WEBVTT 00:02.802 --> 00:05.637 >> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR THE "WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED 00:05.639 --> 00:11.510 "WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED BY... 00:49.515 --> 00:52.818 >> TONIGHT EXPLORE SOME OF THE MOST UNIQUE SUMMERTIME 00:52.820 --> 00:54.053 MOST UNIQUE SUMMERTIME ACTIVITIES ACROSS INDIANA. 00:54.055 --> 00:56.221 ACTIVITIES ACROSS INDIANA. TEST YOUR SKILLS AS AN ANCIENT 00:56.223 --> 00:58.423 TEST YOUR SKILLS AS AN ANCIENT WARRIOR DURING THE ANNUAL 00:58.425 --> 00:59.091 WARRIOR DURING THE ANNUAL SPARTAN RACE. 00:59.093 --> 01:00.825 SPARTAN RACE. TRAIN WITH INDIANA'S 49th 01:00.827 --> 01:02.660 TRAIN WITH INDIANA'S 49th COMPANY S AS THEY PREPARE FOR 01:02.662 --> 01:03.562 COMPANY S AS THEY PREPARE FOR FESTIVAL BATTLES. 01:03.564 --> 01:05.831 FESTIVAL BATTLES. RACE DOWN THE COUNTRY'S LONGEST 01:05.833 --> 01:07.466 RACE DOWN THE COUNTRY'S LONGEST TRACK WITH THE INDIANAPOLIS 01:07.468 --> 01:08.333 TRACK WITH THE INDIANAPOLIS SOAPBOX DERBY. 01:08.335 --> 01:10.335 SOAPBOX DERBY. AND JOIN YOUR NEIGHBORS FOR A 01:10.337 --> 01:11.803 AND JOIN YOUR NEIGHBORS FOR A FRIENDLY GAME OF WHIFFLE BALL. 01:11.805 --> 01:12.971 FRIENDLY GAME OF WHIFFLE BALL. THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO TO TAKE 01:12.973 --> 01:15.340 THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO TO TAKE IN THAT SUMMER SUN. 01:15.342 --> 01:18.343 IN THAT SUMMER SUN. SO STAY TUNED TO A NEW "WEEKLY 01:18.345 --> 01:20.512 SO STAY TUNED TO A NEW "WEEKLY SPECIAL." 01:47.039 --> 01:49.407 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE "WEEKLY SPECIAL." 01:49.409 --> 01:54.279 "WEEKLY SPECIAL." I'M ERICA SAW SAGON. 01:54.281 --> 01:56.281 I'M ERICA SAW SAGON. THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL WAYS 01:56.283 --> 01:57.649 THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL WAYS TO ENJOY INDIANA. 01:57.651 --> 01:58.984 TO ENJOY INDIANA. HOOSIERS ARE OUT AND ABOUT 01:58.986 --> 02:00.152 HOOSIERS ARE OUT AND ABOUT TAKING IN THE SUMMER SUN. 02:00.154 --> 02:03.088 TAKING IN THE SUMMER SUN. OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE A BIT OF A 02:03.090 --> 02:04.923 OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE A BIT OF A MORE CHALLENGE SOME SUMMER MUD 02:04.925 --> 02:10.062 MORE CHALLENGE SOME SUMMER MUD IN THE ANNUAL SPARTAN RACE. 02:14.901 --> 02:16.968 >> PAINFUL. LOT OF BARBED WIRE. 02:16.970 --> 02:18.770 LOT OF BARBED WIRE. THAT WAS PRETTY MISERABLE. 02:18.772 --> 02:20.171 THAT WAS PRETTY MISERABLE. THE MUD IN THE BEGINNING KIND OF 02:20.173 --> 02:21.839 THE MUD IN THE BEGINNING KIND OF GETS YOU. 02:21.841 --> 02:22.941 GETS YOU. I FELL FACE FIRST. 02:22.943 --> 02:23.942 I FELL FACE FIRST. THAT DIDN'T HELP. 02:23.944 --> 02:26.077 THAT DIDN'T HELP. FROM THEN ON IT WAS WEIGHTED 02:26.079 --> 02:28.113 FROM THEN ON IT WAS WEIGHTED SHOES AND MUD AND MISRUL COLD. 02:28.115 --> 02:32.351 SHOES AND MUD AND MISRUL COLD. A GOOD TIME. 02:39.291 --> 02:44.062 >> A MARATHONER JUST RUNNING ON A PAVED ROAD IS GET IF YOU ARE 02:44.064 --> 02:45.797 A PAVED ROAD IS GET IF YOU ARE GETTING CHASED OR RUNNING 02:45.799 --> 02:47.198 GETTING CHASED OR RUNNING SOMEWHERE BUT IT'S KIND OF 02:47.200 --> 02:47.466 SOMEWHERE BUT IT'S KIND OF BORING. 02:47.468 --> 02:48.233 BORING. DOESN'T FEEL GREAT. 02:48.235 --> 02:50.102 DOESN'T FEEL GREAT. THIS IS EVERYBODY'S DREAM SINCE 02:50.104 --> 02:51.336 THIS IS EVERYBODY'S DREAM SINCE THEY WERE A LITTLE KID, WHETHER 02:51.338 --> 02:53.605 THEY WERE A LITTLE KID, WHETHER TO BE A NAVY SEAL OR BE IN THE 02:53.607 --> 02:58.610 TO BE A NAVY SEAL OR BE IN THE OLYMPICS OR GET OUT AND BE 007. 02:58.612 --> 02:59.711 OLYMPICS OR GET OUT AND BE 007. HERE'S YOUR DAY TO SEE WHAT THAT 02:59.713 --> 03:00.979 HERE'S YOUR DAY TO SEE WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE. 03:00.981 --> 03:03.381 FEELS LIKE. WE ARE DEFINITELY A LITTLE CRAZY 03:03.383 --> 03:05.383 WE ARE DEFINITELY A LITTLE CRAZY AND SADISTIC AND WE HAVE COME UP 03:05.385 --> 03:06.318 AND SADISTIC AND WE HAVE COME UP WITH THINGS EVERY DAY. 03:06.320 --> 03:08.486 WITH THINGS EVERY DAY. WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF WE DID 03:08.488 --> 03:08.786 WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF WE DID THIS? 03:08.788 --> 03:10.522 THIS? WOULDN'T THAT BE COOL? 03:10.524 --> 03:12.257 WOULDN'T THAT BE COOL? SO 2004 WE SAID LET'S START 03:12.259 --> 03:13.625 SO 2004 WE SAID LET'S START SOMETHING THAT WOULD CHANGE 03:13.627 --> 03:15.994 SOMETHING THAT WOULD CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES AND WOULD HELP US 03:15.996 --> 03:17.195 PEOPLE'S LIVES AND WOULD HELP US FIND THINGS THAT WOULD INSPIRE 03:17.197 --> 03:18.396 FIND THINGS THAT WOULD INSPIRE US. 03:18.398 --> 03:20.565 US. >> EVERYBODY HAS A 5K. 03:20.567 --> 03:22.900 >> EVERYBODY HAS A 5K. THERE IS ONE IN EVERY TOWN OR 03:22.902 --> 03:23.201 THERE IS ONE IN EVERY TOWN OR CITY. 03:23.203 --> 03:25.103 CITY. THIS IS A 5K THROUGH MUD AND 03:25.105 --> 03:28.306 THIS IS A 5K THROUGH MUD AND HILLS AND WATER AND OVER 03:28.308 --> 03:28.607 HILLS AND WATER AND OVER OBSTACLES. 03:28.609 --> 03:30.309 OBSTACLES. IT'S GETTING BACK TO THE BASICS. 03:30.311 --> 03:31.176 IT'S GETTING BACK TO THE BASICS. WE WERE MADE TO RUN. 03:31.178 --> 03:33.578 WE WERE MADE TO RUN. WE WERE MADE TO GO THROUGH THE 03:33.580 --> 03:33.979 WE WERE MADE TO GO THROUGH THE FOREST. 03:33.981 --> 03:34.779 FOREST. SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 03:34.781 --> 03:36.581 SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO THEY DID IT ALREADY. 03:36.583 --> 03:38.483 YEARS AGO THEY DID IT ALREADY. SO WHY NOT BRING IT BACK TO 03:38.485 --> 03:38.817 SO WHY NOT BRING IT BACK TO THAT? 03:38.819 --> 03:40.185 THAT? EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET THAT 03:40.187 --> 03:41.720 EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET THAT LITTLE TASTE OF MUD. 03:41.722 --> 03:43.788 LITTLE TASTE OF MUD. THEY GO AFTER IT FULL BORE. 03:43.790 --> 03:45.890 THEY GO AFTER IT FULL BORE. WHY NOT GIVE IT TO INDIANA? 03:45.892 --> 03:47.559 WHY NOT GIVE IT TO INDIANA? >> NO MATTER WHERE PEOPLE ARE 03:47.561 --> 03:49.728 >> NO MATTER WHERE PEOPLE ARE FROM, THEY WANT TO DO THIS. 03:49.730 --> 03:51.463 FROM, THEY WANT TO DO THIS. AND INDIANA IS MOST INTERESTING 03:51.465 --> 03:52.997 AND INDIANA IS MOST INTERESTING BECAUSE WE HAD NO INTENTION OF 03:52.999 --> 03:53.998 BECAUSE WE HAD NO INTENTION OF COMING TO INDIANA. 03:54.000 --> 03:55.199 COMING TO INDIANA. WE DIDN'T THINK THE POPULATION 03:55.201 --> 03:55.800 WE DIDN'T THINK THE POPULATION WAS HERE. 03:55.802 --> 03:57.602 WAS HERE. WE DIDN'T THINK THE DEMAND WAS 03:57.604 --> 03:58.002 WE DIDN'T THINK THE DEMAND WAS HERE. 03:58.004 --> 03:59.904 HERE. THE CORN-FED GROUP ARE A BUNCH 03:59.906 --> 04:02.206 THE CORN-FED GROUP ARE A BUNCH MUCH LUNATICS THAT DEMANDED THE 04:02.208 --> 04:03.274 MUCH LUNATICS THAT DEMANDED THE RACE COME TO INDIANA. 04:03.276 --> 04:03.741 RACE COME TO INDIANA. WE SAID NO. 04:03.743 --> 04:05.109 WE SAID NO. THEY WERE RELENTLESS. 04:05.111 --> 04:07.011 THEY WERE RELENTLESS. THEY DROVE EVERYBODY IN THE 04:07.013 --> 04:08.112 THEY DROVE EVERYBODY IN THE ORGANIZATION CRAZY UNTIL WE 04:08.114 --> 04:09.714 ORGANIZATION CRAZY UNTIL WE FINALLY SAID YES AND YOU CAN SEE 04:09.716 --> 04:10.615 FINALLY SAID YES AND YOU CAN SEE THE RESULT. 04:10.617 --> 04:11.182 THE RESULT. IT WORKED. 04:11.184 --> 04:11.950 IT WORKED. THEY WERE RIGHT. 04:11.952 --> 04:15.219 THEY WERE RIGHT. WE WERE WRONG. 04:15.221 --> 04:17.656 WE WERE WRONG. >> IF WE FOUGHT HARD ENOUGH, 04:17.658 --> 04:19.724 >> IF WE FOUGHT HARD ENOUGH, BADGED OUR HEAD AGAINST THAT 04:19.726 --> 04:20.826 BADGED OUR HEAD AGAINST THAT BRICK WALL LONG ENOUGH IT WOULD 04:20.828 --> 04:22.694 BRICK WALL LONG ENOUGH IT WOULD COME DOWN AND WE WOULD GET WHAT 04:22.696 --> 04:23.729 COME DOWN AND WE WOULD GET WHAT WE WANTED. 04:23.731 --> 04:25.230 WE WANTED. WE HAVE 3500 PEOPLE THAT SIGNED 04:25.232 --> 04:26.564 WE HAVE 3500 PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP FOR THE RACE. 04:26.566 --> 04:28.633 UP FOR THE RACE. THERE WILL BE AROUND 7,000 04:28.635 --> 04:29.634 THERE WILL BE AROUND 7,000 PEOPLE COME UP TODAY. 