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Kim: GREETINGS, I'M KIM CLARKE CHAMPNISS.
Rachel: AND I AM RACHEL HARRY. WELCOME TO THE WORD THIS WEEK.
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Kim: ON THE WORD THIS WEEK: THE JOURNEY OF THE SOUL WITH DEEPAK CHOPRA.
Deepak: THE REAL NATURE OF REALITY IS THAT IT'S TOTALLY WITHOUT BEGINNING.
Kim: THE LEGEND OF BOBBY ORR.
Male Announcer: BEHIND THE NET TO SANDERSON-- ORR! BOBBY ORR!
Kim: AND ONE OF THE GREATEST THOROUGHBREDS THAT EVER LIVED: SECRETARIAT.
Eddie: I THINK IT'S ONLY COMING ONCE IN A LIFETIME, BUT I'M HOPING THAT I WILL RUN
UPON ONE THAT IS HALF AS GOOD AS HE WAS. AND I DON'T FORGET HIM AS LONG AS THE
DAY I LIVE.
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[ Caption: Rachel Harry & Kim Clarke Champniss ]
Kim: WHERE WOULD THE METAPHYSICAL WORLD BE WITHOUT THE ABUNDANT AND
PROLIFIC WORDS OF ONE DEEPAK CHOPRA?
Rachel: HE IS A BONA FIDE SPIRITUAL SELF-HELP SUPERSTAR. HE IS LOVED BY MILLIONS,
AND HIS NEW BOOK IS ABOUT LIFE AFTER DEATH, AND IT IS A MAP TO THE AFTER WORLD.
[ Caption: California ]
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Woman: THIS IS THE FRONT DESK AREA WHERE EVERYONE CHECKS IN WHEN THEY COME
IN FOR FIVE-DAY AND THREE-DAY COURSES. AND THIS IS THE STORE OF INFINITE
POSSIBILITIES. ALL OF DEEPAK'S PRODUCTS AND HIS FRIENDS' PRODUCTS-- EVERYTHING
IS IN HERE.
Rachel: THERE ARE TENS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO, I THINK,
WOULD CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FOLLOWERS OF YOU, OF YOUR IDEAS, OF YOUR
PHILOSOPHIES. DO YOU FEEL A CERTAIN KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THEM? ARE YOU
AWARE OF THEM?
[ Caption: Deepak Chopra Life After Death ]
Deepak: I'M AWARE OF THEM, BUT, YOU KNOW, MY INNER ATTITUDE IS I'M EXPRESSING
IDEAS THAT HAVE FASCINATED ME FOR YEARS AND YEARS. I USUALLY WRITE ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT'S TOTALLY FASCINATING ME AT THAT POINT IN MY LIFE, AND THAT I'M
INVOLVED IN, IN A VERY INTROSPECTIVE WAY, AND THINKING ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. AND
THEN I WRITE IT TO EXPRESS MYSELF, BECAUSE WRITING CLARIFIES YOUR OWN THINKING.
IT TURNS OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THIS MATERIAL THAT I'M
WRITING, AND SO IT'S, KIND OF, BUILT UP OVER THE YEARS. I NEVER WENT OUT THERE TO
PROSELYTIZE OR CONVINCE PEOPLE OF ANYTHING. IT DOESN'T REALLY BOTHER ME IF
PEOPLE LIKE MY WRITING OR DON'T LIKE MY WRITING OR ARE CRITICAL OF IT. IT'S-- YOU
KNOW, I'M SINGING IN THE BATHROOM.
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SOCIETY HAS A TENDENCY TO CREATE IMAGES AND THEN DEFILE THEM. IT'S A CONSTANT
ACTIVITY, YOU KNOW, AN IMAGE OF A HERO OR AN ICON IS BUILT, AND THEN, SOONER OR
LATER, IT'S DEFILED IN THEIR EYES, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T LIVE UP TO THAT IMAGE. I
DON'T TAKE MYSELF TOO SERIOUSLY. I THINK I HAVE A MIND THAT LIKES TO EXPLORE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK OF MYSELF AS SOMEBODY WHO'S AN EXPLORER. PEOPLE EXPLORE
MOUNTAINS AND OCEANS, AND I EXPLORE CONSCIOUSNESS, AND LIKE TO WRITE ABOUT
IT.
