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LILY: If I'm
gonna do something,
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I give it my all.
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WOLLIN: I want to
be immortal.
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I want to be a legend.
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It's not fireworks. It's
far more spectacular than that.
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CHOI: There's like a shock
that goes through me.
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[ Whip cracks ]
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TEPPER: He's crazy,
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and you never know
what he's coming up to do.
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CAMPBELL: 100 years ago,
Robert Ripley went on a quest
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to the farthest reaches
of the globe
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in search of the extraordinary
and unusual.
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Today, the adventure continues,
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searching for the world's
most bizarre,
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astonishing secrets...
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...on
"Ripley's Believe It or Not!"
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They test their limits
and risk their lives,
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rewriting our
definition of sanity.
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I'm Bruce Campbell.
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As an actor, I've seen
some things, done some stuff,
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but all of it was fake.
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What you're about to see
is 100% grade-A real.
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[ Electricity buzzing ]
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It's a lesson kids
learn early in life --
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keep your fingers
out of the outlets
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so you don't get electrocuted,
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a rule three British
lads never learned.
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Now they're electrifying
audience all over the world
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as they hurl
millions of volts of lightening.
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Believe it or not.
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[ Thunder booms ]
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For almost a decade,
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Kino McDonald and
Joshua Leighton True
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have been dazzling audiences.
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I like to do
dangerous things.
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I get a real buzz
out of it.
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[ Projector clicks ]
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CAMPBELL:
But it's Jeb Hawkins
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who really amps up the show.
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The performers like to
call me "the Overlord"
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'cause the one actually
controlling the amount of power
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going to the lightening
that they're throwing.
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CAMPBELL: And now they're
about to crank up the dial
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in a show that will push the
limits of man and machine
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to a dangerous new extreme.
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Back in 2010 was the first time
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I actually ever
seen a Tesla coil.
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I mean, it's like, how --
why -- what is this thing?
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And I, at the time,
was working as an electrician.
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Just happened to
sort of be
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in the right place
at the right time
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and got offered
the role of like,
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"Oh, do you fancy taking on
this crazy lightening show?"
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and it really got me going.
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Who was this guy who
originally made these machines?
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What are they?
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This is some sort
of black magic.
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CAMPBELL:
Back in the 1890s,
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inventor Nikola Tesla
dreamed of a world
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that could run
on wireless electricity,
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so he set out to prove it,
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demonstrating his
miraculous invention
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from coast to coast.
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In world still mostly lit
by candle and gas light,
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Tesla's marvel both thrilled
and terrified his audiences,
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all of which inspired
the Lords pick up
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where the mad scientist
left off.
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So, we then decided
to develop a show
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using the equipment
that already existed
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that was tried and tested,
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but didn't really have
a very dynamic show
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or any slickness
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to what the performance was.
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So, we got
some performers involved,
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got a creative director involved
and some choreography,
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and it sort of grew organically
of the next sort of four years.
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I started off as a ballet
dancer and a break dancer
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and I did a bit of
all sorts of circus skills
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and balance acts.
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McDONALD: We were all
a bunch of fire twirlers,
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you know, doing fire shows,
things like that,
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and it was just
the next level.
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We're looking for
those magic moments --
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the big falls,
the big shock.
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Yeah, we're looking for
the "wow" moment.
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So, the unique thing that
Lords of Lightening do
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that other people don't
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is we have performers
on top of the Tesla coils
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actually throwing
lightening at each other.
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CAMPBELL:
It's a dangerous game.
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The outlets in your house
are wired with 120 volts.
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The Lords are dealing
with four million.
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Every time we do a show,
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we get into our chain mail suit
that covers all of our body.
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The suit I'm wearing is
actually a shark diving suit,
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but the alternative uses for
these suits is high voltage.
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Voltage will flow much more
fluidly around a metal surface
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because my body is
less conductive than the metal.
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So, they become an extension
of the machine themselves
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without being cooked by it.
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It's still dangerous.
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I've had parts of my suit
come apart and got shocked.
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I felt like I was
being strangled.
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HAWKINS:
It's a big responsibility
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having the performers' lives
in my hand.
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But they trust me
and I trust them.
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CAMPBELL:
But now they're getting ready to perform their biggest show yet,
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in front of 60,000 people
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at the
Glastonbury Musical Festival.
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The pressure is as enormous
as the voltage beneath them.
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Can they pull it off?
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[ Audience cheers ]
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You get up there
and you're like, "Oh, no,"
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and I'm starting
to wobble a little bit
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and I'm standing
on the platform shaking.
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There's something amazing
about standing up there,
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feeling the electricity.
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We see a whole different thing.
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We get this blue corona
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and this plasma
rolling around our body.
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HAWKINS:
It's not fireworks.
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It's something far
more spectacular than that.
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[ Electricity buzzing ]
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TRUE:
It's such an adrenalin buzz.
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Must of had 60,000
people in the crowd.
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So many people in front of you.
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HAWKINS: And it's just sort of
bringing together
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the real fundamental of
passion for a lot of people.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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Most creators dream of works
that will live forever,
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but there's a young woman
in New England
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who's at her best
when everything is...
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falling apart.
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My name is Lily Hevesh,
I'm 20 years old,
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and I'm a domino artist.
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CAMPBELL:
For the last 11 years,
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Lily Hevesh has been
setting dominoes up
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and knocking them down...
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...building an
international fan base
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that follows her every design.
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Lily is amazing,
off the chart.
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She's the top domino
artist in the world,
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in terms of numbers --
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most subscribers, most views,
and that sort of thing.
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CAMPBELL: And the momentum
keeps on building.
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Ahhh!
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Oh, my God!
[ Laughs ]
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I have a million
subscribers now.
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That's crazy.
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In celebration of
this milestone,
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Lily is building her most
ambitious solo project to date,
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a 30,000-domino set up
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that will stretch through
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her parents'
entire house and garage.
