Transcript: Domes
Hamza stands in a colourful studio squeezing a boiled egg. The egg wears a cape and has a face. Hamza has curly black hair, and wears glasses and a blue shirt.
Hamza says AN EGG IS LIKE A SUPER HERO;
IT'S VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
BREAK. ITS SUPER POWER IS
ITS DOME SHAPE.
Antonius says WE'RE JUST PUTTING THE
FINISHING TOUCHES ON THERE
AND JUST TAKE A LOOK.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL ISN'T IT?
Hamza says IT'S SPECTACULAR. AND DOMES
AREN'T JUST FOR 2000YO ROMANS.
Stefano says PARTY TIME.
Hamza says YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CAKE
AND EAT IT TOO BECAUSE
THIS IS
LOOK!
HIYA! -
KOOL.
The theme music plays.
Hamza spins and puts on a pair of glasses. Through his glasses, we can see colourful 3D objects falling to an open field.
Cool Cat says MEOW!
A multicolored city builds up. The title of the show unfolds next to fireworks in the sky. It reads "Look Kook."
Hamza holds Benny the Egg.
Benny says HI, I'M BENNY THE EGG
AND TODAY WE HAVE AN
EGG-STRAORDINARY EGG-STRAVAGANZA
OF EGGCITEMENT AND EGG-
ZHILERATION. GET IT? I'VE GOT
A MILLION OF THEM. HA HA HA!
I'M JUST FULL OF YOLKS.
GET IT? EGG YOLKS. HA HA HA HA!
Hamza says WELL, BESIDES TELLING
MINDLESSLY CORNY JOKES,
BENNY HERE HAS ANOTHER SUPER
HEROIC TALENT... BUT WAIT, HE'S
GOT TO BE IN COSTUME FOR THIS.
Hamza draws a belt on Benny.
Hamza says DA TA TA TA TA!
WATCH THIS.
(EFFORT GROAN)
Benny says HA HA HA! GO AHEAD HAMZA
SQUEEZE AS HARD AS YOU CAN.
HA HA HA HA!
(NEW GROAN)
Hamza says YOU SEE THAT, BENNY? DID YOU
GUYS SEE THAT? YOU DIDN'T BREAK.
I GAVE IT ALL I HAD AND YOU
DIDN'T BREAK.
Benny says I WASN'T SCARED OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT. I MEAN, SUPERHEROES
LIKE ME, WE NEVER CRACK UNDER
PRESSURE. HA HA HA! GET IT?
CRACK? I LAUGH IN THE FACE
OF DANGER. HA HA HA HA!
Hamza says BUT EVERY SUPER HERO
HAS THEIR WEAKNESS.
Benny says NOOO!!
I CAN'T WATCH, IS IT OVER?
An egg falls and breaks.
Hamza says DON'T WORRY BENNY,
YOU'LL BE OKAY.
Benny sits in an egg carton.
Benny says I TRUST YOU HAMZA.
Hamza says SO HERE'S THE BIG QUESTION:
WHY IS AN EGG SO STRONG WHEN
I SQUEEZE IT, BUT SO "SMASHABLE."
IF I DROP IT? HMM. I SUPPOSE
IF THE EGG WASN'T BREAKABLE,
IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD
FOR THAT BABY CHICK
TO HATCH OUT OF THERE.
(CRIES AND GROANS)
An animated egg moves and jumps in a nest.
(music plays)
A slate shows Cool Cat breaking into pieces and coming into one again. The slate reads "Deconstruct."
Hamza says DECONSTRUCT! HEY! LOOK!
THE CURVE ON BENNY'S SHELL,
IS SHAPED LIKE AN ARCH.
NO MATTER WHICH WAY HE'S
FACING, WE KEEP SEEING
ARCHES AND IF I ROTATE
HIM ALL THE WAY AROUND,
ALL THESE ARCHES FORM
A THREE DIMENSIONAL
SHAPE THAT I'VE SEEN
BEFORE. HANG ON. YES!
CHECK OUT THE ROOF OF THIS
BUILDING AND... WAIT FOR IT...
IT'S A MATCH! BENNY'S HEAD
IS A DOME JUST LIKE THE DOME
ON THAT BUILDING. THIS CALLS
FOR A DECONSTRUCT. HUH! WHOA!
ARE YOU SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING?
A dome hologram spins next to Hamza.
Hamza says THIS BUILDING'S DOME IS MADE OUT
OF ARCHES TOO. I THINK I'M ON TO
SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT GIVES EGGS
THEIR SUPER STRENGTH BUT I THINK
I BETTER GET OUR INTREPID
INVESTIGATORS ON THE CASE FIRST.
A slate shows a magnifying glass coming out of Cool Cat. The slate reads "Investigation."
Hamza says INVESTIGATION.
HI, HAN RU AND STEFANO!
Han Ru and Stefano appear on a large screen.
Han Ru says HI!
Stefano says HEY HAMZA!
Hamza says LOOK, DOMES SEEM TO BE REALLY
STRONG. CAN YOU FIND SOME DOMES
FOR MY MIND'S EYE COMPUTER
TO ANALYZE? SOMETHING LIKE,
YOU KNOW, MAYBE AN IGLOO?
Han Ru says BUT IT'S SUMMER.
Hamza says OKAY. MAYBE NOT AN IGLOO,
BUT OTHER DOME-Y THINGS?
They say OK, SURE!
Stefano says THERE'S ONE. RIGHT THERE,
LOOK AND A PRETTY BIG ONE.
TRY TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
IT'S IN MY HAND.
Han Ru takes him a picture.
The Computer says DOME IDENTIFIED.
Hamza says HEY, LET'S SEE WHAT
THE MIND'S EYE COMPUTER HAS
TO SAY ABOUT DOME BUILDINGS.
The Computer says A LOT OF OLD BUILDINGS USE
DOMES BUT PEOPLE ARE NOW
BUILDING NEW DOME SHAPED HOMES
BECAUSE THE DOME SHAPE IS ENERGY
EFFICIENT, LASTS A LONG TIME AND
IS STRONG ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND
NATURAL DISASTERS LIKE TORNADOS,
HURRICANES AND EVEN EARTHQUAKES.
SO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX,
LIVE IN A DOME.
The screen of the computer shows a series of different types of domes. Blue lines cover said structures.
Stefano says OH, I SEE ANOTHER DOME.
YOUR OWN HEAD.
Han Ru says WHAT?
Stefano says YUP! IT'S ROUND.
Han Ru says REALLY?
Han Ru takes a selfie.
The Computer says THE DOME SHAPED SKULL PROVIDES
GOOD PROTECTION FOR THE BRAIN
BUT IMPACTS MAY CAUSE INJURIES.
A coconut falls and breaks.
The Computer continues THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
TO WEAR A DOME ON YOUR DOME.
I MEAN A HELMET ON YOUR HEAD
WHEN PLAYING SPORTS OR RIDING
YOUR BIKE.
Hamza says AW, THAT'S RIGHT, KOOL KAT,
YOUR HEAD'S A DOME TOO.
Cool Cat says MEOW!
Hamza says I KNOW YOU'RE PROUD.
Han Ru says ALRIGHT. I SEE A BIG ONE
OVER THERE THOUGH. SEE?
THERE IS A LADY HOLDING AN
UMBRELLA AND THE UMBRELLA IS
A DOME. CAN I PLEASE TAKE A
PICTURE OF YOUR UMBRELLA?
The Computer says UMBRELLAS HAVE A SPECIAL DOME
SHAPE THAT DIVIDES THE TOP INTO
CURVED SEGMENTS. THEY USED TO BE
MADE OF BALEEN PLATES WHICH COME
FROM THE MOUTHS OF CERTAIN
WHALES BECAUSE BALEEN IS BOTH
STRONG AND FLEXIBLE. THE WORD
BALEEN COMES FROM THE FRENCH
WORD FOR WHALE;
BALEINE.
IT IS
GOOD THAT BALEEN IS NO LONGER
USED BECAUSE WHALES ARE
AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
Stefano and Han Ru walk down the beach and see blue beach umbrellas.
