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- My name is Nathan Fielder,
and I graduated
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from one of Canada's
top business schools
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with really good grades.
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Now I'm using
my knowledge
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to help struggling
small business owners make it
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in this competitive world.
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This is "Nathan for You."
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Niky's Sports is
a growing retail soccer chain
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in Los Angeles,
California,
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and although owner
Niky Orellana
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has high hopes
of becoming a household name,
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the high cost of advertising
has been holding him back.
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- I used to pay, like,
$7,000 for a full-page ad.
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- But fortunately for Niky,
I had an innovative idea
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to gain exposure for his brand
without breaking the bank.
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Hi, Niky?
- Yes, sir.
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- Hey, Nathan.
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- How you doing?
- Hey, good. How are you?
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- All right.
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- Thanks for having me.
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- No problem.
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- Um, how's business going?
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- All right.
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- The best way to advertise
a sporting goods store
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is to get the endorsement
of a professional athlete.
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The problem is, landing a deal
like that can cost millions.
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But if Niky's were to sign
cheap, long-term contracts
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with a number of children
that showed potential,
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all it would take is
for one kid to turn pro
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for the investment
to pay off big-time.
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The plan:
secure endorsements
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with the soccer stars
of tomorrow
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by investing in kids
while they're still cheap.
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- Well, if it's a possibility,
why not?
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- The only thing is,
if you do this,
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it won't pay off for another
10 to 15 years' time.
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- Mm-hmm.
- So I guess I should ask,
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you know, do you think
you'll be around then?
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Is your health okay
and everything?
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- I'm okay
at the moment.
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- You know, I just wouldn't want
to do all this work if it's--
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you know, you're gonna be
dead or something.
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- Well, you never know.
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- Okay.
It's probably worth doing then.
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- Yeah.
- Roll the dice on that.
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- [whispering]
I guess.
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- Niky was in,
so over the next couple weeks,
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I went to watch several
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of the best-ranked youth teams
in the area,
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taking note
of their top players.
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Some of these kids
suck, huh?
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- What's that?
- Some of these kids suck.
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- Oh, yeah.
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And after each game, I would
wait in the parking lot
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to talk to their parents.
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Your kid was really good.
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- Oh, thank you.
- Yeah, you were really good.
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What's your name?
- Josh.
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- Josh, hey, nice to meet you.
Nathan.
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I told them I was scouting
young athletes
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for an endorsement deal,
and his mom seemed interested,
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so I asked permission to take
all his physical measurements
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which I would then use
to make my final decision.
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[photo snap]
Great.
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Over the course
of several days,
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I gathered information
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on as many of the top kids
as I could,
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and even though some parents
had doubts
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about their kids'
potential...
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- Because he's--okay.
- Yeah.
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- I was still able
to get extensive data
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on 40 promising
young athletes
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from in and around
the City of Angels.
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But before making offers,
I wanted to figure out
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which of these kids were
most likely to develop
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the athletic physique needed
to play soccer professionally,
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so I met
with Cornelius Ladd,
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an age progression specialist
I found on Craigslist,
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who said he could
accurately predict
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what these kids would look like
when they were all grown up.
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I don't know much
about age progression.
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Is this kind of
a science then?
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- Yes, police use
this technology all the time...
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- Okay.
- For missing children's cases,
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and children have actually
been found by the police
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based on renderings
of artists like myself.
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- Wow.
- I mean,
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I have a really good eye
for what could possibly be,
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as far as what a person
could look like.
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- Cornelius seemed perfect
for the job,
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so I gave him
a jump drive
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containing all the photos
of my top picks,
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and later that week,
I returned to see the results.
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All right, so...
this is him?
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- Yes.
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- Um, what age
is this at?
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- This child,
I believe, is 8,
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and I age-progressed him
to around 22,
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and there's quite a bit
of progression in this picture
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where you take this young child
who has no facial hair,
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and I added facial hair.
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His face is
spread out more.
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His hair is completely gone
because of a choice,
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and you know, a lot of people
wear bald today.
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It's a "in" thing.
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- How sure are you
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this is what his body
is gonna look like?
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- I would say
his body's about 90%.
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At a constant progression,
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his body would
look like that, 90%.
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- 90% chance?
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- Yeah.
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- Okay.
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- Okay.
You want to go to the next one?
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- Next one?
- Yeah.
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- Okay, sure.
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- So in this picture,
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I think he would grow to be
a very attractive young man,
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and I tried to show that
in the picture
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and also to keep his ethnicity
the same, you know.
