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Hey, how you doing today? Michael Carbonaro has an effect on people.

nuts. That's cool.

Oh my God!

Hiding in plain sight.

Michael, nice to meet you. He makes them fall for the impossible.

The best thing to do is just pick them up by the tail.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Oh my God!

This is the Carbonaro Effect.

How are you guys doing?

This is beautiful.

Yeah.

It's really pretty, right?

This is the way we got it, 1817.

Yeah,

this is a...

bespoke tailoring trunk wow you know and it still it still functions so the

gears uh we didn't change any of the gears out on it we did oil it that's all

do but it still does uh i don't know the settings on it but we have it set for

sure so when you say set for sure what does that mean oh have you not seen it

bespoke

What the heck are you talking about? Oh, I'll show it to you.

Yeah, I have some fabrics here.

I'll show you how it works. Pick one of these fabrics.

Okay.

Not the purple, I guess. No. This is flannel. Yeah.

Cotton, would you rather work with cotton? Sure, sure. Cotton is actually

easier one to do.

So, let's see if I have enough of it left here. Oh, wow. Here you go.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's almost 200 years old, though.

Oh, my God.

The fabrics back then were...

Yep, I'll cut a piece.

Thank you.

You don't have to be good at this, which is great.

No, yeah, you cut just a piece.

You know, I'm eyeballing it.

The fabric, they would load from the front through the slit, like this.

The royalty would use these because it's like a faux pas to wear the same thing.

Okay. Every night they had to have a different outfit. So when they were

traveling, they would just find nice fabrics at the different places that

were vacationing when they port their ship.

So you just twist together.

And then it gets tucked in the back. There's a clip.

Okay. Right by the neck.

And then I close that.

Shenanigan there.

Door's a little bit loose. And then you just turn the crank.

Okay. See?

Yeah. A Swiss clothmaker and a French tailor teamed up together to make this.

It's the wildest thing I've ever seen. The thread pulls down on a spiral

side. The main middle shaft is a brass piston that pulls up and down on its

original bolt, and then it'll make the tail of the shirt.

No. No, no, no, no.

That can't be.

It's a little baggy, I know. I'm sorry.

Oh, my gosh. No. The button's not in there? Yeah, the button's loaded in the

button chamber, if I could reach that.

No, you made the shirt. Yeah, it's a bespoke tailoring truck from 1817.

Cut off the thing of fabric from here, load it in that little slit, tuck it in

there, crank the thing, and in about a minute, a minute, it made that.

That is awesome.

Unbelievable. I mean, I think of the hours I spend on my sewing machines.

Do you buy or sell her?

Well, I'm taking both, really.

Yeah, a little swapper -oony, right?

My uncle's like the radio guy.

He knows about a lot of the old -style radios. He can just, by looking at it,

tell where it's from.

Are you good with that stuff?

The only ones I ever buy, I see them as the Russian ones.

What year?

war there was really beautiful art deco oh right chrome and everything else yeah

i have you know i have this one here this is from uh is this the one from

year is this one 50s 50s not 60s yeah it might be safe i don't know why this

i look at this and i go 60s no yeah 50s 60s you like the

power of love and all that stuff group happiness yeah I've got one more down

here. I mean, this is just like a basic... What year?

70s. Really?

See, I was thinking 80s.

I think they got a little bit more streamlined by the time you got to the

wouldn't know.

Yeah. I never changed. I've still got all the records that I've ever owned.

Yeah, right, and you're not going to change now. No. Yeah, me neither.

This is all from my uncle's stuff.

His prime interest was radio frequency in invention.

So a lot of the stuff he collects is early inventions that utilize radio

frequency. Anywhere from old radios, we let those go for a couple hundred bucks,

to lap slates, which these are still working. These are $3 ,500.

What are they?

This is like child slates that they would use at school.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, and this is one of the first models that would...

that had radio frequency hooked up to it. What would that do? Well, it's kind

like an early laptop, really. I have a D -cell battery here. Well, what would it

do? Oh, well, it charges it up, right? So it electrifies it so that you could

use it kind of like a computer. So the kids could, you could write, you know, 5

plus 2, and then it electrifies in there, and it vibrates the chalk,

and it would give an answer like a calculator.

So it was like an early, really kind of, you've got to be careful, a little

shock, kind of like an early computer.

You're saying if you erase that and you write 5 plus 3 on here, it would be 8

inside? You've not seen these before.

You have never seen this before? This is how they made up computers.

What's your name?

Pat. Pat Michael. Nice to meet you.

It's crazy, right? Here, Pat, we could... It's not only crazy, but...

Pat, let's look something up. What do you want to look up?

Just erase the 7 and total something else. Erase.

There.

Yeah. It'll do anything that you hook up.

Just careful not to touch these two together.

Okay, great.

And you can put, you know, like simple math stuff on it. 5 minus 2.

Yeah. And then it'll...

It answers it.

Yeah.

Yeah, very few of these still exist. This is literally the earliest laptop.

I'm not a magician.