04:29.636 --> 04:30.168 PEOPLE COME UP TODAY. INCREDIBLE. 04:30.170 --> 04:32.637 INCREDIBLE. >> NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS 04:32.639 --> 04:32.937 >> NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. 04:32.939 --> 04:34.339 BEFORE. ALWAYS JUST RUN LIKE REGULAR 04:34.341 --> 04:35.474 ALWAYS JUST RUN LIKE REGULAR RACES AND THIS WAS SOMETHING OUT 04:35.476 --> 04:36.441 RACES AND THIS WAS SOMETHING OUT OF OUR ELEMENT. 04:36.443 --> 04:38.209 OF OUR ELEMENT. SO WE DECIDED WE WOULD COME DOWN 04:38.211 --> 04:39.711 SO WE DECIDED WE WOULD COME DOWN HERE AND TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT 04:39.713 --> 04:45.817 HERE AND TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND FUN. 04:48.388 --> 04:52.357 >> THAT'S IT. KEEP GOING. 04:52.359 --> 04:53.258 KEEP GOING. JUMP RIGHT IN. 04:53.260 --> 04:54.392 JUMP RIGHT IN. GO FOR IT! 04:54.394 --> 04:55.827 GO FOR IT! IT'S REFRESHING. 04:55.829 --> 04:56.928 IT'S REFRESHING. GOOD FOR YOUR SKIN. 04:56.930 --> 04:59.030 GOOD FOR YOUR SKIN. >> ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR GYM 04:59.032 --> 05:00.431 >> ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR GYM ACTUALLY TALKED ME INTO SIGNING 05:00.433 --> 05:02.333 ACTUALLY TALKED ME INTO SIGNING UP FOR IT WHEN I DID A WEIGHT 05:02.335 --> 05:03.835 UP FOR IT WHEN I DID A WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE. 05:03.837 --> 05:05.570 LOSS CHALLENGE. AND THAT'S -- STUPID ME THAT 05:05.572 --> 05:06.238 AND THAT'S -- STUPID ME THAT SIGNED UP. 05:06.240 --> 05:07.238 SIGNED UP. BUT I LIKE IT. 05:07.240 --> 05:10.641 BUT I LIKE IT. FIRST COMES THE -- YOU GET A 05:10.643 --> 05:12.343 FIRST COMES THE -- YOU GET A LITTLE MUDDY, GET WET, MEET A 05:12.345 --> 05:13.344 LITTLE MUDDY, GET WET, MEET A LOT OF FRIENDS. 05:13.346 --> 05:14.646 LOT OF FRIENDS. SOMETHING YOU SHOULD DO ONCE IN 05:14.648 --> 05:16.181 SOMETHING YOU SHOULD DO ONCE IN YOUR LIFE. 05:16.183 --> 05:18.116 YOUR LIFE. >> I CAME OUT HERE JUST TO BEAT 05:18.118 --> 05:20.551 >> I CAME OUT HERE JUST TO BEAT THE HELL OUT OF MYSELF FOR FUN 05:20.553 --> 05:21.953 THE HELL OUT OF MYSELF FOR FUN OF IT. 05:21.955 --> 05:23.221 OF IT. YOU CAN SAY YOU COMPLETED IT AND 05:23.223 --> 05:24.622 YOU CAN SAY YOU COMPLETED IT AND TELL YOUR BUDDIES AT WORK THAT 05:24.624 --> 05:25.891 TELL YOUR BUDDIES AT WORK THAT YOU DID THIS, GET ON THE 05:25.893 --> 05:28.860 YOU DID THIS, GET ON THE INTERNET AND SHOW THEM WHAT YOU 05:28.862 --> 05:30.362 INTERNET AND SHOW THEM WHAT YOU DID. 05:33.032 --> 05:36.201 >> YOU CHANGED MY LIFE. WE HEAR IT OVER AND OVER AND 05:36.203 --> 05:37.836 WE HEAR IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER EVERY DAY, YOU CHANGED MY 05:37.838 --> 05:38.236 OVER EVERY DAY, YOU CHANGED MY LIFE. 05:38.238 --> 05:40.038 LIFE. I'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE DRUG 05:40.040 --> 05:42.507 I'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE DRUG ADDICTS, THAT WERE OVERWEIGHT, 05:42.509 --> 05:44.041 ADDICTS, THAT WERE OVERWEIGHT, THAT WERE CHAIN SMOKERS, AND 05:44.043 --> 05:46.644 THAT WERE CHAIN SMOKERS, AND THEY COME OVER AND THEY HUG ME, 05:46.646 --> 05:48.080 THEY COME OVER AND THEY HUG ME, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW THEM. 05:48.082 --> 05:49.147 AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW THEM. IT'S AMAZING. 05:49.149 --> 05:49.948 IT'S AMAZING. IT'S NOT ME. 05:49.950 --> 05:52.083 IT'S NOT ME. IT'S THIS WHOLE MOVEMENT THAT 05:52.085 --> 05:52.683 IT'S THIS WHOLE MOVEMENT THAT CHANGES PEOPLE. 05:52.685 --> 05:54.285 CHANGES PEOPLE. BEFORE I WENT OUT AND DID A 05:54.287 --> 05:55.553 BEFORE I WENT OUT AND DID A MARATHON I DIDN'T THINK I COULD 05:55.555 --> 05:56.387 MARATHON I DIDN'T THINK I COULD DO IT. 05:56.389 --> 05:58.689 DO IT. ALL YOU HAVE TO VISUALIZE IS, 05:58.691 --> 06:00.591 ALL YOU HAVE TO VISUALIZE IS, GOD FORBID YOU WERE IN A CAR 06:00.593 --> 06:01.759 GOD FORBID YOU WERE IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND YOU HAD TO RUN 26 06:01.761 --> 06:03.494 ACCIDENT AND YOU HAD TO RUN 26 MILES TO GET TO SAFETY, YOU 06:03.496 --> 06:03.795 MILES TO GET TO SAFETY, YOU WOULD. 06:03.797 --> 06:05.496 WOULD. IF YOU HAD TO RUN 50 MILES TO 06:05.498 --> 06:06.798 IF YOU HAD TO RUN 50 MILES TO GET TO SAFETY, YOU WOULD. 06:06.800 --> 06:08.433 GET TO SAFETY, YOU WOULD. SO YOU CAN GET OUT HERE AND DO 06:08.435 --> 06:08.733 SO YOU CAN GET OUT HERE AND DO THIS. 06:08.735 --> 06:10.368 THIS. IT'S JUST -- IT'S GOING TO BE A 06:10.370 --> 06:11.069 IT'S JUST -- IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT MINDSET. 06:11.071 --> 06:12.871 DIFFERENT MINDSET. YOU HAVE TO GET TOUGH ENOUGH, 06:12.873 --> 06:14.339 YOU HAVE TO GET TOUGH ENOUGH, GET OFF THE COUCH AND DO IT. 06:14.341 --> 06:16.274 GET OFF THE COUCH AND DO IT. ONCE YOU DO, ANYTHING IS 06:16.276 --> 06:17.242 ONCE YOU DO, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. 06:17.244 --> 06:20.945 POSSIBLE. >> SPARTAN WARRIORS, THEY KNEW 06:20.947 --> 06:23.981 >> SPARTAN WARRIORS, THEY KNEW NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER. 06:23.983 --> 06:25.583 NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER. WHO AM I?! 06:25.585 --> 06:27.886 WHO AM I?! LET'S GO! 06:31.858 --> 06:36.794 >> TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN TEST YOUR SPARTAN SKILLS VISIT THEIR 06:36.796 --> 06:38.196 YOUR SPARTAN SKILLS VISIT THEIR WEB SITE AT SPARTAN.COM. 06:38.198 --> 06:40.298 WEB SITE AT SPARTAN.COM. THE TRAINING ISN'T LIMITED TO 06:40.300 --> 06:41.299 THE TRAINING ISN'T LIMITED TO JUST ADVENTURE RACES. 06:41.301 --> 06:43.601 JUST ADVENTURE RACES. FOR SOME BOOTCAMP BEGINS MONTHS 06:43.603 --> 06:45.069 FOR SOME BOOTCAMP BEGINS MONTHS EARLIER AND IS A LOT MORE 06:45.071 --> 06:46.505 EARLIER AND IS A LOT MORE FORMAL. 06:46.507 --> 06:48.206 FORMAL. >> READY! 06:51.544 --> 06:52.778 AIM! 06:54.513 --> 06:56.014 FIRE! 07:01.921 --> 07:03.988 QUARTER, ARM. IN PLACE. 07:03.990 --> 07:05.389 IN PLACE. REST. 07:05.391 --> 07:06.625 REST. NICE JOB GUYS. 07:06.627 --> 07:08.192 NICE JOB GUYS. >> I HAVE A BIG DESIRE TO LEARN 07:08.194 --> 07:09.594 >> I HAVE A BIG DESIRE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY. 07:09.596 --> 07:12.096 MORE ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY. I THINK I'M A LITTLE UNIQUE IN 07:12.098 --> 07:13.532 I THINK I'M A LITTLE UNIQUE IN THAT THE SENSE I'M LATINO. 07:13.534 --> 07:14.899 THAT THE SENSE I'M LATINO. I DON'T HAVE ANY ROOTS TO THE 07:14.901 --> 07:15.700 I DON'T HAVE ANY ROOTS TO THE NORTH OR SOUTH. 07:15.702 --> 07:17.636 NORTH OR SOUTH. IT WAS PURELY A LOVE OF HISTORY 07:17.638 --> 07:19.303 IT WAS PURELY A LOVE OF HISTORY THAT MADE ME WANT TO GO OUT AND 07:19.305 --> 07:20.472 THAT MADE ME WANT TO GO OUT AND REACH OUT AND LEARN MORE. 07:20.474 --> 07:21.706 REACH OUT AND LEARN MORE. I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY THE 07:21.708 --> 07:23.041 I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY THE GREATEST THING ABOUT THIS. 07:23.043 --> 07:24.108 GREATEST THING ABOUT THIS. YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF 07:24.110 --> 07:24.408 YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. 07:24.410 --> 07:28.046 IT. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT 400 GUYS 07:28.048 --> 07:28.613 I CAN TELL YOU WHAT 400 GUYS SMELLS LIKE. 07:28.615 --> 07:30.515 SMELLS LIKE. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT KANNON FIRE 07:30.517 --> 07:31.415 I CAN TELL YOU WHAT KANNON FIRE SMELLS LIKE. 07:31.417 --> 07:33.452 SMELLS LIKE. I'VE TASTED BLACK POWDER IN MY 07:33.454 --> 07:35.720 I'VE TASTED BLACK POWDER IN MY MOUTH, BY ACCIDENT, OF COURSE, 07:35.722 --> 07:37.756 MOUTH, BY ACCIDENT, OF COURSE, BUT -- SO IT GIVES YOU SOMETHING 07:37.758 --> 07:39.524 BUT -- SO IT GIVES YOU SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST A TEXTBOOK -- 07:39.526 --> 07:40.959 MORE THAN JUST A TEXTBOOK -- SOMETHING YOU WOULD LEARN MORE 07:40.961 --> 07:43.628 SOMETHING YOU WOULD LEARN MORE THAN WATCHING A MOVIE OR 07:43.630 --> 07:44.095 THAN WATCHING A MOVIE OR DOCUMENTARY. 