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00:48 Hey Pops, what is that? Tell me what we're geeping at.
00:53 Well, right here, Junior, is the greatest invention, the story of which I am about to reveal.
00:59 Well, frost me, Poppa, can it be your intention to back your chappers over nothing more than a wheel?
01:05 Your brain is all tied up in a sling to think a wheel is such a great thing.
01:11 Well, you young whippersnapper, you name me a better invention.
01:15 Senseville, Daddy-O, try this for size. Like a don't you dig the air a plane to be greater.
01:21 Well, without the old wheel, that thing would just go to pop.
01:24 The motor car? Now that was no second rate.
01:27 But take away the wheel and that invention is shot.
01:30 There's not a single thing you can find that ever did as much for mankind.
01:36 Look here, Pop, you must be in the wrong scene.
01:38 Not me.
01:39 Let me toss some more examples at you.
01:42 The typewriter? Wheel.
01:44 The steam engine? Wheel.
01:45 Here I whip these cottons in? Wheels, wheels, wheels.
01:48 The sewing machine? Wheel.
01:49 The washing machine? Wheel.
01:51 Never knew so many things depended on wheels.
01:54 Well, you can keep on naming them, son, but there's a wheel in every last one.
02:00 So come on, Junior, let's go back through the ages.
02:03 Way back in the days that I can hardly recall.
02:06 And watch what happens through the various stages.
02:09 Beginning from the time when there were no wheels at all.
02:12 Now tell me, who are we going to meet on this deal?
02:15 Why, the inventor, son.
02:16 The inventor?
02:17 Yes, the inventor of the wheel.
02:23 Oh, fine, I'd love to meet him.
02:29 Ah, now then, Junior, looks like our boy there.
02:33 Hey, look, no wheels.
02:35 Pops, well, I declare he don't look like an inventor to me.
02:38 Quiet, Junior, just watch and see.
02:40 Say, life was a struggle in the prehistoric age.
02:44 Yes, you'll note, Junior, man was in his bare essential state.
02:48 Food was scarce and clothes were few.
02:54 And I see there was a housing shortage, too.
02:57 Ah-ha, now we come to the part where the whole idea gets its start.
03:01 Hey, buddy, wake up.
03:03 Turn around, here's your big chance to be world-renowned.
03:06 It is?
03:08 Sure, draw up that idea.
03:11 That's it, good, study it.
03:14 Now then, is it understood?
03:16 No, uh-uh, what is it?
03:19 Why, that's a wheel like the one you've just seen.
03:22 What do I do with it?
03:24 What'll he do with it? Hey, use your bean.
03:26 Think of the possibilities. Where's your vision?
03:29 This is no moment for indecision.
03:31 Say, the wheel's a great idea.
03:35 Oh, no, boy, no.
03:37 That use of the wheel is hardly apropos.
03:40 Go on and roll it, boy, roll it down the hill.
03:43 Wait, I'll dig it.
03:45 I'm sure you will.
03:47 Kazooks, Pop, this cat is really nowhere.
03:50 In some circles, we'd call him square.
03:52 Well, he's pretty slow, Junior, but don't be upset.
03:56 Hey, boy, you haven't got it yet.
03:59 Oh, yeah? Say, who are you two guys?
04:03 Why, we're the Spirits of Progress,
04:05 and we advise you to pay some undivided attention
04:08 while we help you with your great invention.
04:11 Listen, and we'll show you how.
04:14 How what?
04:15 How to... well, just follow us now.
04:19 Find yourself a log. Here's what you do.
04:22 Slice off a slice. Yeah, better make it two.
04:25 Attach those slices to your sled.
04:28 Hey, pull it, boy. Go ahead.
04:32 Now, young man, right here you decide
04:35 why should you pull when you can ride.
04:39 You better add sides to this knockabout
04:42 so you and your possessions won't fall out.
04:45 Okay, driver, you know how.
04:48 Say, looky there, he's making progress now.
04:51 ♪ Man's first wheels were heavy and queer ♪
04:55 ♪ Better wheels were soon to appear ♪
04:57 ♪ When the Egyptians came ♪
04:59 What did they do?
05:00 ♪ They made real progress ♪
05:02 How do you like those Egyptians?
05:04 ♪ Early Greeks advanced the wheel more ♪
05:08 ♪ Light and fast as never before ♪
05:11 ♪ And then the Romans came ♪
05:13 What did they do?
05:14 ♪ And they made progress ♪
05:16 Oh, those Romans.
05:17 ♪ Soon there were work carts ♪
05:19 ♪ Mail carts, strong carts, rail carts ♪
05:22 ♪ Carriages and gigs ♪
05:25 ♪ Wagons, chaise, and cabarets ♪
05:28 ♪ And all kinds of rigs ♪
05:32 ♪ Transportation vastly improved ♪
05:35 ♪ On those wheels how everything moved ♪
05:38 ♪ People were traveling ♪
05:39 They were going.
