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00:01:38,501 ♪ 31 00:01:38,601 --> 00:01:41,800 (narrator) Back in 1878, the young advertising illustrator 32 00:01:41,900 --> 00:01:44,334 and entrepreneur named Jule Körner 33 00:01:44,434 --> 00:01:46,967 decided to build a house. 34 00:01:47,067 --> 00:01:48,900 His star was on the rise, 35 00:01:49,001 --> 00:01:51,568 and he decided to use his new home 36 00:01:51,668 --> 00:01:55,134 to showcase his prospering decorating business. 37 00:01:55,234 --> 00:01:57,700 Here's what he came up with. 38 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:02,401 ♪ 39 00:02:02,501 --> 00:02:04,967 People in the newly named town of Kernersville 40 00:02:05,067 --> 00:02:06,868 had their doubts about whether Jule 41 00:02:06,968 --> 00:02:09,534 had both feet planted firmly on the ground, 42 00:02:09,634 --> 00:02:11,601 as they watched his creation rise 43 00:02:11,701 --> 00:02:14,668 on the community's main street. 44 00:02:14,768 --> 00:02:17,068 Eventually, Körner's magnificent obsession 45 00:02:17,168 --> 00:02:20,801 would evolve into 23 rooms, according to Connie Russell, 46 00:02:20,901 --> 00:02:24,002 who helps us find our way through the place, 47 00:02:24,102 --> 00:02:27,467 which she says was built on quite a solid foundation. 48 00:02:28,735 --> 00:02:32,167 (Russell) Jule had a fear of fire, so when it was being built, 49 00:02:32,267 --> 00:02:34,767 you had brick studding going up in the house. 50 00:02:34,867 --> 00:02:36,401 Everything was brick, 51 00:02:36,501 --> 00:02:38,867 and so everybody thought it was quite odd. 52 00:02:38,967 --> 00:02:40,735 (narrator) And people talked, 53 00:02:40,835 --> 00:02:43,867 often speaking disparagingly of Jule's design behind his back, 54 00:02:43,967 --> 00:02:45,334 saying things like: 55 00:02:45,434 --> 00:02:47,002 (Russell) Twenty years from now, 56 00:02:47,102 --> 00:02:50,167 this house is gonna to be known as Jule Körner's folly. 57 00:02:50,267 --> 00:02:53,201 (narrator) The whisperings were not lost on Jule, 58 00:02:53,301 --> 00:02:57,167 so when he opened up the house on Easter Monday, 1880, 59 00:02:57,267 --> 00:03:00,400 townsfolk were surprised by the invitations. 60 00:03:01,668 --> 00:03:03,167 [Russell reading] "You're invited 61 00:03:03,267 --> 00:03:05,301 to the grand-opening gala at Körner's Folly." 62 00:03:05,401 --> 00:03:07,167 And that's how it got its name, 63 00:03:07,267 --> 00:03:09,568 and when he had the front porch put in, 64 00:03:09,668 --> 00:03:11,968 then he has "Körner's Folly" put in the tiles 65 00:03:12,068 --> 00:03:15,300 across the front porch, so it's always been the Folly. 66 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,534 ♪ 67 00:03:18,634 --> 00:03:22,200 (narrator) No one room in the house is quite like another. 68 00:03:22,300 --> 00:03:25,201 ♪ 69 00:03:25,301 --> 00:03:29,201 Some are elegant and spacious... 70 00:03:29,301 --> 00:03:32,668 while other rooms you can barely stand in. 71 00:03:32,768 --> 00:03:35,067 (Russell) A lot of your ceilings are low. 72 00:03:35,167 --> 00:03:37,534 The doorways are small; the hallways are small. 73 00:03:37,634 --> 00:03:39,334 But people were smaller back then. 74 00:03:39,434 --> 00:03:41,334 Your standard height of a man 75 00:03:41,434 --> 00:03:45,368 at the turn of the century was between 5'7" and 5'8". 76 00:03:45,468 --> 00:03:48,500 (narrator) Details often differ within the same room. 77 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,201 ♪ 78 00:03:51,301 --> 00:03:52,968 But taken together, 79 00:03:53,068 --> 00:03:56,201 these differences comprised a catalog of design features, 80 00:03:56,301 --> 00:03:57,835 some of them quite ingenious, 81 00:03:57,935 --> 00:04:00,834 that Jule used to showcase his décor inventory, 82 00:04:00,934 --> 00:04:03,201 which he presented to the public 83 00:04:03,301 --> 00:04:08,035 as Rubin Rink Decorating and House-Furnishing Company. 84 00:04:08,135 --> 00:04:11,167 (Russell) There was no stopping it, from that moment on. 85 00:04:11,267 --> 00:04:13,835 Every time a new decorative motif came into being, 86 00:04:13,935 --> 00:04:17,067 he would find someplace in his house to put it. 87 00:04:17,167 --> 00:04:19,067 The house was constantly 88 00:04:19,167 --> 00:04:21,567 under some type of construction--always. 89 00:04:21,667 --> 00:04:24,034 ♪ 90 00:04:24,134 --> 00:04:26,334 (narrator) The Folly's rooms are connected 91 00:04:26,434 --> 00:04:28,634 by a dizzying maze of corridors, 92 00:04:28,735 --> 00:04:30,835 ventilation shafts, and fireplaces, 93 00:04:30,935 --> 00:04:33,500 with their intricate network of flues. 