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Brett: Coming up on this special Episode of "Tanked"...

When your motto is,

"If you can dream it, We can build it,

Can you get me a mermaid?

You quickly learn How creative clients can be.

I want lions, tigers, And bears.

Oh, my!

But making these crazy dreams Come true

Can give you the need To blow off some steam.

Snowball fight!

What are you doing, dude? [ laughs ]

Aah! Oh! Whoa!

On this special episode Of "Tanked,"

We're gonna show you how Working hard and playing hard

Leads To one common goal --

Amazing tanks.Amazing tanks.

Shut up! Oh, my god!

That's a fish tank!

Brett: all this and some Never-before-seen footage

Of the special work hard, Play hard episode of "Tanked."

[ cheers and applause ]

Wayde: I'm wayde king.

Brett: I'm brett raymer.

Aah!

We're two new yorkers Who moved to las vegas

To follow our dreams...

To create underwater worlds Like no one's ever seen.

Surprise!Surprise!

Oh, my gosh!

Our family is the number-one Aquarium builder in the world.

I was forced Into this relationship.

I married brett's sister.

Brett: And my dad runs operations.

We call him "The general."

[ laughs ]

We may fight, But somehow we make it work.

If you can dream it, We can build it.

-- captions by vitac -- Www.Vitac.Com

Captions paid for by Discovery communications

So you know what they say About all work and no play.

I've never heard That expression.

Of course you haven't.

What they say Is it makes jack a dull boy.

Who's jack?

Never mind.

What I'm trying to say Is we work hard at atm

To make all of our tanks Extraordinary,

But we still find time To play.

Ah. Work hard, play hard.

Ah, Now you're gettin' it.

Yeah.

We're gonna kick things off with One of our most intricate builds

In one of the most unusual Hotels on the planet.

They have A yabba-dabba-doo room

And an austin powers room.

And who can forget the coconut Cream pie room we stayed in?

We'll get to that later.

The hotel owners wanted A tank.

Welcome to The archaeologist's digs.

It's our new, most elaborate Suite at the roxbury motel.

Wow. I like this.

Check this out, huh?

Wow. It's unbelievable.

Brett: these guys created

An entire imaginary, Ancient world.

Everything in here Is inspired by

Archaeologist-adventurer films,

That's all about taking The roxbury experience

To a new level.

It feels like I'm in, like, A pyramid.

Behind you, You've got a live fire

That's a mayan idol's head

Where fire comes Out of his head.

Pretty much every culture

That, like, an archaeologist Would want to explore.

Brett: this hotel Is so extravagant,

I was bracing myself to see What they wanted in the tank.

We want that one thing

That's gonna give it Not just a "Wow" factor,

But, like, you walk Into the room and you're like,

"Damn! Wham, pow!"

"Wham, pow"?

Yeah. In cartoon speak, That means spectacular.

Oh, okay. Yeah.

Can I tell you my idea?

Sure. Yeah, sure. Go ahead.

What if the story is That an archaeologist lived here

And he captured Cleopatra's tomb

And with the tomb Comes this curse,

And the only way To keep the curse pacified

Is to keep it Underwater?

So what if it was cleopatra's Sarcophagus in the tank?

A mystical deity And pacified curse.

Yeah, If that wasn't enough,

You drove it off the rails

In this never-before-seen Footage.

All this talking about water Is making me got to rest.

Is there a restroom? We haven't seen one.

Greg: yeah, right there At that door.

Door? Door?

Oh, I'm sorry. Sorry.

They're like -- Just push right --

Just push Right in here.

Wow!

That's it. There you go. There you go.

Wow. This is a great bathroom.

Thank you.

He does his best thinking In the bathroom.

Okay.

What are you thinking?

I'm seeing Something in your eyes.

I'm trying to think Of what you want, see?

You know, I can build Anything you want.

It's, you know... What about, like...

Hey. I just had a vision In the bathroom.

Oh, boy. Your best work. I got it.

What? You never heard Of a toilet think tank?

Your shower Backs up to this wall.

Yeah. Yeah.

So what if we were to actually Inset the aquarium --

Make it one wall of the shower And one wall right here?

So you'd, like, take a shower Next to a fish tank?

Yeah, like, You actually make

The wall of the shower The fish tank.

That is fantastic. That's the way to go.

We had to build this tank into The wall

Between the living room And the bathroom,

Giving this unique hotel suite An even more unique tank,

Complete with With cleopatra's sarcophagus

And fish found in the red sea.

Back at atm, We had to get started

On the star of this tank -- Cleopatra.

Redneck. Yeah?

You know what's inside? This is cleopatra.

