LiveŁĄ From WalkeRVille Civic Arena in beautiful downtown WalkeRVille,
it's the Tenth Annual lnternational Show and Tell CompetitionŁĄŁĄ
Watch, as youngsters from every nation in the world
match wits and knowledge for the grand prize...
...the Stanley Cup of Show and TelldomŁĄ
The l-Showed-lt-To-You -And-Told-You-All-About-lt-CupŁĄ
Are you ready, DA?
Of course l'm readyŁĄ
l've researched this topic up and down.
When Arnold shows up with his rare prized pumice collection...
l'll tell about it in a way that'll knock the judges' loafers offŁĄ
Mmm...speaking of Arnold, where is he? The show's about to startŁĄ
This year, several gabillion new viewers have joined us via satellite,
making today's event the most watched Show and Tell extravaganza in historyŁĄŁĄ
Are you ready out there?ŁĄ
READYYYYYY...!
Then let's get rollingŁĄ First up, from East Lothian Scotland, Tom and Ela.
Let's give 'em a warm, WalkeRVille welcomeŁĄ
lf Arnold doesn't get here soon, we'll be disqualifiedŁĄ
l made itŁĄ l made itŁĄ
You guys are going to thank me for lifeŁĄŁĄ
What do you mean...and where's your rock collection??
At homeŁĄ
But don't worry--the contest is in the bag....this bagŁĄŁĄŁĄ
You didn't bring your rock collection???
Nope. BetterŁĄ l brought....thisŁĄŁĄŁĄ
ls it great or what?
Um, sure. Only...what is it???
l dunno. l'm just the 'Show' part. DA is the 'Tell' part...
Well, um, according to my research, it's um...Oh, how am l supposed to know???
l've never seen one beforeŁĄ
You haven't?
l've spent the last two weeks digging up amusing 'rock' anecdotesŁĄŁĄŁĄ
l don't have a clue what this thing isŁĄŁĄŁĄ
What do we do now???
We send Arnold home to get his rocksŁĄŁĄŁĄ
We don't have timeŁĄ
WA-HOOOOO...ŁĄŁĄŁĄ
Ms Frizz-ulllllllllllllŁĄŁĄ
You're just in time, Ms. Frizzle.
Arnold brought this for Show and Tell and nobody knows what it isŁĄ
ls that so? Well, as my nephew Conrad always says,
' When in doubt - figure it outŁĄ' So what do we know?
Absolutely nothing.
Not exactly.
l know that l found this in our attic in a big trunk
that used to belong to my Great Aunt Joan.
That wouldn't by any chance be Arizona Joan? The famous archaeologist??
That's the one...
When l was little,
she'd tell me stories about how she searched for things
that were left behind by people a long time ago...
...and how she'd try to figure out how people lived based on the stuff she found.
According to my mom, Arizona Joan's entire life...
...was a voyage of discoveryŁĄ
So, did she ever tell you what this is...was?
l don't think she ever figured it out.
All she left was a trunkful of stuff.....and this journal about her adventures.
Let me see that, Arnold. Maybe there are some clues in here...
Absolutely, Dorothy Ann,
because when you think like an archaeologist, clues are newsŁĄ
TO THE BUSŁĄ
WAlTŁĄ lf you're talking about a field trip, we can't go nowŁĄ
What about the show??ŁĄ We're about to go onŁĄ
Arnold, there is no SHOW unless l can TELL everybody what your Aunt Joan foundŁĄ
TO THE BUSŁĄ AND HURRYŁĄ
Hold down the fort Arnold - we'll be right backŁĄ
Here, Arnold - this two-way Show and Tell-evision
will show you where we are and tell you what we're doing.
See you soonŁĄ
Maybe my rocks shouldn't have stayed home today...
So how do we figure out what this thing is
if the people who used it aren't around to tell us?
Archaeologists call something like this an artifact.
So, an artifact is anything made by people who lived a long time ago?
Oh, exactly, TimŁĄ An artifact gives us clues as to how those people lived their lives.
Well, someone made that thing for a reason, right?
And once we figure out that reason - we'll know what it isŁĄ
So what are we supposed to do, GUESS?
You got it, RalphieŁĄ That's what scientists do.
They put clues together and make a guess, and they call that guess a hypothesis.
HypothesisŁĄ
Then let me put a few clues together...it's made of wood....and it's pretty strong.
Could be some sort of a shield. Maybe a war thing?
Sounds like a hypothesis to me, RalphieŁĄ
l don't know...l think it looks more like a netŁĄ
Another hypothesisŁĄ
Okay, okay, so we have two good guesses - now what do we do?
STAND BACKŁĄ
WhoaŁĄ LookŁĄ Nothing happenedŁĄ The bus didn't changeŁĄ
FOLLOW MEEEEEEŁĄ
Welcome to the 'Suppose-a-Tron' ...the ultimate guess-testerŁĄ
Now, the first thing any archaeologist worth her hat will do is...
