Transcript: Weird Shapes
In his studio, Hamza holds up three-dimensional paper figures. A clip includes strange geometrical shapes.
HAMZA SAYS OCTAHEDRON. STELLATED
OCTAHEDRON. YUMMY TORUS WITH A
BITE TAKEN OUT OF IT. COMING UP,
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
SOME SUPER SURPRISING FACTS
ABOUT THE WEIRDEST SHAPES
YOU'VE EVER SEEN!
CHELSEA SAYS I DIDN?T KNOW
THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
HAMZA SAYS WE'LL MAKE A HEXAGON
WITH HIDDEN SECRETS.
WE'LL FIND OUT HOW SHAPES
THAT ARE NOT ROUND CAN ROLL
PERFECTLY, AND GET A FEEL
FOR WEIRD SHAPE NAMES
THAT ARE A CHALLENGE.
LEXIE SAYS DODECAHEDRON!
(Screams)
HAMZA SAYS ALL THAT AND MORE...
Leaning over a misshapen lump of orange plasticine, he says WHO'S A CUTE LITTLE
NON-POLYHEDRON?... ON "LOOK, KOOL."
(THEME MUSIC PLAYS)
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.)
HAMZA stands in his studio facing a table of geometrical solids and
SAYS THESE ARE SOME
PRETTY FAMOUS SOLID SHAPES
OF THE NON-WEIRD VARIETY.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR CUBE, CONE,
CYLINDER, SPHERE, PYRAMID.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THESE
AROUND YOUR HOUSE OR
YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD.
A fast clip shows all the applications.
Hamza continues YEAH, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
BUT WHAT ABOUT LUMPY,
LOPSIDED, GOOFY LOOKING SHAPES?
LIKE, WHAT IF I DID THIS?
He runs to his desk and slaps orange plastic dough on it, then contorts it and marks it with his fingers.
Hamza continues IT'S WEIRD LOOKING, BUT IT LOOKS
LIKE A SHAPE OF SOME KIND,
RIGHT? WHAT SHOULD I CALL IT?
HOW ABOUT A BLOOPEZOID?
Under a blue caption reading "Bloopezoid" a victor?s wreath surrounds the object. (Trumpet fanfare)
Hamza continues I WONDER IF MY BLOOPEZOID
BELONGS TO ANY GROUP OF SHAPES
IN PARTICULAR, EVEN THOUGH
IT LOOKS TOTALLY WEIRD.
LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
THE KOOL CAT DISINTEGRATES INTO HIS COMPONENTS. A CAPTION READS "DECONSTRUCT." HE COMES TOGETHER AGAIN.
Hamza says DECONSTRUCT.
Then he waves at the object and again says DECONSTRUCT!
WHOA! ARE YOU SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING?
A blue pyramid, a red triangular prism and a yellow cube appear.
THE COMPUTER SAYS PRESENTING
THE POLYHEDRON GROUP.
Hamza says POLYHEDRONS? OH, I GET IT!
ALL THE FACES ON THESE SHAPES
ARE COMPLETELY FLAT. WHICH IS
WHAT MAKES THE CUBE, THE PRISM
AND THE PYRAMID POLYHEDRONS.
THE COMPUTER SAYS AND NOW,
THE NON-POLYHEDRON GROUP.
A red sphere, a blue circular prism and a cone appear.
HAMZA SAYS HM. WHY ARE THESE IN
A DIFFERENT GROUP? I GET IT!
THE NON-POLYHEDRONS ALL HAVE
AT LEAST 1 SIDE THAT IS CURVED,
WHICH MAKES THE CONE, THE
CYLINDER AND THE SPHERE NON-
POLYHEDRONS. BUT WHAT ABOUT MY
BLOOPEZOID? WHAT GROUP WOULD
BLOOPY JOIN? WELL, HE'S GOT ONE
FLAT SIDE, BUT THE REST OF HIM
IS ALL CURVED AND BUMPY.
SO I GUESS BLOOPY WOULD JOIN
THE NON-POLYHEDRON SIDE.
THE COMPUTER SAYS AFFIRMATIVE.
BLOOPEZOID IS A NON-POLYHEDRON.
HAMZA SAYS OH, BLOOPY! YOU DO
BELONG TO A GROUP! I'M SO PROUD
OF YOU! WHO'S A CUTE LITTLE NON-
POLYHEDRON? YOU'RE THE CUTEST
NON-POLYHEDRON OUT HERE.
(Barks)
Hamza, holding Bloopy, then noticing the camera, says YOU'RE SO...
OH... HI. ANYWAY, I'M GOING
TO INTRODUCE BLOOPY
TO SOME OTHER WEIRD SHAPES.
He produces a yellow doughnut, a waisted cylinder and a hollow polyhedron with pentagon and hexagon faces.
Hamza says THE TORUS...
THE HYPERBOLOID...
AND THE GOLDBERG POLYHEDRON.
I WONDER IF THESE SHAPES
BELONG TO A PARTICULAR GROUP.
Hamza waves his hand and the shapes assemble beside a caption that reads "Non-Polyhedrons." A red caption reads "At least 1 non-flat surface."
Hamza says SO NON-POLYHEDRONS HAVE AT LEAST
ONE SURFACE THAT ISN'T FLAT.
AND AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, NONE
OF THE TORUS IS FLAT. SO THAT'S
DEFINITELY A NON-POLYHEDRON. AH,
THE HYPERBOLOID! NOW, THAT LOOKS
LIKE A CYLINDER THAT WENT ON
A DIET! SO IN THE HYPERBOLOID
WE HAVE 2 FLAT SURFACES. BUT
THE MIDDLE SEEMS TO BE ALL CURVY
LIKE AN HOURGLASS, SO IT'S
DEFINITELY A NON-POLYHEDRON.
AND THE GOLDBERG POLYHEDRON HAS
A ROUND SHAPE, SO I'M GUESSING
IT'S A NON-POLYHEDRON.
HOLD ON! IT JUST LOOKS ROUND,
BUT IT'S ACTUALLY MADE UP OF
FLAT PENTAGONS AND HEXAGONS.
THAT MAKES IT A POLYHEDRON.
I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT
COMING. GOLDBERG... POLYHEDRON.
I WONDER IF YOU COULD FIND
THESE 3 WEIRD SHAPES HIDDEN
IN EVERYDAY LIFE. LET'S GET
THE INVESTIGATORS ON THE CASE.
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 TALKS TO TWO LITTLE GIRLS WHO APPEAR ON THE STUDIO SCREEN.
HE SAYS HI, INVESTIGATORS!
Snapping his fingers at his screen, Hamza says CHELSEA AND ZAHRA, YOUR MISSION
IS TO FIND THINGS AROUND
THE HOUSE THAT LOOK LIKE
THESE 3 SHAPES.
CHELSEA SAYS YOU MEAN THESE WEIRD SHAPES?
She holds up a card with a spindle, a ball and a doughnut on it.
HAMZA SAYS YEAH! GO FOR IT.
ZAHRA SAYS LOOK OVER THERE! IT
LOOKS KIND OF LIKE THE HOOP.
CHELSEA SAYS YEAH. IT LOOKS KIND OF LIKE
THE HOOP WE'VE GOT RIGHT HERE.
DID YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE?
ZAHRA SAYS OKAY.
They snap a photo.
THE COMPUTER SAYS TORUS IDENTIFIED.
TORUS SHAPES CAN BE VERY FAT
OR VERY SKINNY, WITH A LARGE
SPACE IN THE MIDDLE OR
ANY SIZE IN BETWEEN.
The doughnut gets fatter, then thinner. Chelsea kneels beside table legs arranged in a waisted spindle-shape.
ZAHRA SAYS ONE HOOP HERE AND
IT'S HOLDING UP THE TABLE.
The hoop connecting the legs is marked in blue. It is doughnut-shaped.
THE COMPUTER SAYS TORUS IDENTIFIED.
Picking up the dodecahedron, ZAHRA SAYS HEY! THIS BALL KIND
OF LOOKS LIKE A SOCCER BALL.
HAMZA SAYS THAT WOULD BE
A STRANGE SOCCER BALL.
CHELSEA SAYS PROBABLY SOME SORT
OF TOY. OR MAYBE EVEN A DOG TOY.
Hamza says I WOULD SAY... YOU'RE RIGHT!
THE COMPUTER SAYS GOLDBERG POLYHEDRON
IDENTIFIED! A GOLDBERG
POLYHEDRON IS A SHAPE MADE UP
OF EXACTLY 12 PENTAGONS AND
ANY NUMBER OF HEXAGONS. EXACTLY
3 SHAPES MEET AT EACH VERTEX
TO CREATE A SHAPE THAT WILL
ROLL WELL. THERE MUST BE
AT LEAST SOME HEXAGONS.
A SOCCER BALL HAS 12 PENTAGONS
AND 20 HEXAGONS.
A soccer ball made from black pentagons and white hexagons appears.
Zahra approaches a spindle-shaped wooden stand for a white porcelain statue.
ZAHRA SAYS WELL, THIS THING LOOKS LIKE...
CHELSEA SAYS YEAH! THIS THING KIND
OF LOOKS LIKE THAT RIGHT HERE.
THE COMPUTER SAYS HYPERBOLOID
IDENTIFIED. IN GEOMETRY, THIS
SHAPE IS CREATED BY TWISTING
ONE END OF A CYLINDER,
WHICH CAUSES THE CENTRE
TO DRAW INWARD.
CHELSEA SAYS OH, LOOK! I SEE DONUTS.
THE COMPUTER SAYS TORUS IDENTIFIED.
