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Brooke: Life hacks are supposed to make your life better.

Kevin: So if any of these hacks make it worse,

stop what you're doing immediately!

Brooke: Hack at your own risk, hackers.

♪♪

[ Audience cheers ]

Hey, guys. Thank you so much

for helping me plan Shelly's surprise birthday barbecue.

Of course. Slayer, how's the grill looking?

Any room for this corn?

I just put these burgers and dogs on,

so it's gonna be a while.

Whatever.

[ Audience laugh track ]

Not so fast. I got a cool corn hack.

Just boil some water,

then pour the water over the corn in a cooler.

And it cooks all the corn at once.

Not bad, hack.

[ Audience cheers ]

-Hey, guys! -All: Surprise!

Oh, my gosh! You're so sweet!

And speaking of sweet, meet Jett, my date.

What's up, fellow teenagers?

[ Record needle scratches, audience gasps ]

Her what?

♪♪

Brooke: Tonight...

Kevin: Now that's the neighbor's problem.

...on "hack my life"...

#winning!

Brooke: ...Cellphone cases are so expensive.

Kevin: But we test a hack to protect your phone.

Three, two, one! Gah!

What?!

Brooke: Who has time to vacuum?

We'll see if this hack works or if it totally blows.

Kevin: Plus a hack so good, you won't believe your eyes.

That's a [bleep] hardcore hack.

Hope you're hungry, 'cause we're serving up hacks.

Bon appétit.

Brooke: This is "hack my life."

[ Chuckles ] 21 points for the word "hackify."

That's not bad, but it's not great

because check out the high score for "hacksperiment."

[ Echoing ] No!

Oh, kev, not again.

I have a problem.

Yeah, yeah. You do.

And that's why today we're going to test out

an "unbreakable phone case" hack.

See just how far we can take it.

This is hack it to the limit.

Here on hack it to the limit,

we not only test out hacks to find out if they work,

but we take them to the next level until they fail.

Today, we'll be testing a hack to protect phone screens

from Kevin by making a hot-glue phone case.

First things first, we've got some sandwich bags,

some scotch tape -- of course, some hot glue,

the hot-glue gun itself, a utility knife, and a phone.

So let's take our sandwich bag

and go ahead and stuff the phone on into her.

Okay. Doesn't matter which way.

Yeah, well, you want a nice, tight fit.

Because, actually, this bag

is going to serve as the case to the phone.

I see. Okay. So we're taping this down?

-Yeah. -One here.

-Hmm. Sort of got it. Okay. -Yeah.

Okay, phase one complete. We have our phone in our bag.

Now we need to apply some hot glue.

We just want to make sure everything

sort of connects at multiple points.

That way, should you drop your cellphone,

all that impact is going to be absorbed

and shared amongst all of the hot glue.

Cut out the area around the screen, then peel away.

-Oh, my god, Kevin. -Oh, look at that.

[ Harp plays ]

How well do you think this hack is going to hold up?

Uh, I say it doesn't get past chest height.

Wow!

I believe we are chucking this hot-glue cellphone case

out of a second-story window, and it will survive unscathed!

Take that, big cellphone case.

-Kev? -Yeah?

Moment of truth number one.

If it looks like I'm concerned, I'm not,

because I know that this hack is going to work

and it's -- oh, my god!

♪♪

Ohhhh! Ha-ha!

One of three!

That's a hot hack. Hot like the hot glue.

Ha-ha!

Phone's up!

I'm dropping the phone in three...

Two...one

gah!

♪♪

[ Laughs ] What?!

You had -- it dropped, and it spun, and it pah!

And it's fine!

-All right. -I mean, you saw it!

You saw --

-[ cackling ] -All right.

One of us did not think we would make it this far.

You got lucky. That was amazing.

-Don't spike it. -I'm not going to spike it.

-Just a drop. -I'm not going to spike it.

All right. Let's watch. Let's watch, okay?

-Okay. Uh-huh. -In three...Two...

Wait. Why are you dropping it like that?

-Well, it can fl-- -okay. All right.

Fine. Okay. All right.

I -- I'll pretend like I'm texting, and whoop!

Okay? In three, two, one.

♪♪

Ohh! Oh, wait!

Wait!

Wait!

Uh...

Team hot glue.

That's an intact cellphone case!

That's an intact cellphone case!

And an intact screen!

