(tone beeping) - [Narrator] This is a glimpse of a video landscape of tomorrow, when you will be able to switch to any TV station on the earth, and TV guides will be as fat as the Manhattan telephone book.

("Devil With The Blue Dress") ("Devil With The Blue Dress" continues) ♪ Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress ♪ ♪ Devil with the blue dress on ♪ ♪ Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress ♪ ♪ Devil with the blue dress on ♪ ♪ Fee, fee, fi, fi, fo-fo, fum ♪ ♪ Look at Molly now, here she comes ♪ ♪ Wearin' her wig hat and shades to match ♪ ♪ She's got high heel shoes and an alligator hat ♪ ♪ Wearin' her pearls and her diamond rings ♪ ♪ She's got bracelets on her fingers, now, and everything ♪ ♪ She's the devil with the blue dress ♪ ♪ Blue dress, blue dress ♪ ♪ Devil with the blue dress on ♪ ♪ Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress ♪ ♪ Devil with the blue dress on ♪ ♪ Wearin' her perfume, Chanel No.

5 ♪ ♪ Got to be the finest girl alive ♪ ♪ She walks real cool, catches everybody's eye ♪ ♪ She's got such good lovin' that they can't say goodbye ♪ ♪ Not too skinny, she's not too fat ♪ ♪ She's a real humdinger and I like it like that ♪ ♪ She's the devil with the blue dress ♪ ♪ Blue dress, blue dress ♪ ♪ Devil with the blue dress on ♪ ♪ Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress ♪ ♪ Devil with the blue dress on ♪ ("Good Golly, Miss Molly") ♪ Good golly, Miss Molly ♪ ♪ Good golly, Miss Molly ♪ ♪ You sure like to ball ♪ ♪ Good golly, Miss Molly ♪ ♪ Good golly, Miss Molly ♪ ♪ Good golly, Miss Molly ♪ ♪ Good golly, Miss Molly ♪ ♪ Good golly, Miss Molly ♪ ♪ From the early, early mornin' till the early, early nights ♪ ♪ See Miss Molly rockin' at the house of blue lights ♪ ♪ Good golly, Miss Molly ♪ ♪ Good golly, Miss Molly ♪ ♪ You sure like to ball ♪ ♪ Good golly, Miss Molly ♪ ♪ While you're rollin', can't you hear your mama call ♪ ♪ Good golly, Miss Molly ♪ ("Good Golly, Miss Molly" continues) ♪ Wearin' her pearls and her diamond rings ♪ ♪ She's got bracelets on her fingers now, and everything ♪ ♪ She's the devil with the blue dress ♪ ♪ Blue dress, blue dress ♪ ♪ Devil with the blue dress on ♪ ("Devil With The Blue Dress") ♪ All right ♪ ♪ Oh, sock it to me now ♪ (Allen humming) (finger cymbals ringing) (Allen humming continues) (Allen humming continues) (Allen humming continues) (Allen humming continues) ♪ Put your glad rags on and join me, hon ♪ ♪ We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one ♪ ♪ We're gonna rock around the clock tonight ♪ ♪ We're gonna rock, rock, rock till broad daylight ♪ ♪ We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight ♪ ("Rock Around the Clock") ♪ When the clock strikes two, three, and four ♪ ♪ If the band slows down we'll yell for more ♪ ♪ We're gonna rock around the clock tonight ♪ ♪ We're gonna rock, rock, rock till broad daylight ♪ ♪ We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight ♪ ("Rock Around the Clock" continues) ♪ When the chimes ring five, six, and seven ♪ ♪ We'll be right in seventh heaven ♪ ♪ We're gonna rock around the clock tonight ♪ ♪ We're gonna rock, rock, rock till broad daylight ♪ ♪ We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight ♪ ♪ When it's eight, nine, 10, 11 too ♪ ♪ I'll be goin' strong and so will you ♪ ♪ We're gonna rock around the clock tonight ♪ ♪ We're gonna rock, rock, rock till broad daylight ♪ ♪ We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight ♪ ("Rock Around the Clock" continues) ♪ When the clock strikes 12, we'll cool off then ♪ ♪ Start a rockin' round the clock again ♪ ♪ We're gonna rock around the clock tonight ♪ ♪ We're gonna rock, rock, rock till broad daylight ♪ - Well, not just in music history and art history, I think that Pike made the first new cello since 1,600.

He made three TV sets in a plexiglass case.

It's a totally new concept, and you should see how cellists feel about it, they're really upset.

And it's a wonderful instrument, isn't it?

- [Jud] I think so.

- [Charlotte] No, I do not make traditional cello sounds with it, I make TV cello sounds with it.

(distorted cello music) (distorted cello music continues) (distorted cello music continues) (distorted cello music) (distorted cello music continues) (distorted cello music continues) (distorted cello music continues) (bow scraping) (bow scraping continues) (bow scraping continues) (bow scraping continues) ("I Can't Give You Anything but Love") ♪ I can't give you anything but love, baby ♪ ♪ That's the only thing I've plenty of, baby ♪ ♪ Scheme a while, dream a while ♪ ♪ You're sure to find happiness ♪ ♪ And I guess all those things you always pined for ♪ ♪ Gee, I'd like to see you looking swell, baby ♪ ♪ Diamond bracelets Woolworth doesn't sell, baby ♪ ♪ Until that lucky day, you know darned well, baby ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (whimsical music) (whimsical music continues) (whimsical music continues) (whimsical music continues) (whimsical music continues) (whimsical music continues) - It was after I got to Boston that I went into the anechoic chamber at Harvard University.

