Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? (Television program)
Notes:
Title from label. Originally broadcast as episodes of the television program Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?, 1994-1999. Release date supplied by publisher. Videos previously released by Mill Creek Entertainment. Issued on Playaway Launchpad, a pre-loaded learning tablet. Powered by rechargeable battery ; container includes one power charging cord with both USB and AC adapters. Earphones not required for audio playback. Device does not have Internet connectivity. Stars Rita Moreno, Rodger Bumpass, Jennifer Hale, and Scott Menville.
Contents:
A higher calling (approximately 21 min.). Chapter and verse (approximately 21 min.) -- Music to my ears (approximately 21 min.) -- The plays the thing (approximately 20 min.) -- The stolen smile (approximately 21 min.) -- A higher calling (approximately 21 min.).
Summary:
Dinosaur delirium When the dome of the Taj Mahal is stolen, then a dinosaur skeleton from the Smithsonian, Zack and Ivy track Carmen to Komodo Island. There, they discover she is bent on creating the world's only living dinosaur - for a one-of-a-kind pet. Chapter and verse When Mark Twain's writing desk and Charles Dickens' ink well are stolen, the detectives track Carmen to Rudyard Kipling's India. There, they deduce that the thefts can mean only one thing. Carmen is going to pen her autobiography. But her plan for the book's final chapter ... her most audacious crime of all... must be stopped. She's going to steal the Acme Detective Agency itself! Music to my ears Carmen makes off with the Sydney Opera house. This theft is followed by her stealing the "talents" of several world ranked musicians. Soon our detectives realize Carmen plans to steal the world's airways and broadcast the ultimate concert, starring herself. The plays the thing Carmen steals a series of items which the detectives soon deduce are all connected to theater. But when they try to bring the curtain down on Carmen, they realize she's using every theatrical device in the book to enable her to steal the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Greece and stage her own production ... location TBA! The stolen smile Carmen steals the smile from the Mona Lisa, along with portions of several other famous works of art, in order to create the ultimate Carmen Sandiego Masterpiece. A higher calling Carmen steals Stonehenge, several other mysterious ancient items, and finally the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico. It's all in a wild attempt to contact extraterrestrials ... Carmen Sandiego style! If she succeeds, the stars in the sky won't be safe from this master thief.
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