94 00:04:35,134 --> 00:04:37,834 (Russell) He was way ahead of his time 95 00:04:37,934 --> 00:04:40,067 both in his engineering ability 96 00:04:40,167 --> 00:04:42,935 and in his architectural ability-- 97 00:04:43,035 --> 00:04:47,002 his ventilation system going through the house-- 98 00:04:47,102 --> 00:04:49,868 the fact that he put tunnels underneath the house 99 00:04:49,968 --> 00:04:53,434 to enable the cool air to rise through the same system 100 00:04:53,534 --> 00:04:56,735 that pulled the heat through from the fireplaces. 101 00:04:56,835 --> 00:04:59,434 We have 15 fireplaces in this house, 102 00:04:59,534 --> 00:05:03,834 and every fireplace in Körner's Folly draws perfectly. 103 00:05:03,934 --> 00:05:07,168 He was an engineering genius. 104 00:05:07,268 --> 00:05:10,468 (narrator) Even the most inventive and determined of small children 105 00:05:10,568 --> 00:05:13,067 would find it challenging to navigate their way 106 00:05:13,167 --> 00:05:15,634 through the Folly's trapdoors and passages. 107 00:05:15,735 --> 00:05:18,034 (man) And also, there used to be a tunnel 108 00:05:18,134 --> 00:05:20,568 that led across the road to the carriage house. 109 00:05:20,668 --> 00:05:22,234 (narrator) Like Bill Donnell, 110 00:05:22,334 --> 00:05:25,134 a Körner descendant, and his playmates used to do. 111 00:05:25,234 --> 00:05:26,801 (Donnell) My fond memories 112 00:05:26,901 --> 00:05:29,267 are wandering around the house just-- 113 00:05:29,368 --> 00:05:31,668 it was a treasure trove of places to hide. 114 00:05:31,768 --> 00:05:34,767 And it was an adventure just to find out, 115 00:05:34,867 --> 00:05:37,001 you know, where things led to, 116 00:05:37,101 --> 00:05:39,900 and every room sparks the imagination. 117 00:05:40,001 --> 00:05:45,201 ♪ 118 00:05:45,301 --> 00:05:47,735 (narrator) But there was one room in the Folly 119 00:05:47,835 --> 00:05:51,167 that came to spark the imagination of a certain lady. 120 00:05:51,267 --> 00:05:53,633 Not long after the house was built, 121 00:05:53,734 --> 00:05:55,735 Jule decided to marry, 122 00:05:55,835 --> 00:05:59,034 and Alice Körner immediately seized on a few things 123 00:05:59,134 --> 00:06:01,935 about the place that simply had to go-- 124 00:06:02,035 --> 00:06:05,001 the billiards room on the top floor, for sure, 125 00:06:05,101 --> 00:06:08,001 which became Jule's art studio for a while. 126 00:06:08,101 --> 00:06:10,701 ♪ 127 00:06:10,801 --> 00:06:14,434 But she especially had her eye on the carriageway. 128 00:06:14,534 --> 00:06:16,668 Coming down the narrow back passageway 129 00:06:16,768 --> 00:06:18,768 leads you into the library area, 130 00:06:18,868 --> 00:06:22,367 which was formerly the stables and the horse stalls. 131 00:06:22,467 --> 00:06:24,368 ♪ 132 00:06:24,468 --> 00:06:26,501 (narrator) Yep, there were horses 133 00:06:26,601 --> 00:06:28,633 in her house-- heh, heh. 134 00:06:28,734 --> 00:06:31,101 Here's how it worked: 135 00:06:31,201 --> 00:06:33,768 The Folly's foyer was the original carriageway, 136 00:06:33,868 --> 00:06:35,668 with an entrance just off the street 137 00:06:35,768 --> 00:06:38,167 into which horse and carriage could be driven 138 00:06:38,267 --> 00:06:40,868 and passengers disembarked. 139 00:06:40,968 --> 00:06:43,567 The carriage was then driven out the back, 140 00:06:43,667 --> 00:06:45,735 through the archway, 141 00:06:45,835 --> 00:06:48,068 where this breakfast room is today, 142 00:06:48,168 --> 00:06:51,401 or the horses could be stabled right there in the house, 143 00:06:51,501 --> 00:06:53,302 to the right, as they came in. 144 00:06:53,402 --> 00:06:56,267 (Russell) The horses would be brought in straight from the carriageway, 145 00:06:56,368 --> 00:06:58,935 and you can still see the remnants of the windows 146 00:06:59,035 --> 00:07:01,701 where the horses would be able to stick their heads. 147 00:07:01,801 --> 00:07:03,401 Originally, the floor was cement, 148 00:07:03,501 --> 00:07:06,368 and it was all level, but it became the library 149 00:07:06,468 --> 00:07:09,200 when they closed in the stable and horse area. 150 00:07:09,300 --> 00:07:11,267 ♪ 151 00:07:11,368 --> 00:07:14,201 (narrator) The Folly was supposedly finished in 1880, 152 00:07:14,301 --> 00:07:17,301 but Jule kept changing the place as whim, business, 153 00:07:17,401 --> 00:07:19,568 or family needs required 154 00:07:19,668 --> 00:07:21,867 until his death in 1924... 155 00:07:21,967 --> 00:07:23,934 ♪ 156 00:07:24,034 --> 00:07:25,601 like this, 157 00:07:25,701 --> 00:07:28,501 what eventually became the reception room. 158 00:07:28,601 --> 00:07:32,368 (Russell) Originally, it was Jule's studio and the master bedroom. 