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00:32All of these people want to know, where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
00:40Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
00:44And none of these people could find her.
00:48Tafara Nichols.
00:54Mark Marish.
00:59George Fontana.
01:03Today's episode, The Case of the Purloid Pole.
01:08And this man is Greg Lee, Special Agent in charge of bringing all the troops.
01:14Mark, George, what are you guys doing?
01:18Alright, let's see if we can do this.
01:23Someday. Someday that'll happen. You guys doing alright?
01:26Yeah.
01:27Okay, Gumtree's got a lot of work to do. Let's get the Chief up here.
01:29Chief, you're there.
01:30Here, Greg. Let's go.
01:31Detectives.
01:32Carmen Sandiego's pack of vile villains have struck again.
01:36This time, Robo Crook has stolen the North Pole.
01:39Now, no one knows what might happen.
01:41North and South might trade places.
01:43The world could spin off its axis, or we all might just go flying off the Earth.
01:48Here's the story on Robo Crook.
01:50He's got mayhem in his microcircuits.
01:53This crook wasn't born bad. He was built that way.
01:57Your mission, Gumtree's.
01:59Find Robo Crook.
02:00Return the pole, and then capture Carmen Sandiego.
02:03Greg.
02:04Thanks a lot, Chief.
02:05Alright, Gumtree's, here's what we're gonna do.
02:06We're gonna start you off with 50 Acme Crime Bucks.
02:09Any time you answer a question correctly, we give you 10 more Crime Bucks.
02:12The two of you that have the highest scores at the end of this round
02:15will then proceed to the next round.
02:16Now, let's find out a little bit more about you guys, okay?
02:19George, it tells me here that you collect basketball cards.
02:21Is that right?
02:22And who's your favorite basketball team?
02:24The Chicago Bulls.
02:25And your favorite player?
02:26Is Michael Jordan.
02:27Yeah, there's a surprise there.
02:28Yeah, right.
02:29Okay, Mark, it says you went to Israel.
02:31Is that right?
02:32Yes, I was in Israel recently, four days before the war broke out.
02:36No kidding.
02:37Yeah, I was in a hotel, and that hotel was on TV the week I got home.
02:41No kidding.
02:42Wow, that's amazing.
02:43Glad you made it back okay.
02:44And Tafara, that's such an unusual name.
02:47It's beautiful.
02:48What does it mean?
02:49Beauty, honor, glory.
02:51What is that?
02:52Beauty, honor, and glory.
02:53Beauty, honor, and glory.
02:54That's beautiful.
02:55What language is that?
02:56It's from Hebrew.
02:57That's beautiful.
02:58Okay, Chief, we're ready to get started here.
03:00Here's the scoop so far.
03:15Once upon a time, a handsome young fisherman named Wars met a beautiful mermaid on the Vistula River.
03:24She told the young man that the great city would be named after him, and it would rise on this spot.
03:37Greg?
03:38Thanks a lot, Chief.
03:39Okay, that city is now the capital of Poland, and it's where Robocrook took the poll.
03:44Was it Gdansk, Krakow, or Warsaw?
03:49Remember the clues that we heard from the Chief.
03:51Wars, Vistula River, and it's the capital of Poland.
03:55All right, everybody's ready?
03:56Tafara, we'll start with you.
03:57What do you say?
03:58Okay, I chose Warsaw.
04:00Warsaw.
04:01Mark, what do you think?
04:02I chose Warsaw.
04:03Okay, George, what do you say?
04:04I chose Warsaw.
04:05Everybody says Warsaw.
04:06Everybody's right.
04:07Nice job, don't you?
04:12Okay, so, Tafara, you have 60.
04:15Mark, you have...
04:16Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells.
04:21Well, it looks like we have Special Agent Claus with us today.
04:23I'm really teed off this time.
04:25I'm really teed off.
04:26That Robocreep is gonna get cold for Christmas this year.
04:30First, he stole the North Pole, and then he's at my summer house in Turku,
04:36on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia.
04:39First, he scared the reindeer, and then he turned off the northern lights.
04:45Oh, man.
04:50Okay, okay.
04:52Ugh.
04:53Ooh, I'd hate to rile that guy.
04:55Not a good idea.
04:56Okay, Tafara, Mark, and George, where...
04:59Name the country.
05:00Is it Finland, Sweden, or Norway?
05:05Remember the clues that we heard from our Special Agent.
05:08Turku, western shore of Gulf of Bothnia, or reindeer?
05:12Okay, Tafara, we'll start with you.
05:13Okay, I chose Finland.
