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Zebra...

[ French accent ] Ze bra.

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-[ Normal voice ] How are you? -Great. How are you?

-I'm doing good. -Good.

-All right. These? -Yes.

Oh, that's cute. All right. A card magnet.

Oh, I love this book, though. [ Chuckles ]

I had that book when I was a kid.

-It's a good one. -Oh.

-Those are like pop-up books? -I love little-kid books.

-Yeah. -Ooh! These are fun.

Yeah. Little zoo animals.

This is a new edition, though, right?

I don't know. I've never seen this before.

-You haven't seen this book? -No.

Oh, this is great. Yeah. It's got...

I think mine used to be a little bit thicker.

They're making them really thin now.

It's amazing how they can, like, come up with, like, ways

to, like, make stuff just, like, pop up like that.

-Mm-hmm. -But when I was a kid,

the one was, uh -- It was a "zooprise"

'cause it was a surprise and they still -- Oh, that's better!

-Oh! -Isn't that crazy?

-Cool. -That is so crazy.

The last page was, like, this little, like, box, and then...

-Yeah. -That's awesome.

'Cause I wasn't allowed to have pets, as a kid.

"Here's a bunch of books with animals in it. It's like pets."

What do they do with this one now?

Oh, this is great. Yeah, mine was this...

Oh, it's good. Yeah. Mine was a salamander.

-How did they do that? -I don't know.

-It's like they -- -That's a real fish?

-Yeah. -And how did the book clo--

I'm so confused how that just happened.

Wow. Yeah.

-Oh, my gosh. -Yeah.

Mine used to be -- It was a little lizard or a salamander,

but I don't think you're allowed to give those to kids anymore.

But...

-That book just -- What? -Yeah, that's great.

It just pops up. Pull this here.

You did just pull that out of there, correct?

-Yeah. -I mean, that just happened.

But this is hard, and that is flat, and that wasn't...

Yeah.

-That's a live fish? -Yeah.

So, this woman's reaction is one of my favorite moments ever.

And now I am so excited for you to see the moment she realizes

that she wasn't completely losing her mind.

-That's crazy. -Yeah, it's great.

Did you want to get one of these?

No. No, I don't, but one day

when I have children, I'll be sure to find that.

I'm gonna take this guy home. Yeah?

-Is that okay? -Man: Yeah.

All right. 'Cause I don't know how to get it back in the...

-Oh, okay. -I'll just put him with my...

I think once they're unpacked, that's it.

Yeah. I guess. Whoa. It's crazy.

Isn't it? It's great, though.

I have such nostalgia when I see, like, the old

stuff I had as a kid.

Uh-huh. Absolutely.

Let me give you -- I'll give you the credit-card receipt.

Okay. That's fine. Perfect. Thank you.

-Okay. See you later. -Have a good one.

Okay. Hey. Can I tell you a secret before you go?

Yeah.

[ Whispering ] What if I told you that I was a magician?

Did you just -- Okay.

I would believe that 'cause I just --

Have you ever heard of "The Carbonaro Effect"?

No.

-I'm Michael Carbonaro. -Okay.

And you're on my show right now.

You're freaking lying.

"The Carbonaro Effect."

We have hidden cameras set up here and over here.

-Oh, my God. I hate you. -No. Don't hate me.

You were the best person that's come in the store today.

I was trying to not make it seem like I was

losing my freakin' mind.

Because I was like, "You just popped -- How the hell?"

I was like, "Okay, obviously, I'm missing something here."

Okay. Thank God I'm not crazy. Okay. Good.

-Yeah. Can I tell you a secret? -Hmm?

Everyone else who I've done this to just believed it happened.

-They didn't even question it. -I was like, "Um..."

And I was about to run out of here and scream.

Oh, my God. No.

I was trying to play it off like I wasn't losing my mind.

I've also been working a lot of hours right now. Um...

[ Laughs ]

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-How are you guys doing? -Good.

