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00:05Hey! Hey, just tell me, what are you doing?
00:07I'm looking for a magnifying glass.
00:09Oh, I see.
00:09A magnifying glass?
00:11Yeah, it's so I can see my ants, you see.
00:12I've got all my ants in this box.
00:14Look, there's Richard and Philip and Phyllis.
00:17They're all in there.
00:17What do you mean, ants?
00:18Well, you said we're doing a programme about ants.
00:20Not ants. Dance. Dance, dance.
00:23Oh, OK.
00:27Look, look, look.
00:28Just go and get changed.
00:29I need you to do a demonstration in your bearskin.
00:31Your bearskin?
00:32Not your bearskin, your bearskin.
00:35Oh.
00:37Ch-ch-chackle-bees-ion.
00:39Ch-chackle-bees-ion.
00:40Ch-chackle-bees-ion.
00:42Ch-chackle-bees-ion.
00:44Ch-chackle-bees-ion.
00:52Ch-chackle-bees-ion.
01:03Ch-ch-chackle-bees-ion.
01:05Ch-ch-chackle-bees-ion.
01:07Ch-ch-chackle-bees-ion.
01:07Ch-ch-chackle-bees-ion.
01:08Ch-ch-chackle-bees-ion.
01:09Ch-ch-chackle-bees-ion.
01:10Today, Chackle-bees-ion looks at the wonderful world of dance.
01:13Everything from the classical style of the ballet dancer to the extrovert style of the disco dancer.
01:18Now, to understand dance, you have to go back to when primitive man first walked upon the earth.
01:24And here we have primitive man.
01:26That's me.
01:27Now, in prehistoric times, primitive man hadn't yet learnt to speak.
01:37Typecast.
01:37Thank you very much.
01:38As I was saying, primitive man hadn't yet learnt to speak, so he had to communicate through the art of
01:43movement.
01:47Hey, that's very good, that.
01:49Very good.
01:50Oh!
01:51Yeah!
01:51Yeah, that's enough, that's enough, you can stop now.
01:53I can't.
01:54Why?
01:54There's something in this skin besides me.
01:56I told you not to bring the ants into the studio, didn't I?
01:58Yeah.
01:58Look, go and get changed.
01:59Okay.
02:00So now, you can see that dance, in its crudest form, has been part of society since the dawn of
02:06civilisation.
02:07But what about dance today?
02:09Hey!
02:10What are you doing?
02:11I can't get it off.
02:12Why?
02:12I think the zip's broken.
02:13Well, let's have a look.
02:14Hey, I'll tell you what.
02:16The zip's broken.
02:17I just said that.
02:18Yeah.
02:18You didn't touch it, did you?
02:19Touch it?
02:20I can't even reach it.
02:21Well, look, there's no time to do it now.
02:22You'll have to wait till the end of the show.
02:24After the show?
02:24Yeah, now go on, go on.
02:25Oh, oh.
02:26As I was saying, but what about dance today?
02:29We went out and about to find out.
02:36Well, here we are.
02:38As you can see, these kids are learning the art of tap dancing.
02:41Yay!
02:42What's that?
02:43Tap dancing.
02:44Not that tap dancing.
02:46This tap dancing.
02:47One, two, three, four.
02:49And there was no greater exponent of the art than the late, great Frieda Stead.
02:55Putting on the top hat, tying up the white tie, brushing off my tail.
03:01Hey, what's this supposed to be?
03:02It's the white tying tails routine, isn't it?
03:04But you've still got your bear skin on.
03:06I couldn't get it off.
03:07Go and take it off.
03:08How?
03:08You'll think of something.
03:10Okay.
03:11Erm, it's of little known fact that the-
03:13I've done it!
03:16As I was saying, it's of little known fact that the sophistication of tap has evolved
03:20from a wide variety of folk dances.
03:22And one folk dance that's been with us for many years is the Morris dance.
03:26And here, we have a short demonstration.
03:30Hey, hey.
03:32What's happened to the Morris dance?
03:33Oh, it's been cancelled.
03:34Cancelled?
03:35Morris couldn't come.
03:36Oh, no.
03:38Oh, er, due to unforeseen circumstances, I'm afraid the Morris dance has been cancelled.
03:43However, instead, we're going over the sea to our Bavarian cousins.
03:47And to demonstrate a typical Bavarian dance, here we have the Brothers Chucklestein.
