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On this day, I was a little nervous about

pretending to be an expert on the great outdoors

because growing up I didn't spend too much time

climbing the majestic mountains of Long Island.

I was more of mall guy. So I did my best.

-Hey. How you doing? -Good.

I'm here to pick up a paddleboard.

Yeah, sure, sure.

There's three of them there.

You want to grab one of those?

They're great if you're picking up a paddleboard.

Oh. These? Yeah.

Shake it. Did they load that one?

Excuse me? It's shook up, right?

Yeah. These are awesome. Yeah.

'Cause you know how people clip, like, coolers

to their surfboards? Right.

So they do this for, like, a paddleboard.

It's like a smaller version.

How does it attach?

Oh, it's a compression cooler.

So...

Yeah, and it's a compression,

so it's easy enough for stuff.

They compress it inside of it.

Wait a minute. I'm sorry.

I'm so confused.

What did you just do?

They keep this inside here.

The compression cooler. All right,

do that again.

I can't close it back up.

They compression-pack them,

and then when they open, they expand.

That's, like, freaky. Yeah, but it's good,

'cause it's...

Yeah, I mean... It's real sturdy.

It's light.

I just don't even know what to say about it.

But look. Look, though.

Each one comes with --

I'll do the other one.

Once you hit it twice...

This one has two.

So that you can do one,

and then you can do one later on.

Did you see that? I did not see that.

Oh, you missed it? Yeah. I don't even --

I feel like --

No, every one has two. That's what I'm telling you.

Each one has two, and they're cold.

And the other one will pop up out.

How can that much liquid fit in there?

Well, they use the machine

to get that inside there.

I think I have a brochure for it in the back.

Hang on one sec.

Did you just see that?

Like, I didn't see it,

so I have to take your word for it.

I think I saw it,

but I feel like I'm on drugs or something.

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That's the weirdest damn thing I've ever seen in my life.

Even after I broke the laws of physics,

these people weren't truly impressed

until I pulled out the second six-pack.

Now, these were actually

the second compression cooler customers of the day.

You're about to see the first

in this never-before-seen clip.

And this will already have a six-pack in it.

That's good for --

you know, that stays cold.

Hang on a minute.

The ice is, like, um...

The ice is like -- Did this fit in there?

Yeah, it's a compression cooler.

They come pre-set inside there.

So the company would have to do it for you.

Okay.

'Cause I'm like, you just opened that.

Yeah. How in the world?

Yeah. Really?

Yeah, So that when you're --

'cause some people don't like the big cooler in the back.

Right.

Even for photographs too. Right.

They like it to be nice and low,

so they make it as a compression cooler.

You can put -- You bring all the stuff

that you want to have loaded in there,

and then you have them compress it for you

so that it's light. That is cool.

Yeah, flat on the back. That is cool.

Okay. Yeah.

You'll have about a three-month window to use it

the first time. Okay. Okay.

And then any time you want to pack something up,

especially if you're taking a long trip...

Right. ...you can have some fun.

You can have it pre-packed.

You have three months

before you ever have to pop that open.

It keeps anything fresh, too.

So just come back up here and have it --?

Yeah, they'll do it.

We got one of the machines in the back.

I'm just amazed. Yeah.

Just not more than three months, otherwise...

I'll do it this weekend.

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Did you miss the sale this weekend?

Yeah. Yeah, I was gonna try and come by Friday.

My car was in the shop. And I was like, "All right.

Well, I'll try and come Monday after work and then..."

Oh, yeah. At least I made it,

though.

Yeah, it was a great sale.

We sold almost a gross of those --

Like, 144 of these -- the Warm 'N' Toasties.

What are they?

They're going for, like, 25 cents,

so there was a huge --

I think he's still selling them...

What?

...for 25 cents. Get out of here.

Have you seen this brand?

Unh-unh. Oh, my gosh.

They've been --

This has, like, saved people's lives.

What? Yeah.

You've seen them before, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

You break them and then they warm for you.

Yeah, snap it. Go ahead, snap one,

'cause we have so many of them.

Yeah.

Did it make a little click, or...?

Uh...

Is it warm? Kind of.

You can kind of feel it's warm, right?

Yeah, it's kind of warm right now.

Yeah.

Just gradually gets warmer over time.

Yeah.

Yeah, but they say that people who are, like --

if you're stranded or in the cold,

it's actually saved people's lives.