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- You're pretty sure
this is how he'll look?
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- Yes, definitely.
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Again, you can use this
in a court of law.
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- You're sure? 'Cause there's
a lot of money riding on this.
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- I'm 90% sure.
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- Okay.
Um, what--
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- Let's go to the next one.
- Next one?
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- Next one.
- Okay.
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Why is she playing
with her hair like that?
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- 'Cause it's cute.
[laughs]
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>> In her, I'm projecting
my own little imagination,
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but I project that
she's having fun.
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- So it's science,
but then you add
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your own kind of opinions,
or--
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- Right, you have to have
a vision
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when you start
the project.
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Ultimately, what you end up
with is science and vision.
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- So this is a combination
of both?
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- Right, it's a combination
of science and vision.
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- Okay.
Um...
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This is a boy.
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- No.
- This, yeah.
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- Okay, so...
I made this a girl.
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Okay?
I thought this was a girl.
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- Okay.
I-I-It's a boy.
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- Okay.
- I believe, yeah.
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- Well, the good news
about that is--
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or the funny news is that
I could take a girl or boy
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and make it into a girl.
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- I'm just more concerned
with accuracy.
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- Yeah, I'll make him a man
on the next version.
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- Okay.
Um--
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- I wasn't sure about some
of Cornelius' choices,
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but still, I felt like
I had enough information
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to start making offers,
so later that week,
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I began meeting
with the parents
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of my top picks to negotiate
an endorsement deal
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that would go into effect
if their kids went pro.
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We think $250 is
very fair
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because of the age
of your child,
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and we expect, you know,
a low price
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because we are buying
while he still, you know, sucks.
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- Hmm.
- Okay.
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- I mean, no one else is
offering you deals, right?
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- Right.
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[clears throat]
All right.
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- The majority of parents
agreed to sign our contract,
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which would allow Niky's
to use their kids
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as future brand ambassadors
if they became star athletes,
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but I was most excited
about landing a deal
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with my top prospect,
Sasha.
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His skills on the field
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far exceeded
any of the other players,
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and I felt like
he was our best shot
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at playing in the big leagues
and becoming a star,
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so once I finished up
with his dad,
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I sat down with him
to make sure
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he stayed on track.
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We're really excited
to be in business with you.
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I see a lot of potential.
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- What does potential mean?
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- But as we were chatting
about his future,
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Sasha said something
that blindsided me.
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- When I grow up,
I want to become an astronaut.
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- Really?
- Yeah.
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- I mean, Sasha, you know,
you can do what you want,
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but, you know, your talent
really is on the field.
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- But I think
when I'm older enough like you,
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maybe I could
go to the moon.
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- I was deeply concerned.
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If Sasha chose
to pursue his dream
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of working
in the space program,
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it would be a huge setback
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for Niky's endorsement
portfolio.
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I had to find a way
to keep him on track,
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so later that week,
I arranged
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for who I said
was a real astronaut
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to pay a visit
to Sasha's home,
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but in reality, this astronaut
was my old pal James Bailey,
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who I knew
had a special skill
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for nudging children
in the right direction.
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I have a special surprise
for you today.
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- Okay.
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- How would you like to meet
a real-life astronaut?
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- A real one?
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- Yeah.
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So I brought in James
to help Sasha
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learn a bit more
about life in space.
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- My whole life has
just been a nightmare.
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It's a terrible
experience.
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You know, most of my friends
have died in space
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or gone insane from
the unimaginable loneliness
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of being there.
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- Yeah?
- Yeah.
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My wife and my kids,
they died in space.
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It was an accident.
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- But I thought kids
can't go to space.
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- Yeah, I smuggled 'em on
against the rules.
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- Oh.
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- As James went on,
I could tell
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Sasha was getting
a better understanding
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of the dangers
of space travel.
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- Some restaurants,
they won't even serve me
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because I used to be
an astronaut.
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- Really?
That's like a brown person.
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If you were a brown person
a long time ago,
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what happened, like, you
couldn't go to a restaurant.
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Is that how it feels?
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- Yeah, that's kind of
how it is.
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It's that kind of discrimination
that happens.
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- Really?
- Yeah, you know,
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I really just wish I had
decided to be a soccer player
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instead of an astronaut.
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- Oh?
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- Yeah, it's too late
for me now.
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I'll probably die
on my next mission anyways.
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- Really?
When is it, in two years?
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- Yes, sure,
two years from now.
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- After James was done
talking to Sasha,
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I came back in
to see how it went.
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Wow, that was cool, huh?
