AV Geeks Lunch 6-3-2020

In any disaster, your livestock need protection, too. In case of nuclear attack, radiation is as dangerous to animals as it is to people. A good animal shelter is a two-story basement type barn with a hayfilled loft. You can get better protection by piling hay along the sides of the building. This gives more shielding and shielding cuts the radiation danger. There are many more farm facilities that can be adapted to serve as some kind of shelter. For detailed information, get your free copy of Your Livestock Can Survive Fallout. In an emergency, shelter your livestock, then take shelter yourself. Right now, as you're watching this program, suppose you suddenly heard the whale of the alert. Would you know what to do? First, keep calm. Panic simply wastes valuable time. Gather all canned goods, blankets, and extra clothing. Don't forget a flashlight, a can opener, portable radio, and extra batteries. Fill all available bottles with water. Take everything to the shelter. If no shelter is available, go to a basement corner without windows. Stay inside your shelter until you're told it's safe to leave. You could have made things easier for yourself by preparing all these things before the emergency occurred. Suppose you don't have a fallout shelter and you have several hours warning after the attack but before the radioactive fallout reaches your area. What can you do? You head for a corner of your basement away from doors and windows. sandbags or concrete blocks, even bales of hay or fertilizer will give you some protection. Remember, the important point about radioactive fallout is shielding. More shielding between you and the radiation, more protection. There are many things you can improvise if you have the time. But how much better to be safe? Develop a shelter project in advance. In the early periods of American history, every family had a survival plan. When a fire, flood, or Indian attack came, everyone was prepared. It had to be that way because early Americans lived in dangerous times. We too live in dangerous times. To survive, we must be just as alert, just as prepared as our forefathers. Do you have a family survival plan? If not, start one now. There's a civil defense booklet filled with facts and tips to help you make preparations for any disaster, natural or nuclear. Plan now and no matter what happens, you will be ready. Get your free copy of your family survival plan from your county agent or civil defense director. Almost every home has a potential shelter. Take a good look around your home. Find the safest area. Then decide what needs to be done to add to the protection. But don't let that enthusiasm carry you away. Have an organized plan. Getting that home shelter built is mighty important to you and your family. A little money, a few extra hours can turn your home into the safest place for you and your family. Have an organized plan. See your county agent or local civil defense director. Accidents can happen everywhere to everyone. During a nuclear attack or even a natural disaster, medically trained personnel might not be able to reach you. That's why it's important that you take a first aid course. Even in your daily living, first aid will prove helpful. And during a national emergency, it will be invaluable. Be prepared. Have a good first aid kit available and learn how to use it. Enroll in your local first aid and medical self-help courses. No one can predict the future. The most we can do is to be prepared for whatever might happen. That's why we carry auto, fire, and life insurance. But what about another kind of insurance? Insurance that will protect your farm from possible nuclear war. An insurance called preparedness. Do you know which animals need the most protection from fallout or how you will feed your livestock during fallout? Your farm preparedness plan prepared by the Department of Agriculture is geared to help you check out your disaster preparations to enable you to prepare for emergencies quickly and efficiently. Ask for your free copy of your farm preparedness plan. When radioactive fallout drifts to the ground, it may look like very fine dust particles. These particles are only dangerous to living things. This fruit would be perfectly safe to eat if you just peel it. In disposing of the peelings, remember that they may still contain radioactive material. Canned goods, bottles, or jars should be washed carefully before using. Scrubbing vegetables and peeling fruit makes the food perfectly safe to eat. Most inanimate things contaminated by fallout can be washed and used. Cut the danger of radioactive fallout. Learn what to do. During any disaster, natural or nuclear, you may be forced to survive for a few weeks with the supplies you have on hand. Will you be prepared? We suggest you store a 14-day supply of food. Choose foods your family likes that require little or no water, can be eaten without heating, are put up in one meal size, and can be rotated in your home food supply. Remember, a strong defense begins with a prepared family and ends with a protected nation. Be prepared. Store your emergency food supply today. Water a necessity. a vital part of our lives, so readily available that we take it for granted. But any disaster could cut off our water supply. Remember, there are many reserves in your home water system. The water heater, pipes, or tanks contain safe water. The ice cubes in the freezer can be easily melted. If you are given advanced warning, fill all available jars and bottles. Sinks and bathtubs will hold large amounts of water. For protection from dust or dirt, simply cover with plastic. Remember, any emergency can be met if you know what to do in advance. Hello, I'm Skip Alzheimer. I uh collect films and show them under the name Age Geeks. and we are in the middle of week 12 of our uh pandemic quarantine uh streaming lunchtime event. Um I share films like this with you people all over the world actually. Um and so thank you for joining us today. Started off with some rural ser rural