Just checking it out. Not like checking it out, checking it out. Maybe I am.

Maybe I'm checking it out.

But it's coming. Shush.

How are you doing? What are you working on? A faucet?

Great.

Okay. That's a good one. Yeah. I have the metal beetles if you want. Are you

doing this yourself?

Yes, I was doing that myself. Oh, okay.

They're good for that one if I have a metal one left. Do I have a metal one?

Yeah, one metal one.

Oh, the builder beetles. Some of them move metal around, some of them move

around. Really? Yeah.

You do a lot of home projects?

No, not really. Oh, well, that's why. Yeah. A lot of people use those.

What do they do? Yeah. They're from Alaska. Right. And they're used to

structures underground.

Uh -huh. So they have a taste for metal and a thumb for wood. Hey, I'll show

you. Like, uh, here.

Oil workers in Alaska discovered these because they have a, you know, like an

ant built an anthill.

So these guys, they work nocturnally.

Yeah,

that's a wood one.

That's wood. He went right for the wood.

This guy here, you see him?

He's gnawn, but he's a metal guy.

Yeah, so he won't like the wood.

So I'll cover these guys up.

I'll put them right here.

And the metal guy...

He'll work in the dark, too. So if you're doing a faucet, you know, a

piece of faucet, I've got like a bolt I can show you here.

You know, this one, it's screwed on here.

So if I put the little metal guy next to it, there he goes.

Now imagine that nut's trapped behind the wall and you can't reach it. You can

actually hear him go.

Can you hear him? Take him very quickly when it's dark.

Are you serious?

Yeah. And then when you don't hear the sound anymore, he undoes it.

Yeah.

Yeah, so that's good for something you can't reach.

You can, instead of getting a long tool, you could just put him up in the wall

and he'll do that.

So, you know, you pop a little hole, drop him in, he'll do the rest.

Yeah.

And these guys, they take a little bit longer. You can hear them. Can you hear

them?

A little bit of a chewing sound in there. Yeah.

Yeah. So they learn from the blueprint.

We let them, like, sit on it, and they're supposed to get to know what it

And they're used to walking on thick.

So they learn to build their homes by the way they turn and move their

So, yeah.

Oh, hell no. Yeah, they're pretty good.

Are you serious?

Yeah.

Wait a minute.

Yeah.

You're kidding me. No, their saliva is like a natural adhesive, almost like a

spider web.

Wow. Yeah.

They're cheap, too, because I don't think the guy really realizes what he

right here. Five bucks, and you get two wood builders and one metal builder.

Yeah.

Yeah, but how do I, um, so I just leave them out?

Yeah, you can leave these guys in the wall, or they'll walk along. How do I

them when I'm ready for them?

Well, I mean, they're going to get to work and do their thing.

So if you have a specific job, you would want to come in and get some more for a

specific job.

Otherwise, you would just let them live in the house and, you know, find odd

jobs.

Oh, my goodness.

Yeah.

Oh, that's not even right, Joe.

Yep. And you spent over $20, so you get a...

a universal bulb, if you have a need for that.

Do I?

Well, do you have anything that would take this?

I don't think so. No?

Yeah, I could see if my friends, if any of my friends did, and then if not, then

I can bring it back.

Sure, sure, sure. This is kind of an older bulb, isn't it? Well, this is a

universal. Universal.

Because that just fits inside there.

So don't do it in the car, but it has a...

14 watts for 15 inches.

So, you know, if you get home and you realize it's too short, you could twist

and pull.

No. Yeah, and then it'll adapt to whatever lamp you want.

That's amazing.

Yeah. So this way people just only have to buy one bulb depending on, you know.

That's great.

Yeah.

And how do you get it back?

I think it has to go. Well, let me give you, I'll give it to you this if they

get home in this. Yes. Great. You know, this way it's not, because that'll fit

in there, right?

Yeah, and this might be, this looks like the right size.

Yeah.

That's amazing.

Yeah, if you hold it out to the edge, because it's just that little metal

receiver in there that does that.

That was so amazing.

Yeah, and then look, you can shake it down. I think it'll go all the way, but

don't have, yeah, I don't have a case for it this size.

It's bigger.

Yeah.

Okay. Yeah.

That one, I think, that's a 48 inch, isn't it? Yeah, it's a 48, but I don't

a case for this.

No, no, that's okay. Can you carry it like this in the car?

Yeah. You know what? Here, let me... That's not going to fit in a bag, right?

No. You have to be careful because it is glass, but you can, to make it easier

to carry, you can get a little... You see a little warp in there? It's got

a little warp. Yeah. You can bend it all the way down.

Yeah.

See that?

And you can bend it back?

Yeah, you can bend it back, but don't do it until you get home. This way you can

drive away with it in your car like this shape.

They're already covered.

What? That can't be.

It's heavy, is it?

Lord, is this a side guy? Like, what is going on?

You guys didn't say it was going to help you get dirty.

Do I look like a real construction worker?

I'm a construction worker.

How's my hair?