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THIS BOOK WAS A BOOK IN THE MAKING FOR A LONG TIME, BECAUSE ONE OF THE BASIC,
FUNDAMENTAL MYSTERIES OF EXISTENCE AND IN SCIENCE TODAY IS THE NATURE OF
CONSCIOUSNESS, AND WHERE DOES IT ARISE.
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FOR 300 YEARS, AT LEAST, THE BIAS HAS BEEN THAT CONSCIOUSNESS IS A EPIPHENOMENON. IT'S A SECRETION OF YOUR BRAIN. SO JUST LIKE YOUR STOMACH MAKES
HYDROCHLORIC ACID AND YOUR GALL BLADDER MAKES BILE, YOUR BRAIN SECRETES
CONSCIOUSNESS. SO THAT IF YOU FALL IN LOVE, OR ARE MOVED BY POETRY, OR LOVE
MUSIC, OR YOU BELIEVE IN GOD OR HEAVEN OR HELL OR SALVATION OR DAMNATION, IT'S
ALL THE DANCE OF MOLECULES. IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE MOLECULES, THEN YOU
CAN EXPLAIN EVERYTHING ABOUT WHAT WE CALL THE HUMAN SPIRIT. YOU SHOULD BE
ABLE TO EXPLAIN INTUITION, INSPIRATION, CREATIVITY, INTENTION, IMAGINATION.
Rachel: YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO?
Deepak: YEAH, IF IT IS A BY-- IF IT'S ALL A BY-PRODUCT OF YOUR BRAIN, THEN ONCE WE
UNDERSTAND THE BRAIN, WE CAN UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING. NOW, THAT MODEL IS
FALLING APART. YOU KNOW, IN FACT, THE MORE WE LEARN ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS, THE
MORE IT SEEMS THAT CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT AN ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN, BUT THE
CONSCIOUSNESS LOCALIZES ITSELF THROUGH THE BRAIN. SO JUST LIKE YOU AND I ARE
NOW LOCALIZING AS IMAGES AND SOUNDS IN SOMEBODY'S TELEVISION SET, BUT IF THEY
WENT INSIDE THE TELEVISION SET, THEY WOULDN'T FIND YOU, NOR ME.
Rachel: LET'S HOPE NOT. (Laughs)
Deepak: YEAH, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT IN THAT BOX. SO, TO, THE REAL YOU IS NOT IN THIS
BOX THAT YOU CALL THE BODY. AND THAT'S-Rachel: WHERE IS THE REAL ME?
Deepak: NON-LOCAL, WHICH MEANS IT HAS NO LOCATION IN SPACE OR TIME. AND HAVING
NO LOCATION IN SPACE OR TIME, IT'S ETERNAL. NOW THAT, KIND OF, IN A WAY,
REINFORCES WHAT THE SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS SAY. BUT I'M REALLY
LOOKING AT THIS PHENOMENON FROM A VERY SCIENTIFIC POINT OF VIEW. IF YOUR
CONSCIOUSNESS IS A PRODUCT OF YOUR BRAIN, THEN WHEN YOU'RE DEAD, YOU'RE
DEAD.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS ONLY LOCALIZES IN THROUGH THE
BRAIN, THEN WHEN THE BOX STOPS WORKING, CONSCIOUSNESS FINDS ANOTHER WAY OF
LOCALIZING ITSELF. THE REAL NATURE OF REALITY IS THAT IT'S TOTALLY WITHOUT
BEGINNING. READ STEPHEN HAWKING'S BOOK, HE SAYS WE LIVE IN A UNIVERSE THAT HAS
NO BEGINNING IN TIME, NO ENDING IN TIME, NO EDGES IN SPACE. THAT'S THE REAL
REALITY. EVERYTHING ELSE IS A PROJECTION OF THAT.
Colin: EVERY STATEMENT I MAKE TODAY IS BACKED UP BY SOURCES.
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Deepak: THERE ARE PERIODS IN EVOLUTION THAT MANY PEOPLE CALL PUNCTUATED
DISEQUILIBRIUM, WHERE THERE IS A PROLIFERATION OF CHAOS, OF UNCERTAINTY...
