00:00Hobbies play an important part in the lives of all of us.
00:25Let's have a look at some of the more unusual hobbies and hobbyists of the nation.
00:30The living room of Orville Scudder gives ample evidence of his hobby, which is boats.
00:38Big boats, little boats.
00:40In fact, he's just crazy about boats.
00:47It's mute today, Mr. Christian.
00:49Amateur botanist Herman Dippel has developed a marvelous plant food.
01:01Mr. Dippel, oh, Mr. Dippel, is it true that your plant food really makes things grow?
01:06Oh, yes, it's a possibility.
01:12This is the modest home of Prentiss Slemp.
01:21His pride and joy is his cactus garden, in which he spends many happy hours.
01:26Here he is now, strolling among his splendid specimens.
01:29Herbert Strongfort of Muscle Shoals makes a hobby of keeping physically fit.
01:41His diet of raw carrots is largely responsible for his iron physique.
01:46But, Herbie, isn't there any drawback to living exclusively on raw carrots?
01:50Uh, no, not that I know of.
01:58Amateur magic is the fascinating hobby of Chutney Giggleswick, who will now be...
02:03Um, yes, I will do a most difficult trick.
02:10I will cover the goldfish bowl, um, thus, and with a wave of my magic wand, um, thus,
02:19I will make the bowl, the cloth, uh, uh, and the fish completely disappear.
02:27Alakazam, alakazam, presto!
02:30alku!
02:34Mm-hm!
02:37A fine magician you are!
02:51Violin.
02:56slash bass.
03:00Piccolo.
03:04Trombone.
03:08Now, all together.
03:23I was cheating.
03:24The handling of vicious dogs has long been the unusual hobby of Samson McDivitt.
03:32His domination over these brutes is unquestioned.
03:35Get in there, Luckymore. Get yourself in the house right now.
03:39Get in there and stay there.
03:45I guess he realizes who's master around here.
03:49Aye.
03:55Here an instructor explains to his class of gliding enthusiasts
03:58the principles of motorless flight.
04:00How to avoid treacherous downdrafts
04:02and how to take advantage of warm, rising thermals.
04:05There they go.
04:06Off to apply their instruction in man's closest challenge
04:09to the art of the birds.
04:11This proud gentleman has the largest collection of hotel towels and silverware in the entire world.
04:28Julius Digby makes a hobby of inventing boons to mankind.
04:38Probably his greatest boon to mankind
04:41is his Digby Deluxe Dunkin' Donut guaranteed against all dripping and drainage.
04:51Some, uh, boon, eh, kid?
04:53Another equally successful creation is his anti-hotfoot shoe.
05:02He, he, he. Hello there. He, he, he.
05:19Old man Hudson down the road to bees has the dangness hobby.
05:23Always experimentin' with explosives.
05:26Seems pretty risky to me, Johnny.
05:29But every man to his own taste, I always say.
05:46Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute.
05:48Okay, okay, go ahead, turn now.
05:50Hmm, what's Dick Tracy doin' today?
05:52Oh, say, let's do the cross-white puzzle, huh?
05:55Well, can this be a hobby?
05:58I beg your pardon?
06:00My name is Potts.
06:03I got a hobby, too.
06:05I make all kinds of handy gadgets.
06:09Well, Mr. Potts, I'm sure everyone will be glad you've given this device to the world.
06:21Yeah!
06:23Everybody will be so glad!
06:26He says!
06:34That's all, folks!
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