What? I know.

If you're stranded someplace without food,

afterwards, you can open it up.

It is not...

Yeah, and it's a lifesaver.

It is not a s'mores brownie--

or, s'mores right there. It's s'mores, yeah.

What? Yep.

Here, feel it. It's still warm.

It's a perfect s'more.

And that's, like --

How does that even happen?

Taste it. Go for it. It's delicious, yeah.

Yep.

Right? Okay, man.

Even after you break it up...

That is insane.

Yeah, and the company's real good,

'cause it's about saving lives.

Yeah, yeah, cool.

You know, like, when you're stranded --

And I was seeing that it's nontoxic and all that.

Nontoxic. So that's pretty cool.

Like, when you're at the end of the line...

Yeah.

...out in the wilderness,

a s'more can save you.

Huh.

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That is crazy weird.

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I love finding locations

that have their own distinct personality,

so an Army and Navy store was perfect.

It's rough, it's tough, it's totally me.

The employees here -- super fans of the show,

and they helped us set up their actual customers.

-Hey, dude, I like those. -Yeah, cool.

Man: Spring-assisted, but every time I get one,

they -- Oh, the spring assist.

Yeah. Yeah. They pop.

Yeah.

That one won't pop. Oh, wow. Look at that.

Oh, who makes this? H&K.

Oh, that's great.

It's a good one.

That's like the one they do with the wallet.

Mm-hmm.

You know, the wallet version. Ever seen that?

Oh, the --

Yeah, it's good.

It's a great hide,

'cause It's real leather, and it's flexible,

so someone can examine it if they need to to feel it.

You can...

Pretty good -- good grade,

and you can use it as a regular wallet.

I like that. Yeah.

But because it folds like this,

most people, they'll stop there,

which is good.

Like you did, you know?

If someone were to examine it

and they pull the little guy out,

they're not gonna --

you know, they're not gonna bust you

for having this little thing.

But the best is -- look.

See, look.

And then this one --

no one ever goes further because if it folds,

this one will come out.

And that's easier for someone

to be able to hide that in there.

How does it fold?

Uh, I d-- They make them to, uh...

It's the concealed weaponry company.

They come folded up,

so you can unfold it yourself.

So it fits in there.

There's no way that thing --

I know. I don't know how they --

I don't know how to get it in the first time.

See how it just fits corner to corner?

So that...

Once you learn how, you can get it in there,

and then you'll be able to feel it.

Damn. Yeah.

They're getting more and more sophisticated

with the hides, you know?

Damn.

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Nice. Thank you.

Little T-shirt and pepper sprays.

All right.

Let me just freshen your shirt a little bit, okay?

Mm-hmm.

Make sure it's, uh... sanitary.

There we go.

Sorry.

What the [bleep]?

Those came out of the shirt?

Oh, yeah.

It's so that it's 100% sanitary.

Holy [bleep] Yeah.

We just spritz them out before we sell them.

Oh, man! Yeah.

Just shake it. I'd have never known.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

We keep a couple in each article of clothing

just to make sure that it is sanitary.

Oh, you put them in there.

Yeah, they're in all of the clothes.

Originally the bugs were supposed to be part of

just your run-of-the-mill vermin infestation.

But I thought that might send people

running from the store,

so at the last minute,

I came up with the idea of sanitation bugs.

And it worked.

As you can see, this guy was totally cool

with finding giant millipedes in his shirt.

You could eat off of these bugs.

They're that clean.

That's like these survivalists

that drink their own [bleep]

Not me, bro.

Things never got that bad, thank God.

Well, that's why we have the bugs now.

Keep them sanitary. Wow.

Yeah, you might want to shake that out a little bit.

We usually keep four in there.

Oh, okay.

Let me get you a bag.

Will it come tumbling out?

Um, it'll find its way out.

You'll be all right.

You could leave one in.

Oh, my girlfriend would flip her [bleep]

if there was a bug in here.

Did you get both of them? It's almost like a security...

She would not think that was funny.

No.

Yeah, let me just make sure.

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Yep. There he is.

All right.

That'll be all of them.

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Over here.

God, you learn something new every day.

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We've shot at this health-food store twice

and hit gold both times.

The combination of bizarre products

and these customers that really want to believe

equals instant comedy.

And we broke a "Carbonaro Effect" record

and hit seven successful magic tricks filmed in one day.

