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Did anyone ever see the falling baker segment that featured the "Song of 100"?
It began like any normal 1-10 song, with the kids counting 1 though 10, then counting backwards at an accelerated pace. But then, when the kids counted the numbers flying by, they didn't stop at 10! Instead the numbers kept coming:
"Eleven!" (whoosh)
"Twelve" (whoosh)
and so on. they had to keep modulating downward, since there was no way they could keep advancing upward in the musical scale (in the song of ten they make a downward tonal move as well). The numbers repeated their launch angle based on their 1's place (e.g., the 12, 22, and the 32 etc. all moved the same angular direction off the screen.) And so the numbers went on:
"Ninety-eight" (whoosh)
"Ninety-nine" (whoosh)
Until finally, a rapid series of 100's advanced forward
A hundred, a hundred, a hundred, a hundred
Let's sing the song of a hundred.
How many is a hundred?
Then the counting sequences appeared. To facilitate counting such a large number, they had to either fade out previous numbers every 20 or so, or pan the camera as the counting proceeds to include all the items.
-- The "two heads" lady and a little girl are in a kitchen. The girl accidentally knocks a box of raisins on the floor. Somewhat angered, her mother yells out "100 raisins!"
-- A man opens a rectangular door with a question mark on it. Inside he sees a (plastic protected) honeycomb from a beehive, with corresponding audio of loud buzzing. He let's out a scared "100 honeybees?!" and runs off before the count begins.
-- A congressional page is in the balcony of the United States Senate. He looks down for a moment and says "100 senators." For the counting on this one, the numbers were blue for the democrat side and red for the Republican side.
-- A quick shot of Mean Joe Greene catching a football in an end zone. He looks to one side, then lets out a tough "100 yards". Greene then runs with the ball across the football field, with the kids counting off each hash mark until he makes a touchdown. At the final note he spikes the ball before the 100 does its usual advancing forward to cut to the next scene.
-- To the sound of the usual musical notes, the baker is standing atop stairs while holding two metal trays loaded with "A hundred, chocolate and vanilla, cupcakes". He holds the trays up with one hand to our left, when he stumbles and trips down the steps sending cupcakes sailing hither and thither and covering the bakers hands, face, and uniform in a mixture of brown and white frosting.
"And that's the song of a hundred."
Did I leave any item-counting sequences out?
It began like any normal 1-10 song, with the kids counting 1 though 10, then counting backwards at an accelerated pace. But then, when the kids counted the numbers flying by, they didn't stop at 10! Instead the numbers kept coming:
"Eleven!" (whoosh)
"Twelve" (whoosh)
and so on. they had to keep modulating downward, since there was no way they could keep advancing upward in the musical scale (in the song of ten they make a downward tonal move as well). The numbers repeated their launch angle based on their 1's place (e.g., the 12, 22, and the 32 etc. all moved the same angular direction off the screen.) And so the numbers went on:
"Ninety-eight" (whoosh)
"Ninety-nine" (whoosh)
Until finally, a rapid series of 100's advanced forward
A hundred, a hundred, a hundred, a hundred
Let's sing the song of a hundred.
How many is a hundred?
Then the counting sequences appeared. To facilitate counting such a large number, they had to either fade out previous numbers every 20 or so, or pan the camera as the counting proceeds to include all the items.
-- The "two heads" lady and a little girl are in a kitchen. The girl accidentally knocks a box of raisins on the floor. Somewhat angered, her mother yells out "100 raisins!"
-- A man opens a rectangular door with a question mark on it. Inside he sees a (plastic protected) honeycomb from a beehive, with corresponding audio of loud buzzing. He let's out a scared "100 honeybees?!" and runs off before the count begins.
-- A congressional page is in the balcony of the United States Senate. He looks down for a moment and says "100 senators." For the counting on this one, the numbers were blue for the democrat side and red for the Republican side.
-- A quick shot of Mean Joe Greene catching a football in an end zone. He looks to one side, then lets out a tough "100 yards". Greene then runs with the ball across the football field, with the kids counting off each hash mark until he makes a touchdown. At the final note he spikes the ball before the 100 does its usual advancing forward to cut to the next scene.
-- To the sound of the usual musical notes, the baker is standing atop stairs while holding two metal trays loaded with "A hundred, chocolate and vanilla, cupcakes". He holds the trays up with one hand to our left, when he stumbles and trips down the steps sending cupcakes sailing hither and thither and covering the bakers hands, face, and uniform in a mixture of brown and white frosting.
"And that's the song of a hundred."
Did I leave any item-counting sequences out?