All right. A little project going on?

Yes. Girl Scouts tomorrow night.

All right! Oh, we're also giving out free balloons,

so you can choose a color. Oh, cool.

Choose any color you want. I'll get that blown up for you.

-What do you tell him? -Thank you.

-You're welcome. Yellow? -Yes.

All right. We'll wait for that.

I'll blow that up while that...

Okay. I'm gonna try.

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Okay. Is that good?

-That's pretty good. -Yeah.

My dad and my grandpa had this ability to do this,

where you just blow it up, you know, and then it actually...

-Oop. -Oh.

I used to be able to blow it up.

-Where it would stay? -Yeah.

-Oh, wow. -That's my fault. Hold on.

-Let me try that again. -That is cool.

Do you want to try a different one?

-Orange. -Orange? Okay.

We'll try orange. Sorry. All right.

Michael: [ Clears throat, coughs ]

A little more on my left lung here.

[ Exhales sharply ]

Here we go. Tie that off.

It's so funny, they --

My great-grandpa used to do it at a fair...

-Really? -In Italy, yeah.

-And then it got passed down. -Oh, my gosh!

-Yeah. -[ Laughing ] That is so cool.

Yeah, my great-grandfather and then my grandfather,

my father, and now I can do it.

He has a lot of hydrogen in his blood.

-Yeah? -So, the, uh -- Oh. Sorry.

-[ Laughs ] -There goes another one.

Yeah, I didn't know that was even possible.

Yeah, but on my -- Yeah, on my, uh, grandfather's side,

when they did, like, a family picnic,

all the guys in the family --

they'd blow up a, you know, big hot-air balloon...

-Oh, my gosh. -Yeah.

...and take around, you know, the elders.

And Pop-Pop would hold up a lighter and just...

[ Blowing sharply ] You know?

I have a lot of old pictures of it --

like, old black-and-white pictures of it.

-Hey. How are you? -I'm doing well.

Oh, my God. I totally just got this thing to work.

-Wow. -What is that?

It's, like, a little knitting canister.

-That's what I want! -It's what you want?

I didn't know you guys had knitting stuff.

Have you heard of this? No, but I need some

knitting stuff.

-Really? -[ Chuckling ] Yes.

Oh, perfect. I actually -- I've been

trying to play with this all day, and I couldn't

even get it to work.

-Okay. -I have a bunch of them here.

Let me see and make sure -- Oh, wow.

-Look at that. -Score.

-Perfect timing. -Oh, really?

Oh, yes, that's what I've been searching for.

Oh, that's so funny. Yeah, this makes, like, a --

This makes a little koozie. Like, a drink thing.

You don't understand. Perfect.

-Really? Oh, wow. -Yes.

Well, let me make sure the whole thing works.

-Okay. [ Laughs ] -It's got, like, a...

All right, so, it has these in there.

Okay.

And you have to make sure that they're lined up.

And then you choose --

It has, like, a little -- "C," I guess, is "Coozie."

"M" is, uh, "mittens," I think.

-Seriously? -Yeah.

That is totally awesome.

And that -- it goes in there like this, right?

And you balance it on top,

and I think you have to use the lid on it.

-Okay. -Like that.

Push that down so it's, like, balanced like that.

All right. And if that's dialed right...

It says to shake, but I was pulling, actually.

-I was getting a better result. -Okay.

Oh, that's great. Look at that.

Are you freaking kidding me?

-No way. -What the...?

-Yeah, how does it do that? -I don't...

-Dude. -What the heck?

-That is -- -You have got to be joking.

That is awesome. Oh, my God. "M" is "mittens"!

-Let's get two of them. -Wow. That's crazy!

That is the most ridiculous thing ever.

-You have to shake and pull. -Shake and pull?

Yeah, the directions say to shake,

but it wasn't, like, shaking out.

That's what I've been looking for.

Really.

And then there's "G," which I guess is gloves?

-Holy crap. -Wow.

