Camp CrunchLabs (2026) s01e05 Episode Script

[Mark] This is a baseball
tearing through a watermelon
at 300 miles per hour,
proving, as a great frog once said,
"It's not easy being green."
[explodes]
That is a former watermelon.
Welcome back to Space Camp CrunchLabs.
I'm Mark Rober,
and this is week five of eight
of your least boring summer ever in space.
You know what? I finally figured out
why they're doing episodes from space
this summer.
Oh, why's that?
Because with enough distance,
it's almost entertaining.
- [laughs]
- Oh!
- [theme music playing]
- What the…
[all yelling]
[yelling]
[screaming]
Hey ♪
[bursting]
[music ends]
Camp is just cruising by.
We've got a few more epic planets to see
and a few more
epic mega-experiments like this.
[pompous music playing]
[screaming]
And your Super Challenge submissions
have been pouring in.
I've got to say,
there's a bunch of bangers.
So, if you're still looking for ideas,
here's some past submissions
for inspiration.
[jaunty music playing]
[kid] Welcome to Camp CrunchLabs.
[music continues]
[music ends]
If you haven't quite finished
yours yet, don't worry.
You have up until August 8th
to submit yours
at campcrunchlabs.com with a parent.
All right, well, time to check in
on which planet we're orbiting this week.
And, heck, if there's any planet
that you can just recognize
right at first sight which one it is,
it's got to be this one.
Welcome to Saturn,
arguably the most beautiful-looking planet
in the solar system.
Of course, Saturn is most famous
for its beautiful rings.
And believe it or not,
those are 170,000 miles wide,
but only 100 feet thick.
Proportionally,
they are beyond razor-thin.
That means if the rings of Saturn
were the size of this Frisbee,
the thickness of the Frisbee
would be less than one atom thick.
Another way to put that is if you walked
from the edge of the inside ring
to the edge of the outside ring,
that would take you 6.5 years
if you never slept
and walked the whole way.
But if you just walked
from the top to the bottom,
it would take you 30 seconds.
And that…
[glass shattering]
…is probably something
they didn't teach you in school.
A bunch of my friends at NASA JPL
worked on the Cassini spacecraft,
and we've got some incredible images
back from Cassini of Saturn,
including this one where you can see
the beauty of Saturn's rings up close.
If you look real closely right here,
that just happens to be us, planet Earth,
as seen from almost a billion miles away.
How cool is that?
All right,
while we enjoy our beautiful view
of Saturn and its beautiful rings,
it's time to meet our guest.
And this is a celebrity
I've wanted to meet
since I was, like, five years old,
so I'm just gonna try and snap him in.
Here we go.
[snaps fingers]
That's weird.
Hey, Science Bob,
you getting
any sort of planetary interference?
No. Why? What's going on?
No, I can't snap my guest on.
[male voice] Hey, Bob,
we're ready to test it.
Oh, uh, I was sort of
in the middle of something.
Who are you talking to?
[grunting]
[gasps]
- [sighs] Oh.
- Is that the great Gonzo?
Yes, it is. Hi, Mark.
Hi.
I didn't know you guys were friends.
Oh, yeah, I'm his science advisor.
Yeah, and I'm his stunt work advisor.
We're combining skills
for our latest project.
Wait, what's the latest project?
The Chickaboom 70.
[Science Bob] Hmm.
The what?
The Chickaboom 70?
- It's called the what?
- Chickaboom 70.
See, it's the Muppets' 70th anniversary,
so we decided let's do something
really big to celebrate.
That does sound kind of exciting.
Wait, Gonzo,
how did you get all the way out here?
Tons of frequent flyer miles.
Huh. Didn't know that worked
intergalactically.
Regardless, I wanna see
this Chicka thing or whatever.
It's called the Chickaboom.
- Get over here.
- Oh, absolutely, let's go.
- Watch your step.
- Okay.
- [grunts]
- [thuds on floor]
Gonzo, Mark. Mark, Gonzo.
- Wow.
- So good to meet you.
I've been watching your stuff for years.
- This is an honor.
- Me too.
You're taller in real life.
Look at your fingers, so realistic.
I like your hat better than mine,
that's for sure.
[chuckles] Thank you.
Yeah, that's actually my brain.
- [laughing] Oh.
- Sorry, anyway.
So you guys built
some kind of new invention?
Oh, no, no, we contracted it out.
Yeah. Uh, bring it in, fellas.
Hey, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker.
Hello.
Oh, it's wonderful to meet you, Mr. Rover.
Oh, it's… it's Ro-ber with a B.
But I thought he was--
You're thinking of the Mars Rover project.
- Yes.
- Which he did work on.
- Let's move on.
- Oh, sorry. Where was I?
Mi, mi, ma, ma, mi, maw.
Mi, maw, mi, maw, mi, maw, mi, maw, maw.
Yes, thank you, Beaker.
Presenting Mr. Gonzo's latest
inspirational idea.
