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02x12 - Episode 23 & 24

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Vegetable Soup". Aired: September 22, 1975 – December 14, 1978.*
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02x12 - Episode 23 & 24

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[Music] and now today's adventure of outer scope

- together again at last all the kids

are together in Central Park but they don't know it yet they're chasing after chums medallion kite

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[Music] sure we will Henry just keep running to

where it fell how are you - we've got to find where it landed hey it's me hey

where'd you come from oh yeah we've been around old outerscope is really working

overtime what have you guys been oh sorry we left you behind oh no sweat

Henry and I made out okay we even got to a circus so we met a magician named Percy wait wait let's look for the clue

at the end of this kinda stream and then we can tell stories what about the

circus anyway Henry and I went to the circus oh it was a great time I wish you'd been

with us [Music] [Applause]

that's

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well we never go to a circus we sure had a good time flying around yeah hey

remember that landing at the Seaport oh that that's all there is to it

which way Cynthia which way more left that's it over to the right a little great Oh

we're coming in too fast pull back to the power

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so you've turned out to be quite a navigator Aysen yeah I guess so

hi dad aw son I was just China boy am I glad we found

you we've all been looking for you Jimmy how did you get here and who all has been

looking my new friend they'll come here any minute they've got your kite mr. Chung mr. Chun

that was about the medallion don't you I couldn't yes what is this who are you

we saw the medallion on your kind it is the right medallion right why just calm down let's go sit down

introduce ourselves and you can tell me what is this all about [Music]

he's my friend and I was helping them

look for Charlie to say oh my

sailmaker oh he's a friend of old sailor pills Willy's great-great-grandfather

who once had the medallion oh this is Willie and this is my brother Henry who

we told you about Jimmy they've got the map that goes with our diary you have a

map and diary here it is

[Music] so you're built opers great-great-grandson and you know about

the medallion Willie how much do you know according to his diary my

great-great-grandfather sailor bill was given the medallion by an old man in South America because he had tried to

save the man's life it's right there in the map see and later when his ship was

wrecked sailor built was the only survivor the Shinnecock Indians who

lived there found him and nursed him back to health after the shipwreck and he and the chief became very good friends and then they went off to sea

again together but then they got separated and sailor girl went to Mexico

with out the medallion he did how'd you know that it's on the

back of the map it tells how he gave the medallion to the Chinese sail maker Chumlee to protect it for him until he

could reclaim it later this is really fantastic a missing medallion being tracked down

two and three generations later by a group of kids using some good detective work and a special day is down by South

Stream and a spaceship this will be a great feature story John they have the

map and diary you thought was lost long ago why not help them unravel the mystery the medallions secret has been

kept safely all this time it would be very bad to print the story I'm sure all

sorts of people would start to search for it once they knew about its existence so why is it that you seek the

medallion although tempted myself I have never gone in search of it for fear of

stirring up a hornet's nest of trouble that might allow it to fall into the

wrong hands tell me why are you looking for it well Caesar

sara bill was my great-great-grandfather he was the first person outside their tribe to safeguard the medallion and

well-being family I feel somehow responsible for it and we were all with

Willie when he found the map and the diary and we feel the same way and we all know the real value of the medallion

is the way that it brings out the best of people we're afraid it might have been stolen

yeah and melted down for the money to bring

your reasons are sound I will tell you what I know remember

there may be danger to you and to the medallion

next time the interrupted story

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you're hearing a combination of instruments and sounds that come from 4th of April and yet there are parts of

this music that come from many places the bongo drums come from Africa the

guitars from Spain and the maracas are

part of the culture of the tyno indians early settlers of the island now called with paprika all of these instruments

have come together to make the sounds of Puerto Rican music and all of these

musicians are Puerto Ricans where is

Puerto Rico it's an island a thousand miles from Miami Florida and nearly two

thousand miles from New York City who are the Puerto Ricans as far as we know

the Arawaks and later the Tainos were among the first inhabitants of Puerto Rico the

