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wait a minute. [is attempting to put a silver ball at one end of the silver stick] maybe it [silver stick] can't be. you know them barbells? and weights. oh yeah! this. [places silver stick across the hands of two of the silver men on the black base] put one on this end... [attempts to place a silver ball at one end of...
he's [silver man maybe] givin' him [unclear referent] a razor's edge. [razor's edge may be a move in professional wrestling] what does that turtle do? givin' 'im [unclear referent] a razor's edge! %int: loud and deep voice let's see what it does. does it [plastic turtle] stick? [moves plastic turtle up and down on blac...
oh. this [silver man] can be the spotter over here [edge of black base]. [laughs]. he [silver man] has one of those [silver stick]. these [magnets maybe] are so cool! these [silver men] are wrestling guys. [laughs]. choo. [laughs]. cool. [laughs]. xxx what? oh! watch this. [picks up yellow wand and sticks it to magnet ...
turn it [black base] over. I already got the people off. now you wanna um... I wanna put this [silver circle]... in the middle. yeah 'cause that's [silver circle] what makes it... right there. [places silver circle in the middle of the black base] stand up. they [silver men] willn't stay up without that [silver circle]...
this [silver circle] is the ring [fighting ring]. this [silver circle] is the ring right here. let's make the ring around it [silver circle]. [places paper clips on their sides around the edge of the silver circle] yeah. 'cause we'll have the other guy come out from the other side and jump in. this [paper clip] willn't...
jumps on his [another silver man] face. [laughs]. some guy comes in and hammers 'im [silver man]. and another guy comes in... one two three! %int: announcer voice ding ding. it's [yellow wand] the crypt keeper. [moves the yellow wand over the silver men and paper clips that are on the black base] what's his name? whadd...
she she she can xxx up here. how do you make it do that? see if you can do it [make paper clips dance]. [$=3 Chi sings] oh there you go! can't I come up here? [sings]. [holds yellow wand over a paper clip; it moves around on the black base] the force. that's [dancing paper clip] pretty cool. the force is right in betwe...
like I did. d I go like that. [shows Mot how to do paper clips] okay. [sings]. let go [of the paper clips]. [singss]. [waves wand over paper clips so that they move] oh! [the paper clips fall] I useta xxx. try the other way. let's try to make... oh! whoa! [laughs]. yup. %int: $=7 fake Southern accent I am the best. I a...
let's see if we can make these guys [silver men] dance. oh yeah! that's a good idea. watch. lemme see. [stands two silver men on the black base and holds the yellow wand over them] [sings]. like YMCA [singing]! [$=2 taps a silver man slightly with the wand; he jiggles and then stops moving] YMCA [singing]! [laughs]. y....
let's turn him [one silver man] around. %int: $=2 mumbled see if he [silver man] does it. oh yeah. line up all the guys. [stands more silver men in a line behind one another on the black base] [sings]. lemme see this [yellow wand]. hm. no! I wanna do somethin'! [holds yellow wand over the line of silver men; one falls ...
he's not helpin'. [laughs]. [takes off silver man from back of line] [laughs]. you're cheatin'. [holds yellow wand over construction; both silver sticks and the silver man from the middle of the line stick to it] look at this guy [silver man on wand]! %int: laughing he [silver man] needs help. [picks up a fallen silver...
[puts construction of silver men back together on black base] then... [picks up another silver man and moves it toward the construction; places it on top of the other silver men so that they form a pyramid] tadah! and then... [picks up yellow a washer and attempts to put it on top of the silver man at the top of the co...
[sings]. [laughs]. hm. [attempts to add another object to the top of the construction; it falls] [sings]. [throws a washer onto the fallen objects on the black base] oh I know! we can play a game. you hafta try to get it [silver stick] through the hoop. [picks up silver stick and tries to put it through a nut that is s...
it ain't over xxx yet? shh! look at that [Mot's construction] Chi. but then... shew. [adds a nut to the top of the construction] and then... [adds a washer to the construction] and then... [adds another nut to the construction] tadah! and then... [adds another washer to the construction] I got three more [nuts]. [BRO a...
all the bolts. nuts. whatever they are. ah! they keep sticking. it's a funny toy isn't it? one. pretty good huh? what? yeah. xxx fun? yeah. mhm. is this like xxx thing? you guys. yeah. [aft Bro's friend says yeah but she has all stuff I was showing you] you guys are playing with that. anyway I'm playing with this. [aft...