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- Yeah, it was amazing.
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- You got to talk
to a real astronaut.
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- Yeah.
- So what did you learn?
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- He said that his family
died in space
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because he didn't follow
the rules, and he took his kid.
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- Mm.
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- And he told me that once,
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a alien tried to--
to pull him into the sun.
251
00:10:04,340 --> 00:10:06,339
- Oh, okay.
252
00:10:06,340 --> 00:10:07,339
So do you still want
to be an astronaut?
253
00:10:07,340 --> 00:10:11,339
- Well, a little,
not really, not as much.
254
00:10:11,340 --> 00:10:13,339
- What do you think
you're gonna do instead?
255
00:10:13,340 --> 00:10:15,339
- Play soccer.
256
00:10:15,340 --> 00:10:18,339
- Well, if that's your choice,
then that's your choice.
257
00:10:18,340 --> 00:10:20,339
- Yeah.
258
00:10:20,340 --> 00:10:23,339
- I did it,
and with Sasha back on track,
259
00:10:23,340 --> 00:10:24,339
I could finally return
to Niky's
260
00:10:24,340 --> 00:10:27,339
with the solid portfolio
of kids I needed
261
00:10:27,340 --> 00:10:30,339
to give him the best shot
at becoming a national brand.
262
00:10:30,340 --> 00:10:33,339
I mean, some of them are
definitely gonna flame out,
263
00:10:33,340 --> 00:10:34,339
but all you really need is one
to go pro
264
00:10:34,340 --> 00:10:36,339
for this to pay off
big-time,
265
00:10:36,340 --> 00:10:39,339
so I think your odds
are pretty good.
266
00:10:39,340 --> 00:10:40,339
- Oh.
- Yes.
267
00:10:40,340 --> 00:10:42,339
- Good.
268
00:10:42,340 --> 00:10:43,339
- One thing I like to do
269
00:10:43,340 --> 00:10:46,339
is follow up with the businesses
I work with, you know,
270
00:10:46,340 --> 00:10:48,339
once the idea's done,
to find out
271
00:10:48,340 --> 00:10:51,340
if it was actually
successful.
272
00:10:54,340 --> 00:10:56,339
- Mm-hmm.
273
00:10:56,340 --> 00:10:58,339
- What did you just do?
274
00:10:58,340 --> 00:10:59,339
- Nothing.
- Oh, okay.
275
00:10:59,340 --> 00:11:01,339
Just looking at your phone?
276
00:11:01,340 --> 00:11:02,339
Okay, that's okay.
277
00:11:02,340 --> 00:11:04,339
Okay.
278
00:11:04,340 --> 00:11:07,339
Thanks so much
and take care.
279
00:11:07,340 --> 00:11:09,339
Good luck.
280
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[upbeat music]
281
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♪
282
00:11:25,347 --> 00:11:27,846
- Emily Yep has been
operating her antique shop,
283
00:11:27,847 --> 00:11:29,846
Magnolia and Willow,
in the Long Beach area,
284
00:11:29,847 --> 00:11:32,846
for over five years,
but lately,
285
00:11:32,847 --> 00:11:34,846
she's been finding it tough
to get customers in the door.
286
00:11:34,847 --> 00:11:36,846
- It does get hard
when it's really slow.
287
00:11:36,847 --> 00:11:39,846
I mean, it always feels like
it's the end of the world.
288
00:11:39,847 --> 00:11:41,846
- But after surveying
the neighborhood,
289
00:11:41,847 --> 00:11:43,846
I realized that Emily
might not be taking
290
00:11:43,847 --> 00:11:45,846
full advantage
of her surroundings,
291
00:11:45,847 --> 00:11:48,846
so I paid her a visit
with a way to help.
292
00:11:48,847 --> 00:11:49,846
I noticed there are
a lot of bars
293
00:11:49,847 --> 00:11:50,846
and nightclubs
in the area.
294
00:11:50,847 --> 00:11:52,846
- Yeah.
295
00:11:52,847 --> 00:11:53,846
- Is that something
you like?
296
00:11:53,847 --> 00:11:55,846
- Um, it's a little hard.
297
00:11:55,847 --> 00:11:57,846
Sometimes we have some problems
with over-serving
298
00:11:57,847 --> 00:11:59,846
and that kind of thing,
but most of the time,
299
00:11:59,847 --> 00:12:02,846
we're closed by 6:00,
so it doesn't affect us as much.
300
00:12:02,847 --> 00:12:04,846
- But maybe it should.