03:53Hey, you could have told me before.
03:54Well, I didn't know it, wasn't it?
03:55Well, I felt silly, I didn't know what to do with that.
03:57Well, I'll ask you, it's a common song.
03:57You won't look good at this at home when she was cured.
03:58guess what, who do you think?
04:15But the collar needs to be protected.
04:15Okay everyone?
04:15Well, I must delete these things, we have a very good copy of.
04:20Look at what's up here.
04:23I think we have the only way to go to the public side of the blue crossieni
04:24and then to draw our fingers and I'll be very much part of your glimpse
04:26Still, it's interesting to call our values.
04:26Come on together, we have time to choose to proposal the very poetic
04:27Quite a breathtaking performance, I'm sure you'll agree.
04:29So while we all get our breath back, why not relax and watch Armchair Theatre?
04:36A man and his wife lived in a little house.
04:38They had a bed, a table and two chairs.
04:42The bed was OK. The two chairs were very good.
04:45But the table wobbled.
04:47The man always had to put a book of matches under one of the table legs,
04:51sometimes under two.
04:53This table, said the man. What about this table?
04:57Said the woman. It's wearing me out, said the man.
05:00There's something wrong there. That's not right, said the woman.
05:03It should be the man that wears the table out,
05:05not the table that wears the man out.
05:08Look at you. When we first got that table, you were young and handsome.
05:11Look at you now. You're old and ugly.
05:14But this table's 50 years old, said the man.
05:17You can't expect me to look as young and handsome as I did then.
05:21What you should do is make a new table, said the woman.
05:26The man went into the woods and found a straight-grained tablewood tree.
05:30He cut it down and sawed it off.
05:32He stacked the wood and left it to season for a couple of years.
05:38When the wood was well-seasoned, he measured it off.
05:41He sawed it to size.
05:44He played it smooth.
05:46He sanded it down.
05:47There it was.
05:48A new table.
05:51That really is a strong, new, handsome, young table, said the man.
05:56You look 50 years younger, said the woman.
06:00You can't beat a new table.
06:03You're exactly right, said the man.
06:05And that really is a strong table.
06:08Elephants could dance on that table.
06:09Oh, how many, said the woman.
06:12Oh, not one, really.
06:18Not really enough room for two.
06:21But when you said elephants,
06:23I thought you meant more than one elephant, said the woman.
06:27Oh, one to a table, said the man.
06:31Where are you going to get the elephants, said the woman.
06:34Advertising the local paper, said the man.
06:37Put an advert in.
06:38Elephants wanted for table work.
06:41Must be our job.
06:43But we'll have to pay the elephants, said the woman.
06:47Well, if people paid to see the elephants dance,
06:49then we could pay the elephants.
06:51I'll build a restaurant.
06:53Then the elephants could wait on the tables.
06:55And while they're waiting on the tables in the spare time,
06:57they could learn to dance.
06:58And then when they're good enough,
07:00people will pay to come and see them dance on the tables.
07:03So he measured and he saw it and he planed and he rubbed
07:08and he hammered until he'd made 17 new tables.
07:15When he made the tables,
07:16he found he couldn't get them into his little house.
07:19A tent, said his wife.
07:21Not having a tent, said the man.
07:23A tent and an elephant make a circus.
07:25All I want is a straightforward restaurant with dancing elephants.
07:29I'm a chef, said his wife.
07:30And cook for two people, but not 72.
07:34Right, said the man.
07:35When I put the advert in for the elephants,
07:37I'll put an advert, dancing and cooking experience, helpful.
07:41And bookiemen, said his wife.
07:43After all, it is a business.
07:45The man put the advertisement in the local newspaper.
07:49Elephants wanted for table work.
07:50Must be agile, dancing, cooking and bookkeeping experience, helpful.
07:56The first elephant they called wasn't very agile
07:58and he couldn't dance, cook or keep the books.
08:02But he was an experienced truck driver.
08:05I'll hire him, thought the man.
08:06And if everything's got a bit slack,
08:08we can fill in with some long-distance truck driving.
08:11The next elephant they called was a qualified dancing instructor.
08:14The next was a bookkeeper and the next was a cook.
08:17And they were all very agile.
08:20That's four, said the man.
08:22Now we only need 14 more elephants.
08:2515, said the woman.