I'll stop you in a while. [MOT and Chi sit at a table; they have just been given the magnets which are all stuck to the black base; Mot and Chi begin by removing the magnets from the base] do I get to play or just her? oh yeah. both of you. that's something you guys can do together. oh yeah. want me to move this [refer...
there's a storm comin'! [holds the horseshoe magnet with a blue paper clip attached to it] %int: higher pitched; either the voice of the silver men on the black base, or of the blue bear and silver man which Mot lined up on the blue arrow and turtle respectively [on the black base, Chi has arranged several standing sil...
oh look at Wanda. [on the yellow wand, Chi has lined up the horseshoe magnet, the blue arrow, and the blue bear; Chi shows has called Mot's attention to the set-up on the wand; the tier above shows Mot's response] [Wanda may refer to the blue bear] okay this [silver stick] is gonna stay up here [on top of a stack of nu...
tadah. %int: sofly hummed mister turtle. so just like you know... hey there's another one of these though. ten minutes or so. grab this baby. [talking to herself under her breath] no Bro. this is how they go. this is how they do it Bro. on this little... yeah the stationery store near where I work? heh heh. they have u...
[hands a silver man to Bro] and then those magnetic balls? [holds the yellow wand over the open tray, and many washers, nuts, and silver sticks affix themselves to the wand] um I bought them some of those at the Stratus Store? [picks up some more the the object from the plastic tray, and drops them on top of the yellow...
[picks up the yellow triangle and tries to affix it to the yellow wand] [the yellow triangle falls to the table] that's not a sticky side. dead rat. [presses the yellow wand down on the yellow triangle, and lifts it back up, but the triangle does not stick] okay. [picks up the washer and sticks it to the opposite side ...
[tries to affix the blue square to the yellow wand] where did this [plastic tray] come from? oh she had... you had this in here? %add: EXP yeah they were in there. you should see their X Men card collection. [X-Men are comic book characters] real cards. decent cards. [manages to get the blue square to stick to the yell...
oh that's neat! [points at a trick Bro did with some silver men] look at what he's [Bro] doin'. [looks over at what Bro's trick] 'cause Tony's car broke down and Tony always wants dad to drive him everywhere. look at that [Bro's silver man trick]. how're you doin' that [silver man trick]? %add: BRO the force is just pu...
ugh! oh. %int: under his breath [chuckles]. [EXP is chuckling at Bro's magnet play] [affixes the red circle to the yellow wand] you wanna try Ma? no that's alright. you can play. 'oop'. I have all of 'em [nuts, silver sticks, and magnetic shapes] stuck on. [holds up yellow wand for EXP to see] okay. that's true. well t...
[puts his hand on the yellow wand to remove it from the black base] let's make somethin'. oh yeah. [pulls the yellow wand off of the black base] [holds the black base down as Chi pulls the yellow wand off of it] aw. [most of the objects which Chi had affixed to the yellow wand came off onto the black base] do you do ot...
plus I don't wanna see my mask. the Audubon... where's the Audubon? the one in... Natick has a um Audubon society in a xxx place. oh. what're you [EXP] doing? in art or something the fourth graders made masks? puttin' film in it? uhhuh. uh I think they're animal masks? no they aren't! [the two boys are very emphatic du...
with you. I don't wanna go to the place. %int: I don't wanna is in a whiny voice oh that you guys have did? well why is he [boys' father] coming at one? %int: annoyed he doesn't even check with me. you guys didn't ask me. so? usually we're sposta go with him [their father]. I told you yesterday what our plans for the d...
[Chi is commenting on the silver stick sticking to the silver man on the construction] [when Chi pulls on the silver stick, it ends up sticking to the head of the silver man, pointing straight up in the air] [picks up the orange plastic monster and moves it over towards the black base, holding it over the construction]...