07:44.097 --> 07:45.396 DOCUMENTARY. IT GIVES YOU A DIFFERENT FLAVOR 07:45.398 --> 07:45.797 IT GIVES YOU A DIFFERENT FLAVOR AND TAKE. 07:45.799 --> 07:47.865 AND TAKE. >> THE 49th INDIANA REALLY 07:47.867 --> 07:49.534 >> THE 49th INDIANA REALLY STRIVES TO BE ONE OF THE BEST 07:49.536 --> 07:50.902 STRIVES TO BE ONE OF THE BEST DRILLED UNITS IN THE MIDWEST. 07:50.904 --> 07:52.937 DRILLED UNITS IN THE MIDWEST. SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME 07:52.939 --> 07:53.238 SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME DRILLING. 07:53.240 --> 07:55.339 DRILLING. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME DOING 07:55.341 --> 07:56.675 WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME DOING PARTICULAR DRILLS THAT MAYBE ARE 07:56.677 --> 07:58.342 PARTICULAR DRILLS THAT MAYBE ARE NOT DONE AS FREQUENTLY WITH 07:58.344 --> 07:59.244 NOT DONE AS FREQUENTLY WITH OTHER UNITS. 07:59.246 --> 08:02.080 OTHER UNITS. EVERYTHING FROM SKIRMISH DRILLS 08:02.082 --> 08:07.852 EVERYTHING FROM SKIRMISH DRILLS TO BAYNET DRILLS. 08:07.854 --> 08:09.420 TO BAYNET DRILLS. IT'S HELPFUL IN INSTRUCTING THE 08:09.422 --> 08:10.589 IT'S HELPFUL IN INSTRUCTING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THAT PERIOD OF TIME 08:10.591 --> 08:13.057 PUBLIC ABOUT THAT PERIOD OF TIME BAWPS IT SEEMS TO ATTRACT THE 08:13.059 --> 08:14.358 BAWPS IT SEEMS TO ATTRACT THE PUBLIC WHEN WE GO OUT. 08:14.360 --> 08:16.761 PUBLIC WHEN WE GO OUT. >> ONCE I SAW THIS, I BECAME 08:16.763 --> 08:17.228 >> ONCE I SAW THIS, I BECAME INTERESTED. 08:17.230 --> 08:19.130 INTERESTED. IT BM LKS LIKE AN ADDICTION. 08:19.132 --> 08:19.964 IT BM LKS LIKE AN ADDICTION. YOU SEE IT. 08:19.966 --> 08:21.032 YOU SEE IT. YOU TRY IT. 08:21.034 --> 08:22.767 YOU TRY IT. GUYS START DOING SOME DIFFERENT 08:22.769 --> 08:23.134 GUYS START DOING SOME DIFFERENT THINGS. 08:23.136 --> 08:24.135 THINGS. AND YOU WANT TO BELONG. 08:24.137 --> 08:26.037 AND YOU WANT TO BELONG. YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE. 08:26.039 --> 08:27.538 YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE. SO YOU'RE WILLING TO TAKE THOSE 08:27.540 --> 08:28.773 SO YOU'RE WILLING TO TAKE THOSE EXTRA STEPS TO DO SOMETHING A 08:28.775 --> 08:30.942 EXTRA STEPS TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OR TO TRY 08:30.944 --> 08:33.778 LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OR TO TRY SOMETHING, AND I DETEST THESE 08:33.780 --> 08:34.012 SOMETHING, AND I DETEST THESE SHOES. 08:34.014 --> 08:35.947 SHOES. I ABSOLUTELY HATE THEM. 08:35.949 --> 08:36.948 I ABSOLUTELY HATE THEM. THEY FEEL AWFUL. 08:36.950 --> 08:39.017 THEY FEEL AWFUL. BUT I'M WEARING THEM, RIGHT? 08:39.019 --> 08:40.451 BUT I'M WEARING THEM, RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO IF YOU 08:40.453 --> 08:41.887 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO IF YOU WANT TO MARCH. 08:41.889 --> 08:42.954 WANT TO MARCH. BUT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE PART OF 08:42.956 --> 08:44.655 BUT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE PART OF THE GROUP, I WANT TO SHARE, I 08:44.657 --> 08:46.857 THE GROUP, I WANT TO SHARE, I WANT TO TEACH, AND I WANT TO 08:46.859 --> 08:49.294 WANT TO TEACH, AND I WANT TO LEARN, I WANT TO SEE HOW SORE 08:49.296 --> 08:50.761 LEARN, I WANT TO SEE HOW SORE THOSE SOLDIERS' FEET WERE, I 08:50.763 --> 08:52.763 THOSE SOLDIERS' FEET WERE, I WILL GO OUT AND PUT THESE SHOES 08:52.765 --> 08:52.997 WILL GO OUT AND PUT THESE SHOES ON. 08:52.999 --> 08:54.098 ON. I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING YOU 08:54.100 --> 08:56.501 I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING YOU MAKE A NOTE OF AND SAY I'M GOING 08:56.503 --> 08:57.535 MAKE A NOTE OF AND SAY I'M GOING TO TRY THIS. 08:57.537 --> 08:59.137 TO TRY THIS. YOU START TO BECOME ABSORBED IN 08:59.139 --> 09:00.237 YOU START TO BECOME ABSORBED IN IT AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU 09:00.239 --> 09:02.440 IT AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT JACKETS 09:02.442 --> 09:04.241 HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT JACKETS AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF 09:04.243 --> 09:04.742 AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PANTS. 09:04.744 --> 09:06.845 PANTS. YOU'RE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER 09:06.847 --> 09:09.847 YOU'RE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING. 09:09.849 --> 09:14.986 EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING. >> THEY'RE ACTUALLY SHOWING A 09:14.988 --> 09:16.688 >> THEY'RE ACTUALLY SHOWING A BATTLE, PROBABLY 30 MINUTES. 09:16.690 --> 09:19.757 BATTLE, PROBABLY 30 MINUTES. BUT THE REST OF THE WEEKEND IN 09:19.759 --> 09:22.060 BUT THE REST OF THE WEEKEND IN THE REENACTMENT IS -- 09:22.062 --> 09:23.060 THE REENACTMENT IS -- [INDISCERNIBLE] WHEN PEOPLE COME 09:23.062 --> 09:24.596 [INDISCERNIBLE] WHEN PEOPLE COME TO SEE THEY'RE EXPECTING TO STEP 09:24.598 --> 09:26.764 TO SEE THEY'RE EXPECTING TO STEP BACK IN TIME, TO STEM BACK TO 09:26.766 --> 09:27.064 BACK IN TIME, TO STEM BACK TO 1866. 09:27.066 --> 09:31.102 1866. SO WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT'S THE 09:31.104 --> 09:32.203 SO WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT'S THE POLITICS, WHAT'S THE LAND, 09:32.205 --> 09:33.638 POLITICS, WHAT'S THE LAND, WHAT'S THE POPULAR LITERATURE, 09:33.640 --> 09:35.873 WHAT'S THE POPULAR LITERATURE, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WAR, WHY 09:35.875 --> 09:37.375 WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WAR, WHY ARE WE FIGHTING THE WAR? 09:37.377 --> 09:39.677 ARE WE FIGHTING THE WAR? WHAT ARE THE EVENTS? 09:39.679 --> 09:40.878 WHAT ARE THE EVENTS? WHAT ARE PEOPLE'S BELIEFS. 09:40.880 --> 09:44.382 WHAT ARE PEOPLE'S BELIEFS. YOU HAVE TO GET AWAY FROM THE 09:44.384 --> 09:46.351 YOU HAVE TO GET AWAY FROM THE 21st CENTURY THINGS AND PUT 09:46.353 --> 09:48.320 21st CENTURY THINGS AND PUT YOURSELF BACK 150 YEARS AGO. 09:48.322 --> 09:49.987 YOURSELF BACK 150 YEARS AGO. >> ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN 09:49.989 --> 09:51.489 >> ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN OUR GROUP STILL HAVE A 09:51.491 --> 09:53.090 OUR GROUP STILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PASSION FOR 09:53.092 --> 09:56.193 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PASSION FOR AMERICAN HISTORY AND I THINK 09:56.195 --> 09:57.329 AMERICAN HISTORY AND I THINK ALMOST TO THE PERSON EVERY 09:57.331 --> 09:59.497 ALMOST TO THE PERSON EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE UNIT HAS A 09:59.499 --> 10:01.165 SINGLE PERSON IN THE UNIT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A TEACHER INSIDE 10:01.167 --> 10:02.734 LITTLE BIT OF A TEACHER INSIDE THEM AND THEY LIKE GOING OUT AND 10:02.736 --> 10:04.402 THEM AND THEY LIKE GOING OUT AND BEING ABLE TO INSTRUCT AND 10:04.404 --> 10:05.569 BEING ABLE TO INSTRUCT AND EDUCATE FOLKS ABOUT THAT PERIOD 10:05.571 --> 10:06.938 EDUCATE FOLKS ABOUT THAT PERIOD OF HISTORY AND I THINK WHEN WE 10:06.940 --> 10:08.573 OF HISTORY AND I THINK WHEN WE DO THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT 10:08.575 --> 10:09.874 DO THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT DRIVES OUR PASSION TO BE AS 10:09.876 --> 10:11.042 DRIVES OUR PASSION TO BE AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE WE 10:11.044 --> 10:13.310 ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 10:13.312 --> 10:16.313 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING AND EDUCATING AND 10:16.315 --> 10:17.581 COMMUNICATING AND EDUCATING AND TEACHING HOW IT REALLY WAS BACK 10:17.583 --> 10:18.783 TEACHING HOW IT REALLY WAS BACK THEN IN THAT TIME. 10:18.785 --> 10:19.618 THEN IN THAT TIME. >> THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT 10:19.620 --> 10:21.319 >> THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE TRULY HERE BECAUSE THEY FEEL 10:21.321 --> 10:22.954 ARE TRULY HERE BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ABLE TO TEACH 10:22.956 --> 10:25.089 LIKE THEY'RE ABLE TO TEACH HISTORY, AND I CERTAINLY SEE 10:25.091 --> 10:26.324 HISTORY, AND I CERTAINLY SEE THAT NOW. 10:26.326 --> 10:28.292 THAT NOW. TO PUT YOUR HAT ON A KID, LET 10:28.294 --> 10:29.894 TO PUT YOUR HAT ON A KID, LET HIM HOLD YOUR GUN, PUT YOUR 10:29.896 --> 10:30.729 HIM HOLD YOUR GUN, PUT YOUR JACKET ON HIM. 10:30.731 --> 10:33.097 JACKET ON HIM. THE FEELING, THE LOOK IN HIS 10:33.099 --> 10:35.299 THE FEELING, THE LOOK IN HIS EYES, THE WAY THEY LIGHT UP, IS 10:35.301 --> 10:36.234 EYES, THE WAY THEY LIGHT UP, IS JUST TREMENDOUS. 