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Have fun taking out
the garbage. [ Laughs ]
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It's bigger than anything
she's ever done before,
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and could take her
several weeks to compete.
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But can she pull it off?
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LILY: I don't like
creating work that's mediocre.
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If I'm gonna do something,
I give it my all.
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In elementary school,
I wanted to a be an artist,
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and when I was 9 years old,
I found a set of 28 dominoes
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at my grandparents' house.
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WOMAN: Wow.
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I'd set up about half of
them on top of a table
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and then one would fall off and
then it a line on the floor,
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and I was like,
"This is amazing,"
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like, I had no idea you could
even do any of this
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with dominoes
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and it kind of became
an obsession from there.
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CAMPBELL:
In middle school,
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Lily started posting
her work on YouTube
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and people took notice.
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Over the years, as her creations
became more and more complex,
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her following exploded.
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Before long, companies
started hiring her
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for everything from private
events to TV commercials.
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LILY: Dominoes has lead me
all around the world.
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Projects in London.
I've done projects in France.
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We made it up the Eiffel Tower.
Check this out. Oh, my God.
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I've been to Turkey, Austria,
Canada, all over the U.S.
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MARK: She's very successful
with commercial projects --
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commercials for
TV or for the web --
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and so, she has
a good income from it.
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Can't really believe
this I my profession --
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you know,
doing domino art full-time.
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Some days, I'll build
for, like, 12 hours.
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I spend a lot of time building.
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Once I get in the zone,
I'm like --
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it's, like,
just me and my dominoes.
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CAMPBELL: Lily may make
this process look effortless,
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but in reality, it takes design,
precession, and technique.
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I'll have a complete floor plan
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and I'll draw it out
on Photoshop
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so you can see
exactly where each trick is
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and how the connection lines
go to the each trick.
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I have a couple of tools
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that I use when
building dominoes.
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First is a LEGO template.
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It kind of
looks like a comb.
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You just put
the dominoes in each slot
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and then you push it forward,
move it to the side,
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and it'll space it exactly.
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I also rulers a lot
and yard sticks
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for making things straight
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and just measuring out.
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It's important to be precise
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because if you aren't
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then the trick won't follow
the way that you want to.
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Right before I knock it down,
I'm super excited
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'cause I want to see it
fall down,
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but I'm also
super, super nervous
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because I want it to
topple the way that I planned
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and you never really know
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how it's gonna
fall with dominoes.
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Oh, my God.MAN: Whoa.
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CAMPBELL: Do it right
and it looks like magic,
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but the art of dominoes
is really just basic science,
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with one tile transferring
its energy to the next.
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In fact, each domino has
enough kinetic energy
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to push over a domino
1 1/2 times its own size.
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That means if you
lined up 20 dominoes,
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each 1 1/2 times
bigger than the last,
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you could knock over
a 30-story building
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in a matter of seconds.
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Simple physics,
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but when you're designing
a 30,000-piece set-up,
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so much can go wrong
along the way.
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LILY: Being very aware
of your body at all times
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is super important,
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'cause if you knock it down,
like, it could be all over.
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Some set-ups are
super, super high pressure,
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especially when I'm
building giant 3D structures
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because if you drop
one domino into the structure,
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it'll all collapse
and there's no way to save it.
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CAMPBELL:
But there's no great pressure
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than Lily's celebration of
one million YouTube followers.
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She spent 15 days setting it up.
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Now, with the flick of a finger,
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it's the moment of truth.
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LILY: Is it gonna work
or is gonna fail?
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In the world of dominoes,
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20-year-old Lily Hevesh
is a rockstar,
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and to celebrate
her one millionth YouTube subscriber,
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she's giving her fans the gift
of her biggest set-up yet.
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But in the domino business,
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one misplaced tile
could mean the difference
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between a smashing success
and a total flop.
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Knock them down, Lily.
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Hope you had decaf.
[ Laughs ]
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After hundreds of videos
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and thousands of hours
committed to her passion,
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Lily is almost ready to roll.
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I'm actually filling in
the last couple of dominoes.
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Just hoping that I
don't knock down the dominoes by accident.
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[ Confetti gun pops ]
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Whoo!
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Perfect! Yes!
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I can't believe
this is even happening.
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Thank you so much.
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The famous
silent movie actor Lon Chaney
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was known as
"The Man of a Thousand Faces."
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Well, [Laughs]
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he's got
nothing on this guy.
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You never know when inspiration
is gonna strike you.
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Could be driving,
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sitting on the potty chair
in the middle of the night,
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just wake up with some
kind of creative inspiration.
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You just have to execute it.
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CAMPBELL: Michael Gump has
a really cool day job.
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[ Electricity crackles ]
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I'm a prop master for
a lot of crazy kids' shows.
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And a big part of
my professional work
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is to make stuff.
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I know a lot
recipes for trouble.
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MAN: Ah!
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CAMPBELL: Especially since
he he started moonlighting
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on a project of his own.[ Growls ]
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GUMP:
While I'm doing my regular work,
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I'm often thinking, like,
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"Would this be a good thing
to glue to my face?"
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CAMPBELL:
Each and every night,
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for the past
three and a half years,
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Michael has become
his own canvas.
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And now he's taking
his project to a new extreme.
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MINTON:
Three, two, one.
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Pour.
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GUMP:
I've been making stuff
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pretty much as long
as I can remember.
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[ Projector clicks ]
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As a kid, I was really
in my imagination a lot,
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so I used to play with toys
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and put together
little model train environments
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and just enjoy the fantasy
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of getting into, like,
a little scene or environment.
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CAMPBELL:
Michael was lucky enough
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to turn that passion
into a career.
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With a wife and two kids,
it seemed like he had it all,
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until life took a nasty turn.
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My wife separated from me.
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It was
an emotionally tough time.
