(LIVELY ELECTRONIC MUSIC)

In animation, two aliens fly across space in a spaceship.

Blynk is a rectangular green alien with spiky hair and long fangs.

Aazoo is a round orange alien with 3 eyes.

With the help of M.A.V.I.S., the spaceship computer, and real Earth scientists, they listen to real Earth children's questions and try to find answers.

A song plays that says BLYNK AND AAZOO
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU

The name of the show reads "Blynk and Aazoo. Imagine, investigate, invent!"

(LIVELY ELECTRONIC MUSIC)

(QUIRKY MUSIC)

As Blynk works in his station, Aazoo pops up dressed as a magician.

Blynk says AH!

Aazoo says TA-DA!
(ALIEN BABBLE)
(DUCK QUACKS)
(ALARM BLARES)

M.A.V.I.S. says INQUIRY BOOTH TRANSMITTING.
INCOMING INQUIRY.

Blynk says OH!
(BLYNK EXCLAIMS EXCITEDLY)

A real life girl named Yusra pops up on a screen and says BLYNK AND AAZOO, I HAVE
A QUESTION FOR YOU.

Yusra is around 12, with long curly brown hair and wears a pink blouse.

(BLYNK AND AAZOO EXCLAIM)

She says I WAS WONDERING, IS IT
POSSIBLE TO LIVE FOREVER?
(BLYNK AND AAZOO EXCLAIM)
(WHISPERING)

M.A.V.I.S. says INVENTION
POTENTIAL HIGH.
BLYNK AND AAZOO ARE FORMULATING
AN ANSWER FOR YOUR QUERY.
THE ANSWER IS...
(BLYNK AND AAZOO EXCLAIM)
THEY DO NOT KNOW.
(BLYNK EXCLAIMS)

M.A.V.I.S. says CALLING INTERSTELLAR
SCIENCE COUNSEL, CAPTAIN.

A caption reads "Jessie. Scientist."

A real life girl scientist named Jessie pops up on another screen and says HI, JESSIE HERE!
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY?

Jessie is in her thirties, with long straight blond hair in a half-do and wears a burgundy V-neck sweater.

Yusra says HI JESSIE.
MY NAME IS YUSRA,
AND I WAS WONDERING,
IS IT POSSIBLE TO LIVE FOREVER?

Jessie says AH, THE SEARCH FOR IMMORTALITY.
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BEGIN?

Yusra says WELL, WHY DO WE
GET OLDER ANYWAY?

Jessie says GREAT QUESTION,
AND TO ANSWER THAT,
WE SHOULD START BY LOOKING
AT CELLS.
BLYNK, CAN YOU PLEASE
PULL UP THE HUMAN FILES,
SUBCATEGORY, AGING.
OUR BODY IS MADE
UP OF TINY CELLS.
UP TO 100 TRILLION OF THEM!

Yusra says WHOA, THAT'S A LOT OF CELLS.

Jessie says YEAH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU START
OUT
AS ONE CELL THAT
DIVIDES AND DIVIDES.
EVEN AFTER WE'VE BEEN BORN,
CELLS ARE CONSTANTLY
MAKING COPIES OF THEMSELVES
TO REPLACE CELLS THAT
HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR DIED.

M.A.V.I.S. says FACT, YOU
GET A NEW SKELETON
APPROXIMATELY EVERY 10 YEARS.

Yusra says WAIT, NEW BONES EVERY 10 YEARS?
HOW DOES MY BODY DO THAT?

Jessie says GOOD QUESTION, ANY GUESSES?

M.A.V.I.S. says I KNOW.

Jessie says I'LL GIVE YOU A CLUE.

M.A.V.I.S. says OR I COULD TELL YOU.

Jessie says WHAT IS AAZOO
DOING RIGHT NOW?

Yusra says LOOKING AT INSTRUCTIONS?

Jessie says EXACTLY!
INSIDE ALMOST EVERY ONE OF
YOUR CELLS ARE INSTRUCTIONS,
TELLING THE CELL WHAT
IT'S JOB IS GOING TO BE.
THOSE INSTRUCTIONS ARE FOUND
INSIDE A CHAIN OF MOLECULES,
CALLED, OKAY, M.A.V.I.S.,
NOW YOU CAN SAY IT.

M.A.V.I.S. says THANK YOU.
THE ANSWER IS,
DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID.

Blynk and Aazoo says HUH?

Yusra says DEOXY-WHAT?

