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Redge’s Fantastical F1 | Fantasy Grand Prix Race | Stories for Kids · Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big Adventures

• 0:00
  Jonathan: Hello, Dork Squad.
• 0:02
  Jonathan: I'm Jonathan Cormur, and you're listening to DorkTale Storytime, the podcast for kids and their pop culture loving grown-ups.
• 0:08
  Jonathan: A special shout out to all of our fans who suggested an F1 inspired story.
• 0:14
  Jonathan: And, Emmanuelle, listen for the hidden surprise inspired by your Nessie idea.
• 0:21
  Theme Song: It's a beautiful day for a story, adventure, and glory, new friends and old ones too.
• 0:28
  Theme Song: It's an excellent day to get swept away in a tale, so let us regale you.
• 0:46
  Jonathan: Hey Sal, hey Val.
• 0:47
  Sal: He's gonna beat his last time.
• 0:50
  Val: Let's go! Let's go!
• 0:54
  Sal: Alright!
• 0:56
  Val: Woo-hoo!
• 0:58
  Sal: He did it! Oh, hey there, Jonathan!
• 1:01
  Jonathan: Wow! Who was driving that race car?
• 1:05
  Val: He doesn't know?
• 1:07
  Sal: Guess he didn't tell him.
• 1:09
  Jonathan: Who didn't tell me what?
• 1:10
  Jonathan: Redge?
• 1:12
  Jonathan: It was you driving that race car?
• 1:17
  Redge: Jonathan! Oh, I'm so glad you're here!
• 1:21
  Jonathan: What's going on?
• 1:22
  Jonathan: I didn't know you could drive a race car.
• 1:26
  Redge: Sal Amander and his sister Val have been helping me prepare for the Folktale Forest Grand Prix.
• 1:33
  Jonathan: A Grand Prix in Once Upon a Time?
• 1:36
  Val: Yes.
• 1:37
  Val: The iconic Folktale Forest Formula One race.
• 1:41
  Sal: Redge has been training to drive for us.
• 1:43
  Sal: Team Mander.
• 1:46
  Redge: And I get to learn from the best driver we know.
• 1:49
  Sal: As I always say, I'll get you where you're going, lickety split, before you've had a chance to sit.
• 1:57
  Redge: I'm not saying that I was completely motivated by this racing outfit, but just look at this incredible green racing jumpsuit I get to wear.
• 2:07
  Jonathan: Complete with matching helmet, I see.
• 2:10
  Redge: And featuring my sponsor, Howl at the Moon Records, the Big Bad Wolf's Rad Records Shop.
• 2:17
  Redge: You can find me howling down the track and straight to Big Bad's for the latest and greatest in tunes.
• 2:26
  Jonathan: Oh yeah! I see the little patch on your shoulder that looks like a vinyl record.
• 2:31
  Redge: I even get to play the latest branch sisters song during my warm-up laps.
• 2:37
  Sal: Rock on!
• 2:39
  Val: Hey Redge, the first checkpoint clue has just come in.
• 2:43
  Sal: Let's see what it says.
• 2:45
  Jonathan: Checkpoint clue?
• 2:46
  Redge: The Folk tale Forest Formula One races have an added twist.
• 2:51
  Redge: At each checkpoint, you receive a hint to where the race heads to next.
• 2:56
  Sal: A magical race couldn't possibly stay in one place.
• 3:00
  Redge: Precisely.
• 3:02
  Val: This first clue will tell us where the starting line is.
• 3:05
  Val: What does it say, Sal?
• 3:07
  Sal: The race shall start, where you might find a bed with veggies hidden below.
• 3:12
  Sal: Or a tower so tall you'll need your hair to grow.
• 3:19
  Redge: Veggies under bedding.
• 3:22
  Val: Why would you need long hair for a tower?
• 3:26
  Jonathan: Oh, that could be Rapunzel's tower.
• 3:29
  Sal: But where is there a bed with veggies in it?
• 3:32
  Redge: Oh, I know! Jonathan told the story once.