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CAMPBELL: That's when his art
really became a lifeline,
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and everything in his tool box
and his snack drawer
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became an inspiration.
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My disguise projects.
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It was a good distraction,
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but it was also --
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like, makes you
feel empowered.
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CAMPBELL: Night after night,
one disguise after another,
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he posted his pictures
on Instagram
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under the name "bobbugs."
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More than 50,000 people follow
his daily transformation.
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The original idea was to
try to do one a day for a year.
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In the process,
somebody said to me,
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"You should make a book,
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and you could do
a thousand faces,
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and that would only
take you, like, three years."
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And then I was like,
"You didn't just say that."
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[ Camera shutter clicks ]
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So, then the goal
actually was like,
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can I do a thousand
disguises every day --
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like, I mean, in a row?
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CAMPBELL:
Three and a half years later,
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he's still working on
his book
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while creating
bigger, crazier,
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and more dangerous
disguises every day.
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GUMP:
It's like exercising.
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A lot of times
you don't want to do it,
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but then you do it and
you feel better afterwards.
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I think this project has
helped keep Michael's sanity.
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And at the end of the night,
he can really just,
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almost like meditate, focus on
his art, and do what he loves.
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CAMPBELL:
Now, at day 1,347,
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he's trying
something challenging --
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a portrait in motion.
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It's about catching a moment.
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CAMPBELL: He'll have just
one chance to get it right.
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And with 20 pounds of sweet
cafeteria glory ready to go,
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can he keep his streak
of brilliance alive?
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BIBBY: If I'm bit,
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I'm either hurt or dead.
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00:19:42,137 --> 00:19:43,241
Whoa!
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Unfortunately, I have
made a couple of mistakes
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with human assistants.
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For the last
three and a half years,
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Michael Gump has created a
new self portrait every night.
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His legion of social media
followers count on it,
348
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and trust me,
they're insatiable.
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GUMP: Today we're going
to do a disguise
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involving classic
cafeteria-style fruit cocktail...
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...with the peaches
and the pears
352
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and the little half-cherries.
353
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My buddy Brandon's got
a high-speed camera,
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and we'll take a
bunch of pictures
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and we'll pick one
that you can see
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all the tendrils of a fluid
357
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or see something
captured in a moment
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that you don't really
necessarily see.
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I'm pretty used to feeling a
little itchy or a little warm
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or sticky --
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become pretty accustomed
to that.
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My kids are gonna help us out
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because we need somebody
to pour the material.
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It's fun for them
to be involved.
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Right here, on the
front of his head.
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Right
in my face.
367
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As close as you
can get it.Right on my forehead.
368
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MINTON:
Here we go.
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Three,
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two,
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one.
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Pour.
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[ Camera shutter clicks]
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GIRL: [ Laughs ]
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GIRL 2:
He's eating it.
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GUMP: It is good.
Try some.
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Oh, wow.
There's a lot of good ones
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[ Camera shutter clicks]
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CAMPBELL:
Michael hasn't gotten that coveted book deal yet,
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but with thousands of
disguises under his belt,
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the work seems to have
taken on a life of its own.
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Some performances
can play out over years,
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but for one world record holder,
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the magic happens --[ Snaps fingers ]
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...in a split second
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more than
twice the speed of sound.
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[ Whip cracks ]
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CHOI: My name is
April Jennifer Choi
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and I am a whip artist.
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[ Whip cracks ]
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[ Whips cracks ]
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CAMPBELL:
She's powerful,
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she's precise,
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and just a little bit dangerous.
395
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Now she's attempting a stunt
396
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only only eight people in the
world have ever accomplished --
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lighting her whip on fire
398
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and wrapping herself
in the flames.
399
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Believe it or not.
400
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CHOI: The thing that
drives me the most
401
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is just my obsessive
personality.
402
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When I find something,
I dive deep into it.
403
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CAMPBELL: By day, April is
an analytical engineer
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00:22:51,103 --> 00:22:53,689
with a master's degree
in fluid dynamics.
405
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CHOI:
I love engineering,
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especially being
able to use physics
407
00:22:59,689 --> 00:23:03,482
and kind of just laws
that are not defined by mankind,
408
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that make the world happen.
409
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[ Projector clicks ]
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CAMPBELL:
But in 2011,
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a visit to a festival
changed her life.
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CHOI:
There was a a whip class.
413
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I took the whip class.
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The next thing I know,
415
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I had to learn at least
the first hundred tricks.
416
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When I watch whips move,
417
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I'm always amazed
just how they move
418
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and how they undulate
in such fluid motions,
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and seeing those motions
remind me of the mathematics
420
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that go through them
consistently.
421
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CAMPBELL:
And what's happening at the very end of the whip
422
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is really mind-blowing.
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Physicists have discovered
that the whip crack
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is actually a
sonic boom
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produced when the whip
crosses the sound barrier,
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reaching speeds of
up to 1,500 miles an hour.
427
00:23:55,344 --> 00:23:58,758
That's almost as fast
as a F-35 fighter jet.
428
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[ Whip cracks ]
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CHOI: Knowing that I could take
my engineering knowledge
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and put it into
whip cracking,
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00:24:06,448 --> 00:24:09,482
that accelerated me
into to the performance world.
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Along the way,
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she fell in love with a women
named Bethany Byrnes,
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who not only joined the act,
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she became April's wife.
436
00:24:19,241 --> 00:24:23,310
April is so amazing
because she's so inspiring
437
00:24:23,310 --> 00:24:26,931
to make you want to get
out there and just try.
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CAMPBELL: Together, they wowed
audiences all over the world.
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MAN: Oh!
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CHOI:
We do do whips of slack lines.
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We do things where we're taking
bottle caps off with a whip.
442
00:24:38,241 --> 00:24:39,620
BYRNES: It definitely
goes through my mind
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that being injured
is a real possibility.
