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Speaker 1:
[00:00] From your friends at PBS Kids.

Speaker 2:
[00:10] Kids!

Speaker 3:
[00:38] Hey, everyone, this is The Arthur Podcast, and it's me, Arthur Read. I called all my friends to the tree house today because I've got a great idea. Oh, here they come, they're climbing up the ladder. Hey, Binky. Hey, Buster. Hey, Arthur.

Speaker 4:
[00:55] Hi, Arthur.

Speaker 3:
[00:57] Glad you could make it. So I wanna talk about this. This is the book of incredible and amazing world records. I've read the whole thing.

Speaker 4:
[01:07] You called us here to tell us about world records?

Speaker 3:
[01:11] Yes, Muffy. Here's the big idea. I think that we could break a world record.

Speaker 4:
[01:19] We could get our name in the book.

Speaker 5:
[01:23] What kind of records are you suggesting, Arthur?

Speaker 3:
[01:25] It could be anything, Brain. This book is full of world records. Like, oh, okay. So here's a guy who had 100 bees in his mouth for 10 seconds.

Speaker 6:
[01:36] Way too dangerous.

Speaker 3:
[01:38] Another guy blew 90 bubbles with a tarantula in his mouth.

Speaker 7:
[01:41] You'd think he would have broken the world record by just blowing one bubble with a tarantula in his mouth.

Speaker 4:
[01:47] Oh, those are all disgusting. Aren't there any records that are more glamorous?

Speaker 5:
[01:53] Glamorous.

Speaker 3:
[01:55] Oh, there was a woman who had fingernails that were 22 feet long. Oh, here's a guy who tried to walk backwards all the way around the world.

Speaker 8:
[02:03] Backwards?

Speaker 9:
[02:05] I'm really good at that!

Speaker 8:
[02:07] I can even drink from the water fountain backwards.

Speaker 3:
[02:10] Oh, Brain, you'll like this. It lists the youngest kid who's ever used drones to make maps.

Speaker 5:
[02:15] I could invent a new drone use. And then I'd get my name in the record book.

Speaker 3:
[02:19] Sure, but what about a record that we could all work together to break?

Speaker 10:
[02:24] Nah, I'm gonna break a world record on my own.

Speaker 4:
[02:31] I'm gonna break the world record for, um, not talking. Not talking?

Speaker 8:
[02:36] You?

Speaker 4:
[02:37] Oh, I can stop any time I want, like, right?

Speaker 8:
[02:42] Wow, she zipped her lips and threw away the key.

Speaker 7:
[02:46] She's really going for it.

Speaker 3:
[02:48] But my idea was about working together to break a record.

Speaker 6:
[02:51] You know, I'm gonna break the record for the most soccer kicks in a row. Well, I gotta go practice.

Speaker 7:
[03:00] I thought we would...

Speaker 3:
[03:03] I guess I'll have to break a world record on my own. Well, podcast people, what do you think? Let me check my inbox to see what kind of world record you want to break.

Speaker 11:
[03:12] If I were to break a world record, I would grow the tallest asparagus in the world.

Speaker 12:
[03:21] If I were to break a world record, I would eat the most pizza. I want to break a running world record because I run so fast. I want to break a world record for the longest drum solo.

Speaker 13:
[03:36] The first person to read 1,000 million books because I love reading books.

Speaker 3:
[03:42] Those are great ideas. I got to come up with my own. Tomorrow, records will be broken.

Speaker 14:
[03:53] Well, podcast people, my plan is to break the record with chewing gum.

Speaker 6:
[03:57] 108, 109. Arthur, if I keep kicking this ball, I could break the world record today.

Speaker 14:
[04:05] Cool, Francine. Hey, Muffy.

Speaker 6:
[04:07] Mm-hmm. She's not talking. Remember? 110, 111.

Speaker 7:
[04:13] Oops.

Speaker 6:
[04:14] Buster. And he knocked my ball, too. Now I gotta start all over.

Speaker 7:
[04:20] Sorry.

Speaker 8:
[04:21] I'm still getting used to these rear-view mirrors. If you want to walk backwards, you have to see backwards, too.

Speaker 2:
[04:28] So I put my bike mirrors on my backpack. What record are you breaking, Arthur?

Speaker 14:
[04:33] I'm throwing this gun, like, forever.

Speaker 6:
[04:36] Cool. What's Binky doing over there at the picnic tables?