Stefano says WHOA, THAT'S A LOT OF DOMES!
Han Ru says WE'RE RICH WITH DOMES.
Hamza says ALL THIS TALK ABOUT DOMES
IS MAKING ME HUNGRY. IF YOU'RE
HUNGRY LIKE I AM, TODAY'S BRAIN
BENDER IS GONNA MAKE IT
A LOT WORSE.
A slate shows a puzzle of Cool Cat. Then, gears appear inside the black shape of a cat head. The slate reads "Brain Bender."
Hamza says BRAIN BENDER.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THE TOP OF A DOME BUILDING,
IT SEEMS TO BE DIVIDED UP IN
SLICES LIKE THE PIECES OF A
CAKE. IN FACT, CUTTING UP A DOME
SHAPED CAKE INTO SLICES, IS
TODAYS BRAIN BENDER. OUR
VOLUNTEERS
ARE ANNABELLE AND MALINKA.
Annabelle and Malinka appear on the large screen.
The girls say HI!
Hamza says YOU HAVE A YUMMY LOOKING CAKE
IN FROM OF YOU, RIGHT?
The girls say YEAH.
Hamza says BUT SEVEN PEOPLE WANT TO EAT
IT. TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE YOU HAVE
TO GET SEVEN PIECES OF CAKE BY
MAKING JUST THREE CUTS THAT GO
ALL THE WAY ACROSS. USE THE
STRINGS TO PLAN YOUR CUTS. THE
FASTER YOU SOLVE THE BRAIN
BENDER THE SOONER YOU GET TO EAT
THE CAKE. GO!
(INCOMPREHENSIBLE WHISPERS)
Annabelle says I'M GONNA PUT ONE,
LIKE, HERE.
WE CAN PUT ONE IN AN X.
Malinka says YEAH, PROBABLY. YEAH,
AND THAT ONE.
Annabelle says ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE, SIX.
A red cross appears on top of the green cake.
Hamza says HMM. THAT'S NOT SEVEN.
TRY AGAIN.
Annabelle says IF WE PUT THIS ONE HERE.
THEN WE CAN'T PUT AN X.
Malinka says YEAH SO, FOUR HERE, THREE
HERE, THEN, MAKE AN X.
Annabelle says PUT THIS ONE THERE AND THEN
WE, LIKE...
Malinka says NO.
Annabelle says NO, LIKE, IF WE PUT IT LIKE
HERE, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE...
THAT SIDE BIGGER, AND WE GO
LIKE THAT.
They say ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN.
Annabelle says I THINK WE GOT IT.
Hamza says YOU SURE DID!
THAT PUZZLE WAS A PIECE
OF CAKE FOR YOU. WOULD YOU
LIKE TO EAT IT NOW?
They say YES.
Hamza says THEN, GO FOR IT!
The girls say ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN.
Malinka says I'M JUST SAYING, IF YOU DON'T
EAT IT FAST, I'M GONNA FINISH IT
BEFORE YOU GET ONE.
Annabelle says YEAH.
Hamza says DID YOU SEE HOW THEY MADE
SEVEN SLICES WITH ONLY THREE
CUTS? INSTEAD OF CUTTING ACROSS
THE CENTER LIKE YOU USUALLY CUT
UP A CAKE, MAKE EACH CUT A
LITTLE OFF CENTER SO THAT
THERE'S A TRIANGLE FORMED IN THE
MIDDLE. THERE'S YOUR SEVENTH
PIECE. WHO KNEW MATH COULD BE
SO DELICIOUS?
Two legs pop up of the animated egg.
The animated egg says WOOHOO!
Hamza bounces a basketball.
Hamza says THIS BASKETBALL IS PRETTY MUCH
A HOLLOWED OUT SPHERE, BUT IF
YOU WANNA SEE A DOME, CHECK THIS
OUT. HIYA!
BY CUTTING THE SPHERE
IN HALF I JUST GOT TWO DOMES.
YOU SEE WHERE I JUDO CHOPPED IT
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE?
MATHEMATICIANS CALL THAT THE
PLANE OF SYMMETRY BECAUSE WHEN
YOU CUT A SPHERE DOWN THE
MIDDLE, YOU GET TWO MIRROR
IMAGES BECAUSE IT'S SYMMETRICAL!
The two animated halves float in front of Hamza. A blue dotted line appears between them, followed by a blue box that reads "Plane of Symmetry."
Hamza says LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT ONE
OF THE HALVES. IT'S PRETTY
SMOOTH AND ROUND RIGHT? NO
ANGLES OR CORNERS ON THIS BABY.
LET'S DO SOMETHING COOL.
BUILD AN IGLOO!
TO MAKE AN IGLOO'S DOME SHAPE
YOU START BY PUTTING SOME OF
THESE LARGE SNOW BLOCKS IN A
CIRCLE. EACH ROW OF BLOCKS GETS
SMALLER AND SMALLER AS YOU BUILD
UPWARD. THEY'RE SHAPED SO THAT
THEY ANGLE INWARD AND SUPPORT
EACH OTHER. THEN WE'LL JUST FIT
THE LAST BLOCK IN THIS OPENING
ON TOP AND, SHABLAMO! IT'S
AN IGLOO! HMM. I WONDER
WHAT'S INSIDE.
Hamza lifts the igloo and a polar bear sits on a toilet.
A polar bear says AH!
Hamza says SORRY! HUH!
A slate shows two Cool Cats running a race. The slate reads "Challenge."
Hamza says CHALLENGE!
Now, Hamza stands in a large room.
Hamza says OK, SO WE KNOW THAT
EVEN THOUGH EGGS HAVE A THIN
SHELL THEIR DOME SHAPE MAKES
THEM REALLY DIFFICULT TO BREAK
WHEN YOU SQUEEZE 'EM BUT JUST
HOW STRONG ARE THEY? ONLY ONE
WAY TO FIND OUT; STEP ON 'EM.
INTRODUCING, TO MY RIGHT SIDE,
OLIVIA AND KAYLA; TEAM YELLOW!
Olivia and Kayla say YEAH!
Hamza says AND TO MY LEFT, AJ AND OWEN;
TEAM BLUE.
AJ and Owen say WOO!
Hamza says EACH TEAM IS GONNA GET FOUR
CARTONS OF THESE RAW EGGS.
The kids say COOL.
EGGS. YEAH! I'M SO HAPPY!
AWESOME!
Hamza says AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WALK
ACROSS THEM. IT'S A RACE. DO YOU
GUYS THINK YOU CAN DO IT?
Olivia says MAYBE.
Hamza says ARE YOU READY TO TREAD
CAREFULLY BUT FAST?
The kids say YEAH!
Hamza says LET'S GET IT GOING THEN.
FIRST TEAM TO CROSS
THE FINISH LINE WINS.
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO!
ONE CHALLENGER HAS TO STEP ON A
CARTON OF EGGS TO ADVANCE WHILE
HIS OR HER PARTNER MOVES THE
CARTONS. NO STEPPING ON THE
FLOOR! FOR EVERY EGG THEY BREAK
THREE SECONDS WILL BE ADDED TO
THEIR TIME. PARTNERS WILL TRADE
JOBS WHEN THEY GET TO THE
HALFWAY MARK OF THE COURSE. TEAM
YELLOW IS REALLY MOVING NOW.
The girls say GO, GO, GO!
Hamza says OH-OH! BLUE TEAM BREAKS AN
EGG. NOW BOTH TEAMS ARE AT
THE HALFWAY MARK AND THEY'RE
TRADING PLACES.
AJ says I'M GONNA START MOVING.
Hamza says OOH, BLUE'S STEPPING ON THE
FLOOR. THE PENALTY FOR THAT IS
TO REDO THE STEP. IT'S AMAZING
THEY'RE ACTUALLY WALKING ON
EGGS! LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
WITH MY MIND'S EYEGLASSES.
Hamza puts on a special pair of glasses.