Michael: Do you know when an awogomi is ripe?

It's something, like --

I don't know whether it's when it rattles

or when the ends are --

the ends of the little hairs on it are black

is when they'd be ripe. I don't know.

What do you do with it? Do you eat it?

Uh, no.

Well, some people are eating them, you know,

because they're vegan

and they're trying to get away with eating them, but...

I don't think that's very cool.

Yeah.

Uh, yeah, one was rattling.

Do you see any that have --

See, there's like little hairs on the bottom.

Well, this has got some black.

-Which one has black? -This one.

That one? On the end.

Oh, yeah, that does have black.

Black on the end? Yeah.

It does have black on the end.

Yep. That popped off.

Oh. Does that mean it's ready?

I guess so.

Does that, would you say, rattle?

Yeah. 'Cause the guy called,

and he just said it has to be rattling.

That's a rattle. That's a rattle?

Yeah. Let me try massaging it.

I'll just massage it.

Yeah, that's like... Is it going?

Oh, yeah, it's cracking a little.

Yeah.

There it goes.

Oh. Oh!

[ Gasps ] Yep.

Oh, great. There he is. That scared me.

Oh, my gosh. That's it.

What is that? That's an awogomi.

Oh, my God. Yeah, it's a vegan pet.

You know, it's part mammal, part plant.

Oh. They grow.

Oh, my gosh! I've never seen one hatch.

He's adorable.

Isn't he great? I've never seen that

in my life.

I'm a little scared of him and fascinated.

And then he's cute. Yeah.

The males --

the males fertilize the seeds,

and the seeds are plant,

so it's a hybrid of mammal and plant together.

Oh, my goodness. What do they feed on?

They feed on just light and water.

That's it? Yeah, because their

internal structure

is like a plant.

And a lot of vegetarians,

because it's a plant-animal,

they're eating them.

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All right, so maybe I crossed the line with these ladies

when I mentioned that people eat the adorable awogomi.

On my next never-before-seen attempt at this trick,

I decided to downplay that particular fun fact.

But only a little.

And they split if you just squeeze it a little bit.

Oh.

And there he is.

What?

Oh, he is ready.

Yeah, that's an awogomi.

Wow.

Oh, is that the sweetest thing?

My gosh. Yeah.

It's the first-ever vegan animal.

What? Yeah.

I had no idea.

You were saying there was an animal in there.

Yeah. Wow.

The male fertilizes a seed.

Okay.

So the egg is actually plant.

Right.

And the seed is mammal,

so it is a hybrid half-mammal, half-plant.

So a lot of vegetarians are --

well, a lot of vegetarians

are using that as an excuse to eat them

because they say it's a plant,

but it is an animal.

And we don't like to eat them here.

Right. You know.

He's sweet, right? Oh, my gosh.

Yeah. Hi.

And we sell --

Probably sit on you here.

Oh. Yeah.

They like the warmth. Yeah.

Especially when they're brand-new.

And, yeah, we sell the seeds.

These are already fertilized.

Wow. So you could plant these

and just follow the directions on the back.

Wow.

And it'll grow at least three,

and you have a little pet.

And where do you keep it?

I just let them run around

There's several of them around the store now.

Really? Yeah.

Like, just running around the floor?

Yeah, they just find their own way to go,

and because they're plants,

they really just need light and water.

They don't eat.

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-Hey. -How are you doing?

-I'm well. How are you? -I'm doing pretty good.

That's my pile of books over there.

Pile of books. You got lots of stuff.

Here you go.

All right, great. All righty.

Lots of books, and...

Oh, you got some tablets here.

These aren't capsules? These are tablets?

Capsules, yeah. Okay.

And so everyone who is buying capsules today gets a...

Little security bottle. Okay. What is it?

Like, a -- Oh, they're great.

They're impossible to open for kids,

so in case you want to --

[ Laughs ] No, no, that --

Really? Yeah.

Oh.

The kids think that they can open it.

But they -- What do you mean?

Yeah. That's good, right?

[ Laughs ]

I don't get it.

There's a combination on them.

[ Laughs ] Are you kidding?

No, no, no, no, no.

It's got a combination on top.

What do you mean?

This is one I use. Here, I'll show you.

The lid has a little combination on it.

You see that? What's that combination?

5.3? 5, 3 -- that's mine.

Put it on there.

Turn five...Three.

And...