Anybody who knows me knows this story.

I am constantly telling it.

Anyway, in that silent room, I heard two sounds, one high and one low.

Afterward, I asked the engineer in charge why, if the room was so silent, I had heard two sounds.

He said, "Describe them."

I did.

He said, "The high one was your nervous system in operation.

The low one was your blood in circulation."

(upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (drums beating) (drums beating continues) (drums beating continues) (drums beating continues) (drums beating continues) (drums beating continues) (drums beating continues) (drums beating continues) (gentle music) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (upbeat music) (children singing in foreign language) (children singing in foreign language continues) (bottle cap pops) (singer chanting in foreign language) (singer chanting in foreign language continues) ♪ Fee, fee, fi, fi, fo-fo, fum ♪ ♪ Look at Molly now, here she comes ♪ (singer chanting in foreign language) ♪ She's got high heel shoes ♪ (singer chanting in foreign language) ♪ Pearls and her diamond rings ♪ (singer chanting in foreign language) ♪ And everything ♪ (singer chanting in foreign language) ♪ Blue dress, blue ♪ (singer chanting in foreign language) ♪ Blue dress on ♪ (singer chanting in foreign language) ("Devil With The Blue Dress") ♪ Wearin' her pearls and her diamond rings ♪ ♪ She's got bracelets on her fingers, now, and everything ♪ ♪ Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress ♪ ♪ Devil with the blue dress on ♪ ♪ Devil with the blue dress, all right ♪ ♪ Oh, sock it to me now ♪ (singer chanting in foreign language) (singer chanting in foreign language continues) ("Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar") ("Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" continues) ♪ The people gathered around when he gets on the stand ♪ ♪ Then when he plays, he gets a hand ♪ ♪ The rhythm he beats puts the cats in a trance ♪ ♪ Nobody there bothers to dance ♪ ♪ But when he plays with the bass and guitar ♪ ♪ They holler out, beat me Daddy, eight to the bar ♪ (audience applauding) ♪ A-plink, plink, a-plank, plank ♪ ♪ A-plink, plank, plink, plank, plunkin' on the keys ♪ ♪ A-riff, riff, a-raff, raff ♪ ♪ A-riff, raff, riff, raff, riffin' out with ease ♪ ♪ And when he plays with the bass and guitar ♪ ♪ They holler out, beat me Daddy, eight to the bar ♪ ♪ Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar ♪ ♪ A-plink, plank, plink, plank, plunkin' on the keys ♪ ♪ A-riff, a-raff ♪ ♪ A-riff, raff, riff, raff, riffin' out with ease ♪ ♪ And when he plays with the bass and guitar ♪ ♪ They holler out, beat me Daddy, eight to the bar ♪ (audience applauding) - I would like to say for the benefit of my mother (chuckles) and my relatives, you know, because I do have a master's degree in cello.

I went to Juilliard, I studied with the great Leonard Rose, but I met Nam June Paik, and I really did from that point on devote my life to the new works.

- [Jud] What other forms of cellos do you foresee in the near future?

- Well, a friend of mine, Tim McWilliams, has already made me an ice cello and a chocolate cello.

I mean, there's no end of what can happen.

(fingers scraping) (bow scraping) (Charlotte chuckles) - [Speaker] Here, not to be on there.

I cut it off from there.

- That's good, you shouldn't.

You're being very bad if you did.

- [Speaker] I cut it off.

(gentle music) - [Narrator] This is Participation TV.

(gentle music) Please follow instruction.

("Piano Sonata No.

14") ("Piano Sonata No.

14" continues) ("Piano Sonata No.

14" continues) - [Instructor] Close your eyes.

("Piano Sonata No.

14" continues) Open your eyes.

("Piano Sonata No.

14" continues) 3/4 close your eyes.

2/3 open your eyes.

- Of the ability to manage people.

("Piano Sonata No.

14") The brilliant manager of my campaign for the presidency.

("Piano Sonata No.

14") As being one of the top experts on defense appropriations.

("Piano Sonata No.

14") (sinister music) (chaotic music) (chaotic music continues) (chaotic music continues) (chaotic music continues) (chaotic music continues) (chaotic music continues) (chaotic music continues) - One day, I went to the dentist.

Over the radio, they said it was the hottest day of the year.

However, I was wearing a jacket, because going to a doctor has always struck me as a somewhat formal occasion.

In the midst of his work, Dr. Hayman stopped and said, "Why don't you take your jacket off?"

I said, "I have a hole in my shirt, and that's why I have my jacket on."

He said, "Well, I have a hole in my sock, and if you like, I'll take my shoes off."

(audience laughing) ("Take Me Out to the Ball Game") ("Take Me Out to the Ball Game" continues) ("Take Me Out to the Ball Game" continues) (dancer panting) - I can't believe I did that whole thing.

- [Speaker] It's not the cleanest of floors.

- More?

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