Jump rope vs. Hula hoop: an energetic debate

Smash Boom Best: A funny, smart debate show for kids and family

American Public Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.6 • 12.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Today’s debate is a high-energy showdown between two classic playground pastimes – Jump Rope vs. Hula Hoop! Will journalist Jed Kim bounce his way to victory for Team Jump Rope? Or will writer and comedian Andrew Barbato spin circles around the competition for Team Hula Hoop? Head on over to smashboom.org and vote to tell us who YOU think should be crowned the Smash Boom Best!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, it's Smash Boom Best.
0:05.1	The show for people with big opinions.
0:07.9	Hi, I'm Molly Bloom, and this is Smash Boom Best.
0:11.1	The show where we take two things, smash them together, and ask you to decide which one is best.
0:17.3	Today's debate is a high-energy showdown between two classic playground pastimes,
0:22.8	Jump Rope versus Hula Hoop.
0:25.9	We've got journalist Jed Kim ready to bounce his way to victory for Team Jump Rope.
0:31.0	Jump Rope! You're going to hop with excitement.
0:33.7	At Bax.
0:35.8	And writer and comedian Andrew Barbado is here to spin circles around the competition for
0:41.4	team hula hoop my arguments are about to spin out of control in the best way possible go hula hoops
0:50.7	and here to judge it all is Eloise from Heartland, Wisconsin.
0:56.0	Eloise loves eating beer cheese soup with croutons, feeding baby birds at her local wildlife
1:01.7	rehabilitation center, and she once saved a chipmunks life.
1:06.4	Hi, Eloise.
1:07.9	Hi.
1:09.2	So, Eloise, what is it like to feed baby birds?
1:13.4	It's fun.
1:14.7	I mean, they're really tiny and cute.
1:16.5	How do you feed them?
1:17.7	Like, some you need, like, syringes and, like, liquid.
1:20.6	Others, you feed, like, insects and stuff like that.
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