[brushes all the metal pieces around him across the table, and well out of the reach of the yellow wand's magnetism] this is the monkey. [BRO is talking about his magnets] [puts the nut in the middle of the yellow wand, and a silver man standing upright on top of the nut] and he [monkey] goes died. [places a silver sti...
[points to the nut that the silver man is standing on] %int: under his breath like a statue. [puts a metal object on the wand near the silver man] he is a statue [chuckling]. yeah. that's... that's true. [puts the green magnetic triangle on the yellow wand, and a nut on top of the triangle] okay. [puts a silver man on ...
die. %int: $=2 low pitched voice, Hulk's voice [slides the yellow wand along the table as if moving it to knock down Bro's construction] [collision sound effect]. [sound effect for the wand hitting Bro's magnets] [stops the wand short of actually touching any of Bro's magnets] [laughs]. [sinister laugh]. [slides the wa...
there's only a few. [unsuccessfully tries to position the third silver man next to the second silver man] yeah. we only have like four or five. I should... %int: softly, under her breath gotta get some more men. [takes all of the pieces off the yellow wand] this is how it goes. %int: under his breath mom they have thes...
[one of the bottom silver men falls over] [laughs]. [responds to Bro's play] bleh. [puts one of the silver men aside and works on trying to position the other two on the metal wand] [coughs]. [laughs]. [laughs at Bro's play] you know the magic trick when they have the big box and the guy sticking the swords in? [commen...
I meant between his legs. oh. %int: very softly oh. [positions his silver stick and magnet in the same way Bro had it a moment before with the silver stick stright up and the silver man horizontal on top of it] [lifts the silver stick and silver man combination up off the yellow wand; when the silver stick is no longer...
looking like he's [referent unclear]... his negatives and his positives aren't right. [lets go of one piece of his construction and the rest of it falls over along with the first piece] [laughs]. only because of this [the black base]. help me. %int: high pitched, voice of a play character [tilts a silver stick back and...
[demonstrates something to Mot and EXP] [picks up a nut, and places it vertically on the yellow wand] [Chi looks at Bro's tower construction in preparation to copy it] [picks up a second nut and places it on top of the first] I'll make one of those [Bro's construction]. 'oop'. I'm gonna try it right now. ready? [the ca...
[the silver man falls off and sticks to the yellow wand] huh that's like a circus act. [talks about Bro's construction] [takes the silver stick out of the washer] [laughs]. stand on the star. %int: sing song [$=2 talks about his own magnets] whoops. is Ghost Writer on tonight mom? [Ghost Writer is the name of a tv show...
[straightens the pieces on the tower] [tries to position a silver stick straight up and down on top of the tower] [lets go of the silver stick, and it falls over into his hand, then restocks the silver stick to the tower, and is stays in plave this time] [sticks a silver man to the middle of the tower] [tries to stick ...
oh! [turns the yellow wand so EXP can see it] uh he crashed. [knocks the slide upwards so that it is horizontal in the air, rather than leaning toward the ground, and then fixes the slide] [laughs]. crashed head first. ouch. [puts another silver man at the top of the slide] well you know what we could do now... = = = ...
hm. oh. that guy disconnected to you. pretty neat. [mumbles] [holds yellow wand over black base again; yellow wand sticks to base] oh no. strong. look at... [moves yellow wand over black base again; a silver stick sticks to the wand] yeah. look at Chi. [stands two silver men on top of one another on the black base] oh ...
teddy bear on top of him [silver man at top of construction]. [attempts to place the plastic teddy bear on top of the construction; it falls] he's [plastic teddy bear] not... I don't think... it's [plastic teddy bear] plastic. it [plastic teddy bear] is? [picks up yellow wand and taps plastic teddy bear with it] yeah. ...
