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Hey, Michael Carbonaro here. You're like me. You're spending the holiday season

sitting alone on a bench.

Some reason people don't invite me into their home.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Sorry, I hit an artery. I'm okay.

Yes, the holiday season is upon us. A time of warmth, good cheer, and hidden

cameras. I've decided to help you navigate the upcoming weeks with a

episode of never -before -seen bits of craziness that I'm going to call the

Carbonaro Effect Holiday Survival Guide.

Let's start off with a look at everyone's number one holiday concern,

the masses.

You want to make a beautiful Thanksgiving dinner for your family, but

want to exert any effort.

Have I got the product for you.

This is a new product called Canicopia.

It's for Thanksgiving, and it's supposedly really tasty. I haven't

just saw the video on how to open it. It's like all of Thanksgiving?

Yeah, so it's not just one thing.

You ever have a Thanksgiving sandwich at a deli?

It's kind of like that, yeah.

So pop the can open here for you.

There we go.

Okay, yeah, so this is the top layer.

All right.

Right, because that's going to expand a little bit there.

And just as it hits the oxygen, that first layer is going to

flop itself out there. So that, you know this is like for Thanksgiving.

Again,

I'm just going to kind of cut a little bit.

The next layer spans underneath it a little bit, and there's the turkey.

So you get both the turkey and the cranberry.

And the potatoes are in there, too.

Whoops.

Oh, yeah, sorry. Would you get that? Sorry about that.

That's my first demo there. Sorry about that. That's the stuffing.

So, yeah, that's the potatoes, the cranberry, the stuffing, the turkey, and

this one.

Oh, yeah, the beans with the crispies in it, you know? You get those nice

crispies in there.

So it's all in there, yeah.

Did you see that?

Yeah, I didn't even know there was corn at the bottom there, yeah.

Sorry about that.

I think it just released.

Yeah, see how it's wet?

So the wet products come out. Oh, my God, that's whole dinner.

And here we go, a little... Oh, ha!

It comes with, like, a little turkey for your, like, turkey dinner. Oh, my God.

That's funny.

And then one more, maybe.

Or separate is dessert, apple pie.

Oh, there we go. We live in the future now.

Yeah. The other thing they did on this, once it's all out of the way, the label

can peel off like that.

And then that you can lay down like this.

It's kind of flattened, and you have to kind of pop the edges out of each one

like that.

Yeah, and the label actually is the tablecloth, see?

Oh, wow.

Okay.

So you can have the tablecloth, too, for your meal.

Whole Thanksgiving.

That is wildly expensive.

Nice stuff, right?

Yeah. How much are these cans?

These are, you know, they're like, I think it's like $39 .99 a can. But

a special today. Let me check the coupon. I think we have a special.

We also sell New Year's Eve in a can. It comes with champagne, a noisemaker, and

someone whose name you can't remember in the morning.

Of course, holiday cooking can be exhausting, unless you use the latest in

-saving kitchen aids.

Here are a couple of people who will not only believe anything, they'll

apparently eat anything.

This is our squid ink pasta pen.

It's a pre -mix inside of a pen, so it's made just like a pen. It's got the tip

of a pen on it.

and that has the squid ink inside it. So you just draw into your bowl a little

swirl like that.

Try and coil it. The shape doesn't really matter, but I like to keep it in

connected long swirl.

And then you add a little bit of water, and you can see it expands under the

water. You know, a squid's ink expands to...

So that'll expand inside the water. And you just want to start to dance. You

kind of want to swirl it around a little bit.

And they start to stick to each other.

And then you pick up.

Look at that.

Holy cow. Just like that, a little bit.

And, yeah, so it's like drawing dinner.

So a little bit of broth for you.

Look at that.

You can give that a try.

Yeah. Sure, thank you.

Who came up with that?

Well, they've been writing with squid ink for years.

Someone wrote a recipe with squid ink on a card and it got wet and the ink

started lifting off the card. And that's when he noticed it had the same

consistency when it gets transformed to pasta. So they just added a little bit

of pasta flour.

That's amazing.

And you can draw dinner.

How many dinners? Yeah, this will serve a

family of four for a month.

How does it taste?

Great. Great.

Yes,

only the finest foods come from writing implements.

Are you ready for dessert?

Who doesn't love chocolate?

Have you tasted our chocolate that we do with absorption?

Oh, it's really good. It's really good.

Do you want to take one home? Oh, great.

Okay. It's just a basic sponge cake and just a regular vanilla buttercream

frosting.