...make a copy of the artifactŁĄ
This one we test...
While the original goes back to Arnold so he can keep it safeŁĄ
As my cousin Digby use to say, ''Damage an artifact and you throw away the key.''
Now, let's start with what we know.
Well...there's some stuff we know for sure.
According to Arizona Joan's journal, the artifact was definitely made a long time ago.
Okay...
...a loooooooooong time ago.
Do we know anything about the place this might have come from?
lt says here, she found it 1 4 miles northwest of...Fort WalkeRVilleŁĄ
Fort WalkeRVilleŁĄ That's just outside of town.
Okay, we're making progress. From what we know, what can we suppose?
We know the roundy thing is made of wood -
so l suppose there must have been trees thereŁĄ
And there had to be peopleŁĄ Somebody made that thingŁĄ
Arizona Joan writes about hunters and farmers.
Coming right upŁĄ
So maybe they sometimes fought over landŁĄ
So how do we find out if Ralphie's guess is right or not?
Good question, DAŁĄ Shall we?
Shall we...what??
WhoooaaaŁĄ
HeyŁĄŁĄ What's happeningŁĄ?ŁĄ
l think we're being FrizzledŁĄ
WaahhoooooooŁĄŁĄŁĄŁĄ
What happened? Where are we??
lt's not where, Carlos--it's 'what itŁĄ
The Supposatron took what we knew, added our guesses,
and created a 'what it worldŁĄ
You mean this is Ralphie's hypothesis - come to life??ŁĄ
CoooolŁĄ
LookŁĄŁĄŁĄ
There's the tribe of people we supposedŁĄ
And they don't look too happy to see us.
We programmed them for a skirmish, remember?
Better get your shield ready Ralphie, to test that hypothesisŁĄŁĄ
l hate to be the voice of doubt, here, but how exactly does it work?
Run for coverŁĄ We're under attackŁĄ
l just thought of something, DA.
What's that, Ralphie?
lf l hold the webbing like this and use this part as a shield...
...we're doooooooomedŁĄŁĄŁĄ
Hey, folks, and welcome backŁĄŁĄ WowŁĄ What a contestŁĄŁĄ
And what amazing contenders for this year's Show and Tell titleŁĄŁĄ
Where are those guys?ŁĄ LizŁĄ What are you doing?ŁĄ
This is a genuine, historical artifact - not a toyŁĄ
Let's get outta hereŁĄ RUNŁĄ
YEOWWŁĄ OOOFFŁĄŁĄ
ManŁĄ That was closeŁĄŁĄŁĄ
After rigorous testing of Ralphie's hypothesis,
we have decided this hoop probably wasn't a war thing after all...
...and if it was, l betcha the guy who made it only lived to use it onceŁĄ
Attention, class. Come in, classŁĄŁĄ
You guys know what time it is??? We go on stage any minute nowŁĄŁĄ
We're working on itŁĄ But we can tell you it's NOT a war-thing.
HeyŁĄ
Arizona Joan wrote something in here about finding evidence of bark canoes
near where she found the hoopŁĄŁĄ
Hey, wait a minuteŁĄ
Canoes mean waterŁĄ And water means...FlSHŁĄ
Look at this webbingŁĄŁĄ lt's just made for grabbing and scooping things.
l guessed it was a net, so now l say it's a fish netŁĄŁĄ
A catchy supposition, TimŁĄ...
Let's test that hypothesisŁĄŁĄ
C'mon, class, let's make a splashŁĄ
Let's goŁĄ
This river's filled with fishŁĄ
Too bad you can't catch oneŁĄ
Patience, Wanda. Fishing is an art.
So's tight-rope walking, but we don't have time to learn itŁĄ
We need to know what that thing is NOWŁĄ
l don't get it.
The big fish just avoid the hoop - and the little ones swim right through the webbing...
l'm starting to think this wasn't a fishing net.
Doo-hoo...Oh, look, class. RapidsŁĄ
AaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeŁĄŁĄŁĄ WOOAAAŁĄŁĄ
We seem to be having a bit of a theme going at this year's contest...
l can't believe this is happeningŁĄ l go on in ten minutes...
and they're out fishingŁĄ
HeyŁĄ Quit playingŁĄ This is serious businessŁĄŁĄ
Well, it definitely wasn't a fishing net.
And it wasn't any good at paddling through those rapids, eitherŁĄ
When you think about it,
why would they give it all these beautiful colors
if they were just going to stick it in the water?
So based on that obseRVation, Keesha, what would you say it is?
Hmm...Why...a hat, of courseŁĄ
Look how nicely it's decoratedŁĄŁĄ
lt says here that Joan found shells
and beads the people used to decorate their clothing.