We at Muppet Labs,
along with the great assistance
of Science Bob Pflugfelder,
have finally brought
Mr. Gonzo's inspiration
to munition fruition.
What does it shoot exactly?
- Well, Mr. Rover.
- Mi, mi, maw.
Rober, this is a new high-powered cannon
specifically designed to launch Mr. Gonzo
and a few of his chickens…
- [chicken squawks]
- …all in one full swoosh.
[Beaker] Whoosh.
[Mark] Wow.
But why chickens?
Oh.
[ticking]
- Um, they have terrible memories.
- Hmm.
Oh, this truly is
a great day in science, Mark.
And if our calculations are correct,
we should be able to launch him
to the surface of Saturn, no problem.
Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh, hold it, cease and desist.
Stop right there.
Oh, no, it's Joe from Legal.
I am officially halting this program
according to section 37.B,
subsection 2, paragraph 14
of the U.S. Safety and Hazard
and Planetary Standards,
which encompasses
terrestrial and celestial events,
including but not limited to
long-established workplace guidelines.
[gasps]
Talk about serving a long sentence.
[laughing hysterically]
It is clearly forbidden
to launch any poultry and, uh…
that from a cannon
without the proper permitting
from the Health and Safety Commission.
[all groan]
Thank you for your understanding,
Mr. Rubber.
[all] Rober!
Fine.
Well, I hate to bail on you,
but I got a parole.
[stifled laugh]
- [groans]
- Wow.
Don't judge me.
[laughing hysterically]
- [groans]
- Hey, wait a minute. That's it. Rubber.
Definitely "Rober."
- Mmm.
- No, no, no, no, rubber chickens.
I bet we could launch those
out of the cannon.
- [gasps]
- No objections.
Great! We'll shoot 70 rubber chickens
for the 70th anniversary of the Muppets.
- Nice.
- Fantastic! That sounds great.
Beaker, do you want to go grab
the rubber chickens?
- Mi, mi, maw. Mi, maw, maw.
- All right.
Oh, how exciting, everyone.
Wait, Bob, don't you keep
the rubber chickens right next to the…
- [loud explosion]
- Oh.
[shuddering]
…rocket fuel?
- [Beaker whimpering]
- Oh, goody, Beaky, you found them.
- [groaning]
- [thuds on floor]
Oh.
And 70.
All set, Science Bob.
Now, when it comes to cannons,
Sir Isaac Newton tells us,
for every action,
there's an equal and opposite reaction.
Indeed, and so as energy is released
inside the cannon,
it will propel the contents forward
while causing the cannon
to move back in response.
Oh! Which means it's going to be
really cool with rubber chickens.
Let's do this.
First, safety equipment, everyone.
- [gasping]
- [Dr. Bunsen] Yes.
Hold on, I got this.
- [snaps fingers]
- All right, Beaky, light them up.
Mmm…
[anticipatory music playing]
Uh…
Ah. Mmm?
Hmm? Mmm?
[humming]
- What's going on?
- I don't know.
- [continues humming]
- [Dr. Bunsen] He has an idea.
Mmm…
- [exploding]
- [glass shattering]
- Oh!
- Oh! [laughs]
That is the best chicken cannon
I've ever seen.
- [Science Bob] Definitely.
- [coughing]
[sighs] Watching this show
sure makes me sad.
Sad for the chickens?
No, sad that we're not even halfway
through this nonsense.
- [laughs]
- Oh! [laughs]
Not sure how we're going to top that.
Actually, I haven't even brought in
our special guest.
Let's go ahead and try and top it.
Here we go.
- [snaps fingers]
- What, where is every--
And where's my special guest?
What the heck is up with my snap today?
- [snaps fingers]
- It must be the rings of Saturn.
Try a Z-snap.
[snapping fingers]
Let me try a double-snap.
[Kermit] Ah!
Ooh! Oh!
[Mark] Kermit! It worked!
- What?
- I can't believe it, you're here!
I'm here? What… What worked?
Apparently, amphibians need a double-snap.
I have no idea what that means,
but, uh, nice to meet you too, I… I think.
Well, welcome to Camp CrunchLabs,
and welcome to Saturn.
Did you say CrunchLabs,
and did you say Saturn?
Let me just start over.
My name's Mark Rober.
- This is…
- Yeah, Camp CrunchLabs. CrunchLabs.
- Yeah, Mark, I know who you are.
- And I know who you are!
I've been watching you
since I was like four years old.
Oh, good grief,
that's really sweet of you, uh,
to, uh, kind of age me out there,
but great. That's great.
- [laughs]
- That's great.
Hopefully you weren't
doing anything important.
I did happen to be visiting family
down at the swamp, Mark,
getting ready to grill some
mesquite-flavored mosquito skewers.
Mmm, they are delicious.
What's the protein content
on a single mosquito?
- It's like a half a gram.
- [Mark chuckles]
Well, Kermit, this is called
Camp CrunchLabs for a reason,
because we got campers.
- Where the heck are they?
- That's a great question.
Hey, campers!
