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All right, I am so excited.

This is the very first day we ever shot

"The Carbonaro Effect" oh, so long ago.

I was young. I was terrified.

Was this all gonna work? I had no idea.

Hey, how's it going?

Tell me what this gets me.

Uh, how's your phone doing?

Uh, could be better.

Well, I can give it a free look-over for you.

Okay. What's your name?

Jim. Hey, Jim.

Let me just -- I'm gonna take it out of this case.

Sure, go ahead.

All right, good. It might start randomly.

Oh, it starts randomly?

No, no, no, no, no.

You might start randomly getting calls.

I get a lot of calls.

Oh, you do? Yeah.

Real popular guy? Yeah, real popular.

Hey, well, what's -- is there anything going wrong with

its function? No.

Does it behave slow at all? It's kind of slow, yeah.

I'm just -- I'm gonna give it a look-over and see if it...

Has it been dropped? Uh, um, yeah.

That glass cracked on there.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah.

There's something, like...

That's bizarre. Stuck in there or something?

Yeah.

There we go. Oh, yeah, there's, like, a...

What is that? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.

That... Was inside?

Well, that explains it.

I -- I...

That was inside my phone? Yeah.

Um, they get in -- they get in there through the hole.

I've never -- I mean, that is big.

A little baby one? A little baby one, maybe.

I've never seen something so big.

We got to get rid of this thing. I'm gonna throw up.

Okay, let me -- I have something to put over it.

Um, yeah, you know, uh...

That is the grossest thing I've ever seen in my life.

Do you keep this on vibrate? Yeah.

They -- They're attracted to the vibration.

Really? Yeah, when it's on a desk,

and it goes "brrrr," that'll draw them in.

And I've seen little gnats inside.

When we open it, there's always, like,

a little gnat or a little something,

but, I mean, that's huge.

Well, that's clear as day now.

We literally got the bug out.

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How you guys doing?

All right.

All right. Statistically speaking,

more people tend to believe in my tricks

if they involve some sort of new technology.

Have you seen these -- the Astro Laces?

What do they do?

Oh, we have them for sale right there.

They're, like, the Astro Laces.

You know, they're woven with the memory threads.

Self-tying?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. How?

See, it's like -- if you're -- well, you can't just be

walking around, 'cause, obviously,

they just stay that way.

But as long as you stay in motion, like if you're running

or something, and you're jogging...

they remember how to be tied.

-Oh, ho ho ho. -Yeah.

Oh.

I think you're...

So, you don't... [ Laughing ] No!

It's, like, so you don't... No!

It's great, right? What?

It's great, yeah.

That's freakin' [bleep]!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah. Yo, do that again.

My God. Yeah.

You leave them untied, right?

And then, as long as I'm moving,

they just find their way to tie.

Yo, can I touch those?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, they feel just like regular laces, man.

Yeah, yeah. No one ever knows.

And they're great, right?

That's great. Yeah, they're free.

You can take a pair. We have a promotion.

They're free today, so if you want to...

They're free?

Yeah, take a pair. Are you serious?

-[ Laughing ] -Yeah.

They're Bluetooth. So, you guys both have cellphones, right?

-Yes. -Mm-hmm.

Okay, you just go on to your computer,

you go to astrolaces.com,

you type in your phone number, and you tie your shoes,

and it will register your phone --

the Bluetooth of your phone,

to your laces through your number.

-What? -What?

-Yeah. -What?

Dude, this is too much.

Sure, let me take a look. How's your phone operating?

Yeah. I don't know. It's stupid.

It's what? Stupid.

Your phone is stupid? Why?

I don't know. Like, it just --

it freezes and... Oh, really?

Yeah, it just doesn't work right.

Yeah. You know what it might be?

If it's freezing a lot, is there a little --

hear the little click?

Oh, yeah, I hear that.

You hear that? Yeah.

That's the -- the battery is moving back and forth

and hitting the clasps on both of them.

So, I can get it back into position if you want.

All right.

Here. Let me show you here.

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Fold it up like this.

[ Paper rustling ]

Then, it's just a matter of getting the two to...

'cause once it fits back in, it's just a little...

just as soon as you feel it --

there it is.

Okay. [ Hammer thumps ]

There we go.

And then...

[ Hammer thumping ]

That should get it.

Yeah.

Let's see.

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Here.