444
00:24:42,931 --> 00:24:45,758
Unfortunately, I have
made a couple of mistakes
445
00:24:45,758 --> 00:24:47,965
with human assistants.
446
00:24:47,965 --> 00:24:50,793
CAMPBELL:
April admits to inflicting the occasional scratch
447
00:24:50,793 --> 00:24:52,103
or whelp,
448
00:24:52,103 --> 00:24:54,758
but it could
get so much messier.
449
00:24:54,758 --> 00:24:57,482
CAMPBELL:
Particularly tricks that take things out of the mouth,
450
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you could possibly hit them
in the eye by accident.
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CAMPBELL:
Add fire into the mix
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00:25:03,586 --> 00:25:05,758
and the risk turns
downright deadly.
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00:25:07,344 --> 00:25:09,689
But April's not backing off,
454
00:25:09,689 --> 00:25:14,620
even if it means her whole life
is about to go up in flames.
455
00:25:16,724 --> 00:25:19,000
I'm gonna be
bathing in rattlesnakes.
456
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,275
[ Snakes rattling ]
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WOLLIN: Whatever I takes
is what I'm willing to do
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to get to where I want to be.
459
00:25:42,172 --> 00:25:44,655
32-year-old April Choi
has a built career
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cracking the whip
and breaking records,
461
00:25:47,413 --> 00:25:49,517
and because that's
not dangerous enough
462
00:25:49,517 --> 00:25:52,551
her whole life is about
to go up in flames.
463
00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:53,413
Flame on!
464
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She's using a specially
designed fire whip
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00:25:59,620 --> 00:26:02,517
made with Kevlar and
dosed in white gas.
466
00:26:04,241 --> 00:26:06,068
One small mistake
467
00:26:06,068 --> 00:26:08,724
and she could find herself
trapped in a flaming noose,
468
00:26:08,724 --> 00:26:12,034
struggling to breathe
with her hair on fire.
469
00:26:12,034 --> 00:26:16,896
Noosing yourself is when you do
a crack over your head
470
00:26:16,896 --> 00:26:19,448
and the whip catches on itself.
471
00:26:19,448 --> 00:26:20,827
It wraps around itself,
472
00:26:20,827 --> 00:26:22,793
and since it loses
all of its moment,
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00:26:22,793 --> 00:26:24,034
it just drops.
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00:26:36,241 --> 00:26:38,275
[ Whips cracks ]
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CAMPBELL:
April starts with the basics...
476
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,448
...keeping the flame safely
away from her neck.
477
00:26:49,655 --> 00:26:51,586
Now to turn up the heat.
478
00:26:53,758 --> 00:26:55,034
[ Whip cracks ]
479
00:27:04,586 --> 00:27:07,655
She's done it,
and she's not even singed.
480
00:27:09,413 --> 00:27:12,034
April is an excellent example
481
00:27:12,034 --> 00:27:14,827
of you can do anything
that you put your mind to.
482
00:27:24,310 --> 00:27:27,275
April tamed her whip
without going up in flames.
483
00:27:27,275 --> 00:27:28,551
There's a guy in Texas
484
00:27:28,551 --> 00:27:31,172
who plays with
a different kind of fire,
485
00:27:31,172 --> 00:27:34,034
the kind that has
a mind of its own.
486
00:27:34,034 --> 00:27:36,689
Be afraid.
Be very afraid.
487
00:27:40,862 --> 00:27:42,689
People come from near and far.
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00:27:44,793 --> 00:27:47,241
The mix of fascination,
489
00:27:47,241 --> 00:27:48,896
revulsion,
490
00:27:48,896 --> 00:27:50,758
and straight-up disbelief.
491
00:27:52,344 --> 00:27:54,896
Most of us will do
anything to steer clear
492
00:27:54,896 --> 00:27:56,482
of a feisty rattlesnake...
493
00:27:58,896 --> 00:28:00,103
...but not this man.
494
00:28:02,310 --> 00:28:04,827
He's made a career of
tangling with vipers.
495
00:28:04,827 --> 00:28:06,000
[ Snake hisses ]
496
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:10,275
And today,
he's raising the stakes,
497
00:28:10,275 --> 00:28:13,172
getting down and dirty
right in the snake pit.
498
00:28:14,413 --> 00:28:16,172
[ Snake hisses,
rattles ]
499
00:28:22,965 --> 00:28:24,862
68-year-old Jackie Bibby...
500
00:28:27,344 --> 00:28:28,206
...is a legend.
501
00:28:28,206 --> 00:28:29,482
[ Cheers and applause ]
502
00:28:29,482 --> 00:28:31,103
They call me
"The Texas Snakeman."
503
00:28:32,965 --> 00:28:34,379
I'm an attention seeker.
504
00:28:34,379 --> 00:28:36,517
I really like attention
and I'm showman.
505
00:28:36,517 --> 00:28:39,068
I really enjoy
performing for people.
506
00:28:39,068 --> 00:28:40,448
CAMPBELL:
For nearly half a century,
507
00:28:40,448 --> 00:28:42,068
Jackie's been pushing the limits
508
00:28:42,068 --> 00:28:45,034
with one of nature's most
finely tuned killing machines.
509
00:28:46,965 --> 00:28:48,896
[ Cheers and applause ]
510
00:28:48,896 --> 00:28:52,413
And now, he's attempting one
of his most dangerous stunts.
511
00:28:54,068 --> 00:28:58,241
He's gonna share a bathtub
with 20 riled-up rattlesnakes
512
00:28:58,241 --> 00:29:00,103
for 15 minutes.
513
00:29:00,103 --> 00:29:02,000
If I'm bit,
I'm either hurt or dead.
514
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,862
[ Snake rattles ]
515
00:29:03,862 --> 00:29:04,793
Believe it...
516
00:29:04,793 --> 00:29:06,827
Whoa!
517
00:29:06,827 --> 00:29:08,620
CAMPBELL:
...or not.
