE BASS OUT IN THE REAL WORLD, AND IT'S NOT COVERED UP BY THE DRUMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
LET'S SEE IF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE.
♪ ♪ >> THE NAME IS ESCAPING ME.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY.
BUT IT'S LIKE... [ HUMMING ] IT'S THE PART EVERYBODY SINGS.
>> WHAT IS THE SAME OF THAT SONG.
>> THE SALVATION ARMY.
>> IT'S ALMOSATION ARMY.
[ LAUGHTER ] IT'S "SEVEN NATION ARMY."
IT'S SEVEN NATION ARMY BY THE WHITE STRIPES.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> THAT'S ANOTHER SONG THAT WE HEARD.
AND IT STARTS WITH THE BASS, RIGHT?
YES, THIS IS A BASS.
AND IT'S PRETTY COOL.
I HAVE FOUND IN MY TEACHING OVER THE YEARS THAT BASS PLAYERS OFTENTIMES AT A VERY YOUNG AGE KNOW THAT THEY ARE BASS PLAYERS.
THERE'S A CERTAIN KIND OF PERSON THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S THE INSTRUMENT THAT I WANT TO PLAY RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S THE ONE!
>> INTERESTING.
>> AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE BANJO PLAYERS.
LIKE, PEOPLE HEAR A BANJO, YEP, THERE'S A BANJO.
BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, THAT'S WHAT I WANT!
IT'S VERY SIMILAR WITH THE BASS.
LIKE, THERE'S A CERTAIN -- THERE'S A CERTAIN THING WITH PLAYING BASS THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
>> IT FEELS REALLY DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S SO DEEP.
>> RIGHT.
>> IT DEFINITELY FEELS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU LISTEN TO IT.
I CAN SEE HOW SOMEBODY IS LIKE, THAT FEELS GOOD.
I WANT TO PLAY THAT.
>> RIGHT, EXACTLY.
OFTENTIMES I THINK OF THE BASS AS THE GLUE OF A GROUP, RIGHT?
IT KEEPS EVERYTHING CONNECTED TOGETHER.
IT KEEPS THE GUITARS WORKING WITH THE DRUMS.
IT DEEPS THE DRUMS WORKING WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S KIND OF HOW I THINK OF THE BASS.
>> YEAH.
>> DO YOU HAVE ONE MORE SONG TO MAYBE SHOW US?
MAYBE?
>> I WILL PLAY MY FAVORITE SONG TO PLAY ON THE BASS.
MY FAVORITE LITTLE RIFT TO PLAY.
I DON'T KNOW -- I HOPE THAT SOMEBODY RECOGNIZES IT.
OKAY.
HERE WE GO.
♪ ♪ >> I KNOW IT.
I KNOW IT!
BUT IT'S ESCAPING ME.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME THE FIRST LETTER.
>> I KNOW IT.
>> WHAT IS IT?
>> WELL, I KNOW IT BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER.
>> OH, YOU CAN'T REMEMBER.
>> "SUPERSTITION" BY STEVIE WONDER.
>> AWESOME.
AWESOME.
SO THAT'S THE LITTLE RIFT FOR STEVIE WONDER'S OW SUPERSTITION "WHICH IS JUST SUCH A GREAT SONG.
AWESOME.
THAT'S WHAT THE BASS DOES.
>> COOL!
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT HERE TODAY.
SO PICK UP YOUR BASSES, GUYS.
♪ "FRIDAY ZONE" ♪ >> IT'S A BRAND NEW DAY.
[ SCREAMS ] >> WE DREW UP THIS EXAGGERATED CARTOON VIOLENCE TO TELL YOU TO STAY AT HOME, WEAR A MASK AND WASH YOUR HANDS WITH SOAP.
STINK AWAY SOAP.
>> SOAP?
HOW THE HECK IS SOAP GONNA STOP THE CORONAVIRUS?
I THOUGHT IT SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR, NOT THROUGH OUR HANDS.
AND DON'T TRY TO FACT CHECK ME!
I HEARD IT ON THE NEWS.
>> I MEAN, I HEARD IT TOO, NOAH.
DO YOU WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN INVESTIGATE?
>> IN THE LAB?
♪ >> AUGIE!
>> WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT TO KNOW?
IF I CAN DETECT, IT I WILL INSPECT IT.
IF YOU PAINT, IT I WILL SCAN IT.
IF YOU SUPPLY IT, I WILL ANALYZE IT.
>> GO AHEAD.
ASK HIM.
>> WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH SOAP?
>> I PULLED UP ARTICLES ON SOAP.
SOAP IN MODERN CULTURE.
BRANDSOF SOAP.
>> NO, AUGIE TELL US HOW THE SOAP CAN HELP DESTROY THE CORONA VIRUS.
>> SEE YOU HAVE TO SEE HOW SOAP INTERACTS WATER AND FAT.
NOW, GRAB THOSE SUPPLIES.
STEP ONE, POUR WATER IN A JAR.
STEP TWO, ADD OIL TO THE JAR.
AND NOW PUT THAT LID ON AND SHAKE IT WHAT YOUR A.I.
