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00:30What's a caboose? What are we eating again?
00:33Martha speaks.
00:34Hey Joe, what do you know?
00:36My name's not Joe.
00:37She's not always right, but still that Martha speaks.
00:40Hi there!
00:41She's got a voice, she's ready to shout.
00:44Martha will tell you what it's all about.
00:46Sometimes wrong, but seldom doubt.
00:48Martha will tell you what it's all about.
00:50Bad doggy.
00:52Testing, one, two.
00:53Hear her speak.
00:54Martha speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks and...
00:57communicates, enumerates, elucidates, exaggerates, indicates, and explicates,
01:00cloviates, and overpates, and...
01:03Hyperventilates!
01:04Martha to reiterate, Martha speaks.
01:12What's more relaxing than just staring at the sky?
01:15I like it when you have a week off from school like this.
01:17Guys, did you forget?
01:19Neil deGrasse Tyson is at the library in 10 minutes.
01:23Neil who?
01:23He's an astrophysicist.
01:25Astrophysicist?
01:26That's a long hair breed.
01:27Why is a dog at the library?
01:29I'm curious.
01:30Let's go!
01:31He's not a dog.
01:32An astrophysicist is a scientist who studies stars, space, and everything in the whole universe.
01:37He's the director of the Hayden Planetarium, which is the greatest place on earth that doesn't sell hot dogs.
01:43We signed up for his week-long seminar, remember?
01:46Let's go!
01:49Nobody but Skits followed me, and he's the only one who's not signed up for the seminar.
01:54I don't remember signing up for any seminar.
01:58What's a seminar?
01:59A seminar is a small class about a special topic led by an expert.
02:02This is a seminar on space led by Neil deGrasse Tyson, who's an expert on space.
02:08Count me out.
02:09I don't want to do anything more grueling than looking at the sky.
02:12That's exactly what we'll be doing.
02:14Astrophysics involves lots of observing the sky.
02:17I can do that.
02:18Welcome.
02:20In this seminar, we're going to observe and experience the universe.
02:24I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson.
02:26Woo-hoo!
02:28Come on, everybody, stand up!
02:30No, that's not necessary, but if I do something great, feel free.
02:35Boo!
02:35Boo!
02:36Question!
02:37We haven't even begun, but okay.
02:39I was very upset with scientists when you wouldn't allow Pluto to be called a planet anymore,
02:44but sometimes the truth hurts. It's part of growing up. Thank you for helping me see that.
02:48That wasn't a question, but it sounds familiar.
02:52Wait a minute, you're Truman, the guy who sends me a long email every day at 337.
02:57I got one yesterday that must have been 500 lines long.
03:01Sounds like you didn't get the whole thing. I'll resend it.
03:04I'm going to be a scientist. I would like to go to the moon.
03:07And I'd like to see you go, too. I'm a fan of space exploration.
03:11You can start the seminar now.
03:13Thank you. There are 100,000 times more stars in the universe
03:18than words ever uttered by every human who has ever lived.
03:23All week, we'll have activities where you'll observe the world and ask questions about it,
03:27just like scientists. Actually, being curious is what most kids are like. And a few dogs, too.
03:33Curious is good, right? It's not like furious.
03:36No. Curious means excited to learn new things. If you're curious about something, you want to know
03:41more about it. Pick a buddy and observe the night sky together. You'll share your observations here
03:46tomorrow. In case I find one, is climbing aboard a UFO on Wives without a parent or guardian?
03:52Technically, if you can climb aboard it, it's no longer a UFO. UFO stands for unidentified flying
03:58object. If you've identified it as a spaceship, it's no longer unidentified.
04:03Oh, he's good. If you must board a UFO, first get your parents' permission. But then, most importantly,
04:11bring back evidence. When those aliens are busy doing something else, just pick up an alien coffee
04:16mug as evidence and then bring it back. Evidence. Okay. Helen. Hey, Helen. Want to work on that with me?
04:23Star partner? Uh, oh, Alice needs me more. Alice, be my star buddy? Oh, yeah, sure.
04:32You don't want to team up with TD? No, he'll look for UFOs and do the goofy TD stuff. Whoever's with
04:38them won't get anything out of this seminar. Star partners? Uh, I'm with her! And me, him! Us buddies!