(Gunfire)
...AND A DECONSTRUCTION OF EVERYTHING THAT IS OLD. IT'S ALMOST A DEATH. BECAUSE
OF THAT DEATH, THERE'S CREATIVITY-- IT EMERGES FROM THAT. WELL, NIETZSCHE SAID,
"YOU MUST HAVE CHAOS WITHIN YOU TO GIVE BIRTH TO A DANCING STAR." SO, IN A WAY, I
SEE THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS OF PUNCTUATED
DISEQUILIBRIUM, THROUGH WHICH WILL EMERGE-- CREATIVELY-- NEW WAYS OF
BEHAVING, NEW WAYS OF THINKING, NEW WAYS OF RELATING, NEW WAYS OF EMOTING,
NEW ENVIRONMENTS, AND NEW WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF OUR
EXISTENCE. BECAUSE ALL OF OUR TRADITIONAL IDEAS-- EVEN IN RELIGION-- HAVE NOW
BECOME DIVISIVE, QUARRELSOME, AND HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE KNOW
ABOUT NATURE, THROUGH EITHER COSMOLOGY, OR THROUGH EVOLUTION, OR THROUGH
BIOLOGY OR ANY OF THE OTHER SCIENCES. SO A NEW SPIRITUALITY HAS TO BE BORN,
AND IT HAS TO BE CONGRUENT WITH OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHO WE ARE IN THIS
IMMENSE, COLOSSAL MYSTERY THAT WE CALL THE UNIVERSE.
(Bell dings)
Kim: BOBBY ORR SHOOTS, BOBBY ORR SCORES, NEXT.
Announcer: OVER THE LINE. OH, HE'S CALLED DOWN BY BARRETT. AND (Unclear). SCORE!
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[ Caption: Kim Clarke Champniss ]
Kim: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. IMAGINE LEAVING YOUR JOB CUBICLE FOR THE VERY
LAST TIME, WAVING GOODBYE TO YOUR BOSS AND DOING SOMETHING THAT YOUR HEART
TELLS YOU TO DO. JOHN WOOD DID EXACTLY THAT. HIS BOSS: MICROSOFT. HIS NEW
BOOK: LEAVING MICROSOFT TO CHANGE THE WORLD. VIDEOGRAPHER LARS-PETER
BJORNSON WAS AT THE BOOK LAUNCH.
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[ Caption: Lars-Peter Bjornson ]
Lars-Peter: IN THE '90s, HE STRUCK IT RICH AT MICROSOFT, THEN HE BOUGHT A ONE-WAY
TICKET TO KATHMANDU, IN SEARCH FOR PEACE AND A RICHER LIFE. JOHN WOOD HAS
NOW FOUND BOTH IN SOME OF THE MOST REMOTE PLACES ON EARTH. HIS NEW BOOK,
LEAVING MICROSOFT TO CHANGE THE WORLD, TELLS THE STORY OF HIS INCREDIBLE
JOURNEY.
[ Caption: John Wood Leaving Microsoft to Change The World ]
John: IN 1998, I VISITED MY FIRST SCHOOL IN NEPAL, AND IT HAD 450 KIDS AND A LIBRARY
THAT WAS COMPLETELY DEVOID OF BOOKS. A YEAR LATER I RETURNED WITH 3,000 BOOKS
TO HELP SET UP RURAL LIBRARIES IN 10 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. WALKING INTO THAT
VILLAGE AND SEEING THE CHILDREN LINED UP-- 450 OF THEM, WITH FLOWER GARLANDS
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TO WELCOME US-- AND THEIR EXCITEMENT AND THEIR ZEAL-- THESE CHILDREN HAD
NEVER SEEN BRIGHTLY COLOURED CHILDREN'S BOOKS BEFORE.
AND AT THAT POINT, I WAS, IN MY OWN MIND, THINKING, YOU KNOW, GAME OVER. I'VE GOT
TO GO BACK TO MY DESK AND RESIGN, BECAUSE MY LIFE IS NOT GOING TO BE ABOUT
SELLING SOFTWARE AND WORRYING ABOUT THIS MONTH'S SALES OF "WINDOWS" IN
TAIWAN. IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT HELPING THESE KIDS TO HAVE THAT ZEAL FOR
EDUCATION AND READING FROM A YOUNG AGE.
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MY DECISION TO LEAVE MICROSOFT TO GO FOCUS ON WORLD LITERACY REALLY CAME
FROM JUST TRAVELING THROUGH THE DEVELOPING WORLD AND SEEING THE LACK OF
OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN TO GAIN A DECENT EDUCATION.
