<-- Previous EpisodeNext Episode -->
Good Eats: Water Works II
In a previous episode, Alton discussed what happens to water before it reaches the home. Here, he talks about what happens to water after it’s inside the home, recapping some of water’s properties, and discussing why it might not taste or smell so good, even after the water works finishes with it. He discusses what can be done about that – various kinds of filters – and what “hard” water is, as well as how to deal with it. All this, and a walking, talking oxygen atom who undergoes a stabilizing transformation!
| No votes yet |
Episode Info
|
Episode number: 10x6 Production Number: EA1006 Airdate: Wednesday July 19th, 2006 Writer: Alton Brown
|
Recap
Alton sits on his couch, watching the end of Water World. When a voice over claims it may be one of the worst films ever made, Alton admits that he loves it. Because except for the part where Costner had gills on his neck, that could all happen...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
Cards
- Bad bad water bugs: Escherichia coli, Cryptosporidium, Giardia Lamblia
- Every 24 hours the body recycles the equivalent of 40,000 glasses of water.
- Two standard tennis courts have a total combined area of 14,400 square feet.
- We know what you’re thinking and no, you can’t filter water through the charcoal you buy for your grill.
- Ion: a charged subatomic particle (like, for instance, an electron or proton).
- Water makes up about 85% of your brain, 80% of your blood, and 70% of your muscle.
- The average 15 minute shower uses 60 gallons of water.
- For those concerned about salt intake, potassium based softening systems are also available.
- Typically, vegetables retain more nutrients when steamed rather than boiled.
- Until recently, the Hungarian Parliament building was cooled by ice harvested from local lakes.
This episode is one of the very few that presents no recipes.
Episode Quotes
Alton: You know, folks don’t often flock to this kind of negativity, but certain atoms do, for instance... hydrogen!
(Alton slips hydrogen mittens onto Oxygen’s hands.)
Oxygen: Whoa! Ah-ah-ah... that feels... stable!
(Alton slips hydrogen mittens onto Oxygen’s hands.)
Oxygen: Whoa! Ah-ah-ah... that feels... stable!
Alton: You now have an imbalanced electrical charge.
Water: Figures.
Alton: Yeah, see, you’ve got a positive charge up here and a negative charge... down there... and, well, you know what that means...
Water: No.
Alton: You’re polar.
Water: Oh! Doesn’t seem that cold in here...
Water: Figures.
Alton: Yeah, see, you’ve got a positive charge up here and a negative charge... down there... and, well, you know what that means...
Water: No.
Alton: You’re polar.
Water: Oh! Doesn’t seem that cold in here...
Alton: There’s nothing wrong with him that some attitude adjustment and some filtration couldn’t fix.
(About Alton’s basement.)
Water: You decorate this place yourself?
Alton: Oh, no, we rent this place out to this little dungeon... (looks around) ...you won’t see him.
Water: You decorate this place yourself?
Alton: Oh, no, we rent this place out to this little dungeon... (looks around) ...you won’t see him.
(Water is getting a massage and a manicure.)
Alton: Thank you, ladies. His break’s over. Thank you.
Water: Hold on, wait a second now, here. I’m water. Alright, I erode mountains, sink ships, I fill the skies with clouds. I say when the break’s over.
Alton: Oh, yeah? Well, let me tell you something: If you don’t get over there and erode some of the remains off of last night’s dishes? Then next verb you’ll be contemplating... is flush!
Alton: Thank you, ladies. His break’s over. Thank you.
Water: Hold on, wait a second now, here. I’m water. Alright, I erode mountains, sink ships, I fill the skies with clouds. I say when the break’s over.
Alton: Oh, yeah? Well, let me tell you something: If you don’t get over there and erode some of the remains off of last night’s dishes? Then next verb you’ll be contemplating... is flush!
Episode Goofs
One of the cards defines an ion as a charged particle such as an electron or a proton. In fact, any atom or molecule can be an ion, and many of the processes of life itself depend on this.
Cultural References
As the show opens, Alton finishes watching Water World, a 1995 box office disaster starring Kevin Costner. In the film, the polar ice caps melt, submerging much of the known world and leaving its few inhabitants struggling to find dry land.
Water describes himself as double-dog doomed when Alton explains that his polar nature will attract all kinds of unwholesome ionic attention. The line is likely a play on the "double dog dare" from 1983's A Christmas Story, based on Jean Shepherd's novel In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash.
Alton tells parents that if their kid doesn't smile like Leon Spinks they may have fluorine to thank. Leon Spinks is a retired boxer whose most successful years started in the late 1970s and ended in the middle 1980s. Spinks is missing several of his front teeth, probably lost to pugilism rather than an absence of fluorine in his water, but his gapped smile was almost a trademark during his heyday.
Alton's Dr. Strangelove reference comes from 1964's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a Peter Sellers farce about the Cold War.
Episode References
This is the second of two back to back episodes about the only ingredient pumped directly into the home. The previous episode was Water Works I.
Alton briefly mentions that he "rents the basement to this little dungeon..." and then trails off. He's referring to the Dungeon Master, a character who has appeared in other recent episodes, for example, Cubing Around.
Saturday Night Live: Sudeikis, Samberg Might Not Exit
Saturday's season finale of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Mick Jagger, saw the..
Reelz Channel Picks Up US Rights To Pillars Of The Earth Sequel
Last year, premium cable channel Starz aired an eight hour mini-series..
The Voice UK - Finalists revealed
The four finalists were revealed on tonight's final elimination show. The judges scores were..
Info Center | Contact | Advertise | TOS |
Privacy | Copyright | RSS | Banners | Writers Wanted