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- My name is Nathan Fielder,
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and I graduated from one ofCanada's top business schools
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with really good grades.
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Now I'm using my knowledgeto help struggling
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small-business owners make itin this competitive world.
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This...
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is "Nathan For You."
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For most women,
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nails are the main waythey can express to others
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what color they like the most,
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which is why, in the townof Altadena, California,
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there's a nail salonon nearly every corner,
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and this competition
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has left Kim Han,owner of Corner Beauty Nails,
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desperate to stand out.
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- I always try to be different
from other nail salon
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to make my customer happy.
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- Because I'm unfamiliarwith the nail-salon experience,
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I decided to visitCorner Beauty
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undercover as a gorgeous womanlooking to get a manicure.
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You may have expected meto wear a dress or long hair,
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but I believe a modern womancan present herself
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however she likes,
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And once inside,I was able to get a sense
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of the female experienceat the salon.
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Oh, this one's gorgeous.
- Yes.
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- That's lovely.
- Yes.
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- After 20 minutesof being there,
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I hadn't seen any issues withtheir offerings or services.
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But after,while digging through my purse
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to find my car keys,
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I discovered that I completelyruined my nail job.
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And later that week,when I finally met Kim,
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she agreed that it wasa problem for her business.
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- They lose something.
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They looking for the key,
or they hit the door.
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Anything can happen
when the nail wet.
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- And then
you have to fix it.
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- I have to fix it for free.
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- But customers would neverhave to dig for their keys
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and ruin their nails again
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if Corner Beautyoffered a free valet.
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- I don't know.
Good idea or not. I don't know.
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- I mean, I know I'm a bit
of a fish out of water
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when it comes to this stuff
because I'm not a woman.
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- Mm-hmm.
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- But you should know
I was raised a feminist,
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and I have a very strong
female side to me.
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So, even though on the outside
I appear masculine and rugged,
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on the inside, you know,
I feel like I can relate to you.
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- Good.
That's good.
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- Kim liked my valet idea,but to save on staffing costs,
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she suggestedI use her current employees
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when they had downtimein between clients.
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So, after she pitched itto her staff
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and they seemed interested,
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I brought them out backto prep them for the job.
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So, who here has operated
a valet stand before?
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Okay, no problem.
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It's really easy.
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First rule of valet is,
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you got to know
how to catch keys,
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'cause people
are gonna park their car,
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and they're gonna throw
their keys at you.
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And you never know
when they're gonna come.
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Good.
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After practicing a variety
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of key-catching methodswith the staff...
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If it's a pop fly,
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one person's
got to call it, okay?
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- Mine.
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- Call it before it--
before it lands, yeah.
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I felt like they nowhad all the skills they needed
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to run a valet.
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Yeah.
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[humming rock music]
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You know, guitar?
all: Yes.
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- You guys play?
- No, no, we don't.
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- No.
Yeah, I don't either.
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With the training complete,we were ready to get started.
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So, the next day, after settingup our valet stand
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and outfitting the staff,
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it was time to offerour new service to customers.
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Hey, welcome.
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So we're offering
free valet today.
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So, after
you're done, you know,
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you don't have to be going
through your purse
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and ruining your nails
trying to find your keys.
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- Oh, that's great.
- Yeah.
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The customersseemed to love the idea,
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but I sensed some hesitation
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when I presented Tinaas the valet driver.
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- Um, well, whomever.
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Who usually does it?
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- They're the valet.
- Okay, then let them park.
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- At first, I just figuredit was people's surprise
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at seeing a valet runby nail technicians.
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- Why would she be
parking my car?
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- She's doing the valet.
- Oh, okay.
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- Yeah.
- Okay.
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- But then I realizedit might be something more.
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- You have a driver's license?
- Yes.
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- Yeah, she's a--
she's a good driver.
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She has a license.
- Okay. All right, thank you.
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- And later, when I talkedto Tina, she seemed to agree.
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They think that?
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That's when I realizedthe disturbing truth.
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These customersseemed to be influenced
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by a commonbut misguided stereotype
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that Asians are bad drivers.
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If this valetwas going to work,
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it became clearI would have to do something
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to change these customer'slong-held beliefs.