Man, that was the fastest pair of gloves I've ever seen.

-You think? -That's mittens.

-Yeah. -"G" is for "gloves."

Let -- Let's do "G" here. Pick another color.

-Throw it on top of that. -Freaking have to be kidding me.

-Okay. -Red?

Yeah, let's do red. Okay.

So, the string has to go...

Yeah, I think it has to be like this, right?

But these have to be, like...

You want to push those so those are, like, lined.

-Like... -Yeah.

In that little -- Yeah.

When they're, like, spaced apart like that.

Then, like, that goes through the...

It's like threading a needle, but...

I'm gonna try it without the lid on it.

I don't understand how this is...

What?

What is this business? Like, what...

What? Wait a minute.

Wow. It works without the lid, too.

-That's great. -I don't understand.

Oh, but it didn't work. That's not a glove.

It's a G-string.

[ Laughs ] Oh!

Oh -- "G." Oh.

That's perfect. That's even better.

-Okay. -That's funny.

-[ Laughs ] -I won't ask.

Yeah. No, it's good. It's for an 85-year-old

grandmother that's got the best sense of humor ever.

Oh, yeah. I mean, sure, crocheted...

Are you kidding me? ...or knitted.

I don't know the difference. That's great.

I don't understand how this thing works,

but that is hysterical.

Wow. Let me get -- Let me see if I have one packaged for you.

Okay. Oh, my God. You have to be kidding me.

-Oh, my God. -I don't get it.

♪♪

I feel good.

Health-food store.

[ Inhales deeply ] Feeling good.

[ Thud ]

-How are you doing? -Good. How are you?

Doing great. What do you got there?

-Some good stuff. -Oh, yeah.

-Some knock-you-out stuff. -Really?

No, I'm kidding. Doesn't knock you out.

Keep you awake in the...?

No, no, it's just good for your stomach.

Oh, that's great.

Have you had some of our fresh almond milk before?

Or just from the store?

Mnh-mnh. Just from the store.

Oh, well, you have to do it.

Machine press makes them bitter.

-Okay. -So we have a whole order --

We have a whole group of people who come in

and get fresh almond milk from us daily, so...

Really?

Yeah, I'm up early, and I squeeze them.

And they're gonna get more people to help do this...

Okay. ...to make it fresh,

'cause it's, like...

Okay, when we came up with this trick,

I was concerned that the props were a little too silly

and no one would buy the magic.

It's a fine line between being ridiculous and believable.

But I lost the argument,

and lucky for my magic team,

the tiny stool and bucket worked.

-You're serious. -The little -- Yeah.

There's, like, a little -- On the back right here,

you can feel the ridges on there.

Uh-huh.

If you find between -- There's, like, a soft spot.

And that's the directions that are in there.

You find the right spot, and you can really just get -- There.

If you find the spot...

-What are you doing? -Just milking the almond.

-Are you kidding? -Are you kidding?

-Yeah. So, each one... -No way!

You can really just get the last little bit.

That going in there?

And it's fresh.

If you want to taste that.

All right, it's not bitter like the store kind.

It's got a nice, sweet...

-Shut up! -It's good, right?

-[ Laughing ] Oh, my God. -It's really good.

I can't believe that you just actually squeezed an almond.

-I've never seen that before. -Yeah.

It's like milking a cow, but you're just milking the almond.

-I love it! -It's exactly the same thing.

-Did you cut the end of it off? -No, you don't even have to.

You find the, uh, the nip. That's the almond nip.

They all have two. And, uh, it's hard to do with just one.

But if you put a whole bunch of them in there --

Like, you know what's a good thing to do?

Do we have any more of that stuff?

This is great! Okay. Cocoa powder.

-Okay. -A little bit of cocoa powder.

Okay.

And I like to take about, oh, seven of those things.

Sprinkle a little bit of cocoa powder on there like this.

Right? You're not allergic to chocolate or anything?

-Mnh-mnh. -No?