08:26We need 19 altogether, 18 for the tables and one in the kitchen.
08:3115 more elephants rang up.
08:33All of them were agile and interested in table work.
08:36Now we're all set, said the man.
08:39The telephone rang.
08:40It was another elephant.
08:42We've already got 19 elephants, said the man.
08:44We don't need any more.
08:4719's a funny number, said the elephants on the telephone.
08:50With 20 elephants, you can call it the 20 Elephant Restaurants.
08:54You're hired, said the man.
08:57The 20th elephant was out putting up signs for two years
09:00while the other elephants practised dancing.
09:02When he got back, there was a line of trucks and cars
09:0410 miles long waiting for the restaurant to open.
09:08Where's the restaurant, they asked.
09:10I'm building it now, said the man.
09:12He started soaring and hammering while everybody watched him.
09:16Those who had chairs sat down and watched him.
09:18And those who didn't have chairs stood and watched.
09:21The elephant waiters got up on the tables and started to dance.
09:26Get down in front, the people said to the elephants.
09:30Get off the tables.
09:31You're blocking our view.
09:33Don't you want to see us dance, said the elephants.
09:36We've been practising every day for two years.
09:39Get down, everybody shouted.
09:41We can't see what he's doing.
09:44Nothing goes right for me, said the man.
09:46I start off building a 20-elephant restaurant
09:49and I end up with a one-man circus.
09:51The 20th elephant quickly made a sign.
09:58Everybody clapped and cheered and the man bowed.
10:02Then everybody went into the restaurant and had a meal.
10:06And while doing eating, the man took all the truck wood
10:08and built an enormous truck.
10:10One evening, one of the customers said,
10:13why is my cream of chicken soup sliding backward and forward on the table?
10:19The elephant waiter called the man over.
10:22Examined the tables carefully.
10:25He checked every leg separately.
10:29It was as solid as a rock.
10:31He went over to the corner of the restaurant
10:33and shifted his weight from one leg to another.
10:37Everything on the tables wobbled.
10:40Matchbook, said a woman.
10:42Oh, no, I'm having none of them, said the man.
10:46The man chucked the restaurant apart
10:48and they loaded it into the truck.
10:53Where to, said the truck driver elephant.
10:56Somewhere flat, said the man.
10:58When they found a flat place,
11:00the 20 elephants went out and moved all the road signs
11:02so they told how far it was to the new location.
11:05Then they put up a sign that said,
11:07Mr. Bildo, the one-man circus.
11:11They collected money and they sold hot dogs
11:14and the man put the restaurant together again.
11:16Business was good and they stayed
11:18until the restaurant started to wobble.
11:20Then they moved on again.
11:22Maybe there aren't any places that are flat, said the woman.
11:25Maybe that's just how it is.
11:27I think maybe you're right, said the man.
11:29Sometimes it's a one-man circus
11:31and sometimes it's a 20-elephant restaurant.
11:34And that's life.
11:36Still, said the elephants,
11:37it's not a bad life, is it?
11:39No, it's not, said the man.
11:42Chit-chit-chickle-vision,
11:44chit-chickle-vision,
11:45chit-chickle-vision.
11:46Now we've come to perhaps the most advanced
11:48of all dancing, ballet dancing.
11:51Hey, I've got a cousin who comes from there.
11:53Where?
11:53Ballet dancing in Ireland.
11:55No, ballet dancing's not in Ireland.
11:57It's what Rudolf Nurev used to do, you know, dance.
11:59Oh, you mean...
12:01Yeah, that's it.
12:02Well, I've done some ballet dancing, you know.
12:04Have you?
12:04I was in Swan Lake, wasn't I?
12:05In Swan Lake?
12:06Yeah.
12:07Well, what did you play?
12:07I was a fishing rod.
12:09There's no fishing rod in Swan Lake.
12:12Well, perhaps you missed me
12:12because it was a big cast.
12:14Well, now,
12:15with their own choreographic arrangement
12:17of Swan Lake,
12:18we have Paulov and Bariska
12:20of the Birkenhead State Ballet Company.
12:23APPLAUSE
12:57Oh, come on.
13:23Marvellous, I'm sure you'll agree.
13:25Such grace, such dignity.
13:28Um, yes, well, now it's time to move on to more modern forms of dance.
13:34And it's over to our very own formation dance team, Simon Lovell.
