- Hi, we're backstage at Kid Stew where learning can be really funny.

- So, we got together with the whole cast, and crew, and Ozzie.

- And picked our favorite moments.

- So let the laughs.

- And the learning.

- Begin.

- [Announcer] Kid Stew.

♪ Yeah yeah yeah yeah ♪ ♪ It's a world for me and you ♪ ♪ Yeah yeah yeah yeah ♪ ♪ A lot of things to see and do ♪ ♪ Yeah yeah yeah yeah ♪ ♪ Everyday is something new ♪ ♪ It's Kid Stew ♪ ♪ It's Kid Stew ♪ ♪ Yeah yeah ♪ ♪ So laugh and learn ♪ ♪ Enjoy the view ♪ ♪ Yeah yeah yeah yeah ♪ ♪ Jump right in ♪ ♪ Enjoy the crew ♪ ♪ Yeah yeah yeah yeah ♪ ♪ It's Kid Stew ♪ ♪ It's Kid Stew ♪ - [Child] Funding for Kid Stew is provided in part by the Cornelia T Bailey Foundation, and Michele and Howard Kessler.

- [Announcer] Kid Stew.

(background music) - Hey, what do you think that thing is?

- Some kind of ancient communication device.

- Maybe it's a link to the past.

- No, don't touch anything!

- Come on, where's your sense of adventure?

Let's just punch in some numbers and see what happens.

- Fine.

- I like to time travel, because you're meeting new people.

Nicholas was like, had the ink pen, writing.

(phone booth zapping) - Whoa.

That thing is a time machine.

Where are we?

Who's this guy?

- [Madison] Bald head, cool pen.

I've seen his pictures in books.

- Arc, who comes nigh?

- Hello, sir, I'm Blake, and this is my friend, Madison, and we're from about 600 years in the future.

- Charmed.

I'm Will Shakespeare.

Can't talk, I'm on a deadline.

- Will, as in William?

- That beith me.

William Shakespeare!

Struggling writer by night, struggling actor by day.

Just trying to make ends meet.

I need a play by Friday, and I've got zilch.

- But Mr. Shakespeare, you're about the best writer of all time.

- Right, funny.

- No, seriously, everybody who's anybody reads your plays, adults, kids, all over the world!

- Where did you say you were from?

- The 21st century.

- And you're telling me, that what I'm writing right now, people are still reading?

- Absolutely, you're a legend.

- I thank thee, but I still need a play by Friday.

- What have you got so far?

- A boy and a girl, they meet, they fall in love.

- And?

- That's it.

- That's it?

- Pretty weak, Mr. Shakespeare.

- You see my problem?

I'm totally blocked.

- Okay.

Wait, my brother was in a play last year called, West Side Story.

- Odd title.

- It was about a boy and a girl from two different neighborhoods.

Their families hated each other, but the kids didn't care.

- Speak on.

- There were gangs and knives and fights!

- Forsooth, that's good!

- And dancing and kissing and a really dreamy boy, like in the Taylor Swift song.

- That's Romeo.

- Bingo.

- You helpith greatly.

- And the girl is?

- Her name is, Julie!

- Et.

- Et?

No, too short.

- No, the girl's name should be Juliet.

- Yes, yes, I can see it now!

Juliet and Romeo!

Romeo and Juliet!

- Done, nailed it.

- You're rolling now, Mr. Shakespeare.

Keep up the good work.

- Did you know that Shakespeare invented over 1700 words and phrases, like brave new world, lackluster and bedazzled?

- [Announcer] Kid Stew.

- [Crew Member] What happened?

- My mustache's coming off.

(laughing) - [Crew Member] All right guys, come back here.

Everybody back in now.

- Good.

- [Crew Member] That was good.

- I like the intros and the time travels, because it's cool to see my friends dressed up in the wigs and stuff.

- [Crew Member] Hello Edison.

- You tease.

- [Girl] Nick is dressed as a redneck right now, and he's wearing this big mullet.

It's really funny.

- The name of the game is pig.

(pig oinking) (zapping) - The most interesting for me was probably Cleopatra, because the wig was very different than the other people, I guess.

- Looks like we're in someone's private garden.

- More like a royal courtyard.

This is first class.

- Servant girl, have you poured my milk bath yet?