04:46Is there anything more amazing than this vast universe? Let's discover that together,
04:56partner. I take this very seriously. Promise you'll work hard. So hard we're gonna discover
05:02stuff nobody's ever heard of. You guys see anything good? Yeah. Did you know the moon moves across the
05:11sky? Yes. It not only rises and sets like the sun, which is due to the earth's rotation,
05:17but the moon also moves against the background stars because it orbits the earth. I always thought
05:22it just hung there. We spotted the constellation Orion, the hunter. I'm charting it. Ever wonder how
05:28the stars knew how to line up and form pictures? No, I don't find stars interesting. Not even the dog
05:35star. Dog star? There's a dog star? It's only the brightest star in the night sky. Hear that? Brightest
05:44star. Dog! It's the eye of the Canis Major constellation. Canis Major means great dog in Latin.
05:52Great dog. How right is that? Remind me to lick the next astrophysicist I see. And done. Here, TD, take this
06:00home to look at so you know what we saw. Sure. Thanks. So TD isn't causing problems? No. I think he's
06:08going to learn a lot. Wow. There are lots of stars Truman didn't even use.
06:18We observed the moonrise last night and when we woke up this morning it was setting. It doesn't just
06:22hang there. What? That was for the dog star. We're next. I charted the constellation that we
06:31observed. See if you can guess which one. Show them, TD. You want to check it first? Why? I added more
06:40stars and connected them to see what picture they made. My observation? You can't connect just any
06:46stars and get pictures. Looks like you observed the scribbly constellation.
06:54Interesting experiment, guys. Interesting experiment, guys, he said. He thinks I had some heart in that
07:03mess. I thought adding more stars would make a better picture. I wanted to surprise you. Mission
07:09accomplished. Ever seen a telescope before, Martha? I've heard the word but I don't know what a telescope
07:15does. A telescope is a tool that helps us see things very far away. It makes them look bigger
07:20and closer. Up close the moon looks delicious. I'd like a taste. Oh, don't worry. I wouldn't eat the
07:27whole thing. Or would I? Truman, is that thought Mars? Yes, you can get a better view through my telescope.
07:37The best views of Mars came from the Mars rovers, robots that drove around on the planet and sent back
07:42pictures. Oh, where'd we get one of those? You can't buy a Mars rover, TD. Maybe I could make one.
07:50I took photos of the moon through my telescope and printed them out. Hold it, Truman. We're getting a
07:56transmission from the planet Mars. What are you doing now? Rollin', Professor!
08:02Pictures are coming in from our TD Truman Martian rover. There's the surface of Mars now. Rocky.
08:12Ooh! Ah!
08:16Hmm, this actually isn't bad.
08:20Is that a garden hose? The exact makeup of the Martian surface will require further research, Truman.
08:27So will that thing. Yay, Skits!
08:35All you did was strap a camera to a lawnmower.
08:40Truman?
08:43Do you know why Truman ran out? You embarrassed him in front of his hero. He's taking these activities
08:49seriously. But you make it look like he doesn't. I can see that, and I'm a dog. I take it seriously. I
08:56couldn't really get a Mars rover, so I did my best. What else can I do? You could prove to him how
09:02serious you can be. Oh, I can do that. Truman! I didn't mean to embarrass you in front of that
09:10important astrophysics guy. I'm sorry. Apology accepted. Now, I'm busy. What are we doing? The goal of
09:18this activity is to identify possible pieces of outer space here on Earth. Identify? If you identify
09:24something, you figure out what it is. Ugh! Or you could identify someone by saying who it is. I would
09:32identify you as the guy you just threw away would look like a piece of a meteor, which I handed to
09:36him to examine. Oops. So we're looking to identify something that's made of the same stuff that's out
09:44there? Exactly. This will be our last presentation for Dr. Tyson, so I want it to be just right. Okay.
09:51I'll bring a piece of the universe to the seminar. I am not looking forward to this. By knowing how to
09:58identify the North Star, sailors were able to find their way hundreds of years before GPS and computers.
10:05Knowing about the night sky can keep you from getting lost. Thank you, Ronald and Carolina. Truman and TD,
10:11we're all looking forward to your final presentation. You said you'd bring a piece of the universe. I did.