301
00:12:04,847 --> 00:12:07,846
You see, Magnolia and Willow
has a strict
302
00:12:07,847 --> 00:12:08,846
"you break it, you buy it"
policy,
303
00:12:08,847 --> 00:12:11,846
meaning that if an item breaks,
it's as good as a sale,
304
00:12:11,847 --> 00:12:13,846
so if, instead of closing
at 6:00 p.m.,
305
00:12:13,847 --> 00:12:14,846
Emily extended
her hours
306
00:12:14,847 --> 00:12:17,846
to be open
straight through the night,
307
00:12:17,847 --> 00:12:19,846
her chances
of inebriated customers
308
00:12:19,847 --> 00:12:22,846
generating new sales
would greatly increase.
309
00:12:22,847 --> 00:12:24,846
The plan:
attract late-night drunks
310
00:12:24,847 --> 00:12:27,847
by staying open
24 hours a day.
311
00:12:28,847 --> 00:12:30,846
- Well, possibly,
I guess, yeah.
312
00:12:30,847 --> 00:12:34,846
I mean, I would--
I guess so, yeah.
313
00:12:34,847 --> 00:12:36,846
- I mean,
the way I see it,
314
00:12:36,847 --> 00:12:38,846
if you get the right drunk
in here...
315
00:12:38,847 --> 00:12:39,846
- Yeah.
- You could make
316
00:12:39,847 --> 00:12:41,846
more in a single night
than you do all month.
317
00:12:41,847 --> 00:12:43,846
- I just wouldn't prefer
a broken item.
318
00:12:43,847 --> 00:12:46,846
I'd rather sell a good one,
but yeah, I mean,
319
00:12:46,847 --> 00:12:48,846
it would be the same thing,
no matter what happens, so.
320
00:12:48,847 --> 00:12:50,846
- I mean, a lot of this stuff
is--probably the only way
321
00:12:50,847 --> 00:12:53,847
you're gonna get anything for it
is if someone breaks it.
322
00:12:54,847 --> 00:12:56,846
- Well, some of the items,
but yeah.
323
00:12:56,847 --> 00:12:58,846
- Yeah, yeah.
324
00:12:58,847 --> 00:12:59,846
- Yeah.
325
00:12:59,847 --> 00:13:01,846
- Emily agreed to try out
my idea
326
00:13:01,847 --> 00:13:04,846
to see if it got the results
I had promised,
327
00:13:04,847 --> 00:13:06,846
so the next day,
I returned to the store
328
00:13:06,847 --> 00:13:08,846
and officially changed
the hours.
329
00:13:08,847 --> 00:13:11,846
Then to help our cause, I had
the aisles narrowed slightly
330
00:13:11,847 --> 00:13:13,846
and moved some
of her poorer-selling items
331
00:13:13,847 --> 00:13:15,846
to an area of the store
that would increase
332
00:13:15,847 --> 00:13:18,846
the likelihood
of accidental contact.
333
00:13:18,847 --> 00:13:21,846
So that evening,
once the sun went down,
334
00:13:21,847 --> 00:13:24,846
it was time to see if the new
extended hours would work.
335
00:13:24,847 --> 00:13:26,846
But knowing
that tonight's sales
336
00:13:26,847 --> 00:13:28,846
would determine
if Emily kept using my idea,
337
00:13:28,847 --> 00:13:31,846
I wanted to guarantee
we had some results,
338
00:13:31,847 --> 00:13:33,846
so I headed
to a nearby bar
339
00:13:33,847 --> 00:13:35,846
with a plan
to befriend a drunk patron
340
00:13:35,847 --> 00:13:37,846
and lead them
back to the store.
341
00:13:37,847 --> 00:13:38,846
Do you know the antique shop
next door?
342
00:13:38,847 --> 00:13:40,846
- Oh, yeah, yeah.
343
00:13:40,847 --> 00:13:41,847
- They're open
24 hours now.
344
00:13:42,847 --> 00:13:44,846
- Yeah.
- Okay, well...
345
00:13:44,847 --> 00:13:46,846
- After a few
unsuccessful attempts
346
00:13:46,847 --> 00:13:47,847
to connect
with the locals...
347
00:13:49,847 --> 00:13:51,846
- I finally found someone
who was willing to chat.
348
00:13:51,847 --> 00:13:52,846
- What's your favorite movie?
349
00:13:52,847 --> 00:13:53,846
- "Inception."
350
00:13:53,847 --> 00:13:55,846
- "Inception," really?
351
00:13:55,847 --> 00:13:56,846
- Yeah.