- Not servants ma'am.

We're actually from another time and place.

- Spies?

I will have you drowned in my Nile at once.

- Not spies, just time travelers.

I'm Blake, and this is Madison, and you are?

- Your ignorance repels me.

I am Cleopatra, the seventh Philopator, and daughter of the sun god.

- Cleopatra?

- Well yes, for short.

- You're queen of Egypt.

- And Priss of Alexandria.

- Believe me, it's not all it's cracked up to be.

Sometimes, I just feel like a kid.

- Hey, don't get down on yourself.

Your people aren't used to having a female in charge.

Maybe you need a better look.

Do you mind?

- Why not?

I need all the help I can get.

- Okay then, it's makeover time.

There we go.

- Holy hieroglyphics.

Don't you think it's too much?

- It's real creative Queen C, a real take-charge vibe.

- Trust me, that look totally rules.

- I feel radically riegel.

- That's the idea, girl power.

Woohoo.

- Okay Queen Cleo, we gotta scoot.

- No, don't go yet.

Both of you, be part of my royal court, and you too can run the Ministry of Mummy.

- No can do Cleo, but stick with the power face.

- It really works for you.

(upbeat music) - [Crew Member] Tell us who you are.

- I'm Cleopatra, the seventh Philopator, and the daughter of the sun god, so don't mess with me.

- I play Vivaldi, I play Spring, I can play the lullaby.

I play a bunch of classical songs that I've never even known about, but I learn about them.

Hi, and welcome to Kid Stew Classics.

I filmed a Kid Stew Classics, as I was talking about Johannes Brahms, about his lullaby.

Composed 150 years ago by Johannes Brahams.

Listen.

And I was wearing pajamas for that scene, and then I fall on the piano.

Just like rocking a crib, which is probably why it works so well in putting babies.

(yawning) Hold on a minute.

It's just so, effective.

I just... (slamming on piano) (mood music) (drumming) - Making up stuff as you go.

Where do we go?

(girl laughing) - I'm sorry.

My favorite one was by far, the giraffe.

That was amazing.

When I find a great book, I love to share it with a friend.

This is my new friend Cupid, and this is my new favorite book, The White Giraffe, by Lauren St. John It's a story about a girl named Martine, who moves to Africa, and finds a mysterious white giraffe, that nobody else thinks is real.

The giraffe was so nice.

So, the giraffe was right behind me.

I couldn't see it, 'cause I couldn't look back.

Whenever I fed it when we weren't doing the filming, it was so nice and sweet, and the tongue was just so slimy, but it was so cute, 'cause it just stung out.

It was so cute.

The White Giraffe, by Lauren St. John.

You could say it's a pretty tall tale.

Giraffe, tall tale, get it?

It's okay, Cupid gets it.

(upbeat music) (zapping) - [Blake] I like learning about all the different people that we traveled back in time to, and I liked learning about their inventions, their ideas about what they were going to do.

That was cool.

- Hello, who's there?

- Good evening, sir.

Sorry to bother you.

I'm Blake.

- And I'm Madison.

We're from the future.

- Excellent.

I can use the company.

It's just me and my phonograph.

- Scuse me, phono what?

- My latest invention, the phonograph.

It plays recorded music on a rope covered with tin foil.

- It must be like a cassette.

We're definitely in the past.

- Mind if we switch a light on?

- Not sure what that means.

Tom Edison, by the way.

- Wait, you're Thomas Alva Edison?

- The reason there aren't any lights in here is because you haven't invented them yet?

- Calm down kiddo.

I perfected the telegraph, and figured out how to record sounds.

That's not enough?

- All very creative, Mr. E, but incandescent light is going to be big.

- Everything you need is here.

Some jars, wires, and a little electrical current.

- Okay, hold on.

Your kids are getting my juices flowing.

Something like this?

- I think the light bulb just went on.

- And on that note, we're late for supper in the 21st century.

- You've got a time machine.

- We do.

- Did I invent that?

- Nope, sorry.

- Hey, want to take some recordings home with you?

I've got Swan Lake, a nice piano concerto.

- No, we're good.

- Cheer up, Mr. Edison.

Life is about to get a lot brighter.

- Ha, brighter.

Light bulbs, I get it.

Nice one.

