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Interesting Vehicle Tours Woodstock

Aired December 06, 2002 - 05:52   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: How many of you remember Clem Kadidlehopper? Let's see a show of hands.
You remember him?

CHAD MYERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Uh-huh.

COSTELLO: Good job, Chad.

Now, imagine if you will, a sort of seesaw on wheels riding down Main Street. It's probably what Clem would drive.

CNN's Jeanne Moos hitches a ride.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A strange contraption has been stalking Woodstock. Dogs bark, drivers do double takes. This thing puts a rickshaw to shame and it doesn't settle for a mere two syllable name.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So it's a skadidle.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Skedaddlehopper.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Skedaddle.

DARIN SELBY, SKEDADDLEHOPPER INVENTOR: When I skedaddle, I get a hop, and when I hop, I skedaddle.

MOOS: Instead of just trudging, Darin Selby goes airborne, using the counterweight of passengers or rocks and the middle wheels to create a rolling lever. He can easily take off for four or five seconds, a step he describes as moon walking. And like an astronaut on the moon, sometimes it feels like Darin's from another planet.

SELBY: Next stop, hyperspace.

MOOS: A slower, gentler planet. Darin has been building skedaddlehoppers and giving tourists rides in them.

SELBY: Did you want the mild or the wild ride?

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: The wild ride.

MOOS: Actually, it's like riding in a rocking sleigh.

(on camera): It doesn't make you tired?

SELBY: No.

MOOS (voice-over): It sure made me tired.

(on camera): Do I look as funny as I feel?

SELBY: It's amazing, a lady her size, once she gets the hang of it...

MOOS: What size is that?

SELBY: Well, you're, what, about 120 pounds or thereabouts.

MOOS: Yes, in my dreams.

SELBY: We'll be able to pull around hundreds of pounds.

MOOS (voice-over): Darin says he's inspired by Dr. Seuss and his contraptions.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, DR. SEUSS CARTOON)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No more rainbows for us to chase...

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: The rainbow Darin is chasing is to bring back human power.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You live in this thing?

MOOS: Yep. The skedaddlehopper is home. At night, Darin pulls a tarp over it and beds down.

SELBY: This is how I always sleep.

MOOS: The folks at Midas Muffler helped him bend the aluminum pipes.

SELBY: They gave it the Midas touch.

MOOS: Darin added motorcycle brakes, though for a long time he depended on what he calls his Flintstone stoppers, as in Fred's feet.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "THE FLINTSTONES")

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Let's ride with the family down the street...

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: Darin was making a couple of hundred bucks a weekend giving rides to tourists.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's exotic, that's for sure.

MOOS: A little too exotic for Woodstock police. The town may be associated with love and peace, but police see the skedaddlehopper as an obstruction to traffic and a safety hazard.

SELBY: Not having insurance and no license. I haven't lost a person yet.

MOOS (on camera): Well, that's good news.

(voice-over): Darin has sketches for a new and improved skedaddlehopper.

SELBY: This is the hemp mobile.

MOOS: It would have a hemp canopy and use hemp oil.

(on camera): I mean you really are a hippie.

SELBY: Well, you know what hippie stands for, don't you? A highly intelligent person pursuing interesting endeavors.

MOOS (voice-over): But this endeavor may be too interesting. Police have told Darin to...

(on camera): Skedaddle.

(voice-over): Stay off the main roads. And though he may have to leave Woodstock...

SELBY: I'll be back. I will be back.

MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN...

SELBY: I'm feeling light on my toes today.

MOOS: ... Woodstock, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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Aired December 6, 2002 - 05:52   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: How many of you remember Clem Kadidlehopper? Let's see a show of hands.
You remember him?

CHAD MYERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Uh-huh.

COSTELLO: Good job, Chad.

Now, imagine if you will, a sort of seesaw on wheels riding down Main Street. It's probably what Clem would drive.

CNN's Jeanne Moos hitches a ride.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A strange contraption has been stalking Woodstock. Dogs bark, drivers do double takes. This thing puts a rickshaw to shame and it doesn't settle for a mere two syllable name.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So it's a skadidle.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Skedaddlehopper.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Skedaddle.

DARIN SELBY, SKEDADDLEHOPPER INVENTOR: When I skedaddle, I get a hop, and when I hop, I skedaddle.

MOOS: Instead of just trudging, Darin Selby goes airborne, using the counterweight of passengers or rocks and the middle wheels to create a rolling lever. He can easily take off for four or five seconds, a step he describes as moon walking. And like an astronaut on the moon, sometimes it feels like Darin's from another planet.

SELBY: Next stop, hyperspace.

MOOS: A slower, gentler planet. Darin has been building skedaddlehoppers and giving tourists rides in them.

SELBY: Did you want the mild or the wild ride?

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: The wild ride.

MOOS: Actually, it's like riding in a rocking sleigh.

(on camera): It doesn't make you tired?

SELBY: No.

MOOS (voice-over): It sure made me tired.

(on camera): Do I look as funny as I feel?

SELBY: It's amazing, a lady her size, once she gets the hang of it...

MOOS: What size is that?

SELBY: Well, you're, what, about 120 pounds or thereabouts.

MOOS: Yes, in my dreams.

SELBY: We'll be able to pull around hundreds of pounds.

MOOS (voice-over): Darin says he's inspired by Dr. Seuss and his contraptions.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, DR. SEUSS CARTOON)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No more rainbows for us to chase...

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: The rainbow Darin is chasing is to bring back human power.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You live in this thing?

MOOS: Yep. The skedaddlehopper is home. At night, Darin pulls a tarp over it and beds down.

SELBY: This is how I always sleep.

MOOS: The folks at Midas Muffler helped him bend the aluminum pipes.

SELBY: They gave it the Midas touch.

MOOS: Darin added motorcycle brakes, though for a long time he depended on what he calls his Flintstone stoppers, as in Fred's feet.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "THE FLINTSTONES")

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Let's ride with the family down the street...

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: Darin was making a couple of hundred bucks a weekend giving rides to tourists.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's exotic, that's for sure.

MOOS: A little too exotic for Woodstock police. The town may be associated with love and peace, but police see the skedaddlehopper as an obstruction to traffic and a safety hazard.

SELBY: Not having insurance and no license. I haven't lost a person yet.

MOOS (on camera): Well, that's good news.

(voice-over): Darin has sketches for a new and improved skedaddlehopper.

SELBY: This is the hemp mobile.

MOOS: It would have a hemp canopy and use hemp oil.

(on camera): I mean you really are a hippie.

SELBY: Well, you know what hippie stands for, don't you? A highly intelligent person pursuing interesting endeavors.

MOOS (voice-over): But this endeavor may be too interesting. Police have told Darin to...

(on camera): Skedaddle.

(voice-over): Stay off the main roads. And though he may have to leave Woodstock...

SELBY: I'll be back. I will be back.

MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN...

SELBY: I'm feeling light on my toes today.

MOOS: ... Woodstock, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com