The Computer says ACTIVATION. THE PEAK OF THE
DOME, THE HIGHEST PART OF THE
ARCH, IS THE STRONGEST. THE
CURVE DISTRIBUTES THE WEIGHT
EVENLY OVER THE SHELL GIVING THE
EGG ITS STRENGTH. BUT EVEN SO,
ONE EGG IS STILL NOT STRONG
ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A HUMAN. YOU
MUST STEP ON MANY AT ONCE SO
THAT EACH EGG IN THE CARTON
SHARES THE WEIGHT.
Hamza says OH. I GET IT. THE SECRET IS
STANDING ON AS MANY EGGS AS YOU
CAN AT ONCE. YOU'RE SPREADING
THE WEIGHT OVER ALL OF THEM.
THEY'RE SHARING THE LOAD.
Olivia says GO! GO, KAYLA, GO!
Hamza says TEAM YELLOW CLOSING IN ON THE
FINISH LINE AND IT LOOKS LIKE
THEY'VE GOT IT. NO.
Olivia stumbles and breaks a couple of eggs.
Hamza says THIS IS
BLUE'S BIG CHANCE. CAN THEY
DO IT? STAY TUNED.
(CHIRPING)
The animated egg hits the screen and AH! WOO, WOO, WOO, WOO!
At the studio, Hamza sits at a table.
Hamza says WE'VE JUST RECEIVED SOME
BREAKING NEWS HERE, AT THE LOOK
KOOL HEADQUARTERS: THE WORLD'S
OLDEST BUILDING WITH A DOME
SHAPED ROOF, THE PANTHEON IN
ROME, IS STILL STANDING. THAT'S
RIGHT, YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST,
FOLKS, THE PANTHEON HAS NOT
FALLEN DOWN. FOR MORE ON THIS
STORY, WE NOW GO TO OUR LIVE
DOME CORRESPONDENT IN ROME,
ANTONIUS ANTYLLUS, JOINING
US FROM 2000 YEARS AGO.
Hamza appears as Antonius on a small screen. Antonius wears a curly beard, a white and red toga costume.
Antonius says THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US, ANTONIUS.
Hamza says YOU BET YA, THERE, HAZMA.
IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO BE HERE,
A REAL PLEASURE.
Hamza says YOU ARE ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS
OF THE WORLD FAMOUS PANTHEON AND
ITS ENORMOUS DOME ROOF?
Antonius says YOU BET! WE'RE PUTTING THE
FINISHING TOUCHES ON AND JUST
TAKE A LOOK. BEAUTIFUL ISN'T IT?
Hamza says IT'S SPECTACULAR. I WANTED TO
ASK ABOUT HOW YOU CONSTRUCTED
THAT SINCE IT STOOD THE TEST OF
TIME FOR 2000 YEARS.
Antonius says 2000 YEARS! WOOHOO! 2000 YEARS
AND THE PANTHEON HAS NOT FALLEN.
SUCH PRIDE I HAVE NEVER
FELT BEFORE!
Hamza says SO, HOW DID YOU FIGURE OUT
THAT DOMES WERE SO STRONG?
Antonius says WE ROMANS, WE'VE BEEN PLAYING
AROUND THIS FOR A WHILE NOW.
BEFORE WE BUILT DOMES WE USED TO
BUILD OTHER BUILDINGS WITH
RECTANGLE SHAPE, YOU KNOW,
SHAPED LIKE RECTANGLES? WE
NEEDED COLUMNS TO HOLD UP THE
ROOF THERE. JERRY CAN I GET A
GRAPHIC? YOU SEE, WITH ALL THOSE
COLUMNS IN THERE, THERE WASN'T
MUCH OPEN SPACE INSIDE.
Hamza says OH SO, A BUILDING WITH A DOME
SHAPED ROOF DOESN'T NEED COLUMNS
TO HOLD IT UP IN THE MIDDLE?
Antonius says OH NO, NO COLUMNS. WE GOT
THE IDEA BY LOOKING AT AN ARCH
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AN ARCH IS A
VERY STRONG SHAPE. JERRY? THIS
IS AN ARCH AND WE FIGURED OUT
THAT IF YOU ROTATE IT THIS WAY,
ALL THE WAY AROUND, THAT YOU GET
A SHAPE; A THREE DIMENSIONAL
SHAPE THAT IS STRONGER THAN AN
ARCH. YOU DO THAT AND YOU BET
YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR YOU HAVE
A DOME.
Hamza says THAT SOUNDS PRETTY COMPLICATED.
Antonius says YOU KNOW WHAT HOOZMA? PERHAPS
IT WOULD BE EASIER IF I SANG YOU
A LITTLE SONG.
Antonius sings THESE SHAPES.
CALLED DOMES
YOU SPLIT THEM DOWN THE MIDDLE
THERE'S AN ARCH INSIDE
THESE SHAPES
CALLED DOMES
A DOME IS MADE OF ARCHES
IF YOU SUBDIVIDE
THEY KEEP IT STEADY
THEY'RE MIGHTY STRONG SHAPES
THOSE DOMES
Antonius dances against the pictures of domes.
Antonius sings THESE SHAPES
CALLED DOMES
COMPRESSION PUSHES IN
WHILE TENSION PULLS
YOU SEE THE GROUND HOLD UP
AGAINST THE BUILDING
PUSHING DOWN
BECAUSE OF GRAVITY
THEY KEEP IT STEADY
THEY'RE MIGHTY STRONG SHAPES
THOSE DOOOO... ... OOOO... ... OOOO... ... OOOOMES
(CRASH)
Hamza says WHAT A SONG.
COMPELLING AND RICH.
NOW, LET'S CHECK BACK
WITH OUR CHALLENGERS.
CHALLENGE! EARLIER...
TEAM BLUE SLIPPED UP
AND FELL BEHIND. TEAM YELLOW
SEEMED TO BE CLOSING IN
ON THE FINISH LINE UNTIL
THEY SLIPPED UP TOO. THIS
IS BLUE TEAM'S BIG CHANCE.
BUT NO, THEY STEP ON
THE FLOOR AGAIN. YELLOW
GETTING ANOTHER CHANCE
TO WIN.
AND THEY CROSS THE FINISH LINE
FIRST! FOLLOWED BY BLUE, BUT WE
DO HAVE TO TAKE A SECOND LOOK
BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT
OF EGGS BROKEN IN BOTH TEAMS. SO
WE WILL NOW DO THE CALCULATIONS
TO FIND OUT THE WINNER OF THE
LOOK KOOL
EGG CHALLENGE.
YOU GUYS FEEL GOOD?
The kids say YEAH!
Hamza says YOU GUYS FEEL GOOD!?
The kids scream YEAH!
Hamza says PERFECT SO THE RESULTS ARE IN.
TEAM BLUE FINISHED IN A TIME OF
ONE MINUTE AND EIGHT SECONDS.
AND YOU BROKE EIGHT EGGS WHICH
ADDED TWENTY FOUR SECONDS TO
YOUR TIME MAKING YOUR TOTAL TIME
ONE MINUTE AND THIRTY TWO
SECONDS. TEAM YELLOW, ON THE
OTHER HAND, FINISHED IN A TIME
OF ONE MINUTE AND THEY ONLY
BROKE TWO EGGS ADDING SIX
SECONDS MAKING THEIR TOTAL TIME
ONE MINUTE AND SIX SECONDS
MAKING THEM THE WINNERS!
The girls say WOO!
Hamza says BUT YOU BOTH DID SUCH AN
AMAZING JOB HELPING ME FIGURE
OUT SOMETHING SO INCREDIBLE:
THAT EGGS CAN HOLD ALL THIS
WEIGHT JUST BY THEIR ITTY-BITTY
SELVES. IF EGGS ARE THAT STRONG,
HOW CAN A LITTLE CHICK BREAK
THROUGH THAT SO EASILY?
AJ says MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER?
THE EGG GETS EASIER TO BREAK
BECAUSE OF THE HUMIDITY,
SO IT'S SOFTER.
Hamza says ANY THOUGHTS FROM TEAM YELLOW,
OVER HERE?
Kayla says MAYBE IF THE BIRD'S BEAK
IS SO POINTY THAT IT JUST
BREAKS THROUGH REALLY FAST.
Hamza says OK, LET'S TEST THAT THEORY.