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So I went onlineand found an Asian stunt driver
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named Verena Mei,
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who could do some prettyimpressive stuff with a car,
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and I felt thatif she could stand in
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as one of our valets,
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customerswould finally see the truth
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about what Asianscan do behind the wheel.
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So I'm working with a nail salon
whose customers
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are, unfortunately,
a bit behind the times
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when it comes to their thoughts
about Asian drivers.
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- Okay, got it.
- You know what I mean?
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- I got it--
all the stereotypical stuff.
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- You've heard all that,
I'm sure.
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- Absolutely. Yeah.
- Yeah.
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So I figure if they saw someone
who wasn't only a good driver,
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but the best in the world,
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they'd be forced to permanently
change their ideas
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about Asian drivers.
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- Okay.
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- Do you think
you could help do this?
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- Absolutely.
I would love to do it.
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- The only thing
is the staff at the salon,
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they all have very thick
Asian accents.
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- Okay.
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- And I noticed you don't,
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and I don't want any of the
customers there
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thinking, you know,
you're a plant, you know?
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- Yeah.
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- So would you be able
to maybe put on an accent?
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- Asian accent? Um...
- And then--
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- I could try,
but I don't really
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want to be, like,
a stereotypical one, but...
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For example,
what do you want me to say?
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- You want me to show you?
- Yeah.
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- I mean...
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I'm not totally comfortable
doing that.
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That's not offensive
if I do it, is it?
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- I don't think so, but...
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- Okay, I mean, I'm trying
to counteract stereotypes.
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The last thing I want to be
is--do something racist.
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- Yeah.
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- I just wanted
to make sure that--
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I'm just
showing you the voice,
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but I'm not, like, saying
I'm necessarily right.
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It's just my idea...
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maybe, but I'm not--
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Like, I don't want to offend
or do anything...
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- Yeah.
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- Okay, I'm not the best
at this, but--
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- It's okay.
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- Maybe something like...
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[imitating Asian accent]
"Oh, would you like me
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to park your car?"
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Is that...
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Sound Asian or...?
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- It sounds a little Asian.
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Yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah.
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With Verena on board,
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the next day,we returned to the salon,
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and I made sure to dress her
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to look identicalto the regular staff.
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When the first customerarrived and saw her valet,
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I knew she wasprobably nervous,
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but my hope wasthat once she had finished up
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with her manicure,
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Verena would be ableto show her once and for all
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the truthabout Asian drivers.
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So what do you do
for a living?
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- I work at Bloomingdale's.
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- Oh, okay. Wow.
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- And this is prom season,
so I'm selling lots of dresses.
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- Oh, wow.
Yeah, I bet.
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Lots of girls going to prom.
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- Yes.
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- Got to go to prom.
- [chuckles]
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Yep.
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[tires squeal]
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[tires screeching]
Oh.
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[tires screeching]
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- Thought they
couldn't drive, huh?
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- Yeah.
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- Right away I could seea lifetime of prejudice melting
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out of her brain.
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And as more and moreCorner Beauty Spa regulars
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saw Verena in action...
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[tires screeching]
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I could tellthey would never be hesitant
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to use a valet runby Asians again.
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- Your car.
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- So, with that,I could now return to Kim
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confident that my solution
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to prevent women from chippingtheir nails would work.
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Worked pretty well, right?
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- I have to say,
you do a good job.
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- And I bet you didn't think,
as a man, I could've come up
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with something that would work
so well for women.
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- Maybe you feel
how the women feel.
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- And I know what women want.
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- Yeah. I think so.
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- Thank you for those words
of encouragement.
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- Yeah.
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Thank you.
- Well, thank you.
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- Thank you so much.
- Oh, you're welcome.
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Very nice--
happy to work with you,
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and good luck
with your business.
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- Okay.
- Okay, bye.
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- Bye-bye.
- Bye.
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- You know, making this show,
I get a lot of feedback,
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and one of the most
common misconceptions
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viewers seem to have about me
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is that I'm a guy
who never smiles
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and doesn't know
how to have fun.
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And that really bugs me
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because it couldn't be further
from the truth.
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In reality,
I'm actually very fun, relaxed,
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and easy-going.
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Now, obviously, I could just be
saying that to you,
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so tonight
I'm going to prove it.
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How?
