dr. carl sagan. they're all here. [ music ] [ applause ] [ music ] >> recently -- thank you. many people have become as to the safety of food products, and many other substances. science, in its efforts to protect the well--being of the public, continues to publish reports of items censored, that are considered hazardous to our health. many of these tests are performed on laboratory animals, the real, un--sung heroes. for a first hand report, we take you now and bring you an interview with a canadian mouse. [ laughter ] [ applause ] [ music ] mr. mouse. excuse me, mr. mouse? >> uh, yes. >> mr. mouse. [ laughter ] [ applause ] [ cheers ] [ laughter ] >> excuse, me, mr. mouse, i wonder if i could just talk to you for a few minutes? >> if you want to just talk, if you want me to eat something, get lost. [ laughter ] >> first, let me just say that you're a very large mouse. >> you're a very large person. >> that's true, but for a mouse, you're incredibly large. >> what do you think you'd look like if you

dr. carl sagan. if i remember correctly, was it the time before last you were here, you burned yourself? you hurt your arm or something. >> yeah. >> and the time before you -- >> a pack of matches -- >> went off in your trousers. yeah. >> on my behind. my butt. and it burned me. i have a couple of very difficult to explain scars. >> there's no way you can move fast enough when something like that happens. it has to be close to the speed of light. >> i did the incineration boogie. ah! [ laughter ] my friends jumping. my arm, i fractured on christmas day, playing tennis. i fell on it and had a radial head fracture here. we were on location for this movie in tuscaloosa, alabama for four days. we blew up 72 acres of buildings. it's the climax of this film, you don't believe. >> they constructed buildings to blow up? >> no, the government owns these buildings. they're used as army barracks and other things. they want to destroy them. it's going to be a shopping center. this film was looking for just that