Tainos were the first to plant crops on the island they grew and use sugar cane tobacco corn and rubber trees the Tainos

had a relaxed productive life on their green island which they called boutique

in the peaceful life of the Tainos is still celebrated in the national anthem

of Puerto Rico

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while looking for India Columbus landed on the island of Bodie kin without

asking the Tainos Columbus claimed the island for Spain the Spanish looked upon

Puerto Rico as a source of riches mainly gold to take back to Spain they even

changed the name of the island they called it Porto Rico which in Spanish

means rich port the Spanish turned the Tainos tobacco and sugar cane farms into

large food factories called plantations and they brought Africans as sl*ves to

help and cover the gold but there was very little gold to be found in Porto Rico so Africans also worked on the

plantation as time went by other people came to Puerto Rico from all parts of

the world they married and blended with the Tainos the Spanish and the Africans

to form the many different cultures and shades of skin and hair color that we

see in Porto Rico today after treaty between Spain and the United States

Puerto Rico became a possession of the United States as a result all Puerto

Ricans became US citizens many people were attracted to the warm

and green island of Puerto Rico however industry slow down and work

became hard to find many Puerto Ricans decided to leave the island they came

mostly to New York and Chicago looking for jobs

these newcomers flew by playing in a few hours unlike the European immigrants who

traveled several weeks by steamship well tow Ricans have strong ties to their

culture and speak Spanish as well as English but the Ricans have much to

teach us besides their language and ways of life they have lived for many

centuries in harmony with all their physical and cultural variety is a

cousin of the rice we eat today and is popular among many Native Americans in the northern United States the people of

the Chippewa tribe have a story about the discovery of wild rice there once was a mischievous boy named Winnie buzu

he lived with his grandmother who loved him very much though he was a good boy he was lazy

instead of learning to hunt and fish he sat in the Sun and dozed one day his

grandmother decided that she had spoiled him for too long Lena bozo you must

learn how to take care of yourself I want you to go on a journey into the forest and become used to the hardships

of life it wasn't long before he grew very hungry for several days he wondered

unhappily through the woods what will I

do I was starved to death fighting for something to eat when a bushel did as

the plant said he ate so much in fact that he got sick the next day when he

felt better he walked deeper into the woods soon he came to a lake at its edge

stood tall grasses they waved at him and spoke when he Bulls you was suspicious

but he was also very hungry again mmm

you are good what are you called

this time he ate his fill but he did not get sick the next day he gathered some

of the rice and brought it home mother I have found a way to feed myself I am

proud of you when a bozo you have learned to make use of nature's gifts let us call our neighbors and show them

what you have discovered so all their friends came to taste the new dish they

were served the wild rice mixed with meat and fish and ever since wild rice has been one of the Chippewas

main sources of food

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people I'd like to introduce you to some real people people

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white 628 from New York has just arrived at gate horn

hi I'm willing that's my sister Maria all mommy and daddy brought us to the

plane in New York and wished us a happy summer vacation we've come to San Juan

Puerto Rico to be with our cousins I really didn't want to come but Maria

thinks we're going to have fun I wonder what our cousins are like excuse me

where's the luggage area you just go upstairs and you'll see the sign

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[Applause]

excuse me sir we're looking for our cousin what do they look like I will never met them before there's

others we are and our cousins so I guess I must look like us did you check the log Acharya

will you send some kids over there no fur let's look over there they don't

you know something they didn't look at all like those other two kids

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how can you tell you don't know what they look like yes I do mommy showed me some pictures

of T naught T and T of Pancho and anyway they're going to look for nametags and probably listen

[Music]

that's why I left Smackdown hey bro no

real hi you guys oh boy and like that we found each other

modeling that upstairs come on let's look

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avoiding

yeah chillin when you list the other

goat would I go there I missed it see the ID of the guy he chose to break

the Ella stay like that then when you miss you have to try to hit the other

guys can eat onion mm-hmm why don't you see how the past Allison the upon Cho

said I should hope you want to banana leaves that's good do something for a change

the owners wants to tell me what to do follow home in New York with my own friends I could do what I want and when

I want it too what yeah they like you

pal

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you children are really going to love this I'm making an expressive for visita

naughty of course it's a real location to have you and Willie here in Porto

Rico with us I have even invited some of our neighbors who have been with us and meet

you what are you doing out here I'm breaking the j'tia what is that Sophia it's a

root it grows on the ground they now have to peel off the bananas to prepare

the masa well how do you like it here in

Puerto Rico Willie it's me why I don't understand that's the way we talk into a

deal I think it's okay even sound to be very enthusiast mother Willie do your

poncho today is a blue league baseball game at home yeah I should be playing third base well that sounds like fun but

we could have fun here together these banana leaves ready for the pasteles we pasteles at home sometimes but we don't

wrap them in real banana leaves what's the matter not too many banana trees grow in New York lately

wait till you taste them you're not is pasteles all delicious yeah but I like

hamburgers in her eyes I know that way

no I'm sure I can hardly believe that

these are the same children that left for the Rico seven years ago the chamalla will show