And we do each one individually, so we do this at a party, too, if you want.

Okay. And we put the cupcake inside there like that.

It just gets a little bit of chocolate right directly on top of it. Oh, my

goodness. Oops.

Yeah.

The lid's a little loose there.

There we go.

And because, you know, sponge cake is called sponge cake for a reason, you

It'll soak it up. Yeah, it'll soak it up, and it absorbs it.

And then I just tap it inside like that a little.

Okay. Agitation.

So when you, like if I ordered them, do you put the chocolate syrup on here or I

do it when I get home? You can do it when you get home. A lot of people like

do it themselves. Like I was going to serve it later. Because it tastes the

fresh.

Oh my.

When it happens instantly.

That is so amazing.

Yeah.

That is so cool.

Yeah. When you bake chocolate, it sort of loses its flavor a little bit.

So it's best to do all of the baking first.

How do you not get any, like, in the box? It sucks it all right up.

Unbelievable. Yeah, it absorbs it. That's so cool.

Yeah, and it's, I mean, you can smell how potent that is, right?

I love that idea. But you take that home, and I would eat it within the next

hours. Oh, okay. Yeah.

It's the best that way.

Wow. Fresh absorbed chocolate for you. Thank you. All right, you enjoy that.

Bye -bye.

I love playing with my food.

I also love playing with the minds of human beings, which I'll be doing more

right after this.

Hey there, welcome back to the Carbonaro Effect Holiday Survival Guide, Act 2,

Preparation.

Even though prepping for the holidays can be stressful, remember, little

miracles can happen anywhere in your heart.

in your home, in a mini golf course.

We're going to be setting up another little obstacle here. All right. So you

maybe help me. Are you good with, like, putting furniture together?

Shy I can be.

So, Jen, we're just going to lift this up and kind of put a new one together

here. There we go. Bring it over here.

Excellent.

This is going to be a new one of those?

This is different. I think it's more like it goes with the chicken or

Oh, okay.

This says B. That one will probably be yours, right? The back? Yes.

You got a side?

There we go. Okay, good.

Yeah, and then this is the back.

This would be like a little farmhouse or something?

Yeah, like a farmhouse, and I think the ball goes through the front.

Oh, that's it in the back.

That's it?

Yeah.

And the roof line.

Yeah, line it up, and then...

And so I think the ball goes up a ramp on the front.

There's no hole in the front. Oh, there's no hole in there.

No, hold on a minute.

We'll use the directions.

Decorative feature.

That's all the pieces, right? Yeah, except that holiday accessory.

What's holiday accessory? I have no idea.

Is that on the bottom?

Holiday accessory?

Oh, my God.

Whoa.

Where's the green at? What the heck?

Wait, where did this turkey come from?

I have no idea.

Does it bite?

I have no idea. I wouldn't touch it.

It's not part of the thing. It's real.

That is so weird.

What? Where did this come from?

I've never been this close to a turkey, ever. Yeah, it's like, happy

Thanksgiving, man.

Okay.

Now, don't feel bad for the turkey.

I invited him over to my house for Thanksgiving.

The truth is...

I've always been a sucker for this time of year.

When my Uncle Joey would be outside in the yard raking leaves, cursing nature.

Yeah, let's face it, raking leaves can be a pain.

Unless you have the latest in leaf -gathering technology.

Hey, Randy, what's going on? It's Clark.

Yeah, I'm here with David, right?

Yeah, David, yeah. I'm here with David, and we're trying to... He doesn't have

any extra bags, and it's just me and him, and there is a lot of...

Okay.

What are they, chlorella tabs?

What are chlorella tabs?

Never heard of that.

I don't either. Let's see if there's something.

Oh, here you go, yeah.

Huh?

Chlorella tabs.

Oh, okay.

Bye.

He said here.

I don't even really know what that is. What does it say on there?

Fill bag with leaves, place compositing.

Composting tablet on top. Okay. Compress tablet to bottom of bag and then repeat

as necessary until leaves are at the desired size.

It just like makes it flat or something?

Yeah. I think it helps it mulch.

Okay. Take out a tablet, yeah.

Should I touch it with my hand? Yeah, it's just this one little thing.

And then it goes in the, just drop it in there. And I think as soon as it,

that's why it's in a...

And it's an aluminum pouch?

Yeah, once it touches, it lets off like a gas with all the leaves.

I've never heard of that.

One of those.

That's insane.

Wow.

So we can do the whole park with just one bag?