05:40 ♪ On wheels of progress ♪
05:42 [tires screeching]
05:45 [tires screeching]
05:53 Stop.
05:55 Now, another phase, Junior.
05:58 ♪ Taking good advantage of steam ♪
06:01 ♪ Out of someone's wonderful dream ♪
06:04 ♪ The locomotive came ♪
06:06 What for?
06:07 ♪ To add to progress ♪
06:09 Good answer.
06:11 ♪ Flanges on each rim of the wheel ♪
06:15 ♪ Rolled along on ribbons of steel ♪
06:18 Known as the railroad track.
06:20 Clickety-clack.
06:21 ♪ And tracks of progress ♪
06:23 Progress, yes.
06:24 ♪ Those trains got bigger, stronger ♪
06:27 ♪ And much longer, faster too, of course ♪
06:32 ♪ Finally, man found that he could ♪
06:36 ♪ Outrun a horse ♪
06:38 ♪ Distances got shorter somehow ♪
06:41 ♪ Lots of folks were traveling now ♪
06:44 ♪ And it was all about ♪
06:46 Doo-doo.
06:47 ♪ On wheels of progress ♪
06:49 [tires screeching]
06:59 Stop.
07:01 Now, the next phase, Junior.
07:04 ♪ One day, man cried blankety-blank ♪
07:07 ♪ While he grimly twisted a crank ♪
07:10 ♪ But when the engine caught ♪
07:12 Watch it now.
07:13 ♪ He made slight progress ♪
07:15 Get a horse.
07:17 ♪ Rubber tires inflated with air ♪
07:20 ♪ Wheels were truly going somewhere ♪
07:25 ♪ And it was fun to be ♪
07:27 To be what?
07:28 ♪ In stride with progress ♪
07:30 Good old progress.
07:31 ♪ Soon, roads were two lanes, four lanes ♪
07:34 ♪ More and more lanes ♪
07:36 ♪ And man sure took to wheels ♪
07:39 ♪ Highways crammed and freeways jammed ♪
07:42 ♪ With automobiles ♪
07:46 ♪ Year by year, increasing the pace ♪
07:49 ♪ Everyone got into the race ♪
07:52 It was the motor age.
07:54 Ooh, the traffic.
07:55 ♪ On wheels of progress ♪
07:58 [tires screeching]
08:00 Stop!
08:16 [tires screeching]
08:18 I'd rather walk.
08:22 Good-bye.
08:23 What'd he say, Junior?
08:25 He implies he'd rather be a pedestrian, Pops.
08:28 Now, boy, that's a negative stand.
08:31 Let's get back to the problem at hand.
08:33 Almost 2 million years man endures
08:38 waiting for that great invention of yours.
08:41 You mean that thing?
08:43 Yes, lad, and don't you doubt it.
08:45 Why, even now, you couldn't live without it.
08:48 Aw, sure, I'm doing fine without it.
08:51 No, no, my friend.
08:53 This round Earth you've been spinning since your birth,
08:56 round and round on a wheel like that.
08:58 Don't tell me. The Earth is flat.
09:01 Pops, don't he know what Columbus proved?
09:04 Son, this boy is way back, millenniums removed.
09:08 Then let's fill him in and set him straight.
09:11 Yeah, say, Junior, why don't you elucidate?
09:14 Crazy.
09:15 Well, Swinger, here's the bit.
09:19 Now, the globe spins like a wheel.
09:21 You can quote what I say.
09:23 One full turn knocks off one full day.
09:26 Now, to check out the moon,
09:30 the fact we face is it swings around the Earth
09:33 on a monthly basis.
09:35 Both Luna and Terra Firma, they cut around the sun.
09:42 And dig this, it takes a year to get that done.
09:46 It's like, man, a natural timer.
09:50 One of those deals where nature naturally makes it with wheels.
09:54 Wheels within wheels. You with me, Doc?
09:57 Same kind of setup we use in a clock.
09:59 A different wheel for a different speed.
10:02 Just what the hours, the minutes and the seconds need.
10:05 Say, jump on that large wheel, Neanderthal.
10:09 This is fun.
10:13 And now, plant your wedgies on the little one.
10:18 It went pretty fast, didn't it, Kid?
10:21 Wow, it sure did.
10:23 Though it may seem incidental,
10:26 still a basic fundamental should be mentioned here
10:29 before the point is passed.
10:31 Illustrating it by ratio,
10:33 will show just how slow the gears go or how fast.
10:36 Count the teeth around these two gears.