This is her sarcophagus Right here.

I learned something About you that day.

You're a little Superstitious.

Eh, a little. Yeah.

Hey, So the guy told us

That cleopatra, There's a curse, right?

No one's ever found Her tomb.

Anybody that's found Something that's similar

Has died.

Oh, cool.

I never took you For the type

To believe in that Voodoo, hoodoo stuff.

What? Are you wearing garlic On your neck?

Dude, That would be ridiculous.

I don't believe In vampires.

So, Are you afraid of dying?

No.

Deep thoughts At atm that day.

Well, I would like

To live a little bit longer Than to die now.

Well, you never know When your number's up, so...

You never know.

I heard that even if They duplicate it

That there's a chance That the curse could Be transferred.

Cool.

You know, I wasn't the only one

That was freaked out By cleo's curse.

There was a lot Of weird stuff going on

In the shop.

Redneck cut that thing,

And shortly after, Agnes knocked his tooth out.

General: [ laughs ] Oh, my god!

He lost his tooth!

That was an accident.

What about our install? Our room was double-booked.

I'm afraid I only have The reservation

For just the one room.

That wasn't an accident Or a curse.

That was a stupid prank That heather did,

And I really don't want To talk about it right now.

I do.

You guys want to hear about Wayde's late-night problem?

Come on, dude.

[ insects chirping ]

Listen. Shut off the lights And go to bed.

Brett: What are you doing?

What are you eating? Cream pie.

At -- really?!

That's enough. Enough.

That's ridiculous.

You don't eat whole pies In the middle of the night.

Why not? Why not?

'cause you're 290. 280.

Geez, I thought I was Coming here for an install,

Not an intervention.

Dude, I always have A little snack

Before I go to bed.

[ insects chirping ]

Brett: what the hell?

Dude. Hey!

That's the microwave. What are you doing?

[ chuckling ] God.

He sleeps and eats At the same time.

Hey. You left The fridge open.

Can we get back To the special, please?

Sure.

Back to cleo's curse.

There was a monsoon On install day.

I'm drenched.

And things went smoothly For awhile...

All right. Now get cleopatra in the tank.

Down nice and slow.

One, two, three.

Put it Right on the steel.

Keep going.

...Until the icing On cleo's curse cake.

Hey, there it goes! Catch it!

Oh...My god.

So while I finagled Some new glass...

I pacified The queen of the nile

With a little glitter.

And finally, the tank Was ready to show off.

Come on in.

I-it's a lot of Cloudy glass.

We told you, when people Are in the bathroom,

We don't want them to feel like, Somebody's watching.

Wayde: That's smoked glass

So you can't see Into the shower.

So when you hit the switch -- Psht! -- it's clear.

All right. So here we go.

Whoa!

Shut up! Oh, my god!

Oh, my god! Look at that!

I think he liked it.

[ chuckling ] You think?

Greg: This is -- this is it!

I mean, that is what you call "Wow" factor.

I just love it. It's great.

Look at cleo! Wow.

And the curse is pacified 'cause she's underwater.

During the process, I think she was upset.

[ laughter ] Now she's happy.

You should actually Go in the bathroom And check it out.

No way! Oh, my god!

People are gonna actually Stand here and take a shower.

Joe: I know. It's like You're really in there.

It's so clear. The colors just pop.

Brett: so now it's like Two different aquariums.

This is like wham-pow Maui-zowie-gowy-fowy-wowy!

[ laughter ]

Hah. Did you get all that?

Sounds like Another happy client to me.

Brett: Coming up on this special

Work hard, play hard episode Of "Tanked"...

What is that?

[ coughs ] [ the general laughs ]

Oh, that stinks! [ both coughing ]

Can I help you, sir?

Three dozen Mixed doughnuts.

All assorted.

Not a problem.

Thank you.

On this special episode Of "Tanked,"

We're remembering Some of the most fun we've had

While taking on Some of the challenges

That our clients Love to throw at us.

One of my favorite moments Was when we asked the general

To read us the list of names Of people that owed us money.

I've never seen So many adults cry.

Brett: I want you to use some Of your collection skills,

So I had helen Print out a list.

So, I want you to go over The list, read it out,

And find out Whose clients they are.

There's a lot of money on That list. We need to collect.

Well, the first one owes $7,500. It's anita bath.

$4,376 --

Out of dallas, texas, Mya buttreeks.

One more time -- What was the customer's name?

Mya buttreeks.

[ laughter ]

He didn't get it.

[ laughter ]

We got almost $80,000 That's outstanding,

And you guys Are all laughing.

I don't think it's funny. What's the next one?