There's nothing -- it -- I heard it!

-Yeah. It's fine. It's fine. -It's fine!

That's hardcore. That's a [bleep] hardcore hack.

We hacked into...

-Brooke! -I'm dead!

I'm bones now. That hack was so good!

That actually worked!

The hack worked! The screen is fine!

The hot-glue cellphone case hack is amazing.

This thing survived three phases of testing.

We dropped it from chest-high, from a ladder,

from a second-story window!

Hot-glue cellphone case. Hacked it to the limit.

♪♪

♪♪

[ Projector running ]

Narrator: Correction fluid.

Concealer of typos, savior of poor spellers,

but would you believe it's a hack from history?

Dallas. 1951.

Electric typewriters make it faster and easier than ever

to make typos. Woman: Oh, [bleep]!

Single mom Bette nesmith is a secretary for a Texas bank.

To make ends meet, she paints holiday scenes

in the bank's window. Damn it!

One typo-filled day, inspiration struck.

Rather than start over,

Bette grabs a brush and paints over the mistakes.

Did I just have a brush with greatness?

At home, Bette blends white paint

with rubbing alcohol for a quick dry.

Bette and her son, Mike, bottle the mixture

and gift it to her co-workers.

I call it "mistake out."

It's a hit. Correction fluid is born.

Flash-forward to...1956.

Bette is actually fired

for making a typo on a bank document.

Oh, the irony.

She makes correction fluid her full-time job

and rebrands it liquid paper.

23 years later, she sells the company for millions.

The best mistake I ever made.

And her son, Mike nesmith,

grows up to join a little band called the monkees,

which has nothing to do with hacks.

It's just a crazy fact.

So here's to you, correction fluid.

You're used less often in the age of smartphones

but remain a great hack from history!

Brooke: Up next, we test three viewer hacks

for wilted flowers.

Which will have the best flower power?

-Whoa! Whoo! -Oh, look at that.

And... Charge!

...who has time to vacuum?

We test using an indoor leaf-blower

to clean up in a jiffy, so stick around.

♪♪

Wow, preppy. I can't believe Shelly brought a date

to the surprise barbecue you threw her.

When Shelly suggested that we go on a break,

I thought she meant spring break.

[ Audience laugh track ]

Thank you so much

for throwing me this awesome birthday barbecue.

Jett's thrown tons of surprise parties.

He's in college.

[ Chuckles ] Yeah, you look...Older.

Uh, ready for a burger, Shelly?

I put all the condiments you could want in this muffin tin.

Just an easy way to keep the line moving.

Not much of a line here, though, is there?

[ Audience oohs ]

Ooh, look how grimy that grill is.

-I -- -see this onion?

Watch how it takes all the grime off the hot grill.

Shelly: Wow! Cool hack!

[ Audience oohs ]

[ Scoffs ] I'm toast.

♪♪

Before us are three beautiful roses

that have clearly seen some better days.

Yeah, kev, if someone gave me flowers like this,

I'd throw them in their face.

These are horrible.

-No, you wouldn't. -You're right.

I don't get flowers that often.

Okay, well, you can't have these, either.

These are for science.

Today we're testing out three hacks

that will hopefully revitalize these dying flowers,

and whichever hack breathes the most life

into these droopy petals over the course of one hour

will receive our coveted...

Both: Hack seal of approval!

This is hack mail.

Our first hack comes from Martin in Cleveland, Ohio.

Martin writes...

A little blue pill?

We'll try and scrape up a Viagra if we can find it.

I'm gonna go check our medicine cabinet or something,

and see what's going on. -Yeah. Oh, that's so funny.

They just pulled that out of your bag. What?

They just pulled that out of Kevin's set locker.

Oh, they must be reusing a bottle with my name on it,

because it's our show, and it's part of the segment.

They...dolled it up. So...

So we got a little magic blue pill ground up right here.

We're going to go ahead and pour it into this little bottle.

-Okay, great. -Yep.

Give it a little swirl.

Good...the gums.

-Great. -Whoo!

Our second hack comes from Sam in worcester, Massachusetts.

He says...

There it is. See if it's the right kind of warm.

This is definitely warm water.

Okay. And just switch it out.

-Sure. Bloop! -Great. There you go, bud.

This one's relaxing in its jacuzzi.

Okay, so, those need an hour.