CHELSEA SAYS LOOK OVER THERE! IT
LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THIS ONE...
A blue object is shaped like a double dessert bowl.
COMPUTER SAYS HYPERBOLOID IDENTIFIED.
HAMZA SAYS YOU GUYS SURE FOUND A
LOT OF WEIRD SHAPES. SO OF ALL
THE OBJECTS YOU'VE FOUND TODAY,
WHICH WAS YOUR FAVOURITE?
ZAHRA AND CHELSEA SAY DONUTS! (eating)
HAMZA SAYS LIKE I EVEN
HAD TO ASK... ME TOO!
A cartoon shows a yellow pyramid, a red cube and a pink doughnut dancing to music from a blue rectangular radio.
(DANCE MUSIC PLAYS.)
(THE MUSIC STOPS.)
(PYRAMID AND CUBE LAUGH.)
The pink doughnut whacks the radio.
(THE MUSIC RE-STARTS.)
The doughnut starts spinning clockwise. It spins on its head and then lands on its hand.
THE PYRAMID AND CUBE SAY WHOA!
(PYRAMID AND CUBE CHEER.)
HAMZA tries to bite a plastic ring and SAYS NOT ALL TORUSES TASTE
GOOD. BUT HERE'S A TASTY IDEA.
CHECK OUT THIS SHAPE.
He holds up a pink shield shape.
Hamza says IT'S CALLED A REULEAUX TRIANGLE.
IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A ROUNDED
TRIANGLE, RIGHT? NOTHING TOO
WEIRD ABOUT IT. WRONG! KOOL CAT
IS GOING TO HELP ME DEMONSTRATE.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE
REPLACED KOOL CAT'S WHEELS
WITH 4 OF THESE TRIANGLES?
He does just that. With the triangular wheels, Kool Cat rolls perfectly.
Hamza says GOT IT! TA-DA! SO, DO YOU THINK
KOOL CAT'S IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE?
WHOA! THE REULEAUX TRIANGLES
ROLL JUST LIKE PERFECTLY ROUND
WHEELS! OH BOY! I JUST CAN'T
WAIT TO START PLAYING WITH SOME
OTHER WEIRD SHAPES. LIKE THIS!
He holds up a small yellow object.
Hamza says IT'S THE SAME SHAPE, EXCEPT 3D.
THIS IS A ROUNDED PYRAMID.
LET'S SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF I PUT A FLAT SURFACE ON TOP
AND TRIED TO ROLL IT AROUND.
He places a square piece of glass on top of three yellow rounded pyramids. He moves it with his fingers and it rolls evenly.
Hamza says THESE WEIRD SHAPES ARE MOVING
AROUND JUST LIKE THEY'RE
PERFECTLY ROUND! EXCEPT THEY'RE
NOT ROUND! WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
THE COMPUTER SAYS THESE ARE CALLED
SHAPES OF CONSTANT WIDTH.
THEY BEHAVE JUST LIKE A CIRCLE
OR A SPHERE BECAUSE THE SHAPE
ALWAYS HAS THE SAME DIAMETER
NO MATTER HOW YOU TURN IT.
A blue rounded pyramid is shown moving around freely inside a cubic box.
HAMZA SAYS SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK,
KOOL CAT? DO YOU WANT TO KEEP
YOUR NEW WHEELS?
Kool Cat nods his head vigorously.
Hamza says I THINK THAT'S A YES.
SINCE OUR INVESTIGATORS CHOSE A
DONUT AS THEIR FAVOURITE WEIRD
SHAPE, TODAY WE HAVE DONNY THE
DONUT KING AS OUR GUEST. THANKS
SO MUCH FOR COMING, DONNY!
Hamza, dressed as DONNY, SAYS HEY, FORGET ABOUT IT!
GOOD BEING HERE.
HAMZA SAYS I HEAR YOU HAVE
A REAL PASSION FOR DOUGHNUTS.
DONNY, holding a half-eaten doughnut, SAYS WELL, THEY'RE CALLED
TORUSES, ACTUALLY. I MEAN NOT
THIS ONE ANYMORE. BUT, THERE'S
NOTHING MORE DELICIOUS THAN
A TORUS. I MEAN, THEY'RE DEEP-
FRIED, YOU PUT A LITTLE POWDERED
SUGAR ON IT AND.... POW!
BUT HERE'S THE THING... A TORUS
IS MORE THAN JUST A DELICIOUS
PASTRY. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
DO YOU SEE THIS HULA HOOP?
IT'S IN THE SHAPE OF A TORUS.
POW! YOU SEE THIS HURRICANE?
A screen shows a typical hurricane with an eye in the middle.
Donny continues IT'S SHAPED LIKE A TORUS.
POW! BELUGA WHALES?
THEY CAN BLOW BUBBLES IN
THE SHAPE OF A TORUS. POW!
HAMZA SAYS WOW!
DONNY SAYS NO, IT'S POW, WITH A
'P'. AH, YOU'LL GET IT. ANYWAY,
THERE'S THIS THEORY THAT THE
ENTIRETY OF THE GINORMOUS
UNIVERSE IS SHAPED LIKE...
HAMZA SAYS ... A TORUS!
DONNY SAYS POW-POW!
HAMZA SAYS THAT'S SO COOL! ARE
THERE ANY OTHER WEIRD SHAPES
THAT YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT?
DONNY SAYS ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I
JUST TOLD YOU THAT THE ENTIRETY
OF THE UNIVERSE IS SHAPED LIKE
A TORUS, AND YOU WANT TO HEAR
ABOUT SOME OTHER SHAPES?
HAMZA SAYS I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO OFFEND...
DONNY SAYS HA! I'M JUST PULLING
YOUR LEG. YOU SHOULD LOOK AT
YOUR FACE! THERE'S ONE CALLED
THE KLEIN BOTTLE THAT'S PRETTY
WEIRD. ITS INSIDE IS JUST LIKE
ITS OUTSIDE. SO ESSENTIALLY
IT ONLY HAS ONE SIDE THAT
KEEPS TURNING INTO ITSELF.
The Klein bottle is like a gourd whose spout turns back, penetrates it and emerges through the bottom as its outer surface.
HAMZA SAYS THAT'S MIND BOGGLING!
DONNY SAYS OH, THERE'S ANOTHER
WEIRD SHAPE CALLED THE GOMBOC.
THE SURFACE OF IT MAKES IT SO
THAT YOU CAN NEVER KNOCK IT
OVER. IT ALWAYS LANDS RIGHT SIDE
UP. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME
TURTLES WITH A SHELL SHAPED
LIKE A GOMBOC TO HELP THEM
GET BACK TO THEIR FEET IF
THEY EVER GET FLIPPED OVER.
A clip shows one of these turtles with a specially rounded shell.
HAMZA SAYS SAY WHAT?
Donny says YEAH. AND HERE'S SOMETHING
THAT'S REALLY COOL. THERE'S A
TYPE OF MATH CALLED TOPOLOGY
WHERE YOU CAN TAKE A SHAPE AND
CHANGE IT INTO SOMETHING REALLY
WEIRD BY STRETCHING IT
AND TWISTING IT.
SO YOU CAN TAKE THIS TORUS
AND SHAPE IT INTO... POW-POW!
A COFFEE MUG. POW!
Hamza says I KNEW SOMEHOW YOU'D BRING IT
BACK TO COFFEE AND DONUTS.
DONNY SAYS HEY! WHOA,
I'M DONNY THE DONUT KING.
POW-POW! POW-POW! POW-POW!
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
HAMZA SAYS POW! I MEAN,
I KNOW IT'S YOUR THING.
BUT I JUST LIKE IT SO MUCH.
DONNY SAYS POW-POW!
The yellow pyramid and red cube dance. When the music stops, they take a deep breath and blow themselves up. It starts again. The pink doughnut appears and takes a deep breath. It blows itself into the shape of a coffee mug. Streams of coloured coffee pour into the mouths of the pyramid and cube.
(DANCE MUSIC PLAYS.)
(THE MUSIC STOPS.)
(THE MUSIC RE-STARTS.)
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 STANDS IN A FIELD WEARING A WHITE SHIRT WITH PINK DECORATIONS, BETWEEN TWO PAIRS OF KIDS FORMING TEAMS WITH DRUMS IN YELLOW AND BLUE TEAM JERSEYS.
HAMZA SAYS CHALLENGE! TODAY'S
CHALLENGE IS A MYSTERY. AND
TO HELP ME SOLVE IT, I HAVE
LEXIE AND ALYSSA, TEAM YELLOW.
LEXIE AND ALYSSA HOLD HANDS AND SAY YELLOW!
HAMZA SAYS AND TO MY RIGHT SIDE, I
HAVE ETHAN AND ADEN, TEAM BLUE.
ETHAN AND ADEN JUMP UP AND DOWN AND SAY TEAM BLUE! YEAH!
HAMZA SAYS NOW ARE YOU GUYS READY
TO HELP ME SOLVE THIS MYSTERY?
THE CHILDREN SAY YEAH!
Hamza says ALRIGHT. WELL, FOLLOW ME.
OKAY. SO WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US
2 MYSTERY BOXES. AND I'M GOING
TO PUT THE SAME SHAPE IN EACH
MYSTERY BOX. YOU CAN'T SEE IT,
SO YOU'LL HAVE TO GUESS
THE SHAPE BY TOUCHING IT.
The boxes are open toward the camera. The kids are on the other side and have to put their arms through slits on their side.
