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I was actually a bartender for a few summers,

but I'd forgotten most of what I knew.

Fortunately, I had a little bit of magical assistance.

Um, I think I will have a... vodka/pomegranate.

Vodka/pomegranate? Okay.

I'm gonna make that for you with the Liquor Light.

The Liquor Light? Liquor Light -- yeah.

I'll show you. It's really cool.

We're one of the first bars to have one of these.

And I call myself an experienced drinker -- okay.

Oh, yeah. We make the drink with a bottle of water.

Okay.

So the cubes are bottled water --

Yeah, so educate me. Yes.

And then, the drink is made with pure spring water.

Got it.

So, we pour just some water in there...

Very good. Yeah, and then, we use

the Liquor Light, which is this.

And, uh, what drink do you want?

Vodka/pomegranate.

A vodka/pomegranate?

Yeah. Okay.

Yeah.

I have to remember the code.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah -- wait. 5-5-6-9-1. Yeah.

And then, because it's made with the spring water

and the ice cubes are spring water...

And that's it.

Yep.

What? Yeah.

Taste that. Wait a minute.

It's a perfect pour.

What in the -- wait. How does it do that?

You never heard of that? Mnh-mnh.

Oh, yeah, yeah. It's all the rage now.

It's good, right?

Yeah.

And so it's, like, mixed perfectly every single time?

Every single time, because a bartender,

you know, we can make mistakes,

but the machine doesn't make mistakes.

So how does that work?

Well, you know, every liquid is water at its base.

Right. So what it does is

it takes the ions of the water

and changes them to whatever the coding ions

of whatever it needs to for the drink.

That is insane. Yeah.

For years, liquor companies have been --

you know, they just use the machine.

They, like, make up all these stories about,

like, distilling wines and putting things in barrels.

But that's all just water done with a machine.

I'm getting good at this. I'm freaked out.

Yeah. That's insane.

Yeah. Liquor Light.

Liquor Light.

Enjoy that. There you go.

Thank you.

We're always looking for creative ways

to activate the magical process in a scenario.

Sometimes it's heat or a sound or a spray, but in this case,

it's a light that runs on two double-A batteries.

Here's a never-before-seen look at my second attempt

at this trick.

And then...

there it is.

No way. Yeah.

A perfect screwdriver.

That is nuts.

Yeah, taste it.

There's no liquor in it, though.

Oh, yeah, there is.

How does it do that?

It reconfigures the water into a perfect pour.

What they do is, they take real liquor

and they look at its digital makeup.

Yep. And then, they program

the light to take the water and reconfigure it

to the same digital makeup as the liquor.

So, there's no difference. How's it taste?

It tastes... It's really good, right?

It's tastes very good, yeah. Yeah.

Now, what...

But the orange juice is obviously not

real orange juice.

Well, it's the same chemical composition as orange juice.

Okay.

They make me test the hot sauces.

Do you like spicy stuff?

Oh, yeah, I love hot stuff. Do you really?

Yeah, they got this stuff -- Mexican Devil Tears.

They import it from Ecuador or something.

It's, like, illegal. What?!

I don't actually like hot stuff.

Ecuadorian?

Ew! Right?

I'm the Guinea pig.

Like, when the make wings like this,

they don't cook them first.

They put the sauce on, and the sauce cooks it.

Oh, my God. Are you serious?

Yeah, they put -- Do it.

Really? Yeah, do it.

I'm -- I'm bad at this.

Okay.

[ Gasps ]

Uh-oh. [ Spits ]

Oh, my gosh. That is way too hot.

Wait, that's like bothering my --

[ Gasps ] Oh, my gosh.

What the heck? This is not funny.

Oh, my God.

Yeah.

No way.

Nope, that's gonna be -- we're gonna have a lawsuit.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. I mean, look.

It looks like it's petrified right there.

Yeah. They put the wings down,

and then they coat the sauce on top of it.

That's why it looks petrified like that.

That can't be healthy.

I can still feel it, yeah. It's, like, numb.

Dude, I hope you get paid extra.

Me too.