[puts the quarter on top of the yellow wand; it slips off the yellow wand] will the money stay there [on yellow wand]? yeah. it'll [quarter] stay. [taps the quarter with the yellow wand] the... this [yellow wand] is strong. [yellow wand has picked up a washer and two nuts that were nearby the quarter] [clears off washe...
no! does oh. %int: under her breath he did this. %int: muttered [laughs]. here you go. %int: muttered oh cool! keep goin' like steps. [is referring to washers that Mot has added to the construction which are stacked to look like steps] don't think it'll hold. don't fall. %add: washer that she is trying to place on cons...
okay w what are you gonna put on there? ball. uh. okay. let's do this. [begins to clear some of the objects off the black base] oh there's another guy. hold on. look. I hadta do that [referent unclear]. [laughs]. I know you did. this [black base] is a really strong. this magnet [black base]. [points to black base] yeah...
no? [laughs]. [moves silver stick toward Chi's construction] [gasps]! whoa. I almost got it [Chi's construction]. look. [holds the silver stick to one silver man on the construction; he moves slightly; sticks silver stick to the silver man] oh! he's [silver man] doin' tricks. [holds a magnet ball over the silver stick ...
now I did [made construction fall]. now you did. uh! oh! this is hard. [pulls objects off black base] look at those paper clips. [stands a paper clip on the silver circle on the black base] I know. once you put it [paper clip] there it [paper clip] dances! [laughs]. it [paper clip] stays. [attempts to stand a paper cli...
yeah I'm gonna get it [paper clip] up for you. [laughs]. hold on. [laughs]. see. see if all of 'em [paper clips] can dance. try to make them [paper clips] get up. I don't think they [paper clips] will. [attempts to stand more than one paper clip up on the base] try to make them [paper clips] get up. [attempts to get mo...
let's try to get everything off. [pulls objects off the black base] [laughs]. that [paper clip] off and that [red magnet ball] off. [pulls off the paper clip and then the red magnet ball] this one [silver circle] can stay. [puts silver ball in the center of silver circle and then sticks the yellow wand on top of it and...
[puts yellow wand down and picks up the black base; moves it over objects on the table so that they stick to the bottom of the black base] [laughs]. that one's [magnet ball] bouncing. there you go! look at that [string of objects hanging from base]! huh? that's [objects dangling from black base] neat. whoa. hm. get the...
okay. [clears objects off the black base] now you know I'm just playing. okay. everything is off. now it's [black base maybe] gonna connect. [laughs]. [laughs]. I'm gonna try to make these guys [referent unclear] balance. okay. now I'm gonna put the ball right there [center of black base]. %int: last five words of utte...
uh! [laughs]. okay. that [nut] goes up there [on top of magnet ball]... and... that [silver stick] goes up... %int: whispered [attempts to balence the silver stick in the center of the nut on the magnet ball] doesn't xxx. that's [in the nut] where I want it [silver stick] to go. %int: whispered but it [silver stick] wi...
[laughs]. what are you doing? [laughs]. you're taking my people away. [laughs]. come on! [laughs]. no wait. [video tape starts here] no. [MOT is stacking silver men on the black base and Chi is picking washers, nuts, and magnets up with the yellow wand] put 'em [silver men] back. [Chi had removed some silver men from M...
hey Chi what do you think I'm doing huh? [restacks silver men side to side] no. [bef Mot took away one of Chi's washers with the purple star] gimme. [Chi takes some of Mot's pieces with the yellow wand] [laughs]. hm [laughs]. [laughs]. she's still doing it. [MOT is taking Chi's pieces with the purple star] [picks up al...
mommy. mommy doesn't it? %int: whispered [laughs]. ah! [MOT's sculpture has just fell down] mom can I try? sure. I wanna try somethin' with these guys [silver men]. okay xxx. here let's get 'em [objects on the black base] all off. [MOT and Chi remove all objects from the black base] [laughs]. where did you get this [ma...
hm. like get me a ride. are you guys finished? no. %int: softly ugh. [during the pause Chi tried to add something which looks like a small pink rectangle to the tower and it fell] [mini-tiger roar]. [places orange plastic monster on black base which Chi was using] [laughs]. [roar]. here he [green turtle] comes. he's [g...
well but you haven't tried this. [places two silver men on the black base, then puts three more on top of them] one more guy [silver man]. %int: whispered no more. here's [? use] a washer. use that [washer]. [MOT points out washer to Chi and Chi puts it on the hands of the two top men, making a platform between the two...
what d' you wanna play? see? it's a game with men [silver men]. um. wait. [MOT placed pink circle and yellow triangle on black base and Chi didn't want them there] what you need is these [silver men, washers, red ball]. this thing [red ball on a washer] goes in the middle. [middle refers to the middle of the black base...