GAVE YOU.
YEAH, SHAKE WHAT YOUR A.I.
GAVE YOU.
SHAKE WHAT YOUR A.I.
GAVE YOU.
NOW WATCH.
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
>> I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY SAY THINGS DON'T MIX, LIKE OIL AND WATER.
>> EXACTLY!
NOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HOW FAT AND WATER DON'T MIX, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOAP.
ONE SIDE OF THE MOLECULE LOVES FAT!
AND THE OTHER SIDE IS ATTRACTED TO WATER.
NOW, ADD SOME SOAP TO YOUR MIX AND LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> I THINK GET IT!
SOAP HELPS GET RID OF THE FAT, LIKE WHEN YOU ARE DOING THE DISHES.
BUT WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH STOPPING VIRUSES?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
THE CORONAVIRUS IS SURROUNDED BY A SHIDEL THAT PREVENTS THE HARMFUL GENETIC MATERIAL INSIDE.
>> IS IT CALLED CORONA BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE AWN.
>> EXACTLY, CORONA MEANS CROWN.
BUT IT'S NOT MADE OF PAPER.
IT'S MADE OF FAT.
NOW LET'S LOOK AT WHAT SOAP DOES TO THE FAT SHIELDS ON THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> LOOK AT THAT SOAP GOOD!
>> IT'S SHREDDING THE VIRUS APART.
>> YOU ARE GOING DOWN YOU OILY LOSERS!
THIS IS AMAZING.
>> AUGIEK.
I WEAR YOUAUGIE, CAN I WEAR YOU EVERY TIME I WASH MY HANDS.
>> I DON'T THINK I'M IN IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE 20 SECOND RULE IS FOR?
>> THAT'S HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THE SOAP TO RIP UP ALL THE VIRUSES FAT SHIELDS APART AND KILL THEM.
>> AND THAT'S WHY SOAP IS THE REAL MVP.
>> WAIT A MINUTE WHAT ABOUT HAND SANITIZER?
>> HAND SANITIZER IS NOT THE SAME AS SOAP.
>> IT'S NOT?
>> HE I CAN'T.
YOU -- YEAH, YOU GOT IT TWISTED.
>> BOOM!
YOU JUST GOT FACT CHECKED.
MY HOME IS A NURSE.
>> NOW WHAT WILL I DO WITH THIS TURBO MAN HAND SANITIZER.
>> YOU NEED HAND SANITIZER WITH 60% ALCOHOL TO DO THE TRICK.
>> VIRUS CONQUER.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING.
>> LET ME HAVE THIS, NOAH.
♪ THERE'S LEARNING TO DO ♪ ♪ >> HEY, ETHAN, HOW MUCH IS 5Q PLUS 5Q?
>> UM 10Q?
>> YOU'RE WELCOME!
>> OH!
♪ LA, LA, LA, LA ♪ ♪ LET'S TAKE DREAM ♪ ♪ WITH BETH JEAN ♪ TODAY OUR STORY BEGINS IN THE HOME OF LITTLE MR. AND MRS. GNOME.
>> WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS PLACE?
WE HAVE RUN OUT OF SPACE!
THERE'S NO ROOM AT ALL.
LIVING INSIDE A WALL.
I WONDER WHERE ELSE WE COULD RESIDE.
IT'S WAY TOO COLD TO LIVE OUTSIDE.
SHH!
I THINK I HEAR SOMEONE WALKING.
FOOT!
[ FOOTSTEPS ] AND NOW I HEAR TWO SOMEONES TALKING.
>> HELLO BETH JEAN.
IS YOUR GREENHOUSE COMPLETE?
>> YES, MY PLANTS NOW HAVE MORE SUN AND HEAT.
♪ >> A GREENHOUSE.
WOW!
HOW GLORIOUS!
THAT MIGHT BE THE RIGHT SPOT FOR US!
>> THE TWO GNOMES BEGAN TO PACK, GRABBING EVERYTHING FROM EVERY RACK.
>> OH, LOOK, THERE'S A PLANT I ALMOST GOT, THE FERN OVER THERE IN THAT BIG OLD POT.
SO BETH JEAN LIFTED THE POT OFF THE FLOOR, EXCOMPLETING EXPOSING THEEXPOSING -- COMPLETING EXPOSING THE GNOME'S FRONT DOOR.
>> FOOT!
>> OH, NO, A HOLE.
I BETTER GET SOME PLASTER.
>> OH, NO, WE HAVE TO PACK UP FASTER.
HURRY BEFORE SHE BLOCKS OUR WAY!
>> OVER, NEVER MIND, I WILL DO THAT A DIFFERENT DAY.
WELL, COME ON, FERN.
IT'S OFF TO THE GREENHOUSE.
IT'S WATERING TIME AND YOU NEED A DOUSE.
>> QUICK, WE NEED TO FOLLOW BETH JEAN IN ORDER TO FIND THAT NEW HOUSE OF GREEN!
>> THEN THE TWO GNOMES SCURRIED ALONG, ONLY TO FIND THINGS WERE SOON TO GO WRONG.