05:15Finland.
05:16Mark, what do you think?
05:17I chose Finland.
05:18Okay, Finland.
05:19All right, George, what do you say?
05:20And I chose Finland.
05:21The answer we're looking for is Finland.
05:23Nice job, everybody.
05:27Okay.
05:29That means, Tafara, you have 70.
05:31Mark, you have 70.
05:32And George, you have 70.
05:33Close game.
05:34That's the way to play it.
05:35That means Finland didn't catch robo.
05:36So...
05:37Oh, gee.
05:38What is this?
05:39Oh, look at here.
05:40This is a, uh...
05:41Well, this is a special postcard.
05:42Air mail.
05:43Uh, it has a stamp here.
05:45It says, Espanya.
05:46It also says, greetings from the largest city on the Mediterranean seaboard.
05:50And, uh, on the back here, it has a special logo.
05:53Not bad.
05:54I guess that's our clue.
05:55Okay.
05:56Okay.
05:57So, name the city.
05:58Is it Bilbao, Barcelona, or Marseille?
06:03Remember the clues that we have?
06:05Espanya, Olympic logo.
06:08Tafara, we'll start with you.
06:10I chose Barcelona.
06:11Barcelona.
06:12Mark, what do you think?
06:13I chose Barcelona.
06:14Barcelona.
06:15George, what do you say?
06:16I chose Barcelona.
06:17That's what we're looking for.
06:18Barcelona.
06:19Way to go, gun chiefs.
06:20Okay.
06:24That brings...
06:25Oh.
06:26I can only do one thing, then.
06:27It's now time for the lightning round.
06:29That means I'm gonna ask you three questions.
06:32Anytime any one of you answers one of those questions correctly, I'm gonna give you an extra five crime bucks.
06:36Just that simple, okay?
06:37So get your hands on your buzzers, if you will, please.
06:39And listen very carefully.
06:41Peloponnesian, Iberian, and Ionian.
06:45On which peninsula is Barcelona located?
06:48Mark.
06:49What is Ben?
06:50Ben.
06:51Ben.
06:52Sorry, that's not the answer we're looking for.
06:53Tafara or George?
06:54Let me read it again.
06:55Peloponnesian, Iberian, or Ionian.
06:58On which peninsula is Barcelona located?
07:06No answers?
07:07Okay.
07:08Iberian is the answer.
07:09Okay.
07:10Listen very closely.
07:11Yes, Tafara.
07:12Um, Christopher Columbus.
07:13Yes, Christopher Columbus.
07:14Nice job.
07:15Okay.
07:16So, Tafara, that will take you up to 85 points.
07:18Mark and George, you still have 80.
07:19Very close.
07:20Listen very closely.
07:21We have one more.
07:22Modern artist, classical composer, or automotive designer.
07:26What was the profession shared by Barcelona residents, Salvador Dali, and Pablo Picasso?
07:27Tafara.
07:28Tafara.
07:29Painted?
07:30Uh, can we, can we accept that, judges?
07:31Yes.
07:32Yes, we can.
07:33Nice job, Tafara.
07:34Yeah.
07:35Modern artist.
07:36Good.
07:37So, Tafara, that takes you up to 90.
07:38Mark and George, you have 80.
07:39Congratulations.
07:40That's the way we're supposed to be playing this game.
07:41That's the way we're supposed to be playing this game.
07:42That's the way we're supposed to be playing this game.
07:43That's the way we're going to take you up to 85 points.
07:44That's the way we're going to take you up to 85 points.
07:45Greg?
07:46Yes.
07:47Yes, we can.
07:48Nice job, Tafara.
07:49Yeah.
07:50Modern artist.
07:51Good.
07:52So, Tafara, that takes you up to 90.
07:53Mark and George, you have 80.
07:54Congratulations.
07:55That's the way we're supposed to be playing this game.
07:56Nice job, Gumshoes.
07:57Greg?
07:58Yes.
07:59Yes, Chief.
08:00In my office.
08:01Now.
08:02Yeah.
08:03Okay.
08:04Everything's all right.
08:05I'll just go talk to her, and then I'll be right back.
08:06We always just have a little chat.
08:07Stick around.
08:10Oh, Greg, I'm worried.
08:11Mm, I know.
08:12Yeah, I'm worried about the Gumshoes.
08:14You know, the strain of the investigation, the pressure.
08:17You know, how are they holding up?
08:18Well, uh, they're okay.
08:20Yeah.
08:21But, you know, it's tough.
08:22Well, maybe I should have a word with them.