Have you seen that?
352
00:13:56,847 --> 00:13:58,846
- Why?
Why is it your favorite movie?
353
00:13:58,847 --> 00:14:01,847
- What's yours?
354
00:14:02,847 --> 00:14:04,846
- "Forrest Gump."
355
00:14:04,847 --> 00:14:06,846
- He told me
his name was JJ,
356
00:14:06,847 --> 00:14:07,846
and he seemed like
my best shot
357
00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:09,846
at getting a big sale
for Emily,
358
00:14:09,847 --> 00:14:12,846
but for this to work,
I needed to get him drunk
359
00:14:12,847 --> 00:14:13,846
while staying
sober enough myself
360
00:14:13,847 --> 00:14:15,846
to execute the plan,
361
00:14:15,847 --> 00:14:18,846
so prior to my arrival,
I had a vacuum-powered device
362
00:14:18,847 --> 00:14:20,846
sewn into the lining
of my jacket
363
00:14:20,847 --> 00:14:22,846
that was designed
to discreetly suck up
364
00:14:22,847 --> 00:14:24,846
the alcohol I was served
through a tube,
365
00:14:24,847 --> 00:14:26,846
into a pouch
on my back.
366
00:14:26,847 --> 00:14:28,846
Then a second motor
would deliver apple juice
367
00:14:28,847 --> 00:14:31,846
from a different pouch,
quickly refilling the glass
368
00:14:31,847 --> 00:14:34,846
and allowing me to go
shot-for-shot with JJ
369
00:14:34,847 --> 00:14:35,846
without losing my focus
one bit.
370
00:14:35,847 --> 00:14:37,846
- Cheers.
371
00:14:37,847 --> 00:14:38,846
- Over the course
of the next hour,
372
00:14:38,847 --> 00:14:39,846
we had several rounds,
373
00:14:39,847 --> 00:14:42,846
and I noticed that JJ
was getting pretty tipsy.
374
00:14:42,847 --> 00:14:45,846
- My roommates put this
piece of paper in my pocket.
375
00:14:45,847 --> 00:14:47,846
Like, "Just in case you get
too drunk and get lost tonight."
376
00:14:47,847 --> 00:14:49,846
- That's your address?
- [laughs] Yeah.
377
00:14:49,847 --> 00:14:50,846
- They put a piece of paper
378
00:14:50,847 --> 00:14:52,846
with your address
in your pocket?
379
00:14:52,847 --> 00:14:54,846
So you get drunk often.
380
00:14:54,847 --> 00:14:55,846
- Oh, yeah.
381
00:14:55,847 --> 00:14:56,846
- Really drunk.
- Every night.
382
00:14:56,847 --> 00:14:59,846
- And I felt that we were
finally ready to head out.
383
00:14:59,847 --> 00:15:01,846
I explained to him
that the cameras were there
384
00:15:01,847 --> 00:15:04,846
for a documentary
about nightlife in Long Beach,
385
00:15:04,847 --> 00:15:06,846
but in reality,
my only goal
386
00:15:06,847 --> 00:15:08,846
was to get him
inside the antique shop.
387
00:15:08,847 --> 00:15:12,846
There was just one more step
I had to take to get him ready.
388
00:15:12,847 --> 00:15:14,846
There's this costume party
in the area that--
389
00:15:14,847 --> 00:15:16,846
- A costume party?
390
00:15:16,847 --> 00:15:17,846
- Yeah.
- Let's go.
391
00:15:17,847 --> 00:15:19,846
- You want to go?
- Yeah.
392
00:15:19,847 --> 00:15:21,846
- Safety is always
my number one priority,
393
00:15:21,847 --> 00:15:24,846
so I came up with the idea
of a costume party
394
00:15:24,847 --> 00:15:26,846
as a way to get JJ
into a padded outfit
395
00:15:26,847 --> 00:15:28,846
that would protect him
396
00:15:28,847 --> 00:15:30,846
against any antiques
he might shatter
397
00:15:30,847 --> 00:15:31,846
once he stumbled
into Emily's store.
398
00:15:31,847 --> 00:15:32,846
- Cool--oh.
- Oh, shit.
399
00:15:32,847 --> 00:15:34,846
- Ow, [bleep]!
400
00:15:34,847 --> 00:15:36,846
And with that, we headed out
to my made-up party.
401
00:15:36,847 --> 00:15:38,846
I just hoped I could
convince him
402
00:15:38,847 --> 00:15:41,846
to make a stop
along the way.