THEN YOU'RE GOING TO POINT TO IT
ON YOUR CHARTS. YOUR PARTNER
WILL RUN OVER THERE AND CALL UP
A NAME THAT IS WRITTEN ON THE
SHAPE. AND REMEMBER... IT'S A
RACE! THE FIRST TEAM TO GET EACH
SHAPE?S NAME CORRECTLY WINS 1 POINT.
OKAY. HANDS INSIDE THE
MYSTERY BOXES, AND AWAIT
YOUR FIRST WEIRD SHAPE.
LEXIE SAYS AH! I KNOW IT.
ETHAN SAYS IT'S NOT REALLY POINTY.
IT'S MORE LIKE A CIRCLE.
ADEN SAYS THIS ONE? ALRIGHT.
LEXIE SAYS THIS ONE!
HAMZA SAYS OH! IT LOOKS LIKE BOTH
TEAMS ARE OFF TO THE RACES.
ALYSSA SAYS COME ON, LEXIE!
ADEN AND ALYSSA SAY THE TORUS!
HAMZA SAYS YES! AND THAT'S A TIE!
BOTH GOT TO IT AT THE SAME TIME.
ALRIGHT, GUYS.
TIME FOR YOUR SECOND WEIRD SHAPE.
LEXIE SAYS IS IT POINTY? IS IT FLAT?
ALYSSA SAYS POINTY! THIS ONE.
ADEN SAYS THIS ONE.
ETHAN SAYS TRIANGULAR PRISM!
HAMZA SAYS YEAH, YOU'VE GOT IT!
TRIANGULAR PRISM. BLUE TEAM
TAKES AN EARLY LEAD.
LEXIE SAYS I THINK IT'S THIS ONE.
I THINK IT IS!
ETHAN SAYS IT'S ALMOST LIKE A
BUNCH OF TRIANGLES. IT'S VERY
POINTY. I THINK IT'S THIS ONE.
They both point to the pyramid.
ADEN SAYS ALRIGHT.
ADEN AND ALYSSA SAY 4-SIDED PYRAMID!
HAMZA SAYS YEAH! 4-SIDED PYRAMID
IS CORRECT! THAT'S A TIE.
ADEN SAYS THIS ONE.
HAMZA SAYS BOTH GOT TO IT
AT THE SAME TIME.
ETHAN AND ALYSSA SAY OCTAHEDRON!
HAMZA SAYS YEAH, OCTAHEDRON! YEAH,
YOU GOT IT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO CALL THAT ONE A TIE. OKAY,
SO AFTER 4 WEIRD SHAPES,
IT'S TEAM BLUE LEADING WITH 4,
AND YELLOW A CLOSE 2ND WITH 3.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
THE "LOOK, KOOL" WEIRD SHAPE
CHALLENGE. ARE YOU GUYS
PUMPED UP?
THE CHILDREN SAY YEAH!
HAMZA SAYS OKAY.
(Lyrical music plays)
Hamza sings and dances against a swirling background of black and white stripes.
Hamza says "HYPERBOLOIDS
GOMBOCS TOO
HEMIHELIX TORUS MAKES ME DROOL
STELLATED DODECAHEDRON
AND THEN THERE'S
GOLDBERG'S POLYHEDRON
THEY'RE ALL WEIRD SHAPES
SO BEAUTIFUL
SOLID 3D SHAPES SO COOL
SOME HAVE FLAT SIDES
AND SOME HAVE CURVES
EVERY WEIRD SHAPE
FITS THOSE RULES
WHAT ARE THE WEIRD SHAPES?
GREAT DITRIGONAL
DODECICODODECAHEDRON
LOOKS SO COOL, YOU KNOW
DODECAHEMIDODECAHEDRON
WHAT ARE THE WEIRD SHAPES?
PENTAGONAL GYROBICUPOLA
PENTAGONAL
GYROBICUPOLA ROTUNDA
THOSE ARE SOME
WEIRD SHAPE NAMES."
(Fun music plays)
A Rubik Cube assembles Kool Cat's image.
The outline of a whiskered cat's face featuring multi-coloured cogs in its brain reads "Brain Bender."
Hamza says BRAIN BENDER. SOME SHAPES ARE
MADE BY COMBINING OTHER SMALLER
SHAPES. TODAY, OUR PUZZLERS
WILL HAVE TO FIRST DECIDE
WHICH OF THESE 6 SHAPES
CAN BE MADE BY COMBINING
ALL OF THE BLUE PIECES,
AND THEN MAKE THAT SHAPE.
OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE MATTHEW
AND VICTORIA. GO FOR IT, GUYS!
The coloured shapes and the blue pieces appear on his screen.
Matthew says LET'S START WITH THAT ONE.
VICTORIA SAYS OKAY.
WE ALREADY HAVE THIS SHAPE.
WE HAVE TO ADD THE TRIANGLES.
BUT WE CAN'T, 'CAUSE
WE ALREADY HAVE IT.
Matthew says YEAH. THAT ONE CAN'T WORK.
VICTORIA SAYS WE COULD TRY THE CUBE?
MATTHEW SAYS SO FOR THE CUBE,
WE NEED TO HAVE FLAT SIDES
AND THEY NEED TO BE SQUARE.
SO IT CAN'T BE THE CUBE EITHER.
LET'S TRY THIS PINK ONE.
VICTORIA SAYS SURE. WE HAVE
A POINT AT THE TOP.
Matthew says WE HAVE 4 SIDES IN FRONT OF
US. AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT IT
THAT WAY, WE HAVE 2 SIDES OR 3.
SO IT CAN'T BE THAT ONE.
VICTORIA SAYS THIS WEIRD SHAPE?
Matthew says THIS ONE HAS 1, 2, 3 SIDES...
VICTORIA SAYS BUT THIS ONE HAS
4 SIDES. 1, 2, 3, 4...
MATTHEW SAYS SO THAT ONE
CAN'T BE RIGHT, EITHER.
VICTORIA SAYS THIS ONE ACTUALLY
LOOKS PRETTY CLOSE.
Matthew says BUT THEN AGAIN, WE HAVE TO ADD
SHAPES ON. WE CAN'T ALREADY
BE USING THIS AS A FINAL ONE.
VICTORIA SAYS SO WE ONLY HAVE
ONE SHAPE LEFT.
MATTHEW SAYS WHICH IS THIS SHAPE.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S THAT ONE.
HAMZA SAYS WELL, LET'S FIND OUT
IF YOU'RE RIGHT. ASSEMBLE
YOUR BLUE SHAPES TOGETHER!
MATTHEW SAYS WELL, IT STARTS OFF
WITH A POINTY PART ON THE TOP.
AND THEN WE HAVE ONE POINTING
AT THE FRONT, SO WE HAVE THAT.
MATTHEW SAYS BUT WE HAVE 1 LEFT.
I THINK WE GOT IT. YOU?
Victoria says I THINK IT LOOKS THE SAME.
HAMZA SAYS GREAT JOB! I LIKE THE
WAY YOU THINK. THANKS, VICTORIA!
THANKS, MATTHEW!
MATTHEW AND VICTORIA SAY BYE!
HAMZA SAYS THEIR BRAINS ARE
DEFINITELY IN GREAT SHAPE.
GREAT WEIRD SHAPE! HUH?
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
CHALLENGE! 4 MORE SHAPES TO GO.
ARE YOU GUYS READY?
BOTH TEAMS SAY YEAH, WE'RE READY!
HAMZA SAYS OKAY, LET'S GET TO IT!
(Fast music plays)
Hamza says OH, IT'S NECK-AND-NECK!
LEXIE SAYS 4-SIDED PYRAMID!
(LEXIE SCREAMS.)
I THINK.
Hamza says SORRY, THAT IS INCORRECT.
ADEN SAYS OCTAHEDRON.
LEXIE SAYS NO! THAT'S A
TETRAHEDRON! TETRAHEDRON!
ADEN SAYS OCTAHEDRON!
HAMZA SAYS ALRIGHT! WELL, A LITTLE
BIT OFF ON THE PRONUNCIATION
BUT YELLOW TEAM'S GOT IT WITH
TETRAHEDRON. ALRIGHT! COME ON
BACK FOR YOUR NEXT SHAPE.
LEXIE SAYS OH! WE ACTUALLY TIED IT UP.
ETHAN SAYS THIS ONE.
HAMZA SAYS AND THEY'RE RUNNING,
THEY'RE RUNNING...
ADEN AND ALYSSA SAY DODECAHEDRON!
Hamza says BOTH GOT THERE RELATIVELY
AT THE SAME TIME. THEY STARTED
SAYING IT AT THE SAME TIME.
IT'S ALL TIED UP AT 5 EACH.
ETHAN SAYS ALMOST LIKE A BUNCH
OF TRIANGLES. IT'S VERY POINTY.
I THINK IT'S THIS ONE.
ALYSSA SAYS IT'S THAT ONE, IT'S THAT ONE!
LEXIE SAYS COME ON, COME ON, COME ON!
ADEN and ALYSSA SAY STAR TETRAHEDRON!
HAMZA SAYS THAT WAS A TIE AS WELL!
THIS IS SO CLOSE! COME ON BACK!
ALL TIED UP AT 6.
ONE MORE SHAPE TO GO.
THIS ONE DECIDES THE WINNER.
ETHAN SAYS THIS ONE.
HAMZA SAYS OH, AND IT'S CLOSE
ADEN AND ALYSSA SAY ICOSAHEDRON!
HAMZA SAYS AND IT'S A TIE AS WELL!
WOW, EXCELLENT! COME ON BACK.
OH, EXCELLENT JOB, BOTH TEAMS.