159 00:07:32,468 --> 00:07:34,534 The children were born in this room. 160 00:07:34,634 --> 00:07:36,568 It became the entertaining room. 161 00:07:36,668 --> 00:07:39,600 This is where the guests would come to have conversation. 162 00:07:39,700 --> 00:07:41,267 And as you can see, 163 00:07:41,368 --> 00:07:43,134 it is quite beautifully decorated 164 00:07:43,234 --> 00:07:45,501 with the ornate mantelpieces 165 00:07:45,601 --> 00:07:48,133 and the massive carvings around the room. 166 00:07:48,233 --> 00:07:51,267 ♪ 167 00:07:51,368 --> 00:07:53,167 (narrator) The reception room 168 00:07:53,267 --> 00:07:55,134 retains its elegant character today 169 00:07:55,234 --> 00:07:57,201 and many of its original furnishings, 170 00:07:57,301 --> 00:07:59,601 including specially designed loveseats 171 00:07:59,701 --> 00:08:02,433 for strictly supervised boy-girl socializing... 172 00:08:02,533 --> 00:08:04,601 ♪ 173 00:08:04,701 --> 00:08:08,368 and something called "kissing corners." 174 00:08:08,468 --> 00:08:10,801 There are signs in this room, however, 175 00:08:10,901 --> 00:08:14,167 that time has not been kind to the Folly, 176 00:08:14,267 --> 00:08:16,533 particularly during its years of abandonment 177 00:08:16,633 --> 00:08:18,934 following World War II. 178 00:08:19,034 --> 00:08:22,867 ♪ 179 00:08:22,967 --> 00:08:24,701 By the 1950s, 180 00:08:24,801 --> 00:08:27,101 the house had deteriorated to the point 181 00:08:27,201 --> 00:08:30,068 that the town considered knocking it down. 182 00:08:30,168 --> 00:08:33,301 That's when a group of 26 dedicated local citizens 183 00:08:33,401 --> 00:08:35,735 stepped in to save it. 184 00:08:35,835 --> 00:08:39,735 Today, the Folly is watched after by a nonprofit foundation, 185 00:08:39,835 --> 00:08:42,967 and there are special occasions when it deservedly becomes 186 00:08:43,067 --> 00:08:45,434 the center of attention in Kernersville. 187 00:08:45,534 --> 00:08:47,835 [excited talking] 188 00:08:47,935 --> 00:08:51,835 (woman) I want to congratulate all of you for your involvement 189 00:08:51,935 --> 00:08:54,534 with this extremely worthwhile endeavor 190 00:08:54,634 --> 00:08:56,634 of keeping this house going 191 00:08:56,735 --> 00:09:00,567 and making it a positive symbol for the town of Kernersville. 192 00:09:00,667 --> 00:09:02,667 clp, clp...clp 193 00:09:04,867 --> 00:09:07,801 [footsteps] tp, tp...tp 194 00:09:07,901 --> 00:09:11,133 (narrator) But now, let's go upstairs. 195 00:09:11,233 --> 00:09:13,534 ♪ 196 00:09:13,634 --> 00:09:15,934 Remember the former billiards room? 197 00:09:17,368 --> 00:09:19,201 Here it is, 198 00:09:19,301 --> 00:09:21,900 as transformed in 1897 into a small theater. 199 00:09:22,001 --> 00:09:26,234 ♪ 200 00:09:26,334 --> 00:09:29,234 (man) We are in the little theater-- 201 00:09:29,334 --> 00:09:33,134 Cupid's Park, as it was well known. 202 00:09:33,234 --> 00:09:35,067 When I was a boy-- 203 00:09:35,167 --> 00:09:38,668 this was, uh, in the mid 1950s-- 204 00:09:38,768 --> 00:09:41,800 uh, Grandmother Donnell, as I called her, Doré, 205 00:09:41,900 --> 00:09:44,434 would bring us up to the Folly. 206 00:09:44,534 --> 00:09:47,368 And we would, of course, play here for-- 207 00:09:47,468 --> 00:09:51,068 literally for hours at a time. 208 00:09:51,168 --> 00:09:54,434 It was very interesting to think about my grandmother 209 00:09:54,534 --> 00:09:57,301 and great uncle playing in the theater 210 00:09:57,401 --> 00:10:00,735 and actually putting on performances. 211 00:10:00,835 --> 00:10:02,634 (narrator) Doré, John's grandmother, 212 00:10:02,735 --> 00:10:05,134 was Jule and Alice Körner's daughter. 213 00:10:05,234 --> 00:10:08,434 His Great Uncle Gilmer was their son. 214 00:10:08,534 --> 00:10:10,934 Alice organized a juvenile lyceum, 215 00:10:11,034 --> 00:10:12,634 held in Cupid's Park, 216 00:10:12,735 --> 00:10:15,267 and later, the magnificent space atop the Folly 217 00:10:15,368 --> 00:10:18,267 became the site of the first little theater group 218 00:10:18,368 --> 00:10:21,768 in the United States. 219 00:10:21,868 --> 00:10:24,334 Today, the Folly's theater comes alive 220 00:10:24,434 --> 00:10:26,935 with puppet shows and other events. 221 00:10:27,035 --> 00:10:29,067 [man speaking dramatically] My name is Jule Körner. 222 00:10:29,167 --> 00:10:30,934 Now what do you think? 223 00:10:31,034 --> 00:10:32,267 I'm daring. 224 00:10:32,368 --> 00:10:33,567 I'm creative. 225 00:10:33,667 --> 00:10:34,834 I'm Rubin. 226 00:10:34,934 --> 00:10:36,434 I'm Jule. 227 00:10:36,534 --> 00:10:39,167 But if each room is an adventure, 228 00:10:39,267 --> 00:10:41,301 you can live your dream. 