• 3:36
  Redge: In the castle where the princess couldn't sleep, because there was a teeny tiny pea hidden under many mattresses.
• 3:44
  Val: Two princesses, huh?
• 3:46
  Val: Then that must mean the race starts in.
• 3:50
  ALL: Mythdom!
• 3:52
  Redge: Of course! Mythdom! Land of castles and royalty.
• 3:57
  Redge: Come on, Jonathan! I'll need your help on our pit crew today.
• 4:01
  Jonathan: I'm ready to solve riddles and change tires.
• 4:04
  Jonathan: Whatever you need.
• 4:13
  Badger: We will not repeat the race we had last year.
• 4:16
  Badger: That Mander team ain't gonna beat us again.
• 4:20
  Badger: Scully Skunk! Have you figured out how we're going to beat them?
• 4:25
  Scully Skunk: Me?
• 4:26
  Scully Skunk: Oh, um, well, uh, Bully Badger, we've been working on the mechanics of the car to get all the gears and gadgets working as efficiently as possible.
• 4:36
  Scully Skunk: So if you're just about to cut some time on the turns
• 4:40
  Badger: No no! That's not going to work.
• 4:43
  Badger: We need a better plan.
• 4:45
  Badger: Raucous Raccoon! What do you think?
• 4:49
  Badger: How are we going to win this year?
• 4:53
  Raccoon: Uh cheat?
• 4:55
  Badger: That's more like it.
• 4:57
  Badger: Last year, we lost too much time figuring out the riddles.
• 5:02
  Badger: What's our plan this year, babbling bear?
• 5:06
  Bear: Uh use teamwork to work together and figure out the clues faster?
• 5:13
  Badger: No, raccoon.
• 5:15
  Raccoon: Uh cheat?
• 5:17
  Badger: That's right.
• 5:18
  Badger: And how are we going to cheat, Raccoon?
• 5:22
  Raccoon: I've rigged our radio to intercept Team Manders' channel.
• 5:26
  Raccoon: So all we have to do is listen in, and they'll give us the clues to the next checkpoint.
• 5:34
  Bear: And then we'll zoom right past him without even reading the hints?
• 5:40
  Badger: That's right, Bear.
• 5:43
  Scully Skunk: I like the hints.
• 5:45
  Badger: No pouting skunk.
• 5:46
  Badger: What are Team Mander saying now, raccoon?
• 5:51
  Raccoon: Let's see, Badger.
• 6:00
  Val: That must mean the race starts in.
• 6:05
  Badger: Ah, Mythdom it is.
• 6:06
  Badger: Come on, team Apex.
• 6:09
  Badger: This is our year to win this.
• 6:15
  Announcer: Welcome to the Folktale Forest Grand Prix
• 6:59
  Jonathan: Go Racing Redge!
• 7:01
  Redge: Ooh, racing Redge! I like that, Jonathan!
• 7:17
  Sal: We're coming up on the first checkpoint, clue Redge.
• 7:21
  Val: You've gotten yourself in a good position.
• 7:24
  Jonathan: Great work!
• 7:26
  Redge: I see the checkpoint ahead.
• 7:28
  Sal: Go ahead and slow down so we can get a good look at the riddle.
• 7:32
  Scully Skunk: Skunk to Badger! Hey, come in, Badger!
• 7:34
  Badger: What kind of start was that, skunk?
• 7:37
  Scully Skunk: Oh, you shifted gears too quickly!
• 7:40
  Badger: It wasn't my fault.
• 7:42
  Badger: It was your car that wasn't working right.
• 7:46
  Bear: Badger, you're coming up on the checkpoint.
• 7:49
  Bear: Uh you're gonna want to slow down to read.
• 7:54
  Scully Skunk: Badger, you missed the checkpoint!
• 7:57
  Badger: We don't need the checkpoint clue.
• 8:00
  Bear: Uh why?
• 8:02
  Raccoon: Because we'll know where to head as soon as Team Mander figures it out.
• 8:07
  Badger: That's right, Raccoon.
• 8:09
  Badger: Let's listen in.