NOW, BLUE TEAM WAS WINNING IT
AT THE END OF THE 1ST ROUND. AND
THEN THE YELLOW TEAM TIES IT UP
IN THE 2ND ROUND. AND THAT
ICOSAHEDRON WAS ALSO A TIE. IT'S
A TIE! IT'S AN ABSOLUTE TIE!
CONGRATULATIONS FOR BOTH TEAMS.
NOW, TEAM BLUE...
WHAT WAS THE HARDEST PART
ABOUT THIS CHALLENGE?
ETHAN SAYS I THINK WE CAN AGREE
ON THE COMPETITION, THE RACING.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SPEED, RIGHT?
HAMZA SAYS AND TEAM YELLOW,
WHAT WAS THE HARDEST PART
ABOUT THIS CHALLENGE?
ALYSSA SAYS NAMING THE NAMES.
HAMZA SAYS OKAY.
ALYSSA SAYS AND SAYING THEM OUT LOUD.
HAMZA SAYS SINCE IT WAS A TIE,
I'VE GOT ONE MORE SPECIAL WEIRD
SHAPE FOR YOU GUYS AS A PRIZE.
OKAY. 3, 2, 1... GO!
All four hands reach in and grab four doughnuts.
BOTH TEAMS SAYS EW! IT'S A DONUT!
HAMZA SAYS YOU ALL GET YOUR
VERY OWN SPECIAL TORUS.
ISN'T IT DELICIOUS?
Hamza eats one.
(LEXIE LAUGHS.)
He offers a half-eaten one to Ethan and says YOU WANT SOME?
ETHAN SAYS NO, I'M GOOD.
(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! FRANCIS IS
AN ENGINEER WHO UNDERSTANDS 3-D
STRUCTURES AND HOW THEY WORK.
ENGINEERS OFTEN WORK WITH SOME
WEIRD SHAPES, BECAUSE THEY CAN
OFFER SOME PRETTY FUN SOLUTIONS
WHEN BUILDING STRUCTURES.
FRANCIS, standing with Aden and Lexie, SAYS I WANT TO ASK YOU
GUYS IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN
OR HEARD ABOUT A SHAPE
THAT HAS NO FRONT, NO BACK,
NO BEGINNING, NO END...
WHAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU GUYS IS
SOMETHING CALLED A MOBIUS STRIP.
HOW WOULD YOU MAKE
A REGULAR BAND?
CHELSEA SAYS LIKE THAT?
FRANCIS SAYS YEAH, YOU JUST CONNECT IT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE EDGE AND
TURN IT HALFWAY. EXACTLY LIKE
THAT. SO LOOK AT THAT SHAPE.
CHELSEA SAYS IT KIND OF SEEMS
LIKE A ROLLER COASTER, IN A WAY.
THE COMPUTER SAYS A MOBIUS STRIP
LOOKS LIKE IT HAS 2 SIDES, BUT
BECAUSE OF THE TWIST BOTH SIDES
OF THE PAPER ARE CONNECTED.
IT ONLY HAS ONE SIDE. CUT A
REGULAR BAND IN HALF AND YOU
GET 2 PIECES. BUT CUT A MOBIUS
STRIP IN HALF AND YOU GET
A VERY STRANGE RESULT.
FRANCIS SAYS WELL, LET'S SEE. LET'S CUT IT
AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I'VE VERY EXCITED
TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
ZAHRA SAYS IT BECAME 1 BIG ONE.
CHELSEA SAYS OH YEAH..
FRANCIS SAYS YOU GOT 1 BIG ONE.
ISN'T THAT WEIRD?
ZAHRA SAYS SO NOW IT HAS BECOME
A BIG FAT CIRCLE, OR WHATEVER
YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
FRANCIS SAYS BUT IT'S STILL TWISTED, RIGHT?
CHELSEA SAYS YEAH. SEE, LOOK...
THERE'S STILL THAT LITTLE
SPIRAL OVER THERE.
FRANCIS SAYS I WANT YOU GUYS TO
TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS
TIME. I'M GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER
MOBIUS STRIP, THE SAME WAY
YOU GUYS DID IT THE FIRST TIME.
BUT INSTEAD OF CUTTING IT DOWN
THE MIDDLE, WE'RE GOING
TO CUT IT CLOSER TO THE EDGE.
THE COMPUTER SAYS CUTTING A MOBIUS
STRIP ALONG ITS EDGE IS
ANOTHER WEIRD RESULT.
FRANCIS SAYS TRY TO STAY ON THE EDGE.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE? WHAT'S THAT?
ZAHRA SAYS A CIRCLE WITH
ANOTHER BIG OVAL HANGING.
FRANCIS SAYS YOU STARTED
WITH ONE MOBIUS STRIP.
LEXIE SAYS SO HOW DID IT BECOME ONE OVAL
AND A CIRCLE, ATTACHED TOGETHER?
FRANCIS SAYS HERE'S THE WEIRD
THING ABOUT MOBIUS STRIPS.
THEY ONLY HAVE 1 EDGE. SO WHEN
WE CUT DOWN THE MIDDLE WE JUST
OPENED IT UP AND MADE IT LONGER,
BASICALLY. BUT WHEN WE CUT
ALONG THE EDGE, WE ACTUALLY
CREATED 2 MOBIUS STRIPS. AND
SO IT'S ALMOST AS IF THERE'S AN
INFINITE AMOUNT OF MOBIUS STRIPS
INSIDE THE MOBIUS STRIPS.
HAMZA SAYS MOBIUS STRIPS
ARE TOTALLY TWISTED!
FRANCIS SAYS I GOT ANOTHER COOL
SHAPE TO SHOW YOU GUYS. WE CALL
THEM HEXA-HEXAFLEXAGONS.
CHELSEA AND ZAHRA SAY WHAT?
FRANCIS SAYS I GOT SOME RIGHT HERE.
CHECK THIS OUT.
ZAHRA SAYS WHAT? PUT IT INSIDE,
AND YOU BRING IT OUT?
As a speeded-motion clip shows one being made, the Computer says THE HEXA-HEXAFLEXAGON
HAS SOME VERY SURPRISING
PROPERTIES. YOU CAN MAKE ONE
BY FOLDING A STRIP OF PAPER
INTO 19 TRIANGLES AND ATTACHING
THE ENDS TOGETHER. THE HEXA-
HEXAFLEXAGON HAS 2 SIDES,
BUT HIDDEN INSIDE ARE ACTUALLY
6 DIFFERENT FACES WHICH YOU CAN
DISCOVER IF YOU COLOUR
EACH ONE AS YOU FLEX IT.
HAMZA SAYS HEY INVESTIGATORS...
DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THAT YOU
COULD MAKE SUCH INTERESTING,
WEIRD SHAPES OUT OF PAPER?
CHELSEA AND ZAHRA SAYS NO.
Hamza says WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE SHAPE?
CHELSEA SAYS THE HEXA... FLEXAGON.
ZAHRA SAYS HOW IT WOULD CHANGE
COLOURS WHEN YOU WOULD
PUT THEM INSIDE-OUT.
Hamza says I THINK THESE HEXAFLEXAGONS
ARE MY NEW BEST FRIENDS.
THE GIRLS SAY WHAT ABOUT KOOL CAT?
(KOOL CAT MEOWS WORRIEDLY.)
HAMZA SAYS OH, I'M ONLY KIDDING.
YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND, KOOL CAT.
(KOOL CAT MEOWS WITH RELIEF.)
THANKS! SEE YOU LATER.
ALL THREE SAY BYE, HAMZA!
A CARTOON SHOWS THE THREE SOLIDS DANCING. THE DOUGHNUT TRIPS AND FALLS.
(DANCE MUSIC PLAYS.)
(PYRAMID AND CUBE LAUGH.)
The doughnut is broken. It repairs itself, attaching sides wrongly and turning itself into a Mobius strip.
THE PYRAMID AND CUBE SAY WHOA!
Hamza says OH, MAN! I CAN'T BELIEVE
HOW COOL WEIRD SHAPES ARE!
AND THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
THERE'S A WEIRD SHAPE.
THERE'S ANOTHER WEIRD SHAPE.
HELLO, MR. WEIRD SHAPE, HOW ARE
YOU DOING TODAY? GOOD, I HOPE.
EXCELLENT. EVEN YOU, KOOL CAT.
YOU'RE A WEIRD SHAPE. I DIDN'T
MEAN THAT IN A BAD WAY.
BUT YOU ARE A WEIRD SHAPE.
AND LOOK AT YOUR NEW WHEELS?
THOSE REULEAUX TRIANGLES...
DEFINITELY A WEIRD SHAPE.
AND DEFINITELY COOL.
POLYHEDRONS, NON-POLYHEDRONS.
EVEN SHAPES THAT SEEM TO BEHAVE
IN THE MOST MAGICAL WAYS HAVE
A PERFECTLY MATHEMATICAL
EXPLANATION FOR HOW THEY WORK.
HERE'S THE REALLY COOL THING.
THE WEIRDEST SHAPES EVER
DISCOVERED CAN STILL BE
UNDERSTOOD USING THE RULES
OF GEOMETRY. MAN, I CAN'T WAIT
TO START INVENTING MORE WEIRD
SHAPES. THAT'S IT, KOOL CAT.
GO GET SOME MORE PAPER STRIPS.
I'M GOING TO GO GET SOME MORE
PLASTICINE. BLOOPY, YOU'RE
GETTING A FRIEND. SEE YOU NEXT
TIME ON MORE "LOOK, KOOL."
