Daniel and Melissa stand in the set of "The Space."

Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and he wears glasses, jeans and a blue TVO Kids T-shirt.

Melissa is in her twenties, with long straight brown hair with bangs in pigtail braids and she wears jeans and a neon pink TVO Kids sweatshirt.

Melissa says HEY TVO KIDS,
WELCOME BACK TO EARTH WEEK.
YOU'RE HANGING OUT
WITH MELISSA.

Daniel says AND DANIEL.
AND, A BIG PART
OF THE EARTH...BUGS.
BUGS ARE A BIG PART
OF THE EARTH.

Melissa says YES, OKAY.
SO, THE REASON WHY
WE'RE KINDA FREAKING OUT,
WE'RE KINDA GIDDY,
IS BECAUSE
WE'VE GOT SOME
CRICKETS HERE.
LET'S JUST TAKE A LOOK
AT THE CRICKETS.

She shows crickets in small glass bowls sitting on a small table.

Melissa says THEY'RE APPARENTLY
BARBECUE FLAVOURED?

Daniel says THEY'RE BARBECUE FLAVOURED.

Melissa says OH, BROTHER.

Daniel says THEY'VE MADE A COMEBACK,
CRICKETS.

Melissa says YES, YES, CRICKETS ARE ACTUALLY
REALLY POPULAR RIGHT NOW,
GET THIS,
FOR EATING, YOU GUYS.
SO LOTS OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY
GRIND IT UP INTO FLOUR,
AND THEY DO THAT BECAUSE
CRICKETS AND BUGS
ARE REALLY HIGH
IN PROTEIN.
AND IT'S ALSO
A MORE SUSTAINABLE WAY TO
TO GET THAT PROTEIN
AND TO EAT THINGS.

Daniel says AND YOU KNOW WHAT, SOMETIMES
PEOPLE JUST EAT 'EM LIKE THIS.
BUT I GENUINELY THINK,

Melissa says I'M SERIOUSLY SHAKING.

Daniel says THAT THE TVO KIDS
OUT THERE
DON'T WANNA SEE ME
EAT THEM,
BUT 100 PERCENT
MAKE MELISSA EAT IT.

Melissa says I DON'T THINK SO,
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE YOU.

Daniel says WHAT?
I DON'T THINK SO.

Melissa says IT'S GONNA BE FUNNY TO
WATCH YOU SQUIRM,
THEY ALL KNOW
I'M ALREADY SQUIRMY,
I DON'T NEED TO SHOW YOU THAT—
THAT LOOKS SO GROSS.

Daniel takes one cricket out of the bowl and shows it to the camera.

Daniel says THAT WAS A BAD IDEA.

Melissa says OKAY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
WHO'S IT GONNA BE?

They look at the results of a poll on a screen behind them.

Daniel says IT'S BOTH OF US.
BUT I GET TO EAT
A LITTLE LESS, BECAUSE...

Melissa says NO, THAT'S NOT
HOW IT WORKS.

Daniel says LET'S JUST DO IT.

Melissa says I SERIOUSLY CAN'T TOUCH IT.
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

Melissa says AHH, GET THAT SOUND
OUT OF HERE!

Daniel says THREE, TWO, ONE.

Melissa says WAIT, HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE?

Daniel says ONE.

Melissa says JUST ONE?

Daniel says CHEERS.
(LAUGHING)

They both eat their crickets.

Melissa says I HATE IT!

Daniel says EW, I PUT IT ALL
IN MY MOUTH.

Melissa flaps her hands and makes a disgust face.

She says WORD GIRL'S
UP NEXT.
I CAN'T DO IT.
(RETCHING)