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12 episodes in this season

Balls

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Bicycles and Pucks

10 min

Crayons and Markers

10 min

Balloons

10 min

Chewing Gum

10 min

Elevators

10 min

Peanuts

10 min

Radio and Television

10 min

Clocks and Watches

10 min

E10

Ice Cream and Popsicles

10 min

E11

The Postal Station

10 min

E12

Lightbulbs

10 min

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Bicycles and Pucks

Season 1 · Episode 2

After a debate about speed between Orange Balloon and Mouse gets Mouse claiming that a bike is the fastest thing on wheels, the narrator takes us for an in-depth look at bikes. We learn that bikes make sense as a vehicle because of the way they exercise our bodies and also are designed to fit us comfortably. We learn that early bikes were so rickety that they were called ""bone-shakers,"" but today's bicycle is a near perfect machine. We see that some bikes are hand-made, but these custom-built bikes cost three-four times the price of ordinary bikes. Most are built in factories on an assembly line and we're taken inside one to see how it works. Mouse then watches a bike-racing show, but the narrator changes the channel to a hockey game because it's time to learn about how hockey pucks are made. We visit another factory, where we see various materials being mixed into rubber. Afterwards, a machine called an extruder shapes the rubber into sticks, which are then cut into the shape of a puc

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Bicycles and Pucks

Season 1 · Episode 2

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