I HAVE AN EGG OVER HERE AND
LET'S PRETEND THAT MY HAND
IS THE LITTLE CHICK AND THIS
IS THE BEAK. WELL I THINK I'M
READY TO COME OUT NOW. AND...
The girls say UGH!
Hamza says SO, YOU'RE RIGHT, THE EGG
BREAKS VERY EASILY. THANKS FOR
HELPING ME FIGURE THAT OUT,
GUYS. AND NOW, IT'S TIME TO
AWARD THE YELLOW TEAM...
(SQUEALS)... WITH THE GOLDEN CROWN OF
EGGS. WEAR IT WELL, MADAM! WEAR
IT WELL, MADAM! BUT YOU WERE ALL
SUCH EXEMPLARY COMPETITORS! CAN
WE GET A GROUP HUG UP IN HERE?
WAIT, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. THAT
LOOKED... IT WAS PRETTY EASY.
Owen says WELL YOU TRY IT HAMZA!
The kids say YEAH!
Hamza says JUST BEFORE I START GOING,
DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS, TEAM BLUE?
AJ says IF YOU SPEED OVER THEM, IT
WILL MAKE THE EGGS CRACK.
SO I SAY: DON'T GO TOO FAST.
Hamza says SLOW AND STEADY?
Olivia says I THINK YOU SHOULD STEP RIGHT
ONTO THAT ONE AND SKIP THIS ONE
SO WE CAN MOVE IT IN FRONT. IT
WAS EASIER FOR US.
Hamza says ALRIGHT WE GOOD TO GO?
OH! OKAY!
The Computer says WARNING! WARNING! HAMZA NOT
SPREADING WEIGHT CORRECTLY. EGG
BREAKAGE MAY OCCUR.
Hamza says ALRIGHT THAT IS COLD!
AH! OH NO! WE'RE GOOD!
ALRIGHT. AH! AH!
OKAY! THAT IS...
(SQUEALS)
At the studio, Hamza says INVESTIGATION. HEY! LOOKS
LIKE THE INVESTIGATORS
HAVE FOUND SOMETHING.
HEY, DOME DETECTIVES!
Han Ru says HEY!
Stefano says HEY, HAMZA!
Hamza says LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT. HMM, A
BUNCH OF COOL BUILDINGS WITH
DOME ROOFS, SOME UMBRELLAS. NO
IGLOOS, HUH? THOSE ARE ALL DOMES
MADE BY PEOPLE. CAN YOU NAME
SOME NATURAL DOMES?
Stefano says A LADY BUG.
Han Ru says A TURTLE.
Stefano says A MUSHROOM.
Han Ru says YOUR HEAD.
Stefano says AND A BELLY.
Han Ru says A ROUND BELLY
Hamza says YEAH, THESE ARE ALL GREAT,
BUT MY FAVORITE KIND OF DOMES
ARE DOMES MADE OF TRIANGLES.
Pictures of the things mentioned appear on the large screen.
Han Ru says LIKE THAT ONE BEHIND.
Stefano says YEAH!
Hamza says RIGHT! I WONDER WHY ENGINEERS
MAKE DOMES THAT WAY? I THINK
AN ENGINEER CAN HELP US ANSWER
THAT. LET'S DO A HANDS-ON.
They say OKAY. SURE.
A slate shows a toast popping out of Cool Cat. The toast reads "Hands-on" and has dog footprints on it.
Hamza says HANDS ON! FRANCIS IS
A MECHANICAL ENGINEER.
THEY ARE EXPERTS AT FINDING
THE BEST WAY TO BUILD
SOMETHING. GUESS WHAT
THEIR MOST IMPORTANT
TOOL IS? MATH!
Stefano and Han Ru stand next to Francis in a square. Francis is a young man. He has short curly hair and wears a dark blue polo-shirt.
Francis says ENGINEERING IS USING
MATHEMATICS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK WE HAVE
HERE? IT'S A STRUCTURE. IT'S AN
ENGINEERING STRUCTURE. IT LOOKS
HALF BUILT RIGHT?
The kids say YEAH.
Francis says YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT A DOME
LOOKS LIKE?
The kids say YEAH.
Francis says DOMES, AS YOU MAY ALREADY
KNOW, ARE STRUCTURES THAT ARE
VERY STRONG. YOU CAN MAKE THEM
AS BIG AS YOU WANT AND YOU DON'T
NEED TO REINFORCE THEM WITH
BEAMS IN BETWEEN. SO THERE'S A
LOT OF SPACE HERE. RIGHT? YOU
CAN THROW A PARTY HERE, YOU CAN
INVITE ALL YOUR FRIENDS. YOU CAN
DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. SO, YOU
WANNA TRY AND FINISH IT?
The kids say OK, SURE!
Francis says LET'S GO FOR IT. WHAT KIND OF
SHAPES ARE IN THE DOME?
Han Ru says TRIANGLES AND PENTAGONS.
Francis says PENTAGONS.
Hamza says HEY, THE MIND'S EYE COMPUTER
IS LOCKING ONTO THAT DOME.
The Computer says THE ARCHITECT WHO POPULARIZED
DOMES, LIKE MONTREAL'S BIOSPHERE
OR THE TORONTO'S CINESPHERE, WAS
BUCKMINSTER FULLER.
A black and white picture of an old man appears.
The Computer continues HE FIGURED
OUT HOW TO USE TRIANGLES,
PENTAGONS, AND HEXAGONS TO MAKE
SUPER STRONG DOME STRUCTURES
CALLED GEODESIC DOMES. HE BECAME
SO FAMOUS FOR THIS THAT A STAMP
WAS CREATED IN HIS HONOR.
Francis says IF YOU CONNECT THIS AND THAT,
YEAH, YOU GET A TRIANGLE. SO THE
REASON WHY THE DOME IS SO STRONG
IS BECAUSE OF THE TRIANGLES IN
BETWEEN. SO EACH TRIANGLE ADDS
TO THE STRENGTH.
Stefano says WOW!
Francis says YEAH. IT'S A PRETTY NICE DOME.
Stefano says I'M HAVING A PARTY IN HERE.
TA, NA, NA, NA!
Han Ru says ME TOO!
Francis says AM I INVITED? CAN I?
Stefano says OKAY. SURE, COME IN.
Han Ru says YEAH.
They stick their heads into the structure.
Stefano says PARTY TIME. TA, NA, NA, NA!
Hamza looks at them on the screen and says FANTASTIC!
THANKS INVESTIGATORS!
The kids say BYE, HAMZA!
Francis says THANKS, HAMZA.
Hamza says SO, DOMES MADE BY HUMANS, LIKE
GEODESIC DOMES, ARE SUPER
STRONG. THAT BRINGS US BACK
TO OUR FIRST QUESTION. WHY
IS OUR FRIEND, BENNY THE EGG,
HERE, SO STRONG AND BREAKABLE
AT THE SAME TIME?
Benny says I'M THE STRONG SENSITIVE TYPE.
I'M NOT ASHAMED TO ADMIT IT.
Hamza says WE FOUND OUT IN OUR CHALLENGE
TODAY THAT IF YOU APPLY PRESSURE
EVENLY ACROSS AN EGG'S DOME
SHELL, IT'S VERY STRONG. THAT
WAY, IT CAN HANDLE BEING SAT ON
BY A HEN, BUT IF YOU CONCENTRATE
THE PRESSURE IN ONE PARTICULAR
SPOT, IT'LL BREAK, WHICH IS GOOD
NEWS FOR OUR LITTLE CHICK.
The animated egg says AH! AH! AW.
(GLASSLIKE SHATTERING)
WOOHOO! WOO, WOO, WOO, WOO,
WOO, WOO! WOOHOO!
Hamza says FLY AWAY, LITTLE BIRDY!
BE FREE!
Benny says YEAH, AND "DOME" FORGET US.
HA HA HA! GET IT?
Hamza says YEAH, I GET IT YOU CRAZY EGG.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR MORE
LOOK KOOL!
Benny sings THESE SHAPES CALLED DOMES
Hamza says BENNY, YOU GOT SOME CHOPS!
The theme music plays.
The end credits roll next to shots of the show.