From dallas, texas -- Drew p. Wiener.

[ laughter ]

Next one is Ahmed a. Doodie.

I kept it together until I heard "I made a doodie."

How much Does mr. Doodie owe?

[ laughter ]

I mean, you want me to collect This stuff or not?

Are you -- wait a minute.

You guys were trying to make A fool out of me, weren't you?!

Finally, he got it!

Yeah, But he wasn't happy.

You know, That's [bleep]

Mya buttreeks -- Line two!

[ laughter ]

We didn't have time To worry

About the general Plotting revenge.

We had a consult In new jersey

With a bunch of students from Fairleigh dickinson university.

Leave it to students To have us work our butts off

To create their dream tank For their student center.

They asked for the only thing That doesn't mix with water --

Oil? All right. One more thing.

Fire. Bingo.

Maybe some flames Or something like that.

Anything maybe inside With flames we can do?

Fire? Acrylic? Water? Inside?

That's a no-no, brett.

Yeah, I usually like to say Yes to anything, but --

I'm not saying no.

We could definitely Do something with flames.

On the inside? Outside, 100%.

Inside might be difficult.

But you know what? These guys can figure it out.

You can figure it out!

Fire, brett? What the hell Were you thinking?!

I was thinking I didn't want

To disappoint Those young minds.

They are our future.

We enlisted redneck's help For a little fire experiment.

I'm trying to do a nice, Controlled flame

Up through the tube.

We've already put Some propellant in the can.

Okay. That's flammable, right?

Yes.

Boom!

[ laughter ]

Both: ohh!

All right. All right.

Real flames Ain't cutting it.

How are we gonna do Flames, then?

What about -- I'm thinking, like, a fake --

You ever see those things With the fake flames with,

Like, a fan up underneath it, And it kind of blows upward?

It has a light underneath it With a fan,

And as it moves, It looks like fire.

That's what I think We should put in there.

Everyone had ideas

On how to make The fire illusion possible,

Even the general. Oh, boy.

[ chuckles ] You're telling me.

Which brings us to our next, Never-before-seen moment.

How about smoke?

Smoke? Make some smoke.

You have the smoke Going up.

Smoke. How you gonna get smoke?

Get some smoke bombs.

I never considered Using smoke bombs in a tank,

But sometimes, the general's Idea's good for a laugh.

You have smoke bombs? Smoke bombs!

Yeah, I got smoke bombs In the office.

Get me one. Let me see. We'll try a smoke bomb.

I got two of them. Wait.

Here. Hold my broom.

Where's your father Come up with this stuff?

Too bad that time, The laugh was on us.

Yeah.

Here. Put the air on.

[ both coughing ]

Smelled like A dirty sock.

What is that?

It smelled like a fart Wrapped in a dirty sock.

[ laughs ] Brett: that's a stink bomb!

Not a smoke bomb!

[ coughing ] Now the joke is on you!

[ laughs ]

Mostly, it smelled like

My dad got us back good For the name prank.

That's true.

After the smoke cleared, We still had to figure out

How to make it look like

There was fire burning On the inside of the tank

And on the outside.

Redneck rigged up a pretty Ingenious system

From the interior

That included a fan Blowing sheer flame fabric

And lighting effects.

Then we had custom flames built For the outside of the tank.

After we extinguished The idea of real fire

And thought realistically

About what the young minds Of fdu had asked for,

We came up with this plan.

We built the five-foot tall Flame facade,

Fake flames shot through The interior of the tank,

And we topped The whole thing off

With some devil-themed Fish.

There we go. Keep it on the stand.

Bring it to me, guys.

I'm flush. I'm good over here.

Brett: it's always hard work Installing a tank,

But putting fish In their new home --

That's our favorite part.

Wayde: Beautiful red king kong parrot.

They're gonna love that color For the devils.

Let's get the flames.

Beautiful.

Brett: perfect. Look at that.

Love it.

And it was finally Time to show it off.

It's crazy!

Oh, my gosh.

Wayde: and the student body -- They were amazed!

Brett: so, is it What you expected?

So much bigger and better.

Perfect.

It just changes The whole place.

It's wonderful.

You got your fire.

I know. I'm all about the fire.

It's great.

Who else can say That they have a fish tank

With flames On the inside?

Ha! Just like cavemen, We make fire.

Ha-ha! Fire!

Brett: Coming up on this special

Work hard, play hard episode Of "Tanked"...

Clients with unique wish lists.

I want lions, tigers, And bears.

And one of wayde's crazy Adventures

That hasn't been seen Before.

Seriously?

This is the last place You need to be.

