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♪♪

Michael: Nobody's gonna be throwing anything at me today

and expecting me to catch it, are they?

Could be a problem.

[ Telephone rings ]

[ Beep ]

Uh, no, I have not. All right. Bye.

-How are you doing today? -Hey, there.

And he ca-- Oh, at the --

Would you mind grabbing me that?

-No. -Okay. You know what?

It's actually kind of heavy, so...

No. Really?

Okay, what you're about to see is the only time

we've ever shown someone multiple times

throughout the show, because Theresa here

just refused to believe my shenanigans.

You know what this was supposed to be?

Why they keep messing this up?

-[ Groans ] -Look at this.

It was supposed to be a bowling ball. Custom bowling ball.

So, you're ba-- Oh, wait. Oh, good, good, good.

Wait. How did I pick that up like that?

Oh, that's me. I forgot --

They ship the bowling balls with the basketballs

so that it's -- so that it's lighter, the air.

Yeah.

Wait. Wait. No. Okay, I don't get this.

All right, so, that was in there and this was in there with it?

-Yeah. Yes. That's it. -How?

Uh, just so that it's easier for them to --

No. How did this close?

That's how -- They ship them that way.

Wait. No, no. How did it close? It doesn't fit.

Like, okay, put that in there.

I think that -- Well, this one goes in first, I think.

-How does that happen? -They always come like that.

Right, but how could those two things

possibly fit in this box together right now?

Oh, no, we sell them -- We sell them both.

It's only supposed to be this one item.

So, how did this basketball fit with it?

Just so that it won't be heavy.

How?! How?! Physically, how?!

-Lookit. It doesn't fit. -I don't understand what --

I really don't understand what you mean.

So, you playing a game today?

Yeah.

And the foam was sticking or...?

Yeah, this one's a little loose, too.

-That just fell out. -That just fell out?

Does stuff fall out of your helmet all the time?

Just foam and stuff?

Oh, there's, like, a piece of...

Aah! Aah! Oh, my God!

-Are you serious?! -What?!

No. Are you kidding me?!

Are you -- Did you feel that?

Are you serious?!

-It's crawling around. -No! Oh, my God.

That's, like...

-Are you okay? -Yeah.

Did you feel anything weird on the...?

Have you played with him in here?

-Oh, my God. I'm shaking. -Oh, my God. Are you okay?

Are you serious? Was that in there?

-I have nev-- I -- -I'm gonna throw up.

Where do you keep -- where do you play?

Oh, my God!

All right. Here's a fun fact.

I did this same trick on one other mother and son

who were returning baseball pants.

When the mouse appeared, that woman ran

to the exact same spot near the door.

-Eee! Oh, my God. -What was that?

Oh, my gosh!

Do you still want the helmet?

-[ Chuckling ] Yeah. -No!

All right, here. You take that.

I would just check for any poop

or anything inside there before you play.

Give it a good shake, in case he --

Yeah, upside down. Yeah. All right.

Good game, man.

There's no way that thing was in there.

Just give it a good check before you put it on your head.

♪♪

So, like, if you were at the manufacturer right now

and they said, "Joe" -- We'll say your name's Joe.

-Michael. -Michael. What's your name?

-Theresa. -Hi, Theresa.

Okay. You're at the manufacturer.

Okay. I'm at the manufacturer.

And they're like, "We need you to ship that bowling ball."

-Okay. -"Here's your box."

Okay.

Package it up. How would you do it?

Um, I would -- I would put the bowling ball first.

Okay. And then what would you do?

I would do the basketball

because then someone will be able to lift it up.

Okay, and so, then they say, "Close it up."

So, how do you close it up?

Um...

How would you fit both of those balls in that one box?

Okay, so, most people don't challenge me

as much as this woman did...

as you can see from these never-before seen reactions.

Oh, good. Okay. All kinds of stuff --

How did they fit both of those in there?

Um, I don't know. That's how -- They ship them --

They usually ship a bowling ball with a basketball

so that it's lighter...

Oh, my God. ...for the packaging.

'Cause it's hard to lift a bowling ball.

-That's weird. -Was it heavy?

-No. -Yeah.

So they pack this in here so that it's easier to carry.