civil defense uh public service announcements that were shown on television. Um, and they were given to me by Bill Gearhart, who uh runs a site called Connellrad, who does a lot of amazing research work and documentation about Cold War, civil defense, uh, Fallout Shelters, uh, things that appeared in the media, things that appear in movies, uh, songs. Really an amazing person. Um, at some point I'm going to try to get him to to show up. uh on the show. I've made a couple of pitches, but anyways, he gave me these as a gift. Uh and so I'm happy to show them to you because it features marionets. And yeah, anyways, um uh where am I going with this? Oh, yeah. Speaking of puppets, this is a uh film where the main character has been referenced many times over the last several weeks and I realized I had not actually shown the film. So, um very excited. For those of you who have no idea who this is, um, many people were first introduced to this film, uh, as little short segments on the Pee-Wee Herman show that was on HBO, the one-time kind of comedy live show. Um, and uh, it's a great Coronet educational film, and I've actually been reached out to by people that appeared in the film. um the guy who's running across the cafeteria, he reached out to me and kind of told me some stories. So, I might look up and see I I'm trying to remember his name, but I'll I'll see if I have some juicy gossip uh to talk about um after we get back. So, this is Lunchroom Manners featuring the absolutely amazing puppet Mr. Bungle. [Music] Just before lunch one day, a puppet show was put on at school. It was called Mr. Bungle goes to lunch. It was fun to watch. In the puppet show, Mr. Bungle came to the boy's room on his way to lunch. He looked at his hands. His hands were dirty, and his hair was messy. But Mr. Bungle didn't stop to wash his hands or comb his hair. He went right to lunch. Then instead of getting into line at the lunchroom, Mr. Bungle pushed everyone aside and went right to the front. Even though this made the children laugh, no one thought that was a fair thing to do. Then in the lunchroom, Mr. Bungle was so clumsy and impolite that he knocked over everything and no one wanted to sit next to him. And when he finally knocked his own tray off the table, that was the end of the puppet show. The children knew that even though Mr. Bungle was funny to watch, he wouldn't be much fun to eat with. Phil knew that a Mr. Bungle wouldn't have many friends. He wouldn't want to be like Mr. Bungle. Later, Miss Brown said it was time for the children who ate in the cafeteria to go to lunch. She hoped there weren't any Mr. Bungles in this room. Phil stopped to return a book to Miss Brown while his friends went on to the lunchroom. He would have to catch up with them later. On his way to catch up with his friends, Phil almost walked past the boy's room, but he stopped and thought. Were his hands clean? No, they were a little dirty. Phil remembered that Mr. Bungle didn't wash his hands. Mr. Bungle's hair was messy, too. Phil didn't want to be like Mr. Bungle. Inside the boy's room, Phil was surprised to see some of his friends washing their hands, too. Phil washed his hands well with lots of soap. Then, he rinsed the soap off. Phil dried his hands well, too. When he was finished, he threw the paper towel in the basket where it belonged. And then he made sure that his hair looked neat. Now Phil and his friends were ready for lunch. There was a line of children waiting to get into the lunchroom when Phil got there. He saw some boys he knew at the front of the line. They waved for him to go up to the front with them. But Phil didn't want to break into line as Mr. Bungle did. So Phil went to the end. That was the fair thing to do. He would see his other friends inside the lunchroom. The line moved very fast and soon Phil was inside. First he picked up his tray. Then he got his silverware. He put his knife, fork, and spoon neatly on the tray. And then he slid his tray along. He always enjoyed looking at the good food in the cafeteria. It tasted good and was good for him, too. Instead of having a sandwich today, Phil decided to take the hot lunch. Phil took some bread and butter, too. And he knew what else he wanted. Milk. But Alice took the last carton on the tray. Maybe there was more milk. So he said, "May I please have some milk?" Phil remembered to say, "May I" and please. That was very polite. Yes, there was more milk. Phil remembered to say thank you when he took the carton of milk. Phil had good manners. He didn't want to be like Mr. Bungle in the lunchroom. Phil didn't want to forget his dessert. The cake looked delicious. At the end of the line, the lunchroom supervisor said she had noticed how polite Phil was, and she smiled at him. She wouldn't smile at a Mr. Bungle. Phil went to the table where his friends were. He put his tray down carefully, pulled out his chair, quietly, and sat down. He knew his friends wouldn't like a noisy Mr. Bungle at their table. There was someone Phil liked, Freddy. He always brought his lunch from home. It looked good. Freddy had a sandwich, an apple, a cookie, and milk. Before Phil began to eat, he always put a napkin on his lap. So did Freddy. Everyone liked Freddy. He was very polite. For example, if he had food in his mouth when someone talked to him, he always took time to chew the food with his mouth closed and swallow before he answered. Phil noticed how straight and tall Freddy usually sat. Freddy kept his feet on the floor, too. Phil would rather be like Freddy than like Mr. Bungle. Another polite person everyone liked was Alice. For example, when Alice sneezed, she covered her mouth and nose. This protected her friends at the table from any germs. While Phil and his friends ate, a boy ran past their table. You shouldn't run in the lunchroom. Only Mr. Bungle would do that. Phil and his friends wouldn't like to have a Mr. Bungle at their table. Then lunchtime wouldn't be as much fun as it is. Phil ate slowly and enjoyed his lunch. Finally, he had