Hear anything?

[ Chuckles ] No.

Boom.

Guaranteed, fixed.

♪♪

You're welcome.

♪♪

You want to try playing a little contest --

a little guessing game?

[ Chuckles ]

You have to guess the number of batteries inside here.

You might win.

How many batteries there are?

Yeah.

What's your name?

Clint. Clint?

Yeah. I'm Michael.

Nice to meet you. You, too.

♪♪

Just a 9-volt.

Uh...

Guess them, guess them.

You get one guess.

120.

No, no, no, no, no.

I'm not gonna say 120.

150.

150? Exactly 150?

Yeah. Come on.

Somebody told you.

No, I swear to God. Somebody told you.

I swear. Exactly right.

I had to count them this morning.

That's exactly the answer. But how do -- how --

how do you know?

'Cause, look.

"Clint guesses 150."

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Well, "Clint guesses 120 -- 150."

That is exactly the right number.

No, no, no, this is weird.

[ Laughs ] Yeah.

Clint? That's my name.

Yeah. You won.

Nailed it. But there's --

there's no way

Clint was gonna walk up in here and get that.

That's what makes it a win.

Otherwise, anybody who walks in, and it doesn't match,

that would be a loss.

I don't have my name tag on,

but a lot of people know this shirt,

and they know my name is Clint.

Right.

You look like a Clint.

Oh, my God.

Dude, congrats.

Can I keep it? Yeah.

They're all brand-new, fresh batteries, Clint.

So, but why -- but why is -- why is the name Clint on there?

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[ Music slows, stops ]

Now, we all love Clint, so imagine our surprise

when, one year later,

he just happened to walk into

a convenience store we were shooting in,

about 15 miles away from where we first met him.

Enjoy this never-before-seen second meeting.

What's up, Clint? How are you, man?

You got me at Perimeter. I did.

I got you at the Perimeter Mall.

Clint!

Now, Clint, can you clear something up for us here?

Go ahead. Okay.

So I had, like, this other premonition.

I wrote on -- on this little piece of paper right here,

that I've clipped right there.

And I was like, "One day,

I'm gonna meet Clint again, haphazardly,

and he's gonna get a second chance to guess

how many batteries he thought really were in that jar."

I -- All I wanted to know

was how much freaking batteries were in that jar.

Do you care to give a re-guess to the camera,

how many you think it might be?

I'm thinking it's about 65.

65.

65. 65 batteries.

♪♪

Final answer. Final answer, 65.

Clint, I knew you were gonna come here.

And I knew...

that Clint's second chance...

would be 65.

Man: It's impossible. You see it's impossible.

[ Laughs ]

Now, how the heck did you do that?

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♪♪

Michael: So, what do you think? Can I get you a shot?

Oh, no. Too early.

Too early for shots?

Now, what's this all about?

Oh, Buck Shots, yeah.

This is new.

That is new, yeah. They just started selling those.

Now, this...

Oh, it's like a little -- little -- I'll show you.

Can I open...?

Yeah.

It's just a little portable, foldable way to carry a shot,

and you can open it up and use it any time you want.

Just put a shot in a bag?

Yeah, there's a shot... inside.

They store them that way.

You can keep it in your wallet or...

I think this one -- They're all whiskey.

This one's, like, a Dewar whiskey kind of --

a whiskey blend -- whiskey-bourbon blend.

They -- There's something with, like, a --

I don't know, an air -- So, wait.

Wait a minute.

This is in here? Yes.

Yeah, well, not that one, but another one, yeah.

That's what they are.

There's, like, an air seal.

It's just like it sucks the [inhales sharply] thing down

so that it won't -- it won't break.

♪♪

Go for it.

♪♪

Don't be scared. You can drink it.

I'm not scared of drinking it. I'm just, uh...

♪♪

[ Glass thumps lightly ]

Good? It's not bad.

And only...for a buck.

A shot for a buck? "Buck Shot."

♪♪

[ Music slows, stops ]

All right, I've hardly ever done this before,

but this guy seemed like

he was gonna be sitting at the bar for a while,

so I decided to try another trick on him.

Check out this previously unseen footage.

These look like they've seen better days, yeah?

Yeah.

You know this stuff? Never seen it before.

Some companies will do this for you,

but if you get them delivered this way and do it yourself,

so if it's rotten...

you just seal 'em up in the Rejuva-foil

and use a heat gun.