you the pictures of you and your brother before he left I don't know I guess I got lost when we moved well I have

pictures of both of you in my family album pictures of your father and of your mother too I kept them in my trunk

with all the things I cherish come on hurry up you guys yeah let's make sure to go back and play

a little game go ahead it will take me a while to finish here puncher will help him with

the batter I got a good picture of Kofi

with your counting Willie wow that was a good picture but I'm stopped

oh who cares water ready Willie are you still thinking about that baseball game

huh you people play with the camera I want to find something else to do

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what are you doing now Willie let's find out if it's true that you and I were born doing that this is really all

family right Willie how come you never believe anything people tell you no I'd

like to find out things for myself but mommy and daddy wouldn't have sent us here and this really wasn't our family

how come you always have to prove every because I just want to know that's all don't you want to know too you've seen

them and this place it's weird do they look like us like mommy and daddy

everything's different here it's true they are different but what are you going to do come on

[Music]

what are you doing now I'm going to find the photo i'm giad he was talking about

before lunch the pictures well are you

going to help me or not okay [Music]

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if we get caught we're going to be in so much trouble I rather be in trouble and

not know more about this place they said that I have to see for myself I don't

know what to believe anymore they look different they talk different they're our family

I feel out of it here I want to know who these people are they're not just people they're our family all teeth I don't

care they don't look like me that doesn't prove anything here it is hurry up please

the story of Willie and Maria continues next time

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this way for the poetry in art section

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people are like rainbows the cause of

the rainbow what a beautiful sight to see they remind me of the many different people just like you and me people are

different in every single way the color shape and size and even what they say

they may be short or they may be very tall they may be even a normal size it

doesn't matter at all people are like rainbows that stretch across the sky you

notice the different colors as you see them pass by

people are different on the outside that's easy to see but the very special

and different place is inside you and me [Music]

[Applause] [Music]

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to make a vegetable the vegetable soup

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[Music] and now today's adventure of outer scope

to the interrupted story the kids tell Chum the kite maker their reasons for

seeking the medallion as Bob and Robin listen in your reasons I sound I will

tell you what I know but remember there may be danger to you and to the

medallion [Music]

my father expected salable to return for it quite soon although he knew that

salable had fallen overboard he just knew somehow that he was still alive and

he was right yes he was but he began to doubt his belief after 70 years had gone

by and Sylvio had not come my father worried that if something happened to

him and Sayla bill finally came for it no one would know about it so that's

when he told you yes he showed it to us and told my mother and me the story of

how he came to have it did Sara Bell ever show up oh yes one stormy night there was a

knocking on our door and there was salable he was soaked to the skin father

was so happy to see him he just hugged him and got soaked himself while they

were drying out by the fire mother got some hot tea father left the room

returned then silently handed the medallion to sailor bill I'll never

forget that moment that's why I put medallion on my kites

then they told stories into the morning hours about their adventures on the sea

and salable stays in Mexico and was that the last time he saw him no the last

time I actually saw him was about a year or two later he came to see us before

putting out to sea again he was with a friend a black man who spoke with an

accent I had never heard before that seemed to come rumbling out of him I

learned his name was montego's slim and he came from Jamaica they went off to

sea together the next day and that was the last time I ever saw salable or a

living Dahlia really and you never saw him at the medallion again but there's

more to the story isn't there mr. Chun yes Edgar there is some more wait a minute those two

characters you mean they've been

following you too we've probably lost in the Chinatown oh no you must have led

them here let's get to the bottom of this right now [Music]

well it is as I feared isn't it what do you mean the word is hardly out and already the

villains are after the medallion [Music]

hey what are you guys doing there you

should be back by now let's go find them yeah those two are up to no good let's look in the direction

they came from gee what are we gonna do

those guys have been following us for long time we must devise some plan to

fool them so you can continue your search it's the grass over here hello my

friends they've been helping us out all along they're the folks who brought us here we just are Barb and Rob here so did we

they must have followed us into town they must know you're getting close to the medallion we've got to get away from

them that's easier said than done hey I've got an idea why not use our van

we'll go for a little ride but they followed the van before what they do it again yeah let's hope so now listen

here's the plan [Music]

then have a great idea to sneak up your height above the van I mean I gotta come back to it right yeah yeah

from up here we can hear where they're going yeah we can even jump down on the van and go with the beat yeah of course

I can't hear too much from up here all these leaves no we can't really see too much but I still think was a pretty

great idea you're right back you know even I have to meet that was a great idea

okay let's hop in and see if now you really aren't getting close to that medallion everybody by now Jimmy and mr.