eaten everything except his dessert. He saved his cake for last. Only a Mr. Bungle would eat his dessert before he had finished the rest of his lunch. And Phil wasn't a Mr. Bungle. The cake was good. Phil drank his milk carefully. Some children are messy when they drink milk. But not Phil. As each of Phil's friends finished, they didn't leave the table, but waited for all the others to finish eating, too. Phil was the last one done. He wiped his mouth and hands carefully with his napkin. Then he cleaned the table where he sat. He didn't want to leave his place at the table dirty. Everyone at the table cleaned his own place well. But look at that table. It was left very messy. Phil thought a Mr. Bungle must have sat there. But Phil didn't want to be like Mr. Bungle, so he put his chair neatly into place, and his table looked fine. Not a piece of paper or scrap of food was left on it. No, Mr. The bungle sat here. Phil's friends were careful to put their waste papers and empty milk cartons where they belonged. In this way, they helped keep the lunchroom clean. Phil was certain that Mr. Bungle wouldn't put his paper in the waste basket and his empty carton on the milk tray. Mr. Bungle probably wouldn't bother to put his lunch tray in the right place either, but Phil and his friends did. Lunch was good today. And then Miss Brown told Phil and his friends how proud she was of them. They had left their table the neatest in the lunchroom. No one here was a Mr. Bungle and no one wanted to be. Are you like Mr. Bungle? Mr. Bungle is a shame because he spoils lunchtime. Don't be like Mr. Bungle. Have good lunchtime manners and lunch will be more fun for everyone. [Music] Of course you want to be like Mr. Bungle. He's he's awesome. And I don't know if you noticed all the posters in the hallways in the cafeteria that said, "Don't be a Mr. Bungle. Don't be a Mr. Bungle." No, we'd love to be Mr. Bungle. Uh, so anyways, like 15 years ago, I got a email uh from someone and let me I'll read it to you. My name is Glenn Pape. I'm currently 53 years old. The film uh Lunchroom Manners appears to have been made 1959, so I guess I was eight. and in the fourth grade at the time. I grew up in suburban Chicago, a town called Elmhurst. I have a vague memory of the film crew coming to into the school, our teachers telling us about it in preparation, and then crews coming in. I just want to make sure my live was my mic was live. Uh crews coming in and selecting kids to play various roles. If I remember correctly, the actual filming took place at the junior high instead of at the grade school. I've always carried the memory, but it was very pretty well buried at the time. Uh, I saw the film on Peewee Herman special on Comedy Central probably five or six years ago. I was just collapsed on my couch, zoning in front of the TV watching the show. It was, as I said, very surreal. Uh, Peewee told me, told the mailman, uh, it was time for a film about Good Manners, and the lunchroom manners clip came on. I recognized Gary, the main character, the blonde kid, and thought he plays Phil. Uh, thought vaguely, gee, that kid looks a lot like Gary. But I was so dissociated from the experience, it never occurred to me uh to connect that I was seeing a film experience that I had in fourth grade. Then I recognized the girl, Bonnie, but it still didn't click that it was the same film. Then I saw myself running across the cafeteria and thought, "Holy, um, that's me." It was kind of like driving down the highway and seeing a personal f photo from your family scrapbook on a billboard as you drive by. My wife said I look like a wounded little Tyrannosaurus with scrawny arms kind of folded up on my chest. My 15 minutes of fame, I guess. Um, I can tell you that the main kid, although a good friend of mine at the time, was about the furthest thing from being a polite little fellow that you see in the movie, in reality, he could have been an inspiration for Eddie Haskell on the Leave of the Beaver Show. And Bonnie, the cute girl, uh, was my first kiss under the freeway bridge about the time the film was made. So, there you go. Thank you, Glenn, uh, writing me 15 years ago. Um, really phenomenal. Um, this film, lots of people refer to it, lots of people talk about it. There's a band um called Mr. Bungle. Uh, and really just an amazing thing. I had an opportunity of uh, showing the film at an actual lunchroom cafeteria. I did a screening with the Alamo Draft House in Austin, Texas, and we did a nighttime uh PTA fundraiser uh where we had actual cafeteria lunch ladies and we had kids, adults uh and I showed films about lunchroom manners and uh it was really a lot of fun. I had tater tots. It was it was real good. Um, and a bunch of Austin hipsters were there, which is kind of hilarious. Um, all right. So, this next film is uh a great film. It was a short that was shown in theaters. It was also distributed on 16 millimeter. It's called Fraud by Mail. And it shows us that um I I think this film was made in the 40s, but uh it shows us things haven't changed. We still are getting sucked it suckered in for the same things over and over and over again and paying money for fraudulent stuff because that's who we are. [Music] Mail frauds cost the American public millions a year despite efforts of US post office inspectors to protect the sucker from himself. Joe Gullible here needs new glasses, but no optometrist for him. You'll order by mail with this handy, convenient, and worthless home tester. Impossible, sure. But the firm took in a million dollars a year before the government cracked down. Get it in focus now, Joe. We know for sure that you're not farsighted. You're nearsighted to fall for a fraud like this. You'll save a buck and maybe ruin your eyesight. [Music] Do just give them the exact measurements. And be sure the frames fit right. Your eyes are precious, but oh sure, you know how to take care of them. Just put yourself in the hands of a mail order quack. [Music] [Music] Just a three cent stamp now, Joe, and the first