Maybe they had special ceremoniesŁĄ
Let's suppose it was a hat used as part of a dance celebrationŁĄ
Let's send that idea up the flag-poleŁĄ
So, let's suppose we have some dancers...
Badabing-badaboom...a few drums.
Remember, Joan wrote that the people were farmers,
so let's suppose it's a haRVest ceremonyŁĄ
Ah...Good idea - so we'll have some fields, some corn...
Hmm...A little bit of nighttime...
Celebrations are much more fun at night.
Now, let's rock 'n' rooollllŁĄŁĄŁĄ
Doesn't that music just make you want to dance?
WhoopsŁĄ Does anyone have some tape?
l don't think they had tape back then, Keesha.
Weird. There's no way to keep this hat on. No bands, no ties, no straps...
You're right.
And there are no marks on the rim to show where they could have been.
Looks like my hypothesis is history, Ms Frizzle.
Maybe so Keesha.
But l'd bet my bottom buttons there are more hypotheses where that one came fromŁĄ
WowŁĄ What a show, folks, what a showŁĄŁĄ
And if you thought that last challenger was something, get a load of these kidsŁĄŁĄ
Come on you guysŁĄŁĄŁĄ l'm getting madŁĄŁĄ
Can't you just pick up a pumpkin and get back here??ŁĄ
That's it, LizŁĄ
lf l catch you playing with this priceless artifact one more time,
it's no chocolate-covered ants for a weekŁĄ
Now what the heck...is this thing?
You're on in five, kid.
l know, l knowŁĄŁĄŁĄ
Okay. So far we only know what it's not. lt's not a shield, not a fishing net...
And not a hat.
Too bad we don't have anymore cluesŁĄ
ArnoldŁĄŁĄŁĄ
Come in, Arnold.
DAŁĄ What's taking you so long??ŁĄ?
ls there anything else you can tell us??
We need more info before we can come up with another hypothesis.
l told you all l know...
What about the bag? Was there anything else in there?
Sure. Lots of stuff. My baby pictures. My booties.
My chewed up pacifier...
Hey, wait a second...
There's these arrowsŁĄ
WHERE'D YOU GET THOSE?ŁĄ
They were in the bag with the hoop.
You'd think arrows would mean it was a war thing, but we already proved it isn't.
The ends of the arrows aren't very sharp and look...
they're decorated just like the hoop...
which means they must go together... but how?
Think, DAŁĄ TheorizeŁĄ GuesstimateŁĄ SupposeŁĄŁĄ
Let's see. Arrows...passing through the hoop...
Ms. Frizzle - l need one of those arrowsŁĄ l have a hypothesis to testŁĄŁĄ
Please-oh-please get back in timeŁĄ
Please-oh-please don't make me go on by myself...
DAŁĄ Ohh...What a reliefŁĄ You're...
Thanks, ArnoldŁĄ
..you're leaving me alone again??ŁĄ?ŁĄ
Okay all you gazillions around the world,
join me now in welcoming the contestant
from our very own WalkeRVille Elementary SchoolŁĄŁĄŁĄ
Oh...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
Please-oh-please-oh -please-let-this-be-a-dream-
please-let-this-be-a-dream...
Ah...once, again, our contestants from WalkeRVille ElementaryŁĄ
Uh...hello? Anybody here from WalkeRVille Elementary...?
Go for it, son.
Thanks.
...ahem.
Um. Hi...
Okay, now we need a whole bunch of those people we made up
a crowd of 'emŁĄ YyyesŁĄ
Now, let's suppose there's a great big clearingŁĄ
Way to go, Ms FrizzleŁĄ
C'mon, guysŁĄŁĄ Let's test this babyŁĄŁĄŁĄ
WAHOOŁĄ
LiveŁĄ From what will someday be WalkeRVille Civic Arena ŁĄŁĄ
The Annual lnternational and Very lmportant Hoops and Arrows CompetitionŁĄŁĄ
What are you talking about??ŁĄ
Don't you guys get it? Look at the edges of this hoop.
lt's kind of beat up and worn.
Kind of like it's been rolling on the ground, right?
Now look how the arrows and the hoop have the same colors--in the same orderŁĄŁĄ
Yeah, you're rightŁĄ
So what do you have in your house that's round, different colors,
and goes with something pointy?
We have this round portrait of my Uncle Ed,
and his head's kind of pointy and a dartboardŁĄŁĄŁĄ
Round...bright colors, and you throw darts at it to score pointsŁĄ
ExactlyŁĄŁĄ And what's an arrow but another kind of dart?ŁĄ
So maybe this is a gameŁĄŁĄ
And maybe you have to get the arrow through the holesŁĄŁĄ
''Makes sense to meŁĄ l mean, people long ago needed to have fun, too - just like usŁĄŁĄ''
AwrightŁĄ Let's play 'Hoops and Arrows'ŁĄŁĄŁĄ
Ach-hem. Um. This is.....this is...an artifact
something left over from a long time ago.