Wong goodbye everybody goodbye Joe my watch out for the trees he planted goodbye everybody

goodbye my young friends good luck please be careful

mr. Wong we should see to our kite tonight kitchen [Music]

absitively brilliant having them take us along yeah this making stuff hey man hey

you know that medallion soon it's gonna be ours [Music]

[Applause] [Music]

yep they don't wanna look at rap they - Oh suitcases I'll bet they'll really be

surprised when they 5 they've been tricked again good serve them right now come with me

quickly and I'll tell you the rest of the story because I know you haven't seen the last of those two row yeah I bet they'll try

to make trouble for us again [Music]

next time the story of Montego slim Davis

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[Applause] [Music]

[Applause] [Music] okay guys this time Winthrop's okay this

game is called rock-paper-scissors remember rock breaks

scissors scissors cut paper paper covers rock in this team version of the game

the group that throws the winning signal tries to tag the others before they get

home free the tag pot is just a new

addition to an old game that seems to be played all over the world

the Rick back Rick chant actually is borrowed from the English version of the

game the game is also played in China where it's Ching Chung Park and in Japan

it's John Khenpo games seem to spread about the world without concern for

oceans boundaries of countries or differences in language this one game

rock-paper-scissors is part of many cultures what is culture culture is a

way of life in like a game culture is made our customs and traditions that

people follow culture is expressed in food clothing language and many other

ways culture is a word that stands for an idea it's important to keep the idea

of culture separate from other similar ideas so here is what culture is not

kasra is not your shade of skin color it is not your hair color either in fact

these three people could be from three different cultures and you couldn't tell until you saw them in the traditional

clothes of their culture or using the manners and gestures of their culture for example would you believe that these

are all ways of saying yes most people in the United States not their hands but

in Bulgaria yes is like this and here's an American Indian gesture meaning yes

culture is also expressed in traditional dances sports and games [Music]

so culture is what people do that's it

and because so many different groups of people have come to live in this country we are a nation of many different

cultures each culture has different ways of doing things and each culture gives

us the chance to see that the same game can be played with many different rules

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Italian time [Music]

long ago and far away there were two good friends named Ola Leia and OMA TJ

each had a farm directly across the footpath from the other and day after

day they would greet each other as they went about their work their great

friendship raised a Christian in the heart of their neighbor and he

determined to test their friendship for one another secretly he made a hat for himself which

was red on one side and green on the

other then one day after putting on his

new hat he strolled along the footpath [Music]

good morning good morning I see you have a fine new Red Hat oh yes

a few moments later he saw ol Alejo

pulling weeds and his gem good morning Alleluia oho I see you

happy finding green hat yes indeed I looked a long time if I find the one I

wanted [Music]

when the sun stood high overhead Hollier stopped his work and went to eat his

lunch with his good friend or my teacher did you notice define the red hat our

neighborhood red hat my friend you must have been a little desert by the Sun

what do you mean it wasn't a red hot I never was wearing it was a great hat

a green hutch oh no my friend it was not green it was red I know for I remarked

on it whenever and so did I Oh Mataji irritated by his friends and patients

continued to argue that the hack was red while Ola lay for his part maintained

that the Hat was green was this you two fighting I thought you were the best of

friends how come friends come to blows this way oh my friend of mater you you were right

after all an it was hat is red oh no I was drunk and you were right I must have

been dazzled by the Sun after all a neighbor's new heart is green look here

my friends you are both rather body hat but you are both wrong about your

friendship you are not the best of friends if you cannot examine both sides

of a question with that anger what I eat be high or whether it be something more

important you are right one never knows about the friendship until it has been put to a test as for

me we have can be either green or red it doesn't matter as long as I have my good

friend or Mataji how does it matter to me and paints for the two was stronger

friends than ever for they had learned that a difference of opinion often

arises and even though they see things differently they can still be friends

[Laughter] [Music]

hi it's Willie again Maria and I earn real trouble now we sneaked in to do

punches bedroom to look at the photo album we just wanted to see some proof that the people we are visiting in