This should be safe by our stuff here.

What's your name? Richard. Richard, all right.

Yeah, the city just measured where the water pipes are, and they're installing

new hydrants.

We just have to mark where it's going to be. Okay. And we're setting up the

hydrant, and then they're going to come by. It's like a whole process. They're

going to have to drill all the way down through there.

Got you. And get the thing hooked up to the bottom of this. Got you. So that'll

be a functioning hydrant. We don't have to do that part, luckily.

That's a good thing. Yeah.

So you can help me out with... Here, you want to... Let me see. I got this

measured out here with the arrow.

So it's about right in this spot.

Okay. That looks like a good spot for it.

Here, just take those things back to the toolbox. I'll get some stuff.

Goodness.

Whoa.

That is some heavy stuff.

Waddle that over there.

That should be good, right?

And we got two. How many holes are on there?

Four.

Eight. Eight holes.

Let's see what we got over here.

Bolts are coming up.

Okay, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Okay, make sure that fits

inside there, and then we'll be able to leave that with them when they come

over.

Does that fit in the hole?

They're already covered.

Huh? They're already covered.

Well, just make sure that fits inside the hole.

In what hole?

Because this one's a... It's bolted down.

Huh? It's bolted down already.

What are you talking about?

What?

There's a pipe down here.

Right.

What? We just set this there.

That can't be. It's heavy, is it?

That's bolted down.

How is it bolted down? I don't know.

What is going on?

Wait, how is it in... Dude, look at this. I see it.

I've got to get out of here. This is like... How the heck is... How did that

happen?

This isn't really in here, is it? Will you help me?

It is in there. How is it in here?

I have no idea.

Lord, is this a side guy? Like, what is going on?

Jesus fixed it.

Oh, my God.

I can't.

I can't.

Oh, my heart.

Hi, Michael.

How are you? What's your name? Alexis.

Alexis, what are you doing?

Working with you, whatever you want me to do. Well, you hear what happened?

No. Oh, my gosh. This information stand was supposed to be open at 10 a .m., and

they didn't show up.

So there's like an event tonight.

Anybody better with this?

No, this is not it.

They're not just open, are they?

You can't get that open, can you?

No.

They said there's keys inside. Not that that's going to

help anybody.

Inside of here? Yeah.

But how do you open it up?

Let me see.

No, this is definitely not them. And we can't just open it together? Can we open

it?

He said there's one side that's like loose.

But I feel like I can... No.

That's not opening up?

Oh my gosh, that's a latch.

Oh no, see that's what I'm saying. This is like... It's like a little bit in

there, yeah?

No?

That's locked though.

So they said they keep the keys locked inside here.

And they're like on the corner of the desk.

Can you see if they're on the corner?

Okay, I can get it. I can get it from in here.

Oh my gosh, it's black.

Oh no, see that's what I'm saying. This is like, just like a little bit in

there, yeah?

No?

That's locked though.

Yeah. So they said they keep the keys locked inside here.

And they're like on the corner of the desk.

Can you see if they're on the corner?

Okay, I can get it. I can get it from in here.

I have the key here.

It's dark.

How does this happen?

That should just open this one.

Got it.

Oh, good.

How'd you get in there?

Huh? How'd you get in there? Oh, yeah, it was locked. Well, it was locked from

the outside.

Oh. But the key was up inside here.

Oh.

Do you know what I'm saying?

Yeah, this is... What are you doing?

This is the key.

That's the key, okay. Yeah, yeah, because I was, like, not going to be

get in from the outside.

Wait, now I'm confused.

No, wait, come here.

Because I feel crazy now.

No, I feel crazy.

Okay, we were both trying to open this. Yes.

And then I looked up, and you were gone, and then I looked back, and you were...

Where were you?

No, you... We were trying to open this from here. Right. And then did you open

up... Did you open this up and let... No, that doesn't make sense. You passed

to me. You passed me the key.

But how did I get in... How did I get inside here?

I don't remember at all. Wait a minute. Hold on.

Wait a minute.

I'm like, what's in my mind? I didn't have lunch today, and now my brain is,

like, skiffing out.

We were... Both out here. Yeah.

I just remember being next to you, and then I remember it was dark, and I was

handing you a key.

Exactly. That's all I remember.

So what the heck happened?

I have no idea.

And now I feel crazy.

You feel crazy? Think how I feel.

I feel completely insane right now.

I feel like I'm going crazy.

I know that I'm going crazy. You're going crazy?

It's not just you. Did you have lunch today? I didn't eat. I had french fries.

That's it.

You know, you can get, like, hallucinations like that. You know, when

eat and you start seeing things. It's called the Carbonaro effect.

Never heard of that. Never heard of that? But it sounds like it sounds

Yeah, but that's also the name of a hidden camera magic TV show.

Like the one you're on right now.

Really? Yes.

Are you serious? I'm serious.

I hate you. No, don't hate me.

I'm Michael Carbonaro. I'm a magician.

Oh, my God.

You were great.

I was like, what in the world?