Speaker 2:
[04:40] Let's go see.

Speaker 8:
[04:41] But watch out. I make wide turns.

Speaker 6:
[04:45] Hey, Binky, what you doing?

Speaker 10:
[04:48] I'm making the world's largest bridge built out of popsicle sticks, but I don't know if I can do it. I feel sick. I must have eaten 25 popsicles.

Speaker 8:
[04:59] You know, my mom once made a popsicle stick lampshade out of 400 popsicle sticks.

Speaker 10:
[05:05] Wow. She must have a stomach of steel.

Speaker 6:
[05:09] No.

Speaker 7:
[05:10] She bought her popsicle sticks at a craft store.

Speaker 10:
[05:16] Wish I'd known that before I ate all these popsicles.

Speaker 6:
[05:21] I don't know about this record thing, Arthur. I'm getting kind of tired kicking a soccer ball around all by myself.

Speaker 10:
[05:28] I'm definitely out.

Speaker 14:
[05:30] What if we go back to my first idea? We all break a record together.

Speaker 6:
[05:34] Hey, can you find us a group record to break?

Speaker 14:
[05:38] Let me look in the book. Okay, 10 friends once ate 60 worms in a minute.

Speaker 4:
[05:43] Not a chance! Yeah, I'm terrible at being quiet. I'm never doing that again.

Speaker 6:
[05:51] And our Muffy is back.

Speaker 14:
[05:52] Hey, here's a record.

Speaker 3:
[05:54] We could all try to make the world's largest pizza.

Speaker 10:
[05:57] Why not?

Speaker 4:
[05:57] Okay.

Speaker 10:
[05:58] We don't have to eat the world's largest pizza, right? Just make it?

Speaker 14:
[06:03] The whole town will eat it.

Speaker 10:
[06:05] Okay, I'm in.

Speaker 2:
[06:07] I'm in, too. But I'm still going to try to break the backwards walking record.

Speaker 8:
[06:11] I'm really getting the hang of these new mirrors.

Speaker 7:
[06:14] Wait, I see someone. Is that Brain?

Speaker 5:
[06:19] It's gonna spray you!

Speaker 6:
[06:20] Uh, what's he saying?

Speaker 4:
[06:22] And what's that flying thing?

Speaker 1:
[06:24] It's a lawn-watering drone.

Speaker 5:
[06:26] But I haven't worked the kinks out.

Speaker 4:
[06:31] It's soaking my hair!

Speaker 5:
[06:33] I can't stop it!

Speaker 1:
[06:34] That's the kink I haven't worked out!

Speaker 5:
[06:38] Well, that's one way to stop it.

Speaker 4:
[06:42] Brain, we were thinking maybe we could all make the world's largest pizza.

Speaker 5:
[06:46] Instead of our own records? I don't know. Drones are cool.

Speaker 3:
[06:50] We really need your help to figure it out.

Speaker 8:
[06:52] Yeah, there's no oven big enough.

Speaker 6:
[06:55] And how much mozzarella do we need?

Speaker 5:
[06:57] Hmm, trying to cook the world's largest pizza is a pretty fascinating idea. I will have to do a complicated cheese to sauce to crust ratio. Okay, I'm in.

Speaker 14:
[07:09] Let me get rid of this gum. My jaw is killing me.

Speaker 3:
[07:13] Okay, Muffy, you're in charge of getting donations. The ingredients for the pizza are going to cost a lot of money.

Speaker 4:
[07:20] I'll start with the generous head of Frostwire Motors, my daddy.

Speaker 3:
[07:24] And how are we going to cook this thing?

Speaker 10:
[07:26] At camp, we bake potatoes in tin foil in the coals of the campfire.

Speaker 6:
[07:30] We can't make that big a campfire, Binky. We'd burn the town down.

Speaker 5:
[07:35] But the suggestion of using aluminum is a good one. It's an excellent heat conductor. If we put hot coals between two layers of tin foil, we can evenly distribute the heat around the crust.

Speaker 10:
[07:44] When it comes to eating outside, I know a thing or two.

Speaker 3:
[07:49] Okay, so Binky and Rain are in charge of our outdoor cooking.

Speaker 4:
[07:52] But where are we going to cook it?

Speaker 6:
[07:55] To the soccer field.

Speaker 3:
[07:56] Perfect. Francine, can you get permission from Principal Haney to use the school field?

Speaker 4:
[08:01] On it.