I guess it says as needed, so I guess you could just use one bag.

That's crazy, yeah.

That's a first for me right there.

It said as needed?

This is it, dude, look at it.

It like held it up.

Yeah.

How?

That is crazy.

It's, like, compacted down.

Never even heard of that. Here, grab one more pill if it's as needed.

I think it'll go in.

What do you think it'll do to it?

I don't know. Let's try it.

Because it's hard now, but, like, if I put the pill in it, maybe it'll do that

same.

Oh, yeah, look at it go.

Oh, my gosh.

Wow.

I could just crush that thing?

What?

That's cool right there. Wow.

See, I'm new every day, don't you?

Dude, that's... Let me go get some wipes. I'll be right back. Yeah, make

those are warnings.

That's crazy.

I don't know why they just don't sprinkle them all over the leaves.

That's what I was thinking, too. Hey, what do you think that would do?

Nothing more heartwarming than leaving a guy alone with an impossible task.

Well, I hope you're not working over the holidays.

If you're lucky, your employer throws you an annual party.

If you're unlucky, I'm the guy helping you plan for it.

How are you?

I need some items for a barnyard thing. And I need anything with

pigs, horses.

You know, barnyard.

For a barnyard party. Yeah, barnyard party. I have beehive. I have a pig.

I have a whole catalog of different animals.

How much is the pig?

It is $20 unfilled or $50 when we fill it for you with wonderful. Give me

$20 unfilled. $20 unfilled it is. All right. Okay. And then what kind

of animals do you have?

Like where I could put up on the wall.

Oh, that's a good idea. Yeah. Yeah. So this, you can, this one actually is

filled, but I can, I can empty it for you. Okay. Okay. Yeah. I think someone

going to take this.

Okay. You know what? They didn't.

Yeah. We do all kinds of different parties. Right.

I understand.

Oh, nice catch.

Yeah. Yeah. I used to play softball. Oh, what is this? Oh, this is about beer

paring, I think. Okay. Oh, this is for, we were doing a fraternities party. Uh

-huh.

Goodness.

Can you get it? I'll hold it. I'll hold it.

Thank you. I don't even know what... Oh, that's the funnel goes... Uh -huh.

Right. Oh, okay. Like a hookah, I guess. Like a hookah, yeah. Hookah, yeah.

Yeah, that's good. Okay.

So you probably don't want any of these items.

Nope. Nope, nope, nope, nope. Okay.

That's new.

Lollipops. Not going to need those.

Okay.

And... Okay. I think that's it. There's a second chamber here.

Okay. Let me see if I can... There. All right. Wow.

Yeah. You can really load these up. Check that out. I see. Yep. We got some

wings.

And, yeah. Oh, okay. Tequila.

Yeah. They were going to have a really wild rager party. Snack them.

Salsa.

Get a little cocktail. Well, when I know somebody wants that type of party, I

will send them here. Absolutely.

Oh, wait. One more.

Wait. Oh.

Oh. Whoa.

That's real.

Get out. No, I didn't stuff this one myself, so I don't know. Yeah, I mean,

do.

Now, you know pigs squeal when you lift them. Right, right.

They squeal when they come out. Hey, baby.

Once they're out, they're okay.

He didn't number two in there or anything, did he?

Yes, one, two, and three.

Well, I emptied it for you. But I don't want that one. He's number two.

I don't want that one.

No, I don't want it.

Because if he's number two to number one, you know they don't want it. Okay,

I'll keep that one. You do it. They're trained.

Okay. We don't put anything inside our pinatas that have not been trained and

have not met federal regulations for the safety. All right, I'll take that one.

Okay, good. And are there any items here you would like for your pinata?

Nope, that's about it.

Yeah, it's a pinata. This is my holiday special. I can include any holiday I

want. Happy Cinco de Mayo, everybody!

Okay, when we come back, we'll answer the classic holiday question, what's in

the box?

Oh, my God.

We'll be right back.

Hey, welcome back to a special episode of the Carbonaro Effect, where we're

helping you survive the holidays with tricks no one has ever seen before.

And we've saved the best one for last.

I remember that sensation I had as a kid, waking up, finding presents that

magically appeared underneath the tree.

Well, I wanted to remind someone else of how that felt and let them experience

the ultimate holiday impossibility.

I'm Michael. I'm Megan.

Hi, Megan.

Have you ever worked here before? No, I haven't.

A Barker and Burger?

Nope. Okay, so we're liquidators, and we just go through stuff from like a state

sale. Okay.