I'll take all the men [silver men]. [laughs]. he didn't [? if you can] get 'em [silver men] off. [laughs]. [laughs]. they... [picks up black base with the yellow wand and holds it up in the air] [laughs]. [laughs]. [guttural vocalization, like a growl]. [it is unclear who is growling; from the video tape, it doesn't se...
[puts down silver circle and silver stick] this [the black base] is the giant magnet. hm. [laughs]. bang! stop falling face first! %add: silver man [Chi is trying to make a silver man stand up on the black base, but it keeps falling flat; Mot then puts the flat silver circle back on the black base, enabling Chi to succ...
[moves orange monster toward Chi's tower] he's gonna get you. %int: whispered [places orange monster on the black base] [laughs]. [places orange monster on top of Chi's silver man tower and the tower collapses] Godzilla willn't quit. ah. oh Godzilla. [laughs]. okay. well Chi you've done a nice job. nothin' else? can I ...
Chi. the one thing we do... hey! there's a penny and a dime and another penny. no on me. look it. look. no. you want let me... she said I could do it too. %int: insistent yep. you both get to do it okay? so you know just like fool around with them. [video begins here] [SIS is heard in the background] oh listen to her [...
what are these [referent unclear]? [points to something on the table] I don't know what this [the yellow wand] is. [picks up the yellow wand] hey what is that [the yellow wand]? what's that [the yellow wand] do? [takes the wand] feel it. [moves the wand over the base] [SIS talks in the background] go in the other room ...
[shakes the wand] [puts a paper clip on the base] now watch. [tries to get the balls to move using the wand] watch. [tries to get the dime to stick to the wand] put the dime up there [on the yellow wand]. does the dime stick? no. what do we do with the dime? well it [dime] just doesn't stick does it [dime]? no. for som...
watch Ma. [tries to pick a nut off the base with a silver stick] 'oops! where did that one [silver man, maybe] go? underneath. oh. [takes a silver man off the bottom of the base] yeah [laughs]. that's [silver man] a xxx pretty strong guy. hey look Chi! [stacks the silver men on top of each other] wait! let me try! let ...
oh too heavy. [tries to put a washer on top but it causes them to fall] let me have this [silver man] and this [silver man] and this [silver man]. [picks up the fallen silver man from the base and the table] I'm going to do something now. here wait a minute. give me this book so it doesn't get ruined. [removes The Very...
[takes all the men off the base] no. [during the pause, Chi stacks the men again one on top of the other and then she takes them down] [MOT moves her arm suddenly and Chi doesn't want Mot to do something, but the situation is unclear] see how far up you can get them [silver men]. [puts the silver men on the base] now w...
alright. wanna dump it in the bag? let me give you this easy thing to carry it with you. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/ET/jeaet7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] I am going to tape you. [says that she will only tape hands; explains magnets activity and that the activity will go for ten minutes] that's it. [talks about mo...
%int: whispered get the xxx going. this person [silver man]... [puts a silver man on black base; then takes him off] here. stand him [silver man] up. [hands silver man to Chi] [tries repeatedly to stand silver man up on the black base but is unsuccessful] [laughs]. I bet I can get him [silver man] to stand on his head....
[attempts unsuccessfully to stick a dime to the black base] this [dime] doesn't stick! this [dime] doesn't stick. [attempts unsuccessfully to stick a penny to the black base] none o' the money sticks. oh I know. [picks up the yellow wand which has the silver circle stuck to it and waves it over the black base] hm. [tak...
they [paper clips] don't stay in one place. [the paper clips keep sliding off the edge of the silver circle] hm. doesn't wanna stay up there. 'oop'! here. try it like this. [reaches over and tries to adjust paper clip so that it stays; it doesn't work] whoop'. there. [the paper clips stay in place] Chi. [reaches to pic...
I don't know. these things [silver men] could be hair kind of huh? [picks up a silver man and holds it out for Chi] [takes silver men from Mot and puts them around the top of the silver circle] 'kay. now lift it [yellow wand] up. see if it will stay in place. [picks up yellow wand with silver circle and face constructi...