Antonius says TWO THOUSAND YEARS! WOOHOO!
Logos: TVO Kids, Apartment 11 Productions.
Hamza says AN EGG IS LIKE A SUPER HERO;
IT'S VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
BREAK. ITS SUPER POWER IS
ITS DOME SHAPE.
Antonius says WE'RE JUST PUTTING THE
FINISHING TOUCHES ON THERE
AND JUST TAKE A LOOK.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL ISN'T IT?
Hamza says IT'S SPECTACULAR. AND DOMES
AREN'T JUST FOR 2000YO ROMANS.
Stefano says PARTY TIME.
Hamza says YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CAKE
AND EAT IT TOO BECAUSE
THIS IS
LOOK!
HIYA! -
KOOL.
The theme music plays.
Hamza spins and puts on a pair of glasses. Through his glasses, we can see colourful 3D objects falling to an open field.
Cool Cat says MEOW!
A multicolored city builds up. The title of the show unfolds next to fireworks in the sky. It reads "Look Kook."
Hamza holds Benny the Egg.
Benny says HI, I'M BENNY THE EGG
AND TODAY WE HAVE AN
EGG-STRAORDINARY EGG-STRAVAGANZA
OF EGGCITEMENT AND EGG-
ZHILERATION. GET IT? I'VE GOT
A MILLION OF THEM. HA HA HA!
I'M JUST FULL OF YOLKS.
GET IT? EGG YOLKS. HA HA HA HA!
Hamza says WELL, BESIDES TELLING
MINDLESSLY CORNY JOKES,
BENNY HERE HAS ANOTHER SUPER
HEROIC TALENT... BUT WAIT, HE'S
GOT TO BE IN COSTUME FOR THIS.
Hamza draws a belt on Benny.
Hamza says DA TA TA TA TA!
WATCH THIS.
(EFFORT GROAN)
Benny says HA HA HA! GO AHEAD HAMZA
SQUEEZE AS HARD AS YOU CAN.
HA HA HA HA!
(NEW GROAN)
Hamza says YOU SEE THAT, BENNY? DID YOU
GUYS SEE THAT? YOU DIDN'T BREAK.
I GAVE IT ALL I HAD AND YOU
DIDN'T BREAK.
Benny says I WASN'T SCARED OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT. I MEAN, SUPERHEROES
LIKE ME, WE NEVER CRACK UNDER
PRESSURE. HA HA HA! GET IT?
CRACK? I LAUGH IN THE FACE
OF DANGER. HA HA HA HA!
Hamza says BUT EVERY SUPER HERO
HAS THEIR WEAKNESS.
Benny says NOOO!!
I CAN'T WATCH, IS IT OVER?
An egg falls and breaks.
Hamza says DON'T WORRY BENNY,
YOU'LL BE OKAY.
Benny sits in an egg carton.
Benny says I TRUST YOU HAMZA.
Hamza says SO HERE'S THE BIG QUESTION:
WHY IS AN EGG SO STRONG WHEN
I SQUEEZE IT, BUT SO "SMASHABLE."
IF I DROP IT? HMM. I SUPPOSE
IF THE EGG WASN'T BREAKABLE,
IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD
FOR THAT BABY CHICK
TO HATCH OUT OF THERE.
(CRIES AND GROANS)
An animated egg moves and jumps in a nest.
(music plays)
A slate shows Cool Cat breaking into pieces and coming into one again. The slate reads "Deconstruct."
Hamza says DECONSTRUCT! HEY! LOOK!
THE CURVE ON BENNY'S SHELL,
IS SHAPED LIKE AN ARCH.
NO MATTER WHICH WAY HE'S
FACING, WE KEEP SEEING
ARCHES AND IF I ROTATE
HIM ALL THE WAY AROUND,
ALL THESE ARCHES FORM
A THREE DIMENSIONAL
SHAPE THAT I'VE SEEN
BEFORE. HANG ON. YES!
CHECK OUT THE ROOF OF THIS
BUILDING AND... WAIT FOR IT...
IT'S A MATCH! BENNY'S HEAD
IS A DOME JUST LIKE THE DOME
ON THAT BUILDING. THIS CALLS
FOR A DECONSTRUCT. HUH! WHOA!
ARE YOU SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING?
A dome hologram spins next to Hamza.
Hamza says THIS BUILDING'S DOME IS MADE OUT
OF ARCHES TOO. I THINK I'M ON TO
SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT GIVES EGGS
THEIR SUPER STRENGTH BUT I THINK
I BETTER GET OUR INTREPID
INVESTIGATORS ON THE CASE FIRST.
A slate shows a magnifying glass coming out of Cool Cat. The slate reads "Investigation."
Hamza says INVESTIGATION.
HI, HAN RU AND STEFANO!
Han Ru and Stefano appear on a large screen.
Han Ru says HI!
Stefano says HEY HAMZA!
Hamza says LOOK, DOMES SEEM TO BE REALLY
STRONG. CAN YOU FIND SOME DOMES
FOR MY MIND'S EYE COMPUTER
TO ANALYZE? SOMETHING LIKE,
YOU KNOW, MAYBE AN IGLOO?
Han Ru says BUT IT'S SUMMER.
Hamza says OKAY. MAYBE NOT AN IGLOO,
BUT OTHER DOME-Y THINGS?
They say OK, SURE!
Stefano says THERE'S ONE. RIGHT THERE,
LOOK AND A PRETTY BIG ONE.
TRY TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
IT'S IN MY HAND.
Han Ru takes him a picture.
The Computer says DOME IDENTIFIED.
Hamza says HEY, LET'S SEE WHAT
THE MIND'S EYE COMPUTER HAS
TO SAY ABOUT DOME BUILDINGS.
The Computer says A LOT OF OLD BUILDINGS USE
DOMES BUT PEOPLE ARE NOW
BUILDING NEW DOME SHAPED HOMES
BECAUSE THE DOME SHAPE IS ENERGY
EFFICIENT, LASTS A LONG TIME AND
IS STRONG ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND
NATURAL DISASTERS LIKE TORNADOS,
HURRICANES AND EVEN EARTHQUAKES.
SO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX,
LIVE IN A DOME.
The screen of the computer shows a series of different types of domes. Blue lines cover said structures.
Stefano says OH, I SEE ANOTHER DOME.
YOUR OWN HEAD.
Han Ru says WHAT?
Stefano says YUP! IT'S ROUND.
Han Ru says REALLY?
Han Ru takes a selfie.
The Computer says THE DOME SHAPED SKULL PROVIDES
GOOD PROTECTION FOR THE BRAIN
BUT IMPACTS MAY CAUSE INJURIES.
A coconut falls and breaks.
The Computer continues THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
TO WEAR A DOME ON YOUR DOME.
I MEAN A HELMET ON YOUR HEAD
WHEN PLAYING SPORTS OR RIDING
YOUR BIKE.
Hamza says AW, THAT'S RIGHT, KOOL KAT,
YOUR HEAD'S A DOME TOO.
Cool Cat says MEOW!
Hamza says I KNOW YOU'RE PROUD.
Han Ru says ALRIGHT. I SEE A BIG ONE
OVER THERE THOUGH. SEE?
THERE IS A LADY HOLDING AN
UMBRELLA AND THE UMBRELLA IS
A DOME. CAN I PLEASE TAKE A
PICTURE OF YOUR UMBRELLA?
The Computer says UMBRELLAS HAVE A SPECIAL DOME
SHAPE THAT DIVIDES THE TOP INTO
CURVED SEGMENTS. THEY USED TO BE
MADE OF BALEEN PLATES WHICH COME
FROM THE MOUTHS OF CERTAIN
WHALES BECAUSE BALEEN IS BOTH
STRONG AND FLEXIBLE. THE WORD
BALEEN COMES FROM THE FRENCH
WORD FOR WHALE;
BALEINE.
IT IS
GOOD THAT BALEEN IS NO LONGER
USED BECAUSE WHALES ARE
AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
Stefano and Han Ru walk down the beach and see blue beach umbrellas.
Stefano says WHOA, THAT'S A LOT OF DOMES!