And from objects like this,
we can figure out how people used to live their lives--if you know how to read the cluesŁĄ
lmagine, hundreds of years ago, that you're a noble warrior,
defending your family and friends against bitter enemies.
You're willing to risk your life for your loved ones and your people...
and this protective mask..... this...
OooohhŁĄŁĄ
...well, it would actually be kind of useless, wouldn't it?
Because arrows could go right through the holes and into your......never mind.
Oh.
Um...instead, imagine you're paddling along a crystal river......
carefully watching the rich bounty swimming under your canoe...
OooooohŁĄ
You sweep the water, gently, confidently.....
then you realize you better get a paddle that doesn't leakŁĄ
Oh.
Hello, Hoops and Arrow fansŁĄ Welcome to the event of the centuryŁĄ
WowwŁĄ...Umph...This game is greatŁĄ
Think we're good enough to compete?
We're about to find out...ŁĄ
lmagine you're at an important ceremony
the fire roars, the drummers pound, the dancers sway...and then...
WHAAAAAAT????!
You...you wonder why you brought this,
cause there's no way to keep it on your head when you're dancing...
Ohhhhhhh...ŁĄ
Oh, noŁĄ Sorry. Be right back.
Of courseŁĄŁĄ That's itŁĄŁĄ
Ladies and gentlemen...what you are about to hear will truly amaze you...ŁĄŁĄŁĄ
The purpose of this simple hoop has puzzled archaeologists for ages,
as well as my class for the last half hour...
...but it turns out to be something every kid is an expert at...a gameŁĄ
The object of the game was probably to get this arrow through the hoop.
And if you got the arrow through the center......
you'd get more points than if you got it through this open space near the rim...
And how do we know all this?
HOWWWWW???
Well, nobody does for sure.
You see, it's only a hypothesis.
But the things left behind by people long ago -
like this hoop, give us clues about how they lived.
And it's up to archaeologists like us to fit the clues together.
Right, Aunt Joan?
Too bad Arnold's not here to see thisŁĄ
ArnoldŁĄ We better get back and tell him what we learned before it's too lateŁĄ
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And thank you.
Oh nooo...ŁĄ
Oh yessssŁĄŁĄŁĄ
l'm proud to present to you the most coveted prize of this competition..
...the Official ''Best-Performance-By-A-Team -Who-Originally-Didn't-Look-Like-
They-Knew-What-They-Were-Doing-
But-Somehow-Came-Through -At-The-Last-Second'' AwardŁĄ
l just want to say, Alex, that this award doesn't belong to me alone -
it belongs to all my classmates at Walker Elementary.
Hey you're backŁĄ
You guys, we wonŁĄŁĄŁĄ
ArnoldŁĄ...How did you figure out what that was without us.
Well... you told me what it wasn't - and l always knew what it was...
...a prize-winner. l just didn't know what prize it would winŁĄ
Magic School Bus. Producer here.
Hi. l just saw your show on archaeology, and l gotta tell you,
the kids were pretty clueless about the rolling hoop. l guessed it right awayŁĄ
You did? You must be smart.
We thought the hoop thingy was pretty clever
but l SUPPOSE you can't fool everybodyŁĄ
That's true.
Tell me something, are all archaeologists great adventurers like Arizona Joan?
Archaeologists go to a lot of exciting places but once they get there,
they have lots of work to do.
Digging just one artifact out of the ground can take days...or even weeks.
That's because they have to be very careful to label every little thing
so they know exactly which part of the dig it came from.
Too bad real archaeologists can't have something like that Supposatron.
Well...Actually, archaeologists think the way the Supposatron works.
They can look at the area where the artifact was found,
and suppose what people had to do to live there.
Or they might find a painting or sculpture or writings
that show how the people who lived there looked or worked.
They use all sorts of clues to form a picture of how old something is
or how it was used and why.
l think finding artifacts and learning about how people lived long ago is really cool.
Can l do some digging, too?
Ahh...Better not... until you're an archaeologist.
When people just 'dig something up,'
all the information about where things were found,
and what they were found with is lost forever.
So, if you DO find something that may be old...stopŁĄ Don't dig.
Find an archaeologist and tell her.
That way, we'll ALL learn more about the past.
Thanks for the tip. By the way, l DlG your show. See'yaŁĄ
Cute kid. You know, l love what l doŁĄ
Hey, LizŁĄ You find anything?
Well, what do you know... LizŁĄ That's amazingŁĄ
Hey, that's mineŁĄ
My brother buried it as a joke. Ha-ha.
Thanks for finding itŁĄ VroomŁĄ