Seen on a TV screen In his colourful, futuristic workshop, Hamza faces the camera. Behind him on the left, we see a light blue machine shaped like a robot with a screen on its chest. Hamza is in his thirties with short, messy dark hair, and wears a striped orange bowtie over a dark blue shirt with rolled up sleeves.

Hamza says Psst! Hey... Today
we're going to be getting
the angle... on angles! (holds up an orange triangular set aquare with a 90 degree angle).
We'll watch what happens
when right angles go wrong. (A crooked house appears)
We'll see how angles make
for great fun and games,
and find out why sports
have all the right angles.

Divers straighten to 180 degrees, a snooker ball heads for the pocket, a golfer strikes a ball and gymnasts do 360 degree flips.

Hamza continues All that and more on Look... Kool.
(Theme Music)

An animated drawing shows a factory-like structure.
(Circus-like Theme Music plays)

Hamza pops up spinning in front of the camera and then puts on his dark glasses. Through a giant pair of glasses, the factory structure is seen as colourful geometrical shapes. The shapes fall and land on an open park grassland. They then assemble into a cubist city with tall buildings, and an orange and yellow hot air balloon in the background. the city grows, incorporating playgrounds and public areas. Kool Cat appears. In the sky, against white clouds, the series title reads "Look Kool" in blue, orange, purple, brown, yellow and green capitals.
(Kool Cat meows.)

In a studio festively decorated with blue and yellow balloons, Hamza whispers and says Oh, hey guys! Thank you
so much for coming to Kool Cat's
surprise birthday party. Any
minute now, Kool Cat is going
to come around the corner.
Oh, shh! Here he comes.
(Kool cat rolls eyes from side to side, looking at the decorations)

Hamza pops out from where he's hiding and says Surprise! (blows a paper tooter)

Kool Cat disintegrates into all his pieces. He suddenly reintegrates.

Hamza says Whoa! Sorry buddy, are you okay?
Man, you should have seen the
look on your face. Boy, were you
ever surprised! Hey, what's if we
open your present? Okay?
(Brings a large orange and green box with white spots)
Now, I know you've been wanting
a place to get away from it all.
So I sent away and I got you...
a kool pad for Kool Cat! Okay,
(Kool Cat jumps in excitement)
you ready to see what's inside?
Yeah? You want to see? Alright!
Happy birthday Kool Cat!

Hamza unwraps the box to reveal a box with a picture of a pretty little house on it. He takes the cover off the present and reveals a house with red walls and a blue roof. It stands at an angle of about 75 degrees to the table.

(Kool Cat meows.)
Hamza says Oh. It's a bit crooked.
I mean, it doesn't quite look
like the picture on the box,
but it's not that bad.
(Kool Cat meows.)
Yeah, it is that bad.
I better call customer support.
(Grabs his cell phone)
(ringing)

Over the line, Customer Support says Thank you
for calling the Kitty Castle
hotline. Please wait and a
representative will be purr-
fectly happy to assist you.

Impatiently, Hamza says Oh, these machines!
Would a human being please
pick up the phone!
Looks like I've got a lot
of time to figure out what's
wrong with this house.
I know what we can do.

The Kool Cat disintegrates into his components. A caption reads "Deconstruct." He comes together again.

Hamza says Deconstruct.
Deconstruct! Let's take a
closer look. Deconstruct! Whoa!

He holds hands palm-down pointing at the cat house, which rises in the air, temporarily reassembles the proper way, then collapses at an angle again.

Hamza continues Are you seeing what I'm seeing?
The floor of Kool Cat's house
is flat and solid, but the walls
are leaning over to one side.
Ah-ha! I know what's wrong.
This house wasn't built
using 90 degree angles.
No wonder it's crooked!
But this is what it would look
like with 90 degree angles. (It straightens and a blue line at floor level rises at right angles on both sides)
That's a right angle. I'll just
tell that to customer support.
(ringing)

Customer Support says Thank you
for your continued patience.
All of our representatives
are busy right now...

Hamza says I think this could take a while.

On the phone, the voice says... Please hold until
the next representative
becomes available.