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By spending the entire day
with a complete stranger
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and measuring
his dopamine levels
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during our hangout,
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comparing them
against a baseline
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to prove scientifically
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that he did have fun
hanging out with me.
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To start things off,I went on Craigslist
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and searchedthrough the listings
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in the "strictly platonic"section
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in order to track downa stranger
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who'd be willingto spend time with me.
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I then sent emails to a handfulof posters looking to hang out.
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And the next day,
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after fielding a numberof inappropriate responses,
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I got a nice emailfrom a man named Brendan,
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who had recently relocatedto Los Angeles
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and seemed eagerto make new friends.
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So we made plansto hang out later that week.
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But since this was all aboutproving to you at home
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that I am indeed fun,
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I would need to get evidencethat cannot be refuted.
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So I paid a visitto Dr. Whimsy Anderson,
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a specialistin neurotransmitter testing,
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to advise meon how to scientifically prove
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a person is fun.
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- When someone's having fun,
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you might see an elevation
in serotonin,
260
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an elevation in dopamine,
261
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or an elevation
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of both serotonin
and dopamine both.
263
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- So, if their serotonin
or dopamine levels go up
264
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when they're
hanging out with me,
265
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that would mean that I'm fun?
266
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- For them, yes.
267
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- Dr. Whimsy said,to get accurate results,
268
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I'd need to obtain two samplesof either urine or blood
269
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from the person--
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one before our hangout beganto act as a baseline,
271
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and a second at the end
272
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of doing several activitiestogether.
273
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But knowingit would skew the results
274
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if he was aware of what wasbeing tested,
275
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I would have to obtainBrendan's urine
276
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without his knowledge.
277
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So, prior to his arrivalat my office,
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I set up a tempting selectionof beverages
279
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in the waiting area.
280
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Then, in the bathroom,
281
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I put an "out of order" signon the toilet
282
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and attached a clearplastic bag to the urinal mat,
283
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creating a reservoir
284
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that would discreetly collectany liquid stream
285
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on its way down the drain.
286
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With everything set and mepositioned in a van outside,
287
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I watched as, moments later,Brendan arrived.
288
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To buy as much timeas possible,
289
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I sent him a text,telling him I was running late
290
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and to wait for mein the lobby.
291
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After only a few minutes,
292
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he began browsingthe selection of drinks
293
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and eventually settledon a Dr. Pepper.
294
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Then a half hour later,
295
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the moment I'd been waiting forfinally came,
296
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as Brendan got up and headedtowards the bathroom,
297
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hopefully to deposit what wouldbe our baseline urine sample.
298
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So, once he was done,
299
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it was time to head into introduce myself.
300
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Brendan?
- Yeah.
301
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- Hey, Nathan.
- Yeah, Brendan. How you doing?
302
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- Hey, nice to meet you.
- Good to meet you. Yeah.
303
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- I'm just gonna go
to the bathroom,
304
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then we can head out, okay?
- Yeah, yeah. No problem. Yeah.
305
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I pretended that I had to goto the bathroom too,
306
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but in reality, it was just soI could transfer the sample
307
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from the secret urinal chamberinto the specimen cup
308
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while it was still fresh.
309
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Meanwhile,one of my production assistants
310
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informed Brendan that our daywas going to be filmed
311
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for a documentaryabout Craigslist hangouts,
312
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and Brendan seemed more thanhappy to participate.
313
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- Yeah, sure.
314
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- With his sample sealed,I hid it
315
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underneatha hollowed-out candle
316
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and then lit the wickto signal to my unpaid intern
317
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that it was ready to be takento the lab for testing.
318
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And with the sample secured,
319
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I could finally begin my daywith Brendan.
320
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I just wanted to be clear
before we leave,
321
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I posted
in the platonic section,
322
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but I know a lot of people
323
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on there were looking
for sexual stuff.
324
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That's not you, right?
- No, no, no, no, no.
325
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Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
- Okay, good.
326
00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,119
Just wanted to make sure.
327
00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:16,119
- Sorry, no.
- Okay, cool.
328
00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:17,120
- I'm just looking for someone
to hang out with.
329
00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:19,119
- Oh, yeah, yeah.
- That's--'Cause I--
330
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- Okay, great.
331
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And with both of uson the same page,
332
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it was time to have some fun.