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WE HAVE 800 MILLION ILLITERATE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TODAY. IT'S ONE-SEVENTH OF
HUMANITY CANNOT READ OR WRITE. THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, THE MORE I
THOUGHT I COULD SPEND THE REST OF MY ADULT LIFE MAKING RICH PEOPLE RICHER, OR
I COULD SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE HELPING POOR KIDS TO GAIN THAT LIFELONG GIFT
OF EDUCATION. AND A BELIEF THAT IN EDUCATION LIES A TICKET OUT OF POVERTY.
FINANCIALLY, IT'S DIFFICULT, BECAUSE YOU LIVE ON LESS MONEY. YOU NO LONGER HAVE
THE BIG FAT CORPORATE EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
BUT FOR ME, THE THING IS, I'M HAPPIER THAN I'VE EVER BEEN. I'M WORKING LONGER
HOURS. I'M FLYING MORE MILES THAN I'VE EVER FLOWN TO GO PURSUE MY DREAM OF
EDUCATION FOR THE WORLD'S CHILDREN. BUT I'M HAPPIER THAN I'VE EVER BEEN. TO ME,
THAT'S THE ULTIMATE THING. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY, IT'S ABOUT THE HAPPINESS.
[ Caption: Rachel Harry ]
Rachel: BEFORE THE GREAT WAYNE GRETZKY, THERE WAS THE ALMIGHTY BOBBY ORR,
THE DEFENSEMAN WHO TOOK THE BRUINS TO THE STANLEY CUP. WELL, THERE IS A BOOK
ABOUT ORR, HIS LIFE, AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NOTORIOUS AGENT, ALAN
EAGLESON, WHO, AS WE KNOW, WENT TO JAIL FOR FRAUD.
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[ Caption: Stephen Brunt Searching For Bobby Orr ]
Stephen: IT'S STARTLING TO ME HOW LITTLE HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT BOBBY ORR. I
THINK THE LAST BOOK THAT EVEN LOOKED LIKE A BIOGRAPHY WAS 1974. I THINK A LOT
OF PEOPLE WEREN'T WILLING TO WRITE A BIOGRAPHY OF ORR, TRYING TO WRITE AN ORR
BIOGRAPHY, KNOWING THAT ORR WOULDN'T BE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT. HE'S A VERY
CLOSED GUY. IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S A GREAT LOOMING SCANDAL THERE SOMEWHERE IN
HIS BACKGROUND, BUT I THINK THAT THERE ARE PARTS OF HIS LIFE THAT HE DOESN'T
WANT TO BE FODDER.
Male Announcer: BOBBY STILL HAS THE PUCK.
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Stephen: NOW, HE CAME ALONG AT A TIME WHEN ATHLETES WERE JUST STARTING TO
TURN THEIR BIOGRAPHIES INTO PART OF THE PACKAGE. JUST BEGINNING THAT WHOLE
IDEA OF, KIND OF, THE ATHLETE AS CELEBRITY. BOBBY ORR IS, I THINK, THE GREATEST
HOCKEY PLAYER WHO EVER LIVED. BUT YOU CAN HAVE-- THAT'S A DEBATING POINT, AND I
COULD CERTAINLY GET A GOOD ARGUMENT FROM SOMEBODY ABOUT WAYNE GRETZKY.
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BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE'S AN ORIGINAL-- HE'S
ONE OF THOSE RARE ORIGINAL TALENTS THAT YOU FIND, NOT JUST IN SPORT, BUT IN ART
OR IN MUSIC. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME ALONG AND RE-IMAGINE THEIR ART FORM,
WHAT THEY DO.
Announcer: SCORES! WHAT A GOAL, FOR A HAT TRICK.
Stephen: HE'S A ONE-OFF, SO HE'S JIMI HENDRIX, OR HE'S MOZART, BUT HIS ART FORM IS
THIS.
Announcer: ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'S GOT RUNNING ROOM. GETTING AROUND HARRIS,
SCORES!
(Crowd cheering)
Stephen: ALAN EAGLESON WAS, FOR A LONG TIME, THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN HOCKEY.
HE WAS A-- THE FIRST PLAYER AGENT IN HOCKEY, AND CERTAINLY THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL. ORR IS HIS FIRST CLIENT. ORR IS HIS MOST SPECTACULAR SUCCESS. OTHER
PLAYERS GRAVITATE TO HIM BECAUSE HE HAS ORR. ORR IS OBVIOUSLY THE GENIUS
TALENT, AND EAGLESON IS THE GUY WHO MARKETS HIM, PACKAGES HIM, EXPLOITS HIM,
MAKES HIM A LOT OF MONEY, BUILDS THE IMAGE, BUILDS THE ICON.