>> I CAN'T SEE A THING.
WERE HE CAUGHT IN A NET?
-- ARE WE CAUGHT IN A NET?
OH, NO, IT'S JUST A SHAG CARPET.
>> THROUGH THE RUG THEY WENT, AND WENT, BUT WHEN THEY GOT OUT, THEY FELL DOWN A VENT!
>> OH, NO!
WE'RE ON A SLIDE!
OH!
THAT WAS QUITE A RIDE!
>> HELLO!
IS ANYONE THERE?
THIS IS BIRD.
>> SHH!
DON'T SAY A WORD!
>> WITH EACH STEP, TIPTOE, TIPTOE, THE TINNY TUNNEL RUNG OUT A ECHO.
>> I HOPE THIS LEADS US TO THE PLACE WHERE -- OH, NO, IT'S A BURST OF AIR!
>> AND THEN WITH ONE GIANT BLAST, THEY SOARED INTO THE HOUSE MADE OF GLASS.
>> QUICK!
GRAB A DAISY!
WE'RE FLOATING!
THIS IS CRAZY!
SOON AFTER, THEY LANDED RIGHT IN THE SPOT WHERE BETH JEAN WAS PUTTING DIRT IN A POT.
>> OH, MY!
WHO ARE YOU SITTING HERE?
>> THE GNOME SAT FROZEN IN FEAR.
>> WE ARE TWO LITTLE GNOMES LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME.
ARE WE CAN HELP IN THE GARDEN.
WE LIKE TO DIG.
NO PROBLEM TOO SMALL.
ONLY TOO BIG.
>> OF COURSE YOU CAN STAY.
DON'T LOOK SO GLUM, I COULD USE SOMEONE WITH A GREEN THUMB.
♪ BESIDES, I HAVE OTHER CHORES, AFTER ALL.
LIKE PATCHING A TINY HOLE IN THE WALL.
♪ ♪ ♪ >> COME ON, DUST BUNNIES.
IF ZARG WON'T COME TO US, THEN WE'LL GO TO HIM.
ZARG?
ZARG?
I KNOW YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE DUST BUNNIES, BUT, PLEASE, LISTEN TO THIS.
[ DUST BUNNIES SQUEAKING ] THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOWWORM BY WI WILL CAL PER.
A NIGHTINGALE THAT ALL DAY LONG HAD CHEERED THE VILLAGE WITH HIS SONG BEGAN TO FEEL AS WELL HE MIGHT, THE KING DEMANDS AN APPETITE.
WHEN LOOKING EAGERLY AROUND, HE SPIED FOUR UPON THE GROUND, SOMETHING SHINING IN THE DARK.
AND KNEW THE GLOW WORM BY HIS SPARK.
THE WORM, AWARE OF HIS INTENT, HARANGUED HIM THUS RIGHT ACQUAINT.
DID YOU ADMIRE MY LAMP, SAID HE?
AS MUCH I AS I YOUR SEED?
YOU WOULD ABHOR TO DO WE WRONG AS MUCH AS I TO SPOIL YOUR SONG FOR IT WAS THE SELF-POWER DIVINE THAT TAUGHT YOU TO SING AND ME TO SHINE.
THAT WE MIGHT BEAUTIFY AND CHEER THE NIGHT.
HENCE JARRING SECTORRIES MAY LEARN THEIR REAL INTERESTS TO DISCERN, THAT BROTHERS SHOULD NOT WAR WITH BROTHER, AND WORRY AND DEVOUR EACH OTHER.
BUT SING AND SHINE BY SWEET CONSENT, TO LIFE'S POOR TRANSIENT NIGHT IS SPENT.
RESPECTING IN EACH OTHER'S CASE, THE GIFTS OF NATURE AND OF GRACE.
>> PEGGY?
WHY DID YOU READ THIS POEM TO ZARG?
>> BECAUSE YOU NEED TO LEARN TO RESPECT THE DIFFERENCES OF OTHERS.
>> ZARG RESPECTS PEGGY.
>> I'M GLAD.
BUT WILL YOU APOLOGIZE FOR INSULTING DUST BUNNIES?
>> NO!
THEY ARE MY MIGNONS!
AND THEY SHOULD FOLLOW ME BLINDLY.
I AM THEIR LEADER.
COME, DUST BUNNIES!
RETURN TO ZARG!
DO NOT REFUSE YOUR MASTER.
>> YOU ARE BEHAVING LIKE A MONSTER!
>> ZARG IS A MONSTER!
>> I DON'T LIKE YOU VERY MUCH RIGHT NOW!
AND NEITHER DO THE DUST BUNNIES!
HMM!
>> OH!
>> THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE "FRIDAY ZONE."
>> BUT THE FUN DOESN'T STOP HERE.
"FRIDAY ZONE" IS ONLINE ALL THE TIME.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE OR ASK YOUR PARENTS TO HELP YOU FIND US ON YOUTUBE AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> AND REMEMBER, TO LIVE, LEARN AND PLAY THE "FRIDAY ZONE" WAY!
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