Here at atm, We love what we do,

But the 'round-the-clock Schedule that we have

Building these aquariums

Can burn the most dedicated Employee out.

I need everybody here This saturday.

I got plans for saturday. Ohh. Saturday?

That's when we realize We need to blow off some steam.

General: nice and easy. Line it up.

Heather: ohh.

[ laughs ] Hey, this is great.

Brett: Do it redneck style.

Aw! [ laughter ]

Of course, wayde is usually The party pooper.

Let's go! We got work to do!

What? Because I know when It's time to get the work done?

Ah, that's actually Not true, bro.

You have a history Of leaving installs

Following The smell of food.

Yeah, you do.

Can I help you, sir?

Three dozen Mixed doughnuts.

All assorted.

Not a problem.

Thank you.

Dude. That was one time!

All right, listen to me.

Even though I have respect for Your spectacular mullet costume,

That wasn't The first time.

That was good.

Let me tell you about This massive install

That this guy right here Went awol on.

Saint leo university Right outside of tampa, florida,

Had us come down to pitch Some ideas for their new dorm.

It wasn't' a dorm.

So this is The dormitories?

No, we don't use That word here, brett.

Not at these prices. No?

This is a residence hall.

Ah, a little fancy-schmancy Residence hall, huh?

I like that.

This is all For relaxation and fitness.

I thought college Was for studying.

Relaxation and fitness?

Dude, my dorm room was the size Of some of our tanks.

These guys, they have A serious residence hall

And they wanted A serious tank.

Frank: Look at this facility.

There's nothing about it That's small.

I need big.

I want full wall, Floor to ceiling,

Multiple tanks, Waterfalls,

Lions, tigers, And bears.

Oh, my! I remember that wish list.

Yeah, this was one of

Our biggest installs We've ever done.

I put my life on the line.

I was balanced three stories up In the air on this stand

When we brought This thing in.

Really? Three stories?

It took 15 men To move the tanks in.

Wait. Put it on the cart. We'll jack it.

Watch the top tank, Now.

Not too hard, guys. We don't want to snap it.

[ grunts ]

We had a flood

When the return jet was turned The wrong way.

Oh! Whoa!

In the midst Of all this chaos,

This guy wanders off to get A cup of "Coffee."

All right, I'm probably Gonna get a cup of Coffee or something.

All right.

Hurry up.

Yeah.

Cafeteria.

Perfect.

[ sniffs ]

I smelled the scent.

I was like a bloodhound.

So I followed it.

[ sniffs ] Mmm. Heaven.

[ indistinct conversations ] Ah. Food!

A bloodhound On the way to a buffet!

Tacos. Yummy!

Sour cream.

Oh, I'm munching out.

I didn't know college Was like this.

Burgers? Thank you.

Oh, I want a burger.

Excuse me. Can I get A grilled cheese, please?

A grilled cheese? Yeah, one second.

I guess I was such a natural, This kid thought I worked there,

So I went with it.

I'll help you out Right here.

You want some fries With that?

Yeah. Yeah, I'll take some fries.

You're a big guy. You hungry? Oh, yeah.

Dude, are you like A football player or something?

No, no. On the basketball team.

Basketball? Are you, like, quarterback?

No, no. Forward. Forward.

And you're eating my fries? Yeah. You want some more?

Yeah. Can I get some more?

Plenty of fries.

All right. Thank you. Thanks, bro.

You know what? I'm gonna help these guys out.

[ indistinct conversations ]

This was pretty fun.

All the times I've spent Around food,

I never thought about Working with it.

There you go. Thank you, sir.

While wayde was off acting Like the cafeteria lady,

The guys were Getting the fish acclimated,

And they were waiting For us.

You got that? You want a plate?

Wayde! What are you doing?

Seriously?

This is the last place You need to be.

This is the best dining hall In the whole world.

You can eat anything you want Whenever you want.

Endless dessert. You want a piece of cake?

No.

What? How did this even happen?

They were swamped.

I went behind the counter, The guy asked me to serve him,

I put the coat on, I've been helping out.

You're helping out.

[ muffled ] What are you doing?

I'm putting water and sand In the tank.

So why are you up here Bothering me?

The last thing you need

Is two pieces of chicken,

Three cakes, lemon meringue pie, 16 cookies --

I'm gonna put you In nutrition 101 If you keep this up.

Do me a favor. Wash up -- I am.

Hurry up. They got cheeseburgers.

Oh, they do? They do.

Man, that dining hall Made me appreciate

Higher education So much more.

Yeah. Good.

Well, now, if you're done, There's work to do.

There it goes.

We have All different colors here.

Put the shark in.

Look at him go. He's cool.