Puerto Rico are really our family but he caught us where are you kids doing

yesin I asked you a question we were looking for the pictures dear daddy was

talking about what did you just ask I have to show them to you are you sure

that's all you wanted to know me use just that the pictures is something

wrong Maria I hope you I'm your uncle we were looking for some proof that this

really is our family we didn't mean to do anything wrong didn't you feel wronged you didn't do

anything wrong and you happy to be here in Puerto Rico with your naughty we are your cousins it's just that we

wanted to know if if we really came from here and if I'm really your uncle oh

yeah really you have two wonderful children I will love you and we are very glad you are here with us this summer

come on Willie stop asking so many questions why do you kiss funny so difficult to

believe that we are your familia because gosh what because everything is

different here it's not quite like New York I thought we were all going to be the same and

because you're different too look what different colors I don't think I belong

here doesn't make any sense really yes it does it means we're not the same of course we

are not the same we're different that's what makes life interesting do you Maria look exactly alike no of

course not I look more like mommy and she looks more like daddy therefore our one family well we like we

are what Maria our ancestors they came from many different places Africa Spain

and also have Indian ancestors and they were all different from each other they

were all different yes really that's why our heritage is so rich in variety why black brown people

it's just like it has something to do with that modern painting I have there

on the wall have you ever mixed colors like that yeah uh-huh

do you know that way you mix two colors you get a new color but if you add

another color to that you still get another color it's like that with people

like with our ancestors by now we have lived together on this beautiful island

for so long that there are many families like ours families like our different ancestors

with our many colors but we are all poor Oh recast let's take a look to those

pictures yeah okay

gee you grab who just like he was a real pet yes real pet

his name is go Joe how can you tell he's the same one there's so many of them he's just saying there no I'm not

this is the same one they all look different don't that see they even change colors sometimes you get screen

sometimes it gets brown just like you I don't turn green no but you sure have a pretty brown tan

hey what's the matter with Maria did I do something wrong what'd you say that for can't you see

we're black anyway your dad caught us in the bedroom looking through the photo albums while were you doing that because

we didn't believe that you are real family because you look so different from us that's silly a lot of families look like

ours

come on Maria talk to me what's the matter of RIA what do you

want Pedro can I show you the coconut tree you promised me I could I guess so

[Music] don't you like it here it's not that

here catch oh it's too green can't you get another

one the ripe ones are probably already on the ground a Papas Emeritus that's what you're

worried about it's not that it's just that I feel like Willy and I don't belong here I'm all mixed up you just

think you're different but you're not really what makes you so smart oh don't be unhappy Maria I'm no smarter

than you and you're no smarter than me but just cousins you know I know we are

peasant and I do like it here I never get to see trees like this in the city my father says there are nice things

everywhere you just have to get used to them well I hope Willy and I get used to Puerto Rico soon so we can stay to the

end of our vacation Hey look there's noise

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[Applause] [Music]

[Laughter]

[Laughter]

what's the story of we're going to do

Chinese cornflour soup today in it ghost corn chicken and some scallions and an

egg so we need 2 cups of chicken broth and we need to add 1 cup of water okay

Louie your Native American how do you make corn soup my mother doesn't make

with chicken broth she makes it with pork the Chinese make it with chicken pork or crab beat all right Louie we've

got our soup now we can you come with me and and you'd be very careful by the stove if it's nice to bubble you let me

know okay Sarah Jerry you're gonna cut up the chicken

we'll just take a knife and you'd be very careful with the knife keep your fingers away from the blade and make

little tiny strips like this and then you cut the other direction we're going

to measure a tablespoon of cornstarch and of water and that's for the creamed

corn put your chicken in dirt it could

use a little bit of salt and a little sugar why you put the sugar in sugar brings out the flavor of dishes you see

and now we have to heat it up again and then you need to beat an egg when it

starts to simmer we'll add the egg Chinese like to add egg to soup a lot we

need to cut the scallions we would like to add a little color to the soup and

have a circular motion and pour in the egg very careful mixing up and the hot

soup will then cook the egg would you like to have some of this soup man now these are really rice bowls but we also

use some in China for soup especially at a family meal it was good tastes real

good taste is good good I'm glad you like it

while we cook the food and it came out fine you can try it yours out when you

got the time who's working in the kitchen there's a lot of fun and when you're finished you can eat what you

[Music]

would you what would you do and how

would you be

hey Paul we're gonna have a big beach party wanna come nothing Steven I don't want to go let's

wait can't you swim it's not that it's just the last time I went some of the

other kids were making fun of me they were saying I'm not putting meeting because of my color who said that

that's crazy it has nothing to do with what color you are I know but I don't like being with kids who try to tell me

what I am just because of the way I look I mean they are black for the Ricans to us my Puerto Ricans how would you feel

if someone made fun of your skin color I tell them to mind their own business I

would feel embarrassed I'd ignore him it wouldn't matter that much to me because

everyone is different and any way is not right to tease anybody how would you

feel [Music]

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to make a vegetable vegetable soup