10:19Go ahead and start. I forged for samples of... How can I trust you? You're standing here with nothing.
10:26If you brought something for our final presentation, where is it? It's you. Me? Me too. All of us. The
10:34molecules and the atoms that form the molecules that make up everything in the universe are like the
10:40atoms that make up the human body. Ugh. He's right. He's right? Huh? We are in the universe and the
10:48universe is in us. You gotta love that. Oh. I have to say I didn't make that up. I used the library and
10:55read a bunch of things and stuff. He just read it. He didn't discover it. That's not being a scientist.
11:01Scientists don't just discover. We read and do research and then build on that research to go
11:06even further. By doing research and passing along its findings to us, TD acted like a scientist.
11:12Everything he's done shows that he thinks like a scientist.
11:24He did it to me again. Neil deGrasse Tyson, my hero, thinks I'm just the goofy kid who was TD's partner.
11:31Truman? This dog... Martha! Martha just spoke to me, which was a surprise. She said you were unhappy,
11:39which was also a surprise. I didn't want to look bad in front of you. Looked bad? Nobody wanted TD for
11:45a partner. You were the only one who saw that he has the makings of a real scientist. Huh? But he spends all
11:52his time making stuff up. Einstein, a smart guy himself, once said, imagination is more important than knowledge.
12:00So to discover stuff takes imagination, too. Absolutely. You and TD make a great team.
12:07That's kind of frightening. Why don't you both investigate the science of how a dog can talk?
12:12Oh, it's all in the alphabet soup. That's it? I'll tell you more. If you tell me more about the dog star.
12:20You've got a deal.
12:21Hey, guys!
12:30TD, what happened? It looks like you got blasted by a sonic boom.
12:34Sorry, I can't hear. I just got blasted by a sonic boom.
12:40I'm building the first model airplane to break the sound barrier. It's my summer activity.
12:46Oh, that sounds fun.
12:48No, it's an activity. An activity is something you spend time doing, like a project.
12:54I know what an activity is, TD.
12:57No, I don't want any toast, but thanks.
13:00Hey, Truman.
13:00What's the matter? Camp Winneka's closing. It's in today's paper.
13:06Oh, but I thought you were going to visit your grandparents this summer instead of going to camp.
13:10I am, but it's not me I'm worried about. It's Milo. He was supposed to go this year. He'll be devastated when he hears the news.
13:18I guess he'll have to come up with another activity for the summer.
13:20You don't understand. I've never seen Milo this excited about anything. He's been packing for camp since Christmas.
13:27All right. A duffel bag.
13:31Milo, don't you want to open up your other presents?
13:34Of course. Just as soon as I'm done packing for camp.
13:36It seems like all he does is talk about Camp Winneka.
13:40I'm going to Camp Winneka!
13:44See what I mean?
13:45But wouldn't the camp have called Milo's dad by now to tell him that they're closing?
13:49How could they do that if they're already closed?
13:51Huh. Good point.
13:52A coffee pot? Why do you want a coffee pot?
13:57He was doing another experiment, right?
13:59Yup.
14:00Well, Truman, I guess you'll just have to break the news to Milo.
14:03I can't crush another one of his dreams.
14:06Last week, Milo found out the ice cream parlor stopped serving peanut butter swirl,
14:10his favorite flavor.
14:11One more piece of bad news could shock Milo's system and destroy
14:15his ability to experience joy forever.
14:19Life. Dull. Running through mud. Nothingness. Dirt.
14:24Laugh. No. No more joy.
14:28Which is why Milo can never know how much fun he's missing out on.
14:32This is all my fault. I was the one who told him how much fun it was going to be.
14:37That's it! I'll do a mini camp for him. Only I'll make it so miserable and grueling that he won't
14:43want to go to real camp. Thanks for agreeing to help, by the way.
14:46But we... Wait! What did he say? All I heard was something about tacos!
14:53We'll fill you in later!
14:55Okay, okay. But you don't have to yell.
14:59All right, campers. Camp Truman is now in session.
15:03Milo, I'm sure you're curious about camp.
15:06Well, Camp Truman will give you a feel for what camp is really like.
15:09That way you'll be prepared for...
15:11Camp Winnetka! Thanks for doing this, guys!
15:14No problem!
15:15Thanks for you!
15:15This is going to be so much fun!