10:38 Now, the largest, twice the number, you'll concede.
10:41 Twice the number, consequently,
10:43 if you spin it gently,
10:45 and that's the principle of the thing.
10:48 That's the principle of the thing.
10:50 How the gears speed is related to the ratio we have stated
10:53 is the scientific principle of the thing.
10:56 Now, attend this demonstration of some wheels in combination
11:01 using shafts and belts and bratches, balls and cannons.
11:04 Gears eccentric, gears elliptic, though their purpose may seem cryptic,
11:07 they are often found in simple diagrams.
11:09 Here are skulls and worms and sectors with escapements and connectors.
11:12 These demand no explanation, here I trust.
11:14 And the speed and gear reduction we determine in construction
11:17 based upon the ratio earlier discussed.
11:20 And that's the principle of the thing.
11:22 That's the principle of the thing.
11:25 How the gears speed is related to the ratio we have stated
11:28 is the fascinating principle of the thing.
11:30 Watch the girl!
11:32 [The Girl]
11:35 [The Girl]
11:39 [The Girl]
11:42 [The Girl]
11:46 [The Girl]
11:49 [The Girl]
11:55 [The Girl]
12:00 [The Girl]
12:07 [The Girl]
12:14 [The Girl]
12:17 Hey, Pops, what is that?
12:23 Tell me what we're gaping at.
12:25 Well, right here, Junior, is the greatest invention,
12:29 the story of which I am about to reveal.
12:31 Well, frost me, Pop, can it be your intention
12:35 to bat your chappers over nothing more than a wheel?
12:37 Your brain is all tied up in a sling
12:40 to think a wheel is such a great thing.
12:43 Well, you young whippersnapper, you name me a better invention.
12:47 Since, Vildadio, try this for size.
12:50 Like, don't you dig the air, a plane to be greater.
12:53 Why, without the old wheel, that thing would just go to pot.
12:56 The motor car? Now, that was no second rate.
12:59 But take away the wheel and that invention is shot.
13:02 There's not a single thing you can find
13:05 that ever did as much for mankind.
13:08 Look here, Pop, you must be in the wrong scene.
13:10 Not me.
13:11 Let me toss some more examples at you.
13:14 The typewriter. Wheel.
13:16 The steam engine. Wheel.
13:18 Here I whip these cottons in. Wheels, wheels, wheels.
13:20 The sewing machine. Wheel.
13:22 The washing machine. Wheel.
13:24 Never knew so many things depended on wheels.
13:26 And you can keep on naming them, son,
13:29 but there's a wheel in every last one.
13:32 So come on, Junior, let's go back through the ages,
13:35 way back in the days that I can hardly recall,
13:38 and watch what happens through the various stages,
13:41 beginning from the time when there were no--
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13:46 (theme music)
13:55 (theme music)
14:24 (scatting)
14:27 Hey, Pops, what is that?
14:34 Tell me what we're gaping at.
14:36 ♪ Well, right here, Junior, is the greatest invention ♪
14:40 ♪ The story of which I am about to reveal ♪
14:43 ♪ Well, frost me, Pop, can it be your intention ♪
14:46 ♪ To bat your chappers over nothing more than a wheel ♪
14:49 ♪ Your brain is all tied up in a sling ♪
14:52 ♪ But I think a wheel is such a great thing ♪
14:55 ♪ Well, you young whippersnapper, you name me a better invention ♪
14:59 ♪ Senseville, Daddy-O, try this for size ♪
15:01 ♪ Like a don't you dig the air a plane to be greater ♪
15:04 ♪ Why, without the old wheel, that thing would just go to pot ♪
15:07 ♪ The motor car, now that was no second rate ♪
15:10 ♪ But take away the wheel and that invention is shot ♪
15:13 ♪ There's not a single thing you can find ♪
15:16 ♪ That ever did as much for mankind ♪
15:19 ♪ Well, here, Pop, you must be in the wrong scene ♪
15:21 ♪ Not me ♪
15:22 ♪ Let me toss some more examples at you ♪
15:25 ♪ The typewriter ♪
15:26 ♪ Wheel ♪
15:27 ♪ The steam engine ♪
15:28 ♪ Wheel ♪
15:29 ♪ Ed, I whip these cottons in ♪