333
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I had plannedseveral activities
334
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that I hoped would raiseBrendan's dopamine levels
335
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enough to getthe results I needed.
336
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Buckle up.
337
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And as we headedto our first destination,
338
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we got to know each other.
339
00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,119
- Like, "Star Wars,"
you had the red and blue factor.
340
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You had--
the dark side was the red,
341
00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:44,119
and the light side
was, um, blue.
342
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In "The Matrix," you had
the red pill or the blue pill.
343
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- Okay.
344
00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:50,119
- In "Shaun of the Dead,"
345
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the little cone
that he ate was red.
346
00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:53,119
- Okay.
347
00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:57,119
- In "Hot Fuzz,"
the color was blue.
348
00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:01,119
In "Next Generation,"
if they wore blue,
349
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they typically would die.
350
00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,120
In the original series,
it was red.
351
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- It seemed like Brendan and Ididn't have a lot in common,
352
00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,120
but I was hopefulthat once he saw my fun side,
353
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things would change.
354
00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,119
- All right.
- So...
355
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We're gonna go
into a hat store
356
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and try on silly hats.
357
00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,119
- Okay. Let's do it.
- That's fun, right?
358
00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:25,520
- Yeah.
- I mean, that's something--
359
00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:27,119
Is that fun for you?
- Yeah, let's do it.
360
00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:28,119
- Okay, let's go.
361
00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,119
All right.
- Oh, this is pretty cool.
362
00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:33,119
- Trying on hats is somethingeveryone can enjoy,
363
00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,119
and it was the perfect wayto show Brendan
364
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that I'm the type of guy
365
00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,119
who doesn't takehimself too seriously.
366
00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,119
This is what girls would wear.
- Yeah.
367
00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,119
- I don't know
about this one.
368
00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,119
But Brendan wasn't havingthe reaction I expected,
369
00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:47,120
and after we left,
370
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I was doubtfulhis neurotransmitters
371
00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,119
were sufficiently raisedby the hat-store experience,
372
00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:55,119
so I was counting on the day'snext activity to do the trick.
373
00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,119
You like go-karts?
374
00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:58,119
- Hell, yeah.
- Yeah?
375
00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,119
Right away I could tellBrendan was excited.
376
00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:02,119
- I've got to go with red
377
00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,119
because of the red factor
in "Star Trek."
378
00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:05,119
- All right.
379
00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,119
Go-karting is likenormal driving,
380
00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:08,921
except the caris so much smaller,
381
00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:10,119
so the fun comes from the fact
382
00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:13,119
that you know your bodyis too big for the car,
383
00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,119
and as we started goingaround the track,
384
00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:16,119
I could tell it was working,
385
00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:19,119
'cause Brendanwas smiling from ear to ear.
386
00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,119
[screeching]
- [laughing]
387
00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,119
- It seemed like his fun levelswere peaking,
388
00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:25,119
so I wantedto get a second sample
389
00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:27,119
as quickly as possible.
390
00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,119
But since waiting for his urineagain could take hours,
391
00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,119
I had a planto get this sample immediately
392
00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,119
at a clinicvia blood test.
393
00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:38,119
The only thing I had to do nowwas convince him to go.
394
00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:42,119
You know, I was thinking...
395
00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,119
we should do something
totally random, you know?
396
00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,119
- Yeah, is there something
you want to do?
397
00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,119
- I don't know.
We should, like--
398
00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:51,119
we should, like, go for, like,
a blood test or something.
399
00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,119
Like, wouldn't that be crazy?
So random.
400
00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:57,119
Just go to a lab and get
our blood drawn and stuff?
401
00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,119
- A blood test?
An actual blood test?
402
00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:02,119
- Yeah.
403
00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:03,119
- I haven't done--
Uh, yeah.
404
00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,119
We can do that.
That sounds cool.
405
00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:06,119
- I mean,
they're pretty fun to do.
406
00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,119
- Yeah, let's go do
a blood test.
407
00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:09,119
That'd be kind of cool.
408
00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,120
- And with Brendan on board,we were off.
409
00:15:12,732 --> 00:15:14,732
- Coming off the thrillof go-kart racing,
410
00:15:14,894 --> 00:15:17,731
I wanted to harvest Brendan'sblood as quickly as possible,
411
00:15:17,732 --> 00:15:19,732
so we headedto a nearby medical clinic
412
00:15:20,732 --> 00:15:22,731
where I had prearrangedfor the necessary lab work.