[ Rattling ]

You could take them out and...

You keep them in there.

They fall out quick.

Well, where did those pills come from?

Well, they're hidden inside.

They're hidden inside the whole time.

So... All right.

But -- so...

To open it, you'd line up the two numbers.

I don't see your little mark anymore.

Well, the mark goes away.

On the top.

Yeah, when it's see-through so that you --

'cause otherwise, a kid will...

See it. Yeah, the mark.

So, how do you know how to open it now?

Well, that's the point,

so that the kids won't be able to open it.

'Cause if they see the marks, they'll line it up.

The point is, is that -- I hear you,

but how do I line it up when I want to get in it?

'Cause you know the code?

What'd you say -- It was 5.3.

So do I put this 5 over here?

Yeah. Does it matter

where I put it?

You put your own mark.

So you'll just line it up to the 5 to one spot,

then the 3 to the one spot.

I pick a mark.

Yes. Okay.

This is a very confusing item you have here.

You understand it now?

You put your own number on top.

So I'm just gonna do 5.3. It doesn't matter where.

Okay. Doesn't matter where.

And then just shake it...

And they'll come back from the...

Okay. Yeah.

You'll figure it out. All right.

I'm gonna have to go home and play with it, but...

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I loved filming in this hobby shop

because there were so many random,

interesting items everywhere

to build the tricks around.

The challenge, though, is at a hobby shop,

the customers know way more about their hobbies than I do,

so I had to really be on top of my BS game.

Michael: Hey, man. Can I ask you a question?

You ship stuff, yeah? Man: Uh-huh.

So you would know about shipping.

Okay.

Yeah, they're making us keep these separate.

Okay. If someone were

to buy the paint...

Right. ...would they be able

to ship it?

It depends.

It depends? It depends.

Yeah, because we have to ID people now...

Yeah, it depends. ...for the ball.

So when somebody gets the paint...

You hear the ball shaking in there.

Well, there is no ball.

They don't ship it with the ball anymore.

That's why I'm asking you.

Yeah.

But I know, one way,

it'll go as a hazardous package,

and one way, it'll go as a nonhazardous package.

Right.

So, when I have the paint here,

like the green paint, okay...

Mm-hmm.

...and someone's gonna buy it,

and I know they're gonna ship it,

do I give it to them with the ball,

or do I --

'cause I have to ID them for the ball --

or do I just put it in, you know, for them?

You put it in there, right?

Yeah.

That's what I have to do is put it inside.

Oh. Just like that?

You put it in there just like that?

Yeah, that's what they're making me do now.

They're making me ID people for the ball.

You see how it shakes.

You can hear it.

But I'm saying,

how did you get the ball in there like that?

Oh, that's what they're making us do now

for safety regulations. You just busted it

in like that.

Yeah. And then it's like --

Let me get a paper towel.

Yeah, because of graffiti,

you know, the ball is made to come out.

Wow. Yeah.

This way, if an underage person were to come in,

I can sell them the paint,

but I can't sell them the ball.

That is something. I'll show you this.

Here. Take one of those -- the balls out.

Wow.

You just hit the can. Yeah, yeah, hit the can.

I'll show you. Take a -- take a color.

Here, I'll take the orange one.

Will the can -- will it still leak, though?

Well, this one, once it comes in once

and comes out once, that's it.

It seals it. And now --

yeah, it is sealed,

and we can't get a ball back in.

You can't? Nope.

Well, don't tear up another one.

I just saw you do it.

No, but you should know how to do it,

because if you're gonna be shipping them, ever...

Well, that's up to the customer

to put the ball in or leave it out.

Right.

But if you were shipping somewhere,

and you go to Grandma's house,

and she bought paint

because she wants to paint her rocking chair,

and she asks you to put the ball in,

are you're not gonna put the ball in for her?

Let me show -- I'll show you how to do it.

All right, here's -- I'll use the orange.

Yeah, you hold it in the palm of your hand like that.

Right?

And not on the seam of the can, oddly enough.

Just on a flat part.

And you're just gonna hit it in.

Yep. Did it go in?

No. And see

how I can shake it?

I'm on the seam of the can.

It not go in?

Let me try one more time. It takes --

Oh, wow. Yeah.

Well, careful -- Yeah, don't puncture --

yeah, don't hurt yourself.

Ah... Yeah.

Wow. That is something, man.

Yeah.