act in your little comedy is over. [Music] This is Joe's big day with one of Uncle Sam's couriers, an unwitting helper of heartless confidence men. It would be a good break for Joe if he wasn't at home, but no such luck. [Music] Gullible people with defective vision like Joe are a favorite target of mail order charlatans. One sold a magical cure for cross eyes at $25 for a 2 oz bottle. It was sugar, salt, and tap water. But I'm forgetting Joe. He still looks happy. But let's take a look. Isn't it a bit fuzzy, Joe? [Music] You can try them again and again, Joe, but you've been rookked. Yes, you've been rookked. [Music] Vanity is the silent partner of most of these postal quacks. So, you want a beautiful nose? Here you are. Use it faithfully for only 30 days, was the claim. Torture yourself with this chromium plated, modernized version of a medieval torture device. It's guaranteed. All you have to do is return the shaper and your old nose to get your money back. Well, now that Narcissus has caught up with her reading, let's see how she made out. [Music] Magic mirror upon the wall. Who is the fairest of them all? It ain't you, Tuts. You're out six bucks. You've paid through the well-known gnomes. [Music] And hereby hangs a tail. So, you want to be taller than she is. We won't keep you in suspense as the manufacturer did his sucker customers with this halter device. Want to hang around for a while and take a look? Costing 75 cents to make and selling for $8.75, this height increaser must have been bought on the theory that the backbone is elastic and can be stretched. We'll tell you just how good it is. When post office inspectors traced and arrested the promoter, he was found to be exactly 5'1 in. He said he hadn't time to use his own device. He was too busy selling them. Easy money fakers found a fertile field in Baron Pates. We quote, "Are you bald? Do you want a new head of hair?" Well, this cap device drained millions from thousands of pockets. This thermal cap is one of many. The bulb in the top supposedly emitted infrared rays that stimulated the scalp, nourishing the root cells, the manufacturers claimed, and starting hair growth once more. No, Baron Munchowin was not one of the promoters. [Music] Well, Oswald, it seems you won't have to invest any money in a com brush. You still have a lot of face to wash. There are recognized treatments for baldness at certain stages, but this cap is certainly not one of them. You may as well stick your head under a bridge lamp and be happy with your high forehead. [Music] Again, the mail order sharpers play on the eternal quest for classic beauty. If it's not your nose they promise to remake, it's your ears. And if it's not your ears, it's your lips. This gadget was the claim would reshape ugly, coarse, protruding, bulgy, thick lips. Oh, sure. It's supposed to work while you sleep. This young lady is retiring with full confidence that she'll awake in the morning with the glamorous, cupy bow lips of a movie star. Well, she can dream, can't she? [Music] Comes the dorm and we're afraid a sad awakening for our lippy miss. She still feels she's gone one up on mother nature. But we know better, don't we? Eh, [Music] before her severest critic, fond dreams are shattered. Her $3 has gone down the rat hole and into the pockets of remorseless swinders. [Music] Bringing a small fortune to the promoter before his arrest and untold misery to thousands was this fraud. With two hard rubber balls, you were to tap your eyes 200 times a day and presto, you could throw away your glasses. How many persons irreferably injured their eyes before the males were barred to the swindler will never be known. The heartless promoter never cared. He was only interested in your two bucks. The so-called exercise is over. The young lady follows instructions and puts on an eye mask to rest her eyes. Let's say we let our victim rest for an hour and we'll come back for a look. We're back right in time for the grand unveiling. Come on. Time to unmask. She ran into two doors. A swindle that fleeced thousands before the post office department was able to gather enough evidence to issue a fraud order was the pandiculator. A machine that not only was claimed to add stature, but to cure everything from goiter to varicose veins. But let's dispense with the more fantastic claims and concentrate on shorty pants here, who's all of 5'3 in tall. At least the machine provided you with plenty of exercise before you got yourself strapped on the torture rack. Shorty paid $45 cash for this device, and he has full confidence in it. Didn't the circular advertise that this machine had been sold through the United States Males? If we represented or used the confidence of the pubs, our career would be shortlived. Well, they're not anymore. Well, here goes. Jordy knows he can stretch his backbone. For the promoter said, and we quote, "The spinal column with its 23 movable joints and articulations with the vertebral bodies and intervertebral cartilagages sustaining the vertebral bodies in the proper relation between the vertebrae and the foramina and meridy. [Music] Take it easy. You've only had a 15-minute stretch, and it takes all of a half an hour, it says here in the directions. [Music] Well, I guess you've had enough, shorty. No use breaking your back completely. See if you can get yourself unwound, and we'll see how much you added to your 5'3. There you are, Shorty. You're shorter than ever for your short $45. And that's our final lesson on frauds by mail. Such happy music. Um, and the narrator just tears into everybody just yikes. Um, really great. I mean, it's it's played for laughs obviously and those aren't real victims, but um, I guess that's one way to get people to pay attention is like, look at these idiots. Look how much money they spend on this stupid stuff. Um yeah uh this next film coming up is uh another cornet film and I am surprised I haven't shown this. I did I looked and uh this is really a amazing thing. You know they over the years these educational film