He's gonna hang out On the bottom and cruise around.

I'm gonna show this monster To everybody.

Everybody's Coming down here.

It was all hands on deck To get this tank installed,

And then It was finally time

To see if this tank Lived up

To the client's crazy Wish list.

That's worth every penny. That's a fish tank.

That's a good size.

So, what do you guys think About the tank?

[ cheers and applause ]

There's a lot Of people here.

You know, Your adrenaline's going.

[ cheers and applause ]

[ cheers and applause Intensify ]

They screamed so loud, My ear hurt.

It was like homecoming.

I mean, these guys Were going nuts.

They got crazy.

There's also A very special person

That I want to have see The tank,

And that's our mascot, fritz.

So fritz, come here.

[ cheers and applause ]

Fritz, what do you think, There, buddy?

You like it, fritz? You like it?

You know The tank is awesome

When you get the mascot's Approval.

[ laughs ]

There's only one problem.

You may not be The center of attention anymore.

[ laughter ]

Nailed it.Nailed it.

It is exactly what we asked for. We love it.

And now our students Can tell their parents

They got tanked At st. Leo.

[ cheers and applause ]

Dude, I think The whole student body showed up

To see this tank.

They must have heard about How good my cheeseburgers were.

[ cheers and applause ]

Brett: and now it's time For a quick fish fact.

The answer is "A," Dogface puffer.

Dogface puffers have been Described as having

A doglike personality to match Their puppy dog face.

They recognize their owners, Beg for food,

And will eat Out of their owners' hands.

They even like being petted.

But don't' worry.

These guys won't chew On your slippers.

On this special episode Of "Tanked,"

We've been looking back At the builds

That have kept us working hard And playing hard.

Our clients ask For just about anything

When it comes To their tank requests,

And phil dominguez, He was no different.

Phil was starting A new marketing company

And wanted The wow factor

To bring customers Into his new business.

I would like To see this tank

Actually rise up Out of the fixtures.

So you want it, like, On hydraulics or so

So it goes up and down. Exactly.

Hydraulics on a fish tank? Why?

Dude, even I was having A hard time

Wrapping my head Around that one.

Don't forget, there's water Inside the tank.

Right.

So, I mean, if that thing Comes up at any rapid pace,

It's just gonna start splashing All over everywhere,

So we have to make sure that This thing's gonna rise up

At a relatively, you know, Slow, slow pace.

Phil: exactly.

Building a 5,000 pound tank That moves?

That's not gonna be easy.

Brett: the plan for this tank Involved

A 600-gallon, Circular aquarium,

Which is the hardest To make.

Since it needed to be viewable From all sides,

It had to appear Seamless.

Custom coral work Would hide all of our plumbing,

The kicker was that it needed To move up and down

On a hydraulic system.

We made tons Of cylindrical tanks,

But we never had to make one Move.

And our client's budget

Wasn't quite as big As his dreams,

So brett had to do A little junkyard diving

For the hydraulic system.

This looks like A piece of crap.

Yes, it does.

It's rusty, it's old.

There's oil leaking Out of the pump.

That's hydraulic fluid.

The way it lifts up, It doesn't go straight up,

It goes up on, like, a 45.

Yeah.

I want to know how much That thing can lift,

And then I want you to give me

The exact gallons Of the tank and stand.

This is kind of a nightmare, To be honest with you.

I need the stand on there To test it out.

That's no problem.

Thanks, chuy. Okay.

[ forklift beeping ]

It pissed me off that brett Brought these hydraulics

From the 1940s.

Now I had to pull All the guys off

To fix this mess.

Dude. Get your ass in the shop now.

[ birds squawking ]

Can I see it Go up and down?

[ lift whirring ]

Oof.

[ whistles ]

All right.

Maybe the hydraulics Weren't the greatest.

[ whirring ]

This side sticks,

So when I first started Doing it,

It started going up Only one side.

We have to grind it down.

I have to get the mats off here So it's level.

Wayde: if the hydraulics Didn't work correctly,

The tank could crack Or, worse, fall.

We're talking A ton of man hours.

Wayde: I'm pretty sure We could have built Hydraulics from scratch

In less time than it took To refurbish these.

But wasn't it more satisfying This way?

No.

And the true test didn't happen Till install day.

One, two, three.

Okay. Hold it.

Are the hydraulics Ready now?

Yeah, they're ready. Let's do the test.

We wired the hydraulics On the tank

So it could go up and down With the push of a button.

I couldn't wait To see this baby take off.

Redneck, plug it in. Phil: ready? Ready?

[ whirring ]

I hear a lot of noise.

No action. Yeah, it's doing real good.