Our third and final hack comes from Tracy in Chicago, Illinois.

So let's get these flowers drunk.

-Glug-glug-glug-glug-glug! -Okay.

Let's add a little vodka to the vase.

-Mommy can handle her booze. -Mm-hmm.

[ Slurring ] The Rose feels prettier at least.

I mean, sure.

Even if it doesn't look better, it's just like...

-Pretty enough. -[ Normal voice ] Okay.

Everything's locked and loaded.

-Yeah. -They each need about an hour.

So we're going to step out while our crew films their progress.

[ Rattling ]

Okay, all three hacks had an hour to do their magic.

Why don't we start with the vihaxra?

Big reveal time for the vihaxra.

And...

-Ohh. -Yowzers.

That's rough-looking.

We've got some time-lapse video, so let's take a look.

Here we go. Oop.

-Is there a little movement? -I saw a little movement.

-That was it. -Is it? Oh, yeah.

It was like the tiniest -- it was like, "not today."

Something tells me that the chemicals in this man-pill...

-Mm-hmm. -...Weren't suited for a Rose.

No. Let's take a look at the warm-water hack

and see how it performed. Okay.

Let's go ahead and reveal the warm-water hack.

-And... -Ohh.

Oh, no. Looks like someone forgot

to get the old guy out of the steam room.

Take it to the tape.

The warm water kind of steaming up the glass.

-That's -- -a little bit of a tilt.

It worked, but then it wilted again.

It was just like, if you want to stay on profile,

it's just like, "hey! Back to sleep."

That is, uh, just about as bad as the vihaxra.

I mean...

That brings us to the vodka hack. Okay.

Let's see if the vodka hack holds.

-You ready? -Okay. Yeah. Big reveal.

Whoa! That looks incredible.

-Oh, look at that. -We got a winner.

I mean, that doesn't -- these two look so bad.

It's kind of unbelievable.

Let's take a look at the video.

Whoa! Well done, soldier!

-Oh, my god. -Look at that.

Whoa. I need to see that again.

That's incredibly dramatic.

♪♪

And entirely unexpected.

Vodka wins again.

So congratulations, drunk Tracy from Chicago.

Your hack for refreshing a wilted flower gets our...

Both: Hack seal of approval!

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Okay, I'm repainting my kitchen,

and my roller can't reach the ceiling.

Now I've got to stare at that old color I hate so much.

Now what?

Kevin: Just unscrew a handle from your mop

and attach it to your paint roller.

Now you should have all the height you need

to get the job done.

Great. My kitchen looks fresh to death.

But I've got paint splatters on the floor and the mop.

A-whoops! Now what?

Kevin: Massage a little olive oil into those paint spots.

Wait a few minutes...And be ready to wipe away in no time.

But now I'm noticing that I have three half-used bottles

of olive oil sitting in my kitchen.

I want to consolidate them into one bottle,

but I always make a mess when I do that. Now what?

Kevin: Easy! Turn a screwdriver into a makeshift funnel

by placing the screwdriver into the receiving bottle

and pouring the additional oil along the screwdriver.

But I also have a bunch of loose screws to tighten around my house,

and now my screwdriver's all slippery. Now what?

Kevin: You can use the end of your phone charger

to screw those screws in.

It'll fit any large screw.

Just place it in the screw and turn.

[ Ding! ]

-Thanks! -I do what I can.

Kevin: Coming up... Whoa!

...we're hacking your house-cleaning routine

with a leaf blower.

Now that's the neighbor's problem.

And save room for more.

Will this simple hack give you

a brick pizza oven in your own home?

Find out when the "hack" comes back.

♪♪

Hack, what is going on with you and Shelly?

I don't know. I keep trying to impress her with hacks,

and Jett keeps on hacking me!

I just wish there was a way that we could show her

how totally uncool he is.

[ Ting! ] Lisa, you're a genius.

Time out.

This ought to show Shelly just how "cool" he is.

[ Audience laugh track ]

♪♪

Time in.

Jett, you're such a klutz!

Hey, Jett, I think I might have a hack for that.

You generously pour salt on the stain

to absorb the red whine.

Then you let it sit for five minutes,

and then you douse it with hot water when you get home.

And the sooner you leave... The better.

Whatever. Shelly, let's go.

Hey, man. You dropped your ID!

You're 47?!

You told me you were 19!