- Did you know that Thomas Edison set up his first lab in his parent's basement when he was just 10 years old?

(zapping) - [Boy] The ewws is actually a pretty fun thing, and then the girl's facts, I google them sometimes, and then I see like, oh wow, this one's true.

Oh cool.

- [Kids] Ewww!

- And gross, and then I'm like, whoa, that's disgusting.

(mood music) - I could pick you up at eight.

Of course I can drive.

- My favorite is the ewws, because I love how before every eww starts, there's something going on, and I love pretending to be in the Safari or something like that.

It's really fun to talk about these weird animals.

That's right Nicholas.

I'm here with a semi-exclusive video of what just might be the grossest creature on the planet, right now.

It's called the Pacific Hagfish, 10 feet long, has a scull but no spine, and defends itself by oozing a quart of, get this, sticky slime, and not the one you can play with.

Trust me, you don't want this baby in your kiddy pool.

Back to you, Nicholas.

Thanks Caroline, for that disgusting report.

Stay tuned for more ewws after this message from one of our repulsive sponsors.

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I really liked all my commercials.

Those were fun.

My favorite commercial would have to be, that's a hard one.

I think the sneezarator, or the Vile Studios.

(laughing) Kids, have you ever wanted a simple way to gross out your friends and family without laying out a lot of cash.

Well, you're in luck, introducing the sneezarator.

Here's how it works.

Simply unscrew the sneezarator and nozzle, pour in lukewarm water, and you're ready for action.

(snoring) (sneezing) - Oooh!

- Now that's gross.

You can use the sneezarator anywhere, even at school.

(trumpet music) (sneezing) (gasping) That's right.

Nobody's safe from the sneezarator.

(sneezing) (sraying) - Did you know a real sneeze travels at a hundred miles per hour.

(sneezing) (mood music) - [Announcer] Kid Stew - Hey guys, I'm David, and I am in the coolest place in the world.

- So David, these are pictures of-- - I loved Sally Corporation.

It was super cool.

I mean, I got to see how all the dark rides were made.

- [Woman] And supervillians.

- Hi David, how are you doing today?

- (laughing) - Can I touch it?

- Yeah.

- In California, there's this huge dinosaur, and I got to see a prototype of him, and it was super cool.

(Ghostbusters music) (upbeat music) - This is our pneumatic testing area.

So right now, these animatronics aren't really programmed with sound.

(animatronic howling) (clapping) (laughing) (wailing) - And I remember, I had to do this thing where this girl pressed the button, and then Foxy from Five Nights at Freddy's jumped out, and that scared me so much, I legit fell.

So, how do you make animatronics tell a story?

- Well, they kinda tell their own story.

What I do is synchronize the soundtrack to the movements of the character.

(in foreign language) - So that was awesome being at the Sally Corporation.

What's next up on Kid Stew?

- [Announcer] Kid Stew - I think Little Red Riding Hood, and Hansel and Gretel.

Yeah, they were my favorite.

- [Director] A and C Mark.

(mood music) I like Little Red Riding Hood, because it's just a cute little story, and I like the story, and the scene was just funny how it was from big eyes and the original story too.

This different type of story.

- And what a big nose you have.

- The better to smell my dinner, my dear.

- And what big ears you have.

- The better to, what the.

(snapping) Ouch!

- Oh, don't be such a baby.

I just attached a simple electronic tagging device.

Don't you know you're an endangered species?

- Hold it, this is not how the story goes.

You're supposed to be endangered.

- Now that you're tagged, we'll be able to track your movements.

- Whatever happened to privacy?

- Listen wolfie, there used to be millions of you in North America.

Now, there's about 50,000.

You need help to survive.

- Hey, I'm still top of the food chain.

- True, but your natural habitat is shrinking.

You're still a target for hunters, and some people still wanna trap you for your beautiful fur.

- Don't remind me.

Last year, my uncle ended up as a hat and a pair of mittens.

- Well, you are now research subject Canis lupis FC52.

We're gonna keep an eye on you.

- Thanks, I guess.

- If you wanna know more about animals on the endangered list and how you can help, just ask a science teacher, or a librarian.

(wolf howling) - Just tell 'em the big bad wolf sent ya.

(upbeat music) (dog barking) (leaves crumpling) - The lessons are also very good.