10:36.236 --> 10:40.705 JUST TREMENDOUS. SO I NEVER EXPECTED TO GET THAT 10:40.707 --> 10:42.073 SO I NEVER EXPECTED TO GET THAT JOY OUT OF BEING ABLE TO SHARE 10:42.075 --> 10:43.374 JOY OUT OF BEING ABLE TO SHARE AND TEACH, BUT THAT'S THE PART 10:43.376 --> 10:45.309 AND TEACH, BUT THAT'S THE PART THAT I THINK IS THE MOST 10:45.311 --> 10:45.777 THAT I THINK IS THE MOST SURPRISING. 10:45.779 --> 10:48.479 SURPRISING. >> KIDS ARE SO INTO THAT. 10:48.481 --> 10:49.814 >> KIDS ARE SO INTO THAT. THEY GO HOME AND LOOK AT THESE 10:49.816 --> 10:51.048 THEY GO HOME AND LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND IT GETS THEM 10:51.050 --> 10:52.483 THINGS AND IT GETS THEM INTERESTED IN HISTORY AND IT 10:52.485 --> 10:54.085 INTERESTED IN HISTORY AND IT JUST CREATES THAT SPARK IN THEM, 10:54.087 --> 10:56.320 JUST CREATES THAT SPARK IN THEM, AND THEY WANT TO STUDY HISTORY, 10:56.322 --> 10:56.687 AND THEY WANT TO STUDY HISTORY, THEN. 10:56.689 --> 10:58.189 THEN. IT'S JUST A REALLY NEAT THING 10:58.191 --> 10:59.423 IT'S JUST A REALLY NEAT THING SEEING THAT IN THE KID. 10:59.425 --> 11:00.792 SEEING THAT IN THE KID. YOU GET THEM HOOKED ON THAT 11:00.794 --> 11:01.192 YOU GET THEM HOOKED ON THAT STUFF. 11:01.194 --> 11:02.494 STUFF. IT'S JUST A REALLY NEAT 11:02.496 --> 11:03.294 IT'S JUST A REALLY NEAT EXPERIENCE TO DO THAT. 11:03.296 --> 11:06.597 EXPERIENCE TO DO THAT. >> THE CIVIL WAR, I THINK, IS SO 11:06.599 --> 11:07.098 >> THE CIVIL WAR, I THINK, IS SO ROMANTICIZED. 11:07.100 --> 11:08.699 ROMANTICIZED. WE TALK ABOUT THE LEGENDS AND 11:08.701 --> 11:10.534 WE TALK ABOUT THE LEGENDS AND THE HISTORY AND THE STORIES, 11:10.536 --> 11:10.868 THE HISTORY AND THE STORIES, REALLY. 11:10.870 --> 11:12.303 REALLY. IN SOME OF THESE EVENTS WE GO 11:12.305 --> 11:14.205 IN SOME OF THESE EVENTS WE GO TO, SOME OF THE LARGER ONES, YOU 11:14.207 --> 11:16.741 TO, SOME OF THE LARGER ONES, YOU GET A REAL SENSE, A REAL FEELING 11:16.743 --> 11:18.209 GET A REAL SENSE, A REAL FEELING OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE 11:18.211 --> 11:19.343 OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE AND THEN TO THINK HOW MANY OF 11:19.345 --> 11:22.213 AND THEN TO THINK HOW MANY OF THESE PEOPLE HAD TO SPEND THE 11:22.215 --> 11:23.715 THESE PEOPLE HAD TO SPEND THE WAR FOR REAL, HOW MANY PEOPLE 11:23.717 --> 11:25.049 WAR FOR REAL, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE LYING DEAD ON THE 11:25.051 --> 11:27.052 WOULD BE LYING DEAD ON THE GROUND, AND I THINK IT DOES 11:27.054 --> 11:29.120 GROUND, AND I THINK IT DOES START TO PIERCE YOU A LITTLE 11:29.122 --> 11:29.353 START TO PIERCE YOU A LITTLE BIT. 11:29.355 --> 11:30.855 BIT. YOU GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT 11:30.857 --> 11:31.923 YOU GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THEY COULD HAVE FELT OR WHAT 11:31.925 --> 11:33.024 THEY COULD HAVE FELT OR WHAT THEY COULD HAVE SEEN AND HOW 11:33.026 --> 11:34.059 THEY COULD HAVE SEEN AND HOW THEY WOULD HAVE FELT. 11:34.061 --> 11:35.960 THEY WOULD HAVE FELT. MY FIRST REENACTMENT EXPERIENCE 11:35.962 --> 11:37.328 MY FIRST REENACTMENT EXPERIENCE I REMEMBER LOOKING OUT AND 11:37.330 --> 11:39.264 I REMEMBER LOOKING OUT AND SEEING A BUNCH OF GUYS AND THEIR 11:39.266 --> 11:41.232 SEEING A BUNCH OF GUYS AND THEIR RIFLES ARE POINTED RIGHT AT YOU. 11:41.234 --> 11:42.967 RIFLES ARE POINTED RIGHT AT YOU. NOW, OF COURSE, THEY'RE BLANKS, 11:42.969 --> 11:44.935 NOW, OF COURSE, THEY'RE BLANKS, BUT JUST THE FACT THOSE GUNS ARE 11:44.937 --> 11:48.038 BUT JUST THE FACT THOSE GUNS ARE POINTED RIGHT AT YOU, YOU GET A 11:48.040 --> 11:49.640 POINTED RIGHT AT YOU, YOU GET A CERTAIN -- YOU BECOME JITTERY A 11:49.642 --> 11:50.608 CERTAIN -- YOU BECOME JITTERY A LITTLE BIT. 11:50.610 --> 11:52.143 LITTLE BIT. IT DOESN'T QUITE TAKE YOU THERE, 11:52.145 --> 11:53.978 IT DOESN'T QUITE TAKE YOU THERE, BUT YOU CERTAINLY NOW START 11:53.980 --> 11:55.346 BUT YOU CERTAINLY NOW START FEELING MORE OF THAT EMOTION AND 11:55.348 --> 11:56.981 FEELING MORE OF THAT EMOTION AND YOU START FEELING JUST A LITTLE 11:56.983 --> 11:58.549 YOU START FEELING JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CONNECTED TO WHAT THAT 11:58.551 --> 11:59.350 BIT MORE CONNECTED TO WHAT THAT SOLDIER MAY HAVE FELT. 11:59.352 --> 12:01.652 SOLDIER MAY HAVE FELT. >> WHEN IT COMES TO THE HISTORY, 12:01.654 --> 12:02.987 >> WHEN IT COMES TO THE HISTORY, YOU DON'T WANT TO DISHONOR THE 12:02.989 --> 12:04.789 YOU DON'T WANT TO DISHONOR THE PEOPLE YOU'RE REENACTING. 12:04.791 --> 12:06.056 PEOPLE YOU'RE REENACTING. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US. 12:06.058 --> 12:08.359 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US. MOST OF US HAVE ANCESTORS THAT 12:08.361 --> 12:09.660 MOST OF US HAVE ANCESTORS THAT FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR. 12:09.662 --> 12:11.362 FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR. AND YOU FEEL A STRONG TIE. 12:11.364 --> 12:12.964 AND YOU FEEL A STRONG TIE. YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL A BOND 12:12.966 --> 12:14.332 YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL A BOND WITH THOSE MEN. 12:14.334 --> 12:15.800 WITH THOSE MEN. WE'RE NOT JUST A BUNCH OF GRUNTS 12:15.802 --> 12:19.937 WE'RE NOT JUST A BUNCH OF GRUNTS OUT THERE THROWING AND BAYONETS. 12:19.939 --> 12:21.639 OUT THERE THROWING AND BAYONETS. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THESE 12:21.641 --> 12:23.140 THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THESE PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE. 12:23.142 --> 12:24.542 PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE. I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD COME 12:24.544 --> 12:25.776 I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD COME OUT AND TALK TO US AND 12:25.778 --> 12:27.545 OUT AND TALK TO US AND EXPERIENCE WHAT WE ARE. 12:27.547 --> 12:29.146 EXPERIENCE WHAT WE ARE. IT'S THE NEATEST WAY TO LEARN 12:29.148 --> 12:30.848 IT'S THE NEATEST WAY TO LEARN ABOUT HISTORY IS TO GO OUT AND 12:30.850 --> 12:31.382 ABOUT HISTORY IS TO GO OUT AND LIVE IT. 12:31.384 --> 12:33.450 LIVE IT. >> IT'S A DEFINING MOMENT FOR 12:33.452 --> 12:34.952 >> IT'S A DEFINING MOMENT FOR THE COUNTRY AND WE WANT TO MAKE 12:34.954 --> 12:37.154 THE COUNTRY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HONOR THAT. 12:37.156 --> 12:38.590 SURE THAT WE HONOR THAT. WE'RE NOT JUST OUT HERE TO SHOOT 12:38.592 --> 12:41.826 WE'RE NOT JUST OUT HERE TO SHOOT GUNS AND MAKE NOISE. 12:41.828 --> 12:43.527 GUNS AND MAKE NOISE. IT'S ABOUT THOSE WHO SERVED US, 12:43.529 --> 12:45.963 IT'S ABOUT THOSE WHO SERVED US, WHO HAVE FALLEN, KEEP THEIR 12:45.965 --> 12:47.465 WHO HAVE FALLEN, KEEP THEIR MEMORIES ALIVE. 12:50.569 --> 12:54.906 >> TO SEE THE 49th INDIANA INFANTRY IN ACTION VISIT THEIR 12:54.908 --> 12:56.841 INFANTRY IN ACTION VISIT THEIR WEB SITE 49thINDIANA.COM FOR 12:56.843 --> 12:59.611 WEB SITE 49thINDIANA.COM FOR THE LATEST SCHEDULE OF EVENTS. 12:59.613 --> 13:01.746 THE LATEST SCHEDULE OF EVENTS. INDIANA IS KNOWN FOR ITS GREAT 13:01.748 --> 13:03.715 INDIANA IS KNOWN FOR ITS GREAT TRADITIONS FROM REENACTMENTS TO 13:03.717 --> 13:05.683 TRADITIONS FROM REENACTMENTS TO RACES AND THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 13:05.685 --> 13:07.919 RACES AND THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 ISN'T THE ONLY FAMOUS RACE IN 13:07.921 --> 13:08.319 ISN'T THE ONLY FAMOUS RACE IN TOWN. 13:08.321 --> 13:13.157 TOWN. >> THE WINNING LANE IS 1 WITH A 13:13.159 --> 13:15.759 >> THE WINNING LANE IS 1 WITH A TIME OF 0.0. 