-Mnh-mnh. -That's good.

And then, this way, you could, like, squeeze the whole...

Squeeze hard. You can get a whole bunch of chocolate milk...

like that.

It's a little messy, but it's worth it, because it's fresh.

It's really good.

See that?

Like, my mouth has not closed yet.

-Yeah. -Are you kidding me?!

Nope. And that's it. Look.

-Who are you? -I'm just a milker.

[ Laughs ] Is that bad that I did not know

there was actually milk inside the nut?

-I had no idea. -I felt the same way.

I was like, "Wait."

And they're like, "No, almond milk.

Milk in almonds." I'm like, "Duh."

I was wondering. That was, like, one of the best things ever.

-Wow! -Yeah.

-Are you the sales rep for...? -Uh, yeah.

-It's called Moringa Bars. -What is it?

-Moringa Bars. -Moringa Bars?

-It's raw? -Yeah. We're not cooking it.

-Ah. I don't eat raw food. -Ohh.

And I haven't been eating any solid foods.

I've just been eating supplements.

All right. I see.

So, again, I wouldn't eat the bar directly,

but we handmake our supplements,

so I'll just put pieces in there.

This is how I eat everything.

-Wow. -You know?

Yeah, and at least, this way, I'll, uh, I'll get to try it.

And, um, I'm just gonna use a little bit of amolia oil.

Okay.

Because that helps encapsulate it.

-Yeah. -It breaks down...

all of the particles.

And maybe just a -- just a little bit of ginger wicker,

'cause that just gives it a zing.

I see. 'Cause I don't eat a lot.

So I like a little something, you know?

The tiniest little bit of flavor.

-So, all of that in there. -Okay. What is that?

It's circular inside.

-It has a spiral inside. -Oh, it has a spiral inside?

Yeah, there's a corkscrew that goes up. Four pistons.

Okay.

And it's got a natural centrifuge with the gravity,

so it's -- it's all about balance.

So you just give it a light shake in circles like that,

and it travels down.

-Really? -Yeah.

Even if it's, like, too thick, it still...?

Well, yeah, it sounds a little thick, right?

[ Rattling ]

You want to shake it a bit to get -- Can you hear it?

-Yeah. -It dried.

That's when it dried around it.

Perfect.

What?

And I can take it -- I can take it in a supplement form.

-Are you kidding me? -No. Yeah.

-No way. -Yeah, yeah.

The amolia oil breaks it down

so that I can take it as a capsule.

-Wow. I'm gonna try it. -Yeah.

Okay.

-I don't drink water. -Yeah.

I can taste the meringue.

-That's good. -You can taste it?

I can taste the meringue, yeah.

Wow.

My palate is very sensitive now because I don't eat food.

[ Lid screwing on tube ]

Does it kind of have, like, an oat -- an oat taste?

-Yeah, it does. -Yeah.

-It has a woodsy taste. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It really filled me up.

How long have you guys been doing this?

This goes back to shaman -- shamanism --

-that they would use... -The oil?

...amolia oil to -- to break down foods,

vegetables, meats, figs.

Don't get that stuff on your fingers.

It's dangerous?

It's natural. But it is dangerous.

♪♪

Now, when you're doing a trick with an artifact,

it helps for people to be surrounded

by real exhibits in a museum, which is why we shot

in this location in both season 1 and season 2.

See? Look. I'm authentificated.

I'm authentic.

-What's your name? -Hope.

-Hope. Wonderful. -Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too. Oh, this is great.

Have you been working in the basement?

No, this is new for me.

Oh, okay. Great. Here. Put that down right here.

-Awesome. -Where should I put this?

Anywhere you want.

You sure? Okay. I'll just stick it down there.

You can put it on the cart. Great.

-Um, wow. This is great. -Yes!

We -- Oh, yeah. Put gloves on, though.

-Okay. -You're gonna be touching.

-You're gonna be gloving. -Okay.