403
00:15:41,847 --> 00:15:44,846
Oh, sweet, look.
Open 24 hours.
404
00:15:44,847 --> 00:15:46,846
- What is it?
405
00:15:46,847 --> 00:15:48,846
- Looks like some sort
of store, but look.
406
00:15:48,847 --> 00:15:50,846
- Free p--
- Free pizza.
407
00:15:50,847 --> 00:15:52,846
- Do you see it?
It's right back there.
408
00:15:52,847 --> 00:15:54,846
It's right there at the back
by a heat lamp.
409
00:15:54,847 --> 00:15:56,846
- Let's go.
- All right.
410
00:15:56,847 --> 00:15:57,846
- You're coming with me?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
411
00:15:57,847 --> 00:16:00,847
[doorbell ringing]
412
00:16:03,847 --> 00:16:05,847
- [groans]
413
00:16:08,847 --> 00:16:09,846
Ooh.
[dishes clattering]
414
00:16:09,847 --> 00:16:10,846
Uh--
415
00:16:10,847 --> 00:16:11,846
- You okay, man?
416
00:16:11,847 --> 00:16:13,846
- I'm all right
right now.
417
00:16:13,847 --> 00:16:14,846
- All right.
You better be careful.
418
00:16:14,847 --> 00:16:16,847
- It's all right.
419
00:16:21,847 --> 00:16:26,846
- Watch your back.
420
00:16:26,847 --> 00:16:27,846
- There's no way.
- Should--
421
00:16:27,847 --> 00:16:29,846
- I can't even fit through that.
It's too tight.
422
00:16:29,847 --> 00:16:32,847
- Well, what do you--I mean,
do you want the pizza or what?
423
00:16:35,847 --> 00:16:37,846
- I'm kind of wedged here.
424
00:16:37,847 --> 00:16:39,846
- You broke this stuff.
- Right, I see that,
425
00:16:39,847 --> 00:16:40,846
and that's why I'm, like,
eh, I don't really want
426
00:16:40,847 --> 00:16:43,846
to break anymore 'cause
it's [bleep] super expensive.
427
00:16:43,847 --> 00:16:45,846
- You have a "you break it,
you buy it" policy?
428
00:16:45,847 --> 00:16:47,846
- Yeah.
429
00:16:47,847 --> 00:16:49,846
- The plan was a success.
430
00:16:49,847 --> 00:16:53,846
JJ had destroyed
a large selection of antiques,
431
00:16:53,847 --> 00:16:55,846
and once he freed himself
from the aisle,
432
00:16:55,847 --> 00:16:58,846
all Emily had to do was
catalogue the broken items...
433
00:16:58,847 --> 00:17:01,846
- You're pretty clumsy,
huh?
434
00:17:01,847 --> 00:17:03,846
- Is there any way I can
take this thing off?
435
00:17:03,847 --> 00:17:04,846
- And ring up the sale.
436
00:17:04,847 --> 00:17:07,847
- It's about $280
worth of damage,
437
00:17:09,847 --> 00:17:11,846
and that's probably
getting off easy
438
00:17:11,847 --> 00:17:11,847
'cause I couldn't really assess
all of that broken--
439
00:17:11,848 --> 00:17:13,846
- Right.
440
00:17:13,847 --> 00:17:14,846
[laughs]
- Boo.
441
00:17:14,847 --> 00:17:17,846
- So with that, Emily
got to make a sizable sale.
442
00:17:17,847 --> 00:17:18,846
Well, lesson learned,
huh?
443
00:17:18,847 --> 00:17:20,846
- Right.
- Sorry.
444
00:17:20,847 --> 00:17:22,846
- And JJ even got to take home
some antiques.
445
00:17:22,847 --> 00:17:25,846
If you look at it this way,
it looks like it's brand-new.
446
00:17:25,847 --> 00:17:26,846
- Right.
447
00:17:26,847 --> 00:17:28,846
- So...
448
00:17:28,847 --> 00:17:29,846
it's kind of a blessing
in disguise.
449
00:17:29,847 --> 00:17:30,846
- Right, right, right.
450
00:17:30,847 --> 00:17:33,846
- I was so happy
everything worked out,
451
00:17:33,847 --> 00:17:36,846
and Emily seemed
really won over by the idea,
452
00:17:36,847 --> 00:17:37,846
but as we left
the store,
453
00:17:37,847 --> 00:17:40,846
I noticed that JJ
was still pretty drunk,
454
00:17:40,847 --> 00:17:42,846
and since he made
such a big purchase,
455
00:17:42,847 --> 00:17:44,846
I felt the least I could do
was be a gentleman
456
00:17:44,847 --> 00:17:46,846
and give him
a ride home.