(Theme Music plays)
Over a radiating design in green and geometrical frames with clips of the Look Kool challenge, the end credits roll.
TVO Kids and Bell Fund logos.
Apartment 11 Productions.
HAMZA SAYS OCTAHEDRON. STELLATED
OCTAHEDRON. YUMMY TORUS WITH A
BITE TAKEN OUT OF IT. COMING UP,
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
SOME SUPER SURPRISING FACTS
ABOUT THE WEIRDEST SHAPES
YOU'VE EVER SEEN!
CHELSEA SAYS I DIDN?T KNOW
THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
HAMZA SAYS WE'LL MAKE A HEXAGON
WITH HIDDEN SECRETS.
WE'LL FIND OUT HOW SHAPES
THAT ARE NOT ROUND CAN ROLL
PERFECTLY, AND GET A FEEL
FOR WEIRD SHAPE NAMES
THAT ARE A CHALLENGE.
LEXIE SAYS DODECAHEDRON!
(Screams)
HAMZA SAYS ALL THAT AND MORE...
Leaning over a misshapen lump of orange plasticine, he says WHO'S A CUTE LITTLE
NON-POLYHEDRON?... ON "LOOK, KOOL."
(THEME MUSIC PLAYS)
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.)
HAMZA stands in his studio facing a table of geometrical solids and
SAYS THESE ARE SOME
PRETTY FAMOUS SOLID SHAPES
OF THE NON-WEIRD VARIETY.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR CUBE, CONE,
CYLINDER, SPHERE, PYRAMID.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THESE
AROUND YOUR HOUSE OR
YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD.
A fast clip shows all the applications.
Hamza continues YEAH, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
BUT WHAT ABOUT LUMPY,
LOPSIDED, GOOFY LOOKING SHAPES?
LIKE, WHAT IF I DID THIS?
He runs to his desk and slaps orange plastic dough on it, then contorts it and marks it with his fingers.
Hamza continues IT'S WEIRD LOOKING, BUT IT LOOKS
LIKE A SHAPE OF SOME KIND,
RIGHT? WHAT SHOULD I CALL IT?
HOW ABOUT A BLOOPEZOID?
Under a blue caption reading "Bloopezoid" a victor?s wreath surrounds the object. (Trumpet fanfare)
Hamza continues I WONDER IF MY BLOOPEZOID
BELONGS TO ANY GROUP OF SHAPES
IN PARTICULAR, EVEN THOUGH
IT LOOKS TOTALLY WEIRD.
LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
THE KOOL CAT DISINTEGRATES INTO HIS COMPONENTS. A CAPTION READS "DECONSTRUCT." HE COMES TOGETHER AGAIN.
Hamza says DECONSTRUCT.
Then he waves at the object and again says DECONSTRUCT!
WHOA! ARE YOU SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING?
A blue pyramid, a red triangular prism and a yellow cube appear.
THE COMPUTER SAYS PRESENTING
THE POLYHEDRON GROUP.
Hamza says POLYHEDRONS? OH, I GET IT!
ALL THE FACES ON THESE SHAPES
ARE COMPLETELY FLAT. WHICH IS
WHAT MAKES THE CUBE, THE PRISM
AND THE PYRAMID POLYHEDRONS.
THE COMPUTER SAYS AND NOW,
THE NON-POLYHEDRON GROUP.
A red sphere, a blue circular prism and a cone appear.
HAMZA SAYS HM. WHY ARE THESE IN
A DIFFERENT GROUP? I GET IT!
THE NON-POLYHEDRONS ALL HAVE
AT LEAST 1 SIDE THAT IS CURVED,
WHICH MAKES THE CONE, THE
CYLINDER AND THE SPHERE NON-
POLYHEDRONS. BUT WHAT ABOUT MY
BLOOPEZOID? WHAT GROUP WOULD
BLOOPY JOIN? WELL, HE'S GOT ONE
FLAT SIDE, BUT THE REST OF HIM
IS ALL CURVED AND BUMPY.
SO I GUESS BLOOPY WOULD JOIN
THE NON-POLYHEDRON SIDE.
THE COMPUTER SAYS AFFIRMATIVE.
BLOOPEZOID IS A NON-POLYHEDRON.
HAMZA SAYS OH, BLOOPY! YOU DO
BELONG TO A GROUP! I'M SO PROUD
OF YOU! WHO'S A CUTE LITTLE NON-
POLYHEDRON? YOU'RE THE CUTEST
NON-POLYHEDRON OUT HERE.
(Barks)
Hamza, holding Bloopy, then noticing the camera, says YOU'RE SO...
OH... HI. ANYWAY, I'M GOING
TO INTRODUCE BLOOPY
TO SOME OTHER WEIRD SHAPES.
He produces a yellow doughnut, a waisted cylinder and a hollow polyhedron with pentagon and hexagon faces.
Hamza says THE TORUS...
THE HYPERBOLOID...
AND THE GOLDBERG POLYHEDRON.
I WONDER IF THESE SHAPES
BELONG TO A PARTICULAR GROUP.
Hamza waves his hand and the shapes assemble beside a caption that reads "Non-Polyhedrons." A red caption reads "At least 1 non-flat surface."
Hamza says SO NON-POLYHEDRONS HAVE AT LEAST
ONE SURFACE THAT ISN'T FLAT.
AND AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, NONE
OF THE TORUS IS FLAT. SO THAT'S
DEFINITELY A NON-POLYHEDRON. AH,
THE HYPERBOLOID! NOW, THAT LOOKS
LIKE A CYLINDER THAT WENT ON
A DIET! SO IN THE HYPERBOLOID
WE HAVE 2 FLAT SURFACES. BUT
THE MIDDLE SEEMS TO BE ALL CURVY
LIKE AN HOURGLASS, SO IT'S
DEFINITELY A NON-POLYHEDRON.
AND THE GOLDBERG POLYHEDRON HAS
A ROUND SHAPE, SO I'M GUESSING
IT'S A NON-POLYHEDRON.
HOLD ON! IT JUST LOOKS ROUND,
BUT IT'S ACTUALLY MADE UP OF
FLAT PENTAGONS AND HEXAGONS.
THAT MAKES IT A POLYHEDRON.
I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT
COMING. GOLDBERG... POLYHEDRON.
I WONDER IF YOU COULD FIND
THESE 3 WEIRD SHAPES HIDDEN
IN EVERYDAY LIFE. LET'S GET
THE INVESTIGATORS ON THE CASE.
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 TALKS TO TWO LITTLE GIRLS WHO APPEAR ON THE STUDIO SCREEN.
HE SAYS HI, INVESTIGATORS!
Snapping his fingers at his screen, Hamza says CHELSEA AND ZAHRA, YOUR MISSION
IS TO FIND THINGS AROUND
THE HOUSE THAT LOOK LIKE
THESE 3 SHAPES.
CHELSEA SAYS YOU MEAN THESE WEIRD SHAPES?
She holds up a card with a spindle, a ball and a doughnut on it.
HAMZA SAYS YEAH! GO FOR IT.
ZAHRA SAYS LOOK OVER THERE! IT
LOOKS KIND OF LIKE THE HOOP.
CHELSEA SAYS YEAH. IT LOOKS KIND OF LIKE
THE HOOP WE'VE GOT RIGHT HERE.
DID YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE?
ZAHRA SAYS OKAY.
They snap a photo.
THE COMPUTER SAYS TORUS IDENTIFIED.
TORUS SHAPES CAN BE VERY FAT
OR VERY SKINNY, WITH A LARGE
SPACE IN THE MIDDLE OR
ANY SIZE IN BETWEEN.
The doughnut gets fatter, then thinner. Chelsea kneels beside table legs arranged in a waisted spindle-shape.
ZAHRA SAYS ONE HOOP HERE AND
IT'S HOLDING UP THE TABLE.
The hoop connecting the legs is marked in blue. It is doughnut-shaped.
THE COMPUTER SAYS TORUS IDENTIFIED.
Picking up the dodecahedron, ZAHRA SAYS HEY! THIS BALL KIND
OF LOOKS LIKE A SOCCER BALL.
HAMZA SAYS THAT WOULD BE
A STRANGE SOCCER BALL.
CHELSEA SAYS PROBABLY SOME SORT
OF TOY. OR MAYBE EVEN A DOG TOY.
Hamza says I WOULD SAY... YOU'RE RIGHT!
THE COMPUTER SAYS GOLDBERG POLYHEDRON
IDENTIFIED! A GOLDBERG
POLYHEDRON IS A SHAPE MADE UP
OF EXACTLY 12 PENTAGONS AND
ANY NUMBER OF HEXAGONS. EXACTLY
3 SHAPES MEET AT EACH VERTEX
TO CREATE A SHAPE THAT WILL
ROLL WELL. THERE MUST BE
AT LEAST SOME HEXAGONS.
A SOCCER BALL HAS 12 PENTAGONS
AND 20 HEXAGONS.
A soccer ball made from black pentagons and white hexagons appears.
Zahra approaches a spindle-shaped wooden stand for a white porcelain statue.
ZAHRA SAYS WELL, THIS THING LOOKS LIKE...
CHELSEA SAYS YEAH! THIS THING KIND
OF LOOKS LIKE THAT RIGHT HERE.
THE COMPUTER SAYS HYPERBOLOID
IDENTIFIED. IN GEOMETRY, THIS
SHAPE IS CREATED BY TWISTING
ONE END OF A CYLINDER,
WHICH CAUSES THE CENTRE
TO DRAW INWARD.
CHELSEA SAYS OH, LOOK! I SEE DONUTS.