Han Ru says WE'RE RICH WITH DOMES.
Hamza says ALL THIS TALK ABOUT DOMES
IS MAKING ME HUNGRY. IF YOU'RE
HUNGRY LIKE I AM, TODAY'S BRAIN
BENDER IS GONNA MAKE IT
A LOT WORSE.
A slate shows a puzzle of Cool Cat. Then, gears appear inside the black shape of a cat head. The slate reads "Brain Bender."
Hamza says BRAIN BENDER.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THE TOP OF A DOME BUILDING,
IT SEEMS TO BE DIVIDED UP IN
SLICES LIKE THE PIECES OF A
CAKE. IN FACT, CUTTING UP A DOME
SHAPED CAKE INTO SLICES, IS
TODAYS BRAIN BENDER. OUR
VOLUNTEERS
ARE ANNABELLE AND MALINKA.
Annabelle and Malinka appear on the large screen.
The girls say HI!
Hamza says YOU HAVE A YUMMY LOOKING CAKE
IN FROM OF YOU, RIGHT?
The girls say YEAH.
Hamza says BUT SEVEN PEOPLE WANT TO EAT
IT. TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE YOU HAVE
TO GET SEVEN PIECES OF CAKE BY
MAKING JUST THREE CUTS THAT GO
ALL THE WAY ACROSS. USE THE
STRINGS TO PLAN YOUR CUTS. THE
FASTER YOU SOLVE THE BRAIN
BENDER THE SOONER YOU GET TO EAT
THE CAKE. GO!
(INCOMPREHENSIBLE WHISPERS)
Annabelle says I'M GONNA PUT ONE,
LIKE, HERE.
WE CAN PUT ONE IN AN X.
Malinka says YEAH, PROBABLY. YEAH,
AND THAT ONE.
Annabelle says ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE, SIX.
A red cross appears on top of the green cake.
Hamza says HMM. THAT'S NOT SEVEN.
TRY AGAIN.
Annabelle says IF WE PUT THIS ONE HERE.
THEN WE CAN'T PUT AN X.
Malinka says YEAH SO, FOUR HERE, THREE
HERE, THEN, MAKE AN X.
Annabelle says PUT THIS ONE THERE AND THEN
WE, LIKE...
Malinka says NO.
Annabelle says NO, LIKE, IF WE PUT IT LIKE
HERE, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE...
THAT SIDE BIGGER, AND WE GO
LIKE THAT.
They say ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN.
Annabelle says I THINK WE GOT IT.
Hamza says YOU SURE DID!
THAT PUZZLE WAS A PIECE
OF CAKE FOR YOU. WOULD YOU
LIKE TO EAT IT NOW?
They say YES.
Hamza says THEN, GO FOR IT!
The girls say ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN.
Malinka says I'M JUST SAYING, IF YOU DON'T
EAT IT FAST, I'M GONNA FINISH IT
BEFORE YOU GET ONE.
Annabelle says YEAH.
Hamza says DID YOU SEE HOW THEY MADE
SEVEN SLICES WITH ONLY THREE
CUTS? INSTEAD OF CUTTING ACROSS
THE CENTER LIKE YOU USUALLY CUT
UP A CAKE, MAKE EACH CUT A
LITTLE OFF CENTER SO THAT
THERE'S A TRIANGLE FORMED IN THE
MIDDLE. THERE'S YOUR SEVENTH
PIECE. WHO KNEW MATH COULD BE
SO DELICIOUS?
Two legs pop up of the animated egg.
The animated egg says WOOHOO!
Hamza bounces a basketball.
Hamza says THIS BASKETBALL IS PRETTY MUCH
A HOLLOWED OUT SPHERE, BUT IF
YOU WANNA SEE A DOME, CHECK THIS
OUT. HIYA!
BY CUTTING THE SPHERE
IN HALF I JUST GOT TWO DOMES.
YOU SEE WHERE I JUDO CHOPPED IT
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE?
MATHEMATICIANS CALL THAT THE
PLANE OF SYMMETRY BECAUSE WHEN
YOU CUT A SPHERE DOWN THE
MIDDLE, YOU GET TWO MIRROR
IMAGES BECAUSE IT'S SYMMETRICAL!
The two animated halves float in front of Hamza. A blue dotted line appears between them, followed by a blue box that reads "Plane of Symmetry."
Hamza says LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT ONE
OF THE HALVES. IT'S PRETTY
SMOOTH AND ROUND RIGHT? NO
ANGLES OR CORNERS ON THIS BABY.
LET'S DO SOMETHING COOL.
BUILD AN IGLOO!
TO MAKE AN IGLOO'S DOME SHAPE
YOU START BY PUTTING SOME OF
THESE LARGE SNOW BLOCKS IN A
CIRCLE. EACH ROW OF BLOCKS GETS
SMALLER AND SMALLER AS YOU BUILD
UPWARD. THEY'RE SHAPED SO THAT
THEY ANGLE INWARD AND SUPPORT
EACH OTHER. THEN WE'LL JUST FIT
THE LAST BLOCK IN THIS OPENING
ON TOP AND, SHABLAMO! IT'S
AN IGLOO! HMM. I WONDER
WHAT'S INSIDE.
Hamza lifts the igloo and a polar bear sits on a toilet.
A polar bear says AH!
Hamza says SORRY! HUH!
A slate shows two Cool Cats running a race. The slate reads "Challenge."
Hamza says CHALLENGE!
Now, Hamza stands in a large room.
Hamza says OK, SO WE KNOW THAT
EVEN THOUGH EGGS HAVE A THIN
SHELL THEIR DOME SHAPE MAKES
THEM REALLY DIFFICULT TO BREAK
WHEN YOU SQUEEZE 'EM BUT JUST
HOW STRONG ARE THEY? ONLY ONE
WAY TO FIND OUT; STEP ON 'EM.
INTRODUCING, TO MY RIGHT SIDE,
OLIVIA AND KAYLA; TEAM YELLOW!
Olivia and Kayla say YEAH!
Hamza says AND TO MY LEFT, AJ AND OWEN;
TEAM BLUE.
AJ and Owen say WOO!
Hamza says EACH TEAM IS GONNA GET FOUR
CARTONS OF THESE RAW EGGS.
The kids say COOL.
EGGS. YEAH! I'M SO HAPPY!
AWESOME!
Hamza says AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WALK
ACROSS THEM. IT'S A RACE. DO YOU
GUYS THINK YOU CAN DO IT?
Olivia says MAYBE.
Hamza says ARE YOU READY TO TREAD
CAREFULLY BUT FAST?
The kids say YEAH!
Hamza says LET'S GET IT GOING THEN.
FIRST TEAM TO CROSS
THE FINISH LINE WINS.
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO!
ONE CHALLENGER HAS TO STEP ON A
CARTON OF EGGS TO ADVANCE WHILE
HIS OR HER PARTNER MOVES THE
CARTONS. NO STEPPING ON THE
FLOOR! FOR EVERY EGG THEY BREAK
THREE SECONDS WILL BE ADDED TO
THEIR TIME. PARTNERS WILL TRADE
JOBS WHEN THEY GET TO THE
HALFWAY MARK OF THE COURSE. TEAM
YELLOW IS REALLY MOVING NOW.
The girls say GO, GO, GO!
Hamza says OH-OH! BLUE TEAM BREAKS AN
EGG. NOW BOTH TEAMS ARE AT
THE HALFWAY MARK AND THEY'RE
TRADING PLACES.
AJ says I'M GONNA START MOVING.
Hamza says OOH, BLUE'S STEPPING ON THE
FLOOR. THE PENALTY FOR THAT IS
TO REDO THE STEP. IT'S AMAZING
THEY'RE ACTUALLY WALKING ON
EGGS! LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
WITH MY MIND'S EYEGLASSES.
Hamza puts on a special pair of glasses.
The Computer says ACTIVATION. THE PEAK OF THE
DOME, THE HIGHEST PART OF THE
ARCH, IS THE STRONGEST. THE
CURVE DISTRIBUTES THE WEIGHT
EVENLY OVER THE SHELL GIVING THE
EGG ITS STRENGTH. BUT EVEN SO,
ONE EGG IS STILL NOT STRONG
ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A HUMAN. YOU
MUST STEP ON MANY AT ONCE SO
THAT EACH EGG IN THE CARTON
SHARES THE WEIGHT.
