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Read All About It! is a Canadian educational television series that was produced from 1979 to 1980 by TVOntario. It starred David Craig Collard as Chris, Lydia Zajc as Lynne, Stacey Arnold as Samantha, and Sean Hewitt as Duneedon, ruler of the galaxy Trialviron. In the second season Michael Dwyer joined the cast as Alex. The main goal of the show was to educate viewers in reading, writing and history. Each episode ran for approximately 15 minutes. Eric Robertson composed the music for the show being filmed in Brampton, Ontario.
Chapter 03: The Problem Pit – Samantha and Lynne meet Duneedon and become trapped in the Problem Pit where they must answer a number of word problems.
Chapter 03: The Problem Pit – Samantha and Lynne meet Duneedon and become trapped in the Problem Pit where they must answer a number of word problems.
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00:04Read all about it
00:08Discover all the news
00:11Read all about it
00:15Track down all the clues
00:18With interesting people there's a mystery to be solved
00:22An adventure is unfolding
00:24So why not get involved?
00:29Come on and read all about it
01:24What do you think?
01:26an ending
01:30Are you all right?
01:32I think so.
01:34What happened?
01:35You're standing by the desk in the coach house,
01:38and suddenly it got very bright,
01:40and the lights start to flash.
01:42I remember that.
01:43I grabbed you, and now we're here.
01:48But where's here?
01:50Where are we?
01:51You are on Zircon,
01:53largest planet in the galaxy Tri-Alveron.
01:56Look!
01:58I am Dunedin, ruler of the Tri-Alveron galaxy.
02:03I bid you welcome.
02:05Do not be frightened.
02:07I intend you no harm.
02:09How did we get here?
02:11Not realizing that humans were present,
02:14I activated the transporter in the coach house on Earth.
02:18I apologize for the inconvenience I have caused.
02:23Transporter in the coach house?
02:26Will it take us back?
02:27Yes, when activated.
02:31Sam, ask where his body is.
02:33You ask him.
02:35Uh, excuse me, sir, but, uh, why can't we see your body?
02:39You cannot see it, because it does not exist.
02:43Here on Tri-Alveron, only the mind is necessary.
02:48What were you doing in the coach house?
02:50It belongs to Derek Norris.
02:54He's dead.
02:55He left the coach house to his nephew, Chris Anderson.
02:59We're helping Chris run a newspaper.
03:01The Herbertville Chronicle.
03:03We're reporters.
03:04I'm sad to hear that Derek Norris is dead.
03:07We were good friends.
03:10It was Derek Norris who invented the transporter so he could visit my galaxy.
03:14You were friends with Chris's uncle?
03:17Well, he left us a message, thanks.
03:20A message?
03:22Derek Norris left a message?
03:25What did it say?
03:27Oh, uh, nothing important.
03:29Just to use the coach house whenever we wanted.
03:33I see.
03:35Now that I'm aware of humans in the coach house,
03:37I will be most careful before I activate the transporter again.
03:42You may return to Earth by entering the transport chamber.
03:47I hope you will not mention my name to other humans.
03:51They might be frightened if they know I exist.
03:54Oh, wait a minute.
03:56I have some more questions.
03:57He's gone.
03:59Come on, quick.
04:00Chris will be worried if we don't show up soon.
04:09Can you see anything?
04:11Not much.
04:12This is a transport chamber?
04:19Let's get out of here.
04:22The door.
04:24It won't open.
04:25Look.
04:27I didn't think this was a transport chamber.
04:35Help.
04:36Help.
04:37Let us out.
04:37Help.
04:39It's no use.
04:41We're trapped.
04:43Albert didn't even put us here on purpose.
04:44It could have been an accident.
04:47It could have been an accident.
04:48He seemed nice enough.
04:49What do we do?
04:53What kind of writing is that?
04:56It doesn't make any sense.
04:57It's probably Latin.
04:59No, it's not Latin or Greek.
05:03Maybe it's the way they write up here.
05:05But he spoke the way we do.
05:09Maybe it's some kind of code.
05:11Code?
05:12That's it.
05:13A code is like a puzzle or a problem.
05:16This is the problem pit.
05:18The words must be all mixed up, and we're supposed to figure them out.
05:22Oh, no.
05:23I'm no good at words.
05:24Sure you are.
05:25Let's try the first line.
05:32Well, the Q is in the wrong place.
05:36Qs are always in front of U's.
05:40Did you see that?
05:42This is really weird.
05:45Yeah, but it must mean we're right.
05:52Answer questions.
05:54Great.
05:57That's the first line.
05:58Now the second.
06:00Well, the first word is easy.
06:02It's toes.
06:03And C-A-P-E.
06:06Cape.
06:06That's a word.
06:08And the last word could be pit.
06:13Toes, cape, the pit.
06:14That must be it, because the words moved in place.
06:17But that doesn't make any sense.
06:20Answer questions.
06:21Toes, cape, the pit.
06:23What does that mean?
06:24I don't know.
06:25They're all words.
06:26But they might not be the right words.
06:29Well, I suppose the first word could be to, to, something, the pit.
06:35To escape the pit.
06:38Answer questions to escape the pit.
06:40That's the first part.
06:42Oh, no, we'll never get this one.
06:44There must be a letter missing where that mark is.
06:47Unless it's an apostrophe.
06:49Do you mean, like, uh, don't, D-O-N, apostrophe T?
06:54Yes, but there isn't a D.
06:57Only a W. Ah-ha, won't.
