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Man in Motion

Season 5 Episode 548

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This episode begins with the night watchmen engaged in conversation with Rubik's Cube.

NIGHT WATCHMAN:
Mr. cube, I want the museum-tour…

9 months ago

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Christmas Eve

Season 5 Episode 549

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NARRATOR:
It’s Christmas Eve at the Metropolitan Museum of Toys and Childhood Artifacts—
after the last visitor has gone,
after the gift…

9 months ago

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The Color of Thinking

Season 5 Episode 547

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NARRATOR:
In the center of the case sits a classic 3×3 Rubik’s Cube—
a pocket-size universe that has humbled presidents, professors, an…

9 months ago

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The Hidden Reel

Season 5 Episode 546

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NARRATOR (WARM, LOW):
Welcome to Celebrate Creativity…
and Conversations with Toys.  This episode is VIEW-MASTER: CLICK INTO WONDER.

Thi…

9 months ago

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Practice Baby

Season 5 Episode 545

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NIGHT WATCHMAN (reading):
“Betsy Wetsy. Vintage baby doll.
A ‘practice baby’—a caretaking toy reflecting changing ideas about childhood…

9 months ago

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The Tell Tale Toy

Season 5 Episode 544

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The alphabet blocks are gathered around the bobble head figure of Edgar Allan Poe - complete with Raven.  The alphabet blocks seem to…

9 months ago

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Poe and the Stars

Season 5 Episode 543

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Tonight we leave the playhouse wing and walk—quietly—into a different kind of stage: a mirrored room, a window, and a tube of glass a…

9 months ago

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Jealous Angels

Season 5 Episode 542

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NARRATOR / NIGHT WATCHMAN (gentle, amused):
It’s amazing what feels different in a museum at midnight.
In the daytime, the lights are b…

9 months, 1 week ago

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Bard's Curtain Call

Season 5 Episode 541

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NARRATOR (WARM, INVITING)
Welcome to Celebrate Creativity and Conversations with Toys,
our after-hours visit to the Metropolitan Museum…

9 months, 1 week ago

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Plague & Playhouse

Season 5 Episode 540

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Shakespeare  
Hello Mr. Smith. This is William Shakespeare the action figure, and I would be most remiss if I did not continue my narr…

9 months, 1 week ago

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