Houston, We have a problem.

We had thousands of pounds of Water on top of the hydraulics,

And, of course, it didn't work.

Is the power hooked up? Is the power here?

Yes, it's plugged in.

You know, just when you think That it's all done

And everything's fine, You run into these hiccups.

Is it a bad switch?

They didn't crimp it Tight enough.

No biggie.

Once redneck cooled down And fixed that wire,

We were back in action.

[ whirring ] All right.

The hydraulics are working.

With that behind us, It was time

To fill up the tank With stingrays

And show that bad boy Off.

We couldn't have got those fish In the tank a second too soon.

Before we knew it, Everybody started showing up.

It was the moment we were Waiting for.

You guys ready To see the fish?

Yes.

[ cheers and applause ]

Wow! Oh, my gosh.

Brett: all right! Look at that, huh?

Whoo!

Oh, my gosh.

[ hydraulics whirring ]

[ cheers and applause ]

Oh, my gosh.

You see the stingrays?

There's a shovelnose, The blue dot.

I like the blue dot. So cool.

As crazy As this request was,

We made it happen.

And phil, He loved the tank.

Yeah, I think it kind of Moved him a little.

Yeah.

Brett: Coming up on this special

Work hard, play hard episode Of "Tanked"...

So we'd love to incorporate The dog into the tank.

What you gonna do? Let's go in the pool.

Come on, guys! [ dogs bark ]

When you work Really hard...

You need to remember How to play really hard.

Yeah.

We're back On this special episode,

Remembering Some of our craziest builds

And how we kept Our sanity.

A company named weldbend

Asked us to build a colossal Tank for them

Suspended Over a stairwell.

It was An engineering nightmare.

Building that tank pushed atm To the edge.

Yeah, and their last-minute Request almost pushed us over.

We have an unofficial Company mascot --

A scuba-diving black lab.

So we'd love to incorporate The dog into the tank.

You want a dog? A real dog?

Brett: not the real dog.

They want us to make An artificial dog

To look like their dog, The unofficial mascot, right?

That's it.

I made a dog before, But a scuba-diving dog?

That took some work.

Yeah, the lengths we went to? Pretty crazy.

We work hard here at atm.

Yeah, But not without

Throwing a few shenanigans in Along the way.

A few shenanigans? You should check this out.

What is this? Wayde: don't even ask.

You know the dog walker? Again.

Again? Again sick.

So I took the dogs To work today.

You gonna take the dogs home At lunch?

Probably.

I'm gonna go with you. For what?

Your dogs swim, right? Yeah, they love to swim.

We got the weldbend tank.

We got to make the scuba-diving Dog, the mascot?

Yeah.

We'll go home, We'll take some videos,

Some pictures Of the dogs swimming

And give tim Some inspiration

So we can build The scuba-diving dog.

Tim is our buddy Over at water fx,

A company that specializes In making lifelike props.

We usually bring him photos of What we want in our tanks,

So if we can get good shots Of the pooches doggy-paddling,

It'll make his life A whole lot easier.

[ dog barking ]

Hey, you mind Keeping it down back there?

[ dog growls, barks ]

Redneck, Are they okay back there?

I'm getting covered In drool.

I'm gonna need a shower After all this.

I though rednecks Like dogs.

Yeah. Hot dogs.

[ laughs ]

What you gonna do? Let's go in the pool.

Come on, guys! [ dogs bark ]

It's gonna be awesome. Come on, guys.

[ dog barks ] Come on, come on. Get in.

You told me these dogs were like Michael phelps.

It's more like Michael yelps.

Dude, they go swimming All the time.

[ smooches ] Come on, guys. I don't believe that.

Look at them. They're scared.

You got the camera in your hand. They're probably camera shy.

Yeah.

You got more excuses Than a pregnant nun.

Come on. Get these mutts In the pool already.

Hey, dude, I don't know why They're not going in.

They're on camera. They know it.

You know better now, huh? Yeah, something's up.

You know, We don't have all day.

Some of us Got work to do.

It's kind of like My prom night --

A whole lot of promise And not a lick of action.

Don't you know any tricks,

Redneck tricks To get these dogs in?

[ smooches ]

Aren't you like The cow whisperer?

Do those look like cows To you?

He's the size of a cow.

No, maybe a calf.

Well, calf whisperer.

Aah!

[ laughter ]

That's a wet dog.

Yeah, it is.

[ laughs ]

That made my whole day.

That's great.

Hey. At least there's one Good thing to come out of this.

You don't have to worry about Drying your hair.

[ laughs ]

Wayde: eventually, we got Some good shots of the dogs,

Which helped us make the Scuba-diving dog for the tank.