I don't understand. Okay, so, you don't have this pant.

I don't have that pant, no.

Okay. I'm gonna go to Dick's and see. Thank you so much.

Okay. You bet. See you later.

-There it is. -Oh, there's the bowling ball.

Yeah. That's good.

That makes sense. Okay.

You look at it now, you don't think those both

could fit back in that box.

I always forget this.

The basketball helps for being able to lift it.

Right. Yeah, 'cause it's

probably heavier now.

-That's wild. -It saves on shipping, too.

Still, how'd they fit them both in there?

I don't know. They do it at the factory like that.

It's just 'cause it -- To try and shift a...

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

To lift it. It's really heavy.

Yeah.

Good. Good, good, good, good. Okay.

-Oh, good. I forgot. -Okay. [ Laughs ]

No. They're -- That makes sense.

I'm totally -- I'm forgetting how they're shipping these.

Okay.

Yeah, they're shipping them with --

They ship the bowling balls with the basketball

because it's easier to carry.

'Cause otherwise it's really heavy.

-How'd you do that? -I have no idea how they do it.

It's so that the shipping guys

don't have to carry the whole box the whole time.

It makes it lighter, with the bowling ball.

It's easier with the basketball.

Can never get them back in.

[ Laughter ]

Um, so, just this? Okay.

Where'd that bowling ball come from?

Hey. How you doing today?

-All right. -Jamaal.

How you doing? I'm Michael.

-What's your name? -Jamaal.

Jamaal. Nice to meet you. Maybe you could help me out here.

They just started getting memorabilia in this store.

You know, like, they're buying

a lot of expensive signed memorabilia.

Mm-hmm.

And I don't know a lot about baseball.

[ Both chuckle ]

What's a good baseball player

that we should get a signed autograph?

I'm not a baseball -- I'm a basketball fan.

-Oh, a basketball fan? -Yeah, yeah.

I'm not a baseball -- I don't even watch baseball.

No? You've got to know some baseball player, though, right?

What's a good, old retired baseball player's name?

-Well, Jackie Robinson. -Jackie Robinson?

-Mm-hmm. -That's a good suggestion.

Well, his number is retired now. You can't even wear it.

The players can't even pick his number or anything anymore.

-What's the number? -41.

Oh, this had a 41 on it. It's --

It's forty...

Oh, I thought it had a "1" on it.

-Did someone sign that? -Oh, look at that.

-Look at that. -Did someone sign it?

-Yeah, Jackie Rob-- -Jackie Robinson.

That's so funny.

And it says "To Jamaal."

It says "To Jamaal"?

Look. And that's exactly how I spell my name.

-That's crazy. -Whoa.

-Where'd you get that from? -I was just playing with it.

I've just been sitting here, playing with this all day.

We just got a whole bunch of memorabilia stuff,

and they're asking me for names.

Whoa. Jackie Robinson. That's what you said.

-That's crazy. -Wow.

Did he really sign that baseball?

Yes, this is one of our autographed pieces

of memorabilia, and they said they wanted

to get more suggestions for baseball players.

That is so crazy, and it's crazy 'cause

not a lot of people spell Jamaal like that.

Whoa. Well...

I would say that this is meant to be.

[ Chuckles ]

That's for you.

I'm gonna ask my boss where we got that.

You hang here.

♪♪

Oh, hey. How's it going, man?

Doing all right. You Michael?

-I'm Michael. -All right.

Okay, I had a trick planned that involved using dollar bills,

but none of the customers that came in that day used cash.

So my producer suggested we order a pizza.

It was a great idea.

All right. And you have coupons here for --

-What is this? -That's all the money.

That should be all the money, right?

That's all of it?

There's two dollars stuck together?

Here. Let me see.

Yeah, this new money from the bank

is, like, really sticky.

-Okay. -I had just counted it.

-I'm sorry. -That's all right.

Let me get this. Hold on.

Oh, there we go. Do you see that?

-Oh, that's weird. -Yeah.

-Is that one sticky, too? -Uh...

-Yeah. -Oh, okay, all right.

-Yeah, they all stick. -[ Laughs ]

These bills are like -- They're just peeling like that.

I thought you were handing me a dollar.

I'm like, "No, I'm sorry. I need $12.12."