518
00:29:16,827 --> 00:29:18,310
[ Projector clicks ]
519
00:29:18,310 --> 00:29:19,827
BIBBY: I got involved
in handling rattlesnakes
520
00:29:19,827 --> 00:29:21,000
at a rattlesnake roundup.
521
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:24,310
I was 18 years old --
1969.
522
00:29:24,310 --> 00:29:27,206
I went near the rattlesnake
sacking championship.
523
00:29:27,206 --> 00:29:29,172
That's where you got to
have two men in the pit,
524
00:29:29,172 --> 00:29:30,931
one holding the sack and
one picking snakes up
525
00:29:30,931 --> 00:29:32,034
and putting them in the sack.
526
00:29:32,034 --> 00:29:33,620
[ Cheers and applause ]
527
00:29:33,620 --> 00:29:37,172
I was the only non-professional
in the competition
528
00:29:37,172 --> 00:29:41,172
and I won two trophies, $30,
and got my name in the paper.
529
00:29:41,172 --> 00:29:43,137
The rest, as they say,
is history.
530
00:29:44,137 --> 00:29:45,793
MAN:
Give Jackie a big hand there.
531
00:29:45,793 --> 00:29:47,620
Alright.
532
00:29:47,620 --> 00:29:49,689
CAMPBELL: Since then,
Jackie and his rattlers
533
00:29:49,689 --> 00:29:53,172
have been entertaining
audiences all over the globe.
534
00:29:53,172 --> 00:29:55,172
BIBBY: I have over
a hundred trophies now
535
00:29:55,172 --> 00:29:57,241
and I hold the world record
for that sport.
536
00:29:58,862 --> 00:30:01,137
[ Cheers and applause ]
537
00:30:01,137 --> 00:30:02,896
CAMPBELL: But Jackie
has paid a steep price
538
00:30:02,896 --> 00:30:04,344
to get where he is today.
539
00:30:06,310 --> 00:30:08,103
BIBBY:
In 49 years of handling snakes,
540
00:30:08,103 --> 00:30:10,034
I've received 12 serious bites.
541
00:30:11,413 --> 00:30:14,482
I only count a bite that
sends me to the hospital.
542
00:30:14,482 --> 00:30:16,379
You can see I have
a divot in my hand
543
00:30:16,379 --> 00:30:18,758
where the venom
rotted my hand out.
544
00:30:18,758 --> 00:30:20,586
My other thumb is stiff.
545
00:30:20,586 --> 00:30:22,758
I don't have any
mobility in the joint
546
00:30:22,758 --> 00:30:25,172
and I have a deteriorated
tissue on the end
547
00:30:25,172 --> 00:30:26,482
from snakebites.
548
00:30:26,482 --> 00:30:28,689
This thumb's been
bitten three times.
549
00:30:28,689 --> 00:30:30,172
CAMPBELL:
Within seconds,
550
00:30:30,172 --> 00:30:32,862
rattlesnake venom
stops your blood from clotting
551
00:30:32,862 --> 00:30:35,655
and starts dissolving
the flesh and muscle tissue
552
00:30:35,655 --> 00:30:36,620
around the bite.
553
00:30:39,655 --> 00:30:41,551
And some bites are
worse than others.
554
00:30:43,068 --> 00:30:45,517
Six years ago,
Jackie endured an attack
555
00:30:45,517 --> 00:30:48,068
that nearly ended his life.
556
00:30:49,379 --> 00:30:51,655
My worse bite,
a snake bit above my boot.
557
00:30:53,103 --> 00:30:54,965
Big snake,
almost six feet long,
558
00:30:54,965 --> 00:30:56,068
had a lot of venom.
559
00:30:57,344 --> 00:30:59,689
You begin to have discoloration
and blood blisters
560
00:30:59,689 --> 00:31:01,586
at the site of the bite.
561
00:31:01,586 --> 00:31:03,344
You begin to have
a coppery taste,
562
00:31:03,344 --> 00:31:05,034
kind of like you stuck
a penny in your mouth.
563
00:31:05,034 --> 00:31:07,482
You're gonna probably
start projectile vomiting.
564
00:31:09,241 --> 00:31:11,620
You get really sick and
it hurts really bad.
565
00:31:11,620 --> 00:31:13,310
[ Sirens wailing ]
566
00:31:13,310 --> 00:31:14,724
By the time they got
me to the hospital,
567
00:31:14,724 --> 00:31:16,000
my leg was already dead.
568
00:31:16,586 --> 00:31:17,758
[ Monitor beeps ]
569
00:31:17,758 --> 00:31:20,379
Three days later,
they started chopping on my leg.
570
00:31:22,034 --> 00:31:24,172
Ten operations
and a month later,
571
00:31:24,172 --> 00:31:25,241
they kicked me out.
572
00:31:26,689 --> 00:31:28,448
Everybody thought,
"Well, is he gonna quit?"
573
00:31:29,965 --> 00:31:32,620
Nah, I just bought a leg
and went back to doing it.
574
00:31:36,034 --> 00:31:38,344
CAMPBELL:
Today, he'll tempt fate
575
00:31:38,344 --> 00:31:41,344
and the fangs of over
20 venomous rattlesnakes.
576
00:31:42,931 --> 00:31:44,896
They have their venom,
they have their fangs,
577
00:31:44,896 --> 00:31:48,344
they have the capacity
to inflict a deadly bite.
578
00:31:48,344 --> 00:31:50,482
So, we're not milking
these snakes beforehand.
579
00:31:51,965 --> 00:31:53,344
We're not sewing
their mouths shut
580
00:31:53,344 --> 00:31:54,896
or anything like that.
581
00:31:54,896 --> 00:31:57,551
CAMPBELL: It'll all come down
to a battle of will
582
00:31:57,551 --> 00:31:59,172
versus instinct.
583
00:31:59,172 --> 00:32:00,896
Those snakes have the
capacity to kill you.