Slide the thing all the way to the right,

you lean to the left, talk to them,

get them over there, don't engage the kid.

I had never been to a variety store

that had this much variety.

With all the crazy items they had for sale,

it quickly became one of my favorite locations

we ever shot at.

Whoops.

Let me try that again.

I'm magnetically charged. I always erase my cards.

Oh, you erase them magnetically?

No, I mean, like, I am magnetically charged.

My cards always -- they always do that.

Is that true?

Really, 'cause my car shocks me every time I get in it.

Oh, really? Every single time.

I have other cards, too.

Hello?

Hey, this is Michael Carbonaro at the variety store.

Yeah, I got another alert on the credit-card machine.

-What's the alert? -That was, uh --

since the 31st, they had to, uh --

they had to reissue them or something.

They should call you. Oh, really?

Yeah. I'll give it to him. Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay. All right, bye.

Yeah, they said that, um,

they're gonna be reissuing them for everybody,

so you should just be wary. Everyone --

Seriously?

I just used that at a restaurant.

Nope. Hold on. I'm sorry. I'll have them redeliver it.

The whole system is being operated now without humans --

like, the whole credit-card system.

-Uh-huh. -I just used it.

Hello? Yeah. What is your name?

Derek Debursky.

Derek Lebursky at the variety.

Oh, it's on its way? I can hear it.

Thank you. Yeah. It'll be fine.

We get these in here all the time

because, since the 31st, no one's been doing it.

So here it comes.

Over here! I hate dealing with this machine.

It's what I do all day.

Here we go.

They should have given you a new one.

Here you go.

Okay...

What is happening right now?

The drones are running all of the creditors.

So they're replacing cards without humans.

-It has my name on it. -Because humans steal.

Machines don't steal. Yeah.

So they're not trusting any humans in the facility,

so it's all drone-operated,

and the whole place is run by a computer.

So everybody's getting their cards replaced.

So, do you want to run this one?

-Uh, yeah. -Give it a try.

Uh, no, it's already activated,

because it came from the drone facility.

We're the first humans to touch it.

You doing cash or credit?

Oh, I have a $20. Oh, $20 -- great.

Let's hope -- I wonder.

Let's hope this isn't... More than $20?

...more than $20. No, I'm sure it'll be --

Uh-oh.

Where did you get this from?

The $20? Yeah.

I don't know.

Is it not a...? I don't think so.

Yeah, it doesn't have the little --

I'm gonna test it. Is that okay?

Okay, sure. Yeah.

Oh.

Do you feel how it feels like almost plastic-y?

You think it's a fake $20?

Yeah, it definitely is because this would write on it.

See, look at this. Let me see if it does that.

Yeah, look at that. Yeah.

A real $20 isn't, like, made of that plastic microfibery stuff.

Okay. And then it would rip.

It would rip.

But these don't rip.

Okay. Yeah, 'cause it, like --

it's like a self-healing microfiber.

Are you serious? Yeah.

Okay, well, I guess I'll pay with credit.

Okay, cool.

Best way to test them, too,

is if you feel it and it feels a little plastic-y,

just, psh, rip it in half. If it rips, it's real.

Okay.

♪♪

This lady believed this trick so much,

it made it even more fun to let her know

she was actually holding real money

and unknowingly participating in a hidden-camera show.

Check out this never-before-seen reveal.

It's like the ink and plastic together

make what feels like a paper.

Oh.

But it'll heal itself back up.

So it's like a forever counterfeit.

That's bizarre. Yeah.

They make it with a process called the Carbonaro Effect.

Which is also the name of a hidden-camera magic TV show...

Oh. ...where a guy does magic

on somebody in real life,

and they think that it's real,

but, really, they're on a TV show.

[ Laughs ]

I'm on a TV show? Yes.

[ Laughs ]

Oh, my gosh.

Really? Did you believe that?

I got you, didn't I?

I was very, very, very confused.

This is real.

Okay.

Oh, golly.

Okay. Yes.

[ Laughs ]

Thank you.

Everyone on the magic team is a coffee drinker,

so we were all deeply involved

when it came to coming up with coffee tricks.