Jessie says YOU CAN
JUST CALL IT DNA.

Yusra says PHEW, THANKS, DNA.

Jessie says DNA TELLS
YOUR CELLS WHAT TO DO
AND HOW TO BECOME THE
DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR BODY.
YOUR EYES, YOUR HEART, YOUR
SKIN.

Yusra says COOL.

Jessie says UNFORTUNATELY,
AS OUR CELLS DIVIDE
THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES,
THEY GET DAMAGED
AND LOSE SOME OF
THE INSTRUCTIONS.
TELOMERES, THE CAPS ON THE
ENDS OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS,
SORT OF LIKE THE PLASTIC
TIPS ON YOUR SHOELACES,
THEY HELP TO STOP THAT DAMAGE.
BUT OVER TIME, THEY
GET WORN DOWN TOO,
AND LOSE THEIR ABILITY
TO PROTECT YOUR DNA.

Yusra says THAT'S NOT GOOD.

Jessie says JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
WHAT IF YOU SPILLED
WATER ON YOUR FAVORITE
COOKIE RECIPE AND
COULDN'T READ IT?
(AAZOO GASPS)

Yusra says I WOULDN'T KNOW
HOW TO MAKE IT ANYMORE.

Jessie says SAME THING FOR WHEN
OUR CELLS LOSE INSTRUCTIONS.
THEY FORGET WHAT
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO
AND START MAKING MISTAKES.
THOSE MISTAKES ARE WHAT
MAKES OUR BODY AGE,
AND SOMETIMES MAKE US SICK.

Yusra says WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
DNA IS THE REASON WE GET OLDER?

Jessie says IT PLAYS A BIG PART.

Blynk says HUH?

Aazoo balances on top of the costume top hat.

(AAZOO LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)

Blynk says AAZOO.

Yusra says SO WE NEED TO STOP OURSELVES
FROM LOSING THEIR INSTRUCTIONS.

Jessie says EXACTLY!
AND SCIENTISTS ARE
LOOKING AT ANIMALS
THAT LIVE A LOT LONGER THAN
HUMANS FOR THAT ANSWER.
NATURE FILES PLEASE, BLYNK.
SUBCATEGORY, LONG LIFE.
(BLYNK EXCLAIMS HAPPILY)

Yusra says LOBSTERS?

Jessie says THEIR DNA
DOESN'T SEEM TO LOSE
ANY INFORMATION AS
THEY GROW OLDER.

M.A.V.I.S. says THEIR DNA
INSTRUCTIONS ARE PROTECTED.

Jessie says YEAH!
TELOMERASE MAKES THE
CAPS CALLED TELOMERES,
WHICH PROTECT DNA.
LOBSTERS HAVE LOTS
OF TELOMERASE,
WHICH STOPS THEIR DNA
FROM LOSING INFORMATION
AS FAST AS OURS.

Yusra says SO LOBSTERS LIVE FOREVER?

Jessie says WELL, LOBSTERS CAN
LIVE FOR A LONG TIME,
BUT THEY DO, EVENTUALLY, DIE.
NOT ALWAYS FROM OLD AGE, THOUGH.
IT'S USUALLY FROM A
PREDATOR OR SHELL DISEASE.
(BLYNK EXCITEDLY EXCLAIMS)

Jessie says I THINK BLYNK HAS
SOMETHING ELSE TO SHOW US.

M.A.V.I.S. says SEARCHING, LOCATED.
BRISTLECONE PINE TREE.

Jessie says GOOD FIND, BLYNK.
(BLYNK EXCLAIMS PROUDLY)

Jessie says THESE BRISTLECONE PINE TREES
ARE AROUND 5,000 YEARS OLD.
THEIR DNA INSTRUCTIONS
CHANGE VERY SLOWLY,
OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS,
WHICH MEANS IT TAKES MUCH
LONGER FOR MISTAKES TO HAPPEN.
(AAZOO GASPS)

Yusra says THAT'S A LONG TIME,
BUT IS THERE ANYTHING
THAT LIVES FOREVER?

M.A.V.I.S. says SEARCHING, LOCATED.
JELLYFISH.
THE LIFESPAN
OF A JELLYFISH
CAN RANGE FROM A
COUPLE HOURS TO MONTHS.
BUT ONE SPECIES,
TURRITOPSIS DOHRNII,
CAN POTENTIALLY LIVE FOREVER.
WHEN IT'S THREATENED,
IT CAN CHANGE BACK
INTO A YOUNGER VERSION OF
ITSELF, CALLED A POLYP.
AND THEN, IT CAN BEGIN
GROWING ALL OVER AGAIN.