229 00:10:41,401 --> 00:10:42,935 clp, clp...clp 230 00:10:43,035 --> 00:10:45,134 (narrator) Live their dreams the Körners did 231 00:10:45,234 --> 00:10:47,601 right here in what has been called 232 00:10:47,701 --> 00:10:49,568 the strangest house in the world. 233 00:10:49,668 --> 00:10:51,801 (Wolf) I think Grandmother and Granddaddy Körner 234 00:10:51,901 --> 00:10:54,934 would be amazed at the fact that the house 235 00:10:55,034 --> 00:10:58,267 has actually stood this number of years 236 00:10:58,368 --> 00:11:01,234 and, uh, and that people are interested in it. 237 00:11:01,334 --> 00:11:03,568 And looking at the future of the Folly, 238 00:11:03,668 --> 00:11:06,267 they would be amazed to see that actually 239 00:11:06,368 --> 00:11:08,667 that a foundation was looking after the home. 240 00:11:08,767 --> 00:11:09,967 (boy) Whoa. 241 00:11:10,067 --> 00:11:11,368 (woman) I know. 242 00:11:11,468 --> 00:11:13,235 This is so cool! 243 00:11:13,335 --> 00:11:16,134 (narrator) But there's one more secret that needs telling, 244 00:11:16,234 --> 00:11:18,234 something nearly as much fun today 245 00:11:18,334 --> 00:11:21,368 as it was in the early 20th century-- 246 00:11:21,468 --> 00:11:23,234 a trapdoor in the theater. 247 00:11:23,334 --> 00:11:25,334 If you knew where it was, 248 00:11:25,434 --> 00:11:27,334 as John does, 249 00:11:27,434 --> 00:11:31,701 you could open it up and crawl out onto the roof, 250 00:11:31,801 --> 00:11:34,468 where it's said that many an evening's entertainment 251 00:11:34,568 --> 00:11:36,768 was capped by a spectacular view 252 00:11:36,868 --> 00:11:41,368 that stretched for miles and miles and miles. 253 00:11:41,468 --> 00:11:43,901 And if the night was especially clear, 254 00:11:44,002 --> 00:11:47,102 it was said that you could see the future-- 255 00:11:47,202 --> 00:11:51,067 a future that would be quite different than Jule and Alice, 256 00:11:51,167 --> 00:11:56,134 Doré and Gilmer, ever could have imagined... 257 00:11:56,234 --> 00:11:59,067 from high atop their Folly. 258 00:11:59,167 --> 00:12:02,767 ♪ 259 00:12:06,935 --> 00:12:10,533 (man) Six feet tall, one hundred fifty pounds-- 260 00:12:10,633 --> 00:12:12,534 that's me as a kid. 261 00:12:12,634 --> 00:12:15,001 [film projector whirring] err, err...err 262 00:12:15,101 --> 00:12:17,067 A quarterback, running back, 263 00:12:17,167 --> 00:12:19,368 defensive back, and kicker-- 264 00:12:19,468 --> 00:12:22,634 high school football consumed me then. 265 00:12:22,735 --> 00:12:24,767 [man yelling] Dive, dive! 266 00:12:24,867 --> 00:12:26,834 (man) This is me now-- 267 00:12:26,934 --> 00:12:29,534 6 feet tall, 200 pounds-- 268 00:12:29,634 --> 00:12:31,700 a cameraman, reporter, producer, 269 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:33,534 and Monday morning quarterback. 270 00:12:33,634 --> 00:12:36,101 Can I catch you real quick, Coach? 271 00:12:36,201 --> 00:12:37,767 Still chasing the football, 272 00:12:37,867 --> 00:12:39,967 but from outside of the lines. 273 00:12:40,067 --> 00:12:42,834 A lot has changed since I was a kid... 274 00:12:42,934 --> 00:12:45,301 [crowd cheering] 275 00:12:45,401 --> 00:12:48,167 but some things have not. 276 00:12:48,267 --> 00:12:50,401 On any Friday in autumn, 277 00:12:50,501 --> 00:12:53,534 you can still see how it used to be 278 00:12:53,634 --> 00:12:56,835 'cause this is how it still is. 279 00:12:56,935 --> 00:12:59,668 [male public address announcer] We need you here tonight, folks. 280 00:12:59,768 --> 00:13:01,534 Ragsdale's comin' to town 4-1-- 281 00:13:01,634 --> 00:13:03,935 we're 4-1-- this is a big one. 282 00:13:04,035 --> 00:13:07,201 So everybody in the school, get that arm up in the sky 283 00:13:07,301 --> 00:13:09,167 and point that index finger up. 284 00:13:09,267 --> 00:13:11,367 One, two, three-- 285 00:13:11,467 --> 00:13:13,801 [all] Go Cats! 286 00:13:13,901 --> 00:13:16,334 (Sullivan) Friday afternoon's at Eastern Randolph High School-- 287 00:13:16,434 --> 00:13:18,134 not much different, I'm told, 288 00:13:18,234 --> 00:13:20,534 than Friday afternoons of years gone by. 289 00:13:20,634 --> 00:13:23,634 The Wildcats football team has a lot of history, 290 00:13:23,735 --> 00:13:25,533 and it's gotten a lot of attention. 291 00:13:25,633 --> 00:13:27,768 In just a few hours, 292 00:13:27,868 --> 00:13:31,434 they'll play longtime rival Ragsdale on this field. 293 00:13:31,534 --> 00:13:34,301 Right now we're on a 14-game home-winning streak, 294 00:13:34,401 --> 00:13:36,501 which we'd like to keep intact tonight, 295 00:13:36,601 --> 00:13:39,301 but uh, as we tell our players, that's gonna-- 296 00:13:39,401 --> 00:13:40,800 that streak will end. 297 00:13:40,900 --> 00:13:43,301 But we just don't want it to be tonight. 