13:40Formation dance team?
13:42Well, I can't do a formation dance team, but I'm going to fool you this week because I've got a
13:46dancer with me.
13:47Right in this wee box, we have the world's only dancing ant.
13:52Just get him out for you.
13:53There you come, boy.
13:56Now, I call him Hilda because I used to have an ant, Hilda.
13:59Now, you probably can't see him very well.
14:01So what we're going to do, we're going to wrap him in a hanky where he will darn his guise
14:04of super ant.
14:06Here we go.
14:07Down you come, lad.
14:08In your hanky.
14:10There he is now in his guise of super ant.
14:12And as super ant, he's going to try and leap from this glass to this glass, taking the handkerchief with
14:19him.
14:19However, he's a little bit of a shy ant, so he's going to have to do it behind my back.
14:24Here we go, lad.
14:25Are you ready?
14:26Hully.
14:27Hup.
14:29Fantastic.
14:31I know what you're thinking.
14:32Can he do it again?
14:34Well, this ant knows no bounds.
14:36Here we go.
14:36Are you ready, young fella?
14:37Hully.
14:38Hup.
14:39And back again.
14:41Not impressed, huh?
14:42Well, how about if he leapt into the middle glass?
14:44That would be a little bit better.
14:47Well, he'll now try and do his famous hyper finale.
14:50This is where he attempts to leap, visibly, from this glass to this glass, with no cover.
14:57Could we have a drum roll, please?
15:00Sorry, that's a little bit too loud.
15:02Yes, here we go.
15:03On the count of three.
15:04One, two.
15:06Hey!
15:06And there he goes, straight into the end glass.
15:08Oh, Hilda, you've done it, you little beauty.
15:11Out you come, mate.
15:13Yeah!
15:14Round of applause for...
15:19And now we move on to the most modern form of dance, disco dancing.
15:23Now, some might say, doesn't this take us right back to where it all began with primitive man?
15:28Yes.
15:29I knew you'd say that.
15:30Oh.
15:30You see, in disco dancing, the emphasis is on total individualism.
15:34Is it?
15:34Yes.
15:35What's that mean?
15:35Well, no two people should ever look alike or do the same thing.
15:38Oh, I see.
15:39I'm quite an expert in this field.
15:40Hey, yeah?
15:41Yes.
15:41He knows.
15:42Now, the first thing you need is to get the right clothes.
15:48Perfect.
15:49This'll do.
15:50I should get something nice and unique in here.
16:06Great.
16:06Totally a new video, they said.
16:08I should find something like that in here.
16:18That's it.
16:20That's it.
16:38That's it.
16:53Oh.
16:55Yeah.
17:04Oh.
17:08I can't wait, I can't wait, another minute, for it all to begin, oh, I can't wait, I can't wait,
17:21another minute, so I let your love come rushing, I can't wait, I can't wait.
17:38I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait.
17:39I've been coming on so hard, I know you've been confused, cause I didn't fall too easy, like the ladies
17:53usually do.
17:56So she's against so much, I can't let you know when you told me, I can't wait, I don't wanna
18:02wait.
18:05Cause I'm so good, good for you
18:11No one else will ever do
18:16Yeah, get down!
18:19Move it!
18:20Yeah, yeah, yeah!
18:21Move it!
18:24Move it, man!
18:25Move it!
18:28That's ready!
18:32Hey, that's good!
18:39Hey, my aunts have escaped!
18:41Your aunts?
18:42Yes!
18:43Oh, sorry.
18:43Well, there you are.
18:44That's disco dancing.
18:46I hope you've picked up a few tips.
18:49I think I've picked something up.
18:50Well, next week...
18:51Gotcha!
18:52What's that?
18:53That's one of my aunts, Frederick.
18:55Frederick?
18:56Oh, just a minute.
18:56It's not Frederick.
18:57It's Philip.
18:57Philip?
18:58What happened to Frederick?
19:00Don't worry, Philip.
19:01I'll take you to talk to David after.
19:02Oh!
19:03Well, I'm sure next week's programme will come up to scratch.
19:07Oh!
19:08Goodbye!
19:17Bye!
19:19Ch- varian.
19:30Cha-ch-chacko version!
19:32Ch-chacko version!
19:34Ch-chacko version!
19:35Ch-chacko version!
19:35Wait!
19:37dibujetesaine'