Two animated brains move over a line maze. Two chomping halves of an animated pink brain join together. Text on banners over the brain reads, “Hungry Brain!”

[Upbeat music plays]

A narrator says, HUNGRY BRAIN!

A person draws a boy staring up at street signs. The boy has black hair and wears a yellow tee-shirt and blue shorts. Black question marks float over his head.

[Marker scratches]

A second narrator asks, EVER WONDERED
WHY SOME ROADS ARE CALLED
"AVENUES," "BOULEVARD,"
OR SIMPLY "STREET?"

The words “Avenue,” “Boulevard” and “Street” appear on the signs.

[Dings]

The drawing of the boy says, EH?

A list on a drawing reads, “Avenue, boulevard, street, path.”

[Marker scratches, upbeat music continues]

The second narrator says, TODAY, SADLY,
THE ORIGINS OF THESE WORDS
HAVE BEEN LOST.

LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD
AND FIND OUT MORE.

A drawing of a woman beside the list says, HUH?

The second narrator says, HERE'S THE
TOP ON URBAN ROADS.

Black text on a white background reads, “Top on Urban Roads.”

The person draws a black outline of a four with a number sign beside it and colours in the four with a blue marker.

[Scratching marker, ding]

The second narrator says, NUMBER FOUR: STREETS.

The person draws a street.

The second narrator says, THESE ARE FAIRLY
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

WORD ON THE STREET IS THEY CAN
BE ONE OR TWO WAY, FOOTPATHS,
CAN BE LAID, OR NOT, ON EITHER
SIDE OR ON ONE SIDE ONLY.

STREETS CONNECT
RESIDENTIAL AREAS
WHERE THE DRIVING
SPEED IS, GENERALLY,
SLOWER THAN ON
OTHER URBAN ROADS.

The person draws two houses with a speed limit sign on a lawn in front of them. The sign reads, “Fifty kilometers per hour.”

[Ding]

The person draws a blue outline of a three with a number sign beside it and adds some stripes.

[Scratching marker, ding, upbeat music continues]

The second narrator says, NUMBER THREE: AVENUES.

AVENUES ARE, GENERALLY,
WIDER THAN STREETS.

THEY ARE OFTEN DIVIDED BY A
CENTRAL RESERVATION,
AND ARE USUALLY BUILT IN A
STRAIGHT LINE, ORDERED BY TREES.

RIGHT UP MY STREET.

IN SOME CITIES,
AVENUES ARE SOMETIMES
PERPENDICULAR TO STREETS,
LIKE ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
IN NEW YORK WHERE SMALLER
STREETS GO FROM WEST TO EAST,
AND WIDER AVENUES RUN
NORTH TO SOUTH.

The person draws a pink outline of a two with a number sign beside it and colours in the four with a blue marker.

[Scratching marker, ding]

The second narrator says, NUMBER TWO: BOULEVARDS.

The person draws a woman pointing at two words, “Boulevard” and “Bolwerk.”

[Marker scratches, upbeat music continues]

The second narrator says, THE WORD
BOULEVARD COMES FROM
THE DUTCH WORD, "BOLWERK,"
MEANING A RAMPART; DEFENSIVE
BOUNDARY OF A FORTIFICATION. PHEW.

BOULEVARD'S EASY TO PRONOUNCE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY,
"BOLWERK" AND NO PLAY.

ANY WHO, THE OLDEST BOULEVARDS
OFTEN FOLLOW A GEOGRAPHICAL
FEATURE, LIKE A RIVER.

EXAMPLE, IN THE CITY OF TORONTO,
LAKESHORE BOULEVARD, MORE OR
LESS, FOLLOWS LAKE
ONTARIO'S PERIMETER.

The person draws a black outline of a one with a number sign beside it. They draw zigzagging teal lines around the number.

[Scratching marker, ding, upbeat music continues]

The second narrator says, NUMBER ONE: PATHS.

PATHS ARE OFTEN OLD
ROADS THAT EXISTED WHEN
PEOPLE STILL GO
AROUND ON HORSEBACK.

The person draws a man riding a horse on a path.

[Marker scratches, neighing]

The second narrator says, THEY GENERALLY
LINKED TWO CITIES, TOWNS,
OR NEIGHBOURHOODS,
AND WERE NAMED AFTER
THE PLACE THEY LED TO.

FOR EXAMPLE, HERON ROAD
IN THE CITY OF OTTAWA
PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE HERON
GATE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

A street sign on a drawing reads, “Heron Road.”

[Dings, marker scratches]

The second narrator says, A BIT LIKE
OLDER ROAD NAMES IN ENGLAND.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE FAMOUS ABBEY
ROAD IN LONDON ORIGINALLY LED
TO KILBURN PRIORY, AND IT WAS
THEREFORE, LITERALLY, THE ROAD
TO THE PRIORY, OR ABBEY.

A street sign on a drawing reads, “Abbey Road.”

The second narrator says, WELL, IT'S THE
END OF THE ROAD FOR THIS EPISODE.

HOPE WE CROSS PATHS AGAIN SOON.

The person draws a woman standing beside a road. Question marks float over her head.

A voice shouts, HI!

[Upbeat music continues]

End Credits:
Narration: Iain O’Connor.

Trio Orange. Member of the Association Quebécoise de la Production Mediatique.

Logo: AQPM.