02x02 - France/San Francisco

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♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ We're going on a visit ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Come on,
let's go with him ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ What's that, you ask?
What is it? ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Well, no one
wants to miss it ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ We're going on a visit ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Have fun,
let's go with him ♪

♪ New places,
new faces ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

Inspector Gadget here
in beautiful Paree.

Paris is not only the
home of the Eiffel Tower,

the Arc De Triomphe,
and wonderful cafes,

it's also home to dozens of fun
museums filled with old stuff,

so go go Gadget field trip.

Paris is not only
full of French people.

It's full of Museums...

like the Louvre.

If you laid two
Eiffel towers end-to-end,

you would have the length
of the Louvre Museum...

or the world's
largest traffic jam.

It's so big, it stretches
for a half mile along the

Seine River.

Hope the pictures don't get wet.

Let's take a spin
around the Louvre.

Go, go Gadget Copter.

The Louvre began as a fortress.

It even had a moat
to keep people out.

Of course, now
that it's a museum,

they had to hide the
moat to get people in.

Since it started as a fort, they
figured it was a safe place

for a palace.

But it grew so big, they had
to fill it with art and make it

into a museum.

You see, the king filled
his home with art

to show his friends.

His friends started
telling their friends,

and soon everyone
wanted to see the art.

In 1793, the Louvre
opened its doors to everyone,

forever.

It's one of the oldest
existing museums in the world.

There are over 300,000
works of art in the Louvre.

Wowsers!

That's a lot of frames to dust.

One of the most famous is
that woman with a funny smile,

The Mona Lisa.

This painting was created by
a very famous Italian artist-

But no one knows
who Mona Lisa was.

This sounds like a case
for Inspector Gadget.

Okay!

Let's look at the clues.

To get Mona Lisa to
smile, Leonardo had musicians,

singers, jugglers, even
clowns perform in his studio.

He drew the line at elephants.

The Mona Lisa had no eyebrows
because women in her day used to

pluck them all out.

Speaking of unidentified women,
here's another historical

Jane Doe, the -

Back in the 2nd Century B.C.,
someone obviously said

"stick 'em up Venus...

She did better.

She tossed her arms away.

For years, Louvre authorities
made plaster arms in different

positions:
carrying robes, apples,

lamps or just pointing.

But nothing ever looked right.

She would have looked great with
a pair of hat-hands like mine.

Finally, the King threw
up his arms and said,

"Leave her alone!"

He also said "The work of no
other sculptor must ever

mar her beauty."

Besides, without arms
she takes up less room.

Another favorite Louvre
sculpture is the -

She was made during
the same time as Venus.

If you think Venus had problems,
look at this poor lady.

She's not only missing her arms,
she lost her head along the way.

Here's a Louvre must-see.

Actually, it's a
must-see-through--

the newest addition
to the Louvre.

You can't miss it because it's
in the center of the courtyard

outside, and it's huge!

It's the glass pyramid designed
by American Architect I.M. Pei.

And he didn't pay at all.

They paid him.

To help you find your way, there
are departments for everything:

drawings,
sculptures, paintings...

It's not easy
sorting jewelry, rugs,

furniture, art from
Greece, Rome and the Orient.

It's hard enough seeing it.

It's an eight mile
walk through the rooms.

Wonder if they'd
consider renting golf carts?

There are 50 galleries chock
full of some of the world's

finest paintings...

That's a lot of paint,
canvas, frames and nails...

not to mention all the cracks
in the wall that they cover.

Wouldn't wall paper
have been cheaper?

Here's an Inspector
Gadget Field Trip Fact.

If you like drawings,
this is the place to go...

over and over and over again.

They have to keep taking
drawings down just to put up

more drawings.

Hope they don't
throw the old ones away.

Welcome back!

Our trip through the Louvre gave
me an Inspector-sized appetite,

so I thought I'd get a bite at
this famous cafe called...

This is the cafe for
the rich and famous.

And one of the more famous
of the rich live right

down the road at the...

The Palace of Versailles is
not exactly down the road,

but it's just a short
hop by Winged Victory.

You can't miss the place.

It covers 6,000 acres.

King Louis the Fourteenth
built it over 300 years ago.

This place wasn't always so big.

In fact, Louis' father only
had a simple hunting lodge

here before.