Hamza says I wonder if right
angles are the only kinds that
hold up a structure and make it
strong. Maybe our investigators
can check it out.

Over a slate of Kool Cat, a monocle pops onto his eye.

A voice says Investigation.

(Lively music plays)

A slate in colourful capital letters, accompanied by a magnifying glass, reads "Investigation."

Hamza waves his arm and says Hello, investigators!
A little boy and girl appear on the studio screen.

Hamza says Hi, Investigators!

Veronica and Ethan say Hey, Hamza!

Hamza says Veronica, Ethan... I'm
trying to figure out what kind
of angles make the sturdiest
structures. Your mission is
to find some examples of angles
that hold things together.

Ethan says Cool.

Hamza says I'll check back with
you later. I'm just waiting on
the line here for the Kitty
Castle repair man.

Veronica says What?

Ethan says Sorry?

Hamza says Oh... It's a long
story. Anyway, go for it!

In a playground, they approach a climbing frame.

Veronica says Look,
there's a right angle!

Ethan says Yeah! Right here, right?

Veronica says These poles are
holding up this slide-y thing.

Ethan says It really needs
to support a lot of weight.

Veronica says Yeah, because if not,
somebody's going to get hurt.

Ethan says Yeah!

The Computer says Angle identified.
The angle formed by the
horizontal beam and the
vertical post is called a right angle.

Ethan says We've got another
right angle up here.

A blue brace stands out from a red frame and supports a swing bar. the triangle formed by the brace support is marked in green and captions on two of the angles read "acute angle." The remaining angle where the brace stands out from the frame is marked with a square "right angle" symbol.

Veronica says Are you sure?

Ethan says Yeah.

The Computer continues This triangle has one right
angle and 2 smaller angles. An
angle smaller than a right
angle is called an acute angle.

Ethan says We've got an acute
angle right here. They hold up
the whole swing set.

Veronica says Mm-hm. If I spread out my
legs, you can see, it's kind of
like the same form. Like that.

She sets her legs at the same angle as the two bars on one side of the swing frame.

Ethan says Yeah. It's more stable, right?

Veronica says Mm-hm.

Ethan says Like... Someone can't
push you over so much easier.

Veronica says I have my balance.
So if I keep my feet firm,
I won't fall over. That's why
it's placed like this.

They approach a gazebo bus stop shelter. Ethan says Whoa, look at that roof!

The roof has a spike in the middle. The central part is at an angle of around 30 degrees to the ground, but the outer section is at a much smaller angle.

Veronica says You know why
it's shaped like that?

Ethan says I don't.

Veronica says I think it's because
in the spring it rains, so the
water drifts off. Same thing in
the winter. The snow will melt,
and then it will drift off.

Ethan says That make sense.

A green line shows the central angle formed by opposite sides of the roof with a round symbol that reads "Obtuse."

The Computer says An angle that
is larger than a right angle
is called an obtuse angle.

Ethan says Want to go inside?

Veronica says Sure.

She looks up at the inside of the roof and says Look at that.
That's a lot of acute angles.

Ethan says Wow! All of these bars
and angles shaped in a star are
protecting this roof, making it
super strong. It's crazy.

Veronica says I know.

Ethan takes a photo, including a smiling Veronica.

A cartoon shows a golfer standing beside his ball, and a number 9 red flag on a hole across a water obstacle. He raises his club at a 45 degree angle. A broken parabolic white line shows the trajectory of the ball to reach the hole. He swings and hits the ball. The angle of his shot is 90 degrees, and the ball falls back down and hits him on the head. A frog jumps out of the water in front of him as he rubs his head. The frog laughs, rolls its eyes and points.
(Ribbit, ribbit)

Hamza stands with a man in a red baseball cap and says The Kitty Castle repair guy's here. Finally! Hey.

Eddy holds out his hand and says The name's Eddy.

Hamza shakes and says Hey, Eddy! Thank you
so much for coming. So, as you
can see we have a problem.

Eddy tilts his head and says Not if you tilt your
head like this. Now, I mean,
it's perfectly straight.
Look, it's the same thing.