298 00:13:43,401 --> 00:13:45,967 [cheerleading together] ♪ W-i-l-d-c-a-t-s 299 00:13:46,067 --> 00:13:47,201 ♪ Wildcats 300 00:13:47,301 --> 00:13:48,735 ♪ Wildcats ♪ 301 00:13:48,835 --> 00:13:51,400 (Cates) Our community takes a lot of pride in their football. 302 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:52,800 You got it. 303 00:13:52,900 --> 00:13:54,334 (Cates) And it's evident 304 00:13:54,434 --> 00:13:58,101 by the way our fans turn out for our home games. 305 00:13:58,201 --> 00:13:59,701 Y'all gonna join us? 306 00:13:59,801 --> 00:14:01,501 (Cates) And it's even more amazing 307 00:14:01,601 --> 00:14:03,634 when they turn out for our away games. 308 00:14:03,735 --> 00:14:06,967 (Sullivan) Guys, tell me-- is this a regular ritual? 309 00:14:07,067 --> 00:14:08,301 This is our most extreme. 310 00:14:08,401 --> 00:14:09,633 We've done this before, though. 311 00:14:09,734 --> 00:14:10,967 We had just painted letters-- 312 00:14:11,067 --> 00:14:12,601 now we're paintin' our whole selves. 313 00:14:12,701 --> 00:14:16,301 Yeah, it takes about a squirt of paint for him. 314 00:14:16,401 --> 00:14:18,101 (Cates) You know, we're very fortunate. 315 00:14:18,201 --> 00:14:20,068 We've got kids on our football team 316 00:14:20,168 --> 00:14:23,267 that do well in the classroom-- they do well in other areas, 317 00:14:23,368 --> 00:14:25,468 and it's easy to pull for somebody 318 00:14:25,568 --> 00:14:27,134 when they're successful. 319 00:14:27,234 --> 00:14:28,800 [drum sets rhythm] 320 00:14:28,900 --> 00:14:31,200 [brass lead fight song] 321 00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:41,534 ♪ 322 00:14:41,634 --> 00:14:45,067 (man) This is like going back in a time capsule. 323 00:14:45,167 --> 00:14:47,334 Football's still king here. 324 00:14:47,434 --> 00:14:49,368 (referee) Okay, Ragsdale in white; 325 00:14:49,468 --> 00:14:51,534 Eastern Randolph in green. 326 00:14:51,634 --> 00:14:54,067 (man) And on Saturday mornings when they go downtown, 327 00:14:54,167 --> 00:14:56,467 they gotta answer questions if they don't win. 328 00:14:56,567 --> 00:15:02,368 ♪ 329 00:15:02,468 --> 00:15:06,267 (PA announcer) Taken by number 4 at the 45 yard line. 330 00:15:06,368 --> 00:15:09,068 clp, clp...clp 331 00:15:09,168 --> 00:15:11,501 (Sullivan) The challenge for Eastern Randolph tonight 332 00:15:11,601 --> 00:15:16,633 will be to find a way to slow down number 22 for Ragsdale. 333 00:15:16,734 --> 00:15:18,701 That's Tony Baker, 334 00:15:18,801 --> 00:15:22,801 the most prolific running back in North Carolina history, 335 00:15:22,901 --> 00:15:25,568 and it doesn't look good early on. 336 00:15:25,668 --> 00:15:27,567 [crowd yelling] Yeaaaa! 337 00:15:31,034 --> 00:15:32,301 [whistle blaring] whiiii 338 00:15:32,401 --> 00:15:34,368 (PA announcer) In the end zone, 339 00:15:34,468 --> 00:15:36,434 number 22, Tony Baker-- touchdown Tigers. 340 00:15:36,534 --> 00:15:38,501 (Sullivan) The visitor's already lead 7-0, 341 00:15:38,601 --> 00:15:40,735 and they are about to score again 342 00:15:40,835 --> 00:15:42,801 when Eastern Randolph gets a break. 343 00:15:42,901 --> 00:15:44,468 (radio announcer) Ball's popped loose-- 344 00:15:44,568 --> 00:15:46,267 Eastern Randolph comes out with it. 345 00:15:46,368 --> 00:15:48,568 Val Mosely runs down the right sideline-- 346 00:15:48,668 --> 00:15:53,467 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5-- touchdown Wildcats! 347 00:15:53,567 --> 00:15:55,301 Number 1! 348 00:15:55,401 --> 00:15:56,834 Yeah, number 1, baby! 349 00:15:56,934 --> 00:15:58,967 That is a big turnaround there-- 350 00:15:59,067 --> 00:16:00,801 big turnaround. 351 00:16:00,901 --> 00:16:02,668 (Sullivan) Harold Nibbett has not missed 352 00:16:02,768 --> 00:16:06,867 an Eastern Randolph game since before 1970. 353 00:16:06,967 --> 00:16:08,368 (PA announcer) It's good. 354 00:16:08,468 --> 00:16:09,868 [whistle blaring] whiiii 355 00:16:09,968 --> 00:16:12,668 (Nibbett) Now, I love college football, and I love the NFL, 356 00:16:12,768 --> 00:16:14,534 but there's somethin' about this. 357 00:16:14,634 --> 00:16:17,067 You get attached to these kids. 358 00:16:17,167 --> 00:16:20,967 I adopt them as my sons--ha, ha. 359 00:16:21,067 --> 00:16:23,233 [brass lead fight song] 360 00:16:23,333 --> 00:16:25,234 ♪ 361 00:16:25,334 --> 00:16:27,333 [whistle blaring] whiiii 362 00:16:28,601 --> 00:16:30,935 (crowd) ♪ Heyyy ♪ 363 00:16:31,035 --> 00:16:34,266 (Sullivan) There's nothing like a high school football Friday night. 364 00:16:34,367 --> 00:16:36,967 ♪ 365 00:16:37,067 --> 00:16:39,101 I love being around the kind of people 366 00:16:39,201 --> 00:16:41,500 that come to these games-- people that have energy. 