But when hunting
simples went out of style,

it was time for a change.

When the King's "Head of
Finance" threw a fancy party

at his expensive home.

The King was outraged.

How dare someone have a
better home than the king?

So the King fired the Head of
Finance and threw him in prison.

That's what he got
for showing off.

The King decided to
build a bigger home.

Of course he got a
little carried away.

His hunting lodge turned into
one of the largest palaces in

the world.

The star attraction at the
Palace is the Hall of Mirrors.

The mirrored hall
is 240 feet long,

with 40 foot ceilings.

It's a great way to bring the
garden inside without the bugs,

but it's a window
washer's nightmare.

This was called Apollo's
Pool, to flatter the King.

You see, the King's
nickname was the Sun King,

and Apollo was the
Greek God of the Sun.

I guess it's a good bet
the Pool of the Sun God

is heated all year round.

The famous Queen Marie
Antoinette built a tiny country

village on the palace grounds
so she could pretend to be

something she wasn't.

Poor.

She named it "The Hamlet."

Thousands of people come to
see the gardens and fountains of

Versailles and rub elbows
with the 400 sculptures.

They help give the
gardens that lived-in look.

And it gives the visiting
pigeons moving targets.

You know, if it weren't
for all these museums,

the French would be up to their
berets in loose paintings

and statues.

...or the City of
Science and Industry,

is an entire complex
dedicated to...

you guessed it...

Science and Industry.

Finally a museum where
I'll be appreciated.

Behind La Villette is a giant
geodesic globe called The Geode.

But wait.
There's more.

Even the dolls have a museum,
where they go see other dolls.

This is the...

or Doll Museum.

Don't worry.
They let people in, too.

It contains one of the
world's oldest doll collections.

It's like the world's
biggest doll house.

There are so many
museums in Paris,

it's impossible
to name them all.

Looks like the artwork is even
spilling out onto the sidewalks.

I'm ready for my
close-up, Chief.

Guess what the Musee de
la Contrefacon is for?

Over the years, there were
so many great forgeries,

or fakes, they had to
create a museum just for them.

That way you won't get them
confused with the originals.

Would you believe there are more
than 2000 more museums to come?

Would you believe 200?

How about a phone booth
filled with postage stamps?

So don't go away.

We're going someplace else next.

Inspector Gadget here having
some ups and downs on the

streets of San Francisco.

Why am I lolly-gagging around
on a cable car when there's top

secret work to do, you may ask.

Actually it's a cover for a
top-secret investigation.

Let me check my top-secret
message from the Chief.

I know you're
lolly-gagging on cable cars.

Stop.

Go underground immediately.

Stop.

Investigate miles and miles of
top-secret bionic cables running

underground all
over San Francisco.

And don't stop.

In order to go underground,
we'll have to start at the top.

Go, Go Gadget copter!

As my Great Uncle
Trolley Gadget always said,

the cable cars of San Francisco
are among the world's most

unique gadgets.

It's the best way to get up
and down San Francisco's


It's got more hills
than I have uncles...

almost.

Aha!

I think I've
tracked down a cable car.

All hands on deck!

It's time to tote that
cable, turn that car.

San Francisco cable cars carry

Fortunately not all at once.

Why is this thing so quiet?

Where's the
engine on this thing?

Aha!
Just as I suspected.

Cables.

Would you believe there are 23
miles of cable running under

these streets?

Would you believe a
hamster on a treadmill?

Get a grip!

According to my
top-secret investigation,

one person controls the cable
car and he's called a grip man.

I just hope his grip grabs good!

Don't gripe about the grip-guy
because HE controls the grip

under the cable car.

The grip grabs onto the
underground rotating steel

cables, pulling the cable
car up and down the hills.

But the gripman must release
the grip at intersections.

That's how he makes
the cable car stop.

If he doesn't let go, well...

they could become
cable submarines.

And here's where it all begins-
the cable car control center

also known as the
Cable Car Museum,

Powerhouse, Car
Barn and Barbershop.

I just call it the
End of the Line.

Here, in this
underground viewing room,

you can see the heart and
soul of the cable car system.

This is where the lines begin
and the cables start spinning.

Don't grab onto these cables,
or you'll leave more than your

bionic heart in San Francisco.

All the cable cars are run
by these huge revolving

cable wheels.