-There we go. Okay. -Yeah, so...

-That's... -Isn't that crazy?

Yeah, this one, too. You see by the corner?

-Can you peel that one? -Yeah.

That's how they just keep giving them out now at the bank.

-That's horrible. -Yeah, I know.

You lose a lot of money that way.

Do you get tips in dollars a lot?

Uh, yeah.

Apparently, they started printing on thinner paper,

'cause people were, like, complaining about their wallets

being really fat.

-Oh, that's weird. Wow. -Yeah, that's a lot, right?

-So, I got one... -That's a lot of money.

...two...

-Got one, two. -...three.

-Four. -Four, five.

And this one, too. You missed this one here.

Look at this. Wow.

-Nine, ten. -This one.

-Eleven, twelve. -Yeah, still.

Thirteen. Yeah, you got a lot more than $12.

Yeah. What did I do? $12.12. All right.

And I have the exact change there.

-Cool. -Twelve.

Oh. This too? This is ridiculous.

Why are they doing this? I just had this.

-All right. That's... -Wow.

-The coins, too? -Yeah, it's all sticking.

I didn't even know it was that much.

That's ridiculous.

When you opened this,

you were able to pull both of these things out.

-Right. -Look.

How could they have closed up this box

if both of these items were in here?

Oh, no, no. This closes up all the way for shipping,

like that, so that -- But this is too heavy.

-Right. -See? That you can feel.

Right, no, right. That would have been heavy, right.

So they have to put this in there so that it's light.

But how did they put it in there?

If it -- If both of these items can't --

Just as a courtesy.

No. How physically?

How did both of these things fit in this small box?

I don't know. I didn't really think about it.

I just...

I'm glad they're so light.

I just... like reading tea leaves.

Really?

[ Chuckles ]

All right. Come on. This is -- This is a family show.

I'll throw this away. Sanitary here.

-How you doing? -Oh, fine.

Okay, I tried this four other times before this guy,

and everyone was too distracted with their phones or the menu

to even notice the magic.

And I thought we were gonna miss on this guy, too,

and he catches it right out of the corner of his eye.

Ohh, that's hot. Really hot.

That's -- That was levitating, wasn't it?

Oh, my gosh. That's so hot.

Why are they pouring them so hot?

Was -- Also -- I-I-I could be seeing things,

but I could have sworn the cup you were holding was levitating.

What?!

For some strange reason, I was like...

It was like -- It was floating while you were pouring it,

and then, just, like...

No, I -- It was hot,

so I had to let go and grab the coffee sleeve...

Oh, okay, yeah.

...'Cause I was gonna -- I was gonna burn my hand.

Yeah.

♪♪

-All right. -How you doing?

-Why are these free? -Oh, I don't know.

They were trying to make people feel happy today, I guess.

Oh, well, I'll take one for me

and one for my girl to feel happy.

So, how do you do that? How do you open it?

You just use the paper. Just use the paper to get it.

But, I mean, where's the entry?

-Is this, like... -No, the -- No.

-[ Laughs ] -It's like a sanitary paper.

No, I get that, but, I mean, how do you get it open?

Which -- Which one you want?

Oh, um...

one of the scones and one of the doughnuts.

Scone and a doughnut.

Okay, yeah, the pastry paper does it.

You just get -- get the doughnut.

Ohh!

Here you go.

That is too cool.

And one of the scones.

-Yeah. -Uh, okay.

All right, wait. Can I...

Yeah, reach in. Just reach through.

-Oh, my gosh. -Yeah, go for it.

And grab the -- grab the scone.

Yep. Pull back out. Yeah.

All the way out. Yeah. And it just...

That might be the coolest thing I've ever seen.

Yep. Here you go. It's just to keep it sanitary.

Yeah, I totally get that.

Yeah, this way, no one can just --

You know, without using the paper, you can't --

you can't reach your --

-Oh, my gosh. -Yeah.

-Yeah, it's safe. -Yeah.

Yeah, keeps people from touching them.

-Yeah, absolutely. -All right.

[ Eerie music plays ]

So, when you offer free baked goods,

you're bound to get a lot of takers.

Here's a look at another favorite person

dealing with our patented reach-through glass.