08:23You know, give them sort of a pep talk to lift their spirits a bit.
08:26That would really be great.
08:27All right.
08:28Yeah.
08:29Gumshoes, listen up.
08:30Now, I want Carmen Sandiego.
08:33Now, I will give you a trip anywhere in the lower 48 states if you capture her.
08:40All right?
08:42Would that help?
08:43Yeah, that was good.
08:45Good job.
08:46Go away.
08:47Yes, ma'am.
08:48Yes, ma'am.
08:51Mm-hmm.
08:52Hi, guys.
08:53How you doing?
08:54You all right?
08:55Great.
08:56Okay, I just want to remind everybody what we're trying to do here.
08:57We're trying to catch Robo Crook because he took the North Pole.
08:59Well, you can't give up yet because we're very hot on the trail, and that's what we want
09:02to try to do.
09:03Now, our Acme Bug Net is here to help.
09:06It's intercepted a phone conversation between Robo Crook and Carmen Sandiego.
09:10Made it.
09:11I vaulted across the Atlantic to the Garden State.
09:14Listen up.
09:15They're on to you.
09:16I'll put it over to the university and blend in at the game.
09:20Game?
09:21What kind of game?
09:23You know football.
09:24When you get there, hide in the ivy.
09:27But I'm not in that league.
09:29Just do what I tell you.
09:31Leave the thinking to me.
09:34Okay, Gumshoos.
09:35Name the city.
09:36Is it Ithaca, New York, New Haven, Connecticut, or Princeton, New Jersey?
09:41Remember the things that we heard from the phone tap.
09:43Garden State and Ivy League University.
09:45Tafari, you're ready?
09:46Let's start with you.
09:47Okay, I chose Princeton.
09:48Princeton.
09:49Mark, what do you think?
09:50I chose Princeton.
09:51Princeton.
09:52What do you say?
09:53I chose Princeton.
09:54Princeton.
09:55The answer we're looking for?
09:56Princeton.
09:57Nice job.
09:58Okay.
10:00All right.
10:01So Tafari, you have 100.
10:02Mark, you have 90.
10:03George, you have 90.
10:04Now, this next informer, there's something fishy about this.
10:07I'll let you decide this on your own.
10:09Montpeche, what do you say?
10:10Come on, little baby.
10:12I could see that huge pole of my love.
10:15Vikings started fishing off this island in the 10th century.
10:19In fact, the first European child elder in North America was born here.
10:24Name was Snorri Thorfinson.
10:26How's that for a moniker?
10:28I'm talking about a place where the Atlantic meets the Arctic.
10:33And I wonder if I don't know further east than this.
10:38Okay, Gumshoes.
10:39Name the Canadian province.
10:40Is it Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, or Prince Edward Island?
10:45Remember the clues that we heard?
10:46It's an island, Atlantic meets the Arctic, and Vikings.
10:49Tafari, you got it?
10:50Let's hear it.
10:51I chose Newfoundland.
10:52Newfoundland.
10:53Okay.
10:54Mark, what do you think?
10:55I chose Nova Scotia.
10:56Nova Scotia.
10:57George, what do you say?
10:58I chose Newfoundland.
10:59The answer we're looking for?
11:00Newfoundland.
11:01Nice job, everybody.
11:06Okay.
11:07Now, unfortunately, our agents weren't...
11:08Oh, let's see.
11:09Tafari, you have 110.
11:10Mark, you have 90.
11:11And George, you have 100.
11:12That's the way to play it.
11:13Nice job.
11:14Now, unfortunately...
11:15Stop all that babbling down there!
11:17Oh, no.
11:18That must be our upstairs neighbor, Mrs. Pumpkinclanger.
11:20Talk!
11:21Talk!
11:22Talk!
11:23Talk!
11:24Talk!
11:25Talk!
11:26While you're down there yammering, Robocook is hiding the pole in a chain of Canadian islands
11:31where the Hider tribe practices the ancient art of carving the totem pole.
11:37Why don't you go there and apprehend him instead of standing around making useless chatter?
11:43Okay.
11:44Sorry.
11:45I think she's got a thing for me.
11:50Okay.
11:51Gumshoes, name the island.
11:55Is it Aleutian Islands, Perry Islands, or Queen Charlotte Islands?
12:00Remember the clues that we heard from Mrs. Pumpkinclanger?
12:03Chain of Canadian Islands, and totem poles.
12:06Tafari, we'll start with you.
12:08What do you say?
12:09I chose the Aleutian Islands.
12:10The Aleutian Islands.
12:11Mark, what do you think?