We ended up with a lot more material than we needed

because we were all so enthusiastic

about this location.

-Can I get you a coffee? -Oh, yes.

-Medium decaf latte. -Decaf latte.

And what's your name?

Stacy. Stacy.

I have a sister named Stacy.

Oh.

All right.

Did I spell that right?

I'm Michael, by the way.

[ Laughs ]

Did I get it right?

You spelled your name, Michael.

I'm Michael. Did I spell that right?

Oh, I thought you wrote Michael on the other side.

No, I'm Michael.

I am -- I must be seeing things.

Yeah, you spelled it completely right.

Yeah? You said, "Michael,"

and I read that, and this what came out.

That's what I saw. So what just happened?

Wait. What do you mean?

Show me this, and then you said your name was Michael,

and I was, like... I didn't realize you were --

I don't know. It was just weird. It was just weird.

There was, like, some sort of

a scientific experiment there.

I just, I saw the name Michael when you showed me Stacy.

You saw the name Michael? Yeah.

I think you need coffee. I think I need coffee.

Okay, I'm gonna get you a coffee.

That was bizarre.

You missed us this morning.

We were giving away free muffins.

Oh, were you really? Yeah, they had the promotion

for those Baker Bag things.

I don't know what those --

Those, like, instant muffins or whatever.

Ohh. Yeah, they were doing it --

No, it's good. They're actually pretty good.

There's some left if you want.

There's, uh -- Interesting.

All we have is carrot, zucchini, and blueberry.

Um...

Blueberry. Blueberry?

That's kind of cool.

Yeah. So, how do you do this?

Oh, you haven't done them? All right.

Uh -- He's like,

"Oh, yeah, now I got to explain it to you."

I know, right? Now I got to explain it to you.

It's easy, though. Look.

Yeah, there's little directions in the thing.

Oh, wow.

And it comes with what you use.

You just use...

Comes with a little cup and the little baker stuff.

Here. I'll show you. Yeah.

Oh, my God. My son is gonna love that.

Yeah, it's great.

It's just like fill up the cup.

Okay.

And I thought you added water.

I messed up the first one, so don't put water in it.

Don't put water.

No, it just does it with the steam.

Yeah, just pack it on so that it can expand,

and just put it in the very bottom.

In the very bottom. Okay.

Like that. Just seal it up.

Oh, my God. Muffins of the future.

Just pinch the corners.

And you know, like, those gloves that keep your hands warm?

It's like that kind of technology or something.

It's kind of cool.

And then you can usually hear it.

It sounds like a...

[ Hissing ]

Oh, it's mak-- You hear it?

Yeah.

That is just, like, from outer space.

But open it up, 'cause you can't leave it in there too long.

Open it up now? Open it now.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You want to leave it like 20 seconds.

When you do it the first time, just do it, like, with...

Stop. No, don't leave it in there.

Don't leave it in there.

No, no, no, 'cause it will keep cooking.

Yeah, and it'll burn, so...

That's, like, the only thing is a little dangerous,

so if you're doing it with, you know, your kid,

just make sure -- And don't let him rip the bag,

'cause it -- it can, like -- it's, like, little coils

that heat inside the foil, and then that could, like, burn.

So just, like, keep it away from anything flammable.

I get a kick out of casually delivering "safety tips"

that reveal how "incredibly dangerous" a product is.

In this never-before-seen clip, I give another customer

a potentially dangerous muffin bag.

Yeah, look. Let me get that out.

Here, I don't want to touch your muffin, so you can get it.

Oh, thanks. Yeah.

Warm? That's great.

Yeah. I know, right?

Yeah.

Awesome. I appreciate that.

Sure. Yeah, it's new technology.

It just blows people's minds.

That blows my mind, yeah.

I've had MREs in the military before

but nothing like that. Yeah, it doesn't even use water.

It's just, like, the steam from inside 'cause it gets so hot.

The only thing is, you just can't rip the bag.

Be careful not to tear the bag. I mean, it's safe,

but it can light...

That's crazy. I can't wait to tell my fiancée about that.

Yeah. I have no idea how it works, but they're really --

it's really good, too.