THE COMPUTER SAYS TORUS IDENTIFIED.
CHELSEA SAYS LOOK OVER THERE! IT
LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THIS ONE...
A blue object is shaped like a double dessert bowl.
COMPUTER SAYS HYPERBOLOID IDENTIFIED.
HAMZA SAYS YOU GUYS SURE FOUND A
LOT OF WEIRD SHAPES. SO OF ALL
THE OBJECTS YOU'VE FOUND TODAY,
WHICH WAS YOUR FAVOURITE?
ZAHRA AND CHELSEA SAY DONUTS! (eating)
HAMZA SAYS LIKE I EVEN
HAD TO ASK... ME TOO!
A cartoon shows a yellow pyramid, a red cube and a pink doughnut dancing to music from a blue rectangular radio.
(DANCE MUSIC PLAYS.)
(THE MUSIC STOPS.)
(PYRAMID AND CUBE LAUGH.)
The pink doughnut whacks the radio.
(THE MUSIC RE-STARTS.)
The doughnut starts spinning clockwise. It spins on its head and then lands on its hand.
THE PYRAMID AND CUBE SAY WHOA!
(PYRAMID AND CUBE CHEER.)
HAMZA tries to bite a plastic ring and SAYS NOT ALL TORUSES TASTE
GOOD. BUT HERE'S A TASTY IDEA.
CHECK OUT THIS SHAPE.
He holds up a pink shield shape.
Hamza says IT'S CALLED A REULEAUX TRIANGLE.
IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A ROUNDED
TRIANGLE, RIGHT? NOTHING TOO
WEIRD ABOUT IT. WRONG! KOOL CAT
IS GOING TO HELP ME DEMONSTRATE.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE
REPLACED KOOL CAT'S WHEELS
WITH 4 OF THESE TRIANGLES?
He does just that. With the triangular wheels, Kool Cat rolls perfectly.
Hamza says GOT IT! TA-DA! SO, DO YOU THINK
KOOL CAT'S IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE?
WHOA! THE REULEAUX TRIANGLES
ROLL JUST LIKE PERFECTLY ROUND
WHEELS! OH BOY! I JUST CAN'T
WAIT TO START PLAYING WITH SOME
OTHER WEIRD SHAPES. LIKE THIS!
He holds up a small yellow object.
Hamza says IT'S THE SAME SHAPE, EXCEPT 3D.
THIS IS A ROUNDED PYRAMID.
LET'S SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF I PUT A FLAT SURFACE ON TOP
AND TRIED TO ROLL IT AROUND.
He places a square piece of glass on top of three yellow rounded pyramids. He moves it with his fingers and it rolls evenly.
Hamza says THESE WEIRD SHAPES ARE MOVING
AROUND JUST LIKE THEY'RE
PERFECTLY ROUND! EXCEPT THEY'RE
NOT ROUND! WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
THE COMPUTER SAYS THESE ARE CALLED
SHAPES OF CONSTANT WIDTH.
THEY BEHAVE JUST LIKE A CIRCLE
OR A SPHERE BECAUSE THE SHAPE
ALWAYS HAS THE SAME DIAMETER
NO MATTER HOW YOU TURN IT.
A blue rounded pyramid is shown moving around freely inside a cubic box.
HAMZA SAYS SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK,
KOOL CAT? DO YOU WANT TO KEEP
YOUR NEW WHEELS?
Kool Cat nods his head vigorously.
Hamza says I THINK THAT'S A YES.
SINCE OUR INVESTIGATORS CHOSE A
DONUT AS THEIR FAVOURITE WEIRD
SHAPE, TODAY WE HAVE DONNY THE
DONUT KING AS OUR GUEST. THANKS
SO MUCH FOR COMING, DONNY!
Hamza, dressed as DONNY, SAYS HEY, FORGET ABOUT IT!
GOOD BEING HERE.
HAMZA SAYS I HEAR YOU HAVE
A REAL PASSION FOR DOUGHNUTS.
DONNY, holding a half-eaten doughnut, SAYS WELL, THEY'RE CALLED
TORUSES, ACTUALLY. I MEAN NOT
THIS ONE ANYMORE. BUT, THERE'S
NOTHING MORE DELICIOUS THAN
A TORUS. I MEAN, THEY'RE DEEP-
FRIED, YOU PUT A LITTLE POWDERED
SUGAR ON IT AND.... POW!
BUT HERE'S THE THING... A TORUS
IS MORE THAN JUST A DELICIOUS
PASTRY. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
DO YOU SEE THIS HULA HOOP?
IT'S IN THE SHAPE OF A TORUS.
POW! YOU SEE THIS HURRICANE?
A screen shows a typical hurricane with an eye in the middle.
Donny continues IT'S SHAPED LIKE A TORUS.
POW! BELUGA WHALES?
THEY CAN BLOW BUBBLES IN
THE SHAPE OF A TORUS. POW!
HAMZA SAYS WOW!
DONNY SAYS NO, IT'S POW, WITH A
'P'. AH, YOU'LL GET IT. ANYWAY,
THERE'S THIS THEORY THAT THE
ENTIRETY OF THE GINORMOUS
UNIVERSE IS SHAPED LIKE...
HAMZA SAYS ... A TORUS!
DONNY SAYS POW-POW!
HAMZA SAYS THAT'S SO COOL! ARE
THERE ANY OTHER WEIRD SHAPES
THAT YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT?
DONNY SAYS ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I
JUST TOLD YOU THAT THE ENTIRETY
OF THE UNIVERSE IS SHAPED LIKE
A TORUS, AND YOU WANT TO HEAR
ABOUT SOME OTHER SHAPES?
HAMZA SAYS I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO OFFEND...
DONNY SAYS HA! I'M JUST PULLING
YOUR LEG. YOU SHOULD LOOK AT
YOUR FACE! THERE'S ONE CALLED
THE KLEIN BOTTLE THAT'S PRETTY
WEIRD. ITS INSIDE IS JUST LIKE
ITS OUTSIDE. SO ESSENTIALLY
IT ONLY HAS ONE SIDE THAT
KEEPS TURNING INTO ITSELF.
The Klein bottle is like a gourd whose spout turns back, penetrates it and emerges through the bottom as its outer surface.
HAMZA SAYS THAT'S MIND BOGGLING!
DONNY SAYS OH, THERE'S ANOTHER
WEIRD SHAPE CALLED THE GOMBOC.
THE SURFACE OF IT MAKES IT SO
THAT YOU CAN NEVER KNOCK IT
OVER. IT ALWAYS LANDS RIGHT SIDE
UP. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME
TURTLES WITH A SHELL SHAPED
LIKE A GOMBOC TO HELP THEM
GET BACK TO THEIR FEET IF
THEY EVER GET FLIPPED OVER.
A clip shows one of these turtles with a specially rounded shell.
HAMZA SAYS SAY WHAT?
Donny says YEAH. AND HERE'S SOMETHING
THAT'S REALLY COOL. THERE'S A
TYPE OF MATH CALLED TOPOLOGY
WHERE YOU CAN TAKE A SHAPE AND
CHANGE IT INTO SOMETHING REALLY
WEIRD BY STRETCHING IT
AND TWISTING IT.
SO YOU CAN TAKE THIS TORUS
AND SHAPE IT INTO... POW-POW!
A COFFEE MUG. POW!
Hamza says I KNEW SOMEHOW YOU'D BRING IT
BACK TO COFFEE AND DONUTS.
DONNY SAYS HEY! WHOA,
I'M DONNY THE DONUT KING.
POW-POW! POW-POW! POW-POW!
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
HAMZA SAYS POW! I MEAN,
I KNOW IT'S YOUR THING.
BUT I JUST LIKE IT SO MUCH.
DONNY SAYS POW-POW!
The yellow pyramid and red cube dance. When the music stops, they take a deep breath and blow themselves up. It starts again. The pink doughnut appears and takes a deep breath. It blows itself into the shape of a coffee mug. Streams of coloured coffee pour into the mouths of the pyramid and cube.
(DANCE MUSIC PLAYS.)
(THE MUSIC STOPS.)
(THE MUSIC RE-STARTS.)
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 STANDS IN A FIELD WEARING A WHITE SHIRT WITH PINK DECORATIONS, BETWEEN TWO PAIRS OF KIDS FORMING TEAMS WITH DRUMS IN YELLOW AND BLUE TEAM JERSEYS.
HAMZA SAYS CHALLENGE! TODAY'S
CHALLENGE IS A MYSTERY. AND
TO HELP ME SOLVE IT, I HAVE
LEXIE AND ALYSSA, TEAM YELLOW.
LEXIE AND ALYSSA HOLD HANDS AND SAY YELLOW!
HAMZA SAYS AND TO MY RIGHT SIDE, I
HAVE ETHAN AND ADEN, TEAM BLUE.
ETHAN AND ADEN JUMP UP AND DOWN AND SAY TEAM BLUE! YEAH!
HAMZA SAYS NOW ARE YOU GUYS READY
TO HELP ME SOLVE THIS MYSTERY?
THE CHILDREN SAY YEAH!
Hamza says ALRIGHT. WELL, FOLLOW ME.
OKAY. SO WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US
2 MYSTERY BOXES. AND I'M GOING
TO PUT THE SAME SHAPE IN EACH
MYSTERY BOX. YOU CAN'T SEE IT,
SO YOU'LL HAVE TO GUESS
THE SHAPE BY TOUCHING IT.
The boxes are open toward the camera. The kids are on the other side and have to put their arms through slits on their side.