584
00:32:00,896 --> 00:32:03,482
[ Snakes rattle ]
585
00:32:03,482 --> 00:32:05,862
CAMPBELL:
He's determined to spend the next fifteen minutes
586
00:32:05,862 --> 00:32:06,758
in the tub with them.
587
00:32:08,413 --> 00:32:10,551
But that's a long time when
you're in the strike zone.
588
00:32:10,551 --> 00:32:11,758
BIBBY:
Whoa!
589
00:32:11,758 --> 00:32:13,344
DOUGY: Don't move,
don't move, don't move.
590
00:32:22,344 --> 00:32:24,896
Jackie Bibby is about
to get into a bathtub
591
00:32:24,896 --> 00:32:27,896
filled with western diamondback
rattlesnakes,
592
00:32:27,896 --> 00:32:31,827
one of the most aggressive
snakes in North America.
593
00:32:31,827 --> 00:32:33,482
Nobody said this
was a good idea.
594
00:32:38,655 --> 00:32:39,965
BIBBY:
As I'm getting in this bathtub,
595
00:32:39,965 --> 00:32:41,344
I'm gonna have to tape my legs
596
00:32:41,344 --> 00:32:42,896
where I won't be
shaking and jittery
597
00:32:42,896 --> 00:32:45,448
when I'm sitting in there
for a long period of time.
598
00:32:45,448 --> 00:32:48,172
And it's so very important
I've gotta be real still.
599
00:32:50,517 --> 00:32:52,655
Dougy will be
free handling these snakes.
600
00:32:52,655 --> 00:32:54,241
In other words,
he'll be picking them up
601
00:32:54,241 --> 00:32:55,689
with a pinner and
with his hands.
602
00:32:55,689 --> 00:32:57,275
He will not have
their heads pinned,
603
00:32:57,275 --> 00:32:59,000
so they do have
the potential
604
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,344
to cause
a deadly bite at any time.
605
00:33:02,310 --> 00:33:05,586
[ Snake rattles ]
606
00:33:05,586 --> 00:33:07,413
As these snakes get
deeper and deeper
607
00:33:07,413 --> 00:33:09,448
on me in the bathtub,
608
00:33:09,448 --> 00:33:11,310
it's a little bit more
nerve-wracking
609
00:33:11,310 --> 00:33:13,137
'cause you don't know
where they're liable to go.
610
00:33:14,448 --> 00:33:17,413
CAMPBELL: What they're after
is a dark, tight place,
611
00:33:17,413 --> 00:33:19,862
which means they could
wriggle behind Jackie,
612
00:33:19,862 --> 00:33:21,206
sneak underneath him,
613
00:33:21,206 --> 00:33:23,896
or try to hide under
his pants or shirt.
614
00:33:26,758 --> 00:33:28,206
BIBBY: Wait,
there's stuff under me.
615
00:33:28,206 --> 00:33:29,310
MAN: I know.
616
00:33:29,310 --> 00:33:30,758
Some of them went
and got behind me,
617
00:33:30,758 --> 00:33:33,586
some got under me,
some were between my legs,
618
00:33:33,586 --> 00:33:35,103
and there's always
the danger, you know,
619
00:33:35,103 --> 00:33:36,482
of being bit in the back.
620
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,517
CAMPBELL:
Bites to the extremities are dangerous enough.
621
00:33:42,931 --> 00:33:46,517
But if this errant rattlesnake
strikes Jackie's torso,
622
00:33:46,517 --> 00:33:49,103
the venom will reach
his heart so fast
623
00:33:49,103 --> 00:33:51,517
that he would likely
die in minutes.
624
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,793
[ Snake hisses,
rattles ]
625
00:33:59,137 --> 00:34:01,310
Alright, Dougy,
let's go backwards.
626
00:34:01,310 --> 00:34:02,724
This is
the tough part.
627
00:34:12,241 --> 00:34:14,034
Dougy, you got
one in the quilt.
628
00:34:14,034 --> 00:34:15,000
DOUGY: Yup.
629
00:34:16,206 --> 00:34:17,655
You gonna
move me up?
630
00:34:25,379 --> 00:34:27,241
Whoa!
Dougy!
631
00:34:27,241 --> 00:34:29,172
I got him.
632
00:34:29,172 --> 00:34:30,310
Don't move,
don't move, don't move.
633
00:34:30,310 --> 00:34:31,310
I ain't moving.
634
00:34:31,310 --> 00:34:34,172
[ Snakes rattling ]
635
00:34:40,275 --> 00:34:43,620
[ Cheers and applause ]
636
00:34:50,482 --> 00:34:52,965
You know, it was kind of
edgy there for a few minutes,
637
00:34:52,965 --> 00:34:54,827
but when I first
starting handling,
638
00:34:54,827 --> 00:34:58,413
I had no idea that the snakes
would take me where they did.
639
00:34:58,413 --> 00:34:59,862
You know, I certainly
never said to myself,
640
00:34:59,862 --> 00:35:01,413
"Wow. If I get good
at handling snakes,
641
00:35:01,413 --> 00:35:03,344
I'll get to go to Paris, France,
642
00:35:03,344 --> 00:35:06,344
or London, England,
or Istanbul, Turkey."
643
00:35:06,344 --> 00:35:09,068
And the fun that I have
and the things I get to do
644
00:35:09,068 --> 00:35:10,551
are all well worth the danger
645
00:35:10,551 --> 00:35:14,482
that I encounter as a
result of doing what I do.
646
00:35:14,482 --> 00:35:17,103
[ Snake rattles,
hisses ]
647
00:35:18,758 --> 00:35:21,413
Down in Florida,
there's a performer
648
00:35:21,413 --> 00:35:24,137
who has "badass"
written all over him.