Yeah, they are setting up stuff for the Egyptian exhibit,

so this stuff is all coming from different places.

I know we had a big shipment from Cairo.

And, uh, our job is to take a look at the stuff that comes in

and to authenticate it, which I've learned how to do...

-Oh, wow. -...with a light.

-I'll show you how to do that. -Okay.

All right, so, what do we got here?

-Ooh. -A mummy cat?

-That's exactly what it is. -Oh, my gosh.

-Look at that. -No one is gonna believe me.

No one's gonna believe you?

No one's gonna believe this is really happening.

Wow. You know, Egyptians would be mummified,

and they would be buried with their cats.

-Wow. With them? Ohh! -Yeah.

So cats were really, really sacred, and they believed

that the cats would bring their soul back to life.

Wow. I love it.

So, what we're gonna do...

[ Click ]

...is you run the light over it.

Uh-huh.

Now, you see what's happening right there?

Yeah. He's got some spots glowing?

Yeah, the spots glowing. You see how it glows, like, spotty?

Mm-hmm. That means that there's

a lot of protein that's come up to the surface.

Okay.

So this one, because I see so much glowing,

I would leave this one for the master curator...

just so that he can -- he can handle it.

-Wow. -Yeah.

We'll just sort of repackage him.

-Wow! -Yeah, I know.

-All right. Bye, kitty. -Wow!

-Yeah. -From Cairo!

Yeah. So, you want to put that on the cart?

-Sure do. Mm-hmm. -Okay.

And then I'll show you -- Uh. Oh. Wait a minute.

You know what? That's broken.

-The cart is? -No, this is broken.

-This box is? -Yeah.

-Glad you passed it to me. -Yeah, look.

This side is broken.

Oh! Oh, dear.

Yeah, so, no, we do want to find something.

We got to put that in something else.

Yeah. Was that broken when you brought it in?

-I didn't even see that. -I don't think so.

-All right, we want to find -- -I have not --

[ Gasps ] Holy [bleep] [bleep]

Holy...

[ Voice breaking ] Is that real?

-Wow. -Michael?

-Yeah. -Michael.

-This -- This - -Michael?

This happens all the time.

-Are you kidding me? -No.

They're trying to smuggle cats from Egypt here.

So they wrap them to look like mummy cats.

And it puts them -- Yep, see?

-Oh, my gosh. -This -- This is normal?

Yeah, they use a preservative

that activates with the light that we use to authenticate.

Yeah. I just -- I activated it with the light.

-Is this re-- Okay. -That's crazy.

Oh, my God!

I guess I can get the rest of these wraps off here now.

-This is crazy. -Yeah, it is crazy.

Oh, you thought it was really a mummy cat coming back?

I thought, like -- I was thinking, like, Egyptian,

um, you know, you're not supposed to mess with the tombs

and, like...

Oh, we were gonna be, like, in big trouble?

Like, we just, like -- Like, the universe is about to crack open

and something's gonna happen.

-[ Laughs ] -I don't know.

All I know is, they're mummies, and then they're not mummies,

and we're not supposed to "tell anyone."

♪♪

All right. When you're shooting

with hidden cameras that can't move,

it's important for people to stay in one area.

But when a mummy cat comes back to life,

you don't always get your wish.

[ Gasps ]

Oh.

That's not funny. That's not funny.

-Oh, my gosh, dude. -Come on.

That's trippy.

This is so weird because somebody said that they were,

like, trying to smuggle animals in

by making them look like artifacts.

Otherwise, they'd get stopped at the --

Dude, that's the most wild thing.

And it's one of those Egyptian skinless cats.

Michael, let's go -- let's go get somebody.

Yeah, let's get -- let's get the heck out of here.

Oh, my God. Do we just leave him?

-Yeah. Let's go. -Okay. Let's go.

[ Squealing ] Oh, my gosh!

Oh, my gosh. Hold on. We gotta get outta here.

-What? -Can we get out?