12:12It was Perry Islands.
12:13Perry Islands.
12:14George, what do you say?
12:15I chose the Aleutian Islands.
12:16The Aleutian Islands.
12:17The answer we're actually looking for is Queen Charlotte Islands.
12:18So that means nobody got that one.
12:20Tough break there.
12:21Yeah, tough break.
12:22Now, it is now time for the final clue of this round.
12:25Let me tell you what that means.
12:26It's now time for you to decide how much you want to risk.
12:29If you're right, we'll add that amount to your score.
12:31If you're not right, we'll take it away from your score.
12:33All right?
12:34You can risk zero, 10, 20, 30, 40, or 50.
12:38All right?
12:39Work right over here, if you will, please.
12:40Here is the portion of the world where we think Robo Crook is headed.
12:44If you know a lot about this part of the world, you'll want to risk a lot.
12:47If you don't know very much about it, you may not want to risk very much.
12:50So take a look at this and think about it.
13:07OK. Everybody is ready.
13:08Listen very closely now.
13:09now let's go check the word on the street out here see what's going on hey guys what's the
13:19word on the street the word is 49 000. hey that's not a word that's a number there's a 49 000 year
13:26old meteor crater near the city of flagstaff and it's in the 49th state greg hey no it's not it's
13:32in the 48th guys guys guys guys sorry greg it's okay all right all right gumshoes name the state
13:40is it arizona new mexico or utah remember the clues that we heard from the word on the street
13:4849 000 year old crater near flagstaff and 48th state all right mark we're going to start with you but
13:56before you show me your answer how much did you risk i risk 30. this could put you in the lead
14:02if you're right what's the answer you have arizona arizona is exactly the answer we're looking for
14:06nice job mark george you have 100 points let's find out first how much did you risk i risk 40. you risk
14:1540. if you're right on this it'll definitely put you in the lead what do you say arizona arizona nice job
14:20safara you have 110 points how much did you risk 10. if you get this right uh you'll have to be tied
14:29with mark all right what did you say utah utah oh tough break the father's going to take you down
14:35but mark and george this means you'll be going on to the next ground congratulations
14:39safara sorry you were a great detective you did some great work today thanks for being with us today
14:43and we put together a special acme travel kit yes it's the official acme crime net travel kit and it
14:52includes a world travelers atlas a carmen t-shirt the official carmen watch and a subscription to
15:02national geographics world magazine and our thanks for all your good work on this case
15:09safara i salute you okay thanks a lot chief mark and george now it is time for you to go to arizona
15:16to try to catch robo crook you've got to find him and bring him back alive but i want you to know we
15:21don't send our agents out into the field unprepared chief how about a briefing here's the scoop on arizona
15:27southwestern u.s borders five states and mexico population over three and a half million state bird
15:34the cactus rim the boys down at photo recon have put together a few slides rainbow bridge national
15:43monument you could fit the capitol building under that art plenty of room for hidden loot
15:50lake havasu city look for the north pole here it's already got london bridge now if you don't find
15:58anything anything there try big places where robo might stash the north pole best bet the grand canyon
16:05or chirico who a national monument last phoenix state capital country's 10th largest city and
16:15the place where i met thorwald my first love
16:17thorwald thorwald thorwald sounds like a melody doesn't it the moment we met i knew it was true
16:30love i remember it like it was yesterday actually it was a week ago thursday
16:38well robo crook in the north pole are in arizona gumshoes hit the road
16:42hey guys here we are arizona come on in sit on your uh seat cases take your marks right over there
16:51if you will please let me show you what we've got going on here here are the possible locations
16:55where you'll be able to find robo crook the loot and a warrant for robo's arrest now the first thing
17:00you have to do is find the loot once you do that that's the evidence you need to try to get a hold of
17:05a warrant once you get the warrant then you can make an arrest of robo crook all right now uh if you
17:10get all three of those in that order on one try that's what you need in order to get a chance to
17:15try to get carmen san diego if you get carmen san diego then you're going to get a chance to win
17:19that trip to almost anywhere in the lower 48 united states okay so you can pick any location you want
17:25to but if you land on the loot the crook or the warrant then you'll be able to have a free look okay
17:30who was ahead at the end of the last round george i think it was you so george you go first
17:34oh can i see the petrified forest petrified forest petrified forest okay nothing there mark hoover
17:40dam hoover dam nice job there's a warrant you get a free try go ahead uh gold mine the gold mine
17:51nothing there okay you found one of them nice job george your turn hoover dam hoover dam
17:55the water yeah i wonder what's there you get a free look go ahead the state house
18:02nothing there mark your turn the observatory the observatory