It's a good thing we blew off Some steam at the pool

Because We were about to face

One of our biggest installs Ever.

Tell him he's got About six inches.

Getting this monster tank in Was nuts.

Man, this thing Is a big job.

We even had to resort To an ancient egyptian method

For moving heavy things.

We'll lay it on the pipe, This thing will roll in.

The tanks will Roll over the pipes

Like your bags roll over The tables at airport security.

Here we go!

You're good, you're good, You're good.

Keep going.

Nice and easy, guys.

Dead center.

Bring it in Nice and easy.

All right, let's get The little one in place.

One, two, three. There you go.

Bring it down.

One, two, three.

Stop! Right there.

Perfect.

But we got it in And got it filled.

Here we go. There goes a holican tusk.

Whoa. Jumping around. Easy, guy.

Splasher over here.

Red snapper going in.

Oh, he just splashed me On my head.

Just when things were going Smoothly...

[ grunts ] The dog.

There's a problem.

I think The helmet's cracked.

Wayde: oh, boy.

This is bad.

This is really bad.

There's no way We can show a dog in that state.

The helmet, It was completely cracked.

We got to get him A brand-new helmet.

Yeah, But it's not happening now,

And we need to show this Tank off in the next 45 minutes.

I mean, how are we gonna do This? What are we gonna do?

Luckily, our chicago aquarium Specialist came to the rescue.

A mask.

You have an extra mask? Yeah. Here.

It's good enough for me, It's good enough for the dog.

That might be A good idea.

What do you think?

Doesn't look so bad.

It's not bad, right? It's still a scuba-diving dog.

There you go. All right, let's do it.

That mask was a great save.

I had no idea how we were Gonna fix this situation.

We could have threw you In the tank.

You're pretty good At the doggy paddle in the pool.

Pretty funny. [ chuckles ]

Be careful. He bites.

Nice and slow.

I think it looks perfect Right there.

With the scuba-diving dog In place,

It was time to show off This tank.

Hey, guys, come on. We're ready for you.

Wayde: come on up!

Make sure you look up On the way up.

That is awesome. This is unbelievable.

So, guys, what do you think?

Out of this world.

It's gonna be unbelievable For our customers.

You're even more excited to Come to work now, aren't you?

Absolutely. [ laughter ]

It's great to have our Unofficial mascot in the tank,

And it's also a great touch As far as the dog with The bubbles coming up.

Looks like he's Breathing underwater, right?

We totally delivered On this tank.

It might have been

One of the toughest installs In atm history.

Wayde: well, We couldn't have done it

Without a little Comic relief in the middle.

Yeah, thank you very much.

But tell redneck He owes me a new cellphone.

Brett: Coming up on this special

Work hard, play hard episode Of "Tanked"...

Dude, what's going on?

Dude, there's no one Answering phones,

No one at the front door.

Wayde: on this special episode Of "Tanked,"

We're gonna show you how Working hard and playing hard

Leads to one common goal --

Amazing tanks.Amazing tanks.

You know, in life And in tank building,

It's all about Keeping a balance.

That's very zen of you. Thank you.

What I'm trying to say

Is that fun and work Could mix

Kind of like the guys At saveology taught us.

Ah.

This florida-based company Offers consumers

Deals on everyday products And services.

And they offer their employees

A lot of incentives To work there.

Our corporate philosophy Is to keep people happy

And motivated and passionate For what they do.

And also obviously Very, very productive.

So, what we did was

We put in all these really fun, Creative amenities.

We put in a putting green.

We have a gym that They can play basketball in.

We have a barber shop.

Brett: this place is awesome.

And people are very excited To work here,

And we're able to retain A lot of employees.

That's cool.

These guys have the perfect Balance of work and play.

Dude, you should Be taking notes.

You know what?

I'll take care of the work, You can take care of the play.

Yes!

Hello. How are you?

Since wayde had the work Under control,

I decided to take advantage Of some of the amenities

That saveology had to offer.

So, do you like being here In florida?

I love Coming to florida.

Great time in florida.

You got to be kidding me, dude.

You got to be kidding me.

What? Are you kidding me With what?

You getting your hair cut? Head shaved.

Come on, dude.

I still can't believe

That you so rudely interrupted My scalp treatment.

You kidding me?

Brett: For saveology, we designed A cylinder tank

Surrounded by a vault To represent

How the company saves Their customers money.

It has a gold-bar coral insert, Sharks for protection,

And a locking vault door.

Wayde: When we got back to atm,

I was focused on getting The tanks made.

Brett was testing out

Some employee stress-reduction Techniques

That he learned from saveology.