HE BECAME THE FIRST HEAD OF THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE'S PLAYERS
ASSOCIATION-- THE UNION-- AT A TIME WHEN SPORTS WERE JUST BEGINNING TO
ORGANIZE. HE BECAME CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY CZAR, AND HE ALSO WAS A
BUSINESS PARTNER, IN MANY WAYS, WITH A BUNCH OF NHL OWNERS. AND, I KNOW WHEN
YOU PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER, IT, KIND OF, SCREAMS CONFLICT OF INTEREST-- AND IT
WAS.
HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT, AND EVENTUALLY, FOR A VERY SHORT TIME, THAT'S WHY HE
WENT TO JAIL. AND IN A LOT OF WAYS, EAGLESON'S DOWNFALL BEGAN WHEN HE SPLIT
WITH ORR, WHEN THEY HAD A VERY PROFOUND-- I THINK, MORE PERSONAL THAN
BUSINESS-- FALLING OUT. AND I THINK ORR WAS HURT. AND I THINK ORR WAS THE
AVENGING ANGEL, IN A LOT OF WAYS, BEHIND THE SCENES, IN THAT WHOLE
INVESTIGATION THAT EVENTUALLY BROUGHT ALAN DOWN.
Announcer: OVER THE LINE. OH, HE'S CALLED DOWN BY BARRETT. AND (Unclear). SCORE!
Stephen: YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF GOLDEN CHILD IS THE CANADIAN CREATION MYTH,
RIGHT? HOCKEY PLAYERS COMING OUT OF THE ICE AND THE ROCKS AND THE TREES AND
BEING GENIUSES. SO THAT-- YOU HAVE THAT. YOU HAVE A GENIUS TALENT WHO HAS A
FATAL PHYSICAL FLAW, THE ACHILLES HEEL, THE KNEE THAT HE KNOWS HE'S ON THE
CLOCK. FOR MOST OF HIS CAREER, HE KNOWS THAT THERE'S AN END POINT COMING. AND
THEN YOU HAVE THE JUDAS FIGURE. ALAN EAGLESON'S A COMPLICATED GUY AS WELL, SO
IT WAS THE CHANCE TO KIND OF PULL ALL THAT STUFF TOGETHER.
Man: HURRY UP! PLAY SOME HOCKEY. WE'RE WAITING FOR YOU! COME ON! (Laughs)
Male Announcer: BOBBY ORR BEHIND AND UP THE CENTRE TO SCORE! BOBBY ORR! SCORE
FOR THE BOSTON BRUINS!
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Kim: IF YOU'RE ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAS JUST ACQUIRED A TASTE FOR
WINE, THEN LISTEN UP. THIS BOOK MAY BE FOR YOU: KEYS TO THE CELLAR BY WINE
EXPERT PETER MELTZER. PETER NOT ONLY DISCUSSES THE JOYS OF DRINKING WINE, BUT
ALSO COLLECTING IT. HE TEACHES YOU HOW TO BUILD YOUR WINE CELLAR. I TOOK HIM
TO ONE OF THE FAMOUS RESTAURANTS IN TORONTO, LE SÉLECT BISTRO. IT'S MORE THAN
JUST KNOWING YOUR WINE. IT'S HOW TO BUILD YOUR CELLAR. IS THAT CORRECT?
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Peter: RIGHT, AND MY FUNDAMENTAL PREMISE IS THAT YOU SHOULD SUIT YOUR WINE TO
YOUR LIFESTYLE, NOT TO SOME SCORES THAT YOU READ ABOUT IN THE NEWSPAPER OR A
MAGAZINE. SO YOU HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND THINK ABOUT THE WAY YOU ENTERTAIN, THE
WAY YOU LIKE TO COOK, IF YOU COOK AT ALL, AND THE FOODS YOU LIKE TO EAT.
AND BASED ON THAT, YOU SHOULD START TO BUILD A GROUP OF WINES IN THREE
CATEGORIES THAT I CALL GOOD, BETTER AND BEST. YOU CAN'T SPEND YOUR ENTIRE LIFE
DRINKING $750 BOTTLES OF WINE. SO THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT $15 BOTTLE OF WINE
IN MANY WAYS IS TOUGHER THAN THE HIGH END.