I think it [magnet ball] went on the rug. [gets up from table to retrieve ball; it falls off the table again] there you go. [laughs]. almost lost it that time! [leans over and gets ball from floor] [puts yellow and white checked triangle magnet on the black base] that [yellow checked triangle] doesn't stick though. [pl...
okay. [stacks a third silver man on top of the first two on the black base] pretty neat Chi. [puts a fourth silver man on the stack of men on the black base] oh! pretty good! do you think you can fit him [fifth silver man] on top? [attempts to place a fifth silver man on top of the construction; the stack of silver men...
hm. [tries to put a washer on top of a magnet ball on the black base but it slides off] doesn't wanna stay there on top. uh! %int: heavy sigh what if you put another one [washer] on top of... what if you put a big screw down there [under the ball?]? I mean bolt. or if you put two of these [washers] on top of each other...
oh. I see. where? that stuff clanking in here. [talks about putting something in another bag] oh look xxx [mumbles]. ah. [video starts here] [MOT and Chi are seated on the floor behind a low table; the magnets are set up on the table in front of them; the black base is full of objects and Chi is working on a constructi...
hey! [ball in Chi's hand rolls into the side of the black base] over here. I found another fellow. so is this round thing [silver circle] like the stage? mhm. I see. that's [silver circle] my new stage. you can do whatever you want with those things. [continues to take objects off the black base] hey mom don't. I needt...
[attempts to take off washer Mot has placed on silver man] no. get off! %add: washer on arm of silver man [laughs]. mine! not yours! ahhah. [picks up a silver stick and stands it up on the silver circle on the black base] what? whoa! that... that's [silver stick on black base] interesting. look at this. [puts a second ...
which one of these [referent unclear] sticks? none of them [referent unclear] work. uh whoa! [camera is out of focus] mom watch this. [places a silver man flat on the table; then sticks it to the side of the black base] let's try one indirectly. [picks up a silver man and holds it over top of the silver sticks on the b...
I'm gonna put this [third silver stick]. [attempts to place third silver stick on top of the other two on the black base] darn. too high. I know what I'm gonna do. [removes all three silver sticks from the base; then stands two of them next to one another on the base and tries to lay the third one down flat in front of...
I don't like that [referent unclear]. [phone rings] ah! ahhah! now I got it [maybe magnet ball]. [takes a magnet ball and sticks it to the yellow wand] [aft someone in the background tells Mot who is on the phone and asks if she wants to call back later] um. yes please. [moves things on black base; some objects fall] w...
[pushes Chi's arm away] gimme! get your hands off my Walendas! gimme! [laughs]. [laughs]. gimme one. okay. wait a second. what else do we have here [on black base]? [laughs]. whoops! how come this guy [referent unclear] keeps lying down? yeah this thing [referent unclear] that I want. hm. I want this one [silver stick]...
[laughs]. mom they're [objects on black base] all falling down. your flying Malendas [silver men] are going. oh yeah. would their feet [silver men] go in here [washer]? oh. this is interesting [silver man standing on a nut]. think that's [nut] a foundation? I know what to do. keep them [silver men?] from falling? [hums...
[points to ball on silver man's head] [pushes silver ball between the two ends of the horseshoe magnet on the black base] hey. how did you do that [move ball maybe]? oh! what? look at! [has placed a silver man on top of the silver ball on the black base and is moving the silver ball by moving the man] it [silver ball?]...
mhm. here. I need one of these things [washer]. no. I need one of these things [washer]. what? do we have anymore? I need a big one of those things [nut maybe]. hm. look at this. [touches a silver man she has placed on a nut on the black base] nothing can tip this guy [silver man] over. %int: softly yes it can! [reache...
%int: dramatic [laughs]! xxx destroy. hey wait. oh I didn't xxx. %int: mumbled oh look! mom. I'm gonna pick everything up. [places some objects on the table] mom. lay things down and I'm gonna pick 'em up with this [yellow wand]. [moves yellow wand over objects on the table; they stick] [laughs]. [attempts to pick up b...
but it's [blue and white square] not. look. [picks up yellow and white checked triangle magnet and sticks it to the yellow wand] see? [picks up blue and white checked square magnet and sticks it to the wand] it [blue and white square] sticks. [strange vocalization]. [holds up wand; blue and white square falls off] does...
coming back for seconds! [moves yellow wand back over black base] thank you. [clears objects off yellow wand and holds it back over black base] mine. [clears objects off wand] I'm getting a lot with this [yellow wand]. [moves yellow wand back over black base] goin' fishing to th uh. there. [clears off yellow wand] than...
