Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman

[VaultnGus]

In the summer of 2008 PBS came and filmed an episode of "Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman" at our facility last year and it's finally being broadcast TOMORROW (Tuesday September 15th) at 5:30 on WGBH (whatever channel that is on your cable system - in New England it's channel 2)

What is "Fetch"? Well according to Wikipedia...

"FETCH! is a reality-based game show where young contestants take on various challenges to gain points. During these challenges, the contestants must complete a variety of tasks assigned to them ahead of time (and on the fly) by Ruff and surrogates, depending on the situation. There is also an educational component, as contestants often must learn something (i.e. Astronomy, Carpentry, Food Science, Biology, etc) in order to complete the task.

Not all contestants leave the studio each episode to complete tasks. As determined usually by the Fetch 3000, the contestants who remain behind in the studio participate in the "Half-Time Quiz Show", in which Ruff asks them questions based on the activities of the contestants out on challenges (see below). Once the contestants complete the activities in the field to the best of their abilities, they return to the studio and Ruff tallies their points. A prize is awarded to the contestant with the most points. At the end of the season, a final point tally is conducted, with the winner of the tally being declared winner of that season."

In this episode one group of contestants learn how to fence while another group learns how to pole vault. Hilarity ensues. This episode stars former MIT vaulter and current MIT Vault Club coach Nate Ball as the mustachioed poster idol who teaches the kids how to vault over a fence.
Pictures from the filming of the event can be found at :

http://www.patriotpv.com/gallery2/v/events/fetch/

Web home of Ruff Ruffman @ PBS

http://pbskids.org/fetch/

Be sure to set your Tivos!

Coach Doug and the Patriot Pole Vault Club staff

[rainbowgirl28]

Cool!

[rainbowgirl28]

Haha random, but the baby knows how to turn on the TV now, and I just watched the latter part of this episode It's cute!