15:30 ♪ Wheels, wheels, wheels ♪
15:31 ♪ The sewing machine ♪
15:32 ♪ Wheel ♪
15:33 ♪ The washing machine ♪
15:34 ♪ Wheel ♪
15:35 ♪ Never knew so many things depended on wheels ♪
15:37 ♪ And you can keep on naming them, son ♪
15:40 ♪ But there's a wheel in every last one ♪
15:43 ♪ So come on, Junior, let's go back through the ages ♪
15:46 ♪ Way back in the days that I can hardly recall ♪
15:49 ♪ And watch what happens through the various stages ♪
15:52 ♪ Beginning from the time when there were no wheels at all ♪
15:55 ♪ Now tell me, who are we gonna meet on this deal? ♪
15:57 ♪ Why, the inventor, son ♪
15:59 ♪ The inventor? ♪
16:00 ♪ Yes, the inventor of the wheel ♪
16:05 ♪ Wheel's a great idea ♪
16:07 ♪ Oh, no, boy, no ♪
16:09 ♪ That use of the wheel is hardly apropos ♪
16:12 ♪ Go on and roll it, boy, roll it down the hill ♪
16:15 ♪ Wait, I'll get it ♪
16:17 ♪ I'm sure you will ♪
16:19 ♪ Kazooks, Pop, this cat is really nowhere ♪
16:22 ♪ In some circles, we'd call him Square ♪
16:24 ♪ Well, he's pretty slow, Junior, but don't be upset ♪
16:28 ♪ Hey, boy, you haven't got it yet ♪
16:31 ♪ Oh, yeah? ♪
16:32 ♪ Say, who are you two guys? ♪
16:35 ♪ Why, we're the Spirits of Progress ♪
16:37 ♪ And we advise you to pay some undivided attention ♪
16:40 ♪ While we help you with your great invention ♪
16:43 ♪ Listen, and we'll show you how ♪
16:46 ♪ How what? ♪
16:47 ♪ How to... ♪
16:48 ♪ Well, just follow us now ♪
16:51 ♪ Find yourself a log ♪
16:52 ♪ Here's what you do ♪
16:54 ♪ Slice off a slice ♪
16:55 ♪ Yeah, better make it two ♪
16:57 ♪ Attach those slices to your sled ♪
17:00 ♪ Hey, pull it, boy ♪
17:02 ♪ Go ahead ♪
17:04 ♪ Now, young man, right here you decide ♪
17:07 ♪ Why should you pull when you can ride? ♪
17:10 ♪ You better add sides to this knockabout ♪
17:13 ♪ So you and your possessions won't fall out ♪
17:17 ♪ Okay, driver, you know how ♪
17:19 ♪ Say, looky there, he's making progress now ♪
17:23 ♪ Man's first wheels were heavy and queer ♪
17:26 ♪ Better wheels were soon to appear ♪
17:29 ♪ When the Egyptians came ♪
17:31 ♪ What'd they do? ♪
17:32 ♪ They made real progress ♪
17:34 ♪ How do you like those Egyptians? ♪
17:37 ♪ Early Greeks advanced the wheel more ♪
17:40 ♪ Light and fast as never before ♪
17:43 ♪ And then the Romans came ♪
17:45 ♪ And what did they do? ♪
17:46 ♪ And they made progress ♪
17:48 ♪ Oh, those Romans ♪
17:49 ♪ Soon there were work carts ♪
17:51 ♪ Mail carts, strong carts, rail carts ♪
17:54 ♪ Carriages and gigs ♪
17:57 ♪ Wagons, chaise and cabarets ♪
18:00 ♪ And all kinds of rigs ♪
18:03 ♪ Transportation vastly improved ♪
18:07 ♪ On those wheels how everything moved ♪
18:09 ♪ People were traveling ♪
18:11 ♪ They were going ♪
18:12 ♪ On wheels of progress ♪
18:14 [tires screeching]
18:17 [tires screeching]
18:20 [tires screeching]
18:22 [tires screeching]
18:25 ♪ Wheel ♪
18:27 ♪ Oh, fine, I'd love to meet 'em ♪
18:29 [tires screeching]
18:32 Ah, now then, Junior, looks like our boy there.
18:36 Hey, look, no wheels.
18:38 Perhaps, well, I declare he don't look like an inventor to me.
18:41 Quiet, Junior. Just watch and see.
18:44 Say, life was a struggle in the prehistoric age.
18:47 Yes, you'll note, Junior, man was in his bare essential state.
18:52 Food was scarce and clothes were few.
18:55 [roaring]
18:57 And I see there was a housing shortage, too.
19:00 Aha, now we come to the part where the whole idea gets its start.
19:04 Hey, buddy, wake up.
19:06 Turn around. Here's your big chance to be world-renowned.
19:09 It is?
19:11 Sure, draw up that idea.
19:13 That's it. Good. Study it.
19:17 Now then, is it understood?
19:19 No, uh-uh. What is it?
19:22 Why, that's a wheel like the one you've just seen.
19:25 What do I do with it?
19:27 What'll he do with it? Hey, use your bean.
19:29 Think of the possibilities. Where's your vision?
19:32 This is no moment for indecision.
19:34 [squawks]