413
00:15:22,732 --> 00:15:26,731
To make sure his levels didn'tdrop due to the un-fun setting,
414
00:15:26,732 --> 00:15:28,731
I asked the nurseif she'd be willing to hide
415
00:15:28,732 --> 00:15:30,731
an electronic fart machineon her person
416
00:15:30,732 --> 00:15:32,731
that I'd be ableto activate by remote control
417
00:15:32,732 --> 00:15:33,732
during the blood draw.
418
00:15:34,732 --> 00:15:35,731
Do you think
you could do that?
419
00:15:35,732 --> 00:15:37,732
- Um, I'll try my best.
420
00:15:38,732 --> 00:15:39,731
- My hope was thatBrendan would think
421
00:15:39,732 --> 00:15:41,731
they were real farts,
422
00:15:41,732 --> 00:15:43,731
and that the fun of thatwould spike his dopamine levels
423
00:15:43,732 --> 00:15:45,731
right as the bloodwas being taken.
424
00:15:45,732 --> 00:15:47,731
- Who's going first?
- I guess I'll go first.
425
00:15:47,732 --> 00:15:49,731
- Do you want to? Okay, yeah.
- Okay.
426
00:15:49,732 --> 00:15:50,731
And with Brendan in his seat,
427
00:15:50,732 --> 00:15:53,732
it was timeto see if this would work.
428
00:15:59,732 --> 00:16:01,413
[flatulence]
429
00:16:01,732 --> 00:16:02,732
- Sorry about that.
430
00:16:04,732 --> 00:16:06,731
[flatulence]
431
00:16:06,732 --> 00:16:08,732
My apologies.
432
00:16:12,732 --> 00:16:13,731
[flatulence]
433
00:16:13,732 --> 00:16:14,731
Sorry.
434
00:16:14,732 --> 00:16:16,731
- You have some gas today?
435
00:16:16,732 --> 00:16:17,731
- Nope, I'm okay.
436
00:16:17,732 --> 00:16:18,731
- Oh, you're okay?
- Yeah, sorry about that.
437
00:16:18,732 --> 00:16:20,732
- Okay. That's okay.
438
00:16:23,732 --> 00:16:24,731
[flatulence]
439
00:16:24,732 --> 00:16:26,731
- Oh, sorry.
440
00:16:26,732 --> 00:16:28,731
- I mean, you should stay home
if you're that sick.
441
00:16:28,732 --> 00:16:30,731
- I apologize for that.
442
00:16:30,732 --> 00:16:32,731
- I mean, if your bowels are--
- I'm okay.
443
00:16:32,732 --> 00:16:35,731
We're just done, so I will be
stepping out in a moment.
444
00:16:35,732 --> 00:16:38,731
[flatulence]
445
00:16:38,732 --> 00:16:39,731
Sorry about that.
446
00:16:39,732 --> 00:16:42,731
[flatulence]
447
00:16:42,732 --> 00:16:44,731
Upset stomach today.
Sorry.
448
00:16:44,732 --> 00:16:46,732
- It's okay.
[chuckles]
449
00:16:47,732 --> 00:16:49,731
[flatulence]
- My apologies.
450
00:16:49,732 --> 00:16:50,731
- The farts were working,
451
00:16:50,732 --> 00:16:52,731
and it seemed like Brendanwas having
452
00:16:52,732 --> 00:16:53,731
the time of his life.
453
00:16:53,732 --> 00:16:56,731
All right, so I'm gonna
do mine, and I'll see you.
454
00:16:56,732 --> 00:16:57,731
- Okay.
- Okay, cool.
455
00:16:57,732 --> 00:16:59,731
[whispering] That was great.
Did you see he was laughing?
456
00:16:59,732 --> 00:17:01,731
- Yeah. That was good.
- Okay.
457
00:17:01,732 --> 00:17:02,731
So, with everything I needed,
458
00:17:02,732 --> 00:17:04,731
it was timeto say good-bye to Brendan.
459
00:17:04,732 --> 00:17:06,731
- I'll catch you
on the flip side, man.
460
00:17:06,732 --> 00:17:08,731
- "Flip side"?