Hamza says OH. I GET IT. THE SECRET IS
STANDING ON AS MANY EGGS AS YOU
CAN AT ONCE. YOU'RE SPREADING
THE WEIGHT OVER ALL OF THEM.
THEY'RE SHARING THE LOAD.
Olivia says GO! GO, KAYLA, GO!
Hamza says TEAM YELLOW CLOSING IN ON THE
FINISH LINE AND IT LOOKS LIKE
THEY'VE GOT IT. NO.
Olivia stumbles and breaks a couple of eggs.
Hamza says THIS IS
BLUE'S BIG CHANCE. CAN THEY
DO IT? STAY TUNED.
(CHIRPING)
The animated egg hits the screen and AH! WOO, WOO, WOO, WOO!
At the studio, Hamza sits at a table.
Hamza says WE'VE JUST RECEIVED SOME
BREAKING NEWS HERE, AT THE LOOK
KOOL HEADQUARTERS: THE WORLD'S
OLDEST BUILDING WITH A DOME
SHAPED ROOF, THE PANTHEON IN
ROME, IS STILL STANDING. THAT'S
RIGHT, YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST,
FOLKS, THE PANTHEON HAS NOT
FALLEN DOWN. FOR MORE ON THIS
STORY, WE NOW GO TO OUR LIVE
DOME CORRESPONDENT IN ROME,
ANTONIUS ANTYLLUS, JOINING
US FROM 2000 YEARS AGO.
Hamza appears as Antonius on a small screen. Antonius wears a curly beard, a white and red toga costume.
Antonius says THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US, ANTONIUS.
Hamza says YOU BET YA, THERE, HAZMA.
IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO BE HERE,
A REAL PLEASURE.
Hamza says YOU ARE ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS
OF THE WORLD FAMOUS PANTHEON AND
ITS ENORMOUS DOME ROOF?
Antonius says YOU BET! WE'RE PUTTING THE
FINISHING TOUCHES ON AND JUST
TAKE A LOOK. BEAUTIFUL ISN'T IT?
Hamza says IT'S SPECTACULAR. I WANTED TO
ASK ABOUT HOW YOU CONSTRUCTED
THAT SINCE IT STOOD THE TEST OF
TIME FOR 2000 YEARS.
Antonius says 2000 YEARS! WOOHOO! 2000 YEARS
AND THE PANTHEON HAS NOT FALLEN.
SUCH PRIDE I HAVE NEVER
FELT BEFORE!
Hamza says SO, HOW DID YOU FIGURE OUT
THAT DOMES WERE SO STRONG?
Antonius says WE ROMANS, WE'VE BEEN PLAYING
AROUND THIS FOR A WHILE NOW.
BEFORE WE BUILT DOMES WE USED TO
BUILD OTHER BUILDINGS WITH
RECTANGLE SHAPE, YOU KNOW,
SHAPED LIKE RECTANGLES? WE
NEEDED COLUMNS TO HOLD UP THE
ROOF THERE. JERRY CAN I GET A
GRAPHIC? YOU SEE, WITH ALL THOSE
COLUMNS IN THERE, THERE WASN'T
MUCH OPEN SPACE INSIDE.
Hamza says OH SO, A BUILDING WITH A DOME
SHAPED ROOF DOESN'T NEED COLUMNS
TO HOLD IT UP IN THE MIDDLE?
Antonius says OH NO, NO COLUMNS. WE GOT
THE IDEA BY LOOKING AT AN ARCH
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AN ARCH IS A
VERY STRONG SHAPE. JERRY? THIS
IS AN ARCH AND WE FIGURED OUT
THAT IF YOU ROTATE IT THIS WAY,
ALL THE WAY AROUND, THAT YOU GET
A SHAPE; A THREE DIMENSIONAL
SHAPE THAT IS STRONGER THAN AN
ARCH. YOU DO THAT AND YOU BET
YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR YOU HAVE
A DOME.
Hamza says THAT SOUNDS PRETTY COMPLICATED.
Antonius says YOU KNOW WHAT HOOZMA? PERHAPS
IT WOULD BE EASIER IF I SANG YOU
A LITTLE SONG.
Antonius sings THESE SHAPES.
CALLED DOMES
YOU SPLIT THEM DOWN THE MIDDLE
THERE'S AN ARCH INSIDE
THESE SHAPES
CALLED DOMES
A DOME IS MADE OF ARCHES
IF YOU SUBDIVIDE
THEY KEEP IT STEADY
THEY'RE MIGHTY STRONG SHAPES
THOSE DOMES
Antonius dances against the pictures of domes.
Antonius sings THESE SHAPES
CALLED DOMES
COMPRESSION PUSHES IN
WHILE TENSION PULLS
YOU SEE THE GROUND HOLD UP
AGAINST THE BUILDING
PUSHING DOWN
BECAUSE OF GRAVITY
THEY KEEP IT STEADY
THEY'RE MIGHTY STRONG SHAPES
THOSE DOOOO... ... OOOO... ... OOOO... ... OOOOMES
(CRASH)
Hamza says WHAT A SONG.
COMPELLING AND RICH.
NOW, LET'S CHECK BACK
WITH OUR CHALLENGERS.
CHALLENGE! EARLIER...
TEAM BLUE SLIPPED UP
AND FELL BEHIND. TEAM YELLOW
SEEMED TO BE CLOSING IN
ON THE FINISH LINE UNTIL
THEY SLIPPED UP TOO. THIS
IS BLUE TEAM'S BIG CHANCE.
BUT NO, THEY STEP ON
THE FLOOR AGAIN. YELLOW
GETTING ANOTHER CHANCE
TO WIN.
AND THEY CROSS THE FINISH LINE
FIRST! FOLLOWED BY BLUE, BUT WE
DO HAVE TO TAKE A SECOND LOOK
BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT
OF EGGS BROKEN IN BOTH TEAMS. SO
WE WILL NOW DO THE CALCULATIONS
TO FIND OUT THE WINNER OF THE
LOOK KOOL
EGG CHALLENGE.
YOU GUYS FEEL GOOD?
The kids say YEAH!
Hamza says YOU GUYS FEEL GOOD!?
The kids scream YEAH!
Hamza says PERFECT SO THE RESULTS ARE IN.
TEAM BLUE FINISHED IN A TIME OF
ONE MINUTE AND EIGHT SECONDS.
AND YOU BROKE EIGHT EGGS WHICH
ADDED TWENTY FOUR SECONDS TO
YOUR TIME MAKING YOUR TOTAL TIME
ONE MINUTE AND THIRTY TWO
SECONDS. TEAM YELLOW, ON THE
OTHER HAND, FINISHED IN A TIME
OF ONE MINUTE AND THEY ONLY
BROKE TWO EGGS ADDING SIX
SECONDS MAKING THEIR TOTAL TIME
ONE MINUTE AND SIX SECONDS
MAKING THEM THE WINNERS!
The girls say WOO!
Hamza says BUT YOU BOTH DID SUCH AN
AMAZING JOB HELPING ME FIGURE
OUT SOMETHING SO INCREDIBLE:
THAT EGGS CAN HOLD ALL THIS
WEIGHT JUST BY THEIR ITTY-BITTY
SELVES. IF EGGS ARE THAT STRONG,
HOW CAN A LITTLE CHICK BREAK
THROUGH THAT SO EASILY?
AJ says MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER?
THE EGG GETS EASIER TO BREAK
BECAUSE OF THE HUMIDITY,
SO IT'S SOFTER.
Hamza says ANY THOUGHTS FROM TEAM YELLOW,
OVER HERE?
Kayla says MAYBE IF THE BIRD'S BEAK
IS SO POINTY THAT IT JUST
BREAKS THROUGH REALLY FAST.
Hamza says OK, LET'S TEST THAT THEORY.