-Can we get out? -What the heck is going on?!

I don't know, but I've gotta go.

Do you know what they're doing?

Mnh-mnh.

They're trying to smuggle these animals in from Egypt.

-Okay. But -- -Yeah. Hey, buddy.

Oh, my God. I heard about this happening and stuff

when you use that light.

Oh, my gosh. Is that the same one we touched?

If it jumps down, I might have to go.

-Really? -Yes.

-Yeah. -Are you coming?

Well, I think it's coming with you.

No!

All right. See ya. Thanks for helping me.

-Are you coming? You sure? -Yeah.

-How are you? -I'm great.

-How are you guys doing? -Good. What's your name?

-Ronika. -Ronika, nice to meet you.

-Michael. -Nice to meet you.

All right. That's Darren, but...

-Nice to meet you. -How you doing?

You don't have to talk to him a lot...

Now, Darren here is actually Darren Berger,

a great magician and actually one of my oldest friends.

We met at magic camp when we were just kids,

and he has worked on this show since the very beginning.

You know what? I'm not even gonna tell you what to do.

You get to be creative and just set that stuff up.

Okay.

All right, so, she's gonna be doing that.

So, set up all the brass pieces.

That's great.

Oh, I see. All right.

We're gonna be getting an actual mummy...

Oh, man.

...that's gonna go inside here.

So that's cool. So, it has to -- It's gonna be 5'9".

I don't think that's gonna fit 5'9".

-How -- How tall are you? -5'4 1/2".

5'4"? How tall are you, Darren?

I don't know. Like 5'10" -- 5'10"-ish.

5'10"?

Well, if you would fit in here, then a mummy would fit in here.

Presumably, yeah.

[ Laughs ]

-Would you get in it? -In there?

Yeah. Well, they want us to take a picture...

-I'll take a picture. -...of the measurements, so...

Uh, just be careful,

'cause we have to only handle it from this side.

Can I... You know what

I'm talking about?

Yeah, step. Okay.

-Get in this thing? -Yeah.

-[ Laughs ] -Will you help us?

-Yeah. -Okay, here, wait.

I'll have you take it -- Well, be careful.

-What's... -What is that?

It's your costume, I guess. [ Laughs ]

Uh, does he fit?

Yeah, you fit the whole thing. Look, you can wear that.

Oh, that's lovely. Yeah, he, like, fits in the whole thing.

He would be, like -- Oh, wait.

Oh, shoot. Can you help me?

Oh, my gosh. Darren?! There he --

-Oh! Where's he at? -What the heck?

Darren?!

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God! Where's he at?

I don't know. God. What are those?

I'm, like, at a loss for words.

Okay, we don't say anything.

If somebody comes in, we just say Darren

did not show up to work today.

Oh, my God. Well...

He's always late anyway, so they're totally gonna

believe that, but I'm not...

Well, what if we don't find him?

Well, I just don't want to be responsible.

-Right. I understand. -You know?

-Like, how does that happen? -I don't...know.

♪♪

Have you read about that?

I have never, in my whole entire life.

-That Egyptian... -I haven't, unh-unh.

...where they would -- they believed that

when you wrapped up the bodies...

Oh, I heard that before, yeah.

The essence of the body, once they were buried, would escape.

They call that the -- the Carbonaro Effect.

Have you heard of that before?

I have-- I've heard of the mummy stuff and, like --

Yeah, I heard of a little bit of that, but...

You never heard about that -- the Carbonaro Effect?

-No, not that, unh-unh. -Oh, yeah, it's also the name

of a -- of a hidden-camera magic TV show.

This is so scary.

Like, the hidden-camera magic TV show?

This is what I'm on?

Ahh! [ Laughs ]

-Are you serious? -You're -- Yes.

My name is Michael Carbonaro. You're on my show right now.

-I'm a magician. -Are you serious?

I'm serious. What were you thinking?

-Like, where did he really go? -I'll never tell.