I said I waslike

well, you can, like, get lost.

[ Audience laugh track ]

♪♪

I've never been so happy to be in high school.

As the hosts of "hack my life,"

we get suggestions for hacks from almost everyone we meet.

Well, today is extra-special because this hack

is from my very own aunt Joanna.

Hey! Aunt Joanna! What does she want to do?

Aunt Joanna, instead of using a traditional vacuum-cleaner

to clean up her home, uses a leaf blower.

-No, she doesn't. -Yeah, she does.

No, she does not use a leaf --

are you calling aunt Joanna a liar?

Let's test this out.

Both: This is hack or wack.

Family style.

Hi, auntie j. It's me, the skeptic.

-Hey! -Nice to meet you.

When did you discover

that you could use a leaf blower in your house?

Yep, the apple don't fall far from the family tree.

I'm going to make a believer out of Kevin.

Talk to you in a bit. Love you. Bye-bye.

Aunt j uses a leaf blower

on things like dust and pet hair.

Joanna: And you blow everything out the door.

But so you can see more clearly,

Kevin and I each have a pre-prepared bag of party trash.

-Yeah! -Let's blow this joint.

You said it. Charge!

[ Blower running ]

Ohh!

Well, now that's the neighbor's problem.

[ Slow clapping ]

How's it doing with the crushed bits of cereal,

like, in the carpet and stuff?

Well, I think I can get in there. I mean...

Yeah, let's see if that -- 'cause that looks like

a stuck-in-there mess, Brooke.

Nothing's going to get that out!

[ Blower running ]

Wow! Beautiful. Mwah!

[ Blower running ]

♪♪

[ Blower stops ]

-Bye! -Bye, trash.

That was satisfying as hell,

and I have never been more wrong.

-This room is clean! -Wow.

We cleaned up an entirequinceañera

in about three and a half seconds.

I'm blown away.

This thing's a hack!

Ugh! I know we didn't establish this rule

prior to trying out the hack, but since you were wrong,

I need someone to sweep up the backyard.

-You got it. -Neighbor's yard.

[ Blower running ]

Brooke: This is Bob.

He may not look like much, but back in the day,

Bob had some big dumb dreams, which didn't quite work out.

Now Bob's a broke ass,

and he needs every hack in the book to survive.

This is broke ass Bob's guide to a cruise.

Congrats on landing that entry-level job.

How's working life? -I could use a vacation.

It's cruise time, baby.

Brooke: What?

You're going on a cruise with only 200 bucks in the bank?

Uh, I won it at work.

#winning!

-Easy, Charlie sheen. -Who's that?

Brooke: Never mind. Congrats on winning the raffle.

Looks like you made it, Bob, but you're not looking so hot.

I forgot that I get sea sick.

Well, I'm sure you'd be too cheap

to buy anti-nausea medicine anyway.

Well, go ahead and grab a green apple

from that free fruit basket.

The fiber will help ease your nausea.

Now I can get back to living my best life! Ha!

Housekeeping!

Wow. Who knew you had so many swimsuits?

This pair's from high school. Still fits.

[ Sea birds crying ]

Right. But where are you going to dry all those?

Your room looks pretty tight.

Bob makes his own drying racks

by blowing up balloons to drape the suits on.

And it looks festive! [ Fingers snap ]

Brooke: Yeah, that's one word for it.

♪♪

Didn't realize you had company, Bob!

I didn't win a private room.

Since Bob can't afford to upgrade to a private room,

he hacks some privacy using a shower curtain.

A few magnetic ceiling hooks

transform it into a room divider.

That's much more relaxing.

Brooke: Sweet dreams.

[ Alarm clock blaring ]

[ Gasps ] What's wrong?! Is the ship on fire?!

Brooke: No, Bob. It's your alarm clock.

You mean I'm not on vacation?

Vacation? [ Laughs ] You were dreaming.

But the good news is,

even though it was a dream, you spent less than 7 bucks.

And the bad news?

The bad news is that was your 15th snooze.

You're late for work.

What?! Thanks a lot!

Have I ever told you how unhelpful you are?!

Buongiorno!

Brooke: Can you hack a professional pizza oven

in your own home for under 20 bucks?

-I like it. -Hmm.

Brooke: Find out when we come back.

♪♪

Strike a pose. It's time to work through another pop quiz.

Nice.