I HAVE AN EGG OVER HERE AND
LET'S PRETEND THAT MY HAND
IS THE LITTLE CHICK AND THIS
IS THE BEAK. WELL I THINK I'M
READY TO COME OUT NOW. AND...
The girls say UGH!
Hamza says SO, YOU'RE RIGHT, THE EGG
BREAKS VERY EASILY. THANKS FOR
HELPING ME FIGURE THAT OUT,
GUYS. AND NOW, IT'S TIME TO
AWARD THE YELLOW TEAM...
(SQUEALS)... WITH THE GOLDEN CROWN OF
EGGS. WEAR IT WELL, MADAM! WEAR
IT WELL, MADAM! BUT YOU WERE ALL
SUCH EXEMPLARY COMPETITORS! CAN
WE GET A GROUP HUG UP IN HERE?
WAIT, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. THAT
LOOKED... IT WAS PRETTY EASY.
Owen says WELL YOU TRY IT HAMZA!
The kids say YEAH!
Hamza says JUST BEFORE I START GOING,
DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS, TEAM BLUE?
AJ says IF YOU SPEED OVER THEM, IT
WILL MAKE THE EGGS CRACK.
SO I SAY: DON'T GO TOO FAST.
Hamza says SLOW AND STEADY?
Olivia says I THINK YOU SHOULD STEP RIGHT
ONTO THAT ONE AND SKIP THIS ONE
SO WE CAN MOVE IT IN FRONT. IT
WAS EASIER FOR US.
Hamza says ALRIGHT WE GOOD TO GO?
OH! OKAY!
The Computer says WARNING! WARNING! HAMZA NOT
SPREADING WEIGHT CORRECTLY. EGG
BREAKAGE MAY OCCUR.
Hamza says ALRIGHT THAT IS COLD!
AH! OH NO! WE'RE GOOD!
ALRIGHT. AH! AH!
OKAY! THAT IS...
(SQUEALS)
At the studio, Hamza says INVESTIGATION. HEY! LOOKS
LIKE THE INVESTIGATORS
HAVE FOUND SOMETHING.
HEY, DOME DETECTIVES!
Han Ru says HEY!
Stefano says HEY, HAMZA!
Hamza says LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT. HMM, A
BUNCH OF COOL BUILDINGS WITH
DOME ROOFS, SOME UMBRELLAS. NO
IGLOOS, HUH? THOSE ARE ALL DOMES
MADE BY PEOPLE. CAN YOU NAME
SOME NATURAL DOMES?
Stefano says A LADY BUG.
Han Ru says A TURTLE.
Stefano says A MUSHROOM.
Han Ru says YOUR HEAD.
Stefano says AND A BELLY.
Han Ru says A ROUND BELLY
Hamza says YEAH, THESE ARE ALL GREAT,
BUT MY FAVORITE KIND OF DOMES
ARE DOMES MADE OF TRIANGLES.
Pictures of the things mentioned appear on the large screen.
Han Ru says LIKE THAT ONE BEHIND.
Stefano says YEAH!
Hamza says RIGHT! I WONDER WHY ENGINEERS
MAKE DOMES THAT WAY? I THINK
AN ENGINEER CAN HELP US ANSWER
THAT. LET'S DO A HANDS-ON.
They say OKAY. SURE.
A slate shows a toast popping out of Cool Cat. The toast reads "Hands-on" and has dog footprints on it.
Hamza says HANDS ON! FRANCIS IS
A MECHANICAL ENGINEER.
THEY ARE EXPERTS AT FINDING
THE BEST WAY TO BUILD
SOMETHING. GUESS WHAT
THEIR MOST IMPORTANT
TOOL IS? MATH!
Stefano and Han Ru stand next to Francis in a square. Francis is a young man. He has short curly hair and wears a dark blue polo-shirt.
Francis says ENGINEERING IS USING
MATHEMATICS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK WE HAVE
HERE? IT'S A STRUCTURE. IT'S AN
ENGINEERING STRUCTURE. IT LOOKS
HALF BUILT RIGHT?
The kids say YEAH.
Francis says YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT A DOME
LOOKS LIKE?
The kids say YEAH.
Francis says DOMES, AS YOU MAY ALREADY
KNOW, ARE STRUCTURES THAT ARE
VERY STRONG. YOU CAN MAKE THEM
AS BIG AS YOU WANT AND YOU DON'T
NEED TO REINFORCE THEM WITH
BEAMS IN BETWEEN. SO THERE'S A
LOT OF SPACE HERE. RIGHT? YOU
CAN THROW A PARTY HERE, YOU CAN
INVITE ALL YOUR FRIENDS. YOU CAN
DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. SO, YOU
WANNA TRY AND FINISH IT?
The kids say OK, SURE!
Francis says LET'S GO FOR IT. WHAT KIND OF
SHAPES ARE IN THE DOME?
Han Ru says TRIANGLES AND PENTAGONS.
Francis says PENTAGONS.
Hamza says HEY, THE MIND'S EYE COMPUTER
IS LOCKING ONTO THAT DOME.
The Computer says THE ARCHITECT WHO POPULARIZED
DOMES, LIKE MONTREAL'S BIOSPHERE
OR THE TORONTO'S CINESPHERE, WAS
BUCKMINSTER FULLER.
A black and white picture of an old man appears.
The Computer continues HE FIGURED
OUT HOW TO USE TRIANGLES,
PENTAGONS, AND HEXAGONS TO MAKE
SUPER STRONG DOME STRUCTURES
CALLED GEODESIC DOMES. HE BECAME
SO FAMOUS FOR THIS THAT A STAMP
WAS CREATED IN HIS HONOR.
Francis says IF YOU CONNECT THIS AND THAT,
YEAH, YOU GET A TRIANGLE. SO THE
REASON WHY THE DOME IS SO STRONG
IS BECAUSE OF THE TRIANGLES IN
BETWEEN. SO EACH TRIANGLE ADDS
TO THE STRENGTH.
Stefano says WOW!
Francis says YEAH. IT'S A PRETTY NICE DOME.
Stefano says I'M HAVING A PARTY IN HERE.
TA, NA, NA, NA!
Han Ru says ME TOO!
Francis says AM I INVITED? CAN I?
Stefano says OKAY. SURE, COME IN.
Han Ru says YEAH.
They stick their heads into the structure.
Stefano says PARTY TIME. TA, NA, NA, NA!
Hamza looks at them on the screen and says FANTASTIC!
THANKS INVESTIGATORS!
The kids say BYE, HAMZA!
Francis says THANKS, HAMZA.
Hamza says SO, DOMES MADE BY HUMANS, LIKE
GEODESIC DOMES, ARE SUPER
STRONG. THAT BRINGS US BACK
TO OUR FIRST QUESTION. WHY
IS OUR FRIEND, BENNY THE EGG,
HERE, SO STRONG AND BREAKABLE
AT THE SAME TIME?
Benny says I'M THE STRONG SENSITIVE TYPE.
I'M NOT ASHAMED TO ADMIT IT.
Hamza says WE FOUND OUT IN OUR CHALLENGE
TODAY THAT IF YOU APPLY PRESSURE
EVENLY ACROSS AN EGG'S DOME
SHELL, IT'S VERY STRONG. THAT
WAY, IT CAN HANDLE BEING SAT ON
BY A HEN, BUT IF YOU CONCENTRATE
THE PRESSURE IN ONE PARTICULAR
SPOT, IT'LL BREAK, WHICH IS GOOD
NEWS FOR OUR LITTLE CHICK.
The animated egg says AH! AH! AW.
(GLASSLIKE SHATTERING)
WOOHOO! WOO, WOO, WOO, WOO,
WOO, WOO! WOOHOO!
Hamza says FLY AWAY, LITTLE BIRDY!
BE FREE!
Benny says YEAH, AND "DOME" FORGET US.
HA HA HA! GET IT?
Hamza says YEAH, I GET IT YOU CRAZY EGG.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR MORE
LOOK KOOL!
Benny sings THESE SHAPES CALLED DOMES
Hamza says BENNY, YOU GOT SOME CHOPS!
The theme music plays.
The end credits roll next to shots of the show.
Antonius says TWO THOUSAND YEARS! WOOHOO!
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