Speaker 5:
[08:01] And Arthur, can you get tin foil and barbecue coals from your dad's catering business?

Speaker 3:
[08:06] Check.

Speaker 4:
[08:06] What about the press, Arthur? We want our picture in the paper. And this can be a real marketing opportunity for our sponsors.

Speaker 3:
[08:14] Buster can help with that. His mom is the editor of the Elwood City Times. Buster, can you ask your mom to send a reporter out? Who knew?

Speaker 4:
[08:23] What?

Speaker 8:
[08:24] I thought I'd try talking backwards too.

Speaker 7:
[08:27] Oodloo is will do.

Speaker 3:
[08:29] You sound kind of like an alien. Podcast listeners, this is huge. I mean, literally, this pizza is gonna be huge. It was my idea, so I hope we can pull it off. Okay, bye for now. I have a lot to do. Okay, Podcast people, it's been a very busy few days, but everybody did their parts, and I think we're ready. Dad and I are driving to the soccer field now.

Speaker 15:
[09:04] I think you're ready too, Arthur.

Speaker 3:
[09:05] I talked everyone into doing this, so I really hope it works.

Speaker 16:
[09:09] I'll be there to help.

Speaker 15:
[09:11] And bonus, I'll learn how to cater a giant-sized pizza too. Wow, look at all the people at the field already.

Speaker 5:
[09:21] Hey, Binky. Hey, Brain.

Speaker 9:
[09:22] How's it going?

Speaker 5:
[09:23] We got out here at 6 a.m. and got all the tin foil spread out. The circle has a 252-foot diameter, so we can beat the record by one foot.

Speaker 10:
[09:32] Yep, and then we got the charcoal on it.

Speaker 9:
[09:35] This is the last bag.

Speaker 10:
[09:38] And...

Speaker 9:
[09:41] Done.

Speaker 5:
[09:42] Okay, Binky, let's get the second layer of tin foil stretched on top of the coals.

Speaker 10:
[09:46] Then we'll be ready for the dough.

Speaker 3:
[09:47] Great! Francine and Muffy are mixing it over there. Hey, Francine! Muffy! How are you doing with the dough?

Speaker 6:
[09:54] Terrible. Muffy and I have been mixing forever.

Speaker 4:
[09:58] And we only have half the dough we need.

Speaker 6:
[10:01] And we haven't even started grating the cheese.

Speaker 15:
[10:03] Oh, no!

Speaker 3:
[10:04] Tin foil is down. Finally!

Speaker 15:
[10:08] Arthur, were these tomatoes supposed to be mashed into sauce already?

Speaker 3:
[10:12] Oh, boy. What are we going to do? We'll get into the Book of World Records as failures.

Speaker 6:
[10:17] I can see the headline now. Giant pizza fiasco.

Speaker 3:
[10:22] Thanks a lot, Francine.

Speaker 6:
[10:23] Sorry, Arthur. I'm a journalist at heart.

Speaker 4:
[10:27] I'm taking a break.

Speaker 10:
[10:28] Me too. That charcoal was really heavy.

Speaker 3:
[10:32] But you gotta keep working. We'll never get this done.

Speaker 6:
[10:35] Arthur, if I don't stop mixing dough, my arms are going to fall off.

Speaker 3:
[10:41] Podcast listeners, this is bad. Nothing is ready and my friends are exhausted. I thought we could break a record. But maybe the record is breaking us.

Speaker 10:
[10:54] What's that?

Speaker 5:
[10:56] You mean who's that? I think it's Buster.

Speaker 10:
[10:59] And it looks like he's got the whole town behind him. Well, in front of him, he's still walking backwards.

Speaker 3:
[11:07] No, Buster! We aren't ready for the press yet.

Speaker 8:
[11:10] It's okay, Arthur.

Speaker 7:
[11:12] These people are here to help.

Speaker 9:
[11:13] Wow!

Speaker 5:
[11:15] Everyone came, Arthur.

Speaker 2:
[11:17] And they're all here to mix or knead or stir or sprinkle whatever you need.

Speaker 9:
[11:22] Wow! This is great!

Speaker 3:
[11:25] Maybe we can do this.

Speaker 14:
[11:27] Hand me that bullhorn.

Speaker 9:
[11:29] Everyone, let's make the world's biggest pizza! 500 pounds of flour isn't going to mix itself, people.

Speaker 16:
[11:45] Alright, everyone!