• 8:12
  Redge: Whoa! Team Apex just rushed past the checkpoint.
• 8:16
  Sal: We can still catch him.
• 8:18
  Sal: Uh, what's the checkpoint clue, Redge?
• 8:20
  Redge: Let's see.
• 8:21
  Redge: It says the next checkpoint resides in the home of many mythical creatures.
• 8:28
  Redge: One that lurks in the waters deep, another who has very large feet.
• 8:33
  Jonathan: Well, that could be anywhere.
• 8:35
  Jonathan: Mythical creatures live all over Once Upon a Time.
• 8:39
  Val: One that works in waters deep.
• 8:42
  Redge: Could be the waters of the fantasea.
• 8:45
  Sal: One who has very large feet.
• 8:49
  Redge: Or even a Bigfoot! Oh, amazing, Redge!
• 8:54
  Jonathan: It's gotta be Legend Lake.
• 8:56
  Jonathan: That's where Bigfoot lives.
• 8:58
  Jonathan: And Nessie the Lochness Monster.
• 9:00
  Jonathan: She has a vacation home under the water.
• 9:03
  Raccoon: Did you hear that, Badger?
• 9:05
  Badger: Already headed there now, raccoon.
• 9:10
  Redge: Sal, Val, Jonathan, are you there?
• 9:14
  Sal: We're here! Doing okay, Redge?
• 9:17
  Redge: Oh, it's awfully foggy at Legend Lake.
• 9:19
  Redge: I'm afraid I'll miss the next clue.
• 9:22
  Val: Take it slow, Redge.
• 9:24
  Jonathan: Yeah, you know how it is at Legend Lake.
• 9:26
  Jonathan: It's so easy to get lost trying to find it.
• 9:29
  Jonathan: But I believe in you.
• 9:30
  Jonathan: You got this.
• 9:32
  Badger: Skunk! Skunk!
• 9:35
  Scully Skunk: We're here, Badger! We're here!
• 9:38
  Badger: You're there?
• 9:39
  Badger: But where am I?
• 9:42
  Bear: Uh looks like you may have taken a wrong turn.
• 9:46
  Badger: I can't see a thing in this fog.
• 9:50
  Raccoon: Just stay where you are.
• 9:52
  Raccoon: We'll hear the next clue and be on our way.
• 9:55
  Raccoon: No use wasting gas.
• 9:57
  Sal: Any luck finding the clue?
• 10:00
  Redge: Nothing yet.
• 10:01
  Redge: Oh, wait! I think I see it!
• 10:04
  Val: What does it say?
• 10:06
  Redge: Let's see.
• 10:06
  Redge: The next checkpoint is where the sky is filled with building tops.
• 10:12
  Redge: And never do the show tunes stop.
• 10:16
  Val: Oh, that's an easy one.
• 10:18
  Jonathan: Musicals and big tall buildings.
• 10:21
  Jonathan: It's gotta be
• 10:23
  Sal: my hometown, of course!
• 10:26
  ALL: Litropia!
• 10:29
  Raccoon: Got that, Badger.
• 10:31
  Badger: Already on my way, raccoon.
• 10:38
  Sal: Redge! Come in, Redge!
• 10:40
  Redge: I'm here, team.
• 10:42
  Jonathan: Looks like we'll need to take an unexpected pit stop in Litropia.
• 10:46
  Redge: A pit stop already?
• 10:48
  Val: Afraid so, Redge.
• 10:49
  Val: We found something very troubling.
• 10:53
  Redge: What is it, Team?
• 10:55
  Redge: What happened?
• 10:56
  Sal: Unfortunately, Val found something on our channel that makes us think Team Apex has been listening in on our conversations.
• 11:05
  Jonathan: They've been waiting for us to figure out the clues and then zooming past us.
• 11:10
  Val: That's how they're getting so far ahead.
• 11:13
  Redge: Well, phooey! That's no fun.
• 11:15
  Redge: What do we do now?
• 11:17
  Val: We test our theory and give them the wrong answer.
• 11:21
  Sal: If they end up racing off the map, then we'll know for sure they were cheating.
