TV Guide

Every channel on Channel GG. Pick a show, or turn the knob and let fate decide.

  1. CH 17:30Channel GGCartoons, the crew and the toy aisle. Pour a bowl and start here.
  2. CH 28:00Meet the CrewSay hi to the microbes working your night shift. Trading cards, tools and the buffet.
  3. CH 38:30Saturday Morning LessonsFive-second cartoons about what your gut gets up to all day.
  4. CH 410:00The ArcadeGames that teach. Insert no coins.
  5. CH 510:30The Toy AisleGut goodies for grown-ups. Collect the set, feed the crew.
  6. CH 69:00The MapRide the gut from Chomp Station to Downtown and get your passport stamped at every stop.
  7. CH 79:15The Tool KitEnzymes that snip, chip, slice and pop, plus bile, the soap. Grab one and cut something.
  8. CH 89:45The BuffetPrebiotics and fibre: food your tools can’t cut, served to the crew Downtown.
  9. CH 911:30The StationWho runs this channel, questions, fan mail and the fine print.
  10. CH 1011:00The GlossaryGut words from A to Z: a true definition and a silly one, side by side.
  11. CH 117:00The TV GuideWhat’s on, what’s next, and what’s on at 3 a.m. (it’s the fine print).
  12. CH 1210:45A Word from Our SponsorsJingles, slogans and a very calm announcer. Stay through the break.
  13. CH 1311:15The Sticker BookPeel, stick, show off. Then go find the ones you’re missing.
  14. CH 1412:30The Season PassNever miss an episode. Your goodies turn up every month, for less.
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9:15CH 7 · The Tool Kit

The tool kit.

Enzymes aren’t alive. Each one is a protein built to cut one kind of bond, which makes them less critter, more tool: no faces, no feelings, very sharp.

A pair of red-handled cartoon scissors
Hang them up

The pegboard

Pick a tool off the hook and cut something on its workbench.

  • No. 01

    Protease

    ScissorsProteins → Short pieces and single amino acids
  • No. 02

    Amylase

    PickaxeStarch → Maltose and other short sugars
  • No. 03

    Lipase

    Pizza cutterFats (triglycerides) → Fatty acids and monoglycerides
  • No. 04

    Lactase

    Can openerLactose, the sugar in milk → Glucose and galactose
  • No. 05

    Alpha-galactosidase

    WrenchRaffinose and stachyose, the sugars in beans → Galactose and sucrose
  • No. 06

    Bromelain

    PineappleProteins → Shorter protein pieces
  • No. 07

    Papain

    PapayaProteins → Shorter protein pieces
  • No. 08

    Bile

    Bubble wand · not an enzymeBig blobs of fat → Tiny droplets (nothing gets cut)
Lunch tray

Which tool for which food?

Pick a food and send it down. One of them gets no tool at all, and that’s the interesting one.

Pick a food from the tray. The right tool will clock in.

The fine print

Who cuts what

Each tool, what it cuts, what it leaves, and who makes it
ToolCutsIntoMade by
ProteaseProteinsShort pieces and single amino acidsYour stomach (pepsin) and your pancreas (trypsin, chymotrypsin and friends).
AmylaseStarchMaltose and other short sugarsYour salivary glands and your pancreas.
LipaseFats (triglycerides)Fatty acids and monoglyceridesMostly your pancreas.
LactaseLactose, the sugar in milkGlucose and galactoseThe lining of your small intestine.
Alpha-galactosidaseRaffinose and stachyose, the sugars in beansGalactose and sucroseNot you. Microbes make it, and some supplements carry it.
BromelainProteinsShorter protein piecesPineapples, especially the stem.
PapainProteinsShorter protein piecesPapayas, especially the milky sap of unripe fruit.
BileBig blobs of fatTiny droplets (nothing gets cut)Your liver makes it; your gallbladder stores it.
Far-out fact

Enzymes aren’t alive. Each one is a protein shaped to cut one kind of bond.

Bile hangs with the tools, but it isn’t an enzyme at all. It’s a soap.

AnnouncerNo tool on this channel has handles, a face or union representation. They’re proteins. They don’t mind.

Starring inEP 4 Snip Snip HoorayEP 3 The Great Fat SplitEP 5 Milk RunEP 6 Bean There, Done That

Coming up next on Channel GG

Protease

Snips proteins into amino acids.

Your bag

Your bag is empty.

The crew’s waiting in the toy aisle.

Go to the toy aisleStarter crews