15:17Don't get too excited. You see, camp is not all fun and games.
15:22Really? The brochure says Camp Winnetka is all fun and games. From sunup to sun...
15:27Well, that's wrong! I've been there, and I can tell you camp is grueling, exhausting, hard work!
15:33Wait, grueling? Is that anything like drooling? Because that's easy!
15:37No, Martha. Grueling means something that's really tiring and really hard to do.
15:42So what's our first activity?
15:43The most important part of camp is making sure that you have a clean and tidy campsite.
15:48Sorry, Martha. I guess you can't help with the cleaning.
15:51What are you talking about? I'm a great cleaner!
15:56Oh, there's a muffin crumb!
16:00Somebody spilled the soda!
16:04Truman, don't you think this is clean enough?
16:07Nope! The campground must be impeccable!
16:10Come on, Truman! You could eat off this driveway!
16:12I have eaten off this driveway!
16:15Well, there's still dirt on the ground.
16:17That's because it's the ground!
16:19Can't we do something else?
16:20Don't worry! Milo will get tired and quit soon!
16:23Yeah! Score!
16:27Hey, cleaning up like this is fun!
16:29T.D., you have to stop making things fun. Milo's supposed to be having a bad time, remember?
16:37Oh, sorry.
16:38All right, the campground is cleaning up. Our next activity is KP, kitchen patrol!
16:43Oh, I know all about that! I'm always patrolling the kitchen for scraps.
16:49Kitchen patrol is an essential part of camp life. At real camp, you spend a lot of time doing tasks,
16:54like washing dishes. Sorry you can't help out, Martha.
16:57That's okay. I'll just patrol the kitchen for crumbs.
17:00Truman, we're almost done with the dirty dishes and Milo doesn't seem to be having a terrible time.
17:05Are you kidding me? He's miserable. Look at him.
17:09Hey, T.D., awesome! Watch this!
17:15This is fun!
17:16Bubble fight!
17:18All right, kitchen patrol is over!
17:20Aw, but my fingers were just starting to get wrinkly.
17:23T.D., you have to stop making things fun. Milo's supposed to be having a bad time, remember?
17:28I can't help it! Fun just follows me wherever I go.
17:32See what I mean?
17:33All right, another very important part of camp is snack time.
17:38How are you going to make snack time grueling?
17:40Trust me, camp is about learning survival skills. So instead of me giving you a snack,
17:46you'll have to forage for it yourself.
17:48Oh, that's easy! I forage all the time. In fact...
17:55When you forage for something, you look or search for it. All of our food comes from nature,
18:00but finding it is a hard, grueling job.
18:02There are no grocery stores in the wilderness, so your task is to forage for your snack.
18:08Can you believe somebody threw out this perfectly good garbage?
18:13Well, what are y'all waiting for?
18:14Dig in!
18:15Uh, no thanks.
18:17Oh, well, suit yourselves. Just means more snack for me.
18:21Also, before you can eat what you foraged, I have to check it out in this.
18:26A complete wilderness guide to edible plants.
18:29Mother Nature can be a harsh mistress. Many colorful plants are deadly poison,
18:34so I will have to confirm that each and every item you forage is safe to eat.
18:39Okay, campers, let's get foraging.
18:42Hmm.
18:44Ew!
18:47Watch. Miles is going to get so frustrated and hungry, there's no way you'll want to go to camp.
18:54Hey guys, look what I was able to forage.
18:57What is it?
18:58It's a wild blueberry medley on a bed of dandelion greens, with a few nasturtium petals for color.
19:02I want a taste!
19:04Wait! I need to identify these plants to make sure there's nothing poisonous.
19:10Well, are they dangerous?
19:13No, it's all stuff you can eat.
19:17Wow, delicious!
19:18All right, snack time is over!
19:23Truman, I don't think your plan is working very well.
19:26Just a little longer.
19:27If the tasks aren't wearing them down, I'll just have to show them how tiring camp is.
19:32The next activity at Camp Truman is hiking.
19:36I'm curious. Is that something a dog can do?
19:39Sure. Hiking just means you're going on a really long walk.
19:42Really? I think I'm gonna like hiking.
19:45At camp, you may have to hike through the wilderness for long distances with heavy packs on your backs.