And in Hansel in Gretel, there was a lesson that you should never, if you see something luring or nice like candy, you don't wanna go with someone that you don't know.

- Without adult supervision.

(yelling in agony) Ow, I just lost my filling.

Ow, that's painful.

- I think this is a good reminder for all of us.

Never ever go with anybody you don't know, even if they do offer you something that looks really tempting.

- Okay, you made your point.

Anybody got an ice pack.

- That way you can live happily ever after.

- Unlike, you know who.

- Can I at least get a periodontist?

- [Crew Member] New speed.

- And mark.

- Why don't you come closer my darlings, and share some of my delicious treats.

Mmm, so tasty.

(laughing) - [Crew Member] I love this.

- Sorry.

(drumming music) - Greetings Aztec Academy, class of 1000 BC.

I have good news.

After a series of standardized tests, you have all been chosen to be human sacrifices.

- Yay.

- Woopy.

- Great.

- It is great.

You will off yourselves to satisfy the gods and bring glory to your villages.

- Question, I'm in the National Honors Society.

Can I be excused.

- No, no excuses.

Human sacrifices has been part of our system for thousands of years.

It is our highest honor.

- Can't we just burn some incense.

- Silence!

I will now explain the ritual of human sacrifice.

Hey, hold this.

(drumming music) First, you'll be purified in The Sacred River.

(drumming music) Then you'll be anointed by perfumed oils.

(drumming music) And then you will dance.

- Seriously, I don't think I'm gonna be in a dancing mood.

- Oh, you will dance.

It is all part of the ritual.

(popping) And then you will climb to the top of the temple where the highest of high priests will-- - Time out!

This human sacrifice tradition seems primitive and barbaric.

- Agree.

Our culture has developed sophisticated irrigation systems, canals, and even a hieroglyphic alphabet.

- Not to mention the beautiful jewelry.

I mean, look at that beautiful headpiece.

Stunning.

- You really think so?

- Thousands of years from now, people will come from around the world to study Aztec art, and architecture.

- And I'm gonna say it, this whole human sacrifice thing, not a big draw.

- People will just go to Disneyland instead.

- Well, we can't have that.

- So, how 'bout you let us slip out of class, and disappear into the jungle, and when they come looking for us, you can just say, "they escaped."

- All right, you crazy kids, get outta here.

(drumming music) (drumming music) - We're here to collect the human sacrifices.

- Oh sorry, they escaped.

- They escaped?

- Poof.

- According to Aztec law, in the event of the escape, of the human sacrifices, the instructor of the human sacrifices himself will be sacrificed.

- Come again.

- We can do this the easy way or the hard way.

- Hold on fellas.

But, but, human sacrifices are primitive, and barbaric.

- Tell it to the gods, big guy.

- Did you know that the Aztecs introduced the world to chocolate.

Thanks guys.

- Aaay!

- Oooh!

- [All] Ay, oh, let's go.

- Something's wrong.

I don't know what it is.

- I'm running low on Earthy brown.

- I'm Blake, and this is Madison, and you are.

- Leonardo.

- da Vinci?

- Si, the saint, Camelio.

- Jackpot, one of the greatest artists who ever lived.

- What are you working on now, Leo?

- Just a simple portrait, a job for hire.

Another day, another libra.

- What's her name?

- Her name is Lisa, Lisa Gherardini.

Her and her husband wanted something nice for the new house to match the couch, so.

(record scratching) (whistling) (mood music) - Never have I come upon such a sorrowful scene.

Pray tell, forest friends.

What fate has befallen on this fair maiden.

- We think Snow White was poisoned your highness.

- It was a foul apple from a wicked witch.

- Or it could've been your salad dressing.

Jury's out.

- Let me gaze a while upon her loveliness.

- Is there anything you can do, my lord?

- Are you certified in CPR, by any chance?

- Behold, as I bestow upon her, a magic kiss.

(record scratching) - Hold it right there, princy poo.

What's going on?

Do you think you can just run around the forest kissing girls willy nilly?

- But, I was trying to arouse you from the sleep of doom.

- Oh sure, that line might work at Ye Olde Tavern, but not with me.

And you guys, what's with the long faces?

- Snow, we thought you were-- - Kaput.