18:08robo crook robo crook you get a free look go ahead london bridge london bridge
18:15nothing there okay we know where two of them are nice job guys george your turn
18:18can i see the lowell observatory observatory
18:23robo crook okay and the post office okay we know where two of them are mark your turn lake powell
18:31lake powell
18:35okay nothing there george your turn hoover dam hoover dam
18:40there it is we know where the warrant is george pick another one lake powell and what lake powell
18:45lake powell nothing there okay mark your turn we got to find this last element guys monument
18:51monument nothing there george your turn hoover dam hoover dam
18:57the warrant and the vulture gold mine and the vulture gold mine nothing there okay guys listen
19:03we got to do this because they're going to get out of our grass we don't hurry mark what is it
19:06grand canyon grand canyon grand canyon nothing there george your turn and no rock
19:12the rock there is the loot you know where the other two are go ahead hoover dam
19:19the warrant and the observatory is it there
19:22robo crook
19:31nice job george oh there we go okay come on over here a second george come here
19:37stand right here george right next to me there is one more thing i need you to do we have now got
19:42robo crook i want you though careful careful i want you to put him in jail for me so if you would
19:46please just pull on this chain and put him in jail
19:56okay mark listen to a great detective today you did some great things you tracked robo crook all the
20:00way to arizona we're sending you away with something very special chief all right greg it's a pocket
20:06translator for instant translations of more than 10 000 english spanish and german words and nice work
20:14mark i salute you all right thanks a lot george as you know all detectives have a lot of paperwork
20:21they got to do so what i want you to do is open up this very top secret thing i want you to write down
20:25here where you want to go if you capture carmen san diego and win that trip okay write it down
20:30think about it
20:44nice job okay listen you've had a good day today i mean you got robo crook taken care of
20:48he's in jail now we're going to try to get carmen san diego
20:50do you hear that there's a phone call could you hold this please there's uh they usually put it
20:56someplace around here i'm not sure where we oh here here it is yeah hello yeah yeah hold on a second
21:04he's right here it's it's for you let me hold this for you go ahead the probabilities of your capture of
21:10carmen will be accelerated if i supply you with pertinent information look for her in the united states
21:16thanks so much for honor among thieves sounds like you and me are going to the u.s
21:20chief what do you think george here's a list of places carmen may have traveled san francisco
21:27california reno nevada boise idaho santa fe new mexico rapid city south dakota
21:37topeka kansas houston texas milwaukee wisconsin montgomery alabama indianapolis indiana
21:47atlanta georgia columbus ohio greg take george to the map
21:56this is it all comes down to this now here's what you're going to have to do you're going to have to
22:01track carmen san diego through seven different states identifying each state with its flag if you're
22:05right you'll hear this sound but if you're wrong you'll hear this sound okay uh if you're wrong two
22:12times just leave the flag where it is and go back go on to the next one but if you're right seven
22:16times within 45 seconds then you win the trip to wherever you wrote down on that piece of paper just
22:21a moment ago sound okay to you yeah sound okay to you guys all right listen very carefully to the
22:27clues all right and as soon as you know where to go start running let's go back here get your first
22:30flag let's go all right let's get 45 seconds up on the clock good luck to you george on your mark get
22:37set go home of one of the largest chinatowns in the u.s it's in the golden state carmen went to san
22:41francisco california that's it located on lake michigan it's the largest city in the badger
22:46state carmen went to milwaukee wisconsin yep that's two home in the astrodome the lyndon b johnson space
22:53center it's in the lone star state carmen went to houston texas you got it named after christopher
22:58columbus is located in the buckeye state carmen went to columbus ohio sorry that's not it that's
23:06the one we're looking for it's the ada county seat and the capital of the gem state carmen went to
23:11boise idaho that's it northward's native american adobe architecture it's located in the cactus state
23:18coming with the santa fe new mexico yes how many did you get you got six come over here george give
23:28him a round of applause folks that's a nice job you got six right that's you came so close to getting
23:35that but you had a good day anyway because you nabbed uh robo crook right and you came very close
23:40to getting here you did a nice job chief what do you think well we're all proud of the work you did
23:46today george and we here at headquarters pitched in to purchase this portable cd player that we
23:51thought you would enjoy having and a selection of cds from around the world okay that's not bad right
24:02get the cds and stuff you did a lot of nice work today i know you've been working very hard for us
24:06there's one more thing i want you to do for us do you have any idea what it is yes let's do it
24:16do
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