Speaker 15:
[11:47] Knead that dough! Put your dough on the table and punch down!

Speaker 16:
[11:58] Now, as it gets firm, start combining your dough balls together.

Speaker 6:
[12:08] Arthur, the dough is ready to roll!

Speaker 9:
[12:11] Let's carry the dough over to the tin foil grill!

Speaker 5:
[12:23] Arthur, we made mega rolling pins! They're baseball bats coated with plastic wrap!

Speaker 3:
[12:29] Awesome, Brain! Get that side platter!

Speaker 6:
[12:36] Looking great, people!

Speaker 14:
[12:41] We're almost there!

Speaker 6:
[12:45] Okay, Arthur, dough is down. What's next?

Speaker 4:
[12:49] Arthur, how are we going to get the sauce into the middle of the dough without stepping on it?

Speaker 3:
[12:57] I didn't think of that.

Speaker 5:
[13:00] Wait, Arthur, I have an idea.

Speaker 3:
[13:10] Podcast people, Brain took off, and he hasn't come back yet. I hope he comes through. Is that Brain?

Speaker 8:
[13:19] Is that a flying garden hose?

Speaker 3:
[13:22] I can't believe it! Brain is flying his long-watering drone to the pizza!

Speaker 5:
[13:26] Arthur, catch this hose, and throw the end into the sauce!

Speaker 9:
[13:33] Tube going into sauce!

Speaker 3:
[13:36] Oh, I hope this works.

Speaker 5:
[13:37] I'm calling my invention, the sauce-inator. I modified the motor to handle the extra weight of the sauce. It should spray the sauce over the dough. Here goes.

Speaker 3:
[13:48] Listeners, it's in the air. Brain is steering it to the center of the pizza. It's sauce time.

Speaker 9:
[13:56] Yes, he has achieved total sauce-imation!

Speaker 17:
[14:07] Okay, next step.

Speaker 3:
[14:10] People, it's time to get cheesy.

Speaker 6:
[14:13] Let's make a conga line of cheese, everybody. Okay, grab yourself some plastic gloves and a bucket of shredded cheese. Now, everybody make a circle around the pizza crust. And... That's it, Arthur. We're out of cheese.

Speaker 9:
[14:39] My dad is going to like the coal.

Speaker 3:
[14:48] Well, podcast people, I think we did it. The biggest cheese pizza in the world is cooking. And now there's just the sound of sizzling cheese.

Speaker 2:
[15:03] Arthur, where are you?

Speaker 8:
[15:05] I have the newspaper people with me.

Speaker 3:
[15:08] Whoa.

Speaker 8:
[15:10] Sorry, still not great with the mirrors. Arthur, my mom's here with a photographer from the paper.

Speaker 17:
[15:16] My goodness, Arthur. This pizza certainly is enormous.

Speaker 5:
[15:20] And we've measured it, Ms. Baxter. It's 252 feet across. It definitely breaks the record.

Speaker 17:
[15:26] Amazing, but does it taste good?

Speaker 3:
[15:29] The proof is in the pizza. You get the first slice.

Speaker 17:
[15:37] That is the most delicious gigantic pizza I've ever had.

Speaker 6:
[15:44] Let's take that picture for the paper.

Speaker 17:
[15:47] Everyone say, pizza cheese!

Speaker 8:
[15:52] And you know what, Mom?

Speaker 7:
[15:53] We couldn't have done it without Arthur.

Speaker 5:
[15:55] He really kept us together.

Speaker 6:
[15:57] It was the best idea he's ever had.

Speaker 11:
[16:05] We did it, everyone.

Speaker 1:
[16:11] Well, podcast people, we did it.

Speaker 8:
[16:15] I think enormous pizza might be yummier than regular sized pizza.

Speaker 13:
[16:21] Come on, Arthur.

Speaker 7:
[16:22] Come get another slice with me.

Speaker 3:
[16:23] Coming Buster. Hear you next time, podcast people. You've been listening to The Arthur Podcast. Hey parents, do you want your kids to answer my next inbox question? First, go to the Arthur website at pbskids.org to find out what I'll be asking. Then email me a voice recording of your child's response to Arthur at wgbh.org. Your child's answer might even be featured on a future podcast.

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Speaker 3:
[17:10] The Arthur Podcast is produced for PBS Kids by GBH Kids in partnership with Gen-Z Media and distributed by PRX. Thanks for listening, and have a wonderful kind of day.