I have one right here.

Just like a hair dryer. [ Clicks, air whooshing ]

Takes a little bit of heat.

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And they get better? [ Clicks, whooshing stops ]

Yeah, it rejuvenates it.

There's something about, like, the residual moisture.

♪♪

Just like that? Yeah.

What the hell kind of [bleep] is that?

Well, it's just so that, like...

Do that again.

Look, I'll do it with --

Well, that stuff looks all okay.

Well, that looks okay, but these are raisins.

All right.

I'll put four raisins in there.

I'll put 'em on high. [ Clicks, air whooshing ]

Is that high? Yep.

This might not work, but, sometimes,

you get enough of that...

It's a little hot. [ Clicks, whooshing stops ]

Did we get it?

♪♪

Yeah, look at that.

It rejuvenates them.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Sighs ] It's pretty cool.

They don't -- They don't market it to the public,

but all the restaurant industries use it.

And they told me, 'cause I just started working here --

they told me specifically not to do it in front of people.

I guess they don't want people to know that we're doing it.

But, here, if you want, you can take a piece home with you.

So, if I'm out of grapes and I have a bag of raisins,

I can get grapes? Probably.

But maybe -- It's kind of small. You wouldn't get a whole bag.

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Hey, what can I get you?

Let's do a, uh, hot dog.

Okay. I'll do that.

Great. Can I see I.D.?

Oh, yeah, you bet. Sorry. I just...

No, that's fine.

Thank you.

Oh, shoot. I'm sorry, buddy.

I have to confiscate it.

There was a pickpocket around,

and a lot of people got hit, dude.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa. What? -Yeah.

Give me that -- what is that? That's my --

That's not --

You were hit with a pickpocket.

Your identity got compromised.

I'm not allowed, by law, to give that back to you.

They'll -- Did the police call you?

No!

Nobody called you or sent you an e-mail?

No.

'Cause they brought some by.

-Were you here last night? -[ Chuckling ] No.

There's a pickpocket who's been going around...

What was that?

...and he's been taking people's...

And he puts another picture of me in it?

And he takes -- yeah, they dropped off some.

What's your name? Davis.

Davis? Davis. Yeah, this whole area.

J.D.? Yeah.

They dropped off these last night

from people who -- they got hit.

They got the guy.

What? Yeah.

So, this is...

That's your real I.D., yeah.

♪♪

Yeah, it's just that because people,

when they know they get pickpocketed...

Uh-huh.

...and they're like, "Oh, my license is gone"...

Uh-huh.

...then they immediately call the police.

But if the pickpocket takes it and puts something else,

you don't even know.

♪♪

Right. Well, why -- how did --

How did they know that I would be coming here?

Did you tell somebody you were coming here?

No.

Really? Yeah.

You know, 'cause -- oh, because

we'll -- we'll keep these tonight,

and then they're gonna go to another bar

tomorrow night. All right.

So you're okay.

Yeah.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

So, what was that you wanted to drink?

Probably need it now, right?

♪♪

[ Indistinct conversations ]

I'm back. How you doing?

I'm okay. I could complain, but I won't.

Can I get you another beer? Yes, sir.

All right, good. Here you go.

Man: I'm sorry.

The waitress brought this, but I got to run.

I didn't want to waste it.

Okay, this guy returning the half-empty beer --

he's my friend and fellow master magician David Regal.

You'll see him later on in this episode, too.

-Have you ever had one before? -No. I'll try it, though.

Oh, yeah, it's brand-new -- brand-new.

It comes from Milwaukee.

And we were the first bar to get a -- get a case of them.

We wanted to see how people would enjoy them.

I'll pour the whole thing out, right?

You'll drink all of it? Unless I hate it.

Unless you hate it? Okay.

I probably won't. Oh, yeah.

It's a microbrew, yeah.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

♪♪

-Wait. -You're a beer lover, right?

Wait a second.

♪♪

That's a 12-ounce bottle.

Oh, no, this has a cold compression process in it,

so it's easy to really compress a lot of beer into one.

But this is like a pint, though.

Yeah.

You could fit a lot more into a bottle

than companies actually put

'cause it's -- it's carbonated,

so you can get a lot more in there.

It's condensed air.

That's not true of all beers.

No, not of all beers, no, only ones that are amber-toned.