Hamza says What do you mean, fine?
Look at the angles. The walls
are supposed to be 90 degrees,
angled to the floor.
You know, a right angle? (holds arms at right angles)

Eddy says Yeah. You know?
That's 90-ish, you know? (holds arms out and moves them a bit).

Hamza says -ish? Isn't there
something you can use
to measure it exactly?

Eddy says Well, I mean...
Not that I need it, but I do
have my protractor handy.

He holds the semicircular protractor against the wall of the house, showing it is at an angle of 75 degrees.

Hamza says Oh, so you can use
a protractor to measure angles?

Eddy says Yeah. Since like
the 13th Century, pal. Ancient
mathematicians devised a way
to measure angles with degrees
and whatnot. They started using
protractors to measure stuff
that was impossible to measure
before, like the distance
between the stars (In a night view of the Milky Way, a blue line shows the distance between two stars)
or the height of gigantic trees
or the radius of the earth.

These last two measurements are shown with blue and yellow lines.

Hamza says Wow! So they used
a protractor just like yours?

Eddy says Well... Like, a simpler
version. My protractor here is
half a circle, you know. You put
two of these together, it makes
a full circle. You know what
I mean? This is 180 degrees.
You put two together, it's 360
degrees. That's a full circle.

He sets one protractor against the other, making a circle.

Hamza says Because a circle
is 360 degrees.

Eddy says And do you know why,
smart guy? No. I'll tell you
why. Because the Ancient
Babylonians thought that the
Earth's orbit could be divided
into 360 units. So they divided
the circle into 360 degrees.

The Earth is shown orbiting the sun on a green circular line marked "Orbit." A caption reads 360 degrees.

Hamza says So what you're saying
is you can use the protractor to
measure the angles on the house?

Eddy says Alright, I can take a hint.
Hold your horses. You know,
I'll put your worries to rest.
This wall is supposed to be
90 degrees. I mean, it's pretty
close. You know, it's like...
a little bit less than that.

Hamza says Uh, yeah. That's definitely
less! I mean that's an acute
angle if ever I've seen one.

Eddy says Yeah. You know, what you've
got is the hillside model.

Hamza says What's the hillside model?

Eddy says Totally limited edition.
You know, you put it on the side
of a hill. And, uh...
It becomes perfectly straight. (demonstrates)

Hamza says Why would I put my cat
house on the side of a hill?

Eddy says The angle provides a
new vantage point for your cat
for like rodents in the area,
and whatnot. It also improves
wind resistance.

Hamza recoils and says No! You're making all
of this up. I mean, it looks
like it's about to collapse.

Eddy says Uh... No. The hillside
model is collapsible, alright?
It makes it easy for transport.

Hamza says Well, thanks. I think
I'll take it from here.

Eddy says If you have any other
problems, here's my card. (flips it down)
I'm just going to take these. (takes the protractors)
Don't really need them, but...

Hamza, looking wide-eyed at the camera, says Looks like I'm all
on my own. Oh! I wonder if our
Brain Bender volunteers will
give me some inspirations with
their puzzle-solving skills.

(fun music plays)
A Rubik Cube assembles Kool Cat'simage.
The outline of a whiskered cat's face featuring multi-coloured cogs in its brain reads "Brain Bender."

Hamza says Brain Bender! Today's Brain
Bender is all about right angle
triangles.

Colourful right-angled triangles assemble on the screen.

Hamza continues The object is to find
a way to arrange these 5 right-angled
triangles so that they
form 1 big right-angled triangle.
Our puzzlers, Anjali and Riley,
are ready and raring to go.
Right, guys?

Anjali and Riley, sitting at a table with the triangle display, say Yeah!

Hamza says Good luck!

Anjali says Okay.

Reilly says So...

Anjali says Hm... I wonder...
Maybe this should be like that?
For the bottom?

Reilly says Okay.
And we have to...

Anjali says ... make one tall.

Reilly says Maybe that...

Anjali says No. That's not straight.