[kids] Hi, Mark!
You want to meet
the greenest friend I have?
- [both] Sure!
- Well, then get the heck down here.
Hi there, I… I'm Kermit the Frog.
- What's your name?
- Ella.
Hi, Ella. And, uh, hi. What's your name?
- Eric.
- Eric.
- Have you guys ever met a frog before?
- Yes.
Was it in science class?
Uh…
Let's move on.
Who's ready to blow some stuff up?
- Me!
- Yeah, me, me, me!
- Here we go.
- [snaps fingers]
- Oh, wow.
- Check this out.
You'll see we have not one but two tanks
with high-pressure nitrogen.
But more importantly,
there's something in front of the tanks.
- What do you guys see?
- Tubes?
- What do you think is in those tubes?
- Uh, tennis balls.
Ooh, a tennis ball.
And those are going to
get in the way of all the air
that's going to expand out of the tube,
and they're gonna hit
something very cool in the middle.
- Okay.
- [Mark] But we're not stopping there.
Kermit and I are
gonna run an experiment
to see who has faster reaction time
between Homo sapiens and amphibians.
Okay.
So we're gonna be looking
at this red light.
As soon as it goes green,
we're going to hit the buttons.
- Hit the button.
- That'll launch your cannon there.
That's my cannon there.
The first one to absolutely destroy
the object in the middle
proves they are the superior species.
All right. Well, that is a lot of pressure
for an amphibian.
130 PSI to be exact.
[rim shot plays]
Yeah, that's a lot.
[Mark] First up,
tennis balls versus steel plate.
- You ready, Kermit?
- Yeah, I'm ready.
Hand on the button. Watch the light.
[suspenseful music playing]
- [beeping]
- Oh.
Oh.
[firing]
- Oh! Kermit won!
- One!
- [Mark] Next up, a mega water balloon.
- Wow. Okay.
Frogs versus humans. Here we go.
- Here we go!
- Watch the red light.
- [beeping]
- Oh.
[exploding]
- [laughing] Oh!
- Wow!
Look at that.
[slow-motion explosion]
- It was the darn frog again.
- Wow.
My, uh, hand is a lot faster
than I thought.
[Mark] Next up, this birthday cake.
- This is where I up my reaction time.
- I believe in you, Mark.
I mean, it's not as fun
if you're so encouraging.
Well, it's just kind of who I am.
All right, two-zero me.
- Predictions?
- I think it's a piece of cake.
[chuckling] Okay.
- [Mark] Guess we'll have to see.
- Here we go.
- [beeps]
- [exploding]
- [epic music playing]
- [slow-motion explosion]
- [kids laughing]
- [Kermit] Wow.
- [Mark] Definitely the frog again.
- [Kermit] Wow.
It's the amphibian reflexes.
- Wow.
- What can I say?
- Know what we could do?
- What?
How about we blow some stuff up?
[exploding]
[upbeat music playing]
[Mark] It wouldn't be a Mark Rober video
if we didn't inflict
some gruesome damage on a watermelon.
Things are about to get
very red and green in here.
Sort of like you if you yawn.
[yawning]
[Mark] There it is. Just like that.
[slow-motion explosion]
[Mark, slowed] Whoa!
- Whoa!
- [Kermit] Wow!
- Did you see that?
- Yes!
[Kermit] That is a former watermelon.
What a mess.
You know it's been a good day
when it's this messy.
All right, campers.
Way past your bedtime.
Get back in the rocket ship.
- Bye, Mark.
- Bye, Kermit.
Bye, Ella. Bye, Eric.
[Mark] See you guys.
All right, Kermit. Well, as anticipated,
this was a dream come true.
Well, thanks for having me.
Time to send you back to your barbecue.
[snaps fingers]
Oh, uh, Mark, I believe
it is a double snap for amphibians?
Of course. Here we go.
- [snaps fingers]
- Whoa.
Who knew a double snap
also cleans up all of camp?
Really could have used that information
for the last two years.
Okay, well, while I am packing up
this very clean backyard
to head to my next planet,
you should be working
on your at-home Super Challenge.
These, of course,
are those engineering challenges
that you record yourself doing
to win an all-expenses-paid trip
to come out here to visit me and my team
at CrunchLabs
for an afternoon of epic fun and science.
First, build a Rube Goldberg machine
that has water somewhere along the way.
Or film a slow-mo video
featuring googly eyes.
And finally, film a reverse video
incorporating food in some way.
And as a reminder,
you can do one or all of them.
Just make sure you submit them
before August 8th.
And, of course,
that needs to be uploaded
to campcrunchlabs.com.
And I cannot wait
to see what you come up with
right here at Camp CrunchLabs.
- Hmm.
- Well, did you learn anything today?
Yeah, I learned that you can just snap
and get rid of the Muppets.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
- [snaps fingers]
- [gasps]
Oh. Uh, Mark?
Science Bob? Uh…
Anybody?
[breathing deeply]
Good grief.
[closing theme music playing]
[music ends]