649
00:35:26,172 --> 00:35:29,000
[ Rock music plays ]
650
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:32,137
[ Music plays louder ]
651
00:35:32,137 --> 00:35:34,724
WOLLIN:
My name is Aaron Wollin.
652
00:35:34,724 --> 00:35:35,931
People call me "Short E."
653
00:35:35,931 --> 00:35:37,206
or "Short E. Dangerously."
654
00:35:37,206 --> 00:35:38,413
That's my stage name.
655
00:35:40,068 --> 00:35:43,827
CAMPBELL: Short E. Dangerously
is a natural born entertainer
656
00:35:43,827 --> 00:35:47,137
who's about to push his act
beyond the pain threshold,
657
00:35:47,137 --> 00:35:50,827
even if it means
paying a huge price.
658
00:35:55,103 --> 00:35:57,206
When he's not
cruising in his Camaro...
659
00:35:58,896 --> 00:36:00,310
...or rocking his skateboard...
660
00:36:01,482 --> 00:36:04,206
...Short E. gets around
like this.
661
00:36:04,206 --> 00:36:06,241
His hands are the
source of his strength
662
00:36:06,241 --> 00:36:08,103
and his mobility.
663
00:36:08,103 --> 00:36:10,965
[ Audience cheering ]
664
00:36:10,965 --> 00:36:13,724
WOMAN: Make some noise
for Short E. Dangerously!
665
00:36:13,724 --> 00:36:17,379
CAMPBELL:
But now he's putting them to the ultimate test --
666
00:36:17,379 --> 00:36:21,724
jumping from a stool and landing
in a pile of jagged glass,
667
00:36:21,724 --> 00:36:23,103
hands first.
668
00:36:23,103 --> 00:36:23,931
Believe it...
669
00:36:24,172 --> 00:36:26,448
[ Crowd cheers ]
670
00:36:26,448 --> 00:36:27,310
...or not.
671
00:36:33,137 --> 00:36:34,068
WOLLIN: I don't
remember learning
672
00:36:34,068 --> 00:36:35,379
how to walk on my hands.
673
00:36:35,379 --> 00:36:38,448
I just --
natural adaptation, I guess.
674
00:36:38,448 --> 00:36:40,965
CAMPBELL: It's never stopped him
from making friends
675
00:36:40,965 --> 00:36:43,206
or meeting girls.
676
00:36:43,206 --> 00:36:46,068
That guy gets more girls
than anybody I know.
677
00:36:47,758 --> 00:36:51,172
WOLLIN:
I was born with a condition called sacral agenesis.
678
00:36:51,172 --> 00:36:53,206
Half my spin is missing.
679
00:36:53,206 --> 00:36:55,344
CAMPBELL: Sacral agenesis
is a rare condition
680
00:36:55,344 --> 00:36:58,724
that affects
one in 25,000 births.
681
00:36:58,724 --> 00:37:01,275
All of Aaron's organs
function normally,
682
00:37:01,275 --> 00:37:03,413
but the lower half of
his skeletal system
683
00:37:03,413 --> 00:37:05,206
never properly developed.
684
00:37:07,517 --> 00:37:08,896
WOLLIN:
I was born with legs,
685
00:37:08,896 --> 00:37:11,793
but when I was 2 1/2,
they were amputated
686
00:37:11,793 --> 00:37:14,482
because they were
just skin and bones.
687
00:37:14,482 --> 00:37:16,931
They had no muscle structure.
688
00:37:16,931 --> 00:37:18,344
It's funny because
689
00:37:18,344 --> 00:37:20,724
I had prosthetic legs
when I was younger,
690
00:37:20,724 --> 00:37:22,551
and about the time
I was in fourth grade,
691
00:37:22,551 --> 00:37:24,413
those gave me more limitations
692
00:37:24,413 --> 00:37:26,241
than my disability ever did.
693
00:37:26,241 --> 00:37:28,275
All they did was make me taller.
694
00:37:28,275 --> 00:37:32,172
I always tried to do the
normal things a kid does.
695
00:37:33,379 --> 00:37:35,344
My mom definitely --
696
00:37:35,344 --> 00:37:38,310
"No self pity.
Don't feel sorry for yourself."
697
00:37:38,310 --> 00:37:40,931
You know, "Nobody's gonna
hand it to you," you know?
698
00:37:40,931 --> 00:37:42,551
CAMPBELL:
In his late 30s,
699
00:37:42,551 --> 00:37:46,448
Short E. saw something
that would change his life --
700
00:37:46,448 --> 00:37:48,655
film of a guy named Johnny Eck,
701
00:37:48,655 --> 00:37:50,896
who was born with
sacral agenesis
702
00:37:50,896 --> 00:37:53,000
just like Short E.
703
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,620
From the 1920s to the 1940s,
704
00:37:55,620 --> 00:37:59,000
Johnny worked constantly
in side shows and films,
705
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,482
becoming a household name.
706
00:38:02,655 --> 00:38:04,482
WOLLIN: I saw that he did
a one-armed handstand,
707
00:38:04,482 --> 00:38:06,241
and I was like,
"I could do that."
708
00:38:06,241 --> 00:38:08,793
So, I practiced it.
709
00:38:08,793 --> 00:38:11,586
CAMPBELL: Short E. found that
he had inherent talent.
710
00:38:11,586 --> 00:38:13,482
Now he needed a way to show it.
711
00:38:15,310 --> 00:38:17,379
WOLLIN: So, six years ago,
I joined a circus.
712
00:38:17,379 --> 00:38:19,827
It was a traditional
ten-in-one sideshow.
713
00:38:19,827 --> 00:38:22,655
It was the sideshow
that you would see
714
00:38:22,655 --> 00:38:24,344
at the carnivals.
715
00:38:24,344 --> 00:38:25,965
You want to see the girl
in the contortion box,
716
00:38:25,965 --> 00:38:27,586
you pay a dollar.