Dude, what's going on?

Cooking class. What do you Think's going on here?

We're having massages. Are you kidding me?

10 minutes a day Keeps the cramps away.

What are you worried about?

Dude, there's no one Answering phones,

No one at the front door,

No one doing quotes. We got a phone system.

This is gonna make them relax And then get back to work.

Chuy, even you?

Bueno.

[ laughter ]

Funny. We'll see, guys.

And whoops.

That got the girls

A little too much into The spirit of relaxation.

Everyone's So stressed out

That I think all of us need Some sort of vacation.

A vacation. Are you crazy?

When can we do that? We're swamped!

It's good to escape Sometimes.

At least you guys Get to see the beach.

Redneck hasn't left the shop In two years.

And look at him. He's doing fine.

Heather: oh, yeah. You look great.

I've got a great idea. How about this?

How about youse two go?

Oh, boy. Whatever.

We got work to do. Get out of here.

I got to talk to you later, Anyways, about this project.

Get your room service, All right?

I didn't even have time To stop to think

That your plan Would be nuts.

Yeah, like coconuts.

Get your nuts Off my table!

Shh!

I need you to make me A coconut bra.

A coconut bra?

Yeah. Coconut bra.

Look around you. I got a lot of stuff happening.

Trust me on this one.

You will enjoy this.

But you can't let anybody know You're doing it for me.

Hide my nuts somewhere, Okay?

All right. All right. Thank you.

Seriously. Thank you. [ sighs ]

I left red in charge Of vacation planning

So I could switch to work mode.

You have a work mode?

Yeah, and it almost Short-circuited in the rain

Trying to get the tank in.

Dude, these drops Are hurting me!

Look at this. Keep going.

[ grunts ]

Wayde: make sure The door don't swing open.

Watch out! Watch out! Brandon.

You got it? You got it? Yeah.

You got it, red?

Once we got the tank Inside,

This install Was a breeze.

Here we go, guys. Push. Push. Push.

Bring it in closer.

Wayde: These are lookdowns.

These are three fijis Right here.

Okay. Three foxface.

So, what's next?

Grey smooth-hound sharks.

This one bites, brett. Be careful.

Hey, give me a cover To put on there, please.

Put your hand in there. Cover it up.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

Oh.

Are you scared of a shark? No. No. No.

Sharks don't scare me. Shark bites scare me.

[ chuckles ]

After all my hard work And all brett's hard playing,

It was time to show off The tank.

You guys ready To crack this safe?

Reid: let's do it.

Holy cow, man.

Oh, my god.

Reid: This thing is incredible.

That is amazing.

You like it? Wow!

This is crazy.

Reid: look at the shark. Benny: oh, man.

Got my sharks.

[ both laugh ]

We got sharks.

This is a masterpiece.

From the fish to the gold.

I knew it would be great, But I was really blown away.

It was beautiful.

When we got back to vegas, Brett made good on his word.

He took care of the girls' trip.

I'm gonna blindfold you guys, Though.

What? Blindfold?

Wayde: I don't know if I agree With your blindfold technique.

I can't believe the girls Even trusted you.

I know! It's like They just met me.

All right, ladies. You ready?

Yes!Yes!

Where are we going? So excited!

One thing I will promise -- There's water, sand, and sun.

Oh, my god. I can't wait.

I get to sleep in.

That'll be nice.

Work on our tans.

We're not even calling The office.

Brett: you guys Are gonna love this.

Can we take The blindfolds off?

No. Not until I tell you.

Oh, my god. We're here.

We're here! Yay!

Don't let me fall. Take a step up.

There you go. Okay.

We're just starting you off with A nice, little cocktail.

[ chuckles ]

Come on down. There you go. You're good.

Feels sandy! Yes, ma'am.

Your hawaiian vacation Is about to begin.

What the hell?!

Heather: oh, my god.

Are you kidding?

This is where you drove us Around to?

Girls, how do you like My coconuts?

Honestly, I'm in shock right now.

I don't even know What to say to you.

Seriously, We're not going anywhere?

I think we need to drink A little more.

It's better than nothing. [ chuckles ]

Wayde: that wraps up this Special episode of "Tanked."

In our family And in our business,

It's about finding The right balance Of work and play.

And that's something That we do every day.

Agnes: I've always wanted To do that!

[ redneck laughs ]

This is perfect for you.

You've been with several animals In your lifetime.

Oh!

And even though sometimes things Can get crazy at atm...

[ both coughing ]

...We all have to agree That the best reward

Is when the clients go nuts For our tanks.

[ cheers and applause ]

Shut up! Oh, my god!

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