I can't wait to taste it.

And it was just powder. Yeah.

Just powder and steam. And it circulates it.

It's, like, uh...

thermotemperic.

That's gonna be a million-dollar idea right there.

Yeah. Yeah, I mean...

You want to take another one home?

You can do it yourself. It's easy.

Yeah, I got chocolate and -- Yeah, everyone came in earlier,

and we were, like, out, but...

Chocolate? Chocolate chip.

Cool.

-How's it going? -I'm good.

So, I'm just gonna get this.

Okay. I don't need it ground.

You don't need that ground? Unh-unh.

Okay. Okay. And nothing to drink?

No. Nothing?

No? I'll give you a free cup of coffee.

-Aww. -You got to have something,

right? -Okay.

[ Laughs ] I'm not gonna turn it down.

Obviously, I love the coffee.

Free is good. Free is good.

Yeah.

I don't have a lid. I just have this lid.

No, that's fine.

All right. Are you driving?

Yes. But I have a coffee cup in the car.

You have a coffee thing?

'Cause it's a driving cup. Here, let me show you.

If you're driving and you put your hand

over the top of it and you hit a bump,

your hand's not gonna get splashed

'cause it's a driving cup,

so that this way, people don't get burned.

So just -- and then you won't --

What are you --

You won't get splashed at all.

But let me pour you another one now, 'cause I wasted that,

but we make everything with driving cups,

so you can drive as crazy as you want.

♪♪

so you can drive as crazy as you want.d there I was...

Here we are filming in the waiting room

of a real-estate office, and I had to trick people

who were waiting for job interviews.

Of course, anyone there for a job interview

is gonna be quiet and reserved,

so I had to go to extremes to get a reaction.

It is currently 3:05.

Oh, my gosh. That's ridiculous.

What time is your appointment?

My appointment was at 1:00.

Been waiting here for seems like hours.

You here for a job interview?

Yeah.

[ Yawns ]

Is today the 10th?

Hmm? Today is the 10th?

That's what's on my watch, though, but...

Your watch says the 10th? See, I'm a mind reader.

Yeah. [ Chuckles ]

My God.

No, it's the 12th today.

No, today's -- what? The 15th?

The 13th?

Oh, my God.

I was supposed to be seen on the 10th.

Well, if somebody calls for Michael,

would you wake me up?

[ Chuckles ] Yeah. I can do that.

♪♪

[ Snoring ]

[ Snoring continues ]

♪♪

I am really proud of this piece.

It required the largest number of magical principles

that we'd ever combined up to this point.

Now, every element was absolutely necessary

to create the total effect.

Yeah, I can imagine.

-How are you doing? -I'm all right, actually.

It's a nice day, but it's kind of chilly out.

It's like the winter came back.

Right. [ Chuckles ]

Now, yesterday was like --

I thought it was a tornado or something.

You here for a job interview?

Yeah, I'm here for a job interview.

Everybody's real nice around here.

I'm Michael. I'm Jonathan.

Nice to meet you, Jonathan.

So, what are you guys doing?

I see the sign out there that says

"Thanks for expanding our building."

Is that what you're doing?

Well, so, they just did a renovation,

and today I'm switching the bulbs to CFLs.

Okay, okay. Oh, my gosh. [ Laughs ]

What? You got to see this one.

Look at this.

Oop!

Drop that.

When's the last time you seen a bulb like this?

What? [ Laughs ]

At my grandma's house in the country.

Seriously.

Looks like something from 1776, right?

[ Laughs ] Those --

Actually, those are pretty nice, depending on the lamp.

Well, you know what it is? Look at this.

It gives, like, a nice, yellow-y glow.

You see that? Right.

But I'm gonna switch it here.

It depends on the room, too.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, it's kind of hot.

Ow. Uh, can you pass me that?

Sure.

It's got the better ones in there, I think.

What the heck?

What? Did they just give me one of these?

It's the only one?

All right, I guess I'm just switching one today.

Not a problem.

The thing about these -- saves energy,

but if you look at it,

kind of looks like little bit more of a white light,

doesn't it?

Let me see.