companies would do versions of various fairy tales and stories and would use puppets animation. Um and this one is actually live action. Uh it's Goldilocks and the Three Bears. And they figured like you know what would be sweet is if we actually had live bears. So, here's goalie locks and the three bears with live bears. [Music] On a hot summer day, it's fun to go out in the woods or in the park. You can take along crayons and a pad of drawing paper. And you can take along a book of your favorite stories. One story that has long been a favorite is Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Once upon a time, there were three bears. A big papa bear, a middlesized mama bear, and a wee little baby bear. They all lived together in a little bear house in the forest. A little bear house in the forest. Now, what would it look like? There's a little house. Let's pretend. Now, we have a pretty little house in the forest. A house for the three bears. Inside the house, there were three chairs. A big chair for the papa bear, a middlesized chair for the mama bear, and a wee little chair for the baby bear. In the bedroom, there were three beds, a big bed for the papa bear, a middlesized bed for the mama bear, and a wee little bed for the baby bear. And of course, there were the three bears. The big papa bear was reading his morning newspaper. [Music] The middlesized mama bear was cooking breakfast. And the wee little baby bear decided to play with his toys until breakfast was ready. That morning, Mama Bear had cooked porridge for breakfast, and she had set it out on the table in three bowls. A big bowl for Papa Bear, a middlesized bowl for Mama Bear, and a wee little bowl for Baby Bear. When Mama Bear tasted the porridge, she found it was too hot to eat. So, Papa Bear decided they should all go for a walk in the forest while they were waiting for the porridge to cool. [Music] That same morning, a little girl named Goldilocks was walking through the woods. Now, Goldilocks lived near the woods, and she often went for walks near her home. This morning, though, she had walked farther into the woods than she had ever gone before. [Music] She had always known that bears lived in the forest, and now she had found their house. She wasn't sure just how to behave, but she knew it would be polite to knock on the door. There was no answer, but the door was open. So, Goldilocks tiptoed in. It was so exciting that she promptly forgot that she had not been invited in and should not have been there at all. Then she saw the chairs. The big chair of the papa bear, the middlesized chair of the mama bear, and the wee little chair of the baby bear. Goldilocks was tired from her long walk, so she decided to sit down. She sat in the big chair, but it was too hard. [Music] She sat in the middlesized chair, but it was too soft. She sat in the wee little chair. It was just right until she was truly sorry she had broken the chair. But just then she saw the porridge the bears had left to cool. Goldilocks was hungry from her long walk, so she decided to eat. She tasted the porridge in the big bowl, but it was too hot. She tasted the porridge in the middlesized bowl, but it was too cold. She tasted the porridge in the wee little bowl. It was just right. In fact, it was so good that she ate it all up. Goldilocks was sleepy from her long walk, and she wondered where she could lie down. Then she saw the bedroom. She tried lying down on the big bed, but it was too hard. It was also too high. She tried lying down on the middlesized bed, but it was too soft. [Music] She tried lying down on the wee little bed. It was just like her cozy bed at home. And so she went to sleep. Meanwhile, out in the forest, Baby Bear was up in a tree Goldilocks was still sound asleep when the bears came back home. Big Papa bear, middlesized mama bear, and wee little baby bear. As soon as they were inside the house, the bears knew that someone had been there. Papa Bear said in his big voice, "Someone has been sitting in my chair." Mama Bear said in her middlesized voice, "Someone has been sitting in my chair." Baby Bear said in his wee little voice, "Someone has been sitting in my chair and it's broken. Then Papa Bear said in his big voice, "Someone has been eating my porridge." Mama Bear said in her middlesized voice, "Someone has been eating my porridge." Baby Bear said in his wee little voice, "Someone has been eating my porridge and it's all gone." Then Papa Bear decided to look in the bedroom. He said in his big voice, "Someone has been sleeping in my bed." Mama Bear said in her middlesized voice, "Someone has been sleeping in my bed." And baby bear, when he looked in the bedroom, he said in his wee little voice, "Someone has been sleeping in my bed, and here she is." With that, Goldilocks woke up. She thought the baby bear was so cute that she would have liked to take him home for a pet. But then she saw mama and papa bear. She was so surprised that she jumped out the window and ran all the way home. And she never again went so far into the woods. So she never again saw the little bear house in the forest. And no one else has ever seen it either except when they were pretending. Of course, you can draw a picture of the house and you can have your house look just the way you want it to look. Then you can tell the story of what happened in your little bear house in the forest. Wow, all the comments. I like I like when I show a film, a kids film, and it's got this kind of cloningly sweet theme to it and feel to it and people's adult brains start percolating and all the comments kind of go. Uh, so to answer some of the questions, I am married. Here's my um custom wedding ring. It is 8 millimeter film. That's what that is. Uh, and this is the first time I've ever had anybody question the gender of Goldilocks. I think it is a girl, but you know, adult brains. Um, this next film is brought to us by the fine folks that make Molson beer. And it is a quiz about d driving safely and it's made in the 50s. Enjoy. This is you bet your life and it does not feature Gacho marks. [Music] And our quiz master is none other than Stan Francis. You bet your life I'm Stan Francis. But because of some people who don't obey our traffic rules and regulations, you bet your life every time you drive a car on a city street or a country highway. And that brings us to the subject of this quiz. I'm going to call it [Music] safe driving. Now watch closely. Everyone has an equal chance to show what he or she knows about it. Now this automobile belongs to a gentleman by the name of Dorian Do and believe he is. Dorian feels he really ought to be a circus rider. And his trouble is that he practices on streets and highways. Dorian, suppose you show us just how stupid and dangerous you are. [Music] You see what I mean? Now, the game is to watch closely and see how many errors you can spot. A score of 20 is perfect. 