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Episode 22 Featuring Woody Guthrie and Buy Now! Free!

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Big Talk: Why does Mom want me to play outside? Turning Points: A lot of people have heard of poet and songwriter, Woody Guthrie, but few know his incredible story. Kelsey goes back in time to 1946 for an interview… Boom Radio: Ben Jammin thinks Hummers are kid stuff …. In News Update, Devin discovers at least one good reason to save a few locks of hair. Hayley ponders the sociable customs of the walrus — all 3,000 pounds of them — in her Natural Wonder…. THE Big Idea: Alicia and the King of Complicated Stuff demonstrate how differently the world is seen by “buyers” and “sellers”… Freddie returns from his yearly vacation in lower Iceland for another game of Weird Words… Schmave’s Elevator: Schmave’s Dad goes on a long trip, annointing him “the man of the house.” Dave figures out what that means — the hard way.

Episode 20 Featuring Shakespeare and Time Travel II

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Big Talk: Does your Mom ever talk with her hands?… In Turning Points, Kelsey goes back in time to interview William Shakespeare at a time when Puritans and the Plague are making it hard to survive…. Widget and Whack try to explain why something boiling inside your fridge is a GOOD thing… When a local military man suspects a holdover German plot, Tucker Jones gets a call… Ben Jammin has hope for the human race — in the form of a stink bomb… Alicia and the King of Complicated Stuff tiptoe out into the strange world of Einstein and Time Travel… News Update: It looks like we’ll be able to pay for candy in the future by just waving our watch… As they continue their American Journey, Toby and Gramps find themselves getting their kicks on Route 66.

Episode 19 Featuring Ted Williams and Time Travel I

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:22:03 +0000

Big Talk: Mom pays money at the grocery, but Dad gets all the grub just by flashing a card… All his life, he only wanted one thing. He wanted people to say when he walked by: “There goes the greatest hitter who ever played the game.” The boy may have accomplished exactly that. On Turning Points, Kelsey goes back in time to interview baseball player, Ted Williams…. On Boom Radio Ben Jammin’ explains his difficulty with switching gears… It’s 1961 and the Bug Club is in full stride. When one of its members starts acting carelessly, Schmave and chum hatch a scheme to turn the tide… Jessica is back with her French kitchen pal to make some pie filling…. It used to be the stuff of science fiction, but serious scientists are asking serious questions about the possibilities of time travel on The Big Idea… News Update: Aw man, even the fearsome T-Rex isn’t what it used to be … Nicki has a Natural Wonder about the lovable, talkative dolphin.

Episode 15 Featuring Rosa Parks and Big Oil, Little Oil

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Money: Who would have thought the economy of a town could be dashed by a trampled rhubarb patch?… Big Talk: Why does Dad get mad when I get hurt?… Turning Points: Our intrepid reporter goes back in time to interview Rosa Parks, an Afro-American woman who decided she was tired of moving to the back of the bus… Boom Radio’s Ben Jammin decides the air-conditioning wizards have taken temperature controls one step too far… Dave Schmave and cousins take on the responsibility of making sure their great Aunt is buried in her requested resting space… Widget and Whack explore the incredible properties of the screw… Gasoline doesn’t just ooze up from the ground into the fuel pump… On this episode’s Big Idea, our King of Complicated Stuff reviews the history of petroleum… News Update: There’s 400 tons of Philadelphia trash circling the world… Ssssshhh, what’s the buzz? According to Hayley it’s the loudest teen-aged bugs you’ll ever hear.

Episode 03 Featuring Thomas Jefferson and Greed

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We take ideas like freedom and liberty for granted. Kelsey goes back in time to speak with one of the people who brought them over to America: Thomas Jefferson… Big Talk: Ever feel like the FBI is monitoring your phone calls?.. Master mechanics Widget and Whack explain the workings of the vacuum cleaner… There seems to be a graffiti gang loose and Tucker is hired to chase them down… Boom Radio: All this cloning stuff is old news to Devin the Duff.. How much money is enough? Jessica & the King of Complicated Stuff try to get a handle on “greed”… Census: How much money would you need to be happy?… News Update: Try smelly feet for your next science project… Toby & Gramps discover the Arizona desert isn’t quite as scary as it first seemed.

Episode 39 Featuring Admiral Byrd, Politics and The Olympics

admin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:16:48 +0000

Kelsey climbs into her cold weather gear to visit famed explorer, Admiral Byrd, in the Antarctic … Primary: Elena gives her stump speech as a candidate from the BOOMERANG! party… Boom Radio: Devin the Duff tries to imagine life with secret Service Agents hanging around… When TUCKER stumbles upon participants in a “money club”, he discovers there is no such thing as easy money… Widget and Whack take apart Dad’s camera to see how it works… Hayley considers the political part of the Olympics and interviews a champion archer about her participation in Team Darfur… American Journey: Toby & Gramps discover there are worse things than bears in Yosemite Valley — like a 14 mile hike.