- Oh, for heaven's sakes.

Can't a girl just put her feet up around here without everyone going nuts?

- Gazooks, surely something is out of wack.

I'm supposed to carry you away on my majestic white stallion.

- What stallion?

- Right.

- Sorry, government cutbacks.

- Wait, aren't there supposed to be seven of you?

- Right, sorry, studio cutbacks.

- Maybe we can turn this into a teachable moment.

What have we all learned here, today?

- Tell somebody before you take a snooze.

- Always check for a pulse?

- No, no touching or kissing without permission.

- Right, that too.

- Because not everyone you meet is a true prince charming.

(twinkling) - Did you know in the original Grimm's fairytale, Snow White was only seven years old.

(zapping) - 205, 200, apple, take two.

(zapping) (mood music) - Oh, hey kids, welcome to the Wright Bicycle Company.

I'm Orville.

- I'm Madison, and this is my friend Sachin.

We're from the future.

(laughing) From the future.

Kids these days, great imaginations, just like you Wilbur.

- Wait, Orville?

Wilbur?

Would you guys by any chance be brothers?

[Both] Orville and Wilbur, the Wright brothers.

That's us.

- So, you kids looking to buy some bikes?

- Got a nice little two-seater in the back if you're interested.

- Well, Mr. Wright and Mr. Wright, bikes are cool, but have you guys ever thought about building something else?

- Well, Orville did have an idea for an electric surfboard.

- I'm thinking of something on a higher level.

- Okay, stop, I can't stand it.

Spoiler alert, you guys are going to make the first successful man flight in history.

You're going to build and fly your very own airplane.

You're gonna be famous forever.

(laughing) - You kids from the future have a great sense of humor.

- No, no, listen, she's right.

It'll be like the motion of a bike, except in the air.

- Hang on a sec, you're talking about the principle of lateral balance.

If I apply that to a horizontal wing surface, it might actually work.

You kids just might be on to something.

This is great thinking.

Come on.

- First class.

- I think our work is done here.

- Sure we can't sell you a bike?

- Thanks, we've got our own transportation.

- Don't tell me, a reusable space shuttle?

- [Girl] No, but you're thinking in the right direction.

- Did we just help to get the whole human race off the ground?

- I think we did.

Fly five.

Did you know that the world's first airplane cost about a thousand dollars to make?

(zapping) ♪ Baby you're a firework ♪ ♪ Come on, show 'em what you're worth ♪ ♪ Make 'em up go up, up, up ♪ ♪ As you shoot across the sky-y-y ♪ ♪ Baby you're a firework ♪ ♪ Come on, let your colors burst ♪ ♪ Make 'em go up, up, up ♪ ♪ You're gonna leave 'em fallin' down, down, down ♪ ♪ You don't have to feel like a waste of space ♪ ♪ You're original ♪ ♪ Cannot be replaced ♪ ♪ If you only knew what the future holds ♪ ♪ After a hurricane comes a rainbow ♪ ♪ Maybe a reason why all the doors are closed ♪ ♪ So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road ♪ ♪ Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow ♪ ♪ And when it's time you'll know ♪ ♪ You just gotta ignite ♪ ♪ The light ♪ ♪ And let it shine ♪ ♪ Just own the night ♪ ♪ Like the fourth of July ♪ ♪ 'Cause baby you're a firework ♪ ♪ Come on, show 'em what you're worth ♪ ♪ Make 'em go up, up, up ♪ ♪ Baby you're a firework ♪ ♪ Come on, show 'em what you're worth ♪ ♪ Make 'em go up, up, up ♪ ♪ As you shoot across the sky-y-y ♪ ♪ Baby you're a firework ♪ ♪ Come on, let your colors burst ♪ ♪ Make 'em go up, up, up ♪ ♪ You're gonna leave 'em fallin' down, down, down ♪ ♪ Boom, boom, boom ♪ ♪ Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon ♪ ♪ Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon ♪ - [Announcer] Kid Stew - Thanks for watching our funniest moments.

- And remember, you get more laughs and more learning in every episode.

- See you next time, - [All] on Kid Stew.

(zapping) (mood music) - [Child] Funding for Kid Stew is provided in part by the Cornelia T Bailey Foundation, and Michele and Howard Kessler.

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