367 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:42,700 Go Ragsdale! 368 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:43,934 Get out of here! 369 00:16:44,034 --> 00:16:45,134 Go Wildcats! 370 00:16:45,234 --> 00:16:48,067 People that have enthusiasm, people that have desire-- 371 00:16:48,167 --> 00:16:50,934 they're not afraid to line up against one another 372 00:16:51,034 --> 00:16:53,166 and see who's better than who. 373 00:16:53,266 --> 00:16:56,767 ♪ 374 00:16:56,867 --> 00:16:58,401 [whistle blaring] whiiii 375 00:16:58,501 --> 00:17:02,167 But the fact that they stop it between every play 376 00:17:02,267 --> 00:17:04,401 and they line up again 377 00:17:04,501 --> 00:17:07,102 and they try to decide what they're gonna do 378 00:17:07,202 --> 00:17:10,867 to outsmart the other guy or outslug the other guy-- 379 00:17:10,967 --> 00:17:12,534 it's like a little war, 380 00:17:12,634 --> 00:17:14,700 but they play it over and over again, 381 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,101 and nobody gets hurt. 382 00:17:17,201 --> 00:17:19,734 [crowd yelling] 383 00:17:19,834 --> 00:17:21,968 [whistle blaring] whiiii 384 00:17:22,068 --> 00:17:24,101 (Sullivan) Who do you think's gonna win tonight? 385 00:17:24,201 --> 00:17:27,001 [all] Eastern Randolph! 386 00:17:27,101 --> 00:17:28,600 It's settled. 387 00:17:28,700 --> 00:17:30,567 Now it's getting late. 388 00:17:30,667 --> 00:17:33,468 The tension is building. 389 00:17:33,568 --> 00:17:36,967 The TV news is now less than an hour away. 390 00:17:37,067 --> 00:17:40,134 Like a quarterback on third down and long, 391 00:17:40,234 --> 00:17:44,001 a good sports photographer lives for this situation. 392 00:17:44,101 --> 00:17:47,034 (man) I don't know-- our show hits at 11:00-- 393 00:17:47,134 --> 00:17:49,301 45 minutes back to the station. 394 00:17:49,401 --> 00:17:51,234 I got a live truck, though. 395 00:17:51,334 --> 00:17:53,668 (Sullivan) Patience pays off for the cameraman 396 00:17:53,768 --> 00:17:55,968 and for the Eastern Randolph Wildcats. 397 00:17:56,068 --> 00:17:59,067 The go-ahead touchdown comes in the fourth quarter. 398 00:17:59,167 --> 00:18:00,835 [whistle blaring] whiiii 399 00:18:00,935 --> 00:18:04,934 The offense had come from behind to take the lead... 400 00:18:05,034 --> 00:18:07,234 and the defense met the challenge 401 00:18:07,334 --> 00:18:09,434 of bottling up number 22 402 00:18:09,534 --> 00:18:12,900 just often enough to get the victory. 403 00:18:13,001 --> 00:18:14,300 Gooooo! 404 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,468 ♪ 405 00:18:18,568 --> 00:18:20,167 (boy #1) Good job, baby. 406 00:18:20,267 --> 00:18:22,035 (boy #2) Good job, y'all. 407 00:18:22,135 --> 00:18:24,967 You got to see high school football at its best tonight. 408 00:18:25,067 --> 00:18:28,534 And you couldn't ask for a better game to do. 409 00:18:28,634 --> 00:18:30,234 (Sullivan) Many things have changed 410 00:18:30,334 --> 00:18:32,968 from generation to generation, 411 00:18:33,068 --> 00:18:37,934 but Friday nights at the high school football field... 412 00:18:38,034 --> 00:18:41,568 are just as good as they used to be. 413 00:18:41,668 --> 00:18:44,667 [film projector whirring] err, err...err 414 00:18:49,167 --> 00:18:53,167 [xylophone and brass suggest African theme] 415 00:18:53,267 --> 00:18:54,868 yeowwww 416 00:18:54,968 --> 00:18:57,500 [bird chirping] twi-whi, twi-whi...twi-whi 417 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:02,668 ♪ 418 00:19:02,768 --> 00:19:04,668 (narrator) The North Carolina Zoo, 419 00:19:04,768 --> 00:19:08,600 one of the best known natural habitat zoos in the nation. 420 00:19:08,700 --> 00:19:11,101 ♪ 421 00:19:11,201 --> 00:19:13,834 Our zoo has been a pioneer in creating 422 00:19:13,934 --> 00:19:16,468 a bold, new design for exhibits, 423 00:19:16,568 --> 00:19:19,634 one that involved turning a section of Randolph County 424 00:19:19,735 --> 00:19:21,434 into environments that might be found 425 00:19:21,534 --> 00:19:23,167 on an entirely different continent 426 00:19:23,267 --> 00:19:25,467 halfway around the world. 427 00:19:25,567 --> 00:19:27,601 [airy flute joins] 428 00:19:27,701 --> 00:19:30,034 But this place really ought to be called 429 00:19:30,134 --> 00:19:32,468 the North Carolina Zoo and Botanical Garden, 430 00:19:32,568 --> 00:19:34,534 because that's what it is-- 431 00:19:34,634 --> 00:19:36,634 an environment where the plants 432 00:19:36,735 --> 00:19:39,633 are as carefully chosen and displayed as the animals... 433 00:19:39,734 --> 00:19:44,101 ♪ 434 00:19:44,201 --> 00:19:46,734 a showcase for the relatively new science 435 00:19:46,834 --> 00:19:50,267 of zoo horticulture. 