No. Do you like it?

Yeah. It's really good.

Can I see the bottle? Oh, yeah, sure, sure.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

It's still got beer in it.

Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm -- I'm -- Yeah, but I'm --

I'm finding this a little bit hard to believe.

Yeah, we do, like -- we do a whole part.

The thing is, one bottle is $55.

Oh! I didn't know that.

Yeah. That's what it is.

I was gonna say, what's the price of admission?

Exactly. So you can host a whole party,

you know, with just a couple of bottles.

Well, I've got all these beers here.

I'm not driving, by the way. I'm taking the bus home.

Yeah. Here.

And I'll give you that one to take.

You can probably pour a couple more out of that.

Yeah. You --

All right, you enjoy your night, man.

Yeah, thank you.

All right. Hey, it was nice to meet you.

♪♪

♪♪

There's a wire -- oh, yeah.

Yeah, I know, that's what I was trying to...

Sure.

So, they -- are they coming up thinking

that they need to get a signature?

♪♪

Hi. Hello.

My name's Derrick Ferguson.

Derrick, Michael. Nice to meet you.

-How are you? -Good, man.

What did they give you to do?

We're doing a million things this...

You know what? I have no idea.

Want me to take a look? Oh, yeah, yeah, okay.

[ Machine whirring ]

Oh, geez. Okay. [ Whirring stops ]

Uh, do you mind waiting a second?

This is ridiculous. No, no, stay right there for me.

-You've seen these before? -No.

Come on. You've not seen a vacu-trap?

No.

Oh, yeah.

This whole floor has them,

and they're becoming a mandatory thing --

you have to have a little vacu-trap.

See?

What does it do? Wait, wait, wait.

What is that? What is it?

You have seen this before. No.

What is it? Come on.

I'm serious.

How do you not have a vacu-trap?

Here we go. See?

Yeah. What is that?

It's been dehydrated down.

Someone picks them up, usually, on Mondays,

and they'll empty them out, but if they don't get emptied,

they just keep ringing and ringing and ringing like that.

And they're supposed to take them,

and they bring them back out to a field, you know?

And then the...

Do you understand that I'm completely lost?

Look... Okay.

...they put it into, like, a little field,

and when the rain comes by...

once it hits it...

It'll just -- there it goes.

Yeah, and they're supposed to set them...

[ Gasps ] Oh, my God!

Yeah. [ Breathing deeply ]

That's -- It's a safe trap.

So...

What?

Mnh!

-Oh, my God. -Yeah.

I feel like I'm in "The Twilight Zone."

I just can't believe you've never seen this before.

I've never -- And I've lived in Brooklyn,

and I've never...

See, this is what I do,

'cause I don't trust, like I said,

so I take them...

and I just bring them outside.

You're killing me.

You're gonna see these everywhere.

I wish they'd make them look a little prettier.

It's just this will be in -- especially in all the buildings.

You'll see them in the corner. They'll have, like --

Oops. Shoot. That's probably not good.

[ Chuckles ] Here, wait, I have a tissue.

Help me out. Help me out. Help me out.

-Just hold the tissue. -Okay.

We're going to -- wait -- don't get the inside wet.

I don't want this to get --

Oh. Yep.

Aw, shoot! They all went.

Oh, no, no, no, no! Can you pick one up?

It's fine. You just take them by the tail.

What -- You know what? You hold the cage.

That's gonna be better. Oh, my God!

Just hold the cage. Okay, okay.

Okay, good? Okay.

Good. Just don't put it down.

Come here. Come over here.

Thank you. This is intense.

-I'm feeling intense. -No. Okay, good.

All right. Think we got them all.

All right. Whew!

Do me a favor. Come here.

-Derrick, just take this. -Okay.

Okay, go down the elevator, open the main doors,

and just open the cage and let them go.

You're lying. Mnh-mnh.

Okay. So, if it's hard to hear this guy,

it's because he kept walking away from our hidden microphone.

So we decided to sit our next person behind the desk.

Yes, I am.

-What's your name? -I'm Tasha.

I'm Michael Carbonaro.

There should be a package in there from PetEx.

From FedEx? Uh, PetEx.

Okay, there we go. Could that be it?

This is it. That's it?

That's weird. Is that it?

Is that weird? You know PetEx, right?

No. Look at that.