717
00:38:27,586 --> 00:38:29,793
Or you want to see the guy
put the pins through his face,
718
00:38:29,793 --> 00:38:30,620
you pay a dollar.
719
00:38:32,862 --> 00:38:35,310
I just fell in love
with being on stage,
720
00:38:35,310 --> 00:38:38,172
and I knew that's
what I wanted to do.
721
00:38:38,172 --> 00:38:40,862
CAMPBELL: Short E. soon became
a star attraction
722
00:38:40,862 --> 00:38:42,896
with a singular purpose.
723
00:38:46,793 --> 00:38:48,000
[ Glass shatters ]
724
00:38:50,689 --> 00:38:52,241
[ Glass shatters ]
725
00:38:52,241 --> 00:38:53,448
WOLLIN:
When it's all said and done,
726
00:38:53,448 --> 00:38:56,551
I want to surpass
Johnny Eck legend.
727
00:38:59,448 --> 00:39:01,275
And I want to be
bigger than him.
728
00:39:01,275 --> 00:39:04,206
[ Audience cheering ]
729
00:39:04,206 --> 00:39:05,689
CAMPBELL:
Short E. is so dedicated
730
00:39:05,689 --> 00:39:07,068
to besting Eck
731
00:39:07,068 --> 00:39:08,586
that he's willing
to attempt something
732
00:39:08,586 --> 00:39:12,344
old Johnny
never even dreamed of.
733
00:39:12,344 --> 00:39:14,965
Today, in front of
hundreds of fans,
734
00:39:14,965 --> 00:39:18,655
it's Short E.'s hands versus
a pile of jagged glass.
735
00:39:22,103 --> 00:39:23,482
WOLLIN:
What bigger risk to take
736
00:39:23,482 --> 00:39:26,551
than my hands and
my ability to walk and move?
737
00:39:26,551 --> 00:39:29,551
Whatever it takes
is what I'm willing to do
738
00:39:29,551 --> 00:39:31,137
to get to where I want to be.
739
00:39:32,517 --> 00:39:34,275
CAMPBELL: If he
hits the landing perfectly,
740
00:39:34,275 --> 00:39:37,448
he should walk away
with just a little pain.
741
00:39:37,448 --> 00:39:39,896
But if he's at all
unbalanced,
742
00:39:39,896 --> 00:39:42,310
his palms and fingers
could be shredded.
743
00:39:42,310 --> 00:39:43,758
CAIN:
His hands are
744
00:39:43,758 --> 00:39:46,310
the only way of transportation
that he has,
745
00:39:46,310 --> 00:39:48,137
and you would think that
he would be so careful
746
00:39:48,137 --> 00:39:50,068
to make sure
that he didn't cause injury.
747
00:39:52,448 --> 00:39:55,724
WOLLIN: Right before
I get ready to walk onstage,
748
00:39:55,724 --> 00:39:57,517
that's where I get
the body tingles
749
00:39:57,517 --> 00:40:00,103
and I feel, like, the buzz.
750
00:40:00,103 --> 00:40:01,862
CAMPBELL: But if he doesn't
control his jump
751
00:40:01,862 --> 00:40:03,586
and damages his hands,
752
00:40:03,586 --> 00:40:06,655
his dreams
could be over forever.
753
00:40:06,655 --> 00:40:10,137
WOMAN: Make some noise
for Short E. Dangerously!
754
00:40:10,137 --> 00:40:13,931
[ Audience cheering ]
755
00:40:39,862 --> 00:40:43,827
Becoming mythical is a pretty
high standard for success.
756
00:40:43,827 --> 00:40:47,931
Today, Short E. Dangerously
is making such an attempt,
757
00:40:47,931 --> 00:40:50,103
building his persona with a jump
758
00:40:50,103 --> 00:40:51,827
that puts his hands at risk.
759
00:40:57,586 --> 00:41:01,724
WOMAN: Let's hear it for
Short E. Dangerously!
760
00:41:01,724 --> 00:41:04,551
CAMPBELL: Short E. has crushed
a half dozen wine bottles,
761
00:41:04,551 --> 00:41:07,413
creating these shards of glass.
762
00:41:07,413 --> 00:41:09,103
He's wearing
nothing on his hands
763
00:41:09,103 --> 00:41:12,379
to protect himself from injury.
764
00:41:22,241 --> 00:41:24,620
[ Audience cheers ]
765
00:41:28,931 --> 00:41:30,172
WOLLIN:
I know it sounds cliché,
766
00:41:30,172 --> 00:41:31,586
but I firmly believe
767
00:41:31,586 --> 00:41:34,586
pain is just weakness
leaving your body.
768
00:41:34,586 --> 00:41:35,586
CAIN: He's just amazing.
769
00:41:35,586 --> 00:41:37,655
He's got a way of
captivating people
770
00:41:37,655 --> 00:41:39,758
and keeping
their attention, always.
771
00:41:39,758 --> 00:41:41,206
He's crazy,
772
00:41:41,206 --> 00:41:43,137
and you never know
what he's coming up to do.
773
00:41:43,137 --> 00:41:44,413
He's truly a legend.
774
00:41:45,448 --> 00:41:47,379
WOLLIN:
You guys having a good time?
775
00:41:47,379 --> 00:41:48,724
Yeah!
776
00:41:48,724 --> 00:41:49,965
In 40 years,
777
00:41:49,965 --> 00:41:52,068
I want people
to talk about me
778
00:41:52,068 --> 00:41:53,655
like they
talk about Johnny Eck.
779
00:41:55,896 --> 00:41:56,931
I want to be immortal.
780
00:41:56,931 --> 00:41:58,137
I want to be a legend.
781
00:41:58,137 --> 00:42:00,068
[ Cheers and applause ]
782
00:42:01,275 --> 00:42:04,379
It's that same drive that
keeps so many performers
783
00:42:04,379 --> 00:42:06,310
always pushing for more.
784
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:10,910
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