18 is excellent. Even 15 is good. But if you get less than 10, you better stick to street cars or stay home. All ready? All right. Now, watch carefully. Okay, Dorian, let's go. [Music] Whoa, wait a minute. I'll give that one away free. Dorian cut out into a traffic stream without signaling. Now everybody has one right. Sorry, Dorian. Carry on. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Heat up [Music] here. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Well, so they'll wait a while before ordering. Dorian certainly bet his life plenty of times. You know, it's a long shot that he's still alive. How many errors did you catch? Did anyone get 20? 15 14 Well, here they are. We'll have Dorian come back and help us spot them. Count them for yourself. One, turning out without signaling. Two, not stopping at a through street. Three, passing a stopped street car. Four, blocking the crosswalk. Five, making a right turn from the middle of the street. Six, making turn at excess speed without signal. Seven, not slowing down in school area. Eight, unnecessary horn sounding. Nine, speeding. 10. Failing to stop at railway crossing. 11. Ignoring community speed limits. 12. Refusing to give the right of way. 13. Passing on a hill. 14. Passing on a curve. 15. Cutting in and out of traffic. 16. Lighting a cigarette while driving. 17. Holding up traffic, making others cut in and out. 18. Not dimming lights for approaching car. 19. Getting out on the wrong side. 20. Parking without lights. Well, there you are. 20 driving faults, which no doubt everybody here noticed because we're careful not to commit them. But while we had fun with Dorian and his driving, it is a serious business. And today we have with us one who knows just how serious it is. Um that uh that wouldn't be a summon you have there, I hope. No, no, I was just making a few notes. Oh, I see. And it seems to me there was one you omitted. Oh, I I know there are hundreds of other driving faults, but Oh, no, no, that's not what I mean. You see, at any quiz show I've attended, there's always been a prize. Yes, that's that's quite true. Have you any suggestions? Yes, indeed. The prize everyone can take home who has followed this quiz carefully and who has resolved to drive safely is peace of mind. You see, the dangerous driver not only threatens everyone who gets in his way, but he is tearing his own nerves into shreds. And the 10 minutes or so he may have saved has probably shortened his own life by much more than that. It might even have resulted in death or at least loss of time through serious injury. As a matter of fact, dangerous driving has been on the increase for some years, particularly in the two provinces where traffic is heaviest. In the province of Ontario alone in 1946, 688 people were killed in automobile accidents. While in 1947, this number increased to 734. Yet this dreadful toll can be cut down. In the city of Toronto in 1947, 53 people lost their lives in this way as compared with 70 the year before. Shocking as these figures are, they show that the menace can be reduced. There are a great many things I might say, but here are two. The first, alcohol and gasoline do not mix. The man who thinks that he can drive safely while drinking is a fool and perhaps even a criminal. The second, in driving through cities and villages, the key to safety is respect for the pedestrian. If more motorists would drive as though they had no horn on their cars, there would be fewer accidents. If the motorist will always remember that he is in charge of a potential instrument of death, he will find his car more and more an instrument of pleasure and convenience. Thank you, officer. Oh, by the way, may I drive you home? Thank you, Mr. Francis. I'm sure we'll get there safely. [Music] Thank you, Molson, for that. Um, I think we need more uh hosts wearing mortar boards and uh uh professor garb, graduation garb. Um, I think that lends an air of authority. Um, we're missing it. I actually have uh um an episode of College of Musical Knowledge with Kay Kaiser and he's wearing a mortar board and has a and he's a band director. Um, if you know Kay Kaiser, he um was based in North Carolina and actually I got something that he donated to UNC um and I donated it back to UNC. But anyways, so this was a he used to do a radio show uh and he actually shows up in some cartoons or at least a parody of him shows up in cartoons, but uh it's like a musical variety show and he wears Yeah, he's the professor of the college of musical knowledge and they call him the professor. So let's bring that back. All right, one last thing. Um, somebody emailed me and notified me that Peggy Pope, who's a amazing character, actress, passed away the end of May. She was in it looks like she was in her 90s. Um, and uh, you might know her from she was on lots of TV shows. She was also the played the drunk receptionist on 9to5 who turns her life around. Um, and um, some of you might know her from an educational film that I have. It's something that's been also talked about over the last several weeks. It is a bus safety film. It is one that I didn't actually think existed uh, because people kept