19:51That's why I filled your backpacks with rocks.
19:55A grueling hike is the perfect way to send Milo over the edge.
19:58I think it's working. We're wearing Milo out!
20:06So, are you tired yet?
20:08Oh, this is nothing. I used to walk home from school with my backpack filled with heavy books.
20:14In fact, I'm really enjoying this because it reminds me of walking through my old neighborhood.
20:19Hike is over! Time for swimming!
20:22Swimming? Come on, Truman. Swimming is always fun.
20:26Not at Camp Truman.
20:28Hey! No roughhousing!
20:32But I was just scratching my nose.
20:34No splashing!
20:36You're gonna have to get used to pool rules. At Camp Winnicka, the pool has all sorts of rules.
20:44Really? Like what?
20:45All sorts of stuff. Like no swimming backwards, no wearing yellow, no dogs allowed.
20:50Sorry, Martha.
20:51Meh. Story of my life.
20:53I got this great new comic book.
20:56No talking about comic books!
20:58This is really nice. Just hanging out and relaxing.
21:05All right, Truman. This has gone far enough.
21:08No standing up and saying this has gone far enough.
21:12Ah.
21:12Truman, your plan isn't working.
21:16Then it's getting late. And I want to go do actual fun stuff.
21:20Sorry, Truman. We're going home.
21:21Wait! If making Camp grueling and boring didn't work,
21:25making Camp too scary for Milo will.
21:28A flashlight?
21:30Well, I'm not allowed to play with matches,
21:32so instead of roasting marshmallows, we'll just have to air them out.
21:35Mmm. They do taste better aired out.
21:39And now it's time for scary stories, which are a big part of camp.
21:45Just watch. Milo won't even want to hear the word camp once I'm done with this story.
21:50Once upon a time!
21:53And the footsteps got closer and closer and...
21:58Ahhhh!
21:59I'm starting to get really scared.
22:02Me too. I'm starting to scare myself.
22:05I can finish the story.
22:07Camp is over!
22:08Milo, I hope you realize that camp is grueling, tiring, and really scary,
22:13so everyone will understand if you don't want to go to Camp Winnetka anymore.
22:17Are you kidding? Today was so much fun! If Camp Winnetka is even half as good as Camp Truman,
22:24I'll have a blast!
22:25Truman, you have to tell him!
22:27Tell me what?
22:28I hate to break it to you, Milo, but Camp Winnetka is closed.
22:32No, it's not!
22:33It's in the newspaper. Camp Winnetka closes its doors.
22:38But that's only half the paper. Where's the rest of it?
22:40Hmm.
22:44Ahoy, matey!
22:47Oh, yeah.
22:49Camp Winnetka closes its doors and reopens at a brand new facility.
22:54Oh, how about that?
22:56Anyway, it's been fun, but I have to go home and finish packing.
23:00Well, I think we've all learned something today.
23:06Hey, Milo, how was Camp?
23:08It was pretty fun, I guess.
23:10You guess?
23:11Well, the whole time I was there, I kept thinking about how much more fun it would be if you guys were there.
23:16I really like you guys.
23:17We think you're great!
23:18You're the best, Milo!
23:19Which is why we should have Camp Truman every day for the rest of the summer.
23:23What do you say?
23:24I'm sure about that.
23:26Huh?
23:27Was it something I said?
23:29Who knows?
23:30Hey, do you want to go foraging for snacks and hiking around the neighborhood?
23:34What are we waiting for?
23:35One of the most fun activities at camp is a sing-along.
23:39Here's a song about how much I love nature.
23:42From the mountains to the valley, from sea to shining sea, there's nature all around us.
23:47So many things to see.
23:49Just keep the bugs and the bats and the snakes and the fleas away from me.
23:54But Truman, bugs and bats and even fleas are part of nature.
23:57Tell me about it.
23:58Yeah, nature is pretty much all plants and animals.
24:01Anything you find outside that wasn't made by people.
24:03I know, but I just don't like the part of nature that can bite you.
24:06Just keep the bugs and the bats and the snakes and the fleas and the birds and the moss.
24:10What do you have against birds and moss?
24:12Birds can be really noisy and moss just gives me the creeps.
24:15Everybody!
24:16Just keep the bugs and the bats and the snakes and the fleas away from me.
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