THEN YOU'RE GOING TO POINT TO IT
ON YOUR CHARTS. YOUR PARTNER
WILL RUN OVER THERE AND CALL UP
A NAME THAT IS WRITTEN ON THE
SHAPE. AND REMEMBER... IT'S A
RACE! THE FIRST TEAM TO GET EACH
SHAPE?S NAME CORRECTLY WINS 1 POINT.
OKAY. HANDS INSIDE THE
MYSTERY BOXES, AND AWAIT
YOUR FIRST WEIRD SHAPE.
LEXIE SAYS AH! I KNOW IT.
ETHAN SAYS IT'S NOT REALLY POINTY.
IT'S MORE LIKE A CIRCLE.
ADEN SAYS THIS ONE? ALRIGHT.
LEXIE SAYS THIS ONE!
HAMZA SAYS OH! IT LOOKS LIKE BOTH
TEAMS ARE OFF TO THE RACES.
ALYSSA SAYS COME ON, LEXIE!
ADEN AND ALYSSA SAY THE TORUS!
HAMZA SAYS YES! AND THAT'S A TIE!
BOTH GOT TO IT AT THE SAME TIME.
ALRIGHT, GUYS.
TIME FOR YOUR SECOND WEIRD SHAPE.
LEXIE SAYS IS IT POINTY? IS IT FLAT?
ALYSSA SAYS POINTY! THIS ONE.
ADEN SAYS THIS ONE.
ETHAN SAYS TRIANGULAR PRISM!
HAMZA SAYS YEAH, YOU'VE GOT IT!
TRIANGULAR PRISM. BLUE TEAM
TAKES AN EARLY LEAD.
LEXIE SAYS I THINK IT'S THIS ONE.
I THINK IT IS!
ETHAN SAYS IT'S ALMOST LIKE A
BUNCH OF TRIANGLES. IT'S VERY
POINTY. I THINK IT'S THIS ONE.
They both point to the pyramid.
ADEN SAYS ALRIGHT.
ADEN AND ALYSSA SAY 4-SIDED PYRAMID!
HAMZA SAYS YEAH! 4-SIDED PYRAMID
IS CORRECT! THAT'S A TIE.
ADEN SAYS THIS ONE.
HAMZA SAYS BOTH GOT TO IT
AT THE SAME TIME.
ETHAN AND ALYSSA SAY OCTAHEDRON!
HAMZA SAYS YEAH, OCTAHEDRON! YEAH,
YOU GOT IT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO CALL THAT ONE A TIE. OKAY,
SO AFTER 4 WEIRD SHAPES,
IT'S TEAM BLUE LEADING WITH 4,
AND YELLOW A CLOSE 2ND WITH 3.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
THE "LOOK, KOOL" WEIRD SHAPE
CHALLENGE. ARE YOU GUYS
PUMPED UP?
THE CHILDREN SAY YEAH!
HAMZA SAYS OKAY.
(Lyrical music plays)
Hamza sings and dances against a swirling background of black and white stripes.
Hamza says "HYPERBOLOIDS
GOMBOCS TOO
HEMIHELIX TORUS MAKES ME DROOL
STELLATED DODECAHEDRON
AND THEN THERE'S
GOLDBERG'S POLYHEDRON
THEY'RE ALL WEIRD SHAPES
SO BEAUTIFUL
SOLID 3D SHAPES SO COOL
SOME HAVE FLAT SIDES
AND SOME HAVE CURVES
EVERY WEIRD SHAPE
FITS THOSE RULES
WHAT ARE THE WEIRD SHAPES?
GREAT DITRIGONAL
DODECICODODECAHEDRON
LOOKS SO COOL, YOU KNOW
DODECAHEMIDODECAHEDRON
WHAT ARE THE WEIRD SHAPES?
PENTAGONAL GYROBICUPOLA
PENTAGONAL
GYROBICUPOLA ROTUNDA
THOSE ARE SOME
WEIRD SHAPE NAMES."
(Fun music plays)
A Rubik Cube assembles Kool Cat's image.
The outline of a whiskered cat's face featuring multi-coloured cogs in its brain reads "Brain Bender."
Hamza says BRAIN BENDER. SOME SHAPES ARE
MADE BY COMBINING OTHER SMALLER
SHAPES. TODAY, OUR PUZZLERS
WILL HAVE TO FIRST DECIDE
WHICH OF THESE 6 SHAPES
CAN BE MADE BY COMBINING
ALL OF THE BLUE PIECES,
AND THEN MAKE THAT SHAPE.
OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE MATTHEW
AND VICTORIA. GO FOR IT, GUYS!
The coloured shapes and the blue pieces appear on his screen.
Matthew says LET'S START WITH THAT ONE.
VICTORIA SAYS OKAY.
WE ALREADY HAVE THIS SHAPE.
WE HAVE TO ADD THE TRIANGLES.
BUT WE CAN'T, 'CAUSE
WE ALREADY HAVE IT.
Matthew says YEAH. THAT ONE CAN'T WORK.
VICTORIA SAYS WE COULD TRY THE CUBE?
MATTHEW SAYS SO FOR THE CUBE,
WE NEED TO HAVE FLAT SIDES
AND THEY NEED TO BE SQUARE.
SO IT CAN'T BE THE CUBE EITHER.
LET'S TRY THIS PINK ONE.
VICTORIA SAYS SURE. WE HAVE
A POINT AT THE TOP.
Matthew says WE HAVE 4 SIDES IN FRONT OF
US. AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT IT
THAT WAY, WE HAVE 2 SIDES OR 3.
SO IT CAN'T BE THAT ONE.
VICTORIA SAYS THIS WEIRD SHAPE?
Matthew says THIS ONE HAS 1, 2, 3 SIDES...
VICTORIA SAYS BUT THIS ONE HAS
4 SIDES. 1, 2, 3, 4...
MATTHEW SAYS SO THAT ONE
CAN'T BE RIGHT, EITHER.
VICTORIA SAYS THIS ONE ACTUALLY
LOOKS PRETTY CLOSE.
Matthew says BUT THEN AGAIN, WE HAVE TO ADD
SHAPES ON. WE CAN'T ALREADY
BE USING THIS AS A FINAL ONE.
VICTORIA SAYS SO WE ONLY HAVE
ONE SHAPE LEFT.
MATTHEW SAYS WHICH IS THIS SHAPE.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S THAT ONE.
HAMZA SAYS WELL, LET'S FIND OUT
IF YOU'RE RIGHT. ASSEMBLE
YOUR BLUE SHAPES TOGETHER!
MATTHEW SAYS WELL, IT STARTS OFF
WITH A POINTY PART ON THE TOP.
AND THEN WE HAVE ONE POINTING
AT THE FRONT, SO WE HAVE THAT.
MATTHEW SAYS BUT WE HAVE 1 LEFT.
I THINK WE GOT IT. YOU?
Victoria says I THINK IT LOOKS THE SAME.
HAMZA SAYS GREAT JOB! I LIKE THE
WAY YOU THINK. THANKS, VICTORIA!
THANKS, MATTHEW!
MATTHEW AND VICTORIA SAY BYE!
HAMZA SAYS THEIR BRAINS ARE
DEFINITELY IN GREAT SHAPE.
GREAT WEIRD SHAPE! HUH?
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
CHALLENGE! 4 MORE SHAPES TO GO.
ARE YOU GUYS READY?
BOTH TEAMS SAY YEAH, WE'RE READY!
HAMZA SAYS OKAY, LET'S GET TO IT!
(Fast music plays)
Hamza says OH, IT'S NECK-AND-NECK!
LEXIE SAYS 4-SIDED PYRAMID!
(LEXIE SCREAMS.)
I THINK.
Hamza says SORRY, THAT IS INCORRECT.
ADEN SAYS OCTAHEDRON.
LEXIE SAYS NO! THAT'S A
TETRAHEDRON! TETRAHEDRON!
ADEN SAYS OCTAHEDRON!
HAMZA SAYS ALRIGHT! WELL, A LITTLE
BIT OFF ON THE PRONUNCIATION
BUT YELLOW TEAM'S GOT IT WITH
TETRAHEDRON. ALRIGHT! COME ON
BACK FOR YOUR NEXT SHAPE.
LEXIE SAYS OH! WE ACTUALLY TIED IT UP.
ETHAN SAYS THIS ONE.
HAMZA SAYS AND THEY'RE RUNNING,
THEY'RE RUNNING...
ADEN AND ALYSSA SAY DODECAHEDRON!
Hamza says BOTH GOT THERE RELATIVELY
AT THE SAME TIME. THEY STARTED
SAYING IT AT THE SAME TIME.
IT'S ALL TIED UP AT 5 EACH.
ETHAN SAYS ALMOST LIKE A BUNCH
OF TRIANGLES. IT'S VERY POINTY.
I THINK IT'S THIS ONE.
ALYSSA SAYS IT'S THAT ONE, IT'S THAT ONE!
LEXIE SAYS COME ON, COME ON, COME ON!
ADEN and ALYSSA SAY STAR TETRAHEDRON!
HAMZA SAYS THAT WAS A TIE AS WELL!
THIS IS SO CLOSE! COME ON BACK!
ALL TIED UP AT 6.
ONE MORE SHAPE TO GO.
THIS ONE DECIDES THE WINNER.
ETHAN SAYS THIS ONE.
HAMZA SAYS OH, AND IT'S CLOSE
ADEN AND ALYSSA SAY ICOSAHEDRON!
HAMZA SAYS AND IT'S A TIE AS WELL!
WOW, EXCELLENT! COME ON BACK.
OH, EXCELLENT JOB, BOTH TEAMS.