It all started here in 1887.

These cables must be
pretty dizzy by now.

I was dizzy before we started.

Those cable wheels are
the ultimate gadget.

You can see lots of old
models of cable cars,

the wheels, and even the
gears that ran the old cables.

Looks like a spare parts
store for the Gadget family.

The old inspector is always
on the look-out for crooks.

So my Gadget logic has
led me to Lombard Street.

It's been called "the
crookedest street in the world."

Now if I can adjust my
Gadget handcuffs to fit it.

Wait!
Those aren't crooks.

They're tourists.

And how do they get to
the top of Lombard Street?

Very carefully.

Lombard Street is not
only the crookedest street.

It's also one of the steepest!

That's why they
made it so crooked.

Eight "switchbacks" were created
so you could travel down this

hill, from side to side, and
not fall flat on your face.

Go-go Gadget rollerblades!

Don't try this at home.

Yahhhhhhhhhh!

And now, an Inspector Gadget
Field Trip Fact: A cable car

travels about the same
speed as a chicken on the run.

At nine and a
half miles an hour,

they can out-run it.

My investigation
has brought us here,

to San Francisco's
beautiful Palace of Fine Arts.

No, there's no king or queen.

Just exhibits and stuff.

It's the only building
left standing from the

World Fair in 1915.

And that's lucky for us, because
it now houses San Francisco's

Exploratorium at the
Palace of Fine Arts.

Let's investigate.

Go, go, Gadget magnifying glass!

Wowsers!

They call this a museum?

It looks like my Great
Uncle Gizmo Gadget's x-rays.

The Exploratorium is a
fun museum of science,

art and human perception.

There are about 650 exhibits
here that let you explore the

world around you.

Let's investigate.

Wowsers!
A real twister!

If you're from Kansas, this will
make you feel right at home.

It's an eight-foot
tall fog tornado.

Vents on either side blow
the fog around and around.

If you get stuck inside, you
wouldn't spin around - you'd go

straight up!

Just like Toto.

WHOAAHHHHH!

Get me out of here!

There's something you
don't see every day.

Inside-out fish!

This place is electrifying!

Don't worry. That blue light
isn't sending shock waves

through this young volunteer.

But her hand IS
conducting electricity.

I wonder if she can
conduct a symphony?

Wowsers! Look, mom! No legs!

Oh, it's just an
anti-gravity mirror.

Either this room is distored or
my gadgets are backing up on me.

Luckily the old Inspector
has a logical explanation.

It's an optical illusion.

This the world's
biggest bubble gum blower,

but it doesn't use gum.

It uses soapy water to
make bubbles big enough

to wash a buffalo.

You can even make your own
kaleidescope rock video at the

"recollections" exhibit!

Until next time, so
long, Exploratorium!

Chinatown beckons.

After a whirlwind tour
of the Exploratorium,

there's nothing like tea
and fortune cookies in

San Francisco's Chinatown.

Or is that cookies
and fortune tea?

Oh, well.

The Chinese people and their
culture are a very important

part of San Francisco life.

San Francisco's Chinatown has
the largest Chinese community

outside of Asia.

This is where the far
east meets the far out west!

Whenever I'm in Chinatown I like
to get some warm fortune cookies

at the Golden Gate
Fortune Cookie Factory.

That's where the
cookie crumbles.

Actually I don't
believe in fortunes...

unless they're really good ones.

As my Grandfather
Butane Gadget once said,

"If you can't stand
the heat, get off the

fortune cookie griddle."

Youch!

Yipes!
He was right!

Amazing!

First the batter is
squirted onto a hot griddle.

The cookie makers peel
off the hot cookies,

insert the fabulous fortune
and bend the baked batter.

And of, course, don't
forget the taste tester.

Not for the
fortune, for the cookie.

Ah-ha!

Here's a secret message
for the old Inspector.

"Confuscious say:
Good times ahead for

Inspector Gadget's Field Trip."

Hmm.

Obviously a
secret coded message.

We'll decipher the
fortune codes later,

but we can eat the cookies now.

Wowsers!

I had a great time
on our field trip!

Careening on cable cars,
cautiously cruising down

crooked streets, exploring the
Exploratorium and cracking the

case of the
Fortune Cookie Factory.

Until next time, Go,
Go, Gadget Field Trip!