[ Caption: One of Peter's favourite economical wines is Plan Pegau. ]
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WHAT DISTINGUISHES WINE COLLECTORS, LET'S SAY, FROM ART COLLECTORS IS THAT
THEY HAVE TO DESTROY THEIR COLLECTION IN ORDER TO ENJOY IT. SO IMAGINE GOING
TO SOMEONE'S HOME AND VIEWING THEIR STAMP COLLECTION AND HAVING THEM JUST,
YOU KNOW, RIP UP A PAGE AND GIVING YOU A PIECE OF IT TO GO HOME WITH. BUT THAT'S
ESSENTIALLY WHAT I DO AND ANYBODY ELSE DOES WHEN WE OPEN FINE WINE. SO IT
DOES PRESUPPOSE A VERY SPECIAL TEMPERAMENT.
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[ Caption: Shortly after Peter's book signing in Toronto, his "Keys to the Cellar" won the
Duboeuf Wine Book of the Year Award in New York. ]
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SOMETIMES ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT A RESTAURANT WINE LIST IS THAT YOU
CAN CREATE AN INSTANT CELEBRATION SIMPLY BY OPENING A SPECTACULAR BOTTLE. AND
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE. WE HAVE A CHATEAU MARGOT, WHICH IS A FIRST GROWTH OF
BORDEAUX FROM THE 1949 VINTAGE, WHICH WAS A CLASSIC IN THE IMMEDIATE POSTWAR
ERA. AND IT'S IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE LEVELS ARE PRETTY HIGH UP. AND IT COSTS
ONLY $2,300.
Kim: ONLY THE $2,300?
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Peter: I WOULD SAY THAT YOU SHOULD SPEND YOUR LIFE IN THIS CELLAR AND NEVER
EMERGE UNTIL YOU'VE SAMPLED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN IT. SERIOUSLY, HERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SAMPLE EVERY POSSIBLE LEVEL AND LEARN THE UTMOST ABOUT THE
DIFFERENCES IN VINTAGES AND WINE REGIONS.
Kim: AND WHEN YOU TASTE A WINNER, WHAT DO YOU EXPERIENCE?
Peter: UH, IT'S A WINE EPIPHANY.
Kim: SECRETARIAT'S AT THE GATE.
Lawrence: HE WAS A KIND OF FREAK IN THAT SENSE. I MEAN, HE WAS... HE WAS PERFECT.
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Rachel: WELCOME BACK. ESPN HAS LISTED THE RACEHORSE SECRETARIAT AS THE 35th
OF THE 100 BEST ATHLETES OF THE 20th CENTURY, ONE OF ONLY THREE WHO AREN'T
HUMAN. WELL, LARS-PETER BJORNSON WENT DOWN TO THE RACETRACK TO FIND OUT
ABOUT THE BOOK AND THIS INCREDIBLE HORSE.
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[ Caption: 1973 ]
Male Announcer: THE CROWD IS STANDING AND THEY'RE CHEERING BECAUSE THIS IS HIS
LAST RACE. IN A BLAZE OF GLORY, SECRETARIAT LEADS IT BY A (Unclear)
Lars-Peter: FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T SEE SECRETARIAT IN ACTION, WHAT SET SECRETARIAT
APART?
[ Caption: Lawrence Scanlan The House God Built ]
Lawrence: PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE RACETRACK SAY SECRETARIAT WAS THE BEST. THE
TRIPLE CROWN OF RACING IS THE DERBY-- THE KENTUCKY DERBY-- THE PREAKNESS AND
THE BELMONT. IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE RACES, HE SET A WORLD RECORD. AND IN THE
BELMONT, HE WON BY 31 LENGTHS. HIS CONFIRMATION, THAT IS, THE WAY HE WAS PUT
TOGETHER, WAS IDEAL. I MEAN, PEOPLE WHO KNOW HORSES WOULD JUST STAND IN AWE
OF HIM. THEY'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. HE WAS A KIND OF FREAK IN THAT SENSE.
I MEAN, HE WAS... HE WAS PERFECT.