13:15.761 --> 13:17.895 TIME OF 0.0. >> THE SOAPBOX DERBY WAS STARTED 13:17.897 --> 13:19.763 >> THE SOAPBOX DERBY WAS STARTED IN THE '30s, BUT WHAT'S 13:19.765 --> 13:20.932 IN THE '30s, BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT INDIANAPOLIS IS 13:20.934 --> 13:23.534 IMPORTANT ABOUT INDIANAPOLIS IS THAT WE'VE HAD A RACE EVERY YEAR 13:23.536 --> 13:25.669 THAT WE'VE HAD A RACE EVERY YEAR THAT THERE'S BEEN A SOAPBOX 13:25.671 --> 13:28.072 THAT THERE'S BEEN A SOAPBOX DERBY RACE, WE'VE HAD A RACE 13:28.074 --> 13:32.410 DERBY RACE, WE'VE HAD A RACE WITHOUT INTRUP SUN INTERRUPTION 13:32.412 --> 13:34.044 WITHOUT INTRUP SUN INTERRUPTION AND IBD APPEARLESS IS ONLY ONE 13:34.046 --> 13:35.579 AND IBD APPEARLESS IS ONLY ONE OF THREE CITIES TO HAVE THEIR 13:35.581 --> 13:36.514 OF THREE CITIES TO HAVE THEIR OWN DEDICATED TRACK. 13:36.516 --> 13:38.282 OWN DEDICATED TRACK. THE SPORT WAS VERY POPULAR UNTIL 13:38.284 --> 13:40.618 THE SPORT WAS VERY POPULAR UNTIL THE EARLY '70s. 13:40.620 --> 13:41.986 THE EARLY '70s. SINCE THEN THE INDIANAPOLIS AND 13:41.988 --> 13:43.787 SINCE THEN THE INDIANAPOLIS AND THE ALL-AMERICAN SOAPBOX DERBY 13:43.789 --> 13:46.157 THE ALL-AMERICAN SOAPBOX DERBY ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES HAS 13:46.159 --> 13:48.692 ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES HAS SORT OF STRUGGLED FINANCIALLY, 13:48.694 --> 13:51.329 SORT OF STRUGGLED FINANCIALLY, BUT EVEN THOUGH THAT HAD BEEN A 13:51.331 --> 13:52.630 BUT EVEN THOUGH THAT HAD BEEN A PROBLEM, THERE'S STILL PEOPLE 13:52.632 --> 13:54.332 PROBLEM, THERE'S STILL PEOPLE THAT JUST KEEP COMING BACK AND 13:54.334 --> 13:55.266 THAT JUST KEEP COMING BACK AND KEEP COMING BACK. 13:55.268 --> 13:57.167 KEEP COMING BACK. I MEET PEOPLE WHO THEIR PARENTS 13:57.169 --> 13:58.269 I MEET PEOPLE WHO THEIR PARENTS WERE IN IT. 13:58.271 --> 13:59.803 WERE IN IT. IT'S A FAMILY SPORT. 13:59.805 --> 14:01.439 IT'S A FAMILY SPORT. THE WHOLE FAMILY GETS INVOLVED 14:01.441 --> 14:02.273 THE WHOLE FAMILY GETS INVOLVED IN IT. 14:02.275 --> 14:03.874 IN IT. THAT'S WHAT'S THE GREAT PART. 14:03.876 --> 14:05.376 THAT'S WHAT'S THE GREAT PART. THE KIDS LEARN SO MUCH. 14:05.378 --> 14:07.011 THE KIDS LEARN SO MUCH. YOU DON'T DROP THEM OFF AND THEN 14:07.013 --> 14:08.679 YOU DON'T DROP THEM OFF AND THEN COME BACK AND PICK THEM UP. 14:08.681 --> 14:10.514 COME BACK AND PICK THEM UP. YOU HAVE TO BE THERE 14:10.516 --> 14:10.982 YOU HAVE TO BE THERE PARTICIPATING. 14:10.984 --> 14:12.516 PARTICIPATING. THEY'RE NOT ONLY INVOLVED JUST 14:12.518 --> 14:14.118 THEY'RE NOT ONLY INVOLVED JUST FOR THEM INDIVIDUALLY, BUT 14:14.120 --> 14:15.519 FOR THEM INDIVIDUALLY, BUT THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH THEIR 14:15.521 --> 14:18.323 THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH THEIR BROTHER, THEIR SISTERS. 14:18.325 --> 14:21.492 BROTHER, THEIR SISTERS. CLEO HAD FIVE KIDS RACING. 14:21.494 --> 14:25.596 CLEO HAD FIVE KIDS RACING. HE IS FAMILY! 14:25.598 --> 14:27.465 HE IS FAMILY! >> WHAT'S NEAT, MY FAMILY HAS 14:27.467 --> 14:28.265 >> WHAT'S NEAT, MY FAMILY HAS ALWAYS BEEN CLOSE. 14:28.267 --> 14:29.500 ALWAYS BEEN CLOSE. SO THIS IS THE WAY WE COME OUT 14:29.502 --> 14:31.201 SO THIS IS THE WAY WE COME OUT ON THE WEEKEND AND BE CLOSE 14:31.203 --> 14:32.503 ON THE WEEKEND AND BE CLOSE TOGETHER AND SO THAT'S WHY WE 14:32.505 --> 14:34.272 TOGETHER AND SO THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO GET MORE FAMILIES 14:34.274 --> 14:35.105 TRY TO GET MORE FAMILIES INVOLVED IN IT. 14:35.107 --> 14:36.173 INVOLVED IN IT. >> I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING 14:36.175 --> 14:38.242 >> I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY OLDEST SON. 14:38.244 --> 14:39.910 TO DO WITH MY OLDEST SON. HE WASN'T INTO BASEBALL AND 14:39.912 --> 14:41.145 HE WASN'T INTO BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL AND THAT. 14:41.147 --> 14:42.513 FOOTBALL AND THAT. BUT I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING 14:42.515 --> 14:43.213 BUT I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH HIM. 14:43.215 --> 14:45.483 WITH HIM. SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT INTO THIS. 14:45.485 --> 14:47.351 SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT INTO THIS. THEN ALL MY KIDS, AND MY 14:47.353 --> 14:48.285 THEN ALL MY KIDS, AND MY GRANDKIDS, HAVE BEEN IN IT. 14:48.287 --> 14:50.421 GRANDKIDS, HAVE BEEN IN IT. MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS RACING TODAY 14:50.423 --> 14:52.624 MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS RACING TODAY FOR HER FIRST TIME TO RACE. 14:52.626 --> 14:54.325 FOR HER FIRST TIME TO RACE. WE'VE BEEN PRACTICING THIS LAST 14:54.327 --> 14:54.559 WE'VE BEEN PRACTICING THIS LAST MONTH. 14:54.561 --> 14:56.226 MONTH. WE GOT HER CAR READY. 14:56.228 --> 14:57.494 WE GOT HER CAR READY. SHE'S A LITTLE NERVOUS. 14:57.496 --> 14:59.563 SHE'S A LITTLE NERVOUS. SO WHEN SHE COMES DOWN THE HILL, 14:59.565 --> 15:03.033 SO WHEN SHE COMES DOWN THE HILL, BE CAREFUL WHERE SHE'S GOING. 15:03.035 --> 15:04.702 BE CAREFUL WHERE SHE'S GOING. THAT'S HOW YOU LEARN. 15:04.704 --> 15:06.003 THAT'S HOW YOU LEARN. >> YEAH. 15:06.005 --> 15:10.074 >> YEAH. >> MY GRANDPA BUILT THE CAR AND 15:10.076 --> 15:13.444 >> MY GRANDPA BUILT THE CAR AND MY DAD HELPED ME PICK THE 15:13.446 --> 15:13.811 MY DAD HELPED ME PICK THE STICKERS. 15:13.813 --> 15:17.648 STICKERS. I REALLY DON'T LIKE WAKING UP 15:17.650 --> 15:20.484 I REALLY DON'T LIKE WAKING UP EARLY, BUT MY FAVORITE PART OF 15:20.486 --> 15:21.719 EARLY, BUT MY FAVORITE PART OF RACING IS GOING FAST. 15:21.721 --> 15:23.620 RACING IS GOING FAST. >> THE KIDS LEARN SO MUCH, THEY 15:23.622 --> 15:24.988 >> THE KIDS LEARN SO MUCH, THEY LEARN ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS. 15:24.990 --> 15:26.791 LEARN ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS. WE HAVE SUCH A DIVERSIFIED GROUP 15:26.793 --> 15:28.292 WE HAVE SUCH A DIVERSIFIED GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT RACE HERE. 15:28.294 --> 15:29.193 OF PEOPLE THAT RACE HERE. THEY LEARN TEAMWORK. 15:29.195 --> 15:30.427 THEY LEARN TEAMWORK. >> THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT 15:30.429 --> 15:32.029 >> THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OUT HERE, TEAMWORK. 15:32.031 --> 15:33.530 THING OUT HERE, TEAMWORK. ALL THE KIDS WORK TOGETHER. 15:33.532 --> 15:35.099 ALL THE KIDS WORK TOGETHER. >> FROM LISTENING TO THE PARENTS 15:35.101 --> 15:37.634 >> FROM LISTENING TO THE PARENTS AND WHAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT 15:37.636 --> 15:38.870 AND WHAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IN THE 15:38.872 --> 15:42.106 MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IN THE CAR IS ALIGNED AND ADJUSTED JUST 15:42.108 --> 15:42.440 CAR IS ALIGNED AND ADJUSTED JUST PERFECT. 15:42.442 --> 15:44.942 PERFECT. THEY GET TO BE VERY DETAIL 15:44.944 --> 15:45.743 THEY GET TO BE VERY DETAIL ORIENTED. 15:45.745 --> 15:46.643 ORIENTED. >> HE HAS LEARNED ABOUT THE 15:46.645 --> 15:48.946 >> HE HAS LEARNED ABOUT THE CARS, HOW TO GET THE CARS FINE 15:48.948 --> 15:49.813 CARS, HOW TO GET THE CARS FINE TUNED IN. 15:49.815 --> 15:51.916 TUNED IN. >> I JOINED DERBY RACING BECAUSE 15:51.918 --> 15:53.484 >> I JOINED DERBY RACING BECAUSE THEY CAME TO MY SCHOOL AND 15:53.486 --> 15:54.085 THEY CAME TO MY SCHOOL AND ADVERTISED IT. 15:54.087 --> 15:56.153 ADVERTISED IT. I JOINED TO SEE WHAT IT WAS 15:56.155 --> 15:56.520 I JOINED TO SEE WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. 15:56.522 --> 15:57.321 ABOUT. I LIKED IT. 15:57.323 --> 15:59.757 I LIKED IT. MY MOM HELPED ME BUILD MY CAR. 15:59.759 --> 16:01.159 MY MOM HELPED ME BUILD MY CAR. THE BEST PART ABOUT RACING IS 16:01.161 --> 16:02.893 THE BEST PART ABOUT RACING IS JUST WINNING AND HAVING FUN. 16:02.895 --> 16:07.064 JUST WINNING AND HAVING FUN. >> IT'S BENEFICIAL TO OUR FAMILY 16:07.066 --> 16:08.332 >> IT'S BENEFICIAL TO OUR FAMILY BECAUSE IT BRINGS US TOGETHER. 