- On the flip side.
461
00:17:08,732 --> 00:17:09,731
It means
"Catch you later, dude."
462
00:17:09,732 --> 00:17:11,731
- All right, see you, man.
- Yeah, see you.
463
00:17:11,732 --> 00:17:14,731
- But whether this wouldtranslate into actual science
464
00:17:14,732 --> 00:17:15,731
was still to be seen.
465
00:17:15,732 --> 00:17:16,731
So, later that week,I returned
466
00:17:16,732 --> 00:17:20,731
to Dr. Whimsy's office,nervously awaiting the results.
467
00:17:20,732 --> 00:17:23,731
- His serotonin when he started
was within normal range.
468
00:17:23,732 --> 00:17:26,731
The number was 87.22.
- Uh-huh.
469
00:17:26,732 --> 00:17:31,731
- The day of fun,
it was 219.92,
470
00:17:31,732 --> 00:17:34,731
so it shot up 2.5 times
what it initially was.
471
00:17:34,732 --> 00:17:35,731
- Well, that's huge.
472
00:17:35,732 --> 00:17:37,731
- They're
very impressive numbers.
473
00:17:37,732 --> 00:17:41,731
So this person who was with you
was not only having fun,
474
00:17:41,732 --> 00:17:43,731
but they were happy,
and they had a greater sense
475
00:17:43,732 --> 00:17:46,731
of well-being
when they were with you.
476
00:17:46,732 --> 00:17:48,731
- Wow.
477
00:17:48,732 --> 00:17:50,731
Uh...
478
00:17:50,732 --> 00:17:52,732
Uh, that's amazing.
479
00:17:53,732 --> 00:17:55,731
'Cause, you know,
I think a part of me
480
00:17:55,732 --> 00:17:58,731
has always had this thing
ever since I was a kid that,
481
00:17:58,732 --> 00:18:02,731
you know, people maybe
don't like hanging out with me,
482
00:18:02,732 --> 00:18:03,731
and, you know,
483
00:18:03,732 --> 00:18:05,731
even though they might say
they're having fun,
484
00:18:05,732 --> 00:18:06,732
they're really not.
485
00:18:07,732 --> 00:18:09,731
And it's really hard to,
you know, have those thoughts.
486
00:18:09,732 --> 00:18:11,731
I think it can really
take a toll
487
00:18:11,732 --> 00:18:12,731
on your self-esteem a bit.
488
00:18:12,732 --> 00:18:14,731
You know?
- Mm-hmm.
489
00:18:14,732 --> 00:18:16,732
- But now
if anyone questions me
490
00:18:17,732 --> 00:18:19,731
and ever says
that I'm not fun
491
00:18:19,732 --> 00:18:21,731
or is uncomfortable
hanging out with me,
492
00:18:21,732 --> 00:18:24,731
I can say,
"No, you're wrong.
493
00:18:24,732 --> 00:18:29,732
I am fun, and it's been
scientifically proven."
494
00:18:32,732 --> 00:18:35,731
Uh, sorry.
I just kind of opened up to you.
495
00:18:35,732 --> 00:18:36,731
You're not--I don't know.
- No, that's cool.
496
00:18:36,732 --> 00:18:37,732
I think it's great.
- Yeah.
497
00:18:38,013 --> 00:18:39,732
- I think it's great.
498
00:18:41,726 --> 00:18:43,525
- There was no denying it.
499
00:18:43,526 --> 00:18:44,526
After getting the datafrom Dr. Whimsy,
500
00:18:44,727 --> 00:18:48,525
I now had scientific proofthat I am fun.
501
00:18:48,526 --> 00:18:50,525
But as I was lookingover Brendan's results,
502
00:18:50,526 --> 00:18:53,525
I realized that if he enjoyedhis time with me this much,
503
00:18:53,526 --> 00:18:57,525
maybe this could be more thanjust an experiment for my show.
504
00:18:57,526 --> 00:19:00,525
Maybe this could be the startof an actual friendship.
505
00:19:00,526 --> 00:19:02,525
So, later that week,I arranged a meet-up
506
00:19:02,526 --> 00:19:03,525
at Brendan's apartment,
507
00:19:03,526 --> 00:19:06,525
because if this was gonna turninto something real,
508
00:19:06,526 --> 00:19:08,525
he deserved to know the truth.