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

♪♪

Fashionable wool sweater making your skin crawl?

How can I look so good but feel so bad?

How am I supposed to get a good pic

if I'm clawing at myself in every shot?

My followers need to see my ootd.

-Your...what? -My outfit of the day.

Sorry. Sometimes, I just have to abbreve

because things move so fast in the digital age.

Well, then, start live-tweeting

because it's time for a pop quiz.

[ Fanfare plays ]

-Wow! Chic sign. -Thank you.

To stop your sweater from itching, should you...

A, give it a conditioner bath...

B, brush it...

Or, c, submerge it in soda water?

The bubbles will help tame the wool fibers.

Well, obviously, it's "a." Give it a conditioner bath.

Babe.

Go wash this.

The conditioner softens the natural fibers

and prevents the shorter ones from sticking out

and pricking you.

Whoa! How did you know all that?

I'm a fashion maven. I, like, know all.

Why did you even need me to come here?

Your bubble's cute.

[ Chuckles ] Well.

Looks like this was one itch you can...Hack.

Wow. That was a pretty good pun.

Do you want to write for my fashion blog?

[ Scoffs ] Blog? Come on. I'm on a TV show.

I make $10,000 a post.

Holy [bleep]. Oh, my god.

I got to go rethink some of my life choices.

'Kay, bye.

Buongiorno!

Today, I'm taking over a restaurant

to serve patrons free lunch,

and there's only one item on the menu --

authentic brick-oven pizza.

Only problem is that this place does not have a brick oven.

But not to worry! I'm gonna try to hack

their regular, old oven into a hacked brick oven,

and we're gonna see if they... Can spot the hack.

The key to a brick oven are the bricks themselves.

They actually absorb the heat and then radiate it back,

so it cooks evenly and super-fast.

So, to hack our homemade brick oven,

we're gonna line the inside of a regular oven

with some terracotta tiles.

We start by lining the bottom.

You can get these at any hardware store.

These are about $3 a pop.

All right. That's good.

So, now you want to preheat the oven

as high as it will go,

and once it reaches that temperature,

we need the tiles to heat up, as well,

so you have to wait an additional 45 minutes.

But I'm impatient, and this is a half-hour show, so...

I already got one pre-heated.

These tiles are ready for some 'za.

Hey, just like mama used to make.

[ Twinkle! ]

Whoo-hoo! I got to tell you.

That looks good, and it smells delicious,

but this test is all about the taste.

So we're gonna test it against a pizza

from a brick-oven pizzeria.

The ingredients are exactly the same,

so the only difference between these pizzas is the oven.

It's officially time to see if people can spot the hack.

All right, friends. Here's how this is gonna go down.

You have two slices of pizza in front of you.

One was cooked in a real, genuine brick oven.

The other was cooked in an oven

that I hacked using terracotta tile.

I'm told it's completely nontoxic.

Your job is to see if you can spot

which pizza was cooked in the hacked oven.

Sound good?

Well, then... Mangia!

♪♪

-It's pretty good. -Mmm!

Okay. I like it. Mm-hmm.

This actually tastes pretty good.

-This is great. -Let me try the blue.

It's a jaw workout -- the blue one.

Man: You think it's very bland?

Very bland compared to the yellow.

A little chewy on the -- the blue.

-The blue one? Yeah. -Right?

-Hmm. -But the blue's still good.

See a little more charred in the crush.

-Mm-hmm. -How's the mouth feel?

-The mouth is happy. -[ Laughs ]

All right, friends, you've had a chance to dine and deliberate,

but now it's time for the moment of truth.

Can you spot the hack?

On the count of three, I want you to lift the plate

that you believe contains the hack pizza.

Three, two, one.

We'll rise like the dough in the oven.

And I see a single yellow plate amongst a sea of blue.

All right. Plates down, everyone. Thank you.

Eight of you believe that the blue plate was our hacked pizza.

How do you feel being the one yellow plate in a sea of blue?

I don't know. I'm just going with instinct.

All right, friends, I can tell you now

that the hacked slice of pizza was in fact resting on...

...the blue plate.

Congratulations to the overwhelming majority of you.

You got it right, and you are now celebrating our failure.

I guess we learned that terracotta tiles

are a waste of time and energy, so thank you for trying.

I'm gonna go sulk in the shadows now. Thanks, everyone.

[ Laughter ]

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