NOW, BLUE TEAM WAS WINNING IT
AT THE END OF THE 1ST ROUND. AND
THEN THE YELLOW TEAM TIES IT UP
IN THE 2ND ROUND. AND THAT
ICOSAHEDRON WAS ALSO A TIE. IT'S
A TIE! IT'S AN ABSOLUTE TIE!
CONGRATULATIONS FOR BOTH TEAMS.
NOW, TEAM BLUE...
WHAT WAS THE HARDEST PART
ABOUT THIS CHALLENGE?
ETHAN SAYS I THINK WE CAN AGREE
ON THE COMPETITION, THE RACING.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SPEED, RIGHT?
HAMZA SAYS AND TEAM YELLOW,
WHAT WAS THE HARDEST PART
ABOUT THIS CHALLENGE?
ALYSSA SAYS NAMING THE NAMES.
HAMZA SAYS OKAY.
ALYSSA SAYS AND SAYING THEM OUT LOUD.
HAMZA SAYS SINCE IT WAS A TIE,
I'VE GOT ONE MORE SPECIAL WEIRD
SHAPE FOR YOU GUYS AS A PRIZE.
OKAY. 3, 2, 1... GO!
All four hands reach in and grab four doughnuts.
BOTH TEAMS SAYS EW! IT'S A DONUT!
HAMZA SAYS YOU ALL GET YOUR
VERY OWN SPECIAL TORUS.
ISN'T IT DELICIOUS?
Hamza eats one.
(LEXIE LAUGHS.)
He offers a half-eaten one to Ethan and says YOU WANT SOME?
ETHAN SAYS NO, I'M GOOD.
(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! FRANCIS IS
AN ENGINEER WHO UNDERSTANDS 3-D
STRUCTURES AND HOW THEY WORK.
ENGINEERS OFTEN WORK WITH SOME
WEIRD SHAPES, BECAUSE THEY CAN
OFFER SOME PRETTY FUN SOLUTIONS
WHEN BUILDING STRUCTURES.
FRANCIS, standing with Aden and Lexie, SAYS I WANT TO ASK YOU
GUYS IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN
OR HEARD ABOUT A SHAPE
THAT HAS NO FRONT, NO BACK,
NO BEGINNING, NO END...
WHAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU GUYS IS
SOMETHING CALLED A MOBIUS STRIP.
HOW WOULD YOU MAKE
A REGULAR BAND?
CHELSEA SAYS LIKE THAT?
FRANCIS SAYS YEAH, YOU JUST CONNECT IT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE EDGE AND
TURN IT HALFWAY. EXACTLY LIKE
THAT. SO LOOK AT THAT SHAPE.
CHELSEA SAYS IT KIND OF SEEMS
LIKE A ROLLER COASTER, IN A WAY.
THE COMPUTER SAYS A MOBIUS STRIP
LOOKS LIKE IT HAS 2 SIDES, BUT
BECAUSE OF THE TWIST BOTH SIDES
OF THE PAPER ARE CONNECTED.
IT ONLY HAS ONE SIDE. CUT A
REGULAR BAND IN HALF AND YOU
GET 2 PIECES. BUT CUT A MOBIUS
STRIP IN HALF AND YOU GET
A VERY STRANGE RESULT.
FRANCIS SAYS WELL, LET'S SEE. LET'S CUT IT
AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I'VE VERY EXCITED
TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
ZAHRA SAYS IT BECAME 1 BIG ONE.
CHELSEA SAYS OH YEAH..
FRANCIS SAYS YOU GOT 1 BIG ONE.
ISN'T THAT WEIRD?
ZAHRA SAYS SO NOW IT HAS BECOME
A BIG FAT CIRCLE, OR WHATEVER
YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
FRANCIS SAYS BUT IT'S STILL TWISTED, RIGHT?
CHELSEA SAYS YEAH. SEE, LOOK...
THERE'S STILL THAT LITTLE
SPIRAL OVER THERE.
FRANCIS SAYS I WANT YOU GUYS TO
TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS
TIME. I'M GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER
MOBIUS STRIP, THE SAME WAY
YOU GUYS DID IT THE FIRST TIME.
BUT INSTEAD OF CUTTING IT DOWN
THE MIDDLE, WE'RE GOING
TO CUT IT CLOSER TO THE EDGE.
THE COMPUTER SAYS CUTTING A MOBIUS
STRIP ALONG ITS EDGE IS
ANOTHER WEIRD RESULT.
FRANCIS SAYS TRY TO STAY ON THE EDGE.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE? WHAT'S THAT?
ZAHRA SAYS A CIRCLE WITH
ANOTHER BIG OVAL HANGING.
FRANCIS SAYS YOU STARTED
WITH ONE MOBIUS STRIP.
LEXIE SAYS SO HOW DID IT BECOME ONE OVAL
AND A CIRCLE, ATTACHED TOGETHER?
FRANCIS SAYS HERE'S THE WEIRD
THING ABOUT MOBIUS STRIPS.
THEY ONLY HAVE 1 EDGE. SO WHEN
WE CUT DOWN THE MIDDLE WE JUST
OPENED IT UP AND MADE IT LONGER,
BASICALLY. BUT WHEN WE CUT
ALONG THE EDGE, WE ACTUALLY
CREATED 2 MOBIUS STRIPS. AND
SO IT'S ALMOST AS IF THERE'S AN
INFINITE AMOUNT OF MOBIUS STRIPS
INSIDE THE MOBIUS STRIPS.
HAMZA SAYS MOBIUS STRIPS
ARE TOTALLY TWISTED!
FRANCIS SAYS I GOT ANOTHER COOL
SHAPE TO SHOW YOU GUYS. WE CALL
THEM HEXA-HEXAFLEXAGONS.
CHELSEA AND ZAHRA SAY WHAT?
FRANCIS SAYS I GOT SOME RIGHT HERE.
CHECK THIS OUT.
ZAHRA SAYS WHAT? PUT IT INSIDE,
AND YOU BRING IT OUT?
As a speeded-motion clip shows one being made, the Computer says THE HEXA-HEXAFLEXAGON
HAS SOME VERY SURPRISING
PROPERTIES. YOU CAN MAKE ONE
BY FOLDING A STRIP OF PAPER
INTO 19 TRIANGLES AND ATTACHING
THE ENDS TOGETHER. THE HEXA-
HEXAFLEXAGON HAS 2 SIDES,
BUT HIDDEN INSIDE ARE ACTUALLY
6 DIFFERENT FACES WHICH YOU CAN
DISCOVER IF YOU COLOUR
EACH ONE AS YOU FLEX IT.
HAMZA SAYS HEY INVESTIGATORS...
DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THAT YOU
COULD MAKE SUCH INTERESTING,
WEIRD SHAPES OUT OF PAPER?
CHELSEA AND ZAHRA SAYS NO.
Hamza says WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE SHAPE?
CHELSEA SAYS THE HEXA... FLEXAGON.
ZAHRA SAYS HOW IT WOULD CHANGE
COLOURS WHEN YOU WOULD
PUT THEM INSIDE-OUT.
Hamza says I THINK THESE HEXAFLEXAGONS
ARE MY NEW BEST FRIENDS.
THE GIRLS SAY WHAT ABOUT KOOL CAT?
(KOOL CAT MEOWS WORRIEDLY.)
HAMZA SAYS OH, I'M ONLY KIDDING.
YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND, KOOL CAT.
(KOOL CAT MEOWS WITH RELIEF.)
THANKS! SEE YOU LATER.
ALL THREE SAY BYE, HAMZA!
A CARTOON SHOWS THE THREE SOLIDS DANCING. THE DOUGHNUT TRIPS AND FALLS.
(DANCE MUSIC PLAYS.)
(PYRAMID AND CUBE LAUGH.)
The doughnut is broken. It repairs itself, attaching sides wrongly and turning itself into a Mobius strip.
THE PYRAMID AND CUBE SAY WHOA!
Hamza says OH, MAN! I CAN'T BELIEVE
HOW COOL WEIRD SHAPES ARE!
AND THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
THERE'S A WEIRD SHAPE.
THERE'S ANOTHER WEIRD SHAPE.
HELLO, MR. WEIRD SHAPE, HOW ARE
YOU DOING TODAY? GOOD, I HOPE.
EXCELLENT. EVEN YOU, KOOL CAT.
YOU'RE A WEIRD SHAPE. I DIDN'T
MEAN THAT IN A BAD WAY.
BUT YOU ARE A WEIRD SHAPE.
AND LOOK AT YOUR NEW WHEELS?
THOSE REULEAUX TRIANGLES...
DEFINITELY A WEIRD SHAPE.
AND DEFINITELY COOL.
POLYHEDRONS, NON-POLYHEDRONS.
EVEN SHAPES THAT SEEM TO BEHAVE
IN THE MOST MAGICAL WAYS HAVE
A PERFECTLY MATHEMATICAL
EXPLANATION FOR HOW THEY WORK.
HERE'S THE REALLY COOL THING.
THE WEIRDEST SHAPES EVER
DISCOVERED CAN STILL BE
UNDERSTOOD USING THE RULES
OF GEOMETRY. MAN, I CAN'T WAIT
TO START INVENTING MORE WEIRD
SHAPES. THAT'S IT, KOOL CAT.
GO GET SOME MORE PAPER STRIPS.
I'M GOING TO GO GET SOME MORE
PLASTICINE. BLOOPY, YOU'RE
GETTING A FRIEND. SEE YOU NEXT
TIME ON MORE "LOOK, KOOL."
(Theme Music plays)
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