436 00:19:50,368 --> 00:19:52,368 (woman) In the old days, 437 00:19:52,468 --> 00:19:55,301 zoos had bars and they had very sterile cages. 438 00:19:55,401 --> 00:19:58,533 We've come a long way in the last 25 years 439 00:19:58,633 --> 00:20:02,001 with zoo horticulture. 440 00:20:02,101 --> 00:20:04,434 We try and cluster exhibits together, 441 00:20:04,534 --> 00:20:07,601 and then with the plant material, with the landscapes, 442 00:20:07,701 --> 00:20:10,600 we recreate representations of those kind of wild places 443 00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:12,600 at those continents. 444 00:20:12,700 --> 00:20:17,368 ♪ 445 00:20:17,468 --> 00:20:20,701 We're a little bit ecologist, we're a little bit botanist, 446 00:20:20,801 --> 00:20:22,501 and we're a whole lot horticulturist. 447 00:20:22,601 --> 00:20:25,101 And you have to put all those skills together, 448 00:20:25,201 --> 00:20:27,001 and you don't actually come away 449 00:20:27,101 --> 00:20:29,001 from, like, a college degree with that. 450 00:20:29,101 --> 00:20:31,701 You have to kind of get that on-site. 451 00:20:31,801 --> 00:20:33,667 There's no zoo horticulture college degree. 452 00:20:33,767 --> 00:20:35,467 [indistinct talking] 453 00:20:36,735 --> 00:20:39,601 The really kind of uniqueness about zoo horticulture 454 00:20:39,701 --> 00:20:42,568 is the animals and what sort of behaviors 455 00:20:42,668 --> 00:20:45,101 we want to elicit from the animals. 456 00:20:45,201 --> 00:20:47,968 And many times, I use the animal curators 457 00:20:48,068 --> 00:20:52,002 to help me decide what they think their animals 458 00:20:52,102 --> 00:20:54,668 are going to do and how they're going to react, 459 00:20:54,768 --> 00:20:57,067 so that I know which plants to choose and-- 460 00:20:57,167 --> 00:20:58,867 or which plants might hurt them 461 00:20:58,967 --> 00:21:00,668 or which plants might not hurt them 462 00:21:00,768 --> 00:21:03,068 or what plants they want to actually use 463 00:21:03,168 --> 00:21:07,101 to get them to climb or to get them to hide in the bush 464 00:21:07,201 --> 00:21:09,200 or to make their nest--whatever. 465 00:21:09,300 --> 00:21:13,334 ♪ 466 00:21:13,434 --> 00:21:17,002 So the design principles for landscapes 467 00:21:17,102 --> 00:21:21,300 is much more than just how do you get a plant to grow. 468 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,468 ♪ 469 00:21:23,568 --> 00:21:26,534 (narrator) Getting plants from faraway places to grow happily 470 00:21:26,634 --> 00:21:29,134 in North Carolina can be quite a challenge, 471 00:21:29,234 --> 00:21:31,834 but one that was met with great success 472 00:21:31,934 --> 00:21:34,335 in the Sonoran Desert exhibit. 473 00:21:34,435 --> 00:21:38,334 (woman) We try to mimic desert conditions as much as possible. 474 00:21:38,434 --> 00:21:42,267 This exhibit has relative-- low relative humidity levels. 475 00:21:42,368 --> 00:21:44,567 We water very sparingly. 476 00:21:44,667 --> 00:21:46,002 The cacti-- 477 00:21:46,102 --> 00:21:50,267 the large cacti, say, are only watered three times a year. 478 00:21:50,368 --> 00:21:52,368 (narrator) This spectacular dome building 479 00:21:52,468 --> 00:21:56,501 is basically 14,000 square feet of desert under glass. 480 00:21:56,601 --> 00:21:58,968 Inside, it is almost another world, 481 00:21:59,068 --> 00:22:01,834 but the glass lets the view extend to the outside, 482 00:22:01,934 --> 00:22:03,534 where, as much as possible, 483 00:22:03,634 --> 00:22:05,767 a desert environment also was created. 484 00:22:05,867 --> 00:22:07,735 [Spanish guitar plays boldly] 485 00:22:07,835 --> 00:22:10,568 (Wall) Part of what we do when we design landscapes 486 00:22:10,668 --> 00:22:13,401 is we have to understand the environmental criterias 487 00:22:13,501 --> 00:22:15,835 and the growing conditions of the plants. 488 00:22:15,935 --> 00:22:18,167 At the desert it was especially hard 489 00:22:18,267 --> 00:22:20,267 because our growing conditions outside 490 00:22:20,368 --> 00:22:22,534 are certainly not desert conditions. 491 00:22:22,634 --> 00:22:25,568 We have a lot of rain; we have cold winters. 492 00:22:25,668 --> 00:22:27,434 And putting the cold and wet together, 493 00:22:27,534 --> 00:22:31,434 what we had to do on the design of the desert was to berm up, 494 00:22:31,534 --> 00:22:33,301 so that we have very good drainage. 495 00:22:33,401 --> 00:22:35,568 We had to use a sandy loam soil, 496 00:22:35,668 --> 00:22:37,967 and we had to make microclimates 497 00:22:38,067 --> 00:22:40,800 so that we could test different things. 