♪♪

How do I, uh...?

What's that?

-How do I get in here? -Oh, any one you want.

I don't know how to open it.

You can take -- Oh, the knob right there.

Oh. Ohh!

Just pull on the glass.

Is that --

You can't get that open?

Which one do you want?

Uh, this one in the front.

-The little cruller? -Yeah.

We used to have tongs so that people wouldn't touch it.

-Right. -But, uh, let me, uh...

-The cruller here? -Yeah. That one...

You got it.

[ Laughs ]

There.

-Uh... -Yeah.

How'd you do that, man?

Oh, they make it that way so that you can't use your hand,

because otherwise people touch all different ones.

So when they have paper, it's totally sanitary to be able

to reach in and get it, so we don't end up having people

eat them that are -- been handled and stuff.

Michael: Hey. Have a great morning.

♪♪

How are you doing?

I'm disoriented.

What happened?

Oh, you're serving me, instead of I'm serving myself?

Oh, yes. I'm sorry. Yes, because --

-It's been a while. -It's been a while?

Okay. A short decaf, please.

Yes. Decaf? Okay.

I just took two out of the machine, and

I have to re-bean them.

We're gonna re-bean these up. Is that okay?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Oh, oh. When we make coffee,

when we're done with one carafe of coffee,

we take the filters out, and we make more coffee

out of that same coffee by re-beaning it.

Okay.

So, this is the decaf grounds.

And this little -- the re-beaning oil goes on there.

And it's decaf?

-We know it's decaf? -Yep, decaf.

And then you -- you just squeeze the grounds up.

And the re-beaning oil can swell that stuff back up.

Back into -- into beans again, so we could use that again.

-Oh, stop! -Yeah.

We like to do it at least three times.

It's just the pressure and the oil will swell them back up.

Those are whole beans in there?

These have been through the machine already.

Okay. Now, what I saw you do...

Right.

...was take that empty, put a spoon of this in there.

Right.

The oil in it -- Jug a juh-juh-juh --

open it up, and there's -- voilà --

the bean, the whole bean.

Right. You've never seen that?

I've never seen them reconstitute the beans.

And I'm just -- Is it, like, each fragment here

will become a -- reconstitute to a whole bean?

Yeah, each ground.

-Each ground. -Each ground.

Some of them -- Some of them don't.

-And they just dissipate. -Right.

But each ground,

on a good batch, and if it's good coffee,

will swell up to a full bean again, yeah.

But you see how some of them are just pieces?

-Right. -They didn't make it.

Fascinating!

Little shot of hot water for the road?

Here you go. Thank you. 'Cause it's...

-What are you looking for? -The little caps are over here.

Do you always -- Here. Come here. Come here.

Do you always order -- Do you always order the large size?

-Yeah. -You know, you should just --

You could save a lot of money if you just order the small.

Get a small. And then pour it

into the larger cup.

Yeah, that's true.

There's a secret they don't tell many people.

Just because you've been -- you've been drinking --

You kept coming up to the counter and...

filling up hot water.

-Let me show you real fast. -Right.

Like, all of our sizes fit into all of our cups.

-Right. Yeah. -You know?

So, here's the largest size we have.

And you can fit that...

-All inside. -No way!

What? No, you're playing with my cognitive development.

No, because it's metric -- the different cups.

It's just a way for the companies to make more money.

You know?

-Always order the small. -Got it.

Order the small. Pour it into the larger cup.

So, this is the last time I'm filling you up with large, okay?

-Okay. -Next time...?

-Got it. -Got what?

The -- Get a small.

Get a small. All right.

♪♪

Piedmont -- not Museum -- Get a small.

All right.chael: Welcome to the

warehouse, shipping, and receiving center.

We're just, like, packing up some...

[ Tape peeling ]

...stuff and getting it picked up.

There was some stuff we had to have shipped out.

Okay.

We get stuff here that has to be repackaged

and, sometimes, people deliver us fresh stuff

that we package for them and send it out,

so it's just a lot of shipping and receiving.

Okay.

And this -- And that's weird.

"Aboriginal boomerang."

Do we have to send that back? Oh, this is ours.

Oh, man. I knew that was gonna happen.

Did you hear about the aboriginal boomerangs?