16:08.334 --> 16:09.767 BECAUSE IT BRINGS US TOGETHER. IT'S A COMMON GOAL. 16:09.769 --> 16:11.368 IT'S A COMMON GOAL. EVEN DURING THE WEEK WHERE THE 16:11.370 --> 16:12.636 EVEN DURING THE WEEK WHERE THE KIDS WILL BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT 16:12.638 --> 16:15.239 KIDS WILL BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT CAN MAKE THE CARGO FASTER. 16:15.241 --> 16:17.141 CAN MAKE THE CARGO FASTER. WHEN YOU'RE HOME YOU'RE THINKING 16:17.143 --> 16:18.142 WHEN YOU'RE HOME YOU'RE THINKING DERBY ALL THE TIME. 16:18.144 --> 16:19.843 DERBY ALL THE TIME. >> ALL THE TIME. 16:19.845 --> 16:25.549 >> ALL THE TIME. WE CONSTANTLY THINK DERBY. 16:25.551 --> 16:27.018 WE CONSTANTLY THINK DERBY. KEEPS THE FAMILY TOGETHER. 16:27.020 --> 16:30.755 KEEPS THE FAMILY TOGETHER. FAMILY STAYS TOGETHER. 16:31.556 --> 16:34.592 >> TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN BECOME INVOLVED OR FIND THE LATEST RACE 16:34.594 --> 16:39.463 INVOLVED OR FIND THE LATEST RACE SCHEDULE VISIT 16:39.465 --> 16:41.031 SCHEDULE VISIT INDIANAPOLISSOAPBOX DERBY.COM. 16:41.033 --> 16:43.401 INDIANAPOLISSOAPBOX DERBY.COM. THERE ARE SO MANY NOSTALGIC 16:43.403 --> 16:46.170 THERE ARE SO MANY NOSTALGIC SUMMER STYMIE VENTS AND WHAT 16:46.172 --> 16:49.307 SUMMER STYMIE VENTS AND WHAT SHOOSHIER -- HOOSIER DOESN'T 16:49.309 --> 16:51.275 SHOOSHIER -- HOOSIER DOESN'T REMEMBER A FRIENDLY GAME OF 16:51.277 --> 16:56.681 REMEMBER A FRIENDLY GAME OF PICK-UP BALL? 16:59.351 --> 17:01.753 ♪♪ 17:02.954 --> 17:08.158 >> WE ALL PLAYED ON BASEBALL TEAMS TOGETHER SINCE 9, 10 YEARS 17:08.160 --> 17:08.525 TEAMS TOGETHER SINCE 9, 10 YEARS OLD. 17:08.527 --> 17:09.460 OLD. MAYBE WE LOST THE TOURNAMENT 17:09.462 --> 17:10.395 MAYBE WE LOST THE TOURNAMENT EARLY ON THE WEEKEND AND WE 17:10.397 --> 17:11.862 EARLY ON THE WEEKEND AND WE WOULD COME OUT HERE AND YOU WANT 17:11.864 --> 17:12.863 WOULD COME OUT HERE AND YOU WANT TO PLAY MORE? 17:12.865 --> 17:14.565 TO PLAY MORE? I'M TIRED OF LOSING. 17:14.567 --> 17:15.966 I'M TIRED OF LOSING. AT FIRST I BUILT A BASEBALL 17:15.968 --> 17:16.667 AT FIRST I BUILT A BASEBALL FIELD. 17:16.669 --> 17:18.135 FIELD. AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THERE'S 17:18.137 --> 17:19.804 AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR A BASEBALL 17:19.806 --> 17:20.104 NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR A BASEBALL FIELD. 17:20.106 --> 17:22.406 FIELD. SO IT ENDED UP BEING KIND OF A 17:22.408 --> 17:23.508 SO IT ENDED UP BEING KIND OF A MAKESHIFT ROPE ACROSS THE YARD 17:23.510 --> 17:25.476 MAKESHIFT ROPE ACROSS THE YARD AND 100-FOOT FENCE AND WE HIT 17:25.478 --> 17:26.844 AND 100-FOOT FENCE AND WE HIT INTO THE TREES OUT THERE. 17:26.846 --> 17:28.178 INTO THE TREES OUT THERE. LIKE THIS ISN'T WORKING. 17:28.180 --> 17:30.981 LIKE THIS ISN'T WORKING. I THINK I STUMBLED ACROSS IT ON 17:30.983 --> 17:31.315 I THINK I STUMBLED ACROSS IT ON YouTube. 17:31.317 --> 17:32.583 YouTube. LIKE THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING 17:32.585 --> 17:35.085 LIKE THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING I'VE SEEN BECAUSE THIS GUY 17:35.087 --> 17:37.655 THING I'VE SEEN BECAUSE THIS GUY BUILT A WHIFFLE BALL FIELD IN 17:37.657 --> 17:38.422 BUILT A WHIFFLE BALL FIELD IN HIS FRONT YARD. 17:38.424 --> 17:40.290 HIS FRONT YARD. I FOUND THIS IS ACTUALLY A 17:40.292 --> 17:41.558 I FOUND THIS IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY BIG SPORT. 17:41.560 --> 17:43.794 PRETTY BIG SPORT. WE GOT OUT HERE WITH A TRACTOR 17:43.796 --> 17:46.096 WE GOT OUT HERE WITH A TRACTOR AND TILLED IT UP AND MADE A NICE 17:46.098 --> 17:47.398 AND TILLED IT UP AND MADE A NICE WHIFFLE BALL FIELD OUT OF IT 17:47.400 --> 17:49.066 WHIFFLE BALL FIELD OUT OF IT THAT THE BEEN KIND OF EVOLVING 17:49.068 --> 17:49.766 THAT THE BEEN KIND OF EVOLVING EVER SINCE. 17:49.768 --> 17:52.102 EVER SINCE. WHEN I TELL PEOPLE THAT I HAVE A 17:52.104 --> 17:52.903 WHEN I TELL PEOPLE THAT I HAVE A WHIFFLE BALL LEAGUE I DON'T 17:52.905 --> 17:54.538 WHIFFLE BALL LEAGUE I DON'T THINK THEY TAKE ME SERIOUSLY. 17:54.540 --> 17:56.273 THINK THEY TAKE ME SERIOUSLY. I HAVE TO KIND OF NUDGE THEM TO 17:56.275 --> 17:57.508 I HAVE TO KIND OF NUDGE THEM TO GET OUT HERE. 17:57.510 --> 17:58.909 GET OUT HERE. NO, SERIOUSLY, COME OVER THIS 17:58.911 --> 18:00.911 NO, SERIOUSLY, COME OVER THIS WEEKEND AND WE'LL PLAY WHIFFLE 18:00.913 --> 18:01.211 WEEKEND AND WE'LL PLAY WHIFFLE BALL. 18:01.213 --> 18:02.813 BALL. THEY START WALKING UP AND THEIR 18:02.815 --> 18:03.547 THEY START WALKING UP AND THEIR JAW DROPS. 18:03.549 --> 18:07.217 JAW DROPS. WE HAVE ALWAYS -- ME AND MY 18:07.219 --> 18:09.053 WE HAVE ALWAYS -- ME AND MY FRIENDS, YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING. 18:09.055 --> 18:10.354 FRIENDS, YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING. IT'S WHIFFLE BALL. 18:10.356 --> 18:11.655 IT'S WHIFFLE BALL. THAT'S KIND OF DUMB. 18:11.657 --> 18:13.624 THAT'S KIND OF DUMB. WHEN YOU SEE IT, IT'S LIKE, MAN, 18:13.626 --> 18:14.391 WHEN YOU SEE IT, IT'S LIKE, MAN, THIS IS COOL. 18:14.393 --> 18:16.126 THIS IS COOL. SO WE HAD SOME WEEKEND 18:16.128 --> 18:18.463 SO WE HAD SOME WEEKEND TOURNAMENTS FOR FUN A COUPLE 18:18.465 --> 18:20.965 TOURNAMENTS FOR FUN A COUPLE SUMMERS AGO AND GOT ME HOOKED. 18:20.967 --> 18:22.366 SUMMERS AGO AND GOT ME HOOKED. IT'S SUPER AMERICAN. 18:22.368 --> 18:23.367 IT'S SUPER AMERICAN. LIKE WHIFFLE BALL IN THE 18:23.369 --> 18:26.003 LIKE WHIFFLE BALL IN THE BACKYARD ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. 18:26.005 --> 18:27.504 BACKYARD ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. COOKOUT AND EVERYTHING. 18:27.506 --> 18:28.806 COOKOUT AND EVERYTHING. IT'S A REALLY COOL THING TO DO 18:28.808 --> 18:34.112 IT'S A REALLY COOL THING TO DO IN THE SUMMER. 18:35.914 --> 18:39.016 >> WHIFFLE BALL HAS ACTUALLY PICKED UP A LOT OF SPEED 18:39.018 --> 18:39.383 PICKED UP A LOT OF SPEED NATIONWIDE. 18:39.385 --> 18:40.818 NATIONWIDE. BASICALLY ALL THE MIDWEST UP 18:40.820 --> 18:41.818 BASICALLY ALL THE MIDWEST UP INTO THE NORTHEAST IS WHERE A 18:41.820 --> 18:43.020 INTO THE NORTHEAST IS WHERE A LOT OF THE TEAMS ARE. 18:43.022 --> 18:45.456 LOT OF THE TEAMS ARE. I THINK THERE'S SOMEWHERE LIKE 18:45.458 --> 18:46.757 I THINK THERE'S SOMEWHERE LIKE AROUND 75 LEAGUES REGISTERED. 18:46.759 --> 18:48.259 AROUND 75 LEAGUES REGISTERED. WHEN I FIRST TOLD THEM I WANTED 18:48.261 --> 18:49.560 WHEN I FIRST TOLD THEM I WANTED TO START A LEAGUE THEY WERE ALL 18:49.562 --> 18:50.928 TO START A LEAGUE THEY WERE ALL FOR IT BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN 18:50.930 --> 18:52.096 FOR IT BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN PLAYING A LITTLE BIT AND REALLY 18:52.098 --> 18:53.664 PLAYING A LITTLE BIT AND REALLY WANTED TO MAKE IT MORE OFFICIAL 18:53.666 --> 18:55.132 WANTED TO MAKE IT MORE OFFICIAL AND START KEEPING STATS AND 18:55.134 --> 18:56.801 AND START KEEPING STATS AND MAYBE GET A COUPLE TEAMS RANKED 18:56.803 --> 18:58.235 MAYBE GET A COUPLE TEAMS RANKED IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS. 18:58.237 --> 18:59.203 IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS. THAT'S WHAT WE DID. 18:59.205 --> 19:01.205 THAT'S WHAT WE DID. WE LOOKED UP HOW TO THROW 19:01.207 --> 19:03.040 WE LOOKED UP HOW TO THROW WHIFFLE BALL PITCHES, BATTING 19:03.042 --> 19:04.308 WHIFFLE BALL PITCHES, BATTING TECHNIQUES AND CAME OUT HERE AND 19:04.310 --> 19:06.009 TECHNIQUES AND CAME OUT HERE AND THE MOST SURPRISING THING ABOUT 19:06.011 --> 19:08.011 THE MOST SURPRISING THING ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT THE BALL MOVES 19:08.013 --> 19:09.846 IS THE FACT THAT THE BALL MOVES LIKE 10 FEET AT TIMES AND YOU'RE 19:09.848 --> 19:11.915 LIKE 10 FEET AT TIMES AND YOU'RE TRYING TO HIT IT WITH THIS 19:11.917 --> 19:14.252 TRYING TO HIT IT WITH THIS LITTLE INCH-ROUND STICK AND IT'S 19:14.254 --> 19:16.320 LITTLE INCH-ROUND STICK AND IT'S A LOT HARDER THAN IT LOOKED, A 19:16.322 --> 19:18.722 A LOT HARDER THAN IT LOOKED, A LOT HARDER THAN BASEBALL IN SOME 19:18.724 --> 19:19.189 LOT HARDER THAN BASEBALL IN SOME POINTS. 