• 11:25
  Redge: Got it!
• 11:27
  Jonathan: You'll need to figure out the next clue on your own, though.
• 11:29
  Jonathan: You got this racing redge.
• 11:35
  Redge: Coming up on the final clue, team! For the last stop, be careful not to be too silly.
• 11:42
  Redge: Go under instead to see old Billy.
• 11:46
  Val: Got it, Redge?
• 11:48
  Redge: Oh, you bet I do.
• 11:49
  Redge: The Billy Goat Mountaintop Bed and Breakfast in the Cliffhangers, of course.
• 11:55
  Raccoon: Got that, Badger?
• 11:57
  Badger: You bet I do.
• 12:25
  Sal: Hey there, Redge! Looks like Val was right.
• 12:28
  Sal: Team Apex is cheating.
• 12:31
  Jonathan: Good work sending them to the Cliffhangers instead of Billy Goat Bridge.
• 12:41
  Redge: Instead of going up to the mountaintops of the Cliffhangers.
• 12:45
  Sal: Looks like Badger is sufficiently lost, and Team Apex is out of the race.
• 12:51
  Redge: Oh no.
• 12:53
  Jonathan: That doesn't seem right.
• 12:54
  Jonathan: Won't they miss their final pit stop?
• 12:57
  Redge: Sal, Val, Jonathan, bring the magical minivan.
• 13:02
  Redge: I'll meet you at the Cliffhangers.
• 13:05
  Val: Go, go, go!
• 13:12
  Badger: Huh?
• 13:13
  Badger: Where is everyone?
• 13:18
  Redge: Badger! Bully Badger!
• 13:21
  Badger: Where's the race?
• 13:22
  Badger: Where's everyone else?
• 13:25
  Redge: My team figured out you'd been listening in on our radio and having us solve the clues for you.
• 13:31
  Badger: We um wha
• 13:38
  Redge: so I gave you the wrong answer and sent you here to the Cliffhangers instead of Billy Goat Bridge.
• 13:45
  Badger: But I need new tires!
• 13:48
  Redge: That's what I was worried about.
• 13:50
  Redge: So my team is flying in to help you.
• 13:54
  Badger: What?
• 13:54
  Badger: Really?
• 13:57
  Redge: Really?
• 13:57
  Redge: We certainly don't want to leave you stranded in the Cliffhangers.
• 14:01
  Badger: Even though I cheated.
• 14:04
  Redge: A race is a race, and sometimes people deserve a second chance.
• 14:08
  Redge: What do you say?
• 14:10
  Redge: Want some new tires, and then we can run a clean race.
• 14:14
  Redge: You and me, back to the finish line in Mythdom.
• 14:18
  Badger: Wow, that's uh really nice.
• 14:24
  Redge: On one condition, no more cheating.
• 14:28
  Badger: You're on
• 14:47
  Announcer: the test.
• 15:07
  Badger: Good race, Redge.
• 15:09
  Announcer: There's always next year, Badger.
• 15:12
  Badger: Where I know I can beat you fair and square.
• 15:16
  Redge: We'll see about that.
• 15:19
  Jonathan: Redge, Redgw! What a race!
• 15:22
  Val: You really made that last straightaway count.
• 15:26
  Sal: That was some smooth driving.
• 15:29
  Redge: I couldn't have done it without all of you.
• 15:32
  Jonathan: Huzzah for Racing Reg! On three, one, two, three!
• 15:38
  ALL: Huzzah!
• 15:42
  Jonathan: This has been a Jon in Character production.
• 15:45
  Jonathan: This story was written by Monique Hafen Adams, edited by Molly Murphy, and performed by Jonathan Cormur.
• 15:51
  Jonathan: Sound recording and production by Jermaine Hamilton at Pacific Grove Soundworks.
• 15:56
  Jonathan: We love hearing from you.
• 15:58
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• 16:06
  Jonathan: You can find even more ways to reach us in the show notes.
• 16:09
  Jonathan: Now, go be the hero of your own story, and we'll see you next once upon a time.
• 16:18
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