498 00:22:40,900 --> 00:22:48,800 ♪ 499 00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:50,434 (narrator) Like the desert, 500 00:22:50,534 --> 00:22:52,633 creating a rain forest in North Carolina 501 00:22:52,734 --> 00:22:54,768 had to be done under glass. 502 00:22:54,868 --> 00:22:57,434 Three thousand plants from four hundred fifty species 503 00:22:57,534 --> 00:22:59,401 make up this popular exhibit, 504 00:22:59,501 --> 00:23:02,034 home to a wide variety of birds 505 00:23:02,134 --> 00:23:06,634 who would not be at home here without the plants. 506 00:23:06,735 --> 00:23:10,568 (Wall) The R.J. Reynolds Forest Aviary is a tropical exhibit-- 507 00:23:10,668 --> 00:23:14,401 plants and birds from any tropical area of the world. 508 00:23:14,501 --> 00:23:16,534 Instead of a rain forest, 509 00:23:16,634 --> 00:23:19,601 it's more like a tropical forest clearing, 510 00:23:19,701 --> 00:23:22,867 where perhaps a large canopy tree came down. 511 00:23:22,967 --> 00:23:25,368 And it opens up a gap 512 00:23:25,468 --> 00:23:28,034 so that a lot of sunlight streams through, 513 00:23:28,134 --> 00:23:30,368 and you have a flush of new plants 514 00:23:30,468 --> 00:23:33,368 trying to take advantage of the light. 515 00:23:33,468 --> 00:23:37,234 The birds really use the trees and the plants in the aviary. 516 00:23:37,334 --> 00:23:39,634 Primarily, they use them for nesting. 517 00:23:39,735 --> 00:23:41,835 They use them to roost at night 518 00:23:41,935 --> 00:23:45,701 and for shelter from other birds occasionally. 519 00:23:45,801 --> 00:23:47,868 There's always something flowering. 520 00:23:47,968 --> 00:23:52,301 We have a lot of birds that enjoy the nectar of the flowers. 521 00:23:52,401 --> 00:23:55,067 [xylophone and flute resume African theme] 522 00:23:55,167 --> 00:23:56,568 (narrator) Once you realize 523 00:23:56,668 --> 00:23:59,167 the zoo is a complex series of elaborate gardens, 524 00:23:59,267 --> 00:24:01,834 you then appreciate the large staff of specialists 525 00:24:01,934 --> 00:24:03,768 it takes to maintain it-- 526 00:24:03,868 --> 00:24:06,267 as many horticulturists as animal keepers 527 00:24:06,368 --> 00:24:08,401 to keep it all running smoothly. 528 00:24:08,501 --> 00:24:10,835 And the horticulture staff is keenly aware 529 00:24:10,935 --> 00:24:14,634 of their part in the educational experience of the zoo. 530 00:24:14,735 --> 00:24:17,668 (man) The way that we can teach conservation to visitors 531 00:24:17,768 --> 00:24:21,334 is that they're able to see some of these rare habitats, 532 00:24:21,434 --> 00:24:24,135 like mountain bogs-- there are so few of those. 533 00:24:24,235 --> 00:24:26,301 And most folks probably wouldn't have the opportunity 534 00:24:26,401 --> 00:24:28,101 to go visit a mountain bog. 535 00:24:28,201 --> 00:24:30,434 Yet I think they can come here 536 00:24:30,534 --> 00:24:33,301 and they can see what a mountain bog looks like 537 00:24:33,401 --> 00:24:36,102 and, in doing so, realize that these habitats 538 00:24:36,202 --> 00:24:40,002 are home to some very rare plants and that, you know, 539 00:24:40,102 --> 00:24:43,668 without these plants, we won't have a lot of the animals 540 00:24:43,768 --> 00:24:45,900 that are associated with these habitats. 541 00:24:46,001 --> 00:24:48,534 ♪ 542 00:24:48,634 --> 00:24:50,801 (Wall) Plants are really cool. 543 00:24:50,901 --> 00:24:53,935 They--they provide everything that we need, 544 00:24:54,035 --> 00:24:58,900 and what I perceive is that people do not appreciate plants 545 00:24:59,001 --> 00:25:01,301 because they are so there for them. 546 00:25:01,401 --> 00:25:04,201 I want them to realize just how essential plants are, 547 00:25:04,301 --> 00:25:06,434 and I want them to care about plants, 548 00:25:06,534 --> 00:25:09,001 because their survival depends on it. 549 00:25:09,101 --> 00:25:10,735 (narrator) So don't miss out 550 00:25:10,835 --> 00:25:13,201 on one of the best around-the-world trips 551 00:25:13,301 --> 00:25:15,034 right here in North Carolina. 552 00:25:15,134 --> 00:25:17,500 Come on down to the zoo. 553 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,800 ♪ 554 00:25:24,534 --> 00:25:27,233 [xylophone and acoustic guitar lead airy arrangement] 555 00:25:27,333 --> 00:25:39,934 ♪ 556 00:25:40,034 --> 00:25:42,600 [flute joins] 557 00:25:42,700 --> 00:25:57,600 ♪ 558 00:25:57,700 --> 00:26:12,600 ♪ 559 00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:27,600 ♪ 560 00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:42,600 ♪ 561 00:26:42,700 --> 00:26:57,600 ♪ 562 00:26:57,700 --> 00:27:09,800 ♪ 563 00:27:12,434 --> 00:27:14,734 [electronic piano 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