Hamza says Remember, you can flip
the pieces over and rotate them,
but you have to use all 5
to make the new triangle.

Anjali says Maybe use this?

Reilly says It won't be straight,
exactly. We could try...
over here. Like this.

Hamza says Hm...
They're having a rough time.

Reilly says Let's see.

Anjali says That should probably
be maybe like that.

Reilly says What if we put it here?

Anjali says No, because then
it goes... This is supposed
to be a straight wall.

Reilly says Yeah. Maybe if we turn
this one around, and...

Anjali says But see, now that's an angle.

Reilly says Yeah, so make it this way.

Anjali says Yeah. That's a good idea.

Reilly says And then here.
And the last one, like that.

Anjali says Or maybe this one like that?

Reilly says Wait. Why don't
you just put it here.
And then... there.

A red X appears.
(Buzzer)

Hamza says Oh, so close! I hope
they don't flip under pressure.

Anjali says Maybe we should
do it like that.

A blue right angle marks 90 degrees.

Reilly says Yeah.

Hamza says That's it! Way to go, guys!

Anjali and Riley say Yeah! Thanks!

They high-five.

Hamza looks at the camera and says Did "you" figure it out?
Here's another look at the
puzzle. 5 small triangles
combine to make 1 big triangle.
That's pretty cool!

The golfer seen before now raises his club at a 47 degree angle, and the broken white line goes beyond the hole. Then it goes down to 45 degrees, then to 35. Finally, it goes to zero degrees. The ball drops in the water. The frog jumps out of the water, chokes a moment, then spits out the golf ball.

In a cartoon landscape, a blue and a yellow Kool Cat race each other, emerging from a tunnel and breasting the tape together. A caption over the finish line reads "Challenge" in capital letters

Hamza says Challenge!

Hamza stands in a blue striped jersey with a black patch on his eye and a wooden parrot on a stick, on a grass field between two pairs of kids forming teams in yellow and blue team jerseys.

He says Arrgh! Are you ready
to find some treasure?

The Kids says Yeah!

Hamza says Okay! Well, to my right
I have Amy and Esmé. Team Blue!

Team Blue says Team Blue! Arrgh!

Hamza says And I don't know
where Team Yellow is.

Team Yellow (on the patch side) say We're right here!

Hamza says Oh! There you are.
I have Martin and Michael.
Team Yellow!

Wearing pirate hats, they say Team Yellow! Arrgh!

Hamza says Today's challenge
is all over the place.
Isn't that right, Polly?

That's right, captain Hamza!

Hamza says Now, are you ready to
look for the long lost treasure
of my ancestor, Captain Kool
the pirate? He's a good looking
fellow. Isn't he, Polly?

A portrait shows Hamza in pirate costume.

Polly says I don't know.

Hamza says Using these
hand-crafted special tools, you're
going to start off by looking
for these special markers.

An animated slate shows different markers lying on the grass. Then different treasure chests sit on the grass with flags over them.

Hamza continues Some of these markers have clues
that tell you which angle to
follow and how far you must go
to find the next clue.
To keep on course, point your
0 degrees to the North Star at
all times. To get to the right
treasure chest you must follow
the right path. There's a lot of
markers that will help you out.
But there's even more that
won't. Here's your first clue.
Team Yellow and Team Blue. (Hands them the clues)
Ready, set... Arrgh!

Amy says We'll have to face it
to the North Pole.

Hamza says Blue Team is
setting up their 1st angle.

Esmé says Okay. Now it says 30 west, right?

Amy says That way?

She measures the angle with a protractor.

Esmé says That way, yeah.
This way, 30, so...

Amy says 400 centimetres. So...

Esmé takes one end of tape and says Let's go. Fast, fast, fast...

Amy holds the other and says Keep on going. And, that's good.

Hamza says Yellow Team is pointing
west, when they should be
pointing east.

Michael says Alright?

Martin says Good! No!
Team Blue says Okay. Yes!

Hamza says This puts the
Blue Team in the lead.

Martin says No! East is this way! (they reverse the direction)

Hamza says Yellow Team just
figured out they're pointing
in the wrong direction.