asking me and saying like, "Yeah, there's this bus safety film where kids go crazy on the bus and then the bus crashes." And I was like, why would you show a bunch of kids going crazy to a bunch of kids? You're trying to calm down because it just kids sometimes model what they see on the screen. It's just like showing a food fight, cafeteria food fight to students that just puts this little idea in their head like that looks awesome. So, uh, enough people asked me about it that I actually started looking for it and found a copy on eBay. It's not in the best shape, but um this is called And Then It Happened. This is Jean Starbecker, the guy who did Death Zones, and we showed Death Zones a couple of weeks ago, and it bummed everybody out because it was super intense. Uh this one is intense, but not specific. So, it's in honor of Peggy Pope, who's one of the bus drivers. Um and um so I'll just tell you, trigger warning, it's kind of intense. It's and it's over the top and it has lots and lots of kids misbehaving on school buses. So, here it is. And then it happened. [Music] Hey [Music] guys, which is still can't believe my mom is reading that. [Music] Hey. Hey. My wife get my wife with me. Don't take a shortcut through the cow pasture. Let me finish my tours in town. Okay. You make me late every day. Go sit back. [Music] Wally Vega, age 26, has been driving a school bus for the past 5 years. The ribbon Wally Vega's prize. Awarded to Wall-E as the safest driver in the county. Look at that. Proud of the award, Wall-E does everything possible to avoid an accident. Hey, what is that? All right. All right. That does it. That does it. Okay. Yet before this ride is over, five of the students on this bus will cause an accident that'll injure 10 of their classmates. Quiet. Quiet. I don't want any smoking back here. It's against the rules. This is what you mean? Put that out. Oh, come on. Filthy dirt. Filthy dirt. Quiet. Quiet. [Music] This your sandwich. [Music] [Music] I don't understand sometimes. What is this stuff? What is this stuff? boy. All right, here we go. [Music] Good morning. Come on. Come on. Hey, Gordon, don't push. Their seemingly innocent horseplay and disregard for safety will turn a routine ride into one doomed for disaster. Gina, can I buy your Latin X, please? Yeah. I wish my mother wouldn't make me take Latin. That's it. That's the worst to take. Holy mint. I get my choice at it. Nobody speaks Latin anymore. I mean, I'm not about to meet up with Julius Caesar. Wall-ally makes me so mad. He says I can't bring a flower on the bus anymore. Look at this. I got this knife for my birthday last night. No. What are you going to do with it? I'll find something to deal with it. [Music] Morning, Eileene. Hey, what are you fooling around like that for? Well, I'm sorry. It was his fault he did it. Yeah, sure. It was his fault. It's always his fault. How come? How come you're always late? Oh gosh. Well, you're such a grouch in the morning. Always a grouch. What's wrong with you, Angus? Nothing. Angus, I know you well enough to know when something's wrong. Nothing. Finally, something's wrong. What is it? Like my mother and father might get a divorce. Really? You hear that? My father who comes in at 2:00 in the morning, my mother, she's going to have a nervous breakdown. Always yelling and just so sick. Maybe it'll be for the day. Often provoked by personal problems at home, many children, although quiet when alone, act up when placed in groups in the confines of a school bus. cardiac arrest. You better hurry. [Music] Watch and see if you can spot the riders who will create the factors that'll make the last stop for this bus. The hospital can't go to school. It's too young. That's all I go on home. [Music] Boy, I've seen everything now. [Music] What possibly could go wrong? Wally wondered about the same thing. My dear smearing, I'm counting the days till I see you. I wish I could see you now. Your face is like a fair rose petal. I hope I can get my dad's car this weekend. Well, the rest is too personal. [Music] So far, it was just a routine run and then it happened. [Music] too. [Music] Yeah. [Music] Okay, come on. Be quiet. Hey, come on. Quiet down back here. Had Dwayne not grabbed Chuck's radio, had Bernardet not been uptight, had Kathy not brought the giant flower on the bus, had Bill not been so eager to fight, had the passengers made less noise, Wall-E would have heard the siren, and all this could have been avoided. [Music] Every day, 68 school bus accidents occur. Last year, more than 5,000 people were injured in school bus accidents. The toll will go up even more in the years ahead as more and more join the ranks of the 19 million youngsters now riding school buses. Hey, isn't that something? Dedicating the yearbook to Emma? Sure was. How long have you known about it? a whole couple days ago. Been trying to keep it a secret. I'm dying to see what she has to say. Here she is. You'll be able to find out soon. Hi. Hey, look. Oh, I was so surprised about that. Whoever heard of of dedicating yearbook to a bus driver. You like the picture? Yeah, it's a good picture. Yeah. I mean the bus. The bus? Yeah. Pretty nice. Here they come. Time to go. A poll of school bus drivers across the country reveals that conduct on school buses gets worse each passing year with excess energy to burn and no constructive way to release it. Many things happen. [Music] Look, I got some reds, yums, and betties. You really should have put a rubber band around. No, I forgot. It'll be all right. I'm going to see Barb. Okay. I'll I'll call you tonight. Okay. Bye, Mindy. What are you doing tonight? Hi there. Oh, Ellen, let's step now. Oh, was that of a nice Linda? Thank you. Your Monday. Not if I can help it. Okay, kids, that's enough. Now, get away from the side of the bus. You get your foot over that way. Hey there. Ready for the weekend? Hey, Susan. Cute outfit. Hi there. White step. My biology teacher gave it to me. went for this. Got to love this cute little thing. Anyway, what's in the