[ Caption: Lars-Peter Bjornson ]
Lars-Peter: LAWRENCE'S BOOK NOT ONLY TELLS THE STORY OF THE GREAT RACEHORSE,
BUT ALSO THE STORY OF EDWARD "SHORTY" SWEAT, HIS GROOM, WHO DEVELOPED A
SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HORSE HE CAME TO KNOW AS "BIG RED."
Lawrence: HE HAD A GENIUS WITH HORSES, SHORTY SWEAT. HE JUST KNEW HOW TO
HANDLE THEM. HE KNEW-- SECRETARIAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFICULT HORSE
BECAUSE HE WAS SO WIRED ALL THE TIME.
Lars-Peter: FULL OF ENERGY.
Lawrence: THAT'S RIGHT, FULL OF ENERGY. SEE, A HORSE IS A HERD ANIMAL, AND WE'RE
TALKING A STUD, A STALLION. AND YOU CAN'T PUT A STALLION OUT WITH ANY OTHER
HORSE BECAUSE YOU PUT OUT A STUD WITH ANOTHER STUD, THEY'LL TRY TO KILL EACH
OTHER. YOU PUT OUT A STUD WITH A MARE, WELL, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS THERE. SO A
STALLION, A HERD ANIMAL, IS ALWAYS ALONE. SO HE MUST BOND, IF HE CAN BOND, WITH
THE ONLY OTHER CREATURE IN HIS COMPANY, AND THAT'S HIS GROOM. AND EDDIE SWEAT
WAS HIS GROOM.
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THERE'S HUGE DISPARITY AT THE TRACK, AND PART OF MY AIM IN WRITING THE BOOK WAS
TO BRING SOME FOCUS TO THE PLIGHT OF GROOMS, THE PEOPLE AT THE VERY BOTTOM.
THIS IS THE SPORT OF KINGS, BUT THE PEOPLE AT THE BOTTOM MAKE VERY, VERY LITTLE
MONEY. WHEN THEY WENT TO THESE BIG RACES, THERE WAS ALWAYS THE RISK THAT
SOMEBODY WOULD WANT TO GET TO SECRETARIAT, GIVE HIM A DRUG THAT WOULD MEAN
HE'D BE ELIMINATED FROM A RACE, DO SOMETHING TO TAKE HIM OUT OF THE RUNNING.
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SO EDDIE WOULD SLEEP ON A COT IN FRONT OF THE STALL. AND IT SPEAKS OF A LEVEL
OF, UM, OF CARE AND, UH... AFFECTION THAT'S ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE.
Announcer: HEADING AROUND THE TURN, SECRETARIAT HAS THE LEAD. (Unclear) IT IS ALL
SECRETARIAT. HE'S RUNNING TO THE HEAD OF THE STRETCH. (Unclear)
Lawrence: I SAW A COUPLE PHOTOGRAPHS. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ONE OF THOSE
PHOTOGRAPHS. NOW, THAT'S AN ASTONISHING PHOTOGRAPH. THIS WAS TAKEN ON THE
PLANE. IT'S EDDIE SWEAT WITH SECRETARIAT. NOW, THERE'S BEEN A TURBULENCE ON
THE PLANE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SECRETARIAT HAS GOT A GRIP ON HIS JACKET, AND
EDDIE'S GOT HIS EYES CLOSED.
NOW, SECRETARIAT IS ABOUT TO BE HANDED OFF TO NEW HANDLERS AT A NEW FARM, SO
THIS IS THE LAST TIME THAT EDDIE WILL REALLY SPEND ANY MEANINGFUL WITH HIM.
THEY'LL SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN LATER ON, BUT ONLY FOR MOMENTS. SO THIS IS LIKE A
GOODBYE PHOTOGRAPH. IT'S A KIND OF A BITTERSWEET STORY IN THAT I THINK EDDIE
SWEAT DID GROOM THE GREATEST HORSE WHOEVER LIVED. BUT I THINK, AFTER THAT,
HIS LIFE WAS NEVER THE SAME. HE, UH, HE DREAMED OF ANOTHER GREAT HORSE, BUT
HE NEVER DID SEE ONE, NOT LIKE SECRETARIAT.
Eddie: I THINK IT'S ONLY COMING ONCE IN A LIFETIME. BUT I'M HOPING THAT I WILL RUN
UPON ONE AS HALF AS GOOD AS HE WAS. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET HIM AS LONG AS THE
DAY I LIVE.