Yusra says SO YOU MEAN THAT IT JUST GOES
BACK
TO BEING A BABY AND THEN
GROWS UP AGAIN?

Jessie says YEAH, IT
CAN LIVE FOREVER!
IT'S DNA HAS THE INSTRUCTIONS
FOR HOW TO DO THIS.

Yusra says I DON'T THINK I WANNA
BE A BABY AGAIN THOUGH.

Jessie says NO, BUT,
SCIENTISTS MIGHT BE ABLE
TO USE THAT RESEARCH TO
PROTECT OUR CELLS
AND HELP PREVENT AGING.

Aazoo gets stuck in the hat and hops around.

(BLYNK AND AAZOO YELLING)

Blynk says AAZOO!
(BLYNK AND AAZOO CRASHING)

Aazoo falls and says OOH.

Blynk pulls a duck out of another top hat and says TAH-DAH!
(DUCK QUACKS)
(JESSIE LAUGHS)

Yusra says SO, IT SEEMS LIKE THE
SECRET TO LIVING
FOREVER IS IN OUR DNA
INSTRUCTIONS.

Jessie says YOU GOT IT!
AND THAT'S WHAT RESEARCHERS
ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
BLYNK, FUTURE
INVENTION FILES PLEASE.
THERE'S SO MUCH INTEREST
IN HELPING US LIVE LONGER,
THAT SCIENTISTS AROUND
THE WORLD ARE LOOKING AT
HOW TO REPAIR OR STOP
DAMAGE TO HUMAN DNA.

M.A.V.I.S. says AFFIRMATIVE.
SEVERAL EXPERIMENTS WITH
MICE HAVE SHOW THAT AGING
CAN BE REVERSED AND THEIR
CELLS MADE YOUNG AGAIN.
IN ANOTHER EXPERIMENT,
SCIENTISTS WERE ABLE TO
MAKE HUMAN SKIN CELLS
LOOK YOUNG AGAIN.

Yusra says COOL, FOREVER YOUNG!

Jessie says WELL, THERE'S STILL A LOT
OF RESEARCH TO BE DONE.

Yusra says OH.

Jessie says BUT, INTERESTINGLY,
SCIENTISTS HAVE ALREADY
FOUND THREE THINGS THAT
CAN HELP US LIVE LONGER.
MEDITATION, EXERCISE,
AND HEALTHY EATING.

Yusra says I CAN DO THAT RIGHT NOW!

Aazoo makes a carrot appears with a magic trick.

(CARROT POOFS)

He eats the carrot.

(AAZOO EXCLAIMS EXCITEDLY)

Yusra says WHEN I GROW UP, I'M
GOING TO INVENT SOMETHING
THAT KEEPS OUR DNA FROM
FORGETTING THEIR INSTRUCTIONS.

(BLYNK EXCLAIMS EXCITEDLY)

M.A.V.I.S. says INSPIRATION DETECTED.
INVENTION STATION
IS READY, CAPTAIN.

Blynk goes in the invention room and creates a tracksuit.

(QUIRKY MUSIC)
(BLYNK EXCLAIMING EXCITEDLY)
(YUSRA LAUGHS)

Jessie says WHOA!
(ELECTRICITY CRACKLES)

Jessie says SMART-LOOKING
SWEATPANTS, BLYNK.
EXERCISE KEEPS YOU YOUNG.
(QUIRKY MUSIC)
(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)
(BLYNK YELLING)

The suit starts sparkling and going crazy.

M.A.V.I.S. says ALERT,
INVENTION FAILURE.
DISCOVERY OF CRAZY
DANCE PANTS SUCCESSFUL.

Jessie says IN SCIENCE, BLYNK, FAILURES
OFTEN LEAD TO NEW INVENTIONS.

Yusra laughs and says HAVE FUN WITH THOSE
PANTS, BLYNK AND AAZOO.
AND THANKS FOR ALL THE INFO.

Jessie says NO WORRIES, BYE FOR NOW, YUSRA.

Yusra says BYE!

M.A.V.I.S. says THE SEARCH
FOR INVENTIONS CONTINUES.
ALL SYSTEMS ENGAGE.
(BLYNK AND AAZOO EXCLAIM)
(QUIRKY MUSIC)

Producer, Jeannette Lookman.

Copyright 2019, Blynk Aazoo Films Inc.