Wow. That's something.

You learn something new every day, man.

I never would've known that.

Yeah, here. Take a can home.

You can practice with it,

and then you'll know how to do it.

Well, thank you, sir.

It's a little knack.

In the palm of your hand, just give it a smack.

You'll get it. Well, thank you.

All right. Have a great day.

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So, he's gonna check that on out for you.

Man: Terrific. Yeah.

Where you from?

I live down in Marietta.

Oh, you didn't know about us?

No. Oh, yeah.

We've got tons of stuff for train sets and...

The trick I was most excited to perform at the hobby shop

involved model trains,

and when this actual train enthusiast walked in,

I had to tread very carefully

on anything he might call me out on.

We do steam trains

for different people who have

some of the older model sets of trains.

Right. And we do that

right in-store.

Awesome. Yeah. You've seen --

You know, it's very hard and really expensive

to have your train set steamed if you need them --

you know, for sizing. Right.

Have you heard of that before?

No.

Oh, here. This is great.

We just got the new system. You'll love this.

What do you mean, sizing?

Oh, because, you know, the trains, they come,

and they're molded,

and they're molded in plastic.

Yeah.

And they're cast to a specific scale.

So what we do -- let me just, uh...

clean this out for a second.

We do this right in store.

We'll take a 1/8 scale,

and we'll resize them.

And it goes inside here.

And they go in there.

But it won't change the track size.

It doesn't change the track size.

That's the only problem.

Someone's got their tracks laid out already,

it's not gonna be able to change

the size of the tracks.

Right.

But it will change anything that's plastic.

Sure. How about that?

Yeah.

You know how plastic's made with two polymers.

There's a lower polymer and one on top,

and you pull it up, and the two combine together...

Right. ...to make plastic.

What they do with this

is they add silicone inside of it.

So this way...

[ Hisses ]

Here.

This way, most of the plastic products

have a flexibility.

So if someone has all their tracks set up

and they find that they've got really good trains

but they don't fit the tracks...

We just -- we'll just steam and resize them for them.

Are you kidding me?

Those two big things became that?

Yeah.

Just the plastic parts,

as long as they're all made in plastic.

And it happened that fast?

Yeah, it just steams it and pressurizes it,

because the plastic has a molecular flexibility,

so anything that's plastic...

Here.

Well, I learned something major today.

That's unbelievable. Yeah.

Yeah, they look great. They're, like, the same.

Even the wheel size, though. I mean...

That just blows my mind.

Yeah, and it also will shrink,

like, anything that has a plasticky --

like, I was just eating some little gummy bears here.

Anything that has a plastic flexibility to it...

Drop that in there.

That's got to be some pretty significant pressure.

Yeah.

[ Hisses ]

Here we go.

Yeah.

Now you're gonna have a little gummy pellet.

Yep, a little tiny gummy pellet,

if we'll even see it.

But, uh...

Oh.

Well, that's better.

Oh, my gosh. Look at this.

Oh, yeah. It filled it.

♪♪

Oh, yeah. It filled it. that, like,

has, like,

a plastic flexibility to it...

This is one of those multi-part tricks

that we worked on

right up until the day we shot it.

The shrinking trains were cool but kind of low-key,

so we wanted to take the concept to another goofy level

and see if the guy still bought into it.

Now you're gonna have a little gummy pellet.

Yep, a little tiny gummy pellet, if we'll even see it.

But, uh...

[ Hisses ] Oh.

Well, that's better.

Oh, my gosh. Look at this.

Oh, yeah. It filled it.

What, is it full of water?

I think it just -- it just expanded it.

You could eat all that all day.

Yeah. I mean, anything that's plasticky.

God, that's unbelieva--

What if that thing blew up in your stomach

after you ate it?

Well, the machine is set for a certain size,

so there's only a certain amount

that the polymer can reduce its structure.

But how do you --

how do you gauge what size it's gonna be?

It's wild, right?

To be able to expand and contract.

The process is called the Carbonaro Effect.

It's also the name of

a hidden-camera magic TV show...

♪♪

...like the one you're on right now.

You son of a gun. I knew it.

He's too good for me.

I'd like to end the show

with a moment of silence for the gummy bear,

which melted in a production assistant's car

that same day.

Don't worry. We covered the cleaning bill.

♪♪

Well, at least I feel as though

I still have my sanity.

Because this was very hard to accept.

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