[laughs]. get back. [picks up silver man and puts it on the yellow wand] here. hold on to this [referent unclear]. whoa! hm. [moves yellow wand with objects over the black base; some objects are pulled from the wand to the base] my... [laughs]. my Malenda. [holds yellow wand over a silver man who has fallen to the base...
well see now I take this [silver stick]... xxx do that [referent unclear]. and go like that [puts silver stick on shoulders of men]. I'm making the Malendas [silver men] carry it [silver stick]. [vocalization]! [places a washer on the two silver sticks that are across the shoulders of two silver men; puts a plastic mag...
[removes some of the objects Chi has just thrown on] it's a mess. my masterpiece theater. messterpiece. %int: laughing [laughs]. okay. quit it a minute! [takes objects off the black base] stop it. oh wait! I got a great idea! [tries to reach for black base] no. [holds Chi's arm] I want you to listen a minute. I just ne...
[takes two nuts from black base in front of Mot] 'bout another minute. uh! uh only another minute? okay. this is not a race. it's not a test. [laughs]. only another minute? oh. you can play with 'em afterwards. [trumpet sound]. mom. the juggling... [a silver man is standing on two nuts on the yellow wand and is holding...
it's mine! [pulls objects from black base with hand] [laughs]. mom look! it's [silver stick] balancing on his [silver man] head. isn't that cute? [laughs]. ah! [clears objects off yellow wand] oh wait! I got a great idea. [aft clears objects off black base] get off! the Malendas. they're [referent unclear] gonna kill m...
[places a third silver man on top of the two already standing on the silver stick] who'! [claps]. yeah but you could probably... that would be a good way to stack them too. mom. [takes construction apart] I just need all the Malendas [silver men]. watch this. [puts two silver men on the silver circle on the black base]...
[places a silver stick accross the shoulders of the silver men] [adds a second silver stick to the construction] isn't it like xxx. [stands two silver men on the silver sticks that the bottom two silver men are holding] I like it [construction]. yeah. you missin' a bar? there's still one bar left right? no no. put him ...
I like it [construction]. [puts a washer on each arm of the man at the top of the construction] xxx oh. good job. [videotape ends here; transcript until end is solely from audio] [laughs]. oh! that's interesting to look at. I like it like that. now it's the Malenda heist. [sings]. that guy can stand on his head. gimme ...
whoa mega magnet! [play noise]. look at this. watch. all these men are gonna come. [buzzing noise]. watch. watch it. [play noise]. [video starts here, but actions and objects are hardly visible until later due to poor lighting and focus] [laughs]. let's see if... move. hey! well put them back in there. hey wait wait wa...
Help! [places black base on the table.] %int: uses a play character's voice I'm stuck and xxx! [removes magnetic objects from the black base magnet] %int: play character's voice look at this [referent unclear] xxx. [continues removing objects from the black base] look at these little men [silver men]. [holds out a silv...
hm. [laughs]. [laughs]. oh my god. [silver men are raised off the table by the black base magnet; Chi holds up base with the line of four silver men and a red ball dangling below the base] [laughs]. dundadadum. [continues holding base with the line of dangling silver men and the red ball up in the air] [laughs]. put it...
put everything hooked onto it [black base]. [helps Mot remove objects from the black base] the people [silver men]? everything. make the little people [silver men] up and... [buzzing noise]. [Chi holds black base which is now free of objects; Mot picks up flat silver circle] ready Ma? [MOT touches flat silver circle to...
do this [referent unclear]. [Chi is not pictured in video] [sings]. here. [MOT has lined up the silver men and two nuts] no. put everything added on. [Chi helps Mot line up the other objects] on the lines. hm. watch. [moves Mot's hand so he can try to lift up the line of objects] do it [lift objects] here. [points to o...