-No. -Oh.

We had one here, and there was, like, some controversy

about the fact that there was an exhibit about these

and they were selling them,

and they're supposedly cursed or whatever.

-What? -Yeah.

The island that made them in Australia --

they got all really upset that they were selling them

and showcasing them, so they're making everybody send them back.

Oh, man, that's crazy.

All right, well, I guess...

we have to pack it back up.

Here. I'll get it. [ Grunts ]

You're not, like, superstitious, right?

-Huh? No, no. -You would hold it?

♪ Ahhh ♪ No, I'm just kidding.

-[ Laughs ] -Yeah.

It's cool, right?

-It looks like a boomerang. -It is.

I don't think this will come back. Will it?

Yeah. It's, like, the way --

You know, if you throw it right, it's like --

[Whooshing] And then it comes back.

Yeah, I've never really just threw one.

-It's pretty cool. -Yeah.

All right, so, put them in here.

Little green card.

And then we'll pack them back up in there.

They'll end up -- The tape.

They'll come and pick it up and ship it, and then the, um --

Am I losing my mind?

Did we not just...

-Ohh. -What?

Oh, no. That's weird.

That -- Hold on a second.

Michael. That's weird, Michael.

That's weird. Oh, that's so weird.

Did we not just take that down?

Michael, that is so weird.

That is weird.

-Oh, I'm -- -I touched it.

I'm superstitious now.

-Did you touch it? -Yeah.

-Uh... -Michael, that's weird.

You got on the ladder, and you took that down,

and you put it in a box.

Like, I feel like I'm losing my mind right now.

That's how I feel.

We get stuff delivered here

that's been in exhibits at museums.

Oh, okay. And then, we, like,

repackage them...

and send them back to, like, the rightful artist, owners,

or other exhibits or something like that.

All right? So we're gonna take inventory of this.

So, tell me what we got.

Yeah. This one...

Okay.

That is a...

ring-necked pheasant.

Okay.

And this is a...

-Spotted grouse. -Yeah.

A spotted grouse. Okay. What else you got?

♪♪

Fox.

So, we're supposed to spray them with the "tempodermy" stuff,

like, every hour. Okay.

[ Air rushing ]

It puts them in a -- like a cryogenic kind of thing.

Each one gets packaged...

In its own crate. Okay.

I should spray more of that.

This way, they can put them up on display,

and then they can put them back in the wild.

Good?

Ready? And then we'll tape up the lid.

Uh, here. Grab some of that white tape in there.

Okay.

Have you seen the exhibit that they had these animals at?

-No. -Oh, it's really cute.

And then just one on each of the things, so that it won't...

Okay. Open up.

Did you just...?

Well, this isn't really sticking, either.

You know what? We'll get -- Oh, my gosh.

Okay, yeah, we -- Okay, he's got the squirrel.

[ Fox growling softly ] What?!

Okay, yeah, we -- Okay, he's got the squirrel.y

them every hour.

Oh, my God.

All right, can you spray the rest of these down?

'Cause I don't want them coming back while we get the...

Come here, fox!

Okay, so, I knew the fox was gonna get out of the box.

I didn't know it was gonna grab another animal and run away.

I am now literally trying to wrangle him back

to keep these trick going.

Ugh. Got him.

[ Laughing ] What?

He scared me when he came out that box.

Hey, Foxy. Hey -- Whoops.

-He's trying to jump back out. -I'm gonna close him up.

Here. Let's get him in there.

And when you spray, just spray the outside of the...

-Box? -The box, yeah.

[ Air rushing ]

Yeah, get all the sides.

Get -- You almost got me in my face.

-I'm sorry. -Don't freeze me.

-I'm sorry. -All right.

Let's see.

All right, we got him.

Just spray him up a little bit more.

[ Air rushing ]

Yeah, right in the face a little bit there.

Good. All right. That'll work.

So, we have to do this every hour. Yeah.

Otherwise, they come back to life.

It's called the Carbonaro Effect.

-Have you heard of that? -Nuh-unh.

I'm Michael Carbonaro, and you're on my hidden-camera

magic TV show, "The Carbonaro Effect."

Oh, my God. [ Laughs ] What are you -- No!