509
00:19:08,526 --> 00:19:11,525
So, um, there's something
I should tell you.
510
00:19:11,526 --> 00:19:12,525
- Okay.
511
00:19:12,526 --> 00:19:13,525
- I mean, to start off
a friendship,
512
00:19:13,526 --> 00:19:15,525
you need to start
on the right foot,
513
00:19:15,526 --> 00:19:17,525
and that means honesty.
514
00:19:17,526 --> 00:19:20,525
- Yeah, exactly.
- So...
515
00:19:20,526 --> 00:19:23,525
um...
516
00:19:23,526 --> 00:19:25,525
when we were first
hanging out,
517
00:19:25,526 --> 00:19:28,525
I was secretly collecting
your urine
518
00:19:28,526 --> 00:19:30,525
to have it tested
in the lab
519
00:19:30,526 --> 00:19:33,526
to see if your dopamine levels
went up.
520
00:19:36,526 --> 00:19:38,525
- Why would you do that?
521
00:19:38,526 --> 00:19:42,525
- I wanted to see if you were
having fun hanging out with me.
522
00:19:42,526 --> 00:19:44,525
- I'm--I've never had
anybody do that.
523
00:19:44,526 --> 00:19:46,525
I mean...
524
00:19:46,526 --> 00:19:49,525
you know, secretly, you know,
taking my urine to find out
525
00:19:49,526 --> 00:19:51,525
if my dopamine levels
went up or not.
526
00:19:51,526 --> 00:19:53,525
I mean, I don't--
527
00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:55,525
- I mean, I know that's weird,
but it was a one-time thing.
528
00:19:55,526 --> 00:19:56,526
It won't happen again,
529
00:19:57,526 --> 00:19:59,525
and I wanted to be honest
with you,
530
00:19:59,526 --> 00:20:02,525
so now you know
you can trust me.
531
00:20:02,526 --> 00:20:03,525
- No...
532
00:20:03,526 --> 00:20:05,525
You--
No, you took my urine.
533
00:20:05,526 --> 00:20:08,525
I mean...
[sighs]
534
00:20:08,526 --> 00:20:10,525
I mean, if you're looking at it
in a scientific way,
535
00:20:10,526 --> 00:20:12,525
you know, you did
what you did, you know.
536
00:20:12,526 --> 00:20:15,525
I mean,
it's not gonna hurt me.
537
00:20:15,526 --> 00:20:18,525
I mean, it's just urine.
538
00:20:18,526 --> 00:20:19,527
- Am I still someone
you'd want to be friends with?
539
00:20:20,526 --> 00:20:21,525
- Yeah.
I mean, you just took my urine.
540
00:20:21,526 --> 00:20:24,525
I mean,
that's in the past, man.
541
00:20:24,526 --> 00:20:25,525
I'm fine.
542
00:20:25,526 --> 00:20:27,525
Let's--I want to go
do something today, you know.
543
00:20:27,526 --> 00:20:29,525
Let's go do
something exciting.
544
00:20:29,526 --> 00:20:30,525
["Steal My Sunshine" by Len]
545
00:20:30,526 --> 00:20:32,525
- Oh.
- Hey!
546
00:20:32,526 --> 00:20:34,525
- ♪ Sunday morningof last week ♪
547
00:20:34,526 --> 00:20:36,525
♪ Indulgingin my self-defeat ♪
548
00:20:36,526 --> 00:20:37,526
[girl screams]
549
00:20:38,526 --> 00:20:39,525
♪
550
00:20:39,526 --> 00:20:40,525
both: Aah!
551
00:20:40,526 --> 00:20:45,525
- ♪ I know it's up for me- ♪ If you steal my sunshine
552
00:20:45,526 --> 00:20:48,525
- ♪ Making sure I'm notin too deep ♪
553
00:20:48,526 --> 00:20:50,525
both: Aah!
554
00:20:50,526 --> 00:20:53,525
[both laughing]
555
00:20:53,526 --> 00:20:56,526
- ♪ If you steal my sunshine
- Ah! That's awesome.
556
00:20:59,026 --> 00:20:59,726
- [exhales sharply]
557
00:21:00,851 --> 00:21:07,351
[keys jingling]
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