19:19.191 --> 19:20.824 POINTS. THIS IS OUR FIRST REGULAR 19:20.826 --> 19:21.225 THIS IS OUR FIRST REGULAR SEASON. 19:21.227 --> 19:22.927 SEASON. WE HAVE FOUR TEAMS, FOUR PLAYERS 19:22.929 --> 19:24.328 WE HAVE FOUR TEAMS, FOUR PLAYERS ON THE TEAM. 19:24.330 --> 19:25.229 ON THE TEAM. ALL FOUR CAN BAT. 19:25.231 --> 19:26.997 ALL FOUR CAN BAT. TO HAVE A REAL GOOD WHIFFLE BALL 19:26.999 --> 19:28.765 TO HAVE A REAL GOOD WHIFFLE BALL LEAGUE IT TAKES GREAT 19:28.767 --> 19:29.700 LEAGUE IT TAKES GREAT LEADERSHIP, MAYBE EVEN THAT MORE 19:29.702 --> 19:30.934 LEADERSHIP, MAYBE EVEN THAT MORE IMPORTANTLY ARE THE PLAYERS AND 19:30.936 --> 19:32.736 IMPORTANTLY ARE THE PLAYERS AND HOW INTO IT AND SERIOUS THEY ARE 19:32.738 --> 19:34.104 HOW INTO IT AND SERIOUS THEY ARE ABOUT HE BECAUSE THE MORE INTO 19:34.106 --> 19:35.773 ABOUT HE BECAUSE THE MORE INTO IT AND PASSIONATE THEY ARE ABOUT 19:35.775 --> 19:37.307 IT AND PASSIONATE THEY ARE ABOUT IT THE MORE FUN IT GETS. 19:37.309 --> 19:39.443 IT THE MORE FUN IT GETS. LIKE A PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE OUT 19:39.445 --> 19:39.777 LIKE A PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE OUT HERE. 19:39.779 --> 19:40.478 HERE. WE GET INTO IT. 19:40.480 --> 19:43.214 WE GET INTO IT. WE GET IN ARGUMENTS ABOUT IT. 19:43.216 --> 19:44.648 WE GET IN ARGUMENTS ABOUT IT. WHEN WE'RE NOT PLAYING WHIFFLE 19:44.650 --> 19:46.149 WHEN WE'RE NOT PLAYING WHIFFLE BALL WE TALK ABOUT OUR STATS. 19:46.151 --> 19:47.885 BALL WE TALK ABOUT OUR STATS. WE'RE DEFINITELY SERIOUS ABOUT 19:47.887 --> 19:48.386 WE'RE DEFINITELY SERIOUS ABOUT IT. 19:48.388 --> 19:49.753 IT. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOT THE MAJOR 19:49.755 --> 19:50.854 OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOT THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL BUT LIKE THE 19:50.856 --> 19:52.155 LEAGUE BASEBALL BUT LIKE THE SCORES OF OUR GAMES ARE 19:52.157 --> 19:53.524 SCORES OF OUR GAMES ARE COMPARABLE, AND THE STRIKE ZONE 19:53.526 --> 19:55.226 COMPARABLE, AND THE STRIKE ZONE IS VERY REALISTIC. 19:55.228 --> 19:56.660 IS VERY REALISTIC. SOME OF THE PLAYERS WE HAVE OUT 19:56.662 --> 20:00.264 SOME OF THE PLAYERS WE HAVE OUT HERE, THE PITCHING IS PRETTY 20:00.266 --> 20:00.598 HERE, THE PITCHING IS PRETTY REAL. 20:00.600 --> 20:02.733 REAL. THEY LINE UP AT HOME PLATE AND 20:02.735 --> 20:03.333 THEY LINE UP AT HOME PLATE AND GOING CRAZY. 20:03.335 --> 20:04.902 GOING CRAZY. IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN 20:04.904 --> 20:05.636 IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN THE PRO GAME. 20:05.638 --> 20:07.537 THE PRO GAME. IT'S A DIFFERENT SPORT. 20:07.539 --> 20:09.139 IT'S A DIFFERENT SPORT. IT'S EASY TO PICK UP AND DO. 20:09.141 --> 20:11.074 IT'S EASY TO PICK UP AND DO. ANY GUY CAN COME OUT AND HIT A 20:11.076 --> 20:13.343 ANY GUY CAN COME OUT AND HIT A HOME RUN, RUN THE BASIS WITH A 20:13.345 --> 20:15.212 HOME RUN, RUN THE BASIS WITH A STICK IN HIS AIR AND FEEL LIKE 20:15.214 --> 20:16.413 STICK IN HIS AIR AND FEEL LIKE HE'S ON TOP OF THE WORLD. 20:16.415 --> 20:17.615 HE'S ON TOP OF THE WORLD. IT'S SATISFYING TO SEE SOMETHING 20:17.617 --> 20:19.216 IT'S SATISFYING TO SEE SOMETHING YOU CREATED THAT'S GROWING NOW. 20:19.218 --> 20:20.651 YOU CREATED THAT'S GROWING NOW. I WANT THIS LEAGUE TO GROW INTO 20:20.653 --> 20:22.786 I WANT THIS LEAGUE TO GROW INTO SOMETHING THAT KIND OF GETS 20:22.788 --> 20:23.888 SOMETHING THAT KIND OF GETS EVERYONE TOGETHER INTO LIKE THE 20:23.890 --> 20:25.656 EVERYONE TOGETHER INTO LIKE THE BIG SANDLOT BECAUSE SANDLOT WAS 20:25.658 --> 20:26.857 BIG SANDLOT BECAUSE SANDLOT WAS MY FAVORITE MOVIE. 20:26.859 --> 20:28.926 MY FAVORITE MOVIE. I WANT A NICE COMMUNITY, 20:28.928 --> 20:31.629 I WANT A NICE COMMUNITY, TIGHT-NIGHT PEOPLE AND BE CLOSE 20:31.631 --> 20:33.263 TIGHT-NIGHT PEOPLE AND BE CLOSE WITH EACH OTHER AND HAVE A GREAT 20:33.265 --> 20:40.271 WITH EACH OTHER AND HAVE A GREAT TIME PLAYING WHIFFLE BALL. 20:44.509 --> 20:46.077 [ YELLING ] 20:47.346 --> 20:53.183 >> TO JOIN YOURSELF OR CHEER ON A HOMETOWN FAVORITE, VISIT THE 20:53.185 --> 20:54.084 A HOMETOWN FAVORITE, VISIT THE NATIONAL WHIFFLE LEAGUE 20:54.086 --> 20:55.052 NATIONAL WHIFFLE LEAGUE ASSOCIATION PAGE TO FIND A TEAM 20:55.054 --> 20:56.486 ASSOCIATION PAGE TO FIND A TEAM IN YOUR AREA. 20:56.488 --> 20:57.822 IN YOUR AREA. >>> WITH ALL THESE ACTIVITIES 20:57.824 --> 20:59.657 >>> WITH ALL THESE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS TO SEE ACROSS THE 20:59.659 --> 21:01.358 AND EVENTS TO SEE ACROSS THE STATE, ROAD TRIPS ARE A MUST, 21:01.360 --> 21:02.893 STATE, ROAD TRIPS ARE A MUST, AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO TRAVEL, 21:02.895 --> 21:04.194 AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO TRAVEL, YOU MIGHT AS WELL TRAVEL IN 21:04.196 --> 21:05.263 YOU MIGHT AS WELL TRAVEL IN STYLE. 21:05.997 --> 21:10.000 >> MY NAME IS DAN PIPER. I OWN VINTAGE CAMPERS FROM 21:10.002 --> 21:11.469 I OWN VINTAGE CAMPERS FROM INDIANA. 21:13.338 --> 21:17.475 ♪♪ 21:18.609 --> 21:21.578 VINTAGE CAMPERS IS AN ACTUAL OUTGROWTH OF MY PASSION. 21:21.580 --> 21:23.514 OUTGROWTH OF MY PASSION. WHEN I GOT WHERE I COULD CAMP ON 21:23.516 --> 21:25.016 WHEN I GOT WHERE I COULD CAMP ON MY OWN THE ONLY THING I COULD 21:25.018 --> 21:26.517 MY OWN THE ONLY THING I COULD AFFORD WAS AN OLD CAMPER. 21:26.519 --> 21:28.785 AFFORD WAS AN OLD CAMPER. I CAMPED WITH AN OLD CAMPER, 21:28.787 --> 21:30.021 I CAMPED WITH AN OLD CAMPER, RESTORED IT MYSELF AND HAD A LOT 21:30.023 --> 21:31.088 RESTORED IT MYSELF AND HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH IT. 21:31.090 --> 21:32.389 OF FUN WITH IT. I ACTUALLY THOUGHT I WAS THE 21:32.391 --> 21:33.790 I ACTUALLY THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD WHO WAS 21:33.792 --> 21:35.759 ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD WHO WAS AN OLD TRAILER NUT. 21:35.761 --> 21:37.294 AN OLD TRAILER NUT. THEN ABOUT 17 YEARS AGO I WAS 21:37.296 --> 21:40.397 THEN ABOUT 17 YEARS AGO I WAS OUT CAMPING IN MY 1960 SHASTA 21:40.399 --> 21:42.733 OUT CAMPING IN MY 1960 SHASTA AND I GOT TALKING WITH A FELLOW 21:42.735 --> 21:44.501 AND I GOT TALKING WITH A FELLOW CAMPER ABOUT OLD TRAILERS. 21:44.503 --> 21:47.704 CAMPER ABOUT OLD TRAILERS. I FOUND THAT THERE WAS OTHER OLD 21:47.706 --> 21:48.439 I FOUND THAT THERE WAS OTHER OLD TRAILER NUTS OUT THERE. 21:48.441 --> 21:50.207 TRAILER NUTS OUT THERE. SO I GOT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 21:50.209 --> 21:50.408 SO I GOT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 21:50.410 --> 21:52.043 IT. SO I STARTED BUYING AND SELLING 21:52.045 --> 21:53.944 SO I STARTED BUYING AND SELLING A FEW OF THE VINTAGE CAM PUSHZ 21:53.946 --> 21:54.745 A FEW OF THE VINTAGE CAM PUSHZ ON MY WEB SITE. 21:54.747 --> 21:56.313 ON MY WEB SITE. AFTER DOING THAT FOR ABOUT SEVEN 21:56.315 --> 21:58.115 AFTER DOING THAT FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS I FOUND THAT THE VINTAGE 21:58.117 --> 22:00.183 YEARS I FOUND THAT THE VINTAGE CAMPERS IS WHERE MY TRUE PASSION 22:00.185 --> 22:02.253 CAMPERS IS WHERE MY TRUE PASSION WAS AND WE'VE BEEN DEALING IN 22:02.255 --> 22:03.154 WAS AND WE'VE BEEN DEALING IN THE VINTAGE CAMPERS SINCE THEY 22:03.156 --> 22:04.421 THE VINTAGE CAMPERS SINCE THEY BEEN AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO 22:04.423 --> 22:06.457 BEEN AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW FROM SELLING THEM TO 22:06.459 --> 22:07.991 GROW FROM SELLING THEM TO RESTORING THEM AND SELLING PARTS 22:07.993 --> 22:10.161 RESTORING THEM AND SELLING PARTS FOR THEM AND JUST DOING A FULL 22:10.163 --> 22:12.363 FOR THEM AND JUST DOING A FULL SERVICE OF VINTAGE CAMPER 22:12.365 --> 22:12.896 SERVICE OF VINTAGE CAMPER OPERATION. 22:12.898 --> 22:14.365 OPERATION. I STARTED IN THE MIDWEST. 22:14.367 --> 22:16.099 I STARTED IN THE MIDWEST. WE WERE PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE I 22:16.101 --> 22:18.335 WE WERE PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE I CAN THINK OF THAT DOES THE FULL 22:18.337 --> 22:19.302 CAN THINK OF THAT DOES THE FULL SERVICE. 