box? Go off. A teacher gave it to you. Yep. Teacher gave it to me and she told me not to tell anybody. Why not? Because the prices are high, man. You can't give it to anybody. Pretty good joke. I want to tell you, am I glad to see you, too? Let me get you. Let me get you. You see, there's these three traveling salesmen, you know. So, the one they all need a place to stay. So, one of them goes up to this farmer's house and he asks him if he got a place to stay. And the guy says, "Well, there's this log pile out in the back, you know." And the guy says, "All right, I'll sleep out there." Okay, come on out of the bus. You got to go around the front chef. I've told her three times. I can't I'm sorry. It's a safety. Okay. Well, we're not moving till you do. Hey, let's get the key. Hey, look. They're gone. Didn't like the first kids tried that. [Music] Wait. Go ahead. Yeah. Get out of there. [Music] How many taking? I'm taking four today already. What's your limit? Five. Oh, you can't take five. That's what I limit. What do you mean? I can take five. Oh, go ahead. Show me then. I'm going to a party tonight. I want to take it. Oh, come on. Take it. Why do you want me to take it? Cuz I don't think you can take it. Okay. You want me to show you? Yeah. Okay, I'll take one. Uh, there's a count. I'm going to take he's a man kind so high you think you know everything. Yeah. Dave, are you smoking? Good. I'm glad to see you put it out. kind of joke I'm going to tell you. Well, I just don't want to hear it. Well, you see, there's these three traveling salesman. Well, it's a dirty joke. I just don't want to hear it. It's not too dirty. It might I just not want to hear it. Well, anyway, you all need a place to stay. So, we I'm not going to listen to it. Hey, sit down. You know, you're not supposed to be standing while I'm driving. You want to get off here? No. Well, I'm sorry. It's not your corner. We can walk the rest of the way. No, you can't. You know, I'm only allowed to let you walk at your corner or at the school. It's not your stop. It's not yours either, Mary. Well, if we can cut to the woods, it won't take us long. Uh-huh. Okay, just walk back there and sit down, and I'll let you off when we get to your corner. You spoiled everything. That's right. After 8 years of working with students, Emma Hammer thought she'd learned to handle most problems. Two, come up for air. We're not running an X-rated bus here. A come on, Emma. Weren't you ever young years ago? popping up the windows. Come on, Barbara. I'm going to have to tell your mother. Keith, you better stop now. She knows my mother. She would [Music] watch now and see if you can detect the seemingly innocent factors that will cause Emma's death. Sit behind me. Be quiet. Come on. I want to sit here. No. Come on. I want to sit here. You can't sit here. You got to become old man on you. He'll get you. Oh, swell. That's a big influence in his town. That's just the last one. Emma, I think you better stop and come back to the bus. Charm's really sick. I'll be right there. [Music] Don, what's the matter? Bummer. Have you been taking these pills? How many did you take? I had five. Five? I had a bum trip. All right. Just lie down. Take it easy. I'll get some out. You'll be all right. Okay. Sit down, everybody. Everything's going to be okay. [Music] Oh goodness, please. What's wrong, Emma? I need your help. All right, it's you. I need your help. One of the kids is sick. He says he's been popping pills. I think he should be taken to the hospital. Okay, let's go out and take a look at him. Okay. [Music] Okay, kids. It's going to be all right. Okay, he's going to be all right. The policeman's taking him to the hospital and I'm taking you home. So far, except for John and his pills, few would remember this ride home. And then it happened. Kitty is a kid. Oh, look at that. [Applause] What could possibly be causing all that rat? This [Music] If Liz had put a rubber band around the box. If Fletcher hadn't grabbed Tom's photography magazine. If Tom hadn't gotten out of his seat. If Jim hadn't tried to get even with Emma, Emma would not have lost control. And this would never have happened. Went down, mighty quit. There's still the bodies up front. Guard your widget. Take it out. Oh, we're lucky most of them were able to get out on their own. [Music] [Music] The last poor Emma. Um, and um, Peggy Poe, Rest in Peace. It's a phenomenal film. Um, and she plays it really well. She plays this likable bus driver. And so we all in the comments were like, "No, not Emma. Don't let Emma die. She's good." Um, and that's the type of character she played in commercials and TV shows and things like that. It's kind of likable character and look her up on Wikipedia. There's a lot of things that she did on the stage and television and she refernished furniture. Thanks everybody for tuning in today. Um hope I'm happy that we weren't as traumatizing today as we were yesterday. Yesterday seemed a little bit um over the top. Uh we kept our over the top to the end of the film uh of this film screening. And uh so join us Thursday, tomorrow at one o'clock Eastern Standard Time. Uh if you like what you saw, there are places and ways to help. One thing you can do on YouTube is like and subscribe. Uh you can donate to Patreon. Uh it's kind of like a tip jar subscription service. Uh and then uh ageeks.com. There's lots of stuff there. There's lots of uh films to watch and uh DVDs to buy and stuff. Um but you know, share the work, share the the joy, tell people about the screenings. That's why we do it is we like to get eyeballs on these films. Um they tell us a lot. They teach us a lot, maybe more than the the people that made the films intended. We learn a lot about the 70s. Uh somebody mentioned that all the kids on the bus had pandemic care. Well, that was the 70s, 1972. Uh, different time. Um, but, uh, thank you so much for your time. I very much enjoy spending this hour with you, eating lunch. And, uh, hopefully I will see you again tomorrow everybody. Take care.