Martin says No, no, no... Back.

Hamza says They're now
adjusting their angles.

Martin says What? Found it,
found it, found it!

Yellow Team's catching up.

Amy says Okay.

Hamza says Blue Team adjusting their
zero to point to the North.

Esme says Put it back to the North Star.

Amy says 45 east.

Esme says 45 east, 270. Go, go, go!

Hamza says Oh, Blue Team is on
their way to the next clue.
Oh, they found it!
Yellow Team adjusting to point
their 0 to the north.

Michael says West, 270.
Point it.

Martin says Good.

Michael says I found it!

Hamza says Yellow got their 2nd clue.

Esmé says It's 60 west, towards
there. 170 centimetres.
Okay, let's go.

Amy says It's my turn now.

Esmé says Yeah.
Perfect.

Amy says This one?

Esmé says Yeah.

Amy and Esmé say Yeah!

Hamza says When you use a protractor,
it makes measuring angles super
easy. Let's take a closer look,
using my Mind's Eyeglasses. (puts them on)

Two cargo ferries pass each other. Then a diagram featuring the human eye, the line of the horizon and the sun also shows how a sextant works. A caption reads 63 degrees.

The Computer says Today, sea captains
navigate by using a GPS
satellite system. But early
seagoers relied on an
instrument called a sextant
which worked like a protractor
to measure angles between 2
objects, like the sun and the
horizon, which they used to
calculate their position on a
map. The sextant is so accurate
that ships today still have
them as a backup in case
their GPS isn't working.
In fact, early astronauts even
used a type of sextant to help
them navigate through space.

The three Apollo 13 moonwalkers appear, holding a type of sextant.

Martin says Pull it back! Pull it back!

Hamza says Yellow gets another!
Both teams are now neck-and-neck!

Yellow and blue broken lines show their progress on the field.

Esmé says 15 east. 420.

Martin says 15 west. 420. Let's go!

Hamza says Blue Team is very close
to the treasure. But Yellow Team
is right behind! This is the
last stretch for Blue Team
and Yellow Team.

Martin says Is it this one? I found it!

Amy says Good. Yeah!

And it's a tie! We'll be right
back with the swashbuckling
conclusion to the
Look Kool
pirate challenge. Arrgh!
(Lyrical music plays)
Cartoons show different activities, most of them featuring Hamza.

Hamza's voice sings "Whether golfing
Or playing hockey
Throwing baskets or baseballs
Even diving
And gymnastics
There's one thing
That helps them all
Angles, angles help you
In a downhill ski race
Your ski's angles
Affect your ski pace
In diving the angle
Your body drops
Gets you a 10 or a belly flop
Angles, angles help you
Throw a football
Use an angle
Slap a puck shot
Use an angle
On the balance beam
Use an angle
Top of the team
I said, use an angle."

Kool Cat puts on his monocle.
A slate in colourful capital letters, accompanied by a magnifying glass, reads "Investigation."

Hamza says Investigation.
Hi, Investigators!

Veronica and Ethan say Hi, Hamza!

Hamza says So, what kind of angles
did you find?

Veronica says We found some acute angles,
obtuse angles and right angles.

Hamza says I never thought of an angle
being cute before. That's funny.
But is there a name for it?

Veronica says Acute angle.

Ethan says It's called an acute angle.

Hamza says Oh! Yeah, that's
adorable. But what's it called?

Ethan says A-cute angle.

Hamza says Oh, I get it! What
a cute little acute angle.
Thanks, investigators!

Investigators say Bye, Hamza!

(Theme music plays).
A cartoon animation shows a toast popping out of Kool Cat and landing in front of it, with a pawprint sign on it reading "Hands-On."

Hamza says Hands-on!

A red pool table is seen from above.

Hamza continues Look, pool! Carla is a computer
programmer who writes software
applications. She likes anything
that involves science and math
and loves playing pool.

Carla, with short curly dark hair in her thirties, says What I like best
about pool is that it's all
about angles. Check this out. (pockets a blue ball)
(Veronica and Ethan clap.)
So, why do you guys think that
angles are so important in pool?