457
00:17:46,847 --> 00:17:48,846
Do you often do
stuff like that
458
00:17:48,847 --> 00:17:49,846
without really
thinking it through?
459
00:17:49,847 --> 00:17:51,846
- Um, yeah.
460
00:17:51,847 --> 00:17:53,846
- As we drove
to JJ's apartment,
461
00:17:53,847 --> 00:17:55,846
I thought my night
was over,
462
00:17:55,847 --> 00:17:56,846
but that's when he started
talking to me
463
00:17:56,847 --> 00:17:57,846
about his sex life.
464
00:17:57,847 --> 00:17:58,846
- Tag team a girl, yeah.
465
00:17:58,847 --> 00:18:00,846
- Tag team a girl?
466
00:18:00,847 --> 00:18:01,846
- Yeah.
- Yeah, what's that?
467
00:18:01,847 --> 00:18:04,846
- It's when you have a threesome
with two guys and one girl.
468
00:18:04,847 --> 00:18:05,846
- And you do that?
- Yeah.
469
00:18:05,847 --> 00:18:07,846
- Yeah, yeah.
470
00:18:07,847 --> 00:18:08,846
- I do it with my brother
a lot, actually.
471
00:18:08,847 --> 00:18:10,846
- Oh, really?
- Me and my brother are dogs.
472
00:18:10,847 --> 00:18:12,846
- JJ began
going into detail
473
00:18:12,847 --> 00:18:14,846
about the threesomes
he has with his brother,
474
00:18:14,847 --> 00:18:17,846
and that that point, I really
just wanted to get home,
475
00:18:17,847 --> 00:18:18,846
but when I
dropped him off,
476
00:18:18,847 --> 00:18:20,846
he insisted
that I meet the guy,
477
00:18:20,847 --> 00:18:22,846
so I waited outside
as JJ went in
478
00:18:22,847 --> 00:18:25,768
and brought out
his brother.
479
00:18:25,847 --> 00:18:27,846
You guys have sex
with the same girl.
480
00:18:27,847 --> 00:18:28,846
- Yeah.
[both laughing]
481
00:18:28,847 --> 00:18:30,846
- I told him about--
I told him about tag team.
482
00:18:30,847 --> 00:18:32,846
- Yeah.
- I told him.
483
00:18:32,847 --> 00:18:33,846
- So you guys
are brothers?
484
00:18:33,847 --> 00:18:34,847
- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah.
485
00:18:36,847 --> 00:18:38,846
- And you guys, you'll have sex
with the same girl?
486
00:18:38,847 --> 00:18:40,846
- Mm-hmm.
487
00:18:40,847 --> 00:18:41,846
- Shit, I'll be
[bleep] a girl
488
00:18:41,847 --> 00:18:44,846
when he's [bleep] a girl
right next to me.
489
00:18:44,847 --> 00:18:47,846
Two...even, like.
490
00:18:47,847 --> 00:18:49,846
- And then you're looking
at each other during it?
491
00:18:49,847 --> 00:18:51,846
- No.
- It's dark in the room.
492
00:18:51,847 --> 00:18:53,846
Lights are off all the way,
and you don't see shit.
493
00:18:53,847 --> 00:18:55,846
- It's fine.
494
00:18:55,847 --> 00:18:56,846
- But if you're not looking
at each other,
495
00:18:56,847 --> 00:18:57,846
and you're having sex
with a girl,
496
00:18:57,847 --> 00:18:59,846
why not just one of you
do it,
497
00:18:59,847 --> 00:19:01,846
and then the next one
does it later?
498
00:19:01,847 --> 00:19:02,846
- 'Cause it's something we do,
it's [bleep]--
499
00:19:02,847 --> 00:19:04,846
- Right, it's just
something we've done.
500
00:19:04,847 --> 00:19:08,846
I mean, all my homeboys
from back in Ohio, they do it.
501
00:19:08,847 --> 00:19:10,846
Everybody does this shit,
Max, [bleep] George.
502
00:19:10,847 --> 00:19:12,846
- J-squad.
Shout out to J-squad, you--
503
00:19:12,847 --> 00:19:16,846
- Shout out to that J-squad.
- J-squad.
504
00:19:16,847 --> 00:19:18,846
- I mean, the one--
I do look at you guys,
505
00:19:18,847 --> 00:19:21,846
and a part of me is envious
that, you know,
506
00:19:21,847 --> 00:19:24,846
I don't have someone in my life
that is--I'm this close with.