You know, foreclosed homes, things like that. Okay. So all of this stuff just

came in, and I'm just kind of writing down what's what. Okay.

Megan, you said? Yeah. Megan, cool. You can just sit right here. It's pretty

cozy. Okay, cool.

I wrote all these down, so I'll bring you a box.

Okay. And it's such an interesting place, too. They found this house that

There were squatters in it. There was, like, people living in it. Yeah. But

didn't have any running water.

And... But they had all this really nice stuff. Everything was, like, super

clean. Totally lived -in home.

Not a clue who was there. Nobody owns it. No running water.

And this is all the stuff that came from it? And this is all the stuff, yeah.

So... Where was this house located?

Upstate. Oh, really? Okay.

And... Oh, yeah.

Yeah, so a lot of weird things.

You know, and you never know, some of this stuff could be worth a lot. Like

costumes, yeah.

Yeah.

Like this, this is nice, though. I know we don't deal with it, but I'm going to

probably show it to the owners and see if they want to do something with that.

They might work with another, you know, a wardrobe house or something that would

be interested in that. So, like, shoot, like... You have boots, huh?

It's so interesting. I almost want to keep this stuff to solve the mystery of

who these people were. Yeah.

Wait,

there's another thing here, too. Hold on.

There.

This could... The case is actually really nice, too.

They've made a lot of money on boxes like this. Yeah.

Whoa. Oh, yeah, look at this in here.

Oh, yeah, gloves.

She said no clothes, so I'm not going to do clothes. Okay. Yeah. Okay.

But the case, I would say. I would say something, because, you know, this is a

nice -looking case. Yeah.

So just put, like, an antique steamer trunk, I guess. Okay.

And...

Yeah, I like these things. This one's in really good shape.

You know, sometimes they can make a lot more money on just the boxes, you know,

when they're in good condition like this than people would ever make on the

other ones. This is good, but it's riveted. It's strong.

When you see those rivets all the way around. Yeah. Yeah, that's strong.

Yeah, you can mark that down. I'd say an antique trunk. And I'm going to grab

one more box from Lot 36. Okay.

Which I have.

oh my god

wait

a second wait

what

is going what is happening

Someone just came out of there.

Sorry? Like, a guy who looks like Santa Claus just came out of there after you

closed it.

What?

Yeah, and he took that robe.

Wait, what?

Yeah. Someone came in here?

No, no, no. Like, they came out. Like, he, like...

Wait, what?

Like, I was, like, sitting there, and all of a sudden I heard something, and

then it was, like, opening like this, and I was like, what the hell?

And then this guy, literally, who looks like, what the hell?

What is going on?

I was sitting there, and all of a sudden I heard something, and then it was

opening like this, and I was like, what the hell?

And then this guy, literally, who looks like, what the hell?

What is going on? I have no idea. What is happening?

I have no idea.

This has my name on it.

What is this? I don't know.

Where did this... What's going on?

Shut up. Did you do this? What are you doing? No, I have no idea what's

happening. Are you playing a joke on me? No.

I'm so confused.

There was nothing in here, no.

No.

Someone came out of the box.

Yes.

Yeah. Yeah. And left you a present. Left me a present. And you want me to

believe that?

Why did... bring it well what did you ask for i don't know i didn't ask for

anything

what

the hell is going what the hell is going on it's a bone yeah it says my dog's

name on it okay and you just saw santa claus yeah and he gave you a present i

know you think i'm crazy i do think you're a little bit crazy yes no

He got out. Right.

And he looked like Santa Claus.

And then he picked up that, like, whatever it was. The cloak thing? The

thing and walked out.

So, yeah, I don't know what's happening.

I mean, you're not thinking it's, like, the real Santa Claus.

I mean, I don't know. Maybe.

That can't be the real Santa Claus. I mean, I don't know. He gave my dog a

And it says his name on it.

This has got to be like the Carbonaro effect.

Yeah, you think I'm crazy. I do think you're a little crazy, but you look so

sincere like you're telling me the truth. I really just don't know what's

happening. That's the Carbonaro effect.

I just don't know what's happening.

Megan? Yeah?

Do you know the Carbonaro effect is also the name of a hidden camera magic TV

show? No, no. That you're on right now? No, I don't.

Merry Christmas, man.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I cannot believe this is happening.

I didn't know what to think.

So that's our special holiday show for you guys.

From me and everyone at the Carbonaro Effect family, have a happy and healthy

season. See you soon.