A little bit different. A little.

Little bit?

A little. Maybe it's the shade.

Yeah, the shade.

I think the better the shade, the more --

the better the light can look.

-Right. -You know?

Hey, you're not nervous, are you, for your interview?

-Right. with years of experience,ssional

magician

there's a bunch of tricks that I can pull off in my sleep,

but this one took nearly a week of rehearsals

just to pull off this exact timing.

[ Clattering ] Whoa! Oh, my God.

I'm like all thumbs today.

I'll be out of your hair in a minute.

-Weren't you just... -Hmm?

Nothing.

I could have swore I saw you walk that way.

And then I turn up, and I look up,

and you're right back there.

Oh, no, I'm here just doing some maintenance.

No, I just saw you go that way with that table.

Huh?

Wow. Okay, okay.

Kind of chilly today, isn't it?

Yeah, it is.

It's like the winter came back.

Well, Seattle is way worse.

Oh, yeah? Yeah.

You're doing a job interview?

Yeah. All right, yeah.

Everybody's really nice here here.

Yo, didn't you just say that to me?

Did I just say that to you?

No. Yes, you did.

I did? My name's Michael, man.

I haven't met you. Yes, you did meet me.

You are Michael. I met you?

Oh, you work here already?

No. Oh.

How did you...

Oh, yeah.

I'm just here to change the bulbs today.

Oop!

Oh, my gosh. Look at this.

When's the last time you seen a bulb like this?

No way.

Looks like something from 1776.

Yeah.

It does. It does, right?

Here, hand me that whole box. Ooh, it's hot.

Gives it, like, a nice, yellow-y glow.

And this is the bulb you need to change.

I think -- What the hell?

Did they only give me one of these?

Yeah, actually, that's the only one.

All right, well, I guess I'm just changing one today.

Yes. You're only changing one.

The thing about these, they save a lot of energy,

but I'm not a huge fan.

It gives more of like a --

kind of a whitish glow, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess it just, like, depends

on the shade, right?

The better the shade, the better the light.

[ Chuckles ]

Hey, you're not nervous, are you?

No, I'm not nervous at all.

-Good, good. -You know what?

I'm actually happy I met you.

Thank you... You bet, man.

... for talking to me and keeping me focused.

Focused? Yeah.

Yeah, you got to be focused.

Definitely focused. Good luck to you.

Thank you.

[ Whistling ]

Michael.

Definitely weird. What is today's date?

I don't know if I'm freaking out or...

[ Whistling ]

Michael: I feel like I'm losing my mind today.

You usually work alone?

Yeah, I work alone. Did I change this light bulb?

As we designed this trick,

we wondered if we were being too ambitious,

because even if we pulled off all the illusions,

there was still the chance no one would feel

the sensation of déjà vu.

Fortunately, our worries were unfounded.

I need to sit down for a second.

Whew! Weird.

You know, I just wrote that down.

What? Michael, cosmic loop,

'cause that's what we're going through.

Today's the 13th.

And this is where I'm at.

Why did you write that down?

You know, because I think it's important

that I remember that this happened to me before.

Okay. 'Cause it will happen again

at some point in my life,

and I want to have it written down.

Oh, like a déjà vu kind of thing?

Yeah, I have serious déjà vu.

You do? Yeah, serious.

Um...

And I like to write them down now.

In case it happens again, you would know.

It's like a déjà vu or what is that other thing

they call that when you keep having, like,

the same thing happen over and over?

It's like a cosmic loop. It's the Carbonaro Effect.

Have you heard of that?

No. Will be Googling that.

The Carbonaro Effect. Yeah.

It's also the name of a hidden-camera magic TV show...

Uh-huh. ... where a magician

pulls magic tricks on people

in real life and confuses them.

Right. Like where they think

they're in a cosmic loop,

where they see somebody changing a bulb

more than one time and start to think

that they're losing their mind

'cause they're really on a hidden-camera TV show...

[ Laughs ] ...called

"The Carbonaro Effect."

What's up, man? What's going on, Michael?

Great job. Jonathan.

Did we make you lose your mind a little bit?

I lost my mind.