07:00W-O-N, apostrophe T.
07:04Errors won't alter.
07:06What's alter mean?
07:08Change.
07:09Oh, now there's just the last line, and I can see.
07:13Sit, and at.
07:17That can't be right.
07:18The U in the middle isn't a word.
07:21Sit, U, at, I, on.
07:23I've got it.
07:24It's one word.
07:26Situation.
07:28Answer questions to escape the pit.
07:30Errors won't alter situation.
07:32Well, that's good, because if we make a mistake,
07:35nothing bad will happen to us.
07:36I'm not so sure.
07:39Why not?
07:40It says errors won't change anything, doesn't it?
07:42But if our situation doesn't change,
07:45we could be stuck here forever.
07:47What good is that?
07:49I guess you're right.
07:51I wonder what happens now.
07:56I think we're about to find out.
08:10It's okay.
08:11It's only a suit of armor.
08:13It can't hurt us.
08:16I think I want to go home.
08:18So do I.
08:24I guess we're supposed to take this.
08:32Look at the last line.
08:34The problem pit key.
08:36Maybe if we fill in all the missing words,
08:38we'll find the key that opens the door.
08:41Words again.
08:41Why can't we have a math problem?
08:43I'm pretty good at math.
08:45For once and for all, we wish to...
08:48to...
08:49Go home.
08:50That's what I wish we could do.
08:52Well, go home fits.
08:54See?
08:54Go and then home.
08:55And how about be free?
08:58We wish to go home.
09:00We wish to be free.
09:01They both fit.
09:02How do we know which one it is?
09:04I think it must be free.
09:06Because free rhymes with key,
09:08and that makes it a poem.
09:10Oh, write that down.
09:12With what?
09:13I haven't got a...
09:26I haven't got any idea what word goes here.
09:29Neither do I.
09:30Let's do the next one and then go back.
09:32Okay.
09:33Now, we know it's a poem,
09:35so we're looking for a four-letter word
09:36that rhymes with all.
09:39Uh, call, ball.
09:41How about tall?
09:42Behind tall?
09:43That doesn't make any sense.
09:45It might be...
09:47Hall behind hall.
09:48But there isn't a hall,
09:49just a door and a...
09:51Wall.
09:58For once and for all,
10:00we wish to be free.
10:02Blank behind wall,
10:03the problem pit key.
10:05We'll never get that word.
10:06It could be anything.
10:07Of course we will.
10:09And it can't just be anything.
10:11It has to be a word with two syllables.
10:13Why?
10:14Because every other line has five syllables.
10:17For once and for all,
10:19that's five.
10:20We wish to be free,
10:21that's five again.
10:23The problem pit key,
10:25five again.
10:26So, blank blank behind wall makes five.
10:29Well, how about hiding or hidden?
10:32Hidden behind wall.
10:33Not enough letters.
10:35But I'll bet it's a word that means hidden.
10:38Uh, covered, disguised...
10:40Concealed!
10:41That's what it is.
10:46Oh, no.
10:47It's two letters short.
10:48But it's past tense.
10:50Put an E-D on it.
10:53Way to go, Sam.
10:55That should get us out of here.
11:07Not quite.
11:12Who are you?
11:15Or what are you?
11:17Congratulations.
11:18You've provided some excellent answers so far.
11:22Go to the wall and all will be revealed.
11:28At last, we're getting somewhere.
11:31Don't touch it yet.
11:33Listen carefully.
11:36When you pull the handle,
11:37the final problem will be revealed.
11:40If you answer it correctly within the time allowed,
11:43the key will be released
11:44and you will be free to go.
11:48That doesn't sound so bad.
11:51However...
11:52Here comes the bad part.
11:54The handle also releases a special gas.
11:58If you fail to answer the problem correctly
12:00within the allotted time span,
12:02you will fall into a deep sleep.
12:06Sleep?
12:07For how long?
12:09Until someone else answers the problem correctly.
12:12And that could be a very long time.
12:17Maybe we shouldn't try this one.
12:19And stay stuck here?
12:21Come on, Sam.
12:23You managed to answer the others.
12:24You can do it again.
12:26Okay.
12:27We're ready.
12:29Good.
12:30Look, his eyes are opening.
12:34Sam, what are you doing?
12:39Sam, don't look at him.
12:42He's trying to hypnotize you.
12:44Sam, let her go.
12:47Only when the final problem is solved.
12:51But she's the one who knows all about words.
12:54I can't answer it myself.
12:56I need her help.
12:57I am aware of that.
13:06Sam, Sam, can you hear me?
13:10Wake up!
13:11Wake up!
13:12Please!
13:21Stay calm, Lynn.
13:25Move in circular orbit.
13:27What does that mean?
13:29Well, circular must mean circle and orbit.
13:34Oh, Sam, I don't know what orbit means.
13:37Stop it, Lynn.
13:39Think.
13:40Orbit.
13:42Satellites go around the Earth.
13:44That's what they call an orbit, I think.
13:46So move in circles around is like turning or turn.
13:53Or spin.
13:55Hey, that's it.
13:56It's five words that mean to move in circular orbit.
13:59I've got turn, spin, and whirl.
14:04You can whirl around.
14:06Oh.
14:09There's two more words left.
14:11Oh, um, turning, going, revolve.
14:16One more word left.
14:17I can't stay awake.
14:20I can't think.
14:21It's...
14:21It's...
14:24It's...
14:27It's...
14:29It's...