507
00:19:24,847 --> 00:19:26,846
- [snorts and spits]
508
00:19:26,847 --> 00:19:28,846
- It's nice to see
brotherly love
509
00:19:28,847 --> 00:19:30,846
taken to that level,
in a way.
510
00:19:30,847 --> 00:19:31,846
- Yeah, I definitely see
where you're coming from.
511
00:19:31,847 --> 00:19:33,846
- It's just--
- And, like, you know--
512
00:19:33,847 --> 00:19:36,846
- To us, it's just, like--
it's nothing.
513
00:19:36,847 --> 00:19:39,846
- It's just, like, that's what
[bleep] we're used to.
514
00:19:39,847 --> 00:19:42,846
We're used to all this shit.
- Right.
515
00:19:42,847 --> 00:19:44,846
- It's great meeting you.
- Yeah, yeah.
516
00:19:44,847 --> 00:19:45,846
- All right, man.
517
00:19:45,847 --> 00:19:46,846
- See you, guys.
- Yup.
518
00:19:46,847 --> 00:19:46,847
- All right, buddy, yup.
519
00:19:48,853 --> 00:19:51,352
- With a successful night
under our belt,
520
00:19:51,353 --> 00:19:52,352
I could finally return
to Magnolia and Willow
521
00:19:52,353 --> 00:19:55,352
to get Emily's thoughts
on how it went.
522
00:19:55,353 --> 00:19:56,352
I mean, that's a pretty big
sale, right?
523
00:19:56,353 --> 00:19:59,352
- Yeah, yeah, yeah,
definitely, it helps, yeah.
524
00:19:59,353 --> 00:20:00,352
- So how'd you feel about that?
That's--
525
00:20:00,353 --> 00:20:01,352
- It's good, yeah,
and, you know,
526
00:20:01,353 --> 00:20:03,352
any time we're moving...
- Great, right?
527
00:20:03,353 --> 00:20:05,352
- Any product, it's always
beneficial to the store, so--
528
00:20:05,353 --> 00:20:06,352
- That was a lot
of product.
529
00:20:06,353 --> 00:20:07,352
- Yeah, I mean,
it was good.
530
00:20:07,353 --> 00:20:08,352
It's just kind of awkward...
- Definitely.
531
00:20:08,353 --> 00:20:11,352
- Having people
that might be
532
00:20:11,353 --> 00:20:12,352
having a little too much
to drink.
533
00:20:12,353 --> 00:20:14,352
It's a little harder
to control in your store,
534
00:20:14,353 --> 00:20:15,352
that kind of thing.
535
00:20:15,353 --> 00:20:16,352
- Well, a sale's a sale.
536
00:20:16,353 --> 00:20:17,352
- Yeah, for sure.
- Yeah, definitely.
537
00:20:17,353 --> 00:20:19,352
- Yeah.
538
00:20:19,353 --> 00:20:21,352
- All right.
539
00:20:21,353 --> 00:20:23,352
- Yeah, thank you for all
your help and your suggestions.
540
00:20:23,353 --> 00:20:24,352
This is all really great.
541
00:20:24,353 --> 00:20:26,352
- Mm-hmm.
- Good experience to try it.
542
00:20:26,353 --> 00:20:27,352
Thank you.
- Yeah.
543
00:20:27,353 --> 00:20:28,352
- Have a good day.
544
00:20:28,353 --> 00:20:30,352
- Yeah, you--
no, you too.
545
00:20:30,353 --> 00:20:32,352
- Thanks.
546
00:20:32,353 --> 00:20:35,352
[playful music]
547
00:20:35,353 --> 00:20:43,353
♪
548
00:20:48,353 --> 00:20:49,353
Thank you.
[laughs]
549
00:20:58,853 --> 00:20:59,353
- [blows air]
550
00:21:00,292 --> 00:21:02,091
- If you're just
glancing at that picture,
551
00:21:02,092 --> 00:21:03,091
you cannot tell
that was done in Photoshop.
552
00:21:03,092 --> 00:21:05,092
You would think that was
an actual picture.
553
00:21:07,092 --> 00:21:09,091
- Yeah, yeah.
554
00:21:09,092 --> 00:21:10,091
- I mean, if you saw
this picture lying on a table
555
00:21:10,092 --> 00:21:12,591
somewhere, you wouldn't think
that was done in Photoshop.
556
00:21:13,092 --> 00:21:14,592
You would just think,
"Oh, all right,