[ Caption: Kim Clarke Champniss ]
Kim: OKAY, NOW WE'VE GOT A CHANCE TO PLAY. WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A TOY, NOT
A BOOK. UNUSUAL FOR THIS SHOW, BUT THIS TOY IS DIFFERENT. IT TALKS TO YOU. IT'S
GOT A BRAIN, ACTUALLY A COMPUTER. IT'S GOT ITS OWN LANGUAGE. IT'S THE FLY PEN.
YES, A PEN THAT TALKS. IT EVEN TEACHES YOU ALGEBRA. IT'S AIMED AT YOUNG PEOPLE,
BUT SEEING AS HOW I WAS SO BAD AT MATH AT SCHOOL, I'D THOUGHT I'D TAKE IT FOR A
TEST DRIVE. THE FLY PEN.
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(Beep)
Fly Pen: READY?
(Laughter)
[ Caption: Christian Schindler Spokesperson, Fly Pen ]
Christian: FLY PEN'S HAVE A COMPUTER. IT WILL RECOGNIZE EVERYTHING THAT YOU
WRITE ON THIS PAPER. THERE'S A TINY LITTLE CAMERA AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PEN. AND
THAT PEN-- THAT LITTLE CAMERA TAKES PICTURES OF THESE TINY LITTLE DOTS ON THIS
PAPER AND THEN IT TRANSLATES, BASICALLY, WHAT YOU'VE WRITTEN ON PAPER INTO-TRANSLATE IT INTO WORDS OR NUMBERS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, AND THEN THE
SOUND COMES OUT OF THIS SPEAKER RIGHT HERE.
REALLY FOCUSED TO BE AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL TO HELP KIDS THROUGH THEIR MATH,
WRITING AND SPELLING HOMEWORK. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE DESIGNED A LOT OF
FUN APPLICATIONS, 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, HOMEWORK CAN GET TEDIOUS AT TIMES.
(Beep)
Fly Pen: FACT: THE HIMALAYAS ARE THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN RANGE IN THE WORLD.
Christian: WHEN IT COMES TO MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION, MOST PARENTS CAN HELP.
WHEN IT COMES TO ALGEBRA, AH, PARENTS ARE A LITTLE BIT, UH, A LITTLE BIT LESS
LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO HELP.
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(Pen dings)
Fly Pen: 8 X = 16.
Christian: NOW I GET STUCK AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FINISH, SO I HIT THE HELP
BUTTON AGAIN.
Fly Pen: ISOLATE THE VARIABLE. DIVIDE BOTH SIDES BY THE COEFFICIENT OF X.
Christian: I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT COEFFICIENT IS. DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT
COEFFICIENT IS? ALL RIGHT, SO I GO TO MY GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND I TOUCH
COEFFICIENT.
Fly Pen: COEFFICIENT: THE NUMERIC FACTOR IN A TERM. IN 2X, 2 IS THE COEFFICIENT OF X.
Christian: AH, OKAY, SO I NEED TO DIVIDE BOTH SIDES BY 8. SO X = 2.
(Beep)
Fly Pen: NICE WORK. PROBLEM SOLVED.
Christian: ONE OF THE FUN THINGS THAT THIS PRODUCT WILL DO IS PLAY MUSIC. IT'S A
FULLY FUNCTIONAL KEYBOARD, SO I CAN JUST TOUCH THE KEYS AND ACTUALLY PLAY
SOME TUNES.
(Electronic music: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
THERE'S A WHOLE GAMES ASPECT. WE WORKED WITH THE AUTHOR AND WE CREATED A
REPLICA OF THE MARAUDER'S MAP.
Fly Pen: READY? GO!
Kim: AND WHAT'S BEEN THE INITIAL RESPONSE YOU HAD?
Christian: RESPONSE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. CERTAINLY FOR DOING THEIR HOMEWORK AT
HOME, IT'S BEEN A REALLY FUN TOOL.
Girl: THIS IS SO COOL.
Kim: OKAY, TIME FOR US TO PUT ON OUR SKATES AND GO SKATING. YOU SKATE?
Rachel: I DO SKATE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. THANKS FOR WATCHING.
CHECK US OUT AT THE WEBSITE, booktelevision.com. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
[ Caption: www.booktelevision.com ]
Kim: I'M K.C.C.
Rachel: AND I'M RACHEL HARRY.
[ CREDITS ]
(Theme plays: Funky techno music)
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