22:19.304 --> 22:21.805 SERVICE. WE SPECIALIZE IN '60s AND 22:21.807 --> 22:22.173 WE SPECIALIZE IN '60s AND OLDER. 22:22.175 --> 22:24.908 OLDER. WE TRY TO DEAL WITH THE TRAILERS 22:24.910 --> 22:26.543 WE TRY TO DEAL WITH THE TRAILERS THAT EMPLOY RIVETED 22:26.545 --> 22:27.110 THAT EMPLOY RIVETED CONSTRUCTION. 22:27.112 --> 22:28.645 CONSTRUCTION. BASICALLY THEY'RE BUILT LIKE AN 22:28.647 --> 22:29.012 BASICALLY THEY'RE BUILT LIKE AN AIRPLANE. 22:29.014 --> 22:30.948 AIRPLANE. THEY HAVE ALUMINUM SKIN ON THE 22:30.950 --> 22:31.549 THEY HAVE ALUMINUM SKIN ON THE OUTSIDE. 22:31.551 --> 22:34.951 OUTSIDE. THAT ALUMINUM SKIN IS RIVETED TO 22:34.953 --> 22:36.820 THAT ALUMINUM SKIN IS RIVETED TO STUDS INSIDE THE WALL, TYPICALLY 22:36.822 --> 22:37.221 STUDS INSIDE THE WALL, TYPICALLY ALUMINUM. 22:37.223 --> 22:38.922 ALUMINUM. THE MAIN THREE WE CARRY WOULD BE 22:38.924 --> 22:41.425 THE MAIN THREE WE CARRY WOULD BE SPARTAN, AIR STREAM AND AIF 22:41.427 --> 22:43.326 SPARTAN, AIR STREAM AND AIF YAWN, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER 22:43.328 --> 22:46.730 YAWN, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER TRAILERS WE WOULD CARRY, CURTIS 22:46.732 --> 22:50.634 TRAILERS WE WOULD CARRY, CURTIS WRIGHT, SILVER STREAK, BULL'S 22:50.636 --> 22:51.835 WRIGHT, SILVER STREAK, BULL'S ARROW, WEST CRAFT. 22:51.837 --> 22:52.937 ARROW, WEST CRAFT. THEY'RE NOT NEAR AS COMMON AS 22:52.939 --> 22:56.106 THEY'RE NOT NEAR AS COMMON AS THE AIR STREAM OR THE AVION OR 22:56.108 --> 22:58.275 THE AIR STREAM OR THE AVION OR THE SPARTAN BUT STILL VERY COOL 22:58.277 --> 22:58.642 THE SPARTAN BUT STILL VERY COOL TRAILERS. 22:58.644 --> 23:00.978 TRAILERS. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S THE RV 23:00.980 --> 23:02.279 IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S THE RV INDUSTRY, BOAT INDUSTRY, HOUSE 23:02.281 --> 23:03.381 INDUSTRY, BOAT INDUSTRY, HOUSE INDUSTRY, THINGS WERE BUILT 23:03.383 --> 23:04.448 INDUSTRY, THINGS WERE BUILT BETTER BACK THEN. 23:04.450 --> 23:06.417 BETTER BACK THEN. PEOPLE TOOK PRIDE IN THEIR 23:06.419 --> 23:06.884 PEOPLE TOOK PRIDE IN THEIR WORKMANSHIP. 23:06.886 --> 23:08.351 WORKMANSHIP. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NAME TAGS ON 23:08.353 --> 23:09.987 IF YOU LOOK AT THE NAME TAGS ON THESE OLD CAMPERS, IT'S NOT A 23:09.989 --> 23:11.421 THESE OLD CAMPERS, IT'S NOT A PLASTIC STICKER OR VINYL LABEL 23:11.423 --> 23:12.422 PLASTIC STICKER OR VINYL LABEL THAT SAYS THEIR NAME. 23:12.424 --> 23:14.825 THAT SAYS THEIR NAME. IT'S USUALLY A METAL DECAL THAT 23:14.827 --> 23:17.027 IT'S USUALLY A METAL DECAL THAT THEY PUT SOME MONEY INTO BECAUSE 23:17.029 --> 23:18.328 THEY PUT SOME MONEY INTO BECAUSE THEY WERE PROUD OF IT. 23:18.330 --> 23:20.530 THEY WERE PROUD OF IT. THE OLDER THEY ARE THE MORE WEAR 23:20.532 --> 23:22.767 THE OLDER THEY ARE THE MORE WEAR AND TEAR, MORE ABUSE THEY'VE 23:22.769 --> 23:24.935 AND TEAR, MORE ABUSE THEY'VE HAD, THE MORE WORK INVOLVED. 23:24.937 --> 23:26.736 HAD, THE MORE WORK INVOLVED. BUT THE OLDER ONES, THEY'RE JUST 23:26.738 --> 23:28.539 BUT THE OLDER ONES, THEY'RE JUST NOT AS MANY OUT THERE, SO 23:28.541 --> 23:31.341 NOT AS MANY OUT THERE, SO FINDING A GOOD OLD ONE IS A GOOD 23:31.343 --> 23:31.641 FINDING A GOOD OLD ONE IS A GOOD FIND. 23:31.643 --> 23:32.810 FIND. MY OWN PERSONAL PREFERENCE IS 23:32.812 --> 23:35.112 MY OWN PERSONAL PREFERENCE IS THE OLDER THE BETTER. 23:38.783 --> 23:41.852 AS FAR AS RESTORATION, OUR PREFERENCE IS TO RESTORE 23:41.854 --> 23:43.187 PREFERENCE IS TO RESTORE TRAILERS BACK PRETTY MUCH TO HOW 23:43.189 --> 23:44.554 TRAILERS BACK PRETTY MUCH TO HOW THEY WERE WHEN THEY WERE ROLLED 23:44.556 --> 23:46.924 THEY WERE WHEN THEY WERE ROLLED OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE, THE 23:46.926 --> 23:47.224 OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE, THE FACTORY. 23:47.226 --> 23:48.525 FACTORY. ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS 23:48.527 --> 23:50.861 ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WE'VE RUN INTO IS WATER DAMAGE. 23:50.863 --> 23:52.462 WE'VE RUN INTO IS WATER DAMAGE. SO A LOT OF THE EXPENSIVE WORK 23:52.464 --> 23:54.831 SO A LOT OF THE EXPENSIVE WORK ON A RESTORATION IS REPLACING 23:54.833 --> 23:57.601 ON A RESTORATION IS REPLACING THE WOODWORK IN THE TRAILERS. 23:57.603 --> 23:59.369 THE WOODWORK IN THE TRAILERS. WE'LL UPGRADE THEM ELECTRICALLY. 23:59.371 --> 24:00.204 WE'LL UPGRADE THEM ELECTRICALLY. THE PLUMBING. 24:00.206 --> 24:01.671 THE PLUMBING. WE USUALLY JUST GO AHEAD AND 24:01.673 --> 24:02.773 WE USUALLY JUST GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THE PLUMBING. 24:02.775 --> 24:05.242 REPLACE THE PLUMBING. AND THEN ALL THE COSMETIC STUFF, 24:05.244 --> 24:07.010 AND THEN ALL THE COSMETIC STUFF, THE LIGHT FIXTURES, THE HARDWARE 24:07.012 --> 24:09.713 THE LIGHT FIXTURES, THE HARDWARE AND SO FORTH, WE LIKE TO -- A 24:09.715 --> 24:11.715 AND SO FORTH, WE LIKE TO -- A LOT OF TIMES THOSE PIECES ARE 24:11.717 --> 24:13.783 LOT OF TIMES THOSE PIECES ARE MISSING, SO WE WILL SALVAGE OLD 24:13.785 --> 24:15.151 MISSING, SO WE WILL SALVAGE OLD TRAILERS AND RESCUE THE OLD 24:15.153 --> 24:16.420 TRAILERS AND RESCUE THE OLD PARTS AND PIECES THAT WE CAN USE 24:16.422 --> 24:18.722 PARTS AND PIECES THAT WE CAN USE IF THAT TRAILER IS TOO FAR GONE 24:18.724 --> 24:19.756 IF THAT TRAILER IS TOO FAR GONE TO RESTORE. 24:19.758 --> 24:20.924 TO RESTORE. WE'LL PRETTY MUCH DO ANYTHING TO 24:20.926 --> 24:21.325 WE'LL PRETTY MUCH DO ANYTHING TO THEM. 24:21.327 --> 24:23.460 THEM. THE ONLY THING WE WON'T DO IS IF 24:23.462 --> 24:25.729 THE ONLY THING WE WON'T DO IS IF SOMEONE ASKS US TO TOTALLY 24:25.731 --> 24:27.864 SOMEONE ASKS US TO TOTALLY BUTCHER AND CHOP UP A NICE GOOD 24:27.866 --> 24:29.966 BUTCHER AND CHOP UP A NICE GOOD YOONTD WE'LL SAY -- UNIT WE WILL 24:29.968 --> 24:31.635 YOONTD WE'LL SAY -- UNIT WE WILL I SAY "NO THANKS." 24:31.637 --> 24:33.103 I SAY "NO THANKS." SINCE VINTAGE CAMPERS ARE MY 24:33.105 --> 24:34.337 SINCE VINTAGE CAMPERS ARE MY PASSION I WOULD LOVE TO KEEP 24:34.339 --> 24:36.172 PASSION I WOULD LOVE TO KEEP THEM ALL BUT UNFORTUNATELY I 24:36.174 --> 24:37.474 THEM ALL BUT UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE 24:37.476 --> 24:38.975 CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMICS, AND SO I DO HAVE WHAT 24:38.977 --> 24:40.911 ECONOMICS, AND SO I DO HAVE WHAT I CALL MY KEEPERS. 24:40.913 --> 24:42.613 I CALL MY KEEPERS. I WOULD LIKE -- LIKE I SAY, I 24:42.615 --> 24:44.481 I WOULD LIKE -- LIKE I SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO NOT SELL ANY OF 24:44.483 --> 24:44.781 WOULD LIKE TO NOT SELL ANY OF THEM. 24:44.783 --> 24:46.783 THEM. MY LINE NOW IS I SELL VINTAGE 24:46.785 --> 24:48.785 MY LINE NOW IS I SELL VINTAGE CAMPERS TO SUPPORT MY HABIT OF 24:48.787 --> 24:51.221 CAMPERS TO SUPPORT MY HABIT OF KEEPING THEM, AND THERE'S A LOT 24:51.223 --> 24:52.823 KEEPING THEM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRUTH TO THAT. 24:52.825 --> 24:55.226 OF TRUTH TO THAT. THE VINTAGE CAMPER CULTURE IS 24:55.228 --> 24:56.593 THE VINTAGE CAMPER CULTURE IS DEFINITELY GROWING. 24:56.595 --> 24:58.028 DEFINITELY GROWING. I THINK A LOT OF THE 24:58.030 --> 24:59.730 I THINK A LOT OF THE BABY-BOOMERS LIKE MYSELF GREW UP 24:59.732 --> 25:01.598 BABY-BOOMERS LIKE MYSELF GREW UP CAMPING, HAD A GOOD TIME, FUN 25:01.600 --> 25:03.466 CAMPING, HAD A GOOD TIME, FUN TIME, AND THEY WANT TO SORT OF 25:03.468 --> 25:06.703 TIME, AND THEY WANT TO SORT OF BRING BACK THEIR CHILDHOOD 25:06.705 --> 25:06.937 BRING BACK THEIR CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. 25:07.439 --> 25:11.141 >> WE HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED A LOOK AT THE BEST IN INDIANA 25:11.143 --> 25:11.575 AT THE BEST IN INDIANA RECREATION. 25:11.577 --> 25:13.176 RECREATION. GET OUT THERE AND HAVE SOME FUN. 25:13.178 --> 25:16.981 GET OUT THERE AND HAVE SOME FUN. THANKS AGAIN, AND GOOD NIGHT! 26:03.328 --> 26:05.295 PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR THE "WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED 26:05.297 --> 26:11.101 "WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED BY...