[ Laughing ] Aww. Isn't that adorable?

Is that going out? That's yours?

No, it's coming in. Okay.

Look, I just ordered her. Look.

Oh. [ Puppy whining ]

There she is. Isn't she great?

Oh! No!

Yes. Aww. Wait a minute.

She wasn't just in there. Honey.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I ordered her online.

Yeah. This is -- I didn't know!

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Isn't she cute?

Oh, my goodness. I didn't --

When I felt the package, it didn't -- it felt flat.

Oh, no.

It didn't feel like nothing was in here.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, my goodness.

[ Puppy whimpering ] Listen.

Yeah. Is -- Let's open the other one.

There's another one? Yeah, I ordered two.

Is there not another, uh...

But this says two.

No, it's not still -- it can't still be in there, is it?

Oh [bleep]!

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Oh. Oh, shoot. You know what I should do?

-[ Laughs ] -Let me -- Let me take her.

Can I take her? Have a seat for me,

because I'm gonna have the mailman come right back,

so stay right here in case he comes back.

Okay.

'Cause there's definitely supposed to be two,

and if they both came with this one -- okay?

'Cause if it got loose, then we have a problem.

Okay?

Okay? Okay.

All right, Tasha, thank you.

Oh, my goodness.

David: Oh, Tasha? Yes?

Tasha, I am so sorry. No.

Listen, um, Michael was just --

Michael was just here. Uh-huh.

And he picked up his package from PetEx.

And it was sitting here, but he pulled a dog out,

but the package was flat.

Yeah, I've heard of them. [ Machine whirring ]

Well, he said it was supposed to have been two.

Did Michael say if he emptied the vacu-trap?

He didn't --

I thought I heard it go off.

Hold on.

I'm doing everyone's job today.

Everyone's job.

It's okay. I'm supposed to know everyone's job.

Well, you know, I got to sit over here,

because sometimes, I get real fearful of animals,

like mice and gerbils.

What is that? These are freeze-dried.

The traps freeze-dry them. It's completely humane.

Okay. They're dehydrated.

What about this guy?

What is that? Uh, I don't know.

I'll -- I'm gonna put it in the trash.

Oh, Lord.

No, it's all right. It's all right.

Okeydokey.

[ Sighs ] Okay. How am I gonna...

I'll be right back.

Okay.

Did you find it? No, Michael.

Let me tell you. Um...

David just pulled out --

Oh, he did the -- the vacu-trap?

Uh-huh.

Oh, okay. That's my job.

I was supposed to empty that out,

but I was worried about the dog.

Yeah, he put -- he put --

the dog might be in the trash -- the other dog.

Excuse me? Mm-hmm,

because he put some fur in that trash.

He put fur in the trash?

Here's what's funny -- the plan was for me

to eventually find the fuzzball in the trash,

but Tasha beat me to it.

No, it was not. Yes.

No, it wasn't! Yes.

Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!

Okay.

This can't be. Do you think?

Yes.

Really? Yes. Uh-huh.

Oh, my gosh. No, this...

Oh, please help me. Oh, please help me.

I can't help you. Okay, well, what am I --

'cause this might be the -- the dog.

It might be. Aah!

Um, I need, like, a big -- we usually do it in a...

Yeah, use that. Take the bag out of there.

Okay.

Yeah, And just use that. Use that water.

Okay.

Yeah, and just -- Just put it in there and...

-Oh, my Lord. -Really?

Yes, really. We'll see.

Oh, this better not be a rat. It better --

Oh, my [bleep]! Do you think it's a rat?

I don't know!

Wait, wait. [ Gasping ]

Look at it. Look at it for me.

No.

Look, look.

What is it?

[ Gasps ] Oh, my goodness!

Look at it! Aww!

I thought we lost her.

[ Laughing ]

I thank you.

If you didn't tell me that that was in there...

Thank you so much. You saved the puppy.

-Oh, my goodness. -"Oh, my goodness" is right.

That was a great idea. Thank you.

This is the one stuck in the vacu-trap?

This is the one.

Oh! She's safe now.

Oh, she's safe? Yeah.

You know what the greatest thing about this is?

What? It's all an illusion.

And you're on "The Carbonaro Effect."

[ Puppy whines ]

[ Both laugh ]

And guess what. What?

These are real mice right here by the floor.

Ohhhhh!

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