Veronica says Because you need to
line up the balls at the right
angles, so when you shoot
the ball it lands in the exact
pocket that you want it.

Carla says That's exactly it.
Now, how pool players usually
do it is that they use
a stick to measure an angle.
The first thing you want to do
is you want to line up the ball
with the pocket, like this.
(Puts the cue over the ball with the tip on the pocket).
I'm going to use the stick again
now to line up the orange ball
with the cue ball, like this. (Puts it over both balls)

Hamza says Using the cue stick to line up
the angle helps sink the shot.

Carla says So I'm going to use the
angle to sink the orange ball
into the pocket, just like this.

She pockets the orange ball.

Let's see that angle again
in Look Kool super slow-mo.

It replays.

Hamza says Kool shot, Carla!

Carla says Another thing that
happens in pool is that whenever
the balls hit, they form a 90
degree angle. Now, the way they
form a 90 degree angle is that
when a ball hits this ball, it's
going to send it in a direction.
But then the white ball is going
to go in the opposite direction,
to form a 90 degree angle.
Just like this.

She shoots and a blue line marks the angle between the ball paths.

Veronica says Nice shot.

Carla says Do you guys want to try?

Veronica and Ethan say Sure.

Carla says It's your turn to try
and hit it into that pocket.
So, let's use a stick. Let's
measure out the angle that we
need. We need the yellow ball
to go into that pocket.
And where you are right now,
you'd have to hit it right here.

Veronica pockets the ball.

Hamza says Amazing!
Hey, investigators, I had
no idea you could use math
to shoot pool. Did you?

Ethan says Not until today. If
you don't have the right angle,
then you could easily just miss.

Hamza says Once again, math saves
the day. Thanks, Carla!
Thank you, investigators!

All three say Bye, Hamza!

In a cartoon landscape, a blue and a yellow Kool Cat race each other, emerging from a tunnel and breasting the tape together. A caption over the finish line reads "Challenge" in capital letters

With the eye patch and wooden parrot, Hamza says Challenge! And
we are back. Both teams are on
their final mark. Only one clue
separates you from finding the
lost treasure. Here you go. (Hands the clues to them)
And here you go. On your mark...
get set... arrgh!

Martin says Alright. We don't know
where the treasure is.

Michael says 30 west...

Hamza says Go teams!

Amy says Let's go!

Esmé says Good.

Hamza says Looks like they're both at it.
Oh, and it's a tie. Excellent!
They found my ancestor's
long lost treasure!

Gold chocolate coins appear.

Martin says Look at this, guys.
Captain Kool!

Hamza says So I have one more
thing for everybody here. Arrgh!
Everybody gets their own Polly.

He empties wooden parrots on the grass from a box.

Hamza says One for you, and one for you,
and one for you, and one
for you. Thank you very much.
We'll be back next time with
more swashbuckling adventures
with Captain Kool and his
band of misfits. Arrgh!

The Kids say Arrgh!

Back in the studio, Hamza says I think I actually
fixed it. All the walls are 90
degrees to the floor. Excellent!
You know, thanks to angles we
can do so many cool things like
build super strong structures,
play sports like a pro, measure
super long distances. You know,
and if it wasn't for angles, I
would still have a crooked Kitty
Castle. Kool Cat, come out here!
Kool Cat, I've got something to
show you! Oh, you're in the box
again? What is it with cats
and boxes? Look, Kool Cat.
I fixed the house.
I've just got one final touch.

He hangs a bell on the side of the house and says Yeah!

The house leans back to the 75 degree angle and he says Oh, come on!
Are you kidding me?
Hey, Kool Cat.
Hop out for a second.

Hamza cuts out a kitty door and puts the box bottom-up.

He says Voila.
Happy birthday, Kool Cat!
Why didn't I think of that
before? Well, I guess all's well
that ends well. See you next
time for more Look Kool.

Over a radiating design in green and a triangular frame with Angela's photo, the end credits roll.

TVO Kids and Bell Fund logos.
Apartment 11 Productions.